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Special issue on Nonlinearity and Numerical Simulation Applications in Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering is closely related to a wide range of engineering disciplines such as Rock, Hydraulic, Road, Railway, Petroleum, and Mining Engineering, dealing with engineering problems on geotechnical properties, ground-structure interaction and dynamic response(impact effect, seismic response, vibratory action, etc.). Relying on fundamental principles of rock, soil and concrete mechanics, Geotechnical engineering underpins the design, construction and operation of all kinds of engineering projects including slopes, dams, retaining walls and shallow, deep foundations, mining, tunneling, etc.
A challenge that has been faced by geotechnical engineers is the complex nonlinearity in terms of (geotechnical) material nonlinearity, geometric nonlinearity and nonlinear boundary conditions. And the dynamic response process also is one of the highly nonlinear problems. Many highly nonlinear engineering problems are beyond the capabilities of the traditional analytical and closed-form approaches; either low- or over-estimated results have been found in many cases where tradition solutions were imposed in analyses. On the contrary, numerical simulation has become an efficient tool and widely appreciated by geotechnical researchers. In particularly, with the development of numerical methods (such as DEM, FEM, DEM, meshless method (SPH, MPM), etc.) and high performance computing technologies, more complicated virtual models that are closer to real world could be efficiently established and processed, generating more reliable results for geotechnical design and assessment.
This special issue therefore emphasizes the important roles of nonlinearity and numerical simulation in Geotechnical Engineering, and demonstrates the latest efforts of global researchers. About 50 high-quality peer reviewed papers will be selected to publish in this special issue, and a broad range of submissions in theories, experiments techniques, numerical methods and engineering projects is welcomed.
Dr. A/Prof. Yixian Wang
Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China
Dr. Chunshun Zhang
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Prof. Hang Lin
Central South University, Changsha, China
Dr. Prof. Bingxiang Yuan
Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China


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K.B. Andrews is a new author to me. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading it, so I just dove in headfirst. I'm glad that I didn't go into it expecting anything because I got to just enjoy the ride and find out what was going to happen along with the characters. I mean, yeah, I tend to go right along with any journey through a book, but I generally have some kind of expectation, if you know what I mean. Maybe I'm just blathering and I'm the only person who knows what I mean. Either way, it was a very interesting ride and a great book.
So, F*cking Shattered. First of all, I need to just say that I love the name of our heroine, Jovi. I was 8 in 1980, so Bon Jovi was part of the soundtrack of my life. I find her name to be completely awesome.
Jovi and Katie have been best friends for most of their life. Katie is outgoing, flirtatious, and lives out loud. Jovi is quieter, shier, and hides in the shadows. Katie is getting ready to spend 3 months in Miami Beach and she's trying to talk Jovi into going with her. Jovi keeps telling her no because she can't afford it. Katie keeps telling Jovi that she will pay for it, but Jovi doesn't want that. So, Katie writes out a summer bucket list for Jovi to follow, starting with kiss a stranger. Tragically, Katie's plane crashes on the way Miami Beach, and Jovi is devastated. After the funeral, a young man comes up to her and she kisses him. After all, he's a stranger. And that's what starts it all. Jovi eventually finds an envelope in a memory box. That envelope is full of money and Jovi decides that she's going to go to Miami and live for Katie.
River is the guy that Jovi kissed at the funeral, only he doesn't stay a stranger very long. In fact, he ends up going on a road trip with Jovi.
Jovi and River aren't the only ones who go for their road trip. We get to go for a ride too. It's a really well-written ride and one that is bittersweet at times. At its core, Shattered is about grief and what it does to a person and how to handle that grief, in my opinion. It's about learning to let go of that grief and accept what life is offering. Neither Jovi or River are perfect, and there are secrets and problems that both of them have to deal with and accept, but it works. It's a very organic story and it happens both quickly and slowly, if that makes sense. It does to me, but it's hard to explain to other people. It's a sweet story and very romantic.
Remember, if you've come down here, you're at risk for spoilers.
I did guess that River was Katie's 1/2 brother pretty early, but it didn't really ruin the story for me to guess that. I didn't guess that there was a big relationship between Katie and River, but I'm glad that there was.
So, that's all I have to say on this one. Go visit Zon and give it a read. Happy reading!

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Conflict of Laws, The
P. Stone
Editura: Longman
The subject, 'conflict of laws', comprises part of any country's private law which regulates certain types of problems that arise when a dispute has some connection with another country. It is concerned with such issues as the court's jurisdiction to determine such a dispute, the choice of the country whose law will be applied in determining the merits of the dispute, and the recognition or enforcement of a foreign judgement. The text also has a strong E.C. focus.
- Limba : Engleza
- Cuprins : 1. Introduction.
2. Personal connections of individuals.
3. Marriage.
4. Matrimonial proceedings.
5. Children.
6. Corporations and insolvency.
7. Civil jurisdiction introduction.
8. Civil jurisdiction basic principles.
9. Alternative form.
10. Civil jurisdiction protective or exclusive jurisdiction.
11. Civil jurisdiction forum clauses.
12. Contracts.
13. Tort.
14. Foreign judgements.
15. Property.
16. General conflict problems.
- Data Publicarii : 1995
- Editie : 1
- Format : Paperback
- Numar pagini : 432
Adauga in:
352.99 Lei
DISPONIBILITATE INCERTĂ: Cere detalii


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Denver Regional Office Director Donald Hoerl to Leave Commission after More Than 30 Years
The Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) today announced that Donald M. Hoerl, director of its Denver Regional Office, is leaving in August after more than 30 years at the agency.
Mr. Hoerl led four different regional offices at various times during his tenure. He became director of the Denver office in 2008 after serving 11 years as its associate regional director for enforcement. He previously headed the Philadelphia and Salt Lake offices, and served as acting director of the Fort Worth office for a period in 2011. Mr. Hoerl has spent more than 35 years in federal service including his time as an assistant U.S. attorney before his arrival at the SEC.
"Don has amassed an impressive record of accomplishment over decades of work on behalf of investors," said SEC Chair Mary Jo White. "His willingness to pitch in and serve in so many different roles demonstrates his unwavering commitment to the agency and its mission. His dedication to public service is exemplary."
Mr. Hoerl said, "I feel extremely fortunate to have found myself in a career that combined important service to others and very talented colleagues committed to the same purpose. I am thankful for having had that opportunity. I will miss the SEC and the many wonderful people I have had the privilege of working with over the years."
In 2012, Mr. Hoerl received the SEC's Distinguished Service Award, considered the agency's highest individual honor. Mr. Hoerl began working at the SEC in 1982 as a trial counsel in the Denver office, and he later became chief trial counsel. He then headed the Salt Lake office from 1987 to 1993 and led the Philadelphia office from 1993 to 1997 before returning to Denver. While leading the Denver office, he served as acting director of the Fort Worth office from April to September 2011.
As head of the Denver office, Mr. Hoerl oversaw a staff of 100 responsible for enforcement and examination programs in a seven-state region. The office brought a number of important accounting fraud cases, including actions against Joseph P. Nacchio and other former officers of Qwest Communications International Inc., based on misstatements about the company's revenue and growth, against former officers and directors of NorthWestern Corporation, whose now-bankrupt utility subsidiary overstated its performance while conducting an $800 million public offering in 2002, and against American Italian Pasta Company and its former senior executives for scheming to inflate the company's reported earnings.
Other notable enforcement actions during Mr. Hoerl's tenure in Denver include market-timing cases against advisers Invesco Funds Group, and Janus Capital Management LLC. The actions resulted in settlements of approximately $325 million and $100 million respectively, which were distributed to investors. The Denver office also successfully litigated actions against three former executives and an independent director of Omaha-based infoUSA Inc., alleging that they caused the company to pay almost $9.5 million of unauthorized and undisclosed perquisites and enter into $9.3 million of undisclosed related party transactions that supported the lavish lifestyle of the company's founder and former CEO.
As head of the SEC's Philadelphia office, Mr. Hoerl supervised the early investigation of one of the first enforcement cases later brought relating to the operations of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and its subsidiaries based on their failure to follow rules regarding the clearance, settlement, and valuation of securities. In another precedent-setting matter under his direction, the Philadelphia office argued in a broker-dealer misappropriation case for an expansive definition of the "in connection with" requirement of Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act that the Supreme Court ultimately endorsed in its 2002 decision in SEC v. Zanford.
Mr. Hoerl's early tenure in the Denver and Salt Lake offices was marked by a number of significant cases targeting cold-calling "boiler room" operations that promoted penny stocks to vulnerable investors. These cases carved out important legal principles in the broker-dealer arena and led to the demise of a number of prominent brokerage firms in the region, including Blinder Robinson and Co.
"Don's service to the SEC in numerous different offices and roles over 30 years has been extraordinary. His leadership, excellent judgment, keen sense of justice, and his calm and reassuring manner, has assured the success of the offices he directed and he will be sorely missed," said Andrew Ceresney, Co-Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement.
During the last four years, Mr. Hoerl played a leadership role in the reorganizations of the Division of Enforcement and the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. He served on the SEC's Claims Review Committee, which recommends actions on claims made to its Office of the Whistleblower.
"Under Don's leadership, the Denver examination program has been energetic, determined, and creative. I want to congratulate and thank Don for his distinguished service to investors, our markets, and the Commission," said Andrew Bowden, Director of the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations.
Mr. Hoerl's career includes public service as an assistant U.S. attorney in Denver from 1976 to 1982 and as a deputy district attorney in Pueblo, Colo. He received his B.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, and his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. (Press Rel. 2013-133)
Commission Charges Former Portfolio Manager at S.A.C. Capital with Insider Trading
The Commission today charged a former portfolio manager at S.A.C. Capital Advisors with insider trading ahead of major announcements by technology companies.
The SEC alleges that Richard Lee's illegal trading based on nonpublic information he received from sources with connections to insiders at the technology companies enabled the S.A.C. Capital hedge fund that he managed to generate more than $1.5 million in illegal profits. Lee also made trades in his personal account. The insider trading occurred ahead of public announcements about a Microsoft-Yahoo partnership and the acquisition of 3Com Corporation by Hewlett-Packard.
"Lee's illegal trading is yet another byproduct of a pervasive, win-at-all-cost culture that will not be tolerated," said George S. Canellos, Co-Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "Lee cultivated and used sources in the U.S. and China to gain an unfair trading edge that landed him in law enforcement's crosshairs."
Sanjay Wadhwa, Senior Associate Director of the SEC's New York Regional Office, added, "We continue to relentlessly pursue and expose insider trading by hedge fund managers who are under the misguided belief that they won't be apprehended and held accountable for their unlawful conduct."
According to the SEC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Lee received inside information in July 2009 from a sell-side analyst familiar with nonpublic negotiations between Microsoft and Yahoo to enter into an Internet search engine partnership. Lee learned that the negotiations, previously the subject of market rumors, were moving forward and a deal could be finalized in the next two weeks. The analyst told Lee that the confidential information came from a close personal friend who worked at Microsoft. Lee thanked the analyst for the "very specific information" and promptly purchased hundreds of thousands of shares of Yahoo stock in a portfolio that he managed on behalf of S.A.C. Capital. Lee also purchased shares of Yahoo stock in his personal trading account. When the imminent deal was reported in the press almost a week later, Yahoo's stock price rose approximately four percent on the news and S.A.C. Capital and Lee reaped substantial profits.
The SEC further alleges that Lee received highly confidential information about 3Com from a Beijing-based consultant who he knew had close personal ties with executives at the company. When his source tipped him on Nov. 11, 2009, that 3Com was on the verge of being acquired by Hewlett-Packard, Lee quickly purchased several hundred thousand shares of 3Com stock for the S.A.C. Capital hedge fund. On the basis of the nonpublic information, Lee amassed the sizeable 3Com position just minutes before Hewlett-Packard announced it agreed to acquire 3Com for $2.7 billion. The price of 3Com stock jumped more than 30 percent the next day, and the S.A.C. Capital hedge fund reaped substantial illicit profits as a result of Lee's illegal trades.
The SEC's complaint charges Lee, who lives in Chicago, with violating Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5. The complaint seeks a final judgment ordering Lee to pay disgorgement of his ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest and financial penalties, and permanently enjoining him from future violations of these provisions of the federal securities laws.
The SEC's investigation, which is continuing, has been conducted by Thomas Smith, Michael Holland, and Joseph Sansone of the Enforcement Division's Market Abuse Unit in New York as well as Melissa Coppola and Jordan Baker in the New York Regional Office. The case has been supervised by Sanjay Wadhwa. The SEC appreciates the assistance of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Press Rel. 2013-134; LR-22761)
Commission Charges Florida Resident with Unregistered Sales of Securities
On July 23, 2013, the Commission filed settled charges against Florida resident Jorge Bravo, Jr., for unlawful sales of millions of shares of a microcap company to the public without complying with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, from April 2009 until May 2010, Bravo unlawfully sold approximately 93 million shares of stock of AVVAA World Health Care Products, Inc. in unregistered transactions for proceeds of approximately $523,000. The complaint alleges that Bravo obtained the shares through three "wrap around agreements." The wrap around agreements involved debts that AVVAA supposedly owed to its officers, affiliates, or other persons closely associated with the company (Affiliates) for unpaid compensation for services rendered. Under the wrap around agreements, the Affiliates assigned to Bravo the debts that AVVAA purportedly owed to them, and AVVAA consented to the assignment and agreed to modify the terms of the original debt obligation so that the debts now owed to Bravo were immediately convertible into shares of AVVAA common stock. According to the complaint, within weeks of entering into the first two agreements, and approximately four months after the execution of the third, Bravo began selling the shares he obtained under the agreements to the public. He then used some of the proceeds of the stock sales to pay the amounts owed to the Affiliates under the wrap around agreements. The complaint further alleges that Bravo had previously been involved in wrap around agreements, in his capacity as of president and chief executive of Cross Atlantic Commodities, Inc., a public company located in Weston, Florida, and that those wrap around agreements were subjects of a prior Commission enforcement action, SEC v. K&L International Enterprises, Inc., 6:09-cv-1638-GAP-KRS (M.D. Fla. Sept. 24, 2009). Bravo was not charged in that matter.
Without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, Bravo agreed to settle the case against him by consenting to the entry of a final judgment permanently enjoining him from future violations of Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act; permanently enjoining him from participating in any offering of penny stock; and requiring him to pay disgorgement of $ 392,000, the amount of his ill-gotten gains, plus prejudgment interest of $ 53,866 and a civil penalty in the amount of $150,000. The settlement must be approved by the court.
The SEC's investigation was conducted by New York Regional Office Enforcement staff Karen Lee, Christopher Ferrante, and Leslie Kazon. The Commission acknowledges the assistance of FINRA, the British Columbia Securities Commission, and the Ontario Securities Commission in this matter. (LR-22756)
SEC vs. Trevor G. Cook, Patrick J. Kiley, et al.
The Commission announced that on July 15, 2013, the Honorable Chief Judge Michael J. Davis of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota sentenced Patrick J. Kiley to 20 years in prison and ordered him to pay $155 million in restitution. The sentence was based on Kiley's conviction on 15 criminal counts including mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and money laundering for his role in a $194 million foreign currency trading scheme that defrauded approximately 1,000 investors. Kiley was charged on July 19, 2011, and a jury found him guilty on June 12, 2012.
Kiley is one of the defendants in a pending civil injunctive action filed by the Commission on November 23, 2009 in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The Commission's action against Kiley arose out of the same facts that are the subject of the criminal case against him. The Commission's complaint alleges that from at least July 2006 through at least July 2009, Kiley and co-defendant Trevor G. Cook of Minneapolis, Minnesota, raised at least $190 million (later determined to be $194 million) from 1,000 investors through the unregistered offer and sale of investments in a purported foreign currency trading venture. According to the Commission's complaint, Cook and Kiley pooled investors' funds in bank and trading accounts in the names of entities they controlled. The Commission's complaint alleges that the foreign currency trading they conducted resulted in millions of dollars in losses, and they misused approximately one half of the investor funds to make Ponzi-like payments to earlier investors and pay for, among other things, Cook's gambling losses and the purchase of the historic Van Dusen Mansion in Minneapolis.
The Commission's complaint charges Cook and Kiley with violating Sections 5 and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. On November 23, 2009, the Court entered a preliminary injunction order against Cook and Kiley and froze all of their assets. On March 7, 2011, the Commission also filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis against Jason Bo-Alan Beckman and his registered investment advisory firm Oxford Private Client Group, LLC, for their roles in this scheme. On August 27, 2010, the Court entered an order of permanent injunction against Cook. The Court also appointed a receiver to marshal and preserve all of the Defendants' assets. The Commission's cases against Kiley and Beckman remain pending. (LR-22760)
Delinquent Filers' Stock Registrations Revoked
The registrations of the registered securities of GDT Tek, Inc., Gemini Explorations, Inc., Genetic Vectors, Inc., and Global Gate Property Corp. have been revoked. Each had repeatedly failed to file required annual and quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Thus, each violated a crucial provision of the federal securities laws that requires public corporations to publicly disclose current, accurate financial information so that investors may make informed decisions. The revocations were ordered in an administrative proceeding before an administrative law judge. (Rel. 34-70035)
Attorney Mitchell S. Drucker Suspended by New York State from Practicing Law for Three Years.
On July 17, 2013, the Appellate Division, Second Department, of the New York State Supreme Court (the "Appellate Division"), issued a decision suspending attorney Mitchell S. Drucker from the practicing law for three years, commencing August 16, 2013. The decision provides that Drucker cannot apply for reinstatement earlier than February 16, 2016. The Court imposed this sanction based on the judgment the Commission obtained in its insider trading case against Drucker. SEC v. Mitchell S. Drucker, et al, 06 Civ. 1644 (S.D.N.Y.). In December 2007, a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found that Drucker, who was in the legal department of public company NBTY, Inc., violated the antifraud provisions of the securities laws by insider trading the common stock of NBTY, tipping his father, who traded, and trading his friend's NBTY shares. In its decision, the Appellate Division upheld the determination of a Special Referee that Drucker had (1) "engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, deceit, fraud, or misrepresentation, in violation of former Code of Professional Responsibility DR1-102(a)(4) (22 NYCRR 1200.3[a][4])," and (2) "engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on his fitness as an attorney, in violation of former Code of Professional Responsibility DR 1-102(a)(7) (22 NYCRR 1200.3[a][7])." In imposing its sanction, the Appellate Division found:
. . . [W]e note the absence of cooperation by the respondent with the SEC, as well as the absence of any admission by the respondent that he engaged in insider trading. As the District Court noted, the respondent "failed to cooperate … until … he could no longer conceal his transgression, thereby misleading his employer," and he failed to take responsibility for what he did. We find the absence of remorse to be an aggravating factor, consistent with the District Court's finding that the respondent was entitled to "no mercy" as a result of the "brazenness" of his conduct and his "cocky refusal to own up to it." Moreover, we note the District Court's description of the respondent as having "demonstrated utter indifference to the law and to his client," and of his conduct as "egregious."
Previously, on December 26, 2007, Judge Colleen McMahon, whose decision and findings were cited by the Appellate Division, enjoined Drucker from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and barred him from serving as an officer and director of any public company. The judgment also ordered defendant Drucker to pay disgorgement and prejudgment interest totaling $201,146, to pay, and be jointly and severally liable with his father, defendant Ronald Drucker for, disgorgement and prejudgment interest totaling $74,411, and to pay, and be jointly and severally liable with his friend, relief defendant William Minerva for, disgorgement and prejudgment interest totaling $11,577. Finally, the judgment ordered Mitchell Drucker to pay a civil penalty of $394,486, representing two times the combined ill-gotten gains obtained by defendants Mitchell Drucker and Ronald Drucker, and relief defendant Minerva. Drucker subsequently completed those payments to the U.S. Treasury.
In February 2008, the Commission issued an Order temporarily and then permanently suspending Drucker from practicing before the Commission based on his insider trading judgment. (LR-22757)
Massachusetts-based Penny Stock Promoter Ordered to Pay Over $1.6 Million in Penny Stock Fraud Case
The Commission announced today that on July 24, 2013, a final judgment was entered by default against Massachusetts-based National Financial Communications, Inc. ("NFC"). NFC is a defendant in an action filed by the Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on December 12, 2011, alleging that Massachusetts resident Geoffrey J. Eiten and NFC made material misrepresentations and omissions in penny stock publications they issued.
The judgment enjoins NFC from further violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws (Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder) and from certain specified activities related to penny stocks, including the promotion of a penny stock or deriving compensation from the promotion of a penny stock. The judgment also imposed a penny stock bar against NFC which permanently bars it from participating in an offering of penny stock, including engaging in activities with a broker, dealer, or issuer for the purpose of issuing, trading, or inducing or attempting to induce the purchase or sale of any penny stock. The judgment orders NFC to pay disgorgement of $605,262, representing NFC's ill-gotten gains, plus prejudgment interest of $38,819 and a civil penalty of $1 million.
The Commission's complaint alleged that Eiten and NFC issued a penny stock promotional publication called the "OTC Special Situations Reports." According to the complaint, the defendants promoted penny stocks in this publication on behalf of clients in order to increase the price per share and/or volume of trading in the market for the securities of penny stock companies. The complaint alleged that Eiten and NFC made misrepresentations in these reports about the penny stock companies they promoted. For example, the Commission's complaint alleged that during 2010, Eiten and NFC issued reports promoting four penny stock companies: (1) Clean Power Concepts, Inc., based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, a purported manufacturer and distributor of various fuel additives and lubrication products made from crushed seed oil; (2) Endeavor Power Corp., based in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, a purported recycler of value metals from electronic waste; (3) Gold Standard Mining, based in Agoura Hills, California, a purported owner of Russia gold mining operations; and (4) Nexaira Wireless Corp., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a purported developer and seller of wireless routers. The Commission's complaint alleged that in these four reports, Eiten and NFC made material misrepresentations and omissions, concerning, among other things, the companies' financial condition, future revenue projections, intellectual property rights, and Eiten's interaction with company management as a basis for his statements.
According to the complaint, Eiten and NFC were hired to issue the above reports and used false information provided by their clients, without checking the accuracy of the information with the companies in question or otherwise ensuring that the statements they were making in the OTC Special Situations Report were true. The Commission's case against Eiten is still pending. (LR-22759)
Former Investment Banker and His College Friend Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Insider Trading Scheme
The Commission announced that on July 23, 2013, investment bank analyst Jauyo "Jason" Lee, 29, of Palo Alto, Calif., and his college friend Victor Chen, 29, of Sunnyvale, Calif., were sentenced to 16 months in prison for their roles in an insider trading scheme. The Honorable Richard Seeborg, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, also sentenced Lee and Chen to two years of supervised release following their incarceration and ordered that restitution and forfeiture be considered at a subsequent hearing. Chen paid $610,099 in forfeiture prior to sentencing. Lee and Chen both pleaded guilty on April 16, 2013, to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of securities fraud.
The criminal charges filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California arose out of the same facts that were the subject of a civil action that the SEC filed against Lee and Chen on September 27, 2012. The SEC's complaint alleged that Lee, who worked in the San Francisco office of Leerink Swann LLC, gleaned sensitive, nonpublic information about two upcoming deals from unsuspecting co-workers involved with those clients and by reviewing various internal documents about the transactions, which involved medical device companies. Lee tipped Chen, his longtime college friend with the confidential information, and Chen traded heavily on the basis of the nonpublic details that Lee had a duty to protect. Chen made more than $600,000 in illicit profits, which was a 237 percent return on his initial investment. Bank records reveal a pattern of large cash withdrawals by Lee followed by large cash deposits by Chen, who then used the money for the insider trading.
According to the SEC's complaint, Lee was first privy to information about Leerink's client Syneron Medical Ltd., which was negotiating an acquisition of Candela Corporation in 2009. He later learned that Leerink's client Somanetics Corporation was in the process of being acquired by Covidien plc. in 2010. As Lee collected nonpublic details about each of the deals, he communicated with Chen repeatedly and exchanged dozens of phone calls and text messages. Some of the calls took place from Lee's office telephone at Leerink. Lee had a duty to preserve the confidentiality of the information that he received in the course of his employment at Leerink.
The SEC alleged that in the days leading up to the public announcements of each of these deals, Chen made sizeable purchases of stock and call options in Candela and Somanetics and made unusual trades in the securities of each of these acquisition targets. Chen had never previously bought securities in these companies, yet he suddenly spent a significant portion of his available cash to buy the Candela and Somanetics securities. Chen proceeded to sell most of his Candela and Somanetics holdings once public announcements were made about the transactions. Because Chen made some of his trades in his sister Jennifer Chen's account, the SEC's complaint also names her as a relief defendant for the purposes of recovering the illegal profits in her account.
As a result of their conduct, the SEC's complaint charged Lee and Chen with violations of Sections 10(b) and 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5 and 14e-3 thereunder. The complaint sought disgorgement of ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest, civil penalties, and permanent injunctions against Lee and Chen. The SEC's case remains pending. (LR-22758)
Stefan H. Benger Sanctioned
Stefan H. Benger (Benger), of Chicago, Illinois, has been barred from the securities industry. The sanction was ordered in an administrative proceeding before an administrative law judge, following a court-ordered injunction against him.
Benger was enjoined from violating the antifraud and registration provisions of the securities laws, based on his wrongdoing from 2007 through February 2009, when he and others operated a penny stock boiler room. (Rel. ID-499)
Calamos Advisors LLC and Calamos ETF Trust
A notice has been issued giving interested persons until August 19, 2013, to request a hearing on an application filed by Calamos Advisors LLC and Calamos ETF Trust for an order to permit: (a) actively-managed series of certain open-end management investment companies to issue shares (Shares) redeemable in large aggregations only (Creation Units); (b) secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at negotiated market prices; (c) certain series to pay redemption proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days from the tender of Shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of the series to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the series in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation Units; and (e) certain registered management investment companies and unit investment trusts outside of the same group of investment companies as the series to acquire Shares. (Rel. IC-30628)
NGAM Advisors, L.P., et al.
A notice has been issued giving interested persons until August 19, 2013, to request a hearing on an application filed by NGAM Advisors, L.P., et al., for an order to permit: (a) series of certain open-end management investment companies to issue shares ("Shares") redeemable in large aggregations only ("Creation Unit Aggregations"); (b) secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at negotiated market prices; (c) certain series to pay redemption proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days after the tender of Shares for redemption; and (d) certain affiliated persons of the series to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the series in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations. (Rel. IC-30630)
Orders of Deregistration Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
Orders have been issued under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 declaring that each of the following has ceased to be an investment company:
Glickenhaus Value Portfolios 1996 Equity Collection [File No. 811-7423]
Empire Builder Tax Free Bond Fund [File No. 811-3907]
Jacob Funds II [File No. 811-7881]
Salient Alternative Strategies Fund [File No. 811-22388]
Armstrong Associates Inc. [File No. 811-1548]
Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund [File No. 811-21920]
Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund [File No. 811-21921]
Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund [File No. 811-21923]
Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund [File No. 811-21924]
Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund [File No. 811-22150]
Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund [File No. 811-22151]
Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund [File No. 811-22152]
Madison Mosaic Equity Trust [File No. 811-3615]
Global Chartist Fund, LLC [File No. 811-22617]
Lord Abbett Stock Appreciation Fund [File No. 811-9597]
Persimmon Growth Partners Fund LP [File No. 811-22457]
Persimmon Growth Partners Investor Fund [File No. 811-22458]
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change
A proposed rule change filed by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC to offer a new dedicated OUCH port infrastructure connectivity option and adopt related fees (SR-NASDAQ-2013-097) has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of July 29th, 2013. (Rel. 34-70036)
A proposed rule change filed by NYSE MKT LLC adding a new rule to codify existing price protection mechanisms (SR-NYSEMKT-2013-62) has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of July 29th, 2013. (Rel. 34-70037)
A proposed rule change filed by NYSE Arca, Inc. adding a new rule to codify existing price protection mechanisms (SR-NYSEArca-2013-72) has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of July 29th, 2013. (Rel. 34-70038)
A proposed rule change filed by Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated relating to the Technical Disconnect Functionality (SR-CBOE-2013-071) has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of July 29th, 2013. (Rel. 34-70039)
The following registration statements have been filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933. The reported information appears as follows: Form, Name, Address and Phone Number (if available) of the issuer of the security; Title and the number and/or face amount of the securities being offered; Name of the managing underwriter or depositor (if applicable); File number and date filed; Assigned Branch; and a designation if the statement is a New Issue.
Registration statements may be viewed in person in the Commission's Public Reference Branch at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. To obtain paper copies, please refer to information on the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov/answers/publicdocs.htm. In most cases, you can view and download this information by using the search function located at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.
S-1 SFX Entertainment, INC, 430 PARK AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022, 646-561-6400 - 0 ($300,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-190092 - Jul. 24) (BR. 05B) S-4 Mid South TransCo LLC, 2001 TIMBERLOCH PLACE, THE WOODLANDS, TX, 77380, 504-576-4000 - 0 ($5,196,675,000.00) Equity, (File 333-190094 - Jul. 24) (BR. 02) S-8 ChyronHego Corp, 5 HUB DR, MELVILLE, NY, 11747, 6318452000 - 3,000,000 ($4,575,000.00) Equity, (File 333-190095 - Jul. 24) (BR.10A) S-3 FIRST NATIONAL FUNDING LLC, 0 ($1,000,000.00) Asset-Backed Securities, (File 333-190096 - Jul. 24) (BR. OSF) S-3 APPLIED DNA SCIENCES INC, 25 HEALTH SCIENCES DRIVE, SUITE 113, STONY BROOK, NY, 11790, 631 444 6861 - 0 ($21,693,477.00) Equity, (File 333-190097 - Jul. 24) (BR. 06C) S-8 Cheviot Financial Corp., 3723 GLENMORE AVENUE, CHEVIOT, OH, 45211, (513) 661-0457 - 654,500 ($7,405,667.50) Equity, (File 333-190098 - Jul. 24) (BR. 07) S-8 AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 38 SIDNEY STREET, 2ND FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02139, 617-272-5275 - 0 ($30,192,751.00) Equity, (File 333-190101 - Jul. 24) (BR. 01A) S-8 Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC, 5847 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 3000, HOUSTON, TX, 77057, 832-327-2259 - 3,000,000 ($82,050,000.00) Equity,(File 333-190102 - Jul. 24) (BR. 04B) S-4 Sabine Pass LNG, L.P., 700 MILAM ST., SUITE 800, HOUSTON, TX, 77002, (713) 375-5000 - 420,000,000 ($420,000,000.00) Debt, (File 333-190103 - Jul. 24) (BR. 02A) S-8 NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD, CROWN HOUSE, 4 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD SECOND FLOOR, HAMILTON, HM08, D0, 0000, 2464219471 - 0 ($107,800,200.00) Equity, (File 333-190104 - Jul. 24) (BR. 04B) S-8 WCI Communities, Inc., 24301 WALDEN CENTER DRIVE, BONITA SPRINGS, FL, 34134, 239-947-2600 - 0 ($44,805,000.00) Equity, (File 333-190105 - Jul. 24) (BR. 06C) S-3 PetroLogistics LP, 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 3250, HOUSTON, TX, 77002, 713-255-5990 - 0 ($1,620,965,270.00) Unallocated (Universal) Shelf, (File 333-190106 - Jul. 24) (BR. 06B) S-1 PLAYERS NETWORK, 1771 E. FLAMINGO ROAD, SUITE # 201-A, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89119, 702-734-3457 - 22,750,000 ($455,000.00) Equity, (File 333-190107 - Jul. 24) (BR. 11C) S-4 ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC, 3773 STATE ROAD, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH, 44223, 330 929 1811 - 0 ($100,000,000.00) Debt, (File 333-190108 - Jul. 24) (BR. 06C) F-3D FRANCO NEVADA Corp, EXCHANGE TOWER, 130 KING ST W, SUITE 740, TORONTO, XX, M5X 1E4, 416-306-6306 - 0 ($15,306,000.00) Equity, (File 333-190109 - Jul. 24) (BR. 09A) S-8 CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC, 26901 MALIBU HILLS RD, CALABASAS HILLS, CA, 91301, 818 871-8342 - 0 ($74,795,000.00) Equity, (File 333-190110 - Jul. 24) (BR. 05B)
Form 8-K is used by companies to file current reports on the following events:
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STATE NAME OF ISSUER CODE 8K ITEM NO. DATE COMMENT 22nd Century Group, Inc. NV 3.02,3.03,7.01, 07/23/13 8.01,9.01 8X8 INC /DE/ DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 AARON'S INC GA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 ACE Ltd V8 5.03,9.01 07/23/13 AEGEA, INC. NV 2.01,3.02,4.01, 07/22/13 5.01,5.02,5.03,9.01 Aircastle LTD D0 7.01,9.01 07/23/13 AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvani PA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvani PA 5.07 04/24/13 AMEND Allied Nevada Gold Corp. DE 7.01,9.01 07/22/13 AMERICAN CAMPUS COMMUNITIES INC MD 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/23/13 American Realty Capital Global Trust, 1.01,2.01,2.03,9.01 07/19/13 American Realty Capital Properties, I MD 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 AMERICAN TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES II L P DE 4.01,9.01 07/18/13 AMERICAN TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES III LP DE 4.01,9.01 07/18/13 AMERICAN TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES LP DE 4.01,9.01 07/18/13 AMERICAN TAX CREDIT TRUST SERIES I DE 4.01,9.01 07/18/13 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP DE 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 AMR CORP DE 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 AMR CORP DE 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 Angie's List, Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 AntriaBio, Inc. DE 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERIC MN 2.02 07/24/13 APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC OH 8.01 07/22/13 APTARGROUP INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 ARROW ELECTRONICS INC NY 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD D0 2.02,5.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORP OH 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 ASSURANT INC 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 AT&T INC. DE 8.01,9.01 06/30/13 Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. E9 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 ATMI INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 AUBURN NATIONAL BANCORPORATION, INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Bacterin International Holdings, Inc. DE 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. MD 5.02,9.01 07/16/13 AMEND Bancorp, Inc. 5.02 07/24/13 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ DE 5.02,9.01 07/24/13 BankUnited, Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 BANNER CORP WA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC MD 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 BOEING CO DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC MA 7.01 07/17/13 AMEND BROOKLINE BANCORP INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CA, INC. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CA, INC. DE 8.01 07/24/13 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Cape Bancorp, Inc. MD 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 Capital Bank Financial Corp. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP TX 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Carey Watermark Investors Inc 1.01,2.01,9.01 07/10/13 AMEND CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CATERPILLAR INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CAVCO INDUSTRIES INC DE 2.01,3.02,8.01,9.01 07/22/13 CDW Corp DE 2.02,7.01 07/24/13 Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc DE 5.02,9.01 07/23/13 CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LT 5.02 07/18/13 CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/22/13 CHINA GENGSHENG MINERALS, INC. NV 4.01 07/24/13 CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC AK 5.02 07/23/13 CITRIX SYSTEMS INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Clearwater Paper Corp DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INC DE 1.01,5.02,9.01 07/22/13 CODESMART HOLDINGS, INC. FL 1.01,9.01 07/18/13 COMCAST CORP PA 5.02,9.01 07/23/13 COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 COMMUNITY TRUST BANCORP INC /KY/ KY 7.01,8.01 07/23/13 CONMED CORP NY 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO DE 1.01,9.01 07/19/13 COSTAR GROUP INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Crocs, Inc. 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC. TX 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 CVSL INC. FL 5.02,9.01 07/18/13 DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/ DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 DELTIC TIMBER CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Destination Maternity Corp DE 8.01,9.01 07/18/13 DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC DE 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 DICE HOLDINGS, INC. DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 DIGITAL ALLY INC 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 DIRECT INSITE CORP DE 8.01 07/23/13 DIVALL INSURED INCOME PROPERTIES 2 LI WI 1.01,9.01 07/24/13 Dolan Co. DE 1.02 07/24/13 DOMINOS PIZZA INC 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 DOVER DOWNS GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT IN DE 7.01,9.01 07/19/13 DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC DE 7.01,9.01 07/19/13 Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 DYAX CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 E TRADE FINANCIAL Corp DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 EAGLE ROCK ENERGY PARTNERS L P DE 1.01,2.02, 07/23/13 2.03,7.01,9.01 EASTERN CO CT 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 eLayaway, Inc. DE 5.02,9.01 07/24/13 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. DE 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 AMEND EMC CORP MA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Enertopia Corp. NV 5.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 Eos Petro, Inc. NV 1.01,3.02, 06/23/13 5.02,7.01,9.01 EQUIFAX INC GA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 EQUINIX INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 EURONET WORLDWIDE INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 Evercore Partners Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 EXAR CORP DE 2.02,9.01 06/30/13 F5 NETWORKS INC WA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Facebook Inc 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE INC DE 1.01,5.02,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 FAMOUS DAVES OF AMERICA INC MN 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago X1 5.02 07/23/13 Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas 2.03,9.01 07/18/13 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC NY 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FIRST BANCORP /PR/ PR 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORP /PA PA 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP INC DE 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 FIRST RATE STAFFING Corp DE 2.01,3.02,5.06,9.01 11/09/12 AMEND First Trust Intermediate Duration Pre MA 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 FLAGSTAR BANCORP INC MI 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/23/13 FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP DE 5.02,9.01 07/23/13 FMC CORP DE 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 FNB CORP/FL/ FL 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 FORD MOTOR CO DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO LLC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES INC OH 2.03,3.02 07/24/13 FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC. DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. DE 1.01,2.03 07/23/13 FRISCHS RESTAURANTS INC OH 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FS Energy & Power Fund DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FS Investment CORP MD 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 FS Investment Corp II MD 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Fuelstream INC DE 3.02 07/23/13 GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC NV 7.01,9.01 07/24/13 GANNETT CO INC /DE/ DE 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Generation Zero Group, Inc. 3.02,5.02,9.01 07/11/13 GENTEX CORP MI 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 GENTEX CORP MI 1.01,7.01,9.01 07/18/13 Georgetown Bancorp, Inc. MD 8.01,9.01 07/22/13 Georgia-Carolina Bancshares, Inc GA 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. IN 1.01,2.02,7.01,9.01 07/23/13 GlyEco, Inc. NV 4.01,9.01 07/24/13 AMEND GOLDFIELD CORP DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORP DE 7.01,9.01 07/22/13 GREYSTONE LOGISTICS, INC. 8.01 07/24/13 GULFMARK OFFSHORE INC DE 7.01,9.01 07/23/13 Hanesbrands Inc. MD 1.01,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastr MD 1.01,2.03 07/19/13 HARDINGE INC NY 9.01 05/09/13 AMEND HARLAND CLARKE HOLDINGS CORP DE 1.01,7.01,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 HDS INTERNATIONAL CORP. NV 1.01,2.03,9.01 07/15/13 HEALTH DISCOVERY CORP 2Q 8.01 07/24/13 HEALTH ENHANCEMENT PRODUCTS INC NV 5.02 07/19/13 HEALTHWAYS, INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC. DE 7.01,8.01 07/24/13 HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ WA 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 HI TECH PHARMACAL CO INC NY 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 HMN FINANCIAL INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/19/13 Honda Auto Receivables 2013-3 Owner T DE 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 Honda Auto Receivables 2013-3 Owner T DE 1.01,9.01 07/24/13 IBERIABANK CORP LA 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/23/13 IBERIABANK CORP LA 7.01 07/24/13 ID SYSTEMS INC DE 5.02 07/19/13 INFINERA CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 INGRAM MICRO INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES NV 4.01,9.01 07/18/13 INTER PARFUMS INC DE 2.02 07/23/13 INTERFACE INC GA 2.02 07/24/13 INTERMUNE INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 International Safety Group, Inc. NV 5.02 07/23/13 INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD A1 7.01,9.01 07/23/13 INTRICON CORP PA 2.05,2.06 06/12/13 AMEND JAKKS PACIFIC INC DE 1.01,2.03,3.02,9.01 07/18/13 JAMBA, INC. DE 1.01,2.03 07/22/13 JMP Group Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 JTH Holding, Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 KAISER ALUMINUM CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 KID BRANDS, INC NJ 5.07 07/18/13 KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC AZ 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 L2 MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT CO NV 4.01,9.01 07/24/13 LAKE SHORE BANCORP, INC. 8.01 07/24/13 LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP NV 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 LASERLOCK TECHNOLOGIES INC NV 1.01 07/22/13 LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST MD 3.02 07/24/13 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC DE 1.01,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 LILLY ELI & CO IN 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Limelight Networks, Inc. DE 5.02,9.01 07/19/13 LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP /CA/ DE 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ A1 8.01 07/22/13 LITHIA MOTORS INC OR 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 LSI CORP DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Maidenform Brands, Inc. DE 1.01,5.02,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 MARINE PRODUCTS CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MARINE PRODUCTS CORP DE 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS INC 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD DE 5.02 07/18/13 MASCO CORP /DE/ DE 5.02 07/18/13 Mastech Holdings, Inc. PA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MATTSON TECHNOLOGY INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MDC HOLDINGS INC DE 5.02 07/22/13 MEDIA GENERAL INC VA 5.02 07/19/13 MEDICINES CO /DE DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MEDIFAST INC DE 5.02,9.01 07/22/13 Medytox Solutions, Inc. NV 8.01 07/15/13 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. L3 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Meritage Homes CORP MD 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MID PENN BANCORP INC PA 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. TN 5.02,7.01,9.01 07/18/13 MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO PA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MKS INSTRUMENTS INC MA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC DE 5.03,9.01 07/19/13 MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC NV 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MOODYS CORP /DE/ DE 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 Motorola Solutions, Inc. DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/22/13 MUTUALFIRST FINANCIAL INC MD 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 MVP REIT, Inc. MD 8.01 07/24/13 NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD D0 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/23/13 Nano Labs Corp. CO 4.01,9.01 06/20/13 NASDAQ OMX GROUP, INC. DE 2.02,7.01,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 Neiman Marcus, Inc. DE 1.01 07/15/13 NEOGEN CORP MI 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 Nepia Inc. 1.01,2.01,3.02, 07/18/13 5.01,5.02,5.06,9.01 New Western Energy Corp NV 7.01,9.01 07/22/13 NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC DE 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 NEWBRIDGE BANCORP NC 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Noranda Aluminum Holding CORP DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 Noranda Aluminum Holding CORP DE 5.02,9.01 07/23/13 NORTH BAY RESOURCES INC DE 1.01,9.01 07/24/13 NORTHRIM BANCORP INC AK 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 NORWOOD FINANCIAL CORP PA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 NVE CORP /NEW/ MN 2.02 07/24/13 OBA Financial Services, Inc. MD 4.01,9.01 07/18/13 OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 OFFICEMAX INC DE 5.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 OHIO POWER CO OH 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP OH 2.02,9.01 04/25/13 OLD SECOND BANCORP INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Omega Flex, Inc. PA 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 OMNICARE INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 ON ASSIGNMENT INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Orchids Paper Products CO /DE DE 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 Oritani Financial Corp DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 OUTERWALL INC DE 2.01,9.01 07/23/13 OVERHILL FARMS INC NV 8.01 07/23/13 OVERHILL FARMS INC NV 8.01,9.01 07/23/13 Owens Corning DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/ DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Pacific Ethanol, Inc. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PALADIN REALTY INCOME PROPERTIES INC MD 1.01,7.01,9.01 07/18/13 PALL CORP NY 5.02,9.01 07/23/13 PALMETTO BANCSHARES INC SC 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PARKE BANCORP, INC. NJ 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PASSPORT POTASH INC A1 8.01,9.01 07/22/13 PDF SOLUTIONS INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PDL BIOPHARMA, INC. DE 5.02,8.01,9.01 07/24/13 PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC PA 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT T PA 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ MS 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PEPSICO INC NC 2.02,8.01,9.01 07/19/13 PEPSICO INC NC 7.01 07/24/13 PEPSICO INC NC 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PETMED EXPRESS INC FL 8.01,9.01 07/22/13 PetroLogistics LP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PLUMAS BANCORP CA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PMFG, Inc. DE 5.02,9.01 07/24/13 Polar Petroleum Corp. 7.01 07/10/13 Poly Shield Technologies Inc. DE 1.01,9.01 07/19/13 POTLATCH CORP DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 POWER ONE INC DE 5.07,7.01,9.01 07/23/13 PRAXAIR INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Prologis, Inc. MD 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 PROSPERITY BANCSHARES INC TX 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP DE 2.02 07/23/13 PTC INC. MA 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 PVR PARTNERS, L. P. DE 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 QUALCOMM INC/DE DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 RAAM Global Energy Co DE 8.01 07/24/13 RADIAN GROUP INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC FL 2.02,7.01,9.01 07/24/13 READING INTERNATIONAL INC NV 5.02 07/24/13 REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP. DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC PA 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT MD 1.01 07/18/13 RESPECT YOUR UNIVERSE, INC. NV 1.01,5.02,9.01 07/18/13 REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. DE 1.01,7.01,9.01 07/23/13 REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 RF MICRO DEVICES INC NC 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 ROBERTS REALTY INVESTORS INC GA 1.01,1.02,2.03,9.01 07/18/13 Rock-Tenn CO GA 2.02,9.01 07/23/13 Rock-Tenn CO GA 8.01,9.01 07/23/13 ROLLINS INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 ROLLINS INC DE 8.01,9.01 07/23/13 RPC INC DE 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 RPC INC DE 8.01,9.01 07/24/13 RUBY TUESDAY INC GA 2.02,9.01 07/03/13 RYLAND GROUP INC MD 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 S Y BANCORP INC KY 2.02,9.01 07/24/13 Saker Aviation Services, Inc. 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The Avon Lake Collection
Avon Lake, Ohio is a city of 23,000 in the northeast corner of Lorain County, Ohio. It is 18 miles from downtown Cleveland and follows the shore of Lake Erie for five miles. An agricultural area that became a vacation destination, an industrial powerhouse and a commuter's haven, our history goes back over 200 years, and we have photos in this collection as far back as the 1890s.
Featuring historic photos of homes, farms, businesses, schools, churches, community events and organizations, the Avon Lake Collection includes images from the Cleveland Press Collection, as well as many donated and loaned to us by organizations, businesses, and individuals who live here or have family ties here.
The Avon Lake Public Library and Heritage Avon Lake worked together to collect these photos over the past three years, resulting in Images of America: Avon Lake (Arcadia Publishing, 2011). Many photos are here that did not appear in the book, and we continue to receive further donations and loans. If you have something "Avon Lake" you would like to share with the world, or if you want to help us upload and describe photos, contact the Avon Lake Public Library if you are interested. We provide training, follow-up and feedback.
Come and visit our growing collection of physical artifacts in the Marybelle Arnold North Coast History Room.
In addition, we are proud to present the entirety of Milburn Walker's 1965 book, The Avon Lake Story with the kind permission of the publisher, the Kiwanis Club of Avon Lake.
*Copyright policy for use of photos from this collection
New! The Avon Lake Documents Collection
Browse the Avon Lake Documents Collection here.
This project was made possible by Gerry Vogel, Assistant Director, Avon Lake Public Library, Bill Barrow, Kif Francis, Joanne Cornelius, Lauren Felder and all the fine staff at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University. Kent State MLIS candidate Gabriel Venditti, with the assistance of veteran Cleveland Memory Project volunteer Kathy Franzinger, provided training and documentation and set some standards for Library staff and volunteers to continue the work.
Much thanks to Library staff: Kathy Diamond, Nadge Herceg and Karen Scott. Volunteer uploaders are Kim Krock, Marianna Vargane-Nagy, Heather Cosentino, Lisa French-Thomas, Melissa Mallinak, and Patricia Belcastro.
KSU-MLIS candidate Jessica Williams scanned and uploaded this collection as her practicum project.
KSU-MLIS candidate Rebecca Kaplan uploaded a large number of photos during the summer of 2013.
KSU-MLIS candidate Laura Ploenzke uploaded a large number of photos during the winter of 2016.


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The campus recruitment drive from INDIAN NAVY was organized by PAAVAI INSTUTIONS on 23 rd September 2011.
Chairman CA N.V.Natarjan, Paavai Institutions, Director Administration, Director Admissions, Director and Placement training, Chief Guest Cdr B.Sreenandhan, Guest of Honor Lt Cdr Chavi Rathi and Lt Cdr Yogindersharma from Indian navy inaugurate the function.
Chairman C.A.N.V Natarjan, Paavai Institutions presided over the function and appreciated the candidates who have come forward to serve the nation, he advised students to perform well and fulfill the expectation of recruiters, then requested the recruiter Cdr B. Sreenandhan to select all the candidates who have come forward to serve the nation.
The chief guest Cdr B. Sreenandhan delivered his inaugural address. In his inaugural address he elaborated the rules and regulations of the recruitment process. He insisted this selection process will be apart from other sectors. If every candidate is capable for this recruitment our team will recruit everyone.
The principal, Dr.V.Murali Basakaran welcomed the gathering & Jasmine AP English department delivered the vote of thanks.


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Online Influencer. International Blogger.
Certified health coach, and pioneer in making
healthy never feel like hell.
Online Influencer. International Blogger.
Certified health coach, and pioneer in making
healthy never feel like hell.
Transforming yourself into a healthy, vivacious, status-quo-can't-keep-up-with-her kind of modern woman doesn't have to mean giving up all the fun and resigning yourself to your new life as Sister Mary Eats Nothing Delicious. In fact, I've dedicated my entire body of work to making sure that isn't the case.
As the host of the FMTV show, Elizabeth Eats, creator of The Mint Wellness Circle for women, long-time blogger, online influencer and modern health expert, this entire website is dedicated to showing you real tricks, tips, and effective hacks for going from tired, uninspired, bloated, icky, and exhausted to becoming a woman with spring in her step who glows from the inside out—just by making one new lifestyle tweak every day. Because living and eating healthy shouldn't mean the end of your life, altogether.
I'd be on that medication forever.
Except I wouldn't ever really feel better. A little, sure. But something always felt off. Between bottomed-out energy levels and weight I just couldn't seem to shake, I lived my way into my thirties figuring I'd just have to accept my fate.
But then I discovered Epstein-Barr.
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) isn't anything new. And 95% of the US population has it. But modern medicine barely understands it. It's said to live at the end of many people's nerve endings, but it's soooooo tiny, that your immune cells are even too big to get there. So there it stays, embedded deep inside our tissues, and it can be reactivated at whim. And when that happens, most doctors assume the body is attacking itself—but that isn't always the case. (Hello misdiagnosed autoimmune conditions.)
As it turns out, Epstein-Barr was exactly what I had, all those years; yet, traditional medicine doesn't know a lot about treating it. So I had no choice but to learn how to treat it myself. EBV is likely the cause of my severely low thyroid problems but there isn't really any scientific evidence to prove that. What I do know is this: when I started treating the EBV everything else got better.
I turned to nutrition, first, and slowly but surely began experimenting.
I learned that eating real food helps, and processed food makes me tired. That cutting out harmful chemicals from beauty products was was easier than I thought, and small lifestyle tweaks here and there made all the difference in my health.
And then one day, after many years of tweaking and testing and trial and error, I finally cracked the code. That day, I left the doctor's office with my first Epstein-Barr FREE test.
I cannot tell you how this feels. But I can tell you this: it's why I'm so passionate, now, about everything health and wellness. Not because it's a fad, but because eating well was the only way I could feel good and manage all of the moving parts of my life.
And apparently, my story and teachings have resonated. I went from being a top performer at a Big 4 accounting firm, to leaving it all behind to study nutrition and whole living, to building a six and then seven figure online business based all around something that I'm wild crazy obsessed with. (Interested in seeing how I pulled it off? Click here.)
This website is my office; the words are my mind; the recipes are my creations; the courses and programs are my deepest intentions. And I suppose, in a poetic way, I have the Epstein-Barr virus to thank for all of this.
Over 10,000 people have purchased my online programs… and counting. (Because entrepreneurship is my second passion!) I'm the host of the Elizabeth Eats TV show. (Still surreal!) I've got an entire membership community that exists solely to help other women. I'm working on a book. I'm feeling good in my skin. And I'm standing here to tell you that if something feels off with your body or your life, then something definitely is. You might not know where to start, but that's why you're here: because we're going to figure it out together. I'm going to walk with you, step-by-step through your journey, as well. And together, we're going to take you from "meh" to madly vibrant.
Because you can go through life with a low level unease coursing through your system. You can go through life sucking it up, making due, feeling just okay, and hoping it gets better soon—whether it's your body or your mind or your lifestyle or your relationships. You can go through life always wondering if it's you or…something else.
Or, you can start inquiring.
And the women who want to feel good about who they are again.
Elizabeth Rider is a leading nutrition & whole living expert teaching women around the world how to become the healthiest, most successful people they know. In a world flooded with diet information, Elizabeth's healthy recipes and straight-forward nutrition advice draw millions of inspired readers to her popular blog. Best known for her fun and accessible approach to food & healthy living, she's built an online wellness empire from scratch on her iPhone and laptop. The Psychology Of Eating named her website as a Top Health Coach Blog, and List Nutrition called her site a Top 20 Nutrition Blog. Thousands have had success using her online programs, which include The Mint Wellness Circle®, Clean Up Your Diet™ and The Wellness Business Bootcamp™.
As host of Elizabeth Eats on Food Matters TV, Elizabeth is delightfully changing the way the world views healthy home cooking. She speaks on stages around the world and mentors scores of ambitious people each year to seek and live life on their own terms. As a Certified Holistic Health Coach (Integrative Nutrition) and accomplished online entrepreneur, cultivating a lifestyle of freedom and health is her religion. Elizabeth is a graduate of Cornell University's Plant-Based Nutrition program, a TEDx speaker, and regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Her recipes have been featured on Shape.com, The Zoe Report, MSN, MindBodyGreen, Buzzfeed, Greatist and POPSUGAR among others.


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Smart Antennas Drive Evolution in M2M and Automotive Applications
Smart antennas provide the capability to co-locate the antenna and black-box functionality for better performance and lower cost.
The power of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is driving towards a more connected world. All kinds of machines are getting connected to the Internet of Things to deliver the promise of enhanced productivity and to bolster the performance of businesses.
The evolving realms of technology are revolutionizing many industries. The automotive industry is trending towards intelligent cars that are fully connected in order to achieve vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication for improved safety. Fleet management companies are utilizing M2M systems to monitor operational performance and service efficiency using real-time fleet tracking. Smart technology is enabling improved supply chain systems in industries such as vending and service.
Reliable non-stop connectivity requires that these systems support a wide array of wireless capability. This means machines are getting packed with Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi for personal or local network connection; Cellular protocols such as 2G, 3G, 4G and LTE for wide-area network connection; and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such as GPS, Galileo, Glonass and Beidou to support location-based services. This demand for added capability pushes toward higher system-level sophistication which can create challenges.
Challenges of Traditional M2M Systems
Traditionally, embedded M2M systems come with a black box containing connectivity features, control circuitry, power supply circuitry, wireless radios and other functions. The black box then connects to the bus system and/or a power source within the machine to allow the M2M system to run. Many connected machines in the field are metallic (examples include vehicles, vending machines, generators and containers). On these metallic structures, the antenna for the M2M system must be installed on the outside of the machine to maximize the system performance. As such, the antennas for the M2M system are in a different physical location than the black box and are connected to the black box via RF cables (as seen in Figure 1).
|Figure 1: Vending machine in a traditional M2M system
Even though this architecture is used on many M2M systems, it poses several potential system concerns. First, RF cables inherently have loss; the longer the cable, the more antenna gain lost between the black box and the antenna negatively affecting system performance. Second, there are two cost implications. Running multiple RF cables increases the total cost of the system, especially if the distance between the black box and the antenna is large. Additionally, as more technology gets added to the M2M system, more cables need to be run, which also adds cost and complexity. Finally, with more cables and more connectors within the system there are increased installation costs and higher risk of intermittent connection failures. For example, in heavy equipment and automobiles that are prone to vibration, there could be higher instances of connector or cable damage resulting in loss of data.
Smart Antennas Maximize Efficiency, Minimize Cost
One way to reduce system cost and improve efficiency in embedded M2M applications is to re-think the architecture of an embedded M2M system. Instead of depending on the black box to perform all of the critical tasks of the system, a system designer could pull the wireless portion of the design in to the antenna. This concept can be referred to as a smart antenna design.
|Figure 2: Smart antenna architecture for vehicle
Smart antennas provide an option to co-locate the antenna and some of the black box device functionality (mainly radios) into the antenna package. A single digital cable can then be run from the smart antenna to the depopulated black box. See Figure 2 for an example of how a smart antenna could be architected to work in a vehicle environment.
The embedded M2M system then becomes more efficient as the loss of data between the antenna and the black box is minimized with a digital cable versus multiple coaxial cables. Digital signals can utilize error-correction software and are more resistant to electromagnetic noise and signal attenuation than analog signals. Additionally, cellular systems are evolving quickly and other wireless standards continue to get updated. Customers not only want to upgrade their systems from 2G to 3G and 4G but also want to add the most cutting-edge wireless functionality (i.e., BLE and Wi-Fi Direct). When the technology evolves, it drives hardware and software changes. These hardware and software changes then need to be re-validated and re-certified. By moving the wireless functionality into the antenna, the core black box no longer needs to evolve as quickly as the wireless market pushes. The smart antenna can truly act as the data pipe and the black box can focus on its key functionality.
|Figure 3: Example of smart antenna for vending machine
Finding the Right Fit
While a number of market players provide smart antenna solutions, not all of them are successfully able to address all of the challenges. Getting the design right is the first step.
Because the smart antenna packages additional components into the antenna, the size of the smart antenna may be larger than a regular antenna. Space and styling constraints on certain equipment will not allow larger smart antenna packages than typical antenna sizes. For instance, the styling of a vehicle is very important to vehicle OEMs. It is critical that the smart antenna is created with the customer's or system integrator's guidelines in mind.
Depending upon where the smart antenna is located on the subject equipment, there could be more stringent environmental challenges. Electronics that were once hidden inside of the equipment are now located outside of the equipment in the antenna package This may create additional challenges with temperature, humidity, water ingress or a variety of other environmental factors.
Moving the radios from the black box into the antenna could pose firmware challenges. Typically the black box has been seen as the brain of the system with the antenna being the afterthought. When moving some of the electronics away from the black box to the antenna, it is critical to understand how information will be passed from the smart antenna to the black box. No longer is there just an RF signal coming from the antenna. Depending on the complexity of the smart antenna design, there could be RF data, location data and machine bus information passing over a digital line. In this case, there will be some firmware required within the smart antenna. If these issues are not addressed correctly during the system design phase, persuading system integrators to adopt smart antenna architecture will be a challenge.
Although challenges exist, the adoption of smart antenna technology in to the embedded M2M system space could lead to more efficient systems for companies looking to maximize performance while controlling initial capital expense and long term system evolution costs.
Jason Furr is global sales manager for Laird, where he focuses on generating new business in the growing telematics & M2M markets. Jason holds a bachelor's degree in business from The University of Michigan-Dearborn and an MBA from Michigan State University.
Vidhya Dharmarajan is a technical writer for Laird, where she is responsible for creating, refining and maintaining product documents and writing white papers, market research and competitor analysis for the Telematics business group. Vidhya holds a master's degree in VLSI Design from San Jose State University in California.
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EMW Camp 2008 News
Welcome Lubo Kotleba
We are happy to announce that FIBA Sport Director – Lubomir Kotleba, is coming to referee's camp in Poland this year again.
Mr.Kotleba officiated 4015 games, three Olympic Games ( two finals), five World Championships, twelve European Champioships, six championships of other continents and ten European Club Competitions finals.
As a commissioner he officiated five Olympic Games, twenty two World Championships, twenty one European Championships and about 100 European Club Competitions games.
Besides as a FIBA lecturer he participated in about 100 referee clinics in 57 countries of five continents.
This year at the camp Lubo will present rule changes and he will also mention and clarify approved changes for Rules 2010.
Since 1989 till now Mr. Kotleba is a FIBA full-time staff. ( FIBA WORLD Sport Director )


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A mix of good quality housing is essential if a community is to evolve in a sustainable way. Affordable rural housing plays a large role in achieving this by providing homes for those who might otherwise be forced to leave their village or town.
Enabling people to stay in their own community can boost local businesses and services, and help keep local schools open. However, barriers to sustainable development often exist, such as inappropriate use of planning constraints by local planning authorities, the reluctance of communities to understand the need to build a mix of housing and changes made by central Government to housing planning.
Affordability is the key issue for many people, especially with the cost of open-market homes increasing due to strong demand compounded by years of a shortfall in house building. Add to this the lower wages for rural workers, and local people wishing to buy or rent are priced out the community.
There are clear pressures on the land available for development in rural communities. Small-scale developers need to maximise profits and will often look to build as much market housing as they can – sometimes at the expense of the need for affordable housing.
The ACRE Network has provided support to groups looking to develop appropriate housing for their community. We encourage local people to explore a vision for their own future through the process of Community Planning which has been shown to change attitudes on accepting appropriate housing development.


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i managed to give up after about 10 years . like most people i started taking it for headaches. then after a while just because it made me feel good.
i tried many many times to give up but failed.
then last year i was getting really bad migraines in the hot weather everyday. also the pills had damaged my stomach and i guess liver so that i couldnt eat any food that was spicy of fatty or coke or coffee as i would be sick.
thats when i gave up i went cold turkey .
the side affects were not that bad . a migrain for 3 days then a bad headache for 4 days then on the 8th day i woke up feeling ok . another side affect i felt was i couldnt eat much as it would go to acid in my stomach.
well that was then and i had a super drug free years almost .


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The Kalmanovitz Initiative draws upon the resources of a great university to educate and engage a new generation of leaders dedicated to a just, democratic, and inclusive economy.
Immigration and Labor Project
The Immigration and Labor Project (ILP) is a student program that joins with community organizations in DC to address the needs of working and low-income immigrants.
Research in Action Internship
The Research in Action Internship places Georgetown students as researchers with top organizations advocating for working people.
Organizing Internship
The Organizing Internship places Georgetown students as organizers with local community and labor groups advocating for working people.
Labor Capital Strategies
The Labor Capital Strategies Fellowship matches undergraduate students with top labor groups and progressive investment groups advocating for working people.
Worker Justice DC Alternative Break
The Worker Justice DC Alternative Spring Break immerses Georgetown students in the DC community to work, learn, and reflect in solidarity with workers, community organizations, and policy efforts.
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Kingston Range Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Kingston Range Wilderness (map) in 1994 and it now has a total of 252,149 acres. All of this wilderness is located in California and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
DescriptionThe Kingston Range Wilderness is divided into three units by non-wilderness corridors or 'cherrystems': Sperry Wash and Kingston Wash. The Amargosa Unit's (the northern unit) most striking feature is Amargosa Canyon, which contains a perennial stream. This perennial surface flow supports wetland habitats offering food, cover, and nesting opportunities for a wide variety of bird life. Those habitats also sustain fish, mammals, insects, and mollusks having low population numbers and/or very limited distributions. The Kingston Unit (center unit) covers seventeen miles of continuous ridgeline above 6,000 feet known as the Kingston Range. Elevations reach 7,323 at the top of Kingston Peak. The Shadow Mountain Unit (southern unit) covers much of the Shadow Mountains, a large series of low-lying rounded peaks with gently meandering interior canyons and numerous erosion channels. The wilderness is botanically one of the most diverse areas within the California Desert. Botanists have identified 505 native plant species and 32 are viewed as endangered, rare, or limited in distribution. Cresote bush scrub vegetation is found at lower elevations and juniper-pinyon woodland at higher elevations. The only stand of giant Nolina in the eastern Mojave Desert is found in Kingston Range, and a relic stand of white fir trees clings (one of only three stands found in the California Desert) to the slopes of two drainages just below Kingston Peak. Also located in the wilderness is a portion of the Shadow Valley-Cima Dome Joshua tree forest (one of the densest concentrations in the world). The vegetation and perennial water support a variety of wildlife species which do not occur in nearby drier habitats. Bird densities are many times higher and contain higher species diversity. The Kingston Mountains are one of the four localities in California in which confirmed sightings of the banded gila monster have been made. Other wildlife species include bighorn sheep, wild burros, coyote, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, kangaroo rats, roadrunners, quail, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and several species of lizards. The southeastern portion of the wilderness provides critical habitat for the threatened desert tortoise. The wilderness area is an ecological transition zone between the Great Basin and Mojave Desert with numerous species of flora and fauna reaching their northern and southern most distribution limits.
Planning to Visit the Kingston Range Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations
- Contact the Bureau of Land Management
- Other recommended websites
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Kingston Range Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors


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Launched October 24th, 1999
Ronald Langereis - 1999 - Amsterdam
Day Three - Monday, October 18th
Second hike on the moors - Newbridge to Ponsworthy and Holne - 10 m
Visiting Buckfast Abbey
|Buckfast Abbey, all there is to know about it: History, stained glass and apiculture
|In the morning we'll pay a visit to Buckfast Abbey first. It's a Benedictine abbey, that suffered from the Dissolution, but from the outset of the XXth century was rebuild in 34 years by a handful of inspired monks. By clicking on the first picture you'll be beamed up to their site without delay.
As I am allergic to clergymen, I toured the premises on my own, while my party was watching the video about the abbey's resurrection and present day activities. The gift-shop was already open, but the restaurant I found closed. Later on we entered the abbey church, where I sat myself into one of the benches and stayed there, while the others were walking around. At times arbitrary bits of chanting resounded and died away.
When a bunch of my party entered the choir, they were welcomed by a monk, saying: 'You're now approaching one of the ugliest things in the world,' pointing at the stained glass window that lights the choir. Which was, indeed, a very humorous thing to say for a monk.
When I looked at my watch, I realised ten o'clock might be the time for the restaurant to open. I prayed I would prove right in this, and so much for the efficacy of prayer, when I neared the restaurant the sign had been removed miraculously and the door, indeed, was open!
More miracles were to come, for during the day the weather cleared and this day became a day of beauty and sunshine, the enjoyment of the rapids of the Dart and even of eating a '99' with a bar of pure chocolate sticking out from its top.
Today we'll start at the car park, near the 'new bridge' over the Dart. This bridge was 'new' in the XVth century, and never broadened since. It is a 'pack-horse bridge', and now you'll see reason in why we deploy ourselves in small vans instead of travelling by coach.
This bridge will remain the focus of today's stage, for in fact we'll walk the two loops of a giant cypher 'eight', which bend together at this bridge crossing the gallant river Dart. Dartmoor, of course, owes its very name to the river, which passes Totnes and at Dartmouth spills its waters into the sea, eventually.
The first, and greater loop lies on the left side of the Dart, leading up from the valley across relatively open country with meadows and hedges, into the hills. From there we turn back to the valley again following a path that's called 'Dr Blackall's Drive', after a Dr Blackall who in the XIXth century had this path cut out to enjoy the view from his coach.
At the second loop we crossed the bridge and followed the road, slowly climbing for about half a mile. Then we turned right, passing over a stile, and now it was climbing in earnest by a steep sloping tree-lined meadow to the top of the hill. Eventually we hit on a macadam road that led us to the village of Holne, its thatched cottages and medieval church. Leaving Holne we followed the lay of the hills and looking beyond the river descried the old quarry in the cheek of the opposite hill, where some hours before we had lain down for a while to deepen our sun-tan. After some miles we left the road, turning to the right to join the Dart in its densely wooded vale. There, at a rapid, we sat on a jutting rock, watching the dark river water turn white in the fray and listening merrily to the on-going sound of its softly thundering course.
|After a visit to Buckfast Abbey, the second day on the moors started in much more friendly and cultivated land
|Entering a village from the higher meadows
|'Who comes down must go up again.' Decidedly, Hermes Trismegistus only told half of the truth.
|To our delight the sun was coming out, lending an extra lustre to this beautiful spot
|The ravages of the former day had split the group into three: The brisk walkers, the less brisk walkers and the leg-impaired stay-behind. Guess which ones are these.
|Climbing by a macadam road we're on the moor again. From here we turned left to meet the valley of the Dart, following its course from on high
|This dark wood on the opposite side of the river made a beautiful contrast to the pale grasses and withered ferns
|Having walked on for half a mile, I turned round to take in the view of the river's guards on either side
|A breath-taking descend brought us down to this old quarry, where once a chestnut grove will thrive, due to Miep's handfuls of strewn chestnuts picked up elsewhere
|The old bridge over the Dart. After a short break part of the briskies set out for a fresh walk on the other side of the river
|The quarry again, where we had paused some hours before, now just a dent into the hillside.
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|Email: lagedor


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There's nothing like a disaster story to get the headlines whirring on just about anything else, and the fairly mundane subject of cloud computing -- all the current hype aside -- is apparently no different. Some industry watchers now warn that the IT industry's own Deepwater Horizon event is just around the corner.
An Ars Technica writer recently spoke to various industry sages who talked about how, at some point, there will be a major breach of security or act of terrorism involving the cloud that will cause everyone in industry and government to engage in a massive rethink of the worth of the cloud.
Of course, whether the oil spill disaster in the Gulf ends up causing anything more than a momentary blip in offshore drilling is an open question, given all the money and political capital invested in the issue. Cloud computing isn't exactly in the same league, but it's arguable that the tipping point about the move to the cloud has already been reached, so how badly such IT-based disasters would affect that is questionable.
However, there's no doubt that security and privacy are among the strongest of the potential show stoppers for the cloud. A recent Pew Internet survey (http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/The-future-of-cloud-computing.aspx) said as much, as did an IDC survey. Those worries tend to outweigh the perceived benefits of the cloud, at least for now.
Then again, you could take the attitude that the current frenzy over cloud computing is just the result of clever marketing. According to a story in Internet Evolution, at least, cloud computing is really nothing more than a fancy term for the good old client/server link. At the end of the day, according to the author Gideon Lenkey, "you're using a software client to access data on a server, a machine in a rack, across a network."
Instead of worrying about the security of the cloud, he says, just focus on worrying about security, period. No matter what name you give to today's favored IT flavor, that problem never seems to go away.
Posted by Brian Robinson on Jun 24, 2010 at 7:27 PM
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I agree completely!
To modify a famous Ben Franklin quote...
"They that give up essential [data responsibility] to obtain a little [convenience]
deserve neither [control of their data] nor [convenience]."
It should be named "Big Brother Computing" as I assure you "deals" will be made regarding the disposition of any of OUR private data stored there!
The companies that suffer from that security breach will get get hit regardless of their use of Cloud. And if they put sensitive data in an unsecure place... shame on them. Their is still great benefit from cloud that do not require exposing sensitive information (that is until the security hurdle is solved).
This cloud scene is yet another case from our crazy IT world where so many huge technical enterprises are run by non-technical managers. The list includes GM, BP, Fed Gov, ......
Finally someone is thinking critically about this important issue. This should really be called "swamp computing" or something similar so people don't get psychologically wrapped around the axle.
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