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Recent enforcement actions taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) include charges against a California man who tipped off a hedge fund manager with inside information; three men in a $27.5 million investment fraud case; a China-based company over fraud via phony sales that inflated revenues; a PR executive who took advantage of knowledge of a client's firm to engage in insider trading; a financial guru and radio personality who misled investors about an investing plan; and an advisor who failed to disclose revenue sharing agreements.
Radio Financial Guru Charged Over Misleading Information
The SEC charged Ray Lucia Sr., a nationally syndicated radio personality and financial advice author, for spreading misleading information about his "Buckets of Money" strategy at a series of investment seminars that he and his company hosted for potential clients.
The SEC's Division of Enforcement alleges that Lucia claimed that the wealth management strategy he promoted at the seminars had been empirically "backtested" over actual bear-market periods. Lucia, who lives in the San Diego area, and his company, formerly named Raymond J. Lucia Cos. (RJL), allegedly presented a lengthy slideshow at the seminars indicating that extensive backtesting proved that the Buckets of Money strategy would provide inflation-adjusted income to retirees while protecting and even increasing their retirement savings. However, Lucia and RJL performed scant, if any, actual backtesting of the Buckets of Money strategy.
Hedge Fund Tipster Charged
The SEC charged Hyung Lim of Los Altos, Calif., with illegally tipping a hedge fund manager with inside information about Nvidia Corp.'s quarterly earnings that he learned from his friend who worked at the company. In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced criminal charges against Lim. The SEC's own investigation is ongoing.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, Lim passed information to Danny Kuo, a hedge fund manager, who illegally traded on the information and passed it on to multibillion-dollar hedge fund advisory firms Diamondback Capital Management and Level Global Investors.
Kuo and the hedge funds made nearly $16 million trading in Nvidia securities based on Lim's inside information. They were charged earlier in the year by the SEC.
The SEC alleges that Lim and Kuo met at poker parties organized by a mutual friend, and that during at least 2009 and 2010, Lim's Nvidia friend regularly provided him with detailed information about the contents of Nvidia's upcoming quarterly earnings announcements. Lim's source provided him with not only one tip but a whole series; they grew more accurate and reliable as Nvidia finalized its financial results for a given quarter and prepared to report them publicly.
Lim's Nvidia friend usually told Lim the nonpublic information in phone conversations; within one minute of ending a conversation, Lim would be on the phone to Kuo to pass along the latest data.
In compensation for the tips, Kuo wired $5,000 to a Las Vegas casino to pay a debt for Lim, and later Kuo made two $5,000 cash payments to Lim. Kuo also provided Lim with nonpublic information about a pending corporate acquisition, which Lim used to make more than $11,000 in trading profits.
In the seminars, held to solicit advisory clients who would pay for Lucia and RJL's advisory services, the Buckets of Money strategy was promoted—as it also was on Lucia's radio show and on his personal and company websites. However, Lucia and RJL have admitted during the SEC's investigation that the only testing they actually performed were some calculations that Lucia made in the late 1990s—copies of which no longer exist—and two two-page spreadsheets.
According to the SEC's order instituting administrative proceedings against Lucia and RJL, not only did the so-called "backtests" use a 3% inflation rate, lower than actual historical inflation and designed to make the strategy more favorable, they failed to account for the negative effects of the advisory fees. In addition, the backtesting didn't allocate in the manner advocated by the Buckets of Money strategy.
The Division of Enforcement is seeking financial penalties and other remedial action in the proceedings.
Advisor Charged Over Undisclosed Revenue Sharing
Two Portland, Ore.-based investment advisory firms, Focus Point Solutions and The H Group, and their owner, Christopher Keil Hicks, were the target of a settled administrative proceeding over the failure to disclose a revenue-sharing agreement and other potential conflicts of interest to clients. Without admitting or denying the SEC's charges, Hicks, Focus Point and The H Group agreed to pay a combined $1.1 million to settle the case.
The SEC's investigation found violations in three areas of Hicks' advisory business. Most notably, Focus Point did not disclose to customers that it was receiving revenue-sharing payments from a brokerage firm that managed a particular category of mutual funds being recommended to Focus Point clients.
Focus Point had an incentive to recommend these funds to clients over other investment opportunities, since it received a percentage of every dollar its clients invested in them, bringing in additional revenue.
According to the SEC's order, there were two additional ways Hicks and his firms failed to disclose conflicts of interest while seeking approval to have Focus Point added as the subadviser to a mutual fund called the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund.
First, while seeking required approval from the fund's trustees, Focus Point misrepresented that it would receive no payments other than fees paid under the subadvisory contract. The trustees did not know that the fund's primary adviser had a separate payment arrangement with Focus Point, which it was required to disclose to them but did not.
Second, Focus Point's request to be retained as subadviser to Generations also required the approval of Generations' shareholders, the vast majority of whom were clients of The H Group. Thus, The H Group had a potential conflict of interest as a related entity to Focus Point, which stood to reap additional fees from the mutual fund that The H Group recommended to many of its clients.
Therefore, The H Group's proxy voting policy required the proxies to be voted by the investors themselves. Instead, The H Group itself voted its clients' proxies in favor of the proposal to add Focus Point as a subadviser. Without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, Focus Point agreed to disgorge $900,000 in ill-gotten gains, pay a $100,000 penalty and hire an independent consultant to conduct comprehensive compliance reviews of the firm. The H Group and Hicks agreed to each pay a $50,000 penalty. Hicks and his firms also agreed to a censure and to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of these provisions.
SEC Charges 3 in $27.5 Million Investment Fraud
The SEC charged an attorney and two others living in South Florida for their roles in a $27.5 million investment scheme that led investors to believe they were purchasing securities consisting of "presold" commodities contracts with a predetermined profit. The so-called profits, however, mostly came out of other investors' funds.
After an asset freeze last year to stop the scheme, and the appointment by the court of a receiver over Commodities Online and Commodities Online Management, the SEC's follow-up charges come against the founder and former president of the company, James C. Howard III, as well as the company's vice president Louis N. Gallo III and outside counsel Michael R. Casey, who later became the president.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in federal court in Miami, Commodities Online offered investors the chance to participate in its supposedly profitable brokering of physical commodities via presold contracts. Investors were sold participation units in unregistered private placement offerings, each supposedly tied to a commodities transaction in which Commodities Online had already secured a buyer and a seller of the commodity.
In reality, however, Commodities Online performed only a limited percentage of the commodities transactions and most of the "profits" came not from completed transactions but from other investors' money. In the meantime, Gallo and Howard were moving millions of dollars into sham companies through which they then stole the funds. In one offering, for example, which brought in $2 million, Howard moved $1.45 million to another entity.
Howard also failed to disclose to prospective investors that he is a convicted felon. After his arrest in 2010 for an unrelated investment fraud, Casey replaced him as president of the company, and continued the deceptions.
The SEC also alleges that Gallo ran an in-house "boiler room" of telephone sales agents and a network of approximately 20 regional and international sales offices, and failed to disclose to investors that he previously pled guilty to federal bank fraud and other felonies and was serving a term of supervised release while employed at Commodities Online. Gallo also misled investors about Howard's role at Commodities Online.
The SEC has charged Howard, Gallo and Casey with numerous offenses, and seeks disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest, financial penalties and permanent injunctions against the three. It also has named several relief defendants for the purposes of recovering investor money steered to those entities in the scheme: Sutton Capital, J&W Trading, American Financial Solutions and Minjo Corp. In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida announced criminal charges against Howard, Gallo and Casey. Phony Sales Boost Revenues in Fraud Case
A China-based company, China Sky One Medical Inc. (CSKI), and its CEO, Yan-qing Liu, were charged by the SEC with fraud for recording fake sales of a weight-loss product to inflate revenues in the company's financial statements by millions of dollars.
According to the SEC's complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, CSKI, which is based Harbin, China, became a public company in the U.S. via reverse merger in 2006; it trades over the counter. In its 2007 annual and quarterly reports, CSKI falsely stated that it had entered into a strategic distribution agreement with a Malaysian company, Takasima Industries, that would become the "exclusive" distributor of CSKI's "slim patch" in Malaysia and generate $1 million per month in sales.
No such agreement was made; instead, CSKI created approximately $19.8 million in phony export sales to Malaysia that were recorded as revenue in its financial results for 2007 and 2008. CSKI falsely reported export sales to Malaysia of more than $12.2 million for 2007, which constituted 25% of its total revenues, and $7.5 million (8.2% of total revenues) in such sales for 2008. Nearly all CSKI's reported sales to Malaysia via Takasima were bogus. Liu certified the overstated financial results, which appear in CSKI's financial statements through 2010 and continue to impact the company's retained earnings on its balance sheet.
The SEC's complaint seeks financial penalties against CSKI and Liu as well as disgorgement of ill-gotten gains by Liu, who personally benefited from the overstated financial statements through the company's 2008 private placement of securities.
The agency also seeks to have Liu reimburse CSKI for certain incentive-based compensation he received during the period affected by the fraud and to have him barred from acting as an officer or director of a public company. In addition to the court action, the SEC instituted administrative proceedings to determine whether to revoke or suspend registration of CSKI's securities due to the company's failure to file its annual report for 2011 or any quarterly reports for 2012.
PR CEO Charged in Insider Trading
Renee White Fraser, CEO of Fraser Communications, a Los Angeles-based public relations firm, was charged by the SEC with insider trading on nonpublic information she learned from a client that was about to acquire a bank in a deal assisted by the FDIC.
The SEC alleges that Fraser and her firm were contacted by Pasadena-based East West Bancorp (EWBC) on Oct. 14, 2009, for marketing and public relations support during its acquisition of San Francisco-based United Commercial Bank. EWBC shared material, nonpublic information about the upcoming transaction to allow Fraser and her employees to prepare marketing and public relations materials ahead of the acquisition, and formally engaged the firm on October 15.
According to the SEC's complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Fraser bought 10,000 EWBC shares on Oct. 16. The acquisition was announced on Nov. 6, and on Nov. 10, the second trading day after the announcement, she sold 7,500 shares. The remaining 2,500 shares she sold on June 24, 2011, and from both transactions made a total profit of $43,868.
In settling the SEC's charges without admitting or denying the allegations, Fraser agreed to pay $43,868 in disgorgement, $3,794.36 in prejudgment interest and a $43,868 penalty—more than double what she made in the transactions.


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How does a wife respond when her husband has committed adultery? There is depression, anxiety, hurt, confusion, and a desire to get out of the relationship. We have a young daughter. Is there any hope for working things out?
The situation you present is one of the most painful experiences anyone can have and the feelings you describe are a natural human reaction to the personal betrayal that is adultery. While I can tell you the Bible's teaching about adultery and its consequences (which you may already understand), I cannot give you helpful counsel without knowing more about the actual situation. If the reason you have sent your question to the OPC web site is that you are a Christian believer and a member of an OP church or of another Bible-believing church, I urge you (with your husband if he will consent, without if he won't) to seek the counsel of your pastor who knows you.
A few general comments:
1). According to our Lord (Matthew 19:3-9), the marriage partner who has been betrayed by adultery is free to end the marriage with divorce (because the act of adultery has already broken the covenant of mutually sworn faithfulness), with the freedom to someday marry another. So this is an option you may consider. But our Lord does not command this action. It is permitted, but not required.
2). Therefore you may also consider "working things out", which is what you ask about. Your young daughter is a factor as you mention. In general children do better in intact homes than in broken homes (regardless of who is at fault). The well-being of your child is important, but not necessarily the determining factor.
3). "Working things out" means taking into account and dealing with such questions as: Has your husband owned up to his sin and repented (as opposed to just admitting that he "made a big mistake" because he was caught and now making excuses or minimizing it)? Is he willing to go to counseling with a Christian counselor (such as your pastor) and do the hard work of seriously examining his life with a view to changing attitudes and behavior that are wrong, by God's grace and for Christ's sake? Can you trust him to keep a renewed vow of faithfulness? What are the factors that may have led to or contributed to your husband's adultery, such as (perhaps) a sinfully selfish view of women in general, addiction to pornography, anger/resentment toward you for real or imagined causes, etc.? Is your husband a Christian believer? Is he a communicant member of the same church of which you are a member? Apart from the wrong done to you and the marriage, your husband has also put his own soul in jeopardy of damnation. Has he truly repented before God? This must concern you for his sake as well as for your own and the marriage's sake. These are all matters I cannot help you with in this forum. You need help at hand.
4). The Lord commands us to forgive a brother who repents, of which we are reminded every time we pray, "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." If your husband has confessed and repented of his sin (as sin, without excuses or minimizing) and humbly asked you to forgive him, youas a Christian trusting in God's forgiveness of all your sin through the atoning death of Jesus His Sonmust seek grace from God to forgive him. Apart from the hurt your husband has caused, if you allow seething anger and resentment (which are definitely understandable!) to grow and fester, you will do your own soul terrible harmquite apart from any question of a continuing relationship with your husband. Your little daughter needs to grow up seeing the grace of the gospel in your attitude toward one who has wronged you (I'm not saying that you tell her all of this which may be unwise and even wrong; but a baseline attitude of cold anger toward your husband, or ex-husband, will show in countless ways that will not be good for your daughter to see and imitate or be confused by).
5). Some say that forgiving a repentant unfaithful spouse requires also continuing the marriage (Jay Adams, for example). I do not agree with that (based on Matt.19:9). I think you may forgive (that is, tell your husband that you forgive his wrong and will not hold it over him or against him, forswear any punitive claims against him, etc.a commitment requiring the work of the Spirit to keep), but at the same time require time and the meeting of reasonable conditions before being willing to consider again trusting his promise of marital fidelity.
An analogy: I might confront a business partner with his theft from the business, forgive him when he repents, but decide not to continue the partnership because I perceive character flaws that make it unwise to trust him with my money again. I am not being punitive, vindictive, or hateful; it is a matter of wise judgment and might also be best for him. Now, your husband's adultery has broken the marriage covenant and it is up to you, in a sense, whether or not to continue (renew) that covenant.
Balancing what I just said above is the fact that great glory goes to our Lord Jesus when He enables a couple to repair a broken marriage and even grow in their love for each other by His grace. I have seen restored marriages that wereafter a sometimes long and difficult timemuch better than before and in which lessons learned benefited others as well.
Right now you are feeling terrible emotional pain and the prospect of the hard work and further pain of working things out may seem too much. Pain avoidance is a powerful motivator, sometimes in the wrong direction. I urge you not to make an irrevocable decision now based on the understandable "I just want out". God may be pleased to get you through and past the agony and revulsion and bring you to where you will thank Him for the grace of perseverance under trial and the blessing of a restored marriage. Again, this is something I cannot help you with; you need godly, wise and competent counsel to work through this matter.
There is more I might say, but I think it best to stop here. If you have follow-up questions or comments, please feel free to come back. But I earnestly hope you will seek the counsel you need near at hand. All I have written here is based on assuming that what you have told me, however scant, is essentially accurate.
The Lord sustain and guide you and bless all involved (Philippians 4:13).
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On the Programming and Management blog today, Nick Halstead has posted a quick look at how to make the AuctionAd$ you include on your site a bit more dynamic.
Before you read the rest of the article (you may not be interested in the coding side) the end result is that I have built an AuctionAd$ display system that adjusts the keywords it uses based upon the visitor clicking adverts. This means that your visitors will automatically adjust what is displayed for them by clicking or not clicking on the adverts shown.
You still have control over the keywords you use but, instead of a supplying a single keyword, you supply a list that it initially selects from and then adapts based on your visitors interaction.
He shows his method - grabbing the keyword information from a SQL database that has a weighting system based on the number of mouseovers for the ad for that keyword. The information is stored in a SQL database and is updated dynamically via an ajax request.


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An Illinois woman was charged Wednesday with bilking thousands of dollars in donations from hundreds of people she duped for months into believing she had terminal cancer, drawing scorn from an investigator who labeled the alleged global scheme "evil."
Alissa Jackson, 31, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in southwestern Illinois' St. Clair County just hours after being charged with two felony counts of theft by deception. Jackson, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, told a judge she would hire an attorney and was jailed on $100,000 bond.
Belleville police Detective Sgt. Mark Heffernan said investigators began scrutinizing Jackson nearly a month ago after community members reported their suspicions that she was lying about having late-stage ovarian cancer. Police ultimately found that although the community staged several fundraisers meant to defray her supposed medical expenses, Jackson never had cancer.
It was not immediately clear for how long Jackson carried out her alleged deceit or how much she profited from well-intentioned donors police say were part of "Alissa's Army."
Wednesday's criminal complaint alleges Jackson, who is married and has five children, pocketed more than $500 on May 12 from local Pizza Hut restaurants that devoted 20 percent of their profits that day to her. Jackson also is accused of stealing at least $500 from a woman who bought and sold T-shirts to raise funds for her from January through March 10.
The scope of Jackson's suspected ruse remained unclear Wednesday. Brendan Kelly, St. Clair County's state's attorney, told The Associated Press that "it's fair to say this involved several thousand dollars." Citing the pending prosecution, he declined to discuss the matter further.
Jackson does not have a listed home telephone number.
Heffernan applauded locals who notified investigators about Jackson, whom he said "preyed on the good-hearted nature of the citizens in this community, and that is not something that this agency takes lightly."
"The emotional impact of what Jackson has done cannot be measured," Heffernan said in a statement, noting that the alleged scheme "has had an international reach" illustrated by calls he said police have fielded from around the world.
"To the hundreds of people who donated to 'Alissa's Army': Do not let Jackson's evil prevent you from helping people in the future," Heffernan added. "The willingness to help a person who is in need is something that is a part of human nature. We applaud you for trying to do the right thing. In the future, we suggest donating to established, reputable charities who funnel assistance to families in need."


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Turkish football is renowned for its emotion and passion, something former West Germany goalkeeper Toni Schumacher was lucky enough to experience first-hand during his time there between 1988 and '91. Unsurprisingly, the 76-time-capped international is anticipating a hugely successful FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 in the country in seven months' time.
"To experience a match in a Turkish stadium with these supporters is the ultimate for any football fan," Schumacher told FIFA.com. The 58-year-old knows better than most having captained Fenerbahce to the league title in his first season on the Bosporus. "Football is like a religion there," he added, smiing.
According to Schumacher, the 19th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be held in the host cities of Antalya, Bursa, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Kayseri, Rize and Trabzon, promises to be a real highlight.
"Knowing the Turkish people as I do, they'll be unbelievably proud to host this tournament," he said. "It's a wonderful opportunity for them to show what they can do. I'm sure they'll take this chance and do everything they can to make sure everyone has a great time. The stadiums are going to be packed and it's going to be something really special for all the young players involved."
The night we won the title, they completely closed off a six-lane road in front of my house – just to party!
Aside from his duties as vice-president of German second-tier outfit Cologne, for whom he made 422 Bundesliga appearances, Schumacher still manages to visit Turkey three to four times a year, supporting social projects such as an orphanage in Manavgat, near Antalya. For the UEFA EURO 1980 winner, the land that links Europe and Asia geographically will always be his second love when it comes to football.
"I'll never forget what I experienced in my three years there as a player," explained the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cup™ runner-up. "Turkey will always remain one of the highlights of my career. The night we won the title, they completely closed off a six-lane road in front of my house – just to party! Can you imagine?
"And when I went to a restaurant with my wife, all the other guests gave us a standing ovation. For Turkish people it's a sign of respect and pride. For me it was an incredibly emotional, wonderful moment."
Rooting for TurkeySchumacher is also expecting big things from Turkey in a sporting sense, and revealed he still keeps a close eye on the developments of the national team and his former club Fener:
"It's a shame that Turkey haven't been at major tournaments more often, but everyone knows that technically they're very good," he said. "They've got some outstanding players and if they can mix it with tactical discipline, they're not to be underestimated."
That is precisely why the two-time German Footballer of the Year (1984 and 1986) not only believes the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey will be an incredible experience for fans, but also that the host nation can cause a surprise or two. And since Germany failed to qualify for the tournament, there are no prizes for guessing who Schumacher will be supporting next June.


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Chocoholic: Black and White Bar Cookies
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I'll never forget the time that my great grandmother showed up with a pan of chocolate chip bar cookies. Her regular cookies were good, but these chewy morsels were hard to beat. I thought this invention of hers was genius, and begged her to always bake her cookies that way. It wasn't until years later when I saw a recipe on the back of the package of chips that I realized that these weren't her special creation, she was just trying out a new recipe.
One of the best things about bar cookies is that you can pretty much spread any drop cookie into a pan and bake them as one giant cookie. The edges bake up firm and crispy while the center remains moist and a little underdone.
In the mood for a chocolate cookie but not up for scooping, I reworked the ingredient amounts of a favorite cookie so that it fit a 9-inch square pan. Not too shallow, not too deep, and chock full of chocolate chips, nuts, and white chocolate chips, I might not go back to my old recipe again.
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About the Author: Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Easy Artisan Bread. You can also watch her culinary stylings on the America's Test Kitchen television show. She presently lives in Singapore working on her new baking cookbook, and as a recipe developer for HungryGoWhere Singapore. Check out her blog: shophousecook.com . Follow Yvonne on Twitter.


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Los Angeles and New York (November 5, 2012)- The Screen Actors Guild Foundation (SAG Foundation) today announced that it has partnered with the Screen Actors Guild Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund (SAG MPPWF) to create a Superstorm Sandy Emergency Assistance Fund specifically to provide financial support grants to active SAG-AFTRA members affected by the recent hurricane.
The SAG Foundation has provided initial funding through a $100,000 contribution that is being matched by an identical $100,000 from the SAG MPPWF for a total available assistance pool of $200,000. The Actors Fund is partnering with the SAG Foundation and SAG MPPWF in this much-needed effort and will provide the social services and coordinate the grant reviews and approvals. Checks will be made available for in-person pick-up at SAG-AFTRA's New York local office within days.
The process has been minimized to speed relief to those in need and consists of a quick, confidential and non-invasive application and consultation to establish need. During the consultation, the social services professionals will also assess each applicant's need for additional assistance, programs or services.
Affected and eligible SAG-AFTRA members may apply to the fund for cash grants of up to $2,400 from the SAG Foundation and an additional $2,400 from the SAG MPPWF, for a total potential assistance grant of $4,800 per person upon approval. Members are eligible to apply if they are currently active and have paid their dues through the May 2012 billing cycle.
"This was a devastating crisis and people throughout the area are having a very tough time," said actor and SAG Foundation Board Member Ron Perlman. "That's why we're here – to lend a helping hand to SAG-AFTRA members in their time of need. Actors, broadcasters, sound recording artists are all eligible to apply and I look forward to getting help to all SAG-AFTRA members."
Longtime New Yorker and actor Jane Curtin said, "I see it walking down the street each day and I know that my friends and colleagues – SAG-AFTRA members — are suffering. This is one really great thing we can do to help out."
"We are grateful to the SAG Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund for partnering with us and co-funding this effort and to The Actors Fund for providing their unparalleled services in supporting SAG-AFTRA members. We expect to be providing relief within a day," said SAG Foundation President Jo Beth Williams.
"This was an epic storm with devastating consequences to SAG-AFTRA members across this area. We're pleased to partner with the SAG Foundation on this important effort to provide assistance specifically to affected SAG-AFTRA members," said SAG MPPWF Chair Maureen Donnelly.
Members in need can apply by contacting The Actors Fund intake services at:
Eastern Region 212.221.7300 ext. 119 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Withdraw or take off Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Withdraw or take off Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Help Center View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message paride1970Joined: 24 Jul 2017Posts: 7 Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:50 am Post subject: Withdraw or take off Dear ESL experts: Is it "to WITHDRAW a product from the market" or "to TAKE a product OFF the market"? If both are possible, do they mean the same thing? If not, when should I use each of them? Would you please give me a few examples? Thank you. Back to top LorikeetJoined: 08 Oct 2005Posts: 1877Location: San Francisco Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:01 pm Post subject: To me they are both possible and mean the same. Perhaps someone else will have a different opinion. Back to top AllanteacherJoined: 01 Aug 2017Posts: 11Location: China Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 4:54 pm Post subject: I agree with Lorikeet, they both mean the same thing. I would also say that withdraw is formal, while taking smth off is a phrasal verb and so informal._________________http://pronhelp.com Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Help Center All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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The "Hi, I'm New" thread...
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:17 pm
Our last one got swallowed up unfortunately, so this is a thread for any newbies to pop in and say hello
Come in, sit down, have a bun..
Come in, sit down, have a bun..
Come in, sit down, have a bun
Mully wrote:Can the Lord our Mods make it a sticky ?
Redgrelda wrote:But it's my one month anniversary today! Yee haw! Party at my work computer!!
Eoin wrote:I guess the Man doesn't want a sticky new people thread.
Redgrelda wrote:I'm not the newest member anymore; Erin from Ohio took over that position when she joined. But it's my one month anniversary today! Yee haw! Party at my work computer!!
Aoife wrote:Eoin wrote:I guess the Man doesn't want a sticky new people thread.
That doesn't make a whole lotta sense. Kinda conflicts with the "Come in, sit down, have a bun" ethos.
Belle wrote:It might also be an idea to trim out the non-related posts aswel.
Eoin wrote:If any large discussion on any specific (off-)topic occurs...
Phew.Eoin wrote:...But probably no need really for the most part. I think the tendency to discuss anything and everything anywhere and everywhere is part of our charm here.
shannon wrote:Yeah, those sticky buns look deadly. Thanks for the welcome, all! I reckon I'm the newiest newbie yet but I'm sure that will change soon enough. Once the lads hit the States again they'll be converting fans by the roomfull, one night at a time. Anyway, I'm Shannon (from Cincinnati, Ohio, of which Mark Twain once said: "When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything that happens comes there 10 years later than anywhere else." So, you know, we've got that going for us.), and I'm thrilled that I'll be able to see this band twice (thrice!) within the space of four months! ROCK.
shannon wrote:Yeah, those sticky buns look deadly.
Mully wrote:You seem to have quite a bit of Dubliner in you
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Subject: Fw: A letter to Coke a Cola
The below is one of the best messages and replies I have seen sent to me by Richard Head. It REALLY tells it like it REALLY is! No more coke products for me. All of you fellow Patriots will love it................E.
Were you offended by the Coca Cola Super Bowl ad as much as I was? You're not alone. I think every real American who saw this abomination must have been offended by these invaders to our American culture.
Lengthy read, but there's a lot of "telling it like it is". Read it top down for sequence.
This Lady really nails it!
I watched some of the commercials that were played during the Super Bowl. I always enjoy the ones from Anheuser Busch. They showed the "Welcome Home" celebration in Winter Park, Florida, for returning soldiers. And who doesn't love those Clydesdales? I didn't like the one from Coca Cola. All those young women singing "America The Beautiful" dressed in ethnic garb and singing in a foreign language really pissed me off. Americans sing in English to honor America ; not Farsi or Urdu.,
I left a comment for Coke on YouTube under the video of that commercial. I got a reply from them today, which you can read below, and then you can read my answer to them. Maybe this time they'll understand.
I received this [back] from Coke:
Thank you for your email and your loyalty to Coca-Cola over the years, We greatly value your business and appreciate hearing from you.
"It's Beautiful" was created to celebrate Coke moments among all Americans who together enjoy ice cold, refreshing Coke. For centuries America has opened its arms to people of many countries who have helped to build this great nation. "It's Beautiful" provides a snapshot of the real lives of Americans representing diverse ethnicities, religions, races and families, all found in the United States . All those featured in the ad are Americans and " America The Beautiful" was sung by bilingual American young women.
We believe "It's Beautiful" is a great example of the magic that makes our country so special, and a powerful message that spreads optimism, promotes inclusion and celebrates humanity – values that are core to Coca-Cola.
You can find out more about our ad by going to Journey. I really appreciate your feedback and hope this will keep you as a valued customer of ours. We appreciate your interest in our Company.
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The Coca-Cola Company
Please use the record number below should you have additional questions.
My Reply:
Where do you live, Timothy? Since you're with Coca Cola, it is likely Buckhead or one of Atlanta 's other exclusive, executive, country club neighborhoods. I lived in one for over two decades, in Hudson, Ohio .. I know what they're like. My youngest son lives in one near Atlanta, too, as he is a successful broker with E-Trade, in Alpharetta. Those neighborhoods are not what most of this country is like, however. Maybe you haven't traveled much, or lived in many different states as I have.
America's not so beautiful anymore, and it is full of immigrants that have no intention of assimilating into our society or becoming truly American. They brought their own culture, keep their own culture, and never learn anything about ours, except to use it to their advantage. They don't even like Americans. They make no effort to learn our language. Ever been to Detroit? I'll bet you never tried to enter the closed Muslim festival that takes place near Ann Arbor, because you'd probably be assaulted before you got a block away. We Americans are not so proud of that kind of behavior, and they aren't there to celebrate being American.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,How about Collinsville,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ohio? That's a part of Cleveland, and the Collinsville police once yelled at me to "get the hell out of this black neighborhood, lady, or we will be calling the meat wagon!" because I had gotten lost there. Police there were barricaded behind locked doors, and one could not see a police officer, but were required, in the lobby of the station, to pick up a phone to talk to one. A white woman in that black neighborhood was in great danger, they explained. The slums of Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, and especially Chicago, or any other major city are littered with filth and disease and the hatred of blacks toward whites. It's the same in the L.A. barrio, my friend, and they aren't singing Kumbaya, either. A recent mayor of L. A. declared he intended to take California back as Mexican territory. Do you consider that a Kumbaya moment? An " America, The Beautiful" kind of moment? They call themselves "Reconquista", and they are there to do just that. They murder and steal from Americans who live near the Mexican border in Arizona, but our government says Arizonans can't protect themselves from the marauders.,,,,,,,,
Is the America where you find massive amounts of illegal drugs and thick lines of cocaine on glass -top coffee tables to be considered beautiful? That's what illegal aliens brought to our once beautiful America . Is that meth lab in the house down the street beautiful? Is the heroin epidemic now seizing the weak in America your idea of " America, The Beautiful"? Singing it to us in foreign languages is repugnant to us, and it makes us resentful. Being sung by a young woman who is forced by her family to wear the clothing demanded by the oppression of her religion is also repulsive.
Do you have children? Are they allowed to wear a symbol of our country on their clothing? America 's schools don't allow American flags anywhere anymore. Where are your children going to learn of a "beautiful" America? It won't be at their school. They are being taught how wonderful Islam is, and to celebrate Cinco de Mayo when their brother may be shot at by an Afghan terrorist or an alien illegally crossing our border to bring harm to our country in the form of theft, drugs, prostitution, or terrorism. Watch the news; you'll see how often there's a squabble over such things, and how angry it is making real Americans. You know, those folks that say the Pledge of Allegiance and mean it. Probably like your mom and dad. Those that came here to flee oppression and build an America they were also willing to die to defend. Not the ones who want to "fundamentally change America ".
How about Watts, or South Central Los Angeles? Boston,, or New York, or Patterson, New Jersey? Do you ever have a desire to participate in or watch the Boston marathon again? You think the Tsarnaov brothers are a part of beautiful America?,,
Beautiful? No, it isn't. Not anymore. Huge numbers of Muslims that threaten the white residents of Wylie, Texas by moving into a new neighborhood and holding closed, secret meetings in the park, intimidating white children, and frightening the elderly don't make this a beautiful America .
Illegal people from all over the world enter America through wide open borders and suffer no consequences. Lovely people like MS 13 and other gangs, and terrorists from the Middle East . Mexican, Central and South Americans serve as donkeys, as beasts of burden, bringing thousands of tons of illegal drugs into America, and you want to celebrate their heritage? Why? And you want me to celebrate their heritage with you? Have you all lost your collective minds?
At least ten thousand people were brought into the New York City area as prostitutes to serve the football fans that came to see the Super Bowl. Many of them were children. The FBI has been busy rounding them up. Some are only 13 years old. Is that your America,, of which you sing in a foreign voice? Human trafficking in this country is rampant; do you suppose a kid was given an ice-cold Coke to enjoy after some sweaty, grunting Denver or Seattle fan finished his sex act with her? I hope it makes you shudder and puke. Those kids were mostly brought into our country from a foreign land. Is that what you want them to know of America, and sing it in their language? What about the adult women who were victimized in that group of ten thousand? Know this - they do not come willingly. They do not perform those acts willingly. And they sure as hell don't do it to be in the land of Coca Cola ... They hate us because we allow it to happen. I hate to tell you what they would do to you with a bottle of Coke, and that I know of because I am an R. N. who witnessed such things in an emergency room. That's not " America, The Beautiful".,,
Well, Timothy, change for the better under liberals is just not going to happen, and the backlash I'm giving you is only a polite synopsis of the feelings millions of us have about those immigrants who speak different languages and come from cultures that we do not embrace, nor do we want our children or grandchildren exposed to them or their culture except from afar. We do not want our grandchildren celebrating Cinco de Mayo and being told that they cannot display the American flag on their own home or a T-shirt. It makes us angry, and where we once practiced tolerance and helped those who wish to assimilate, we now shun and cower in fright, or watch violent clashes between cultures on the nightly news. And we arm ourselves against the invasion.
If Coca Cola is going to be politically correct and sing Kumbaya while hoping that we who are outside that closed executive neighborhood of yours enjoy a cold refreshing Coke and smile at your distinctly anti-American silly song, you're badly mistaken. You're going to watch your sales plummet. You're going to watch others show real patriotism, like Anheuser Busch, and applaud the way they show appreciation to our soldiers who are killing the relatives of those Muslims in Detroit and Patterson who would spit on you, or worse, if you went to their neighborhoods. And I'll be at those Independence Day parades, applauding our troops and those who know the real America the way it is supposed to be and was before liberals took over and convoluted and ignored our laws, spat on our Constitution, and ruined our America .
I'm through supporting companies that support our enemies. Bye-bye, Coke. It used to be America 's drink. Now your company is America 's poison.
Barbara Gilbert
Wife of a retired American military officer
Mother of 2 American military veterans
Grandmother of 3, or maybe 4 future military veterans, because they will be taught to serve a real America, for Americans. All our grandchildren will be taught who the real friends of America really are, as we enjoy an ice cold cola from Grandma's pretty red SodaStream machine from Israel .. (At least they'll know who their real friends are.)


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By Karla Cripps, CNNGo • Published 11th July 2012
Fans of that sizzling, steamy, saucy, sexy, sensational novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey," can now plan their own erotic romps through the Pacific Northwest with a domineering billionaire by reserving one of several hotel packages looking to capitalize on the bestseller's -- 19 million copies at the last count -- popularity.
First, a quick brief on the book, the first in the Portland/Seattle-set trilogy by British author E.L. James. As if you haven't heard of it.
Much like watching a Michael Bay film, you don't read "Fifty Shades" for its intelligent wordplay or skillfully crafted plot. It's pure, unapologetic smut, dubbed "mommy porn" in honor of the millions of 30-something women reading it.
"Fifty Shades of Grey" features two main characters: the young, awkward Anastasia Steele and the dark and brooding Christian Grey.
Steele is an innocent student, Grey an eccentric billionaire with a penchant for S&M. They meet under unlikely circumstances, then have lots and lots of sex in all sorts of different places. Some other stuff happens. The end.
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These days, Seattle and Portland's tourism players are wising up to the potential benefits of being the main settings for the popular series, with hotels now marketing packages tailored around the Steele/Grey lovefest.
One warning: S&M amenities aren't included, so you'll have to bring your own whips and chains.
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First up is
Hotel Max
, which was featured in the book. They've recently launched a new "Fifty Shades of Seattle" offer.
"This package brings together all of the only-in-Seattle experiences in the bestselling 'Shades of Grey novels,'" says the hotel's marketing spiel.
"Live out your fantasies with a two-night getaway in an Artist King room on the romantic 8th floor. During your stay, enjoy chauffeured town car service, a helicopter tour of the city and a private four-hour skippered sailing excursion on Puget Sound with gourmet picnic and a bottle of Bollinger Grande Année Rosé 1999 Champagne, a favorite of Mr. Grey himself."
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Channeling your inner Anastasia for two nights at the Max will cost US$1,669, plus tax.
Another Seattle hotel looking to capitalize on the book is
The Edgewater
. This one isn't in the novel, but their "50 Shades Of Romance" package more than makes up for it in terms of creativity.
Guests stay in a "Premium Waterside" suite, go on a sailing excursion around Puget Sound, knock back a bottle of Bollinger and are even given a map of Seattle sites that appear in the book, which they can check out when they test drive an Audi sports car, just like the one Grey bought Steele in the book. (Well played, Edgewater.)
The Edgewater Hotel's "50 Shades" package starts from US$914.
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You want to do what with that tie?
In Portland,
The Heathman Hotel
is making the most of its appearance in "Fifty Shades of Grey."
Having already read the book, we don't need to tell you that this is where Grey and Steele enjoyed a few naughty moments, as well as Steele's birthday party.
In honor of Mr Grey's chopper, The Heathman is offering a "Charlie Tango No Limits" add-on package that includes appetizers and white wine at the hotel restaurant for six people, a helicopter tour of Portland, roses for the women, dinner at the hotel and limo transfers.
The price of this one is US$2,750.
The Heathman also has an "Inner Goddess" add-on for US$40, which includes a bottle of chilled white wine and a grey tie.
In response to The Heathman's Facebook post announcing the add-ons, one lady remarked: "If only you could include Mr. Grey in your package. You would be sold-out forever."
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RIM Launches First Flip-phone BlackBerryBy Reuters - Print
Like RIM's original Pearl BlackBerry model, the first-ever flip BlackBerry comes loaded with multimedia features such as a video and music player and a 2-megapixel camera with flash, as well as a Web browser and an abridged keyboard. In the United States, T-Mobile will be the exclusive launch carrier of this BlackBerry that is to be made available in the coming months.
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd is launching a flip version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone, a move that reasserts its push into the retail consumer market.
Like RIM's original Pearl model, the first-ever flip BlackBerry comes loaded with multimedia features such as a video and music player and a 2-megapixel camera with flash, as well as a Web browser and an abridged keyboard.
"Seventy percent of the mobile phone users in the United States use a flip," RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said in an interview. "There's never been a smartphone or a BlackBerry option for that."
He added the new device is "extremely important" to capturing more retail users.
The new clamshell flip BlackBerry will be available around the world starting this autumn. In the United States, T-Mobile will be the exclusive launch carrier. No pricing details were immediately available.
The first, candy-bar-shaped version of the Pearl was launched in September 2006 to rave reviews and strong sales. Its success was a key factor behind the Waterloo, Ontario-based company's ability to deliver banner results throughout the rest of that year and in 2007.
The Pearl also allowed RIM to broaden its market beyond its mainstay of executives, lawyers, politicians and other professionals who use the BlackBerry to send work e-mail securely.
RIM has more than 16 million subscribers. It says that "non-enterprise" customers -- the company's term for small and medium businesses and consumers -- now represent more than 40 percent of that total.
The drive for retail consumers has put the company in more direct competition with hardware makers such as Apple and its iPhone, as well as Motorola and Nokia. Balsillie has repeatedly dismissed competitive concerns and they have yet to translate into lower sales.
Despite that, RIM's shares have lost a third of their value since setting a year high of $148.13 on the Nasdaq in June. On Tuesday, they closed at $99.30 amid macroeconomic concerns and broad stock market declines.
Most analysts continue to recommend RIM's shares to investors, according to Reuters Knowledge. Some cite a strong slate of upcoming product launches including the recently unveiled BlackBerry Bold, as well as continuing strong demand for smartphones.
Asked whether the market should expect RIM to launch additional BlackBerry models before the end of the calendar year, Balsillie replied: "We're far from done."
(Reporting by Wojtek Dabrowski; editing by Peter Galloway)
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Every iPhone except the current model launched during either June or July. The iPhone 4S hit the street in mid October. Will the next iPhone, the sixth generation model, also land in October? According to Brian White from Topeka Capital Markets, no. The next iPhone will launch one month earlier, in September. Why? Brian doesn't say, but let's speculate, shall we?
Nokia is going to hold Nokia World in September, which means we'll be seeing Windows Phone 8 devices being announced. Whether or not they end up actually shipping in September is a whole other story which we're not going to touch right now. Also in September is the rumored launch of Windows 8, the desktop operating system that Microsoft is betting the future on. We'll probably get some more information about Surface, Microsoft's tablet computer, during the same time. Then there's Samsung, who is said to be introducing the second generation Galaxy Note during the same month as well. The first Note caught us off guard. We thought it would fail, but instead it turned out to be one of Samsung's most popular devices.
That's one Windows Phone from Nokia, possibly two, one tablet from Microsoft, and one phone/tablet hybrid from Samsung. Why not introduce an iPhone during all that brouhaha? And let's not forget about October/November. That's when we'll see the next Nexus device. The current Nexus, the Galaxy Nexus, was announced in October 2011, it shipped in the UK a month later, and then on Verizon two months later. Now, just eight months after being strutted on stage, it's $349. Any bets as to how much the next Nexus will cost?
Look, it's a pretty bad time to buy a phone right now when you think about all the cool stuff that's coming out over the next few months. The Galaxy S III and One X may be the best and the brightest on paper today, but with the Galaxy Nexus at $349 you'd be pretty stupid to buy either of those two superphones.