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It's a record year for mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in Pennsylvania, says Tom Simmons, professor of environmental health in the Department of Biology.
There have already been 2,500 mosquito pools, considerably more than the 1,400 mosquito pools in 2011, which was a state record.
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A mosquito pool is defined as at least one insect testing positive for the virus out of a test batch of up to 100 mosquitoes per trap.
As of August 23, eight human cases of West Nile virus in Pennsylvania have been reported by state authorities.
Six cases of the virus in horses have been reported. Horses are particularly susceptible to the virus; generally, cats and dogs are not, Simmons said.
Pennsylvania has conducted testing of mosquitoes for the virus since 2000. The worst year for human deaths from the virus was 2003, when nine people died out of 236 reported cases.
Simmons has been part of state efforts to trap mosquitoes for study since 2005, and is currently studying water mite parasitism of mosquitoes in collaboration with the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The disease is spread from the bite from a common female mosquito drawing blood from humans.
"This has been a bad year for the disease because it's been a good year for mosquitoes and virus – we've had a very hot summer," Simmons said.
Human cases of the disease will probably peak in September, according to Simmons.
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Respondent Rajan Moondra ("Moondra" or "Respondent"), pursuant to Rule 240(a) of the Rules of Practice of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") [17 C.F.R. § 201.240(a)], submitted an Offer of Settlement of Rajan Moondra ("Offer") in the above-captioned cease-and-desist proceedings instituted against him on July 31, 2003, pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). The Commission deems it appropriate to accept the Offer.
Solely for the purposes of these proceedings and any other proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Commission or to which the Commission is a party, and without admitting or denying the findings contained herein, except that the Respondent admits the jurisdiction of the Commission over him and over the subject matter of these proceedings, the Respondent consents to the issuance of this Order Making Findings and Imposing a Cease-and-Desist Order ("Order").
The Commission makes the following findings:
1. Respondent Rajan Moondra, age 43, is a resident of North Brunswick, NJ. At the time of the conduct described herein, Moondra was the account manager at Pinnacle Asset Management, a sole proprietorship operated out of his home. Prior to July 1997, Moondra was registered with the Commission as an investment adviser, doing business as Pinnacle Asset Management.
2. Respondent Moondra employed a fraudulent trading scheme designed to create artificial tax losses by executing wash sales between taxable and tax-sheltered accounts. Between November 24 and December 10, 1999, Moondra executed 56 wash sales in the securities of 12 different issuers between taxable and tax-sheltered accounts in which he had trading authority. These trades resulted in no change in beneficial ownership but created artificial losses of approximately $161,695 in the taxable accounts and artificial gains of approximately $161,695 in the tax-sheltered accounts.
3. As described below, Respondent Moondra executed his wash sales by placing near-simultaneous limit orders to buy and sell the same securities in two of four different accounts at Datek Online Brokerage Services LLC ("Datek"). Those limit orders were processed through the Island ECN, which matched them up and executed the transactions. Moondra typically executed his wash sales in the after-hours market (defined herein as the period between the regular market's 4:00 p.m. close and the 9:30 a.m. opening the next day), and at prices away from the prevailing market price.
4. In November and December 1999, Moondra had trading authority in four accounts at Datek through which he executed the wash sales discussed herein. Two of those accounts were regular taxable accounts and two were tax-sheltered Roth IRA accounts that were opened pursuant to Section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). Those four Datek accounts are as follows:
a. Joint taxable account number 618-8014, in the name of Dwarka Rathi and his wife ("Rathi Taxable Account"). Dwarka Rathi and Moondra were friends. In March 1997, Moondra transferred at least some of his securities into the Rathi Taxable Account. The account was not put in Moondra's name, but Moondra had trading authority in the Rathi Taxable Account and made personal trades in it. Moondra and Rathi agreed that Rathi would include Moondra's trades in this account on Rathi's tax returns. Moondra kept track of his interests and liabilities in the account, and expected to receive any tax benefit resulting from his trading;
b. Joint taxable account number 626-6005. This joint taxable account was in the name of Rajan Moondra and his wife, Seema Moondra ("Moondra Joint Taxable Account");
c. Tax-sheltered Roth IRA account number 693-0036 in the name of Rajan Moondra ("Moondra IRA"); and
d. Tax-sheltered Roth IRA account number 693-0038 in the name of Seema Moondra.
5. Beginning on at least November 24, 1999, Moondra deliberately began to execute wash sale transactions between one of the regular taxable accounts and one of the tax-sheltered accounts described in paragraph 4, above.
6. Moondra took at least two steps to maximize the success of his wash sale scheme. First, Moondra effected his wash sale transactions by placing near-simultaneous limit orders to buy in one account, and sell in another account. The limit orders were identical with respect to the security and the price. In two of the 56 wash sales, the limit orders also matched in terms of the number of shares. In connection with the remaining 54 wash sales, the size of the limit orders did not match exactly, but the limit orders were executed together to the extent that they overlapped in amount. In the majority of these instances, shortly after his wash trade was executed, Moondra cancelled the outstanding limit order with respect to the non-overlapping shares. Moondra placed these limit orders electronically, and they typically were routed to the Island ECN, an electronic market that executes securities transactions by matching up limit orders. The Island paired Moondra's limit orders and effected transactions between various accounts in which Moondra had trading authority.
7. As a second step to maximize the likelihood that his limit orders would be executed together, Moondra typically executed his wash sales in the after-hours market. (Only 6 of the 56 wash sales discussed herein were executed during regular trading hours.) Moondra engaged in this strategy because he knew that there was less volume in the after-hours market, which he believed increased the likelihood that his limit orders would be paired and executed together.
8. Moondra typically placed his limit orders, and executed his wash sales, at artificial prices that were away from the prevailing market price. (For example, in all but one of Moondra's 56 wash sales, his trades were executed at a price outside the prevailing spread between the existing national best bid and offer prices ("NBBO").) In many cases, Moondra's executed wash sales represented either the highest or lowest price paid for the stock between 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the particular day in question.
9. Moondra's scheme is illustrated by some of his transactions in the securities of Audiocodes Ltd ("AUDC"). On November 22 and 24, Moondra bought 1000 shares of AUDC in two arms-length transactions at competitive market prices. He purchased these shares in the Rathi Taxable Account. Several days later, he effectively moved these shares from the Rathi Taxable Account to the Moondra IRA, through two wash sale transactions that were executed at artificial prices.
a. The first wash sale involving AUDC occurred on December 2, 1999, after the 4:00 p.m. close of regular hours trading. At that time, Moondra placed a limit order to sell 275 shares of AUDC from the Rathi Taxable Account at a price of $64.25, which was approximately $5 below the prevailing market price. Moondra also placed a limit order to buy 276 shares in the Moondra IRA account at a price of $64.25. The Island matched the two orders, and executed the trade at 6:24 p.m. (EST). As a result, Moondra was on both sides of the transaction, having both bought and sold 275 shares at the below-market price of $64.25. Approximately 45 seconds later, Moondra cancelled the outstanding limit order with respect to the remaining one share.
b. The next day, December 3, 1999, Moondra placed two limit orders with respect to the remaining 725 shares of AUDC that were still in the Rathi Taxable Account. After the 4:00 p.m. close, he placed a limit order to sell the 725 shares at $47 per share, which was approximately $23 below the prevailing market price. In his IRA, Moondra also placed a limit order to buy 750 shares of AUDC at $47 per share. The Island matched the two limit orders and executed the trade at 7:15 p.m. (EST). Moondra was again on both sides of this below-market transaction. Approximately 45 seconds later, Moondra cancelled the outstanding limit order with respect to the remaining 25 shares.
10. As a result of the two wash sale transactions described in paragraph 9, Moondra maintained beneficial ownership of 1000 shares of AUDC by moving the stock between two accounts in which he had trading authority. However, because Moondra placed his limit orders at prices away from the market, he also created artificial losses in the Rathi Taxable Account and artificial gains in his IRA. Those realized losses in the Rathi Taxable Account, and the unrealized gains in Moondra's IRA, as measured against the prevailing market prices of AUDC stock, were each approximately $18,800.
11. Between November 24, 1999 and December 10, 1999, Moondra executed approximately 56 wash sales involving the securities of at least 12 different issuers. Over this period of time, as measured against the market price at the time of his wash sales, he created artificial losses in taxable accounts of approximately $161,695 and artificial gains in the tax-sheltered accounts of the same amount.
12. Moondra's wash sales operated as a fraud or deceit concerning the nature of the market for each of the securities that he used in his scheme. Moondra's wash sale transactions, along with the artificial prices at which they were traded, were typically reported to the market. As reported, his wash sales created a false appearance of market activity with respect to both the trading volume and value of the stocks that he used in his scheme.
13. Moondra intentionally executed his wash sale transactions for the principal purpose of creating tax losses in the regular taxable accounts, so that he could claim the losses on his (or Rathi's) tax returns and pay less in taxes than he would otherwise owe.
14. Prior to April 15, 2000, Moondra (jointly with his wife) first filed his 1999 federal tax return. In that return, Moondra initially claimed a tax benefit associated with artificial losses created (and purportedly realized) as a result of at least two wash sale transactions in the Moondra Joint Taxable Account. The bulk of the losses created by his wash sales were not reflected in this return because they occurred as a result of wash sales executed by Moondra in the Rathi Joint Account and, according to his pre-existing arrangement with Rathi, those losses were to be reflected on Rathi's own tax return. After being contacted by the staff of the Division of Enforcement, Rathi did not claim Moondra's wash sale losses on his return.
15. In October 2000, Moondra amended his 1999 federal tax return to include those 1999 transactions that he had executed through the Rathi Joint Account. At the time, he did not claim any additional losses associated with the wash sales that he had executed through that account.
16. In 2002, after Moondra approached the IRS, he was informed by the IRS that, as a result of his wash sale scheme, his and his wife's Roth IRA accounts had been disqualified as Roth accounts. This meant, among other things, that all of Moondra's 1999 transactions in those two accounts lost their tax-protected status. As a result, on or about October 2, 2002, Moondra filed a second amendment to his 1999 return. In this second amended return, Moondra recognized the gains associated with the wash sales in the former Roth accounts, but also claimed a benefit associated with the tax losses created by the wash sales in the regular accounts (including those that he had executed through the Rathi Joint Account).
17. Moondra's wash sales were not only in violation of the federal securities laws, but he was also not permitted to claim any tax benefit arising out of his wash sales. Section 267 of the IRC prohibits a taxpayer from taking a deduction with respect to any loss from the sale of property between related parties. Section 1091 of the IRC also prohibits a taxpayer from taking a deduction with respect to any loss from the sale of a security if the taxpayer repurchases the same security within 30 days of the sale.
18. Moondra's wash sale transactions also had the effect of circumventing the annual $2,000 contribution limit to Roth IRA accounts, which was then set forth in Section 408A of the IRC. For example, by causing his Roth IRA to purchase stock in the regular account at an artificial below-market price, the IRA automatically obtained a gain measured by the difference between its basis and the market price at the time. As measured against that market price, any gain in the IRA mirrored a loss in one of Moondra's taxable accounts. In this sense, Moondra effectively moved - i.e., contributed - money from a taxable account into an IRA. The amounts that Moondra effectively deposited into the IRA accounts in 1999 pursuant to his wash sale scheme far exceeded the 1999 contribution limits.
19. As set forth above, Moondra engaged in wash sale transactions involving no change in beneficial ownership or control. Wash sales are a manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance in connection with the purchase or sale of a security. Moondra engaged in this conduct with scienter. As a result, Moondra violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
Based on the foregoing, the Commission finds that the Respondent violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to Section 21C of the Exchange Act, that Moondra cease and desist from committing or causing any violation and any future violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
For the Commission, by its Secretary, pursuant to delegated authority.
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Here's a quick look at the events going on in the Las Cruces area the weekend of Nov. 2-4, 2018.
Friday, Nov. 2
The town of Mesilla hosts its annual Dia de los Muertos Festival from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday on the historic plaza. Friday includes altars, art, food, music and dancers. The candlelight procession to the Old Mesilla Cemetery will begin at 6:45 p.m. on the plaza; afterward, enjoy pan de muerto and coffee. Music from Yadira's Acoustic Duo from 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Dia de los Muertos continues on the plaza through Sunday. For more, visit facebook.com/CalaveraCoalitionNM.
The First Friday Downtown Art Ramble, from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, includes art openings, exhibits, music, entertainment, open mic opportunities, shopping, refreshments and more at galleries, shops and businesses throughout Downtown Las Cruces. For a gallery list and more, visit downtownlascruces.org.
Performing songs from the 1950s and '60s, Remember Then & Oldies But Goodies will take the stage of the Rio Grande Theatre at 7 p.m. Friday. Both groups, made up of talented locals, capture the genuine sound of yesteryear that all audiences of that era and contemporaries alike continue to love. Tickets are $25 per person. Visit riograndetheatre.org.
Friday's live music schedule includes Verde Ale House at Red Hawk (6:30 to 9:30 p.m.); The Iveys at The Game (7 to 11 p.m.) and Stepping Up at The Game II (7 to 11 p.m.); honest and raw singer-songwriter Calista at Vintage Wines (8 to 10 p.m.); and Pecan Grill and Brewery (9 p.m.).
Saturday, Nov. 3
The Dia de los Muertos Festival continues from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday on the Mesilla plaza. Saturday features altars on the plaza, Day of the Dead art and artists, food, opening ceremony by soloist Linda Goff (noon), music from LC Gents (noon to 3 p.m.) and Latin Funktion (6:30 p.m.) and performances by dancers Grupo Valle del Sol Folklorico (3:30 p.m.) and Moon Whisperers Dance (6 p.m.). A Frida Kahlo lookalike contest will be judged at 5 p.m. Admission to all events is free. facebook.com/CalaveraCoalitionNM.
Hear ye, hear ye! The Doña Ana Arts Council will host the 47th Annual Renaissance ArtsFaire from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Saturday at Young Park. Medieval festival features two fun-filled days of food, entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, jousting, beer and wine garden for adults, royal procession and more. Admission is $10 adults. Children 12 and younger are free. For more, visit daarts.org. The fun continues Sunday.
Enjoy a break Veterans Day weekend with the Red, White and Brew Wine and Beer Festival, set for 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday on the Plaza de Las Cruces. Enjoy wines and beers from Amaro Winery, Shattuck Vineyards, Tularosa Vineyards, Noisy Water Winery, Picacho Peak Brewing, Little Toad Creek, T or C Brewing and Lost Hiker Brewing, among others, along with live music from Justin Kemp Band food trucks, vendors and more. $15 admission includes a souvenir tumbler. Guests younger than 12 are welcome free with a paid parent or legal guardian. Get advance tickets and more info at redwhiteandbrewfestival.com.
Saturday's live music schedule includes Jessica Flores at Sombra Antigua Winery (2 to 6 p.m.); Sage Gentle Wing at The Game (7 to 11 p.m.) and Chris Baker at The Game II; the dark, romantic, haunting and ethereal Division of Men at Vintage Wines (8 to 10 p.m.); cosmic Americana from Three Rivers at High Desert Brewing Co. (8 to 11 p.m.); and Pecan Grill and Brewery (9 p.m.).
Sunday, Nov. 4
The Dia de los Muertos Festival continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on the Mesilla plaza. Sunday features altars on the plaza, Day of the Dead art and artists, food, opening ceremony by soloist Linda Goff (noon), music from Yadira del Campo Acoustic Classics (noon to 3 p.m.) and Grupo Valle del Sol Folklorico (3:30 p.m.). Plaza celebration ends at 5 p.m. Admission to all events is free. facebook.com/CalaveraCoalitionNM.
If you didn't make it Saturday, the 47th Annual Renaissance ArtsFaire continues from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Sunday at Young Park. See above or visit daarts.org for more.
Sunday's live music schedule includes Sombra Antigua Winery (2:30 to 5:30 p.m.); and indie rocker Alister M. at Vintage Wines (3 to 5 p.m.).
Next Weekend, Nov 8-11
Highlights of next weekend — Nov. 8-11 — include the renowned Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference; A Salute to Women Veterans in downtown Las Cruces; the return of the Native American Market to Mesilla; a performance by New Horizons Symphony; the annual Centennial High School Holiday Craft Fair; and a Veterans Day remembrance in the town of Mesilla.
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The son of a Holocaust survivor photographs an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community celebrate the Purim holiday, an ancient tradition that remembers the salvation of the Jewish people
When Gili Yaari was a child having a kickabout with friends, and his father walked past after a long day's work and patted the top of his head with those giant hands, coarse from the hours spent mending leather goods in a workshop, the sadness that engulfed him wasn't always apparent because, as a young boy, what Yaari saw was his Dad's sweet face, his tender gaze.
The fact that his father was a Holocaust survivor wasn't immediately apparent because he was, after all, a survivor – a provider, a worker, a lover, a Dad. "I grew up in what seemed like a 'normal' house. My parents emigrated to Israel from Hungary, and they integrated into society, worked for their living and managed to raise a family. It was only when I grew up that I understood I was actually raised in a house where there was no happiness, where joy was illegitimate, where fear and survival were a driving force," says the Israeli photojournalist of his upbringing in Beit-Shmesh, a suburb of Jerusalem.
That his father, and his father's father, managed to negotiate life despite their deeply wounded psyche is perhaps the very thing that inspired Yaari's Sixty Five Years Later, a series of portraits taken at an Israeli mental health centre for Holocaust survivors. The home cares for 70 frail, aged men and women whose minds lost their battle with life when the unimaginable horror that plagued them eventually became unendurable and engulfed them completely. Yaari's father died three years ago, and with him died his pain.


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PORTLAND, Ore. – Ask Joe Bendik about his eight-year-old nephew Gavin, and his eyes instantly light up.
You see, Gavin has cystic fibrosis and Bendik, the Portland Timbers backup goalkeeper, has used his notoriety as a professional soccer player to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It's a passion that has led Bendik to raise close to $3,000 through the Portland chapter of Team Gavin as a part of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Great Strides National Walk Event.
Those efforts have earned him the MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month award for July.
Bendik and a handful of teammates participated in the May 19 Great Strides event at Oaks Park Amusement Park or donated gear to show their support. Along with the money generated at the local event, Team Gavin raised more than $30,000 nationwide.
"It's good to see how the Timbers and the whole community in Portland came out and were full on behind us," Bendik said. "It was awesome. The team is all pretty hyped about it, and we're going to do it next year."
Now in his third year as a professional and first in MLS, Bendik became heavily involved in fundraising his senior year at Clemson University when he began to spend more time with Gavin. That's when he realized just what he goes through on a day-to-day basis.
"When you're around him every day and see the amount of treatments he has to do just to keep his body healthy, and it's amazing that these families are just so strong," Bendik said. "They're such strong people. It's amazing because they have to wake up, 6 a.m., two hours of treatments, middle of the day another hour of treatments, come home from school for more treatment, another treatment at night."
Bendik most recently saw Gavin during the Timbers' recent month-long international break.
"I was kid-sitting, and I'm supposed to be taking care of him and he's the one who wakes me up and says, 'Hey Joe, we need to do my meds,'" Bendik said. "He's ready to go. Eight years old and he could probably take care of himself by himself, hands down. That gives you the strength to keep going with it, seeing that he can take care of himself and see how energetic he is."
Bendik said the importance of fundraising has been tangible. When Gavin was born, life expectancy for those with cystic fibrosis was 21 to 25 years. Now it's 38 years, Bendik said.
"Which still isn't enough, but still is a higher," he said. "It just keeps getting better and better."
Bendik is hoping to draw on the excitement displayed during the Great Strides walk to plan a charity golf tournament in August. He's also working with a local high school in the area on an alumni football game fundraiser. All of it with Gavin in mind.
"At this point we have such high hopes that we're actually going to find [a cure], and it's just those extra steps needed."


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B-to-B Going Interactive With Content Marketing
Gated PDFs aren't yielding the leads they want, B-to-B marketers tell researchers. Interactive content marketing, including video, surveys, interactive infographics, ROI calculators and assessments bring in the right prospects, they say.
"B-to-B buyers now not only expect content that is relevant and compelling to their specific needs," writes SnapApp, the company that sponsored the survey conducted by Demand Gen Report, "but they are also increasingly less tolerant of campaigns that fail to speak to their unique areas of interest."
In announcing the "The Campaign Confidence Gap" study on Dec. 7, SnapApp said B-to-B marketers weren't pleased with the results of traditional content marketing campaigns. [Author's note: SnapApp's full report is a gated PDF.]
"The new survey reveals that as pressure mounts for B-to-B marketers to deliver high-quality and highly targeted leads, an astounding 82 percent reported being only 'somewhat confident' or 'not very confident' in the effectiveness of their campaigns," writes SnapApp, a Boston-based provider of an interactive content delivery platform.
Here's what SnapApp says about interactive content used by B-to-B marketers:
- Among B-to-B marketers who are using content-enabled campaigns, more than half (54 percent) saw open rate improvements of at least 20 percent, while 66 percent also saw at least a 5 percent increase in clickthrough rates.
- The top of the funnel saw the biggest benefits, as 66 percent of B-to-B marketers noted that their content-enabled campaigns produce a greater response to these lead-generation offers.
- The use of interactive content is expected to increase dramatically in the next 12 to 24 months, with 87 percent of B-to-B marketers predicting at least 10 percent of their content will be interactive.
- The top five content formats B-to-B marketers are using or plan to use for content-enabled campaigns include; video (95 percent), surveys (92 percent), interactive infographics (85 percent), ROI calculators (84 percent) and assessments (82 percent).
What do you think, marketers? Are gated PDFs truly through?
Please respond in the comments section below.


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The little brother of the very popular General White Mint has an equally sweet-and-fresh peppermint flavor as the large version. The dry white mini portions provide a very discreet and comfortable feeling - and a maximum of long lasting flavor.
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My American dipping tobacco friends seem to enjoy the mini mint over the regular size mint. I think the nicotine hits about the same though.
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Like an after dinner mint!
We Canadian folk like a mint after dinner and this product is especially nice, as its not overly strong and provides that light hit of mint flavour without the sugar. The small portions are very nice after dinner as you can still talk to your company without bulging lips or getting light headed. I was only able to try one pouch and then my brother seized it from my hands and I never say the can again. Time to re-order.
Great, but not as great as the classic.
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Despite its name, Adelaide Fraternity is not an American-style collegic fraternity devoted to drinking, having sex with women, and engaging in other tom-foolery... okay, maybe that is what we're about, but without the American college part. Ostensibly, Adelaide Fraternity is a 'PUA Lair', a community of men dedicated to learning the arts of pickup & seduction. However, there is more to it.
Fraternity Goals
Adelaide Fraternity is a community with the following goals:
To help its members get better with women through discussion of dating, seduction & relationship topics, as well as through in-field interaction.
To help its members build large social circles with lots of women in them
To help its members 'live large', by working together and using our membership numbers to create opportunities that allow us express or free entry to clubs, and special invitations to other Adelaide-based events.
To help its members move towards other life goals, whether they be social-, career- or health-based.
To build a community that enables the above to happen, while encouraging an overall atmosphere of 'brotherhood'.
Forum Structure - private AND public sections
Adelaide Fraternity is comprised of two key sections:
a public section, where anybody can join and begin getting involved in the community.
a private section, allowing for discussion of more sensitive and private matters, as well as advanced topics.
This structure is designed to protect member privacy, while still allowing new members to get quickly and easily involved in the community.
Entry into the private section requires two nominations from existing private section members. Do not ask to be let in - you will be invited once you have had a chance to get to know some of the existing members. The best way to do this is to begin posting, to organise & show up to events and to get involved in the community as a whole.
So if this sounds good to you, and you want to be a part of something awesome, join up. Otherwise, go away.
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"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." ~ Samuel Johnson.
London is a city I doubt I could ever grow tired of and continue to love it long past the screams of my wallet against the plundering it takes there*. With flights at less than 35 euros and 30 minutes between the Netherlands and Britain there is little reason not to go, so we chose the capitol of the United Kingdom as the perfect spot to celebrate the Frenchman's birthday weekend.
After a bit of a rough start on not-so-easy EasyJet we were in London before we even had the chance to fall asleep in our extremely tiny plane seats. We could not have chosen a better weekend as the city was covered in remembrance poppies from wreaths on statutes to art piece and from a sea of poppies at the Tower of London to a poppy in the lapel or a poppy pin on the breast of every person, all commemorating the centurion remembrance of the start of WWI. (To learn the "why" of the poppy check out this really great video.) The Frenchman's first impression of the city was that, "It is so nice to see advertisements and signs in English!" (He did not return with me to to States in May, so he has not been in an English-speaking country for now fifteen months.) As I had already experienced the feeling of "wait, I'm in Europe, but everything in English" during my first trip to London seven years ago what struck me was how much the weather had changed during our 1/2 hour flight across the English Channel. Though by no means sunny or warm, the Netherlands seemed like a tropical, sun-filled paradise to London, where we arrived to rain and frigid air.
As the Frenchman had never before been to London I was determined to show him the best time possible in our short weekend break. After making several indecisive hotel bookings and cancellations over the duration of about six month I finally settled on the Edwardian Leicester Square, which turned out to be a perfect location on the West End. We were upgraded to a fantastic corner room and enjoyed the plush, 70s velour vibe of the place. The best part about the hotel was that it was just a block away from the Prince of Wales Theater, where the amazing, spectacular, (insert adjective here) "Book of Mormon" has been playing to completely sold-out crowds nearly every night for several seasons. It remains the sought-after ticket in Broadway and the West End with good reason: It was truly unbelievably good. As can be expected from its creators, the men behind South Park, the show is very crass, but it is not without heart and emotion. The songs, though not Webber-esque arias of saddness, are side-stitchingly funny, and the casting top-notch. The Frenchman had a huge smile on his face and sat next to me belly-laughing for the duration of the show – just the sort of joy you want to see someone experience for his birthday!
For the rest of the weekend we spoiled ourselves at one of the city's best restaurants, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay; popped into quite a few pubs for draft beers and shepherds' pies; visited the Tower of London; and watched the lights turn on from the London Eye. We also caught up with a friend from our Albania trip who is living in London, and she introduced us to her neighborhood, Brixton Village, a vibrant, young area of London with bars and restaurants and a lively covered market full of unique eateries. Sunday, after a much too short visit and another quick flight we were back in Amsterdam.
As of current we do not know if we will be remaining in Europe next year or returning to the States. Should we remain, and we both hope we do, we would love to spend the summer in the countryside of the United Kingdom and Ireland, places which we imagine to be quaint, better priced than the capitol and full of pints of Guinness.
* One thing I absolutely do not like about London is the cost to do things. Naturally, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and the Book of Mormon were extreme splurges, but even less expensive activities are absurdly pricey. Generally, I do not write about the costs of our travels here as I find it to be distasteful, but, thinking about only London compared to other cities, for example, two day passes to the London Metro cost $27.97; two tickets to the Tower of London cost $58.14; two tickets to the London Eye, for a normal, thirty-minute ride were $83.78; and train tickets to and from the airport (London Southend) cost us a total of $102.46 (+ $28.28 for a charge I don't understand.) Most meals or a few rounds of drinks at pubs were approximately $60. And our hotel, had we paid for it out-of-pocket, would have set us back $570.38 per night or $1,140.76 for our two-night stay. When Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame said "Travel is worth any cost or sacrifice," I do not think she had London's extreme costs in mind.


text: When visiting Koh Samui, a friend recommended something for us to check out. It was called The Thai Experience and it had just opened about 2 months prior. It was a big hit in Argentina and The Experience made its way to Thailand. Of course we wanted to see what it was all about. We reached out to them for availability during our time on Koh Samui, and the next thing you know we are scheduled for our very own Thai Experience.


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The deal that the Eagles offered for Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin was a third-round pick and cornerback Sheldon Brown. That story came out from XTRA 910 in Phoenix sports-talker Mike Jurecki. The call for Boldin from the Eagles came on draft day, and needless to say the Cardinals probably laughed it off.
Jurecki said that the Cardinals did have another offer for Boldin, and it was from Chicago for a second-round pick, which again the Cardinals said "no" to. Both Boldin and Brown are players that don't want to be with their current teams and want to be traded, but if the Eagles would have offered a one, maybe the deal would have went down.
The Cardinals had released that they had gotten two offers for Boldin, and reports say that these were the two offers. For now, Brown is still an Eagle, and Boldin is still unhappy in the desert with the Cardinals. It does not seem that either are going to be moved anytime soon.


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Retro Friday Cat Blogging
January 20, 2015 in Cat Things, Friday Cat Blogging, Pets and other friends, Reblogging Project
I haz found missing piece of da puzzle!
Blob cat blobs.
3 cats, 1 chipmunk, endless possibility
I killz it with my mindz!
Hold still down there, I needz landing pad
After 3 days in dezert dehydrated cat sayz:
Gin…I need gin…
(Originally published on the Wyrdsmiths blog July 23 2010, and original comments may be found there. Reposted and reedited as part of the reblogging project)


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Neighbours spoilers: the week ahead in Ramsay St
24-28 February: Mason begins a secret relationship with Imogen, while Josh receives bad news
Monday 24 February
Kate tries to deal with her problems on her own, but the pressure is too great and she lashes out at school, hurting Bailey and shocking Susan. When Toadie refuses to let Callum keep his puppy Loki, Sonya tries to talk him round but is she really trying to mend their relationship? When Brennan starts work at the garage, he wonders why the security cameras are set to record only during business hours.
Tuesday 25 February
Brad finds out that Toadie has agreed to represent Mason and accuses him of taking sides. Susan is angry with Kate, who begins to realise that she has been selfish. With their families at war, Mason decides that it would be best if he and Imogen call things off. Imogen disagrees and persuades him that they can have a relationship provided that they keep it a secret.
Wednesday 26 February
With her son's future ruined, Terese is unable to bear the sight of a fit and healthy Mason at work. When she offers him promotion provided that he accepts a transfer to Lassiter's at Darwin, Lauren is furious and confronts her. Josh accompanies Amber and her family to the photographic awards ceremony, but his emotions overcome him when she is announced the winner.
Thursday 27 February
Joshua faces the prospect that his swimming career may be over after Karl tells him that his shoulder will never fully recover from the injury. Georgia discovers that getting suitable hospital shifts will be almost impossible and decides to move back to Birregurra to raise her baby there. Callum is determined to impress Josie with a grand romantic gesture on Valentine's Day, despite having spent all his money on a dog.
Friday 28 February
Kyle is dismayed when Georgia tells him about her decision to move and worries that she is taking his baby away from him. Kate is depressed enough about Valentine's Day, but her day goes from bad to worse when she gets stuck in a lift with Brennan. Callum hits on the idea of selling 'love locks' to raise money for a Valentine gift for Josie, but he is so busy that he leaves Josie feeling neglected.


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The Xana Plus XP9 is our leading range radiator. With wireless capability it gives you ultimate control – you can either remotely control all radiators in your property from the Farho remote, or hook them all up to a Nexho NT system or other wireless devices.
The Xana Plus XP9 is our leading model radiator.its is controlled by means of intuitive menus. the XP radiators allow six different operating schemes per day every day of the week, each of which can be displayed, changed or memorised at any given moment.
The radiators come with the default factory settings, these can be customized to suit the end user's needs. XP radiators feature a locking keyboard to avoid its use by non-authorized persons or children.
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Bentel is one of the first South African firms to conceive and implement mixed -use developments with a sustainable approach. We understand how to create dense urban environments that incorporate a diverse variety of sectors. From our award winning projects in India, Vegas to our well – known development in Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Square. Bentel have a passion in creating destinations which are vibrant, humane and experiential.
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Makes 9 to 12 squares
- 4 ½ oz / 120g Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate McVitie's Digestives Nibbles
- 4oz / 100g butter
- 4oz / 100g plain chocolate
- 2 tbsp / 2x15mlsp golden syrup
- 7oz / 175g McVitie's Hobnobs
- 2oz / 50g glace cherries, optional
- 2oz / 50g raisins
- 6oz / 150g mini marshmallows
- Line the base and sides of a 8in/20cm square shallow cake tin with baking parchment. Scatter in 1 pack Dark or Milk Chocolate McVitie's Digestives Nibbles.
- Put the butter, chocolate and syrup into a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of simmering water, warm gently over a low heat until the butter and chocolate has melted. Take off of the heat and stir.
- Meanwhile put the Hobnob biscuits into a bag and tap with a rolling pin to break them up into small pieces. Stir the biscuits, glace cherries, raisins and half of the marshmallows into the melted chocolate. Spoon into prepared tin.
- Scatter over the remaining marshmallows and Dark or Milk Chocolate McVitie's Digestives Nibbles over the top. Press down well and leave to cool. Cut into 9-12 squares or bars.
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Cascade Region event status due to COVID-19 concerns
I hope everyone is continuing to do well, and staying healthy. I wanted to update you all on where we are with club events at this time.
All counties within Cascade Region have entered Phase 2 of the virus mitigation protocols. As such, both chapters of our club have resumed events starting in late June.
Our focus at all times is the health and well-being of our members, as well as that of others with whom we interact. As a club, we need to respect and follow the rules, regulations and recommendations from our state and local officials, health care professionals, PCA National, and the PCA's insurance carriers.
Here are some of the things that we need to work with for the duration. Please note that the process could change a bit as we learn what works and what doesn't.
We are aware that some of this may seem to be a bit of overkill, given the happy fact that our counties here in Oregon are not suffering from widespread illness at this time. But these are the guidelines we must live with for now. We hope that all members understand that many of these measures are not to protect ourselves as much as they are to stop the potential spread to others, who may have a significantly higher risk factor than do you or I. Please respect that possibility for these others and act (and mask) accordingly.
As always, if you have questions or comments, please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thanks for all of your understanding!
– Arne
This calendar shows 4 different event categories. They are:
- Cascade Region, Central Chapter
- Cascade Region, Southern Chapter
- Events in nearby PCA regions
- Non-PCA events of possible interest
Join us for an unconventional 1st Saturday Coffee Stop at the Hult Center Garage in downtown Eugene. The city has been kind enough to give us permission to gather in the garage, so we know we'll be out of the weather. If it works, it may be our temporary home until we can go back to Market of Choice. Bring your own coffee and fresh stories to swap!
Please follow our current "cars and coffee" protocol… Leave a blank space between cars. Wear a mask. Stay 6′ apart.


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Wonderful blog someone's put together of screen captures from facebook of people thinking stories from The Onion are real.
Literally Unbelievable
I'm glad someone's doing this. I've been having private chortles for a while by running Onion story titles through an Openbook search. It's amazing how utterly gullible people are.
I loved the many of facebook pages I read who thought the abortionplex story was real.


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Select Security announces acquisition
LANCASTER, Pa.—Select Security, a super-regional security company based here, on June 12 announced its acquisition of Intelligent Technology Inc. and Carolina Security Group, based in Charlotte, N.C.
"This acquisition brings us significant customer growth in one of our newest branch territories, one that is quickly growing and has the potential to soon become one of our largest branch offices," Select Security president Steve Firestone, said in a prepared statement. "In addition to the customers, we also gained a highly talented group of account executives and technicians who are a great addition to our local team."
The purchase also brings a new branch location for the company in downtown Charlotte, where Select Security will be consolidating all Western North Carolina operations, the announcement noted.
"This acquisition was an easy fold-in to the Charlotte operations," Roger Parks, executive director of business development and regional sales manager, said in the announcement. "I'm always on the lookout for companies like this with a strong and loyal customer base, talented team already in place, and an owner who is looking to profit from their years of hard work by partnering with a company like Select Security that places a great emphasis on making the transition easy for the customer, employees, and seller."
Select Security was founded in 2003 and now serves nearly 30,000 customers across North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio.


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CFO Moves this week include:
|Constellation Brands, Inc.
|Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
|Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
|Philadelphia Zoo
|Edible Arrangements International
|Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation
|Zoe's Kitchen, Inc.
|Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc.
|Envisia Therapeutics
|The Cutwater Select Income Fund
|Agenus Inc.
|Red Hawk Casino
|Quinnipiac University
|Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.
|Twist Bioscience
|Compass Minerals
|Bovie Medical Corporation
|Tiptree Financial Inc.
|Leidos Holdings, Inc.
|Webcor Builders
|Roku Inc.
|ZS Pharma, Inc.
|Standard Pacific Corp.
|The Ryland Group, Inc.
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Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bob Ryder is leaving the company after the completion of the company's first quarter 10-Q filing. David Klein has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Klein joined Constellation in 2004 and most recently served as CFO for the company's Beer Division. His previous roles with Constellation include SVP, Treasurer and Controller as well as CFO for the company's former European business. Prior to his tenure at Constellation, Klein held the CFO role at Montana Mills.
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: PAG) announced that J.D. Carlson, the company's Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carlson replaces David K. Jones, who has resigned from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to accept a similar position with another company. Mr. Carlson joined Penske Automotive in 2006 as Vice President and Corporate Controller. In May 2011, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller and was named principal accounting officer.
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICON) announced the appointment of David K. Jones as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jones joins Iconix after twelve years with Penske Automotive Group. During his tenure, Mr. Jones served as Penske's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as well as Chief Financial Officer of European Operations. Prior to Penske Automotive, Mr. Jones spent 11 years at Andersen LLP and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Philadelphia Zoo announced Matthew (Matt) Malek as its new Chief Financial Officer. Malek began his career at Arthur Andersen and has held leadership roles at Amkor Technology, FMC and most recently AGI.
Edible Arrangements International announced that Tony DiPippa has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). DiPippa replaces former CFO George Wilson, who moves over to support Edible Arrangements founder and CEO Tariq Farid in the expansion of Edible Brands and his other ventures. DiPippa's career includes a range of financial roles at Procter & Gamble followed by leadership positions in finance at Dun & Bradstreet. He also has served as VP of North American Finance for Godiva Chocolatier, and was CFO at WB Mason. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer for Cache.
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE: MIC) announced that Liam Stewart has been seconded by the Company's manager, Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA), to serve as chief financial officer of MIC effective June 30, 2015. Stewart succeeds Todd Weintraub who was employed by Macquarie and seconded to MIC in May of 2005. Weintraub was appointed chief financial officer of the Company in November of 2008. Stewart joined Macquarie and has worked with MIC since April of 2014 serving as asset director for MIC's Atlantic Aviation business since that time. From 2009 through 2013 Stewart served as senior vice president and management partner at Global Tower Partners. Prior to joining Global Tower Partners, Stewart was employed by Macquarie Group with responsibility for listed media and telecommunications investments in North America.
Zoe's Kitchen, Inc. (NYSE: ZOES) announced the resignation of Jason Morgan, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, to pursue other business interests.
Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc. (NYSE: MTS) announced that it has appointed Atlantic Fund Services as the new administrator of the Fund, effective August 1, 2015. In connection with this appointment, Michael J. McKeen will become Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Fund.
iTOK announced it has appointed Ken Saunders as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Saunders has served as a senior advisor to SaaS ("software as a service") and early-stage technology companies. Prior to this role, he was CFO at security analytics software company Solera Networks. Saunders held senior financial positions during a 10-year tenure with the National Football League (NFL), including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of NFL Europe.
Envisia Therapeutics announced that it has named Eric Linsley as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Envisia, Mr. Linsley was a managing partner at Pappas Ventures in Durham, NC. While at Pappas Ventures, Mr. Linsley served on the Board of Panacos Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: PANC). Prior to joining Pappas Ventures in 2000, Mr. Linsley served as Chief Financial Officer of TriPath Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTH). Mr. Linsley also worked as an investment professional with Ampersand Capital. Early in his career, he served as a management consultant with Bain & Co. and McKinsey & Co., and was a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen LLP.
The Cutwater Select Income Fund announced the election of Thomas Stabile as the Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of the Fund, replacing Joseph Sevely in such capacities. Mr. Stabile had acted as the Fund's Assistant Treasurer since 2010, and has been employed by the Fund's investment adviser since May 2005.
Pitcairn announced the appointment of Eric W. Gaul as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to his appointment as CFO, he has served in a variety of positions, most recently as managing director of Family Office Services. Earlier, he held the position of wealth management project manager.
Counsyl announced that Dan Puckett has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to Counsyl, Puckett served as chief financial officer for Ariosa Diagnostics, where he was responsible for leading the finance and human resources functions. Previously, Puckett also served as executive director of operations at Cerexa, a Forest Laboratories subsidiary.
Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) announced the appointment of C. Evan Ballantyne as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Ballantyne served as the Chief Financial Officer at Synthetic Biologics, Inc., from February 2012 to May 2015. From August 2006 to April 2011, Mr. Ballantyne served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Clinical Data, Inc. Mr. Ballantyne has also served as the Chief Financial Officer at a number of private medical technology companies, including Avedro, Inc. and ZymeQuest, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for ACNielsen Corporation – Europe Middle East & Africa, and he held the Chief Financial Officer position there as well for two years. He began his career at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation where he held several senior financial positions.
Red Hawk Casino announced that Terry Contreras has been named Chief Financial Officer. Terry was an instrumental part of Red Hawk Casino's opening, serving as Assistant General Manager through 2011. Terry most recently worked with the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians in Corning, Calif. He has worked in California, Oregon and Washington tribal gaming, as well as in Las Vegas, Nev.
Quinnipiac University announced that Mark Varholak, associate vice president for budget and financial planning, has been promoted to vice president for finance/chief financial officer. The promotion will take effect July 1, 2015. For the past two years, Varholak has served as associate vice president for budget and financial planning. Prior to that, he served for more than 10 years as an assistant controller on the finance team. Before joining Quinnipiac, Varholak served for almost 10 years in positions of increasing responsibility at Deloitte & Touche and GE Capital, culminating in his final role at GE Capital as a manager of finance.
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced that Robert E. Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company after nearly 18 years of service to pursue another opportunity in the biotechnology industry. Mr. Hoffman is expected to remain in his current role at Arena until July 10, 2015.
Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc. named Marc Vassanelli as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Vassanelli was engaged by Carlyle, Hellman & Friedman, and TowerBrook to advise on potential acquisitions of business services technology companies. Before these advisory roles, Marc was Chief Financial Officer for ConvergeOne Holdings; Equiniti Group; and for the EMEA region of Marsh Inc. (NYSE: MMC).
Twist Bioscience announced the appointment of Solange Glaize, former corporate controller and chief accounting officer for Agilent Technologies, to the newly created position of chief financial officer. Prior to her role at Agilent, Ms. Glaize served as the life sciences group (LSG) operational CFO and also headed the LSG's business development organization. She joined Agilent with the spinoff from Hewlett-Packard and served as managing director of European financial services in Brussels, Belgium. She transferred in 2001 to the Bay Area and subsequently held several finance controller roles, including commercial controller of the semi-conductor products group and manufacturing controller for the life sciences and chemical analysis group. Ms. Glaize began her career with Hewlett Packard, where she held a variety of escalating finance and managerial roles both in Europe and the United States.
Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) announced that Lori Walker has been elected to its board of directors. She will serve on the board's audit and compensation committees. Walker is the former chief financial officer and senior vice president of The Valspar Corporation. She retired from Valspar in 2013 and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Southwire, and Constellium. Prior to joining Valspar, Walker worked at Honeywell, Inc., for 20 years in progressively increasing roles of responsibility. Her last role at Honeywell was the director of global financial risk management.
Bovie Medical Corporation (NYSE: BVX) announced that Peter Donato, Chief Financial Officer, will leave the company on or about June 25, 2015 to take a position in his home state of Ohio. Jay Ewers, Corporate Controller, has been appointed interim CFO effective upon Mr. Donato's departure.
Tiptree Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: TIPT) announced that Sandra E. Bell will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2015. Most recently, Ms. Bell served as Chief Financial Officer of Prospect Mortgage, LLC. Prior to joining Prospect, from 2008 to 2011, Ms. Bell served as Chief Financial Officer of PHH Corporation. Prior to PHH, Ms. Bell served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati. Prior to assuming her position at the Federal Home Loan Bank, Ms. Bell had been a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities, where she had been employed for 13 years.
Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) announced that the board of directors has appointed James C. Reagan as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 6, 2015. Since 2012, Reagan served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Vencore, Inc. (formerly The SI Organization, Inc.)
Webcor Builders announced the hiring of Matthew Reece as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reece began his career in the construction industry in 2000 as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration with URS Corporation. In 2010, he took over as CFO at Weeks Marine.
Roku Inc. announced that Steve Louden will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Louden joins Roku® from Expedia, Inc. where he serves as Treasurer. Before Expedia Louden also held finance, strategy and planning roles at Washington Mutual, McKinsey and Company and The Walt Disney Company.
ZS Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZSPH) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Farrow as chief financial officer. Mr. Farrow previously served as the chief financial officer of Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc., from July 2010 until May 2015. Prior to Hyperion, Mr. Farrow was vice president, finance at Evotec AG. Prior to Evotec, Mr. Farrow held various positions, with the most recent being vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, at Renovis, Inc. Previously, Mr. Farrowheld various positions over his seven years in the audit practice of KPMG LLP. With the transition of the Company's CFO position from Texas to the Bay Area, Todd Creech has decided to leave ZS Pharma and pursue other opportunities.
Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) and The Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE: RYL) jointly announced that following the approved a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Standard Pacific and Ryland will combine in a merger of equals to create a single company. Current Standard Pacific Chief Financial Officer, Jeff McCall, will serve in this role for the combined company. Current Ryland Chief Financial Officer Gordon Milne will retire in connection with the transaction, after assisting with the integration of the two companies.
VersionOne announced that it has added Chief Financial Officer Verome Johnston to its leadership team. Verome most recently served as interim CFO of Bomgar after TA Associates' acquisition of the company. He also previously served as CFO of GoodCents Holdings from 2008 to 2014 and CFO of CDC Corporation and CDC Software from 2005 to 2007. Before joining CDC, Verome was corporate controller and then vice president and CFO of Ross Systems from 1998 until 2005. Verome began his career at Deloitte.
Webtrends announced the hiring of Mike Laber as Chief Financial Officer. Mike will be joining the team in mid-July. In the meantime, Brian Agle will continue his role as interim CFO and then assist Mike during his transition. Mike joins Webtrends from Qorvo, a company formed by the merger of RF Micro Devices and TriQuint, where he has worked for the last six years as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to that, Mike was Vice President of Finance at Harland Financial Solutions.


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|Artegor Nexus
|The Shadows (formally The Akillians)
|Coach (formally Striker)
|Jearsey No.
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|The Smog (formally The Breath of Akillian)
Artegor Nexus is a former football player for The Akillians who would later gain prominence by both playing for and coaching The Shadows.
Artegor is a tall person, having spiky black hair and dark glasses. He also has two lines on both sides of his face. He wears a red jacket underneath a black vest. On Paradisia, he wore a flowered shirt and shorts.
Artegor Nexus is a very stern and proud individual, who wants victory over anything else, no matter the cost. As a footballer, he was immensely talented and because of that, he joined the Shadows, one of the most powerful GFC teams. After Aarch left the Shadows because of his Smog Illness, he started to hate his former best friend, even trying to hurt his new team, the Snow Kids. However, after Aarch saved his life and helped him cure his own Smog Illness, Artegor became much more friendly towards his friend, helping him coach the Snow Kids.
As a coach, Artegor is very strict, considering that a player must work immensely hard to achieve success in the GFC. He is also known for his unusual strategies, such as focusing on Yuki as a midfielder. After he left coaching, he joined Arcadia Sports and started a conflict with fellow analyst, Barry Land. Artegor's main focus is on serious play and he disagrees with chaotic play styles, such as The Cyclops's.
He was a striker for The Akillians but after the explosion of The Metaflux on Akillian, he went on to join The Shadows as a striker with his good friend, Aarch. After Aarch left The Shadows, Artegor felt betrayed and broke his friendship with his former teammate. At some point, he returned to Akillian and became the coach of the Red Tigers.
Season 1Edit
After Aarch challenges Artegor and his team Red Tigers to a match to determine who would represent Akillian in the Galactik Football Cup. Artegor excepts the match, after the Snow Kids win Artegor leaves the Red Tigers, and joins The Shadows to manage them.
Season 2Edit
When Artegor lost the The Smog his body suffered and he fell ill but was cured by Dame Simbai and Aarch.
After Aarch saved him he temporarily became the Assistant Coach for the Snow Kids, helping Yuki develop a powerful head play.
He later went back to The Shadows when The Smog returned and they lost to The Xenons.
Season 3Edit
Artegors become the Assistant Coach of the Snow Kids during Paradisian Tournament. He quits The Shadows and Sinedd replaces him. Arch and Artegor were in good relationship but they had a fight, when Artegor was talking with Adium about Aarch but Aarch misunderstand that Adium and Artegor was dating. After The Paradisian Tournament Artegor quit the Assistant Coach's job and started working in Arcadium Sport. He also assists Warren and D'Jok in Club Galactik.
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Looking for a book recommendation? Staff from Readings bookshop share what they've been reading this month.
Bronte Coates, digital content coordinator:
If you enjoy inventive literature with rich world-building then you should seek out a copy of The Island Will Sink. I recently read Briohny Doyle's debut in a few short sittings, and found myself completely sucked into the world she's so cleverly built within its pages. Her depiction of a near-future is challenging and provocative, and it's one that will definitely get you thinking about present-day concerns.
I particularly loved how closely Doyle entwined the digital and physical realities, playing around with ideas of place, memory and family dynamics. The Island Will Sink is politically-charged, intellectually-stimulating fiction.
Amy Vuleta, shop manager at Readings St Kilda:
I read and loved Ali Smith's How to be Both last year, and had a number of full, very rich discussions about the book with two of the book club groups I host at our St Kilda shop. Smith is a masterful, beautiful writer. Her stories are tender, smart and brimming with postmodern word-play that manages to cut right to the heart.
Her latest, Autumn, is the first in a 'seasonal quartet' and examines our time, how we are divided and how we connect, love, hope, and the passage of time. I'm about half-way through, and this book is winding its way around my heart, pumping blood to my cheeks, and punching me in the guts, again and again; a familiar and welcome sensation when reading Smith.
Lian Hingee, digital marketing manager:
I read my first Rainbow Rowell earlier this year in preparation for her visit to Melbourne Writers Festival. I picked Eleanor and Park, because everyone told me not to read Rowell's most recent book, Carry On, unless I'd read Fangirl, and I didn't really want to read a book called 'Fangirl'. It turns out my prejudice was totally unfounded because Fangirl is as delightful and complex as Eleanor and Park was.
The 'fangirl' in question is Cath – daughter, twin, virgin, and Simon Snow devotee. She writes a hugely successful fanfiction series called 'Carry On', based around the magical Harry Potter-esque adventures of an adolescent wizard, and is so caught up in that world that she's only half living in the real one. She's a wonderfully authentic character and one that's close to my heart. I too avoided parties and wrote fanfiction (don't bother looking, you'll never find it). Fangirl is a deftly written YA novel that shows that love and life are two things you have to experience for yourself.
Alice Chipkin, bookseller at Readings St Kilda:
I'm excited to have gotten my hands on a copy of iO Tillett Wright's memoir this month. I've been following iO's work as a photographer and LGBTQ civil rights campaigner for the past few years; I'm even the proud fangirl and owner of a T-shirt from their Self Evident Truths project. This project involved collecting 10,000 photographic portraits of Americans who identify as anything other than 100% straight, in order to challenge narratives of sexuality and gender-based discrimination.
Another reason I'm excited about the memoir is because iO writes beautifully and has a compelling story to tell. Opening in New York in the 80s and 90s, Darling Days tracks their eccentric childhood, growing up with a protective (yet negligent) mum in the midst of drug-addled, punk-edge and art-making worlds. I'm keen to sink my teeth into it over the weekend!
Mike Shuttleworth, children's and YA specialist at Readings Hawthorn:
I recently went on holiday and took with me Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe. It's hard to put my finger on exactly why I enjoyed the book so much, but what I do know is that it was an effortless, addictive pleasure.
Nina Stibbe was in her late teens in the 1980s when she was employed to care for the two children of Mary Kay Wilmers – when Wilmers was establishing the London Review of Books – which she still edits today. There is generosity and natural comedy in Stibbe's sharp-eyed observations of family life that moves Love, Nina way beyond below-stairs literary gossip. The children, Sam and Will frequently take centre stage, while the support cast includes playwright Alan Bennett and the stern but admirable Wilmers. The result is part real-life YA and part fly-on-the-wall social comedy.
Nick Hornby has recently adapted the book for the BBC with Helena Bonham-Carter as Wilmers. The book is a treat.
Adam John Cullen, bookseller at Readings St Kilda:
'The Rope' is the subject at the centre of issue three of MacGuffin, an interior design magazine coming out of Holland. The magazine is focused around 'the life of things'; previous editions include 'The Bed' and 'The Window'. MacGuffin encompasses the knowledge and practice of various artists, designers and architects, and uses a specific object as the focal point. It is the most interesting and refreshingly unpretentious interior design magazine around. This issue looks at the cross-cultural uses of rope, both practically and symbolically.
Jan Lockwood, human resources manager:
How eloquent, imaginative and downright brilliant is Hannah Kent? I've just put down The Good People, her brand-new historical tale of real and imagined characters in early nineteenth-century rural Ireland. Historical fiction isn't my usual choice – the book starts with the lyrics to a traditional ballad from 1600, followed by some quotes and the news that the year is 1825. But, having really enjoyed Burial Rites (Kent's gripping debut set in Iceland, 1829), I was interested to see where she took me this time. I'm totally won over.
Kent is a master at expanding a snippet of factual historical information into a totally believable world. From the very start of this story I was sucked into the landscape and way of life of this small community. There's conflict between the Catholic church and the old superstitions, and the increasing pressure adds to the tough living conditions that the locals already endure, with tragic consequences. The Good People is a slow build with plenty of scene setting, which ensured I was truly empathetic by the time the crux of the story arrived. While this may be a historical tale of fiction, it's given me a lot to think about in the context of today's fear and intolerance of the unknown.
This post is part of our partnership with Readings Books. If you're keen for more book recommendations, as well as reviews and all kinds of bookish news, check out the Readings blog.


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QUEENLY SUM: Even Marie Antoinette — famed for her extravagant shopping habits — may have balked at the eye-watering price a pair of her slippers fetched at a recent auction sale in Toulon, France: 43,225 euros, or $57,336 at current exchange rates.
Dated circa 1790, the size 36.5 slippers (about U.S. size 6.5), crafted in white silk and embellished with tricolor ribbons, had been estimated to fetch 3,000 to 5,000 euros, or $3,979 to $6,632.
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's security forces failed to respond to several warnings that suspected Boko Haram extremists were on their way to a town where 110 schoolgirls were seized in a mass abduction last month, rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday.
The group cited security sources, parents and others as saying the military and police received at least five calls in the hours before the attack, which reminded many of the abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists in 2014.
Nigeria's government has said it has launched an investigation into the Feb. 19 attack in the northern town of Dapchi, which President Muhammadu Buhari has called a "national disaster."
The military withdrew from the town in January, saying the situation appeared to be calm there.
Witnesses have told The Associated Press that armed fighters arrived in trucks in Dapchi shouting, "Show us where the school is! Show us where the girls' school is!" One witness said he knew the men weren't soldiers even though they wore military uniforms because their vehicles had Arabic inscriptions.
Parents and educators in Africa's most populous country have raised an outcry in response to the attack, demanding better security for schools in the vast region where Boko Haram's Islamic extremists have kidnapped thousands of people over nearly a decade.
Amnesty International said it interviewed 23 people, including local and security officials, witnesses and girls who escaped. They said about 50 suspected Boko Haram fighters arrived in a convoy of nine vehicles as villagers were attending evening prayers.
The first warning of the attack came hours earlier, when a phone call was made to the Nigerian army command about 50 kilometers (31 miles) away to say that suspected fighters had been spotted heading to a village near Dapchi, the rights group said. The military commander responded by saying he was aware and monitoring it, the sources told Amnesty International.
When the fighters later arrived in another village some residents called people in Dapchi to warn that the convoy was headed their way, and one villager said he told the police.
Villagers said the military did not arrive in Dapchi until after shortly after the attack, Amnesty International said.
Nigeria's military did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
"If the military disagrees let them come and say so," the parent of a 16-year-old schoolgirl abducted in the attack, Bashir Manzo, told the AP. He was among those interviewed by Amnesty International.
"If the military knew they were not going to act they should have informed us and we would have closed the school and asked all the girls to go home," Manzo said, adding that parents have presented their information to the committee set up by Nigeria's president to investigate. "There were security lapses which the military does not want to admit, but we shall speak the truth about what happened that day."
Amnesty International urged Nigeria's government to make public the results of its investigation.
"Regrettably, no lessons appear to have been learned from the terrible events at Chibok four years ago," said Osai Ojigho, Amnesty International's Nigeria director. "What happened in Dapchi is almost a carbon copy of what happened in Chibok, with the security forces failing to respond to warnings – and the same result for another hundred girls and their families."


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I have been an avid Apple fanboy since the release of the iPhone back in 1997. The Apple madness soon went from iPhone, to Macbook, to Ipad. Recently however I was tempted by the "Darkside" and picked up an Samsung S3. Seeing the iPhone 5 was a turn off for myself and my wife when we went into the store to upgrade. Instead, we laid our eyes on Samsung models. The Galaxy Note II for her and the Samsung S3 for me. After the sales representative showed us the differences (which were actually better IMO) we succumbed to our new commitments to Android. I have had no complaints since converting over, with the exception of battery life. My main likes for the SIII are the large screen and much easier maneuverability within applications. Yeah, there may be some apps that I was attached to through Apple, mainly my photo apps, but with a little research I soon found Android equivalents. I love Apple products, and loved my iPhone but the new (longer) screen was a big disappointment. Now, with the new Samsung SIV on the horizon I may make that plunge and upgrade. These spy shots (which may be authentic or not) have been scattered throughout the net. If these shots are real, this new SIV model looks like what I wished the iPhone 5 would have been. New rumored features include, 5 inch 1080p 1920 x 1080 display, 13 mp camera, Microsd expanded memory slot, 2GB of RAM, smart scrolling which will track eye movement, and a sleeker design. Hopefully more metal than plastic this go around. The new Samsung SIV is slated for release in mid March.


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WAILUKU » Some Maui County residents are staying home more and driving less as the price for unleaded regular gasoline has already soared above $4 in rural areas and appears poised to move above $4 in Wailuku.
Unleaded regular sold for $4.33 yesterday at Lucky's Gas Station in west Molokai and $4.62 at Lanai City Service. Diesel fuel already costs more than $5 per gallon on Lanai.
Some residents cannot understand why gasoline prices on Maui are at least 40 cents more than on Oahu.
"Who's making the money?" one Maui resident demands.
WAILUKU » Automobile mechanic Ron Smith estimates his cost for gasoline has gone up 30 percent to 50 percent in the last five years.
"I don't go out to restaurants any more, don't go to movies, definitely don't go on vacations," said Smith.
He doesn't expect any relief as fuel prices continue upward on Maui and have already soared past the $4-a-gallon mark in rural areas.
The average gasoline price for unleaded regular in Wailuku, the county seat located only a few miles from the fuel transshipment port of Kahului Harbor, appears poised to set a new town record and edge past $4 a gallon.
The average price yesterday for unleaded regular gasoline was $3.48 in Honolulu, $3.52 in Hilo and $3.93 in Wailuku, according to AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
The highest recorded average price for unleaded regular in Wailuku was $3.94 on Monday, according to AAA.
At Wailuku Chevron yesterday, gasoline sold for $3.95 for regular, $4.05 for plus and $4.15 for supreme.
In rural areas of Maui County, gasoline prices have already climbed well over the $4 mark, including $4.62 a gallon for regular at Lanai City Service, the only public gas station on the Pineapple Isle. Premium was $4.69 on Lanai and diesel was $5.07 per gallon.
Prices yesterday for regular gasoline were $4.39 at a station operated by the Hotel Hana-Maui, $4.33 at Lucky's Gas Station in Maunaloa, Molokai, and $4.13 at Rawlins Chevron Service in Kaunakakai.
"It's high, but I don't see people slowing down," said Shirley Rawlins, who works at Rawlins Chevron. "They still driving all over."
George Purdy, a firefighter on Lanai, said people are still driving their cars to and from work but limiting their travel elsewhere.
"You use your gas just to go to work and go home and hope you can find a friend who's going to the beach," he said.
Lanai resident Ofelia Plunkett, who lives in Lanai City, said she's looking for other alternatives.
"A lot of people like me are trying to walk around because it's so expensive," she said.
But Plunkett said some travel by car is necessary -- such as trips to the airport four miles away and to Kaumalapau Harbor to pick up shipping freight.
Smith said while gasoline prices have increased, he hasn't been able to increase his income.
"Everything else stays the same," he said.
Smith said he can't understand why gasoline prices on Maui are at least 40 cents more than on Oahu.
"Who's making the money?" he asked.
Lanai City Service Vice President James Coon said gas prices are high at his business because it serves a small market and requires a special fuel barge.
"It costs a lot to get it there," Coon said.
With two teenagers as dependents, Smith said he knows he's the one who's paying the bills.
He said he was planning to put his son through engineering school without getting a loan.
"It's definitely cutting into his college fund," he said.


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Eight Corrib gas protesters arrested over 'most dangerous' demonstration
A SENIOR Garda officer has described a Corrib gas protest off the north Mayo coastline yesterday as "the most dangerous yet", and has issued an appeal to objectors to "take a step back from the water's edge".
Supt John Gilligan of Belmullet Garda station was commenting on a demonstration yesterday morning which led to the arrest of eight people in wetsuits off Glengad, Co Mayo, where Shell contractors are working on a landfall for the high pressure gas pipeline.
Shell EP Ireland said it "recognises people's right to protest, but would urge everyone to take sensible health and safety precautions in the vicinity of vessels and the site at Glengad".
All eight people were released without charge last night but Supt Gilligan said he had "serious concerns about the safety of protesters, workers and members of the Garda Water Unit" during the demonstration.
The action began at about 10.55am yesterday when some 15 Shell to Sea supporters surrounded machinery to try and stop work at the Glengad landfall. Shell to Sea said members of the Garda Water Unit "entered the sea to wrestle with protesters in the water".
"On at least one occasion, they worked together with the Shell security team, who grabbed one protester and held him until the gardaí reached them," the group said.
"Despite the clear dangers, the gardaí did not ask for the work to stop," it said.
Shell to Sea spokesman Niall Harnett said it was part of a week of action against the pipeline, which began earlier this week when three kayakers in Donegal Bay delivered a letter to the captain of the ship Solitaire, hired for Corrib gas offshore pipelaying work, asking him not to enter Broadhaven Bay.
The new community group, Pobal Chill Chomáin, which has backed a compromise proposal for the project, has written to three Government departments expressing concern about the work at Glengad in a landslide-prone area close to Dooncarton mountain.
Work was taking place above the high water mark, beyond the scope of any foreshore licence, and in a manner "contrary to the environmental management plan", it has said.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which awarded the foreshore licence, said that its engineering division was "monitoring the works" and "has been requested to provide a report on the storage of the material".
The Corrib gas partners are due to start laying the offshore pipeline linking the wellhead to the Glengad landfall.
They have not, however, received Bord Pleanála approval for a modified onshore pipeline route.
A group of fishermen who did not support an agreement brokered with the company to remove gear from the offshore pipeline route received an ultimatum to take their gear out by noon yesterday.
One of the group, Pat O'Donnell, said he had a constitutional right to fish in the area.
An Bord Pleanála has recently asked Shell for more information on its application for the modified onshore pipeline route.


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German retail group Metro saw sales grow only marginally in the second quarter, led by its emerging markets business, as weak consumer spending in Western Europe weighed on its results.
Sales grew by 0.1 percent to 31.3 billion euros ($44.4 billion), with German sales down 1.7 percent. The rest of Western Europe also saw sales shrink by 1.7 percent, with Eastern Europe at 2.9 percent and Africa and Asia at 14.3 percent, driving growth.
Second quarter sales grew 0.2 percent to 15.7 billion euros.
Metro CEO Eckhard Cordes told CNBC on Tuesday that the continuing sovereign debt issues in the euro zone were "not helping" and that fragility in Western Europe was weighing on the company's consumer electronics division.
"It's a very mixed picture. Three of our divisions showed a good development in the first half of 2011: our hypermarket business, our wholesale business and our department store business in Germany. We had one weak spot, which was our consumer electronics retailing, which is indeed suffering from a weak consumer spending level," Cordes said.
More sustained consumer spending in emerging markets helped to offset the Western slowdown, according to Cordes.
"In Asia we see double digit growth, and we also see double digit growth for instance in Russia. All in all our position is very balanced so that we will be able to compensate for some weaknesses in Western Europe," he said.
Shares in Metro fell by 3.85 percent in early trade, following the announcement.
Metro has revised its sales forecast, and is predicting earnings growth of around 10 percent in 2011. Cordes is predicting that while sovereign and consumer issues will persist, there could be some improvement in conditions.
"Our view is that in the second half, to be extremely cautious, at least it will not be getting worse," he said.


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Before going to the natural anti-aging remedy, let us first look at the phenomenon and understand the process of aging.
Aging and death are two inbuilt phenomenon in every living being and none of the two can be stopped. After birth, the child grows, becomes young, reaches at the peak of his health and then begins to decline. His organs gradually start becoming weaker and slower. That is what aging is in the typical sense. No body like it but it does take place and cannot be totally prevented because our bodies have not been designed to live forever. However, it can be somewhat slowed down.
There are two types of aging; one that occurs naturally with passage of time and the other that comes prematurely due to some kind of disease or dysfunction. There could be several ways to take care of both. Use of so-called anti-aging products is one of ways but basically I don't even agree with this terminology of "anti-aging" because it gives me the impression as if the aging process can be totally stopped. At the same time I cannot find a better replacement of this terminology either. So, I'll use this term as it is.
Anti-aging products are likely to only give a temporary effect, if at all and could be expensive. Another way is to use non-physical methods to avoid negative effects of any type and properly look after the health and maintain the fitness. This could be somewhat laborious but inexpensive and effective.
Reiki is a natural energy that works best for such matters. If you study the history of Mrs. Hawayo Takata, you would be amazed to learn that she looked 20 years younger at the time of her death. At the age of about 34 years she was very sick with asthma, renal problems and tumors etc. but after she received regular Reiki treatment at Reiki clinic of Dr. Chujiro Hayashi in Tokyo, Japan for about four months, she recovered completely. After that she learned and used Reiki regularly. The result was that she did not look more than 60 years old even though she was 80 years old close to her death in 1980. This is what Reiki can do; treat the person naturally and harmlessly. This is why I consider Reiki as the best natural anti-aging treatment that one can think of. All you have to do is to learn and use it regularly on daily basis to maintain the best possible health and slow down the aging process. This is not the only benefit of using Reiki; it cures other diseases too and keeps the user in the best state of health and fitness.