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Station has entrances and exits on both sides of Belmont (main entrance with vending machines on south side of street).
Connections: CTA Buses #77 (and #22 on Clark St)
Free transfer is available between all 'L' routes serving this station.
Morning/evening rush periods, some Red Line trains will operate south of Roosevelt on the South Side elevated and Ashland branch (used by Green Line trains).
The Garfield Green Line station's stationhouse is reopened. The elevators to both platforms are back in service.
The elevator at 79th (Red Line) is temporarily out-of-service.
The Harlem-bound elevator at Halsted (Green Line) is temporarily out-of-service.
Red Line trains will operate on the same track between Cermak-Chinatown and Grand, resulting in boarding changes and minor delays.
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I am thinking of sending my RB over.Are there many trips running for RB
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Is all the RB diving around Aukland or is it widely catered for in NZ.
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Brazilian Carnaval Brought to Life Through Zumba
This post is also available in: Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish
By Maria Roman
Photos By Liz Szebenyik
On March 22, Nina Merlonghi held her third annual Zumba Carnaval at Punchthesky Fitness in Fairfield, CT. Nina, a native of Rio de Janeiro, invited me to check out the event, which she hosts once a year at the business she owns, held in honor of the biggest party in the world known as Carnaval, celebrated in Brazil in the month of February. She wanted to share that experience through Zumba – she definitely delivered.
As I walked in, vibrant colors and shimmering decorations, with attendees dressed in costumes, some wearing images of the Brazilian flag and masks, gave me a sense of the excitement of the streets in Brazil. The Zumba playlist consisted of Brazilian, Latin and Caribbean music. Smiles and happy chanting filled the room. Halfway through the event, the "Sambistas," professional samba dancers in carnival costumes adorned with feathers and beadwork, came on stage and performed.
"Carnaval is different from a Zumba event. Bringing Brazil to the United States, it's really fun. It's remarkable to see that culture come to life. It's not every day you get to see people come together through dance," said Christina Forgione of Shelton.
The ninety-minute, high-energy Zumba session was led by several instructors from Brazil and other countries, such as Columbia, Puerto Rico and Jamaica. "I wanted everyone to experience a different vibe," said Nina, adding, "Zumba is a mix of culture and personality." One of the instructors, Constantino Cossio, an immigrant from Medellin, Colombia, said this was his second Carnaval with Nina and he enjoys participating because it reminds him of the Carnaval de Barranquilla in Columbia.
Margo Bivens, another long time member, said that she travels over 30 miles from West Haven to attend Nina's classes at Punchthesky, "That's not something I can put a price or miles on. It's priceless."
Nina says her classes are for everyone regardless of their background. "I was able through Zumba and Carnaval to show my culture to everyone who attended, and give them a little piece of Brazil of their own," she said.
Nina also does fundraisers through her Zumba classes for different causes. Her most recent was for the youth group at Emanuel Church in Bridgeport. If you'd like to learn more about Nina's fitness classes, call 203-650-5524.


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LANCASTER, Pa. – Following an extensive, nationwide search, Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli (BCGL) is proud to announce the hiring of Steven Mauro as the firm's first CEO. The announcement is an innovative change that breaks from the traditional leadership model of the legal industry which usually operates with a managing partner as opposed to a CEO.
"Having an experienced CEO guide our strategic business decisions as opposed to a practicing lawyer is the future of our industry," said Rory Connaughton, partner and litigation and employment law attorney at BCGL. "As a strategic, business professional, Steve is an expert who will differentiate the firm and identify opportunities for the development of new products and services in the future."
Mauro competed against more than 150 applicants from across the nation for the new position. In his role as CEO, he will help the firm set and implement strategy as well as oversee daily operations that will continue to create more efficiencies, enable the team to better serve their clients, and explore new opportunities to expand and grow the business and its services. Mauro is currently meeting with BCGL leadership to begin developing a strategic planning process for the firm's continued growth and success.
"The dynamics in our industry are rapidly changing as many new 'alternative providers' or non-legal firms are entering the market as competitors and offering services such as document retention, legal research and more," said Mauro. "It's important to keep all options open when it comes to growing the firm. Since BCGL is an entrepreneurial firm with forward-thinking partners, I was attracted to this dedication to continuously improve and evolve to better meet the clients' needs."
Prior to joining BCGL, Mauro served as chief operating officer (COO) for multiple other law firms throughout the country. As a former COO, Mauro has successfully led planning and implementation strategies as well as built firms' capacity to implement growth strategy and scaled operations for anticipated size and revenue growth.
Mauro holds a bachelor's degree from Boston College in accounting. He also holds an MBA from Villanova University and, although he will not be actively practicing law, he earned his Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law. In addition to his degrees, Mauro is a Certified Public Accountant.
"We're incredibly fortunate to have found a candidate that has a legal background combined with such extensive business expertise," added Connaughton. "Steve understands our business, our clients and how to ensure that BCGL continues to be a leading innovator in our industry."
About BCGL
Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli LLC was founded in July of 2012 by a group of nine diverse attorneys who share a commitment to excellence in client service. BCGL provides the highest quality legal services by building relationships with each client to provide sound legal advice and business judgment tailored to the individual client's needs and circumstances. To learn more, please visit www.bcgl-law.com.


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Some Things You Should Know About Allergies
Medical Science has discovered many interesting things about allergy.
If today you tell your doctor that you suffer from asthma, sneezing attacks or itching eyes, one thing he considers is the possibility that you may be allergic – which means that you might be sensitive to some substance which causes no trouble for most people.
In discovering this offending substance (known as allergen) your doctor acts as a detective. He may ask detailed questions about the time of your attacks, where they occur, the furnishings of your home, the food you eat.
Such questions may give him clues to the nature of your trouble. If your attacks come, for instance, in the late spring or summer months and last till the first frosts, he will suspect that your trouble is due to some pollen, that you may have some form of "hay fever".
In other forms of allergy, it is not so easy to track down the offending substance. If your case is not clear cut, your doctor must consider hundreds of possibilities.
A few grains of mustard can make some people violently ill. A man can be sensitive to his wife's face powder, or to dog hair, or grass pollen, or to the cattle hair in the mat under a rug.
Simple skin tests often used to reveal the offending substance. Drops of various extracts – of pollen, foods and other substances – are injected into the skin or put on skin scratches. If you're sensitive to the substance being tested, a swelling will usually develop within minutes.
Once a doctor has found what causes the allergic reaction – by means of the history of the case supplemented by skin tests – he will prescribe treatment according the your nature of sensitivities.
Alternatively, he may advised you the use of hepa air purifier to treat your indoor air pollution if you have no way of removing the cause of your allegies.
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In this issue of Peace and Justice News, as Pope Francis visits Brazil, we turn our attention to Latin America.
Peace and Justice Centre intern Norma Fonseca, a native of Columbia, writes about the Plan de Vida of indigenous peoples in northern Cauca who seek a new community in coexistence with Mother Earth and asks to what extent is the Mother Earth-Peace approach included in the peace negotiations, land distribution and mining policies in Colombia?
In "What about international community?" Norma writes about the power of the word and Colombia's ongoing peace process while Douglas Shaw has compiled a list of US military interventions in Latin America, reminding us of the history of US aggression in its "own back yard".
We reprint "And does History Continue to Rhyme?" a blog post in which Roddy Brett of Tufts University, considers the "Scream of the Guatemalan Genocide" that remained "inaudible" until the former dictator Rios Montt was finally brought to trial after 30 years.
In our Unsung Heroes piece "OWN BRAND 'Young Artists of their own lives and dreams builders' " Alice Guttierrez writes about The International Group for Peace –GIP-an initiative that promotes a new vision of development and assists young people who have been involved in crime and paramilitaries to find ways to fill their needs within legal activities, while in the Reflection Chilean singer-songwriter Carlos Arredondo remembers the day Salvador Allende was killed.
News from Around the Movements this month incorporates a section on Latin America including analysis on the unrest in Brazil. And finally Pat Bryden reviews Meet me in Gaza: Uncommon stories of hope inside the strip by Louisa Waugh.
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Fairly Odd Christmas (Full Movie)
The Fairly Odd Movie 2: A Fairly Odd Christmas" or, in production, as "The Fairly OddParents 2") is a 2012 television film that is the sequel to the 2011 live-action TV movie, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, and the second live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon animated television series The Fairly OddParents. This will be Drake Bell's second time being in a Christmas-themed Nickelodeon movie, the first being, Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh.
Drake Bell as Timmy Turner
Daniella Monet as Tootie
David Lewis as Denzel Crocker
Daran Norris as Mr. Turner
Teryl Rothery as Mrs. Turner
Mark Gibbon as Jorgon Von Strangle
Travis Turner as Dingle Dave
Devyn Dalton as Christmas Carol
Tony Cox as Elmer the Elder Elf
Butch Hartman as Christmas Caroler (Cameo)
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Here are some twisty otters. They were done in watercolor with some pencil crayon. I haven't posted in quite some time and wanted to do something. This didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it to but it's a start. I should have done this on better paper, it didn't take to water very well and there are wobbles in it, but it kinda adds to the water effect.
I hope to use this blog to post my drawings and other artwork for comment and an easy way to show my portfolio. Please do not copy this artwork without my permission, thankyou. Michelle Houston
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Illustration Friday/Twist
Labels: watercolor and pencil crayon.
6 comments:
- Tina Vaziri said...
Otters are so cute and this fact really comes through in your painting! I love them.
- July 5, 2007 at 8:04:00 PM GMT-6
- md said...
i like the soft colors and motion
- July 5, 2007 at 8:51:00 PM GMT-6
- studio lolo said...
Nice to have you back Michelle! Really nice twisty otters!
- July 5, 2007 at 9:44:00 PM GMT-6
- Cutu said...
No prize for guessing you're quite the animals fan, so now that I've seen your work and how youv grasped their escence, I feel twice as flattered by your coments. I'll be a regular visitor.
- July 7, 2007 at 2:45:00 PM GMT-6
- Lauren Kate said...
I know this is very late - but this is GORGEOUS!!
Love the colour and composition.
- July 16, 2007 at 7:13:00 PM GMT-6
- steve said...
Geez, sorry I missed this one--it's brilliant.
- September 4, 2007 at 5:14:00 PM GMT-6
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Government forces have launched a new offensive on the rebel bases at Andulo and Bailundo. They may be pushing at an open door. We hear that Jonas Savimbi of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola is resigned to losing these towns in the Planalto (central highlands) and has withdrawn most key staff and equipment. The capture of Andulo and Bailundo would be a huge symbolic victory for the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola but hardly a death blow for UNITA. Savimbi's problems are political and financial rather than military.
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text: If you want to dress up for success, then you should keep your look formal and professional. In today's post, I am about to share with you my favorite work wardrobe ideas that will make you look trendy and powerful. The building of a stylish work wardrobe is a very important aspect. The way you dress will influence the way people will see you. That's why if you do want them to respect you, then it's important to wear clothes that are appropriate for the work.


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Istanbul-based storyteller Baris produces and broadcasts YouTube videos about art, design, technology and literature. Every week, Baris tries to tell simple stories around complex technological concepts and social issues. Baris is an award-winning art director at Abak.us – the creative agency he founded – and a prominent public speaker at events like TEDx in Turkey. He is married to one of the first-ever Turkish internet bloggers, Devletsah, and has a son.
For his YouTube Creators for Change project, Baris produced a six-part YouTube series in scripted/fiction format on topics related to hate, race, religion, sexual orientation, extremism and xenophobia. Each webisode will bring us into the world of a detective furiously working solve to a mystery and show us his experiences with some of the darkest corners of human nature.
To see Baris' Creators for Change project, visit his channel channel -- https://www.youtube.com/user/b31416


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Here are the projects I created with this kit. My first layout is titled Home Grown.
Though an older photo of Dylan, I just had to scrap it! The colors in the paper collection are the same ones as the ones on his sweater, I love when that happens!
The chicken wire chipboard piece was a great addition to this kit. I embossed it to give it some texture.
Did I mention I love this kit? LOL! I think my favorite part was the stacked tea cups, so sweet!


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IT'S a saga involving Nazis, Chilean heirs, New York lawyers, the National Gallery of Victoria and a 450-year-old painting by a Dutch master — now one of Australia's top human rights lawyers has entered the fray, accusing the NGV of harbouring looted artworks.
Sydney lawyer George Newhouse, who will challenge Malcolm Turnbull as Labor candidate for the blue-ribbon seat of Wentworth in the next federal election, has been engaged by a New York law firm, Klein & Solomon, to demand the gallery hands over Lady with a fan, painted by Gerard ter Borch circa 1660.
The painting has been variously valued between $100,000 and $1 million, and allegedly belonged to Jewish retail magnate Max Emden, who fled Hamburg and then Switzerland, leaving behind much of his massive art collection.
Emden's Chile-based grandson, Juan Carlos Emden, first approached the NGV in 2004 claiming the picture had been looted.
Gallery head of public affairs Sue Coffey said the NGV had taken very seriously the issue of stolen Nazi artworks and was making a detailed assessment of Mr Emden's claim.
"In particular, the NGV is seeking clarification of the provenance and whereabouts of the painting for the 30-year period after it entered the Bromberg collection in 1907, the work's last known owner until it was purchased by a dealer, Loebl, in Paris in 1938, its source of purchase unknown," Ms Coffey said.
George Newhouse, who is the co-founder of the Jewish Labor Forum, has approached Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby and Victorian Jewish leaders about the dispute. He expressed disappointment at the length of time the NGV was taking responding to the claim.
"We want to work co-operatively with the gallery until that line of inquiry has been exhausted," Mr Newhouse said.
"Under the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, we will request a conclave of experts with balanced membership to assess our claim. If the gallery won't agree to that request, then litigation would be a last resort."
Six years ago, the NGV was the first Australian gallery to establish a list of works whose provenance had not yet been confirmed for the years 1933-45, in consultation with an advisory committee that included senior members of the Jewish community.
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Castle on the Hudson Gets Some Help
Volunteers are working to preserve the remains of Bannerman Castle, which was built in the early 1900s by Francis Bannerman VI and overlooks the Hudson River.
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The 4 H's (John, Merrill, Brittany and Alex Herzenberg) left Baltimore Friday morning with our bags packed. We brought eight 50 pound red duffle bags filled with surgical equipment as well as teaching materials for the conferences our team conducted.
After over 24 hours of travel, our team arrived safely on Saturday evening. While getting to Uganda is no easy trip (Baltimore to Atlanta to Amsterdam to Kigali to Entebbe), it is definitely worth the trek. We arrived in Entebbe airport late at night, but were able to faintly see the building where Operation Entebbe, a legendary counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israeli Defense Force in 1976, led by Yonatan Netanyahu, took place. Once used as the main terminal for the airport, the building is now occupied as the headquarters for the UN's RSCE (Regional Service Centre Entebbe), which coordinates projects in East and Central Africa.
We were greeted by our host and long time friend Dr. Norgrove Penny. Norgrove is a long time Africa hand, having lived and worked in Uganda for 6 years. Since we arrived close to midnight, we stayed at J. Residence Motel (4.5 on Trip Advisor!), a nearby inn. That night Dr. Penny shared some tales about Uganda, the Pearl of Africa. The language is called Lugandan, and the people are Bugandan. The next morning, we visited the hospital where we would be volunteering, the precursor of which was established by Dr. Penny when he was here as a missionary surgeon with Christian Blind Mission (CBM). Dr. Penny's hospital morphed into CoRSU ("Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services in Uganda") Hospital, a lovely pavilion open air style hospital with well manicured grounds, and the feeling of a safe and healing environment. We met some staff members, including the head nurse, Halima, to coordinate the week, and toured the campus. It is safe to say we were all impressed with the grounds. The hospital campus is beautiful and calm, with light peach single level buildings, and lush mango and jack fruit trees growing throughout. Covered walkways connect all the buildings, shielding from the frequent rain, though this week has been quite dry. However, a closer inspection of the walkways revealed streaming colonies of African army ants, but more about that later...
Learn more about CoRSU's story on their website! http://corsu-uganda.org/


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eBay Sellers Find Cash In Their Closets: How to Get Started Selling Your Own Clothes on eBay
By: Lisa Thompson
What's that rule again? If you haven't worn it in six months, get rid of it? If we followed that rule, just about all of us would have a pretty decent pile of clothes that we should be getting rid of right now. What if I told you that you could earn some extra money by selling that clothing on eBay?
Selling that no longer used clothing on eBay takes a little bit of time, but is really quite simple, and you are almost guaranteed to get more money for your clothes than you would if you held a garage sale! So, where do you start? Read on to find an introduction to the basics of selling clothing on eBay.
1) Your first step is to sort the clothing you want to sell into spring/summer clothing and fall/winter clothing. You will want to sell your clothing "with the season," meaning that if it is spring now, you should be selling your spring and summer clothing. Pack the opposite season clothing away in a labeled box so you can easily find it when the seasons change.
2) Next, sort the current season's clothing by size. It is best to sell all of the clothing in the same size at the same time so if one person finds something they like, they might find others they like and bid on them all! (eBayers LOVE repeat customers!)
3) It is important to launder the clothing that you are going to sell, and steam or iron them, if necessary. It's important that they are looking their best for the next step!
4) Photographing your clothing is one of the most important steps in this process because eBay shoppers need to really be able to see the clothing well since they can't actually touch them or try them on. It is by far the easiest to use a digital camera so you can upload your photos right to your computer and then to eBay. If you don't have your own, see if you can borrow one from someone you know.
Most big clothing sellers on eBay use some type of mannequin (mannequins that hang on your wall can be purchased for less than $25 on eBay.) to show their clothing, but if you don't have one, you have a few other options.
You could put a simple hook in a solid colored wall, and hang the clothing on hangers from it. This works very well for just about all types of clothing, other than outfits, unless you have the special display hangers that show off a top and bottom together.
Another option is to lay the clothing on top of a solid colored piece of fabric on any flat surface. The trick here is to take the photos aiming straight down at the clothing and not on an angle. You might have to get up on a chair to accomplish this, but it really helps because clothing shot on an angle can really distort things and not give the potential bidder a true idea of what it looks like.
One important thing to keep in mind, no matter how you photograph your clothing, is to have good lighting! Natural light works great, so if you can be near a large window where the sun shines in, that would work very well. If not, you might want to consider setting up a few of those inexpensive work lights with clamps to shine on the clothing from different directions.
5) When you are done taking your photos, upload them onto your computer and do some simple editing with the photo software that came with your camera, or any other photo editing software that you are comfortable with.
The important things that you should do are: remove unnecessary background by cropping the photo so the item is the focus and not a lot of background, resize the photos so they are no too large (350 pixels on the longest side works pretty well.), and improve them by playing with the brightness or color levels, if necessary. Some programs have some type of "Quick Fix" button that will do that for you.
6) Next, you will need to sign-up for an eBay seller's account if you don't have one already.
7) Now you are ready to actually create and launch your auction listings. If you need some help with the basics of how to do this; check out eBay's help pages and Learning Center. Here's one good link to check out - eBay's Learning Center
8) Finally, you can sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride of watching your auctions throughout the week! Keep in mind that sometimes items get the most bids during the final minutes!
Here are some other things to keep in mind.
If after selling your own clothes on eBay for a nice profit, you decide you'd like to keep going, you should consider ways to find more clothes to sell. Some options are: your friends' and relatives' closets, rummages, thrift stores, and even clearance sales at area retail stores can provide clothing at low enough prices for resale provided you know what to look for.
There is a lot to learn about selling clothing on eBay if you decide you'd like to try and make money doing it on a regular basis, but it can be done and can be a lot of fun too! The important thing is to always keep learning because the more you learn about selling clothing on eBay, the more money you make!
© 2005 Lisa Thompson
Lisa Thompson has been buying and selling on eBay since 2000 and has earned recognition as an eBay Power Seller. She is also the publisher of a newsletter, Fortunes from Fashion, a must have "how to" guide for women's clothing sellers on eBay.
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") files this complaint against Defendants David B. Henderson, Independent Funding Ltd./Nevada, Independent Funding, Inc. and Jess L. Mercer and Relief Defendants Todd D. Henderson, Secured Capital Services, LLC, and Securus Capitalis Limited and would respectfully show the Court as follows:
1. David B. Henderson ("Henderson"), through his companies Independent Funding Ltd./Nevada and Independent Funding Inc., is engaged in an ongoing fraud involving the unregistered offer and sale of securities referred to variously as "notes," "Enhanced Automobile Receivables," and "Commercial Paper Secured Purchaser Agreements" (collectively, the "Notes"). The Notes are generally twelve-month promissory notes paying interest monthly or quarterly. Henderson and his companies use false, misleading and materially incomplete offering materials representing that Henderson's companies will use investor proceeds to purchase secured automobile loans from third parties and that these loans will secure the Notes. Jess L. Mercer, Henderson's most prolific sales agent, has sold over $1.6 million of these notes to elderly investors in Texas.
2. Despite the significant risk inherent in this investment, Henderson's offering materials describe the Notes as "safe" and "liquid," and represent that they are not securities. If anything, the safety and liquidity claims are false. The Notes are not secured by any form of collateral and are non-recourse against Henderson or his companies. The Notes are not liquid and Henderson, in his sole discretion, determines who, if anyone, will receive the return of their invested principal on demand. Beyond this, Henderson uses note proceeds largely for purposes other than purchasing auto loans. To date, Henderson, through sales agents like Mercer, has sold approximately $2 million of these securities. Of the $2 million raised from investors, however, only $190,000 is traceable to purchases of auto loans. Henderson, undisclosed to investors, has used the rest of the proceeds to, among other things, loan money to his son, Todd D. Henderson, loan money to a third party to build a used car lot, repay holders of an earlier series of unregistered promissory notes and make Ponzi payments to investors.
3. The Commission, in the interest of protecting the public from any further unscrupulous and illegal activity, brings this action against the Defendants, seeking temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, disgorgement of all illicit profits and benefits Defendants have received plus accrued prejudgment interest and a civil monetary penalty. The Commission also seeks an asset freeze against Henderson and his companies, an accounting and other incidental relief, as well as the appointment of a receiver to take possession and control of Henderson, Independent Funding Ltd./Nevada. and Independent Funding, Inc.'s assets for the protection of Defendants' victims. Finally, the Commission also seeks to recover from the Relief Defendants all assets transferred to them that are traceable to investor monies raised by the Defendants.
4. This Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to § 22(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") [15 U.S.C. §77v(a)] § 27 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") [15 U.S.C. § 78(aa)]. Defendants, directly and indirectly, made use of the mails and of the means and instrumentalities of interstate commerce in connection with the acts, practices and courses of business described in this Complaint. Venue is proper because many of the transactions, acts, practices and courses of business described below occurred within the jurisdiction of the Northern District of Texas.
5. David B. Henderson, age 64, resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is the purported Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and joint stockholder of Independent Funding, Inc., and the sole stockholder of Independent Funding Ltd./Nevada. Henderson is a licensed insurance broker in Utah. He was licensed by Utah to sell securities, but that license lapsed in 1999. In August 1999, Henderson consented to an order by the Idaho Department of Finance sanctioning him and his company for offering securities, similar to the ones identified in this Complaint, in violation of the Idaho Securities Act's salesperson and securities registration provisions. This order also concluded that the offering documents Henderson provided to investors omitted material facts, in violation of the Idaho Securities Act.
6. Independent Funding Ltd./Nevada (I-Fund Ltd.), is a Nevada corporation headquartered in Salt Lake City. Henderson, in an effort to protect current investor funds from the claims of investors from an earlier offering, incorporated this company through a Nevada-based nominee, who continues to act as sole officer and director. Henderson, however, is the company's sole employee and controls 100% of its stock.
7. Independent Funding, Inc. (I-Fund Inc.), is a Utah corporation headquartered in Salt Lake City. Henderson is the company's sole employee, and owns the company with his wife.
8. Jess L. Mercer, age 58, of Dallas, Texas, is an insurance agent licensed by the state of Texas. Mercer received in excess of $80,000 in commissions from the sale of over $1,250,000 worth of the Notes.
9. Todd D. Henderson, age 35, resides in Salt Lake City and is Henderson's son. He or his companies have received at least $280,000 of Note proceeds.
10. Secured Capital Services, LLC, is a Utah limited liability company headquartered in Salt Lake City and owned and operated by Todd Henderson, its sole employee. This company has received at least approximately $27,000 of Note proceeds, purportedly for maintaining the auto loans allegedly securing the Notes.
11. Securus Capitalis Limited is a Nevada corporation headquartered in Salt Lake City and owned and operated by Todd Henderson. This company has received at least $122,000 of Note proceeds for unknown reasons.
12. From 1998 until approximately December 2000, Henderson, through I-Fund Inc., conducted an unregistered offering of securities that purportedly were backed by auto loans held by a Salt Lake City used car dealership. Essentially, Henderson and I-Fund Inc. raised money from investors, then loaned money to the car dealership to fund its inventory. In return, the dealership gave I-Fund Inc. promissory notes purportedly secured by the loans resulting from auto sales.
13. In approximately December 2000, the car dealer defaulted on its debts to I-Fund Inc., which at that time totaled more than $700,000. This left Henderson without a source of funds to pay his original investors. Accordingly, Henderson turned to a new securities offering as a way to pay back original investors and continue to operate.
14. From September 2001 to the present, Henderson and his companies have raised at least $2 million through Note sales to at least 22 investors located in Texas, Arizona, California and Utah. Most of these investors are elderly.
15. Henderson has solicited thousands of annuity and insurance brokers, principally in Texas and California, to sell the Notes to investors, promising commissions of 5% on the funds raised. As a result of his recruitment efforts, Henderson has assembled a network of at least seven brokers located in Texas and other states through which he offers and sells the Notes. These brokers, who Henderson calls "sales agents," offer and sell the Notes issued by Henderson and his companies and provide investors with Henderson's offering documents.
16. Henderson's offering documents are replete with misleading claims, material omissions and outright falsehoods. Henderson represents to investors, through the offering documents, that 82% of the investor funds will be used to purchase auto loans, which will secure the Notes. The remaining 18% will pay sales commissions (7%), outside services (4%), administrative expenses (4%), and cash reserves (3%). In fact, however, Henderson has spent only $190,000, or approximately 9% of investor funds, purchasing auto loans, all from the same used car dealer. Henderson has spent far more for purposes not disclosed to investors. For instance, he paid at least $208,790 to security holders from his previous offering, and spent at least another $63,000 on legal bills pursuing the car dealership associated with that offering. He also has paid at least another $283,000 to Todd Henderson or his companies, either as direct payments or as alleged "loans." Henderson has drawn down at least $200,000 for personal uses, and, in classic Ponzi fashion, is using cash from new Note sales to make lulling payments to investors. He also has spent $137,598 to buy inventory for the used car dealer, and has loaned that dealer an additional $30,000 to fund a business expansion. The offering materials do not disclose any of these other uses of offering proceeds, nor do they contain legitimate financial information about Henderson or his companies.
17. Henderson's offering materials also mislead investors about the safety of their investments, describing them as being "safe as an annuity," purportedly because they are secured by the auto loans (and the autos securing those loans) and "by cash reserve funds which are maintained in Trust and accumulate interest earned." The offering materials further represent that, until used to buy auto loans, investor funds will be placed in "U.S. Government securities or other investments with comparable safety." The offering materials assure investors that "the cash reserves, the vehicle titles, the insured retail consumer vehicle loan contracts, U.S. Government Securities, the vehicles and other assets of comparable safety provide sufficient funds to repay the principal should there be a default on" the Notes. Lastly, the offering materials comfort investors by promising that an "independent" third party will service the auto loan portfolios.
18. These claims are false. The Notes plainly are not backed by auto loans, since Henderson has used approximately 9% of offering proceeds to buy such loans. Henderson has never maintained a "cash reserve" or purchased "U.S. Government securities or other investments with comparable safety," and, instead, deposits investor monies into a bank account that he uses to pay his own personal expenses. Further, Todd Henderson, not an "independent" third party, purportedly services the auto loans. In short, rather than being "safe as an annuity," these investments are extremely risky.
19. Henderson's offering materials contain other critical misrepresentations and omissions. For example, Henderson misleads investors about the liquidity of their investments, comparing the Notes' liquidity to that of a certificate of deposit ("CD"). There is no truth to this comparison. In contrast to CD holders (who can withdraw their funds at will, albeit often with a penalty), investors in the Notes can withdraw their principal before maturity only at Henderson's discretion.
20. Henderson further causes substantial confusion as to the identity of the obligor of the Notes. The maker, according to the Notes, is an entity called "Independent Funding Limited, Inc.," of which Henderson, according to the offering documents, is allegedly the President and CEO. This entity does not exist. On the contrary, I-Fund Ltd., the entity Henderson formed after his first failed investment offering, is the entity that, according to Henderson, is the company using investor funds and responsible for returning to the investors their investment returns. Henderson is neither an officer nor a director of this entity. To further confuse the issue, Henderson tells investors to make their checks out merely to "Independent Funding," which Henderson then deposits into a single I-Fund Inc. account.
21. The offering materials and Henderson's promotional materials also create the impression that Henderson is operating a large and sophisticated business. The offering documents claim that "the officers, directors and consultants retained by the Company and the officers, directors and consultants retained by the Affiliates have experience in the business of vehicle financing, insurance, loan underwriting, collections and the sale of portfolios." These materials also describe a purported "accounting department" that monitors the company's "sources and uses of cash flow, the collateralization position of the lenders, and the results of operations." In reality, Henderson's companies are a one-man operation that Henderson operates from a small rented office with his son's help, the ostensible purpose of which is to provide financing for a single used car lot also located in Salt Lake City. There is no "accounting department" that monitors what happens to investors' money and Henderson includes in his list of experienced "Affilliates" vendors from which he buys accounting software and purchase money insurance policies in case consumers buying the used cars default on their loans - which usually charge 28% interest per year.
22. Henderson has not registered his current offering with the Commission or any state. Henderson claims the Notes are not securities and, therefore, may be offered without registration. If a sales agent questions this claim, Henderson provides a letter he compiled from excerpts of attorney opinion letters supposedly given to acquaintances. Notably, however, although Henderson sought an attorney's endorsement of his homemade opinion letter from multiple law firms, each firm refused to endorse Henderson's claims. Nevertheless, Henderson has continued to provide the letter to sales agents and intends to continue using the letter in recruiting future sales agents.
23. Mercer is by far Henderson's most prolific agent, responsible for almost $1.6 million of the $2 million raised. Mercer gained access to his elderly victims through his position as a sales agent for a Dallas estate planning and annuity company. Mercer identified company clients that he viewed as good prospects, then visited them to make his sales pitch for the Notes, which he described as a "new opportunity" that is "perfect" for the client.
24. Mercer represented to investors that the Notes were safe, risk-free and guaranteed. Upon gaining investors' trust, he caused them to liquidate their current investments (usually annuities and CDs, often at substantial penalties) and invest their funds with Henderson. Mercer takes full credit for convincing clients to invest in the Notes because "he had convinced himself" of the Notes' legitimacy and safety. Mercer, however, prior to offering the Notes to his victims conducted no meaningful due diligence into Henderson, his background, the safety of the Notes or the representations Henderson made regarding the Notes. Instead, Mercer accepted Henderson's claims largely because his offering materials appeared professional and his office looked nice.
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Dattola Theatre
1021 Fifth Avenue,
New Kensington,
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The New Dattola Theatre was opened in 1942.
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Joe: Your boxoffice post on December of 2009 is not providing the information. Help and thanks!
tomfurey: The Dattola Theatre website doesn't seem to work! Help!
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of New Kensington owns the theater and currently there is no website. The Redevelopment Authority and the City of New Kensington are raising money for the rehabilitation of the theater. The environmental work and roof are completed. We will soon start on the front of the theater building.
Thank you so much. Glad to hear the roof work is complete and that you will soon start on the front of the building. Was the Dattola designed by Michael DeAngelis as I see the familiar round circle designs on the exterior?
This theater was built and opened by, Bartolomeo (Bart) Dattola. His in-laws were also in the theater industry, and owned the Eastwood (Rudolph Navarri) in Penn Hills, PA, the Miami (Elmer Dattola, my grandfather) in Springdale, PA and the Aurora (Alfred and Aurora Panza…my parents) in Russellton, PA. Elmer Dattola also had a silent picture theater in Springdale, PA called the Happy Hour Theater. Toward the end of the 1940's most of the family sold their theaters as TV was becoming popular. Elmer Dattola then built the Ches-A-Rena Roller Rink in Cheswick, PA.
An interesting fact about the Dattola Theater is that when the family sold the business, they stipulated that the name be maintained. When it eventually became an adult theater, they were mortified!
In the street view photo there looks to be another former theatre on 5th across the street and down. Anyone know?
Was it the Liberty at 801 5th Avenue? Research tells me it may have been.
Patsy, Check out the Circle link.
Looks boarded up by the time the Googlemobile passed it by.
Patsy, the theatre in the street view that your mentioning was the Circle Theatre at 1010 5th Avenue.
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It's crazy what pride and pleasure a parent gleans from these unpolished performances! I absolutely grinned from ear to ear like a loon throughout the whole thing.
Kate tried to come sit with us as she passed our row while processing in, but went on up front without too much trouble!
(The band-aid on her forehead, by the way, has become a permanent fixture lately. She had a strange bout of acne almost a month ago, and she kept picking at one spot on her forehead and one on her cheek such that they bleed again and thus will never heal if we don't keep them covered. I ran out of the small, flesh-colored band-aids.)
Another kid had a meltdown while processing in, and burst into tears another couple times during the program. Poor kid.
I have to say, Kate was very animated and did motions that went with the words even when no other child did. (I don't know if they cut the motions at the last minute, the other kids forgot, or maybe the teachers just did those to help the kids remember the words and Kate mimicked it, but it was cute!)
The most awww-inducing song was the pre-K kids' presentation of "The Friendly Beasts." The kids were dressed up as the animals from each verse of the song, and individual kids sang the verses corresponding to his or her animal. I had to lean over to Matt and whisper: "I'm a lobster." "In the nativity play?" "Yes. I'm First Lobster." "There was more than one lobster at the birth of Jesus?" (Who can name that movie? It's one of my holiday favorites!)
All the classes sang "Wasn't That a Mighty Day," "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Kate's class did "Three Wise Men" (to the tune of "Three Blind Mice"). There was no soundtrack for their song, so the teacher held up the mic to amplify each child in turn.
Kate seemed to be having so much fun, hopping up and down sometimes, and clapping excitedly at the end of every song.
She was almost as excited as me ;0)


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Well the weather is definitely 'on the turn' here. This is what normally happens here. One day you are still in the height of Summer then overnight Autumn blows in....literally. We are having cloudy days and rain at night!! Such a change from the long hot Summer we've been enjoying.
The challenge at Unstampabelles is into it's final week and is very apt...#61 'Changing Seasons'. The challenge can be interpreted many ways as 'Seasons' can be defined as Sporting, Weather, Rites of passage, Lifestyle changes New Home, Job, Graduation etc. This my inspiration for you.
It's a New Home card for a friend who is moving from a cold climate to somewhere warmer and by the beach!! I thought a beach hut would be apt....hope she appreciates it!!
I began with a landscape DL card. The sky was a cropped photo taken in France last year and I adhered torn sand paper along the bottom for the sand. I had a beach hut template which I fussy cut and paper pieced with striped paper from a paper pad in my stash. The window is silver mirri card outlined with black peel offs The bunting was snipped from some backing paper I also had in one of my paper stacks. The wooden shell and starfish have been longing to be used for eons and I have finally found a 'home' for them! Not sure where the 'New Home' was from but I found it in my folder of sentiments and I thought the colour matched perfectly.....lucky me eh!! The For Sale sign is hand written on a snippet of white card.
I hope I've inspired you and you'll pop over to Unstampabelles (link in sidebar) to see how others have interpreted the challenge. As always there's a yummy prize on offer from Susan. Not many rules for this one except to say that it's NO stamps please digi or otherwise!!


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Brookhills Montessori School is a unique place. The very best way for you to experience our school is to visit us. Walk our center, observe in a Montessori classroom, and see our students and teachers in action. Our Montessori/IPC qualified teachers guide our students' work with creativity and dedication. They nurture, challenge and support each student on their journey to self-discovery. What you'll walk away with is a profound sense that innovative, joyful learning is a reality here. We live the essential Montessori philosophy that nurtures internal motivation, supports academic excellence, and builds social and emotional growth in each child. At Brookhills Montessori, children "learn how to learn" through inquiry, research, and mastery by exploring, absorbing and excelling.
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With Bright Spot's success in the Cayman Islands, I was asked to give a TED talk. Here is the video from my talk.
In order to improve the future of health and wellness in the western world we need to seek the Bright Spots that surround us. A 'Bright Spot' is a traditional, successful practice that is accessible to everyone in a community and, if embraced, or reembraced, can change the health of communities for the better. With modern research claiming that the coconut is one of the healthiest foods on the planet, I believe the coconut is the Bright Spot of the Cayman Islands.
The amazing thing about Bright Spots is that if you embrace just one, an integrate it into your life, it has the power to be the gateway to improved health and wellbeing. My favorite dishes have always been those prepared traditionally, using authentic ingredients and made with love. It was only until I became a nutritionist that I realized the power that traditional culinary practices had over keeping us healthy, and how many of these practices were, unfortunately, falling by the wayside.
Producing health documentaries, giving public speeches and organizing farm-to-table dinners wasn't how I planned to educate the public, but I couldn't resist using these mediums once I had a message to share – to tune out the chaos of the nutritional sciences and simply embrace the Bright Spots in our villages, communities, cities, provinces, states, and countries – and letting them become the gateway to improved health and well-being.


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8GB version of iPhone 5s will be released within the next two months, it will be sold in India, China and other emerging markets.
Although many Apple fans will choose to buy iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, Apple also plans to launch version 8GB iPhone 5s to please global buyers. According to foreign media TechOne3 exclusive reports, Apple will release this version 8GB iPhone 5s, to fill gaps in the market after the iPhone 5c canceled.
An Apple supply chain sources confirmed, 8GB version of iPhone 5s will be released within the next two months, will be sold in India, China and other emerging markets.
The source said: "Apple introduced this year edition 8GB iPhone 5s are mid-range phone market in order to compete in this model as early as December sales in emerging markets."
In September 2013 Apple introduced the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. Although the iPhone 5s Apple's flagship machine was, but now it is the market's most expensive iPhone.
The source did not disclose the price of 8GB version of iPhone 5s, but said the price will be slightly higher than the previous version of the 16GB iPhone 5c of the official price. In addition to different capacity outside, 8GB version of the iPhone 5s and no configuration changes.
Part 2 Tutorial - How to Permanent Erase Data from iPhone 5/5S/5C
You may find that you are surrounded by a lot of people have been using the iPhone 6 or above the level of iPhone, such as iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and so on. Even the higher performance, more powerful configuration iPhone to attract a lot of users, however, some older versions of the iPhone like iPhone 5/5S/5C still has a lot of user groups. So, when these tens of thousands of old iPhone 5/5S/5C users intend to replace a better iPhone, do you think what do they need to do?
Yes, backing up data from iPhone to computer, wiping all data from old iPhone, reselling or donating the old iPhone. It seem really is a seasoned. For lots of iPhone users, it's a piece of cake to transferring data from iPhone to iTunes or computer for backup, nevertheless, how to permanent erase all data from iPhone 5/5S/5C without restored even using the most professional data recovery tool, including iPhone Data Recovery, so as to keep your personal and private data from being leaked. We recommend that you to use the iPhone Content Eraser.
iPhone Content Eraser is your best choice, which designed to permanently remove junk files, delete all data and settings from your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, ensure 100% safe and nothing recoverable even using the most professional data recovery software. The program fully compatible with iOS 8/9, and support the latest iPhone 6s & iPhone 6s Plus, as well as other iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Step 1. Run the iPhone Content Eraser and connect iPhone
Launch the iPhone Content Eraser software and connect your iPhone 5/5S/5C to computer via USB cable. Once your iPhone is detected, all the information will be shown on the windows as below, then click on "Erase All Data" to continue.
Note: A backup is highly suggested since the erasing process isn't reversible. So you'd better backup iPhone data to computer or iTunes/iCloud before wiping your device, so that you can restore the data you wanted from backup after wiping, once the wiping program finished, nothing can being restored.
Step 2. Earse all data on your iPhone
Now, you can see the "Erase All Data" window as the below picture, there are two need operation option here, one is choosing the security level to erase all the data on your device, medium level is default. If you are ready, you will be prompted to type the word "delete" in the text box to confirm the permanent deletion of the data. If done, click on "Erase Now" to get start.
The software will soon erase all your data on iPhone, the whole erasing process will not spend too much of your time, just wait a moment, when the deletion is complete, clcik "Done".
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Baptism by Fire
Nyah Abidemi
Researcher from an African shaman family
Player: Doreen
Clan: Mekhet
Covenant: Ordo Dracul
Embrace: 1987
Apparent Age: 27
Blood Potency: 1
Nyah Abedemi is among the youngest established vampires in the Twin Cities. As a mortal she was raised in an African family with a shamanic lineage, but with a Western education. Desiring to be a healer, she went to school for medicine in Europe — her impressive intelligence led her to a promising career in research. After school Nyah was offered a job in a Minneapolis research lab, where she worked for only a few years before attracting the attention of the Archbishop, Rebecca Lovelace.
Nyah was given no choice regarding the embrace. She still works in research, though — Nyah keeps a small haven in a storage closet at her old lab, aiding the mortal researchers in exchange for their blood. As a human she wanted to help humanity as a healer; as a vampire she is forced to feed from humans. This is the bitter irony at the heart of her unlife, and it has led her to reject her Sire's religion and seek a way beyond the vampiric condition.