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BREAKING NEWS: "Cattlegate Cons" Sentenced
[Note: at the polite request of innocent family members, I replaced the name of the least culpable defendant with ****.]
Surprisingly, it appears that I am the first to break this story – that the "Cattlegate Cons" were sentenced this morning by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas E. Johnston as follows:
O'Brien was sentenced to 97 months of active incarceration and 3.4 million dollars in restitution.
Henthorn was sentenced to 9 months of incarceration and a $75,000 fine.
***** was sentence to 5 months of incarceration and a $50,000 fine.
UPDATE: Apparently now there is a Charleston Gazette article confirming this now online.
ANOTHER UPDATE: The Register-Herald has now published a lengthy article on the sentencing yesterday. Reporter Christian Giggenbach noted in the article that Judge Johnston made some interesting observations about the case during the sentencing hearing.
Johnston also railed on Henthorn, 46, of Lewisburg, for abusing his position of trust in the banking community. He also insinuated this was probably not the only illegal act Henthorn had committed.
"You were living a privileged life and you threw that away," Johnston said. "This is an example of what can happen when you allow greed to overcome you."
Henthorn also apparently attempted to get his probation officer to remove negative letters that were going to the judge.
Former FNB board member James C. Justice II of Beckley was among family and church members who wrote letters in support of Henthorn. One document filed by a court official indicated the defendant called his probation officer on June 4 and asked her if "she would remove the negative" letters from his support file.
"The probation officer responded she would not do so … Mr. Henthorn was obviously upset by this answer and ended the conversation soon thereafter," wrote U.S probation officer Peggy Adams.
Can you believe the arrogance of this guy? Judge Johnston also questioned why First National Bank of Ronceverte was suspiciously absent from this entire ordeal – despite the fact that their President and Board members caused this whole mess. According to the article:
Johnston also asked a rhetorical question about Henthorn's former employers.
"I'm puzzled by the fact that First National Bank has not participated at all in this hearing," the judge said. "I expect the whole story has yet to be told."
However, there was a former board member and one former president of First National Bank there supporting Henthorn and *****, respectively (see Justice above). According to the article:
****** had about 15 friends and family members present for the hearing, including former state Commerce Secretary and ex-FNB president Tom Bulla, who Johnston vocally noted had come to support ******. Johnston said individuals filed more than 100 letters of support for ******, "the most I've ever seen in a case."
So, "FNB" was not completely absent, they were represented by former officials – who were there to ask the judge to be lenient. I would note that one of those former officials himself resigned from the board only shortly before ***** and Henthorn themselves resigned from "FNB," which was reported publicly, but not explained. Don't you just love banks? Their only motivation is money, and even when their hands are publicly caught in the cookie-jar, they can just switch presidents and board members, and continue on foreclosing on people's homes who do not have connections to the Board, and making sweetheart loans to crooks like O'Brien, who do have connections to the Board. For too long citizens have been abused by bank boards using their positions to help their buddies and harm innocent folks. A bank would slit your throat if they thought they could make a buck. And lawyers get a bad name….
To *****, Judge Johnston had this to say:
"You participated in a sorry effort to cover this up … which almost resulted in an obstruction charge," Johnston said.
"Is this the way business is done in Greenbrier County? By being present when a bribe is slid across the table to a bank president?
Johnston then asked why ***** would have risked so much by setting up the bribes, but then not receive any money in return. Johnston also suggested this was not ***** first brush with illegal activity. Forbes told the court ***** turned down bribe money when approached by O'Brien.
"Why would a man of your experience get involved with this?" Johnston asked.
Lastly, the Register-Herald article noted that the case is still being investigated, and that the defendants will most likely enter prison within the next 30 to 45 days. It will be interesting to see whether Judge Johnston is right that "the whole story has yet to be told…."
Note: There also is a new Charleston Gazette article this morning.
– John H. Bryan, West Virginia Attorney.
Greenbrier County's "Cattlegate" not typical fraud case?
Regarding the Greenbrier County "Cattlegate" case, the Register-Herald published an article this morning detailing defendant Kevin O'Brien's presentencing memorandum filed by his defense attorney, in which his attorney states that this was not a typical fraud case because "many of his victims' losses were unintended."
Since when are ponzi schemes and check kiting not typical? It sounds like every other "white-collar" federal fraud prosecution that hits the headlines. I guess the word to pay attention to is "many." There were a lot of victims, some of which were obviously intended. When you "sell" some poor sap a herd of cows that either don't exist, or that you have already sold to someone else, you darn well intend to cheat that person out of their investment. Of course there were others that he didn't know about. When you cheat someone, you also cheat others who were depending on the person you cheated. Although you may not intend to directly cheat those people, it is absolutely foreseeable that others will be affected and harmed.
O'Brien's attorney argues that he will never be able to operate the same type of scams again because of the media coverage surrounding the case.
"Because (his) criminal prosecution has received a tremendous amount of media coverage in his community, it is highly improbable that individuals will place the trust in him necessary to engage in the same criminal conduct upon his return to the community."
Yeah, but what if he moves to Florida? I guarantee that nobody there has ever heard of him. He could change his name, or use a pseudonym – and Florida is the third largest cattle-producing state. He could go right back into business. He obviously has no qualms about running a scam. He probably only regrets getting caught. If ever in the future he things he can do something like this again and get away with it, do you think he will hesitate? People would have no idea about his prior prosecution. But maybe if he serves a long stretch in federal prison, his desire to be a free man will overwhelm his greedy criminal tendencies.
– John H. Bryan, West Virginia Attorney
Update on Greenbrier County "Cattlegate" Cons
The Register-Herald published a rather lengthy and informative article about Greenbrier County's "Cattlegate" scandal this morning. I have posted on this matter several times thus far, here, here, here, here and here, and I have noticed a lot of interest in this case from the sheer amount of search engine traffic directed to my site from searches about these individuals. I suppose that some people were relying on me to post an update to this matter since the sentencing was supposed to already have happened. But I really didn't have any idea what was going on. But, I knew that Register-Herald reporter Christain Giggenbach was on top of it, so I need only wait until he published an article, which I knew he surely would – and this morning he did.
Apparently the sentencing was supposed to have taken place this morning, but it was continued, though there were no motions filed by either the prosecution or the defense. Well why was it continued? Apparently these angelic creatures have turned stool pigeons and are collaborating with authorities in investigating other individuals. But since all these canaries are proven liars, I'm not sure what their help is worth, and investigators better not give their words more than a micro-ounce of a grain of salt. The history books are full of tragedies which have occurred through the utilization of this type of snake-in-the-grass testimony. For example, see this post from Glen Graham at the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Blog.
The sentencings were continued to October 17 at 10:30 a.m. before U.S. District Court Judge Thomas E. Johnston in Beckley's Federal Courthouse.
So what kind of sentences are they looking at? A lot of people have commented to me that this bunch is going to get away with probation, but that will not happen. They may however, get some type of home confinement, or mixed sentence. With respect to O'Brien, a presentencing memorandum filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney L. Anna Forbes recommended a prison sentence up to 10 years, but "indicated the defendant has provided more information about possible criminal conduct of others who may have filed claims in his multi-million dollar bankruptcy case." Lastly, she writes to the Court that "a sentence within the advisory guildine range of 97 to 121 months of imprisonment is appropriate." So fear not, even with his sleazy finger-pointing, he will be doing time.
With respect to Henthorn and *****, the AUSA recommended 6 to 12 months, while their lawyers are arguing for home confinement or a mixed-type of sentence – and they are apparently strenuously snitching as much as the feds will allow, in order to get what they want. Mind you, that all of these defendants already snitched on each other – one even reportedly wearing a wire in a conversation with the others.
I know that there are a lot of people out there, in Greenbrier County, Monroe County – and across the fruited plain – who want the Judge to stick it to them. The AUSA noted in her memorandum that:
"One of the victims is a single-mom with a couple children in college, another is a Virginia cattle farmer with a small farm who lost so much money and was so ashamed by his financial predicament that he could not, for a long time, bring himself to tell his wife about what the defendant had done," Forbes wrote. "Many of the victims attempted to pursue claims in bankruptcy, a process that left some with unsatisfactory settlements, large legal fees and a sense, because of the perceived misconduct by other creditors, that they had not been treated fairly by the bankruptcy system."
So this is a great group of guys. Real quality people, and I wish them luck on the 17th.
– John H. Bryan, West Virginia Attorney.
Sentencing Continued in Greenbrier County "Cattlegate" Case
I apologize for not posting much this week, but it has been one of those end-of-the-month weeks…
As I had previously detailed, the sentencing for O'Brien, Henthorn and **** was scheduled for Friday, June 30, but now has been continued until sometime in the fall. This was likely a joint motion as probation officers had likely not completed their presentencing reports, which the lawyers must rely on and respond to accordingly, depending on what they contain. It's important to remember that in federal court, the most frequent claim for legal malpractice comes out of mis-advice given by attorneys, to their clients, regarding the federal sentencing guidelines, so it is important to get it right the first time.
For those of you who don't know, this is just a case that probably repeats itself in all other small towns across the country. You have good country folks who work hard to earn a living. Then you have the fat cats, who get high-on-the-hog by ripping off the working folks. Most times they are greedy, compulsive, narcissistic liars who have an obsession with all things underhanded. They will do anything for money – anything that is, except for actually earn it. They look down at the working peons as a bunch of suckers who were not blessed with the infinite wisdom they were born with, when in reality they were just born as spoiled rich kids with a lack of morals and manners.
It still blows my mind that this bank CEO, and they almost always become extremely rich legally, would throw his life away for $10,000 worth of bribes… In all likelihood, this was not the first time, there probably were many other bribes passed under the table, and that was what made it worth it in his mind, not this particular bribe.
You can read the full article here.
– John H. Bryan, West Virginia Attorney.
Greenbrier County "Cattlegate" Sentencing This Month
I have been asked many times recently what has happened with this case. Well, nothing has really happened since the sentencing has not yet taken place. The sentencing for these crooks will take place on June 30, 2008 before U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston. There are also several civil cases currently pending in this matter, which undoubtedly will be detailed in the future.
You can read my previous post here.
– John H. Bryan, West Virginia Attorney.
Another Lawsuit Filed in Cattle/Bank Scam Case
From the Register-Herald:
Another lawsuit filed against bank, officials in alleged cattle fraud case
By Christian Giggenbach
Register-Herald Reporter
LEWISBURG — Another lawsuit has been filed against First National Bank of Ronceverte and two former bank officials, this time by an Illinois man who alleges disgraced cattle broker Kevin Scott O'Brien defrauded him out of $104,000.
The lawsuit, filed by Robert Dwyer, named First National Bank, former bank president Charles A. Henthorn and former board director **** as defendants.
Henthorn and **** recently pleaded guilty in federal court, Henthorn for taking $10,000 in bribes from O'Brien, and **** for setting up bribes.
O'Brien pleaded guilty to a mail fraud charge involving the sale of cattle in fraudulent Ponzi schemes. A sentencing date has not been set for any of the defendants.
Dwyer claims he gave O'Brien $104,000 in February 2006 for "80 pairs of heifers and their calves," which should have been shipped to Dwyer's farm in Carthage, Ill.
"Instead of arranging for the cattle to be trucked to Dwyer … O'Brien sold the cattle to ****," the lawsuit said. "O'Brien's sale of the Dwyer cattle to **** was simply one of the last acts of fraud and deceit in O'Brien's continuing scheme."
Dwyer claims the bank knew about the **** deal, but looked the other way because O'Brien owed the bank money.
"The bank, through its senior management, including Henthorn and ****, devised a scheme with O'Brien pursuant to which O'Brien would sell **** cattle," the lawsuit said. "The money that **** paid for the cattle was to be deposited into O'Brien's checking account in satisfaction of debts that O'Brien owed the bank."
Dwyer is seeking punitive damages on the basis of fraud, civil conspiracy, and aiding and abetting a wrongful act, among other charges.
Dwyer is being represented by Charleston lawyer James W. Lane.
Neither **** nor Henthorn could be reached for comment.
In February, another Illinois man, Frederic W. Nessler, filed a $340,000 lawsuit against the same three defendants alleging fraud.
O'Brien, who is currently mired in a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy, wasn't named as a defendant in either suit.
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Update: O'Brien, Henthorn and **** Plead Guilty in Greenbrier County Cattle/Bank Scandal
From the Beckley Register-Herald:
Note: See my earlier post regarding this case here. Each defendant faces a maximum of 30 years in federal prison. Obviously each will receive less than that. Their sentencing, which will take place in June will follow the federal sentencing guidelines, which I will not attempt to decipher in this post. Almost positively however, they all will do time. You can also read today's Charleston Gazette article about this case here, and the Charleston Daily Mail article here. – John H. Bryan, West Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney.
Three plead guilty in cattle, bank scandal
Christian Giggenbach
Register-Herald Reporter
A businessman and two former bank officials pleaded guilty Monday in Beckley's federal court to charges stemming from a Greenbrier County $4.2 million cattle and banking scandal.
A federal postal inspector testified that an investigation by State Police involving dirty dealings by cattle broker Kevin Scott O'Brien, of Ronceverte, also led to separate criminal charges being filed against former First National Bank of Ronceverte president and CEO Charles A. Henthorn and former First National Bank board director ****.
Last month, O'Brien, 28, was charged in an information with one count of mail fraud, but the complaint also listed several instances of fraudulent business practices including "phantom herding" — selling the same cattle to multiple buyers — check kiting, bribing a bank official, and running pyramid or "Ponzi" schemes.
Prosecutor's say O'Brien used sophisticated schemes to defrauded investors and businesses out of $4.2 million beginning in early 2005 while brokering cattle deals in West Virginia, Illinois, Texas, Virginia and Nebraska.
Monday's testimony revealed O'Brien signed a plea agreement with prosecutors in May 2006 and then helped police gather evidence against Henthorn, 48, by wearing an undercover wire which secretly taped the bank president incriminating himself about taking bribes.
Prosecutors then used that evidence and more in persuading Henthorn to wear an undercover wire which recorded incriminating statements made by ****.
There was no evidence that **** wore an undercover wire during the federal investigation which also included FBI and FDIC officials. State Troopers Sgt. V.S. Deeds and W.A. Pendleton, who brought their investigation to federal prosecutors, were present for Monday's hearing.
Last month, Henthorn was charged with accepting nearly $10,000 in bribes from O'Brien, and **** was charged with aiding and abetting those bribes. Henthorn originally brokered his deal with prosecutors nine months ago and **** signed a plea agreement last August, Forbes said.
When asked why nearly two years had elapsed since O'Brien's first contact with prosecutors, Forbes said O'Brien's and Henthorn's cooperation "took many months to develop."
"There is no evidence that any criminal activity goes beyond these three defendants," U.S. Attorney L. Anna Forbes said after the hearing.
O'Brien softly said "yes, your honor" when U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston asked him point blankly: "Did you do it?"
Although O'Brien's felony charge was specifically based on a $362,000 check he received in the mail after defrauding a Virginia cattle owner, much of Monday's testimony concentrated on the four bribes O'Brien gave to Henthorn.
Postal Inspector Burl Fluharty testified **** introduced O'Brien to the bank president and told the cattle broker that Henthorn had "the keys to the bank."
"**** advised O'Brien that payments to Charles Henthorn would help him procure loans," Fluharty said. "**** facilitated these bribes to the bank president."
Forbes said O'Brien gave Henthorn four separate bribes in late December 2005, with two cash payments totaling $2,200 and two checks written from his Shamrock Farms business account of $2,500 and $5,000. Forbes entered both checks into the court record as evidence against O'Brien and Henthorn. Henthorn was represented by Charleston lawyer James Cagle.
"It was expected that Charlie Henthorn would extend favorable treatment to Kevin O'Brien and be generally influenced in banking matters," Fluharty told the court. No specific loan was tied to the bribes.
All three defendants posted a $10,000 unsecured bond and were immediately released after Monday's hearing. None were available for comment. Each faces a maximum prison sentence of up to 30 years; however, it is unlikely that any of the sentences will be that stiff. Johnston set all three sentencing hearings for 10 a.m. June 30. The trio also face a bevy of fines.
O'Brien, a 1999 graduate of Greenbrier East High School, told the court he previously had worked for his father's asphalt and excavating business and a NAPA store prior to brokering cattle deals. His federal bankruptcy case is still pending and one court official said O'Brien's liabilities now total almost $8 million.
Forbes said "close to a dozen victims" were cheated out of money by O'Brien.
O'Brien's defense attorney, Rodney Smith of Charleston, suggested that the $4.2 million number that prosecutors say his client defrauded investors will be challenged. Karin Nelson, who claims O'Brien cheated her out of $200,000, attended the hearing but declined comment.
Henthorn told the court he had been in the banking industry for 25 years. A former bank examiner, Henthorn resigned from First National last summer after working there for over 10 years.
****, who was represented by Charleston lawyer Michael Cary, said he began working in the real estate business with his father in 1974. He now owns two Virginia car dealerships and is a Realtor and auctioneer. **** had been on the bank's board for eight years until his resignation last July.
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Greenbrier County Residents Headed to Federal Prison After Bank/Cattle Scandal
From the Beckley Register-Herald:
3 charged in multimillion-dollar cattle scandal involving bank
Christian Giggenbach
Register-Herald Reporter
Ending months of speculation and rumors, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Charleston filed criminal charges Wednesday against a businessman, a former bank president and a former bank board member for alleged crimes stemming from a multimillion-dollar cattle scandal in Greenbrier County involving First National Bank of Ronceverte.
Named in the information were Kevin Scott O'Brien of Ronceverte, Charles A. Henthorn of Lewisburg and **** of Covington, Va. An information allows prosecutors to bypass a grand jury and usually indicates a defendant is cooperating with authorities.
O'Brien, 27, was charged with one felony count of frauds and swindles, according to court documents. O'Brien first made headlines in April 2006 when State Police began investigating the cattle broker after he filed a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy case.
Federal prosecutors say O'Brien brokered the sale of cattle in Greenbrier and Monroe counties and several other locations, including Virginia, Illinois, Nebraska and Texas, under the business names of Shamrock Farms and K&M Properties Investments.
Prosecutors allege O'Brien devised "schemes" to "defraud and obtain money by means of false and fraudulent pretenses" while selling cattle "at the expense of numerous farmers, banks and other business entities."
The five-page criminal charge against O'Brien alleges in the spring of 2006 he under-reported his liabilities and distributed false financial statements to lenders and investors and "solicited and procured substantial sums of money" with the "false promise that he would invest the monies in specific cattle sale transactions."
"It is further part of the scheme that (O'Brien) defrauded these various investors and lenders out of a total of approximately $4.2 million," federal prosecutor L. Anna Forbes wrote.
O'Brien also allegedly engaged in "phantom herding" — selling the same group of cattle to multiple buyers — and pyramid schemes, where money from one investor is used to fund business dealings with another investor. Other allegations lodged against O'Brien include:
– Giving Henthorn, former First National Bank of Ronceverte president, bribes totaling approximately $10,000.
– Tendering worthless checks for large amounts of money.
– Directing banks to stop payment on checks for the purpose of quelling the investors' mounting suspicions of fraud and to dissuade investors from reporting him to police.
– Engaging in check-kiting activities involving hundreds of thousands of dollars with various financial institutions to stave off financial disaster.
O'Brien could not be reached for comment Wednesday. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, with five years of supervised released and a possible $1 million fine.
Henthorn, who abruptly resigned as president and CEO of First National Bank of Ronceverte last June, was charged with one felony count of accepting bribes from O'Brien totaling about $9,700. Henthorn, a former bank examiner, had worked at the bank more than 10 years, starting out as a senior loan officer and vice president.
"(Henthorn in his capacity as bank president) did accept said payments by a customer … intending to be influenced in connection with business and transactions between (O'Brien) and the First National Bank," Forbes wrote.
When reached by phone Wednesday, Henthorn refused to comment. Court documents indicated the bribe payments were paid in the fall of 2005 through December 2005.
****, who had served on the bank's board of directors since 1999, resigned last July. **** was charged with one felony count of aiding and abetting the bribes that O'Brien gave to Henthorn. The criminal charge did not state that **** received any bribe money from O'Brien.
****, a Realtor, broker and auctioneer, owns Greenway's Real Estate & Auction Co. and two car dealerships in Covington. When reached by phone Wednesday, he respectfully declined to talk about his pending charges.
"Everything will work its way out in the end," he said.
Both **** and Henthorn face maximum prison sentences of 30 years each, five years of supervised release and possible $250,000 fines.
First National Bank chair Ron Snyder, who was out of town Wednesday, told The Register-Herald by phone he had not yet seen the charges leveled against his two former bank associates, but was "relieved to see this finally out in the open."
"We are happy that this has finally been filed and now the rumors can either be quashed or reinforced," Snyder said. "We understand the only wrongdoing were by the actions of these two individuals and this bears that out because they are the only ones that were charged."
But left in the wake are nearly a dozen individuals, banks and businesses that O'Brien allegedly defrauded for millions of dollars. Lewisburg lawyer Steve Hunter, who represents Karin Nelson — who claims O'Brien cheated her out of more than $200,000 — said there are still many unanswered questions that need to be addressed.
"There are still pending motions left in the bankruptcy case. I still don't think we have gotten to the bottom of this whole story and we won't know until O'Brien is questioned under oath by lawyers representing the victims," Hunter said Wednesday. "We still don't know whose cattle went where and there are a lot of people who are out of a lot of money."
Creditors named in O'Brien's bankruptcy case include The Bank of Monroe, United Bank and Farm Credit of Lewisburg. These alone total $2.5 million. During his initial bankruptcy filing, O'Brien stated he owed First National Bank nearly $400,000. One Virginia cattle dealer filed worthless check charges against O'Brien two years ago totaling 270,000.
In August 2006, O'Brien attended one bankruptcy hearing after skipping out on several others. At that time, he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times.
Hearings to accept pleas from the three men will most likely be set in the next five days.
Note: Since the three men who were charged were charged by information rather than by indictment through a grand jury, it indicates that all three have made plea deals with the government already. Indeed, speculation for months has been that all three of these characters had in fact already made plea agreements. It has been noted through the grapevine that one of the defendants either wore a wire or had a recorded telephone conversation with the other – ensuring his conviction. With all of the rumors flying around, it will be interesting to see which of them are true. The fact of the matter is that when you are charged federally, your chances of not going to prison are extremely, extremely low. So, it is safe to say that all of these guys are going to do time in the federal pen – and deservedly so. – John H. Bryan, West Virginia criminal defense attorney.
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Royals can live with how this Mike Moustakas is producing
I don't know if Mike Moustakas will ever be a good big-league player. Neither do you. And, while we're here, neither do the Royals. That's a problem on a few levels — levels that require more time than we have here for a blog post — but because it's Monday and I'm in a good mood let's do something optimistic.
You may have seen the column about the Royals' playoff chances now that we're exactly two months from the end of the season. The Royals need a lot of things to go right, of course, enough that no single column could cover it all. One of the things I didn't get to — along with the smooth return of Jason Vargas so the bullpen isn't overworked — is the curious case of Mike Moustakas.
Moose became such a flashpoint around the Royals early, it fortified some minds and allowed people to dig in a bit on whether he can be a good player going forward.
The Royals demoted him on May 21, which was at least a week too late. And after Danny Valencia got hurt, they brought Moose back up at least a week or so sooner than they otherwise would have.
But if you can chop his season down, it's worth pointing out that he's now played more games after the demotion than before it and the body of work is pretty decent.
Before the demotion: a .152 batting average, .223 on-base and .320 slugging percentage. Among the worst hitters in baseball.
Since the demotion: .231 average, .292 on-base and .449 slugging.
It's a strange group of numbers, which is what you get when a guy has 20 singles and 14 extra-base hits and a lot of outs, but that .741 OPS is comparable to the season numbers of Aramis Ramirez (.750), Sal Perez (.749), Manny Machado (.731), David Wright (.739) and Jason Heyward (.730).
That'll play.
You can also manipulate the end points a little more and see that Moose is at .816 since June 10 (with nine homers and 20 RBIs) and .823 (with five homers in 57 at bats) since July 4.
The Royals have some problems, obviously. But at least over the last month or two, Moustakas isn't one of them.
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Learning to rhyme is a very important phonological skill that will lead students to future reading success. You can read about its importance here.
Phonological awareness skills are especially import when teaching second language learners. To teach these children skills such as rhyming, it takes strategic teaching and knowledge of the fact that some phonemes are not present in a student's native language (for example Spanish speakers use half the amount of phonemes as English speakers). Because of this, the vocabulary, context of the word, and pronunciation (including mouth positioning) must be strongly considered to make the rhyming practice meaningful and productive.
The first step in teaching ELL's to rhyme is to start with traditional "lap time" activities. "Lap time" activities are known as such because they are the activities that a mother would typically engage in when playing with language with a young child on her lap, i.e. nursery rhymes, finger plays, and songs. We have to start with these primary activities with second language learners, because, for them, this is their primary language experience.
Start with activities that are easily memorized. Call attention to rhymes in songs, fingerplays, and rhymes as you sing them with your students. Use full or cross-body actions that will increase brain-power. Don't be afraid to start small, intact starting small is a must! The students do not need to learn how to rhyme in one week or even in one semester. Start with words that rhyme with cat. I love these little rhyming tubs. Children love the little objects and the auditory/visual connection assists ELL learners. To begin, I simply dump out the -at tub of objects in a pile, pick them up one-by-one, and identify them. We take the time to discuss each object's label and definition. Don't take anything for granted. Not all children know what a baseball bat is. Always throughly define the item.
After all objects are named, I then pick them up again one-by-one saying only their name and ask, "Does anyone see anything these words have in common?" If there is no answer, I again pick up each object and exaggerate each word, opening my mouth wide, holding my chin, and pointing to my mouth (giving the children visual cues for clarity). I again ask the question, and usually a child will quickly mention my mouth. I will then say the word cat and ask students repeat the word as they place their hands on their cheeks. All of these objects are rhyming words and so my mouth is the same for each word. At this point I pull out my hand mirrors and ask students to say the name of each object as they watch their mouth. After we have watched our mouth "speak" each rhyming word. I ask the students to say a word that uses complete opposite mouth positioning such as chip. I then have the students hold their cheeks as they say the words in the object pile: cat, rat, bat, sat, mat, followed quickly by chip. "Did you feel your mouth move differently?" Well that word can't rhyme with cat then, because your mouth must stay the same at the end of each rhyming word.
I continue this process for the first several sessions with these students, reviewing a learned rhyming family at the end of each lesson, always having students hold their cheeks (or jaw if the words contain jaw-dropping vowels) as we list the rhyming words. I do this review in a my-turn, your-turn fashion. For example. I hold my cheeks and say pig and then point both hands at the students while they say pig.
After I have taught the vocabulary that I want rhymed, the mouth positioning, and practiced rhyming families, it is time to slowly ask students to produce and then generate rhyming words using meaningful games and activities. This process to teach rhyme may seem labor intensive. It is, but it also doesn't take as much time as you might expect, and, spelling out the workings of language in such an explicit way is essential for students who come from a different language background.


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OverTheEdge Entertainment has released an update to its game creation tool Unity, adding the ability for developers to deploy their games as Universal Binaries that run on Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. In addition, support for the Windows side is now comparable with the Mac side, ensuring that games created with Unity are the same on both operating systems.
Other changes include a new framework that uses Unityis shading engine for real-time full-screen effects, the ability to add and extend workflows for 3D content editing, new character-related features, including tools for "rag dolls" and firs-person shooter controls, and more.
Unity 1.2.2 is free for all Unity 1.x owners. The standard version of Unity sells for US$249 while the Pro edition, which offers access to more graphical effects, sells for $999. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.3, a 500MHz G3 processor, 256MB RAM and a Radeon or GeForce video card with 32MB of Video RAM.


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5 Ways Your Mindset Drives Your Business/
Mindset is an aspect of business that we often overlook, or think that we can work on later, once all of the "important stuff" is in place. However, your mindset and beliefs shape the entire foundation of not just your biz, but you life, and whatever kind of mindset you have will dictate the kind of outcomes you have in it.
Working as a business and clarity coach, I use what I call the "inside-out" approach to biz, where I look at what is going on in your inner world, that is causing the outcomes in the physical world.
So, what better way to talk about this internal dynamic than with mindset? For those unfamiliar, mindset basically refers to the way your inner-world reflects the thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions that you have. How are you putting yourself out there and how is that affecting your external realities?
That's mindset, in a nutshell.
I'm going to walk you through 5 ways your mindset is driving your business in ways you are probably not aware of and how to fix the negative sides of that coin, so that you can radiate the confidence, self-love, and success that you deserve.
1. Limiting Beliefs//
To put it simply, your beliefs dictate your reality. Limiting beliefs are exactly that- beliefs that represent a limit you put on yourself and your ability. They aren't necessarily something you're going to be aware of though, because they exist on a subconscious level. Your subconscious mind is formed in the first few years of your life, so the influences, messages, and situations you were in and observant to have caused you to come to certain conclusions about life and the way things are, that you repeat and seek to validate over and over again.
Let's take relationships as an example. When I was young, my parents had a lot of issues in their marriage that led them to get divorced when I was 5 years old. However, I don't actually have any memory of my parents having or being in a happy relationship, which caused me to subconsciously learn that marriage was hard and dysfunctional, therefore forming the limiting belief that a healthy marriage or relationship isn't possible for me. So, I've sought out dysfunctional people and romantic situations as I've grown up, as a way to confirm that limiting belief.
These limiting beliefs are ingrained deeply, so identifying them is the first step and not an easy task to be sure. A good place to start are your triggers- start to ask yourself what exactly is triggering you and where these triggers come from. What situations as a child can you think of when you felt this for the first time? This will lead you to identifying your limiting beliefs that are holding you back in your business and your life.
2. A Mindset Practice (or Lack Thereof)//
What's your mindset practice?
If you were able to quickly and easily tell me what you do routinely to keep yourself in check, fab. If not, listen up.
A mindset practice is a set of behaviors or actions that you do consistently in order to cultivate the frame of mind that you desire. Most people would like to be able to think positively and have good things happen to them, so that's exactly the central principle and goal that your mindset practice will have.
Think of the things you like to do that relax you and allow you to center yourself. Cooking? Reading? Affirmations? Going for walks?
Also, think about the things that you do for self-care and nurture. Eating healthy? Getting in time at the gym? Journaling?
Now combine these two to find your perfect mindset practice. What's going to work for you is different than what will work for me, it's just a matter of combining that self-care and grounding to really find that center of balance.
If you're still stuck, common mindset practices that I would encourage you to try out are meditation, writing in a journal, creating affirmations, getting outside, exercising, cooking healthy meals, and yoga.
3. A Fear of Failure (and Success)//
You might be limiting yourself by having a sneaky fear of failure that comes up everytime your business is about take off into the stratosphere.
Fearing failure, and thus sabotaging your success as a way to protect you from the possibility of failure, is a common mindset problem that a lot of entrepreneurs grapple with.
Tackling this type of mindset problem comes down to changing your inner dialogue and thought process. You need to practice affirmations about success, you need to journal about what it will feel like when you reach your goals, and you need to visualize yourself succeeding, no matter what obstacles come in your way.
Now, I want to talk about a fear of success, which is just as common as a fear of failure, but hardly ever recognized.
Being afraid of success comes from believing that you don't deserve it or aren't able to create success, on some level. You might actually be more afraid of hearing a "yes" than a "no" from a potential client, because that would mean that you actually have to deal with your proposition WORKING!
Ask yourself if you're sabotaging your own success by keeping yourself playing small and if you're being really honest, if there's more you can do to put yourself on the line.
4. The Upper Limit Problem//
One of my all-time favorite business books is The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks, which theorizes that the reason you can't or haven't done something yet is because you have some kind of upper limit you've imposed on yourself and the world about how something works for you and your mind constantly works to recreate that reality. Essentially, if you're presented with a circumstance that is outside of your mind's idea of the realm of possibility, you're going to do one of two things to correct it: change your limit or change your circumstances. 99% of the time, you're going to change the circumstances to avoid this cognitive dissonance, rather than changing the mindset.
Why? Because it's not only subconscious, but it's bullshit you've been buying into for YEARS. It's a lot easier to change something immediate than something you've been committed to, right?
The Upper Limit Problem thus dictates that the upper limits that you attach to your success, wealth, and happiness are self-imposed, through your conditioning. The good news it that you can change them.
I would recommend reading the book yourself to find out fully how to address your upper limits, but a few key signs to look for to see if you're falling into this trap include sudden illness, self- sabotage, an inability to maintain success, and crises happening right after or before you're about to make it big.
5. Self-Talk//
How do you talk about yourself, both with other and to yourself? Do you judge yourself harshly? Do you focus on your achievements or on your failures?
How we talk about ourselves reflects the reality of how we feel about ourselves, deep down. And if this relationship is dysfunctional, it's going to make itself known in your mindset and in your business.
If you talk negatively about yourself, do you think that that's going to draw people into work with you? Do you think they'll be inspired or want to take you seriously? Of course not. That's why positive self-talk is SO important!
If you're constantly berating yourself, you're not going to get anywhere.
Whenever you catch yourself talking negatively about yourself, ask if you would speak to or about a friend that way? No? Then don't you dream of speaking to yourself that way, because you are the best damn friend you could ever have!
People want to work with those who are confident and self-assured- start to cultivate that energy and watch how your circumstances change.
Erin McKelle is a business coach, astrology guru,feminist blogger, entrepreneur, and creative evangelist. She divides her time between working as a consultant for clients ranging from startups to small non-profits, coaching entrepreneurial-minded millennial women to business greatness, writing for popular online publications, and building her empire. When not engaged in a passion project, Erin can usually be found reading a book, cooking up a new recipe, or obsessing over pop-culture. You can find her at Coaching by Erin and Queen of Luxe, facebook and on social media @ErinMcKelle


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Crossing the Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives
The lines between what constitutes migration and what constitutes human trafficking are messy at best. State policies rarely acknowledge the lived experiences of migrants, and too often the laws and policies meant to protect individuals ultimately increase the challenges faced by migrants and their kin. In some cases, the laws themselves lead to illegality or statelessness, particularly for migrant mothers and their children. Crossing the Gulf tells the stories of the intimate lives of migran


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Monday Night Football meets Hammer Time
CP+B Pulls out the big guns for Microsoft
The Jerry Seinfeld factor:
Does his humour lighten up the brand?
Does the Seinfeld brand overshadow Microsoft?
Is CP+B selling out by going with a big name actor? I think that it could have been executed without the "Jerry Seinfeld" factor. Maybe we wouldn't have paid as much attention, but is Jerry really needed?
Thoughts or if you have seen other spots let me know in the comments section.
UPDATE:A quote from Microsoft SVP Bill Veghte
Found on Adrants via techcrunch.
"Today, we are kicking off a highly visible advertising campaign. The first phase of this campaign is designed to engage consumers and spark a new conversation about Windows - a conversation that will evolve as the campaign progresses, but will always be marked by humor and humanity. The first in this series [...] aims to re-ignite consumer excitement about the broader value of Windows.
This first set of ads features Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Think of these ads as an icebreaker to reintroduce Microsoft to viewers in a consumer context."
Well they have definitely sparked a conversation, lets see it evolve to something of substance.
People Don't Like Display Ads...
"62% of respondents said they are skeptical of paid advertising included within their Internet searches. This may be a reflection of the early days of the Internet, where pop-up advertising and viruses were more commonplace, said Mark Laver, study author and associate vice-president of Ipsos Reid."
Sorry Mark - it's not the early days, it's everyday. Nobody wants to be bothered by a voken, pop up, boring rich media execution or in-your-face standard ad.
We go to sites for content, to connect with others and to research information about a product or something that we're interested in. I'm pretty sure nobody has ever searched the web frantically hoping that they'll come across a display ad that they're interested in clicking on.
Search, on the other hand, is working. Especially from a consumer confidence standpoint. The Marketing article shows that 44% of Canadians have clicked on sponsored, search links. It makes sense right? I'm looking for something and the sponsored link answers that call.
Remember my angry post about how I wanted proof for certain things? Now I want something else:
- Marketers to consider (just consider) banning display ads from their media plans
Why just consider and not eliminate completely? Because once you consider you'll start down the path to thinking about digital performance (through enhanced metrics) and not just throwing up a few ads on the most popular sites.
Think about it. How many people actually remember an online ad? 5 out of every 100? 10? Eyetracking studies have shown that we are pre-conditioned to ignore sponsored sections of a page and just focus right on the content. Even if it's a hot shiney ad, chances are we don't care.
So what's the problem? Well for starters, even though we don't care, the site and media company still counts that as an impression for client. Sure, the traditional buy will included millions of impressions but what are they worth if 90% of your audience doesn't even see the ad and only 0.03% of them click on it?
This is where you say, "But AdJoke, online advertising spend has been increasing dramatically in North America over the last 4 years. What do you make of that?"
First off, just because advertisers are spending more to garner more impressions online doesn't necessarly mean it's translating into sales or ehnancing brands. Second, a large chunk of that increase comes from search because it makes perfect sense.
Rich media executions and pre-roll video are decent ways at grabbing attention, but in the long run, aren't we going to try to avoid these annoyances as much as possible? Firefox, IE7 and Chrome all have "ad blocking" tools pre-installed. What happens when these tools become the norm and display ads aren't even seen?
Oh wait. They're not really seen anyways. What the hell are we worried about?
Bolt's Golden Marketing Quote
"My masseuse brought me nuggests, of course...I'm serious...mycoach said I should not eat more [than two] but [it was part of his pre-race routine."
Here's too the next generation of sprinters - the fattest humans in the world. I can't wait to see Bolt in 40 years after his about 25,000 nuggets.
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Hanna's Penis [Candy]
Thanks to Coulson for the link!
The Rules - Kennedy Style
The Links
- An in depth look at the Batman Begins ARG developed by 42 entertainment. Pretty amazing.
- A new list of the Top 10 Business related apps on Facebook - I'm a fan of the free conference calling.
- Trying to sell your boss on the validity of social media but can't find any of the right stats? The folks at Mashable have put together a great list.
- Toyota wants people to pitch them their ad ideas. Another brand who doesn't believe in agency ideas. Good strategy.
- Google awards some Canadian students for their hot cellphone app. Booya.
- Microsoft trying to unload Avenue A/Razorfish to WPP.
- Creatives, handcuff free, create some good examples of Presidential campaign ads.
- Want to turn your 8GB iPhone into a 1 Terabyte mega-device? You can.
Keeping up with Volkswagen
Great example of how to show value without saying it.
Quote of the Day
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Post Production Central Storage
Specializing in Post Production, Infinite Frameworks needed to find a cost effective way to implement a workflow based on MAM and a suitable Archive for their long-form Rushed. An ALTO Archive was installed at Infinite Frameworks in Q3 2010. The ALTO is centrally accessible to Infinite Frameworks' Edit Suites
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Korea New Network (KNN) deployed ALT0 Archive for a newly licensed TV Station built in 2011.
The Archive system consists of an ALTO-150 Disk Archive integrated by Korean MAM developer Geminisoft.
The Archive was supplied by Lee & Broad Co., Ltd.
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JTBC, a division of JoongAng Ilbo Corporation based in Seoul, South Korea. JTBC has installed an ALTO Archive in its newly licensed TV Station The Archive system consists of 8 ALTO-150 Archives with a total capacity of 1.2 Petabytes storage.
System Integration was provided by SK C&C. Archive Management is developed by CISTech Ltd.
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In 2012 KT Olleh selected ALTO as the Content Library for their services.
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PCCW has been initially installed an ALTO in its Post production area as an central Storage for long form sports content.
Four additional ALTO systems have been deployed for long term media storage in other areas of the PCCW facility in other stages.
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Configuration when there is a firewall between Periscope GC and MSSQL
Microsoft Guidance: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023(v=sql.105).aspx
Enable Firewall Exceptions for MSDTC on each computer that participates in coordinating distributed transactions (Periscope application server and SQL Server):
How to Configure MSDTC to Use a Specific Port in Windows Server 2012/2012R2:
Configuring MSDTC
When MSSQL is on a different server the tariff rate deployment will fail even though you started MS DTC service successfully: Tariff Service will start but you will not be able to deploy any Rate Package. To install Tariff rate please set up the DTC as screenshot below using Component Services applet in Administrative Tools. You will have to config this settings on both Periscope and SQL Server and restart the services.
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text: This week marks 25 years from the 1991 release of Tom Cochrane's album, Mad Mad World, which accelerated the Canadian singer-songwriter's already upward trajectory into the stratosphere. To celebrate this milestone, Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company, is reissuing Mad Mad World in remastered deluxe edition October 28, complete with the previously unreleased original demo recording of Love Is A Highway, from which grew the career-defining single Life Is A Highway, still in heavy rotation around the world a quarter-century later. The 2-CD set also includes a 1992 concert performance from Chicago which features key tracks from the album alongside Red Rider classics. The anniversary celebrations will further be supported by a special exhibition at the National Music Centre in Calgary, opening on October 28, and also a full Canadian tour, crossing Canada in the customary fashion – in winter – come early 2017.


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August Is National Immunization Awareness Month
Pacific Family Practice proudly promotes August as National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). National Immunization Awareness Month was established to promote awareness of and education about the importance of vaccines and ensuring people of all ages are up to date with their immunizations. Vaccines are responsible for the prevention of serious, sometimes fatal diseases that can affect men and women of all ages. Our practice offers immunizations and vaccines as part of our pediatric and newborn care services.
Back to school season
August is a particularly serendipitous time to honor NIAM, as this is when many children are heading back to school. Parents are encouraged to make appointments with Pacific Family Practice to ensure that their child receives all of the vaccinations required to attend school that year. August is a very busy time for vaccination appointments, so we kindly ask that you make an appointment as early as possible in your schedule so we can accommodate you in time for the first day of school.
Preparing for cold and flu season
You might be surprised that the flu season starts as early as October, which is why many medical practices will begin to offer the flu vaccine in August and September. As always, we encourage you and your family to take the impending flu season seriously. The flu is not simply a more intense cold. It is a virus that can last several days to several weeks, resulting in missed work or school. Young children and the elderly are most at risk for contracting and spreading the flu, and women who are pregnant need to take extra precautions as well.
Pacific Family Practice can offer all flu vaccines starting 8/20/17.
Quick flu season facts:
• Children age six months and older can receive the flu vaccine
• The flu vaccine is safe for pregnant women
• Peak flu season is from December through February
• The flu season can last until May
• The flu virus can live on a surface for up to 72 hours (door knobs, counters, desks, etc.)
• The flu shot is often covered by insurance
Pacific Family Practice is committed to ensuring all of our patients enjoy quality long-term health. If you have questions about immunization schedules or whether you are up to date on vaccines, please contact our office today.


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Welcome to Bill Bryson
Globetrotting author Bill Bryson was on Breakfast today (Tuesday) to tell us about his latest travels to Africa.
His observations on Kenya can be read in his latest book "Bill Bryson's African Diary" which will be published this December.
Bill Bryson was also our Interactive Forum guest.
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Bill Bryson has been to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity "dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world."
This is Bill's first trip to developing Africa, and he is writing a 10,000-word diary of his travels, which will be published by Broadway Books in December 2002.
The diary, the publishers say, will contain the trademark stamp of irreverent, poignant, and fascinatingly instructive observation.
So who is Bill Bryson?
The funniest traveller alive
Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh.
Bryson is unparalleled in his ability to cut a culture off at the knees in a way that is so humorous and so affectionate that those being ridiculed are laughing too hard to take offence.
Bill Bryson's many books include, most recently, In a Sunburned Country, as well as I'm a Stranger Here Myself, A Walk in the Woods, The Lost Continent, Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, Made in America, and Mother Tongue.
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951, he lived in England for almost two decades. He now lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and four children.
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