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Introducing "Rain Delay": goofy little gag comics to keep you entertained while I work on the legit stuff. ^_^
Fanmail 3
Self-explanatory, I think. Gavin easily has the most varied and diverse fanbase, ranging from people who love him to people who hate him to people love but don't love him to people who hate him but are rooting for him. With all that pressure, you have to feel bad for the guy.
Or you don't, I guess. ^^;
What Everyone Did During Ch. 4
- Rudy sleeps peacefully through the night, dreaming of what havoc he can potentially wreak in the coming day. Apparently, he's got a good one, 'cause the boy is starting to drool.
Also, the word "mischief" is in Mr. Saturn font. The fake reason I did that is because it's so wacky and mischievous-looking. The real reason I did that is because I've been replaying the Mother/Earthbound series lately and wanted an excuse to use it. ^_^
- Maria meanwhile, I imagine having hard time sleeping through the night of Chapter 4 (no matter how confident she seemed). Instead, she stays up late reading more Kaminari, if nothing else, but to prove her ship is the true one.
It's worth noting that she wasn't holding a bag upon leaving the bookstore like Rain was, so it doesn't seem like Maria would've bought anything. For the sake of argument, we're just going to pretend they shared a bag. Yeah. That's the ticket.
Also, I know it's just a Rain Delay, but this is actually the first time we see Maria without a headband.
- For Fara and Heather, the buzz has subsided and the making out has ceased. Now comes the less fun part of getting drunk: the hangover!
And Kylie isn't the least bit sympathetic.
- Where Rain and Gavin fail, Puddle succeeds. I don't know how a tiny animal barely bigger than the controller itself and lacking opposable thumbs can beat a game as hard as that. I figure it gives us all something to think about though.
Rain, all characters and all other aspects of the story are copyright material belonging to me.
Again poor Gavin. I don'r want to break out into a "leave Gavin alone" but I guess talking about how Gavin is such a positive character would be wasted.
When I read Kaminari all I see is Calamari!!
When I read Calamari, all I feel is drool on my chin...
@LittleLynn84: "Also, the word "mischief" is in Mr. Saturn font. The fake reason I did that is because it's so wacky and mischievous-looking. The real reason I did that is because I've been replaying the Mother/Earthbound series lately and wanted an excuse to use it. ^_^"
TBH, I got an "Unown" vibe from it and thought you were parodying them. XD
Well, Battle To- FIGHTER FROGS [i]is[/i] a lot easier in single player than it is in multiplayer ;p
Also, I'm both really happy and not surprised at all that you are an Earthbound fan, Jocelyn. I always love seeing my favorite video game of all time influencing my favorite webcomics~
I love Ky so much in this! They are so hilarious!


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Monday, November 19, 2007
Strange Business...
I thought I'd post an illo I did last week for The Stranger in Seattle.
It was a pretty straightforward job - they wanted a portrait of M.I.A. with no background, so that they could wrap some text around it.
I was pretty happy with the way things turned out, both with regards to the drawing and the colour. I'm starting to use a bit more feathering in my linework, and I think it's adding some depth to my drawing.
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- JayDubya said...
Hey, glad to see things going well. Was just wondering if you had any advice on working with people online? As a writer, I'm working with 2 artists in the States and have been wondering if there's anything I should be doing to protect myself? Does my script need to be copyrighted? That sort of stuff.
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Donkeys deliver ballot boxes for Afghanistan's presidential election
June 13 - Donkeys are used to deliver ballot boxes and supplies to remote parts of Afghanistan ahead of the presidential runoff election on Saturday. Deborah Gembara reports.
Election preparations in Afghanistan --- ballot boxes and other supplies are loaded onto donkeys for delivery to remote locations. Armed guards keep a close watch. And while the mode of transport may be primitive, Fedeh Ahmad, the election supervisor for Panjshir is determined to have a modern election with high turnout. (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) FEDAH AHMAD, PROVINCIAL ELECTION SUPERVISOR IN PANJSHIR, SAYING: "We want to make sure that our people do not miss the chance to cast their votes in any part of the country. We use all possible ways to reach them with the ballot papers so that we will be able to chose the country's future leader." Afghans head to the polls on Saturday, for the second time in weeks, to vote for Hamid Karzai's replacement. While the first round election went off without incident, many are paying close attention to Saturday's runoff -- which takes place when the Taliban fighting season is in full swing.


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Summer Rains and Flight Delays
It's turning out to be a weird summer for us in the Philippines. What with the unusual rains brought about by "La Niña" affecting travel plans etc. I had to go home to CamSur for my nephew Jian's High School graduation and getting there was challenging, to say the least.
My flight via Cebu Pacific that's supposed to leave at noon, left at 4:45pm instead! I arrived at the NAIA Terminal 3 at 10:30am so it was over 6 hours of waiting... The airline did not even give us water for our trouble, hmmph! Good thing I had my HP tablet and phone to keep me from going crazy.
And yeah, I also discovered Blogger has this blogging app for iPhones now so I can update this semi-abandoned blog while waiting for my flight to get called. I guess the hours of waiting was not a complete waste, huh?
Long story short, I'm still thankful my flight did not get cancelled due to the nasty weather & I still got to buy my nephew's laptop gift from his aunts (boy, kids these days are lucky!).
I hope I can figure out how to use this app properly though, so I can blog on the go & I can rant here more often. I wonder how this entry would look like when I hit "publish". Here we go... Read more...


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The Chatbot Prototype is designed to increase the amount of time a user spends in app, allowing the client to target growth of particular products through personalised recommendations for users, and allowing the client to learn more about the user through their interactions with the bot.
The Chatbot Prototype was also designed to provide the long-term, ongoing benefit of reducing cost to serve by decreasing the load on customer service centres.
Chatbot technology is an emerging area that has seen strong interest from major technology companies such as Microsoft, Facebook, and Google. As an expression of current trends in AI and Machine Learning, Chatbots represent a new and innovative way for businesses to engage with mobile users, learn more about user behaviour, and market their products through targeted and personalised recommendations.
Visual Design:
By nature, chatbots rely less on design appearance and more on the text copy itself to create personality. The visual design of the Prototype is clean and simple, to ensure that nothing detracts from the chat experience. On-boarding was kept to a minimum, with a focus instead on establishing interaction between the user and the Chatbot, and utilising the chat to obtain the necessary information from the user. The use of guided conversation required that the pre-filled responses at the bottom of the screen be recognisable to the user as tappable buttons, which influenced the design choices made for these elements.
The Chatbot Prototype explores major existing machine learning technologies and platforms, such as Amazon AWS Machine Learning, IBM Watson and Google TensorFlow to develop a solution compatible with the client's objectives. Using data mining techniques, the Chatbot gathers data from the public domain to determine trending topics of interest, and uses existing data from user interactions to continually refine the user experience. Machine learning technologies allow the chatbot system to be trained over time to provide users with more targeted conversations based on their previous interactions with the system. The solution has the potential to incorporate an unlimited amount of data sources to provide a more intuitive and targeted experience for users, and the features of the prototype can be altered to suit the client's industry and objectives.
Key features of the Prototype:
- Reduces cost to serve by handling user enquiries
- Ability to learn from user habits to find out topics of interest
- Uses questions to determine a selling point
- Ability to fetch real-time information such as exchange and interest rates
- Option to link user to a map or contact card to locate nearest store
- Option to link user to a customer service representative within the same chat if the user has more complex enquiries
- Ability to learn from pre-existing chat data to improve user experience
- Potential to learn from the user's other interactions in the app to improve targeted services
Key Learnings:
A key learning from the project was the difference between open and guided dialogues.
In an open dialogue, the user can ask anything, and the chatbot will learn from its conversations with users. However this technology is still in its early stages of development, and the open-ended structure of the conversation means users don't always know what to ask the chatbot.
In a guided or closed dialogue, the user is presented with a set of predetermined responses to the chatbot's dialogue. This mitigates the risk of misunderstanding within the chat, and creates a better user experience. This technology has already been successfully applied elsewhere, in applications such as Quartz, Lark and Penny.
Possible applications of this prototype include:
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- Insurance
- Retail
- Customer service functions within native apps
Other possibilities to consider for future development include:
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MUMBAI — Tata Motors said Tuesday that violent protests had forced it to suspend all work at a factory in eastern India where it planned to make the Nano, billed as the world's least-expensive car.
The company said it would consider alternative sites for the factory.
Tata said that for the past five days it had canceled work at the site, in Singur, because of threats from protesters, who have been led by a regional opposition party. The site is an hour's drive from Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal.
The dispute reflects a larger standoff between industry in India and farmers unwilling to part with land in a country where two-thirds of the population depend on agriculture.
"This decision was taken in order to ensure the safety of its employees and contract labor, who have continued to be violently obstructed from reporting to work," the company said.
The suspension came just as protesters agreed to talks over land seizures for the project, which analysts said stepped up pressure to resolve the dispute.Continue reading the main story
The prospect of talks had raised hopes that the car, to be priced at 100,000 rupees, or $2,250, could roll out on time in October to coincide with the Indian festive season.
"I am wondering how Tata can make a statement when talks are on," said Partha Chattopadhayay, a leader of the Trinamool Congress party spearheading the protests. "I don't go by this statement. I have to wait."
Tata Motors said it was putting together a detailed plan for the relocation of the plant and machinery and was evaluating options for building the Nano at other company facilities.
It said the project's partners, which had started work at their own plants at the site, had also suspended work.
The company chairman, Ratan Tata, said last month that he was prepared to move the plant from West Bengal, despite having invested $350 million in the project, because of the risks to employees from the protests.
The Nano project has been billed as the key to the rejuvenation of industries in West Bengal, where the world's longest-serving democratically elected Communist government has changed tack after decades of focusing on helping agriculture and poor farmers.
The West Bengal government urged the Trinamool Congress to work to retain the Nano plant in the state.
"It is very unfortunate - it is a very sad day," said Nirupam Sen, industry minister for West Bengal. "I could never imagine the opposition would be so irresponsible."
The announcement of the Nano in January was hailed by the state's governing Communists, but protests started after the government took over 400 hectares, or 1,000 acres, of farmland for the factory. The government offered compensation, but some farmers with smaller land holdings have refused it, demanding that the land be given back to them.
The disputed land measures about 160 hectares.
The Trinamool Congress has come under pressure to find a way out of the standoff after industry lobbyists and analysts warned that the protests could scare away investors.
"I think this could create pressure on those opposing the project," said Abhirup Sarkar, an economist and social commentator in Calcutta.
Hoping to resolve an issue threatening its industry-friendly image, the state government has offered to discuss fresh compensation packages to retain the plant.
Sujoy Dhar reported from Calcutta.Continue reading the main story


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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Cold War part deux.
Yeah, those were the days...
(H/T to Insty...)
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- Dr. StrangeGun said...
I fight this stuff every day... it's scary as hell. The poisoned web sites mentioned, as of lately they include pretty much anything that has a banner ad, including wordpress and blogspot sites, and even MSN. It's getting almost impossible to stay ahead of the game now.
- 8:13 AM, April 08, 2009
- Rabbit said...
I work with this from time to time as well.
You'd think someone would remember to install tripwire and monitor the damn logs every so often...
Better yet, use a real OS (coughAIX) that is already pretty robust.
- 1:14 PM, April 08, 2009
- Borepatch said...
Sigh. Unfortunately, nobody can be bothered to monitor the damn logs.
Logs are the compost of the computer world. The just sit around and rot.
And it's not the danged laptops used by the drooling users that worry me. It's the SCADA systems that control the power grid (or oil refineries that can go kaboom) that one of the drooling users connected to Al Gore's Intarwebz.
- 10:10 PM, April 08, 2009
If we admit there is a problem, we open the door to oversight. If we admit that vital public infrastructures are affected, we invite oversight by the government. Oversight by government will necessarily involve moves that look a lot like tracking content and controlling access.
Everybody's against censorship. Which of the steps in the process above does not pertain?
- 12:57 AM, April 09, 2009
- Rabbit said...
I have clients who tell me "Sarbanes-Oxley compliance should prevent that, right?"
Censorship isn't the same as a good firewall protocol, and hardening *some* systems isn't all that big a trick if you RTFM.
heh. wv=backsdor.
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Here's one of the posters I had
A friend of mine brought it back from one of his trips to Scotsdale. Nothing impressive, but I'm always very attached to gifts, especially those that are spot on my obsession (offer me Bieber cards, and I'm all happy. Well, all happy to pass them on, but still). Needless to say, I loved that poster. I'm not even sure I saw Space Jam at the time, but I was familiar with the awesome commercial he made with Bugs Bunny.
And I loved the shoes.
It's impossible to dissociate Jordan from his Nike line. That was pure marketing genius. We all wanted them. Nobody could afford them (they went for $150 at the time, and $150 from 1989-1993 (after that, the models sucked) aren't the same as $150 from today), but every basket ball fan would drool all over them.
And now, 23 years later, here I am. A nostalgic man (boy) with a little money on the side and who can afford to buy those precious shoes. And of course, Nike being Nike, they understood a while back that a lot of people were willing to dish out big bucks to finally get licensed copies of their favorite shoes from way back, instead of paying a lot of money for Chinese copies. Stupid nostalgia...
The Hare Jordan 7 retro shoes were released on Saturday. They were sold out in 5 minutes, but because I'm persistent and refreshed my browser every 30 seconds just in case, I was able to land a pair a couple of hours after its launch.
I know they're overpriced. I know I'm being taken advantage of because I'm weak (but hey, give me a break, I don't own an Iphone or an Ipad, so that must mean I can be saved). I know they were sewn together by little Chinese children.I know their marketing schemes are in full effect on me.
But I don't care.
I've wanted them since forever.
Those are the shoes that were on that poster.
And I never thought I'd see the day when they'd be on my feet.
And now they are.
And they look absolutely perfect.
But to be honest, I only got them for one reason : to have a new cool box to put my cards in


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Vehicles that get 40 miles per gallon or better, or those using alternatives fuels, will be exempt from Washington sales tax and the 0.3 percent motor vehicle sales tax beginning in January.
The tax break was approved by the Legislature in 2005, but for whatever reason doesn't take effect until next year. It lasts until the end of 2010.
The deal applies to new passenger cars, light-duty trucks and medium -uty passenger vehicles that:
This includes payments or deposits made toward the purchase of a qualifying vehicle before Jan. 1, solong as the vehicle is registered, titled and delivered to the purchaser from that date on. The deal also applies to leases and out-of-state purchases of vehicles, and to new vehicles that the sellers convert into qualifying vehicles prior to or as part of the sale.
Get more info here.
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Job ID 997062
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Full/Part Time Part-Time
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Public Safety
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Duties & Responsibilities
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- Assigns parking lot attendants to designated parking lot facilities within the campus
- Provides routine information with regards to parking lot, gates and arm gates status
- Monitors customer service in all parking lot facilities
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Minimum Requirements
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- Knowledge and understanding of College organization, goals and objectives, and policies and procedures
- Knowledge of parking and traffic control practices and procedures
- Knowledge of campus parking lots/areas, building locations and general campus layout
- Possess strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Possess good public relations and problem solving skills
- Ability to direct traffic
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- Ability to communicate in English language
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Summer (May to September): March 23
Fall (September to December): July 30
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The International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS) is an independent, not-for-profit policy research institute associated with the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, located in Arlington, Virginia. Established in 1994, the activities of ICTS are guided by an International Research Council that offers recommendations for the study of all aspects of terrorism. ICTS is also affiliated with: the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies; the Inter-University Center for Information Warfare and Cyber-Terrorism Studies; the Inter-University Center for Science and Technology Studies; and the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies (International Law Institute, Washington, D.C.).
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2. To develop response strategies on governmental and non-governmental levels;
3. To effect continual communication with policy-makers, academic institutions, business, media, and civic organizations; and
4. To sponsor research programs on critical issues, particularly those relating enabling technologies with policy, and share the findings nationally and internationally.
ICTS has sponsored, co-sponsored, and participated in hundreds of seminars, briefings, and conferences in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, India, Israel, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Ukraine. In addition, ICTS published 40 books and 18 reports on topics including Super Terrorism: Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear; Terrorism and the Law; terrorist group profiles of ETA (Spain) and Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida; Terrorism: U.S. Perspectives; Information Warfare and Cyber-Terrorism; Terrorism and Business; and Legal Aspects of Terrorism in the United States. ICTS activities have been covered extensively by television, radio and press in over 40 countries.
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ICTS Internship Description: internship responsibilities include research assistance, conference coordination, editorial and publication assistance, and database development.
Duties include: monitoring developments and conducting research on terrorism and counterterrorism over the past two decades, peace processes, regional insurgencies and ethnic conflicts, terrorism and law, etc., developing and maintaining a database on terrorism and regional developments; compiling bibliographies and chronologies, and summarizing research materials as directed; collecting and assembling data; copy editing and proofreading; providing a full range of administrative support to ICTS (95% research based, 5% administrative support).
Requirements: 3.0 or higher GPA with a background or interest in terrorism, ethnic conflict, political violence, international affairs, history, public policy, computer science and law are preferred, though others accepted. Foreign language and international experience are desired. Candidates should have relevant research, writing and editing experience, excellent organization and communication skills, strong MS Office and Internet research skills, and the ability to prioritize a heavy workload. Professional attire is expected. Interns are expected to work at least 4-5 days a week for Spring, Summer, and Fall semesters.
Applications should be sent by the following deadlines:
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(May to September) March 20
(September to December) July 20
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Stupidity with Eternal Consequences
Matt. 22:1 ¶ Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying:
Matt. 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
Matt. 22:3 He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come.
Matt. 22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.'
Matt. 22:5 But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business,
Matt. 22:6 while the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them.
Matt. 22:7 The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Matt. 22:8 Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
Matt. 22:9 Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.'
Matt. 22:10 Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Yesterday we read about King David's envoys who were treated so poorly. Today Jesus tells a similar story, but he's talking about his very own Father. He has sent out envoys over and over again to invite people to come to an incredible banquet! But the people are too preoccupied with their farm (or maybe weekend retreat) and their work. They don't have time to appreciate the fact that they've been invited to the King's table.
While some simply continue doing the normal things they've always done in life, there are others who go out of their way to mistreat the envoys of the King. They mistreat and then kill them.
The people who had been invited were the people who would have thought that they SHOULD be invited - but didn't respond to the incredible invitation. Instead, the King told his people to go and to gather all the people that they could find and bring them to the table.
Self-centeredness keeps these people from enjoying all that God has for them in life. They are too preoccupied with their own dealings, whether it be their work, their recreation, or their self-absorption. Their pride gets the best of them and they refuse to respond to the kind and generous invitation of the Father. Just like the princes of Hunan, these people mistreat the Father's envoys. Their self-centeredness leads them to making stupid decisions which will now have eternal consequences. Those who do not come to the marriage supper of the lamb will be left to the place of weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I'm not sure why the people in this parable didn't recognize what was really happening. It was the King sending out the invitation, and they didn't respond. But aren't we just as crazy these days? God, the Creator, the King of all things is constantly sending out invitations to us on a daily basis, wanting us to be his holy people. He is willing to provide absolutely everything that we need to be all that he created us to be, and yet, we are often too preoccupied with the things of life to respond. I have too much work to do -- or I have all these toys for which I must care!
Don't do anything stupid! The kingdom is spread before each and every single one of us and we are invited to come and partake and live in that kingdom.
Lord, please help me to keep my eyes open to the work of your kingdom and not be so busy that I don't see what's really happening. Amen.


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Chicago - Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the conviction of a Vermilion County man on various drug charges stemming from a 2004 undercover operation by several law enforcement agencies.
Charles Allison, 54, formerly of Rankin, was found guilty Wednesday by a McLean County judge of (1) unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony punishable by 15 to 120 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections; (2) three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class X felony punishable by six to 60 years on each count; (3) unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony which carries a potential sentence of four to 30 years; and unlawful delivery of cannabis, a Class 2 felony punishable by three to 14 years in the penitentiary.
In December 2004, Allison was arrested in LeRoy after he drove to the McLean County community to deliver nearly a kilogram of cocaine to an Illinois State Police (ISP) undercover agent. Madigan's office prepared and obtained search warrants in advance of the arrest and the warrants were executed the evening of his arrest.
"Members of the Illinois State Police Task Force 6 joined forces with our office to bring to justice this man who specialized in selling large amounts of illegal drugs," Madigan said.
The task force consists of officers from the Clinton, Bloomington, Pontiac and Dwight Police Departments, members of the DeWitt and McLean County Sheriff's Departments and the Illinois State University Police. In addition, the Vermilion Metropolitan Enforcement Group and the East-Central Illinois Task Force assisted in the investigation.
Allison sold cocaine and cannabis to the undercover agent on several occasions in late 2004. The purchases occurred in Vermilion and Champaign counties. The search of Allison's home netted authorities more than 300 grams of cocaine and more than a pound of cannabis. Authorities also discovered five handguns, a rifle, and $36,700 during the search.
Allison is scheduled to appear before Judge James Souk for sentencing in April.
Assistant Attorney General Matthew Hoppock of Madigan's Statewide
Grand Jury Bureau and McLean County Assistant State's Attorney Jeff
Horve prosecuted the case. Madigan said that DeWitt County State's
Attorney Jerry Johnson also played a key role in the investigation and
prosecution of Allison. In addition, the Champaign County State's
Attorney's Office and the Vermilion County State's Attorney
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The road to creating one of the great dynasties in Kansas high school basketball started in elementary school when Hoxie parents first had their daughters play for coach Shelly Hoyt.
The Indians have continually worked hard in the summer with weights and basketball and fully embraced Hoyt's fast-paced, aggressive philosophy.
Hoxie junior high, coached by Hoyt and Emily Bogue, just completed its fifth straight undefeated season and has a cumulative 66-0 record in that span. The work produced a state runner-up three seasons ago, a state championship in 2011-12 and an undefeated crown last year.
"Their parents are just amazing people," Hoyt said. "There is no way that we would have had that success if they hadn't trusted me way back when these kids were in second and third grade. Honestly, I think there were days when they didn't, and they were, 'What is this woman doing? She is crazy.' But they stuck with me."
This weekend, Hoxie, 23-0 and ranked No. 1 all season in Class 1A Division I, goes for its third straight state title at Emporia State University's White Auditorium. The Indians will play eighth-seeded Spearville (13-9) at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hoxie has won 69 straight games. The last three seasons, the Indians have faced traditional powers Olpe and St. John, but both teams moved up to 2A this year.
"Anything can happen in those tournaments," Hoyt said. "I like the fact that we have been there and have the experience, but we know that it doesn't matter if it's St. John or Olpe or whoever -- they're still tough teams there, otherwise they wouldn't be there."
While Hoxie has had more talented individuals in Hoyt's tenure, the senior class of Kristina Farber, Natasha Allmer and Gabi Spresser has all earned all-state in at least one sport, and has an opportunity to graduate as the winningest basketball class in area annals.
Senior Kelsey Kelch is also on the roster, but has missed most of the year with a knee injury.
"This is such a bittersweet week for me," Hoyt said. "I am so happy for them and thrilled that they took our program to the state tournament again. ... I am just saddened by the fact that I only get to spend another week with them."
Just six Kansas girls' schools (Bishop Miege three times) have ever won at least three crowns in a row, according to Kansas historian Carol Swenson. No area squad has accomplished the feat.
Only four Kansas squads have collected back-to-back undefeated crowns. Little River did it three years in a row in 1995-97 as part of its state record 91-game run.
Silver Lake ('83-'84), Sublette ('04-05) and Wichita Heights ('11-12) have won two straight.
"I don't know if there is a group that plays better and loves each other as much as this group," Hoyt said. "That makes a very hard team to beat."
Hoyt and assistant Marlin Beougher have sometimes wondered how teams will guard the Indians' depth that features the senior trio, juniors Carly Heim and Lexi Schamberger, both three-year starters, and sophomore Terran Hoyt.
Hoxie has seen a variety of defenses, including a triangle and two, box and one and a 3-2 defense by Thunder Ridge when the Longhorns chased the guards and put two players in the lane.
Hoxie led by two after the first quarter, but then won 63-36 against Thunder Ridge in the sub-state championship game. Farber finished with 21 points, Heim had 15 and Schamberger 11.
The top-six players all average between nine and 14.7 points per game. Heim leads the team in scoring, assists (6.5), while Allmer has a team-high 6.3 rebounds and Farber has 4.6 steals.
"Anyone of these kids are capable of lighting it up for us any night," Hoyt said.
Hoxie has received four tests, a pair of 64-56 victories against Dighton and Ellis in the season-opening Castle Rock Classic, a 64-55 win versus Dighton in the league tournament championship, and a 69-63 road win Feb. 14 against Dighton. The Hornets have qualified for the Class 1A Division II state tournament and Ellis is in the 2A field.
"Each time, we could kind of check ourselves as far as where we were, and how much better we had gotten," Hoyt said.
As the season has progressed, Allmer, a Bethany College volleyball signee, has played very well and freshman Brynn Niblock has stepped into Kelch's role as the No. 2 player off the bench. Even this week, Hoyt pushed her seniors to play even better for state.
"Our senior parents right now are teaching our younger parents what it takes, and the commitment," Hoyt said. "It's just nice. They see that, and then when they come into the high school, I have three freshmen right now, I am not afraid to play any of them, because they have known what they are doing. It's the same system they have been in for three years basically. It makes it a lot easier."


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that is the setting of my life.
I'm by myself now but I've managed to hang on to it.
the aged and simple but somewhat bright and cheery kitchen; and the inner sanctum of the bedroom
I shared with my sister as a child—are a comfort.
was gone by 35.
She got married and lives a long way off. We always cared about each other but were never close like some sisters, I guess. We talk once in a while. She has no intention of ever coming back. I don't tell her, but I wish she would come to visit me. After we talk, I think about the sound of her voice
and I cry a little.
They're good people and I'm very grateful for them—more grateful than I can say.
seemingly nothing else. I guess we all do that—or don't.
I wonder if this Being, this silent observer—is forever.
Does It already know how this little corner of eternity I live in is going to play out?
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A life in Intrigue: Frederick Forsyth talks exclusively to GL Magazine
By Corrie Bond-French | GL magazine | September 26, 2015
Pilot, journo, writer, spy. Four words, a line filched from Le Carre, and there you have it; a neat summation of nigh on eight decades of an extraordinary life and career, with an incendiary revelation fizzing away between the covers.
Except Frederick Forsyth, the novelist who lit thriller tinder when he first penned The Day of the Jackal back in the 1970s, doesn't consider his endeavours in subterfuge to be quite so dangerously revelatory anymore.
It is fascinating stuff, and the irony is not lost that he is visiting Cheltenham next Friday for an extremely rare foray into the Literature Festival landscape to talk about his memoirs in The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue, as GCHQ looms large in the background. "I don't do many," he tells me. "I'm notorious for it, but the reason for it is that I am naturally reclusive."
Frederick Forsyth needs little introduction. One of the world's best-known and best- selling writers, he has written some of the most instantly recognisable titles of recent times, and it's quite an oeuvre, including The Day of The Jackal, The Odessa File, Dogs of War and The Fourth Protocol for starters. Many have been made into hit films (Day of The Jackal launched Edward Fox's career and Michael Caine and other such acting luminaries have been happily available for roles). In short, Frederick's contribution to the world's bookshelves set the standard for meticulous research and plausible, realistic plot-lines.
His modus operandi is devastatingly effective: plots assembled with the precision of a Swiss pocket watch; characters and dialogue that linger convincingly long after the last page is turned and the cover dog-eared. It is possible to find oneself in Forsyth cold turkey. I have a cherished picture of my father and myself on holiday when I was 13. We are both in clover reading Forsyth. But he hadn't written that many books back then and we both read quickly. Cue the violins.
But the reason why his novels have endured in popularity for more than 45 years now, is because his cool, reportorial prose spins a convincing yarn; a yarn that unravels with unnerving authenticity. Frederick truly has been in the thick of it, with friends in high and low places and the occasional sleeping with the enemy thrown in for good measure.
Frederick's life story could trump any fictional tale, and lady luck has been a benevolent if not thoroughly indulgent mistress. If his life was a Bond film, she would slink up to him in the casino, kiss the dice and shake his cocktail (so to speak). As Frederick tells me, Bond is 'pure fantasy', but you get the picture. Lucky Frederick. Ergo lucky us.
And what a life he has had. Read on, and imagine you're in a bar, Frederick is beside you, taking a long drag on a Rothmans and regaling you with anecdote after anecdote: you'll have the book in a nutshell.
An academically gifted and, thanks to the prescience of his parents, multi-lingual only child, Frederick rejected the idea of a Cambridge education, opting instead to fulfil his dreams by becoming the youngest RAF fighter pilot at just 19.
He survived an horrific car crash at 20, his hand narrowly saved from amputation thanks to a fortuitously located retired surgeon, and his severed ear was reattached. His hearing was unaffected, but Frederick is no prize-winning golfer. And just as an aside, he also narrowly avoided being raped at knifepoint in Paris when he produced a larger knife, and he even had a stint as a trainee matador.
After earning his wings and completing the National Service he had chosen over that Cambridge degree, his desire to travel prompted his decision to train as a journalist. He earned his reporting chops on the Eastern Daily Press. Then luck struck again.
On what he thought a doomed attempt to get an interview in Fleet Street three years later, Frederick, disillusioned, sought solace in a bar, where a friendly chap struck up conversation. It transpired that he had trained at the same newspaper and knew Frederick's mentor well.
He immediately took young Frederick back to his place of work, which just so happened to be Reuters. Before the sun was over the yard arm they had sussed that Frederick was fluent in French, German and Spanish, and he found himself in Paris as Reuters' foreign correspondent at just 23 years old.
In Paris he covered the repeatedly unsuccessful assassination attempts on President Charles De Gaulle, and he found himself idly musing on the idea that perhaps a lone hitman would be a more successful option...
The following years were just as remarkable. His next move was to become Reuters man in East Berlin. At the height of the Cold War, Frederick was evading the Stasi past Checkpoint Charlie, whilst nearly triggering world war three, then occasionally sleeping with the enemy…
He went on to cover the Biafran War, falling out with the BBC and going freelance. He started writing to earn money, but when The Day of the Jackal hit the bookshelves, his fate as a writer was sealed. He now lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife Sandy, spending time with his two sons and grandchildren. Living, as he tells me, a simple and occasionally scruffy life.
"Basically it is. I spend most of my time around the house in canvas jeans and a farm work shirt, and sometimes I don't shave! Wow! No, I enjoy spending time here. Anyone thinking I've got to have caviar, nah! A ploughman's lunch at the Jolly Cricketers and I'm perfectly happy," said Frederick.
But, as revealing as this may be, it is remarkably only a couple of years since Frederick wrote The Kill List, when his unwavering perfectionism prompted a research trip to Mogadishu, Somalia. He was 75 at the time, and Sandy was not impressed. So did he miss the thrill and danger of it all?
"I didn't really miss it, that's too much. The last time I was, I suppose, in a dicey situation was writing The Kill List. I decided I had got to describe Mogadishu, Somalia and I read some stuff online but it was absolutely pathetic. It wasn't anything like what I knew what it must be, and I read some other writers who clearly hadn't been there. One could tell by just looking at what they had written about Mogadishu and Somalia generally, they just hadn't been there.
"So I said I'm going to have to go, and my wife Sandy said 'you're a damn fool, you're not the youth you used to be'. I said 'I'm 75, but on the other hand, I've got to go'. So I went. So that was that. There was a possibility of something happening there, but to say did I miss it? No, no. I've reached the stage now at 77 that I'm perfectly happy, to play with the grandchildren and take the Jack Russells for a walk. I don't really need to go into the weird situations anymore!" I venture that such a trip at 75 was still quite remarkable, and Frederick chuckles.
"She said if you ever do that again I'm going to sue you with Fiona Shackleton!"
Sandy can probably sleep more easily now, as Frederick has no plans to write another thriller.
"I said the last one would be my last novel. I still think it will be for a whole range of things. I haven't got any other stories that intrigue me, and also the complexity of technology nowadays in that world, the underworld, so to speak, is just baffling me. I can't even understand it. So the old days – and I almost said the good old days – when you had things like microfilm and you wrote things on paper, they're long gone. I think your spook today is just sitting there tapping things into a screen, which I can't find very dramatic!"
But there have been some baffling espionage-related cases in recent times that could be straight out of one of his books, such as the Litvinenko poisoning and the unexplained death of former GCHQ worker Gareth Williams, whose body was mysteriously found in a padlocked holdall in his bath five years ago. So was it foul play – reminiscent of a Forsyth-esque plot?
Frederick concedes: "It might have been, because obviously it was weird, and inexplicable, and I don't think we ever got to the bottom of it properly and we never will now. And occasionally murders, and it was clearly murder I think, but there are murders of course that are never ever solved and this may well be one."
So is his contacts book locked up safely in a vault now? Frederick laughs: "It's right in front of me – I'm staring at it!" Never say never, eh Frederick?
"I don't know about other writers, but I think we all have this in common: we need isolation to write. Some people are at their desk every day writing, then they re-write. I mean Jeffrey Archer does about 15 or 16 rewrites. I couldn't. That would drive me potty. I mean, to go all the way back to page one and start again? No! I just do one, meticulously careful, but just one copy and that goes to the editors. But I do prepare meticulously, I do the research over six months and then write over two. The only thing I don't have any more is deadlines.
"One of the things I like about it is that, unlike commerce for example where it's all about market share, you don't have to crush anybody else to be successful, it can be gentle. So if I see another young man having a blistering success I am delighted, because there's room."
And his admission in the book about his role as an asset for MI6 may well ruffle Whitehall feathers yet.
"Well, it's called asset or agent but really it's errand runner. I just ran a few errands, that's all," he tells me.
"A lot of people back then in the Cold War did, as I never cease to say, a lot of business men were approached. If you were going to a trade fair in a rather difficult to get at city, it was 'would you just do a little favour for us? If an envelope came under your hotel door would you put it in your attached case and bring it home?' And most said 'yeah, yeah'. It's why we had, or have, a brilliant intelligence service at a very cheap rate. The taxpayer is not being short-changed, believe me!"
Is he expecting any reprimand for his contra-Official Secrets Act admission?
"I may be rebuked yet! It's the big word isn't it? S.P.Y. The media, and I know you are of the media and it's like shoving heroin to a junkie, but it wasn't so spectacular. James Bond was a fantasy, and always will be a fantasy. The stuff that was really pretty much accurate the way it was, was the George Smiley stuff. But that came from David Cornwall (aka John Le Carre) of course who was in it, and now admitted belatedly that he was. But he was on the staff you see, I was never on the staff. I was just serving as a volunteer and occasionally, now and again.
"And again the phrase 'over twenty years'. It was four or five things over that span, just errands, favours. And the only reason that I felt that I would be allowed was because I didn't ask. There might be someone miffed down there that I broke the code. But I just think it's so far back and we've had so many released secrets now; the 30-year rule cabinet documents, private and very secret memos exchanged between Prime Ministers which were all released under the 30-year rule, and I'm talking 45 years ago. And you know, East Germany has gone, the Stasis have gone, the USSR has gone. Communism has gone, except in the Labour party!" he laughs.
"It was a different world, and I don't see how anybody could be endangered by some Boys' Own paper anecdotes of 45 years ago. I don't know, the professionals might say 'I shouldn't have told anybody anything', but then I do remember far enough back to when we never officially told anyone we had an intelligence service."
Frederick is hard-pushed to say which of his thrillers was the most enjoyable to write.
"Oh Lord, I can't recall, I really can't. But the most traumatic was the stuff in Biafra. That was at the other end of the scale because that did scar me. I was there two years in a hell hole situation and I watched many, many children die of starvation… a black and white picture in the paper or even on TV is not the same as being there. So Biafra was revelatory and horrible and to this day I can't forget it."
But, the horrors of conflict aside, Frederick happily acknowledges that he has had more than his fair share of good fortune.
"I had a wonderful childhood. My father was in his way a great man. He was just a shopkeeper, but a kind, decent man.
"I have had amazing luck. I have some outbreaks of ill luck, like when I foolishly entrusted the guardianship of all my life savings to a man I thought was a friend, who turned out to be a conman and a swindler, and he embezzled all of my life savings going back to zero at the age of 50, and I had to start all over again... but most of my luck has been the other way, it's been good.
"I look back with great gratitude, but I don't quite know who to thank! I'm not a great believer but I will have to make my mind up soon; I may have to meet him!"
Frederick reads mostly non-fiction, and he finds the last 50 years the most interesting time to read about. He reckons more change occurred within the last 50 years than in the previous 200. It has been an interesting time to live through.
And he is still bemused that his creation of The Jackal has passed into common-parlance for hit men when the Venezuelan assassin Carlos the Jackal was exposed and later caught.
"I was asked 'why did you name him (The Jackal) after Carlos?' And I went pink 'I didn't! The press named Carlos after Jackal! I wrote Jackal in 1971 and he was exposed in public in '74!"
He is still very good friends with the film's Jackal, actor Edward Fox, they met for lunch at The Ivy just last week: "Edward's a great guy – we met just as I described in the book."
Frederick tells the tale in his book of the man who read his palm when he was in hospital. He was loath to do it, Frederick insisted, and his predictions have been remarkably accurate this far.
"Well, like all fortune tellers he was very vague, but he was pretty accurate on most of the things about the personal life: the sons, the wives, and writing, he seemed to foresee that. He said one day you will write creatively, and I said 'Oh really?" It wasn't what I had in mind. I was 20 years old and as far as I was concerned I was just dedicated to becoming a journalist. Is that writing? Well, yes it was, but it's not novels. But he did say that I would pop off one day, over 80 he said. I specifically remember that! Alone, and far away in a foreign land in the sun, which seems to indicate that it would be in the Caribbean somewhere, but I'm not going yet!"
Frederick has a picture on his study wall, of 'the old codger sitting in his spitfire', as he puts it. He finally got to fly the spitfire he had dreamed of since he was five years old last year. There are two pictures here. Look at them; the sheer joy on his face is the culmination of childhood dreams. Look again; that is a five year-old child.
So: Spitfire pilot, journo, writer, spy, husband, father, grandfather, friend and occasional political thorn in the side. Is there anything that he would change? It seems those boyhood dreams still count.
"For me it's very simple. I would have loved to fly with the few, just that, but I was 16 years too young
"I've had a lot of fun, I've had a great time and, well, I did the best I could."
Frederick will appear at Cheltenham literature festival on Friday at 2.15pm.
for tickets call 0844 880 8094
Frederick Forsyth: The Outsider is out now, priced £20.
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Daniel Yeomans has personally handled nearly 700 cases during the past 22 years as a court-appointed receiver, broker and advisor in voluntary workouts. Due to his length of tenure in the industry, Daniel has in-depth experience in handling distressed businesses and real estate in a number of different industries that sometimes are the result of dips in business cycles and downturns in the economy. For instance, he employed his experience as receiver on scores of condominium developments, mobile home communities, multifamily properties, and shopping centers due to the recent financial crisis and drop in property values. In 2012, a new round of assets included full and limited service hotels, marinas, and malls. Prior to the 2008 financial meltdown, Daniel served as court-appointed receiver for the former Detroit Cold Rolling steel mill in Gibraltar, Michigan and dozens of other industrial concerns. His experience extends into untangling fraudulent business operations to protect the interests of legitimate stakeholders. For instance, Daniel secured the cash and physical assets of 16 shell entities that made up the Cyberco Holdings scam perpetrated by Barton Watson in Grand Rapids, Michigan after the FBI raided the business in late 2004. Subsequently, Daniel filed bankruptcy petitions for all 16 entities. The scam was highlighted on CNBC's American Greed national television show, "Scam in Cyberspace".
The art and science of effectively negotiating through a workout or receivership has many nuances and hidden potholes where experience will help navigate the course. Daniel has dedicated more than 30,000 hours of his career to turnaround and receivership management. As receivership and bankruptcy worlds increasingly intersect, effective communication and decisive action is required to maintain compliance with the courts and maintain effective administration of the estate.
Daniel continuously makes presentations to law firms and banks and has participated in panel discussions with organizations such as the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and Risk Management Association (RMA) and Michigan Bankers Association (MBA). Additionally, Amicus frequently hosts networking/educational events with audiences ranging from 50 to over 100 guests where speakers present new and relevant topics related to distressed asset management.
Daniel holds a master's degree in business administration from Western Michigan University and a bachelor's degree in finance from Loyola University in New Orleans. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) as well as a licensed real estate broker.
Starrla McDonald
With more than 17 years experience in real estate transactions and court documentation, Starrla McDonald makes it her business to know the exact status of Amicus projects and communicate that information clearly to all stakeholders including court personnel, attorneys, creditors, plaintiffs, and defendants.
But Starrla's involvement goes far beyond that of a reporting function. She takes a hands-on approach to preserving and improving value during disposition by working with on-site managers to make sure they have support and adequate resources to effectively manage the assets. Further, she makes sure that there is smooth transition of ownership of assets, such as Class C and SDD/SDM liquor licenses, from an Amicus receivership to a buyer.
At one point in her career, Starrla managed a portfolio of more than 2,000 real estate owned (REO) properties spanning seven states. Her involvement in thousands of commercial/residential real estate closings has given her significant expertise in REO property management. That experience has served her well as project manager for multi-family and commercial properties.
She holds a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University.
Kent Carpenter
As project director for Amicus, Kent Carpenter is responsible for maintaining the value of ongoing businesses and real estate assets until they can be sold or liquidated at their best possible valuations. With years of experience in the mechanical trades, sales, management, and the health care industry located throughout the greater Midwest region, Kent has assembled financials, charted courses of sales and marketing programs, handled human resource matters, and assumed other executive functions to keep businesses healthy.
When it comes to marketing the assets under his care, Kent knows how to highlight the compelling sales aspects of properties and taps his network of potential corporate buyers that are experienced with large capital transactions. As a former owner and manager of his own commercial real estate firm, Kent can converse with potential buyers in a language they understand and trust.
Kent holds a bachelor's degree in business with emphasis in marketing from Ferris State University, has completed courses in Dale Carnegie training, and has specialized technical training in mechanical systems for buildings.
Brandt Iden
As a project director for Amicus, Brandt Iden uses his extensive experience in operating businesses, developing real estate, and dealing with municipal entities to maintain and enhance the value of business assets under the firm's management.
On the private sector side, Brandt is a founding partner in Baron Builders Inc., a
Michigan-based company involved in construction, real estate development, property management, and investments. As director of multi-family housing operations, his responsibilities included property negotiations, acquisitions, development, and management.
Brandt also served as chief operating officer of Baron Properties & Warehousing Inc., an FDA-approved transportation and warehousing distribution center that serviced a number of multinational clients such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Corp. In the course of his duties, he was responsible for negotiating leases, setting shipping and dispatching routes, managing daily operations, and assisting with marketing and financial strategic plans.
In addition to his private sector development experience, Brandt also brings a unique perspective on municipal management. Currently serving as a Kalamazoo County Commissioner, he has in-depth knowledge of governmental accounting practices, inter-governmental authorities, and municipal contract negotiations. Brandt is a state of Michigan- certified Emergency Financial Manager and is an appointed member of the Kalamazoo County Brownfield Development Authority and Kalamazoo County Economic Development Authority.
Brandt holds a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from Kalamazoo College, and he attended the University of London, U.K. where he studied international political relations.
Bryan Fitzgibbon
Bryan Fitzgibbon anchors the Amicus Management Detroit office as a Project Director focused on litigation support and building communication with the legal, banking, and governmental sectors in Southeast Michigan. Bryan has a long history of introducing Detroit area law firms and corporate law departments to the latest technologies used in ediscovery to reduce the cost of litigation and speed document collection, organization and production.
Prior to joining Amicus, Bryan worked with teams of professionals in the Detroit legal community for more than 13 years to select and implement the best solutions for cost-effective data collection, data culling techniques and analytics. His experience with Merrill Corporation and other suppliers of ediscovery solutions has brought Bryan in contact with experts and professionals from just about every walk of business life in metro Detroit.
Bryan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Ferris State University in Big Rapids.
Lou Betten
With more than 20 years experience in the credit collection business and more than a dozen years as a private investigator, Lou Betten has particular expertise in uncovering the most pertinent facts in the case of a distressed business and acting on them quickly to maintain the underlying value of the asset. Lou's experience includes 20 years in manufacturing sales and management.
As a project manager for Amicus, Lou will interview and gain the cooperation of key employees to determine the true status of the business, determine appropriate staffing levels, oversee the valuation of real and personal property to be sold, and supervise the sale or liquidation. In the course of his decade of work with Amicus, Lou has performed some or all of these functions in industries including hospitality, retail, and manufacturing.
As a private investigator licensed in the state of Michigan and former detective for a local municipality, Lou is exceptionally efficient at collecting solid information on a distressed business and developing an appropriate action plan to protect creditors. For instance, he is credited with securing an entire warehouse of saleable computer equipment and other tangible assets of Cyberco Holdings and its Cybernet subsidiaries. The sale of those assets generated significant cash available for distribution to creditors and investors.
Jody Sprite
In her role as project accountant at Amicus Management, Jody Sprite makes sure all the numbers add up the way they should for the business assets that the firm manages. With more than 18 years of experience in private and public accounting, Jody is well versed in maintaining current and accurate financial data such as financial statements, sales withholding taxes, payroll for employees, and account daily receivables and payables for customers and vendors.
But Jody has a much deeper understanding of the businesses that Amicus manages that goes well beyond spreadsheets and ledgers. Jody has served as the general manager and controller/human resources manager for a total of 8 years at a full service hotel with 120 rooms, a bar and restaurant, and large banquet facility. So she has first-hand knowledge about what it takes to run businesses successfully. In addition to her hospitality experience, Jody has worked with gas stations, marinas, and other business ventures.
Jody holds a bachelor's degree in business management with a minor in human resources from Wayne State University.
Hagen Voelkers, CHA, CFBE
As director of hotel management for Amicus Management, Hagen Voelkers has acted as consultant and manager of receiverships, voluntary workouts and bankruptcies of hotels, marinas, and other hospitality properties. With his intimate knowledge and training acquired over the past 30 years, Hagen is able to provide exceptional advice in the operations and management of hospitality properties, including both full and limited-service hotels and restaurants located in resorts, airports, and urban convention centers.
For instance, Hagen provided wide-ranging leadership during a workout of a Michigan resort hotel and marina that involved all Chapter 11 reporting requirements, including cash flow projections, budgets, and asset disclosure. Hagen reviewed all internal systems, organized sales teams, and coached staff to reduce the property's operating expenses and preserve the asset value during its sale.
Prior to his association with Amicus, Hagen served as general manager, regional director of operations, and director of marketing and sales for hospitality industry companies operating the Sheraton, Ramada, Marriott, Holiday Inn, Howard Johnson's, and Choice Hotel brands.
Voelkers is a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and a Certified Food & Beverage Executive (CFBE) since 1980. He received his undergraduate degree in hotel and restaurant management in Hannover, Germany, and pursued graduate studies in economics and finance at St. John's University, Queens, New York.


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WE have a new contest in the TEAM BuffMother! Rally Room– the 10 WEEK Quest for CONSISTENCY CONTEST!!!
Often the biggest stumbling block in fitness is lack of CONSISTENCY.
I challenge you to BE CONSISTENT over the next 10 weeks! Shoot to do a "workout" at least every other day that would be 3-4 days a week and if you can CONSISTENTLY do that you will see results!!
There is still time to join we will be Starting May 7th, 2007- go to the Rally Room and the contest will run for 10 weeks!!
To enter and be eligible to win:
you must be a member of the Rally Room
You must take starting stats and final stats(body fat optional)
You must Submit a final summary: a week by week lay out of your consistency (your weekly recaps and poa's), beginning and final stats, pictures(optional) and thoughts about your progress and what you've overcame to be consistent over the last 10 weeks.
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Starting pictures and After pictures are recommended
Weekly post your recap of the previous week
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Weekly do your best to participate in the "weekly MINI challenge"
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Weekly Consistency Report
M:Chest 20 mins extra steady cardio
T:am intervals; pm Legs
How many weight workouts did I complete:5
How many intervals training sessions did I complete:3 + 1 extra steady cardio
How many days of the week did I workout: 7
What obstacle did I overcome in order to get it done? I was a bit sick on MONDAY
Who did I encourage this week? I encouraged quite a few buffmothers through the RR, and made an effort to respond to several e-mails that were in my inbox
MY POA for week #__0_________- date:__April 30th_________
Plan of attack!!!!
What is my main goal this week with my workouts? to kick it hard!!! so that I can lose 1 more "real" pound this buffing and take some good progress pics on SATURDAY!!
What is my main goal this week in my diet? to BE LOW Carb 3 or less a day and eat a ton of GREENS, yummy!!
How do I see my workouts shaping up this week?
Monday:Back, SH, BI and intervals
Tuesday:Chest/Tri and ABS hard and intervals
Wednesday: LEGS HARDEST EVER!!!
Thursday:Back, intervals
Friday:Chest, intervals
And add in some extra steady fasted cardio reading my bible on the bike, it is a good way for me to start my day!
Today I tried to run again, but it was a NO GO…I quite after running around the block once and 1 strider…my knee is still being stupid
So I came in the house and did the stairmaster
8 hard 1 min intervals at level 30: 1 min off at level 22
then I pumped out 10 pull ups (full extension and lift chest to bar)
did abs
I had planned on trying to do back today also, but it didn't work out. That's fine because I am beat and my back is sore from my DL's yesterday.
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Expanding this program, it is also a way to recognize an outstanding client or a friend that has accomplished a goal or a colleague that you wish to have honored or recognized. As with the pet donations, the Foundation will send a personalized letter to the individual advising them of your generosity and thoughtfulness.
Your tax deductible donation to this gift program will help fund the purposes of the Foundation, such as educating the public on animal health care needs and services and providing aid to animals during disasters.


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Jagga Jasoos has registered further significant drop on Wednesday (6th day) at box office. Drop on day 6 from day 5 is approx 14-15%. Generally this kind of drop is touted as normal, but not in case of Jagga, as film is under-performing big time.
Jagga Jasoos collected an approx 3 crore nett on sixth day. Thus, film total collection currently stands at approx 43.65 crore nett. Film 1st week collection now is heading towards 46+ crore nett.
Jagga Jasoos Thursday (7th Day) Collection Update -> The way film is trending, it should collect anywhere between 2.5-2.75 crore nett on Thursday (7th day) today.
There are big releases coming this Friday in Munna Michael (Bollywood) and Dunkirk (Hollywood). This will lead to big reduce in screening of Jagga Jasoos for coming week. Jagga might stroll into 50 crore mark in coming days, but will struggle to reach 60 crore in its theatrical run in India.
Collection Breakup -
Friday - 8.55 crore nett.
Saturday - 11.5 crore nett.
Sunday - 13.1 crore nett.
Monday - 4 crore nett.
Tuesday - 3.5 crore nett.
Wednesday - 3 crore nett.
Wednesday - 3 crore nett.
Total - 43.65 crore nett (approx).
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Boronia Mall could be acquired by Knox Council under revitalisation plan
BORONIA Mall could be compulsorily acquired by Knox Council under plans to revitalise the entire suburb.
But the mall's manager has labelled the suggestion "crap" and said selling the centre was "out of the question".
The council's city development director Angelo Kourambas said the idea of acquiring the 1970s shopping centre was "one of many options" for its long-term Boronia Renewal Project.
The project is a review of the 10-year-old Boronia Structure Plan.
Mr Kourambas said it was "too early to provide a definite answer" but the council was keen to get feedback from residents and shoppers on what they wanted to see in the area.


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Learn About Alzheimer's: Fall/Winter 2014-15 Workshops in Central Massachusetts
If someone you love has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or a related dementia, remember: You are not alone. Here are some excellent Central Massachusetts programs that you may find helpful this fall, offered by the Alzheimer's Association Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter. … Continue reading
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I ran across this saying on Facebook this morning. It was one I had found and shared with my daughter Janel. For those that do not know, Janel was diagnosed with MS a few years ago. She is doing great. Her, and my my granddaughter Zoe are up every morning at 5am, hitting the gym. Zoe, is a freshman in high school and yet there she is every morning at the gym.
Yet, I have taken so much strength from her. It doesn't seem right to complain that I hurt, when she is raising two teens and running a business.
So today, which is a brand new day I will keep from complaining and only thank God.


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CHARLESTON, S.C.—Eugenie Bouchard's impressive run at the Family Circle Cup has come to an end.
The native of Westmount,Que., fell to former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 6-1 in quarter-final action Friday.
Despite the loss, Bouchard made a statement at the tournament.
She had to go through qualifying to reach the main draw and beat Italian qualifier Natassja Burnett in the first round before scoring a pair of impressive upsets.
She defeated British rising star Laura Robson in the second round, then scored a surprising win over world No. 9 and former Grand Slam champion Samantha Stosur in the third round. Bouchard won the first set 6-1 and was up 2-0 in the second when Stosur retired with a leg injury.
Bouchard, currently ranked 114th in the world, won a junior girls singles title at Wimbledon last year, and the junior girls doubles titles for two straight years at the All England Club.


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Description of 4822 OCEAN BOULEVARD 2A, SARASOTA, FL 34242
Enjoy the phenomenal Gulf front panorama from this lovely 2nd floor remodeled condo in model condition. The wide open views of the Bay, Gulf and Big Pass and the twinkling lights of Lido and downtown are jaw dropping. Enter the lovely foyer with stone floors and architectural columns. Feast your eyes on the high end kitchen with wood cabinetry, granite countertops, deluxe appliances, bead board accent walls, customer light fixtures and breakfast bar. Lots of windows and sliders offer plenty of natural light. Spacious bedrooms and updated baths. The balcony is magical as you take in all the views and fresh air. A beautiful clubhouse, natural gas grill, fitness room and heated pool are yours to enjoy. Near Siesta Key Village for shopping, restaurants and so much more! Just a 5 minute walk to the village and beach. This is the perfect spot for your dream vacation. 3 month minimum rental per association.
Directions to 4822 OCEAN BOULEVARD 2A, SARASOTA, FL 34242
From North bridge follow Higel to 5822 Ocean Blvd on gulf side.
Features of 4822 OCEAN BOULEVARD 2A, SARASOTA, FL 34242
- Bedroom 2 is 16x12
- Bedroom 2 Level: First
- Master bedroom is 16x12
- Master Bedroom Level: First
- Number of rooms: 2
- Dishwasher
- Microwave oven
- Oven
- Range
- Washer
- Ceiling fan(s)
- Central air
- Central heat
- One car carport
- Balcony
- Deck
- Inground pool
- Patio
- Porch
- Lot has water view
- Lot on or near gulf
- Subdivision: SIESTA TOWERS
- Waterfront lot
- Cable television available
- Ceramic tile flooring
- Elevator(s)
- Furnished
- Garbage disposal
- Tile flooring
- Window coverings
- Sewer
- Total square feet: 1435.00
- Community swimming pool(s)
- Tax year: 2017