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At UWO, you will find a brass faculty comprised of internationally recognized performers and researchers who are well-recorded and published. The brass faculty at UWO lead the New North in performance by holding principal positions in area orchestras, leading jazz ensembles in explosively entertaining concerts, and innovating solo performance with new electro-acoustic technologies.
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NHL Game Night: 4-11-13 Penguins at Lightning
Like Lou Rawls said, "Love is a hurtin' thing."
Ben Bishop allowed 6 goals on 45 shots for the loss. Guessing he's out of gas after spending much of the year in a deep goaltending rotation.
First Period
04:07 PIT Jokinen (8), (Morrow, Dupuis)
06:02 PIT Dupuis (20), (Kennedy, Niskanen)(PP)
16:00 TB Purcell (9), (Stamkos, Salo)(PP)
Second Period
01:48 PIT Kunitz (21), (Iginla, Letang)(PP)
05:46 TB Connolly (1), (Panik, Killorn)
Third Period
01:24 PIT Malkin (8), (unassisted)
04:45 PIT Jokinen (9), (Murray, Dupuis)
16:40 PIT Glass (1), (Jokinen, Iginla)(PP)
19:42 TB Purcell (10), (St. Louis, Carle)(PP)
I actually thought the Lightning set themselves up well to pull the upset heading into the Third Period, but after Bishop allowed the soft goal to Malkin the wheels started to come off. It's time to face facts, Steve Yzerman pulled the trigger on Boucher about 1 month too late to give Cooper the time he needed to turn this season around. The good news is that most, not all, but most of the Syracuse kids played decent games against the Pittsburgh machine tonight. That bodes well for next season.
Mark Barberio was -1 with 1 blocked shot in 16:47. I wish he didn't play so tentative. Would've loved for him to score and then punch Pierre McGuire in the mush whilst explaining, "Learn to pronounce my name baldy." He was named a Second Team AHL All-Star today.
Alex Killorn had a helper but was -2 with 1 shot and 2 hits in 17:31. He's been logging a ton of ice time lately and I wonder if he's hitting a bit of a rookie wall.
Tyler Johnson was -1 with 1 shot and 1 hit in 12:29. Looked darned good with the puck on his stick. Looked fast and dangerous. He was also named a First Team AHL All-Star today.
Richard Panik had a helper and was -1 with 3 hits in 11:36. He had the primary helper on Connolly's beautiful tic-tac-toe goal. Connolly was named a Second Team AHL All-Star today, by the way.
Radko Gudas was -1 with 16 penalty minutes, 3 shots, 5 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 15:43. He's getting caught up ice too much. I like the effort level and toughness, but he needs to clean up some of his decision making.
Pierre-Cedric Labrie had 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, and 1 hit in 9:31.
Time to start sending the kids back to Syracuse for the playoffs. With the roster they have right now, the Crunch are in danger of a first round upset. It's too valuable a developmental opportunity and the NHL season is lost. Put Pouliot and Pyatt back in and send a couple key players down. It's the shrewd thing to do.
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Laurie Golub has joined HFZ Capital Group as general counsel and chief operating officer, based in New York.
She was previously general counsel and managing director of business affairs at Africa Israel, USA. There, Golub played a major role in restructuring the debt related to the company's largest assets including the Times Square Building, the Clock Tower and the Miami Marquis. She also oversaw the sale of Africa Israel's largest assets, including the Times Square Building Office Condo, the Clock Tower and 88 Leonard Street.
Before that, Golub served as associate general counsel to Forest City Ratner Cos., where she played a critical role in all pre-development activities of the $5 billion Atlantic Yards and Brooklyn Arena redevelopment project. She also negotiated and closed the acquisition of the New Jersey Nets basketball franchise, provided general counsel services to New Jersey Nets senior management and led negotiations for the $400 million Barclays Center naming rights transaction.
NREI talked to Golub about how her public/private experience will work in her new role and what she sees to come for the finance industry.
An edited transcript of that interview follows.
NREI: You've done so much in the public/private partnership world—how does that experience translate or assist you in your new position?
Laurie Golub: What I learned in my experiences in the public/private partnership (PPP) world is that the public sector is not only motivated by economics when they do a deal, but by other factors such as affordable housing, infrastructure and other variables that inure to the "public good." They are also highly motivated by the political consequences.
Therefore to successfully do a PPP, you need to understand how you can relate to and blend those variables. By understanding these variables, it enables you to deals in a complicated area that has higher barriers to entry then ordinary projects and thereby lessens the competition. That understanding has also created an awareness and sensitivity to community boards, neighbors, elected officials, government agencies and environmental impact that I bring with me to HFZ and its projects.
NREI: What are two of the biggest issues facing the real estate investment world right now, and what can HFZ do about them?
Laurie Golub: Number one is the ability to source good deals in which to invest. Number two is the increase of global investors seeking to invest in U.S. real estate and the complex issues associated with doing so.
HFZ has been extremely active in acquiring new deals in the past few years and has become one of the most active developers in the New York area. As it is becoming more and more challenging to source new deals, HFZ often finds complicated value-add deals that often have complex legal issues associated with them.
Because of Managing Principal Ziel Feldman's legal background, and my legal background, HFZ has been able to more competitively source deals at a lower cost basis and realize upon them. With respect to global investors, HFZ has many international investors and has been able to structure deals from a tax perspective in a way that makes sense for them.
NREI: Working on the Atlantic Yards and Brooklyn Nets projects must have been intense and fascinating. What's one example from that experience that was particularly rewarding or memorable for you?
Laurie Golub: It was an intense and fascinating time as the project was so complicated. The most rewarding part of that experience has been my work on the Barclays Center. It gives me great pride to see the impending opening of the arena as I was involved and instrumental in all pre-development and legal activities for the project, including the naming rights deal. As an avid sports fan and former general counsel to the Nets, it is so exciting to see professional sports come back to Brooklyn!
NREI: As a woman in a male-dominated field, what advice do you have for other women who wish to pursue careers in finance?
Laurie Golub: Today, the world has changed and there are opportunities for smart, hard-working talented women in every industry. Go out and find what you love to do—know your subject matter, be passionate about it, work long hours and take responsibility for what you do. If you are not in a place where you can grow and succeed, then move on. Don't allow the fact that you're a woman to be an excuse for why you're not succeeding. There is only a glass ceiling if you look for one.
HFZ Also Adds 4 More Exes to Management Team in NYC
Anthony Marrone was named HFZ's managing director of construction. Formerly a senior vice president at Bovis Land Lease, Marrone has more than 28 years of experience managing projects totaling more than $1.4 billion in construction costs and more than 6 billion sq. ft.
MacKenzie Landers was hired as the firm's new director of asset management and development. Formerly with the New York City Department of Design & Construction, Landers assisted in the development of the New York Police Academy in College Point, Queens and previously worked at Silverstein Properties.
Steven Spektor was named senior project manager at HFZ Capital Group and is overseeing the construction of a major residential site on Second Avenue in Manhattan. He previously worked for a large New York City contractor overseeing projects ranging from high-end condominiums to rentals and universities.
Matthew Arbeit joins HFZ as a senior project manager. Formerly with Bovis Lend Lease, he has more than 16 years of experience in hi-rise construction management with projects totaling more than $2 billion in value.
Eastern Union Commercial Hires Pilchick as COO
Eastern Union Commercial hired Avi Pilchick as the company's chief operating officer, a new position within the firm.
Because he is assuming a strictly corporate role within the company, Pilchick's presence will allow Eastern Union Commercial President Ira Zlotowitz, Managing Partner Abe Bergman, and other members of the Eastern Union executive team to more fully focus their energies on deal-making, customer service and new business development.
Pilchick most recently served as a senior executive with a Pennsylvania-based real estate vendor, reporting directly to the CEO, with an emphasis on building out and running the customer service division. Under Pilchick's leadership, the company expanded to a staff of more than 100 employees and was ultimately sold to a venture capital firm.
Promotions at Wilson Commercial Real Estate
Wilson Commercial Real Estate promoted Scott Burns to president and partner of the firm. Chris Wilson will now serve as founder and chairman of the organization. Additionally, Shauna Mattis and Peter Kay have been promoted to senior vice president and vice president, respectively.
Burns, who has been with the firm since 1998, will be responsible for the strategic direction of the firm, including managing its leasing and investment teams. He will also oversee the leasing and account management of the firm's 75-center portfolio and its tenant representation assignments.
Mattis has more than 15 years of retail real estate experience, having been with Wilson Commercial Real Estate since 2007. She will oversee the firm's leasing team as well as more than 2 million sq. ft. of listing assignments.
Kay is responsible for the leasing of multiple retail centers throughout Southern California.
Promotions at M&M
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services promoted Glen Kunofsky to executive vice president investments, the highest designation at the firm.
Previously, Kunofsky's was a senior vice president, investments. He joined Marcus & Millichap in June 2001 and was promoted to senior vice president investments in August 2008. He is a senior director of the firm's national retail group.
The firm also promoted eight Northeast-based agents to vice president investments.
The agents, their office locations and specialties are: Robert M. Horvath, Boston, retail and net-leased; Scott Edelstein, Manhattan, multifamily; Matthew Fotis, Manhattan, multifamily; Joseph Koicim, Manhattan, multifamily; Ross J. Mezzo, Manhattan, multifamily; Mark A. Thomson, Philadelphia, multifamily; Ken Wellar, Philadelphia, multifamily; and David Weber, Washington, D.C. , multifamily.
Before being promoted, all of the agents above except for Horvath held the title associate vice president investments. Previously, Horvath was a senior associate.
Ryan Companies Promotes Barranco to VP of Development
Ryan Companies US Inc. promoted Tony Barranco to vice president of development. His focus is on retail and mixed-use properties nationwide with a particular emphasis on projects in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Barranco leads project teams through all aspects of the development process including site selection and acquisition, constraint analysis and due diligence, municipal and approvals, design and construction coordination, and lease or sale negotiation.
Since joining Ryan in 2005, Barranco has been a part of such notable projects as 222 Hennepin, a downtown Minneapolis mixed-use redevelopment with 286 luxury apartments and a Whole Foods Market, and Underwood Crossing, a shopping center anchored by Target and Trader Joe's in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Hires at Transwestern
Transwestern has brought on Gregory A. Laycock to head the firm's new office in Seattle as executive vice president.
Laycock joins Transwestern from Grubb & Ellis Co., where he served as senior vice president of investment sales. Before that, he served as director of acquisitions and development for Fairfield Residential LLC, where he closed $155 million in acquisitions and dispositions.
The company also hired Steve Rowland as senior vice president, head of industrial investment sales.
With more than 29 years of experience in commercial real estate, Rowland specializes in the sale of leased office, R&D and industrial projects. Prior to joining Transwestern, Rowland served as senior director in the San Diego office of Cushman & Wakefield, where he led institutional office and industrial investment sales within their capital markets group.
During his career, he has completed more than $1.8 billion in sales, totaling more than 16 million sq. ft., while representing institutional clients and mid-market private owners with significant holdings. Rowland's clients include GE, TA Realty, Citibank, MetLife, RREEF, US Bank, Bank of America and Westcore.
Transwestern also hired Jennifer Dawson to serve as the firm's first national business writer. Dawson joins the national marketing team, which manages Transwestern's brand awareness and collateral material, and provides industry insights for the firm's global clientele.
Dawson comes to Transwestern from 25 years in the news business industry, having spent the last 21 years at the Houston Business Journal, a weekly business-to-business newspaper in the American City Business Journals chain of publications.
The firm also named Jodie L. Jiles director of business development. Jiles will work across all business lines to develop client relationships and secure new business assignments.
Prior to joining Transwestern, he served as the managing director of RBC Capital Markets.
Cresa Appoints Thomas as SVP
Cresa New York appointed Eric J. Thomas senior vice president.
Thomas has worked in commercial real estate brokerage for over 12 years, focused exclusively on tenant representation. His most recent position was vice president at Cassidy Turley. He was also a director at Staubach, responsible for overseeing business development and client management for regional and national accounts focused in the financial services and related industries. He is also a former assistant director at Studley, where he was directly involved in more than $250 million of leasing and structured-finance transactions.
RKF Tabs Adney as VP in Chicago
RKF hired Lorraine Adney in the firm's Chicago office as a vice president.
Adney previously served as director of the Midwestern division at The McDevitt Co., where she assisted national and international brands in developing retail networks in the U.S. and in Europe. She worked on behalf of such prestigious brands as Marc Jacobs, Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, L'Occitane en Provence and Eileen Fisher.
Dosen Joins WNC as VP
WNC, a national investor in community renewal and affordable housing projects, hired Amy Dosen as vice president, originations.
She will oversee WNC's acquisition activities in the Midwest region. Prior to joining WNC, Dosen served as the equity sales manager at Key Community Development Corp., a subsidiary of KeyBank, where she managed the originations team. In this role, she enhanced the firm's underwriting process and increased production in the investment portfolio to the highest level in the bank's history.
Pinnacle Names Bales Regional VP in Orlando
Pinnacle Family of Cos. named David Bales as regional vice president in Orlando, Fla..
Bales comes to Pinnacle with more than 28 years experience in the property management industry and has worked with companies such as Insignia, United Dominion and Concord in Orlando.
KBS Capital Markets Group Hires Ledbetter
KBS Capital Markets Group, an affiliate of KBS Capital Advisors and KBS Realty Advisors, welcomes Timothy Ledbetter as regional vice president of the High Plains region, encompassing Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska.
Ledbetter will cultivate and maintain existing partnerships with financial advisors, money managers and planners within the three-state region to support the company's growing portfolio of public non-traded REIT products. He comes to KBS from Hartford Mutal Funds in Denver, where he was an external wholesaler responsible for non-wire firms in northern Colorado.
Three Tenant Reps Join MB Real Estate
MB Real Estate hired three new tenant representatives for the firm's corporate services team in Chicago.
Jason P. Kleiman, Bob Budington and Anwar Ali come to MB from Avison Young in Chicago. Kleiman, formerly a principal at Avison Young, joins MB Real Estate as senior vice president. Budington, now a vice president with MB Real Estate, is a former senior director at Avison Young. Formerly an associate director with Avison Young, Ali joins MB Real Estate as a senior associate.
Real Estate Vet Joins With Chestnut Hill Realty to Launch CHR Investors
Jerome L. "Jerry" Rappaport, Jr., a longtime player on the Boston real estate investment stage, has joined with Chestnut Hill Realty CEO Ed Zuker and his son, Robert Zuker, to found CHR Investors, an affiliate of Chestnut Hill Realty.
The division will focus on real estate investment primarily in New England's multifamily housing sector and Rappaport will serve as managing director of CHR Investors.
For the past two years, Rappaport has been consulting with Chestnut Hill Realty to help develop a strategic plan and research various capitalization options. He also has assisted the development group at Chestnut Hill Realty, which has completed over $40 million in development and redevelopment projects, with another $100 million planned.
As managing director of CHR Investors, Rappaport will work with the Chestnut Hill Realty acquisitions team to identify strategic growth opportunities and pursue off-market investment targets.
Rappaport brings 30 years of real estate investment, development and fund management experience to CHR Investors. He co-founded New Boston Fund in 1992, and under his leadership, New Boston created eight real estate equity funds that raised more than $1 billion in discretionary equity. New Boston used this equity to build and acquire $4 billion worth of assets comprising 20 million sq. ft. of commercial property and over 7,000 housing units.
Originations Directors Come to Arbor
Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC expanded its multifamily FHA loan origination capabilities with the appointment of two experienced FHA originations directors.
Andrew Proctor will serve in Boulder, Colo. and Jason Gray will serve in Chicago Both are responsible for originating FHA-insured multifamily, seniors housing and healthcare facility loans nationwide on an expedited basis for acquisition, refinance and construction transactions.
Prior to Arbor, Proctor was president of Proctor Community Enterprises, where he provided comprehensive housing finance and community development services. While there, he assisted clients by coordinating the acquisition, financial analysis, project management and financing of properties throughout the state of Colorado and elsewhere.
Gray most recently worked at Oppenheimer Multifamily and Healthcare Finance, where he was an associate director of origination. While there, he successfully developed a nationwide portfolio of clients, while focusing on seniors housing and FHA loan origination.
Lee Hires Three Brokers in L.A.
Lee & Associates added three key industrial and office brokers to its offices in West Los Angeles.
Principals Keith H. Fielding, Tibor S. Lody and Aleks Trifunovic, who previously worked as a team with Klabin Co., are joining Lee.
At Klabin, which he joined in 2005, Fielding specialized in both landlord and tenant representation and property disposition with a concentration in office. At Klabin since 1998, Lody has specialized in landlord representation for office and industrial properties with an emphasis in creative properties. Trifunovic, who joined Klabin in 2002, specializes in both tenant representation and property disposition with a concentration in industrial, office, creative office and land.
JLL Promotes Three Professionals
Jones Lang LaSalle has promoted three professionals to international director: Jubeen Vaghefi, leader of multifamily capital markets, based in Florida, John Huguenard, leader of industrial capital markets, based in Chicago, and Faron Thompson, leader of the firm's multifamily agency finance practice, based in Atlanta, have earned that distinction.
Vaghefi serves as managing director and leader of the firm's multifamily capital markets practice group and also oversees a broad range of investment sales and capital raises in the Southeast. Vaghefi has also handled a number of the largest office trades in Florida. He has more than 18 years of real estate experience, with cumulative volume exceeding $6.5 billion in every major product type around the country.
Newmark Hires Senior Managing Director
Michael Margolis has joined the Philadelphia office of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank as a senior managing director in the company's capital group.
Margolis brings nearly 30 years of experience representing institutional and private client owners in the Philadelphia market and throughout the northeast, having closed more than $1.4 billion in investment sales transactions during his career.
Margolis comes to Newmark Grubb Knight Frank from Professional Realty Advisors, where he served as president, Investment Sales for the past four years, representing special servicers, banks, REITs and private owners on exclusive sale assignments for office, industrial, retail and healthcare properties.
HFF Hires Managing Director in Atlanta
HFF hired Rhonda Toming as a managing director in the firm's Austin, Texas office.
Toming will focus on office and industrial investment sales throughout central Texas. She has 28 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Prior to joining HFF, she worked as an investment sales broker at Oxford Commercial, an affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield. Before that, she worked with Fischer Financial in the investment division and as an investment sales broker at The Staubach Co.
CBRE Hires Managing Director
Mahesh K. Katkar has joined CBRE Global Investors as a managing director with Strategic Partners U.S.
He is involved with the sourcing, underwriting, structuring and management of new equity investments, capital markets activity and the development of new program offerings and business opportunities.
Prior to joining the firm, Katkar was with JPMorgan Real Estate special opportunities, JPMorgan's proprietary commercial real estate investment platform, where he managed the New York office. Katkar has previous principal experience with Barrow Street Capital (a former affiliate of Greenhill & Co.), and Morgan Stanley.
Waterford Hotel Group Names Development Director
Waterford Hotel Group appointed Christopher Flagg director of development.
Prior to Waterford, Flagg was the managing director of Definitive Consulting Group in California. He also worked for HEI Hotels & Resorts in Connecticut as director of development and later as vice president of development. His experience in hotel development began with Ocean Park Hotels in San Luis Obispo, Calif. as vice president of development and acquisitions.
RiverRock Hires Real Estate Pro
RiverRock Real Estate Group hired Jim Lynch as retail practice leader/account manager.
He will oversee the company's retail team as well as the 3-million-sq.-ft. Red Mountain Retail Group portfolio and its 13-member management team.
Prior to RiverRock, Lynch served as general manager for Century National Properties where he was responsible for managing The Shops at Rossmoor, a 400,000-sq.-ft. 1960's era neighborhood center in Seal Beach, Calif. that was redeveloped into a premium lifestyle center.
Green Joins Kelley Drye & Warren
Andy Green has joined Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's real estate practice in New York City, from Jones Day.
Green has worked in all aspects of real estate law, including securitized, syndicated, and construction lending; acquisitions and dispositions; sale-leaseback transactions; restructurings and workouts; and net, office, retail and build-to-suit leasing.
He has represented Bank of America, Bank of New York, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, among other financial institutions, owners, developers, and corporate facilities groups, and has represented landlords and tenants in some of the largest office leases in New York, including multiple Manhattan and New York Metropolitan area office leases in excess of one million sq. ft. He is also a leading practitioner in workouts and restructurings.
Green has guest-lectured at the Baruch School of Business and The New York University Real Estate Institute and is a New York "Super Lawyer" (2007-2011).
GC Comes to Sabal
Sabal Financial Group L.P. brought on Mark E. Foster as general counsel.
Foster will be responsible for all legal aspects of Sabal's business operations. He will focus on strategic corporate issues and legal issues surrounding real estate transactions, including acquisition, management and disposition of assets and alternatives for distressed loans.
Foster comes to Sabal from the Rockefeller Group where he was vice president and senior counsel responsible for negotiating and finalizing transactions relative to the company's development, management and ownership operations. Prior to that, Foster served as regional GC at Toll Brothers Inc., where he managed legal issues related to development, land acquisitions, purchase contracts, joint ventures and land banking transactions.
New Partner at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks welcomes Michael R. Ray to the firm as a partner in the corporate and real estate private equity practice areas.
Based in the Los Angeles office, Ray was previously a corporate partner with Husch Blackwell LLP. Ray's practice focuses on advising clients in connection with domestic and cross-border commercial transactions and business ventures, public and private offerings of securities, and the representation of real estate private equity investment fund sponsors with respect to the organization and formation of their funds and the execution of real estate joint venture, acquisition and disposition transactions.
Senior Property Manager Hired by Liberty Property Trust
Liberty Property Trust brought on Kyle D. Fulk to work in the Lehigh Valley, Ill. region as senior property manager. Fulk will manage more than 18 million sq. ft. of office and industrial space in the Lehigh Valley, and lead a management team with three property managers, an administration staff and several maintenance technicians.
Fulk comes to Liberty from Pitcairn Properties Inc., where, as senior property manager, he provided asset and property management services
Exec Launches New Venture
Scott Sweeney has launched Property Income Advisors Inc., a real estate advisory firm focused on assisting non-U.S. clients in the investment and management of U.S. commercial real estate.
Property Income Advisors will assist high net-worth investors, family offices, private banks and institutions in providing comprehensive services, including customized investment strategies, creation of tax-efficient holding structures, Shari'a-compliant transactions, asset management, acquisitions, dispositions, financing and consulting services.
Sweeney, serving as the firm's CEO, previously worked for 19 years as executive vice president, head of U.S. asset management and Middle East marketing for a large advisory firm. Throughout his career, he has successfully supervised asset management activities for more than 13 million sq. ft. of commercial real estate located in major markets throughout the United States valued in excess of $2 billion. Additionally, he has directed property acquisitions, dispositions, financings and lease transactions totaling more than $3 billion.
Alliance Creates New Green Position
Alliance Residential Co. promoted Kelly Vickers to the company's newly created national director of sustainability position, in charge of Alliance's Focus Green program and the company's overall strategy for maximizing green initiatives across its more than 55,000 owned and managed units nationwide.
Vickers brings more than 13 years of experience in the property management industry, previously serving as a regional training director for Alliance in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Her longtime interests in green business, sustainability and social justice led her to pursue an MBA in sustainable enterprise at Dominican University of California.
Griffin Partners Creates New Subsidiary
Griffin Partners, a Houston-based real estate firm, has formed a new subsidiary, Griffin Partners Development, led by Terry Early.
Early previously led three separate Engineering News-Record Top 400 general contractors operating coast-to-coast, and most recently was president of E.E. Reed Construction. His construction portfolio totals 38 million sq. ft. of buildings, including 43 build-to-suit office projects for companies like Chevron Phillips Chemical, First Health, Jacobs Engineering and Kent Electronics.
The new subsidiary represents an increased emphasis on development of build-to-suit office buildings and light industrial facilities by founder Fred Griffin, who has a three-decade track record of developing commercial properties in Texas. Griffin Partners, with Fred Griffin as Co-Chairman and Edward Griffin as President, has developed or acquired properties totaling $850 million, including the current mixed-use complex Nassau Bay Town Square, which is adjacent to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.


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A Heavener man is listed in stable condition at an area hospital following a Tuesday night accident. According to the accident report completed by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Buddy Vaughn, 28, of Heavener, was traveling north on Oklahoma Highway 112 one mile north of Poteau Tuesday night when the accident occurred. The report shows Sophia Pearson, 47, of Poteau, was driving a 2001 Ford Explorer on a private driveway. She pulled onto the highway and struck Vaugn who was driving a 2003 Honda motorcycle. Vaughn was transported by LeFlore County Emergency Medical Services to Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith and was admitted with an arm injury.Pearson was not injured in the accident.


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ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- Travelocity had overcharged my credit card for $118 in May 26, 14 for a Carnival cruise from Charleston. My ID# **. When I was booking on the phone and looking at the same web page with their Travelocity EXPERT agent, it was $1665.35. Unfortunately after the cruise, when I checked my credit card statement, that showed $1773.35 charged.
I called, emailed, talked to manager... all of them are end up with "it is fine, just wait, we worked on it".... Until now, I talked to several of their representatives who were extremely rude to me. They never credit back to me and try to deceive, bully, cheat to me. Everybody please be carefully when you book with Travelocity.com. I am unsatisfaction their service.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA -- Me and my family of 3 children wanted to take a cruise and were looking for a great first experience. I was new to all the ideas of cruise and had no idea what I was even looking at on the website! I called Travelocity's cruise number and the first great thing that happened is an English speaking person answered the phone! If only everywhere was like this! The representative asked me very important questions about what I wanted and needed and left me feeling important and that she was going to find the best options.
She seemed very knowledgeable about the ship and the process I was looking to go through, and I actually had a good time talking to her about this cruise. And in the end I was happy to book a balcony and an interior room across the way for my kids! Travelocity had great promotions for extra spending money.... So why would I not want to book and get those perks!
I needed help with figuring out later on how to go to Royal Caribbean's website to print everything out for boarding and I dealt with a gentleman and he was also so nice to advise where and what I needed to complete this step... Easy and great service again!
I have now taken my trip with my family and it was everything I could hope it could be and I will be using Travelocity again. Great people to work with. They get you excited and really figure out what is best for your family and what will make it better! I even got my on board spending money which helped purchase more pictures of me and my family!
I recently cancelled a cruise with Travelocity. My husband was laid off and we couldn't afford to go. I was told that my refund would be in my account within 4-6 weeks. At 6 weeks there was still no refund. I was told that I was mis-informed by their agent and it actually would take 9-12 weeks. I talked to several of their representatives who were extremely rude to me. I kept calling and moved up the chain of command. All they could tell me is that they were finally able to "expedite" the process, but it would be another 7 business days before I would even get any money back and it would not be the full amount.
I was told they could nothing to do with this and that it was all Carnival's issue. Carnival is not the one I had to get the refund through nor was it their agent. You told me 4-6 weeks. They would do nothing to help. They kept saying that I would eventually get my money and that I could get a voucher for a future cruise (which I was to get because they only refund a partial amount, I knew this from the beginning). I will never use them again and after sitting for hours on the phone getting horrid service, a voucher isn't going to cut it. I wouldn't recommend them for anything.
I booked a cruise with Travelocity and later found much better fare on AA.com. To give you an idea some of the cruises I checked with senior discount were almost 30% lower at AA.com than Travelocity, plus AA gives you one mile per $ spent. I tried calling Travelocity for their price match and all their agents were trying to say was "Sorry you are out of luck". I was barely few hours shy of their 24 hour window. Doh. Well anyway my ADVICE is check airline sites for cruises, since they have unbeatable prices and you can accrue miles. YOU GET NOTHING FROM TRAVELOCITY.
BUYERS BEWARE! Travelocity operates on fraudulent advertisement principles when it comes to booking a cruise. My husband and I and our couple friends tried to book a cruise via Travelocity to the Eastern Caribbean. $3000 was charged to our credit card for the two of us last Sunday. As of today (Thursday), we still do not have plane tickets reserved through Travelocity. Mind you, we were given E-Documents confirming that our cruise was booked on Sunday afternoon and that our credit card passed through this transaction.
I've personally spent over 5 hours on the phone with several different customer service representatives over the past 4 days. Not only were they inconsistent with the information they provided, they were rude, disrespectful, refused to help us fix the problem, and put us on hold for about 80% of the time we spent on the phone. At one point, when I asked to speak to a manager, the customer service representative even hung up on me.
Furthermore, a customer service representative just told my husband that we should feel sorry for him for having to spend 2 hours on fixing this issue... I'm sorry, we weren't getting PAID to deal with this issue and you want us to feel sorry for you? My husband is now on the phone with a manager, and we STILL don't have the plane tickets we paid for last Sunday. I just want to stress to everyone... Please don't use Travelocity. This has cost us $3000, over 5 hours of time, and ruined our excitement about our much-needed vacation.
I purchased the travel protection plan for a cruise I was going to take. Found out the very next month that I would have to have emergency surgery and could not take the cruise which was going to be 2 months away. Called, canceled the trip, submitted my doctor's note and paperwork to the insurance company called Berkeley. After paying 469.00 for myself and a travel companion I was only reimbursed 100.00! What a load of crap!!! What's the use of the insurance if you can't get your money back. Travelocity's travel protection plan is a scam and totally useless!!!!!!!!!


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Eagle football team exchanges size for speed
Most of Brady's front line on both sides of the ball haave graduated, leaving behind only a couple of beefy players.
Loss of size and depth could be a challenge for first-year Eagle football coach Andy Seamann.
"There aren't too many D-2 teams who can say they've got a 280-pound center like ours," Seamann said, "but after that, there's not much for size. We're not going to replace the kind of size and talent we had last year but we've got good leadership and kids willing to work hard."
Senior Matt Litzenberger will anchor the line at center with returning letter winner Dalton Simants by his side.
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April 02, 2013
Litter problem increasing with more than 1 billion pieces of trash collected annually
AUSTIN — You might think Don't mess with Texas® is just a saying, but it's way more. It's a call to action created by the Texas Department of Transportation 27 years ago to stop litterers in their tracks. Today, TxDOT announced the state's anti-litter campaign is getting a makeover. With a new look, Don't mess with Texas® is designed to appeal to young adults between the ages of 16 and 34 who were not born when TxDOT first rolled out its now world-famous litter prevention program.
"Don't mess with Texas® is an iconic brand and campaign that we want people to be proud of and that helps keep our state clean," said Ted Houghton, Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission. "It's our shared responsibility to prevent littering and to pick up after ourselves when travelling around our great state."
"We want to remind all Texans and visitors that trash belongs in a trash can and not along our roadways," said Phil Wilson, TxDOT's executive director. "That's why trash barrels are playing a key role in the re-launch of Don't mess with Texas®, our state's most critical and successful anti-litter campaign."
An estimated 1.1 billion pieces of trash are tossed along more than 80,000 miles of state-maintained roadways. In an effort to reduce this growing volume of litter that includes fast-food packaging, cigarette butts, candy wrappers, small pieces of paper, plastic bags, and other items tossed from vehicles, TxDOT is taking Don't mess with Texas® back to its roots by resurrecting the iconic red, white, and blue trash barrels. In the coming months, the "CANpaign" will be visible to Texans everywhere as more than 300 of these barrels will appear across the state at travel information centers, popular tourist attractions, sports venues and other high-traffic locations to remind drivers to properly dispose of litter.
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Abies guatemalensis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Abies guatemalensis Rehd.
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
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|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden.
|Taxonomic Notes:
The morphometric study by Strandby et al. (2009) of the Central American Abies species suggests that A. guatemalensis should be a synonym of A. religiosa subsp. mexicana, but this treatment is not being adopted for this assessment. However, the two varieties A. guatemalensis var. jaliscana and var. tacanensis are included here under the species as recent studies show an overall lack of differences (Andersen et al. 2006, Aguirre-Planter et al. 2012).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A2acd; B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Sørensen, M., Kollmann, J. & Gardner, M.
|Thomas, P. & Farjon, A.
Historically A. guatemalensis has been an important timber species and as a result considerable loss of forest cover has occurred which is estimated to be ca. 50% over three generations (a generation here is estimated to 25–30 years). The loss of forest due to logging still continues today but at a slower rate. The recent trend of using the species for Christmas decorations in Guatemala and expanding urbanization has added to its decline. The area of occupancy of what remains has been estimated as being 270 km2 which is well within the threshold of 500 km2 for being classified as Endangered. This estimate is based on 258 km2 given by Andersen et al. (2006) for 92 of the 119 known forests plus an estimate of between 0.15 and 0.20 km2 for the remaining 26 forests. Deforestation has caused severe fragmentation and there continues to be a decline in the extent of occurrence and area of occupancy which has lead to the loss of some locations and a mature individuals. This species has therefore been assessed as being 'Endangered' under the A2 and B2 criteria.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Endemic to Central America where it occurs in: El Salvador: Departmento; Chalatenango; Guatemala: Departmentos; Chimaltenango, El Progreso, Huehuetenano, Jalapa, San Marcos, Sololá, Totonicapán, Quetzaltenango and Quiché; Honduras: Departmentos; Copán, Lempira, Ocotepeque and Santa Barbara; Mexico: Estados: Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca and Tamaulipas.
The area occupancy is estimated as being ca. 270 km2 with 119 known localities/forests (Andersen et al. 2006)
|Countries occurrence:
Native:El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas)
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|There has been a marked decrease in the population of Abies guatemalensis, particularly in Guatemala where most of the population occurs. Up until the 19th century Abies guatemalensis was still plentiful in the western highlands of Guatemala and locally widespread in the 1940s, however, by the late 1950s most stands had been heavily exploited except for a small number of sites on national lands where cutting is prohibited (Standley and Steyermark 1958).
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|Forms a tall tree 35–40 m tall and 1–1.5 m dbh. It occurs in mountains at an altitudinal range of between 1,800–4,010 m where it is relatively cool and moist, and the climate is 'oceanic', with most precipitation occurring as rain in summer or as fog all year round (Andersen et al. 2006). It is often found on northern slopes and in humid valleys with a precipitation of up to 1,000 mm, but most stands receive 1,500–3,000 mm (CAMCORE 1985). A. guatemalensis is usually associated with several highland conifers, such as Abies religiosa, Cupressus lusitanica, Pinus ayacahuite, P. hartwegii, P. michoacana, P. montezumae and P. pseudostrobus. At lower elevations Arbutus spp., Juniperus spp. and Quercus spp. co-occur and open forest stands are dominated by Arbutus xalapensis, Baccharis vaccinioides, Cestrum guatemalense, Litsea glaucescens, Rubus trilobus, Salvia cinnabarina and Sambucus mexicana. Abies guatemalensis is usually sparsely distributed and monospecific stands occur rarely. Cone production can be irregular (Veblen 1976), however, locally in Guatemala and not in communal forests, plenty of regeneration of both saplings and seedlings has been observed (U.S. Andersen, pers. obs.) with good seed crops occurring every second or third year (CAMCORE 1985).
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
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|Use and Trade:
The straight stems and the relatively soft wood make the species highly valued by local woodcutters for various construction purposes but it is also used for making shakes, shingles, tools, traditional woodcarvings and for charcoal production (Standley and Steyermark 1958). A more recent utilization is the harvest of Christmas trees and greenery, i.e. branches for decorative purposes. In Guatemala City recent surveys reveals that artificial trees constitute the highest income source for traders compared to other Christmas products traded. It has been estimated that around 70% of the artificial Christmas trees are made from branches using A. guatemalensis (Andersen et al. 2006).
|Major Threat(s):
|Abies guatemalensis has a long history of exploitation as a valuable timber tree and for charcoal production, thus the remaining populations are restricted to a few remote mountain ranges with some protection in national parks or nature reserves (Andersen et al. 2006). However, illegal logging still takes place and a recent trend of using the species for Christmas decorations has become a market-driven incentive for poaching (Andersen et al. 2006). In Guatemala and El Salvador, the highest human populations densities coincide with the main distribution of A. guatemalensis, which is having a negative impact on the remaining forest fragments (Andersen et al. 2006). In contrast, considerable intact forests remain in Honduras, however, the species is still being negatively affected by logging, forest pasture and clearing for agriculture (Andersen et al. 2006).
|Conservation Actions:
|Felling is prohibited in some countries and the species is listed in CITES Appendix I. Although the model of strict protection, for example in national parks or nature reserves, may work in developed countries, it is problematic in poor countries where local communities make a livelihood from exploitation of natural resources, therefore, future conservation of Abies gutemalensis has to develop strategies, which work with the local people and give them clear benefits from conservation measures (Andersen et al. 2006).There needs to be a long-term sustainable management plan put in place in collaboration with local communities which should include supplying large quantities of sustainably produced greenery to the market and so reducing the potential of poaching within protected sites (Andersen et al. 2006).
|Sørensen, M., Kollmann, J. & Gardner, M. 2013. Abies guatemalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T42285A2969774. . Downloaded on 14 August 2018.
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Recommended shows in the coming months, mostly of the rock and roll variety. GET YOUR MOSH ON
Sat 9/15 – Two Gallants @ Plush – Sometimes rockin' folk music
Wed 9/26 – White Mystery, Sleepy and the Bedtimes, The Brainstems @ CBGB – AWESOME loud, fast garage rock brother/sister duo from Chicago with KWUR DJs present and past's band The Brainstems, presented by Acid Kat Zine. GO!
Thurs 9/27 – Moon Duo @ The Firebird – Drone-y, noisy psych rock
Fri 9/28 – Pokey LaFarge an the South City Three @ Off Broadway – Local, old-timey folk that is loved by all. If you haven't seen Pokey's live show it is not to be missed!
Sat 9/29 – Guided By Voices @ Plush – Late 80s – 90s lo-fi rock and a KWUR favorite. Robert Pollard's still got it!
Sun 9/30 – R. Stevie Moore (with KWUR local faves Little Big Bangs) @ Off Broadway
Sat 10/6 – Bunnygrunt @ Schlafly Tap Room – '90s twee, good and local
Tue 10/23 – Swans @ The Firebird – Abrasive, noisy, industrial post-punkers from the '80s/'90s just released a new album that rocks.
Sun 10/28 – Primus @ Peabody Opera House – IS THIS REAL?! Weirdo 80s rockers at the Opera House?
Mon 10/29 – AC Newman @ The Duck Room at Blueberry Hill – Solo project of The New Pornographers frontman which is way more rockin and piano-heavy.
Thu 11/1 – OFF! and The Spits @ Fubar – New band of Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) with Lo-fi garage punk vets the Spits. Mosh your brains out!
Fri 11/2 – The Fresh and Onlys @ The Firebird – More garage rock if you can't get enough
Mon 11/5 – Why? @ The Luminary
Fri 11/16 – Future Islands @ Off Broadway – I LOVE THIS BAND! Electronic, new wavey band from Dan Deacon's Wham City cast of characters known for awesome, intense live shows.
Tue 11/20 – Japandroids @ Firebird – Rock duo with a great live show
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2005 Outdoor Championships: Day ThreeJune 10, 2005
Womens Discus Final
Beth Mallory, Jr., Alabama
On winning:
I was definitely at the top of my game. I came to this meet to take home the gold and thats what I did. Ive been having many good practices lately, so I knew I was ready. I felt like regardless of who threw the best this week, I was one of the ones to beat.
Mens Hammer Final
Spyridon Jullien, Jr., Virginia Tech
On winning:
My first priority was to win, but I wanted to PR [personal record] so I could convince the Greek federation to send me to World University Games, but I didnt do that. I was a little too cautious, too focused on technique. Coming into the meet, I was fairly confident. I knew I didnt need a clutch performance to win. Last year, I lost by 3 inches, so I really wanted to win this year.
Mens Javelin Final
Gabriel Wallin, Sr., Boise State
On winning:
I knew I had it in me but I really felt the heat after [Trevor] Snyders big throw. My big throw in the regionals helped my confidence. Ive won all of the meets Ive competed in this year, so the tougher competition here was good. Its always nice to win, which was the goal here, but it was also nice to throw far, considering World Championships [later this summer in Helsinki, Finland]. I really need good competition to help me stay focused.
The combination of winning today and throwing far was really great.
Mens Pole Vault Final
Robison Pratt, Jr., Brigham Young
It felt good to win it. I started out kind of sluggish, missing my first attempt at a lower height. I got nervous, but it made me more focused for the next attempt. I managed to pull out a close second attempt and it got better throughout the day.
Mens 3000 Meter Steeple Final
Mircea Bogdan, Jr., UTEP
On heading into the final lap: I wanted to be in fourth, but the guys ran a fast race so I had a hard time holding the position. I think I was No. 5 or No. 6 in the last 500 meters. My plan was to run the last 300 as fast as I could, even if I died. But when you pass four guys, you get a lot of confidence. It was like someone was pushing me from behind.
It was a good job for all the guys in the race. They are all technical winners and Im the literal winner.
Womens 3000 Meter Steeple Final
Victoria Mitchell, Sr., Butler
On winning:
Im elated to win. I didnt feel that great, but I did well in my qualifying race, so I went into the final confident. [Going into the final lap], I knew I had a chance because I knew she was tired and I was just biding my time. The plan was to wait and see how I felt [at the end] and make a move when I was ready. I didnt used to think I had a kick at the end, but over time Ive sort of established one.
Mens 4 x 100 Relay Final
Omar Brown, Sr., Arkansas (anchor)
We deserved to win this. We have had some injury problems but everyone is healthy and we got the win. Its a great feeling to come up here and break a record. Our coach tells us to get a clean stick and get out fast. I could feel [Floridas Kerron] Clement on me at the end but I kept my composure and just ran.
Womens 4 x 100 Relay Final
Ashlee Williams, First Leg
On winning:
We had clean hand-offs and I was happy about that. Coming from behind, I knew we were going to win because I had confidence in our anchor [Marshevet Hooker]. Having confidence in your anchor makes a big difference.
Marshevet Hooker, So., Anchor
Winning really helped set the tone for the rest of the weekend and the girls running in other finals. I have confidence in every single leg on my relay and I knew when I got the baton, I had to run hard for my team.
Mens Pole Vault Final
Robison Pratt, Jr., Brigham Young
It felt good to win it. I started out kind of sluggish, missing my first attempt at a lower height. I got nervous, but it made me more focused for the next attempt. I managed to pull out a close second attempt and it got better throughout the day.
Mens 110 Hurdles Final
Josh Walker, Sr., Florida
On winning:
Id be lying if I said that I wasnt surprised that I won. I had a few things that happened throughout the year that I had to overcome. It was harder to win the first title last year than it was to defend it this year. They say to act like youve been there and thats what I tried to do. Im never the top guy thats picked to win. Im always picked third or fourth, but it just proves that what people say doesnt affect how you perform. There are two white lines in my lane and I cant control anything outside of that. I hit my gear after the third hurdle like I usually do and then just tried to hold on.
Womens 100 Hurdles Final
Virginia Powell, Jr., University of Southern California
On winning:
I had a great start, but I had a sloppy race. I hit a hurdle and got my body turned around, but I had to keep driving to the next hurdle. When you hit a hurdle in this race, it really hurts you big time. Last year, I didnt make the finals [of this race], but this year was a complete turn around. I had two goals for winning this race: I wanted to have the two titles, both the indoor and outdoor, and I wanted to be undefeated for the entire year.
Mens 100 Meter Final
Walter Dix, Fr., Florida State
I had a good last 10. The strongest part of my race is the end. I know nobody can keep up with me in the last 10. I came out of the blocks well, better than I usually do. Its a crucial part of the 100 and something I need to work on. If I had come out of the blocks better, I would definitely have gone sub-10 today.
Womens 100 Meter Final
Marshevet Hooker, So., Texas
On winning:
I just kept driving out of the box and kept driving til the finish. It was a great field and it feels good to win. I came out trying not to think about last year. My coach let me know that I needed to have my mind right and that was the turn around after prelims.
Mens Shot Put Final
Edis Elkasevic
I won the NCAAs and I broke my [Croatia] national record, PR and school record. All I can say is that Im happy. I got off to a good start. I performed very well, but I felt a lot better in the qualifying rounds. I was more fresh then. Its hard to throw everyday and this my third day throwing.
Womens Javelin Final
Dana Pounds, Air Force, Jr.
On winning:
It hasnt really sunk in yet. To win it in three years, my coach must really know what hes talking about. This is a great feeling. To get here and just having a shot at it after only throwing the javelin for three years is awesome. I cant wait to get out and talk to my parents and friends about this.


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America In Bloom Launches Communities In 2011 Program
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of America in Bloom, citizens in more than 20 towns across America are working on local revitalization programs as they prepare for visits from America in Bloom (AIB) judges. These towns are planting, cleaning and doing everything they can to be in the running to be named the best blooming, most livable town in America.
The America in Bloom competition is open to towns and cities of all sizes. The smallest town has been Shipshewana, Ind., with a population of 536, and the largest is Chicago. To date, nearly 200 towns and cities from 38 states have participated in the program and more than 21 million people have been touched by it. Towns are compared to others in the same population category.
Judging will begin in May and continue through early August. America in Bloom is the only program of its type in the United States that sends pairs of specially trained judges to visit each participating town for two days of extensive touring, interviews with municipal representatives and meetings with community volunteers. Judges evaluate eight criteria:
– Community involvement
– Tidiness
– Environmental effort
– Heritage preservation
– Urban forestry
– Landscaped areas
– Floral displays
– Turf and groundcover areas.
These criteria are examined across three sectors: commercial, municipal and residential.
Judges will prepare an extensive written evaluation offering observations of exceptional practices and suggestions for improvements. It is given to the community after awards are announced in October. Many towns use these evaluations as a blueprint for further enhancements to their quality of life and to support grant applications.
While several of the 2011 competing towns are back in the program after many years of participation, others are first-time entries. Cheltenham Township, Pa., is in the non-compete category, which offers an opportunity to experience the program without receiving a numerical score or be eligible for awards.
Participants have opportunities to receive recognition in the following areas:
– Population category winner
– Criteria award–the "best of the best" overall across all population categories in each of the eight evaluated criteria.
– Special mention–for what the judges deem to be an extraordinary project or program
Population category winners are invited to participate in international competition via the Communities in Bloom program in Canada. Current and past participants are eligible to win a cash prize in the America in Bloom YouTube competition, by submitting a short video describing the impact of the program on their town.
"Our participants have told us that they are all winners beginning with the day they decide to be part of the America in Bloom family," says Laura Kunkle, AIB's executive director. "The effort of being part of the program makes such a visible difference and generates so much excitement in each town that they are all better for it, not just during their years of participation, but for years afterwards. Participation in America in Bloom makes a lasting impression and can change the way a city looks at itself and how its various sectors work together."
Awards will be announced on October 6-8 at AIB's Educational Symposium & Awards Program, held this year in the Washington, D.C. area. Learn more about AIB online at AmericaInBloom.org.


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AICPA presents the Outstanding CPA Career Contribution Award
July 12, 2013
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Washington, D.C. (Aug. 12, 2013) – The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is pleased to announce that Marcia Buchanan, CPA, of Washington, D.C. is the Institute's recipient of the Outstanding CPA in Government Career Contribution Award.
The AICPA is also pleased to announce that Jennifer Coleman, CPA, CGMA, New Orleans, La., Pamela Leary, CPA,Juneau, Ala. and Alfredo Riverol, CPA, Miami, Fla. are the inaugural recipients of the Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award. Coleman received the federal government award, Leary the state award and Riverol the local award.
Richard Caturano, CGMA, chairman of the AICPA's board of directors, presented the awards today at the Institute's 30th Annual National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference in Washington, D.C.
The Outstanding CPA in Government Career Contribution Award recognizes the impact of significant contributions of the CPA to the efficiency, effectiveness or innovative service delivery of their respective local state or federal employer organization. This award replaces the previous Outstanding CPA in Government Award.
The newly introduced Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award recognizes CPAs working in federal, state and local government who have contributed significantly to increased efficiency and effectiveness of government organizations and to the growth and enhancement of the CPA. Current or recent accomplishments (3-5 years) are the focus of this award.
"Marcia, Jennifer, Pamela and Alfredo are among the most influential leaders practicing government accounting and auditing," commented Richard Caturano, CGMA, chairman of the AICPA's board of directors, during the presentation ceremony. "Through their vision, dedication and commitment to leadership, our 2013 winners of the Outstanding CPA in Government Awards consistently raise the bar within our profession, and have earned our esteem. They are, in fact, the cream of the crop."
Buchanan has been a frequent speaker at professional conferences and training sessions on issues impacting government auditors and accountability professionals, as well as for CPA firms that conduct audits of government programs. She previously served on the AICPA's Government Performance and Accountability Committee, the Government Accounting and Auditing Committee, the Single Audit Working Group and as an observer to several AICPA auditing standard task forces. Buchanan graduated from Virginia Tech and attended the Federal Executive Institute.
Buchanan is the recently retired assistant director of government auditing standards on GAO's Financial Management and Assurance Team. She had responsibility for maintaining, interpreting and promoting Government Auditing Standards, commonly known as the "yellow book," and served as a staff aide to the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards. During her almost 40 year GAO career, Buchanan gained extensive audit experience on financial audits and performance audits of audit quality, single audit and other issues. She worked on GAO's audits on the single audit process as well as the use of single audit as an accountability mechanism for the Recovery Act.
Coleman is the lead accountant/CPA at the U.S. Department of Energy. With 29 years of government services experience, she held accounting roles in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Internal Revenue Service and the United States Department of Agriculture. For over 13 years, Coleman has been facilitating college accounting classes and government training seminars to work with the accounting community and to keep up with government and accounting trends. She earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of New Orleans in December 1982 and a Master of Science in Management from Troy State University in 1996.
Leary is the comptroller for the state of Alaska's department of revenue, treasury division and the deputy treasurer of the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank. She began her career as an auditor with Price Waterhouse and became partner in the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers advising clients in various disciplines including securities litigation and bankruptcy. Leary holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She devotes her free time to developing young figure skaters at the Juneau Skating Club which she founded in 2003.
Riverol is chief financial officer of the city of South Miami. Prior to his leadership, the city's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) had 13 reported findings, of which four were considered material misstatements and significant. During Riverol's three years tenure with the city, the IRS and SEC issues were both resolved and the city's latest CAFR had zero findings; which was the first time in the city's most recent history.
Riverol is a past president of the Kiwanis of North Miami Beach-Sunny Isles and received the Kiwanis International President's Award. Riverol is also a past member of the Kids and the Power of Work (KAPOW) program which helps teach young local students about work and the different careers. He holds two Master Degrees; Master of Public Administration (2000) & a Master of Science in Taxation (2003) both from Florida International University (FIU).


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Talk to your kids: Spring break linked to pregnancies
It's no longer 'The Talk.' In today's world of instant information and opinion about pretty much everything — and undifferentiated twaddle on all the same subjects — parents should be alert to any opportunity to talk to their tweens and teens about sex, according to Dr. Ashley Waddington.
Not so much the health class 101 version of "where do babies come from" and "how did they get there," but the big dialogues about life, love, what's "normal," and how to handle the pressures. And it just happens, there's no better time to start that conversation than now. Waddington, an assistant professor in Queen's University's department of obstetrics and gynaecology, notes that a statistical study conducted by Queen's researchers and published in 2011 identified a peak in teen conceptions occurs in March.
The study, which examined 838 pregnancies that occurred among girls under 19 during the preceding five-year period, found the unique pattern held true in each of those years, with 10.5% of teen pregnancies tracking back to March conception dates.
By comparison, a random sampling of 838 local adult pregnancies during the same period found only 7.3% were the result of March conceptions. Why, is speculative, Waddington admitted — although an author of the study did suggest a possible correlation between increased conception rates and spring break, when there could be more opportunities for some kids to be sexually active.
Interestingly, however, Waddington said it was observed in 2012, after media attention had been focused on the phenomenon, that the teen conception rate for March "was roughly half the number we had seen in the previous five to six years."
Waddington said teen March conception rates have been monitored ever since the statistical blip was discovered. However, "right now what we're trying to do is get the word out in the community," she said, "get the word out that this is a higher risk time." Waddington, who takes referrals from her local health unit, mainly works with cases involving contraceptive failures.
But in all cases, she said: "We encourage (teens) to speak to their parents," and equally important, she would encourage parents to listen and watch for opportunities to talk to their kids.
"One of the problems parents have," Waddington said, "is they worry their information is out of date."
A little online research on a site such as sexualityandu.ca can take care of that, Waddington suggested. She also noted that teens have shown themselves receptive to talking about intimacy within their families "when we've done surveys," and that even when it isn't apparent "teens still get their attitudes from their parents."
"They do want to hear it from their parents," she said and consequently, "I think if parents have been thinking about having 'the talk' with their teen, now is the time."


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Police: Real estate agent dealt drugs to other realtors
Police: Real estate agent dealt drugs to other realtors
A realtor estate agent accused of selling drugs to other agents has been arrested, according to Asheville police.
Police said they got information that Benjamin Falcon was supplying real estate agents with illegal drugs.
During their investigation, police said Falcon sold illegal drugs to Asheville officers.
Falcon is a real estate agent with Town and Mountain Realty.
Falcon was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, sell and deliver marijuana, felony possession of marijuana and felony possession of schedule 1 narcotics.
Falcon was also charged possession of drug paraphernalia.
His bond was set at $2500.


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15 U.S. Code § 1458 - Cooperation with State authorities; transmittal of regulations to States; noninterference with existing programs
§ 1458.
Cooperation with State authorities; transmittal of regulations to States; noninterference with existing programs
A copy of each regulation promulgated under this chapter shall be transmitted promptly to the Secretary of Commerce, who shall (1) transmit copies thereof to all appropriate State officers and agencies, and (2) furnish to such State officers and agencies information and assistance to promote to the greatest practicable extent uniformity in State and Federal regulation of the labeling of consumer commodities.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impair or otherwise interfere with any program carried into effect by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under other provisions of law in cooperation with State governments or agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions thereof.
(Pub. L. 89–755, § 9, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1301; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
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"Secretary of Health and Human Services" substituted for "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" in subsec. (b) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
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