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Enforcement Proceedings
Commission Revokes Exchange Act Registration Of American Stellar Energy, Inc. (N/K/A Tara Gold Resources Corp.)
The Commission has revoked the registration of the securities of American Stellar Energy, Inc. (n/k/a Tara Gold Resources Corp.), pursuant to Section 12(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Commission found that the company violated Exchange Act Section 13(a) and Rules 13a-1 and 13a-13 by failing to file its 2008 audited annual report and quarterly reports from 2008 and 2009. The Commission also found that all of the required period reports filed after the issuance of the Commission's Order Instituting Proceedings had been delinquent, with the exception of the March 2011 quarterly report. The Commission determined that this failure to file was serious, recurrent and evidenced a high degree of culpability. The Commission concluded that revoking the registration of the company's registered securities was warranted for the protection of investors. (Rel. 34-64897; File No.: 3-13881).
SEC Obtains Injunction and Over $112,000 In Monetary Relief Against Former Private Equity Associate Found Liable In Insider Trading Ring
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that The Honorable Susan Illston of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on July 14, 2011 ordered former TPG Capital, L.P. ("TPG") private equity associate Vinayak S. Gowrish to pay in excess of $112,000, consisting of $12,000 in disgorgement (with interest to be calculated thereon) and a $100,000 civil penalty, for his role in a serial insider trading ring. Judge Illston also issued a permanent injunction against Gowrish enjoining him from future violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws (Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder). A federal jury on February 3, 2011 found Gowrish liable for illegally tipping material, nonpublic information that TPG was in negotiations to acquire three separate publicly traded companies: Sabre Holdings Corp. ("Sabre"), TXU Corp. ("TXU"), and Alliance Data Systems Corp. ("ADS").
The Commission's complaint alleged – and the jury found – that Gowrish, a former associate at multi-billion dollar private equity firm TPG, misappropriated material nonpublic information from his employer in connection with TPG's negotiations to acquire Sabre, TXU, and ADS. Gowrish tipped the confidential acquisition information to his long-time friend, Adnan Zaman, a former investment banker at Lazard Frères & Co. LLC. Zaman, in turn, tipped the information to their two friends, Pascal S. Vaghar and Sameer N. Khoury. On the basis of the information provided by Gowrish through Zaman, Vaghar and Khoury then traded Sabre, TXU, and ADS securities, realizing approximately $375,000 in illicit profits. The Commission's complaint alleged that, in exchange for the confidential information, Vaghar provided cash kickbacks to both Gowrish and Zaman. The jury found that Gowrish violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
Zaman, Vaghar, and Khoury previously consented to the entry of final judgments permanently enjoining them from violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. Zaman and Vaghar were also enjoined from violations of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-3 thereunder. Zaman is currently serving a 26-month federal prison sentence for his role in the scheme. [SEC v. Vinayak S. Gowrish, 09-CV- 5883 (SI) (N.D. Cal.)] (LR- 22039).
District Court Orders West To Pay $1,254,975.43 in Disgorgement, Prejudgment Interest and Civil Penalty
The Commission announced that the Honorable John Antoon II, Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted the Commission's Motions to Set Disgorgement and Civil Penalty Amounts as to Defendant Darrel West. The Court ordered West to pay disgorgement of $606,413.31 (representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged against him in the Complaint) together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $42,148.81. The Court also ordered West to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $606,413.31 for a total liability of $1,254,975.43. West controlled Defendant Own My Travel, LLC. Previously, the Court entered Judgments of Permanent Injunction against West and Own My Travel. The Judgments, entered by consent, enjoin West and Own My Travel from violating Sections 5(a), 5(c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Commission voluntarily dismissed with prejudice its previous claims for disgorgement and civil penalties against Own My Travel and disgorgement against Professionally Assisted Marketing, Inc. as both companies are currently defunct.
The Commission filed its complaint on August 14, 2009, against West, Own My Travel and Professionally Assisted Marketing, LLC as a relief defendant. The complaint alleged the defendants misrepresented Own My Travel as a legitimate multi-level marketing company when it was actually a fraudulent pyramid scheme premised on the sale of memberships and thus destined to collapse, leaving investors with substantial losses. The complaint also alleged that West and Own My Travel misled investors about Own My Travel's business structure and how it generated revenue, the future commissions investors would purportedly receive on a monthly basis, the risks associated with the Own My Travel investment, and West's failures running a similar predecessor company. [SEC v. Darrel West et al., Case No. 6:09-CV-1419 (M.D. Fla.)] (LR-22041).
SEC Obtains Final Judgment as to Defendant Danielle Chiesi
The SEC announced that the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered a Final Judgment as to Danielle Chiesi on July 12, 2011, in the SEC's insider trading case, SEC v. Galleon Management, LP, et al., 09-CV-8811 (SDNY) (JSR). The SEC filed its action on October 16, 2009, against Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon Management, LP, Danielle Chiesi and others, alleging a widespread insider trading scheme involving hedge funds, industry professionals, and corporate insiders.
At the time of the alleged conduct, Chiesi was a consultant and portfolio manager at New Castle Funds LLC, formerly a registered hedge fund investment adviser. The SEC alleged that Chiesi traded on and tipped others to material, nonpublic information she learned from corporate insiders about Akamai Technologies, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., IBM, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
The Final Judgment entered against Chiesi: (1) permanently enjoins her from violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Exchange Act Rule 10b-5, and Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"); and (2) orders her liable for disgorgement of ill-gotten gains of $500,000, together with prejudgment interest of $40,534.90, for a total of $540,534.90. Chiesi awaits sentencing in a parallel criminal action against her in which she pleaded guilty, United States v. Chiesi, 10 CR 1184 (RJH) (SDNY). [SEC v. Galleon Management, LP, et al., Civil Action No. 09-CV-8811 (SDNY) (JSR)] (LR- 22042)
SEC Charges James M. Peister and Northstar International Group, Inc. For Conducting Ponzi Scheme
On July 14, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled civil action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against James M. Peister and Northstar International Group, Inc. (Northstar). The Commission's complaint alleges that, from 2003 through 2009, Peister and Northstar intentionally overstated the assets of the North American Globex Fund, LP (Globex Fund) and in so doing they: (1) provided investors and prospective investors with materially false and misleading sales materials claiming an improbable track record of consistent positive monthly returns; (2) issued materially false and misleading account statements to Globex Fund investors; and (3) issued materially false and misleading financial statements. Peister and Northstar engaged in this conduct at a time when the Globex Fund's actual assets made it impossible to repay all investors either their principal or their share of the purported gain. Furthermore, in order to perpetuate the fraudulent scheme Peister and Northstar continued to solicit new investors.
Peister and Northstar have agreed to settle the Commission's charges, without admitting or denying the complaint's allegations. Under the settlement, Peister and Northstar consented to a judgment permanently enjoining them from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act (Exchange Act) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder. The judgment provides that the amounts of any disgorgement and civil penalties will be determined at a later date. The proposed judgments are subject to court approval. [SEC v. James M. Peister, et al., Civil Action No. 11-cv-3386 (E.D.N.Y.)] (LR- 22043)
SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Daniel L. DeVore
The SEC announced that the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered a Final Judgment as to Daniel L. DeVore on July 12, 2011, in the SEC's insider trading case, SEC v. Mark Anthony Longoria, et al., 11-CV-0753 (SDNY) (JSR). The SEC filed its Complaint on February 3, 2011, charging two expert network employees and four consultants with insider trading for illegally tipping hedge funds and other investors. On February 8, 2011, the SEC filed an Amended Complaint, charging a New York-based hedge fund and four hedge fund portfolio managers and analysts who illegally traded on confidential information obtained from technology company employees moonlighting as expert network consultants. The scheme netted more than $30 million from trades based on material, nonpublic information about such companies as AMD, Seagate Technology, Western Digital, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Marvell. The charges were the first against traders in the SEC's ongoing investigation of insider trading involving expert networks.
The SEC alleged that DeVore, a Global Supply Manager at Dell, was privy to confidential information about Dell's internal sales forecasts as well as information about the pricing and volume of Dell's purchases from its suppliers. DeVore regularly provided Primary Global Research LLC ("PGR") and PGR clients with this inside information so it could be used to trade securities. From 2008 to 2010, DeVore received approximately $145,000 for talking to PGR and its clients.
The Final Judgment entered against DeVore: (1) permanently enjoins him from violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), Exchange Act Rule 10b-5, and Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933; (2) orders him liable for disgorgement of ill-gotten gains of $145,750, together with prejudgment interest of $6,098.50, for a total of $151,848.50; and (3) permanently bars him from acting as an officer or director of a public company. Based on DeVore's agreement to cooperate with the SEC, the Court is not ordering Defendant to pay a civil penalty. [SEC v. Mark Anthony Longoria, et al., Civil Action No. 11-CV- 0753 (SDNY) (JSR)] (LR- 22044).
Court Enters Final Judgment Against Defendant Glenn R. Harris
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on July 12, 2011, the Honorable Leonard D. Wexler of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a final judgment on consent against Defendant Glenn R. Harris, a former registered representative of Advanced Planning Securities, Inc., a former registered broker-dealer. The judgment (i) permanently enjoins Harris from violating Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 and (ii) finds Harris liable for disgorgement and prejudgment interest of $673,989, but waives payment of that amount and imposes no civil penalty based on Harris's bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, sworn bankruptcy schedules, and other documents. Harris consented to the entry of the judgment without admitting or denying any of the allegations of the Commission's complaint.
The Commission's complaint, filed on October 22, 2009, alleges that from 2004 through 2006, Harris violated the registration provisions of the securities laws by selling securities for which there was no registration statement in effect. Among other things, the complaint alleges that Harris sold securities to elderly, unsophisticated investors who could not have been expected to understand the risks associated with the investments.
In addition to the relief described above, Harris consented to the entry of an order in a separate Commission administrative proceeding barring him from association with any broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, transfer agent, or nationally recognized statistical rating agency, and from participating in any offering of a penny stock, with the right to apply for reentry after eighteen months. [SEC v. Charles C. Slowey, Jr., et al., Civil Action No. 09 Civ. 4547 (LDW) (ETB) (E.D.N.Y.)] (LR-22045)
Consent Judgments Against Robert D. Orr, Leland G. Orr, Michael S. Lowry, Michael S. Hess, and Travis W. Vrbas, Former Senior Executives of Kansas-based Brooke Corporation and its other, publicly-traded subsidiaries.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the United States District Court for the District of Kansas entered judgments, dated July 13, 2011, against five former senior executives of Kansas-based Brooke Corporation and its other, publicly-traded subsidiaries, Brooke Capital Corporation, an insurance agency franchisor, and Aleritas Capital Corporation, a lender to insurance agency franchises and other businesses. Robert D. Orr, Leland G. Orr, Michael S. Lowry, Michael S. Hess, and Travis W. Vrbas, without admitting or denying the Commission's allegations, consented to judgments enjoining them from future violations of the federal securities laws, barring them from serving as officers or directors of public companies, and requiring the payment of disgorgement and penalties. The SEC Complaint alleges that in SEC filings and other public statements for year-end 2007, and the first and second quarters of 2008, senior executives at the Brooke companies misrepresented, among other things, the number of Brooke Capital franchisees, and their financial health, the deterioration of Aleritas' corresponding loan portfolio, and the increasingly dire liquidity and financial condition of the Brooke companies.
The judgments enjoin each of the defendants from violating Sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, and Sections 10(b) and 13(b)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rules 10b-5 and 13b2-1 thereunder, and from aiding and abetting violations Sections 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A), and 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20 and 13a-13 thereunder. The judgments further enjoin Robert Orr, Leland Orr, Lowry, and Hess from violating Exchange Act Rule 13b2-2; Robert Orr, Leland Orr, Hess, and Vrbas from violating Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 and from aiding and abetting violations of Rule 13a-1; Robert Orr and Hess from aiding and abetting violations of Exchange Act Rule 13a-11; and Robert Orr from violating Exchange Act Section 16(a) and Rule 16a-3 thereunder.
In addition to the injunctions, the judgments bar the defendants from serving as an officer or director of a public company. Lowry's judgment requires him to pay a $175,000 civil penalty and disgorgement of $214,500, with prejudgment interest of $24,004.91. Hess' judgment requires him to pay a $250,000 civil penalty, and Vrbas' judgment requires him to pay a $130,000 civil penalty. The judgments against Robert Orr and Leland Orr require them to pay civil penalties and disgorgement in amounts to be determined by the Court. (LR-22046). [SEC v. Robert D. Orr, Leland G. Orr, Michael S. Lowry, Michael S. Hess, Kyle L. Garst, and Travis W. Vrbas, Case No. 11-CV-2251 WEB/KGG (D. Kansas)] (LR-22046).
In the Matter of Kadar M. Josey
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) announced the issuance of an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions (Order) against Kadar M. Josey (Josey). The Order finds that Josey was the secretary and chief financial officer of Elite Resources LLC (Elite) and the secretary of Elite3 Holding Corp (Elite3), and that Josey acted as unregistered broker-dealer by representing to investors that they could acquire bank guarantees in exchange for a percentage of the face value of the guarantee or for a fee. On June 23, 2011, a judgment was entered by consent against Josey, permanently enjoining him from future violations of Sections 5(a) and (c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b) and 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, in the civil action entitled Securities and Exchange Commission v. Elite Resources, et al., Civil Action Number 1:10-CV-3522, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The Order finds that the Commission's complaint alleged the following facts: From at least April 8, 2010 through at least August 20, 2010, Josey, along with his co-defendant Patricia Diane Gruber, and the companies they operated, Elite and Elite3, raised approximately $2.85 million from at least nine investors. In raising these funds, the defendants represented that investors could draw upon bank issued guarantees worth millions of dollars, in one case representing a 40,000% return on investment, without having to repay the withdrawn funds. The defendants further represented that investor funds would be held in escrow until the bank guarantees were issued. Both of these representations were false in that no such bank guarantees existed and that defendants used almost all of the funds for several undisclosed purposes immediately upon receipt. When investors demanded performance, the defendants provided them with a fictitious guarantee certificate purportedly issued by Barclays Bank.
Based on the above, the Order bars Josey from association with any broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, transfer agent, or nationally recognized statistical rating organization and from participating in any offering of a penny stock, including: acting as a promoter, finder, consultant, agent or other person who engages in activities with a broker, dealer or issuer for purposes of the issuance or trading in any penny stock, or inducing or attempting to induce the purchase or sale of any penny stock. Josey consented to the issuance of the Order without admitting or denying any of the findings in the Order, except he admitted the entry of the injunction. (Rel. 34-64912; File No. 3-14469
Delinquent Filer's Stock Registration Revoked
The registration of the securities of Communitronics of America, Inc. (n/k/a RPM Advantage, Inc.), has been revoked. It had repeatedly failed to file required annual and quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Thus, it violated a crucial provision of the federal securities laws that requires public corporations to publicly disclose current, accurate financial information so that investors may make informed decisions. The revocation was ordered in an administrative proceeding before an administrative law judge. (Initial Decision No. 423; File No. 3-14301)
Self-Regulatory Organizations
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Changes
A proposed rule change filed by NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC (SR-Phlx-2011-98) to correct a typographical error in Rule 1020 has become effective under Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of July 18th. (Rel. 34-64891)
Notice of Proposed Rule Changes
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change under Rule 19b-4 (SR-BX-2011-045) requesting permanent approval of pilot program to permit BOX to accept inbound routes by NOS. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of July 18th. (Rel. 34-64896)
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action
The Commission has designated a longer period within which to take action on a proposed rule change (SR-BATS-2011-018), submitted by BATS Exchange, Inc. pursuant to Rule 19b-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to adopt rules for the qualification, listing, and delisting of companies on the Exchange. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of July 18th. (Rel. 34-64889)
Securities Act Registrations
The following registration statements have been filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933. The reported information appears as follows: Form, Name, Address and Phone Number (if available) of the issuer of the security; Title and the number and/or face amount of the securities being offered; Name of the managing underwriter or depositor (if applicable); File number and date filed; Assigned Branch; and a designation if the statement is a New Issue.
Registration statements may be viewed in person in the Commission's Public Reference Branch at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. To obtain paper copies, please refer to information on the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov/answers/publicdocs.htm. In most cases, you can view and download this information by using the search function located at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.
S-3 ORBCOMM Inc., 2115 LINWOOD AVENUE, SUITE 100, FORT LEE, NJ, 07024, 201-363-4900 - 2,455,988 ($7,785,481.96) Equity, (File 333-175577 - Jul. 15) (BR. 11A) S-3 PROVECTUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 7327 OAK RIDGE HWY, SUITE B, KNOXVILLE, TN, 37931, 865-769-4011 - 0 ($50,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175578 - Jul. 15) (BR. 01B) S-1 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., 7665 CORPORATE DRIVE, MIAMI, FL, 33126, 305-436-4000 - 0 ($250,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175579 - Jul. 15) (BR. ) S-3 PREMIER EXHIBITIONS, INC., 3340 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 900, ATLANTA, GA, 30326, 404-842-2600 - 0 ($9,166,111.00) Equity, (File 333-175581 - Jul. 15) (BR. 05B) S-3ASR BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES INC /DE/, 325 CORPORATE DRIVE, PORTSMOUTH, NH, 03801, 6034360700 - 0 ($0.00) Unallocated (Universal) Shelf, (File 333-175582 - Jul. 15) (BR. 03A) S-3D American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., 106 OLD YORK ROAD, JENKINTOWN, PA, 19046, 215.887.2189 - 0 ($228,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175589 - Jul. 15) (BR. 08B) S-1 VITAS GROUP, INC., ITALIA #32-81 Y MARIANA DE JESUS, QUITO, H1, EC 170102, 011593026000404 - 2,000,000 ($100,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175590 - Jul. 15) (BR. ) S-4 UNIVERSAL AMERICAN CORP., SIX INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, SUITE 190, RYE BROOK, NY, 10573, 914-934-5200 - 0 ($40,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175591 - Jul. 15) (BR. 01C) S-3 PHARMACYCLICS INC, PHARMACYCLICS INC, 995 E ARQUES AVE, SUNNYVALE, CA, 94085-4521, 408 774 0330 - 0 ($150,000,000.00) Unallocated (Universal) Shelf, (File 333-175592 - Jul. 15) (BR. 01B) S-8 DATALINK CORP, 7423 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55439, 6129443462 - 0 ($10,769,687.50) Equity, (File 333-175593 - Jul. 15) (BR. 03A) S-4 BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY WAREHOUSE CORP, 1830 RTE 130, BURLINGTON, NJ, 08016, 6093877800 - 0 ($450,000,000.00) Non-Convertible Debt, (File 333-175594 - Jul. 15) (BR. 02C) S-1 Demandware Inc, 1050 WINTER STREET, SUITE 1000, WALTHAM, MA, 02451, 617-499-6976 - 0 ($100,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175595 - Jul. 15) (BR. ) S-1 MICHAEL FOODS GROUP, INC., 301 CARLSON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, MINNETONKA, MN, 55305, 952-258-4000 - 0 ($1.00) Non-Convertible Debt, (File 333-175596 - Jul. 15) (BR. 05B) S-4 CDW Corp, 200 N MILWAUKEE AVE, VERNON HILLS, IL, 60061, 847-465-6000 - 0 ($1,675,000,000.00) Non-Convertible Debt, (File 333-175597 - Jul. 15) (BR. 02B) S-8 ARGAN INC, ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 401, ROCKVILLE, MD, 20850, 301 315-0027 - 0 ($5,175,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175598 - Jul. 15) (BR. 06B) S-3ASR BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/, BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, 100 N TRYON ST, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28255, 7043868486 - 0 ($0.00) Non-Convertible Debt, (File 333-175599 - Jul. 15) (BR. 07C) S-1 Vu1 CORP, 469 SEVENTH AVENUE,, SUITE 356, NEW YORK,, NY, 10018, 888-985-8881 - 11,754,301 ($4,760,492.00) Equity, (File 333-175600 - Jul. 15) (BR. 11C) S-8 KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90024, 3102314000 - 4,000,000 ($38,360,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175601 - Jul. 15) (BR. 06B) S-1 TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES INC, 550 PARKSIDE DRIVE, STE A-14, WATERLOO, A6, N2L 5V4, 5198855513 - 8,000,000 ($3,080,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175602 - Jul. 15) (BR. 06C) S-3ASR Oasis Petroleum Inc., 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON, TX, 77002, 281-404-9500 - 0 ($0.00) Unallocated (Universal) Shelf, (File 333-175603 - Jul. 15) (BR. 04B) S-8 URANERZ ENERGY CORP., 1701 EAST "E" STREET, P.O. BOX 50850, CASPER, WY, 82605-0850, 307-265-8900 - 20,000,000 ($60,400,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175604 - Jul. 15) (BR. 04C) S-8 MONSTER WORLDWIDE INC, 622 THIRD AVE, 39TH FL, NEW YORK, NY, 10017, 212 351 7000 - 5,750,000 ($77,107,500.00) Equity, (File 333-175606 - Jul. 15) (BR. 11A) N-2 DIVIDEND & INCOME FUND, INC., 11 HANOVER SQUARE, NEW YORK, NY, 10005, 2127850400 - 232,018 ($1,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175607 - Jul. 15) (BR. 16) S-8 MICROSEMI CORP, 2381 MORSE AVENUE, IRVINE, CA, 92614, 949-221-7100 - 0 ($1,714,725.00) Equity, (File 333-175608 - Jul. 15) (BR. 10B) S-8 BEST BUY CO INC, 7601 PENN AVE SOUTH, RICHFIELD, MN, 55423, 6122911000 - 0 ($391,040,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175609 - Jul. 15) (BR. 02C) S-4 Whitestone REIT, 2600 SOUTH GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON, TX, 77063, 713-827-9595 - 1,321,431 ($17,244,688.00) Equity, (File 333-175610 - Jul. 15) (BR. 08C) S-1 Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc., 2481 MANANA DRIVE, DALLAS, TX, 75220, 214-357-9588 - 0 ($150,000,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175616 - Jul. 15) (BR. ) S-8 Sustainable Environmental Technologies Corp, 2377 W. FOOTHILL BLVD., SUITE #18, UPLAND, CA, 91786, (435) 608-1344 - 20,000,000 ($1,500,000.00) Equity, (File 333-175617 - Jul. 15) (BR. 06C) S-8 LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST, ONE PENN PLAZA, SUITE 4015, NEW YORK, NY, 10119, (212) 692-7200 - 9,150,675 ($83,271,142.50) Equity, (File 333-175618 - Jul. 15) (BR. 08B) S-1 GREENWAY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC, 1340 NORTH PARK STREET, CARROLLTON, GA, 30117, 11,610 ($1.16) Equity, (File 333-175619 - Jul. 15) (BR. ) S-4 CLEAN HARBORS INC, 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 9149, NORWELL, MA, 02061-9149, 781-792-5000 - 0 ($250,000,000.00) Debt, (File 333-175621 - Jul. 15) (BR. 06C)
Recent 8K Filings
Form 8-K is used by companies to file current reports on the following events:
8-K reports may be viewed in person in the Commission's Public Reference Branch at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. To obtain paper copies, please refer to information on the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov/answers/publicdocs.htm. In most cases, you can view and download this information by using the search function located at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.
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Finished this sweet 8x8 piece this morning. It makes me smile :) This afternoon when temperatures hit 100 plus I'll be back in the studio but for now, my garden is calling me, the roses needed to be thinned, the bougainvillea is taking over and my fruit trees are heavy and begging for relief. My newest paintings are now for sale on my website at www.KathrynRamos.etsy.com
Quote of the Day: "The really nice breezes blow through my body and into my soul." ~ Astrid Alauda

subset: commoncrawl


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When Wilson Ramos strode to the plate with two on and two outs in the bottom of the sixth with the score tied 5-5, Nationals manager Davey Johnson turned to his bench coach, Randy Knorr.
"He's had a good day," Johnson told Knorr. "He might as well just hit one out here."
Ask, and you shall receive.
In his first game off the disabled list after missing 44 games with a strained left hamstring, Ramos crushed a three-run, go-ahead homer off Brewers righty Brandon Kintzler, a long shot over the visitors' bullpen in left that gave the Nationals an 8-5 lead. Ramos ended up 3-for-4 with five RBIs and the Nats went on to win by the same 8-5 score, moving back above .500 on the season at 43-42.
"I'm happy for this day, for me, for my family, for my team," Ramos said. "They were waiting for me, for my return. I'm happy, happy for this day. Hopefully I will help the team to win a lot of games."
After he rounded the bases and got high fives and smacks on the back from his teammates, Ramos heard the crowd at Nats Park roaring, wanting a curtain call. He obliged.
"That was an exciting moment," Ramos said. "I saw a couple of my teammates doing that. They were waiting for me. It feels great."
Ramos had gone 0-for-13 on a rehab assignment prior to coming off the DL today, including 0-for-10 in his three games at high Single-A Potomac, numbers that led to another joke from Johnson, who was in a pretty good mood during both pre- and postgame press conferences today.
"That pitching must've been awful tough down at Potomac," Johnson quipped. "No. I know how it is. Those kids down there (in the minors) are hyped up. They've got a big leaguer they're throwing up and in, down and away and he's just trying to get some timing. The only thing I was concerned about was how he felt coming out of the games, and was the leg all right."
The Nats led 5-2 going to the seventh, but Drew Storen served up two homers in the top half of the inning, including a game-tying two-run bomb to left off the bat of Carlos Gomez. That shot ensured that for the second straight start, Taylor Jordan wouldn't get credited with a win despite pitching pretty well.
"It's a shame we didn't hold onto that win for the kid," Johnson said. "He pitched a good ballgame. Have all the confidence in Storen and Storen's trying to trick people instead of just making his pitches. Maybe that'll be a good learning game."
Storen had lowered his ERA to 3.82 after a scoreless outing on Monday, but it now stands at 5.40 after two straight poor showings. Storen has now allowed seven runs in his last two innings of work, this after he had gone through a five-week stretch where he seemed nearly unhittable.
"By and large, he was just keeping his two-seamer down and locating that," Johnson said of what he saw from Storen during his hot stretch. "Occasionally, he'd throw a get-me-over curveball to a left-hander to get ahead, but by and large it was his fastball. Up until that point, he had a tendency to try and overpower and trick people. And he doesn't have to trick people with that stuff. But like I say, hopefully he'll learn. Because he shook off a bunch of times today to get to the hanging changeup and the hanging breaking ball."
Jordan went 5 2/3 innings in his second big league start, allowing just two runs on six hits. His fastball command was a little better than it was in his debut, and the rookie showed off some nice off-speed pitches, as well. His ERA is a tidy 2.70 after his first two starts.
"I thought he was very similar (to his last time out)," Johnson said. "His changeup, he threw a better changeup today. He also threw some good sliders. But he, by and large, kept his sinker down, and that was good. One of the rules you can count on, especially with a young pitcher, they pitch a good ballgame past the fifth or sixth, I'm not gonna let them lose the ballgame. So that's why even though, after the base hit (in the sixth) and we got the guy at first, that was it for me."
Johnson said before the game that he decided to flip Ian Desmond and Jayson Werth in the lineup just because he felt the need to do something.
"Yeah, that came out all right," Johnson said with a big smile. "Once in a while, I have a great idea. They both had great ballgames."
Desmond and Werth combined to go 6-for-7 with two walks, four runs scored, an RBI and three stolen bases.
"This is basically the first time in a long time, early April, that we had our whole lineup in there," Johnson said. "But I like the lineup. But it's all about each individual having quality at-bats. And we got a couple guys still that aren't doing the things they're capable of doing. Two or three guys that I know will do it, and usually a couple months into the season, everybody's usually doing their thing. But we've had spells where everybody goes bad.
"But more and more, the guys are expressing their talent. And that's what's important to going on a run."


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Am Montag, den 20.12.2010, 09:14 -0500 schrieb Darren Govoni:
I recently upgraded Fedora 13 to Fedora 14. I've been using Evolution for many, many years. With this new gnome version it has become unstable and almost unusable. 1) I now get frequent "error storing folders", "error generating message list"
Running Fedora 14 here, I have not seen this issue with this version (2.32.1).
2) It's so slow. It is always "Storing folder", taking almost minutes to complete. Its on average 5-8x slower downloading, storing and viewing messages.
IMAP? POP? Anything else?
3) Its very buggy. When new messages arrive, they no longer show up in the folder I'm viewing.
IMAP? POP? Anything else?
4) For the first time ever, it corrupted my email files and I had to recover from backup.
How? When? andre -- mailto:ak-47 gmx net | failed http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper


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Today, April 23, is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. It is also the 452nd anniversary of his birth.
The Shakespeare Blog recently quoted a 200-year-old stanza, apparently part of an impromptu rhyme written and recited by Mr James Bisset at the celebration of Shakespeare's birthday two hundred years ago, in Stratford's Town Hall:
"Revered be the season a Shakespeare appear'd,
Revered be the date of his birth.
Ever sacred the day, which two centuries since,
Snatch'd "the pride of all nature" from earth."
Over the nine months since I began this blog, I've had a number of entries about The Bard. On this auspicious anniversary, I thought I'd repost some of these.
On September 1, 2015, I made a list of Shakespeare-inspired novels: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/09/shakespeare-inspired-novels.html,
In the same vein, on October 10, 2015, I wrote about the Hogarth Shakespeare novels being released in 2015 and 2016: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/10/new-shakespeare-novels-to-be-released.html.
On January 3, 2016, I challenged readers to read a Shakespeare play in this anniversary year: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/01/readers-resolution-for-2016-read.html.
On February 7, 2016, I recommended a single-volume Shakespeare: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/02/a-heavy-read-single-volume-shakespeare_7.html.
On February 26, 2016, I suggested two useful books by Shakespeare scholars: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/02/some-analysis-of-shakespeares-plays.html.
On the Ides of March, I listed some favourite quotations from Julius Caesar: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/03/some-memorable-quotations-for-ides-of.html.
On March 26, 2016, I wrote about Shakespeare's skull being missing from his grave: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/03/shakespeare-curse-ignoreed.html.
On April 7, 2016, I discussed the First Folio recently authenticated on the Isle of Bute in Scotland: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/04/the-mount-stuart-house-copy-of.html.
As the year continues, I will certainly be posting more about this greatest of English writers.


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My wish list thus far: Scyther with superpower,a male misdreavus that is in a gen4 game or that knows icy wind, a female aron, spheal, and the only legendary I want is Latios. Pm me with chats.
Black FC: 2923 9911 5134
I'll trade an evd win2011 raikou for a ut win2011 entei,pm me
Lf(Must be UT):
DW Bulbasaur
DW Eevee/Espeon
Shiny Deino with dark pulse
Shiny Larvesta (Modest or timid?)
UT Shiny Deoxys
UT Shiny Larvitar
Ut Shiny Latias
looking for a shiny entei can trade anything in my sig
Really want people to rng for me. Always looking for a battle. SHINY KINGDOM
Black fc: 0561 7881 1612
offering a shiny suicune and entei win2011 looking for any good iv pokemon pm me with offers
Offering: UT lvl 40 Entei (Timid)
Seeking: Any UT Gen 5 Legendary or event.
Pearl FC - 3996 8061 8928
Black FC - 5028 5158 1611
See Nalhutta's 6th Gen Trade Shopfor a complete list of offering and seeking + details!
See Nalhutta's 4th/5th Gen Trade Shop for a complete list of offering and seeking + details!
Safari Friend Zone - Ice - Sneasel, Delibird, Cloyster
Offering: Level 100 Non-Event Shiny Entei
Seeking: Event Legendaries/Shinies
Pokémon White FC: 4899-9319-5912
Offereing UT Win ENTEI. LF a Jolly ( MAX IVs in HP and Spe ) Roost/BraveBird Crobat
My FC: 5457 8876 6970
If you are part of that 2 percent, good luck trying in this day and age
I got a shiny GAMESTP Entei with a classic Ribbion!
PM if you want it!
Spoiler:- POKEMON WHITE FC:
2022 0521 2639
Spoiler:- Legendary Pokemon I have:
SHINY Ho-Oh, MYSTRY Mew, UT Liberty Ticket Victini, Cobalion, UT SHINY GAMESTP Entei, UT Terrakion, UT Virizion, UT Kyurem
Spoiler:- Pokemon looking for:
Spoiler:- A finely dressed man with a top hat, with no legs:
(o o)
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Will trade anything in any amount for:
Entei(nn INFERNO): lv.70ish when traded on GTS in pearl version gen. 4 it was a horrible loss. i'd do anything to get him back. ID:28435 from a distant land(coloseeum).
Last edited by EmiiLava; 23rd June 2011 at 9:38 PM.
~Joltik Quee~
{~Most recent shiny : KARTANA HOPEFULLY! xD}
{~3DS FC : 0233-3163-0175 IGN Emii(Ultra Sun version)~}
Join TEF in the Guild section! Click here!
i have a shiny entei and other shinys for trade in sig. PM me with offers.
Signature removed due to Rule Breaking- check this: http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=430446
Trade Complete :-)
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~Joltik Quee~
{~Most recent shiny : KARTANA HOPEFULLY! xD}
{~3DS FC : 0233-3163-0175 IGN Emii(Ultra Sun version)~}
Join TEF in the Guild section! Click here!
looking for any entei, pm me if you want to know what i have
~Joltik Quee~
{~Most recent shiny : KARTANA HOPEFULLY! xD}
{~3DS FC : 0233-3163-0175 IGN Emii(Ultra Sun version)~}
Join TEF in the Guild section! Click here!
Trading GAMESTP Entei Lvl 30/UT and Unused. PM with offers.
Thanks Keldminrachi91 for this Banner.
Keldminrachi91s Art Shop is Crystal Hearts Graphics
Looking for event Suicune/Raikou/Entei with OT:
I can offer many events such as the SMR2011 Set and anything that is in my trade shop for these.
Friend Code: 2365 4873 2076
Looking for just a normal raikou and entei. Offering Lv. 100 Shiny carracosta, Lv. 100 Scizor, and a shiny kingler. Please PM me
I have all three shiny beast looking for other shinys/events PM me for info
^ Click here to go to my shop!^
^Credits to Mew_
Have two UT lvl 30 GAMESTP event entei's to trade, taking offers (ill try to get back to any serious offer asap)
Note : One is completely untouched while the other has PKRS and crush claw was replaced with stone edge
(edit : fixed info)
Last edited by xlSiNlx; 3rd July 2011 at 12:25 AM.
I have a lvl 40 UT Impish Entei from HeartGold I'm willing to trade. Looking primarily for celebi.
Last edited by flameblight; 13th July 2011 at 3:07 AM.
Black Version friend code: 1549 4563 2131.
Looking for:
/, , /, /, /, /, /,,
Can Offer:
Spoiler:- click here to see list:
x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1
All pokemon offered are non-hacked. I can try to breed for a specific gender if requested. IV's not guaranteed.
Wanted: WIN2011 Entei [event MUST be UNUSED]
Offering: Shiny legands, shiny DW pokemon, and Event pokemon.
Contact: PM me to negotiate a deal!
I rule your Glacys
Friend Codes
Black FC: 5329-4816-6986 [upon beating White, my breeding and battling only game]
White FC: 3697-3939-8308 [As soon as I defeat the game, my event game and shiny game.]
Spoiler:- My Wants:
[Thank you Pengyzu for the Pengy Pole Support badge! ]
I'm looking for an Entei whether it's forever or the dex entry. I have Moltres and Thundurus for trade
Thanks to everyone who helped me to complete my Pokedex
Pkmn White code
1334 7173 6791
PM me with your offer
Spoiler:- looking for these pkmn:
Regigigas, Jirachi
Spoiler:- PKMN I have to offer:
Mew, Dialga, Entei, Suicune , all the starters, Uxie, Heatram, Thundurus, Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos, Phione, Terrakion, Latios, Palkia, Cobalion, every pseudo-legendary
And almost every regular pokemon from all the generations besides the ones stated above
PKMN Seen: 646
PKMN Captured: 646
i Have all three of the shiny event Legendary Dogs pm me with offers
My Time


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Anything to do with photography, digital or analog. technical discussion, photoshop tips, post your photos for critique, links to and discussion of photographers you love. a catch all group for everything photographic. @tmronin is currently the group owner (@del, @Nebula & @Geekyfox is currently admin in tmronin's temporary absence) - please ...
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Serenity Acres: Two Women, One Dream
Published 12:16 pm, Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Nestled within peaceful, introspective-inducing confines, Serenity Acres provides the perfect opportunity for Jasper residents and visitors alike to relax, rejuvenate, and reinvest in themselves,said Pat Chance, owner and operator of Serenity Acres, located six miles outside of Jasper. "I never envisioned it had this kind of potential."Chance thanks her new partner, Cynthia Fair, for seeing the potential in Serenity Acres; after trying several ventures on the property, Chance was almost ready to give up. But, her longtime dream of giving the meaningful property purpose kept her going.
"I originally purchased the land with my husband in 1973," Chance said. "In, 1999 when he passed away, I created the Dan Chance Memorial Foundation in his honor." With the money Chance herself put in the non-profit memorial, she, along with her brother and son, began working on her lifelong dream: constructing a campground.
"People need a place to go for renewal of spirit," Chance said.
For over ten years, Chance, along with her brother and son, worked on the campground's construction themselves. At one point, Chance was forced to sell the property due to lack of funds. However, the resilient woman bought Serenity Acres back, never giving up hope in her dream for the property. Though Chance didn't have the funds to finally complete the campground's construction, she did know this: where there is a will, there is a way.
Enter Cynthia Fair, longtime Houston resident with native ties to Jasper. Fair, a 1981 graduate of Jasper High School, glows with enthusiasm for Serenity Acres' possibilities. "I hold this area very close to my heart, I always have," said Fair, nostalgically. "I always knew I wanted to come back."
After spending over 30 years in Corporate America, Fair decided it was time to take a different direction in life, perhaps away from the concrete city and back to her center.
So, after hearing of Chance's dream, she decided to come back to her roots here in Jasper, and join in on Chance's venture with her own dream: "I've always been interested in creating a wellness retreat," said Fair. "A place where people can go to relax, rejuvenate, and reinvest in themselves and their wellbeing."
Fair described her own wellness journey, from the beginning to finally taking her wellbeing into her own hands; "I want people to discover, for themselves, how to be at peace with themselves and with life," said Fair. "The first time I saw Serenity Acres, I knew it was the perfect place for that."
"I swear, she [Fair] is like my own daughter," Chance laughed, warmly. "She's on the ground working everyday with her bare hands to get this place up-and-going."
Now, the newly joined partners with similar visions are taking the grounds in a slightly different direction, yet still maintaining the basic values on which Serenity Acres was founded over ten years ago.
In addition to a wellness retreat, partners Chance and Fair envision a "Country Market" that offers a family friendly environment, including designated picnic areas, amongst various craft, commercial, and food vendors.
Also in the works is a Country Store, which would offer fresh produce, spices, herbs, and homesteading supplies; specialty catering, including event catering, meals-to-go, and boxed lunches and desserts; and yoga and meditation classes.
"People need a place to get away and commune with nature," said Chance. "That's as close to god as you can get."
With newly combined efforts and dreams, Serenity Acres finally has a 'Fair Chance' at turning a dream into a reality.


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Fueled by the run-up to and confirmation of Narendra Modi's landslide victory in the country's recent national election, India exchange traded funds have blown away single-country emerging markets rivals this year.
Heading into Monday, the Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF) was up 51% year-to-date, making it the second-best non-leveraged ETF of any variety.
Among the four major country-specific ETFs tracking BRIC nations, the WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI) is by far this year's best performer with a pre-Monday gain of 28.5%. That is nearly quadruple the performance of the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) , the second-best performer in the aforementioned BRIC quartet. [Foreign Investors Return to Indian Stocks]
Ebullience toward Indian equities and the corresponding ETFs recently helped EPI regain admittance to the $1 billion in assets under management club. To be precise, the largest India ETF had $1.25 billion in AUM as of May 30. [WisdomTree has 10 ETFs With $1B or More in AUM]
Several India ETFs, including EPI, were among May's best ETFs, but last week, those funds succumbed to some profit-taking. [May's Best ETFs]
That profit taking appears to be short-lived because as of this point Monday, six of the day's top seven non-leveraged ETFs are India funds. EPI is a member of that group a 3% gain. What is important about Monday's action in EPI is that the ETF is back in position to break trendline resistance that dates back to 2012.
That is significant because all though EPI has surged this year, the ETF is still 30% its all-time high set in late 2010.
The chart "reflects that the strong rally has taken EPI to the top of a trading channel and momentum is reaching lofty levels, actually the highest in the past four years," notes Chris Kimble of Kimble Charting Solutions. "A breakout of this channel would be a big positive event for EPI should it happen. The chart does reflect that EPI's upside has been a little limited when momentum is at current levels over the past few years."
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund
Chart Courtesy: Kimble Charting Soluitions


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More true than a lot of people would like to admit…but also should be called "shit roadies say" but that might be splitting hairs. Either way, funny.
Thanks Ron for the tip.
Tags: funny, shit cyclists say, video
Posted in fun, video | 6 Comments »
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to "Shit Cyclists Say"
By yikesbikes on Jan 25, 2012 | Reply
Not splitting hairs at all. I had the same thought. I'd love to see a "Shit Transportation Cyclists Say" version.
By cycler on Jan 25, 2012 | Reply
My nominations for "shit transpo cyclists say"
"How many lumens is that headlight?",
" Did you ride the other day when it was 2 degrees F, with -5 windchill- I rode that day"
"I got so soaked riding home the other day"
"no bad weather, only bad clothing"
"Fucking Massholes"
"Look what I carried on my bike" (AKA I carried 100lbs of bricks on my bike)
"What kind of panniers are those"
"are those "to see" or To be seen" lights?"
Are those tires Kevlar protected?
I'm thinking of getting studded tires.
I'm thinking of getting an Xtracycle/cargo bike.
Dynamo headlights are the best
Did you see my twine wrapped water bottle?
I love my Honjo hammered fenders.
What's you're favorite model brooks?
By becoming on Jan 25, 2012 | Reply
yikesbikes: yes! "Can I put reflective tape on this?"
By Phoenix Boulay on Jan 25, 2012 | Reply
I agree we need one for ""shit transpo cyclists say". Probably things like "I nearly got doored 5 times just riding up Centre St.!" and "That damned T bus almost sideswiped me!" and "Can you believe that guy yelled at me to get out of the road?!!"
By Wandering Woman on Wheels on Jan 25, 2012 | Reply
"If I get one more flat, I'm getting radials!"
By JKCRB on Feb 8, 2012 | Reply
This video is cycling satire at its finest. There are some clever angles we discovered and talked about on our blog, http://kanebikes.com/2012/02/shitcyclistssay/
Let's just say our favorite riding persona was the "riding buddy".


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Welcome To Our Site
Welcome to 'The New Ecstatics' blogspot a place of honesty, reality and lots of drunken new thought ramblings!
My hope is that this site may encourage us to journey together out of the choppy waters of religious frameworks and into the deeper realms of freedom, love and honest grace for each other. Humanity is Evolving, all of creation is responding, great days ahead!
Big Hugs, Dave Vaughan
You cannot evolve unless you are willing to change, you will never better yourself if you always cling to what was.


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Main :: Line 6 X2 Digital Wireless
by billchk on 2012-01-31 21:03:08.5790
been trying to use a dpa 4061 on xdt1 by using a dpa 6034 microdot to 3.5 adapter----dpa says it works-------no go----------the adapter is tip + hot------ring and shiled joined and connected -cold--------------------i come out of the x2 receiver with a standard unbalanced cable-------into the line in of the mixer-------so---can i get it to work-----------if yes tell me the pinout to a 3.5---the 4060 mic is two wire------------and possibly--am i connecting the output correctly with the unbalanced cable into the line input ??
by darealagentp on 2012-02-01 11:29:31.4140
XDT1 Transmitters didn't power any Phantom Power... perhaps that is the root cause of your particular issue? Only the XDT4's (they were a part of the XDR-95 rack-mount systems) had the ability to provide Phantom Power to mics.
The information above may not be current, and you should direct questions to the current forum or review the manual.


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Roasted asparagus
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Click the heart, it's called favoriting. Favorite the stuff you like.Got it!
Author Notes: My aunt always made this at every family get together. My absolute favorite way to make asparagus! —agadamaam
Serves 3
- 1 bunch Asparagus
- 3 tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 pinch Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Wash and trim trunks off of your asparagus.
- Place in either a shallow baking dish or my preference, a cookie sheet
- Drizzle lightly with olive oil, coating the tips well.
- Drizzle lemon Juice on and mix with hands well.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake at 400F for 20 minutes.
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All, On May 23, 2005, at 17:42, olivier Thereaux wrote: > Just a quick reminder that we will be having our regular IRC meeting > tomorrow (May 24th, 2005). My laptop computer broke yesterday, and I am doubting I will be able to either repair it or get another one before tonight. Unfortunately, it is practically impossible for me to attend our mid-night IRC meeting without that computer, so I am canceling today's meeting. If there is no objection, I would like to set the date of our next meeting to May 31st. -- olivierReceived on Monday, 23 May 2005 21:38:51 UTC
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A bundle of two steamy babysitting fantasies with soft and sensual narration. The barriers will melt away as the characters find that nothing is off limits.
"Lift the Babysitter's Legs": Caroline has developed a deep lust for Tom, the lawyer she babysits for. On the night of the story, she gathers the courage to seduce him. They sit on the couch in the living room, and she inches closer to him, finally putting her hand on his knee. Three sex scenes detail a game of domination and submission, and a pose so extreme that her entire body will get sore. Is Tom just playing with her mind, or does he really feel something for her?
"Borrowing the Daddy": After a night of hard babysitting, Meredith goes downstairs to make herself a sandwich. There, James, the daddy, is waiting for her. He candidly tells her about his wife's sexual shortcomings. She listens with open ears. Meredith offers him a massage, which starts slow and steady, then gets rougher and more sexually charged. She moves her hands lower and lower. She's always had a thing for older, fatherly guys and has been terribly jealous of his wife. She just wants to borrow and try him out for a while.
Content warning: Contains explicit sex, characters are 18+, meant for those not offended by hardcore erotica. Stories appear originally in The Honeypot Series, written by Sonia Robinson. The stories are narrated by Niley.
©2012 Sonia Robinson (P)2012 Honeypot Erotica
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Am I the only one that feels like TDKR prevents Nolan's trilogy from being perfect? - Part 1
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Re: Am I the only one that feels like TDKR prevents Nolan's trilogy from being perfec
You see, that's the thing about opinions...no two are exactly the same. You ask what superhero movies are superior to TDKR....in my opinion almost all others are. I'm not right and you're wrong...I'm not wrong and you're right...we are just two different people with different OPINIONS.
You´re right. But it gets tricky when someone tries to justify what makes X movie better than Y movie, other than "it entertained me more". You have the right to say Green Lantern is better than TDKR. And how is anyone gonna prove that you´re wrong? They simply can´t. It´s your preference.
But, exactly, what makes Green Lantern better than TDKR? You can say you love it more. But, does it have a richer plot? Does it have a better soundtrack? Does it have a better casting? Better acting? Better cinematography?
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Initial well readings due now
Published 6:00 am, Sunday, December 18, 2011
LUBBOCK - The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District reminds owners and operators of certain wells and well systems that it is time to make initial readings to determine a starting point for 2012 groundwater use reporting.
Recent rule amendments require flow meter readings or readings from alternative measuring methods to be recorded annually from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. This information is needed to report annual water use to the district by March 1.
"In preparation for reporting in the 2012 calendar year, well owners and operators first need to determine if they are going to use flow meter readings or alternative measuring methods for their information," said Gerald Crenwelge, field data collection group supervisor.
Alternative measuring methods may be used for existing wells in lieu of flow meters during the transitional period from Jan. 1, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2015. The three approved alternative measuring methods include electricity consumption, natural gas consumption, and nozzle packages/hour meter readings on center pivots.
Once the reporting method is determined, Crenwelge said well owners and operators have the option to provide their initial information via a printed form available on the district's website or they may choose to wait until a new database with reporting on the Internet is activated. Parts of the database will become active within the next 30 days, and additional parts will become active in stages after that for recording/reporting of meter readings.
"Well owners and operators are encouraged to visit the High Plains Water District website (www.hpwd.com) on a regular basis for announcements about the district's new reporting database and instructions on how to submit data," Crenwelge said. "We hope this new database will make it as easy as possible for well owners to provide required data to the district. In addition, it will help us track those who have reported information and those who have not."
The metering/reporting requirements apply to all groundwater use within the High Plains Water District including agriculture, livestock and dairy operation, manufacturing, municipalities, oil and gas production, public water supply systems and steam-electric generation.
The reporting requirements do not apply to wells producing less than 17.5 gallons of water per minute (25,000 gallons per day) or wells that are used solely for domestic use. However, wells that are part of a well system that has a total aggregated capacity to produce more than 17.5 gallons of water per minute are included.
Additional information regarding the reporting requirements and alternative measuring methods are found in the Rules of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District and the district's Meter Specifications and Approved Meter List Manual. Both are available as PDF files for viewing/downloading on the water district website.
"The High Plains Water District Board of Directors approved a 50/50 Management Goal which establishes a desired future condition for the Ogallala Aquifer within the district. This goal is to have 50 percent of the saturated thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer available for use 50 years in the future. We encourage persons with questions to call the Lubbock office at 806-762-0181," said Jim Conkwright, general manager.


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Folk singer Rod MacDonald to play benefit
Published 12:18 pm, Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Florida-based folk singer-songwriter Rod MacDonald is coming north to play a benefit show for the Stageworks/Hudson theater company.
MacDonald, who has written songs for Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Edwards, Garnet Rogers and Dave Van Ronk, has performed with the likes of Pete Seeger, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens and Ani DiFranco, among others.
He'll be accompanied by bassist Mark Dann when he heads to Stageworks/Hudson, which develops new plays and stages "adventurous" theater productions in Hudson.
More Information
If you go
Rod MacDonald
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Stageworks/Hudson, 41 Cross St., Hudson
Tickets: $25
Info: 822-9667; http://www.stageworkshudson.org


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Fiji Time: 11:44 AM on Sunday 25 March
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Shayal Devi
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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A damaged home in Rakiraki during Tropical cyclone Evan in 2012. Picture: Supplied
DISASTER preparedness is an issue authorities need to address with communities at grassroots level.
This is why NGO Empower Pacific has a team of counsellors with specialised disaster recovery training to assist communities in times of disasters.
CEO Patrick Morgam said they encountered different problems with rural communities in the Western Division after Tropical Cyclone Evan struck two years ago.
"Empower Pacific assisted in a number of areas affected by the cyclone through the timely assistance from Australian Aid," Mr Morgam said.
"A total of 18 personnel provided psychological first aid to community members through group sessions targeting villagers, with special attention to children. More than 120 counselling follow-ups were conducted.
"There were also cases of domestic violence and anger management requiring counsellors' work," he said.
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M1 motorway fully re-opens after crash
03/01/2013 - 15:39:51Back to Ireland Home
The M1 motorway has fully reopened after a multi-vehicle crash earlier.
AA Roadwatch says heavy delays southbound approaching Junction 1 are now starting to ease.
Diversions at Junction 4 have now been lifted, but motorists are still being advised to allow extra time for their journeys.


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LASANGE aims at creating a mostly-automated LAN session administration and management system. It will provide game server management (instant deployment of game servers) and tournament management in a more advanced and automated way than other systems. It will also consist of basic tools for LAN sessions such as a generic modular Masterserver, IRC bot, etc.
LASANGE will consist of:
Available Releases can be found here.
masterserver 0.4.1 released 28. May 2005 aschulz
Oops! The Doom 3 plugin in 0.4 doesn't work correctly. In 0.4.1 it's fixed.
masterserver 0.4 released 21. May 2005 aschulz
I finally got around to release a new version. This one has lots of bug fixes
and features 2 new plugins: Doom 3 and STV: Elite Force.
masterserver 0.3.3 released 26. Apr 2004 aschulz
Just a maintenance release which fixes the Gamespy query bug in libh2/q2 for
real. Also look here.
And thanks to Ingo for the nice CSS design. :)
masterserver 0.3.2 released 1. Feb 2004 aschulz
Finally 0.3.2 is released. libh2 has been fixed as well as a problem with the
"query" packet string in libh2/q2 which prevented GameSpy from getting the
server list. Thanks to 0815*fatty <fatty at gmx.ch> for pointing
out the GameSpy problem to me.
I'll test the QW plugin on masterserver.exhale.de and if there
aren't any major problems turning up I'll release 0.4 along with it.
Status update 26. Dec 2003 aschulz
Just discovered that the heretic2 plugin isn't working due to wrong comparison
in strcmp() calls in process(). I have a fixed version locally and will release
it some time during the next few days. I'm also still working on the QW plugin.
When the QW plugin is released a HW plugin will (hopefully) follow soon.
I've also worked on the documentation and added a few heretic2 packets.
Still have to update the english translation ...
Last but not least I've started work on a test suite which should make
future releases more stable and reliable.
Happy Holidays,
masterserver 0.3.1 released 25. Oct 2003 aschulz
Well, 0.3 was very buggy and so here's 0.3.1. Some nasty bugs fixed in
masterserver and the Q3 plugin. I tested both by bombarding them with 10000
packets and it didn't crash. So hopefully 0.3.1 is much more stable than 0.3.
I consider 0.3 as "too buggy" and thus removed it from the project's release
masterserver 0.3 released 20. Oct 2003 aschulz
Well to make it short I'm glad to finally release a new version. More
information can be found in the sf.net News or in the CHANGELOG of 0.3.
ETA of 0.4: unknown
My lectures will begin as of tomorrow and I don't know if I'll have much time
for coding.
2nd WIP 28. Jun 2003 aschulz
Well pretty much nothing happened since the last update. The only interesting
thing is preliminary Heretic2 and Quake2 plugins for masterserver in CVS. So,
if you want to try them you have to do a CVS checkout.
Meanwhile, I took a look at RtCW: ET and have gathered some information which
should apply to Q3 as well. (e.g. motd support)
Ingo made me aware of a problem in the Q3 plugin and "getservers" queries.
The Q3 Master doesn't seem to honor the "ctf", "tourney", ... options but does
honor the protocol version. My Q3 plugin honors none of the options. Add the
"motd" support and I think I'm looking at a rewrite of at least the Q3 module.
I'll have to write exams throughout June so there won't be any updates.
To be honest I don't know when I'll be updating again.
WIP 14. Feb 2003 aschulz
It's been a bit quiet lately, but that's because Ingo is currently finishing
his final project for his IT job training and I'm learning for the tests
which await me at the end of this semester. (Precisely, during the next days)
But nevertheless, I'm working on a new masterserver
release which will feature a new plugin, new logging code (thx to Viktor) and
code cleanups.
Btw if you tried to test our masterserver as I stated in the last update,
it most likely didn't work because it's running on a new machine.
Try masterserver.exhale.de instead.
Update! 4. Dec 2002 aschulz
masterserver-0.2 released!
Finally 0.2 is out.
No big changes, just 2 new features.
masterserver can now be bound to specific interfaces and it now forks into
the background.
As usual, it's available from the "Files" section.
FYI, we have a machine where masterserver is running as a Q3 masterserver at
xxxx.xxxxxxx.xx .
So far it's been running for about 3 weeks without any problems whatsoever.
Thus, it seems to be pretty stable, but it really needs more testing.
Feedback is more than welcome. :)
Update! 4. Nov 2002 aschulz
masterserver-0.1 released!
I'm happy to announce that we've just released version 0.1 of our
It's available from the "Files" section.
Though it's still considered alpha by myself, it's pretty stable.
It currently only works on Linux systems, but it'll be ported
to other systems in the future.
Update! 27. Oct 2002 aschulz
We created a milestone plan, so we can measure our progress and
know exactly what to code. ;-)
After spending a whole day on debugging the masterserver we're very
confident that a alpha release will be out either today or sometime during
next week.
There should be some more documentation defining the architecture we're
trying to implement and what exactly we're trying to accomplish.
Stay tuned.


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The European Union agreed on Monday (11 February) to launch negotiations with Cuba to increase trade, investment and dialogue on human rights in its most significant diplomatic shift since Brussels lifted sanctions on the communist-ruled country in 2008.
After more than a year of discussions, EU foreign ministers decided to seek better ties with Havana to support the Caribbean island nation's market-oriented reforms and to position European companies for any transition to a more open economy.
"These negotiations will help consolidate our engagement with Cuba," the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said after the decision. "I hope Cuba will take up this offer," she said in a statement.
EU negotiators aim to agree the so-called Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement by the end of 2015 and say Cuba has signalled a willingness to sign.
While EU investment in Cuba and progress toward multiparty democracy are not expected to change dramatically in the near future, the pursuit of the accord is symbolic, highlighting the bloc's warmer ties with Cuba in contrast to the United States, which has maintained an economic embargo on Cuba since 1962.
EU officials repeatedly said human rights would be a core issue in the negotiations, and the European Union's ambassador to Havana said Cuban authorities had indicated that "everything could be on the table," including human rights.
"That was the message at the very beginning of the process, but now we have to set agendas and there, of course, the more difficult issues will come out," EU Ambassador Herman Portocarero told reporters in Havana.
Cuba and the European Union share "common ground" on Cuba's social and collective human rights, but differ on individual rights, Portocarero said. Cuba's one-party system inhibits dissent and free speech.
Although U.S.-Cuba relations have taken a more pragmatic tone recently, with officials from both sides pointing to improvements, Washington has barely budged since easing Cuban travel restrictions in 2011.
The United States previously exerted pressure on Europe to isolate the Cuban government. But one senior EU official who met U.S. officials last week to brief them on Europe's plans said the EU's overtures were met with Washington's "full understanding."
The EU official also denied any suggestion that Brussels was trying to "buy" democratic reforms in Cuba, saying EU aid to Havana would remain at current levels.
Cuba has received about €80 million in development aid from the EU since 2008, according to EU data.
The EU is Cuba's biggest foreign investor and second biggest trading partner after Venezuela. One third of tourists visiting the island every year come from the 28-member EU.
Change from within
Even without big surges in trade – Cuba exports little – the symbolism is huge for the EU, whose ties with Havana had been strained since Brussels imposed diplomatic sanctions in 2003 in response to the arrest of 75 dissidents.
Although the EU lifted those sanctions in 2008, the normalization of relations has been tortuous because of resistance from Poland and the Czech Republic due to their own communist past.
Warsaw and Prague now back a deal with Cuba, while the Netherlands sent its foreign minister to Havana in January – the first such trip by the Dutch since the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
The EU's Education Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou will also visit Cuba this week, a sign that high-level visits by EU officials may be resuming.
>> Read also: EU to expand educational links with Latin America
The last time Havana and the EU came close to an economic cooperation agreement was in 1996, but the Europeans called off talks in the wake of the shooting down of two small U.S. planes by Cuba off its shores, killing four Cuban exiles aboard.
As a result, the EU adopted its "common position" on Cuba in December 1996, placing human rights and democracy conditions on improved economic relations.
Havana rejects the common position as interference in its internal affairs, but Spain says this policy will remain until the cooperation accord is agreed.
"The European position appears now to realize that the common position is not a good position and has failed. Change in Cuba will never come about through external pressure," said Carlos Alzugaray, a former Cuban ambassador to the EU.
With global trade talks stalled, the European Union is trying to sign free-trade deals with fast-growing economies in Asia and Latin America, as well as with developed countries including Japan and the United States, to revive its economy.
In December 2012, the EU approved free-trade accords with Colombia, Peru and six Central American nations, giving them permanent access to the EU's 500 million consumers and offering the EU's stagnant economy new markets for its cars and luxury goods.
>> Read: EU lawmakers approve trade deals with Latin America
More recently, the EU announced plans to expand its 'Erasmus' study-abroad programme in Latin America, giving thousands of students and academics an opportunity to trade places for up to three years.
Further Reading
European Union
- Council of the European Union: Council adopts egotiating directives for bilateral Political Dialogue and Co-operation Agreement with Cuba (10 Feb. 2014)
- European Commission: EU relations with Cuba


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PA economy is a 'coiled spring'
A festival for Jericho celebrating it as the world's oldest city; call centres providing jobs in the West Bank; a water desalination project for Gaza.
These and visions of new towns in the Judean hills were on offer last week at the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem, hosted by Tony Blair and the Palestinian Prime Minister, Salaam Fayyad.
"The Palestinian economy is like a coiled spring. It has been put down and down and down and it is ready to bounce back," Sir Ronald Cohen, head of the Portland Trust, told the conference.
He said making housing more affordable and offering loan guarantees could promote a West Bank construction boom. Telecommunications was also seen as a potential growth sector, relatively unaffected by the Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank.
Israeli MK Ephraim Sneh told the JC: "Removing checkpoints is one condition for economic recovery, but it is not the single condition. More security and less terror will also boost the economy. The golden path must be found."
Gaza business consultant Sami Abdul Shafi urged investors to look beyond current Israeli strictures on the Strip, which have virtually shut down the private sector. Gazans "have the education, motivation and viability to become successful contributors to the regional and international economy", he said.
Not everyone was convinced this was an auspicious time for investment in Palestine. "If I invest money and cannot follow up my project due to the travel restrictions, I will simply lose. When peace comes there will be big chances for investment," said Ahmed Jawabre, a Palestinian businessman who lives in Abu Dhabi. He said he had to pass through five checkpoints to reach the conference from Nablus.
The Qatari-owned Wataniya Mobile Telecommunications company announced that it had been allocated frequency spectrum by Israel and can start up as the second mobile-phone operator in the West Bank.
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Story behind the photograph
This homeless man with dreadlocks is a sorry sight to look at. He looks young at first glance and than you can see him walk like a very old man. It is obvious his health is not in a good shape.
Gallery of fine art photography.
Today's post is all about important means of self expression through hairstyles.
As I take photographs of people in the street there are certain characteristics that obviously attract my eye. Sometimes it is facial expression, situation and sometimes it is simply the shape of the face or the colour of person's eyes.
Very noticeable are also some weird and wonderful hairstyles, everything from super short pixies to multi-coloured spikes and splashes to various dreadlocks.
Viva la difference.
First photo shows a young girl with black hair and a splash of red .


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Co-presented by Living Arts and John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Center
Saturday, January 17, 1-4pm, doors open at 12 noon to view the exhibit
Living ArtSpace
This symposium will explore different aspects of how Art can be used as a vehicle for breaking down perceptions of differences between people and allow for individual expression on the subject of transforming hate. After viewing the exhibit Speaking Volumes/Transforming Hate and the local version of this, Transform Hate the first part of the symposium will include a panel of noted arts advocates and activists from a variety of different ethnicities and backgrounds who will discuss ways that they have seen Art used in this way. Then there will be a break and participants will be asked to explore various visual art supplies and make an expression based on their own experiences with intolerance and transform this into something else. The group will then reconvene to discuss this experience and what results might have occurred.
Dr. Brian Hosmer, H.G. Barnard Chair of Western American History, University of Tulsa
Michael Christopher is a visual artist, composer and theatre artist who organized Tulsa Center for Contemporary Art (TuCCA) in what would become the arts district in the late 1980s, as the first public multi-arts space in the neighborhood. An out bisexual since the age of 14, he has experienced homophobia and human rights issues personally, served as the first paid director of Oklahomans for Equality, and worked with the organizers of the Rename Brady activities of the past year.
Nathan Lee is an artist and art activist from Oklahoma. He is a founding member of Inclusion in Art and is best known for his efforts towards creating a more racially diverse art community in Oklahoma.
Jill Hammer is an artist that currently teaches at Tulsa MET, an alternative school that focuses on "Big Picture" learning. Small class sizes enable Jill to get to know her students and help them create art that is personal to them. Each student presents his or her art in an exhibition at the end of each quarter. In this way, students who traditionally have struggled are inspired through art to achieve their best possible selves and show others how art can help understand life.
Since early childhood Jill has created art and used it to understand life and present it to the world.
Terri Baker is a woman, wife, mother, lifelong feminist and enjoys dual citizenship both as a US citizen and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University and has published poetry, non-fiction literary essays, university composition textbooks, and a collective biography of Women Who pIoneered Oklahoma (along with Connie Henshaw). During her professional career, Dr. Baker served on the Native American Studies faculty and the English faculty at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, capital of the Cherokee Nation. Dr. Baker is disabled and is still amazed and amused at the intolerance that the handicapped experience. Now retired, Dr. Baker volunteers at the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, JAMES, Inc., and the Tahlequah Arts Council. Baker says that she retired right ahead of the posse.
Native Tulsan, Jocelyn Lee Payne pursued a varied and extended career in higher education before becoming Executive Director for the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation a year ago. In this role, she presses forward the Center's mission to promote reconciliation and trust through scholarly work and constructive community engagement in programs such as Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate.
Winston Peraza: Designer, visual instigator and Creative Director at Cubic, born in Caracas, Venezuela, lived in Mexico, Switzerland, Venezuela and the USA.
Dr. Rodney Clark, Director of Theater North
Steve Liggett has been an arts advocate and artist in the Tulsa community for over 43 years. In 2001 he received the Harwelden Award for recognition of his art leadership in the Tulsa community. His formal education is from the University of Tulsa and he holds a Master of Arts degree with a concentration in Ceramics.During his time as Artistic Director with Living Arts of Tulsa, the organization has grown from having only an education program to a rich multimedia arts organization recognized nationwide for its support of contemporary art and artists.
This event is made possible with assistance from:
The event is free and open to the public.


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Pillsbury Annual Bake-Off
For the first time (and perhaps the last, depending on how it goes), I am actually going to be doing the competition this year, which just opened for recipe submissions.
Before this, I had always been so intimidated by it, even though I routinely bake things from scratch and have developed recipes for other large competitions. I think that it wasn't so much about the difficulty level as much as the fact that the people who participate in it always appear to be so very serious and intense about it all, while I have always just looked upon participating in competitions as a fun way to express my creativity and expand my baking abilities. Also, a small part of me thinks that it's cheating to create a recipe where a main component, like pastry crust, is pre-made. But at least that would make it faster to re-do a mistake, I suppose.
So, I wanted to see if anyone else had ever entered this competition before, or whether you are doing it this year and if so, what recommendations you might have for me.
Also, what other large (regional or national, I am thinking) competitions do you compete in for baking, if any? Or am I the only one? Have you ever won?