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Board Biographies
Terry Atkinson has spent over 30 years in the investment banking industry including tenures at Salomon Brothers, PaineWebber and UBS. He served as a board member for UBS for a number of years. While actively working in investment banking he involved himself with many charitable efforts such as the Harlem Day School and Sheltering Arms – shelter for women and children. He also was the national lead for Juvenile Diabetes for PaineWebber. He currently sits on the board of The Campanile Foundation of San Diego State University, which is their fundraising arm. He splits his time between San Diego and Tiburon, California.
Julia R. Brown is a member of the Board of Directors of Targacept, Inc., Labopharm, Inc., and MediQuest Therapeutics, Inc. She was a member of the founding Board of Directors of Trius Therapeutics, Inc. and continued to serve until its recent Series B financing. She remains on the Trius business advisory board. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Tanox, Inc. from 2005 until its acquisition by Genentech in 2007. She served on the business advisory board of CovX Pharmaceuticals from 2004 until its acquisition by Pfizer in 2008. Julia is a member of the board of CONNECT, an organization that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and the formation of new companies. She serves on its public policy committee. Julia is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of California, San Diego Foundation. She is a member of Corporate Director's Forum and the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Directors Cabinet at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She is also a member of the board of the San Diego Symphony.
From 2000-2003, Julia was Executive Vice President of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Advisor to the CEO until 2008. Prior to joining Amylin, Julia was Executive Vice President of Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She was with Dura from 1995-1999. Julia spent over 25 years with Eli Lilly and Company in progressively more senior roles. From 1992-1994, Julia was Vice President of IVAC Corporation and General Manager of its Vital Signs Division (a Lilly subsidiary). She was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Hybritech (another Lilly subsidiary), and led global marketing from1986-1992. She held a variety of positions in the pharmaceutical division, including eight years in the Company's international division. She did basic research in antimicrobials from 1969-1973. Julia is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University where she studied microbiology and biochemistry. CLICK HERE for a recent San Diego Union-Tribune profile on Julia R. Brown.
Pam Cesak graduated with a Degree in Mass Communications from Kings College. She spent more than 15 years as a radio and television personality and held management positions in major market radio and is currently a creative consultant and producer of San Diego Tonight, a new live entertainment television show on KUSI. The show is owned and produced by her company, The Pacific Dream Company. Pam came to San Diego in 1986 to create a new radio station for Sandusky Broadcasting. In 1988 she met her husband, Jerry Cesak, half of the popular Jeff & Jer Radio Show. Pam has been involved in numerous philanthropic organizations in San Diego, including the San Diego Historical Society, 11 years on the Board of the San Diego Museum of Art (including two as its Board President) and five years serving on the Board of the Old Globe Theatre. Pam is most proud of her work with the Rancho Coastal Human Society. Through her family foundation, The Unicorn Foundation (a non-profit organization that provides philanthropy worldwide for causes concerning the arts, animal protection and human rights), they built Dorothy's Dormitory, a state of the art shelter for cats; they are currently working on building Charlotte's Medical Center at RCHS. She also works with International Campaign for Tibet, a global not-for-profit organization to promote and protect human rights, religious freedom and the unique cultural identity of the Tibetan people.
Ben G. Clay has retired as a principal with Carpi & Clay, a government relations firm with offices in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. He has more than 35 years experience working with public agencies, private-sector companies and organizations. He specialized in legislative and administrative advocacy at the State of California.
Prior to establishing The Clay Company and later Carpi & Clay, Ben provided legislative representation for the City of San Diego and County of San Diego. At the County, he served as the director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office where he was responsible for supervising legislative advocacy activities in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. He also was vice president of a development company where he was responsible for managing development and government relations activities at the City and County of San Diego, Port of San Diego, California Coastal Commission and State Lands Commission. Ben has also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps.
Ben serves on the boards of the, San Diego Symphony Association, the California State Railroad Museum, the City of San Diego Qualcomm Stadium advisory board and the San Diego River Conservancy. He is a past president and current member of the Rotary Club of San Diego and a former past president of the San Diego Symphony and a former board member of the San Diego Natural History Museum. He is currently the Chair of the San Diego Rotary Club Centennial Celebration. He has taught graduate courses at National University, undergraduate courses at San Diego State University and at San Diego Community College.
A graduate of San Diego State University, Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in public administration. He has remained active in the University and is a past board member of the University's Alumni Association and College of Business Advisory Council. Ben and his wife, Nikki, co-chaired the University's Centennial Celebration in 1997, and they were honored as SDSU's "Alumni of the Year" in 1998.
Ben and Nikki reside in the Mission Hills area of San Diego.
Kathleen Seely Davis has in her career been a financial planner, real estate sales and property manager, general building contractor and a programmer (with IBM). She has served on the Board of Directors for Orchestra Nova San Diego (formerly the San Diego Chamber Orchestra) and has been chairman for several major fundraisers. She has also been Vice President of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels, and has been a board member of the Rancho Farms Estates Homeowner Association in Rancho Santa Fe, serving on various committees at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. Her international experience includes serving as a board member of the Irish American Partnership (Boston), Vice-President of various chapters of the Alliance Franchise (Minneapolis, Boston, Providence) and board member of French American Chamber of Commerce (Boston). Ms. David maintains active chairmanships in various organizations specifically aimed at fund-raising: Catholic schools, churches and the Diocese of Providence.
Ms. Davis has won various sales recognition awards in financial planning, and also won a French Government Assistantship with a Fulbright Grant to teach in France. She has twice won the President's Award for Service to the San DiegoTech Coast Angels, and has been recognized with a STAR Award from the San Diego Performing Arts League.
Ms. Davis has a B. A. Degree in Mathematics from St. Joseph College in Maryland. She was married to the late Stephen J. Davis and enjoys the company of two grown children and six grandchildren.
Phyllis Epstein is a California native. After graduating from UCLA, she became a teacher. Later, after raising her two children, she was involved as a community volunteer. She served on the board of the Museum of Photographic Arts, has been President of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, and was a member the California Arts Council. She is a co-founder of the California Music Project, which seeks to bring music education back into California schools. Phyllis is on the Board of Councilors of the Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education at USC, the USC School of Fine Arts, and a board member at the UCSD School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS), serving as the community cultural liaison.
Phyllis is the mother of 2 adult children, and grandmother of three. Her husband, Dan, previously served on the Symphony Board.
Dr. Chukuka S. Enwemeka is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA. Dr. Enwemeka's leadership experience includes an 11 year tenure as Dean and ten years as an academic department chairperson.
Before joining SDSU on July 1, 2014, he served as Distinguished Professor and Dean of the College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee from August 2009 to June 2014, and as Professor and Dean, School of Health Professions, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY for over six years. From March 1993 to February 2003, he was Professor (with tenure) and Chairman of the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, and from September 1989 to February 2003, he served as Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, and Associate Director of Physical Therapy, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Dr. Enwemeka also held a joint appointment as Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Cellular and Structural Biology, and Physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX from 1986 to 1989.
He earned his Ph.D. from New York University (NYU), and did his post-doctoral research training at NYU's Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Enwemeka received his M.S. and B.Sc. degrees in physical therapy from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, respectively. He has authored nearly 100 original research papers, monographs, and book chapters, and has secured millions of dollars in external grant funding. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a Fellow of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, and is listed among Who is Who in Science and Engineering, 1991.
Dr. Enwemeka is one of the foremost authorities in the use of low power light for therapeutic purposes. He is known for using near infrared light, emitted by lasers and other monochromatic light sources, to stimulate tissue repair in experimental animal models of soft tissue injury and clinical cases of chronic ulcers that failed to respond to other forms of treatment. In groundbreaking experiments, he and his team demonstrated that certain wavelengths of blue light effectively kill deadly bacteria; suggesting that blue light is a viable alternative to treatment with chemical agents, such as antibiotics.
As an international figure, he held the Presidency of the World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT) from 1998 to 2000, and served as founder and pioneer chairman of the North American Association for Laser Therapy (NAALT) from 2000 to 2006. He has visited 39 countries either as a visiting professor, invited presenter, keynote speaker, visiting scholar or as an invited guest of other universities.
Sam B. Ersan was born in 1950 to diplomat parents. First music experiences at age six through the vinyl recordings of Chopin 2nd by Wilhelm Backhaus and Brahms violin concerto by Nathan Milstein while living in Tel Aviv. Attended his first concert at age 10 in Geneva: David Oistrakh played the Prokofiev violin concerto, and later, Sviatoslav Richter recital in Istanbul.
Frequented the concert halls during college. Found solace in and uplifted by Mahler's music. Received a B.S. degree in Geological Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1977; also studied the music of Debussy, Ravel and Honegger during this time. 1978-1983 Graduate school in Experimental Psychology. Discovered the Chamber Music Heaven and entered in. I am still there! Please come on in.
1989-2009 Founder and CEO of Spectrum Detention Services, which caters the Department of Justice and DHS. Shostakovich, Bartok and Martinu predominated this period. Founded a residency program for San Diego Symphony musicians at the UC San Diego Music Department in 2008.
-Favorite Symphony: Mahler 5th, and Rachmaninoff 2nd.
-Favorite Orchestral Piece: "Don Quixote" by R. Strauss.
-Favorite uplifting music: "Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge" by Benjamin Britten.
-Favorite lollipop: Saint-Saens 2nd Piano Concerto.
-Favorite chamber music: Beethoven, Dvorak, Martinu Piano Trios.
-Favorite violinist of all time: Hilary Hahn.
-Schnittke, Schoenberg, Alban Berg and alike: Whoops, I am out of here...
Lisette Farrell holds a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, an MBA from INCAE in Costa Rica, and a BA in Marketing from Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua in her native Panama. She has work experience in strategic planning, marketing, product and project management, consulting and business development. Lisette's last job, before getting busy with her family, was at Visa International where she was a Manager for the Consumer Credit Products for the Latin America and Caribbean Region. She was in charge of launching Visa Platinum throughout the region and responsible for the management of Visa Gold. Before Visa, Lisette worked at several banks and financial institutions.
Lisette has been volunteering her spare time since college, where she was the Secretary of the Student Government Board of Directors. While getting her MBA, she was the Events Coordinator for the school's biggest multi-cultural event. She also was elected the Latin America Representative for the Thunderbird Student Government.
Currently, Lisette is a member of the Contemporary Collectors at MCASD, a Director's Circle member of the Museum of Photographic Arts, and serves on the New Children's Museum gala committee. Lisette lives in La Jolla with her husband Michael and her two children Camille and James.
James L. Fitzpatrick is the owner and publisher of San Diego Magazine, LLC. He originally acquired the magazine from Ed and Gloria Self in October 1994 and sold the magazine to Curtco Media, publishers of The Robb Report in 2005. Jim expanded San Diego Magazine's circulation over 50%, to more than 51,000, and increased advertising over 500%. He launched sandiegomagazine.com, the premier website for San Diego, and he launched the Custom Publishing division of San Diego Magazine. Jim reacquired San Diego Magazine in 2010. Additionally, he helped launch Garden Compass, a multi-media company that includes Garden Compass Digital Magazine, The Garden Compass Planting Guide, syndicated radio programming, gardencompass.com and gardening events.
Prior to acquiring San Diego Magazine, Jim was publisher of Entrepreneur Magazine, headquartered in Irvine.
A native of Chicago, Fitzpatrick holds a M.B.A. from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, and a B.S.B.A. from Valparaiso University, Indiana. A former Air Force pilot, he continues to fly and enjoys playing golf. He is past president of the City and Regional Magazine Association, the past Chairman of the Board of the San Diego International Sports Council, current Chairman of the Salvation Army Community Advisory Board Sierra Del Mar Division, and is active on the boards of many San Diego organizations. He and his wife Jan reside in La Jolla. They have three children and four grandchildren.
Jim received the 2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award for his turnaround of San Diego Magazine and the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the City & Regional Magazine Association.
Janet Gorrie is San Diego-born and grew up in the Point Loma area. When her grandparents downsized, her parents acquired a 1929 Steinway & Sons piano. At age 7, she began taking piano lessons. Today that piano resides in her Carmel Valley home where she continues to play.
Janet graduated from UCLA in 1973 with a B.S. and became a Registered Nurse. For over 30 years, she has worked in many different healthcare settings. She and her husband, Roland, also known as Wil, live in Carmel Valley. Their son, Seth, attends USD and is majoring in finance and accounting. They have a 14 year old German Shepherd named Sappho. She is very dear to them.
Wil was in the Supply Corps of the US Navy for many years. He retired as a Captain in 1996. He worked a business consultant following his retirement. Since fitness and health are important to Janet and Wil, they became certified personal trainers in 2004. Their garage has been transformed into a state of the art Fitness Center. He trains about 22 people per week. On Wednesday nights, they host an adult yoga group which has been going on since 2008.
This year Janet has taken on the challenge of learning duplicate bridge and plays about two times a week. She also takes conversational Chinese classes. Wil and Janet enjoy traveling and plan to go to China soon. Last summer, Janet planted an organic garden and loves dabbling around in it. It is such a pleasure to walk outside and pick fresh lettuce and tomatoes from your own garden. Janet is also a member of the Board of Directors at Seacrest Retirement Villages and is really looking forward to becoming a part of the San Diego Symphony.
Ann Haddad is a native San Diegan, growing up in the Mission Hills area of town. She began piano studies at age seven and still has the 1931 Steinway baby grand piano her parents purchased for her when she was 12. Ann is an alumna of University of San Diego High School (now Cathedral Catholic High School). She holds a B.A. in Music from Smith College and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. From 1986 through 2001, Ann worked in Washington, D.C., including 10 years in the field of international development as well as several years in consumer banking and also orchestra management (her first job after college being with the American Symphony Orchestra League, now the League of American Orchestras). In 2001, she returned to her San Diego roots, where her professional experience included the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Director of Community Relations and Events) and The San Diego Foundation (a director in the philanthropy department). She has served as the event chair for Girls Scouts Urban Campout, Promises2Kids Summer Concert Gala, American Cancer Society's (ACS) San Diego Discovery Gala and Huntington Disease Society of America (HDSA) / San Diego Chapter Celebration of Hope. Her board experience includes the ACS Gala Team for California, HDSA / San Diego Chapter, the Kraemer Endowment Foundation, and the Junior League of Washington, D.C. She is currently a gubernatorial appointee to the Board of Governors of the San Diego River Conservancy (2006-present), a mayoral appointee to the San Diego City Board of Library Commissioners (2011-present) and President of the Women's Golf Association of La Jolla Country Club. She is a 2005 LEAD San Diego graduate. Ann and her husband, Ben, reside in Point Loma and enjoy shared passions for music and the game of golf.
Warren O. Kessler, M.D. received his B.S. from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. and his M.D. from St. Louis University School of Medicine. After his General Surgery training at the Cornell University Surgical Division of Bellevue Hospital in New York, he completed his residency in Urology at the UCSD School of Medicine. Dr. Kessler served in the US Navy from 1968-1970. From 1974 until 2011 he practiced Urology and was Chief of Urology at Scripps Mercy Hospital as well as being on the teaching staff at UCSD School of Medicine.
Dr. Kessler joined the Board of the San Diego Symphony in 1981 and was Chairman of the Board from 1989-1993. He has been a member of the San Diego Symphony Foundation Board since its inception. He has chaired the search committees for the last 3 Musical Directors and the last 3 CEO's of the San Diego Symphony. He has also served as the Vice-Chairman of the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. On July 1st, Dr. Kessler once again assumed the Chairmanship of the Board of the San Diego Symphony.
Evelyn Olson Lamden is a Principal and Partner in Red Kite Business Advisors, a marketing consulting firm helping clients expand and develop their consumer market segments through research and strategic marketing planning. The firm also offers creative services, media planning, and general marketing services.
Prior to Red Kite Business Advisors, Evelyn served as SVP Marketing & Media, CMO, and COO at Aviatech, an online marketing agency. She is also Area Developer for the New Well Pacific, women's weight loss and wellness centers, and handles franchise development for the regions of San Diego County and the State of Hawaii. She and her husband are franchisees for two centers opening in San Diego and La Jolla.
Evelyn has over 30 years of experience in corporate and agency management roles, and has managed and directed media departments for companies such as Goodyear, Foodmaker (Jack-in-the-Box Restaurants), and Jenny Craig International. She served as CEO & President of Advertising Ventures International, a private marketing firm involved with local event marketing, as Managing Partner of Budji Corporation, a manufacturing company/importer of bamboo furniture for distribution to the US market, and managed the Nissan Dealer account at International Communication Group (ICG), which is now Carat-USA, one of the world's largest media buying agencies. Evelyn has worked in several industries throughout her career, including automotive, fast food, weight management, fitness, entertainment, horse racing, real estate, interior design, furniture manufacturing, and non-profits.
Evelyn is active in the performing arts community and has served on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Symphony since November 2005. She is a member of the Executive Committee and is the Board Chair for the 2012-13 season afte serving in the same capacity for 2011-2012. She is also a Board Member for Malashock Dance Company. A consummate lover of the arts, Evelyn has professionally developed scripts, directed, produced, danced, and choreographed for live stage productions. She lives in San Diego with her husband Bill, and two teenage children, Leah and Chaz.
Jeff Light grew up in Buffalo, NY, where his father was editor of the local newspaper. Over the last three decades, he has worked for newspapers and their websites. He has been an editor, a reporter, an intern, even a "hopper" – the person who throws the bundles of papers from the delivery trucks in the dead of night. He believes that journalism is one of society's greatest callings. That is to say, he feels it is one of the best things a person can do with his or her life.
Mr. Light holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University, magna cum laude, and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated first in his class.
He started as a newspaper reporter in Syracuse, NY, in the early 1980s. He was deputy editor, then vice president for interactive publishing at the Orange County Register, where he worked from 1993 to 2010.
As a newspaper journalist, he was a member of a Pulitzer-Prize winning staff in 1996, and led project teams that were Pulitzer finalists in both 2004 and 2005. In the interactive business, he led the growth of the Register's news site (whose traffic doubled in just over two years) and helped to develop internet strategy for Freedom Communications.
Jeff Light joined The San Diego Union-Tribune as editor and vice president in March 2010 as part of Platinum Equity's turn-around team for California's second-largest newspaper. He helped to reinvent the company, redesigning its print and digital products and refocusing the newsroom around a digital-first strategy while embracing the diversity, creativity and intelligence of the community. He served as president and chief operating officer from January through May of 2015, when the company was sold to Tribune Publishing. In March 2016 he was promoted to the dual role of publisher and editor in chief.
Rear Admiral Riley D. Mixson, USN, retired from active duty in the US Navy in February 1994 and founded RDM Associates, an aerospace consulting firm that provides senior-level consulting and advisory services in both the defense and commercial sectors. His clients include major international corporations that are involved in aerospace manufacturing, integrated systems support, and software development. His naval career included positions in command of the Red Sea Carrier Strike Force during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, a carrier battle group, a combat logistics support ship, a carrier airwing, and a light attack squadron. As a carrier pilot he participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and Desert Shield/Storm. Shore assignments included Director Air Warfare for the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-05/N-88), Executive Director of the Joint Strategic Defense Planning Staff for the United States Space Command, Deputy Director Systems Analysis Division (OP-96), and Avionics Procurement Officer, Naval Air Systems Command.
1994 – Present: As President of RDM Associates in San Diego, Rear Admiral Mixson has participated in executive level planning, contracting, and implementation of key Department of Defense programs specializing in manned and unmanned aircraft, surface, and sub-surface platforms and systems, C5ISR system integration, and logistics support. He has been active in DoD transformation process, serving as advisor and board member on various projects for DARPA, the Defense Science Board, the Naval Studies Board, and the Air Force Science Advisory Board. He's been a team leader in bringing the F/A-18 Super Hornet to fruition as the backbone of carrier aviation for the next 20 years.
Education: Rear Admiral Mixson has earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University, a Master's Degree in Business Management from the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, and a Master's Degree in International Affairs from George Washington University.
Board Affiliations: Rear Admiral Mixson has been associated with the Boards of the USS Midway Museum, Rolls Royce, GKN Aerospace, Augusta Westland, Thales, QinetiQ, SERCO, Celerant Federal Consulting and Hitachi Federal Consulting.
Groups and Associations: Rear Admiral Mixson has been active in the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Lexington Institute, Heritage Foundation, Sharp Hospice Foundation, US Naval Institute, Naval Aviation Museum, National Defense Industrial Association, the Association of the U.S. Navy, Coalition for the Common Defense and the San Diego Yacht Club.
Elizabeth Hamman Oliver is an active patron of the San Diego arts community. A member of the board of both the Mainly Mozart Festival and University of California, San Diego Arts Gallery, Oliver is also a committee member of the Museum of Modern Art, San Diego.
Jacqueline L. Parks is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Strategist in Wealth Planning Solutions at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. In this role, Jacqueline is responsible for providing comprehensive wealth management strategies in the areas of estate planning, intergenerational wealth planning, charitable giving, stock option planning, retirement planning, income tax planning and cash flow analysis. She coordinates the efforts of outside professional advisors, such as attorneys, accountants and insurance agents, to ensure the proper implementation of these strategies.
Jacqueline joined U.S. Trust ® in 2009. Prior to joining U.S. Trust ®, Jacqueline spent ten years practicing as an estate planning attorney, working with high net worth individuals and families in the areas of income tax, estate and gift tax and philanthropy. Jacqueline has also served as a planned giving advisor for the United Way, the Junior League, the San Diego Symphony and Ronald McDonald House Charity of San Diego.
Jacqueline received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from John Carroll University, her Juris Doctorate at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of San Diego School of Law. She is a member of both the California State Bar and the Ohio State Bar, as well as the San Diego County Bar Association. In her role with U.S. Trust®, Jacqueline does not provide legal advice.
Deborah Pate, D.C., D.A.C.B.R. has been in San Diego since 1984. She came here as a research fellow in osteoradiology with the University of California, San Diego. After completing her fellowship she started a private practice and also taught postgraduate courses for several chiropractic institutions. Deborah continues to maintain a radiology consulting practice and occasionally presents workshops on the topic of osteoradiology.
For the past 15 years she and her husband, John Forrest, M.D., have been involved with community projects in San Diego. They started an after-school program at Roosevelt Middle School that included music and the arts. Roosevelt now has beginning and intermediate music programs for students, including band and guitar ensemble. These music programs are now offered in the regular school curriculum not only in the after school program.
They also fund several projects for Father Joe's Village, including a dual residence in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine program in one of the few free clinics in San Diego County.
Deborah is a past board member of Planned Parenthood and continues to co-chair their speakers' series. She is also on the board of Art of Élan. Deborah and Jack have been loyal supporters of the San Diego Symphony, UCSD Art Power, Art of Élan and Orchestra Nova.
Shearn Platt is a retired lawyer and real estate specialist and a founding partner of the law firm of Rudick, Platt, Glatt & Getz. He is president of Platt Management, Inc., which is the Managing General Partner of: Golden West Hotel, L.P.; New Plaza Hotel, Ltd.; G.W. Properties, LP; Platt & Wolff Investment Company, LP; and several other syndicated real estate based investments.
Shearn has been a community activist serving as Past President of numerous community organizations including San Diego Hebrew Home for the Aged; San Diego East Village Association; United Jewish Federation of San Diego; San Diego Jewish Community Foundation.
Shearn Platt first joined the Board of Directors of the San Diego Symphony Association in 1982 and served in many important roles before retiring from the Board in 1994. Most recently he rejoined the board and served as a member of the Music Director Search Committee which was instrumental in bringing Jahja Ling to San Diego.
Shearn and his wife Linda have two grown children, ten grandchildren and reside in the Banker's Hill area of San Diego.
Colette Carson Royston's professional career for the past 30 years has been divided between healthcare, community activities and the arts. In these arenas, Colette has assumed leadership positions on both a national and local level. Her health profession began as an oncology nurse specialist/consultant focused on research, education and patient advocacy. She has authored numerous publications in the field of oncology and has consulted for a number of bio-technology, pharmaceutical and health care related institutions. At the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in San Diego, she managed clinical trials for over ten years. She was elected by the membership to the National Board of the Oncology Nursing Society and also served as the President of the National Oncology Nursing Foundation. She also served as the Chair of the Tenth Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society held in Los Angeles. Currently, Colette is serving on the Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
During the same period, Colette has been actively involved in a variety of San Diego non-profit organizations. She served for nine years on the board of the San Diego Foundation, including Chairing the Board for three years. Her focus at the Foundation was community outreach in science and the arts and improving quality of life. She has been a strong advocate for growth of the arts in San Diego and was appointed by the Mayor to the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, where she served for eight years, including three years as Chair of the Commission. Colette has also served on the Boards of the San Diego Opera and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, where she was past President of the Board.
As a partner with Ivor Royston in the Carson Royston Group, Colette continues to provide services to organizations in healthcare and the arts, as well as manage The Pelican Group, a theatrical production group that has invested in a number of Broadway productions, including Jersey Boys, Memphis, Jesus Christ Superstar and Doctor Zhivago.
Colette received her Master's degree from the UCLA School of Nursing, where she was an American Cancer Society Scholar.
In her free time she enjoys skiing, cycling, hiking and playing piano.
As a Wealth Management Managing Director for The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank, Marivi Shivers helps clients work toward their financial goals. Marivi connects clients with the comprehensive wealth management services available in The Private Client Reserve, including Investment Management, Private Banking, Trust and Estate Services and Wealth Planning. She takes the time to understand her clients' unique needs, and she supports their goals by bringing together a team of specialists to provide customized strategies.
Marivi has more than 30 years of experience in banking, trust & investments and financial planning. She is a consistent recipient of the annual Elite Awards.
Marivi earned a degree from St. Paul's College in Manila, Philippines, and has completed business courses at the University of San Diego.
Marivi served on the Advisory Boards for the Business Roundtable for Education, The New American's Immigration Museum, Learning Center, Downtown Partnership Board, San Diego Museum of Man as well as the Asian Business Association of San Diego. She is a committee member of the Advisory Council for the Philippine/American Chamber, UPAC and the San Diego Honorary Deputy Sheriff's Association. She also served over 20 years on the Chamber of Commerce.
Marivi and her husband live in San Diego with their two children and three grandchildren.
Donald M. Slate
Graduated Beverly Hills High School, 1949
Graduated Unversity of Southern California, 1954
CEO of Bardon Inc., engaged in designing, importing and distributing men's apparel, 1954-1986
Retired, 1986 to present
United Jewish Federation, San Diego Symphony, Jewish
Community Foundation, Anti Defamation League, AIPC,
San Diego Chamber Orchestra, and co-founder of Kids Included Together
David R. Snyder, Esq. has been a practicing attorney since 1974, specializing in general corporate matters. Principal outside general counsel to numerous public companies and substantial private entities. Lead counsel in over 50 public offerings of equity and debt securities; represented NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange public companies in their ongoing SEC reporting obligations and handled private placement and public and private merger and acquisition transactions. Have counseled boards of directors in contested takeovers and in stockholder litigation in California, Delaware and federal courts. Broad industry sector experience including utilities, high-tech, biotech, financial services, healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Profiled in The Best Lawyers in America since 1993 and in Chambers & Partners: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Married to Phyllis Alford Snyder; two children, son Jason Richard and daughter Carrie Snyder Vilaplana.
1993 – present - PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP, San Diego, California. Partner; Chair of Firm-wide Business Department (2005-present); Member of Firm Board (1998-present); London Office Managing Partner (2001-2003) and Executive Vice chair (2004-2006)
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, Ithaca, New York
Doctor of Law, with Distinction, June 1974
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Michigan
B.A. in Humanities, with High Honors, June 1971
American Bar Association Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities (1987-present); Chair, Subcommittee on Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation (1999-present).
Director, Corporate Directors Forum (2001-2007); Director, Rady Children's Physician Management Services Corporation (2004-present); Director,San Diego Regional Disaster Fund of the San Diego Foundation (2005-present)
J. William Weber and his wife Sue Weber have lived in Rancho Santa Fe since 1998, following Bill's retirement after more than thirty years at Hughes Aircraft Company and General Motors. While at Hughes, he was product line manager for airborne displays, program manager for automotive crash avoidance systems, and head of strategic planning. At the same time, he was director of a community bank in northeastern Colorado. Since retiring, he has dedicated himself to leadership and community service for non-profit organizations throughout San Diego County.
Bill served for six years on the board of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, including two as its president. He also led development of its educational outreach programs. He has been a director on the Corporate Board of the San Diego County YMCA, chairing its Marketing and Communications Committee. He led the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club's successful six-year, $12 million clubhouse renovation. More recently, he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Cambridge School, a remarkable classical Christian academy in Rancho Peñasquitos that has grown from 9 students in 2006 to 250 students today. He remains involved with the school as Chair of its Advisory Board. Currently, Bill chairs the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club's Long Range Planning Committee, and a committee to develop a sustainable, alternate source of water for the club.
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Child saying he could live with other parent to stay up later
(9 Posts)this often happens with separated paretns, children trying to play one off against the other! If you are one of the lucky one your ex will back you up if not ....... well its going to happen over and over again on different issues.
totally agree with what betterthan never has said!!!
the court system often means that children are not allowed to be parented these days.
Try your best to stick to your rules, talk to your child why the rules are there, at 11 your childs trying to expand their independance and that includes pushing the boundries ( they think they are all grown up) its always worth an "ok i will phone your dad and ask shall i?" but the "and?...." works wonders !!
Thanks everyone. I knew I could rely on your good sense. I know deep down he knows who looks out for him and I'm the one he goes to when he's got a problem that needs sorting. I honestly don't think he'd want to live at his dad's but probably thought it was worth a try!
Snorbs - my 8 year old is the same. Another trick is to say he's hungry/thirsty when it's time for bed. I pre-empt him now and give him a snack about half an hour before bed!
Don't bite. Simple as that. He's trying to play you off with your ex.
I'm another for vague Mmm noises. My step kids make out their mum lets them do all kinds of things (not very likely given what I know of her) and we don't rise to it.
One that they put to her was that at our house they get Pizza Hut (once in a blue moon) and it's better than the supermarket pizza she gives them. Her response was "And...?" Cheeky DSS1 reported this unsatisfactory response back to me. Obviously I said "And...?"
Children are the enemy not the former spouse
"when you older you can choose who to live with. for now bedtimes at this house are xxx pm"
I doubt he meant it - my ds does that sometimes too - like if I tell him off he says he'd rather be at his dad's - usually I ignore it but sometimes I say if you want to spend a bit more time with your dad I will see if I can arrange extra time at which point he says oh no thanks that's ok!
In the long run OP your DS will know who has his best interests at heart, in fact he probably already knows. I bet this is quite common and more experienced people will be on.
I have just been thinking after reading a different thread on a different topic... that I am sure in 20 years time there will be a panorama programme on TV about what the current family court system has done to children...... and how bad parenting has lead to problems in society - you know you are being a great Mum, you don't need to justify it to your DS or anyone.
I'd be very non-committal and probably just say something like "Uh-huh" or maybe "That's nice". I'd try very hard not to rise to the bait, particularly if the conversation was taking place at bed time. If he pressed the issue then I'd probably say that we'd discuss it the next day.
My DS is pretty good about bed time but my DD has a real tendency to use bedtime as an opportunity to ask long and involved questions as a means to keep me talking and so make her bedtime later. Took me ages to work out what the little blighter was up to...
My boys, like most kids, grumble when it's bed time. Last night my 11 year old said, in a throw away remark, that if he lived at his dad's then he could go to bed later. Ex is useless at getting them to bed so by later it could be anytime up to 11.30pm so it's not really an option.
tbh I didn't know really what to say so thought I'd ask you lot. There's no way I would let him get his own way by saying this as it's hard enough to get him to go to bed now, and can sometimes be 10pm before he goes to sleep.
What would you say to him if he says this again? Thanks.
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Randy Sexton (born July 24, 1959) is a Canadian ice hockey executive, businessman and former athlete. He is currently the Director of Amateur Scouting for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He most recently was the general manager of the Florida Panthers of the NHL. He was one of the founders of the Ottawa Senators NHL club in Ottawa, Ontario. He later became the Senators' second general manager.
Born in Brockville, Ontario, Randy Sexton attended St. Lawrence University from 1978 until 1982 on a hockey scholarship after playing for the Cornwall Royals. He served as team captain during his final two seasons, earning awards including All-American honors, Senior Male Athlete of the Year, Most Valuable Player and the Brian P. Doyle Leadership Award. From 1983-1985 he served as an assistant coach with St. Lawrence, while also handling scouting and recruiting responsibilities. He later earned a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Clarkson University.[1]
In 1989, Sexton was vice-president of Terrace Investments, a commercial development firm in Ottawa. Bruce Firestone, then president & CEO, developed the idea of reviving NHL hockey in Ottawa, adopting for the club the old Ottawa Senators name. In the original plan, their privately financed arena would anchor a new 'West Terrace' 'mini-city' land development in Kanata, Ontario on class "A" farmland. Sexton, along with Mr. Firestone and Cyril Leeder were the principal persons behind the successful drive to win a new NHL franchise in 1990.
Sexton would later be named general manager by majority owner Rod Bryden in 1993 and served until 1995. He was Ottawa's general manager at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft where he selected Alexandre Daigle. He would sign Daigle to a record-breaking salary for a rookie. The contract would lead the league to put restrictions on rookie contracts. He was fired in December 1995 due to the poor performance of the hockey club in the 1995–96 season.
He then turned to sports marketing with the firm Capital Sports Management, which provided strategic advice to the Senators.[1] When the Senators built the Bell Sensplex ice rink facility in 2004, Mr. Sexton was named Executive director.
On January 27, 2007, Sexton was hired as the assistant general manager of the Florida Panthers, serving under then-General Manager Jacques Martin, the former head coach of the Ottawa Senators. His responsibilities included overseeing scouting operations, player development, hockey administration and contract negotiations.[1] Sexton was appointed Panthers General Manager on October 2, 2009, after Jacques Martin resigned to become the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
Sexton was replaced by former Chicago Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon after a disappointing 2009–10 season. On July 3, 2010, Sexton was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins as an assistant director of amateur scouting. From 2013, he served as the Penguins Co-director of Amateur scouting until he was elevated to the position of sole Director of Amateur Scouting in 2015.[2]
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- ^ Brodie, Rob (June 6, 2012). "Sens' founders together again in Sports Hall of Fame". Ottawa Senators. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
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A Centurion was the generalised term given to the rank held by a senior Astartes line officer of the Space Marine Legions that was in use during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. A Centurion served as a battle commander middle-tier line officer, as well as taking on more specialised functions which helped give an Astartes Legion its unusual operational depth and strategic flexibility. The actual name of the rank could vary from Legion to Legion, depending on its particular culture and traditions.
The ancient Legiones Astartes were composed of tens of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands of Space Marines. As such, each Legion required a substantial core of leaders, champions and line officers. Whether one of these officers, generally called Consuls, were actually a Captain who commanded a company composed of a thousand or more Legionaries on campaign, or a Shield-Lieutenant given charge of a boarding party in a savage void battle, to have risen through the ranks of their Legion meant that they had already demonstrated their worth in the bloody fire of conflict.
The term Centurion was often used to represent one of the specialist officers of the Space Marine Legions, who were collectively referred to as Consuls, although this covered many different ranks and specialties such as the Chaplains, Fleet-Captains, Blood Chieftains, Vigilators, Legates and even the psykers who became Librarians. The following are the most common examples of officers of what would be considered Centurion rank found in the Space Marine forces of the Great Crusade, although many others existed in particular Legions:
- Chaplain - Legion Chaplains ensured the spiritual well-being of their Legion and enforced the psyker ban in accordance to the Emperor's Decree Absolute rendered during the Council of Nikaea. These officers were picked from those Space Marines who were the most steadfast in their duties, and who had demonstrated the strongest loyalty to their Primarch and to the Emperor.
- Legion Champion - A Legion Champion's sworn task was to hunt down and slay the commanders and heroes of an enemy force in single combat. Armed with the finest weapons available, these deadly warriors embodied the honour of their Legion.
- Legion Praevian - A Legion Praevian was a unique position within a Space Marine Legion who were often assigned as the commander of a cohort of Battle-Automata, the walking engines of death forged by the Legio Cybernetica and bonded in service to an individual Space Marine Legion. These cohorts were comprised of either Castellax or Vorax-class Battle Automata.
- Legion Delegatus - A Legion Delegatus was a mid-ranking Legion officer, such as a Centurion, tasked with a specific mission by Legion high command and formally deputised to act in all matters with the full weight of their commander's authority. As such, they could mobilise the Legion's resources to the full, deploy its assets and, if performing a mission of vital strategic worth, assemble a strike force of chosen warriors.
- Librarian
- Master of Signal - A Master of Signal was commonly attached to the forward elements of a Space Marine assault, providing communications support across the wider warzone, and was capable of calling down a pinpoint bombardment from either orbiting fleet assets or static artillery positions nearby, engulfing the foes of Mankind in flaming destruction.
- Moritat - A Moritat was an unofficial designation given to certain Astartes of the ancient Legiones Astartes who displayed suicidal urges and a blatant disregard for overall combat doctrine. Operating independently on the battlefield, these individuals were often employed as efficient shock assault troops and assassins. From its earliest days, the Raven Guard Legion employed more Moritats than did many others. The individuals assigned to this duty were often those considered extreme in their methods even by the cold-blooded Xeric (the original Terran members of the XIXth Legion) and they were often used -- willingly -- to undertake missions from which they were not expected to return. This bygone rank no longer exists amongst the Adeptus Astartes of the late 41st Millennium.
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- Combi Weapon
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Optional Wargear (For Centurion Terminators)Edit
- Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour
- Combi-Bolter
- Power Weapon
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- Single Lightning Claw or Pair of Lightning Claws
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- The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal by Alan Bligh, pp. 190-191
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Price: $29 for 0.23 fl oz/ 7 mL (transplanting gel) and 0.02 oz/ 0.5 g (natural fibers)
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Description from the website: Our simple three-step process combines Transplanting Gel and Natural Fibers to help create the appearance of incredible thickness and volume to your existing lashes. Watch as your lashes transform into something you have only dreamed of! The 3D Fiber Lashes are water resistant but easily washes off with warm water and facial cleanser at the end of the day. Try it! It will quickly become your favorite makeup must-have!
Thoughts: When I first received the package, I was pretty impressed. It came in a fancy case that reminded me of cases for your glasses/sunglasses. It's definitely not a cheap one but one I can see myself using in the future.
Here's how it looks open. After I finish using the mascara, I'm going to remove the black straps from the case and use it for other things.
Here are the Transplanting Gel, right one, and Natural Fibers. Before I talk more about the product, let me give you the direction from the website.
"To prepare your eyelashes for optimal results, first apply one thin coat of your own regular favorite mascara and let it dry. Then, apply Moodstruck Transplanting Gel to your lashes.
Immediately following, while the gel is still wet, apply the Moodstruck Natural Fibers.
Reapply the Transplanting Gel a second time to secure the natural fibers onto your lashes."
Jamie recommended I don't use my own mascara. Just start off with the Transplanting Gel, Natural Fibers, and then end it with Transplanting Gel. She said she had better result this way. I followed her recommendation.
Here's a closer look at the Transplanting Gel. In my opinion, it looks like a normal mascara. This is the first product you apply onto your lashes from root to the tip.
While your lashes are still wet from Transplanting Gel, you apply the Natural Fibers. I highly recommend doing one eye at a time. You will see the fibers attaching onto your lashes. It'll grow and thicken. Then to seal the fibers, you coat your lashes with the Transplanting Gel.
Now for how it looks on me...
Step 1: Transplanting Gel
This is my lashes with Transplanting Gel only. It just coats the lashes and prepares for the Natural Fibers.
Step 2: Natural Fibers
It's not the best picture but you can see the fibers.
Step 3: Transplanting Gel
I sealed the fibers with the Transplanting Gel.
Comparison of mascara vs none:
Look at the difference! I went from non-existence lashes, right, to fuller gorgeous ones.
Here's an overall look. Unfortunately, you cannot see the lashes but I've been getting a lot of compliments. It's very noticeable in person.
Now for my overall opinion... First of all, I find everything high-quality. I'm impressed with the case, as well as, the mascaras. The packaging of the Transplanting Gel and Natural Fibers are not cheap. It's sturdy, well-made, and best of all travel-friendly. If you do take the case, it can be kind of bulky. I also think you can put extra stuff inside the case to save some space. For example, you can put small brushes and even lip products. It's just a suggestion. If you don't want to take the case, the mascaras will not break or leak. Secondly, the steps of applying the mascaras might be a little bit time consuming compared to applying normal mascaras but you will not get this result with any normal mascaras. What can I say other than it's amazing! I've gotten so many compliments. My friend even asked if she can get it from Sephora. Third, I was most worried if the mascaras would weigh my lashes down. From my experience, a lot of non-waterproof mascaras make my curled lashes fall straight down. It's not a pretty sight. This mascara didn't completely held my lashes but it definitely did not weigh it down. It probably fell about 5-10% which in itself is amazing! I am happy with that. Lastly, my lashes looked full and longer the entire day until I removed it.
* High-quality packaging.
* Sturdy case that you can use after finishing the product.
* Travel-friendly.
* Holds curls.
* Lengthens.
* Makes lashes fuller.
* Easy to remove.
* Lasts all day.
* Cannot purchase in stores.
Would repurchase: Yes!
Rating: 5/5 Tobey's Paws
Here is Jamie's information:
Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is given to me to review. I am not affiliated with the company nor getting paid to advertise the product. This post is written with my honest opinion.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
8 comments:
oh man! this looks AMAZING. what an unique product. must resist buying right away...must...resist...lol
- June 12, 2014 at 8:29 AM
- Linda said...
Looks good! I'm so tempted to try this mascara out.
- June 12, 2014 at 9:11 AM
- Piper said...
You're pretty with and without lash enhancement. _̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡.
- June 12, 2014 at 7:56 PM
- Kim A. said...
The lengthening is amazing!
- June 13, 2014 at 1:33 PM
- Ahleessa said...
You must not resist... hehe j/k~ It can be kind of expensive but I think it's so worth it. :)
- June 17, 2014 at 12:54 AM
- Ahleessa said...
You should try it! I think you will love it and might be your new addiction... hehe~
- June 17, 2014 at 12:56 AM
- Ahleessa said...
Thanks doll! :) I haven't seen you in awhile. I hope everything is treating you well!
- June 17, 2014 at 12:57 AM
- Ahleessa said...
I totally agree with you. :)
- June 17, 2014 at 12:57 AM
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COLBIE CAILLAT - COCO, album released in UK and U.S.A. July 17th 2007 and Italy March 14th 2008.
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Colbie Caillat [pronounced "Kole-bee Kal-lei"] [born Colbie Marie Caillat on May 28th 1985 in Newbury Park, California] is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk albums. Caillat recalls being around the likes of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie as a child. She is noted for her MySpace profile which led her to become the number-one unsigned singer in her genre for four months. Her popularity on the social network was partially due to her song 'Bubbly'. Her profile has garnered over thirty-one million plays. For the week of July 17th 2007, 'Bubbly' was featured on the iTunes Store as the free "Single of the Week". The promotion coincided with the release of Coco, her debut studio album. According to her MySpace profile, Caillat was first inspired to start singing at age eleven when she first heard the Fugees' 1996 version of the song 'Killing Me Softly', made famous by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her MySpace profile also cites that, though trained at piano from an early age, Caillat did not begin playing guitar until age nineteen.
'Coco' is the debut album by singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat, which was released on July 17th 2007. Colbie combines acoustic pop, light jazz, and blue-eyed soul on 'Coco'. Despite her young age of 22 at the time of its release, the record seems likely to attract an older audience, although her sunny singing manages to sound centered and spirited at the same time. Coco doesn't offer anything startlingly new, but its relaxing vibe is hard to resist. The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number five, selling about 51,000 copies in its first week. As of March 5th 2008, the album has sold 1,341,000 copies in the US. The album has been certified Platinum. Three singles have been released from the album, 'Bubbly' [2007], 'Realize' [2008] and 'The Little Things' [2008]. I have included the bonus tracks from both the UK special edition, 'Dreams Collide', and the U.S.A. edition 'Older'.
01 Oxygen
02 The Little Things
03 One Fine Wire
04 Bubbly
05 Feelings Show
06 Midnight Bottle
07 Realize
08 Battle
09 Tailor Made
10 Magic
11 Tied Down
12 Capri
Bonus Tracks:
13 Dreams Collide [U.K.]
14 Older [U.S.]
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Colbie Caillat - Bubbly [2007]
Colbie Caillat - Realize [2008]
Colbie Caillat - The Little Things [2008]
More of my audio/video releases can be found at:
Or on this site, by simply clicking on the name 'skirgsk', shown in red above.
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Roll on Cologne for Men
Passion Moon Potions
Roll on cologne is made with pure jojoba oil, mixed with essential oils and fragrance.
Perfect for a night out, after the gym or whenever you want to smell incredible.
Made in small batches with Aloha!
Scent descriptions below.
*Oh Snap!* Is masculine, aquatic floral blend of lavender leaf and green mandarin top-notes, combined with middle-notes of Jasmine, basil, sage, warm-violet and earthy geranium, & perfectly completed with a vetiver, sandalwood and leathery-amber musk.
*Going Out* Is mandarin, lemon, clove and musk.
*Funk* Is a sensual cedar, mandarin and amber, a mossy, masculine scent that brings to mind warm fabrics such as cashmere, flannel, and wool.
*Smooth* Is a refined, oriental, woody fragrance which possesses a blend of a fresh scent of light citrus, in combination with a strong woodsy aroma, with a low note of vanilla.
*Feelin' Fresh* Is a sensual, spicy, oriental fragrance developed on the harmony of tobacco with refined base notes of cardamom, ginger, cedarwood, and citrus spice accord. It is both classic and modern, vibrant and engaging.
*Shy Guy* is a Woody Aromatic fragrance, Top notes are petitgrain, cardamom, lemon, orange and fir; middle notes are jasmine, rosemary, rose and lily-of-the-valley; base notes are vetiver, musk, oakmoss and brazilian rosewood.
*Gentleman* includes an extensive mixture of sicilian lemon, italian bergamot, green mandarin, moroccan tangerine, grapefruit, juniper leaves, birch leaves, champagne, mediterranean air, tuscan basil, florentine iris, clay sage, lavender, cashmere, australian sandalwood, amber, tonka bean, rum.
*Twist* A dashing composition of bergamot, jasmine, and cedar blended with vanilla, sandalwood and amber.
*Swagger* A masculine blend that is clean and refreshing, leaves the man feeling invigorated and refreshed. This manly scent top notes are orange, sage, lemon that blends into carnation, geranium, cinnamon, jasmine and heliotrope. Finishing off this blend is vanilla, cedarwood, frankincense, tonka and musk.
*He Showered* A Refreshing, spicy, lavender, amber, jasmine, musk, oakmoss, and sandalwood fragrance.
*Kamuela Fog* A mix of Lavender, Bergamot and Cinnamon
Mimosa and Leather, Tobacco leaf, Guaiac wood and Oakmoss.
*Musk* Soft, true musk.


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Database eurocrim
The multilingual (English, German) database eurocrim, maintained by Dominik Brodowski and hosted at the Research Centre for European Criminal Law at the University of Tübingen, compiles laws, bills, initiatives and reports related to European Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, and classifies the documents by topic, type and source. Note the sources we use, and our legal disclaimer. We are looking forward to your feedback and your contributions.
Recent Updates
2017-03-24: Combatting financial crime and terrorist financing a) Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on countering money laundering by criminal law (First reading) b) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders (First reading) = Progress report, Council document 7435/17 of 2017-03-20 () |
2017-03-20: Common challenges in combating cybercrime, Council document 7021/17 of 2017-03-13 () |
2017-03-10: Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties - Draft forms and agreement / Written contributions by Member States, Council document 6755/17 of 2017-03-06 () |


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The first Test between the teams in the Caribbean saw Sri Lanka recover from 23 for 3 to 119 for 3 early in the afternoon session. Jayasuriya was 71 and Ranatunga 31.
Courtney Walsh, the West Indies' captain, had no hesitation in sending Sri Lanka in to bat on a pitch still unusually moist from the late pre- match preparation.
The ferocious Ambrose, charging in with the Viv Richards Pavilion at his back and cheered on by his fellow Antiguans, dispatched the opener Roshan Mahamana in his third over, the left-handed Russell Arnold next ball, and then the dangerous Aravinda de Silva. The elongated fast bowler was virtually unplayable as the ball lifted steeply and moved off the seam to the consternation of the batsmen.
Ambrose, who had not taken a Test wicket since the third match of the preceding series against India six weeks and 38 overs ago, was stalled frustratingly on 295 Test wickets, but within 40 minutes here he was only two wickets away from becoming the fourth West Indian with 300 in Tests.
Mahamana prodded at a leg-cutter to be caught at the wicket and Arnold's tentative prod deflected a catch to third slip. De Silva, coming off consecutive hundreds in his last three Test innings against Pakistan, attempted an entirely inappropriate back-foot stroke which lobbed a catch to cover before he had scored.
Jayasuriya began with a flourish, hoisting Ian Bishop for six over square leg in the second over, but he had to endure the pain of several blows on the body, inevitable on such a surface. Three times the Sri Lankan medical corps was obliged to come to his aid on the field after he was rapped on the glove and on the box by Ambrose, and on the grille of the helmet by Bishop.
When Jayasuriya was on 36 he offered a stiff chance to Sherwin Campbell at gully off Bishop, but nothing could deflect him from his purpose and, when Bishop shortened outside the off-stump, he square cut the ball out of the ground into adjoining Independence Avenue. It was a remarkable blow.
The influence of the hot sun during lunch seemed to ease the pitch and batting became easier during the early part of the afternoon against an attack which lost its edge while Ambrose was rested.
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What's New in LoopBack 2.0
We've been busy!
Wow! It's been almost nine months from the time we launched LoopBack . Since the initial release back in September we've added a ton of cool features:
- push notification service integration
- storage service integration
- enhancements to the User prebuilt model
- security access control lists
- BACN – a reference implementation for building hybrid mobile apps with Bootstrap, Angular, Cordova (PhoneGap) and Node
- LoopBack running in a browser through Browserify
- MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, REST, SOAP and ATG connectors
- Offline sync and replication
- Many performance and stability improvements
Lessons learned
Here's a couple of things we learned along the way…
- The prevailing use case for Node is to act as API "glue" across systems. This use case is being driven predominantly by the surge in mobile, next gen web (SPAs) and IoT
- Both independent developers and large enterprise DO value a commercially supported framework that is free and open source
- The community is our best source for feedback on features, improvements and things we wish we can and will do better
What's New in LB 2.0
From all the things we've noted over the past several months, we've come up with a new set of features that will take LoopBack to the next level addressing many of the things you've told us. Here's what's new in LoopBack 2.0, available today:
- Yeoman Support
- Express 4.0 Support
- Isomorphic LoopBack
- New Project Structure
- External Config Support
- Composable LoopBack
- Upgraded Workspace 3.0 API
Yeoman Support
JavaScript has great tools for task scripting, scaffolding, building and templating. We realized that there's no need to re-invent the wheel on scaffolding. We've moved all the scaffolding commands to yeoman. Yeoman's generator is utilizing workspace 3.0's API to do the scaffolding.
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$ yo loopback _-----_ | | .--------------------------. |--(o)--| | Let's create a LoopBack | `---------´ | application! | ( _´U`_ ) '--------------------------' /___A___\ | ~ | __'.___.'__ ´ ` |° ´ Y ` [?] Enter a directory name where to create the project: . [?] What's the name of your application? (myproject) |
Express 4.0
Remember that LoopBack is built on Express. That was on purpose because Express is easy to use, well understood in the Node community, and very familiar to those who use lightweight web frameworks like Ruby rack. When building LoopBack we wanted to build a model driven approach harnessing the simplicity of Express and take advantage of its many middleware components. We've updated Express in LB 2.0 to version 4.0.
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RestAdapter.prototype.createHandler = function () { var root = express.Router(); var adapter = this; var classes = this.getClasses(); |
In LoopBack 2.0, strong-remoting takes LoopBack's remoting LDL and builds an Express 4.x router to represent the REST endpoints.
Isomorphic LoopBack
We first got LoopBack running in a browser using browserify. You could create models and use the memory adapter and have your LoopBack app fully running in the browser. To further extend on this, now you can seamlessly connect models using the Remote Connector to connect LoopBack to LoopBack. For example, browser to server or server to server.
We did this by enhancing strong-remoting to be able to accept and return ModelTypes in addition to the JSON and its JSON primitives. Because your models don't need to know where they are being run other than in LoopBack, you can share the same API regardless of where your code is running, thus making the API isomorphic.
Models are referenced through one way – "local" versus "remote" as seen in our offline sync capabilities and example in loopback-example-full-stack. This is foundation for how we built the replication API for data synchronization between browser and server.
New Project Structure
We're expanding the project directory structure within LoopBack. LoopBack 1.0 apps will still work but this new structure will enable you to better organize your LoopBack applications. It also allows us to move into enabling LoopBack components which you can think of as "sub-apps". Current LoopBack applications move into a component called "server" at the top level of your project. The current bundles of functionality built for the multiple use cases including push notifications, storage service integration and data synchronization are going to be refactored into the this new project structure in the near future as components.
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- common |---- models - client |---- models-config.json - server |---- models-config.json |
Here's a brief preview of the structure itself:
- "Client", is where your client code goes. This could be anything from using our Angular SDK to dumping in a hybrid mobile app using our BACN reference implementation.
- "Server" is where the back end code resides.
- "Common" is where shared components reside. We're starting with models that can be referenced and extended in either client or server with additional properties that are only found in those components as seen in our use case of supporting offline synchronization through LoopBack running in the browser.
External Config Support
Toward the later versions of Loopback 1.x, we heard from you on needing more flexibility managing your application configuration, especially when it came to running it in multiple environments throughout the lifecycle. We built LoopBack Boot to act as an application bootstrapper for this purpose. We've now expanded LoopBack Boot to allow you to externalize all your settings into JSON config files.
Example settings
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{ "host": "localhost", "port": 3000, "restApiRoot": "/api" } |
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{ "port": 9001 } |
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// configure using JavaScript module.exports = { host: process.env.CUSTOM_HOST, port: process.env.CUSTOM_PORT }; |
Composable LoopBack
Node is all about modules. We've also said that LoopBack is a framework of modules that provide value independently but also work "coincidentally" well together (especially for common Node use cases).
Some of the benefits of a highly composable and modular framework that is loosely coupled include:
- Flexible composition to meet your use case without any unwanted extras
- Extra headroom to allow you to add on additional modular functionality later without needing to re-work what you already have built
- Gradual learning curve of familiarizing yourself with a small core of functionality to get you productive quickly
We really wanted to show that LoopBack isn't a monolithic framework that is all or nothing so we're breaking our modules up and categorizing them into bite size pieces based on themes of features and functionality. Here's a high level pictorial of the LoopBack modules.
Unfortunately, this meant a bunch of renaming and breaking up modules into smaller modules, but we feel that the effort and pain is well worth it to promote the value of what each of the pieces bring to your application.
Upgraded Workspace API
LB 2.0 comes with a newly revamped internal metadata API called the workspace API With the improved workspace API, you can call this API to generate or scaffold LB applications, we're also utilizing this workspace API internally to build tooling that configures LB applications dynamically. We're doing this in a transparent way where the workspace API is solely manipulating and defining metadata into its serialized JSON form (LDL) along with the JSON based config files that we're already utilizing. This is meant to be an internal LoopBack API.
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// find a model defined in the current directory workspace.ModelDefinition.findOne(function(err, myModel) { // read the name of the model console.log(myModel.name); // =>; MyModel // update the name myModel.name = 'MyUpdatedModel'; // persist the model definition to disk (JSON file) myModel.save(); }); |
What's next?
- Install LoopBack with a simple npm command
- Also, need performance monitoring, profiling and cluster capabilities for your Node apps? Check out StrongLoop API Server!


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- I am currently drying out some pear wood tree sections I bought from orchards in Eastern Washington state. (If you watch the Seattle craigslist they show up now and again as firewood for bar-b-ques and smokers) I am letting them dry in an unheated garage for 2 or 3 years before I cut them into boards. They have been in there for 1 year now. Slow drying round logs reduces the issues one gets from splitting them up into small slabs right away. Pear wood does not split very well anyway, much better to saw it up after it is dried.
This last year I was able to purchase large planks of the wild European steamed Pear from the Seattle Rockler store. But when I was in there the other day they were out of stock.
Look up the steaming process for woods, it does help to explain why boiling works as there are cellular level changes induced by the moisture and heat. Also you can recover from cell collapse in earlier stages where the wood was not dried properly by steaming or in your case boiling.
--- In email@example.com, "Ralph" <n7bsn@...> wrote:
> Living in the Pacific North Wet (and here you thought that PNW stood for Pacific North West)... Growing wood is, well, easy. I have trees, I planted that are already 60 ft tall.
> We get lots of wood.
> I once cut down a 50 year old Apple, milled it into boards, that I stacked and stickered. Stacked the wood wood on a pallet, put a pallet on top and used cargo strapping to supply pressure to keep the Apple from bending. I left one piece out. During the drying process it got 30 degrees of twist and about 20 degrees of bend. So I know the Apple that dried under pressure has a LOT of tension in it.
> This winter I again cut a bunch more Madrone Burl, this still mills (or turns) like butter, but splits if you look at it too fast. The cure for this (and some other easy-to-split woods) is boiling. Yup, boil the wood for about an hour per inch of thickness. The failure rate, after boiling, is, well, very low. No one (including Forest Product types) knows -exactly- why this works, but it does appear to relax/release/something a lot of the tension in wood, with greatly reduced splitting.
> I have also processed, well maybe tons of green/wet Maple, Red Alder, Walnut, Butternut, Filbert, Cherry (timber), etc. This wood has been mostly used for turning. Some of the bowls I turn green and let dry, some I rough turn green, dry, and re-turn, and some I have let dry then turn. Some of this splits, but as some great turners say "There is no turning that is so bad it can't be used as firewood"
> But one other thing I do is Microwave dry wood. Yup, get ahold of one of those old LARGE capacity microwaves that everyone used to own and dry wood that way. Depending on how much wood is actually in the oven the cycle might be as low as 30 seconds, or as high as two or three minutes. Let it sit for maybe an hour, and repeat. I weigh the wood just before I do a daily cycle. When the wood stops changing weight, I stop.
> One other thing on checking woods wetness. There is a pencil that many art supply houses sells called "ink in a pencil". On dry wood, it's just a pencil, but if the surface is wet, the pencil "lead" turns blue and stains the wood a bit. When the pencil mark doesn't turn blue, the wood is getting dry
> Ralg
> AnTir
> - One mans trash...
I've been on a hunt for large curved trees for years for a cruck frame. I can never find any over 6" long with sufficient width. I have all the straight trees I need.
-----Original Message-----
From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Don Bowen
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2:02 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: [MedievalSawdust] Harvesting your own wood
On 2/26/2013 1:46 PM, bsrlee wrote:
> If the trees are growning along a creek you will have to choose ones
> that have not been leaning while growing - this will cause the whole
> trunk to have 'reaction wood' like branches. You can use it for
> turning blanks or firewood
That is what I use for firewood, the leaners and the very crooked trees.
> small diameter trunk sections.
A friend cut a Sycamore tree into 2' sections planning on making chopping blocks. They were scattered about the shop to dry. Two years later most have split.
I plan to bring down a Sycamore and split it using a froe. It will be a fun project.
Don Bowen AD0BR
"A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom."
-Michel De Montaigne 1588