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NEW SUPREME COURT COPYRIGHT OPINION REQUIRES NEW STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING WORKS
Posted: April 1, 2019 | News, Tips
OVERVIEW: In an important decision with implications for protecting all copyrighted works, of businesses and individuals, this month the U.S. Supreme Court ("SCOTUS") unanimously held that, under § 411(a) of the Copyright Act, a claimant may not file a lawsuit for copyright infringement of a given work until an application to register the work with the Copyright Office has either been granted or refused. See Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC. In this case, the claimant did not pre-register the work before filing suit. Consequently, SCOTUS affirmed the dismissal of the copyright infringement suit based on non-compliance with § 411(a). Henceforth, protecting copyright in works of authorship (e.g., books, computer programs, articles, and business publications) requires a new strategy for businesses and individuals who wish to protect their works.
NEW TEST FOR DETERMINING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS
Posted: March 22, 2019 | News, Tips
OVERVIEW: In one of the most impactful and far-reaching employment law decisions, the California Supreme Court recently handed down a landmark decision holding that, to comply with California wage orders, a business firm desiring to claim that workers are independent contractors rather than employees now must now carry the burden of proof to meet a new, rigorous three-part test. Although this decision was announced nearly a year ago, California employers continue to grapple with its implications. The new test is a radical change from the multi-factor test that applied in California since 1989. See Dynamex Operations West, Inc., v. Superior Court, S222732 (Cal. Apr. 30, 2018). The case presumes that all worker are employees. The decision has significant ramifications for California businesses.
COPYRIGHT COMPLEXITIES: FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR STAR ALFONSO RIBEIRO DENIED COPYRIGHT CLAIMS TO THE CARLTON DANCE
Posted: February 28, 2019 | News
"The Carlton" dance is iconic. But the U.S. Copyright Office says Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro cannot copyright the dance move. The ruling was filed in one of two lawsuits the actor Alfonso Ribeiro has brought against video game makers whose characters and avatars perform "The Carlton" — a dance he popularized on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
CLARIFICATION OF CALIFORNIA'S ANTI-SLAPP LAW AND IMPACT ON INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA SPEECH
Posted: June 15, 2018 |
A recent decision of the California Second District Court of Appeal clarified an unresolved issue in California's anti-SLAPP law. (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §425.16.) A special anti-SLAPP motion to strike (i.e., dismiss) is a procedural device in California. The statute allows the defendant to file a special motion to strike a complaint filed against him or her based on an "act in furtherance of [his/her] right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in connection with a public issue." (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §425.16.) If a court rules in your favor, it will dismiss the plaintiff's case early in the litigation and award you attorneys' fees and court costs. A successful motion can obviate spending many thousands of dollars in defense costs if the case lacks merit.
FOX TELEVISION'S USE OF WORD "EMPIRE" DID NOT VIOLATE RECORD LABEL'S TRADEMARK
Posted: April 3, 2018 |
Do you ever wonder why TV shows and movies typically substitute fictional names for well-known actual brand names like "Coke", "American Airlines," "BMW," "New York Yankees? This is primarily because studio lawyers are extremely cautious about infringing a trademark or dealing with the hassle of a complaining trademark owner. They know that federally registered marks are protected by the federal Lanham Act, which affords robust remedies for infringement. Lawyers for producers, studios, and networks have long steered clear of even remote trademark infringement claims, arising from unauthorized use of most brand names in expressive works such as TV shows and movies.
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Nuruddin Ahmed Sr Inter-Dist Cricket: Nowgaon earn 3 points in quarterfinal match
by MAYUKH GOSWAMI
MANGALDAI , April 10, 2018 10:31 pm
Nowgaon district earned three points while Lakhimpur district earned one point following their two-day quarter-final league match of the Nuruddin Ahmed Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Mangaldai on Tuesday by virtue of their first innings lead of 32 runs, as the match at the Mangaldai stadium ended in a draw.
Resuming their overnight score of 158 for 8, Lakhimpur added only nine runs to the overnight total and thus conceded an important 32 runs lead to Nowgaon.
In the second innings, Nowgaon scored 136 runs for 7 in 40 overs when the umpires decided to declare the match ending in a draw.
Amzad Ali scoring 35 runs, Ashok Saini scoring 20 runs and Bhaskar Konwar with 20 runs batted well for Nowgaon against an accurate spell of bowling by Jitumani Kalita (5/40) for Lakhimpur.
In the third and last quarter-final league match at Mangaldai stadium on April 18 & 19, now Guwahati will take on Lakhimpur. This was informed by Sambhu Nath Deb, a senior office-bearer of Mangaldai Sports Association.
In the earlier quarter-final match of the Nuruddin Ahmed Senior Inter District Cricket Tournament played at Mangaldai Stadium, Bongaigaon District Sports Association secured three important points against Jorhat by virtue of their first innings lead of 84 runs after the two-day match ended in a draw recently.
Jorhat District Sports Association boys had to remain contented with one point.

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I am from Chicago, (Bronzeville area) and I've been in Houston for almost 4 years!
Oh boy .. which one do I choose? well, I love to cosplay and have been a part of the community for over 15 years.
I honestly dont get much time for local activities because on the weekends is when I do vendor events. Those are really fun and give me the opportunity to learn about different neighborhoods/areas in Houston.
When I do have free weekends the family and I like to go to Galveston to fish or hang out on the Waterway in the Woodlands.
I love to go to Infinite Blu Massage in Spring, I get wellness shots (B12, lipo and infusions) from Quench IV Studio in Vintage Park and I visit my local nail spa for signature manicures and pedicures!
Professionally, I am a 3rd herbalist whose practice revolves around the skin. My family and I grow around 70% of what I use in the products, in our backyard. I am straight old school in my practice and methods. I love to make any and everything from scratch, including my own castille soap, acids, carrier oils, colloidal silver, witch hazel etc. I have natural remedies for eczema, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, sexual health, viral and bacterial infections, etc. My charcoal toothpowder was featured on Dr. Oz in February 2017 and I've been invited to Facebook and Groupon's headquarters to show my products.
I would not be as successful as I've been without a VERY supportive partner! My husband takes care of our gardens and also takes care of our youngest son on the weekends when I work (vend), all while finishing up his Master's program.
I would tell the old me that the sky is not the limit .. there is a whole universe filled with stars and galaxies and plants and clusters. You are limitless! Never stop dreaming; never stop being a Toys R Us kid, and you can manifest whatever your desire!
Does alcohol count? Make weed legal TX and that may be the remedy too! LOL!


On a small island south of Ayutthaya is a special Buddhist temple that looks like a Europen style church, unique for Thailand. Not many tourists get to see this peaceful and quiet place.
A ride on a private long-tailed boat that allows you to experience local life along part of the famous Chao Phraya river between Bang Pa In and Ayutthaya.
Wat Phanan Choeng is best known for its seated Buddha image, it almost reaches the top of the chapel with its height of 19 meters, one of the most revered Buddha images in Thailand.
Wat Phra Si Sanphet is a very impressive site that was once the royal temple of the Grand Palace when Ayutthaya was the capital of Siam.
Wat Mahathat is one of the most significant temples in Ayutthaya. Tourists from around the world come here to see the head of a sandstone Buddha image entwined in the roots of a Bodhi tree.
The main attraction of Wat Lokayasutharam in Ayutthaya is the impressive 42 meter long reclining Buddha resting his head on a lotus.
Wat Chai Wattanaram on the bank of Chao Phaya river is one of the most photogenic temple ruins in Ayutthaya, with architectural style influenced by the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia.
We travel up north by private luxury minivan for approximately one hour to Bang Pa In in Ayutthaya province and visit Wat Niwet Thammaprawat. King Rama V had this temple constructed in the style of a European church. The stained glass windows and unusual architecture make it one of the most unique Buddhist temples in Thailand.
From here we continue by private long-tailed boat. It is a nice way to experience local life along Chao Phraya River with cool breeze, fresh air, and friendly people. The boat trip ends at Wat Phanan Choeng, a temple older than Ayutthaya itself with an impressive sitting Buddha, the largest in the province. Many Thai people come here during the weekend to worship the Buddha image for happiness and prosperity.
At lunch time we enjoy a delicious Thai meal at a local restaurant.
After that we travel back in time to see old Siam (former name of Thailand). Explore the Ayutthaya historical park, a magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Site. Several impressive temple ruins dating from the time Ayutthaya was the capital of Siam can still be seen. Our tour guide will show you the temple ruins of Wat Mahathat, Wat Lokayasuttharam, and Wat Phra Sri Sanphet (a royal temple similar to Wat Phra Keaw in Bangkok). Last but not least, outside of the historical park we visit Wat Chai Wattanaram, an impressive temple ruin built in Khmer (Cambodian) style.
We had so much fun and my kids enjoy every destination. Lots of water and cold towel for all of us to beat the heat outside. Comfortable transportation and very good driver with excellent your guide.
I enjoyed this tour very much as it was informative and historical and there was a good mixture of old and new temples.
Ms Petch was top class. Everything was perfectly paced.
From start to finish this was a wonderful tour which we would thoroughly recommend. Raht was extremely knowledgable and patient with all our questions. She was friendly and engaging from the first moment. She took us to a riverside restaurant for lunch and kindly ordered a selection of Thai dishes for us, all of which was delicious and plentiful. The first temple, on an island, was most peaceful and tranquil. We loved the river trip on a long tail boat. We enjoyed the other temples and also some ruins. The vehicle was luxurious, the careful driver producing copious bottles of chilled water and cooling towels on every return to the vehicle. A wonderful day out away from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok.
Good balance achieved between seeing as many sights as possible, providing useful information without rushing in very hot weather. Wat Phra Mahathat was the highlight, although very much appreciated all of the choices offered including lunch.
Excellent day trip option from Bangkok. Boat tour to Ayutthaya was very nice and pleasant. Very lovely and friendly tour guide. Cool van and attentive driver.
A relaxing day outside Bangkok. Boat ride was the highlight of our tour – so much calmer than in Bangkok. Surprised the Summer Palace was not included. Overall a very pleasant and interesting day.
Reply from BKK Tours: Summer Palace is indeed not part of our tour, it is also not listed on our website. It would take too much time away for the other place, the historical park is the main purpose for most visit to Ayutthaya. Also a local experience is considered an essential part of our tours.
Wonderful day trip to Ayuatthaya. Really interesting – loved all the locations, the long tail boat ride and the lunch location/food. Air was FANTASTIC! Her knowledge of the region and history was outstanding. She was so interesting to listen to, humorous and really made our first day in Thailand one to remember. We appreciated learning about Thai culture and the history and customs of the Thai people and country. Air and our driver took amazing care of our group, she clearly knew the staff at each of our destinations and ensured our day was seamless with no wasted time lining up, looking for parking, etc.
A fantastic tour with Mrs. Air (Guide) and Mr. A. (Driver). Both are exceptionally friendly and patient, we enjoyed our time very much. Its been my 3rd trip with BKK Tours and I will definitely return. My thanks also go to Michiel. Strong recommendation!
The tour is well organized in a very professional way by a professional operator . The guide was excellent in all explanation. The program foreseen different place to visit many temples , we enjoy a lot the trip along the river on the long tail boat to Auytthaya .
The guide was always very kind teaching us about what we were going to see with a lot of details. I recommend this tours operator it was a very pleasant day in Bangkok.
Having done the tour before, I was most impressed 2nd time around too and enjoyed the additional places we visited. It was all wonderful, but really enjoyed the local restaurant we went to for lunch as well – the food was delicious. Petch was fun, knowledgable, and we thoroughly enjoyed having her as our guide.
Petch was awesome!! She and the driver were both very nice and she was knowledgeable about Ayutthaya and its history. My husband and I loved our experience and would recommend BKK tours in the future.
A very good journey into Thailand history with our very pleasant team of guide and driver. A must-do at BKK for sure. Lots of historical knowledge and customer care. This day with you has been appreciated, being far from tourist groups. Thank you!
Excellent tour and guide. Our lovely tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. We had a brilliant time and learnt lots. The car was beautiful and fresh water and cooler wipes were provided after every stop.
Wonderful tour! Ms Petch was great! She really made it a special day. Sitting Buddha and lunch where the highlights of our tour.


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Q: Function templates in C++ with Armadillo I am writing some function templates using armadillo linear algebra library, but it encounters some errors. I am still learning C++ and its aspects, so will be very much thankful for any possible solutions. Most of my functions are like the following,
template<typename T1>
void some_function(const Mat<T1> & p)
{
    unsigned int n = p.n_rows;
    // do some stuffs...
    // ....
}

My main function contains:
Mat<double> A = ones<Mat<double>>(4,4);
int a(2);
some_function(A);  // runs perfectly
some_function(a*A); // compilation error as follows

test_function.hpp:35:8: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed:
test.cpp:22:17: note: 'arma::enable_if2<true, const arma::eOp<arma::Mat<double>, arma::eop_scalar_times> >::result {aka const arma::eOp<arma::Mat<double>, arma::eop_scalar_times>}' is not derived from 'const arma::Mat<eT>'
some_function(a*A);

If I change the function as follows:
template<typename T1>
void some_function(const T1 & p)
{
    unsigned int n = p.n_rows;
    // do some stuffs...
    // ....
}

Then it gives the compilation error as follows:
test_function.hpp: In instantiation of 'bool some_function(const T1&) [with T1 = arma::eOp<arma::Mat<double>, arma::eop_scalar_times>]':
test.cpp:22:17:   required from here
test_function.hpp:37:26: error: 'const class arma::eOp<arma::Mat<double>, arma::eop_scalar_times>' has no member named 'n_rows'
 unsigned int n = p.n_rows;

But the non-template functions work perfectly, like
void some_function(const Mat<double> & p)
{
    unsigned int n = p.n_rows();
    // do some stuffs...
    // ....
}

Any solutions??

A: Use the .eval() member function to forcefully convert an Armadillo expression into a matrix.
You can then use the result of .eval() as the input to a function. For example:
mat A(10,20,fill::randu);
mat B(10,20,fill::randu);

some_function( (A+B).eval() );

Also note that  the Mat class doesn't have a member function called n_rows(). Instead it has a read-only variable called n_rows. For example:
unsigned int n = X.n_rows;

A: I think that with those helpers:
template <typename T>
const Mat<T>& as_Mat(const Mat<T>& m) {return m;}

template<typename T1, typename eop_type>
Mat<typename T1::elem_type> as_Mat(const eOp<T1, eop_type>& X)
{
    return {X};
}

You may write:
template<typename T>
void some_function(const T & p)
{
    const auto& mat = as_mat(p);
    unsigned int n = mat.n_rows();
    // do some stuffs...
    // ....
}

A: After Jarod42's post, I put some time on this matter and found out another possible solution to this problem, very similar to Jarod42's one. I am replying it as an answer for anyone who might stuck into this same problem like myself.
I just changed the second as_Mat function that Jarod42 has already written.
template <typename T>
const Mat<T>& as_Mat(const Mat<T>& m) {return m;}

template<typename T>
Mat<typename T::elem_type> as_Mat(const T& X)
{
    return {X};
}

And all user defined functions will contain one line as before.
template<typename T>
void some_function(const T & X)
{
    const auto& Y = as_Mat(X);
    // do some stuffs with Y...
    // ....
}

This way any delayed evaluation will be converted into matrix, eg. A+B, A*B, i*A (i = int, complex<>,double...) etc. etc. etc.
Though I am not sure about the performance of the code and also, as mtall mentioned about .eval() function, this fix can be very much helpful to build templated libraries using Armadillo, where library users do not need to put .eval() every other time. Again, thank you all for your kind help and attention.

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MediciNova confirms Phase 3 trial of ibudilast in progressive MS
Category: #health By Mateen Dalal Date: 2019-07-13
Ibudilast could be the best-in-disease drug for MS patients with unmet medical needs
MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that develops novel therapeutics and is traded on Tokyo Stock Exchange's JASDAQ Market and on NASDAQ Global Market, recently announced the plans for a Phase 3 clinical study of MN-166 (ibudilast) in progressive multiple sclerosis patients after a feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Apparently, Phase 3 clinical trial of MediciNova will be enrolling subjects who are suffering from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis without relapses. It is MediciNova's believe that subjects who have secondary progressive MS without any relapses will give the best response clinically to MN-166 treatment compared to any other type of progressive MS.
According to previous reports by MediciNova, MN-116's SPRINT-MS Phase 2b trial in progressive MS depicted that the reduced risks of confirmed disability progression trend, as EDSS measured, is the highest for the subjects put in a subgroup suffering from secondary progressive MS sans relapses. MN-166 (ibudilast) showed a risk reduction of 46% as compared to placebo, indicated by 0.538 of hazard ratio.
Reportedly, for long-term secondary progressive treatment MS sans relapses, that is the largest subgroup of patients with progressive MS, there is no approved drugs as compared to primary and secondary progressive relapses. Following the conclusion of recently finished progressive MS' clinical trial, MediciNova has found that over 80% of patients who have secondary progressive MS do not suffer from relapses.
MediciNova's President and Chief Executive Officer, Yuichi Iwaki, MD, PhD., said that despite the approval of FDA given for two drugs, there has been significant unmet medical need for patients with secondary progressive MS without any relapses. The company believes ibudilast can become the best-in-disease drug with favorable safety, tolerability and convenient oral administration.
The National MS society reports that MS affects nearly 2.3 million people globally, where around 85% of patients are diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS initially.
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Politics, Place and Religion in Irish American Noir Fiction. An Interview with Dennis Lehane
Carlos Menéndez Otero
Universidad de Oviedo, España | Published: 15 March, 2012
ISSUE 7	| Pages: 109-112 | PDF | DOAJ | https://doi.org/10.24162/EI2012-1941
2012 by Carlos Menéndez Otero. This text may be archived and redistributed both in electronic form and in hard copy, provided that the author and journal are properly cited and no fee is charged for access.
Dennis Lehane was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA, in 1965, the youngest of five children of a couple of Irish immigrants from Cork. He published his first novel in 1994, A Drink Before the War, which introduced the Boston working-class detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, who have since reappeared in Darkness, Take My Hand (1996), Sacred (1997), Gone, Baby, Gone (1998), Prayers for Rain (1999) and Moonlight Mile (2010). Other works by Lehane include Mystic River (2001) and Shutter Island (2003), whose successful screen adaptations were directed by Clint Eastwood in 2004 and Martin Scorsese in 2010, respectively. He is also the author of The Given Day (2008), a monumental novel set in the Boston of the 1919 Police Strike, and wrote three episodes of the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire(2002-2008).
With thanks to the 24th Semana Negra book festival organizing committee, what follows is an edited transcription of Dennis Lehane's press conference and the brief interview the author kindly granted us afterwards in Gijon, Spain, on July 28, 2011
Boston, Dorchester, Extremism, Fiction, Irish American, Lehane, Noir, Pedophilia
Dennis Lehane nació en Dorchester (Boston) en 1965, el menor de los cinco hijos de una pareja de inmigrantes irlandeses de Cork. Publicó su primera novela en 1994, Un trago antes de la guerra, donde presentó a Patrick Kenzie y Angela Gennaro, dos detectives de Boston de clase baja que, desde entonces, han aparecido en Abrázame, oscuridad (1996), Lo que es sagrado (1997), Desapareció una noche (1998),Plegarias en la noche (1999) y La última causa perdida (2010). La lista de obras de Lehane incluye asimismoMystic River (2001) y Shutter Island (2003), cuyas exitosas adaptaciones cinematográficas fueron dirigidas por Clint Eastwood en 2004 y Martin Scorsese en 2010, respectivamente. Por otra parte, Lehane es autor deCualquier otro día, una monumental novela ambientada en el Boston de la Huelga de la Policía de 1919, y del guión de tres episodios del éxito de crítica de HBO The Wire (2002-2008).
Con agradecimiento al comité organizador de la 24ª edición de la Semana Negra; lo que sigue a continuación es una transcripción editada de la rueda de prensa de Dennis Lehane y de la breve entrevista que el autor nos concedió amablemente el 28 de julio de 2011 en Gijón (España).
Boston, Dorchester, Extremismo, Ficción, Irlandés-americano, Lehane, Novela negra, Pedofilia
Photo: Carlos Menéndez
Q: It's been said that many Irish American stories are set in the past because that culture has taken over the Irish obsession with history, with rewriting the past. You have been described as a political writer who writes about the politics of the present by looking at the past, most notably in The Given Day. Would you agree with that?
A: I think I write about politics by looking at the past because it keeps me out of the soap box. I don't wanna be known as a political writer; I wanna be known as a writer first. For whatever reason, writing about the past keeps my perspective on the present. If I should write directly into the politics of the present, I would be — I fear — didactic.
Q: In your work, the dangers of right wing extremism are shown through characters, political parties and organizations that embrace those ideas. Could that be seen as a reflection on the current political landscape of the US, in which extreme parties seem to be on the rise?
A: Let's make a clear distinction. I don't think I write about — at least not yet — the extreme right wing. That seems to be Stieg Larsson
[laughs]. What I write about is a type of political oppression, I think, which in the case of The Given Day was a Democratic — and not a Republican — government in the White House at that point. It was a Democratic Progressive government that crushed civil liberties in the early 1920s. So my issue is not concerned with being against the political parties so much as it's against the type of repressive thought — or repressive government.
I think that the extreme left and the extreme right — you can see this in the history of the world — are the same animal. It turns into the same beast. The extreme left gave us Mao; it gave us Castro. The extreme right has given us Mussolini; it's given us Hitler; it's given us Bosnia. I mean, the blood is everywhere. I think the issue is extremes, what we're saying right here. The problem is extremes; the problem is lack of complexity; the problem is oversimplification; the problem is extremism. That's the beast, and that's why it would be very good for us to wipe out of it in human character.
My core belief is that the battle of all time has been going on for centuries and continues to this day. It's going on right now, very clearly since the meltdown, your housing meltdown, our mortgage and stock meltdown, what happened in Iceland, what happened in Ireland, what happened in Greece… This is all the case of we're back to the same battle, which is the extreme haves against the have-nots. That's a lot of money in the hands of very few moron people who keep getting richer and a lot of people who keep getting poorer. And that is to me the battle of the ages. You wrap it up in various religions; you wrap it up in various ideologies; you wrap it up in various extremes; but it is the exact same fight. And it is always going on.
Q: Would you say the noir novel is the social novel of the 21st century?
A: Yeah. A lot of people who dominated literary fiction in the second half of the century in the United States were writing about ideas, they would write into theories and they — I wouldn't say all, I would say some — seemed to forget how to write about people, certainly the working class. The movement that came out of American crime fiction at the beginning of the 1980s, and then extended well into the 1990s, that took a much more social approach to the novel. It was all written by men and women who were concerned with the underclass, just as these movements that fascinate me right now.
What's going on right now is this incredible Scandinavian resurgence — or this incredible Scandinavian influence — in crime fiction. Whatever they're drinking over there, we need them to continue drinking it. The same thing is happening in Ireland. Ireland is producing amazing writers. I don't know of Spain, maybe as well, it's just not getting translated to the United States and I've not seen it. Where I've very clearly seen movements right now is in Scandinavia and in Ireland. In the States, we've stopped setting the tone, somebody else is setting the tone, it's not the American pulp fiction writers any more. In my opinion, we're kind of hanging back and washing our cars or something, I don't know.
Q: What noir authors would you identify with? Are there any literary schools or movements you think your work would fit into?
A: George [Pelecanos] and I are — I think — of the same family; as we are Irish, Richard Price… the lot who was supporting The Wire.
I see myself working in two traditions, the noir tradition and the urban novel. I don't know how many of the writers who most influenced me are translated here, because they're very specifically American, but I would say Richard Price, Hubert Selby, William Kennedy, Pete Dexter, James T. Farrell and Elmore Leonard. That's the tradition I see myself in the most.
Q: Deep social criticism characterizes much of your work. How would you say the English speaking reader has reacted to that?
A: I haven't seen too much reaction at the socio-political level. What I think I rail against the most in my writing — and maybe even in my personal life — is I despise oversimplification of complex issues. We've become very engrossed in that in the last ten years in the political debate in the United States; we've allowed the extreme fringe on both sides of the broad spectrum to define the debate. I think most people in the United States understand complexity. I guess the people who read my books understand complexity, so they don't have a problem with my addressing those issues in a complex fashion. The people who don't read my books, well, I don't really care what they think.
Q: You have just mentioned oversimplification. Now I would like to bring up the contentious issue of pedophilia. Even though that is very present in your novels, you seldom put the blame on priest characters. Given the times we live in, that seems quite remarkable.
A: OK, yeah. Pedophilia existed long before the Catholic Church spent the last hundred years covering up their party network. Priests are hardly the only pedophiles out there, and just because you're a priest it doesn't mean you're pedophile. The issue with the Catholic Church is that — and I think I'm just fairly enraged about I grew up with what happened in Ireland last week1 — you covered it up, you obstructed justice and you hid behind your cloth. That is inexcusable under any circumstances, but then they are hardly the only people involved in this abomination by any means. That's a gross oversimplification, so I think.
Q: It's been said that the Catholic upbringing of Irish American Patrick Kenzie and Italian American Angie Gennaro is very noticeable. How important would religion be in the series?
A: Nothing! [laughs] I won't say anything about religion. What the Catholic Church definitely gave me as a writer is great themes — I read a lot about guilt; I read a lot about redemption; I read a lot about the search for a state of grace. You could no more take that out of my writing than you could take it out of Graham Greene's books, out of Martin Scorsese's films or out of Bruce Springsteen's songs. It's just a foundation.
Q: In your novels, you put a lot of effort into character design. Does the mainstream tradition of representation of the Irish American community have an influence on them?
A: It's nothing conscious to it; it's just what I truly understand instinctively. I get the Irish American subculture of the inner city of Boston. I understand it in a way that there're very few people who I think do 'cause I grew up in it. That's why I write about it. It's no plan. In fact, you could write that out and it'd probably go on my headstone, "There was no plan". I just write from a very clear, organic place.
To put it into more perspective, I always find it funny when people say the phrase, "You Americans", because America is so diverse. It's just so massively diverse. The chances are I have more in common with somebody from Madrid than I have in common with somebody from Iowa. It's true, except language. And then you take within the United States, one of the oddest little cities, one of the strangest places that people don't understand is Boston. Bostonians are very different. They just have a different everything about them. You have to get out into the country and then you understand how different you are because people don't get your jokes at all. There's whole swaths of the United States in which they don't know what irony is, where I think I was spoon fed from the moment I came out of the womb. Boston in itself is not only odd within the context of the larger world; it's quite odd within the context of the country, of the United States of America.
Q: Then, would you feel closer to Europe than to the rest of the States?
A: What I mean, here's the way I put it, at the end of the day, I'm from a cosmopolitan urban area, soI sort of have a base understanding of Madrid, of Lisbon, of Barcelona, of Dublin, of London, of Warsaw… I feel very comfortable in cities and I feel very comfortable speaking to people who live in cities. We get it. We all understand each other, once we have a translator. Where I'm lost is speaking to people who come from suburbs, like places where all the houses look the same and your life is centered around the shopping mall. I don't get that, I wouldn't have much in common with people who live there, no matter what country they're in.
Q: Could it be that Boston is so odd because, as some people say in Ireland, the city is the fifth Irish province?
A: [Laughs] Well, yeah, but I would say Boston is the most European of all the North American cities. Not just because the architecture — which does, trust me, look very much like Europe —, but because it took the character of Europe to that city. It's very clannish, so that when I was growing up it was very clear you could go into one neighborhood and you would be in Poland, people were Polish and they spoke Polish. And then you could go to Ireland. And then you could go to Italy, because it was very clear there was one neighborhood that was 100% Italian and so it is a very… How would I describe it? It feels like you're walking around a mini-Europe, like if someone went and they said, "We're gonna do aEuropeland instead of a Disneyland". That would be Boston, you know. At least when I was growing up in it.
Q: What was your home neighborhood, Dorchester, like then?
A: It was working class. There was a lot of racial strife at the time. I'd kind of understand what was going on then. In 1974, when I was nine years old, the City of Boston forcibly desegregated Boston public schools. This social experiment, which came from the left, was a disaster. However well-intentioned — it was quite well-intentioned —, that ripped the city apart. It caused the city to explode, really, and there was a lot of violence amongst the lower class on racial lines, blacks striving whites, whites striving blacks. It was the beginning of my belief that, as far as the wealthy class was concerned, that was good, because as long as the poor were fighting amongst themselves, they weren't looking at the rich to understand why this was happening. And that's the Dorchester I grew up in.
Q: You have said that while growing up you experienced some sort of class prejudice for being from that neighborhood.
A: Yes, yes.
Q: Did you ever feel any ethnic prejudice for being Irish and/or Catholic?
A: No, by then that was gone. It's something my father can speak to. We ran the city, I mean, the Irish ran Boston by that point, there was no prejudice against us. I didn't feel that. But again if you said you were from Dorchester, people took a step back. They thought you were going to pull a gun.
Q: You were born into an immigrant Irish family. Did you keep contact with Ireland? Did you ever return to the island?
A: Yeah, we were back a lot and, yeah, stayed completely in contact with all the relatives, kept traveling back and forth. We were completely connected to the country. Always. My parents were all through their lives.
Q: Writers usually shape characters on people they know or they used to know. Your father has been said to have been the inspiration for the character of Patrick Kenzie.
A: They're very different in fabric but they're both working-class men, and it was important to me that Patrick always stayed a working-class man in that neighborhood. I'm not working class any more — actually, I'm upper class [laughs], which is ridiculous. So the pressures on Patrick, particularly in this new novel, Moonlight Mile, are the pressures that my father lived with every day, not the pressures I live with.
Q: Why did you decide to return to Angela and Patrick last year, more than a decade since Prayers for Rain came out?
A: They knocked on my door, I did not on theirs. I think two things are going on. I think I was trying to examine my feelings about fatherhood, I had just become a father, like Patrick was on the way to do that, and then I wanted to look at the state of the working class post-2008 meltdown. Also, I just wanted to tell jokes again. I hadn't told a joke in a book for ten years.
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Issue 7 | Contents
1. Colm Tóibín and Post-Nationalist Ireland: Redefining Family Through Alterity
2. "Through the Forest of Language": For All We Know by Ciaran Carson
3. Paula Spencer or the Miraculous Transformation of Misery into Joy
4. Slight Productions: An Introduction to Maria Edgeworth's Comic Dramas (1817)
5. Brian Friel's Short Stories and Play Revisited: Orientating "The Visitation," "Foundry House," and Aristocrats in their Historical and Audience Contexts
6. New Uses of Traditional Healing in Contemporary Irish Literature
7. 'The Good Terrorist(s)'? Interrogating Gender and Violence in Ann Devlin's 'Naming the Names' and Anna Burns' No Bones
8. Sexuality, Marriage and Women's Life Narratives in Teresa Deevy's: A Disciple (1931), The King of Spain's Daughter (1935) and Katie Roche (1936)
9. Comparaciones (no odiosas) entre la (Royal) Irish Constabulary y la Guardia Civil Española en los relatos de viajeros de habla inglesa por la España de los siglos XIX y XX
10. Michael Longley's Father: Memory, Mourning and History
11. Politics, Place and Religion in Irish American Noir Fiction. An Interview with Dennis Lehane
12. Poetry as a "Humane Enterprise": Interview with Eavan Boland on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of her Literary Career
13. Years of Apprenticeship
14. Irish National Identity after the Celtic Tiger
15. Irish Studies in Spain – 2011
16. Irish Studies Round the World – 2011
17. Irish Film and Television – 2011


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Sound Walk September is a global community event, celebrating outdoor audio, geo-located, immersive performances, sound walks and audio-enhanced walking pieces. It was inaugurated as Sound Walk Sunday at the Made of Walking International Encounters at La Romieu, France on the 27 August, 2017, leading to a first map and directory of sound walks around the world, maintained and updated till today.
Sound Walk September 2020 will see the inauguration of new sound walks, submitted in response to an Open call that will run between March and July 2020, or created in the run up to Sound Walk September, as a product of the events hosted in preparation for Sound Walk September.
On Sound Walk September and beyond we encourage, host and organize events related to sound walking worldwide, complemented with curated activities in selected hub cities, like London and Sao Paulo.
The Museum of Walking will maintain a public archive of sound walks in an online directory at walklistencreate.org.
Sound Walk September will facilitate a worldwide network of creatives, institutions and museums to share practices and knowledge around sound walks and walking pieces.
Sound Walk September will facilitate a network of collaborative educative online resources, available to the public, allowing broad groups of people to create their own sound walks.
The next edition of Sound Walk Sunday will launch on Tuesday September 1st, 2020 and continue through September.
Who are Sound Walk September 2020 organizers?
Museum of Walking, London, organizer
Made of Walking, co-organizer
Museum of Walking
It was at the Banff Centre in the Canadian Rockies on a Walking and Art Residency in 2007 that an idea of a Museum dedicated solely to walking and art was developed by Andrew Stuck. The museum would be a showpiece for events around walking. It would promote walking and it would promote art and creativity and bring the two together. We chose to broaden it by inviting Co-creators to work together to create a variety of different walking opportunities. Our intention has always been to encourage people to dip their toes into trying new things, out and about on foot, giving them the chance of being more creative – "the art is in taking part".
Made of walking
A global network, forum and nomadic gathering dedicated to walking and sound practices. Now in its 5th edition, it was organized in Greece, Cyprus and France, focusing on (sound) walks and sound & walking collaborative workshops, stimulating dialogues between performance, arts, literature and new media, with artists, writers, creatives, researchers and educators of different fields, sharing their experiences and collaborating on location.
The network extends to various cities and places around the world, and since 2016, next to the main gatherings during the summer, it organized satellite events and exhibitions in Brussels, Athens, Tirana, New York, Portland, Boston, Brasilia, Lyon, Belgrade, Lisbon and in Guimaraes.
Who is the organizing team?
The Sound Walk September 2020 organizing team is:
Andrew Stuck, (UK) – founder of the Museum of Walking in 2007, and Sound Walk Sunday in 2017.
NG Bristow (UK) – award-winning filmmaker and installation artist
Babak Fakhamzadeh (BR) – digital artist, co-creator of Dérive app, creator of Sauntering verse, The Museum of Yesterday
Fred Adam (FR/ES) – founder of the GPSmuseum, co-creator of the collaborative mapping platform CGeomap and of the Deep Time Walk
Geert Vermeire (B/BR/GR) – curator, writer and interdisciplinary artist, founder of Made of Walking, co-founder the Milena principle and Urban Emptiness Network
Andrew Stuck (UK) Founder of the Museum of Walking in 2007, and Sound Walk Sunday in 2017, he has been collaborating with artists, performers and writers, to co-create a variety of participatory events getting people out and about on foot. He is producer of the Talking Walking podcast and co-producer of the first ever Urban Tree Festival.
Nigel Bristow (UK) is an award-winning filmmaker and installation artist whose practice encompasses classical narrative, expanded cinema, and para-cinema. Past work in these categories includes: CONTROL, winner of the Louis Mitchell award for best feature / short at Action on Film festival 2016; UNSOUND, showcase premiere at SXSW.He has been commissioned by: FilmFour, C4, BBC, UKFC, BFI, NIFC, NI Screen and the Arts Council.
Babak Fakhamzadeh (BR) brought photomarathons to Africa (2007) and has won a multiple international awards for his Situationist-inspired work. Co-creator of Dérive app, creator of Sauntering verse, The Museum of Yesterday and other mobile apps that help you to get lost.
Fred Adam (FR/ES). Founder of the locative media portal the GPSmuseum and co-creator of the collaborative mapping and locative media platform CGeomap, co-creators of the Deep Time Walk app and Jungle-ized the app that brought the Amazon rainforest to Times Square in NYC. Expert in locative media, with a strong focus on environmental issues.
Geert Vermeire (BE/BR/GR) is a curator, writer and interdisciplinary artist with a background in musicology and the performance arts. His artistic practice is focused on mixed reality in performative contexts, relating to movement art, sound art and literature/text in public space, departing from social practices and the ethical involvement of cultural action. The intersections between locative media technologies, live electronics, contemporary music, dance and walking practices are a focus in his artistic and curatorial activity in a durational research.
Who are the collaborators/supporting institutions?
NuSom (Sao Paulo, Brazil) – Research Center on Sonology at the University of São Paulo – Brazil is a center dedicated to the development of academic research in an interdisciplinary environment integrating disciplines oriented towards the sound studies, the critical reflection on music and sound arts, and the research in the music technology. The NuSom develops academic, scientific and artistic activities based on the following proposals:
The integration of artistic production, technological research and critical reflection in an unified process
The creation of collective artistic works focused on an experimental perspective
The blurring of the boundaries between academic / institutional environment and informal production
The addressing of sound studies issues through an interdisciplinary approach
hearing places (Melbourne, Australia) is an online umbrella for creative projects which unite sound and place. Its published outcomes include recordings, concerts, installations, performances, exhibitions, cultural projects, books, videos, lectures, events, festivals and reviews. hearing places is the experience of being fully alive in a place with all the senses but particularly the ear. Our bodies situate us physically in space and our radar GPS is constantly active. But the hearing places website is more than this. This site is a place for sound art which engages with place in all its forms: geographic, environmental, enigmatic, telematic, historiographic, electronic, imaginary, psychological, empty, indoor, outdoor, global, micro, cultural, forgotten, endangered. hearing places was founded by Australian sound artists Dr. Ros Bandt and Dr. Leah Barclay in 2012. It now connects artists and researchers across Australia and beyond.
Anderson Acoustics (UK) is a conscious, employee-owned acoustic consultancy with a mission to make an active contribution to a sustainable future and improved quality of life. Expertise include architectural, environmental, building acoustics and soundscapes, spanning education, residential, healthcare, commercial and large infrastructure projects.
Tranquil City (UK) is a research collective helping to embrace tranquillity and best practice design that promotes healthy and liveable places within cities, valuing the context of local areas and the people who inhabit them. They engage with local communities, exploring various urban areas and communities to better understand the concept and use their multidisciplinary skills to help integrate tranquillity within cities for the better.
GPSmuseum (Valencia, Spain). GPS Museum – Geolocation and Creativity. A Locative Media database and a Lab around Location Based Games,Walking Cinema, Walking Documentary and Mobile Learning.
Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Western Macedonia (Florina and Lesbos, Greece). Organizer of Walking Arts Encounters-Conference Prespes 2019 in parallel with activities of Sound Walk Sunday. Co-organizer Made of Walking.
Placecloud – a geo-located place story telling platform produced by George Fort (Chelmsford, UK). During September they will offer their platform to the public to create and publish stories of places special to them: #mylandmarks
Echoes – a geo-located sound trails platform with which you can make your own sound trail or soundwalk.
Who is this project addressed to?
Everyone, for instance, artists, sound artists, musicians, poets, architects, performers, designers, anthropologists, writers, wellness professionals, cultural and social professionals, educators, teachers, students and others interested to explore the impact and possibilities of sound walking.
What formats can be submitted?
When you make a submission you will be asked to provide an url from which your entry can either be streamed, downloaded or where participants can follow instructions or book for a live event – it is your choice of format, our recommendation is to bear in mind that as this is a global directory, there may be people who do not have consistent, reliable Internet access or mobile phone reception.
What could a Sound walk / walking piece be?
It's up to you. Here are a few examples.
A listening walk (a live event) – in which participants listen to the environment through which they walk
A listening walk – in which you provide instructions to enable someone to take such a walk independently at the time and place of their own choice
An audio-enhanced walking piece (a live event) – in which participants may be required to speak / sing / make music or sounds or listen to such elements whether live or recorded and transmitted through headphones or speakers
A sound walk or an audio-enhanced walking piece transmitted through headphones
A geo-located walking piece in which participants trigger recordings to which they listen via headphones
How can one make a sound walk?
Co-hosted with the British Library's digital research team, we ran a knowledge sharing and networking event in London on Friday 7 June 2019 – read more here.
To make your own sound walk, or walking piece, your context, focus and interests matter a lot. You could start at this introduction on how to make soundscapes, this somewhat more technical piece on the same subject or this MOOC on sound sketching. Over at GPSmuseum, there's a nice list of tools for creating sound walks. A Pocket Guide to Soundwalking, is available on the site of Hush City Soundwalks for SWS 2019.
The British Library have drawn together a list of links to reusable content. Note that most of the material on Soundcloud is in .wav format while the sounds on Wikimedia are mp3s. There may be a little bit of overlap between the British wildlife recordings on Soundcloud & Wikimedia.
https://soundcloud.com/the-british-library/sets/off-the-map-gothic
https://soundcloud.com/the-british-library/sets/shakespeare-off-the-map
https://soundcloud.com/the-british-library/sets/alices-adventures-off-the-map
https://soundcloud.com/the-british-library/sets/british-wildlife-recordings
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wildlife_Sounds_in_the_British_Library
Is there any submission fee?
No. However, we appreciate donations towards our maintenance and running costs and kindly request that, if you charge for use of your piece, you donate the equivalent of this to us.
Can I submit more than one walking piece?
Yes. There is no limit.
Who can submit?
Contributor from all backgrounds and nationalities are invited to submit sound walks / walking pieces.
What if my sound walk / walking piece is not in English?
You can select in which language your piece is available – you may like to consider providing instructions in both that language and in English as part of your description
By when must I submit a sound walk or walking piece?
To be included in the 2020 of events, it must be submitted by Friday 31 July 2020. The submissions to the directory will close on 18 August 2020. Only submissions via our submission form will be included in the directory and 2020 programme.
What if my entry includes third party copyrighted material?
Entrants declare that the work submitted is their own and that they have cleared permissions for any recording for which they do not own. Its rights have not been transferred to third parties. Entrants assume all liability for any claim or demand by third parties, administrative, judicial or of other nature, concerning intellectual property or rights of the submitted work.
How will an entry be selected for an award?
During September, we invite the public to vote on the best Sound Walk made in 2020. The public vote will result in a "People's choice" award.
Shortlisted pieces will be reviewed by a qualified jury composed of personalities from sound art & design and from walking art, who will assess the shortlisted pieces and award the "Jury" award. The jury's decision is final and it it reserves the right to declare void any entry.
The Museum of Walking and Made of Walking will not be responsible for unexpected events that could impede the realisation of Sound Walk September and its activities during September 2020. By submitting your sound walk / walking piece you attest that you have read, understood and accepted these rules and guidelines.
Why am I being asked to make a donation?
Sound Walk September and the directory of sound walks has been developed through people volunteering their time. Maintaining the directory and organising the programme of events incurs costs. A donation from you will help towards alleviating these costs. Thank you.
What if I want to correct a mistake I have made in my entry after I have submitted it?
You can edit your submission at any time. Make sure you are logged in using the account with which you first submitted your piece or event.
What is a sound walk related workshop?
A workshop that brings creatives and technicians together to share knowledge and create sound walks and audio-enhanced walking pieces. Such workshops can include analogue techniques and or digital technologies.
As an illustration of a possible workshop, we are organizing a Sound Walk Kitchen in London, Sao Paulo and in Prespes (Greece), designed to provide ingredients and equipment used for the preparation of sound walks. It is organized for the sound walk cook to easily access and use what is needed to produce the dishes. It unfolds around a table where sound walks are prepared and served both individually or in groups. The kitchen is equipped with laptops, a projector, sound recorders, headphones, books, online tools, online sound walk editors, e-books and links related to sound walking, a printer, paper and pens and it provides a stable wifi connection and plugs for the users' laptops and other devices. Our wish is that the users can use or ignore the resources provided to create experimental and unorthodox "sound walk dishes". We call upon all interested to participate, and for the already more experienced cooks to volunteer in sharing their sound walk recipes with others present, next to provide us online materials, tools and links to your projects to inspire the aspiring cooks in our Sound Walk Kitchen.
Your workshop may take a very different form – we are open to fresh ideas – if you do feel like organizing a Sound Walk Kitchen yourself in the run up to Sound Walk Sunday or on Sound Walk Sunday we can provide you with a digital kit to do so.
How do I submit a workshop for Sound Walk September?
We want to encourage people to make new work. If you can host a workshop that provides people opportunities to learn / make new work we would be delighted to hear from you.
To be included in our programme we expect you to send us, by email, the title, keywords, names of the artists/collaborators with 50 words biographical data each, 300 words description of the workshop, a weblink (if available), duration, start point/location, date and time of activity and possible repeat workshops afterwards, previous knowledge necessary/level of the activity, restrictions for certain groups/ages, contact information for the public to register for the workshop and a relevant image. All text needs to be sent in an editable format.
Send us details of what it might involve and when it will take place. Contact us.
What is the timeline for submissions?
You can submit pieces and events at any time.
In March, we send out an open call for existing and new work to be featured in the programme.
Early August, publicity launch of the programme.
September is Sound Walk September
Does Sound Walk September cover expenses?
No funding is available for the participating artists.
What does Sound Walk September provide to the selected contributors?
Sound Walk September provides artists with inclusion of their works in its online directory and map, next to promotion to a wide network of press, academic and professional contacts, and for new projects/selected activities, a website presence, listing in the SWS program, and access to a growing community of sound walk artists/creatives, curators, and others working in the field of sound walking. We can also help with letters of support for artists who are interested in applying for grants.
Please ensure that your submission does not include a hazardous instruction or route nor any defamatory language.
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Friends in support of Imagination TV and Steven Samblis
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Interesting comment…
Posted on January 22, 2017 by blog_VUTV
Friends received an interesting comment to one of our previous posts about "Fraud, or honest mistake". One could conclude someone is not happy with Mr. Steven Samblis for some reason. A previous investor perhaps ? Anyway… the comment is show below (click to enlarge), and available at the above referenced link.
When Friends checked Wilipedia (HERE), apparently CinemaNow is owned by FilmonTV. The quote from the Wikipedia page is: "By January 2016, Regent Equity Partners had sold CinemaNow to the UK-based company Filmon." Yes, that appears to be the very same Filmon that was touted as the huge money maker for the stockholders of IMTV a while back.
The comment to the post appears to be saying… Mr. Steven Samblis is a W-2 employee of the company CinemaNow, although the CinemaNow website doesn't list any employees. Given the poster's reference to the "debt collector" aspect, the poster seems to suggest that anyone holding a judgement against Mr. Steven Samblis could now garnish his wages to collect. We have reported on more than one judgement against Mr. Steven Samblis within this blog, and to review such simply put the word Judgement in the search box at the top right of this page and you can view the details and documents surrounding such.
It would seem to be a fair question to ask… what was the relationship to Filmon back then, and what is the relationship now. Mr. Steven Samblis has promoted the idea that he has sold IMTV, and that he has no part in running the company. This alleged relationship seems to bring that into question again. Although the poster does not indicate what position Mr. Samblis holds there, and there is no reference to any employees, staff, or ownership (other than Filmon) on the CinemaNow website. One wonders though if Mr. Samblis holds any kind of management position, and is responsible for any management decisions. One also wonders if the company CinemaNow did any investigative background check in order to determine Mr. Samblis's previous business experience and achievements relating to his management of the IMTV film and broadcast efforts. Or, the financial and accounting questions that arose from his management of IMTV, and the investor funds thereof.
Perhaps the poster of the comment will elaborate further at a later date. We will certainly keep the readers of this blog up to date on any information relative to Mr. Steven Samblis and/or IMTV. If you want to know as soon as we post something, be sure to sign up for alerts.
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Posted on December 27, 2016 by blog_VUTV
The Samblis/Collins breakup was a little over 3 years ago. After all the blustering by Mr. Samblis… lets take a look at where the breakup stands now that there is the factual history to refer to. For starters take a look at the below 2 graphics (click to enlarge). It seems glaringly apparent in which company CEO the talent resides.
It appears Mr. Collins is eclipsing Mr. Sambils five-fold. We took some time to review the PUNCH-TV website ( http://www.punchtvstudios.com/index.php/en/ ). It is very impressive. There is a very aggressive plan in place to move the company into even greater success than it enjoys today. Mr. Samblis on the other hand, well, not so much. IMTV is "dark", and many believe Mr. Samblis is still in charge, in spite of the much publicized "Private Transaction".
It seems apparent that had the breakup not happened, Mr. Samblis would be in a far better position than where he apparently is today. Below is an excerpt from a post we made on December of 2013.
Since that time, we have documented where Mr. Samblis has had some significant legal issues relating to money. He has also failed at his attempts to silence his critics by attempting to erase his past history in business… well, the unflattering historical events anyway. Mr. Samblis is quick to point out years old events in his life that he likely believes are flattering, but goes to great lengths to erase the unflattering events, of which there are many. This blog has documented the lengths Mr. Samblis will go to in order to erase his recent past, such as here and here. Also, just type in the word "judgement" in the search box at the top-right of this page, and you will see numerous examples of legal issues and related items.
It seems apparent, now that time has passed, which man was the better half of the partnership. Many believe that had Mr. Samblis simply swallowed his pride and let Mr. Collins call the shots, IMTV would be in a far better place than it sits today. Documents support Mr. Collins position that he was to "step up" as CEO. Had he been allowed to do so, and as Mr. Samblis apparently promised, many investors may have been in a far better position today.
So… congrats to Mr. Joseph Collins. As they say… money talks, and BS walks. Mr. Collins has proven his ideas were/are the superior ones. Mr. Collins and his company are on the move up, while Mr. Samblis doesn't appear to be doing much at all. Its a shame, if only Mr. Samblis had recognized that Mr. Collins had more talent than himself, he could be enjoying greater success like Mr. Collins.
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ANOTHER new alias ???
Yet another new alias has recently shown up on Investors Hub…"WORRIOR Days". This alias born 12/10/2016, and has had 8 posts… 6 of them slamming Joseph Collins, and 2 initiating questions some would characterize as soliciting interest in the stock again. Now… 3 guesses who this might be, and the first 2 don't count !
Looks like there may be a new pump in the works. It's been a while, and likely enough time for many of those previous investors to have moved on, and therefore perhaps less resistance from those who have vast experience with Mr. Steven Samblis, to tell others about their experiences with Mr. Steven Samblis and his business dealings.
This tactic of promoting the notion that Mr. Samblis has sold the company and moved on… is simply not supported by the facts. The critical fact is that no one has seen the contract of sale. Mr. Samblis, OR, Mr. Joseph Sirriani has not made it public, or, filed it with the SEC. This is a HUGE RED FLAG !!! What are they hiding???
Don't be fooled by what you can't see, and judge what you can't see on the history of Mr. Steven Samblis. The only reasonable conclusion one could come to is BEWARE !!!
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Does a leopard change its spots ???
Posted on August 23, 2016 by blog_VUTV
While the hype has died down of late, you can bet that Mr. Steven Samblis has not given up on the gravy train, aka IMTV. Perhaps now would be a good time to revisit some of Mr. Samblis's previous history as it relates to the securities industry. One needs to ask themselves before investing in Mr. Samblis… does a leopard change its spots???
This, from the Wall Street Journal archive (which is available here): As you read through the article, notice the similarities to his actions of late.
Target in SEC Case Is Still Promoting Stocks on the Net
Jason Anders The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
Updated Feb. 12, 1999 2:24 p.m. ET
Just over a year ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought a complaint against Steven Samblis, a Florida stock promoter who, the agency alleged, was passing himself off as an independent stock picker without disclosing he had been paid to promote companies.
The widely publicized complaint hasn't deterred Mr. Samblis.
The SEC lawyer who led the case against Mr. Samblis says he still appears to be violating securities laws. Mr. Samblis, a former broker who was once fined because of a customer complaint, continues to promote stocks on the Web. He is now trying to sidestep SEC rules on disclosing compensation by paying a second company to publish promotional materials on his behalf.
Mr. Samblis, who did not admit or deny the SEC allegations last year and denies any wrongdoing since that case, is president of Fortune Marketing & Capital Consultants Inc., based in Longview, Fla. In exchange for compensation, Fortune distributes promotional articles about companies in a magazine called the Small Cap Journal, and on a Web site (www.smallcapjournal.com) with the same name.
In its original complaint against Mr. Samblis — one of the SEC's first involving stock promotion on the Internet — the agency said Mr. Samblis was "passing himself off as an independent and impartial stock picker when, in fact, he is nothing more than a paid pitchman." Mr. Samblis agreed to an injunction the agency sought that essentially ordered him to stop violating securities law, and since then the SEC has been trying to force Mr. Samblis to pay a fine in that case.
"It now appears that not only is he flouting the SEC and the securities laws, but it seems pretty clear to me, in my opinion, that he is violating the court order," says Christian Bartholomew, the SEC's lead attorney in its case against Mr. Samblis. Mr. Bartholomew says the SEC, which is continuing its investigation, may seek an even tougher penalty against Mr. Samblis because of his recent activities.
Mr. Bartholomew says he believes that since the injunction, Mr. Samblis has promoted companies on the Web and in the magazine without fully disclosing his compensation arrangements with those companies, as required by securities law.
But Mr. Samblis maintains that he has disclosed compensation as required. Indeed, early this week, the Web site contained details of Mr. Samblis's compensation arrangements with the companies being promoted there. Mr. Bartholomew declines to comment on whether those disclosures were adequate or to identify specific instances of violations.
Regardless, on Wednesday, Mr. Samblis sold the magazine and Web site to a second company, Lyons Media Group, a move that he says relieves him of any obligation to disclose compensation.
"The law says that if you publish a magazine or newsletter you've got to disclose," Mr. Samblis says. "I've just made my life a lot easier by no longer publishing it. I've hired someone else to do it."
The Web site still carries the same promotional stories on Mr. Samblis's clients. The Web site's disclosure on compensation was replaced by a single statement noting that Mr. Samblis's company is paying Lyons Media $4,000 a month to feature his promotional materials on the site.
But that's not good enough, the SEC says.
"The statute is clear. It says you can't directly or indirectly promote without disclosing compensation," says Mr. Bartholomew, the SEC lawyer. "You can't insulate yourself from liability by selling the company."
The magazine's new owner, Dennis Lyons, president of Lyons Media Group in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., says he doesn't think he has to disclose anything because he isn't being paid directly by the companies. He says the disclosure on the site that he is being paid by Mr. Samblis's company is "a voluntary disclosure."
Mr. Lyons has worked with Mr. Samblis since the start of the Small Cap Journal, providing printing services for the magazine.
Several of Mr. Samblis's clients say they're not concerned about his previous run-in with the SEC, and say they're happy with the work he has done for them. "I found out about the thing with the SEC, and it didn't bother me," says Gratian Yatsevitch, executive vice president and co-founder of International Shoe Manufacturing Corp., a company with an office in Washington, D.C., that plans to manufacture shoes for sale in India and elsewhere.
In exchange for being promoted in Small Cap Journal, Mr. Yatsevitch says International Shoe gave Mr. Samblis $8,000, 15,000 shares of free-trading stock, 20,000 shares of restricted stock that cannot be sold for one year and warrants to purchase an additional 100,000 shares for 50 cents each. Since signing on with Mr. Samblis in November 1998, International Shoe's shares have climbed as high as 88 cents a share on the National Association of Securities Dealers' OTC Bulletin Board service. Its stock was quoted at 44 cents a share this week.
Mr. Yatsevitch says International Shoe came to Mr. Samblis, who is handling public and investor relations for the company, "just to get some recognition, and to shout our story a little bit." According to the SmallCap Journal, if International Shoe is able to land certain contracts it's angling for, "it can expect revenues in excess of $125 million annually within three years. Profits are expected to be in the 20% to 25% range."
Mr. Yatsevitch says those numbers sound about right. But the company hasn't had any sales or made any money since being founded in September 1993. It also hasn't manufactured any shoes. Mr. Yatsevitch says the company has been focused on raising money to complete a manufacturing facility in New Delhi. He says that since the company began, $2 million has been raised from private investors, and he says the company is close to securing an additional $2 million in financing that will allow it to finish its factory. The company expects to start making shoes in May or June.
Mr. Samblis says he hasn't sold any of the stock International Shoe paid him, and says he hasn't exercised the warrants. When he does sell stock that he is paid by companies, he says, he does so "in a way that doesn't affect the market."
Mr. Samblis says he's also still holding on to the 50,000 restricted shares paid to him by Millionaire.com, a new company that publishes a magazine and plans on hosting auctions — online and off — that target wealthy clients. The Bluffton, S.C., company retained Mr. Samblis in December 1998, when it was founded, to handle its investor relations. Its shares were quoted at $8.63 Thursday on the OTC Bulletin Board.
Mr. Samblis's involvement with the company has drawn criticism from some participants in a stock-chat Web site, Silicon Investor (www.techstocks.com ). They have repeatedly posted information about Mr. Samblis's SEC case on a message board dedicated to Millionaire.
Robert White, Millionaire's president, says he investigated Mr. Samblis's background and the SEC case before hiring him. "It seems like it was not a big thing, and there was this agreement that he would basically not do anything like that again," says Mr. White. "As far as I'm concerned, he's clean as a whistle. He has done a good job for us."
During his career as a broker, Mr. Samblis worked for 10 firms during 12 years, according to records with the National Association of Securities Dealers.
In May 1990, the NASD censured Mr. Samblis, fined him $10,000 and suspended him for five days for allegedly recommending some options investments to three customers without having reasonable grounds for believing that the recommendations were suitable for them. Mr. Samblis denied the allegations and says he later sued an NASD witness in that case, alleging she had lied. A jury awarded him $219,000 in damages, he says.
Mr. Samblis never paid the NASD fine; it was discharged after he filed for bankruptcy protection in October 1990, citing mounting medical bills.
Separately, in January 1990, he was fired from his job at what was then Dean Witter after a client claimed two unauthorized trades were made in her account. Mr. Samblis denied any wrongdoing in that case.
In an interview on Tuesday, before selling the magazine and Web site, Mr. Samblis said his reputation has been unfairly damaged by the continued focus — by the media and his online critics — on his SEC case. He also defended the practice of taking cash or stock in exchange for promoting companies. "What we're doing is a good thing, if it's done right," he said.
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Only 70-mil to satisfy the judgement…
Posted on August 3, 2016 by blog_VUTV
Well, it appears Mr. Steven Samblis is still in a bit of a pickle. Apparently he will need to move a little over 70-million shares of IMTV stock to satisfy the legal judgement against him. At least as of July 15, 2016 it appears the debt still has not been satisfied. We first reported on this here. Full case history here.
And remember… perhaps this debt is still outstanding also. If Mr. Samblis can't pay the 7k from above, its unlikely this dept is paid. See the details here.
WOW… what a track record in business after 10-years of effort, and what appears to be millions run through the public company. And now it appears investors are left holding the bag via a "Private Transaction" that left no details as to the terms of the deal struck. If any money changed hands as a result of this "Private Transaction"… it appears investors saw none of it. Many say SCAM.
Potential investors BEWARE. Do you homework first. With a track record like Mr. Samblis's, no telling what's going on behind the curtain. Best to do your own research into Mr. Samblis's history, in an effort to make a judgement call on his honesty and integrity regarding the "Private Transaction"…AKA sale.
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New investment strategy discovered… GUESSING !
Posted on July 23, 2016 by blog_VUTV
Who knew? Could it be true that Warren Buffet has been keeping this "Guessing" investment strategy a secret all this time? Investors worldwide need to hear this new strategy ! AND… the best part is, this strategy is justified by the theory of "all I can lose is 100% of my investment". WOW… just incredible !
Folks… you just can't make this stuff up! As insane as the above sounds, there are those who come on investment boards and profess such garbage, apparently in order to convince others to buy shares in worthless stocks. One wonders if they actually believe such garbage. Or… are they unscrupulous individuals attempting to pump a stock for their own personal gain, and don't give a dam about other investors. Perhaps they made a really bad decision to buy a ton of a worthless stock based on inaccurate and misleading information by CEO's who come on message boards disguised as knowledgeable and enthusiastic investors touting how great the company and CEO is.
Fortunately, there are many who have first-hand experience with the IMTV stock, and, the CEO Mr. Steven Samblis who owns the company. Fortunately, the world now has Google to easily search for creditable information about such. These two sources alone can save many investors from making the same incredibly ill-informed decision that some of late have made. Apparently they followed the investment strategy of Guessing.
Folks, with the volumes of information available with a simple Google search… WHY would anyone need to guess about something so precious as your hard earned money?
Now, the same group of individuals apparently subscribing to the Guessing concept of investing, suggest that NONE of the previous well-documented history of IMTV, as well as the history of the CEO Mr. Steven Samblis, have anything to do with the "new" CEO of the company, Mr. Joseph Sirianni. Well… are you going to believe some ill-informed Guesser on a message board… or your lying eyes?
Folks… the history is ALWAYS important ! It's critically important that you know the history of Mr. Steven Samblis before you jump to the conclusion that there was in fact a "sale" of the company to Mr. Joseph Sirianni. The "sale" is the central aspect of the above mentioned investors beliefs… and it very well may be incorrect. In order to make an informed decision on the validity of this central (and very critical) aspect of a "sale", you must know the history of Mr. Steven Samblis. Is he creditable and believable ??? If not, how can you trust ANYTHING surrounding his actions?
The very first thing you should do is read the Contract of Sale. Oh wait… it was a "Private Transaction", and, the document was not released to the investing public, or, filed with the SEC. WHY ??? MAJOR Red Flag !!!
WHAT IF… the "sale" was really not a sale at all. WHAT IF… Mr. Samblis still owns the company, and simply installed Mr. Joseph Sirianni as a puppet figurehead to walk the company through a "re-branding". Many believe this is not only possible, they believe it's most likely. WHY do they believe this… because they did their research. They are very familiar with the history of Mr. Steven Samblis. They know how he operates, based on documented historical documents, and yes, personal experience. Historical documents, and personal experience, have proven to be VERY reliable in predicting the future. Is it 100% reliable… no, but is it 100% accurate… YES! With those odds, do you really want to take a chance at "losing 100% of your investment"? Some say yes, like the folks that think Guessing" as an investment strategy is a good strategy. But many others say why take a chance with Guessing when there are so many other investments where the odds are far better.
Many investors would agree that if the company really was sold, and Mr. Steven Samblis was no longer involved in any way, then maybe, just maybe, there might be a chance something good might happen. However one needs to disregard the VAST amount of history of Mr. Samblis's actions with misinformation and misleading statements in order to believe there was in fact a sale. No sale, and all other assumptions (and guesses) go right out the window.
Folks… don't buy into the hype without first doing your research on Mr. Steven Samblis. You may find yourself coming on a message board misleadingly pumping a stock, just so you can recover some part of your worthless investment.
"Guessing" as an investment strategy, without a shred of research, is the definition of insanity. If you have 100% of your investment to throw away… why not find a good charity and donate the money to a worthy cause. Donating to some unscrupulous CEO is not the best use of your available funds.
Good luck to all those who subscribe to the "Guessing" theory of investing.
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It's the company you keep…
Posted on June 29, 2016 by blog_VUTV
Well folks… ever heard the saying, you are the company you keep? To those that may still have an open mind about the controversy over there having been a "sale" of IMTV… here is an interesting exercise in casting a huge doubt that there was ever such a "sale". Mr. Steven Samblis (opps, we mean KHudson) uses the term… "prove it" frequently. Well Mr. Samblis, if you want people to believe there really was a sale… file the "private sale" agreement with the SEC. It's as simple as that. Filing that document with the SEC would put to rest, once and for all, the controversy of sale or scam. If you're serious about dispelling the rumors and accusations… FILE THE DOCUMENT ! i.e PROVE IT !!! You apparently want everyone else to "prove it"… now it's time to put up or shut up as they say !
So… back to the company you keep. What do the names Steven Samblis, Lloyd Lapidus, Peter Messineo, Terence Byrne, and Joseph Sirianni all have in common? Well… it appears they all know one another, and possibly have for some time. Isn't that an interesting group of individuals. Each name has a link associated with it, and the link will take you to information about the individual. All these name are listed as "In his circles". In fact, the page lists 119 people in his circle. Readers may recognize other names as well. But, view fast, as it is likely to be deleted soon (but we grabbed a copy just in case).
Now, while you're on the GDAR site, check out a few of the "Recent News" articles, specifically this one. The entire article (and site) are interesting given the business they are in. Specifically GDAR states:
"GDAR, organized as a Nevada Company, provides project development; medium and long-term finance solutions and investments into high growth industries that build shareholder value over a long period of time."
Sounds like they specialize in creative financing deals. Maybe sort of like Asher provides "finance solutions". But here is the interesting text…
"During the previous fiscal year the overall revenue of the two companies was in excess of $3.5 million dollars with a combined net earnings of $325,000."
If one of these companies referenced in the LOI Press Release is IMTV… where is the money they site??? Did Mr. Steven Samblis withhold this revenue cited from Investors???
Anyway… the associations seem to be too much of a coincidence to be meaningless. The facts are what they are, and there appears to be too many questionable associations, coupled with the "private sale" controversy, and the apparent refusal of the parties in the "Private sale" agreement to file and release the document to the SEC… leads many to conclude it's not what they are telling you. You have plenty of empty rhetoric by the pumpers (KHudson the biggest pumper), and then you have the facts available with a simple Google search. Are you going to believe the pumpers… or you lying eyes ?
http://www.symmetricalventures.io
https://friendsofvutv.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/samblis_lapidus1.jpg
Connecting the scams. (thanks to "thelionwarrior")
Do your DD folks… it could save you money you could invest elsewhere.
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A "sale"… really ???
Folks see what they want to see… and pumpers post what they are told to post… and those that own IMTV stock are about now likely thinking that for all the shares that have been sold over the last 3-days with only a .0001 increase in PPS (which is not likely to hold), they are posting to in an effort to gin up support so they can hope to correct their probable purchase error.
The ongoing controversy over Mr. Steven Samblis still owning the company seems to have some self-serving efforts at foot. Those with experience in all things Samblis and his previous actions are confident KHudson is in fact Mr. Steven Samblis. Given the evidence, there are likely 100% correct. There is no evidence KHudson is NOT Mr. Steven Samblis !
So… does Mr. Steven Samblis still own IMTV as the experienced watchers think… or, are they just so angry at having lost huge sums of money believing in Mr. Steven Samblis's previous failed efforts, that they can not accept the truth???
Well… lets have a look at the evidence. yes, guessing is fun, but should you really be guessing with your hard earned money ??? And although its a pretty stupid statement that all you can lose is 100%, who wants to lose anything if they don't have to?
So… the pumpers make a big deal about the SEC filing. Their statements seem to indicate a naive mindset that because it was filed with the SEC… it has to be true. Well, not so fast, at least in the case of Mr. Steven Samblis. We have documented previously that Mr. Samblis has filed inaccurate, and misleading, and some say illegal filings with the SEC. See the proof here. Not simply speculation, but actual documented proof.
Now… lets have a look at the 8K again… someone please point out where it says there was a "sale". We see the words "transaction"… but not "sale". Is it possible that the parties to the agreement did not understand the difference between a transaction, and a sale? Do you really want to invest in a company where the parties to the agreement did not know the difference between a transaction and a sale ??? OR… was the word "transaction" used specifically to mislead readers? Transaction does not mean sale. AND… even if there was a "sale"… why not use the word SALE ???
Now… most folks who are trading stocks understand the basic structure of a company… at least they should. Most know that the title of CEO doe not necessarily mean "owner". A person can be CEO of a company, and not "own" the company. Then there is the other troublesome choice of words used in the filing…"JOE SIRIANNI has consented to act …" Use of the words "consented to act" seems to be purposefully chosen here also. Is the "consent" based on something in the "private transaction" perhaps???
Now… for all the pumpers out there (likely in the employ of Asher), this is a common sense alert ! What you are about to see is the use of common sense, and since you are likely not interested in any common sense, you should skip over this part. WHY were those specific words chosen, when there are other words that leave no uncertainty as to the actions ? When one connects the dots (facts as they have been published – and there are many !), it makes a very strong case for there being a willingness to mislead.
Also, when investors look at about 100-million shares being sold in the last few days… with no significant PPS increase, that appears to be another indication of something not being right, or normal. Usually, the PPS moves up as the volume moves up. Significant increase in volume without a PPS increase, strongly indicates dilution… i.e. someone ginning up false interest to unload shares into the market. Remember folks… if it's Asher selling off the shares they were unable to unload previously (as a result of the toxic financing Mr. Steven Samblis entered into), their cost is likely 50% of current PPS, or, perhaps the "private transaction" involved Mr. Steven Samblis getting shares in exchange for something in the "private transaction" that he did not want you to know about, at likely a huge discounted price (i.e both could sell at .0001 and still make a bundle). There must be something in there that they don't want you to know about, otherwise they would have filed the agreement with the 8k.
Folks, nothing stands alone, specially when it comes to understanding Mr. Steven Samblis's actions. One needs to look at the ENTIRE picture. To point to the 8K alone and conclude there was a "sale" of the company, is simply to ignore your common sense. We have documented time and time again how Mr. Steven Samblis uses creative word choice in order to give himself deniability at some later date, and you should be asking yourself… WHY were those specific words chosen in the 8K when other words, more common words, more direct words, were available for use.
Also, go back a read the KHudson posts, only this time read them thinking it is in fact Mr. Steven Samblis. Ask yourself… WHY and HOW does a brand new alias know so much about the inner working of IMTV, and why is that person pumping the stock so feverishly ? Then, if you still have any doubts that the poster is Mr. Steven Samblis, go back and read the posts of mrighttrade, dotd ,zurich, Bzippy, FLWright , SunTzueyes, HouseSmith, CVeradero. While you are reading those posts, ask yourself the same questions. Also, take a look at this post outlining the same thoughts.
Folks, read the material and decide for yourself, but if you do read the material it will be difficult to come to any other conclusion than Mr. Steven Samblis still owns IMTV, and is still calling the shots. Other than the 8K, which has some serious concerns… there is no other evidence indicating Mr. Steven Samblis is not in charge of IMTV. Common sense alert here… if there really was a sale (and again the facts point to otherwise) does anyone think Mr. Steven Samblis simply walked away from the company without some form of compensation ??? Ask yourself… what is a "shell" worth, and then divide that by .0001, and you should have a handle on the number of shares coming to the market.
Still think "guessing is fun" ??? It likely depends on you owning shares of IMTV or not !
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Turning lemons into lemonade !
WOW !!! Gotta hand it to Samblis… he did it again. In spite of tons of evidence indicating KHudson is Mr. Steven Samblis, he has managed to fool some into buying more shares, in spite of tons of evidence indicating Mr. Steven Samblis is still involved in IMTV.
Although he has to share some credit with the scummy pumpers that assisted in luring the low-information buyer into the deception. However, no one forced them to hit the buy button, so they are as much to blame as the deceivers. The unfortunate, but beneficial aspect of these new marks is they will now be added to the scores of those that went before them. They will show up on the boards soon repeating what others before them have repeated, i.e. stay away from this one.
Well… it's time for a "told you so !". There was tons of information for those new buyers to read, but as they say… you can lead a horse to water – but you can't make them drink.
Perhaps, soon, Mr. Samblis will get a visit from the IRS and or the SEC regarding his current and previous actions as CEO. But then again, maybe Mr. Samblis has outsmarted them. If he can find new buyers for IMTV stock, maybe he CAN outsmart the IRS and SEC. Time will tell.
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P.T. Barnum may have been right !
Yes folks… P.T. Barnum may have been right when he said "There is a sucker born every minute". For anyone believing the deception of KHudson over on Investors Hub, must truly be in the class of individuals susceptible to the BS of con-men.
KHudson, (who by the way many, if not most, believe is Mr. Steven Samblis deceiving low-information investors), states in one of his latest posts… "The new CEO has made a cool move with his latest filing." "Cool" is not how most would put it. What the move has done is let IMTV operate without the investing public seeing the very information they should be looking at when deciding weather to purchase shares in the company. "Cool"… no, most would call it deceptive and devious.
We have written about the overwhelming amount of information that points to Mr. Samblis still being involved in IMTV. KHudson's posts are an excellent example of this evidence. Ask yourself… WHY would a brand new poster come on a message board that has historically been warning against the actions of Mr. Steven Samblis for years, and try to convince readers that there is a new CEO??? Many would point to the Samblis name being so toxic that no matter what it is associated with would be detrimental to the well being of that entity. It has now become imperative that the Samblis name be removed from any and all aspects of IMTV if it is to be revived, and able to convince investors to buy more shares. Be reminded here of the "Private Sale".
Take a look at the below graphic, (the full copy is here), where in it Mr. Samblis (when he was still using his real name), states in no unambiguous way, that he is no longer involved with IMTV in any way – THEN HE DELETES THE POST !. Then he sends Friends the following email (seen here). Then he tries to get the reference to the document removed from the Friends site by filing a DMCA complaint, (seen here).
And here is why this post is so important that he tried everything he could to get it deleted. In that post he states… "… I don't own or control a single share." (in fact the complete text of the paragraph is significant !) So why is KHudson, who again many believe is Mr. Steven Samblis, trying so desperately to convince you that Mr. Samblis is not involved with IMTV ? Maybe the next graphic provides further evidence Mr. Samblis is still involved.
IF, in fact, KHudson is Mr. Steven Samblis, OR, you simply believe it's Mr. Samblis creating these posts, you now see the importance. And further why it is so important that readers (or the SEC for that matter) do not discover that KHudson is Mr. Steven Samblis. We told you here why the SEC would be concerned. If at some point the SEC would investigate IMTV and Mr. Samblis's activities as CEO, Mr. Samblis could be in for some real tough days. Perhaps Mr. Samblis thinks that his use of the TOR application shields him from the SEC discovering any misrepresentation, he might want to consider those that have gone before him that were busted thinking they could outsmart the Federal Government. No one knows if such an investigation is currently underway (they take their good-ole-time investigating anything, and are never public about such), but what do you think would happen to the PPS of your shares if any such investigation becomes public? So, as you can see, Mr. Samblis has a lot a stake here.
There is a great quote in the signature line of the below graphic… don't be among "the deceived"… do your homework before investing and make up your own mind if you think IMTV is a safe investment.
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Samblis sued again !!!
11.5 BILLION shares sold since 1/1/17
IMTV… who's really in charge ???
Debilitating debt, and…
Yet another worthless press release !
Gavin Dodd on "Consented to act"…
PEP on Poor judgement… or illegal ???
michael on Fourteen Arrested for Market Manipulation Schemes