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Koç University Hospital started its operations as a research and education hospital in September 2014.
Located in the Koç University Health Sciences Campus in Topkapı, İstanbul, the hospital aims to "practice the most recent medical approaches at the highest quality possible in a transparent manner". The Health Sciences Campus spans over an area of 220.000 square meters; includes the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, research laboratories and an "Advanced Learning and Simulation Center"; and aspires to contribute to education of qualified human resources in the field of healthcare with an innovative approach and a dynamic team that matches North American standards. Students of Koç University School of Medicine attend the initial three years of their education at the Rumelifeneri Campus and resume a predominantly clinical training at Koç University Hospital starting from the fourth year.
The Genetic Diagnosis, IVF and Adult Stem Cell Centers were launched in 2016, followed with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Cosmetic Dermatology, Undersea Medicine and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy centers and the first phase of RMK AIMES in 2017. As of the year 2019, the hospital's capacity increased to 410 single inpatient rooms, 55 intensive care units and 44 chemotherapy units in total. Over 32.200 operations were performed in the 14 operating rooms over the course of this period.
Since it became operational, Koç University Hospital has served approximately 51.000 inpatients and 834.000 outpatients, 49.600 of whom were international patients.
The architectural design of Koç University Hospital reflects the essence of its treatment and care approach. In line with the principle of transparency and ensuring that patient privacy is maintained at all times, glass material was utilized extensively in interior design. Research laboratories are located right within the hospital complex as an indicator of the significance attributed to research. Spatial borders between the various disciplines and departments were avoided in order to promote a holistic system where clinical practices complement each other based on inquiring teamwork.
KOÇ UNIVERSITY
Koç University was founded in Istanbul in 1993 as a non-profit foundation university. Koç University aims to contribute to the science on a universal scale by meeting the gifted students with esteemed faculty members in line with the mission of becoming a "Center for Excellence". Koç University Alumni are equipped with highest moral values, have a sense of social responsibility and protect democratic values. 322 students attend the School of Medicine at Koç University.
VEHBİ KOÇ FOUNDATION
Vehbi Koç Foundation was founded by Vehbi Koç as one of the first foundations of the Republic of Turkey on 17 January 1969 for reinvigorating the tradition of foundation, which has a long past in Turkey, but had started to be forgotten. The Foundation has set an example for philanthropists after by operating in fields of education, healthcare and culture; which are the most essential of requirements of life for modern and developing Turkey. The foundation has built facilities such as schools, dormitories and clinics and donated them to relevant public institutions. It has set crucial principles through educational, healthcare and cultural institutions; which have been founded and managed with non-profit purposes. Scholarships have been granted to thousands of financially underprivileged and gifted youngsters to create equality of opportunity in education.
Administration of the Foundation entered into a busy process to realize well-funded and well organized projects in fields of the corporate operations in early 1980's. Past experiences have shown that maintaining the result was as important as realizing the goal. The Foundation would also operate the facilities, which were built through very comprehensive planning, and thus, quality of the services offered at the facilities could be maximized. It would provide the society with role models through facilities, all of which were turned into centers for excellence. Facilities of the Foundation, which were established to realize this mission, carry out their works in order to shed light on educational, healthcare and cultural fields in Turkey. Vehbi Koç Foundation serves the public also through comprehensive projects in education, healthcare and culture in addition to the facilities that serve their reason of existence.
Vehbi Koç Foundation aims to facilitate development of Turkey through the institutions of education, healthcare and culture, which are managed by the Foundation and are the most fundamental needs for life; and it sets an example for "the best" in all operations in order to contribute our country with sustainable and repeatable models.
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Scottish September Tour
We're off on tour in September! Really looking forward to getting around the country and playing some new places. We're starting in Aviemore and finishing in Inverness and the journey itself will be fairly coastal, taking in the west and east coasts and the Moray Firth. So a good excuse to continue our search for the best chippy in Scotland (Stonehaven and Shetland are currently top of the Randolph's Leap list). We even get a day off to spend in my hometown of Nairn.
We're doing the whole tour with Spare Snare which should be a good laugh. See the poster above or scroll down to the bottom of this blog for the full list of dates. Note that Arisaig is a 3pm show.
Before that, we'll be doing an acoustic set at Over The Wall festival at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital on Saturday 27th August. It should be a great day with music from Chrissy Barnacle, Jo Mango and The State Broadcasters.
On September, we're heading north again to play a show in Forres as part of the Findhorn Bay Festival. We're supporting Duke Special and James Yorkston. I'm a fan of both of them so really pleased to be involved.
If you saw the last blog, you'll know that advance tickets are on sale for our next I Can't Dance To This Music event. It's happening on Saturday 8th October at Maryhill Community Hall in Glasgow. We've got an amazing lineup lined up and we'll start announcing some announcements fairly soon.
Lastly, thanks to anyone reading this who came along to our London show at the Sebright Arms last week. It was such an enjoyable night and the audience were brilliant. It was a long way to travel but it was absolutely worth it and we can't wait to come back. If you live down there, keep an eye on Early Doors Disco, the amazing promoters who organised the gig. I'll leave you with some photos from the 8-hour van journey. Cheers!
Sat 27th August – Glasgow, Over The Wall festival, Gartnavel Hospital
Sat 3rd September – Aviemore, Old Bridge Inn
Sun 4th September – Arisaig, Crofter's Rest (early show, 3pm)
Mon 5th September – Aberdeen, Underdog
Tues 6th September – Elgin, Drouthy Cobbler
Thurs 8th September – Inverness, Mad Hatters
Sun 25th September – Forres Town Hall
Sat 8th October – Glasgow, I Can't Dance To This Music 4, Maryhill Community Hall
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I Can't Dance To This Music 4 – 8th October at Maryhill Community Hall
We're delighted to announce the next instalment of 'I Can't Dance To This Music'! This'll be the 4th outing for our all-day mini festival and it will take place on Saturday 8th of October in the Maryhill Community Hall in Glasgow. We'll be performing as well as choosing the bands. The lineup is going to remain a secret for a while longer but previous I Can't Dance events at the Bowlers Bar, The Glad Café and The CCA have featured music from Withered Hand, Adam Stafford, Viking Moses, Ballboy, Kid Canaveral, BMX Bandits and many more as well as comedy from Josie Long, Richard Brown and Paul McDaniel.
The I Can't Dance gigs have been some of the best shows we've ever played. It's great to be able to hand-pick the lineup and there's always a really fun atmosphere with comedians filling in the breaks between bands. The events have gradually been growing in size since the first one in the Bowler's Bar in 2014 and the hall in Maryhill looks like a smashing room.
Early-bird tickets for this full-day event are are available now for £15. Please watch and share the new video for Microcosm above. It was filmed at March Into Pitlochry festival by Martin Macleod.
Hope to see you in October!
Our new album, 'Cowardly Deeds', was released in May on Olive Grove Records.
"Cowardly Deeds compresses joie de vivre into every note and a smart, self-deprecating wit into every rhyming couplet" The National
"An absorbing, hearty, impulsive collection of songs" Gold Flake Paint
"Executed with such joyful abandon that only the hardest of hearts could complain" The Skinny
"A glorious hunk of wonky pop" Daily Record
"There seems no way to stop this Glasgow-based folk-pop juggernaut" Scottish Daily Express
Album launch on Friday
Not long until the album is officially released. Come along and join the party on Friday if you can. We'll be joined by The State Broadcasters and Woodenbox in the stunning venue of St Luke's in Glasgow's East End. Get your tickets in advance.
Here's the video for our most recent single, Not Thinking. Thanks to Ben and Alan from Wake Up Advice for yet another great idea executed brilliantly. You can buy a special Not Thinking jigsaw from our web shop.
If you really want to do your homework before Friday, the full album is streaming for a limited time over on Gold Flake Paint.
Right. That's all we need to say right now. Hopefully see you on Friday!
Album pre-orders, new video, new t-shirts
Cowardly Deeds is available for pre-order! Waheey! Woop woop woop.
You can get it on blue 12″ vinyl or on CD and we're doing some t-shirt bundles which include your choice of album format plus a stoatally lovely t-shirt for an extra fiver..
All pre-orders include an immediate download of Under The Sun and Back Of My Mind (see below). Orders will be posted out to arrive on or before the official release date of May 20th (probably before). See the end of this blog post for a way of getting the album even earlier…
HEY! Guess what? We've got another song and video to share! This one's called 'Back Of My Mind' and it's the opening track on Cowardly Deeds. The video is by Graham Hughes and it was shot during the album recording sessions at Gran's House Studio with engineer Keith Holmes. Happy memories.
Speaking of new songs, you can listen back to last week's Roddy Hart Show on BBC Scotland to hear another song from the album called Shreds. It's on around the 45 minute mark.
Tickets are on sale for our album launch at St Luke's on May 20th. Support from Woodenbox and The State Broadcasters.
Lastly, we've managed to organise a last-minute Record Store Day deal with Love Music in Glasgow. They'll have 10 copies of the Cowardly Deeds LP to sell on Saturday. Here's Sandy from Love Music holding it. The other record is by Ette and we recommend that too.
Under The Sun single, album launch + more
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Our new single, Under The Sun, is out now! Here's the video, created for us by Graeme O'Hara.
You can buy the single on Bandcamp or iTunes. It's also streamable on Spotify.
The album, Cowardly Deeds, is out on May 20th and we're having a launch gig at St Luke's in Glasgow on that date. TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! The support comes from the terrific Glasgow indie band The State Broadcasters and the terrific Glasgow indie band Woodenbox. TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!!
We've had some really fun gigs recently. Thanks very much if you were an audience member or an organiser who helped them happen. I really enjoyed playing in the One Touch Theatre at Eden Court in Inverness, supporting Woodenbox. It was a different kind of venue for us but the sound on stage was amazingly clear and we had a lot of fun (despite my lack of organisational skills nearly ruining the gig twice). Here's a review. And here's another review.
For any Inverness audience members who were disappointed that they didn't get to hear the punchline to Pete's joke, he told it the following night at the Stirling Tolbooth and you definitely weren't missing out. I can't say my jokes fared any better though (unless maybe stony silence / mild groaning / suppressed retching are signs of amusement in Stirling?). Good gig though and we were were looked after by the Tolbooth staff.
I also had a great time at the Leith Depot on Thursday night, playing solo alongside Haystack Monolith and Gummi Bakko. Thanks to the lovely audience for listening to the songs and chatting to me afterwards and well done to Ian from Glint Recordings for hosting such a nice night.
Lastly, there's a new EP out by The Smart Set which is the work of former Randolph's Leap keyboardist Gareth. Give it a listen.
Bye for now.
New music, Glastonbury and some Cowardly Deeds on the way in May
The new album is here!
It's called Cowardly Deeds, it's a 10-song album and it's coming out on May 20th! Keep an eye out for more updates on the launch gig, singles, videos and how to pre-order the album. It feels really good to get the ball rolling on a new release. We had a great time making this one and are really looking forward to sharing it so thanks to everyone who has shown an interest in our music and enabled us to keep making it.
If you'd like a preview of what the album sounds like, head over to the Glastonbury 2016 Emerging Talent Playlist. We're delighted to have been longlisted to play the festival this year and have uploaded a brand new song called Under The Sun. It'll be the first single from Cowardly Deeds and there'll be a music video coming soon.
Talk to you very soon.
We're travelling northwards for some great full-band gigs in March as well as a solo show for Adam in April. Details are as follows:
Sat March 12th – March Into Pitlochry, Pitlochry Town Hall (5pm stage time)
Fri March 25th – Inverness Eden Court w/ Woodenbox
Sat March 26th – Stirling Tolbooth
Sat April 9th – Tae Sup wi' a Fifer, Kirkcaldy Adam Smith Theatre w/ James Yorkston, Linton Kwesi Johnson & Katherine Joseph
Long time no blog.
It's been a busy year for us, musically and otherwise. Amid all the gigs and festivals there have been weddings, overseas voyages, house moves and job changes. Iain's multifarious talents have landed him a job in Birmingham so you may notice a new face behind the drum kit. That face is attached to a body and that body belongs to a person. His name is Adam and he has red hair so I've naturally taken a shine to him. Welcome aboard Adam! Lang may yer snare rattle.
My big change is that after 7 years of living in Glasgow I've moved to a small village in Stirlingshire. It's quite a change of pace. Glasgow is a mad place and such a strong cultural force so I definitely miss certain aspects. But the countryside provides so many other things that I've been looking for in life. I've even discovered that the driver of the mobile library is a fan of the band. That's a key Randolph's Leap demographic right there.
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Music-wise, we've been getting artwork and a few videos ready for the next album. Just waiting for an ETA from the manufacturers and then we should be able to set a release date for 2016. The sooner the better as far as I'm concerned. It's an exciting stage, and an odd feeling, drawing a line under everything and putting it in someone else's hands. It's amazing that all of the mixing, mastering and artwork creation can be sorted out via an internet connection – the files have been back and forth from Glasgow to London, Cardiff, Finland and even Thailand – but it's nice to finally be yanking it out of cyberspace and turning it into something real.
I'm really pleased with the album. I'll keep the title a secret for a bit longer. It has a different sound to previous stuff we've done. It's a studio album, recorded semi-live and it has a robustness and energy to it that I think feels quite fresh. I've got really good memories of the recording process and I think the songs have been captured in a way that sounds like a bunch of friends having fun together. Which is nice. We'll save anguish, trauma and violence for the next record.
Rolling out the red carpet for new drummer Adam Florence
We've got some end of year gigs coming up. First is Girl Effect #2 at Mono this Thursday (November 26th). I will be playing a couple of solo cover versions of girl group songs. The event is a fundraiser for Scottish Women's Aid and the lineup is cracking.
Then we have headline gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh. We're at the Hug & Pint on Saturday 28th November and the Summerhall on Friday 4th December. Support for Glasgow is Urvanonic and Edinburgh is Martha Ffion. Both are excellent.
Finally, we're doing an acoustic set on December 18th for the Flourish House Christmas Meal Fundraiser. It's at the Hug & Pint again with performances from Finn LeMarinel and Carbs (who you may remember from ICDDTM#2) plus DJing from members of Franz Ferdinand and Happy Meals. Flourish House is a charity that enables people with mental health difficulties to gain a sense of well-being and the money raised from this show will pay for members to have Christmas dinner together. So please come along to that and help support the cause. No excuses.
Catch ye soon!
'Most Clunky' Live Album released + Riley Session Catch-Up
Hope everyone managed to enjoy Record Store Day or at least some of the blazing sunshine that we had in Glasgow and Edinburgh. I had a nice tour of some record shops, playing four short gigs to promote our new live album 'Most Clunky'.
It's now officially released!
I'm really pleased with it. It was recorded at Kid Canaveral's Xmas Baubles at Portobello Town Hall at the end of last year. I think it captures us at a good time. It was the last of many gigs in 2014 and I think we sound like a really solid band. We'd just recently finished a two-week recording session for the next studio album so it was a nice celebratory gig. The set consists mainly of Clumsy Knot songs which have had time to evolve a bit and develop their own live identity. Songs like Light of the Moon, Microcosm and Foolishness of Youth sound pretty different to the album versions. I like that.
You can preview Foolishness of Youth and Unnatural below.
Most Clunky by Randolph's Leap
Most Clunky is available on multi-coloured 12" vinyl complete with digital download code. It looks pretty lovely.
You can buy it from our online shop right here.
It's also on sale at the following record shops:
Underground Solu'shn (Edinburgh) // Coda (Edinburgh) // VoxBox (Edinburgh) // Unknown Pleasures (Edinburgh) // Love Music (Glasgow) // Monorail (Glasgow) // Music's Not Dead (Bexhill-on-Sea) // Norman Records (Leeds)
And via Lost Map.
We'll also sell them at gigs. We've got a couple of great-looking shows coming up. We're at the Newcastle Mining Institute on April 25th with The Artisans and Slow Decades and then Edinburgh Summerhall on May 7th with The Son(s) and Book Group.
We did a live session for Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music last week. We played Foolishness of Youth, I Can't Dance To This Music Anymore and Microcosm and I reckon it sounds awright. It was nice having the novelty of an upright piano. You can listen back on iPlayer for the next 26 days. By which I mean it's available for the next 26 days. I'm not advocating 26 days of repeat listening.
Catch you soon I hope.
APR 25 – Mining Institute, Newcastle Upon Tyne, The Artisans single launch
MAY 2/3 – Brew at the Bog Festival, Inverness
MAY 7 – Summerhall, Edinburgh with The Son(s) & Book Group
MAY 22 – PJ Molloy's, Dunfermline with Tuff Love
AUG 22 – Hardwick Live Festival, Durham
AUG 29 – Electric Fields Festival, Dumfries
SEP 4/5/6 – Bingley Music Live Festival, Bradford
Marc Riley Session, Live Album, Teatowel, New Gigs + more
Hello. How are things? Adam here.
We're really pleased to be heading back to Manchester on April 16th for our third Marc Riley session on BBC 6Music. The programme starts at 7pm and we'll be playing three songs. It's a great show.
We've got some stuff happening for Record Store Day on April 18th. We're releasing a live album called 'Most Clunky' on vinyl. Recorded at Kid Canaveral's Xmas Baubles at Portobello Hall last December and consisting of 9 songs mostly taken from Clumsy Knot (hence the anagram title), it sounds better than any of us can remember playing so really looking forward to letting you hear it. I will be playing some solo in-store performances on Saturday 18th at Love Music in Glasgow as well as Underground Sol'shn and VoxBox in Edinburgh. We'll post specifics nearer the time.
Thanks to everyone who came to I Can't Dance To This Music #3. We had an amazing time. I was at the venue for 16 hours* but enjoyed every minute. The bands and comedians were all as terrific and funny and punctual and well-dressed and sweet-smelling as we could have hoped for and we managed to sell out the CCA which took us by surprise. There are nice reviews from Rave Child and Manic Pop Thrills and some great photos which I'll post at the end of this blog.
We released Isle of Love, our final single from Clumsy Knot, and it's available on our website as a teatowel + postcard bundle which includes a download code for a series of remixes. There are only a few left. The I Can't Dance To This Music t-shirts are back in stock too.
Lastly, we have a bunch of new gigs lined up. The next big Scottish full-band show is in Edinburgh on May 7th. It's in the amazing Summerhall Dissection Room as part of the Nothing Ever Happens Here series. We're big fans of the other bands on the bill, The Son(s) and Book Group, so I reckon it's going to be a real belter.
Other gigs include a solo support slot at Henry & Fleetwood's EP lauch at the Glad Café in Glasgow on April 11th. Anyone who caught their set at ICDTTM#3 will know how good they are. Can't wait. After that, we're supporting The Artisans at The Mining Institute in Newcastle as they launch their new single. We're also playing in Dunfermline with Lost Map labelmates Tuff Love on May 22nd and we have a festival slot at Electric Fields on August 29th. The lineup for that looks great. Here's a full list of upcoming gigs:
APR 11 – Glad Café (SOLO), Glasgow, Henry & Fleetwood EP launch
Catch you soon!
*two were spent positioning the seagull
Running order for ICDTTM3 on Saturday
Our third I Can't Dance To This Music live event is happening at the Glasgow's CCA on Sauchiehall Street THIS SATURDAY. The amazing, award-winning, DIY hero of comedy JOSIE LONG was added to the bill this week. She'll be doing some stand-up as well as compering. Her own Glasgow Comedy Festival show has sold out but there are still some tickets available for our event from these places:
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Adam wrote a guest blog for Gold Flake Paint this week. It talks about the ICDTTM gig as well as our single release for Isle of Love + remixes. There's a little video which was shot in Shetland and previews some of the remixes. Have a look at it here.
Here are the running times for Saturday. Hope to see you there.
2PM DOORS OPEN
2.30PM – KATE CANAVERAL
3:10PM – PAUL McDANIEL (COMEDIAN)
3.20PM – PREHISTORIC FRIENDS
4:10PM – ANDREW LEARMONTH (COMEDIAN)
4.20PM – VIKING MOSES
5:15PM – RICHIE BROWN (COMEDIAN)
5.25PM – EAGLEOWL
6.00PM DINNER BREAK
7:20PM – JOSIE LONG (COMEDIAN)
7.30PM – HENRY & FLEETWOOD
8.30PM – WITHERED HAND
9.30PM – RANDOLPH'S LEAP
10:40PM – JOSIE LONG (COMEDIAN)
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in general the warmest biomes in the world are found
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In general, in the western world, the warmest biomes in the world are found in the northern hemisphere. Antarctica is the coldest, while the middle latitudes are the warmest. This is because the air over warm biomes is thinner and drier, resulting in heat loss.
As the name implies, the biomes are made of rocks, like all the other major biomes. The difference is that rocks can be warmed to a much higher temperature and that they are much more resistant to erosion.
The coldest biomes are found in the tropics, where the warmest climates are found by glacial meltwater. As a whole, this ice-cold biomes has an overall cooler temperature – around 60C (at about 200Km above sea level) than the average tropical biomes. The tropics are also cooler in the warmer climates than the tropics, with an average of over 100C (at about 200Km) and a maximum of 100C.
this is a good example of why you should never be afraid of warm climates. This is because warm climates are actually much safer than cold ones. There are many very cold climates in the world, but these cold ones are not dangerous at all. For example, the Arctic and Antarctic both have a very high temperature, but their temperatures are not dangerous – they're merely cold.
In fact, some of the colder climates are even cooler than the tropics, but not all of them. For example, the Arctic is at an average of about 85C at about 200Km, and a maximum of 100C. In the case of the other cold climates, the average temperature is only about 40C.
This game is about survival, not just for the player. We need to do something that is really fun.
This is why it's so important to not only find something that is truly dangerous, but also something that is fun. We need to find something that will challenge us or drive us to do something we're not quite sure we're capable of.
A lot of people would have figured out how to use the internet as a means of communication. They would have been able to find something and get their ideas out there, and figure out what would be the best method to get it. For a game like this, where you can find a game that is so fun you would not think about it for the rest of your life, it's not a very good idea.
A lot of people would think it's just a game, but when you get to the end of the game, you know that there is a lot of other players on the end of the line, in and out. So it's not just the end game for you. It's the start of the end game.
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The collision of a Fielder type vehicle with a tractor-trailer in south-western Afghanistan, Zabul province, kills five people and injures one more, according to the Taliban provincial security officials.
Consistent with the Taliban officials, on Saturday evening, 18th June, the incident occurred in the Noorak area of Qalat, the Zabul's provincial capital, approximately 323 kilometers far from Kabul, Afghanistan's capital.
The Taliban's Director of Information and Culture for the south-western province of Zabul stated that the victims and the injured were transported to a nearby hospital.
According to him, relatives of passengers killed in the incident were rushing at the hospital to claim their friends and families' bodies. The cause of the accident remains unknown at this time.
The weather was fine at the time of the accident, according to authorities, and police officials were investigating possible mechanical issues or human fault.
In Afghanistan, violations of traffic laws, terrible highways, negligence, and the lack of traffic signs are the principal causes of road accidents, with people dying every day.—Khaama News Press Agency
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By Wayne Craig Bulletin Sports on Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The Bulldog basketball teams played two games over the holiday break traveling to Llano on Tuesday, Dec. 29 and hosting Robinson on New Year's Day.
The varsity and JV teams each split their contests, with the varsity defeating Llano and losing to the Rockets, while the JV lost to the Jackets and defeated Robinson.
The JV Bulldogs lost a heartbreaker in Llano on Tuesday, 36-35. The Jackets outscored Burnet 12-10 in the final period to claim victory. Diego Chavira and Lane Murphy each scored 13 points in the contest.
On Friday the JV Dawgs defeated Robinson, 47-43. Murphy was Burnet's leading scorer with 14 points. He made four three-pointers in the contest. Jacob Atkinson was next on the list with 11, followed by Vance Pennington, nine; Lewis, five; Cooper Weeks, four; Chavira, two; and Maynard, two.
Burnet's first game during the break was at Llano on Tuesday. The Bulldogs trailed the Jackets, 29-27 at the break but returned to the court in the third and played exceptionally well. Burnet shot fantastic and played smothering defense while outscoring the Jackets 20-5 in the third to take a 47-34 lead into the final period. Llano fought back taking the fourth 14-13 but the Dawgs earned the victory, 60-48.
Joseph Fitzsimmons was the leading scorer with 16 points. He made two three-pointers and was 10 of 12 from the free throw line. Strat Roy was next on the chart with 14 points, followed by Joseph Parker, 12; Lawson Lucky, eight; Grayson Blair, four; Grant Jones, three; Gunner Blair, two; and Hudson Bennett, one.
On Friday the Dawgs hosted a talented Robinson team and Burnet fell short, 60-38. Roy led the Dawgs with 21 points. He was followed by Fitzsimmons, seven; Lucky, four; Jones, three; Bennett, two; and Grayson Blair, one.
The Dawgs played their final non-district game at Gatesville on Tuesday. They will be open this Friday followed by the 19-4A tip-off on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at home versus Salado. The Bulldogs will face Salado, Taylor, Lake Belton, Jarrell and Gateway in district play.


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Introducing Martin Bean
Martin Bean CBE became Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT University in February, returning to his hometown of Melbourne after succeeding in leadership roles in the US and Britain.
Martin Bean CBE addressing staff and students at his official RMIT welcome.
His previous position was Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, the largest university in the United Kingdom.
Before joining The Open University, he was General Manager Worldwide Education Products Group at Microsoft, following executive leadership roles at Novell and other IT companies integrating technology and learning systems.
"I am delighted and honoured to be here at RMIT, a university with a great past and an even greater future," Martin says.
"Global, urban and connected, RMIT is positioned to build on its excellent reputation in the years ahead.
"I come pre-wired with a strong belief in the importance of providing the best possible student experience, enabling students to apply their skills and launch successful careers, and in ensuring RMIT's research continues on a trajectory of excellence."
RMIT's Chancellor, Dr Ziggy Switkowski AO, has welcomed Martin Bean.
"He is an executive with strong international relationships within the higher education sector and in industry built over many years, and he brings a wealth of commercial and operational experience to the RMIT community.
"In addition, having successfully managed higher education reform amid the widespread regulatory changes within the UK system in recent years, he is perfectly positioned to lead RMIT through the changing regulatory landscape currently being shaped by the Federal Government."
Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of London in 2013, Martin has a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Technology, Sydney.
At the invitation of the UK Government, Martin developed and launched FutureLearn in December 2012, the UK's response to the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) movement.
Under his leadership The Open University has made its award-winning course materials available to more than 200,000 enrolled students via tablets and smartphones.
He has won numerous awards in the US and UK for his contribution to education and was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 United Kingdom New Year's Honours list, for services to higher education.
Photo: Vicki Jones
This story was first published in RMIT's Making Connections magazine.
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Q: how to put marker only within edge of bounds like infoWindow autoPan It is easy enough to center a marker that is outside the current bounds of a google map:
if (!map.getBounds().contains(marker.getPosition())) {
    myMap.panTo(pos)
}

What I want to do is imitate the infoWindow autopan for a marker, where if the marker is not in bounds the map only pans far enough to get it in bounds.  Is there an easier way to do this other than manually calculating the distance from the edges of the bounds and setting a "false" center that only moves it the necessary distance?  I tried fitBounds and it zoomed in and still centered the marker...

A: Here is a JSBin with a 'hack' solution that doesn't involve any lat/lng or bounds calculations on your part. Make sure to replace YOUR_API_KEY in the HTML with your Google Maps API key. Press the "Place Random Marker" button at the bottom of the map to see it in action.
This solution uses the auto pan functionality of InfoWindow objects to pan the map far enough so that the marker is just within bounds.
The part of the code that handles the panning is in the map.panToMarker method. Here is its body:
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
infoWindow.open(this.map, this.marker);
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(this.map, 'center_changed', function() {
  infoWindow.close();
});

I create a new InfoWindow and call open on it, passing the map and marker as arguments. This causes the map to pan to the marker. Then, I create a MapsEventListener that listens for the 'center_changed' event on the map. Once it detects that the map's center has changed, the info window is closed and the listener is removed.

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import json

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import user_passes_test
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.template import RequestContext

from crits.core.user_tools import user_can_view_data
from crits.screenshots.handlers import get_screenshots_for_id, get_screenshot
from crits.screenshots.handlers import add_screenshot, generate_screenshot_jtable
from crits.screenshots.handlers import delete_screenshot_from_object

@user_passes_test(user_can_view_data)
def screenshots_listing(request,option=None):
    """
    Generate Screenshots Listing template.

    :param request: Django request object (Required)
    :type request: :class:`django.http.HttpRequest`
    :param option: Whether or not we should generate a CSV (yes if option is "csv")
    :type option: str
    :returns: :class:`django.http.HttpResponse`
    """

    return generate_screenshot_jtable(request, option)

@user_passes_test(user_can_view_data)
def get_screenshots(request):
    """
    Get screenshots for a top-level object. Should be an AJAX POST.

    :param request: The Django request.
    :type request: :class:`django.http.HttpRequest`
    :returns: :class:`django.http.HttpResponse`
    """

    if request.method == 'POST' and request.is_ajax():
        analyst = request.user.username
        type_ = request.POST.get('type', None)
        _id = request.POST.get('id', None)
        buckets = request.POST.get('buckets', False)
        result = get_screenshots_for_id(type_, _id, analyst, buckets)
        return HttpResponse(json.dumps(result),
                            mimetype="application/json")
    else:
        error = "Expected POST"
        return render_to_response("error.html",
                                  {"error" : error },
                                  RequestContext(request))

@user_passes_test(user_can_view_data)
def find_screenshot(request):
    """
    Find a screenshot by tag or ObjectId.

    :param request: The Django request.
    :type request: :class:`django.http.HttpRequest`
    :returns: :class:`django.http.HttpResponse`
    """

    analyst = request.user.username
    if request.method == 'POST':
        _id = request.POST.get('id', None)
        tag = request.POST.get('tag', None)
    if request.method == 'GET':
        _id = request.GET.get('id', None)
        tag = request.GET.get('tag', None)
        result = get_screenshot(_id, tag, analyst)
        return HttpResponse(json.dumps(result),
                            mimetype="application/json")
    else:
        error = "Could not get screenshot."
        return render_to_response("error.html",
                                  {"error" : error },
                                  RequestContext(request))

@user_passes_test(user_can_view_data)
def render_screenshot(request, _id, thumb=None):
    """
    Get a screenshot by ObjectId.

    :param request: The Django request.
    :type request: :class:`django.http.HttpRequest`
    :returns: :class:`django.http.HttpResponse`
    """

    analyst = request.user.username
    result = get_screenshot(_id=_id, analyst=analyst, thumb=thumb)
    if not result:
        return HttpResponse(json.dumps(''),
                            mimetype="application/json")
    else:
        return result

@user_passes_test(user_can_view_data)
def add_new_screenshot(request):
    """
    Add a new screenshot.

    :param request: The Django request.
    :type request: :class:`django.http.HttpRequest`
    :returns: :class:`django.http.HttpResponse`
    """

    analyst = request.user.username
    description = request.POST.get('description', None)
    reference = request.POST.get('reference', None)
    method = request.POST.get('method', None)
    tags = request.POST.get('tags', None)
    source = request.POST.get('source', None)
    oid = request.POST.get('oid', None)
    otype = request.POST.get('otype', None)
    screenshot_ids = request.POST.get('screenshot_ids', None)
    screenshot = request.FILES.get('screenshot', None)

    result = add_screenshot(description, tags, source, method, reference,
                            analyst, screenshot, screenshot_ids, oid, otype)

    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(result),
                        mimetype="application/json")

@user_passes_test(user_can_view_data)
def remove_screenshot_from_object(request):
    """
    Removes the screenshot from being associated with a top-level object.

    :param request: The Django request.
    :type request: :class:`django.http.HttpRequest`
    :returns: :class:`django.http.HttpResponse`
    """

    analyst = request.user.username
    obj = request.POST.get('obj', None)
    oid = request.POST.get('oid', None)
    sid = request.POST.get('sid', None)

    result = delete_screenshot_from_object(obj, oid, sid, analyst)
    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(result),
                        mimetype="application/json")

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namespace Orchard.ContentManagement.FieldStorage {
    public interface IFieldStorage {
        T Get<T>(string name);
        void Set<T>(string name, T value);
    }
    public static class FieldStorageExtension{
        public static T Get<T>(this IFieldStorage storage) {
            return storage.Get<T>(null);
        }
        public static void Set<T>(this IFieldStorage storage, T value) {
            storage.Set(null, value);
        }
    }
}


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Hyatt to Manage Four Former Starwood Capital Hotels in France after Sale
Destination & Tourism	Claudette Covey February 02, 2013
Starwood Capital Group said its Groupe du Louvre affiliate completed the sale of four hotels in France. The assets were sold to Constellation Hotels Holdings and will be managed by Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Each of the four hotels will undergo a renovation. All hotels can be booked through Hyatt's reservation systems beginning in April.
The four properties -- Concorde Lafayette in Paris, Hotel du Louvre in Paris, the Martinez in Cannes and Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice -- were acquired as part of the 2005 $3.2 billion acquisition of Societe Du Louvre, a conglomerate that included Europe's second-largest hotel network, Louvre Hotels Group, and Groupe Taittinger, owner of champagne producer Taittinger. At the time, Starwood Capital's strategy was to launch a new luxury brand under the Concorde name, but now the company instead wants to develop a new luxury brand, Baccarat Hotels, and a new lifestyle brand, 1 Hotels & Resorts.
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"Completing the sale of a majority of our luxury hotel assets marks an important milestone in the ongoing monetization of the GDL portfolio," said Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital, which is not affiliated with Starwood Hotels & Resorts. "We have sold more than $3 billion in assets since closing, and will continue to maximize the value of our remaining assets to generate attractive returns for our investor partners. In the coming years, we expect to continue our expansion and renovation of our Louvre Hotels Group portfolio and to support the growth of Baccarat into new geographies, with a focus on Asia, expanding its presence in the hotel and residential arena."
Just days ago Starwood named C. Scott Rohm president of SH Group, which oversees the development and launch of Baccarat Hotels and 1 Hotels & Resorts. Rohm will oversee the operations of the SH Group managed hotels, including development, operations, sales, finance and accounting, and human resources.
Starwood Capital's sale of the four properties will enable Hyatt to establish and enhance brand representation in highly visible locations in some of Europe's key high-barrier-to-entry markets, consistent with the company's strategy of increasing the long-term presence of its brands in gateway cities.
The hotels, which will be converted to Hyatt brands beginning in April, will add more than 1,700 rooms to Hyatt's existing hotel portfolio in France, which includes Park Hyatt Paris Vendome, Hyatt Paris Madeleine and Hyatt Regency Paris Charles de Gaulle. The hotels will be rebranded. Hotel Martinez will be rebranded Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez, Palais de la Mediterranée Hotel and Casino will be rebranded Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranée, Concorde Lafayette will be rebranded Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile, and Hotel du Louvre will enter the Hyatt brand family with its identity intact and will be marketed initially as Hotel du Louvre. Following a renovation, the hotel will become an Andaz.
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The D'Alesandros: a Baltimore political powerhouse that gave us two mayors and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Former Baltimore Mayor Thomas 'Young Tommy' D'Alesandro III, brother of Nancy Pelosi, dies at 90
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As University of Maryland Medical System scandal shows, boards of directors face more scrutiny than ever
By Jean Marbella
What happens in the boardroom no longer necessarily stays in the boardroom.
That, at least, is one takeaway from the recent scandal involving the University of Maryland Medical System's board, nine of whose members were revealed by The Sun to have lucrative deals to sell goods and services to the hospital network — including Catherine Pugh, whose sale of self-published children's books ultimately led to her resignation as mayor.
But boards of directors have been on notice in recent years that when federal authorities investigate their organizations for fraud or other white-collar crimes, they could find themselves charged individually as well. In fact, according to emails The Sun received in response a Maryland Public Information Act request, the university medical system's chief compliance officer gave a presentation to board members about accountability and the risk of prosecution at a Feb. 13 meeting.
The printed material for Christine Bachrach's presentation, "Governing Board Trends and Conflicts of Interest," referred to a 2015 Department of Justice directive known as the "Yates memo," after its author, which sought to hold individual officials and employees accountable for organizational misdeeds.
"One of the most effective ways to combat corporate misconduct is by seeking accountability from the individuals who perpetrated the wrongdoing," then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates wrote in the memo.
Bachrach's presentation cited federal data showing that 131 organizations were convicted of a federal offense in fiscal 2017, roughly the same as the prior year. The data show the most common offense committed was fraud, comprising 29 percent of the cases.
In cases where individuals also were convicted along with their organization, Bachrach noted — underlining the statistic for emphasis — 21 percent of them were board members.
There is no indication the UMMS board is under investigation; on April 25, UMMS received a subpoena for documents and information from federal prosecutors for "their investigation of Mayor Pugh," according to a system spokesman. That was the day the FBI and IRS raided Pugh's home, City Hall offices and other locations related to her.
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Bachrach's presentation came right before the board discussed state legislation introduced Feb. 4 by Sen. Jill P. Carter, a Baltimore Democrat, that would make it illegal for board members to profit from contracts with the hospitals they govern. That bill prompted the scrutiny that resulted in the UMMS scandal.
The printed material from the Feb. 13 meeting doesn't indicate if Bachrach discussed changes that occurred since the Yates memo was written, and President Trump took office in 2017. (Trump fired Yates 10 days after taking office because she refused to defend his executive order to close the nation's borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries.)
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ARTS' Founder Nominated for 'Volvo for Life Award'
by The Social Diary ARTS' Columnist Jill Hammons
Column #4, February 28th, 2006
Matt D'Arrigo, the founder and executive director of ARTS (A Reason to Survive) has been nominated for a prestigious Volvo For Life Award. For several years, Volvo has looked for "everyday heroes," those people who display courage, dedication, and are committed to helping others.
The judges that review each and every nomination are an amazing, noteworthy group: Hank Aaron, Senator Bill Bradley, Sir Richard Branson, Caroline Kennedy, Val Kilmer, Maya Lin, Paul Newman, Dr. Sally Ride, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Hope Bevilhymer, the 3rd Volvo for Life Grand Award winner.
One Grand Award winner is chosen, who receives a Volvo automobile for life, plus $50,000 to a charity of choice, a trip to the New York City Awards Ceremony for themselves and a guest, and a starring role in a Volvo for Life Awards heroes documentary. Other prizes are awarded to three Category Winners, six Category Finalists, and 100 receive Certificates of Merit.
Matt was nominated for his sacrifices, his vision, and his caring. Here is his story (you can see more on www.volvoforlifeawards.com.
In 1992, doctors diagnosed nineteen-year-old Matt D'Arrigo's mother and sister with cancer within a month of each other. Matt took the following year off of college to stay at home and help with their care. Matt's mother died, but his sister recovered. As an artist, Matt found himself turning to his painting and love of music to help him through this difficult time. The therapeutic and healing power of the arts affected Matt so profoundly that he wanted to provide that same opportunity to others -- particularly children. He vowed to start an organization one day in his mother's memory to provide free art programs to children in need. That inspiration would become his initiative, A Reason To Survive (ARTS).
Matt returned to school to earn his degree in fine art, entering the workforce to gain some valuable business experience before he launched his effort. In July 2001, Matt traded in his beloved SUV for an old station wagon, cashed out his 401K, and then founded his non-profit organization. ARTS provides free visual, performing, and literary art programs to disadvantaged children and those facing adversity. Through Matt's tireless efforts in raising community awareness and funds for his programs, ARTS has a $450,000 budget, four full-time staff, and serves 3,500 children annually with free art programs. Matt has accomplished all of this in just four short years! ARTS provides outreach programs throughout the community, sending 45 trained artist volunteers into twelve partner locations, including hospitals, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, group homes, military bases, and the like on a weekly basis. ARTS also hosts numerous community art events and creates public art pieces with neighborhood children to help beautify parks, community centers, and partner locations. In July of 2006, ARTS will open their first dedicated center, a 6,200 square foot facility to provide in-house programs, camps, and workshops for children and families in San Diego. Matt has recently secured $500,000 of ARTS' $1,000,000 goal to create the ARTS Center! Unbelievable!!
Matt's visionary approach not only provides free art programs to thousands of hurting kids and their families, but also goes beyond what one would consider his "regular" job. Recently, an ARTS youngster, Yesenia, lay near death with a terminal illness at Children's Hospital and San Diego Hospice. One day, while painting images of horses with Matt, she confided that she would love to ride a horse, as she had never before done so. Fortunately, one of ARTS most loyal donors owns some horses. A couple of phone calls placed by Matt, and a few days later, a truck and horse trailer pulled up to the San Diego Hospice. A beautiful brown horse named Cinnamon came walking out. The staff wheeled out Yesenia, who spent a quiet, poignant hour petting and feeding the horse carrots, all the while lying in her bed. Yesenia gathered enough strength to actually get up and sit on the horse; her dream came true! Sadly, Yesenia passed away shortly thereafter. But Matt and his organization ensured that she would experience one of the wonders so many of us take for granted. Realizing that Yesenia's family did not have enough money to pay for her funeral, Matt then created wonderful greeting cards from one of her many paintings. Sales of the cards raised the necessary $4,600 to pay for her funeral expenses. This is just one of many examples of Matt's huge, giving heart!
Matt does not view the arts as a career or even a craft, but rather a force for life. His dedication to ARTS brings his vision to life, and it has become his life as well. Matt has made numerous personal sacrifices to ensure the success of the organization so that the young receive the arts programs they desperately need. His mission gives something in addition to ensuring the quality of life for these children and families. Matt D'Arrigo's work shows that that in all we do, aspire to, and give of ourselves, we bring meaning to our lives and those around us through the arts of giving.
To learn more about Matt and his cause, and how you can make a difference, please visit: www.artsurvive.org
* Jill Hammons is a long-time special events director at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She divides her time amongst many charitable organizations such as The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Passionfish, and ARTS (A Reason to Survive). Jill is a Founding Board Member of ARTS, an up-and-coming San Diego non-profit that provides free artistic opportunities to kids in facing adversities. ARTS helps children heal through the therapeutic and transformative powers of the arts---giving them a reason to survive." www.artsurvive.org.
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William Dillard, the founder and Chairman of Dillard's, Inc., developed a keen interest in retailing at an early age. He started his success story in 1938 when, with $8,000 borrowed from his father, he opened a small store in his wife's hometown of Nashville, Arkansas. By that time, he had better than 12 years of part-time and summer experience working in his father's Mineral Springs, Arkansas store. After completing college (University of Arkansas-1935) and graduate school (Columbia University School of Business-1937), Mr. Dillard began working as a management trainee for Sears Roebuck & Company. Shortly after completing the training course, a period of only seven months, Mr. Dillard left Sears and opened his first store.


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SSEK Law Firm Wins More than $468,000 UBS YES Award for North Carolina Couple
Third Yield Enhancement Strategy Investors Award for Seasoned Securities Fraud Law Firm
Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) is thrilled to announce that on September 1, 2022, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel ordered UBS Financial Services (UBS) to pay $468,126 to two customers and their trust over losses they sustained in the firm's UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy program. The award was a unanimous ruling by three FINRA arbitrators. It was a full recovery for the investors, including more than $343,000 in compensatory damages, more than $100,000 in legal fees, and over $24,000 in costs.
On September 2, 2022, InvestmentNews reported on SSEK Law Firm's win against UBS and interviewed our Managing Partner Sam Edwards. This is our firm's third UBS YES loss attorneys' arbitration award that we've won for investors who were never fully apprised of the risks involved in the firm's options overlay strategy, experiencing securities fraud. Our securities attorneys' earlier wins were a $400K Yield Enhancement Strategy award on behalf of Maryland investors and another award on behalf of a Texas investor.
Posted in: Current Investigations and UBS
Tagged: UBS YES and UBS YES Strategy
Updated: September 8, 2022 1:44 pm
UBS YES Customers of Houston Broker William Huthnance Are Pursuing $1.8M in Damages
Investors Allege Unsuitability and Misrepresentations
Our UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (UBS YES) investment loss attorneys are speaking with customers of UBS Financial Services broker William Word Huthnance in Houston, Texas. Huthnance, who has worked for 20 years in the industry, is accused of allegedly unsuitably recommending the firm's risky iron condor strategy to customers while purportedly making misrepresentations and omissions to them.
Already, one claimant reached a $580K settlement over their UBS YES losses, as well as losses involving purportedly unsuitably recommended hedge funds, structured notes, and private equity fund recommendations.
Updated: August 19, 2022 2:17 pm
UBS Must Pay Over $2.5M to Yield Enhancement Strategy Investors
Two FINRA Arbitration Panels Order Firm To Pay UBS YES Customers for Their Losses
In separate UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (UBS YES) investor cases, two Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panels have awarded UBS Financial Services customers $1.18M and $1.4M, respectively. These are the latest awards against the broker-dealer, whose high-net-worth investors have lost significant sums of money in the firm's proprietary, complex options trading strategy.
Due to the most recent rulings, the broken dealer will have to pay UBS YES customers more than $7.6M in 2022. In May, two investors were awarded $3.9M. Various other UBS YES customers were awarded $1.2M in March, and In February 2022, a claimant and two of his family trusts were also awarded $1.875M.
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Tagged: UBS, UBS YES Strategy and UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy
UBS Financial Services To Pay YES Investors Almost $1.2M
YES Claimants' FINRA Arbitration Case Alleged Misrepresentations and Negligence
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has awarded two investors $1.2M (plus 6% interest from June 28, 2019, through March 7, 2022) over losses they sustained in the UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (UBS YES). This options overlay strategy, also known as the iron condor strategy, is exclusive to UBS.
The claimants contend that UBS YES was misrepresented and not in line with their investment goals and risk tolerance level. They accused the broker-dealer of fraud, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, unsuitability, and other violations.
Posted in: UBS, UBS Financial Services and Yield Enhancement Strategy
Tagged: UBS Financial Services, UBS YES and UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy
Customer of UBS Broker Andrew Burish Seeks $23M Over Tesla Stock Losses
UBS Financial Broker Runs The Burish Group in the Midwest
If you are an investor who suffered losses while working with UBS broker Andrew Burish, please contact our broker fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com).
Burish is considered a top UBS financial advisor who is head of The Burish Group in Madison, Wisconsin. He is accused of repeatedly recommending the short-selling of Tesla, Inc. shares, causing over $23M in losses for four couples, who are all related, and another investor. Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company founded by billionaire Elon Musk.
Posted in: Alternative Investments and UBS
Tagged: Alternative Investments, Tesla Stock and UBS Financial
Updated: May 11, 2021 11:42 am
UBS Ordered To Pay $371K Award to YES Strategy Customers
FINRA Panel's Ruling is UBS Financial's Third Loss Involving Yield Enhancement Strategy
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration ruling, UBS Financial Services (UBS) must pay an Ohio couple $371K for financial losses they sustained from the brokerage firm's Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES).
This is the third UBS Yes Strategy arbitration claim that the broker-dealer has lost, including one award for $1M to two Denver investors this year. The first award against UBS over its Yield Enhancement Strategy, for $90K, was granted to an investor in December.
Posted in: UBS and Yield Enhancement Strategy
Tagged: UBS Financial Services and UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy
Updated: April 22, 2021 9:08 am
Customer Of UBS Brokers Mark Zeller and Scott Rosenberg Awarded Nearly $90K Over YES Strategy Losses
Published on: March 16, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP
Florida Arbitration Panel Refuses To Expunge Advisors' Record of Options Overlay Case
In December, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel in Boca Raton, Florida awarded a UBS Wealth management client and retiree $89,675 in his UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) claim over significant losses he sustained in the brokerage firm's options overlay strategy.
The award was for his unsuitability claim against UBS Financial Services. He also alleged negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, omissions, failure to supervise, and breach of contract.
Tagged: UBS YES Strategy and UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy
UBS YES Strategy Customers Of Broker Jason Dworak Awarded Over $1M
Lincoln, Nebraska Stockbroker Named In Multiple Six-Figure Options Overlay Claims
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has awarded two claimants over $1M in their UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) claim against respondent UBS Financial Services (UBS).
Their broker, Jason Mathew Dworak, was not a respondent in the customer dispute. However, according to the FINRA award, the panel did not grant the broker-dealer's request that the case be expunged from his CRD records. Dworak also is named in other pending options overlay claims involving UBS YES.
Tagged: UBS and UBS YES Strategy
Updated: March 11, 2021 10:30 am
Chinese Tycoon Sues UBS for $500M Over Losses Involving Margin Loan
Published on: November 11, 2020 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP
High Net Worth Individual Investor Alleges That UBS Group AG Persuaded Him To Buy On Margin
Guo Wengui, a rich Chinese businessman exiled in New York, has filed a lawsuit against UBS Financial Group after losing $500M.
Wengui contends that the bank pressured him into borrowing funds to invest in shares of Haitong Securities, Co., a brokerage firm in China. This high net worth institutional investor alleges that in 2015, UBS forced the stock's sale during both a 45% drop in Haitong's shares, which were traded in Hong Kong and a market route. Guo said that he lost his entire investment.
Posted in: Broker Fraud, Complex Investments, Current Investigations and UBS
Tagged: margin calls, margin loan losses and UBS Group AG
UBS YES Strategy Customers of Broker Eric Wittenberg Are Seeking at Least $1.8M in Damages
Published on: November 5, 2020 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP
New York Stockbroker and Investment Advisor is Accused of Misrepresentations and Unsuitability
Eric Andrew Wittenberg, a managing director and private wealth advisor at UBS Group AG (UBS) in the New York metropolitan area, is being blamed by a number of the firm's customers for investment losses they suffered after he recommended the UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) to them.
Wittenberg is one of many UBS registered representatives named in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claims over this program.
Posted in: Investor Fraud, UBS and Yield Enhancement Strategy
Updated: November 6, 2020 10:27 am


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Micron will reduce its workforce by 10% next year and take other cost-cutting measures as the computer memory chip maker struggles to deal with too much supply amid a drop in demand. Employee bonuses will also be suspended next year and executive salaries will be reduced for the remainder of the 2023 fiscal year which runs through August, the company said.
Other semiconductor companies have announced hiring freezes or layoffs. In October, Intel announced that it would lay off workers as part of a plan to cut $10 billion in spending. Nvidia announced a hiring slowdown over the summer, and Qualcomm announced its hiring freeze in November.
Following on from news from Micron, Nvidia declined more than 6%. AMD fell 1% and Qualcomm was down 4%. Lam Research took a sharp dive, dropping 9%, while Applied Materials plunged 8%.
Unit volumes for personal computers and smartphones have declined in 2022. The company primarily makes two kinds of chips: NAND, which saves data when power is removed, such as in a portable flash drive, and DRAM, which must be powered on to hold data. "The industry is experiencing the most severe imbalance between supply and demand in both DRAM and NAND in the last 13 years," explained Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra.
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Cahaya Alam offers aesthetics, functionality and after-sales services
FOR many, buying a house is not about the purchase of blocks of concrete and a patch green, it is about owning a place to be with loved ones.
This is the principle, property developer, Encorp Bhd adopts when creating its township in Section U12, Shah Alam.
The township, Cahaya Alam, made mainly of residential projects is sited on 209 acres of leasehold land with a gross development value of RM800mil.
Since commencement of the project in 2004, Encorp has developed about half of the township.
Beyond just developing houses, Encorp has a community-focused approach to ensure quality living for its residents.
Besides its current landscaping ideas and common facilities like the 1km linear park that runs through the township, Encorp is looking to build a community hall.
"This community hall is going to be different because we want to manage it. We will organise other events that will be useful for families like educational activities, a tuition centre, music centre and other recreational activities," executive chairman Datuk Seri Effendi Norwawi says.
"We're exploring the possibilities to ensure the place is well-utilised and kept in tip-top condition. We want residents to feel that they are part of an Encorp community," he says, adding that Encorp will work with a joint-management committee for this.
Effendi says a lot of thought has gone into the planning and designing of the houses.
"From the beginning, we think of everything that will give the house real value for the buyer. Buyers start with the aesthetic, as always the case. So we work hard on the aesthetic by detailing the layout and functionality of the house," he tells StarBizWeek.
"We think of every user living there – the husband, wife, the children – and how can the house be as practical and as user-friendly as possible," he adds.
Encorp emphasises on innovation in its product offering and one selling point they have is after-sales services.
Encorp will be providing renovation and furniture packages as well as home repair services.
"This is what we call the Encorp experience. Homebuyers always spend a few hundred of thousands on renovation. It's wasteful," he says.
"We have various packages, depending on what you can afford. For example, instead of a spending RM45,000, our package can be RM34,000 because we can do it cheaper and yet maintain the quality," he explains.
Encorp also promises to respond to requests for home repairs within the hour.
"We don't make profit from these services. We just want to earn within the reasonable margin based on market value," he says of Encorp's approach.
Furthermore, Encorp has also come up with easy entry financial schemes to help young buyers to purchase homes.
It is working with a panel of financial institutions for its schemes that allows buyers to pay 2% or 5% up-front with the sale and purchase agreement legal fees and stamp duty waived.
The schemes are interest-free during construction and buyers will only need to begin mortgage payment after the keys are handed over.
Last weekend, Encorp launched two phases of its medium to upper-market range properties known as Frangipani and Lotus.
Frangipani Phase 3 has 58 units with a price tag of RM684,000 to RM700,000. These are multi-facade superlink houses that come with different external designs to give the illusion that the two and a half storey houses are not linked.
The built-up area ranges from 2,169 sq ft to 2,749 sq ft.
Encorp's first semi-detached houses, Lotus is now in its Phase 2 and has 36 units priced between RM1mil to RM1.2mil. Lotus has two and three-storey units with built-up area of between 2,980 sq ft and 4,610 sq ft.
Effendi says the Lotus project is Encorp's "first attempt at semi-detached houses because the market can take it now." He is referring to the change in buying power in the last two years as more have been able to afford homes in the upper-market range.
Both Frangipani and Lotus were first launched last year. Frangipani is now in its last phase but Lotus has another phase to be launched in the last quarter of this year.
Effendi says that Cahaya Alam has enjoyed about 80% word-of-mouth sales as customers encouraged their family and friends to be part of their neighbourhood. He also notes that there are some repeat buyers, with more new buyers coming from Klang and Cheras.
Cahaya Alam property has enjoyed more than 60% price appreciation the last two years. As an indication, its middle-market Camellia 2 houses which were selling for RM360,000 in 2010 are receiving offers of nearly RM600,000 now.
Despite the appreciation, Encorp continues to target families and home-occupiers instead of investors. While this category of homebuyers may not buy and sell properties the way investors would, Effendi said that families can always look to upgrade to the upper-market units.
Putting things into perspective, Encorp has perhaps set a smooth path to benefit its own customers over the course of its Cahaya Alam township development.
Its previous projects in Cahaya Alam, such as Rosselle, Jasmin, Camellia 1 and Camellia 2, were within the middle-market range.
The company is also embarking on a new masterplan to develop the remaining 90-odd acres. This would have a resort lifestyle design and concept.
Encorp is planning four more projects to build two and three-storey terraces and zero-lot bungalows. The four upcoming precincts will be gated and guarded, with water features and landscaping.
Encorp estimates to complete these upper-market projects by 2018.
Cahaya Alam only has one commercial development, Magnolia, which are shop-offices currently under construction on 7.7 acres.
The township, surrounded by the New Klang Valley Expressway, Federal Highway and NKVE-MERU Link, is a joint venture between Encorp and the Selangor State Development Corporation.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: On this 73rd anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the above classic address by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 remains the most compelling and dramatic D-Day speech of all those before, or after.
As President Reagan paid tribute to the veterans seated near him on the Normandy cliffs, "These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc," there were few dry eyes.
It is interesting to note that President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the allied forces that day on June 6, 1944, did not attend the 10th anniversary festivities.
Michael Beschloss in the New York Times pointed out that self-celebration was mostly alien to the men and women of World War II's "greatest generation," starting with the supreme commander.
"Eisenhower's painful memories of soldiers dying as a direct result of his command decisions had caused him to break down in public at least once before," said Beschloss.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the allied forces that day on June 6, 1944.
THIS DAY is the tenth anniversary of the landing of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Normandy.
That combined land-sea-air operation was made possible by the joint labors of cooperating nations. It depended for its success upon the skill, determination and self-sacrifice of men from several lands. It set in motion a chain of events which affected the history of the entire world.
Despite the losses and suffering involved in that human effort, and in the epic conflict of which it was a part, we today find in those experiences reasons for hope and inspiration. They remind us particularly of the accomplishments attainable through close cooperation and friendship among free peoples striving toward a common goal.
Some of my most cherished memories of that campaign are those of friendly cooperation with such distinguished military leaders of foreign nations as Field Marshal Montgomery, Admiral Ramsay, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Tedder, Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny, Marshal Juin and Marshal; Leclerc.
I recall my pleasant association with the outstanding Soviet soldier, Marshal Zhukov, and the victorious meeting at the Elbe of the Armies of the West and of the East.
These lessons of unity and cooperation have by no means been lost in the trying period of reconstruction since the fighting stopped. Rather, we see peoples, once bitter enemies, burying their antagonisms and joining together to meet the problems of the postwar world.
If all those nations which were members of the Grand Alliance have not maintained in time of peace the spirit of that wartime union, if some of the peoples who were our comrades-in-arms have been kept apart from us, that is cause for profound regret, but not for despair.
The courage, devotion and faith which brought us through the perils of war will inevitably bring us success in our unremitting search for peace. security and freedom.


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