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Will Forger Gets One Year in Jail, Probation
When your girlfriend dies in a tragic mass murder the first thing you do is not to fake a will and take her entire estate, but that's what Edgar Bloomfield of Santa Barbara County, California did.
Bloomfield forges the will and takes the $750,000.00 his girlfriend had and named it to him which was a very bad did. This is unusual in the fact that when it all played out he actually spent time in jail because they decided to prosecute him on the criminal courts so he had to face two courts, the probate court, which is where the handwriting expert was called in to look at the will and testament; this is where you come in and I found that probate courts are very fair which means when they get a handwriting expert they'll let you have access to the will and you can microscope, and bring your magnifying glass, you can take pictures of it and can actually touch and feel the original will and makes a good decision on that because they really do want to get it right.
And in this case, they did get it right but you'll also notice that if you read the full article Edward Bloomfield actually had two witnesses to the crime and they actually had to plead guilty for forgery, conspiracy and perjury, because his sister, Jeannie Bloomfield, and two acquaintances, Lena Star and Heidi Hodges signed as witnesses.
So he had four people lying under oath to steal this dead woman's money and her family had already suffered a tragic loss in a mass murder. I tell you, when there is a big estate involved, there are no doubts to the scummy actions of unscrupulous people and as a handery expert you'll see it all. Enjoy this article.
More than three years after he produced a forged will after his girlfriend was fatally shot,Edward Blomfield – who pled guilty to the crime – was sentenced Tuesday. He will serve one year in Santa Barbara County Jail and five years of felony probation. Judge Brian Hill also granted District Attorney Mary Barron two additional requests: that Blomfield not be allowed to act in a fiduciary capacity for anyone and that any current or future employers know of his psychiatric condition.
Authorities claim Blomfield forged the will of Beverly Graham after she was shot and killed in her apartment by Jennifer San Marcojust before San Marco went on a shooting spree at the Goleta U.S.Postal Service distribution center in January 2006, killing six others and then herself. The forged will left Graham's entire estate, estimated to be worth $750,000, to Blomfield.
Less than a month after Graham's death, Blomfield produced the will, which Graham's family immediately contested in probate court. As the result of a complicated civil suit, in which a forensic examiner determined the will was forged, Blomfield was ordered to pay $340,000 in restitution to the Graham family and indicted in criminal court for burglary, financial elder abuse, forgery, conspiracy, and two counts of perjury. Blomfield pled guilty to all charges.
His final sentencing was pending almost a year, in part because Blomfield underwent a competency test, a several months-long process during which psychiatrists reviewed his mental state and determined that he was competent to be sentenced. At the request of Blomfield's defense attorney, Steve Balash, Judge Hill exonerated the $25,000 bail and reduced Blomfield's restitution fines from $10,000 to $1,000. Barron said she recognized that the court had already made a decision on Blomfield's sentence but stated, "It does not seem fair or just that he should be able to buy his way out." Although Hill granted two of Barron's requests, he denied a third, that Blomfield not be able to serve as caretaker for the elderly or disabled, noting that this was a financial crime.
In his final comments, Hill said that although Blomfield's crime was serious, being premeditated and done without due regard to other people in the descendant's life and therefore deserving of a felony, it was not a horrific crime. He said Blomfield's crime was deserving of the year in
County Jail, and the man could face up to 10 years in state prison if he violates any terms of his probation. Noting that because there was no indication Blomfield ever engaged in similar actions and had no prior criminal history, Hill said there was not a strong argument for a state prison sentence.
Blomfield's sister, Jeanne Blomfield, as well as two acquaintances,Lenae Stahr and Heidi Hodges, signed as witnesses on the forged will and had previously pled guilty to will forgery, conspiracy, and perjury.
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Woman's Caregiver Charged With Forgery
This case is unbelievably common. A woman's caregiver who took care of her for the last two years of her life decided that after the woman passed away she could just steal all her material possessions, including a very sexy 1965 Mustang.
As a previous owner of a red '65 Ford Mustang convertible, I can tell you how attractive this car makes you feel when you drive it. But, does that really give her an excuse to commit forgery, write checks on a dead woman's bank account and make a fake will?
The reason I want you to look at this story is that it is incredibly common for whoever is around an older person when he dies to feel ethically obligated to take all his stuff, because many people such as caregivers and the one brother that spends the last ten years of life really feels entitled to have everything.
Forgeries incredibly common, and if I were a police inspector I would always look at the caregiver first and whoever was around during the last few years in that person's life. They are normally the suspects of the crime, and these are not sophisticated forgeries. These are very simple cases that you as a forensic document examiner will be able to help solve and get the estate back into the hands of the people that deserve it.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A dead woman's caregiver was charged with forgery after Las Cruces police said she named herself to inherit a home, car, and money.
Las Cruces police detectives said in the months prior to the Aug. 2 death of Mary Fix, Maria E. Hobbs created a last will and testament naming herself as the recipient of the woman's residence, a 1965 Ford Mustang, and the funds from the woman's bank account.
Hobbs worked for Adult Protective Services, a division of New Mexico's Aging and Long Term Services Department, and took care of Fix, who was suffering from advanced dementia, police said.
Detectives discovered on the day Fix died, Hobbs took a $300 check from the woman and deposited it into her own checking account. The memo on the check, apparently written by Hobbs, stated the check was for "Mary's car title and registration."
Detectives also learned that Hobbs forged and deposited a $70,000 check, dated June 15, from Fix into her account on Sept. 7. A $35,000 check that was dated July 8 was deposited into Hobbs' account on Sept. 9. That same day, Sept. 9, Hobbs wrote out a personal check in the amount of $48,548 to purchase a mobile home from Palm Harbor Homes, detectives said.
Detectives learned that Fix established a living trust in 2004 naming Washburn University as the beneficiary of her estate upon her death. LCPD began investigating the case when a financial adviser with Prudential Financial Group contacted police after attempting to execute Fix's trust.
Hobbs was charged with eight counts of forgery including two second-degree felony counts, five fourth-degree felonies, and one third-degree felony.
She was arrested Thursday by the U.S. Marshall's Service and is being held at the Dona Ana County Detention Center with bond set at $55,000.
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Judge slams mortgage company fraudulent note practice
February 18, 2011 / 2 Comments on Judge slams mortgage company fraudulent note practice
This is really big news if you're involved in the mortgage crisis in the United States. And even if you're not in the United States, you have to understand that the entire world economy crashed.
And part of the reason was excessive loans to people who couldn't afford homes throughout the United States and North America. And that the same philosophy trickled down into what they called secondary mortgages and financial crisis.
A company called MERS, and it still exists, was in the news because of a judge in Florida.
How is forgery involved in this? Great question, so much of the real estate in America is currently in a state of foreclosure or pre‑foreclosure because of the loans that were granted in the last five to ten years that homeowners can't afford.
Instead of getting proper paperwork to foreclose on these loans, the banks and the companies hired to assemble the foreclosures simply made up signatures. They mocked up documents and they actually forged people's names that no longer worked there, and they forged notaries' names that no longer worked at the companies in order to get the documentation needed to file the foreclosure notice.
If you are a handwriting expert or you are a document examiner, this is a great opportunity for you to get paid to help somebody save their home by entering into the discussion of whether or not the paperwork in the mortgage foreclosure is correct or it's fraudulent. This has been a very, very popular type of case that we've had in our office here in Los Angeles.
All of our associates around the United States have also had paperwork like this, because fraud and forgery are so rampant in the real estate industry. And it's not just the last five years, but specifically in the foreclosure area you can help save somebody's home if indeed they made a mistake.
This article is about MERS, but if you're going to get into the real estate business, you need to understand about the mortgage and mortgage loans and how to speak to attorneys who are dealing with this sort of thing. It's an important article and I hope you keep up with it.
Merscorp Inc., operator of the electronic-registration system that contains about half of all U.S. home mortgages, has no right to transfer the mortgages under its membership rules, a judge said.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Grossman in Central Islip, New York, in a decision he said he knew would have a "significant impact," wrote that the membership rules of the company's Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, or MERS, don't make it an agent of the banks that own the mortgages.
"MERS's theory that it can act as a 'common agent' for undisclosed principals is not supported by the law," Grossman wrote in a Feb. 10 opinion. "MERS did not have authority, as 'nominee' or agent, to assign the mortgage absent a showing that it was given specific written directions by its principal."
Merscorp was created in 1995 to improve servicing after county offices couldn't deal with the flood of mortgage transfers, Karmela Lejarde, a spokeswoman for MERS, said in an interview last year. The company tracks servicing rights and ownership interests in mortgage loans on its electronic registry, allowing banks to buy and sell the loans without having to record the transfer with the county. It played a major role in Wall Street's ability to quickly bundle mortgages together in securitized trusts.
MERS was still reviewing Grossman's decision and didn't have an immediate comment, Lejarde said in an e-mail Feb. 11. Lejarde didn't immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment today.
Proper Status
"'Don't come around here no more,' is basically the message to MERS," said April Charney, a senior attorney with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid in Jacksonville, Florida. "The judge basically deconstructed MERS and said there's no possible way in any case you can come in and show you have this appropriate proper status to transfer the note."
"MERS and its partners made the decision to create and operate under a business model that was designed in large part to avoid the requirements of the traditional mortgage-recording process," Grossman wrote. "The court does not accept the argument that because MERS may be involved with 50 percent of all residential mortgages in the country, that is reason enough for this court to turn a blind eye to the fact that this process does not comply with the law."
Automatic Shield
In the case Grossman ruled on, Credit Suisse Group AG's Select Portfolio Servicing, a mortgage servicer, sought to bypass the automatic shield against legal claims triggered by Ferrel L. Agard's filing for personal bankruptcy in September.
Select Portfolio wanted permission to foreclose on Agard's home in Westbury, New York, on behalf of U.S. Bancorp's U.S. Bank unit, the trustee for the mortgage-backed trust the home loan was in. The house is worth about $350,000 and the mortgage amount was $536,921, according to the decision.
Grossman ruled in favor of Select Portfolio because he couldn't overrule a November 2008 foreclosure judgment the servicer won in state court, he said. Without that state-court ruling, Select Portfolio wouldn't have had the right to bring its motion, Grossman said.
He then addressed whether a mortgage transfer by MERS is valid, because "MERS's role in the ownership and transfer of real-property notes and mortgages is at issue in dozens of cases before this court," including those where "there have been no prior dispositive state-court decisions," he wrote.
Original Lender
Select Portfolio argued in part that MERS's February 2008 assignment of the mortgage to U.S. Bank was valid because Agard agreed that MERS would hold title to it for the original lender,Bank of America Corp.'s First Franklin, and for whichever banks it was further assigned to. First Franklin transferred the promissory note the mortgage secured to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s Aurora Bank and Aurora to U.S. Bank, according to the decision.
"An adverse ruling regarding MERS's authority to assign mortgages or act on behalf of its member/lenders could have a significant impact on MERS and upon the lenders which do business with MERS throughout the United States," Grossman wrote. "It is up to the legislative branch, if it chooses, to amend the current statutes to confer upon MERS the requisite authority to assign mortgages under its current business practices."
MERS intervened in the case and argued that Agard's mortgage, the terms of its membership agreement and New York state law gave it the authority to assign the mortgage. MERS says it holds title to mortgages for its members as both "nominee" and "mortgagee of record."
Select Portfolio
Grossman said Select Portfolio had to show that U.S. Bank owned both the note and the mortgage, and there was no evidence that it held the note. The judge disagreed with Select Portfolio's argument that U.S. Bank held the note because the note "follows" the mortgage, which it said U.S. Bank owned.
"By MERS's own account, the note in this case was transferred among its members, while the mortgage remained in MERS's name," Grossman wrote. "MERS admits that the very foundation of its business model as described herein requires that the note and mortgage travel on divergent paths."
The judge said that the membership agreement wasn't enough to assign the mortgage and that to do so the lender would have to give power of attorney or similar authority to MERS.
MERS's membership rules don't create "an agency or nominee relationship" and don't clearly grant MERS authority to take any action with respect to mortgages, including transferring them, Grossman wrote. Because the interests at issue concern "real property" — land and buildings — under state law, any transfer has to be in writing, which isn't done under the MERS system, he said.
'Nominee' Status
"Without more, this court finds that MERS's 'nominee' status and the rights bestowed upon MERS within the mortgage itself, are insufficient to empower MERS to effectuate a valid assignment of mortgage," the judge wrote. "MERS's position that it can be both the mortgagee and an agent of the mortgagee is absurd, at best."
Grossman said parties coming to him to seek to lift the automatic ban on legal claims in cases involving MERS will have to show they own both the mortgage and the note.
The case is In re Agard, 10-77338, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York Central Islip).
To contact the reporter on this story: Thom Weidlich in Brooklyn, New York, federal court attweidlich@bloomberg.net.
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In Nigeria, why divorce? Army condones forgery to end marriage
Why hire an expensive divorce attorney if you are working for the Nigerian Army, just forge your own divorce papers, submit them to the Army, move out of your house and kick your wife and family to the curb.
If this sounds harsh, well it is. This recent story is about a Nigerian Army Major alleged forged his divorce papers so he could leave his wife and take up with another woman.
It's a long article but the bottom line is this. If you have enough clout you can simply forge paperwork and your employer in this case the Nigerian Army, will simply look the other way and say "ahh, so what. He didn't like his wife; he left her, kicked his kids out on the street, but he should get the house." It's a long drawn out story in a country where the law is not as just as it should be.
On a signed note I have been contacted numerous times from people in African countries to fly over to Africa to testify in a Nigerian court and other courts which quite frankly scare me.
I am also helping people get justice but I am not for flying to a third world country with a questionable justice system and ending up in an African prison because somebody in power didn't like my opinion. No thanks. I'll stick to the Western European court systems where at least there is some semblance and reasonableness and fairness. Enjoy the article.
The forgery of court document is a criminal offence which carries a seven-year jail term. But the Nigerian Army does not seem to consider the offence such a big deal. When told how Paul Egbo, a Major in the army's medical corps, allegedly forged divorce papers to enable him leave his wife and take up with another woman, a female army officer, an official letter from the Chief of Army staff said the offence is of no concern to the army.
In May 2006, Mr Egbo, a native of Delta State, while serving in Maiduguri, Borno State, decided he wanted out of his 12-year marriage to Uche Egbo. He called Mrs. Egbo, a house wife and mother of their three children living in their home at the Ojo military cantonment in Lagos State, and told her that the marriage is over because God had told him to marry another woman.
He then changed his salary account from which Mrs. Egbo and the children take money for their monthly upkeep. Mrs. Egbo remembers that for the next eighteen months, up till September 23, 2007, her husband and father of their children only came home once; and that was to pack his belongings.
"He came from Maiduguri to pack his things. I told him that if he takes everything how does he want us to cope, that why has he abandoned his family, that he should make arrangement for his children's upkeep," Mrs Egbo said, "Instead he accused me of being a criminal and got me arrested. I was taken to the guardroom and would have remained there if not for an officer who intervened. But he took everything and left us with nothing."
Mrs. Egbo's ordeal was not over. On May 20, 2008, Military Police personnel came to her home and handed her a Lagos State High Court order dated December 31, 2007, which declared her marriage to Mr. Egbo dissolved. On the orders of her husband, they had come to evict her with immediate effect from the house.
"It was only because the cantonment commandant, Lieutenant Colonel Apere, intervened that I was spared. He instructed Paul to come and sort things out himself because the army gave the house to him and not me," said Mrs. Egbo, who hails from Anambra State.
Being the only child of an elderly pensioner mother, Mrs. Egbo was totally dependent on her husband. Now abandoned, she became a wreck. Unable to bear the psychological trauma any longer, she moved out of the barracks in September 2008 and began squatting with some acquaintances.
To put food on the table, she started doing menial jobs. She could not pay her children's school fees, and they had to miss one year of school. She and her three children practically lived off handouts from sympathizers.
A case of forgery
It was in this condition that Kayode Ogunjobi, a lawyer, met Mrs. Egbo. Filled with compassion, he took up her case free of charge and ran a check on the decree nisi and the decree absolute allegedly issued by the court dissolving the marriage. The response from the Lagos State judiciary in a letter dated July 17, 2008 revealed that Mr. Egbo's documents were fake.
"We have checked our records and we report that the document did not emanate from the High Court of Lagos State as Suit No. HD/241/2007 does not exist in our records," wrote Mariam Emeya, then a Chief Magistrate. "Furthermore it is very obvious that the document is fake as Mr. A. Ola Dada, the ACR (Assistant Chief Registrar) Litigation who purportedly signed the letter in 2007 retired in 2005."
Mrs. Emeya, who at the time was also the deputy chief registrar of administration in the Lagos State High Court, further observed that a decree nisi only becomes absolute after three months but Mr. Egbo's decree absolute terminated his marriage after two months.
"In the final analysis, there is no indication of the court or judge who purportedly dissolved the said marriage. It is therefore clear that the document is fake," concluded Mrs. Emeya.
The army didn't care
In December 2008, Mr. Ogunjobi, through Rouq & Company Solicitors and Advocates, petitioned the Office of the Chief of Army Staff, then headed by Abdulrahaman Dambazau, a lieutenant general; and Mike Okiro, the then Inspector-General of Police. While the Police never responded, the Army through its Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) in Apapa, Lagos State, between August and September 2009, investigated Mr. Egbo's forgery case and the abandoning of his family responsibilities.
"We were invited by the SIB and we went. The investigation was concluded and the report forwarded. They said they were sending recommendations to Defence Headquarters, and that it is an internal thing, so they will get back to us when they need us. And that is the last we have heard from them, till now," Mr. Ogunjobi said.
By June 2010, the army had still not responded and Mr. Egbo had not rendered any financial help to his family in years. During this time, Mrs. Egbo said her husband had married another woman, a female army captain she identified as Rachael Gashua, serving in the army's Military Police Corps in Maiduguri.
After her children were sent away from school just before their promotion exams for non-payment of school fees, Mrs. Egbo approached Project Alert, a non-governmental organisation promoting women rights. They assisted her with N35,000; and together with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) petitioned the present Chief of Army Staff, Onyeabo Ihejirika, over Mr. Egbo's forgery of judicial documents and abandonment of family.
But Mr. Ihejirika's response to the Commission was that the army would not entertain the matter. Through his staff, one Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Ali, via a letter received by the NHRC on November 22, 2010, the army chief further recommended that if Mrs. Egbo felt so aggrieved, she could lay her complaints at the law courts.
"The issues raised are purely domestic in nature and should be settle between the spouses. On the other hand, if she feels strongly about the alleged ill treatment by her husband, she may take up a legal action against him. The Nigeria Army does not have the capacity to impose a wife on a personnel," read the letter signed by Mr. Ali "for Chief of Army Staff".
Mr. Egbo could not be reached on his mobile telephone. When contacted, his lawyer, Jonah Daniel of KC Okolodia & Co, said the media does not have any merit in reporting the case.
"I don't think it is safe for your paper to publish this story. Paul's wife has reported to the Nigerian army and it's being investigated," Mr. Daniel said. "Also the Human Rights Commission is investigating. This matter is under investigation, so I don't know what you want me to say."
But when asked if he procured the fake divorce documents for Mr. Egbo, he replied: "I can't answer that question. I won't be part of a campaign of calumny".
The waiting game
The head of the Directorate of Army Public Relations, Chris Olukolade, a brigadier-general, when contacted, requested that he should be left out of the matter.
Kayode Ogunsanya, a lieutenant colonel and the spokesperson for the Army's 81 Division, which oversees Bonny Cantonment, where Mr. Egbo is said to be currently serving, promised to contact him and then get back to NEXT. Two weeks have gone by and he is yet to respond. With tears in her eyes Mrs. Egbo said all she wants is for the father of her children to live up to his parental duties. As she wakes up early every day to prepare the food she sells on a roadside, she worries about raising enough money to pay her children's school fees, as schools resume February.
"For five years I have been struggling on my own. I have made up my mind to move on. I am not out for revenge but if Paul wants to divorce, he should do it the right way. He should also have compassion on his children and cater for them and not leave them to suffer this way," Mrs Egbo said.
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Judge rules that Feng Shui Master forged Nina Wang's will
I just love when forgeries make the headlines. This case happened in China and if you're living in Asia, this is a huge case for you. But here in America, we didn't hear much about it.
A woman named Nina Wang passed away leaving $13 billion at stake from a forged will. According to the court records, guess who forged it? Her feng shui master.
In Asia, having a Feng Shui master can be fairly common. However, Ms. Wang was having an affair with hers. But would you really leave him $13 billion with a will written in English when in fact your native language is Mandarin? I'm sure there were many Asian handwriting experts involved in this case as the court deemed the will a forgery.
As an aspiring handwriting expert, you should realize that this is exactly the kind of case that can put your career on the map and on auto pilot. Even if you are not hired for the case and given the chance to comment, newspapers and TV shows will put you on the air to discuss it. If you talk about any high profile murder or any famous person that is involved in a murder or a criminal act or in this case, forgery, you can comment on it and be the talking head even if you're not hired by the plaintiff or the defense.
I wasn't commenting on this case because this one was mainly in Asia. But if you recall back when JonBenet Ramsey was murdered, I was given the opportunity to comment on the handwritten note that was found.
On a legal note, wills differ from every state and country. There's something called a holographic will which means that the will was written entirely in a person's own handwriting, and signed. If somebody types a will and that person signs it, then it's not a holographic will and so you should consult an attorney or check the laws before you really get involved with a will and testament. Your job as a handwriting expert is to confirm or deny the identity of the person that reportedly offered the will.
In this case, there is $13 billion at stake and I think the forgerer, the feng shui master, Tony Chan is going to jail for forgery because the court finds him guilty. The kicker is she actually did leave him $10 million, but since he didn't want just $10 million, he chose to forge the will. Now he will be spending time in prison and at the same time forfeited the $10 million that his lover gave to him. Enjoy the article.
The Nina Wang case captivated Asia in much the same way the Brooke Astor case made headlines in New York last year. Only instead of questions surrounding whether a multi-millionaire's will was invalid, the Nina Wang case involved whether Tony Chan Chun-chuen forged the will of Asia's richest woman, to the tune of about thirteen billion dollars, according to some estimates. She died at age 69 in 2007.
The case raged for months, and The Probate Lawyer Blog featured several articles about it. The Hong Kong judge carefully deliberated since closing arguments took place in late September. Earlier today, the High Court released the 326-page ruling that declared Wang's 2006 will to be a forgery.
Tony Chan contended that Wang had left him her fortune because, rather than being a mere feng shui adviser for her, he was also her secret lover. Of course, he was married during the affair. And he was 20 years younger than she was.
Lawyers for the Wang family and charities (the vast majority of her fortune from the prior will, in 2002, was earmarked for charity), said Chan forged the new will. They also claimed, alternatively, that Chan had tricked her into signing it by declaring it to be a "feng shui will" that he was supposed to destroy as part of a ceremony to help extend her life.
Nina Wang did have an intimate relationship with Tony Chan, but she wanted to keep it a secret. Despite giving him lavish gifts and payments of money, she didn't want to give him her entire fortune.
Rather, she held true to her wishes in the 2002 will, leaving most of her wealth to charity.
Wang did, in fact, sign a new document in 2006. But it wasn't the will Tony Chan said it was. No — that one was forged . . . through a "highly skilled simulation". Instead, Wang signed a Specific Bequest Will leaving Chan $10 million (poor guy).
The Judge didn't find Chan believable — pointing to his criminal past, among other reasons. Chan lied and withheld relevant information from the Court, the Judge said. And, the 2006 will was written in English, not Chinese like the 2002 will.
The judge also said he didn't believe Chan's wife either, who also offered testimony to support the validity of the 2006 will.
Chan's lawyer already promised an appeal. But, Chan has other concerns in the meantime. Chan may be referred for criminal prosecution based on the finding of forgery. And he won't even have the $10 million from the "Specific Bequest Will". That partial will wasn't located and Chan didn't offer it for admission to the Court. So he may not even get that amount.
The real irony here is that Chan's path is eerily similar to Nina Wang's. Her husband was kidnapped in 1990 and was never found. (In fact, that's how she met Chan — he was supposed to help locate her husband). After Wang's husband was declared dead, the father-in-law challenged the will that left Nina Wang with everything.
And, just like in this case, the will was found to be a forgery and Nina Wang was charged criminally.
But, Nina Wang ultimately won on appeal and was exonerated. She inherited her husband's fortune, despite originally losing her case. Will her feng shui master/former lover be as lucky on appeal?
Feb 4, 2010 Update — Tony Chan has been arrested because of the ruling.
Posted by: Author and probate attorney Andrew W. Mayoras, co-author of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and co-founder and shareholder of The Center for Probate Litigation and The Center for Elder Law in metro-Detroit, Michigan, which concentrate in probate litigation, estate planning, and elder law. You can email him at awmayoras @ brmmlaw.com.
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Parent of Cricket Champ Faces Forgery Charges
I just love the story when forgery appears in one of the world's biggest sports and in the country of India, so don't think forgery is just an American crime. In fact, since we started the national school we have had students in India and they submit work in Hindi, in all kinds of alphabets that I don't understand personally, but the science behind forgery and forensic document examination does work in every language.
But what's great about this story is one of the largest sports in the world is called cricket. It's not very familiar to our American readers but anyone in England, Australia, India and around the world will understand it. And anyone who ever has a child that plays sports would understand the motivation for trying to get his child to get on a top winning team.
So what's interesting about this story is one of the Goa Cricket Association's vice presidents, he actually is accused of forging his own son's birth certificate so that his son can play in the championship game and that's because his son was a little bit too old to play with the kids his age. So you think it just happens in fraud and for $15 million in a court or a Ponzi scheme.
Nope. It happens so your kid can play sports and win. Enjoy this article.
Panaji: The Indian Cricket Board was on Saturday accused of turning a blind eye towards the alleged forgery of the birth certificate of his son by Goa Cricket Association's (GCA) former vice President, Dayanand Narvekar.
Shekhar Salkar, a former GCA executive member who has filed a police complaint against Narvekar and his family members, said the BCCI had discovered the forgery two years back, but did not take appropriate action.
Based on Salkar's complaint, the police on Friday filed an FIR against Narvekar, his wife Sushma, son Ganeshraj and two others. They have been booked for cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
According to the complaint, Narvekar, an ex-Goa minister, allegedly forged the birth certificate of his son Ganeshraj to facilitate his participation in an under-15 cricket tournament.
"When BCCI realized that Narvekar had let his son Ganeshraj play for the third time in the U-15 category, the Board wrote to GCA. But he was fined a mere Rs 5,000 and let off," Salkar claimed.
Salkar said the apex cricket body in the country had failed in its duty by not taking action against Narvekar for such "gross misconduct and fraud".
The BCCI, in a letter dated April 25, 2008, signed by Chief Administrative Officer R S Shetty, and had expressed surprise about how Ganeshraj was allowed to play in the under-15 tournament in the 2007-08 seasons under the name Anish N.
"This is a clear violation of BCCI rules and calls for punitive action," Shetty had said in the letter, according to Salkar.
Salkar on Saturday demanded that Narvekar step down as the GCA president. "Police should immediately arrest Narvekar as offences against him are of serious nature."
As per the complaint, Ganeshraj, after playing for two seasons – 2005-06 and 2006-07 – for the South Zone under-15 team, was allowed to play for the third time by changing his name.
It said that Ganeshraj's name was changed to Anish, his pet name, and a fake birth certificate was submitted to ensure his participation in the tournament.
The complainant has also attached documents, obtained under Right to Information Act, showing that Ganeshraj had two different birth certificates.
As per GCA record, his birth date is September 1, 1993, while the certificate procured from the local municipality shows his birthday as February 28, 1993.
The complaint also stated that Ganeshraj has given another birth certificate claiming his birth date as February 28, 1992 to get admission in a school.
When contacted, BCCI CAO Shetty declined to comment.
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Altwiji vs. Zdenek
This is a great example of why you want to work with a competent attorney if you decide to become an expert witness for court cases. No matter how prepared you are, and no matter how "right" your opinion is… it won't matter if you don't ever get to take the stand.
There are many reasons an "expert witness" might not get to take the stand… the case settles, the case is postponed, the opposing side stipulates to your findings, or your sides attorney failed to follow the
procedure of DESIGNATING his expert within the legal time frame.
ALTWIJI v. ZDENEK
ABBOTT ALTWIJI, Plaintiff and Appellant,
GENE W. ZDENEK et al., Defendants and Respondents.
No. B213416.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.
Filed January 5, 2011.
Abbott Altwiji, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Fonda & Fraser and Craig Donahue for Defendant and Respondent Gene W. Zdenek.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Howard A. Slavin, Jeffry A. Miller, and Matthew B. Stucky for Defendants and Respondents Kenneth R. Diddie and Edgar I. Thomas.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
ASHMANN-GERST, J.
Plaintiff and appellant Abbott Altwiji (plaintiff) challenges a trial court order dismissal following a successful motion for summary judgment by defendant and respondent Gene W. Zdenek, M.D. (Zdenek) and a successful motion to preclude plaintiff's presentation of expert witnesses at trial by defendants and respondents Kenneth R. Diddie, M.D. (Diddie) and Edgar I. Thomas, M.D. (Thomas) (Zdenek, Diddie, and Thomas collectively are referred to as defendants). We conclude that the trial court properly granted Zdenek's motion for summary judgment and Diddie and Thomas's motion to preclude plaintiff from presenting expert witness testimony. Accordingly, the order of dismissal is affirmed.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff initiated this medical malpractice action on December 6, 2007. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges that defendants negligently treated him in connection with an "eye surgery and the complications arising therefrom."
Zdenek's Motion for Summary Judgment
On August 25, 2008, Zdenek filed a motion for summary judgment. In support, he offered an expert declaration from Dr. John D. Hofbauer. Dr. Hofbauer, a board certified opthamologist, declared that he was "familiar with the standard of care, as it existed in Southern California, from 2005 through 2006, applicable to ophthalmologists, with regard to office care and surgeries of the eye. Based upon [his] review of the materials [identified], as well as upon [his] education, training and experience, it [was his] opinion that the care and treatment rendered to [plaintiff] by [Zdenek] complied with the applicable standard of care." Dr. Hofbauer also opined "to a reasonable degree of medical probability [that] there [was] nothing [Zdenek] did or failed to do which caused or contributed to any claimed injuries of [plaintiff]."
Plaintiff opposed Zdenek's motion. He did not provide an expert declaration in support of his opposition.
Following oral argument, the trial court granted Zdenek's motion. It ruled: "`When a defendant moves for summary judgment and supports his motion with expert declarations that his conduct fell within the community standard of care, he is entitled to summary judgment unless the plaintiff comes forward with conflicting expert evidence.'" (SeeMunro v. Regents of University of California (1989) 215 Cal.App.3d 977, 985 (Munro).) "Plaintiff failed to submit an expert declaration to controvert the expert declaration in support of [Zdenek's] motion. Plaintiff has therefore failed to raise a triable issue of fact regarding [Zdenek's] compliance with the applicable standard of care."
Diddie and Thomas's Motion to Preclude Plaintiff's Presentation of Expert Testimony
On October 27, 2008, Thomas and Diddie served plaintiff with a demand for exchange of expert witness information pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2034.220. In response, plaintiff served a "Method for Exchange of Expert Trial Witnesses Information," indicating that he "decided that he should not presently intend to designate an eye expert witness to offer testimony in this action because [he] believes that to the extent that each defendant herein will play his own as an expert witness because each defendant is an expert live witness because he himself has been there as a live witness to the other defendants who were before him, who came after him knowing the damages beforehand. . . . [¶] . . . [A]ll defendants knew each and every damage which was done and by whom, and as each defendant would be testifying about his own role in causing the damage to the plaintiff which would be proven as each defendant testifies at the trial to which extent that his part caused more damages to cause plaintiff's loss of vision to his right eye. [¶] . . . [T]hat means each defendant plans a defendant and an expert witness against the other two defendants. [¶] . . . Plaintiff was planning on bringing [Dr.] Peter Zeegen to testify as to what extent that he can testify and plaintiff does not see it as necessary."
Plaintiff claims that he served a supplemental designation of expert witnesses on or about December 2, 2008, but Diddie and Thomas claim they never received it.
On December 4, 2008, Diddie and Thomas filed a motion in limine to preclude inquiry into the current medical opinion of undesignated physicians. They argued that since plaintiff failed to designate any expert witnesses on the initial exchange, he should be precluded from presenting expert opinion testimony at trial.
Plaintiff opposed their motion, admitting that although he "at first did not want to designate an expert witness[, he] later decided to designate" Dr. Zeegen.
Ultimately, the trial court granted Diddie and Thomas's motion in limine on the grounds that plaintiff did not properly designate expert witnesses.
The trial court then dismissed plaintiff's lawsuit on the grounds that, inter alia, given the nature of plaintiff's case, expert witness testimony was essential to establish his claims and, because plaintiff failed to properly designate experts, he could not meet his burden at trial.
Order of Dismissal and Appeal
Plaintiff's case was dismissed, and his timely appeal ensued.
The major problem with plaintiff's appeal lies in his opening brief. It is largely unintelligible and even a cursory review of the opening brief reveals that it does not provide us with the basic information we need to determine what is being challenged by plaintiff. As another court observed in describing a similarly inadequate brief, "[i]ndeed, this document is strongly reminiscent of those magazine puzzles of yesteryear where the reader was challenged to `guess what is wrong with this picture.'" (People v. Dougherty (1982) 138 Cal.App.3d 278, 280.)
Despite being given an opportunity to submit a proper opening brief, plaintiff's amended opening brief violates California Rules of Court, rule 8.204(a): It does not "support each point by argument and . . . by citation of authority" (rule 8.204(a)(1)(B); see also Benach v. County of Los Angeles (2007) 149 Cal.App.4th 836, 852 [appellant bears the burden of supporting a point with reasoned argument]; County of Sacramento v. Lackner (1979) 97 Cal.App.3d 576, 591 [appellant must present argument on each point made]). It does not "[s]upport [each] reference to a matter in the record by a citation to the volume and page number of the record where the matter appears" (rule 8.204(a)(1)(C)). It does not "[s]tate the nature of the action, the relief sought in the trial court, and the judgment or order appealed from" (rule 8.204(a)(2)(A)). It does not "[s]tate that the judgment appealed from is final, or explain why the order appealed from is appealable" (rule 8.204(a)(2)(B)). And, it does not "[p]rovide a summary of the significant facts limited to matters in the record" (rule 8.204(a)(2)(C); see also Guthrey v. State of California (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 1108, 1115).
The opening brief contains numerous sections, which largely consist of a rambling discussion of plainly irrelevant facts. There is no legal authority; there is no discussion of the procedural history of the case; not until page 14 is there a citation to the record. Worse, both the opening brief and the reply brief are riddled with unfounded attacks on both defense counsel and the trial court.
"`The reviewing court is not required to make an independent, unassisted study of the record in search of error or grounds to support the judgment. It is entitled to the assistance of counsel [or the litigant if, as here, the litigant chooses to represent himself]. Accordingly every brief should contain a legal argument with citation of authorities on the points made. If none is furnished on a particular point, the court may treat it as waived, and pass it without consideration.' [Citation.] [¶] It is the duty of [an appellant], not of the courts, `by argument and the citation of authorities to show that the claimed error exists.' [Citation.]" (Sprague v. Equifax, Inc. (1985) 166 Cal.App.3d 1012, 1050.) Since the issues as raised in plaintiff's opening brief are not properly presented or sufficiently developed to be cognizable, we decline to consider them and treat them as waived. (People v. Stanley (1995) 10 Cal.4th 764, 793; People v. Turner (1994) 8 Cal.4th 137, 214, fn. 19; In re David L. (1991) 234 Cal.App.3d 1655, 1661; Mansell v. Board of Administration (1994) 30 Cal.App.4th 539, 545-546.) Nor does plaintiff's election to act as his own attorney on appeal entitle him to any leniency as to the rules of practice and procedure; otherwise, ignorance unjustly is rewarded. (Rappleyea v. Campbell (1994) 8 Cal.4th 975, 984-985; Lombardi v. Citizens Nat. Trust Etc. Bank (1955) 137 Cal.App.2d 206, 208-209.)
Moreover, an appellate court presumes that the judgment appealed from is correct. (Denham v. Superior Court (1970) 2 Cal.3d 557, 564.) We adopt all intendments and inferences to affirm the judgment unless the record expressly contradicts them. (See Brewer v. Simpson (1960)53 Cal.2d 567, 583.) The appellant has the burden of overcoming the presumption of correctness, even when the appellate court is required to conduct a de novo review. "Although our review of a summary judgment is de novo, it is limited to issues which have been adequately raised and supported in [the appellant's] brief." (Reyes v. Kosha (1998)65 Cal.App.4th 451, 466, fn. 6.)
Instead of focusing on these deficiencies, Zdenek's opposition brief argues why the judgment should be affirmed. Reviewing the judgment de novo (Merrill v. Navegar, Inc. (2001) 26 Cal.4th 465, 476), we readily conclude that the trial court properly entered summary judgment in favor of Zdenek.
"`California courts have incorporated the expert evidence requirement into their standard for summary judgment in medical malpractice cases. When a defendant moves for summary judgment and supports his motion with expert declarations that his conduct fell within the community standard of care, he is entitled to summary judgment unless the plaintiff comes forward with conflicting evidence.' [Citations.]" (Munro, supra, 215 Cal.App.3d at pp. 984-985, see alsoHanson v. Grode (1999) 76 Cal.App.4th 601, 607.) Here, Zdenek supported his motion for summary judgment with an expert declaration from Dr. Hofbauer. Plaintiff failed to provide a conflicting expert declaration.1 It follows that Zdenek is entitled to judgment.
For similar reasons, we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting Diddie and Thomas's motion in limine to preclude plaintiff from presenting expert witness testimony at trial. (Dickison v. Howen (1990) 220 Cal.App.3d 1471, 1476.)
Code of Civil Procedure section 2034.210 permits a party to demand the exchange of expert witness information by all parties. The parties must simultaneously exchange expert witness information for any expert that the party expects to call at trial. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2034.260.) If a party unreasonably fails to designate an expert, the opposing party may object and the trial court must exclude from evidence the expert's opinion testimony. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2034.300; see also Richaud v. Jennings (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 81, 88-90.)
That is exactly what occurred here. Diddie and Thomas demanded an exchange of expert witness information. Plaintiff indicated that he would not be calling any expert witnesses. He was thus precluded from presenting any expert witness testimony at trial.
Plaintiff's supplemental designation was simply too late. The statutory scheme requires a "`simultaneous' exchange of information, in which each side must either identify any expert witnesses it expects to call at trial, or state that it does not intend to rely upon expert testimony. When it comes to issues that both sides anticipate will be disputed at trial, a party cannot merely `reserve its right' to designate experts in the initial exchange, wait to see what experts are designated by the opposition, and then name its experts only as purported `rebuttal' witnesses." (Fairfax v. Lords (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th 1019, 1021.) Given that this action is a medical malpractice case, which requires expert testimony (Salasguevara v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. (1990) 222 Cal.App.3d 379, 385), plaintiff reasonably should have anticipated that expert testimony was required and he should have designated experts in response to Diddie and Thomas's demand. (Fairfax v. Lords, supra, at p. 1027.)
Without requisite expert testimony, it follows that the trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's action against Diddie and Thomas.
The order of the trial court is affirmed. Defendants are entitled to costs on appeal.
We concur.
BOREN, P. J.
DOI TODD, J.
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Widow of film tycoon in court for forgery
Whether you are working in the USA or South Africa, dying without a will brings out all the forgers in the family.
Widow Debra Terry appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court on Thursday for the first time in connection with the forged will of her late husband, which left local film production giant and Intellvision owner Bruce Anderson-Terry's entire estate to her.
With the testimony of handwriting experts, Cape Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso declared in 2003 that the signatures of both Bruce and now deceased witness Ricky Cox had been forged on a will that itself was questionably authentic.
The will would have distributed Bruce's assets – valued at between R10-million and R20-million, including a Ferrari, a yacht and a large family home – only after Debra's death, and then they would have been divided equally among the four children, including Debra's son and daughter from a previous marriage.
Following the court case in which Traverso ruled that Bruce had died without a will, the estate was divided between Debra, Brett (Bruce's son from his first marriage) and half-sister Kim.
Bruce's stepchildren did not inherit anything.
Thursday's court appearance was the result of an investigation into the forgery, ordered by Traverso three years ago for a possible criminal prosecution.
Magistrate Vic Gibson ordered that Debra – wearing a black leather jacket and high heels with her auburn hair cut into a short bob with chunky blond streaks – appear again on July 21 when a court date would be arranged.
Gibson said the time would allow for Debra's defence to gather "further particulars".
Public prosecutor Jannie Knipe said yesterday that Debra had not yet been charged, but she knew the allegations against her.
According to the charge sheet, a main charge of fraud is listed along with a first alternative charge of forgery and uttering and a second alternative charge of contravening the Administration of Estates Act.
"… the accused when she gave out and pretended … knew that in truth and in fact that the document described as the 'Last will and testament of Bruce Anderson-Terry and Debra Helen Anderson-Terry' was in fact not signed at Claremont on 24 February 1999 by the late Bruce Anderson-Terry and the accused as their last will and testament," the main charge states.
Under forgery and uttering, the charge sheet states that the accused "… unlawfully, falsely, with the intent to defraud and to the prejudice or potential prejudice of Brett Bruce Anderson-Terry, drafted a false document described as the 'Last will and testament of Bruce Anderson-Terry and Debra Helen Anderson- Terry'."
Bruce died, aged 52, in a car accident five years ago this month.
Well known as a major player in the local movie-making fraternity, his film facilities company, Intellvision, was housed in a gracious old Cape homestead in Mowbray.
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Miss. Woman Sought by Del. Police on Burglary, Forgery Charges
Here is a case that appeared in the WBOC-TV 16. If you're going to break into somebody's house, steal three checks, then to pass them to the bank, here's a tip: Don't use your own driver's license and Social Security card to prove your I.D.
LONG NECK, Del.- Delaware State Police are looking for a Mississippi woman wanted in connection with the burglary that occurred at a home in Long Neck.
Active arrest warrants are on file for Jennifer Lynn Robbins of Columbia, Miss., who when caught will be charged with second-degree burglary, identity theft, three counts of theft under $1,500 where a victim is 62 years of age or older, attempted theft under $1,500, and two counts of second-degree forgery.
Police say that on Oct. 28, troopers investigated a burglary that occurred on Joann Drive in the Mariner's Cove development of Long Neck. The burglary is believed to have occurred between Oct. 27 and Oct. 28.
According to police, an investigation revealed that Robbins entered the victim's home and stole three bank checks.
Troopers say they later discovered that Robbins cashed one of the checks in the amount of $325 at the Smyrna branch of Wilmington Trust. Police say Robbins then unsuccessfully attempted to cash a second check in the amount of $955 at both the Harrington and Milford branches of Wilmington Trust.
According to investigators, Robbins used her Mississippi driver's license and Social Security card when attempting to cash the checks. This information assisted police in identifying Robbins as the suspect.
Police are asking anyone who knows the whereabouts of Robbins to call investigators at (302)856-5850, ext. 221 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. Tips may also be submitted online at www.tipsubmit.com.
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B.C. VOTES: 2020: Get those mail-in ballots in the post ASAP
All you need to know about mail-in ballots for the 2020 B.C. election
Erin Haluschak
With a record number of mail-in ballots distributed to voters throughout the province, Elections BC is hoping to educate voters on a variety of ways to ensure their vote is counted for the upcoming provincial election.
Andrew Watson with Elections BC recommends completed ballots are mailed by Oct. 17 to ensure delivery by election day on Oct. 24. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. in order to be counted.
To request a mail-in ballot, Watson notes it is possible to do so online or by phone (1-800-661-8683) by Oct.17. After 8 p.m. on that day, voters will not be able to request a vote-by-mail package online or by phone but can request a ballot from a district electoral office.
"There is legislation that notes we can give out mail-in ballots by 4 p.m. on election day. For example, someone who may have accessibility challenges can call their local electoral office and have a family member pick up their package and return the ballot after the individual marks it that day."
Completed mail-in ballots past the Oct.17 deadline can be dropped off at any voting place during advance voting (from Oct. 15 to 21) or on general voting day on Oct. 24 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Additionally, Watson explains mail-in ballots can also be dropped off at district electoral offices or a participating Service BC offices.
With more than 680,000 mail-in voting packages requested as of Oct.14, Watson says this is "absolutely" the most requested for a provincial election within B.C.
On election night, ballots counted as part of the 'initial count' are those at polling stations only. During a preparatory period of 13 days, mail-in ballots are screened to ensure the voter is registered and ballots have not been duplicated. Generally, it takes between two to three days following the preparatory period to count mail-in ballots, however, Watson notes due to the increase in numbers, counting could take longer and the final election results will not be confirmed until the count is complete.
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A residential crown jewel of Washington's beautiful Pierce County, Bonney Lake real estate is highly prized by its owners and heavily sought after by many a would-be buyer. An area which is topographically spectacular and possessing some of the most marvelous home designs in the Northwest, its residents enjoy convenient access to the marvelous Bonney Lake itself as well as being exposed to endless views of an impossibly wondrous skyline. Of particular appeal to many a resident is the relative seclusion by which Bonney Lake real estate is characterized. Approximately 40 miles to the south of Seattle and 20 miles to the east of Tacoma, the Bonney Lake community is sufficiently distanced from the state's largest metropolitan area (Seattle-Tacoma) to ensure a sense of serenity, while still enjoying suitable proximity to allow for the occasional big city jaunt.
Aside from the exquisite homes, polished amenities, and well-manicured landscapes which render Bonney Lake real estate so valuable, the community as a whole is highly regarded for the superb quality of life which stems as much from its public events, well-maintained parks, and its emphasis upon a safe, family-oriented environment as from its staggering affluence.
Bonney Lake real estate is enriched by the presence of several public parks, a couple of which offer their visitors access to outdoor excursion, revitalizing fresh air, and views of natural wonder which are simply transcendent, even by Washington's high standards. The others feature children's play equipment, picnic grounds, and dog fields; all amenities which serve to heighten suburban living in ways both intrinsic and invigorating.
Bonney Lake's Senior Center is a testament to the community's quality, as the center is intended to allow for elderly residents to maintain active, stimulating social discourse throughout their twilight years. Similarly, the routinely updated list of public events which populate Bonney Lake's city website stand as a constant reminder of the civic-oriented, family-friendly nature of this unusually pleasant residential scene.
For those looking to escape the landlubber ways (at least for an afternoon), a Bonney Lake boat launch is never much more than a stone's away. The pristine lake is a perpetual gift to residents and their guests, whether enjoyed aboard a watercraft or observed from the sandy shores. The city's namesake is worthy of its reputation and makes the case for nearby home ownership than ever the written word could hope to equal.
Closely intertwined with Washington's early statehood history, Bonney Lake is an ongoing story of natural wonder and a profoundly healthy way of life. Clean air, gorgeous scenery, inspired architecture, a sense of community which ties together the lives of its residents, Bonney Lake is much more than the real estate which dots its priceless landscape; it is an active choice to embrace a balanced and meditative lifestyle, and to do so while inhabiting a first-rate home. Afford yourself the opportunity to tour the gift that is Bonney Lake, and do so with the knowledge that life does not stand still…though it may often seem to do precisely that upon the aforementioned lake.


After being a 'superman' in his upcoming release PadMan, the Khiladi Kumar of Bollywood is back to where he belongs, the sets of a movie. The actor has started work on Dharma Productions' next big project Kesari based on The Battle of Saragarhi.
Akshay took to his Twitter handle to inform his fans about it and even shared his look from the period drama. "Feeling nothing but immense pride and gratitude while sharing this. Beginning my 2018 with #KESARI, my most ambitious film and a lot of passion. Need your best wishes as always," tweeted Akshay.
The film is based on the true story of the 19th-century battle. Battle Of Sargarhi has a special and proud place in the books of history. Battle Of Sargarhi was an epic fight between 21 soldiers of the 36 Sikh Regiment fought against an army of over 10,000 Afghans and killed more than 600 of them before perishing to enemy bullets. The battle took place 12th September 1897 in Tirah region of North-West Frontier Province, now in Pakistan. Saragarhi was a post that connected British India forts of Lockhart and Gulistan on the border areas of Afghanistan.
India is a land of great history. The Battle of Saragarhi is considered to be one of the greatest last stands in history. Known for getting into the skin of his character, Akshay has donned a turban and a long beard and the intense gaze of his eyes is setting the tone of the period-drama right.
Akshay Kumar's transformation for the role surely is the amongst best ones of his career so far and this little glimpse is a big enough proof of that. Co-produced by with Karan Johar and Akshay himself, Kesari is one promising films to look forward to. Apart from Akshay and Mohit, Randeep Hooda and Ajay Devgn are also making films on the same subject.
The awesomeness of this story can be imagined from the very fact that not 1 or 2 but 3 Bollywood stars are gearing up to make their individual films on the topic. It is not a story of fictionalised kings and princes, but of 21 Sikhs of the 36th regiment of the British army (now the 4th battalion of the Sikh regiment of the Indian Army). It is a story of action, bravery, pride and valour. It is the story of those men who refused to give up in the face of adversity and certainty of imminent death.


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Review: Batman Beyond #2
Posted by Andrew Ardizzi | Jul 27, 2010 | Reviews | 0 |
Writer: Adam Beechen
Artist: Ryan Benjamin
Inks: John Stanisci
Colourist: David Baron
Beechen and company are back again with another installment in their Batman Beyond story, featuring the polarizing Bat-villain known as Hush. What does this issue have in store for Terry and Bruce, and just who is the man behind those bandages? Let's find out…or not, because that would ruin the mystery. This is only the second issue after all. Don't be silly!
We only know Bruce Wayne as Batman. Sure, some have stepped in for him, but for all intents and purposes, Bruce Wayne is Batman. Yet, what happens when he can't do it anymore? When he physically can't do it anymore? Enter Terry, a down on his luck teen with a tragic story of his own. Together and with Bruce's blessing, Terry fights crime in the Gotham City of tomorrow as Batman Beyond
After a brief police report by Commissioner Barbara Gordon, Terry flies into the cave while Bruce replaces the sheet covering the new gadgets for Terry's utility belt. They quickly discuss the events of the previous issue, where we saw a man purportedly named Hush attacking a hospital. Terry recovered one of the bandages around Hush's face and handed it to Bruce for analysis. We're quickly given a recounting of Bruce's last encounter with Hush, where although Bruce believed him to have died, he admits to never having found his body. Bruce says no matter who is behind the bandages, there's a mad man loose in Gotham who won't stop killing. As he says this, Hush strikes again at the family of another of Bruce's old enemies.
Next we're introduced to the new Catwoman doing her lineage proudly as she attempts to break into a corporation's building. Staying true to the established Batman-Catwoman relationship, the two quickly hit it off (more or less) and verbally joust back and forth. It is, as Terry says, a tradition. After several pages of chasing/eluding the other, Catwoman gets away. Bruce however tells Terry to leave her, and sends him to a senior assisted living centre, arriving just in time to prevent Hush from killing Calendar Man, but can Terry save himself?
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As I pointed out in the previous issue's review, the art leaves something to be desired, feeling fairly flat and almost a little too cartoony. I still think the action sequences were done quite well, so that seems to at least be a strong lynchpin in the series despite its shortcomings. The art however is missing the minor nuances I thought were nice additions in the first issue, leaving the overall presentation lacking relative to it. The chase scene between Catwoman and Terry over several pages was especially well done, capturing the top-view of Gotham's skyline as Terry flies after Catwoman. Much of my impressions remain the same, with the art being drawn well, while the inking is too cartoony for my tastes, perhaps pandering to the character's younger fan base.
I think the book continues to add another layer to the Batman-Hush relationship, building upon the Jeph Loeb, A.J. Lieberman and Paul Dini Hush stories from recent years. The fundamental story has been adapted obviously to function in a futuristic Gotham, but the elements key to that story remain. Hush continues to cerebrally attack Bruce and his legacy, using limitless means to achieve his objectives. The story is building itself quickly, as it seems Terry and Hush will have a showdown quicker than expected. I think the story is a little rehashed however, as this basically supplants the "who is Hush?" plot device from Loeb's original Hush story. The question remains whether this is the original Hush, someone impersonating him or even acting on his behalf. This is a fair adaptation of the story in the Beyond premise, one that is shaping up decently. I liked the introduction of Catwoman, albeit also a rehash of the Bruce-Selena relationship. It was kept lighthearted with Terry joking about the Batman-Catwoman history, referring to it as tradition and making note of their rapport and banter. The writing continues to be strong, although it feels like Terry is being written as Dick Grayson-lite. I still feel though that the book has its niche audience who will be instantly attracted to the book, while others will be a more difficult sell. The book isn't overwhelmingly spectacular, but its writing is very consistent and does enough to warrant a read through in what is turning out to be a fun book.
Andrew Ardizzi is a student of journalism at Humber. He writes for the Humber Et Cetera. You can find him at his blog Come Gather 'round People Wherever You Roam.
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With nearly 25 years of retail real estate experience, Eric Gelber has earned a solid reputation for serving his clients by developing and implementing strategic – and highly creative – marketing and leasing solutions. In his role as Executive Vice President of CBRE's New York Tri-State Retail Services Group, Mr. Gelber has been responsible for executing leasing and sales transactions valued at more than $4 billion on behalf of his clients.
In addition to advising retailers such as National Geographic, Footlocker and Barilla on their space strategies, Mr. Gelber is one of New York City's most successful and highly regarded ownership representatives, with clients including Equity Office Properties, Fisher Brothers and Paramount Group. Manhattan's most prominent real estate owners consistently select Mr. Gelber as their real estate advisor, exclusively seeking his expertise to lease the retail at their prized properties. D. Eric Habermann, Senior Vice President, Asset Management for Host Hotels & Resorts might have said it best: "Eric's efforts have been invaluable to us and have helped to enable millions of dollars of value creation for our shareholders."
Mr. Gelber arranged the 100,000-sq.-ft. long-term master lease between Host Hotels & Resorts and Vornado Realty Trust, an extremely complex transaction that allowed Vornado to redevelop both the entire retail and signage components of the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. He also repositioned the retail at Morgan Stanley's world headquarters at 1585 Broadway, with transactions including Sunglass Hut, Bare Escentuals, Fossil, Skagen and Starbucks' flagship. He was instrumental in Morgan Stanley's sale of the 25,000-sq.-ft. retail condominium at 522 Fifth Avenue, as well as the 17,000-sq.-ft. lease to Sephora for its two-level flagship at the repositioned 580 Fifth Avenue on behalf of ownership. Most recently, Mr. Gelber represented Foot Locker in the leasing of its new 36,000-sq.-ft. Times Square retail condominium at 1460 Broadway, a four-level flagship with dynamic signage.
A testament to his creativity and vision, Mr. Gelber is a three-time recipient of the Real Estate Board of New York's Retail Deal of the Year Award: Footlocker at 1460 Broadway (2016); Gucci at 725 Fifth Avenue (2006); and Haier America at 1356 Broadway (2001).
Professional Affiliations/Achievements
Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Member, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)
CBRE Retail Advisory Council
Named to Fortune's "Heroes of the 500" for his dedication to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 2015
Honored with the MMRF's Carol Goldschein Spirit of Hope Award, which recognizes individuals who have shown extraordinary commitment to the MMRF's mission, 2017
Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management, Bachelor of Science
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Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation | Eric has raised more than $1 million for the MMRF by running numerous ultra-marathons over the years, including three epic nonstop runs in New York City's Central Park, where he covered first 167 miles in 2013, 176 miles in 2014 and 200 miles in 2016. He has also conquered the "World's Toughest Foot Race," the Badwater 135 in Death Valley twice—in 2012 and 2015—running a nonstop course that gains 13,000 feet in elevation and crosses three mountain ranges. In 2017, Eric Gelber and his wife Tani were the subjects of the documentary, "200 Miles," which chronicled his extraordinary journal and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Empire State Realty Trust
Fisher Brothers
Global Hyatt Corporation
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Paramount Group
Park Tower Group
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Prudential Real Estate
The Trump Organization
Tishman Speyer Properties
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Citizen Stewardship Committee hosts presentations on citizen science, studying birds, and ocean acidification — in the Reserve itself and beyond in the Salish Sea.
BELLINGHAM, WA — The Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve Citizen Stewardship Committee is hosting its annual Cherry Point Science Forum to talk about research being done at Cherry Point and the Salish Sea at large. The forum is 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 13, at Bellingham Technical College, Building G, Room 102J, 3028 Lindbergh Ave.
This year's forum will include speakers presenting on climate change impacts, the role of citizen scientists, bird surveys, and more.
Located in Whatcom County, the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve is one of eight Aquatic Reserves in the state. Established by the Department of Natural Resources on state-owned aquatic lands in Puget Sound, Aquatic Reserves include important biodiversity and aquatic habitat critical to Salish Sea health.
Cherry Point's unique role and place in the Salish Sea — Eleanor Hines, North Sound Baykeeper and Lead Scientist, RE Sources for Sustainable Communities.
RE Sources for Sustainable Communities and the DNR provide staff support to the volunteer-led stewardship committee.
The Cherry Point Science Forum is free and open to the public. Coffee and tea is provided, and attendees can either bring $5 for pizza or their own sack lunch. Participants are encouraged to help make this a waste-free event by bringing their own coffee mug and plate/utensils.
For more information or to RSVP (encouraged but not required), contact Eleanor Hines at eleanorh@re-sources.org or 360-733-8307 x213.
To RSVP on Facebook, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/177156373125845/.
The Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve Citizen Stewardship Committee formed to increase public awareness and enjoyment of the Aquatic Reserve and assist DNR's Aquatic Reserve Program to successfully implement the Aquatic Reserve's management plan. The committee conducts scientific monitoring projects, performs education and outreach activities, and monitors actions in and around the reserve that may impact the ecosystem. For more information, visit aquaticreserves.org.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources established the Aquatic Reserves Program promotes the preservation, restoration, and enhancement of state-owned aquatic lands that are of special educational, scientific, or environmental interest. For more information, visit dnr.wa.gov.


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07/04/2017 - The latest OECD Economic Survey of Japan, to be published on Thursday, 13 April, analyses the factors behind the recent economic pick-up as well as the outlook for 2017-18. The Survey discusses strategies for increasing labour force participation, boosting productivity for inclusive growth and putting government debt on a downward trend.
The Survey will be available to registered journalists on the OECD's password-protected website at 7:30 GMT (16:30pm Japan time) for immediate release.
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will present the Survey in Tokyo during a press conference starting at 16:30 local time (9:30 CET) at the Nippon Press Centre Building 10F Hall (2-2-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 100-00011).
An Overview of the Economic Survey, with the main conclusions, will be freely accessible in English and Japanese on the OECD's web site at: http://www.oecd.org/economy/surveys/economic-survey-japan.htm. You are invited to include this Internet link in reports on the Survey.
To register for the press conference, members of Japan National Press Club should contact JNPC. Other journalists should contact Chika Watanabe in the OECD's Tokyo Centre.
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MOBILIZING THE MINORITY VOTE: A COMPARISON OF MOBILIZATION METHODS AND EXAMINATION OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCING VOTER TURNOUT AMONG MINORITIES
Lisa Bryant
This study explores the challenges of getting unlikely voters to the polls and mobilizing new citizens for participation in politics, focusing on racial and ethnic minorities, as well as naturalized citizens. Findings suggest that mobilization may not be a one-size-fits-all approach, as many campaigns assume, but rather that when engaging low-propensity voters, especially those who are unfamiliar with American political parties or the election process, additional factors such as co-ethnic contact and community may play a role. The findings are based on four field experiments conducted during the 2010 general election in four major urban areas in California. The field experiments were conducted using traditional mobilization techniques, including direct mailers, live phone calls and door-to-door canvassing; and utilized the same scripts in all locations and across minority groups. An examination of heterogeneity of treatment effects shows that mobilization is not equally effective for all people; there is variation by mode of contact, geography, nativity and ethnicity. This study is novel in that most mobilization studies target only one minority group, in one location, and often vary either only the mobilization message being delivered or the mode of contact used. This approach, modeled after real world mobilization campaigns, allows me to have a deeper understanding of how large mobilization efforts really impact various groups of citizens. This study also includes a survey of a subset of the experimental sample to gather additional individual level information such as measures of group consciousness, political interest, political knowledge, length of residency and SES information. Coupling the survey data with the experimental data, allows for a deeper understanding of how mobilization works beyond controlling for publicly available demographic information. The results show that Asian Americans are more difficult to contact, as are foreign-born citizens who have been in the U.S. an extended period of time. Those who were less interested in politics and those who were less likely to engage in political discussion were also less likely to be successfully contacted.
Atkeson, Lonna Rae
Mann, Christopher B.
Alvarez, R. Michael
Krebs, Timothy B.
Sanchez, Gabriel R.
mobilization, political participation, Latino, Asian American, voter, field experiement, voting, contact
Bryant, Lisa. "MOBILIZING THE MINORITY VOTE: A COMPARISON OF MOBILIZATION METHODS AND EXAMINATION OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCING VOTER TURNOUT AMONG MINORITIES." (2014). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/pols_etds/13
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