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The World Trade Centers – Before and Now
Posted on September 7, 2014 by hector
Before and After the Tragedy
What is a memory? What is a memorial?
A memorial is something to preserver a memory – but of what?
The image on the left is the prophetic shot of Don DeLillo's great novel, Underworld. Published in 1997, the Underworld was immediately recognized as one of the best American novels ever written – in fact, recently, viewed in the top 5. Post 9/11 readers by the droves were drawn, first, to the ominous cover, second, to the narrative's harrowing picture of American culture, the world, and where we might find some semblance of hope – or not. Somewhere between our waste and commodification, we struggle for hope, for a better future. Peace, as DeLillo ends his novel.
The image on the right was just captured by my son, Carlos, a professional photographer living in Brooklyn, NY. In many ways, Carlos' image is also a memorial – to the days of DeLillo picture, to the harrowing events of 9/11, and to our current malaise and sense of hope and vulnerability.
Carlos' image is very much a vulnerable one: will we experience 9/11 again? Given the conditions in our world, are we, like this image, in a fog we can't get out of? Is this a memorial to a time we'll never get back, yet we hope for something more?
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Under the Hood of Education: A View of the Classroom
Posted on May 25, 2012 by hector
Often, when I'm out socially (this is rare), I am asked about "education." The questions go like this: "How's school?" "Are you done yet?" "What do you think (about this or that on the news or concerning an opinion someone has heard)?"
I've found that the best way to respond is by telling a story that lifts the hood and exposes the education engine — or at at least a part of the engine. So here's a story …
I teach a course that's a typical (perhaps not ?) composition course for students who may lack some confidence writing — yes, even at Middlebury. It's called Writing Workshop 0101A (I didn't come up with the title; you can't access the course without a password). Students read challenging literature, gain confidence interpreting what they read and learn how to move these interpretations into subjects for their writing. Easier said then done.
I've designed the course so that we read only one novel the entire 12 week semester, Don DeLillo's 827 page Underworld (1997). Students always complain that they are given too much work; that they don't have time to effectively ingest all the material that they're given; that they learn for the test, then forget the material. I therefore pace this course as a response to these critical points, giving students the necessary time — and space — to think and reflect, dialog and write.
Students read approximately 160 pages every other week. The in-between weeks are for writing: students come into class with rough drafts and we peer-review; they also receive comments from me, one-on-one, and come to my office, too, to discuss their work as it's being written. Lots of scaffolding. The course is labor intensive. Leading up to these writing workshop weeks, students are given in-class prompts relevant to what we're reading in Underwrold — a passage, perhaps, or an entire section. Online, prior to coming to the class discussion on a particular sequence, students have been capturing major ideas and themes and posting them on a forum; they respond to each other, establishing a mellower, online version of our discussions. (I use these to touch on major points students make, and lecture in the gray areas.) Writing, then, happens all the time; it's a model I want students to have: writing is not just for a grade, rather it's a practice that should genuinely be done all the time; it's a way to learn, to see yourself thinking; it's a way to make sure we don't lose what we're thinking; and writing engenders life-long learning, which is what everyone in education says is desired.
For example (I'm trying to be quick about this explanation), Underworld begins with the famous prologue, "The Triumph of Death." "He speaks in your voice, American," says DeLillo, "and there's a shine in his eyes that's halfway hopeful." The implications of this line for the rest of the narrative are significant — and daunting. We spend about 25 or so minutes discussing this line and the different paths it gives us into the narrative. Then I give the students a writing prompt (and 10 or so minutes to write in class, afterwards they share their insights): think back to a significant moment in your life that changed your life; this event was perhaps unexpected — or perhaps it was planned — either way, before the event you had one perspective, after you had another: what was going on in your life, the conditions of your life, including your community, family, and so on? what lead you to this event? what happened? Take us through it. And on the other end, the moral of the story is …?
I keep repeating these prompts, in different ways, circling the class, until all heads are down and the students are writing. I don't care if students write on paper or on a computer (I have no rules against computers in the class, finding these, well, for lack of a better word, stupid: if you're going to teach this generation, you better get used to — and learn how to — work with computers, cells phones, tablets, etc., in your class, otherwise you have no business being in the classroom).
In all, students will write 5 official essays in the course ( 5 – 7 pages each). What's significant is that each student essay grows from this intial writing exersice, giving (a) students an entry into Underdworld (b), evolving a theme of the course: a piece of writing, a note, scribbling, a response to a prompt, done at any time, is relevant and can — and must — be used to evolve the more formal writing, and, finally, (c) students learn that they're going to see, in Underworld, the narrative proper, only what they bring (experience) to the reading and writing act.
The role of the teacher in a writing course is to tap into these student experiences — the knowledge students already bring to the table. In a safe, creative space, students will expand creatively, moving from the deeply personal to the more subtle and complex world(s) of Underworld — but always able to see their signature, which began in their first paper. This is how writers work. I've chosen never to cloud this up with ridiculous rhetoric.
Sorry it took this long to get to this last point — what exactly is the knowledge students bring to the table? — but it's critical to the rest of the story.
It's important to note, at this time, that this exercise, these lessons, Underworld, is all happening inside an elite liberal arts college in New England. That is to say, we need to understand that the work I'm describing — and doing here — happens behind the hallowed ivy walls of a tradition that suggests that students are learning to think critically on their way to becoming strong, mindful and empathetic, self-reliant democractic citizens; that this tradition is "influenced by the Stoic goals of self-command, or taking charge of one's own life through reasoning," says Martha Nussbaum in Cultivating Humanity. And that what I'm trying to do, again quoting Nussbaum, is to arouse the mind, which is essential "for citizenship and for life, of producing students who can think clearly and justify their views." In education, any other mission is a waste of time.
So now you have a context. And now you can begin to understand what may be going on in education when you see the rest of the story. Here we go: One day, I come to class — this is 3/4's of the way through the semester, between weeks 8 – 9, and students are pretty accustomed to how we're working — having in mind to go over a challenging passage in Underworld.
In typical DeLillo fashion, we have beautiful writing, a conflation of the historical with the personal, the psychological and the emotional, and the culture. "On a large console the screen was split four ways and the headshot ran in every sector and, 'It's outside language,' Miles said, which is his way of saying far-out, or too much, or the other things they used to say …"
The key, here, is "headshot." It's JFK's murder in Dallas on that fateful day that seemed to change the country — or, perhaps, the country had already changed and the murder was simply its symptom, a final event lifting the curtain so that Vietnam and Nixon, Watergate and the culture of cynicism we're in now could emerge.
DeLillo continues: " … and here was an event that took place at the beginning of the sixties, seen belatedly, that now marked the conceptual end, carrying all the delirium that floated through the age, and people stood around and talked, a man and woman made out in a closet with the door open, remotely, and the pot fumes grew stronger, and people said, 'Let's go eat,' or whatever people say when a thing begins to be over" (496).
In a liberal arts environment full of inquirying minds, one would want students to pick up on "the beginning of the sixities," "the delirium that floated through the age, "the pot fumes" (the very least), and wonder about that "headshot" that's "outside language," exciting a need to know; this creative disruption should, then, launch students into a Google search to come to understand how and why "the screen split four ways" and "the headshot" actually mark "the conceptual end" of an age. Reading is a contact sport and this is the work of reading critically.
DeLillo adds yet two more hints for an easy Google search: Elm Street and Zapruder. Here's how it reads, finally, bringing the entire passage to a close:
It ran continuously, a man in his forties in a suit and tie, and all the sets were showing slow motion now, riding in a car with his confident wife, and the footage took on a sense of elegy, running even slower, running down, a sense of greatness really, the car's regal gleam and the muder of some figure out of the dimmest lore — a greatness, a kingliness, the terrible mist of tissue and skull, so massively slow, on Elm Street, and they got something to eat and went to the loft, where they played cards for a couple of hours and did not talk about Zapruder. (496)
There it is — the images are running "continuously" on TV, hence suggesting the importance of "the murder of some figure out of the dimmest lore"; these give off a "sense of greatness", and there's a car that has a "regal gleam," a la Camelot, and the horrid — and beautifully described, capturing the culture to be, the one needing reality TV — "terrible mist of tissue and skull," moving slowly on "Elm Street" (the motorcade had to proceed to Dealey Plaza, before exiting onto the Stemmons Freeway, again turning onto Elm, from a segment of Main Street, the often disputed and critical change of plans).
DeLillo ends the entire passage with, of course, the most critical of signs, Zapruder, which should, if nothing else, send readers off into a quick but meaningful search to learn it's function. In other words, if all other rather emphatic signs are missed or dispensed with, finding the significance of Zapruder would create a domino affect and everything would cascade into a single understanding. This is how great writing works. There is a key, a sign-function that opens doors (though these lead to other doors).
When I Googled Zapruder, before class, it took less then 3 seconds to see the first, full suggestion, "Zapruder film," followed by the second, "Zapruder." I chose "Zapruder," not film, thinking that a student may push aside "film" since it's not in the passage (even though there are images running "continously" on TV). The entire reference is here. This Google exercise, including reading the entry, took no more then 5 minutes to complete.
Back in class, I looked around and asked, after opening up to the passage and re-reading it to the class (students read it for homework a week earlier!), "What is Zapruder? Who or what is Zapruder?"
No answer. Thick silence. (There is creative, necessary silence a teacher works for in a class, and there is non-creative silence, the kind only someone dumbfounded relies on. This was the latter.) By now in the semester, students are not intimidated; we've joked around enough and they've learned that I'm not someone that creates an inhospitable environment — just the opposite. The learning space I create is open, welcoming, suggesting to students that they can take chances because they're supported. In fact — not to boast but to give you a full picture — this is indeed my reputation judging from 27 years worth of students' evaluations performed every single semester I've taught.
So then I say, "Someone Google it, please. Google Zapruder."
In seconds, a few students find Zapruder and one kid reads: "The Zapruder film is a silent, color motion picture sequence shot by private citizen Abraham Zapruder with a home-movie camera, as U.S. President John F. Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, thereby unexpectedly capturing the President's assassination."
The students leaned back, "Oh…," some say. And if the students would have kept reading the entry, they would have learned about Elm Street.
I leaned forward, and asked, "When you guys read, how many of you have computers open?"
Just about every single student raised her/his hand.
"And are these computers open to Google, Facebook, Twitter? What?"
Students said that their computers are open to just about all of these — multiple windows — including (ironically) Wikipedia for some. (Is the notion of "Windows" also ironic, the deepest and darkest irony, I wonder? Windows to what?)
"And so, in the course of the semester, when we read, how often do you think I ask you guys, in class, to turn to Google and look something up?"
"You always do that," they answered in unison. Some nodded, "Yeah. Always. We always do it. "
"So could this be a hint? A suggestion? Something at all that may, at some point, suggest to you that what I'm asking you to do is to look things up, quite easily, using the technology at our fingertips?"
Silence, again. Students look away, down at their iPads and MacBook Pros.
New Yorker Cover, May 28, 2012. A picture says it all.
There are three distinct challenges higher education is facing: For American students, the challenge is obvious: international students are gobbling up resources and advancing efficiently, particularly in science and economics and technology, creating spaces for themselves, in the U.S. and abroad, and American students have yet to wake up to the fact that, as Thomas Friedman said years ago, the world is indeed flat ; that this race to have the most luxurious "stately pleasure – dome…Enfolding sunny spots of greenery," as Coleridge says, particularly when we add labor costs — faculty with PhDs and the large staff needed to maintain this "miracle of rare device" — is not sustainable. (Elite institutions, recognizing that change is inevitable, have begun to address this problem.) And the last, the third challenge, perhaps the most critical of all, is that we're not sure what our students bring to our classrooms — emotionally, psychologically and knowledge: the culture has had an effect on our students and we don't yet know what this is, though we're experiencing what we call something, an unknowable, perhaps, something strange and different, unfamiliar.
We're not talking about who our students are and how they may perceive the world we're trying to squeeze them into.
I've been in higher education for 27 years. I have seen a lot of changes and I've seen a lot that looks like change but is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. But perhaps the biggest change has been the student. We need to engage our students differently so as to better learn who they are and what they want; we need to also better engage the world outside the ivy because it, too, has changed and it's not at all what we perceive it to be.
A huge change in the American student — leaving aside the other two distinct challenges facing American higher education — is found in the story I tell.
In a recent News Hour interview, Andrew Delbanco, Columbia University professor, speaking about his book, College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be," tries to defend the traditional four-year college experience with a liberal arts education, joining a long list of scholars addressing the issue, and finds that the liberal arts, four-year experience is "not lost, but I think it's under threat from many directions. And much of that is understandable. The anxiety that parents feel about the cost of colleges … It's well – place anxiety."
But when we look at the cost of a four-year liberal arts education, we're failing to place this in a greater context that is more threatening to a democracy, which is our allegiance to mindless corporatism that has a primary function of scorning knowledge itself. This is why students, sitting with computers open to Google, cannot make the connection and search for Zapruder even though the behavior has been modeled in class time and time again. Thus, as John Ralston Saul says in The Unconscious Civilization, probably the best thinking on this subject, we have been given permission to "interiorize an artificial vision of civilization as a whole." Students may see Google as part of their world, not ours, in academia, with our demands and constraints. Google, and other systems, are their liberating tools; when brought into the confines of a traditional classroom and used as a tool rather then a liberating break from confusion, a student's identity is challenged — his or her sense of self is upside down. They've been taught, always, to have neat lines of demarcation that define pleasure and work — and school is work since it's valued as a system for socio-economic success. Zapruder is therefore irrelevant to a student's vision of reality. Students actually said this. Students embrace ideologies that insist on the "oppressive air of conformity" that "force public figures to conform or be ruined on the scaffold of ridicule." Doubting and questioning are gone, then. "The citizen is reduced to the state of the subject or even of the serf." Our students come into our classrooms already reluctant to challenge their position — subjects; they've been lead to this because they've never been taught to think for themselves and learn through experience. For many students, their lives have been managed.
Our communication technologies, our culture that holds fashion to the highest levels, though it's the lowest form of ideology, is what paralyzes students that have been spoon fed a culture that insists they be driven to play dates, organized games, the proper college prep courses, the right channels to elite instituions. What is behind this narrative, though, is crude "individualism and false modernism," leading to a life in a void. Instinct and common sense are lost. They've been taught that the world is hostile and that life is a competition. The horror. They can't connect to Google in an academic setting, even if it's to their benefit. The student sees absolutely nothing important, nothing relevant in the action of Googling Zapruder so the meaning of the DeLillo passage has been completely lost. But that's okay, for students. The meaning of the passage, its significance in the narrative is not relevant; it's an exercise we'll go over in class. What is relevant is simply getting through the course, nothing more, since this is what's being promoted culturally: get a degree in something meaningful and this will give you a good life. Students are taught to follow, not to pursue creative disruptions of the status quo.
I feel for my students. I care for them. I have kids their age as well. I feel for all these kids in school today, graduating tomorrow, because I wonder whether they can think critically, critique, fear not standing out because they question.
I leaned forward, again, and said to the class, "Remember this day when you're handed your diplomas. I want you to go to your parents and thank them. Say, Thank you for spending over a quarter of a million dollars to make sure I'm one more sheep that will follow on command."
I wasn't expecting the students' reaction. They laughed. "Professor Vila, you're so funny," they said. "So funny."
I leaned back in my chair, briefly thinking that I wanted to jump out a window — and I've not stopped thinking about this day since.
Says Saul,
We can now add to the list such simple battles as that for consciousness versus the comfort of remaining in the unconscious; responsibility versus passivity; doubt versus certainty; delight in the human condition or sympathy for the condition of others versus self-loathing and cynism regarding the qualities of others.
So, "how's school?" "What do you think?"
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NBA Power Rankings 2012: SBNation New York Top 5
By Chris Celletti Jan 24, 2012, 9:11am EST
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Since our last edition of the SBNation New York Power Rankings, the New Jersey Nets have started to play a bit better while the New York Knicks have fallen into a crisis. Basketball in the New York area is unfortunately resembling what it did from, say, 2007-2010 when both the Knicks and Nets were among the worst teams in the sport. Last week though, Jersey went 2-1, posting wins over Golden State and Charlotte (with a loss to Oklahoma City sandwiched in), and the Knicks…well, did we say they're in a crisis? They've lost six in a row in total — the final three coming since we put out our last power rankings.
SBNation New York Top Five
1. Deron Williams, Nets
It's no surprise the Nets started to play better when the elite version of Williams showed up. Playing through a rib injury he suffered the beginning of the month, the point guard has looked unstoppable at times, averaging 19 points, nearly 9 assists and 7 rebounds since the last rankings. New Jersey is 2-1 over that time.
2. MarShon Brooks, Nets
The explosive scorer continues to impress as he pushes his name to the top of the Rookie of the Year discussions. The last three games Brooks is averaging a shade below 19 points per game, including a team-high 22 in a win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. After recovering from an ankle injury, Brooks is now dealing with an achilles issue, so durability could be something to keep an eye on as the season drags on.
3. Jordan Farmar, Nets
Talk about finding your way out of the dog house. Farmar started the season on the bench and has worked his way back to being one of the first players off the bench. Over the last week the backup point guard had 11 assists to just four turnovers, numbers that will keep him in head coach Avery Johnson's good graces.
4. Kris Humphries, Nets
The Hump keeps doing what he does, and posted three double-doubles in a row last week for the Nets. He grabbed a total of 41 rebounds in the three contests and continues to lead the team in the category with 10.3 per game.
5. Tyson Chandler, Knicks
You can't fault Chandler for the Knicks' woes. He's continued to do fairly well what the team brought him here for, defend, rebound and block shots. It's not his fault that the team is employing a defensive system that switches on every screen, giving him mismatches against players like Steve Nash and Danilo Gallinari (and he's done okay in those spots, too). Despite the poor team results, Chandler still managed to grab double digits in rebounds in each of the Knicks' three games.
SB Nation New York Bottom Five
1. Carmelo Anthony, Knicks
If you just look at points and rebounds, Anthony has done alright this season. However, his shooting has been woefully bad, and he deserves to be here this week because he's the leader of a team that's 6-10 against a soft schedule and looks like it's never played together. Anthony had a great fourth quarter against Denver to help get the game to overtime, but his total shooting numbers? Ten-of-30 just isn't going to cut it when you're the main man on Broadway. Plus, his ejection last Friday against Milwaukee was unacceptable.
2. Amare Stoudemire, Knicks
The same can be said for Stoudemire as it was for Anthony. Amare simply needs to be more aggressive and assertive. At some point, either Stoudemire or Anthony needs to say "Enough is enough, I'm going to win this game for us". Both have done that in the past, both are capable. Yet neither has done it yet.
3. Toney Douglas, Knicks
In our Knicks season preview, we said that Douglas was the Knicks' X Factor. While his failure so far this year isn't the reason the team is in shambles, but it certainly hasn't helped. His poor play has him coming off the bench now, but that's where he's thrived in the past. Not so this year.
4. DeShawn Stevenson, Nets
A sore knee continues to limit Stevenson, though he remains in the the starting lineup… for now. It's hard to imagine a guard that can't score, rebound or do much of anything else sticking in the rotation with a bum knee once the rest of the players on the roster start to get healthy.
5. Johan Petro, Nets
The center has taken the opposite route of Farmar, going from rotation player to bench warmer. The last week he played all of 8eight minutes while collecting two DNP – CDs.
Here's where SBNation's latest NBA Power Rankings have the Knicks and Nets:
23. New York Knicks: This is just sad. I mean, they are actually excited about Baron Davis! Poor rims.
24. New Jersey Nets: I, for one, am loving this epic power struggle for the hearts and minds of New York between the Knicks and Nets. Oh, wait …
As you can see, things can only go up for New York Metro area basketball. Hopefully it does, and soon.
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Ian Mulgrew: B.C. court allows Cranbrook killer's appeal for access to evidence in '94 slayings
Early use of 'Mr. Big' technique problematic as Dean Roberts seeks ministerial review, one that needs the Crown's co-operation to get crime-scene evidence in the case
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Convicted killer Dean Roberts, shown in an undated photo, deserves a chance to prove his innocence, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled. Photo by Handout /PNG files
The B.C. Court of Appeal has joined a chorus of judges and inquiries calling on Ottawa to fix a gap in the process to review potential miscarriages of justice and wrongful convictions.
In a unanimous decision, a division of the province's top court ordered the Crown to make evidence available to a Cranbrook man trying to overturn his conviction for murdering his wife and twins in a heinous crime a quarter-century ago.
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After a six-year fight, the court said Dean Christopher Roberts deserved a chance to prove his innocence, which he has maintained since charged with the July 1994 crimes.
"While I am of the view this is a borderline case because of the strength of the Crown's case against the appellant, and this Court's previous assessment of the reliability of his confession … I would allow the appeal," Justice Peter Willcock wrote .
"In my opinion, the Crown has an obligation to produce evidence or information to an applicant for ministerial review in some circumstances. The duty is not limited to disclosure of new, exculpatory evidence … I would allow the appeal to ensure effective access to the ministerial review process established by Parliament … with the intention of giving effect to the fundamental precept that the innocent must not be convicted."
A jury convicted Roberts of strangling his wife and one twin, smothering the other and attempting to kill an adopted child.
The Crown successfully argued he committed the slayings July 18, 1994, set the home alight and went to a friend's house to establish an alibi.
But the blaze was doused in time to save the adopted child, left sleeping seemingly to die in the blaze. The bodies of Roberts' wife and one twin were discovered in the house; the body of the other was found in a nearby wood.
From the start, Roberts claimed he wasn't the culprit and instead was the victim of the controversial RCMP investigative technique known as Mr. Big.
These sophisticated, theatrical undercover stings have produced several wrongful convictions, other cases being stayed and, as result, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has warned judges to ensure police manipulation or threats did not produce a false confession.
Still, 26 at the time, Roberts was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years. He exhausted his appeals, leaving only the slim hope of asking for a ministerial review.
Numerous commissions and judges have found that process is flawed, Willcock noted, adding the panel's voice to the call for reform.
"Fairness requires the applicant have some means of making an application founded upon evidence, not mere speculation," he said.
"In my opinion, the right to compel the Crown to produce evidence need not wait until the Minister decides whether to exercise the discretion to conduct an investigation and then to order DNA testing. Awaiting the outcome of a preliminary assessment of the case for review before obtaining evidence in support of a review is not consistent with the scheme established by Parliament."
Two justices are currently developing an alternative to the lengthy, complicated ministerial reviews — a new criminal review commission like those in the U.K. and New Zealand that investigate potential miscarriages of justice.
"I hope that it will improve access to justice for others seeking to have their convictions reviewed," said Tamara Levy, director of the UBC Innocence Project, which has been supporting Roberts.
The use of the Mr. Big technique was especially problematic here since this was one of the first times it was employed.
"In particular, these operations often involved considerable violence and aggressive behaviour on the part of the undercover officers, which I believe would no longer be acceptable under the guidelines set out (by the SCC)," Levy said.
"Confessions elicited under those circumstances should not be relied on to convict an accused without strong corroborating evidence that specifically points to the accused as the perpetrator. While improvements to the technique may have been implemented, it's important that we not forget about past cases where the circumstances in which the statements were made may not have included the reliability protections that we now require."
Maintaining one's innocence also makes life in prison difficult and often results in people being kept in custody long after their parole eligibility dates, she pointed out:
"Not many people are willing to go down that road and I believe some who may have maintained their innocence and who may, in fact, be innocent simply give up their claims so that they have easier access to the parole process."
A key problem, according to Roberts's lawyer Tony Paisana , was that individuals requesting a review needed the Crown's co-operation to get evidence to support their case.
"Hopefully, we will see a completely revamped system that will address a lot of the issues, including this Catch-22 situation," explained the veteran lawyer who is also an adjunct professor at the UBC Faculty of Law where he teaches a course on preventing wrongful convictions.
"One of the consistent concerns raised about is delay and this case is one of those that have suffered the effects of delay. It's hoped a criminal case review commission will be a far more efficient model that will result in a more timely adjudication process for these cases one way or another. If someone has been wrongly convicted, we want to know that as quickly as possible, and if someone has been righteously convicted we want to know that as quickly as possible and put an end to the process once and for all."
Roberts, who first asked for access to the evidence in 2011, remains in the preliminary assessment stage for a review.
"That can be rather quick, which in the scheme of this operation is one or two years, or it can go on for years and years," Paisana lamented.
He described the still-imprisoned Roberts as eager to move on with the process — DNA tests that weren't available in the last century.
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BEIRUT: The battle with ISIS in the Qalamoun region and on the Lebanese-Syrian frontier has kicked off, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Wednesday, pledging to uproot terrorist and takfiri groups based in areas near Lebanon's border.
As Nasrallah spoke, Hezbollah and the Syrian army seized fresh territory from Nusra Front militants outside a northern Qalamoun town Wednesday, Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV station reported, while clashes continued unabated for a second day between party fighters and ISIS on Lebanon's northeastern border.
Nasrallah added that hundreds of ISIS gunmen, backed by a large number of military vehicles, Tuesday attacked several Hezbollah positions on the outskirts of the village of Ras Baalbek on the Lebanese-Syrian border, assuming that this front was calm because the party was fighting Nusra Front militants on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Arsal.
Nasrallah said Hezbollah also suffered "a number of martyrs" during the fierce fighting with ISIS, but he did not say how many. ISIS militants launched surprise attacks on four Hezbollah posts early Tuesday on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek, located about 7 kilometers north of Arsal, sparking the deadliest clashes on the border with Syria since the start of the Qalamoun offensive last month.
A security source told The Daily Star that eight Hezbollah fighters and 48 jihadis died in the initial attack and ensuing clashes.
The deaths brought to 39 the number of Hezbollah fighters killed since May 4, when Hezbollah and its Syrian army allies launched an offensive to oust jihadis from the Qalamoun mountain range along the border.
Until Tuesday, the offensive mostly targeted Nusra Front-led jihadis who controlled most of the Qalamoun region stretching from Arsal's eastern outskirts down to the outskirts of Tfail.
But Tuesday's battle marked ISIS' participation in the battle. ISIS, which is hostile to both Nusra and Hezbollah, controls the outskirts north of Arsal.
The TV station said jihadis suffered "dozens of casualties" in the clashes, while the areas of Ras al-Koush and a section of al-Qadoumi Valley, were now under their firepower.
However, a security source told The Daily Star that 10 jihadis were killed in the battle.
The clashes took place on the southern outskirts of Jarajeer, located about 8 kilometers northeast of the Syrian village of Flita.
A later report said the allies also took areas identified as the Bloksat heights, which lie 2,400 meters above sea level and overlook the outskirts of Jarajeer, Qara and Arsal.
Hezbollah fighters clashed for a second day with ISIS militants on the eastern outskirts of Ras Baalbek, about 20 kilometers northwest of the fighting near Jarajeer.
Al-Manar TV said Hezbollah rocket fire destroyed two military vehicles belonging to ISIS on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek, killing the militants inside.
Footage provided to Al-Manar showed one of the attacks, in which a Hezbollah fighter fires a Russian Kornet anti-tank missile at an ISIS vehicle that appeared to be at least a couple kilometers away, striking it with pinpoint accuracy.
Separate footage taken at the site of Tuesday's clashes showed several ISIS corpses strewn on the rugged ground along with a variety of weapons seized from them. The weapons included grenades, explosives, rifles, ammunition and military fatigues.


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Regional Discussion
4th of July. Where to now America?
Thread starter TradCat
TradCat
Most of us have things we love and hate about America and it would be tiresome to start listing them all here. But what of the future. Will America go the way of all the great nations and decline as others grow? Or will it again reinvent itself and continue to lead the world.
To any Americans looking in, a happy fourth of July.
swansandtyphus
America had always reinvented itself.
I have no doubt it will do so again.
It's future leadership is unquestioned as its economic success, cultural diversity and can do attitude are the driving influence behind the sea change in Chinese thinking as the Chinese continue to open up to the globalised world.
TradCat said:
But I dont give in to all that 'lead the world' crap....never have....but I understand what you mean. A major influence in the world - no doubt about it - and it has always held the promise, the potential of 'leading' in a positive sense. The reality has been, to say the least, disappointing....but the promise still survives. Most people wish the US well because of this 'promise' notwithstanding some of its horrific actions....what can I say, people are generous!
Grow spuds and be true to yourself...
odie1kanobe
Down to the park for 4th of July Picnic and then watch the parade and fireworks I guess for most people.
TimBuckII
swansandtyphus said:
What are you basing that on, Madonna?
I think it's a little early in there bid to 'lead the world' to be suggesting that.
In the history of history it always ends and it will so again even if it is by Aliens who shoot green lazers at buildings.
FF,Tullow Oil,Ugandahttp://www.politics.ie/foreign-affairs/135015-fianna-fail-tullow-oil-uganda-15.html#post2918365
rhonda15
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"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.'' ~ J. Edgar Hoover http://tiny.cc/b2jo9
The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States
in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
— John Hancock
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
Assuming it learns from its mistakes, it will still be a long road back from the destruction caused by the Republicans but America will get there eventually. By that time of course, the world will have changed.
Fianna Fail - The Loss of Sovereignty Party.
20000miles
www.irishliberty.wordpress.com
Over at mises.org Stephan Kinsella has a go at this thing:
rhonda15 said:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
--Well, yes, except for Africans and women, and young men who don't want to be drafted or executed for desertion, and probably atheists and witches.
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
This is not the reason governments form--to secure our rights. This is just a sales job for the criminal state.
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
This falsely implies the state can have just powers. It cannot.
—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,
This implies government does not necessarily become destructive--that good goverment is possible. It's not.
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
But not to have no government, right? Why does it deny us the right to get rid of the state altogether?
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
In other words, they should be free to try one utopian experiment after another.
As for where the US is headed - the same place where all empires end up. (Hint: many empires aren't around anymore).
Ludwig von Mises Institute ¦ Irish Liberty Forum
This July 4th, Re-Declare Your Independence
The America's Independence Day Tea Party Movement is a nationwide protest forum for any and all groups and individuals dissatisfied with the current governance of the United States, regardless of ideology, partisan identity, or political affiliation.
While we may disagree on the solution, on July 4th, 2009 we will come together as Americans to peacefully express our dissent from the current political status quo. We are individuals of all ages, sexual orientation, creed, color, rank and file with a common message: We are sick and tired of our out of control government and we don't trust the major parties in Washington DC to bring real changes. We are demanding that our representatives uphold their oath to defend and protect the supreme law of the land, the Constitution.
More than anyone in the world, the American people understand our inalienable rights:
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
On July 4th, 2009, let's Re-Declare them!
America's July 4th Independence Day Tea Party
Happy Freedom day everybody.
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ABUSE TRACKER A digest of links to media coverage of clergy abuse.
cyberianpan
America is headed towards being a theme park - Trump's getting the Wall up
Weird, wild & wonderful - operated by China, for the Amusement of Russians
This ...is not good news for the rest of us
"Yawn , am I alive yet ?"
Kevin Parlon
Deiscirt
cyberianpan said:
You're one strange cat Cyber.
"an intelligent, well-informed sparring partner for real debate" - Chris Alexander, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 2013 to 2015.
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LISTOWEL MAN
caledhel
Happy Fourth of July. The holiday commemorates a moment when the banner of liberty, lofted by the flags of many peoples through history, found its time to win decisively through and set an example that has kindled hope even when hope was trampled down.
"Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion."
Notachipanoaktree
Dju know Cyp. Just as long as the Neoliberals, the Radical Militant feminists and the Money grabbing P&CS with clingon politicians end up on the outside of that wall, I'm ok with it, eh? That news would be palatable as far as I'm concerned.


I am 19 years old (as of January 2010), and race in the A 250 class in district 36 cross country. I ride a 2007 ktm 250sx, and the greatest trials bike ever built, a 1992 Fantic Kroo. My dream bike is mine when it is running right, or an 04 dr-z 400 like Brian's. As long as I am riding, I don't care what bike I am on, or where I am riding, I am having fun. (With the exception of Prairie City). Although my favorite places to ride are Clear Creek, and Portola at my dads house. In 2010 my main goal is to get a top 20 overall standing in the district, preferably top 16 since my uncle Mike got 17th for the 2009 season. My main help is from my dad, Robert Brumit, although I appreciate Chris Kane racing, as well as everyone Else's constant help and advice, (Brian, Stevie, Sean, Jimmy, Mike, etc). It seems like there is support around me all of the time. Beyond 2010 I want to continue to ride cross countries, as well as ride some endurocross events.
Tyler has the smooth grace of a gazelle and combined with his whisky style throttle control he is one hell of a rider. Watch for this Man to be a top class contender as he works his way up through the ranks.


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EasySend: Patrick Doyle - How To Keep Up With The Rapid Pace Of Digital Transformation
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CI Investments: Wilmot George - Retirement Planning - A Look At Retirement Paycheques
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Wilmot George, CFP, TEP, CLU, CHS - Vice-President, Tax, Retirement and Estate Planning
11:25pm - 12:05pm - Tuesday October 18, 2022 - Great Room C
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Canadian Race Car Driver & Coach
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Catered Lunch and Free Time - Great Room A
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Industrial Alliance: Robert Carter - Thinking Outside the Box: The 21st Century Advisor
After two years of upheaval, our clients' need for protection, tax reduction strategies and investments have only increased. Learn what investment strategies work best for your clients in today's market.
Robert Carter B.A (Hons) CFP, CLU
Regional Vice President, Sales Ontario
iA Financial Group
Robert E. Carter joined the iA Financial Group, one of Canada's leading life insurance companies in 2005. A promotion to Regional Vice President followed in 2011 where he now leads an ever expanding and diverse sales team. With 25 years as a certified financial planner and chartered life underwriter, Rob has a passion for helping insurance sales professionals add value to their business. Not only is Rob a very bright, energetic, and passionate sales person, he has extensive corporate and entrepreneurial experience. Rob is an engaging, high-energy speaker and is a highly sought after presenter within the iA Financial Group dealer network. Rob graduated from Wilfred Laurier University with a Degree in Politics and French and certificate in Business. Rob lives in Port Credit, Mississauga with his wife and daughter and enjoys traveling, boxing, bare foot water skiing and being with his family.
Fidelity: Andrea Rigobon - The Evolving Regulatory Landscape
Understanding the regulatory landscape for financial advice is important for financial advisors to effectively conduct business and speak with their clients. This presentation examines the issues affecting our industry today, including the "Client Focused Reforms", Capital Markets Modernization Task Force, the IIROC/MFDA Review and more. The presentation will provide insights on the overall status of ongoing regulatory priorities and how the new rules will impact financial advisors.
Andrea Rigobon - Director, Procurement and Senior Legal Counsel
Andrea joined Fidelity Canada in April of 2012. In her current role, Andrea manages Fidelity Canada's Procurement Team as well as support's Fidelity Canada from a legal perspective. Her legal work focuses on commercial negotiations with vendors, privacy, anti-spam and intellectual property matters, digitalization and regulatory matters that impact the industry, Fidelity Canada and its clients.
Andrea spends a great deal of her time speaking to advisors and dealers about the regulatory landscape and the impact or potential impact of new rules and regulations on their businesses.
Prior to joining Fidelity Canada, Andrea worked as a securities associate at a Bay street law firm.
Andrea received an honours bachelor of arts from the University of Toronto and a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor.
3:00pm - 3:20pm - Tuesday October 18, 2022
Break, Booth Time & Network with Carriers
SideDrawer: Ali Qureshi - Winning Clients with Better Collaboration
Collaboration is central to any advisor or planner - yet it can be time consuming, inefficient, frustrating and risky. However, done right, it can be a game changer for your practice, the client experience, while reducing your admin headaches and substantially reducing your risk. We'll show how SideDrawer's platform can become an integral part of your practice and your client experience.
Ali Qureshi: Co-Founder
Ali Qureshi is the Co-Founder of SideDrawer, an idea born out of a personal need for him and his family. The platform now is being used by financial planners, estate lawyers, accountants and enterprises to provide a secure, easy to use, organization and collaboration service for their clients. Prior to joining SideDrawer, Ali was the Executive Director and Deputy Head of International Equities, for CIBC Global Markets, as well as UBS Securities Canada Inc, and KPMG LLP. Ali has also been involved in helping corporates raise equity, debt and convertible debt financing across a variety of industries. Ali has both CA, CPA and CFA designations, and graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with an Honours B.Comm. Ali lives in Toronto with his wife and three young children.
Brightmark: Matthew Maingot - Using Salesforce To Provide Best-In-Class Advisor And Client Experiences
In this session, Matthew Maingot will be leading a walkthrough and demonstration of how Canada's top independent advisors are leveraging Salesforce to provide the best experiences for the clients and managing their day-to-day firm operations effectively. Matthew will touch on building a book of business using Salesforce, managing client service from Salesforce, as well as Salesforce's available integration with VieFund, specifically made for Carte advisors.
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How Knowledge Learned Can Assist Advisors In Creating Better Financial Plans By Jorge Ramos, National Director of Advanced Planning, Carte Risk Management
Desjardins Financial: Micah Neale - First ever Guaranteed 5 Pay PAR & George C Iovankas - Desjardins PPNs-Combine Performance Potential, Security and Flexibility
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NPC Data Guard: Larry Keating - Rising Above the Cyberthreat Landscape
This presentation will be providing more clarity on how the landscape has evolved, what to do in the face of these cyberthreats, and how as-a-service models and secure cloud computing are forever changing the security and power dynamic of small organizations.
Larry Keating - President & CEO
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For eight years Larry served as the founding chairman of the Ministers' Technology Advisory Group for the Province of Ontario. He was also a member of the Chair's Advisory Council on e-Government, the first Ambassador for Privacy by Design for the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and served as a technical advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for the Aboriginal Computer Literacy Program. Larry is currently a member of the Investment Industry Association of Canada's Cyber Security Committee.
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NCM Investments: Jason Isaac - Global Dividend Investing 2022 and Beyond
Jason will talk about why dividends matter and how over time, dividends are a key factor in strong returns, while lowering volatility. All companies have key milestones in their growth. Milestones such as their first client, first profit, first expansion, their first dividend, their first dividend increase, and so on. What Jason will focus on are companies that pay a dividend and grow their dividend throughout the world. This presentation will also look back at events around the world that shaped global dividend investing in 2022 and provide an outlook for the rest of the year and beyond.
To showcase global dividend investing, Jason will discuss key metrics such as quantitative and fundamentals of companies. He will be talking about historical cash flow generation, solid balance sheets and the management teams and how that impacts global investing. Looking beyond 2022 for global investing, Jason will discuss downside protection, and other elements of risk management such as business risk, management risk, valuation risk and liquidity risk and how managing those risk elements are important for Canadians.
Jason Isaac, FMA, CAIA, CFA and Lead Portfolio Manager for NCM Global Income Growth Class
Jason Isaac is a portfolio manager with more than 20 years of experience in global equities. Jason is a Portfolio Manager at Cumberland Investment Counsel Inc. (CIC) an affiliate of in NCM Asset Management Limited. He is also a director of Cumberland Partners Limited, the firm's parent company. His focus is on international equities adding to the breadth of the firms global offering and team.
Jason began his career in 1997 developing his expertise in US and European equities. Over his 20+ year career, he has worked at HSBC and Scotia in banking and investment counseling. His educational and industry credentials include a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Economics and the Financial Management Advisor (FMA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts (CAIA) designations. Also, Jason spent three years as a Sessional Lecturer at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary on subjects including security analysis, investments, and portfolio management theory.
Jason is a founding member of the NCM Asset Allocation Team for the NCM Pension Portfolios, consisting of NCM Conservative Income Portfolio, NCM Balanced Income Portfolio, NCM Growth and Income Portfolio.
Jason is the Lead Portfolio Manager for NCM Global Income Growth Class.
Manulife Insurance: Laura Yost - What's the Beat On the Street?
Laura will review some observations about trends in the industry, as well as what she has seen that is working in the field in conjunction to this. She will review how Manulife's key advantages can add value within these trends & to your clients. In a sea of sameness, these are the key areas where we believe Manulife holds a unique strength, and has for quite some time.
Laura Yost - National Director of Retail Accounts, Individual Insurance Canada
Laura Yost is the National Director of Retail Accounts for Individual Insurance. In this role, Laura is responsible for the support and execution of the retail accounts strategy. Laura's main goals are to help our Distribution partners grow their insurance sales and build positive working relationship between their firms, our sales teams and Manulife.
Laura has enjoyed a very successful career at Manulife since joining in May 2012, resulting in progressive career promotions and multiple Emerald wins. Laura first started as an internal wholesaler on the Affinity product line & transitioned the life & living benefits side in 2013 Supporting Western Canada. In 2014 she transitioned to an external wholesaling role in the Life & Living Benefits area in Toronto. For the last 8 years she worked across a variety of firms & areas in the GTA, most recently working with our National Account firms downtown. These experiences were very beneficial as she learned how many advisors and Distribution partners operate, what they find valuable & insights into their business. Laura's insight along with her enthusiasm for the business has been a benefit to the clients she works with and her sales team.
In her role Laura consistently demonstrates strong leadership qualities and an ability to develop creative strategies to help advisors grow their business. Her advisors consistently praise her for the value she brings and the work ethic, passion and style she employs.
11:55am - 12:15pm - Wednesday October 19, 2022 - Great Room C
CPP Foresters: Glenn Secord - Why Foresters - Making A Positive Impact
In this presentation advisors will learn about Foresters financial product features and built-in benefits as well as flexible options to help meet a wide variety of client needs. The presentation will also include case studies and an overview of Foresters Member Benefits.
1. Who is Foresters Financial?
3. Riders
5. Member Benefits
CE Credit: Yes
Glenn Secord: Regional Sales Manager
Glenn got his start with Foresters in 1998 as a Case Manager on the US side. Since that time, he has held many roles throughout the company within both the US and Canadian Divisions.
Most recently, Glenn moved over to the Sales side of the organization in 2019 out of a desire to connect with Advisors and help them grow their business as he is passionate about helping you find an insurance solution that best suits your clients needs. Glenn enjoys all kinds of sports, either playing them or watching. In the winter months Glenn enjoys playing in his Friday night Senior Men's hockey league. During the Summer months Glenn enjoys camping with his wife and daughter and listening to Blue Jay games while sitting around the campfire.
12:20pm - 1:00pm - Wednesday October 19, 2022 - Great Room C
TD Asset Management: Jose Alancherry - The Fundamentals: Pioneering a New Frontier in Equity Investing
We explore the investment process and philosophy of the Fundamental Equity Team at TDAM that has been the driver of industry-leading performance through various market cycles. Our core belief is that fundamentals matter. The value of any business is the ability to sustain and grow free cash flow. We believe that the market underestimates cash-flow production and misprices true risk factors, both pf which are exploitable. We take a deep dive into our flagship balanced mandates to see our investment style in action. In addition, after closing 2021 at record highs, global equity and bond markets have so far faced a tumultuous 2022. The global macroeconomic outlook remains challenged with continuing geopolitical turmoil, record high inflation, rising rates and slowing economic growth. Join Jose as he also talks about the TDAM Fundamental Equity Team and their investment process, current market environment and what TDAM sees for 2023.
Jose Alancherry, CFA
Vice President, TD Asset Management Inc.
Joined the firm: 2021 Began Career: 2014
Jose is a Client Portfolio Manager with TD Asset Management Inc.'s Fundamental Equities team, where he is responsible for coverage of Global and North American fundamental equity strategies. He represents the firm's guiding principles, investment philosophy, performance/attribution, macroeconomic outlook and portfolio positioning to internal and external clients. Prior to his current role, Jose worked in various capacities at a boutique financial services firm in the Middle East, and gained experienced as an Analyst in the Healthcare and Aviation sectors of the Middle East and North African markets. He holds a BBA from Wichita State University, and an MBA from Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto.
1:05pm - 2:15pm - Wednesday October 19, 2022
Wealth Management Sessions In Room B
BMO Asset Management: Edward Ku - Innovative Solutions to Navigate the Market: ETF Based Mutual Funds
Combining benefits of both mutual funds and ETFs into all-in-one investment solutions, learn how ETF Based Mutual Funds bring together the best of both worlds.
Edward Ku - Director, Intermediary Distribution – GTA North, BMO Global Asset Management
Edward has over 21 years of experience in the financial services industry. For the last 16 years of his career Edward has been working with advisors in Central Ontario to grow their businesses. Edward represents BMO's suite of Mutual Funds, ETFs, ETF Portfolios and Segregated Funds. He is a graduate of Concordia University and has successfully completed level 1 of the CFA program
Dynamic Funds: Collister Thomas - Successful Investing Strategies To Use In An Increasingly Volatile Environment
A trap many of us fall into is that we believe market historians are prophets. This is a fallacy that many of us have never been able to accept. In periods of uncertainty we all want to hear an authoritative voice that can give us some assurances, that all will be well. We are not designed to live with uncertainty. But what we have learned is that we cannot predict the future, but we can certainly prepare for it. I will share 3 successful investing strategies to help you prepare for an uncertain future and 2 low-medium investment ideas.
Collister Thomas, B.Comm, CIM®, PFP®
Vice President, Business Development Dynamic Funds
Collister brings over 20yrs of experience in the investment industry, with the last 16 years at Dynamic Funds.
Collister has a demonstrated history of working closely with advisors to help articulate and capitalize on opportunities to grow their practice, with the use of
Dynamic's extensive line-up of award-winning investment mandates and advisor-centric resources.
Collister has a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University. He also earned his CIM and PFP designations in 2010.
Has been with Dynamic since 2003 – 16+ years with the company
Risk Management Sessions In Room C
ivari: Josie Malandrino & Frank Sobrinho - The Ivari difference: Things you may not know!
This presentation will introduce you to ivari and all the things that support the 5-star ivari difference. Through some case studies, we will show you solutions that will ensure your practice is compliant and provide the best solution for you clients, whatever their needs may be today or in the future!
Josie Malandrino, Sales Director
Josie began her financial services career in 1998 with NN Financial, where she held a variety of positions. She quickly became a valuable member of the life marketing team working in various capacities of increasing responsibility. In 2002 she assumed a new role as a key member of the sales team devoted to the joint venture with Sun Life/Clarica.
In April of 2003, Josie was appointed to the position of Sales Director. As a Sales Director at ivari she is currently responsible for strengthening new and existing advisor/distributor relationships by broadening ivari's product/process offering in the Central Region.
Josie was born and raised in Italy. She has been married since May of 2001 and has two little girls who keep her on her toes.
Frank Sobrinho, Sales Director
Frank has been in the life insurance industry since 1984 garnering a broad spectrum of experience in increasingly senior roles from administration, illustration and case design work, software and sales concept training, competitive analysis, and managing a team of professionals responsible for meeting with 35,000 policy owners face to face to help them manage their inforce policies. Frank has worked in both head office and field settings.
As Sales Director for ivari, Frank enjoys helping advisors grow their business through the use of several value added resources available through the company.
Frank holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree and also holds the FLMI, CLU, and CFP designations.
Equitable Life: Giuliano & Subhastin - Top Competitve Advantages At Equitable Life - Investments and Insurance
Top differentiators within our investment space. Top PAR for kids competitive advantage. Introducing twelve new funds, two bonuses, six sales ideas, and a strong finish to the 2nd half of the year! .
Subhastin will demo Equitable's new Conversation Tool that they launched to help advisors to start a conversation with a focus on three areas: 1) Help your child with education costs; 2) Help your child start a business and 3) Fund your child's retirement plan so they don't have to.
Giuliano Savini - Regional Sales ManagerGiuliano has been in the financial services business for over 20 years, having started his financial career in 2000 and worked with both major life insurance and mutual fund companies over this time.
Before joining Equitable Life, he spent 10 years at Empire Life, as their top wholesaler in the country for the last 8 consecutive years, accumulating over $1Billion in sales over that 10 year period.
Prior to Empire, he worked as a sales rep for a major mutual fund company for two years, where he was responsible for selling mutual funds and structured products in the Toronto region.
Before that, he spent seven years with the biggest insurance company in Canada, in progressively senior sales roles in the Atlantic and South-Western Ontario regions.
As a Regional Investment Sales Manager, his work with advisors focuses on helping them grow their business through use of innovative ideas and dedication to their clients' needs.
Subhastin Kharag - Regional Sales Manager
Subhastin joined the industry in 2001 as an independent broker working with small business owners in the GTA.
In 2006 he served two terms on the ADVOCIS Toronto Board & it was during these years that he achieved his CFP since he believes in continuing to refine one's craft.
Then in 2008 joined a national MGA helping their brokers grow their books, followed by joining a multinational insurer working with MGAs & brokers to capitalize on growing business deeper & more holistically predominantly in the family market space.
Last year Subhastin joined Equitable Life in continuing to help MGAs & Brokers find opportunities to grow their books & collaborate in the HNW space.
Father of four who enjoys family cooking nights as the head sous chef & CEO of dishwashing.
Beneva: Chris Paterson - Searching for Value In A World Of Inflation And Shrinkflation
Everywhere we turn, prices are increasing in our daily lives. When the prices stay the same, manufacturers are putting less in the package. Combat this by helping your clients see value in financial solutions that offer them more today and in the future.
Chris Paterson
Senior Director, Business Development
Western Greater Toronto Area
In 1995, Chris began his career in the financial services industry at a major financial institution, where he worked in a number of sales management and wholesaling roles across Canada. Since then, he has accumulated over 25 years of experience supporting and training advisors while working on complex solutions for client financial strategies. With a career scope encompassing insurance, investments and technology consulting, Chris has previously led a national insurance wholesaling team, and was recently responsible for national initiatives focused on advisor recruitment, practice management, tax and estate planning, and advisor training for a major insurer.
Chris' advisor support philosophy is to avoid leading with product-focused discussions, relying instead on strategic business planning strategies to help advisors and distributors assist their clients in achieving their lifestyle and estate aspirations. Once he understands the client needs and advisor practice focus, he prides himself on offering support via extensive knowledge of innovative product solutions.
Chris has previously been a monthly insurance columnist for advisor.ca, the Rogers media financial industry website. He is a long standing member of Advocis, and is a Past President of the Peel Halton chapter. He is currently a member of the GAMA Canada board, as Director of Independent Distribution Initiatives. He is also a long standing member of CALU, the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting. Chris has sat on national committees for both Advocis and CALU, was a contributor to the CHS designation content, as well as Advocis' Getting Established program for New To Industry advisors. In his spare time, he also coaches baseball and basketball, and has previously sat on the board of a charity benefiting autistic children.
Chris lives in the east GTA with the greatest woman that ever lived, his wife, Susie, and their three ridiculously handsome sons, Finlay, Miles, and Henry. He is an avid fan of sports, music, and literature, and loves to travel.
SL Insurance: Varshni Nimal - Utilizing Jenie To Bridge The Gap Between Traditional And Simplified Markets
We will be discussing how advisors can use Jenie, our real time virtual underwriter; to get coverage that has the safety of traditional markets along with the simplicity of non medical markets. Jenie has a unique underwriting approach that gives your clients a better chance at finding the coverage they need.
Varshni Nimal, Inside Sales
Varshni launched into the insurance industry working with a top producer at Carte Wealth Management. In these early stages of her career, she excelled and fostered valuable relationships with clients and other industry professionals as an Insurance Associate. Varshni is now pleased to be bringing her experience to SLi, evolving the Central region as an Inside Sales Representative.
Booth Time & Network with Carriers
Wed October 19th - Evening Festivities - Awards Ceremony & Gala Dinner
Cocktails & H'ordeuvres Reception - Fallsview ABC
Gala Dinner - Great Room B & C
Keynote Speaker: Jeremiah Brown - What Does It Take To Adapt To Change And Achieve Your Biggest Goal?
In this keynote, you'll experience a rollercoaster journey full of insights on working through uncertainty, forging self-leadership, defeating doubt, staying resilient, and building and inspiring team trust from one of the fastest Olympians ever to go from his parents' couch to the Olympic podium.
Jeremiah Brown
Jeremiah won an Olympic silver medal as a member of the Canadian men's eight rowing team at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A former commercial banker with a big dream, he is one of few Olympians ever to have started learning his sport only four years before winning a medal at the Olympics.
8:40pm - Wednesday October 19, 2022
Awards & Recognitions Ceremony
DAY 4 - Thursday October 20th, 2022
Thank You for Attending! Let's Make This Our Year!
8:00am - 10:30am - Thursday October 20, 2022
11:00am - Thursday October 20, 2022
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Historic Colorado wildfires hit home for MTN reporter
Historic wildfires fueled by more than 100 mph winds wiped out entire neighborhoods in Boulder County, Colorado earlier this week.
By: Alina Hauter
BILLINGS — Historic wildfires fueled by more than 100 mph winds wiped out entire neighborhoods in Boulder County, Colorado on Thursday night.
The flames destroyed at least 500 homes and tens of thousands of residents had only minutes to escape the devastation.
The Marshall Fire has become the most destructive in the state's history.
Reporter Alina Hauter sat down with a fellow MTN reporter who was just on the scene helping to evacuate his grandmother from her home -- only a quarter of a mile away from the flames.
"I tried to get us out of there as fast as possible," recalled Edgar Cedillo.
The Marshall Fire forced more than 30,000 people out of their homes after strong winds knocked over powerlines, sparking the flames.
Wind gusts of up to 110 mph didn't help as the fire continued to spread.
"You could see like the glowing orange, so you could see the smoke, there was a ton of ash still falling," Edgar said. "Seeing that area get engulfed in flames and seeing how fast that fire moved was pretty intense."
Elisa Padilla -- grandmother to MTN reporter Edgar Cedillo -- had to evacuate her home in Broomfield, a town about 18 miles north of Denver.
Edgar was on his way to the airport to go back to Montana when he got the call.
Most of Elisa's neighbors had already left because of evacuation orders as the fire was closing in.
"She packed up a safe, a change of clothes, and I ran in, grabbed everything and kind of bolted out," Edgar said.
His quick rescue was imperative. The burn scar itself has spanned over 6,000 miles and the fire has destroyed as many as 1,000 homes.
"Just seeing the amount of flashing lights and everything, all the police officers, ambulances, and fire trucks just kind of waiting," Edgar said.
Edgar was able to take his grandmother to his parent's house in Thornton, about 13 miles southeast of the fire -- all in a span of 40 minutes from the time evacuation orders were put in place.
"Once I had her, I was like, okay now we can kind of breathe a sigh of relief."
Although the fire is heartbreaking, Edgar says he's in awe of the community support.
"It's sad to see the devastation but the community support that has come out of it and just seeing people's livelihoods change in a matter of minutes, the amount of outpouring and support they've gotten is just awesome."
Elisa's apartment is still standing but many Coloradans are now without homes.
However, like many westerners, Coloradans are resilient in the face of turmoil.
"We're wild but you know, we know how to take care of one another and it's one of those things where it's great to see a community come together," Edgar noted.