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The theme of buried secrets impacts both the personal stories and the historical context, but in the end, there is simply too much going on...A promising effort that gets buried under the weight of the past.
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Somewhere on the South African veld, 1901: At the height of the Boer War, a doctor at a British concentration camp conducts a series of grim experiments on Boer prisoners. His work ends in chaos, but two children survive: a boy named Benjamin, and a girl named Tessa …
One hundred years later, a disgraced young police constable is reassigned to the sleepy South African town of Unie, where she makes a terrifying discovery: the body of a woman, burned beyond recognition.
The crime soon leads her into her country's violent past—a past that includes her father, a high-ranking police official under the apartheid regime, and the children left behind in that long ago concentration camp.
Michelle Pretorius's epic debut weaves present and past together into a hugely suspenseful, masterfully plotted thriller that calls to mind Lauren Beukes's The Shining Girls and Tana French's The Secret Place. With an explosive conclusion, it marks the emergence of a thrilling new writer.
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MICHELLE PRETORIUS was born and raised in South Africa. She received an MFA in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago and is currently a PhD candidate at Ohio University. She has written for numerous publications, including Bookslut, Word Riot, and the Copperfield Review. She is a recipient of the John Schultz and Betty Shiflett prize and lives in Athens, Ohio.
Author Residence: Athens, OH
Author Hometown: South Africa
Published July 19, 2016 by Melville House. 464 pages
Genres: History, Political & Social Sciences, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Literature & Fiction. Fiction
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As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. put his impressive power on display during Monday night's home run derby, his Hall of Fame father was enjoying the show.
The elder Vladimir Guerrero, who won the 2007 version of the home run derby in San Francisco when his son was just eight years old, sent out a series of six tweets during the Monday night event in Cleveland, including one that read simply: "Big boy has power."
Quite the understatement.
The Blue Jays rookie hit a total of 91 homers over three rounds - needing three separate tiebreakers to get past Dodgers slugger Joc Pederson in the second - smashing the derby record in the process.
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Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. takes a swing during the home run derby at Progressive Field on Monday in Cleveland. The rookie hit 29 home runs in the opening round, breaking the 2008 record, but lost the final to Pete Alonso of the New York Mets.
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© Reuters. Canada's PM Trudeau congratulates Mary Ng during a cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall in Ottawa
Canada's new export minister to push beyond U.S. market
OTTAWA - 25 July 2018: Canada has created a new Cabinet position to help exporters look beyond the United States and there will be resources for small businesses that want to take advantage of new trade deals, the new minister for export promotion said on Tuesday.
Mary Ng, who vaulted to Cabinet-level last week to take on an existing small business portfolio as well as a new one on export promotion, said she wants to help companies take advantage of new trade deals with the European Union and Pacific nations that have specific provisions to welcome small business trade.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Cabinet shuffle put trade diversification front and center amid rising tensions with the United States, Canada's largest trading partner, with Ng and new Trade Minister Jim Carr tasked with finding new markets for Canadian goods.
Threats by the Trump administration to end the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have shaken Canadian exporters. Canada sends 75 percent of its goods exports to the United States, which imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum at the end of May and is now mulling punitive measures against autos.
Ng says Canada has other options.
"Right now Canada has preferential market access to 14 trade agreements and 51 countries. This is a real opportunity for us. The U.S. continues to be an important export market to us, but I also think there is a great opportunity to enable our small business to access these other markets as well," Ng said in an interview with Reuters.
Ng said both the new 11-nation Trans-Pacific trade deal and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement have chapters devoted to increasing access for small business.
She said the new Cabinet ministry can "provide them with resources" to access the new markets beyond the United States, but gave no specifics on funding or programs that will drive the export diversification.
Carr said last week that "an awful lot of affection for Canada" will help the government's push to diversify exports away from the United States.
Still, Sean Speer, a senior fellow for fiscal policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a non-partisan think tank, said the integration of U.S-Canadian supply chains as well as the shared language and culture between the two countries make it hard to change the reliance on the American market.
"It's not that I'm opposed to trade diversification or the idea we should engage new markets ... I'm just skeptical of the idea it's going to lead to a fundamental re-organisation of trade patterns," Speer said.
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Father and son Bobbie and Edward Gill discuss their approach to farming and the challenges of making a living. The importance of family and their passion for the Sabden Valley and the Pendle Hill landscape.
How long have your family had a connection with Pendle Hill?
Bobbie: My grandfather Eddie came to Rattenclough Farm in 1932, he had two sons and two daughters. My father was the eldest son and came to work on the farm with his brother Roy. In 1950 they took Cockshotts Farm where I live now. 1952 they took on New York Farm and in 1964 they bought Top Row Farm. Rattenclough was a waterboard farm owned by Padiham Council at that time and now United Utilities own the land on the fell.
I left school in 1967 and was going to join the farm with my cousins but they decided to split it. Uncle Roy took Rattenclough, and we got Cockshotts, New York and Top Row. Cousin Laurie now farms Rattenclough and Hay Barn (aquired 1974) rented from Huntroyde and split between Laurie and myself. It was a shock when my father died suddenly 1994 but we managed and my son Edward later joined the farm after school. His brother Alan also works on the farm as well as working away.
Churn Clough Reservoir, © Sue Marsden
Cockshotts Farm, Sabden, © Sue Marsden
How has farming changed since your earliest memories?
Bobbie: It's a lot harder to make a living. Once of a day you could make a decent living out of farming but it's harder now. For example the year my father died in 1994, we were getting 23.5p for our milk. Red diesel at that time was 15p. Now, at this moment in time I'm getting 27.5p and red diesel is 60p. Feed concentrates have gone up to £100 a ton and fertilisers have gone up, plus electric and other things. Machinery has gone up 40% in the last 5 years. The equipment is getting evermore technical.
When grandfather came to Rattenclough the wool check paid the rent, it was a valued commodity, now it won't cover anything. In fact if we didn't shear our own sheep we would be out of pocket. I know there are people fighting to bring back value to wool, but it's tough.
What about meat values?
Bobbie: Lamb has gone up a bit but beef really hasn't over the last ten years. The supermarkets and the government want cheap food so that people have more disposable income to spend on fast moving consumer goods. We get a subsidy each year, so much a hectare, to help keep the prices down. It's very difficult unless you farm 1000s of acres. We farm around 260 acres and you need more and more to stay still really.
© Sue Marsden
Farming on Pendle Hill © Sue Marsden
Since 2016 you have been selling Raw Milk – unpasteurised and untreated milk direct from your dairy herd. What prompted you to make that change?
Edward: The change came when the price of milk dropped to 14p for the A price (which is 80%) and 5p for the B price (20%) but it was costing us 25p a litre to produce. We were told that we needed to milk over 100 cows but we wouldn't budge because that's not how we farm.
We are a traditional low cost system, not a factory farm. There are people out there milking 500 cows a day with a big overdraft and not getting anywhere. When the price crashed we asked should the cows go? Then we saw the Countryfile programme where a farm in Suffolk was selling milk straight from the farm, and there was a big market for it. Raw untreated milk can't be sold in supermarkets, it is sold direct from the producer.
Bobbie: Edward got on the computer and found this guy, rung him up and got an invitation to visit the farm in Suffolk. He and Nichola (Edward's wife) went off to Suffolk on a 7 hour drive for a couple of days and gathered all the information. He wanted to buy this vending machine, which dispensed the raw milk into litre and 2 litre containers but first we needed a retail license to sell the milk directly to the public. This involved passing food safety regulations, which we did. The specially designed Italian vending machine was ordered at considerable expense.
Alan, Bobbie and Edward ©Nichola Gill
Raw Milk vending machine in The Milking Parlour, © Sue Marsden
The Milking Parlour, © Sue Marsden
What was the local response like when you started selling Raw Milk from the vending machine on the farm?
Bobbie: We had asked everyone around us "Would you support us in this?" and they all said "Yes", but it was a gamble as we didn't know if people really meant it. We put up a shed to put the vending machine in and Nichola got going on Facebook to get the word out there. We were very busy for a while, it was a brand new thing, the first in Lancashire. People came and followed the instructions on the machine, using the sterilised plastic or glass bottles provided to collect their milk.
Some people have concerns about drinking Raw Milk, has that been a hurdle to overcome?
Edward: About a year after we opened, sales were suspended while our milk was investigated for a possible salmonella contamination with one possible case. I took this really seriously and contacted the chair of the microbiology service for the UK and she privately tested our milk. After being inspected by the Food Standards, Dairy Hygiene inspectors, the Environmental Health and microbiologists, also a ministry vet specialist, the conclusion was that our grass fed, closed herd was strong and healthy. We took preventative measures by vaccinating the herd against salmonella at some expense. We take it very seriously and now we have a programme where we regularly test for salmonella, listeria, campylobacter and e coli.
Bobbie: People have mixed views on Raw Milk, some think that it is poison but we have people coming who have all sorts of underlying health problems with their gut and skin and they swear by it. Nothing has been scientifically proven, so we don't sell it on health grounds but we have met some very interesting people who really believe in it. They think that raw milk retains healthy, natural nutrients that get lost in the pasteurisation process.
Edward: Yes, we've made a lot of friends through selling raw milk. We especially have a lot of people from the Asian community who come for it and buy for their family and friends.
Bobbie: People travelling from Nelson, Colne, Burnley, Accrington and Oswaldtwistle. They come because the milk is untreated. They don't want anything with additives, they want the milk straight from the cow with the natural bacteria.
Edward: At the minute the raw milk is our saviour as it give us a better margin and we have control over it.
The Herd is pure Friesian, © Sue Marsden
The cows are grass fed, © Sue Marsden
What happens to the milk you don't sell?
Edward: That goes to Bowland Fresh
Bobbie: I've supported Bowland Fresh with fellow farmer William Slinger from the beginning. Our milk is quite creamy as the herd is pure Friesian, a bit like the Jersey milk. The Bowland Fresh milk is pasteurised and sold in Booths supermarket.
How do think Brexit will affect you, could you have to make more changes?
Bobbie: We don't know – we haven't a clue. We export lamb so that might be affected but if milk is not coming into the country then the price of milk may rise … It's all speculation, we will all have to wait and see. Farming is one of the few industries where we raise our beef and lamb but we have no idea what price we will be able to get for them until the day we sell it. In any other industry, if your raw materials go up 2% then you put 2% on your selling price. We are not in that position.
Your farm is Farm Assured Certified which confirms that you meet comprehensive standards of food safety & hygiene, animal welfare, traceability, and environmental protection. Do you think that the public are loyal to British produce and the 'Red Tractor' label?
Bobbie: I don't think that most people look for the 'red tractor' logo when they are shopping or know what the 'red tractor' sign on packets even means!
Edward: Customers coming for the raw milk – not one of them I've asked knows what the red tractor stands for.
Bobbie Gill with his daughter Mary, © Sue Marsden
Cormorant at Churn Clough, © Sue Marsden
The Old Mill Lodge ©Sue Marsden
Do you have plans to expand your retail range with the raw milk for example with cheese?
Edward: Not really. We have gone more into the environmental side of things. We've got nesting curlews and lapwings and have seen our first barn owl this year. We have a front meadow that has never had fertiliser or spray put on it. It used to be a meadow so I thought it would be good to plant it with wild flowers. I contacted Sarah Robinson and that's how I got involved with the Pendle Hill Landscape project and they've helped us plant up the wild flower meadow. We've also got an old mill lodge and that's been fenced off by the Ribble Rivers Trust and part of the brook. The brook is really clean and we have a rare larvae that brings salmon and sea trout to spawn, and the young fish are living off the larvae.
Bobbie: The mill lodge was deep and the fence was there for safety reasons, but since it's been fenced it's become a nature reserve. We planted quite a few trees above the lodge and along side the brooks.
Edward: The Rivers Trust have been involved and a local bird watcher has identified 75 different species.
Have you noticed changes to the natural environment in your lifetimes?
Edward: My Granny used to tell me that she loved going mowing with her Dad and the horse because of all the butterflies that used to fly up. I've not seen that and I want it back for my children. We don't farm intensively so we still have a lot of the stuff that's disappearing, we're hoping that the Pendle Hill project will help us. We've a lot to look forward to, we've a lot of plans and it's exciting. We know the support is out there, there are others also passionate about bringing back the wildlife. There are examples of other farms that have re-wilded, relayed hedges, banished pesticides and sprays and the insects, flowers and birds have come back.
Bobbie: Our air here has become cleaner. I have photographs of my father with some sheep taken in 1949/50 and the sheep are as black as black with soot from the mill chimneys that were around in their thousands across Lancashire and Yorkshire at that time. Also galvanised sheep netting 35/40 years ago used to last 10 years, now it will last 30 yrs. In Australia it will last a life time because of the lack of pollution.
Wild Flower Meadow at Bell Sykes Farm, Slaidburn, © Sue Marsden
Looking across the Sabden Valley, © Sue Marsden
Your land also has a lot of history. How did the Pendle Archaeology Group project on Calf Hill go last year?
Bobbie: In the summer of 2018 the Pendle Archaeology Group carried out magnetometery surveys and two digs. They are coming back to do some more this summer. They found two roads, one on top of the other. Possibly Roman but definitely a road way. All sorts of things are going on and I'm keen on local history. There is a vaccary wall up on the top. Elsewhere on the farm we've found evidence of smelting and there is a theory that this originated in Barrow-in-Furness, an important source of iron ore.
One of the mill lodges can be seen on a 1500s map way before the industrial revolution, and this is near where the smelting evidence was found. It's possible there could have been a water driven bellows. They would have brought rock and broken it up to get metal out of it. They think that they imported this rock to make ploughs and early tools. We've a lot of history.
Edward: One guy came here one day looking for 'pewter well'. I said "It's hidden but I know where it is". So we took him up and showed him, and he asked us if we knew why it was called 'pewter well'. I didn't have a clue and he told me that when Cromwell came through, his men used to steal everything that was of value and pewter was the most valuable thing local people would have. So they went and hid it in the well and that's how it got its name.
There is evidence of an ancient road, © Sue Marsden
Unexplained earth works, © Sue Marsden
Would you ever be tempted to up sticks and farm elsewhere?
Edward: It's the local people that keep us here. Our family have been here nearly 100 years
Bobbie: I think we are stuck here now. I think we could make a lot more money if we moved, but money isn't everything. My Grandad and Grandma moved here from Ingleton, and Silsden. When they moved to Rattenclough the locals gave them 12 months/2 yrs, they didn't think that they would be able to make a do, but we are still here.
Edward: It's home isn't it? Pendle.
Bobbie: When you get up there on Pendle fell, in May, my favourite month when everything is coming to it's best, all the different colours of green, you can see the Welsh hills straight down the valley on a clear day. You can see to the coast and Blackpool tower, and you can see right up into the Dales. It's an amazing place, I just love it. There's nowhere better. To say that we are so near to industry we still have a pretty valley.
Top Row Farm Cottage, © Sue Marsden
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In this work, I have used ancient words (2 verses) from Bhagavad Gita, taken from the English translation of the original Sanskrit, and then translated into the living language of Hindi, as a symbol of the eternity of the soul manifesting beyond the ages of human-measured time. I have added two Māori words, which appear throughout the piece: "atua" (which I interpret to mean an individual soul – interestingly similar in sound to the Hindi word "aatma") and "wairua" (which I interpret as the spirit within each living being), and the Sanskrit title, "na jayate mriyate", is also sung. As I was writing the work, the universal phrase "aum namah Shivaya" (in celebration of life and of the Hindu god Shiva) kept coming to mind, and this is integrated into the music, its recurring meditative presence eventually culminating in positive outbursts of joy.


A huge area with something for everyone. The playground is big with a wide variety of interesting equipment to suit a range of ages. But this park offers a lot more than just a playground; other free activities include seeing the deer which like to be fed acorns (if you're visiting in Autumn, pick them up off the ground near the deer fence); a scooter/skateboard park and a BMX track. There's also lots of space to run around, have a picnic under a big old tree etc.
Other activities on offer for a fee are: a train operating on weekends and public holidays; mini putt and boating lake (summer only).
Clean toilets are located near the mini putt.
If the weather turns while you're there, think about going to the swimming pool at the Trust House Recreation Centre which is just across the road.
TOP TIP: look out for eels in the water as you pass over the mini bridges near the lake and playground.
Address: Dixon Street, Masterton (going all the way to Park Ave). Parking is available on Dixon Street and Memorial Drive (Memorial Drive is closer to the scooter/Skateboard park and deer).


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Man, 83, killed wife then took his own life after they decided to 'go together'
Ellen Manning
January 8, 2023, 2:06 p.m. ·2 min read
The couple lived on The Warren in the seaside town of Cromer, Norfolk. (Google Maps)
A man killed his wife of more than 60 years then took his own life at their home after they made a decision to 'go together', an inquest has heard.
The bodies of childhood sweethearts Alexander and Helen Lawrie, both 83, were found in the conservatory of their home in Cromer, Norfolk in April last year.
A post-mortem examination found Helen Lawrie died of head injuries while her husband died from serious leg injuries.
An inquest heard that the former's health had been deteriorating, including issues with mobility, speech, eyesight and dementia, and she needed regular care.
Police were called to the couple's address by paramedics who found them unresponsive. (Stock image: Getty)
The hearing at Norfolk Coroner's Court was told that the couple were looking at options including moving her into a care home or for her to have a live-in carer.
A carer also told police that the couple had said if something happened to them, they would 'go together' after more than 60 years of marriage.
Police were called to their home in Cromer at 7.18pm on 4 April 2022 by paramedics after they were found unresponsive, and a police investigation was launched.
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The inquest concluded that Alexander Lawrie had killed his wife before taking his own life.
Area coroner Yvonne Blake ruled that Helen Lawrie had been unlawfully killed and her husband had committed suicide.
The inquest heard that the couple, who met in their teens and were described as childhood sweethearts, married in 1960 had three sons together.
Helen Lawrie owned hair salons and lectured on hairdressing. Her husband was a lecturer in electrical engineering before retirement and had a keen interest in golf and cycling.
Senior Investigating Officer Detective Inspector Chris Burgess of Norfolk Police: "This is an incredibly sad incident and my thoughts are with the family and friends of Helen and Alexander.
"It was clear to me that Helen and Alexander were devoted to each other throughout their marriage and he cared for her fully throughout her deteriorating health."
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We want to update you on the main recommendations of the overall OneIT Initiative. We know you have been waiting to learn more about the recommendations.
Today, we are announcing a new leadership structure that balances campus needs and leverages scale through a shared services model. It also includes a unified budget and common services to support the University of Nebraska. Other updates related to the Budget Response Team process university-wide will come later today.
As a reminder, later today at 3 p.m. an all-ITS video conference will take place to address any questions and help identify some of the next steps of the process.
Effective today, Vice President of IT, Mark Askren, has named UNO CIO Bret Blackman Associate Vice President and UNK CIO Deb Schroeder, Assistant Vice President, reporting to Mark. Mark, Bret and Deb will continue to retain their CIO leadership roles along with campus reporting structures.
It's also important to note that campus-specific services will retain their reporting relationships to the respective CIO. These are not new positions, but new responsibilities within the University of Nebraska ITS leadership team.
We expect to save $1.6 million in the 2017-18 year, a majority of which will come from retirements and attrition. That $1.6 million will contribute to the $6 million the ITS Budget Response Team has requested from us over the next two years.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is currently integrating with Nebraska Medicine, and ITS will work very closely with that new team on procurement and standardized technologies as well.
We know you will have more questions. We know there is still much to be built and brought together under this new leadership structure. We appreciate the leadership provided by the steering and core teams, as well as those participating on the service teams.
This will take time and hard work but will help University of Nebraska's students, faculty and staff and transform the institution. Please continue to send us your feedback and questions through the website, its.nebraska.edu/oneit-initiative, and more information, planning sessions and other events will be shared with you in the coming weeks.
Again, later today at 3 p.m. an all-ITS video conference will take place to discuss the next phase of implementation. We hope to see you there and discuss any questions you may have.


Three years ago, Jack (our CEO) and I sat at a local coffee shop and contemplated what was next for nVisium. We wanted to have a meaningful impact on our clients' security programs. We wanted to equip our clients with services that made sure their security programs mitigated risk and demonstrated value.
When I joined nVisium, I had recently left my job working in one of, if not the largest Ruby on Rails "shops" in the US which also happened to be a Continuous Deployment (CD) environment. I was part of a two-person team assigned with keeping all of that code safe.
Dozens of business-critical applications, somewhere between twenty to forty changes pushed to production a day, and all of two people to manage everything. If you think this is abnormal, you're probably right. But not for the reason you may think. We were lucky to have two people dedicated solely to code security. This is where the first challenge lies; there are rarely enough qualified people to find vulnerabilities, let alone track the resolutions for those found.
This leads me to our second challenge, the process of issue resolution. We used the same issue and project tracking software our developers used in order to assimilate to their flow. We automated the tracking and alerting process. We fostered relationships with the product managers responsible for assigning issues. I'd personally taken just about every reasonable step you could think of to speed up issue resolution.
These tactics were, at best, okay. The only thing that seemed to really help? Submitting code. Yes, submitting the actual code fixes.
The first time I did this, one of the developers told me, "I've never seen a security person do this, I wish everyone did it this way." Well, from that point forward, we continued providing remediated code for vulnerabilities we needed fixed quickly.
And it worked. Resolution occurred in a MUCH more timely fashion.
The code developed by our security team was always tweaked by the developers in order for it to work more efficiently, but it gave those same developers a foundation. This, as it turned out, was critical. We focused on the fixes, not the vulnerabilities.
One might think that because we focused on solutions rather than demonstrating exploit steps or explaining business impact, this would lead to vulnerabilities being reintroduced and a whack-a-vuln scenario. Instead, sharing our code fixes with the developers became a form of training and issue prevention itself. Plus, we took it a step further and incorporated the discovered vulnerabilities into a periodic training regimen. This kept the training specific, actionable, and based in real-world lessons.
So as Jack and I sat in the coffee shop and pondered what we could do and what would be meaningful for our clients, we came back to this real-life experience of mine. In our opinion, it's not enough to hand a report full of vulnerabilities to a client and just hope the organization understands the problem.
Not only do they need to understand the problem, they need to understand it well enough to prioritize and fix the problem. If that client is stuck with a pile of vulnerabilities, we should help the client remediate them.
This is why we built our Code Remediation offering. We knew that building this service wouldn't be simple, and we knew the process would need to be refined. We also knew we would have to hire and train the right people.
We started with several handpicked clients. While we have since added to that client list, we have purposefully avoided performing this service for more than a few clients at one time.
We provided this service for the first time in July of 2013; and after two years of hard work, process refinement, training, and hiring, we are proud to announce that it is now available to a wider audience. If you are interested in learning more about our Code Remediation service, contact us (contact+blog@nvisium.com) and we will be happy to speak with you.


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The cornerstone of Citywide Planning is the Comprehensive Plan (the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: District Elements), which establishes official policy on how the District will grow and develop over the next 20 years. Citywide Planning also includes topical planning projects and studies such as housing, transportation, public facilities, parks and public space, jobs and the economy, and community health. OP is a key agency partner in the Sustainable DC Initiative, which aims to make the District more socially equitable, environmentally responsible and economically competitive.


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Iowa affordable housing developer sentenced for defrauding USDA loan program
Jeffrey Voorhees created a false pass-through company to fraudulently profit from USDA loans, a federal investigation found.
Iowa affordable housing developer sentenced for defrauding USDA loan program Jeffrey Voorhees created a false pass-through company to fraudulently profit from USDA loans, a federal investigation found. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/06/20/iowa-affordable-housing-usda-developer-jeffrey-voorhees-waukee-candleridge-vii-bonneville-mortgage/1518805001/
Tyler J Davis, Des Moines Register Published 11:19 p.m. CT June 20, 2019 | Updated 8:03 p.m. CT June 21, 2019
Inmates from the Newton Correctional Facility will build affordable homes from the ground up that will be moved to rural communities. Kim Norvell, knorvell@dmreg.com
A longtime affordable housing developer in Iowa has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for unlawfully taking advantage of a loan program intended to support low-income housing.
The sentence comes after Jeffrey Voorhees, 75, pleaded guilty in November to one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in Des Moines. The Waukee man has been ordered to pay $416,400 in restitution and a fine of $25,000. Eight other related counts were dismissed with the plea, federal court records show.
Senior Judge Robert Pratt in court said Voorhees conducted a "sophisticated, long-running device or scheme," the release said. He faced 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine before sentencing.
Guy Cook, Voorhees' lawyer, said he requested that Pratt depart from sentencing guidelines, which the judge did after finding proper justification. Voorhees will spend about 20 months in a minimum-security prison in Minnesota, Cook said.
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Despite the sentence, Voorhees has done a lot for Iowans, the attorney said. Several friends, family members and professional acquaintances spoke positively about his community service and charitable personality in a sentencing brief.
"There is much good in Jeff Voorhees," Cook said via email. "Over his long, respected career he has been responsible for the successful development and building of literally thousands of affordable and rural housing projects across Iowa and elsewhere."
The developer and Brian Pittman, his contractor, each faced five counts of wire fraud affecting a financial institution. Voorhees was also charged with three felony counts related to allegations that he moved profits from the company into bank accounts in his wife's name, according to a March 15 news release from the prosecutor's office.
Voorhees and Pittman were accused of creating a company to artificially inflate their construction costs and falsely obtain $359,000 in inflated loan proceeds from the United States Department of Agriculture, according to the release.
"The loan proceeds were to be repaid using USDA-subsidized tenant rents," the release state. "The purpose of the USDA loan programs that the defendant defrauded is to support the development of rental units in rural areas for low- and moderate-income individuals and families.
"USDA regulates how the loan proceeds can be spent, and also imposes requirements on the borrowers to disclose any identity of interest relationships."
Voorhees is the founder of the National Affordable Housing Foundation, a nonprofit located in Clive. Cook previously said Voorhees has been a respected architect, affordable housing developer and consultant for over 30 years.
The federal indictment alleges that Voorhees purchased seven properties in Bondurant, Newton, Perry, Runnells and Waukee that together made up a 154-unit, low-income elderly housing project called Candleridge VII.
From November 2012 through January 2014, Voorhees and Pittman "participated in a scheme" to defraud the USDA and the Bonneville Mortgage Company, the indictment says.
Voorhees used a USDA Rural Development direct loan to purchase the Candleridge VII properties and rehabilitated them through a private loan through Bonneville Mortgage Company that was in turn guaranteed by the USDA, according to a copy of the indictment.
Voorhees knew of the relevant USDA regulations but did not follow them in order to unlawfully profit from the loan programs, the release states.
Pittman last year pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution. The other four charges will be dismissed at sentencing, which has not yet been determined, according to court documents.
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Q: how to get the fix substring from dynamic string content? I am developing VB.NET windows app. in VS  2010.
I want to get the substring

$CostCenterId|4^10

from the below string .

PaymentMode|NEFT^$IsPaid|False^$Currency|INR-Indian
  Rupee^$CostCenterId|4^10$LedgerId|2^3$

The position of current string ($CostCenterId|4^10) in the sequence  may be change.
but it will always between the two $ sign.
I have written the below code, but confused abt what to write next ?
Public Sub GetSubstringData()

   dim sfullString = "PaymentMode|NEFT^$IsPaid|False^$Currency|INR-Indian
    Rupee^$CostCenterId|4^10$LedgerId|2^3$"

     Dim CostIndex As Integer
     CostIndex = sDiscription.IndexOf("CostCenterId")
     sDiscription.Substring(CostIndex,

    End Sub

A: Have a look into the Split function of a string. This allows you to split a string into substrings based on a specified delimiting character.
You can then do this:
Dim sfullString = "PaymentMode|NEFT^$IsPaid|False^$Currency|INR-Indian Rupee^$CostCenterId|4^10$LedgerId|2^3$"
Debug.WriteLine("$" + sfullString.Split("$"c)(3))

Result: $CostCenterId|4^10
You will probably want to do some error checking to make sure the string actually contains the data you expect though.
However looking at the data, what you have is a string containing key-value pairs so you would be better to have a property to hold the CostCenterId and extract the data like this:
Public Property CostCenterId As String

Public Sub Decode(ByVal code As String)
    For Each pair As String In code.Split("$"c)
        If pair.Length > 0 AndAlso pair.Contains("|") Then
            Dim key As String = pair.Split("|"c)(0)
            Dim value As String = pair.Split("|"c)(1)
            Select Case key
                Case "CostCenterId"
                    Me.CostCenterId = value
            End Select
        End If
    Next
End Sub

Then call it like this:
Decode("PaymentMode|NEFT^$IsPaid|False^$Currency|INR-Indian Rupee^$CostCenterId|4^10$LedgerId|2^3$")

A: Why not split() the string by $ into an array, and then look for the element which contains CostCenterId

A: Try something like this:
Dim CostIndex As Integer
CostIndex = sDiscription.IndexOf("CostCenterId")

auxNum = sDiscription.IndexOf("$"c, CostIndex) - CostIndex
sResult = sDiscription.SubString(CostIndex, auxNum)

A: This should work:
Dim token = "$CostCenterId"
Dim costIndexStart As Integer = sfullString.IndexOf(token)
Dim costIndexEnd As Integer = sfullString.IndexOf("$", costIndexStart + token.Length)
Dim cost As String = sfullString.Substring(costIndexStart, costIndexEnd - costIndexStart + 1)

Result: "$CostCenterId|4^10$"
If you want to omit the dollar-signs:
Substring(costIndexStart + 1, costIndexEnd - costIndexStart - 1)

A: Your string,
Dim xString = "PaymentMode|NEFT^$IsPaid|False^$Currency|INR-Indian Rupee^$CostCenterId|4^10$LedgerId|2^3$"

Substring process,
 xString = xString.Substring(xString.IndexOf("$CostCenter"), xString.IndexOf("$", xString.IndexOf("$CostCenter") + 1) - xString.IndexOf("$CostCenter"))

A: Try this Code:
  Dim sfullString = "PaymentMode|NEFT^$IsPaid|False^$Currency|INR-Indian" _
    & "Rupee^$CostCenterId|4^10$LedgerId|2^3$"

        Dim sp() As String = {"$"}
        Dim ar() As String = sfullString.Split(sp, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
        Array.Sort(ar)
        MsgBox("$" & ar(0))

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Rock 'N' Roll, the sixth and final studio album by John Lennon before his five-year retirement into househusbandry, was a collection of cover versions of 1950s and early 1960s songs recorded during the legendary Lost Weekend. It was released in the United Kingdom on this day.
It was rush-released in February 1975 in an attempt to limit the damage caused by Roots, an unofficial collection issued by Morris Levy during the fall-out from a plagiarism case.
The album reached number six in the UK, spending a total of 25 weeks on the chart. Sales of Rock 'N' Roll were slow, with the vogue for nostalgia having largely ended with David Bowie's Pin Ups and Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things, both issued in 1973.
In the US it peaked at number six on the album chart following its release on 17 February 1975. Capitol's first pressing for Rock 'N' Roll was for just 2,444 LPs and 500 8-track cartridges.
A single, Stand By Me/Move Over Ms L, sold moderately well, but peaked at number 20 in the US and 30 in the UK. Promotional copies of a second single, Ain't That A Shame/Slippin' And Slidin', were sent to radio stations, but it was never released.


Chain Link fencing in Joburg are a few of the most popular boundary fencings as they're simple to build, cost-effective in addition to long -enduring, fulfilling the intent of keeping people in/out of a particular area. They are usually made from galvanized steel wires. The wires spread vertically and are bent into a zigzag prototype so that every zip hooks onto the wire straight on one side and every zap onto the wire straight on the other. This comprises the typical diamond model seen in this sort of fencing. You can pick from fencings of various sizes. Normal fencing heights include 3 feet 6 in, 3 feet, 6 feet, 5 feet, 4 feet, 7 feet, 8 feet, 10 feet, and 12 feet, although almost all heights are possible. Usual mesh gauges are 11,9 and 11.5. The most typical heights for baseball field and tennis courts is 10 feet.
They are popular due to the fact that it is fairly cost-effective and is simple to install. An included advantage is that because of the open weave, they are transparent and do not protect sunlight from both sides of the fencing. If desired can be achieved by inserting slats into the mesh, a semi-opaque fencing.
Deciding of chain link fencing is not as easy as it was. This traditional, totally galvanized steel item is now used in lots of colors and weights to satisfy the needs of any industrial, profitable or domestic settings. Fuse bonding, powder finishing and vinyl finishing are the different novel methods in use to supply chain links in many sizes, colors and strengths. Therefore the latest Chain Link fencing is a more practical alternative for places that require style as well as security. Recognizing the purpose of your chain link fencing is one among the steps of primary value that you frequently have actually not taken. Not being aware of all the tasks you expect your chain link fencing to accomplish may extremely quickly result in discontentment with its performance. There are a few subjects to be recognized like whether the fencing will contain a larger pet, whether children will climb up on it or play close to it, whether it will be close to substantial plants and so on.
The razor fence is a sort of fence that is made with really sharp points or edges and organized at periods along exactly what is referred to as strands. It is mostly used throughout trench warfare as a type of wire barrier. There are some who also utilize it to build less costly fences and on the top of walls that surround a structure or home. For these wires, if you attempt to review them, you may suffer injury or some level of discomfort. Let us analyze it more carefully.
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In order to avoid crossings by people, there are a great deal of jails and other tight security setups that make use of the razor wire fence. This particular one generally comes with near-continuous cutting surface areas which suffice to trigger injury to those climb it and are also unprotected. Similar to any other fence, the razor wire fence would need gates in order to allow for the passage of individuals, farm implements and automobiles. There are some who wish to utilize the softer wire in building which is simpler to work. This is not extremely long lasting and is for that reason appropriate for periods that are short like gates and repairs.


In 1845 a man named Andrew Fellows, the first to have a permanent residence in the area we know as Milwaukie today, builds a small cabin approximately at the site of today's intersection of McLoughlin and Jefferson. Two years later a man named Lot Whitcomb, a pioneering entrepreneur, arrives and takes over Fellows' abandoned cabin. Around the same time, the Luelling (later spelled Lewelling) family also settled in the area, bringing all of their knowledge of how to cultivate orchards. Fellows disappeared, but both Whitcomb and the Luelling family went on to shape the early history of Milwaukie.
Lot Whitcomb formally claimed Milwaukie in 1848. He named it after the city in Wisconsin–his home state–because he admired the city and the meaning of the name, "gathering place [by the water]," derived from the Algonquin language. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Cold Creek, and Kellogg Creek (now Kellogg Lake), Milwaukie was poised to become a major player in commerce on the Willamette River.
Whitcomb, along with William Torrance and Joseph Kellogg plated Milwaukie in 1849. As the population grew to 500 inhabitants, a post office opened (with Mr. Whitcomb as postmaster), and Hector Campbell (an educator who opened Milwaukie's first school) was elected to represent Clackamas County in the first session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature held at Oregon City.
In 1849 Whitcomb developed a steamship manufacturing company along the Willamette that thrived in the following years because of the California Gold Rush. The ships provided a mechanism for delivering regional timber and white flour from Milwaukie's Old Standard Mill to California's Bay Area. By the 1850's growth and opportunity in Milwaukie was beginning to outpace that of Oregon City.
The first public transportation between Milwaukie and Portland was a steam-powered ferry from the foot of Jefferson Street on Milwaukie Bay to the south end of Macadam Ave in Portland. As Portland's harbor became larger and more available, Milwaukie became less attractive for sea-going commerce. Businesses dependent on river hauling suffered as the economy moved away from river life; the Old Standard Mill went out of business in 1879.
Over the decades the Luelling/Lewelling family had been hard at work in their orchards; they established the first fruit tree nursery in the Western U.S. In 1878 they founded the ever popular Bing Cherry variety. Members of the family went on to contribute to the town and the state, opening Milwaukie's city library in 1889, and spearheading efforts of Oregon's populist movement.
The town's population growth slowed along with the decline of river industry as it was challenging to reach except by boat. In 1892 things changed when the East Side Railway connected Oregon City to Portland via Milwaukie with an electric interurban streetcar. By 1900 there was talk of the town becoming a suburb of Portland because of its dwindling residents, but by 1903 the City of Milwaukie had incorporated and began to grow again.
New industries cropped up like the hand-forged tool manufacturer P&C Tools, a staple in Milwaukie from 1920 through 1990. The development of both the "Superhighway" (Hwy 99E) in 1937 lead to suburban development after the Second World War, and the 1969 Milwaukie Expressway (Hwy 224) improved the city's connection on Portland and highways to the east. The most recent transit expansion was the addition of the Max Orange Line between Milwaukie and Portland.
The success of challenger comic company Dark Horse Comics, founded in 1986, helped put Milwaukie and greater Portland on the comic industry map. Founder Mike Richardson decided to publish comics aimed at a more mature audience and to offer comic creators full ownership of their material–a radical shift in the comic industry. Since the 1990s, Dark Horse has held strong as the number three publisher in comics behind Marvel and DC.
There are two elementary schools in Milwaukie, Milwaukie Elementary and El Puente Bilingual Elementary School. Rowe Middle School is in the adjacent neighborhood, Lake Road. Milwaukie High is the local high school and Milwaukie Academy of Arts–a free charter school focused on visual and performing arts–is embedded in the Milwaukie High campus.
Milwaukie Riverfront Park is a beautiful, aptly named park along the east bank of the Willamette River. Situated directly across Hwy 99E from Milwaukie's downtown, the park provides residents with easy access to one of the neighborhood's greatest assets: river views. The 8.5-acre site boasts a new boat ramp, riverfront walking trails, and restroom facilities.
Dogwood Park located just off Main Street in downtown is a small but lovely park to enjoy an unobstructed view of Kellogg Creek and enjoy a picnic lunch.
Milwaukie is another great neighborhood to explore on foot as most retail shops, eateries, and point of interest are nestled right in the middle of downtown. If you're looking for a light start to your day, head to Rohst cafe, a relatively new addition to the business district just north of the Max station on SE 21st, for a warm beverage and a pastry. Heartier breakfast fare is on SE 21st a few blocks north at Sully's Cafe, a family-owned neighborhood favorite since 2000.
If you're ready for shopping and browsing at this point, walk a block over to SE Main Street and visit Things from Another World for graphic novels, toys, and comics curated by the founders of the legendary Dark Horse Comics. Just down the block is Revolve Vintage with a selection of modern, contemporary, and mid-century home furnishings. The ultimate retail exploration might be the Main Street Collector's Mall & Soda Fountain with over 60 dealers offering collectibles, antiques, memorabilia, jewelry, and furniture. Stop at the soda fountain for a milkshake, float, sundae, or soda. Stretch your legs after snacking by walking over to SE 21st and south a couple of blocks to Molly Muriel Apothecary for ethically and locally made soaps, candles, and essential oils.
Take advantage of downtown Milwaukie's activities, set up an appointment to try your hand at archery at Broken Arrow Archery, on SE Adams between SE Main and SE 21st Streets, where they welcome beginning and seasoned archers. Grab lunch at nearby Milwaukie Station (also the Max station) with a smattering of food carts including Filipina Cuisine, Thai Street, and Le Tap, all conveniently close to Dogwood Park.
Head back up SE Main to the corner of SE Jefferson to the Wunderland Theater where you can catch a movie or play arcade games. Get some fresh air after the movie with an afternoon stroll through the Riverfront Park on Milwaukie Bay. You can catch a small section of the 6.2-mile Trolley Trail that runs from Portland to Oregon City that cuts through the park or explore on one of the park's other riverside trails.


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Theranos Wellness Centers Aren't Using "Nanotainers" At This Time
Sarah Buhr	@sarahbuhr / 5 years
A Theranos testing center in Mesa, Arizona has informed me they are not allowed to use Theranos' proprietary equipment to test for herpes simplex 1, the only test the FDA has so far given Theranos the green light to test on their own technology.
I'm in Arizona visiting family over the holidays and since I'm in the only state currently running tests for Theranos — the blood analysis startup worth just north of $9 billion — I thought I'd take the chance to try its wellness center.
Theranos was the subject of several investigative pieces in the Wall Street Journal claiming that the company was struggling with its blood-test technology. The company later confirmed it was only using one of the 240 tests offered on its site with its own technology – the herpes simplex 1 test.
So there I was at the back of the nearest Walgreens with a Theranos Wellness Center with my mom, ordering a herpes test. I thought to do a couple of other tests I could use as well just to get a sense for how the whole system operates so I ordered a pretty innocuous B12 test and an iron deficiency test with it.
The man at the counter took my paperwork, quickly processed me in the system and walked me back to the testing room where two women dressed in scrubs were waiting for me. One of the women, Dakota, was very good at finding my vein and taking blood intravenously. Then I asked about what Theranos calls "nanotainers" or tiny vials that can give you test results with a single drop of blood.
"Oh you have to order that separately," she informed me. "We take those intravenously if you bundle a bunch of tests together."
"So you can't use the technology on this order because I ordered a few tests together?" I asked. She confirmed that was the case and told me they didn't get a lot of requests for that particular test on its own.
I asked about the test and both Theranos employees raved about the work they were doing and the technology.
I then informed them I was a journalist and would like to take the test separately to test the technology. They told me I would still need to order it separately. So I went to order it separately.
That's when things got weird. It took much longer to process this separate order at the counter. I was told it was because they had to manually type in my order on the other end.
Then I walked myself back to the testing center and could overhear one of the women on the phone with management in a panicked voice telling them I was a journalist doing an investigative piece (I wasn't, just curious as to how it worked).
Dakota opened the door and informed me they could not use the Theranos device at this time to test on me. After a long pause, I asked if she thought that was odd. She said she was surprised and that as far as she knew they could until then because, "That's what we've been told."
She then asked if I wanted to speak with a Theranos manager to explain why I couldn't test at this time. I spoke with Chris, the Theranos manager, on the phone who informed me it was about supplies. Okay, but the people with the supplies to administer the test seemed to think I could take it until management said they could not that day.
I reached out to Theranos head of communications Brooke Buchanan for an explanation as well. She'd already been informed I was in the store today. Instead of explaining why I couldn't test on Theranos technology, I was asked why I chose not to go to the Theranos main office in Palo Alto for a test instead (she'd invited me to come visit after the holiday break).
Testing at the Theranos office and at a Walgreens aren't mutually exclusive. But it is weird Theranos wanted me to test at headquarters instead of at a Wellness Center. It's also weird the only test using the nanotainer is unavailable for testing at these centers, even though it has FDA approval.
Theranos claims it does not need FDA approval for its proprietary technology but chooses to gain approval on a voluntary basis before using it to test. However, an FDA document shows the regulatory agency found Theranos in violation of misclassifying the nanotainers and that it considered them an "uncleared medical device."
Theranos later said it had "addressed and corrected" concerns the FDA had at the time.
Update: Theranos says it has taken a "pause" to seek FDA approval on its technology and that it is not just a company with nanotainer devices, but also uses proprietary chemistries and machinery.
Is it odd only one test has been approved so far and that you can only get it if you order it alone? Is it odd it happens to be something not commonly ordered alone? Either way, you can't get the test using Theranos technology at this time.
I'd like to hear from readers who have tested on Theranos' technology using the nanotainers outside of Theranos' office. If that is you, please contact me at sarah.buhr at TechCrunch dot com


The Juhu police Monday evening arrested Sooraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, for allegedly abetting the suicide of actor Jiah Khan. The arrest came after her mother, Rabiya Amin, submitted a six-page letter, purportedly written by Jiah, detailing the "difficult relationship" between Jiah and Sooraj.
The last conversation Jiah had was with Sooraj at 10.53 pm that day. Juhu police had recorded Sooraj's statement on June 4.
Rabiya said the family found the letter in Jiah's wallet in her room two days after she died. The letter states that Jiah was beaten up and forced to abort.
"The arrest is based on Rabiya's complaint and her statement," said Cherring Dorje, DCP (Zone 9). He added that the letter would be treated as evidence, though there was no mention of the name 'Sooraj' anywhere in the letter.
The police initially detained Sooraj for over 90 minutes and questioned him over the contents of the letter. "He has admitted to the abortion and confessed that he hurt her physically. We arrested him after questioning," said an officer.
Sooraj said he had been avoiding Jiah for over two months, but could not after a point as she was very emotional, an officer said.
Rabiya on Monday told the police that Sooraj had physically and mentally tortured Jiah. She said Aditya Pancholi was against the affair, as Jiah was older than Sooraj.
"When Jiah came to London for her birthday a few months ago, she had bruises on her face. I asked her about it and she told me she was in love with Sooraj. I called her sisters to the room and she broke down," said Rabiya. "She once told me: 'He abuses me, hits me, doesn't respect me and embarrasses me in front of his friends'. I asked her to walk out of the abusive relationship and stop talking to him," she added.
Rabiya rubbished reports that Jiah was depressed. "She had no work-related problems and was happy. She had asked me to attend a film festival with her when she came to London. She had signed an English film recently," Rabiya said.
Meanwhile, the police are awaiting the handwriting analysis report of the letter to ascertain whether its author was Jiah. "We will present Sooraj before court on Tuesday," said Arun Bhagat, senior inspector.