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Denver's Ramble Hotel Makes its Stylish, Death & Co-Cocktail Fueled Debut
Inspired by 17th century French Salons, the new boutique hotel is sure to be the up-and-coming city's latest hotspot.
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Denver—long an under-the-radar second city—appears to be on the verge of having a full-blown moment. Bolstered by the green rush, the Mile-High City is flourishing as an easy getaway for a new generation of creatives looking for inspiration in its gallery-lined streets and craft beer and cocktail filled bars. A handful of chic new hotels, like the rustic-meets-refined Kimpton Hotel Born, have also set down roots throughout the city, encouraging well-heeled travelers to settle down for a few days on their way to Aspen or Vail. And now, this month's debut of the Ramble Hotel is helping the city solidify its title as one of the new capitals of American cool.
Located in the bohemian River North Art District, the boutique, locally-owned property was inspired by French Salons of the 17th century—drawing its name, at least in part, from the trailblazing Madame Rambouillet, one of the preeminent salon hosts of her day. This inspiration means that the public spaces inside the hotel are generous, all stylishly designed for lounging, mixing, and mingling, and accented, of course, by work from Denver–based artists. Anchoring the lobby—and perhaps enabling this buzzy new community with a bit of social lubricant—is a gleaming outpost of Death & Co, the first new property for the East Village favorite since its inception over a decade ago.
Death & Co oversees all of the 50-room hotel's impressive list of restaurants and bars—including the exclusive Suite 6A, where just 20 guests at a time will experience a dialed-up version of the Death & Co's winning mix of ultra-personalized cocktails and rare ingredients. The property also features Vauxhall, an intimate theater space and dedicated bar where the Ramble will host regular live music, film screenings, comedy sets and more. And early birds needn't worry—each room has been specifically designed by an acoustic engineer to minimize external noise.
Once guests do finally make it up to their rooms, they'll find a continuation of the lobby's Parisian by way of design-hotel-hipster aesthetic. A palette of tranquil denim blues, whites, and teals are accented by hand-picked antique Persian rugs, a selection of gilt-framed art from galleries and studios based in the neighborhood, and custom furniture from Denver–based artisans. Standard minibar faire has fittingly been swapped out in favor of select spirits and mixers curated by Death & Co, in case the scene downstairs and outside at the neighborhood's 15 craft breweries, distilleries, and wineries wasn't quite enough.


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LPGA, Dow Play Key Roles In Michigan Flood Relief Efforts
During a pandemic year when the nation's greatest challenge has been to avoid contact with others, perhaps the greatest irony occurred during a flood disaster in central Michigan, where an entire community experienced the biggest embrace possible.
Midland, Mich., was gearing up to host the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational during the week of July 13, but the LPGA Tour's season had already faced numerous tournament delays and cancellations. Ultimately, COVID-19 concerns forced the Midland tournament to also put the brakes on its event in 2020.
"We decided with our client, Dow, that the reason our tournament had experienced such success was from all of the other aspects of it from a fan experience," said Mark Baczewski, event director for Octagon's tournament management team. "Given the restrictions and unknown circumstances with COVID-19 at the time, it didn't make sense to hold the tournament if we didn't have interaction with the fans."
But about a week after that decision was made, the Great Lakes Bay Region community experienced another life-altering event that impacted several counties.
It started on May 19, when heavy rains pounded the region, dumping the contents of one lake into another when two rivers overflowed and eventually broke through the walls of two aging dams. Floodwaters swallowed 114 houses and damaged 4,000 homes in a path of destruction.
Bridges and roads washed out, homes disappeared in the floodwaters and cars and boats floated away. Of the homes that did not completely vanish in the flood, gallons of water rushed in, bringing along mud and debris and forcing residents to flee.
"The emotions of a major flood in the middle of pandemic took a toll on everyone in our community," Baczewski said. "It was incredibly difficult for people to face the unknown as they evacuated their homes."
Remarkably, there were no deaths in an event that left an estimated $150 million in residential damage and untold damage for businesses and infrastructure. The Detroit Free Press reported that rebuilding the compromised Edenville and Sanford dams will cost an estimated $300 million or more.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and SBA (Small Business Administration) have already invested over $65 million in individual assistance and low-interest personal and business loans regionally. That includes nearly $42 million for Midland County alone.
"Even FEMA has told us that our community and our region is doing something that nobody has ever done, and that is responding to a huge disaster during the middle of a pandemic," added Holly Miller, president and CEO of United Way of Midland County. "I think this truly illustrates the fabric of our community with the volunteers who have leaned in to help, whether through formal or individual volunteerism."
Miller said some 3,800 volunteers have invested more than 18,522 hours since the floodwaters impacted the Greater Midland community. In-kind donations totaling more than $1.52 million from 210 organizations have helped displaced families. At least 51 households have received help with restoration resulting from water damage.
Bre Sklar and her husband were like many Midland citizens receiving text alerts on their mobile phones, warning of the dam breach. Both military veterans, Sklar had a gut feeling this alert signaled tough times ahead for her home region.
"We knew immediately how catastrophic it was going to be, so we set up a Facebook page in our area [Mid-Michigan Dam Emergency Relief Support Group] to start making sure that everybody was getting out safely and that they were getting good information," Sklar said. "Once the water receded, we got our own volunteer groups out there to help start demolition and muck-outs of affected homes. That was our key focus for the first 60 days."
Sklar, who worked in a local bank's wealth management department, organized a group of 30 citizens who donned work boots, work gloves and handled giant buckets and shovels to help haul debris out of residents' flood-impacted homes.
"For the houses where the water was 4 feet deep, we would go in, rip out the walls, insulation, cabinetry and flooring where we could tell there was moisture to try to prevent mold from forming," said Sklar, who served in the U.S. Army as a generator mechanic.
Church and civic groups, local veterans groups and labor unions, and countless citizens also offered help in the recovery and rebuilding efforts. Dow employees pitched in to help, as did the LPGA tournament's Octagon event team.
"So many people wrapped their arms around this with neighbors helping neighbors," said Sklar, who was hired two months ago as the flood recovery volunteer manager by United Way of Midland County. "It's been pretty miraculous."
Eight resource distribution centers were set up around the Great Lakes Bay Region to get much-needed supplies out to citizens. Dow turned its corporate aviation hangar at MBS International Airport into the primary hub to stage supply distribution to the other centers. Member of Team Dow connected with their network of global partners, suppliers and customers to source more donations and soon the hangar was filled with items to assist those who had lost everything in the flood.
Megan Clark, an improvement manager at Dow, volunteered at the Meridian Elementary School distribution center in the hard-hit Sanford community. Clark said at least 60 families there had been completely displaced.
She and her husband joined a group of 500 job volunteers in the Sanford area alone, who logged some 2,000 volunteer hours assisting in flood-relief efforts. Volunteers at that site picked up more than an estimated one million pounds of debris by hand alongside the machinery doing the heavy lifting, she noted.
"In one of the locations, we had children as young as 3 helping with the non-hazardous cleanup," said Clark. "Everybody was there working together and it's those times that bring the hope back that we're going to continue as a community."
The stocked warehouse center where Clark volunteered provided water, food, toiletries, bedding, baby food, diapers, pet food and PPE items initially, followed by gloves, bleach, shovels, brooms, garbage bags and materials to help with clean-up efforts later. Volunteers also helped displaced residents – many still living in tents and campers – find places to shower.
"The warehouse at the elementary school filled the entire gymnasium and the whole lobby area," Clark said. "The need is going to be here for a long time, especially as we move into winter. It's really critical to continue showing support."
Tournament volunteers of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational were also given an opportunity to support the region's flood-relief efforts. Volunteers at tournaments pay a registration fee, which had already been collected by those planning to work at the 2020 event. Those volunteers were given the option to donate their fees to assist the community or to roll over their fees to 2021 tournament.
The response was overwhelming, with the give-back program collecting a total of $8,490, with the funds donated to the Eastern Michigan Food Bank. The food bank then supplied 50,940 meals to those displaced and affected by the floodwaters.
"We are in this community and it made a lot of sense for us to help," said Baczewski, who has assisted with Midland's recovery efforts. "United Way has done a really good job keeping tabs on who needs assistance and what assistance they need while working with the food bank, Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army."
Running such a large-scale recovery effort during a pandemic has made volunteer and agency efforts even more challenging, but Miller noted that protocols for volunteer safety were created and have been followed throughout the process. To date, no volunteers have contracted the COVID-19 virus.
"We have a very intentional case management system working with our long-term disaster recovery group who works with every home-owner who has reported damage," Miller added. "Our goal is to get them safely back into their home to live there."
Midland's flood-recovery efforts are now fully focused on rebuilding and getting residents into safe shelter during the approaching winter months. They are down to one warehouse, which Sklar still manages.
In addition to dispensing needed supplies, Sklar and a volunteer team hand-delivered 3,000 packets of information to residents with information kits to register for FEMA assistance.
Miller called the coordination of Midland's flood-relief efforts a "logistical challenge," but praised the contributions of Dow, its employees and volunteers, as well as the volunteers and staff at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.
"The LPGA tournament has been such a blessing to our community and even though they didn't hold the event this year, they have still blessed our community by lending their time, resources and expertise," Miller added. "This experience may be one of the worst in our history, but it has also brought out the best in our people."
And the irony of COVID-19 continues to play out in Michigan as restoration continues and neighbors are still laser-focused on helping neighbors, added Baczewski.
"Maybe we can't physically touch or be near each other, but this flood relief effort has touched so many people in such a meaningful way," he said. "We still have a way to go to build back, but things are looking up."
Want to help? Donate to: https://eportal.unitedwaymidland.org/servlet/eAndar.article/997/Rise-Together-Fund
The AXA LPGA Volunteer Award program will designate a top volunteer nominee at each of the LPGA's tournaments. At the conclusion of the 2020 season, the name of one volunteer will be drawn in a random selection. That winning volunteer's tournament charity will be awarded $10,000 on behalf of AXA.
AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, provides insurance and risk management products and services for mid-sized companies through to large multinationals, and reinsurance solutions to insurance companies globally. AXA XL proudly serves as the Official Property/Casualty, Reinsurance, Auto and Professional Liability Insurance Sponsor of the LPGA. Additionally AXA XL has partnered with the LPGA on a season-long AXA LPGA Volunteer Service Award which recognizes tournament volunteers who have exemplified the spirit of volunteerism and gone above and beyond expectations. For more information, please visit www.axaxl.com
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Jake 2.0
Jake 2.0 is an American science fiction television series originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The series was canceled on January 14, 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. In the United Kingdom, all the episodes aired on Sky1. The series later aired in syndication on HDNet and the Sci Fi Channel. The series revolves around a computer expert, Jake Foley, who works for the U.S. government's National Security Agency and was accidentally infected by nanobots which give him superhuman powers. He is able to control technology with his brain, making him "the ultimate human upgrade" according to the show's introduction.
Genre: Drama , Sci-Fi , Sci-Fi & Fantasy , Action & Adventure
Actor: Miranda Frigon , Christopher Gorham , Judith Scott , Philip Anthony-Rodriguez , Keegan Connor Tracy , Marina Black
Country: Canada , USA
Season 1 - Jake 2.0
16 "Upgrade"
"Jake is assigned to protect Dr. Nanda Sang--a Nobel prize winning activist and diplomat--from the Junshi clan of assassins. However, for a man of peace, the Ghandi of East Asia isn't quite what they're expecting. Particularly Diane, who sees him as a hero. Meanwhile, Warner pays DuMont a visit."
15 "Dead Man Talking"
"An agent whom Lou believes to have died years ago--a man with whom she has a past, and who she was forced to leave behind on a mission--is found alive and a rescue op is mounted. Meanwhile, Jake is thinking a lot about what happened between him and Diane, and the nanite project may potentially have a new member."
14 "Get Foley"
"Jake's nanites go on the fritz, leaving an amnesiac Jake working in a dive bar outside Philly as a fighter in a back-room blood sport. The NSA believes Jake has gone rogue, and issues a shoot-to-kill order. So Diane takes it upon herself to try and help him. But as Jake and Diane grow closer, Jake's boss Caeser lines up a bank job, and the NSA are closing in."
13 "Blackout"
"The NSA is hit with a computer virus--and Jake has to team up with the guy he hates most in the world: DuMont. However, DuMont has some plans of his own. Meanwhile, on Lou's orders, Jake is seeing an NSA shrink, who tells Lou that Jake is mourning the ""normal"" life he can now never have, thanks to the nanites."
12 "Double Agent"
11 "Prince and the Revolution"
"Jake goes back to college on a mission to protect an African prince from assassins hired by a rebel general; Kyle and Lou offer Jake a chance to walk away from government control by faking his death."
10 "The Spy Who Really Liked Me"
"Jake goes on trial before an NSA emergency board of inquiry after he disobeys a direct order to kill a sexy, female spy accused of stealing a biological weapon, but if Jake is found guilty, the Special Ops project -- and Jake -- will be shut down for good."
9 "Whiskey - Tango - Foxtrot"
"When a miniature nuclear bomb goes missing from a military base, the NSA suspects that the theft is an inside job, engineered by a member of the Wolf Pack, an elite U.S. Special Ops unit, so they send in Jake undercover as a new member of the team to ferret out the traitor."
8 "Middleman"
"After the NSA intercepts a phone call, they assume Jake is the target of a dangerous Polish mercenary who has just arrived in D.C. and wants to steal a nanite project. It turns out that Jake is not the target someone else on the team is."
7 "Jerry 2.0"
"Thwarting a potentially disastrous terrorist attack, Jake captures the teenage son of a dangerous anti government militia leader, who retaliates by sending his men to kidnap Jake, but in a mix-up, they instead capture Jake's immature, younger brother Jerry, who is visiting."
6 "Last Man Standing"
"After being told not to go, Jake attends his best friend's wedding. He should have listened to the NSA, because Jake didn't go alone. An assassin follows him at the wedding, and creates a dangerous situation for himself and his friends."
5 "The Good, The Bad, and The Geeky"
"After capturing a ruthless, wealthy computer terrorist code-name DuMont, Jake convinces the NSA he's the perfect geek for the job of heading overseas to impersonate DuMont and infiltrate his international gang of cyber-terrorists."
4 "Arms and the Girl"
"The NSA assigns Jake to a routine surveillance gig of an arms dealer's gorgeous daughter, Theresa. As soon as sparks fly, Jake is ordered to exploit her feelings so that the NSA can locate her father."
3 "Cater Waiter"
"When a top-secret, next-generation tank's schematics are stolen, super-powered NSA agent-in-training Jake Foley is sent undercover to an Embassy party--as a cater waiter--to support agent Kyle Duarte's mission to recover the stolen documents. When Kyle is betrayed by former lover and double-agent Mai Ling Wong, Jake becomes Kyle's only hope of getting out alive. Meanwhile, as if protecting a fellow agent and clearing away champagne glasses wasn't enough, Jake stumbles into his long-time crush Sarah, and must now protect both his unglamorous cover and shaky image."
2 "Training Day"
"Agent-in-training Jake Foley is put to the test when a madman threatens the capital with an electromagnetic bomb. After the madman scatters the NSA agents all over Washington, it's up to Jake to stop him and the bomb."
1 "The Tech"
"During a shootout in a secret government lab, National Security Agency computer technician Jake Foley is caught in the crossfire and is accidentally injected with nanites, which give him superhuman powers. First up, Jake's long-time crush, Sarah Heywood is kidnapped by IRA kidnappers who want the nanites that are in Jake. He must use his new abilities to save her before it's too late."
Trailer: Jake 2.0


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Des Moines taxi driver charged in fatal crash
January 20, 2017 By Matt Kelley
Mohamed Diriye
A Des Moines taxi cab driver is facing charges in a fatal crash.
The crash happened around 4 a.m. Thursday when the taxi approached a T intersection, but went straight and ended up in a ravine. A passenger — 49-year-old Shawn Koltiska of Augusta, Kansas — was killed in the crash. Another passenger — 48-year-old Joseph "Brian" Foster of Garden Plain, Kansas — was injured.
The driver, 29-year-old Mohamed Diriye, is now facing charges that include second-offense OWI and homicide by vehicle. A spokesman for the Polk County sheriff's office says the OWI is alcohol-related.
Photo courtesy of the Polk County Sherriff's Department.
Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News


Willard H. Sholder was born on 31 May 1864.3 He was the son of Charles Emanuel Sholder and Mary Anna Kinley.1 Willard H. Sholder first married, at age 22, Hanna Mary Mallenkopf, age 18, daughter of Jacob Franklin Mallenkopf and Catherine Kauffmann, on Thursday, 23 December 1886.4 Willard H. Sholder married a second time, at age 26, Anna Roth, age 22, daughter of Reuben Roth and Ellen [—?—], on Thursday, 1 January 1891 at Newberry Parsonage, Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, by the Reverend James W. Boal.4,2 Willard H. Sholder died on 10 February 1954 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 89 years, 8 months and 7 days.5 He was buried on 13 February 1954 in lot 1259, in the Wildwood Cemetery, located in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Willard H.'s surname has also been spelled as Shalder. He appears in of grandfather and grandsons circa 1920. Pictured are Willard Kahler left, grandfather Willard Sholder and Albert Kahler. He became a widower at the age of 62 with the death of Anna on 3 September 1926.
[S1215] Mrs. Mabel V. Kahler obituary, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 22 December 1969, p. 14. James V. Brown Library, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
[S42] Family records from Floyd Bixler Sholder Family Bible, Floyd Bixler Sholder (1906-1976) Family Bible original owned in 1992 by Helen Elizabeth (Shaffer) Sholder, (Williamsport, Pennsylvania). This family Bible belonged to Floyd Bixler Sholder of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and passed to his wife Helen Elizabeth (Shaffer) Sholder. The information from the Bible was recorded on 6 September 1992.
[S1017] Interview with Kathleen (Kahler) Creveling (348 East 2nd Avenue, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701, USA; (570) 322-1835), by Kevin L. Sholder, 16 January 2007. Transcript held in 2007 by Kevin Leonard Sholder (48 Esquire Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio).
[S5] Newspaper clipping from Williamsport Newspaper. (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date), Lena G. Bower.


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Whitestone is a community-centered retail REIT that acquires, owns, manages, develops and redevelops high quality "E-Commerce resistant" neighborhood, community and lifestyle retail centers principally located in the largest, fastest growing and most affluent markets in the Sunbelt. Whitestone's optimal mix of national, regional and local tenants provides daily necessities, needed services and entertainment to the communities in which they are located. Whitestone's properties are primarily located in business-friendly Phoenix, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, which are among the fastest growing U.S. population centers with highly educated workforces, high household incomes and strong job growth. As of December 31, 2018, Whitestone's total shareholder return ranks #2 of 17, #1 of 17, and #2 of 16, of the U.S. public shopping center REITs for the one-year, three-year, and five-year periods, respectively.
#1 Marvan, Mar 23, 2019
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Kirby McInerney LLP Continues Investigation of Shareholder Claims Against Whitestone REIT
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/investor-alert-kirby-mcinerney-llp-003500114.html
HOUSTON, April 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) (the "Company" or "Whitestone") and its operating partnership, Whitestone REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., today announced it has entered into a Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement (the "Note Agreement") with Prudential Capital Group, the private capital arm of PGIM, the $1 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). The note agreement provides for the issuance and sale of $100 million of senior unsecured notes of the Operating Partnership, of which:
$50 million are designated as 5.09% Series A Senior Notes due March 22, 2029
$50 million are designated as 5.17% Series B Senior Notes due March 22, 2029, (together with the Series A Senior Notes, the "Notes")
Obligations under the Notes are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and certain subsidiaries.
Whitestone Chairman and CEO Jim Mastandrea stated, "We are very pleased to announce our inaugural issuance of senior unsecured notes. This transaction represents another successful step in Whitestone's long-term balance sheet strategy. The private placement allows us to further ladder our debt maturities, lock in fixed interest rates on an additional $100 million of our debt, provides additional balance sheet flexibility and represents further institutional validation of our e-commerce resistant model." Mr. Mastandrea added, "We are excited to partner up with Prudential Capital Group, an elite global financial services institution, and pleased that they recognized our commitment to long term value creation."
The principal of the Series A Notes will begin to amortize on March 22, 2023 with annual principal payments of approximately $7.1 million. The principal of the Series B Notes will begin to amortize on March 22, 2025 with annual principal payments of $10.0 million. The Notes will pay interest quarterly on the 22nd day of March, June, September and December in each year until maturity.
Net proceeds from the Private Placement were used to pay down existing indebtedness. For additional details, please refer the Form 8-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2019.
http://ir.whitestonereit.com/file.aspx?IID=4087483&FID=397316830
#3 Marvan, Apr 1, 2019
Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces an investigation on behalf of Whitestone REIT investors ("Whitestone" or the "Company") (NYSE: WSR) concerning the Company and its officers' possible violations of federal securities laws.
On February 27, 2019, after the market closed, the Company revealed that its 2018 financial results for the periods ending March 31, June 30, and September 30 could no longer be relied upon and would be restated, based on a review by auditing committee of Whitestone's board of trustees.
On this news, shares of Whitestone fell $1.24 per share, or over 8%, to close at $13.01 on February 28, 2019, thereby injuring investors.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/investor-alert-law-offices-howard-005100050.html
#4 Marvan, Apr 10, 2019
Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM"), a national investors rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors that acquired Whitestone REIT ("Whitestone" or the "Company") (NYSE: WSR) securities between May 9, 2018 and February 27, 2019, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Whitestone investors have until June 17, 2019 to file a lead plaintiff motion.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/glancy-prongay-murray-llp-announces-220000112.html
Whitestone Accused of Misleading Investors"
According to the complaint, since May 2018, Whitestone stated that its internal control over financial reporting was effective and attested to the accuracy of the financial statements, effectiveness of internal controls, and that all fraud was disclosed.
The truth was revealed on February 27, 2019, after the market closed, when Whitestone disclosed that its 2018 financial results for the periods ending March 31, June 30, and September 30 could no longer be relied upon and would be restated.
Specifically, Whitestone cited certain accounting errors relating to nonfinancial assets. On this news, over the course of two trading days, Whitestone's price per common share of beneficial interest declined from a close of $14.25 on February 27, 2019, to a close of $13.01 on February 28, 2019.
The next day, the stock continued to plummet, to close at $12.18 on March 1, 2019, an overall drop of approximately 14.52 percent.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/robbins-arroyo-llp-whitestone-reit-210100328.html
This has paid an amazingly consistent dividend of $0.095 every month going back to at least 2010 and probably further back.
http://ir.whitestonereit.com/divs.aspx?IID=4087483&KeyFndg=227419
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#7 Onepoint272, Apr 23, 2019
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Whitestone investors in what it calls neighborhood "go-to" centers, offering a mix of businesses that go beyond simply serving commercial purposes to let visitors connect to form a true community.
With the goal of offering convenience to its patrons, Whitestone tries to craft its properties to the local needs of the communities where they're located.
The Houston-based real estate investment trust has properties in Texas, Arizona, and Illinois, and it caters to an upscale audience with above-average income that can afford to pay up for services and experiences.
Retail center and parking facility with Houston Galleria skyline behind.
Image source: Whitestone REIT.
The company's most recent community-centered property, BLVD Place, is a good example. On its face, the property seems to offer a typical mix of tenants, including a grocery store, a bank, restaurants, and retail shops.
But with its location in the prestigious Galleria area of Houston, the businesses at BLVD Place are all geared toward the higher-end customer, with sellers of jewelry and fur coats among tenants.
Whitestone has a lot to offer shareholders as well. With a $0.095 per share monthly dividend, the REIT currently has a yield of 9.5%. That payout has been consistent since late 2010, and with shoppers demanding innovative new ideas for retail establishments, Whitestone's focus is in line with shifting consumer trends and holds a lot of promise.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/2-stocks-cut-check-month-130300004.html
HOUSTON, May 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) ("Whitestone" or the "Company") today announced operating and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Whitestone is a pure-play community-centered retail REIT that acquires, owns, manages, develops and redevelops high quality "E-Commerce Resistant" neighborhood, community and lifestyle retail centers principally located in the largest, fastest-growing and most affluent markets in the Sunbelt. Whitestone's optimal mix of national, regional and local tenants provides daily necessities, needed services and entertainment to the communities in which they are located.
Whitestone is a pure-play community-centered retail REIT that acquires, owns, manages, develops and redevelops high quality "E-Commerce Resistant" neighborhood, community and lifestyle retail centers principally located in the largest, fastest-growing and most affluent markets in the Sunbelt. Whitestone's optimal mix of national, regional and local tenants provides daily necessities, needed services and entertainment to the communities in which they are located.
Highlights*
*All per share amounts presented in this news release are on a diluted per common share and operating partnership ("OP") unit basis unless stated otherwise.
First Quarter 2019 Compared to First Quarter 2018:
Net income attributable to Whitestone REIT was $2.8 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to $3.2 million, or $0.08 per share
Annualized Base Rent ("ABR") per Leased Squared Foot Grows 5.8% to $19.58
2.4% same store NOI growth
Funds from Operations ("FFO") reach $9.9 million or $0.24 per share versus $10.1 million or $0.24 per share
8.4% increase in rental rates on new and renewal leases on a GAAP basis (trailing twelve months)
Jim Mastandrea, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Whitestone REIT commented, "Our team has delivered a positive start to 2019 producing growth in most of our key financial metrics. Our e-commerce resistant model generated a strong increase in same store NOI as we worked to reinvigorate occupancy growth. We also strengthened our capital structure and financial flexibility with the successful closing and upsizing of our credit facility to $515,000,000 and the placement of our first private bond issuance of $100,000,000. While our cycle-tested experience and business model, focusing on high growth markets, may hit some road bumps from time to time, it provides stability and predictability to achieve our long-term goals. We have confidence that our high quality properties in strong growth markets, management team, and business model will continue to produce improving financial results as we move forward to create additional value for all Whitestone shareholders."
Reconciliations of Net Income to FFO and FFO Core are included herein.
Net Income attributable to Whitestone REIT was $2.8 million, or $0.07 per share, for the first quarter of 2019, compared to $3.2 million, or $0.08 per share, for the same period in 2018. FFO was $9.9 million, or $0.24 per share, for the first quarter of 2019, compared to $10.1 million, or $0.24 per share, for the same period in 2018. FFO Core was $11.8 million, or $0.28 per share, in the first quarter of 2019, compared to $12.7 million, or $0.31 per share, in the same period of 2018.
#9 Marvan, May 2, 2019
Am I correct to assume that WSR is NOT an MLP?
MLPs are probably great for a taxed account under certain conditions but I don't want to mess up my tax-deferred accounts (IRAs) with an MLP which avoids corporate income tax by passing all profits and losses to the limited partners / unit holders.
#10 Onepoint272, May 2, 2019
WSR is not an MLP, would be difficult to purchase for me as an European.
https://whitestonereit.com/
#11 Marvan, May 2, 2019
HOUSTON, May 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) ("Whitestone" or the "Company") today announced that, based on the final vote count at the Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"), certified by the inspector of election, that all four of the proposals have been approved by a majority of shareholder votes.
The results include:
Shareholders voted to approve the re-election of two trustees, Paul Lambert and David Taylor, to serve until our 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.
Shareholders voted to approve on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.
Shareholders voted to approve an amendment to our Declaration of Trust to declassify our Board.
Shareholders voted to approve the ratification of the appointment of Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.
Regarding the results, Chairman and CEO, Jim Mastandrea stated, "We are pleased that our shareholders continue to have confidence in our stewardship of their investment in Whitestone. Our e-commerce resistant strategy has met the test of time and has continued to produce impressive long-term results. The paradigm shift Whitestone made in 2010 away from traditional retail real estate comprising of big boxes, strip centers and hard-good retail tenants, to service-based tenants was ahead of the curve in 2010, and we have remained ahead for the past 8 years." Mr. Mastandrea added, "That shift became the bedrock of Whitestone's business model." Mr. Mastandrea concluded, "Whitestone's future is bright as we have a supportive Board, a talented and experienced management team, a diverse workforce, and a shareholder base who truly knows the value we are creating for them by their approval of Say-on-Pay and to declassify the Board."
https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/1507?.intl=us&.lang=en-US&.partner=none&.src=finance
#12 Marvan, May 16, 2019
Rca Jht New Member
rising:
Resistance 2: 15.34
#13 Rca Jht, May 16, 2019
It is a volatile stock ( trading between 11 an 16) and it has an steady dividend, good for dividend collectors and traders.
The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against Whitestone REIT ("Whitestone" or "the Company") (NYSE: WSR) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shareholder-alert-schall-law-firm-204000170.html
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/equity-alert-rosen-top-ranked-201600839.html
#16 Marvan, Jun 12, 2019


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You may be hiking along a local trail, casting in a favorite fishing hole, or strolling through the neighborhood when you come across a creature or plant that seems out of place or unusual in your area. If you do, it is important to report it.
Your vigilance could help us intercept and prevent the spread of an unwanted biological invader – an invasive species that shouldn't be here and which could cause serious harm to Alaska's native fish and wildlife species, and their habitats. Learn more about nonnative species and why your actions to report odd species are so important.


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Parish Diary
Our Cross To Bear.
A young man felt at the end of the road, his life seemed to be falling apart around him. Three months earlier his father had died suddenly and whilst he was doing his best to help his mum cope with her loss, there was no one he could turn to and felt totally alone. His girlfriend at the time had decided he was no longer fun to be with, so she ditched him for someone more interesting. The final blow came when he was made redundant and for the first time in his life he had to start job hunting. Feeling he couldn't cope any more he went to see his doctor, who diagnosed acute depression and gave him some medication to take.
One night he went to bed feeling particularly low, he knelt and prayed, "Lord, I can't go on, I have too heavy a cross to bear, please help me." He climbed into bed, took his medication and fell into a deep sleep. In a dream he met the Lord and again said to him, "Lord I have too heavy a cross to bear, please help me." The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear the weight, place your cross inside this room, then open that other door and pick out any cross you wish." The young man was filled with relief and said, "Thank you Lord," and did as he was told. Upon entering the room, he saw many crosses, some so large that the tops were not visible. Then he spotted a tiny cross leaning against the far wall and he said, "I'd like that small one Lord." The Lord smiled at him and replied, "My son that is the cross you have just brought in."
When life's problems seem overwhelming, it sometimes helps to look around and see what other people have to cope with. You may then consider yourself to be far more fortunate than you could ever imagine.
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Alongside conventional tourism, Marrakech with its rural hinterland is the best place to attract a large number of visitors interested in ecotourism, adventure and educational travel. The national sector offers the seaside and cultural tourism. It is linked to the responsible, integral aspect of equitability and sustainability.
Despite the popularity of this kind of tourism to certain clients including the French and the English, many professionals believe that this industry still needs some improvement and that multiple strengths and untamed landscapes the region offers are not utilized as it should be. The avid tourist will be able discover the advantages of rural life and will be willing to get involved in sustainable development, help protect the environment and to support the people of the areas visited.
Today, most tourists look interactivity with the locals and try to understand the national culture, to the extent that it is in the countryside they find this originality and authenticity, especially those tourists who want to make their contribution to the building of local development.
Rural tourism is primarily a matter of local actors. It encourages meetings and sharing of riches of land practiced with holidaymakers who come to enjoy the fresh air of the countryside or the mountains. The development of this sector and its value necessarily involves campaigns of cleanliness and sanitation in Douars and souks, the fight against the growing problem of harassment of tourists and the establishment of an umbrella organization bringing together regional authorities, local officials, communities and tourism professionals.
Promoting rural tourism, which attracts between 170,000 and 200,000 visitors, also remains dependent on the village infrastructure of roads, hostels and houses, electricity, drinking water and sewerage. Especially since the tourist Vision 2020 puts the issue of sustainable development and the environment at the top of its priorities, it provides the capitalization of assets particularly the natural and cultural resources for the socio-economic growth.
The need to exploit the great potential available in the region, to raise awareness among tour operators and local people of the importance of this sector must be taken into consideration. The development of rural tourism in the region is likely to strengthen further the position of Marrakech as the first tourist destination in the Kingdom now that the strategic vision 2020 sets out a goal of doubling the size of the sector and hoisting Morocco among the world's top 20 tourist destinations in 2020.


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Small cottage in peaceful environment with closeness to salty swimming spots and wonderful forest walks. The cottage (Lillstugan) located on my ground plot has a lovely patio with possibilities to cosy barbeque evenings. It is about 10Km to nearest conurbation, Stenungsund. Closest bus stop is available at Kolhättan's ferry station circa 3,5km from the cottage.
From road E6 exit Stenungsund norra. Drive towards Svanesund (färja). Just before färja take right towards Ljungskile 12km. Drive another 3,5km take off left, the stop Antennen which is the first exit after the sign Hällesdalen. Follow the road down the valley and up to the cottage.
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Eötvös is an Australian-American composer currently residing in Melbourne, VIC Australia.
Eötvös is a Lecturer of Music in Composition and Aural Studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne.
Eötvös Publishing is the official, ASCAP affiliated publisher of the works of Melody Eötvös.
Melody Eötvös' was awarded the inaugural Carol Day Commission Award by the Western Australian Youth Orchestra. Two performances will take place on the 13th and 14th July 2019 in Perth. The new work will be premiered alongside a program of key Australian works, featuring Jandamarra, Sing for the Country: Ngalanybarra Muwayi.
Eötvös is one of 14 composers in residence for the 2019 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, directed by Cristian Macelaru. The festival takes place from July28 - August 11th in Santa Cruz, California. Eötvös' 2016 orchestral work The Saqqara Bird will receive it's West Coast permiere on the 2nd August 8pm.
Directed by Jennifer Condon, and presented bythe Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, The Saqqara Bird receives its Mexican premiere on the 31st May for the Festival de Mayo, on an all Australian program including "Earth Cry" by Peter Sculthorpe, as well as works by Hindson, Koehne, and Mills.


After 16 years spent gathering a wealth of data that has revolutionised our understanding of Earth, ESA's veteran ERS-2 satellite is being retired. This pioneering mission has not only advanced science, but also forged the technologies we now rely on for monitoring our planet.
ERS-2 was launched in 1995, following its sister, the first European Remote Sensing satellite, which was launched four years earlier.
Carrying suites of sophisticated instruments to study the complexities of the atmosphere, land, oceans and polar ice, these two missions were the most advanced of their time, putting Europe firmly at the forefront of Earth observation.
The twin satellites were identical, apart from ERS-2's additional instrument to monitor ozone in the atmosphere. Both exceeded their design lifetime by far, together delivering a 20-year stream of continuous data.
In 2000, ERS-1 unexpectedly stopped working and now it is time to bid farewell to ERS-2 before it succumbs to a similar fate.
To avoid ERS-2 ending up as a piece of space debris, ESA will take the satellite out of service by bringing it down to a lower orbit while there is still sufficient fuel to make the careful manoeuvres.
The decision to retire ERS-2 was not taken lightly, but after orbiting Earth almost 85 000 times – travelling 3.8 billion km – the risk that the satellite could lose power at any time is clearly high.
The deorbiting procedure will be carried out over a number of weeks by spacecraft operators and flight dynamics experts at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Germany.
Starting on 6 July, a series of thruster burns will gradually lower the satellite's orbit from its current altitude of 800 km to about 550 km, where the risk of collision is minimal. Eventually, ERS-2 will enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up.
Its destruction will occur within 25 years, in accordance with European Code of Conduct on Space Debris Mitigation.


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Q: Powershell: Switch statement loses object in the pipe I'm having an issue with PowerShell 3.0, that does not occur in PowerShell 2.0.  When I execute this code, after importing the record into $_, I output the fields from the CSV file.  That's fine.  When it calls the function to do the same thing with the Switch statement before, it's no longer available in the $_ variable.  If I remove the function and put the Switch statement inside the ForEach and then Write-Host, it outputs just fine.  Does anyone have any insight into this, and how to get around this issue?  Thanks!
Function print {

    Switch -regex ("m") {
        "[a-b]" { $x = "ab"; break }
        "[c-d]" { $x = "cd"; break }
        "[e-f]" { $x = "ef"; break }
        "[g-h]" { $x = "gh"; break }
        "[i-j]" { $x = "ij"; break }
        "[k-l]" { $x = "kl"; break }
        "[m-n]" { $x = "mn"; break }
        "[o-p]" { $x = "op"; break }
        "[q-r]" { $x = "qr"; break }
        "[s-t]" { $x = "st"; break }
        "[u-v]" { $x = "uv"; break }
        "[w-x]" { $x = "wx"; break }
        "[y-z]" { $x = "yz"; break }
    }

    Write-Host $_.givenname
    Write-Host $_.surname
    Write-Host $_.username

}

Import-Csv -Delimiter "`t" ("D:\alphabet.csv") | `
    Foreach {

        Write-Host $_.givenname
        Write-Host $_.surname
        Write-Host $_.username

        print
}

A: Why not just pass the $_ value directly to the print function?  First define the print function to take a parameter
Function print {
  param ($value)

  Switch -regex ("m") {
   ...
  }

  Write-Host $value.givenname
  Write-Host $value.surname
  Write-Host $value.username

}

Then pass it to the function
Import-Csv -Delimiter "`t" ("D:\alphabet.csv") | `
    Foreach {

        Write-Host $_.givenname
        Write-Host $_.surname
        Write-Host $_.username

        print $_
}

Note I'm not sure why this changed between versions.  My guess is the behavior in 2.0 was just an accident of implementation and not necessarily intended by the environment.

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HomeOpinionSchools Must Focus On Academics And Stop Sexualizing Children
Schools Must Focus On Academics And Stop Sexualizing Children
December 8, 2021 Diane Douglas, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction 2015-2018
Once again, for the "record," allow me to state my stance clearly and concisely. There is NO kind of sexual activity – heterosexual, homosexual, bi-sexual, any SEXUAL ̶ that is "safe" for emotionally immature school-aged children – male or female – even those who have reached that miraculous, chronological "age of majority" – 18 years old. Nor is it my business how consenting adults choose to privately express their sexual beliefs and inclinations unless it crosses the line into abusing children or stealing their innocence with public sexual exhibitions or desensitizing and sexualizing children; deluding them that they too should and can be safely, sexually activity.
That being said, it brings us to the most recent "news" from the debacle which has become Scottsdale Unified School District.
Earlier this year GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) awarded Cocopah Middle School in SUSD the Sean Nonnenmacher GSA of the Year Award. Cocopah was the "first middle school GSA created in their district" three years ago.
For those of you who may not be aware, according to GLSEN, a GSA is a Gender and Sexuality Association i.e. a student "club" on middle and high school campuses (and possible elementary in a K-8 school??), often deceptively referred to as a "Gay Straight Alliance," in which students can participate without their parents knowledge or consent.
Cocopah's GSA "club" organizer and advisor, Ms. Laynee Langner, states she got the idea for a LGBTQ GSA from attending a GLSEN Summit (I can't help but wonder if that was on the taxpayers' dime and did she receive "professional development" credit? But I digress.) because "middle school is soooo hard." Do people like her ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe, one of the reasons middle school is "hard" is because of likeminded people who have been sexualizing children and destroying their innocence with adult issues?
Langner states her principal was "incredibly supportive" of the idea (In fact, Principal Nick Noonan was so supportive that in March, 2021 he mandated every teacher at the school participate in GLSEN "professional development." But again I digress) and they wanted to make certain they had their "ducks in a row." Exactly what row do the ducks need to be in to sexualize children Ms. Langner?
Did she bother to determine how receptive parents would be of having their children impacted by such a club whether or not they participate? Was it brought before the school's Site Council? One can only wonder what kind of conversations Langner had been having with students prior in order to know which to reach out to in creating the club.
Keep in mind, as stated, Cocopah is a grades 6-8 middle school, meaning its students are most likely prepubescent or recently pubescent 11, 12 and 13 year olds. These are the students who the teachers and administrators believe need to be sexualized – 11, 12 and 13 year old children! Not to mention how GLSEN's GSAs divides and alienates students who don't agree to the agenda.
One might wonder if these children physical and emotional well-being might be better served by an abstinence club. Sadly, it is not likely as 66% (WebMD) of U.S. schools provide students information to "prepare" them to be sexually active with Sex Ed standards, curricula and programs written and promoted by organizations such as Planned Parenthood, GLSEN and SIECUS and their ilk literally redefining abstinence.
From the Planned Parenthood website: "For other people, abstinence only means not having vaginal sex, but other sexual activities are allowed. You can decide what abstinence means to you."
Even WebMD seems to accept the redefinition. From the WebMD website: "The official definition of abstinence includes not taking part in vaginal, anal, and oral sex. However, some people practice abstinence by only skipping one or two of those types of sexual activity."
If only schools/districts such as Cocopah and Scottsdale USD would put as much interest and concern into academics as they do radical agendas. According to the last test results made available by the state of Cocopah 6th graders 27% were failing English Language Arts and 29% were failing Math. By 8th grade 37% were failing ELA and a staggering 49% were failing Math. The longer students stay in Cocopah the worse is their mastery of essential academics but yet a priority is finding ways to sexualize these children.
Not that Cocopah is an anomaly, in virtually every school and district around our state and around the nation educrats seem far more interested and willing to expend taxpayer dollars on Comprehensive Sex Ed, Critical Race Theory of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Emotional "Learning" programs than in English, Math, History or Science curricula. Although now a days most of those core courses are infused with CSE, CRT, DEI and SEL.
As reprehensible as I find all the above what I find absolutely outrageously horrifying is the pride that Langner takes in helping to facilitate a districtwide change to allow students to replace their legal names or "deadnames" with their new "chosen names" on their school IDs (although I was unable to find such language delineating the official district policy for student IDs or name changes).
According to Dictionary.com – Pop Culture Dictionary "Deadname joins two words, dead and name, indicating that a given name no longer has any use or meaning—that is, it's dead to its bearer."
Let that sink in – the names that parents gave THEIR CHILDREN at birth Langner gleefully and disrespectfully calls "deadnames." She is so proud of her efforts that will, in most cases, help drive a wedge between parents and their children that it is "bringing tears" to her eyes.
I commend Rep. Kavanaugh on his bill, HB2011, requiring parental permission for participation and requiring schools to provide information – bylaws, rules, etc. – about school groups or clubs involving sexuality, gender or sexual identity.
It is a good start but we need to do more. Under no circumstances should a government employee – teacher, administrator, counselor, social worker – legally be permitted to encourage or enable a child to do anything, such as changing their legal name on any school record, without their parent's knowledge and consent.
In this case of Cocopah Middle School's GLSEN GSA "club" these are 11, 12 and 13 year old children. I've stated it earlier and will continue to do so again and again – there is no such thing as "safe sex" for children. I don't care whether it is in a park or a shopping mall or under the guise of "public education" people who sexualize minor children should be put in jail not given awards.
About Diane Douglas, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction 2015-2018	27 Articles
Diane Douglas is an American politician and educator expert, who served as Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2015-2019. She was elected on November 4, 2014. Douglas succeeded then-incumbent John Huppenthal, whom she defeated for the party's nomination in the Republican primary on August 26, 2014.
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Antonio Díaz Méndez fue un boxeador español, afiliado a la Federación Catalana de Boxeo, que con el nombre profesional de Díaz II combatió entre finales de la década de los 40 y principios de los 60, alcanzando varios títulos regionales y nacionales entre los que destaca el de campeón de España del peso gallo, que ostentó durante más de 3 años.

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Nacido el 20 de junio de 1927, Díaz II comenzó su carrera en 1948 como aficionado, condición en la que llegó a alcanzar, en apenas un año, los títulos de campeón de Cataluña y campeón de España del peso mosca, así como otros galardones como el Guante de Oro o el Trofeo Barón de Esponellá. En su familia contaba además con una excelente referencia en la figura de su hermano mayor, que llegó varias veces a la puerta del campeonato nacional de los pesos gallo.

Boxeo profesional

"De esgrima rápida, bien estructurada, de hombre que domina a la perfección todas las distancias y que posee una extensa gama de golpes", Díaz II hizo su debut como profesional el 24 de mayo de 1950, con una victoria ante Tejedor I que El Mundo Deportivo calificó como "un curso de verdadera esgrima" .

Combatiendo en los pesos mosca –y, a medida que afianzaba su complexión, haciendo incursiones en los pesos gallo–, Díaz II fue demostrando su enorme valía combate tras combate, contándose en su nómina de rivales batidos algunos como Feliz, Pol, Cuenca, Campeny, Martínez de la Torrasa o Gaza. El 9 de mayo de 1951 en el Gran Price, alcanza el título de campeón de Cataluña del peso mosca, al batir por descalificación en el 4º asalto a Martínez de la Torrasa.

Desde ese momento, su única obsesión es la consecución del título nacional, que ostenta Young Martin. La oportunidad le llega en Barcelona en diciembre de 1953, pero un discutido resultado de nulo impide que Antonio se haga con el campeonato .

Lejos de venirse abajo, Díaz II continúa llenando su historial de victorias, con un estilo que hace las delicias del público y la prensa, que lo califica de esgrimista extraordinario, rápido y combativo. De hecho, vuelve a enfrentarse en dos ocasiones al campeón nacional, venciéndole en ambos combates… aunque sin el título en juego . A pesar de ello, las clasificaciones internacionales pronto lo califican como el tercer mejor peso mosca de Europa y el décimo del mundo  .

Aunque sigue ostentando el título de Cataluña y la challenge al nacional, Díaz II ve cómo el paso del tiempo hace que cada vez sea más difícil mantenerse en los pesos mosca, por lo que, haciendo de tripas corazón, en noviembre de 1954 renuncia tanto al título como a la condición de aspirante , y anuncia que desde ese momento combatirá en los pesos gallo, con incursiones ocasionales en los pesos pluma (categoría en la que debuta el 20 de noviembre ante Cadalso ).

Combativo y ambicioso, no tarda Díaz II en hacerse justo acreedor a una nueva condición de aspirante, esta vez al título nacional de los pesos gallo, que a mediados de 1955 se halla vacante. La Federación Española de Boxeo acuerda que el título se dirimirá en un combate entre Antonio Díaz y el catalán Joaquín (Kim) Navarro, que tendrá lugar en el Price el 18 de junio de ese año. Navarro se hace con la victoria a los puntos, por lo que Díaz tendrá que seguir aguardando su oportunidad .

Aunque Díaz II es nombrado de nuevo aspirante por la FEB, el combate de revancha no llegará a producirse ya que un año más tarde Navarro se ve obligado a renunciar a su título al no poder mantener el peso. Y aunque en un principio la Federación anuncia que el título se otorgará al vencedor de un combate entre Díaz II y Juan Sánchez Cárdenas –con quien Antonio ya se ha batido en cuatro ocasiones, tres de ellas con victoria y con una sola derrota –, lo cierto es que dicho combate, previsto para mayo de 1956, no llega a producirse. En su lugar, la Federación reconoce la supremacía de Díaz II y le otorga el título nacional , que ostenta desde noviembre de ese mismo año, con Cárdenas como challenger .

Desde ese momento, Díaz II se convierte en "algo así como el campeón vitalicio de la categoría, con una larga serie de victorias ante rivales como el propio Cárdenas , Jesús Rubio , Ben Alí , Lahoz , López Durban , Robert Tartari , Torres , Santos Seoane  o el canario Miguel Calderín "Kimbo" , entre muchos otros. Las escasas derrotas llegan en combates en los que el título nacional no está en juego, por lo que parece no haber "contrincante capaz de arrebatarle el título de sus manos".

Al menos así es hasta que a principios de enero de 1960 el ilicitano Torres le vence en un combate que se celebra en Alicante, arrebatándole el título nacional . Este hecho marca el comienzo del final de la carrera de Díaz II, que ve resignado como se desvanecen no solo sus aspiraciones a la recuperación del título sino incluso sus sucesivos intentos por alcanzar el campeonato de Cataluña de las categorías de los gallos y los plumas.

Antonio Díaz Méndez lo fue todo en nuestro ambiente pugilístico; las crónicas son unánimes en destacar su magnífico estilo, preciso, pegando desde todos los ángulos y con un excelente juego de piernas y un blocaje extraordinario. Sin duda alguna, Díaz II, que falleció en 2008, fue uno de los mejores boxeadores que ha dado España.

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by Jim the Realtor | Sep 7, 2010 | Fraud | 13 comments
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Two brothers have been busted in a widespread real estate fraud ring, including 40 properties in San Diego County, according to San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis.
David Zepeda, 57, and John Zepeda, 59, both from San Bernadino, have each been charged by Dumanis' office with more than 100 separate felonies, including identity theft, forgery, grand theft, rent skimming and conspiracy. The office says the brothers allegedly created false or faulty quit-claim deeds on several properties in California and Nevada. The Zepedas allegedly rented out these foreclosed homes to unsuspecting renters pocketing the rent money for themselves.
"First the defendant identified a property in foreclosure, then they would acquire the property, they did this illegally either by forging a quit-claim deed or convincing home owners to transfer the property to them by promising that homeowner they would help them avoid foreclosure," Dumanis said. "Once they had acquired the title, the Zepedas would rent out the property, in order to forestall the foreclosure process and to extend the period over which they collected rent, the brothers also filed bankruptcy petitions."
Investigators said they found more than 300 victims in both states, including homeowners and mortgage banks. San Diego Deputy District Attorney Valerie Tanney estimates the brothers stole more than $1.5 million. The office says it is continuing to search for more of the brothers' bank accounts, including ones that may be offshore.
The District Attorney's office has seen several cases of foreclosure fraud scams across the county. Tanney says people are vulnerable and will try to do anything in their power to keep their homes.
"You are dealing with people are very vulnerable, when their homes are facing foreclosure and they have a chance to get out of the foreclosure, they believe," Tanney said.
The Zepeda brothers found some of their victims by holding foreclosure seminars to teach people how to avoid foreclosure, Tanney said. Some of their victims who willingly turned over their property paid the Zepedas a monthly fee. "It wasn't just turning over the property to them, they were paying a program fee and a monthly amount to these people," Tanney said.
Tanney and her colleagues suspect there are more victims out there. "We believe there are additional victims in this case," Dumanis said. "If someone believes they have dealt with the Zepeda brothers and feel they have been scammed they should contact our office."
Investigators said they served a search warrant at the brothers' residence and seized $335,000 in un-cashed checks; a gold Geneva watch; a gold Rolex watch; diamond bracelets and rings; $33,000 cash; more than 8,000 silver coins; gold troy ounces; boxes of rolled half-dollar coins; and a Bentley automobile.
John Zepeda will be arraigned in a San Diego Courtroom on Tuesday. David Zepeda is currently hospitalized, but will be arraigned in San Diego as soon as possible.
Dumanis says she suspects prosecutors from other counties in California and Nevada will file more charges against the brothers.
If convicted both brothers face up to 72 years in prison.
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Art Eclectic	on September 7, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Two more down, a couple hundred thousand more to go.
You do have to give the brothers credit, though, for fully embracing the concept of "go big, or go home."
jack	on September 7, 2010 at 5:14 pm
There are some creative people in real estate.
BottomFisher	on September 7, 2010 at 8:50 pm
When I moved to CA to Riverside in 1973, I ran into a guy doing the exact same thing. When does it stop? Where is our elected guberment? Oh…Jerry Brown was governator then…OMG!!
Matt	on September 8, 2010 at 12:16 am
Least they bought some gold and silver with that money…thinking those dollars may crash eventually…
Carlsbad Renter	on September 8, 2010 at 6:24 am
Regulations and enforcement build confidence in the stability of a system, enabling and encouraging calculated risks. The first steps in this housing recovery will begin with a perp walk.
Consultant	on September 8, 2010 at 6:32 am
Carlsbad Renter,
You said it all. First, there are still way, way too many criminals running around doing "real estate". HUNDREDS, MAYBE MILLIONS more are going to have to do jail time to restore some sense of order to the system.
Second, about that system, we're going to have to get rid of securitization of mortgage loans. Period. Securitizing mortgage loans is basically a housing Ponzi scheme.
clearfund	on September 8, 2010 at 7:52 am
Consultant – "Securitizing mortgage loans is basically a housing Ponzi scheme"
IMHO, Quite an irresponsible statement which you should attempt to expand upon and enlighten us instead of dropping bombs and running away.
Securitization is just a way to distribute risk.
Instead of one entitiy assuming all the risk. You "slice and dice" the risk and sell it off in smaller chunks. While this all makes sense and if multiple investors own smaller chunks of the risk the overall risk is hypothetically spread out.
Here's the problem…
"Investors" are typically representing a group of people's money they make money by buying and selling risk (stocks, bonds, securities, etc) and winning more than losing. With mortgage securitization businesses that sliced and diced the mortgages were also valueing the risk. (while trying to say their valuations were independent) The sliced mortgages were sold to investors who ended up losing money when the loans defaulted. There's also investors that invested in securities heavily not thinking about the overall picture assuming they were safe because the risk was distributed. Fortunately you can't die from a papercut. But you can die from thousands of papercuts.
Overall is there anything wrong with securitization? No not at all (if we all were computers) The problem with securitization is that it's difficult to estimate the value of risk. Also securitization incentivizes lenders to make more an more deals good or bad it doesn't matter becasue the money is in slicing them up and selling to investors.
clearfund	on September 8, 2010 at 11:44 am
shadash – don't disagree. If one doesn't understand the investment they shouldn't be doing it. Wall st got way over their ski tips with the complexity of these securities.
Still, nowhere close to a Ponzi.
aljanet	on September 8, 2010 at 1:58 pm
If banks were forced to hold every loan they originated the mess we are in would NEVER have happened.
CA renter	on September 9, 2010 at 1:21 am
Agree with the anti-securitization stance. Personally, I think a world with far less credit/debt would be a good thing. Securitization simply pushes more debt into the system, potentially driving prices to levels that are not based on fundamentals, especially if the originators of those loans are not held personally liable (permanently) for the failure of those loans. It places a buffer between borrowers and lenders that masks risks and gives a false sense of security.
IMHO, it doesn't "spread risk around." It increases risk because the securitized market can grow too large, and rates might not reflect the actual risks taken (because the players believe the "risks are spread around" when, in reality, it just spreads liability/responsibility around). I would also argue that mixing credit default swaps with the securitization market makes for a very toxic financial environment that engenders "systemic risk," not "limited risk."
CA renter	on September 9, 2010 at 1:48 pm
It increases risk because the securitized market can grow too large, and rates might not reflect the actual risks taken (because the players believe the "risks are spread around" when, in reality, it just spreads liability/responsibility around).
To clarify, with securitization, there is more leverage in the system, and more overall credit…more money available to the same pool of borrowers, so rates go down due to the "excess supply" of credit. When lenders are competing for the same borrowers, rates go down and standards are lowered which **increases** risk while lowering the premium (interest rates) for taking on that risk. That's how you get a credit bubble, IMHO.


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AMP Capital today announced it is commencing construction of Quay Quarter Tower following more than five years of planning and obtaining development approvals for the site.
Quay Quarter Tower is located at 50 Bridge Street Sydney and is owned by investors in the AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund (ADPF) and AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF).
AMP Capital has also welcomed a new investor to Quay Quarter Tower, with Rest committing to acquire a one third interest in the tower upon completion, in a deal valued at around $900 million.
Multiplex has been appointed as the construction partner for the project. The 200-metre-high, 50 storey tower designed by Danish architects 3XN comprises five shifting glass volumes stacked upon each other punctuated by atrium space, maximising views out to Sydney Harbour and daylight into the office floors.
Quay Quarter Tower forms part of the 11,000 square metre Quay Quarter Sydney precinct, incorporating the Tower, 33 Alfred Street and the Young and Loftus mixed use precinct. At the base of the tower is an urban green space and approximately 5,000 square metres of lifestyle, services, food and dining retail. Early building work has already commenced, and Quay Quarter Tower is on track to be completed in late 2021.
Construction partner Multiplex is a leading global contractor having delivered over 1,000 projects across its 56 year history, with particular expertise in commercial high-rise developments.
AMP Capital Global Head of Real Estate Carmel Hourigan said today's announcements meant the revitalisation of Sydney's most renowned precinct was well and truly underway.
Ms Hourigan said: "On behalf of our investors, we couldn't be more excited to announce the start of construction of Quay Quarter Tower, with the appointment of tier one builder, Multiplex, as our construction partner.
"Circular Quay has been AMP's home for more than 55 years and our plans for the Quay Quarter precinct ensures the retention of its rich history as a unique gateway to Sydney.
"AMP Capital is very pleased to welcome Rest as a key investor in Quay Quarter Tower, a further endorsement of Quay Quarter as a compelling and unique investment opportunity."
Dr Brendan Casey, Rest General Manager Investments, said: "We are delighted that our two million members have the rare opportunity to invest in this premium grade development in the heart of Sydney's CBD.
"The location, quality and scale of the redevelopment have the potential to deliver resilient long-term returns for our members."
David Ghannoum, Multiplex NSW Regional Managing Director, said: "We are delighted to continue our collaborative relationship with AMP Capital on the construction of Quay Quarter Tower. We're looking forward to getting construction underway on this exciting project that is set to transform and revitalise the Circular Quay skyline."
With AMP the anchor tenant in the redeveloped Quay Quarter Tower, AMP Capital is well progressed in discussions with potential major tenants in Quay Quarter Sydney as we look to provide a truly unique platform for these businesses to thrive.
The Quay Quarter Sydney project will realise a once in a generation opportunity to create a globally significant precinct, and a catalyst for the renewal of Circular Quay Sydney.
Earlier this year AMP Capital appointed Richard Crookes Constructions to build the Loftus Lane apartments, which are located on 4,300 square metres of prime real estate within the Quay Quarter precinct at Circular Quay. With the apartments selling out in record time, construction has already commenced and is on track for completion in 2020.
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