CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman says
2009 should be the two-year-old cable network's first full year
of profitability.
Silverman says he hasn't yet put together a detailed forecast,
but he says the network should be profitable based on growing
advertising revenue and money from new international
distribution deals.
Parent company News Corp. has said the network recorded its
first profitable quarter late last year.
Silverman says the network's biggest source of revenue is the
fees cable companies and satellite distributors pay to carry
it. He declined to provide specifics.
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The 912 Project: Glenn Beck Principles and Values - See Video
Glenn Beck unveiled his new website, The 912 Project, on his show earlier tonight.
The website is dedicated to helping people find others who share our principles and values. Read about it below and see the 9 Principles and 12 values at the core of this movement. We also have the video from Beck’s "You Are Not Alone Show" below.
Unite or Die
The 912 Project
It seems so simplistic to outline the principles and values that we, as Americans, live by. Yet, in the world as it has become recently, it has seemed to become necessary to actually take a look at what our core beliefs are.
I think that over the years, we have gotten fat, lazy and way too comfortable. I think that Americans have forgotten what its like to have to be uncomfortable or to have to struggle. We’ve forgotten that the entire world doesn’t live the way we live. We think we are sacrificing if we decide to stay at the Holiday Inn instead of the Hilton. When I read what people write about life during the Great Depression, I realize we don’t know what hardship is. When I read what people write about life during World War II, I realize we don’t know what its like for our nation to be at war. We aren’t making sacrifices, just the few who have gone to war have sacrificed for us. The rest of us have gone on with life as usual and have prospered.
We have so much prosperity that we have come to believe that is the norm. We have forgotten how to put others before ourselves. We have forgotten how to put our country before ourselves. We are selfish and petty and spoiled.
With the events of the past year, I think many of us have stepped back for a minute and looked at what has been happening around us. It is frightening to look at. Taking our freedom and prosperity for granted has put us on the verge of losing it all. We need to step back and go back to our core values.
Glenn Beck held a forum earlier tonight that we live blogged here. He thesis is that we need to remember we are not alone, we are not surrounded, in fact … We Surround Them. He laid out his list of nine principles and twelve values that are the core of our belief system. I’ve listed them below. They seem so commonsensical that it seems odd to have to list them. But apparently we do need to.
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The 12 Values:
* Honesty
* Reverence
* Hope
* Thrift
* Humility
* Charity
* Sincerity
* Moderation
* Hard Work
* Courage
* Personal Responsibility
* Gratitude
The Nine Principles
* 1. America is good.
* 2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
* 3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
* 4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
* 5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
* 6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
* 7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
* 8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
* 9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
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Date Published: Mar 13, 2009 - 9:51 pm
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Date Published: Mar 13, 2009 - 9:38 pm
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Using a pre-paid cell phone works just fine for protecting your privacy but you can only use that particular phone to place private calls...What if you didn't have your phone with you or your minutes have run out and you need to place an important call immediately?
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Date Published: Mar 13, 2009 - 3:43 am
Phillips 66 Women's Championship Begins On Thursday
Story By Wendell Barnhouse | wendell@big12sports.com
Big 12 Sports.com Correspondent
No. 8 Kansas (17-12) vs. No. 9
Nebraska (15-14)
1:30 p.m. Thursday, Cox Cable
Jayhawks Up To Now: The
Jayhawks started 2-8 in conference play but recovered to win
four of its last five. Junior guard/forward Danielle McCray, a
first team All-Big 12 selection, has led the late surge. She
has averaged 26.8 points and 10.8 rebounds over the five games.
Sophomore center Krysten Boogaard has provided solid play in
the low post.
Cornhuskers Up To Now:
Nebraska has won four of its last five with the loss coming at
Kansas. The Cornhuskers lost nine of its first 10 games
starting from January to mid-February. Nebraska has struggled
offensively and with rebounding.
Key Players: Kansas -
Junior guard/forward Danielle McCray, sophomore center Krysten
Boogaard, senior guard Ivana Catic, junior guard Sade Morris;
Nebraska - Junior forward Cory Montgomery, junior guard Yvonne
Turner, sophomore center Catheryn Redmon, sophomore guard
Dominique Kelley.
Kansas Wins: If McCray continues her strong play. The
junior's ability to score inside and from the 3-point line
makes her difficult to guard. If she's able to score at least
20, the Jayhawks have a good chance of winning.
Nebraska Wins: If the
Cornhuskers take care of the ball and force Kansas into
mistakes. Nebraska can boost its offensive production by
getting easy baskets from turnovers. The Jayhawks are last in
the Big 12 in turnover margin.
Previously: The teams
split their two regular-season meetings. Nebraska won at home,
67-58, on Jan. 21 while Kansas won in Lawrence, 70-57, on Feb.
28.
Big 12 Championship
History: Kansas is 8-12 in Big 12 postseason play, while
Nebraska is 7-12.
Up Next: The winner of this game plays No. 1 seed
Oklahoma at 11 a.m. Friday in the quarterfinals.
No. 5 Kansas State (23-6) vs.
No. 12 Colorado (11-17)
11 a.m. Thursday, Cox Cable
Kansas State Up To Now:
The Wildcats lost four of their last eight games but most of
those defeats can be attributed to senior point guard Shalee
Lehning being limited by mononucleosis. Three of Kansas State's
six Big 12 losses came on the road to ranked teams. Junior
forward Ashley Sweat is the team's top scorer.
Colorado Up To Now: The Buffaloes were derailed when
junior guard Whitney Houston was lost for the season to a knee
injury. Inexperience and a lack of depth contributed to
Colorado finishing last in the standings. Sophomore forward
Brittany Smith is an outstanding all-around player who leads
the team in scoring and rebounding.
Key Players: Kansas State
- Senior guard Shalee Lehning, senior forward Marlies Gipson,
junior forward Ashley Sweat; Colorado - Sophomore forward
Brittany Spears, senior center Kara Richards, junior guard
Bianca Smith.
Kansas State Wins: If
Shalee Lehning shines. These teams played last Saturday in
Boulder and the Wildcats won behing Lehning's triple double.
Lehning, a senior point guard, has been recovering from
mononucleosis. If she can get the ball to forwards Ashley Sweat
and Marlies Gipson, Kansas State should win.
Colorado Wins: If the
Buffaloes bring the defensive pressure. Colorado is last in the
Big 12 in scoring defense and next to last in scoring offense.
The Buffs can advance to the quarterfinals only if they force
some turnovers and keep Lehning out of the lane.
Previously: Kansas State
won both games - 72-60 in Manhattan on Feb. 21 and 71-61 in
Boulder on March 7.
Big 12 Championship
History: Kansas State is 11-12 in Big 12 postseason play,
while Colorado is 8-11.
Up Next: The winner of this game plays No. 4 seed Texas
A&M at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinals.
No. 7 Texas Tech (16-14) vs.
No. 10 Oklahoma State (15-14)
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Cox Cable
Lady Raiders Up To Now:
Texas Tech had a promising beginning to conference play,
knocking off Texas in Lubbock. The Lady Raiders, though,
followed that up by losing three of their next four. Tech
closed out conference play by losing five of its last
seven.
Cowgirls Up To Now:
Oklahoma State, which made the NCAA Tournament last seson, has
had a disappointing season. At the beginning of February, the
Cowgirls faced a five-game schedule of Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor,
Kansas State and Texas. Oklahoma State won just one of those
games. Junior guard Andrea Riley led the Big 12 in scoring but
the Cowgirls lacked second and third scorers.
Key Players: Texas Tech -
Senior forward Dominic Seals, junior guard Jordan Murphree;
freshman center Kierra Mallard; Oklahoma State - Junior guard
Andrea Riley, senior forward Shaunte Smith, junior forward
Tegan Cunningham.
Texas Tech Wins: If it
controls the pace. The Lady Raiders can't afford to get in a
full-court contest with Oklahoma State. Texas Tech has its most
success if the game stays in the 60s. A fast-paced game would
favor Oklahoma State and point guard Andrea Riley.
Oklahoma State Wins: If
someone other than Andrea Riley steps forward as a scorer.
Riley is jet quick and capable of scoring 30.
Previously: The teams
split their two regular-season game with each winning on the
other's court. Oklahoma State won 65-60 in Lubbock on Jan. 31
while Texas Tech won in Stillwater 74-70 on Feb. 21.
Big 12 Championship
History: Texas Tech is 13-10 in Big 12 postseason play,
while Oklahoma State is 8-12.
Up Next: The winner of this game plays No. 2 seed Baylor at 5 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinals.
No. 6 Texas (20-10) vs. No. 11
Missouri (13-16)
5 p.m. Thursday, Cox Cable
Longhorns Up To Now: The Longhorns appeared to be
gaining momentum when they put together a five-game winning
streak to start February. But Texas frittered that away with a
stumbling finish. UT struggled offensively as it lost five of
its last six. Senior forward Ashley Lindsey has been steady.
Junior guard Brittainey Raven is one of two Longhorns averaging
double figures.
Tigers Up To Now: Missouri never recovered from losing
eight of its first nine Big 12 games. Alyssa Hollins is the
only senior on the roster and the Tigers' inexperience showed
as they battled through the Big 12 season. Missouri displayed
some of its potential with a 52-43 victory over Kansas State on
Feb. 18.
Key Players: Texas - Junior guard Brittainey Raven,
freshman forward Ashleigh Fontenette; sophomore guard Kathleen
Nash; Missouri - Senior guard Alyssa Hollins, junior forward
Jessra Johnson, sophomore guard RaeShara Brown.
Texas Wins: If its offense wakes up. The Longhorns have
plenty of depth but they need to have key players like Raven
and Nash step forward with offensive contributions. In its last
five games, Texas is averaging 18 turnovers and just eight
assists. Those numbers need to be less skewed.
Missouri Wins: If it forces turnovers. Texas has
struggled offensively in recent games, particularly when it
comes to ball security. If the Tigers - who are second in the
conference in forcing turnovers - can disrupt the Longhorns and
produce some easy baskets, they've got the ability to pull an
upset.
Previously: Texas won at Missouri, 66-56, on Feb.
24.
Big 12 Championship
History: Texas is 15-11 in Big 12 postseason play, while
Missouri is 6-12.
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 4:22 pm
Sushil Bansal Arrest!
Sushil Bansal of Advanced Integrated Technologies has been arrested also in that Yusuf Acar matter LALATE broke earlier.
Sushil Bansal, president and chief executive of Advance Integrated was handed an arrest by FBI agents this morning along with Acar (pictured above).
Acar is head of IT Technology in the Washington DC city government’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 4:16 pm
Baylor Proud: Men’s Hoops Bounces Top-Seed Kansas from Big 12 Tournament
You could hear the cheers erupt around the building here this afternoon as the Baylor men’s basketball team pulled off the biggest upset in Big 12 Tournament history, knocking off the top-seeded and 11th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks 71-64 in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.
Head coach Scott Drew had never before seen his team defeat Kansas; in fact, the Bears had lost eight in a row to the Jayhawks since beating them on Big Monday in 2001. Even more impressively, only once before had the Big 12’s top seed lost its opening game; that came in 2001 when conference champion Iowa State was defeated by — you guessed it — the Baylor Bears.
Today’s win put Baylor front and center on the front pages of ESPN.com, CBSsports.com and SI.com, among others; in fact, as I write this, SI.com has Baylor basketball (beating KU) and Baylor football (lineman Jason Smith, a likely top NFL pick) as its main two stories.
The Baylor men will next face the winner of this afternoon’s game between 5th-seed Texas and 4th-seed Kansas State; the semifinal match-up will tip off Friday at 6 p.m. and will be televised on the Big 12 Network (check BaylorBears.com for listings). After a first-round bye, head coach Kim Mulkey’s No. 7-ranked Lady Bears also begin their Big 12 Tournament run as the conference’s No. 2 seed Friday at 5 p.m. on FSN.
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 4:11 pm
Hokies Lead Wire-to-Wire in ACC Tournament Win Over Miami
ATLANTA – Even though the Hokies had lost three straight and six of seven down the stretch against a brutal schedule, Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg kept telling people that his team was actually playing well.
In the first round of the ACC tournament, they played great.
Tech played arguably its best all-around game of the season, leading front start to finish, holding Miami to its smallest scoring output in more than four years, and using a 14-0 second-half run to pull away in a 65-47 hammer job of the Hurricanes on Thursday afternoon at the Georgia Dome.
The all-important victory – Tech’s second over the ’Canes this season – snapped that three-game Tech skid and moved the Hokies to 18-13 overall on the season. Miami, which came into the game having won three of its past four, fell to 18-12 overall and lost to the Hokies in the ACC tournament for the second straight season.
“I told them – ‘Don’t be afraid,’” Greenberg said of the message to his team entering the tournament. “Just go out and play. Trust yourselves. Play to win and enjoy the moment. That was my biggest focus.
“There is so much pressure about the [NCAA] tournament that they lose track of [the fact] that, two years ago, they were riding in vans to AAU games and playing at 8 o’clock in the morning and then 2 and then 4. I wanted them to enjoy this because they had worked to get to this point. Hopefully, that helped us just relax and go out and play.”
Tech knocked off Miami 88-83 in overtime in the teams’ first meeting this season. But the Hokies quelled the ’Canes this time by playing superb defense, holding Miami to its smallest scoring output since registering just 43 points in a loss to Louisville on New Year’s Eve in 2005.
It was also the smallest amount by a Tech opponent in an ACC tournament game. Miami, which missed eight of its first nine attempts, shot just 34.6 percent from floor, the lowest percentage by an ACC opponent against the Hokies this season.
Perhaps more impressively, the Hokies held Miami’s sensational Jack McClinton to just nine points – tying a season-low for him. The first-team All-ACC guard went into the game averaging 19.7 points per game, but the combination of Dorenzo Hudson and Malcolm Delaney held the senior from Baltimore to just 4-of-11 from the floor and 1-of-6 from beyond the 3-point arc. McClinton did not get to the free-throw line and he also turned the ball over seven times, which marked a season high.
“I feel like, as a team, we did a good job on him,” said Hudson, who started and scored seven points. “I was chasing him real hard and the big men were doing a good job of stepping out on ball screens. Sometimes, I’d deny him the ball, and other times, if he caught it, I’d close out real hard on him with my hands high. It was a collective effort.
“I knew I was going to guard him, but I didn’t think I’d see him that much because Malcolm and J.T. [Thompson] did a good job on him the last time. I guess it was my time. They switched him [McClinton] over to the 2 and it was my time to guard him, so I tried to see what I could do.”
“We guarded him by committee,” Greenberg said. “It wasn’t just Malcolm and it wasn’t just Dorenzo. It was the guy playing the passer and the guy playing the screener. There was a lot to it. It was a collective team effort because he’s such a good player.”
The Hokies led by as many as 14 in the first half, but by just four at halftime as Miami closed the half with a 9-0 run. In the second half, the Hokies built the lead back to 11, but again, the ’Canes came back, cutting the lead to 43-37 on a 3-pointer by Lance Hurdle with 10:55 left in the game.
But Tech responded with that game-clinching 14-0 run. Fueled by Thompson’s six points in the run, the Hokies opened a 57-37 bulge on Thompson’s basket with 7:15 left. Miami got no closer than 18 the rest of the way.
Thompson played one of his best games of the season, coming off the bench to score 12 points and grabbed eight boards in 23 minutes. The sophomore from Monroe, N.C., hit all five of his shot attempts and 2-of-4 from the free-throw line.
“I think we’re better when I give a little more,” Thompson said. “Today, I was able to score and grab some rebounds. It doesn’t matter if I start or come off the bench as long as I’m giving the team something.”
“He was the energizer bunny,” Greenberg said. “He gave us great toughness today. He was flying around.
“The three keys to the game were we did a very good job on McClinton, we knew they were going to open in a zone and we were poised against the zone early on, and J.T. gave us an energy off the bench.”
Delaney led the Hokies with 17 points, with 14 of those coming from the free-throw line. He hit just 1-of-10 from the floor, but canned 14-of-15 from the stripe, and he also dished out eight assists, tying a career high. A.D. Vassallo added 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Vassallo’s two 3-pointers in the game to break the Tech career record for 3-pointers. He now has 258 for his career, breaking Wally Lancaster’s mark of 257 set from 1986-89.
For the game, Tech shot 50 percent from the floor – its first 50 percent performance since knocking off Virginia at Cassell Coliseum in early January and just its third of the entire season. The Hokies also pounded Miami on the glass, out-rebounding the bigger ’Canes by a margin of 35-22.
Tech now gets set for its next challenge. In a rematch of a quarterfinal game last year, the Hokies take on No. 1 North Carolina on Friday at noon in a quarterfinal match-up at the Georgia Dome. The Hokies lost to the Tar Heels 86-78 a little over a week ago at Cassell Coliseum.
Article By: By Jimmy Robertson (Inside HokieSports)
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 4:07 pm
Craig Robinson to Appear on Jim Rome Is Burning
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson will appear on the popular ESPN show, Jim Rome is Burning, on Friday, March 6. The program, which airs live, can be seen in Oregon on ESPN at 1:30 p.m. and on ESPN2 at 2:30 p.m.
Robinson and the Beavers face No. 17 UCLA tonight before a meeting with USC on Sunday, March 7, at 5:00 p.m.
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 4:03 pm
Kentuky Basketball: Time for Kentucky to act like KENTUCKY
So Lee Todd says that Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart will sit down with head basketball coach Billy Gillispie at the end of the season and then report back to the president on the status of the program.
If I could sit in on either meeting, I'd have just one piece of advice:
If you're Kentucky, be KENTUCKY!
That means:
1. Sign the contract. If Billy Gillispie is to remain as coach, he needs to sign the formal contract. Barnhart should demand it. Now.
I know, some say the contract is a non-issue considering there is a memorandum of understanding between the two parties. They're wrong. It's a symbolic issue, and an important one.
This is Kentucky basketball, after all. Either Gillispie wants to coach at Kentucky under the terms of a formal contract, or he doesn't. If he doesn't, there are plenty more coaches out there who would gladly take the pen.
2. Quit talking about softening the schedule. The schedule is too soft now. Stats whiz Ken Pomeroy ranked UK's non-conference schedule 243rd in the nation this season. True, Indiana's rare rock-bottom season didn't help. But there are too many Longwoods, Delaware States, Lamars, Mississippi Valleys and Florida Atlantics on the slate.
The excuse I hear from the Craft Center is they need a schedule that helps teach the kids how to win. Please. This is Kentucky. The kids should come here knowing how to win.
3. Stop discounting Kentucky kids. That doesn't mean the roster should be filled with nothing but in-state players. But while not a single UK player made the All-SEC Freshman Team, Bryan Station product Shelvin Mack was averaging 11.7 points and 3.5 assists per game as a freshman at Butler. Steffphon Pettigrew, a sophomore from Elizabethtown, was averaging 12.7 points and 5.1 rebounds at Western Kentucky. I'm just saying.
4. Respect the uniform. If a player refuses to come into the game, he shouldn't be playing 27 minutes the next night. If a player quits the team in a huff — if that's truly what happened — should he really be in at a key time of the next game?
And, by the way, we're all tired of the Bob Knight-era mind games, of the rumors about lockers being emptied and nameplates removed, of rumors about whether so-and-so was allowed to ride home on the team bus.
5. Take better care of your former players. If you think the current players aren't happy, talk to the former ones. Most say all they feel is a cold shoulder.
They lost their one connection to the basketball office when longtime secretary Marta McMackin was transferred, then retired. That's one reason why players such as Mike Casey, Kenny Walker and Jay Shidler have spoken out publicly about the problems at the Craft Center.
And when was the last time UK retired a jersey at Rupp, anyway?
6. Remember what you represent. Don't be boorish in halftime TV interviews or post-game radio shows. Don't accept ESPN's request for an all-access feature, then limit the access. Don't ignore boosters who travel on trips.
Don't tell a media member who is trying to give you a compliment — as a Florida writer did by remarking that UK took the Gators' Nick Calathes out of the game — that he doesn't know how basketball should be played. Is that too much to ask?
7. No more one-man committee. Under most circumstances a coach deserves more than two years in a job, but if Barnhart and Todd honestly believe the situation has become untenable, so be it. But next time, no more one-man search committee.
This state, this university, this fan base has plenty of knowledgeable minds about the game of basketball who would love to help with the process. This time, I'd use some of that brainpower.
After all, I'm guessing that the Billy G. Kentucky basketball has (so far) is not quite the Billy G. it expected.
That can't happen again.
Reach John Clay at (859) 231-3226 or 1-800-950-6397, Ext. 3226, or jclay@herald-leader.com. Read his blog at Kentucky.com.
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 3:57 pm
Yusuf Acar, Sushil Bansal Of Advanced Integrated Technologies Arrested
Now FOX News reports the arrests of Yusuf Acar, as well as Sushil Bansal, who worked for the Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation (AITC), which is an end-to-end Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Services company, serving the Government and Commercial sectors in the global market through multiple onshore and offshore centers, based out of USA and India.
According to Fox News FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Gotwin would not describe the nature of the probe in the case of Yusuf Acr. "It's an ongoing law enforcement investigation," she said.
FBI is not revealing the nature of the allegations that led to Yusuf Acar's arrest, who is 40. Acar was taken into custody this morning by FBI agents at his home in Northwest Washington. However, Washington Post's source said Yusuf "Acar solicited and accepted bribes from Bansal and awarded contracts to his company. Bansal's company also charged, with Acar's knowledge, the District for "ghost employees," who did no work, the source said."
AITC had announced last year that the Association of Indians in America (Washington DC Chapter) selected Mr. Sushil Bansal for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award ceremony was held on August 10, 2008 in Rockville, Maryland. Mr. Bansal was selected for this award for his outstanding contribution in the field of information technology and to the growth of AITC. Mr. Bansal is founder and CEO of AITC.
Washpost story reveals that Yusuf Acar has worked for the city "since 2004 and earns $127,468. He worked for Vivek Kundra, the city's chief technology officer, who recently left D.C. government to become President Obama's federal chief information officer. Kundra is not suspected of any wrongdoing, the source said."
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 3:52 pm
Big Ten Network President Predicts Profitable 2009
Silverman on Wednesday said he
also plans to work on network production quality. And he wants to
produce more original programs, such as a game show.
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 3:48 pm
Madoff Guilty Of Ponzi Scheme - SEC Charges Two Others
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Northern California residents Anthony Vassallo and Kenneth Kenitzer for orchestrating a multi-million dollar investment fraud. Vassallo agreed to a court order freezing his assets. The SEC is seeking an emergency court order to also freeze the assets of Vassallo's company, Equity Investment Management and Trading, Inc. (EIMT).
According to the SEC's complaint, Vassallo and Kenitzer raised more than $40 million from about 150 investors from approximately May 2004 to November 2008. Vassallo told investors, many of whom he met through his church, that he had a proprietary computer software program that allowed him to buy and sell stock options and generate returns of 3.5 percent per month with little risk of loss. The SEC alleges that Vassallo and Kenitzer instead used investors' money for unauthorized purposes, including a variety of other schemes never disclosed to investors.
"Today's action reaffirms that the SEC will take immediate steps to preserve assets for investors victimized in fraudulent investment schemes," said Marc Fagel, Director of the SEC's San Francisco Regional Office. "The defendants' deception went so far as fabricating computer 'screen shots' for investors that purported to show more than $50 million in securities holdings, when in fact they had completely emptied the brokerage accounts."
The SEC's complaint, filed in federal court in Sacramento, alleges that Vassallo told investors that their money was being invested in securities pursuant to a proprietary trading strategy that promised high returns with minimal risk. From September 2007 through approximately November 2008, Kenitzer, who participated in EIMT's day-to-day operations, posted false trading results on the company's Web site and distributed phony investment reports to investors that led them to believe EIMT was achieving consistent, positive returns. According to the SEC's complaint, EIMT actually had not conducted any stock trades since at least September 2007, when its brokerage firm terminated Vassallo's trading privileges. The SEC alleges that Vassallo and Kenitzer kept the scheme going by using money raised from new investors to pay earlier investors, a classic hallmark of a Ponzi scheme.
The SEC's complaint charges Vassallo, Kenitzer and EIMT with violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws. In addition to an emergency order freezing EIMT's assets, the SEC seeks injunctive relief, disgorgement of defendants' ill-gotten gains, and financial penalties.
The SEC acknowledges the assistance of the United States Attorney's Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Internal Revenue Service.
Marc J. Fagel
Regional Director, SEC's San Francisco Regional Office
(415) 705-2449
Michael S. Dicke
Associate Regional Director, SEC's San Francisco Regional
Office
(415) 705-2458
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-55.htm
Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 3:43 pm
The Sears Tower Gets a New Name - The Willis Tower
The soon-to-be-renamed Sears Tower
Whatchu talkin’ About, Willis?
The naming rights to the western hemisphere’s tallest building have been handed over to a London-based insurance broker that will move 500 employees into the Chicago skyscraper, Crain’s Chicago Business reported Thursday.
Willis told Crain’s that they are paying $14.50 per square foot in the 110-story building, but is not paying extra for the naming rights.
"They own the building," Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley said. "They should name it, sure. Sears moved out a long time ago."
The tower was the world's tallest building until 1996, when it was surpassed by the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Date Published: Mar 12, 2009 - 3:13 pm
Gene Frenkle of Blue Oyster Cult Metal Band - A Tribute
If you are a real fan of
rock music then you'll know who Blue Oyster Cult is...
Blue Oyster Cult is one of the pioneers of the natural heavy
metal music
and have been rocking the world since 1970.
I remember seeing Blue Oyster Cult in concert back in the early 70's....Amazing to say the least. They are a legend and cut the path for such bands as Nirvana, Iron Maiden, and Metallica.
One of their best songs
ever is "Don’t Fear The Reaper!! Check the song out right now by
clicking on the Youtube Video.
"Don't Fear The Reaper" is a song from 1976 from their album Agents of Fortune
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