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In an affidavit filed with the court on Friday, Brendan Forbes, an Ontario government lawyer working with FSCO, said BDMC was in default of its settlement with the regulator, in which it had been ordered to pay $1.1-million in penalties and had its mortgage-brokerage licence revoked. BDMC had also agreed to an arrangem... |
However, Fortress and another related company, Canadian Development Capital & Mortgages Services Inc. (CDMC), have failed to provide FAAN with required records related to the relevant development projects, Mr. Forbes says in his affidavit, and BDMC has also failed to hand over access to its e-mail accounts. Meanwhile, ... |
On April 13, Mounties searched Fortress’s head office in Richmond Hill, Ont., which shares an address with BDMC. In the wake of the RCMP raid, questions from investors have “increased exponentially,” Mr. Forbes says, and FAAN now says it needs full court authority as a trustee to manage BDMC’s business. |
FAAN has “lost all confidence” in BDMC’s ability to comply with the previous management agreement, and is concerned about its own compliance with regulations for mortgage administrators, which requires them “not to take or omit to take any action that facilitates dishonesty, fraud, crime or illegal conduct,” the affida... |
Fortress was founded in 2002 by chief executive officer Jawad Rathore and chief operating officer Vince Petrozza, who was also authorized to deal in mortgages on behalf of BDMC. As part of its February settlement with BDMC and other related companies, FSCO revoked Mr. Petrozza’s mortgage-broker licence. |
LiveBooks, a website designer and builder for photographers, designers and other creative professionals, has acquired the on-demand photo companies Pinhole Press and Pinhole Pro. |
The company has not revealed the exact amount of money that was involved in the deal, but it is quite clear that the two Pinhole services will be a good fit for liveBook’s customers, as well as the firm’s future growth. |
Pinhole Press is an online boutique store that sells personalized gifts using any user’s uploaded photograph. We’re talking about custom books, educational games, photo books, prints and more. Pinhole Pro, meanwhile, is a free service for photographers so that they can earn a commission whenever their work is used as p... |
Perhaps liveBooks will implement their business so that if, for example, you’re a wedding photographer using a website designed and built by liveBooks, clients can then be able to instantly order customized versions of your work without moving to another website. |
Andy Patrick, CEO and President of liveBooks, explained that the the combining of the two services makes a great deal of sense. |
“We have a robust product roadmap and are very excited about our combined potential to capitalize on the growing trend toward personalization and tap this tremendous market opportunity. |
LiveBooks was founded in 2005, where it started developing its “photo-rich” content management platform for web, mobile and print-on-demand channels. |
Since then professional photographers including Chase Jarvis, Vincent Laforet, Art Wolfe, Joe McNally, Corey Rich, Magnum Photos, Carol Highsmith and Richard Avedon have flocked to the service. |
Pinhole, meanwhile, was founded in 2010 by Mohawk Paper, one of the largest privately-owned fine paper manufacturer in North America. It began as Pinhole Press, with Pinhole Press lauching later in 2011. |
Jordan's death has been compared to the slaying of Trayvon Martin and brought further attention to controversy over Florida's "Stand Your Ground" laws. In October 2013, McBath testifed with Trayvon's mother, Sybrina Fulton, in front of the U.S. Senate to call for the law to be repealed or reformed. |
Ron Davis and Lucia McBath won an undisclosed amount from Michael Dunn, 47, on Dec. 30. The parents of the other two boys who were in the vehicle with Davis when he was shot, also reached settlements. Jordan’s parents say they went through pain and suffering when their son was killed and after Dunn accused their son of... |
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Bellevue root beer maker Kainoa Lopez moved his operations to Boise this month to seek accounts in the state capital. |
Lopez founded BuckSnort root beer in Bellevue in 2009. The brand quickly took off at farmers markets in the Wood River Valley and in Boise. BuckSnort is now available at 20 pubs and restaurants in southern Idaho. |
Lopez, 37, grew up on the north shore of Oahu and in Olympia, Wash. He worked for a few years at Hailey telecommunications software-company Marketron before moving on to competitor Wide Orbit in San Francisco. |
He was working from home in Bellevue when he was laid off in 2009. That was when his work went from the high-tech to low-tech. |
He who sold his first mug at the Hailey Fourth of July parade in 2009. By the end of that summer, he was selling two to three kegs per week at farmers markets in Hailey and Ketchum. His first wholesale account was with McClain’s Pizza in Hailey. |
BuckSnort is made using no artificial colors, flavors or high fructose corn syrup. It’s caffeine free and gluten free, sweetened with evaporated cane juice. |
“It’s made the way sodas were made 100 years ago,” Lopez said. |
BuckSnort now has 100 kegs in circulation, distributed by local food distributor Idaho’s Bounty. Lopez said he sells about 50 kegs each week, but he hopes that will increase with his move to Boise. |
Lopez was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Capital City Public Market in Boise, where he has sold BuckSnort for several years. |
“I’ll be able to build relationships with Boise restaurants, just as I have in the Wood River Valley,” he said. |
Lopez said he’s looking at bottling and canning BuckSnort, but knows it would be a big step financially. |
“There have been a lot of conversations about raising capital,” he said. |
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The coinciding visits to Beijing of the Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian Authority president this week speak to China's growing interests in the Middle East. |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seated left, and his wife, Sara watch a Chinese traditional lion dance performance while visiting the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum at former site of Ohel Moshe Synagogue in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday. China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a... |
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, while they review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony held outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday. |
Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have been in China this week, highlighting China’s desire to play a greater role in Middle East diplomacy. |
A statement last week from the Chinese Foreign Ministry offering to facilitate talks between the two visitors caused a flurry of international speculation that Beijing was claiming a direct role in Middle East peacemaking. But such a meeting was never in the cards; Mr. Abbas left Beijing before Mr. Netanyahu arrived in... |
And few observers here have any illusions about the limits to China’s clout in the conflict-torn region. |
President Xi Jinping did break new ground, though, by proposing a four-point plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Though there was “nothing new” in the plan, says Ma Xiaolin, an independent observer of China’s policy in the Middle East, the most important thing was that Mr. Xi offered it at all. |
“This was the first time that a Chinese president has set out the principles of our Middle East policy,” points out Mr. Ma, a former Middle East correspondent for the state-run news agency Xinhua. |
Beijing has long supported the Palestinians in international forums such as the United Nations, and the Chinese “peace plan” maintained that tradition. Xi urged Israel to halt settlement activities in occupied land and to lift its economic blockade on Gaza. |
But China enjoys increasingly close economic ties with Israel; trade has boomed from $50 million a year two decades ago to $10 billion today, according to Chinese figures. |
“China wants to keep a neutral position” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says Dr. Yin. |
The Middle East, though, currently offers limited opportunities for such diplomatic ambitions, cautions Ma. |
For a start, China has not been ready to put its money where its mouth is. Beijing contributes a paltry amount to the Palestinian Authority budget compared to major donors such as the United States and the European Union. Where Japan built an airport in Gaza, China built one primary school. |
Nor is China a member of the “quartet,” made up of the US, the EU, Russia, and the UN, which has been leading international efforts for more than a decade to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. |
Third, Israel would be reluctant to see China playing a greater role in the region, given Beijing’s traditional backing for Palestinian positions, says Ma. “China is not capable of becoming a key player,” he adds. |
Chinese analysts say Beijing has no intention of undermining US efforts to broker peace, let alone trying to step into Washington’s shoes. |
But Beijing has stood against Washington for the past two years over what to do about the Syrian civil war. Three times China has joined Russia in vetoing Western-backed UN Security Council resolutions designed to put pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. |
On the other hand, China has also used its influence to mediate an end to conflicts that Western powers could do nothing about. It was quiet shuttle diplomacy by Chinese officials that recently helped resolve a 16-month dispute between Sudan and South Sudan over oil revenue-sharing, and restarted the flow of South Suda... |
That deal served China’s interests; the Asian giant is the largest importer of South Sudan’s oil. And it is largely China’s growing economic interests in the Middle East that will drive its burgeoning role in the region, predicts Ma. |
Back-to-school is more than new notebooks and sharpened pencils. |
Back-to-school is more than new notebooks and sharpened pencils. Dr. Susan Brill, chief of Adolescent Medicine at The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, reminds parents that getting children ready for a new school year should also include emotional preparedness and conversations ... |
Emotional and physical well-being are major factors that contribute to positive academic performance, Brill said. |
Whether a student is going away to college or down the street to middle school, young adults need awareness to help them — and their parents — navigate a host of experiences. While most of these would be appropriate for for older students — middle school and above — much can be applied to elementary school students as ... |
According to Brill, talking points for parents to bring up to their students include alcohol, illegal and prescription drug use and abuse, and sexuality and responding to bullies. Equally as important in preparing to go back to school are topics that include sleep habits, eating well, personal hygiene and separation an... |
For all issues, Brill advises to bring them up individually and not in attack mode. Often, once a child, especially a teen-ager, realizes this is part of an agenda, a parent can get tuned out quickly. |
"Most kids are not going to go to their parents about things like this," she said. "Particularly older kids. You are much better catching a kid in spurts. When you are driving to the mall to pick up school clothes — the car is a good place because you have a captive audience. You can say, what's going on in school this... |
Broach one topic a day, Brill said. |
"The teen may catch on but at least you can get a bit of your agenda across," she said. "Kids are very astute and they are going to pick up on things. |
At the top of Brill's list for Back-to-School preparedness is sleep habits. Getting a good night's sleep can impact many other factors and starts a student off on the right foot, she said. She suggests starting a week or so ahead of the first day and backing up bedtime by a half-hour a night. |
"The summer sleep schedule for most kids is not what the school year sleep schedule is," Brill said. "Very often kids are staying up very late and then school will start and they will be really miserable. They are going to bed at 1 a.m. and getting up at 10 a.m. and all of a sudden they have to get up at 6 a.m. Sleep h... |
Brill said she sees the impact of poor sleep schedules almost as soon as school starts up. |
"All summer long, everybody is relaxed and the kids feel good and everybody has energy and as soon as they go back-to-school, everybody is exhausted," she said. "I hear it all year long until the next summer. And all the other health problems — that a child has migraines, anxiety — it's all better in the summer. Becaus... |
An appropriate diet — one that starts off the day with breakfast — can do wonders for a student, Brill said. |
"The hours for high school and middle school students are so early that the kids just don't take the time to have breakfast," she said. |
Brill suggest quick breakfast things that parents can supply, such as a protein bar, box of milk, overnight oatmeal or bag of cereal. |
"Send them on the bus with it," she said. "It literally takes a minute and you are getting protein, carbs, and some fat." |
Medical care and immunizations should be up-to-date and all children should have a flu shot, she added. |
The basics of getting kids prepared also include making sure they are comfortable with the school, especially if it is a transitional year to a new school. Brill suggests a visit to school prior to the first day to walk through a schedule and familiarize the student with a layout — classrooms, bathrooms, cafeteria. |
"Make sure they are familiar with what classes they have," she said. "Sometimes a little field trip with a parent the week before can be helpful and ease anxiety." |
Brill taps juuls or vaping pens as a big topic to bring up with students, especially middle school aged and older. |
"These devices are everywhere and very accessible to kids," she said. "They are addictive as cigarettes and are using nicotine. And even if they are not, they are inhaling chemicals. We've had kids come in with acute asthma reactions and bronchitis from it. The so-called flavorings seem to be irritants to the lungs. Ki... |
Alcohol is a subject that is most appropriate for middle school and high school students, but is not as often a school problem as it is a summer problem, Brill said. |
"Alcohol use is typically worse in the summer," she said. "Around parties, prom, graduation is more of a common time to talk about it, but that doesn't mean we can't talk about it now." |
Brill said she instructs parents to ask their children what their friends do and what they are aware of in school. Discussions about drugs is an all-year round thing, she said. |
"Kids will rat on their friends long before they will admit to anything themselves," Brill said. "For instance, you would like to think that parents are aware of kid's drug use, but I have had many instances where parents were not aware until something bad happens. Keep those lines of communication open, particularly i... |
Just keep talking, Brill said. |
"Find those good times — when a kid is on their way out to meet a friend is not a good time to have a chat," she said. "It's when you are spending that time together and having an ice cream. Use opportunities. The way I always thought about it, even with my own kids, was every time you have a discussion like this it's ... |
Brill added that even if a parent is giving an opinion, this lets the child know how they feel about certain behaviors or topics. This can be in a conversation for children in elementary school and up. |
"There is something to be said for them knowing where you stand on the issues," she said. "We know that kids whose parents are sending that message that this is not OK, then the kid knows 'That is how my parents feel.' It's a big deterrent. I think parents should be out there at least on where they stand on an issue. I... |
Men across Europe are complaining about what they see as unfair dress codes. |
With temperatures reaching record highs in the French city of Nantes, bus drivers of the CFDT Semitan union showed up to work wearing skirts, as they are not allowed to wear shorts despite the hot conditions. |
According to the International Business Times, the drivers called the shorts ban "absurd," and pointed out that female drivers are allowed to wear skirts, but men are not allowed to wear shorts. |
"Our uniform is not appropriate for these high temperatures. We envy women at moments like this,” Didier Sauvetre, a driver from the CFDT union, told the local Presse Ocean news site. |
Ladies, are you rolling your eyes yet? |
The logic behind the protest comes from the fact passengers cannot see the drivers' legs once seated, so in theory, it doesn't matter whether they're wearing shorts or pants. "We do not understand the ban," one driver said. "When we drive we are seated, the travelers would not even see it!" |
According to The Telegraph, union member Gabriel Magner said that the high temperatures behind the windscreen combined with a lack of air conditioning in buses makes it "unbearable in trousers." He continued by stating that the "modern approach" to the issue would be to allow drivers to wear long shorts from time to ti... |
Although Semitan has produced a new line of more breathable "summer trousers" for their drivers, the company's policy on shorts has not budged. |
The bare-legged protest comes after UK call center worker Joey Barge was sent home for wearing shorts. In an act of defiance, Barge showed up to work the next day in a bright pink dress. As a result, the company changed their dress code to state that men in the office would be allowed to wear three-quarter-length short... |
According to the Mirror, five boys from Isca Academy in Exeter, Devon, have since followed suit with a similar protest and strolled into class wearing skirts after they were told they would be put in an isolation room if they wore shorts to school. A boy's mother said her 14-year-old was told a day earlier by a teacher... |
Taking the suggestion literally and not wanting to be put in isolation, the boy, along with his friends, wore skirts—and only one of them got in trouble, because his was "too short." |
Upwards of 50 male classmates are now planning to act accordingly, borrowing skirts from girls. |
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All-Island Schools leader Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College Galle secured his stronghold by expanding the deficit by 6828 by the end of 22nd week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest. |
Last week Navod and Maris Stella’s Pasindu Ushetti were within 2589 votes apart, but the leader could now relax with just four weeks away from the deadline. Navod cemented his position by adding a mammoth 9428 combined votes in the ended week, while Pasindu, too, was equally active to obtain 5189 combined votes. |
Muizz Rafeel of St. Anne’s College Kurunegala and Nalanda College skipper Lakshitha Rasanjana are in at third and fourth respectively, but with just four more weeks to go changes in the top places are possible. |
The Emerging Schools category is still led by Lithija Kalhara of Ananda Maithree NS, Balangoda. He comfortably near the tally of 15000. Behind him are Vishal Nagasena of St. Peter’s College Gampaha and Thanusha Sandaruwan of St. John’s College Nugegoda. |
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