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Ronnie Bell Following

Mealtime

Mealtime FOR A MUSTANG Mechanic - Huddled under a canopy blanket beneath the Wing of his P-51 fighter on Iwo Jima, Crew Chief S/Sgt. Anthony A. Belesi, cuts open dry K-rations. Mechanics remained on the flight line 14 hours from dawn to dark with no shelter to be near their planes for immediate service as the 7th Fighter Command's P-5l's quickly established defenses on Iwo Jima, the rations diets included: the breakfast dishes (veal), lunch (canned meat) and dinner (sausage), spices, cheese and crackers, candy, chewing gum, soluble powders for reconstitution drinks, toilet paper and cigarettes.

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[tradedmiami]

SALE IMAGE: George Belesis, Alejandro Ruiz, Brandon Brugal & Uccio Zecchini DATE: 02/15/2024 ADDRESS: 254-260 Northwest 36th Street MARKET: Miami ASSET TYPE: Retail BUYER'S REP: Uccio Zecchini (@Uzeta_22), Brandon Brugal (@Brandon_Brugal) & Alejandro Ruiz (@AlejandroRuiz.RealEstate) - BZG International (@BZGInternational) SELLER'S REP: George Belesis - DWNTWN Realty Advisors (@DWNTWNRealtyAdvisors) SALE PRICE: $4,600,000 SF: 5,750 ~ PPSF: $800 #Miami #RealEstate #tradedmia #MIA #TradedPartner #Retail #GeorgeBelesis #DWNTWNRealtyAdvisors #UccioZecchini #BrandonBrugal #AlejandroRuiz #BZGInternational

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[ailtrahq]

Celo’s inclusion with Opera’s MiniPay wallet augurs well for Africa’s expanding digital finance sector. Opera, the well-known web services provider, has announced intentions to integrate a non-custodial stablecoin wallet built on the Celo blockchain into its mobile web browser. This product, dubbed “MiniPay”, is intended to empower Opera’s enormous user base across the African continent by giving an easy and safe means of accessing and dealing with stablecoins. MiniPay seeks to make digital finance more accessible by allowing people to transfer and receive stablecoins using their existing mobile phone numbers. Exciting news live from @dappcon_berlin's mainstage! cc: @RegenRene @jorgenarnesen @afishinparis Charles Hamel & Rosette Belesi. It's finally here! We've partnered with global web innovator @Opera to launch @MiniPay––a first-of-its-kind stablecoin wallet built on Celo to onboard… pic.twitter.com/sEUp0yCKQe — Celo 🦇 🌳 (@CeloOrg) September 13, 2023 Opera’s MiniPay to Transform the African Digital Finance Ecosystem With over 100 million users in Africa, Opera is well-positioned to use its wide reach to deliver affordable and secure digital money solutions to the continent. The launch of MiniPay couldn’t come at a more critical time as users in these regions have expressed concerns about high fees, unreliable service uptimes, a lack of transparency in transaction progress, and limited access to mobile data. These challenges have hampered financial inclusion and access to digital finance instruments, leaving many Africans on the periphery of the formal financial system. Consequently, MiniPay is designed to eliminate these obstacles by offering a range of innovative features. Jørgen Arnesen, the Executive Vice President for mobile at Opera highlighted that MiniPay will operate with sub-cent fees, ensuring that users can transact without being burdened by high costs. Additionally, the wallet will allow users to onboard and back up their wallets using their Google credentials, simplifying the setup process. Celo’s inclusion with Opera’s MiniPay wallet augurs well for Africa’s expanding digital finance sector. Celo, which has a sizable African user base, is well-known for its commitment to financial inclusion and accessibility. This collaboration expands MiniPay’s usability by allowing users to access a greater range of decentralized services and applications. Recognizing the diversity of payment preferences in Africa, MiniPay has integrated with local payment methods, including Airtime and MPesa, as well as traditional bank transfers. This feature facilitates the easy conversion of stablecoins into local currencies, further promoting financial accessibility. This new service, set to debut in the coming months, will first be introduced in Nigeria, with plans to expand its reach to other African countries, including Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. Opera’s Innovation Beyond MiniPay Opera’s commitment to innovation extends beyond MiniPay. Earlier this year, the company introduced generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration into its web browser, referred to as AI Prompt. This feature provides users with contextual prompts for web pages or highlighted text, enhancing the browsing experience by delivering relevant information and suggestions. Furthermore, Opera has been proactive in enhancing the security of its web browser and services. In December, it launched a suite of security tools designed to protect users against “malicious Web3 actors”. This move emphasizes Opera’s dedication to ensuring a safe and secure online experience for its users, particularly in the realm of emerging technologies like Web3 and blockchain. Thank you! You have successfully joined our subscriber list. Source

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Hem gozeldir, hemde ki, cox mehriban. Bele qizdan wer yazmağa ne var. Dindirirsen her sozune deyir can. Bele qizdan wer yazmağa ne var. * Dodaq qonce, ağiz ewq piyalesi. Piyaleden ic, ol ewqin xestesi. Rastima cixmayib hec vaxt belesi. Bele qizdan wer yazmağa ne var. * Dili badam ici, lebleri qaymaq. Sinesine baxirsan hazir quymaq. Siz deyin, hec ondan olarmi doymaq Bele qizdan wer yazmağa ne var. * Nefesiyle sanki verir heraret. Yanindadir cekdirmir sene hesret. Sonrasini bilmek olmaz ya qismet. Bele qizdan wer yazmaģa ne var. * O, bawqa qizlardan ferqlenir bir az. Omrumun qiwini eyleyibdir yaz. Menim ucun olub evezolunmaz. Bele qizdan wer yazmağa ne var.

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Uganda: An American Conned $6 million

Uganda: An American Conned $6 million

KIBULI, 18 February 2021 – Two Ugandan police deserters have been accused of setting up a gold scam in which they conned $6 million out of an American national, Abastaios Belesis. The American, a mineral dealer, said he met the two while seeking to buy gold in large quantities. Former police constable Martin Bwayo and his accomplice Enock Katwesigye claimed to be senior UPDF officers calling…

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James M’Chord, National Safety: A Sermon Delivered in the Legislative Hall, 1815

it is under this interesting and instructive point of view, that we are taught to contemplate the remarkable occurrence recorded in the passage of which our text forms a portion. Few of you need be told that the words just read are a part of the prophet Daniel’s interpretation of a vision, which unfolded to the most celebrated of the Chaldean monarchs the future destinies of his eventful life. The empire over which he reigns was the most extensive and powerful known to ancient times. Within a century after the deluge, its capital was founded on the plain of Shiner; and circumstances recorded of the times of Joshua, before Israel was established in the land of promise, bear testimony to the arts, and to the commercial enterprise of Babylon the Great. The records of antiquity throw but a feeble, and indeed rather perplexing light, on the events of her early history. It would appear, however, from a careful comparison of the various slender, and sometimes almost contradictory notices which have been handed down to us, that in an age very remote, the seat of empire was transferred from Babylon to Nineveh; and that about six hundred years afterwards, viz. in the year A.C. 606, the successful rebellion of Nebopolassar, at that time hereditary Satrap of Babylon, deprived the Assyrian monarchy of its ruler and its capital, and restored to the city on the plain of Shiner its ancient preeminence over the cities of the East. Of this Nebopolassar, or Belesis as he is called in some fragments of antiquity, Nebuchadnezzar was the son. Early associated with his father in the government, and possessed of a capacity equally eminent in the arts of war and peace, Babylon rose, under the auspices of his genius, to a height of power and magnificence unknown to former times.

[celticnoise]

CELTIC are monitoring Paris FC’s £4.5million-rated striker Silas Wamangituka.

Neil Lennon watched the DR Congo frontman against Valenciennes on Monday night, according to a report in the Sun.

Wamangituka is attracting interest from several top French clubs, Italian outfit Fiorentina and an German side SV Hamburg after an impressive debut season in Ligue 2.

The 19-year-old attacker has claimed nine goals in his first campaign as a professional, but was out of luck in the scoreless encounter against Valenciennes at the start of the week.

Lennon has insisted a new striker is a priority for the champions in the summer with Oliver Burke poised to return to Championship side West Brom when his loan deal expires in June.

Wamangituka only joined Paris FC last summer after a season with French fifth-tier outfit Ales.

The powerful frontman came through the Black Mountain Sport Academy after being spotted playing on the streets of Congo as a kid.

The teenager still has two years left on his deal, but the Ligue 2 side are expected to cash in on him this summer.

Agent Olivier Belesi confirmed Wamangituka has several options. He said: “We are a team working on a daily basis for his well-being.

“We are here to protect him from sharks and opportunists, to preserve him from all temptations.”

It is obvious £10million man Odsonne Edouard needs someone to take the strain off up front and Lennon hopes Leigh Griffiths, who has been out for five months with personal issues, will make a return before the current campaign comes to a halt.

And there has been disappointment over Vakoun Issouf Bayo who arrived in a £2million switch from Slovakian football in the January transfer window.

The Ivory Coast international played only five minutes of first team football in the 1-0 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in February before being sidelined with a hamstring injury.

American Timothy Weah is also also ready to leave Parkhead to return to Paris Saint-Germain when his temporary contract runs out, but there is hope he will come back in a similar basis in the new campaign..

* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Celtic v Kilmarnock this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.

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#CelticNoise #Celtic #CelticFC #CelticQuickNews

[tradedmiami]

SALE IMAGE: George Belesis & Uccio Zecchini DATE: 06/20/2023 ADDRESS: 250 Northwest 36th Street MARKET: Miami ASSET TYPE: Development Site BUYER: Alejandro Ruiz SELLER: Pablo Alfaro BROKERS: George Belesis - DWNTWN Realty Advisors (@DWNTWNRealtyAdvisors); Uccio Zecchini (@Uzeta_22) - BZG International (@BZGInternational) SALE PRICE: $1,900,000 SF: 7,980 ~ PPSF: $238 #Miami #RealEstate #tradedmia #MIA #TradedPartner #DevelopmentSite #GeorgeBelesis #UccioZecchini #PabloAlfaro #AlejandroRuiz #DWNTWNRealtyAdvisors #BZGInternational

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[securitieslitgtr]

Finra Arbitrators Let Thousands of Brokers Purge Infraction Records

Published by The Wall Street Journal

By Jean Eaglesham and Coulter Jones

Nov. 17, 2018 8:00 a.m. ET

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Brokers with scrubbed records are more likely to generate complaints, two academics found

Thousands of brokers have scrubbed their records clean of complaints by customers and employers, allowing them to hide information from potential investors, according to a new study.

These brokers were more likely than other ones to receive additional complaints or other allegations of misconduct after their records were cleaned, according to the academic paper, which analyzed public regulatory records from 2007 to 2016.

The scrubbing process, known as expungement, is overseen by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the industry-funded brokerage regulator. Under Finra rules, arbitrators are expected to allow a record to be deleted from the public “BrokerCheck” website only if an allegation against a broker is factually impossible, “clearly erroneous” or the broker wasn’t involved in an alleged misconduct.

Expungement is meant to be a rare event, regulators say. But the study, which analyzed BrokerCheck records and other regulatory information, found that arbitrators granted requests nearly 70% of the time.

Scrubbing so many records — 4,572 of the 6,700 requests were agreed to— makes it hard to track bad actors and harms “the ability for regulators and consumers to monitor brokers,” according to the study by Colleen Honigsberg, an assistant law professor at Stanford University, and Matthew Jacob, an economics pre-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University.

Last year, Finra proposed changes to make it harder for brokers to scrub records but has yet to issue a final rule. A spokeswoman said the regulator is still reviewing and considering comments received and that it looks forward to reviewing the final version of the study. The spokeswoman added that the regulator is “committed to ensuring that Finra arbitration is a fair dispute resolution system for all parties.”

There are about 630,000 active brokers registered with Finra. Most don’t have any complaints or expungement requests.

One who did was Stuart Siegel. The Florida broker in 2013 declared on his BrokerCheck page that he had enjoyed an “unblemished record over a 35-year career in the securities industry with never having been accused of misconduct by any customer.”

Potential clients wouldn’t know by looking at the page that Mr. Siegel got approval in 2011 to delete an earlier complaint by an investor that alleged he’d given the client poor investment advice, arbitration records show. The matter was settled for $14,500; Mr. Siegel was dismissed as a party to the claim before it settled.

Two years after the complaint was scrubbed, Finra filed unrelated civil charges against Mr. Siegel alleging he had used tens of thousands of dollars of charitable funds he oversaw for his personal benefit. Mr. Siegel repaid the money and in 2014 agreed to be barred from the securities industry without admitting or denying the allegations, according to Finra records.

Finra declined to comment on the matter, while Mr. Siegel couldn’t be reached for comment. His lawyer during the expungement claim, Marc Dobin, said, “at the time the expungement was granted, there was no indication of any hint of a regulatory problem.”

A state regulators’ group this year called for changes to the expungement system, which it says is “broken” and removes valuable information from the records.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, an industry body, said in its response to Finra’s proposals that the “existing rules … provide sufficient safeguards.”

Finra urges investors to check brokers’ disciplinary records, using its BrokerCheck system. But these records don’t show attempts to scrub complaints, even though such requests are a red flag, according to the study.

Mr. Dobin says it has gotten much harder for brokers to clean records in recent years. In particular, brokers can no longer make offers to settle complaints that hinge on the client agreeing not to fight an expungement. “Finra’s demonstrated a growing hostility to expungements,” he added.

A recent surge in brokered sales of private stakes in companies, known as private placements, could fuel new requests to scrub records. Brokers who sold these deals were four times more likely to seek expungement than the industry average, according to an analysis of arbitrators’ records by Ms. Honigsberg and Mr. Jacob. Their success rate – 62% — is slightly worse than the industry average, the analysis found.

More than one in five brokers who were denied requests to scrub red flags went on to rack up additional allegations of misconduct, the study found. That compares with only 4% of all brokers who received any allegation of misconduct from 2007 to 2017, according to the study.

Former stockbroker Anastasios Belesis, known as Tommy, tried eight times to scrub complaints filed between 2012 and 2015 — none passed, according to regulatory records. He’s now barred permanently and the firm where he served as CEO, John Thomas Financial, has been expelled from the industry.

Mr. Belesis, whose firm sold penny stocks to investors, declined to comment on the expungement process, saying he had “nothing to do with the industry any more, it’s irrelevant to me.” He added that “these are all past events that occurred in another lifetime to me and a lot of that was sensationalized from the regulators.”

Write to Jean Eaglesham at [email protected] and Coulter Jones at [email protected]

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from Investment Fraud Lawyers | Investor Loss Recovery https://securitieslitigators.com/finra-arbitrators-let-thousands-of-brokers-purge-infraction-records/

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Lawrence Fawcett Barred By FINRA and Subject to Churning Complaints

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) former Westpark Capital, Inc. (Westpark Capital) broker Lawrence Fawcett (Fawcett) has been subject to five customer complaints, two regulatory actions and one termination for cause.  Fawcett was barred by FINRA from the securities industry in March 2018 after failing to appear for testimony in connection with an investigation regarding Fawcett’s outside business activities.  At around the same time Fawcett was terminated by Westpark Capital on allegations that he conducted business from a non-disclosed location and made false representations to the firm.

In December 2017 Fawcett was sanctioned by FINRA on allegations that he recommended unsuitable mutual fund transactions to a customer by recommending 12 different mutual fund families instead of obtaining favorable breakpoint discounts for the customer.

In addition, many of the customer complaints against Fawcett concern high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading.  In May 2018 a customer filed a complaint alleging excessive trading, churning, and unsuitable transactions seeking $33,271 in damages.  The claim is currently pending.

When brokers engage in excessive trading, sometimes referred to as churning, the broker will typical trade in and out of securities, sometimes even the same stock, many times over a short period of time.  Often times the account will completely “turnover” every month with different securities.  This type of investment trading activity in the client’s account serves no reasonable purpose for the investor and is engaged in only to profit the broker through the generation of commissions created by the trades.  Churning is considered a species of securities fraud.  The elements of the claim are excessive transactions of securities, broker control over the account, and intent to defraud the investor by obtaining unlawful commissions.  A similar claim, excessive trading, under FINRA’s suitability rule involves just the first two elements.  Certain commonly used measures and ratios used to determine churning help evaluate a churning claim.  These ratios look at how frequently the account is turned over plus whether or not the expenses incurred in the account made it unreasonable that the investor could reasonably profit from the activity.

The number of complaints against Fawcett are unusual compared to his peers.  According to newsources, only about 7.3% of financial advisors have any type of disclosure event on their records among brokers employed from 2005 to 2015.  Brokers must publicly disclose reportable events on their CRD customer complaints, IRS tax liens, judgments, investigations, and even criminal matters.  However, studies have found that there are fraud hotspots such as certain parts of California, New York or Florida, where the rates of disclosure can reach 18% or higher.  Moreover, according to the New York Times, BrokerCheck may be becoming increasing inaccurate and understate broker misconduct as studies have shown that 96.9% of broker requests to clean their records of complaints are granted.

Fawcett entered the securities industry in 2012.  Many of the other firms Fawcett worked for have been expelled by FINRA including John Thomas Financial which was run by Anastasios “Tommy” Belesis who agreed to be banned from the securities industry when the SEC accused him of defrauding investors in two hedge funds.  In addition, John Thomas faced allegations of penny-stock fraud by FINRA after the firm reaped more than $100 million in commissions over its six-year history before it closed in July.  According to new sources trainees at the firm earned as little as $300 a week to pitch stocks with memorized scripts.  Despite this history brokerage firms Salomon Whitney Financial and Westpark Capital chose to hire Fawcett.

At Gana Weinstein LLP, our attorneys are experienced representing investors who have suffered securities losses due excessive trading and other securities laws violations.  Our consultations are free of charge and the firm is only compensated if you recover.

from Securities Fraud https://www.securitieslawyersblog.com/2018/07/16/lawrence-fawcett-barred-by-finra-and-subject-to-churning-complaints/

[seocompanysurrey]

Suffragette Vote 100 anniversary: Meet two Royal Holloway students following in footsteps of the suffragettes

Natasha Barrett and Tressa Belesi were born on opposite sides of the Atlantic but they both fight for the same cause: equal rights for women from getsurrey - News https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/suffragette-vote-100-anniversary-meet-14215776

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