This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Jim Salzano BS ’87 is the CEO of Jones & Vining a global manufacturer of footwear components supplied to over 500 of the best footwear brands including Nike Jim joined Clarks Shoes as an executive vice president becoming president in 2010 and setting Clarks on a path to achieve over $1 billion in revenue by 2013 Jim was recognized as one of industry’s “Footwear News Power 100” and distribution underwent a complete transformation and Jim was instrumental in the sale of the business to Marc Fisher in December 2016 Jim has chaired the board for the Two Ten Footwear Foundation and was awarded the AA Bloom Award which recognizes an individual in the industry for outstanding volunteerism which provided internship opportunities to people with disabilities He is a member of the RIT President’s Roundtable and Chair of the Saunders College of Business National Council He resides in Boston with his wife Shana and four children Springfield College Occupational Therapy (OT) graduate student Jordan Salzano ’20 and Occupational Therapy professor Latasha Dionne ’11 have formed a connection that exemplifies what makes Springfield College a special place It’s a mentorship that remains strong outside of the classroom setting and it has given Salzano the confidence to challenge herself as she remains dedicated to advocacy work surrounding individuals with autism “Professor Dionne’s passion for advocacy fuels my passion as well,” explained Salzano “She is more than my academic advisor and professor; she is an important mentor in my life who continues to give me the confidence to step outside of my comfort level which has only fostered personal and professional enrichment creating a meaningful and lasting impact on both of our lives.” As a second-year graduate student in the OT program Salzano has thrived in Dionne’s class which focuses on management leadership and advocacy in the OT profession It’s a course that talks about entrepreneurship and helps individuals find those gaps in what the OT profession needs and encourages students to think outside the box “It’s an innovative class that allows for students to talk about creative ideas in class and help move them to reality,” said Dionne “We encourage students to realize that they can have an impact on being creative and come up with innovative ways to make an impact on the profession now Salzano’s disability and autism work started on social media a couple years ago she had the opportunity to present in person at the Autism Conference Summit in Columbus Salzano presented on “Embracing Change and Pivoting Your Passion on the Autism Spectrum.” Her main learning objectives centered on understanding why it can be difficult for people on the autism spectrum to initially embrace change and pivot passions in life and helping individuals recognize the signals that they may need to consider embracing change and pivoting their passion She also talked about five ways to help attendees open their minds to embrace change and pivot their passion as I met so many great and ambitious people who are doing great work and making great strides for the neurodiversity community,” explained Salzano “I was able to network with many professionals and we remain in contact to brew up new ideas to create other neurodiversity initiative projects I attended many presentations at the summit and they all had great niches for conversation and advocacy.” Following up on the momentum gained in Ohio Salzano also spoke over Zoom at the Autism Society of Minnesota Autistic Community Summit in November of 2024. Salzano’s commitment to autism advocacy stems from her personal story of overcoming the obstacles of being on the autism spectrum and helping reduce the stigma for both adults and youth who have been diagnosed Salzano’s work is built upon the realization that everyone’s diagnosis journey is different and she reminds people that autism is a spectrum and everyone is unique She continues to find ways to be involved with programs that enhance the understanding and education on autism so that people with autism get the correct support and educational programs they need “I want to emphasize to people with disabilities and not to be upset or ashamed of their diagnoses,” explained Salzano “Once an individual is okay with talking about their diagnoses they can help so many people who either went through the same experiences or are presently going through them.”  Salzano started a motivational Instagram account she started to think about the idea of writing a self-help book with the concept of analyzing what the hunger to improve is The book would highlight how individuals can be the boss of their problems The end result was publishing The Everlasting Hunger for Improvement in 2020 The book describes why a person needs that hunger for improvement to lead them to be the best versions of themselves and it was published when I was 18 ½,” explained Salzano “The book is built on the concept of motivation I share a lot of my own stories as a way to connect with readers and most of my dreams were centered around hockey I talk about my own self-motivation and the lessons I learned in hockey as well as the life lessons I learned outside of hockey as well.” Dionne has witnessed Salzano express her passions in the classroom and channel that energy into action Dionne stresses to her students that there is no better time than the present to advocate for the OT profession and to advocate for the individuals OT professionals assist on a daily basis “We talk about what advocacy looks like and how OT’s can advocate on a daily basis,” explained Dionne and it doesn’t always have to be marching into Washington Politicians want to hear from the next generation Students like Jordan and their voices are so important and can have such a strong impact on decision making.” Salzano has also led anti-bullying presentations geared towards talking about the harmful effects of bullying and stressing the ways individuals can take the initiative to put an end to bullying.  “I was able to speak to student groups on campus and talked with first-year seminar class students,” expressed Salzano “I was able to highlight some national stats on bullying and connect with students by sharing my own experiences about being bullied The goal is to try and sustain an anti-bullying environment for all.” Salzano continues to be inspired by her OT faculty members as she continues to find new ways to help others “The faculty at Springfield College play a huge part in students’ lives and the OT faculty have provided me with so much support and direction as I continue to grow as a person “I started writing my new book a couple of years ago I talk about my hockey dreams coming to a dead end and navigating around that I provide personal experiences that can resonate with readers and provide strategies people can use to navigate through such times.” “I want to create a phone app that is designed for people on the autism spectrum to help them navigate through uncertainty and changes in life,” described Salzano “It would provide different topics that resonate with them and give them advice on how to navigate through those changes It would also reference in-person options for assistance.” When recently reflecting on all of the great work they have been a part of together Salzano and Dionne took a moment to appreciate that the Springfield College teaching and learning culture continues to lead them down their respective paths “I am thankful I made the best decision to come to Springfield College,” expressed Salzano “It’s because of the learning environment here that I am able to have the confidence to continue to step out of my comfort zone and be the best student and person I can be.” Those words from Salzano reinforce to Dionne that these examples of student and faculty connections run much deeper than just the normal faculty and student experience “I have been fortunate to experience Springfield College as a student and faculty member and we witness every day what makes Springfield College special,” explained Dionne “I am so proud of the work Jordan is doing and it’s exciting to watch her explore her passions and live our Humanics mission.” MA 01109-3739 (413) 748-3000      Copyright © 2025 Springfield College 413-748-3000 You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Metrics details Nutrition impacts the epigenetic signature The aim of this study was to identify genomic regions differentially methylated in the rumen of Italian Mediterranean dairy buffaloes fed green forage [Total Mixed Ration (TMR) + ryegrass green feed (30% of diet)] compared to those receiving a standard TMR diet through Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing We found 6571 differentially methylated genomic regions (DMRs) 51.73% hypomethylated and 48.27% hypermethylated DMRs were uniformly dispersed in genes and intergenic regions and along chromosomes Genes-associated DMRs were mainly hypomethylated while intergenic DMRs were mostly hypermethylated We highlighted 4648 genes associated with DMRs (differentially methylated genes Gene Ontology study performed with hypermethylated or hypomethylated DMGs highlighted categories related to response to oxidative stress and inflammation The integration of our results with differential expression data identified genes whose expression varies as a function of DNA methylation This subset of genes included those involved in immune system functioning Our findings highlighted the impact of green forage on rumen DNA methylation which potentially influences molecular mechanisms relevant to rumen functionality and Given the crucial role of DNA methylation in gene regulation it is important to understand if green forage might impact on ruminal transcriptional program through the modulation of DNA methylation profiles Our findings shed light on the impact of green forage on one of the most studied epigenetic modifications at the ruminal level which might influence molecular mechanisms relevant for animal welfare Among the CpG sites shared between all the samples analyzed (3,456,649 1,815,690 CpGs (52,5%) were methylated in all the samples of the Control group while 1,614,748 CpGs (46,7%) were methylated in all the samples of the Treated group (data not shown) Effect of green forage on genomic DNA methylation in the rumen of dairy buffaloes (a) Principal component analysis that illustrates the methylation status of the CpG sites in all the samples The blue and yellow dots represent samples of the Treated and Control groups (b) MA plot showing differential methylation of all DMRs reported as mean differential methylation versus the mean methylation between the two experimental groups Red and green dots indicate the DMRs that are significantly hypermethylated and hypomethylated Black dots are the DMRs whose differential methylation did not reach the statistical significance between the two experimental groups hypo-DMRs and hyper-DMRs identified in Treated versus Control animals Right: Percentage of CpG sites included in total DMRs hypo-DMRs and hyper-DMRs with respect to the total number of CpG sites in the Bubalus bubalis genome Genomic distribution of DMRs in the rumen of dairy buffaloes fed green forage or standard diet (a) Chromosomal distribution of the DMRs identified in the Treated as compared with the Control group Chromosomal length is displayed on the x axis (Mb) The presence of multiple DMRs in the same genomic region is indicated by longer bars The percentage of DMRs in each chromosome is reported on the right of the figure (b) and (c) Scatterplots that show the correlation of the number of DMRs with the number of genes on the different chromosomes (b) or with the chromosome size (c) The Pearson’s correlation coefficients and the statistical significance are displayed (d) Left: Percentage of DMRs localized in intergenic and genic (exons Right: Number of hypomethylated and hypermethylated DMRs included in intergenic regions DMRs located up to 2 kb upstream of the transcriptional start site is considered (e) Pie chart showing the distribution of the DMGs according to their biotype includes Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake 2 (MICU2) Potassium Channel Tetramerization Domain Containing 1 (KCTD1) SEC61 Translocon Subunit Alpha 1 (SEC61A1) Sprouty RTK Signaling Antagonist 2 (SPRY2) and Translocase Of Outer Mitochondrial Membrane 20 (TOMM20) MICU2 encodes a key regulator of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter; KCTD1 encodes a factor containing a POxvirus and Zinc finger (POZ) protein-protein interaction domain which is involved in the regulation of the Wnt signaling pathway; PRKD1 encodes an enzyme involved in several biological processes such as cell migration and differentiation Among genes associated with the top hypo-DMRs (Table 2) we identified Transmembrane Protein 245 (TMEM245) Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8 Interacting Protein (MAPK8IP1) Fibronectin Leucine Rich Transmembrane Protein 2 (FLRT2) Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 5 (PCSK5) and HECT Domain E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase 3 (HECTD3) proposed to have a role in apoptosis signaling; SESN3 encodes a stress-induced factor with an anti-oxidant function involved also in the glucose homeostasis and lipid storage; CABP1 encodes a calcium binding protein similar to calmodulin implicated in the regulation of voltage-gated calcium ion channels; HECTD3 encodes an enzyme involved in the ubiquitination of target proteins Afterwards, we investigated DMGs associated with more than three DMRs (Supplementary Table S5) Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme E2 Q2 (UBE2Q2) associated with one hypomethylated and two hypermethylated DMRs encodes a transcription factor implicated in the regulation of the circadian clock encodes a factor involved in the T-cell receptor-mediated signal transduction pathway and in the negative regulation of P53 which is associated with one hypomethylated and two hypermethylated DMRs plays a role in the protein turnover and stability The RAS homolog factor encoded by RHOF gene recently associated with a pro-inflammatory activity encodes a phosphatase that negatively regulate innate immune responses The zinc finger protein encoded by the CXXC5 gene associated with two hypomethylated and three hypermethylated DMRs is an epigenetic factor with a function in several signal transduction pathways associated with one hypermethylated and three hypomethylated DMRs encodes a secreted ligand of the TGF-beta involved in several processes including iron homeostasis The arylsulphatase encoded by the SULF2 gene mediates many signal transduction pathways by removing the 6-O-sulfate groups from heparan sulfate we found Pyruvate Carboxylase (PC) (one hypermethylated and one hypomethylated DMRs) encoding a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the initial step of gluconeogenesis Integration of transcriptomic and methylomic results (a) and (b) Scatterplots that display the mean gene expression reported as log2 of normalized counts (FPKM) in the differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in the promoter (up to 2 kb upstream the transcriptional start site) or in the gene body (b) the Pearson’s correlation coefficients and the statistical significance are displayed (c) and (d) Scatterplots that show the impact of green forage on the transcriptional program and the DNA methylation in the Treated animals in comparison with the Control group are plotted against changes in the DNA methylation in the promoters (c) or the gene bodies (d) of the DMGs Yellow dots: hypermethylated and up-regulated genes; blue dots: hypermethylated and down-regulated genes; green dots: hypomethylated and up-regulated genes; red dots: hypomethylated and down-regulated genes GRB10 is a down-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR (19 CpG sites) located in its promoter which encodes a growth factor receptor-binding protein belonging to the family of adapter proteins that bind receptor tyrosine kinases and signaling molecules known to interact with insulin-like growth-factor receptors and insulin receptors GREB1L is an up-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR (11 CpG sites) located in its promoter encoding a poorly characterized protein which displays high similarity with the growth factor Growth Regulating Estrogen Receptor Binding 1 a role in cell proliferation and in the response to estrogen stimuli SIM2 is an up-regulated gene associated with two hypo-DMRs in its promoter (4 and 11 CpG sites) encoding a transcription factor that is implicated in the regulation of neurogenesis and the immune response WARS is a down-regulated gene associated with one hyper-DMR in the promoter region (2 CpG sites) encoding a tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase that catalyzes the aminoacylation of tRNA with tryptophan involved in the innate immune response and inflammation encoding a ligand of the TGF-beta (see above) is up-regulated and associated with three hypo-DMRs (8 4 and 8 CpG sites) and one hyper-DMR (4 CpG sites) in the gene body; two of these hypo-DMRs and the hyper-DMRs are included in an annotated CpG island containing 307 CpG sites that spans the exon 1 of the gene CDC42EP5 is a down-regulated gene encoding a Rho GTP-ase involved in the polymerization of the actin cytoskeleton associated with one hypo-DMR in the gene body (2 CpG sites) which is included in an annotated CpG island containing 681 CpG sites DUOX1 is an up-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR in the gene body (14 CpG sites) encoding a member of the NADPH oxidase family known to mediate Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) production involved in innate immune defense and anti-microbial function KCNK10 is an up-regulated gene associated with two hyper-DMRs in the gene body (2 and 4 CpG sites) encoding a factor that regulates calcium homeostasis KIF21A is a down-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR in the gene body (6 CpG sites) encoding a member of the KIF4 sub-family of kinesin-like motor proteins with a possible role in the microtubule-dependent transport LOC102409914 (or ZNF786) is an up-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR (12 CpG sites) encoding a zinc finger protein possibly involved in the transcriptional regulation PM20D2 is a down-regulated gene associated with one hyper-DMR in the gene body (7 CpG sites) which encodes a peptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides having basic amino acids lysine with a possible role in the elimination of dipeptide products of carnosine biosynthesis SAMD11 is an up-regulated gene associated with two hypo-DMRs in the gene body (9 and 3 CpG sites) encoding a factor predicted to negatively regulate the transcription TENM3 is a down-regulated gene associated with one hyper-DMR in the gene body (10 CpG sites) which encodes a member of the teneurin transmembrane protein family with a possible role in the regulation of neuronal development TFAP2E gene is an up-regulated gene associated with one hyper-DMR in its gene body (6 CpG sites) encoding a transcription factor that binds promoters and enhancers and regulates the expression of genes implicated in the cell cycle TNXB is an up-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR in its gene body (12 CpG sites) encoding a member of the tenascin family of extracellular matrix glycoproteins implicated in the expression and deposition of collagen into the extracellular matrix TRIM7 is an up-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR in its gene body (3 CpG sites) which encodes a member of the tripartite motif (TRIM) family with a possible role in the initiation of glycogen biosynthesis ZFYVE16 is a down-regulated gene associated with a hyper-DMR in its gene body (10 CpG sites) which encodes an endosomal protein belonging to the FYVE zinc finger proteins which regulate the endosomal membrane trafficking and are involved in the TGF-beta signaling pathway LOC102400339 (or MAD2L1) is a down-regulated gene associated with five DMRs two of which are located within its promoter (one hypo-DMR 7 CpGs) and three of which within gene body (two hypo-DMRs LOC102400339 encodes a component of the mitotic spindle involved in the assembly checkpoint UPP1 is an up-regulated gene associated with one hypo-DMR spanning its promoter and gene body (3 CpG sites) which encodes a uridine phosphorylase with a role in the degradation and salvage of pyrimidine ribonucleosides are still uncharacterized loci and no reliable information is available we underlined for the first time that green forage diet has an impact at the genome-wide level on DNA methylation signature in buffaloes ruminal wall reinforcing the idea of a stepwise process by which the administration of green forage might lead to changes in the epigenetic landscape our data suggested that green forage administration increases rumen activity and this evidence allows to hypothesize that this diet might have a role in the production of nutraceutical molecules the levels of which might be enhanced also in milk it was previously reported that 30% green forage enhances the concentration of beneficial biomolecules in milk and other dairy products in buffaloes [17 These data are in agreement with the role of the extracellular matrix in the regulation of adipogenesis through the formation of a structural support for adipocytes a broad overview of DNA methylation changes that occur in buffaloes following green forage feeding the ruminal wall transcription through changes in this epigenetic signature We found that green forage diet has a genome-wide impact on DNA methylation leading mainly to DNA hypomethylation with respect to hypermethylation the inspection of DNA methylation changes in the proximity of genes highlighted that these changes regard principally protein-coding genes many of which encode factors implicated in the regulation of biological processes important for buffalo welfare and rumen functionality The integration of changes in rumen DNA methylation profiles with the previously obtained differential gene expression data upon green forage administration deepened our understanding of the response of metabolism and physiology of rumen to this diet regimen and pinpoints DNA methylation as a key player in the diet-dependent transcriptional modulation adding a further piece of knowledge on the potential effects of the diet on molecular mechanisms linked to the animal welfare and production of nutraceutical molecules Our results will open new perspectives for the setting of innovative precision feeding-based strategies taking into account both animal welfare and the production of animal derived food rich in health promoting biomolecules Animals were fed in the morning and in the evening At the conclusion of the trial the animals which were at the end of their reproductive and productive careers were euthanized all together by penetrating captive bolt according to the AVMA Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Animals following procedures approved by the Ethical Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Naples “Federico II” samples of rumen were collected for molecular studies Each sample was labeled and stored at -80 °C until analysis Genomic DNA was extracted from 100 mg of frozen ruminal wall tissue of 14 dairy buffaloes of which 6 received TMR (Control group) and 8 were fed a TMR + green forage (Treated group) Genomic DNA was extracted using Wizard Genomic DNA Purification Kit (Promega according to the manufacturer’s instructions 10 µg of extracted DNA were subjected to an additional proteinase K digestion in 200 mM Tris HCl pH 7.5 0.5% SDS and 15 µg proteinase K (Roche Basel The quality and the concentration of DNA samples were determined using NanoDrop (NanoDrop Technologies the ratios of the absorbance at 260 nm and 280 nm (A260/280) and at 260 nm and 230 nm (A260/230) were between 1.8 and 2.0 and 1.9–2.2 Five µg of each DNA sample was sent to IGA Technology Services (Udine Italy) for library generation and sequencing After quantification of DNA samples with Qubit 2.0 Fluorometer (Invitrogen 100 ng of high-quality DNA from each sample was used as input for library generation using the Ovation RRBS Methyl-Seq System (NuGEN DNA was digested with the methylation insensitive restriction enzyme MspI Unmethylated lambda phage DNA was spiked-in to estimate the bisulfite conversion rate The concentration of the final libraries was measured with both Qubit 2.0 Fluorometer (Invitrogen Libraries were then sequenced in paired-end mode of 100 bp The processing of raw data for both format conversion and de-multiplexing was performed by Bcl2Fastq 2.20 version of the Illumina pipeline Only CpGs with a coverage of at least 5 reads across all the samples were analyzed Differentially methylated regions between the two groups were detected using the dmrFinder function from bsseq Significant DMRs were those having an areaStat <-3.2 and > + 3.2 and a quantile-based cutoff of 5% Gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of DMR-associated genes (DMGs) was performed using an in-house developed script based on the hypergeometric test of GO distribution setting an FDR < 0.05 as the threshold for statistical significance All annotated genes in the genome were used as background for the GO analysis The RRBS dataset supporting the conclusions of this 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PLoS Biol. 8, e1000412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000412 (2010) Download references for giving relevant advice in the conception of the study This research was financially supported by Italian Ministry for Economic Development (grant number F/200016/01–03/X45) through a research project entitled “CAPSULE - Ottimizzazione delle teCniche di Allevamento e dei Processi produttivi del Settore lattiero-caseario bUfalino e del vino per la produzione di aLimEnti funzionali and Agritech National Research Center and European Union Next-GenerationEU (PIANO NAZIONALE DI RIPRESA E RESILIENZA (PNRR) - MISSIONE 4 COMPONENTE 2 This manuscript reflects only the authors’ views and opinions neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be considered responsible for them Salvatore Fioriniello and Angela Salzano contributed equally to this work Salvatore Fioriniello & Floriana Della Ragione Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed managed the animals and organized the collection of the samples; S.F gave conceptual advice and edited the manuscript; all of the authors have reviewed and approved the final manuscript The authors declare no competing interests All experimental procedures were carried out in accordance with the European Directive 2010/63/EU and the Italian Legislative Decree No The Ethical Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Naples “Federico II” approved the research (Protocol No The informed consent for the use of animals was provided by the cooperating commercial buffalo dairy farm located in southern Italy Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91969-y Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science Cloudy skies with a few showers after midnight remembered a well-behaved and generous boy Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen soon to become the first millennial saint We're always interested in hearing about news in our community there are no recent results for popular commented articles Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for running a $658-million Ponzi scheme through National Realty Investment Advisors (NRIA) the scam real estate investing company he owned that defrauded more than 2,000 people This week's sentencing was announced here by U.S Salzano pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to securities fraud conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion he agreed to serve 8-12 years in prison; federal Judge Evelyn Padin handed down the maximum prison time at his sentencing this week "Today’s sentencing of Salzano should send a message to others who choose to prey on innocent victims through similar investment fraud schemes," said IRS special agent in charge Harry Chavis The amount of money Salzano made through NRIA is staggering: He agreed to pay $507 million in restitution to his victims Salzano also agreed to a forfeiture money judgment of $8.52 million Salzano and his wife used to live in Riverside Court, the luxury town home complex at the end of Meadowlands Parkway. When Salzano was first arrested on March 4, 2021, he refused for hours to come out of his home, prompting a large FBI stand-off He finally did emerge and was placed in handcuffs Salzano was let out of jail on a $1-million bail bond and was ordered to home confinement until his sentencing But he has not lived in Secaucus for several years a family member in Toms River posted his home as collateral should Salzano leave the country Patch has been covering the criminal activities of Nick Salzano for several years now: NRIA claimed it owned $1.25 billion in real estate assets, from luxury homes in Saddle River to beachfront condos in Florida federal prosecutors discovered NRIA was a massive Ponzi scheme only kept afloat by money from new investors Federal agents started investigating NRIA after people began reporting the company to the New Jersey Bureau of Securities saying they had lost significant amounts of money NRIA used to advertise aggressively on the radio/TV and had billboards outside the Holland and Lincoln tunnels with Grabato as president and Salzano as shadow CEO Federal prosecutors say Salzano made Grabato the public face of the company to hide the fact that Salzano previously pleaded guilty to fraud in Louisiana through a now-shuttered telecommunications company he owned called NorVergence NRIA sold memberships in their real estate investment fund to investors across the country They said they used investor money to purchase land or property at below-market value prices which would then be developed for sale at a large profit with the added possibility of returns as high as 21 percent NRIA generated little to no profits and was only kept afloat by money coming in from new investors The FBI said Salzano used the hundreds of millions he and Grabato made to support a lavish lifestyle including a salary paid to Salzano's wife for a no-show job He also failed to pay $26 million in taxes NRIA listed its place of business as 1325 Paterson Plank Road in Secaucus While Salzano was taken into FBI custody in 2021 and is considered among the FBI's most wanted A third man, Arthur Scuttaro, 62, of Nutley, worked as the head of sales at NRIA. He pleaded guilty in 2022 to one count of securities fraud conspiracy Hudson County View has a photo of both Salzano and Grabato Prior: Nick Salzano Of Secaucus Pleads Guilty In $658 Million Ponzi Scheme (Feb Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Adriana Salzano emerged as a star right away during freshmen season for the Princeton Day School girls’ soccer team in 2020 scoring a team-high nine goals as the Panthers went 10-1 in a season curtailed by COVID-19 concerns Salzano is aiming to be a major contributor from the outset as she starts her career with the Monmouth University women’s soccer team “I definitely want to come in there and make an impact as early as possible just like I did in my freshman year in high school,” said Salzano who started preseason training earlier this month as the Hawks prepare for their season opener at Temple on August 15 I had a goal to start and help the team in any way that I could Another big one is that I want to be the CAA (Coastal Athletic Association) Rookie of the Year I know it is a big one to reach for but if I work hard Salzano helped PDS make history this past fall as it won the first New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public A title in program history a 2-1 regular season loss to Notre Dame in early October proved to be a turning point for the squad which featured a number of freshmen and sophomores “That loss told us either you are going to go down from here or you are going to fight back I told the team the amount of potential that this group has this season is like nothing I have seen before It is Chris [head coach Chris Pettit] putting his trust in them and saying I know you have got this and those younger players getting the approval from the seniors and the upperclassmen that is what really boosted their confidence and that is what made them so comfortable on the field It made them able to perform and do what they did.” After tough losses in Mercer County Tournament and Prep state tourney PDS saved its best for last in the Non-Public tourney and Trinity Hall on the way to the title game “Going into that final game I just remember as I got off the bus I was reading a note on my phone from my grandfather who passed away a couple of years ago,” recalled Salzano ‘I am never going to be able to get to see you at that age’ and whatever Reading that was like I want to go out there and I want to do this for him I want to make this such a memorable night.” it was a perfect memory to culminate her time with the PDS program “I would definitely say it all fell into place in my high school soccer career I don’t think I would ask for it to be any different,” said Salzano who tallied 17 goals and four assists last fall as PDS went 17-2-3 “My soccer career at PDS has definitely been an unforgettable one with all of the memories I have made with the girls she had been eyeing a college career since she was a grade schooler “Ever since I found out that playing sports in college was a thing “I knew I wanted to play at the Division I level at such a young age I have relatives who have played in college I wanted to carry on that legacy of being a Division I athlete the first one in my immediate family but another one coming from Salzanos.” As her recruiting process began before her junior year Salzano suddenly had lot of options at the next level from the East Coast and the West Coast,” said Salzano “It is a great feeling but then you just got into junior year and you are like I am about to choose a college.’ There is a lot that goes into it While Salzano considered such schools as Michigan she ended up deciding that going to Monmouth and remaining in the Garden State was the best fit for her ‘I want to stay close to home,’” said Salzano I just see a pull with Monmouth with the campus Kylee Flynn became the head coach last season and she is making it a powerhouse program who had starred for the Panther softball team before the program was discontinued this spring We ran fitness every day and what I loved about it was that some of the fitness tests that Lucia [Marcozzi] had us do were the exact same that Monmouth does in their preseason.” Salzano played club soccer for PDS South into the middle of May and then did a conditioning program run by the club’s director of coaching she honed in on Monmouth’s fitness program “We have an app that we all downloaded in May we are on day 70 of the packet,” said Salzano I don’t think I have taken an off day although I have rested.” she has been bonding with her new teammates “We do have a group chat and individually we all snap each other We all met at soccer games at Monmouth in the fall.” Salzano is ready to play wherever the team needs her “They are thinking in the midfield area so center attacking midfielder or center defensive midfielder,” said Salzano “I am probably one of the tallest on the team Kylee said your height can definitely be used at times when we are in a game and we are trying to hold a lead at center back She said that would be another spot for you too I am familiar with any one of those three spots.” While Salzano is heading into an unfamiliar situation as she adjusts to college on and off the field “This is the first time I will be away from home for a while that is something I am thinking about in the back of my mind It is going to be good that I am surrounded by people all the time.” "Allow us to help you, to help your busines! 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Click here and tell us what we should be covering in your neighborhood Amidst increasing global tensions and disruptions in value chains Italy is stepping up its role in international geopolitics by focusing on constructing and managing key infrastructure corridors are adopting strategies like reshoring and near-shoring to diversify and regionalise trade and align more closely with geopolitically stable partners in response to this By investing in sustainable infrastructure and fostering strong commercial ties with Africa and other regions Italy ensures the stability and growth of global value chains solidifying its position in global geopolitics and economic development Francesco Corvaro spent last week in Washington engaging US Department of Energy officials on nuclear fission and fusion Rome has sent two Canadair water‑bombers to assist Israel in battling forest fires acting swiftly under the EU’s rescEU mechanism Decode39 is a spin-off project stemming from Formiche a leading geopolitical and analytical news outlet that has been informing Italian decision-makers since 2004 We provide authoritative content and geopolitical insights taking advantage of Italy’s unique perspective as a global crossroads to reach English and Arab-speaking readers around the world authoritative content and geopolitical insights from Italy to Arabic readers around the world DECODE39 IN ARABIC> Greg Sleter is the executive editor/associate publisher of Store Brands. Greg’s career dates back to the early 90s and for more than 20 years, Greg has been immersed in covering various segments of retail ranging from private label, to housewares and home goods, and the ever-changing business as a whole. His career began before Amazon sold its first book and Kmart and Sears were major players. Greg has also been at the forefront of the digital revolution within journalism, having worked for AOL’s Patch division and Newsday.com. At each, he was a leading voice in developing new ways to deliver news and use social media to engage with readers. A New York native now living in Pennsylvania, Greg is an avid sports fan and a devotee of international football, better known as soccer to you Americans.  Members of the Class of 2024 are a combination of long-time leaders and up-and-coming visionaries who have provided a strong foundation for an industry that continues to see record-setting growth RELATED: The complete list of the Private Label Hall of Fame Class of 2024 Created in 2006 to recognize those who have made significant contributions to the growth and development of the global private brand industry this year’s event featured retail and product supplier honorees in four categories They include Next Gen Private Label Leader With a legacy of transformation, dedication, and excellence in the world of private label, Edward Salzano joins the Private Label Hall of Fame as one of the Class of 2024’s Lifetime Achievement honorees. Cited as a visionary leader who played a pivotal role in the growth and success of Cantisano Foods/LiDestri Food & Beverage's private label business, Salzano, president of EDNJ Associates has also played a larger role in the overall success of the industry dating back to the turn of the century “I am honored and humbled to be recognized by my peers and receive the Lifetime Achievement award The proudest moments of my career were all the successful programs I was able to be a part of that helped advance the private label industry,” Salzano said His deep-rooted love and passion for the private label industry along with his commitment and willingness to share his wealth of knowledge not only propelled his customers to excellence but also contributed significantly to the overall advancement of the industry Salzano’s leadership extended beyond his company's walls as he served on the board of the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) Salzano spearheaded initiatives that set strategic goals for PLMA paving the way for industry-wide growth and innovation His journey in the industry began at Cantisano Foods/LiDestri Food & Beverage where he led and coordinated the daily marketing and operational aspects of the private label division.  Through his strategic vision and implementation of effective policies and procedures he orchestrated a remarkable transformation taking the company from a modest $8 million single manufacturer to a thriving $800 million diversified food and beverage powerhouse speaks in this interview with Omnes about her son whom she considers "a great sign of hope for young people" because of the normal life he led mother of Carlo Acutis (CNS photo / Junno Arocho Esteves) "A great and uncontainable joy". The mother of Carlo Acutis overflowed with emotion when she heard the news that Pope Francis, during the Ordinary Public Consistory The Pope had decided that his son would be canonized during the Jubilee of 2025 on a date yet to be determined Antonia Salzano explains that this news was awaited with anxiety and concern: "Charles has many devotees scattered all over the world and the canonization will now allow the cult to be universal: this will also give us the possibility to carry out other initiatives in honor of Charles such as the construction of a church or the dedication of some chapels" The young man who would soon be elevated to the honors of the altars died at the age of 15 from fulminant leukemia. In the three days of agony that preceded his death, Charles declared to offer his painful sufferings for the Pope and the Church. Great was his love for the EucharistHe repeatedly called her "my highway to Heaven" and for Our Lady: a boundless love that led him to attend daily Mass and to pray the Holy Rosary He is still famous for his online exhibition on the Eucharistic miracles which has garnered millions of hits around the world to the point that some hope he could be designated patron saint of the Internet "Carlo is a great sign of hope for young people," his mother explains "because he has lived what young people live: the joys And Carlo tells them: 'if I have succeeded She is really sure that her son is a spur on the difficult but fascinating path to holiness because Carlo "transmits values that can be shared by everyone He has really looked very intensely at the existential peripheries that Pope Francis is so fond of today" He had a smile and a good word for everyone" The new saint with the contagious smile can be a balm for a world wounded by wars As his mother says: "He was used to building bridges was a child who would give up even a pair of shoes because he was aware that there are so many people starving in the world he used to scold his younger cousins for always leaving the water tap running Antonia still remembers: "He would tell them: 'don't waste water it's a precious commodity and one day it will run out Carlo already had these feelings in his heart Seeing this world in which in many nations there is opulence and waste his favorite game was to go out to sea with his boat and pick up the garbage that came to the surface at high tides." Devotion to Carlo is growing in the world every day His mother does not hide the fact that "even now we struggle to keep up with all the reports that come in Every day we receive news of possible miracles of healings and conversions will have the opportunity to know more about him and pray to him." Antonia then recalls the extraordinary exposition on the Eucharistic miracles that took place when he was teaching catechism and whose aim was to make Christ known and loved in the United States alone it has been welcomed in 10,000 parishes "marveled at the miles-long lines to attend a concert or a ball game He disliked it so much that he would say: 'If people realized the importance of the Eucharist the churches would be so full that people would no longer be able to enter Carlo's love for the Eucharist led him to go to confession once a week through constant and assiduous examinations of conscience to remove from his soul all those burdens that prevented him from flying high but he jokingly said that he did not want to be like St whom he loved and considered too sublime a mystic to achieve it The first miracle related to Carlo's beatification concerns the healing of a Brazilian child suffering from a rare congenital anatomical anomaly of the pancreas who underwent surgery for a head injury following an accident When her daughter was struggling between life and death the mother of this poor young woman went to pray at the tomb of Carlo whose remains rest in the Sanctuary of Despojo in Assisi "That woman knelt before my son's tomb," Antonia recalls with emotion "and remained there all day: in the end she obtained this great grace Many people in Costa Rica had also joined her prayers The fact that Carlo will be canonized during the Great Jubilee of 2025 represents for Antonia a great opportunity for the whole Church: "My Carlo is an instrument of conversion a time in which the Lord calls us to change our lives and to adhere to the project of holiness that He has for each one of us" There is a phrase that the mother of this new saint likes to repeat and will never forget: "We are all born as originals On the occasion of the upcoming canonization of Carlo Acutis, Contractor+ makes available to its users the two films about "God's influencer" directed by José María Zavala: "El Cielo no puede esperar" and "El latido del Cielo" In both tapes you can find various testimonies from friends and family members who talk about the young Acutis his exposition of the Eucharistic miracles and the impact he has had on the lives of hundreds of people Subscribe to Omnes magazine and enjoy exclusive content for subscribers 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Network Digital Office Systems Inc proudly announces that their esteemed Vice President has been named one of the honorees of the 2023 Difference Maker Program by ENX Magazine This program recognizes outstanding individuals in the office technology industry who have made significant contributions and are dedicated to uplifting the industry and commitment to excellence have been truly inspiring Known for always putting his customers’ needs first his dedication to customer satisfaction is unparalleled His exceptional work ethic and deep knowledge of the copier industry have earned him a well-deserved reputation for consistently delivering results that exceed expectations and his dedication to his clients and the copier industry is unparalleled he’s demonstrated his knowledge and skillset successfully selling and supporting customers with copier solutions and his customers’ satisfaction is always his top priority and commitment to excellence are truly inspiring,” said Greg Flanders The Difference Maker Program thrives on the support of its readers extends its gratitude to everyone who cast their vote for Salzano He is a remarkable individual who has made significant contributions to the industry and the company is proud to have him as part of their team Pope Francis is expected to officially announce the date of his canonization on July 1 his canonization could take place during the Jubilee Year of 2025 His canonization will greatly facilitate his mission and apostolate in the world,” explained Antonia Salzano for whom he left an exemplary testimony of life “Carlo transmits an essential message: the importance of the sacraments and sanctification in daily life.” populated by the same dangers that all young people know as he “managed to remain unscathed without falling into these traps.” The first miracle attributed to Carlo Acutis a 4-year-old Brazilian child who suffered from a malformation of the pancreas and couldn’t eat properly The second miracle involved the healing of Valeria a 21-year-old Costa Rican student in Florence She suffered severe head trauma following a bicycle accident "The girl's mother is a woman of great faith her daughter miraculously regained stable vital activity She is now doing very well and will graduate,” said Antonia Salzano “Let us pray that Carlo will continue to intercede for us and that he will obtain many graces for us in particular that of loving God as he did” In addition to these two miracles officially recognized by the Church Carlo Acutis' parents have been receiving testimonies of possible miraculous healings since the day of his funeral "Every day we receive documents recounting possible miraculous healings Some are even extraordinary," they say enthusiastically Since the second miracle was officially recognized thousands of faithful have been waiting for the date of the canonization “Let us pray that Carlo will continue to intercede for us and that he will obtain many graces for us,” concluded the mother of “God’s geek,” “especially that of loving God as he did.” Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you Please make a tax-deductible donation today Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting Catholic news a researcher who explores the intersections of social identities and digital technology will join Stony Brook as an IDEA Fellow in Ethical AI and Data Science and Literacy applied to Complex Structures and Networks He will hold a joint appointment with the School of Communication and Journalism/Alda Center for Communicating Science and the Program in Writing and Rhetoric Salzano examines the relationship of digital media and social change He studies how digitality influences participatory practices of collective life like deliberation and how those practices can divide and unite individuals and groups Salzano questions what it means to participate ethically in civic life in a digital age He examines issues of activism and social justice intersectional power relations in politics and culture and how algorithms and artificial intelligence can shape public discourse Matthew combines inquiries about how technology is changing and influencing society with how we identify and engage with each other in these digital spheres,” said Laura Lindenfeld dean of the School of Communication and Journalism and executive director of the Alda Center for Communicating Science “Matthew’s expertise and interest in these pressing issues will be a tremendous asset as we seek to build a more fair and more rational world through communication and conversation.” and Access) Fellows will help catalyze Stony Brook’s commitment to inclusive solutions-driven research and scholarship in themes of critical importance and cross-disciplinary strength at the university Salzano is one of several IDEA Fellows who will join the campus community this year Salzano comes to Stony Brook from the University of Maryland where he recently completed his doctoral dissertation “Living a Participatory Life: Reformatting Rhetoric for Demanding he published ten peer-reviewed publications in outlets like Critical Studies in Media Communication He has received several awards for his work including from the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and the National Communication Association “We are eager to learn from Matthew’s expertise including what he thinks AI-authored writing means for public and academic discourse and its impact on related issues like the meaning of authorship and the limits of identity,” said 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Learn how your comment data is processed. a mass communication and political science major delivered the traditional student commencement speech at Stony Brook University’s commencement ceremony an adjunct professor in the School of Communication and Journalism has received the 2023-2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching the Moscow correspondent of the Wall Street Journal is a free man after being released from jail in Russia Evan should never have been jailed in the first place © 2024 Stony Brook University 2024 at 8:18 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}(Carly Baldwin/Patch)SECAUCUS a former Secaucus resident admitted in U.S federal court to orchestrating a $658-million Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 2,000 people The man is Thomas Nicholas Salzano He ran a real estate investing company called National Realty Investment Advisors (NRIA) he pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to three crimes: One count of securities fraud one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States (tax evasion) He also agreed to pay $507 million in restitution to his victims He is currently out of jail on a $1-million bail and he has been ordered to home confinement until his sentencing Patch has been covering the alleged criminal activities of Nick Salzano for several years now the luxury town home community at the end of Meadowlands Parkway National Realty Investment Advisors listed its place of business as 1325 Paterson Plank Road in Secaucus for years now federal prosecutors alleged NRIA was a massive Ponzi scheme kept only afloat by money from new investors In March of 2021, Salzano was arrested by FBI agents, with assistance from Secaucus Police. His arrest came after a police standoff that lasted for several hours where Salzano refused to come out of his town home Residents in Riverside Court were told to shelter inside their homes as FBI agents and Secaucus Police U.S. Attorneys say Salzano and another man, Rey Grabato, 43, of Hoboken, ran NRIA. Hudson County View has a photo of both Salzano and Grabato (Federal prosecutors say Salzano made Grabato the public face of the company to hide the fact that Salzano at one point pleaded guilty to fraud in Louisiana through a now-shuttered telecommunications company he owned called NorVergence.) Grabato is believed to have fled to the Philippines he remains a fugitive and he is considered among the FBI's most wanted National Realty Investment Advisors lured investors with "guaranteed 12 percent returns" Grabato and Scuttaro sold memberships in their real estate investment fund to investors across the country including 380 investors in New Jersey alone They claimed all money would be used to purchase land or property at below-market value prices where they guaranteed returns of 12 percent NRIA generated little to no profits and operated as a Ponzi scheme which was kept afloat only by money coming in from new investors Prosecutors say Grabato/Salzano also tried to evade paying $26 million in taxes The FBI says Salzano used the money to support a lavish lifestyle including a salary paid to his wife for a no-show job and operated his business as a Ponzi scheme through which he stole money from thousands of investors,” U.S “His greed and flagrant disregard for the law caused staggering losses in excess of $650 million This office will continue to prioritize prosecuting individuals to ensure that those who engage in rampant fraud are punished with long jail sentences and are ordered to make their victims whole.” “Many people who decide to invest have to put a lot of faith in so-called financial experts hoping their money grows and doesn’t one day disappear,” FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge James Dennehy also said this week “Salzano admits he played a role in a scam that cost investors $658 million History has shown over and over and over again yet criminals keep trying to beat the system." the special agent in charge of the FBI in Newark said this week: "FBI Newark and our law enforcement partners are doing all we can to help the victims in this case We want others who may have faced a similar situation to contact us so we can help you as well.” Prior Patch reporting on Nick Salzano and NRIA: Secaucus Real Estate Investing Firm Shut Down By State Of New Jersey (2022) Secaucus Man Arrested By FBI In Financial Fraud Case (2021) Matthew Salzano has been yearning and fighting for social justice most of his life — from his days as a closeted gay youth attending an evangelical Christian School in his home state of Washington Today, he has a job at Stony Brook that exemplifies everything he and the university stand for when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as civility, free speech, respect and accessibility. Even the title of the area where he works — the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (IDEA) Fellows Program — fits Matthew like a glove Read more about IDEA Fellow Matthew Salzano on the Stronger Together Meet Your New Colleagues webpage Know another new colleague you’d like to see featured in this ongoing series? Email strongertogether@stonybrook.edu to recommend a coworker — or yourself Stony Brook University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Peng Zhang is working on an AI grid project to make power more resilient The Stony Brook community mourns the loss of Dorothy Lichtenstein a longtime supporter of Stony Brook Southampton arts programs and member of the Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees since 2008 Stony Brook University Magazine was honored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in its 2024 Circle of Excellence Awards Nicholas Salzano agreed to a prison term of eight to 12 years for securities fraud conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the U.S The “shadow” CEO of a New Jersey real estate investment firm has pleaded guilty to defrauding more than 2,000 investors of more than $650 million through a Ponzi scheme while also conspiring to evade tens of millions of dollars in taxes Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey referred to Nicholas Salzano as the “shadow chief executive officer” of Secaucus-based National Realty Investment Advisors who secretly ran the company behind the scenes Salzano admitted to misappropriating millions of dollars from investors to benefit himself Prosecutors say Salzano hid his true managerial role at NRIA to avoid investors looking into his background and finding out that he pleaded guilty in 2006 to five counts of theft by fraud According to the indictment against Salzano he and his cohorts ran an aggressive nationwide marketing campaign that involved thousands of emails to investors; TV radio and billboard ads; and meetings with and presentations to investors Want the latest institutional investment industry
news and insights “Salzano led and directed the marketing campaign and falsified documents to manipulate investors,” the indictment stated adding that the “misrepresentations and omissions” were intended to mislead investors into believing that NRIA was solvent and generated significant profits through which he stole money from thousands of investors.” U.S Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a release “His greed and flagrant disregard for the law caused staggering losses in excess of $650 million.”  The fund provided investors with monthly distributions of between 6% and 10% of their original principal investment on an annual basis The investors also received written guarantees from NRIA of an annual return of at least 12% annually for five years NRIA also said it would cover any shortfall which was kept afloat by new fund investors,” according to the indictment “Despite investing almost none of their own capital into the business the defendants misappropriated millions of dollars of investor money to support their lavish lifestyles.” Salzano also led a separate conspiracy to “obstruct and impair the IRS” from collecting tens of millions of dollars in outstanding taxes owed by Salzano by opening bank accounts in the names of phony entities and using false and fraudulent company documents.” Salzano has agreed to serve a prison term of eight to 12 years forfeit more than $8.5 million and pay full restitution of $507.4 million to his victims Real Estate PE Firm Founder Sentenced to 5 Years for Fraud SEC Charges Crypto Fund Founders in Nearly $2B Fraud Asset Management Advisory Firm President Charged by SEC in Massive Fraud Tags: , , , , KGET 17 News Miabelle Salzano is the Digital Content Manager for KGET.com Miabelle came to KGET in the fall of 2021 from Panama City where she was a multimedia journalist for a local TV station She graduated from American University in 2019 with a Master’s in Journalism and Digital Storytelling If you’ve got a news tip or a book suggestion, email her at MiabelleSalzano@KGET.com Email: MiabelleSalzano@KGET.comFacebook: facebook.com/miabellecsTwitter: @miabellecs Artificial Intelligence (AI) scholars try to soothe skeptics by saying that AI is “just math,” not a heartless automaton born of science fiction we just need to hire diverse data scientists to develop better His recent Stony Brook University Libraries talk “AI in DEI: Thinking Beyond Bias,” explored the concepts of technochauvinism and technoliberalism offering findings from his research about AI and communication “Technochauvinism,” a term coined by NYU data journalism professor Meredith Broussard describes ways of thinking about digital technologies which involve the belief that they are the solution to a wide range of social problems these “solutions” also exhibit blind optimism about the transformational power of digital technologies and lack concern for their impact they display the white male bias that is pervasive to technology in general “Technochauvinism is clearly embedded in these systems,” said Salzano there’s the assumption that the technological fix is always the best thing and that ‘we’ll be OK if we just fix the system.’ The second thing is that it assumes the people who should ‘fix’ societal issues like racism are technologists without any broader collective reckoning with the failings of systemic inequality Technochauvinism like this is everywhere.” Salzano cited an example from a May 2023 report from the U.S Office of Educational Technology that said many workers may eventually use AI assistants to make their jobs easier and teachers are most deserving of efforts to ease their jobs “I completely support making teachers’ jobs easier but we already know another way we can help with this: hiring more teachers and teacher’s aides,” Salzano said “AI assistants aren’t the only option But that’s exactly the sort of technochauvinist response that assumes the best way to solve the problem is with computation You also see this in the mission statements of big tech firms that see themselves as sort of the ‘saviors of humankind.’” So how did technochauvinism become so powerful and pervasive “It’s a feature of a bigger political economic governing rationality that I and others have theorized as ‘technoliberalism,’” he said adding that “technoliberalism takes the worst of neoliberalism and makes it even worse by computationally intensifying it.” “Now it’s not just the market that is used as the rubric for all societal and political needs,” he said Salzano said technoliberalism is made possible by a shift in how capitalism works — a new economic system where human experience is the raw material “Social media companies collect vast amounts of data on our behavior because they’re getting all sorts of information from us.” Salzano said these companies then sell that data to what Katherine Johnston, assistant professor in the Department of English and the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, calls in her book Profiles and Plotlines: Data Surveillance in Twenty-first Century Literature the “profile industry.” That report said what’s at stake is not simply consumer privacy or a question of who sees which digital ad for a pair of shoes “Technoliberalism describes the governing rationality that justifies this shift in capitalism which in turn holds up systems like hetero-patriarchy and white supremacy,” said Salzano “It directs our attention towards specific computational solutions for specific market-determined problems The AI Empire Tree, a graphic created by Syracuse University researchers illustrates the interlocking systems of oppression in generative AI’s global order “This ‘global order is rooted in hetero-patriarchy white supremacy and coloniality’ that extends from pre-existing systems of power but specifically makes AI technology possible and dominant through ‘mechanisms of extractivism surveillance and containment,’” Salzano said Salzano cited the AI empire tree to suggest that DEIA practice must go “beyond” bias to address the “roots” of inequality it’s like looking only at the fruit that grows off these branches like technological apartheid between big tech and the people subject to the tools big tech deploys,” he said You see the ‘leaves,’ but not the flawed processes that lead to the branches.” Salzano encouraged attendees to not ignore and minimize AI crises that arise but rather embrace them and participate in them as much as possible “That could be just sending a screenshot onto social media or facilitating more serious argumentation regarding AI initiatives,” he said “These small local modes of resistance may not feel satisfying while standing under the looming tree of AI Empire But perhaps it is one practice that at least gets up the trunk a little or maybe even plants a new seed that will grow and choke out the poison.” Stony Brook University art students got a unique opportunity to explore the intersection of environmental art 3 Stony Brook University graduates from the Chemical and Molecular Engineering program did research for a federally-funded project on hydrogen as a clean fuel Financial expert recognized for outstanding contributions to New York’s small business community Willa Smith advanced certified small business advisor at Stony Brook University’s Small Business Development.. A New Jersey-based development firm that operated as a Ponzi scheme isn't letting its ongoing bankruptcy stop it from advancing a proposal for a soaring apartment tower in Fort Lauderdale The planned tower would rise from a vacant 0.7-acre site an NRIA affiliate purchased for $9.3M in early 2023, property records indicate. The acquisition was executed with approval from NRIA’s bankruptcy counsel and its court-appointed receiver, the South Florida Business Journal reported an attorney at Ice Miller representing the liquidating trust for NRIA didn’t respond to Bisnow’s request for comment Salzano pleaded guilty in February to securities fraud as part of a wide-ranging scheme to mislead investors “For years, Salzano told lie after lie to investors, continuously deceived them, and operated his business as a Ponzi scheme, through which he stole money from thousands of investors,” U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a statement after Salzano received a 12-year prison sentence “His greed and flagrant disregard for the law caused staggering losses.”  NRIA’s bankruptcy case is pending in a New Jersey court. Judge John Sherwood — the same judge overseeing WeWork's bankruptcy — approved a liquidation plan in August and closed proceedings against several NRIA-controlled entities but the case remains open for National Realty Investment Advisors LLC the same entity that submitted the site plan The Fort Lauderdale Development Review Committee will work with NRIA on the tower proposal before voting to move it along to the city commission for final approval NRIA’s planned 545-foot-tall tower was designed by Fort Lauderdale-based FSMY Architects and Planners It would have 429 apartments ranging from studios to two-bedroom units along with a seven-story parking podium above a lobby with 2,710 SF of commercial space according to plans submitted to the Development Review Committee which first considered the proposal Tuesday An amenities deck would sit on the ninth floor a pool and an outdoor deck with landscaping and seating around the tower’s exterior Landscape design came from Fort Lauderdale-based Architectural Alliance City planners highlighted a number of hurdles the proposal needs to clear including the addition of affordable housing units — or the payment of a fee to waive the housing requirements — and confirmation that the plan meets requirements for building in a high-risk flood zone In 2021, another NRIA affiliate proposed a 42-story apartment tower at 200 NE Third St. located a few blocks from the NRIA parcels spans 5.6 acres and will ultimately include 601 apartments 70K SF of retail space and a 180K SF office building built across two phases You are subscribed to the Bisnow South Florida Newsletter or click here to copy link to clipboard We will email you a link to reset your password Upcoming regulations in the European Union require us to show this pop-up and ask you to agree to keep using Bisnow.com We want to take 15 seconds to tell you what's going on: When Michael Salzano decided to attend Rush Medical College With four years of support from the Medical Staff for Medical Students scholarship Salzano is an M4 student who hails from Sacramento He was introduced to medicine at a young age by his father In his undergraduate studies at the University of Nevada he majored in biology and minored in chemistry When Salzano decided he wanted to become a doctor he was drawn to RUSH because of its strong academic focus and commitment to giving back to the community “I felt RUSH offered me the greatest resources to seek out my path,” he said like orthopedics and emergency medicine — even contributing to a few publications in orthopedics research He said psychiatry was the perfect way to blend his interests in the humanities Salzano fondly remembers bonding with his classmates during their anatomy lab and their clerkship rotations on the night shift He said he was able to focus on his studies genuinely enjoy his educational experiences and look optimistically toward his future because of the support of his scholarship “I was constantly thinking about how much debt I would have when I got out and how I would manage it,” he said I think the most important thing about this scholarship is not just the financial aspect; it’s nice to know that we have colleagues who have gone through this and they’re looking back to see how they can try to help the younger generations It’s the message that it’s sending to us that is truly special.” Salzano will soon head to the University of California San Francisco’s Fresno campus for a psychiatry residency He looks forward to establishing his career meeting new people and returning to his home state The generosity of medical staff has empowered 12 students to pursue their dreams and receive world-class medical education through half-tuition support since 2016. We have set out to reward new students each year with half-tuition scholarships for their entire medical school experience through the Medical Staff for Medical Students program. To make a meaningful, debt-reducing contribution to a student’s future, visit rush.edu/ms4ms © Copyright 2025 Rush University Medical Center Rush Copley Medical Center or Rush Oak Park Hospital All physicians featured on this website are on the medical faculty of Rush University Medical Center Some of the physicians featured are in private practice and are not agents or employees of Rush University Medical Center Frank Salzano describes Salzano, Lampert & Wilson (SLW) the New York-based law firm he co-founded with Jason Lampert in 2016 “Our clients are people who need a wide array of services,” he explains “Instead of having to call 10 different advisers they want one person to guide them through the complete landscape of their career.” Like the much-loved trusted partner on call for its celebrity and ultra-high-net-worth clients whenever wherever and for whatever reason they may need them “I think you need to be all those things.” It’s not the tried-and-tested path the boy from New Jersey envisaged his career would take when he enrolled in law at Boston University nor when he landed an associate position in New York in 2001 at the international law firm Jones Day he caught the entertainment bug on an early case against film director Woody Allen and it would be a catalyst for all that followed “As opposed to in-house counsel and faceless corporations I realized that was what I needed to be doing,” Frank says He decided to swap big law for a boutique entertainment firm before becoming a founding member of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Entertainment where he represented clients such as Prince “I hung my own shingle without really knowing where it was going to lead,” he confesses With Darryl McDaniels of music group RunDMC as his anchor client he added another tool to his already impressive set when he became a licensed National Football League agent who he co-represented with friend and fellow lawyerplayer agent Jason Lampert “That really spearheaded the formation of SLW,” he recalls along with third partner Samuel Wilson and their small yet select team specialize in civil and criminal litigation or handling sensitive personal issues of a legal nature,” Frank explains it’s impossible for one firm to be across every issue a client may have We act as the point of contact for our client’s legal needs so they only need to make one phone call.” This view is shared by colleague and SLW’s counsel who has recently joined the firm to expand the corporate practice “The 21st century transactional lawyer must understand themselves as more than just a document creator and reviewer,” Asanka says “They must think of themselves as a counselor and problem-solver in every facet to make the life of their client easier and more robust transactional lawyers should serve as a valuable relationship conduit for the clients they serve.” high-expectation segment of the legal market But as a one-stop shop for their clients’ needs “It’s really a blur with no line of demarcation adding that some of his clients are his best friends An increasingly mobile client base isn’t the only trend the firm has witnessed in the past 12 months Co-Founder and Head of Litigation for the firm has seen a stark increase in parties electing to resolve their disputes out of court given the significant delays the pandemic has caused the court system “That has resulted in an uptick in arbitrations and mediations across all sectors and industries,” he explains and I don’t ever think of it as work.” Does the scope of the firm’s work – as well as its client base – throw up challenges in terms of recruitment “It’s easy and it’s difficult,” Frank answers “If you have a clear mission and you’re true to it and yourself highly motivated and with an aptitude to deal with the clientele we service Then the qualified people sort themselves out.” It’s a sentiment that is echoed by two SLW associates I saw SLW as a very unique opportunity to be mentored in a sector of law – sports and entertainment – in which I had a deep interest to practice,” Brady Williamson notes a firm culture that fosters both self-governance and a true sense of partnership and ardent dedication to clients that inspired me to join the practice,” Brooke Weinberg explains Frank says SLW has ambitions to grow to about 15–20 lawyers across the country – but no more “I don’t want to get much bigger because then most of my time will be spent managing and not practicing,” he says “I very much love the practice of what I do.” There are also plans underway to broaden the firm’s geographical presence especially as corporations and individual clients set down roots outside of Manhattan “We are grateful to have a well-established network of corporate clients and opportunities in Miami which is growing rapidly since COVID-19,” Samuel Wilson Partner and manager of the firm’s corporate finance department “We are also focusing our attention on building out new relationships and the potential to expand our office presence in emerging cities for startups and venture capital like Austin Texas and others.” The nature of the firm means that business is generated through word-of-mouth recommendations it’s because they’re looking for someone like us they’re probably the type of clients we want to represent.” Having found their niche but a lot of big-firm lawyers have a set way and are fixed in how they approach and handle a case,” Frank says “We reconstruct and work back from our client’s objective.” Of-counsel Efthimios Parasidis – who also began his career at Jones Day – agrees “Frank and I take a particular interest and gratification going against big law since we both started there And while we have great respect for the quality of lawyering it makes the victories that much sweeter,” he smiles The CEO Magazine is more than a business title; it’s a source of information inspiration and motivation for the world’s most successful leaders Learn all about The CEO Magazine at TheCEO.com ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " A North Jersey man admitted on Tuesday to his role in a massive $658 million real estate Ponzi scheme Salzano was the "shadow chief executive officer" of National Realty Investment Advisors LLC and orchestrated the scheme that defrauded more than 2,000 investors and evaded millions in taxes Salzano made "numerous misrepresentations to investors while he secretly ran NRIA behind the scenes," per Sellinger "His greed and flagrant disregard for the law caused staggering losses in excess of $650 million," Sellinger stated "This office will continue to prioritize prosecuting individuals NJ news Gov. Murphy wants to give money to build affordable housing in NJ backyards and basements As part of the plea Salzano agreed to an eight-to-12-year prison sentence and to forfeit $8.52 million and restitution to the victims of $507.4 million From February 2018 to January 2022 Salzano and others defrauded investors through lies It involved "thousands of emails to investors; advertisements on billboards television and radio; and meetings and presentations to investors," according to Sellinger It was all to fool investors into thinking National Realty Investment Advisors generated significant profits when in fact the company produced little to no profits It was instead kept afloat by the new investors' money which was then misappropriated to support the defendants "lavish lifestyle," the U.S please upgrade to one of the latest browsers Head of Talent and Development at Barclays shares how 30 years in the military helps him “serve to lead” – from prioritising the interests of others to keeping sights on the future through the pandemic Ged Salzano joined Barclays in 2019 as the Head of Talent and Development This second career in banking follows a 30-year stint with the Royal Marines as a Commando Officer during which time he led a number of operational organisations from small specialist teams to battalion sized groupings He participated in many deployments overseas including in Bosnia Ged was responsible for recruiting and individual training across the Royal Navy and Royal Marines I don't think good leadership relies on a complex formula; it's simply about you being authentic and your relationships you don't get to decide if you're a good leader – others do And how people judge you is based on three things I think the first and primary of these is competence – if you can't understand the needs of your people then you can't set the conditions to bring out the best in them The second is behaviour – if you believe you are leading by example does my behaviour inspire others to be better And the third is team spirit – as a leader you have to build the team and deliver through others and you enhance that capability by taking an interest in their development My career began as a 19-year-old Royal Marines Commando which was demanding both physically and intellectually I was fortunate to be surrounded by supportive people with a strong sense of purpose and to have been schooled in the art of leadership that helped me manage those early experiences character and team spirit generally carry you through the most difficult of circumstances Ged Salzano is Head of Talent and Development at Barclays You don't get to decide if you're a good leader – others do What are the big leadership insights you've gained during your career Trust is a rare commodity that has to be mutual But it’s also very fragile and must be nurtured – never take it for granted Leadership also requires an element of self-sacrifice which means putting your people's interests before your own The motto of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst but it's critical for the stewardship of people and a business It’s also about making decisions – the lifeblood of any organisation In a fast moving complex world that's increasingly difficult because a leader has to understand both technology and human systems to be effective We must expect that a leader won't always know the answers How would you describe your leadership style I would describe my approach as a democratic and coaching style That means getting people to do what I need done but in the way they want to do it – and providing minimum direction so people can figure things out for themselves though I think I could probably do that more and I tend to err on the side of a ‘teach’ rather than ‘tell’ mindset That helps people to be empowered and to grow I also try to make sure that my style is sprinkled with good humour and storytelling Has the pandemic affected your approach to leadership although their relative importance may shift The significance of communication and engagement is amplified in periods of uncertainty because when people are anxious and lose confidence leaders need to spend more time talking about the future Thinking about the present and the past year is not energising; it can hold people back But a future perspective shifts that lens – it provides a focal point Ged says his 30-year career in the military helps him “serve to lead” How does Barclays support leaders to create the right culture trust matters when it comes to colleague commitment People don’t often care about who you are or what you know until they know you care – and the best way for leaders to demonstrate that is through the right behaviours and have the courage to speak up even when it feels uncomfortable we’re fostering a working environment in which colleagues are trusted and take responsibility for both success and failure – without allocating blame – and are encouraged to challenge decisions or behaviours they believe are wrong This is reflected in our Mindset initiative which is defined by what we learned during the pandemic Colleagues helped us to identify that we are at our best for our customers and clients It’s essentially about how we want to get things done at Barclays and I believe leaders have a special role to play in embedding it Is there a leader who you particularly admire The 20th-century individual who stands out for me is Martin Luther King Jr – an inspirational and visionary leader deeply committed to achieving social justice through non-violent means and the storytelling that has inspired generations with really important messages What's the best piece of advice that you've ever been given My father's advice has always been: “Life is about give and take.” It's a balance which means you must give back sufficiently And my father-in-law is fond of reminding me “to stop and smell the flowers.” Otherwise 2021 at 11:17 am CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Kathy Salzano immediately brought joy and laughter into the world Kathy went on to graduate from York Community High School as an honor student Kathy went on to pursue a Master’s Degree in Spanish Linguistics Kathy fell in love with teaching and blessed us all with decades of shaping and empowering children and adults alike She was an ardent activist for social justice even ran for public office in DuPage County Besides being a competitive amateur volley ball and card player gifted guitar player with a beautiful singing voice volunteering at Camp One Step for children battling cancer She lit up our lives with her wit and sense of humor Actively involved in her church and MUUSA group musical gifts and zest for life and people and the world a better place for her being in it In 1990 she met Antonio in Italy while on her adventures in Europe and the two were inseparable from that point on Kathy & Antonio were married for over 30 years and had three amazing children Kathy was a fiercely dedicated mom to her children Family came first and was above all else to Kathy a value she instilled in all those around her The hole left by her absence is impossible to fill Deb Briggs who cared for her generously through her battle A memorial service in celebration of her life will be held Saturday, February 20th, 2021 at 11am at her church, Unitarian Church of Hinsdale. 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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — The mother of an Italian teen on the road to sainthood recently toured several U.S parishes to kindle increased devotion to the Eucharist which was “the center of life” for her late son 4 tour organized in part by Archbishop Nelson J Pérez of Philadelphia and one of his priests The priest happens to be a native of Assisi Among the stops on the tour were Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe New York; the Marian Shrine of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Stony Point Ignatius of Loyola Church in New York; the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown where Acutis’ presentation was part of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Eucharistic Congress; St Martin of Tours Parish in Philadelphia; St O’Connell of Trenton dedicated a shrine to Blessed Carlo Acutis; Malvern Retreat House in Malvern home to a permanent shrine and center in Carlo Acutis’ honor; The Catholic University of America and the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family both in Washington; and Christ Central Camp in Beaumont Antonia Acutis echoed her late son’s call to draw close to Christ in the Eucharist which was “the most important thing” for the teen who in 2006 died at age 15 from acute promyelocytic leukemia having offered his sufferings for the pope the church and his own deliverance from purgatory He was declared venerable in 2018 and beatified in 2020 “I am happy to speak about the Eucharist,” Antonia Acutis told some 400 people assembled at St Martin of Tours in Philadelphia for an Oct “It was the most important thing for Carlo It is his holiness; his sanctification was in the Eucharist.” Acutis — who recounted her son’s life death and ministry in the 2023 book “My Son Carlo,” co-written with Paolo Rodari — said that although she and her husband had been indifferent Catholics Carlo manifested a keen and ardent interest in the Catholic faith from an early age Carlo “made his first Communion when he was 7 years old,” she said “And he began to go to Mass every day (and) every day to Eucharistic adoration.” Carlo reflected that he wanted “to be always ‘This is my life’s goal,'” Antonia Acutis said he was faithful to his meeting with Jesus every day.” He committed the Bible (and) the Catechism of the Catholic Church to memory; it was a gift God had given him.” her son was perplexed that while “there were queues of people for the concert and the soccer match,” he did not “see a line of people in front of the tabernacle,” she said Carlo created an exhibition of Eucharistic miracles using his formidable computer programming skills Yet even in researching and traveling with the exhibit “he was always concerned about where the closest church was to the hotel,” said Antonia Acutis “The vision of Carlo was a daily encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist.” “The desire that Carlo had (was) that all would love the Eucharist that all would comprehend the importance of having … God with us ‘I will be with you until the end of the world’ (Mt 28:20) in his presence (in the Eucharist).” She noted that Carlo even said that those who experience the Eucharist have an advantage over those who witnessed Jesus’ earthly ministry “Carlo would say that we are much more fortunate than those who lived with Jesus more than 2,000 years (ago),” she said those people could see Jesus on the streets of Palestine and talk with him because around Jesus was a crowd of people it’s enough to go out of our home and go to the closest church.” Carlo “called the house of God ‘Jerusalem,'” and would remind others “we must visit the tabernacles with the same fervor that we have when we make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem,” she said Acutis said her son had “anticipated Twitter” with his memorable maxims to describe his Eucharistic spirituality holy me,” and “the Eucharist is my highway to heaven.” “We know that Jesus is love,” said Antonia Acutis “And what is the purpose of our life … Each one of us has a different fingerprint Gina Christian is a national reporter for OSV News Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) at @GinaJesseReina Matthew Salzano married Aaron Zeiler at Hope Lutheran Church in College Park in communication at the University of Maryland in April 2023 and joined the faculty of Stony Brook University in September 2023 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University’s flagship magazine ResoLute (ISSN 0886-3369) is published two times a year by Pacific Lutheran University, 12180 Park Ave. S., Tacoma, WA, 98447-0003. 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