"We're not just knocking on the door of a billion-dollar balance sheet-we're charging through it, God willing," said Chairman Moishe Gubin. "2024 was a landmark year by every measure, and our focus now is sustaining this trajectory with discipline, agility, and vision." The entire meeting can be viewed here: OptimumBank Shareholder Meeting Webcast Link The shareholder presentation deck can be viewed here: OptimumBank Shareholder Presentation Chairman Gubin outlined the financial highlights of 2024: Total assets rose 18% to nearly $933 million Core ROAE exceeded 23%, with net interest margin hitting a 10-year high of 3.83% Loans surpassed $800 million, fueled by six-fold SBA production growth "We've built a powerful and efficient platform with ROE at 15.28% and core ROE over 23%. If we stopped growing today, we could operate as an atm machine. But our sights are set higher, this is a compounding engine," Gubin added. Shareholder Alignment and Employee Ownership In a nod to internal culture, Gubin revealed that a majority of OptimumBank employees are also shareholders. "I was surprised; most of our employees still own their stock. That kind of belief in what we're doing is powerful. It motivates the board, and it shows we're all aligned in this journey," he said. Addressing the company's valuation, Gubin stated, "Our stock is still trading below book. For a high-performing bank, we believe the market will catch up. There's a strong argument that more investors should own our stock." Strategic Outlook: Capital, M&A, and Diversification In the Q&A segment, Gubin spoke directly to investor concerns on dilution and dividends. "Our board is anti-dilutionary. I've been given authority to sell only above book," he said. "While capital raises of $10 to $30 million are possible in 2025, they will be strategic and accretive." On dividends: "This is a business of leverage. Capital is more powerful deployed inside the bank than distributed. We're focused on growing into a top 200 publicly traded bank." Responding to a question on M&A, Gubin explained the bank's selective approach. "We've looked at deals, but credit unions often overpay, making it difficult to compete. We want to find the right fit-a partner that joins our culture and contributes long-term." CEO Tim Terry and senior leadership discussed upcoming digital enhancements. In October, the bank will transition to a new open-architecture, API-capable core banking platform. "It's going to be a completely different customer experience, from business treasury services to retail onboarding. Everything will be paperless and intuitive," said Terry. Additionally, the company upgraded its website and is rolling out new front-end features. In a lighthearted close, a shareholder proposed allocating 1-5% of equity to Bitcoin. Gubin responded, "We're businessmen. If there's business to be had, we'd consider it." OptimumBank's business and financial solutions include: Business Banking, Business Lending, SBA Lending Solutions, Treasury Management, and Personal Banking. Investor Relations & Corporate RelationsContact: Seth Denison Telephone: (305) 401-4140 / SDenison@OptimumBank.com To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/250565 Copyright © 2025 FactSet Research Systems Inc.© 2025 TradingView ECCO / ECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Lukas KorschanArtist Illya Goldman Gubin takes a playful approach to collaboration “I think of the process like a game of Broken Telephone,” the Ukrainian-born “A group of children sit in a circle and take it in turns to whisper the same story to one another.” Slowly and designer set about his recent partnership with ECCO The Danish brand’s new Metropole Seoul Derby was the starting point the raw material – a timeless design onto which Goldman Gubin was given the freedom to project his own “romanticized ECCO / ECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Lukas Korschan EccoThe finished product (though the word ‘product’ here is misleading) is more a collectible artwork than a shoe A continuation of Goldman Gubin’s ‘Struktur’ project each pair of derby shoes has been modified by hand encrusted around the sole with a substance textured and dark: a classic silhouette given a volcanic twist Shot in a stark environment — single chair dark walls — Goldman Gubin’s set design suspends his creation in a claustrophobic His Struktur material creeps up the bottom of the other objects in the room like the whole scene has been dipped in a tarry puddle ECCO / ECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Lukas KorschanECCO and Goldman Gubin's project interrogates our perception of everyday objects When is a shoe just a utilitarian ‘thing,’ when a fashion item What changes must an ordinary table undergo to become an ‘installation’ Goldman Gubin shows how a superficial makeover can alter something’s core – or at least our perception of it — fundamentally As the artist puts it: “Usable and unusable It’s these reality-shifting concerns that dominate Goldman Gubin’s work and ECCO’s Metropole Seoul Derby was a perfect canvas upon which he could explore them The artist’s multidisciplinary work has seen him start an atelier (I G G) alongside designing furniture Notwithstanding his carefully curated aesthetic he refutes the idea of ‘style’ (a term which instead maintaining a practice that “exists outside the status quo." Never a brand to pander to the zeitgeist or jump on fleeting trends the quirky Danish shoe manufacturer has remained the brand is releasing a boot as well as the derby it's (deceptively) as comfy as a sneaker ECCO / ECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Lukas KorschanSpeaking on the finished artwork Goldman Gubin says: “It became part of me.” In interpreting ECCO’s Metropole Seoul Derby the artist successfully absorbed it into his subversive artistic world But retrace the steps back through that children’s game of Broken Telephone and you end up with something that is beautiful in its simplicity and universal in its application: a classic ECCO x ILLYA GOLDMAN GUBIN is on show from 6-10th September at the ECCO SOHO Store and from 12-15th September at the Highsnobiety Flagship Store in Berlin, coinciding with Berlin Art Week. The collaboration is available from 6th September 2024 at both stores. The full ECCO METROPOLE SEOUL range is now available here and at ECCO stores South (South Korea)LatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMalaysiaMaltaMexicoNetherlands (Holland)PolandPortugalPuerto RicoRomaniaSingaporeSlovak RepublicSloveniaSouth AfricaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwanUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesLocationWeb Accessibility StatementTitel Media GmbH (Highsnobiety) is committed to facilitating and improving the accessibility and usability of its Website Titel Media GmbH strives to ensure that its Website services and content are accessible to persons with disabilities including users of screen reader technology remediates and maintains the Website in-line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) which also bring the Website into conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Please be aware that our efforts to maintain accessibility and usability are ongoing While we strive to make the Website as accessible as possible some issues can be encountered by different assistive technology as the range of assistive technology is wide and varied you have specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of any particular webpage on this Website please contact us at accessibility@highsnobiety.com If you do encounter an accessibility issue please be sure to specify the web page and nature of the issue in your email and/or phone call and we will make all reasonable efforts to make that page or the information contained therein accessible for you Steven Gubin celebrates the power of being proactive at the Stern Cardiovascular Center photograph by trey clark / stern cardiovascular center Steven Gubin monitors a patient at Stern Cardiovascular Center where high-tech diagnostics are a time-honored tradition Being a cardiologist is serious work anywhere, but in the Mid-South, given the particularly high rates of heart conditions here, mending hearts can be especially daunting. That challenge only fuels Dr. Steven Gubin’s commitment to his work as president of the Stern Cardiovascular Center in Germantown “Heart disease is the number-one cause of death and Arkansas are hotbeds for heart disease probably because of people in this area being more overweight and more inclined to smoke.” (These tendencies are often rooted in socioeconomic challenges but Gubin’s task is addressing the physical manifestations “We do a pretty good job of taking care of patients once they have a problem,” but his real passion is taking a more proactive approach is knowing who might need preventative care before any symptoms become apparent to ensure doctors and patients understand who might need preventative care in the first place — before any symptoms arise Some of those risk factors are simply things you’re stuck with “There are what we call non-modifiable risk factors,” he says “That’s like your age and your family history your risk of heart disease is a little higher than women So it’s really important to know your family history because that’s one of the biggest risk factors.” Then there are the risk factors based on how people live “It’s the modifiable risk factors that we really try to emphasize — things like high blood pressure Those are factors that you can do something about.” Those with lifestyle choices that can lead to heart disease can “We really try to educate our patients about these modifiable risk factors and we have a great person that runs our weight-loss program even if they’re in a restaurant and they just can’t figure out what to order.” He believes that’s one reason that Stern’s weight-loss program has been successful “We really try to work with them and motivate them It’s important to emphasize that you have to be an advocate for yourself People need to know their numbers and understand what those numbers mean they need to go to their doctor and not ignore it.” some patients may have no clue that they are at risk about a third of all heart attacks — approximately 300,000 a year — occur with sudden death and no previous symptoms One may be oblivious to one’s risk factors until it’s too late “I started this thing called vascular screening.” Gubin recommends such screening for anyone older than 21 years of age who smokes “I recommend it for anybody over 50 for sure.” Stern Cardiovascular Center’s main offices in Germantown “We make sure there’s no plaque in your carotid arteries,” Gubin explains which is a test to see if you have any calcified plaque in your coronary arteries.” The screening includes an electrocardiogram which “compares ankle and arm blood pressure to find blocked arteries due to peripheral artery disease.” and the thoroughness of such screenings has paid off many times over “That’s been such a rewarding test for us,” says Gubin “because we’ve had people come in who are usually trying to be proactive we picked up a number of patients who had lung cancer but didn’t have a clue And we’ve had a lot of patients come in and to get their calcium score which turned out to have been significantly elevated we’ve been able to prevent them from having a cardiac event.” if I have a patient that comes in with something that I don’t specialize in The value of the vascular screening is that it can reveal things even a checkup at the doctor’s office can miss “Usually you don’t have symptoms until you have a 70 percent blockage or greater,” says Gubin “So if you do a stress test and you have a 50 percent blockage you did great on your stress test!’ The patient walks away and thinks it’s okay Many patients don’t want to be on cholesterol medicine now I guess I need to be on medicine.’ If you do the screening and you see they do have plaque then it makes people more willing to be proactive.” The diagnostic power of such screening may be one reason that Gubin is especially enthusiastic about testing methods “I do a lot of ultrasounds and nuclear studies,” he says such high-tech diagnostics are a time-honored tradition at Stern who brought the first EKG machine to Memphis.” From there And now I’m the fourth president in 104 years.” Gubin emphasizes that it’s the whole team at Stern that makes the center so effective “I’m really proud that we have all these doctors that specialize in different areas,” he says and we have doctors in the group that specialize in different areas So if you have electrical problems with your pacemaker we have six electrophysiologists that specialize in that area we have a subset of doctors that do the stents we have doctors that specialize in peripheral vascular disease or venous disease And then we have doctors that specialize in heart failure excellence in healthcare takes a village … of specialists 2024Save this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links “We were dealing with bad reception and sending images to our client that wouldn’t go through.” Though some might find that kind of thing stressful “I joked that our trip to Round Top was more fun than my bachelorette party,” she laughs Shop out the look of the house here⤵ Staszak and Gubin were fortunate to have a client who shares their love of the hunt “She lit up when we would look at vintage items,” the designer says of the homeowner who tasked her with converting a 5,400-square-foot house built in 2003 into something more in keeping with a classic Chicago greystone “These pieces would often become the starting point or inspiration for a room.” An old French cataloging bureau dictated the palette and mix of materials in the formal living room where a pair of leather-clad Nielaus and Jeki Mobler chairs sit with a live-edge walnut cocktail table vintage Barovier Rostrato sconces inspired the aqua-green veining in the Calacatta turquoise Antico marble that adorns the walls and vanity “The beauty of these pieces is that we weren’t just choosing something that was pretty or perfect,” says Gubin noting the client’s preference for fashion-forward interiors that also exude West Coast calm and sophistication “Each piece that we chose was extremely intentional in that it had a strong silhouette or a statement pattern or a patina that added a lot of depth and character Our client wanted that graphic element that you find in New York brownstones but there are also a lot of the neutrals that you see in California interiors.” where lanterns by Visual Comfort hang above the marble-clad island A second sink (there is another larger one on the perimeter of the room) proves especially useful when the family is hosting friends and loved ones a contemporary print by Calico that reads more historical thanks to its juxtaposition against a stately oak refectory table and an antique French store counter turned credenza and burnt reds—and materials taken from the natural world—ground the spaces a series of airy rooms that get lots of natural light thanks to the house’s unusual (for Chicago) horizontal rather than vertical footprint on a double-wide lot “There’s probably more wood than we ever use,” says Staszak “but that’s where the California energy comes in.” Adds Gubin and an antique French store counter turned credenza in the formal dining room Comfort was key given that the homeowners’s three children are often running laps up and down the front and back staircases with their friends Because the family is enthusiastic about entertaining Staszak and Gubin designed the rooms for multiple functions: The library becomes a spot for afterschool homework and study sessions and the kitchen opens up to a large family room and breakfast area to accommodate overnight guests Yet there are also intimate spaces for quieter times The family often retreats to the private media room off the primary bedroom and Staszak installed a cozy reading nook in a closet under the basement stairs a surprise move-in present designed to make the family feel instantly at home complete with a mural of a tree carved with the kids’s names into the trunk “That was so rewarding,” says Gubin of the children’s excitement “You realize that we’re not just creating designs Not a subscriber? 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Nobody has to be from Cleveland to know that the city has been the subject of more than a few one-liners over the years Velveeta cheese can be found in the gourmet section of the supermarket.” why did Cleveland become the butt of a zinger of a gag in Milwaukee’s Bay View now retired photographer and artist Mark Gubin decided to have some fun with air travelers flying into Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport Realizing that low-level planes coasted over his studio and home (the former Bay Theater) in the path of a runway he painted “Welcome to Cleveland”on his roof Was there any specific reason behind the Cleveland tomfoolery these 6-foot high letters that have given more than a few air travelers an uneasy the right time to welcome visitors to the wrong place “I never did it as any kind of thing to help my business or anything like that You need that in the world,” Gubin told former Journal Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl in 2015 cyberspace and social media have helped Gubin’s prank reach a sort of rock star quality the gag certainly hasn’t gotten old … it’s still flying See the rest of Milwaukee's 100 objects Senior living and care real estate investment trust Strawberry Fields REIT plans to expand its portfolio with a $102 million purchase of 18 skilled nursing facilities and five assisted living communities in Indiana.  The REIT said it expects to close the transaction in August funded via the company’s current working capital and money provided by a third-party lender The firm already owns properties in Arkansas The properties the REIT plans to purchase currently are leased under a master lease agreement to a group of tenants affiliated with two of the company’s directors Gubin previously told the McKnight’s Business Daily that he and Blisko bought their first skilled nursing property in 2003 through a predecessor company That company eventually became the Strawberry Fields REIT in 2015 Both men come from a background of working in skilled nursing The firm got its name from a company-wide contest “Strawberry Fields” won because of the association with the Beatles song of the same name With a client base made up of baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — it seemed fitting to tie the REIT’s name to a band that the oldest members especially would identif document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded' function () {const newsletterAsset = new HMIRegistration({ publicationId: 47 bootstrap: document.getElementById('newsletter-asset') formType : "user-initiated",pubType: "business"});newsletterAsset.mount();}); Please login or register first to view this content Only subscribers can update their account from this page If you'd like to appear on Highsnobiety contact: advertising@highsnobiety.com.(Sponsored Story)It’s not every day you come across an event where two worlds collide we had the pleasure of witnessing first hand how much creative force came from the marriage of ECCO's innovative and technical know-how with the artistic minimal vision of a Berlin-based artist Illya Goldman Gubin Set against the backdrop of Berlin Art Week artist Illya Goldman Gubin extended his 2019 STRUKTUR art practice in this collaboration giving ECCO METROPOLE SEOUL Derby’s timeless silhouette an industrial twist over 200 guests gathered at our very own Highsnobiety Flagship Store to celebrate the partnership and drop of the new Struktur ECCO MS-B Derby and ECCO METROPOLE SEOUL range ECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Spyros RenntAccompanied by a vinyl-only performance by DJ Marcelle—a cult figure in the avant-garde electronic music scene—guests were invited to view an expansive arrangement of the collab’s shoes those there soaked in a space that was also treated to a clean minimalist composition and meticulously arranged showcase of Gubin’s STRUKTUR art pieces: a single leather table The artist’s own poem was also displayed next to the installation to describe the idea behind the installation ECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Spyros RenntECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Spyros Rennt The showcase was a continuation of the artist’s practice ‘Struktur’ that he began in 2019 the shoe and art pieces were all covered in his signature tarry texture dark and volcanic in appearance and wrapped in ECCO’s premium leather Other touches contributing to Gubin’s minimal sense for depth and mystery were characterized by the cheffed up snacks by CheHub including Tomato ‘On Fire’ with burnt skin and Duck ‘Sandwich’ served between two charred crisps DJ Marcelle provided the perfect backdrop for proceedings with a set at once danceable and experimental ECCO x Illya Goldman Gubin / Spyros RenntGuided by Gubin’s approach to art ECCO’s event at the Highsnobiety Flagship Store built a thoughtful and introspective space The bonds made between guests were genuine that a few gorgeously presented espresso martinis The full ECCO Metropole Seoul range is now available at ecco.com ecco.com  and at ECCO stores. The Struktur ECCO MS-B Derby is now available at igg-atelier.de and in Highsnobiety Flagship Store. Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors « Back it’s listed as a “tourist attraction.” Looking at this Bay View building from the street The former theater’s façade is nothing special It’s the rooftop that puts this property on the map The location on Delaware Avenue has long served as photographer Mark Gubin’s studio and over decades he’s filled the room upon room with collectibles Countless nick-nacks and hangers full of period clothing are stuffed in every corner “There are some interesting things,” Gubin quipped “I worked for Smithsonian for a while.” You wonder if the Smithsonian has as many artifacts Gubin uses many of the items in his photography and the like make up his extensive portfolio that perhaps brought him more fame than all of it “All the different times people have done things they say ‘it was Wednesday.’ There was no possible reason in the world.” Something that makes people smile a little bit.” Those words on any Milwaukee rooftop would certainly be an oddity What’s made them hilarious and a “tourist attraction is the fact that Gubin’s building aligns with the approach to runway 19 at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport have to come in over the lake to land into the wind So… if the passengers on the left side of the aircraft happen to be looking out their windows that’s what they see moments from landing in Milwaukee Gubin has heard stories of passengers at least a little freaked out “…wait… what?” One airline he says has taken to pointing out the rooftop on approach and assuring passengers they are indeed inbound to Milwaukee “I was a young man when I did that,” Gubin explained and you can keep finding things for ever and ever on it That is one thing Gubin struggles to understand How exactly does this story continue to resurface every now and then It most recently went viral with exposure in online publications across the world He’s selling off his collectibles piece by piece on eBay Gubin admits he touches up the paint every couple of years to keep the joke running Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip Report a typo Milwaukee Tonight focuses on the people, places, and events that make the community special. 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The preventive cardiologist from Stern Cardiovascular Foundation has been named a 2020 Memphis Top Doctor PHOTO COURTESY STERN CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER “Mom and Dad never pushed me to become a doctor,” surely Dr Steven Gubin was destined to join that profession his grandfather had been a physician in New York before joining the U.S where he ran the outpatient services department for the VA hospital here His father served as a pediatrician for 56 years in Missouri the only such specialist in the rural “bootheel” area Gubin might have ended up as a Top Dentist instead of a Top Doctor or working in another field of medicine entirely — except for a meeting with the prominent cardiologist who pioneered the development of the pacemaker Gubin earned a degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina and then pondered a career as a pediatric dentist After medical school at the University of Tennessee – Memphis “I still didn’t know what I wanted to get into,” he began an internship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor a member of the team who developed the first successful pacemaker “I respected him so much and was very impressed with how he worked with patients He’s the one who really introduced me to cardiology That history includes fellowships with the University of Illinois and Penn State before coming to Memphis in 1991 and joining what was then called the Stern Clinic I really liked Stern because it was a private practice that had many of the benefits of an academic center Gubin also serves as president of the Stern Cardiovascular Foundation and it’s unusual for a medical group to be together that long,” he says “I’m always humbled and honored to be only the fourth president in our long history.” with doctors treating patients and others conducting studies “I feel that everybody in our group is a Phi Beta Kappa in something,” he says Many of the group’s physicians are specialists in specific areas — catheterization heart transplants — and Stern’s expertise is preventive cardiology “In the field of cardiology we’ve always done a good job of taking care of problems after they’ve happened but I like to do things before that occurs.” On the board of directors of the American Heart Association since 1993 he works closely with AHA members “to address modifiable risk factors These are things we can do something about.” He’s pleased with the technological progress in his field “But it still upsets me that the number-one cause of death in men and women is heart disease,” he says Michael Finger is executive editor of Memphis magazine His greatest achievement has been serving on the Safety Patrol at Sea Isle Elementary School The first business forced to move by rail consolidation in Springfield has been in the same spot for 36 years has agreed to sell the building and lots at 929 E to the city for $345,000 to clear the way for construction of the Carpenter Street underpass Gubin said Thursday he has leased space on the west side of Springfield as the business along the 10th Street tracks must be gone by the end of March for planned underpass construction this summer but I didn’t know it would come this quickly.” Early studies of rail consolidation suggested dozens of homes and businesses would be required to move by adding a second set of tracks on 10th Street “I went to one of the IDOT (Illinois Department of Transportation) meetings and it showed the tracks going right through the building,” said Gubin Aldermen are scheduled to consider an ordinance Tuesday authorizing use of $345,000 from motor-fuel taxes to purchase the Benmar Sunrooms property The price was based on an independent appraisal Gubin said he has an annual lease on his new location at 4051 W He added that he plans to add to his staff of four once the move his completed Work this summer on the nearly $20.6 million underpass between Ninth and 11th streets would be the first major sign of long-term plans to move Third Street trains to the 10th Street corridor Construction is expected to take two years A local transportation planning committee Thursday approved a combination of federal state and city funding for the Carpenter Street project City engineer Nathan Bottom said it was an important step toward construction “The next stop is to finish up the land acquisition,” he said Bottom is a member of the advisory committee of the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission The committee helps set funding priorities for local transportation projects Bottom said the city owns some of the land needed for the underpass John’s Hospital parking lot also is needed The committee action came on the same day IDOT held on open house on bridge fencing and other safety upgrades to the Third Street rail line Committee member Jim Moll said improvements were needed on Third Street while work continues on the longer-term 10th Street consolidation “They want to do safety and crossing improvements all through Third Street as an interim improvement until the trains get moved over onto 10th Street,” said Moll who is project manager on 10th Street consolidation for Hanson Professional Services in Springfield Moll said planning already has begun for an underpass at Ash Street on the 10th Street corridor This is not the first forced move for Benmar Sunrooms opened Benmar in 1963 at 18th and Washington streets Bradley Gubin said the city used eminent domain powers to force relocation of the business as part of an urban renewal project Gubin said he never contemplated fighting city acquisition of the Carpenter Street property adding that he considered $345,000 a fair price Strawberry Fields REIT (OTCQX: STRW) has officially gone public this week as it sets its sights on building upon its growing skilled nursing portfolio 21 on the OTCQX Best Market under the ticker symbol “STRW.” Strawberry Fields REIT is a self-administered real estate investment trust with a growing portfolio that includes ownership development and leasing of skilled nursing and other health care-related properties “We’re a big enough company now as a real estate company that we want to be on the public platform so that we can have the benefits of corporate bonds raising equity … It should be relatively easier than me trying to get somebody to invest in a deal or me going to a bank to try to raise money when your corporate structure is a little bit more complicated,” Chairman CEO and Founder Moishe Gubin told Skilled Nursing News In addition to its 74 standalone skilled nursing facilities the REIT’s portfolio consists of four dual-purpose facilities used as both SNFs and long-term acute care hospitals Strawberry Fields REIT properties are located across Arkansas Gubin expects to see at least 10% asset growth next year as it looks to continue its expansion within a regional footprint “We look at a lot of deals and we don’t dilly dally we jump on the things that make sense for us and we continue to do that,” Gubin told SNN acquired 33 SNF properties in Indiana and Illinois over the course of nine years between 2005 and 2014 Strawberry Fields was officially founded in 2015 when Gubin and his operating partner CEO of Infinity Health Care Management — and others — took on the portfolio It was then that the REIT continued growing in various states and went from 33 properties to where it stands today at 74 standalone facilities. Strawberry Fields created an UPREIT structure in 2021 ahead of its move to go public — which it announced back in March of this year The REIT primarily leases properties on a triple-net long-term basis with annual rent escalations of 1% to 3% Covid-19 has not had a material impact on rent collection as 100% of rent has been collected through 2Q of this year Due to what Gubin described as a “very stable portfolio” the company is not experiencing the same level of headwinds compared to some of the other providers in the industry “Our tenants today are not doing as good as they were doing two years ago In the grand scheme of things we’re big fans of the master lease concept so we have good coverage,” he told SNN Average facility occupancy currently stands at 65.1% as of June That compares to the company’s pre-pandemic occupancy of 72.5% the buildings operate on roughly 73% Medicaid The average facility size is roughly 130 beds The 79 standalone and dual-purpose facilities are leased to 78 operators that receive consulting services from nine consulting groups across nine different states “I mean from the point of view of in the long run there should be plenty of residents to be taken care of It’s a hard business … I’m not afraid because I’m a big picture thinker If I make decisions all the time on immediate things that showed up I would’ve changed courses 100 times in my career already,” he added As Strawberry Fields looks at future deals and aims to grow staying within a regional footprint will remain key for two main reasons a management team will do a better job when they know their market because they are locally based and are not flying in from somewhere else knowing the market in which someone operates allows them to get to know the actual facility and the overall community “You’re much better off when you have a local crew that becomes friendly with the local regulators and they’re running 10 homes and they understand the rules and they can implement the rules and the sister facilities they can help out the other facilities— there’s a benefit in that,” Gubin told SNN It’s part of the reason Gubin believes “Mom and Pop” operations and companies that have one or two buildings in multiple states have struggled in the current environment “I understand you want to grow and growing is important in life but I would be way more controlled in the growth of rent the growth of product and stick to a certain geography Even across state lines makes a big difference,” he said Strawberry Fields generally focuses on smaller deals that are typically off-market and not typically sought by larger REITs Most recently the REIT acquired six facilities in Tennessee and Kentucky with a combined 515 beds for $81 million back in 2021 , When Jordyn's not covering the latest skilled nursing news she's likely catching a Cubs game at Wrigley Field cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes or watching Gilmore Girls all the way through for the millionth time she covered the legal beat for various publications Skilled Nursing News is the leading source for news and information covering the skilled nursing industry. 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For more information, see our cookie policy Close He refuses to believe they are only used as containers His attempts have resulted in a selection of works that he calls ‘utility in function.’ The stiffened resinated cardboard sculptures circle back to childhood memories that are dear to Gubin his works recall the tables and chairs children hop on and off as they play around it took Gubin some time to toy with the materials he had in mind images courtesy of Illya Goldman Gubin via IGG Works | image: Illya Goldman Gubin Illya Goldman Gubin of IGG Works and IGG Atelier started with smaller prototypes in 2020 for his series ‘Karton.’ As years went by his creations took in more volume and playfulness while retaining the characteristics of the cardboard the crushed and handmade appearances of the cardboard sculptures bring the viewers back to their earliest memories fusing the past relations with the present materials through his craftsmanship ‘Resin and fiberglass have been brought to reality which before only existed in our youthful imagination these boxes call for engagement,’ writes Gubin The exclusive furniture collection of Gubin seems modular too the hardened boxes may act as cabinets or shelves positioned in the corner of one’s home If renovating the purpose of the space comes to mind users can just lay each box on the ground and turn them into stools or additional storage in the living room Loved ones can gather around Gubin’s long and low table wrapped in black paper and sit on the resinated boxes as they enjoy each other’s company Gubin states that cardboard as a material is normally associated with transport and movement it becomes a domestic object that stays true to its raw aesthetics while bringing a new meaning to its purpose ‘Movement of goods within these boxes now alludes to mental movement and support outward; interior becomes exterior and back again What we once carried can now carry us,’ he adds ‘A full body-of-work referencing itself; all we have is all we need The cognitive boundaries of the relation to the work and even the assembly of the forms All that’s left for us is to return to our curious minds Karton is born from remembering this mindset.’ designer: Illya Goldman Gubin of IGG Works and IGG Atelier AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style If you’re flying low into Mitchell International Airport and the wind is in the right direction you will know you are close to Milwaukee when you see the “Welcome to Cleveland” sign located at 2893 S It’s the infamous sign on the roof of Mark Gubin’s building He got the idea while having lunch with his assistant Noticing all the low-flying planes that came by enroute to Cleveland why not post a sign welcoming passengers to Milwaukee Gubin never had a real purpose for having the display on the rooftop other than to have a little fun Not once did Gubin receive a serious complaint from the airport or any airlines The sign became famous and made headlines in newspapers magazines and other media including “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.” On flights from Denver to Cleveland that made stopovers in Milwaukee Flight attendants had to inform passengers the sign was wrong and merely a stunt by the owner of a Milwaukee building Gubin received a letter from City Council President Ben E informing him the sign was causing “outrage & panic” for some passengers the city never took action against Gubin’s antics It was renamed the Bay Theatre in the early ‘40s and operated by Standard Theatres It had one screen and 970 curved wood-back and leather spring-cushioned seats The seating was arranged in three banks which allowed for two aisles in the theater The lobby had two regular staircases to the balcony and a beautifully tiled floor Movies occupied the Bay Theatre until 1956 an engineering teacher with a minor in film studies almost purchased the theater as a venue for vintage films he purchased an old grocery store in 1981 at 2138 E across the street from the former Bay Theatre and named it the “Gallery Cinema”; it had a 60 seat capacity and was in business until 1990 a youth club and several other tenants made use of the Bay Theater until 1972 when a local photographer bought the theatre for a commercial studio and boarded over the marquee with signage “Mark Gubin Photography.” Gubin used the theater’s ambiance for photo shoots The original stage lights and main floor seating provided intriguing large and small photo shoots the Welcome to Cleveland sign went viral in 2015 I was informed the projector room is now a sunken (pit) in the living area and now houses an antique fireplace in a very whimsical museum-like residence The former Bay Theatre is definitely on my bucket list of buildings I would like to explore The Mark Gubin building in Bay View in 2022 Adam Levin is administrator of the Old Milwaukee Facebook group facebook.com/groups/oldmilwaukee Get 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set enrichment analysis: a knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles Download references Hansen for providing MHC class I antibodies and the H-2Kb construct and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tetramer Core Facility for producing MHC class I tetramers Hashimoto for the multiplex staining strategy used to define functional and dysfunctional T cells Kouvonen for instrument maintenance and for technical support with the mass spectrometry measurements and R Valle for generating and supplying anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 in endotoxin-free sterile form Chan for constructive criticisms and comments all members of the Schreiber laboratory for discussions and the many members of The Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine Song for his assistance with the bioinformatics approaches Kvistborg for assistance with tetramer combinatorial coding and Christopher Nelson for advice with peptide-MHC monomer purification This work was supported by grants to R.D.S from the National Cancer Institute (RO1 CA043059 the Cancer Research Institute and the WWW.W Foundation; to R.D.S from The Siteman Cancer Center/Barnes-Jewish Hospital (Cancer Frontier Fund); to W.E.G Komen for the Cure (Promise grant); to E.R.M from the National Human Genome Research Institute; to G.J.F from the National Institute of Health (P50 CA101942 from the National Institute of Health (P50 CA101942); and to T.N.S from the Dutch Cancer Society (Queen Wilhelmina Research Award) is supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research was supported by a postdoctoral training grant (T32 CA00954729) from the National Cancer Institute and is currently supported by a postdoctoral training grant (Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship) from the Cancer Research Institute Aspects of studies at Washington University were performed with assistance by the Immunomonitoring Laboratory of the Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs and the Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Partner Site Tübingen The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion were involved in all aspects of this study including planning and performing experiments helped design and perform the vaccine experiments planned and performed the mass spectrometry analyses interpreted the data and were involved in writing the manuscript participated in assessing the phenotypes of the tumour-specific T-cell lines interpreting the data and in writing the manuscript helped plan the checkpoint blockade therapy experiments analysed data and was involved in writing the manuscript produced and purified the synthetic long peptides participated in the planning of the vaccine experiments analysed data and were involved in writing the manuscript were responsible for genomic analyses and epitope prediction and participated in writing the manuscript contributed to the design and analysis of peptide binding and vaccine experiments and in writing the manuscript and M.N.A were responsible for optimizing the epitope prediction method The authors declare no competing financial interests Batf3−/− or wild-type mice were treated with control mAb anti-CD8α or anti-IFN-γ mAbs and then were injected with 1 × 106 d42m1-T3 tumour cells subcutaneously and subsequently treated with anti-CTLA-4 on days 3 d42m1-T3 (b) or F244 (c) tumour cells were injected subcutaneously into wild-type mice (n = 5) that were subsequently treated with anti-PD-1 on days 3 mice were rechallenged with d42m1-T3 or F244 tumour cells Data are presented as average tumour diameter ± s.e.m of 5 mice per group and are representative of at least two independent experiments Missense mutations in d42m1-T3 were subjected to in silico analysis for the potential to form H-2Db-binding epitopes using three epitope prediction algorithms The median predicted epitope-binding affinity for each peptide was calculated and expressed as ‘median affinity value’ where affinity value = 1/IC50 × 100 Predicted epitopes are arrayed along the x-axis in alphabetical order based on their protein of origin Unfiltered median affinity values for the four predicted H-2Db epitopes Median affinity values of remaining two H-2Db epitopes after filtering Tetramer staining of CD8+ TIL from tumour-bearing mice treated with anti-PD-1 using H-2Db tetramers loaded with top 4 H-2Db synthetic peptides IFN-γ and TNF-α intracellular cytokine staining of CD8+ TIL from tumour-bearing mice treated with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy following co-culture with naive irradiated splenocytes pulsed with the top four H-2Db synthetic peptides added at 1 μM final concentration Data are presented as per cent of CD8+ TIL positive for IFN-γ Data are representative of two independent experiments CD8+ T cell lines generated from splenocytes of individual d42m1-T3-tumour-bearing mice that rejected their tumours after anti-PD-1 therapy were incubated with irradiated d42m1-T3 tumour cells (or F244 tumour cells) treated with blocking mAb specific for H-2Kb and/or H-2Db and IFN-γ production was quantitated and are representative of two independent experiments two-tailed Student’s t test (***P < 0.001) IFN-γ release by the CTL 74 T cell line following co-culture with naive irradiated splenocytes pulsed with the top 62 H-2Kb synthetic peptides added at 1 μM final concentration CTL 73 or CTL 74 T cell lines following stimulation with naive irradiated splenocytes pulsed with wild-type or mutant forms of Lama4 or Alg8 peptides RMA-S cells were incubated with 8 amino acid peptides of mLama4 or mAlg8 and surface expression of H-2Kb or H-2Db was assessed by flow cytometry Mean fluorescent intensity of H-2Kb and H-2Db was expressed as peptide binding score Data presented are representative of at least two independent experiments corresponding to mLama4 by discovery mass spectrometry Validation of the mLama4 peptide using an isotope-labelled synthetic peptide (VGFNFRTL (13C6 SRM transitions were optimized for 51 of the 62 top predicted H-2Kb peptides The 51 peptides chosen were selected based on having physiochemical properties that would allow their detection by mass spectrometry if present Only Lama4 and Alg8 are shown here for simplicity The 51 peptides were synthesized and LC-tandem mass spectrometry acquisition was performed on each peptide to determine the best collision energy and to obtain the full fragment ion spectrum (left panel); three to seven of the highest intensity peaks were selected to be built into SRM transitions Optimal SRM transitions displayed as extracted ion chromatograms are shown (right panel) Q1–Q3 transitions are indicated in parenthesis The mutated amino acid in the peptide sequence is marked in red which lack the mLama4 and mAlg8 d42m1-T3 epitope lack detectable mLama4 or mAlg8 in complex with H-2Kb as assessed by SRM Detection of tumour-infiltrating mLama4- or mAlg8-specific T cells infiltrating d42m1-T3 or F244 tumours of mice treated with anti-PD-1 Tumours were harvested on day 12 post-transplant Cells were gated on live CD45+ and CD8α+ tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes Detection of mLama4- or mAlg8-specific T cells was achieved by staining with peptide-MHC H-2Kb PE-labelled tetramers Data are representative of at least five independent experiments Detection of mLama4-specific tumour-infiltrating T cells from tumour-bearing mice treated with anti-PD-1 both anti-PD-1 plus anti-CTLA-4 or control mAb Detection of mLama4-specific T cells was achieved by staining with mLama4-MHC H-2Kb PE-labelled tetramers Data presented are plotted as the mean mLama4 tetramer-positive as a percent of CD8α+ tumour-infiltrating cells and are representative of at least three independent experiments Tumour growth of d42m1-T3 tumours from mice therapeutically vaccinated with mLama4 and mAlg8 SLP plus poly(I:C) HPV control SLP plus poly(I:C) or poly(I:C) alone Mutant Lama4 and mAlg8 SLP vaccine group was compared to HPV control SLP vaccine group using an unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test (*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01) Kaplan–Meier survival curves of d42m1-T3-tumour-bearing mice (7 per group) prophylactically vaccinated with SLP vaccines plus poly(I:C) mLama4 plus mAlg8 compared to HPV control: P = 0.0003 (log-rank (Mantel–Cox) test) Representative of two independent experiments Cumulative number of mice (7–10 per group) from at least two independent experiments rejecting d42m1-T3 or F244 tumours as a consequence of SLP or minimal epitope peptide prophylactic vaccination Representative histogram of TIM-3 or LAG-3 expression on mLama4-specific CD8+ tumour-infiltrating T cells from tumour-bearing mice treated with anti-PD-1 both anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 or control mAbs TIM-3 and LAG-3 are reduced in mAlg8-specific CD8+ TIL from tumour-bearing mice treated with anti-PD-1 or both anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 compared to mice treated with control mAb Representative dot plots of IFN-γ and TNF-α stained CD8+ tumour-infiltrating T cells from tumour-bearing mice following treatment with anti-PD-1 Data presented are representative of at least three independent experiments This file contains MS traces for each of the mutant H-2Kb d42m1-T3 epitopes tested by targeted MS This file contains Supplementary Tables 1-3 Supplementary Table 1 contains a complete list of d42m1-T3 H-2Kb-bound peptides identified by discovery MS Supplementary Table 2 shows all differentially expressed genes in mLama4-tetramer-positive CD8+ TILs from mice treated with checkpoint blockade therapy compared to mLama4-tetramer-positive CD8+ TILs from control mice Supplementary Table 3 shows differentially regulated pathways (GSEA pathway analysis) in mLama4-tetramer-positive CD8+ TILs from mice treated with checkpoint blockade therapy compared to mLama4-tetramer-positive CD8+ TILs from control mice Download citation Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article immunosuppression is mediated by T-lymphocyte associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) immunomodulatory receptors expressed on T cells use the MCA mouse sarcoma model to show that mutant tumour antigens serve as targets for CD8+ T-cell responses mediating tumour regression after checkpoint blockade immunotherapy with anti-PD-1 and/or anti-CTLA-4 The authors demonstrate that these antigens can be used effectively in therapeutic vaccines suggesting a possible route to personalized cancer vaccines Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science One of the morning news shows wants to fly Mark Gubin to New York for an end-of-the-year celebration of the funniest moments of 2015 Never mind that it's for something Gubin created 37 years ago — the ridiculously brilliant "Welcome to Cleveland" sign he painted on his roof in Bay View to confuse passengers flying into Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport Media awareness of the sign has come in waves over the years. I first wrote about it in 2005 The Internet went nuts over it this past June with websites and blogs mostly echoing facts and quotes from my column which made it go viral a decade after I wrote it Every now and then I'll go online and look up my name and I get an incredible number of hits," Gubin said when I called him this week Just last month I was contacted by a production assistant for an online magazine who wanted to reach Gubin because "we love his concept and think he and his work are very interesting." I told her what I tell everyone who wants me to pass along Gubin's private contact information: he's in the phone book The idea for the sign was born one day in 1978 when Gubin and an assistant were enjoying lunch on the flat roof of the former theater building on Delaware Ave that has long served as Gubin's home and studio While watching the low-flying planes in Mitchell's flight path the assistant suggested a sign on the roof welcoming travelers to Milwaukee That got Gubin's mischievous juices flowing "You know what would even be better?" he said he created the Cleveland sign in 6-foot-tall letters It wasn't long before the sign was worldwide news and even the subject of a joke by Johnny Carson "I never did it as any kind of thing to help my business or anything like that The city doesn't allow big misleading signs anymore He refreshes the paint in white or yellow every half dozen years Gubin and his sign were featured on countless websites and TV reports within a few crazy days Some say a post on Reddit got everything started this year Gubin thinks it might have been a small news organization in England "I never thought in my whole life Matt Lauer would be doing I don't know how many minutes on me He only vaguely remembers the magazine assistant I recently sent his way "I think she talked to my 6-year-old granddaughter," he said "Some of these run together because there are so many of them A week doesn't go by where somebody doesn't call about something with this Welcome to Cleveland thing." Gubin has made disparaging remarks about that city in jest or because he didn't think he was on the air yet Flight attendants also could do without the extra work when nervous passengers press the call light after seeing the sign Gubin isn't sure he wants to go back to New York again for the year-end show He wouldn't reveal which program has invited him He worries about wearing out the joke by overexposure Some groups out there don't even think of it as a joke like the mysticism society that tried to learn the sign's deeper meaning Someone who called him this year even wanted Gubin to create another sign saying welcome to such-and-such city and put it on top of his tugboat Someone else from a company that makes prefab housing asked if they could build one of their structures on the roof next to his sign to drum up publicity With apologies to Milwaukee's most famous roof welcome to way more than 15 minutes of fame Call Jim Stingl at (414) 224-2017 or email at jstingl@jrn.com 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 Log in via email All your bookmarks will be available across all your devices Password must be 8 characters long including one capital letter Please confirm your email address and we’ll send you a link to reset your password Single account access for STIRworld.com,STIRpad.com and exclusive STIRfri content Verification link sent to check your inbox or spam folder to complete sign up process or opt for the best experience by closing this banner For more detailed information please read our Privacy Policy The Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist fortifies cardboard boxes using resin and fibreglass by Anushka SharmaPublished on : Jan 17 "Since Karton was a project after making art for a long period I wanted to challenge the difference and build a space for discussions between art and design," says Gubin "By setting specific boundaries and ideologies I was able to push my idea of functional cardboard without losing its artistic approach," he adds a potential space for cherishing each other’s company is born "The most important rule was to use a single cardboard for a single piece of furniture creativity is born with absence of endless possibilities," Gubin says the idea for the Karton Bench that stands on its own openings was born due to my own limitations which did not allow me to be additive," he points out The sculptural works reiterate the designer’s refusal to limit the possibilities of cartons and view them as mere containers. The product designs refrain from adulterating the raw aesthetic of the cardboard boxes and the (mis)use of these implied objects sheds light on a new meaning Where these cardboard parameters were once contained and held in "Movement of goods within these boxes now alludes to mental movement and support outward; interior becomes exterior and back again,” Gubin explains All that’s remaining from us is a return to the curious mind Karton is born from remembering this mindset,” he adds With strong ties to fashion and conceptual art, Gubin’s work ranges from paintings and sculptural art to furniture and clothing his label IGG bridges the rift between fashion not only for the design but for all studio works is based on the fundamentals of the Japanese philosophy of Wabi Sabi to be controlled by the work and not controlling the work," shares Gubin Breaking the binary continuum of thinking and feeling and blurring the boundaries between tradition and innovation Gubin‘s installations emphasise the intricacies of human consciousness in order to unravel a better understanding of the self What springs to life is an oeuvre in a constant state of flux encapsulating art and deeper nuances of existence; the creases the asymmetric flaps and the deformed edges questioning archetypes and time and nudging onlookers to reflect and feel a new generation of trailblazers is taking over we introduce the people adding to the cultural moment with their creative minds a way to dig deeper and look beyond the picture-perfect outcome we’re swamped with every day Nothing is as it seems, at least when it comes to Illya Goldman Gubin’s artwork the Berlin-based artist turned cardboard boxes into one-of-a-kind sculptures to sit on or just look at from afar Even Balenciaga’s Demna added some stools to his personal collection “I wanted to include a new dimension to my art something that people can touch,” says Gubin It’s an ordinary object filled with memories for everyone whether that’s building make-believe homes or cars out of cardboard boxes when we were kids or lugging boxes through friends’ staircases for a slice of pizza By covering them with resin and fibreglass the artist creates a nostalgic snapshot in time in the form of sculptural furniture that carries us rather than the other way around “The process is very physical,” he explains “I had to find out how I could crush the boxes with my body without destroying them.” which is a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment he learned to let things go and accept what you can’t control especially the ones from Gutai used wabi-sabi to be okay with things not being perfect,” he explains It’s about trying out new ways of doing things rather than striving for perfection which can be seen as a continuation of his artwork “The materials I use for my clothes are often the same as my art pieces or come from the same narrative,” he continues Gubin realised the potential of clothing and the way people see you based on what you’re wearing which also led him to study fashion in 2015 clothes or photography (an art practice he has been very fond of in the past) the essence of Gubin’s work is both honesty and being true to himself Gubin usually relies on misunderstandings and uncontrolled moments “Everything we hear and see is a code,” he explains “Our brain can or cannot decode the information.” Once he’s fixed on an exciting idea he double-checks if it’s original before entering the test phase “I do attempt to set some guidelines and stay true to the original idea,” he goes on “It was [the Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni] Tàpies who believed that instead of the artist being in control and directing the art it’s actually the art that guides and influences the direction taken by the artist.” I believe creativity and art reside in all of us Gubin is firmly convinced that we’re all full of creative potential “I believe creativity and art reside in all of us,” he concludes And if you believe an idea is a valuable addition to the world All ideas are within reach for each of us.” What’s an everyday object that keeps fascinating you It’s so weird to think that everything––from the chair you sit on to the food you eat to your own body––is made up of these tiny particles and see everything from a different perspective It’s a feeling that comes from within Which artwork lives rent-free in your head When was the last time you did something for the first time retargeting and for playing out personalized content and advertising on Telekom sites and third-party sites including information on data processing by third-party providers and the possibility of revocation can be found in the settings and in our privacy information Here you can continue only with the necessary tools Accept all Continue with necessary Detailed privacy preferences You can give your consent to categories or display further information and select specific cookies I don't mean Milwaukee's founder and first mayor who's been dead for 163 years The vintage red tugboat bearing his name has been moored the past 20 years or so on the Milwaukee River at Michigan Street.  So downtown denizens noticed when it disappeared last month "It's amazing how many people called me and said 'What happened to the boat?' It was like an old friend of theirs," said Mark Gubin caretaker and partymeister of the Solomon Juneau.   The Michigan Street bridge over the river is being replaced and the boat was in the way the old gal doesn't run on her own power anymore — to Jerry's Dock especially compared with its former location along the RiverWalk in the heart of downtown You traverse an obstacle course to reach the boat's new home on the west bank of the river tucked between the old railroad swing bridge in the river's center and the long-vacant concrete grain silos to the west.  still very much in love with his funky old boat and worried about its future Because of development planned along the river at both its former and current locations the next home of the Solomon Juneau is unknown Maybe there's a restaurant on the water that would like the boat as a sort of maritime decoration. Mark thinks that would be fine just as long as he could continue to visit regularly He calls the boat his downtown condo and floating Winnebago If you sometimes fly into Milwaukee, you may be familiar with his actual home. It's a converted theater in Bay View with this delightfully confusing message painted on the roof in large letters: "Welcome to Cleveland." It's been there on the flight path since the 1970s, and the story of his mischievous madness has spread all over the world but Mark has been told it was called the Centurion.  it was renamed the Kevinbren and served as a fishing boat the Kevinbren grabbed its share of headlines In October 1952 its motor died 15 miles east of Milwaukee and the crew had to be rescued after a night on Lake Michigan In April 1954 it suffered a head-on collision in the fog with an oil tanker on the lake And in May 1971 it sank at the mouth of the Kinnickinnic River an artist and retired photographer, came along in 1981 to buy, restore and rename the boat Mark invited friends aboard for parties and pleasure cruises and the best view of the lakefront fireworks entertainers from the Riverside Theater would wander over to his boat Politicians and riverbank walkers saw the boat as a photo op and conversation starter he fed a pet seagull that liked to hang around and there's still string wrapped on one railing as a more comfortable perch the Solomon Juneau was coaxed by Mark all the way to Door County and Mackinac Island It was just a fun thing to have," Mark said but in a quieter way now that Mark's friends are dying or harder to get out of the house especially to stumble down to the Solomon Juneau's current location "It's completely lost over there," he said even though it reigns as the biggest and oldest boat at the marina Mark turned down some TV producers who wanted to take it to Chicago to be used in a sitcom Maybe the visitors in town next summer for the Democratic National Convention would like to see the distinctly Milwaukee boat Mark is trying not to let the uncertainty over the future lessen his enjoyment of the Solomon Juneau The boat rocked gently in the sunshine as we talked on the stern, me on a lawn chair Contact Jim Stingl at (414) 224-2017 or jstingl@jrn.com. Follow him at Facebook or on Twitter @columnboy. The photo shows Andrey Gubin with his wife on the day of sentencing The photo shows Andrey Gubin with his wife on the day of sentencing the judge of the Birobidzhan District Court sentenced 47-year-old Andrey Gubin to 2 years and 6 months of conditional sentence 2 years of probation and 1 year of restraint of liberty The believer immediately appealed against this decision The court found Andrey Gubin guilty of participation in the activities of an extremist organization Although there is not a single victim in the case the prosecutor recommended that the court send the believer to a colony for 4 years Gubin considers the sentence to be canceled “I am convicted of believing in God,” he wrote in his appeal senior forensic investigator Dmitriy Yankin opened a criminal case against Gubin under Part 2 of Art 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation only because of his faith The believer was placed under recognizance agreement the investigation of the case was carried out by the FSB of Russia for the Jewish Autonomous Region the case materials were transferred to the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region Andrey Gubin has repeatedly noted that he considers this persecution to be an ideologically motivated order He said: "There is religious discrimination based on someone's personal hostility prejudice and an illiterate understanding of the law on extremism." In his appeal to the court, the believer noted: “It is written in my file that there are no victims I am only persecuted as one of Jehovah's Witnesses at this hearing there was a lot of material proving that I and the rest of Jehovah's Witnesses have nothing to do with extremism the language of extremism is the language of enmity and hatred which contradicts my convictions and the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses in general what he learned from the Bible allowed him to change find peace in his heart and the meaning of life In total, 19 criminal cases were initiated against 23 believers in Birobidzhan. In addition to Andrey Gubin, sixteen believers have already been convicted Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia are condemned because of their faith, despite the official position of the country's leadership voiced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in February 2021: “During the consideration of the case [in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation] neither the legitimacy of the religious beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses nor the ways of expressing them were assessed […] Members of a liquidated organization can independently practice a religious cult including as part of religious groups that do not require registration This website uses cookies. If you give permission, we will use cookies to make your visit more personal, improve its quality and improve the performance of the site based on how you use it. If you reject the use of cookies, some features of the site may not work. You can learn more about the types of cookies we use on our Privacy and Cookie Policy page JUNEAU – A fight between two sports fans at a Dodge County bowling alley has resulted in a battery charge against a Fox Lake man was charged in Dodge County Circuit Court with felony battery causing bodily harm during an initial appearance on July 7 Gubin told police that he was at Tower Lanes in Beaver Dam on April 17 when he got into an argument with a 34-year-old man over the views of Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears fans as well as a disagreement over the use of bad grammar The man said Gubin kicked over a chair and struck him in the face several times with a closed fist causing three tears to his retina which required surgery Gubin is free on a $1,000 signature bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug Contact Colleen Kottke at (920) 907-7968 or ckottke@fdlreporter.com; Twitter: @ColleenKottke UPDATE | Russian Court Overturns the Conviction of Brother Gubin the Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region overturned the conviction of Brother Andrey Gubin His case was returned to a lower court for a retrial He is not required to go to prison at this time Biography: Has an older brother and sister worked part-time after school as an apprentice locksmith to help support his family became a lathe operator and a heavy-equipment operator was distressed by the injustice and evil in the world Found peace and life’s meaning from his study of the Bible The Bible’s promise to restore justice and peace to mankind moved him to dedicate his life to Jehovah God Federal Security Service (FSB) agents began investigating Brother Andrey Gubin The case is just one of 19 criminal investigations against our brothers and sisters in the Jewish Autonomous Region These cases were the result of a series of mass home raids code-named “Judgment Day.” On May 17 150 law enforcement officers searched 22 homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses The authorities have blocked Andrey and Tatyana from accessing their bank accounts they have been under extreme financial hardship has also significantly impacted Tatyana’s health the couple has received much comfort from regularly reading the Bible They have especially benefited from the Bible’s practical advice on how to cope with hardship Andrey’s trust in Jehovah and His organization has been strengthened by the abundant support he has received from his spiritual brothers and sisters one day Andrey felt anxious about his situation He shared his feelings with a brother who is also facing criminal prosecution The brother first validated Andrey’s concerns the brother reminded Andrey that Jesus considered being persecuted for Jehovah’s name as a privilege “I am determined to keep on doing our Father’s will.” Our prayer is that Andrey and Tatyana will continue to rely on the comfort and strength from God’s Word and our spiritual family. We are assured that “it will turn out well for those who fear the true God.”—Ecclesiastes 8:12 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia have been imprisoned for their faith and get a printable list of any Witnesses currently in prison C-Sweet is not a political organization that takes up the flag on social causes.It’s not a #MeToo group and doesn’t take sides in presidential elections Neither is it right- or left-leaning in its politics co-founders and Co-Chief Executives Beth Hilbing and Dianne Gubin describe it as a networking organization designed to help women executives in the C-suite understand the path up the corporate ladder and help women outside the C-suite learn how to advance in.The C-suite — from which C-Sweet coined the title of its trademarked name that it fought legally to use — includes an alphabet soup of crème de la crème titles in corporate America: CEOs The Malibu-headquartered group hosts podcasts and events and is now expanding its offerings in other U.S cities with aspirations of going global.At the beginning of the summer C-Sweet began charging $395 a year in dues for membership The group has 200 members and a mailing list of 3,500 and it held a chapter launch in Chicago in early October It also has plans to launch other chapters in 2022 in New York City; Washington They have feelers out to establish international chapters starting with London and Sydney down the road and women who write checks in venture capital called “C-Sweet Talks” featuring stories from high-level executives the San Francisco-based marketplace for luxury consignment; Southern California Edison the Rosemead-based power utility of Edison International; and California Gov who evaluates political jobs people want inside state government.It just started a new podcast series called “C-Sweet After Dark,” in which guests discuss sensitive topics such as bad bosses and sexual harassment.Some of C-Sweet’s upcoming events include a business roundtable scheduled for Nov chief data and analytics officer with El Segundo-based RepairSmith Inc. a mobile car repair and maintenance service 16 to discuss ways to land a corporate board position and what’s required to serve on a corporate board The events have been known to attract up to a 100 attendees for panel discussions.Gubin and Hilbing have dissimilar backgrounds — one has an aerospace background while the other has a financial pedigree — but they use it to their advantage and stick together they do interviews together and collaborate on C-Sweet’s strategy They first met during a panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in the mid-2000s at Amgen Inc. a Thousand Oaks-based biopharmaceutical company and kept in contact over the next decade until founding C-Sweet in 2017 Gubin and Hilbing sat down with the Business Journal to discuss their plans for C-Sweet expansion and the importance of their group in helping other women network for C-suite jobs How did C-Sweet come about?Gubin: I was running in all the tech spaces’ networking and I was running around in the finance spaces’ networking and the business partner I started Amplify (an IT staffing agency) with And what I saw is the hole in the market and what I talked about with Beth (Hilbing) is that there was nothing for executive women that was designed for senior executives and up here in Los Angeles we have all these silos of events in technology finance and something for this woman and that There was nothing that covered many industries at the executive level Where did you both meet?Hilbing: We met in the mid-2000s when Dianne was leading the L.A which is an organization that holds networking events talked me into leading the mentorship committee for the Women in Technology summit Dianne has had different networking groups over the years that I’ve stayed in touch with ‘You’re in a career change and had time for C-Sweet.’ I said ‘Let’s do it.’What did you see happening with women in the executive ranks in the mid-2000s?Gubin: Well there was a lack of women at the senior levels within tech Companies didn’t seem to have a concerted focus to hire women.Why?Gubin: Tech is very much a boys’ club everybody likes to know people who are like them you find within the IT departments of major companies around Los Angeles that everybody is pretty much the same Not every company is like this because health care firms tend to promote women And she just should have had a better title considering how many people she had reporting to her Hilbing: There was not a networking organization for senior-level We felt there was a need to help bring these women together and start working together We have seen that happen in our current environment Why did you move to a membership model this past summer?Hilbing: To ensure that we had revenue coming in to support our programs and our events because we have lot of events and charge minimal costs though we have sponsors and members as well.Tell me about some of your live events?Hilbing: We just launched in Chicago on Oct and we had the event at the City Club in the old Sears Tower (now known as the Willis Tower) We had a panel discussion on how to empower your workforce and business innovation We also had a good networking event recently at the City Club Los Angeles We had 40 women attend the pure networking event where we talked about diversity It’s our answer to the MeToo movement (which has emerged in recent years to focus on sexual harassment and sexual assault) or to any of the social movements that we see today We truly believe that if women are working together at the most senior executive levels will help our communities and help our businesses We truly want to do business in a different way how many people are attending your events?Gubin: We had up to 700 people on a Zoom call last summer for our diversity when you have a program that is that large how do we figure out who you need to meet with so that we can fulfill our mission we’ve started smaller focus groups — roundtables we call them — so that everyone can really meet each other to work together and do business together we have a business roundtable where we have members self-facilitate Hilbing: Zoom has handled our calls very well given all that went down with Covid and the (U.S Some of our panelists have included Renee Brown chief of basketball operations and player relations for the WNBA (from 2005-2016) senior vice president and chief diversity officer for advertising and marketing firm InterPublic Group.Gubin: Companies need to do a better job teaching and living diversity That was the takeaway (of the Zoom call last summer) We have to make sure you feel like you belong that you feel like you’re meant to be where you are.Why are there two directors running C-Sweet?Hilbing: Well and we bring a diversity of skills and a complement of skills.Gubin: Beth is really a Fortune 500 type of gal Hilbing: We talk multiple times throughout the day It really does take all of our skill sets because we manage three to four sessions that we run a month for our women plus we do in-person events across the country we make sure everything is covered.How big do you see this getting?Hilbing: We are right on the cusp of really putting it out there and getting as big as like a 3,500-person organization.Gubin: We just don’t see a cap on C-Sweet because we’re going to go international at some point We need to do what we’re doing here first.Where do you see growth areas within your group?Gubin: Our Women on Boards initiative has really taken off Part of what we have found within our group of women is that as we started this journey of women on boards ‘Women On Boards.’ We want women on boards before the board positions get filled There’s only a certain number of positions.What do you hear from your members?Hilbing: With the podcasts we talk to these women; we ask them about their career what do they think has helped them so that they can give that advice to listeners and other women in their space or coming up as emerging leaders.What are the main issues that your members are facing?Gubin: I think the issue is that women get very siloed within their companies Part of it is that none of us network enough So how are you going to meet the right people where are you going to go to meet other women to make these relationships and potentially do business That’s what we’re creating,Hilbing: Our executive women have told us time and time again that they have to have a trust factor if they are going to move forward This intimate networking with C-Sweet helps create that for them University of ConnecticutIndustries of Focus: Talent acquisition Dianne Gubin sold sunglasses at East Coast beaches mostly in Long Island’s posh Hamptons during summers at the University of Connecticut That’s how she paid for her bachelor’s degree in journalism She traveled Europe for a year after graduating but never really put her yearning for journalism to use “My college roommate was a journalism major ‘That looks like fun,’” she said of picking her major on a whim when you spend all of that time working for the school paper your grades go down because you’re always working at night,” she recalled.Instead of penning for a newspaper she pursued a career in selling staffing services  Her specialty has always been in technical recruiting for professional and executive roles the 59-year-old Gubin formed Dianne Gubin & Associates to provide staffing and recruiting services for information technology firms she became president of Malibu-based Amplify Professional Services Inc where she helped hire and provide contract staffing services in Los Angeles and New York for universities and Fortune 500 companies she also became a principal with Capital InVentures in 2014 which has offices on both coasts of the United States.With investment banking firm Capital InVentures she has helped emerging and middle-market companies raise equity and debt financing and provide financial analysis and due diligence in takeovers Gubin also has been the global co-chairwoman of the Los Angeles Venture Association which provides forums on the financing of companies from start to exit in the early 2000s while running a networking event for Women in Technology International in L.A. an organization that promotes the achievements of women in technology and extends support They co-founded Malibu-based C-Sweet in 2017 Cal StateLong BeachIndustries of Focus: Aerospace information technologyOff the Clock: Hilbing admits she is a workaholic Beth Hilbing has climbed the corporate ranks of major aerospace companies over her multidecade career Doing so was not an easy task in a male-dominated industry where retired military officers have historically been welcomed into second careers with aerospace and defense contractors Hilbing has worked for two of the largest powerhouse military contractors in the United States: Northrop Grumman Corp she’s held the post of senior information technology business partner with Chicago-based Boeing manufactures and sells commercial airplanes and military jets Hilbing was vice president of information technology managing a $90 million budget and running a large program with control over an engineering and operations organization she was responsible for all areas of information technology at a credit union connected with the military contractor She also was at Time Warner in January 2000 as part of one of the biggest corporate mergers when AOL agreed to buy Time Warner for $164 billion Hilbing worked in the Burbank office of the combined company’s Warner Music Group Corp. the third-largest in the global music industry she managed an $11 million budget and 50 employees Hilbing received a bachelor’s degree in business from Webster University in St Louis and a master’s degree in business from Cal State Long Beach She also has an associate degree in computer science It was during her time between her jobs at Northrop Grumman and Boeing in 2017 that she and Co-Chief Executive Dianne Gubin reconnected to co-found C-Sweet Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Mort Gubin had a year of college under his belt when he joined the U.S Navy in 1943 — a year shy of the requirement to become an officer So he entered the V-12 Navy College Training Program — a course of study designed to meet the high demand for Navy and Marine Corps officers during World War II Gubin went to midshipman’s school at Northwestern and was commissioned an ensign in January 1945 “Then I got on a ship and went to the Philippines,” the Palm Springs resident said “I went over on a transport — then I was assigned to an LCT They were the smallest Navy ship that had crews living on board.” Two officers and 12 enlisted men occupied the 120-foot long The versatile vessel — designed to carry up to five tanks —– also performed transportation duties Gubin first served on LCT 1257 and then he was put in charge of LCT 789 We would pull alongside a big ship and whatever cargo they had they would put on our tank deck drop our ramp and the trucks would back up and unload us We went from the Philippines to Okinawa and then to Japan “There was a lot of action around us but none that really bothered us,” he said Among the supplies the ship schlepped: Ammunition “We had a load of toilet paper and it was raining — like it does in the Philippines — and after four days the supply officer finally came aboard to pick up the cargo and the first thing he did and cut one of the cases of toilet paper open and he said but it was anyone’s guess if all of those cases survived the downpour “I don’t know what I would have done with all that toilet paper,” Gubin said returned stateside — to San Francisco — on Mother’s Day of 1946 Gubin took his father’s advice — as well as his career path My brother and I followed in his footsteps.” His dad graduated from New York Medical College in the 1920s Gubin returned to college and attended medical school at the University of Tennessee he established a private practice in Memphis I was with a surface division and after I finished med school I got into the Navy Medical Corps with reserve squadron — based in Memphis.” It was during this time that Gubin started conducting flight physicals for pilots “I was a flight surgeon with a Marine squadron (VMF-124) and the guys in the squadron said why don’t you do them for the FAA?’ and I said Gubin investigated — and a new side-career was born switched careers and became an airline stewardess During her trips to the East and West coasts I’d like to live in California.’ I was practicing in Memphis and I said if we’re going to come to California be better to go before the kids get into high school.’” was a longtime member of the Palm Springs Police Aero Squadron and is a past president of the Riverside County Medical Association who celebrated his 90th birthday in January can usually be found at Atlantic Aviation at Palm Springs International Airport He’s just one of four doctors in the valley who perform this service “I’m the only one doing them full-time,” he said Gubin said private pilots over age 40 require a medical exam every two years; those under 40 require physicals every five years Airline and commercial pilots are required to have a physical every year; those over 40 need to get checked out every six months addressing the recent Germanwings crash involving a co-pilot thought to have suicidal tendencies he takes stock of the physical and mental well-being of his patients He said he’s never come across a pilot whose mental state he questioned you have the opportunity to try to size these people up and hope you don’t find anybody who has problems Denise Goolsby is The Desert Sun’s columnist for history and profiles He can be reached at Denise.Goolsby@DesertSun.com and on Twitter @DeniseGoolsby Branch of service: U.S Navy; LCT 1257; LCT 789 Years served: 1943 – 1946; served in the reserves for 30 years Family: Wife Christine Gubin; two children Sydney Gubin of Palm Springs and Lori Gubin of San Francisco Shares of senior living and care real estate investment trust Strawberry Fields REIT will begin trading once a few clerical issues are resolved early this week CEO and Chairman Moishe Gubin told the McKnight’s Business Daily The action comes after the company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in March and became public last week The REIT will trade under the ticker symbol “STRW,” and between 1.5 million and two million shares will be available for sale IN-based firm’s healthcare portfolio includes 74 stand-alone skilled nursing facilities four dual-purpose facilities used as both SNFs and long-term acute care hospitals and three assisted living communities across a total of nine states: Arkansas “This is literally the culmination of probably 15 years’ worth of work This is a long-term game for me,” Gubin “We’re finally at the finish line …Now we’re just waiting to start trading.” Gubin said he and co-founder Michael Blisko bought their first skilled nursing property in 2003 through a predecessor company Both men come from a background of working in skilled nursing.  Strawberry Fields won because of the association with the Beatles song of the same name With a client base made up of baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 currently aged 57 to 76 — it seemed fitting to tie the REIT’s name to a band that the oldest members especially would identify with (The youngest boomers were five years old when the Beatles broke up.) “The people we take care of are best symbolized by a generation of Beatles fans,” Gubin said.  Strawberry Fields “will continue to grow as before” as a “living breathing entity that we can pass on to our children.” Health Care Heroes Johns Hopkins Hospital and the nonprofit Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults joined forces to better meet the special needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer who holds a master’s in social work from the Columbia University School of Social Work took charge of the effort and has made it something of a personal crusade “The psychosocial experience of an adolescent or young adult with cancer is unique,” Gubin said noting that a young person’s need for independence a career and more can be threatened by a cancer diagnosis Gubin helps adolescents and young adults recently diagnosed with cancer both emotionally and with such practical matters as financial assistance and housing she works to help the medical community understand and deal with this unique population “My commitment to being an advocate for young adults with cancer is driving change at Johns Hopkins and at the national level,” she said “I am proud to dedicate my career to inspiring change for the nearly 70,000 young adults who are diagnosed with cancer in the United States each year.” Sign up for your daily digest of Maryland news Supporting small businesses is an investment 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SOUTH BEND — A local company that owns more than 50 health care facilities across the United States recently took a big step that will help it reach its next stage of growth Strawberry Fields a real estate investment trust based in Blackthorn Corporate Park announced last month that it raised $68 million by issuing bonds on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Israel is a type of security that owns properties and trades on exchanges like a stock Strawberry Fields CEO Moishe Gubin said the bond issuance will enable the company to seize some new opportunities the business has grown by adding one property at a time with conventional financing Gubin began working in the nursing home business in 1998 He bought his first nursing home in DeMotte Strawberry Fields’ portfolio consists of 51 nursing homes acute-care facilities and medical office buildings that it leases to operators in Indiana “The financial end of the nursing home business is my knack,” Gubin said “When we went into buying nursing home real estate and leasing it out we felt we had a competitive advantage because we understand the operations.” One of the properties that Strawberry Fields owns is Chalet of Niles The company bought the skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility — formerly known as Silverbrook Manor — last year said Strawberry Fields has been a good landlord “They proactively manage their properties,” Elkes said and they pick the right people for the right spaces,” he added “They’re sincerely interested in the success of the business and they were eager to know that we had a business model that would ensure that we had a solid business practice.” Gubin said Strawberry Fields has a thorough process for vetting tenants who lease the company’s buildings “We police our tenants to make sure they’re doing a good job that they’re giving good care to the residents — which “We make an effort to visit the properties a couple times a year We’re always monitoring their compliance with state laws.” Gubin and his wife moved to South Bend in 2002 to be closer to her family He earned a degree in accounting and information systems at Touro College in New York He also earned a degree in Talmudic law at Bais Yisroel in Jerusalem so he was familiar with Israel before the bond issuance real estate is popular among Israelis looking for investment opportunities “There’s a very strong bond market for American items because there aren’t enough things to invest in in Israel,” he said He added that South Bend has been a good place to do business Seven people work in Strawberry Fields’ office at 6101 Nimtz Parkway which he said is convenient because of its proximity to South Bend International Airport But why is the company named Strawberry Fields so the name is a reference to the band’s 1967 song “Strawberry Fields Forever.” It’s also a name that he thought would resonate with baby boomers — the demographic that will populate Strawberry Fields’ buildings Strawberry Fields the company — like the song says — will be forever we will succeed and this will perpetuate long after we’re dead,” he said “This is a company that could go on and on and on.” One way to personalize outdoor spaces around a home is with a deck or two But decks have improved a lot from the redwood monstrosities of the 1960s that looked like logs stuck to the back of the house Homeowners now can get graceful decks formed around the house that either match or contrast with the outdoor façade Decks can wrap around the outside of a house go around the pool and end on the lower-level fence Decks can be personalized with stone or metal balusters styled in classic or colonial unique accessories or faux stone post caps Frank Conder of All-C Construction said some of the more flamboyant personalizations haven’t made it to Springfield yet but homeowners here like both single- and multi-leveled decks “Homeowners like to walk right out onto their deck and enjoy the outdoors with a cup of coffee or dinner,” Conder said “We can include benches and flower boxes with the deck Decks are a great way to utilize the backyard if it’s multi-level and it can’t be graded,” he added and they can be dressed up with arbors or trellises Both Conder and Gubin said a homeowner can start with a basic deck and then add planters or benches at a later date Conder said decks can even be reinforced and rubber matting put down to add an area for a spa or outdoor barbecue Wood is still the most popular material for deck construction but it does require substantial maintenance “You should wash a wood deck three or four times a year to make sure it stays clean,” Conder said treated with a deck wash and dried and then resealed.” Gubin said companies will come in and power wash a homeowner’s deck But there is time and cost involved in keeping a deck nice PVC decking does not have foam or wood fillers that absorb moisture There are no exposed fasteners and they remain cool in the heat so they are barefoot friendly “Composite decks cost double a wood deck and then some,” Gubin said They come in natural woodgrain colors with a low gloss surface so they don’t appear too plastic Conder said they can be cleaned with a broom and a solution of bleach and soap and water each year All-C and Benmar have a several week wait right now from the time a deck is ordered until it can be installed Both will develop a bid and then let homeowners either add accessories to the deck or downsize to meet a budget Kathleen Ostrander can be reached at 747-1296 had an unrelenting fatigue yet could not sleep She couldn't complete her work tasks and she had no energy for socializing with friends and family; she felt like she was watching precious years of her life slip by while she stayed mostly in bed Crump was experiencing symptoms of the dominant cause of death in Shelby County and much of the U.S were restored in a way that leaves her giddy Crump underwent a minor procedure at Baptist Memorial Healthcare to receive a small device called the Optimizer delivers cardiac contractility modulation therapy timed electric pulses that help stabilize your heart's rhythm but it still delivers (a pulse)," said Steven Gubin He points out that the Mid-South is "the epicenter" of heart disease and chronic heart failure and a device like the Optimizer has the potential to significantly improve lives for patients like Crump The device and procedure are covered by Medicare and many insurance plans The procedure is minimally invasive and does not require an elongated recovery period so patients aren't burdened with the need for time off from work patients start to feel their symptoms of heart failure improve the Optimizer reverses the effects of heart failure their left ventricle and the right ventricle may be dilated and not pumping like it should," Gubin said "And by doing this reverse remodeling — within weeks or months the heart can start to go back towards normal size and start to contract better function more." The immediate and long-term relief Crump is experiencing causes her voice to crack when she looks back at her life prior to the procedure "My life has totally changed...it's overwhelming missing church and having to explain to her granddaughter why she couldn't make it to her dance recitals Her cardiac symptoms were initially downplayed by her former doctor — despite her documented familial history of heart disease The relief she now feels after years of worsening symptoms and medical apathy has made an Optimizer evangelist out of Crump Because to be able to get up and walk around and enjoy life again Baptist was the first hospital system in Tennessee to offer the Optimizer's therapy and the treatment is also available in the hospital system's DeSoto County location 22 patients have undergone the procedure for The Optimizer's CCM therapy Not one has been readmitted to the hospital in 30 days since the procedure "This is another tool in our toolbox," Gubin said something that can really change their life." Micaela Watts is a reporter for The Commercial Appeal covering health She can be reached at micaela.watts@commercialappeal.com As day three of the 2021 IMMAF Junior and Senior European Championships comes to an end many athletes have cemented their names firmly in the ‘someone to watch’ category: Danil Gubin is a fine example.The Junior Kazakhstan Welterweight entered the Championships as a complete unknown having never competed in a mixed martial arts event before he faced the vastly experienced Kacper Kaczmarek of Poland Gubin dispatched of the 18 fight veteran with ease With a shot selection and fight IQ way beyond his experience should allow never once looking in danger and turning a lot of heads His forward moving style proved too much and made his mark at the earliest possible opportunity Day two poised a completely different challenge for Gubin De Brito had also had one of the best performances of the day two so naturally many people were drawn to see how the bout would play out.In the opening round De Brito picked up where he left off the previous day and although Gubin was getting the better of the exchanges early on De Brito continuously grew into the round at a steady pace the constant work rate paid off when with just under a minute to go De Brito slicky took the IMMAF debutant’s back and sank in a deep Rear Naked Choke It was touch and go as to whether Gubin could make it to the bell his face reddening more and more by the second as De Brito tightened his grip The air horn to signify the end of the round would have been music to Gubin’s ears.The Kazakhstan man entered the second round a different athlete The tables completely turned and it was Gubin the aggressor throughout rekindling elements of his captivating performance yesterday His serious effort culminated in clinching a unique looking Bulldog Choke forcing De Brito to tap with only 5 seconds of the round 2 left on the clock. In the semi-final Although the Russian has only competed once in the tournament after receiving a bye in the first round of the draw he has already spent more time in the cage than Gubin in Kazan having claimed a split decision victory against Qosim Sardorov.With Murad Guseinov moving to the senior division following his domination at 170lbs in 2019 time will tell if Gubin will be the man to step up and take the crown; claiming a medal at his first tournament is certainly a step in the right direction Kazakhstan’s Daniil Gubin has been a great example of an athlete graduating through the IMMAF ranks After medalling at the Youth World Championships in 2019 he joined the junior setup and has been unstoppable in IMMAF competition so far His first competition saw him win European Championships gold in 2021 he secured a podium position at the 2022 Asian Championships.  Gubin wrestled in his early years before his coach introduced him to the sport when he was in his teens.  “I started playing sports in early childhood I went to freestyle wrestling and practiced there until I was eleven I came to MMA thanks to my personal trainer Yermolayev Dmitry Sergeevich We lived next to each other in the same village Looking back on his experience at the 2019 Youth Championships he spoke highly of the competition and how it allowed him to improve as an athlete.  I took part in the World Championships in the 16-17 years category This experience was great and memorable for me I was a young 16-year-old guy who came to the World Championships to show my skills on the World Stage but this gave me the incentive to become stronger work on my mistakes and improve my technique “I won’t say that I made it easier [to transition to Junior] Going out to fight is always like the first time with new feelings and emotions.” it gave me a lot of confidence and an even greater desire to conquer new peaks The team and I prepared very hard for the Championships A lot of effort and work was invested in it I was 100% ready despite the injuries I received during preparation.” Gubin has been competing on the IMMAF stage for three years and plans to spend a couple more years testing himself at the highest level an amateur can before heading to the pro ranks to get into a good professional promotion and show myself in professional sports I plan to perform in IMMAF for a couple more years to hone my skills so that I can only climb the ranks I would like to win the Asian Championship Gubin is currently lined up to face Uzbekistan’s Shakhriyorbek Mamatkulov in the semi-finals of the 2022 Asian Championships a win that would see him extend his undefeated record and move one step closer to a second IMMAF gold medal Please email us at publicaffairs@yu.edu Copyright © 2023 | Yeshiva University News | Editor Login | Privacy Policy WAUPUN – The Waupun Area School District will contract with Waupun Memorial Hospital to provide health care services to its students in the upcoming school year The Waupun Area Board of Education approved the partnership during its July 28 board meeting The contract will cost the district $116,000 annually more than the the cost of employing two part-time nurses District Superintendent Tonya Gubin said the contracted health care providers will replace former school district nurses Julie Bronkhorst and Lori Schultz Bronkhorst and Schultz were employed as part-time employees "Both of them quit at the end of the school year and chose to look for other opportunities Gubin said the district chose to seek a community partnership with Waupun Memorial Hospital "Waupun Memorial Hospital would employ the two nurses and pay their benefits and we would contract their nursing services through the hospital," Gubin said "(WMH) has a lot more resources available to them versus us trying to put everything on our two part-time people." Unlike the partnership with the Waupun Police Department in which the district shares the cost of the police liaison officer with the city the cost of outsourcing health services will actually cost the district more "We were hoping that (the partnership) would save us a little bit of money but we felt that being able to rely on (WMH) for some additional services as the need arises throughout the year was attractive," Gubin said Where the district will save money is in its new contract with Rehab Resources for physical therapy services for special education students Gubin said that the Waupun Area School District has contracted with CESA 6 for those services for the past 20 years the Beaver Dam-based agency was able to undercut the cost significantly "We were being charged $34 per 15 minutes of service while Rehab Resources will cost us $55 per hour — a 40 percent savings of our current cost," Gubin said "We're excited about those new partnerships We're on the cusp of looking at what they can do for us and how we can further those local partnerships." I recently learned about a bit of Brew City humor that the creators of "This is Spinal Tap" would certainly appreciate and that I'm sure you'll all tell me via talkback that you've known about for years Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories in that station's most popular podcast.  Photo: Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Mark Gubin is an artist and photographer in Milwaukee and decades ago he realized that his studio was along the flight path to the local airport He had the brilliant idea to paint on the roof of his studio in giant letters "Welcome To Cleveland." Why [#image: /photos/5582909ee52bc4b477a9926f]|||||| and is having new life today after being passed around Twitter For years the sign has caused passengers on planes to freak out about going to the wrong place There apparently was a Denver to Cleveland flight that stopped over in Milwaukee and the sign caused all sorts of confusion from passengers who thought the plane must have skipped the layover "It was all tongue-in-cheek, just for fun. Living in the world is not a dress rehearsal. You better have fun with it," Gubin, 62, told me. For 27 years it's been up there on the flat roof of Mark Gubin's building in the flight path of Mitchell International Airport A sign painted in letters 6 feet tall tells people arriving here by air: "WELCOME TO CLEVELAND." "There's not a real purpose for having this here except madness which I tend to be pretty good at," Gubin said Tuesday when I stopped at his place in Bay View to see the sign has an art studio in this building that once housed a movie theater here on the corner of Delaware and Rusk avenues And his living quarters are where the balcony used to be where he was having lunch one day in 1978 with a woman who worked as his assistant she said it would be nice to make a sign welcoming everyone to Milwaukee "You know what would even be better?" Gubin said he's out there on the black roof with a roller and white paint creating the sign that would bring more notoriety than anything else in his long career A story about his confusing message ran in thousands of newspapers and magazines Cleveland wanted to know if he was making fun of them Someone in Cleveland invited him to come there and paint a sign welcoming travelers to Milwaukee He heard that someone else near Mitchell painted a roof sign saying "YOU ARE NOW LEAVING CLEVELAND," but he doesn't think that was true Here are two other things he's been told over the years Supposedly there was a regular Northwest Airlines flight from Denver to Cleveland that would announce to Milwaukee passengers just before landing here on a stopover that they had not missed their stop And the security people who hover overhead when the president visits say they use his roof as a landmark because it doesn't do much good to single out just any old roof or steeple Gubin has kept a winking letter from then-Common Council president Ben E Johnson saying that the sign was causing "outrage and panic" for some air passengers "I was in Cleveland not too long ago and I agree with Mr Gubin that anybody who wants Cleveland is welcome to it," Johnson wrote No one from the airport or airlines ever complained for real about his humorous bit of misdirection although he did hear that some of his Bay View neighbors were embarrassed when the sign first went up You have to hope their sense of humor has since improved Living in the world is not a dress rehearsal much of it spent seeing the world through his camera viewfinder rejecting the notion that people from years back created better folk art he has been carving the most amazing wooden figures whirligigs and even a dresser made entirely of driftwood the curious sign on the roof hints at the artistic eccentric man who lives below amid the glorious clutter of his lifetime Gubin still thrills at the thought of passengers looking out the aircraft windows during final descent and either having a laugh or summoning the flight attendant in a panic people are still noticing it for the first time if the wind direction brings their flight over Bay View A colleague mentioned it to me the other day "I'm usually too busy repeating the 'Our Father' and 'Hail Mary' just in case we crash-land to look down," she said Gubin has touched up the letters in whatever paint he had available During the 30 minutes or so that we spent talking on the roof nine large and small planes roared overhead affording an excellent view of the sign to anyone on the left side of the aircraft