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Posted by Estelle on 11 septembre 2018
Every now and then, we like to talk about the great projects that are being supported by WebTranslateIt. Gibberfish is one of them.
Gibberfish, Inc. was founded by Simon Spartalian, Raymond Lalumiere, Brian O'Donnell and Rob Rickner. All of them wished to support non-profit organizations, activists and human rights defenders worldwide by providing them with accessible encryption.
We asked Brian O'Donnell, Executive Director, to tell us more about it.
WTI: What exactly is Gibberfish?
B.O.D.: We are an all-volunteer non-profit that provides a secure, private cloud collaboration platform. For qualifying groups we provide zero-knowledge hosting free of charge. Our software is 100% free and open source, so anyone who wishes can also download and run it themselves. In either case, the cost is always $0.
WTI: Who are the people who started it and what was your main motivation?
B.O.D.: Our founders are a group of friends with a diverse set of skills. We are united by our belief that privacy is central to protecting free speech, individual liberties and civil rights.
The initial impetus for our project came from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in Standing Rock, South Dakota in 2016. A lot of groups that participated in those protests communicated using platforms like Google Docs or Facebook. These platforms have a notoriously bad track record when it comes to privacy. There is ample evidence of peaceful protesters being attacked and harassed by authorities tracking them via their cell phones and Facebook posts. This surveillance was magnified by private companies who make it their business to know—and sell—our personal information. In this environment it became clear to us that activists need online tools that can't be weaponized against them.
We took a look at what already existed, and it fell into one of three broad categories:
- 'Free' but questionably private (Facebook, Google, et al)
- Paid, with robust privacy protections (e.g. SpiderOak)
- Do-it-yourself solutions (ownCloud, Nextcloud, etc)
For small groups with limited funds the 'free' option is often the only choice, and it's arguably the worst one. Unfortunately, a group on a shoestring budget can't afford the fees charged by paid services. Both 'free' and paid services can also respond to requests or demands for your information without your knowledge or consent. DIY solutions have many great advantages. Most importantly they return complete control over your data to the user. But while they can be reasonably affordable, they require a high level of technical skill.
We decided that we could take an existing DIY alternative, namely Nextcloud, and remove all of the technical and financial hurdles to provide something with the same quality and usability of the major online platforms while making privacy and security paramount.
WTI: How is Gibberfish maintained and developed? Do you rely only on volunteers?
B.O.D.: Gibberfish is composed of two main software projects, both of which are open-source under the MIT License. The first, Pancrypticon, is an automation of the Nextcloud stack using Docker. Each service runs in its own container and they are all tightly integrated to work together seamlessly. We can upgrade, modify, or replace any component easily. From the user's perspective, their cloud just works.
Our second project, Daygate, is a web application written in Django. Daygate serves as the management portal we provide to our hosted clients. It allows them to deploy their cloud server with a single click, and intuitively self-manage SSH keys and backups.
Both projects are public on Gitlab.com and we gladly accept and encourage community contributions. We continue to expand system availability and enhance user experience.
WTI: Can you tell us how WebTranslateIt is helping you along the way?
B.O.D.: Accessibility is really important to us. We want our project to be accessible and approachable to everyone, worldwide. Since we've already removed technical and financial barriers from our service, it's natural to eliminate language barriers as well. We're all primary English speakers, so having translators is invaluable.
We put out a call for volunteers and got a great response, but it quickly became difficult to manage a dozen or so translators by swapping files over email. When we found out about WebTranslateIt (via a post on Diaspora*) we were excited. Now it's very easy to direct volunteers to our project, see their progress, and let them know when we need corrections or updates. In the past we manually transcribed translator's work into our codebase. Now we can pull in changes automatically using a simple script.
We need to make every dollar count, so the free service for non-profits enables us to succeed.
WTI: Gibberfish is already available in 13 languages, do you have more coming and how could people help out with the translation?
B.O.D.: Our initial focus in recruitment was to cover the most commonly used languages online first. We were able to have the top ten languages fully translated, although we still need help keeping our information up to date.
Anyone who is interested in helping us translate our materials from English to another language can request an invitation to one of our WebTranslateIt projects directly:
- the translation project of our Management Portal
- or that of our User Documentation.
WTI: How do you finance the project?
B.O.D.: Our organization is volunteer driven, and we rely on donations to fund our activities. All of the members of the team work for free, and we use free open-source software. There are still significant costs associated with hosting servers for our clients, as well as overhead from registration fees, and other online services. In our first year we all invested our own money in the project. Now that we're fully operational and taking on real costs, it's more important than ever to get public support.
We're a registered, tax-exempt 501©(3) organization, so all contributions by US taxpayers are fully deductible. Regardless, 100% of your donation will go to directly support privacy and liberty worldwide.
If you wish to help out, don't hesitate to donate.
WTI: How many users do you have and what kind of feedback do you get from them?
B.O.D.: We're somewhat fanatical about our clients' privacy, so we don't say much about them individually or as a class. By design, Gibberfish severely limits what is even possible to know about a user. We can say that they have been grateful to have our service available in languages they understand.
If Webtranslateit users know a group that could benefit from Gibberfish we would love to hear from them. For everyone's safety and security, please do not send us names or contact information for anyone. We cannot reach out. Interested groups must contact us through an encrypted channel. One is available on our website.
WTI: Do you intend on creating a version that could be commercialised and sold for instance to companies relying a lot on R&D to help you keep supplying the tool for free to non-profit organizations?
B.O.D.: We started this with the goal of providing a free service to people in need, and we have no plans to do otherwise.
WTI: Are there any features your team is working on right now and for which you need help in priority?
B.O.D.: Development of our Management Portal has priority right now. Currently it allows our clients to self-deploy their apps, manage backups and upload SSH keys. We would like to further improve these features, as well as add new ones with the goal of giving as much autonomy and control as possible to the client. Volunteers who have experience with Django, python in general, and Javascript would all be very valuable. Additionally, we have some tweaks and features we would like to see in Nextcloud, so we could also use the help of PHP programmers who could develop these features for us and submit them to the upstream Nextcloud codebase.
However we don't just need programmers! People who can help us share the responsibility of website maintenance, blogging, social media presence, fundraising, etc are all welcome, and we encourage them to contact us. We're a small group that wears a lot of hats, so there's plently of work to go around for volunteers with nearly any skillset.
Do you wish to get involved?
Contact the Gibberfish team via email at info@gibberfish.org or via their encrypted contact form.
Are you a developer and want to help out? Go directly to Gibberfish's Gitlab page.
If you wish to help out financially, don't hesitate to donate.
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The weight loss company climbed after trumpeting favorable results from an academic study.
What: Shares of Weight Watchers International (NASDAQ:WTW) were up more than 17% as of 3:00 p.m. ET Friday after the company issued a press release highlighting an encouraging academic study featuring its program.
So what: Specifically, Weight Watchers lauded a new randomized controlled study conducted by researchers at the Indiana State University School of Medicine, which found "adults with prediabetes who followed a nationally available weight management program with a prediabetes-specific component, Weight Watchers, lost significantly more weight and experienced better blood glucose control than those following a self-initiated program using supplemental counseling materials."
According to the study, participants following the prediabetes-specific Weight Watchers program lost 5.5% of their body weight at six months, on average, and fully maintained that loss at 12 months. Meanwhile, the control group lost just 0.8% of their body weight at six months, then regained some of that weight for a total loss of 0.2% at 12 months. That meant intervention participants lost an average of 10.14 more pounds at six months, and 11.68 more pounds one year following the start of the study.
Now what: From an outsider's perspective, I'll admit it seems strange such validation should be required to prop up Weight Watchers' stock price in the first place. But shares have been especially volatile as the company works to turn itself around. And today's pop follows a brutal 40%-plus drop in the month of January, caused both by the broader market's decline and as initial excitement waned after Oprah endorsed and took a major stake in Weight Watchers late last year.
As it stands, investors will get a better idea of whether the turnaround is progressing as planned when Weight Watchers announces fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 results next Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. In the meantime, I remain content watching Weight Watchers stock from the sidelines.


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Roehampton launches first UK eSports scholarship
The University of Roehampton is launching a scholarship for students with talents in esports.
The scholarship, which will be delivered by Sport Roehampton, will be worth £1,500 a year and will support undergraduate or postgraduate students. Ten scholarships will be available for students enrolling in 2019.
Students applying for the scholarship will need to demonstrate aptitude in the field and in common with other sports scholarships available at the University, successful applicants over the coming years will be required to display their commitment to esports alongside successful academic progression.
Mark Ellul, Registrar, said: "This scholarship is about recognising talent in a field that has a growing popularity both around the world and among our students. The University of Roehampton already has a successful sports programme, underpinned by financial and coaching support for students who excel in their chosen field, and this new scholarship is a natural progression from that as we seek to develop our wider offering in esports."
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Part 1: How Durham Came to Discriminate Against Israel and the Jewish People
by Peter Reitzes | 06.19.18 9:57 am
The deceptively named group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) opened its first campaign to engage elected city officials in government-sanctioned discrimination with a highly organized, nationally-assisted attack on the Jewish people of Durham, North Carolina. JVP persuaded the Durham City Council to officially adopt an anti-Israel position, without any effort at fact-finding or appropriate open and public procedures. Following this success in Durham, JVP adopted the rallying call, #DoItLikeDurham, signaling their intent to bring their anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist tactics to other communities.
Over the past few months, I have filed about three dozen public records requests with the City of Durham in an effort to understand what exactly happened, and what procedures were used by city officials prior to conceding to the anti-Israel demands of JVP. With these results of my efforts now starting to produce valuable information, this three-part series will summarize and update the situation in Durham. I will be drawing on public records, notes from meetings we held with elected officials, and my experiences speaking at and attending the Durham City Council meetings that targeted Israel.
JVP Petition and April 5 City Council Work Session
A group calling itself Demilitarize from Durham2Palestine, led by JVP, became active in 2017. They circulated several versions of a hateful, anti-Israel petition, alleging that the training of Durham Police in Israel "helps the police terrorize Black and Brown communities here in the U.S." One statement that is consistent across different versions of the petition states: "We demand that the City of Durham immediately halt any partnerships that the Durham Police Department has or might enter into with the Israeli Defense Forces and/or the Israel Police."
To our great dismay, six out of seven city council members signed the petition. One of the council members told NC-based, pro-Israel grass roots organization Voice for Israel (V4I) that she actively helped rewrite the petition to make it acceptable for submission to the council. We know now that JVP used different petitions for different audiences and then collapsed the signatures together into a single document.
On April 5, Mayor Steve Schewel allowed JVP to present their petition at a city council work session, waiving the mandatory procedure to sign up ten days in advance. It appears that the mayor bypassed established policy so that JVP-lead college students would not miss their summer vacations. By fast-tracking this process, Schewel denied the mainstream Jewish community, who are full time residents of Durham and surrounding areas, the time to which we were entitled to learn about the hearing, fully prepare, and participate.
Because V4I board members had previously met with the mayor and most city council members to protest the government's demonization of Israel and collaboration with JVP, and because V4I and Jewish Federation members sent an avalanche of emails to the City Council, Schewel allowed two V4I board members to speak as well.
Emails I have obtained via public records requests reveal that this entire process was a city council-orchestrated sham. I recently discovered that about 12 hours before the April 5 work session was to begin – the first public discussion of this topic – Schewel sent City Manager Thomas Bonfield and all members of the city council statement on policing from the Durham City Council.
This directive, which would become city policy on April 16, banned all exchanges with Israel including police training. Schewel confirmed later with Jewish leaders that this was both the meaning and intent of the council's statement. Schewel sent the statement from his personal email account to the personal email accounts of Bonfield and all council members, thus keeping the statement out of the eyes of the media, which regularly monitors council emails.
Consequently, the mayor proposed policy that demonizes Israel before allowing even a single minute of public discussion. This is in direct opposition to the Council's Code of Ethics, which grants "every citizen a fair and impartial hearing on any matter which may be heard before the public official."
Beth Bruch, one of the petitioners and a donor to council person Jillian Johnson, benefited from the sign-up rule being waived. She spoke first at the work session, expressing the sentiment to the city council, "We know Israel is the last country in the world to respect human rights." Only four speakers – two proponents and two in opposition – were permitted to present their views, each limited to three minutes.
I spoke after Bruch and was dismayed to see the anti-Israel statement was published by the media just ten minutes later, while the meeting was still in session. It was clear that the mayor and council pretended to listen, but had already made up their minds and didn't wait until the meeting was over to make their position public. Shouldn't elected officials write policy after, and not before, a public hearing?
April 16: Durham City Council Unanimously Votes to Boycott Police Exchanges with Israel
On April 16, 2018, The Durham City Council in North Carolina voted unanimously to single out Israel as the only foreign country where Durham police training is not permitted. Council member Mark-Anthony Middleton charged that the council's policy statement was a "compromise" with JVP, but it was much more than that. The city council passed a policy statement that clearly submitted to JVP's demand, discovered in recent public records requests, that Durham "boycott and divest from the brutality of policing by both the US and Israeli governments."
Just before the council's vote, many speakers, including myself, pleaded with the Durham City Council not to discriminate against Israel and Jews. V4I and the Durham Chapel Hill Jewish Federation packed the room with speakers and supporters. Rabbi Zalman Bluming stated, "My phone has been ringing non-stop over the last week, [from] young adults that live here that feel unsafe, that feel marginalized, that feel as if for some reason they've been singled out."
One of the most bizarre aspects of this entire episode is that, contrary to numerous statements by members of the JVP, the Durham police have not trained with Israeli police, and no such plans are in the works.
This article is part of a three-part series on anti-Semitism in the city of Durham, North Carolina. Part two and three will run in The Tower on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
[Photo: CityofDurhamNC / YouTube ]


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Yun Yeong-ryeol (윤영렬,  - 1939) est un soldat et politicien coréen de la période Joseon. Ses surnoms sont Gyungjae, Yeongu. Il est oncle de Yun Chi-ho, grand-père de Yun Po-sun et père de Yun Chi-young.

Il collabore avec l'Empire du Japon lors de l'occupation de la Corée par le Japon, ce qui lui vaut d'être intégré dans l'ordre nobiliaire japonais de l'époque.

Sources
 Kranewitter, Rudolf. (2005). Dynamik der Religion Schamanismus, Konfuzianismus, Buddhismus und Christentum in der Geschichte Koreas von der steinzeitlichen Besiedlung des Landes bis zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Münster: LIT Verlag. ; OCLC 181472594
 Leibo, Steven A. (2006). East and Southeast Asia. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications. OCLC 61691567
 Speer, Robert E. (1905). "Korea, Japan and Russia", in  The Ideal Home Educator: a Superb Library of Useful Knowledge. Chicago: Bible House. OCLC 17303311
 Wells, Kenneth M. (1991). New God, New nation: Protestants and Self-Reconstruction Nationalism in Korea, 1896–1937. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ; OCLC 216760168

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 Haepyung Yun clean
 Yun Chi-oh, son fils
 Yun Chi-soh, son fils

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Naissance en avril 1854
Naissance dans le Royaume Joseon
Personnalité de la période Joseon
Kazoku
Collaborateur coréen avec le Japon impérial
Décès en 1939

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You know the best one and that really works is regular Acetone bottle bought from the drug store.
You might argue that nail paint remover should be acetone free. The companies specially market their nail paint remover to be acetone free. They say that acetone harms the nails.
My experience- it does no harm to nails or skin etc. It is absolutely hygienic, hassle free, super cost effective, comes in a big bottle (packaged in most basic bottle) and the best is that it works. Sometimes I put glitter paint or stones or caviar, etc. Those are a pain to remove with any regular nail polish remover. But with regular acetone, they come out easily. I also like the fact that it is 400 ml packaging, vs the other small bottles with limited quantity. I change my nail paint very frequently. Sometimes twice a week. I do need bigger quantity of a remover and this serves the purpose.


Company launches iTunes rival in Europe, allowing customers to buy or rent movies and television programs and download them to their mobile phones.
Samsung has launched a virtual store where customers in Europe can buy or rent movies and TV programs and download them to their mobile phones.
In its initial rollout phase, the Samsung Movies service will offer more than 500 films from studios such as Warner Bros., Paramount, and Universal. The service launched initially in Britain and Germany, but Samsung intends to open it up to other European markets later in the year. By the end of the first quarter, the company said it planned to double the number of titles it will offer to 1,000, and again to 2,000 movies and TV shows by the end of June.
Prices start at 2.49 pounds ($3.55) for a 24-hour rental, or 4.99 pounds (about $7) to buy a movie. However, newer films such as "The Dark Knight" cost 16.99 ($24) to buy, according to the beta site for the service.
In making its entry into this market, Samsung hopes to pull even with competitive mobile offerings from Apple and Nokia.
The service will be compatible only with video-enabled Samsung phones, such as its new Tocco Ultra Edition. But Samsung plans to expand the service to notebooks, MP3 and MP4 portable music players, and Samsung TVs.
Samsung Movies will use technology from privately owned digital movie retailer Acetrax, which holds agreements with film studios and music labels.


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JIMENEZ, BENITO ANDRES
Amanda Flores-Witte
JIMENEZ, BENITO ANDRES (1902–1967). Benito Andres Jimenez, teacher, politician, and business and community leader, was born in Floresville, Texas, on November 30, 1902, one of seven children born to Josefina (Lopez) and Manuel Jesus Ximenez. B. A. Jimenez was a life-long resident of Floresville and attended Lodi Elementary School, comprised predominantly of Mexican-American students. Before seeking political office, he began using "Jimenez" as a surname to avoid basing his political career upon his father's achievements. Jimenez graduated from Floresville High School in 1920 and attended St. Louis College (now St. Mary's University) and Alamo City Commercial College in San Antonio, where he studied business administration. During his college studies Jimenez taught school from 1921 to 1922 in Canada Verde, a small community near Floresville. Jimenez was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was active in many civic affairs. El Salón de la Agrupación Nacional, initially known as Club Independiente when it was founded in 1901, was a Mexican-American club that coordinated fiestas patrias. Jimenez served as president of El Salón from 1923 to 1948. In 1940 Jimenez was appointed associate member of the Advisory Board for Registrants in Wilson County in connection with the Selective Service Act. Additionally, he was elected to the board of directors of the Wilson County Tuberculosis Association in 1947 and named committee chairman of the Red Cross Fund Campaign in 1947 and 1948. He was also appointed to the Wilson County Advisory Committee for the State Education Board in 1948. Aside from his many civic contributions, Jimenez also coowned Jimenez and Zuniga grocery store from 1928 to 1943.
Jimenez's bilingual abilities enabled him to accept an appointment by Judge Sam B. Carr of the Eighty-first Judicial District as official court interpreter, a position he held from 1940 to 1967. In 1948 Special Federal Judge William R. Smith, Jr., named Jimenez state interpreter for the United States Representative's election, in which Lyndon B. Johnson narrowly defeated incumbent candidate Coke R. Stevenson. The election was hotly contested and included charges of voting fraud. Jimenez's duties involved translating court testimony given by Mexican Americans who answered questions regarding voting procedures during the election. In 1942 Jimenez was elected to his first public office as school board president of the Lodi Common School District. After six years he relinquished this position but continued serving as the board's advisor until 1955, when the school district was consolidated with the Floresville Independent School District. In 1947 Jimenez was elected justice of the peace of Precinct 1 and served in this capacity for four years. In 1950 Jimenez was elected to the Wilson County Commissioner's Court. He held the office of county commissioner of Precinct 1, the largest precinct in Wilson County, until his death in 1967. He was opposed for reelection only once, in 1952, during his seventeen-year tenure.
In 1965 the American G.I. Forum and the League of United Latin American Citizens Council 254 named Jimenez Man of the Year for his public service. In 1967 the Floresville Chamber of Commerce selected Jimenez Citizen of the Year in recognition of his civic contributions. Jimenez married Andrea Gonzalez of Poth, Texas, in 1928. They had four daughters, all of whom became school teachers. Jimenez suffered a stroke in 1965, but continued working as county commissioner from his bedside. He died of a heart attack on August 26, 1967. He is buried in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Floresville. Jimenez's legacy as a public servant continues as he was named in November 1993 to San Fernando Cathedral's Fifth Annual Roll Call of Honor, which recognizes individuals "who have earned distinction as pioneers, role models, advocates and inspirational leaders of the Hispanic community."
Floresville Chronicle Journal, April 9, 1948. San Antonio Express-News, April 27, 1986. San Antonio News, December 28, 1965.
Civic Leaders
Handbook of Texas Online, Amanda Flores-Witte, "JIMENEZ, BENITO ANDRES," accessed July 17, 2019, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjisu.


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Q: How can i merge multiple repository into a single repository? All repos are connected to one place, but when I want to develop and push only one repo, I don't want to push it to the repo it is connected to.
as an example we have a project named "xyzSystem"
Let this be 3 separate subprojects of our main project. (purely as an example) A-project js-html ,
Let's say they use B-project .NET, C-project other language.
and when developing in any of these projects, the remote url
username/xyzSystem/A-project.git

username/xyzSystem/B-project.git

username/xyzSystem/C-project.git

Doing it this way will avoid complexity. I don't know if there is a way around this.

A: Have you tried to create a GitHub project?
https://github.com/new/project
A project is kind of like a folder where the subproject (In this case A B and C) are different files/repos (not really files but a part of a bigger folder) but the are hosted under one project.
For example you are doing a project for a college and it needs 3 parts you would use a project and the subproject/repos will be the 3 parts and you can present all of them in the same project instead of searching for 3 separate repos.

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Home slump spells trouble for pensioners
By Shirin Aguiar
The number of homes for sale slumped to a record low in November, adding to the struggle for older homeowners to find new homes, along with punishing stamp duty.
According to research from Key Retirement, nearly one in three people who release equity have lived in their homes for 30 years or more.
Those who bought in early 1993 have seen average UK prices rise from £60,850 to approximately £203,800 – a rise of nearly £143,000 – while Londoners who bought in 1989 have seen average prices rocket from £96,130 to £408,000, gaining £312,000.
Retired homeowners trying to downsize to release wealth of £75,000 face stamp duty of up to 5 per cent for the proportion of a home's value over £250,000.
Dean Mirfin, technical director at Key Retirement, said: "Stamp duty, legal and removal fees and the cost of turning their next house into a home make downsizing an expensive option for many.
"The upheaval and risks of losing touch with friends and family as well as local services, including healthcare, can all impact negatively on the decision to move, as well as the fact that these homeowners are very attached to their homes, which they have invested in for many years."
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Not an autograph but I found this while going through my files - it is the Kartei for Henning von Tresckow.
Very interesting. Thanks Kevin. I think Prof. Peter Hoffmann's new bio of Tresckow will be ready this year. It will address some of the recent revisionist slurs against him. First to be published in German, it is hoped that an English version will follow.
Thanks Kevin. I am glad it's been of interest. My postings have slowed with my collecting but I am still picking up the odd hard to find item. I will keep posting.
Jim that does looks like Speidel's signature to me. I don't think he has been heavily faked. My initial thought was that it looks post-war but I did read somewhere that Speidel preferred not to sign in WWII uniform after hostilities had ceased.
I agree with you Colin. The Speidel looks OK to me.
Karl Freiherr von Thüngen was inspector of the Selective Service in Berlin in the summer of 1944. On July 20, 1944 the conspirators appointed him as military commander for military district III (Berlin) after they had arrested the previous commander, General von Kortzfleisch. However, Thüngen did not arrive at the Army Command building until evening, too late to prevent the failure of the coup attempt. He revoked the conspirators' orders and even participated in Kortzfleisch's interrogation of Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen, which Oertzen finally escaped by committing suicide. Karl Freiherr von Thüngen was arrested by the Gestapo shortly afterwards, and sentenced to death by the People's Court on October 5, 1944. By order of the Reich Minister of Justice, Otto Thierack, the sentence was carried out by execution by firing squad in Brandenburg-Görden.
Note: In the photo below of defendants in the Volksgeruchtshof, the captions for von Theungen and Meichssner are reversed.
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Spurs add two wins in a row for the first time this season
For the first time this season, the San Antonio Spurs have chained two consecutive victories by beating the Washington Wizards 99-116. The Texans had not had two wins in a row since late April.
Point guard Derrick White reaped his new scoring top with 24 points; seconded by a DeJounte Murray who was on the verge of adding a new triple-double: 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.
Additionally, up to four additional teammates contributed double-digit scoring with Jakob Poeltl's double-double (14 points and 11 rebounds); Keldon Johnson (13); and backups Thaddeus Young and Bryn Forbes, both with 10.
"The coaching staff is on top of me to stay aggressive, and so are my teammates," Derrick White admitted. "I loved having my back covered when I had that slump. They trust me to get those pitches, so I just have to do them, "he explained.
The key to the match was in the paint, as the Spurs beat the capital by 72 to 56 points. In addition, Poeltl became the first player in the 2016 Draft to reach 2,000 rebounds and 400 blocks in his NBA career.
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Holy Orders of the Stars (3.5e)
The mortal races of Krynn can see the presence of the gods by simply turning their gaze to the night sky. There the constellations of the gods of good, evil, and balance wheel about in silent struggle to influence their children who live and die on the world below. The gods have blessed the world with miracles of healing and salvation, but so also have they inflicted war and terrible cataclysms.
Clerics, holy warriors, and people of strong belief serve the gods, working to bring about the aims and ends given to them through prayer and meditation. They wield the divine powers of true healing and magic, and most will live and die for their cause. Powerful champions wield holy artifacts, some created by the gods themselves.
Holy Orders of the Stars is a resource for games set in the world of DRAGONLANCE. Contained within these pages are resources for players, including information on the gods and the races of Krynn, new prestige classes, spells, and magical items. Detailed descriptions of the churches of all of Krynn's gods are present, including the "lost" gods, Paladine and Takhisis. Dungeon Masters will discover resources on the gods and their aims, including their various aspects—ideal for incorporating divine forces into an ongoing campaign. All information within this volume is fully compatible with the revised edition of the d20 System game.
Holy Orders of the Stars (2005), by Sean Everette, Cam Banks, Chris Pierson, and Trampas Whiteman, is a clerics sourcebook for Dragonlance 3e. It was published in September 2005.
Continuing Sovereign's Dragonlance Saga. Sovereign Press' class splatbooks kicked off with Towers of High Sorcery (2004), a look at the very popular wizards of Krynn. Almost exactly a year later, Sovereign continued the line with Holy Orders of the Stars (2005), which covered the priests of Krynn (and their gods!). It would be the second of three such sourcebooks, with the third — Knightly Orders of Ansalon (2006)— following a year later like clockwork.
Expanding D&D. The biggest changes in Holy Orders revolve around how it describes gods. Much of this was the result of a Gen Con breakfast between Cam Banks and Tracy Hickman where they discussed the cosmology of Krynn. There, Hickman revealed a vision of the gods as cosmic forces, not as powerful persons. This led the Sovereign design team to discard most of the ideas about gods from Deities and Demigods (2002), including divine ranks and godly stats. They also totally renovated the idea of avatars, replacing them with "aspects". Unliked avatars, aspects weren't more-limited forms of the gods … because cosmic forces don't have stats in the first place! Instead, aspects were specific faces that the gods adopted when they manifested in Krynn — like Takhisis who could appear both as a temptress and a five-headed dragon. The concept fit well with Dragonlance's history — going back to the appearance of Fizban, who premiered in DL3: "Dragons of Hope" (1983), and running up to the reinvention of Chemosh seen in Amber and Ashes (2004).
Clerics of course gets lots of expansion too. That includes 18 different prestige classes, one for each major Krynn god other than the three moons. Many of these prestige classes were also appropriate for classes other than clerics; sidebars talk about how bards, blackguards, druids, monks, paladins, and rangers work as part of the various divine orders.
Holy Orders also contains new divine domains: charm, commerce, madness, nobility, planning, rune, time, tyranny, and undeath. The commerce domain had appeared previously in the Eberron Campaign Setting (2004), while all of these domains would reappear in Wizards' Spell Compendium (2005) a few months later.
However, the most interesting expansion for clerics may have been a little box labeled "Variant Rule: Spontaneous Domain Casting". D&D clerics had always been somewhat troubled by a one-size-fits-all class that didn't always match the many different deities being worshiped. If adopted, the spontaneous domain casting rules allow clerics to cast any of their domain spells in place of prepared spells, rather than being limited to healing and damage spells like typical 3.5e clerics.
Expanding Krynn. The deities of Dragonlance were one of the earliest creations for the setting. They sprang from the imagination of Jeff Grubb, and were originally used in his college games at Purdue University before he contributed them to Krynn. GMs also learned about them very early on thanks to DL5: "Dragons of Mystery" (1984), which showed the constellations of Krynn, detailed the origins of the world, and listed all 21 gods.
Despite that, gods (and their clerics) have more often been absent from Dragonlance than present. That started with the War of the Lance Saga (1984-1986), which only gave attention to Takhisis and Paladine, with the other gods largely absent from the world. Then, following Dragons of Summer Flame (1995), the gods were barred from Krynn again! As a result, the divine sourcebooks of the era focused on mystics instead of clerics, in supplements like Heroes of Hope (1997) and Citadel of Light (1998).
Following the War of Souls (2000-2002), the gods of Krynn were finally back to stay; Holy Orders of Stars was thus the setting's first major look at clerics and gods. Besides covering the beliefs of the many humans and other races of Ansalon, Holy Orders also overviews the entire cosmology of Krynn. This gave the designers the opportunity to investigate and codify the core philosophies of all the gods, finally taking the spotlight off of Paladine and Takhisis. The result was one of the most progressive books in the Sovereign Dragonlance line — one that really revamped and expanded the world of Krynn.
One deity-related topic was somewhat controversial: some material on the High God and Chaos from the Dragons of a Vanished Moon (2002) appendix was ignored. Despite its appearance in the novel, it wasn't considered official canon for the setting. As a result, Holy Orders contained no discussion of Chaos as a fallen angel called Ionthas nor of the High God being perfect — which was considered too Miltonian (or Tolkienesque) by the designers.
Holy Orders also visits the Citadel of Light following the War of Souls. It had been an important location in the SAGA Dragonlance game (1996-2000) and in early Age of Mortals novels such as The Silver Stair (1999) and the War of Souls itself (2000-2002). Now, following the destruction of the War of Souls, it was reborn as a place where mystics and clerics could come together. The SAGA book The Citadel of Light (1998) was of course a major source for the reborn Citadel.
NPCs of Note: A short section on "Children of the Gods" details some notable lesser deities from the Dragonlance pantheon.
Ariakan was a pivotal force in Dragons of Summer Flame (1995) as the founder of the Knights of Takhisis. His previous gaming appearance had been as a teenager in Dragonlance Classics 15th Anniversary Edition (1995).
Artha is a repugnant daughter of Chemosh and Takhisis who was one of the second wave of Dragonlance baddies. She made her debut in DLE1: "In Search of Dragons" (1989).
Harkunos the Boar was the first beastlord to appear for the setting, way back in DL7: "Dragons of Light" (1985), which didn't give any clues of his divinity.
Jiathuli is a demon who first appeared in DLS4: "Wild Elves" (1991). She was involved with suspiciously drow-like elves there, who don't actually exist in Krynn. Now, the designers salvaged her by omitting that connection.
Artifacts of Note. A few notable artifacts from the novels also appear here. The most iconic are:
The Kender Spoon of Turning which was used by Tasslehoff in Dragons of Summer Flame (1995).
Miceram, the Crown of Power, an evil crown that had been around since Dragons of Spring Dawning (1985) and appeared most prominently in the Kingpriest trilogy (2001-2003).
About the Creators. Though some of the contributors for Holy Orders were members of the Whitestone Council rules team (including creator Trampas Whiteman, making his first major appearance in publication), there were slews of contributing writers as well. Many were relatively new to Dragonlance, which provided an outside perspective that was useful for a design working to break out of the classic Paladine-Takhisis dichotomy.
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Trampas W June 17, 2015 2:03 am UTC
Just wanted to say thank you for the nice mention in the article, both for myself and the Whitestone Council.
Trampas Whiteman
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Concerned C June 16, 2015 3:37 pm UTC
How about renaming this site to "4e and Dragonlance Classics"? This is getting ridiculous.
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Who is the greatest: Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci?
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Michelangelo and Leonardo are the two greatest minds, even geniuses of the Renaissance. However, which one is more of a genius than the other: Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci? Even though these are both incomparable geniuses, let's have a look at their similarities and differences and make the decision on your own.
They were the geniuses who hated each other and according to Giorgio Vasari, there was "the greatest hate" between those two supreme Florentine masters. However, the effort to outdo rivals was one of the engines that drove Renaissance art forward.
Michelangelo is an architect, sculpture, and painter. His first works of art were mainly sculptures when he was 16 years old. His fascination with the human body, sculpture, architecture, and his will to try his own ideas made Michelangelo a one of a kind artist. With the knowledge of anatomical structures of human and animals, you can even see the veins and nerves in his sculptures.
Leonardo da Vinci was born 23 years before Michelangelo was. He is an artist, mathematician, inventor, and writer. His first works of art were paintings and were made at the age of 17. Leonardo excelled in so many things, such as anatomy, zoology, botany, geology, optics, aerodynamics, and many more… Thanks to his passion and desire to know every piece of a human's body, he dissected human corpses and left us with over 200 pages of drawings of the human's body.
They were both highly skilled in architecture. Leonardo created architectural monuments that surpassed his time period and engineers declined these in 1502. However, in 2001, a bridge was built, based upon Leonardo's notes. The bridge worked and has a very modern shape.
Michelangelo invented a new architectural form, giant order –also known as colossal order-, which solved the problem of combining the classical columns with the modern division of storey.
What makes these men special is the fact that they both came from poor families, which could only afford them a regular education. Yet these poor men beat the "well-educated" ones.
Museums all over the world presents their artwork.
Michelangelo and Leonardo both became very famous and wealthy during their lifetime.
Michelangelo and Leonardo were too different, both as artists and men. Leonardo was handsome, urbane, eloquent and well dressed. In contrast, Michelangelo was neurotically secretive; he had a badly broken nose and extremely sharp tongue.
Michelangelo did more sculptures of artwork. Da Vinci did more paintings and sketches of artwork.
Their works of art are mostly portraits or scenes with characters. Even so, they used different styles of painting. Leonardo used a style called chiaroscuro, which is also called 3D painting and a specific technique, "sfumato", which gives the paintings a shadowy quality. His portraits look vivid and the picture looks different on every side. He used this technique in creating his most famous painting – "Mona Lisa". Although he primarily considered himself a sculptor, he created some of the greatest fresco paintings. Unlike him, Michelangelo was fond of fresco painting, which means painting on wet plaster.
Sexually, younger men attracted both of them. Leonardo seems to have been quite relaxed about this, while Michelangelo has agonized.
Artistically, Leonardo was an obsessive observer of the natural world; Michelangelo fiercely concentrated on the representation of the naked male body with the maximum anatomical expressiveness.
Da Vinci drew sketches and paintings of science. He did observations and experiments through 13,000 pages of notes and drawings. Drawings like flying machines, war machinery, and the human body.
Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo and Michelangelo left us artworks, some of which were destroyed or lost and other unfinished, but all equally beautiful and ahead of their time. These great men were not just artists, but innovators as well. Even though they disliked each other, they were very much alike. However, they have been praised ever since and their work is still admired.
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In collaboration with artist Vik Muniz, known for his garbage-art project in the academy-award nominated film Waste Land, Tal's piece "Colonies" offers a new way to think about cancer research. While at MIT, Tal developed a technology to micropattern living bacteria and cancer cells, transforming them into living artwork. Vik captured images, which Tal then patterned and captured in high resolution on a microscope. They would then print these images at a wall-sized scale, where one could see both the individual cells as well the image as a whole. Interesting pairings between material and image were made into a series named 'Colonies' that has been used to raise awareness on bacteria-based cancer technologies, and generate proceeds that are donated back to cancer research.
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This villa, facing the sea, is located in a quiet and residential area. The price includes all charges included (water, electricity, linen and bed, WIFI). End-of-stay cleaning is also included.
Outside: fenced garden of 1000 m2 that can accommodate 2-3 cars. Electric gate with code or remote control. Garden Lounge.
This comfortable residence, tastefully decorated offers all modern comforts. Wifi in all rooms.
Ground floor: recent and convivial kitchen opened on a first space living room-TV. A large reception room with a second living room full sea view, a dining area, a piano. A room (bed 160x200) with dressing, a bathroom with shower and separate toilet.
Upstairs, 4 bedrooms with wooden floors: 2 with double beds (140x190), 1 with 2 beds (80x190) convertible into one double bed (160x190), 1 with bed 90x190, bathroom with bath, separate toilet, storage. An office / reading room with magnificent sea view. Baby equipment (cot, bath, changing mat, high chair). A large shelf with books (English and French) for children and adults and CD / DVD.
Basement, fully tiled: laundry area (washing machine, dryer, sink), sport (electric treadmill, elliptical trainer, yoga mats), 3 bikes (1 MTB Man 2 Dutch woman bikes), 1 WC . electrical panel and balloon of hot water.
appliances: dishwasher, freezer, refrigerator, oven, microwave, induction hob, extractor hood, washing machine, dryer.
small appliances: coffee maker, kettle, toaster, blender, raclette, griddle, hair dryer, iron.
Tonic and invigorating environment, whether you are walking, golf, sailing, surfing, tours, restaurants, relaxing ... nothing is sure to stay. Saint-Lunaire Area (Saint-Malo, Dinard, Dinan, Mont-Saint-Michel, Jersey, etc) offer a wide variety of landscapes and activities for all ages. You will not get tired!
The house suited us as a family of three generations perfectly. It was very clean, comfortable and well equipped. Catherine, the housekeeper, was very welcoming and accommodating.
The only problem was with the electricity, which was underpowered for the cold weather at the start of the holiday and kept cutting out. However, we soon learnt how to manage the system.
The position of the house by the beach suited the children wonderfully. St Lunaire had all the facilities we needed within easy reach. We cycled everywhere, only using the car once.
So happy to know that you enjoyed your stay in villa Maelan and St Lunaire. It is indeed a beautiful place to enjoy a great family holiday. Children, parents and grand-parents having a great time together is, for us , the best reward ever.
So sorry about the problem with the electricity at the beginning of your stay. It has now been solved by the French electricity Board.
Beautiful home well decorated in a very nice area. Very pleasant surroundings.
One suggestion to the benefit of the owner is to replace the mattress in the master bedroom. Otherwise all was very pleasant.
We are happy to know you enjoyed your stay in our place. And so sorry the mattress was not to your liking (when someone else found it great a few months before; May 2017, Marie-Christine wrote 'literie top'). I guess this is primarily a matter of taste.
It will be a pleasure to welcome you again in our beautiful part of Brittany.
We loved the house and the location. Really enjoyed our stay in Saint Lunaire.
It was a real pleasure to host Susan and her lovely family. Looking forward to seeing you again in St Lunaire in summer 2018 as already planned.
Uns ist dieser herrliche Küsteabschnitt und die bretonische Küche seit vielen Jahren ans Herz gewachsen. Da wir diesmal mit Freunden eine Woche in St. Lunaire verbringen wollten, hatte wir nach einer größeren Unterkunft am Longchamp gesucht.
Gefunden haben wir dieses wunderschöne Haus, mit einer tollen Einrichtung und super Ausstattung. Uns hat es an nichts gefehlt. Vielen Dank!
Wir kommen gerne wieder - a bientôt!
Auch beim zweiten Mal hat uns der Aufenthalt in St. Lunaire begeistert. Das Haus ist zu unserem bretonischen Zuhause geworden.
Drei Generationen haben sich hier erneut außerordentlich wohl gefühlt.
Man kann sich kaum ein besserers Domizil vorstellen.
Details zu den Vorzügen des Hauses sowie des Standortes sind in unserer Bewertung von 2016 zu finden.
Ein Sommer am Plage de Longchamp ist jedes mal ein Traum.
We have been very happy to host you and your family for the second time.
We feel truly touched by your love of villa Maelan, St Lunaire and this amazing part of Brittany. It is indeed such a nice place to spend the summer. It will be a great pleasure to welcome you again whenever you feel like it.
Numerous restaurants in the area. Many cultural activities (cinemas, museums, aquarium ...) and sports (tennis, golf, water sports ...).
les tarifs affichés s'entendent tout compris (eau, électricité, draps, serviettes, torchons, ménage en fin de séjour). Pour demande particulière, merci de contacter directement les propriétaires.


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Broadway Rhythm (1944) August 06 (ET) - REMINDER
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) August 06 (ET) - REMINDER
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Also Known As: Robert Alton Hart, Bob Alton Died: June 12, 1957
Born: January 29, 1902 Cause of Death: kidney ailment
Birth Place: Bennington, Vermont, USA Profession: choreographer, dancer, director
Former chorus boy and featured dancer who went on to stage the musical numbers for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" (1934) and "Panama Hattie" (1940) and almost all of Rodgers and Hart's post-Balanchine Broadway shows including "Pal Joey" (1940). Under long-term contract to MGM from the 1940s, while continuing to choreograph occasional Broadway musicals, Alton was a versatile, though never groundbreaking, dance director who did his finest work--such as the Fred Astaire/Judy Garland routines in "Easter Parade" (1948)--for individuals rather than large groups. His two solo directing efforts are for the most part forgettable.
Pagan Love Song (1950) Director
Merton of the Movies (1947) Director
Till the Clouds Roll By (1947) Mus numbers staged and dir by
You're the Top (1956) Director
Two-Faced Woman (1941) Cecil, Katherine's dancing partner
Featured dancer in "Castle in the Air"
Choreographed first Broadway musical, "Anything Goes"
First film as choreographer, "Strike Me Pink"
Staged benefits for US Armed Forces during WWII
Directing debut with "Number Please" episode of "Ziegfeld Follies"
First film as sole director, "Merton of the Movies"
Mordkin Ballet and Dramatic School: New York , New York -
Marjorie Fielding. Choreographer, dancer.


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IRS Guides Taxpayers on Repeal of Installment-Sales Repeal
By Steven M. Friedman and Steven J. Szymanski |
The Internal Revenue Service has clarified the implications of Congress' recent change of heart about repealing the installment-sales method for accrual-basis taxpayers.
Signed in December 2000, the Installment Tax Correction Act repeals former Internal Revenue Code Section 453(a)(2), which prohibited most accrual-basis taxpayers from using the installment method of reporting sales of property occurring on or after Dec. 17, 1999 (see "Accrual-Basis Taxpayers Lose the Use of Installment-Sales Tax Break," CIRE, March/April 2000).
The lack of installment reporting had not been well received by the real estate industry and small-business owners. And, after much criticism and an intense lobbying effort, Congress agreed to repeal retroactively Section 453(a)(2) back to the date of the enactment. Thus, accrual-basis taxpayers again are eligible to report income with the installment-sales method.
Overview of Installment Sales An installment sale generally is defined in Section 453(b) as a disposition of property in which at least one payment is to be received after the close of the taxable year in which the sale occurs. Section 453(a) states that the seller must recognize income from an installment sale ratably upon receipt.
If a property sale qualifies as an installment sale, an accrual-basis taxpayer can defer recognition of gain or profit on the sale until he actually receives the money. Accordingly, any gain on an installment sale could be spread over the entire period during which the payments are received, rather than being taxed entirely in the year of the sale.
Under Section 453, the reportable gain recognized by the accrual-basis taxpayer is calculated when each installment is received. Therefore, each payment that the selling taxpayer receives represents two components: The first includes the amount of the gain that the seller realizes, and the second consists of the nontaxable recovery of a portion of the seller's tax basis or investment in the property. The taxpayer is taxed only on the piece of the payment that represents his gain on the sale. This amount reported as income each year is calculated by multiplying the amount of the payment received by the gross profit percentage (calculated as the total selling price of the property less the adjusted tax basis).
The 1999 Repeal On Dec. 17, 1999, President Clinton signed into law the Ticket to Work Incentives Improvement Act, which repealed the use of the installment method for most accrual-basis taxpayers, eliminating any tax-deferral benefits. Therefore, taxpayers were required to report the entire gain on the sale of property in the year of sale, while receiving the cash proceeds over the course of several years. This provided a possible substantial economic disadvantage for taxpayers.
Any business or joint venture that held real estate lost the deferral benefit that the installment method provided. Instead, these accrual-basis taxpayers temporarily were relegated to calculating their realized taxable gain using the general rules of Section 1001, recognizing a gain, if any, equal to the difference between the fair-market value of the property and its adjusted basis in the year of the sale.
Repeal of the Repeal After heavy criticism from the real estate industry and small-business owners, President Clinton signed the Installment Tax Correction Act in December 2000. The act retroactively applies the repeal of Section 453(a)(2) with respect to sales and other dispositions occurring on or after Dec. 17, 1999. The act provides that the IRC should be applied and administered as if Section 453(a)(2) never was enacted in the Ticket to Work Incentives Improvement Act.
Guidance for Taxpayers In February, the IRS issued Notice 2001-22, which provides guidance on the application of the Installment Tax Correction Act of 2000 for accrual-basis taxpayers who disposed of property in installment sales on or after Dec. 17, 1999, and filed federal income tax returns reporting the gain on the sale using an accrual method of accounting rather than the installment method.
Taxpayers can revoke their effective election out of the installment method, provided that they file, within the applicable period of limitations, amended federal income tax returns for the taxable years in which the installment sales occurred — and for any other affected taxable year — reporting the gain on the installment method. However, taxpayers may not revoke their effective election out of the installment method if the taxable year in which any payment on the installment obligation was received has closed.
For example, assume an accrual-basis taxpayer enters into an installment-sale transaction on real property for a sale price of $1 million and a basis of $500,000 (not taking into account any depreciation recapture). The taxpayer will receive the proceeds over five years, or $200,000 per year.
Assuming the sale occurred on Jan. 1, 2000, with a taxable year-end of June 30, 2000, the taxpayer would have reported the entire gain of $500,000 on the June 30 tax return according to former Section 453(a)(2). By reporting the entire gain in year one, the taxpayer made an affirmative election out of the installment-sales method.
The taxpayer now can file an amended tax return revoking his election out of the installment method and file a refund claim and report the true installment sale gain of $100,000, which is the $200,000 cash received multiplied by the gross profit of 50 percent.
Granted, the taxpayer eventually will have to recognize the same $500,000 using the installment method. However, he will be able to pay the tax liability associated with that gain over a five-year period rather than in one year. Although the total dollar amount of the tax liability is the same, the time value of money makes paying the tax on the full $500,000 currently more expensive than having to pay it sometime in the future. Moreover, since the taxpayer is receiving the sale proceeds over a five-year period, the current income tax recognition may place a strain on cash flow, as he will have to come up with the cash to pay the income tax liability from sources other than proceeds from the property disposition.
As always, contact your tax adviser for more specific information.
Steven M. Friedman and Steven J. Szymanski
Steven M. Friedman is a tax partner and Steven J. Szymanski is a tax manager in the McLean, Va., office of Ernst & Young. Contact them at (703) 747-1000 or steve.friedman@ey.com and steven.szymanski@ey.com.
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