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Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Zaragoza-Gomez, Nos. 16-1370
Court United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (1st Circuit)
Writing for the Court LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Parties Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Juan C. Zaragoza-Gomez, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendant, Appellant.
Docket Number Nos. 16-1370,16-1406
Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc., Plaintiff, Appellee,
Juan C. Zaragoza-Gomez, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendant, Appellant.
Nos. 16-1370
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Margarita L. Mercado-Echegaray , Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Susan Seabrook , Washington, DC, with whom H. Marc Tepper , Philadelphia, PA, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC , and Susana Peñagaricano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, were on brief, for appellant.
Joseph S. Grinstein , with whom Neal S. Manne , Houston, TX, Shawn Rabin , Steven M. Shepard , New York, NY, Susman Godfrey LLP , Juan A. Marqués-Díaz , Francisco G. Bruno , Alejandro J. Cepeda-Diaz , and McConnell Valdés LLC Hato Rey, PR, were on brief, for appellee.
Before Lynch, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc. ("Wal-Mart PR") brought this suit against the Puerto Rico Secretary of the Treasury to challenge the lawfulness of Puerto Rico's corporate alternative minimum tax ("AMT"), as amended in May 2015. The district court held that it had jurisdiction over the suit and enjoined the enforcement of the AMT after concluding that the AMT violates the dormant Commerce Clause; the Federal Relations Act, 48 U.S.C. § 741a ; and the Equal Protection Clause. Wal – Mart P.R., Inc. v. Zaragoza – Gómez, No. 3:15–CV–03018, 174 F.Supp.3d 585, 652–53, 2016 WL 1183091, at *51 (D.P.R. Mar. 28, 2016).
We affirm, which continues the injunction against enforcement of the AMT against Wal-Mart PR. The federal district court did have jurisdiction because Wal-Mart PR, at the time of suit, lacked a plain, speedy, and efficient remedy in the Puerto Rico courts due to changes in legislation and regulation. As applied to these facts, those changes imposed a maximum recovery limit of $3 million per year against a potential tax reimbursement judgment by the Puerto Rico courts of over $200 million total ($30 to $40 million a year) and an estimated 4.6 years to judgment. Even that annual $3 million would not have been guaranteed to be paid, especially in light of mandated priorities putting other debts ahead of taxpayer debt. As to the merits of the Commerce Clause challenge, the AMT is a facially discriminatory statute that does not meet the heightened level of scrutiny required to survive under the dormant Commerce Clause.
I. Facts
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is in dire financial straits. Puerto Rico v. Franklin Cal. Tax – Free Tr., ––– U.S. ––––, 136 S.Ct. 1938, 1942, 195 L.Ed.2d 298 (2016) ; Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ("PROMESA"), Pub. L. No. 114–187, 130 Stat. 549 (2016). As the district court summarized its findings:
[T]he Commonwealth is being crushed under the weight of a public debt that is
larger than its gross national product, Puerto Rico's annual budget is running a structural deficit that is about [to] explode into the multibillion-dollar range, the government's cash reserves are about to dry out, its credit rating is at junk status, it has started to default on its debt obligations, and it has no place to turn for external funding, including the possibly-insolvent Government Development Bank.
Wal – Mart P.R., Inc., 174 F.Supp.3d at 602, 2016 WL 1183091, at *8.1
A. The Amended AMT
Against this backdrop, the Puerto Rico legislature, in an effort to raise more tax revenue, amended the AMT in May 2015, as part of Act 72 of 2015. We begin by discussing the general structure of the AMT in order to explain the two ways in which Act 72 amended the AMT.
The AMT is a tax equal to the amount (if any) by which a corporate taxpayer's tentative minimum tax exceeds its regular tax on income. P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 13, § 30073(a).2 The tentative minimum tax is defined as the higher of two measures. Id.§ 30073(b). The first measure, which is not relevant here, is calculated from the corporate taxpayer's income. Id.§ 30073(b)(1). The second measure, which is at issue here, is calculated from the value of goods and services sold or otherwise provided to the corporate taxpayer by a related entity or home office located outside of Puerto Rico. Id.§ 30073(b)(2).
This second measure is the sum of two components: an expenses tax and a tangible-property tax. Id. The expenses tax is a 20% tax on services provided to the corporate taxpayer by a related party3 or home office4 outside of Puerto Rico. Id.§ 30073(b)(2)(A). The tangible-property tax is a tax on the goods sold or transferred to the corporate taxpayer by a related party or home office outside of Puerto Rico. Id.§ 30073(b)(2)(B). Prior to the 2015 amendment, the tangible-property tax was a 2% flat tax. The 2015 amendment provided new graduated rates for the AMT's tangible-property tax, with a top rate of 6.5% for corporate taxpayers with $2.75 billion or more in gross sales in Puerto Rico.
The Secretary acknowledged that the purpose of the expenses and tangible-property taxes is to prevent multistate corporations doing business in Puerto Rico from shifting profits off the island by purchasing goods and services from related mainland entities at artificially inflated prices. The concern is that by manipulating prices for such transactions between related entities, a multistate taxpayer can shift profits to another jurisdiction with a lower tax
rate and thereby artificially deflate its Puerto Rico income tax burden. The AMT accordingly applies only to transactions between a Puerto Rico taxpayer and a related entity located outside of Puerto Rico.
The absence of a potential problem of profit-shifting from a Puerto Rico taxpayer to a related entity outside of Puerto Rico may be indicated by a transfer price that is the same as the price at which unrelated parties would arrive through arm's-length negotiation. As such, prior to the 2015 amendment, the AMT statute provided that the Secretary could tax a related-party transaction at a lower rate if he found that the transfer price paid by the taxpayer to the related entity was "equal or substantially similar to the [price] for which such related party sells such property to an unrelated party." Id.§ 30073(d)(4). In addition to the new graduated rates for the tangible-property tax, the second significant change in the 2015 AMT amendment was the elimination of this exemption.
The Secretary conceded in testimony before the district court that the amended AMT is no longer targeted at profit-shifting through transfer-pricing abuse but is instead simply "a revenue raising measure." The district court credited this testimony and found that the amendment to the AMT was intended to raise tax revenues from multistate mega-retailers like Wal-Mart PR. Wal-Mart PR further alleges, and Puerto Rico does not dispute, that it is the only corporation that meets the sales threshold for the top tangible-property tax rate of 6.5%. Indeed, the new top rate under the amended AMT is alleged to be essentially a "Wal-Mart tax," passed to raise a specific level of revenue from Wal-Mart PR in light of Puerto Rico's budget crisis.
B. Wal-Mart PR
Wal-Mart PR is the largest private employer in Puerto Rico. It operates forty-eight stores in Puerto Rico and employs around 14,300 people. Each year, it buys around $1.6 billion of inventory locally and over $700 million of inventory from its parent company, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and related mainland entities. Each year, Wal-Mart PR earns roughly $3 billion in sales in Puerto Rico.
Wal-Mart PR's tax year begins on February 1. The tax year commencing February 1, 2015 and ending January 31, 2016 (which we will call Fiscal Year 20165 ) was the first year in which Wal-Mart PR was subject to the new graduated tangible-property tax rate in the amended AMT.
In Fiscal Year 2012, Wal-Mart PR's total income tax liability to Puerto Rico was $19.9 million. The following year, it was $18.6 million. But in Fiscal Year 2016, Wal-Mart PR's total tax liability rose to approximately $46.5 million, of which approximately $32.9 million would have been attributable to the amended AMT had the district court not enjoined that tax.6 Wal-Mart PR alleges that the amended AMT, if enforced, would have made its total tax liability 132% of the company's total annual income. The AMT makes this percentage
possible because the AMT taxes the transfer of goods and services to the corporate taxpayer, and it is not keyed to the taxpayer's income. For a retailer like Wal-Mart PR that engages in a high volume of transactions with low profit margins on each item sold, this feature of the AMT can result in a particularly high tax liability relative to income.
Wal-Mart PR estimates that in future years, it will pay $40 million per year as a result of the amended AMT and that its annual effective tax rate will be over 300%.
II. Procedural History
On December 4, 2015, Wal-Mart PR commenced this action against Puerto Rico Secretary of the Treasury Juan Zaragoza-Gómez in his official capacity. Wal-Mart PR sought, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, an...
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Erdogan warns that Turkey is ready to resume Syrian offensive
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Turkey will not hesitate to resume its military operation in north-east Syria if a five-day truce brokered with...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Turkey will not hesitate to resume its military operation in north-east Syria if a five-day truce brokered with the US undermines its efforts to build a "safe zone" free of Kurdish militants.
Speaking a day after the US and Ankara agreed on the truce, the Turkish president said he hoped the US would "keep its promise".
"But if the promise is not delivered, the minute that the 120 hours lapses, our operation will be resumed much more determinedly from the point where it was left off," Mr Erdogan said on Friday.
Hours after the deal was supposed to be in effect, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces accused Turkey of violating the agreement by shelling areas it controls near the border, killing five of its fighters.
Donald Trump, the US president, said he had spoken to Mr Erdogan on Friday, and was told there was "minor sniper and mortar fire that was quickly eliminated".
Under the deal reached on Thursday, after Mr Erdogan held nearly five hours of talks with Mike Pence, US vice-president, Turkey agreed to "pause" its offensive for five days while Kurdish militants withdrew from the north-east Syria border region.
If the promise [of Kurdish withdrawal] is not delivered, the minute that the 120 hours lapses, our operation will be resumed much more determinedly from the point where it was left off
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The Kurdish forces have been armed and trained by the US to fight Isis, but Ankara considers them terrorists and an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) which has fought a more than three-decade insurgency against Turkey.
Mr Erdogan launched the offensive on October 9 after Mr Trump cleared the way by withdrawing US troops from the border region after a phone call between the two leaders.
The US president's decision triggered a rare bipartisan backlash in Congress amid criticism that the move meant Washington was abandoning important allies in the Kurdish forces and would embolden the Syrian regime and its main backers, Russia and Iran.
Mr Trump, who is withdrawing the 1,000 US soldiers from Syria, responded by threatening to "destroy" Turkey's economy with sanctions and sent Mr Erdogan a letter telling him "don't be a tough guy". However, on Thursday, he described the ceasefire deal as a "great day for civilisation".
But analysts say it handed Mr Erdogan an outcome that he has long pressed the US to agree to — the creation of the safe zone and the marginalisation of the US-backed SDF.
Under the deal, the US also said it would lift sanctions on Turkey.
"Turkey got what it wanted from the US," said Emile Hokayem at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "What happened yesterday was a farce, not real negotiation because the US is an exiting power. It was a de facto acceptance of the fait accompli and of the new balance of power in the northern Middle East."
Analysts say the main beneficiaries of the US withdrawal are Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and Russia, which intervened in Syria and shifted the balance of the country's eight-year civil war in Damascus's favour. As they were pushed into a corner, the Kurdish militants struck a deal with Damascus that meant Syrian government forces, supported by Russia, returned to the oil-rich north-east for the first time in years.
Mr Erdogan is due to meet Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart, in Sochi on Tuesday — the deadline for the Kurdish militants to withdraw from the border region — and the Turkish leader said the pair would discuss "what we will do in the safe zone".
He added that it would not be a problem if Syrian forces took over areas previously controlled by the Kurdish militants, as long as the border was cleared of the Kurdish fighters.
The "safe zone" will stretch 440km along Turkey's border from the Euphrates river to the Iraqi border, Mr Erdogan told reporters. Mr Pence said late on Thursday it would run 30km deep, but did not specify the total expanse. Some areas that Turkey wants to hold in the safe zone are now under Syrian, Russia and Kurdish control.
Donald Tusk, European Council president, criticised the US deal with Turkey. Washington's accord with Ankara "is not a ceasefire. It's a demand of capitulation of the Kurds," he told reporters in Brussels.
Emmanuel Macron, France's president, said in Brussels that Turkey's offensive was "madness" and said it raised questions for Nato, of which Ankara is a member.
Mr Erdogan on Friday said he wished to turn a "new page" in Ankara's ties with Washington. But he slammed the letter Mr Trump sent him, saying it "did not conform with political and diplomatic etiquette".
"Of course, I haven't forgotten this," Mr Erdogan said. "When the time comes, we will do what is necessary."
A bipartisan group of US senators intend to push ahead with strong sanctions on Ankara, including measures such as blacklisting top Turkish officials, sanctioning the country's defence industry and banning US citizens from buying Turkish sovereign debt.
Democrat senator Chris Van Hollen said on Friday that he had recently spoken with Republican senator Lindsey Graham, co-sponsor of the bill proposing the sanctions, and the pair had agreed to proceed "full steam ahead" with their effort to pass the bill into law.
"Turkey is gloating about this so-called agreement. They're saying they got everything they wanted and they thought it would be a much tougher negotiation," said Mr Van Hollen.

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Home Liga Bale struggling with foot injury ahead of Rayo Vallecano clash
Bale struggling with foot injury ahead of Rayo Vallecano clash
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Real Madrid could be without Gareth Bale for the short trip to Vallecas to take on Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday night.
The Welshman suffered a foot injury in the 9-1 demolition of Granada on Sunday and he is a doubt for the midweek La Liga match against Paco Jemez's side.
Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti will assess Bale's fitness today but he said after the weekend win that he would not risk his players if they are not 100 per cent fit not that he has a full complement to select from.
"There is a problem with Bale, who received a knock on his left foot," Ancelotti said in Tuesday's pre-match press conference. "We will reevaluate the situation tomorrow [Wednesday] and name the starting line-up afterwards. It is not a debate between Isco and James but rather a debate about the entire squad of players, who are in full fitness at the moment."
Bale's knock could see Isco and James Rodriguez playing together. The Colombian produced two assists and a good performance as he returned from a two-month injury absence against Granada and could push up into Bale's attacking role. Isco returns from a one-match ban and could slot in to replace James in the midfield three.
Madrid thumped Rayo 5-1 at the Bernabeu earlier in the season but Ancelotti is wary that Jemez's side are enjoying perhaps their form of the season thanks to a run of four wins in their last five matches that has left them ninth in the table.
"Rayo are enjoying their best spell of the season at the moment and the league standings clearly reflect that," acknowledged the Italian. "They have won their last four games at home. I always prefer playing against sides that close things up at the back because it means you can control the play. They will be looking to control the play and the tempo of the game tomorrow. Rayo like to have possession of the ball and we understand the difficulty this match poses."
"We have to be aware that they will be tough opponents who have a clear playing style," he added. "They are a dogged and well-organised unit. We need to continue with the same attitude we had against Granada, but we must be aware that it is going to be an even more difficult task."
Barcelona have the chance to move seven points clear at the top when they host Almeria at the Camp Nou just hours before Madrid kick-off. Ancelotti knows his men have to win all nine of their remaining matches to have a chance of winning La Liga and admits the Catalans are in the driving seat.
"I'm not completely certain that winning all our games will make us champions, but that is what we have to do: give it our all and try to win all our matches," he said. Barcelona are still in the driving seat."
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Students are now able to re-enrol or graduate with non-tuition fee debt
Published 6 December, 2016
Thaïs Ramdani
Following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and negotiations between the Students' Representative Council (SRC) and the University, students will no longer be prevented from graduating or re-enrolling due to non-tuition fee debts.
According to an investigation by the CMA, the University of Glasgow had threatened to prevent students from progressing to their next year of study, or from graduating, should they have outstanding fees. Up until now, a non-tuition fee debt of £25 was enough for the University to prevent students from re-enrolling or graduating. Such fees could be accommodation-related, or library-related fees. The CMA described such measures as "unfair", and welcomed the contractual change.
As it stands, students will be free to graduate and re-enrol, even with non-academic fees of over £25. Following graduation, students will work with the University in order to come up with a repayment plan in order for the University to be paid back.
Many universities across Scotland and the UK continue to prevent students from graduating or progressing due to non-academic debts. However, some establishments have already changed their policies on the subject – such as University College London (UCL) which revised its student debt policy on 13 November 2014 following CMA action, ensuring that students could no longer be prevented from graduating or re-enrolling due to non-academic debt.
Gordon Ashworth, Director of Consumer Enforcement at the CMA said: "As a result of a change in personal circumstances, students may get into debt. Whilst it's right that universities are able to recover legitimate debts owed to them, they should do so in a way that is fair and proportionate. Students shouldn't be prevented from graduating or re-enrolling for the following year's study because they owe money for non-tuition fee debts, like accommodation or library arrears.
"We welcome the University of Glasgow's co-operation and constructive engagement with the CMA. We are also grateful to the Glasgow University Students Representative Council for their assistance with this case. The CMA expects all universities to comply with consumer law by giving students accurate and timely information about their courses, treating them fairly, and enabling them to complain if things go wrong."
Kate Powell, the SRC's Vice President for Education, said: "This decision is the culmination of a long discussion between GUSRC and the University. The University has worked with us and reviewed its policy on linking academic sanctions to debt recovery. Whilst the University had good intentions with its previous policy, it didn't have the right to apply it. We know that there are many other institutions in Scotland and the UK breaking the law in this way and we are pleased that Glasgow has been at the forefront in changing its policy to apply the law in full. We hope that this decision will serve as notice to other Scottish Universities that the practice of denying graduation to students who have some kind of non-academic debt, for example University Halls rent arrears, must stop."


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Les Jeux de la Francophonie 2005,  Jeux de la Francophonie, se sont déroulés du 7 au  à Niamey au Niger.

Concours et compétitions au programme

6 sports figurent au programme :
 Athlétisme masculin et féminin
 Basket-ball féminin
 Boxe masculine
 Football masculin
 Judo masculin et féminin
 Tennis de table masculin et féminin
 Lutte traditionnelle ouest-africaine masculine (en démonstration, discipline de spectacle)

7 concours culturels et artistiques sont également proposés :
 Chanson
 Contes et conteurs
 Danse de création et d'inspiration traditionnelle
 Littérature
 Peinture
 Photographie
 Sculpture

Participants

Résultats

Tableau des médailles

Décompte final

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Jeux de la Francophonie 2005

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Something Old. Something New. What is Your Process?
We like the myth of the genius inventor or the brilliant writer. We want to hear more about the talent that simply cannot be stopped: so much to write and create.
Let's break out: new from old.
That's why our ongoing conversations are so critical. These conversations—with friends/colleagues/spouse, with media, with a keyboard, with ourselves, with God—are the process by which we sort all kinds of life-stuff. An artist friend has challenged me to attempt an abstract watercolor. I'm no artist, but I do produce dumb sketches every day. It helps to have the bar set very, very low.
The only way I can move forward with an abstract image is to think of the entire project as a conversation. But this conversation is between a bit of burnt sienna, a dab of periwinkle, a waterbrush and a slice of Strathmore 90# paper. I call it a conversation because I am only bringing the elements together and have no clue what the result will be. I call it a conversation because I await the new thing that often results from the interplay. I'll likely not call it art.
It's the "something-new from old" that energizes creators. Today's copy project also requires a conversation between old elements, a clarified message from my client and a new audience. Again: I'm trusting process rather than brilliance. Because any brilliance that happens grows organically out of process.
Courage! Laura @CreateArtEveryday has challenged to do something abstract. I'm talking myself into the project.
I hear your uppercase, friend.
I second Lance's YES and raise you a nod and smile. And a thanks for the mention! I am so excited for you. Conversation is a perfect starting place. Perfect. Rock on!


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Bob Rossell
A multitalented and unassuming driver, Bob Rossell (DOB: September 1, 1936) of Wrightstown, New Jersey, spent his racing career as one of the top drivers in Eastern Modified Stock Car Racing. And he is probably best remembered for his many winning runs in his self-built red and black fuel-injected/Chevy-powered No. 56 1936 Chevrolet Coupe.
But more than that, Rossell was also a highly-regarded builder of race cars for some of the top drivers in Dirt Track Modified Stock Car Racing.
Rossell began racing career in 1958 on what was then the quarter-mile New Egypt (NJ) Speedway and he built his first race car out of an old Chevy Coupe with an engine that came from a local wrecking yard. But getting a basic engine from that source was OK for the young racer and it was something that he did for his entire career and it proved to be a rather successful way of doing things.
When Rossell began his racing career, his base of operations was New Egypt Champion Howard "Stubby" Stevens' nearby Jacobstown garage; the place where he also got his engines. And that site also served the same purpose for Rossell's good friend and fellow EMPA Hall of Fame member Gil Hearne.
But just as Rossell's career as a frontrunner was starting to take shape, his U.S. Air Force Reserve Unit at the old McGuire Air Force Base was called up for duty in Europe in 1961.
However, while this foreign assignment kept the talented Modified racer out of action for a year, his duty time in France allowed him to attended the Monaco and Belgium Grand Prix races and the 24 Hour of Le Mans.
Upon his return from military service, Rossell raced up and down the Eastern Seaboard with the "Eastern Bandits" – Ed Flemke, Dennis Zimmerman, Rene Charland and "Red" Foote – and his stops included: Thursdays at New Egypt; Fridays at Southside Speedway just south of Richmond; Saturdays at Old Dominion in Manassas, Virginia; Saturdays at Marlboro (MD) Speedway; and, Sundays at Old Bridge (NJ) Speedway.
Rossell was a professional racer in every sense of the word and from 1967-1971 he was also a member of the All-Star Racing League which toured the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions with a popular series of special extra-distance races. Still, while he rarely raced someone else's car, his last two victories (Nos. 50 and 51) were accomplished in 1976 with Dick Barney's red No. 14 Chevrolet Sedan on the one-third-mile asphalt high banks at Wall Stadium (a 76-lapper on July 10 and his second Garden State Classic on July 17).
Among Rossell's major victories were: NASCAR's 200-lap "Battle of Bull Run" at Old Dominion in 1963; Wall Stadium's 300-lap Garden State Classic (1968 and 1976); a 100-lap Syracuse Qualifier at East Windsor (NJ) Speedway in 1972; a 100-lapper at Nazareth (PA) Speedway in 1968; and, a pair of Langhorne National Open 100-lappers at Flemington (NJ) Speedway in 1971 and Orange Country Fair Speedway in Middletown, New York, in 1973.
But he also won an unusual 90-minute timed race at the old 1.125-mile-dirt Nazareth (PA) National Speedway on July 4, 1971, when he beat fellow EMPA Hall of Famer Frankie Schneider with a pass for the lead on the inside of the first turn and went on to win the 119-lap/133.875-mile race at an average speed of 89.742 mph. And in this race, Rossell (in his black and red Chevy-powered No. 56 1936 Chevrolet Coupe) and Schneider (in his beautiful red and white Chevy-powered No. 2 1936 Chevrolet Sedan) used one 4-barrel carburetor on their engines and gasoline in their fuel tanks in an effort to complete the race without a pit stop.
In addition to being a popular competitor, Rossell was also a much-sought-after builder of Modified Stock Cars and among his clients were the likes of Will Cagle, Billy Osmun, Tommy Corellis, Bob Pickell, Leon Manchester, Bob Toreky and car owner Ken Brenn (four chassis). And these Modifieds with their square-tubing chassis were of such quality that Cagle ran them almost exclusively from 1965-1972; a period of time that Wiley Will" ranks as some of his best years in Northeast Dirt-Track Modified Stock Car competition.
Interestingly enough, though, Rossell never retired from racing. One night after a rough night at East Windsor he just loaded his car onto its trailer and just never took it off.
But that was not the end to Rossell's involvement with top-flight competition as the exquisite craftsman and fabricator was asked to build some sulkies for legendary harness racing driver, trainer and owner Stanley Dancer who lived in neighboring New Egypt. Then, from that beginning and for over a decade, he turned out a whole host of those two-wheeled/lightweight carts for a wide variety of top drivers and stables in American Standardbred Horse Racing.


So the common execution of a huckster is the baby Doc Holiday and Gambit would have had. While cool and all, and with the implementation of Hexslingers into the AB: Magic of the Weird West, I haven't encountered a whole lot of variety with regard to other trappings of this AB.
She has experienced several traumas that, individually, would mentally damage a child of nine. Uprooted from her home to live in the wilderness with her mother and father to live in the recently castle that her mom, Birdy McMurtry, designed. Grandpa, Thomas Bryan, had the castle built by Chinese laborers and it has just recently been finished early in 1879.
Upon Arrival by stagecoach in Coffin Springs, they discover only a burnt out husk of stone castle walls and quickly learn that Thomas Bryan had been murdered, the castle burned and the dejected Mrs. Bryan committed suicide after the financial failure of her husband and then his death.
When the McMurtrys find out that Sheriff Bryce (I'm the Marshal, dammit) has laid claim to all the previously owned Bryan properties, Birdy and Harrold confront him about the truth of the matter. Bryce and his deputies quickly became violent and it was all they could do to get out alive...well Birdy got out. Harrold did his best to both hold off the "lawmen" and escape with his life, barely achieving one sufficiently to ensure Birdy's escape.
Those of you who have run and/or played Coffin Rock should now be aware that Birdy McMurtry is my version of Shelly Pearl Daily. Mabel has lost her new home, her grandparents, her old home, and her daddy. All she now has left are what provisions they were able to salvage safely, her mom, and her doll, Annabelle.
Mabel would talk to Annabelle all the time, as is the wont of children her age. But recently, Annabelle has been responding. Being an outcast among outcasts as there are few children outside of town she can relate to, them all being mining town kids and she a city girl from St. Louis. She's been lonely and this recent development has Mabel elated that she has a friend to talk to.
Around the same time as Annabelle started speaking (only Mabel can hear her), things started happening around her. When children would bully her, their beatings never really hurt her. When someone she didn't want near her came close, she could scream at them to go away and they'd either run screaming in intense pain and deafness, or fall unconscious.
tl;dr: Mabel is a huckster who's powers are manifest through her doll, Annabelle.
Given that hucksters have the whole poker hand deal with the devil thing to try to cast spells without PP, should I keep the poker hand rules (easy and probably preferred) or is there some other way to illustrate this conflict between Mabel and Annabelle? Perhaps something more in line with how a little girl of that time period would play as a game of chance with her friends.
*if you want more information on my Coffin Rock modifications, let me know and I'll do a write-up on it. The basics are that I'm merging Coffin Rock, CO with Idaho Springs, CO. The two towns have fairly similar histories and I've taken some liberties with the stuff. My town is Coffin Springs due to a nearby hot spring where some of the pools resemble open coffins.
If I'm not mistaken, Hucksters use poker hands because they learned magic through Hoyle's books.
But if it's a way for them to conceptualize the struggle with the manitou, it's not the only one : it could be faro, canasta, or whatever you want it to be.
So, maybe Mabel could play rock paper scissor with Annabelle ? If the dice are on her side, it could mean she would have a second to see what Annabelle chose, or a second chance ?
Edit : or dominoes ? charades ?
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Correct. For the vanilla Huckster.
My conundrum is this: Gambling is frowned upon in polite society, especially in the Victorian and post-Victorian eras. However, Mabel has pretty much snapped or is, at the very least, teetering on the brink of madness. I feel like some sort of Civil War era girl's game would be appropriate provided I can find a game of chance that wasn't considered gambling.
At the same time, though, the corruption that is occurring in Mabel's mind and the possession of her beloved Annabelle would lend itself well to the poker hand trapping. This option is obviously the quicker so far as I can tell.
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The poker odds are important for the balance of Hucksters. Which is why the first paragraph under Everything to Lose, page 82 of the Deadlands: Reloaded Player's Guide, says that regardless of how the contest is visualized the mechanics are the same.
So if Mabel can Deal With the Devil then she should use the poker hand rules for it. Even if she visualizes it as a game of hop scotch.
Whatever the item, the character suffers a –1 penalty to all arcane skill rolls if he does not have it. As a Major Hindrance, he suffers a –2 without the item. Anyone who sees the item used to enact a power can tell it's real important.
, while the rest is about the flavor of the Hindrance, how to replace a lost or destroyed focus, and who is eligible to have the Hindrance.
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I'm taking into account the poker hand odds in my consideration of this but your advice seems best with keeping to RAW instead of banging my head against a wall trying to give poker odds to Tiddlywinks.
I thought of the Focus hindrance, but that isn't nearly as punishing as I'm intending should Mabel lose Annabelle. Annabelle is the SOURCE of the powers, not simply a focus.
The doll is Mabel's last thread of sanity in physical form. Should she lose the doll for a period of time longer than, say, a week, She'll snap and cause whatever chaos she can as quickly as she can before subdued or her doll is returned to her.
I literally just came up with that last part. I'm considering either removing the powers completely or having some sort of terrible backlash where backed up power releases like a charged capacitor. Powers would flow from her in a cascade of chaos that does incredible destruction in a manner that makes the Chi-Master hindrance "The Cup Overflows" look like a sparkler.
Though...maybe after, she could come back as Harrowed as the Manitou in the doll locates Mabel and takes over her body.
If you are specificaly wanting to avoid "poker" then you may want to look at Chuck-A-Luck. (Look here: https://emergingcivilwar.com/2017/08...-chuck-a-luck/) It is a simple enough game that a kid could pick it up and, similar to the normal huckster, it favors the manitou. You will need to decide how you would modify it to fit gaining PP but it should be fun for the player as well.
I literally just came up with that last part.
Sounds like in your mind she's already Harrowed and the doll is a physical totem she uses to maintain Dominion.
That's an even darker place than the character already was. So dark that you really should discuss it with the player before going there.
The back story you gave makes it clear that Annabelle is her joy, but is also a doorway to madness that she's eager to jump through, being exploited by one or more Manitou for their own amusement and power.
Losing Annabelle shouldn't drive her insane. It might, depending upon how addicted she is, let her achieve a moment of clarity to realize how far she has fallen and is continuing to fall. A moment of choice, to choose redemption or damnation. The kind of moments that are central to all the best Deadlands stories.
That is absolutely brilliant! The player is my 11 year old daughter so springing the harrowed thing on her may be a little much.
I DO, however, love the idea of the breakthrough moment.mi need to wait for good character development and some time to pass before that even becomes an option. But it's something I'll keep in my back pocket.
A simple game for her to play might just be jacks.
I had a Union spy huckster who visualized his games against the manitou as chess.


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Q: Shared memory not getting updated synchronously For my project I have two tasks
1)Writer : Write value into a structure in shared memory
2)Reader: Read value from the structure
Here is the writer code
struct test {
    volatile int read;
    volatile int write;
};

int main()
{
    // ftok to generate unique key
    key_t key = ftok("shmfile",65);

    // shmget returns an identifier in shmid
    int shmid = shmget(key,1024,0666|IPC_CREAT);

    // shmat to attach to shared memory
    struct test *t = (struct test *) shmat(shmid,(void*)0,0);
    printf("Going to write into test structure");

    t->read = 1;
    t->write = 2;

    //printf("Data written in memory: %s\n",str);

    //detach from shared memory
    shmdt((void *)t);

    return 0;
}

Here is the reader Code
int main()
{
    // ftok to generate unique key
    key_t key = ftok("shmfile",65);
    // shmget returns an identifier in shmid
    int shmid = shmget(key,1024,0666|IPC_CREAT);

    // shmat to attach to shared memory
    struct test *t = (struct test *) shmat(shmid,(void*)0,0);
    printf("Data read from memory: %d:%d\n",t->read,t->write);

    //detach from shared memory
    shmdt((void *)t);

    // destroy the shared memory
    shmctl(shmid,IPC_RMID,NULL);

    return 0;
}

When I first run the writer and then the reader , things work fine.
But for debugging, I tried to run both at the same time via lldb. I see if writer, writes t->read = 1 , at the same time it would not get updated in the reader process. It would reflect in reader if it calls shmat after changes are done.
Could anyone please tell me , how to make sure changes in shared memory happens synchronously ?

A:    "It would reflect in reader if it calls shmat after changes are done."

I think the sequence in which shmat gets called in the reader and writer processes does not matter. The only thing that needs to be ensured is that something gets written to the shared memory before the reader process starts reading. This can be achieved using the usual IPC mechanisms such as semaphores as stated in the comments section. I tested your code using GDB. I executed the writer process first using gdb and paused the writer process after the 't->read = 1;'  statement. At this point i executed the reader process and it successfully read the value 1.
I carried out few other tests where the reader process calls shmat before the writer process does and found similar results.
The only thing i want to point out here is that the order in which shmat gets called should not matter as long as write happens before read.
I am adding the response to your comments here as it is a bit too long to fit in the comments section:
I have tried out the steps you suggested and got the expected result i.e. value of 't->read' in reader process is 1. I am using the following commands to compile my code:  gcc -g -o writer write.c  and    gcc -g -o reader read.c    . The option -g is for enabling debug symbols. After this i used gdb to run both the writer and reader processes and added breakpoints at the printf statements. So both the reader and writer processes were paused at the printf statement. Then i executed 't->read = 1' in writer. After this i checked the memory dump in both the processes. Both were reflecting 1. Next i printed value of t->read in reader process which rightly displayed 1.

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Ammunition for life.
04/14/2016 David Tindell Uncategorized Leave a comment
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to face the truth, and accept that something is getting out of hand. He has to look himself in the mirror and say, "If you don't do something about this soon, there will be trouble."
This is not an easy thing for any man to admit, especially those of us brought up in the Baby Boom years. We still had plenty of strong men around to use as examples of how to live a strong, manly life. We had our grandfathers and fathers and uncles, many of whom were war veterans, or at least had spent time in the military during peacetime. These men knew a thing or two about discipline, and they tried their best to teach these ways to us, usually just by example, hoping we would observe them and absorb their lessons naturally. Occasionally they had to resort to direct instruction. They set high standards for us, and as we struggled with the new freedoms brought on by the post-Vietnam era of do-your-own-thing indulgence, many of us slipped into habits that would eventually prove to be expensive, maybe unhealthy, and sometimes downright dangerous. Some of us were never able to climb out of the hole, no matter how hard we tried.
For some men, it's alcohol or illegal drugs. For others, it's pornography, or perhaps the pursuit of real women who are not their wives. Many men lose themselves in pursuits that, taken in reasonable amounts, would be harmless, even healthy: golf, hunting, fishing.
For me, it's books.
One man's passion.
I learned to read while I was in kindergarten, using an old Dick and Jane book my parents had picked up somewhere. You remember Dick and Jane, the stars of a long series of books known as basal readers, written by William S. Gray and Zerna Sharp. They first appeared in the 1930s and were popular into the late sixties, when they started to come under criticism for not being multicultural; that is to say, the stories featured only white people. Millions of kids learned to read by following the simple adventures of Dick and Jane and their family, and very few of us turned out to be racists.
I'd have to say my book-collecting days started out in grade school. Every month or so, we'd get a chance to buy paperbacks through a program that kicked back some of the money to the school. The only one I remember specifically is a comic book version of The Beatles' movie Yellow Submarine, which my parents made me return, along with a note to the publisher saying that they didn't feel including a book based on a work by drug-abusing hippies was appropriate for grade school kids. Well, maybe they weren't that strident about it, but I definitely remember my mother not being pleased. Years later, I let my 2nd-grade daughter Kim watch the movie and she enjoyed it immensely.
When it premiered in 1968, Yellow Submarine was way ahead of its time in terms of animation, not surprising considering the authors of the source material. Nearly half a century later, the film still holds up well.
But it was during this period that I was first introduced to great literature, thanks in large part to Mrs. Millman, who taught English at my junior high school. She urged me to read Arthur Conan Doyle's 19th-century series of detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, and I was hooked for good.
Since his first appearance in print in 1887, Sherlock Holmes has entranced readers worldwide, including yours truly.
I also got into science fiction, reading the works of classic authors of the genre like Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein, whose Starship Troopers was published in 1959.
The 1997 movie Starship Troopers brought Heinlein's work to life, but not necessarily in a way he intended. Still, seeing a film of a book I'd read a quarter-century earlier was fun.
When I was in my twenties and early thirties, I'd buy paperbacks and the occasional hardcover book, lugging them all around during my various moves. Things really didn't start getting serious until the mid-1990s, when two things happened: I started studying the life of Theodore Roosevelt, and I rediscovered the joy of writing, something I'd done quite a bit of during my teens.
TR, the reader.
To say that Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was a voracious reader would be an understatement. Our 26th president would read two or three books a day, even during his presidency (1901-09). During his days as a rancher in what is now North Dakota, he often read while in the saddle. He took books with him wherever he went, even on his post-presidency expeditions to Africa and South America. He was also a prolific writer himself, author of nearly four dozen books and countless magazine articles. On the site bookriot.com, writer and reader Rebecca Joines Schinsky tells about discovering one of TR's books at Commonwealth Books in Boston, and reading with joy what he had to say about books and reading: On the Mt. Rushmore of Literary Life.
Wherever TR went, and he went almost everywhere, he was never far from a book or three.
Roosevelt devoured so many books because he was an accomplished speed-reader, a trait he'd learned in his youth. But not only could he read quickly, he retained what he read and could often recall it in minute detail. Here's a great article from Art of Manliness about TR's speed-reading, and how we can do it, too: Speed-read like TR.
Last summer, my brother Alan and I visited New York state, and two highlights (out of many) of our trip were our visits to two presidential homes, TR's on Long Island and his cousin Franklin's at Hyde Park. Both homes featured prodigious libraries, befitting their masters. FDR was a great reader himself, although not quite in TR's class.
This is TR's library at his home, Sagamore Hill. Many of his 8,000 books are here. All of them, plus every other item in the house, were taken out, refurbished and re-installed during the home's restoration from 2011-2015. We visited just a few days after it re-opened. (New York Times photo)
At FDR's home, Springwood, I took this photo of his library. The home contains about 14,000 books.
In my travels I have visited some of the world's great libraries, but this one in Vienna, Austria, tops them all. It is the Prunksaal, the central hall of the Austrian National Library in the Hofburg Palace. By law, everything published in Austria, print or electronic, must have a copy stored here, plus books and articles about Austria that are published in other countries. It has artifacts dating back nearly 2,000 years, a huge collection of maps and nearly 400 globes.
So, next to the Prunksaal, and even by comparison to the TR and FDR collections, mine is quite modest, but here it is:
On the main floor, flanking our entertainment center, is my collection of research books and some novels. The rows are double-stacked.
Upstairs, in the family room, are more novels, along with my collection of martial arts books and books about Germany, particularly World War II. The bottom cabinet hosts my DVDs.
And finally, the best bookshelf in the house, containing my collection of books by and about TR, plus my Time-Life History of the Old West collection. On the top in the middle is the telegraph key used by my late maternal grandfather, Alvin Carpenter, during his long career as a depot agent for the Milwaukee Road. The two books facing the camera are classics I picked up in Madison last month, Roosevelt's Fear God and Take Your Own Part and a collection of Rudyard Kipling poetry.
Theodore Roosevelt authored about 45 books in his lifetime, and I have nearly half of them. So, when I travel, I'm constantly on the lookout for antiquarian bookstores, and I've been known to haunt eBay occasionally. Like most collectors, I'm in search of the Holy Grail, in this case a TR book signed by the author. They're out there, but they're pricey.
Books aren't the only things in my TR collection. I also have these campaign buttons. The one on the left is from the 1900 presidential campaign, when TR was on the ticket of incumbent William McKinley as vice president. In the middle, my most prized piece: a button from TR's campaign for governor of New York state in 1899.
And did I say I have a Kindle? Yes, I picked up a new Kindle Fire last month, after my previous one was damaged beyond repair at the gym one morning. (Don't ask.) How many books do I have on the Kindle? Let's just say it's a lot.
I suppose if I was motivated enough, I would count up all my books, including those on the Kindle, and then calculate how long it will take me to read all of them, assuming that once retirement comes around I will be able to devote two or three hours a day to reading. If I learn how to speed-read, I suppose I could get through all them by, say, age 80 or so. But that might take some of the enjoyment out of the experience.
Theodore Roosevelt once described books as "ammunition for the battle of life." In that respect, you could say I am well-armed.
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Eva Mendes Reveals Lean Post-Baby Body, Says She's "Bonding With" Baby Daughter Esmeralda: Photos
By Esther Lee
Eva Mendes bares her lean and toned post-baby body on the new Women's Health cover; plus, she shares updates on her baby girl with Ryan Gosling, Esmeralda -- get her diet and fitness secrets here. Ben Watts/Women's Health
Mama Mendes! New mom Eva Mendes showed off her super slim post-baby body on the April 2015 cover of Women's Health, five months after welcoming her daughter, Esmeralda, with Ryan Gosling.
Splashed across the cover are the fitting words. "Hey, Girl!" — a nod to the viral Internet meme involving her famous boyfriend. The Hitch actress, 41, stares at the camera with confidence with her hands in her pants pockets.
PHOTOS: Celebs' amazing post-baby bikini bodies
For her latest cover shoot, Mendes shies away from her trademark oversized coats and sweaters to bare her curvaceous, lean body in flattering pieces. The star's arms appear sculpted while her teeny waist is accentuated in body-hugging garments both on the cover and inside the issue.
Ben Watts/Women's Health
As for how she achieved that fit figure just five months after baby? A source told Us Weekly last fall that the actress took a healthy approach to maintaining her coveted body during her pregnancy. "It wasn't about vanity, it was about being healthy," the insider explained. "She was pretty conscious during the pregnancy, and it made the exercising after easier."
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Mendes told Women's Health that this routine was implemented into her healthy lifestyle long ago. "I don't love it, but I've made peace with that," she said of running, sprinting, lifting light weights ("nothing too heavy, because my muscle bulks up pretty easily. I mix it up with yoga, or sometimes I'll hike with my trainer.")
Along with her devoted fitness regimen, Mendes also watches her diet. "I haven't eaten meat in about six years, because I don't agree with factory farming here," she revealed. "This is just what worked for me, it's important to say, but when I cut that out I immediately felt better. And also, after a year of eliminating it, my skin looked brighter and healthier overall."
PHOTOS: Post-baby bodies -- hottest before-and-after pics
While Mendes' health and fitness are the focus of her latest magazine cover, she also shared some sweet updates about her life as a first-time mom.
"I'm actually enjoying the sleepless nights," Mendes told Women's Health, "because it's bonding with my little girl." (The Lost River star echoed similar sentiments last November in a cover story with Violet Grey, claiming that she was "completely exhausted.")
Despite the lack of beauty rest, Mendes said she's still earning her badge of honor when it comes to motherhood. "I don't feel like I've really earned the right [to give motherly advice]," she confessed. "I want to respect all the moms out there. They're going to be like, 'You know what? You're a few months in. Just shut up.'"
PHOTOS: 2014's babies of the year!
Meanwhile, she has been able to vent privately to her therapist. "Having [someone] who's totally objective and who points out my patterns— I find that really helpful," Mendes shared with the mag. "And I'm lucky to work with someone who doesn't just sit there and nod her head, you know? I need to hear what you think! Tell me what's wrong with me so I can fix it!"
The April Beauty Flip issue of Women's Health hits stands on Mar. 17.


I had been meaning to see a medical professional about my anxiety for almost a year. But, life always got in the way. You know the feeling, I'm sure. There's too much going on at work or you meant to call but then one of your kids got sick. Everyone else is more important. Until you neglect your health so much that you're down for the count and can't take care of them. Then you realize you have to get healthy for everyone else. You have to become selfish which then causes a lot of guilt for those of us with anxiety.
I finally ended up at the doctor's office when I had a panic attack at work. The doctors offered counseling and medication. I said I wanted to try counseling first and hold off on medication. Then I had two more anxiety attacks within the next few weeks and I decided I was desperate to feel better and I would try the medication.
I have since been removed of all my responsibilities at work which made the depression even worse. But, the medication has started to kick in and I can at least get through the day without being on the brink of tears. I have a lot of mixed feelings which I can't properly express about being on Zoloft. I don't even drink coffee. I used to pride myself in not needing any help to get through the day. Oh, how things have changed.
I am transitioning out of a job and we just recently moved. My husband just got done with an 18 month project outside of his day job that left me at home multiple nights a week and a lot of weekends. I have two toddlers and I work full time and I just came to my breaking point.
When I go to work now, I shut my office door from the moment I get there. I only leave to use the bathroom or go to lunch or maybe run and talk to someone if absolutely necessary. I don't want to see or speak to anyone except for my husband and some very close family.
I don't have friends. When would I make them? And, I'm not outgoing or the type to strike up a conversation with a stranger.
I haven't worked out in over a month even though my job requires me to and I know it would make me feel better. I am interested in starting yoga and I don't know why I haven't. I've started to do monthly massages which is nice but costs money. I don't eat especially well and I am terrible at drinking water.
This post is literally me writing all of my thoughts down and hoping that someone has some advice for how I can improve myself. I'd love to hear about struggles you have so I don't feel alone or crazy. Do you take medication? Does it help? What are you doing to get yourself in a place where you can handle being off of it? What things do you do to relax?


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之前也因为好奇上网搜查了一下,大概了解了一点点。然后在youtube 再搜查一下, 我看到这个视频, 还蛮不错的,大家可以看一看: Lomo Documentary.
then i kind of like it after i read more and more 'bout them.
so i am going to get one for myself but not until i really know what i want for a lomo, and there's a lomo party at b's place on this coming sunday, i need one to get bz at that time or else i will look like a fool standing there and do nothing.
therefore i dig this out from somewhere at my house.
at first i din know this is some kind of lomo too, until i see this documentary about lomo in youtube, then i found out this is actually is a lomo too.
but, there's a label on it, and i think it is kind of stupid. i hate it.
actually i hate "labels"sometimes, especially those shirt or shoes or bags with some very BIG label on it, i think that is kind of stupid and lame. people who are wearing some BIG logo, trademark on them like paying that product to advertise for them. i love something that's without a "label" but very good in quality.
well, i know i know, some might say this is stupid, silly, and cheap.
after all, this is just a tool.
and, last but not least , a long velvet strape attached to it so i can hang this thing on my neck.
cool...i have Holga, is fun to have lomo camera...once u try..u will love it!!