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"The Commodores" Mark Remains Owned by the Active Band
Home Trademark "The Commodores" Mark Remains Owned by the Active Band
By Darren Spielman Trademark January 22, 2018
In Commodores Entertainment Corporation v. Thomas McClary, Fifth Avenue Entertainment, LLC, Case No. 16-15794 (11th Cir. 2018) (Available Here), the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that when McClary left the Commodore band, he also left behind his common law rights to the mark, THE COMMODORES.
The dispute is over the trademark THE COMMODORES, a band name. McClary was an original member of the Commodores band formed in 1968, but split from the band in 1984. McClary formed "The 2014 Commodores" and "The Commodores Featuring Thomas McClary." When the original two members of Commodores, (Commodores Entertainment Corporation)("CEC") who remain active with the group, found out, they filed suit against McClary claiming trademark infringement, trademark dilution, passing off, false advertising and unfair competition. The district court initially granted a preliminary injunction to CEC, which the 11th Circuit affirmed, then the district court granted judgment as a matter of law to CEC. McClary appealed from an order granting judgment as a matter of law to("CEC") and converting the preliminary injunction to a permanent one.
As a preliminary matter, the Court of Appeals declined to exercise pendent appellate jurisdiction over the motion to dismiss because it was not inextricably intertwined with the permanent injunction. The Court of Appeals also found that there was no abuse of discretion by the trial court's exclusion of expert testimony that amounted to legal conclusions. The district court's responsibility to serve as the singular source of law required it to be vigilant about the admissibility of legal conclusions from an expert witness.
On the trademark ownership issue, the Court of Appeals found there were no contested facts that would lead a reasonable juror to say that McClary should properly be termed the legal owner of the trademarks. Therefore, the district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law was upheld. The Court of Appeals found that McClary's argument failed for two reasons. First, the common-law trademark rights were initially jointly owned, could not be divided for simultaneous use by multiple independent parties, and remained in the group. Second, the various contractual agreements executed by the parties confirm the group members contemplated that marks were to be jointly but not severally owned and, that a member leaving the group would cease using the group's name. Therefore, no reasonable juror could have found McClary retained a right to use the name THE COMMODORES on his own and separately from the group that has continually used the same name.
The Court of Appeals and the district court considered it a significant fact that the remaining original members controlled the quality and reputation of the band performing as "The Commodores," thus retaining the common-law rights to the mark. The Court of Appeals found McClary's other arguments unpersuasive, specifically, that he continued to receive royalties and that his withdraw from the band was forged. The Court of Appeals also found that the extraterritorial reach of the injunction was not overbroad, because both parties are citizens of the U.S. and use of the mark abroad would create confusion both abroad and in the U.S. Lastly, the Court of Appeals found that the trademark registrations were not fraudulent or defective. There was no fraud because there was uncontroverted testimony that King did not submit any false or incorrect information to the PTO. The trademark registration was not defective for failure to include the proper company name or failure to include the proper date of first use. A misstatement of the date of first use in the application is not fatal to the securing of a valid registration as long as there has been valid use of the mark prior to the filing date. See Angel Flight of Ga., Inc. v. Angel Flight Am., Inc., 522 F.3d 1200, 1210 (11th Cir. 2008).
11th Circuit Court of AppealsBand NameCommodoresCommon-Law TrademarkDefective RegistrationExtraterritorial ReachJudgment As A Matter Of LawPreliminary InjunctionRoyaltiesTrademarkTrademark Infringement
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1. If I want to file for bankruptcy, what do I have to do before I file?
In order to be eligible to file bankruptcy, you must receive credit counseling within the 180 days prior to filing. We can provide you with a list of various agencies with whom you can take credit counseling. Specifically, the law requires you to receive, from an approved agency, a briefing outlining the opportunities for credit counseling and help with a budget analysis. You may do this alone or in a group, and in person, on the phone, or even on the Internet. If, due to an emergency, you are unable to obtain credit counseling services from an approved agency during a 5-day period, the court may excuse the requirement temporarily but you still must fulfill it within 30 days (or in some instances 45 days) after filing. If you use a bankruptcy attorney, he/she will most likely be able to help you complete this requirement.
2. What documents do I need to file in a chapter 7 case?
If you fail to file all information noted above, with the exception of the last four, within 45 days of filing the petition, the case will be automatically dismissed.
Your attorney will need certain information from you to file these documents with the court, which is listed below.
3. What will happen in my chapter 7 case after I file all these documents?
Chapter 7 cases are pretty simple for the most part. In most cases, you will attend one creditors' meeting and just wait for your discharge notice to come in the mail.
The bankruptcy trustee runs the creditors' meeting, which is also called a 341 meeting (named after the section of the bankruptcy law that requires the meeting), and will question you under oath about all the information contained in your bankruptcy documents.
If you and your spouse file a joint petition, you must both attend the creditors' meeting and answer questions. It is important to cooperate with the trustee and to provide any records or documents requested.
The discharge notice will arrive in the mail about 60 days after you attend the creditors' meeting. This piece of paper is proof that most of your debts have been discharged. You should keep it in a safe place.
4. Must I produce tax returns before and after my bankruptcy?
You must provide the trustee and/or any creditor with copies of any federal tax return that you filed for the year prior to filing. If you do not comply with this request, the court may dismiss your bankruptcy case.
5. Do I have to list all creditors on the bankruptcy schedules?
6. What should I do if I discover that I forgot to list a creditor in the bankruptcy schedules?
As soon as you realize that you have omitted a creditor, you should notify your attorney and provide him or her with all the information necessary to complete the schedule (the amount of the debt, the type and value of any collateral, and the name and address of the creditor).
In some cases, failure to list a creditor will result in harm to the creditor, such as if the creditor missed an opportunity to participate in the bankruptcy and/or receive payments. If this happens, your attorney can advise you about what additional action, if any, is necessary.
7. What should I do if a creditor demands payment of a debt after I file my case?
Most efforts by a creditor to collect a pre-petition debt (one that you owe as of the filing of your case) or to obtain your property without the permission of the bankruptcy court are violations of the automatic stay.
If you are represented by an attorney, you should give the creditor your attorney's name and telephone number. If you are not represented by an attorney, you should give the creditor additional information about the case—the date of filing, the court in which the case was filed and the case number. If improper collection action continues, you should consult with an attorney, notify the trustee or seek protection from the court.
8. Is there anything I should know about the timing of my case?
Probably the most important thing you need to know is that once you have decided to file for bankruptcy, you need to stop using your credit cards. Anything that you charge knowing you will not pay the money back is fraud under the bankruptcy law and the debt may not be discharged. Also, if you charge luxury goods before the filing or take out cash advances right before your case, the debt is presumed to be non-dischargeable even if you did not know you were filing for bankruptcy when you charged the items or took out the cash advances. Consult with experienced bankruptcy counsel before deciding when to file for bankruptcy.


Two weeks after the official announcement was made on Feb. 28, the Swedish tax agency will now force Taiwanese citizens working in Sweden to classify themselves as coming from a province of China for all tax related documentation.
Taiwanese citizens in Sweden have been protesting to the Swedish government since the announcement was made with an organization called the "Swedish-Taiwanese Friendship Association" creating a petition online and lodging an official complaint with the government.
Various online groups have voiced their criticism and opposition to the measure.
Liberty Times quoted a Taiwanese resident in Sweden Huang Xiaoqian (黃小芊) as saying that she does not want to apply for tax returns and be forced to label herself as coming from China. She hopes that a democratic country like Sweden will change course and reverse their mistake.
Taiwanese living in Sweden and throughout the world want to be rightfully recognized as citizens of their home country, Taiwan.
An online petition is being circulated. Using the prepared letter, netizens can lodge a protest with the Swedish tax agency to demand that the offensive designation be rectified.


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npm-build(1) -- Build a package
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## SYNOPSIS

    npm build <package-folder>

* `<package-folder>`:
  A folder containing a `package.json` file in its root.

## DESCRIPTION

This command should almost never need to be run directly.  It is an abstraction
of the functionality shared by both npm-install(1) and npm-link(1).

This command creates the various interwoven links that ensure a package's contents
are available in the root appropriately, and that its dependencies are linked
appropriately.

## CONFIGURATION

## SEE ALSO

* npm-install(1)
* npm-link(1)
* npm-scripts(1)
* npm-json(1)

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Portland, Ontario
Portland is a community located in Eastern Ontario〔(Portland's official website )〕 within the township of Rideau Lakes in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, north of Kingston and situated on the Big Rideau Lake.
Portland was first settled in the early 19th century as one of the first settlements along the Rideau Waterway. The original seven houses in Portland, informally known as "The Landing", were a transfer point for passengers travelling from Brockville and continuing by barge to Perth.
With the completion of the Rideau Canal Waterway in 1832, steamboats and barges carrying raw materials such as cordwood, maple syrup, potash, cheese, tanned hides and salt beef were a common sight. Portland became a thriving village of trade with Kingston, Montreal and Ottawa.
The village of Portland took its name in 1843 from William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. By the 1860s, the settlement had expanded considerably to require five hotels and, by the early 20th century, cottages were springing up around the lake and the tourist trade had begun. Advances in rail and road travel and increasing tourism offset a decline in the role of agriculture in the economy of Portland. Tourism then began to lead the economy of Portland, and still does to this day. ()
An international speed skating tournament called Skate the Lake is held each winter by Portland Outdoors on the Big Rideau Lake at Portland.
== References ==
■ウィキペディアで「Portland, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む

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So for the fourth of July Costco brought in some briskets from Snake River Farms. This I found out about by reading https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/. SRF sells American Wagyu beef. This is rated higher than USDA Prime. Now the best part. If you go to SRFs website to purchase the brisket that I got you would have paid $209 plus shipping. I got it from Costco for $100.60. Sweet deal. Now just to hope I don't ruin this fine piece of beef.
Since this is my first 20 lb brisket I needed to pull out my Big Poppa Smoker UDS. I set it up to smoke this brisket at 300 with some pecan wood. While the smoker was coming up to temperature I trimmed the brisket and put my rub of Salt, Pepper, Granulated Garlic, and Granulated Onion. I put the brisket on fat cap down for the first 4 hours until I liked the color then wrapped in butcher paper until finished about 2.5 hours later. Then a long three hour rest in the cooler. This turned out to be the best brisket I have ever cooked. Now I have only done a few. I am so glad I did not ruin this beef.
Below are the photos. I start with photos still in the package and then my trimming and rub. Then you will see the brisket every hour watching for color. Next is the look after the three hour rest and the slicing. It was soooo good.
When I was in Florida my good friend Chris did up a brisket. It was so good I had to try his method. Here goes.
I picked up a Prime brisket from Costco. 11.46 lbs @ $2.99 per. $34.27. Not bad size and good floppiness. I trimmed it nicely then injected it with a product I have not heard of before. ButcherBBQ Prime Injection. After I rubbed it with my standard SPOG. Then I tossed on some Montreal Steak Seasoning. I let it rest about an hour before tossing it on the weber.
This is the first time I smoked a brisket on my weber. I set it up for indirect and I even put water in the pan under the brisket. As always I started the kettle with a mostly full mini chimney of coals. The inlet I set to just under 50% open. She settled in at 400 degrees in the dome. Which is about 350 at the grate.
I put the brisket on at 11:45am. Wrapped it at 2:20pm in foil. Pulled to rest at 5:06pm. Ate at 5:35pm just could not wait any longer.
It was very moist. Great bark. Only the first two slices of the flat would be considered dry. I chop that up and add some drippings and it will be good eats tomorrow. Now I would say my last few briskets were undercooked. This one probed unlike any of the others.
So since I am trying to cut down on sugar and carbs I went and searched for a No sugar Rub. I found a good one from a fellow brethren NCGrimbo. I left out the cayenne since the wife does not like spice as much as I do. I was surprised at how the flavor profile changed so much from sweet to savory. My wife on the other hand could not tell very much at all. Over all I ran 3 racks through the 270 smoker at 250 degrees. Took 4 hours with spritzing with water at hour 2 and 3. They were nice and juicy. Happy that I did not over cook them.


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Q: Getting current location and displaying search results automatically within MKMapView I would like to get the current location of the user in my application with MKMapView and then display the search results automatically when the user opens the map. For example, the user open the application and then they have to allow the application to use their current location and then they open up the maps tab and then they are able to view all the places near them that contains a certain word, for example, "coffee shop". How would one go about doing this?

A: you can use mapview delegate method

*

*(void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView didUpdateUserLocation:(MKUserLocation *)userLocation

to get the current location of the user. then based on the coordinates of the "coffee shop" you can add annotaton to the maview. current location will be shown with a blue dot and other locations with a default pin, so that u can differentiate current location and other location

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Nothing is more frustrating and demoralising than having drivers sitting around, with their meters off, waiting for customers or accounts to book a car!
But many of these traditional methods of marketing rely on blasting out your marketing message to the highest number of people possible. This approach assumes that the more people see (or hear) your message, the better your chances of attracting custom. The drawback is that you have to invest a lot of money across a wide field and on messages most people quickly forget or instantly ignore.
With text-messaging, you avoid wasting time and money chasing the wrong customer, such as people who do not want or need your service – Your customer database only contains the mobile numbers of previous customers with a history of bookings and who have already invested in your service by travelling with you previously.
The principal point of SMS is that you are able to fully utilise the way people are communicating in the digital age. Ofcom research says that the proportion of adults who personally own or use a mobile phone in the UK is about 93%, 61% of whom are using a smartphone.
People respond to text messaging because it is immediate, engaging and feels personal. In fact, the majority of text messages are read within three minutes of receipt and many within twenty seconds. Consumers are used to having email inboxes stuffed with spam and other uninvited advertising. Most of us don't check inboxes more than twice a day, on average, whereas text messages cry out for an immediate response because it feels like a private conversation.
Text messaging is instant and customers clearly prefer to both read and interact with the message – especially if you combine SMS with promotional voucher codes such as money-off deals. No other marketing tool can offer a similar success rate, making SMS Marketing one of the most effective ways to get your message to your customer.
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Q: Using Promises with readdir to diplay directory I know that there are better ways to do this and tools such as serve-index already exist as an npm package to list a directory structure, but I wanted to test this out on my as I am still rather new to using Node.js and JavaScript.
Currently, my code is as follows, and I am confused as to why my array is empty.
let directoryTree = [];
let directoryList = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    resolve(fs.readdir(path.join(__dirname, '..'), (err, fileList) => {
        for (file of fileList) {
            console.log(file);
            directoryTree.push(file);
        }
    }));

}).then(() =>  console.log(directoryTree))
  .catch((err) => console.log(error));

What gets displayed is
[]
app
files
node_modules
package-lock.json
package.json

This indicates to me that the promise is being resolved before readdir finishes executing, otherwise the empty array wouldn't be logged first. I believe that something may be incorrect in my usage of promises then, but I might be wrong. I appreciate any advice!

A: You can call resolve() to resolve the promise when the callback is done fetching the data asynchronously.
Then when the data is fetched and resolved you would get the list of files in the then() callback:
new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    fs.readdir(path.join(__dirname, '..'), (err, fileList) => {
        err ? reject(err) : resolve(fileList); //resolve with list of files
    });
})
.then((list) =>  console.log(list))
.catch((err) => console.log(err));

A: You're using Promise incorrectly.
The syntax is (from MDN):
const myFirstPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  // do something asynchronous which eventually calls either:
  //
  resolve(someValue); // fulfilled
  // or
  reject("failure reason"); // rejected
});

Refactoring:
let directoryList = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  fs.readdir(path.join(__dirname, '..'), (err, fileList) => {
    if (err) reject(err)
    else resolve(fileList)
  });
})
// directoryList is a Promise that could reject or resolve
directoryList.then(() =>  console.log(directoryTree))
.catch((err) => console.log(error));


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package com.occamlab.te.config;

import java.io.File;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

public class ConfigFileBuilder {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String home = "";
        String scriptsDir = "webapps/teamengine/WEB-INF/scripts";
        String workDir = "webapps/teamengine/WEB-INF/work";
        String usersDir = "webapps/teamengine/WEB-INF/users";
        String resourcesDir = null;
        String defaultRevision = (new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"))
                .format(new Date());

        // Parse arguments from command-line
        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
            if (args[i].startsWith("-home=")) {
                home = args[i].substring(6);
            } else if (args[i].startsWith("-scriptsdir=")) {
                scriptsDir = args[i].substring(12);
            } else if (args[i].startsWith("-resourcesdir=")) {
                scriptsDir = args[i].substring(14);
            } else if (args[i].startsWith("-usersdir=")) {
                usersDir = args[i].substring(10);
            } else if (args[i].startsWith("-workdir=")) {
                workDir = args[i].substring(9);
            } else if (args[i].startsWith("-defaultrev=")) {
                defaultRevision = args[i].substring(12);
            }
        }

        if (resourcesDir == null) {
            resourcesDir = scriptsDir;
        }

        SortedSet<ConfigEntry> configs = new TreeSet<ConfigEntry>(
                new ConfigComparator());

        File[] scriptDirs = new File(".").listFiles();
        for (File dir : scriptDirs) {
            File file = new File(dir, "config.xml");
            if (file.canRead()) {
                ConfigEntry config = new ConfigEntry(file);
                File profilesDir = new File(dir, "profiles");
                if (profilesDir.isDirectory()) {
                    File[] profileDirs = profilesDir.listFiles();
                    for (File pdir : profileDirs) {
                        File pfile = new File(pdir, "config.xml");
                        if (pfile.canRead()) {
                            config.add(new ConfigEntry(pfile));
                        }
                    }
                }
                configs.add(config);
            }
        }

        System.out.println("<config>");
        System.out.println("  <home>" + home + "</home>");
        System.out.println("  <scriptsdir>" + scriptsDir + "</scriptsdir>");
        System.out.println("  <resourcesdir>" + resourcesDir
                + "</resourcesdir>");
        System.out.println("  <usersdir>" + usersDir + "</usersdir>");
        System.out.println("  <workdir>" + workDir + "</workdir>");
        System.out.println("  <scripts>");

        Iterator<ConfigEntry> it = configs.iterator();
        ConfigEntry config = it.hasNext() ? it.next() : null;
        while (config != null) {
            String organization = config.organization;
            System.out.println("    <organization>");
            System.out.println("      <name>" + organization + "</name>");
            while (config != null && config.organization.equals(organization)) {
                String standard = config.standard;
                System.out.println("      <standard>");
                System.out.println("        <name>" + standard + "</name>");
                while (config != null
                        && config.organization.equals(organization)
                        && config.standard.equals(standard)) {
                    String version = config.version;
                    System.out.println("        <version>");
                    System.out
                            .println("          <name>" + version + "</name>");
                    System.out.println("          <suite>");
                    System.out.println("            <namespace-uri>"
                            + config.suite.getNamespaceURI()
                            + "</namespace-uri>");
                    System.out.println("            <prefix>"
                            + config.suite.getPrefix() + "</prefix>");
                    System.out.println("            <local-name>"
                            + config.suite.getLocalPart() + "</local-name>");
                    String title = config.title;
                    if (title == null) {
                        title = organization + " " + standard + " " + version
                                + " Test Suite";
                    }
                    System.out.println("            <title>" + title
                            + "</title>");
                    if (config.description != null) {
                        System.out.println("            <description>"
                                + config.description + "</description>");
                    }
                    if (config.link != null) {
                        System.out.println("            <link>" + config.link
                                + "</link>");
                    }
                    if (config.dataLink != null) {
                        System.out.println("            <link type=\"data\">"
                                + config.dataLink + "</link>");
                    }
                    System.out.println("          </suite>");
                    while (config != null
                            && config.organization.equals(organization)
                            && config.standard.equals(standard)
                            && config.version.equals(version)) {
                        List<QName> profiles = new ArrayList<QName>();
                        List<String> profileTitles = new ArrayList<String>();
                        List<String> profileDescriptions = new ArrayList<String>();
                        List<File> sources = new ArrayList<File>();
                        while (config != null && config.suite == null) {
                            profiles.addAll(config.profiles);
                            profileTitles.addAll(config.profileTitles);
                            profileDescriptions
                                    .addAll(config.profileDescriptions);
                            sources.addAll(config.sources);
                            config = it.hasNext() ? it.next() : null;
                        }
                        if (config != null) {
                            profiles.addAll(config.profiles);
                            profileTitles.addAll(config.profileTitles);
                            profileDescriptions
                                    .addAll(config.profileDescriptions);
                            sources.addAll(config.sources);
                            String revision = config.revision;
                            if (revision == null) {
                                revision = defaultRevision;
                            }
                            System.out.println("          <revision>");
                            System.out.println("            <name>" + revision
                                    + "</name>");
                            System.out.println("            <sources>");
                            for (File source : sources) {
                                String path = source.getPath().substring(2)
                                        .replace('\\', '/');
                                System.out.println("              <source>"
                                        + path + "</source>");
                            }
                            System.out.println("            </sources>");
                            if (config.resources != null) {
                                String path = config.resources.getPath()
                                        .substring(2).replace('\\', '/');
                                System.out.println("            <resources>"
                                        + path + "</resources>");
                            }
                            if (config.webdir != null) {
                                System.out.println("            <webdir>"
                                        + config.webdir + "</webdir>");
                            }
                            for (int i = 0; i < profiles.size(); i++) {
                                System.out.println("            <profile>");
                                System.out
                                        .println("              <namespace-uri>"
                                                + profiles.get(i)
                                                        .getNamespaceURI()
                                                + "</namespace-uri>");
                                System.out.println("              <prefix>"
                                        + profiles.get(i).getPrefix()
                                        + "</prefix>");
                                System.out.println("              <local-name>"
                                        + profiles.get(i).getLocalPart()
                                        + "</local-name>");
                                String profileTitle = profileTitles.get(i);
                                if (profileTitle == null)
                                    profileTitle = profiles.get(i)
                                            .getLocalPart();
                                System.out.println("              <title>"
                                        + profileTitle + "</title>");
                                String profileDescription = profileDescriptions
                                        .get(i);
                                if (profileDescription != null) {
                                    System.out
                                            .println("              <description>"
                                                    + profileDescription
                                                    + "</description>");
                                }
                                System.out.println("            </profile>");
                            }
                            System.out.println("          </revision>");
                            config = it.hasNext() ? it.next() : null;
                        }
                    }
                    System.out.println("        </version>");
                }
                System.out.println("      </standard>");
            }
            System.out.println("    </organization>");
        }
        System.out.println("  </scripts>");
        System.out.println("</config>");
    }
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New York Business Divorce
Commentary on Dissolution and Other Disputes Among Co-Owners of Closely Held Business Entities
By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Matthew D. Donovan
Peter Mahler
Franklin C. McRoberts
Peter J. Sluka
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The Duty to Disclose Third-Party Offers Amidst Buy-Out Negotiations, Revisited
By Peter Mahler
In 2011 and 2012, the New York Court of Appeals decided a series of difficult cases addressing the circumstances under which a contractual waiver or release included in a buyout or other agreement between co-owners of closely held firms provides insulation from subsequent claims for breach of fiduciary duty or fraud based on an alleged failure to disclose vital information concerning the firm's financial condition or the existence of a third-party offer to purchase the…
The Injunction Remedy in Business Divorce Cases
By Franklin C. McRoberts
Business divorce clients often arrive in the throes of a crisis, complaining of co-owners siphoning, diverting, depleting, or denying access to company assets and resources for their own personal use or for the benefit of a competing entity at the expense of the business and the client. We usually hear some variation of the question, "How do we stop it?" More often than not, the answer is: "An injunction." The Injunction Remedy An injunction is…
Top 10 Business Divorce Cases of 2020
I'm very pleased to present my 13th annual list of the past year's ten most significant business divorce cases. This year's list includes important appellate and trial court decisions in New York and Delaware on a smorgasbord of interesting issues in lawsuits among co-owners of closely held business entities concerning contested buyouts, LLC member expulsion, LLC and limited partnership dissolution, freeze-out merger, the exercise of buy-sell agreements, and federal court abstention in a case seeking…
It Takes Two to Remove a Tiebreaker
"I don't get no respect" was a famous Rodney Dangerfield comedy routine. It also could be ascribed albeit less comedically to tiebreakers assigned the often thankless task of resolving deadlock between 50/50 owners or managers of closely held business entities. If the deadlock concerns a heated, major issue, the tiebreaker's vote favoring one of the two factions is likely to alienate and sow mistrust or worse in the other. Or, if prior to putting a…
An Extreme Case of Petitioner's Remorse
Many business divorce practitioners are familiar with a phenomenon one might call "petitioner's remorse" – an often abrupt abandonment of one's desire to dissolve a closely-held business entity when the opposing party unexpectedly declines to oppose or consents to dissolution. The dissolution petitioner's rationale in bringing the claim may have been an expectation that the opposing party would fear the prospect of dissolution, oppose it mightily on the merits, and ultimately be forced into some…
Fee Sharing in LLC Derivative Suits: A Common Law Right and a One Way Street
By Peter J. Sluka
BCL 626 governs shareholder derivative actions, or suits brought by individual shareholders on behalf of, and for injury to, the corporation. Subsection (e) provides that if the plaintiff—the individual shareholder asserting the right of the corporation—is successful in recovering anything of value for the corporation, the court in its discretion may award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, to be paid from the award to the corporation. While BCL 626(e) sets forth the fee-sharing framework in…
Dissenting Shareholders' Challenge to Appraisal of Famed East End Resort Hits Dead End
Gurney's Inn is an iconic oceanside resort located in Montauk, New York, on the eastern tip of Long Island's South Fork affectionately known as "The End." The history and growth of Montauk over the last century — from small fishing village to summer hot spot catering to high-end, party-seeking New Yorkers — mirrors the transformation of Gurney's from a modest 20-unit hotel opened in 1926 by a local resident to its current incarnation as luxury…
Business Divorce on the Menu
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When Estate Plans and Stock Transfer Restrictions Collide
A recent decision from Bronx County Supreme Court Justice Llinet M. Rosado, Sebrow v Sebrow, 2020 NY Slip Op 20269 [Sup Ct, Bronx County Oct. 9, 2020], is a stark reminder to corporate shareholders, attorneys who plan their estates, and their prospective beneficiaries, to exercise due diligence before attempting to make, draft, or receive testamentary dispositions of corporate stock. The Stockholders' Agreement In 1997, two father-and-son pairs, Abraham, Joseph, Zvi, and David Sebrow, all four…
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Q: Error while consuming AVRO Kafka Topic from KSQL Stream I created some dummydata as a Stream in KSQLDB with
VALUE_FORMAT='JSON' TOPIC='MYTOPIC'
The Setup is over Docker-compose. I am running a Kafka Broker, Schema-registry, ksqldbcli, ksqldb-server, zookeeper
Now I want to consume these records from the topic.
My first and last approach was over the commandline with following command
docker run  --net=host  --rm  confluentinc/cp-schema-registry:5.0.0  kafka-avro-console-consumer
--bootstrap-server localhost:29092 --topic DXT --from-beginning --max-messages 10
--property print.key=true --property print.value=true
--value-deserializer io.confluent.kafka.serializers.KafkaAvroDeserializer
--key-deserializer org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer

But that just returns the error
[2021-04-22 21:45:42,926] ERROR Unknown error when running consumer:  (kafka.tools.ConsoleConsumer$:76)
org.apache.kafka.common.errors.SerializationException: Error deserializing Avro message for id -1
Caused by: org.apache.kafka.common.errors.SerializationException: Unknown magic byte!

I also tried it with different use cases in Java Spring but with no prevail. I just cannot consume the created topics.
If I would need to define my own schema, where should I do that and what would be the easiest way because I just created a stream in Ksqldb?
Is there an easy to follow example. I did not specifiy anything else when I created the stream like in the quickstart example on Ksqldb.io. (I added the schema-registry in my deployment)
As I am a noob that is sitting here for almost 10 hours any help would be appreciated.
Edit: I found that pure JSON does not need the Schema-registry with ksqldb. Here.
But how to deserialize it?

A: If you've written JSON data to the topic then you can read it with the kafka-console-consumer.
The error you're getting (Error deserializing Avro message for id -1…Unknown magic byte!) is because you're using the kafka-avro-console-consumer which attempts to deserialise the topic data as Avro - which it isn't, hence the error.
You can also use PRINT DXT; from within ksqlDB.


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His research and advisory work focuses on the short and long run forces that affect governments and business. He has been an advisor to HM Treasury, Bank of England, the House of Commons, a Non Executive Director at the Financial Services Authority and Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Mauritius.
He has published widely in leading international academic journals and was Managing Editor of the Royal Economic Society's The Economic Journal and Scientific Chair of the Euro Area Business Cycle Network. He has received prizes and research grants for his published work and is a sought after public speaker on future trends.
He has won the General Teaching Excellence prize at London Business School and is a co-author of a textbook, Macroeconomics: Understanding the Global Economy, which has been translated into four languages and soon will appear in its Fourth Edition.
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Matthew's tree: Sycamore planted in memory of the Adrian man
Lonnie Huhman Daily Telegram Staff Writer @lenaweehuhman
RAISIN TWP. — Matthew Small loved the outdoors and Heritage Park was one of his favorite places to visit.
His family and friends know this, so to honor his memory, with help from the city of Adrian, they planted a sycamore tree Monday near the spot where he was murdered this past summer.
His father, Kirk Small, said Matthew was an outdoorsman who enjoyed spending time at Heritage with friends, including good friend Austin Barnett. Kirk said his son was born and raised in Adrian and, unfortunately, his life was taken too soon at his favorite hometown park.
He said the tree is a symbol to honor his son's life. As a strong, shade-giving tree, Kirk said it will stand for years to come. Friends planned on tying a bow around it Monday to further mark the spot. There also are plans to place a plaque near it in the future.
Kyle Emerson Horn, 23, has been charged with the June 22 stabbing and shooting to death of Small, 22, of Adrian. Horn is charged with open murder, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent and felony firearms.
"For those who knew him, they can see this tree and remember Matthew," his father said, choking back tears Monday afternoon.
Barnett said they spent time at the park doing a lot of different things, from walking or running to playing Pokemon or disc golf. He said Matthew "loved nature and the outdoors."
"We would spend hours out here," Barnett said of their visits to Heritage Park.
Matthew was an Adrian College graduate with a bachelor's of fine arts degree. His obituary stated he used his art as a way to express his emotions. His senior art exhibit was created to make a statement about protecting the environment and loving the earth.
The Adrian parks and engineering services department helped with the tree planting. The idea for it came from Matthew's friend, Brittany Long, who contacted Mayor Jim Berryman about the idea. From there, Adrian's parks and forestry foreman Jason Lawrence sought out a tree at Smith's Nursery and Landscaping Service.
Smith's had one, but it was a bit bigger than what is typically used for a transplant. However, that didn't stop them from making it happen. The tree, probably around 20 feet in height, was transported Monday to the spot in the park and planted with help from city staff.
"I think Matthew would be very happy," Matthew's mother, Laura Small, said looking at the freshly planted tree near the Locust picnic shelter and Stubnitz Environmental Education Center.


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Sorry for the silence. It's taken me a while to get back to things after Christmas! But now I am back and ready to let you know about 2016's hottest launches. First up is The Animals Observatory by Bobo Choses former creative director, Laia Aguilar and Jan Andreu.
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Q: How to measure time elapsed in Ballerina? I am currently trying to get the execution time for a ballerina function. For that I need to get the timestamp before and after calling the function.
How to get the timestamp in milliseconds using ballerina?
I have tried time module and I did not find a direct way to get it.

A: For the common use case to calculate the elapsed time, it is better to use the following API instead of time:UtcNow()
 decimal now = time: monotonicNow();

Do note, time:monotonicNow does not guarantee accurate reading of the utc timestamp. It only guarantees continuity i.e it guarantees consistent value increase in subsequent calls with nanoseconds precision.

A: The time:utcNow() function provides all needed details to get the accurate timestamp in milliseconds. This returns a tuple of length 2. The first member of the tuple is int representing an integral number of seconds from the epoch. The second member of the tuple is a decimal giving the fraction of a second. Default precision is in nanoseconds. You can manipulate the time:Utc tuple as follows to get the time in milliseconds.
time:Utc now = time:utcNow();
int timeInMills = <int>(<decimal>now[0] + now[1]) * 1000;

Do note, this can result in negative interval due to the clock synchronisation


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Public Health & Policy > Public Health
Poverty-Linked Heart Risks High for Poor Black Women
— Low-income blacks under 50 also had a high risk of heart problems
by Kathryn Doyle, Reuters Health May 28, 2015
(Reuters Health) -- Among African American adults with low education and income levels, the increase in risk of heart disease or stroke associated with living in poverty is largest for women and people under age 50, according to a large new study.
In the Mississippi African American population studied, women with the lowest "socioeconomic position" were more than twice as likely to have heart disease or stroke as those with the highest socioeconomic position.
The effect was also greatest among younger adults, with low-income men and women under age 50 more than three times as likely to experience cardiovascular problems compared to peers with the highest socioeconomic status, according to lead author Samson Y. Gebreab, PhD, of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
"African Americans with low SES (socioeconomic status) are more likely to have higher rates of obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and physical inactivity compared to their counterparts of higher SES," Gebreab told Reuters Health by email.
These risk factors partly, but not entirely, explained the higher risk of heart disease in African American women of low socioeconomic status, he said.
"Another possible explanation is that African American women of low SES experience higher rates of psychosocial stressors such as chronic stress, depression, discrimination and are more likely to live and work in a worse physical and social environment," he said.
Having far fewer resources at their disposal to cope with these stressors creates a recipe for a higher risk of heart attack and stroke in African American women of lower SES, Gebreab said.
The researchers used a previous long-term study of 5,301 African Americans ages 21 to 94, most of whom were women. Half were followed for more than seven years. Over that time, there were 362 cases of cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke.
Using in-person and telephone interviews, researchers collected data on participants' socioeconomic position in childhood, based on parental home ownership, mother's education level and available amenities. Questions about current education, wealth, income and public assistance were used to estimate each person's adult socioeconomic position.
Adult socioeconomic position was more strongly tied to heart disease and stroke risk than childhood position, as reported in a paper scheduled for publication in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Wealth was a more important predictor of heart risk than education level or public assistance. And men showed a similar, but smaller increase in risk with lower socioeconomic position.
After age 50, the risk increase specifically linked to socioeconomic position was also smaller, which may be a result of more widespread heart disease in older groups -- weakening the links to socioeconomic position alone.
The study team notes that participants with higher adult socioeconomic position were less likely to smoke or drink and tended to have better quality diets and higher levels of physical activity, with lower body mass index and blood pressure and fewer cases of high blood pressure or diabetes compared to the low-socioeconomic status group.
"Although we have not accounted for health care access in our study, these (low SES) groups of people often also have less access to health care and encounter barriers to CVD (cardiovascular disease) related diagnosis and treatment," Gebreab said.
Other research suggests that African Americans of any socioeconomic status may be at higher risk for heart disease or stroke than others, according to Maria Glymour, ScD, of the epidemiology and biostatistics department at the University of California, San Francisco.
"We all need resources and supports to help us stay healthy, like a safe place to exercise, an affordable grocery store, time to do whatever is needed to take care of our health, and attentive medical care for managing diseases such as hypertension," she told Reuters Health by email. "Low SES people on average simply have fewer of these resources."
Low SES is also tied to higher risk of cardiovascular disease among white people, noted Glymour, who was not involved in the new study.
"People with low SES, particularly African American women, should be considered as a high-risk group for developing CVD, as such they should be considered as priority in health care services," Gebreab said. "They should be targeted for early detection and intervention for the prevention of CVD and related risk factors."
But there is no "magic bullet" solution to reduce heart health disparities based on socioeconomic status, he said.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/1clJPXC
The authors disclosed no relevant relationships with industry.


BENGALURU: The Karnataka Government has decided to lift the six-month ban imposed on Ola cab service in the State for violating the terms of licence by running bike taxi. The licence was suspended on Friday.
The disruption in the cab-hailing service for the past few days had caused inconvenience to millions of commuters as well as thousands of cabbies who earn a living by driving the Ola cars.
Ola tweeted on Monday, "We're glad to inform that the matter regarding licensing in Karnataka is fully resolved. We're committed to working with the Govt. to enhance livelihoods of thousands of driver partners & facilitate mobility needs of millions of people. Appreciate your continued faith & support."
It has been agreed that Ola will pay fine for the violation of the rules of licence. The Transport Authority will decide the quantum of fine. However, the penalty had not been decided upon till Sunday and there was no comments from Ola either.
Meanwhile, the Government has assured the public that the service will be back on Monday.
In fact, on February 15 Ola was issued a notice for starting bike taxi in violation of the rule and agreement and reportedly seized 400 bikes. Later the order suspending all services was sent to ANI Technologies on March 18.
The cab service serves millions of people and has thousands of drivers and vehicles under its banner. Ola's competitor Uber also had faced a similar situation in 2016. Uber had to pull back its two-wheelers and fall in line.
Bengaluru, where it is headquartered, is Ola's biggest market.
Like bike taxis, car-pooling is also banned in the city. It has been felt that the Government policies have remained archaic in a fast-moving world and that is causing problems for the people, especially traffic congestion.


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ZSL London Zoo Poetry Writing Course - Writing at the Zoo
Tutors: Pascale Petit, Astrid Alben
Programme: Not so far from the gods, not so far from the beasts either
Dates: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 April
Workshop Times: 10am – 5pm
Book by phone: 0844 225 1826 - Mon to Sun (8.30am-5.30pm)
Register via email: Steve Marriot at arts@zsl.org or call him on 0207 449 6551
About this course:
This course is for anyone who wants to develop their poetry writing skills while thinking and learning about animals, the environment and conservation issues.
As well as the encounter day at ZSL London Zoo on Saturday 26 April, where you will get the opportunity to view the animals and speak to the keepers, this intense weekend course will comprise of workshops over two days where you will get the opportunity to develop your writing skills through exercises and tutor feedback.
The cost of the course includes two entries to ZSL London Zoo, the creative writing workshops and access to the Zoological Society of London Library*.
The day will include an introductory talk with the course tutors followed by a visit to the pygmy hippos, tigers, seahorses and komodo dragons exhibits within the Zoo, an opportunity to speak to the keepers and time to take notes. Participants will be given exercises to complete and encouraged to take notes and develop and share their work.
All students completing this course will receive a certificate.
(*ZSL Library is open Mon to Fri from 9.30am to 5.30pm. You are advised to join the library before the course commences. Membership is free. For details on how to join please visit: ZSL Library
Tutor Profiles:
Pascale Petit's fifth collection, What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo (Seren, 2010), was shortlisted for both the T.S. Eliot Prize and Wales Book of the Year, and was a Book of the Year in The Observer. Two of her previous collections, The Zoo Father and The Huntress, were also shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and selected as Books of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement and the Independent. The Zoo Father was also published in a bilingual edition in Mexico and as an illustrated edition in Serbia. A selection of poems from her next collection Fauverie (Seren, 2014), based in the Ménagerie in Paris, won the 2013 Manchester Writing Prize for Poetry. A pamphlet Effigies was published in 2013, commissioned by the A.M. Qattan Foundation at The Mosaic Rooms and a Selected Poems will be published in China in 2014. She currently tutors courses at Tate Modern and for The Poetry School. You can find out more on her website or her blog.
Astrid Alben read English Literature and Philosophy at Edinburgh University. Her poetry collection Ai! Ai! Pianissimo is published by Arc Publications. Alben has been described as, "a new and original voice in English poetry, serious and uncompromising." Her poetry, essays and reviews are widely published, including in the Times Literary Supplement and Poetry Review, The Wolf, Stand and Poem, and her poems have been translated into Romanian and Chinese. She is currently working on her second collection. To hear her poems visit her website.
As the co-founder of the arts and sciences initiative Pars, Alben is the editor of two art and science anthologies, Findings on Ice (2007) and Findings on Elasticity (2010, both published by Lars Müller Publishers), and curates site-specific events that are a mixture of theatre, scientific experiment and performance (www.parsfoundation.com). Alben is a Royal Society of Arts Fellow and was awarded a Wellcome Trust Fellowship through the Clore Leadership Programme 2013-2014.
My book Fauverie and the stars of the Fauverie in the Jardin des Plantes Ménagerie, Paris
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The Fourth Quarter of 2019 Brought Some Notable Court Decisions for the Construction Industry
By Mike Madigan In News
Tags: construction contracts, litigation, Ohio Supreme Court, risk management
As 2019 came to a close, below are a handful of decisions issued by Ohio courts throughout the year that were of interest to those in the construction industry.
1. Ohio's Tenth District Court of Appeals Provides Helpful Guidance as to When the Article 8 Process is Triggered and Again Acknowledges that the Public Owner Can Waive its Article 8 Rights
A recent decision from the Tenth District Court of Appeals provides guidance as to when an event occurs that triggers a contractor's obligation to proceed with the Article 8 claim notice process in order to recover additional time or money.
In Accurate Electric Construction, Inc. v. The Ohio State University, 2019-Ohio-4992 (10th Dist.), the Court of Appeals recognized that when a contractor submits pricing under a normal change order process, it may take time to either come to a mutually agreeable change order or for the parties to reach an impasse. Only when it becomes apparent that the parties are at an impasse is a contractor required to initiate the Article 8 claim process.
On this project, substantial completion of the project had been achieved before the contractor provided its Article 8 notice. The trial court used that undisputed fact as proof that the contractor had failed to timely provide its Article 8 notice in the ten (10) day time period required by contract, since the notice was not given until AFTER major construction had concluded.
Unlike the trial court, the Appeals Court did not focus solely on the project's substantial completion date as to whether the contractor had timely asserted its claim. The Appeals Court instead focused on project communications and whether the contractor timely asserted its claim within the required ten (10) day period after the occurrence of the event giving rise to the claim, which in this case was when the contractor's change order request was ultimately denied.
The Appeals Court also found that the State could waive its Article 8 rights by its request for the contractor to resolve issues at the "field level," which deviated from the contractual Article 8 process. The Appeals Court recognized that representations by the State, and a failure to strictly follow the Article 8 process, including its actions and inactions involving other contractor claims, could result in the Article 8 process being abandoned. When that occurs, the Appeals Court found that the State had waived its rights under the Article 8 process. Any other interpretation would be misleading to the contractor.
Going forward, the case has been remanded back to the trial court for further review based on the Appeals Court's decision. Regardless of the ultimate outcome at the trial court level, the case serves as another reminder for both the owner and contractor to closely follow the terms of the contract with respect to how claims are to be asserted by the contractor and evaluated by the owner.
2. Ohio Appeals Courts Continue to Bar Defect Claims Asserted More Than Ten (10) Years After Substantial Completion Under Ohio's Statute of Repose
Back in July, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision involving Ohio's statute of repose where it ruled the statute applied to both tort and contract claims (New Riegel Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Buehrer Grp. Architecture & Eng'g, Inc., 157 Ohio St. 3d 164, 2019-Ohio-2851, 133 N.E.3d 482, 2019 Ohio LEXIS 1446, 2019 WL 3209991). However, the Court's decision did not resolve whether the school district's defect claims were ultimately time barred under Ohio's statute of repose and instead sent that issue back to the Third District Court of Appeals.
Because of how Ohio's statute of repose is worded (R.C. 2305.131), the statute essentially bars a claim from accruing ten (10) years after substantial completion. But what about if the claim had accrued prior to the ten (10) year period? For example, in a breach of contract action, would a claimant have additional time under Ohio's statute of limitations from when the breach was discovered to file the lawsuit asserting a breach of contract? In that scenario, the time period to ultimately file the lawsuit asserting a breach of contract could be extended much longer than ten (10) years after substantial completion currently contemplated in the statute of repose.
On December 9, 2019, the Third District Court of Appeals in New Riegel provided guidance for those questions – at least with respect to counties in its jurisdiction1 – when it found that the school district's claims were still time barred despite the school district's argument that its defect claim had accrued prior to the expiration of the ten (10) year period. In particular, the Court ruled that Ohio's statute of repose "cuts off liability for injuries arising out of defective conditions of an improvement to real estate that are brought more than ten years after the substantial completion of the improvement" (New Riegel Local Sch. Dist., Bd. of Educ. v. Buehrer Grp. Architecture & Eng'g, Inc., 2019-Ohio-5040, ¶11, 2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 5111, *9-10, 2019 WL 6701741).
In a similar finding, the Seventh District Court of Appeals2 likewise determined that another school district's defective work claims were time barred and again applied a similar statute of repose analysis (Union Local Sch. Dist. v. Grae-Con Constr., Inc., 2019-Ohio-4877, 2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 4956). In its November 18, 2019 decision, the Seventh District Court ruled that the statute of repose "prohibits an action after a set amount of time from a certain event (substantial completion), without regard to the date of accrual, and thus it is a statute of repose that eliminates the right to a cause of action after that set amount of time from the named event" (emphasis added). The Court went on to find that Ohio's statue of repose is "a true statute of repose, i.e., one that bars accrued claims as well as those that have not yet vested" (¶35).
Lastly, the Fifth District Court of Appeals3 also applied a "true" statute of repose analysis and barred the school district from asserting a defect claim more than ten (10) years after substantial completion (Bd. of Educ. of Tuslaw Local Sch. Dist. v. CT Taylor Co., 2019-Ohio-1731, 2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 1811, 2019 WL 2004316). This decision was issued in May of 2019, but it provides similar reasoning that both the Third and Fifth District Courts of Appeals applied after the Ohio Supreme Court had issued its decision in New Riegel.
Going forward, it remains to be seen whether the Ohio Supreme Court decides to review the "true" statute of repose analysis these appeals decisions used to deny the public school district's defect claims. It should be noted that in the Ohio Supreme Court's New Riegal decision this past July, Justice Kennedy may have provided a glimpse into her thinking with respect to this issue when she consented in part and dissented in part to the Court's decision. In her separate opinion that was joined by Justice DeWine, Justice Kennedy likewise supported a "true" statute of repose analysis, which would bar defect claims ten (10) years after substantial completion regardless as to whether the claim had "accrued" before that period had expired.
Whether the Ohio Supreme Court accepts review of the likely appeals of these lower appeal court rulings remains unknown. Furthermore, the makeup of the Court could change after the upcoming November 2020 election where voters will be asked to select two of the seven seats on the Court.
3. As of December 24, 2019, Local Residency Requirements on Public Construction Projects Are Prohibited By Ohio Law
On September 24, 2019, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state statute signed by Governor Kasich back in 2016 that prohibited local municipalities and cities from requiring residency requirements on construction projects (City of Cleveland v. State, 2019-Ohio-3820, 2019 Ohio LEXIS 1853, 2019 WL 4618510). Prior to the Ohio Supreme Court's decision, lower court rulings had precluded the State from enforcing its statute and thereby allowing residency requirements to remain.
After the Ohio Supreme Court's decision this past September, a motion for reconsideration was filed by the City of Cleveland, but that motion was denied on December 24, 2019 by the Court. With that denial, R.C. 9.75 is now enforceable and precludes residency requirements from going into effect on public contracts.
[1] Counties that reside in Ohio's Third District Court of Appeals include Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Paulding, Putnam, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Van Wert, and Wyandot.
[2] Counties that reside in Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals include Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe, and Noble.
[3] Counties that reside in Ohio's Fifth District Court of Appeals include Ashland, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Perry, Richland, Stark, and Tuscarawas.
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Hi, I have been using bsplayer for a while, and am having a few difficulties with the floating window mode.
My first issue is that while I can play and pause the video in windowed mode, I am unable to skip forward or go back within the video.
I have largely given up on trying to get subtitles working in the floating window.
My next issue is that on my android 4.4.4 devices, floating window mode does not function reliably. Basically with no error messages or anything, the floating window will randomly close, causing me to lose my position in the video.This requires me to go back into the main app and restart the video, and find the spot where it randomly closed.
With my android 6 smartphone, it works a bit better, with it only randomly closing if I mistakenly open a web page that contains .gifv content which it automatically plays, and crashes bsplayer (happens on all devices).
Is anyone else facing reliability issues when using the pop out/ hover player. (I like to browse the web using chrome while catching up on various shows, but it is very unstable for me.
Before moving to BSplayer, I used diceplayer, which offered subtitles in the hover player, and did not randomly close, and allowed seeking, but one day it randomly disappeared from the playstore, after the dev released a few updates that almost completely gutted the format support.


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Recently, I reported that the Ivy League received a historic number of early applications—breaking admissions records. This resulted in six of the eight Ivy League colleges reporting record-low early acceptance rates. The increase in applications continued to the Regular Decision round, and it is expected that the Ivy League will again report lower acceptance rates from last […]


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1.Extension:Applicants who visit relatives may apply for duration of stay within 180 days; while ordinary applicants may apply for duration of stay within 90 days. The exit/entry administrations of public security organs shall have the discretion to determine the appropriate duration of stay on the basis of the applicant's situation.
2. Reissuance: Applicants can apply for validity period of entry within 3 months and duration of stay within 180 days with zero or single entry. The accumulated duration of stay on the reissued visa shall not exceed 1 year from the last entry into China. The exit/entry administrations of public security organs shall have the discretion to determine the appropriate duration of stay on the basis of the applicant's situation.


The former Pittsfield Plaza, which was previously empty, is now being used by U-Haul and for storage. U-Haul's use of a previously blighted space on East Housatonic Street is one example touted by Pittsfield mayor Linda Tyer as "a pretty remarkable turnaround" that has allowed the city to drop property tax rates for the first time since 1993.
PITTSFIELD — Residential tax bills haven't gone down in Pittsfield since 1993, Mayor Linda Tyer said Wednesday, but that's about to change.
Though the savings will be modest — $9.48 annually for the average home valued at $186,600, and $367 annually for a commercial property valued at $189,000 — Tyer said the drop signifies "a pretty remarkable turnaround."
If approved by the City Council on Tuesday, the residential tax rate would go down from $20.01 to $19.42, and the commercial tax rate would drop from from $39.98 to $39.94.
Tyer said her administration inherited a decade's worth of declining property values "and there was no plan to address these trends." Since then, her team attacked the issue flagging revenue on many fronts, from acquiring more grants to renegotiating longer-term contracts with city employees.
Now, officials said Wednesday, property values are up and new growth is on the rise. City assessor Paula King said the city has seen some $51 million in new construction growth over the last year, equating to $1.9 million in tax revenue. Revenue-boosting projects include renovations at the U-Haul complex on West Housatonic Street, upgrades to the building Berkshire Roots occupies on Dalton Avenue and the newly renovated Proprietor's Lodge at the old ITAM property.
Between the new growth and some sound financial planning, Tyer said, her administration decided the city has built up enough, about $11 million in reserves, to give some back to the taxpayers.
Tyer said her team has worked toward three-year collective bargaining contracts, which she said offer the city more stability in terms of budget planning. She and Finance Director Matt Kerwood said it was a big deal, too, that they were able to save $1.5 million on renegotiated contracts with the Pittsfield Employee Committee.
"The strategy was to control costs while building these conservative budgets," Tyer said.
Meantime, Tyer said, she was able to help Police Chief Michael Wynn boost ranks at the department from 70 to 88 sworn officers, support a new consolidated therapeutic program in the city's school system and pave 11 miles of roadway.
"And still we're able to offer a lower tax rate," she said.
Tyer said she hopes the rate decrease provides some relief to residents and businesses.
There's more work to do, she said, but "we all rolled up our sleeves and that's what brings us to today's good news."


Feed the Children provides elementary schoolchildren in Spotsylvania County schools who are on the federal Free and Reduced Price Meal Program, with food to take home for 38 weekends during the school year. That's over 11,400 pounds of food! Food includes easy-to-prepare, ready-to-eat foods, like granola bars, juice boxes, tuna, canned chicken, ramen noodles, popcorn, mac and cheese, and oatmeal.
There are 20+ million children in this country who are at risk of hunger. The consequences of hunger are much more than a growling stomach. Poor nutrition can result in a weaker immune system, increased hospitalization, lower IQ, shorter attention spans, and lower academic achievement. Children are fed during the school week by federal government programs, but we want to make sure they're getting nutritional meals over the weekend, too.
Gift: Because of the generosity of our congregation, we have committed to serve 150 students this coming school year (2016 – 2017). You can be a part of this commitment by providing a gift of only $90. Your check (with the memo, "Feed the Children") can be left in the offering plate or at the church office.
• Delivering bags of food to Spotsylvania Country School headquarters on Thursdays.
If you would like to participate please contact Stan Buch.


This is Stuart's first album for four years, and contains some of his most powerful work to date.
Stuart is one of the leading worship songwriters of his generation: from 'How Deep the Father's Love' to 'In Christ Alone', 'The Power of the Cross' to 'Beautiful Saviour', his songs are sung in churches and events around the world, and his lyrics acclaimed in the same breath as those of Watts and Wesley. His songs will feed the church for many years to come. He tours extensively and leads worship at events around the UK and abroad, pioneering a distinctive style of acoustic folk that sets his music apart from the mainstream 'rock worship' style that sometimes dominates the scene.


Your room is a mess. You should do something about it. Your room is your sanctuary so it should be peaceful and conducive. What is the first thing that you should do? You have to arrange your belongings and put it in its proper place to clear the clutter. You first took care of your clothes and then your bags. The next thing you considered was your shoes.
Gather them all: The basic thing that you should do is gather all your jewelleries and accessories in one place. This is challenging for people who are fond of leaving their jewelleries and accessories all over the house. Gathering your jewelleries and accessories will help you see what you have.
De-clutter: After gathering them together in one place, the next thing that you should do is de-clutter. What does this mean? Sometimes, we easily accumulate things and not realizing that it clutters our space. In the case of your jewelleries and accessories, you have to decide which things you will give or throw away. The only thing to remember is to keep jewelleries and accessories that will pair with your wardrobe collections. Save the best thing that you have and let go of other things to clear your space.
Categorize: You need to categorize your jewelleries and accessories before seeking for its proper place. This is the beginning of the real organizing. This is synonymous to sorting. The categories will depend on you but generally, categories like earrings, necklaces, bows, scarves, barrettes, head bands and many more will do.
Storage: Now you are ready for the last part of it – storing. There are many storage solutions here in Singapore that you can try. The important thing here is it should prevent the jumbling or tangling. If you are traditional, you are looking for boxes and trays but then it can occupy a lot of space. If you want something that can consume less space, a hanging jewellery organizer will do.
That was not hard. If you still find it hard to organize, you have to ask your friends for help. Better yet, you can look for references online. You can also consider tips from books and magazines. This only tells you that there are many references that you can consider so giving up is not an option.
For customized solution, there are many people here in Singapore that you can turn to. Good luck on your organizing!


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A partir de la dinastia XVIII i durant les dinasties XIX i XX, els faraons es construeixen grans temples o llars del milió d'anys en honor seu. El terme prové de les primeres dinasties i es comença a utilitzar de manera habitual a partir de l'Imperi Mitjà, tot i que els temples no assoliran les dimensions i la riquesa que els caracteritza fins a l'Imperi Nou. Són sovint grans complexos que serveixen principalment per a l'adoració del mateix faraó divinitzat i associat al principal déu tebà, Ammon, o a altres déus, com Ptah o Osiris, però també com a centres administratius, de culte i de cultura. Alguns inclouen dins del mateix recinte o a tocar el palau on viu el faraó quan és a Tebes. Aquestes "llars" també inclouen un embarcador per a la barca d'Ammon, que es traslladava des del temple de Karnak a la riba est del Nil cap a la zona dels temples de la necròpolis tebana durant la Bella Festa de la Vall.

Evolució històrica
Durant la quarta dinastia es comencen a construir una sèrie de complexos funeraris, generalment dedicats als faraons, que deriven dels complexos funeraris anteriors amb les mastabes com a element principal. L'estructura estava formada principalment pel temple de la vall, la calçada (o via) cerimonial, el temple de la piràmide (o temple funerari), les piràmides satèl·lit i la piràmide del faraó, el primer exemple és la Piràmide de Meidum, del faraó Snefru.

El temple del milió d'anys és una evolució dels temples de la vall de les primeres dinasties i d'altres tipus de temples mortuoris o commemoratius dels faraons d'èpoques anteriors. En aquest cas, però, els temples queden separats de les tombes per una distància considerable, a vegades de diversos quilòmetres. Es desconeix el motiu o motius concrets que van dur a la separació del temple mortuori de la tomba, però existeixen diverses teories que justifiquen aquest fet. La més estesa és que els faraons van decidir, a principis de la dinastia XVIII, d'amagar millor les seves tombes, ja que les de les dinasties anteriors havien estat saquejades repetidament, i van optar per abandonar l'edificació de piràmides, van ampliar els temples i van amagar les tombes a la Vall dels Reis, on només tenien accés els treballadors que les construïen (que vivien aïllants a Deir el-Medinah), els vigilants de la Vall, els medjai (uns mercenaris d'origen nubi, possiblement d'una regió prop d'Assuan), els sacerdots i la familia reial.

Temples
La majoria de les cases del milió d'anys, uns 30 temples, es concentren en una franja de terra d'uns 3 km de llargada (nord-sud) i uns 2 km d'amplada (est-oest), situada enfront de l'antiga Tebes (avui Luxor), a la ribera oest del riu Nil, dins la zona de la necròpolis tebana. També es van construir complexos similars a Menfis, Abidos, Soleb (Núbia) i a Abu Simbel (temples de Ramsès II).

Els temples més coneguts estan situats entre o davant de les diverses necròpolis que conformen la Vall dels Nobles.

Els més destacats són:

 El temple de Hatshepsut a Deir el-Bahari
 El temple de Ramsès III dins del complex de Medinet Habu
 El Ramesseum (de Ramsès II)
 El temple de Kom el-Hettan, d'Amenofis III, del qual només resten en peu les monumentals escultures conegudes com els Colossos de Mèmnon.

Referències i notes

Bibliografia
 Kent R. Weeks, "Los tesoros de Luxor y el Valle de los Reyes" (Guías de arte y viajes), Editorial Libsa, 2006,
 Dieter Arnold, Lexikon der ägyptischen Baukunst. Albatros Verlag, Düsseldorf 2000,

Bibliografia complementària
 Martina Ullmann König für die Ewigkeit – Die Häuser der Millionen von Jahren: Eine Untersuchung zu Königskult und Tempeltypologie in Ägypten. München 2002, .
 Stefanie Schröder Millionenjahrhaus. Zur Konzeption des Raumes der Ewigkeit im konstellativen Königtum in Sprache, Architektur und Theologie. Wiesbaden 2010, .

Vegeu també
 Temple egipci
 Temple funerari
 Temple de la vall
 Temple solar
 Speos

Temples del milió d'anys


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The Roadmap to Freedom, a Reform Bill Proposed by Rep. Jayapal
By Ashima Duggal
President Biden is not the only one with an immigration plan for the United States in 2021. Representative PramilaJayapal (D-WA) introduced a resolution on December 11, 2020 joined by Reps. Jesus Garcia (D-IL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Yvette Clarke (D-NY) titled the Roadmap to Freedom. The Roadmap is a progressive vision for comprehensive immigration reform, and in some ways may pose a threat to congressional cooperation with the Biden administration's own immigration plans.
In order for some of Mr. Biden's more ambitious proposals to work, such as increasing the number of visas available and creating a new visa to attract talent to rural communities, Congress must amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have signaled a willingness to cooperate with Mr. Biden on immigration. More conservative elements of the Republican Party, such as Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), have stated that "there is no common-ground between conservative Republicans & [Joe Biden] on immigration." Garnering support from both hardline Republicans as well as progressive Democrats will be a Herculean task for the incoming president, and it may stymie his ultimate goal of amending the Act to make his plan permanent.
The Roadmap is mostly written with human rights in mind, particularly for asylum seekers, victims of crime, and undocumented immigrants. However, it contains several provisions that would impact employment immigration and foreign nationals working in the United States. Examples include:
Reducing the backlogged citizenship process;
Providing legal defense to immigrants that are denied admission;
"Establishing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) as a customer-service oriented agency that is properly resourced . . . protecting immigrants' rights and data privacy; and maintaining affordable application fees;" and
Ensuring that all people who are recruited to meet verifiable labor market needs are able to change employers, bring and live with their families, and earn a roadmap to citizenship.
The resolution contains numerous controversial sections that indicate at least a portion of Democratic representatives will be expecting even more from President Biden with regard to immigration, as well as from their more moderate colleagues in the House.
President Biden's Immigration Plans and his New Bill Will Modernize Our Immigration System January 22, 2021
On Day 1, President Biden Signs Immigration Executive Orders January 21, 2021
The Roadmap to Freedom, a Reform Bill Proposed by Rep. Jayapal January 20, 2021
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