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The Influence Of State Taxes On NBA Free Agency
NBA free agency kicked off at midnight. How important are state tax considerations to players in choosing which team to join? Kevin Durant reportedly is courting six suitors, two of whom are in states without an income tax: Miami and San Antonio (the others are Boston, Golden State, Los Angeles (Clippers) and Oklahoma City.) Given his recent tax troubles, Durant may be particularly sensitive to tax considerations in making his free agency decision. See Slam Online, The Influence of State Taxes on NBA Free Agency:
Modern athletes seem to be more financially literate and are aware of the so-called "Jock Tax" and state taxes. As such, more athletes are signing with teams that are located in states that don't tax income, like the Miami Heat, the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs.
July 1, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (4)
Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Sends Form 1099 To Strip Club After Making It Rain $20,000
Larry Brown Sports, Floyd Mayweather Sends Strip Club $20,000 Tax Bill After Making It Rain:
Floyd Mayweather Jr. made it rain so hard at a Las Vegas strip club a couple years back that he thinks he deserves a tax break for it.
Tax documents obtained by the Daily Mail show that Mayweather's company, Mayweather Promotions LLC, has sent Larry Flint's Hustler Club a 1099 IRS form for more than $20,000 he spent on strippers on May 25, 2014. Apparently The Money Team believes the Hustler Club is responsible for paying taxes on the $15,000 in singles and additional $5,000 cash Floyd and his crew spent that night.
Not surprisingly, club owner Jason Mohney is furious. He says the Hustler Club didn't receive a dime of the $20,323.18 and that it all went to the dancers, who are independent contractors.
June 29, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (2)
WSJ: Judge Hands Entrepreneur Sam Wyly $1.1 Billion Tax Bill
Wall Street Journal, Judge Hands Entrepreneur Sam Wyly a $1.1 Billion Tax Bill:
A federal judge has ordered Texas entrepreneur Sam Wyly to pay $1.1 billion in taxes and penalties for committing tax fraud using offshore accounts, even though the former billionaire's net worth has fallen to a fraction of that amount.
The payment demand from Judge Barbara Houser on Monday was made for federal taxes due as far back as 1992. In a court opinion filed last month, she admitted that the money "may now be more difficult for the government to collect given the passage of time and the dissipation of Sam's wealth."
NY Times: A Noah's Ark in Kentucky, Dinosaurs Included — But No Taxes
New York Times: A Noah's Ark in Kentucky, Dinosaurs Included, by Laurie Goodstein:
In the beginning, Ken Ham made the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky. And he saw that it was good at spreading his belief that the Bible is a book of history, the universe is only 6,000 years old, and evolution is wrong and is leading to our moral downfall.
And Mr. Ham said, let us build a gargantuan Noah's ark only 45 minutes away to draw millions more visitors. And let it be constructed by Amish woodworkers, and financed with donations, junk bonds and tax rebates from the state of Kentucky. And let it hold an animatronic Noah and lifelike models of some of the creatures that came on board two-by-two, such as bears, short-necked giraffes — and juvenile Tyrannosaurus rexes.
And it was so.
Former Qwest CEO Nacchio Denied Tax Deduction For $45 Million Forfeiture Of Insider Trading Profits
Nacchio v. United States, Nos. 2015-5114 & 2015-5115 (Fed. Cir. June 10, 2016):
This is a tax case arising out of a criminal conviction for insider trading. Joseph P. Nacchio and Anne M. Esker ("Nacchio") filed this action in the Court of Federal Claims seeking an income tax credit of $17,974,832 for taxes paid on trading profits of $44,632,464.38, which Nacchio was later ordered to forfeit to the United States following his conviction for insider trading with respect to those profits. The government opposed Nacchio's request, contending that his forfeiture payment was a nondeductible penalty or fine and that he was estopped from seeking tax relief because of his criminal conviction. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment.
June 13, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, New Cases, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
The Story Of Tonight: With Billion-Dollar Hamilton Poised To Sweep Tony Awards, Broadway Pushes For Tax Break Extension
Bloomberg, As 'Hamilton' Enriches Backers, Broadway Wants Tax Break Extended:
Alexander Hamilton introduced the idea of federal taxes. Broadway producers enjoying a record season buoyed by his namesake musical are lobbying Congress to limit what they owe.
The industry, which will celebrate its success tonight at the Tony Awards, is fighting to keep a provision that allows live-theater backers deductions in a show's first year. That means they'd pay tax on income only after turning a profit. The provision passed in 2015, yet needs to be extended by Congress this year to survive.
In an industry where four of five performances close without recouping startup costs, producers say such a sweetener will keep the hits coming. While the provision was tacked onto a list of tax breaks last year at the behest of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., there's no guarantee it will be continued, producers and their lobbyists say. Some lawmakers don't like the idea. Nor do advocates of tax cuts, who say such breaks make it more difficult to reduce the burden on everyone else. ...
Taxes Could Wipe Out Half Of Prince's $250 Million Estate
Following up on my previous posts (links below) on the estate planning aspects of Prince's death: People Magazine, Taxes Could Wipe Out Half of Prince's $250 Million Estate and Force Early Sale of His Unreleased Songs, Trustee Says:
Prince's estate is getting hit with a hefty tax bill that could end up taking half of his estimated $250 million fortune – and force the early sale of some of the vast troves of unreleased music that the Purple One had locked up in his vault, the trustee for the estate revealed.
The Tax Consequences Of John Oliver's Forgiveness Of $15 Million Of Medical Debt
Washington Post, John Oliver Just Made Talk Show History by Forgiving Nearly $15 million Worth of Debt:
John Oliver is known for demystifying complicated issues to get his "Last Week Tonight" audience riled up. He's explained major problems with credit reports and the bizarrely undemocratic side of primaries and caucuses. In that way, last night's episode devoted to debt buyers wasn't all that different. He started out, in his entertainingly enraged way, by explaining how banks sell debt to other business for pennies on the dollar. Those companies have little knowledge of those owing money, but they can be terrifyingly predatory, taking advantage of consumers' fear of legal action. Some of these debts are erroneous; some are "zombie debts" that have already been paid. And yet, debt collectors will persist, even employing dirty tactics to get cash.
But Oliver did more than educate last night. He explained to his viewers that he undertook the surprisingly easy task of starting a debt buying company, Central Asset Recovery Professional, Inc. — "or CARP, for the bottom-feeding fish," he explained. No sooner had he set up a CARP web site, but another debt buyer was offering to sell Oliver nearly $15 million worth of medical debt for less than $60,000.
So CARP bought the debt of nearly 9,000 people — just so Oliver could forgive it. According to the host, this is the largest one-time giveaway ever on television, beating out Oprah Winfrey's famous "you get a car! You get a car!" episode, which cost that show $8 million.
(Click on YouTube button on bottom right to view video directly on YouTube to avoid interruption caused by blog's refresh rate. The most relevant discussion begins at 17:15.)
What are the tax consequences?
June 6, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (3)
How Will I Know? IRS Claims Whitney Houston's Estate Undervalued Her Right Of Publicity By $11.5 Million
Following up on my previous posts (links below) on the IRS's battle with the estate of Michael Jackson over the value of the singer's publicity rights: Hollywood Reporter, Whitney Houston Estate Challenges $11 Million Tax Bill:
The heirs of late pop star Whitney Houston are now in Tax Court over what the Internal Revenue Service claims is owed in estate taxes.
In a May 23 petition, now sealed and first reported by Bloomberg, the Whitney Houston estate objected to the determination that $22.6 million has been underreported, which the IRS claims means that more than $11 million is owed, including $3 million in penalties.
May 29, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
Winston Churchill: 'Serial Tax Avoider'
The Telegraph, Churchill a 'Serial Tax Avoider':
Sir Winston Churchill was a serial tax avoider who exploited loopholes and faked his own retirement in collusion with the chairman of Inland Revenue, his biographer has claimed.
David Lough, a historian and author, said Churchill had learned to use Inland Revenue as a "beast who can be tamed and bent" after finding himself in financial difficulties.
Not only did the politician pretend to retire in order to halve his tax bill, the author claimed, he persuaded the Revenue's young chairman to help him figure out a way to save his earnings for himself. ...
WSJ: What Is Prince's Legacy Worth? The Tax Man Wants To Know.
Following up on my previous post, Prince Died Without A Will, According To Court Documents: Wall Street Journal, What Is Prince's Legacy Worth? The Tax Man Wants to Know:
After the doves cry, there's IRS Form 706.
Estate-tax attorneys for Prince, who died [April 21], must attempt to put a precise financial value on his name, image and likeness.
That Prince-ness could make him one of America's top-earning deceased celebrities, and it may be one of his estate's largest assets—subject to a 40% federal tax.
The Internal Revenue Service is used to putting price tags on tradeable assets and is well-trained in taking existing revenue streams and capitalizing them into a value. It is much trickier to divine the worth of a unique niche business—marketing Prince's legacy—that doesn't really exist yet.
May 9, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
NY Times: AG Dings Developer Aby Rosen For $7 Million In Unpaid Taxes On Art
Following up on my previous posts:
NY Times: Buyers Evade State Taxes by Loaning Purchased Art to Museums in Non-Tax States
NY Times: Art Collectors Find Safe Harbor In Delaware's Tax Laws
New York Times, Developer Aby Rosen to Pay $7 Million in Suit Over Unpaid Taxes on Art:
Aby J. Rosen, the Manhattan real estate developer and art collector, is well known for exhibiting works from his collection at the landmark Seagram Building and at Lever House, both on Park Avenue, as well as at 530 Park Avenue, a 19-story residential condominium. He also has five pieces by Picasso in his Manhattan home, and a controversial, 33-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a pregnant woman with an exposed fetus on the grounds of his estate in Old Westbury, on Long Island.
That $2.5 million, 13-ton sculpture by Damien Hirst [right] is one of 200 artworks that have put Mr. Rosen at the center of another controversy — this one involving unpaid taxes.
The New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, announced a $7 million settlement with Mr. Rosen on Tuesday for failing to pay taxes on $80 million in artwork that he had bought or commissioned since 2002.
LeBron James Pays All Of His Social Security Taxes Before Halftime Of His First Game
May 2, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Political News, Tax | Permalink | Comments (3)
How To Win $17M At Backgammon, Until The IRS Intervenes
The Daily Beast, How To Win $17M At Backgammon, Until The IRS Intervenes:
A legendary Irish gambler took a celebrity-obsessed American private equity honcho to the cleaners, winning over $17 million from him in the course of a 72-hour backgammon session.
Had he been Irish, Alec E. Gores, who nurtures friendship with celebrities such as Sylvester Stallone, Tobey Maguire, and Ben Affleck, and was caught up in the Anthony Pellicano wire-tapping scandal after he apparently set the private dick on his wife who was having an affair with his brother, might have known better than to get into a game of chance and skill with JP McManus. ...
McManus is famous for traveling with a portable backgammon set and, sources acquainted with him tell The Daily Beast, has been known to start games with strangers on airplanes in a (usually successful) attempt to win back his airfare.
But when he sat down with Gores, who is worth $2.1 billion, in November 2012 for what has been described as a "serious backgammon match" he walked away with enough to buy not a plane ticket but a private jet—his winnings were a stunning $17.4 million.
May 1, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, IRS News, Tax | Permalink | Comments (1)
Prince Died Without A Will, According To Court Documents
New York Times, Prince Died Without a Will, According to Court Documents:
Prince died without a will, according to court documents filed by his sister, which may cause complications for his financial estate and musical legacy.
In probate documents filed on Tuesday with the court in Carver County, Minn., Tyka Nelson, 55, Prince's sister, said that her brother died without a spouse, children or surviving parents, and that "I do not know of the existence of a will." ...
In addition to Ms. Nelson, the document lists five half-siblings of Prince as interested parties: his half-brothers John Nelson, Alfred Jackson and Omar Baker, and his half-sisters Norrine and Sharon Nelson. According to Minnesota law, surviving half-siblings are treated the same as full siblings. ..
April 26, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, IRS News, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
Michael Jackson's $1 Billion Tax Court Thriller: IRS Values His Name At $434,000,000, Estate Says $2,105
Hollywood Reporter, Michael Jackson Estate Faces Billion-Dollar Tax Court Battle:
Of all the befuddling legal matters in the entertainment business, there's perhaps none that causes attorneys to scratch their heads like the battle between Michael Jackson and the Internal Revenue Service over what the late entertainer should be paying in estate taxes. In the years after his death in 2009 at age 50, Jackson has experienced a commercial rebirth thanks to the savvy executors who have managed his assets. The 2009 documentary This Is It grossed $261 million, a Cirque du Soleil tribute show packs in fans, and there have been albums, video games and other lucrative memorials. Now the IRS wants its share, claiming the value of Jackson's name and image upon death amounted to more than $434 million. The estate's own valuation? Just $2,105.
April 25, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore | Permalink | Comments (5)
A Taxing Oscars: $232,000 Swag Bags (40% Increase Over Last Year's), Tax Incentives For Best Picture Nominees
Bazaar, Here's Everything Inside the $232,000 Oscars Gift Bag
Forbes, The $200,000 Oscars Gift Bag: The Business Of Vibrators, Breast Lifts And More Absurd Swag
Forbes, Oscar Academy Sues Over Racy $230,000 Gift Bags
Hollywood Reporter, Academy Sues Over Oscars Gift Bag With Vape Pens and Vibrators
Quartz, Inside the $232,000 Oscar "Gift Bag" That Requires Multiple Suitcases to Deliver
Slate, Swag Reflex: This Year's Oscars Goodie Basket Is Worth a Record $230,000. Even the Academy Is Disgusted.
TMZ, Oscars Swag Suite $20k Worth of Vacays, Fat Burning ... And Schmancy Gum
USA Today, Oscar Sues Over Unauthorized (And Unsavory) Swag Bags
USA Today, The Taxability of Oscars Gift Bags
Variety, Academy Sues Over Oscar Gift Bags That Include Sex Toys, Vaporizers
Vox, The Weird, Contentious Tradition of Oscars Gift Bags, Explained
IRS, Gift Bag Questions and Answers:
Q: What are the federal income tax consequences to a person who accepts a gift bag in recognition of involvement in an awards show?
A: In general, the person has received taxable income equal to the fair market value of the bag and its contents and must report that amount on his or her federal income tax return. ...
February 28, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
The Big Winner In Today's Super Bowl: The California Tax Man
Forbes, California Taxes Will Eat Up All Of Cam Newton's Super Bowl Earnings:
Remember when Peyton Manning paid New Jersey nearly $47,000 in taxes two years ago on his Super Bowl earnings of $46,000? Manning has nothing on the state taxes facing Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton for Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif. Newton is looking at a tax bill more than twice as much, which will swallow up his entire Super Bowl paycheck, win or lose, thanks to California's tops-in-the-nation tax rate of 13.3%. ...
If the Panthers win the Super Bowl, Newton will earn another $102,000 in playoff bonuses, but if they lose he will only net another $51,000. ... Win on Sunday, and Newton will pay California a total of $159,560 in taxes in 2016. Lose, and he will pay $159,200, based on an income reduction of $51,000.
February 7, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (3)
David Bowie: A Tax Oddity
New York Post Page Six, David Bowie Leaves Iman Roughly Half of His Fortune:
David Bowie's dying wish was to have his ashes scattered on Bali — in line with the island's Buddhist customs — and his riches sprinkled on his wife and kids, according to his will filed Friday in Manhattan court. ...
Bowie also directed that his property and money be divided among his model wife Iman, his two children, Duncan Jones and Lexi Zahra Jones, a personal assistant and a former nanny.
The music icon was worth around $100 million when he died this month of cancer at 69, according to court papers.
Iman will receive roughly half of his fortune, plus the couple's apartment on Lafayette Street in Manhattan. ...
By rock standards, David Bowie was a real tax oddity — because he was so savvy with his money.
Martin Luther King, Jr. And The IRS
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Tallahassee Democrat, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the IRS:
This past year, much ado was made about the so-called "IRS-Gate" and concerns that the Obama administration may have used the agency to target Tea Party and other right wing groups. ... [W]hat often is not stated during the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend is that King, early in his leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was routinely subjected to IRS audits of his individual accounts, SCLC accounts as well as accounts of his lawyers, first starting during the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower and continuing through the Kennedy administration. ...
January 18, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tax Exempt San Francisco Super Bowl Committee Raises Millions, With Little Transparency
San Francisco Chronicle, Tax Exempt Super Bowl Committee Raising Millions, With Little Transparency:
The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee — the organization charged with raising money to produce events around the Bay Area leading up to and including February's big game — has already raised $50 million from leading Bay Area corporations.
It also has pledged $12 million to more than 100 Bay Area nonprofits, a major step toward its goal of being "the most philanthropic Super Bowl ever."
But because the NFL requires its host committees to be structured as nonprofit organizations — claiming the same tax-exempt status that the National Football League enjoyed for decades — it doesn't have to reveal its contributors or how much each donor gave.
That opacity is raising concerns in an era of "dark money," where politicians use the tax code to hide contributions. Watchdog groups, which also question why wealthy professional sports leagues get to classify themselves as nonprofits, say any entity that's raising and spending millions — with little transparency — needs to be monitored closely.
January 4, 2016 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (1)
5th Circuit: Texas Can Deny Tax Breaks To Films It Doesn't Like
Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Texas Can Deny Tax Breaks to Films it Doesn't Like, Appeals Court Rules, by Jacob Gershman:
Texas has leeway under the First Amendment to deny tax breaks to films deemed insulting to the state, a federal appeals court ruled [Machete Prooductions LLC v. Page, No. 15-50120 (5th Cir. Dec. 28, 2015)] ...
Last year the producers behind the sequel to the 2010 gory action comedy "Machete" sued Texas for denying them tax breaks under a state program that encourages film production in the state. ...
The state denied it infringed on any constitutional speech rights. And a lower court agreed in a ruling handed down earlier this year. On Monday the Louisiana-based Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision.
December 30, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, New Cases, Tax | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tax Court: 92 Year Old Sumner Redstone Liable For Gift Tax On 1972 Gift
Hollywood Reporter, Sumner Redstone Loses to IRS in Tax Case Four Decades in the Making:
As the 92-year-old billionaire Sumner Redstone witnesses a vicious court fight over his mental condition, the U.S. Tax Court has released a decision [Redstone v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2015-237 (Dec. 9, 2015)] that delves into the beginnings of his media empire, his connection to the early-1970s Watergate scandal and four decades of in-fighting in the Redstone family.
The case is extraordinary, to say the least. The core question in Redstone's dispute with the Internal Revenue Service pertains to whether his 1972 transfer of stock to his children was a taxable "gift" or not. Ultimately, the Tax Court affirms a tax deficiency of $737,625, but lets him off the hook for fraud. ...
Herzig: Why We Should Stop Slamming Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan's Philanthropic Plans
Washington Post op-ed: Why We Should Stop Slamming Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's Philanthropic Plans, by David Herzig (Valparaiso):
For people who voluntarily decided to part with some $45 billion, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are getting absolutely skewered in the press. ... The promised donation has been questioned by both the conservative and liberal press. Both seemingly demonizing their decision to give 99 percent of their wealth to an entity engaged in charitable giving. Much of the vitriol directed toward them focuses on the preconceived notion of what charitable giving should look like. ...
December 10, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (5)
NY Times Debate: Mark Zuckerberg's Use Of A LLC Rather Than A Foundation For His $45 Billion Charitable Giving
Following up on yesterday's post, The Tax (And Insider Trading) Benefits Of Mark Zuckerberg's Pledge To Donate 99% Of His Facebook Shares (Worth $45 Billion) To Charity: New York Times Room for Debate, Welcome or Wariness for Zuckerberg's Legacy Plan?:
Facebook's founder pledged 99 percent of his stock to a corporation for charitable giving. But he'd avoid taxes on it, and he'd call the shots.
Joseph Bankman (Stanford), Charitable Deductions Generate Giving
Jack A. Blum (Tax Justice Network USA), Zuckerberg Is Setting a Bad Precedent
Catherine Bracy (Code for America Relax), Philanthropists Do Good Work
Josh Hoxie (Institute for Policy Studies), Zuckerberg's Philanthropy Isn't a Substitute for Taxation
Additional press and blogosphere coverage:
December 3, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (1)
The Tax Origins Of Star Wars
Syd Gernstein (Bloomberg BNA), We Have Taxes to Thank For Star Wars:
Before there could be a clone war, a Skywalker losing some limbs in a light saber duel, a Death Star, a Death Star blowing up, another Skywalker losing a limb in a light saber duel and another Death Star blowing up, there was—and, believe me, the Star Wars fan in me wishes I was making this up—a tax controversy. ...
This first episode of Star Wars started with a tax dispute. The "trade federation" did not like the fact that the republic had imposed a tax on its trade routes, and protested the tax by staging a blockade, and ultimately an invasion, of the peaceful planet of Naboo.
The Tax (And Insider Trading) Benefits Of Mark Zuckerberg's Pledge To Donate 99% Of His Facebook Shares (Worth $45 Billion) To Charity
The Daily Beast, Mark Zuckerberg's Charity Windfall:
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday, Facebook founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg announced that he would gift "substantially all of his shares of Facebook stock" to "further the mission of advancing human potential and promoting equality by means of philanthropic, public advocacy and other activities for the public good." The vehicle for his beneficence will be the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC, a charity that he controls and through which he will maintain control of Facebook for "the foreseeable future."
Like great capitalists before him, including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, Zuckerberg is saving a lot of money by intending to do a lot of good. But there's plenty in it for him.
Back in 2008, David Yermack a professor of finance at the NYU Stern School of Business, published a paper called Deductio Ad Absurdum: CEOs Donating Stock to Their Own Family Foundations. In it, Yermack questions the value of public subsidies for CEO stock gifts. He even points to such gifts as a mechanism for executives with highly appreciated stock to dispose of their holdings without running afoul of insider trading laws. It also allows those CEOs to maintain control of their companies in the future, but through their newfangled organizations.
Cris Collinsworth: 'The NFL Rulebook Is As Complicated As The Tax Code'
Opportunity Live, Collinsworth: NFL Rule Book Is As Complicated as the IRS Tax Code:
NBC's Sunday Night Football color commentator Cris Collinsworth expressed how complicated the National Football League's rulebook is by comparing it to the tax code of the IRS, saying, "you just have no idea what's in there."
Tax Foundation, Sorry, Chris Collinsworth: The NFL Rulebook Is Nothing Like the IRC:
NFL Rulebook: 55,000 words
Internal Revenue Code: 3.9 million words. ... [M]uch of the word count is internal citations, appendices, enactment clauses, and the like, but a reasonable estimate with all this stripped away is still over 2.4 million words. Add in case law, guidance, and other supplementary material needed to actually understand the tax code and you wind up with CCH's 74,000 page Standard Federal Tax Reporter. The NFL Rulebook, including tables and diagrams, runs 79 pages.
Good Tax Hunting: How Robin Williams Restricted The Use Of His Likeness For 25 Years After His Death, Saving Estate Taxes
Forbes, Why Robin Williams Won't Be Making Millions Beyond The Grave:
When beloved actor Robin Williams died in August 2014, he left behind a $100 million estate—and a potential fortune in image licensing. But a clause filed in a trust agreement made public this year means his likeness won't make money for decades to come.
Williams, best-known for films such as Mrs. Doubtfire and Good Morning, Vietnam, filed a deed to put a restriction on the use of his likeness for 25 years after his death. This prevents his name, photograph, voice or signature from being used in any film, advertisement or endorsement until 2039–and limits his future earnings.
The estates of entertainers featured on our list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities are able to charge upwards of $500,000 for the use of their image in advertisements, with rare deals climbing into the seven figures. Some, such as James Dean and Bettie Page, also earn royalties from clothing sold with their name attached. Busy cultural icons including Dean and Page tally up a number of licensing deals which inch their posthumous paydays into the many millions.
By restricting the exploitation of his right of publicity, Williams, who died by suicide aged 63, has ensured no one cannot profit from his untimely death—at least not yet. ...
October 28, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
BP Settlement Generates $15 Billion Tax Deduction
Fusion, The Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Lets BP Get Away With Not Paying $5.35 Billion in Taxes:
In announcing the final $20.8 billion settlement with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Monday, "BP is receiving the punishment it deserves."
What she didn't mention is that BP—which was found grossly negligent for the 2010 disaster, the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history—will likely only pay about three fourths of that punishment once tax deductions are taken into account.
Just $5.5 billion of the settlement is a penalty under the Clean Water Act. The other $15.3 billion is other damages and payments that BP can treat as a cost of doing business, said Michelle Surka, an analyst with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. That means that the oil giant can legally deduct 35% of this $15.3 billion from its taxes, for a total windfall of $5.35 billion. ...
October 6, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (1)
Yogi Berra's Tax Wisdom
Forbes: Yogi Berra's Sayings Worked Their Way Into Tax Decisions, by Peter J. Reilly:
Yogi Berra besides being a great baseball player and manager is also known as something of a common man philosopher for his sayings sometimes called Yogi-isms not all of which he actually said. As is my habit when the prominent pass, I had to check whether he had been involved in tax litigation. I didn't find anything and my Thomson Reuters Checkpoint is pretty comprehensive and my research skills are pretty good. After all, tax blogging is 90% good research; the other three-quarters is creativity.
September 25, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (2)
NY Times: The Tax Consequences Of Dennis Hastert's Payments To Alleged Child Abuse Victim
New York Times: When It's a Crime to Withdraw Money From Your Bank, by Josh Barro:
Dennis Hastert has not been indicted on a charge of sexual abuse, nor has he been indicted on a charge of paying money he was not legally allowed to pay. The indictment of Mr. Hastert, a former House speaker, released last week, lays out two counts: taking money out of the bank the wrong way, and then lying to the F.B.I. about what he did with the money. ...
Paul Caron, a tax law professor at Pepperdine University, noted that the person who was paid money by Mr. Hastert may have owed income tax on the payments, whether they constituted a settlement, extortion or something else. Yes, even proceeds from extortion are taxable income; there was a Supreme Court case about the matter in 1952.
New York Times: If Hastert Was Extorted, He Could Deduct Some Losses From His Taxes, by Josh Barro:
When I was researching my article about Dennis Hastert's indictment on charges that he improperly withdrew large sums of money from a bank, one question I had was whether any tax was owed on the payments Mr. Hastert was said to have made.
For tax purposes, were the payments gifts? Fees? A settlement? Hush money? Any of these options would have tax implications — implications that could provide additional justification for the prosecution, since one of the key motivations of anti-money laundering laws is to prevent people from evading taxation by making large payments in cash.
Tax experts I spoke with agreed that the payments would constitute a settlement or extortion. In either case, the responsibility for reporting the payments would lie not with Mr. Hastert but with the payments' recipient, identified in the indictment as "Individual A."
Brunson & Herzig: The NFL Should Not Be Able To Give Up Its Tax-Exempt Status Without Paying An Exit Tax
Forbes: Penalty For Holding: Why The NFL Should Be Forced To Keep Its Tax Exemption, by Samuel Brunson (Loyola-Chicago) & David Herzig (Valparaiso):
Many people think there are too many tax-exempt entities. Every time news breaks that there are tax-exemptions for fraternities, golf clubs, and social clubs there seems to be general outrage. So most people welcomed the National Football League's announcement that it was giving up its tax-exempt status, seeing the announcement as the end of an unnecessary taxpayer subsidy. It turns out, though, that it is not that simple. Either the NFL was not providing a public good and should not have been granted the status in the first place, or if the NFL wants to be for profit, then the benefits of the tax exemption should be recaptured, e.g., with an exit tax.
U2 Hits Back At Criticism Over Tax Havens
Sky News, U2 Hit Back At Criticism Over Tax Havens:
In an interview with Sky News, lead singer Bono insisted the band pays a fortune in tax and it was "sensible" to move some of their business to the Netherlands.
"It is just some smart people we have working for us trying to be sensible about the way we are taxed," he said.
"We pay a fortune in tax, a fortune, just so people know, and we're happy to pay a fortune in tax.
"Because you're good at philanthropy and because I am an activist people think you should be stupid in business and I don't run with that."
(Hat Tip: Mike Talbert.) Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Cleveland's 'Jock Tax'
Wall Street Journal, Ohio High Court Strikes Down Cleveland's 'Jock Tax':
Ohio's highest court on Thursday struck down Cleveland's so-called "jock tax," ruling that the city was excessively taxing visiting professional athletes using an illegal method to calculate their bills. ...
Mr. Hillenmeyer, a former Chicago Bears linebacker who retired in 2010, played one game a year in Cleveland — over a 20-game season — between 2004 and 2006. Cleveland applied its income tax to 5% (1/20) of his earnings.
The city taxed Mr. Saturday, a former center for the Indianapolis Colts, for a single game in Cleveland in 2008. In his case, he never stepped foot in the city but missed that game due to an injury. He owed money anyway because the city's regulation applied the tax to any game in Cleveland "in which the athlete was excused from playing because of injury or illness."
Former NFL Star Plaxico Burress Shoots Himself In Foot, Drops Tax Payment Ball
Former NFL star receiver, Plaxico Burress, who famously served time in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the leg in a nightclub in 2008, has been indicted in New Jersey on one count of issuing a bad check or electronic funds transfer and one count of willful failure to pay state tax in the amount of $47,903. The charges carry maximum sentences of five years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
Forbes, Plaxico Burress Shoots Self In Foot (Not Literally This Time), Winds Up In Tax Trouble
Los Angeles Times, Former NFL Star Plaxico Burress Charged With Failure to Pay Taxes
New York Post, Now NJ Prosecutors Are Making an Example of Plaxico Burress
New York Times, Plaxico Burress Indicted in New Jersey on Tax Charges
Patch, Plax Tax Lax: Former New York Giant Indicted for Failed IRS Payment; Former Football Star Drops the Ball on IRS Requirement
TMZ, Plaxico Burress I'm Not a Tax Crook ... I Don't Belong In Prison
TMZ, Shoots Himself In the Foot Over Tax Bill
Washington Post, Plaxico Burress Indicted for Failing to Pay Taxes in New Jersey
Why the NFL Gave Up Its Nonprofit Status: To Escape Scrutiny
Vox, Why the NFL Just Gave Up Its Nonprofit Status: To Escape Scrutiny:
For years, the NFL's tax-exempt status has been the subject of scrutiny and ridicule. To many people, the fact that a league headed by a commissioner making $44 million a year was categorized as a nonprofit was absurd.
On Tuesday, Richard Rubin at Bloomberg reports, the NFL has finally decided to shed its tax-exempt status. As a result, it will pay an estimated $10 million or so per year in taxes.
But it's important to put this number in the proper context: the league's teams pull in about $9.5 billion per year, nearly a thousand times as much. And since 2000, US taxpayers have spent an estimated $3.9 billion on stadiums for these teams.
The NFL's decision to give up its tax-exempt status isn't some noble recognition of the tax burden it's unfairly been shirking. It's a calculated move to pay a relatively small fee to avoid scrutiny and preempt possible Congressional action.
April 29, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (3)
Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole
Barron's, Warren Buffett's Nifty Tax Loophole:
Warren Buffett has backed higher individual tax rates–while ensuring that his vast wealth in Berkshire Hathaway is almost immune.
Warren Buffett is fond of saying his tax rate is lower than his secretary's. He does not publicize his tax returns, but for the tax year 2010, he paid $6.9 million on taxable income of $39.8 million, according to partial disclosures he made in 2011.
What is astounding about those numbers is not the 17.3% tax rate, but that Buffett's $39.8 million of taxable income is only about 0.05% of his reported net worth ($71 billion according to Forbes, which put him third on its list of the 400 wealthiest people in the world for 2015).
World Premiere of Loopholes, A Pain In The I.R.S.
Tonight is the world premiere of Loopholes, A Pain In The I.R.S. at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre in Hollywood, Calijfornia
Obama and Biden Release Their 2014 Tax Returns
President Obama and Vice-President Biden yesterday released their 2014 tax returns. Here are charts putting the 2014 returns in context with their earlier returns:
Gifts/AGI
Biden:
Robin Williams Left Publicity Rights (Restricted For 25 Years) to Charity, Avoiding IRS Dispute Embroiling Michael Jackson's Estate
Hollywood Reporter, Robin Williams Restricted Exploitation of His Image for 25 Years After Death:
[O]ne of the more innovative aspects of Robin Williams' estate planning ... might just might become a model for other celebrities preparing for their demise. ... According to a review of the Robin Williams Trust — filed as an exhibit last Wednesday — Williams bequeathed rights to his name, signature, photograph and likeness to the Windfall Foundation, a charitable organization set up by Williams' legal reps at the law firm of Manatt, Phelps.
There are two important facets of this provision.
First, the Trust restricts exploitation of Robin Williams' right of publicity for 25 years after his death. ...
March 31, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, IRS News, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
A Taxing Oscars: $160,000 Swag Bags and Tax Incentives for Best Picture Nominees
CBS News, Oscar Nominees to Receive Gift Bags Worth $160,000
CNN, Inside the $160,000 Oscars Gift Bag
New York Daily News, Oscars 2015: Look Inside the $160,000 Swag Bag Gifted to Academy Awards Nominees
New York Post Page Six, Inside the $160K Oscar Gift Bag
USA Today, Oscar Swag Bags: $160,000 — And Racy
Malcolm Butler, Not Tom Brady, to Pay Income Tax on Super Bowl MVP Truck
Following up on Thursday's post, The Tax Consequences of Tom Brady's Gift of His Super Bowl MVP Truck to Malcolm Butler: ESPN, Malcolm Butler to Pay Taxes on Prize:
The truck that Chevrolet presented to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady as Super Bowl MVP will be given directly by the company to teammate Malcolm Butler instead.
Chevy spokesman Michael Albano said the truck, a loaded Colorado, will be given to the cornerback, who intercepted Russell Wilson's pass on the goal line to seal the Patriots' win in Super Bowl XLIX last Sunday. The event will take place in the Boston area Tuesday, Albano said.
If Brady received the truck himself and gave it to Butler, he would have to count its value -- which Albano said was worth roughly $35,000 -- as income and he would be taxed on it, said Robert Raiola, a CPA who specializes in sports tax management with O'Connor Davies in New Jersey. Brady also might have had to pay a gift tax. U.S. residents can give $5,430,000 worth of gifts in their lifetime before having to pay tax on what they give. It is not known how close Brady might be to that limit.
Now instead of Brady paying income taxes, Butler will have to, according to Raiola. The approximately $35,000 value will now count as income to Butler, and he will pay taxes on that.
Brian Williams, Helicopters, and Tax
For those following the revelation that NBC News anchor Brian Williams has been wrongly claiming for over a decade that a helicopter he was riding in was struck by enemy fire in Iraq: The New Yorker, The Fact-Checked Adventures of Brian Williams, by Andy Borowitz:
The fact-checking department at NBC News has verified that the following anecdotes told by Brian Williams actually happened. ...
4. In May of 2011, the elevator in my building suffered an equipment malfunction en route to my penthouse. I was stuck talking to a tax attorney for seven minutes before I was rescued.
(Hat Tip: Erik Jensen.)
The Tax Consequences of Tom Brady's Gift of His Super Bowl MVP Truck to Malcolm Butler
Forbes, IRS Is Coming After Tom Brady's Super Bowl MVP Truck, by Ryan Ellis:
The world champion New England Patriots will celebrate with the city of Boston today in the now customary duck boat parade downtown. It would be fitting if an IRS agent was waiting for quarterback Tom Brady at the end of the route.
Specifically, he might want to talk about Brady's new truck. You know, the 2015 Chevy Colorado he won as Super Bowl MVP. The same truck Brady wants to hand over to Patriots rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler, who won the Super Bowl on a last second interception.
The truck is considered a taxable prize under the Internal Revenue Code, section 74. It's taxed at Tom Brady's marginal income tax rate of 39.6 percent. ... Tom Brady will pay ($34,000 x 39.6 percent) in taxes, or $13,500 in income tax on this prize. ...
The Super Bowl and Tax
Forbes, Super Bowl XLIX Tax Tale Of The Tape: Who Ya' Got?, by Tony Nitti:
Do me a favor. Put down the Form 1040 you're working on, take a good look in the mirror, and be brutally honest with yourself: are you a typical tax accountant?
Do you find yourself noticing the time of day, or the exit number on the highway, and thinking, "that's a great Code section!"
Is your sense of humor limited to giggling uncontrollably at tax-themed double entendres like "hot assets" and "dynamic scoring?"
Did you name your sibling labradors Bitker and Eustice?
If so, that's OK. You are what you are. ... [F]or 4-6 hours this weekend, you're going to have to pretend that you're not the introverted, odd person you clearly are. And that isn't going to be easy.
But I can help.
D.C. Tax Law Gave Washington Nationals Unique Advantage in Inking Max Scherzer to $210 Million Deal
Washington Post, Can Max Scherzer's Contract be a Model for Other Superstars Thinking of Washington?:
Washington may have at least one advantage over other pro sports cities when it comes to wooing high-priced free agent talent: the District's tax laws.
Scott Boras, the agent for pitcher Max Scherzer and several other Nationals stars who has negotiated some of the biggest contracts in sports, said local tax laws allowed Scherzer and the Nationals to hammer out a creative contract that could provide a blueprint of sorts for other area teams courting big-name talent. That includes the kind of deals that likely would be required for the Wizards to lure, say, Kevin Durant back to his home town or for the Nationals to keep slugger Bryce Harper. ...
Boras said Scherzer's $210 million contract is not only historic in terms of its size but noteworthy in structure. The deal takes advantage of District tax laws to save Scherzer money — possibly in the seven or eight figures — and keeps the team's annual salary payments down. It would not have worked in New York, Los Angeles or most other baseball cities, he said. ...
[B]y 1962, King had settled with the IRS for a mere $500 dollars for a deduction that he could not explain to auditors. Two years earlier, in February of 1960, a Montgomery, Alabama Grand Jury made King the first person ever charged in that state with criminal tax fraud charges, alleging that in 1956 and 1958, that King through the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization that had led the successful bus boycotts in that city and was the precursor to the SCLC, had failed to pay the state approximately $45,000 that it was owed in taxes. ...
Looking back, that King was even indicted proved and proves that when necessary, there were and remain many other Americans who were and are more than willing to use the IRS and other tax authorities to harrass individuals and organizations with which they disagree.
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January 19, 2015 in Celebrity Tax Lore, IRS News, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
More Proof That Tax Lawyers Are Cooler Than Rock Stars
(Hat Tip: Ahmed Taha.)
Lewis Black Hammers Black Friday 'Tax' as 'Most Anti-American Thing I've Ever Heard'
News Busters, Lewis Black Hammers Black Friday 'Tax' as 'Most Anti-American Thing I've Ever Heard':
During Wednesday evening's edition of The Daily Show on the Comedy Central cable network, comedian Lewis Black devoted his "Back in Black" segment to slamming the tradition of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and a time when stores open early and shoppers arrive before the sun comes up to buy items at huge discounts.
Black claimed that even worse than the rush to get tremendous bargains is the practice of "taxing" stores in malls that stay closed so their employees can spend the time with their families. "That's the most anti-American thing I've ever heard!" Black exclaimed. "It's like Sharia law for capitalism!"
"Next week is my favorite day of the year," Black stated, but he wasn't talking about Thanksgiving. Instead, it's Black Friday because if you "trample a guy on a Tuesday afternoon, you get charged with assault. But do it in a Walmart on Black Friday, you get a PS4. But this year," he noted, "something about Black Friday is twisting everyone's panties." ...
The most disturbing clip came from Steve Doocy on the Fox & Friends morning program, who quoted an email from a viewer as stating: "You have got to be kidding me. … Just go to work. You can celebrate by eating a turkey sandwich while on break. [I] did it for years and was well compensated."
"Sure, Thanksgiving is just as good eating a cold sandwich alone in the back of a Kmart," Black snarled. "You don't even need cranberry sauce. You can season it with your tears."
November 28, 2014 in Books, Celebrity Tax Lore, Tax | Permalink | Comments (1)
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The UC Berkeley Basic Needs Security Committee is proud to announce the launch of its new website as part of celebrating Nutrition Week (March 13-16). The website outlines a variety of resources available to students in the areas of food and housing security, financial wellness, and how to access emergency resources on- and off-campus.
The website highlights groups doing outreach education and skill-building, including information about financial literacy workshops and credit courses about personal food security and wellness.
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Hans Erdenberger – Principal
Hans Erdenberger, Principal of ENV NJ has been a licensed architect since 1987. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from New Jersey School of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology where he is currently a member of the Deans Executive Council and has served on several mentorship committees as well as being a visiting design critic. Hans is also a certified member of the National Council of Architectural Review Board.
Hans started his career in the construction industry before joining a medium sized architectural group in North Jersey where he quickly rose to the position of Vice President. He later joined a large international AE firm as Principal before starting his own firm in the fall of 2009. Throughout his professional career Hans has compiled an impressive portfolio of work in the academic, commercial, hospitality, retail and residential practice areas. His projects range from renovation projects of all sizes to major new developments.

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There were a number of highlights (and a few lowlights) in the Sye Ten Bruggencate v. Matt Dillahunty debate (link). One highlight was when an audience member asked Sye if there was anything Sye couldn't be wrong - and Sye pointed out the essentials. The follow up was "and what are those?" Sye did a great job of immediately presenting the gospel. It was a great opportunity, and Sye nailed it.
Although we all know God exists, we can become vain in our imaginations to the point of denying God's existence or even forgetting about God. How sad is the plight of atheists!


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    public function testConstruct()
    {
        $token = new Token();
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    }

    public function testToString()
    {
        $token = new Token();
        $this->assertSame('', (string) $token);
    }

    public function testGetToken()
    {
        $token = new Token();
        $this->assertNull($token->getToken());
    }

    /**
     * @depends testGetToken
     */
    public function testSetToken()
    {
        $token = new Token();
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    public function testGetResource()
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    /**
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    public function testSetResource()
    {
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        $token->setResource('test');
        $this->assertSame('test', $token->getResource());
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    public function testGetFacade()
    {
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    /**
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    public function testSetFacade()
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    public function testSetPairingExpiration()
    {
        $token = new Token();
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SRI introduces new girls hockey program
By William Geoghegan, Sports Editor, 08/19/21, 10:30AM EDT
By William Geoghegan, Sports Editor, The Independent
https://www.independentri.com/sports/article_149e232a-00e4-11ec-905e-6703a2ab587b.html
Girls hockey players in South County will no longer have to rack up miles or play on co-ed teams to get their opportunities on the ice.
The Southern Rhode Island Youth Hockey Association is introducing a girls hockey program beginning this fall, with four teams across three age groups set to suit up as the SRI Sirens. It is just the second girls hockey program in the state, joining the Cranston-based Rhode Island Sting.
"These are SRI players. Most of them grew up in our organization," said SRI president Jordan Novak Sr. "As soon as they got to be an older age, if they wanted to play girls hockey, they had to go elsewhere. We have one of the best facilities in the region. We have an established board, we have the coaches who are willing to do it. We knew we had the ability to field a team and give them more of an opportunity."
The Sirens will field two U12 teams, one U14 squad and one U19 team. The teams will play in the Eastern Select Girls Hockey League, which features teams from around New England, mostly in the Boston area. The U12 and U14 teams will play year-round. The U19 season begins in the fall before giving way to high school hockey in the winter. The Sirens will practice and play home games at Boss Arena on the campus of the University of Rhode Island.
The SRI Junior Rams have been a fixture at Boss Arena since the early 2000s, when the arena's construction provided new hockey opportunities for an area of the state that had never had home ice. Boys teams at the local high schools got their start around the same time, and the South County Storm girls team – a co-op program drawing players from Narragansett, North Kingstown and South Kingstown High School – made its debut in 2011.
Girls who want to play hockey grow up skating on co-ed teams that tend to be made up mostly of boys. That arrangement has worked well enough at the younger age groups and will remain. The new Sirens program will provide an opportunity for girls at a time when they might be tempted to drift away from the sport.
"When players hit the age of 14, that's when hitting is allowed," Novak said. "We saw a drop off on enrollment of girls when they hit that age. If they're not playing all girls hockey, they quit the sport. It didn't make a lot of sense to lose girls' interest due to the contact. They needed a non-contact option for playing, to bridge that gap before they get to high school."
According to USA Hockey, participation in girls and women's hockey has grown by 34 percent over the past 10 years. The SRI program saw it first-hand, with more and more girls signing up for the Junior Rams. That sparked the creation of the Sirens.
"We've had a huge influx of girls coming into the program," Novak said. "We had a U14 team that is primarily run by one of our coaches, Conn Kelly. He kind of started the movement. His daughter Maeve is a very good player. We had a bunch of girls around that age range. They started to build the foundation of the program, getting the girls together, doing tournaments, and that's really where the momentum started."
The plan was to start a girls program in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic took that off the table. A year later, it's go time on an even bigger scale than originally planned. Sixty-six players are on the rosters of the four Sirens teams, hailing from South County, Newport County, Kent County and Southeastern Connecticut.
"We were in a unique position with our organization and the amount of girls we had in our program, that we felt it was viable to start this next program and bring in girls from around the region, that there was an enough opportunity to make some additional teams," Novak said.
The Sirens program has already received support from their rink-mates, the URI women's club hockey team, in the form of offering advice to players and attending practices.
"When the girls get to watch them play, it creates inspiration," Novak said. "And now it's kind of building on itself where the girls from the older age groups are inspiring the younger girls. We're starting to see more and more girls get right into it. Now it's just a matter of improving things to get girls hockey to the same level of boys hockey in terms of interest and opportunities."
The Sirens will make their debut at Boss Arena with a three-game set on Saturday, Sept. 11.
It'll be the beginning of a new era.
"It's going to be a big day," Novak said. "A day that's a long time coming. And a day that says girls hockey is really here, that we want to provide that opportunity. I think it only goes up from here."
IndependentRI.com
Email: newsroom@independentri.com
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Canon offers a complete series of HDTV ENG/EFP lenses, equipped with the e-II Drive Unit, the next generation drive unit included with the rotary encoders. An encoder is a digital potential detector that makes the zoom/focus control much more precise and repeatable. Also, the Encoders will enable the lens to be simply integrated into a virtual studio system, which usually called for optional Encoder Units to be put on the zoom/focus ring of the lens. By adopting a unique technology, Canon has made the Encoder Device surprisingly small to be installed in the existing drive unit without changing its size or weight.


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Home Ghana Pricing How To Buy A Car In Ghana And Pay In Installment
How To Buy A Car In Ghana And Pay In Installment. January 2023
Everyone wishes to possess a car, but they are not inexpensive. They are frequently in the thousands of Ghana cedis, which is more than twice the ordinary Ghanaian's annual income.
We all know that having a car is a must, especially if you have a family or have experienced the inconvenient nature of public transportation. Today, though, I have some wonderful news for you. If you need a car right now, you don't have to save for years. Measures have been put in place to ensure that anyone can acquire the car of their dreams. In this essay, I'll show you how to buy a car in Ghana and pay for it in installments. Let's get started.
What Does It Mean To Buy A Car In Installment?
Buying a car in installments, on the other hand, entails gradually completing the purchase of your vehicle. It simply implies taking out a loan to purchase a vehicle. You can take the car home and drive it wherever you like while you finish the purchase. It's on par with yours.
However, before you can take the automobile home, you must first make a deposit. The remainder of the car's bill is then paid in installments. In most circumstances, payments are made in monthly installments over a period of 12 to 72 months, depending on the amount of the loan and the terms of your agreement with your loan provider.
The additional interest is a downside of buying a car in installments. It's critical to select the lowest-interest car installment payment plan.
Options To Own And Pay For A Car In Installments
If you want to own that much-needed transportation and pay later as a Ghanian, you have three major possibilities. These are the following:
Get an auto loan from a bank
Get an instalment payment option from car dealers.
Work and Pay alternative
How To Own A Car And Pay In Installments From Bank Auto Loans
In Ghana, a number of banks provide auto lending services to its consumers. In Ghana, these banks provide auto loans:
CalBank
Societe General
Stanbic Bank
Republic Bank Ghana Limited
Izwe Ghana
Each of these banks has its own set of terms and conditions, as well as a different loan period and interest rate. Before making a decision, it's a good idea to do some research, compare, and contrast the requirements of various backs.
How To Get An Auto Loan From Ghana Banks:
You first have to approach a credible banking institution.
You will be required to apply for the loan by filling a form.
Once you have applied for the loan, the banks will assess your eligibility and they will decide on whether or not you qualify for the loan you are asking for.
Eligibility is determined by a lot of factors. Critical amongst them is your ability to pay back the loan. Hence, the bank wants to know if you have a stable source of income from which your monthly payment installments will be deducted from.
If you qualify, the bank will offer you the loan in exchange for security to ensure you repay the loan.
How To Get A Instalment Payment Option From Car Dealers In Ghana:
In Ghana, some reputable automobile dealers offer consumers the option of paying in installments. If you're looking for a reliable car installment payment option in Ghana, look no further:
De Georgia Motors
Kantanka Automobile
Erata Motors
Nimdy Motors
Auto Plaza
Mensch Automobile Ltd
Jensarp Enterprise
Westend Homes
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Diana, Goddess of the Hunt. She is the embodiment of feminine strength, beauty, athletic grace and courage. Her legend is older than Ancient Greece and the Vedic scriptures. But what does she hunt? She is the energy of the stars, shooting her arrows through the heavens. She hunts the Darkness of the Night.


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L'incidente del volo Avensa 007 si verificò l'11 marzo 1983, quando un Douglas DC-9 di Avensa, operante un volo regionale dall'aeroporto di Caracas all'aeroporto di Barquisimeto, in Venezuela, atterrò con violenza ed uscì di pista esplodendo.

L'incidente
I piloti del Douglas DC-9, codice di immatricolazione YV-67C, decisero di effettuare un avvicinamento ILS nel mezzo di una fitta nebbia all'aeroporto di Barquisimeto, la loro destinazione. Il DC-9 atterrò bruscamente a 1.015 metri oltre la soglia della pista, causando il collasso del carrello d'atterraggio. Successivamente il velivolo uscì di pista ed esplose. L'aereo trasportava 45 passeggeri e 5 membri dell'equipaggio, di cui morirono un membro dell'equipaggio e 22 passeggeri, mentre dieci passeggeri rimasero gravemente feriti.

L'indagine
Le probabili cause sono state indicate come "decisioni sbagliate prese in volo e supervisione inadeguata del volo".

Note

Voci correlate
 Volo Aeroflot 1912
 Volo Uni Air 873
 Incidenti aerei di voli commerciali
 Douglas DC-9
 Avensa

Incidenti e disastri aerei di Douglas DC-9
Incidenti e disastri aerei di Avensa
Incidenti e disastri aerei in Venezuela
Incidenti e disastri aerei nel 1983
Incidenti e disastri aerei causati da errore del pilota
Incidenti e disastri aerei causati dalle condizioni meteorologiche

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When you start to search for a new car insurance policy, you will soon realize that there are a multitude of companies in Hiko, NV to choose from. Many people believe that they can only get good rates from well-known national companies, but there are actually many other businesses that do not do have a national advertising that can actually offer exceptional rates. Of course, you do need to verify the authenticity of each company that you find as they may not have the best overall rating. However, if you are able to use websites that can connect you with different companies that have already been verified, you simply need to choose one of them that will offer you the lowest price. Here are a few of the cheap car insurance online tips that you can use when searching for your coverage in Nevada, regardless of the type of vehicle that you drive or how much coverage you actually need.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using EntitiesToDTOs.Domain;
using EntitiesToDTOs.Domain.Enums;
using EntitiesToDTOs.Properties;

namespace EntitiesToDTOs.Helpers
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helps in the tasks relative to Entity Associations of the EDMX
    /// </summary>
    internal class EntityAssociationHelper
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the Multiplicity Type of an Association End node of the EDMX Document.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="associationEndNode">Association End node of the EDMX Document from where to take the Multiplicity Type.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static EntityAssociationMultiplicity GetMultiplicity(XElement associationEndNode)
        {
            string multiplicityValue =
                associationEndNode.Attribute(EdmxNodeAttributes.End_Multiplicity).Value;

            switch (multiplicityValue)
            {
                case AppConstants.EDMX_ASSOCIATION_MULTIPLICITY_ZERO_OR_ONE:
                    return EntityAssociationMultiplicity.ZeroOrOne;

                case AppConstants.EDMX_ASSOCIATION_MULTIPLICITY_ONE:
                    return EntityAssociationMultiplicity.One;

                case AppConstants.EDMX_ASSOCIATION_MULTIPLICITY_MANY:
                    return EntityAssociationMultiplicity.Many;

                default:
                    string type = associationEndNode.Attribute(EdmxNodeAttributes.End_Type).Value;
                    string role = associationEndNode.Attribute(EdmxNodeAttributes.End_Role).Value;

                    throw new ApplicationException(string.Format(Resources.Error_NotRecognizedMultiplicity,
                        multiplicityValue, type, role));
            }
        }
    }
}


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MAN ARRESTED AFTER RESCUE CREWS SEARCH LAKE CONROE FOR A DOWNED AIRCRAFT
Friday afternoon was quite busy for emergency crews in the Lake Conroe area. A boat fire was reported on the lake near the long bridge which fire, EMS, and Constables responded to. A short time later a motorcycle head-on crash just west of the FM 1097 bridge. Then a 911 call came in from a single-engine airplane pilot who said he lost his radio and transponder and was trying to make it to Conroe Airport. He stated he was over Lake Conroe and told 911 operators he was scared he wasn't going to make it. He was very upset and was even crying. The phone then went dead. Fearing a crash emergency crews started searching the Lake area. The FAA was notified and immediately started to review radar logs to try to pinpoint the last location of the aircraft. No calls came in from residents or citizens on the lake. With that and the FAA unable to locate anything they closed it out as a hoax after an extensive review of logs and searching. A Montgomery County Precinct 2 Sergeant saw all the resources wasted on this decision to keep checking and backtracking. Just after midnight, he went to the home of Richard Lloyd Miner Jr., 55, of 37 Champion Villa in Houston. He was arrested on a charge of making a false alarm or report. A person commits an offense under Section 42.06, Texas Penal Code, if he or she knowingly initiates, communicates or circulates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that he or she knows is false or baseless and that would ordinarily: (1) cause action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail. Miner has an extensive record. He was released just two weeks ago from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice where he was incarcerated for stalking and DWI third or more.
HIS BOND HAS BEEN SET AT $1500
5/3/94-HARRIS COUNTY -ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY-1 YEAR PROBATION
11/25/99-MONTGOMERY COUNTY -DWI -1 YEAR PROBATION
11/6/2001 -HARRIS COUNTY- EVADING ARREST WITH VEHICLE-5 YEARS PROBATION
1/3/2004- HARRIS COUNTY -DWI 2ND -30 DAYS JAIL
1/3/2004 -HARRIS COUNTY – FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION -30 DAYS JAIL
1/3/04- HARRIS COUNTY -ESCAPE -DISMISSED
7/12/08 -MONTGOMERY COUNTY -DWI 3RD OR MORE -5 YEARS PROBATION LATER REVOKED- 2 YEARS TDC
10/27/12 -NUECES COUNTY- VIOLATION PROTECTIVE ORDER -30 DAYS JAIL
08/11/15 -HARRIS COUNTY-CRIMINAL TRESPASS – 10 DAYS JAIL
05/19/16- HARRIS COUNTY -CRIMINAL TRESPASS -3 DAYS JAIL
7/27/16- HARRIS COUNTY -THEFT FROM PERSON -45 DAYS JAIL
3/21/17- HARRIS COUNTY -ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY -30 DAYS JAIL
4/8/17- HARRIS COUNTY- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF -4 DAYS JAIL
4/15/17- HARRIS COUNTY -CRIMINAL TRESPASS -10 DAYS JAIL
6/4/17 -HARRIS COUNTY -OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY -10 DAYS JAIL
6/11/17 -HARRIS COUNTY -OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY -10 DAYS JAIL
7/3/17- HARRIS COUNTY -STALKING-4 YEARS TDCJ
9/14/19-TERRORISTIC THREATT-HARRIS COUNTY- DISMISSED (HE ATTEMPTED TO BUY A $12,000 CAR WITH A DEBIT CARD AND WHEN REFUSED TO GIVE DRIVERS LICENSE FOR ID THREW WATER ON BUSINESS OWNER AND THREATENED TO BLOW BUSINESS UP.


text:
import 'dotenv/config';

import path from 'path';
import Hapi from 'hapi';

import * as database from './database';
import { UserService } from './services';

const server = new Hapi.Server({ port: 3000, host: '0.0.0.0' });

(async() => {
  await database.connect();

  // Setup hapi auth
  await server.register(require('hapi-auth-jwt2'));

  // Setup hapi auth
  server.auth.strategy('jwt', 'jwt', {
    key: 'testsecret', // TODO: Add configuration...
    validate: async (decoded, h) => ({ isValid: await UserService.validateJwtToken(decoded) }),
    verifyOptions: { algorithms: ['HS256'] }
  });

  // Register our endpoints
  await server.register({
    plugin: require('@moviecast/hapi-endpoint'),
    options: {
      path: path.join(__dirname, 'endpoints'),
      validVersions: [1],
      version: 1
    }
  });

  await server.start();

  console.info(`Server started at ${server.info.uri}`);
})();

process.on('unhandledRejection', (err) => {
  console.log(err);
});


Say goodbye to never being able to find that pen!
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Beatrice Borromeo - journalist and model
Glamorous aristocrat who specialises in gritty real-life stories
Beatrice Borromeo built a career as a
hard-hitting news journalist
The journalist Beatrice Borromeo, a descendant of one of Italy's oldest aristocratic families and married to a member of the Monegasque royal family, was born on this day in 1985 in Innichen in the German-speaking province of South Tyrol in northeast Italy.
Although born into wealthy high society, Borromeo was driven by her political and humanitarian beliefs from an early age, taking part in demonstrations in Milan against the government of Silvio Berlusconi in her teenage years and deciding to pursue a career in journalism, working full time for the Italian daily newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Since marrying long-time boyfriend Pierre Casiraghi - grandson of Prince Rainier III and the actress Grace Kelly - and having two children, she has devoted much of her energy towards making documentary films, but always on hard-hitting topics such as climate refugees, the women of 'Ndrangheta - the Calabrian mafia - and the slum children of Caivano, an impoverished area northeast of Naples.
Her looks and family connections have also helped her to have a parallel career in modelling, in her early days as a catwalk model for high-end fashion houses and more recently as the face of Italian jewellery house Buccellati and as the 2021 Dior ambassador.
Beatrice's father is Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona, through whom she is descended from the 16th century Archbishop of Milan, Charles (Carlo) Borromeo, a leading Catholic figure who led the movement to combat the spread of Protestantism and after his death in 1584 was made a saint.
Beatrice was in demand as a model for
Milan's top fashion houses
Her mother is Countess Donna Paola Marzotto, the daughter of fashion designer Marta Marzotto. Her uncle, Count Matteo Marzotto, is the former president and director of the Valentino fashion house.
A measure of the Borromeo family's wealth is that they own most of the Borromean Islands in Lago Maggiore and many other estates in Lombardy and Piedmont.
Eligible and beautiful, Beatrice could have led the life of a socialite before settling into a suitable marriage but instead went on from high school to obtain a law degree at the Bocconi University in Milan before studying for a Masters in Journalism at Columbia University in New York, where she graduated in 2012.
By then she was already a working journalist, writing for Newsweek magazine and the American news website Daily Beast, contributing to TV shows including the Rai Due current affairs talk show Anno Zero and hosting her own weekly radio show.
Her journalistic scoops included an exclusive interview with Roberto Saviano, whose Mafia exposé Gomorrah had forced him to go into hiding, and, while working as a reporter for Il Fatto Quotidiano, and an interview with Marco dell'Utri, a co-founder of Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, in which he admitted entering politics in the hope of obtaining immunity from arrest on various criminal charges.
She also wrote a story revealing that Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the only son of Umberto II, the last King of Italy, had admitted in a recorded conversation that he was guilty of a murder of which he had been cleared in a Paris court. The prince sued Borromeo's newspaper but a court judgment ruled in favour of the newspaper.
Beatrice Borromeo with the Monaco royal
Pierre Casiraghi at their wedding in 2015
Her television documentary work has involved topics such as drug trafficking, underage prostitution, toxic waste dumping by the Camorra in the Naples area, and forced child marriage in the developing world.
In an interview with the magazine Glamour, Borromeo said that her interests had expanded from politics and corruption to numerous causes around the world, explaining that she was "afraid of wasting my life in doing things that help only myself."
"I don't want to go away from this earth without having improved at least a couple of lives," she said.
She admitted she spent much of her working life dressed in jeans and T-shirts, or a jacket and trousers if interviewing a politician face to face, yet her wedding to Casiraghi, the younger son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, was anything but low key.
After a civil ceremony in July, 2015, in the gardens of the Prince's Palace of Monaco, they were joined in a religious ceremony a few days later on Isola Bella, one of the Borromean Islands in Lago Maggiore.
The media coverage of the event made much of Beatrice having four bridal dresses - a pale pink, gold laced Valentino dress for the civil ceremony at the Prince's Palace, a long-sleeved bohemian gown by Valentino at a rehearsal for the religious ceremony, an ivory-laced Armani Privé gown for the Isola Bella service itself, and an Armani Privé silk tulle gown in glistening white for the reception.
She and Casiraghi have two children - Stefano (born February 2017) and Francesco (born. May 2018).
The colossal Sancarlone
statue outside Arona
Beatrice's father inherited the title of Count of Arona, the town on Lago Maggiore that was the birthplace of Saint Charles Borromeo. Situated in the province of Novara on the Piedmont side of the lake, around 70km (43 miles) northwest of Milan, it is a popular destination for tourists. One of its main sights is the Sancarlone, a giant statue of Saint Charles Borromeo made from bronze. It is second in size only to the Statue of Liberty and is believed to have been looked at by the architects of the Statue of Liberty when they were producing their own design. Built on a hill overlooking the lake near the ancestral castle of the Borromeo family, it was designed by Giovan Battista Crespi and stands 23.5m (77ft) tall on a granite pedestal measuring 11.5m (38ft). A series of narrow stairs and ladders on the inside allows visitors to peer through the eyes and ears.
Isola Bella, with is elaborate palace and
gardens, is an island in Lago Maggiore
Until 1632, Isola Bella - 320m long by 400m wide - was a rocky outcrop in Lago Maggiore about 400m offshore from the town of Stresa, occupied only by a tiny fishing village. It was in that year that Carlo III of Borromeo decided it would be home to a palace dedicated to his wife, Isabella D'Adda, and commissioned the Milan architect Angelo Crivelli to build it. Carlo III did not live to see the palace finished after a devastating outbreak of the plague caused construction to be halted. It was completed instead by his sons, Gilberto III and Vitaliano VI, with the help of another Milanese architect, Carlo Fontana. The palace, with its adjoining terraced gardens, became a place of sumptuous parties and theatrical events for the nobility of Europe.
1497: The birth of lute player and composer Francesco Canova da Milano
1750: The birth of composer Antonio Salieri
1943: The birth of footballer and politician Gianni Rivera
1954: The birth of astronaut Umberto Guidoni
Labels: Aristocracy, Beatrice Borromeo, Fashion, Journalism, Journalists, Nobility, Politics
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo – aristocrat and busin...
Alessandro Galilei - architect
Carla Fracci – ballerina
Domenico Dolce - fashion designer
Ugo Bassi - priest and patriot
Francesco Ferruccio - military leader


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StumbleUpon's Platform Getting Advertisers' Attention
Earlier this year, StumbleUpon launched its new advertising system, which it said helps cost-effectively deliver advertiser content to targeted audiences, while increasing the opportunity for content to go viral. Since then, the platform has experienced some pretty significant growth.
The company announced today that it has experienced 20% growth since the launch in March, with about 2,000 active monthly customers running about 3,000 campaigns daily.
"Brand marketers and advertisers have recognized that StumbleUpon Ads can attract highly targeted audiences to their web content quickly and cost-effectively," said CEO Garrett Camp. "We're able to match each sponsored page to the users most likely to enjoy it by taking into account their expressed preferences as well as the interest-level relationships between them and other users. This personalized approach results in over 70 percent of paid placements receiving a positive endorsement – which we call a 'thumb-up'- from viewers. No other interest-based ad platform so effectively connects advertisers to potential customers while delivering viral traffic to a like-minded audience."
The company says that over 40,000 advertisers have used its ad platform, and year-over-year ad inclusion rate has doubled. Its number of daily active advertisers has increased by about 30%.
Mint.com's VP of Marketing said, "StumbleUpon Ads is the most cost-effective form of advertising that we have used, including pay-per-click advertising on a popular social networking site. We've been very pleased with the high quality of traffic and conversion rates StumbleUpon provides, and have seen more than half of that traffic appear organically."
Back in May, StumbleUpon claimed to be the #1 social media traffic source for the U.S. This came a couple weeks after Statcounter called StumbleUpon the #2 traffic source on a global scale, just behind Facebook.
In June, StumbleUpon reached its 10 million-user milestone. Imagine the kind of traffic it could drive if it had Facebook's 500 million.
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I've talked about it over and over again – when you're reaching for more food yet you know you're full, or you're reaching for food for non-hunger reasons, you have a need which is not being met.
Before continuing, I want to clarify and emphasize that emotional eating in and of itself is NOT bad or unhealthy. In fact, sometimes emotional eating can be the healthiest thing to do! Eating grandma's homemade cookies, celebrating a special occasion, getting yourself through "that time of the month" with some chocolate, tasting a fresh strawberry that you just picked… the list goes on and on. Eating for purely emotional reasons can be a beautiful experience, if the intention is to savor both the food and the moment. I don't think that emotions and food should be or ever could be separated.
With that being said, the kind of emotional eating that I'm referring to here is the painful kind. The kind where your body is telling you please no more, and you want to stop, but you literally can't. The kind where you're not hungry whatsoever, but then you pass a Krispy Kreme and next think you know there's one in your hand. The kind that gives you a numbed-out sort of high followed by a bloated and regretful low. It's these instances of emotional eating that are based in a need not being met.
When I first heard this concept, I honestly thought it was a bunch of B.S. I really did, because when I heard the word "need" it made no sense to me. In those moments when I just wanted to binge on a tub of ice cream, it felt like there was literally nothing else in the world I needed besides that. I didn't want anything but food. There were times I would pause right before polishing off a row of cookies and I would ask myself in desperation, what do I really need? The only answer I ever heard was FOOD! It took me a long time to realize that there were in fact needs not being met within me, but here's the thing – I had to learn the hard way that in order to be able to meet my unmet needs, let alone be aware of them in the first place, I had to change the way I fundamentally lived my life. I learned that whether your struggle is with food, drinking, drugs, gambling, shopping, or ANYTHING, it's in fact not about that thing at all. It's about WHY you feel the need to reach for a coping mechanism in the first place – and that is all based in chronically unmet needs. By the time you're reaching for your 20th Oreo, you are already meeting your need with food, so asking yourself what you need in that moment is futile. You are meeting you chronically unmet need through food, so of course you don't want anything else but food!
One of the most important things to understand is that the list of potential unmet needs is endless, and they extend far beyond food, water and shelter. You may need something incredibly small and seemingly trivial, like a cup of tea under a big blanket, to write down your to-do list, to sleep, to be hugged, or, surprisingly enough, to simply acknowledge your emotions! You may need something a little more involved, like eating more regularly throughout the day, or talking to someone who has been on your mind, or to leave the crowded party that's draining you. On the biggest scale possible, you may need a new career, or to start seeing a therapist, or to move to a new home. Don't get scared though – you're not doomed to engage in your detrimental behavior until you've quit your job. If what you need is something big that can't be done immediately, there are still helpful, positive ways to take care of your emotions. The point is, I guarantee you that when the urge to engage in your coping mechanism starts to bubble up, ten out of ten times you are uncomfortable in some way. Maybe you're physically uncomfortable, like being too cold or in a poor position, or again, maybe you're just tired. Maybe you're thinking stressful thoughts about what happened at work today, or how you're going to get that thing done tomorrow, or why that person never called you back. Maybe you're restless. Maybe you're sad. Maybe you need to create something. Maybe you need to zone out. Maybe you need to exercise. Maybe you need to rearrange your furniture. Maybe you need to not shadow everything your partner does. Or maybe, you need something to look forward to. The possibilities are endless and completely specific to you. That's why all those self-help books that say "just go for a walk" or "just take a bubble bath" are not helpful at all; you and only you can know what you need at any given moment.
But before you can even hope to meet your true needs, something else must be practiced first – being in touch with your feelings.
Essentially, we must become emotionally intelligent enough to identify and validate our feelings, rather than pushing them down and then needing to rely on detrimental behaviors and distractions to make us feel better.
We need to practice being aware of our feelings and attending to them ALL THE TIME, not just as a hurried method of avoiding emotional eating, for example.
Because your urge to abuse food (or anything) is your way of coping with a life that feels less than great. If you live a life that truly feels good, you won't get the urge to use a coping mechanism in the first place. I don't want you to learn coping mechanisms for your coping mechanisms. I want you to live a life which feels so good that you don't need to cope with it. You eat emotionally because you have made a habit of resisting and stuffing down your emotions; it's not something you do only right before you get the urge to overeat. We don't like to admit when we're feeling down, anxious, uncomfortable, angry, or just plain "off". For some of us, even happiness can be an unsettling emotion! If the emotion is big and noticeable enough then yes, we may admit to it and work with it. The thing is, not all emotions are loud and clear, yet all emotions are valid and need attention.
You've experienced the consequences of ignoring your internal reality first hand. Now it's time to learn from that experience and make a complete lifestyle change. It's time to create a new habit, a practice, of actually caring about how you feel. You'll find that if you make your emotional life a priority, then the occasion to need an emotional crutch such as food simply won't exist anymore. Know that your particular struggle is not the problem in and of itself – it's a symptom.