It was November 13, 2012, and 12th-grade Waller High School English teacher Elizabeth Ethredge was teaching a class on storytelling when things went off course. By all accounts of the day (taken from a report from the school that was later included in a lawsuit), the teacher started complaining that a Cy-Fair ISD student had stolen a computer from her son.
In one version of events, the eight-year Waller veteran urged her students to contact the miscreant on Facebook and make bogus offers to buy the computer back. (Ethredge herself is a user not of Facebook but Twitter, where she is a self-described "wife, annoying mom, the Football Lady, and a teacher of literature and life.") In another version, the teacher told her students that she wouldn't be opposed to their harassing the thief. And a third version, reportedly corroborated by multiple students, accuses Ethredge of wasting precious class time by giving out the alleged thief's Facebook information and cellphone number and urging her pupils to put the bandit "on blast" until he coughed up the computer.
All was calm for more than four months. Then, this past March, according to court documents, student Dylan Wells burst into Ethredge's classroom ahead of the bell in "a loud and boisterous manner." Ethredge happened to be chatting on her cell at the time, making the intrusion doubly annoying. Wells was sent to the principal. Enter another student, Demi Gray, "already hurling insults and exhibiting an extremely flippant attitude" in solidarity with Wells.
In principal Brian Merrell's office, Gray and Wells sprung what Ethredge and her lawyer Susan Soto have branded a hastily concocted trap. The duo spilled the beans about Ethredge putting her kid's alleged antagonist "on blast" back in November, spending too much class time on her cell, over-sharing personal info, and working on her grad degree during class time. "Multiple students in multiple class periods confirmed," according to the resulting report, that during class time Ethredge had organized what amounted to a mob of cyber-bullies.
Ethredge later confessed to telling her students that she "would not be opposed" to them harassing the perp. "But I didn't tell them they could do it on class time," the teacher reportedly said. On April 3, Ethredge was suspended with pay, and five days later Ethredge was terminated.
Gray taunted on Facebook. Wells chimed in.
Ethredge filed suit in Harris County District Court alleging that her former students had defamed her character, libeled her, inflicted emotional distress upon her, subjected her to public hatred and ridicule, and caused her to seek a physician's care. And those Facebook taunts! What an outrageous breach of acceptable student-teacher relations! She hopes that the kids will be forced to pay court costs and actual and exemplary damages, with interest.
English teacher Elizabeth Ethredge, of the Waller Independent School District, filed a Texas defamation lawsuit against two of her students, Demi Alyssa Gray and Dylan Noble Wells. Ethredge insists Gray and Noble twisted tales about classroom events in retaliation for being disciplined. But Gray and Noble insist the teacher acted inappropriately in class.
The month was November; the year, 2012. According to Ethredge, she was giving her students a State-mandated lesson in oral storytelling. The seasoned teacher opted to regale her class with a tale about her son being robbed at another school in the district.
According to two of her students, Gray and Noble, five months after the lesson, Ethredge encouraged students to hone their spy skills, head over to Facebook, and avenge her son's honor by trying to purchase goods from the person Ethredge believed robbed her [ son ].
The curious part about this case, though, is that the students waited months to "snitch" on their teacher. Why? Well, if you believe Ethredge's side of the story, they only did it in retaliation for her sending them to the principal's office over breaking school dress code rules and being disruptive in class.
Soon after the two students ratted on their teacher, the school district suspended Ethredge with pay. Soon after that, administrators seriously considered termination. As a result, she decided to file an Internet defamation case.
In order to win this case, Ethredge will most likely have to prove material harm – as you can't win a defamation lawsuit over hurt feelings. It's interesting to note that Texas does not have a false light tort – if it did, Ethredge may have been able to file a stronger case. That's not to say she doesn't have a chance at winning this one – especially since administrators are talking termination — but being able to add a false light charge would put more "meat" on the proverbial bone.
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Q: java HOUR_OF_DAY different on different systems I have same Java code running on Windows and Solaris machines. There is part of code that produces different results:
Calendar cd = Calendar.getInstance();
int hour = cd.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
int off = cd.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET)/3600/1000;
System.out.println("current hour " + hour + ", zone offset " + off);

If I run this code at 16:15 localtime, Windows machine returns 16 as hour and zone offset as 2 (I am in GMT+2 time zone and daylight saving is on at the moment). On Solaris I get 15 as hour and same zone offset. "date" command on Solaris shows that time is correct and shows right time zone. Solaris runs Java 1.4 and Windows runs 1.5, although I'm not sure if that makes any difference. Any ideas why results are different?

A: I would guess one machine is not configured for dayligth saving.
Querying the field Calendar.DST_OFFSET should return  daylight savings offset in milliseconds.

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Bad debt is any amount that is uncollectible. If you're sure you won't be able to collect from a delinquent homeowner, you should write off the bad debt.
Common practice for community associations is to budget for amounts that may not be collected due to foreclosure. The budgeted amount is usually a percentage of the receivables that are in attorney collection status. You can accrue bad debt monthly, but in my management company we did not write any amounts off until after a 1st lienholder foreclosure. There are legal ways to try to collect on the remaining debt after foreclosure, but since they are typically costly and don't result in recovering much (if any) funds, this route is rarely taken by community associations.
The community's Board of Directors should establish a policy, by Board motion, that states when to recognize an uncollectible bad debt. The policy establishes the criteria the management company should use when keeping the books. But no write-off of a bad debt should occur when there are still reasonable prospects to collect the amount due. Many times, the amount can still be collected when there is a resale of the home so long as no bankruptcy is in process.
If you are considering writing a policy for bad debt write-offs, or have bad debt on your books that needs to be written off, you should contact the community's CPA for the best accounting advice specific to your association.


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Three presentations will focus on sharing a watershed approach to focus our individual and collective efforts towards sustainability and will show tools available to ensure that those efforts lead to real change, on-the-ground.
There will be beer, wine and pizza available while guests enjoy live music and networking between the presentations.
Noah Smukler, Morro Bay City Council Member, will present the local Spencer's Market LID Stormwater Restoration Project where low impact development is modeled for future renovation and development.
Dominic Roques, PG, is a registered geologist working for the Central Coast Water Board where he is helping to define and pursue the Board's vision of Healthy Watersheds. He has embraced the watershed approach in his work in water quality protection, which has included: creating water quality monitoring programs for citizens; designing pollutant reduction strategies in impaired waterbodies; research and administration of stream and wetland protection; and regulation of urban stormwater. Dominic represents the Water Board on the Executive Committee of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program and also serves on the Water Operations Advisory Committee of his local community.
Darla Inglis, PhD, is the Director of the Central Coast Low Impact Development Center. Darla has provided expertise on many LID projects nationwide including award-winning designs that balance growth with environmental integrity through the use of innovative and sustainable water resource protection strategies and techniques. An integral part of her work is bringing together government agencies, the public, developers, and environmental groups to integrate natural watershed functions as part of livable communities.
SLO Green Build presents a Learn-Build-Save workshop focused on energy-efficient residential renovations and remodels Monday, March 30, 2009 from 6:30 until 8:30 pm.
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Teacher Reflects As Student Founders of ProjectLIT Prepare to Graduate
High school English teacher Jarred Amato has guided his Nashville students and helped create a national, student-led, grassroots literacy and community service movement around middle grade and YA titles by authors including Kwame Alexander, Nic Stone, and Jason Reynolds.
Nic. Kwame. Jason.
High school English teacher Jarred Amato is on a first-name basis with big-name authors. It's not anything he could have imaged three years ago when he read a news article about book deserts to his two sophomore English classes at Maplewood High School in Nashville. The students decided to do something about the issue, a little community project, collect and distribute some books. That was the plan.
They did that—amassing about 15,000 books—only to realize that having books wasn't enough. Kids need quality, culturally relevant books they want to read; books that provide mirrors and windows, spark conversations, promote empathy, kindness, and community. And these books need to be discussed and celebrated in the classroom and beyond.
And so those 50 students and Amato decided to create a community book club. They loved Kwame Alexander's The Crossover and felt it was accessible to everyone. With the title selected, they got to work. Discussion topics, promotion, outreach. It was the humble beginning of ProjectLIT.
With the founding members of the ProjectLIT Community—which has grown into a national, student-led, grassroots literacy and community service movement—graduating this month, Amato can look back on the last three years and reflect on what they have created together.
Jarred Amato (second row, left), Kwame Alexander (center with basketball) and founding members of ProjectLIT.
"When we started, we didn't know there would be a second book," he says. "It was just that this was a book that we loved that could be enjoyed by a lot of people, not just in our classroom, but in our community. We created this shared experience, and it worked.
"Students were writing poetry and creating videos that we just happened to share online with Kwame. We didn't know him at the time. You just keep doing the work. What we've learned is the power of persistence, the power of passion."
There was not only a second book, there has been one book club every month ever since. Some students have transferred or graduated early. Those 50 have dwindled to 35, who do the work each month, sharing responsibilities as their schedules allow. There are no titles. There no hierarchy, but there is no shortage of tasks.
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Students led and planned the monthly book clubs, including coming up with book club and trivia questions, handling promotions, marketing, social media, event planning, performing, and public speaking. They engaged in community service, setting up mini-libraries of the book selections across the city, reading to elementary students, developing a mentorLIT buddies program with the high school's feeder middle school, and took field trips to college campuses to connect with college students about books. They also fundraised, wrote grants, and reflected on their progress. Last summer, ProjectLIT had its first national summit. The students ran it, facilitating panels, presenting, and introducing authors. Finally, of course, they read and connected with additional authors.
The Maplewood H.S. group also became the model for a national network, opening their classroom to show more than 800 ProjectLIT chapters around the country how it can be done. The community is committed to four tenets: empowering students and educators to be leaders and change agents in their communities; connecting passionate students and educators who support and inspire one another; celebrating reading every day in as many classrooms, schools, and communities as possible; and improving literacy attitudes and outcomes, one book and one conversation at a time.
In late April and early May, as the founding chapter rolled out the 40 titles—20 middle grade and 20 YA—for the 2019-20 ProjectLIT Book Club selections, chapter members and authors waited anxiously to see what would come next. Prominent authors tweeted appreciation when their books appear on the list.
The rollout was capped off with a video reveal of the new cover of Nic Stone's forthcoming release Jackpot, All Bet$ Are Off. Books are getting into the hands of kids, but it's about more than the reading. And it's led by the students.
"It's about creating one positive experience after another and you just keep doing it over and over again and figure it out with your kids," says Amato. "At the end of the day, the reading identity is there. We are readers, and that's really important. We are making a difference, in whatever way, whether it's local or within a school or within a community, but the idea that you are empowering students to know not only that they can, but they should be the ones driving this work."
To see the impact ProjectLIT has made, he doesn't only have to look back, he can also look to the future.
"A lot of students plan to start chapters on their college campuses," he says. "They are becoming writers and poets. They are aspiring English majors and English teachers. They are looking to social media work and entrepreneurship."
"Without the books, none of this happens," Amato says. "There's no magic."
It's where it all began, after all. Access to books. The part he never even imagined was access to authors and interaction with a national community of readers and writers.
"If we're not reading Dear Martin, I don't become friends with Nic," he says. "If we didn't have The Crossover in our room, we won't ever meet Kwame. There's no poetry to share with him."
But it takes Alexander responding to the poetry he saw online, wanting that interaction. Two years later, the student who wrote one of those poems was on stage reciting a poem as part of his introduction of Alexander at the ProjectLIT Summit. It doesn't work if the authors don't notice and don't care. Alexander, Stone, Jason Reynolds, and many others have embraced the movement and helped build the excitement around it.
"Just the process of engaging and not being afraid to share—with student permission—the joy that those books bring to us," says Amato. "The authors, that's why they write it. They love seeing that.…I think the most exciting part is they know the ProjectLIT students are going to be reading their books. A lot of the middle grade and YA authors today love that and recognize the work of our students and our educators to make sure we're getting these books into our schools, into our classrooms, into our curriculum. It's just really exciting."
Amato will always share this legacy with this core group of students, and he admits it is scary for all of them to enter the unknown, a future without day-to-day contact among the founders of this national literacy movement.
"They're the most selfless, amazing people that I've ever had the privilege to be around for a long period of time," he says.
Now, Amato's mission is as much motivating and modeling to other educators as managing his chapter and students.
"I see myself having the responsibility to help the other educators in our community do this important work," he says. "This work is really not that complicated. I think a lot of adults in education try to make literacy and reading more complicated than it needs to be."
He wants other teachers to know that everyone has stressful and challenging obstacles. He is fighting through a stricter curriculum this year and doesn't have all of the books on his own list in his classroom yet.
"Teachers and librarians should not feel like they are breaking the rules to do good work," he says. "This is a way our community helps show that the adults that make decisions, 'You should get behind this and you should support your teachers and you should find money in the budget to buy books for kids.' It's not even a lot of money. If every school just supported their teachers and librarians and found a little room in their budget for books that our kids are excited to read, it would open up so many possibilities."
But ProjectLIT is proof that it's worth putting in the work even before the decision-makers get on board.
"Often teachers or librarians will say, 'Yeah that sounds great, but…,'" says Amato. "We're trying to get rid of that 'but.' We hear you. We're dealing with the same challenges of strict curriculum and racism and adults in power who are pushing oppressive policies and practices that make it almost impossible for a lot of our students to become readers. That's real and we'll continue to challenge and question and advocate, but let's also do this while we're pushing back. We can still also do this fun, exciting, inspiring work that as an educator brings me a lot of joy."
Kara Yorio
Kara Yorio (kyorio@mediasourceinc.com, @karayorio) is news editor at School Library Journal.
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Eleanor Holmová (6. prosince 1913, New York — 31. ledna 2004, Miami) byla americká reprezentantka v plavání.

Specializovala se na znak a polohový závod. Mistryní USA se stala už jako třináctiletá. Na olympiádě v Amsterdamu získala páté místo na 100 metrů znak. V roce 1932 vytvořila světový rekord na 100 metrů znak (1:18,2) a vyhrála I tuto trať na olympiádě v Los Angeles. Věnovala se také herecké a pěvecké kariéře. Byla zařazena do skupiny nadějí showbusinessu, známé jako WAMPAS Baby Star, kde byla také Ginger Rogersová. Holmová byla favoritkou znakařské soutěže také na berlínské olympiádě, ale na lodi cestou do Evropy porušila zákaz požívání alkoholických nápojů a vedoucí výpravy Avery Brundage ji z týmu vyloučil.

Po ukončení sportovní kariéry hrála ve filmu Tarzanova pomsta, kde byl jejím partnerem desetibojař Glenn Morris. Vystupovala také ve vodní show s Johnnym Weissmüllerem. Byla třikrát vdaná: v letech 1933—1938 za zpěváka Arta Jarretta, v letech 1939—1954 za uměleckého producenta Billy Rose a v letech 1974—1984 za naftařského magnáta Thomase Whalena. Zemřela ve věku devadesáti let na selhání ledvin.

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New legislation proposes to restrict call of Muezzin, claims that use of public address system disruptive to residents
Ynet reporters|Published: 12.08.11 , 16:51
A bill proposing to restrict the noise made by mosques will be up for discussion at the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs on Sunday.
The proposal aims to prohibit mosques from sounding the nighttime and early morning calls of the Muezzin – who uses a public address system to beckon worshipers to pray – in order to avoid disrupting nearby residents. As per the initiative, the interior minister will be able to determine which mosques could sound the call and when.
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Are mosque loudspeakers too loud?
The bill bases its premise on a study conducted by the Knesset Information and Research Center, which surveyed the clash between the freedom of religion and resident's rights. The study observed a rise in the number of complaints filed by residents of Jaffa, Haifa, Ramle and other cities over the disruptive noise and the lack of volume regulation.
Al-Omari Mosque, Ramle (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
"The freedom of religion shouldn't compromise quality of life," Anastassia Michaeli (Yisrael Beiteinu) and a group of her fellow MKs wrote in the proposal.
'Bill direct affront on Islam'
According to the Knesset report, there are some 400 mosques in Israel, half of which are manned by state-employed clerics, and whose public address systems are under state regulation. The rest are not under government supervision.
Moreover, the study surveyed other countries' policies on the issue, and found that the Muezzin calls in Egypt are synchronized, and their volume is monitored. In Saudi Arabia, public address system use has been restricted as well. In Austria, the Muezzin sounds his voice only Vienna's Islamic Center, and only on Fridays.
MK Anastassia Michaeli (Photo: Noam Moskovich)
Officials in the Arab sector lamented that the initiative is a direct affront to Islam.
"Those who come live in Jaffa are aware of the mosques and churches here," Sheikh Saliman Setel said. He noted that a few minutes of the Muezzin call does not compare to the noise that comes from traffic, police cars and ambulances.
Tel Aviv Councilman Ahmad Mashharawi equated the bill to a rash of legislation that has been promoted by the Right-wing Knesset members in recent weeks, and accused the lawmakers of being so "drunk on power they are willing to compromise the foundations on which the state was based."
"Islam was here before Anastassia Michaeli came to this country, and it will stay long after she's gone," he said.
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Q: Initialising dictionary like class class fileInfo(dict):
    def __init__(self, name, typ, size = 1):
        self = {}
        self["name"] = name
        self["type"] = typ
        self["size"] = size

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        if key == "name":
            return dict.__getitem__(self, "name")+ "." + dict.__getitem__(self, "type")
        return dict.__getitem__(self, key)

I have created this class, but I have problems with the init function.
When I try to initialize an object of this class, the init function returns me an empty dictionary.
What am I not understanding as far as the initialization function is concerned?

A: This line doesn't do what you think it does:
    self = {}

That line creates a new object of type dict, and binds the local name self to it. This is wholly unrelated to the previous value of self, which is lost. And, since self is a local variable, the object created by this line will be marked for deletion when __init__() returns.
Try this instead:
super(fileInfo, self).__init__()

This neither creates nor destroys any objects, but modifies the object referred to by self.
Reference:

*

*Understanding Python super() with __init__() methods

*https://docs.python.org/2/reference/datamodel.html

A: The __init__ method of any class is called once you create an instance of the class. You can't call it manually to instantiate the class, but use the class name.
Also, you are not really initializing a class that inherits it's methods and properties from dict. You need to use super for that. Also, this is a case where calling __init__ makes actual sense.
class fileInfo(dict):
    def __init__(self, name, typ, size = 1):
        super(fileInfo, self).__init__()

        self["name"] = name
        self["type"] = typ
        self["size"] = size

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        if key == "name":
            return dict.__getitem__(self, "name")+ "." + dict.__getitem__(self, "type")
        return dict.__getitem__(self, key)

file_info = fileInfo("file-name", "txt", 100)

print file_info["name"]

Output:
file-name.txt


Morton's Neuroma is a common foot problem associated with pain, swelling and/or an inflammation of a nerve. It usually occurs at the ball-of-the-foot between the 3rd and 4th toes. Symptoms of this condition include sharp pain, burning, and even a lack of feeling in the affected area. Morton's Neuroma may also cause numbness, tingling, or cramping in the forefoot.
Morton's Neuroma results from an abnormal function of the foot that leads to bones squeezing a nerve usually between the 3rd and 4th metatarsal heads. Symptoms often occur during or after activities which place significant pressure on the forefoot area such as walking, standing, jumping, or sprinting. This condition can also be caused by footwear selection. Footwear with pointed toes and/or high heels can often lead to a neuroma. Constricting shoes can pinch the nerve between the toes, causing discomfort and extreme pain.
Footwear with a high and wide toe box (toe area) which is ideal for treating and relieving the pain.
An orthotic designed with a metatarsal pad. This pad is located behind the ball-of-the-foot to unload pressure and relieve the pain caused by the neuroma.
Note that if Morton's Neuroma pain persists, you should consult your foot doctor.


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View Full Version : EU Council to get new headquarters in the Residence Palace
The Residence Palace is being renovated and enlarged to accommodate the Council of the European Union in 2013.
Built between 1923 and 1927, the Residence Palace was the first apartments complex in Brussels. Luxurious, the 45,000 m2 complex had shops, banks, beauty parlours, a tennis court on the roof, a magnificent indoor swimming pool, a Turkish bath, and even its own theatre ! Its residents included diplomats, aristocrats and businessmen.
In the aftermath of WWII , the Residence Palace was purchased by the Belgian government and became an administrative centre. It has housed Brussels' international press centre since 2001.
Its strategic location at the heart of the European district, between the European Commission buildings and European Parliament was ideal as the new seat of the EU Council.
A contest was held for the design of the new wing, which was won in 2005 by Samyn & Partners (Belgium), Studio Valle Progettazioni (Italy), and Buro Happold (UK).
The European Council will move from the not-so-glamorous Justus Lipsius building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_Lipsius_building) next door to what promises to be one of the most avant-guardist construction in the European capital.
Photos of the project are available here (http://www.polygon3d.be/projecten/obb.html).


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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Party Game at Wee Red Bar
Until 20th August
Not the most exciting soiree… Chris McCormack sets up a party he'd rather not attend in bluemouth inc's immersive experience.
Chris McCormack
Party Game at Wee Red Bar, as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2017.
Whether hanging up bunting, laying out chairs or rehearsing songs, you'll find yourself busy in bluemouth inc's immersive new production, co-produced by Necessary Angel. Casting its audience as guests at a surprise party, you're invited to participate, though when all the work's done, it's hard to see the point. While waiting for the guest of honour to appear, his friends start to gripe: "He touches hearts and then he breaks them". Do the characters want to be here any more than the audience?
bluemouth inc. and Jennifer Tarver's drama is strung together by participatory devices and abstract displays rather than a well-drawn plot. We discover quite uneventfully that the guest of honour (Stephen O'Connor) has been in the room with us all along, despite being dead. He looks on as his lover (Dan Wild) and sister (Susanna Hood) share their misgivings about him. If this party were a wake, O'Connor's man would be Tom Sawyer.
Despite the plucky rhythms of Mariel Marshall's bluegrass, this isn't the most exciting soiree to attend. We mostly sit back and watch the characters delve into surreal choreography that insists they're more connected than we believe. But it barely changes our minds about O'Connell's character: a busy theatre performer and thankless lover with little time for others.
On our feet again, we look on as audience members volunteer themselves for a game of poker. But instead of chips, they bet on pieces of paper describing their life's loves. It's quite the metaphor for how people gamble away their priorities. But it doesn't make for a good game of cards.
Like how everyone bickers about how best to surprise O'Connell's man at the party, in director Jennifer Tarver's production they'll squabble over how best to remember him. Even he will eulogise himself (at least he admits it) by reminding us that he's been represented only in pieces, never as a whole. From that, the play says we shouldn't judge too harshly. But glimmering bunting aside, this exploration of grief and loss has barely scratched the surface.
Party Game is on at Wee Red Bar until 20th August. Click here for more details.
Chris McCormack is a contributor to Exeunt Magazine
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Directed by Jennifer Tarver
Written by bluemouth inc. and Jennifer Tarver
Cast includes Susanna Hood, Stephen O'Connell, Lucy Simic and Dan Wild


All orchestra parts except the Sibelius version were played in Notion4 (with East West Spaces convolution reverb added). The Sibelius version uses the Sibelius Standard orchestral library. Tried to normalize volume of celesta as best I could across different versions. Did not try and tweak individual notes of the celesta part so you can get a better idea of the "out-of-the-box" sound. Also note different libraries may need octave adjusting for celesta part.
Minimal extra reverb added. No individual note adjustment to get a fair "out-of-the-box" comparison. All normalized to -7 dB.
At Christmas time I thought a selection of celestas in my ongoing series of sampled comparisons would be appropriate. My main purpose was to test out the Spitfire Redux Percussion library, which is purported to be one of the best with excellent sounds all around. I'll also compare a number of other popular sampled options - starting of course with the most famous celesta part ever written - the main theme of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker. Then added a piece I wrote for the testing.


Dec. 19, 2014 (EIRNS)—During Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's annual year-end press conference yesterday, a journalist from British Intelligence's Reuters new service threatened him with a "palace coup" in a bizarrely inappropriate, "in-your-face" question. The threatening, bizarre, and in-your-face character of the question, precisely echoed the hubris with which Obama administration officials have collaborated with Sony Pictures to produce a movie, "The Interview," about the assassination of a current head of state: North Korea's Kim Jong-Un.
In view of Lyndon LaRouche's recent warnings that the British Empire is likely to target certain leaders for assassination in this period, these warnings of a "coup" may be a cover for such assassination preparations.


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What Americans Working Abroad Should Know About Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
Posted By: Qroo Paul September 21, 2020
It's a common misconception among Americans living abroad — especially those with dual citizenship — that their foreign earned income is exempt from being taxed by the U.S. government. This is simply not the case.
The United States is one of only two countries in the world that tax non-resident citizens on their worldwide income. The other one is the small African nation of Eritrea.
This type of tax system is known as citizenship-based taxation.
So, even if you plan on living in a foreign country for the rest of your life, as long as you retain your U.S. citizenship, Uncle Sam will always want his piece of your pie.
A Real-Life Case in Point
Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, was born in the United States to English parents in 1964. When he was only five years old, the entire family moved to the United Kingdom.
Over 40 years later, Boris receives a huge tax bill from the IRS — that's right, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service — on the capital gains from the sale of his home in London.
Although there are laws and treaties to prevent people from being taxed twice on the same money, in this case, the sale of the house was exempt from capital gains tax in the United Kingdom. That meant that there was nothing to stop Uncle Sam from going after the money.
Boris Johnson reportedly paid the tax bill and then renounced his U.S. citizenship.
I got off on a tangent there, so let's move on to the actual topic of this post, the Foreign Earned Income Exemption.
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE)
This is how it works: if you meet the requirements below, you can exclude foreign earned income from your gross income on your U.S. tax return. The maximum amount of the exclusion depends on the tax year and increases each year based on inflation.
Here are the maximum exemptions for the indicated tax years:
2017: $102,100 USD
2020: $107,600
As you can see, that's a substantial amount of money.
Basic Requirements:
According to the IRS, in order to qualify for the income exclusion you must 1) have foreign earned income, 2) your tax home must be in a foreign country and 3) you must be one of the following:
A U.S. citizen who is a bona fide resident of a foreign country or countries for an uninterrupted period that includes an entire tax year,
A U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident alien who is physically present in a foreign country or countries for at least 330 full days during any period of 12 consecutive months.
The first option, being a bona fide resident of a foreign country, is not as easy to prove as you might think. It's not a standard "yes" or "no" type of question and it can be a little subjective.
For more information about proving that you're a bona fide foreign resident, click HERE.
The second option, the physical presence test, is much easier to prove and that's the recommended route for most people.
You'll need to track the exact dates that you were in the United States during the 12 month period. If you even go one day over, you'll lose the exemption. Click HERE to learn more.
If you are employed by the U.S. Government or one of its agencies, you cannot claim the exemption.
Income Limitations
The FEIE only applies to the income that you earn by actually providing services in the foreign country: salaries, wages, commissions and tips.
It does not apply to passive income, which is referred to as unearned income by the IRS.
The following are examples of unearned income: pension and annuity payments; social security payments; capital gains; interest; gambling winnings; and alimony.
Generally speaking, rental income is unearned income. If you perform personal services in connection with the production of rent, up to 30% of your net rental income can be considered earned income.
Here is an example taken directly from IRS Publication 54 (2016):
Larry Smith, a U.S. citizen living in Australia, owns and operates a rooming house in Sydney. If he is operating the rooming house as a business that requires capital and personal services, he can consider up to 30% of net rental income as earned income. On the other hand, if he just owns the rooming house and performs no personal services connected with its operation, except perhaps making minor repairs and collecting rents, none of his net income from the house is considered earned income. It is all unearned income.
Bad News for the Self-Employed
If you're self-employed, you can still claim the exemption on income; however, you may still be responsible to pay self-employment tax on the income. In other words, Uncle Sam will be asking for 15.3% of your reported foreign income. Yep, that one stings a little.
Let's Wrap This Up
Taxes can be a little more complicated once you live and work in a foreign country. It's always advisable to speak with a professional who specializes in preparing taxes for expats, so you can take advantage of every tax break and credit available.
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Paul Kurtzweil (Q-Roo Paul) was a deputy sheriff in Florida for 25 years before retiring at the rank of lieutenant in 2015. He and his wife moved to Mexico looking to maximize their retirement income. They later started a blog called Two Expats Mexico (qroo.us) to share their experiences as well as information about the logistical and legal aspects of retiring south of the border.
7 Comments on "What Americans Working Abroad Should Know About Foreign Earned Income Exclusion"
Gunter | September 21, 2020 at 8:22 am |
Hello Paul Thank you for your all the work and researches you are doing ..how ever in Canada you are taxed as a NON resident on all your income incl. Pension. Be happy and safe Gunter
Qroo Paul | September 21, 2020 at 9:05 am |
Hi Gunter,
According to the Canadian tax authorities, "As a non-resident of Canada, you only pay tax on income you receive from sources in Canada. The type of tax you pay and the requirement to file an income tax return depend on the type of income you receive."
Currently, there are only two countries in the world that tax their citizens on worldwide income, even if they aren't residents: the United States and the small African nation of Etheria.
John Ramm | September 21, 2020 at 10:34 am |
Eritrea has a fixed rate for their currency, which gets reviewed every so often, but seems never to leave 15 to 1 USD exchange rate. Isias, the"president" was elected after they won independence from Ethiopia, and became a democracy. He enjoyed being a dictator so much, he's got the spot set up for life. Many of the people required to pay taxes from abroad voted for other people, but do so to protect their relatives still living there.
Physically, it's a beautiful country, similar to Mexico in many ways. Wonderful people there, too.
Journalists should pick another destination.
MDVS | September 21, 2020 at 12:37 pm |
Not a comment but a question. What do you know about buying a house on the Sea of Cortez side of Baja? More specifically, on Concepcion Beach, also called Posada about 10-15 miles from Mulege. Thank you for any help
MDVS
Qroo Paul | September 21, 2020 at 3:13 pm |
Sorry, we don't know much about that area. We spend the majority of our time on the East coast.
C T | September 21, 2020 at 12:45 pm |
It's an abomination for sure..
kelly coburn | September 25, 2020 at 9:50 am |
Given all this, we might not be surprised at how many of our fellow airline passengers have about $9999 on them when they travel back to the States. Or a heavy golden belt buckle.
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The Night Crew (2015)
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A group of hard up bounty hunters must survive the night in a desert motel against a horde of savage cartel killers. They soon realize that their fugitive, a mysterious Chinese woman, is much more than she lets on.
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Christian Sesma
Actors: Bokeem Woodbine, Chasty Ballesteros, Christine Nguyen, Danny Trejo, Jacqueline Lord, Jason Mewes, Luke Goss
Shooting Heroin (2020)
A small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by whatever means necessary.
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or…
Company Business (1991)
An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and…
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A New York City money launderer desperately searches for answers after waking up with no memory, millions in stolen cash and drugs, and an insane crew of dirty cops violently…
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Fresh out of prison, Pat Tate steps right back into his Essex nightclub. But still disgruntled, he soon sets out to Marbelle to revenge those that put him away for…
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Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster…
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The military have captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity. And now it wants to play.
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Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
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Miuccia Prada is one of my fashion icons. Her life as well as her fashion style are full of surprises and contradictions. I tried to make a profile of the most important aspects of this incredible woman.
Miuccia Prada was born on May 10, 1949 in Milan. She studied political science and was a communist party activist. She's a trained mime and worked at Milan's Piccolo Teatro until 1978, when she decided to join the family's business. The luxury luggage company was founded in 1913 by her grandfather, Mario Prada. Miuccia modernized the company and updated the collection with her own designs: the black nylon Vela bags (1985). It was not until 1988 that she first launched her women's collection. In 1992 she added Miu Miu brand to the portfolio and later, in 1995, a Prada collection for men. In the same year, the Fondazione Prada was established. The company has had financial difficulties in the past, but is now a global fashion empire valued at a reported $13 billion.
Miuccia Prada is a strong woman, who in her younger years fought for women's rights. You might think that because of her strong character, she would prefer to dress in trousers. But no, she loves skirts. "Because they give you all the freedom you need." In 2009 she dedicated a whole exhibition to the skirt, called "From the waist down".
She has no Muze. She has not one definition of the Prada woman. She makes her own rules and only does what she thinks is right. Expect the unexpected seems to be just right when talking about Prada's collections. We saw it again with her recent collection: Donna e Motori. She opted for a sweet collection, with the necessary irony of course.
Miuccia Prada doesn't surround herself with celebrities and still lives in the apartment where she was born.
Miuccia Prada supports a lot of art projects with the Fondazione Prada, a non-profit organization devoted to contemporary art. Next month, the exhibition 'Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations' opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras.
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As one of the big 3 recording labels in South Korea the founder of JYP Entertainment, J.Y Park, has been creating K-pop hits from the very beginning. This included music from legends such as the Wonder Girls, Miss A and 2PM who used to dominate the charts back in the day. Now he's back and better than ever with a new system called "JYP 2.0" that'll blow the competition right out of the water and place JYP Entertainment on top for the rest of 2019.
Before "JYP 2.0", JYP Entertainment used to run their company with a basic system that divided their company into departments depending on the task. For example, some of the divisions were promotional, style or choreographic and they had to distribute their time and energy to every artist simultaneously. And it worked for a while. Until it didn't. Park noticed this and decided to change the whole structure of how the company operated, but he needed a guarantee that his plan would work and that 's where the reality show Sixteen comes into play.
I believe Twice is the world's most successful K-pop girl group and here's why. Instead of submitting the girls to JYP Entertainment's standard managing system where they had to share resources, the group was assigned a team that revolved exclusively around them. This team consisted of members from every division of the company, which was still divided at the time. This way, employees were no significantly less stressed, more songs were produced, and the period in between comebacks decreased, which optimized sales and the group's popularity. After confirming this experiment worked, Park made the announcement that "JYP 2.0" was officially going into full effect during 2019. This makes them the first company to ever use this unorthodox strategy. Every artist under the label would be given their own unit to keep the artists in the spotlight without slowing them down. Also, to exhibit the superiority of the "JYP 2.0" plan, JYP Entertainment claims that they will be debuting 4 new groups this year, back to back. Normally, this idea would be considered ludicrous in the K-pop world because of the extensive work required for the preparation of each debut, but J.Y Park believes that "JYP 2.0" will allow him and the groups to prosper and prevail.
In fact, his first group to be debuted this year, ITZY, has already proven that J.Y Park's program is effective with their launch song, "Dalla Dalla," due to its rapidly growing fame and the awards it received during the 3 weeks following its release. In fact, in less than the first 24 hours of the music video's launch, "Dalla Dalla" received about 13 million views, which is highly impressive for a rookie group. This caused fans around the world look forward to the other 3 groups JYP Entertainment has left in their back pocket for 2019.


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Q: AngularJS: Should I use a single controller or two controllers on my airbnb-esque search page? Question I: Should I use two controllers, two services, or another structure for my airbnb-style search page?
Question II: I want to implement some search filters that will change data in multiple controllers/services/directives (from multiple inputs). Are there limits to the amount of two-way binding that can occur in an AngularJS app?
Background: I am learning AngularJS by making a web app that has functionality similar to airbnb. I want to accept a location from a user, then return Boat objects matching that location and plot them on a map. There will also be search filters (like price, max passengers...) that the user can edit. Here's a picture of the layout:

Boat object example:
{
"id": 1,
"lat": "33.000",
"lng": "55.000",
"price": "...",
...
}

Proposed Solution: I initially conceived a plan like this:

Concerns: The two controllers will not share a scope, and I don't know how efficiently two-way data binding can address the issue. This led me to a solution similar to above, but using two services (MapController --> MapService) instead.
Question Recap: Should I use two services or two controllers for my app? Can two-way binding across 4+ controllers/services/directives address multiple inputs for search filters adequately?


Why is it important to determine your Brand Values?
In this quote, Steve Jobs is trying to convey that for any brand to be successful, it is very important to define the brand values. People often get confused between Brand Value and the Brand Values. While Brand Value is the monetary worth of a brand, Brand Values are the moral principles a brand follows. These moral principles support the Brand Promise and are expressed through the Brand Identity.
Brand values are the foundation of any business. They give your brand a purpose and a direction to be followed. Without Brand Values, your brand is like any other business operating with only one goal - to maximize profits. Brand Values are reflected in your employees and in your work culture. Unlike Vision or Mission, they are not mere statements hanging down the walls of your offices. They are a defined set of standards which represent your brand's DNA and communicated through actions & employee behaviour. An authoritative brand looks and speaks differently compared to a fun brand. Just like the verbal tone and visual style of IBM is different from that of Disney's. It is important to clearly determine who you brand is speaking to. And what values do they represent as a group. Customers flock to the brand that reflect their values.
How do you define your Brand Values?
Well firstly, you don't define the Brand Values, you identify them. They are already part of your company. Brand Values are identified through branding exercises where you and the key employees of your organization take part and help in identifying the Values of your brand. Brand Values are expressed visually and verbally across touch points that customers can identify with. Identifying your brand values and expressing them clearly greatly enhances the ROI on your marketing spends, ultimately making your business more profitable.
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Q: Casting string number to integer after __toString throws error I've got a weird problem, I made an equivalent of it which you can see below.
I must have the "__toString" method in the class and I cannot modify the way of reading it (via __toString) cause it's a framework's part.
class Integer{
    private $value = 2;

    **Must be implemented:**
    public function __toString(){
        return (string) $this->value;
    }

    public function asString(){
        return (string) $this->value;
    }
}

$test = new Integer;

echo (int) $test->asString(); // 2
**Is used by framework:**
echo (int) $test; // Object of class Integer could not be converted to int

Is it possible to do something with it? Why it behaves like that?
Thanks in advance, I have no clue what to do.
Update: Details
I'm using ValueObject as an ID parameter (how it looks now is presented in the answer for this question). When I do "load" on a fetched row, the Query Builder runs this code (line 1020):
foreach ($values as &$value) {
    $value = (int) $value;
}

And then that error is throwed. I can't change this code. I think I should find a way to change my ValueObject, but I don't know how to do it in Laravel way.

A: __toString is only called when you try to represent an object as a string - here you are trying to represent it as an int. You need to cast it to a string first.
echo (int) (string) $test;


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By: Jim Suhr and Margaret Stafford, The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY (AP) — Police say a Kansas City, Kansas, detective was shot and killed, and a man who'd been sought for questioning in that incident was later wounded and arrested after a shootout with police in neighboring Missouri.
Police say the detective was shot at least twice about 12:30 p.m. Monday while helping respond to a report of a suspicious person near the Kansas Speedway. Police said in a statement that he later died at a hospital. His name wasn't released.
Police say the shooter fled in the detective's car, then carjacked a vehicle with two children inside before abandoning that vehicle, leaving the kids unharmed.
Police sought 28-year-old Curtis Ayers for questioning in the shooting. He ultimately was taken into custody in Kansas City, Missouri, when he crashed his car after exchanging gunfire with officers.


What Is The EB-1 Extraordinary Ability Process?
The "EB-1" extraordinary ability process applies to persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. It is a petition process through which a highly skilled immigrant can move to obtain lawful permanent residence, also known as green card status.
Is There A More Specific Definition That Applies To The Field Of Endeavor For This Process?
One of the most important parts of preparing the EB-1 petition is in defining the field of endeavor in which the applicant has risen to the very top of the field. If the field is too broad, the applicant may not be viewed as "extraordinary" among the many others included in the defined group. If the field is too narrow, the reviewing examiner may argue that the yardstick is too obscure and does not cover a recognized field. In defining the field of endeavor, it may be appropriate to consider whether conferences are held on the topic, whether schools grant degrees in the topic, whether books, or blogs, or websites exist on the specific topic.
Is It Possible To Apply For EB-1 If The Case Beneficiary Has Not Yet Won A Nobel Prize?
In lieu of a one-time internationally recognized award documenting extraordinary ability, most persons who apply under the extraordinary ability category work to document that they have met at least 3 of the 10 criteria listed in the regulation found at: 8 CFR § 204.5(h)(3)(i). Those criteria include: receipt of nationally or internationally recognized prizes; membership in associations which require outstanding achievements; published material about the applicant and his/ her work; participation as a judge of the work of others in the field; original contributions to the field; authorship of scholarly articles; display of work at exhibitions; performing a critical role in organizations with a distinguished reputation; high salary; performing art commercial success.
Is Documenting 3 Of The 10 Listed Criteria Enough To Secure A Petition Approval?
Obtaining an approval goes beyond merely checking 3 of the 10 available boxes.
How Does USCIS Determine Which Of The Criteria Have Or Have Not Been Met?
In determining which of the criteria have been met as well as the final merits step, discussed below, USCIS considers the quality of the submitted evidence is considered. The Buletini case refers to this as "specific and substantiated" evidence for each category the immigrant is trying to meet. Buletini v. INS, 860 F. Supp. 1222, 1233 (E.D. Mich. 1994).
What Is The "Final Merits Determination"?
Pursuant to the case Kazarian v. USCIS, 596 F.3d 1115, (9th Cir. 2010), USCIS now follows a two-part adjudicative approach. The first step is a "criteria analysis" to confirm that the beneficiary meets at least 3 of the 10 listed criteria. The second step is a "final merits determination" to review the record as a whole to confirm that the beneficiary is a person of extraordinary ability in the defined field.
Does A Person Have To Be In The Top 1-2% Of The Field To Qualify As A Person Of Extraordinary Ability?
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For the academic journal, see Human Biology (journal). For the textbook, see Human Biology (textbook).
Human biology is an interdisciplinary area of study that examines humans through the influences and interplay of many diverse fields such as genetics, evolution, physiology, anatomy, epidemiology, anthropology, ecology, nutrition, population genetics and sociocultural influences. It is closely related to biological anthropology and other biological fields tying in various aspects of human functionality.
↑ Sara Stinson, Barry Bogin, Dennis O'Rourke. Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective. Publisher John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ISBN 1118108043. Page 4-5.


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Research psychologists, commonly referred to as experimental psychologists, are skilled professionals who conduct thorough, in-depth research in order to figure out what people think and why do they behave the way they do. This is one of the most important and appreciated areas of psychology, and becoming a truly respected research psychologist takes not only a lot of effort and training, but also a lot of patience and commitment. That being said, the mean yearly salary of a trained research psychologist in the United States of America can vary anywhere between $40,000 and as much as $90,000 a year, depending on their geographical location and expertise.
The states of Colorado and New Jersey are the highest paying ones for research psychologists, as experimental psychologists who work here usually get a median yearly salary of over $90,000 a year. The state of California, however, also pays these professionals a salary that is above the national average, as they can easily earn here as much as $85,000 a year. The states of Rhode Island, New York and Ohio pay their research psychologists with around $90,000 a year, on average.
Research Psychologist Job Description
Simply put, these psychology professionals use different scientific methods and techniques to perform research and to gather valuable data that will be used later on, to try and unlock the human mind. These professionals specialize in a plethora of different psychological phenomena, from cognitive processes to different personality patterns. In other words, it is the duty of the experimental psychologist to closely examine and see how and what people think, act and feel.
However, it often happens that the field of expertise of experimental psychologists is not limited to humans, as they often study animals and their behavior as well. These professionals also study the motivation and learning abilities of their subjects, and how substance abuse and other neurological factors can interfere with their capacity to memorize, to feel and to think. The research and discoveries of experimental psychologists is greatly appreciated, as these professionals play a crucial role in preventing and addressing serious issues such as memory loss.
Research psychologists can be found in a variety of different settings, from universities and various non-profit organizations to businesses, government institutions, private research centers and so on. It often happens that experimental psychologists choose to teach other students the basics of developmental, industrial and social psychology, and to become their mentors if they choose to pursue a career in any field of psychology.
After thorough research, these professionals create hypothesis and try to come up with solutions and treatment plans to improve the mental health of patients.
How To Become A Research Psychologist?
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The first step in order to become a research psychologist is getting an undergraduate degree in psychology, and then enrolling in a Master's degree program, either in general psychology or in research/experimental psychology, if there is any program available.
Generally speaking, after getting their Master's Degree, most experimental psychologists choose to get a Doctorate Degree in experimental psychology as well. These programs are designed to help students understand the basics of research psychology, as well as the ethical issues that may arise in the field of research. Doctorate degree programs are often the most complex ones and the most important for an experimental psychologist.
Licensure And Certification
If you want to work as a research psychologist in the United States of America, then you will have to get your licensure regardless of the work environment you aim for. The requirements vary by state, but most certification bodies require their applicants to have some direct and sound experience in the clinical, practical field along with a transcript from an approved doctoral program. A state exam will be given as well, and if the students pass it they will officially become licensed experimental/research psychologists.
Research Psychologist Salary By state
The mean yearly wage of a research psychologist in Canada is of around C$70,000, while that of an experimental psychologist in Australia can vary anywhere between Au$42,000 and Au$98,000 or even more. A research psychologist who works in the United Kingdom, on the other hand, should expect to earn anything between 25,000 and up to 45,000 pounds a year, or more.
Verdict On Research Psychologist Salary
To summarize, research psychologists are certainly amongst the highest paid professionals in their field of work.
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Achievements & Accomplishments:
Rachel Décoste was recognized as "a pioneer" by Us Magazine (USA) in 1997 for her web innovation as a software engineering student in a largely monolithic field. Ms. Décoste was honoured by the first Black Member of Parliament, Lincoln Alexander, on her graduation day at the University of Guelph -a portentous gesture.
Ms. Décoste has participated in successful initiatives such as the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund, the capital's most successful Black-owned and managed fund, "S.O.S. Montfort", the fight to save the only minority-language major hospital outside of Québec, and the struggle to get an accurate count French-speakers in Ontario's census in light of many immigrants' polyglot status. She was Chair of the Outreach Committee at the Famous Five Foundation, which celebrates women's successes, and inspires them to embody the legacy of the Famous Five.
Ms. Décoste was dubbed "a political force" by Sway Magazine 2009 after ranking 4th most influential political blogger by a Canadian university research team, and being a finalist in the Montreal's Jeune Chambre de Commerce Haitienne award for "Politically Engaged Young Leader".
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Johnny Kincaid received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Banking in 1977 from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Johnny grew up in Arkansas where his step-father was the administrator of the Magnolia City Hospital for over 40 years. He learned early how a building factors into the overall scheme of healthcare, what it means the providers, to the patients, and to the community.
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After relocating to Little Rock, Arkansas, he continued to build an extensive portfolio of successful development projects eventually focusing on medical office and healthcare. Johnny recently orchestrated Arkansas Urology's new 12,457 SF Centerview Surgery Center, and in March, 2018 he will complete a new 80,508 SF medical office & clinical facility for Arkansas Specialty Orthopaedics at 800 Fair Park Blvd. in Little Rock.
Johnny is a past president of Building Owners and Manager's Association of Greater Little Rock and also served on the City of Little Rock's Midtown Redevelopment District Board and the 12th Street Steering Committee to rehabilitate a historic Little Rock commercial sector.
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We offer a study revealing the mechanisms through which communication helps actual bargaining behavior outperform economic predictions. The possibility of individually strategic behavior in the presence of private information leads to game-theoretic predictions of less than full efficiency. We present a one-stage, simultaneous offers bargaining game in which buyers and sellers have independent, privately held valuations for the item being sold (i.e. a bilateral auction with two-sided private information). In three communication treatments, parties are: (a) allowed face-to-face communication prior to submitting offers; (b) allowed written communication prior to submitting offers; or (c) allowed no-communication prior to submitting offers. When parties are allowed pre-play communication, we find nearly full efficiency (98%). We examine two systematically predictable aspects of dyadic interaction - disclosure and reciprocity - to explain how negotiators achieve this efficiency.
McGinn, Kathleen, Leigh Thompson, and Max H Bazerman. 2003. Dyadic Processes of Disclosure and Reciprocity in Bargaining with Communication. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 16(1): 17-34.


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Highlights of Ryan's ongoing client mandates include acting as general business counsel for medium-sized and major Canadian companies, as well as transaction counsel in relation to Canadian and international project development and finance, particularly in the areas of infrastructure and energy. His most recent project experience includes establishing innovative corporate and financing structures for the development of renewable energy facilities, as well as acting as co-counsel to a developer of a $4.2 billion tourism infrastructure project in Southeast Asia.
Highlights of Ryan's ongoing client mandates include acting as general business counsel for medium-sized and major Canadian companies, as well as transaction counsel in relation to Canadian and international project development and finance, particularly in the areas of infrastructure and energy. His most recent project experience includes establishing innovative corporate and financing structures for the development of renewable energy projects, as well as acting as counsel to a developer of LNG projects in British Columbia.
Previously, Ryan practiced in the Vancouver office of a national Canadian law firm and also in London, England and New York with a focus on large-scale international structured finance, acquisitions, dispositions, corporate and commercial lending and hedge funds. In this role, Ryan acted as lead counsel for some of the world's largest institutional and investment banks, asset managers and origination entities. The scope of this experience spanned multiple industries including, among others, real estate, energy and banking.
Outside of MEP Business Counsel, Ryan acted as a member of the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Aquarium from 2013 to 2015.
Ryan Patryluk is a founding partner of MEP Business Counsel and regularly advises clients engaging in complex business transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, project finance, private equity, secured and unsecured lending transactions (bilateral and syndicated) and other strategic commercial law matters.
Represented a group of investors led by Roger Hardy Capital Corporation in their successive acquisitions of all of the shares of each of Seattle-based Onlineshoes.com and Vancouver-based SHOEme.ca.
Represented a British Columbia-based food and beverages distribution company in the sale of its assets to a New York-based private equity fund.
Represented a major Alberta industrial construction company in the acquisitions of two pipeline services business in Texas and one in Arizona.
Advised GE Capital EFS in connection with the sale of its interest in the 144 MW Dokie Wind Project and the 235 MW Toba Montrose Hydro Project to Fiera Axium Infrastructure Fund.
Represented a major North American energy company in respect of a potential bid to acquire to-be-constructed wind energy projects in British Columbia.
Advising Travelers Capital Corporation on a $57 million financing of wind projects totaling 24MW under Nova Scotia's COMFIT program.
Advising Travelers Capital Corporation on the multi-phase $61 million financing of wind projects totaling 28MW under Nova Scotia's COMFIT program, representing the first successful financing under such program.
Advising Travelers Capital Corporation on the financing of a 10MW wind power project under Ontario's FIT program.
Advising Travelers Capital Corporation and a life insurance lender on the $25 million construction and take-out financing of two run-of-river hydro projects (12.5MW) in Oregon and Montana.
Advising Travelers Capital Corporation and a syndicate of life insurance lenders on an $8 million financing of roof-top solar projects (2MW) on schools in Ontario under Ontario's FIT Program.
Represented a major Canadian project financier on the $11 million take-out financing of a 14.5MW run-of-river hydro project in British Columbia.
Advising a liquefied natural gas company on the development of liquefied natural gas facilities in British Columbia, including issues concerning financing, corporate governance and regulatory and stakeholder relationship matters.
Acting as co-counsel to Asian Coast Development Ltd. in respect of the development of a destination casino in Vietnam including advising on multiple debt and equity financings, management relationships, corporate governance, construction and regulatory matters.
Represented a major Alberta power company in negotiating and establishing a joint venture with another major Alberta power company to develop and operate a large natural gas co-generation facility in Alberta.
Represented a Canadian equipment financier with respect to the distressed financing of industrial equipment.
Represented a syndicate of major Canadian banks in connection with a $112 million term and operating credit facility to a large engineering services and equipment provider.
Represented a major Canadian bank in connection with a $5 million asset-based lending facility to a large transportation company collateralized against inventory and equipment.
Represented a major Canadian online retailer in connection with a $10 million asset-based lending facility collateralized against inventory and accounts receivable.
Represented a major Canadian bank in connection with a $35 million asset-based lending facility to a large jewel supplier collateralized against worldwide inventory in multiple domestic and foreign jurisdictions.
Represented a major Canadian bank in connection with a $12.5 million asset-based lending facility to a large petrochemical component supplier collateralized against accounts receivable and inventory.
Represented a syndicate of lenders in connection with a $55 million asset-based lending facility to a major wholesale supplier collateralized against accounts receivable and inventory.
Represented a major Canadian bank in connection with $25 million amendment and restatement to an existing asset-based lending facility to a major fuel and chemical supplier collateralized against accounts receivable and inventory.
Represented a major Canadian bank $15 million asset-based lending facility to a major food product distributor collateralized against accounts receivable and inventory.
Represented a private equity fund in connection with a $3 million financing under a secured debenture to develop a technology services center in British Columbia in partnership with First Nations.
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
Represented a major European investment manager in connection with the establishment of a €10 billion Euro Note CDO/CLO program and original issuance of €300,000,000 in delayed draw notes on a private placement basis.
Represented a major European investment bank in connection with transaction diligence prior to the purchase of a €150,000,000 variable funding note with existing funding obligations.
Represented Deloitte & Touche LLP as receivers of Whistlejacket Capital Ltd. in connection with U.S. elements of the U.S. $7 billion Whistlejacket defaulted structured investment vehicle restructuring.
Represented Goldman Sachs International in connection with U.S. elements of the USD$7 billion Cheyne Finance defaulted structured investment vehicle restructuring.
Represented a major U.S. asset manager in connection with the establishment of a U.S. $100,000,000 U.S./European institutional loan fund.
Represented a major U.S. realty finance corporation in connection with the forbearance on existing credit facilities and negotiation of a new USD$450,000,000 commercial real estate re-purchase facility.
Represented a major U.S. asset manager in connection with the establishment of USD$14,000,000 and USD$10,700,000 commercial real estate loan re-purchase facilities.
Represented Deutsche Bank in connection with €350,000,000, €300,000,000 and €400,000,000 collateralized debt obligation securitizations, including pre-closing warehousing of assets.
Represented International Power PLC in connection with due diligence preceding a €567,000,000 acquisition of wind-farm securitization structures.
Represented Circle Anglia Housing Association in connection with the establishment of a £1,100,000,000 securitization program backed by social housing income with a multi-lender and multi-borrower guarantee/loan/bond issuance structure.
Represented Bluestep Bostadslån AB in connection with the establishment of a SEK 1,500,000,000 rated securitization backed by Swedish residential mortgage loans.
Represented Dresdner Kleinwort in connection with a €502,000,000 listed/rated collateralized debt obligation securitization.
Represented Lehman Brothers International in connection with £530,000,000 and £593,775,000 listed/rated note issuances backed by United Kingdom and Scottish residential mortgage loans.
Represented Banco Espírito Santo in connection with an €870,000,000 listed/rated note issuance backed by small and medium enterprise loans.
Represented Lehman Brothers International in connection with a £124,000,000 listed note issuance backed by residual transaction interests and subordinated loans.
University of British Columbia (LL.B. 2001), Simon Fraser University (B.A. 1998)
Call to the bar:
British Columbia 2002, England & Wales 2008, New York 2010
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Arthur is recognized as one of Canada's leading entertainment law practitioners, including his recognition:
(i) in the Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, compiled by Lexpert/American Lawyer (since 2001),
(ii) in the Euromoney Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers (since 2005),
(iii) in the Who's Who Legal: Sports & Entertainment,
(iv) by The Best Lawyers in Canada (Woodward/White) directory, based on peer review (since 2007),
(v) in Canadian Who's Who, published by the University of Toronto Press,
(vi) by the Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, in entertainment law as "Most Frequently Recommended",
(vii) as the "Whistler Film Fest Society Industry Toast Honoree", in recognition of his contribution to the Canadian entertainment industry and the Whistler Film Festival Society,
(viii) in Who's Who in Canadian Film and Television, published for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and
(ix) by the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation bestowing him with the prestigious "Outstanding Achievement Award" in 2018.
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