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Even though Form I 407 is an immigration form that is filed with USCIS, it may result in unforeseen tax consequences.
While for many Legal Permanent Residents (aka Green Card Holders) filing Form I 407, which is the I 407, Record of Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status will relinquish their green card and remove them from U.S. tax consequences — the same may not be true for Long-Term Residents.
As provided by USCIS:
Form I-407, Record of Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status, is designed to provide a simple procedure to record an alien's abandonment of status as a lawful permanent resident (LPR) of the United States.
Use of Form I-407 also ensures that an alien abandoning their LPR status is informed of the right to a hearing before an immigration judge and that the alien has knowingly, willingly, and affirmatively waived that right.
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While the filing of the form I 407 may help you relinquish your green card, it does not eliminate your need to complete a form 8854, if you qualify as a Long-Term Resident.
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For U.S. citizens, it does not come as much of a surprise that there may be an exit tax for renouncing your citizenship, but it often comes as a surprise to a green card holder (aka Legal Permanent Resident) who is not even considered a U.S. citizen.
From their perspective (understandably so) they are just giving back their green card, so why would they have to follow that up with a complicated and many times unnecessary exit tax form 8854 filing?
Oftentimes the assets were acquired with money that was earned or generated from money earned before becoming a Legal Permanent Resident.
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Threshold Question: Are You a U.S. Citizen or Long Term Resident?
Expatriation tax provisions apply to U.S. citizens who have relinquished their citizenship and long-term residents who have ended their residency (expatriated).
Form 8854 is used by individuals who have expatriated on or after June 4, 2004.
Does it Apply to U.S. Citizens?
Yes. The following is a breakdown of when a U.S. Citizen is considered to have expatriated.:
U.S. Citizen – Day of Relinquishment of Citizenship
You are considered to have relinquished your U.S. citizenship on the earliest of the following dates:
– The date you renounced your U.S. citizenship before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States (provided that the voluntary renouncement was later confirmed by the issuance of a certificate of loss of nationality).
– The date you furnished to the State Department a signed statement of your voluntary relinquishment of a U.S. nationality confirming the performance of an expatriating act (provided that the voluntary relinquishment was later confirmed by the issuance of a certificate of loss of nationality).
– The date the State Department issued a certificate of loss of nationality.
– The date a U.S. court canceled your certificate of naturalization.
Are All Legal Permanent Residents Required to File a Form 8854?
In order to be required to file this form, the person must be considered a long-term permanent resident, or stated another way – the person is a Legal Permanent Resident, who is a "Long-Term Resident"
Long-Term Resident (LTR)
You are an LTR if you were a lawful permanent resident of the United States in at least 8 of the last 15 tax years ending with the year your status as an LTR ends. In determining if you meet the 8-year requirement, don't count any year that you were treated as a resident of a foreign country under a tax treaty and didn't waive treaty benefits applicable to residents of the country.A=
What is a Lawful Permanent Resident
You are a lawful permanent resident of the United States if you have been given the privilege, according to U.S. immigration laws, of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant.
What if I resided outside of the U.S?
Simply residing outside of the U.S. is no enough to relinquish your Green Card. Rather, you still retain your Green Card Status until you formally abandon the Green Card (actually or constructively).
You generally remain a Legal Permanent Resident if you have been issued an alien registration card, also known as a "green card," and your green card hasn't been revoked or judicially or administratively determined to have been abandoned, and you haven't commenced to be treated as a resident of a foreign country under a tax treaty between the United States and such foreign country.
You aren't treated as a lawful permanent resident if you commenced to be treated as a resident of a foreign country under a tax treaty, didn't waive the benefits of such treaty applicable to foreign residents, and notified the IRS of such a position on a Form 8833 attached to a timely filed income tax return.
If you were already an LTR at the time you commence to be treated as a resident of such foreign treaty country, then you will be treated as having expatriated as of that date.
Date of Termination of Long-Term Residency
If you were a U.S. long-term resident (LTR), you terminated your lawful permanent residency on the earliest of the following dates.
– The date you voluntarily abandoned your lawful permanent resident status by filing Department of Homeland Security Form I-407 with a U.S. consular or immigration officer.
– The date you became subject to a final administrative order that you abandoned your lawful permanent resident status (or, if such order has been appealed, the date of a final judicial order issued in connection with such administrative order).
– The date you became subject to a final administrative or judicial order for your removal from the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
– If you were a dual resident of the United States and a country with which the United States has an income tax treaty, the date you commenced to be treated as a resident of that country and you determined that, for purposes of the treaty, you are a resident of the treaty country and gave notice to the Secretary of such treatment on a Form 8833 attached to a timely filed income tax return. See Regulations section 301.7701(b)-7 for information on other filing requirements if you are such an individual.
Date of Expatriation
Date of Tax Expatriation For purposes of filling out Part I, the date of your expatriation is the later of the date you notified the relevant agency of your expatriating act or the date Form 8854 was first filed in accordance with these instructions. Apply the rules of section 7502 to determine the date on which this form is filed. Generally, the postmark date is the filing date
Will I Be Taxed Under IRC Section 877
There are three main situations which may result in Exit Tax Liability:
You are subject to taxation under section 877 if, within the 10-year period immediately preceding 2017, you lost your U.S. citizenship or you were an LTR who ceased to be a lawful permanent resident and any one of the following applies to you:
– Your average annual net income tax liability for the 5 tax years ending before the date of your expatriation is more than the amount listed by the IRS for the respective year:
$139,000 for 2008
Your net worth is $2 million or more on the date of your expatriation.
You fail to certify on Form 8854 that you have complied with all of your federal tax obligations for the 5 tax years preceding the date of your expatriation.
Dual Citizens
You can qualify for the exception described above if you meet both of the following requirements:
– You became at birth a U.S. citizen and a citizen of another country and, as of the expatriation date, you continue to be a citizen of, and are taxed as a resident of, that other country.
– You were a resident of the United States for not more than 10 years during the 15-tax-year period ending with the tax year during which the expatriation occurred. For the purpose of determining U.S. residency, use the substantial presence test described in chapter 1 of Pub. 519.
– You expatriated before you were 18
– You were a resident of the United States for not more than 10 tax years before the expatriation occurs. For the purpose of determining U.S. residency, use the substantial presence test described in chapter 1 of Pub. 519.
Exit Taxation under Section 877A – A Summary
The following is provided in the instructions of Form 8854, but we will provide an additional summary for you to provide a bit of clarity:
How is the Tax Calculated?
If you are a covered expatriate in the year you expatriate, you are subject to income tax on the net unrealized gain in your property as if the property had been sold for its fair market value on the day before your expatriation date ("mark-to-market tax").
Does It Apply to All Property?
No. This applies to most types of property interests you held on the date of your expatriation. But see Exceptions, later.
Gains vs. Losses
The IRS will try to tax you on all Gain, while limiting your losses. As provided by the IRS: Gains from deemed sales are taken into account without regard to other U.S. internal revenue laws. Losses from deemed sales are taken into account to the extent otherwise allowed under U.S. internal revenue laws. However, section 1091 (relating to the disallowance of losses on wash sales of stock and securities) doesn't apply.
For 2017, the net gain that you otherwise must include in your income is reduced (but not below zero) by $699,000.
The Mark-to-Market tax does not apply to the following
Eligible deferred compensation items.
Ineligible deferred compensation items.
Specified tax deferred accounts.
Interests in nongrantor trusts.
Deferral of the Payment of Mark-to-Market Tax
You can make an irrevocable election to defer the payment of the mark-to-market tax imposed on the deemed sale of property.
If you make this election, the following rules apply:
You make the election on a property-by-property basis.
The deferred tax on a particular property is due on the return for the tax year in which you dispose of the property.
Interest is charged for the period the tax is deferred.
The due date for the payment of the deferred tax cannot be extended beyond certain dates.
Considering Expatriation?
If you are considering expatriation, and you're either a US citizen or Long-Term Permanent Resident, that it is important to understand the exit tax implications.
Specifically, if you have not been in tax compliance with the IRS in prior years, it is crucial you first get into compliance — this is usually done by submitting to one of the IRS approved IRS Voluntary Disclosure/Tax Amnesty Programs.
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Failure to File
If you do not file by the deadline, you might face a failure-to-file penalty. If you do not pay by the due date, you could face a failure-to-pay penalty. The failure-to-file penalty is generally more than the failure-to-pay penalty.
The penalty for filing late is usually 5 percent of the unpaid taxes for each month or part of a month that a return is late. This penalty will not exceed 25 percent of your unpaid taxes. If you file your return more than 60 days after the due date or extended due date, the minimum penalty is the smaller of $135 or 100 percent of the unpaid tax.
Failure to Pay
f you do not pay your taxes by the due date, you will generally have to pay a failure-to-pay penalty of ½ of 1 percent of your unpaid taxes for each month or part of a month after the due date that the taxes are not paid. This penalty can be as much as 25 percent of your unpaid taxes. If both the failure-to-file penalty and the failure-to-pay penalty apply in any month, the 5 percent failure-to-file penalty is reduced by the failure-to-pay penalty.
However, if you file your return more than 60 days after the due date or extended due date, the minimum penalty is the smaller of $135 or 100 percent of the unpaid tax. You will not have to pay a failure-to-file or failure-to-pay penalty if you can show that you failed to file or pay on time because of reasonable cause and not because of willful neglect.
Civil Tax Fraud
If any part of any underpayment of tax required to be shown on a return is due to fraud, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to 75 percent of the portion of the underpayment which is attributable to fraud.
A Penalty for failing to file FBARs
The civil penalty for willfully failing to file an FBAR can be as high as the greater of $100,000 or 50 percent of the total balance of the foreign financial account per violation. See 31 U.S.C. § 5321(a)(5). Non-willful violations that the IRS determines were not due to reasonable cause are subject to a $10,000 penalty per violation.
A Penalty for failing to file Form 8938
The penalty for failing to file each one of these information returns is $10,000, with an additional $10,000 added for each month the failure continues beginning 90 days after the taxpayer is notified of the delinquency, up to a maximum of $50,000 per return.
The penalty for failing to file each one of these information returns, or for filing an incomplete return, is the greater of $10,000 or 35 percent of the gross reportable amount, except for returns reporting gifts, where the penalty is five percent of the gift per month, up to a maximum penalty of 25 percent of the gift.
A Penalty for failing to file Form 3520-A
The penalty for failing to file each one of these information returns or for filing an incomplete return, is the greater of $10,000 or 5 percent of the gross value of trust assets determined to be owned by the United States person.
The penalty for failing to file each one of these information returns, or to keep certain records regarding reportable transactions, is $10,000, with an additional $10,000 added for each month the failure continues beginning 90 days after the taxpayer is notified of the delinquency.
A Penalty for failing to file Form 926
The penalty for failing to file each one of these information returns is ten percent of the value of the property transferred, up to a maximum of $100,000 per return, with no limit if the failure to report the transfer was intentional.
Penalties include $10,000 for failure to file each return, with an additional $10,000 added for each month the failure continues beginning 90 days after the taxpayer is notified of the delinquency, up to a maximum of $50,000 per return, and ten percent of the value of any transferred property that is not reported, subject to a $100,000 limit.
Fraud penalties imposed under IRC §§ 6651(f) or 6663
Where an underpayment of tax, or a failure to file a tax return, is due to fraud, the taxpayer is liable for penalties that, although calculated differently, essentially amount to 75 percent of the unpaid tax.
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A Penalty for failing to pay the amount of tax shown on the return under IRC § 6651(a)(2)
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An Accuracy-Related Penalty on underpayments imposed under IRC § 6662
Depending upon which component of the accuracy-related penalty is applicable, a taxpayer may be liable for a 20 percent or 40 percent penalty
Possible Criminal Charges related to tax matters include tax evasion (IRC § 7201)
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Q: AVPlayerItem Status Observer - Unit Test Status Changes Does anyone have any references on unit testing key value observing logic in swift? I'd like to mock the AVPlayerItem's status changes in my unit tests to confirm that the expected logic is triggered. For simplicity this is what I have so far:
A function that observes the provided playerItem's status
public func observePlayerItemStatus(playerItemToObserve: AVPlayerItem) -> NSKeyValueObservation {
    let observerToken = playerItemToObserve.observe(\.status, options: [.new, .old], changeHandler: { (playerItemToObserve, _) in
        switch playerItemToObserve.status {
        case .failed:
            // failed logic
        case .readyToPlay:
            // ready to play logic
        default:
            // default logic
        }
    })

    return observerToken
}

I've created a mock class, MockAVPlayerItem
class MockAVPlayerItem: AVPlayerItem {
    var mockStatus: AVPlayerItem.Status = .unknown
    public override var status: AVPlayerItem.Status {
        get { return mockStatus }
        set { self.mockStatus = newValue }
    }
}

My unit test attempting to trigger the status code change does the following:
func test_readyToPlayIsTriggered() {
   let url = URL(string: "https://www.rmp-streaming.com/media/big-buck-bunny-360p.mp4")!
   let mockPlayerItem = MockPlayerItem(url: url)
   let statusToken = observePlayerItemStatus(playerItemToObserve: mockPlayerItem)
   mockPlayerItem.status = .readyToPlay

... some assertion that ready to play was called ....
}

The logic itself works when I run the application however my unit tests are unable to trigger my observer. I've followed a similar approach to mock AVPlayer.timeControlStatus and it's worked great but for some reason AVPlayerItem.status isn't behaving the same.

A: Using a willChangeValue and didChangeValue in my mock solved my problem. Observers are now triggered as expected.
class MockAVPlayerItem: AVPlayerItem {
    var mockStatus: AVPlayerItem.Status = .unknown
    public override var status: AVPlayerItem.Status {
        get { return mockStatus }
        set {
            willChangeValue(for: \.status)
            self.mockStatus = newValue
            didChangeValue(for: \.status)
        }
    }
}

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Trip on This: Chapter Four (Part One)
Posted on February 22, 2018 by Minna Hong • 0 Comments
Chapter Four (Part One)
"I need to talk to Mr. Renaldo DiCalvo," Trip says firmly to the receptionist, a woman about Trip's age, also Asian, who is looking at Trip with bored disdain. The receptionist is Chinese-pretty with slanted eyes and planed cheekbones—Lucy Liu in the flesh. These North Beach bitches have such an attitude.
"Who?" The receptionist asks, her voice nasal. She's twirling a lock of her shiny black hair around her finger with its perfectly-manicured fingernail, and Trip has the urge to reach across the desk and strangle the woman.
"Mr. Renaldo DiCalvo," Trip says, enunciating carefully. Her voice is flat, but menacing. She doesn't have time for this bullshit. "I need to talk to him now."
"There's nobody here by that name," the receptionist informs Trip, her tone implying that perhaps Trip better stop taking whatever drug it is she's ingesting. There is also a hint of smugness that sets Trip's teeth on edge.
"Look," Trip begins, then shuts her mouth. This is the same receptionist she saw when she visited yesterday. Either she's losing her mind, or Nicole—as her nameplate says—is lying through her pearly-white teeth. "I'd like to speak to whoever occupies the corner office, then. The one with the great view and the elevated chair." Her tone is hard, and her eyes are staring into Nicole's. The latter would have to be made of sterner stuff or making more than twenty dollars an hour to stand up to Trip, so she merely nods and presses a button on her phone while picking up the receiver.
"Mr. O'Reilly? There is a, uh, there's someone here to talk to you." Nicole pauses to listen, and her cheeks are stained red. "I know, but, uh, OK." She turns back to Trip, a bit more steel in her voice. "Mr. O'Reilly is not to be disturb. I'm sorry, Miss….You'll have to make an appointment." Her voice is smug, as if she's won a coup over Trip. She pats her glossy hair, preening at a job well done. Trip looks at Nicole until the latter's eyes fall. Nodding to herself, Trip walks past the desk and through the unlocked door. "Hey!" Nicole bustles after her, her voice bristling with indignation. "You can't just charge back there like you own the place." She totters after Trip in impossibly-high heels, swaying dangerously as she moves.
"You aren't going to stop me." Trip halts in her tracks, turns and steps towards Nicole. Trip's biceps bulge as she clenches her fists. Nicole emits a little squeak and takes a step back. She is one of those Asian women who thinks it's better to be tiny and cute than in shape. Satisfied, Trip turns around and continues until she reaches the same office where she had met with Renaldo DiCalvo. Without knocking on the door, she opens it and strides on in. She stops when she sees what's going on. There is a man about six feet, stretched out on what looks to be a masseuse's table, his white hair obscuring his face. He is naked except for a towel wrapped around his mid-section. Behind him is a breathtaking Japanese woman dressed in a traditional kimono, her hair pulled back in an elaborate bun. The man doesn't even bother looking up, but the Japanese woman does. When her eyes catch Trip's, she looks away in embarrassment. Trip glares, angry at this woman for perpetuating that stupid fucking stereotype.
Trip takes several breaths to calm down, looking around the office as she does. It's definitely the same office, but there is no trace of DiCalvo. Trip walks over to the desk, ignoring the other people in the room. The pile of papers are gone; the picture is gone; the desk is sparse and clean with a neat pile of business cards perched on the corner. Trip's fury mounts as she silently contemplates what to do. There is nothing in the this room that identifies it as the one where she had met DiCalvo. There are now diplomas on the walls from prestigious Ivy League schools with the name, Caleb O'Reilly prominently penned on each one. The man on the table doesn't look like he's Irish, but really, what has Trip seen of him other than his undercooked body and his shock of white hair?
"Are you going to tell me why you've disturbed my sanctuary?" The autocratic voice cuts through Trip's ruminating. "I presume you are the person about whom my secretary was warning me. What part of no do you not understand?" The masseuse continues the massage, keeping her eyes on her work.
"Where is DiCalvo?" Trip asks when she finally has her voice under control again. "And who the hell are you?"
"As to your first inquiry, I haven't the faintest idea to whom you are referring and as to the latter question, more apropos, who the hell are you?" There is an undercurrent of amusement in O'Reilly's voice which grates on Trip's nerves. He is playing the heavy-handed patrician which is supposed to reduce her to humble supplicant, a role she is ill-equipped to play.
"I met a Mr. Renaldo DiCalvo in this very office yesterday afternoon," Trip says, a sense of unreality washing over her. "Where is he?"
"Since I don't know the person in question, I am very much afraid I cannot assist you in his whereabouts. If there is something personal I can help you with." The amusement is growing stronger as is Trip's rage, but his tone has shifted to slightly salacious. "Don't you hesitate to ask." Trip doesn't bother to answer. Abruptly, his tone shifts again to brusque. "If you do not vacate these premises this minute, I shall be forced to alert security and have you removed."
There is nothing for Trip to do but leave. She cannot gain the upper-hand here and might weaken her position by further antagonizing this man. The atmosphere is pressing around her, choking off her airflow. Either this man truly has no idea what's going on in his office behind his back—which makes him a big ass—or he's part of something bigger. Either way, he's not going to spill the beans, so he's of no use to Trip. For now. She's about to leave when to her astonishment, the Japanese woman lifts her head to stare directly in Trip's eyes. The masseuse tilts her head minutely and holds up both hands, her fingers spread wide. She drops her hands and her head again, and Trip takes her leave, but not before grabbing a business card off the desk. Never know when it might come in handy.
"Don't you come back here," Nicole hisses as Trip walks by her. "If you do, I'll call the cops." Just a bit of female posturing to nurse her hurt pride. Trip doesn't even bother responding as she leaves, her mind on the masseuse. If Trip read her right, the woman wants Trip to wait for her outside so they can meet in ten minutes. Why? To ask her out? To explain why she isn't selling out the sisterhood? Or does she know something about DiCalvo? Whatever the reason, Trip will wait for her for as long as is necessary. She wishes she had a smoke, however, to pass the time. True to the Japanese woman's word, she emerges from the building in ten minutes.
"Don't look at me," the woman says in perfect English, her voice high and sweet. She keeps walking so Trip is forced to amble after her. "Pretend you just happen to be walking the same way I am. Do you know where Sushi-A-Rama is?" Trip nods her head slightly. "Meet me there in ten minutes." She hurries ahead and Trip slows down so it doesn't look like she's following the woman. She decides to leave her car where it is, feeds the meter, then makes her way to the sushi place. She spots the Japanese woman huddled as far back in the tiny restaurant as possible, a menu obscuring most of her features. Trip slinks over to her and casually sits so she can see the front door. Trip picks up the menu and studies it, waiting for the other woman to speak. Before either of them can say anything, however, a server bops over, bringing two mugs of green tea.
"Welcome to Sushi-A-Rama. Would you like any appetizers? The miso soup is my favorite." This woman is definitely foreign-born with her heavy accent and cutesy-girl ways. She is bouncing lightly on her toes like an impatient twelve-year old, and she giggles at the end of her statement. Trip hates girls who giggle.
"Edamame," Trip says flatly. "I'd like a glass of water as well. Then five minutes to study the menu." Her dining companion has yet to speak, but she suddenly bursts out in a spate of Japanese which delights the server. The two of them chatter away while Trip peruses the menu. The other two are at it for so long, Trip is able to make up her mind. "I'm ready to order," she says, closing her menu. She and her companion both order before the server finally disappears.
"My name is Evelyn," the other woman says, pushing a stray lock of hair out of her face. She has one of those typical Japanese faces with slanted cheekbones, almond-shaped eyes and clear skin. Her voice is high, but not kittenish. Her skin is naturally white.
"I'm Delilah." Trip offers her hand which the other woman shakes heartily. Trip isn't sure why she gave Evelyn her never-used real name instead of her nickname, but figures she can 'fess up later if she has to.
"Look, I'm not going to give you some bullshit about why I'm dressed like this," Evelyn says without preamble. "I have a job, and I'm good at it. If some dumb fuck wants to pay me double for fulfilling his fantasy, that's his bad." She looks Trip in the eyes, her gaze not wavering.
"It's your gig," Trip shrugs. "I wouldn't do it, but that's my choice, not yours. Besides, we all do what we have to do to pay the bills."
"What is it you do, Delilah?" Evelyn asks just as the server returns with edamame and miso soup for both of them.
"I didn't order this," Trip protests.
"It comes with the sushi," the server chirps. "Is really good." Trip tastes it, and it is really good. She drains the bowl quickly.
"You were just about to tell me what you do," Evelyn reminds Trip, sipping daintily at her own soup.
"No I wasn't," Trip replied, popping the shell of a soy bean.
"If you don't tell me, I won't tell you what I know about Renaldo DiCalvo." Evelyn leans slightly forward, her eyes shrewd.
"How do I know you know anything?" Trip counters, suddenly wary. How would this geisha girl know anything about O'Reilly's business?
"Because Mr. O'Reilly hires me to look like this," Evelyn says deliberately. "He thinks that I am brainless as well. He treats me like a statue of sorts. He says things; I hear things." Their eyes meet before they both look away.
"Sushi!" The server says in an impossibly cheerful tone. She slides the tray between both of the women. As is usual for a sushi place, it's attractively arranged with the ginger flowers and startling green wasabi.
"Real wasabi," Evelyn confides. "Not horseradish with green dye." Both women pick up their chopsticks, break them, rub them against each other to get rid of splinters, then dig right in. Neither speaks for a few minutes. Even though it's only eleven-thirty in the morning, the sushi hits the spot. Any time is sushi-time.
"I am a repo man," Trip finally says after eating enough sushi to take the edge off her jones.
"What do you repo?" Evelyn asks, her eyes sharp. Trip says nothing, not wanting to give away her game. "OK, I'll give you some of what I know to prove I'm trustworthy, then it's your turn again, OK?" Trip nods silently and waits.
The story Evelyn has to share is illuminating. It seems Mr. O'Reilly is a corporate lawyer of sorts. He has many high-powered clients and is compensated well for his endeavors. Evelyn had been in the office last week when a phone call came. Mr. O'Reilly kept calling the man, DiCalvo, and laughing every time he said the name. It seems that DiCalvo is one of Mr. O'Reilly's prime clients which means Mr. O'Reilly will go to great lengths to accommodate the man. While Evelyn was pounding on Mr. O'Reilly's back and fending off suggestions that she pound something else of his, he was yapping on his cell phone with Mr. DiCalvo, arranging to allow Mr. DiCalvo the use of his office. For a hefty fee, of course. They dickered over it in a friendly fashion until Mr. O'Reilly agreed to a nice lump sum of ten-thousand dollars for the day. Trip nearly chokes when she hears the figure. Ten-thousand plus the twenty-five thousand given to her, and the check hadn't bounced. Thirty-five thousand? Someone sure had deep pockets. Evelyn stops talking, staring at Trip expectantly. Trip motions for Evelyn to continue. Evelyn gestures that it's Trip's turn. This is verging on the ridiculous, so Trip puts an end to the mime show.
"My clients are people, usually men, who get themselves in certain predicaments," Trip says, choosing her words carefully. "They foolishly give things to people that are best not given, or they have things taken from them. I retrieve said possessions."
"You're a thief!" Evelyn says, her eyes growing wide.
"I'm not a thief," Trip says fiercely. She hates that word with a passion. She'd rather be called a burglar than a thief. "I am a repo man. I provide a service, much like you do."
"Except I'm not breaking any laws!" Evelyn's voice has risen which earns her a glare from Trip.
"Just the tacky law," Trip retorts. Suddenly, both of them are laughing at the inanity of the situation.
"You really break into people's houses?" Evelyn asks, wiping tears from her eyes.
"Tell me more about DiCalvo," Trip counters. She doesn't want to give too much away to this person she just met. Who knows if it might come back and bite her in the ass?
Evelyn gives Trip a look like she knows Trip is evading the question, but obliges. Evelyn's never met this DiCalvo person, of course, so she can't even confirm if it's the same bastard who tried to put the screws to Trip. Mr. O'Reilly kept laughing with this DiCalvo character, saying, 'That's a good one, DiCalvo. DiCalvo! Hah! I wouldn't mind having you on my team, you son-of-a-bitch!" This joking back and forth went on for ten minutes before Mr. O'Reilly nailed down the specifics. He would have a name plate ready; his secretary would be informed; there would be nothing of Mr. O'Reilly's personal effects noticeable to the naked eye. DiCalvo would have the office for the whole day, including the wet-bar that Mr. O'Reilly kept discreetly in the corner of the office. Nobody but Mr. O'Reilly and his secretary would know about the switch, and the vic—that would be Trip—would be carefully kept away from the other staff. Evelyn winds down her tale and continues eating.
"That's the word O'Reilly used? 'Vic'?" Trip wants to be sure Evelyn is reporting accurately what she heard.
"Yes," Evelyn nods, plowing her way through the sushi rolls. Trip's face heats up; she really does not like being called the same thing she calls her marks. She can't believe she got taken for such a fucking ride. She's a professional, damn it. Things like this aren't supposed to happen to her.
"Anything else?" Trip bites savagely into a piece of unagi to soothe her feelings. The sweetness of the barbecue eel does little to improve her temperament.
"Just that Mr. O'Reilly complimented Mr. DiCalvo on his quick thinking in dealing with the problem. Told DiCalvo he might even take a trip south of the border on his day off." Evelyn shrugs as her chopsticks flash over the sushi. "Then he hit on me again, and I almost told him to fuck off." It's an incredible turn-on to hear foul language escaping from such a traditional-looking Japanese woman. If Trip wasn't so disturbed by the new information, she might try to see if Evelyn were up for a little afternoon delight. "So what's this about?" Evelyn asks, lifting a delicately-arched eyebrow.
"I can't tell you that," Trip replies. The less said, the better. "You've helped me, though. Thank you for that." She pauses before asking the question that is really on her mind. Well, the second question on her mind. "What made you decide to tell me? You must have some loyalty towards that son-of-a-bitch."
"Sisters have to look out for each other," Evelyn smiles, her full lips curving upwards. "Besides, I hate that asshole so I don't owe him anything. It's not as if he told me to keep quiet. That'll teach him to treat me like a geisha girl!" Evelyn flushes indignantly, which only makes her more attractive. A look of speculation crosses her face but quickly disappears.
They talk of other things for the rest of the lunch. Evelyn is from the Midwest as well, having moved to San Francisco to attend SFSU in design. Realizing that she didn't have what it took to be a designer, she dropped out and has been drifting ever since. That was four years ago. In the meantime, Evelyn attended massage classes and became a licensed massage therapist. It's not what she dreamed of doing with her life, but it pays the bills. She's twenty-five, no significant other, but is never hurting for company. She is unaccountably coy in divulging her orientation, carefully steering clear of gender in her discussion of her private life. Trip wonders why the subterfuge and presses a bit harder. Evelyn finally admits that she's experimented with women, but always returns to men. She has a theory that anyone who moves to the Bay Area is obligated to bat from the other side at least once because of the historical significance of gay culture for San Francisco. She lives in Bernal Heights and has no intention of ever leaving.
The whole time they're conversing, Trip has the oddest feeling that Evelyn is alternating between hitting on her and hiding behind a very high barricade. First, Evelyn leans forward, a look of rapt attention on her face. Then, she leans back, looking anywhere but at Trip. Trip doesn't know what game Evelyn is playing, but she's having none of it. She treats Evelyn as she would any other person who she doesn't hate and lets it go at that. The atmosphere isn't strained between them, but it's not exactly relaxed, either. The times when Evelyn isn't pointedly ignoring Trip or coming on to her, she's staring at her with a fierce look on her face. Trip puts up with it for most of the lunch until she is fed up. She isn't the type of woman who likes to play games of any sort, and these female-type head games are the worst of all. She much prefers the macho-bullshit of men to this.
"What's up, Evelyn?" Trip asks, pulling out some money and tossing it on the table. "You've been acting crazy for the last half hour."
"I know," Evelyn sighs, digging out some money of her own. "It's just that, well, I'm not quite sure how to tell you this. I'm attracted to you but I don't want to be." She flushes and fiddles with her purse. "Can we blow this place? I need to smoke."
"Sure you want to be seen with me?" Trip asks evenly, standing up and stretching.
"I think it should be OK." Evelyn flashes a smile as she stands up as well. "God, I can't wait to get out of this get-up." She plucks at the voluminous sleeve of her kimono and minces her way outside. She pulls out a Virginia Slim pack from her bag—Virginia Slim!—and lights up. "Want one?" She holds the pack out to Trip who accepts with alacrity. The taste is strange, but not unpleasant.
"Talk." Trip is laconic to the point of comatose. She is beginning to lose interest in this woman and is fidgety.
"I don't like what you do," Evelyn blurts out. "I mean, it sounds fascinating and all, and I'm sure you think there's a good reason for what you're doing, but it's still against the law. Besides, I've sworn off women for now." Her eyes are begging Trip to convince her otherwise, but Trip has no patience for this.
"I do what I do for the money," Trip says, scowling. "I do it because I'm good at it. I do it because it pays the bills." Evelyn has the grace to blush. "Look, I'm not going to justify myself. It's my job; I like it. Enough said. As for the other—"
"No, not enough said," Evelyn interrupts, sucking hard on her cigarette. "What about the morality of it? Doesn't it bother you?"
"No," Trip says simply. "The people who have their things repossessed by me are usually using the things they acquire to blackmail the people from whom they acquired the stuff. They are the ones breaking the law—I am merely righting wrongs."
"Maybe," Evelyn allows. "But you do it by breaking into their houses, right? That's against the law."
"So is speeding. So is feeding a meter more than once. So is turning right on a red when it says not to. So is smoking marijuana. I bet you do one or more of those things on a regular basis," Trip says, throwing her cigarette into the street. "So is littering."
"It's not the same, and you know it." Now, Evelyn is angry, too. "You're just playing word games."
"As to your other point, you should really decide which team you play for so you don't mess up everyone."
"Hey, not everyone only plays for one team," Evelyn says angrily. "That's one reason I hate dykes."
"Who said I was a dyke?" Trip asks incredulously. "I did not ever say I was a dyke."
"You're straight?" Evelyn's anger turns into bewilderment.
"Now who's making assumptions?" Trip sighs loudly. She's more than done with this conversation. "Thanks for the information. See you around." She starts walking away from Evelyn, but finds her arm being grabbed. She stares down at the hand until it's removed. As she might have mentioned, she hates being touched without permission.
"Look, I'm sorry. I hate doing this geisha-girl shit, and I'm taking it out on you. Can we at least be friends?" Evelyn's eyes are beseeching as she stares deeply into Trip's. It would be touching except it doesn't feel completely sincere.
"I have to go," Trip says coolly.
"Here. Just take this." Evelyn pulls out a scrap of paper and a pen from her bag and scratches her name, numbers, and email address on it. "Call me or email me, and let's hang out. What can it hurt?" Trip takes the paper, but doesn't say anything as she walks towards her car. Her mind is contemplating the information Evelyn has given her. DiCalvo paid his lawyer to use his office for the day in order to meet her and con her. He wanted a place where Trip couldn't find him again, thus the elaborate con. Trip, who prides herself on being the scammer not the scammee, is seething in indignation. She hops in her car and turns on the ignition. What's her next move? She decides to return to Vandalia's apartment and find out more about Angelica Sylvian. If Sylvian was the mistress of a big-shot, she should be listed on the web somewhere. That is, if DiCalvo was telling her the truth about that. Trip suddenly realizes that perhaps DiCalvo had fabricated everything, then pushes the thought away. The thought that DiCalvo lied about everything is just too horrible to contemplate, so it's better not to think about it for the present. Trip will have to validate all parts of DiCalvo's story so that she can determine what is true and what isn't. When she gets her hands on DiCalvo, and she will, she'll demonstrate to him exactly why it's such a bad idea to fuck with her.
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Q&A with comedian Maddie Wiener
Buy Photos Maddie Wiener is a Chapel Hill-based comedian. Photo courtesy of Maddie Wiener.
By Sabrina Zirkle
Maddie Wiener is one of the few young female comics in the North Carolina comedy scene.
Staff writer Sabrina Zirkle spoke with Wiener about her comedic career, inspirations and what it's like being a young woman surrounded by divorced dads.
The Daily Tar Heel: How did you get into stand-up comedy?
Maddie Wiener: When I was 16, in my sophomore year of high school, I went to an open mic night. I met someone who was one of my best friends now, and they were really supportive and told me about other open mics in the area. It was really fun, and I kinda just kept doing it after that.
DTH: Has anything about your comedy changed since graduating from high school?
MW: Definitely. I'm coming up on three years doing it, and I've noticed I've gotten better. In the grand scheme of things, I'm a little infant comedy-wise. Some of my material was about being in high school, and then I found things that were more universally relatable. It's not so much about being out of high school, but the amount of time I've been doing stand-up. Jokes that I used to think I'd keep forever, I'm now like, "Are you kidding me? It's garbage!" And I'm sure jokes now, in a year, I'll feel the same way.
DTH: Who are your comedic inspirations? What is your genre of comedy?
MW: Louis C.K. is amazing. I really like Eddie Murphy, Maria Bamford, Dave Attell, Bill Burr [and] Patrice O'Neal. There are so many. As far as genre of comedy goes, I guess a little bit on the darker side. But my goal is to do something everyone can enjoy and appreciate.
DTH: Why do you think your comedy has been successful so far?
MW: Hopefully because it's funny! There's not a lot of younger comics on the scene. There's not a lot women, or girls around my age doing it. I guess I've built a niche around it. But I don't want to use that as a crutch. I'd like to just be funny, period. We should be doing more for women, but I feel it's important to have that pressure to compete with everyone regardless of age. There's only a few women in the Triangle writing from that perspective.
DTH: What are the challenges of being a young woman in the comedy genre?
MW: It's been really amazing. I've heard horror stories. Everyone in the scene has been really, really supportive and welcoming. I'm an 18-year-old girl, and lot of my best friends are divorced dads. It's weird, but they've been the coolest people. I really haven't had anyone be creepy or predatory toward me. My parents have been cool with me going out to bars after school to a show that starts at 8 in Greensboro, Raleigh, Winston-Salem [and] Charlotte and getting back at 2 a.m., then going to school the next day. If my parents weren't cool with it, it would have been really hard. It's weird not seeing a lot of people like you. A lot of comics, period, are guys. It's weird wanting to emulate (them). I find myself acting more masculine because it's in an inherent part of it.
DTH: What is the Chapel Hill comedy scene like? Have you noticed any changes since the closing of DSI/are you looking forward to the opening of the PIT (Peoples Improv Theater) theater?
MW: Well the DSI, where I did my first open mic, I haven't been that involved with them recently. It's obviously really upsetting hearing about it. And I don't want to sound insensitive to other women comics, because it's definitely an issue in comedy and in the world in general. From my perspective, DSI was more improv-focused. The Chapel Hill scene — I look at it more as in the whole state. I drive out six nights a week, so a lot of people you see performing at Chapel Hill travel from all over the state to be here. I run a show with my friend Rob Davis and Kenyon Adamcik at the Local 506 every month. Our headliners come as far as Charlotte or Wilmington. We also do a mic at Northside, Chapel Hill, so a lot of the comics you see there are driving from all over the state. There's a surprisingly strong scene in North Carolina. It's not like Atlanta or Chicago, but there's a lot of really talented people here.
DTH: Where would you like to see yourself go with this?
MW: I actually just applied to Columbia College Chicago. I'd like to go to college in Chicago then go to New York. If I could just make a living doing this, I would be so, so super super happy.
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It's funny, last weekend when I wrote this post, I really didn't have too much to say. This week on the other hand, so much has happened. It was such a crazy whirlwind that I'm not even sure where to start. However, those of you who follow me on Twitter and Instagram are probably wondering about the details regarding this picture below, so I'll start there.
To be honest, it is a good thing I took that photo because otherwise I might not believe it happened.
Okay, so hopefully I can tell this story without completely embarrassing myself in the off chance that Johnny happens to read this post…. A few days ago, Johnny Iuzzini popped up on my "you should follow" list on Twitter (how was I not following him before?). Considering the coincidence just a few days before I had mentioned the fact that I would die/be terrified of him ever trying my desserts, I thought, "why not?" and hit "follow".
Well, a few hours later I got a tweet from him that he wanted to try my brownies (hello shameless brag in my twitter profile). Immediately I responded with a few overeager tweets and to make a long story short, we agreed to meet at the OddFellows grand opening. An opportunity to meet Johnny Iuzzini, share some samples of my desserts AND eat incredible ice cream? I was sold.
So, here is where I don't talk about how incredibly nervous I was so that he doesn't think I am a complete dork. (Hint: I was really nervous.) Just read his bio and it is pretty self-explanatory.
Lucky for me, he was so incredibly nice in person that it was really just a great experience to meet him! When he introduced us (I brought Matt for moral support / ice cream eating) I was pretty flattered to find out that he had taken a few minutes to check out my website and read my story. We got to meet everyone at OddFellows and they were all pretty awesome. Being around a couple of culinary geniuses in the pastry world is pretty freaking cool. They treated us to samples of almost all of the flavors and I have to admit, I liked every.single.one (even the Maple Bacon Pecan!).
I finally decided on Caramel and Chorizo Caramel Swirl. Yes, I promise, chorizo + ice cream seriously works. I think that Matt had Cornbread and Buttermilk Honey Blueberry. It was all so good, another trip to Williamsburg is definitely in order.
But I digress. Talking to Johnny Iuzzini was just a bit surreal. He reminded me very much of almost any other pastry chef I have met (if you set aside his incredible talent for a minute) in that he was really energetic, really excited about desserts, funny, likes to have a good time, and slightly "off cuff" so to say, in conversation.
Before he tried my brownie, I told him that I was a little nervous after watching him on Top Chef Just Desserts. He assured us that he generally gives people 9 positives and 1 negative when he eats something. Well, he tried my brownie and only said positive things. Hopefully that means he really did like it and wasn't just being nice:-) I'll go with the former. And in that case, WIN. Is this real life? My only regret is that I didn't get to hang out longer and I didn't get a picture with him (yes, ladies, he is as good looking / better looking in real life as he is on TV). Hopefully we will stay in touch (again, is this real life?) and this won't be the last time we meet!
The rest of my week feels somewhat insignificant in comparison to that, but it was a good and busy one. Last night I celebrated the opening of the Le Gourmet Factory cooking school and got to share samples of blondies and brownies with a ton of people. Today I teach my first class to a group of Girl Scouts.
That's so exciting Lauren!! You are such a superstar it was only a matter of time before people like Johnny start taking notice!! xoxo!!
How did I totally miss this?!! What a totally and completely awesome week! Johnny Iuzzini has excellent taste in brownies ;) Seriously though, I'm so happy for all the incredible success that you've had. You so, so, so deserve it.
Ah, this is just the beginning of your many, many celebrity chef experiences!
Eek, wouldn't that be crazy amazing?
Hmm so weird… and they weren't super high up in your oven or anything? I wonder if you chilled the dough first if that would help. So glad you still liked them anyway!
I chiled the dough, and yepp they were in the middle of my oven. *shrug* maybe it was just one of those things. And yeah they're super delicious, regardless!
I was just totally breathless this whole post!! I am SO SO SO happy for you! Such an amazing experience…I can hardly take it!!
Yay! What an exciting thing! I wasn't familiar with Johnny before but after reading his bio I am so impressed! And duh your brownies are to die for.
You are too kind, thank you, Rachel!
I know, Twitter is amazing!
That is too cool! Your desserts are amazing!
I am so proud of you, my friend!
Come visit, I'll give you brownies too!
Every single ice cream flavour sounds delicious, wow!!
I just watched your eHow video on YouTube, great job! My hands (and voice!) would have been shaking. You were calm and brilliant. Did the camera crew get to eat all those cookies?
How exciting and fun! I'm sure your brownies rocked!
Your sweets all look divine! I think I originally started following you because I won a gift basket of them :) So, if that's the case, I KNOW they are! What funny ice cream flavors–jealous you got to meet a chef idol!
Thank you so much, Ashley!!!
Oh wow! How exciting is this :) the desserts look fabulous!


Daggy Man is the project of Thomas Calder, born about a year ago. His debut album, A Lazy Kind of Pain, began to paint the picture of this man. Thomas Calder is the substance to Daggy Man's art and that's how we believe art should be made.
According to Daggy Man's Facebook page, "These songs are somewhat of a scrapbook, constructed from memories that may or may not be entirely accurate." There's the inspiration based on true events and then there's the creative part where everything can get molded and transformed, never losing its identity.
Lovers On A Hospital Wing is the 4th track of A Lazy King of Pain and it just got a new video. This is a tune that reminded us of a mash up between Only The Poets and Death Cab For Cutie. It is sung in lullaby form, with a warm and soft voice that speaks right to our hearts. It seems to have had little to no production involved, keeping the track as raw and untouched as possible. This clean result makes it very easy to imagine Thomas singing right next to us as if he was pouring his heart out and we were to comfort him.
Lovers On A Hospital Wing already was so relatable, very easy to connect with and the video facilitates it even more. The video is in vintage style, suiting perfectly Thomas's raspy vocals and acoustic guitar-based track. There is a sense of novelty, discovery and happiness; of evolution, sadness and familiarity; of comfort, discomfort and acceptance. Like lovers on a hospital wing.


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Customers, some of whom had been waiting up to an hour-and-a-half yesterday, told the Jamaica Observer that Christmas Eve turned out to be the worst day to collect money.
"Mi never see dis yet. Yesterday and today again. Mi never see so much people stand up outside and a wait fi guh inside. But mi affi stand up and wait 'cause mi have mi business fi guh do today (yesterday), so mi affi stand up and wait for di likkle money," said Claudette Griffiths, who was waiting in line outside the door of the Western Union location in Cross Roads.


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It's true that the ADA protects employees from discrimination. This means that you can't treat employees who are disabled – or who you regard as disabled – different than other employees. Yes, the ADA requires that you make "reasonable accommodation" whenever possible, but it does NOT excuse performance deficiencies. In this Quick Take, you'll learn the most important thing to remember when evaluating employees with disabilities, what reasonable accommodation is and how it affects the evaluation process and three things you DON'T have to do when reviewing workers protected by the ADA.


Here's what I drew with my mouse after playing Way of the Samurai. I hope you like my video game reviews that are not hand drawn - but written one mouse stroke at a time.
Playing Way of the Samurai 3 on 360 and PS3 is like making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich... blindfolded... and the ingredients aren't always good. The bitter-sweet part about this game is not knowing the consequences of your actions until everything is finished.
You play a samurai traveling through a village in feudal Japan. Passing between sections of the map will make time pass and trigger different events depending on that time and what you've already done. Trial-and-error is a mild statement here. With at least two routes out of any section, the possibilities feel infinite. Luckily the Way of the Samurai franchise always makes good on re-playability, and getting an unsatisfactory ending acts as more of a incentive than discouragement.
Although the sword menu (which you'll use frequently) has evolved drastically from Way of the Samurai 2, the developers stuck with the tried and true combat styles which differ between types of weapons. Mastering each is still addictive, and will leave you eagerly awaiting your next violent encounter. Way of the Samurai 3 is a great gaming experience, just be careful which ingredients you choose.


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Charles Phillips was a member of the Church Mission Society (CMS) based in the Lagos Colony who became Bishop of Ondo.

Early career
Charles Phillips was the son of an Egba former slave also called Charles Phillips who returned from Sierra Leone to work as a catechist at Ijaye.
Phillips gained his secondary education at the CMS Training Institution at Abeokuta. He was taught by G.F. Buhler, who served from 1857 to 1864.
For twelve years Phillips was catechist at Breadfruit Church in Lagos.
Phillips was ordained as a Native deacon on 5 March 1876, with Daniel Coker and Nathaniel Johnson.
In 1873 Captain Glover, the Governor of Lagos colony, helped to restore the deposed king of Ondo to his throne. In gratitude, the king invited the CMS to establish a mission in his city. The mission was opened two years later.
In January 1877 Phillips took charge as pastor at Ondo.

Pastor

Conversion of the "heathen" Yoruba was helped by similarities or analogies between Christianity and the traditional Yoruba religion. In 1878 Phillips wrote of an old woman who became convinced that "prayer is more efficacious than sacrifice" after her husband and her brother recovered from illness.
On the other hand, Phillips reported that "the generality of our Lagos young men begin to think that polygamy is not opposed to the principles of Christianity".

In the 1870s there were several outbreaks of smallpox. In July 1879, a Sango priest from out of town called on Phillips, and cynically described how he had accepted gifts to suppress the disease, which would not in fact happen until it had run its course and destroyed all the witches and charm-makers in the country.
Later Phillips lost three of his four children to smallpox. He noted that some of the believers of the traditional religion attributed the disease to tolerance of Christianity by the Yorubas.
His son Thomas King Ekundayo Phillips, born in 1884, would become for many years organist and Master of the Music at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos.

In 1885 a visiting mission reported that the Rev. Phillips at times served as an interpreter for CMS preachers at Yoruba services in Lagos.
Towards the end of the Yoruba Wars, the Lagos administration, acting through Samuel Johnson and Charles Phillips, arranged a ceasefire in 1886 and then a treaty that guaranteed the independence of the Ekiti towns.
The British House of Commons recorded its appreciation of the work that the two Yorubas had done for their country.
Ilorin refused to cease fighting however, and the war dragged on for several more years.

Bishop of Ondo

In 1891 the Anglican church created the diocese of Western Equatorial Africa, based in Lagos and headed by Bishop Hill, who died of fever almost as soon as he arrived from England. Herbert Tugwell replaced Hill in 1894. The CMS decided to create two assistant bishops to help with the workload of the large diocese and to assuage African opinion. James Johnson, although the most prominent clergyman in the colony, was considered unsafe. Instead the more conservative Charles Phillips was appointed, along with Isaac Oluwole, a former principal of the CMS Grammar School, Lagos.

Phillips has left a record of the embarrassment he felt when approached by J.S. Hill on 2 November 1892 about the position of assistant bishop. He felt that he did not have sufficient experience, that he was poorly educated and that "there are eligible seniors whose presence makes my selection very inviduous and uncomfortable".
Joseph Sidney Hill, Isaac Oluwole and Charles Phillips were consecrated as bishop and assistant bishops on 29 June 1893.

Operating in the eastern part of Yorubaland at some distance from Lagos, Phillips had a degree of independence but still had to report to the European-controlled Executive Council in Lagos.
Although he visited the missionaries in his territory annually and had some control over them, they refused to have an African as their ecclesiastical master.
By 1899, Phillips had a community of 158 converts at Ondo.
Phillips attempted to organize a church at Ile-Ife, but met resistance from the Ooni Olubuse of Ife who did not want to upset the priests of the traditional religion. With difficulty, land was acquired at Iyekere and a small church and school were built in 1899. The Ooni remained hostile however, causing difficulties until Olubose died in 1919.

Descendants
Counted amongst the bishop's descendants is the award-winning Nollywood actress Joke Silva, his great-granddaughter.

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May the force be with her? The PM digs in with her Brexit deal
She could be gone in days, but Theresa May's allies believe in her powers of endurance
Heather Stewart Political editor
Fri 16 Nov 2018 13.53 EST Last modified on Fri 16 Nov 2018 14.28 EST
Theresa May was under intense fire from her own side this week. Photograph: David Levenson/Pool/EPA
Theresa May's formidable resilience in the face of her Tory colleagues' plots and jibes has long been the source of grudging admiration among even her fiercest critics.
But this week's political endurance test was extraordinary by any standards.
Within the space of little more than 48 hours, she sat through a fractious five-hour cabinet meeting at which Brexit-backing ministers queued up to have their gripes recorded for posterity, as well as suffering two cabinet resignations and facing three hours of hostile questioning, much of it from her own side, in the Commons.
She had barely sat down when double-breasted renegade Jacob Rees-Mogg addressed a scrum of lobby journalists to signal his intention of trying to trigger a leadership challenge against her.
Yet later that afternoon, there she was, behind a podium in the wood-panelled room upstairs in No 10 Downing Street, comparing herself to her dull-but-reliable cricketing hero, Geoffrey Boycott, who "stuck to it and got the runs in the end".
Rebel Tory MPs press for vote of no confidence in Theresa May
"Having worked with her, she's one of those people who perform best in adversity," says Chris Wilkins, who was director of strategy during May's first 12 months in Downing Street.
"I think she also feels at the moment that she's come so far with this, and she's been through everything she's been through, and it's made her all the more determined to see it through."
That was certainly May's mood at her press conference as she sought to address the British public over the heads of her squabbling MPs. "My approach throughout has been to put the national interest first. Not a partisan interest. And certainly not my own political interest," she said. Unlike some of my party colleagues, she might have added.
Moderate Tories who have long believed the hardline Brexiters will stop at nothing until they get the drastic break with Brussels they have spent a political lifetime campaigning for reacted with fury to the latest mutiny.
Anna Soubry, the former business minister who has become the champion of Tory remainers, said: "It is absolutely outrageous. I can't tell you how appalled and angry I am."
Veteran MP Nicholas Soames described the activities of Rees-Mogg's European Research Group (ERG) colleagues, many of whom published strongly worded letters of no confidence in the prime minister, as a "vulgar and pathetic display of inferior virtue signalling".
By Friday morning, Rory Stewart, the prisons minister who dented his cerebral reputation when he had to apologise for making up a statistic ("80% of the British public support this deal"), had resorted to retweeting the Dalai Lama.
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It was one of those who's-up-who's-down weeks that make The Thick of It look like a documentary – and that political nerds find irresistibly compelling.
But this particular episode of the Westminster soap opera will have a profound bearing on Britain's future.
Whether May survives the next few weeks – and who succeeds her if she falls – will determine whether, and how, Brexit goes ahead. "The two are inextricably linked," said Anand Menon, of the UK in a Changing Europe thinktank. "The person who is prime minister will play a decisive role in shaping the nature of Brexit."
If May does face a vote of no confidence, and is toppled by the hard Brexiters, it is unclear who would replace her. The ERG's slick tactician Steve Baker, who spent Friday all over the airwaves trying to encourage those who might be considering writing letters to trigger a vote of no confidence, suggested they could even draw lots to decide which leaver ran.
How would the Tories trigger a leadership contest?
No-confidence proceedings
Forty-eight Conservative MPs would need to back a no-confidence vote in Theresa May to trigger a leadership contest, according to party rules.
There are two ways a contest can be triggered, most obviously if the leader of the party resigns. If they do not, 15% of Conservative MPs must write to the chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tories. With the party's current crop of 317 MPs, 48 would be needed.
After David Cameron announced his resignation, five Tory MPs stood for the leadership. Unlike Labour party rules, under which candidates go to a ballot of members as long as they have the support of 15% of the party's MPs, Conservative candidates are whittled down to a final two before party members have their say.
The ballot is based on "one member, one vote", but in 2016 one of the final two candidates, Andrea Leadsom, withdrew from the race after a damaging interview with the Times about the fact that May did not have children. Her withdrawal meant May was made party leader without having been elected by members.
A new leader would surely mean a bid to reopen the negotiations and find a deal that could be sellable to parliament – with just months left before the 29 March deadline when Britain is due to leave the European Union.
And even without a change of PM, Brexit-backing cabinet ministers are already plotting to pile the pressure on her to go back to Brussels and seek to rewrite the text of the backstop, the most contentious part of the withdrawal agreement.
Michael Gove's decision to remain in the government – revealed on Friday morning after a night of speculation as he agonised over his future – does not mean he has agreed to knuckle under and back the deal but quite the reverse. Instead, he plans to ally with Andrea Leadsom and other leavers to force changes to a deal he believes is "not a runner" as it stands.
But if May does win a confidence vote, and is given breathing space to bring her deal back to parliament, some in Westminster believe it is not quite as "dead in the water" as the Conservative MP Mark Francois told her it was on Thursday.
Since her conference speech in Birmingham last month, May has begun to make the argument to her colleagues that one of the risks of voting against her deal, with all the criticisms levelled against it, is "no Brexit".
Her opponents from across the spectrum – hard Brexit to ardent remain – are pinning their hopes on the idea the deal will be rejected by parliament, allowing MPs to somehow seize back control of the process and force the prime minister to change course.
But May's allies in government are counting on the fact that if it comes to that point, the leavers do not have the numbers to secure a majority of MPs for a looser relationship with Brussels.
"As crazy as it sounds after a week like this, I still think Brexiteers are tactically in a difficult place," one government source said. "I still think it is either the deal on the table or even softer versions of Brexit. The only option if they want Brexit is to end up voting for the deal."
And ironically, the more support garnered by the slick People's Vote campaign – which has growing backing in parliament, and a string of high-profile converts, most recently Gary Lineker – the more plausible May's warning to Brexiters becomes.
Brexit deal
Next weekend's EU summit, if May is permitted by her party to get that far, should see leaders from the 27 other member states sign up to the painstakingly negotiated deal, pat May on the back and stress that it is their final offer.
Then, with the Brexiters' highfalutin warnings about vassalage starting to sound rather tired, the real selling job can begin.
Brexit-watchers have been frantically trying to tally up the numbers in the House of Commons ever since the 585-page doorstop was published on Wednesday evening.
But with the vote in parliament not expected to be held until 10 December or thereabouts, Tory whips believe all but the most hardline backers of Brexit or a second referendum may potentially still be in play.
A week is a painfully long time in politics in these febrile times – a cliche hard to avoid this week – and the prime minister could be toppled within days. But her allies believe if anyone has the qualities to drag Brexit over the line, it is Theresa May.
"I sometimes wonder what it is that makes her get up in the morning and face the disobliging headlines and cartoons," said her de facto deputy, David Lidington, on Friday. "What it is is a very old-fashioned sense of public service."
And her former aide Wilkins says: "I suspect there will be a confidence vote next week; and she's not bluffing when she says even if she wins it by one vote, she'll stay on. And I think she will win it by significantly more than that."
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2. A group of girls, and, another word for beer.
3. Since medieval times, name the patron saint of the following European countries.
4. Name the two rival gang leaders in the St. Valentines Day massacre.
5. E J Spares, Good Blue of 79, Old Geites and Old Osmans are all examples of what ?
6. Which seven-letter word translated means 'cut belly' ?
8. For each of the following Beatles, give the first name of their first wife.
9. What is the well known word for pocket monster ? Seven letters Fourth letter is an "E"
10. It has been said that in 9th century Ireland there was a 'nose tax' imposed on the locals by the Danes. Why nose tax ?
a. People complained they were ' paying through the nose' .
b. People who didnt pay had their nose split.
c. People without a broken nose paid higher taxes because it was assumed they led an easier life and therefore had more wealth.
6. Seppuka Hara-kiri and seppuku are two different terms for the same thing- ritual suicide by self-disembowelment. Seppuku is a politer term than hara-kiri. Samurai would commit seppuku on order of the shogun, or because of some personal shame or humiliation. The most famous to commit seppuku were the Chushingura-- the 47 Ronin or masterless samurai who, in the eighteenth century, avenged the unjust death of their lord and then all committed seppuku, in anticipation of the death sentences they would surely have received. They are national heroes. More recently, the novelist, Yukio Mishima, committed seppuku in 1970, after an unsuccessful attempt to execute a right-wing coup d?etat. It is said that after cutting his abdomen, that he tried to write the word "ken" or sword in blood but that the pain was too much for him. His confederate then struck off his head. Both the coup and his seppuku were efforts to revitalize the spirit of bushido in Japan, apparently without success.
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