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Federal 1120-IC-DISC (Schedule Q)
Federal Borrower's Certificate of Compliance With the Rules for Producer's Loans
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Borrower's Certificate of Compliance With the Rules for Producer's Loans
Form 1120-IC-DISC (Schedule Q) (Rev. September 2016)
Borrower's Certificate of Compliance
With the Rules for Producer's Loans
SCHEDULE Q
(Form 1120-IC-DISC)
(Rev. September 2016)
Attach to Form 1120-IC-DISC.
▶ Information about Form 1120-IC-DISC and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/form1120icdisc.
For tax year beginning
and ending
Name of IC-DISC
Employer identification number
Name of borrower
Address of borrower (number and street)
City or town, state or province, and ZIP or foreign postal code
Note: An IC-DISC may establish that the borrower has met the limitation and increased investment requirements of
sections 993(d)(2) and (3) by attaching to its return either (a) Schedule Q (Form 1120-IC-DISC), or (b) a written statement
of compliance of the borrower certified by a certified public accountant.
Under penalties of perjury, I certify that the loan
received from the above-mentioned IC-DISC qualifies
as a producer's loan for the following reasons.
A. Limitation Rule. The amount of this loan, when added
to the unpaid balance of all of our other qualified
producer's loans outstanding at the time this loan was
made, does not exceed:
1a. The amount of our adjusted basis (at the beginning
of our tax year in which the loan was made) in plant,
machinery, and equipment, and supporting
production facilities in the United States; plus
1b. The amount of property held primarily for sale, lease,
or rental to our customers in the ordinary course of
our trade or business at the beginning of our tax
year; plus
1c. The aggregate amount of our research and
experimental expenditures (within the meaning of
section 174) in the United States during all
preceding tax years beginning after December 31,
1971; multiplied by
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the
Instructions for Form 1120-IC-DISC.
The percentage which our receipts during the 3 tax
years immediately preceding the tax year in which
the loan was made from the sale, lease, or rental
outside the United States of property which would
be export property (determined without regard to
section 993(c)(2)(C) or (D)) if held by an IC-DISC, is
of the gross receipts during such 3 tax years from
the sale, lease, or rental of property held by us
primarily for sale, lease, or rental to our customers
in the ordinary course of our trade or business.
B. Increased Investment Requirement. The amount of
this loan, when added to the unpaid balance of all of our
producer's loans made during our tax year, does not
exceed:
1. The amount by which the sum of the adjusted basis
of our assets described in 1a and 1b above on the
last day of the tax year during which this loan was
made exceeds the adjusted basis of those assets
on the first day of such tax year; plus
2. The aggregate amount of our research and
section 174) in the United States during such tax
Signature of officer
www.irs.gov/form1120icdisc
Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
Cat. No. 11479D
Type or print name and title
Schedule Q (Form 1120-IC-DISC) (Rev. 9-2016)
Extracted from PDF file 2021-federal-1120-ic-disc-schedule-q.pdf, last modified September 2016
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Stoke City vs Swansea City Match Review
August 30, 2022 Sports Betting
On Wednesday, when they host Swansea City, Stoke City will play its first game under the direction of Alex Neil.
Following Michael O'Neill's departure and a subsequent victory over Blackburn Rovers at the weekend, the Scotsman's appointment was made official on Sunday.
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Stoke City vs Swansea City Tips and Prediction
Stoke City, hoping to pick up where they left off under Michael O'Neill's leadership, had a sluggish start to the new Championship campaign as they had four points from their first four league games going into a match against Sunderland.
A 1-0 loss for the Potters in that match Ross Stewart scoring the game's only goal just before halftime—meant the end for O'Neill, and Black Cats manager Alex Neil was soon mentioned in connection with the open position in Staffordshire.
The Scotsman was present on Saturday when they traveled to Blackburn Rovers, and they were able to record their second Championship victory of the year thanks to Lewis Baker's first-half goal, which was overseen by Dean Holden, their interim manager.
On Sunday, Neil became an official member of the team, and he will try to win the Potters' second straight game in his debut game as manager as they work to move up to the Championship's top pack in the coming weeks.
Swansea City, who have only five points from six games, are a team that is eager to put their own worrisome start behind them.
Aiming to improve upon a mediocre campaign from the previous year, Russell Martin's team started out by traveling to Rotherham, where they were able to come away with a draw, before falling to Blackburn Rovers at home the following week.
The Welsh team then managed to record their first league victory of the year away at Blackpool thanks to a late goal from Olivier Ntcham, but they haven't been able to build on that success. First, they blew a lead against Millwall in stoppage time after Ben Cabango and Nathan Wood's own goals forced a draw.
The Swans traveled to Middlesbrough on Saturday hoping to turn things around after losing to Luton Town at home, but they once again came up short, losing then. Joel Piroe's converted penalty was insufficient to spark a comeback after Riley McGree and Matt Crooks had given their hosts a lead.
Martin and his team will be anxious to see a shift in their fortunes as quickly as possible given the mounting pressure, but they will face another challenging test when they go to the Potteries in the middle of the week.
Stoke City will feel revitalized after the victory over the weekend, and the hiring of Neil should give the team an additional boost as a new manager so frequently does.
The Scotsman will regard Wednesday's game as an excellent opportunity to get out in front against a Swansea team that is suffering, and we predict that they will win all three points with reasonable ease.

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Q: Saving data with jQuery/Ajax I would like to have an alert whenever people start typing in the text box. It will return "Data Saved: " + my msg that's in the test.php folder.
$("#textbox").on('change keyup paste', function() {

           $.ajax({
                  method: "POST",
                  url: "test.php",
                  data: { content: $("#textbox").val() }
                })
                  .done(function( msg ) {
                    alert( "Data Saved: " + msg );
                  });
    });

I've tried changing "method" to "type".
Using .serialize().
Using success: function
I'm not sure what the problem is. Thank you!
Edit:
Added an error code. So far no error messages on console for this.
             $.ajax({
                  method: "POST",
                  url: "test.php",
                  data: { content: $("#textbox").val() }
                })

              error: function (request, error) {
                alert("An error occurred");
               },

                success: function (response) {
              if (response == 'OK') {
                $("#diary").val()
               } else {
                alert("An error occurred");

                  }

A: From your comment you are getting the following error:

$.ajax is not a function at HTMLTextAreaElement. (loggedinpage.php:92) at HTMLTextAreaElement.dispatch (jquery-3.1.1.slim.min.js:3) at HTMLTextAreaElement.q.handle (jquery-3.1.1.slim.min.js:3)

The error is telling you that the code cannot find the $.ajax() function anywhere in order to execute it.
At the same time, the message gives away the fact that you are using jQuery Slim. This cut-down version of the library does not include the $.ajax() function, among other things. You need to use the full version of jQuery.
Details in the latest (or any recent) release notes (in the "Slim build" section): https://blog.jquery.com/2017/03/20/jquery-3-2-1-now-available/
As a side note, I'm surprised that you want to show an alert every single time a user types a character into the textbox. I predict that this will quickly get very annoying for users. Maybe just showing a message inside a div nearby (which doesn't steal the focus and stop them typing) would be better. I'd also question whether it's really necessary to save the data to to the server every time a character is entered? If the user types quite a lot it will trigger off dozens of ajax requests. Your inclusion of the "keyup" is the reason for this. Perhaps have a rethink of exactly how you want this to work, and why.

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HomePoliticsWTO says Trump's steel tariffs violated world trade rules
WTO says Trump's steel tariffs violated world trade rules
"The United States has held the clear and unequivocal position, for more than 70 years, that national security issues cannot be reviewed in WTO dispute settlement and the WTO has no authority to question the ability of a member of the WTO to respond to a wide range of threats to its security," he added.
The ruling by a panel reviewing the case suggests that the United States "should stand idly by" as China and other countries flood its market with steel and aluminum that has been produced with generous amounts of government support, Hodge said. "The United States will not cede decision-making about its essential security to the WTO panels," he added.
Four WTO dispute settlement panels, each made up of the same people, issued a ruling in the cases brought by China, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. Two other challenges from Russia and India are still pending.
"I think this ruling sends a shock wave through the system," as members have long been in the habit of deferring to each other on what constitutes a threat to national security, said Wendy Cutler, a former US trade official. USA now in Asia Society Policy. Institute.
The United Steelworkers union and the American Iron and Steel Institute, an industry group, also criticized the decision.
"America cannot give up our national security. We must uphold these relief measures and refuse to give in to the misguided efforts of WTO lawyers," Steelworkers Chairman Tom Conway said in a statement.
The defiant US stance comes at a time when massive new subsidies for green technologies provided by the Inflation Reduction Law they are raising new concerns about the US's commitment to the rules-based global trading system.
Trump sparked the row when he dusted off a rarely used trade provision: Section 232 of the Business Expansion Act of 1962 — to restrict imports of steel and aluminum from around the world on the grounds that they threatened two industries vital to the national security of the United States.
Trading partners saw the move as a thinly disguised protectionist move and quickly lined up to challenge the action at the WTO. Many members, such as the European Union and China, also retaliated against US products.
Article 21 of the founding document of the WTOThe General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade allows members to take actions that violate WTO commitments to treat trading partners fairly if it is to protect national security.
However, it also imposes limitations on when it can be used. Two instances that he specifically mentions are for cases involving material to build nuclear weapons or arms trafficking in order to supply a military establishment.
A third, more general exception allows countries to invoke Article 21 "in time of war or other emergency in international relations." That was the defense of the Trump administration.
However, the WTO panels charged with reviewing the matter determined that Trump's tariffs were not imposed in times of war or other emergency in international relations and, therefore, he could not invoke the national security exception to breach his obligations. commercial commitments.
That deals a major blow to the long-standing US position, and the view shared by many other members, that such actions are "self-critical," meaning that if a member decides that a trade action is in the for national security, then others should agree and not. challenge him.
However, many believed that Trump's steel and aluminum actions broadened the definition of what constitutes a threat to national security so far that they could not go unnoticed.
They included the EU, Canada and Mexico, as well as China, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia and India. Canada and Mexico reached an agreement with the United States in 2020 as part of the Trump administration's efforts to gain congressional approval of the Agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada to succeed NAFTA.
The Biden administration also negotiated a deal with the EU in 2021 to resolve the dispute and subsequent deals with the UK and Japan followed.
The "self-assessment" approach worked well when countries used the national security exception in a limited way, but the world has changed since then, Cutler said. He blamed China for starting the trend by blocking the Internet and other economic sectors for national security reasons.
The four years it took for the WTO to rule on the issue reflect both the sensitivity of the concern and the stress on the organization's dispute resolution system.
Furthermore, the Trump administration completely shut down the WTO Appellate Body by blocking the appointment of new judges because it believes many of its decisions were wrong. That now allows you to appeal Friday's bottom panel rulings "in a vacuum" to prevent them from being formally adopted.
There are also more decisions stemming from Trump's steel and aluminum action to come.
The Trump administration filed counter-complaints challenging retaliation imposed by a long list of nations. Agreements with Canada, Mexico and the EU resolved those cases, while others involving China, Russia, India and Turkey are still pending.
At issue in those cases is whether countries had a legal right to unilaterally retaliate against Trump's actions, or whether they should have taken the much longer route of formally challenging the tariffs through the WTO's dispute resolution system.
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Entertainment NewsINTERNATIONALJulia Fox Says She Broke Up With Kanye, Answers...
Julia Fox Says She Broke Up With Kanye, Answers If Romance Was A Publicity Stunt
She also denies ever saying that she was his girlfriend, even though she did so on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast.
Now that her whirlwind relationship with Kanye West is over, Julia Fox is telling all. The actress has been capitalizing on every moment that she has obtained thanks to her connection to West, and recently, she sat down with The New York Times to speak candidly about her relationship with the billionaire rapper. According to Fox, she broke up with Ye.
"I tried my best to make it work," she said. "I already had a jam-packed life. How do I fit this really big personality into this already full life? It just wasn't sustainable. I lost like 15 pounds in that month."
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She added that she and West saw each other a total of 15 days out of the time they spent together, which was a little over six weeks total. Fox said she "didn't think" they were exclusive and answered whether or not their relationship was real or a publicity stunt.
"I mean, there were definitely elements of it that were real," said Fox, before firmly denying rumors that she underwent training on how to respond in interviews about West. Then, Fox was questioned on her Call Her Daddy interview comments where she claimed they referred to one another as "boyfriend" and "girlfriend."
"I don't think those words ever came out of my mouth, actually," said Fox, although she did, indeed, say it on the podcast. "It definitely felt like I was his girlfriend. But it also felt like I was being cast in the role of his girlfriend — and he was casting me. He was the orchestrator of it all. It really did feel like a movie."
As far as West airing out her personal or private business is concerned, Fox isn't worried because she would return the favor. "I don't think that he would want to open that door with me," she said. "If you come for me, I'm going to come for you. And I'm really good at coming for people. I just go straight for the jugular. I don't think he would be dumb enough to do that."
She also recognized that the "exposure" was great for her and believes that one day, she'll "surpass the Kanye narrative."
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June	24	2016
10 mind-boggling digital marketing stats from this week
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This week's digital marketing stats include Brexit-related tweets, Instagram success, investment in video and much much more.
Make yourself a cup of tea (we've no doubt you need it…) and settle down for the roundup.
Oh and don't forget to download the Internet Statistics Compendium for lots more insight.
Leave campaign generates the most tweets in run up to vote
The #EU ref data hub – a dashboard that measures Twitter discussions about Brexit – has shown how Leave was the most-talked about campaign in the week before the referendum.
Despite Remain garnering the most mentions on the 23rd June, Leave was referenced more times overall.
David Cameron was the most talked-about campaigner, with 37.8% of tweets mentioning the (soon-to-be former) Prime Minister.
Instagram reaches 500m users
Since being bought by Facebook back in 2012, Instagram has gone on to become one of the most popular social media platforms out there.
Now with 500m users and 300m people using the app on a daily basis, it has more than doubled its user-base in a period of two years.
As well as your average selfie-fan, brands are now utilising Instagram for its advertising potential, along with an increasing number of influencers who are making money from the platform.
Car companies are most searched-for sponsors during the Euros
Bing Ads has revealed that Kia Motors and Vauxhall are the most popular Euro 2016 brand sponsors.
As the top global brand, Kia Motors has so far secured 26% of all online searches.
With 36% search volume, Vauxhall is the most popular UK sponsor, just ahead of Marks and Spencer who also garnered 26%.
Brits increasingly looking to acquire new skills online
Hitwise, a division of Connexity, has revealed that more and more Brits are turning to the internet to educate themselves.
It's been found that 4.1m of us searched for 'how to' queries in the first quarter of 2016, and 1.3m visited an online learning site like FutureLearn.
With coding and web development two of the most popular searches, internet users are aiming to 'up skill' in order to keep up with the country's increasing digitalisation.
Digital brands can't keep up with customer expectations
A new survey by Accenture Interactive has revealed that digital brands are becoming less worried about competitors and more focused on keeping up with customer demands.
While 52% of respondents stated that they were ahead of the competition in terms of digital experiences, just 7% said their company exceeded their customer's expectations.
Due to the 'lightning pace' of changing expectations, developing and improving digital channels is the most prioritised course of action.
Facebook surpasses LinkedIn as a business network
A new report by Tata Consultancy has revealed how social media is changing the way young people seek out business opportunities.
Now, more people than ever are using Facebook to search for job opportunities.
Out of young people who use social media to search for new roles, 46% use Facebook compared with just 28% using LinkedIn.
The report also highlights the extent to which youngsters are bypassing traditional channels, with 7 out of 10 entrepreneurs choosing to look for investors online.
Marketers are failing to fight email fraud
According to a survery by Return Path, when it comes to email fraud, marketers are playing with fire.
Despite 81% saying that they'd be concerned if a customer received a malicious email that appeared to be from their brand, just 32% say that securing email channels are a top priority.
With 76% of respondents also saying they are unable to monitor email attacks, marketers risk losing customers who have been the target of online attacks.
SBM owners increase investment in video marketing
A new survey by Animoto has revealed how marketers and small-to-medium-sized business owners are increasingly looking to video as a marketing tool.
With 76.5% saying that video has already had a direct impact on their business, more than 60% plan to increase investment in the next year.
Despite this, one in four SBM owners and marketers feel left behind the competition, with a lack of video skills being cited as the main reason.
One third of online shoppers switch retailers due to minimum order thresholds
New stats from YouGov has revealed how minimum order charges are impacting customer loyalty.
According to research, one third of online shoppers have chosen to go elsewhere when faced with a minimum order charge.
Similarly, 33% have chosen an alternative delivery method even if it was less convenient.
On the back of this, click and collect is growing in popularity, with 54% of people saying that they have used the service in the past 12 months.
Half of millennials don't trust their high street banks
A report by Neopay has highlighted how younger generations are less likely to trust traditional banks.
In a survey of 2,000 UK adults, 41% of 25-34 year olds said they would not trust their bank with an online transaction. However, 32% of the same demographic said that they would be more inclined to trust a technology company such as Google or Apple.
With just 47% of customers meeting someone from their bank in person last year, it is no longer seen as the only option.
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Though the court is traditionally pro-business, Cuomo's picks have not come from strong business backgrounds.
As of the start of the year, the highest court in the nation and the top court in New York state have something in common: Both have vacancies that were created by the departure of Republican-nominated judges.
But unlike the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, which was caused by the death in February of Justice Antonin Scalia, the open seat at the New York Court of Appeals came about because Judge Eugene Pigott—one of only two Republicans on the bench—reached the state's mandatory retirement age of 70 and had to vacate his seat Dec. 31.
While the Supreme Court has been operating minus a justice for nearly a year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is required to name a judge to the seven-member Court of Appeals by Jan. 15. The state Senate will have 30 days to confirm or reject the nominee.
Caitlin Halligan is a litigation partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and was nominated to the Court of Appeals twice last year.
Rowan Wilson is a litigation partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and has been nominated in each of the past three years.
Benjamin Rosenberg, currently general counsel to the New York district attorney, spent much of his career at Dechert. He also was nominated to the court last year.
Since taking office in 2011, Cuomo has nominated six judges for 14-year terms on the appeals court, and all were approved with little difficulty.
Observers will be watching how the new bench rules on commercial litigation.
In early December, the governor received a list of seven nominees for the post, put together by the Commission on Judicial Nomination, a group of a dozen respected legal professionals.
His selection will conclude a quiet remaking of the highest court in the state. Not since the early 1990s—when his father, the late Mario Cuomo, was in office—has a single governor nominated all seven members of the bench.
"Mario revered the court. After all, he clerked there," said Vincent Bonventre, a professor at Albany Law School and founder of the blog New York Court Watcher. "He was very, very interested in making sure it was a world-class court, balanced with Republicans and Democrats, upstate and downstate, liberals and conservatives."
The younger Cuomo, by contrast, has so far appointed five Democrats and one Republican to the bench: four judges from the New York City area and two from upstate. The new appointments have earned the governor accolades for shattering glass ceilings. Four of the judges are women, two are Hispanic and one is African-American."He's very cognizant of gender and ethnic diversity," said professor Arthur Pinto of Brooklyn Law School. "The thing is, none of them strike me as coming from a strong business litigation background."
If this were purely a criminal court, such an observation might not ruffle feathers. But the New York Court of Appeals hears the most complex cases in the state: criminal and civil cases that raise substantive constitutional questions, and matters of civil litigation that sparked dissent among lower court judges. And like those of the Supreme Court, rulings by the New York Court of Appeals are binding on lower courts. So the Court of Appeals has a reputation to maintain.
"New York is considered the leading common-law court in the country," said Alan Mansfield, co-chair of the global litigation practice at Greenberg Traurig and interim chair of the Commission on Judicial Nomination. New York is also considered "the leading commercial-law and contract-law state in the country," said Michael Cardozo, who spent a decade as New York City corporation counsel under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and is a partner at Proskauer Rose. Cardozo attributes the state's reputation to the traditionally high level of sophistication on the bench.
The Court of Appeals has historically been "very protective" of New York's employment-at-will doctrine, Pinto said. Business leaders are hoping Cuomo picks a judge with extensive commercial experience to replace Pigott, who spent nearly two decades in private practice in Buffalo and was the last remaining judge appointed by Republican Gov. George Pataki.
Erin Peradotto, the only Republican on the list, is an associate justice of the Appellate Division from Buffalo. This is her third nomination in as many years. Eric Corngold spent most of his career in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District. This is his first nomination to the Court of Appeals.
Judith Gische is an associate justice of the Appellate Division from New York City. This is her second nomination to the court. Robert Spolzino spent much of his career in the Appellate Division in Westchester. This is his first nomination to the Court of Appeals.
"With Judge Pigott stepping down, there aren't a lot of judges who have spent their whole career practicing commercial law," Cardozo pointed out, and that worries some.
"It's very important to New York to continue to attract commercial litigation and for there to be confidence in the capacity of our appeals court system," said Kathryn Wylde, head of the Partnership for New York City, a business group.
Pigott's record was considered somewhat conservative, "but he was hardly right-wing," Bonventre said. "Just like in the general population, Republicans on the Court of Appeals tend to be more pro-business."
Given the current justices' short tenure—the longest-serving member was appointed in 2013—a pattern of sympathies has only just started to emerge.
According to Bonventre's analysis of the first six months of Janet DiFiore's tenure as chief judge last year, the court in criminal cases has been ruling slightly more often in the prosecution's favor. Bonventre looked at closely divided cases with decisions of 4–3 and found that 65% of those outcomes were more favorable to the prosecution, suggesting the court has a more conservative bent.
He also looked at the divided civil cases, where the judges split their decisions 4–3, and found again that the court has been leaning more pro-business. During the six-month period, the judges cast 30 votes in civil cases that were pro-employer or pro-landlord and 22 that were pro-worker or pro-tenant.
"Whether we look at the data from the criminal cases where the court's record leans pro-prosecution, or from the civil cases where it leans somewhat more strongly pro-employer, -business, -landlord, the early DiFiore court's overall record is generally conservative," Bonventre wrote. It is worth noting that Pigott's decisions were more often pro-business, pro-employer and pro-landlord. That means his replacement could tip the court in divided cases.
A recent ruling offers an example: In September, the court heard Yoga Vida v. the Commissioner of Labor about a group of yoga instructors who argued that they should be classified as employees not independent contractors, and claimed the yoga studio owed them unemployment insurance contributions.
The case comes amid a spate of claims nationwide against employers accused of misclassifying workers as freelancers or, in cases of so-called wage theft, not paying workers for overtime or minimum wage.
The Court of Appeals ruled against the instructors in October, saying the yogis had the freedom to make their own schedules and choose how they were paid and were allowed to teach at other yoga studios, among other criteria that pegged them as contractors not employees. The judges split 4–2, with one judge absent. Pigott sided with the majority.
Wylde is hoping the governor picks a judge who doesn't upset that balance. Indeed, she says that maintaining New York's attractiveness as a venue for business "requires that the judiciary have an increasingly sophisticated expertise in business law. And since there are relatively few judges that fit that, it's very heartening to see there are a few very experienced commercial litigators in the current recommendations list."
Whether Cuomo will pick one of them is anyone's guess. "Even those of us who watch the court sometimes can't figure out what he is doing or why," Bonventre said.


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Pride and a Fall: Naples Banker Jerry J. Williams
by Mike Vogel
On Nov. 30, 2006, Naples banker Jerry J. Williams walked into a gala at the Pierre Hotel in New York at the pinnacle of his career. At 46, he was leading Orion Bank, the second-largest Florida-based bank and the source of his substantial wealth. He had a private plane, a seven golf handicap and a devoted family. He had served as chairman of the Florida Bankers Association and as a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank in Atlanta, soon to become vice chair.
Williams' Orion Bank wasn't just doing well — it was the top-performing bank in Florida. In two years, it had doubled assets while earning fat profits. In recognition, Williams was at the Pierre to accept a Community Banker of the Year for Performance honor from the American Banker trade publication. In his acceptance, American Banker reported, Williams "struck a patriotic note, calling it a privilege to live in a country that 'provides the freedoms and the opportunity to pursue dreams.' "
Williams lived the dream. He liked to recall a childhood in small-town Texas of Friday night lights and Sunday church, days sweeping the floor of his dad's hardware store and delivering the local paper. At 27, at the behest of investors he knew through a banking job he had in Ohio, Williams had moved to the Florida Keys to run what became Orion.
In 1994, he moved to Naples to give the bank wider opportunity. He focused Orion on construction and development loans for single-family home developments. He spoke often of closely monitoring loan quality. Indeed, by the time American Banker honored him, Orion hadn't charged off a loan for 15 years. Orion was charitable and its employees were active in the community.
Williams led by example — whether with the local chamber or by showing up with a chainsaw at employees' homes to help them clean up after a hurricane. Top aides spoke of Orion's generous benefits and pay. He once gave a car to a career receptionist. He was likable. "He oozes charisma. A few moments in his presence, and you feel like an old friend he golfs with every weekend," wrote a local newspaper.
That was one side of him. "He had people on the outside fooled," says Patrick Miller, a former Orion senior vice president. "He was probably the most dictatorial person I ever worked with in my entire life." Miller says Williams would tell bank employees "a monkey could do your job" and "I am the board." He was right about the latter. No outside Orion director had banking experience, and Williams, who owned 24% of the bank, ran the show, regulators say.
In the year after the Pierre Hotel gala, as real estate collapsed and took Orion's loan portfolio with it, Williams' domination of the bank and the board's lack of oversight began coming home to roost. Orion's 2007 safety and soundness rating from regulators was poor. In early 2008, they warned that the bank was in trouble and needed to build reserves and capital.
Williams ignored them, regulators say. The government maintains that Williams could have raised money for the bank, but selling shares at their value at the time would have diluted his holdings and triggered default provisions in loans he had secured with Orion stock. Miller agrees: "We could have survived, but he wouldn't have been the top dog. He did not want to dilute his ownership, in my opinion."
Williams remained confident. In late 2007, he told Florida Trend he would add six branches to the bank's 21 in 2008. "There's still some rough weather ahead," he said of the economic outlook. He urged borrowers to come early to lenders with their troubles. "The sooner they communicate with their bank and their bankers, the easier it will be. A lot of the people look like deer in the headlights now. They don't know what to do," Williams said.
He could have been referring to himself. Belatedly, Williams saw the danger and then took what his lawyers would argue were measures not to enrich himself but to save Orion from the recession. The record detailed by the government suggests a more selfish motive.
Williams' finances were as precarious as Orion's. As the recession loomed, all but $858,000 of his $127 million net worth was in Orion stock. He was $15 million in debt and had $750,000 in annual debt service. He kept up thanks to a $575,000 salary and $300,000 to $400,000 in quarterly dividends. As the bank's outlook worsened and its need for cash grew, Williams used its dwindling cash to pay a large dividend to its 800 shareholders, with himself the largest shareholder of all.
When regulators put a halt to dividends, Williams looked elsewhere for cash. In April 2008, he had the company employee stock option 401(k) plan borrow money to buy $1 million of his shares. He used much of the proceeds to pay his taxes and the rest to buy a boat and bulk up his account at Bank of America. At roughly the same time, the 401(k) plan was withholding cash from other employees. The bank told them the plan was short of cash.
By 2009, Williams' net worth was down to $78 million, all but $65,000 of it in bank stock. In June 2009, three friends, including former Miami Dolphins head coach Dave Wannstedt, bought $765,600 in Orion shares. In his sales pitch, Williams spoke of an elderly investor with health issues who needed to cash out. In fact, Williams sold them his own shares. At roughly the same time, he hit on the illegal idea of raising capital for the bank by lending bank money to borrowers and convincing them to invest it in the bank. He duped one developer into believing it was legal; the bank boosted a loan to the developer by $7 million so that he could invest $10 million in the bank.
That same month, Williams executed his most complex and egregious maneuver. In essence, Williams ran roughshod over lending policies to hide bad loans, make the bank appear to have new capital and fool regulators into thinking it was sound. The vehicle was a borrower Williams recruited — Francesco Mileto, a self-described heir to an Italian fortune, to whom Orion would lend money.
Before the deal closed, it became apparent to Williams and other bank officers that Mileto was a fraud. A lawyer in Italy that the bank hired to check on Mileto tried to warn Orion. But in June 2009 Williams pushed through an $82-million loan to Mileto — through companies serving as fronts for Mileto — with the understanding that Mileto would invest $15 million in Orion to recapitalize it. Between that $15 million and the $10 million from the duped developer, Williams was able to email regulators on July 2, 2009, "We raised the $25 million from private individuals and without any financing."
In fact, "he was lending money to buy capital, which is totally illegal," says Miami banking analyst Ken Thomas.
Efforts to obtain comment from Williams weren't successful. But his lawyers later would say that the illegality was an anomaly in an otherwise exemplary career. "When Orion Bank was faltering amidst unprecedented economic conditions, Jerry Williams did everything he could to try to save it," they wrote.
Once regulators discovered the fraud later in 2009, they ordered Williams out of his job. The bank failed in days, costing the FDIC $884 million. Williams' lawyers said the Mileto deal didn't cause the failure and emphasized that Williams didn't get a penny from the transaction.
Mileto drew a 5½-year sentence, and two other bank executives received two-year and 2½-year sentences. Williams eventually pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and making false statements to regulators.
"The failure of Orion Bank was more than just a calamity caused by an economic downturn. It was fraud at the highest level of bank management," a federal prosecutor, Nicole H. Waid, wrote a judge. "He ignored regulators' warnings, fought examiners at every turn, refused to listen to employees and turned to criminal activity when he finally acknowledged the seriousness of Orion's deteriorating financial condition." Said Waid in an interview, "Mr. Williams was trying to help himself rather than the bank." She says the government hopes the case will deter others by showing "the government is not going to ignore lying to regulators."
Employee stockholders were wiped out. Miller, for example, invested $200,000 over the years in stock and spent another $250,000 on options. He said Williams pressured employees to keep their plan money in Orion stock. At one point, Miller's shares were worth $3 million. Now, says Miller, 59, they're worthless. Miller was chosen to represent employees at Williams' sentencing. He asked the judge to come down hard on Williams. "His quest to become powerful in the world of banking was shadowed by his increased selfishness and greed. He simply lost his moral compass," Miller told the judge.
Williams' lawyers wrote the judge: "The Bank failed, despite the best legitimate efforts of Mr. Williams and all of its employees, due to the overwhelming economic circumstances of the times. Individuals' personal anger toward Mr. Williams is, perhaps, understandable but, respectfully, misplaced."
Williams' net worth earlier this year stood at negative $3.5 million. In August, nearly six years after walking into the gala at the Pierre, Williams walked into the minimum-security prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., to serve a six-year sentence, earning himself the distinction of being the highest-ranking Florida banker to go to prison since the financial crisis began in 2008.


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COCOA, Fla. - Brevard County teachers marched Wednesday at Fairglen Elementary School in Cocoa, trying to convince state lawmakers to increase funding for public schools.
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"We're not earning a competitive wage all across the state of Florida. We rank 46th in the nation for average teacher's salary. Brevard County is $1,100 below that," Vanessa Skipper, Vice president of the Brevard Federation of Teachers said.
Similar rallies are expected to happen across the state, but in Brevard County, it will impact 5,000 teachers.
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About a month ago, the teacher's union asked for raises ranging between $1,700 and $2,300.
But the district said they could not afford to pay that. Instead, the district offered its "best and final offer:" between $540 and $770.
"We are below average for the state. But statewide, it's 46th in the country, and really, if we want to be able to retain the best teachers, recruit the best teachers and be able to have the best education system, we have to have a competitive salary," Skipper said.
The Brevard Federation of Teachers staged the walk-in at 7:15 a.m.
"It does get a little bit disheartening when we know there are things that we need, and we are being told we just don't have the funds to support those things, like, technology, high-quality curriculum. Those are things that we need. We need those to get our kids to prepared for the future," teacher Diane Mark said.
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Man, 29, suffers life-threatening heart attack at Doncaster nightclub
A 29-year-old man has suffered a life-threatening heart attack inside a Doncaster nightclub thought to be linked to a dangerous batch of '˜extremely harmful' ecstasy pills.
Saturday, 14th May 2016, 12:00 pm
Updated Saturday, 14th May 2016, 12:10 pm
The pills found on the man who had a heart attack in a Doncaster nightclub
Police have issued a picture of tablets thought to have been taken by the man and another person who also fell ill overnight, with detectives stating the pills could be homemade and advising anyone who has taken them to seek immediate medical assistance.
Both men attended the Warehouse nightclub on North Bridge Road in Doncaster on Friday night.
The 29-year-old man had a heart attack inside the club in the early hours of Saturday morning and is currently in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
At 5.40am this morning, officers on patrol were flagged down to help an 32-year-old man who was having chest pains.
He had also been at the Warehouse nightclub last night and also reported having taken tablets similar to those pictured.
He was taken to hospital for treatment and has since been discharged.
Detective Sergeant Andy Knowles said: "We believe these tablets may be some form of ecstasy, but this has not yet been confirmed.
"They may well be homemade and could be extremely harmful.
"I want to warn anyone who bought pills similar to these not to take them and also advise anyone who has taken them to seek medical assistance.
"I'd like to hear from anyone who was at the Warehouse nightclub last night who may have information about where the tablets came from. We need to make sure that other pills like this are taken out of circulation as soon as possible to ensure no one else is hurt."
Anyone with information should contact South Yorkshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 215 of Saturday 14 May 2016.
Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 111 555.


Samuel gives a solemn nod to the Admiral, and another for the young mistress. He does not, at this time, acknowledge Taldin's presence. The ability of family pets to turn into family members is giving him some trouble in terms of hierarchy. Does he command Taldin? Does the bat now qualify as a peer, or is his former status as a possession of the household mean that he is, technically speaking, an employee? It is a troublesome question, and one that Samuel has not yet had time to unpack.
Instead, he turns his attention to Edony. "Your kind words are appreciated, Miss Margueritte," he says evenly. "I daresay that everyone who has chosen to attend today is thinking of Master Dougal, and what his absence means for us all." As he speaks, Samuel's eyes flicker over the rest of the assembly. His tone does not sound mournful, so much as it bears a very faint undercurrent of scorn.
OOC: Claiming 1 XP for my Withering Politeness.
I am assuming that since Samuel and Taldin both live in the house, Samuel has already found out that Taldin can do this, but recently enough that he hasn't come to grips with it.
A few people turn their heads quizically at the arrival of a shop fox. The creation and the familiar were strange things, but expected guests and inheritors. It did not seem out of the ordinary that Dougal might gift them a pittance for their time under him. Here was a person who did not belong at all, and only one other belonged less than him. What was his connection to the Forsyth estate?
Perhaps fortunately, the first person who greets him is also one of the few who least cared to answer that question. She's a tall, wiry woman in her fifties, black hair that's starting to grey. She has taken to a night black dress for the occasion, and is currently drinking from a coffee cup, curling her lip after every other sip.
"You could not look more lost," she says, "Are you sure you're at the right residence?"
There is a clearing of the throat, and a man somewhere between portly and stocky in a brown suit and bowler hat sidles up to the masked person. He seems around the age of Dougal Forsyth, and what wrinkles he has suggests a man who smiles a lot. His smile here is a little wan, somber but friendly.
Grendel has spied on the manor before, and should recognize the man as Walsh Porter, old friend and associate of Dougal's. A man who was not far from a beer in his hand while he was in the manor, with a penchant for winding up in strange places in the manor and many a raucous incident. Yet, for all of his drunken boorishness, Walsh seemed to have a preternatural sense for people spying on him. There has been more than one close encounter between the two.
"Unless, I'm mistaken, you would be the rumored Grendel. If so, you might know who I am, having lived in the manor under our noses. I am curious about how you are enjoying it now that you are a proper guest?"
There is some murmuring among the support staff and especially from Prom Forsyth, at the presence of the runaway, moreso than with Jordan. The temerity of her, who rejected Dougal's hospitality (never mind their own relationship to the man), to show back up only now that he is dead.
Of course, any murmuring would stay as murmurs as Roman, all seven fiery-haired feet of him, made his way to the group. He extends a hand out to the Admiral and smiles a big, flashy grin.
"It's been too long, Fingal," he says, "I'm sorry we could not reunite the family under better circumstances."
He places his hand on the top of Helena's head in exaggerated fashion, "And much the same to you, Helena. When did you get so big?"
The masked creature narrows his eyes at the older man, then flickers his gaze over the rest of the gathered guests and back to Walsh before answering, with a voice like a great lion's purr, "I am discomfited, Walsh Porter, as I have not often been. Part of me still wonders if this is some trick, if Forsyth... if Dougal has not prepared some elaborate hoax to draw me from hiding, for some unknowable reason of his own. I can scarcely ponder that he is truly passed, as he seemed such an unmovable figure for all my brief life."
He pauses, staring thoughtfully at a point slightly above and behind the portly man's head, and takes that cup of coffee he'd pondered briefly before. "And to think that he has left me some inheritance? Some gift, as he has given me nothing but my life and my curse previously? It is too much, good sir. A violation of sense."
He drinks then, messily and not well by any means, thanks to his mask. "And what of yourself, sir? Yourself and your partner, who I am surprised to see you parted from, as you have always been akin to the salt and pepper shakers from the well stocked sideboard that accompanied the many meals you've enjoyed as guests of the manor. How has this strange turn of affairs taken you?"
Taldin could sense their unease. It gave the air a certain taste - lavender and unease - that he found perplexing. He was no more accustomed to it than they were; new events that were new for all even if they were the least new for him. He had to know why... and he had hoped they would know. That appeared to be false.
He watched Roman approach and speak and shake and greet. His ears rotated in quiet little circles. He knew the shape of these others more than the face. The smell more than the smell-maker. Being an un-bat was a curious experience. Taldin placed his hands behind his back, bit his lip softly, and tack tack tacked his heels together and listened.
Taldin was good at listening.
"Pleasure to meet you, miss Marguerite, and thank you kindly. Don't worry about what some of those chattering scalawags say: you and Helena are both welcome here." The Admiral clasps his weathered hand around Edony's. Her being such a small thing, he does his best to shake gently, and while his grip is still overly tight, he doesn't do any damage.
--Emily, I've been in a most extraordinary conversation, which I shall now attempt to record to the best of my recollection.
A woman, striking, in black, perhaps older than mother but likely not -- I am no good as such evaluations, as you know -- came up to me quite suddenly and said: "You're lost."
My first instinct was a blaze of indignation, which to my shame I fear let show in my face, if perhaps for only a moment. To think of it -- that I, who have only been delivering coffee on every avenue and down every alley under the shadow of the School since I could barely hold a cup -- that I might be lost, like some mere islander tourist, unsure of where to turn next or how to get there -- well. Stepping on my tail would not have been more of an affront.
But before this firestorm of emotion could truly take hold, it was extinguished with a breath, the merest whisper, yet of such crystal clarity as to be unmistakeable: "She's right, you know." Mayhaps it was even your voice, there in my head, saving me from such foolishness.
Of course, of course I was lost; as lost as I have ever been in my whole life. It was nothing but arrogance to look around myself, at the twisting corridors and halls, the unblinking faces and unknowable accents, and to think that yes, yes I still in fact know my place and where I fit. Here within this great monument to arrogance there was no room for more, and it left me humbled.
All of those thoughts must have been written plain across my face also, because just as I was about to speak them, the woman in black spoke again. "Are you quite sure you're in the right place?" she asked me.
I've no doubt that in the years to come I shall look back at this very moment as the turning point. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to shuffle off, then; flee all this, leave the Forsyth House and everything it contains far behind, and never once looking back. Perhaps in the fullness of time I shall regret not taking that path.
But, alas, like so many decisions of life-altering gravity, my heart was made up on the matter in an instant. At length I finally made answer to my hostess.
"You are most kind, madam," I said, "and most perceptive. I am, as you say, lost -- but if there is any place at all for those who are lost, then surely it must be here; I do not think I would have found you at all, had I not been lost."
"As to the question of whether I am in the right place -- as you have already guessed, I am unsure -- but I am sure of at least this much. I am Jordan Kanda, as named in this legal instrument of the Forsyth estate, and I am sure I have no idea whatsoever as to why I should be so named." At this she seemed rather nonplussed, such that I was compelled to continue.
"You must forgive me, madam, if I ramble on at length. I have no doubt these are trying times for you -- to suffer both close kin and strangers entrance to your home. I cannot comprehend your loss, but if I can do anything at all to ease your pain, I am at your service."
Helena good-naturedly pushes away Roman's hand, "Watch the hair."
"Yes, we're all here. I'd half-hoped this place burned down while I was gone but, I suppose, I've never been the lucky sort." Helena glances around, "He never did like redecorating. Feels like nothing has changed in here. Well...," she glances over at Taldin again, "Almost nothing."
"You know, I told him I'd never come back here. That last day. It was raining and I'd kicked the door out. He was standing over there, at the top of the stairs.
"He didn't try to stop me. He just stood there, silently. Disapprovingly. Like he didn't believe me."
"Guess that was his last little cruelty... turning me into a liar."
OOC: Reminiscing about our dead family member feels like a Shared Reaction.
Samuel gives a small bow to Roman as he joins the group, although it seems uncouth to interrupt Helena at this time. He nods thoughtfully at her speech. She has grown up, in the years since he saw her last. "I had wondered. I was, of course, otherwise occupied when the confrontation took place, and Master Dougal refused to discuss it." He looks up the stairs. "Your room remains as you left it, Mistress Helena, if you plan to stay the night. Master Dougal would not countenance refurbishing it, despite my best efforts to convince him otherwise. At first, I believe that it was because he didn't believe you would stay away. Later, it was his trademark bloody-mindedness. He had decreed that the room was to be untouched, and he would not let a simple thing like the state of affairs sway him. He wouldn't discuss it, of course, and it was hardly my place to converse with my employer about his emotions. But I think it gave him comfort, to imagine that he might yet win that fight."
Samuel chuckles slightly at the memory. "Master Dougal's most irritating behaviors were also his most admirable. If he had known it would take his death to bring you all back to see him, I sometimes wonder if he would have engineered it sooner."
OOC: Claiming 1 XP to share a story about Dougal Forsyth, and joining Helena in a Shared Reaction.
OOC: I'll join the Shared Reaction and toss in a Forsyth story of my own—this gets me an XP for my main Quest.
The woman blinks for a few moments.
She laughs, loud and unapologetic.
"You are either very astute or very fortunate, Mr. Kanda. The street the manor sits on intersects everywhere else in Horizon, especially when it shouldn't, and so, as you say, many lost people find their way here."
Rather habitually, she swirls the drink in her hand and swigs it like one might for a wine, and only then does she remember that she had been drinking coffee instead.
"But I mean no intent other than to confirm that you were at the right place. Indeed, this is the Forsyth manor, and indeed his actions are a mystery to many. But I'd be a poor childhood friend if I could offer no insight."
At the prospect of someone new to talk to and something new to talk about, she decides to be done with her cup and chugs the rest of it down like one might their medicine.
"So on what matters can Benita Stain elucidate?"


The 25-year-old rapper out of Atlanta, Georgia has a pretty big situation on his hands right now, as he's being sued for a good bit of cash.
He had a tough upbringing and had a bumpy road to get to where he is right now, but whether he's the type of person who does what he says remains to be seen. Thugger has sometimes been described as one of the most unpredictable and outlandish personalities in hip-hop, and maybe for good reason. Young Thug is being sued for $360,000 and the reason why may have you scratching your head.
Young Thug has been around the rap game since around 2011, when he first got big off of his mixtape series titled I Came from Nothing. As someone who grew up wanting the money and the fame, it makes you wonder what happened that made him end up in this sticky situation in the first place.
Apparently the rapper is being sued for missing a concert that he was supposed to be at. The concert was happening at New York, and Young Thug was supposed to headline the event. So why didn't he show up to an event that he was scheduled to be at?
The event organizer in New York who set up the concert says that he lost a whopping $360,000 after he was forced to cancel the concert. The proof is there, as Young Thug signed a contract worth $55,000 to perform at the show.


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Jonny and his pal Hadji are once again headed for action-packed fun and excitement in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Season 1, Volume 1, available for the first time on DVD from Warner Home Video on February 17, 2009. A remake of the classic science-fiction/adventure animated television series Jonny Quest, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Season 1, Volume 1 chronicles the all new adventures of our hero and his friends Hadji and Jessie in 13 episodes guaranteed to keep fans on the edge of their seats.
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FTC case against Meta pursues Facebook ghost
This month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Meta are facing off in federal court over the commission's latest lawsuit against Meta. The lawsuit claims that Meta's purchase of small VR fitness app, Within Unlimited, would prevent future competition in the VR fitness space.
Considering the time and resources the commission devotes to the case, you would expect Meta to crush the competition like an unstoppable machine.
However, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the company's steepest round of layoffs, laying off 13% of the company's staff, amid a wave of painful and painful hiring freezes and layoffs. widely publicized in the technology sector.
Meta has lost 70% of its value this year, totaling over $730 billion in market capitalization loss. This speaks to the difficulty of maintaining pole position in a space as unstable as social media, especially when it comes to new generations of customers. It is difficult to make a strong case for Meta's so-called "market dominance" in this context, as the FTC seeks to do in its lawsuit.
It appears regulators in Washington are more focused than ever on hunting down fleeting allegations of anti-competitive behavior by tech companies, including Meta, at a time when many tech companies are already struggling to survive. The FTC chases ghosts and ignores market realities and consumer behavior.
The FTC's dual mandate requires the agency to both promote competition and protect consumers from unfair trade practices. And while that mission couldn't be more important right now, the agency's two separate cases against Meta and its crusade against Big Tech fail to achieve those goals.
Instead of making straightforward accusations against obvious bad actors, the FTC seems to be contorting itself to find a reason to go after Meta. He already has an ongoing case challenging Meta's acquisitions of Whatsapp and Instagram, which date back eight and ten years respectively.
However, the unchecked rise of TikTok, which poses huge privacy risks because China could collect Americans' data, shows how badly the FTC lawsuit has aged.
In its lawsuit against Meta's purchase of Within Unlimited, the commission already had to drop its claim that Meta even competes with Within. Instead, he had to double down on a perceived potential competition claim that has always been unsuccessful in court.
According to our pre-midterm poll, just 1% of voters prioritize technology regulation as a public policy issue they want Congress to address. And when we asked voters about regulatory priorities in technology, they focused on privacy and data security, not competition and antitrust.
Regulators have a responsibility to pay attention to what is happening in the market and who they are talking to. With these lawsuits, the FTC is fighting an imaginary old version of Facebook, not today's Meta which is in a competitive duel for its future survival.
The FTC's prosecution of Meta will ultimately limit innovation and provide no benefit to consumers, not to mention it's a poor use of the agency's limited resources. The FTC should focus on cracking down on practices that actually harm consumers instead of going after companies whose future growth is far from assured.
As the tech industry heeds this shift, regulators must too. The agency would be better off focusing its efforts on pursuing targeted policies that tackle consumer issues that really need to be addressed, rather than phantoms.
Adam Kovacevich is the founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress, a tech industry political coalition promoting the progressive future of technology. Meta is one of the partner companies of the Chamber of Progress.
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class SerialShippingContainerCodeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{

	/**
	 * Call protected/private method of a class.
	 *
	 * @param object &$object    Instantiated object that we will run method on.
	 * @param string $methodName Method name to call
	 * @param array  $parameters Array of parameters to pass into method.
	 *
	 * @return mixed Method return.
	 */
	public function invokeMethod(&$object, $methodName, array $parameters = array())
	{
		$reflection = new \ReflectionClass(get_class($object));
		$method = $reflection->getMethod($methodName);
		$method->setAccessible(true);

		return $method->invokeArgs($object, $parameters);
	}

	/** @test */
	public function it_rounds_an_integer_to_the_next_multiple_of_ten()
	{
	    $sscc = new TheHiddenHaku\SerialShippingContainerCode\SerialShippingContainerCode('800200800');
		$this->assertEquals(10, $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'roundUpToNextMultipleOfTen', ['5']));
		$this->assertEquals(80, $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'roundUpToNextMultipleOfTen', ['71']));
		$this->assertEquals(200, $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'roundUpToNextMultipleOfTen', ['200']));
		$this->assertNotEquals(200, $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'roundUpToNextMultipleOfTen', ['201']));
	}

	/** @test */
	public function it_resturns_a_single_digit_integer_computed_from_a_basecode()
	{
		$sscc = new TheHiddenHaku\SerialShippingContainerCode\SerialShippingContainerCode('800200800');
		$this->assertEquals(9, $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'checkDigit', ['98002008000001234']));
	}

	/** @test */
	public function it_returns_a_zero_filled_value_of_nine_digits()
	{
		$sscc = new TheHiddenHaku\SerialShippingContainerCode\SerialShippingContainerCode('800200800');
		$this->assertEquals('000001234', $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'zeroFill', ['1234']));
		$this->assertEquals('123456789', $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'zeroFill', ['123456789']));
		$this->assertEquals('000000000', $this->invokeMethod($sscc, 'zeroFill', ['']));
	}

	/** @test */
	public function it_resturns_a_sscc_code_based_on_shipping_number()
	{
		$sscc = new TheHiddenHaku\SerialShippingContainerCode\SerialShippingContainerCode('800200800');
		$this->assertEquals('080020080000012346', $sscc->calculate(1234));
	}

}

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The Museum Broken Arrow is hosting a ribbon cutting and exhibit hall dedication, Thursday, April 18th, 4:30 p.m. 400 South Main Street, Broken Arrow, according to Julie Brown, Executive Director.
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A reception at the Museum, hosted by Water's Edge Winery, is set for April 18 at 4:30 p.m. The Museum Broken Arrow is located at 400 S. Main Street, Broken Arrow.


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text: The Tupolev bureau, knowing the complexion of the task assigned to them, estimated that it would be two decades before the program could produce a working prototype. They assumed that the first operational nuclear-assisted airplane could take to the air in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The program was design to operate in development phases. The first phase was designing and testing a small nuclear reactor, which properly began in late 1955. On March 1956, the Tupolev bureau was assigned by the Council of Ministers of the USSR the task of producing a flying test-bed plane as soon as possible. The Tupolev engineers decided to take an existing Tu-95M bomber and use it as a nuclear flying laboratory, the plane eventual designation were to be Tu-95LAL. By 1958, the ground phase of the program, the rig used to install the nuclear reactor on the aircraft, was ready for testing. Some time during the summer of 1958, the nuclear power plant was turned on and testing commenced. Immediately, the required level of reactor power was achieved, thus opening the path for the flight test phase. Between May and August 1961, the Tu-95LAL completed 34 research flights. Much of them made with the reactor shut down. The main purpose of the flight phase was examining the effectiveness of the radiation shielding which was one of the main concerns for the engineers. The massive amount of liquid sodium, beryllium oxide, cadmium, paraffin wax and steel plates; were the sole source of protection for the crew against the deadly radiation emerging from the core. The results were once again promising. Radiation levels were low on the crew cabin, paving the way for the bureau to design a new airframe. The next phase in the program was to produce a test aircraft designed from the beginning to use nuclear power as its main propulsion force. This was to be the Aircraft 119. This aircraft was based on the Tu-95 design. The major distinction was that two of its four engines, inboard, were to be the new NK14a turboprops with heat exchangers. The NK14a operates very similar to the direct cycle engines, the main difference is that the air, after passing through the compressor, does not go to the reactor, it goes directly to the heat exchange system. At the same time, the heat generated by the reactor, carried in the form of fluid; go to the heat exchange system. The combination of these two forces would enable the turbojet to produce the require amount of thrust. The other two outboard engines would remain NK12Ms. The NK Kuznetsov Design Bureau commenced work on the engines at the same time that the schematics of Aircraft 119 were drawn. As in the Tu-95LAL, the internal bomb bay would house the reactor. The connections leading from the reactor to the engines would run thru the main fuselage, up to the wings and then directly to the heat exchangers attached to the two inboard engines. Tupolev estimated that the first 119 were to be available for runway trials by late 1965. After trials, the 119 engines were to be replaced by a four NK14a engine configuration based on the Tu-114 commercial liner. However, the 119 never made it out of the drawing board. Budgetary constraints and the development of new conventional aircrafts designs were cited as the main reason for the cancellation of the program in August 1966. The cancellation of Aircraft 119 did not mean that the Soviet Union terminated its research into a nuclear powered aircraft. Several attempts were made in designing a nuclear-powered, supersonic bomber. Around the same time that Tupolev began working on the 119, there was a parallel program code named Aircraft 120. Vast amounts of research hours were invested on this project. Most of them on the design of a new turbojet engine and the layout of a new nuclear reactor system that would have been able to offer more protection to the crew and the aircraft sensitive avionics systems. Aircraft 120 was to be fitted with two turbojet engines on development by Kuznetsov. The reactor was to be installed near the rear part of the plane, as far from the cabin as possible. The crew consisted of the pilot, co-pilot, and navigator; enclosed in a heavy lead radiation shielding cabin. The 120 would have a conventional aerodynamics configuration with a high mounted 45 degrees swept wing, a swept empennage and a tricycle landing gear. Tupolev's goal of reaching the testing phase for the 120 in the late 1970s never materialized, as with the 119, the 120 existence was only on the drawing board. Termination of the program was mainly for the same reasons as for the 119's.