One of Nicole's maternal great-grandfathers, John Ivan Lenchanko, was born in 1913, in Keanae, Maui, to Niketa Dimtri Lenchanko and Paraskovia Zenchenko, who were Ukrainian immigrants. Even though she is of Filipino, Native Hawaiian, and Ukrainian descent, she played a Puerto Rican in 2003's Chasing Papi (2003).
The IRS-approved per diem rate for high-cost areas is $242 ($177 for lodging and $65 for meals and incidental expenses). The IRS-approved per diem rate for all other areas is $163 ($111 for lodging and $52 for meals and incidental expenses).
On Wednesday, the IRS issued its annual update of special per-diem rates for use in substantiating certain business expenses taxpayers incur when traveling away from home in 2015 and 2016 (Notice 2015-63).