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Gossip Girl is getting a reboot, and the production has already started. We're unpacking everything you need to know about this 2.0 version of the Upper East Siders young elite.
Fasten your seat beats, Gossip Girls is debuting in a few months but the spin-off of the 2000s hit show is taking a new form with new faces and dramas.
Because we're living in the age of social media celebrities and influencers, the new version of Gossip Girl takes its shape to tell stories around that social media world. The show has been secretly guarded and the producers don't want to reveal much — on purpose.
But what can we know so far?
"Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl. The prestige series will address just how much social media—and the landscape of New York itself—has changed in the intervening years."
Joshua Safran, screenwriter
The new version of Gossip Girl is due in July 2021 and even though there's not much information revealed to the public yet, at least we have cast names and their roles.
HBO Max PR team shared some exclusive insights with Cosmopolitan. Whitney Peak plays Zoya Lott — the Dan Humphrey of the group — Audrey, played by Emily Alyn Lind a posh student at Constance whose mother is an athleisure designer.
Skater and model Evan Mock plays Akeno "Aki" Menzies. Aki and Audrey have been dating for a long time and her BFF is is teen influencer Julien, played by Jordan Alexander.
Apparently, the new Chuck Bass is Max Wolfe, who Thomas Doherty plays — and described as "libertine" by Cosmopolitan.
Joining the team, we also have Zión Moreno, who plays Luna La and Monet, by Savannah Smith. Adding more to the 2.0 version, we have Otto "Obie" Bergmann IV, a "rich do-gooder and German import." And finally, to wrap up the team, Tavi Gevinson plays Kate Keller, a mysterious character.
Although we'd love to see a revival, the original cast of Gossip Girl, including the iconic Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf aren't expected to be on the show, but let's hope the producers will change their minds some time, right?

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Ithile Iniyum Varu
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Release date January 24, 1986 (India)
Screenplay John Paul Puthusery
Director P. G. Viswambharan
Writer Mohan, John Paul
Music director Shyam
Story by Mohan
Language Malayalam
Release date 25 January 1986 (1986-01-25)
Cast Mammootty (Aravindan), Roopa Ganguly (Priya Nair), Mukesh (Ramu), Thilakan (Kaimal), Balan K Nair (M S Nair)
Similar movies Roopa Ganguly appears in Ithile Iniyum Varu and Yugant
Ithile Iniyum Varu is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. G. Viswambharan. The film stars Mammootty, Mukesh, Deepika Chikhalia and Thilakan in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shyam.
Mammootty as Aravindan
Mukesh as Ramu
Deepika Chikhalia as Priya Nair
Thilakan as Kaimal
Balan K. Nair as M. S. Nair
Kundara Johny as Rajesh
Kunchan as Lawrence
N. Govindankutty as Chief editor Menon
Kothuku Nanappan as Joseph
Innocent as Dasappan
Achankunju as Govindankutty Ashan
Santhosh as Kasim
Madhukapoor as Ambika
Nahas
Aravindan (Mammootty) is a bold journalist keen on exposing the illegal activities on M. S. Nair (Balan K. Nair). He is ousted from the newspaper he works for, and decides to start his own paper. With the help of Kaimal (Thilakan), he starts an evening newspaper. He also succeeds in persuading Ramu (Mukesh), a wayward youth, to give up his bad habits. He sends Ramu for further studies in Chennai. Priya (Deepika) who works with Aravindan, develops a liking for Ramu.
In a bad turn of events, M. S. Nair destroys Aravindan's press, and gets him thrown out of his home. Aravindan's wife (Madhu Kapur) is sick, and dies on the way to the hospital, when several passersby, including M. S. Nair fail to stop for assistance. This enrages Aravindan, and he proclaims that his only target now is to amass money and gain power. With the help of Kaimal, Govindankutty Ashan (Achankunju) and Rajesh (Kundara Johny), he starts a smuggling business. Soon he emerges as an underworld don.
Ramu comes back, and realizing that Aravindan is a new man, confronts Aravindan and questions his new ideals. He still likes and respects Aravindan. Johny is caught by M. S. Nair, and Aravindan gets to an aluminium factory where he is being held. In the resulting fight, M. S. Nair is killed by Aravindan. As the police arrives to arrest him, Aravindan says he will come back to fight injustice.
Ithile Iniyum Varu Wikipedia
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Similar TopicsBalan K Nair
Mammootty
Roopa Ganguly
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Q: What order of reading configuration values? For the python program I am writing I would like to give the opportunity of configuring it in three different ways. Environment variables, configuration files and command line arguments.
Logically I think command line arguments should always have the highest priority. I am a bit doubting whether environment variables should have precedence over configuration files? And will it matter whether configuration files are system wide, user specific or given as argument on the command line?
(Note that my platform is Unix/Linux)

A: AWS CLI is in line with the accepted answer:

Precedence of options:

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*If you specify an option by using one of the environment variables described in this topic, it overrides any value loaded from a profile in the configuration file.

*If you specify an option by using a parameter on the CLI command line, it overrides any value from either the corresponding environment variable or a profile in the configuration file.

A: The standard that I know is first look for a command line parameter, if not found environment var, then local config file then global config file.
So when a package is installed somewhere. It will have a default config file. This can be changed with a local config file. Which can be overrridden with a environ parameter and then the command line param has the highest precedence.
If a config file is declared on the command line then its contents will take precedence over environ params or any other config files. But command line params will take precedence over it.
But remember that the search path still exists. If the package is looking for a var it looks for.
Command line.
Config file thats name is declared on the command line.
Environment vars
Local config file (if exists)
Global config file (if exists)

I think many command line compilers and the Boost library config pak works in a similar fashion

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In his petition, the former Bihar chief minister said he was 71 years of age and suffering from diabetes, blood pressure and other ailments.
Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday filed a petition in the Jharkhand High Court for bail in three fodder scam cases on the ground of age and ailments.
In his petition, the former Bihar chief minister said he was 71 years of age and suffering from diabetes, blood pressure and other ailments. He said he had got bail in one of the four fodder scam cases, therefore bail be allowed in the rest of the cases.
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COPD and GERD
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If you suffer from gastro-esophageal reflux (GERD) or acid reflux disease, food or stomach acid can come back to haunt you. It is estimated that 60 million individuals living in the United States suffer from this common ailment, commonly described as heartburn. But what is interesting to note is the fact that many people who are plagued with GERD also have a problem breathing, specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). So then the following questions arise: What is the connection between COPD and GERD? Can one cause the other disease to develop?
COPD and GERD Explained
When someone shares the fact that they have been diagnosed with COPD, it might actually mean either chronic bronchitis or emphysema, as COPD is the umbrella term used to include these two lung diseases. Unfortunately COPD is a progressive disease without a cure. According to the American Lung Association, it is astounding to learn that 12 million Americans have COPD and another 12 million have the lung disease but have not been diagnosed or treated.
With COPD, the individual experiences inflammation of the lungs, which in turn prevents air from being properly exchanged. What causes COPD? Two factors: smoking and environmental or occupational pollutants.
With GERD, stomach acids leak into the esophagus, which can result in damage to the lining. The disease tends to develop in middle age, especially so in obese individuals, with the valve located toward the bottom of the esophagus weakening. If the acid refluxes only into the esophagus, the sufferer will have heartburn. However, when the acid backs up as far as the throat, the individual will cough and choke.
In recent years, the medical community has uncovered the following interesting statistic to contemplate: over 50 percent of people with later stages of COPD have GERD too. Unfortunately, what occurs is a vicious cycle in which the acid reflux of GERD can cause an increase in not only COPD symptoms but trigger flare-ups as well. Compounding the issue is that acid from the stomach can get into the lungs.
The Connection between COPD and GERD
With a higher prevalence of GERD with COPD sufferers than in the general population, this fact has prompted quite a bit of research as to the reason why. One theory proposed by a group in the United Kingdom believed the connection occurs due to the presence of a persistent cough along with changes in lung capacity and hiatal hernia development. The results of their findings were published in CHEST.
Appearing in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, a Korean study analyzed possible risk factors in patients with COPD of also developing GERD. The group concluded that the prevalence of GERD in patients with COPD was high. What made an individual at a higher risk were the following factors:
COPD medication, except for an inhaled muscarinic antagonist such as Spiriva
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import java.net.ContentHandler;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.felix.framework.util.FelixConstants;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;
import org.osgi.service.url.URLStreamHandlerService;

/**
 *

 * Simple activator class used by the system bundle to enable the
 * URL Handlers service. The only purpose of this class is to call
 * <tt>URLHandlers.registerInstance()</tt> when the framework is
 * started and <tt>URLHandlers.unregisterInstance()</tt> when the
 * framework is stopped.
 *

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class URLHandlersActivator implements BundleActivator
{
    private final Map m_configMap;
    private final Felix m_framework;

    public URLHandlersActivator(Map configMap, Felix framework)
    {
        m_configMap = configMap;
        m_framework = framework;
    }

    //
    // Bundle activator methods.
    //

    public void start(BundleContext context)
    {
        // Only register the framework with the URL Handlers service
        // if the service is enabled.
        boolean enable = (m_configMap.get(
                FelixConstants.SERVICE_URLHANDLERS_PROP) == null)
                ? true
                : !m_configMap.get(FelixConstants.SERVICE_URLHANDLERS_PROP).equals("false");

        if (enable)
        {
            m_framework.setURLHandlersActivator(this);
        }
        URLHandlers.registerFrameworkInstance(m_framework, enable);
    }

    public void stop(BundleContext context)
    {
        URLHandlers.unregisterFrameworkInstance(m_framework);
        m_framework.setURLHandlersActivator(null);
    }

    protected Object getStreamHandlerService(String protocol)
    {
        return get(
            m_framework.getHooks(URLStreamHandlerService.class),
            "url.handler.protocol", protocol);
    }

    protected Object getContentHandlerService(String mimeType)
    {
        return get(
            m_framework.getHooks(ContentHandler.class),
            "url.content.mimetype", mimeType);
    }

    private <S> S get(Set<ServiceReference<S>> hooks, String key, String value)
    {
    	Object service = null;
        if (!hooks.isEmpty())
        {
            for (ServiceReference<S> ref : hooks)
            {
                Object values = ref.getProperty(key);
                if (values instanceof String[])
                {
                    for (int valueIdx = 0;
                        (valueIdx < ((String[]) values).length) && (service == null);
                        valueIdx++)
                    {
                        if (value.equals(((String[]) values)[valueIdx]))
                        {
                            return m_framework.getService(m_framework, ref, false);
                        }
                    }
                }
                else if (value.equals(values))
                {
                    return m_framework.getService(m_framework, ref, false);
                }
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}


"Hebrew is the language of the Bible and in this language it is written: "God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, and God saw the light that it was good." There is not another language today in which almost every word is loaded with so many possibilities for expression and for meeting the need of human poetry in its eternal quest to speak of the sorrows of man and his wondrous attempts to find meaning in life. At times I have felt the distinctive weight of the Hebrew while reading again the most beautiful love songs in the world; the Song of Songs, and David's elegy on the deaths of Saul and Jonathan. The power of Hebrew does not end here. It begins here.
I am not sure if the Jewish people in Israel are aware of what I think of the Hebrew language, and this does not concern me. It is not for them that I write in Hebrew, but because of them. As to the question of whether or not I am a Hebrew poet, the answer is very simple: a Hebrew poet, yes, but not a Jewish poet, just as I am too a Druze and an Arab poet.
However, these questions led me to ponder the importance of the national identity of writers, and of cultural dialogue in general. It became clear to me that in some cases this identity is an issue only when speaking of mediocre writers. Otherwise how would you know of the Jewish identity of Kafka who was born in Prague and wrote in German? And what is the identity of Ionesco, the Rumanian, who was always thought of as a leading French writer? And what about the great Lebanese writer, Khalil Gibran, whose universal fame comes from his writings in English? And that goes for my friends, the good Arab writers from North Africa who compose in French. My dream is to become a writer who will never again be asked about his nationality or religion; or, at least, this shouldn't be the first question. If not that, I dream of creating a chemical-spiritual synthesis of East and West which only art can achieve. I have in mind, for example, my own Arab culture and the virtues of the mystical Druze religion: the secrets and symbols of the Sufis who knew the way to inject into the sinews of the Near East the liquid essence of Greek philosophy as transformed by Buddhist ideas, carrying in their veins the spiritual lifeblood of India and China."
For stalks of grain in the bumpy and forsaken earth.
For I had dreamt about the birth of love.
Gone metempsychotic from his berth.
And houses that grew lofty as the Tower of Babel.
Its roots will not sprout forth a single scion.
Bereaved of the felled leaves of fall?
Before the asphalt streets they all became?
To become a civilized town.
Where the columbarium was now a lighted tower.
Where are they who were and are no more?
As one coming out of exile, into exile5.
1- Arayidi uses the word gilgul "cycle" from galgal "wheel." Gilgul "cycle" is the term used to refer to reincarnation in Jewish Kabbalistic mysticism. Reincarnation, rejected by non-Kabbalistic Jewish thinkers, is nonetheless a part of much Jewish folk belief. It is also common as a literary motif in Yiddish and Hebrew (and possibly other Jewish languages. But I wouldn't know.) Souls are said to reincarnate into different lives to take on different temporal roles according to what is needed for the world, and for the rectification of the particular soul in question. The Druze religion also — unlike the vast majority of Muslim sects — has a doctrine of reincarnation. A soul must continue to be reborn until it is in such a state that it can achieve reunion with the divine.
2- The word for wind, rúaḥ also means more or less "spirit." I've had the wind do some "spiriting" in translation for this reason (and it translates a rather rare, and somewhat Biblical verb to boot.) In Kabbalah, the rúaḥ is also that aspect or part of the soul which is able to distinguish good from evil.
3- The original here has ḥozer bitšuva ("contrite sinner, penitent") which is also the Israeli term for what non-Israeli Jews call a baal bitshuva: a Jew who has gone from secularist non-observance to embracing observant religious Orthodox Judaism.
5- The word for exile here is the Hebrew word normally used to refer to Jewish exile: galut. This makes the title verb of the poem, and its key verb, לחזור take on more resonance. He cannot "return" in the real homecoming sense. He cannot return to what is too well remembered. Only to that which he does not remember at all. There is only חיזור for him. No שיבה.
כִּי חָלָמְתִּי עַל הֻלַּדְתָּהּ שֶׁל אַהֲבָה.
הֵיכָן כָּל אֵלֶּה שֶׁהָיוּ וְאֵינָם?
כְּמִי שֶׁבָּא מִגָּלּוּת אֶל גָּלוּת.


When using your walker, you don't want to be hunched over or leaning over its bars. To ensure you can maintain a comfortable posture, adjust the walker so it fits the length of your arms comfortably. This also helps protect your shoulders and back from extra stress. When you place your hands on the grips of your walker, your elbows should bend at a comfortable 15-degree angle.
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It seems the Grieve Amendment is what the government was planning. Why attack it, then?
Posted by Mike Sivier in Brexit, Conservative Party, People, Politics
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Dominic Grieve: Why the upset about his Amendment?
How odd.
After astonishing scenes in the House of Commons, in which Speaker John Bercow was subjected to a torrent of abuse for allowing a vote on the so-called Grieve Amendment, it seems Theresa May wants us to think she was planning to do as it demands in any case.
The Amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Act proposed a change to what must happen if MPs vote down Mrs May's Brexit deal, as seems likely next Tuesday (January 15).
Originally, MPs settled on a complicated condition requiring the government to make a statement on what will happen next within 21 calendar days of the deal failing to win support, with a vote in the Commons within seven sitting days (days in which Parliament is conducting its business) after that.
Now, after MPs supported Mr Grieve's Amendment by 308 votes to 297 – a majority of 11- Parliament will expect Mrs May to hold a 'plan B' vote on what happens next within three days of losing the "meaningful vote" on her Brexit deal.
Downing Street released a statement just after 2pm yesterday – after the Grieve Amendment won MPs' approval in spite of appalling displays from Conservative backbenchers (see my article on this) saying that if the vote is lost, the prime minister would come back to the House of Commons and set out her plans well before the 21-day time-limit set out in the withdrawal act.
"We would seek to provide certainty, quickly," a government spokesman said.
So why did so many Conservatives object so strongly to Speaker John Bercow's decision to allow this amendment and the vote on it?
It seems that, while Mrs May was probably planning not to wait 21 days before making a statement to the Commons, there is no evidence that she was planning a swift vote. It is more likely that she would have delayed that vote – some say in order to gain more concessions from Brussels, although that seems to be a pipe dream now.
We are still in uncharted territory. We don't know what kind of statement Mrs May will make after she loses the vote next week (as everybody expects). And it seems doubtful that she will offer any choice that the public will find acceptable.
… Unless she bows to calls for a general election. We could all get behind that.
3 thoughts on "It seems the Grieve Amendment is what the government was planning. Why attack it, then?"
nmac064 said:
The chaos continues…
Meryl Davids said:
The speaker should not have allowed it under parliamentary rules and regulations.
Win Keys said:
The meet up gets to me is/was it lawful if they spoke about Brexit either of them ?


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U.S. Prisoners Using Tax Returns to Steal from IRS
This amuses me to no end. Apparently prisoners in the United States are ripping off the IRS for millions from behind bars.
Witnesses, including an anonymous inmate serving time in a South Carolina corrections facility, said prisoners use a variety of tactics to cheat the tax system. Schemes include filing false tax returns using stolen Social Security numbers, filing false forms, or claiming tax credits to which the prisoners were not entitled, [IRS Criminal Investigation Chief Nancy J.] Jardini said. The inmate said that from 1991 to 2005 , he filed between 600 and 700 false returns for himself and fellow inmates, of which about 90 percent successfully resulted in refunds. The total amount he claimed in refunds was approximately $3.5 million, he said.
Inmates often use accomplices outside of the prison system to carry out their schemes, witnesses said. In fact, according to Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla., one person recently indicted for helping prisoners commit tax fraud was an IRS employee.
The IRS says that it thinks as much as 15% of "tax fraud" is committed by prisoners.
J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's inspector general for taxation, said IRS figures show that the number of fraudulent tax returns filed by prisoners quadrupled from 4,300 in 2002 to 18,000 last year .
"Of particular concern is the fact that the IRS frequently pays refunds on returns it has identified as fraudulent," George said. "In 2004 , the IRS paid 36,000 refunds on returns that it determined to be fraudulent; 4,100 of these were issued to prisoners."
In what Mark Everson says is the "biggest disappointment" of his career as IRS Commissioner, Congress is refusing to give the IRS big new piles of money for enforcement efforts, and what it has given, it turned around and took away again from other IRS programs.
A good op-ed piece by Brendan O'Neill from the Christian Science Monitor , excerpts below:
Memo to those who opposed the war in Iraq: Please stop talking about the Downing Street memos! And I say that not as a defender of the war, but as one who was implacably set against it.
The antiwar lobby's obsession with secretive things — whether it's these latest memos, earlier dodgy dossiers, or rumors about who said what to whom in the backrooms of the White House and Whitehall — degrades the debate about war.
Instead of mounting a serious opposition to the invasion of Iraq, antiwar activists have spent the last two years searching endlessly for proof that they and their fellow citizens were lied to. They've seemed more intrigued by the decision-making processes that led to the war than outraged by the war itself.…
The Downing Street Memos are but another chapter in — or perhaps even the climax of — this ongoing saga.…
Antiwar activists have relentlessly scrutinized this and subsequent memos, gloating over their finds. According to one antiwar website, "The [memo] reveals gross duplicity in the actions of both governments."
I find this creepy fascination with confidential communications irritating for three reasons:
First, you would have to be spectacularly naive to be shocked that powerful governments in the West had tinkered with the truth in order to launch a war. From the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin claims in Vietnam to the story about Kuwaiti babies being tossed from incubators in the run-up to the Gulf War of 1991 , governments on the verge of war have always been less than honest.
It's been nearly 90 years since US Senator Hiram Johnson purportedly said, "The first casualty when war comes is truth," yet antiwar activists still seem to think that "Bush lied!" counts as a groundbreaking revelation.…
So much energy has been expended on digging for dirt there is none left for offering a genuine alternative to Western military intervention abroad. Antiwar activists should be ashamed of themselves: Their petty obsessions have detracted from the debate we really need.
If you are against war, then forget about the Downing Street memos. The debate about war should be political and moral, not legalistic; we should interrogate the consequences of war for those on the receiving end, and for peace more broadly — not get hung up over what some British official wrote on a piece of paper.
In short, we need a political opposition to war — because, more than two years since Iraq was invaded , we still don't have one.
The problem seems to be that a lot of people who are against the war are looking for the easy, quick fix. They want to be able to pull a lever in a voting booth and then a new set of politicians will fix the problem. Or they want to point out some smoking gun and then the press and a newly-enraged and scandal-hungry public will do the job. Or they want to find some sort of "proof" of "illegality" in how the war was started or conducted, whereupon some currently nonexistent sovereign global legal authority (or perhaps God Almighty) will punish the wrongdoers and set things right.
They beg the Congress for impeachment proceedings in the hopes that Congress, of all things, will — I dunno — put Cheney in charge or something useful like that. (Remember how the anti-war movement evaporated during the election campaign last year? Imagine what an impeachment hearing would do.)
They, by and large, are trying to avoid the hard work of using their own power and throwing their entire weight behind their outrage. Polls are showing that an increasing majority of the American people say that they oppose the war in Iraq. I'll wager that 99% of them are lying.
How you can resist funding the government → other tax resistance strategies → tax evasion / fraud → prisoner tax fraud
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Some surprising results from surveys about the ethics of tax evasion. Also: American prisoners are scamming the I.R.S. for millions, and getting away with it. And: The "Solidarity Economy" flourishes invisibly all around us (untaxedly, of course) — let's encourage it!
War tax resistance on a video blog, military spending as corporate welfare, another take on the Render Unto Caesar koan, stealing stolen money from the I.R.S., and a radical Muslim cleric preaches tax resistance. Also: a review of Crispin Sartwell's book "Extreme Virtue: Truth and Leadership in Five Great American Lives."
A review of "Standing Up to the Madness" by Amy Goodman and David Goodman. Also: states issuing I.O.U.s instead of tax refunds (and making taxpayers angry), a prisoner serving a life sentence successfully files for millions of dollars in federal tax refunds (and the feds decline to prosecute!), a taxpayer pays his whole bill in coins, the agrarian tax revolt buzz in Argentina, a 35-year-old service gift economy, a water tax strike in Northern Ireland, and a way to make a buck or two from unused storage space in your home.
Come Home, America: the new left/right/libertarian antimilitarist coalition has a homepage. Also: Vaclav Havel on coerced consent, the National Treasury Employees Union and the Internal Revenue Service quake in fear at the prospect of taxpayer retaliation, and more productive prisoner tax fraud: "I'm through with the street crime. I'm strictly white collar from now on. I love the I.R.S."
How to use the Freedom of Information Act to see what the I.R.S. has on you, the experience of war tax resisters in federal prison camps, more on Evan Reeves's protest, NWTRCC business here and there, war tax resister Patricia Tompkins, an update on Jorge Güemes, the government seems unable to stop rampant tax fraud conducted by people already behind bars, and more on the work of WikiLeaks and its allies.
War tax resistance is usually a passive refusal to give in to government demands for support, but here are examples of ways some resisters at some times have chosen to actively deplete government resources that might otherwise be spent on war.
The Picket Line jumps on the HTML5 bandwagon. Also: doing damage to a new nuclear weapons factory in Kansas City, inviting LulzSec to do the same to the universally vulnerable I.R.S. databases, resisting taxes to protest U.S. funding for Bahrain's government, and more tax fraud from behind bars.
Tomorrow I leave for the 14th International Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns in Bogotá, Colombia. Expect things to be a little quieter around here for the next month. Also: tax resistance in Catalonia, more on the War Resisters International war tax capitulation, and an update on prisoner tax fraud.
How you can resist funding the government → about the IRS and U.S. tax law/policy → IRS incompetence → enforcement effort/results → enforcement budget
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The Picket Line Tax Day Special, featuring a digest of tax day news.
Every year around this time, the I.R.S. puffs up its chest and says that this year it's really going to crack down on tax cheats. A citizen oversight board says that this year, they're talking smack again. Also: The Picket Line has comments enabled now!
I was worried that Abu Ghraib would fall off the radar like so many other stories have — I'm pleasantly surprised to see so many people taking it so seriously. But I'm also still working on synthesizing a tightly-focused and useful integration of what we know about the abuse and about the American response to it.
Tom DeLay wants to demolish the I.R.S. Unlike me, he can put a little political power behind his whims. What does this amount to? Well, in the short term, just a sluggish I.R.S. budget.
It takes a mighty fine lawyer to claim that waterboarding is "humane" — Alberto Gonzales fits the bill, and the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee say "enough is enough." Also: the G.A.O. says that the I.R.S. is losing its war against tax evaders.
Dubya has put a big boost in funding for the I.R.S. in his upcoming budget. And the C.I.A. may have to cough up the documents about its torture practices after all.
A bipartisan consensus builds to squeeze a few more drops from the tax gap. Also: Claire Wolfe begins a new fiction series about the antics of a guerrilla trickster.
The I.R.S. Data Book gives a hint at how their collections efforts are going. Also: direct action against war material shipments, construction recycling, the down side to tax efficiency, an increased I.R.S. enforcement budget, a new war tax resistance blog, Iraq War supplemental funding pork, and more leisure for the poor.
The English peasant's revolt, increased I.R.S. enforcement budget, a crackdown on "hobby losses," denying business licenses to people behind on their taxes, a visualization of world military expenditures, and more about John Patric a.k.a. Hugo N. Frye. Also: voodoo dolls as a tax resistance tactic.
Tax Day actions across the country; a new tax resistance campaign for D.C. statehood; attempting to make the coercion of taxation more explicit; the government considers refusing to issue passports to people unless they've paid all their taxes; the I.R.S. doesn't get that budget boost they'd been hoping for; war tax resister Don Schrader profiled; and eleven tax resistance tactics for the rich.
The Marine Corps sells servility by calling it pride; tough economic times everywhere but D.C.; budget cuts at the I.R.S. are good news for us; and the million Americans who might be alive today if we'd spent the money on our wars-of-choice differently.
Find out where federal government revenues come from. Also: Staughton Lynd gives the Occupy movement his two cents. And: anti-tax activism in Greece & Ireland. Also: Tim Huber on conscience and taxes. And: the I.R.S. offers early retirement packages to agents in its enforcement division.
The I.R.S. takes war tax resister Cindy Sheehan to court. Also: notes from war tax resisters Ed Agro and Paul Leatherman. And: the I.R.S. shed 5,000 employees over the last year, mostly from their tax enforcement division.
The latest I.R.S. statistics show how many million income tax filers were "lucky duckies" who paid no income tax in 2011. Also: do I really have to write something about this "sequester"? And, Jack Payden-Travers leads a war tax resistance workshop at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.
The federal tax angle to legal marijuana sales in America. The trouble with tax-exempt politicized churches. How federal budget cuts are putting the squeeze on I.R.S. employees. And: Vivien Kellems gathered a posse to challenge the self-employment tax in 1952.
Reading between the statistical lines to infer a growing underground economy; Congress continues to demonize the I.R.S. for us; that agency is so afraid of bomb threats that it looks suspiciously even on boxes of tax forms; Cypriots are the latest to resist austerity taxes; and A.J. Muste loses a court case asserting constitutional protection for conscientious objection to military taxation in 1961.
Budget cut woes for the I.R.S. Also: the agency plans to use consumer-tracking databases, and to link those up to government databases, as a way of pinpointing tax evaders and finding their assets. And: a fed up farmer in Argentina fires 23 bullets into a car carrying tax inspectors, and the local prosecutor decides to let it slide. Also: a note about a planned tax strike in India in 1921.
War tax resisters David Waters and Juanita Nelson make the news. More on tax resistance in Catalonia. I.R.S. employee furloughs ahead. And: the movers and shakers at Google are ominously pitching their view of the future of the internet to the lords of war, international intrigue, and government intervention, who sound delighted by what they are hearing.
Bookmark roundup: the law of barter, swaps, gifts, and alternative currencies; a Twitter feed about tax resistance tactics; the I.R.S. floundering under budget cuts; the I.R.S. scandal that didn't make the papers; Dublin water charge strikers fight back by pouring a little concrete; and war tax resister Ed Hedemann appears on the Breaking The Set show.
The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council released its annual report today, confirming that recent I.R.S. budget slashing "undermines the voluntary tax system, reduces government revenues, and promotes the underground economy." Also: some news starts to trickle out from the NWTRCC national gathering earlier this month.
The National Taxpayer Advocate released its annual report today, pleading with Congress to stop cutting the I.R.S. budget.
The I.R.S. budget gets another shave. also: The president of the Ivory Coast ungratefully turns on the tax resisters who helped him get into office.
A 28-year I.R.S. veteran has written a strange book saying that the agency is falling apart and is on the cusp of being so broken that the U.S. tax system may never recover from the disaster.
The I.R.S. Budget got slashed again. The agency has promised that disaster looms and I'm on the edge of my seat.
Parts of the new tax extenders legislation are of potential interest to tax resisters, the I.R.S. is in a world of hurt from budget cuts, and Rebecca refuses to give up the ghost in Wales.
Tax resistance news from the U.S., Greece, Italy, Ireland, and Spain, and a flashback from the tax resistance in Bermuda's women's suffrage movement.
Add the I.R.S. Advisory Council to the list of oversight bodies who have issued reports warning that the U.S. tax system is imploding under slashed I.R.S. budgets and decaying taxpayer morale.
Private debt collectors may go after federal tax debts again and people behind on their taxes may have their passports revoked — two surprises tucked into the new Highway Bill. Also: Erica Weiland on the latest NWTRCC national gathering, a profile of tax resisting superlawyer Tony Serra, and another look at the Hobby Lobby decision and conscientious objection to military taxation.
Register to participate in a free introductory webinar about war tax resistance that I'm conducting tomorrow. Also: the New Republic looks back fondly on the war tax resisters of Colrain, Massachusetts. The I.R.S. budget looks like it's due for another slashing. Swedes screw their government by overpaying their taxes. And a peek back at Winifred Patch's tax resistance for women's suffrage a century ago.
Tax resistance news from the U.S., the D.R. Congo, Tunisia, Greece, and Catalonia. Also: another reason why American democracy is harmful to American people.
How does a culture's idea of moral behavior shift (and how might your social media habits play a part)? Trump's tax cheating. International links of interest from France, Argentina, and Spain. Also: If you have a reasonably-arrived-at constitution, does that confer justice on the decisions arrived at legally? Or is justice something that still must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis? Aristotle argues that justice means more than just obedience to the law.
Five redundant I.R.S. oversight bodies have reached the same conclusion: the tax agency is grievously underfunded, tax evaders are getting away with it, and compliant taxpayers are unlikely to remain compliant for long if they keep getting played for suckers by an increasingly dysfunctional bureaucracy.
The I.R.S. continues to lose personnel, and as a result your chances of being audited are lower than they've been all decade. And new tax dodges like "syndicated conservation easements" are leaving the agency flummoxed and tax scofflaws feeling empowered.
The I.R.S. has admitted that the tax gap is enormous — $1 trillion in taxes every year that Americans owe but don't pay. But can they realistically do much about it? Also: war tax resisters in Biscay chain themselves to a military building, in medical scrubs, to protest government spending priorities and to advertise their "tax resistance offices."
Why it is your duty to stop supporting the government → the danger of "feel-good" protests → liberals can be infuriating → looking for a quick fix that won't require much of them
Veteran peace activist Gordon Clark tells the peace movement that it's time to stop the ineffective protest-as-usual methods and move on to nonviolent resistance. Also: War tax resister Jessica Ramer hopes we can learn from her mistakes. And Sunni Maravillosa has a compilation of ideas on how individuals can advance the cause of freedom.
Speak truth to power? What do the powerful care? And: there are very good reasons, even in a time of war, not to melt the skin off of children. Also: making the concept of "evil" respectable in liberal intellectual circles. And: lowering your electricity bills so we can save up enough money to pay the Chinese back for this war they loaned us.
Have peace activists ever stopped a war? Probably so, but they have to get off of their butts and stop singing Kumbayah first. And: Americans spent six billion hours trying to comply with the federal income tax laws last year. Also: signs that the U.S. military is getting nervous about deserters. And: how the whole world became Injun country.
Here's the audio file of my appearance on the Dave Ross show last week. Also: answering the question "What can I do (that's easy, safe, quick, and makes me feel all special without committing me to anything)?" And: American paleocon tax resister Rose Wilder Lane's "The Discovery of Freedom" released on-line. Also: War tax resister Cindy Sheehan to challenge U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the 2008 elections.
Cindy Sheehan tells a San Francisco peace rally to get real. Also: Is something unjust or just? was it done justly or unjustly? was it done voluntarily or involuntarily? was it done knowingly, or from ignorance, or in ignorance? was it done deliberately or from sudden passionate impulse? There are a lot of things to consider before you know whether an act was an accident, a mistake, an injustice, or the result of someone acting unjustly, and whether or not it is forgivable.
The revolution starts now, and you are the revolutionary. You don't need an organization, a movement, or a majority. Join the "one man revolution — the only revolution that is coming."


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Die VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen eG ist eine Genossenschaftsbank im südlichen Niedersachsen mit Sitz in Holzminden.

Organisationsstruktur
Die VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen eG ist eine dezentral aufgestellte Genossenschaftsbank. Rechtsgrundlagen sind das Genossenschaftsgesetz und die durch den Aufsichtsrat erlassene Satzung. Organe der Bank sind der Vorstand, der Aufsichtsrat und die Vertreterversammlung.

Geschäftsausrichtung und Geschäftserfolg
Die Bank betreibt das Universalbankgeschäft. Im Verbundgeschäft arbeitet sie mit der DZ Bank, R+V Versicherung, Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, Teambank, VR Leasing und der Union Investment zusammen. Im Bereich des Immobiliengeschäftes arbeitet sie mit der Immobilien eG der Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken mit Sitz in Göttingen zusammen, einer von der VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen eG sowie vier weiteren regionalen Genossenschaftsbanken getragenen Immobiliengesellschaft.

Geschäftsgebiet und Geschäftsstellen

Das Bank-Geschäftsgebiet liegt in Südniedersachsen und besteht aus zwei vollständig voneinander getrennten Gebieten. Es umfasst einerseits die Samtgemeinde Dransfeld, die Stadt Hann. Münden, die Gemeinde Staufenberg sowie Teile der Gemeinden Gleichen und Friedland im Landkreis Göttingen und andererseits die Stadt Holzminden sowie Teile des Landkreises Holzminden sowie der Städte Dassel und Einbeck im nördlichen Landkreis Northeim.

An diesen Orten betreibt die VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen eG Geschäftsstellen und SB-Stellen:
 Holzminden (Hauptgeschäftsstelle, jur. Sitz)
 Dassel (Hauptgeschäftsstelle)
 Dransfeld (Hauptgeschäftsstelle)
 Hann. Münden, Bahnhofstraße (Hauptgeschäftsstelle)
 Hehlen (Hauptgeschäftsstelle)
 Bevern (Geschäftsstelle)
 Einbeck-Edemissen (Geschäftsstelle)
 Friedland-Groß Schneen (Geschäftsstelle)
 Holzminden-Altendorf (Geschäftsstelle)
 Polle (Geschäftsstelle)
 Stadtoldendorf (Geschäftsstelle)
 Staufenberg-Landwehrhagen (Geschäftsstelle)
 Hann. Münden, Auefeld (SB-Stelle im HIT-Markt)
 Hann. Münden, Wiershäuser Weg (SB-Stelle am Edeka-Markt)
 Hann. Münden, Wilhelmshäuser Straße (SB-Stelle am Penny-Markt)
 Hann. Münden, Ziegelstraße (SB-Stelle)
 Staufenberg-Uschlag (SB-Stelle)

Warengeschäft
Neben dem Bankgeschäft betreibt die VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen eG auch ein umfangreiches Warengeschäft. So unterhält die Bank neben dem für ländliche Raiffeisenbanken üblichen Agrarhandel auch mehrere Tankstellen, eine Ölmühle sowie einen Baustoff-Fachhandel. Das Geschäftsgebiet des Warengeschäfts geht dabei weit über die Grenzen des Bank-Geschäftsgebiets hinaus. So werden folgende Warenstandorte unterhalten:
 Adelebsen (Warenlager, Tankstelle)
 Barterode (Tankstelle)
 Beverungen (Warenlager)
 Dassel (Tankstelle)
 Dassel-Lauenberg (Tankstelle)
 Dransfeld (Warenlager, Mineralölhandel, Tankstelle, Raiffeisen-Markt)
 Duderstadt (Warenlager, Mineralölhandel, Tankstelle, Raiffeisen-Markt)
 Einbeck-Edemissen (Tankstelle)
 Friedland-Groß Schneen (Raiffeisen-Markt)
 Gernrode (Warenlager, Tankstelle, Transporte AHT Agrarhandel & Transport GmbH Gernrode)
 Gieboldehausen (Warenlager, Tankstelle)
 Greußen (Warenlager)
 Hardegsen (Tankstelle)
 Kalefeld (Warenlager, Mineralölhandel, Tankstelle)
 Dassel-Markoldendorf (Warenlager, Tankstelle)
 Moringen (Warenlager, Tankstelle, Baustoff-Fachhandel Bierkamp)
 Mühlhausen/Thüringen (Pflanzenschutzlager)
 Rosdorf-Obernjesa (Warenlager, Mineralölgeschäft)
 Schoningen (Tankstelle)
 Sohlingen (Tankstelle)
 Staufenberg-Landwehrhagen (Warenlager, Tankstelle)
 Uslar (Warenlager, Raiffeisenmarkt)

Geschichte
Im Jahr 1894 wurde die Spar- und Darlehnskasse Landwehrhagen gegründet, deren erstes Statut am 12. November 1894 errichtet wurde. In den 1960er Jahren erfolgten mehrere Zusammenschlüsse mit benachbarten Genossenschaftsbanken. So erfolgte 1962 die Übernahme der Spar- und Darlehnskasse Speele, 1963 die Spar- und Darlehnskassen Sichelnstein und Lutterberg, 1965 die Raiffeisenkasse Escherode, 1966 die Raiffeisenbank Uschlag und 1968 die Raiffeisenkasse Benterode. Der Name der Spar- und Darlehnskasse Landwehrhagen wurde in Raiffeisenbank eG geändert.

Im Mai 1987 wurde die Fusion mit der Volksbank Dransfeld eG beschlossen. Die Firmierung der vereinigten Bank lautete Volksbank eG, Dransfeld-Staufenberg. Der Sitz blieb in Staufenberg-Landwehrhagen.

Die nächste Fusion erfolgte im Jahr 1991 durch Übernahme der Raiffeisenbank Groß Schneen eG mit Sitz in Friedland-Groß Schneen.

Mit der Übernahme der Volksbank Hann. Münden eG im Jahr 1994 und Umfirmierung in Volksbank eG wurde der Umfang des Bank-Geschäftsgebiets erneut erweitert. Im Dezember 1995 wurde die Sitzverlegung von Staufenberg nach Dransfeld sowie die Umfirmierung in Volksbank eG Dransfeld Groß Schneen Hann. Münden Staufenberg beschlossen.

Im weiteren geschichtlichen Verlauf der Bank wurde das Warengeschäft umfangreich ausgebaut. So erfolgten mehrere Fusionen mit reinen Warengenossenschaften: Im Jahr 1998 mit der Erzeugergemeinschaft für Qualitätsgetreide Dransfeld eG, im Jahr 2006 mit der Raiffeisen-Warengenossenschaft eG mit Sitz in Hardegsen und im Jahr 2011 mit der Kornhaus Duderstadt eG.

Ebenfalls im Jahr 2011 erfolgte die Umfirmierung von Volksbank eG Dransfeld Groß Schneen Hann. Münden Staufenberg in den heutigen Namen.

Auf der Vertreterversammlung am 24. Juni 2013 wurde die Übernahme der Volksbank eG mit Sitz in Dassel beschlossen. Die Eintragung in das Genossenschaftsregister erfolgte am 11. Oktober 2013. Mit der Fusion wurde das Bank-Geschäftsgebiet um die vier Standorte Dassel, Edemissen, Lauenberg und Sülbeck und damit um ein vollständig vom ursprünglichen Geschäftsgebiet abgetrenntes Gebiet erweitert.

Im Juni 2017 wurde die Fusion mit der benachbarten Volksbank Weserbergland eG in Holzminden geschlossen. Durch die Fusion entstand eine Genossenschaftsbank mit einem betreuten Kundenvolumen von rund 1,8 Mrd. Euro, 170 Mio. Euro Eigenkapital und rund 330 Mitarbeitern. Der Hauptsitz der Bank ist in Holzminden.

Vorgänger-Institute (fusioniert bzw. verschmolzen)

 VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen eG, Dransfeld (bis 2017)
 VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen eG, Dransfeld (bis 2013)
 Volksbank eG Dransfeld Groß Schneen Hann. Münden Staufenberg, Dransfeld (bis 2011)
 Volksbank eG Dransfeld Groß Schneen Hann. Münden Staufenberg, Dransfeld (bis 2006)
 Volksbank eG Dransfeld Groß Schneen Hann. Münden Staufenberg, Dransfeld (bis 1998) (bis 1995 Volksbank eG, Staufenberg)
 Volksbank Hann. Münden eG (bis 1994)
 Volksbank eG, Dransfeld-Staufenberg, Landwehrhagen (bis 1994)
 Raiffeisenbank Groß Schneen eG (bis 1991)
 Volksbank eG, Dransfeld-Staufenberg, Landwehrhagen (bis 1991)
 Volksbank Dransfeld eG (bis 1987)
 Raiffeisenbank eG, Landwehrhagen (bis 1987)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Landwehrhagen eGmbH
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Speele eGmbH (bis 1962)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Sichelnstein eGmbH (bis 1963)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Lutterberg eGmbH (bis 1963)
 Raiffeisenkasse Escherode eGmbH (bis 1965)
 Raiffeisenbank Uschlag eGmbH (bis 1966)
 Raiffeisenbank Benterode eGmbH (bis 1968)
 Erzeugergemeinschaft für Qualitätsgetreide Dransfeld eG (bis 1998)
 Raiffeisen-Warengenossenschaft eG, Hardegsen (bis 2006)
 Kornhaus Duderstadt eG (bis 2011)
 Volksbank eG, Dassel (bis 2013) (bis 1970 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Mackensen eG)
 Molkereigenossenschaft Mackensen eGmbH (bis 1951)
 Genossenschaftsbank Dassel eGmbH (bis 1970)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Merxhausen eGmbH (bis 1943)
 Landwirtschaftliche Bezugs- und Absatzgenossenschaft Dassel eGmbH (bis 1966)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse eG Lauenberg (bis 1974)
 Raiffeisenbank Edemissen eG (bis 1990)
 Landwirtschaftliche Maschinengenossenschaft Edemissen eGmbH (bis 1953)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Dörrigsen eGmbH (bis 1964)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Sülbeck eG (bis 1973)
 Volksbank Weserbergland eG, Holzminden (bis 2017) (bis 1970 Volksbank Holzminden eGmbH)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Neuhaus eGmbH, Neuhaus im Solling (bis 1959)
 Volksbank Polle eGmbH (bis 1966)
 Raiffeisenbank eG, Hehlen (bis 2000; gegründet 1893, zuletzt Bilanzsumme von 144 Millionen DM)
 Spar- und Darlehnskasse Ottenstein eG (bis 1977)
 Raiffeisenbank eG, Bodenwerder-Rühle (bis 1981)
 Raiffeisenbank Stadtoldendorf eG (bis 1994)
 Raiffeisenbank eG, Bevern (bis 2002; gegründet 1900, zuletzt Bilanzsumme von 70 Millionen DM)
 Raiffeisenbank Holzminden eG (bis 2003; gegründet 1901 als Spar- und Darlehnskassen-Verein mit Sitz in Altendorf, zuletzt Bilanzsumme von 24 Millionen Euro)

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 Website der Immobilien eG, Göttingen I (Tochtergesellschaft)
 Website der Immobilien eG, Göttingen II (Tochtergesellschaft)
 Homepage der Immobilien eG, Göttingen (Tochtergesellschaft)

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Sudniedersachsen
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Rebuilding NYC
Construction & Development for Economic Recovery
Alexander Durst
Alexander Durst is Chief Development Officer and a fourth generation family member of The Durst Organization. Alexander began his career at The Durst Organization in 2005 working in building operations. He moved on to managing a portfolio of small residential buildings and the management of delinquent accounts in the company's 13-million square foot commercial portfolio. He oversaw the restoration of seven buildings that were severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy on Front Street in Lower Manhattan. Currently, Alexander focuses on project development, project management, financial analysis and acquisitions. Working closely with his father Douglas, cousin Jody and sister Helena, Alexander has helped oversee the financing, construction and entitlement of a 709-unit residential rental space building as well as a 500,000-square foot mixed–use project that includes retail, commercial space and rental apartments. Alexander holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees in Geology and Earth Sciences and is a board member of the City Parks Foundation, an advisory board member to the New York State Board of the Trust for Public Land and is a Commissioner of the New York Region of New York State Parks.
The Durst Organization
Principal & CDO
Principal & CDO, The Durst Organization
Colleen Wenke
Colleen is President and Chief Operating Officer at Taconic. She also leads Taconic's Development and Construction practice. As President and COO, Colleen oversees corporate matters across the firm. As Head of Development and Construction she manages all aspects of development including strategic planning, zoning and entitlements, predevelopment, project budgeting, design management, construction oversight, procurement, risk management and insurance, community relations, branding, and marketing through sale or lease-up. Since joining Taconic in 2000, Colleen has planned and overseen both ground-up and restoration projects in the commercial, residential and mixed-use sectors, totaling over 7 million square feet of commercial space and 1,500 units of housing. In addition, Colleen leads Taconic's development advisory business, which focuses on key partnerships for client-led development and construction projects. Colleen received a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in psychology from Boston College, and earned a Master of Science degree in real estate development and finance from NYU's Schack Institute of Real Estate. Colleen is an active member of ULI's Program Steering Committee, NYPEN, Professional Women in Construction, and sits on the Fordham Real Estate Executive Advisory Council.
Taconic Partners
President & COO
President & COO, Taconic Partners
Joseph Rigazio
Joseph Rigazio is the CEO of Talisen Construction Corporation. Talisen is a commercial construction firm founded in the New York Metro marketplace in 2009. Focusing on the Healthcare and Education markets over the last eight years has brought Talisen success in the ambulatory centers, medical office buildings, charter schools, private universities, and special projects areas. Trained in both Electrical Engineering, Business Economics, and Construction Management, Joseph entered the professional world with a strong vision. After a 23-year-long career in technology, in which he managed Fortune 100 company relationships in sales management, ran marketing organizations, and ultimately, lead a major business unit at Texas Instruments, Joseph chose to utilize his expertise and leadership skills to start Talisen. Concentrating on growing a team bonded by a common vision, Talisen has become a trailblazer in the New York construction field. Focused investments on employees, processes, and the NY Metro subcontractor ecosystem, along with an innovative approach to project management, differentiates Talisen from the competition. Founded on the key tenants of safety and collaboration, Talisen has grown into a premier New York construction firm that truly partners with their clients to provide a new precedent for client advocacy in today's market.
Talisen Construction Corporation
CEO, Talisen Construction Corporation
Jamil Lacourt
Jamil Lacourt is the Executive Vice President and Director of Construction at L&L Holding Company where he focuses on developing methods of sharing information across projects, establishing uniform practices for reporting, bidding and budgeting, contractor and subcontractor relationships, technology, and the execution of construction efforts throughout the portfolio. Previously, Lacourt served as Principal and Director of Project Management for OC Development Management, where he led the firm's project management team. Notable projects include the repositioning and expansion of 150 Fifth Avenue, the base building redevelopment of 368 Ninth Avenue (a.k.a. 21 Penn Plaza) and 695 Sixth Avenue, and the redevelopment of 780 Third Avenue. Prior to OC Development Management, Lacourt served as Vice President at JLL, Associate Director of Construction at Stanford University, and Senior Vice President at Citi. Throughout his career, some of his notable projects include the Row Houses at Stanford University, BBVA Bancomer's 50-story corporate headquarters in Mexico City, pre-construction services for WWE and Madison Square Garden, and construction at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. Lacourt received a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management from the State University of New York (SUNY) Farmingdale. He also obtained his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification as well as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council.
L&L Holding Company
Principal, Executive Vice President
Principal, Executive Vice President, L&L Holding Company
Brendan Schmitt
Brendan Schmitt is a partner in Herrick's Real Estate Department. Brendan practices in all facets of real estate law with a focus on real estate development and construction law, representing owners, developers and lenders in contract drafting, negotiation and review, general counseling and development advisory services. Brendan works with property owners and developers through all phases of the building process, beginning prior to acquisition through project completion, advising clients on a diverse range of matters, including construction contracts, risk management and neighboring property construction license agreements. Brendan works closely with real estate developers to maximize construction cost and time efficiencies. He regularly advises developers on construction manager and subcontractor selection, construction sequencing and administration, issues involving the protection of neighboring properties, and regulatory compliance and approvals. Brendan was recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for 2021 for Construction Law. In 2019, Brendan was named one of New York Real Estate Journal's "Ones to Watch," which focuses on up-and-coming professionals across all areas of real estate. While attending Fordham University School of Law, Brendan served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Debra Freeman of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
Herrick Feinstein
Partner, Herrick Feinstein
Construction & Capital
Accessing Financing for All Project Types
John Usdan
Since 1981, John has grown the company his grandfather started into an integrated investment, development, and management platform. He has expanded Midwood's portfolio to over 130 retail, residential and office properties in 9 states and the District of Columbia. Beyond Midwood, John's philanthropic interests are primarily focused in education and the arts. John is a Trustee Emeritus of Wesleyan University, past chair of Wesleyan's Capital Campaign and was previously Chair of the Brandeis International Business School. John is currently a Trustee of The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Board President of the Usdan Center, Board member of UJA-Federation (and member of the Audit Committee), Board member of the Hastings Center, past Board President at Bronx House, and on the corporate board of Merchants National Properties.
Midwood Investments
President, Midwood Investments
Sergey Rybak
Sergey's lifelong passion has always been to build. He founded RYBAK Development immediately after graduating from New York University, starting the company from scratch while continuing his real estate development education as a post-grad. What began with a modest 6 unit condominium property in South Brooklyn has evolved over the years into a trend-setting, industry-leading firm, with Sergey staying hands-on throughout each and every project. During that span, Sergey has managed the construction of Brooklyn's largest multi-sporting facility, featured as an Industry Executive of the Month by New York Real Estate Journal, and managed RYBAK Development's growth while keeping the firm agile to increase profits, not overhead. As a RYBAK Principal, Sergey personally guarantees all project completions and project debt where applicable.
Rybak Development
Founder & Principal
Founder & Principal, Rybak Development
Chris has been a leader in Wrap-Up insurance for close to three decades, with experience in underwriting, risk management, and brokerage. The 90's were spent at Liberty Mutual where he helped build their Construction Unit and underwrote insurance for Construction and Large Wrap-Up accounts. In the 2000's Chris was Turner Construction Company's Insurance Manager and National CCIP Director. He helped create their Rolling CCIP program and helped make it the largest Rolling CCIP program in the country. Since 2011, Chris helped make Turner's sister company, Turner Surety and Insurance Brokerage (TSIB) into one of the leading, privately held, independent, Wrap-Up brokerage groups in the county selling OCIP specific services. His client list included the likes of Tishman Speyer, Related, Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC), Alameda County, Sacramento Light Rail, and most recently Amazon to name a few. Chris earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts.
NFP Insurance Brokerage & Consulting
SVP, Construction
SVP, Construction, NFP Insurance Brokerage & Consulting
Sadie McKeown
Sadie McKeown is the President of The Community Preservation Corporation. In this capacity she leads the development and implementation of CPC's growth strategy and oversees all of the company's field offices, initiatives, and its equity and impact investing platforms. Sadie also works closely with the president of CPC Mortgage Company, CPC's Agency mortgage lending subsidiary, to align all of the company's products and tools under the overall CPC brand. Prior to her taking on the role of President in January 2022, she served as Executive Vice President and Head of Construction Lending and Initiatives where she led the company's construction lending activities including the operation of its six New York field offices and its numerous initiatives. Sadie started her career at CPC as a Mortgage Originator in 1992, and has served as SVP, Director of Lending in CPC's Hudson Valley Office; SVP, Director of Originations; and EVP, Chief Operating Officer. Throughout her career, Sadie has been a fierce advocate for moving the real estate industry and built environment towards carbon neutrality. Under her guidance, CPC created its innovative "underwriting efficiency" financing method that incorporates the potential savings from energy and water efficiency measures into the financing of first mortgages for multifamily buildings. She has overseen the development of numerous guides, tools, and case studies to help lenders, owners, and developers understand the benefits of energy efficient construction and retrofits; including CPC's "Underwriting Efficiency Handbook" and its companion guide titled "Financing High-Performance" which focus on guiding lenders and developers through the underwriting efficiency methodology for both retrofit and new construction projects. Sadie also led CPC's partnership with New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and private partners on a Passive House study that aimed to demystify the economics and environmental benefits of Passive House. Sadie currently sits on the boards of the New York State Housing Finance Agency, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC), as well as on the New York State Climate Action Council's Energy Efficiency and Housing Advisory Panel and the NYSERDA Technical Advisory Group for the Electrification Roadmap. Sadie earned her Master's Degree in Human Services Administration with a concentration in Housing from Cornell University. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Fordham University.
Community Preservation Corporation
President, Community Preservation Corporation
Karl Frederic
Karl Frederic (who previously used Karl Piirimae) conducts a multi-disciplinary practice focusing on real estate development, leasing, construction and related workout and litigation matters. In his national practice, he has handled transactions across the full spectrum of real estate assets, ranging from retail centers and corporate headquarters to the MetLife Stadium. He has a particular focus on and demonstrated experience in real estate matters involving the pharmaceutical and bio-tech industries. He has provided services to global technology firms, pharmaceutical conglomerates, educational institutions and healthcare companies. He also advises clients on acquisitions and the repositioning and expansion of existing developed assets. Mr. Frederic's practice routinely involves general corporate transactions, real estate conveyance and leasing, finance, construction and landlord-tenant litigation, so that he brings a unique multi-disciplinary approach to each engagement. He has also developed an associated focus in construction matters that is often particularly useful in advising clients in the issues related to tenant improvements that routinely arise in leasing transactions. He also provides counsel in connection with stand-alone construction projects, advising clients on design and construction contracts.
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
Partner, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
Developing the Northeast Corridor
5G, Wind Energy and Infrastructure Improvements
Leecia Eve
As vice president of public policy at one of the largest telecommunications providers in the state, Leecia Eve is one of the most influential people when it comes to New York's telecommunications policies. Prior to joining Verizon, Eve was New York's deputy secretary for economic development, making her the chief economic development adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and was a senior policy adviser to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's first presidential campaign.
VP, Public Policy
VP, Public Policy, Verizon
Carlos Valverde
Carlos is Vice President of real estate development and investment firm Silverstein Properties. Silverstein Properties is a privately-held, full-service real estate development, investment, and management firm based in New York City. Silverstein Properties has developed, owned, and managed more than 40 million square feet of office, residential, hotel, and retail properties. Carlos has worked as Design, Construction and Development Manager on several major commercial and residential development projects while at the firm such as the new headquarter for The Walt Disney Company in New York City (1.2M SF state-of-the-art vertical campus), 3 and 4 World Trade Center (5M SF mixed-used development), Silver Towers (1,400 unit residential development), and the masterplan for Qianhai International Financial District (5M SF mixed-use development in China).
VP of Real Estate Development
VP of Real Estate Development, Silverstein
Jonathan Gerardo
Jonathan Gerardo is a Senior Project Manager, Design & Construction, for Rockefeller Group's NJ/PA Region. Jonathan is responsible for the management of projects in the pre-development and development stages including conceptual planning, design management, budgeting, procurement, and construction administration. He most recently managed the design and construction of a 300,000 square foot multi-tenant warehouse facility at Rockefeller Group's Lehigh Valley Logistics Center in Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Rockefeller Group, Mr. Gerardo was a Project Manager for Boswell Engineering, working as part of a multi-disciplined team to provide civil engineering and environmental services to a diverse range of public and private sector clients with a focus on infrastructure improvements, waterfront development and land use entitlements. He has also worked as a Development Associate with the Hoboken Brownstone Company. Jonathan earned his bachelor's degree in Environmental Science & Policy from Marist College and his master's degree in Real Estate Development from New York University. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Rockefeller Group
Senior Project Manager, Rockefeller Group
William Sproule
William Sproule is the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (EASRCC). EASRCC represents more than 41,000 members in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the Territory of Puerto Rico. Our members come from many different trade groups, including: commercial/residential carpenters; heavy highway; piledrivers; floor-layers; mill cabinet; and tradeshow. William is the former President & Regional Manager of the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters which was dissolved and merged into Keystone + Mountain + Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters on May 30, 2018. After the merger William was appointed as the Assistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Keystone + Mountain + Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters which would be renamed to the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters in December of 2019. In April of 2019, William was appointed Executive Secretary-Treasurer. As Executive Secretary-Treasurer of EASRCC William's duties include managing and leading the development of the organization's policies and procedures; overseeing all of the day-to-day operations for the Council's local unions in developing collective bargaining agreements; and organizing and expanding work opportunities for union membership.
Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Executive Secretary Treasurer
Executive Secretary Treasurer, Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Jessica Rothman
Jessica L. Rothman has 20+ years of litigation experience focused on representing owners, contractors and design professionals in a range of performance and payment disputes including breach of contract, mechanic's lien, negligence and building defect claims. Her practice extends to mediation and arbitration of these disputes. Jessica's knowledge and experience is often sought out by owners, contractors, architects and engineers in negotiating contracts for construction and design projects. Jessica is skilled in negotiating the critical risk, performance and payment terms under those agreements, and managing the implementation and practical effects of the critical terms over the course of a project. Jessica is admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the New York State Bar.
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP
Partner, Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP
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Voyager Study Abroad (VSA) is a budding student travel company that was started three years ago by a long time serving accounting professor; Dr. Michael Tyler. It is a provider of multicity, multi-country, summer study abroad programs. VSA specializes in study-abroad programs that concentrate more on education and development and focus less on unstructured fun. VSA has enjoyed its share in the student travel industry with its pillars being its strengths over competition and available opportunities that can be seized for the better. However, it has also experienced multiple weaknesses and threats in the past two years of operation. This report will provide a comparative analysis of VSA against its competitors, including its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
For the last two summers, 2015 and 2016, Voyager Study Abroad has operated a single program – Voyager Europe (VE) that runs for one month starting June. Participants traveled to Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, and Paris among other noteworthy cities.
· Participants traveled between cities by high-speed train or by plane and the accommodations used were either four or five-star city-center hotels that were highly-rated.
· VE also included a full daily itinerary of professional and cultural activities, unlike competitors.
· The people running the program are also professionals with much experience in the industry. Moreover, this program offers much more than competitors at a rock-bottom price.
· It has not been operating for long, something that might give some competitors an upper hand.
· Finding more professional employees who possess a client-centric attitude and necessary skills might also be a challenge. Other than Mike, VSA relies on a marketing professor; Dr. Reccia Charles for management and a part-time graphic designer who resides in Madrid.
· The struggle to constantly provide new trips which are exciting while maintaining the quality already established can also prove to be quite a daunting task.
· Exploiting potential to the fullest in the 2017 summer that will include more to offer in the two programs; Voyager Europe (VE) and Voyager Spain (VS).
· The unique learning experience that inculcates cultural immersion activities that enhance the curriculum and excellent professors who travel with the program is also a niche.
· VSA is a growing company with potential clients and participants that need to be addressed.
· VSA also enjoys numerous partnerships and sponsorships that can help it go mainstream.
· Terrorist attacks i.e. the November 2015 Paris attacks remain a huge threat to anything related to travel.
· A slump in the economy also adversely affects the industry.
Nevertheless, VSA can exploit the opportunities at hand and their strengths to counter competition by working towards being the best there is and achieving set objectives and goals that are clearly defined, specific, measurable, attainable, and realistic yet time-bound (SMART).
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Música Nostra was created in 1981 with a clear purpose: the investigation and staging of the Majorcan music in order to keep it alive, make it public within the Majorcan population and all over around, as an element of the own culture of the island.
All these years, the band has been working with enthusiasm and strength, contributing to treating the folk music with the dignity that it deserves and to recovering the "ball de bot" as a living element of expression. The recovered songs and folklore were enriched with own compositions and a rejuvenating treatment. Thanks to very contemporary instrumentation and harmonization, a conjunction of technical and artistic elements has been achieved without taking anything away from the roots and the distinctive color of the music from Majorca.


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Even in these heady technological times, there's one low-tech constant—the 18- wheeler. Because, if you bought it, you can bet a truck brought it. So it's no surprise that a genre whose heyday was in the '60s and '70s, continues to put along like a Peterbilt heading up the Grapevine. One purveyor of all things sleeper cabs, is Chris "Sugarballs" Sprague, whose album, Hammer Down! is a paean to double-clutching storytellers such as Del Reeves, Red Simpson, Dick Curless, and Bobby Braddock. And wherever there's diesel smoke in the air, killer guitar is sure to follow. In the case of Hammer Down!, the 6-string chores are handled by Dave Biller, a magnificent player who goes go from swinging country bop, to chicken-pickin' call-and-response with Sprague's lonesome tenor. Deke Dickerson guests on Johnny Horton's "I'm Coming Home," where he ably resurrects Grady Martin's notorious twang. 10-4 good buddy! (18 Wheeler Records).


The course is an eighteen hole, privately-owned, private country club. It is a par 69, 6100 yard little monster. There are two par fives, five par threes, eleven par fours. Do not let the yardage fool you! Tight fairways and small target greens require precision shot making, but the real test comes once you get to the greens. The greens are severely sloped and are usually very fast. If you miss the greens you will have a very difficult up and down.
The signature hole is number 16. A par three, original Donald Ross hole, 175 yards white tee, 220 yards blue tee, uphill to a small two-tiered green.
All in all, Wyckoff Country Club is a fun course to play as some of the shortest holes can reward with an eagle or birdie, but can also bite back with a double bogey or worse!


This says it all…in 2001, in Game 3 of the AL Division Series, Zito at the Oakland Coliseum, pitched eight innings, throwing 110 pitches, allowing two hits. Although the A's took a 1-0 loss to the Yankees, Zito's performance ranks among the best in recent post season history.
During his off time as a pitcher for the SF Giants, Barry enjoys playing drums and required a space to practice anytime day or night. Barry heard about sound isolation rooms and initially selected one of our competitor's product. The room didn't isolate the sound to his standards and that's when he contacted VocalBooth. His 8x8 Gold Series VocalBooth with upgraded subfloor and blue Auralex interior did the job and performed to Major League standards!
Barry Zito is a left handed starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He previously played seven seasons with the Oakland Athletics, where he won the 2002 American League Cy Young Award and made three All-Star teams. Music is in Zito's blood. His father Joe Zito composed and arranged music for Nat King Cole in the early 1960s (ca.1961–64), and arranged for the Buffalo Symphony. Zito's late mother Roberta was a classically trained musician who also sang with Nat King Cole's band, in a choral group known as The Merry Young Souls. His uncle is television actor Patrick Duffy. In 2003, Zito portrayed a United States Navy petty officer in an episode of JAG on CBS. Zito's character, a pitcher, faced assault charges after hitting a Marine with a ball during the annual Navy-Marine all-star baseball game. He created the charity Strikeouts for Troops, to which he donates $400 for every strikeout he throws. The charity benefits hospitals for soldiers wounded in military operations.