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The shareholders of Opco loaned it money to permit it to acquire inventory. The loans were unsecured and bore interest at 10% yearly. The Court of Quebec, in light of the Quebec equivalent of section 67 of the ITA, denied the deduction of interest in excess of 7.89% yearly, which was the bottom end of a range of reasonable rates for similar loans provided by the taxpayers' own expert (Deloitte). Neil Armstrong summary of Gervais Auto Inc. v. Agence du revenu du Québec, 2019 QCCQ 5894.
Partnerships and being a relative
How does the presence of a partnership in a structure affect the analysis of whether persons are related under section 251 of the Income Tax Act (Canada)?
- A partnership is not a person for the purposes of section 251
- Where a corporation controls a partnership that controls another corporation, the first corporation will be related to the other corporation.
- A partnership that controls a corporation does not deal at arm's length with the corporation.
- A partner who controls a partnership does not deal at arm's length with the partnership.
Jin Wen, "Partnership and the Meaning of 'Related'" (Oct 2019) 19:4 Tax for the Owner-Manager
Trusts need to watch out
The federal government has allocated significant additional funds to the CRA to permit it to enforce better compliance. The CRA has targeted family trusts (among other things).
The CRA's audit process for a trust involves accumulating documentation and information about many details related to (1) the trust's setup and administration, including its bank statements; (2) evidence regarding the subscription of shares by the trust; (3) the payment of trust expenses; and (4) trustees' resolutions concerning the payment of income and capital gains to beneficiaries.
The CRA seems to be particularly concerned about trusts that realize gains where the capital gain exemption might be available to beneficiaries. The CRA auditors are scrutinizing whether the shares in question were "qualified small business corporation shares" and whether the proceeds received ended up in the hands of each beneficiary who claimed the exemption for the corresponding gain. On this point, please see my comment on Laplante.
Jeanne Cheng, "The CRA's Audit Crackdown on Family Trusts" (Oct 2019) 19:4 Tax for the Owner-Manager.
Capital gains and excluded shares
The CRA believes that taxable capital gains are "income" for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the "excluded shares" definition in the TOSI rules. The CRA also states that the gains in question should be computed on a gross basis, without deducting allowable capital losses. Dino Infanti, "Taxable Capital Gains Are Income for TOSI "Excluded Shares" Purposes" (Oct 2019) 19:4 Tax for the Owner-Manager, commenting on CRA technical interpretation 2019-0802331E5 (May 24, 2019).
Audit success
Automobile benefits are fish in a smaller barrel for CRA auditors. If all else fails, the auditor can recover something for his or her time by reassessing them. (My experience on the subject is probably not representative. Nevertheless, it's the rare reassessment I contest where some kind of benefit isn't reassessed for a company-owned car.)
A client of mine shows us how it's done. (I'm telling this story with his permission.) His company was subject to a desk audit for $120,000 of vehicle expenses incurred over two years. The CRA gave him 30 days to respond. He responded in 20 days—without consulting me, I might add—with 2,000 pages of materials. The result? The CRA did not adjust one penny of the expenses claimed.
He also volunteered to me that, in seventeen years of business, his company has never been late with a single remittance of health tax, WSIB (across ten provinces), HST/GST, CPP/EI or employee income tax.
Due diligence reverses penalty
In Moore v R, 2019 TCC 141 (informal procedure), the taxpayer, in filing his 2016 return, realized that he needed to file a T1135 for shares he owned of a US corporation that he had acquired under an employee stock option plan. The tax cost of his shares exceeded $100,000 for the first time in 2015. The taxpayer promptly filed the T1135. The CRA, being the CRA, dinged him for a $2,500 penalty.
The court reversed the imposition of the penalty on the basis that the taxpayer had been duly diligent.
The TCC noted that Mr. M had acted in good faith and voluntarily disclosed his late filing to the CRA.
The TCC also noted the steps that Mr.M took, including that he properly reported the benefit and all income received on the shares, paid the appropriate amount of tax, promptly filed his T1135 notification form for subsequent taxation years after learning about the requirement, notified the CRA in writing about the 2015 obligation, and filed a 2015 form T1135.
The court appears to have been influenced as well by the CRA's deficient communication about the T1135 requirement in the 2015 T1 Guide.
Georgina Tollstam "No Late-Filing Penalty for Cautious Taxpayer" (August 2019) 27:8 Canadian Tax Highlights
Section 160 butterflies
In Eyeball Networks Inc. v R, 2019 TCC 150, the court held that section 160 applied to a transferee corporation (the new operating company or "TC") that had received property from a distributing corporation (the old operating company or "DC") as part of a related party butterfly. TC received the property at a time when DC owed income tax. The Court concluded section 160 applied to TC because "a setoff constitutes a transfer of property, and … the [DC] note had a nominal FMV [at the time of the setoff]". Apparently, no expert evidence was called regarding the value of the notes issued by DC and TC as part of the butterfly.
The authors criticize the decision for its characterization of the legal consequences of a setoff (as constituting a transfer of property) and because a "cash cycle" (a daylight loan ) would appear to address concerns about the "nominal value" of the DC note, which implies that the concerns were misplaced to begin with.
The taxpayer has appealed the decision (A-308-19).
Ashvin R. Singh and Ryan W. Antonello, "Section 160 in a Butterfly Reorganization" (August 2019) 27:8 Canadian Tax Highlights
Bitcoin mining
The CRA, in technical interpretation 2018-0776661I7 (August 8, 2019), takes the position that a Bitcoin miner receives Bitcoin as barter for services rendered. The transaction is a barter transaction because Bitcoin isn't legal tender (see IT-490 "Barter Transactions"). The receipt occurs at the time the Bitcoin is received. The amount to be reported for income tax purposes, if the Bitcoin miner carries on business as such, is probably the value of the Bitcoin at the time of receipt. The technical interpretation states that the Bitcoin value can likely be determined more easily than the value of the services given up in exchange.
The CRA website has a "Guide for cryptocurrency users and tax professionals" here.
Handing over records to CRA
Clients sometimes complain to me that they have given records to a CRA auditor who then returns only some of the records or returns them in a disorganized state that makes them difficult to work with. Accordingly, if a client asks me about a CRA demand for records, I usually counsel them to provide copies or to keep copies of what is provided. This can be onerous, but the alternative is to risk losing records, if the CRA is careless with them, and then have the Tax Court blame you for it. See MacDonald v R, 2019 TCC 169 (informal procedure), in which we read the following:
[12] The Appellant presented himself as an executive-level businessperson who dealt primarily with telecommunications company executives. Having in mind the duties statutorily fixed upon taxpayers to retain relevant records per subsections 260(1) and (6) of the Act [sic—presumably the reference should be to section 230], set out above, I must observe that the Appellant exhibited inadequate acumen and prudence in not retaining a copy of the expense records bundle that he sent to CRA.
Employee parking pass
Amit Ummat summarizes Smith v R, 2019 FCA 173, in which the Court held that a flight attendant received a taxable benefit from an employer-provided parking pass.


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Togo's vast phosphate resources are mostly exported in their raw form, and Dangote's project would process some of that phosphate to make fertiliser in-country, aiming to export it to the region.
The cost of the project is around $2 billion, a statement from Togo's government said, without specifying how much of that would come from Dangote.
Dangote also signed a deal to build a cement factory at a cost of around $60 million. Construction of the factory is set to start in the first quarter of 2020 and it will begin producing by the end of next year, the statement said.
The cement would serve the Togolese market as well as export to neighbouring countries.
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With a screen this size video playback was never going to be the primary use of this phone, but driving the final nail in the coffin – HTC One S style – is the poor playback quality. The slow processor simply can't cope with anything of remotely high quality, making youtube about the limit of your video ambitions.
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Continuing the 'less than stellar' theme is the camera which not only lacks autofocus and a flash but also produces pretty grainy shots. There's also little in the way of effects or extra modes. All told, it's really only for the most occasional of use. Likewise video, which is only offered in up to 480 x 320 pixel resolution.
Viewing images isn't so bad with the simple to use Android Gallery app and that decent quality screen. However, you don't get any fancy integration of photos from your social networks or such like – hardly a surprise at this price.
Along with video, the big advantage of this and most Android phones is that you can load up your files without the need for any extra software of fancy syncing procedure – just plug the phone in and go – and with a microSD slot on hand there's potentially plenty of room for your vast music collection. HTC has also done a good job in terms of the music interface.
The big draw here, though, is of course the Beats branding, and it means precisely naff all. It amounts to an EQ setting that boosts bass and treble. Overall sound quality is okay but is noticeably a step below higher end rivals.
But, all these issues have to be weighed up against the cost of this phone. At just £150 on PAYG (on Three) and £180 SIM free it is very definitely budget. You can get cheaper phones such as the original Samsung Galaxy Ace or Orange San Francisco II but they're a step down in quality and features again. That said, it doesn't take much of an extra outlay to get a lot more capable device. At £250 you can get a brand new larger and much faster Galaxy Ace 2, while second hand you'll be able to pick up some of last year's high-end phones for that money.
It's always a difficult task to judge a budget phone as for some people the compromises made won't matter but for others they'll be fundamental – like the missing LED on the flash in this instance. Also, there's always the competition from second hand models to consider. But overall we think HTC has done enough to make this a sensible option if you're looking for a first mobile for a child or just for a stylish low cost handset for yourself.
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[Report by Yekaterina Kats: "An Open Home Front: Deripaska, Abramovich, and Melnichenko Versus Chubays" -- taken from HTML version of source provided by ISP]
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The bosses of YeES Rossii RAO [Unified Energy System of Russia Russian Joint-Stock Company] are concerned by a purposeful buying up of shares in the power holding company and its subsidiaries. Analysts claim a Russian "oligarchic grouping" already owns a 15-20% stake in the company's shares. The emergence of a new strategic investor cannot fail to affect the progress of reforming the monopoly.
Most traders believe suspicions of buying up the shares fall on Oleg Deripaska and Roman Abramovich. Andrey Melnichenko is allegedly also taking part. One analyst told Gazeta that several significant shareholdings in the company were bought through MDM Bank roughly one month ago. It was then that it became clear who was accumulating the stake.
YeES management body member Andrey Trapeznikov does not deny that "shares are being bought up in both the holding company itself and its regional subsidiaries." According to Trapeznikov, though, the company bosses do not know who exactly is buying up the shares.
Information about the composition of the owners of YeES shares will not become known before May, one month ahead of the next company shareholders meeting. It is by this time that the central depositary closes the register of shareholders and any of them can demand a copy. It is unlikely to clarify the real picture of who YeES belongs to, though: The register only reflects a nominal list of shareholders and it will still only be possible to guess at their relationship to Deripaska or Melnichenko.
There are currently two mutually exclusive versions of how events have developed. The company itself is making a direct link between the buy-up of shares and the controversy that took place at the economic form in Boston in mid-November. Holding company bosses believe that the report made by Presidential Adviser Andrey Illarionov caused a crash in the prices of the company' shares. Foreign investors began to actively get rid of their ADRs [American Deposit Receipts], which played into the hands of those who are buying up shares in Russia.
RTS [Russian Trading System] trading data over the past period fits this version. Judging from the graph, the shares' active growth began on 11 November. At the time the shares cost 11 cents. Company Chief Anatoliy Chubays's report at the Boston economic form warmed investors' interest and the shares went up to $0.126. But immediately after Illarionov's speech they collapsed to $0.1177 by 20 November.
But the collapse was followed by a new growth that continued until the end of last week. Last Friday the share price came to $0.125. So at first sight the company bosses' version has convincing confirmation.
Troyka Dialog investment company analyst Lauri Sillantaka believes the controversy did indeed lead to Western investors beginning to dump their securities. But people on the market do not confirm that Illarionov's report played a substantial role in what is happening. And analysts have different assessments of the role of Illarionov himself.
"Speculators are discussing a different rumor -- that Chubays and Illarionov came to an arrangement and created a controversy in order to thus squeeze foreign investors out of the market," Metropol investment company chief analyst Andrey Bespalov laughs. "Illarionov's behavior toward the company leadership was so aggressive that even those foreigners that have a negative attitude toward restructuring began to suspect him." Bespalov himself does not believe the controversy was planned in advance, though.
Traders are sure that the buy-up of YeES shares began back early this year when the share price had fallen to 7.5 cents. Last year the price reached 18 cents. Western portfolio investors began to dump their assets after the company's capitalization began to fall. And as there was no particular increase in the shares and problems arose with passage through the Duma of the raft of laws launching energy reform, foreigners are preferring not to risk investing in YeES securities. Illarionov's report could not have changed much about that, people on the market believe.
"The buy-up of shares is proceeding according to the same scheme as the buy-up of Sibneft did in its time. They bought up shares at 40 cents for eighteen months and it was only afterward that they shot up to $2," Bespalov believes.
The scheme that is being used allows us to draw the conclusion that what is happening is the work of one financial group. "When there are a few buyers, a battle begins and prices shoot up," Bespalov told Gazeta. "If there is one buyer, why should he drive up the price?" The analyst believes "prices have now reached levels at which buying can be slowed down." He is sure the shares' 43.5% increase over the last two months is mainly the work of speculators trying to heat up the market.
The way events will go on to develop will depend on how many shares investors have already managed to buy up. Rumor has it that it is a question of 15-20%. "The people who are buying up the shares need 25%," an Alfa-Bank trader told Gazeta. "If the new strategic investor does not yet have a blocking stake, the buy-up will continue."
Most analysts are sure the shares are not being bought with the aim of speculating. "Portfolio investors would not buy so many. There is clearly a different aim here: To become the owners and this can only be welcomed," people in Alfa-Bank believe.
It is primarily a question of owning shares in the wholesale generating companies, which will include federal power stations belonging to YeES and which will become the main players on the future electricity market. After all, according to the government-backed mirror principle of dividing the company's property, after restructuring all the company's current shareholders will get the same stake in each wholesale generating company as they own in YeES.
It is unlikely that the new owners are only pursuing the goal of increasing the value of their assets at the end of reforms, though. They also have more immediate interests: Deriving profit and the enterprises they own getting free access to the federal wholesale market. The possibility is not ruled out that these objectives include buying up new assets. That is to say, precisely the thing against which the minority shareholders objected when they demanded the introduction of a moratorium of the removal of assets.
A Gazeta interlocutor believes that minority shareholders' position could worsen with the appearance of new owners as "their interests concern no one but them."
"Aside from the oligarchic group that has bought up shares, there are other oligarchic groups that will lobby for their own interests," Andrey Bespalov is sure. "No one wants to end up with a super-monopoly that will control half the country through power generation." Which means the future progress of reforms is becoming unpredictable.
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The six who were known to police for being radicalized were arrested as they planned to travel to Syria, according to reports in the French press.

Some had openly declared their allegiance to the terror group Isis, while others were known to police for calling on people to join jihad.

The five men and one woman were all from the Lyon region and have been placed in police detention to be questioned on suspicion of terrorism offences.

According to BFM TV, certain members of the group had been trying to procure arms with the intention to attack swingers clubs.

No further details of when, where or indeed how the suspects had planned to carry out the alleged planned attack have been revealed.

According to reports, no arms were actually found during searches of their homes, which were ongoing on Tuesday morning.

The six had bought bus tickets to travel to Syria via Bulgaria and Turkey, but French counter-terrorism police decided to intervene before they left.

The news comes as France remains on edge and under a national state of emergency after terrorists killed 130 people in shootings around Paris in November.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the carnage.

It was the second major attack in France in a year, as the country has become a prime target for the jihadist group operating out of Iraq and Syria.

Swingers clubs may seem unlikely target for a terror attack, but given that liberté and open sexualité are what makes them work, perhaps they are actually an obvious target for jihadists intent on attacking anything that represents the freedom of the French way of life.

Swingers clubs are enjoying something of a resurgence in France, with almost 500 to be found across the country.

The clubs were thrust into the spotlight last year after former French politician DSK was involved in a court case over a series of sex scandals inside swingers clubs.


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It's been a busy year for high street personality, Sir Philip Green. First, he successfully transported Topshop to the US with the help of supermodel and friend Kate Moss, putting UK fashion firmly on the global map and proving that with the right investment British retailers can and do travel.
Next on the agenda was a clever cost-cutting merger of his Arcadia and Bhs businesses. Arcadia brands are now being sold on a concession basis within larger Bhs stores, which some say is a step on the road to Green creating a rival to department store chain Debenhams. Although still in the early stages, this could be the solution to giving Bhs a more profitable future as it shifts further away from its value rivals.
Green was vocal on the big issues facing retailers in the downturn, demanding monthly rents from landlords and saying that fewer, bigger stores was the future of the high street.
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text: Sure, Microsoft may not be releasing a new version of its Band activity tracker this year. But that hasn't stopped the company from rebranding its generically named Health app on Android, as noticed by Paul Thurrott. "We've got a new name! The Microsoft Health app is now the Microsoft Band app, everything else is the same," the patch notes say.


text: Never too early for goals! While I enjoy the process of learning and discovering new ways of presenting my books, the details can be frustrating and exhausting. I tend to want to redo, update, and constantly perfect my covers, my content, and presentation. They never seem good enough when my imagination spirals out of control. There is always room for improvement. At times, you have to look forward, however, and move on from the troublesome spots that continue to torture your mind. Looking ahead to a new direction~ Clover Books


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Hi everyone!
Thank you for having a look at my 32nd Kickstarter campaign! My name is Pat Mitchell, and I'd like to introduce you to the IR-XY Multi-Program Linear Actuator & Dual Electromagnetic Lock Driver Board! You can even drive a bipolar DC motor with this bad boy, if you so choose!
This driver board allows for you to control one 12v linear actuator, or one DC motor, or up to two electromagnetic locks using the following on-board features:
- Sound - There is an on-board microphone that allows for you to use sound to actuate the connected devices. A double-clap program comes already pre-installed in the board!
- Light - There is a light sensor on the board that allows for you to either use light or darkness to actuate the connected devices. A program for this come pre-installed as well.
- Buttons - Use the SEL1 or SEL2 buttons at any time to actuate the connected devices in either direction!
- Infrared - The on-board IR sensor works in conjunction with most Infrared remote controls, and a program comes pre-installed so that you can get started actuating the connected devices right out of the box with a remote control!
- Wireless/Long Distance - An NRF24L01+ Transceiver module plugs into the IR-XY board, which can communicate with another NRF24L01+ module. A program comes pre-installed, and you have the option of pledging towards an NRF24L01+ Arduino Shield, which will allow for you to wirelessly control your actuator from far away!
Here are some of the additional features!:
- On-Board reset button
- 5x installed programs
- You have the ability to take the provided sample code, and create your own programs using your Arduino UNO! Commented code will be provided to pledges at the end of the campaign.
- Select the program that you want to use on power-up
- Select between latching and momentary driving actions (Decided by jumper placement)
- 2x On-Board LEDs
- Use one power supply to power the connected devices and the digital electronics, OR connect two power supplies; one to power the connected devices, and one to power the digital electronics. This is completely up to you.
- LOW-POWER! This driver board uses field effect transistors, and not relays. This helps to significantly lessen the current consumed by the digital electronics.
The Light Sensor (LDR), Microphone, and IR Sensor: All of the sensors are located on the upper left of the diagram above. These are fun extras that allow for us to add real functionality at low cost.
The Selection Headers & LEDs: These are located on the upper side of the circuit board. The final iteration of the circuit board will be a little different. The FORWARD and BACKWARD (Red and Green) Indicator LEDs are here too. The LDR/MIC header allows for us to select between the microphone and the light sensor. That header is only used in one of the five programs. The selection headers will be talked about more in the video manual, which is talked about more below.
The Linear Actuator/Electromagnetic Lock Connector Terminals: These are all located on the right side of the PCB. Connecting your external hardware is easy, and will also be covered in detail in the upcoming video manual!
The Power Jack/Power Terminal Block: These are located on the lower left side of the PCB. Power the board and external devices with a power supply that has a male DC jack, or connect your power supply wires directly to the terminal block. The choice is yours.
The Reset Button, and the SEL Buttons: These buttons are highlighted in a blue box in the above diagram. The reset button allows for you to reset the program without having to remove power. The SEL buttons act to toggle the states of the electromagnetic locks/linear actuator. They also help you to select which program you want to execute on power up.
The NRF24L01+ Tranceiver Connector: This is where you'd optionally connect your NRF24L01+ module for wireless control. It plugs right in!
With this board, you can drive one 12v linear actuator, or up to two electromagnetic locks at one time. You can substitute the linear actuator with a bi-polar motor. The hardware can support a bidirectional motor if you'd like, but you will write your own PWM code to support it. With that said, the applications are completely up to you! Your imagination is the limit! Here are a few ideas:
- Escape Rooms and Secret Rooms
- Hidden Compartments
- Man Caves & Wine Cellars
- Book-case doors / hidden doors
- Panic rooms
- Hobby Projects
- Museum Displays
The 5x Installed Programs:
"Just Buttons" Mode: In this program, the SEL1 and SEL2 buttons are used to toggle the states of the mag locks, or linear actuator. Depending on the jumper states on the selection headers, you can make it so that a button press will trigger a latched action where the linear actuator opens or closes completely, or a momentary action where the linear actuator will move only as long as you are pressing the button. The action will stop when you let go.
Infrared Remote Mode: In this program, you can use an infrared remote-control to control the mag locks or linear actuator. Any 38kHz compatible IR remote control will be compatible. Many reward tiers include a remote. This is a close-to-mid range wireless option that you can use to control the state of the mag locks, or actuator.
Wireless Mode: In this mode, you can use your own NRF24L01+ device to communicate with the IR-XY board wirelessly, and from much further away than in Infrared Remote Mode. Some rewards will include an NRF24L01+ Arduino shield. Code samples will be provided. You can control up to 5x IR-XY boards with said shield. This will be talked about in detail in the assembly video.
Knock Mode: In this mode, two loud claps in succession will toggle the state of the linear actuator or electromagnetic lock(s). Pretty simple. Lots of fun!
Light Sensor Mode: You guessed it. The level of light that the IR-XY is exposed to will dictate the state of the linear actuator or electromagnetic lock(s).
The Accessories!:
The 12v 8" stroke linear actuator that comes with some reward tiers in this campaign is pretty awesome. It comes with all mounting hardware and brackets. This can be used to open hidden compartments, doors, and so much more. As long as you're using a sufficient power supply, you can use your own linear actuator with this set, as long as it is 12v. I encourage this. Unfortunately, due to the size and weight of heavier reward tiers, I can only ship to Canada and the US, as I am not able to come up with shipping quotes for all countries. Shipping large items overseas is insanely expensive, which is why I encourage locally purchasing linear actuators and mag locks if you are overseas.
The 60kg electromagnetic lock is just one of the many 12v mag locks out there that you can use. As long as you use a sufficient power supply, you can use your own mag locks. The 12v 2A power supply talked about below is perfect for up to two 60kg mag locks. Even 2x larger mag locks that take up to 600-800mA each can be powered with a single 12v 2A wall adaptor.
The 12v 2A AC-DC wall adaptor (120-240VAC to 12VDC 50/60Hz) is perfect if you're only interested in powering mag locks. This will work for smaller linear actuators, but not many. For most linear actuators, you're going to want larger power supplies, like the 12v 10A AC-DC wall adaptor:
The NRF24L01+ Arduino shield is an optional extra. This is actually part of a recent Kickstarter campaign. You can connect this to your Arduino, and easily control your linear actuator or mag locks wirelessly throughout your home! Of course, sample code will be provided, so that you can get going right out of the gate!
Video Manual, Assembly Video, & Commented Arduino Code:
A comprehensive (But easy to follow) assembly video, along with a detailed assembly video (For DIY kits) will be provided in the project page of this campaign! This project page can be found here, and will be updated through the campaign:
Also, all other project information such as demo videos, along with commented Arduino code will be available here.
Project Schedule:
This campaign is a little bit longer than most of my Kickstarter campaigns, and the reason for this is that I want to really attack the programs so that they are incredible by the time the campaign is finished. The PCB layout is completed, and ready to go. The first week of this campaign will be dedicating to updating the programs, and to making a more in-depth project video for you all to see. The first week is almost always when my campaigns receive the most views and pledges, so by the end of week#1, I should be able to get a good idea of what hardware I'll need to manufacture and order.
The second and third weeks of this campaign will mostly be dedicated to readying and submitting orders for manufacturing and accessories. I should also have the software polished by this point. The software is already done, but I want to polish it.
The final two weeks of this 40-day campaign will be dedicated to ensuring that manufacturing is complete, and that the video manual/assembly videos are completed. The project page will also be updated by this time. Just an FYI, I always manufacture in advance, as long as the campaign has been funded.
Two weeks after this campaign ends is when I will be shipping (Late September/Early October). As soon as this campaign ends, reward surveys will be sent. That is, as long as this project is successful. All project related information (Commented code/videos, etc) will at this point be on the project page (Linked above), and the hardware should all be ready to go. I always ship on time or early. Over 30 successful campaigns, I've mostly been able to ship early. Otherwise, I have always shipped on time, with exception to one campaign, which shipped only a few days later than I had hoped to ship. I've got a good track record for this. Many pledges receive rewards before Kickstarter has even forwarded the funds from the campaign =)
Thanks to Kickstarter & the Kickstarter community!
This is my 32nd Kickstarter campaign. I have been so incredibly lucky to have had so many of them funded by so many great people. I love designing electronic gadgets, and I care about shipping quality rewards out on time. I pride myself on how I run my campaigns. Without this community, so many of my ideas would remain ideas. Thank you again for your support. If I have been lucky enough to have received a pledge from you, please know that I'll work hard to keep you informed, and I'll strive to get your reward out on time! Have a great day, everyone! Thanks again!
Patrick Mitchell
Risks and challenges
In 30x successful campaigns, I've been late shipping out only once, and only by a few days. More often than not, I ship early. When I don't ship early, I ship on time! I have solid relationships with my component sources, and PCB fab company. I also have a solid relationship with their assembly department. All kitting I do with my wife. While there are always risks in any campaign, I've been fortunate to have enough success to get really good at shipping rewards FAST! If you have any questions or concerns, you can also contact me directly. I'm at your service! Thank you for taking an interest in my campaign!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Environmental commitmentsVisit our Environmental Resources Center to learn how Kickstarter encourages sustainable practices.
Long-lasting design
These boards are all designed using through hole/DIP components, which means that if something ever gets damaged, it can easily be replaced!
Reusability and recyclability
This board was designed to be repaired, and not replaced. You can use this board for so many different projects! When you want to change things up, swap out the linear actuator for a couple of mag locks, or change the means of control. There are five means of control! Heck, you can even start playing with 12v bipolar DC motors if you'd like!
Sustainable fulfillment and distribution
I package up all rewards personally. I sometimes ask my wife to give me a hand when she's not busy. All packages are also shipped locally, and by my hands. There is no distribution company. I am the one who knocks!
Funding period
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Wicked West: Close-Up on Neïl Beloufa's "Occidental"
Neïl Beloufa's second feature takes a bite of the poison of our times, blending thriller and comedy to avoid the notion of static identity.
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on MUBI. Neïl Beloufa's Occidental (2017) is showing January 10 – February 8, 2019 exclusively on MUBI.
In the age of globalization, French-Algerian visual artist Neïl Beloufa addresses the slippery slope of human interaction, empathy, and prejudice, cloaked in kitsch 1970s hotel environment. Shot entirely at his own studio south of Paris, Occidental is his second feature film, yet Beloufa's career is prolific with mixed media installations and docu-fiction short films. By setting the time and tone of the film fifty years in the past, the artist makes a clear commentary on the contemporary state of exception, exemplified by protests, suspicions, homophobia, and racism—all of it glazed in vivid reds, greens, and pink, soaked in a moody score. Occidental is both a critical nod and a tribute to an imagined, capitalized, pseudo-tolerant, Wicked West.
The film is centered around the Parisian hotel Occidental, a temporary home to two gentlemen, Antonio (Idir Chender) and Giorgio (Paul Hamy), who present themselves as Italian. Whereas their accent at times disappears, or they exhibit suspicious behavior in the form of drinking two cans of Coca-Cola ("Italians don't drink Coke!"), the two men are set to spend the night in the hotel's honeymoon suite. Their extravagant clothing—haptic yellow furry coat and black tracksuit—also draws attention to their mystical personas. Their arrival stirs up the existing tensions in the hotel lobby, where manager Diana (Anna Ivacheff) is determined to catch them in the act (of stealing?), while receptionist Romy (Louise Orry-Diquéro) is passive and smitten by their charms.
Influenced by Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar 1954) and Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble In Paradise (1932), the film is a thriller-comedy, closing off representatives of all societal levels in a confined, dramatic space. Its isolation, heavily driven by the characters' shifting dispositions towards each other, testify to how morality and suspicion is a product of convention, as well as to the fluid notion of identity. The hotel's name mocks the grandiose, almost colonialist names of big hotel, such as Best Western, Imperial, Continental—Occidental here stands for a micro-cosmos that dissolves into entropy.
Boxed up with images in a square aspect ratio, the film often shifts to CCTV clips, providing alternative points of view, as the camera is at once present within the hotel social circle, and objectively recording the behavior of occupants. The oscillation between subjective and objective is also present in Beloufa's play on fact and fiction. Whereas his art is predominantly concerned with the delineations between fictional and documentary approachs, Occidental is a meta-take on that same opposition. While the film is fictional, as well as its characters, the debate on truthfulness and folly has shifted towards people's inner conversations, intuitions, and convictions. The mystery of Antonio and Giorgio's presence in the hotel is amplified by Diana's suspicion, and deflated by the police's subsequent arrival. The dynamics of one's belief and one's disbelief are also in constant flux, as in turn Romy and the assistant Khaled (Hamza Meziani) are convinced and then defensive of the strangers' fault. Throwing accusations on the basis of their sexuality, nationality, and race, the discourse is already fraught with lies and truth—equally probable.
In a world of fake news and the fear of media manipulations, seeing how a similar debate unfolds and accelerates is disconcerning. The distilled environment of the hotel reception provides the perfect surrounding for a social experiment and commentary: since the cusp of modernity, hotels have been treated as a transitory space. As a temporary home, its exchange of identity for services seems rather appropriate: you can easily be anyone. The possibility of fluid (or fake identity) is marked by the hotel's topical lack of specificity: as an intensified household, it is not bound by expectations and familiar faces. Such a notion of identity inspires the mystery thread in Occidental, and the characters all contribute to the fearful notion of phantasma, a phantasmagorical danger that transcends its imaginary nature to do physical harm. In the film, the hyperbolized phantasma is represented by a raving pink fire, an almost mythological culmination when there is nothing else to be done with (potential) criminality.
Occidental is a film about representation, both aesthetic with its flamboyant setting, grim saturated colors, as well as with characters externalizing their emotional turmoil. Behaviorism and social roles are acted out, rather than reflected upon; Neïl Beloufa's film is not an image of our societal misbehavior, it is an film-style observation of group dynamics and the mechanisms of power. Prompted by a sincere curiosity, Occidental bites into the gritty side of human interaction, making the spectator distrust its characters and nonetheless believe their convictions.
By the end of the film, when Giorgio claims Diana is his lost lover, evoking episodes of their supposed meeting, it seems the accuser and the accused are bound not only by mutual finger-pointing. As the hotel space imbues its walls with (fictional?) memories, the ending sequence recalls dialogue from Alais Resnais' hotel-set Last Year at Marienbad (1961). This dissolution into pretense or memory is ultimately a political gesture towards Beloufa's understanding of the role of art. By exposing its own artificiality, art should lay bare its own material without communicating any linear, thus ideological message. Neïl Beloufa lets the viewer coin his or her own message, choose to believe or to suspend disbelief, indulge in "bad fiction," by making a conscious decision to participate. As a reminder of our own imperfections, whether personal or of our times, Hotel Occidental is missing one of its three stars, thus reduced from luxury to shady grunge. Maybe we are that one missing star, capable of its own reconstruction, whether factual or fictitious.


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The Drama Centre, 19 September 2009
This Cantonese opera has been performed for more than half a century and is still one of the most-liked and the most well-known Cantonese operas. If you ask an opera fan why she likes it, probably she will say hao kan meaning 'good to see'.
Many non opera-fans and non-Cantonese are familiar with the tunes of 'xiang yao', the signature song of the opera, because it is very melodic. To them xiang yao and Di Nu Hua are synonymous. Xiang yao means fragrant death. Though melodic, xiang yao is a sad song with many words associated with death and the couple drank the poison wine at the end of the song.
A poignant tale of love, loyalty, patriotism and despair
I think people like the opera because; first, they like the songs. Second, the opera has drama and passion. It is about the tumultuous period in the short life of a young couple - first meeting, separation, reunion and suicide. Unlike most operas which have happy endings, this opera is a tragic one. In the second scene, the emperor, the empress, the concubine and a princess died. The opera ends with the death of Princess Chang Ping and the prince consort. There are several emotional scenes.
A competent cast can evoke the audience's emotions and bring them to empathize with the princess and the prince consort.
Like many other fans I have watched it many times already. Besides performances by foreign troupes, I have seen several local groups perform this opera.
Last Saturday is the second time I watched See Too Hoi Siang and Francis Wong perform this opera after a lapse of about 10 years. The main cast is about the same as it was then and they are an experienced and competent lot. They performed very well.
I only took a few pictures after the interval, so there are no pictures of the first few scenes .
第五場,迎鳳 - 李季樺, 司徒海嫦, 王金英, 陳美玲
第六場,上表 - 王金英, 郭廣麟, 司徒海嫦, 朱振邦, 李季樺
第七場,香夭 - 司徒海嫦, 王金英
謝幕 - 鍾慧玲, 盧少玲, 黃安妮
謝幕 - 司徒海嫦, 王金英
One for the album, with MP Fatimah Lateef. She doesn't understand Cantonese. However, she came before the show started and sat more than 3.5 hours from beginning to end. I think she also didn't go out during interval.


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The recent passing of my dear Nana was not unexpected. Yet, the profound sadness I felt mixed with relief that her suffering had finally ended left me feeling drained and withdrawn. I had no interest in taking enjoyment in writing a daily instalment of the December FairyTale Challenge as I was immersed in my grief.... Continue Reading →


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The Union flag will be presented and the bells will be rung. The Charpentier Consort choir will sing and the music will include the anthem by John Ireland Greater love hath no man than this.
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Gunner Stone, who was born in Denby in 1889, served with the 83rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery. On March 21, 1918, Mr Stone was at Caponne Farm, in France, held the enemy at bay with his gun for six hours under heavy gas and shell fire.
At Belper Cemetery, the grave of Victoria Cross medal winner Charles Stone will be rededicated after refurbishment.
The proceeds, after publishing costs, will be donated to Troop Aid, a military charity which helps wounded servicemen at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
The Dean of Derby, the Very Rev Dr John Davies, said: "In Derby Cathedral, as in cathedrals across the UK, you are invited to gather to commemorate the start of the First World War and to remember the sacrifices made. This service will be a fitting and moving tribute to all those who served.
Ms Darlington said: "The book attempts to ensure they are not viewed as statistics and casualties of a conflict which started 100 years ago, but as members of our community which are not forgotten."
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