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The executives of one company Bertels has worked with, Suncor Energy Inc., have put a lot of time and thought into exactly how they articulate the notion of sustainability to different audiences. Although they were successfully communicating those efforts externally (Fortune magazine named the company one of its Ten Green Giants in 2007), the word had contested meaning internally. Employees on the operations level kept talking about sustainability as something done by head office in Calgary. "If you talk about the triple bottom line, promoting social well-being and preserving the environment with a young truck driver in Fort McMurray, it's not going to resonate," Bertels says. "So for him, it had to be framed as 'operational excellence.' Your job is to do things right, be safe, not spill stuff on the ground."
Rolling "sustainability" into the broader context of "operational excellence" in internal communications was a crucial shift. It was the same message, just different language. Part of the effort was to break down the old paradigm that sustainability and profits are necessarily at odds. "Suncor said, 'This is not something extra that we're doing, this is core to our operations,'" she explains. "They were really trying to make the point internally that facilities with environmental compliance have high productivity, because those are the facilities where people care, where they prioritize health and safety and the environment. Operational excellence is about all those things; it's not about trading one off the other."
Rob Safrata, CEO of Richmond-based Novex Couriers, has gone a long way in embedding sustainability into his business. After taking Novex over in 2001, he started with an environmental assessment. The company's biggest source of carbon emissions was obvious: the vehicles, which together travel as much as 20,000 kilometres a day. He began to convert the fleet to hybrid cars, natural-gas vans and electric trucks, and he estimates that the new vehicles now save about 88 tonnes of CO2 a year. The vehicles advertise their own environmental virtue, a good example of "self-oriented value" or what Safrata calls "conspicuous sustainability."
Spurred on by his wife Jacqueline Koerner, the founding chair of Ecotrust Canada, Safrata followed with dozens of initiatives, including reducing paper, water and energy, composting, and adding a training budget that employees can use for a gym membership, a cooking class, a family activity, or "anything that brings you energy and makes you happy." The benefits of these are many, he says, including saving money, reducing risk, lowering staff turnover and receiving better job applications. Several customers have come to Novex specifically because of its green delivery services. And there are those impalpable paybacks as well. "When people are proud, there is tremendous energy," Safrata says, "and that's something that has stayed. It gets us through some tough times."
Safrata's business follows the triple bottom line philosophy (people, planet and profit), but he stresses that it's not a chicken-and-egg relationship: profit is definitely the most important. Still, he identifies with Bertels's point that the deeper you go, the less important it is to prove that sustainability pays off. The habits become like breathing: natural and necessary and unworthy of comment. Let's call it post-sustainability, or maybe just nothing. "I always laugh when I hear somebody say, 'Let's make our business more sustainable' and they sort of use the word any way they want. They throw it in there because you're supposed to," he says. "We don't think of it as being a sustainable business or operating sustainably. It's just how we do business. I can't imagine doing it any other way."
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The startups disrupting property management in Australia
Over the past few weeks I've been researching proptech startups in Australia to get a feel for how big the industry is and where the innovation is happening.
And at a first glance, it looks like property management is the sector receiving some of the most concerted attention from startups in Australia.
The response to the original post was tremendous. It led to the addition of 7 new startups to the visual, which has now been updated. There are now 25 Australian-led proptech innovators in the property management space by my count. (but please let me know about any that I've missed)
Startups that allow landlords to manage their properties directly or support the landlord experience include:
Proptech startups that make it easy for landlords to run or invest in short term rentals
Proptech startups that make it easy to deliver property maintenance services
Proptech startups delivering new property management tools to agencies, including trust accounting
Proptech startups delivering new experiences to tenants making it easier to find, furnish and pay for a suitable rental
The definition of 'startup' is pretty broad for the purposes of this exercise. This list includes brand new ideas that have nothing more than an ad for employees on Angellist (RentWolf and RentEasy). It includes startups that are in beta (Spacenow), as well as some more established players who have received significant funding or are establishing solid business models.
My criteria went along the lines of "Is this technology or delivery something that's only become possible over the past 3 or so years?" and "Is it being primarily set up by a non-legacy real estate player?". If the answer was yes to both of those, it went in. That doesn't mean some great innovation isn't happening from the legacy players – just that it doesn't fit this definition of an external innovator.
But the map and list above is a work in progress. It's based on the property management startups I've been able to find in just a short morning of searching – and the assistance of the crowd on LinkedIn (thanks team!). It's certainly not definitive.
Over the next few weeks I'll be pulling together maps of the Australian proptech landscape. Let's see what amazing innovators pop out of the woodwork when that's posted!
Do you know of a property management proptech I've missed, or are running a proptech start up yourself across any part of real estate or construction? I'd love to hear about it. Drop me a note in the comments below.
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Kylie Davis
Content marketing strategist, researcher, journalist and presenter specialising in the real estate industry. I'm passionate about proptech, digital disruption and all things property, big data, leadership and entrepreneurial ideas, have an MBA and specialise in social and digital media content creation and automation.
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I think Inspect Real Estate could still be considered a startup? https://wp.inspectrealestate.com.au


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Articles of the week: Genetic forecasting – cell biology experimentally validates functional mutations from genome sequencing
Imagine you live in Boston or New York. It is Monday January 26, 2015. You are watching headlines of an impending blizzard, trying to figure out the truth about the weather for the next day. You find that the National Weather Service has a cool online tool – experimental probabilistic snow forecast (see here). As described in Slate magazine (see here), this tool predicted a 67 percent chance of at least 18 inches in New York City.
Unfortunately, most people interpreted this data that there would be 18 inches of snow, not that there could be (with a certain probability) 18 inches of snow.
It was not until Mother Nature did her experiment that we saw the outcome: not much snow in the Big Apple, more than 2 feet of snow in Boston.
The analogy with human genetics is this: it is possible to forecast the functional consequences of deleterious mutations, but it is not until the experimental snow falls – molecular or cellular experiments revealing the functional consequences of mutations – that the functional consequences are actually known. And without knowing the functional consequences of mutations, it is difficult to determine the association of these mutations with human disease.
This week's paper, published in PLoS Genetics by Merck's head of genetics in the Department of Genetics & Pharmacogenomics (GpGx), Dr. Heiko Runz, illustrates this concept.
Systematic Cell-Based Phenotyping of Missense Alleles Empowers Rare Variant Association Studies: A Case for LDLR and Myocardial Infarction, Thormaehlen et al PLoS Genetics, February 2015
Background: Identification of novel disease genes through sequencing is limited by two key factors: the large proportion of "neutral" alleles in the human genome that far outnumber harmful disease-causing variants; and the inability to easily distinguish harmful from neutral alleles. To overcome the noise that occurs when neutral and harmful variants are included in genetic association studies, complex trait disease cohorts for gene discovery have to be very large. This was highlighted recently for the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), where sequencing of >9,700 individuals was needed to establish that rare variants increase risk of myocardial infraction (MI) in the general population (Do et al., Nature 2014). The authors of that study hypothesized that it might be possible to substantially reduce sample sizes for gene-based association tests (also called "burden tests") if only harmful variants could be considered.
Summary of the study: The current PLoS Genetics study, which is one of the first to combine sequencing with systematic phenotypic experiments in cells, shows that this is indeed the case. The authors established a scalable microscope-based functional profiling platform that allowed them to characterize the biological functions of LDLR missense alleles in an unbiased and quantitative manner through systematic overexpression and complementation experiments in cells. They leveraged the exomes of 1,716 cases with early-onset MI and 1,519 MI-free controls, as well as exome chip data from close to 40,000 individuals, to generate mutation constructs for all LDLR missense variants. This experimental data was used to stratify variants as either harmful or neutral based on in vitro ascertained functions. When incorporated functional information into genetic burden tests, they could refine the risk of rare LDLR allele carriers from 4.5- to 25.3-fold for high LDL-C, and from 2.1- to 20-fold for MI. Based on these outcomes they estimate that their strategy would have made it possible to reduce sample sizes for establishing LDLR as MI gene by more than half.
Why this is important: The paper establishes a novel approach to extract function from sequence data. Further, it demonstrates the improved power of genetic studies that incorporate experimentally validated functional variants into tests of association. It is likely that future studies will use functional data to overcome obstacles in interpreting rare protein-coding genetic variation, which will spur complex disease gene discovery. As more and more large-scale sequencing studies are performed (we are waiting to hear more, President Obama!), interpreting the functional consequences of genetic data – and making this part of genetic association tests – will become increasingly important.
For drug discovery, it is important to not only identify disease-associated genes, but also to know functional status of disease-associated variants. As described below for polycythemia vera (PCV), a crucial step in drug discovery is understanding whether to activate or inhibit a target of interest. Functional studies in pre-clinical models (e.g., cellular models, animal models) are an important component of any large-scale sequencing study. In fact, it is likely that functional studies will become the bottleneck in interpreting large-scale sequencing studies.
As with snowfall, these experimental methods help to overcome the challenges of predicting functional consequences of inherited variation – they determine, via direct experimentation, whether mutations are harmful or neutral.
Other studies of interest
Ruxolitinib versus Standard Therapy for the Treatment of Polycythemia Vera, Vannucchi et al (NEJM, January 2015). Somatic mutations in JAK2 cause a rare blood disease, polycythemia vera (PCV), in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. Disease-causing mutations are gain-of-function. In a study by Novartis (press release here), a JAK1-2 inhibitor, ruxolitinib, was administered to 110 PCV patients vs 112 PCV patients treated with standard therapy. The primary end point was both hematocrit control through week 32 and at least a 35% reduction in spleen volume at week 32, as assessed by means of imaging. The results were convincing: the primary end point was achieved in 21% of the patients in the ruxolitinib group versus 1% of those in the standard-therapy group (P<0.001). Hematocrit control was achieved in 60% of patients receiving ruxolitinib and 20% of those receiving standard therapy; 38% and 1% of patients in the two groups, respectively, had at least a 35% reduction in spleen volume.
Variation in the Human Immune System Is Largely Driven by Non-Heritable Influences, Brodin et al. (Cell, January 2015). This study offers many insights into the role of causal biology in human disease both in terms of genetics and also in terms of perturbagens that affect development of the immune system. Firstly despite the title, the authors show there are many highly heritable immune traits. Many examples listed in the Supplementary Table 4 contain proteins that have been successfully drugged in the treatment of immune disorders, including IL12, IL17, IFNA, and IL6. Each of these traits have a heritability >0.6, indicating a genetic influence. Other quantitative traits such as CD4+ central memory cells and NK-T cells are also highly heritable. Secondly, as commented by Jean-Laurent Casanova and Laurent Abel (Cell 160, January 15, 2015) and shown in Figure 1, the measures of heritability decline with age, reflecting the effects of environmental perturbagens such as infectious agents. Brodin et al. present data showing the impact of CMV virus on heritability estimates of immune traits. While CD8+ and γδ T-cell populations are greatly impacted, others are not. These results indicate the importance of stratifying traits based on age measures, as the interventions for each will vary by perturbagen reflecting the causal biology relevant to each. [Thanks to Alan Herbert]
The Evolution and Functional Impact of Human Deletion Variants Shared with Archaic Hominin Genomes, Lin et al (Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2015). Alleles that are adaptive in one environment are frequently maladaptive in another. In other words, protective alleles, say in the environments of our ancestors may actually be associated with disease in today's environment. A prime example is the starvation resistant phenotype of the Pima Indians in the Southwest of North America was adaptive before the modern age that brought rich caloric food to this population driving the highest levels diabetes in the world. As another example of this dichotomy, research coming out of Gokcumen's lab that used classic evolutionary comparative biology tools to identify alleles that where driven by adaptive evolution yet those very same alleles are associated diseases today. To identify these genes they mapped the human, archaic hominin and chimpanzees genomes together and identified exonic deletions. Then the authors mapped these deletions to evolutionary trees that describe the relationship among these primates. From here the authors identified those molecular evolutionary events that where driven by positive natural selection. The surprising result is that some of the genes identified have been associated with psoriasis and Crohn's disease. This observation begs the question about drug development. How often is drug development directed and reversing the effects of the modern environment because those ancient alleles are no longer adaptive? [Thanks to David Nickle]


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After the hurricane …….. of October 1987, Occold was galvanised into action in order to save its battered environment.
A professional report by Claire Grindrod of United Framlingham Farmers - Countryside Management Services was issued in August 1988. Very unlike other villages, two of the main movers in this were local farmer/land owners Harry Standley and Brian Hull. It was sponsored by the then major employer Life Science Research at the behest of John Halliday. Looking back quite a lot of the plan was implemented but a full review can wait until its twentieth birthday. Nearly ten years later Sue & Tiny Welch came onto the scene and revived our footpaths. Now read on for Sue's own account of what followed............
We moved into Occold, 31 years ago from Yorkshire, and I had been used to walking the hills - just think of my dismay when there didn't even appear to be any footpaths, never mind hills, in this part of Suffolk.
As the boys grew up, we became very adapt at hacking our way through the undergrowth, finding our way to Eye using the supposed footpaths was a real adventure especially when the nettles are taller than you are. Although passable, it was hard work making it through to Southolt down the bridle way named Hundred Lane, so in the end we tended to walk nearer the coast in places like Dunwich.
Then, in May 1997, The Parish Council put a notice in the Occold Village News asking for anyone who would be interested in working with Parish Paths Partnership or as it is normally known P3. The Partnership is between Suffolk County Council (as highway authority), local councils and voluntary groups and its aim is to give local people the resources and skills to enable them to improve their local rights of way to walk them and keep them open.
So in April 1998, Occold joined the P3, myself as the Footpath Warden and Tiny doing all the hard work, like dragging cutting equipment (one large lawn mower) out of a deep ditch where it had careered when trying to cut a narrow field edge. Our map reading was not too brilliant to begin with - not that one can see a lot in the middle of a full grown rape field. But with the co-operation of the landowners and help from villagers the idea of a circular walk took shape
On 14th of June 1998 eight intrepid locals set off on what was to be our village circular walk. It involved crossing cropped fields and climbing in and out of ditches, but there was an up side, a meadow full of wild flowers, also a different way of looking at our surroundings, areas people had not been before, that they had never even thought of going to.
In August of that year we began the walk leaflet, September we saw the beginning of bridges going in, five in all and that was just so we could complete the circular walk.
There were also other paths within the Parish boundary to open up to enable people to vary their walks. All these paths also needed way marker posts; we wouldn't want ramblers getting lost in the outer regions of Occold
On December 13th nine walkers set off on the circular route but only five completed it the remainder were defeated by the mud, most of the fields had been ploughed, a necessity for a farmer a disaster for a walker, they tend to end the walk taller than when they began and would definitely not be allowed in the local pub without taking off their boots
In 1999 the work continued and villagers came on guided walks no matter what the weather. In April we paddled rather than walked, but it all seemed worth it when on the 4th Sept the circular route was finely opened by local councillor Julie Craven, well wishers enjoyed tea and biscuits in the village hall and 16 walkers set off on a bright sunny day to complete the 7.5km.
When I offered to be the voluntary footpath warden, in my mind I hoped to create a circular walk that would be opened by the year 2000 plus a leaflet detailing the walk, this the parish has achieved, little did I think we would receive a rights of way award from the ramblers association
None of this could have been achieved without the help and support of our fellow villagers, who walked with us in all weathers. The help that I had with the leaflet ensured that the Parish Paths were well advertised, and without the landowners, the Parish Council and the Highways Department who provided the grants and installed the bridges, we would not have got so much done in 2 years.
We have continued to build up the network of paths over the years and recently through discussion with HLS, Red House Lane has been opened up but there is further work needed to join the route up to the B1077, at the bottom of Castle Hill, near the pumping station. The more we open the more work there is in maintaining them, as most need cutting twice a year at least and over hanging branches and briers need to be dealt with.
As Tiny and I have other demands on our time we wish to hand over the reigns to another, so Tiny is putting down his spade, hanging up the secateurs and turning off the mower and we are handing over the responsibility to John Hewitson who is keen to see the footpath network progress. We have always felt supported and a helping hand or two has been there when needed to dig out tree stumps, clear briers or help with cutting the paths.
There is still a lot to do the same problems pop up every season, some do not seem to get solved, others move forward and that is rewarding, I am sure there are people out there who are interested in helping maintain the footpath network and improving the paths so let John know who you are.
Sue Welch


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Friday, November 28, 2008
Flip Book for FLEX Class
I mentioned earlier this past week that Darla and I will be teaching a paper crafting class at work for two weeks starting December 1. The major project I plan to do with the kiddies is a flip book, which I first saw on Amy Celona's blog. I first started a winter flip book, but didn't get very far on it - maybe I'll get inspired to finish it by the weekend. Instead, I ended up making an autumn one. It's made using construction paper. I have four different fall leaves sets, so it will lend itself nicely to our class (I just wish I had four of each stamp pad we'll need!). The next thing I need to design is the bag-a-lope that we're going to start with.
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- Linda McClain said...
I saw the flip book demonstrated at the San Antonio regional SU conference by Cyndee Rust. That's an amazing project. Your folks should love it.
- November 30, 2008 at 9:35 AM
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Peg Meier is the author of seven books about Minnesotans, past and present. Her best-seller is "Bring Warm Clothes," published in 1981 and still going strong. It's been loved by both history fans and people who thought they weren't interested in Minnesota history. A favorite gift for newcomers to the state and even long-time residents, it has sold about 200,000 copies, proving history doesn't have to be dull. (Yeah!) Teachers from kindergarten to college have used the book as a source.
Some readers have been astounded to find long-gone relatives in the photos and diaries. One man bought two copies of the book, ripped out all the pages and used both sides to wallpaper his bathroom. Really.
A reporter for the Star Tribune for 35 years, Peg wrote mostly human interest stories about "ordinary," but fascinating, people. She also loved researching and writing history articles. She retired from the newspaper in 2006 and went on to create more books, along with researching stories for the History Theatre in St. Paul, helping first-graders learn to read, and playing with her dog, St. Charlie.
She still likes people — most, anyway — and it shows in her books.
Peg's books are available from most Minnesota booksellers, amazon.com, and the publishers.
This best-selling book (did we already say that?) is a look at Minnesota's history as told through the letters, diaries and photographs of people who lived it. Readers enjoy its honest look at the past.
You'll meet such people as Sam Bloomer of Stillwater, a Civil War soldier injured in the Battle of Antietam; Horace Glenn, a highly opinionated lumberjack at the turn of the twentieth century, and Linda Bennett, a well-educated woman who ran a Hastings apple orchard during the Depression. These are not the rich, famous or powerful people of the past. They are people with whom you can identify and whose stories you can cherish.
The title "Bring Warm Clothes" comes from the advice Polly Bullard's friend gave her in 1908 about moving to northern Minnesota: "Bring your warm clothes, for 35 below zero means it is cold."
Minnesota Historical Society Press, $29.95, 340 pages, indexed, richly illustrated with photographs and drawings. $29.95 retail. Original copyright, 1981, Minneapolis Tribune
When Coco Irvine was 13 years old in 1927, she kept a charming diary. She loved to write and get into trouble, and the diary gave her a chance to explain the messes she created. "I'm in deep trouble through no fault of my own," she frequently wrote. Coco's father owned lumber companies, and the Irvines were among the Midwest's wealthiest families. As adults, Coco and her sister donated their late parents' home to the State of Minnesota. It is now the Governor's Residence.
Meier discovered Coco's hilarious diary in the Minnesota Historical Society archives and wrote a foreword and an aftermath about Coco's surprising life as an adult. The book was the core for a play called "Coco's Diary" at the History Theatre in St. Paul. It ran in March 2012 and December 2017.
University of Minnesota Press, copyright 2011, 88 pages with photos of the Irvine family, $12.95
Reviews of "Through No Fault of My Own"
Publishers Weekly (starred review*)
"[Coco's] exuberance, defiance and sweetness will win over readers from the first entry."
Kirkus Book Reviews
"What makes this account so appealing is the clear evocation of what it is to be 13 — impatient to be grown up yet childlike in many ways."
Linda White in her blog, Book Mania
"There is everything to love about this darling little package, including its provenance. Peg Meier, a dogged historian who delights in digging through reams of dusty old papers, found a diary during one of her forays into the archives of the Minnesota Historical Society."
Peg likes kids. Because she didn't have any of her own, she's had to borrow from family and friends. This book is her collection of stories written by and about Minnesota children, from the 1830s onward.
It shows the joys and pains of childhood through the decades — at home, at school, at play, and reminds us that we were all children once.
Peg dug through letters, diaries, reminiscences, newspaper columns and plenty of photographs, unearthing a wealth of material left by Minnesotans who took the time to write, whether as children in the moment or as adults looking back.The book features more than 200 black-and-white photos.
Minnesota Historical Society Press, $29.95, copyright 2010, indexed, 258 pages
A delightful collection of more than 300 wonderful old photos, this is a history book easy to enjoy. It proves that Minnesotans' obsession with the season goes far back. You'll find pictures of picnics, blizzards, sports teams, gardens, dance recitals and harvests. You'll see women ready to embark on a road trip to California in 1925, hunters in the 1880s, a Christmas pageant in about 1900 and State Fair Prize winners in 1926. The photo selection and writing show appreciation of the small pleasures of everyday life.
Minnesota Historical Society Press, $29.95, 309 pages, indexed, originally published by Neighbors Publishing in 1993
Peg teamed up with Star Tribune reporter Dave Wood for this book about Minnesotans in the 1980s. The pair traveled the state and found stories about some of its most charming residents. The book is a collection of 48 tales of "just plain folks." A critic described it as "a winner plain and simple, and Minnesotan to the core."
An amusing and gripping look at Minnesota's history, this book features newspaper stories that tug at the heart. They come from all over Minnesota, from good times and bad. Some are stories from long ago, and some are stories you may remember. Critics called it a "fascinating social history" and "sheer pleasure." The book's title comes from an 1895 newspaper article about a woman who drank 20 quarts of coffee a day.
Warm, wonderful Minnesotans are the subjects of this book, a collection of 44 of Peg's articles for the Star Tribune. Garrison Keillor wrote in his foreword: "These beautiful and brilliant pieces about ordinary people are journalism at its most humane….The minute you pick this book up, you are back in Minnesota, listening to people talk the way people talk in cafes, taverns, kitchens, church basements and the back seats of cars."
Peg won national and local awards for her writing, including sweepstakes awards from the Associated Press, an award from the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota for her writing about Minnesota and an excellence award from the then-named National Association for Retarded Citizens. For her newspaper coverage of Minnesota history, she won an award of merit from the American Association of State and Local History.
She used to tell journalism students they won't get rich in the field, but journalism groups give out lots of awards for hard work and creativity. Besides, readers respond with lots of attention — both nice and nasty.
Seven of Peg's newspaper stories, books and other ideas became plays at the History Theatre in St. Paul. They include "Coco's Diary," "Hiding in the Open," and "Sister Kenny's Children." She contributed research for "Glensheen," "Lord Gordon Gordon" and "Dance 'Til You Drop." She jokes, "I didn't know what a dramaturg was, and now I is one."


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Huntington Station man dies, sister hurt in fire, police say
A Huntington Station man died late Thursday despite a rescue attempt by two firefighters who pulled him from his fire-ravaged home, a Suffolk County fire official said.
The two firefighters from the Huntington Manor department, Deputy Chief Jon Hoffmann and Alex Demerest, saw the victim's leg in the house's bathroom and pulled him out as flames engulfed the house on Dawson Street, said Paul Llobell Jr., deputy coordinator of public information for the Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services.
The man, Henry Lindemann, 76, was in cardiac arrest and received CPR from the two firefighters until an ambulance arrived, Llobell said.
Lindemann was taken to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Suffolk County Police Officer Angela Ferrara, of the department's Medical Crisis Action Team, performed advanced life support measures on Lindemann at the scene and en route to the hospital, police said.
Lindemann's sister, Diane Lindemann, 68, was able to escape from the fire safely, police said. She was taken to Huntington Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.
The 1 1⁄2-story house was heavily damaged in the fire, which was reported at 9:03 p.m. and was extinguished by 9:56 p.m., fire officials said.
Detectives do not believe the fire is suspicious but, police said, their investigation is continuing.
Llobell said the fire appears to have originated in a bedroom.
About 65 firefighters using eight trucks from the Huntington Manor, Melville, Huntington and Greenlawn fire departments responded, a fire official said.
Ambulance crews from the Melville, Dix Hills and Halesite fire departments, as well as paramedics from the Town of Huntington, assisted at the scene.
The fire is under investigation by the Suffolk County police's Arson Squad and the Town of Huntington fire marshal.


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Plot: For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town - a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.
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It's been a while since Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have teamed up (The World's End), and we noticed we had a couple of movies of theirs to catch up on. First up: Paul. Would this otherworldly team-up between these two English buddies and Seth Rogen turn out to be a sci-fi gem? Or is Paul just more fool's gold from Seth Rogen?
While Simon Pegg has garnered a decent solo career (Star Trek (2009), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), etc.), his movies with Nick Frost still seem kinda special. Sure, not all of them are great (Hot Fuzz (2007)), but there is something to be said for the camaraderie these two share on the big screen. Simon and Nick, obviously lifelong buddies, have a solid bro chemistry on screen, and it shows in any film they make together. With Paul the set-up itself, which has them journeying across the United States in an RV, is perfectly suited for them, and their sheer enthusiasm to be hanging out on-screen together is hard to resist.
Seth Rogen, who usually tries way too hard to be funny, seems to have gotten the hint in Paul. Maybe he's just more relaxed in the sound studio when he's voicing a character rather than being in front of the bright lights himself, as his animated characters seem to be a lot more appealing than his on-screen persona. While he continues to be kinda pathetic with his on-screen roles, he's really found a niche in the animated world of film, and, since he's getting to voice a CGI alien in this film, it really does seem to be right up his alley.
Kristen Wiig, who has always seemed to be overvalued before, is actually a welcome addition in Paul. Sure, her character probably generated a bit of hate mail, but she's actually likeable in this film almost in spite of her obvious badly stereotyped character. She gives the trio of "guys" a female appeal, and seems to fit her part to a tee.
The rest of the cast is solidly decent as well. While Jason Bateman (who we recently saw in Game Night (2018)) doesn't get to be his funny self – instead playing against character by portraying a straight-laced FBI agent – is still decent, if not quite as good as he could have been in a more comedic role. David Koechner and Jesse Plemons pop up briefly as dumb hillbillies, and Sigourney Weaver (mostly a voice over the radio) is solid in her role as the boss of the operation. Sure, none of their characters are much more than cardboard cutouts, but they provide a solid backdrop for Simon, Nick, Seth and Kristen. And then there's Jane Lynch, who turns in a fun performance as a waitress for a too brief moment or two of the film.
The storyline, as expected in a comedy film like Paul, is a bit wacky. But, for this film, it just seems to work. Sure, it has it's plausibility issues, but c'mon. We are talking about a movie where an alien escapes from the government and goes on a US road trip with 2 nerds from England. Even with that goofy idea, the film just kind of glosses over the basics, and sets the viewer up for lots of road trip comedy. And, surprisingly, that just seems to work here.
The alien himself is easily the biggest special effect in Paul, and he comes off looking extremely good. There is a bit of a hiccup when the other characters are trying to hug him, but other than that, he's well articulated and expertly done. Viewers may have a hard time figuring out if he's CGI or if he's some sort of complicated animatronic…and what better praise can there be for a CGI character? You know, the old "Is it live…or is it Memorex?" line of thinking.
Sure, it's a bit raunchy, and sure, a lot of the humor comes from the alien being crude, a running homophobic gag, and lots of alien probe jokes. But, since it's a Seth Rogen flick, viewers are probably expecting that. Surprisingly, however, there's more to Paul than just that lowbrow humor, and the included moments of sincerity actually feel heartfelt.
Thanks to a surprising plot twist and those endearing moments, the viewer is shocked that Paul isn't quite as shallow as it seems to be. It's got a bit of a heart to it, and with best buddies Simon Pegg and Nick Frost along for the ride, it's a lot better than viewers will be expecting from a Seth Rogen film. It's not quite as good as the best of the Pegg/Frost combo (like Shaun of the Dead (2004)), but it's definitely worth a look.


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Stillcanna Prepares to Harvest the First of its 1500 Hectares in Poland
Jul 09, 2019, 07:00 ET
Harvesting Expert Joins Stillcanna's Team
VANCOUVER, July 9, 2019 /CNW/ - Stillcanna Inc. (CSE:STIL, OTC:SCNNF, FRANKFURT:A2PEWA) ("STIL" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that final preparations for the harvesting of its 2019 crop are being implemented by its Olimax team in Poland.
To supplement Olimax's 20 years of agricultural experience and to better handle such a significant harvest, the Company has retained Mateusz Bojek, a third generation agricultural expert specializing in the harvesting, drying and storing of hemp to retain its highest Cannabidiol (CBD) content. Mateusz represents one of Europe's leading suppliers of specialty farm equipment and is the author of a patent for proprietary harvesting and drying equipment held by Olimax.
Hemp has been grown for seed and fiber in Europe for centuries. The growing, harvesting and drying of hemp for the extraction of CBD is a new specialty. Backed with generational experience, Mateusz developed equipment, technology and methodologies to maximize the efficiency of harvesting hemp for CBD. As part of the Olimax agricultural family, Mateusz concentrated on the harvesting and post-harvesting processes, creating a broad knowledge base, contacts throughout the industry and a thorough understanding of the Seed to CBD process within Olimax.
"Having Mateusz join our Polish team is another strong link in our supply chain." Stated Jason Dussault CEO of Stillcanna. "Mateusz's knowledge and expertise in the harvesting of hemp, specifically for the production of CBD is rare in this young industry, and we are pleased to have him onboard."
The Company's newest extraction facility in Poland, named Nexus, is a technical upgrade from its first extraction facility in Romania, named Origin, which is a J.V. with Dragonfly Biosciences. Stillcanna's third planned extraction facility in Poland, named Horizon, will be a technical culmination of acquired practical knowledge from the Origin and Nexus facilities. Horizon is designed to be one of the most advanced, green, high-capacity facilities in the world.
The Nexus extraction facility in Poland is expected to be operational in Q4 of 2019. While capable of producing both distillate and isolate, Nexus has been engineered to produce over 1,000 kilos of isolate every month. Nexus has also been designed to double its capacity with the addition of more distillation equipment (if required) while the Company builds Horizon.
Please visit http://www.thestillcannareport.com for interviews with Stillcanna's Polish team and current photos of the Company's hemp fields.
The Company's Founder Marc Crimeni is relocating to Europe. In tandem with his relocation, Mr. Crimeni has resigned from the Stillcanna Board of Directors and Shae de Jaray, the Company's Chief Operating Officer and Senior Engineer, has been appointed to the Board.
The Company is pleased to announce a total of 500,000 stock options have been granted to certain employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Company's stock option plan. The options are exercisable for a period of 5 years at a price of $1.10 per share.
About Stillcanna Inc.
Stillcanna Inc. (CSE: STIL) www.stillcanna.com is a Canadian early-stage life sciences company focused on large scale CBD extraction in Europe. The company feels its proprietary intellectual property allows it to extract CBD at a lower cost. The company has signed an initial extraction contract in Europe to be the exclusive extractor for Dragonfly BioSciences LLC, a United Kingdom-based supplier of CBD. Upon the completion of its Polish extraction facilities, Stillcanna will be one of the largest processors and providers of market ready CBD in Europe.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements: This release includes certain statements and information that constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding the building of an extraction facility in Poland, the anticipated levels of production. Generally, forward-looking statements and information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "intends" or "anticipates", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "should" or "would" occur. Forward-looking statements are based on certain material assumptions and analysis made by the Company and the opinions and estimates of management as of the date of this press release, including that the building of a CBD extraction facility in Poland will be successful, the anticipated level of production at the planned CBD extraction facility in Poland will be accurate upon completion of the facility. Although the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect, and the forward-looking statements in this release are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such risk factors may include, among others, that Olimax will not successfully build a CBD extraction facility in Poland, or the anticipated level of production at the planned CBD extraction facility in Poland will not be achieved due to changing market conditions or changes in the laws and regulations in respect of CBD extraction. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The Company does not intend, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
SOURCE StillCanna Inc.
For further information: Mauricio Inzunza, [email protected], 1(844)-442-STILL (7845)


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Just three short months ago my little sister moved away from us for the first time. A promotion took her 6 hours north to Indianapolis. She really wanted to start fresh, so with a limited budget we decorated an apartment she did not yet have. We spent many evenings and weekends rummaging through my favorite hot spots of second-hand stores and auctions.
Her living room.
Those two cute little wing chairs were $25 finds at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore
The coffee table came from the flea market, the sofa from Craigslist. The picture was a clearance piece at Kirklands. I made the pillows out of the extra curtain panels we bought for $5 each at DirtCheap. The little side table was $20 at HomeGoods. The accessories came from a variety of junk and antique stores around north Alabama.
A functional turntable, this piece was $10 at an auction. I replaced the "lovely" 1970's green fabric with more left over curtain panels. After a good wax, it looked amazing as a buffet against that coral wall! The clock was a steal on clearance at Hobby Lobby.
Though you can't really see it, there is an awesome little dresser angled behind the couch to hold all of her movies and games. She already had it, so FREE!
We spend a little over $300 to furnish AND decorate her living and dining room.
The bedding was all discount from DirtCheap and TJMaxx. The dresser a re-do from Craigslist.
Her only splurge was on the upholstered headboard from HomeGoods, but it's gorgeous!
We spent 5 weeks buying, painting, sewing, and 1 WEEKEND to make it her home. :)
I miss her, but she's happy and that's enough.


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The real estate industry has always had very specific requirements relating to CRM platforms – but it is also where artificial intelligence breakthroughs are increasingly becoming integrated.
Among the areas AI developers have been focusing on: the large quantity of data available online that real estate CRM platforms are not currently accessing.
AI is able to harvest and interpret large amounts of data from designated sources that it can then convert into insights to help salespeople find the best fit for a given client. The predictive analytics generated through AI-based trend analysis includes outliers that humans can sometimes miss.
The real estate market has been focused on AI for some years now, and certainly since the now famous Broker vs Bot test organized by Inman in 2016 which saw real estate agents competing against an AI called Find More Genius to make recommendations to a journalist. The "buyer" in this experiment ended up picking the properties suggested by the AI.
It was a wake-up call for the industry.
AI-based bots are able to run on a 24-7 basis, not only processing information but chatting to customers who visit an agent's website when the office is closed, as many potential customers often do. They can also support the kind of long term relationships that agents prize, leveraging data contained in the firm's CRM system.
Some of the most advanced chat bots in use within CRM are now close to passing the Turing test, which means their interactions online are indistinguishable from real people.
A typical AI-based tool of this nature can collect terabytes of data from a variety of sources, including web portals, social media and in-house data. For example, it can harvest and analyze data on hundreds of thousands of properties from local real estate databases. Torrents of data can be dealt with in almost real time.
AI is now able to manage data in a variety of formats, from structured, numeric data to traditional databases, unstructured text documents, email, video, audio and financial transaction data.
This level of technology goes beyond many of the more prosaic applications which have existed to date in vanilla CRM platforms, which have focused more on the predictive aspects of the technology. It has genuine value in helping agents to stay on top of the markets they are interested in, whether local or specialist type of real estate.
Such innovations will allow agents to offer clients properties that are most likely to be suitable for them and appreciably increase the chance of closing a deal.
Key Takeaways:
- AI has major applications within real estate CRM due to its multi-pronged ability to process large amounts of real estate and customer data, analyze customer selection data, and provide optimum selections to clients.
- This has very real prospects for those early adopters who want to use the technology to increase their sales.
- The advances made with chatbots are also allowing real estate agents to engage with prospects via their websites on an off-business-hours basis – often the time when prospective clients are looking at properties.


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Hours after the launch of Big Brother HotShots, Elikem the Tailor, a finalist from Big Brother Chase sat down with Antoine on Live FM's Drive Time (Route 919).
Together they discuss the prospects of the new Big Brother HotShots housemates based on his own experiences in the house.
And of course Antoine went ahead to probe on Elikem's relationship with Pokello and the possibilities of an actual wedding anytime soon.
Elikem also took the time to speak about his acting career and a new shoe line coming out soon.


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The Allen Memorial Swimming Pool will be open on August 4, 5, 11 and 12 from 12:00Noon – 6:00PM. The pool will close for the season at 6:00PM on August 12. Please note that debit/credit cards are not accepted at the pool. Cash or check only.
The pool is heated and maintains a constant temperature. A 159′ water slide is also provided for your enjoyment.
Daily 12 Noon – 6:00 PM
Ages 3 & Up $4.50
Ages 2 & under Free with a paying adult
Discount cards: 20 visits $75.00.
Private Parties:
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Private Party Rates:
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text: ...was another 17" iMac G4, which I somehow got for £15 - largely, I suspect, because it was collection only, and has the old black Apple Pro keyboard and mouse. Picked it up tonight and it's in VERY good condition, possibly the best I've ever seen as regards scuffs etc., and turns out to already have an Airport Extreme card - so I needn't have bought more this morning. They'll probably be useful if I keep on refurbishing these machines, so never mind. So far the only problem I've found is that the DVD drive doesn't appear to read DVDs - this is a common problem, I've had to replace drives in most of them. I already have memory, a much bigger hard drive, and the correct white keyboard (which by an odd coincidence I picked up at a car boot sale yesterday) and Magic Mouse so hopefully this will be a nice fast little earner - the only things I'll need to get are the plastic globe speakers and a replacement DVD drive. VERY pleased.


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David Astudillo, Matthew Anderson, and Kendra Endline received awards in the 2018 Mosaic Mobile Contest, sponsored by the Mosaic Film Experience (MFE). This is a competition for West Michigan high school and college students that requires that films are shot, edited and entered on a mobile device. Congratulations to David, Matthew, and Kendra! Here are their films:
1st place – The Waves, by David Astudillo
The waves presents 13-year-old Jeremy and his mother go through a difficult emotional process involving Jeremy's best friend.
2nd place – Trapped in Headspace, by Matthew Anderson
Trapped in Headspace presents an artist struggling to create seeks refuge somewhere separate from space and time, pondering his purpose. He is then confronted by the best and worst within him and has to choose the direction he will take afterward.
3rd place – The Art of Dance, by Kendra Endline
About the Mosaic Film Experience
Founded in 2011, The Mosaic Film Experience (MFE) is a 501(c)(3) organization that uses the platform of digital media to provide students with an opportunity to tell their unique stories and equip them with the critical thinking, collaborative and creative skills necessary for career preparedness. There are three aspects to The Mosaic Film Experience: The Mosaic Event: An annual interactive experience that provides students access to industry professionals through creative, career-inspiring workshops. Mosaic Mobile: An annual mobile film competition where films are shot, edited, and entered on mobile devices. Mosaic Community: Events ranging from afterschool curriculum to industry guest speakers and film screenings. For more information about MFE, visit http://mosaicfilmexperience.com/.


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Jump to navigation Jump to search
TinyLex is a J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) program for mobile devices which looks up dictionary entries. It is free software and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.0.
- Ant
- Java Development Kit 6 (JDK6)
- Netbeans (>6.0) (some libraries are needed to build the project)
- Mobile Device supporting J2ME MIDP 2.0
$ svn co https://apertium.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/apertium/trunk/apertium-mobile/apertium-tinylex
$ cd apertium-mobile $ cd apertium-tinylex
It is recommended to open this project with Netbeans before (only the first time). This will create a 'private' directory inside 'nbproject' with some user properties (this is the easiest way to get them).
After that,
$ ant jar-all
Running the application
Copy/send the .jar file to your mobile device.
dist/en_es/en-es-apertium-tinylex-0.2.jar dist/es_ca/es-ca-apertium-tinylex-0.2.jar dist/fr_ca/fr-ca-apertium-tinylex-0.2.jar ...


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Electromagnetism and Yoga with Alessandra Pecorella
Alessandra is a yogini of over 25 years and an electronic engineer with a Masters Degree in the Electromagnetic Human Bio Field. She is the founder and director of Aditya Yoga School and offers the Vinyasa Flow Foundation Teacher Training Program.
What, when and where was your first experience of yoga?
Well I don't recall the exact day as it was a while back now… ! In my household Yoga was the norm. My Mum was pioneering vegetarianism, Ayurvedic lifestyle and was living Yoga thirty years ago and I have simply been exposed to that and naturally absorbed it since I was in my teens.
What made you decide to move from student to teacher?
Teaching allows me to share the love for Yoga with more people and also is a good excuse to delve deeper. Studying and researching is my passion.
What teaching tip has had the biggest influence on the way you practice? And the way you teach?
It must be the combination of the tips that I have received from these three amazing teachers:
- My Mum insisted that I open up to all the connections as I was an incredibly shy and reserved young lady.
- Swamy Kriyananda suggested that I incorporate Electromagntism and all my scientific background in Yoga.
- Shiva Rea is the one that has allowed for the integration of those two elements as she embodies openness and one of her aims is to incorporate Modern Yoga with Modern Science! She has given me permission to be myself.
Today I teach the ancient techniques of Yoga with a very clear cut on modern science and I'm completely fulfilled by this powerful combination.
What does your own self-practice involve?
Meditation / Pranayama / Ayurveda / Asana / Karma Yoga / Healthy Diet and lots of reading!
I meditate very early in the morning (between 3.00 and 4.00am); have practiced this way from an early age so it's not a shock for my system. I wake up naturally and there is no stress about this practice; it's a complete pleasure and really flows with my life as a householder.
At wake up time I do:
- Vitalising Pranayama, intention for the day
- a series of Ayurvedic cleansing routines (teeth, mouth, nostrils, tongue …)
- Drink Water and a tea
- Karma Yoga: school time for my son!
- Asana/ Breath work around 11.00am as it suits my Ayurvedic Constituion
- Teach or Study research
- Karma Yoga with my son and family afternoon/ evening
- I eat healthy only once a day in the afternoon
- More Yoga-related reading/study at bedtime. I go to bed with my son, or I wouldn't be able to sustain the meditation habit.
I also play a lot with free movement/chanting and music (both playing the Harmonium or Tibetan bowl and Mantras) but they are interspersed during the day as very spontaneous practices.
Alessandra teaches Dynamic Flow at Islington on Friday 11.30am-12.45pm and Sunday 9.30-11.00am.
Meet Alessandra on the Mat
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November 2010 and December 2010
LLP Cases: Henry v. Masson
333 S.W.3d 825 (Tex. App. 2010)
Henry and Masson were partners in an orthopedic surgery practice. They formed their practice as an LLP in 2001, and personal disputes led to litigation in 2003. During a hearing in the case, they agreed in principle to wind up the LLP and sever all ties between them. Additional disputes and issues arose, and another suit was filed. In an attempt to resolve all their differences, they executed a settlement agreement. Litigation ensued over alleged breaches of the settlement agreement. Among the issues addressed in this appeal was a claim by Masson that the trial court erred in ordering Henry and Masson to make capital contributions to the partnership to allow the partnership to pay out funds it had taken in that actually belonged to two new entities formed by the parties. Masson based his argument on the fact that the partnership was an LLP and the provision of the Texas Revised Partnership Act providing that partners in an LLP are protected from individual liability for the debts and obligations of the partnership incurred while the partnership is an LLP. The court stated that neither the partnership agreement nor the statute prevented the trial court from ordering contributions to the partnership during winding up. According to the court, the payments the trial court ordered Henry and Masson to make were capital contributions to discharge debts of the partnership during winding up, not an adjudication of individual liability for the debts or obligations as contemplated by the statute. The court relied upon the partnership agreement, which provided that if no partner agreed to lend funds needed to discharge the partnership's debts, obligations, and liabilities as they came due, each partner was required to timely contribute the partner's proportionate share of funds needed. Masson argued that this provision was not intended to apply in the winding up process and that reference elsewhere in the partnership agreement to payment of the partnership's debts upon dissolution "to the extent funds are available" evidenced the partners' intent that they would not be required to make additional capital contributions during the winding up. The court stated that the phrase relied upon by Masson appeared in a section referring to steps to be taken after the sale of partnership property, and the court did not interpret the agreement to mean that sale of partnership property was the only source of funds to pay debts. The court also rejected Masson's argument that the reference in the capital contribution provision to payment of debts as they become "due and payable" was evidence that the parties did not intend to require capital contributions during winding up. The court stated that "due and payable" simply modified the type of debt to be paid and did not limit the provision to "operational" status of the partnership.
LLC Cases: GTSI Corp v. Eyak Technology, LLC
10 A.3d 1116 (Del. Ch. 2010)
A minority member brought this action against the LLC, other members of the LLC, and managers and officers of the LLC for declaratory relief and specific performance, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and breach of the LLC agreement, and the defendants moved to stay the action until an arbitrator could determine whether the claims were subject to arbitration under the LLC agreement. The LLC agreement contained a broad arbitration clause in which the members agreed "that any dispute between them or between any of them and the Company arising out of, or in connection with, the execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of these arbitration provisions) shall be settled by arbitration...." The plaintiff relied upon another provision of the agreement in which the members agreed that they would be irreparably damaged if the agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms, that monetary damages would be inadequate, and that non-breaching members would be entitled to injunctive relief to prevent breaches and specifically enforce the agreement. The plaintiff argued that the Delaware Supreme Court's decision in James & Jackson, LLC v. Willie Gary, LLC required the court to first determine whether the LLC agreement "generally provides for arbitration of all disputes," and the plaintiff argued that the arbitration clause did not do so based on the equitable remedies provision and other provisions of the agreement. The court rejected the plaintiff's argument, stating that the plaintiff ignored the threshold question of whether the LLC agreement clearly and unmistakably assigned to the arbitrator the task of determining substantive arbitrability. Because the arbitration clause here plainly did so, it was dispositive. The court also addressed whether the assertion that the underlying dispute was arbitrable was "wholly groundless," since a court will answer the question of substantive arbitrability in such a circumstance based on concerns for efficiency. The court concluded that the plaintiff failed to satisfy this exception because, although the agreement preserved the right to seek provisional relief from a court to preserve the parties' respective rights to arbitration, the plaintiff sought final and binding relief, not provisional relief. Further, although the equitable remedies provision tracked a similar provision in Willie Gary, the LLC agreement as a whole could be read to contemplate mandatory arbitration of all disputes. Unlike the arbitration clause in Willie Gary, the arbitration clause in this case specifically provided for the arbitrator to determine substantive arbitrability, empowered the arbitrator to award equitable relief, and carved out only a limited opportunity to seek provisional relief until the arbitrator can address the parties' equitable claims. Further, the equitable remedies provision fit coherently in a unitary remedial scheme and, read literally, did not provide a right of action in any court. Thus, the court stated that there was good reason to question whether, as the plaintiff argued, the equitable remedies provision was designed to give the first filing party the option to decide whether to arbitrate or sue. Thus, the court determined there were non-frivolous arguments in favor of arbitrability, and the court stayed the case pending the arbitrator's decision on substantive arbitrability.
CML V, LLC v. Bax
6 A.3d 238 (Del. Ch. 2010), aff'd, 28 A.3d 1037 (Del. 2011)
In a lengthy analysis, the court concluded that, unlike creditors of an insolvent Delaware corporation, the creditors of an insolvent Delaware LLC do not have standing to sue derivatively for breach of fiduciary duty to the LLC. A creditor of an insolvent LLC asserted derivative claims on behalf of the LLC for breach of fiduciary duty by the managers in connection with certain acquisitions and sales by the LLC. The court dismissed the claims for lack of standing because the Delaware LLC statute states that the plaintiff in a derivative suit must be a member or assignee. The court acknowledged that this conclusion "might surprise wizened veterans of the debates over corporate creditor standing," but the court pointed out that the LLC was not a corporation, and the court concluded the plain language of the LLC statute dictated this result. The court contrasted the exclusive language of the LLC statute with the non-exclusive language in the Delaware General Corporation Law, and the court also traced the development of the derivative suit provisions in the Delaware limited partnership statutes since the LLC derivative suit provision was based on the provision in the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. Although the court was not able to discern why NCCUSL drafted the derivative suit provisions of the 1976 Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act in exclusive terms (and noted that the uniform language may simply have resulted from a desire to avoid use of the passive voice), the court found it significant that Delaware adopted such language faced with a clear choice between the non-exclusive provisions of Delaware's prior limited partnership statute and the exclusive language of RULPA. The court rejected the implicit assumption in dicta of two chancery court opinions that a creditor of an insolvent alternative entity can sue derivatively for breach of fiduciary duty, and the court found nothing absurd about the application of differing legal principles to corporations and LLCs. According to the court, barring creditor derivative standing does not conflict with the overarching purpose or structure of the LLC statute because of the contractarian emphasis of the statute. The court stated that creditors can protect themselves contractually and that limiting creditors to their negotiated rights and denying them the additional right to sue derivatively on behalf of an insolvent entity is consistent with the contractarian approach taken by the LLC statute. The court pointed out various provisions of the LLC statute that appear to have been drafted with creditors in mind and that allow creditors to avail themselves of additional rights and protections. The court characterized the provision of the LLC statute allowing creditors to enforce contribution obligations under certain circumstances as satisfying any equitable desire to enable LLC creditors to enforce subscription agreements and removing any impetus for an experiment with LLCs similar to the evolution of the corporate trust fund doctrine and eventual corporate creditor derivative action. In sum, according to the court, "In light of the expansive contractual and statutory remedies that creditors of an LLC possess, it does not create an absurd or unreasonable result to deny derivative standing to creditors of an insolvent LLC" and, rather than frustrating any legislative purpose of the LLC statute, such an outcome "fulfills the statute's contractarian spirit."
In re Atlas Energy Resources, LLC
C.A. No. 4589-VCN, 2010 WL 4273122 (Del. Ch. Oct. 28, 2010)
The plaintiffs, unitholders in a publicly traded LLC, sued the LLC\'s controlling member, directors, and certain officers of the LLC for breach of their fiduciary duties in connection with the merger of the LLC with its controlling member. The plaintiffs claimed that the merger was the result of an unfair process and resulted in terms that were unfair to the minority unitholders. The defendants sought dismissal of the claims. The defendants argued that the LLC agreement contractually eliminated all their traditional fiduciary duties and contractually imposed different duties for purposes of negotiating and entering into the merger. The court first explained that, absent explicit provisions in the LLC agreement to the contrary, the traditional fiduciary duties owed by controlling shareholders and directors under Delaware law apply in the LLC context. Thus, the court was required to construe each relevant provision of the LLC agreement to determine (1) whether the provision applies to a particular defendant under the circumstances, (2) if so, whether the provision imposes a duty that differs from the traditional duties, and (3) whether the plaintiffs stated a claim for breach of any applicable duty. The court first addressed the duty of the controlling member and, in that regard, analyzed a provision in the LLC agreement stating that \"[w]henever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between any Affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and the Company or any Group Member, on the other, any resolution or course of action by the Board of Directors in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all Members, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement . . . or of any duty existing at law, in equity or otherwise, including any fiduciary duty, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i) approved by Special Approval . . . .\" The parties agreed that the controlling member was an \"Affiliate\" of the LLC for purposes of this provision. The court stated that Delaware case law teaches that controlling members in a manager-managed LLC owe minority members the traditional fiduciary duties owed by controlling shareholders to minority shareholders. The court noted that it was particularly wary of eliminating such duties in the context of a publicly traded LLC without sufficient evidence of the parties\' intent to do so. The court distinguished the provision in this case from provisions in several other cases and concluded that the provision, while addressing conflicts between the LLC and its Affiliates, did not address conflicts of interest between an Affiliate (i.e., the controlling member) and the LLC\'s public unitholders, who were owed fiduciary duties directly by the controlling member in this transaction. Thus, the provision did not supply the standard of review applicable in this case. The court applied the \"entire fairness\" standard and concluded that the plaintiffs\' allegations detailing unfairness of the price and unfairness in the negotiation process precluded dismissal of the claims against the controlling member. With regard to the directors and officers, the court held that the following provision unambiguously eliminated the traditional fiduciary duties of the LLC\'s directors and officers: \"Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or required by law, none of the Directors, nor any other Indemnitee shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the Company or any Member.\" Another provision of the agreement imposed a contractual duty of good faith on the LLC\'s directors and officers unless another provision of the LLC agreement expressly provided otherwise. The agreement defined good faith as a subjective belief that an act is in the best interest of the LLC, thus dispensing with the objective component of the test of good faith under Delaware common law. The plaintiffs argued that this narrower definition of good faith was unenforceable because it eliminated the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, which is not permitted under the Delaware LLC statute. The court stated that this argument misconstrued the role of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, which only addresses events that could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time the parties contracted. \"[W]here the parties have contractually agreed to eliminate fiduciary duties, they may not invoke the implied covenant as a back door through which duties may be reimposed after the fact.\" The plaintiffs relied upon a provision in the LLC agreement that the directors had no duty to approve or consent to a merger and were free to decline to do so without any fiduciary duty or obligation to the LLC or any member. The plaintiffs argued that this provision imposed different fiduciary duties when the directors acted to approve a merger, but the defendants argued that it eliminated the duty of good faith imposed by the agreement when the directors declined to approve a merger and left the duty of good faith under the agreement when approving a merger. The court agreed with the defendants and thus proceeded to determine whether the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that the directors and officers subjectively believed they were not acting in the LLC's best interest when they negotiated and approved the merger. The court first undertook this analysis with regard to the three members of the Special Committee that was formed to consider alternatives, and the court concluded that the plaintiff\'s allegations were not sufficient to defeat the motion to dismiss. Next the court examined the allegations against the remaining individual defendants and likewise concluded that the plaintiffs did not allege they acted with subjective bad faith.
Vila v. BVWebTies LLC
C.A. No. 4308-VCS, 2010 WL 3866098 (Del. Ch. Oct. 1, 2010)
Bob Vila, the well-known home improvement expert, and George Hill formed an LLC to promote BobVila.com, a home improvement website. The case primarily presented the question of whether it is "reasonably practicable" under the Delaware LLC statute for an LLC to continue to operate in conformity with its LLC agreement when the co-equal owners and managers whose agreement is required for any action of the LLC are deadlocked as to the future direction and management of the enterprise and there is no mechanism in the LLC agreement to break the deadlock. The court concluded that it is not and that judicial dissolution was thus appropriate. Vila sought judicial dissolution after the LLC lost its biggest advertiser, the LLC's licensing agreement with Vila was terminated by Vila, and Vila and Hill could not agree on the direction of the LLC. Vila argued that it was not reasonably practicable for the LLC to continue because it was impossible for the LLC to continue to perform its purpose of operating the website after Vila terminated the LLC's licensing agreement, and the two managers could not agree on how to operate the business, thus making it impossible for the LLC to take any action. The court analogized the situation to cases brought under the judicial dissolution provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which applies when two 50% stockholders have engaged in a joint venture and are unable to agree on whether to discontinue the venture or how to dispose of the assets. The court concluded that the deadlock and loss of the licensing agreement were sufficient grounds for judicial dissolution. The court noted that this was not a case in which Vila in bad faith manufactured a phony deadlock, terminated the licensing agreement on short notice, and sought dissolution to take profits for himself that otherwise would have come to the LLC. The court rejected counterclaims by Hill that Vila breached the LLC agreement, breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and breached his fiduciary duties. The court found no basis for the claims that Vila breached the LLC agreement. With respect to a claim that Vila engaged in competition violating a clause of the operating agreement that allowed the managers to engage in and possess other ventures and investments that were not in direct competition with the LLC, the court concluded that Hill approved and participated in the transaction of which he complained, and the court was not persuaded that the transaction was directly competitive. The court also found Hill's sparse evidence relating to two other claims of impermissible competition failed to establish a breach of the agreement. The court next rejected Hill's argument that Vila breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by seeking judicial dissolution and rejecting supposed offers to purchase the LLC. The court stated that Vila did not breach the implied covenant by pursuing a meritorious claim for dissolution, a remedy that was expressly contemplated by the LLC agreement. The court also noted that Delaware law imposes no general duty on the part of an equity owner to consider selling his interest at a price he views as suboptimal, and the agreement implied nothing to the contrary. Finally, the court rejected the breach of fiduciary duty claims because a dispute arising from obligations that are expressly addressed by contract is treated as a breach of contract claim. Hill's breach of fiduciary duty claims were based on the same allegations of competition underlying the breach of contract claims and were foreclosed as superfluous. The court reiterated that Hill failed to prove these claims in any event.
In re LaHood (LaHood v. Covey)
437 B.R. 330 (C.D. Ill. 2010)
The judgment creditor of an LLC member claimed that it obtained a lien on the member's membership interest by serving a citation to discover assets pursuant to the general judgment collection procedures in the Illinois statutes. The bankruptcy court concluded that the general provision for perfecting a judgment lien by service of a citation to discover assets is trumped by the charging order provision and that the charging order is the exclusive mechanism for impressing a judgment lien upon a judgment debtor's interest under Illinois law. The judgment creditor appealed, and the district court reversed the bankruptcy court on this issue. The district court reviewed the general statutory provision for perfection of a judgment lien by citation and the charging order provision in the Illinois LLC statute and noted that the issue was one of first impression on which "there is very little authority that is even marginally relevant." The court considered Dowling v. Chicago Options Associates, Inc., an Illinois appellate court decision in which the only issue was whether a public sale by the sheriff was required and the validity of a lien on a membership interest by service of a citation to discover assets was not challenged, and Bobak Sausage Co. v. Bobak Orland Park, Inc., an unpublished federal district court opinion in which the court acknowledged the charging order provision in the course of determining that a public sale by the sheriff should not be the only method of disposal of an LLC interest that has been subjected to a judgment lien under the general citation provision. The court stated that these cases arguably stand for the proposition that liens against a member's LLC interest may be created through the service of a citation or by obtaining a charging order, and the court thus disagreed with the bankruptcy court's conclusion that the judgment creditor could not have created a lien via service of citation. The court remanded for the bankruptcy court to determine whether the citation complied with the statutory requirements to create a valid lien. The court stated that the next logical issue, assuming the judgment creditor complied with the citation statute, would be how the lien would be treated in terms of satisfaction or remedy. The court noted a Virginia bankruptcy decision, In re Pischke, that addressed the priority of a charging order lien versus a lien created under the general procedure for execution on intangibles and suggested that the failure to obtain a charging order may prevent a judgment creditor from obtaining priority status in terms of execution or satisfaction of the judgment. Under this rationale, said the court, the judgment lien would not be entitled to priority absent a charging order because the provision of the charging order statute stating that the statute provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a member may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's LLC interest would be rendered meaningless if a judgment creditor who obtained a lien by citation could satisfy the lien or obtain a remedy. The court commented that Pischke indicated that it may be possible for a judgment creditor to obtain relief from the automatic stay to seek a charging order, but the court stated that whether such an opportunity was appropriate in this case was not before the court. In light of its conclusion that the judgment creditor could have created a valid lien by serving its citation and the theoretical possibility that a charging order might still be obtained to allow satisfaction of such a lien, the court remanded the matter to the bankruptcy court for further proceedings consistent with the court's opinion.
Stanley v. Reef Securities, Inc.
314 S.W.3d 659 (Tex. App. 2010)
A judgment creditor obtained a turnover order requiring Stanley, the judgment debtor, to turn over monthly payments received from a limited partnership. The general partner of the limited partnership was an LLC of which Stanley was 90% owner, president, secretary, and sole employee. Stanley was the sole limited partner of the limited partnership. Stanley testified that the monthly payments from the limited partnership were his salary as an employee of the LLC, the amount of which he determined in his capacity as president of the LLC and communicated to himself as president of the limited partnership to be paid by the limited partnership. On appeal, Stanley challenged the turnover order on a number of grounds, including that the charging order was the judgment creditor's exclusive remedy and that the payments to Stanley were exempt wages. The judgment creditor cross-appealed the trial court's refusal to appoint a receiver. With regard to Stanley's argument that a charging order was the exclusive remedy available to the judgment creditor, the court examined the charging order provision in the Texas limited partnership statute and agreed with the judgment creditor that the statute only limits the ability of a judgment creditor to proceed against a partner's partnership interest and does not limit the ability to apply for turnover relief against the judgment debtor's non-exempt property. The court discussed the charging order remedy and acknowledged that a charging order is the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor may satisfy a judgment out of a judgment debtor's partnership interest. The court explained that a "partnership interest" is not an interest in specific partnership property; it is the partner's right to receive his distributive share of the profits and surplus of the partnership. The court further explained that a creditor who obtains a charging order may not compel a distribution of profits by the partnership and does not obtain a right to participate in the partnership. The charging order creates a lien on the partner's distributive share, but the judgment creditor is prohibited from foreclosing the lien, and the debtor partner has the ability to control the timing and amount, if any, of distributions by the partnership. Once a partnership distribution has been made, however, it ceases to be the partner's "partnership interest" (i.e., the right to receive his share of the profits) and becomes the partner's own property. The court concluded that nothing in the language of the statute precludes a judgment creditor from seeking the turnover of proceeds of a partnership distribution once it has been made and is in the debtor partner's possession. (The Texas Business Organizations Code contains identical charging order provisions in the LLC context.) Another issue addressed by the court was whether the payments by the partnership were exempt from turnover as current wages. Stanley argued that the payments were salary paid to him as an employee of the LLC general partner of the limited partnership. The court pointed out, however, that the payments were not made by the limited partnership to the LLC to be paid in turn to Stanley. Instead, the payments were made directly by the limited partnership to its limited partner, Stanley. The court pointed out that the general rule is that a partner is not entitled to compensation for services, and the court found no circumstances showing an agreement, express or implied, to pay compensation. The partnership agreement contained no such provision, previous tax returns did not treat Stanley as an employee or indicate he was paid compensation, and there was no evidence Stanley devoted any more time or attention to the business than was anticipated at formation. Thus, the court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the payments were distributions from the partnership and not exempt wages. The judgment debtor cross-appealed the trial court's refusal to appoint a receiver over Stanley's interests in the LLC and partnership, and the court of appeals concluded that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to do so. The Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code gives a trial court discretion to appoint a receiver over a judgment debtor's non-exempt property with the authority to take possession of the property, sell it, and pay the proceeds to the judgment creditor. Based on Stanley's testimony, the trial court could have reasonably concluded that a receiver was not necessary to enforce the judgment because Stanley had the means to pay the judgment but had not paid because of the dispute over whether the monthly payments from the partnership were exempt wages or non-exempt distributions. Thus, it was not an abuse of discretion to decline to appoint a receiver. The court referred to the issue as involving appointment of a receiver over Stanley's "interests" in the LLC and partnership, but did not discuss or reconcile the exclusivity of the charging order with the possibility of a receivership over the "interests."
Federal Trade Commission v. Peoples Credit First, LLC
621 F.3d 1327 (11th Cir. (Fla.) 2010)
(non-exclusivity of charging order remedy in context of single-member LLC; court's authority to order single member of LLC to surrender all "right, title, and interest" in LLC to satisfy judgment against member).
Breen v. Judge
4 A.3d 326 (Con. App. 2010)
(absence of grounds to pierce veil of LLC and hold managing member liable under identity or instrumentality tests; failure of fraudulent transfer claim based on reasonable compensation paid to managing member of LLC).
In re Liebl (Wallner v. Liebl)
434 B.R. 529 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2010)
(creditor's standing as member of LLC to assert derivative action on behalf of LLC against debtor manager in nondischargeability complaint; absence of fiduciary relationship between co-equal members and managers of LLC for nondischargeability purposes).
In the Matter of Application for Tax Exemption of Kouri Place, L.L.C.
239 P.3d 96 (Kan. App. 2010)
(distinction between property of LLC and interest of LLC members; analysis of Kansas and federal statutes dealing with low-income housing and entitlement of LLC to property tax exemption sought under Kansas statute).
Travcal Properties, LLC v. Logan
49 So.3d 466 (La. App. 2010)
(res judicata effect of manager's declaratory judgment action regarding manager's authority to act in member's subsequent derivative suit).
Becher v. Freeman-Waag
No. A09-2256, 2010 WL 3545656 (Minn. App. Sept. 14, 2010)
(application of restrictions on transfer in operating agreement to pledge of LLC interest).
Delareto v. Totaro
2010 WL 3834365 (N.J. Super. A.D. Sept. 29, 2010)
(application of parol evidence rule to alleged oral agreement regarding ownership of LLC prior to execution of written operating agreement).
In re Ichida (Perry v. Ichida)
434 B.R. 852 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2010)
(failure of managing member's misappropriation and mishandling of LLC funds to satisfy nondischargeability claim because failure to comply with fiduciary duties under common law or operating agreement does not meet requirement for express, statutory, or technical trust).


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