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Check the updated story about Jim Reith, filed by Douglass Dowty.
Syracuse, NY -- Jim Reith's talk show on WSYR Radio ended today, after his show was replaced on the station's website.
National radio host Sean Hannity is now slated for the 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. hour, with the "Daily Wrap with Joe Galuski" following. The departure marks the end of a 27-year run for Reith, a Syracuse resident.
"I am touched by your well wishes," Reith posted on his Facebook page this afternoon. "Thank you to everyone who took the time to listen to the show and participate. In my almost 30 yrs at WSYR I've been fortunate to work with some amazing people. From Don Dauer, Rick Gary, Bill Baker and @joegaluski to bosses like @tomlangmyer, Bob Neil, Jason Furst and Joel Delmonico. They say that when one door closes, another opens. I very much look forward to the next challenge. Thank you all very much. See you all down the road, God willing."
The news coincides with rolling layoffs by Clear Channel, the media giant that owns WSYR (FM Newsradio 106.9 and 570 WSYR).
The Post-Standard checked the website after hearing rumors of Reith's departure. The radio enthusiast site, CNYRadio.com, also posted a story after hearing rumors.
Check the updated story about Jim Reith, filed tonight by Douglass Dowty and see how the Syracuse radio dial has changed.


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The Talmud is arguably the most influential book in all of Jewish writing - and Jews have written many many books. The Torah (Pentatuch) of course ranks higher and is more seminal; the rest of the Bible only notionally so, I'd argue. Absent either Talmud or Torah and you have no Judaism; over the centuries, however, considerably more time has been invested in relating to the Talmud, and that's the sense in which I'm willing - a bit gingerly - to position the Talmud even higher than the Torah.
This year the 100,000 or more of us who do Daf Yomi have been doing the Nezikim tractates (Bava Kama, Bava Metzia and now Bava Batra); in many ways, these three, perhaps along with the Shabbat, Sanhedrin, and perhaps Kiddushin tractates are the most improtant of all 37 tractates.
What do these volumes, whch stand at the center of Judaism, mostly deal with (bearing in mind that all tractates wander all over the thematic landscape)? Not theology, as you might expect of the heart of an ancient religion; not how God relates to us and back. Nor even religious belief in any recognizably Protestant form, of Faith, say, or Destiny. The Nezikim tractates deal with civil law. What happens when my ox damages your vegetable patch. How do we know when a contract is valid. This month we've been discussing things like setting boundries between fields, respecting the neighbor's property, figuring out what happens when two people claim the same property. In a month or two we'll have a long look at the laws of inheritance. (I peeked).
Which means these discussions which stand at the heart of Judaism deal with the reality that people living together will have a lot to bicker about. Real people in the real world will have all sorts of differences about lots of things in their daily lives. This can't be changed or abolished, but hopefully it can be regulated.
It's not only the simple folk or the uneducated. The other day I passed the story of Rav Kahana, whose field was washed away in a flood, and who then rebuilt his fence on his neighbor's land. There's a medieaval scholar who explains he did this by mistake, but that's not the reading as I see it, since he was certain enough about it to be taken to court. The Gemara then tells both of the ruling that was handed down, but also of how Rav Kahana himself - as an important scholar - participated in the legal discussion of how such a case should be ruled. This is not the first time I've come across such a case, where an important scholar and religious leader is censured (or exonerated) for his earthly actions. Even important rabbis, leaders of their communities and figures of reverance for the following millennia, were real people, and they had real quarrels just like everybody else.
Bava Batra 41a-b. (Note for Soccerdad and the other eagle-eyed pedants: Yes, I know this is a few pages ahead of the schedule. I'm a progressive fellow).
Have I ever mentioned that this thread starts and is explained here? Well, it does.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Fallible Rabbis
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- Soccer Dad said...
Eagle eyed? I've never heard of an eagle wearing bifocals. :-)
My brother tries to stay a week ahead. (My chavrusa and I desperately try to keep up with the current Daf.) And anyone who studies at the OU offices is always a day ahead, since they record the shiur and put it on the web for everyone else the next day.
What's the famous story at the beginning of Berachos where an Amora's wine turned to vinegar because he got back at someone who was robbing him?
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The Mystery School is meeting and Jalarm has given account from time out of any memory about the Bird-like beings and their role in here on Earth, and how the DNA was shared across many species. The Earth was in a different orbit then, and only cold-blooded creatures survived. The group has asked Jalarm a question about the so-called legendary Griffin and Jalarm has asked that some research be undertaken. Meanwhile, the trio ask The Oracle questions about the relation between the Griffin and the Reptilians. The replies and further questions about dragons have an important part to play in understanding how warm blooded beings came about and led to the Human, the one who is filled with the Hue of Light from the Source.
We asked the Oracle about the DNA from the Bird Race: Was it taken without permission to create the Griffin?
The Oracle: swung into action and the wine glass moved very quickly to knock the label YES and kept pushing the label so it nearly went off the table. That meant to us, a very definite YES.
Valerie: said that when it is taken without permission from the Source it hasn't received a blessing. But as Valerie spoke the wine glass moved by itself and said NO. So we explored a little more
Jacqui: said the Griffin was once revered by people – then the Oracle made it clear by going, around, and around in circles that it wanted to have a BIG chat through Val.
Jalarm: 'It is I, again, and I am very pleased that you have had this conversation about the Griffin. Valerie was thinking that it was created without permission from the race of the Birds and that is very true. However, it was eventually blessed by the Source from the Creation of All.
There have been many happenings through the ages – through the Universe and through your Galaxy – of different races that have inter-blended their DNA or their genetic material to create another race. A bit like what has happened with you when you were first created as human.
So with the Griffin – it was developed and a race was formed to go on to find the blessing from the Source, which was given by the Hierarchy and from that place the race of the Griffin (because there was a race, not just a being itself) was able to enter into the foray of helping to spread the Light throughout this corner of your galaxy. Does that make some sense?
(All agreed it does.)
Jacqui: I was going to ask a question and I find thoughts running madly – are you putting thoughts into my head?' (much laughter)
Jalarm: He Laughed also and said, 'Indeed – this is what I have said before – I am putting thoughts into your head (and I do this on purpose) so that you can discuss it. Because you come from different points of view and when you come together it becomes a sort of melding from different points of view and this will help many people – because there are many, many people who are reading this information and they come from different points of view also and you, and you, and you (pointing to the three of us individually) you will be able to put out the information so it reaches many more than just one point of view, or a similar point of view. Does that make some sense?
(We agreed)
The griffin has wings, claws, feather like skin with softness of fur
Jalarm: Good – because a Griffin actually comes from many races. It has wings – which is a bird-like being – it has claws which is again a bird-like being but also Reptilian and it has a feather like skin which also links with the softness of fur that also comes from the Lion people, as you can see. The Lion people exists in another corner of your galaxy and they have – in fact you have been given much information about their role in society. When I say society I mean the collection of races that exists within your Universe – your Cosmos and this is helping people (I hope) to realise that this Earth and the people on it, are not the only Universe. I want to help people to come to realise that there is much more within your Universe, your Cosmos. They all inter-act.
There are also the ones who are waiting, in a soul form, that are waiting to come into a human body to experience the life of what you do here on Earth as a human. For that is a much later stage in evolvement. So getting back to the Leonines (the Lion People) they are, of course, part of the Griffin. Does that makes some sense?'
(We all agreed)
Jalarm: 'And the Leonine people are very warm, loving beings – and there is much of the Lion family, the cat family that exists upon this Earth and you know the kind of energy that comes with them. For they can be very loving and very gentle but of course, if angry or hungry there is a twist to their tail in how they treat other things around them. I will not go into this for the moment.
Jalarm: OK. So the Leonine people have also considered themselves to be like the policemen of the Cosmos and this has been written about in books also. So is there another question?'
Jacqui: 'Another question from Chris … When visiting Wales people will encounter images of dragons everywhere. Do dragons still exist?
Valerie: added: We saw a lot of images of dragons in Denmark also!
Jalarm: As I have just explained, there have been many races formed and created.
And when you think about the dragon – it is very reptilian – but it has wings and that of course, immediately connects it to the bird race. It also has fire – and I would like to remind people that the fire exists in your Sun and many places within your Universe – but there is two aspects to the Sun – one is to destroy, to break down the unwanted but also – there is fire that gives warmth and heat to life – to the warm blooded creatures that have been created.
And this is a raising of energy – a raising of consciousness and it is what is leading to Universal Love. For Love is an energy of warmth, caring, consideration, humility. But also, one to understand what it feels like to have suffered in some way and also a feeling of being hurt. Some of those feelings are totally foreign to a cold-blooded being. And so that is another reason why there is a queue for people to come in a Soul into a body of a human. That again is a much later development in the Universe. Does that make some sense? Is there something there that you would like me to qualify?
Jacqui: The only thing I think about, is why do we incarnate into this physical world? Why do we have to take on a human body? … …
Jalarm: Well, I have just explained: A human has family which immediately comes into the creation of a child with family – because it doesn't come alone – it has to come through beings upon this Earth. And they are immediately connected in energy to that family – and from that – hopefully there is a bond with that family. And they begin to learn and understand about the warmth of love, of caring, of interaction, of marrying – to perhaps marrying another to experience a life together from which they learn from each other – produce more children to give opportunity for more souls to come into this world. It is an on-going thing. As I have said, a lot have come from cold-blooded races and they have not experienced these things at all. Those emotions – the warmth of a sentient feeling of a human. Does that make sense? This is the reason they come and there are many waiting to come to experience this.
I would like to add also that the Dragon (for want of a better word) that they were created much like the former ones mentioned – the Griffins – but a different race again and also they were accepted by the Hierarchy and blessed from the World of Light. There is a similarity I would like to say, in a way, about the spine that exists in the human and the spine that exists within the reptilian races and the dragon. The Dragon is very much connected to a snake-like being – but there is a spine and there is a tail. And of course the human shows evidence of once having a tail. The human is actually an evolved creation and it is very interesting from many, many many different races from around the Universe – and so the Dragon is held as a sentient being but one that can embrace both the cold blooded and the warm blooded beings. The warm races that exist – and that is in the fire within and also the leathery skin and the wings and there is much within the dragon that represents the human and its beginning. Does that make sense? Because the human in its beginnings was from a race known as 'MAN' – it was very experimental and was not always blessed from the Source.
Humans have gone on to being a LIGHTMAN and it has been blessed from The Source, The Source of Love and Light. Does that help you.
(It does, thank you.)
Jalarm: Sometimes there is a story of –shall we say – Saint George and the Dragon. And there is a winning over, or mastering the heavy energy represented in the heavy skin that is leathery like and the fire that can destroy. Anger if you like. Or the fire that just destroys without any feeling, any emotion. If you can take your imagination just a little further you can see that story is symbolic of you as a human and what you are doing is – you are overcoming those influences from the dragon – the fire, the anger, the cold-bloodedness without feeling, all those things need to be mastered to become a God Being from the Source from which you come. Does that make sense?' (yes)
St George and the Dragon
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I'm in a constant state of "editing" my workout wardrobe—as a fitness writer and enthusiast, I've tested a ton of gear over the years, and my drawers can only take so much cramming. So yeah, I'm basically always Marie Kondo-ing my collection of sports bras, sweat-wicking tops, and most of all, leggings.
But when I'm deciding on the fate of a pair of workout pants, instead of asking myself, does this bring me joy?, I ask myself, will these stay up?
The thing is, my butt and hips are the curviest part of my body, and pants that fit them comfortably (without being see-through) are always too big in the waist—so, I often find myself hiking up and readjusting my leggings (especially high-waisted ones). Unfortunately, the right size for my butt is totally different than the right size for my waist.
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This problem is annoying enough when it comes to regular pants, like jeans (that omnipresent gaping between my waistband and my lower back is the bane of my existence). But for a pair of pants that I'm running, dancing, or burpee-ing in, it's a straight deal-breaker.
Luckily, I do have one pair of leggings that's never been on the chopping block, and never will be. (And in fact, they do bring me joy—Marie Kondo would approve.)
They're the Nike Power Essential Running Crops. They came into my life on Christmas about five years ago (when I was just getting into working out), and that same pair is still the highest-ranking pick in my rotation.
It's been a while, so newer versions of the same pants are a little bit different (and they also come in long lengths), but the features I love about them have remained the same. And while they're technically running pants, I've worn them for pretty much every workout under the sun.
They've never failed me thanks to one simple (but crucial) detail: a sneaky drawstring in the waistband. With the tie of one little bow, they stay exactly where I want them to, whether I'm doing a kickboxing class, dance cardio, strength training, or hot yoga.
When I've looked for other workout leggings that I can cinch up at the waist, I've found that many of them have single-loop drawstrings, which I find annoying to tie (and often a little bit bulky).
The mid-rise, wide-ish waistband is super-comfortable, too, and there's a handy zippered pocket in the back that I can keep my keys and cards in if I need to.
And while I've bought this same exact style in a couple of different patterns and colors over the years, my black pair is still my number one because they're so versatile—I can pair it with any sports bra or top. I travel often, so this is an especially great perk when I'm packing strategically. Plus, the sweat-wicking Dri-Fit fabric means I can get away with wearing them for a couple of workouts on the road as long as I lay them out in between. (Is that gross? I don't care.)
On that note, when I do wash them (which happens, promise!), I don't use hot water or put them in the dryer. And I swear that's why they've stuck around this long without ripping or pilling too much—after all, a pair of leggings that I've sweat in hundreds of times probably has no business still being in my closet, but hey, no complaints.
And when the sad day comes when they do bite the dust, you better believe I'll be ordering the same pair.
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ERIC COPELAND has been sound clashing at full volume for over 20 years. Copeland first carved a named for himself as one third of the legendary NY-via-Providence band Black Dice. He is also a wildly prolific solo artist and has played a variety of shit houses and party palaces and seemingly everywhere in between, all over the world.
A long time Brooklyn resident, Copeland participated in more than one generation's musical celebration. While maintaining a relatively humble and low key presence in a highly competitive musical world, he has managed to release a few albums and singles per year on indie labels such as L.I.E.S., Escho (Iceage), PPM (No Age), Paw Tracks (Animal Collective) and DFA. He is also one-half Terrestrial Tones duo, finding Animal Collective's Avey Tare on the other end of that project.
Copeland has continued on his path of deconstruction – forming tracks of scrapped samples, damaged loops and controlled chaos. It's certainly not easy listening music, yet somehow Copeland manages to pull through with his demented pop sensibilities crawling up from the muck and spewing out on the beach to catch a tan. His latest work, 'Trogg Modal Vol. 2', is a highly dancebale, late-night proto techno record, released on his longstanding home of DFA.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post1722586966747442979..comments2022-08-04T02:52:28.813-05:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: Another Bike LieSteve Ahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-61994586798381620412011-07-26T17:13:21.482-05:002011-07-26T17:13:21.482-05:00Khal's last sentence should be bronzed. Stay t...Khal's last sentence should be bronzed. Stay tuned for a different take on the question. It'll probably be new to Khal, too, which is hard for such a veteran cyclist.Steve Ahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-16142048890561695702011-07-26T13:50:27.476-05:002011-07-26T13:50:27.476-05:00Randwick, what's that old expression? If a tre...Randwick, what's that old expression? If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, is there a sound?

Doing things blatantly and stupidly are indeed in a class by themself.Khalhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-13354776035423657372011-07-26T11:56:14.164-05:002011-07-26T11:56:14.164-05:00Hey man, good post. As you may recall, I treat man...Hey man, good post. As you may recall, I treat many Stop signs as yield signs. If there is no other vehicle, I will slow, look around hard, and continue. I never "blow through" any intersection, but sometimes I don't stop as required by law. I would be interested to know how you and other good cyclists feel about that...RANTWICKhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-29700301940499082272011-07-26T05:57:53.875-05:002011-07-26T05:57:53.875-05:00Interesting perspective, Al. Besides meaning the ...Interesting perspective, Al.

Besides meaning the violence thing only figuratively, the only danger I observed recumbent boy in was the danger he placed himself in of being t boned as he ran the light and the danger he put us ALL in by furthering the impression in the motoring public that cyclists should not be allowed on the road with real traffic. I guess I'm a little less tolerant of that than some that wish to excuse unacceptable behavior. As for myself, I have been endangered more on the road in the last 2 years by cyclists than by motorists. Now THAT is a flat fact.Steve Ahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-18107231217774501972011-07-26T00:51:38.684-05:002011-07-26T00:51:38.684-05:00Riding a bike isn't about scoring points, it&#...Riding a bike isn't about scoring points, it's about getting places. If recumbent rider said he was in danger from motorists on the road he'd be stating a flat fact. Visiting violence on someone for stating a fact would be a mark of true idiocy.Al Dimondhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-64758436274782595662011-07-23T13:06:44.684-05:002011-07-23T13:06:44.684-05:00Chandra, I completely agree. I am often passed by ...Chandra, I completely agree. I am often passed by "roadies" blowing through 4-way stops on my morning commute. Even worse, they always pass on my right. But, as Steve noted, these situations are never teachable moments and so I mumble "On your left," to myself and ride grumpily for a few blocks.MAC is wackhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-21236104161249840742011-07-22T23:22:56.946-05:002011-07-22T23:22:56.946-05:00I see lots of roadies (yes, roadies) that run red ...I see lots of roadies (yes, roadies) that run red lights, stop signs, over here in Valley Ranch. I heard one of them got fined a hefty sum for running a Stop sing or doing a group stop.

Cyclists not following the rules are a menace to other law abiding road users. Period! No ifs and buts!!

Peace :)GreenComotionhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-67345291937541635452011-07-22T21:43:11.222-05:002011-07-22T21:43:11.222-05:00Justine, I don't know that any of the three ac...Justine, I don't know that any of the three actually rise to the level of bad behavior. All three were simply cases where the "loser" could have easily made a wiser choice to avoid a traffic conflict. In the first choice, the cell phone probably influenced the driver to simply freeze, but I failed to control a situation I control every day. In my experience, cell phones do that to drivers, but you can't really count on it. Sure, I can't usually see for sure if an oncoming driver's got a cellphone stuck in her ear, but traffic is what it is and one either deals with it, or wishes things were perfect while living in fear. Survivors deal with it. I salute a fellow survivor.Steve Ahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-60647059910856932092011-07-22T20:28:44.319-05:002011-07-22T20:28:44.319-05:00The first conflict--with the lady with the cell ph...The first conflict--with the lady with the cell phone--made me remember that we're not dealing so much with conflicts between bikes and cars as much as the fact that drivers' bad behavior can have a greater effect on cyclists than vice-versa. Now that I think of it, your second conflict illustrates that point, too.

I think you make another really good point: That our safety depends not only on educating motorists, but on cyclists educating each other. If nothing else, one cyclist is more likely to listen to another than a motorist is to listen to a cyclist (assuming, of course, the motorist is not also a cyclist.)Justine Valinottihttps://email@example.com


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In the last weeks before blanket of snow we are currently covered with the weather was quite lovely and I enjoyed walking to work. My mom joined me a couple of days which made it extra nice to walk and get to have great conversations. Most of the walk is on the roads but I detour and walk through a sweet park along the river with beautiful old trees
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What is Elder Law?
Elder law is not necessarily defined by any specific technical legal distinctions.
Rather, elder law is more accurately defined by the people it serves—older individuals, most commonly referred to as seniors or elders.
Elder law also encompasses the broad area of planning for persons with disabilities.
Attorneys who concentrate their practice in elder law focus on the legal needs of seniors and work with a wide variety of legal directives and planning techniques to meet the stated goals and objectives of the older client.
Elder law is generally approached from a holistic perspective and the elder law attorney will generally counsel his or her clients on issues related to maintaining control of assets during a lifetime, disability planning, and estate planning (after death). Areas of concern will also include asset protection to meet long-term care needs, home care, assisted living and possible nursing home care. Veterans benefits may also play an important role in accomplishing these goals.
Why is Elder Law Important?
Elder law is not a new area of law, there's just been a greater focus on it as our nation ages. It is estimated that 10,000 people turn age 65 every day. The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. (NAELA) reports the current number of Baby Boomers in America is estimated to be 78.2 million. The first Baby Boomers turned 65 in 2011 and by the year 2020, the over-65 population is expected double. Long-term care costs continue to rise and the dilemma related to paying for care is a nationwide concern.
When Should I Contact an Elder Law Attorney?
You should contact an elder law attorney anytime you have questions or concerns about the aging process and its legal implications. You should absolutely contact an elder law attorney if you have never done any estate planning or if you have not updated your estate plan in the last three (3) to five (5) years.
Many individuals wait until it's too late to do planning—when they are no longer competent—and are unable to participate in the planning process. An elder law estate planning process is essential to ensure you have the proper legal directives for disability planning. These include both financial and healthcare powers of attorney, living wills, and preneed guardian declarations. You'll also want to plan for what happens when you die—either with a will or a trust—and you'll want to make sure your memorial/funeral instructions have been made known to your family.
If you have family members who are disabled or have special needs, an estate plan will be especially important for the protection of government benefits they may be receiving.
If you are single and considering remarriage, a consultation with an elder law attorney may be in order to discuss the effect on your Social Security benefits, retirement plans, and taxes. A pre or post-marital agreement may be necessary to protect family assets for children from a previous marriage.
Family members should contact an elder law attorney if they have concerns about a parent's competency, want to discuss long-term care planning options, including the protection of assets from the rising cost of nursing home care, or if they believe a family member or friend is taking advantage of a senior individual.
How do I find an Elder Law Attorney?
A Florida elder law attorney will be a member of the Florida Bar. They may also be Board Certified in Elder Law, which means they've met a rigorous set of standards and taken an advanced course of study along with an examination. The elder law attorney will have a special interest in those issues which affect seniors and their families. The practice of elder law requires a broad understanding of a myriad of legal issues and social and medical concerns. An elder law attorney must also be familiar with both federal and Florida laws, which can affect a senior's well-being and personal goals.
Both Peggy Hoyt and Randy Bryan are board-certified in Elder Law, as well as in Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Our law firm is the only Florida law firm with two attorneys who hold dual board certification in those two specialties.
You can locate an Elder Law attorney who has been Board Certified as an expert in Elder Law by contacting the Florida Bar or by visiting its website at www.floridabar.org. Elder Law attorneys may also be found through organizations like AFELA (The Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys), NAELA (The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.), and the Florida Bar's Elder Law Section.
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An MI6 agent (Charlize Theron) is sent to Berlin days before the fall of the Berlin Wall, where she is ordered to make contact with a fellow MI6 agent (James McAvoy) and recover a stolen list of double-agents working in Europe and get a Stasi informant across the Wall.
From the very opening sequence, Atomic Blonde makes it clear that it's a film about flashiness, veneer and excess - just like the decade in which it's set. Charlize Theron's character is dressed from head-to-toe like a fashion model - even though she's supposed to be an undercover agent. James McAvoy's character careens around Berlin in a black Porsche 911 whilst blasting out synthpop hits - even though he's supposed to be MI6's man in Berlin. Even more pointedly, Theron's hotel room in Berlin has actual neon for illumination and looks like Giorgio Moroder's dressing room. It completely glamourises and fetishises the decade from the outset and just oozes style out of every scene, but what's underneath it all?
Charlize Theron's performance is all physical, taking part in bone-crunching fight sequences with a real enthusiasm that proves she's more than capable of holding her own with the likes of Keanu Reeves or a latter-day Harrison Ford. Like David Leitch's previous effort, John Wick, it's all done in camera with few cuts and edits for stunt players. You can see Theron bouncing henchmen off walls, taking kicks and punches, and - in one hilarious sequence - making an escape with a garden hose wrapped around a German police officer's neck, all to the sounds of George Michael's 1987 hit single Father Figure. Really. James McAvoy, meanwhile, serves as the sure-not-if-he's-the-antagonist, whilst Sofia Boutella turns up as the love interest for Theron. You've also got John Goodman as a CIA official, Toby Jones as Theron's MI6 handler, and Eddie Marsan as the Stasi informant in there, too.
For the most part, the cast are well chosen and do their best, but it's the script from 300 scribe Kurt Johnstad that completely lets down Atomic Blonde and prevents it from being everything you hoped it could be. While most spy thrillers are complex and labyrinthine in nature, Atomic Blonde isn't smart or deep enough to carry it off. More to the point, the constant presence of plot just serves to slow down the film altogether. The film works best when you park the script and stop trying to follow the dizzingly, overblown plot. Sure, it's a film about spies and double-crosses in Berlin, but the screenplay handles them all in such a cack-handed way that you'll either go daft trying to keep along with it, or just give up and reject it outright.
David Leitch's use of music echoes Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, coming into play with precision and poise - and sometimes with comedic effect. As you'd expect from one of the directors of John Wick AKA The Greatest Action Movie Of The Decade™, Leitch knows how to block and shoot an action scene - and this is the real strength of Atomic Blonde. The fight choreography, the stunt work, the car chases, the choice of music and the cinematography all coalesce together to create something brutally effective. It's no wonder that Leitch is now one of the most in-demand action directors working today, and Atomic Blonde is more proof as to why that is. Cinematographer Jonathan Sela, who was a student of the great Vilmos Zsigmond, knows how to make each shot and scene look slick and polished, calling to mind Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon in parts.
Overall, Atomic Blonde is a superior action movie, features a fantastic soundtrack and has a strong lead performance from Theron - all of which makes up for a weak script.


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Ishka is an Australian, family owned retailer that's been around since 1971. For most of these 50 years, they've sold their goods through brick and mortar stores. But, a few years ago, they opened their first online store on Shopify. They started working with Wayflyer in 2021 and have used Wayflyer Analytics to increase their online sales by a massive $2.5m!
Toby Darvall, CEO of Ishka, explains how Wayflyer's Analytics team helped Ishka achieve these results and started them on a new journey of experimentation and data based decision making.
"We started off in St. Kilda market in 1971, 50 years ago now", says Toby. "Now, we're a true omnichannel retailer with stores all over Australia and a website that gets hundreds of thousands of visitors every month. But, we are not experts in online retail, we are still learning all of that", says Toby.
"We took funding from Wayfyer at the start of 2021 and as part of that, we got access to their data analytics team. We had a call with their team of experts and it was really amazing. They focused our mind onto some key metrics and gave us some very tangible advice," says Toby.
Wayflyer's team is made up of a combination of data scientists and marketing experts. Having spent years analysing eCommerce businesses and developing industry benchmarks, they are able to make expert recommendations to companies looking to improve their online performance.
"Firstly, they looked at our Return on Marketing Spend and compared us to some benchmarks in our industry," says Toby. "They told us that we were performing really well compared to these benchmarks and recommended we spend more on marketing. At first, this kind of blew us away, we had always been thinking of controlling our marketing spend, not increasing it. But they were absolutely spot on. We increased our marketing spend and saw an immediate boost in our sales."
"They also looked at our website performance and told us that our conversion rate was below the benchmark for our industry. So we went away and started to figure out why this was. After some testing, we realised there was a glitch in our checkout flow. A banner we were using on our page meant users couldn't access some of our payment options (like Afterpay). This was obviously turning away lots of potential customers."
"It took our development team just 40 minutes to fix the glitch. We then ran an A/B test to see what the impact would be. Our conversion rate jumped by 44% almost instantly, going from 1.87% up to almost 2.7%. This is an extra $2.5 million in sales for us each year which is massive!"
The great thing is that combining these two recommendations has had a compounding impact on our sales. By increasing our conversion rate and increasing our marketing spend, we've been able to see huge growth in our online sales.
Toby and the rest of the Ishka team are now focused on using analytics to make better decisions and improve their bottom line.
"Working with the Wayflyer team has kicked off a new journey for us. We are looking at our metrics much more closely now and are running lots more tests to see what works. It also protects us against making a mistake. If we have a new idea, we always test it first before we launch it to all our users" says Toby.
"We trust the numbers. Customers vote with their clicks and the numbers don't lie."
"We took funding from Wayfyer at the start of 2021 and as part of that, we got access to their data analytics team. We had a call with their team of experts and it was really amazing. Their recommendations have already increased our sales by $2.5million."


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Markets were mixed-to-down for the first trading day after our three-day weekend: the Dow closed down -0.76%, -267 points — now essentially flat from a month ago. The Nasdaq, on the other hand, gained another +0.07%, which is enough for a new all-time closing high. The S&P 500 split the difference, down -0.34% on the day. The small-cap Russell 2000 fell another -0.72%.
These are miniscule new highs being set on the Nasdaq, but they still count. And for at least the second day, Nasdaq's intra-day highs have been even higher than the closes. Though there is a bit of trepidation in the market to start historically challenging September, but the growth plays are winning out. Netflix (NFLX - Free Report) gained +2.7% today, and although Tech was flat overall, Apple (AAPL - Free Report) enjoyed +1.5% gains.
For basically all of 2021, it's been a growth-vs.-cyclicals story. It's also been a good way for the market to self-regulate: bidding up tech and other growth areas would eventually ebb and give back to value names. The Dow has not seen a new closing high since mid-August, but perhaps if this trend continues we'll see industrials, etc. that haven't gotten the love suddenly back in favor?
This would likely follow the data points, especially in terms of supply constraints here in the latter half of the year. The Fed has famously been betting on transitory supply constraints, leading to "transitory" inflation, but an increasing number of analysts are seeing supply headwinds continue and costs not retreating accordingly. If this happens, we'll start to hear more about the dreaded "stagflation" issue in the market.
It may be this is a reason for the 10-year bond yield creeping up of late. It's 1.37% currently, up notably in the past month and the highest since mid-July. That said, we're still at historically low yields on the 10-year; there's no real damage to foretell, it's more a matter of gauging a change in the weather in regard to bond rates. The questions remain: Will inflation stick around? and What if Growth doesn't stay hot?
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When I showered just 5 five minutes ago I remembered the joke that my friend told us and there I go smiling to myself. Our friend told us that this person (won't tell the name) has HIV problem, and hearing this made all of us (our team) look so shocked. We did all asked him since when and how and how did he found out?.. Then our friend told us that; "can't you see it? it's obvious that he has HIV... he has "Hair Is Vanishing problem (actually means he is getting bald)"!" And we all burst to laughing for a long time. We were not laughing about the person but about the joke.
So when I shampooed my hair can't help but thinking about hair loss shampoo that help our hair from falling. I just hope that hubby and I won't get HIV specially when we get older.
Happy thanksgiving to all my American friend!
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The boy Sanya ran up, Hey, fly rather!
A ladybug, depart on the sky, But not that look I will take, I will put you in prison!.


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Feb. 20 (UPI) -- A Peru department store chain broke a Guinness World Record by creating a pair of jeans roughly the size of a 22-story building.
The Paris department store chain, owned by Cencosud, teamed with fashion brand Kansas to create the massive pants, which were unveiled at the Mall del Sur in San Juan de Miraflores.
The creators said it took a team of 50 people six months to put together the jeans, which a Guinness World Records adjudicator confirmed measured about 215 feet tall and 140 feet wide.
The materials that went into the trousers collectively weigh nearly 6 tons.
Guinness certified the denim pants as the largest jeans in the world.
Paris said the jean will remain on display at the mall through Sunday, when the process will begin to convert the giant jeans into 10,000 reusable bags to be sold at Paris stores to promote a reduction in use of plastic shopping bags.


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Our inbox has been filling up with one big question from investors: "What are the best investments before the Fed QE taper occurs?"
The answer to this question has just altered dramatically, and here's why.
U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday (Wednesday) nominated U.S. Federal Reserve vice chairwoman Janet Yellen to replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chief.
That piece of news is a game changer for the savvy investors out there who've been readying portfolios for a Fed taper in the next few months. Now, the taper deadline could be pushed back for years.
Maybe even longer, according to Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald, a seasoned market analyst with decades of experience in global markets.
How Yellen Changes the Fed Taper
"The notion of an immediate taper just went out the window. I don't believe she's going to be able to taper any time before Q2 of next year," Fitz-Gerald predicted. "Yellen has made it clear she ties the QE stimulus to jobs and a listless economy. She is more focused on consumer spending, investment, and jobs."
Historically, that's not the function of the government, which - traditionally at least - instead aims to create a free market in which business can accomplish those ends.
"If anybody had any doubts that this nation is becoming socialist, Yellen's appointment ought to cement that. Yellen is a disciple of James Tobin, who very clearly believes the government is intended to fix high unemployment and poverty," Fitz-Gerald said.
In fact, there are two things investors must understand about Yellen and QE when searching for the best investments to make today.
The first is that Janet Yellen, as Fitz-Gerald said, "has never met a printing press she didn't like." In other words, Yellen will almost certainly keep the stimulus going.
The other has to do with how the markets react to multi-billions of dollars in stimulus.
Keeping up QE is like giving a junkie more drugs and telling him they will cure him.
"If it wasn't clear before that we're going to have to deal with the aftereffects of fifty years of bad economic decision making, this cements it," Fitz-Gerald said.
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Assuming we can reinstall confidence that's been lost over the debt-ceiling debacle, there will likely be an upward grind in the markets.
In fact, following Tuesday night's Yellen announcement, the market saw immediate short-term effects when SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) went up 0.4%, along with shares of major banks JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C).
Fitz-Gerald breaks it down for investors:
"Investors should do three things: 1) Find companies that are largely immune from Washington; 2) that pay high dividends; and 3) that will give you a good place to act defensively while Washington steps all over itself."
In line with these points, look to built-in global hedges, along with diversified cash flow and the stability afforded by competent management. The key is dividends.
"I also like the specialized inverse funds against the S&P 500 itself and the broader bond markets," Fitz-Gerald recommended. "The cost of insuring U.S. debts is rising and once stalwart buyers, like China, are warning us to get our house in order. This speaks to confidence potentially failing."
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"Japanese sucks, sorry"
Some films seem like they will be great in concept, only to let you down in execution. The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival screening of Roses Have Thorns is one such example. An American production, but mostly spoken in Japanese and Korean, Jong W. Lee's tale of love had the potential of being something very unique and creative. Dealing with four characters in their twenties—Jae Hoon Jeong's Jay, a Japanese immigrant who has been in the country three years; his girlfriend Rachel, played by Vanessa Scott Lee; Kai Issey's Brandon, a photographer who begins to have feelings for his model, Rachel; and Nozomi Akioka as Kaoru, another girl caught in the middle, sometimes friend to Jay, sometimes to Rachel, always the girl the drives the couple apart—we see their tumultuous relationship four separate times. This device could have been utilized to great effect by showing the same story through each set of eyes, or to show how events can change if one component is different and how that alteration effects everything that comes after. Instead, we are pretty much given four short films strung together. Besides having the same names, the four lovers are never identical to their counterparts in the vignettes that came before. Without any consistency, what is Lee trying to prove? Rather then a study on love's fickle ways, we are given a series of different drafts on a common outline; a gimmick seemingly used only to pad the runtime.
The film is shot very nicely, with a minimal use of the camera. Each moment is generally filmed from a static vantage point, lingering and watching as characters come in and out of the frame. I really liked the style, giving the actors some latitude and movement without being continuously followed to stay in the center of the frame. Every quadrant contains scenes with the same setup—location, camera vantage point, and periphery characters—and utilizes it depending on the situation. One such example is of the four at a bar, sitting in a table placed in the top left of the frame. This is the moment in each portion that shows the rose color that began the story thread. I can't remember if the walls change color as well—I only noticed the red walls during "Red" and can't recall if they were red throughout, or altered depending on the story's name—but the rose is our constant bridging it all together, a gentlemen flower salesmen, sells one of the four corresponding to the name, being either "White", "Yellow", "Pink", or "Red" with an epilogue titled "Thorns", a look at the fallout of the new love connections that ended the old, a short sequence that fits as the ending for any of the four.
I was with the film after "White" had ended. It's a love quadrangle that attempts to have the gravitas of a Closer or We Don't Live Here Anymore, never quite living up but intriguing nonetheless. Jay and Kaoru are friends, she being someone he can confess his love troubles with Rachel to. Kaoru likes Jay and wants to be more than just friends, but he is genuinely in love with his girlfriend and wants to make it right. The next day, the four get together at a bar for a good time, ending in the drunken slumber of Jay, after he purchases a white rose for Rachel. Brandon and the girls help take him home, wherein Brandon makes a move on Rachel after Kaoru had left. The two go out for food and we find Kaoru hiding in the hallway, ready to re-enter the room and be with Jay. A very conservative Korean, Jay awakes angry, leaving to find his girl and get her away from the photographer. He is justified in his jealousy as he has ignored the advances of Kaoru thus far, however, Rachel metaphorically slaps him in the face anyways saying she feels he is only with her to get a green card. The next day, both women arrive at Jay's place, where Kaoru makes her move while Rachel leaves the room, only to find them kissing when she returns. The roles are subverted as the one we expected to cheat, Rachel, is never shown as having more than just a meal with Brandon, but Jay, the one "in love", is caught with the other woman and admits to having slept with her.
That version of the tale ends and we get the title card for "Yellow". It begins in Brandon's studio where we see Rachel getting ready for the shoot and Kaoru setting up the backdrops before leaving. I was excited as it appeared we would now get blanks filled in through the same story told through Rachel's eyes this time, like the first was through Jay's. The two have their session and Kaoru leaves early to, in my assumption, go home and eventually meet with Jay as he arrived in the start of "White". Instead, we are given a completely different story that holds very little similarities to the one before it. One constant to all four is Jay passing out at the bar, (each time with a different person buying a different colored rose), leading to a unique confrontation between Brandon and Rachel in her kitchen. He either goes after her wherein she acquiesces to it or says she just wants to take a walk, or she corners him, all while Jay sleeps in the next room. So, rather than have a connecting narrative, being understood as each layer is revealed, we get four movies in one, each containing its own set of characters, all the same, but very different in tone, personality, and moral compass.
The only thing I could take from Roses Have Thorns is that no matter who was willing to have an affair, no matter who pursued whom at the expense of the others, Jay and Rachel just were not meant to be together. However, I don't necessarily buy into the cynical view that each time the relationship was ruined, nothing good came about. If "Thorns" is to be believed, just because Jay always ends up with Kaoru and Rachel with Brandon, does not mean they are meant for each other. For all we know, the flower salesman is some devil-like character corrupting the foursome with his colored flowers, subjecting them to heartbreak in the guise of something better, a love worth letting go of their previous one for. But maybe Jay and Rachel truly were meant for each other, maybe the other two were to be the temptation that bonded their love completely, but each was too weak to resist. The rose being the apple of Eden, a thing so irresistible that its beauty only breeds destruction. I think that reasoning gives the film too much credit though. It may just be a series of stories put together because they contain the same four people; and maybe there is nothing deeper than that.
Roses Have Thorns 4/10 | ★ ½
[1] Kai Issey (Brandon), Nozomi Akioka (Kaoru), Vanessa Scott Lee (Rachel), and Jae Hoon Jeong (Jay)
[2] Nozomi Akioka (Kaoru)
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There is no statutory codification in the Cayman Islands of the general duties, obligations and liabilities owed by directors to Cayman Islands exempted companies and the general duties are based on a combination of English common law, statute and regulatory guidance. In most cases directors are responsible to the company and not, in the absence of special circumstances, to the shareholders as individuals. For these purposes as a general rule, the company is defined by reference to the interest of both present and future shareholders of the company as a whole and the consent of individual disadvantaged shareholders is not required where directors choose a particular course of action.
If a company is in financial difficulty the interests of the company will also include the interests of the creditors. In other words, those with the greatest economic interest in the company at any given time (predominantly shareholders if the company is solvent and a continuing business, but predominantly creditors if it is insolvent or winding down) are the parties with reference to whom the directors' duties to the company are assessed. In special circumstances, the directors may owe duties to individual shareholders. For instance, the articles of association (Articles) or a shareholders' agreement may impose specific duties towards shareholders, and representations made by directors to shareholders may impose fiduciary duties to the shareholders (eg the courts may recognise a fiduciary duty owed by directors to individual shareholders in the context of advice given by the directors to the shareholders as to whether they should sell their shares to a bidder).
This Guide details the duties and obligations for directors of an exempted company incorporated under the Cayman Islands Companies Law (Companies Law). For details of the duties and obligations owed by a manager of a limited liability company under the Limited Liability Companies Law of the Cayman Islands please see our Guide to Limited Liability Companies in the Cayman Islands.
The common law duties of directors
At common law a director owes two types of duty to the company, fiduciary duties and duties of skill, care and diligence.
Fiduciary duties
An individual director must act in good faith in his dealings with or on behalf of the company and exercise the powers and fulfil the duties of the office honestly. Fiduciary duties covered by the general obligation include:
A duty to act in good faith
A director has a duty to act in good faith in what he considers is the best interests of the company and not for any collateral purpose.
A duty to exercise powers in the company's interests
A director must exercise his powers in the company's interests and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the company's constitutional documents and not for any personal or improper purpose.
Unfettered discretion
A director must not fetter the future exercise of his powers and so should not agree to exercise his powers in accordance with the instructions of some third party irrespective of the best interests of the company. This is of particular relevance to a nominee director or one who represents a particular shareholder, whose duties will always be to the company not to the appointor.
Secret profits
A director's fiduciary position precludes him from taking a personal profit from any opportunities that result from the directorship, even if the director is acting honestly and for the good of the company, unless the Articles provide otherwise. Subject to the Articles, any profit so arising must be paid over to the company. This applies whether the profit arises from a contract with the company or a third party.
To avoid conflicts of interest
The general rule is that a director must not put himself in a position where there is an actual or potential conflict between a personal interest or duties owed to third parties and his duty to the company. For instance, if a director directs business to a company in which he is interested, perhaps because the person is also a director of that company, then the director is in danger of breaching his fiduciary duty.
Notwithstanding the general duty to avoid a conflict of interest, a director may enter into a contract where a conflict of interest might arise if the articles allow it or if the company gives its approval in a general meeting of shareholders. The Articles commonly provide that a director will not be disqualified by his office from contracting with the company, or be liable to account to the company for any profit realised from such contract, provided that disclosure is made.
Acting in other capacities
A director is not prohibited from acting as an officer or employee of the company (other than auditor), as a director of another company, or from representing the interests of a shareholder or another third party, provided that the company consents and the director can continue to act in the best interests of the company. However, a director in such position must preserve independent discretion as to how he exercises his powers and, if a conflict arises, he must not subordinate the interests of the company to those of the other company or third party as a means of resolving the conflict.
Duty to act with skill, care and diligence
In recent years English and Commonwealth authorities have moved away from the traditional purely subjective test referencing the individual director whose conduct is being judged towards a combined objective and subjective test for the applicable standard of skill and care which a director will be required to have.
Following these cases it is likely that the applicable skill and care test will be that of:
"A reasonable diligent person having both (a) the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company, and (b) the general knowledge, skill and experience that that director has". (Re D'Jan of London Limited [1994] 1 BCLC 561).
Therefore, there is a minimum objective standard based upon the functions given to the director in question but the standard can be raised where the director in question has more knowledge, skill and experience than would normally be expected; if, for example, he has been recruited as an expert in a particular business of the company. Directors also have a continuing duty, both collectively and individually, to acquire and maintain a sufficient knowledge and understanding of the company's business to enable them to properly discharge their duties as directors (Re Barings PLC, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Baker (No 5) [1999] 1 BCLC 433, 439 and confirmed in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands first instance judgment in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited (in liquidation) v Stefan Peterson and Hans Ekstrom [2011] 2 CILR 203).
Attention to the business
A director is not bound to give continuous attention to the affairs of the company. His duties are of an intermittent nature and he is not bound to attend all meetings but he should attend all meetings which he is reasonably able to be present at.
A director is not liable for the acts of co-directors or other company officers solely by virtue of the position. A director is entitled to rely on his co-directors or company officers as well as subordinates who are expressly put in charge of attending to specific tasks, provided such reliance is honest and reasonable. A director cannot, however, absolve himself entirely of responsibility by delegation to others and a duty to supervise delegates remains. As a general rule, before delegating responsibility to others, the directors in question should satisfy themselves that the delegates have the requisite skills to discharge the functions delegated to them. In addition, the directors must ensure that they monitor and supervise delegate performance on a periodic basis, ensuring that their delegates have fulfilled their obligations. It is not possible to wholly delegate all supervisory functions.
Directors may rely on the advice of an independent outsider, and in respect of fields where they do not have expertise may be considered negligent if they reach a decision without first obtaining appropriate expert (eg legal) advice. Directors must take reasonable care to select an adviser who is qualified to give the advice, and, having received it, the directors must then exercise their own judgment in the light of that advice.
Financial responsibilities of directors
Directors must exercise skill and care in financial matters. It is the responsibility of the directors to ensure that the company fulfils its obligations to keep proper books of accounts. In addition, liability may attach to a director in the following contexts:
1. Control over the company's borrowings
The Articles may place a limit on the amount the company can borrow without shareholder approval. If the directors exceed their borrowing powers the loan is generally valid unless the lender is aware of some irregularity, but the directors risk personal liability.
2. Dividends
The company may only declare and pay dividends if they can be sourced from any one or more of (i) profits, or (ii) the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares and/or share premium account and following the date on which the dividend is proposed to be paid, the company is able to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. The directors risk personal liability for a breach of this requirement.
3. Return of capital
The company may only redeem or repurchase shares to the extent payments can be sourced from any one or more of (i) profits, or (ii) the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares, share premium account and/or capital and provided that following the date on which the payment is proposed to be paid, the company is able to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. The directors risk personal liability for a breach of this requirement.
4. Insolvency and Fraudulent Trading Laws
Please see below for the scope of potential liability.
Statutory obligations
Although there is no codification of directors' duties under Cayman Islands law, the Companies Law contains numerous provisions relating to the obligations of directors of Cayman Islands exempted companies and prescribes penalties for breach. The most serious of these involving dishonesty or the authorising of illegal payments carry both criminal and civil penalties.
Examples of the more material provisions include:
- Where the director wilfully authorises or permits any distribution or dividend in contravention of the Companies Law
- Where the director knowingly or wilfully authorises or permits any payment out of capital by a company for a redemption or purchase of its own shares when the company is insolvent
- Where there has been a failure to maintain the books of account, minutes of meetings, or the statutory registers of members, mortgages and charges or directors (which includes alternate directors)
- Where there has been a failure to provide information or access to documents to specified persons as required by the Companies Law
- Where the director makes or authorises a false annual return to the Registrar of Companies; and
- Where an exempted company is found to have been carrying on domestic business in the Cayman Islands
Insolvency and fraudulent trading laws
The insolvency regime under the Companies Law includes certain offences for directors.
Section 147 - Fraudulent trading
Where any person (ie a director or officer) was knowingly a party to the carrying on of business by the company with intent to defraud creditors of the company or creditors of any other person, or for any fraudulent purpose, the liquidator may apply to court for an order requiring those persons to contribute to the company's assets.
Section 134 - Fraud in anticipation of a winding up
It is a criminal offence punishable by a fine or conviction for five years, to commit fraud in anticipation of a winding up by a director, officer (including a shadow director (see below for the definition)), professional service advisor or voluntary liquidator, who within 12 months preceding the commencement of the winding up has, with intent to defraud the company's creditors or contributories:
- Concealed US$12,250 or more of the company's property or debt
- Removed US$12,250 or more of the company's property
- Concealed, destroyed or falsified any documents relating to the company's property
- Made a false entry, parted with, altered or made an omission in any documents relating to the company's property or affairs, or
- Pawned, pledged or disposed of property obtained on credit and not paid for.
Section 135 - Transactions in fraud of creditors
Transactions in fraud of creditors are also a criminal offence similarly punishable by a fine or conviction for five years, where in the case of any company advised to be wound up by the court or voluntarily any officer of the company (including a director) or professional service advisor to a company (a) is found to have made a gift of, or has charged the company's property, (b) connived in levying execution against it; or (c) concealed or removed the company's property, in each case with intent to defraud the company's creditors or contributories.
Section 136 - Misconduct in the winding up
Various aspects of misconduct in the course of the winding up are also criminal offences under the Companies Law. Section 136 provides that where a company is being wound up by the court or voluntarily, any person who is or was a director, officer (including a shadow director) or professional service advisor to the company who does not make full disclosure to the liquidator of all of the company's property or documents in his custody or control and the details of any property disposed of other than in the ordinary course of business or who permits any false debt to be proved in the winding up or who destroys or falsifies any documents or makes any fraudulent entry in any accounts or documents with intent to defraud the company's creditors or contributories, commits an offence, punishable by a fine or imprisonment for five years.
Sections 101-103 Obligations to co-operate with liquidator
These sections provide obligations for directors of a Cayman company being wound up to co-operate with the liquidator and in particular to prepare a statement in the required form as to the affairs of the company and if required by a Cayman court to transfer any documents or other property belonging to the company to the liquidator, to swear an affidavit in respect of written questions of the liquidator or to meet with the liquidator and answer oral queries in respect of the company and its affairs.
Section 137 - Material omission in statement of affairs
These provisions authorise a liquidator to require directors, officers, professional service advisors and employees of the company to submit a statement of affairs to the liquidator setting out their knowledge of the assets and liabilities of the company. The ability of the liquidator to require these parties to submit a statement of affairs is enhanced by a corresponding provision which criminalises and makes punishable by a fine or imprisonment for five years, any material omission by any past or present director, officer (including shadow director), manager or professional service advisor, in any such statement of affairs, made with intent to defraud the company's creditors or contributories.
Shadow directors
A shadow director is any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a company are accustomed to act. A person is not deemed to be a shadow director however by reason only that the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity, so that an investment manager of a company making recommendations as to the purchase or sale of investments should not, for example, usually constitute a shadow director.
As noted above, shadow directors are potentially liable under section 134, section 136 and section 137 of the Companies Law. Each is a criminal offence and the penalty in respect of each of those sections is a fine and/or imprisonment for a term of five years.
Theft and fraud, securities laws and money laundering
Theft and fraud
A director can be criminally liable under the Penal Code for offences of theft and fraud including:
- Making false statements with an intent to deceive members or creditors; and
- False accounting.
Securities laws
A director of a company listed on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange can be criminally liable:
- If he is involved in misleading statements or practices, which may induce someone to buy or sell shares or other securities; and
- For insider trading under the Securities Investment Business Law.
Civil liability in respect of securities may flow from other breaches of securities laws, and from common law matters, such as claims for fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation.
Money laundering offences
Directors could incur criminal liability for assisting in money laundering, "tipping off" money launderers and failure to inform the appropriate Cayman authorities of suspected money laundering. Please contact us for further details of Cayman Islands anti-money laundering legislation.
Duties owed to third parties
Personal liability for contracts
Where directors act outside the scope of their authority they may be liable to compensate a contract counterparty for breach of the implied warranty of their authority.
Personal liability for torts
There are two potential situations: the first is where the company commits a tort (for example, a negligent act or negligent misrepresentation relied upon by the recipient) through an employee or agent, and the question is whether a director, not being the servant or agent responsible, is liable to the victim. The second is whether a director, who acts so as to cause the company to be liable in tort, can be sued personally by the victim.
In the first instance, a director is not liable for the torts committed by a company simply by virtue of his being a director, but he may be personally liable if he has authorised, directed or procured the commission of the tort, even if he did not know, or did not care, whether the acts so authorised were tortious. In the second instance, the test for personal liability is whether the relevant director has assumed responsibility, either on an actual or imputed basis.
Segregated portfolio companies
Directors of any exempted segregated portfolio company (an SPC) have additional duties under Part XIV of the Companies Law. These include:
- The duty to establish and maintain the segregation of a portfolio's assets from other segregated portfolios and the general assets of the SPC; and
- The duty to ensure that the SPC states the capacity in which it is contracting in relevant transaction documentation.
It should be noted that any errors in attributing assets and liabilities to the incorrect portfolio may be corrected by the board of directors without the directors incurring personal liability. Please see our Guide to Segregated Portfolio Companies in the Cayman Islands for a more detailed discussion of SPCs.
The Articles may provide for the indemnification of a director or an officer for breach of duty, save in limited circumstances such as where the director has been fraudulent or dishonest or where there has been wilful neglect or wilful default in the fulfilment of fiduciary duties. Re City Equitable Fire Insurance [1925] Ch 407 defined what is meant by wilful neglect or default as:
"an act, or an omission to do an act, is wilful where the person of whom we are speaking knows what he is doing and intends to do what he is doing. But if that act or omission amounts to a breach of his duty, and therefore to negligence, is the person guilty of wilful negligence? In my opinion that question must be answered in the negative unless he knows that he is committing, and intends to commit, a breach of his duty, or is recklessly careless in the sense of not caring whether his act or omission is or is not a breach of duty."
The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has reiterated that the Re City Equitable definition applies under Cayman Islands law in its decision issued in February 2015 in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited (in liquidation) v Stefan Peterson and Hans Ekstrom (CICA 10 of 2011) and whether a director is guilty of wilful neglect or default, so that they would be unable to rely on an indemnification provision in the Articles, depends on the facts and evidence in any specific case.
Operating companies will commonly obtain directors and officers' insurance.
Directors of regulated mutual funds - additional obligations
The Cayman Directors Registration and Licensing Law (DRLL) requires that all prospective directors of a Cayman Islands regulated corporate mutual fund be registered or licensed with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) prior to being appointed as directors. This requirement applies to individuals and corporate directors and a failure to do so could expose directors to heavy penalties under the DRLL, including fines and imprisonment.
CIMA also issued a Statement of Guidance for Regulated Mutual Funds in January 2014 (Statement of Guidance) which sets out a number of corporate governance principles for regulated Cayman Islands mutual funds. These include various principles and guidance on the minimum expectations for sound governance of regulated mutual funds.
For further information on the DRLL please see our Guide to the Directors Registration and Licensing Law or the Statement of Guidance please see our Guide to the Duties and Obligations of Directors of a Cayman Islands Fund or contact your usual Harneys contact.
The Companies Law and the common law impose various duties and responsibilities on directors. Directors should always consider these duties and responsibilities when considering a course of conduct with respect to the company and its interests and specific legal advice should be taken where conflicts arise or duties are unclear.


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He's the Mariners' secret weapon, but you've probably heard of him
Secret weapon?
Seattle Mariners pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre says the Mariners have what other teams aren't going to be able to find in the middle of the season – a starting pitcher like they say they have who can be a difference maker.
That's right – Hisashi Iwakuma.
Thought he was done, his Mariners career over? Stottlemyre says be prepared to be surprised by a potential resurgence from the former All-Star who has a no-hitter on his résumé.
"This guy is far from done," Stottlemyre said.
Iwakuma is on a minor league, see-what's-left-in-the-tank contract he signed this offseason.
To clarify, he won't pitch for the Mariners anytime soon, as in the first month of the season. But Mariners manager Scott Servais said Thursday that the plan is for Iwakuma to throw a full bullpen before they leave spring training following his recovery from shoulder "debridement" surgery performed by Dr. Keith Meister on Sept. 27.
Iwakuma threw off the bullpen mound Thursday afternoon.
"He's looked good at this point," Stottlemyre said. "I watched him and what he went through last year and how the ball is coming out of his hand and trying to find the slot, the plane, the deceleration – everything for me lends itself to look like he's feeling healthy and the ball is coming out.
"And now we have to start the progression to bullpens, to live rehab assignments. This guy could be our secret weapon – no doubt."
Yeah, secret weapon. Servais said the same thing.
"We were just talking about him yesterday and I think looking at him, I'm hopeful that he can really impact us at some point as kind of like our secret weapon," Servais said.
"We all know what Kuma brings and how he competes. He's got to have his stuff back. But everything indicates he feels really good. The ball is coming out good and he hasn't thrown a bullpen yet, but he's getting close."
That's far from the believed outlook of last season, when Iwakuma's last appearance was on May 7 after just five starts.
He had said he thought about retirement. He was shut down in mid-September, but before that he had thrown a pair of June rehab assignments in Triple-A Tacoma. His throwing program was shut down in early July after discouraging results and continued discomfort in his shoulder.
But he came back to the Mariners when he signed the minor-league deal in late November. Others have doubted, but Servais said he hasn't.
"I always thought, all offseason … I know Dr. Meister and he was very optimistic," Servasis said.
The surgery was an arthroscopic clean up to remove some scar tissue and loose bodies in the shoulder. Nothing was torn.
"(Meister) was very positive coming out of the surgery that he felt Kuma would pitch again and be a productive guy," Servais said. "I don't know how much is left in the tank, but I certainly feel good about him getting back out there. But really all offseason I've felt good about his chances and kind of seeing him and how he's going about it – so why not?"
Why not, indeed. The Mariners have plenty other rotation options now.
The team entered 2017 spring training with a planned rotation of Felix Hernandez, James Paxton, Drew Smyly, Iwakuma and Yovani Gallardo … before Ariel Miranda ended up leading the team in innings.
Now there's Hernandez, Paxton, Mike Leake and Marco Gonzales – at least to start the season before the Mariners would need a fifth starter in the rotation by April 11. And then they can add either Miranda or Rob Whalen before Erasmo Ramirez returns from a lat strain (he was scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday).
So Iwakuma could be a cherry on top.
"The coaches are really talking about that. Think about that – you're not going to go out in May or June and trade for a guy like that," Stottlemyre said. "You're not. Those guys aren't there."
In six years since coming over from Japan, Iwakuma is 63-39 with a 3.42 ERA. He was 16-12 in 2016 with a 4.12 ERA in 33 starts in 199 innings (compared to Miranda leading the team with 160 innings last year, with Paxton behind him at 136 innings).
"He has a lot of miles on his arm. The guy has been around. We don't know how much is left," Stottlemyre said. "But the guys knows how to pitch and the question is can he get his stuff back? If the stuff can show back up, we already know what we're going to get as far as throwing the guy out between the lines. He's already proven that.
"The game-planning and ability to read bats and manage the game – that's going to be like riding a bike for him. It's just going to be a matter of can we get those weapons back to where they are."


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Rochemolles is a small community nestled in a secluded alpine valley at an altitude level of more than 1600 meters. It is said to have been founded by the Saracens in the year 100. Its church dates back to the middle of the fourteenth century. The town is in constant struggle with the rigors of winter weather and consequent difficult communication with the lower part of the valley as well as recurrent and devastating avalanches.
The town has been purposely included in our programs as it is an example of the severity of the life-style in the Alpine communities and of the need to address common problems, as they arise, with cooperation and the creation of local committees. Such towns illustrate the ability to find a balance between exploitation of the territory and its respect. Once again walking on the trails will not only be the pleasure of the landscape and physical activity in itself, but will also be discovering the stories hidden among the pastures and mountains. It will be easier to understand the food and its simplicity, which is similar in appearance from one valley to another but is in fact different, precisely because each cheese has a different flavor and every place has a variation in the recipes that make them unique.
In addition to the network of trails connecting with nearby France, newly opened trails offer the opportunity to link the Tour dell'Ambin with that of the Tabor, a trek however, only open to experienced hikers.
The Decauville is easier, being a flat path that leads from the basin of the Jafferau to the Rochemolles dam. It was built in the 1930's.