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Magento extensions list
Have a look on the list of extensions that are part of Argento theme package for Magento 1.x. All the modules work right out of the box. No need to buy extra modules thus you have ideal opportunity to save money. In case you don't need some modules - you can disable them.
Ajax Pro
It is awesome time-tested extension! It allows users to add products to the cart and edit shopping cart content without page reload. Customers are provided with all actions for items compare and wish-list via fast AJAX actions. The module enables the Add to Cart form in any block of the page. The responsive design is supported. Moreover, the module allows you to display additional category products when user is scrolling to the end of the page. Right after clicking More Products button, other products will be auto-loaded at once.
The module costs 99$.
Ajax Search
Want to improve your web store usability? Help your customers to quickly find what they're looking for. Try out the Auto Search and Autocomplete extension instead of Magento default search suggestion. Our ajax search module improves a store frontend with new great features. Flexible autocomplete search configuration will help you to refine the search suggest results in your magento store. Thus you can set the ajax search by such product's attributes as: SKU, description, shape, price, status, manufactures, etc. If you're running a store with large catalogs, the Ajax Search and Autocomplete is an essential module for you.
The module costs 29$.
Would you like to add eye-catching labels to store products easily and quickly? Check out the ProLabels module. It will help you to create an unlimited number of labels. The module provides you with 3 types of configurable labels for products with special price, featured products, new products and low stock items. You are also allowed to create custom labels based on different attributes values such product SKU, price or any other custom attribute. The use of special extension variables in label text is supported.
The module costs 99$.
Easy Catalog Images
The Easy Catalog Images module is effective tool for improving both the usability and navigation in a store with large catalog of products. By using the extension, you can add subcategories listing on any page of your Magento store. You are also allowed to assign the image to categories and subcategories. The extension will help you to place the subcategories block by using widgets, xml code and default block code. The other great feature of the module is the creation of landing pages. You can add keywords and links to the category list, that will make your web-pages SEO-friendly.
The module is FREE.
Attributes and Brands Pages
Allow your visitors start shopping by colors, brand or other product attributes. Our extension will help you to place additional menu in navigation drop-downs. It will bring clear searching experience to your customers. Our module allows you to add the attribute labels on the product page as well as on the category pages. The list of available methods and predefined values is supported. Brands Pages comes with 2 powerful widgets. Thereby you can place nice brand slider on any page of a store. The responsive design is supported. Using the widget you may create multiple attribute landing pages with rich content.
The module costs 99$.
Easy Product Tabs
The extension allows you to replace the default magento system tabs with flexible and attractive tabs. Ready to use tabs such as description tab, reviews tab, products tags tab, additional information tab, upsell products tab, related products tab are already suggested. Easy Tabs extension also allows you to create unique custom tabs. You can put dynamic content into tabs. For instance, you can place the product questions block in the tab. This way your customers will find much more helpful information right on the product page without browsing the whole webstore. The responsive design is supported.
The module is FREE.
Ask it
Need to make your store more interactive? Allow your visitors to answer any question, post comments and participate in your store community. The extension is an easy way to show most popular products questions/answers and reduce the overall support. With a discussion block placed either on products or on category and any CMS page in your store you receive new user generated content which is so helpful for better ranking of your website. With a module you enable an unlimited discussion of each question. The extension supports RSS feed for products questions and the Akismet anti-spam service.
The module costs 89$.
Sold Together
Try out the module as a professional assistant in cross-selling. Place the advanced Frequently Bought Together and Customers who bought also bought blocks on your product page and get more sales. With module cross-selling blocks you can easily offer your customers properly selected store items. Thus you will improve user shopping experience and increase total purchases in your web store. The extension includes a Suggest page module, that allows you to display the related and linked products on the suggest page after customers add the product to the cart. User friendly module interface simplifies managing related products.
The module costs 89$.
Easy Banners
Let's make web-pages more inviting. Our module allows you to add attractive banners in a few clicks. You can place banners directly from Magento admin by using widgets. You can also create the unlimited number of placeholders. 9 predefined placeholders are already available. Using the extension you will be able to track banners performance. Easy to use interface provides you with an overview of banners' hits and clicks. The extension also allows you to set a promotional banner for specific customers' groups only.
The module costs 79$.
Products Highlight
With Products Highlight extension you can show new, best selling or other special offerings of you store on the homepage as well as add custom blocks with featured products throughout the website. The module allows you to display custom products listing blocks based on number of products views, on special price attribute or even blocks which are new in your store admin. By using the extension, you will be able to place blocks via layout, cms, widgets, php code or with simple xml code. You are also allowed to add widget on CMS pages and static blocks.
The module costs 89$.
Image Slider
The Image Slider extension will help you to create appealing image slideshow, that makes your store pages more welcome and remarkable. Our module enables the Nivo Slider animation options. 21 different nivo types of effect are supported. Using the module settings you can create an unlimited number of sliders. Thus you can place the description for each created slide and link the slide with any product in the store. This will help you to raise SEO rating of your website. The extension supports a responsive design.
The module costs 69$.
Navigation Pro
Navigation Pro will help you to change the look and structure of navigation menu with ease. The module supports a use of the most popular Magento navigation types such as vertical static and drop-down menu, horizontal drop-down, static and folding menu. The extension allows you to add multiple dynamic navigation blocks. You can create separate categories tree for each store, store view or website, and apply different design changes for each category. The extension supports adding links each category you need. With our module you can add a static content to navigation blocks like a text or a banner.
The module costs 145$.
Easy Flags
Running multilingual website? Want to bring the usability to higher level? Easy Flags is a required tool for you. The extension allows you to change the default Magento store switcher with nice flag buttons. Therefore the drop-down menu will be replaced with anchor links. Our module is also provided with complete flag icons collection.
The module is FREE.
Want to create engaging and interactive website? Let's involve users into conversation on your store pages. The Testimonials extension is a kind of invitation to post reviews about your website services. Using the module settings you can make changes to testimonials list and to submit form in order to make it more user friendly. You can also add testimonials and track testimonials' process directly from admin. Four Magento widgets are available. Multi store and a multi language configuration are supported.
The module is FREE.
Rich Snippets
Expose your website in search results with rich snippets markup. Our extension is an efficient way both to draw new customer attention and increase the product pages visibility on SERPs. Snippets are a few lines of text that appear under every search result. The module enables the display of reviews, stock status, product price, author and breadcrumbs. By creating catchy snippets you trigger the CTR growth.
The module costs 39$.
Review Reminder
Customer reviews are very important for running a successful business. With reviews you get attractive user generated content for better ranking, higher customer loyalty and increased traffic to your store. How to engage users post reviews? With Review Reminder extension you can create review reminders with ease. You can send reminder emails both for new and old orders as well as to send one reminder for a few orders. The reminder template is fully customizable. Learn how to send review reminders by cron or manually from backend.
The module costs 59$.
Facebook Like Button
Spread a word about your website in the most popular social network. In order to promote products through Facebook you can use the Facebook Like Button extension. Once you have create an application on Facebook, you can start integrate Like and Share buttons with your magento website. Via the module configuration you may change the color, layout of the button as well as enable the display of user profile picture on the button. The module supports Open Graph protocol that helps the product title, image and description look amazing.
The module is FREE
Lightbox Pro
Usability of a website and increased sales are closely related. With Lightbox Pro extension you can bring the usability to the highest level. Replacing the default image zoom with simple lightbox popup you will provide your customers with nice visual experience as well as highlight the product advantages. Using the module widgets you can both add a single product image and show the text in lightbox window. You could also create exciting image galleries and show the Youtube video in popup.
This module costs 69$.


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The Wearable Sensors are used in wearable devices which comprises of smart wrist wear, glasses, bodywear, footwear and are demanded by various modern applications. Market Research Future predicts the market is projected to reach USD 1,630.3 million by 2020 with 46.6% CAGR during review period of 2015-2020.
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The end-user wearable sensor market comprises of consumer, healthcare, enterprise & industrial among others. With increasing number of health conscious consumer, mainly in the developing market of Asia-Pacific, the application of wearable sensors is expected to increase at healthy rate during the forecast period. The growth of smart wristwear and smart body-wears has resulted in increasing production of wearable sensor.
Geographically, North America is one of the major revenue generator as well as producer of wearable sensor due to high adoption rate of digital components in consumer electronics, fitness and sports market. Also, growing healthcare industry coupled with consumer awareness towards technology and computing in day to day life is boosting the growth of wearable sensors market in Asia-Pacific region.
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The leading market players in the global wearable sensors market primarily include Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany), NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands), STMicroelectronics (Switzerland), Texas Instruments Incorporated (U.S.), KIONIX, INC. (U.S.), Measurement Specialties, Inc. (U.S.), Analog Devices, Inc (U.S.), ZOLL Medical Corporation (U.S.), Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (U.S.), and Infineon Technologies AG (Germany).
Study Objectives of Wearable Sensors Market Development and Demand Forecast to 2020 Market
• To provide detailed analysis of the market structure along with forecast for the next 5 years of the various segments and sub-segments of the global wearable sensors development and demand market
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Through their passion, time, and expertise, our employee volunteers contributed approximately 2 million hours in 2015. In addition, employees gave generously to support causes important to them, donating nearly $30 million, which was doubled in impact through our matching gifts program for a total of nearly $60 million in funding to help address pressing social issues. Through our Employee Giving Campaign, our U.S. employees pledged more than $17 million to address local community needs including education, basic services, youth programs and more.
Volunteering for communities worldwide through "2 million connections for better"
April is Global Service Month at Bank of America –when we celebrate how volunteering enriches our lives and connects us to local communities, creating better places in which to live and do business. Each year, we have hundreds of volunteer activities that take place in April addressing areas such as better money habits, housing, hunger, jobs, and the environment. Last year, employee volunteers contributed 2 million hours to help improve communities around the world. This year, we hope to build on this goal to achieve 2 Million Connections for Better. More More
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Bank of America volunteers built three houses across the state during the second annual Global Build Day with Habitat for Humanity. More More
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Bank of America employee Michelle Foy is dedicated to helping patients and families feel welcome at the Fisher House at DC VA Medical Center. More More
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Bank of America has been recognized by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership and the Corporation for National and Community Service. We partner with national nonprofits, like Year Up, international organizations like Japan's NPO Kids Door, and others to help connect employees to mentoring opportunities. In 2012, over 25,000 Bank of America employees served more than 211,000 mentoring hours.
Ocean conservancy
Bank of America has supported Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup since 2002. Each year, volunteers from around the world spend a day picking up everything from cigarette butts and food wrappers to fishing nets and appliances. In our most recent Coastal Cleanup, volunteers logged 3,079 hours, a 46% increase from the previous year.


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Great time. Would give 5 but new restaurant connected to the hotel was blairing music on a Tuesday night like it was Saturday
If you enjoy hotels with a film on everything stay here. Walking into your room you'll be greeted by an ear wax colored paint job, cracking walls, black mold, iron buns in the carpet and trash left under the beds in the safe and behind the nightstands. You'll be treated to a free breakfast consisting of orange juice stale bagels...
It was alot of noise in front of my door. People yelling. I can say that the hot breakfast was good . The area were tbe food was, was nice and clean
Very old motel - stayed in king one night and king with Jacuzzi for two nights, but would not recommend as rooms have holes in walls, carpets are badly stained, windows were broken in some unoccupied rooms.
Thank you for taking the time to review our property. We appreciate your feedback and utilize it in helping us make improvements on a daily basis. I am truly sorry that your stay with us was not 100% satisfactory. I have discussed your issues with the appropriate department heads to make sure this issue is resolved for a future stay....
The location of the hotel was nice, but the crowd was not. Very noisy...loud music, loud talking, hotel doors continually open and closing (slamming). We decided to leave in the early am (did not have the continental breakfast, so I cannot comment on that) as we were going out of town. The hotel itself was just okay.
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Clean, comfy and quite. Nice location, surrounded by many family restaurants and stores. Also has a cozy little bar to sit in. All staff are professional and kind.
I expected more for my money. $85 (with tax) got me a room with a king-size bed and a door that opens to the outside. For less than $100, I can stay at a much nicer Hampton Inn. My room was fairly clean with modern amenities, but the building is very dilapidated and in need of major renovation. The walls...
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Solar/Net Metering
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Net metering is an incentive designed to encourage homeowners and business owners to produce their own power using renewable energy sources such as solar or wind.
In addition to federal tax credits and low interest loans from the State of Idaho, the power generated will reduce the amount owed on your utility bill.
Before you go out and buy solar panels, though, keep in mind that you'll need to submit your plan to IFP for review and approval. You'll also need a permit through the city's Planning and Building Department. Once the equipment has been installed, IFP staff will install a new meter and related equipment.
To help cover your costs, Idaho's Office of Energy Resources offers low-interest loans – 4 percent over five years, with a maximum cost of $15,000 for home equipment and $100,000 for businesses. Go here for more information..
The state also offers an income tax deduction of 40 percent of the cost of installing most renewable energy generating equipment, including solar and wind. Idaho residents can also deduct 20 percent of the cost of the equipment each year after installation for three years. The maximum deduction in any one year is $5,000, and the total maximum deduction is $20,000. Click here for more information.
At the federal level, tax credits can cover 30 percent of the total cost, with no upper limit. Existing homes and new construction qualify, as do principal residences and second homes. Rentals do not qualify. Go here for more information.
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Art for a Forgotten Faith
Edited by Franklin Sirmans
Contributions by Jen Budney Arthur Coleman Danto
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Neohoodoo by Franklin Sirmans
Book DescriptionNeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in 1970, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion. The endurance of these centuries-old traditions of magic and healing are the unique focus of this book. Exploring how spirituality influenced artists in the late 20th century and bringing together an intergenerational group of artists from North, Central, and South America, NeoHooDoo reveals the wider implications of ritualized practice in contemporary art. This book examines the work of thirty-three artists----including Jimmie Durham, David Hammons, Jose Bedia, Rebecca Belmore, and James Lee Byars----who began using ritualistic practices during the 1970s and 1980s as a way of reinterpreting aspects of their cultural heritage. Younger artists such as Tania Bruguera and Michael Joo are shown to have drawn upon the iconography of ritual. The original essays, which range over artistic use of ritual as a form of therapy, catharsis, or political critique, stand alongside contributions from NeoHooDoo's key sources of inspiration: Robert Farris Thompson, Ishmael Reed, and Quincy Troupe.
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Why It's Dangerous to Mix Alcohol and Muscle Relaxers
Muscle relaxers are a class of oral drugs that are usually prescribed for the treatment of neck or back pain that arises from muscles spasms and cramps. Muscle injuries caused by an accident or prolonged stiffness is also usually treated with these drugs. The safest and most preferred way of taking these muscle relaxers is to consume them with a glass of water. However, mixing muscle relaxers with alcoholic beverages isn't safe at all, and various studies have revealed that alcohol and muscle relaxers don't work well together at all.
Be it an alcoholic beverage or a muscle relaxing drug, both are nervous system suppressants. It's common knowledge that you need your nervous system to function properly in order to move your muscles. After you consume alcohol or muscle relaxers, you'll experience restricted muscle activity. However, this limited motion is induced by the muscle relaxers to help treat your back pain or neck pain that results from strain or muscle spasms.
Mixing Alcohol and Muscle Relaxers
Alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine are very common and popular, and these alcoholic drinks can prove to be beneficial for your health when taken in moderation. However, they can be deadly when taken with muscle relaxers. Replacing water with an alcoholic beverage to swallow your muscle relaxing drugs may not seem like a huge deal, but it can be extremely dangerous. It's not safe at all to mix powdered muscle relaxants with your alcoholic drink. Interaction of alcohol with muscle relaxing drugs can produce some severe side effects that can also be fatal in some cases.
Studies also suggest that the effectiveness of muscle relaxing drugs also reduce significantly when consumed along with alcohol. Hence, mixing muscle relaxers and alcohol defeats the purpose of consuming the muscle relaxing drugs in the first place. The combination of the two is dangerous because both alcohol and muscle relaxing drugs act as sedatives that can relieve muscle spasms, but together, they can cause drowsiness. Depending on the amount of alcohol and muscle relaxers consumed at the same time, the feeling of drowsiness can elevate to dangerous levels.
As mentioned before, muscle relaxers work by slowing down the muscle movement. This effect is further amplified by the presence of alcoholic beverages, which can lead to some dangerous consequences as the muscles that control the essential functions of a body such as the heartbeat and breathing may also be affected. This can lead to heart problems, difficulty in breathing, or both.
Since these side effects are serious, it's important to practice alcohol abstinence while you're taking muscle relaxing drugs. A recent study has shown that while most people are aware of the fatal effects that mixing alcohol with muscle relaxers can have, they are simply ignorant about the hazards of taking the muscle relaxers a while after consuming alcohol.
Some people believe that taking the drugs and alcohol together is harmful, but consuming alcohol after a dose of these drugs with a gap of 10 to 15 minutes is safe. This, however, is far from the truth since the negative effects will still register, even if you separate the drug and alcohol consumption by a gap of 15 minutes or more. At least two hours of a gap should be exercised if you are to take the medicine after having consumed alcohol. This prevents the interaction of muscle relaxing drugs with alcohol. However, it's advised to practice total abstinence from all sorts of alcoholic beverages during the period that you're on oral muscle relaxants.
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You mock evolution with "little facts" that are WIDLEY accepted by the scientific community. They wouldn't accept it if they weren't darn near positive it was true. So you don't believe in macro-evolution, but you believe something 100% unprovable created everything- and there's a good chance you also believe in the other many things in the Bible that are utterly destroyed by the laws of physics. Science is not out to get you, Christians. They present facts.
Macro evolution: evolution that results in relatively large and complex changes
Real: actually existing or happening : not imaginary
By definition there is REAL evidence. We have seen change in creatures in the fossil records alone. Most importantly though is the fact that we can observe microevolution. And a simple way to look at is that macro evolution is just a bunch of micro evolutions. These articles should clear some things up.
Micro evolution is small changes over small periods of time. Macro evolution is just a long chain of micro evolutions, which amplify each other. Therefore, to have micro evolution without macro evolution is literally impossible, as they are the same thing. To differentiate Micro and Macro evolution show a distinct lack of understanding on the topic, and is intellectually dishonest. To say that Micro evolution is possible, but Macro evolution impossible, is comparable to saying in 1 second a car can travel 10 meters, but no matter how many long you leave it traveling 10 meters a second, it will never travel 10 kilometers.
To me, this points towards a common ancestor for all life. Just a few points:
All organisms use the same four bases in their DNA. Not to mention most species' share large sections of their genomes with each other.
Every organism discovered so far uses L-amino acids, even though D-amino acids work just as efficiently and are as available as the L-amino acids.
All life is carbon-based, even though it could have theoretically been silicon-based.
There's so many possible biochemical processes life could have used, but yet only one system is seen in all the organisms on Earth. This points to a single form of life arising from one particular biochemical process (say, L-amino acids), and then propagating itself before other organisms could evolve from the D-amino acids.
There's also micro-evolution occurring right now that humans can see and record. And these are occurring within only a human lifespan. It's not crazy to think even grande changes could occur on a geological timescale, like the creation of a new species.
I've gone through the fossil record, strata, carbon dating, and several other "profs" for Evolution and have found nothing that supports it. In fact many things that were at first pro evolution are now pro creationism! How does that work? I'm not finding anything for Evolution, so not only aught it be a hypothesis instead of a theory, not only should it not be taught as fact in our schools, but the pro macroevolution scientist are conducting bad science! They latch onto the tiny amount of "data" (aught to be assumptions) and then say its daft for a creationist to trust the truths and proofs!


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Commissioner On the Police Dispute
Broadcast: 29/05/2009
Reporter: Rebecca Carmody
The State Government's resolve to manage the finances responsibly is about to be tested with the police pay dispute ramping up. From today, police are working to rule, after rejecting the Government's offer of 9.5 per cent over three years. Staring down the barrel of deficit budgets, the Government says it can't afford to offer any more.
I spoke earlier with the Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan, who's recently returned from a visit to the once alcohol-plagued community of Halls Creek.
Commissioner, welcome to Stateline.
KARL O'CALLAGHAN, POLICE COMMISSIONER: Thank you.
REBECCA CARMODY: The police EBA runs out within weeks. Is there any justification for industrial action?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: There is still a lot of negotiations to do and it's early days yet. We need to work through the next couple of weeks and see whether we can arrive an agreement, and we will do that.
REBECCA CARMODY: Do you think the Government's offer of 9.5 per cent over three years is fair in this economic climate?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: It's a difficult economic climate. I think there's still some negotiation to be done. It's not just about government offering money, it's also about the police union conceding to some changes that we need to be made to the EBA as well. And we'll work through that process over the next couple of weeks.
REBECCA CARMODY: But is it fair? Is 9.5 per cent fair in this climate, given the projections that we're seeing about debt and deficit?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well it's a difficult climate to work in. And, you know, what's fair will be determined as part of the negotiations.
REBECCA CARMODY: So, are you encouraging the union to perhaps accept a lesser amount, accept less than 15 per cent?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: I'm encouraging the union to negotiate their way through the process, as we have to do. And part of that process will be for the union to talk about the quantum of the pay rise and also to talk about some of the changes that we need to be made to their industrial conditions.
REBECCA CARMODY: The last time these negotiations were had we had sworn police officers helping speeding motorists by parking their vehicles in front of Multanovas. Can you offer any guarantee that that's not going to happen again?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well, again, I can't offer any guarantees. What I can guarantee is we'll continue to negotiate with the union to work through the process, as we're required to do.
REBECCA CARMODY: You've had to absorb your own budget cuts as a result of the Government's three per cent efficiency dividend. With the dust now settled, in part, from that process, are you satisfied that there won't be an impact on front-line services?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well I always said we could not afford to impact front-line services and both the Minister for Police and the Premier promised that the Budget would not impact front-line services. I'm satisfied now we've come up with a situation where front-line services will not be affected by any of the efficiency dividends which are imposed upon police.
REBECCA CARMODY: We're looking at huge sums, though, that have been ripped out of your budget - $27 million next financial year, $28 the year after, $31 the following year. Given those amounts, how can you be sure that there won't be an impact on front-line services?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well there's a range of things that we are going to. And one of the things that we will do is employ a new class of police officer, an auxiliary class of police officer, who will be there to do a single function. So they'll be trained for a single function, their training will be less than every other police officer and they will also cost less to employ. So that will have a significant impact on the salaries budget.
REBECCA CARMODY: How much less will an auxiliary officer get as compared to a normal sworn officer?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Look, I don't know the quantums and we're still to work through the policy on auxiliary officers at this point in time, but they will be paid less because they will be doing a single type of piece of work. For argument's sake, they may be put into custody management, rather than having a fully trained police officer do custody management.
REBECCA CARMODY: Have you been short-changed by the Government, because it did promise 500 officers, and what you're ending up with is 350 sworn officers, plus these 150 auxiliary officers?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well the auxiliary officers were my suggestion - not the Government's. I've been asking for a second tier of police officer now for some years, because it is difficult to have fully trained police officers working in limited situations. So for argument's sake, we have police officers working in the watch house or the lock-ups, we have police officers couriering drugs around the metropolitan area, we have police officer guarding scenes of crimes, and you don't need fully fledged police officers to do that. And in fact they become frustrated when they are trained to do other things and they are given duties like that.
REBECCA CARMODY: Are you going to be able to discipline these officers as you would any other officer, given that they'll be employed under different conditions?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: These officers will be employed under the Police Act. The Police Act does need to be changed. And I believe the Police Administration bill, or the new administration bill, will go before Parliament sometime this year. So they will be disciplined like any other police officer.
REBECCA CARMODY: You returned recently from a trip to the east Kimberley singing the praises of the tough liquor restrictions in Halls Creek and other communities. Are you worried about the problem being shifted elsewhere?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: We've seen very little displacement. We have seen some displacement. But you have to understand that whole towns will not be displaced. And what we are seeing - and this is very important - is we're seeing children go to school, we're seeing children prepared to go to school who are being fed that weren't previously being fed and looked after. So we're not concerned too much about displacement. We also have a strategy in place to patrol the highways between places like Halls Creek and Kununurra and Fitzroy Crossing and Broome to make sure people are not moving alcohol in and out of those communities.
REBECCA CARMODY: What are the police, though, telling you in Broome, Kununurra, Derby? Are their problems getting worse as a result of the restrictions?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well we see no changes in the crime rate in those communities. We've seen small numbers of people drift into those towns, but not large numbers. So, a very small percentage of Halls Creek and a very small percentage of Fitzroy have moved out. But we also get displacement from many of the other communities in the Kimberley, and that's a seasonal factor. So, for arguments' sake, they move a lot more in the better weather, in the winter, and stay a lot more at their locations in the summer.
REBECCA CARMODY: What would you like to see, then, in future - even harder restrictions on full-strength alcohol in more towns?
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well we have to look at each town on a case-by-case basis. Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing and Oombulgurri have all got restrictions at the moment. It's possible that they may be extended to other communities, but all of those things are looked at a case-by-case basis. You can't have a single solution for the whole of the Kimberley or the whole of the Pilbara or anywhere else in regional WA.
REBECCA CARMODY: But this is certainly the best solution that you've seen come into action.
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Well I'm on record as saying I think this is the most important thing that government has done for the people of the Kimberley in the last 40 years - really since the referendum in 1967. And I think it will make an enormous difference to the lives of the next generation and the current generation of young people who are the ones we should be aiming to protect.
REBECCA CARMODY: Commissioner, thanks for joining me.
KARL O'CALLAGHAN: Thank you.


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Alcoa (AA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 11th. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.21. Alcoa had a negative net margin of 0.88% and a positive return on equity of 3.87%. The business had revenue of $5.21 billion for the quarter.
Profitability Ratio Analysis; to measure firm's performance and profitability, we focus on ordinary profitability ratio, AA has gross profit margin of 14.50% for trailing twelve months, these are a better detectors to find consistency or positive/negative trends in a firm's earnings. Following in trace line, returns on investment amplify the findings, the firm's ROI concludes as -4.40%; it gives idea for personal financial decisions, to compare a firm's profitability or to compare the efficiency of different investments.
To make strengthen this views, the active industry firm has Quick Ratio of 0.60, which indicates firm has sufficient short-term assets to cover its immediate liabilities. In addition, the firm has debt to equity ratio of 0.03, sometimes its remain same with long term debt to equity ratio. Taking notice on volatility measures, price volatility of stock was 4.95% for a week and 6.13% for a month.
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The firm has noticeable volatility credentials, price volatility of stock was 3.25% for a week and 4.36% for a month. The performance of firm for the quarter recorded as 15.56% and for year stands at -19.48%, while the YTD performance was -5.82%. The co attains 0.46 for Average True Range for 14 days. The stock price of RIG is moving up from its 20 days moving average with 11.70% and isolated positively from 50 days moving average with 15.50%.


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We spent hours at Jimmy's Farm, it's a wonderful place to get 'closer to nature' for the children, has a great relaxed vibe and with fabulous deli and butchers the parents also get a chance for a little food retail therapy. Our favourite part was wandering through the enchanting Woodland Walk to discover a clearing for Den Building – we told stories, played hide and seek and enjoyed the peace and quiet.
In September (9th-11th) they are running Harvest, a food & music festival – http://harvestatjimmys.com/family/ – the line up for foodies, gardeners, parents and children alike looks unmissable. Get your best festival gear and wellies at the ready…We thoroughly recommend a visit.
Guest blogger Emma has two children, Agnes & Monty and lives in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Her favorite activities include: All the wholesome stuff: knitting, going to the allotment, cooking, photography, hunting for great things for the home and also an unhealthy amount of time spent browsing the internet, reading blogs, researching and shopping.
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80 th Annual Meeting of the State Bar of California Laws Governing "Doing Business in China" Enterprise Insolvency Law of the People's Republic of China: A Cross-Border Comparison South Bay Law Firm Torrance, California Michael D. Good
South Bay Law Firm New Enterprise Insolvency Law: A "Snap-Shot" Overview 136 Articles 12 Chapters covering: –Insolvency Petition and Acceptance of Case (Chapter 2) –Administrator's Powers and Duties (Chapter 3) –Debtor's Property (Chapter 4) –Insolvency Cost and "Common Interest" Debt (Chapter 5) –Claims Declaration and Adjudication (Chapter 6) –Creditors' Meetings (Chapter 7) –Reorganization (Chapter 8) –Composition (Chapter 9) –Liquidation (Chapter 10) –Personal Liabilities (Chapter 11) Adopted at 23d Session of Standing Committee of 10 th National People's Congress and in effect since June 1, Covers all entities with "legal enterprise status" (except for certain SOE's covered under Article 134).
South Bay Law Firm Application Accept Notification Statement of Affairs AppealNotification Reject Notify Creditors Submit Claims Creditors Mtg. Reorg. App. Plan Creditors Mtg. Court Approval Composition App. Accept Creditors Mtg. Reject n = Days Notify Creditors Plan ? ? ? ? New Enterprise Insolvency Law: A "Process-Based" Overview
South Bay Law Firm Intended and Potential Effects of the New Enterprise Insolvency Law Appears designed to conform more closely to insolvency schemes already in place in jurisdictions that host sophisticated credit economies (i.e., England and the U.S.) Appears to meld the law of these jurisdictions and offer a "hybrid" approach, featuring (i) prominent role for "administrators" (as in English insolvency law); and (ii) well-developed "reorganization" and "debtor-in- possession" provisions (similar to the provisions of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Code). Appears designed to attract foreign investment – creditors (especially secured creditors) afforded considerable benefits and improvement in status over the former law. See Art's. 87(1), 109.
South Bay Law Firm Intended and Potential Effects of the New Enterprise Insolvency Law Appears to contemplate and provide the legal mechanisms necessary for "corporate rescue" procedures which have become a focus of reform efforts in other jurisdictions. A departure from the insolvency schemes of many other regional schemes (cf. Hong Kong law, which recognizes no court-supervised "corporate rescue" mechanism). Creditors' Committees hold significant sway – anticipate considerable maneuvering for positions on Committee (and, in particular, for Chairmanship). See Chapter 7. Officers, Directors, Management, "Operators," and "Legal Representatives" remain under significant strictures. See Chapters 1, 11.
South Bay Law Firm Comparing the Enterprise Insolvency Law v. U.S. Insolvency Law: Why? Could an adverse ruling against my client in P.R.C. insolvency proceedings be enforced in U.S. Courts? Could U.S.-based litigation involving my client be dismissed in favor of claims or other litigation in a P.R.C. proceeding? Are there tactical advantages or disadvantages to litigating in one forum or another? If so, will a ruling or judgment in one forum get recognition in the other? The answer to these and many other important questions depends on the application of a single principle...
Comity Historical U.S. Case Law and Principles
South Bay Law Firm Comity – A Basic Definition [R]ecognition which one nation allows within its territory to the legislative, executive or judicial acts of another nation.... Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113, (1895). [A] nation's expression of understanding which demonstrates due regard both to international duty and convenience and to the rights of persons protected by its own laws". Somportex, Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir. Pa. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017, 31 L. Ed. 2d 479, 92 S. Ct. 1294(1972); see also Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. at 164. Comity = Respect for the Substantive Law or Rulings of Another Forum U.S. courts will recognize the "[a]cts of foreign governments purporting to have extraterritorial effect" when those acts are consistent with U.S. law and policy. Allied Bank Intern. v. Banco Credito Agricola de Cartago, 757 F.2d 516, 522 (2d Cir. 1985) (distinguishing such acts from those subject to application of "act of state" doctrine).
South Bay Law Firm How Do Courts Show Respect? Three Types of Comity "Prescriptive Comity": "[T]he respect sovereign nations afford each other by limiting the reach of their laws." Hartford Fire Ins. v California, 125 L. Ed. 2d 612, 113 S. Ct. 2891, 2920 (1993) (Scalia, J., dissenting). "Judicial Comity": The principle whereby courts "decline to exercise jurisdiction over matters appropriately adjudged elsewhere." Hartford Fire Ins., 113 S. Ct. at See also In re Spanish Cay Co., Ltd., 161 B.R. 715, 725 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1993) (citing Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd. v. Salen Reefer Services AB, 773 F.2d 452, 458 (2d Cir.1985) ("American courts have consistently recognized the interest of foreign courts in liquidating or winding up the affairs of their own domestic business entities")). "Substantive Comity": Requested recognition and/or enforcement of non-U.S. orders or proceedings, or of non-U.S. law.
South Bay Law Firm Comity – What's the Point? Predictability – Vital to Encouraging International Business Transactions. Corollary: Minimized Legal Risk. Comity: Critical When Planning or Dealing With Trans-National Insolvency Proceedings "[C]omity is particularly appropriate where... the court is confronted with foreign bankruptcy proceedings." Allstate Life Insurance Co. v. Linter Group Limited, 994 F.2d 996, 999 (2d Cir. 1993).
South Bay Law Firm Tactical Application of Comity: An "Offensive" Example Foreign Proceeding: Judgment Obtained v. U.S. Defendant Enforcement Action in U.S. District Court – Based on Comity Diversity Jx'n. (Procedural Law Of the State Applies) Proper Jurisdiction Due Allegations and Proofs Opportunity to Defend Civilized Jurisprudence Clear and Formal Record No injury to public health or morals No injury to confidence in pure administration of law No injury to security of individual or private property rights. No unreasonable restraint of marriage or trade. No collusive arrangements for obtaining divorces. No suppression of public contract bids. No interference with freedom of conscience or religion. Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435 (3d Cir. 1971) (English default judgment enforced on summary judgment motion in Pennsylvania District Court)
South Bay Law Firm Tactical Application of Comity: A "Defensive" Example Foreign Insolvency Commenced v. Australian Co. Foreign Litigation Concurrent U.S. Litigation Request to Abstain – Based on Comity Allstate Life Ins. Co. v. Linter Group Ltd., 994 F.2d 996 (2d Cir. 1993) (U.S. securities litigation dismissed from U.S. District Court on grounds of comity and forum non conveniens) District Court's Analysis of Foreign Insolvency Law Assets – marshaled before one body for centralized distribution? Automatic stay and provisions for lifting of same to facilitate the centralization of claims? Creditors' meetings? Creditors of same class treated equally in distributions? Liquidators – fiduciaries and accountable to court? Liquidators – required to give notice to potential claimants? Creditors – right to submit claims and to court adjudication if denied? Insolvency law – partial to citizens of host jurisdiction?
South Bay Law Firm More Examples From Case Law Involving Application of Comity to International Insolvency Proceedings Recognition of Foreign Discharge Recognition of Determinations in Foreign Proceedings Dismissal of an insolvency proceeding that has served its purpose. Respecting a non-U.S. judgment. Staying or dismissing a lawsuit in favor of an insolvency proceeding in another country. Harmonizing an administration case in the U.S. with an administration case in another country.
South Bay Law Firm Analysis: Should the Court Grant Comity? Proper Jurisdiction Due Allegations and Proofs Opportunity to Defend Civilized Jurisprudence Clear and Formal Record No injury to public health or morals. No injury to confidence in pure administration of law. No injury to security of individual or private property rights. Fundamental Analysis Does the substantive ruling prejudice individual or private property rights, or injure health, morals, or the rule of law? Does the ruling stand on due process? Foreign Bankruptcy Law Analysis Assets – marshaled before one body for centralized distribution? Automatic stay and provisions for lifting of same to facilitate the centralization of claims? Creditors' meetings? Creditors of same class treated equally in distributions? Liquidators – fiduciaries and accountable to court? Liquidators – required to give notice to potential claimants? Creditors – right to submit claims and to court adjudication if denied? Insolvency law – partial to citizens of host jurisdiction? SomportexAllstate
South Bay Law Firm The Key to Comity: Consistency Public Policy Consistency - When significant non- constitutional U.S. policies, particularly regulatory- or compliance-oriented policies, are perceived as being in conflict with the bankruptcy laws of another jurisdiction, comity may not be extended. See, e.g., Overseas Inns S.A. P.A. v. United States, 911 F.2d 1146, 1149 (5th Cir. Tex. 1990) (upholding validity of tax lien despite Luxembourg court's treatment of claim as unsecured, on the grounds that "[c]omity does not reach so far as to allow one country to adversely affect another's tax revenues."). Protective Consistency – No comity when the recognition of a non-U.S. judgment, ruling, or proceeding "would be contrary or prejudicial to the interest of a nation called upon to give it effect." Somportex, 453 F.2d at 440.
South Bay Law Firm The Key to Comity: Consistency Substantive Consistency – The law as written must be consistent; so also must the law as applied. In re Banco de Descuento, 78 B.R. 337, 340 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1987) (emphasis in original) ([T]he General Law of Banks of the Republic of Ecuador as written prohibits preferences and provides for equal treatment for all claimants and creditors. Respondent First Palm Beach contends, however, that an overly generous settlement of a strike and collective bargaining dispute by Petitioner in Ecuador resulted in a preference.... This Court cannot now determine whether the Labor Court in Ecuador reached its decision in accordance with regular and fair proceedings consistent with fundamental standards of due process. The Court will therefore require the maintenance in the United States of the assets and property of Banco de Descuento now in the United States pending further order of this Court. As the proceedings in Ecuador progress, the Court will be able to assess whether the General Law of Banks of the Republic of Ecuador, as applied, provides fair treatment to United States creditors. ).
South Bay Law Firm Consistency = "Procedural Fairness" "Procedural Fairness" in Insolvency Matters Allstate, 994 F.2d at 999 (citing cases): Equal treatment for creditors of the same class; Administrators are fiduciaries, accountable to the court; Creditors' right to assert and adjudicate claims; Potential claimants entitled to notice; Creditors' meetings; Partial treatment of other forum's citizens; Marshaling of assets for centralized distribution; and Automatic stay and modification for claims administration.
South Bay Law Firm "Procedural Fairness" ≠ "Mirror Image" of U.S. Law Allstate, 994 F.2d at 999: ("[T]here is no requirement that Australian liquidation proceedings be identical to United States bankruptcy proceedings.") In re Axona Int'l Credit & Commerce, Ltd., 88 B.R. 597, 610 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1988), aff'd, 115 B.R. 442 (S.D.N.Y. 1990),appeal dismissed, 924 F.2d 31 (2d Cir. N.Y. 1991) ("Comity does not require the laws of different jurisdictions to be identical. Instead, the "foreign law must abide by standards of fundamental fairness."). In re Brierly, 145 B.R. 151, 166 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.1992) ("Nothing dictates that the foreign law be a carbon copy of our law...." ). Lindner Fund, Inc. v. Polly Peck Int'l PLC, 143 B.R. 807, 810 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.1992) (" Foreign proceedings need not be identical to those under the Bankruptcy Code").
South Bay Law Firm Procedural Fairness: How Close is "Close Enough?" Some Examples from Case Law Claims adjudication. New Line Int'l Releasing, Inc. v. Ivex Films, S.A., 140 B.R. 342, (S.D.N.Y. 1992) (U.S. film company's District Court suit against insolvent Spanish distributor dismissed on grounds of comity, despite apparent differences in procedures and remedies for resolution of executory contract disputes). Notice to potential claimants. In re Enercons Virginia, Inc., 812 F.2d 1469, 1473 (4 th Cir. 1987) (alleged lack of notice to banks not sufficient to deny comity to Italian court's Ex Parte order appointing trustee of Italian debtor's estate for purposes of filing claims in American case). In re Gee, 53 B.R. 891, 902 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1985) (procedures used in the Cayman Islands proceedings provided creditors sufficient notice and opportunity to be heard; therefore, Cayman liquidator would be recognized as liquidator under Cayman liquidation proceedings and involuntary Chapter 11 case would be dismissed). Automatic stay. Allstate, 99 F.2d at 999 (non-"automatic" nature of stay under Australian proceedings not sufficient to warrant denial of comity). General similarity. Often accorded rulings from other, "common law" jurisdictions. Lindner Fund, Inc. v. Polly Peck Int'l PLC, 143 B.R. 807, 810 (S.D.N.Y. 1992) ("Comity is regularly accorded to bankruptcy proceedings in sister common-law jurisdictions because there is a presumption that such proceedings are fair and comport with American notions of due process.")
Chapter 15: "Statutory" Comity?
South Bay Law Firm 11 U.S.C. § 1509(b)(3) "If the [bankruptcy] court grants recognition [of a foreign proceeding], and subject to any limitations that the court may impose consistent with the policy of this chapter –... (3) a court in the United States shall grant comity or cooperation to the foreign representative."
South Bay Law Firm Comity? 11 U.S.C. § 1509(b)(3) P.R.C. Insolvency Proceeding U.S. – Based Comity Under the 2005 Bankruptcy Code Request for Recognition 11 U.S.C. §§ 1515, U.S.C. §§ 1501(a), 1506, 1508 Cooperation Btwn, Forums Commercial Certainty Administration Maximized Value Corporate Rescue U.S. Public Policy Foreign Analogies
South Bay Law Firm Legislative History and Purpose Behind 1509(b)(3) "Subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), and (c) [of section 1509] make it clear that chapter 15 is intended to be the exclusive door to ancillary assistance to foreign proceedings.... [T]here is room for abuse of comity.... This section concentrates the recognition and deference process in one United States court, ensures against abuse, and empowers a court that will be fully informed of the current status of all foreign proceedings involving the debtor." H.R. REP (I), 110 (April 14, 2005).
South Bay Law Firm "Statutory" Comity in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings: A Trade-Off All questions of recognition concentrated in one court. Questions of deference to be answered in the affirmative, subject to the limits of policies articulated in Chapter 15. This approach consistent with requests for deference made under prior law (11 U.S.C. § 304(b)), which "expresse[d] Congressional recognition of an American policy favoring comity for foreign bankruptcy proceedings." See In re Manning, 236 B.R. 14 Bankr. 9th Cir.,1999 (quoting Remington Rand Corporation-Delaware v. Business Sys. Inc., 830 F.2d 1260, 1271 (3d Cir.1987)).
South Bay Law Firm Chapter 15's Policy-Based Limitations on Comity Policies set forth in Section 1501(a). International Cooperation Commercial Certainty Administration Maximized Value Corporate Rescue General "U.S. public policy" exception set forth at Section "Interpretive" provisions of Section 1508.
"Comity" In The P.R.C. – Acceptance and Execution Under Article 5
South Bay Law Firm Enterprise Insolvency Law's Acceptance Provisions – Article 5 " Insolvency procedures commenced in accordance with this Law [are] binding on debtor's property located outside the territory of the People's Republic of China (the P.R.C.). Where the verdict or ruling entered into by foreign court involving the debtor's property within P.R.C.'s territory requires the acceptance and execution by the Chinese Court, the Chinese Court shall, based upon relevant petition or requests, check the foreign verdict or ruling and render the ruling of acceptance and execution in accordance with the international agreements to which P.R.C. is a party or based on mutual reciprocity principle after ascertaining that there is no violation of basic principles of P.R.C. Laws, no detriment to state sovereignty, security and social public interests, no harm to the legitimate rights and interests of creditors in P.R.C."
South Bay Law Firm Acceptance and Execution? Enterprise Law Article 5 U.S. Insolvency Proceeding P.R.C. – Based Acceptance and Execution Request for Acceptance or Execution in P.R.C. International Treaties Reciprocity Basic P.R.C. Legal Principles State Sovereignty, Security, Public Interests Rights/Interests of P.R.C. Creditors
South Bay Law Firm Article 5's Limitations on Acceptance and Execution "relevant treaties" "principles of reciprocity" "basic principles of the laws of the People's Republic of China" "sovereignty, safety or social public interests of the state" "legitimate rights and interests of the creditors within the territory of the People's Republic of China"
Points of Intersection Between the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and P.R.C. Enterprise Insolvency Law Similarities and Differences
South Bay Law Firm Commencement of a Proceeding Under the New Enterprise Law Application - Commencement initiated by "application" – submitted either by creditors (i.e., involuntary) or by debtor (i.e. voluntary). "Gap Period" - All cases have a "gap period," during which the debtor may (i) contest the filing; (ii) consent to a liquidation; (iii) seek a reorganization; or (iv) request a composition. Unlike U.S. law, "conversion" to reorganization or to composition is not a matter of election at any time – instead, it must take place during the preliminary "gap period." Like U.S. law, the "gap period" will likely become a forum for litigation as parties maneuver for position. Acceptance and Appointment - Administrator appointed upon acceptance of application (except in some reorganization proceedings). Some question as to the nature of the administrator's "agency role" – Agent of the Creditors? The People's Court? The Debtor? The precise nature of the role appears dependent on the nature of the proceeding.
South Bay Law Firm Application Acceptance Notification Statement of Affairs Recognition Ancillary Assistance (i.e., Comity) Commencement of a Proceeding Under the New Enterprise Law P.R.C. U.S. Supervisory role of the People's Court and precise relationship of the administrator to the Court will likely be an important factor in determining whether or not to recognize the administrator's request for recognition of the case in a U.S.-based ancillary proceeding.
Enterprise Insolvency Law: Substantive Provisions A Cross-Border Comparison Infrastructure and Value Preservation Corporate Rescue: Reorganization and Composition Liquidation: Procedure, Claims, Priorities, Distributions
Infrastructure and Value Preservation Administration and Procedure Defining and Augmenting the Estate Executory Contracts
South Bay Law Firm Administrative and Procedural Provisions Types of Proceedings – Like U.S. law, P.R.C. law recognizes 2 basic types of insolvency proceeding: reorganization and liquidation. The P.R.C. law also recognizes a 3d type of proceeding: composition. See Art. 7. Insolvency Test – Potentially confusing test for insolvency as prerequisite for filing. See Art. 2 ("unable to pay off debts falling due and its asset fails to meet the debts or it obviously lacks of liquidity"). Language suggests a "balance sheet" and a "liquidity" test. Venue Selection – More restrictive than those recognized under the U.S. Code – cf. Art. 3 ("domicile"), 11 U.S.C. 109 (location of property, place of business). Management Responsibility from Application → Acceptance or Rejection – Management appears personally liable for safeguarding the rights and interests of employees. See Art. 6.
South Bay Law Firm Administrative and Procedural Provisions Appointment and Role of Administrator – Administrator appointed upon acceptance of application. See Art. 13. Administrator's role is ambiguous – Is administrator an agent of the Court (Art. 26)? Of creditors (Art. 69)? Of the debtor (Art. 73)? Administrator's Standards of Conduct – Different from those imposed on trustees? Cf. Art. 130, 28 U.S.C. § 959(b). Debtor's Responsibilities – May differ from those under U.S. law. See Art. 15, 73, 74. Debtor's "relevant personnel" cannot leave jurisdiction without prior People's Court approval. See Art. 15; Art. 129 for penalties if this provision is violated.
South Bay Law Firm Administrative and Procedural Provisions Debtor's Liabilities – Personal liability for directors' supervisors', senior managers' violation of fiduciary duties (i.e., where "violat[ion] [of] obligations of being honest and diligent... leads to enterprise bankruptcy"). See Art Further penalties for (i) failure to attend creditors' meeting; (ii) failure to provide documentation; (iii) acts leading to avoidance actions; (iv) general criminal liability. Automatic stay provisions – Stay of execution, attachment, etc. See Art. 19. Creditors can liquidate their claims but cannot collect. See Art. 44. Similar restrictions on the rights of secured creditors during reorganization (See Art. 75) and capital contributors (Art. 77). Stay of existing litigation (See Art. 20), but only until the Administrator assumes control. See Art. 13, 22. Restrictions on further litigation – all civil cases involving the debtor shall only be brought before the People's Court with the debtor's case. See Art. 21. First Creditors' Meeting – Held 1-3 months from publication of ruling of acceptance in the event of liquidation (See Art. 45, 62); 1 month after receipt of reorganization (i.e., "rectification") draft plan (See Art. 79, 84) (i.e., 7-10 months after ruling of acceptance).
South Bay Law Firm Administrative and Procedural Provisions "Ordinary Course" Operations – Prior Court approval for business operations or shut-down required if initiated before the first creditors' meeting. See Art. 26, 69. "Adequate Protection" and Post-Application Liens – Article 37 unclear as to whether and under what circumstances court approval is required for (i) the determination and provision of adequate security; and/or (ii) valuation and payment of substitute security. See Art. 37; see also Art. 75 – no further guidance provided. Intellectual Property Rights – Intellectual property rights transfer is contemplated by new law. Much different from U.S. law in a majority of U.S. jurisdictions. See Art. 69(2).
South Bay Law Firm Administrative and Procedural Provisions Creditors' Meeting – Detailed provisions for formation and powers of creditors' meeting and designated creditors' committees. See Art. 60, 61 (chairmanship, functions and duties of creditors' meetings); Art. 67, 68 (formation of creditors' committee, functions and duties); Art. 69 (review of administrator's acts); Art. 65 (unresolved issues re: management, distribution, or conversion plan subject to people's court review); Art. 66 (ability to appeal people's court's rulings re: management, conversion, or distribution plan). Creditors' Voting Eligibility – Permitted based on allowed claims only; disputed claims cannot vote, except in case of temporary allowance (similar to Chapter 11 voting under U.S. law). See Art. 59. Creditors' Resolution Requirements – ≥ ½ creditors in attendance + ≥ ½ of aggregate amount of unsecured claims. See Art. 64. Conversion from Reorganization to Liquidation – See Art. 78. Analogous to 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b). Termination (i.e., Case Closure or Dismissal) – Provided where there is (i) no distribution; or (ii) a conclusive distribution. See Art Administrator's duties and cessation thereof outlined at Art's. 121, 122.
South Bay Law Firm The Estate – Defining It And Augmenting It Through Avoidance and Other Recoveries Debtor's Estate Defined – See Article 30. Apparently focused on the timing of the acquisition of property. But what is an "asset"? Legal property interest? Equitable property interest? Both? No Unauthorized Post-Acceptance Transfers – See Art. 16 (analogous to 11 U.S.C. § 549). "Turnover" Provisions – Analogous to 11 U.S.C. § 542. "Indemnification" provisions for failure to comply. See Art. 17. Constructive Fraudulent Transfers – Analogous to 11 U.S.C. § 548. Note that there appears to be no insolvency test, as would be required under U.S. law. See Art. 31. Avoidance For Actual Fraud – Art. 33, 34, 36.
South Bay Law Firm The Estate – Defining It And Augmenting It Through Avoidance and Other Recoveries Preferential Transfer Recoveries – Analogous to 11 U.S.C. § 547. Note that there is no "benchmark" prerequisite for the ability to pursue such recoveries. Note also a 6-month reach-back provision; a carve-out for transferees who can demonstrate that the "specific payment is beneficial to the debtor's property." Art. 32. Capital Calls – Administrator has the right to make "capital calls" from equity holders. See Art. 35. Recovery Of Property Not The Debtor's – Owner of debtor-occupied property may take it back. See Art. 38, 76. "Legal" v. "equitable" title? "Reclamation" – (cf. 11 U.S.C. § 546(c)). See Art. 39. Appears to apply to goods in transit. Off-Sets – Creditors with "off-sets" may do so without violating the recovery provisions of Art. 17. See Art. 40.
South Bay Law Firm Treatment of Executory Contracts – Article 18 Applies to contracts that are "executory" in nature. Analogous to 11 U.S.C. § 365(a), but with important differences: Transfer of intellectual property rights. See also Art. 69, which specifically contemplates the "[t]ransfer of such property rights as the right to mine exploitation, tenure and intellectual property rights" as one of the actions which may be presented to a creditors' meeting for approval. The Article contemplates rescission (or "dissolution"), not rejection (i.e., breach), as in U.S. law. Automatic dissolution within 60 days, unless otherwise accepted by the administrator. Decision to dissolve the contract (or to "accept" the contract with attendant performance guaranty) may be triggered earlier by the counter-party, upon 30 days' notice.
South Bay Law Firm Treatment of Executory Contracts – Article 18 Note that in a liquidation, the timing of Art. 18 effectively leaves the decision to "accept" a contract within the hands of the bankruptcy administrator. Note also that the Article appears to vest power of "dissolution" or "acceptance" only in the Administrator (also consistent with the requirement that the Administrator provide a "performance guaranty"). Is the debtor is never empowered to deal with executory contracts in a reorganization?
Reorganization and Composition
South Bay Law Firm Application Accept Notify Debtor Statement of Affairs Notify Creditors Submit Claims Creditors Mtg. Reorg. App. Plan Creditors Mtg. Court Approval Composition App. Accept Creditors Mtg. Reject Notify Creditors Plan Reorganization and Composition
South Bay Law Firm Reorganization Commencement of Reorganization Proceedings – Application may be filed by creditor, debtor, or "10%+" equity holder. Art. 70. By debtor or by a "10%+" equity holder within the "gap period" between acceptance of the case and "declaration of insolvency" (i.e., about 15 days). No such time limitations for creditors. Further Application to Operate as "Debtor-in-Possession" – May be filed at any time "during the Reorganization period." Administrator supervision required. If granted, turnover provisions analogous to 11 U.S.C. § 543(b) are applicable to the administrator. Art. 73. Alternative arrangement – administrator may remain in charge, but employ the debtor's management and other personnel to manage the business. Art. 74. Plan Drafting – Either the administrator or debtor has ability to draft and propose plan of reorganization (i.e., "rectification"). See Art. 80. Plan Contents – See Art. 81.
South Bay Law Firm Reorganization Timing of Plan – Debtor or administrator has 6 months from date of approval of application to file Plan of Reorganization (plan period extendable for 3 additional months "on justifiable ground"). See Art. 79. Voting on Plan – Creditors' meeting to be convened for voting within 30 days of receipt of reorganization draft plan. See Art. 84. Art. 82 defines "voting tranches." Certain "social insurance premiums" exempted from plan treatment and voting. See Art. 83. Equity can participate to the extent its rights are affected. See Art. 85.
South Bay Law Firm Creditors' Adoption of Plan – Unanimous acceptance required; approval by People's Court w/in 40 days of acceptance (i.e., 10 days to apply for approval, 30 days to issue approval). See Art. 86. Art. 87: "Cram-Down" – Failure to obtain unanimous acceptance = negotiation with dissenting class, followed by further vote. Negotiated resolution cannot "impair the interests" other, previously accepting classes. If 2d vote fails to achieve adoption by dissenting class, approval nevertheless possible if plan meets requirements of Art. 87(1) – (6). –Art. 87(1) – Satisfaction of secured claims from collateral and payment for costs of delay in enforcement (or consent to different treatment). –Art. 87(2) – Satisfaction of priority (i.e., labor) and tax claims (or consent to different treatment). –Art. 87(3) – Treatment of general unsecured creditors must meet or exceed that of liquidation (cf. 11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(7) – "best interests" test) (or consent to different treatment). –Art. 87(4) – "Fair and impartial" treatment of equity (or consent to different treatment). –Art. 87(5) – Fair treatment for all members of the same class + compliance with Art. 113 (setting forth distributive priorities). –Art. 87(6) – Plan is feasible. Reorganization
South Bay Law Firm Approval (i.e., Confirmation) – Approval within 30 days of application if compliance with Art. 87(1) – (6). Consummation of Plan – Debtor to implement plan, under Administrator's supervision. See Art's. 89, 90. Default = Conversion to Liquidation Proceeding – Security provided for implementation remains in effect. Partially paid creditors may retain distributions; however, they must wait until others of similar priority are "caught up" before receiving further distributions. See Art. 93. See Art. 104 for similar treatment of creditors in case of failed "composition." Conclusion of Proceeding – Upon expiration of "supervision term," the Administrator submits a report to the People's Court, reviewable by "interested parties." "Supervision term" extendable upon application by Administrator. See Art. 91. Effect of Successfully Implemented Reorganization Plan – Plan binding on creditors and on debtor – all relevant claims and interests treated under its terms. Appears to permit creditors without properly filed claims to wait until after implementation of the Plan to realize any payment – and then only under the same terms as those afforded to other members of their class (Note that this is different from the treatment of late-filed claims under U.S. law). Protection limited only to debtor; guarantors and co-debtors receive no protection (Note that this is similar to U.S. law in federal bankruptcy proceedings). See Art. 92. Debtor no longer obligated to pay treated debts that are reduced or discharged in conformity with Plan. See Art. 94. Reorganization
South Bay Law Firm Composition – Also available in lieu of reorganization. Debtor may file – same "gap period" as for reorganization. Draft composition agreement must be submitted concurrent with application for same. See Art. 95. People's Court rules on acceptability before submission to creditors' meeting. See Art. 96. Note that there are no specifically articulated statutory standards for approval; only "satisf[action] [of] requirements provided for in this Law." Secured creditors may exercise their rights upon acceptance. See Art. 96. Voting - ≥ ½ creditors present, voting ≥ 2/3 total unsecured claims amount. See Art. 97. Final Approval – Composition agreement as adopted subject to final approval by People's Court. See Art. 98. Consummation of Plan – Similar to that of reorganization plan. See Art Default = Conversion to Liquidation Proceeding – See Art Same effect on prior distributions as under reorganization plan (Art. 93). Effect of Approved and Successfully Implemented Composition Plan – Similar to that of approved reorganization plan. Debtor obligated to repay according to terms (See Art. 102). Binding on all parties (See Art. 100); no protection for guarantors/co-debtors (See Art. 101). Debtor no longer obligated to pay treated debts that are reduced or discharged in conformity with Plan (See Art. 106). Composition
South Bay Law Firm Termination → Liquidation – When? If no approval of reorganization plan. See Art. 88. If no adoption or approval of composition plan. See Art. 99. In case of fraudulently procured composition. See Art Note that in the case of fraud, previously paid creditors may retain distributions insofar as such distributions are pro rata with other creditors. Composition
Liquidation Procedure Claims, Priorities, Distribution
South Bay Law Firm Application Accept Notify Debtor Statement of Affairs Notify Creditors Submit Claims Dismissal by Agreement Payment of Debts Dissolution Distribution Creditors Mtg. Rejection of Reorganization or Composition Application Conversion from Liquidation or Composition Liquidation
South Bay Law Firm "Default" Procedure Upon Declaration of Bankruptcy Procedure – Service of declaration of bankruptcy on debtor within 5 days of issuance; announcement and notification to creditors within 10 days of issuance. See Art Disposition of Assets – Administrator to formulate and submit disposition plan to creditors' meeting for approval. See Art The Article provide for People's Court disposition of residual disputes where attendees at creditors' meeting can't agree. Id. (referring to Art. 65, ¶1 (itself referring to Art. 61(8), (9)). Default Disposition Method – Auction Sale. See Art Distribution of Proceeds – Per "Plan of Distribution" as described at Art Implemented by Administrator per Art See Claims, Priorities, Distribution for further discussion of distribution procedure and rules. Liquidation "Escape" Clauses – Unanimous agreement between debtor and creditors, in absence of formal composition application. Consensual agreement must be approved. See Art Third party provides security or pays debtor's obligations, or debtor pays in full. See Art Liquidation
South Bay Law Firm Claims, Priorities, Distribution Debtor to Provide Statement of Scheduled Liabilities – Art. 48. Final claims scheduling under the control of the Administrator. Art. 57. Claims Bar Date and Proofs of Claim – Art. 45. Creditors Must File Proofs of Claim – Art. 49. "Class proofs of claim" OK (cf. U.S. law, which in some jurisdictions appears to preclude use of class proofs of claim). Art. 50. Claims v. related "joint and several" debtors. Art. 52. Allowance of contingent (i.e., non-adjudicated) and contractual "dissolution" claims – Art. 47. See also Art. 18, 53 (setting forth similar provisions for dealing with "dissolved" executory contracts). Subrogation claims filed by guarantors who have paid on debtor's behalf – Art. 51. Similar provisions at Art. 55 cover payments made by parties who have made payments or accepted a bill where the debtor is the bill drawer. Claims arising from "agency" operations, undertaken without knowledge of the debtor's insolvency proceedings – Art. 54. Undersecured claims are deemed general unsecured claims – Art No Post-Acceptance Interest – Art. 46. No Late-Filed Proofs of Claim – Art. 56. Disputed Claims Adjudicated by People's Court – Art. 58.
South Bay Law Firm Claims, Priorities, Distribution Secured Creditors – entitled to "payment in priority over [the] debtor's specific asset." Art Note, however, an important exception: "labor claims" (as construed by Article 113) accrued prior to 6/1/07 are "grandfathered" and may be satisfied from the debtor's "specific assets prior to the secured claims enjoyed by secured creditors stated in Article 109." See Art Administrative Expense Provisions (cf. 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)). See Art. 41. "Administrative expense" priority extends to "community debts" or "debts of common interest." See Art. 42. Administrative costs and "common interest" debts must be "paid off instantly from the debtor's property." See Art. 43. These provisions must be read in context with provisions giving the secured creditor "payment in priority over [the] debtor's specific asset." See Art Priority Distribution Scheme – See Art Distributions to be in cash unless otherwise determined at the creditors' meeting. See Art Guarantors and Co-Debtors Still Liable. See Art Reserves for Disputed Claims – See Art Distributions. Deposited amounts must be distributed within 2 years after termination of the insolvency proceeding. See Art Additional distributions are recoverable within 2 years of the proceeding through: (i) additional avoidance recoveries per Art's. 31, 32, 33, 36; (ii) additional recoveries from the debtor. Where administrative insolvency would result from recovery efforts, recovery excused. See Art Uncollected Distributions Escheat to the State – See Art. 118.
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Basically, Xiaomi Mi Max Prime is the highest spec'ed variant of the Mi Max. It's equipped with a 6.44 Inch FHD IPS 1920 x 1080 resolution at 342 ppi, 1.8 GHz 64 Bit Snapdragon 652 octa core processor with Adreno 510 GPU, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB expandable storage, and 4,850 mAh battery. It also has 16 MP w/ PDAF and LED flash, 5 MP w/ 85-degree wide angle, and LTE connectivity.
Xiaomi Mi Max Prime Specs
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CPU: 1.8 GHz 64 Bit Snapdragon 652 octa core processor
GPU: Adreno 510
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Back Camera: 16 MP w/ PDAF and LED flash
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Battery: 4,850 mAh
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Weight: 203 g
Price: INR 19,999
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