THR Honors Jodie Foster at Cannes Film Festival (Cannes 2011)

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CANNES -- Riding a high from the enthusiastic reception of her newest film The Beaver at the Cannes Film Festival, Jodie Foster was the guest of honor at an exclusive cocktail party that The Hollywood Reporter threw Wednesday night to recognize her multifaceted career.

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Rob Lowe, who has known Foster since they starred together in 1984's The Hotel New Hampshire, led the guests in a toast, as he saluted "the greatest American actress, director and friend anyone could ever have."

As the setting sun cast lengthening shadows across the beachside setting at Z Plage, across from the Hotel Martinez, Foster reflected on her remarkable career, saying, "We make movies -- they exist. They walk and they talk. They exist on DVDs. They are a legacy in some ways."

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But, just as important, she continued, are the private moments. She?recalled, for example, how she and Lowe had been filming a love scene when a lunch break was called. Instead of joining the cast and crew, the two decided to stay behind, no clothes on, sharing hamburgers on the bed where they had been filming, using the time to chat and nap before work resumed for the day.

"Those are the moments, there are no proof they existed, and yet they live on," she observed.

She also acknowledged the unique experience of having her latest film,?which she directed and stars in with Mel Gibson, welcomed in Cannes.

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"Last night, the steps, the red carpet, the applause -- that is something?I've never had in my life," she said.

With the festival winding toward its close, THR editorial director Janice?Min and publisher Lori Burgess welcomed the guests, who were in a relaxed mood after the back-to-back days of moviegoing and dealmaking. While some opted for a cocktails and canapes, others reached for one of the multicolored bottles of Vitaminwater, which co-hosted the gathering.

Among those circulating were Fox co-chairman Jim Gianopulos, Miramax CEO Michael Lang, Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, Sierra/Affinity CEO Nick Meyer, French actress Princess Clotilde Courau and StudioCanal's Sophie Kopaczynski.

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"She's managed to accomplish every thing she ever wanted to -- she should be admired," Bernard said of Foster. "For a woman in this business to act, to direct, to call her own shots -- she's a role model. And we need more woman directors in this business because we can't have a business where only men tell the stories."

Nancy Kirkpatrick, Summit Entertainment's president of worldwide marketing, who'd been in the Palais' Lumiere Theatre where The Beaver earned a sustained, standing ovation the previous night, noted, "It was so nice to see an audience celebrate someone like Jodie. And to see Mel so relaxed and happy was just great."

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Scooped! surveys the impact of tabloid journalism in America and reveals that crime news and reporting say much about a society fascinated by sleaze and violence. David Krajicek raises important questions about how and why certain crimes are reported, and the ways in which these representations are framing debates concerning crime policy and the criminal justice system. He challenges journalists?in the tabloid, television, and otherwise ?respectable? news media?to fulfill their mission to inform, and not inflame, the public.

When the New York World printed the first color comic strip (?Hogan?s Alley?) in 1894, its rival, the New York Journal quickly employed the cartoonist and ignited a war between the superpowers of American journalism. At the center of the controversy was the Yellow Kid, the bad boy star of ?Hogan?s Alley,? who attracted hoards of readers to the papers. Because both papers vied for the artist and used sensational stories to build readership, they were soon called the ?Yellow Press,? thus yellow journalism was born.

After more than a century, with the onslaught of entertainment television programs such as A Current Affair, David J. Krajicek believes that sensationalized news is not only alive and kicking, but has mutated into something possibly more pervasive and destructive than in previous times. In Scooped!, Krajicek draws upon his past as a crime reporter for the Daily News in New York to show how ?back-alley journalism? has distorted reality and created a nation ?that knows everything about Amy Fisher but next to nothing about the development of our national criminal justice policies.? From the television tabloid journalism embodied by such shows as A Current Affair to even the mainstream press?s descent into sensationalism at the expense of solid journalism, Krajicek paints a disturbing portrait of a fourth estate more interested in the bottom line than providing thoughtful analysis or serious reporting on important issues.

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I am in my teens and want to write book reviews on recent books I?ve read however I can?t find a website where I can post my reviews. I?ve tried amazon however it requires you to have an account. Any suggestions?
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Destination Tips Category - Planning a trip to India Article ...

If you planning to come to India, let me acquaint you with a few interesting facts about India .India is a land of diverse culture. Here people belonging to different religions following different cultures live in harmony with each other. It is a land of contrasts ranging from The Great Himalayas in the North , dry deserts in the west, sparkling sea shores in the south and majestic valleys in the East. There is a colourful array of fairs and festivals enhancing the beauty of Indian Cultures.Some festivals are celebrated on a national levels like Holi, diwali, rakshabandhan,Independence Day,Republic Day,Gandhi Jayanti etc while some are confined only to regional boundaries like Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharashtra, Janamashtmi in Vrindavan,Nagaur festival in Rajasthan. Diversity in culture and geographies reflects in cuisines.Every region has their own range of specialities. Indian food is world famous its ethnic flavours and spicy taste .

Although every region has its own language but what binds India on a common platform is the national language ?Hindi?. India owns a rich cultural heritage as some of the world?s best artists were born here. India is unique is its own way and if you have not visited India even once in your life time, there is something on the planet that you have really missed. India has 12 international airports across the country i.e ? Amritsar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Goa, Chennai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Cochin, Thiruvananathapuram, Ahemdabad. So you might just take a flight to any of these places depending upon the region you prefer to visit. If you decide covering the Northern Region of India, booking a flight to the Capital City New Delhi will be the most probable and convenient option for you. If you wish to visit the South you can book a flight to either Hyderabad, Chennai or Cochin. Guwahati is best option for visiting Eastern region of India. Or if you unsure about which places to visit in india and you

wish to decide only after landing here. You can undoubtedly book a flight to the national heartthrob city-Mumbai. India is huge and covering all the destinations in one trip would be just too hectic. So the best suggestion would be to cover India on the basis of regions may be north or south as per your liking. Also, that there are ?n ? number of tourist spots which would be difficult for anyone to explore so it is always advisable to hire a local guide to avoid landing up in any mess.

Now your major concern would be to book cheap flights to India. Well you can avail cheap flights to India if you book your flight on weekdays rather on weekends. Also find out that there is no major festival or event that is being celebrated in India. In such scenarios, you may land up spending more on the flight tickets but if you going to attend that particular event or festival, then its altogether a different case. Before finalizing your ticket, you must compare the prices of all the flights and finally book the flight that provides best services at cheaper rates.

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Extra Marital Affairs Also Happen Among Women Today

Cheating partners does not only refer to men. They can also be applied to women. These days more and more women are found to be guilty of cheating and female infidelity is slowly increasing.

You might be wondering what may be the reasons why women become cheating partners?

Women are emotional creatures.

If the main reasons for men who cheat are physical. The reasons for women who become cheating spouses are mostly emotional. Some of the reasons are lack of attention from their partners, revenge and genuine love. They want to feel important, special and loved almost all the time.

Some reasons why women become cheating partners:

Boring Relationship

There are women who became cheating spouses purely for sex.

But majority of women who become cheating partners are those who are not satisfied with their partners. When her partner is unable to satisfy her in bed or fulfill her needs, she looks for someone who can do so. If a woman is not receiving the attention she feels she deserves in a relationship, she will seek attention somewhere else and become tempted to get into an extra marital affair.

Revenge:

Some women cheat because they want revenge on their cheating partners or husband. They want their cheating partners to feel the pain of being cheated. Many women see cheating partners as a justification to have an affair of their own.

Genuine Attraction or Falling in Love with another man

Modern women who manage both home and work efficiently come across many men. It is not impossible that they may find someone that will take their heart away. Whoever said a married woman cannot fall in love is insane.

To sum up, whatever the reasons for becoming cheating partners will never justify the act. It is not worth losing your family or health over or be branded as cheating partners. To help you have clearer visions on what are the pros and cons of being cheating partners grab a copy of the TheHandbookOfCheating now!

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Stranger Things Happen
By Kelly Link
Paperback, 266 pages
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Travels with the Snow Queen

Part of you is always traveling faster, always traveling ahead. Even when you are moving, it is never fast enough to satisfy that part of you. You enter the walls of the city early in the evening, when the cobblestones are a mottled pink with reflected light, and cold beneath the slap of your bare, bloody feet. You ask the man who is guarding the gate to recommend a place to stay the night, and even as you are falling into the bed at the inn, the bed, which is piled high with quilts and scented with lavender, perhaps alone, perhaps with another traveler, perhaps with the guardsman who had such brown eyes, and a mustache that curled up on either side of his nose like two waxed black laces, even as this guardsman, whose name you didn't ask calls out a name in his sleep that is not your name, you are dreaming about the road again. When you sleep, you dream about the long white distances that still lie before you. When you wake up, the guardsman is back at his post, and the place between your legs aches pleasantly, your legs sore as if you had continued walking all night in your sleep. While you were sleeping, your feet have healed again. You were careful not to kiss the guardsman on the lips, so it doesn't really count, does it.

Your destination is North. The map that you are using is a mirror. You are always pulling the bits out of your bare feet, the pieces of the map that broke off and fell on the ground as the Snow Queen flew overhead in her sleigh. Where you are, where you are coming from, it is impossible to read a map made of paper. If it were that easy then everyone would be a traveler. You have heard of other travelers whose maps are breadcrumbs, whose maps are stones, whose maps are the four winds, whose maps are yellow bricks laid one after the other. You read your map with your foot, and behind you somewhere there must be another traveler whose map is the bloody footprints that you are leaving behind you.

There is a map of fine white scars on the soles of your feet that tells you where you have been. When you are pulling the shards of the Snow Queen's looking-glass out of your feet, you remind yourself, you tell yourself to imagine how it felt when Kay's eyes, Kay's heart were pierced by shards of the same mirror. Sometimes it is safer to read maps with your feet.

Ladies. Has it ever occurred to you that fairy tales aren't easy on the feet?

So this is the story so far. You grew up, you fell in love with the boy next door, Kay, the one with blue eyes who brought you bird feathers and roses, the one who was so good at puzzles. You thought he loved you ? maybe he thought he did, too. His mouth tasted so sweet, it tasted like love, and his fingers were so kind, they pricked like love on your skin, but three years and exactly two days after you moved in with him, you were having drinks out on the patio. You weren't exactly fighting, and you can't remember what he had done that had made you so angry, but you threw your glass at him. There was a noise like the sky shattering.

The cuff of his trousers got splashed. There were little fragments of glass everywhere. "Don't move," you said. You weren't wearing shoes.

He raised his hand up to his face. "I think there's something in my eye," he said.

His eye was fine, of course, there wasn't a thing in it, but later that night when he was undressing for bed, there were little bits of glass like grains of sugar, dusting his clothes. When you brushed your hand against his chest, something pricked your finger and left a smear of blood against his heart.

The next day it was snowing and he went out for a pack of cigarettes and never came back. You sat on the patio drinking something warm and alcoholic, with nutmeg in it, and the snow fell on your shoulders. You were wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt; you were pretending that you weren't cold, and that your lover would be back soon. You put your finger on the ground and then stuck it in your mouth. The snow looked like sugar, but it tasted like nothing at all.

The man at the corner store said that he saw your lover get into a long white sleigh. There was a beautiful woman in it, and it was pulled by thirty white geese. "Oh, her," you said, as if you weren't surprised. You went home and looked in the wardrobe for that cloak that belonged to your great-grandmother. You were thinking about going after him. You remembered that the cloak was woolen and warm, and a beautiful red ? a traveler's cloak. But when you pulled it out, it smelled like wet dog and the lining was ragged, as if something had chewed on it. It smelled like bad luck: it made you sneeze, and so you put it back. You waited for a while longer.

Two months went by, and Kay didn't come back, and finally you left and locked the door of your house behind you. You were going to travel for love, without shoes, or cloak, or common sense. This is one of the things a woman can do when her lover leaves her. It's hard on the feet perhaps, but staying at home is hard on the heart, and you weren't quite ready to give him up yet. You told yourself that the woman in the sleigh must have put a spell on him, and he was probably already missing you. Besides, there are some questions you want to ask him, some true things you want to tell him. This is what you told yourself. The snow was soft and cool on your feet, and then you found the trail of glass, the map. After three weeks of hard traveling, you came to the city.

No, really, think about it. Think about the little mermaid, who traded in her tail for love, got two legs and two feet, and every step was like walking on knives. And where did it get her? That's a rhetorical question, of course. Then there's the girl who put on the beautiful red dancing shoes. The woodsman had to chop her feet off with an axe.

There are Cinderella's two stepsisters, who cut off their own toes, and Snow White's stepmother, who danced to death in red-hot iron slippers. The Goose Girl's maid got rolled down a hill in a barrel studded with nails. Travel is hard on the single woman. There was this one woman who walked east of the sun and then west of the moon, looking for her lover, who had left her because she spilled tallow on his nightshirt. She wore out at least one pair of perfectly good iron shoes before she found him. Take our word for it, he wasn't worth it. What do you think happened when she forgot to put the fabric softener in the dryer? Laundry is hard, travel is harder. You deserve a vacation, but of course you're a little wary. You've read the fairy tales. We've been there, we know.

That's why we here at Snow Queen Tours have put together a luxurious but affordable package for you, guaranteed to be easy on the feet and on the budget. See the world by goosedrawn sleigh, experience the archetypal forest, the winter wonderland; chat with real live talking animals (please don't feed them). Our accommodations are three-star: sleep on comfortable, guaranteed pea-free boxspring mattresses; eat meals prepared by world-class chefs. Our tour guides are friendly, knowledgeable, well-traveled, trained by the Snow Queen herself. They know first aid, how to live off the land; they speak three languages fluently.

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Excerpted from Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link. Copyright 2001 by Kelly Link. Excerpted by permission of Small Beer Press. All rights reserved.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/17/135703690/tales-that-cast-spells-stranger-things-happen?ft=1&f=1008

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Fundamentals of gold, silver remain very sound

Gold and silver are lower this morning as the recent bout of weakness continues. Equities in Asia were lower on economic growth and inflation concerns and European indices are also lower as Greek debt talks are in disarray after the weekend arrest IMF?s Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

There are concerns that the IMF?s chiefs? arrest may delay resolution of Europe?s deepening debt crisis and Greek bonds have fallen again seeing the 10 year yield rise to 15.58% - close to the record highs seen last week.

Oil prices are lower again on growth concerns despite a significant increase in tensions in the Middle East with clashes on Israel?s borders with Syria, the Lebanon and Egypt.

Gold is likely to find support from geopolitical risk emanating from the tinderbox that is the Middle East.

Gold and silver?s fundamentals remain very sound and yet the majority of the western public remain unaware of the fundamentals and unaware of the significant macroeconomic, monetary and geopolitical risk facing them today.

Tensions in the Middle East and North Africa, concerns that Japan is on the verge of a severe recession (due to its earthquake, tsunami and its worsening nuclear catastrophe), risk of sovereign debt contagion in Europe and the U.S. (the U.S. is set to reach its $14.3 trillion 'debt ceiling' this week) and ultra loose monetary policies, currency debasement and inflation are contributing to continuing safe haven demand.

This is especially the case in China and India where strong demand has continued after the recent sell off and where demand continues to surprise analysts and market participants.

The Financial Times reported on Saturday that ?the sharp drop in gold and silver prices has stimulated a surge in buying from India in a sign that consumers in the world?s largest gold-buying country retain faith in the decade-long bull story for precious metals.?

Chhabil Jain, a Mumbai silver trader told the Financial Times that ?demand for silver bars was going through the roof? and that ?many vendors were starting to run low on stocks?.

?People are booking incredible amounts of silver as they see the current drop in prices as a great opportunity to buy more ... most are buying for pure investment,? he added.

Bloomberg reports this morning that silver was the most traded commodity in April.

Incredibly, the value of trading in silver futures in India was four-times greater than gold. Trading of silver futures on the Multi Commodity Exchange gained more than sevenfold to 4.1 trillion rupees in the April 16-30 period from a year earlier, regulator?s data showed.

Indians unlike their western counterparts still silver as an important store of value to protect against the declining purchasing power of paper currencies.

U.S. Debt Ceiling of $14.3 Trillion To Be Reached
While the media focuses on the weekend arrest IMF?s Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a more fundamental and important story is that of America?s debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion which is likely to be reached, possibly today or tomorrow. America?s budget deficit this year alone is set to be a record breaking $1.5 trillion.

These figures and America?s appalling fiscal state means that gold and silver remain important diversifications.

Should the US Congress fail to vote to increase the debt limit today or this week, the White House has warned that the country would default on its debt and spark a new financial crisis.

The US Treasury has threatened to implement "extraordinary measures" so America can keep paying its bills until August.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress last week that any delay in increasing the debt limit would result in higher interest rates and could have "extremely dire consequences for the US economy".

The reality is that the continuing imprudent and profligate fiscal and monetary policies in the U.S. are likely to lead to higher interest rates and have "extremely dire consequences for the US economy".

Recent and continuing unsustainable fiscal and monetary policy have led to safe haven demand for gold and silver and the continuation of the bull markets in the precious metals.

Until fiscal and monetary discipline and sanity returns to America and the world, gold and silver will continue to be bought in order to hedge the continuing debasement of fiat currencies.

GoldGold is trading at $1,491.30/oz, ?1,056.98/oz and ?921.69oz.

SilverSilver is trading at $34.09/oz, ?24.16/oz and ?21.07/oz.

Platinum Group Metals
Platinum is trading at $1,755.50oz, palladium at $703/oz and rhodium at $2,025/oz.

Source: http://tradingweeks.blogspot.com/2011/05/fundamentals-of-gold-silver-remain-very.html

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Weight Loss ? How to Gain Control of Self-Sabotage | Health and ...

How often have you exceeded the day?s caloric goal or if you aren?t counting calories, simply overeaten and then said to yourself ?I already blew it so I might as well eat what I want the rest of the day, because tomorrow ? it all ends! I?ll just start over?. Following that statement, do you ever find yourself going on an all-out eating binge?

This mental trap will not only sabotage your weight loss efforts but will most likely cause you to gain weight rather than lose it. Although you aren?t alone in this type of self-sabotage, understand that if you want to be successful and not a statistic, you must gain control over it. Most of the people who fall into the ?tomorrow? trap are those whose weight continuously fluctuates. Not only does this type of thinking cause discouragement and frustration, but it can also lead to serious health issues.

So how do we avoid the ?I?ll just start over tomorrow? trap?

First, I want to emphasize that you should not view weight loss as a ?diet?. Yes, it?s very important to take in less fat and calories as part of your overall weight loss plan, so essentially you are making a diet change. However your attitude should be set on a ?lifestyle change? and not a short term change that you view as deprivation. Once you?ve planted this firmly in your mind, it will make your fitness journey a lot more pleasant.

What?s the key?

If you engross yourself in becoming educated about the human body and how food and exercise impact your overall health and well-being, you will undoubtedly be able to slip into this lifestyle change with a lot more ease and develop a desire to exercise and feed your body the right foods. Once you?ve developed a ?health and fitness? mindset, you will be far less likely to binge eat or overeat in general. You may even find yourself viewing the foods you used to love as undesirable. Yes, really.

It?s not always simple to change the way our minds respond to certain situations because most of us are on autopilot. Our subconscious minds have been programmed, through external stimuli, how to respond to everything we encounter on a day to day basis. Because it?s our subconscious mind that does most of the driving, we usually just go along for the ride. Does this mean that we?re helpless to the poor programming of our own subconscious minds? Not necessarily. We can reprogram our thoughts and beliefs through repetition of new thoughts, new behaviors and various other techniques.

If your mind has been programed to believe that weight loss is difficult; that you are being deprived; that it?s something unpleasant which keeps you from what you really want, you?re going to struggle every step of the way and find ways to sabotage your efforts. Alternatively, if you retrain your mind to desire a healthy lifestyle and view exercise and eating healthy, vitamin enriched foods as something enjoyable and refreshing, you?re going to have an entirely different experience. You will effortlessly begin to lose the weight. I say effortlessly, not because you won?t have to take action, but because the struggle is in the resistance and if you aren?t resisting, it will seem effortless.

How do I reprogram my mind?

I have personally found hypnosis to be an incredibly powerful and effective tool in speeding up the reprogramming process. I?ve used it in many areas of my life where negative beliefs caused resistance, including weight loss. Hypnosis bypasses the conscious mind and feeds the subconscious mind new, empowering, self-serving thoughts, causing a change in habits almost immediately. if you would like more information on weight loss hypnosis, visit the website listed at the end of this article.

Consistency will also reprogram your mind over time. By saturating yourself with educational material on health and fitness daily, you are retraining your brain to think of a healthy lifestyle change as pleasant and desirable as opposed to unpleasant and causing deprivation.

Change your mind, change your body. Many people have successfully accomplished this and so can you.

Source: http://www.ubciweek.com/weight-loss-2/weight-loss-how-to-gain-control-of-self-sabotage.html

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Depressed real estate prices in the U.S. sun belt, coupled with the strength of Canada?s currency and economy, are creating a powerful buying opportunity for aspiring snowbirds.

The latest SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices data show prices are lower than those a year ago and only slightly above their April, 2009, bottom. It?s bad news for those selling homes in such cities as Phoenix, Tampa, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, but great news for Canadians looking to purchase a vacation home or investment property.

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Simple guide to buying U.S. real estate

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Dale Walters, CEO of Keats Connelly, a Phoenix-based cross-border wealth management firm, says before you buy, you need to do your homework. Canadians often choose the wrong type of ownership when buying U.S. property ? a mistake that can be costly to fix.

If the property is going to be rented out, the buyer should consider an ownership model with liability protection, such as a U.S. limited-liability partnership, Mr. Walters says. If it?s a properly insured vacation home, direct ownership is fine.

?There?s lots of little minutiae that can get people in trouble,? Mr. Walters says. He outlines some of Canadians? most common misconceptions about buying U.S. real estate:


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1. Rental or capital gains income reported in Canada does not have to be reported in the United States, and vice versa.

In fact, says Mr. Walters, taxability is determined by residency or citizenship and where the business activity took place. If the rental activity happened in the U.S., the income is taxable in the U.S. Likewise, as a resident of Canada, you are subject to tax on your worldwide income, regardless of where it is earned. You can use the foreign tax credit to reduce your Canadian tax by the amount of the U.S. tax paid.

2. Owning U.S. real estate in my Canadian corporation is a good idea.

There are actually a number of reasons not to own U.S. real estate in your Canadian corporation, Mr. Walters says. Any profits will be subject to double tax in the U.S., and you will also lose special tax treatment of long-term capital gains at 15 per cent. All income in a corporation will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates, which can be as high as 38 per cent. Foreign rental income cannot be deferred income in your Canadian corporation.

3. If I rent only to Canadians and they pay only in Canadian dollars, I will not owe U.S. taxes.

Actually, where a tenant is from or what currency they use is irrelevant. You must pay tax in the country in which the income is earned and in the country in which you live. Do not forget to use the foreign tax credit to prevent double taxation.

4. Having a house in the U.S. at my death will cause all of my assets to be subject to U.S. estate tax.

The non-resident estate tax system is set up to tax only U.S. assets at the time of death, Mr. Walters says. You do not have to let U.S. tax authorities know about other assets. However, it is usually beneficial to report your worldwide assets because of the exclusion from U.S. estate tax allowed under the U.S.-Canada Treaty. Under the treaty, Canadians can use the same exclusion Americans are allowed ? currently $5-million (U.S.) per person.

5. The U.S. will impose a tax of 50 per cent on assets subject to U.S. estate tax.

The 50-per-cent tax is part exaggeration and part lack of information about the U.S.-Canada treaty, Mr. Walters says. Prior to 2010, the highest marginal tax rate was 45 per cent. The rate is now a flat 35 per cent for amounts over the $5-million exemption.

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On Wednesday, May 18, at noon (ET), Dale Walters joins us for a live chat and will take your questions about buying U.S. real estate.

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