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Lien amounts: What can you include in a mechanics lien claim?
By Tom Scalisi
When you get burned on a construction payment, you may find yourself wishing that you could take them for all their worth. But when you sit down to fill out your mechanics lien claim, it's important to the amounts allowed by law. Each state has their own requirements for what you can include in a lien amount — and what you cannot.
At the beginning of a construction project, contractors have to float a lot of their own cash to get the job rolling. While there's some risk involved in floating a job, contractors and subs do it with the understanding that they will get paid at intervals throughout the project. When due dates come and go, the bottom line gets tighter and tighter.
While we know of the benefits of filing a mechanics lien, questions arise around what someone can include in their lien. Some contractors want to know if they can add interest to offset the interest they paid floating the job with creditors. Very often, subs want to include the cost of filing the lien in the amount. If the case has to go to court, they want to include a lawyer's fees.
This guide should provide some insight into what you should and should not include in your lien amount, based on the rules in each state.
Costs to include in a lien claim
This is a complicated topic to cover in a general statement, and there are a few things to consider. It's important to understand that filing a mechanics lien in the wrong amount may get it thrown out altogether.
Including costs that aren't allowed could invalidate your claim, leaving you without lien rights. It's best to play it safe when calculating your lien amount.
Contract amounts: Yes
When filing a mechanics lien and taking it to court, the priority must be recovering the amount owed according to your construction contract. This contractual amount includes written and signed change orders, and any retainage that you've already billed for but haven't received payment on.
Written change orders: Yes
Since most projects contain change orders, it's important you understand that you have a right to get paid for these projects. You should treat each change order like its own individual contract. It needs to be drawn up in detail and signed by both parties. You can then defend it as part of the contractual amount and include it in your mechanics lien.
Retainage: Probably
Contractors also ask about whether they can include retainage in their lien amount. This depends.
Retainage is a percentage of the contractual amount, so it makes sense that you could include it. If you've completed the project, you should be due the retainage amount.
However, it's generally good practice to only include retention in the lien amount if you billed for it and haven't received payment. If the payment hasn't come due yet according to contract, it's likely that you should leave it out. You can always include it in another lien if necessary.
It's not worth pushing the envelope and possibly losing your lien rights.
Interest: Maybe
The most frequently asked question of all is whether a contractor can include interest in their lien amount. Some states do allow contractors to add interest, like Florida and New York. But, the state often determines the rate you can charge, so it's worth taking a deeper look into before tacking on an arbitrary number.
Attorney fees: No
I don't think any state allows you to include attorney costs in a claim. Even if it were allowed, it's difficult to include lawyer fees in a lien as a matter of timing. You'll file the lien with the appropriate amount before the case goes to court. You simply can't be sure of the amount of a lawyer's fees before filing.
Trying to include lawyer's fees and interest can be more hassle than it's worth. While it's possible, it's also possible to get the lien thrown out. Playing it safe is often the best policy, as many courts grant interest and fees to the prevailing party anyway.
State by State: What You Can Include in a Lien Amount
Check this state-by-state list to get an idea of what you can and can't include in your lien amounts.
Alabama is pretty relaxed when it comes to lien law, stating "no error in the amount of the demand or in the name of the owner or proprietor, shall affect the lien." However, Alabama does not allow for attorney's fees or other charges in a mechanics lien suit.
Alaska's lien laws are stringent. The amount of the lien can only include the "contractual amount," but this does include retainage and written change orders. Attorney's fees and interest are not allowed.
You can't include attorney's fees, collections costs, or interest in your mechanics lien amount in Arizona. However, the court may award the prevailing party the costs involved in filing the mechanics lien and attorney fees.
Arkansas is pretty lax when it comes to mechanics lien amounts. Claimants can include the debt, interest, and costs to file the mechanics lien. However, the court allows these as awards whether or not contractors include them in the mechanics lien amount, so it's best to leave them out to avoid any potential mistakes.
California's lien amount inclusion can be tricky. In The Golden State, mechanics liens are limited to the reasonable value of the work provided by the claimant. This means the contractual amount owed is less important than the actual value of the work.
If you snag a great contract but end up in a payment dispute, you may find that the amount the court awards you is far less than that ultra-lucrative agreement.
Also, while you're unable to include attorney's fees, interest, and filing fees, the courts often award them to the prevailing party.
Colorado does not allow the inclusion of attorney's fees or filing fees in a mechanics lien claim. However, the state does allow the late fees and interest charges, within reason. It keeps a watchful eye on what it considers excessive, so interest and late fees should be reasonable and clearly defined from the beginning of the project.
Connecticut plays by its own rules. While the state may award attorney fees to the prevailing party, it will not allow a mechanics lien to attach to a property in excess of the amount the owner originally agreed to pay. While this sounds like a straightforward, contractual amount, any extra agreements not on paper or subcontracts that push the value of the lien higher than the original agreed amount will invalidate the lien. No interest, no late fees, and no attorney's fees.
Delaware does not allow for attorney's fees, collection costs, or other amounts in the lien total. However, if there's an agreement between parties to include attorney's fees, the court might allow it.
Florida does not allow any extraneous charges in a mechanics lien claim. However, you can include any previously determined and unpaid finance charges in your lien amount. So if you have a preset and agreed-upon credit policy that includes interest on late amounts, you can add them. However, you should not include attorney's fees, as the court may award them anyway.
Georgia allows the inclusion of interest for late payments in a lien amount. Other charges are allowable, but it's unclear what they are. It's best not to include any attorney's fees or collection charge. Stick to interest and interest only.
Hawaii does not allow contractors to include interest, attorney's fees, or lost profits. Also, you can't include food, transportation, or housing costs for out of state workers—very applicable to the islands.
You can't include interest, attorney's fees, or any other value beyond the contractual amount in an Idaho mechanics lien. However, the claimant is entitled to recover attorney's fees and filing costs after a successful foreclosure.
There's a bit of gray area around Illinois mechanics lien amounts. You can include interest, professional fees, and attorney's fees in the amount, but the state isn't specific about this, so include them with care.
Indiana allows the value of the labor and materials furnished in a mechanics lien amount. This means it could potentially amount to more than the contractual amount if you didn't get a great contract to start. The court typically awards interest and lawyer's fees, but you should not include them.
Contractors should only include the contractual amount owed to them in their mechanics lien amounts in Iowa. However, the court may award the lien claimant reasonable attorney's fees in a successful suit.
Contractors should not include lawyer's fees or filing charges in Kansas mechanics lien amounts. However, if interest is clearly defined and included in the original contract, it is allowed.
Kentucky mechanics lien amount totals should not exceed the original contract price. However, fees and filing costs may be recovered upon a successful enforcement.
Contractors cannot include attorney's fees, interest, or filing costs in their mechanics lien amounts in Louisiana, though the court may award them in a successful action. Further, lien amounts should not include materials that were not used or consumed on the project.
Mechanics lien amounts in Maine are pretty strict. You can only include the contracted amount in your lien. No attorney's fees, no filing costs, and no interest are allowed.
While you can't include attorney's fees or filing costs in your mechanics lien amount in Maryland, you can include interest if it was included in the contract and agreed upon by both parties. The court may award attorney's fees in a successful action.
It's best to include only the contractual amount in a Massachusetts mechanics lien amount. Interest and attorney's fees are not allowed.
Michigan's rules on mechanics lien amounts are different than most other states. You can't include attorney's fees or filing costs in your lien amount. However, you can include extra work, even if you didn't get a signed change order. It's best to get changes documented anyway.
You can include interest in your mechanics lien amount in Minnesota. However, contractors should not include other amounts (filing costs, attorney's fees, etc.). The prevailing party is likely to be awarded attorney's fees upon successful enforcement.
Mississippi mechanics lien amounts cannot include attorney's fees, filings costs, or interest. They may only include the contractual amount owed. The court does however have the discretion to award attorney's fees to the prevailing party.
Attorney's fees, interest, and consequential damages are not allowed in Missouri mechanics lien amounts. It's also important to note that subcontractors must include an itemized list of material and labor that went unpaid with their mechanics lien.
Montana does not allow attorney's fees, interest charges, filing costs, or consequential damages in a mechanics lien amount. It's not clear whether you can expect to these as an award during a successful suit, either.
Nebraska mechanics lien amounts aren't cut and dry. The state does allow the claimant to include attorney's fees, interest, finance charges, and other charges in the lien amount. However, if the cause for the claim is the claimant's termination from the project before completion, these damages are not recoverable.
Nevada does not allow consequential damages in a mechanics lien amount. This includes attorney's fees, collection costs, and interest charges. However, the court may award those damages in a successful action. Contractors can add reasonable overhead and profit, but generally, the lienable amount is the unpaid contract plus unpaid change orders.
New Hampshire mechanics lien laws aren't straightforward. The state law is unsettled on including profit and overhead, interest, finance charges, attorney's fees, court costs, or consequential damages. As such, it's best to file a lien with the contract amount only.
Based on their confusing mechanics lien laws, you'd be forgiven for thinking that New Jersey would prefer if contractors didn't file liens at all.
When filing a claim, it's best to stick to your contracted amount. An arbitrator will step in and determine what the lien amount will be, so it's best not to include extraneous charges.
While you can't include attorney's fees and interest in your lien in New Mexico, you can note that you're claiming them. The contractor may be awarded these in a successful suit.
In New York, lien amounts should consist of the original contractual amount, without attorney's fees or filing costs. However, if interest was part of the agreed-upon original contract, contractors may add it into the lien amount.
In North Carolina, a mechanics lien claim can only consist of the value of the unpaid labor, materials, and equipment charges. No other charges or fees can be part of the lien amount, though the court may award attorney's fees to the prevailing party.
The amount allowed in a North Dakota mechanics lien suit involves the difference between three things; the agreed-upon sum, the reasonable value of work completed, and the amount already paid to the claimant. Contractors cannot include attorney's fees and filing costs in the lien amount, however, if the property owner is the prevailing party, the court may award them.
Contractors can only include the contracted amount in an Ohio mechanics lien. However, if the contractor is in direct contract with the property owner, they may be able to include interest.
The court may award attorney's fees to the lien claimant upon a successful action.
Contractors may not include attorney's fees, filing fees, court costs, or interest in Oklahoma mechanics lien. However, prevailing parties may recover fees and costs.
Oregon mechanics lien laws are pretty straightforward: No attorney's fees, no interest, no filing costs, and no consequential damages. Include the original contracted amount, only.
Mechanics lien claimants in Pennsylvania cannot include any amount unconnected to the construction, improvement, repair, or alteration of a property. This means no attorney's fees, no filing costs, no interest, and no consequential damages. Liens may include the contracted amount only.
Contractors cannot include attorney's fees and collection costs, as well as filing fees in Rhode Island mechanics liens. However, other fees and costs may be. Interest is allowed, starting from the date the claimant filed the notice of intent.
Attorney's fees and collection costs cannot be part of a mechanics lien amount. However, in South Carolina, awards of costs and attorney's fees are mandatory to the prevailing party. However, the costs and attorney's fees cannot exceed the amount of the lien.
While contractors cannot include attorney's fees or collection costs in South Dakota mechanics lien amounts, the court may award attorney's fees and interest to the prevailing party. The court mandates the interest rate, set at the highest legal amount by statue.
Tennessee mechanics lien amounts cannot include anything other than the cost of filing the lien at the recorder's office. Regardless of whether or not interest and late charges were explicitly outlined in a contract, the claimant cannot include them in the lien amount.
Contractors can't include any amount unrelated to the labor and materials furnished on a project in a Texas mechanics lien amount. No filing fees, no attorney's fees, no collection fees, and consequential damages. However, the court may award attorney's fees upon a successful suit.
Utah's mechanics lien laws pertaining to amounts allowed are very strict. No fees, indirect or consequential damages, or interest is allowed in a lien amount. Including any of these can lead to serious trouble; filing an excessive lien is a class B misdemeanor in Utah. If a contractor survives filing the lien without cuffs and successfully enforces the lien, they may be entitled to attorney's fees, costs, and interest.
Vermont does not allow claimants to include attorney's fees or consequential damages in their lien. If the court sees fit, it may award interest to the successful claimant.
Contractors are not able to include attorney's fees, filing costs, collection costs, or indirect or consequential damages in Virginia lien amounts.
No additional amounts other than the contractually agreed upon value may be part of a Washington mechanics lien amount. However, prevailing parties may be able to recoup the filing fees, attorney's fees, and necessary expenses related to the proceedings.
You can't include anything extra in a West Virginia mechanics lien amount. You also shouldn't expect the court to award you with anything, even if you're the prevailing party. This means you're not entitled to court fees, filing fees, attorney's fees, interest, indirect or consequential damages, or anything else. It's best to proceed with the contractual amount.
Wisconsin does not allow for any extraneous charges in a mechanics lien amount.
Wyoming is one of the most liberal when it comes to mechanics lien amounts. Claimants can include interest, attorney's fees, and collection costs in their lien amount.
Play it safe to avoid problems or penalties
You need to get paid for your participation in a project, so it's best to make sure your lien goes through. As listed above, most states don't allow for extra costs or fees, so it's best to leave them out and file for the contractually owed amount. Most courts have the option of awarding costs and fees, so consider leaving them out and letting the court decide.
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Diplomacy: Unlikely to be the 'end of the world'
Much is being made of what US President Barack Obama will do regarding the Mideast as he goes out the door; Either way, the final impact is likely to be far less than the hype or the fears.
By HERB KEINON
Published: AUGUST 20, 2016 21:09
Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama against a backdrop of Israeli flags and American flags
(photo credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)
The scenario goes something like this: With a "bellyful of Bibi" after eight troublesome years of working with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama will take out all his pent-up frustrations on the prime minister in the period between the US elections on November 8, and the formal end of his term on January 20.
A vengeful Obama, this script goes, will either back a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for a time frame for negotiating an agreement with the Palestinians that will be based on the 1967 lines; initiate a resolution of his own that will call the settlements illegal; or give a parting Mideast speech in which he will lay down what he believes should be the parameters of a future agreement.
His parting message will be clear: "Take that, Netanyahu!" For almost the entirety of Obama's eight years in office, loud voices have been heard in the Israeli media and among opposition politicians predicting that any day now, the American boom will be lowered, and the president will pin Israel to the wall as no president has ever done before.
After Obama's first four years, the conventional wisdom was that he had nothing to lose anymore with Jewish voters, and that the second four years would be dreadful. After the Congressional elections in 2014, there were those who thought that we would now see Obama unhinged, without any domestic constraints whatsoever against doing what he really wanted to do against the Jewish state.
And after the Iran deal was passed last summer, various headlines predicted that the president's anger at Netanyahu for trying to obstruct the deal would be nigh upon us.
Granted, the last eight years – the so-called "Obibi era" – has by no means been a honeymoon in the relations between the US president and the Israeli prime minister. But the boom was never lowered, and the US-Israel relationship remains strong and robust.
As Kenneth Stein, a professor of contemporary Mideast history, political science and Israel studies at Emory University in Atlanta said at a conference this week in Washington, sponsored by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the Israeli-US relationship sustains itself both because of common values and identities, but also because the Mideast as a region "continues to change and churn."
One of the reasons the US found itself tied to Israel in the 1950s, at a time when there was not a great deal of sympathy for the Jewish state in the State Department, was because of the Cold War, he noted.
"And as the region continues to change, and Israel continues to remain stable, Israel remains an aircraft carrier, a reliable friend. Even with all the stuff that goes on beneath the surface."
If the US had other reliable allies in the region, the picture might look a little different, he asserted.
"But at the present time, given where the Mideast is headed, I think the relationship is pretty strong. Prime ministers and presidents tend to go, they don't remain forever."
AND IF PRESIDENTS "tend to go," then – even more so – so do their speeches.
Dennis Ross, the veteran Middle East negotiator who dealt with Mideast issues under George H. W.
Bush, as well as under Bill Clinton and Obama, said at the same conference that he imagines Obama will give a Mideast speech in his waning days, but that the significance of such a speech should not be overblown.
"I do think that sometime in the interregnum – after the election and before the next administration comes in – he may give a speech, where he might choose to lay out parameters. I don't know if he has decided to do that. I think that one of the things he feels is that he doesn't think Israel or the Palestinians at this point are willing or capable of doing anything."
Ross said Obama believes that even if neither side would accept the parameters he would spell out, over time the rest of the international community – as well as both sides – would "come to realize that these are the only parameters that will actually work."
But, he added, "presidents giving speeches at the end of a term frankly don't have that big of an impact on anybody."
Former National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror, asked this week on Israel Radio about the prospects and impact of an Obama speech, was even more blunt.
"We are talking about a president who is ending his job in January," Amidror said. "His declaration would be symbolic, maybe very important to the Palestinians, but it will not change anything on the ground or Israel's position in the world."
Even if the president references the 1967 lines, Amidror said, it is not as if this has not been referenced in negotiations in the past. He said that too much is being made over what is "relatively a small thing," and that such a speech would not impact on the substance of the negotiations, nor their possible results.
"I recommend not getting that excited about it," he said. "If it can be prevented, that is preferable, but if not, the damage is not that great."
GRANTED, an Obama Mideast speech may not be cataclysmic, even a speech that references the 1967 lines.
But how about a UN Security Council resolution, one brought by the French and backed by the Americans? Or how about one brought by the Americans themselves? Wouldn't that cause more substantive damage? Isn't that something that should cause all Israelis great concern, reinforcing a national sense of impending doom and isolation? Ross, for one, doesn't see such a resolution materializing.
Though he said that there are those who would want to see the parameters likely to be laid down by the president in a speech then incorporated inside a UN Security Council resolution, this was unlikely to happen because the president would probably balance his speech between what the Palestinians need, and what the Israelis need, while those pushing for a resolution don't want to see any reference to Israel's needs.
"I don't think you can produce a Security Council resolution that can address both sides," he said. "You can produce a Security Council resolution that can be specific on what the Palestinians feel they need – meaning it will be precise when it comes to borders, the 1967 lines and agreed swaps, precise when it comes to two capitals for two states in Jerusalem – that's what the Palestinians want."
But then, regarding issues important to Israel – such as security and specifying that Palestinian refugees will not be allowed into Israel – the Security Council resolution would be much more vague. "When it comes to refugees it will say, 'there should be a resolution to the refugee issues,' and when it comes to security it will say, 'there should be security arrangements,'" Ross speculated.
"So you can get to the Security Council something very precise on what the Palestinians need, and something completely vague on what the Israelis need, and that actually will make things worse, not better. I don't think the administration will make a big effort at the Security Council, because I think they realize the likely effect."
Alan Baker, a former ambassador to Canada and from 1996 to 2004 the Foreign Ministry's legal adviser, also said that there was too much fretting going on over a UN Security Council resolution.
The first thing needed, he said, was to distinguish between different types of UN Security Council resolutions.
One type are those taken under Chapter 7 of the UN charter which are obligatory, meaning that the UN can dispatch forces – and use tools like boycotts and sanctions – to carry them out.
Baker pointed out that none of the Security Council resolutions dealing with Israel – including 242, 338 and 425, which dealt with Lebanon – have been under this category.
Rather, those resolutions have all been pursuant to Chapter 6 of the UN charter, meaning they are recommendations.
These are resolutions that have teeth, but don't bite. They have teeth, Baker explained, in that they are the recommendations of the one body in the world whose job it is to maintain peace and security. But they don't bite because they are not obligatory.
"The basis of all the peace processes between Israel and its Arab neighbors is 242," Baker said, sitting behind a book- and document-stacked desk at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, where he is director of its Institute for Contemporary Affairs. He was referring to the landmark Security Council resolution adopted in November 1967 that established the principles that were to govern all subsequent negotiations.
These principles are a withdrawal of Israeli forces from "territories occupied in the recent conflict," (though it did not say "the territories," which would imply all of them); and the right of every state in the area "to live in peace within secure and recognized borders free from threats or acts of force."
UNSC 242, he said, was the foundation for all Middle East peace process that came afterward, including the peace treaties with Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994), as well as all the agreements and memorandum that make up the Oslo Accords (1993-1999).
"For the Security Council now to come along and revoke 242, or adopt a new resolution that would neutralize or nullify it, would be basically to undermine the whole agreed upon peace process," Baker said.
Baker said he did not believe the Americans, nor other actors in the Security Council, would allow this to happen.
"As much as they might dislike Netanyahu or Israel, I don't believe they would go so far as to undermine the whole set of peace treaties and agreements."
But, he acknowledged, the French may be hell-bent on bringing something to the Security Council. In that case he envisions a resolution that would basically reaffirm 242, "and add an element of urgency and energy to it."
If that is the case, he said, Israel basically has little to fear. He said, however, it was important to pay attention to the language used in any future resolution referencing the 1967 lines, lines never mentioned in UNSC 242.
Baker stressed that the 1967 lines were never an international border, but only the 1949 armistice demarcation line between Israel and Jordan. And in that armistice agreement, he pointed out, Jordan insisted that these lines could not be considered an international border.
If a UN resolution would use language referencing the 1967 lines such as that used in the 2003 Road Map – that an accord would "end the occupation that began in 1967" – that would be a bitter pill that Netanyahu could swallow, though he would not like it, Baker said.
But a red line would be calling for a withdrawal to the 1967 lines, something not mentioned in UNSC 242 and not something Israel is under any obligation to do.
Baker said he would also oppose adding a clause saying that any agreement should be "based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps," a line that Obama first used in a speech in 2011. "I'd object because we are not under any obligation under 242 to swap. Israel is obligated to withdraw from territories. This is adding a new element."
According to Baker, the media is getting the public unnecessarily worked up over the issue, since a resolution that undermines UNSC 242 would be unlikely to garner US support.
"Israel," he said, "could come and say, 'We have been very careful, we haven't annexed the territories because there is a peace process, we are committed to a negotiated final status with the Palestinians. But if you people are going to remove the whole basis of the peace process, then we would consider ourselves completely free to do whatever we want, and what is in our interests'."
The more the world is afraid of a "crazy Israeli government," he said, the more it would be hesitant to take a move that could bring down the entire existing peace process structure, not knowing how Israel would react.
With Netanyahu, he said, "no one knows" – another reason he believes this scenario is very unlikely.

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Karl Hallsten
Ceramic artist, Karl Hallsten used to be a woodcarver in the Scandanavian tradition, but upon moving to Sierra Vista in 2006, he discovered the Pottery Studio@Sierra Vista program, and it opened him up to a whole new world of artistic experience. It was a natural switch for him to make, and it was also fun, affordable and easier on his aging wrist and hand. His love of nature is the inspiration for much of his work, and he has come to enjoy the forms and colors of the desert.
He says that he owes much of his enthusiasm for engaging as an artist to his fifth and sixth grade teacher. It was during World War II, and he lived in Portland, Oregon. "My school shifted from having us change teachers for each subject to a self-contained classroom. I lucked out and got the art teacher who used art and problem solving to teach almost all the curriculum."
Other art forms he is currently engaged in are fabric arts and storytelling.


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Gorillaz Mobilizing For U.S. Release, Live Dates
Gorillaz, the animated band created by "Tank Girl" illustrator Jamie Hewlett and Blur frontman Damon Albarn, is readying its self-titled debut for North American release on Virgin a week from today (J
Gorillaz, the animated band created by "Tank Girl" illustrator Jamie Hewlett and Blur frontman Damon Albarn, is readying its self-titled debut for North American release on Virgin a week from today (June 19). Albarn tells Billboard.com that the group -- which features himself, Dan The Automator, Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori, and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien performing for their animated alter egos -- hopes to play some North American dates before the end of the year.
The album, which debuted at No. 3 in the U.K. and has already hit the top of the charts in Italy and Germany, includes the single "Clint Eastwood," which hit No. 2 in the U.K. and has recently been serviced to U.S. radio.
The four official members of Gorillaz, as drawn by Hewlett, are Murdoc (satanic chain-smoking bassist/possessive leader of the group), 2-D (blank-eyed frontman singer/Albarn alter ego), Noodle (10-year-old female Japanese whiz guitarist), and Russell (hulking drummer, possessed by the spirit of his dead rapper friend). In their alternate virtual reality, they met through a bizarre chain of events and currently live together in Kong Studios, a headquarters/recording studio in London. The group's visually stimulating Web site allows visitors to search around this virtual "home."
To date, Gorillaz has played a lone gig in London in March, but has six more dates planned through September, including two before the end of the month. According to Albarn, the live Gorillaz experience is "an experimental thing ... there's no actual band that you see on stage -- it's one big cinema screen. It's kind of taking a ride back to the sort of silent-movie era, really. Except it's a lot louder."
Albarn and Hewlett want to introduce the record and concept to North American audiences before playing live in the region. Like most stars of '90s Britpop, Albarn acknowledges that breaking in the States is always a crap shoot, but he gives Gorillaz a better chance than Blur. "We're having mammoth hits in places like Germany," he said. "Traditionally, I've never even been able to get myself arrested in Germany. So [Gorillaz is] definitely not working on the fact of my notoriety. It's working very much on its own steam, which gives me hope for America."
As for the fate of Blur, Albarn admits the group is "in a bit of a transition period now." Blur recently postponed plans to begin work on a seventh album but does not appear to be on permanent hiatus. Still, with Albarn's busy Gorillaz-related schedule, it's unlikely he'll be able to reconvene the group anytime soon. "[Gorillaz] has basically become a full-time job," he and Hewlett agree.
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There is a Representational System for each of our senses; this is the way that we experience our world. What we actually perceive are representations of what each sensory organ transmits to us.
Every moment in time we create a 4-Tuple of experience made up of Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic and Olfactory/Gustatory. The way that we put these four inputs together transforms the experience into something different than the original stimulus.
As we build our models of the world we attach language to our experiences. As a result we have a sixth representational system, Auditory Digital (Ad), which is our self talk. It is not related to any sensory organ.
We all use each representational systems but we tend to favour one over the rest. This is called our Primary Representational System.
Comprehensive training on Representational Systems takes place on our NLP Practitioner Training Courses. You can attend a training course or learn online at our NLP e-Learning centre.


I work in the area of European medieval magic and astrology, especially in relation to orthodox religion, natural philosophy, medicine and cosmology. I am also interested in the imagery of medieval magic, especially diagrams, and the history of animals in the Middle Ages.
My book Magic in the Cloister. Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe (Penn State Press) will be published in October 2013.
In addition I have published an edited collection, The Unorthodox Imagination in Late Medieval Britain (Manchester University Press), articles on learned magic, astrology and the cultural history of animals, and two books with the British Library: Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts and Magic in Medieval Manuscripts.
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The HCS Choral Festival began five years ago as a vision of Superintendent Dr. Mike Rockers, who wanted to see our schools come together to share joy for Christ through song. Each year, it just gets better and better. In keeping with the Church's celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Fatima Apparitions this year, the theme was donned, "Ode to Mary." The choir directors of participating schools were asked to prepare one song in honor of Our Blessed Mother and one song of their choice.
This year's the festival on March 2, 2017 brought together members of the choir (grades 1-8) from twelve schools on Oahu including:
Saint Anthony School (Honolulu)
Saint Theresa School (Honolulu)
Saint Patrick School
Saint Louis School
Saint Elizabeth School
Saint Ann Model Schools
Saint Anthony School (Kailua)
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Saint John the Baptist Catholic School
Holy Family Catholic Academy
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Missouri Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund > About PSTIF > Board of Trustees > Minutes of Past Meetings > 2020 Meetings > May 28, 2014 Meeting Minutes
May 28, 2014 Meeting Minutes
Governor Office Building
Chairman McNutt called the meeting to order.
Marty Miller
Dan Henry, Williams & Company Consulting
Patrick J. Vuchetich, Williams & Company Consulting
David Walters, Williams & Company Consulting
Todd Burkhardt, Neumayer Equipment
Robert Kelly, Morris Oil Company
Heather Peters, Compliance/Enforcement Section, Hazardous Waste Program, DNR
Keith Piontek, TRC
Pat Rounds, Rounds & Associates
Jason Smith, Environmental Works, Inc.
Brian Wiegert, Rounds & Associates
Claim Appeals – Morris Oil/Village Marts #20 and #3 – Claims 63180/63181
Chairman McNutt introduced Robert Kelly from Morris Oil Company and Jason Smith from EWI and invited them to present Morris Oil's two claim appeals.
Mr. Smith noted the two locations involve similar but slightly different situations, noting tanks were removed from Village Mart #3 last October and tanks are scheduled to be removed at Village Mart #20 next month. He distributed a timeline, which has been filed with the official Board meeting records, and summarized Morris Oil's request that the Board pay 100% of cleanup costs at each location instead of only a portion, as determined by Williams & Company.
Mr. Kelly said he now handles all PSTIF insurance matters for the company, but emphasized he was not working for Morris Oil when the decision was made in 2009 not to purchase the extended reporting period for Village Mart #3.
Chairman McNutt asked Pat Vuchetich to comment on the two claim appeals. Mr. Vuchetich concurred with the verbal summary provided by Mssrs. Smith and Kelly; he agreed that none of Morris' actions had resulted in loss of full coverage for Village Mart #20 and stated that Williams had since changed its procedures so other owners are now allowed to keep the extended reporting period endorsements in force on their prior policies, even if they subsequently put some or all of the tanks back into use.
Regarding Village Mart #3, he verified that Morris had not exercised its option to purchase an extended reporting period endorsement for its first policy, which meant the opportunity to file a claim for the out-of-use tanks had passed.
Chairman McNutt then invited questions from the Trustees. Discussion ensued, with Trustees clarifying several details and confirming that no one present could say definitively why the extended reporting period was not purchased for the second location.
After the discussion, Chairman McNutt informed Mr. Smith and Mr. Kelly the Trustees would discuss the appeals in closed session later that day and the Executive Director would inform them of the Trustees' decision in writing.
Review and Approval of Minutes – March 19, 2014 – Open Session Meeting
Marty Miller moved that the minutes from the March 19, 2014 Board meeting be approved after correcting a name. Ski Mariea seconded. Motion carried.
Update – Corrosion Concerns
Chairman McNutt commented on the corrosion occurring in diesel tank systems since EPA required refiners to reduce the amount of sulfur in diesel fuel and reminded the
Trustees he had signed and sent a letter to EPA after the last Board meeting. He directed their attention to the response received from Ms. Carolyn Hoskinson, Director of EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks, and asked if there were any questions about the letter or this issue. None were raised.
Chairman McNutt expressed appreciation to the DNR and the MDA for working with the PSTIF on this issue and noted all three agencies are involved in offering a webinar to help educate tank owners on this subject. He opined that this will help get the word out to be on the lookout for unusual corrosion problems.
Ms. Eighmey, Mr. Albert, and Ms. Peters thanked the Trustees for their interest and initiative, noting that this issue had clearly been elevated in importance and was getting more attention as a result of the Trustees' letter. Mr. Albert noted it went "from a non-topic to the number one topic" at the recent NISTM conference. Ms. Peters reported the subject had been added to the agenda for an August meeting of EPA and state UST regulators, which she will attend.
Chairman McNutt invited questions or comments from the Trustees about the financial statements, monthly activity reports, or large-loss claims. There were none.
Chairman McNutt asked Ms. Eighmey to report on actions by the 2014 Missouri General Assembly. She distributed a written summary, which is filed with the official Board records of the meeting.
Ms. Eighmey briefly summarized the appropriations bills and other bills enacted by the Legislature, noting the Governor has until July 14 to sign or veto each. She reported two bills passed by the Senate that would have limited the length of time Trustees could serve in expired terms were not passed by the House.
Update on Rulemakings
Chairman McNutt then asked Ms. Eighmey to review the various rulemakings summarized in the Trustees' notebooks. She did so, reminding them that government requirements applicable to their insured owners are constantly changing, creating a significant challenge for small businesses to stay in compliance. She noted all the rule changes mentioned in the Trustees' meeting materials recently had been reviewed and discussed with the PSTIF Advisory Committee.
Regarding the PSTIF claims rule, Ms. Eighmey said all the feedback from consultants, Advisory Committee members, and other interested parties would be evaluated and incorporated into a revised proposal, which she intends to bring back to the Board at its July meeting with a request to publish the proposed amendment in the Missouri Register for formal public comments.
Regarding the UST operator training rule, she noted Williams was working on the web-based courses and tests, which should be ready in July, so she also plans to ask the Trustees at the next meeting to publish this proposed rule for public comment.
She noted the Advisory Committee had a robust discussion about several possible changes to the UST operating rules, led by Heather Peters; she noted EPA is expected to publish new UST rules in final form in the Fall of 2014, after which time DNR will undertake a formal rulemaking to incorporate EPA's new rules, as well as some other changes.
She reported there is productive and ongoing dialogue with DNR's air pollution program about their proposed rule change for the St. Louis area, indicating optimism that the rule change will provide an opportunity to alleviate the stress of tank owners who have found it difficult or impossible to comply with both DNR's UST rules and DNR's air pollution rule.
John Albert commented briefly on his department's work to assure that motor oils, antifreeze, and similar products being sold to Missouri consumers meet certain minimum quality specifications.
Marty Miller asked some questions about the proposed changes to the PSTIF claims rule, including whether it is common for people to ask for reimbursement without pre-approval of costs, what the purpose is for the changes numbered 11a and 11b, why a six-month extended reporting period is not automatically provided, why the phrase "temporarily closed" is being deleted, and what #10 is. Ms. Eighmey responded to his questions and reiterated that she would like to get DNR's feedback on the draft rule before it is published in the Missouri Register as a proposed amendment.
Presentation of Research Project on LNAPL
Chairman McNutt introduced Keith Piontek from TRC to present the results of the research project funded by the Trustees. Mr. Piontek thanked the Board for their support of the research and discussed the findings; his presentation is filed with the official Board meeting records. He emphasized how the research project had added to the growing body of new scientific data being used in educational and training programs across the country, as nearly all states are dealing with this issue. He said the scientific community's understanding of free product at petroleum sites has improved dramatically in recent years, which is causing a shift in regulators' approaches.
A brief discussion followed. Ms. Eighmey noted that there are numerous claim files for which the question of how to meet the DNR requirement to "recover free product to the maximum extent practicable" is a critical issue and is hampering closure of the file; she said DNR's Aaron Schmidt had agreed to engage in a collaborative effort with PSTIF and others to try and solve this problem.
Chairman McNutt thanked Mr. Piontek for his report and said the Board looks forward to hearing more on the subject in the future.
Summary of FY14 Inspections
Chairman McNutt introduced Pat Rounds and Brian Wiegert from Rounds & Associates to report on their FY14 inspections. They summarized the most common violations seen at UST and AST sites and compared recent results with historical ones. Their presentation is filed with the official Board meeting records. Trustees were reminded that Rounds performs UST inspections for both PSTIF and DNR under a joint contract.
John Albert commended Rounds' staff on their expertise and the quality of the inspections.
Chairman McNutt thanked Mr. Rounds and Mr. Wiegert for attending the meeting and for the good work they and their staff have done for the Board.
Advisory Committee Appointments – Ski Mariea moved to appoint five new members to the Advisory Committee: Mark Abel from Abel Oil Company, Todd Burkhardt from Neumayer Equipment, Ron Morton from Town & Country Supermarkets, Heather Peters from the DNR, and Adam Troutwine from Polsinelli. John Albert seconded. Motion carried.
Billings – Chairman McNutt asked if there were any questions about the billings; there were none.
Chairman McNutt thanked those in attendance for coming and reminded all present that the next Board Meeting would be on July 23, 2014 at The University Club on MU's Campus in Columbia.
Chairman McNutt asked that the Board go into closed session to:
Approve the minutes from two prior closed sessions,
Discuss and make decisions on the two Morris Oil claim appeals,
Discuss and make decisions on contracts,
Hear from counsel on litigation matters, and
Hear an update on fraud investigations.
Renee Slusher moved that the Board go into closed session to discuss the matters identified by the Chairman, as authorized by Section 610.021, RSMo. Ski Mariea seconded. A roll call vote was taken; motion carried without dissent.
Chairman McNutt adjourned the open session meeting at 11:59 a.m.


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This is the shocking moment a Michigan woman crashed her car through the front window of a store and left a delivery man with a broken hip and fractured leg.
The incident occurred around 7pm October 30 at Mr Singh's Blue Bird Liquor Store in Muskegon Heights and the woman was later arrested operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance.
Surveillance footage shows Samantha Lynn Baxter, 38, go straight through the glass front of the store as she reverses at a high speed. In the clip a man inside tries his best to run out of harm's way but cannot move quick enough before he is thrown to the back of the building when the SUV crashes into him.


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Medieval men's hat, one of the most popular models in ancient Rus of the XII-XIII centuries.
Fulled hat is covered with homespun woolen cloth and furred with beaverskin. It has lining of natural linen and is decorated with beautiful pearls.
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Implementing Farmers' Rights Relating to Seeds
The concept of Farmers' Rights recognized the role of farmers as custodians of biodiversity and helped to draw attention to the need to preserve practices that are essential for sustainable agriculture. This paper examines one particular aspect of such rights, perhaps the most controversial. It deals with the component of farmers' rights referring to the use, exchange and sale of farm-saved seeds. Although that concept was initially introduced in 1989 with the aim of balancing the rights of farmers as breeders and of commercial plant breeders, a specific reference to the rights relating to seeds was only introduced upon the conclusion of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in 2001.
The adoption of the concept of Farmers' Rights in the context of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (IUPGR) fostered international action on the ways to recognize and reward farmers' ancestral contributions, not only to the current benefit of such farmers, but in order to ensure the continuity of activities that are crucial for a sustainable agriculture and food security.
The ITPGRFA recognizes the right relating to seeds as a component of Farmers' Rights in a preambular paragraph and in the text of the Treaty with a non-binding formulation (despite the legally binding nature of the treaty as such). Such a formulation is unable to derogate international obligations that the contracting parties may have under other binding international treaties, such as UPOV 1991. While this is the current legal situation, the ITPGRFA indicates the direction in which the national and international law should evolve in order to ensure the effective recognition of farmers' contributions to a sustainable agriculture and food security.
To this end, a revision of national laws should be conducted, where needed, to ensure their compatibility with the realization of Farmers' Rights. Likewise, a revision of UPOV 1991 seems necessary to align it with the objectives of the ITPGRFA. The possibility of allowing current or new UPOV members to shift to or join UPOV 1978, respectively, should also be considered, as it would promote regimes of plant variety protection more compatible with the implementation of Farmers' Rights.
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All | Chemistry | Design & Technology | Science | 11-16
Understand how material properties can be improved by combining two or more materials.
Identify a range of composite materials and technical textiles.
Understand how fibres can be manipulated to create technical textiles.
Through the exciting context of the British challenge for the America's Cup supported by the Lloyd's Register Foundation archives, this modern materials teaching resource explores composite and nano materials for GCSE and KS3 Design Technology and Engineering as well as supporting the nanoparticles element of the science curriculum. In addition to the teaching presentation, video and worksheets there is a practical demonstration idea for you to amaze your students by creating glass fibre in front of their eyes.
Learn about the modern materials used in the building of an America's Cup boat and how composites are vital for building faster boats.
2.Modern Materials Presentation Editable presentation using the context of INEOS TEAM UK and Lloyds Register Archives to cover composites and nano materials.
3.Modern Materials - making glass fibre lab sheet Guide your students through creating glass fibre and seeing first hand how an apparently rigid and brittle glass rod can become flexible when stretched thinly enough.
Lloyds Register Foundation Heritage and Education Centre
5.STEM Behind the scenes at INEOS TEAM UK
Find out all about how INEOS TEAM UK are using the STEM subjects in their bid to win the 36th America's Cup
6.Teach with confidence
KS3 Design Technology
Students should work in a range of domestic and local contexts (for example; the home, health, leisure and culture), and industrial contexts (for example; engineering and manufacturing).
Understand and use the properties of materials and the performance of structural elements to achieve functioning solutions.
Select from and use a wider, more complex range of materials, components and ingredients, taking into account their properties.
Investigate new and emerging technologies.
Understand developments in Design and Technology, its impact on individuals, society and the environment, and the responsibilities of designers, engineers and technologists.
Scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
Teachers will wish to use different contexts to maximise their pupils' engagement with and motivation to study Science.
Properties of ceramics, polymers and composites (qualitative).
Understand and use SI units and IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) chemical nomenclature.
Resistant materials and textiles
Pupils should be given opportunities to develop their Design and Technology capability through:
Activities in which they investigate, analyse and evaluate products in order to acquire technological and health and safety knowledge and understanding that can be applied in their designing and making.
Activities in which they learn about the responsible use of materials considering issues of sustainability.
Learn about the properties and characteristics of materials and apply this knowledge and understanding when designing and making products.
Undertake materials testing, to determine suitability for intended use.
Combine and process materials in order to create enhanced properties and desired aesthetic characteristics.
Be aware of current developments in materials technology, e.g. 'smart' materials.
Consider issues of sustainability when choosing and using materials.
Chemical and material behaviour
The properties of a material determine its uses
Pupils should have particular regard to:
Scientific enquiry.
Scientific and technological developments, their benefits, drawbacks and risks.
Ethical, social, economic and environmental issues and their interaction with science.
Materials: exploring the properties of different substances and how they can be changed to develop their understanding of the connection between structure and properties, exploring the development of new substances which have useful properties
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Ballet / Dance news & information
Radio 3 "In Tune" archive thread
By Carol, March 14, 2012 in Ballet / Dance news & information
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Someone mentioned this the other day, but I can't find it now, so am starting a new thread.
Monica Mason on BBC Radio 3 In Tune - 55 minutes in for those catching up on iPlayer later. Talking about Sleeping Beauty.
About 20 minutes in total.
The staging of Jewels is being discussed on BBC Radio 3's In Tune, right now (about 1 hour into the programme)
David Nixon will be appearing on tomorrow's In Tune, which usually starts at 4.30 to 6.30 on BBC Radio 3.
As it says (Akram Khan on BBC Radio 3 "In Tune" tomorrow). New time is 5-7 pm, I think.
"Richard Alston on Radio 3's "In Tune" shortly"
What it says. In Tune usually runs from 5-7 pm.
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English National Ballet's Stina Quagebeur and Crystal Costa are currently on Radio 3's In Tune talking about Stina's new ballet, Nora, in which Crystal stars, which premieres on Thursday at Sadler's Wells. Approximately 15 minutes in, I should think.
"Carlos Acosta, Chris Hampson, Laura Morera ... on BBC Radio 3 now(ish)!"
Sounds as though Carlos is about to be interviewed on In Tune.
Lynette H 424
It was extremely brief, just a couple of minutes. Mainly about the recent film.
About 35 minutes in.
Christopher Hampson has just been interviewed (about 1 hour 5 min), and I think Laura Morera is due up in a while.
And isn't there more dance on Front Row this evening?
Interesting discussion on MacMillan's The Seven Deadly Sins.


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Ten Cinco de Mayo Music Celebrations in Denver
Westword Staff
Westword Staff | April 30, 2018 | 8:45am
A dancer from last year's Cinco de Mayo Denver festival.
Brandon Marshall
Denver knows how to party on Cinco de Mayo, the day that commemorates the Mexican army's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. While many events celebrate Mexican culture and heritage at Mile High, there are a few concerts that put a different spin on the day. Here are a handful of Cinco de Mayo concerts and events to check out.
Cinco de Mayo Denver
Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Civic Center Park
The two-day celebration has three stages of live music and dance performances, including Fuerza de Tijuana, LaEra del Fenix, KintoSol, Roka Hueka, Mojado and more. See the full entertainment schedule here.
A Taste of Colorado Announces Music Lineup
Cinco de Mayo at Aurora Fox
May 2, 10:30-11:15 a.m., 12 to 12:45 p.m.,
The Colorado Folk Arts Council and Metropolitan State University of Denver present a Cinco de Mayo extravaganza that features Ballet Folklorico group Fiesta Colorado, under the direction of Jeanette Trujillo, Azteca dance group Huitzlipotchli, under the direction of Raul Chavez, and Colorado German dancers under the direction of Ron Gehauf.
Cinco de Mayo Weekend: 4 Days of Celebration
May 3 to 6
Mezcal will be offering up 1800 Tequila and Maestro Dobel specials all weekend and free tequila tastings on May 3, 8 to 10 p.m., May 4, 7 to 9 p.m. and May 5, 8 to 10 p.m. Enjoy live music from the local Latin reggae outfit Mono Verde Collective, at 10 p.m., on May 5.
Cinco de Mayo Carnival
Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo carnival-style at Bethany Evangelical Free Church.
CONCERTS ON MAY 5
Cinco de Mayo with Soul Sacrifice: A Tribute to Santana
Nissi's, Lafayette
Los Mocochetes, with Pink Hawks, the Copper Children, Quilombo Sound System
Larimer Lounge
Punk-o de Mayo Punk Rock Festival, with fourteen bands including Deadly Ever After, Mean Machine, Stray the Course, Proto Whats and more
Toad Tavern
3 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Cinco del Diablo Tekillya, with Swami, Arise in Chaos, Satan's Host, Legion of Death, Carnivorous Greed
Herman's Hideaway
Cinco de Mayo on the Rooftop, with Funk Knuf
Element Bistro, Boulder
Cinco De Mayo with MartyParty
Agave, Avon