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Jemena and SP Ausnet acquisition finalised
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SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd has announced that after satisfying the conditions precedent, the regulatory approvals to allow State Grid of China to buy a 20% stake in SP AusNet and a 60% stake of Jemena gas and electricity from Singapore Power have been received from the Federal Treasurer and the transaction completed.
This comes after the deadline for satisfying the conditions precedent (which elapsed on November 16, 2013) was extended to allow the sale to occur.
SPI Assets Pty Ltd announced on 17 May 2013 that Singapore Power International Pte Ltd (SPI) had agreed to sell 60% of its shareholding in the Company (and also 60% of its interest in the SPI (Australia) Trust) to State Grid of China.
State Grid is the world's largest electric utility and ranked seventh in the Fortune Global 500.
SP AusNet is a dual Australian Securities Exchange and Singapore Exchange listed energy infrastructure entity which owns and operates electricity transmission networks, electricity distribution networks and gas distribution networks in Victoria. Jemena is a private company that owns and operates electricity, gas and water assets in eastern Australia.
The sale was approved on the condition that at least 50 per cent of the members to be appointed by State Grid to the Boards of SP AusNet and Jemena are Australian citizens who are ordinarily resident in Australia.
Additionally, Standard and Poor's have announced that they have revised the SP AusNet Group's long-term rating from BBB+ "CreditWatch with positive implications" to A- "Stable".
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Queens Anti-Gentrification Project
Fight for Popular Control of Housing and Land Use
STUDY & BUILD POWER WITH US THIS FALL
Over the last several years the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project, in conjunction with many other groups across the city, has participated in an ongoing struggle to swing the pendulum of power back in the direction of working class New Yorkers – specifically in the arena of land-use and housing. This grassroots and militant anti-displacement movement has helped to push back major real estate developments, expose faux-progressive politicians and nonprofits, and contribute to the recent left surge in political discourse and activity in our city.
Queens in particular has shown serious revolutionary potential and creativity. However, private capital and the state have demonstrated an ability to adapt. We have always voiced our concerns that the local Democratic Party and nonprofit industrial complex were poised to subsume and neutralize this potential by legitimizing and pulling people into the electoral system and legal processes such as ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure).
With this in mind, we recognize that we need to reconsider our role and orientation as a political organization that opposes capitalism and the state. Thus, we are undergoing a reconstitution into an explicitly revolutionary formation that seeks to build popular power in Queens from the ground up. We had already shifted in this direction as we began building the Queens Popular Assembly and attempted to launch a series of autonomous projects like the People's Land Use Committee and the 7 Train Plan.
As we shifted towards these types of projects, a movement described by many as municipalism had begun gaining momentum internationally. Those involved in this movement refer to popular power as dual power. The premise of dual power is the need to build independent community institutions that counter and replace state bureaucracies and capitalist institutions. Dual power is an existing concept with a long history.
This fall, we will be conducting a public virtual study on the political tendency of Municipalism and the concept of Dual Power, with the intention of launching an entirely new project in alignment with the new municipalist movement. We have compiled all of the readings into a single document, which is linked below along with study guide and event registration. We understand this reader to be imperfect, but we believe it speaks to the ideas and goals we have in establishing a new organization.
Kindly join us for an in-depth and stimulating discussion on how to put power back in the hands of the people!
LINK TO STUDY: bit.ly/DualPowerStudy
LINK TO READER: bit.ly/DualPowerReader
LINK TO STUDY GUIDE: bit.ly/DualPowerStudyGuide
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Join Us for Our Summer Party – Sunday August 12th
To all of our neighbors – We would like to invite you to join us for a summer Anti-Gentrification party! Let's grab some drinks and/or food (non-drinkers are welcome!) and talk with neighbors about defending Queens and NYC from luxury real estate and corporate development!
QAGP is not a representative type of organization, or a funded nonprofit. Rather, we are a group of neighbors, fighting for ourselves and for each other, on our own time. We strongly encourage you to attend, chill, and consider joining us. If not, your general support is welcome!
We look forward to seeing y'all.
WHEN: 4pm-8pm | Sunday, August 12th
WHERE: Copper Kettle | 50-24 Skillman Ave (BACKYARD)
Posted on August 8, 2018 August 8, 2018 by Queens Anti-Gentrification ProjectPosted in UncategorizedLeave a comment
URGENT UPDATE: Solidarity With Louis Flores!
Donate to help Louis here: https://www.youcaring.com/queensantigentrificationproject-830126
Background Info On Louis' Case
Louis's Landlord is Rosalind Spodek, the widow of Leonard "Dracula Landlord" Spodek. Louis's Landlord still does business with Herbert Donner, Dracula Landlord's former business partner. Together, they run ADI Management, which has been the target of an unrelated Federal civil rights complaint, and they manage apartment buildings that have been in the news over allegations of violations that have caused at least one death.All across New York City, Housing Court is exploited as a tool that Landlords use to cause displacement of long-term tenants. Join us, as we stand together against unscrupulous Landlords
Louis's Landlord began the nonpayment case after the Landlord refused to cash one month's rent check and before Louis paid the next month's rent. Refusing to cash rent checks as a pretense to sue tenants is against the law, but no regulator holds unscrupulous Landlords accountable for such violating tenants' civil rights. The Landlord now wants to collect legal fees from Louis after the Landlord was responsible for prolonging the Court case by denying Louis key documents he needed, included a copy of his renewal Lease. At this court hearing, the judge will decide whether Louis will be made to pay legal fees to the Landlord's attorney, even though they played a role in dragging out this Housing Court case. The Landlord is demanding over $5,000 in legal fees. This is so unfair.
Because the Landlord commenced the rent collection petition based on a false pretense, for other legal misconduct (like never serving the Rent Demand as required by law), and for never having made repairs that were revealed in Court filings, the Landlord should not collect any legal fees.
The judge, who will hear the motion on Tuesday, is Queens Housing Court Supervising Judge John Lansden. Judge Lansden has been described as "pro-Landlord." By joining us on Tuesday, you can bear witness to way that Judge Lansden runs his courtroom. We need to make sure that Judge Lansden does not get another term as a Housing Court judge. Louis has blogged about his Housing Court case, and you can read more about how Judge Lansden has acted to benefit the Landlord : https://beforeitsgone.co/stories/PYHRYz.
We have to build up a network to support all Queens residents, who get dragged into Queens Housing Court by unscrupulous Landlords.
Posted on August 25, 2017 August 27, 2017 by Queens Anti-Gentrification ProjectPosted in Uncategorized1 Comment
Anthony Bourdain and the "Inevitably" Changing City
Earlier this month, Anthony Bourdain of the award-winning CNN travel series Parts Unknown took his viewers on a journey through Queens. Over steaming bowls of thenthuk (Tibetan hand-pulled noodle soup), tamales, and Korean food that is "more authentic than food in K-town," Bourdain engaged locals in conversations about the future of Queens. For some of his interviewees, Queens is still a place where immigrants can "make it," rising from rags to riches to live the American dream; but for others, the future is far less certain.
In true Bourdain fashion, he starts his conversations with street vendors. The street vendors of Queens provide their communities with meals which create a sense of "home away from home." They also operate as extra eyes on the street, keeping their neighborhoods safe, and serve as unorthodox community spaces where locals can share updates from their lives and discuss current events. If all goes well, these street vendors will save enough to open up storefronts, providing a more financially secure future for the next generation. But Parts Unknown highlights that the path to ownership and financial stability for immigrants is often fraught with perils.
After losing her job in the world trade center after 9/11, Evelyn Coyotzi became a tamale vendor to support her family. Despite the popularity of her lovingly hand crafted tamales, the business struggled. She was arrested 15 times because, like thousands of other vendors, she could not get a license.
There are 20,000 street vendors in NYC, but only one in five vendors actually have a license because of an outdated NYC law from the 1980s which caps the number of street vendor licenses to 4,200. Vendors who can't get a license face a tough choice: face hefty fines and arrests or enter the black market where vendors pay above-market prices to "rent" the rare city-issued licenses. According to the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, a permit that costs just $200 annually from the city may go for $25,000 on the black market.
Parts Unknown elevates one policy solution in an interview with Sean Basinski of the Street Vendor Project. The Street Vendor Modernization Act would double the number of street permits across NYC over a seven year-period starting on March 1, 2018. This is an important step, but does not fully address the issues that street vendors and other immigrants face as they seek to maintain their foothold in Queens.
As neighborhood demographics have been changing in Queens, there has been a push to get street vendors—even those with licenses—off the street. "If you get higher rents, nicer buildings, they're not going to want a street cart out front," said Bourdain. Working class people are also finding it harder to afford rents which have soared—so much that the average Queens resident spent over half their income on rent in 2016.
One of Bourdain's interviewees brushes off these changes as the "story of New York", implying that demographic shifts and displacement are inevitable. He misses the point. Gentrification is never an accident. Gentrification happens when policy makers and developers deliberately collude to advance policies which benefit those with capital over poor and working class communities. In Queens, we see this through:
Increased police presence and crack downs on "quality-of-life" crimes which are a way of pushing out immigrants from their homes to make way for new, luxury developments in Jackson Heights and Corona;
Proposals for business improvement districts which shift power to large business owners at the expense of small mom and pop shops in Queens;
Rezonings which will attract new corporations and high rise luxury development to neighborhoods like Long Island City; and
Other public-private partnerships to deliberately raise land values in Queens through proposals such as the Brooklyn-Queens Connector and the Sunnyside Yards development.
Collectively, these gentrification schemes will raise property values, while pushing out the street vendors and immigrants who Bourdain rhapsodizes in Parts Unknown. To truly protect Queens as a diverse and vibrant borough where working class people can thrive, we must fight for much more than just the Street Vendor Modernization Act; we must push for a comprehensive set of policies which put a break on the run-away luxury developments in Queens, while protecting those who are most vulnerable to getting pushed out of their homes and businesses by unscrupulous measure.
Here are a few ideas to stop gentrification in Queens:
Pressure your local Council Member to stop land-use changes that favor corporate and luxury developer interests over poor and working class people. In NYC, most major land-use change requires a community-review process in order to move forward. While local community boards can weigh in on these decisions, their opinions are advisory-only. City Council on the other hand has the power to stop a land use change, and City Council almost always defers to the local Council Members. That is why we are demanding that our local Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer oppose three major developments which we know will hurt our community: Long Island City Core Rezoning, Sunnyside Yards, and BQX trolley(Read more on the community-review process here). Pressure your local Council Member through direct calls, participation in protests, signing petitions(like this one), and gaining allies to join you in your cause. This strategy is particularly effective during election season, when Council Members are afraid of losing votes.
Push for policies that prevent displacement of renters and businesses. Some neighborhood changes do not have to go through the community-review process. For example, a developer could build a luxury condo "as-of-right" on privately owned land which meets the height restrictions of the existing zoning code. But this could still have a major impact on the community. Once neighboring property owners recognize that the "neighborhood is changing" they may also raise rents in their buildings to take advantage of the market. Even property owners in rent stabilized buildings can use strategies such as intimidation to vacate apartments and "major capital investments" to push rents higher than the percentage set by the rent guidelines board. Proposed anti-displacement policies such as the Citywide Certificate of No Harassment and Small Business Jobs Survival Act could go a long way to protect the most vulnerable renters and small businesses in a speculative market.
Demand genuine community-based planning. For the long-term survival of our communities, we must go beyond the whack-a-mole strategy of fighting each gentrification scheme which crops up; communities must be able to put forward their own, alternative plans which are enforceable by the city. Technically a community-based planning process exists, but too many roadblocks mean that these plans usually only come to fruition in whiter, wealthier communities. According to section 197-a of the 1989 New York City Charter, community boards have the right to put forward their own community-based plans. Yet out of more than 100 community plans that have been put forward in the last half century, only 13 have officially been approved as "197-a plans." As Hunter Professor Tom Angotti explains in Zoned Out! Race, Displacement and City Planning in New York City we must radically rethink the way community planning works in New York City. That starts with vesting more decision-making authority in community boards; guaranteeing that every community board have a full-time trained planner who is knowledgeable about community-based planning; and holding community boards accountable to principles of social justice as too many boards openly discriminate on the basis of race and ethnicity and fail to engage all corners of their neighborhood.
To learn more about how to get involved in building a movement, reach out to us at QueensAntiGentrification@gmail.com.
Posted on May 30, 2017 by Queens Anti-Gentrification ProjectPosted in UncategorizedLeave a comment
Hey MAS! What are you doing in the name of Jane Jacobs?
Last week, dozens of grassroots organizations and passionate citizens came together to demand the Municipal Arts Society to reevaluate their Jane's Walk criteria, and halt the controversial developer-led Friends of the BQX Jane's walk which was scheduled for Friday, May 5th.
The Queens Anti-Gentrification Project instigated a letter campaign, which was joined by Queens Neighborhood United, Queens Not 4 Sale, Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network, the authors of Zoned Out, Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, UPROSE!(who also led a protest) and many others who called and sent their own letters to the Municipal Arts Society which hosts the annual Jane's Walk celebration in NYC in honor of legendary community activist Jane Jacobs.
The Friends of the BQX canceled their walk, and the Municipal Art Society released a public statement in which they wrote: "we welcome your feedback that perhaps Jane's Walk should be a more selective event. We are happy to discuss that suggestion with our international partners in planning next year's festival." This is a victory for all who believe that Jane's Walk should be led by community organizations that live true to Jane's philosophy of equity and social justice.
In order to get MAS to follow through on their word, we must collectively hold MAS accountable in creating a selective event that prevents luxury developers from appropriating Jane's name. Let MAS know that if they are going to truly live up to their mission to uphold "community-based citizen planning" they MUST develop criteria to vet Jane's walk leaders, even if it means a smaller event in 2018.
What is a Jane's Walk?
Jane's Walks are "Citizen-led walking tours towards community-based citizen planning" according to the official website. They are held each year in memory of community activist and writer Jane Jacobs who devoted her life to fighting community-killing urban renewal plans. Famously, when she learned that urban renewal czar Robert Moses was planning an expressway to cut through her beloved Washington Square Park, Jane did not stand by quietly: she organized alongside her neighbors, and was even arrested in a public hearing for her vocal opposition. If she were alive today, there is no doubt about what she would've done—she would protest the Friends of the BQX and repudiate MAS for allowing them to promote their luxury trolley in her name.
Why do we oppose the BQX?
The Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) is a luxury streetcar that would line the waterfront from Astoria to Sunset Park. According to its supporters, the system's cost would be offset by tax revenue siphoned from an expected rise in property values along the route—in other words, through gentrification. This not only endangers working class renters, but also some of the few remaining manufacturing zones along the planned trolley route. A trolley would create significant pressure for rezonings that favor residential development which is far more lucrative than industrial companies. Express bus lanes would result in comparable improvements in commute time for a fraction of the price, according to Columbia University's lead transportation David King—without causing gentrification.
If the BQX hurts working class people and manufacturing companies, who benefits?
A private real estate developer, Two Trees Management, conceived the BQX proposal and formed a nonprofit, Friends of the BQX, to support its realization. Its board of directors includes developers like Tishman Speyer, The Durst Organization and Rudin Management. Developers with existing or planned developments along the trolley route, like Park Tower Group, Alma Realty, Toll Brothers and Brookfield Properties, have donated a combined $245,000 to Mayor de Blasio's now-defunct nonprofit, Campaign for One New York.
Send MAS a message demanding that they never again allow developers to appropriate Jane's Walks for their profit-motivated schemes. MAS must develop criteria for selecting Jane's Walks leaders, and that criteria should be informed by members of the community. Contact MAS President Elizabeth Goldstein directly at egoldstein[at]mas.org. For additional staff contacts and phone numbers, see the MAS directory.
Sign this petition and demand that Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer say no to the luxury trolley that would run through his district. Although Jimmy has expressed concern over the developments, he has yet to express his unconditional opposition, insinuating that it is too early in the planning phases. As vigilant community members we know that this is false. The time to fight community-killing plans is now—not when the City rams a fully baked plan through the community review process.
∙ Developers along planned streetcar route donate to de Blasio (NY Daily News)
∙ The Streetcar Hustle (Jacobin)
∙ De Blasio's Trolley is on a Collision Course with the City's Manufacturing Sector (Crains)
∙ Critics say de Blasio's proposed streetcar will do more to boost real estate values than improve transit (Crains)
Posted on May 11, 2017 June 7, 2017 by Queens Anti-Gentrification ProjectPosted in UncategorizedTagged BQX, Gentrification, Jimmy Van Bramer, JVB, LIC, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Van Bramer. Leave a comment
Response to JVB Regarding the April 20th Queens March Against Gentrification
First and foremost we want to again extend our deepest condolences to Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and his family for their recent loss. We know that family and community is everything. That is why we unanimously agreed to cease all activities for the weekend after our march to give space for healing. And it is also why we must continue our work to protect our neighborhoods.
This is an open response to a letter which Jimmy's aides disseminated at the April 20 Queens March Against Gentrification, where nearly a dozen grassroots organizations and 75 residents gathered to demand Jimmy's opposition to three mega-developments planned for West Queens: the BQX Trolley, Sunnyside Yards development and Long Island City Core rezoning.
In his letter, Jimmy claims to share our "concerns" about these plans which he admits would do "more harm than good"; however, he refuses to unequivocally oppose these projects, implying it is too soon to act on these plans.
Hunter College Urban Studies professor and author of Zoned Out! Sam Stein has a message for Jimmy in solidarity with our neighborhoods:
"Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer claims that "the truth is none of these proposal are even close to being enacted." That's true—planning takes a long time, and there's a big gap between when plans are announced and when they're implemented. But the fact remains that there is no time like the present to take a strong stand against them. Once plans get codified, debate is confined to the margins of policy—exact ratios of inclusionary zoning, precise Area Median Income ranges, street-level transit routes, and so on. If the plans under consideration are fundamentally bad for working class residents, then these types of negotiations hardly result in the scale of changes necessary to make a difference. Once plans are brought to ULURP [the Uniform Land Use Review Process], they almost always pass in one form or another.
During his 12 years in office, Mayor Bloomberg's City Planning Commission initiated 123 rezonings; 122 of them succeeded. The sole exception, the Kingsbridge Armory, fell apart at the last minute due to failed labor negotiations. Every single other one passed in some form or another, and often quite consistent with their initial proposal. More recently, Mayor de Blasio has initiated several rezonings, but most of them have floundered before going through the formal ULURP process. In Flushing, for example, oppositional signals from the councilmember lead DCP to withdraw their proposal. Once these plans move farther along in the process, they take on a great deal of institutional inertia and are quite difficult to stop.
The plans proposed for western Queens [the BQX, the Long Island City Core Rezoning and Sunnyside Yards Development] are a threat to long-term working class residents and new immigrants alike, and the time to fight them is now."
Jimmy also requested a meeting with organizers of the march, and we must publicly decline this invitation. We firmly believe that dialogue between elected officials and their constituents should be public—not behind closed doors where corruption breeds. If Jimmy is genuinely interested in hearing the concerns of community, we invite him to participate in a meeting/ forum to dialogue with endorsers of this campaign, that is open and public, for all concerned residents to see.
Again we would like to thank everybody who supported and participated even in the smallest ways in this campaign thus far, and encourage everybody to continue fighting together. We will defend our neighborhoods!
Posted on May 1, 2017 May 4, 2017 by Queens Anti-Gentrification ProjectPosted in UncategorizedLeave a comment
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I am the patient of the Hospital, walking through the halls of Hospital, in this Hospital where hallways are aqueducts of powdered light and pink linoleum which drift me ward to ward, drawn as if by an undertow of liquid sleep. I am aware of a glaciated quiet, the motionlessness that gathers behind the mirrored walls. The nurses and surgeons are inside their rooms. They do not move where we can see them. I notice my nervous smile oscillating across a pane of mirror smeared with vomit. I stumble over something metal in the hallway leading out to the Sunning Terrace. The floor here is littered with blonde wigs, lonely, like the molted husks of small dogs. Hospital-issue peignoirs flower into pools of chiffon. Kitten heels in Easter shades and the blood-flecked gauze of bandages lately wrapped around women's heads, to hold their brains in. Intrauterine devices, tubes of lubricant, compact pots of eyeshadow and spermicide. The hour has passed now for the burying of fallen horses. Winter has stilled the Sunning Terrace. I stand by the sliding doors and stare at the sable mass of the horse carcass lying on its side on blanched astroturf. The wind teases the ratty ends of my wig, the ribbons of my peignoir. The horse's mane frames her face like a silken wimple. A cut cleaves an opening into her belly. I slip my chilled feet out of the kitten heels, I slither the stockings off, I let the peignoir sail to the plastic grass, I turn the wig over to the wind, I enter headfirst inside the horse. When my eyes adjust to the red darkness of the interior cave I know I am not alone here. Winterlight drips in sheathed cherry as through cathedral windows, warmed by the velour of lung and rumen, the rich vermilion brightening the bodies of women I've only seen sitting in their sickrooms, sitting on their sickbeds. A woman touches me. A woman reaches into the breast of another woman and removes a sack of something false and poisonous. A woman draws a coil of plastic tubing from a puncture in my wrist. I take the needles from a woman's lips. Our fingers speak into swimming skin news of the Revolution our union will breed. The Hospital is not infinite. Our faces slide up into the horseblood; we will be well, we will be well.


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What's the difference between a part-time relief veterinarian and a block-time relief veterinarian?
"Almost every hospital will hire a relief doctor at some point," says Dr. Albert Haberle, who has been a relief veterinarian for seven years. So it's important to know what the guidelines are for hiring one.
The IRS distinguishes between a part-time relief veterinarian (PTRV) and a block-time relief veterinarian (BTRV) to determine tax standing. "A PTRV works on a reasonably consistent schedule of one to two days a week for one or more veterinary facilities," says Dr. Haberle. "The IRS considers a PTRV an employee of the practice, so the practice is responsible for withholding state and federal taxes and social security. The practice must also include this veterinarian in its malpractice insurance and workers' compensation."
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A BTRV usually works at least four sequential days—a "block" of time—and up to six or more sequential weeks at different practices as needed. Sometimes this will be at the same practice on a number of occasions over a year, but it's not steady employment.
"The BTRV is considered to be an independent contractor," he says. "The practice isn't obligated to withhold federal or state taxes or pay into social security on behalf of the BTRV. The practice also doesn't need to carry workers' compensation or malpractice for this individual."
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2019 MLL All-Stars Named
July 9, 2019 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release
The 2019 MLL All-Star Fan Voting concluded last night. In total, 10s of thousands of votes were cast and web traffic records were smashed.
The Chesapeake Bayhawks have the most players represented with 10 MLL All-Stars. Boston and Atlanta are next with eight apiece, followed by Denver with seven, New York with six and Dallas with three All-Stars.
Below are the 42 players who will represent MLL in the 2019 All-Star game which takes place Saturday, July 27th at Navy-Marine Corps Veteran Stadium in Annapolis, Md.
Mark Cockerton (Boston)
John Grant Jr. (Denver)
Colin Heacock (Chesapeake)
Shayne Jackson (Atlanta)
Dylan Molloy (New York)
Rob Pannell (New York)
Randy Staats (Atlanta)
Steele Stanwick (Chesapeake)
Lyle Thompson (Chesapeake)
Bryce Wasserman (Dallas)
Matt Abbott (Chesapeake)
Brendan Bomberry (Chesapeake)
Bryan Cole (Atlanta)
Kevin Crowley (New York)
Jack Curran (Dallas)
Zach Currier (Denver)
Isaiah Davis-Allen (Chesapeake)
Kyle Denhoff (Boston)
Brendan Kavanagh (Denver)
Nick Mariano (Chesapeake)
Mikie Schlosser (Denver)
Brendan Sunday (Atlanta)
CJ Costabile (Chesapeake)
Ryland Rees (Boston)
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TJ Comizio (Atlanta)
Zach Goodrich (Boston)
Jesse Bernhardt (Chesapeake)
Liam Byrnes (Atlanta)
Jack Carrigan (New York)
James Fahey (Boston)
Justin Pugal (Boston)
Jake Pulver (Dallas)
Ben Randall (New York)
Finn Sullivan (Denver)
Max Adler (Denver)
Greg Puskuldjian (New York)
Kevin Reisman (Boston)
Alex Woodall (Atlanta)
Niko Amato (Chesapeake)
Chris Madalon (Atlanta)
Nick Marrocco (Boston)
Dillon Ward (Denver)
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Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has announced that Maya Bay in Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park will not allow visitors during a much needed four-month rejuvenation period from 1 June to 30 September, 2018.
Travellers can still catch a glimpse of the Bay's stunning beauty, made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio's movie 'The Beach' at a 400-metre distance, or between the two cliffs that form a natural entrance to the lagoon. But this will be strictly supervised and carefully monitored by the DNP.
Krabi Vice Governor Mr. Apinan Puakpong noted that only Maya Bay will be closed to visitors while neighbouring Mu Ko Phi Phi (Phu Phi islands) and its beautiful beaches remain open to the public.


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Fernando Alexis Mendoza Small (ur. 20 lipca 1986) – panamski zapaśnik walczący w stylu wolnym. Zajął siódme miejsce na mistrzostwach panamerykańskich w 2007 i 2012. Mistrz igrzysk Ameryki Środkowej w 2006 i 2013. Wicemistrz Ameryki Południowej w 2012 roku.

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In the world's largest dumpsite town, the lives of scavenger Julio and his young son Ingo take a turn for the worse when Julio is accused of murder.
In the world's largest dumpsite town, the lives of scavenger Julio and his young son Ingo take a turn for the worse when Julio is accused of murder. Cast from among real residents of the Payatas dumpsite in the Philippines. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and winner of the Prix Du Public at the Cultures and Intercultural International Film Festival in France. Director Gerry Balasta is in Toronto to talk about how working with the community inspired him to make this film.


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The Hay Goblet: an important Jacobite goblet, circa 1768
Sold for £ 8,750 (US$ 10,862) inc. premium
Fine British Glass
12 Nov 2014, 10:30 GMT
With a generous round funnel bowl, engraved with a splendid seven-petalled formal rose and a single bud on a leafy stem crossed with a thistle among three slender leaves, flanking a crown above the initials I*H, set on an opaque-twist stem with a pair of heavy spiral threads encircling a gauze, over a conical foot, 22.8cm high (minor chips to foot)
Sir John Hay of Restalrig (1708/9-1781)
With Arthur Churchill Ltd., 17 February 1948
Sold at Sotheby's, 21 November 2000, lot 147
The Chris Crabtree Collection
An old paper label on the foot of this glass records the early history...
'One of a pair, stated to have been the gift of Prince Charles to his treasurer and secretary JOHN HAY, who served throughout the 1745 campaign, was major-domo of the Household & went with Charles to Rome in 1766, created a baronet & left Charles' service in 1768 Dec. 8th. Both glasses chp'd'
Sir John Hay took over as secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart in April 1746, succeeding John Murray of Broughton. Although he acted with the best of intentions, Hay proved to be an ineffective administrator and his failings as Quartermaster contributed to the routing the Jacobites received at Culloden. In spite of this, John Hay remained a friend as well as a confidant of Prince Charles and accompanied the Prince to Rome in 1766 when James Stuart, Prince Charles' father, died. On their return, Hay was appointed Master of the Household of King Charles III and was also made a baronet of Scotland.
As the label on this glass records, Hay left Charles's service in 1768. Hay and others were notoriously dismissed for refusing to countenance a particularly outrageous piece of drunken behaviour by Charles. He returned to England and in 1771 Hay was pardoned by King George III for his part in the uprising.
Geoffrey Seddon attributed this glass to engraver B. Although there is no evidence to show this glass was actually given to John Hay by Prince Charles himself, few pieces of Jacobite glass can be linked so closely to Charles Stuart's circle of friends and supporters.
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Muslim players showcase true faith in Florida Uni
MIAMI – Hassan Hussein is the first ever Muslim player to join the men's basketball team of Florida International University and he does not hide it.
"It's like my DNA," he told Miami Herald. "It's who I am and how I live my daily life."
During the practice, Hussein usually pulls out for five minutes to pray in his locker-room.
"When I come back from praying, my teammates say, 'Where did you go?'" said Hussein, who prays at dawn, twice in the afternoon, once before the sun sets and again just before sleeping.
"I say, 'Hey, I just had to go pray real quick. I had to read the Qur'an.'
"My mother is one of the strictest Muslims I've ever met; she texts me every hour saying, 'Make sure you pray.' She instilled that in me and all my siblings, so I'm pretty devout."
Hussein is one of two Muslim players on FIU's five-man starting lineup. Elhadji Dieng is the other.
He graduated this past December, earning a bachelor's degree in information technology, starting work on a master's degree in network security.
Dieng, whose family lives in Senegal, went to high school in Spain at Canarias Basketball Academy and then played for New Mexico Junior College as a freshman and Sheridan College (Wyoming) as a sophomore.
With his family all the way back in Senegal, Dieng said his faith has kept him on the right path.
"Without (my religion), I could do something crazy," said Dieng, whose main languages are French and Wolof, adding English just in the past two-plus years.
"But if you're Muslim, you can't drink. You can't smoke. That's helped me not to do that. I've been around people who have been smoking and drinking. But when I think about my religion … I can't do that."
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As the hateful anti-Muslim rhetoric rises, life in today's America could be challenging to the Muslim players, who try to give a true image of their faith.
"Islam is a religion of peace," Hussein said.
As for the image of Muslims as terrorists, Hussein said it is a mistaken view taken by those outside the faith.
"The people who kill and do terrorist activities — that's not the identity of Islam as a whole. Those are just people using the name as a label," he said.
"Much like Christians and Jews pray, we pray. We have the same beliefs of charity. The building blocks are the same. There are just some knuckleheads messing up the image (of Muslims).
"I always believe there's a greater good. If I continue to do good things, then good things will come."
Dieng acknowledged the difficulty of being a Muslim in the United States, especially in the era of President Donald Trump and his attempted Muslim travel ban.
"A lot of people in the United States, they think Muslims are terrorists," Dieng said. "But I don't think that's true. Muslim is discipline."
"(Terrorists) who say they are Muslim — they are not Muslim because Muslims can't do something bad," he added.
For the team's coach, Anthony Evans, who has been coaching since 1999, it is the first time to have any Muslim players in the team.
"When Hassan first came to us, we knew he was a Muslim, but we didn't know everything that went into it," Evans said.
"But it's never been a disruption. Normally, Hassan will pray before we go into practice or maybe during stretching.
"We accept people for who they are, and Hassan has been a pleasure to coach."
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Scolecomorphus est un genre de gymnophiones de la famille des Scolecomorphidae.

Répartition
Les trois espèces de ce genre se rencontrent dans le sud du Malawi et dans les montagnes de Tanzanie.

Liste d'espèces
Selon  :
 Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883
 Scolecomorphus uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
 Scolecomorphus vittatus (Boulenger, 1895)

Publication originale
 Boulenger, 1883 : Description of a new genus of Coeciliae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, , ,  (texte intégral).

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Scolecomorphidae
Genre de gymnophiones (nom scientifique)


Cox Interior of Campbellsville, KY is the featured host for Kentucky's 2015 National Bioenergy Day event. This facility has utilized woody biomass in their Combined Heat & Power system for a number of years and attendees will have the opportunity to see their equipment in operation. John McLean of Mac Farms is commissioning a biogas system on his nearby farm and we will also be running shuttle vans to see his digester. We will have lunch and a few exhibit tables set up for attendees to network and learn more about programs and technologies in this space. We anticipate the tours and networking to begin around 9:30 am ET, have a short program and lunch and conclude with additional tours for those unable to visit the systems during the morning. The following links may be useful in providing additional background for the event.


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Michigan Museum of Horror to open at Irish Hills
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If you love horror and spookiness, then get ready to head towards the Irish Hills. The new museum, called the Michigan Museum of Horror, will be completely filled with skeletons and eerie displays. Nate Thompson, a filmmaker in the Irish Hills, will inaugurate it sometime later this year.
The Michigan Museum of Horror will house the world's largest coffin. In addition, there's an exhibit on the history of dolls like Raggedy Ann dolls, porcelain dolls, and voodoo dolls. What's more, there will be displays with shows focusing on witches. Added to that eeriness, the display show will include real skulls and bones.
He has plans to transform Irish Hills into a horror town attraction. It will host a haunted house, a haunted theater, and a collectibles store exclusively for everything that's horror themed. This will definitely cater to the lovers of horror movies. Nate Thompson's idea for Horror Town and the Michigan Museum of Horror sprung from visiting Stagecoach a while back.
In his Instagram post, Nate Thompson reveals his agreement to build a horror town in the Irish Hills. The multi-property lease is for three years, which will provide the local community and tourists with a town of horror. He says that the new museum and many other displays are currently under construction.
In an interview with Fox 2, Nate talked about his inclusion of the Halloween theme in HorrorTown. The stores will have Halloween-themed masks lined up in the windows so that people can enjoy the Halloween spirit all year round. He says that this will also enhance the feeling of horror.
This new museum is a part of the HorrorTown, located inside the Stagecoach Shop. The Stagecoach Shop was opened in 1965, but its popularity waned over time. However, it offered displays with western themes and still has an old wedding chapel, pool, amphitheater, and a Western theme lodge.
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The first time I saw Brian Blade, he was playing with Wayne Shorter at Bonn with 59,000 views, 375 likes, and 5 dislikes. The video had been recommended to me by Derek Sims, my instructor at the Alan Jones Academy of Music. I remember being intently focused at about the 6:30 mark. Shorter significantly increases the tension with a long note and Blade pauses to yell before repeatedly smashing his cymbals.
Seeing the expression on Blade's face when Shorter hit that note has influenced my playing a lot. He was listening to what John and Daniel were playing before right before Wayne played that note, so he knew how it fit in and what exactly it meant. Brian's tirade of crashes only delivers its devastating impact because it fits perfectly with the amount of tension being released in that moment. This has influenced me to listen to the musicians around me and not play the latest Luke Holland Esq fill I've been working on, but to fit my role of supplying "color, and rhythmic and harmonic motion" as Brian Blade himself would say.
Like the moment in that video, Brian Blade's highly textured playing contains many surprises, with moments of rapid tension growth and extreme climaxes. This has inspired me to think of the drum set as more than just a groove and fill machine, but also as an ambience creator. I try to incorporate this idea into my playing whenever possible.
Brian Blade started singing in his gospel church choir when he was growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana. His brother, Brady Blade Jr., played drums for church, and inspired Brian to focus on them throughout middle and high school. They took drum lessons from the same teacher. Every lesson, all they had was a grey Remo™ practice pad that they used to work on rudimentary exercises.
"It was humbling," Brian Blade remembers. "If you couldn't deal with these exercises just on this, when you get to the drums you really won't be doing much more." In high school, his teacher recommended albums by John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and other similar jazz giants, and Blade says that opened up the whole world for him.
At Loyola University, Blade had two drum teachers who taught him two completely different and valuable ways of playing the drum set. Studying in New Orleans gave him the chance to play with the best musicians in the area. Blade started the Fellowship Band in 1997 after he met Jon Cowherd, Chris Thomas, Melvin Butler, and Myron Walden. Since then, he has toured with that group as well as with Wayne Shorter's quartet, Chick Corea, and others. He released Mama Rosa in 2009, a solo album based on homemade four track recordings, on which he sings and plays guitar. After touring heavily for many years, Blade is pretty settled now back home in Louisiana, once again playing drums for his church.
Blade brings his Fellowship Band to the Shedd on Wednesday February 24 and to the Portland Jazz Festival this Thursday, February 25. I talked to Blade last week about his career and philosophy of music. Answers have been edited for clarity.
Brian Blade: I guess ultimately Elvin Jones has been my greatest influence and inspiration, but Art Blakey, Papa Jo Jones, Paul Motian, Johnny Vidacovich, David Lee Jr, and others such as Jeff Porcaro of Toto, Bernard Purdie, Benny Benjamin. There's so many influences; they all created such a sound. Those are some of my favorites.
I like to have a perspective of the music in that everyone making that music is sort of standing on a single line, side by side, and at any moment one might step just in front of that line and then back onto the line but almost like walking a wire together. Each of us holds that string, and it's equal standing, including the drums. Hopefully, when there's the necessity for the dynamic drama that only the drums really can supply, then the one who makes that choice in the moment — hopefully it's right and it serves the song. It's hard to say; it's constantly moving, teetering, or ebbing and flowing from that line, I think.
I don't think it matters who's leading, because essentially you're referring to your bandmates, and you want to make something wholistic and something — although comprised of individuals — singular in voice. Obviously, too many heads of something is a monster. It's always great to have that delegation, to know who to look to.
For me, it doesn't change with a style necessarily. I think there's still the fundamental adherence to "being the drummer," and supplying grooves, color, and rhythmic and harmonic motion. Whether you're dotting i's and crossing t's within a lyrical line of a singer, or if it's a saxophone and a trumpet, or just guitar — it's always this relationship that you're trying to complete.
You're trying to supply that thing that hopefully is needed to make it go higher and make it be that much stronger — stronger in the sense of being felt. Hopefully when I'm doing that, whenever I'm truly serving the music, I don't have a conflict of genre. Those things don't enter into my thinking. I think about what is before me right now — what I am in at that moment.
I started it because of the inspiration that came from Jon Cowherd — meeting him, Chris Thomas, Melvin Butler, and Myron Walden. Their voices turn around in my head, and I feel as if I have someone specific to write for when I write. I hear their voices. I wouldn't say that it makes it easy to write for them, but it makes it slow in a way that has a real purpose and sort of tailored composing. I love that.
Brian Blade. Photo: Ron Beenen.
The lead role is always shifting depending on where we are in the music and what the music is dictating. Myron might make cues, Jon might set the tempo, Chris or I might say, "Now let's move on," or Melvin might say, "Let's stay." It's great, because we're always watching each other. We acknowledge who's at the head of that moment, and we can make it work together. It's great to share that as a band. I try to accept and carry out my responsibilities as best I can, depending on what that is from moment to moment.
I guess the only difference between my part in the Fellowship Band and my part when playing with someone else is a personal trip that I bring to the Fellowship Band: the writing, my personal experience, and my direct thoughts and feelings that come through the compositions. [When] playing with someone else, I'm obviously trying to bring all my experiences with me, but it's not so much my vision of the thing, it's my part in someone else's vision. I'm thankful for that just as well, and I hope that I treat them with equal importance and grace.
Communicating, talking to each other, and spending time with each other is immeasurable for the first thing. Not that there aren't some struggles from time to time, but I don't think that we've ever had a disagreement in the Fellowship Band. It kind of sounds ridiculous to me. It's like well, what are we here for? If there's some fundamental misunderstanding of what you're after, then it might not be something that's gonna last. Just keep playing together, man.
I would've never predicted that the Fellowship band or anything would last for years and years, and the relationships grow deeper and deeper. You can't make those sort of things happen. They are made to happen, but you can't make it happen; you can't force people to be in your life or to love you or agree with you. Hopefully, you just have that given.
But, that was then. *laughs* That was many years ago. I've settled since then. I married a few years ago and I've been about as happy as I was back then. We've moved back to where we're from in Louisiana. I'm getting a little bit older, and [his relatives] are too, so it's great to see them regularly, and not just at annual visits at Christmas. That tends to not be enough after a while. It's been great, and I'm not playing shows much.
I'm still playing with Wayne Shorter's quartet as much as he would like, and any opportunities for the Fellowship Band, and before that I had the Mama Rosa and I'm still trying to work on that. Also, this project with my dad and my brother is called the Hallelujah Train. So, there's things to keep me busy, but not to the point where I'm not home *laughs* it leaves me to reflect and appreciate it.
I've been fortunate enough to have great opportunities and be in places. I went to school in New Orleans, I had great mentors, and they gave me opportunities and gave me chances even as I was developing. Other than just doing that, living where you are and taking advantage of all those opportunities that are there for you to listen and to play, I don't know how to answer that. You kind of just train yourself along the way as best you can, and hopefully people still listen, people still pay attention, and you'll be able to hopefully support yourself by doing what you love.
It's a great gift, I feel like. It's not always the case. I suppose if I had to do something else to support my family, it would not take away my love of the music; that's not gonna change. Whether it's paying bills, I'm still gonna write, I'm still gonna play as much as I can.
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band perform at The Shedd 868 High Street, Eugene on Feb. 24, and in a Portland Jazz Festival double bill with Alicia Olatuja at 7 pm Thursday, February 25, at Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark Street, Portland.
Kaleb Davies is a young percussionist studying jazz at the Alan Jones Academy of Music. He is also forming a garage rock band with a couple of friends, and recently played a mini tour with the amplified strings + keyboard group ARCO-PDX.


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I love making banana bread. It's easy, the kids love it and this banana bread recipe can be adjusted but it still turns out delicious! This and apple butter are my favorite fall treats to make. I made a batch last week and forgot the sugar but the bread was still pretty yummy! I played with a recipe out of my old Betty Crocker cookbook, adjusting the sugar, adding apple sauce and using coconut oil instead of butter. I've make notes in the recipe below for using butter if you don't have coconut oil.
2 mashed bananas – I prefer over-ripe bananas, but any will work.
Substitutions: Cinnamon is optional – Coconut oil can be replaced in the exact amount for butter or margarine. I use applesauce to add some extra moisture (I'm in the dry state of Colorado, remember) and the applesauce adds some sweetness so I can cut down on the sugar. If you like a sweeter bread, the original recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar.
Combine all the wet ingredients in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup of flour and the other dry ingredients.
Combine the dry ingredients with the wet mixture until thoroughly mixed. Slowly add in remaining flour.
Pour into baking pan. I use mini bread pans so I can make 4 mini loaves at once. Muffins or a full size loaf work well too.
Bake for 40 minutes or until the top is slightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from oven and place on cooling rack for 30 minutes.
Tip to keep banana bread moist. I like to wrap 3 of the 4 mini loaves with plastic wrap until we are ready to eat them. This locks in the moisture and the bread stays fresh longer. The 4th loaf usually gets eaten within 30 minutes of coming out of the oven. Sometimes I make honey butter to serve with the bread… but usually it's just good old natural butter. Yum!
Remember I said I make 4 mini loaves? Sometimes I share a few of the mini banana breads. Last week I sent some off to my son in college. I can't seem to send packages without little notes, so I doodled up a happy bread tag. Soooo, I've turned that tag into a printable you can use when you share your own yummy bread. Yay!
There are two blank loaves on this printable so you can write up a note, share a recipe or whatever you'd like. The blanks are designed in reverse so you can also use them as a little back to the front art… make a card if you'd like!
I'd love to hear what you think of this banana bread recipe. I hope you enjoy the free printables too!
Hi! One batch matches one large loaf or 4 mini loaves of bread. I hope you love it!
Can't promise that I'll use the tag for banana bread, :0) but I love the tag. Thank you.
You can absolutely use the tag with whatever fun flavor you like, thank you so much for the note! What's your favorite bread recipe?


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Is Norah O'Donnell Being Replaced As The Anchor Of CBS Evening News?
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By Linda DiProperzio/Oct. 25, 2021 1:00 pm EST
Norah O'Donnell has had an illustrious career in journalism. After spending time at NBC, she joined CBS as its chief White House correspondent, and was also a contributor to "60 Minutes." Throughout the years, she has interviewed notable names including former President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Prince Harry. Her 2016 interview with President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden earned O'Donnell the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for excellence in presidential news coverage, and she has also won two Emmy Awards (via CBS).
She joined "CBS This Morning" in 2012, where she reportedly had a contentious relationship with cohost Gayle King. In fact, King allegedly made it a part of her contract negotiations in 2019 that O'Donnell would be moved off of the morning show. Coming off her much talked about interview with R. Kelly, King got her way, and O'Donnell landed the prime spot as anchor of "CBS Evening News." "The best is yet to come. I think that's for all of us at CBS News," she said during her last appearance on "CBS This Morning," per USA Today. She told her cohosts, "We've made news, we've been in the news, but we've also made friendships. This is the greatest team on television."
But her time behind the "CBS Evening News" desk hasn't gone quite as well as hoped, with the program continually coming in third behind ABC and NBC. So now there are reports that O'Donnell might once again find herself out of a job (via New York Post).
Sagging ratings could spell the end of Norah O'Donnell's anchor job
Since taking over the anchor desk of "CBS Evening News," Norah O'Donnell has struggled with attracting viewers. Her 2019 debt saw a drop in ratings by 17 percent to 5.1 million people (via Washington Examiner), while in Q2 of 2021 the show is averaging only 4.91 million viewers, down 18 percent from the prior quarter (via Adweek). Combine sagging ratings with O'Donnell's $8 million annual paycheck — and the millions that CBS spent to move the show to Washington, D.C. for O'Donnell and her family — and sources say that the network is looking to go in another direction.
Sources told the New York Post that the new CBS co-president Neeraj Khemlani wants to replace O'Donnell and move the program back to New York as part of his plan to cut costs while boosting ratings (and profits). Khemlani, however, denies the reports. "There are no plans to move the Evening News from Washington. Norah's presence in Washington has elevated the CBS Evening News' coverage on all fronts — politics, breaking news, to big interviews including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just last week. Her reporting on the military and domestic abuse has won awards and changed policies in Washington. And in addition to making headlines, the program is gaining audience share."


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Home News Win Next Election For Alao-Akala – Akeredolu Charges Oyo APC
Win Next Election For Alao-Akala – Akeredolu Charges Oyo APC
By Wires Editor | The Trent on January 14, 2022
Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has charged members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State to come together and win the next governorship election in the state to honour the late former governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala.
Akeredolu gave the charge at Alao-Akala's residence on Friday, January 14, 2022, during a condolence visit to the widows, family, and relative of the late APC chieftain in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
The Governor, who noted that Alao-Akala was committed to the unity and progress of the APC till end, said the party must be more united in respect of the late former Governor.
Akeredolu added that the APC lost the last governorship election and must put its house in order to ensure that the coming election is won.
"You have to come together to fight because of him (Alao-Akala). He stood for APC till the last. You lost the last election, you must not lose the coming one," he said.
The Governor commiserated with the widows, children as well as the entire family of the deceased, urging them to take solace in the good work he did while on earth.
Akeredolu, who said he received the news of the late former Governor's death with rude shock, noted that he was a man with a large heart.
"When I heard about the demise of my brother, it was shocking to me. Shocking for many reasons. Probably, we would have met a week before his death, but because I was otherwise engaged. I didn't go for my ADC's father's birthday. We would have met. I was to be there," he said.
"He was a man with a very large heart. Large heart in that, as you would know, we were at different camps. Not politics. I was only a lawyer but on the other side against him.
"Why I said he has a large heart; around the time we were in court against him, I became President of the Nigeria Bar Association. When I became President, he didn't owe me any duty to honour me or host me a dinner. I am not from Oyo State. He hosted me to a dinner and he said I brought honor to Oyo state. Not many men can do that."
He stressed that the late Akala lived well, saying after the late Chief Samuel Ládòkè Akíntọ́lá, Akala was another son of Ogbomoso who brought pride to the town.
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Ah, Spring is nigh, and with it, the promises of warm weather, sunny days, and…a really hot house. This is especially true for us in Hillsborough County, Florida, where the summer heat can be sweltering on a good day, and downright oppressive on a bad day. Although summer isn't quite here yet, it's coming, and it's good to prepare for it during your spring cleaning.
Spring cleaning is a ritual to many, but for most, it just involves clearing out old junk, reorganizing, and, well, cleaning. If you were to ask the average person what their main priorities are for spring cleaning, "calling an HVAC professional to service to do a checkup on the air conditioner" probably isn't at the top of their list.
Spring and summer allergies are extremely common. If you're a victim of their shenanigans, did you know that you might be making the problem worse by neglecting your air conditioner? Indeed, through seasons of excessive use (read: winter), it is quite common for allergens to accumulate in your air system. Throughout the summer, these will circulate through your house, exacerbating a problem that's already annoying to deal with in the first place.
Dust, mold, and other malicious particles just love hanging out in your air flow system, so it's important to take preemptive action before they come back to haunt you when it's most inconvenient. That's why you should call your nearby HVAC contractors; cleaning out the allergens is an essential part of air conditioning repair and general maintenance.
One of the most obvious arguments in favor of an HVAC checkup is the idea that, yeah, you won't want to face the heat of a Florida summer on your own. If the temperature alone doesn't get you, the humidity will, and you don't want to find yourself lying in a puddle of your own sweat wondering why you didn't just fix the AC when you had the chance.
You may think that air conditioning maintenance is unnecessary because your HVAC currently operates just fine. In this assumption, you'd be wrong. Even if your air conditioner works now, there's no guarantee that it will two months from now, especially after strained usage.
The bottom line is that a spring cleaning checkup from professionals can help to diagnose and treat any potential problems that your HVAC might be harboring. These things can sneak up in the middle of the season if you don't get them checked. It's better to prepare your air conditioner for the busy season ahead, dramatically increasing your odds of having a breakdown-free summer.
As professional HVAC contractors in the Hillsborough County area, we have horror stories about the lack of maintenance we've seen on people's air conditioning systems. It's a common assumption that, once your HVAC is working, you never need to touch it again unless it breaks down.
In fact, a breakdown is much, much more likely when you're not servicing your air conditioner frequently. Air conditioning repair and maintenance shouldn't just be a spring cleaning thing — you should be doing it on the regular!
When was the last time you changed out your air filters? When was the last time you had a professional look at your air conditioning system? When was the last time you invested some money into the general maintenance of your HVAC? If it's been so long that you're having trouble remembering the answer, then it's probably time to call some professionals.
Don't put it off — be prepared for this summer by calling your local HVAC contractors to do a check-up on your HVAC. Whether it's air conditioner repair, cleaning out your vents, or just general preventative maintenance, you won't regret making the call.
If you're in or around Hillsborough County, our team at Benjamin Brothers would be happy to do such a checkup for you. With over 20 years of experience, we know exactly what every HVAC system needs, and we'll make it our top priority to provide that for you, along with out-of-this-world customer customer service. Contact us today for a free estimate!


MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a protocol designed for recording and playing back music on digital synthesizers that is supported by many makes of personal computer sound cards.
That Sitcom Show – something truly unique in the scene of adult entertainment. Do you remember these 80's and 90's shows that we grew up on watching? Now it's time to see the adult versions of it. And no, we are not talking about some old-school VHS tapes. It's actual content created in 2018. Just see yourself!
MIDI interfaces have come a long way before being recognized in the modern world. I have watched the evolution of MIDI interfaces and connectors and I believe that this will not stop anytime soon. As a shop owner, I have sold various types of electronics but this is one product that has greatly improved my profit margins. Welcome to my store where you will get all types of MIDI controllers and interfaces.
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Q: Stretch or scroll parent flex box I have the following HTML and CSS that I'm trying to get to either stretch or scroll the parent flex box without a static width. I can't seem to get either result.
No matter how many box classes I add, it doesn't make the flex box stretch or scrollable. I want to be able to have a box of 300 width even if it means to be able to scroll but all it does is make box smaller and doesn't respect the width of it.
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A: Try with, with my thinking 100% its means fill parent container which is window width so you cant get wider than that
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Plus if you want keep this position: relative; to keep height value so next element show after this one you can wrap it like this
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A: The problem here is that you are setting a relative width:100% to you flex div, and its parent doesn't even have a fixed width so the problem is 100% of what?, so when you make a fixed width to your parent div (body for example) the problem will be solved:
body{
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And Give your flex div a display: inline; or display: table;, because display: flex; will force the div to be a block-level flex container.
This is a working fiddle.
I think that should do it.

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Robb: Flake's unpersuasive argument against Iran deal
Robert Robb: What everyone is overlooking is that a sanctions regimen against Iran is already dead.
Robb: Flake's unpersuasive argument against Iran deal Robert Robb: What everyone is overlooking is that a sanctions regimen against Iran is already dead. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/1JaReWd
Robert Robb, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 11:56 a.m. MT Aug. 21, 2015
As a U.S. senator, Jeff Flake has cut an interesting figure on foreign policy.
A sanctions regimen against Iran is already dead. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin, AP)
He is less inclined than most of his GOP colleagues, particularly his seat mate John McCain, to want the United States to try to play boss of the world. Yet he is also quite distant from the disengagement camp led by Ron and Rand Paul.
Recently, Flake found himself in the politically uncomfortable position of being the only Republican senator who was regarded as possibly voting for the Iran nuclear deal, thus giving President Obama a fig leaf of bipartisanship.
This week, Flake announced his opposition to the deal, but his reason was unpersuasive.
The United States has a tissue of existing sanctions on Iran, enacted in various laws, ostensibly for various things.
Flake said that it might be worth taking the risk of lifting the sanctions related to Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for Iran's commitment to scale the program back for a while. That, of course, is the heart of the deal.
But, according to Flake, the deal would also limit the U.S.'s ability to sanction Iran for other stuff, such as support for terrorist groups.
But U.S. sanctions on the other stuff hasn't affected Iran's behavior at all. The only thing that arguably has had an effect is the global sanctions against its nuclear program.
Here's something big that has been overlooked by all sides in the debate: An effective sanctions regimen against Iran is already dead. It died the moment the Obama administration agreed to this deal.
The U.N. Security Council has already approved the deal. So, global sanctions are in train to be lifted.
If Congress succeeds in overriding a presidential veto and the United States formally rejects the agreement, what will happen next is uncertain.
But the least likely possibility is that the rest of the world will agree to reinstate the global sanctions against Iran based on its nuclear program. The most likely is that the rest of the world and Iran will implement the deal anyway, making the congressional rejection feckless.
Stand-alone U.S. sanctions haven't been effective against Iran, and probably can't be ratcheted up enough to be so. And the rest of the world is inclined to give Iran some time to see how its behavior might change under the deal. It will take some new provocation, probably involving a big cheat on the nuclear program, to get any kind of global sanctions reinstated against Iran.
Sometimes the U.S. just isn't boss of the world.
Reach Robb at robert.robb@arizonarepublic.com.
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Nebraska horse finds place in life through sport of steer wrestling
Ruth Nicolaus
Sometimes in life, it's a matter of finding out what you're good at and then doing it.
That was the case for a thirteen-year-old buckskin named Chuck.
Chuck wasn't any good at ranch work, and he didn't really care about tie-down roping.
But when it came to steer wrestling, he loved it.
"He was pretty rank. He liked to buck all the time."
Chuck was purchased by a Nebraska Sandhills ranch family as a weanling from the Fort Pierre, S.D. sale barn. The family brought him to their neighbor, professional cowboy Kyle Whitaker, to break.
But quickly, Whitaker found out the task came with many obstacles.
"He was pretty rank," Whitaker said. "He liked to buck all the time."
The horse wasn't a bad one, but he wasn't rider friendly, either, and Whitaker knew his neighbors didn't ride often enough to get the buck used to it.
In the end, the family sold Chuck to Whitaker, so he could properly train him.
Chuck had a couple of vices. He liked to run and he liked to kick. Kyle decided tie-down roping might be a good start for Chuck, but that didn't work well.
"The first three calves I'd run, I'd be holding him back, trying not to run over the calves," Whitaker said.
The kicking was always a problem, as Chuck would do so whenever someone got close.
Whitaker — a seven-time Linderman Award winner — said the kicking was the reason he didn't start steer wrestling with Chuck sooner.
Once Whitaker decided to risk it, football helmet in tact, it didn't take long to realize Chuck's instant success.
It only took a few runs for Whitaker to realize Chuck loved steer wrestling. So Whitaker started to take the buck into rodeo competitions.
In 2013, Chuck was part of a few amateur rodeos, followed by a pro rodeo in 2014 in Hamel, Minn.
Whitaker won the first round on Chuck in 3.5 seconds.
Now, nearly two years later, Chuck excels at his job. At rodeos, it's not uncommon for steer wrestlers to share horses, and Whitaker often mounts out up to four steer wrestlers on Chuck at a performance. Fellow bulldogger Nick Guy has ridden Chuck a lot in the last six months.
Since the week after the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo WNFR, Guy has won $70,000 on him. He's won checks at the American qualifier in Rapid City, S.D., Tucson, Ariz., San Angelo, Texas and the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver.
"It seems like every time I ride him, I win," Guy said.
Guy, a three-time WNFR qualifier, said he loves riding Chuck.
"He gives you the same trip every time," Guy said.
Whitaker, who hazes for Guy and also steer wrestles, warms Chuck up.
"He's not the funnest horse to lope and warm up," Nick Guy said. "(Kyle) rides him in one of the most severe calf roping bits you can be in, because Chuck runs. Chuck wants to go, and you have to have him bitted up. If you put a snaffle in there, he'll just run off with you."
If the bulldoggers must ride through the arena on the way to the timed event box, Chuck might take out anyone or thing that gets in his way.
Guy also rides Chuck to steer wrestle, and Chuck doesn't change his ways for either cowboy.
"It doesn't seem to affect the way he works for me or Kyle," Guy said. "It's one thing if you mount a guy out and you're winning a bunch of money, and the horse isn't working for the other cowboy. Chuck still works great for Whitaker his winnings.
When a steer wrestler rides another person's horse, and wins money, he pays the horse's owner "mount money." The typical amount is 25 percent of what the cowboy earned for the run, and Guy's been writing checks to Whitaker all winter.
"I've paid Kyle good this winter," Guy said. "If you take 25 percent of $70,000, that's pretty good money, that's big money for him and for me."
Guy grew up in Wisconsin and lives near Denver. Guy said he's excited for the summer rodeo run. He and Whitaker — who was one of his early mentors in pro rodeo, will travel together this summer.
The rodeo duo said they are glad Chuck found his niche.
"(He) wasn't very fun to ranch on, and he's not a real great calf (roping) horse," Whitaker said. "It was a matter of finding out what he liked to do and what he was made for."
And Chuck was made to steer wrestle.❖