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Uinta County Herald
6-16-2020 Uinta County Herald Legals
Uinta County Fire and Ambulance Joint Powers Board will hold a public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget on Monday, June 29th, 7 p.m., at the Evanston Fire Station located at 1136 Front Street. Copies of the budget will be available for review.
PUBLISHED: June 16, 19, 2020 06161
Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality
PUBLIC NOTICE:
In accordance with Chapter 6, Section 2(m) of the Wyoming Air Quality Standards and Regulations, notice is hereby given that the State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, proposes to approve a request by M2 Water Solutions, LLC to operate a Portable Water Evaporator, to evaporate produced water from production facilities and produced water reuse facilities at various locations in Albany, Big Horn, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Goshen, Hot Springs, Johnson, Laramie, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara, Park, Platte, Sheridan, Sweetwater, Teton, Uinta, Washakie, and Weston Counties.
For the duration of the public comment period, the permit application, the agency's analysis, and the public notice are available for public inspection online at https://openair.wyo.gov, utilizing facility ID F027571 and permit number P0027582 under permits. Additionally, during the state of emergency declared by Governor Gordon on March 13, 2020, if you have questions about or need assistance accessing the materials, please contact Nancy Vehr, Air Quality Division Administrator, Department of Environmental Quality, 200 West 17th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, by fax at 307-635-1784, via phone at 307-777-3746, or via email at [email protected] In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, special assistance or alternate formats will be made available upon request for individuals with disabilities.
Written comments may be directed to Nancy Vehr, Administrator, Division of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Quality, 200 West 17th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 or by fax (307) 635-1784. Please reference A0010106 in your comment. Comments submitted by email will not be included in the administrative record. All comments received by 5:00 p.m., Monday, July 20, 2020 will be considered in the final determination on this application. A public hearing will be conducted only if in the opinion of the administrator sufficient interest is generated or if an aggrieved party so requests. For the duration of the state of emergency declared by Governor Gordon on March 13, 2020, public hearings will be conducted telephonically. Para español, visite deq.wyoming.gov.
PUBLISHED: June 16, 2020 06162
STATE OF WYOMING, COUNTY OF UINTA
IN THE DISTRICT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
In Probate
Docket No. 20-6
IN THE MATTER OF THE )
GUARDIANSHIP OF: )
KAIA KAY WILCOX, )
A Minor Child. )
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
NOTICE TO Scott Wilcox or any other prospective father.
RESPONDENT'S CURRENT ADDRESS: Unknown
You are hereby notified that a Petition for Appointment of Guardian, Probate Action No. 20-06, has been filed in the Wyoming District Court for the Third Judicial District, whose address is: 225 9th Street, Evanston, Wyoming, 82930 seeking Guardianship of a Minor Child.
Unless you file an Answer or otherwise respond to the Petition referenced above within 30 days following the last date of publication of this notice, a Default Judgment will be taken against you and the party's request may be granted.
DATED this 30th day of April, 2020.
By Clerk of Court:
Shanda Fife
Clerk of District Court/Deputy
PUBLISHED: June 2, 9,16, 23, 2020 06022
THE STATE OF WYOMING IN THE DISTRICT COURT
UINTA COUNTY THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF )
LESLIE LLEWELLYN HYSELL, )
also known as LESLIE L. HYSELL ) Probate No. 20-23
and LESLIE HYSELL, DECEASED. )
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
The creditors, heirs, devisees and all other persons interested in the above-entitled matter take notice that Kathy R. Porter and Linda L. Walker have filed an application in the District Court within and for Uinta County, Wyoming, alleging that Leslie Llewellyn Hysell died on January 28, 2020; and that he owned and left real property in Uinta County, Wyoming, particularly described as follows:
A tract of land lying and being situate in Block Ten (10), Groshon Addition to the Town of Mountain View, Uinta County, Wyoming, as the same is platted and recorded in the office of the Ex-Officio Recorder of Deeds in the County of Uinta, State of Wyoming, said tract of land being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the NW corner of said Block 10 of the Groshon Addition to the Town of Mountain View, Wyoming, and running South along Block boundary 290 feet, thence running Northeasterly 367 to a point on the North boundary of said Block 10 located 225 feet East of the Northwest corner of said Block 10 and thence running West along Block boundary a distance of 225 feet to the point of beginning.
and praying that the Court enter a decree establishing that the right and title to the real and personal property described hereinabove be distributed to the following as ordered by court:
Name and Relationship
Leonard C. Hysell, Son – one-fourth interest
Linda L. Walker, Daughter – one-fourth interest
Kathy R. Porter, Daughter – one-fourth interest
Gayle J. Eyre, Daughter – one-fourth interest
You are hereby notified that on the 10th day of July, 2020, at 1:00 P.M., and the Courtroom of said Court, in Evanston, Wyoming, have been set as the time and place of hearing of said application, when and where any person interested may appear and make such claim or objection as he/she might have.
Dated June 2, 2020
By /s/Joseph B. Bluemel
District Court Judge
PUBLISHED: June 9, 16, 2020 06092
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Late last month, while sitting in his office on the campus of the United States Olympic Committee's headquarters in Colorado Springs, Pat Sandusky kidded about his job title since mid-October as the organization's acting Chief Communications Officer.
As first reported Jan. 30 in the Daily Journal and officially announced last week, Sandusky proved to the USOC during the past four months that his "acting" chops were more than up to snuff.
On Feb. 3, he was formally named as the full-time CCO of the coordinating body for all Olympic-related athletic activity in the United States.
A 1993 graduate of Bishop McNamara High School, Sandusky becomes only the third person since 1979 to serve as the organization's head of communications and just the fourth since the job's inception.
"It's incredibly humbling," Sandusky said last Friday while in a cab en route to O'Hare International Airport where he caught a flight to Canada for 2010 Winter Games, which begin this Friday in Vancouver.
The former head spokesman and Vice President of Communications for Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid, Sandusky will report directly to new USOC CEO Scott Blackmun.
Prior to Chicago 2016, Sandusky spent 10 years at the global public relations firm Hill & Knowlton, where he was Vice President of the firm's sports marketing practice and managed large-scale, multi-national communications programs for both the Chicago and London offices.
In addition to his work with the Olympics, Sandusky – who played football at Northern Illinois University – has worked on projects related to Wimbledon, World Cup, Rugby World Cup, English Premiership, NASCAR and NCAA football.
Sandusky did not disclose the salary for his new position. According to tax filings released annually by the nonprofit USOC, Sandusky's predecessor as CCO, Darryl Seibel, earned $367,779 in 2008. At the time of his resignation in May after serving 6½ years as CCO, Seibel was the USOC's third-highest paid employee.
Unlike nearly all the 205 national Olympic committees that carry membership in the International Olympic Committee, the USOC receives no government funding. Rather, it makes most of its income from a lucrative deal with NBC, which is broadcasting the Vancouver Games, and contracts with 18 corporate partners, who use the committee's iconic five-ring logo.
Sandusky, who has split his time between Colorado and Chicago since taking over as the USOC's acting CCO, said he and his wife have begun looking at homes in Colorado Springs. They plan to relocate with their infant twins by the end of the summer, he said.
In Vancouver this month, Sandusky will manage daily press conferences for American athletes during the Winter Games and serve as the head spokesman for any news involving the U.S. delegation.
As for his rise to the top ranks of Olympic leadership in the U.S., Sandusky credited his upbringing in Kankakee County for providing the launching pad he needed.
"Kankakee is such a sports-mad area, and that rubbed off on me at a very early age," he said. "From [Bradley-Bourbonnais] Little League baseball to high school football at Mac, it was just a sports-crazy town to grow up in.


If a person dies with a will and names someone to distribute the estate assets that person is called an Executor. If a person dies without a will a relative successfully petitions a probate court to be appointed to distribute assets that person is called an Administrator. Either is known as Personal Representative. The difference is important because Nevada discriminates against out of state Administrators but not out of state Executors.
If you are named as the Executor in a will a Nevada probate court will appoint you (if the will is valid and you have not been convicted of a felony and are not crazy or underage) to be Executor no matter whether you live in Nevada or Afghanistan. But if you and your spouse live in California and your spouse dies with property in Nevada in his sole name but without a will, and even if you would inherit everything under the applicable laws, you cannot be the Administrator unless you associate a Nevada resident Co-Administrator.
In most probates the Personal Representative collects cash for the estate, either by collecting cash from financial accounts or selling assets of the estate. (If the decedent owned a farm or other business as in individual, the Personal Representative will have the additional duty of continuing to run the business either until sale or until it is passed on to heirs, or wrapping up the business, but this is an uncommon probate scenario.) The Personal Representative also has deal with debt claims against the estate. If a bill comes in, say for medical care of the Decedent, and the Personal Representative wants to pay it, the Personal Representative doesn't have to do anything except provide for the payment when the estate is closed. However, the Personal Representative may want to negotiate a bill, or even try to avoid paying it. Unless the Personal Representative wants to pay the bill in full, he or she should mail the claimant a "Notice to Creditors" prepared by the estate attorney and then, unless the claimant files a Creditor's Claim with the Court promptly, the claim is dismissed.
Collecting Financial Assets: This can be hard or easy depending on the number of different financial institutions involved. One person might keep money in 20 different financial institutions while another person might keep the same amount of money in just one financial institution.
Selling Personal Property: The Personal Representative is not required to sell assets retail. A car can be sold to CarMax or other car dealer. Guns and coins can be sold to dealers. Clothing and furniture, in most cases, can appropriately be given to Good Will or similar charity. Valuable furniture and clothing can be placed with consignment shops or sold to dealers. If there are painting or prints on the walls of Decedent's residence the Personal Representative should consult an art dealer or someone knowledgeable about art. (Most original paintings won't have any significant value.) Of course, nothing prevents a very dedicated Personal Representative from selling assets retail through e-bay or to individuals to obtain higher prices.
Cleaning up a Residence for Sale: A personal representative may hire a cleaning crew and repair people to make a residence presentable for sale. Most real estate brokers can hire clean up crews and repair people if you list the property with them. The charges for the clean up and repairs will come out of the estate's money.
Dealing with Unhappy Heir or non-Heirs: In an uncontested probate the Personal Representative will not face any strife. However, if Dad has dis-inherited adult son, it could happen that disinherited adult son will harass the Personal Representative or even make threats.
Counties typically have a Public Administrator. In Clark County, home of Las Vegas, the Public Administrator enjoys a reputation for high quality work. In most cases the Public Administrator can be hired to be the Personal Representative. There are also private professional administrators.
So, in general, professional Administrators are local, competent, and have a list of professionals such as realtors and dealers they trust. They also are used to the occasional unpleasant phone call from a disgruntled heir or disinherited person.
The chief disadvantage of hiring a professional administrator is that the professional administrator will charge the statutory personal representative's fee (and more in complicated cases) which is the same fee our firm charges as the legal fee--which, as pointed out elsewhere is less than most of competitors charge.
2) The heirs are all fighting with each other and none of the heirs wants to deal with that unpleasantness.
In most cases our client Administrators and Executors have no problems doing their jobs--naturally we advise on what they have to do--but every now and then one of them says to us at the end, "I didn't think I was going to take a fee for being Personal Representative but it was so much work I think I will."
The Personal Representative is entitled to a statutory fee of 4% on the first $15,000 of the estate, 3% on the next $85,000 in value, and 2% on anything over that. For estates over $100,000 that comes out to a fee of $3,150 on the first $100,000 and 2% on anything over that.
Usually if the personal representative is an heir, they waive their fee because the fee would be subject to both federal income tax, and federal self-employment tax for social security and Medicare, if the personal representative lives in a state or county or city with an income tax to that those taxes as well. Nevada does not charge an estate tax or an inheritance tax.
Of course, a professional Administrator is only in it for the fee. And, if it is a small estate with a lot of work the professional Administrator will be successful in obtaining a fee larger than the statutory fee.
If a Nevada resident Co-Administrator is required in an uncontested probate where the non-resident Administrator (usually a major heir of the estate) is going to do all the work, the non-resident Administrator can ask a Nevada resident friend to serve as Nevada Resident Co-Administrator. Often these friends initially agree to do so as a favor or for little pay and then get worried about liability and back out. However, if you need a Nevada resident Co-Administrator it is your option to hire a friend and to make whatever financial arrangement with them you like providing that they are not paid more than the statutory personal representative fee discussed above. Alternatively, our firm can pay a person who works in our office complex (not one of our employees) to be Nevada resident Co-Administrator. We typically pay $500 for estates under $200,000 and $1,000 for estates over $200,000. However, these people are not professionals, and have regular full-time jobs so will back out if asked to substantive work or if disgruntled dis-inherited people start harassing them. If the need for a Nevada resident Co-Administrator goes beyond legal formalities it is best to hire a professional Administrator. But, some of our competitors will tell an out of state Administrator that a professional Nevada resident Administrator must be hired, even if the out of state Administrator takes responsibility for all of the work of the estate. These competitor lawyers then hire what is essentially a paralegal to serve as the Nevada resident Co-Administator. The professional administrator, usually a friend of the lawyer, saves the lawyer or their staff a lot of work and the client get billed for unnecessarily high probate expenses.


Team Great Britain have just announced their largest triathlon squad for an event debut which features iSightCornwall Patron, Melissa Reid.
Rio 2016 is the first time that the Paratriathlon event will feature at a Paralympic games.
Melissa who is originally from Nottinghamshire but has lived in Cornwall since the age of 10 was first selected for the British Triathlon Paratriathlon squad in 2012 having finished second at the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series London. In 2013 Melissa won both the World and European titles with guide, Nicole Walters. She came 1st in the 2015 Chicago ITU Aquathlon World Championships.
The Triathalon events are set to take place on the 10th and 11th of September at Fort Copacabana.
We would like to wish Melissa and the rest of Team GB the best of luck and can not wait to follow their performance throughout the competition. If you would like to send Melissa some encouraging words of support please contact her via her Twitter account.
Channel 4 are the UK's Official Paralympic sport broadcaster and have just released this fantastic trailer entitled "Super Humans" to accompany the build up to the games.


Somehow, Zack Snyder turned Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice into what it was that I wanted out of the drearily ugly Man of Steel, and the results are rather satisfying. Seeing how he's willing to explore the potential that he had and turn it all into this, I'm only interested in seeing what more can Snyder do when he's behind comic book films and seeing as I've not been all too impressed with his earlier offerings (Watchmen being a notable exception), I'm finding myself haven been proven wrong if he is indeed to direct more films where he shows his potential in the way he did with this.
Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill come at odds with each other in Batman v Superman.
What makes Batman v Superman rather interesting when compared to many other superhero films, I feel, is the more political nature that offers some sort of a postmodernist atmosphere which goes to show that superhero films can be a lot more intelligent in terms of their insight. The allegory is rather clear from the moment in which we see the young Bruce Wayne being lifted by the bats, then a quick cut to Superman amidst the destruction of Metropolis from Man of Steel (one of the most tiresome sequences of said film). Snyder's characterization does not establish that these iconic characters are the heroes we would perceive them to be in escapist entertainment, but symbols representing a God complex. There's more to deconstruct within this material than I'd have thought was possible, but that adds to my satisfaction with what I have received in here.
Snyder's interest in these areas is what indeed keeps Batman v Superman a much more fascinating experiment than I'd have expected given how outside of Watchmen he seems to be a director so overly focused on the visual aesthetic and it can either aid or fault him (I've found that half the time with his work, it gears towards the latter). When it aids him, though, his most interesting means of storytelling come about (generally I find him rather lackluster in that department), and in this case, it sheds the sort of light onto what intelligence superhero films can bring if they try, and the very ambition behind Batman v Superman already raises enough for one like myself to express nothing but great admiration for.
Performances are rather fantastic, Ben Affleck's Batman in particular standing out for it's some of the most life we've seen to both him and the Bruce Wayne character on live action. Seeing that he's heading onto his own solo Batman film, the results are only what I would imagine to be rather fascinating. Henry Cavill also has proven me wrong after the banality inside of his Superman in Man of Steel and pulls off a stellar performance of his reprisal of the character, with all the life and soul there should have been, it indeed did induce a smile. Jesse Eisenberg initially didn't have me sold, but as the film went on, he only grew to impress me more for the role brought out a sense it was critiquing the comic relief in other superhero films.
Amidst all the strengths, I feel there are some critical moments that drag down the film to the heights it could have reached considering the amount of care and intelligence placed in. One of these reveals is a spoiler especially towards the middle, which I choose not to spoil for the convenience of the readers who have not yet seen the film. My biggest problem is just how Wonder Woman fits into this story. Something just told me that Wonder Woman was only a character shoved in for the sake of it, and I feel nothing could be very different without her role in the film. It's a shame because considering how Gal Gadot is built out especially when she becomes this role, she really seems like a fitting choice for the part and she's just not given enough room like I would have wanted.
Batman v Superman took me by surprise indeed. It's a superhero film that undermines escapism and goes to show what sort of meaning they can accomplish if they set out for more. The critical maligning that I'm witnessing so far is something I find rather baffling. I've seen many call the story messy, and yet I was on board for the most part. I've heard others say that it was too gloomy, but I can only ask what did they expect? I'm not one to criticize what they thought, but in what they saw as negatives, I saw as positives. Zack Snyder has indeed provided something more than just an ordinary cape flick, it's really something more under the hood. Simply put, it's something to be seen.


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Budget reflects bipartisanship but more can be done
mamadou November 28, 2020 November 27, 2020 Malaysia, Opinion & Critics, Politics
Measures can still be enhanced to ensure that the benefits continue to flow over a much longer period of time.
Hope that the MPs would unite for the vote on Budget 2021 in order to deliver the best budget for the people during this time of unprecedented crisis seems to have been realised. However, consistent efforts and benefits need to be guaranteed for the people, not only in the short term but in the long term as well.
The inaugural budget of the Perikatan Nasional government was passed at the policy stage yesterday through a voice vote after the winding-up speech by Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz.
It appeared to be well supported due to the positive considerations and revisions made by the government on significant measures, as proposed by MPs from both sides, such as for a blanket loan moratorium and on withdrawals from EPF Account 1.
For loan moratoriums, a targeted, automatic moratorium will be implemented to assist vulnerable borrowers in the B40 group as well as micro-SMEs. Applications will be approved within 24 hours, with no documents required from borrowers.
This implies that the government hopes this measure will reach and support the affected borrowers without delay.
M40 borrowers meanwhile will have to make self-declarations with banks, also without documents.
The withdrawal of savings from EPF Account 1 (i-Sinar) has also been made more flexible, allowing all members who have experienced a loss of income to draw down savings up to RM10,000. This expanded coverage is expected to increase the number of beneficiaries from two million as announced on Nov 16 to eight million.
As relieving as this is to eligible beneficiaries, the services offered by EPF's Retirement Advisory Services and/or the Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency should be utilised in order to provide appropriate withdrawal options for members as this involves their hard-earned retirement savings.
Other positive developments observed from the winding-up speech include the expanded coverage for the eBelia programme. It had been hoped that the government would expand the RM50 e-wallet credit to a larger youth population above the age of 20 as the youth are seen as one of the key drivers in digital adoption.
The government's decision to increase the e-wallet credit amount from RM50 to RM100 and extend the benefits to students aged above 20 studying in higher educational institutions should be lauded and welcomed.
But there remains a crucial need to look into sustainable measures in order to ensure long-term social safety nets for the people.
At the end of the day, EPF savings still need to be replaced for post-retirement use, and borrowers eventually need to repay their loans.
The government needs to ensure a sufficient allocation for long-term policy measures for the people's livelihoods, namely job creation and the upskilling and reskilling of labour for job transitions to address the longstanding issues of unemployment and underemployment.
One helpful measure which was introduced in the Penjana stimulus package is the reskilling and upskilling programmes and their extension as announced in Budget 2021.
Another one will be the implementation of the Employment Generation Guarantee Scheme (JanaKerja) next year which is projected to produce 500,000 new job opportunities.
These would be some of the ways to help address unemployment which has been hovering at around 700,000 from April this year until the latest available data in September.
But another bigger issue that has been understated is underemployment, particularly among graduates. The heavy blow from the unprecedented pandemic has made it worse as businesses are still performing cost-cutting measures due to uncertain economic conditions through layoffs, pay cuts and hiring freezes.
The latest statistics released by the Department of Statistics show that skills-related underemployment has been on an increasing trajectory, up from 29.9% in 1Q17 to 36.8% in 3Q20.
Although graduate employability is increasing, the mismatch between wages and qualifications should not be underestimated. This matter needs to be considered by policymakers and industry players to ensure fair opportunities for qualified jobseekers.
Employment and fair wages for workers would result in positive spillovers to the economy such as the stimulation of consumer spending which, in return, would help businesses.
As mentioned by DAP senator Liew Chin Tong, Budget 2021 is an opportunity for bipartisanship and this was reflected in the cooperation between MPs in the budget measure considerations.
However, these measures can still be enhanced to ensure that the benefits flow, not only in the short term but, more importantly, over a much longer period of time.
By : Sofea Azahar (Emir Research) – MalaysiaNow
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Streaming has changed not only the music industry and how it functions, but also the lives of everyday people. Now, simply by signing up to platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio or any of the dozens of other streaming offerings out there, millions of people can discover tunes that might not otherwise have reached them, stay on top of what's just been released and listen to as much music as they want. It seems that many are indulging in that last option, and now, Americans are spending more time listening to music than ever before.
According to a new report released by Nielsen Music, on average, Americans now spend just slightly more than 32 hours a week listening to music. That's an incredible figure, and it shows significant growth from even just the past two years. In 2016, Americans listened to an average of 26.6 hours of music per week, while the year prior, it was just 23.5 hours.
The trend shows massive gains from year to year, with the average expanding by several hours every 12 months. While some interactions with forms of media are measured in minutes, Americans now listen to almost a day and a half of music every week, which shows that they have songs, albums and playlists streaming throughout the day, and that they now incorporate music in many different parts of their life. The upswing isn't likely to stop growing, but how many more hours per week can people have music playing?
While the actual figure is massive and somewhat shocking, it's not actually too surprising that the amount of time Americans spend playing music itself is growing, as the number of songs being played is also rising. While one doesn't necessarily mean the other is happening, this country is seeing streaming grow all aspects of music consumption.
At 2017's mid-year mark, Americans had hit play on 184 billion songs on on-demand streaming outlets like Spotify and Apple Music. That's up an incredible 62% from the same period a year before. The major players in the space have all added millions of users over the past several months, and they'll continue to pad their subscriber bases as time goes on.
These figures show that not only are more people listening to more music, they're spending a lot more time doing so. While that 32 hours per week stat does take into account all forms of music consumption (including radio), streaming is a big part of the story, and since these numbers are all collected digitally, it's become easier to be more accurate when looking at play counts and time spent tuning into big hits.


San Diego Beer Week is just around the corner! Join us for 'Boat to Belly' on 11/4.
At Boat to Belly, fresh catch, straight off the boats at the Tuna Harbor Dockside Market, will be walked over to Puesto at the Headquarters. Puesto chefs will turn the tasty sea creatures into three different marisco tacos, and pair each with a different 12oz beer from AleSmith!
Join us for a fun and unique event in the beautiful Headquarters Courtyard! Purhchase tickets here.


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Audio Analogue Maestro review
This special edition CD player puts analysis, authority and dynamics on its hit-list Tested at £4300.00
It might lack the last ounce of fun, but the Maestro SE is still a classy choice
Impressive build and finish
sonic authority and refinement
composed nature
Terrible remote
confusing menus
limited choice of digital inputs
Audio Analogue has something of an uneven track record with us. Its more affordable products have been a little hit and miss over the years, with true superstars like the original Puccini SE integrated amplifier (from around a decade or so ago) being in a distinct minority.
Yet, in recent times the company has started to attack the high-end market – with considerable success – with its Class A integrated amp and pre/monobloc combination. The latter leaves little change from £20k, mind.
It's from this DNA that the Maestro SE CD player emerges. This chunky machine might share its name with some less-than-distinguished spinners, but it's a far more serious effort than the company has attempted before.
First impressions are almost all positive. The player looks elegant and expensive – just the way most high-end buyers like it.
There are neat flourishes such as the imaginative control button layout on the front panel, and there's little wrong with the large, clear display.
The only bit of bad news is the downmarket remote control: there's really no excuse at this price level.
Connection options could be better
The player's connections are par for this class, bar an important extra. Analogue outputs include the standard balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA. Digitally, there's coaxial in and out.
While the digital input will accept signals up to 24bit/192kHz, limiting it to coaxial is a strange choice. Optical and USB would have been more useful, and extended the Maestro's compatibility to a wider range of sources. It's a shame, as the on-board DAC is far better than that used in most conventional products.
We like this player, we really do. But why does Audio Analogue have to make it so complicated to optimise?
Delve into the Maestro's set-up menus (yes this is a CD player with set-up menus), and there are tweaks aplenty.
You can start with PLL mode, which cleans up the internal clock (shouldn't this be standard?). In this mode you can also upsample from CD's 44.1kHz all the way to 176.4kHz, with a step of 88.2kHz in between.
If you decide to bypass the PLL option and go to SRC (Sample Rate Conversion) mode, the options are – take a deep breath – 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz and 192kHz.
Experiment with the settings
Confused? We don't blame you. The two modes are similar, and while the ability to fine-tune is welcome, it can get confusing.
Our favourite was PLL on with the sampling rate set to 44.1kHz – it gave the best compromise between refinement and attack with our Bryston/ATC reference system. Oh, and switch off the digital output. The sound is crisper and more refined if you do.
So, how does the Maestro SE sound? Oddly, pretty much as it looks. The presentation is large-scale and authoritative, and sounds excellent with complex classical such as Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, where
its slam, refinement and insight come to the fore.
It paints a broad, nicely-distanced sound stage and gets tonality just right. Complexity is no problem, either: it sounds composed no matter how simple or intricate things get. Detail is good rather than great, but there's little here to spoil our fun.
Rhythm is gonna get you
The Maestro doesn't get tripped up by fast rhythms either, unlike some past Audio Analogue products.
It has the drive to make Major Lazer's Guns Don't Kill People…Lazers Do a real experience, and that's something many high-end machines, for all their resolution and obvious skill, sometimes fail to do.
Switch to the Award-winning Cyrus CD XT SE+/DAC X+/PSX-R x2 combo, available for similar money, and you'll get even more snap, but the Maestro isn't far behind.
This player is easy to underestimate. For all its scale and power it's a machine that doesn't knock your socks off, but give it time and it's a fine contender.
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The National Community Christmas Tree celebration remained in this location for only two years.
The U.S. Marine Band performed at 4:30 p.m., followed by the singing of carols by the Federal Playhouse Chorus of the Agriculture Branch of the National Federation of Federal Employees.
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We live in a village along the coastal line of the cosmopolitan city of Hong Kong. Every time we walk along the beach, we are increasingly shocked at how much plastic is scattered along the sea shore. What is worse is that at least 10 million tons of the 78 million tons of plastic packaging produced every year, ends up in our oceans and rivers.
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Q: Retrofit 2 GET/POST doesn't work for large data in Android I have seen other threads for this issue but unable to get any proper answer.
@POST("task/GetAllTasks")
Call<MyTask> getMyTasks(@Header("Authorization") String token, @Query("EmployeeId") String emp);

This is how I am calling, at first I thought it is due to GET request data limitation because GET imposes data limits and then I changed request from GET to POST but issue still persists.
ApiUtils.getTaskService().getMyTasks(apiToken, employeeId).enqueue(new Callback<MyTask>() {
@Override
        public void onResponse(Call<MyTask> call, Response<MyTask> response) {
   // ... Successful code goes here
 }

@Override
        public void onFailure(Call<MyTask> call, Throwable t) {
        //.. This block of code executing now :(
  }
 }

Always onFailure is being called. I have tested this same request on Postman and it is returning data. Content-Length is content-length →45720
It does work on small amount of data as I have tested it on Dev database which has smaller amount of data but on Live environment it is continuously causing problem.
Please suggest a solution or should I leave Retrofit and move to native Android library for this?
EDIT: Can we increase request timeout in Retrofit, if yes then how?

A: Try to increase your timeout:
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
                  .readTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                  .connectTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();

And set it to your retrofit:
new Retrofit.Builder().baseUrl("xxx").client(client).build().create(xxx.class);

A: Use @Part to send big string data it can easily send your data to server side
For ex.
You need to send some string that name is "abc" then in the retrofit code
@Part("abc") //your string variable
Its works for me and I save that data to mediumtext in mysql
and the code is $_REQUEST['abc'];

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One of the easiest ways you can take care of your home's cooling system is to change or clean the filter on a regular basis. Unfortunately, many people do not perform this task as they should and problems ensue. If you do not understand the importance of changing or cleaning the filter, here is what you need to know.
Although the air filter might be one of the less durable parts of your home's cooling system, it is one of the most important. The filter is responsible for filtering the air that flows through your system. Dirt, dust, pet dander, and other debris can become trapped in the fibers of the air filter. The filters can even catch plaster, mold, and lint.
When the filter is dirty, the quality of the air that is spread to the rest of the home is diminished. The dirt and other debris ends up in the ducts and is pushed through your home's vents.
The dirty filter could even cause problems with your cooling system. As the dirt and other debris is passed through to the cooling system, it can impact how efficiently it operates. As the dirt builds up, problems, such as increased wear and tear, can occur.
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Singh Sells Out for Liberal Sunny Ways
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By Gary Porter and Barry Weisleder, members of the NDP Socialist Caucus federal steering committee
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh found a way to avoid a federal election, and to gain a vague promise of health service reforms – likely at the cost of huge increases in military spending. The Liberal-NDP deal paves the way for Justin Trudeau to stay in power until 2025, at least. That goes to serve capitalist political 'stability' in the relentless march to climate catastrophe, growing social inequality and the horrors of inter-imperialist war.
Interim Conservative Party Leader Candice Bergen made the absurd claim that the Liberal-NDP deal hands the reins of government to the NDP — claiming that Jagmeet Singh is "basically" deputy prime minister. Bergen seems to be confused about the difference between a coalition and a mere agreement in which no member of the NDP will have a cabinet post.
CPC leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre called the Grit/NDP deal a "socialist coalition power pact." This suggests that Poilievre has the same disregard for facts as his mentor and idol, Stephen Harper.
The deal, known as a "confidence-and-supply" agreement, would see the NDP support the minority government Liberals in upcoming confidence votes — including the next four federal budgets — in exchange for non-specific statements of good intention toward NDP-friendly measures, until June 2025.
The prime minister said the deal was about "improving the way we do politics" while still making room for debate and disagreement, rather than "compromising the core beliefs" of either party.
The Globe and Mail weighed in with an editorial that reached the astonishing conclusion that in making this arrangement with the NDP, Justin Trudeau has figured out a new way to castrate Parliament, even though the two parties won a majority of seats and a majority of votes cast in the September 2021 federal election. These critics decry even the possibility that Trudeau may bend a little towards NDP priorities and start spending on urgent social needs. Nothing in Trudeau's past indicates any such proclivity.
The following are the gains touted by Singh in an email to NDP members:
Expanded public dental care to deliver better health outcomes for Canadians; A pharma care plan to ensure access to the meds people need; Anti-scab legislation that protects striking workers; A plan to advance affordable housing as a human right, especially for Indigenous communities; and Just Transition legislation to help tackle the climate crisis and create good paying jobs.
As for the agreement itself, with the exception of an income-based national dental care program to be phased-in over the next three years, the language of the deal is aspirational, not prescriptive. The pact itself is non-binding. Although slated to last until 2025, either party can opt out at will. Far from being a backroom coup cooked up by power-hungry socialists, it is a set of good intentions, not commitments. The language is pretty oceanic.
Additional "investments" in the COVID-ravaged health-care system; "continuing progress" on a universal pharmacare program; "moving forward" on tax reform; the pledge to "explore ways" to expand access to voting; "developing plans" to phase out subsidies for the fossil fuel sector; advancing measures to achieve "significant" emissions reductions by 2030; a "significant" additional investment in Indigenous housing…
What the hell does significant mean? You get the picture.
Three years of stable government may look good to a public battered by COVID, price-shocked at the gas pump and at the grocery store, and the prospect of World War Last brewing in Ukraine. And if the whole thing goes south, some say, we are no worse off than before the deal. But is that really true?
Of the two leaders, Justin Trudeau absolutely gained the most. Assuming that the good vibes between the Liberals and NDP continue, Trudeau gets to implement his agenda without rolling the dice on every confidence vote. That means that difficult decisions, like billions more for everything from pipelines to fighter jets and navy frigates, can be implemented without risk of triggering an election.
It also casts the prime minister as a conciliator, someone who can reach across the aisle and work with MPs in another caucus.
Jagmeet Singh, on the other hand, has taken on the role of Riverboat Gambler in this live-stream mini-series. In return for supporting a minority government, as several NDP leaders have done in the past, he hopes to "appear" to punch far above the weight of the 25 seats he won in 2021.
Take dental care. Trudeau took a pass on that policy in the last election. Now he has signed on to it, giving Singh a decent chance to take some political credit for it. Things could be even better for Singh if other items on the NDP wish-list are adopted by the government. Just don't hold your breath.
Which means that this is all a big gamble for Singh. For that reason, former NDP leader Thomas Mulcair told CTV he wouldn't have signed the co-operation agreement with the Liberals.
This deal is more co-optation, than cooperation, for the NDP, as so often in the past. The Liberals are the masters of identity theft, usually at the NDP's expense. If the NDP sticks with the Liberals until 2025, and doesn't get the credit for things like a national dental care program, its candidates will be faced at the doorstep of Canadians with a tough question.
How can the NDP ask to replace the Liberals, after spending three years propping them up?
Underlying all the froth on the surface is a basic fact. Jagmeet Singh has made a deal with the devil. He has now guaranteed that warmonger, strike breaker and fossil fuel promoter Justin Trudeau will stay in power for three more years, in exchange for the promise of a means-tested, slowly phased-in dental care service, and a few statements of good intentions from a lying scion of the ruling class. Singh may well get nothing for his sellout.
The Liberals will enjoy the advantage of NDP endorsement to do whatever they want, like the Emergencies Act that Trudeau invoked in mid-February. This deal says to the working class that it is OK to unite with a boss party against the workers.
Singh has once again demonstrated his naïve belief that the difference between the NDP and the Liberals is just a few ideas, that the NDP are just Liberals in a hurry — which appears to be true for the privileged middle-class leadership of the NDP.
But the founding of the NDP in 1961 as a party based on labour unions and the Canadian Labour Congress, was a step forward for the working class, the creation of its own independent political arm, a partial break with big business parties and Bay Street. The NDP should be based on Main Street, on the working class, women, impoverished, racialized and oppressed folks.
Whatever they claim about ruling in the interests of the people of Canada, all the other political parties represent the bosses, the capitalists, the fossil fuel industry, the mine owners, the arms industries, giant telecoms, Big Pharma, retail chain empires, agribusiness, mega manufacturers, loan sharks and the banks.
Singh will vote for increases in war budgets and war profits. He will back wars in which working class families die or become refugees. If Trudeau aims to hit the NATO military spending target of 2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product in the 2022-23 federal budget, that means increasing military spending by $16 billion in a single year, up from current spending of more than $26 billion this year. Singh's commitment to provide the Liberals with "confidence and supply" implies endorsement for beefing up the Canadian Forces to participate in NATO wars, as it did in Afghanistan, the Balkans and Libya.
It encompasses lethal aid to Nazi battalions battering the Donbas, and weapons to the Saudi monarchy pulverizing Yemen, and boosting the Israeli Apartheid state. It means backing any moves by Trudeau to complete the TMX pipeline, and to continue under-funding health care and ignoring the needs of Indigenous people.
Singh has, once again, crossed the class line, and betrayed the working people of Canada. He has done this for a non-universal dental plan and for boss promises of sunny ways with no specifics. Singh and the bulk of the NDP leadership simply support capitalism even though they rest on the organized working class which is exploited under this system. They are right wing social democrats who seem incapable of change. They have to go. Our task is to build the socialist left in the NDP and the unions, to fight for socialist policies and for a class struggle leadership that knows the difference between the workers and the bosses — that knows on which side we should stand.
"There must be a better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward democratic socialism."
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As a sociologist I've long been fascinated by how civil authorities are able to virtually erase the direct experience (in this case) of literally hundreds of witnesses. Years would pass before my own inquiries would lead me to understand that "UFOs" represent a vital dimension of the human picture -- hidden though it is behind smoke, mirrors, disinformation -- and sheer ignorance.


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The Herbfarm is the only restaurant in Washington state to achieve a AAA Five Diamond rating this year, an honor bestowed on it annually for 16 years, now. It's in an elite category: Only 2 percent of the 31,000 restaurants in North America rated by AAA annually achieve this ranking. Receiving a Five Diamond rating denotes "leading edge cuisine of the finest ingredients, uniquely prepared by an acclaimed chef, served by expert service staff led by maître d' in extraordinary surroundings," according to AAA's inspection guidelines.
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Prepared by executive chef Chris Weber, beautifully crafted dishes are the stars of the show in the richly adorned, two-story dining room whose open kitchen allows peeks into the preparations. The imaginative dishes are sourced primarily from Washington, with many ingredients coming from as nearby as the kitchen garden just outside or The Herbfarm's own farm, just a mile south.
On our visit, Ron Zimmerman—co-founder of The Herbfarm, along with his wife, Carrie Van Dyck—presided over the wine cellar, a close-quartered nook with ceiling-high walls of fine wines, patiently answering questions posed by dinner guests. How many wines? 26,000, with 4,252 choices. An example of the rarest? A single bottle of 1790 Madeira inexplicably left behind in an antique Lisbon wine cellar (1 oz. is $425), found by Ron and Carrie. A wine list as thick as a dictionary sat atop a wine barrel. Wines are an integral part of the experience, with each dish paired with a companion varietal. The fact that this epicurean mecca is located in Woodinville only burnishes its wine-centric reputation. But wines are only one element of The Herbfarm's magic.
An array of rarely encountered ingredients inspire Herbfarm dishes, giving diners the unique chance to sample foods they wouldn't otherwise have access to. Weber seems to be as much at home outdoors, foraging for intriguing, seldom-encountered foods, as he is in the kitchen. It's clear he and his staff hold a remarkable body of knowledge about native Northwest fare.
"If we want to use gooseneck barnacles, we know where to find them," he notes. "We do a camping trip early every spring where the kitchen staff goes to Leavenworth, and we pick and bring back lots of wild things that grow on the mountainsides, like miner's lettuce and maple blossoms. Over two nights in the woods, we're teaching our own staff what is edible. 'How do we eat these, and do so responsibly?'" Weber asked, rhetorically.
Weber's staff thinks far ahead to make sure peak-season foods are available in the chillier months, when gardens are slumbering, through means such as pickling or fermenting. Our visit reveals several preparations using preserved foods, including fermented stinging nettles that accompany roasted loin of albacore tuna, and smoked scallops in a dish featuring lamb (as local as Redmond, just down the road) and winter greens.
Our dinner, Two Hearts, began with a charred Pacific octopus and Lopez Island spot prawn appetizer. Even the bread course, house-made ciabatta and handcrafted butter with a cultured, slightly sour tang, made an impression, and pumpkin tortellini, napped with the rich umami flavor of reduced mushroom juice, offered a deeply satisfying savory note.
Encouraged to get up and wander about between courses, we visited The Herbfarm's garden and its potbelly pigs, Basil and Borage—who eagerly chowed down on the kitchen scraps we were given to feed them. Inside, we explored the library loft, with its extraordinary cookbook collection that made me want to settle in and learn new techniques. Everywhere we looked, artwork and artifacts lined the walls and halls, including a framed chef's jacket that belonged to Julia Child, complete with her signature. Co-founder Carrie laughed as she explained that she and Ron had a habit of bringing artifacts from their travels home with them, including even the fireplace, which they built the restaurant around.
Back at the table for dessert, we were greeted with yet another hyper-local surprise: Big leaf maple sap—yes, from the wide-spreading maple trees that grow in abundance around here, not the sugar maples of New England—was showcased in a dessert trio: crepe cake with sage, maple soda with sweet woodruff gelée and maple sorbet.
But at The Herbfarm, dessert is merely a prelude—to yet more fanciful sweets, including a sublime chocolate-and-hazelnut turnover, Zweigelt grape sorbet and a wild berry jam–filled doughnut hole. The meal was followed by a choice of teas that, natch, included selections made from native Northwest plants. And, this being The Herbfarm, the teas were made not only from leaves, but from roots and bark, as well.
During a lively discussion with fellow diners about our favorite foods from the evening, I picked up the menu brochure each guest had received. Its cover bore the words: "What was paradise? But a garden, an orchard of trees, and herbs, full of pleasure, and nothing there but delights (written by the 17th-century author William Lawson)." An apt metaphor for this iconic Northwest dining experience.
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Why is JD.com eyeing a secondary share listing in Hong Kong?
Written by Kapronasia || May 13 2020
Hong Kong's future as a financial center is increasingly clear: It will be a global fundraising hub for Chinese firms, especially in the technology sector. These days, the biggest Hong Kong IPOs are almost all Chinese tech firms, whether the listings are primary or secondary. Non-Chinese tech firms are more likely to go public in New York or London. Following Alibaba's mammoth secondary share listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in November 2019 - which raised US$13 billion - its arch-rival JD.com is reportedly planning a $US3 billion share sale in Hong Kong this year. Alibaba's primary listing is on the NYSE while JD.com is listed on the Nasdaq.
JD.com has similar motivations as Alibaba for the secondary listing in Hong Kong. With U.S.-China relations strained, it is prudent to raise capital closer to home. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers last year introduced legislation known as the EQUITABLE Act, that could compel Chinese firms listed on U.S. exchanges to submit to more comprehensive audits by U.S. inspectors or face delisting. The legislation may never pass. Some U.S. lawmakers and many Wall Street power brokers oppose it. But these are extraordinary times in which we live. And Nasdaq-listed Luckin Coffee's accounting fraud scandal could rekindle interest on Capitol Hill in tightening oversight of Chinese firms in U.S. capital markets.
"If Chinese companies want access to the U.S. capital markets, they must comply with American laws and regulations for financial transparency and accountability," Senator Marco Rubio told The New York Times in late April. Rubio is one of four sponsors of the EQUITABLE Act. The other three are Bob Menendez, Tom Cotton and Kirsten Gillibrand.
Concern about U.S. regulators is not the only reason Chinese tech giants are keen to list in Hong Kong. The city made a point of wooing them when in 2018 its stock exchange amended rules to permit technology firms with dual-class shares or weighted voting rights to list.
As an e-commerce giant with its own logistics network, JD.com has weathered the coronavirus pandemic relatively well. According to The Financial Times, JD forecasts double-digit growth in the first quarter, quite a feat considering the Chinese economy contracted 6.8% in that period - its worst performance since the mid-1970s. As of the end of 2019, JD had US$5.7 billion in cash and restricted cash. It raised an addition US$1 billion in January from a bonds issuance.
The proceeds from a Hong Kong share sale would be used for investment and help shore up JD's defenses against rising competition, analysts say. Among the lead arrangers for the JD Hong Kong IPO will be Bank of America, UBS and CLSA. JD is expected to list in the second half of the year if the pandemic eases. A second wave of coronavirus infections could push the listing to 2021.
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The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia
Matthews, A and Ruykys, L and Ellis, B and Fitzgibbon, S and Lunney, D and Crowther, MS and Glen, AS and Purcell, B and Moseby, K and Stott, J and Fletcher, D and Wimpenny, C and Allen, BL and van Bommel, L and Roberts, M and Davies, N and Green, K and Newsome, T and Ballard, G and Fleming, P and Dickman, CR and Eberhart, A and Troy, S and McMahon, C and Wiggins, N, The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia, Australian Mammalogy, 35, (1) pp. 65-83. ISSN 0310-0049 (2013) [Refereed Article]
Journal compilation copyright Australian Mammal Society 2013
DOI: doi:10.1071/AM12021
Global Positioning System (GPS) wildlife telemetry collars are being used increasingly to understand the movement patterns of wild mammals. However, there are few published studies on which to gauge their general utility and success. This paper highlights issues faced by some of the first researchers to use GPS technology for terrestrial mammal tracking in Australia. Our collated data cover 24 studies where GPS collars were used in 280 deployments on 13 species, including dingoes or other wild dogs (Canis lupus dingo and hybrids), cats (Felis catus), foxes (Vulpes vulpes), kangaroos (Macropus giganteus), koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), livestock guardian dogs (C. l. familiaris), pademelons (Thylogale billardierii), possums (Trichosurus cunninghami), quolls (Dasyurus geoffroii and D. maculatus), wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus and Petrogale lateralis), and wombats (Vombatus ursinus). Common problems encountered were associated with collar design, the GPS, VHF and timed-release components, and unforseen costs in retrieving and refurbishing collars. We discuss the implications of collar failures for research programs and animal welfare, and suggest how these could be avoided or improved. Our intention is to provide constructive advice so that researchers and manufacturers can make informed decisions about using this technology, and maximise the many benefits of GPS while reducing the risks.
field performance, fix success, location data, satellite, wildlife tracking
Wildlife and habitat management
Other environmental management
Other environmental management not elsewhere classified
van Bommel, L (Dr Linda van Bommel)
Troy, S (Ms Shannon Troy)
Wiggins, N (Dr Natasha Wiggins)


In today's technological world, you can get in contact with just about anybody, and remain in contact for that matter. For me, the former happened and I'm certainly fortunate, as well as thankful that it did, and if the latter should develop, then I'll consider myself forever blessed. I recently came in contact with former jockey Mike Manganello. When the 2015 Kentucky Derby is held this year on Saturday May 2nd, it will mark the 45th anniversary to the exact date of Mike's winning ride aboard DUST COMMANDER in the 1970 Kentucky Derby. Mike informed me that he always likes to talk about Dust Commander, so imagine my overwhelming feeling when he agreed to field questions from yours truly about the horse and the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby.
HRN: First off Mike, I was only twelve when I watched Dust Commander win the 1970 "Run for the Roses" on television with my Dad, so excuse me for being late to the party. But as the saying goes, "better late than never", even if 45 years have passed. CONGRATULATIONS on the win.
Before we get to Dust Commander and the 1970 Derby, let's give our readers some highlights about your career.
HRN: You were 29 years old when you won aboard Dust Commander, but at what age did it all begin and at what track did you launch your riding career?
MIKE: At the age of 15, I went to work at Narragansett Park in Rhode Island for Odie Clelland. I worked as hot walker and exercise rider for 3 years and rode my first race at Narragansett in November 1959. The following year, March 3, at Fairgrounds in New Orleans, I rode my first winner aboard Will Step, a 2 year old maiden. She made her first start and I won my first race. We both broke our maiden. I went on to ride many winners as an apprentice rider and lost my apprenticeship one year later. I rode a couple of years in New England, then moved my tack to Cleveland, Ohio, where I became Leading Rider at Thistledown and Randall Park for several years with great success. I then moved my tack to Churchill Downs and Keeneland for the spring/summer/fall meets and Florida in the winter where I also had great success, also becoming Leading Rider at those meets for several consecutive years.
HRN: In 1964, you once won 5 straight races at Thistledown. You were a fan favorite at Florida Downs (now Tampa Bay Downs), where in 1968 you won 4 races on a single card and set a season record with 75 victories the following year. Five times, including 4 consecutive years in a row, you won 5 races in a single day at Turfway Park. One of those occurrences came in Turfway's Fall Championship Stakes. By the mid '70's you had collected multiple riding titles. You retired from riding having amassed over 2500 wins, including numerous graded stakes. Those were significant accomplishments. Certainly a career to be proud of, and the cherry on top of it all is, you can proclaim you won the Kentucky Derby.
MIKE: I also won 5 races on one card at Churchill Downs on May 14, 1968. I am very proud of my career and you are right that the Kentucky Derby is the cherry on top.
HRN: You first retired from riding in 1979 to train horses. You had your own public stable. You did that until 1984, then returned to riding. What was the main reason for getting back in the saddle again?
MIKE: The main reason is that I missed riding and the competition of riding. I had some success as a trainer and trained for some amazing owners including Mr. George Steinbrenner, owner of the NY Yankee's and Lloyd and Ann Ferrentino.
HRN: You later went on to become a racing steward, a position you currently hold. Tell us about that.
MIKE: I was offered a stewards position in 1991 at Manor Downs outside Austin, Texas. Then moved on to Bandera Park in Bandera, Texas, then at Retama Park, San Antonio. I worked for several years in Texas before moving on to Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio where I presently work as a Steward at Belterra Park.
HRN: You rode in five editions of the Kentucky Derby, however, 1970 wasn't your first Derby ride, but rather, it was your second. You had your first Derby mount two years prior aboard Te Vega. That was the infamous Dancer's Image/Forward Pass Derby. What was your feeling going into that race knowing it was not ONLY the Kentucky Derby, but your first one?
MIKE: I was excited and honored to be named on Te Vega in the Derby. It was a great feeling just to be part of the Kentucky Derby. The greatest race in one of my lifelong dreams. The other of course was to win it. I will never forget the sound of "My Old Kentucky Home" being played during the post parade. The sounds of the song and crowd reverberated through me.
HRN: As a rider, tell me your relationship with Don Combs, Dust Commander's trainer. Had you ridden other horses for him in the past? How did you end up acquiring the mount on Dust Commander?
MIKE: Dust Commander is the first horse that I recall riding for Don. I met Don at the beginning of the 1970 Spring Meet at Keeneland as he was looking for a rider for Dust Commander, and my agent, Bob Peabody was at the right place at the right time and acquired the mount for me. I rode him the opening week in a 6 furlong race and he ran well and finished 5th and was closing. I really like the way the colt was finishing at the end. The following week, I rode him in a mile and 1/16 race which he won. He impressed me even more. The last week of the meet, he ran in the Bluegrass going a mile and 1/8 and we won! Coming into the Derby at Churchill Downs, I felt good about our chances. Don and I remain friends today.
HRN: No one thought of Dust Commander as a horse who could win the Derby. Was it because he was Illinois-bred, was it because bettors thought his Blue Grass win at 35-1 odds was a fluke? Why do you suppose the little chestnut colt was overlooked in the days leading up to the race?
MIKE: Because everyone thought that his win at Keeneland (Blue Grass) was because of the muddy track.
HRN: The Catholic Archbishop of Zambia, who was in attendance and was friends with owner Robert Lehmann, blessed Dust Commander prior to the race. If the bettors had known the ritual had transpired, Dust Commander's odds probably would have been significantly lower than 15-1. Were you present when the Archbishop called on divine intervention, or were you still in the jockey's room getting ready?
MIKE: I wasn't present when the blessing occurred but was told about it. The owner, Mr. Lehmann had been hired to kill a tiger in India that had been raiding villages and had arrived home the morning of the Kentucky Derby. He had in his pocket, neck bones from the tiger and that was also a sign of good luck. He did show me the neck bones in the paddock prior to the race. The Archbishop's blessing, the tiger bones, and my St. Christopher Medal that had been blessed by Pope Paul VI were all the luck I needed…the rest is history.
HRN: Shortly before the 1970 Derby was about to go off, down comes this parachutist and lands on the infield on the backside of Churchill Downs. The race went off as scheduled, but when this incident occurred, were you and the others riders aware of it? Had the horses already began their warm-ups, or had they yet to come out onto the track?
MIKE: I heard about it after the race but don't recall seeing it or hearing of any disturbance with the horses on the track.
HRN: The 1970 Derby featured the horse that would go on to be that year's top 3-year old, Personality, the 2-year old champ from the previous season, Silent Screen, and stakes winner My Dad George. All three of those rivals were well supported in the betting, with My Dad George sent off as the favorite. Now when Dust Commander stepped onto the track for the post parade, did you glance at the odds board? After all, Dust Commander was a stakes winner, even conceding the fact it happened as a long shot, but you had to be wondering why there was such a discrepancy in the betting odds. Or maybe you didn't care because your confidence was high?
MIKE: Yes, I always looked at the odds board during the post parade…it was habit. I didn't care because I felt so good about our chances of winning that I just wanted the bad luck to stay away.
HRN: On May 2nd, 1970, the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby goes off at 5:42pm. A little over two minutes later, you and Dust Commander reach the highest point in American horse racing. Describe your frame of mind and the feeling thundering through your body when you crossed under the finish line knowing you had just accomplished what every jockey in America dreams of?
MIKE: I was the happiest person in the world at that moment. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to become a jockey and win the Derby.
HRN: You drew an inside post for the race. After the gates open, you get Dust Commander a good spot on the rail, saving ground most of the way until the top of the lane. At that point, you angle Dust Commander out a bit to get him in a good position to win the race. If you will, take our readers from that point of the Derby to the finish line.
MIKE: We did have an incident leaving the gate where the horse on the outside of me ducked in and bumped me fairly solid. I had to check my horse and drop down to the rail and let him settle in stride. He gradually picked up momentum and I continued along the rail where I had moved up to 9th position and continued to pick up momentum without any encouragement. Each time I asked him to advance a little, there was opening on the rail, we are now about in 5th position along the rail. When we were coming to the head of the stretch, I had to come around one horse and went between 2 horses and at that point, he was going to the lead and I reached back and tapped him and he opened up a couple of lengths and I continued to tap him and he opened up 5 and won by 5 with room to spare. I knew though, at the 1/8 pole we were going to win.
HRN: Dust Commander won comfortably by five lengths. Had you worked the horse in the days leading up to the big race, and if so, how was his morning training? Did the horse feel differently under you in the Derby than he had in previous races when you rode him? Did Dust Commander give you ANY indication that the stretch acceleration he displayed was going to happen?
MIKE: I never galloped Dust Commander so I don't know how he trained but every race I rode, he always gave me the impression that he was a good closer and responded to my urging.
HRN: The pace of the Derby was moderate to slow. The pacesetter was a horse named Rancho Lejos. He went :23 1/5, :46 4/5 and 1:12 for the first three-quarters and basically wasn't challenged at all. At one point, the leader had a three-length lead. Were you concerned the front flight might not back up? Could you sense the tempo of the race wasn't unfolding as quickly as you wanted sitting where you were with Dust Commander in the early going?
MIKE: I was never worried about the pace. The way my horse was running without urging, I knew he would be there for me when I asked. I felt good every jump of the way.
HRN: How was the Churchill Downs surface playing that day? Was it favoring closers, because not only did your horse come from off-the-pace, but the horses that eventually finished 2nd through 4th place came from even further back in the pack? Those three horses ended up being separated at the finish line by just a half-length, but you got the early jump on them and it was Dust Commander's day.
MIKE: It had been muddy that morning, however, it had dried by the afternoon. I think that the distance of the race favored closers.
HRN: You had to ride against some big-time horse racing legends to get the Derby job done. Riders that had been around a longtime. Names such as: Bill Hartack, Bill Shoemaker, Ismael Valenzuela and Braulio Baeza. They not only possessed tons of Derby riding experience, but they were all Derby winning riders themselves. However, through patience and perception, you were triumphant against them.
MIKE: I had ridden races against all of them in previous races at Churchill Downs and I was not intimidated by their Derby winning experience. I also had a lot of stakes races under my belt too.
HRN: In 1968, you were part of a group of jockeys competing at Churchill Downs who signed an informal agreement declaring they would not compete against Penny Early, who became the first licensed female rider in the U.S. and was trying to become the first female jockey to ride at a major racetrack. Horse racing today is still male dominated, but women are much more prominent AND successful as both trainers and jockeys. However, back in that era, women were virtually non-existent in the fabric of the sport. So in 1970, in the very same Kentucky Derby that you won, Diane Crump becomes the first ever female jockey to ride in the race. What transpired during that two-year period with the male jockey contingent at Churchill, who had unanimously refused to ride in races featuring a female jockey, but now were willing to compete against a female rider at a major venue?
MIKE: First, let me preface this by saying that I did not have an issue with her being a female rider. I took issue with her lack of experience as a jockey and felt that she was more about publicity and therefore, my concern was safety. I never took issue with any other female rider since then and in fact, I always tried to help female riders if they wanted the advice. PJ Cooksey being one of them. Diane Crump had ridden in many races in Florida and Kentucky, was a very capable rider and knew what she was doing. She won many races. There may be some who don't want to race with women, but there are very few. There are some very talented female riders out there today.
HRN: What was the mood of the male jockeys getting ready to ride in the 1970 Derby, knowing a female rider was about to make history? Were any of you apprehensive at all?
MIKE: The mood was okay that day. We all accepted that she was riding in the race and all felt confident that she knew how to handle a horse. She rode a good race as always. I had dinner with her last spring and we were talking about the race, and she said she didn't win the race, but we reminded her that she didn't finish in last place either.
HRN: Dust Commander started nineteen times after the Derby, but sadly, he won only once, and it took place at….Churchill Downs. Were you aboard for that allowance win?
MIKE: No, that was Don Brumfield.
HRN: Dust Commander was retired to stud duty after racing. He sired the 1975 Preakness winner Master Derby and also multiple stakes winner, Run Dusty Run, who ran second behind Seattle Slew in two of the three Triple Crown races of 1977. Dust Commander passed away in 1991 on a farm in Paris, Kentucky, and was buried in an unmarked location. The farm changed ownership, the property was divided up and his grave lost. Over the years, the Lehmann family's attempts were unsuccessful in finding Dust Commander's grave. However, in 2013, a collaboration between the Kentucky Derby Museum and the Thoroughbred Museum in Paris, Kentucky, uncovered his grave. The remains were exhumed and tested through forensic science and a positive identification was made. Tell me your reaction when you heard the news?
MIKE: It was sigh of relief knowing that he was going to be laid to rest in an honorable place.
HRN: The remains of Dust Commander were placed in a handcrafted box and brought to his final resting place (On the grounds located outside the Kentucky Derby Museum.) He is interred there along with 4 previous Derby winners, Brokers Tip (1933), Swaps (1955), Carry Back (1961) and Sunny's Halo (1983). You attended the ceremony along with trainer Don Combs and Mrs. Lehmann. What were your emotions that day knowing that the horse that carried you to Derby glory back in 1970 and wore the coveted garland of roses was FINALLY home?
MIKE: It was a very emotional day. It was such an honor to be part of the ceremony and seeing my big horse being interred beside such historical horses at the Kentucky Derby Museum Garden. Verna Lehmann, Don Combs, and I were proud to sign our names inside the box of his remains. The Call to the Post and My Old Kentucky Home were played one last time by the track bugler. A priest gave a brief eulogy and he was finally laid to rest with the honor he deserved. I visit with him often. I also cherish the relationship I still have with the Lehmann family. Verna and her children are still a huge part of my life and we celebrated the Derby victory back then and still do to this day.
HRN: Mike, on behalf of Horse Racing Nation and myself, I want to express our deepest thanks for allowing us to talk with you. Hope to see you this coming May 2nd in Louisville.
MIKE: Thank you Nick, it's been a pleasure walking down memory lane. Let me know when you get to town.
On May 2nd, 1970, Dust Commander was implicitly in COMMAND of the 96th Kentucky Derby and the rest of the field saw his DUST.


(On DVD, May 2006) After watching far too many awful TV miniseries, my hope weren't high for The Triangle –but I enjoy being pleasantly surprised, and it doesn't take much time for this miniseries to intrigue: The opening credits are a visual joy to behold, and the first few scenes efficiently set up both the characters and the mystery at the heart of the story. Writer Rockne S. O'Bannon is not a novice, and his TV experience on shows such as Farscape shines brightly on this modern take on the Bermuda Triangle. Characters are initially sceptical, but come to be convinced by a bunch of interesting developments, including the salvage of a downed airliner that looks as if it's aged half a century in only a few hours. It's all fascinating, and if the three-part miniseries can't eventually match of fulfil the expectations set up by its initial 90 minutes episode, it keeps a level of quality well above the norm for SF miniseries, especially at the Sci-Fi channel. The direction is pleasantly self-assured, juicing up even expository conversation thanks to dynamic camera setups. The numerous CGI shots are as well-done as they bring an extra interest to the story. Not all the plot threads are created equal (the Lou Diamond Philips sequences, in particular, are a bit tedious compared to the other characters), but the level of interest remains high. Too bad that the facile ending can't explain everything that has popped up in the preceding four-and-a-half hours. Still, an above-average effort that's worth seeing, especially if your alternative is all of the other straight-to-DVD releases at your local Blockbuster.