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Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest
One Mile Campground is located 18 miles from Gunnison, Colo.,f in the Taylor River Canyon. Visitors enjoy the area for its rafting, fishing and trail opportunities.
The campground offers single-family campsites, all of which have electric hookups. Several sites are also accessible. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided.
Mandatory $4 fee for electric service will be collected at the campground
Reservation fee applies to first camping unit only; additional units reserved will be charged full price at the campground
Opening and closing dates are weather permitting; please call (928) 537-8888 for more information
Nearest dump station is approximately 16 miles north
Click here for more information on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
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The campground lies on the banks of the Taylor River, at an elevation of 8,600 feet. Most sites are shaded by a stand of lodgepole pine and aspen trees. Summer temperatures are warm in the day and cool at night.
Taylor Park Reservoir is approximately 13 miles from the campground, offering boating, fishing and swimming opportunities. A boat ramp and boat rentals are available there as well.
The Taylor River can be accessed from the campground, and offers a calm stretch for rafting and kayaking. Anglers cast for rainbow and brook trout.
The Fossil Ridge Wilderness Area is nearby. The Summerville and South Lottis trailheads provide access to the scenic, natural area.
A number of off-road trails are found in the surrounding area, including Doctor Park Trail, Taylor River Trail and Taylor Vista Trail.
GUNNISON, GRAND MESA, AND UNCO CO
From Gunnison, Colo., travel north on Colorado Highway 135 for 10 miles, to Almont. Turn right onto Taylor Canyon Road and proceed just over 8 miles to the campground entrance, which is on the right.
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The roof is one of the most important parts of any home. This is because it provides protection from the elements and weather for you, your family, and your household items. This is why you must ensure that your roofing system is in perfect condition at all times. This will ensure that your family and possessions are protected at all times. Here are a few reasons to consider roof renovation services for your leaking or worn out roof.
Every homeowner wants his/her family to live happily and enjoy their home. You do not want you and your family living in fear and worry. A leaking roof comes with lots of safety concerns. One of the most prominent risks is electrocution since many homes have electrical devices. Professional restoration services will provide you with a temporary solution for your roofing system until the time you are ready to replace it.
Most premium quality roofing systems usually last for approximately 20 years. By repairing areas of your roof that are leaking and worn out, you can add about 10 to 15 years to the life of your roof. With roof repair services, you can defer complete roof replacement to a later date as you make plans for the future.
Replacing the entire roof can be costly in terms of materials and labor and the existing roof may need to be removed first. You can save money by opting for roof repair services from a professional roofing company. This type of roof maintenance will cost you less money for materials and labor. Roof restoration services can help you save money as you plan for a roof replacement in the future.
Ignoring a worn out or leaking roof will not make your problem go away. Instead, it will keep getting worse. As time passes, the potential for damage will be greater and this will cost a homeowner more money to repair or reinstall it. Continued neglect of a worn out roofing system can put your family or tenants at risk. Restoration services can prevent any damage and will give you time to plan for a complete reinstallation of a new roof.
Roof repair services tend to be more sustainable. Every year, millions of tons of roof wastes always end up in the landfills. With restoration services, you will be reusing your existing roof and this makes it a more environment-friendly alternative. In addition, restoration services can make your home to be more energy efficient and this can help you to qualify for LEED or ENERGY STAR credits.
Roof renovation is one of the best ways of reclaiming a deteriorating roof.
Sometimes, a homeowner may not be in a position to upgrade the roof because of financial challenges. If your roof was installed by a roofing company, you can talk to them about repairing the worn out parts of your roofing system. Make sure that they can deliver the best quality restoration services so as to minimize the number of repairs. Although roof repair is a short-term solution, it will give you time to prepare yourself for a complete reroofing in the future and minimize damages caused by a leaking roof.


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Uniflite (United Boat Builders) was founded in Bellingham, Washington, by Art Nordtvedt in October 1957.  Although the company is best remembered as a maker of recreational powerboats, its initial products were small fiberglass runabouts.  The company also supplied river patrol craft to the US Navy Patrol Boat - River between 1965 and 1972 for use in the Vietnam War.

Uniflite was acquired by Chris-Craft Boats in 1984 who continued to build the boats under their brand until they ceased production in 1989.

After the company's demise, Art's son, Gary Nordtvedt, went on to found Norstar Boats.

History
Uniflite (United Boat Builders) was started in Bellingham, WA, by Art "Papa" Nordtvedt in October 1957.

The first Uniflite boat an all fiberglass 17' outboard.  Uniflite soon added a 14', an 18' and a 20' outboard and inboard/outboard boats, followed by a 25' express cruiser followed by a 31' and a 34' boat.  Uniflite was the only boat builder exclusively using fire-retardant resins in the production of pleasure boats.

In January 1959, the plant and office moved into the old plywood plant in Fairhaven, Washington (in Bellingham).  This became Uniflite's permanent home.

In 1962, Uniflite became a public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange, thus becoming eligible for Navy contracts.

In 1965, the Navy awarded Uniflite with a contract to build Patrol Boat, Rivers (PBRs).  The PBRs were powered by twin Detroit 6V53's with water jets and they cruised between 25 and 31 knots.  There were approximately 718 PBRs built, at least 418 of which were built by Uniflite. At the height of production two PBRs were rolling off the assembly line along with one 36' landing craft each day. In addition to the Navy contracts, in the 1960s and early 1970s Uniflite had numerous other military contract building 14' and 50' boats: patrol craft, landing craft, and personnel boats.  Uniflite also built commercial fishing boats, and sailboats besides the more widely recognized pleasure boats.

In 1977, Uniflite acquired boat molds from Pacemaker Boat Co. Pacemaker Boat company was founded in 1949 by Charles Platt (C.P.) Leek in New Jersey from his company C.P. Leek & Sons, Inc.  who also later established Egg Harbor boat company.  It was at this time that Uniflite started a second Uniflite plant in Swansboro, North Carolina.

In 1980, a fire almost totally destroyed the Uniflite plant in Bellingham. However, since they had molds in Swansboro, NC, they were able to continue production of their boats.

In 1984, Uniflite was acquired by Chris Craft for $10 per share.  Chris Craft built many of the identical boats under the Chris Craft label until they stopped production in 1989.

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Even while adding nearly 2,800 new apartment units over the past six months, the Triangle's vacancy rate for apartments in the region remained a steady 6.1 percent in the second half of 2016, according to the most recent AptIndex report by Charlotte-based Real Data.
And, as for now, its looking like increasing demand for apartment units in the Triangle is expected to keep up and even exceed all the new construction across the region.
Whetstone Apartments at 501 Willard St., Durham.
"The overall market is doing great and is expected to continue with average vacancies around 6 percent," says Engle Addington, a multifamily analyst for Real Data's AptIndex surveys in North Carolina and Virginia.
At this point, the Triangle is tracking below the Southeast U.S. Index average of close to 7 percent, and could drop below 6 percent vacancy over the next 18 months. The Triangle had 5,894 units under construction, as of late January when Real Data's survey was conducted. The market has another 4,381 units proposed for future development.
By comparison across the state, Charlotte's apartment vacancy, as of September, was 5.9 percent with more than 10,000 apartment units under construction and another 13,000 units proposed. The Triad apartment vacancy rate was 5.6 percent, as of October 2016 with 2,700 units under construction and another 2,200 units proposed. Wilmington's apartment vacancy rate was 4.6 percent, as of its most recent report in June 2016, with 1,600 units under construction and another 1,600 units proposed, according to Real Data.
Average rental rates for apartments in the Triangle also increased 3.5 percent compared to the year prior and is now at $1,055 per month, or $1.095 per square foot. Same-unit rents are forecast to increase another 3-4 percent in 2017.


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using System;

class HelloWorld
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string str1 = "Hello";
        string str2 = "World";
        object phrase = str1 + " " + str2;
        string str3 = (string)phrase;
        Console.WriteLine(str3);
    }
}

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One of the common problems that men experience would be hair loss. There are also some women who experience hair loss, although the effects are not as pronounced as those in men. Often, women who experience it notice their hair getting thinner and thinner, losing more than 100 strands of hair a day or the more than the normal rate of hair loss. For most of these individuals, hair loss or going bald can greatly affect their confidence and self-esteem.
Hair loss or alopecia is caused by numerous factors. Some of them would be genetics, stress, the use of certain medications, hormone deficiency or excessive hormone production and autoimmune conditions. Individuals who experience hair loss would usually turn to hair transplantation or to using drugs such as minoxidil to enhance hair growth. However, these solutions could be costly, painful and could cause various side effects. This is why more and more individuals are looking for ways on how to regrow hair naturally. If you or someone you know is experiencing hair loss, here are some things to try.
1. First off, try to balance your life. Stress is actually the most common cause of hair loss. This could include having an illness, going through surgery or going through a life changing ordeal and problems. Through looking for ways on how to effectively manage physical and emotional stress could greatly help in preventing further hair loss. You could try doing yoga or aerobic exercises as these lower the hormones produced by stress.
2. Maintain a well-balanced diet. If you are trying to lose weight, avoid doing crash diets and unhealthy weight loss programs as these could starve your body of the nutrients that it needs in order to function properly. Get rid of poor eating habits such as eating too much junk food and fast food, which have empty calories and minimal to no nutrients. Your hair, just like body, needs plenty of vitamins and minerals to grow properly. Try to eat foods which are rich essential fatty acids and B complex vitamins, especially biotin. These would include fish like salmon, flaxseeds and flax oil.
3. It would also be good to increase your intake of food sources which are rich in protein and iron, two of the nutrients that your hair needs. Some foods that you could add tour daily diet would be eggs, milk, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, whey protein, yogurt, onions, garlic, broccoli, red peppers, Brussels sprouts, granola, oats and wheat germ. These have high levels of amino acids including cystine, methionine, cysteine, arginine and lysine.
4. Aromatherapy is another safe and effective way to reverse the effects of hair loss. There were studies that have been conducted which showed aromatherapy can improve hair growth. Some of the essential oils that could be massaged into the scalp would include thyme, lavender, rosemary and cedarwood as well as jojoba and grapeseed.
5. Acupuncture and several Chinese herbal preparations could also help in the regrowth of hair.
6. Some examples would include the Shengfa Wan and Shengfa Yin. These have the herbs ho-shou-wu, eclipta, ligustrum, lycium fruit, tang-kuei, cuscuta, achyranthes, hoelen and psoralea.
7. You could also try using organic shampoos which have ingredients like mint and aloe vera. These could effectively help in stimulating the roots to grow hair healthier and faster.
8. Avoid exposing your hair to too much sun as these could not only dry your scalp but also cause slow hair growth and hair loss. If you need to be under the heat of the sun, make sure that you have a cap or hat on and have used hair sun block.
These are just some of the methods on how to regrow hair naturally that you could try out. Before resorting to hair transplant or using prescription drugs, you could do these first and you might discover that they may be just as or even more effective.
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Iowa Is Among The Top States With Fewest Covid-19 Restrictions
Shawn McKenna
It was announced on Wednesday, that Iowa's governor, Kim Reynolds is lifting capacity restrictions on Iowa businesses starting on Friday. In eastern Iowa, the number of reported cases seems to be leveling off, but is the easing of further restrictions the right thing to do? I'll guess we'll see over the next couple of months.
In the meantime, WalletHub released a report studying "the states with the fewest coronavirus restrictions" and Iowa actually fell one spot from its #10 ranking in May and now sits at 11th overall. As mentioned, since the governor is lifting even more restrictions starting Friday, this ranking will probably bump back up into the top 10. But is that a good thing? See the graphic below, Iowa is ranked 11th for fewest restrictions, but ranked 36th in the Covid-19 death rate ranking, that's bad.
WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key metrics. The data set ranges includes whether child-care programs and restaurants have re-opened, requirements to wear a face mask in public, large gathering restrictions, and the presence or absence of a "shelter-in-place" order. All of these have been eased or we just never had in the first place. Click on the map below to see how other states ranked.
The states with the least restrictions include South Dakota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. The states with the most restrictions are New Jersey, California and New Hampshire. Public health officials have warned of a possible resurgence of COVID-19 this fall or winter, but we could see a spike in cases much sooner than that. We won't know for weeks whether the recent mass protests will cause a spike in coronavirus cases. When you have hundreds or thousands of people gathered together, you have the possibility of a so-called "super-spread" event, where one infected person sets off a chain reaction infecting many more. Only time will tell.
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Nunes threatens to sue CNN for reporting on statement made by indicted Giuliani associate's lawyer
Nov 25, 2019 Huntsville news, Huntsville tribune
Rep. Devin Nunes during the impeachment hearings November 21, 2019. | Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images
But lawsuits don't work like that.
During a Sunday morning appearance on Maria Bartiromo's Fox Business show, House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) threatened to sue CNN and the Daily Beast for publishing pieces about him based on statements they received from lawyers representing an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani. There's just one problem: Nunes doesn't seem to understand how lawsuits work.
Nunes, who in an ironic twist once co-sponsored the "Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act," has a long history of filing frivolous lawsuits. He's sued people who are mean to him online (including a parody Twitter account that goes by "Devin Nunes' cow"), constituents who asked the state of California to not allow Nunes to identify himself as a "farmer" on the ballot, and publications for doing basic reporting on him. But even in that context, his latest threat against CNN and the Daily Beast is flimsy.
At issue are reports the Daily Beast and CNN published last week about statements made by two lawyers representing Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani's who was recently indicted for campaign finance violations and played a key role in Giuliani's shadowy Ukrainian diplomacy.
In a report published Thursday, lawyer Ed MacMahon told the Daily Beast that Parnas "helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe" for Nunes during a congressional trip there last year. The next day, CNN advanced the story by reporting that according to another lawyer representing Parnas, Joseph Bondy, his client is willing to tell Congress that he helped arrange a meeting in Vienna between Nunes and disgraced former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin. (Shokin was pushed out as the country's top prosecutor in May 2016 after then-Vice President Biden and other world leaders urged the Ukrainian government to do so, citing Shokin's failure to curb corruption in the country. Shokin has since claimed, without evidence, that Biden's real motivation was curbing an investigation into a company at which his son Hunter served as a board member.)
"Parnas says he worked to put Nunes in touch with Ukrainians who could help Nunes dig up dirt on Biden and Democrats in Ukraine, according to Bondy," CNN reported — a revelation that, if true, indicates Nunes isn't in a position to be an impartial broker as the top House Republican involved in impeachment hearings about Trump and Giuliani trying to leverage the Ukrainian government into announcing investigations aimed at discrediting Joe Biden.
On Sunday, Bartiromo asked Nunes a very straightforward question — "Were you in Vienna with Shokin?" — but instead of answering, Nunes railed against the media and threatened to get litigious.
"I really want to answer all of these questions … but because there is criminal activity here, we're working with the appropriate law enforcement agencies, we're gonna file all this — everyone is gonna know the truth, everyone is gonna know all the facts — but I think you can understand that I can't compete by trying to debate this out with the public media, when 90 percent of the media are totally corrupt," Nunes said.
He continued: "And because this is criminal in nature, and because it's so bad, it's so slanderous, we've got all the facts on our side, and we're going to file in federal court, because I'm not gonna sit here and try to compete against the media that I have no chance of winning with. I will win in court, and they'll have a chance to cooperate, and they'll have to show how they work with someone who has been indicted, which is likely conspiring to obstruct justice."
Bartiromo then asked Nunes, "Just to be clear, you're saying you're suing CNN, you're suing the Daily Beast — I know you've sued Twitter in the past — do you think this is going somewhere? You're telling me that CNN committed criminal activity?"
Nunes hedged his bets a little bit but indicated that, yes, he thinks the outlets reporting on statements made by a lawyer is criminal.
"Well, it's very likely, or they're an accessory to it, right? So none of this is true," Nunes said, going on to say that "my statement is" that the stories are "demonstrably false."
BARTIROMO: Were you in Vienna w/Shokin?
NUNES: Because there is criminal activity here, I'm not going to sit here & try to compete against the media
B: To be clear, you're telling me CNN committed criminal activity?
N: It's very likely, or they're an accessory to it, right? pic.twitter.com/epHJN0V7gK
To successfully sue, Nunes will need some evidence the reporting is false
Based on his rambling response to Bartiromo, it's not clear whether Nunes is denying that he met with Shokin in Vienna. That's key because assuming Nunes wants to sue CNN and the Daily Beast for defamation, he'd have to prove that the outlets not only made a false statement of fact about him but also that they had malicious intent in doing so.
But the Daily Beast and CNN stories do not categorically say that Parnas helped arrange meetings for Nunes during his European trip — they simply convey information provided by lawyers representing him. So unless the outlets were just making stuff up about their conversations with the lawyers, they have little to worry about.
Not only does Nunes have a history of filing frivolous lawsuits, but in his zest to do Trump's bidding, he's repeatedly gotten himself in trouble by getting directly involved in the president's scandals.
In March 2017, shortly after Trump posted an unsubstantiated tweet accusing the Obama administration of wiretapping him, Nunes traveled secretly to the White House for a briefing on Russia-related intelligence that he then used to gin up a "scandal" surrounding the Obama administration's surveillance practices. But the information Nunes publicized was classified. An ethics review eventually cleared him of wrongdoing, but not before the unauthorized disclosure resulted in Nunes temporarily recusing himself from his committee's probe into Russia interference.
Then, last year, Nunes's much-hyped memo that was supposed to demonstrate anti-Trump bias in the FBI turned out to be a total dud. And his performance during last week's impeachment hearings has been criticized for being more focused on creating soundbites for Fox News than it was on the substance of witness testimony.
Devin Nunes does not look thrilled as Swalwell reads into the record a story about his ties with indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas pic.twitter.com/n0jR2gKgvj
What Nunes didn't mention at all during the hearings was that he reportedly was involved in the very efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens that the inquiry is scrutinizing. And on Sunday, CNBC, citing comments from Parnas's lawyer Joseph Bondy, reported that Nunes canceled a planned trip to Ukraine earlier this year "to interview two Ukrainian prosecutors who claimed to have evidence that could help [Trump's] reelection campaign" when he realized that he would have to notify House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) about it. That story suggests Nunes's efforts to help Trump dig up dirt on the Bidens continued even after his travels in Europe last year.
If the Daily Beast, CNN, and CNBC reports are true, Nunes played a much more active role in Trump's shadowy efforts to leverage Ukrainian diplomacy into opposition research on Joe Biden than was previously known. As House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Saturday, the revelation could lead to Nunes facing his second ethics allegation in less than three years.
The new reports aren't necessarily surprising, given Nunes's long history of doing Trump's bidding. But what is somewhat galling is that a top Republican in Congress would think people are stupid enough to believe that outlets reporting on his ties to Ukraine would be in legal jeopardy. Notably, however, Bartiromo didn't push back at all on Nunes. Instead, she took his threats to sue the Daily Beast and CNN at face value.
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Lélio is a stock character of the commedia dell'arte.

Lélio represents the happy innamorati, loved by the woman he loves (often Isabella), always friendly, gay, cheerful, with a hint of comic.

Several actors played the role in Paris, particularly Luigi Riccoboni who gained great successes with the part due to his talent, grace, elegance and happy countenance, as well as his son Antoine-François Riccoboni, called "Lélio fils".

Molière introduced  the figure of Lélio in two of his comedies, l'Étourdi and The Imaginary Cuckold. Marivaux used it in his  Surprise de l'amour and his Prince travesti.

Being of aristocratic rank, his outfit is highly sought as a court dress.

See also
 Pantalone
 Vecchio

Sources
 Arthur Pougin, Dictionnaire historique et pittoresque du théâtre et des arts qui s'y rattachent, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1885, (p.468-9).

Theatre in Italy
Commedia dell'arte male characters


"lifeaisle" is about navigating obstacles, maintaining focus, researching opportunities, achieving goals, and sharing and celebrating achievement. The idea of the name comes from navigating the 'aisles' of life, 'shopping' for what appeals to you, finding 'deals', and meticulously marking items off the 'list'.
This site is primarily about living life on life's terms. It is written from my personal point of view, but my hope is to share experiences and lessons learned that may be useful to you.
In time, I will provide links to other interesting blogs, motivational sources – from who to follow on twitter, to youtube or TED videos, to scholarly articles of interest, and even good 'ole fashioned websites.
Inspire you! I am trying to achieve goals, and I hope in doing so I can inspire you to do the same.
We live in a world where infinite knowledge is instantly accessible. The key to this is collaboration. If I learn something, I'll share it with you.
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Thanks! Always appreciate encouragement. Come back soon!
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Thanks for "liking" my last post "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fee." I'm very pleased to discover your blog, and I very much appreciate the words of wisdom you share. Congratulations on your recovery. I, too, am living in sobriety…going on six-something years now. It is a beautiful life, even when the going is rough, no? Take care of yourself, and keep writing!
Thanks to all for the kind words! Glad somebody was able to get some enjoyment out of reading!
Thanks for checking out my blog! From the little bit of yours I perused, I could tell that you feel passionate about your mission. Your words made me feel calmer instantly. I've battled anxiety and depression my entire life, but I think we all can benefit from advice like that!
Thank you! Glad I found you're blog…I know I haven't used this outlet to talk about it, but my first and probably still my biggest obsession is baseball. I too struggle from anxiety, and it can be crippling! I used to call myself a "gregarious introvert". but now I recognize that I am really an extrovert who suffers from social anxiety. Oh well.
Pitchers and catchers report next week!!!
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THANKS for nominating me for Versatile Blog Award. Sorry i said all that stuff about not accepting. That seems rude. Plus, you seem to be raking in the awards … just keep passing my way. Right?
OMG!…I've got to run out for a while today, but I've got almost too many to recount! This sounds like fun…definitely let you know when I get to it!
Troy, thanks again for the Inspiring Blogger award. I finally acknowledge it (sorry for the delay) and passed i t on two bloggers who inspire me.
Thanks for stopping by my blog; I'm glad you found something interesting there to read.
You have such a positive site here; good luck with it!
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I'm a Canadian girl that has been living with my UK girlfriend for 1 year now and have finally just got our spousal sponsorship papers sent off. My gf is extremely home sick and misses her family. We believe the rules have changed that you are able to return home for a short visit but we're still scared she will get the wrong person and be denied. Do you have any suggestions? Will there still be a good chance she's denied back?
Because your girlfriend is British, she's probably fine as long as she has a valid ETA. However, if you accompanied her, it would be better, as they are much more likely to look favourably upon a couple that is vacationing together.


Ms. Wang Shouhui, a Falun Gong practitioner in Changchun, Jilin Province, was killed in Luyuan Police Substation in early Nov. 2005, at age 57.
Mr. Huang Yongzhong, a Falun Gong practitioner in his thirties, was severely beaten in Beijiang Prison, Guangdong Province. He passed away a few days after his release, on the afternoon of July 22, 2006.
Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Shoushan died from persecution on September 6, 2006, at age 58.
Su Guilin from Tielin, Liaoning Province dies as a result of persecution on September 20, 2006 at age of 60.
Su Guilin from Sanhe City, Hebei dies as a result of persecution on September 7, 2005 at age of 56.
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Chang Yongfu passed away on January 18, 2007, following severe torture at Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City and at Puning Mental Hospital, Heilongjiang Province.
Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Luan Fusheng dies as a result of torture and mistreatment in Jinzhong Prison, Shanxi Province, at age 56.


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Newt Gingrich and Lindsey Graham attack Democratic lawmakers on Fox & Friends, don't condemn Trump's racist tweets
backing him up
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) both took to Fox & Friends on Monday to attack the minority lawmakers who President Trump told to "go back" to where they came from, choosing not to condemn the president's remarks.
Gingrich during a Fox & Friends segment was asked if Trump's tweets were a "good political move," to which the former House speaker praised Trump for his effort to make the country realize "how radical" these members of Congress are "and how fundamentally anti-American their views are," adding that "anything he does to elevate them is to his net advantage," Mediaite reports.
Trump over the weekend had attacked a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), telling these lawmakers, who are U.S. citizens, that they should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." Of the four congresswomen Trump seemed to be targeting, three were born in the United States, and another, Omar, fled to the U.S. from war-torn Somalia at a young age.
Graham also discussed Trump's remarks on Fox & Friends, lightly suggesting that the president "aim higher" while pointing out that the members of Congress Trump is attacking are American citizens, reports Media Matters for America's Matthew Gertz. But he didn't condemn the tweets and launched his own attack on the lawmakers, who he said "are a bunch of communists" who "hate Israel" and "hate our own country."
Trump himself is continuing to double down on his tweets, on Monday morning suggesting it's these lawmakers who are racist and must apologize. Brendan Morrow
Later, in response to Trump's racist tweets, Graham says AOC et al are communist anti-Semites who hate this country before vaguely saying that Trump should "aim higher" to win and focus on how their policies will "destroy this country" rather than making things "personal." pic.twitter.com/71sPS028St
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Olive Garden, Red Lobster face class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to pay servers properly
A class action lawsuit against the corporation behind Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Longhorn Steakhouse and other restaurants has been filed in federal court in Florida. The suit alleges that Darden Restaurants, Inc. and its related companies illegally cheat employees out of wages and overtime.
The named plaintiffs are two former servers at Longhorn Steakhouse and Olive Garden in Florida and Georgia. The lawsuit alleges that the restaurants made them work without pay by forcing employees to arrive but then wait for enough customers to arrive before allowing the workers to actually "clock in" and thus start getting paid. In other words, the workers claim they were made to be at work for free until the restaurant deemed things busy enough to allow them to start getting paid. Similarly, the lawsuit asserts that workers were often required to punch out but yet continue working until their assigned tasks were finished.
Even when allowed to be "on the clock," the servers were considered "tipped" employees and paid less than minimum wage by the restaurant. In theory, that would be legal because servers can earn tips on top of their hourly pay. However, the lawsuit alleges that tipped workers at Darden's restaurants are often made to perform work for which they could never earn a tip—such as food prep in the kitchen, rolling napkins and vacuuming. When performing work for which they could not earn tips, workers may not be paid less than the federal minimum wage.
The lawsuit, Mathis v. Darden Restaurants, Inc., claims that Darden Restaurants, Inc. and its related companies failed to pay proper wages or overtime pay to its tipped employees, such as servers, as required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), because:
Employees were required by Darden to work off-the-clock without pay, both before and after their assigned shifts.
Darden directed them and other servers to perform work that would not generate tips, without paying proper wages for such work.
Darden failed to pay appropriate overtime wages
The lawsuit provides current and former servers from the Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Longhorn Steakhouse and The Capital Grille the opportunity to join together and seek back wages owed to them.
Darden faces similar accusations in a federal lawsuit filed by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a New York advocacy group for restaurant workers. The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division also fined Darden twice last year, saying employees at Olive Garden and Red Lobster in Texas had to work off the clock.
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Henri Sauvan, né le  à Paris et mort le  à Paris, est un haut fonctionnaire français. Marié et père de cinq enfants, il a été le Directeur Général de la compagnie Air France de 1982 à 1988 puis administrateur d'Air Inter et d'Aéroports de Paris.

Biographie

Henri Sauvan naît dans une famille parisienne modeste, d'un père monégasque et d'une mère italienne.

Après des études au lycée Condorcet à Paris, il entre à HEC Paris dont il sort diplômé en 1945. Licencié en droit, diplômé d'économie politique et de droit public, et expert comptable, il commence dès 1947 sa longue carrière qu'il consacre entièrement au service de la Compagnie Air France. Il aura ainsi auprès de Max Hymans, le privilège de vivre la renaissance de la compagnie Air France de l'après-guerre.

Successivement sous-directeur du contrôle et des études de gestion d'Air France, il fut nommé en 1968 directeur des programmes et accords. Promu Secrétaire Général en 1974, il reçoit par délégation spéciale, la charge des nombreuses filiales de la Compagnie Air France dont Jet Tours, Servair, Air Charter, ainsi que la chaîne internationale d'hôtels Le Méridien.

Les nombreuses démarches qu'il entreprend dès le milieu des  auprès des autorités américaines pour la mise en place d'un vol commercial supersonique entre Paris et New York, se concrétisent le  lorsque le Concorde d'Air France décolle pour la première fois à destination de New York. Il a en outre œuvré au rapprochement des compagnies aériennes Air France et Lufthansa, ce qui lui vaudra d'être décoré de la croix de commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne.

En 1982 il est nommé Directeur Général d'Air France, poste qu'il occupa au côté des présidents successifs de la compagnie, Pierre Giraudet, Marceau Long et Jacques Friedmann, jusqu'à sa retraite en 1988. Il fut également Administrateur d'Air Inter et d'Aéroports de Paris.

Issu des cadres de la Compagnie Air France, il incarna l'exemple même du dirigeant de haut niveau, ne devant sa brillante et longue carrière qu'à son grand professionnalisme, son dévouement aux intérêts de la Compagnie Air France, et son ouverture aux autres.

Il meurt le  à l'âge de . Ses obsèques ont lieu le  en l'église Saint-Pierre de Neuilly-sur-Seine et il est ensuite inhumé, dans l'intimité familiale, au cimetière de Guiscard dans l'Oise.

Henri Sauvan était Officier de la Légion d'honneur (1984), Commandeur de l'Ordre national du Mérite (1980), récipiendaire de la Médaille d'honneur de l'aéronautique échelon Or (1986), et titulaire de plusieurs décorations étrangères parmi les plus prestigieuses.

Décorations

Intitulés
Médaille d'honneur de l'aéronautiqueOrdre du Mérite aéronautique (Brésil)

Notes et références

Personnalité française née d'un parent italien


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Pomeroy Grant Funds National Historic Marker
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Now, thanks to a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, the museum can announce its that coveted status at the grand iron gates to the estate.
Lance Reinheimer, executive director of the Vanderbilt Museum, and Stephanie Gress,
director of curatorial affairs
Pomeroy Foundation grants fund markers for historic sites – dating from 1740 to 1914 – to educate the public, to support local historic preservation, and to promote historic tourism and economic development. Grants pay for a standard marker, mounting pole and shipping.
"Each year the Vanderbilt welcomes more than 100,000 visitors from the four corners of the globe," said Lance Reinheimer, executive director of the museum. "This plaque announces to each visitor as they pass through our stately gates that the Vanderbilt Estate is an American treasure."
The foundation, based in Syracuse, New York, launched its Historic Roadside Marker Program in 2006 to erect markers in towns and villages within Onondaga County, New York. Eventually, the program was extended to all counties in the state. The foundation has funded more than 140 historic markers 30 New York counties.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.
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PHARMAC funding decision gives Kiwis with hepatitis C access to a potential cure
Life changing treatment for New Zealanders living with hepatitis C will be available from 1 February 2019, after PHARMAC funds a new treatment.
The medicine known as Maviret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir) can be prescribed to people with hepatitis C regardless of the type of hepatitis C virus they have.
Director of Operations, Lisa Williams, says that funding Maviret means that most people with hepatitis C will now have the opportunity to access a funded treatment that has the potential to cure hepatitis C.
"In many instances, this treatment will avoid associated liver cancer, the need for a liver transplant or early death. Access to this drug is a significant advancement in treatment," says Ms Williams.
Around 3000 people have already accessed hepatitis C treatments Harvoni and Viekira Pak since PHARMAC began funding them in 2016. Maviret provides an option for those people who weren't able to access a funded treatment previously due to their genotype of hepatitis C.
Ms Williams says that by using these medicines well, we can make a real difference to the wellbeing of our community, but this also includes reaching out to people who haven't yet been diagnosed with hepatitis C.
"While this funding decision is a major step forward, an estimated 50% of people who have hepatitis C have not yet been diagnosed and may not even suspect they have it," says Ms Williams.
"It's estimated that 50,000 people could benefit from this newly funded treatment."
"We are continuing to work with the health sector to find ways to identify and treat even more people."
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paritaprevir, ritonavir and ombitasvir with dasabuvir (Viekira Pak) – funded with no restrictions; and
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Viekira Pak, which is currently funded as a first-line treatment for one genotype, will no longer be funded from 1 February 2019, but people who have already commenced treatment on Viekira Pak will be able to complete their treatment courses.
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The program involved public service announcements and social-media outreach that would discourage people from giving to panhandlers, help the homeless find alternatives and enforce laws against panhandling.
But some councilmembers feel they aren't getting their money's worth after a year of spending $400,000 dollars on the program.
"My constituents say they aren't even aware of the program and its had no effect on panhandling. I'm very concerned that this whole campaign that we've laid out isn't accomplishing what we hoped it to accomplish. Either change it or do away with it," says councilwoman Sandy Greyson.
Other city councilmembers say their constituents complain of safety issues in the same places they were concerned about before the program.
The city adopted the program in February 2018.


If you're like most Americans, you have debt. If you're like many Americans, you try not to think about just how much debt you have and what it's really costing you. If you did think about it, you might not sleep well.
But ignorance never was bliss, and in order to get out from under the burden of debt, you need to face the uncomfortable (and perhaps downright ugly) truth: it may take you 30 years to pay off that credit card balance.
How can this be, you ask? You may have balances totaling less than $5000. Surely this will be paid off in no more than a couple of years. The credit card company wouldn't let you take so long to repay them, would it?
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It's important to understand that the credit card companies don't allow you to pay back your debt in small amounts out of the kindness of their hearts.
This is how they make their money. Paying the minimum payment (usually around 2% of your balance) each month, guarantees that you will be filling the credit card company's cash coffers with your hard-earned money for many years to come.
You should be absolutely unwilling to pay only the minimum balance on your credit cards each month. If you can't afford to pay more than the minimum balance, you can't afford whatever it was you charged to the card in the first place.
Your payments include both interest and principal (the amount you borrowed). When you pay only the minimum payment, most of it goes towards interest, which is why it takes so long to pay off the original debt. You wouldn't pay $7,000 for an item that is clearly marked with a $2,000 price tag, would you? Yet that is exactly what you're doing when you buy it using a credit card with an 18% interest rate and then only pay the minimum balance each month. No wonder you feel like you just can't get ahead!
2. Pay more than the minimum balance. Much more.
3. Shop around for cards with low interest rates, but beware of come-ons that offer a low introductory rate and then take a big jump. The Internet makes choosing a credit card easy, but be sure to read ALL the fine print.
4. Move balances on cards with high interest rates to cards with lower interest rates.
5. Use your savings to pay down debt. It makes no sense to earn 1 to 3% interest on your savings account while paying 12 or 15 or 18% interest on credit cards.
6. Come up with a written plan for reducing your debt systematically.
7. Add up all the money you spend each month on credit card payments, and think about what you could do with this money if you weren't paying it to the credit card company.
One of the best methods of systematically paying off your debts is what I refer to as the Credit Crunch. List your debts, including the balance and the interest rate for each one. Each month, pay the minimum balance on all credit cards except the one with the highest interest rate. Pay as much as you possibly can on this card each month until it is paid off. Then start paying as much as you possibly can on the card with the next highest rate, while continuing to pay the minimum balance on the others. Keep doing this until they're all paid off. This is the only time you should ever pay the minimum balance on any card.
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Looks like a long day?
It was, but we made it and were still smiling at the end of the day.
What a lovely moon it's been. Finally we've had a cloudless night just in time for it to shed moonlight in our bedrooms! Love that.
I love your idea of taking snippets of the day. I will have to try that for next time and join along! As well, looks like you pack food the way we do - love those steel containers - so awesome!
Can't wait to have you join in.
I was so thankful I remembered yesterday to grab the camera, it was a fun day.
We stayed in Stoney Creek, Virginia last night. It was a long day, but made for a short day today. We were in Myrtle Beach by 1pm and enjoyed a lovely (but chilly) afternoon.
Thanks Tracey, that looks awesome!
PS Thanks for joining in, so nice to see the little peeks into your day.
Oh you're on your way south! Yay! I hope you guys have a wonderful beach vacation!
We are! In fact we are here now. Great drive and now some time relaxing :) Thanks Lisa.
What a GREAT very morning, noon and night! :-) Hope the rest of your travels went well. Please post pics for the beach when you get there!
Thanks! Travels went well today, and we are here! Beach pics coming tomorrow, although it was a little chilly on the beach today.
Thanks Karen, the drive was great, no problems at all.
Wow! What a day. Hope you have a great trip!
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A pyrrhic victory for Aquino
Chief Justice Renato Corona's removal from office is indubitably President Aquino's clear victory. But it is a pyrrhic one: its costs to him and his clan, and the damage to our institutions are so enormous, that history will show that it isn't worth it.
For Mr. Aquino's Cojuangco clan, Corona's ouster came too late. Corona didn't resign, as he was expected to do, as Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez did soon after her impeachment was initiated.
The trial unexpectedly lasted for five months, giving the Corona-led Supreme Court enough time to rule with finality—only last month—that the Cojuangcos' Hacienda Luisita must be put under a real land reform program, which would result in the bankruptcy of the President's clan. The close voting in that final resolution demonstrated that if Corona had resigned—and with the appointment of a new Aquino justice and the rest effectively terrorized—the Court's earlier decision in July and November 2011 for a P196-million land compensation would have been revised, for a P10-billion payment the Cojuangcos wanted.
Corona's ouster should put the hacienda's farmers on alert: Will a "new" Supreme Court find a loophole to reverse its decisions on Hacienda Luisita?
Whatever happens, Corona will be remembered not as the chief justice who was ousted from office because of his inaccurate "SALN," but as the chief justice who got screwed because he went against the President's clan in order to implement genuine land reform.
For this, Corona endured five months of ruthless vilification. To browbeat him to resign, Mr. Aquino mobilized the entire apparatus of government, aided by mainstream media duped to slavishly support his agenda, to demonize him as a corrupt, immoral magistrate who enriched himself in the Supreme Court. Set aside, as it didn't quite rouse the mob, was Mr. Aquino's initial purported reason why he wanted Corona out: The Chief Justice was purportedly the protector in the high court of former President Gloria Arroyo—an ignorant accusation as the tribunal is a collegial body.
Quite ironically, Aquino's victory over Corona has put him in a very serious quandary since it was purportedly due to a great extent to the law firm senior associate justice Antonio Carpio founded, which allegedly provided the brains, the network, and the resources to remove Corona.
Furthermore, when the case against Corona was collapsing, and Mr. Aquino became disheartened after the Court issued the final ruling last month on Hacienda Luisita, the fatal blow was made two weeks ago by Carpio's cousin, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales who claimed that the Chief Justice had $12 million in dollar accounts. While that was a colossal canard, Corona fell into the trap of debunking it by claiming he had only $2.4 million—which gave 20 senators the easy, technical justification to convict him.
Carpio, is therefore absolutely certain that Mr. Aquino will appoint him chief justice. However, Mr. Aquino's inner circle has told him that he should appoint instead somebody who he would be totally sure will toe his line—and that's definitely not Carpio. Several senators who voted for Corona's conviction also informed him in very strong terms, before decision day, that they want him to appoint "anybody but Carpio."
An article in The Philippine Star, managed by House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte's sons, is a Palace leak: "Justice Antonio Carpio might not be named chief justice because he does not seem to enjoy the trust and confidence of the other justices in the tribunal, sources hinted." The article claimed that Mr. Aquino would instead appoint Liberal Party leader, his de facto political mentor, Sen. Franklin Drilon. While he has remarkably kept it secret especially during the trial, Drilon, who has been senator for nearly two decades, wants to top off his career by becoming chief justice, all lawyers' cherished dream. Aged 66, this is his last chance—as it is for Carpio—to be chief justice.
If he doesn't appoint Carpio though, Aquino would create an enemy far more powerful than Corona such that he would regret ever removing the latter.
In his purported crusade against corruption by removing Corona, Mr. Aquino corrupted—using that term's meaning of debasing an entity's integrity—the state's institutions among them, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Land Registration Authority, the Anti-Money Laundering Council, the Commission on Audit and, most alarmingly, the Ombudsman. History has also shown that a mainstream media submissive to a president's agenda is one of the greatest threats to a democracy.
Corona's conviction sets a very dangerous precedent for our republican system: A President can mobilize the entire apparatus of government and break laws and, supported by media, go after his perceived enemy—even the highest official of the judiciary—with a Congress terrified of opinion polls as his accomplice.
A senator theatrically and quite naively claimed that Corona's conviction creates a new paradigm for transparency in public office. Seriously, do you think bureaucrats would now start filing accurate SALNs when the televised trial has educated them that bank accounts can be opened only by court order or in an impeachment trial, which applies to only 31 high officials?
Do you really expect this new era to dawn when the highest official of the land, Mr. Aquino, ignored Corona and two senators' challenge for him and his Cabinet to issue waivers on the secrecy of their bank accounts?
Do you honestly believe that grafters will change their evil ways now, knowing that Corona was ousted not because of corruption but because of an elite clan's greed, and because of the ambition of two powerful people to be chief justice?
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Teachers in KP to get corona vaccination by June 05
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has decided to provide coronavirus vaccine to teachers, lecturers and professors of all public and private sector educational institutions before June 05.
Under the directions of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to vaccinate teachers and other staff of educational institutions in KP before June 05, Director General Health Services Dr Niaz Mohammad has issued directions to concerned authorities that public and private sector teachers and other staff posted in public and private universities, colleges and schools would be vaccinated against coronavirus from May 29.
Dr Niaz Mohammad said that all concerned officers, hospitals and mass vaccination centres have been informed to make arrangements for vaccination for the teachers on priority basis. He said that teachers of public and private educational institutions should visit vaccination centres with their computerised national identity cards and job certificates. The right dental implant specialist in California will help you restore your oral health. He said vaccine would be given after verification of the data.
Corona Vaccination centres in KP would work from 8:00am to 8:00pm.
Schools in 5 more KP districts to open from 31st
The KP Elementary and Secondary Education Department Friday decided to open educational institutions in five more districts from May 31.
Decision to this effect has been taken after a considerable decline in corona positive cases in the country. According to an official notification, public and private schools have already been opened in 21 districts of KP, while schools in five districts including Charsadda, Nowshera, Bannu, Swabi and Haripur would be opened from May 31 under strict standard operating procedures (SOPs).
The Health Department says the rate of positive coronavirus cases in KP was at the lowest level in three months as the rate of positive cases has further decreased to 4.7 percent.
The ratio of positive cases in 22 districts of KP remains 1 to 4 percent during the last seven days, while in 11 other districts it was 5 to 9 percent. Decline in cases has been attributed to restrictions and corona vaccination.
However, some districts still have high corona ratio. During the last seven days, the rate of positive cases of corona in Mardan was reported 12 percent and Upper Dir 10 percent.


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I have read the documentation that such plugin actually modifies the POM and I don't really like that approach. I have worked on projects where they had separate build.properties file that got modified manually.
What I want to achieve is to have my CI generating the artifact for me ready to be deployed and update the version number automatically.
So, any suggestions? How have you done before?
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I'd say that Maven might be out of synch unless your Maven plug-in is getting it from SCM.

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The site of the former United States Steel Corp. South Works plant in Chicago along the Lake Michigan shore is designated as an opportunity zone.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
INSIGHT: Opportunity Zone Regulations Good for Taxpayers, Good for Investment
By Mike Bernier and Rachel W. van Deuren
The IRS recently issued final opportunity zone regulations that are making investors and their advisers feel more comfortable with the program. Mike Bernier and Rachel van Deuren of Ernst & Young highlight the significant changes and improvements as well as the smaller changes and clarifications.
Recently issued final regulations (TD 9889) on qualified opportunity zones (OZs) address a number of outstanding issues and answer some questions that taxpayers have been struggling with when trying to enter into OZ transactions. In addition to clarifying some previously unclear topics, this new guidance makes some significant changes to the OZ landscape.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97) (TCJA) created OZs as a new type of federal tax benefit. Specifically, the TCJA added Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (IRC), to encourage long-term investment in economically distressed areas by giving tax benefits to taxpayers who invest capital gain into OZs through qualified opportunity funds (QOFs). A QOF is a corporation or partnership that holds at least 90% of its assets in qualified opportunity zone property (QOZP). QOZP consists of stock or partnership interests in Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses (QOZB) or qualified opportunity zone business property (QOZBP), which are direct holdings of qualifying tangible property in OZs.
In general, the tax benefits work as follows. Taxpayers must make QOF investments within 180 days of when capital gain was realized. Investors can defer federal income tax on eligible gains invested in a QOF until the earlier of the date on which the investment in a QOF is sold or exchanged, or Dec. 31, 2026. If the QOF investment is held for longer than five years by the end of the deferral period, 10% of the deferred gain is excluded; a 15% exclusion applies if the investment is held for more than seven years by the end of the deferral period. If the investment is held for at least 10 years, the investor is eligible for a basis increase equal to the QOF investment's fair market value on the date that the QOF investment is sold or exchanged, thus excluding the gain that would have been realized from disposing of the appreciated QOF.
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service first released proposed regulations on Oct. 10, 2018 (2018 proposed regulations (REG-115420-18)) and then issued additional proposed regulations on May 1, 2019 (2019 proposed regulations (REG-120186-18)), collectively the proposed regulations. On Dec. 19, 2019, Treasury and the IRS modified and finalized the proposed regulations in a 544-page document. By our count, the final regulations tackle more than 40 issues.
Significant changes from the OZ proposed regulations
Eligible Gain
The final regulations made significant changes to the rules describing the gains eligible for qualifying investment in QOFs.
Section 1231 gain: Under the final regulations, items of Section 1231 gain can be invested on a gross basis and the 180-day investment clock starts on the day of sale. Taxpayers can still rely on the proposed regulations, which required that Section 1231 gain be invested on a net basis with the 180-day investment clock starting on the last day of the taxable year. However, such taxpayers must rely on each section of the proposed regulations (except for Prop. Reg. Section 1.1400Z2(c)) consistently and completely, which may prevent them from benefiting from some of the other taxpayer-friendly items in the final regulations until 2021.
Gain passed to taxpayer through a Form K-1: Under the final regulations, an investor can elect to start the 180-day investment clock for gains reported on a Form K-1 on the passthrough entity's original return due date (i.e., the date that the passthrough entity's return was originally due without extensions). Investors in passthrough entities that issue Forms K-1 can still elect to follow the passthrough entity's 180-day clock or begin the 180 days on the passthrough entity's year-end. This new provision should make it easier for individuals to invest in OZs because, based on our observations in the market and several comments on the proposed regulations, many taxpayers who invested in tiered partnerships had struggled to get reliable information prior to June 28 (180-days from the passthrough entity's year-end), assuming a calendar-year taxpayer.
Gain from investment in REITs and RICs: The 180-day investment clock for capital gain dividends starts on the close of the shareholder's taxable year in which the shareholder would otherwise recognize the capital gain. REIT and RIC investors can still elect to start the 180-day clock on the capital gain dividend distribution date.
For tangible property to constitute QOZBP, it must be new or substantially improved property. The proposed regulations set forth a substantial improvement test that required the test be met on an asset-by-asset basis. The proposed regulations did not, however, specifically define the term "asset," which made the test difficult to apply (as noted in comment letters to the 2019 proposed regulations). The final regulations apply an "aggregation approach" to the substantial improvement test, describing how these rules will be applied in response to a series of fact patterns raised by commentators to the proposed regulations.
Aggregation approach allowed in certain instances: The final regulations allow for an aggregation approach under which new assets can be counted toward the substantial improvement of a non-original asset if they (1) are used in both the same trade or business and the same OZ (or contiguous OZ to) where the non-original asset is used, and (2) improve the functionality of the non-original use assets. The final regulations also extend this aggregation approach to multiple buildings requiring substantial improvement in order to constitute QOZBP using similar rules as described above.
Capitalized soft cost: In the preamble to the final regulations, Treasury and the IRS clarified that capitalized soft costs could count toward meeting the "substantial improvement" requirement.
10-year exclusion benefits
For many taxpayers the real benefit of OZs is not in the deferral and potential reduction of the initial capital gain, but the ability to allow a QOF investment to grow and not be subject to any federal income tax on exit. For example, a QOF could invest in real estate and then depreciate it to reduce current taxable income. And, if the QOF investment is held for at least 10 years and exited correctly, the investor could exit without paying any federal income tax on the investment, including any ordinary income on depreciation recapture.
Sales of a QOZB or QOZBP after 10 years are now fully tax free: Under the proposed regulations, only the sale of a QOF interest was eligible for full tax exclusion. In the event that a QOZB or QOZBP was sold by a QOF partnership, S Corporation, RIC, or REIT, only the capital gain was tax free, meaning the investor had to recognize ordinary income on depreciation recapture related to its QOF investment. This made it very difficult to efficiently create multi-asset QOFs. The final regulations allow for the disposition of QOF partnership or S Corporation assets, including interests in QOZBs and property sold by QOZBs, to be eligible for the 10-year exclusion benefit. The final regulations provide a similar rule for shareholders in QOF RICs or REITs so they can receive capital gain dividends that are excluded from federal taxable income. Although this change makes exiting multi-asset QOFs significantly easier, it will be interesting to see if the market switches from almost entirely single-asset funds to multi-asset funds given the myriad of timing restrictions that investors have around investments and that QOFs have around deployment.
Consolidated return rules
The 2019 proposed regulations surprised many practitioners by stating that a wholly owned QOF could not be part of the same consolidated group as the investor parent company. This unexpected provision in the proposed regulations was negatively received, particularly by taxpayers that had already entered into transactions where the only assumption they could have reasonably made prior to the 2019 proposed regulations was that a 100%-owned QOF was a member of the federal consolidated group. This was particularly damaging to those who set up a QOF to invest in affordable housing, as the tax credits and deductions generated by the investments were in essence trapped in the QOF, making the investments uneconomical. Similarly, the proposed regulations took an entity-based approach as to who could invest in a QOF, as opposed to treating the consolidated group in the aggregate. The final regulations reversed course on several of these issues, and provide the following welcome changes:
Subsidiary QOF C Corporations can consolidate in certain fact patterns but don't have to: The final regulations permit the consolidation of a subsidiary C Corporation if, among other things, all QOF investors are wholly owned directly or indirectly by the common parent of the consolidated group.
ELA accounts: To prevent abuse, the final regulations require that a QOF investor must take into account any excess loss account (ELA) when adjusting QOF stock to fair market value (FMV) for purposes of the 10-year exclusion from income provided by Section 1400Z-2(c). Interestingly, the final regulations are silent as to whether the ELA needs to be accounted for in determining FMV under Section 1400Z-2(b)(2)(A), which provides for the amount of gain includable at the end of the deferral period.
Dividend deductibility: For QOFs that are not consolidated, the final regulations provide that QOF stock is not treated as stock only for purposes of determining eligibility to join in the consolidated return under Section 1501 and not for the general purposes of Section 1504 (which determines, among other things, dividend received deductions for members of a federal consolidated return group).
Aggregate treatment for members of a consolidated group for purposes of gain/investment: The final regulations allow any member of a consolidated group to invest eligible gain generated by any other member of the consolidated group. This change is important when dealing with regulated industries such as banks, insurance companies, or utilities, as they may have gains from regulated entities that cannot hold or are not the appropriate holders of OZ investments. This new rule will likely encourage taxpayers in these regulated industries and banks to invest in OZs.
Working capital safe harbor for start-up companies
While the real estate industry was off to the races using the working capital safe harbor (WCSH) in the proposed regulations, many operating businesses struggled to figure out how this safe harbor might apply to their fact patterns. The funding of operating businesses is the ultimate yardstick for the success of the OZ program as the operating businesses will create a permanent job base for the low-income communities the tax benefits are ultimately intended to benefit. The final regulations took a big step in making it easier for businesses—particularly for startups—by clarifying how a business can benefit from multiple applications of the WCSH, which the preamble to the final regulations refers to as a 62-month WCSH for start-up businesses.
While a business is within a WCSH, it provides ancillary safe harbors for all the QOZB requirements, with the exception of the prohibition on "sin businesses," which are listed in Section 144(c)(6)(B) and include golf courses, country clubs, massage parlors, and stores primarily selling alcohol. One such ancillary safe harbor provides that tangible property can be treated as QOZBP during multiple applications of the WCSH for up to 62 months. To benefit from multiple applications of the WCSH, a business (such as a start-up business) must receive multiple cash infusions. This provides great flexibility to operating businesses, but it remains to be seen whether the flexibility will cause the composition of QOZB investments to shift away from almost entirely real estate or tangible-asset-focused businesses.
Smaller changes and clarifications
Straddle rules/offsetting positions: The proposed regulations were unclear on how eligible gain is determined from an offsetting position. They generally provided that if a capital gain is from a position that "is or has been" part of an offsetting-positions transaction, then the gain is not eligible gain for investment in a OZ. The final regulations only limit the use of gains from a straddle position to a net gain if that position was part of a straddle during the taxable year or part of a straddle in the prior taxable year if a loss from that straddle is carried over under Section 1092(a)(1)(B) to the taxable year.
Installment sales: The proposed regulations did not address the treatment of gain from installment sales. The final regulations clarify that a taxpayer can elect to start the 180-day investment clock on either (1) the date a payment under the installment sale is received for that taxable year, or (2) the last day of the taxable year in which the eligible gain under the installment method would be recognized.
Selling property to a QOF and reinvesting in the same QOF: The final regulations explicitly provide that gain earned from selling an asset to a QOF cannot be reinvested back into the same QOF. This puts an end to all of the proverbial handwringing by practitioners over whether such a transaction would be recharacterized as a part sale, part contribution, potentially causing the QOF to fail the 90% test.
Partnerships investing in a QOF: The final regulations clarify that when a partnership invests in a QOF, the partnership generally doesn't need to look through to the ultimate taxpayers and determine whether they would be eligible to directly invest in a QOF and receive OZ tax benefits. This guidance is welcome as it makes investment determinations easier. Prior to the final regulations, many practitioners anticipated that partnerships investing in QOFs comprised of partners with varying eligibility to be QOF investors would be treated similarly to how non-profits are treated for depreciation purposes.
Six-month cure for a QOF that fails the 90% test due to a QOZB not being a QOZB: Under the final regulations, during a six-month cure period, a QOF can treat the interest held in the entity as QOZP (meaning that the QOF doesn't fail the 90% test due to the QOZB not qualifying). The cure period can only be used once. If at the end of the cure period the QOZB still is not qualifying, penalties are assessed retroactively to the beginning of the cure period.
Five percent limit on leasing to "sin" businesses: Section 1400Z-2(d)(3)(A)(iii) prohibits a QOZB from being a "sin" business, but doesn't specify whether a QOZB can lease real property to a "sin" business. For example, could a QOZB that is a shopping mall rent a portion of its space to a liquor store? The final regulations answer this question by putting a 5% limit on QOZB assets leased to "sin" businesses.
S Corporation rules around 25% transfer: Reversing a position in the proposed regulations, the final regulations provide that a transfer of a 25% interest in an S Corporation does not cause an inclusion event, which would have meant an early termination of the deferral period in advance of Dec. 31, 2026, or the investor exiting the QOF.
Guidance on 40% intangible property test: The final regulations provide some additional clarity, although it still isn't perfectly clear how a QOZB determines if 40% of its intangible assets are used in the active conduct of a trade or business as required under Section 1400Z-2(d)(3)(A)((ii) and Section 1397C(b)(4) for an entity to constitute a QOZB.
Vacancy rules to constitute "original use" tangible property: The final regulations changed the five-year vacancy requirement from the proposed regulations to either (1) a one-year requirement if the property was vacant prior to the selection of OZ eligible tracts, or (2) a three-year requirement if the property was not vacant at the time OZ eligible tracts were selected. The final regulations also went on to define "vacant" to mean that 80% or more of the square footage of usable space is not being used.
State, local, and Indian tribal government leases: The final regulations create a carve-out from the rule in the proposed regulations that required that all property leased to a QOF or QOZB be at FMV. For leases between unrelated parties, a rebuttable presumption will apply that the lease terms reflect market rates, or FMV, and that leases from state, local, and Indian tribal governments are considered to be from an unrelated party and are therefore privy to the rebuttable FMV presumption. This is extremely helpful in the development of community facilities, as it is common for state or local authorities to lease land to the sponsor of such facilities at below-market rates to limit the financial burden and allow them to focus their resources on the local community.
Contributed property: The final regulations clarify that contributed property can never be QOZBP, which effectively limits the amount of property that can be contributed to a QOF for use in a QOZB to 10%. Although this was the common reading of Section 1400Z-2(d)(2)(D)(i)(I), the preamble to the 2019 proposed regulations discussed the ability to contribute property to a QOF in exchange for a qualifying QOF interest, which led some to believe that contributed property could qualify as QOZBP.
Feeder funds: The Preamble to the final regulations confirms that master-feeder structures aren't allowed under the OZ program.
Ordering for partnership QOF inclusion events: The final regulations clarify that the basis adjustment related to an inclusion event triggered by cash distributions in excess of basis is taken into account before the calculation of gain under Section 731(a) for a partnership.
Disregarded entity for tax purposes: The Preamble to the final regulations clarifies that a QOZB must be a regarded entity and not solely an entity for legal purposes (i.e., a disregarded entity).
Tax rate: The final regulations clarify that gain recognized in 2026 or via an inclusion event is taxed at the applicable rate for the year of inclusion, not the tax rate for the year of deferral.
Certificates of Occupancy (CofOs): The Preamble to the final regulations clarifies that CofOs are not the determining factor in whether the original use of tangible property has begun. This mirrors the long-standing tax rule under which an asset is placed in service when it is in a state or condition of readiness for its intended use. CofOs are an indicium of being in a state or condition of readiness for intended use but are not the sole or even primary factor that needs to be considered.
Inclusion events: The final regulations clarity that transfers in a divorce settlement are inclusion events, but transactions between grantor trusts and their owners are not.
Hopefully, the final regulations will help spur additional investment into Opportunity Zone Funds in economically distressed communities. While there is a lot to digest here, most of the open items have been resolved in a taxpayer-favorable way. Taxpayers now have a final set of rules for a program that offers a unique opportunity not just to reduce their current tax bill and defer taxation, but also to have their investments grow tax-free. New investments can be made for at least the next six years, which means this program will be around for a while.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. or its owners.
Mike Bernier is a partner and Rachel van Deuren is a manager with EY's financial services tax practice.
The views expressed are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of Ernst & Young LLP or other members of the global EY organization.
Mike Bernier
Ernst & Young, EY US
Rachel van Deuren
pass-through income tax
regulated investment companies
consolidated returns
dividend income


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