Calle Ocho, Ultra Music Festival cancelled due to coronavirus concerns
City of Miami leaders came to a final decision and announced that Calle Ocho and Ultra Music Festival for 2020 will be canceled due to the concern over preventing the spread of the coronavirus.On Friday, city officials announced that both events will be postponed until next year.“This has been a very, very difficult decision that we have made,” said Miami District 3 Commissioner Joe Carollo.City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said it is a postponement until the coronavirus threat is less severe. “As COVID-19 coronavirus cases continue to rise, public gatherings can pose a risk by increasing person-to-person contact, often putting groups in close proximity to one another,” said Suarez. “We are obtaining this guidance from the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], which defines mass gatherings as those with 25,000 people or more.” Ultra Music Festival released a statement that said those who have purchased tickets for the event will receive an email on Monday. The statement did not make it clear if ticket buyers would get a full refund.The Florida Department of Health says there are now six cases of the new coronavirus in the state, including two in Broward county and two deaths statewide.
GAA: The mouth-watering clash between St Eunan’s and St Michael’s will be held on Saturday 26th at 7.30pm at Mac Cumhaill Park.St Michael’s booked their semi-final spot courtesy of their emphatic win over Malin at O’Donnell Park yesterday afternoon. Reigning Donegal SFC holders St Eunan’s delivered a superb display against local rivals Glenswilly.It was a closely fought opening period, but Glenswilly failed to convert their chances when they were on top and paid the price.A sweeping counter-attack was finished off by Lee McMonagle and there was no way back for Glenswilly after that.McMonagle added another goal and Eunan’s ran out comfortable winners in the end. St Michael’s have been in sparkling form all year and sit top of the All-County League Division One.They cruised through the group stages and dispatched Malin with ease yesterday afternoon.One worry for Eddie Harkin – without being disrespectful to the teams they have faced so far in truth St Michael’s haven’t been tested, where as St Eunan’s will have been given a huge boost with their win over Glenswilly.The clash will draw a bumper crowd to Mac Cumhaill Park, the clash between the two sides at the same stage last season was a superb match and it promises to be another cracking encounter.It’s expected that the other Donegal SFC semi-final between Kilcar and Glenties will take place in either Donegal Town or O’Donnell Park. SATURDAY NIGHT FIXTURE FOR DONEGAL SFC SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN ST EUNAN’S AND ST MICHAEL’S was last modified: September 14th, 2015 by Mark ForkerShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:newsSport
ALAMEDA — Might the Raiders be back at full strength on the offensive line?’It looked possible Friday when center Rodney Hudson was on the field with his teammates and officially listed as “questionable” with an ankle injury.Given Hudson rarely misses time and earned legendary status in the locker room for playing through a kidney stone in late 2017, it’s possible he’ll give it a go Sunday when the Raiders host the Detroit Lions at the Coliseum.Hudson and Andre James, the undrafted free …
Two cellar workers, from the Graham Beckestate in Franschoek, who participated in the programme. Graham Beck and the estate’s cellar master Pieter Ferreira are South African partners in the initiative. Isaac Frederick (l) and Jean Michel Jacob in Burgundy. Frederick travelled tothe Lucien Jacob wine estate in France.(Images: Philippe Maupetit) MEDIA CONTACTS • Andre Morgenthal Communications Manager, Wines of SA +27 21 883 3860• Florence Zito CFPPA +33 80 24 79 95• Thuthukile Skweyiya Western Cape- Burgundy Wine Exchange Programme (Western Cape Ministry of Agriculture) 
Share Facebook Twitter Google + LinkedIn Pinterest By Ty Higgins and Matt ReeseFarmer-owners of Sunrise Cooperative are going to want to pay close attention to some fine print in the upcoming farm bill.For over 15 years the Ohio-based co-op has been able to sell crop insurance and divvy out patronage checks at the end of every year, when profits are available. When the crop insurance program was created in 2000, the thought process was since co-ops work directly with farmers (the only people who would be buying crop insurance) the co-op system would be an obvious fit to market the plans.Since then, private industry has been brought into the crop insurance mix and has made the argument that co-ops like Sunrise shouldn’t be able to sell crop insurance because laws state that crop insurance profits may not be rebated, even in the form of patronage paid by a cooperative.“Federal Crop Insurance is a critically important tool for farmers and must be protected. The Sunrise issue has nothing to do with patronage dividends or co-ops’ ability to provide quality services to farmers. Rather it is about one co-op’s ability to offer rebates or kickbacks on the sale of crop insurance that would be illegal for any other co-op, farm credit or independent agent operating in Ohio or the region,” said Tom Sell, with the Crop Insurance Professionals Association. “It is this special advantage that causes concern. Crop insurance has always operated on a level playing field where all farmers have the option to purchase products at published rates and prices regardless of who you choose to do business with. This promotes competition based on quality of service, which we believe is in the best interest of all farmers over the long term and as a matter of public policy.”The first real battle on this issue arose during work on the 2008 Farm Bill.“At that time, Congress said that any entities that had been selling crop insurance and paying out patronages properly in 2005, 2006 and 2007, could continue,” said George Secor, CEO of Sunrise Cooperative. “That included us, an entity in Georgia and another one in Florida and onward we went.”Through two mergers in 2007 and 2009, Sunrise continued with business as usual. Then in 2016, Trupointe merged into Sunrise and more pushback was given about crop insurance and patronages.“Private industry came out and said that we were now a different entity and we could no longer be a part of the exemption from the 2008 Farm Bill,” Secor said. “We had the same Federal I.D. and the same territory of Ohio and Michigan, but when we got a letter from Federal Crop Insurance stating that we had to stop paying patronage, we knew we had to fight it.”That fight traveled all the way to the Sixth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals back in July, where all three judges sided with Sunrise and, again, it was business as usual. After that heavy expenditure of time, effort and resources, Sunrise execs and farmer-owners thought that the decision made by one of the highest courts in the land would be an end to the questions of how they do business. They thought wrong.Sunrise Cooperative’s lawyers recently found out about a sentence added into what could be the next farm bill, which is currently being worked on in committee. The committee includes Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, Congressman Collin Peterson from Minnesota, Pat Roberts, a Senator from Kansas and Congressman Mike Conaway from Texas.“I was notified that Congressman Conaway has dropped a line in the new farm bill proposal vacating our victory in Federal Court earlier this year,” Secor said. “I thought after all of that time and money was spend to defend ourselves, how could this happen? It turns out that Congress has the authority to override a Federal Court decision.”The last sentence of Title X—Crop Insurance language on page 251 of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 is: “The Committee commends RMA’s May 2016 interpretation of entity for purposes of 7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(9)(B) as wholly consistent with Congressional intent and a plain reading of the statute and vital to maintaining the integrity of crop insurance.”The 1508(a)(9)(B) described in the farm bill sentence refers to the following from the USDA’s Risk Management Agency in 2016:Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no person shall pay, allow, or give, or offer to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, either as an inducement to procure insurance or after insurance has been procured, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of the premium named in an insurance policy or any other valuable consideration or inducement not specified in the policy.(B) Exceptions Subparagraph (A) does not apply with respect to—(i) a payment authorized under subsection (b)(5)(B);(ii) a performance-based discount authorized under subsection (d)(3); or(iii) a patronage dividend, or similar payment, that is paid—(I) by an entity that was approved by the Corporation to make such payments for the 2005, 2006, or 2007 reinsurance year, in accordance with subsection (b)(5)(B) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this paragraph; Word of this provision has Secor, along with attorneys representing the co-op and the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, working feverishly to figure out how to make this right with their over 7,000 farmer-owners again.“Our stance is the same as it was in 2002,” Secor said. “If there is money left over after Federal Crop Insurance, why would we not give it back to the farmers that purchased it? It still doesn’t make sense to me.”Since the first patronage check was cut in 2003, Sunrise has paid $4.7 million back to the farmers who purchased crop insurance.“At some point, that farm bill will have to come out of committee and all four members will have to sign off on it,” Secor said. “We are waiting to hear back from the other three members to see if they are supportive of Congressman Conaway doing this to us and taking patronage away from our farmers.”If the farm bill does come out of committee with this provision attached, Secor said it would then be up to farmer-owners to make their voices heard in Washington.“We have two Senators and 16 House members representing Ohio and we will go to all of them and let them know what might be happening to the people they represent,” Secor said. “Would they want to take these patronages away from their constituents in a time right now when we have some of the lowest farm prices we have had in quite some time?”Why would a Congressman from Texas quietly drop a sentence into the farm bill that would impact a cooperative in Ohio?“That is a great question,” Secor said. “Why would he would want to come to the state of Ohio, explicitly carve out Sunrise Cooperative and take patronages away from farmers and not give them money back on a product that they are the only ones buying? I would love to hear his answer on that. It bothers me to think that one Congressman has that kind of power and can use it against the farmers in a state that is miles away from his own.”Although Secor doesn’t know if private crop insurance companies are behind the move by Congressman Conaway, he does know that letters are being sent out from those organizations still insisting that the Sunrise merger with Trupointe should have voided the practice of paying patronages for crop insurance.Only time will reveal if the controversial sentence with significant Ohio implications makes it into the final version. The farm bill work continues behind-the-scenes, but will move forward as the year winds down and may be passed before the New Year begins.
Difficulty:2Terrain:5 Constructed in 1937, Centrale d’Oxygène Liquide was a factory used for storing liquid oxygen and transforming ore. It later became a major manufacturer of steel and iron before shutting their furnaces off in 1997. Now abandoned, the vacant factory has been used for graffiti art competitions and curious exploration. Much of the equipment is still there and makes for an eerie walk on the way to ground zero. The cache owner urges cachers not to attempt this T5 cache alone and to bring proper climbing gear. To log your find make your way through the factory and climb up high on one of the structures.On the way upEmpty factoryRain or shineRelaxing at GZFound it!Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world.Check out all of the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form.Share with your Friends:More Have you ever wanted to feel like a super spy while geocaching? You may get your chance in Audun-Le-Tiche, Luxembourg. Mystery Cache NO LIMIT – Centrale d’Oxygène Liquide looks like a secret base in a James Bond movie. It is one of Luxembourg’s top-favorited geocaches and is the country’s most-found Mystery Cache. SharePrint RelatedTop 10 Geocaches of the Week 2017December 27, 2017In “Geocache of the Week”DieMuggels – Genesis (A rough night) – Geocache of the WeekJanuary 24, 2018In “Community”How Dr. Polley, edu-cacher extraordinaire, incorporates geocaching in his classroomOctober 28, 2015In “Community”
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john lloyd cincinnati butch jonesLast week, a number of rumors regarding Tennessee head coach Butch Jones – including a claim that he punched a player this past summer during practice – made the rounds on social media. This Monday, Jones commented on the rumor, calling it “absolutely ridiculous.” Wednesday night, one of Jones’ former players made an interesting claim on Twitter regarding the situation.Former Cincinnati punter John Lloyd, who played for Jones from 2010-2012, told his followers that he saw Jones hit players “multiple times” during his time with the Bearcats. He also joked that Jones “probably” made Cincinnati’s video crew delete practice footage. It wasn’t a glowing review of his former 
New Delhi: The CBDT has issued directions to Income Tax (I-T) offices across the country to probe financial transactions of about 3 lakh firms, de-registered by the government for their dubious financial credentials, for tax evasion and money laundering, especially during demonetisation. The board has asked the tax offices to undertake this special task and bring under their ambit the time period (over the last two years) when these companies were struck off from the records of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). Also Read – India gets first tranche of Swiss bank a/c details”To check possible misuse of such companies for money laundering activities, the board desires that the field authorities may verify deposits / withdrawals from the bank accounts of such companies during the process of striking down and just before that especially during the period of demonetisation,” the CBDT said in a communication. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the policy making body for the I-T Department. A senior official said the board has inputs that a number of these companies possibly indulged in tax crimes and once this is established, the department will initiate action against them for indulging in money laundering and tax evasion. He said cases of money laundering will also be referred to the Enforcement Directorate as it investigates cases under this category of tax crime. Also Read – Tourists to be allowed in J&K from ThursdayThe CBDT asked the taxman to collect the information about these firms from the public section of the MCA website and subsequently scan their I-T returns and check their financial transactions history from the banks where they had accounts. “In cases of detection of unusual transactions and beneficiaries thereof, appropriate action may be taken as per provisions of the I-T Act after seeking restoration of the struck off company by filing an appeal before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT),” the CBDT said. The board asked the tax department offices across the country to complete this task in a “time-bound” manner and make it a practise to keep a track of such companies who indulge in money laundering.