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Southern rock icon Lynyrd Skynyrd has just joined the ranks of the many acts scheduled to call it quits this year. Today, the group has announced that it will embark on a farewell tour this spring dubbed “The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour.” During the tour, the group will welcome the likes of Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr., Charlie Daniels Band, Bad Company, Marshall Tucker Band, 38 Special, Blackberry Smoke, and Blackfoot to celebrate their end with them.As told by founding member Gary Rossington, “It’s hard to imagine, after all these years, the band that Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins and myself started back in Jacksonville, would resonate for this long and to so many generations of fans. I’m certain they are looking down from above, amazed that the music has touched so many.”Lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant elaborated, “We’ve been blessed by these great songs and the messages they carry to the fans. It’s been a true honor to try and fill in my brother’s footsteps for the past 31 years, keeping the music and his spirit, alive.”You can check out tour dates below, and grab tickets during the onsale on Friday, February 2nd.Lynyrd Skynyrd 2018 Tour Dates:05/04 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre05/05 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre05/11 – Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion05/12 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion05/18 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion05/19 – Chula Vista, CA @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre05/25 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre05/26 – San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Amphitheater06/22 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Cente06/23 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre06/29 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park06/30 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion07/06 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater07/07 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live07/13 – Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater07/14 – Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre07/20 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center07/21 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts07/27 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center07/28 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium08/03 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre08/04 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center08/10 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre08/11 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage08/17 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center08/18 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre08/24 – Syracuse, NY @ Lakeview Amphitheatre08/25 – Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion08/31 – Pelham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre09/01 – Atlanta, GA @ Cellairis Amphitheatre at LakewoodView All Tour Dates[H/T Consequence of Sound; Photo: © MCA Records / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 / GFDL]
Now go ahead and watch the aca-mazing Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Ben Platt showing off their vocal goods in clips from Pitch Perfect below! Kendrick, who received a Tony nod at age 12 for her role in High Society and an Oscar nod for 2009’s Up in the Air, is one of the busiest people in Hollywood at the moment. She has six movies set to be released this year, including The Last Five Years, Into the Woods, The Voices, Life After Beth, Happy Christmas and Get a Job. Wilson is the star of ABC’s Super Fun Night and will soon be seen in Night at the Museum 3 and heard in Kung Fu Panda 3. Platt is currently starring as Elder Cunningham in the Tony Award-winning The Book of Mormon. View Comments Plot details for Pitch Perfect 2 haven’t been revealed, but the original film’s screenwriter Kay Cannon is returning to write the screenplay for the sequel. The original film, which also starred Skylar Astin, Adam DeVine, Anna Camp and Brittany Snow, focused on a freshman (Kendrick) at Barden University who found herself joining an all-girls a cappella group and competing in campus competitions. Pitch Perfect grossed $113 million worldwide and launched Kendrick’s hit single “Cups,” which went on to sell 2.5 million downloads in the U.S. Let’s hear it for the Bellas and Benji! Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson are officially returning to star in Pitch Perfect 2! According to The Hollywood Reporter, the ladies will reprise their roles as Beca and Fat Amy, respectively, in the sequel. Additionally, in an exclusive interview with Broadway.com, The Book of Mormon’s Ben Platt confirmed that he’ll also “be involved to some extent” in the upcoming movie. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, Pitch Perfect 2 will hit theaters on May 15, 2015. More casting news will be announced soon. Star Files Ben Platt
TaxWatch calls for more court funding Study says an additional $35 million is needed to fully implement Revision 7 Mark D. Killian Managing Editor With a year of experience under its belt, the legislature now needs to fine-tune its implementation of Revision 7 to Art. V to ensure proper management and accountability of the state court system, according to a study issued by Florida TaxWatch, a nonprofit research institute in Tallahassee.The TaxWatch report — a follow-up to one released a year ago setting out how much funding was needed to carry out Revision 7 — addresses ways to achieve equity among large urban and small rural counties.“Constitutional Revision 7 was passed by voters in 1998 to require the state to assume from counties much of the cost of running our courts system,” said Dominic M. Calabro, president of Florida TaxWatch. “Initial implementation of Revision 7 during FY 2004-2005 suggests that selected statutory and other elements of state courts operations need fine-tuning, and in certain cases, some additional resources in order to provide optimal taxpayer services.”To help bridge the budget gap and ensure proper management and operation of the state courts system in the future, the TaxWatch report offers the legislature six sources of approximately $180 million in nontax revenue. Additional cost savings, innovations, and productivity improvements could be worth as much as $30 million when implemented over the next two years, according to the report.“In this age of fiscal belt-tightening and economic uncertainty, our state leaders must properly search for ways to keep checks on our state budget,” Calabro said. “Florida TaxWatch underscores the need to act responsibly with taxpayer dollars while urging our leaders to ensure that the formal institution where our battles for justice are fought and won, our judiciary, is neither impeded nor disrupted as the state completes assumption of its new constitutional obligations. The taxpayers of Florida — senior citizens, families, children, business customers, owners, and employees — deserve and should expect nothing less.”The TaxWatch report addresses nine funding issues under consideration by the 2005 Legislature, and said it would take $35 million more than is already being spent on the court system to implement its recommendations, which include: Court Appointed Counsel and Self-representation by Indigents : • The legislature should leave staffing the 20 circuits’ indigent services committees and conflict counsel registries to the trial courts which assumed these functions after Revision 7 took effect. It should also leave the legal function of contesting due process costs to the Justice Administrative Commission unless the function can be performed more cost effectively by contracting with local attorneys.• To minimize contesting due process costs in cases involving court appointed counsel and self-representation by indigents, each judicial circuit should establish allowable due process cost ranges and require prior approval by a circuit court to exceed them.• The legislature should carefully consider funding additional positions for the trial courts if they can perform the tasks they assumed more efficiently and review at a later date whether the Justice Administrative Commission needs additional staffing to improve its cost effective operations as well. Certification of New Judgeships: • The legislature should fund the 110 judges certified by the Supreme Court and included in the governor’s recommended budget.• The legislatively prescribed five-year-old caseload weights used to determine the empirical need for new judgeships should be updated because trial courts’ workload changes over time as a result of population growth, the ratio of law clerk/staff attorney positions to judgeships, improved technology, and other factors.• In updating caseload weights, the Office of the State Courts Administrator should follow the well-documented system developed by the National Center for State Courts and OSCA in 2000. Trial Court Law Clerks/Staff Attorneys : • The legislature should carefully consider a target for the proper cost-effective ratio of trial court law clerk positions for circuit court judgeships. A ratio of one-to-two has been suggested in the past by Florida TaxWatch. Court Reporting : • The legislature should fund the judiciary’s 2005-06 digital court reporting initiative in order to increase statewide uniformity and accountability and to reduce operating costs by paying for itself in the third year. Mediation: • The legislature should fund the judiciary’s 2005-06 mediation funding request in order to bring all circuits up to a base level to help eliminate disparities in coordination and service delivery. Mediation saves the private sector many tens of millions of dollars by moving from conflict and litigation to mutual problem-solving resolution. It also reduces case backlogs that beset other states. Legal Aid, Law Libraries, Teen Court, and Other Innovations: • The legislature should consider the value of legal aid programs, law libraries, teen courts, and other innovations and how those programs should be funded. The legislature will be better able to assess the funding aspect of these programs at the 2006 session when more complete data will be available on the revenue raised under the law enacted in 2004. Until then, in those counties where the revenue raised under the statute is not sufficient to sustain these programs, counties will be required to support the programs from county funds or the programs will have to continue with lesser resources. Some counties already have contributed funds to sustain the programs. Technology Funding: • In order to achieve consistent implementation of technology, the legislature should carefully consider amending existing law to earmark $1 of a $4 service charge (levied for recording documents) to state trial courts in each county, and to divide a second $1 equally between the state attorney and public defender in each county to fund local court-related technology.• The legislature should consider providing funding up to $500,000 to expand the Judicial Inquiry System to 3,000 users from its current limit of 1,000 and expand connections to 15 of 30 additional state databases to allow judges to access and review information statewide in furtherance of their decision-making responsibilities.• The Office of the State Courts Administrator and the Florida Association of Court Clerks, and Comptroller, Inc., should finalize a memorandum of understanding on the use of comprehensive case information system data for the Judicial Inquiry System because it is the linchpin for the judicial branch to properly fulfill its adjudicatory responsibilities by accessing all relevant sources of information and records.• All judicial branch and justice administration entities, including the state courts system, clerks of the court, state attorneys, public defenders, the Department of Law Enforcement, and other executive branch agencies and local entities, should remove unnecessary impediments to electronic information sharing. Resource Management System: • The legislature should fund a resource management computer system for Florida’s judiciary over a two-year period for ongoing responsibilities and those placed on the state under Revision 7. This system is necessary in order for the judicial branch to meet its constitutional and statutory requirements for activity-based budgeting. The judiciary cannot exercise good stewardship of appropriated funds if it cannot adequately account for them, especially since some of the legislatively established elements of the state courts system that must be accounted for became part of the state courts system upon implementation of Revision 7 to Article V on July 1, 2004. Competitive Compensation: • All state government agencies have taken cuts the past few years, although the state courts system’s problems seem distinguishable. The state courts system should develop a compelling business case for the necessity of an appropriation for competitive compensation. The business case should be a data-focused response to questions such as the following:• Are there hiring and retention problems throughout the state courts system?• Are there system-wide instances of less qualified people because positions cannot be filled above the minimum salary for these positions?• Has the state courts system’s turnover rate increased because of previous years’ salary budget cuts?• Are there comparative data showing that Florida’s state courts personnel are underpaid relative to comparable positions in other states’ courts systems?• Is the compensation issue resulting in adverse impacts on Florida taxpayers and will prospective remedies be cost-effective, fair, and beneficial to all key parties, especially the taxpayers? April 15, 2005 Managing Editor Regular News TaxWatch calls for more court funding
Ahsanul Khalik, the head of the province’s COVID-19 relief task force, said his team had called on the North Lombok administration, as well as business owners on the Gili Islands, to provide accurate information regarding the current situation to prevent any panic among the public and tourists in the region.Read also: COVID-19: Not all hand sanitizers work against it – here’s what you should useThe task force, along with the health agency and other stakeholders, would disinfect a number of major public spaces on the Gilis during the 14-day restriction, Ahsanul said.“Tourists who are visiting Gili should continue enjoying their trip without having to panic. There’s no need to leave Lombok; we only restricted access for 14 days,” he said.Indonesia has announced 17 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 134 with five fatalities as of Monday afternoon. (rfa)Topics : Read also: Stay home, President says“We have received reports of tourists panicking and rushing to leave Gili Trawangan because of the prevalent misinformation about the restriction of all access to NTB. It’s untrue; there’s no lockdown,” NTB’s Communications and Information Agency head, I Gede Putu Aryadi, said on Monday.He reiterated that the administration had only agreed to temporarily restrict access to Gili Trawangan, particularly via speedboats from the neighboring resort island of Bali. Other points of entry, such as the Lombok International Airport in Central Lombok and Lembar Port in West Lombok, remain operational, he added.“We restricted access to the Gili islands because Bali has reported positive COVID-19 cases. The restriction is specifically meant for speedboat arrivals from Bali. Boats are still allowed to depart from Gili, so tourists may leave without panicking,” he said. The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) administration has restricted access to its popular tourist destinations, the three Gili islands off Lombok, for 14 days over concerns of a nationwide COVID-19 outbreak.The restriction was implemented as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded nationally topped 100, raising concerns over an escalated health crisis, particularly in popular destinations such as Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air, known for their pristine white sandy beaches and underwater scenery.However, administration officials have denied that the province was in full lockdown mode, as tourists who wish to leave Gili Trawangan are still able to do so by boat.
“In this case, freedom of speech on campus was treated like a crime,” Amnesty International Indonesia director Usman Hamid said.“The impacts were not only the obstruction of freedom of expression on campus and the violation of Saiful’s personal rights but it also affected students’ rights.”Usman argued that higher education could only be effectively implemented within a free environment where the broadest possible latitude to speak, write, listen, challenge and learn was guaranteed under the law. The criminalization of Saiful, he said, could serve as a setback in the promotion of critical thinking in higher education institutions. Meanwhile, Saiful Mahdi claimed that he had received an unfair trial as judges found him guilty despite no clear evidence proving that he had violated any law.Read also: UI lecturers support #PapuanLivesMatter discussion, criticize university’s disavowal“We challenged the verdict at the Banda Aceh High Court, but it was rejected. Thus, we filed an appeal to the Supreme Court,” said Saiful, who has been a lecturer for 26 years, as he was disheartened by the current climate where academic freedom was under threat.The Education and Culture Ministry’s director general of higher education, Nizam, said that the ministry would look into the matter before making any comment. However, Nizam said the ministry always guaranteed academic freedom for everyone in the community. “Academic freedom means that all members of academic society can develop knowledge within scientific principles and deliver the knowledge,” he told The Jakarta Post on Monday. “It is fully protected by law.”Such cases are not new in the academic environment, as a student at National University (UNAS) in South Jakarta, Rasya Namadhania, was reported to the police, allegedly by the campus authority, after protesting the university’s fee discount policy in July.The University of Indonesia was also in hot water after it issued a statement disavowing a public discussion held by the university’s student executive body on racism against Papuans in the legal system, as it was considered not to be a reflection of the university’s views. Topics : Era referred to a case implicating Saiful Mahdi, a lecturer from Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Aceh. Saiful was named a suspect in a defamation case in September 2019 after he criticized the result of a civil servant test for engineering school lecturers in the university’s WhatsApp chat group comprising around 100 lecturers.He was reported to the police by the dean of Syiah Kuala University’s School of Engineering — who apparently was never part of the WhatsApp group — for defaming the dean, despite the fact that Saiful never mentioned any names.Read also: Intimidation of government critics raises concerns about freedom of speechFor delivering his criticism, which was deemed offensive to campus executives, Saiful was charged under Article 27 of the ITE Law, which carries three months’ imprisonment and a Rp 10 million (US$ 683.4) fine, or an additional one-month imprisonment. As universities have imposed stricter rules in regard to certain forms of expression, activists have voiced their concerns over the possible suppression of free speech in higher education institutions.Speaking in a webinar Tuesday, Era Purnama Sari of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) said university campuses had turned repressive and targeted academics with defamation charges under the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE) law.“[University] campuses are being repressive and we need to ask why,” she said. “Campuses are supposed to be a place where a subset of ideas that might be considered taboo are challenged.”
Stephen Yarwood, an internationally regarded Urban Futurist, presented at the Townsville Enterpriseand Townsville Bulletin Business Breakfast.THE North Queensland Stadium is expected to bump up house values in city fringe suburbs after the redevelopment of Adelaide Oval sent prices soaring by as much as 65 per cent.Townsville real estate agents are already reporting an increase in sales volumes near the stadium and buyers increasingly want properties close to the area.Following the Adelaide Oval redevelopment in the heart of the CBD, between 2008 and 2014 median house prices in suburbs within 5km of the stadium experienced price increases well above the Adelaide average. Ground-level view of Townsville CBD North Queensland Stadium concept designUnits in the suburb of Keswick, 5km from the Adelaide Oval, rose by 65.5 per cent in the past three years, according to CoreLogic figures and houses in Hilton, 4km from the oval, rose 48.9 per cent during the same time period.By comparison, median house prices rose across Adelaide by 11.3 per cent and units rose by 17.1 per cent.Economist Colin Dywer said properties under contract in the suburbs surrounding the stadium had already increased in value and both houses and units had experienced an upturn in sales.“On Thursday, there was 76 houses listed for sale in suburbs surrounding the stadium,” he said. “Fifteen of these houses were under contract. That is 19.5 per cent of house stock under contract.“Around 60 per cent of under contract listings were for houses priced under $600,000 and the suburbs with the highest activity were South Townsville and North Ward.”McGrath Townsville managing director Brad Matheson said buyers were becoming increasingly interested in properties located close to the stadium.“We recently helped a buyer to purchase a conveniently located six-bedroom, three-bathroom house in South Townsville,” he said. “While the buyer was keen on the size, the proximity to the stadium and entertainment districts was a bonus.More from news01:21Buyer demand explodes in Townsville’s 2019 flood-affected suburbs12 Sep 202001:21‘Giant surge’ in new home sales lifts Townsville property market10 Sep 2020“As the stadium takes shape and building starts, there is likely to be increased interest in the suburbs that surround the stadium.” Design concept for North Queensland stadium in Townsville.The redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval has been credited with reinvigorating the city centre.In August 2008, the South Australian Cricket Association announced plans had been approved to redevelop the ground, expanding its capacity to 40,000. The stadium has spurred on new development, created a hugely popular small bar scene in Adelaide and greater demand for properties in nearby suburbs. It’s expected the Townsville stadium will have a similar impact on the city along with council’s Priority Development Area.Urban futurist and former Adelaide mayor Stephen Yarwood, who has been a fierce campaigner of the benefits of a stadium in Townsville, said people wanted to be near infrastructure such as stadiums.“A stadium works to make a city more desirable and then attracts people to live in areas in walking distance,” he said.“Elements like this make modern living much more attractive and certainly attract a profile of people that brings vibrancy to an area. It creates desirability and adds to the contribution of multiple things that need to happen at the same time (to increase property prices).”Keys & Co property agent Tess Sellwood said that recently confidence had increased in city fringe areas.“The city fringe in the last couple of weeks has had a lift in confidence,” she said. “The buyers we are seeing out in the marketplace are now from the interstate market and investors are certainly wanting to come to Townsville.“Any good development will bring some new businesses to that space and it will transform that empty void of land. but I think recovery will be a combination effect and not necessarily a direct result of the stadium.”CoreLogic analyst Cameron Kusher said the North Queensland stadium’s success would rely on it spurring on more developments and infrastructure.“People always look for infrastructure but with a thing like a stadium it is a short period of time that is creating the jobs,” he said.“It will depend on what happens on the back of that construction of the stadium.”
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Mr. & Mrs. Paul at their residence in Layou.The story of the kidnapping and whereabouts of Shanice Jemmot is one which will be remembered for years to come by all Dominicans. This is no different for Mr. and Mrs. Paul; the grand parents of Shanice.Ms. Jemmot was admitted to the Psychiatric Ward immediately after she was rescued by police officers with the assistance of Edmond Webster.About nine days after her rescue, Shanice Jemmot was released from the Psychiatric Ward of the Princess Margaret Hospital on 6th April, 2011, where she was monitored and treated for acid reflux.Dominica Vibes news sought to speak with Dr. Benjamin however, he was unable to give a statement as he has to give medical evidence in the court matter scheduled in August of this year.In an exclusive interview with Mr. and Mrs. Paul the grandparents of Shanice Jemmot, on Friday 8th Arpil at their home in Layou; Mrs. Paul indicated that it was a disaster living day in and day out without Shanice.“Life was not the same, no one could sleep and no one could eat, I would cook late in the evening after coming from working in my garden but when it came to sharing the food, the fact that she wasn’t there to eat with us made it difficult. There was no Shanice to put food for.”He said his faith and prayer is what kept him through this disaster, “I have to say thank God, because God is a good God. All we have to do is trust in the Lord, and pray with faith and give the government and social welfare, and all the others who took part they never let down the family. I am happy.”Mr. Paul further stated “in my 76 years I will never forget the forty days and forty nights of not seeing and hearing from Shanice.”Mr. Paul, expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Police, government, villages, churches, pastors and priest of various denominations who offered were of tremendous support and encouragement during what he described as “disaster”.Although we were not able to speak to Shanice, Mrs. Paul informed us that she is healthy and in good spirits; she was particularly happy to be reunited with her family.They are all now at peace and remain thankful to God that the laughter and joy that once filled their house has been restored with the safe return of their grand daughter.Mr. Paul also sought to admonish all that we must keep serving God and not allow the devil nor evil forces to tempt us.Grace Henderson. Sharing is caring! Tweet
The St Louis 7th grade girls basketball team defeated Milan Tuesday night by a final score of 33 to 19. All around team play and 15 points in the 4th quarter secured the win. Hanna Hurm had a game high of 16 points. Hailey Mohr, Avery Roell, & Harlee Masavage each had 4 points. Kate Burkhart added 5. Sarah Preston, Stella Hillenbrand & Kate Poltrack had solid games on both ends of the floor.Score by Quarter. St Louis 9 Milan 8, St Louis 13 Milan 10, St Louis 18 Milan 11,St Louis 33 Milan 19.Submitted by STL Coach Mike Burkhart.SLS 8th grade girls over Milan 32-13.St. Louis leading scorers were Audrey Weigel with 12 and Baylee Rohlfing with 8Baylee had 12 rebounds.Submitted by STL Coach Amy Weigel.
The 2014 Oldenburg Academy Twister Volleyball team was recognized as having carried a team GPA of 3.59 for the 2014-2015 academic year.Team members included: Seniors Rory Bauman, Anna Dickman, Brittany Harrell, Megan Hornberger, Haylee Siegel, Juniors Maggie Bruns, Audrey Oesterling, Sophomores Elizabeth Fiutem, Hannah Moul, Samantha Nobbe, and Freshman Julia Rees.OA was named for the 2nd time in 3 years, having missed the 2013-2014.Ned Rogers, OA Head Volleyball Coach
By Mike HughesSTOCKTON, Kan. – The Kansas Thunder Series half-mile Shootout will kick off its season this Sunday evening, July 2 at Rooks County Speedway in Stockton.There is a total of six races in the series.The 2017 schedule includes: Sunday, July 2 – Rooks County Speedway, Stockton; Wednesday, July 26 – Osborne Speedway, Osborne (fair); Thursday, July 27 – Osborne Speedway, Osborne (fair); Saturday, July 29 – Elmwood Park Speedway, Norton (fair); Thursday, Aug. 17 – Rooks County Speedway, Stockton (fair); Friday, Aug. 18 – Rooks County Speedway, Stockton (fair).Race time each night is 7 p.m. with the pits opening at 4 p.m. All races will be draw-redraw.IMCA-sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks will compete each night, with the exception of the Friday, Aug. 18 race at Stockton which will feature the United Rebel Sprint Series 305 Sprint Cars, Bombers, Cruisers, and the Kansas Antique Racers.For more information, contact Don Bolt at 785 678-8121 or Dean Kester at 785 425-8432.