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Pre-Auction Home Inspection Geelong
APBI Geelong conduct pre auction building inspections across Geelong, Western Suburbs Melbourne, Surf Coast and regional Victoria.
Our Pre Auction Property Inspection provides prospective home buyers seeking a condition report of a building prior to bidding at auction.
APBI Geelong licensed builders complete pre auction inspections across Geelong, Western Suburbs Melbourne and Surf Coast Victoria.
- Book online;
- Request A Quote;
- Call 1300 657 546;
- SMS between 7am to 10pm 0418 995 799
- Email email@example.com
We liaise with agents and vendors for access to property.
- Carried out in accordance with AS4349. 1-2007;
- Provides pre-purchase advice regarding the state of the property at the date and time of inspection;
- Our inspector will report on the condition of:
- Interior;
- Roof void;
- Exterior;
- Subfloor;
- Roof exterior.
- Download a sample pre auction building inspection report.
Building Inspection Report emailed or posted within 24 hours of inspection.
Last booked in
Unit 14/7-9 Eldridge Street Footscray VIC 3011
12 June 2020 at 03:00 PM
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07 July 2020
"They are responsive and flexible to attend the inspection time but I am not satisfied with detail report they are preparing. They are using system generated report with pre populated Yes/No kind of questionnaire along with standard clause of APBI and pictures taken during inspection but there is no technical details about the fault or recommendation according to VBA guidelines for builder to fix it. It doesn't add much value. I would recommend APBI to provide more description according to VBA code which can help builder to understand technical requirement and knowledge."
26 June 2020
"This was my first time purchasing a property, and I was glad I went with APBI. They were affordable, and the service was quick and professional. They liaised with the agent to confirm a time and did a thorough inspection of the property! Would recommend - it was a very easy process!"
10 June 2020
10 June 2020
"Very responsive and quick turn around on the building and pest inspection report. Ispectory available on phone to discuss all issues identified after inspection."
10 June 2020
10 June 2020
"Well worth the peace of mind! Small up front cost could save you thousands in the future."
02 June 2020
"Engaged APBI recently. Highly professional, ontime throught the tenure. Exhaustive reports & high attention to the details. Highly recommended."
15 April 2020
"So far is a good experience using APBI. They gave prompt reply to the enquiries, and they done the inspection and reports in timely manner. The inspector is easy to be contacted. They also gave a very good price!"
15 April 2020
"I needed an urgent Building Inspection for the purchase that I made. I contacted APBI team and explained my circumstances, they organized an inspection even earlier than what they first promised me and the report was ready and sent to me straight away."
14 April 2020
"I wouldn't engage APBI for any future projects. I have been misled by the positive reviews on Google. It probably depends on the Inspector allocated to your property. I engaged APBI for all 4 stages of my build. My inspector has never picked any issue, not even a minor one for the entire build. 2 days moving into my new house, I faced issues with water blockages in the whole house including the toilets. That too happened on a long weekend!! 3 days later the builder sent plumbers and turns out the sewerage pipe that was supposed to be above ground in the front yard is buried underground. I encountered additional charges of living in a hotel for 3 days. I agree that builders make mistakes and that is the only reason we engage 3rd party inspectors. When I questioned APBI how they missed this; their response was they only visually inspect what is visible to them. The response baffled me. If only I had known this and I would have never engaged them. For an inspector who couldn't even point out a missing sewer pipe, I seriously question their capabilities and qualification to perform inspections."
12 April 2020
"Very detailed and thorough report. Thank you for your business, much appreciated."
11 April 2020
"I had a building inspection completed by APBI in February 2020. I had to reschedule at the last minute and the team were very understanding and easy to communicate with. The inspector showed up on time and was very respectful. He completed a very detailed report and was available for a follow up phone conversation which was extremely helpful. I would definitely recommend this service."
11 April 2020
"Decent value, fast turn around Pre-Auction inspection. Good communication with real estate agents. Perhaps not as much detail in the "hard to reach" areas of the house as I would like, e.g. stumps under house. Also I think they missed some water damage in the garage ceiling, but nothing major."
09 April 2020
09 April 2020
"We would highly recommend APBI as they were prompt and extremely helpful in providing feedback and guidance even during the actual inspection."
09 April 2020
"This company was easy to speak to and organise an appointment and everything was complete quickly would definitely use them again and recommend them"
09 April 2020
"Good experience, professional and through report. Dealt with company a couple of times and very easy to deal with. Have referred clients to them for reports as needed."
08 April 2020
"I had a few last minute properties to inspect prior to purchasing our first home. Not only did the team accommodate us quickly the report was complete also within a short time frame. The inspection looked at things we didn't even consider and we actually did not buy a property based on structural issue that could not be seen by everyday people like us. Thanks for saving us a ton!"
08 April 2020
08 April 2020
"As first home buyers, its nerve racking to go through you first build without any experience or know how. Im really happy I've found APBI also through recommendation of a previous customer. David the representative was really helpful even after the inspection for some follow up query. Absolutely recommend everyone to get your own private inspector when building, this is for your own peace of mind. Thank you APBI"
07 April 2020
07 April 2020
07 April 2020
"I used ABPI for inspection for building and termite, I received reports for both on time and staff were prompt to book time and cater my needs. I contacted both inspectors later one to follow up and ask question and they were both professional and helpful. I recommend APBI for next inspection you may have."
07 April 2020
"We hired Australian property and building inspections prior to attending an auction of a house that needed major renovations. Australian property and building inspections were so helpful from the minute I called to sending a staff member out within a couple of days. The report was promptly sent to my email a day after the inspection and was extremely thorough breaking down each part of the house which really put my mind at ease when attending the auction. Would not hesitate to contact for my next building inspection as very professional and efficient service Thankyou!"
07 April 2020
"I had a pest and building inspection with APBI. Extremely happy with their service. Report was quite through and we'll presented. Recently referred them to my friend. Which went great again. Highly recommended."
07 April 2020
"I believe you get what you pay for. This company provided a thorough inspection and we were able to go ahead with the property purchase. Very reassuring to have such a good inspection service."
07 April 2020
"Our experience was fabulous with the Company.they were quick with the report and it was very detailed.Also they set a direct contact with the agent to schedule an inspection...just the kind of experience that we hoped for."
07 April 2020
"Great company to deal with. Good communication."
26 March 2020
"The inspection and subsequent report provided less information and professional evaluation than could be assessed by yourself. It overlooked key issues that we identified and instilled no confidence in the skills or professionalism of the company. When presenting these issues to the company, they were unhelpful and dismissive of my complaints. There are better inspectors out there, so please save yourself time and money and avoid this company at all costs."
25 March 2020
"Easy to deal with. Very prompt and professional. Highly recommended."
25 March 2020
"Building inspection report documented issues I had already identified without providing reason for the defects. In other words I could have written the report myself without paying the $500+ price tag. Provided the report to my house builder who basically laughed in my face. Beware what you ask and pay for, as this was just a waste of money."
24 March 2020
"I need a pre-purchase building and pest inspection report done urgently and APBI handled the process amazingly. The report was very detailed and professional. Great value. Will definitely use them again."
24 March 2020
"I reached out to Greg and he was very helpful. The response time was quick and Greg kept it simple. Highly recommended!"
24 March 2020
"Easy, affordable and fast."
24 March 2020
12 March 2020
"We recently hired this companies service to inspect a property we were interested in. The property inspection and report were taken out very professionally and in great detail. We were very happy with the service they provided, will definitely be using this same company for any future inspections."
12 March 2020
12 March 2020
07 February 2020
"This guys are the worst! They charged $418 for pre slab inspection. They never showed up, they still generated a report saying it was done and all was fine. WRONG!! plumbing was forgotten, slab wasn't done correctly and they won't take responsibility or refund my money. Be very careful.. Report saying was done at 3pm when I stated no one showed now they saying 1:45 pm I was told he was running late 3:15pm that day too. Nothing makes sense.. I'm left with so much problems now.. Please stay away and save your money. Don't pay in advance as well.."
06 February 2020
"APBI team has been absolute fantastic for new build inspection. I took their service for 4 stage inspection for our new build. The have a responsive team over phone and email, they are very flexible with the scheduling. Inspector capture every minute details and record them in the report. Very prompt in sending the reports and available to answer any questions we had. We loved the experience, buying a new home is a daunting task, but having APBI on our side helped us be relaxed w.r.t. quality of the build. They are very professional and experts in what they do. I highly recommend APBI. Thanks again team!"
03 February 2020
"It was very good experience"
30 January 2020
"Great service and easy to read detailed report. Will use again."
24 January 2020
"Very flexible service, allowed me to change the booking times several times (due to issues with accessing keys from the agent) at no added cost and offered a reliable and value for money service generating a detailed report. They were prompt with email reviews and this allowed me to make bookings whilst overseas. Would use again!"
05 January 2020
"Very easy to communicate with. The building inspector met the estate agent and we received a prompt report. Would prefer to meet them in person next time around to get some more in-depth answers on some areas which where inaccessible, but we didn't contact the agent to ask."
19 December 2019
"Cancelled my building and pest inspection without notifying me. I only found out by calling them when they didn't show up. Customer service was not helpful at all and told me it had been cancelled two days prior"
13 December 2019
"Great experience, thorough report. Can't ask for much more!"
13 December 2019
06 December 2019
"Easy to book in and the inspector showed up on time. He was helpful and I asked a few questions during the inspection which were answered then and there. Report was fairly thorough and caught the major issues but perhaps focused a bit too much on relatively minor issues for my liking (plaster cracks, broken floor vents, etc) while not checking more significant areas (eg. heating/cooling). Would recommend and hire again."
04 December 2019
04 December 2019
"We recently had a building and pest inspection carried out by APBI. Our inspector was very happy to focus his time and efforts on our areas of concern and to leave aside portions of a standard inspection that were unnecessary for us (as owner occupiers), effectively customising the inspection to meet our requirements. His advice on the day and within the final report were very helpful. Highly recommended."


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1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.


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From Ship to Petit Manan and, lastly, to Metinic, I am lucky enough to have been able to experience three of the refuge's seabird restoration islands. Every island so distinctly different from the other, it has been interesting to spend some time on each.
Metinic is such a charming island. I was thrilled to be able to walk in a forest again, and the sheep out here are very cute! There are so many birds on the island a well, and Nora and Nick have been extremely helpful in teaching me about the ones I am unfamiliar with. We have spotted some whimbrels hanging around the island the past few days as well, which was really cool to see.
We have been checking our 86 Leach's storm-petrel burrows that have been marked so far and found chicks in a few burrows! This is the first time a crew has confirmed storm-petrel chicks on Metinic! We have also been monitoring black guillemot chicks, and have done the final check for two near-fledged (~28 days old) chicks. Black guillemots are considered fledged around 36 days old, and these two will be our first to leave their burrow.
As mentioned in the last blog post, the stars out here are unbelievable. I have never seen the night sky so clear and have been enjoying staying up late to see them and listen to the funny storm-petrel calls from under the house. Nora and Nick have been capturing some amazing photos. I will definitely miss seeing the night sky on the islands when I head back to the mainland.
Even though there are a few new nests for terns and guillemots, most eggs have hatched and many chicks have fledged. Our season is wrapping up too, but we still have plenty of final checks, banding and measurements to be taken. It will be sad to leave the island, but the chicks are fledging and birds are leaving on migration so it's time for us to migrate too.
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They're good words. Abide. Rest.
And they leave me feeling a little discouraged. By now, I should know what it is to live abidingly in Christ… and I should be an expert at Sabbath rest… right?
I realize, though, that these are not words to master. That's the "do-er" in me. The Martha. The Behavior Analyst. The goal-driven. I want to master things, including understanding, living and breathing these words.
The reality is… I need to refresh myself daily on these words of 2013 and 2014. To see them as opportunity. Grace. Gifts. Always available, regardless of my awareness or intentionality with them.
He abides in me No. Matter. What.
He offers me rest In. Every. Circumstance.
And this year, I choose…
Are you chuckling? 🙂 Not the kind of comfort you might be thinking, though I'd love to indulge in a year of comfort.
I mean paraklēsis.
I mean the kind of comfort that only is only needed when your heart is wrenched. When your soul is dragging. When you want to disappear. To find a rock, crawl under it, and hibernate. When good seem impossible. When better seems hopeless. When you've cried in despair. Or desperation. When circumstances confuse. rock. shake. When the earth shatters. When you want to hide your face in shame. Or embarrassment. Or pain.
When you need comfort.
When your soul needs relief.
When your body needs ease and freedom from its agony.
When your heart needs reprieve from the pain.
When the Comforter steps in, wraps you up, and swallows you in the peace that doesn't make sense.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
2 Corinthians 1:3-7
When the God of all comfort consoles us, encourages us, defends us. Paraklēsis is all of those things.
And He asks us to return the kindness.
So this year, I hope to have a paraklēsis filter on my life circumstances. That with each challenge I encounter, I would pause and ask first, "Where do I see God's comfort in this situation?" And second, "How can I extend this comfort to others around me?"
Now, if 2015 is anything like 2014, I will have a PLETHORA of opportunities to practice paraklēsis, both as I seek to realize it from God's hand, and as I extend it to others.
And I will continue to embrace His abiding presence as I seek to abide in Him, as well as strive (ha!) for the holy sabbath rest that our souls, hearts, minds, and bodies need to thrive.


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from liberaciontotal, transl waronsociety, communique:
"We reject the idea of the apparent innocence of society. Silence is never innocent. We hate the hand that wields the whip as much as the back that passively suffers it."
– Conspiracy of Cells of Fire / Theofilos Mavropoulos.
During the International Days of Direct Action in Solidarity with the compa Mario López "El Tripa":
"We are the ether that the nebulous free from their weavings"
We decided to go out and forget our fear, we are conscious of the dangers and even so we are disposed to keep going, setting bombs in the gloom, stealing time from the everyday, and thus with our excited breath we disrupt the silence. We add ourselves to the non-conforming steps that the wind carries, to the constant passion of all the green that from beneath the asphalt yet refuses to die, that beautiful wild vegetation which, insolent and uncontainable, makes the gaze idle on its little shoots that crack the cement. We have rejected the synthetic history in which they adore the machines that cover everything with thin and corrosive plastic layers. We are Luddites palpating with the earth and we decided to rename our reality.
Comrades, today we share with you the brief chronicle of an action, inconclusive because the time-delay apparatus placed on our incendiary device failed (a device placed on December 20, 2012, on a municipal patrol car belonging to the State of Mexico); it is necessary to emphasize that all of the details of security were taken care of and so even if the damn police forces have this device in their power, they will not be able to take away even a scrap of evidence from it, nothing. It is important to communicate our mistakes, just as successful attacks are communicated, because these can serve as a method of development within informality; we trust that this action can also be of some utility, serving as a warning, being a reminder that we continue in war in every part of the world. The non-conforming, the wild ones continue to invade, this action is nothing more than an objective that needs to be concluded.
Now we feel the necessity to communicate with all the compas confined within the prisons, we trust that these lines will reach every one of you and that you will feel accompanied; we desire to know ourselves next to you. Outside and inside of the cells exists the insistent love of fighting against the imposed. We hope to see you away from prison and name you the night-birds. All together and sheltered by the night, we will savor the spectacle offered by millions of sparks, forming showers of stars that explode and light up our eyes.
The fight is against the whole existent and imposed reality!
Solidarity with all our comrades imprisoned in the various prisons of the world!
Strength, Mario López, Nicola Gai, Alfredo Cospito, Carla, Iván, Henry, Elisa Di Baenardo, Gabriel Pompo Da Silva, Marco Camenisch and all the compas Captured by the State!
Congratulations on being away from the bars to Eat and Billy!
Love and Rage!
Wild and uncontainable life will not disappear… never surrendered, never alone, beautifully violent and furiously strong!
Anti-Civilization Fraction of the
Earth Liberation Front
In affinity with the Informal Anarchist Federation


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FOSTORIA (WTOL) - Karl Walters knew that something wasn't right during an unusually warm January day.
There was a putrid smell in the air, something that he had grown accustomed to while living within five miles of the Sunny Farms Landfill. But it was particularly strong on this day, when the temperatures reached into the 40s. It was a great day, though, for a bike ride with his 11-year-old granddaughter, but the smell still made him hesitate.
"But my thinking was, 'Why teach a child to be intimidated by a landfill that's five miles away?' Walters says.
"So we set out anyway, and about an hour later, after a 40-minute bike ride, she had a severe nose bleed – the first one she's ever had in her life. So afterwards, I'm like, 'Was I a good grandparent to even expose her to that?' But then the other question is, 'Why should anyone be exposed to that?'"
It's a question that more and more Fostoria-area residents have been asking about their, in many cases, unwelcome neighbor. Over the years, neighbors have complained about the obnoxious smells coming from the landfill. The hydrogen sulfide gas, some neighbors say, awakens them in the middle of the night – like a slap to the face.
Recently, the calls have become more vocal and state and local officials are listening.
In February, close to 500 people crowded a high school auditorium to express their anger to state and local health and environmental officials. On Feb. 28, the Seneca County General Health District announced its intent to deny an operating license for the landfill, which has been cited numerous times by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The landfill will have its chance to plead its case in a hearing, tentatively scheduled for the end of July.
But Walters and four other residents who met with 11 Investigates recently said enough is enough.
"If I walked up and smacked your granddaughter in the face to where her nose started bleeding, I would hope you'd beat the hell out of me," Walters says.
Though there have been more than a dozen residents who have complained about the landfill to 11 Investigates, no doctor has said that any of the medical complaints can be directly linked to the landfill.
But that hasn't changed the beliefs of residents – and former workers – that the landfill has caused many of their illnesses.
Roberta Collins is on oxygen. Her lungs are scarred from pulmonary fibrosis. But she has become a student of the effects of hydrogen sulfide, and she has no doubt that Sunny Farms is to blame.
She says the symptoms are ever-present.
"My grandkids always ask me – I stopped wearing makeup because my eyes was always watering - and they said, 'why are you crying grandma?' And I say, 'Must be allergies or something."
Dr. Clay Wolph, who has a chiropractic practice in downtown Fostoria, was born in town in 1971. He says the landfill went from being a dumping ground to now a mountain of all that trash.
"It's a monster, and it's growing and growing and growing," Rolph says.
Landfill executives have heard the complaints of residents – over and over. Brian Ezyk, the vice president of environmental engineering and compliance for Tunnel Hill Partners, was brought in to ensure the landfill meets future deadlines from the Ohio EPA. He believes they are on track.
"We're making a lot of progress. If I look at where we are month over month … If I look at where we were last month compared to this month, we've made a lot of tangible improvements to the facility," Ezyk says.
Some of the improvements include 18 new gas wells drilled to collect hydrogen sulfide gas and a massive blanket to suppress odors in dormant sections of the landfill. Ezyk says readings are now at acceptable levels almost every day.
But similar breakthroughs have been touted before. Recently, five residents sat down with 11 Investigates to tell of what they say are the landfill's broken promises.
"I know they are doing a lot over there, they say, to fix their problems, but you know, we've heard this in 2012, we've heard this in 2008, and so on," Doughlas Lear says. "How long is this temporary fix of theirs going to last?"
In July, the landfill will have a chance to tell the Seneca County General Health District why it should keep its license to operate. Many residents hope the landfill's arguments are dismissed.
"You can't fix things until the flood stops. If you ask me, do I want to shut them down? Yeah, I want to shut them down," Wolph says.


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The Bank of England released its latest quarterly inflation report today, and (unless you're a confirmed insomniac in search of bedtime reading material) there wasn't much to celebrate: it's just downgraded its economic growth forecast for this year and next, while hiking its estimate of inflation. So although today's monthly employment data actually showed another rise, our respite is likely to be brief – the Bank has acknowledged that the effect of all this austerity will be to depress the economy as a whole, which will push unemployment back up again. This month has been a laugh-a-minute on the economic front, hasn't it?
The Bank's previous growth predictions in May sounded pretty optimistic at the time, and even more so after George Osborne's Emergency Budget. Governor Mervyn King admitted today that the outlook is weaker now than it was then (although he doesn't think the Budget made a 'significant difference' to the chances of a double-dip, and may actually have helped matters by reducing the chances of higher interest rates in the long term). So now the Bank is predicting 2011 GDP growth of about 2.5%, as opposed to about 3.4%. It also expects CPI inflation to remain above its 2% target (it's currently at 3.2%) until at least the end of 2011, thanks to Osborne's VAT hike and rising input costs.
Today also saw the release of the latest job market figures, which on the face of it look pretty positive: unemployment fell by 49,000 to 2.46m, the biggest drop in three years, reflecting the economy's recovery since Christmas. But there was plenty of cause for concern buried in these numbers, too: the claimant count (often seen as a better reflection of the current state of affairs) fell much less than expected – it was down just 3,800, to 1.46m. And the drop in the overall count was due in no small part to a big rise in part-time jobs (up 115,000); that might make the jobless number look better, but it doesn't mean demand has recovered.
In fact, it suggests many employers are still too nervous about the coming months to make permanent hires – and who can blame them? The Bank made it very clear today that it thinks the forthcoming spending squeeze and weaker confidence (thanks partly to reports like this, presumably) is going to depress output across the board. Hence why Merv isn't too worried about inflation: he reckons CPI will drop 'significantly' in 2012, because of all the spare capacity in the economy and pressure on pay from the high level of unemployment.
On the bright side, at least the Bank still thinks we'll avoid slipping back into recession. Although a 'choppy' recovery doesn't sound much fun either – and the Bank might downgrade its forecasts again in three months…
In today's bulletin:
Growth down, inflation up - Bank of England adds to gloom
Desmond makes his intentions clear with Five management cull
Old ideas generate fresh profits for Disney
Editor's blog: Getting the UK out of the doldrums
Work life devours family dinner times


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Discussion in 'USA - South' started by James Bond, Sep 29, 2016.
For regular?!
Time to go spent 100k on the Tesla and save money. lol
Yes .... $0.914 / litre (3.758 litres in a gallon).
I sold my Toyota Highlander Limited and bought a Nissan Sentra SE-R
Yeah, per gallon. Pretty great great prices now. A couple years ago the per gallon prices were around $4.
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If I could bring QTs anywhere I wanna live, I'd be one happy girlie!
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Holy smoke. $4/Gallon is insane ... but yah, we were over $1.30/litre at one point.
I was thinking about this the other day - I would LOVE to have QT's here in Winnipeg, but only if they partnered with 7-11 and served proper Slurpees.
Speaking of, have you rode in one yet? better yet drive one. brings a whole new meaning to get up and go. but it's at $132k. 0 to 60 in under 3 seconds, electrical torgue is instant.. Wow! We have a Dr. friend here that has the P85D, we got to go try it out, no words, yea insane for sure. I thought i knew what was coming. then theres the no sound thing. just wild. https://www.wired.com/2015/07/teslas-new-ludicrous-mode-makes-model-s-supercar/
I have not driven one yet but a friend has, said the torque was insane. I think it produces its full torque at 1mph and on.
Yep, I haven't found a word that explains the feeling of instant acceleration that happens at this level. I now have a appreciation of what fighter jet pilots being launch off a carrier may feel. IDK, just totally over the top giggly orgasmic, that's if you're into it.
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This is a troublesome thing for me. I read as much as time allows, and I have always been a decent writer. But as a reader, I've struggled to discover what I can say that hasn't been said ad nauseam. What can I say that hasn't been said better? What can I say that adds value or furthers conversations that are already taking place?
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Take a look at these 23 obvious, pointless and silly driving laws that exists from all across the world. We are not sure if any of these laws were ever broken but we are curious to know. If you know something, share in the comment section below.
1. Massachusetts, USA
You will be fined if you travel with a gorilla in the back seat of the car.
2. New Jersey, USA
You are not allowed to frown at the police officer.
3. Ohio, USA
You will get a ticket if you decide to drive around the town for a 100 times.
4. England
A law in UK states that all hackney carriages must carry a bale of hay and a bag of oats.
5. Alabama, USA
It is illegal to drive blindfolded.
6. Russia
You will be fined for driving a dirty car.
7. Cyprus
You are not allowed to drink or eat in a car even if it is just water.
8. Denmark
You need to check under the car before driving to make sure no one is hiding under the car.
9. Alaska, USA
You are not allowed to drive a car with a dog tied on the roof of the car.
10. Illinois, USA
You are not allowed to change clothes in car except during fire.
11. Germany
You are not allowed to run out of gas on highway.
12. California, USA
You are not allowed to shoot animals out of car except if it's a whale.
13. Nevada, USA
You are not allowed to ride a camel on the highway.
14. Spain
Cars must be parked on the side of the road where houses bear uneven numbers on uneven days of the month.
15. Pennsylvania, USA
If you are driving on country roads at night, you are required to stop at every mile and launch a rocket signal to warn livestock of your arrival.
16. Missouri, USA
You are not allowed to honk at someone's car.
17. Montana, USA
It is not allowed to leave a sheep unascorted in a truck.
18. Ohio, USA
If your car breaks down and you call for a cab, you will be fined if you ride on the cab's roof.
19. Japan
If you splash a pedestrian with a puddle from your car, you will be fined over $60.
20. Manila, Philippines
You are not allowed to drive on Mondays, if your number plate ends with 1 or 2.
21. Alabama, USA
It is illegal to drive wrong way down a one-way road unless a lantern is attached to the front of the car.
22. California, USA
It's illegal to jump from a car at 65 mph.
23. California, USA
No matter how comfortable that divided highway may look, it is illegal to use it as a bed.
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Absent Teacher Reserve Costs $136 Million and Needs Reform
On June 16, 2018 members of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) will receive a 3 percent raise, the final salary increase under the current labor contract which expires this November.1 This increase follows a 2 percent raise that took effect on May 1, 2018. These raises also go to teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR)—a pool of teachers without permanent classroom assignments who nevertheless continue to receive full pay.2 Continuing to pay teachers in the ATR will cost the City $136 million in this school year. The City should pursue reforms to the ATR, such as a six-month time limit, in upcoming labor negotiations with the UFT.
Establishment of the ATR
The ATR is a pool of teachers and other UFT members who were "excessed" from permanent school positions; that is their positions were eliminated due to school closings, enrollment declines, budget cuts, or other reasons that do not provide direct cause for terminating employment under the current contract.3 ATR teachers may be assigned to work as substitute teachers or to perform administrative duties.
The ATR was created in 2005 during Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Administration in order to give principals greater control over hiring decisions. Previously, teacher contracts included provisions under which excessed teachers were placed in other schools. Senior teachers were able to select the school to transfer into, often displacing more junior teachers and infringing upon a principal's discretion over staffing.4 These seniority protections were eliminated in the 2003-2007 contract, with the guarantee that excessed teachers would continue to receive full pay while looking for a new position.
The Size and Cost of the ATR
The number of teachers in the ATR fluctuates over the course of a school year, but overall the ATR has increased in both size and cost since it was established. The pool is often largest at the beginning of the school year, decreasing as teachers secure permanent positions during the school year. However, there is also a substantial share of teachers who remain in the ATR for many years; in 2017 one-quarter of teachers in the ATR were there five years earlier.5 Some research indicates that some ATR teachers do not actively seek job opportunities, have some unsatisfactory observations in their files, or both.6
The earliest available public data indicate there were 788 teachers in the ATR at the start of the 2006 school year; by the end of that year only 372 remained. The ATR grew rapidly as principals began to exercise greater discretion over staffing and school closures became more frequent.7 By the start of the 2008 school year there were 1,395 employees in the ATR at a cost of $74 million, which grew further to 1,676 by the start of the 2014 school year.8 At the beginning of 2018 school year there were 1,202 employees in the ATR at a cost of $136 million, and by April 2018 there were 756 employees left.9
In addition to more personnel, the ATR has grown in cost because its teachers are generally more senior and continue to receive contractual salary increases—even though they are not working. On average, ATR teachers have 18 years of service and a salary of $98,126, compared to 10.2 years and 84,108 salary for NYC teachers overall.10 The City and the UFT agreed to a contract that increased wages 19 percent between November 1, 2009 and November 30, 2018. The last raise to be granted under this agreement will be 3 percent on June 16, 2018, bringing the maximum teacher salary to $119,472.11
Table 1 shows the salary and longevity payments (additional compensation based on seniority) for a teacher with 18 years of service, the ATR average, in May 2008 and June 2018, as well as longevity payments for 20 and 22 years of service. Longevity payments are substantial for senior teachers. The longevity increase for a teacher with 18 years of service will reach $14,084 this month. Going from 18 years of service to 20 years will increase the longevity payment by $10,285 to $24,369. Stepping up to 22 years of service will increase the longevity payment by an additional $5,787 to $30,156. (See Figure 1 for the salary range for teachers with 18 to 22 years of service.)
Strategies of the de Blasio Administration to Reduce the ATR
The higher salary, coupled with possibly poorer performance, can be a disincentive to principals to hire from the pool since they need to fund teacher salaries from their school budgets.12 School budgets are mainly set by formula based on student demographics and not dependent on the salaries of teachers.13 In other words, the budget of a school will not increase or decrease if an ATR teacher is hired by the school; instead the school would pay the teacher's salary from its predetermined school budget.14
The Department of Education (DOE) initially offered budgetary incentives to principals to hire ATR teachers, such as paying the salary centrally for the first year or covering the difference between the actual and average salary.15 Most recently these efforts are credited with principals hiring 372 ATR teachers in the 2017 school year.
Second, the City offered two separation incentives. These incentives provide additional compensation for ATR teachers who elect to resign or retire during a specified timeframe. The 2014 separation incentive followed labor negotiations with the UFT and resulted in 115 teachers leaving City service. The incentive payout cost $1.8 million (about $16,000 per teacher), and the savings were estimated at $11 million a year (about $93,000 per teacher). The 2018 separation incentive offered ATR teachers a lump sum payment of $50,000 for resigning or retiring; 170 teachers took advantage of this initiative, at a cost of $8.5 million.16 The savings from the 2018 round was approximately $23 million a year, or about $140,000 per teacher (including fringe benefits).
Third, since fall 2017 the City has placed ATR teachers in schools with vacancies without prior approval from principals. Some oppose this effort, calling it forced placement and arguing that ATR teachers are being placed in the City's neediest schools.17 As of February 2018, 75 teachers were placed generating savings of $7 million a year by fiscal year 2020.18 This fell short of the target of placing 400 teachers, which may suggest a lack of appropriate vacancies or difficulty securing full-time placement in the classroom for certain teachers in the ATR.
Approaches to Excessed Teachers in Other School Districts
Other cities have successfully ended seniority rights without creating new entitlements; for example, Chicago and Washington, D.C. have imposed limits on paying excessed teachers.19 In Chicago excessed teachers are in a pool for up to 10 months while searching for a new position, and are terminated if they have not secured one within that timeframe.20 In Washington, D.C., teachers who are excessed have 60 days to find a new permanent position. Those who do not find a position and have unsatisfactory performance ratings are terminated, while those with satisfactory performance ratings are given the option to take a lump sum payment of $25,000, retire, or have an additional year to look for a position after which they would be terminated.21
Upcoming UFT Labor Negotiations Should Eliminate the ATR
In November 2018 the UFT contract will expire and another contract with additional raises will be negotiated. Since the terms of the ATR are in the contract, the City should use this round of negotiations to constrain, or preferably eliminate, the ATR.22 Time in the ATR should be capped at six months.24
By offering full pay, raises, step increases, and longevity increases, the ATR provides no incentive for unmotivated or unsuitable teachers to secure new permanent placements. The ATR should be a temporary stop, not an unlimited job guarantee.
- New York City Office of Labor Relations, UFT – NYC Memorandum of Agreement, 2009-2018 (April 2014), http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/olr/downloads/pdf/collectivebargaining/cbu-uft-moa-042914.pdf.
- The ATR can include non-teaching staff such as social workers, guidance counselors, and assistant principals. For ease, this blog refers to all employees in the ATR as teachers.
- The UFT contract and State Education Law detail specific processes for terminating teachers; being excessed from a school is not a reason for termination.
- Under seniority provisions a teacher could choose to transfer to a certain school and bump a less senior teacher currently working there outside the purview of the principal. See: Timothy Daly and others, Mutual Benefits: New York City's Shift to Mutual Consent in Teacher Hiring (The New Teacher Project, April 29, 2008), https://tntp.org/assets/documents/MutualBenefits.pdf.
- Kate Taylor, "Caught Sleeping or Worse, Troubled Teachers Will Return to New York Classrooms," New York Times (October 13, 2017), www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/nyregion/troubled-teachers-back-in-classrooms-new-york.html.
- Timothy Daly and others, Mutual Benefits: New York City's Shift to Mutual Consent in Teacher Hiring (The New Teacher Project, April 29, 2008), https://tntp.org/assets/documents/MutualBenefits.pdf; and Kate Taylor, "Caught Sleeping or Worse, Troubled Teachers Will Return to New York Classrooms," New York Times (October 13, 2017), www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/nyregion/troubled-teachers-back-in-classrooms-new-york.html.
- Since June 2006, 172 schools have been closed. Under Mayor Bloomberg, 100 schools were closed between school years 2005 and 2013. An additional 72 were closed under Mayor de Blasio from school year 2014 through 2018. The City reports 68 percent of teachers in the ATR are there due to schools closings, declining enrollment, or budget reductions. See: New York City Department of Education, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: School Closure Discharge Report (accessed June 7, 2018), http://schools.nyc.gov/community/city/publicaffairs/SchoolClosureDischarge.htm?wbc_purpose=basic&WBCMODE=%2FContactusC%3F%3F%3Fan%3D21607%3Fpn%3D, Panel for Educational Policy: February 28 2018 School Proposals (accessed June 7, 2018), http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/leadership/PEP/publicnotice/2017-2018/February282018SchoolProposals, and Panel for Educational Policy: March 22 2017 School Proposals (accessed June 7, 2018), http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/leadership/PEP/publicnotice/2016-2017/March222017SchoolProposals; New York City Independent Budget Office, Traditional Public Schools: Openings and Closings, 2002-2003 Through 2014-2015 (accessed June 7, 2018), http://ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/buildings-and-schools-2017.html; and Amy Zimmer, "City Hopes to Halve Ranks of Teachers Without Permanent Positions," DNA Info (August 22, 2017), www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170821/civic-center/absent-teacher-reserve-rubber-room.
- Timothy Daly and others, Mutual Benefits: New York City's Shift to Mutual Consent in Teacher Hiring (The New Teacher Project, April 29, 2008), https://tntp.org/assets/documents/MutualBenefits.pdf.
- City of New York, Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, email to Citizens Budget Commission staff (February 15, 2018).
- Average years of service and salary based on 75,386 active teachers and special education teachers at the Department of Education as of June 30, 2017. City of New York, Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, email to Citizens Budget Commission staff (February 15, 2018); and CBC staff analysis of City of New York Office of Payroll Administration, Open Data, "Citywide Payroll Data (Fiscal Year)" (accessed October 3, 2017).
- United Federation of Teachers, Salary Schedules for 2009-2018 Contract (accessed March 20, 2018), www.uft.org/files/attachments/secure/teacher-schedule-2009-2018.pdf.
- Twelve percent of teachers in the ATR received the lowest effectiveness ratings, compared to 1 percent of all teachers. See: KateTaylor, "New York City Planned to Put 400 Teachers in Jobs. It's Placed 41." New York Times (December 7, 2017), www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/nyregion/absent-teacher-reserve-placement-nyc.html.
- Historically average teacher salaries were associated with higher school budgets. With the implementation of Fair Student Funding the majority of school budgets were formula driven based on the characteristics of students. The principal is given discretion in spending those funds, including selecting teachers. For example, a principal could spend $700,000 on 10 teachers at $70,000 or 8 teachers at $87,500. However, because of historical differences in teacher salaries, implementation of Fair Student Funding has held schools harmless for the salaries of their existing teaching staff. See: Sarita Subramanian, Is It Getting Fairer? Examining Five Years of School Funding Allocations Under Fair Student Funding (New York City Independent Budget Office, April 2013), http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/fsf2013.html; and Ana Champeny, New Funding Formula Seeks to Alter School Budget Disparities (New York City Independent Budget Office, October 2007), http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/FairStudentFunding2.pdf.
- Therefore, shifting teachers from the ATR pool into schools saves the City money because the ATR pool will be less costly but the school's budget will not be increased.
- Amy Zimmer, "City Hopes to Halve Ranks of Teachers Without Permanent Positions," DNA Info (August 22, 2017), www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170821/civic-center/absent-teacher-reserve-rubber-room.
- These 170 teachers were more senior than the ATR pool on, having, on average, 21.5 years of service and an average salary of $102,861. City of New York, Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, email to Citizens Budget Commission staff (February 15, 2018).
- The City does not place teachers until October of the school year, allowing principals discretion in hiring until that time. However, if the vacancy remains, an ATR teacher may be placed by DOE. Editorial Board, "Keep it up, chancellor, by draining the Absent Teacher Reserve swamp," New York Daily News (December 11, 2017), www.nydailynews.com/opinion/chancellor-finding-places-teachers-article-1.3686702; Daniela Brighenti, "NYC's plan to place teachers from its Absent Teacher Reserve pool could take a bite out of school budgets," Chalkbeat (August 3, 2017), www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/08/03/new-york-citys-plan-to-place-teachers-from-its-absent-teacher-reserve-pool-could-take-a-bite-out-of-school-budgets/; and Christina Veiga, "Fariña: Low-performing 'Renewal' schools won't be assigned educators from the Absent Teacher Reserve," Chalkbeat (October 12, 2017), www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/10/12/farina-low-performing-renewal-schools-wont-be-assigned-educators-from-the-absent-teacher-reserve/.
- Because DOE gradually transfers the cost of the ATR teacher salaries to the schools' budgets, full savings are not realized immediately. The school covers 50 percent of the salary from the school budget in year 1, 75 percent in year 2, and 100 percent in year 3. Since part of the salary is still being paid centrally, the savings are reduced in the first two years. The savings were $3 million in fiscal year 18, $5 million in fiscal year 2019 and $7 million in fiscal year 2020 and on. See: City of New York, Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2019: Citywide Savings Program (February 1, 2018), p. 17, http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/csp2-18.pdf, and Email to Citizens Budget Commission staff (February 15, 2018).
- Ginger Moored, "Tr3 Trends: Teacher Excessing and Placement" National Council on Teacher Quality Teacher Trendline Blog (March 2013), https://www.nctq.org/blog/Tr3-Trends:-Teacher-Excessing-and-Placement.
- Chicago Teachers Union, Rights at Work: Layoff Rights (accessed June 7, 2018), https://www.ctunet.com/rights-at-work/layoff-rights.
- Teachers with unsatisfactory performance are terminated after 66 days. Washington Teachers' Union, Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The Washington Teachers Union, Local #6 of the American Federation of Teachers and the District of Columbia Public Schools (October 1, 2016-September 30, 2019), pp. 27-33, http://www.wtulocal6.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WTU-DCPS-contract.pdf.
- In striving to achieve this goal, the City may face challenges regarding teacher seniority and principal authority and autonomy. While elimination of the pool is the ultimate goal, a return to seniority-based staffing would be an unacceptable step backward.
- Maria Doulis, Is It a Good Deal? How New Yorkers Should Judge the Next Teachers' Contract (November 11, 2009), https://cbcny.org/sites/default/files/UFT_Report_11112009.pdf.


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Bailiff (noun) – Officer of the court who ensures safety and compliance with judicial orders. A bailiff is a law enforcement officer responsible for maintaining order in court. In the United States, bailiffs are often deputy sheriffs, municipal police officers, or members of the U.S. Marshal's Service. The bailiff's duties usually include courthouse security, enforcement of the judge's orders, seeing to the needs of the jurors, and the guard and transfer of prisoners.
- The Bailiff in the court room was keeping an eye on the defendant being brought in from the jail to make sure he didn't try to escape.


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Rambachan gets Chile's highest non-national award
Diplomats from Latin and Central American countries and members of the Ministry of External Affairs were among those who attended the award ceremony held at the residence of Chilean Ambassador, Fernando Ayala on Monday to present former Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Surujrattan Rambachan with The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins on behalf of the Government of Chile for his work to further ties between Chile and Trinidad and Tobago during Dr Rambachan's tenure as Foreign Minister.
Speaking at the ceremony Ayala said the award is Chile's highest award for a person who is not a national of that country. Rambachan was awarded this honour for his support of the programme for the teaching of Spanish, in crime fighting, in climate change and, above all, in furthering ties between Caricom and Latin and Central America as well as the supply of TT LNG to Chile and in encouraging cultural ties between Chile and TT.
Replying to the Ambassador's speech Rambachan said he had been impressed with the quality of Chile's Foreign Service officers and was grateful for the training offered to budding TT diplomats.
Bernardo O'Higgins (1778 – 1842) was one of the founding fathers of Chile. He was of Spanish and Irish descent and a brave and inspirational commander of the revolutionary forces in the battles for the Independence of Chile.Share on Facebook


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At the beginning of 2015, I had decided that I wanted to cut my spending and get more into saving money. One way of reducing my spending was by simply finding the cheapest cell phone plan around and getting rid of my current one.
Through 2015 I didn't take this seriously and found excuse after excuse to stick with my cell phone carrier. Even after I knew that I could probably find a better and cheaper service with another company.
So why didn't I switch?
Simple fear that I was going to find a cheap cell phone plan that didn't work where I live. That I was going to be stuck with a crappy company and a cell phone I paid cash for that didn't work to my satisfaction. I am a loyal customer, and I stuck with this company for 10 years!
I wanted to make sure I gave my current phone the best use since I paid cash for it and was sure I wasn't going to receive the amount I paid for even after 1.5 years of use. Another reason I kept my current service because I wanted to make sure I found an honest cheapest cell phone service that I could stay with for years.
Last fall my cell phone completely died, and I decided that I was not going to pay for another phone nor keep the services. I also was in a funk and didn't want to deal with cell phones at the time.
I was in the "I don't need a cell phone" stage and to be honest; I loved it. You wanted to get a hold of me call my house or my husband. If not get me via social media or email, but I wasn't going to pay for cell phone services.
I knew that at some point in the future I was going to need a cell phone. My job requires it and once I had my baby things were going to change. A cellphone was going to be needed. I was just lucky enough to have the time to research really for a company that seriously had the best cheapest cell phone plan there.
I don't go out much.
I'm always home.
WiFi is my best friend.
I don't want a contract.
When I researched cheapest cell phone plans, I found that majority of my search lead to Republic Wireless. Heck, tons of my blogging friends spoke highly of this company, and I really wanted to find out more.
But was this company services good for me and my lifestyle?
I didn't want the latest cell phone and a big cell phone plan. I wanted a reliable phone and a reliable service to get me through my day. I know I needed a cell phone to keep up with my work when I was away from home.
Was Republic Wireless the company I needed?
- No contract.
- No hidden fees.
- No overage
- No start up fees.
- No roaming charges.
- Easy to switch plans.
I decided to save money from my online income each month and get my cell phone and service with Republic Wireless. A few months later I was a happy customer and will never go back.
Last month bill was over $13.60! $13.60!! This is included taxes!
Nowhere was I even going to find a pre-paid service that low each month. And yes, that is my actual Republic Wireless invoices. The plan I have is the $25 a month which includes Unlimited call + text + 1 GB.
How is this possible?
Before I tell you how my cell phone bill was this cheap, I have to show you how Republic Wireless plan works.
You see, Republic Wireless has these amazing plans that pays you back. How does that work? Each month I get refunded back money for my cell phone data that I don't use.
To explain more, Republic Wireless uses WiFi to optimized their phone service and keep their phone services cost down. Their network uses WiFi as the default setting. Meaning that when I'm home, my phone is using my home WiFi to make calls, text, and data.
When I walk into Target, thanks to their free WiFi, I get free service on my phone. By taking advantage of WiFi use I'm able to keep the cost of my data low or to nothing and this is how I end up getting pay back each month.
WiFi is everywhere, and if you want to have the cheapest cell phone plan, this is it!
Does my phone work off WiFi areas?
My cell phone automatically connects to a cell phone network. All phone plans include:
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- No contracts
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I'm sure the next question you have will be on their phones. Are they worth it? Do they meet your requirements? When I joined Republic Wireless, there were only two styles of phones I was able to choose.
Two styles of cell phones that were good quality. The good news is that July 28th*, Republic Wireless will start offering the leading Android phones from Moto to Samsung, you will be able to use a great phone with a great service.
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*I am updating this post as today, 07/19/2016, letting you know that Republic Wireless has released their new phones and wanted to show you their new plans for these phones. As you can from the picture below, these phone plans are still low compared to the leading competitors.
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The Brisbane River serves as the boundary between the Turrbal and the Jaggera people, and both were encountered by the early explorers. The indigenous knowledge of the river was shared with lost timber getters Pamphlet & Finnegan who in turn shared it with the explorer John Oxley in 1823. By 1825 the new penal colony of Brisbane was established there. Lockyer, Cunningham and Commandant Patrick Logan had mapped the Brisbane River valley as far as Kilcoy Creek by 1830 and Lieutenant Owen Gorman found Gorman's Gap was a more practical way over the Great Dividing Range from the Darling Downs to Moreton Bay. With the closure of the penal colony settlers came from the Downs via Gorman's Gap and Lockyer Creek to settle on the Brisbane River. They were the McConnel brothers, the MacKenzie brothers and the Brothers Bigge (inevitably nick-named Big and Little) as well as the Archer brothers.
Some, like Ferriter & Uhr of Wivenhoe and Borthwick & Oliver of Buaraba, moved north to establish Barambah, Tarong & Nanango at the headwaters of the Brisbane River. The Archers moved to Cooyar and Emu Creek (and eventually Eidsvold & Gracemere), and Walter Scott joined his nephew Simon Scott at Taromeo Station on the Blackbutt Range….Read More
Before 1859, "roads", bridges and mail were provided to the Brisbane Valley by the New South Wales Government but expenditure on behalf of the northern settlers was meagre and travel was slow. Accommodation houses were developed to provide shelter and safety and to act as unofficial post offices, most famously at Ipswich (licensee George Thorn) and Nanango (licensee and mail contractor Jacob Goode).
Plans for a new colony of Northern Australia without either the Darling Downs or the Brisbane Valley were approved by British Parliament in 1846 but New South Wales vetoed this and agreed instead to the northern state of Queensland in 1859. By 1860 Queensland had a Lower and Upper House and the Brisbane River Valley was included with Ipswich and Laidley in the electorate of West Moreton that had three elected representatives in the Legislative Assembly. In the Upper House the Biggs and McConnels were appointed as well as the Balfours of Colinton and Louis Hope of Kilcoy Station who had obtained Kilcoy after the infamous 'poison pudding' killing of local indigenous people….Read More
The new Queensland government reclaimed crown land for resettlement with three Crown Lands Alienation Acts, mapped and built new roads, extended mail services and by 1875 Charles Lilley & Samuel Griffith had provided compulsory, free education to children between 6 and 12 years old. Teachers wrote extraordinary letters about the living conditions in rural settlements at that time and a new Premier Thomas McIlwraith provided local government through a new Divisional Board structure (Durundur/Esk and Barambah/Nanango Divisional Boards). McIlwraith also planned a comprehensive Queensland railway network and work on the Brisbane Valley Rail Line commenced in 1882. It opened to Lowood in 1884 and to Esk in 1886. The financial crisis of 1893 and the flooding of the Brisbane River in the same year retarded further development and the rest of the rail line was not finished until just before WWI.
In the referendum for the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1899, Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and the Brisbane Valley (now mostly included in the electorate of Stanley) voted consistently against Federation, but were outvoted by their northern neighbours including those in the Burnett and Wide Bay electorates….Read More
The lure of the timber in the Blackbutt Range continued to drive the Brisbane Valley Rail Line towards Yarraman despite delays, strikes, unskilled immigrant labour and deaths. At the same time Government timber reserves were established that restricted supply to millers without government contracts like those given to the Yarraman sawmills.
Smaller sawmills closed or moved to greener pastures. Cattle grazed on recently cleared land and milk or butter factories flourished. Brisbane Valley land owners were sworn in as special constables to break the Tramways strike in 1912 and Queensland voters endorsed a series of Labour governments. The Brisbane Valley (electorate of Stanley) was represented by an independent candidate, H.P. Somerset. Many young men enlisted for WWI from the Brisbane Valley after 1915 and Colinton erected the first war memorial outside a cemetery in 1917. Many more were to follow. Soldier Settlements for returned servicemen were established at Coominya, Mt. Stanley and Taromeo, almost all of which, except Taromeo, failed. The timber on the Blackbutt Range was largely cut out by 1920 and the Queensland Government bought several sawmills, including those at Yarraman and Taromeo….Read More
In 1920 the Country Party was established and endorsed L. Nott who won the seat of Stanley from H.P. Somerset. Electricity was supplied to Toogoolawah from the Nestles Condensed Milk Factory in 1927 that closed two years later. The Stanley Dam was recommended in 1928 and provided jobs to unemployed men during the Great Depression. Electricity was provided to Lowood (1932), Nanango (1933), Coominya & Somerset Dam (1936) and Yarraman (1939). WWII decimated small towns everywhere. A defence road was built over the Blackbutt Range and pilots were trained at Lowood and Watts bridge (Toogoolawah) airfields. Returned service men were provided with educational and trade allowances and these newly skilled tradesmen moved to work in the cities. The population of the Esk Shire declined rapidly. Nanango followed suit…..Read More
Post-war reconstruction demanded rationalisation of services to rural areas. Small rural schools were closed and school busses delivered children to schools in larger towns. Subsidies on butter were removed and the Esk and Nanango Butter and Cheese Factories closed. The Timber Corporation mill at Nanango closed soon afterwards, but these job losses were more than offset by the construction of the Tarong Power Station in the Nanango Shire. Nanango census figures rose dramatically. The Esk Council sub-divided larger holdings to increase their rate-payer base and developers moved in. Land in the Esk Shire was resumed for the Wivenhoe Dam after the 1974 floods in Brisbane, and the dairying town of Murrumba disappeared. The National Trust of Queensland recommended heritage listing of buildings in the Esk Shire, three of which have now disappeared.
The Brisbane Valley Rail Line was closed in 1989 and the Federal Government initiated an Inquiry into Competitive Policy in Australia. Victoria determined that their milk subsidies were anti-competitive and deregulated their milk industry in 2000. Interstate trading by Victorian milk wholesalers forced the complete deregulation of the Dairy Industry Australia wide…..Read More
A Dairy Adjustment Program was introduced to assist with deregulation that included Dairy Exit Payments for those who chose to leave the industry. Forty per cent of the dairy farms operating before 2000 ceased production in the Toogoolawah district where the sawmill has also closed. Mills are now closed at Fernvale and Linville. Both the Esk and the Nanango Councils were amalgamated with neighbouring shires in 2008; Esk joining Kilcoy to become Somerset Regional Council and Nanango joining Kingaroy, Murgon and Wondai to become South Burnett Regional Council. Conversion of the Brisbane Valley Rail line to a recreational Rail Trail commenced in 2007 with an investment of $3.6m from the Queensland Government. When it is finished it will provide 140k of recreational trail for walkers, cyclists and horses from Ipswich to Yarraman. The section between Toogoolawah and Moore is not yet complete. The flooding of the Brisbane River in 2011 caused significant damage to the towns and the trails throughout the Brisbane Valley. Licenses to explore for coal over a large area of the Brisbane River Valley were granted to Coalbank that was bought out by Lodestone in 2011. Public alarm at the prospect of coal seam gas emissions already apparent on the Darling Downs hardened into organised protest. Conservation of the waterways throughout the Brisbane Valley competes with prospective business opportunities in a mining community in heated debate. The history of the Brisbane River Valley continues to evolve…..Read More
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Spirit of God or Antichrist?
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (I Jn. 4:1-6)
Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. (I Jn. 2:22)
Today there are many things attributed to the Spirit of God which are actually from the antichrist. This is not new, as the apostle John warned in his day that believers will need to test the spirits. Imagine, if you will, believing with all your heart that you are following Jesus, only to find out in the end that you followed His greatest enemy. This is not slight, inconsequential error. It is not being a few degrees "off." It is like being 180 degrees off. It is being in league with the devil!
John wrote that those who are "of God" first and foremost confess that Jesus came in the flesh. This is the same as confessing that God's Messiah has come, and that Messiah is Jesus. John said those who deny this are antichrist. They do not have God the Son. And they do not have God the Father. John did not mince words, did he? He spoke very plainly.
Now I must ask you if the people of modern Israel are confessing that the Messiah Jesus has come in the flesh? Are they confessing that He is the King? Are they obeying His teachings? By and large, the answer is no. As with all nations, there is only a small remnant of people in that country who love and serve Jesus. We can determine from this simple test that the nation as a whole is antichrist. What fellowship, then, can a Christian have with them? "They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them."
When they speak their war rhetoric, their "rights," etc., they speak as all the world speaks. The world hears them. The world recognizes no power greater than brute force. As men of the world grow in their power to destroy human life in their lust for more, they also grow in their power to deceive themselves and pretend that what they are doing is moral. This is universal, and all the carnal armies on earth are invoking God's blessing and claiming His favor.
But–We are of God, says John. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Those who are of God hear and receive the Truth. Jesus is that Truth personified. The Scriptures are that Truth written on paper. Yet today we have people claiming that those who deny Jesus and the Scriptures are "of God."
Go to Israel and preach the person of Jesus and the New Testament Scriptures that reveal Him in His kingly majesty, and see how far you get. Little has changed in this place that God calls spiritually "Sodom and Egypt" (Rev. 11:8). But the warmongering, carnally minded church insists that to receive God's blessing, we must "bless" and fellowship with those whom Jesus said are not Abraham's true children (Jn. 8:37-47). Something is terribly wrong!
When you test the spirits and agree with God, refusing to join with the apostate church in her fellowship with darkness, you will no doubt be disparaged and rejected. You will be called a "liberal," a "Muslim sympathizer," a "traitor," an "anti-Semite," and more. This is nothing other than the response of a carnal mind which has not received the things of God concerning the people of God.
Remember that Jesus was called a friend of tax-collectors and sinners because He did what He could to reach such people, without regard for His reputation in a nation that was holding to a false sense of "righteousness."
Remember how He spoke of His kingdom, how He interpreted the Old Testament prophets, and how He "spiritualized" in many of His teachings.
Remember the reason He taught in parables, and remember the political, nationalistic climate He lived in (but did not participate in).
Remember the Romans were idolaters, violent, and sexually sinful–yet He never mentioned throwing off the occupation and restoring physical land to His countrymen.
Remember that He did mention one way to inherit land when He said, "The meek shall inherit the earth."
Remember why His servants do not fight (Jn. 18:36).
Remember the prophecies He made to His unbelieving countrymen–"Your house is left to you desolate" and "The kingdom will be taken from you and given to another nation." (Lk. 13:35; Matt. 21:43)
Remember He redefined family when He said that those who do God's will are His family (Matt. 12:49-50).
Remember He redefined the "children of Abraham" when He said that only those who do Abraham's works are his children (Jn. 8:37-47).
Remember! And do not let the words of men cause you to forget.
Do not be ashamed of His words. Treasure them, believe them, and preach them. Regardless of the level of deception we are seeing around us, we can confidently trust that all things now hidden will be revealed. If the world hates us, we know that it hated Him first, and that this Chosen Prophet was without honor even in His own country.
If you have believing friends caught in this militant, pro-Israel-after-the-flesh web of lies (or pro-America or some other nation), who seem to be producing righteous fruits otherwise, pray hard that their eyes be opened! They are in spiritual peril so long as they support the works of antichrist. There comes a time when we must choose Christ even if our friends leave us. He alone has the words of life. They–and we all–must enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation. We dare not choose the fellowship of friends over Him. But also–we must continue to love fervently, not allowing our own hearts to be hardened. There are many traps laid for the saints, and we must be careful when we think we stand, lest we fall.
If you see the Truth, you cannot silence it within your heart so as to save your reputation. There is too much at stake. The Truth of the gospel is at stake. The character of God, as understood in the minds of the heathen, is at stake. Human lives are at stake. Time is running out for individuals within the rebellious, worldly church to repent and flee from false religion (remember that the harlot church is drunk with blood–Rev. 17:6). Your very own soul is at stake.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." (Mk. 8:36-38)
May you consider these things with all sobriety. God bless you.


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A group of activists silently protesting the police killing of Michael Brown set up camp in Love Park in Philadelphia, but the fake dead body didn't stop tourists from snapping photos.
The performance artists cordoned off the LOVE sculpture with caution tape, held a sign that read "call us by our names," and an actor posed as the slain Brown. While some paid their respects upon seeing the silent protest, others completely ignored it.
"The onslaught of passerby's (sic) wanting to take photos with the LOVE statue exemplifies the disconnect in American society. Simply frame out the dead body, and it doesn't exist," the tumblr blog Ra's Al Ghul is Dead said describing the event.
"As the photos show, the social experiment and silent protest highlighted the peoples (sic) reaction in the foreground of the photo. In this context the people become the performance art, and the faux dead body becomes a backdrop," the blog added.
To see more photos from the performance, check out #CallUsByOurNames on Facebook.


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The Monkey-Boy Day Job has been a tooth-grinder this week, and it's made me think of the Jewish ritual of havdalah. (more…)
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Reverse Havdalah
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It's not Them, It's Us
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I'm going to blame the victim here. Or at least those who see themselves as the victims.
We've all heard the complaints.
- The Never Enough Complaint:
The news media doesn't cover [insert pertinent topic here].
- The Corporate Overlords Complaint:
The mainstream media only reports what they're told to report.
- The Media Bias Complaint:
Network news is so slanted, it's better to go to independent outlets like Reddit.
It all makes for a great whinge-fest, but blaming the media is foolish. The problem isn't them. The problem is us.