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Geoelectric methods are used to explore groundwater resources. These methods are also applied in engineering geology and archaeological investigations for the detection of caves, voids, caverns, fractured zones and metallic objects.
Cavefinder is based on a geo-electric method which can be used to find cavities in the target area. Handling of the device is very easy and the device is only designed for detecting cavities such as caves, bunkers and sepulchres.
The Cavefinder is a geoelectrical detecting instrument for easy and fast localization of underground structures like cavities, caves and arches. The detection of tombs, grave chambers, tunnels and hidden treasure chambers is done automatically after starting the measuring process on the main unit itself. Due to the integrated data analysis of the detection instrument, the measure result will be indicated immediately on the display of the Cavefinder.
The Cavefinder is only made to detect geological nonmetallic ground anomalies like for example:
Tombs, burial sites and grave chambers
Caves and tunnels
Non-metallic targets like container, barrels and suchlike
The Cavefinder comes with 4 conductive electrodes, which should placed inside the ground defining a square area. Because of the 20m long cables of each electrode, which is connected to the measure instrument, a maximal scan area of about 800 square meters can be defined in one single measurement.
During the measurement with the cave detector Cavefinder, several resistance measurements are executed, to finally draw conclusions to existing voids. The analysis of the measured results can be easily done on the field after a short measuring time and the scans can be repeated as often as necessary. The Cavefinder includes the following functionality:
Automatic measurement with simple "Yes/No" evaluation
Graphical control output to a computer (only with version B)
For maximum utilization of the operating time of the Cavefinder to locate hidden voids underground it is delivered with a high performing external power supply, the (Power Tank). Because of its less weight the device can be utilized in nearly all terrains for detecting cavities.
The Cavefinder is available eighter as Version A with simple display analysis or as Version B with additional bluetooth data transfer and graphical analysis of the measured results on a computer in the Visualizer 3D software program.
The device has the following functionality:
- Automatic measurement with simple "Yes/No" evaluation
- Graphical control output to a computer (only with version B)
The evaluation of the measured results take place on site. After a short time of calculation the display of the device shows if there is a cavity or not.


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We all hate office parties. I know I have a co-worker who would rather dig her teeth out of her mouth with a rusted butter knife than attend the yearly Christmas bash at one of my jobs. But what recently happened at a hotel in Oregon was just plain gross.
A hotel employee in Eugene, Ore., is suing her boss after she had a company get together and employees were encouraged to play ring toss on her husband's penis. But wait there's more.
The husband danced nude and masturbated publicly, and guests guessed the size and circumference of his penis, and his wife handed out sex toys as prizes for correct guesses.
Jessica Webber sued the Markum Inn in Federal Court, alleging civil rights violations, sexual harassment, hostile workplace and constructive termination.
She says she worked for 3 years at the hotel owned by Ward and Julie Frederick until their outlandish behavior forced her to quit.
Webber says that in December 2008 Julie Frederick showed her a letter from her husband, "promising to fulfill any sexual fantasy."
Mrs. Frederick often "talked about her sexual fantasies and asked plaintiff and other employees for advice or suggestions," according to the complaint.
On April 18, 2009, she says, the Fredericks threw a private party at the hotel on a day when Webber was scheduled to work until 11 p.m. She claims Mrs. Frederick told employees she had hired a male stripper to perform, as a "practice run" for a bachelorette party.
The Fredericks invited female employees, customers and friends to the party, according to the complaint.
Webber says that during her shift, "Mrs. Frederick handed out a questionnaire to plaintiff and others with questions relating to the genitalia of the male stripper and Mr. Frederick, including questions regarding the size and circumference of Mr. Frederick's penis. Mrs. Frederick also showed plaintiff a bag of adult sex toys that she intended to hand out as gifts at the party for correctly answered questions."
This party isn't even appropriate for your closest girlfriends. I've been to some wild Pleasure parties, bachelorette parties and drunken house parties and not one involved a ring toss on someone's penis. At times, I rail about how sexually repressed we are as a society, but this is beyond bad taste. You can't force sex on someone in the workplace. There's nothing fun or funny about subjecting your employees, or your husband for that matter, to such a degrading event. I hope this woman wins her lawsuit.
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Riverfire is the hottest event in Northern New Hampshire. Bring the family and ATVs are welcome. Dress up like a zombie and decorate your ATV for the Zombie ATV Poker Run. The gates open at 2 pm and there's hayrides, a duck race, a 5-K race, a bouncy house, a Halloween costume parade, hot air balloon rides, a beer tent, and a not-so-scary Halloween party. After the party, rock out to the high-energy music of Rebel Sons at 6 pm. At dusk the Androscoggin River is set aglow with the spectacular Riverfire lighting ceremony and Jack-o-lanterns on the bridge. This event is hosted by the Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce. It is a spectacle you won't want to miss!
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Kosovo municipal leaders focus on transparency at PASOS project workshop
A group of 30 municipal leaders from a town in Kosovo gathered for a workshop on how they can improve transparency and boost public participation at the local level, as part of a PASOS project on open government.
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Tesla Model 3
The first Tesla Model 3 sedans have been delivered to retail customers, and the accolades are pouring in. Reviewers love it; the interior, the design, the technology, it's battery range, lots of other things, and perhaps a bit surprisingly, as the car was not intended to be a sports car, per se, many of those reviewers come away flabbergasted at it's handling capabilities.
Yes, the hits just keep coming for Elon Musk, and his merry band of electric performance car pioneers. Expectations for the Tesla Model 3 from Tesla fans, industry watchers, Tesla's detractors, and finally, the public at large, were high, and Tesla appears to have blown all those expectations right out of the water.
Now, right about now, the cynical among you might be snickering to yourselves, thinking, "Man, this guy's laying it on kind of thick here. Does he work for Tesla or something? Or, is he just a fan boy, out of control with hyperbole and praise?"
I'm neither of those things, and if you read a dozen of the hundreds of articles and or reviews about the Tesla Model 3, you will come away from that experience thinking that my recap here is actually quite restrained.
Bloomberg, which hardly qualifies as a breathless fan boy magazine, states, "Driving Tesla's Model 3 Changes Everything". CNET's 'Roadshow' says the Tesla Model 3 is "Mass-Market and Massively Impressive".
The car enthusiast magazines are impressed, the business magazines are impressed, and the future is looking pretty bright for Tesla' new baby. The company now has over half a million orders (with deposits attached) for the car.
There is, however, a buzzing fly in the ointment.
Will the company be able to manufacture enough cars quickly enough to meet demand? It's a huge problem, and a problem the company (read: Elon Musk) readily acknowledges. He voiced concerns about being in "production hell" during the coming-out press conference dedicated to the car.
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Vile thug launched savage attack on double amputee OAP with shopping basket
A VILE thug left a double-amputee OAP with horrific injuries after battering him with a shopping basket.
Murray Dewar flew into a rage during a row with Jack Wemyss in a supermarket aisle.
The 83-year-old had drove into the store on his mobility scooter but his path was blocked by Dewar.
A court heard the frail man asked the 45-year-old to move but an argument broke out at the Tesco Express store in Dundee.
"At this point the complainer shouted 'go on, hit us'.," Fiscal depute Muhamad Sadiq told Dundee Sheriff Court:
"The accused then struck the complainer in his face with the shopping basket he was carrying.
"I hope he gets caught so he doesn't do it to anybody else"Double amputee victim Jack Wemyss
"That resulted in a cut above the left eye.
"The complainer shouted for help and staff attended as the accused left the locus.
"CCTV was reviewed and a press release issued in an attempt to trace the accused.
"He later handed himself in to a police office."
Dewar, 45, also from Dundee, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault carried out in November.
Defence solicitor Emma Sommerville said: "He suffers from severe anxiety and has had a panic attack today, so is not in the dock.
"He is not in a fit state to come into court, but wishes me to tender a guilty plea on his behalf."
Sheriff Richard McFarlane deferred sentence until January for social work background reports.
Last month Jack, a retired builder, told of the agony he suffered as a result.
He said: "I go to Tesco most days.
"I was going round in my electric chair and he was standing at the display.
"I excused myself and he said 'you are on my foot'.
"He raised his voice and just hit me right on the side of my eye.
"I was a bit dazed but he threw his messages on the floor and ran out of the door."
Paramedics stitched the cut on Jack's face while police took statements from shocked onlookers.
Jack added: "I am diabetic and I've had 25 operations on my legs, so I didn't think it'd come to that for him to hit me.
"My eye was really sore at the time, but it's getting better now. It was more the shock of it all.
"I hope he gets caught so he doesn't do it to anybody else. I've never seen him before, but he was definitely Dundonian.
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We Were Warned in 1963: Has Communist Ideology Overtaken America?
Posted on February 1, 2013 by Dean Garrison
Has Communist Ideology Overtaken America? Education is crucial. Today I want to share two very interesting lists with you, and sickleflagrather than adding an extensive amount of my commentary, I want to give you the chance to examine the facts for yourself. It is my opinion that many communist goals have already been accomplished. I also believe that advancement has been made in other areas. But, you owe it to yourself to do your own research. I believe not only in the freedom of speech, but also in the responsibility of free thought. So please don't take my word for it. Examine the facts for yourself.
Again, I want to share two lists with you. The first is a list that was entered into 1963 Congressional Record. The second is the 10 planks of The Communist Manifesto.
If you can't see this happening in America, and a ton of progress being made, then I offer two potential explanations:
usefulYou are one of the "useful idiots" of communist teaching.
I am one of the "village idiots" that your Mama probably warned you about.
Some of these points will be open for debate and some will not. In some cases it is blatantly obvious that they have achieved their goals. It is even rumored that our own President has deep communist ties. You might want to check that out as well but I will withhold my opinion at this point. Let's just lay it out and you can interpret it.
This list was originally printed in "The Naked Communist" by Cleon Skousen. It was entered into Congressional Record in 1963 as the 45 goals of "The Communist Takeover of America."
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the un1971U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
naked11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
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12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policy making positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.creativecursing
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
prayerinschool28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
obamaapprove32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture–education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
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38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social sshollowagencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
divorce40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
10 Planks of "The Communist Manifesto:"
1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.manifesto
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liablity of all to labor. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.
Of 55 things listed here I would be curious to what your personal scorecard might read. Feel free to comment below. My interpretation is that progress or completion has been made on almost every single goal or plank laid out today. If you would like to do further research on this topic I would highly recommend a FREE movie that you can access today:
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Thin slices of white tuna served with special sauce
Thin slices of white tuna served with special sauce
Seared tuna thin sliced, served with ponzu sauce
Sliced octopus in vinegar sauce
Variety seafood in vinegar sauce
Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, avocado & tobbiko rolled with cucumber
Crabmeat, cucumber & tobiko in chef's sepcial sauce
Sliced pork with ginger sauce
Stir fried mixed vegetables
Choice of beef or chicken in sukiyaki broth
Seafood with tofu and noodles in sukiyaki broth
6 Pcs sushi & california roll
9 Pcs sushi & tuna roll
18 Pcs assoreted raw fish
18 Pcs assoreted raw fish over sushi rice
9 Pcs sushi & aki special roll
Chef's selected sashimi or todays catch
Combination of sushi & sashimi with california roll
16 Pcs sushi & aki special roll & tuna roll
32 Pcs sashimi with narato
15 Pcs sashimi & 10 pcs sushi, aki special roll & tuna roll
With tobiko & tempura crunch
King crab, avocado & tobiko
Served with special light soy sauce
Sliced chicken rolled with avocado, grilled in teriyaki sauce
Grilled shrimp with special sweet miso sauce & dry peanuts
Tuna, eel with avocado rolled seaweed, served in spicy & eel
Sliced yellowtail & jalapeno served in ponzu sauce & olive oil
Sushi 2 pcs per order with plum wine
Sushi, 2 pcs per order with tobiko & crunchy
A: lobster tempura with fried banana & tobiko rolled with white seaweed. B: lobster tempura rolled with fresh mango & tobiko outside
Lobster tempura, kani roll with cucumber with special sauce
Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, ebi, kani, avocado & cucumber roll with radish
Tuna roll, california roll
Salmon avocado, eel cucumber
Spicy salmon crunch & spicy yellowtail crunch
Shrimp tempura roll with eel & avocado outside
King carb & avocado roll with spicy tuna & tempura crunch outside
Eel & cucumber with avocado & tobiko outside
Black pepper tuna, avocado & tobiko with chef''s special sauce
California roll with assorted raw fish outside
Inside with eel, kani, avocado & rice outside roll with cucumber & eel sauce
Inside with eel, kani, avocado & rice outside roll with cucumber & eel sauce
Inside with egg, kani, cucumber, shrimp, outside large slice of eel on top
Inside with spicy tuna & kani, outside with eel, avocado & tobiko on top
Inside with eel, cream cheese & kani, outside tuna & salmon, avocado on top
Inside shrimp, tempura & egg, outside smoked salmon & ebil, avocado on top
Inside with tuna & salmon, yellowtail, white fish, tobiko, avocado & cucumber
Inside with shrimp tempura with spicy tuna, tobiko, avocado & rolled with white seaweed
Tuna, avocado inside, outside with tuna, spicy sauce & crunch
Choice of vanilla, red bean or green tea
Choice of vanilla, red bean or green tea
2 Pcs choice of vanilla, red bean or green tea
4 Pcs sushi with california roll
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It is officially summer, but as we know, that doesn't mean much. The rain returns this weekend as we dip back into the 60's. You can still get out, though. Or at least find stuff to do locally that allows you to stay dry (hint: coffee and/or brunch on Foster in the a.m.; drinks and/or a meal in the p.m….sounds lovely, right?)
Ok, on to your weekend tidbits….
– Torta-landia begins its Sunday night trivia this weekend. Hey, if getting quizzed is your excuse to have a torta and margarita, so be it. They're pretty great in their own right, though, so trivia's just an added bonus. Prizes will be given out.
– Speaking of trivia, I guess we should remind everybody that O'Malley's hosts trivia every Thursday. So…tacos and tortas on Sunday, pizza on Thursday.
– I suppose we should just list off the other events that happen regularly in the 'hood; standup comedy at O'Malley's on Monday; "B" Movies at Bar Carlo on Wednesday; craft night at Bar Carlo on Thursday. I'm sure there's more, so feel free to let us know what we're missing.
– While we're on the topic of bars and restaurants, and now that it's summer, it should be noted that we have some pretty rad outdoor drinking/dining options on Foster. Slingshot's patio is great. Foster Burger and Knuckleheads each have one, too. Naturally, the food carts are an option as well. So, too, are Bar Carlo, O'Malley's, Bob and Alice's, Da Hui, Gemini Lounge, and Pieper Cafe, as they all have sidewalk seating.
– This last Wednesday saw close to 40 people turn out for a discussion on the future of Foster at Mt. Scott Community Center. The conversation was both informative and engaging, as a lot of great ideas and questions came up in regard to the future refresh of the Foster Streetscape Plan. To learn more and get involved further, the PDC will be hosting an open house this coming Wednesday, 6/27, at the Mt. Scott Learning Center. It'll be more important that you tell them (and PBOT) what you want the future of Foster Road to look like, so please show up with your questions and ideas. The open house begins at 5 p.m. and concludes after a walking tour of Foster at 7.
– Don't forget to mark your calendars for July's Foster Art Night. Let's make it the biggest and most attended one yet. Remember, every third Saturday of the month. That means July 21st should be reserved on your calendar.
Alright, y'all…happy weekend!


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WASHINGTON (GRAY TV) -- President Donald Trump began his weekly address by reassuring Americans that he's working with state and local partners ahead of Hurricane Irma.
"This is a storm of absolutely historic, destructive potential," he said.
He urged those in the storm's path to heed the warnings of local and state law enforcement.
For now, he said government agencies are working together to prepare a response for the storm. No matter the damage, he said the country will recover.
"We will restore, recover, and rebuild together as Americans," he said.
He said in times of disaster, such as now, America stands united. He said you can see this in the way people respond with kindness, prayer and generosity.
"From Texas to Louisiana, from Florida to Puerto Rico, and always the US Virgin Islands and everywhere in between, that has been affected by these terrible storms, we will endure and come back stronger than ever before," said Trump.
He then transitioned to talk about a recent trip to North Dakota. During this trip, he talked about tax cuts and tax reform.
"As president, I am committed to pursuing an economic policy that lifts up all of our citizens, provides hope for all of our communities, and generates wealth for everyday, hard-working people," he said.
He touted economic success in the US so far, saying that since January, 1.2 million jobs were created and unemployment is near a 16-year low. He said that for the economy to continue to grow, there needs to be tax cuts and tax reform.
"Our current burdensome tax code is a massive lead weight against the American economy. It costs us millions of jobs, trillions of dollars, and billions and billions of hours wasted on paperwork and compliance," he said.
He promised that his administration is working with Congress to come up with a plan that would lower taxes and help the middle-class. His plan will include the following steps:
1. Make filing taxes as simple as possible. He said taxes would be filed on a single page for most American families.
2. Cut taxes for middle class families.
3. Restore competitive edge to create more jobs and higher wages with a smaller business tax rate. He said this will bring overseas jobs back the US.
4. Make it easier for companies to "bring back trillions of dollars that they're keeping overseas."


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Attorney files lawsuit against building owners, manager in Power Ultra Lounge shooting
A Little Rock attorney filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the building owners and the manager of the Power Ultra Lounge nightclub, where a mass shooting took place in July.
Twenty-eight people were injured in the early morning hours of July 1, when gunshots rang out inside the venue where Ricky Hampton, the rapper better known as Finesse 2Tymes, was performing.
The lawsuit filed by Josh Gillispie, who works with Green & Gillispie Attorneys at Law, claims 6th & Center LLC, the building owners, and Herman Lewis, the club manager, were negligent in letting the club operate despite 48 police incidents reported there in a two-year period. He also cites fault with letting Power Ultra Lounge run as a nightclub and concert venue without proper zoning and licensing.
"I think they knew that this dangerous and potentially illegal business/nightclub was operating in their building," said Gillispie, regarding the allegations against 6th & Center LLC. "They allowed it to happen in exchange for payments."
The 15-page lawsuit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court, was filed on behalf of Patrick Hardy. Gillispie said Hardy was shot in the arm and had no other choice but to leap out of a second story window to avoid being shot again. Both the only stairwell and fire escape out of the concert venue were clogged with fleeing patrons.
"The defendants' refusal to address repeated criminal activity and improve their security efforts led to 28 people being gunned down or otherwise injured and made to suffer physical, emotional, and financial trauma and loss," said Gillispie, in a press release.
Gillispie is suing for compensatory damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering, mental anguish, and lost wages resulting from the assault, and punitive damages.
The owners of 6th & Center LLC declined to comment on the lawsuit, claiming they were still consulting counsel. KATV reached out to Herman Lewis's attorney by phone, multiple times on Wednesday, but the phone calls were never returned.


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Year 4 Teacher- Dudley, Dudley
Start date: April 2018
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Temporary
ABC Teachers are looking to recruit an experienced Year 4 Teacher to work in a 'requires improvement' school in Dudley. This role is for 5 days a week starting after the Easter term until the end of the academic year, with the premise of going permanent. They adopt a personalised approach to teaching. Every child is valued as an individual and nurtured to achieve their true potential through inspirational teaching and outstanding pastoral care in a safe, calm environment.
With this role, you are expected to plan, assess and attend any meetings necessary to complete the full role. Marking is essential and needs to be of a high standard with the marking policy followed. Located in Dudley, this makes it easily accessible for both drivers and non-drivers from Sandwell and Wolverhampton.
· Qualified teacher status- NQT's not able to apply
· Experience working within Year 4 ( KS2)
· Knowledge of the Year 4 National curriculum
· Thorough and hardworking practitioner
· Strong behaviour management
· Dedicated to the entirety of the role
If you think this is the job for you, then please don't delay in applying!
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My Life. My name is Pablo Stafforini and I am eleven years oId. I was born in Milano and I live in Lugano, Switzerland.
My hobbies and interesting are athletics and rugby.
My favourite subject is gymnastics.
My Family
We are a family of five persons. In my family there is my father, mother, brother and sister. I am the middle child. We live in apartment in Lugano. My favourite family time is spent at the cinema. During our holidays we visit Italy. I love my family because they are very sympathetic.
My Hobbies and Interests
My hobbies are athletics and rugby. I attend the football games and a rugby club to improve my skills. I am talented and gifted in magic trick. My favourite activity is rugby.
My Friends
My friend are Manuele, Alessandro, Giacomo, Giovanni, Thomas, Michele and Jack.I met them when we were at school. My best friend is Alessandro. We have fun and laugh together. My friends are kind, happy and funny. My family and friends are a special part of my life.
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Building materials company Travis Perkins, which issued a profits warning in October, Polymetal International, which has suffered due to a gold price drop since the US election, and shopping centre owner Intu, whose shares have fallen more than 15 per cent since the Brexit vote, will learn their fate later on this week.
Read more: Medical goods maker Convatec announces London listing
Promotion candidates include newly-listed medical products company Convatec, and packaging company Smurfit Kapita and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust from the FTSE 250.
The switches are not set in stone and will be dependent on closing positions on Tuesday.
Read more: Morrison's storms back into the FTSE 100
Indicative data from Friday also suggests that DFS Furniture, cyber security expert NCC Group, tech company Laird and estate agent Countrywide could be in line for demotions from the FTSE 250.
Potential entrants to the FTSE 250 are Nostrum Oil & Gas, real estate investment trust NewRiver and iron ore company Ferrexpo.


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'Badly decomposed' body pulled from Mississippi River, sheriff says
'Badly decomposed' body pulled from Mississippi River, sheriff says
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. —
A body was pulled from the Mississippi River Thursday afternoon, the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities were notified of the discovery at 3:06 p.m. near mile marker 136.
According to the Sheriff's Office, a vessel with the Port of South Louisiana recovered the "badly decomposed" body.
The body wasn't identified.
The Sheriff's Office said the coroner has ordered an autopsy.
No further details were available.
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During the NFL season, Peyton Manning takes the field each week and consistently delivers high quality action. Similarly, during the year-round seasons of the markets and economy, Michael Santoli quietly puts together some of the best articles on Wall Street.
Like Manning, Santoli is a classy veteran who sets a great example for the younger generation of journalists. Santoli has been in the Dow Jones family for over 15 years — first as a beat reporter for the wires and later as a columnist and editor at Barron's. In that time, Santoli has striven to offer his audience something different. Specifically, Santoli has loyally followed the Barron's mission to share a contrarian perspective with investors and financial professionals.
Michael is fortunate to see an incredible amount of proprietary information from all over Wall Street. He has also built a circle of trust with some of the brightest financial minds. I had the chance to talk with Michael about his career reporting the heart beat of Wall Street, how he analyzes markets, his thoughts on our current economy, and where he sees media headed in the future. So, sit back, relax, grab your front row seat and let the quarterback drive us down the field …
Damien Hoffman: Mike, did you fall in love with writing first, or the markets?
Michael: Writing. I definitely came at it from the writing and journalism side. I happened into the financial end of journalism, which I actually think is more common than the reverse. But as an early teenager, I became a newspaper addict — mostly a sports section addict. But I killed time with the rest of it too.
I always worked on the school paper in high school. I edited the school paper. I remember a teacher or a journalism advisor in high school who thought I was nuts when I said I wanted to be Editor again my senior year after having edited the paper my junior year. The standard course was to graduate to [working on] the yearbook, which was considered more prestigious. I said I didn't want any part of that [laughing]. The same path continued on through college. I was always interested in journalism, and right out of school it just so happened my first job was in the financial journalism area.
Damien: Tell me about you early career and your path to become an Editor at the legendary Barron's.
Michael: When I got out of high school I went to Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts school. I didn't get a journalism degree, but definitely thought I wanted to be in journalism. I wanted to stay in New York because I'm from outside New York City. My first job was literally from a New York Times Help Wanted Ad. The job was at a trade publisher called Investment Dealer's Digest (IDD).
IDD had been around since the 20's. They had a weekly magazine about Wall Street deals and gossip, as well as a bunch of weekly newsletters covering small slices of corporate finance. I covered the syndicated bank loan market as my first beat. I knew almost nothing about serious finance. I didn't know what was a basis point and immediately I was thrown into reporting about them. That was the operating model of these trade publishers: get young people, don't pay them very well, make them adapt to a rapid learning curve on the job, and charge a lot for the newsletters. But they understand young reporters are using them as a training ground — and that is exactly what it was for me.
I worked for a couple of those newsletters including one that covered IPOs from 1992-'93. At that time, the IPO markets was coming to life again. I also wrote a little bit about M&A. So, I received a good education about Wall Street during that post '87 stock market crash, post '89 junk bond crash convalescence period. The markets were just coming back to life as the early '90s bull market came around. That was in the previous "jobless recovery."
I was only at that job for about 14 months. A friend of mine had gone to work at Dow Jones newswires and there was an opening to cover the securities industry as a beat reporter. I managed to get that job in late 1993. That was excellent training — both to learn how to write efficiently on deadline, and learn all the players on Wall Street. I also learned in more detail about how the public markets work.
I was there for three and a half years. I wrote about Morgan Stanley Dean Witter mergers, a lot of who's-getting-what-kind-of jobs-over-there stories, and generally covering these firms as businesses. I came to Barron's in February 1997. The newswires have served as a feeder for Barron's over the years. A lot of us here started at the wires because the wires are close to the markets. Barron's has that same sensibility.
So, the first column I wrote was on commodities. I didn't know anything about commodities [laughing]. Again, I had to rush to figure out what matters, who was good to talk with, and how those markets operated. I did that for a year or so. I wrote the Options column.
So, at every stage you have these new specialties — but all the while you are also broadening out and writing stories on, for example, the golf equipment industry. I started writing the Mutual Funds column in 2000 at the top of the tech bubble. I did that for a couple years. That position also entailed writing the quarterly section on mutual funds. Then, I took over the Trader column, which is the oldest column at Barron's. The column is a general take on stocks, what's happening in the markets, trying to be forward-looking about the markets, and say where there might be risks and opportunities. Then, we created the column I write now called Streetwise. It's a short, opinionated quick read on some angle of what's happening in the markets or the economy. It's very wide ranging. That's what I've been doing for a year and a half while also filtering in Features along the way. Everyone here is a generalist on some level. That's how I got here. I'm an editor mostly, but also a columnist and Feature writer.
Damien: What is it like having gone from a beat reporter to basically batting cleanup behind Alan Abelson and having that great Feature space?
Michael: It's great. We actually enjoy an amazingly committed readership at Barron's. It's a good thing because I obviously want people who are loyal and look forward to getting Barron's first thing Saturday morning. On the other hand, it's a challenge because obviously they are demanding. The readers want to see something they haven't encountered during the week. It's not that you have to say something differently, you have to say it more persuasively or have a point of view somewhat at variance with what most people have been reading and watching most of the week.
It was an adjustment to do commentary after being a beat writer where it's play-it-straight, get the news fast, and get it out there. Now I have all week to percolate whatever topics interest me, look at all the research, and talk to a lot of people. By the end of week I figure out if I have anything interesting to say. The challenge during the adjustment was to learn how to have an opinionated voice, and to go out on a limb and say, "This is where I think we might be headed and here is a particular investment idea that has merit or not." The adjustment is on-going. The challenge is to quiz myself every minute of the day: "What do I really think? Where is the crowd sentiment? Where can I make a distinction between what I think is the likely view and what the crowd currently thinks?"
Damien: Relatedly, what framework do you primarily rely on a week-to-week basis to come to your conclusions?
Michael: I find myself trending toward being tactical. In other words, I don't think there is a lot of value to add in just stating the valuation of the market. It's important to remind people of the broad framework, but because I write every week I assume my audience is interested in the next 100 feet of pavement ahead of us in addition to the broader framework. So, I like to look at where the markets might have overshot on a short-term basis — whether it's by sector or the overall market. There is so much work being done on a bottom-up and top-down fundamental basis that I don't want to simply synthesize all that: valuations, earnings trends, etc. I take a closer look at measures of sentiment, real money measures, and where are hedge funds seemingly positioned. I don't spend much time looking at technicals per se. Meaning, I'm aware of the technical condition of things, but I don't have that discipline.
So, my framework seems very trading desk, minutia oriented, but it's not. It's more like saying, "Yeah we're up 48% and by the way people are not as bullish as you would expect in a market that has risen 48%. What does that mean? Is there still money waiting to get in?" That's the sort of stuff I want to know.
I do occasionally step back and say, "Let me try to handicap where the crowd could be wrong about inflation." For example, in the middle of '08 it was very common to say, "Inflation is getting out of hand. The Fed is too easy blah blah blah …" So, I would've been pushing back against that and saying, "We'll be lucky if inflation is a problem. It's not going to be the problem. People are overestimating what this commodity-based move is going to mean for overall price inflation." So, I will check when I really have conviction about an economic trend and try to push back. That's Barron's self-image and stated mission to be contrarian. Contrarian doesn't mean negative — it means trying to add value by saying something different because at turns the crowd isn't typically correct.
Damien: During the week, how do you decide who you will chat with — who you will allow to influence the way you are going to perceive the markets for the week and, ultimately, influence your readers?
Mike: It's interesting. I don't have a rigid process. The baseline procedure is to read my sell-side research packs everyday. They tell me what the strategists think and the company-by-company stuff. I don't absorb every word, but I like to keep an eye on them because I must start with what is the conversation. I start here, then try to sprinkle in a lot more independent sources. Every single day I read Larry McMillan who covers the options market. He has a very good tactical day-to-day view of market positioning and unusual stock activity. I have a regular group of money manager type clients and sell-side trading desk type folks who just ping one another all week long.
My process is not something I have down to a real weekly itinerary. I'm constantly filtering in stuff. Naturally, I keep an eye on the main news, but I feel like it's of limited value. I'm much more interested in how the market absorbs and reacts to the information. So, I do a lot of tape watching and talking to people who have a good edge in watching the tape. But, I do get a lot of things from other sources: money managers saying, "Here's a great short idea. I'm short this stock and here's my thesis." I'll take this information, do my own leg work on it, and if I think it's persuasive enough then I'll run with it.
So, I wish I could say that by 4 o'clock on Thursday I've boiled everything down into the secret syrup and out comes a column. But that's not the case. Usually, when I'm writing the column I actually don't start writing until Friday afternoon. It's a short column between 700 or 800 words. I almost want to allow as much as possible to happen, and to read and talk to as many people as possible by the time I sit down and formulate. I often have an idea of where I'm gonna go, but I often don't start to hit the keyboard until Friday afternoon.
Damien: Since the quality of sell-side research varies drastically, are there any other guys besides Larry that you specifically recommend following?
Mike: I keep an eye on Ned Davis Research. I often quote Robin Carpenter who does his own work on hedge fund positioning. I'm friendly with and frequently quote the technical strategist John Roque who takes an integrated approach to technical analysis. He's not all about key levels and things like that. He also filters in sentiment measures. He's someone I can call and say, "Okay, you've talked to 50 money managers in the last week. Where do you think people's heads are?" Recently he's been saying people have not been as bullish as you would expect given the move up. People have missed the rally, been under-invested, or been skeptical all along.
Damien: Speaking of the current market, what is your opinion about how this recession is unfolding? Do you have any thoughts about how you think this unique experience will unfold for us in the near future?
Mike: I'm very struck by two things. I think most people would be surprised if we got more than just a fleeting pop in economic growth. People are very much on board with the idea that it's going to be a slow, torturous stabilization and recovery process. The consumer is dead and business is going to be wary for a very long period of time.
I think the consensus is always very plausible. I always joke that investment strategists practice the art of the plausible. They always say politicians join in the possible. The way to not be laughed out of a client's office is to occupy that mid 60% of the probability spectrum. Then, analysts say, "I think we go up 10% or down 10%." But, they basically give the most plausible extrapolation of what has already happened.
So, I'm not saying we're going to roar ahead and have a genuine growth boom into 2010. However, I do think that is the interesting non-consensus result. I'm still not very much an inflation alarmist despite all the money sloshing around. The money is not being used. Instead, the banks are riding the yield curve and sitting on their reserves. I think the market has gone ahead and said, "Maybe we have upside risk to growth," whereas people are not saying that yet.
So, I wonder if we could basically just have an emerging markets-led, free money period where we get a little upside tilt to growth. Is that what the market is telling us? Aside from that, I do think we've already made a big adjustment in terms of consumer savings rates spiking. We're going to get new numbers on that soon. We could challenge the consensus that the savings rate is going straight to 10% and will stay there for a long period of time. If we simply pause with the increased savings rate, debt reduction, and muted spending, then again we're going to have a decent risk that 3rd and 4th quarter GDP numbers look okay. It's what the credit markets seem to be suggesting. Industrial commodity prices are surging. So, these are the kinds of things I'm looking at to get hints. It doesn't mean I think in all situations it's happy times.
The biggest thing I struggle with is when the overall framework changes. Meaning, from '06-07 there were tools I could look at — whether it was sentiment stuff, or equity valuations versus bonds — and I could really trade the range fairly well. Obviously, we had essentially a couple consecutive crashes and you have to move the bars in terms of where you define panic and excessive bullishness. I mean, in '06 and '07, any time the VIX got above 15 it was a good buy signal. Now it's been two years since the VIX was even as low as 15, and when it broke below 40 this spring it was a buy signal. This is why you need to adapt to the kind of market regime we're in at any given time.
Right now I don't expect retail money to come rushing in or people to get mega bullish. There is going to remain a reserve of skepticism for a long time. So, you have to redefine the boundaries of bullishness and bearishness.
Damien: Do you think the 'bubble-crash' cycle is the new state of affairs or things will slowly settle down a bit?
Mike: I don't know if the markets will settle down, but I think there is a "bubble-in-bubble" calling right now. In other words, the standard conversation around any Wall Street group is, "Where's the next bubble?" We have a couple plausible ones. Some people will tell you it's emerging markets for sure, or maybe China maybe. Others will tell you Gold is a bubble in the making. I think there is a chance we've gotten too hooked on this idea that we'll have this type of cycle and we're going to blow up another one. However, I don't know if there is another one left that's pervasive enough to actually qualify as a bubble domestically.
Let me give credit to my friend John Roque again. He says the bubble has been in government spending and government influence on the economy. Of course, that's not an asset bubble — so it's kind of a facetious point. But it means if the government is a conspicuous, overgrown piece of the economy, we probably get a longer period of private sector caution.
For example, I know people who work at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) who are excessively focused on exactly what Washington DC wants, thinks, and will scare them about. So, I don't necessarily think it's going to be bubble after bubble after bubble — although it seems like it the past several years. Given the fact we have zero percent interest rates, it seems we're almost trying to blow up another one.
I wouldn't be surprised if the emerging markets got real bubbly. There is a guy named Ajay Kapur who used to be the global strategist at Citi and now works at a firm in Asia. He is saying to play low quality, risky emerging market stuff because it's only on the way up and not about to peak. I guess that's plausible, but I think we're now so alert to the idea of bubbles that it's not going to come by surprise.
I went to a Hedge Fund idea dinner run by a research firm in 2003. By then a lot of people were talking about a housing bubble. I don't think people are going to remember this, but the reason the bubble got so big was we had been talking about a housing bubble for so long and people said, "Well, it would have already gone up if it was." On one hand I'm saying, "I don't think we have to be in a world where we constantly blow bubbles," but on the other hand I'm conscious of the fact that it's common to talk about the emerging markets bubble in the making. But talking about anything doesn't mean it won't happen.
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Damien: To change tracks from markets to media, a few weeks ago you wrote about the future of media. What's your take on where you think media is headed in the next inning of the information age?
Mike: That article was an effort to push back against the idea that advertising-supported media and paying for content is obsolete in the digital age. I argued that it simply doesn't make any sense. There is obviously an adjustment going on and we will discover different ways of getting paid. But if you look at something like cable programming, it is the single largest pool of profits in all of media. That's proof people are willing to pay if the product continues to get more varied and better. I think that's what you can argue digital cable has given us.
Obviously there's massive deflation in online advertising rates, newspapers are busted, and the music publishing industry got busted. Why did that happen? I think for unique reasons, not just because the internet kills all media industries. Newspapers were supported to a ridiculous degree by classified advertising which has become free on Craigslist. That was the support for local newspaper journalism. The music industry actually has people buying more music than ever, but they pay Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) for it!
The media companies saw what happened to newspapers and music companies. Now they are saying, "Okay, you can't fight the idea people want portability. They want to watch or listen to things when they want. We have to participate in that somehow." That's why we see things like Hulu — a project where Disney (NYSE:DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS), and NBC have decided to put their stuff online themselves as opposed to a lot of people pirating or selling it for pennies. Theses companies are going to figure it out.
The other thing about advertising is it simply hasn't worked very well as pursued online so far. We have too many people saying, "Run your standard 30 second TV spot online and you'll be fine." Banner ads don't work. We have to find other ways of doing it. I don't know exactly what those are going to be, but I am confident Proctor & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Ford (NYSE:F) and everybody else are going to drive the push to figure out exactly how to do it. These are big companies that need to advertise, and they have multi-billion dollar ad budgets.
If you look at the media conglomerates, they are not a growth business anymore. They are companies run by people actively pursuing ways to figure out Digital. Cable still works with their bundles. They may not have as much pricing power as they once had, but it's a less obnoxious bundle than a $16 compact disc if you only want one song. They are basically giving you programming for $60, $80, or $100 a month, limited by only your sleep schedule. Nielsen said America watched an average of 153 hours a month of television last month. It's obviously a growth business in terms of the consumption of media. So no one can tell me the media businesses aren't going to find a way to get paid. I think the stocks of big media companies — especially at their recent lows — had excessively embedded that the business was going away. You had this horrible ad recession and people were mistaking this bad cyclical downturn as the beginning of the whole industry falling off a cliff.
Damien: Forgive me for my ignorance, but I don't know the Barron's policy on employees investing. Do you invest or are you placing some small bets on some of those companies?
Mike: I actually don't invest. In fact, to avoid any conflict, at Barron's we're not allowed to invest in anything we might write about or regularly cover. So, to make it easier I just don't do it at all. But I did recommend a handful of big media stocks a couple weeks ago, such as Disney, which reported tough guidance today and it's pulling back a little bit. Even the higher quality companies like Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) seem like they are pretty decent bets. If we get a little bounce in ad activity, people should be encouraged.
Damien: Michael, before you go, do you have any advice for other journalists or journalism students who aspire to follow in your footsteps?
Mike: I got into the business in 1992 before anything like genuine online journalism or blogs. So, in some respects, it's a completely different path than what I followed. People should focus on the actual tools: the ability to write clearly, analyze complicated subjects, and synthesize information for people. Young journalists should focus less on generating a very narrow expertise in a particular area. Now, that a niche can always help if you want to strike off on your own and become a blogger. It could mean a head start. But, just be curious, range widely in your reading, and refine an ability to write clearly. On the hard news side, you need the ability to pursue a story and track down good sources. Those skills are not going out of style.
I never really did the whole detailed job search or went to journalism school. However, journalism schools have a really good pipeline to the best internships. We have to keep in mind that journalism is not in decline. Rather, a particular type of print journalism and broadcast news journalism is in decline. If anything, we have a complete fragmentation of information online that we must knit back together. I've talked to some people who think this will be the future of publishing in general — these ways to pull and make relevant all this fragmented commentary while being authoritative about what matters and what doesn't.
That's what newspapers always did. They said, "Here's what we think is important and you should trust us because we know what we're talking about." It's an analogy of equity trading: the floor of the stock exchange used to tell you what the price was and there was one place that owned that. Then all these systems, competition, and different rules arose. They splintered trading into tiny little pieces to different venues. There was a huge opportunity for these order management systems to come in and say, "We're going to pull it all back together for you on your desktop, so you don't have to worry about the fragmentation. We're going to bring it to you in one picture of what really matters and what is the real price." The same thing will happen in journalism.
Damien: Sounds like great advice! Michael, I've enjoyed getting to know you better. Thank you for your time and all the best with your next articles.
Mike: Thank you, Damien. Same to you and take care.


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CarTube - London Underground for Cars
London-based architectural firm PLP has come up with an ingenious proposal to move all cars into an underground tube system they are dubbing 'CarTube'. Dreamt up by Lars Hesselgren and the PLP research team, the 'Car Tube' concept reflects the company motto, "Streets are for people, not cars."
The proposed underground system for cars would have the effect of reclaiming the streets for people and moving all traffic out of sight and underground, quite like the world famous London Underground Tube.
The proposal, if ever realised would see a network of constantly moving tracks in small-bore tunnels which would create a safe space at ground level for pedestrians and bicycles.
The tunnels would obviously not contain regular combustion engined cars but would be filled with technologically advanced electric and autonomous vehicles which would convey in a train-like manner, either in an electronic train or a conveyance track like a conveyor belt on an airport carousel.
As one can imagine, there would be huge infrastructural obstacles to be overcome to achieve such a vision but anything is possible. The specifics on how a network such as the 'CarTube' could be achieved is a little hazy
Under the company's plan, a motorist would decide what time they wanted to start their journey and what time to end it, they would then book a time slot on the underground network and the computerised system would do the rest.
On entering the system, the vehicles are placed at 2-meter gaps, locked into position on constantly moving tracks so accidents and delays are prevented. It sounds a lot like the Gondola lift systems in ski resorts where a constant stream of passengers can board and alight safely.
When your private car or autonomous taxi reaches its destination, you could then take a pedestrian lift to the surface while your car is left in a "car stack", quite like an underground car park with an automated valet service where your car can be returned to you automatically on your return.
PLP claim that the London Underground for cars could slash journey times by roughly a quarter of what is now possible on the overground urban road network. A car could theoretically get from Heathrow to the City of London in 14 minutes. (the same journey on Crossrail could take approximately 34 minutes)
The futuristic road system could replace the current "stop-start model" of urban transport with the more efficient "fluid integrated network". This interruption-free transport system is claimed by PLP to be "the next best thing to teleportation.", also stating that it will reduce urban travel time by up to 75 per cent.
Hesselgren explains. "Trains and tubes have controls; cars don't. Autonomous cars do, but they don't work well with pedestrians, cyclists and other unexpected elements. The only way you can have a high-capacity car network in a city is to have a dedicated track." He insists the idea is not repeating the "awful" underground motorways of the latter part of the 20th century.
"This is public transport," insists Hesselgren, adding that because cars on the CarTube can be continuous and closely spaced, moving at a speed of 50 miles per hour (80kmh), capacity for transporting people is higher than packed trains that come every five minutes.
Hesselgren went on to say, "London is our case study, but chances are it will get built somewhere else where people are desperate for a solution", listing Mexico City, Delhi, Jakarta and Mumbai as the sorts of gridlock-heavy cities that could benefit from the CarTube. "This kind of approach in those places could really make a difference,"
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Hola ladies!
another bb cream sample, again i think it is wiser to spend a little bit of money on samples *although we should be getting samples for free but it is okay :)* rather than buying the whole bottle yet it might not work well on you :P
so this is another sample that i got from K-POP BEAUTYSHOP
i think if the real item is like this, i would love it, i love anything comes in a tube like this, handy and practical for me. It has spf25 which is good for me :)
this is the swatch, the color is beige almost to skin light and from what i have observed, usually skin like tones of bb cream will create a lighter and whiter shade on my skin which make me have to use a darker tone of color powder to settle my face.
the texture is.. medium weight, somehow airy and slightly powdery for a bb cream when you blend it and what i love about this is it gets dry as soon as it is blend onto the skin and leaves your skin matte due to its "powdery" texture. It has this soft and girly scent * am so bad describing scent*
again, i love the final result straight after applying it but lets see how long it last on my skin :)
this is taken after 3 hrs :P
oily skin! i dont really mind the oil on my cheek/bone because it made my face that i applied some high-lighter but i hate it on my nose :(
but this is how bb cream is on my face :)
i got oily within 3 hours, enough said :P
medium coverage with a powdery texture once apply to the face * i love*
but sadly, it is not a good oil control bb cream
i love the scent
will i repurchase?
nope because i want to find other bb cream that can make my skin matte.


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Living, Working and DXing in the Caribbean
Featured in QST May 2002, by John Reisenauer Jr, KL7JR/VE8JR
Tropical DXing just wasn't in my vocabulary until my job took me to St Croix in the US Virgin Islands.
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Shemya Story
Story and Photos by John Reisenauer Jr., KL7JR
From one of the most remote places in the United States, history and DX come alive.
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DXing with Polar Bears
Featured in QST May 2002, by John Reisenauer Jr, KL7JR/VE8JR
The author's self-described "best trip to date" involved a rare island, a rare county, 10-10, contesting, Northern Lights and polar bears. For a dedicated Arctic ham-traveler, it doesn't get any better than that.
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The Activation of Boyd Isl. TN025R ~ 27 April 2002
by Mike Gardner, WU4I
BOYD, oh BOYD, oh BOYD! How absolutely quiet! I mean, nothing stirring but some birds. I was looking at the boat ramp, and on over to Boyd island in the Holston river just east of Knoxville. Boyd island is a large plot of land, as far as east Tennessee goes, near the Forks of The Rivers, and the Holston, French Broad, and the Tennessee all meet there.
With only about one-hundred feet to traverse to the island, from the ramp, I decided to bring along the fast-becoming-famous "S.S.S. Minnowette"! I am sure some of you sea Captains are wondering what the heck "S.S.S." is, so let me explain: "Surely Sinking Soon" Continue reading
Operation Deep Freeze — The Last Chapter
Featured in QST June 2000, by John Reisenauer Jr, KL7JR/VE8JR
In Canada's Northwest Territories, the November Sweepstakes takes place in the dead of winter. But even if the weather is cold—the bands are hot, hot, hot!
The KL7AK Expedition to Mekoryuk, Alaska
Featured in QST November 1999, by John Reisenauer Jr, KL7JR/VE8JR
Part DXpedition, part cultural exchange, these ops discovered that making new Eskimo friends in Mekoryuk – a remote village off Alaska's west coast – was simply unforgettable.
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KL7USI Special Event Operations
by John Reisenauer Jr., KL7JR (former NL7TB)
When the fish aren't biting, hoist up the antenna and catch some DX, if you're not too awestruck by the breathtaking scenery, that is!
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Easy Whale Tissue Holder
You will learn how to cut cardboard into a sweet whale tissue holder, cover with paper mache, paint, and care for with coats of shinny varnish.
This paper mache project is fabulous, easy, cheap, and great for someone wanting to create something unique and special for Dad on Father's Day, Baby shower, nursery, etc.
Our nautical themed tissue holders are to be a spring board for you, we encourage you to tweak, change up the whale tissue holder all you want.
Stuff List
Recycled Newspaper & cardboard
Plastic bag
Masking Tape
Paper Mache Paste
Paints and Paint Brushes
H20 and Rags
Steps to Make Your Whale tissue holder Sculpture
1 Build Your Whale tissue holder Armature
You can make a box to fit over tissue or you can a find a box the perfect size.
Draw the whale tale onto cardboard and glue into place at one end of your box.
Slide your whale into a plastic bag and tape tight to your box this will help to minimize warping.
2 Paper Mache
Cover the whale tissue holder armature with 3 to 4 layers of newspaper using your hands soaked in paper mache paste. Lay your paper flat onto your whale tissue holder and work out all air bubbles. As you continue to apply layers of paper onto whale tissue holder they will look great.
Once you have covered your whale tissue holder with paper mache they must completely dry. Lay them out in the sun if you can for faster drying, they will take at least 24 hours to dry depending on the size of your whale tissue holder.
If your whale tissue holder does not seem tough enough add more paper mache. After each session of paper mache your sculpture must completely dry before moving to your next step. Awesome, guys get excited to see your whale tissue holder take shape.
Quick Link to Paper Mache Paste Recipe: http://goo.gl/BH5lgM
If you need once the whale tissue holder has dried you can lightly sand with sandpaper and wipe off before painting.
3. Paint Your Whale tissue holder
Paint a white coat of primer paint on your whale tissue holder to give you a white canvas for painting on. We use white flat interior house paint to prime the surface our paper mache.
Once the primer coat as dried paint with acrylics anyway you like. I begin with the darkest color first and work my way to the lightest shade. On our whale tissue holder we used many washes of color, layering is important when painting.
Let all you paint completely dry before sealing with varnish.
4. Varnishing (Protecting)
You must seal your paper mache pieces with varnish for protection against moisture. I spray on a couple of coats of spray can varnish and let them dry.
Whale Tissue Holder Wrap Up
This is just one way to make bright and beautiful whale tissue holder now it is your turn to use it to create your own whale tissue holder for the special Mom, lady, and friend in your life.
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"I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:1-2
Not conformed, but transformed
Notice the two words, "conformed" and "transformed." Worship has a huge role in forming, re-forming and transforming us to be less like our culture and more like Christ, and therefore enabling us to be a witness to it. I want to talk here about the importance of how we shape our gathered worship.
If you do an 'image search' on Google using two different words, 'worship' and 'concert,' the results are remarkably similar! Why is this? Is it because we are aiming to make our services more 'relevant' to the world?
Two kinds of relevance
There are actually two kinds of 'relevance.' We're familiar with the relevance of sameness. Speaking the same language as another person enables communication! Catholics used to require worship to be in Latin, to unify believers around the globe, but this hindered communication, as people didn't understand what was being said. This raises the challenge - is our language a bit too 'in house' at times?
Then there's also the relevance of difference. Medicine has a healing effect on a sick person precisely because it is not simply 'more of the same' stuff already in their system. The gospel is news to be shared, and it is not like the stories of the world! So this raises the alternative challenge - do our services focus too much on looking, sounding, and smelling like the culture? Do the means drown out the message?
Balanced relevance
Jesus himself is a great example of the balance we need. Jesus was human, just like us, because it was humans he was saving! But he was also divine, not like us, because he was saving us! Jesus is the most relevant person to save us, because he is both 'like us' and 'not like us!'
Now, there are many aspects of culture that are good, and can be appropriately used in worship. In fact, almost all of our language, symbols and forms are borrowed from culture! But, because culture is always a 'mixed bag' of good and sinful elements, we need to aim at the 'divine and human' balanced relevance as we borrow things from culture.
The witness of 'relevant' worship
Every time we gather for corporate worship, we have the opportunity to be not "conformed" but "transformed." Here's what it means – for every major section of a worship service:
Gathering (Call to worship, songs, etc.)
o In a consumer world, where we choose how to spend our time and money…God calls us to gather. We don't create God's presence - God summons ours!
Word (Scripture readings, songs, sermon, etc.)
o In a story-filled world, where God's story is lost in hype, media and advertising…we continually remind ourselves of the gospel story, subverting all other stories!
Sacrament (Communion or baptism)
o In a multi-tasking world of tasks, 'opportunities' and projects that dis-members us…we remember Christ, and are 're-membered' as members of His body!
Sending (Song, benediction, etc.)
o In a world of productivity and efficiency which seeks results by deadlines…we are sent back into God's world as loving servants, in it for the long haul!
Ultimately, these ideas come back to the following question:
Is your worship formatted to form people to be conformed to the world? Or is it shaped to shape shapers of God's world?
Dale Campbell is a Pastor at Northcote Baptist Church and he shared these thoughts at the North Island BYM Youth Leaders Training this year.
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Scripture: Unless otherwise specified, Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


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I just LOVE that people everywhere are starting to get me their Christmas stories! This is getting me so excited about the Holiday and I feel like Im getting all of these really great ideas for gifts and new traditions to use next year! This next story is from Bridgette McConnell in Stillwater, MN and she tells us about when her family christmas tree decorating tradition gets a little out of hand! This story is a mix of Bridgette and her daughter Jillians versions of it so…enjoy!!!!
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By Bridgette McConnell (The Leader of the Pack… :))
It was time to put up the Tree and my husband brought it(the REAL tree) in from the Garage. The tree was bigger than in the past but, he managed to get it in.. We have always gotten a Blue Spruce, and this year was no exception. Scott put the tree in the stand and we heard a bunch of needles drop. Well, not to worry because we flock the tree (cover it with white spray snow, the kind in the can) and that holds the needles on the tree.
Jillian, my daughter, and I started to flock the tree and it started to lean a little. Well, Dad to the rescue! He picked the tree up and made it stand up right again, and we went back to flocking. We paused so that he could put the lights on and then… we went back to flocking. But the needles kept falling and the tree kept leaning. This continued for a few minutes, until it took a turn for the worse. WOW, finally Jillian was putting on the last ornament and that is when the tree decided to fall over. She was quick to jump out of the way and was not hurt. BUT, lots of the ornaments had fallen, what to do???? Well, Dad to the rescue again, he put the tree back up, this time he anchored it to the wall with rope that he attached and wrapped around the tree itself! Wow, the thing we will do for a Christmas Tree! Well, throughout the 3 week's that the tree was up, the needles kept falling, by the time new year came and we put the tree out to be picked up all the needles were gone. I think the bolts are still in the wall to this day…


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|Jordan Papirny recorded his first career WHL playoff
shutout on Thursday.
John Quenneville had two goals and an assist and Jordan Papirny stopped 15 shots for his first career WHL playoff shutout as the Wheat Kings blanked the Oil Kings 5-0.
The Brandon victory ties the Eastern Conference quarter-final series 2-2.
"It felt more like our team. (Wednesday's) was a really important win because we were down 2-0 in the series, and yet I didn't feel we played as well as we could have played (Wednesday)," said Brandon GM/Coach Kelly McCrimmon on CKLQ's post-game show, "Tonight, I thought we played much better game and were really solid pretty much for a full 60."
Quenneville's shorthanded goal 9 ½ minutes into the first period gave Brandon a 1-0 lead, with Kale Clague making it 2-0 just under three minutes later.
The two Brandon goals came before Edmonton registered an official shot on goal in the opening period.
Clague then set up Quenneville for a power-play goal four minutes into the second period to make it 3-0, with Reid Duke and Jayce Hawryluk (how-rih-luk) then adding third period goals for Brandon.
The Wheat Kings looked more like their normal selves in Game Four, and McCrimmon feels there was one key aspect in their game that allowed them to do that.
"We didn't turn the puck over. (Wednesday), we turned the puck over and every time you turn the puck over, you're going the other way and you're chasing it...not playing under control like you want to," said McCrimmon, "Tonight, we played very much a North-South game, we got pucks up the ice in a hurry, we got pucks worked in deep and, as a result, our team just looked way faster."
The Wheat Kings limited an Edmonton team that averaged 34.1 shots per game in the regular season to a season-low 15 shots on goal.
Game Five is set for Sunday at Rexall Place in Edmonton (4:40 p.m., 880 CKLQ), with Game Six now guaranteed to be played in Brandon on Tuesday (7:00 p.m., Westman Communications Group Place).
Tickets for Game Six will go on sale Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. at the Keystone Centre box office.
Chaff...there were no changes in Brandon's lineup Thursday, with Schael Higson, Garrett Armour and Mark Matsuba being the Wheat Kings' scratches...former Wheat King Bill Derlago was named #18 on the WHL's countdown of the Top-50 players of all-time on Thursday...former Wheat Kings' captain Ryan Craig was named Lake Erie's nominee for AHL Man of the Year on Thursday...Brandon prospect Rylan Bettens had a goal as the Winnipeg Wild beat Notre Dame 3-1 Thursday in their opening game at the Telus Cup Western Regionals in Saskatoon.


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The Pan Asia gold exchange, set to open in June 2012, will allow millions of Chinese investors to participate in buying physical spot gold, as well as its derivatives. This is expected to remove some of the price-setting power of western exchanges like COMEX, as well as the now-dominant London OTC market operated by the LBMA group of banks. But the Middle Kingdom is not finished with its assault on the existing status quo in the gold market. It continues to take more steps to set itself up as the world's dominant arbiter of gold prices.
The opening of the first gold vending machine in Beijing Wangfujing shopping district is the beginning of a vast plan. Bejing Agricultural Commercial Bank expects to open 2,000 additional gold vending machines to allow China's rising urban middle class to purchase physical gold coins and bars. As the idea catches on, and if the vending machines prove as successful as they have in Germany, where they were pioneered, the sale of physical gold to a market comprised of 1.3 billion people is sure to put upward pressure on gold prices.
The first gold vending machines were rolled out in Germany where they are produced, and soon after, spread to other parts of Europe and Japan. There are also a few in operation in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chinese customers will be able to use cash, as well as debit and credit cards, to buy gold as easily as they now make deposits and withdrawals from existing ATMs. The Chinese gold machines are also expected to include a quick-test/buy-back feature, which would give paper currency notes in exchange for gold, upon request. Let us take this one step further. Logic, reason, and common sense tells us that if gold does become a "Tier 1" banking asset, now being urged by many powerful financial interests, including (amazingly) the LBMA, gold vending machines will fully transform into full-fledged gold ATMs. In other words, it won't take much before citizens will be able to make gold deposits and withdrawals from gold-denominated bank accounts at various banking institutions.
A recently published an article in Mineweb summarizes the situation quite succinctly. It quotes Albert Cheng, managing director of the Far East at the World Gold Council, who said in March 2010 that his analysts had calculated that gold demand in China would double by 2020. He now says:
We now believe this doubling may in fact be achieved sooner. China's appetite for gold has increased rapidly over the past few years.
The worldwide penetration of gold ATMs facilitate easy purchase, withdrawal and "deposits". They are sure to increase gold demand. In Japan, the German-made machines are dispensing both silver and gold. We can assume that eventually, the Chinese based machines will also dispense platinum since China is the biggest investment market for the white precious metal that is 15 times as rare as gold. There is, in fact, nothing that stops operators from dispensing gold, silver, platinum and/or palladium in the machines.
Many economists and national governments do not like that the gold standard makes the type of economic "engineering" they think the world needs, such as "liquidity injection" and so-called "quantitative easing", difficult or impossible. But, if gold ATMs are combined with the return of gold to Tier 1 banking asset status, the yellow metal will return to its historical reserve currency status on a de-facto basis. When that happens, the world returns to the gold standard, regardless of the wishes of politicians, economists and central bankers. An CNBC poll showed that 69% of investors prefer a return to the gold standard, with only 24% against, and 7% unsure.
Obviously, a de-facto "gold standard" means gold prices will move into the 5 figure area. Gold supplies are inelastic, and they are being pitted against continually increased demand. The more immediate implications of the opening of the physical gold market to 1.3 billion Chinese who will now be able to use vending machines to buy it will simply be a continuation of slow, but relentless, upward pressure on gold prices, caused by the physical market. That does not mean we will no longer see heavy volatility. The paper price of gold, which is reflected in the spot price, is the result of actions in the highly leveraged and unstable futures markets. Until the spot price is discredited in the minds of a majority of gold dealers, it will be used as a base for physical gold prices, subject to varying premiums.
A position in gold can be taken in a number of ways, most of which are outlined in the last part of a previous recent article by this author. The impending installation of 1,999 more gold vending machines, as well as others being installed elsewhere in the world, is just another example of the "gold train" chugging along, as it toots its horn loudly in the unwelcoming ears of the naysayer.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.


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Eric Wellwood Preparing For First Full NHL SeasonBREAKING NEWS, Flyers, News Friday, June 29th, 2012
Eric Wellwood showed Flyers' fans what elusive speed was as he flew up and down the ice on a nightly basis. The sixth round pick had nine points in 25 games last year before virtually disappearing during the playoffs.
Don't hold his first playoff showing against him. The two-way forward's ice time dropped drastically leaving him […]


text: Old School boom bap duo Mind Ninjas (Good Shepard and C. Shreve the Professor) droppin their first ever video for their track "Woody Harrelson". Spot on production and mellow flows give this song a sick vibe. These dudes are definitely on the come up and are really bringin a nice flavor to hip hop so watch the vid and then check out their full length album Burning Leaf Technique here