text: I recently returned from a 13-day round trip from California to Milwaukee, Minneapolis and back. I thought this would be the perfect trial for the trip planning feature and the estimated battery reserve feature. I understand the trip planner is "beta," so I set the bar low for results. Here are my actual results and observations which I hope Tesla will give serious consideration to when they enhance and upgrade the trip planner: We set off for Kingman, Arizona the first day along SR99, SR58 and I40. The trip planner was pretty good (despite routing us to Harris Ranch--a needless 90-minute detour plus 15-minute charge) at estimating the stops at Mojave, Barstow and Needles. The total drive time to our destination included the time they suggested for charging. The drive was in relatively normal conditions, and the reserve estimate to reach each of the Superchargers was close enough so as not to be of concern. However, the display said that it was "safe to resume trip" with a 5% buffer calculated to our next charging stop. I was leery of such a thin margin, so we always had at least a 12% buffer for shorter legs and 20% for longer legs. The few minutes extra time taken for additional range in my opinion is cheap insurance against unforeseen circumstances. (More on this later.) I charged at Kingman to 82% in the evening before retiring. When we started our journey the next morning and set the trip calculator for Durango, Colorado, it directed us to return to the Kingman SC for a 5-minute charge in order to reach Flagstaff even though the trip estimate indicated a 15% reserve upon arrival. This detour feature was becoming annoying, so I canceled the trip planner feature for the remainder of the journey. We took a scenic route through southern Colorado, over Wolf Creek Pass and into Walsenburg before heading northeast on Colorado 10 and then due north to the SC at Limon. I highly recommend this scenic route off the SC highway as it was easy driving with stops in Pagosa Springs (70A) and Alamosa (40A) for two-one hour plug-ins. Interstate 70 across eastern Colorado and Kansas was a breeze; EVTripplanner nailed the usage within 4%. We decided to take highway 54 northeast from Columbia, Missouri and reach Springfield SC from the west via I72, and a 4-hour L2 charge was enough range to reach Springfield from Columbia easily. My return trip was supposed to be along I90 through South Dakota and then angling northwest through Broadus, Montana and charging at the RV park for several hours before reaching Billings. However, due to snow and temperatures in the 20s in Rapid City (and even as far south as Fort Collins) I decided to return via Interstate 70 through Worthington and Council Bluffs. Things got interesting driving west through Kansas the next day. I charged to 90% at Topeka to reach Salina, and made it driving 65 the entire way with 39%, averaging 340 wh/mile. I knew there was elevation gain from Salina to Limon, and it was getting breezy in the late morning, so I charged to 96% at Salina to reach Hays, 94 miles west. My expected buffer was 29%, so I felt confident! Wrong! Thirty miles into the trip the reserve had dropped to 18%, so I slowed down from 65 to 58, and I reached Hays with 5%. I then max charged at Hays to reach Goodland, 143 miles west. The estimator indicated a 32% reserve when I left. By now the wind was 30+ MPH from the west, so I figured I would start out at 60 MPH driving into the headwind. Again, the reserve dropped precipitously after 20 miles, so I kept lowering my speed down to 48 MPH for the last 80 miles. The reserve finally leveled out at 9% reserve with 60 miles to go, and I reached Goodland with 7%. These two legs took almost 420 wh/mile! I thought that I had factored enough buffer to account for both elevation gain and headwind, but I missed badly. I have concluded from my lone experience that the trip planning feature needs to expand its calculations by having some sort of input from the driver to account for spontaneous changes in weather or temperature. I presume the software knows the 1,500-foot elevation gain over the 143-mile drive from Hays to Goodland. The software needs to have the driver input options like estimated wind speed and ambient temperature in order to consider those factors on range. Once the calculation is determined, the driver should be notified as to the estimated wh/mile at different speeds--so the driver can make a reasonable determination to keep his speed early in the drive at 50 or 55 to have a reasonable buffer. The software might be able to notify us that our speed is good or whether to slow down from 55 to 50 or speed up from 55 to 58 as circumstances dictate. I can imagine new owners being totally naive about this complicated issue and wind up stranded and very upset that they ran out of juice 35 miles away from any charging spot, let alone their intended Supercharger. Needless to say, my crawling along Interstate 70 at 48 MPH for 60 miles was not a good public relations campaign for driving BEVs! One final observation about the navigation program: My last leg to return home was to get from Reno to the Manteca SC by taking US395 south to Minden, then taking SR88 over Carson Pass to Stockton and then onto Manteca. The program first routed me back to Truckee and then down Interstate 80. I tried again south of Carson City, and it routed me to US50 to South Shore and into Sacramento. At Minden, it routed me over Kingsbury Grade to South Shore and Sacramento, again on US50. At Woodfords, it routed me north on 89 to Meyers and US50 and into Sacramento. It wasn't until I had surmounted Carson Pass that it decided I really knew where I was going and kept me on SR88. We users should be able to select our route(s) among different choices presented instead of one pre-determined route that focuses solely on Superchargers. So, my suggestion to Tesla is that until Superchargers or convenient L3 charging/80A L2 opportunities are ubiquitous throughout the country where we are never more than 60 miles away, is that we need some sort of user input to guide us into how much to charge and at what speed to drive until we are in the clear.


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Frontera Resources Corporation (London Stock Exchange, AIM Market – Symbol: FRR), an independent oil & gas exploration and production company, today announces an update on drilling operations as well as the successful completion of an extensive seismic acquisition program within its onshore exploration and production license in eastern Georgia known as Block XII.
Drilling Operations
Frontera has now completed mobilization of the TPIC F-200 rig to the Dino #2 location at the Taribani Field Unit in eastern Georgia. With the rig on location, together with all necessary associated materials and equipment, Frontera expects to commence the next phase of its drilling operations at this location within the next two weeks.
The Dino #2 well is the first of three wells to be drilled in succession within the Taribani field and is designed to evaluate multiple horizons within the field, with a primary objective of a final horizontal completion into horizon 15 at a total depth (TD) of approximately 2,700 meters. Once drilling begins at the Dino #2 well, Frontera anticipates that it will take approximately 40 days to reach total depth (TD).
The Taribani Field is a large, undeveloped oil field covering an area of approximately 80 km. sq. with productive horizons situated in Miocene and Pliocene age reservoirs. These reservoirs are situated at depths of between 2,200 meters and 3,500 meters. The independent consulting firm of Netherland, Sewell & Associates has assigned 118 million barrels of P3 reserves from four of twelve identified horizons within the field.
Seismic Program
The recently completed seismic program involved the acquisition of approximately 500 km of 2D seismic across Frontera's Basin Edge Play Unit, Mirzaani Field Area Exploration Unit, and Taribani Field Unit. The newly acquired data will enhance understanding of existing mapped prospects and provide the basis for future drilling operations in each of these areas.
Frontera acquired the majority of the 500km program over its Basin Edge Play Unit where it has mapped two large exploration prospects with Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary age reservoir objectives. Targeted reservoirs are anticipated to be situated at depths of between 2,000 meters and 2,500 meters. The reservoir engineering firm of Netherland, Sewell and Associates, Inc. has assigned unrisked resource potential in excess of 1 billion barrels of recoverable reserve potential to these two exploration prospects.
At the Taribani Field Unit, new seismic data was acquired in order to confirm the up-dip southwestern limits of the field in anticipation of future drilling in this undeveloped portion of the field.
At the Mirzaani Field Area Exploration Unit, new seismic was acquired to enhance understanding of existing mapped prospects that are situated below the currently producing Mirzaani Field. The field's producing reservoirs are situated at depths of between 900 meters and 1,300 meters and have historically produced approximately seven million barrels of oil. Below this existing field, Frontera has identified a new geologic play, characterized by Miocene-age, Sarmatian reservoirs that are similar to those found in the Taribani Field. These reservoirs are situated at relatively shallow depths of 1,800 meters to 2,500 meters. Frontera believes these deeper reservoirs could represent a new trend of significant potential within Block 12.
Processing of the recently completed seismic program is currently underway at the laboratories of Tricon Geophysics, Inc., a Houston-based company. Processing and interpretation of the new seismic data is scheduled to be completed over the next several months.
Steve C. Nicandros, Frontera's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"After experiencing unanticipated delays associated with the delivery of materials and harsh winter weather conditions along the mobilization route of TPIC's rig from southeastern Turkey, we are now glad to see all of our equipment on location at the Taribani Field Unit and ready to commence drilling operations on our planned three well program. Separately, the completion of our seismic program over the three important business units within our extensive Georgia portfolio represents a significant step forward in our planned progress for unlocking the potential we believe to be contained within these areas. Early results of the seismic processing are encouraging and we look forward to producing final interpretations over the next few months."
About Frontera
Frontera Resources Corporation is an independent Houston, Texas, U.S.A.- based international oil and gas exploration and production company whose strategy is to identify and operate opportunities in emerging markets around the world.
Frontera was admitted to the Alternative Investment Market, operated by the London Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2005.
Frontera has operated in Georgia since 1997 where it holds a 100 per cent working interest in a production sharing agreement with the government of Georgia. This gives Frontera the exclusive right to explore for, develop and produce oil and gas from a 5,060 square kilometer area in eastern Georgia known as Block 12. For more information, please see www.fronteraresources.com.
For more information regarding Tricon Geophysics, Inc., please see www.tricongeophysics.com.
For more information regarding Netherland, Sewell and Associates, please see www.netherlandsewell.com.
This release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives regarding the potential transactions, potential drilling schedule and ventures discussed in this release, as well as reserves and future production. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are future exploration and development results, availability and performance of needed equipment and personnel, the final results of the processing of seismic data, fluctuations in oil and gas prices, weather conditions, general economic conditions and the political situation in Georgia and neighboring countries. There is no assurance that Frontera's expectations will be realized, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.
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We use Valsalva's maneuver at various places –
- to elicit certain cardiac murmurs (such as the one of HOCM)
- to slow down the heart rate for a diagnostic window in supraventricular tachycardia
- to quantify damage to the autonomic nervous system (as in small fibre neuropathy)
- to provoke a right-left-shunt in PFO testing
If you are not careful, you can even invoke Valsalva's accidentally when you really want to determine cerebrovascular reserve.
In yesterday's session we derived the four phases of the Valsalva reaction from the rudiments of what we should remember about cardiovascular physiology, in particular the baroreflex (carotid sinus), Bainbridge reflex and the role that the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system play as mediators of tachycardia/hypertension.
We then went on to examine the role of various practical parameters in the Valsalva maneuver, such as the depth of the initial inhalation, the length of straining (phase II) and the straining pressure, using transcranial doppler and an ecg to monitor the heart rate and blood pressure changes. In my experiences, TCD is still the best way to measure changes in blood pressure continuously if you don't have an arterial line and cannot afford a Finapres device. But you have to make sure that you do not extend the straining phase too much (otherwise CO2 increases and you get an increase in flow), so I only use 10 seconds instead of the usual 15 seconds that are recommended (this publication seems to show that this is still ok).
We also discussed the inherent difficulties in defining normal values for autonomous nervous system examinations because of the wide variation in base vagal tone, reactivity, hydration and more.
- A note on the historic Valsalva and what he did
- A detailled exposition of the physiology behind the maneuver and how to use it as the problem base for teaching cardiovascular physiology


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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – Senior Megan Schwab hit a game-tying three-run homer in the third inning and went deep again but just foul in the seventh inning that would have given the Buckeyes the lead, but No. 10 Texas hung on for a 6-5 win over the Ohio State softball team Saturday at the Palm Springs Classic at Big League Dreams Sports Complex in Cathedral City, Calif.
Trailing 6-3 heading into their final at bat, the Buckeyes (4-4) scored twice and had two runners on base when Schwab came back to the plate and sent a shot that went just wide of the left field foul pole. Two pitches later Schwab reached on an error, which allowed an OSU run to score, but Texas (11-3) reliever Erin Tresselt got the final two outs for her second save.
Longhorn starter Meagan Denny, a former member of the U.S. Junior National Team and the reigning Big 12 pitcher of the week, got the win to improve to 6-1. She pitched into the seventh with a three-run lead, but the Buckeyes' first two batters of the frame -Liz Caputo (Jr., Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly) and Nycole Koyano (Sr., Walnut, Calif./Walnut) – singled, bringing on Tresselt, who was greeted by a bunt single by Brittany Vanderink (Jr., Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) to load the bases.
With the bases full, OSU's home run leader Sam Marder (Fr., Calabasas, Calif./Calabasas) grounded into a fielder's choice to bring home Caputo and Schwab's grounder to Texas shortstop Loryn Johnson was booted, allowing Vanderink to score, but it would be the Buckeyes' final run.
The long ball for Schwab (Sr., Glendale, Ariz./Sunrise Mountain) in the third was her first of the season and 15th of her career, moving her into a fourth-place tie on the Ohio State career home runs list.
Texas strung together three hits to a take 1-0 lead in the first inning, then used a collision at the plate to score two more runs off just one hit in the second. With the bases loaded and one out, UT's Loryn Johnson grounded to OSU shortstop Whitney Cooper (Fr., Barstow, Calif./Barstow), who fired home to catcher Lauren Daykin (Sr., Melbourne, Australia/Manatee C.C., Fla.) to start what could have been an inning-ending double play. When Daykin turned to throw to first for the third out, however, Longhorn base runner Crystal Saenz slid into Daykin, causing a high throw that went into right field. Two Texas runs had time to cross the plate while Daykin lay on the ground in pain.
With the game tied 3-3 after Schwab's homer, Texas reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the third with two runs on a walk and two hits, chasing OSU starter Kim Reeder (So., Salinas, Calif./Notre Dame H.S.) from the circle. Senior Jamee Juarez (La Puente, Calif./Wilson) took over with two outs in the third and finished out the game, allowing one run only two hits over the final 3.1 innings of the game.
Texas senior catcher Megan Willis put the Longhorns up 6-3 with a solo homer in the fourth for the Longhorns' final run.
The Buckeyes out-hit the Longhorns 11-8. Koyano, Vanderink, Daykin and Caputo all collected two hits for Ohio State.
Next up, Ohio State faces No. 17 Cal at 3:30 p.m. (PT) Saturday.
### Go Bucks! ###


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**Check the MACG Calendar for upcoming Leadership Institute dates, registration information, and flyers or send us an email.**
The Institutes are designed to develop leaders who will serve as catalysts in addressing economic, social and environmental issues that affect our community. It trains new leaders to participate in the decision-making process in the socio-political arena. The training is also an opportunity for people to claim their voice and recognize that they have the power to effect positive change.
It is the goal of the Training Team and Reflection Group Leaders that the Leadership Institute will enable you to strengthen your own institution and contribute to the common good in specific ways:
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A group of leaders led by Nancy Phelps (Redeemer Lutheran), Chris Kresek (St. Rita) and Dick Harmon (IAF staff), designed and experimented with multi-hour sessions focused on teaching the universals of power and organizing through family stories and group reflection.
Over the years, these institutes have been taught, critiqued, edited, and transformed by dozens of leaders in Portland, Spokane, Seattle, Central Washington and Edmonton. As they continue to evolve, the purpose is always the same, to teach more people in our communities to participate in public life through the basic cycle of organizing - story, reflection, research, action and evaluation.


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I have never heard of Cobe Obeah until now, but I think I need to do more research. So far all I know is Cobe is 20, based in LA with African heritgae via Nigerian parents and his latest track is amazing. The reflective/motivational "Song Of The Starz" has everything I'm loving right now in hip-hop:
A) That rap/sung flow (see Kid Cudi, Drake, Kyle Lucas)
B) A banging staccato drum beat
C) Hunger
D) Unique production
Cobe Obeah – Song Of The Starz (courtesy of 2dopeboyz)
Check out the video for "Know Thyself" as well:
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Ted, > Ted Shanyfelt wrote: > IMO, SVG has its place and CSS has its place. > Accessability is not the issue, as either implementation > of a decorative background doesn't generally carry with it > accessible content. . . . Whether or not someone wishes to present content with decorative background imagery has nothing to do with the accessibility of the content. There does exist, of course, the possibility of low color contrast affecting color-blind users, but that issue is not unique to multiple background images and it is easily remedied by alternate styles, so I do not think it is relevant to this discussion. > . . . I'm simply suggesting merging the > graphics into one scalable image because scalable graphics > are good open solutions that are better suited for the job. Scalable graphics may be better suited to the job in some cases, but not in all of them. For example, if the same background image is applied to two separate elements with different aspect ratios, a single image scaled to fill the background must be distorted in one of them. The same is true for a single element when one dimension is fixed, but the other is variable, as with a text element that may vary in length through either dynamic content injection on a server or dynamic content changing in a client. Even if you have a thousand elements with the same aspect ratio and you are sure that it will never change for any of them, your background still may not look right scaled--if you want uniformly rounded corners, for example. And of course, raster images may simply look better or be otherwise more appropriate in some cases. I am not sure if SVG content can programmatically determine its own dimensions when it is instantiated nor whether it can update itself when its dimensions change, but even if it can, that would likely be overly complex for most content creators. Kind regards, Brian SextonReceived on Saturday, 11 December 2004 12:27:19 UTC
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Our Mr, C. W. Bauknight is
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week purchasing a select lot of
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ton and Sumemrville. It will be re
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arrested in connection with the rob
bery. Ile admitted it and said that
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Representative Timothy D. Sullivan,
who disappeared recently from his
brother's home at Williamsbridge has
been lound. Reports that he was in
a sanlltarium at Brewster, N. Y., un
der the caro of a Now York physi
cian, were declared by the physician
to 1)0 unfounded.
An attorney for tho committee
which was put in charge of Mr. Sul
livan's estates when he was adjudged
incompetent, certified to-day that the
former political leader was on tho
verge of bankruptcy. Claims against
Sullivan, he said, began to accumu
late soon after i:^ was placed in the
custody of relatives last January. If
these claims are allowed and paid,
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Tim's" estate would be "doubtful."
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van's friends, most of whom believed
that ho was worth at least $1,000,
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van's finances was made when the at
torney for his estate apjwared before
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executed by Sullivan.
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remaining balance ot' tho State dis
pensary fund, arising from sundry
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sum now available for distribution
is $42,060.43.
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be supplemented with bon- wed
money during the scholastic yea?' just
closed, all receipts from this source
may be legally expended for past in
"Only a few counties in the State."
said Superintendent Swearlngen, "arc
compelled to borrow money Tor edu
cational purposes, it is the policy of
educational authorities not only to
repay this borrowed money, hut to
seek to place each county on a cash
basis. This end may be readily ac
complished if each district board of
trustees can be induced to close each
scholastic year with a cash balance
of 20 percent In the county treasury.
Collections from taxes seldom suffice
to run the schools before December
1st. Repairs during vacation months
must be paid for in July and August, j
Where tho schools open in Septem- j
ber, teachers' salaries become duo In
October and November, before taxes
are collected. Counties failing to ?
carry forward an adequate cash bal
ance for school purposes are com
pelled under these circumstances to
borrow money to meet running ex
penses. Districts closing the year
in debt are in a worse condition, and
must sooner or later either close
their schools or levy additional taxes.
It, therefore, behooves every board
of trustees to consult with the Coun
ty Superintendent of Education, and
to make a careful estimate of re
ceipts for the current year. Neither
contracts nor actual expenditures
should bo allowed to exceed this es
timate. The dispensary apportion
ment at this season is opportune, and
will help to save many teachers and
school officers from embarrassment.
"Further distributions from this
source may bo made from time to
time. The purchase price of tho old
State dispensary building on Gervais
street in Columbia is to be paid in
animal installments, and the money
will bo apportioned to the schools
whenever the fund becomes availa
ble. The amount to be received from
this osurce is Inconsiderable, and fu
ture distributions will be insignifi
l und hy Counties.
Following is a list of the distribu
tions by counties:
Abbeville.$ 1,08 1 . 53
Aiken. 1.220.22
Anderson . 2,085.05
Bamberg . 482.60
Barnwell . 856.35
Beaufort. 580 . 33
Berkeley . 046.03
Calhoun . 415.31
Charleston. 1,548.64
Cherokee . 771.22
Chester . 906.07
Chesterfield. 590.4 8
Clarendon . 590.48
Colleton . 662.15
Darlington. 910.89
Dillon. 576.27
Dorchester . 550.01
Edgefleld . 837.81
Fairfield. 852 . 42
Florence . 1,103.9 4
Georgetown. 617.75
Greenville . 2,020.61
Greenwood . 1,071 . 85
Hampton . 509.94
Morry . 810.30
Jasper . 202.98
Kershaw . 738.12
Lancaster. 892.62
Laurens .1,256 . 02
I>ee.. 638.68
Lexington. 1,015.40
Marion . 585.15
Marlboro . 665.95
Newberry. 1,013.25
I nonce. 875.87
Orangeburg. 1,535.82
Pickens . 775.79
Richland . 1,452.62
Saluda . 720.1 1
3partanburg. 2,606. :'.t;
Sumter. 1,132.35
Union . 1.101 .02
Williamsburg . 824.50
Vork . 1,471.14
Total.$42.000 . 43
The following letter was addressed
>y Superintendent Swearlngen to the
bounty Superintendents of Education
if the State:
"This payment ls made under the
tct of 1912, a copy of which is Indos
id for your examination. Three
ourths of this amount may be ex
)onded during the scholastic year
19 13-14, representing the scholastic
ears 1911-12, 1912-13 and 1913-14.
recommend that this expenditure
)o made so as to prevent the accumu
ation of a large unused county board
Driving Goat? to 'Frisco.
Darlington, Sept. 14.-A man from
Uaska. driving eight goats, passed
brough Darlington this evening nt
?.30 on his way to California. He
eft Alaska somo months ago and ox
.ects to mako the trip to California
Irivlng the goat team.
Tho Mystery Sm -rounding Ikxly
Found in Hudson IN 1'Ienred.
New York, Sept. 14.-With the ar
rest early to-day ot Rev. Hana
Schmidt, assistant rector of St. Jo
seph's Roman Catholic church, charg
ed with tho murder of Anna Aumul
ler, a domestic, tho story surround
ing the finding of parts of the dis
membered body of a girl in tho Hud
son river was solved. Schmidt, ac
cording to tho police reports, con
fessed, and at tho time of his arrest
attempted to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat with a safety razor
"I killed her because 1 loved her
so much," Schmidt is alleged to have
told hi* captors, but the police ver
sion of the motive for the crime is
that the young woman was about te
become a motlier. He had married
her through a ceremony of Iiis awn
performing, without witnesses.
According to tho police and the
district attorney's office, Schmidt's
confession was full and absolute. In
it he is unoled as saying that he
killed his companion with a butcher's
knife and cut up the body with the
knife and a saw. The deed was com
mitted, the police say, shortly after
midnight on September 2, in an
apartment on Broadhurst avenue,
where the priest had placed her five
days before.
Body Cut to Pieces.
When her heart had ceased beat
in, according to the alleged confes
sion. Schmidt carried the body from
the bed to the hath room, and plac
ing it in tho tub began immediately
his gory task of cutting it up. With
the keen knife and the saw he cut
off the head, arms and legs. Still
afraid of detection he then cut the
body in two.
Five bundles, wrapped in bed
clothes and papers, were made of the
six parts. Five times Schmidt left
tho apartment house with a bundle
to cross the Hudson river to the Jer
sey Shore. Five times he leaned over
the stern of the ferryboat in mid
stream and gently gave the river Iiis
burden. Then ho returned to his
chu rch.
The stains of the girl's blood dis
colored tho bath tub when detectives
searched the apartment to-day.
Schmidt told tho police he had taken
ino mattress on which she lay when
he dealt the death blow under cover
of darkness to a vacant lot nearby
and burned lt.
in the apartment, among other
things, the police found a marriage
license issued in New York last Feb
ruary, bearing i lie names of the
priest and the murdered woman. Ac
cording to Schmidt's confession he
went through a mar ringo ceremony
with-tho girl. In this ceremony
Schmidt was both priest, and bride
groom; there were no witnesses.
Pillow Slip thc Clue.
A gayly colored pillow slip of unu
sual pattern led to Schmidt's appre
hension. This pillow, stained with
blood and soiled with the filth of the
river, was wrapped around a portion
of the torso. Tho detectives carried
the pillow slip to its manufacturer.
Tho manufacturer traced it to the
dealer, and ho to -Schmidt. And the
police, tracing Schmidt and the girl,
knew all about both of them hqurs
beforo they arrested him. Schmidt
was arrested by Inspector Faurot, In
charge of the detective bureau. The
priest was dressed in full clerical
garb when the detectives entered his
rooms in the parish house of his
church, in West 125th street. The
inspector produced a photograph of
?Miss Aumuller and asked Schmidt if
he knew the girl.
The priest, after a moment of hes
itation, inquired whether his visitors
were police officers. His actions in
dicated that he was expecting arrest.
He then asked permission to change
Iiis clothes, and it was when he left
tho room Inspector Faurot declared
that he attempted to cut his throat
with a safety razor blade.
A Coincident.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 14.- 'Rev.
Hans Schmidt, who was arrested in
New York for tho murder of Anna
Aumuller, was in Louisville from
August, 1909, until March. 1910. He
was not connected officially with any
church here, but was a visitor at the
home of Rev. Henry H. Westermann,
pastor of the Church of the Immacu
late Conception, where he was re
ceived at the request of tho late
Bishop William McCloskey, of the
diocese of Louisville.
According to Father Westermann,
his visitor kept his own counsel and
Iiis own company having littlo to do
with others In tho house or, so far as
lie knew, with outsiders. Ho per
sonally cared for his own room, deny
ing to admit a servant. He held the
legree of doctor of philosophy from
Ihe University of Munich and spent
much of ?his time In the study of
D'.iring the ixuiod of Schmidt's
lirlef stay in Louisville this city was
dal lied by the murder of 8-year-old
\lma Kellner, whose mutilated body
kvas found In Quick limo in the base
ment of St. John's Catholic, church,
nearly five months after her myste
ions disappearance, on December 8,
1909. Because tho manner in which
:he child's body was carefully cut
nto pieces and disposed of, bore
tome resemblance to the method em
iloyed in the murder of Aura Annuli
er In New York, Interest, in the Hell
ier case was revived to-night 00 re
:elpt of the news of Schmidt', arrest.
Joseph Wendling, Janitor at St.
Oharter for Electric Power Company
ID Pet!(soned For.
John I. Linier, of Walhalla, anil
'Marcellus B. Thornton, of Hickory,
N. <\, are the petitioners for a char
ter for the Linier Power Company,
with a capital stock of $40,000. The
l?e\ltlon as flied with tho Secretary
cf State recites that the principal
place of business of the proposed
corporation is to be at Walhalla, S.
C., and Its purpose that of generating
electricity for illuminating and
power purposes. The petition also
requests, the granting of rights to
acquire and sell lands, to erect dams,
to build power houses, to acquire
rights of way, and to construct
transmission lines to various towns
in thc State of South Carolina: also
to engage in manufacturing with
I electricity.
The capital stock ol' the proposed
corporation, as stated, is to be $40.
000, the stock to be divided into 1 PO
shares preferred stock of the par
value of $100 per share, and I'.OO
shares common stink of tho par
value of 1 00 each.
Mr. Linier luis for some time been
working on the proposition, and tile
Application for a ( harter for his com
pany is the result of the final sails
factory arrangement of all details
pertaining to the preliminary work.
His associate, Mr. Thornton, of'Hick
ory, N. C.. is expected to arrive in
Walhalla this week, and ?ill matters
of detail will be worked out.
The site of Ibo dam and power
house will be on the old Mauldin
Mill shoals, which are located 7 Vu
miles from Walhalla. The blue
prints for the dam. bul.dings and
machinery aro all in hand, and con
tracts for the electrical machinery
will be placed within the next ten
days. Mr. Linter's company already
has a contract with tho town of Wal
halla for lighting and also for power.
His contract calls for transmission of
power into the town on the com
pany's transmission lines, the town
to furnish its own wires, lamps, etc.,
and the citizens will purchase lights
or power from the municipal authori
ties, except in cases whore power io
to be delivered In excess of 10 horse
power, in which case the Linier com
pany viii deal direct with the con
sumer. The current furnished will
bc on a day and night basis, thus in
suring both to the town and the in
dividual user lights and power con
tinuously if dv'sired.
Mr. Linier states? that his company
? ill be ready for business between
the first day of March and the first
day of June. Hil l, the date of readi
ness for turning on the current be
ing dependent upon the weather con
ditions, which will, of course, mnte
rlally affect the progress of the work.
Tho contract entered into with thc
town of Walhalla is for a period of
five years, at thc expiration of that
time the town having the option of
renewing the contract or turning the
matter of furnishing light and power
to the individual consumers over to
tho Linier Company.
Mr. Linier states that every piece
of machinery lins been selected nec
essary for the erection and comple
tion of the plant, and that In doing
so the most modern electrical appli
ances have been chosen. As tending
to show the modern plan of the pro
posed plant ho stated that the con
trol of the whole supply of electrclty
will be centered in the olllce building
by means of a switchboard, from
which the current can be turned on
to its full capacity, or diminished at
will, ?ind maintained at a given point
of efficiency. This comparatively
new device does away with the
necessity of operating gates at the
dani by some one stationed there,
who would increase or diminish the
water flow on signals from the power
John's Catholic church, was arrested
in California three months after the
discovery of the body of the child
and was brought back to Louisville,
convicted of the murder and sen
tenced to life Imprisonment at Frank
fort. Wendling stoutly denied l. s
guilt, and the evidence was not. con
sidered sufficiently conclusive to
warrant the jury in bringing in a
death verdict against Wendling.
The detectives who were in charge
of the Investigation of the child's
death stated to-night that Schmidt's
name was never mentioned in connec
tion with the crime. In an interview
to-night at the Frankfort peniten
tiary. Wendling stated that ho had
never heard of Schmidt.
Schmidt Insane ?
New York, Sept. 16-Schmidt, who
confessed that he killed Anna Au
muller with a butcher's knife as a
"sacrifice to be consummated in
blood," is at the observai ion ward of
the Tombs to-night under the watch
ful eye of Dr. McGuire, the prison
physician. Warden Felton, of the
Tombs, declares tho man ls Insane,
one of the most dangerous men ever
confined in the prison, and in this
view he was upheld by Deputy Com
missioner of Corrections Wright.
From far-off Mainz, Cermany, there
came to-day to Monsigner Joseph F.
Money, Vicar General of tho Arch
Diocese c." New York, a cablegram
from tho secretary of tho Bishop,
which said that Schmidt had been
declared insane there and suspended
by the Bishop. The message read:
"Schmidt born at Aschaffenburg.
Priest of Diocese Mainz. Ran away
from Mainz because of attempted
frauds', arrested by police; declared
Insane by court and discharged."
Georgia Woman to Spend Lifo in Pe*
for Murder of Two.
Millen. Cn., Sept. 13.-Thirteen;
boura after it waa given the case, thc
Jury this morning returned a verdict,
of guilty against Mrs. Edna Perkin*
Qodbee, charged with tho murder ol
Mrs. Florence Godbeo, tho wifo of
her divorced husband. She was rec
ommended to morey.
'Mrs. Godbeo killed her former
husband and his wife nt tho Millen
post otllce August 18, when .Tud?e
Qodbee and his wife went, to get their
She snatched a revolver from her
handbag and shot the judge, who fell
mortally wounded. Then she turned
the smoking revolver on his wife,
and shot her three ti mts. Mrs. God
bee was indicted for the murder o?
both. She was (ried first for kiUiAA
his wile.
The case has excited the keon esl
interest throughout the Stale. Mr?,
Qodbee, as the defense claimed, wa?
mistreated by her husband induro
and since her divorce. She claimed
he applied a vile epithet to her as h.?
(Mitered the post, office thal morniisr
lier excuse for killing tho woman
was that she was so excited that she
didn't know what she was doing alter
she shot the man. The dead woman'
was from Williamsport, Pa.
ARREST IN l'A RR SHOALS CASE..
Prisoner, So. Ry. Conductor, Dcnj/n
Any Connection With Robbery.
Grenville. Sept. I -I.--Suspected of
being implicated in the Parr Shoals
robbery, which occurred September
6th, .las. B. Tipton, a freight conduc
tor on the Southern, whoso home it
in Greenville, was arrested Friday af
ternoon by D?tective Stevens, of Co
lumbia, and Detective W. R, Adams,
of the Atlanta branch of tho Bu rm
Agency. Tipton ts a man of a fam
ily, having a wife and four ch lld nea..
He has resided In Greenville for four
years. Apparently be is about
years of age.
When seen by a newspaper ma?
the prisoner denied all eonncotlon
with tho affair, and gave an account
of himself on tho day of the robbery,
in the morning, according to Wa
statement, he left Spartanburg on ac
run to Columbia; reaching the latter
City shortly before 1 o'clock. He
'then went to his boarding house, and
claims that, his first knowledge of
the robbery was when he read an ac
count In the afternoon paper in (Vi
lumhia. Friday night, he sass, he
left Columbia for Greenville, c.otnin.?
via Spartanburg.
Local officials did not know that, ht
was suspected of any connection with
the robbery, their first intimation of
his alleged complicity bel?g his ar
rest by the two detectives, who cam?'
here with a warrant for ulm. The
prisoner was turned over lo Sheriff
Rector and kept in the county jail
until this afternoon, when an off cer
from Columbia and other ofllclalx.
took him to the latter city
The. warrant for the arrest of Tip
ton was sworn out before Magistrate
C. B. Douglass, at Parr Shoals, OB
September ll, by J. T. McLellen, anp
perintendent of the J. B. White Con
struction Company. Th? warrant
charges Tipton with the theft of
$ 1 ?.00 8.1 1 on tho iith of September
Trial Will Be in Federal Court-AV
leged Thefts nt Littleton.
(Columbia Record, 1 nth.)
B. S. RIack, Hall Odom and Perri
Latlmer, members of a Southern rail
way crew, will be tried at the De
cember term of Federal Court In
Charleston for breaking into an in
ter-State shipment of freight at Lit
tleton. Some shoes and shirt:; were
stolen from Southern railway car
30308 at Littleton some time ago
a part of a shipment from Cincin
nati to Belton, S. C. Deputy Marsha?
Chas. T. Sena arrested Black on tho.
charge of breaking Into the car, ?
violation of an act of Congress, ap
proved February l.'Uh of the pres
ent year. He was given a prelim nary
hearing before K. Beverly Sloan,
United States Commissioner, Sep
tember 6th, and was bound over itj
federal Court under a $1100 ))tttv?U
Odom surrendered himself Saturday
t ) Commissioner Sloan and wan als?
"put under a $300 'bond until his pre
liminary hearing, which was set for
September 27. Perry Latlmer wa?
arrested at Belton, and was given s
preliminary trial in Anderson county
The term ol* court at which the case
will be heard convenes at Charlestor
the first Tuesday in December.
Enraged Husband kills Three.
Mem plus. Tenn., Sept. 15.
Charged with murdering his wife'r
father, mother and 16-year-old bro
ther early to-day. edward Baxter, 35
years old, a telephone lineman, is
being sought by the police of this
Baxter and his wife had been sep
rated several mouths. Early tb?*i
morning, lt is alleged, Baxter went
to the homo of his wifo's father.
Henry Smith, where Mrs. Baxter hatf
been staying, and opened fire on th?
family with a revolver. Smith, hlr
wife and son Oscar were killed al
most instantly, but Mrs. Baxter suc
ceeded in eluding her husband %m?
cscaoed from the house.
After the shooting Baxter is af
elged (o have reloaded his revolver
and walked leisurely away.
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Written on: 08/11/2013
I bought my 107 from a year old at the age of 17. All I needed was a cheap, small car that would save me money, and that is exactly what I got. It's a quick little thing and immensely fun to drive. It's fantastic on fuel consumption, averaging 64mpg and the insurance, even for a young driver, is cheap and cheerful. And the tax being only £20 per year is brilliant! I learnt to drive in this car and it's control and manoeuvrability made it easy to learn in. it's small, reliable, fun, quirky and… Read Full Review
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I bought a 107 Lite @ a month ago and do approximately a 14 mile return journey to and from work everyday. I have just filled up with fuel again and have done a magnificent 82.6 mpg! My average speed is between 35 - 45 mph (speed limits forbid going any faster!) The 107 is an ideal town car and with the cost of petrol as it is I am saving in the region of £40 per month. The only shortcomings are that the Lite does not have central locking or electric windows, but value for money and fuel… Read Full Review
Written on: 18/12/2010 by kathleenkestrel (1 review written)
Wish i had bought one of these little cars years ago changed from 2.2 TDi not much difference on the flat can tell when going up hill but this can be forgiven when petrol comsumption is £38.00 a fortnight instead of a week. not a problem in snow have been the only one to get uproad where i work, it's nippy it's comfotable 10/10… Read Full Review
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Changed my trusty old Nissan Almera GX because I had had it from new for 8 years and it had never let me down until 2 weeks ago when the battery gave up (now that's not bad after 8 years!) BUT I am 65 and thought it was time that I had a smaller more economical vehicle.
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You can buy a glove box cover from your local Peugeot dealer. It costs around £35 and is simply fitted by 2 screws
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The fuel tank of Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo can be easily damaged in the event of a rear-end collision which may result in fire.
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Written on: 01/05/2011
Strange review offering little personal experience of the 107. Are the 'star' marks based on the third party reports or on personal experience and if the latter, what is the evidence?

Even reference/link to the stats offered would be helpful so that the detail behind the data could be reviewed.
Written on: 07/05/2009
great little car if you after something cheap rather than good quality cheap tax cheap to run. one more thing the car after 45k is very very rattly and interior door handle trim coming off… Read Full Review
Written on: 07/04/2009 by gendy943 (8 reviews written)
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Written on: 26/06/2008
Havent got this car yet..getting it in September..so this would be my 1st car! I'm so excited but I would lie to know if you lot out there would advise me to get this. A lot of my friends are telling me to get something like a Vauxhall Corsa but my heart is so set on this...let me know what you all think!… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/06/2008
The Peugeot 107 is a good car to have - mind you I like Peugeots.
Two alternatives are the Citroen C1 and the Toyota Aygo - they're exactly the same car, made in the same factory by the same engineers, just with slightly different front profiles.
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A superb city car thats just at home on the motorway, the only place it seems to dislike is petrol stations, which is why seems a full tank of fuel will never end!… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/01/2008
Overall the car has been great, its better than any other we seen, and we got a great deal on it as it was a showroom car so it knocked loads of the price, Peugeot were great, they really went out of their way to help us, You really cant knock this car, its been brilliant, I've had no problems! 10/10… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/11/2007 by Fidd (3 reviews written)
Bought brand new around 10 months ago, have done 10,000 miles very cheaply, nothing has broken or gone wrong so far, £30 fills it up with fuel and lasts for ages, its only real fault is that you feel crosswinds quite a bit and you are aware of the narrow tyres if you are pressing on a bit, otherwise superb small car, surprisingly quick for a 1.0 litre, will cruise on the motorway at surprisingly decent speeds… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/08/2007 by Dave1311 (1 review written)
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The Peugeot 107 1.0 3dr is a brilliant little car and is everything I want and more but next time I buy one I will opt for air conditioning. It's easy to park, very nippy, fuel consumption is excellent and it's a fun car to drive. You do however, you get a lot of turbulence on motorways, but it's a great little car!… Read Full Review
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The 107 is my first New car and it is everything I wanted it to be and more. Firstly the whole experience of buying new was a pleasure, Peugeot treated me fantastically and bent over backwards to help with my issues, and secondly the after service is fantastic.
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Months on MYC4
This is the number of months since the partner uploaded their first loan. This gives an indication of the partners level of experience and is also used to determine the weight of the other parameters in the final rating. The risk rating of partners with a long history on MYC4 is based primarily on their track record at MYC4, while a subjective due diligence score weighs more in the risk rating of new partners.
This is the percentage of the outstanding portfolio that is 31 days or more late in repayments. PAR means Portfolio at Risk. A high value indicates higher risk and gives a lower rating.
Change in PAR30 in the last 6 months
This is the current PAR30 value minus the PAR30 value 6 months ago. This is an indication of whether PAR is getting better or worse. A larger value shows that the PAR is increasing and gives a lower rating.
Worst PAR30 in the last 12 months
This is an indication of how stable the partner performance is. A high value indicates higher risk and gives a low rating.
Default rate
This is the percentage of funds lent out through this provider that have defaulted. A high value indicates higher risk and gives a low rating.
Sum of repayments / total disbursed
This is the total amount of repayments collected by the provider divided by the total amount of loans that the partner has disbursed. A high number means a slow growth and a good collection rate - this indicates lower risk and gives a higher rating.
Spot Check Score
This is a subjective score provided by MYC4 based on the most recent spot check.
External Ratings
This rating is carried out by independent agencies such as Micro Rate or Planet Rating. The rating is then normalized to a 0-10 score where 10 is best. If no recent rating is available then the partner receives a score of 0.
Due diligence score
This is a subjective score provided by MYC4 based on the due diligence evaluation carried out by MYC4 when the organization was approved to become a MYC4 partner. For organizations that have been a partner for more than a year, this score will instead be based on an annual review of the organization carried out by MYC4 staff.
Percentage of outstanding portfolio covered by risk sharing fund
Providers with risk sharing agreements have put up security in the form of a bank guarantee or cash deposit to cover their obligations to the investors under the risk sharing agreement. The higher the score, the larger the amount of security put up by the provider.
Percentage covered per loan by risk sharing
When a loan defaults on the platform, the provider has committed to cover a certain percentage of the outstanding principal out of the risk sharing fund. The higher the score the larger the percentage covered by the provider.
Ratio of repayment over closing fees
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The CEO and chairman of Mallusk company WIS Group has been named Northern Ireland's Business Person of the Year at the 2017 Aer Lingus Viscount Awards.
John Toner was presented with his prestigious award at the Institute of Directors' headquarters in London in association with Ulster Business.
Under John's leadership, turnover for the Newtownabbey engineering firm has risen from £25 million to £39.5 million in less than a year.
This growth has been attributed to the renewables department, a department which John spearheaded after recognising that expanding into the bio energy market was the most natural move to ensure continued company development.
John credited the team at William's Industrial Services (WIS) as the key reason for his success.
He said: "This award recognises the efforts of everyone at the WIS Group. I work to the simple ethos that people do business with people and there are customer relationships within the group that have been in effect for 30 years.
"Building on these longterm relationships undoubtedly garners success. I have been incredibly lucky in my career to have the right people around me. If your team is right, you feel empowered to make decisions and comfortable enough to delegate."
Andrea Hunter, Business Development Manager of Aer Lingus in Northern Ireland, said: "We were hugely impressed again by the calibre of this year's entrants and while only seven companies left as Aer Lingus Viscount Award winners, the judges agreed that the immense talent and success of the companies present in the room was outstanding.
"Aer Lingus is proud to connect businesses with opportunities internationally every day via our Belfast City to Heathrow route and via Dublin Airport to our transatlantic destinations in the US, including our brand new route to Miami, which starts flying on September 1 2017."
This year's winners are as follows:
Best SME award -The Deluxe Group
Best Start-Up Business - Equi-Nutritive Group
The Employee Champion Award - CDEnviro
Exporter of the Year - MJM Group
The Innovation of the Year Award – Kerry Nevins, Babocush
The Fast Growth Business Award - Mount Charles
Business Person of the Year award - John Toner, WIS Group's CEO and Chairman.
Aer Lingus Lifetime Achievement Award - John Donnelly.


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Women with Guns: Thelma & Louise On Its 20th Anniversary vs. Hit TNT Series Rizzoli & Isles
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Thelma & Louise, Matthew Brennan's latest "Now and Then" compares and contrasts Ridley Scott and Callie Khouri's groundbreaking road trip and TNT's police procedural/buddy series Rizzoli & Isles.
Louise (Susan Sarandon) pulls no punches, but she's fastidious, too. She pins her hair back tight and tugs her jacket on as snugly as she can; her kitchen is spotless enough to be a makeshift hospital room. Thelma (Geena Davis), on the other hand, is slovenly, loud. She skitters around in a floral housedress, surrounded by so many coupons, newspaper clippings, telephone bills, and other ephemera you'd be hard pressed to tell kitchen from master bedroom. She's also charmingly nonchalant, dropping a silver gun in her purse like an extra shade of lipstick. In Thelma & Louise , a real pistol crack of a feminist caper, the gun's the thing.
Indeed, when a slithering cowboy named Harlan rapes Thelma in the parking lot of a roadside honky-tonk, the gun, which she's passed off to Louise in the interim, proves pivotal. His invective is so virulent that the spit swings down in great gobs from his mouth — a primal hatred he turns on Louise when she arrives, weapon drawn. "We're just havin' a little fun," he leers.
Sounds like you have a real fucked up idea of fun!" she replies. And then, her voice cracking slightly as the emotion rises up inside her: "In the future, when a woman's crying like that, she isn't having any fun!"
What he says next is so despicable it's not worth printing, but needless to say it's all the justification she needs. She shoots him dead, and her fierce retort when Thelma suggests they go to the police gets at the heart of why the movie remains so powerfully perceptive two decades on. "About a hundred goddamn people saw you dancin' cheek to cheek with him all night!" she yells. "Like they're going to believe that [you were raped]! We don't live in that kind of a world, Thelma!"
Thelma & Louise is risky, hard-nosed, and freewheeling, passing through desert landscapes and low-slung towns on the way to freedom. Brilliantly, Sarandon plays Louise high-strung and nervous, dragging on every cigarette as though it'll be her last; Davis elevates Thelma above a funny femme fatale with the merest inflection. "Somethin's crossed over in me," she tells Louise, her voice flickering between exhilaration for her new life and regret for wasting her old one. "I can't go back. I couldn't live."
The world we do live in falls short — unfortunately, it's still one where an attractive woman who has one too many drinks and dances cheek to cheek "had it coming to her." Our heroines rightly give 'em hell anyway: a sleazy truck driver learns his lesson, Brad Pitt obliges us with some male objectification by baring his backside, and the police see that happiness is more than a little tract house on the prairie. I've always felt ambivalent about Thelma & Louise, uncertain whether it's unquestionably happy or unbearably sad. I've never had the same ambivalence about Thelma and Louise themselves, because in the end their facility with a gun is less important than seeing their hands clasped together in a kind of communion, grabbing control of their destiny. Sink or swim, they're in this thing together.
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Puerto Princesa City the capital city of the province of Palawan is home to the second longest navigable underground river and said to be the most beautiful subterranean river in the world. Inside the cave are stalagmites and stalactites that are probably formed hundreds of years ago. There are also species of bats and birds who take shelter in its vast darkness.
I've been here three times but its beauty never ceases to amaze me. I never even get tired of traveling a two and a half hour of rough road because once you get there - it will take all the tiredness and the exasperation away.
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Trailer Sunday
Thought it might be fun.
I loved the book, but this trailer is awful. Can we agree that if the trailer doesn't make you want to read the book, it shouldn't be?
This is part of the reason why the book is so good: there's a lot of fighting in it, and good fights are really hard to stage. (cf. Buffy the Vampire Slayer.) Also? Not just any teen-girl voice will do. It has to have bottom, gravitas. Okay?
It's an Aryancrombie & Fitch ad, with special effects. Why would I want to watch a bunch of puerile, blond models try to act emo?
Okay, yes, I'm going to watch the movie, but I'll wait until it hits video ... about five minutes after it hits theaters.
And this book isn't even particularly diverse, but Hollymood managed to smooth away even the diversity of different kinds of European coloring. Argh!
And, of course, this fan trailer for The Hunger Games is much better than the previous two professional trailers. Makes me want to read the books all over again, but I just read them too recently. Can't wait to see the trailer for the movie, though. Wonder if it'll be as good as this trailer.


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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - A majority of schools in Calcasieu Parish already have armed Sheriff's deputies on school grounds for added safety, but what about arming qualified teachers and other school employees?
One local firearms training school proposed the idea to the Calcasieu Parish School Board to train qualified teachers and school board employees on how to properly use a handgun in the event an emergency situation should arise.
"I think safety should be on our minds at all times," James Johnson of Louisiana Shooters Unlimited said. He said "qualified" teachers means those persons who have military backgrounds or prove to be responsible to handle a weapon.
Johnson, along with the other trainers at the facility, proposed the idea to CPSB to offer free firearm safety training. That is, of course, if the school board decides to allow it.
"Our children go to these schools and we're community members, we're from here, we went to schools here ourselves and we're invested in our community, and we're looking at an opportunity to offer services to our community at no cost. Of course that would take care of any financial issue that would arise," Johnson said.
And in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Johnson and everyone at Louisiana Shooters Unlimited feels schools should have more security.
"We feel like quality training and an armed society deters violence and that's where we're going when we think about our children, when we think about a situation they may find themselves in and unable to defend themselves," Johnson said.
The CPSB will address safety measures of all kinds early this year. Vice President of the board, Annette Ballard, said the idea of using the free firearm classes for teachers hasn't been discussed yet. Currently, all the schools in Calcasieu Parish are fire-arm free zones.
Ballard said they will ensure that all campuses are as safe as possible.
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|StEP into recycling
1. Correctly report the problems.
African cities have had TVs and electronics for several decades and generate their own "e-waste". Most of the "ewaste" filmed (BAN, Greenpeace) at dumps was not recently reported, but "takeback" from reuse markets which import newer product. We want to further reform the trade, not to nuke it.
2. De-Criminalize Purchase for repair and reuse in the EU.
The reuse people are not "going back to Eden" if you boycott them. They are tinkerers who create good jobs and affordable product in African marketplaces. We want to improve their jobs, not to nuke them.
3. Use value of exports to incentivize domestic African takeback infrastructure.
Many Africans who purchase imported reuse goods also do repair for domestic electronics. The abandoned repairs are a form a product takeback infrastructure. In fact, it's EXACTLY the same as the evolution of electronics repair and sale in Massachusetts in the 1970s.
TV repair shops learned they could make more money if they offered a choice of Retail Replacement as well as Repair, letting the consumer make a choice. When the consumer chooses not to repair (or worse, asks for the unit to be repaired but then changes their mind and doesn't return for it), the TV repairperson becomes a takeback operation. When Masschusetts DEP enacted the first "ewaste" law in America (CRT Waste Ban), it was a TV repair family which created the largest TV recycling operation in the USA. Africa is on the same path.
4. Recycling, Reconciliation and mass balance.
Hand-labor recycling is actually cleaner and produces better results than mechanical shredding. Just don't burn the items you disassemble, and recycling is still profitable. The caveat is CRT glass and mercury backlighting.
Left purely to the free market, Africa will have little incentive to properly recycle CRT glass (the most expensive component). The value of reuse exports should be adjusted, reducing sale price to Europe or the USA according to the actual recycling and takeback, and should be monitored, or they will accumulate the same CRT glass piles the USA has accumulated.
This system preserves Tinkerer Blessing jobs (compared to StEP's OEM-funded solution). It will also work in India and other emerging markets. But there's one immediate step we need to take first.
5. Where scrap recycling, repair, and refurbishment already exist, nurture it.
Major CRT glass recycling operations have been shut down by friendly fire. In Indonesia, Malaysia, and Southern China, semiknockdown (refurbishing) factories, glass washing operations, and warranty-repair-turned-takeback operations have been closed. It is not too late to save repair in Africa.
As Recycling Director for the Massachusetts DEP in the 1990s, I tried always to preserve existing expertise and infrastructure. Massachusetts had not prepared Salvation Army, Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul for new freon rules in the 1980s, and created a "white goods" glut. I was determined not to do that, and we took care of our scrap paper packers, our TV repairpeople, and our charities. The Massachusetts model of charity partnerships was later adapted by Dell in its Goodwill ReConnect program (I met with Michael Dell and Pat Nathan personally in 2001, suggesting the partnership would take them out of the BAN attack on Dell's Unicor prison recycling program at that time).
The same partnership approach can succeed in Africa. Rather than demonize, demoralize, insult and ridicule the scrap boys and repair technicians, the entrepreneurs like Joseph Benson or Hamdy Moussa or Souleymane Sao, we need to defend them. Touche pas a mon pote, E-Stewards.
It would be a nice gesture to fire Jim Puckett. His "misinformation" campaign about recycling in Africa has been completely discredited, his accusations of "primitive wire burning" (against high tech contract manufacturing factories) are borderline racist. Yet he remains a spokesperson for "ewaste" at grave risk to the environmental community. Puckett, more than any other person, is responsible for circulating absurd made-up "facts", hoax stastics circulated by BBC, NPR, PBS, USA Today, etc. He created alibis for textile wastewater polluters in Guiyu (strangely identifying e-scrap as the source of arsenic downstream from the fouling dye mills), and his recklessly fabricated "statistics" have resulted in false arrests by Interpol. He has personally waged a very personal campaign against the very Tinkerers we need to execute this Electronics Recycling for Africa Plan.
This is bigger than just "e-waste". If it gets out that the Green community refused to recognize it and covered up for Basel Action Network's Environmental Malpractice, it could have grave negative consequences on other environmental efforts like Climate Change (global warming), Ozone, toxics, rain forest preservation, etc. People are concerned about the environment, and they desperately want to believe our leaders... we cannot afford to let them down.
If I'm wrong, please explain it. I'm a lifelong environmentalist, and should be your friend. BAN acknowledges the blog, but never responds to the Kill a Mockingbird style of Environmental Injustice. The silence is deafening. R2, EPA, and StEP timidly show BAN respect it does not deserve. BAN is killing Africa, taking away good jobs, affordable product, and potential solutions for the waste Africa generates.
Africa needs to move forward, either this way, or with a different answer. Banning trade will not do anything to improve Africa. Trade it was never the source of the problem. Fair Trade Recycling is a legitimate solution, and Puckett's statement that it is "poisoning people" was the last straw... five years ago.


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Kate Layton
Kate Layton – Sport Masseur and Pilates teacher
Strictly Massage….
I'm sure that not many people have been massaged by someone who holds a place in the Guiness Book of Records!! I was lucky enough to take a group to Earls Court for the Flora Aerobathon record breaking attempt, which lasted for just the four hours, which thankfully was successful! My only claim to fame…..
As a youngster you never think about getting fit, you are!! Well, you were in my day. Parents didn't have time to drive you to all the various after school activities that exist now. My neighbours daughter dragged me along as her partner to Latin and Ballroom dancing at the local hall round the corner. I can still dance the mans' steps for most dances. Latin american is still my favourite.
Then something wonderful happened, JANE FONDA. The first time I went to an aerobics class I was hooked!
I had a very diverse lead up to my current career starting off by working in a picture gallery, then going to college to do a shorthand typing course (100 wpm distinction by the way!), followed by City in Guilds in Dressmaking. Then into for my first proper career in Sales and Marketing for Solid State Logic a local company which manufactures audio equipment for the Music/Television business. After 8 years at the most fantastic job I got married and had to change my life.
A few years previously I had spent time in London at the YMCA taking their Exercise to Music course. So, I was already teaching classes in the evenings at various venues around Oxford. It was an easy decision to make my hobby my job. It also fit in very well with having young children. I then attended the YMCA again and spent a year taking their Personal Trainer course. I loved the diversity of the subjects we covered and particularly the Ante/Post Natal and the Over 50's!!! Some of our best sessions were spent training the over 80s from the local old peoples home just off of Regent Street.
A few years later I needed another new challenge and decided to learn Sports Therapy. I attended the trial weekend to see if it was for me and was hooked straight away. I spent a year studying for this course and seriously had no social life at all with essays, practice and children PLUS a husband in the army posted away!!
I have been teaching now for 20 years and it is a very useful tool for when I see people in the clinic as I have lived through injuries, all sorts of muscle strains and understand the determination of athletes who still want to continue their sport. I am always looking out for workshops to attend either in Massage therapy or any new fitness techniques. I teach Pilates classes with Summertown Clinic at the North Oxford Golf Club and a variety of exercise classes across Oxford including Bodybalance, Bodypump, Step, Aerobics, Aqua, Zumba, Legs, Bums, and Tums, and Body conditioning. I am also Ante/Post Natal qualified and teach the specialist over 60s classes for the Council. I enjoy the challenges of my job and the way the different parts all interconnect.
I work as a Sports massage therapist at Summertown Clinic every Friday morning and at various other times during the week if clients can't make that day. I also do mobile work.
I teach the Thursday 1pm Pilates Class at North Oxford Golf Club which can be booked through Summertown Clinic reception team 01865 558561 or online, by clicking here…
Other local classes you can attend without being a member are:
Monday: 9.30 am Bodybalance, Ferry Sports Centre.
10.30 am Primetime over 50's Ferry Sports Centre
Tuesday: 5pm Bodypump Brookes Headington Campus
7.45pm Bodybalance Ferry Sports Centre
Wednesday: 9.35am Primetime over 50's Ferry Sports Centre
10.15am Primetime Plus over 60's Ferry Sports Centre
Thursday: 12.30pm Pilates at North Oxford Golf Club.
6pm Bodypump Brookes Headington Campus
Friday: 9am – 1pm Sports Massage at Summertown Clinic
If you'd like to book an appointment with Kate for a massage please ring our friendly receptionists on 01865 558561 and they will help you and answer any questions you may have.
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October 31: FUV FC - MLS Playoffs
Islanders Face Difficult Test in the First Round
Be ecstatic Isles fans, but be realistic
It's been six seasons since Islanders fans have seen their team in the postseason, but the wait is now over. A young team, led by Hart Trophy candidate John Tavares, will not have an easy first round as they face the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Final Stretch
Rangers vs. Capitals
Round 2 Preview
The Rangers emerged victorious in a hard fought 7 games series with Ottawa, and now find themselves moving on to round 2 to face the Washington Capitals.
courtesy of the New York Rangers
Series Preview: Devils vs. Panthers
One team excited to be here, the other desperate to advance
The Florida Panthers just ended a ten-year playoff drought, a NHL record. The team they will be facing in the first round, the New Jersey Devils, are trying to break a slide of their own.


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Four trains on NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line were cancelled Tuesday due to a manpower shortage.
Those trains included:
- #2123 from Hoboken
- #2129 from Hoboken
- #2133 from Hoboken
- #2124 from Spring Valley
On Wednesday, NJ Transit's rail service will operate on a President's Day schedule.
System-wide cross honoring will remain in effect with Rail, PATH, and bus.
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PHOENIX, AZ – The Chicago Blackhawks stumbled into their Thursday night match-up against the Arizona Coyotes on the heels of three consecutive losses, including a loss on Tuesday night in San Jose to open their current six game road trip.
The Blackhawks were outscored 13-6 by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Winnipeg Jets, and San Jose Sharks in their last three games leading up to Thursday evening's meeting with the Coyotes in Phoenix. Poor goaltending coupled with poor third period performances fueled the Hawks' mini-slide, one that has them now six points behind the Minnesota Wild in the Central Division, and third in the Western Conference behind both the Wild, and the San Jose Sharks.
The Blackhawks would go slump busting in the desert on Thursday night though, with strong performances from their top-6 forwards. The Blackhawks jumped all over the Coyotes in the first period, running out to a three goal lead on the strength of goals by Patrick Kane, Ryan Hartman and Marian Hossa.
Patrick Kane got a wrist-shot by Arizona goalie Mike Smith on the Blackhawks Power-Play with 11:16 remaining in the first period to get the scoring started for the Hawks'. The goal was Kane's 16th of the season, he was assisted by Duncan Keith (30) and Jonathan Toews (20) on the play.
Just over a minute later, Ryan Hartman scored his 11th goal of the season on a slap-shot, giving the Blackhawks an early 2-0 lead over the Coyotes. Duncan Keith (31), and Andrew Desjardins (1) notched assists on the goal by Hartman.
With 5:45 remaining in the opening frame, the Blackhawks capitalized on another Power-Play opportunity, this time on the strength of a beautiful breakaway goal by Marian Hossa (19), with assists coming from Artemi Panarin (28) and Brent Seabrook (23). The Blackhawks would take a 3-0 lead into the second period after the outburst of goals by the Blackhawks forwards.
The Coyotes would get on the scoreboard early in the second period, on a Oliver Ekman-Larsson wrist-shot past Corey Crawford with 18:24 to go. The Power-Play goal was assisted by Radim Vrbata (24) and Michael Stone (8). Artemi Panarin would get the early Coyotes goal right back just a few minutes later, putting a slap-shot past Mike Smith to stretch the Blackhawks lead to 4-1 in the second period. The goal was the 18th of the season for Panarin, Artem Anisimov (17) and Patrick Kane (35) recorded the assists on the score.
The Coyotes would net a pair of goals in the latter half of the second period to draw to within one of the Blackhawks. First on a Christian Dvorak goal, his 5th of the season, and again just a minute later when Brendan Perlini scored on a wrist-shot attempt past Corey Crawford, cutting the Blackhawks lead to 4-3 after two periods in the desert.
The Blackhawks got another power play opportunity early in the third period but couldn't capitalize for a third time on the evening, when Gustav Forsling led Artemi Panarin too far on the one-timer, their best scoring opportunity on the penalty.
The Blackhawks would hold the Coyotes scoreless in the third period, and snap their three game losing streak on Thursday night, with a 4-3 win over the Coyotes. Patrick Kane notched a goal and an assist on the evening, as did Artemi Panarin, while Duncan Keith was the third Blackhawks player with two points on the evening, recording two assists. Corey Crawford saved 24 of the 27 Arizona shots in the contest, as the Blackhawks improved their record to 31-17-5 on the season.
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The Introduction (Undying Love #1)
-By Isabelle Connors
First of all, Thank you Isabelle for the free review copy of this book.
This story of Skylar and Arianna who are madly in love with each other but still are not together since Ari's sister-like-best-friend, Rachel, is in love with Sky too. To make her best friend happy, Ari takes the decision from sky's side to him get into a relationship with Rachel. But that one sided love doesn't take them too far and soon Rachel comes to know about Ari and Sky's feelings for each other. Respecting their love, she steps aside from their love story. They turn out to be a wonderful couple but there are still some people who are jealous of them. Also Sky has got admission into an out-of-city college for further studies due to which Ari is afraid that distance might give rise to misunderstandings between and she might lose her love.
Leaving readers guessing that what will happen in the next part has created a feeling of curiosity in me too.
What will be the impact of this going-to be-long distance relationship?
Will they keep on loving each other or Ari's fears will come true?
Sail through this cute little tale of love The Introduction (Undying Love #1) to get to the shores of the answers that will unfold in the coming two parts.
My Opinion:
Targeting teenagers, this book is written in a simple and pleasing manner. Writing from Ari's and Sky's view in alternating chapters has created a wonderful impact. Detailing the desires and feelings of Teen-agers, this book has defined new definitions for friendships and love. The emotional turmoil through which Sky passes is written in a simple and innocent manner. Dialogue writing is done in a beautiful manner which helps its readers to connect with it.
Some points which according to me lack in this story is lack of descriptions. The story could have been written in a more descriptive manner and some part of literature would have added a cherry on this sweet-teenage-love-cake.
A tale of love, friendships, relationships and distance, this will take you to your High school days when innocence is at its best. Read this wonderful experience The Introduction (Undying Love #1) by Isabelle Connors.
Final Rating:
Book Cover: 3.5/5
Plot, language and Literature: 3/5
Character Justification: 3/5
Final Rating: 3.25/5


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|First, we started by projecting the picture on the wall and tracing it.
|First we did the tree, and then the mama and baby horse.
|Unfortunately, we did not measure twice and trace once. They were way too small the first time. So, we erased from the wall, flipped the picture, and traced again.
|Then, Catrina started painting the tree, and Allie & I started on the horses.
|Allie painting mama horse's forelock.
|Mom painted the lovely leaves, while Trina fine-tuned the tree.
|Trina added in a little ladybug. :)
|The finished product!
And, as the finale, here is her AWESOME reaction. :) (We hid our signatures in the grass and the tree branches.)


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My life has been shaped by two very early events: I was born into the racism of the civil rights South, and I carry the grief of my daddy being killed by a train. Much of my writing carefully picks at the nuances of racism, and many of my stories involve the child trying to understand the space left by a missing parent.
The two jobs for which I've been well-paid are lawyering in Jackson, Mississippi and walking the runway in Memphis. I follow my own peculiar definition of God, which led me to start a writing group of men and women who have experienced homelessness.
I've been published—you can see the LONG list (blushing) by clicking on Achievements above. I love all the people in my life but mostly my husband, my dog (yes, she's a person), and my two grandbabies.
I've been known to appear in public in costume.