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Construction continues on an overpass for new lanes of northbound Interstate 35 near Avenue H in Temple on Jan. 10, 2018.
MICHAEL MILLER | TELEGRAM STAFF
I-35 construction delays continue
BY ERIC E. GARCIA | TELEGRAM CITY EDITOR
No surprise — the completion of Interstate 35 through Temple has been delayed again.
Texas Department of Transportation officials said in mid-February that the highway construction would be substantially complete by the end of May — if spring rains didn't interfere. In March, a spokesman revised that timeline to say the construction would be finished in the summer but gave no specific date.
Ken Roberts, a TxDOT spokesman, now says the agency anticipates having four lanes open in each direction by the Fourth of July — more than a month later than expected.
"We are on track for substantial completion, weather permitting," Roberts said.
Rain has led to more delays, Roberts said.
"Significant wet weather events have slowed the progress on the mainlanes and frontage roads, particularly in the areas of striping, concrete bridge railings and concrete median barriers," Roberts said.
Work on frontage road intersections near downtown Temple has also been slow since temporary stop signs have been posted at the intersections of both Central and Adams avenues for several months. Most days, traffic backs up at the stop signs as motorists wait their turn to cross the busy intersections.
Roberts said a TxDOT contractor will be working on the new traffic signals at Central, Adams, Avenue H and 57th Street throughout June.
"The complexity of wiring and required supports necessary to activate and maintain both the traffic and pedestrian signals at that location have required additional resources and slowed the progress to this point," Roberts said. "As I mentioned, the June timeframe is what is being projected but it too could go into the summer."
The I-35 project has been delayed by about a year due to right of way and utility issues.
I-35 construction through Bell County, with significant delays that led to the loss of businesses in Salado, for example, has concerned elected officials, including state Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple and U.S. Rep. John Carter.
"It's been a real difficult challenge," Shine previously told the Telegram. "Over the past two years I've established a relationship with TxDOT and the railroad. There have been multiple issues."
Shine said Bell County residents have endured the brunt of the delays.
"I've discovered a lack of coordination, cooperation and misunderstandings in the process by all entities involved," Shine said.
North of Temple, the project reached substantial completion at the end of last year through Troy and Bruceville-Eddy.
TxDOT is wrapping up work on the State Highway 95 project between Little River-Academy and Holland, officials said.
Downtown Temple projects
The transportation department has several projects in the works, including overlay projects near downtown Temple.
On Monday, workers will begin the milling process for a $2.5 million overlay project on part of State Highway 53/West Adams/East Central in Temple. Barricades and warning signs will be set up this week.
Three miles of roads — West Adams and East Central avenues from North 31st Street to South Spur 290/North Third Street — will be resurfaced. Work in residential areas will occur from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Work in commercial areas will be done from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays.
The project is scheduled to be completed in late summer, weather permitting, Roberts said.
Last week, TxDOT started a $1.2 million overlay project for a portion of Spur 290/North Third Street in downtown Temple. The project began May 1 on Spur 290/South First Street.
The project will cover about 1.8-miles of Spur 290 between East Marvin Felder Drive to the BNSF railroad crossing just south of East Avenue B. The work will take place between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Roberts said rain delayed the work in May. The project could be complete by the end of July, weather permitting, he said.
Loop 363 resurfacing
Next week, TxDOT plans to start a $2.9 million resurfacing and repair project on East Loop 363.
The project — scheduled to start on Monday, June 10 — will mill about eight inches of existing roadway for an asphalt overlay from I-35 southeast to U.S. Highway 190. Work will be alternated on both northbound and southbound lanes of I-35, Roberts said.
Work will be done between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, weather permitting.
Hewitt-based Big Creek Construction Ltd. is contacted for the project, which will resurface nearly seven miles of roadway. The completion date will be in late summer, Roberts said.
Road work signs and temporary lane closures will be posted. Motorists can expect delays within the project area, Roberts said.
TxDOT cautions motorists to be alert for construction personnel and equipment in the work areas.
Interstate 14 expansion
Construction is expected to begin in the fall for a project to widen Interstate 14 between Harker Heights and Belton. The project — which will widen the highway from two to three lanes in each direction — will go to bid in June.
The new lanes — to be built in the existing median — will expand the highway from near Indian Trail in Harker Heights to near FM 2410 in Belton. No additional right of way is needed for the project, Roberts said.
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Scatter team moving to ULTRA sisterchain. Wallet to turn into a community project
Today the Ultra announced that the two faces of Scatter: Nathan and Rami James are going to move and work for the ULTRA platform. When asked, Rami released an article that explains the situation and future plans for Scatter.
It seems like the transition is already happening with himself moving over to the ULTRA team, while Nathan will still be working on a few more updates for Scatter. When these updates will be delivered to the community, Nathan will join the ULTRA team as well.
According to Rami, they already have plans that will make the loved wallet into a community project. Meaning it's going to be funded and developed by the community.
We've already reviewed ULTRA in this article. Read it to find out why the project is so exciting and understand why Rami and Nathan decided to move and work with this EOSIO side chain.
Sources: https://t.me/eosgo_turbo/2178 Article: https://medium.com/@ramijames/ultra-bd4bdb3b30b7
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How to Move Forward After a Financial Setback
Poor planning in splitting the assets in a divorce can create hardship for one party — and often it's the woman with the emotional attachment to the family home
Financial Planning, On Your Own | Lorraine Ell October 29, 2018
"Poor planning in splitting the assets in a divorce can create hardship for one party — and often it's the woman with the emotional attachment to the family home," says Lorraine Ell, CEO of Better Money Decisions, LLC, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based fee-only financial planner.
A 56-year-old Phoenix woman who kept her house in a divorce came to Ell's firm, overwhelmed by upkeep and mortgage costs. "Fortunately, the home had $500,000 in equity, so the answer was obvious — sell the house, get a smaller place and invest the rest," Ell says. "She just needed help to get there."
Often, the emotional impact of the financial loss "is far greater than the actual loss of cash," Ell says. Rebuilding morale with a new reality — and a new financial plan — is crucial.
"You have to know and accept what is happening, and understand there are more important things than money," Ell says. "Then construct a financial plan to get back to some semblance of normal. That's easier said than done because often that means working more, downsizing and reducing your lifestyle."
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Lorraine is the CEO of Better Money Decisions (B$D) and co-author of the blog Better Financial Decisions. As a principal of B$D, she is excited to continue her long career as an investment professional which started when she worked in the 1980s as an advisor with Drexel, Burnham and Lambert and J.W. Charles and as co-owner of a Registered Investment Advisory firm.
Living and working in places as diverse as Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Budapest, Hungary has given her a unique perspective on the world of investing. Through these experiences she has learned that life can change in an instant and having a financial guide can make all the difference between a retirement fraught with worry and one with peace of mind.


At some point after divorce or separation, you might start to consider reconciling with your children's other parent and re-uniting your households. The decision to reconcile after marriage dissolution is an important one that will have lasting effects on both you and your children. You need to ask yourself the following questions and answer them honestly. If you can't answer "yes" to these questions, there's no point considering reconciliation at this time.
Despite all the hurt and pain of your divorce, do you still love the other parent?
Are you willing to create a new relationship out of the love that remains for the other parent?
Are you willing to examine how you are communicating with the other parent? Are you willing to change any destructive communication styles you are using?
Of course, you want a new marriage to be happy. Are you willing to let go of your anger and forgive rather than try to get even?
Are both of you willing to make your relationship a priority and work hard at solving problems?
What positive factors remain in your relationship after the divorce? Does the good outweigh the bad?
Do you have the support of others to make the relationship work?
Are both of you willing to seek couple counseling, if necessary?
Children almost always wish their parents would get together again. They want both parents under one roof. They also want peace and harmony in their home so they go about the business of being a child and growing up.
As you consider reconciling with the other parent, be aware of your children's imaginations. Depending on their age and ability to understand, you may want to tell your children that you're considering reconciliation. Of course, teenagers will understand the nuances better than younger children. Whatever your children's ages, make it clear that you're still undecided. Do not promote a fantasy of the two of you getting back together.
Consistency is essential to your children's well-being. The acts of separating, coming back together, and separating yet again carry an enormous price for children. If you are considering reconciliation, it's better for your children to keep your households separate while you work out your issues.
If you decide to reconcile and live together again, take the following steps before reuniting your households.
Carefully examine the breakdown of the relationship so you both know what went wrong and can avoid these mistakes in the future.
Discuss the changes you and the other parent need to make in behaviors and communication styles.
Recognize the need for forgiveness on both sides.
Make sure both of you believe reconciliation will work and are committed to making it work.
You may want to consult a professional couple's counselor before you start living together again and afterwards, as needed.
Following these steps will help you minimize heartache and disruption for your children and give you confidence to move forward as a united household.
Hawkins, A., & Fackrell, T. (2009). Should I keep trying to work it out? A guidebook for individuals and couples at the crossroads of divorce (and before). Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Commission on Marriage.
Hetherington, E. M. & Kelly, J. (2002). For better or worse: Divorce reconsidered. New York: WW Norton & Company.


Here's a great handmade christmas present I got from W. It is a flannel sleeve custom made for my iBook that replaces the old pillowcase.
I recently had my wisdom teeth taken out and recovery gave me some time to make progress on my newest project, a herringbone stitch scarf. Details are available on my Ravelry page. As are some of the other projects I've finished recently.
I really like it, its a very dense stitch and should be nice and warm. It tends to knit up skinnier than stockinette, hence the skinny scarf. Nonetheless, because its so dense, not having to fold it over will be a good thing.


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Mallya has up to 1 year to buy house properties
Mallya has the option to buy 'Niladri' his residence in Nepean Sea Road along with two other large properties in Goa and Delhi at a 10% discount to market priceTNN | March 13, 2016, 09:26 IST
The latest share acquisition has freed Heineken from "an earlier pact with Mallya based on equal shareholding and joint management", said a top UB official who did not wish to be named.
MUMBAI: Vijay Mallya has up to one year to buy his 13 residential properties which are in the books of United Spirits.
These include 'Niladri' his residence in Nepean Sea Road which is estimated to be worth over Rs 300 crore. Mallya has the option to buy this property along with two other large properties in Goa and Delhi at a 10% discount to market price.
Last month, while finalizing Mallya's severance deal from United Spirits, Diageo had terminated an earlier deal with PE Data—a Mallya firm and repaid the option fee. The Goa property is other than Kingfisher Villa, which is mortgaged to lenders of Kingfisher Airlines.
Tags : Residential, Vijay Mallya, property, Niladri, Kingfisher Villa, diageo


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Dave Hunter
Dave Hunter has been involved in the Bay Area rock art/music scene for 23 years. After moving to San Francisco in 1985, he helped to organize and install rock poster shows at the Psychedelic Shop and Artist Rights Today benefits in San Francisco. Dave went on to work as head picture framer for the Bill Graham Archives from 1988 till 1992. From this rock art rich background Hunter began to create rock art for San Francisco Bay Area bands, record labels and venues. Recently, Dave has returned to his roots in printmaking, creating silkscreened posters – some of which are featured in the new Firehouse/Goldenvoice SF poster series. Hunter currently lives and works from his studio in Fairfax, CA, supporting his young daughter and a healthy art habit. He is an alumnus of the California College of the Arts in Oakland and the Center For Electronic Arts in San Francisco.
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Q: AngularJS ui-grid sorting in cellTemplate I have a problem with the sort functionality in UI-GRID.
Currently I receive my data in this way:
{
AccountID : 555,
Teacher: Somename,
SchoolName: 1
},

{
AccountID : 555,
Teacher: Somename,
SchoolName: 2
}

and etc.
I'm using a dictonary for my Schoolnames and I visualise them with:
if ( memberData.type == "dictionary" ) {
columnDef.cellTemplate =
'<div class="ui-grid-cell-contents">
{{ grid.appScope.GetDictionaryItemValue( "' + memberData.dictionaryID + '", COL_FIELD ) }}
</div>';

The problem here is that the sorting function is sorting the schools
  not by the received from the dictonary name, but according their ID's.

What would be the best solution to this problem?
I tried to use cellFilter instead of cellTemplate, but it also sort them by ID's.

A: Just tried again with cellFilter and actually it works this way:
columnDef.cellFilter = 'dictionaryFilter:"' + this + '"';

columnDef.sortCellFiltered = true;

Currently that is my filter code manually:
 .filter( 'dictionaryFilter', function() {
        return function( input ) {

            if (input == 2) {
                input = 'High School';
            }
            if (input == 3) {
                input = 'Other School';
            }
            if (input == 16) {
                input = 'Another School';
            }

            return input;

        }

Is there a way to access the parent controller scope from this filter ? I do not want to hardcore the dictonary in the filter.

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Home·What's on·ONLINE EVENT: Getting in Fashion: Ethnographic Museums and their Dress Collections
ONLINE EVENT: Getting in Fashion: Ethnographic Museums and their Dress Collections
Speaker: Daan van Dartel
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event will now only be available online. Details of how to join online will be sent to everyone registered 48 hours before and on the day of the event.
For the past 150 years, fashion has been excluded from the ontology of ethnographic museums. Fashion was not deemed to be a part of ethnography, understood as 'the description of cultures', which was a branch of anthropology that evolved from theories and general views on culture that were developed through colonialism. This lecture examines the relationship between colonial history and the foundation of ethnographic museums, including its theoretical notions on what constitutes the Other, who is the subject of such museums, and what does not. Such divisions were largely predicated on the notion that the Other was not considered to have fashion. This lecture demonstrates how fashion might actually be a tool used to decolonize ethnographic and, indeed, other museums throughout the world, in order to broaden their relevance for society at large. The case study drawn upon will be the National Museum of World Cultures in the Netherlands, which comprises the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, the Africa Museum in Berg en Dal, and the associated World Museum in Rotterdam.
Daan van Dartel is curator of popular culture and fashion at the National Museum of World Cultures in the Netherlands, where she is responsible for the dress and fashion collections. In her work she looks at fashion as a tool for decolonizing ethnographic museum collections and vice versa.
Organised by Dr Elizabeth Kutesko (The Courtauld, Central Saint Martins), as part of the Documenting Fashion Research Group at The Courtauld.
Thursday 10th November 2022, 5:30-6:30pm GMT
Booking will close 30 minutes before the event start time.
Details on how to join the online event will be sent out 48 hours before and on the day of the event. If you do not receive this information, please contact researchforum@courtauld.ac.uk
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Herons are a favorite bird species of mine. We see them frequently here in central Florida. One of their characteristics that impress me is their patience. It is common to see them standing almost still except for their neck swaying slowly back and forth.
Oh, that I had the patience like these Storks.
Herons belong to the Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns Family and are a Bird of the Bible.
I have been thinking about that Green Heron in the video I posted a few days ago. (Green Heron Fishing With Bread) The verse above makes me think there has to be some lessons to learn from it. These are just some of my thoughts and I am sure you can come up with some of your own.
One that comes to thought right off is that bird's patience. Are we?
The verse used in the article tells how the Lord protects and provides for His creation. Will He not provide for us also. He loves us and wants to meet our needs, just as was provided for this Heron.
Another lesson is that the bird is doing something that we wouldn't think it could do. You wonder where it learned that behavior. For us, the Lord wants us to do something, and if we are willing, we are amazed at what we can do. Things we would never think we had the capacity to do He helps us perform..
He (the heron) has a goal in mind and isn't going to give up even though it takes several attempts to accomplish his goal. The Lord tells us to become "fishers of men" and we need to keep trying and not give up. Even when our "bread" is down to hardly anything and you think you might as well give up, you try one more time.
These are but a few and if you have some, leave a comment and share them with us.


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NCFM Member Jerry Cox saga continues – Judge calls disparity in Cox case disturbing
mraab May 21, 2018 0 Comments
NCFM Member Jerry Cox has been fighting to save his home and ranch for three years after being falsely accused of sexual assault and being served with over 100 County code violations most of which were also false.
There was no physical evidence of a crime although there was substantial evidence the alleged crimes never occurred. It was a fake rape without sustainable probable cause. There is good reason to believe there was an effort to drag the criminal charges out to facilitate legally snatching Jerry's property while draining his assets so he would eventually be unable to withstand the power of Mariposa County and involved players.
After NCFM got involved one of our attorney members and a retired homicide investigator member began taking Mariposa County to task by publicizing what we consider to be gross negligence, incompetence, maladministration and collusion of high order, albeit corruption.
To make a very long story as short (read other related articles on our site) the County gave control of Jerry's property to a hired gun legally known as a "Receiver," in this case a law firm specializing in taking over non-compliant properties ostensibly in violation of one or more county ordinances.
However, it appears that the Receiver, in this instance is a law firm, specializing in running up astronomical legal costs for doing mostly billing for hundreds of thousands of dollars while doing no – as in nada – remediation of the property as ordered by the court and legally obligated to do.
The article below concerns a recent court hearing to determine whether the Receivers remediation plan or Jerry's remediation plan would be approved by the court.
Jerry plan to cure all non-compliance was projected to cost $18,000.
The Receiver's plan was for couple of hundred thousand dollars more than he had already billed for doing no work at all other than hiring a security company.
At least this time, the court had the good sense to approve Jerry's proposal.
When all the dust settles, NCFM will help Jerry sue all involved, from those who knew the accusations of sexual assault were false two years or so before dismissing the charges to anyone involved in the attempted theft of Jerry's property. Sometime reeks big time in Mariposa County.
Additionally, the County has refused to tell us, why the women who made the false accusations has not been arrested or charged for her criminal acts.
If have helpful information about any aspect of this situation, please feel free to reach out to NCFM. You can call 619-231-1909 or send an email to ncfm @ ncfm.org. We have been having some trouble with our emails so a telephone call may be best…
By ohtadmin | on May 17, 2018
By GREG LITTLE Editor
The controversial case involving a local man whose property was placed into receivership took a new twist on Monday.
The case involves Jerry Cox, owner of JDC Land Company, who is also now a candidate for county supervisor in District 3.
The high-profile case involves 430 acres of land which the court ordered into receivership last year. The matter was based on more than 100 alleged code violations cited by Mariposa County.
An appeal has been filed on that ruling, however, the case involving the receivership continues forward. A receivership in California involves the court appointing a person or company to oversee rehabilitation of property that has been deemed a public health hazard. In many cases, those involve larger housing projects in which income is generated even while the property is in receivership.
But in this case, Cox's property is not generating money as it has sat empty since the court ruling. In addition, the receiver has been granted funds by the court for everything from security to taking care of animals.
Cox's attorneys have argued the sole purpose of the receivership is for that person to get estimates on how to rehabilitate the property, something that has never happened. The receiver, Mark Adams of California Receivership Group of Santa Monica, told the court in January he could not get companies to give him estimates.
He cited intimidation by Cox via social media as well as the high-profile nature of the case as reasons he could not get bids. At one point in January, Mariposa County Superior Court Judge Dana Walton suggested Adams use a phone book to look for contractors.
In the meantime, Cox has gathered estimates — and they are much lower than the more than $200,000 Adams was estimating for doing the rehabilitation.
And that was the focus of Monday's court hearing.
Attorney Imran Khaliq of Menlo Park, who represents Cox, told the court he felt it was his client who did the work in getting estimates when the "receiver was supposed to do it."
In his court filing, Cox presented an estimate of $18,000 to complete the work at the ranch, which is located on CYA Road north of the airport in Mariposa.
That estimate came from The Building Design Group which is located on Ben Hur Road in Mariposa.
The report from that company indicates the proposal is for "work/services for a classification R-3 occupancy only."
The county has contended Cox was using the property for guest rentals and not paying transient occupancy taxes.
"The owner has opted to stop all commercial activity … unless the proper permits are obtained," wrote Marc Farias Jones, property manager of The Building Design Group.
During the hearing, Khaliq also brought up the issue of the "$230,000 already ordered by this court," referring to the fees charged to date by the receiver.
Walton seemed to indicate that issue might be dealt with in another way. But before addressing that issue, the judge asked Khaliq what he and Adams could agree to when it comes to the proposal presented by Cox.
In addressing the court, Adams did say he would agree "to use the design professional and contractor they propose."
Adams also asked the court to order an additional $40,000 to cover costs his company has incurred. He said fees were advanced by his company to cover some costs.
That's another issue the judge would address later.
The judge then pressed Khaliq about "what can you live with today?"
Khaliq said his client would agree to deposit $18,000 into the receivership account to be used solely for the rehabilitation work proposed by the local firm.
But anything beyond that, said Khaliq, should be brought before the court. He again brought up the many bills presented by the receiver since the last hearing in January.
Walton pointed out he has "not approved any receiver bills" since February.
What that indicates remains to be seen, but prior to that, the judge did routinely approve bills presented by the receiver.
Walton also raised the possibility of having an outside person get involved with what he called the "secondary issues" relating to the receivership. Those issues appear to be Cox's claim the receiver had no intention of rehabilitating the property and was moving toward having it sold to recoup his costs.
The bulk of those costs have been for security at the property, another issue which has been questioned by Cox's attorneys. In court on Monday, Adams did say $137,000 of the costs have been for security, what he called "by far" the largest portion.
Previously, Cox's attorneys have questioned that security, pointing out they had video of security officers having their families at the ranch and even using Cox's all-terrain vehicles.
That aside, on Monday, Walton ordered that Cox place $18,000 into the account by this Friday, which was agreed to by Cox. That money will be used strictly for doing the rehabilitation on the property.
"Everyone seems to agree there are issues on the property," said Walton. "We now have a number to deal with."
But that number, $18,000 opposed to more than $200,000, leaves a lot of questions.
Adams said it is a "large disparity" as opposed to his estimates, though he has never produced formal estimates from an architect or contractor to the court.
The judge seemed to agree the disparity is an issue.
"The entire thing has been disturbing to this court," said the judge. "Moving from $150,000 to $18,000 creates a disturbance."
The judge was referring to the estimate by Adams of $150,000 for just the rehabilitation and not the engineering. Earlier in the hearing, Adams said the $150,000 was "just for contracting."
The judge also told all parties involved he wanted to "keep a tight rein" on the case. He told all the lawyers he wanted bi-weekly updates, or "status conferences" in the case.
Adams argued the first such conference should be in 30 days because of the time it will take to get county permits as well as consult with the contractor.
But the judge decided to bring back all of the parties on May 30 at 2:30 p.m. for a status conference. He also set the second conference for June 18 at 2 p.m.
That was also when Walton said he could move toward appointing a "special master" in the case to hear the arguments outside the scope of just the rehabilitation work. Those could include arguments by Cox that the receiver has overcharged in his case as well as other materials submitted by Cox alleging the receiver is involved in other cases in which he is accused of overcharging and not doing the work.
At one point in Monday's hearing, Walton told Khaliq he knows there are other issues.
"I know what you want," said Walton, saying it was the "receiver dismissed" and to "move on."
But the judge said that was "not going to happen today," though he did add he was "not saying it wasn't" going to happen, even suggesting "sooner than later" though he gave no specifics.
Khaliq then brought up the issue of having Cox move back onto this property. He said Cox has been homeless since the court ordered him off the property more than a year ago.
He said the "primary concern" is to get Cox "back into his house."
Walton said the court has "considered it," but said whenever the case is resolved, if there are "funds still to be paid" by Cox and he is "unable" to pay those funds, Cox would have to move and the possibility exists the property would be sold.
The judge said he didn't know "if any" funds would be owed by Cox, but said there "probably" would be. The judge said he wanted to focus on getting the property rehabilitated before allowing Cox back into his home.
"I will consider after remediation … letting him back in," said Walton.
He also told everyone it is his hope a settlement conference can have a good outcome so he doesn't have to appoint someone else to handle the issues, something he said costs everyone money.
"The last thing this court wants to do is appoint a special master," said Walton, adding it would add costs to everyone involved.
But the judge did say if that becomes the case, he will appoint someone because it is beyond the scope of what the local court can handle.


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The concept of a flying car has been a popular image in sci-fi fiction for decades. Seen as a sign of the future, vehicles that take to the sky are something that manufacturers have been working on for almost as long as the idea has been around. As of the Geneva Motor Show 2018, the world's first commercially available flying car has been unveiled. Called Liberty, the car looks like a cross between a gyrocopter and a modern three-wheeled Bond Bug.
Off to a flying start
The Liberty is the brainchild of Dutch manufacturer PAL-V, who've been working on the prototype for a number of years. The Liberty makes use of a gyroplane engine and retractable propellers that are attached to a sports vehicle kind of body. It possesses two engines for road and aerial manoeuvrability. The road engine is capable of pushing the car to a top speed of 100 mph. In the air, the Liberty can move at a speed of 112 mph, being able to cover 311 miles in between fuel stops.
PAL-V claim the car is certified to fly under the European Aviation Safety Agency and the US Federal Aviation Administration, complying with all road safety regulations as well. To pilot the Liberty you'll need a flying licence. The suggested place to fly it is on a small airfield, as it takes between five to ten minutes to convert from driving to flying mode. The Liberty is also suitable for longer travel, with PAL-V confirming that it can be flown in tumultuous weather.
Ready for take off in 2019
The Liberty will be available in 2019 and PAL-V are taking pre orders from interested parties. Two versions can be purchased: The Pioneer model that features a unique interior and exterior, and the sports edition. PAL-V CEO Robert Dingemanse gave a statement on the car. "Once full certification is granted in 2019 we will hand over the keys of the PAL-V Liberty to our first customers."
Flying cars have received a lot of attention lately, with many startup companies like Ehang and Volocopter marketing electric versions. These versions are more closely related to drones because of them being powered by electric batteries. A lot of people are even hesitant to use 'flying car' as a moniker, preferring evTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing)
The Liberty can be considered a genuine flying car because of its design. The future is here and it looks promising for automobiles.
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We began working with Beiersdorf in 2004 on three integrated priorities: strategy, leadership and alignment. Phase one involved developing and then communicating Beiersdorf's strategic content, including their aspirations, core value proposition and balanced scorecard. A disciplined process was implemented to measure and review progress towards Beiersdorf's ambitious vision: "After 5 years in the market each of our brands will be #1 or #2".
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State of the Union 2018 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Imagine your summer just ended. It's time for Americans to get back to work. Picture yourself on that Tuesday night after Labor Day watching President Trump deliver the following speech from the White House including the words "Robert Mueller, you're fired."
Angelo M. Codevilla senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University writes the speech: President Trump's September Surprise:
My fellow Americans,
Traditionally, this is the day when the country ends summer fantasies, gets back to work and to school—when we get serious. And it is high time for our political system to follow suit and get serious. Tonight we start.
Two months from now, we will vote for 435 members of the House of Representatives, 34 senators, and countless other officials. Since the last election, we've been bombarded with accusations from government officials acting in semi-secrecy and through friendly collaborators in the media that your votes were somehow tainted, and the election results were illegitimate.
Sadly, this outrageous campaign has abetted the Democratic Party's near-unanimous refusal to accept the results of our election. Aptly, they call what they have been doing "the Resistance." This open cabal of officials, of the media, of corporate America's leadership, these upscale lords of the universe, are trying to overturn the results of the last presidential election.
They aim to convince you that you are stupid, unsophisticated, and at least a little racist. In short, they want you to know that you can't govern yourselves as well as they would have you governed. They tell you that you must vote for Democrats, any and all Democrats, because if enough are elected, they will impeach Donald Trump who is responsible in part for the stupidity, racism, sexism, etc. that led you to vote as you did in 2016.
For what will they impeach me? For having done exactly what? They won't say directly. They want an endless investigation producing more leaks and suggestions that the worst of the allegations about me may be true. And they want elections to be run on the basis of their smoke and mirrors campaigns.
But it's time to get serious. That's why, tonight, I'm telling them what Muhammed Ali told George Foreman after he had absorbed his best punches: Now it's my turn.
So, tonight, hear this.
Robert Mueller, you're fired. As of noon Eastern Daylight Time on September 5, along with every person you have hired, you are no longer an employee of the United States. The same goes for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. I am canceling all security clearances of yours and of theirs as of that hour. By that moment, you and they will have delivered to the Justice Department's inspector general every copy of every document connected with your investigation of anything having to do with the 2016 election, and every electronic instrument containing such documents. After that moment, your possession of any such documents, in any form, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Second, in the exercise of my authority under Article II of the Constitution, I hereby declassify, as of noon Eastern Daylight Time on September 5, any and all documents in the possession of the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the FBI, the CIA, and the National Security Agency relating in any way to the election of 2016.
The attorney general, the secretary of state, the director of central intelligence, and the secretary of defense shall instruct officials under them to put all such documents online, without redactions. If any of these officials believe that the publication of an item in any of these documents could get anybody killed, they will have to convince me to redact it.
Before now, charges and countercharges were made on the basis of speculation and partial leaks about what these documents contain. This has divided Americans needlessly while giving unfair advantages to insiders and to those connected with them. From now on, as a consequence of my order, the New York Times' reporters will have access to absolutely everything. But so will everybody else. People will be able to make up their own minds on the basis of information available equally to all. That's democracy.
Third, I invite any and all members of the House of Representatives who have spoken of impeaching me to draw up those articles of impeachment and to introduce them.
Calling for impeachment is the only responsible thing that the Democratic Party's "Resistance" has done. If you're trying to overturn the results of the last presidential election, trying to impeach the president is the constitutionally correct way to do it—especially just prior to congressional elections. If the American people don't want me as their president now, all they have to do is vote for the would-be impeachers.
So tonight I ask the speaker of the House to bring these articles to the floor, to give their proponents time to promote them, and then bring them to a vote before the November elections. That way, the American people can judge for themselves whether I am the bum who should be thrown out, or whether these Washington insiders are the bums.
I believe—and I hope that you will agree—that a debate on impeachment followed by votes prior to the congressional elections, based on everybody having access to all information, is a fairer, better, more American way forward than an unending parade of innuendo and leaks based on improperly classified information.
What I am doing tonight is, unquestionably, within my power as president of the United States. The Constitution directly empowers only one executive official: the president. All other executive officials are responsible to the people through the president, who is elected by the people in the several states.
Since the president is the only official with a direct responsibility to the people through elections, the president must have the power to dismiss officials when they do not act as the president wishes. In fact, it is the president's duty to fire officials who are not in accord with him since he was elected, and they were not, to represent the solemn will of the people.
The existence and forbearance of that absolute presidential power and duty are what makes subordinate officials responsible, and hence democratically legitimate. If the American people don't like any particular firing, they can fire the president through impeachment. That's how it works. I fired James Comey, and I just fired Mueller and Rosenstein, as is my constitutional right. I did it because they joined "the Resistance," trying to overturn the results of the last election by manipulating classified information and the justice system. They say they want the law. That's what they are getting—and are going to get.
I am taking the relevant information out of the hands of insiders and putting it into the hands of all Americans. I am taking this struggle out of corrupt institutions, and putting it right back into open, constitutional channels. Anybody want impeachment? I say, bring it on!
I'm sure that the lords of the swamp will find something wrong with this. But I'm confident that most Americans will regard it as good common sense.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
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Narconon Staff Certifications in Jeopardy After New Whistleblower Comes Forward
Eric Tenorio
It's been stunning to watch Scientology's drug rehab network, Narconon, plunge into crisis over the last year after several deaths at its facilities in Oklahoma and Georgia.
But a key part of that crisis has been the emergence of former Narconon employees who have come forward to detail the network's deceptive practices. Last year, we published the first damning accusations by Narconon Arrowhead's former president, Luke Catton, who has become a vocal source about Narconon's methods (and he has a new book out).
And now, another formerly high-ranking Narconon employee has gone public with damning new allegations that are quickly having an effect. Because of Eric Tenorio's allegations about the way Narconon has certified its employees as drug counselors, some of those certifications are being revoked as a new investigation is being launched, the Underground Bunker has learned.
We spoke earlier today with Karla Taylor of the National Association of Forensic Counselors, who sounded furious that Narconon websites are misusing the NAFC's logo and are giving the appearance that the NAFC has accredited Narconon's program, which is not the case.
She has also received a formal complaint alleging that Narconon employees fraudulently obtained individual certifications as Certified Chemical Dependency Counselors (CCDC). Taylor says she is taking the complaint very seriously and that several Narconon employees have already been sent revocation notices, and she'll be investigating the rest of Narconon's CCDC certifications.
"I take this extremely seriously. The integrity of this organization is of the utmost importance. There's a zero tolerance policy for any mendacious claim of any kind, and I have no intention to let this slide by," she says.
Although Taylor did not identify the complainant, Eric Tenorio tells us he's the one who alerted NAFC that its logo and certifications were being used improperly by Narconon.
Tenorio got involved with Narconon in 1996 at its first Oklahoma facility, in Chilocco. He eventually became the executive director of a Narconon center in Michigan. He left Scientology in 2010, and only this week began speaking out about what he'd seen in his years at Narconon.
Like Catton, Tenorio says the Narconon business model is built on deception. Potential patients or their loved ones are usually roped in through generic-looking websites and telephone operators who say nothing about Narconon's relationship to Scientology. Families are also not told that patients won't actually receive drug counseling, but instead go through the same Scientology training given to new church members.
As we've seen in court documents coming out of numerous recent lawsuits against Narconon facilities, promises are also made about medical personnel being on hand, when, for example, the Georgia center's medical director had never, in several years, set foot in the facility. Narconon facilities are instead staffed by former patients who are offered jobs once they graduate.
Tenorio and Catton both became Narconon employees that way, and then both received CCDC certification. Tenorio received his in 2002, and he says the process was fraudulent. A man named Kent McGregor, he says, administered the test by giving everyone the answers ahead of time.
Two years later, Catton says he passed the CCDC test the same way.
"I took it in 2004 at Arrowhead. I had the answer key, written in Kent's writing, and that was the only thing I studied to take the test. I, and other people, we didn't even read the book," Luke says.
Tenorio points out that even if he and his fellow staff members had taken the test honestly, none of them was really qualified anyway. NAFC requirements are lengthy, and require not only college degrees, but extensive experience in the medical field. He and Catton say that Narconon officials just fudged that information on affidavits they submitted with the test scores.
We reached Kent McGregor today, who denies that he gave out answers to the tests. "That's not true. We did some open-book study but I didn't provide answers," he tells us.
"Yeah, there was open-book study the week before," Catton says when we tell him McGregor's statement. "But the day of the test there was an answer key that gave us all the answers. That's how I passed the test. I only read Kent's answer key. I didn't read the book. We were shocked that three people actually failed the tests."
Taylor says she is taking these allegations very seriously, and has already sent out half a dozen revocation notices, and will be reviewing all of Narconon's CCDC certifications.
She points out that even if the tests were performed properly, she is shocked to learn that Narconon has experienced several deaths which have produced multiple investigations and civil litigation. NAFC has heard from none of the Narconon staff, who are required, under their CCDC certifications, to notify NAFC within 30 days of investigations or litigation.
We called today and left a message for Gary Smith, who is executive director of Narconon Arrowhead and prominently displays the letters CCDC after his name on websites. He also prominently displays his CCDC certificate on a Narconon website…
But Karla Taylor says that's a very improper display. Smith's certificate is an older form that hasn't been used for seven or eight years, and it refers to a previous testing scheme under the National Board of Addiction Examiners, which the NAFC has superseded.
In August, however, as negative publicity mounted about the deaths at Narconon Arrowhead, Smith put out a lengthy statement defending the facility and pointing out its "20 CCDC's (Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor, Certified through the National Association of Forensic Counselors and The National Board of Addiction Examiners)"
We wanted to ask Smith, why hadn't he notified the NAFC of the deaths at his facility and subsequent investigations and litigation? And does he realize that it might put his own certification in jeopardy?
Instead of calling us back, he called Karla Taylor and left a message. She tells us that she is not going to call him back, but instead plans to restrict all of her future dealings with Narconon in writing.
She made that decision in part because of the way she was treated when she called up Narconon Vista Bay, a facility in California. She showed us how the rehab center's website is improperly displaying the NAFC logo, as if it had accredited the facility.
Taylor says that only individual professionals may display the logo on their websites, as long as the logo is unaltered and links directly to the NAFC website itself. Instead, various Narconon websites are displaying the logo as if the facility itself was sanctioned by NAFC, which isn't the case. And there's no link to NAFC.
"I'm finding that the NAFC logo is being used to make it look like we're endorsing their program. At no time does the NAFC endorse any program by anyone anywhere," she says. She was also unhappy about the way Narconon Vista Bay handled her phone call, and the website has not changed.
Taylor is asking all Narconon websites to remove the NAFC logo, she's reviewing all of Narconon's CCDC certifications, and she also asked Kent McGregor to removed language on his website (for the PITA Group, Inc.) which refers to his relationship with NAFC. (He complied and changed his website immediately.) She says McGregor has no relationship with the NAFC. He tells us that he did have one at one time, but Taylor denies it.
Tenorio, meanwhile, has sent letters to Oklahoma's legislators and governor about McGregor, Smith, Narconon and the NAFC.
We're still waiting to see if Smith will call us back. Taylor, meanwhile, promises to keep us informed as her investigation goes forward.
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Neuropsychologia. 2010 Apr;48(5):1501-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.01.022. Epub 2010 Feb 2.
Jennifer J Summerfield 1 , Demis Hassabis, Eleanor A Maguire
1 Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.01.022
Reliving past events and imagining potential future events engages a well-established "core" network of brain areas. How the brain constructs, or reconstructs, these experiences or scenes has been debated extensively in the literature, but remains poorly understood. Here we designed a novel task to investigate this (re)constructive process by directly exploring how naturalistic scenes are built up from their individual elements. We "slowed-down" the construction process through the use of auditorily presented phrases describing single scene elements in a serial manner. Participants were required to integrate these elements (ranging from three to six in number) together in their imagination to form a naturalistic scene. We identified three distinct sub-networks of brain areas, each with different fMRI BOLD response profiles, favouring specific points in the scene construction process. Areas including the hippocampus and retrosplenial cortex had a biphasic profile, activating when a single scene element was imagined and when 3 elements were combined together; regions including the intra-parietal sulcus and angular gyrus steadily increased activity from 1 to 3 elements; while activity in areas such as lateral prefrontal cortex was observed from the second element onwards. Activity in these sub-networks did not increase further when integrating more than three elements. Participants confirmed that three elements were sufficient to construct a coherent and vivid scene, and once this was achieved, the addition of further elements only involved maintenance or small changes to that established scene. This task offers a potentially useful tool for breaking down scene construction, a process that may be key to a range of cognitive functions such as episodic memory, future thinking and navigation.
Brain / anatomy & histology*
Environment*
Nerve Net / physiology*
Visual Perception*
084218/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom


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Investors bailed out of bond funds in August as long-term Treasury rates spiked. But investors pulled out of stock funds too due to fears about the Fed and Syria.
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Although stocks have been surging for most of the year, August was the worst month of 2013. Stocks fell as traders worried about the potential impact of the Federal Reserve scaling back its stimulus program sooner rather than later. Fears about a U.S. military strike against Syria didn't help either.
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The Pimco Total Return ETF (BOND), which is managed by Pimco co-founder Bill Gross, suffered its fourth consecutive month of outflows. Investors withdrew $94.6 million from the fund.
The $260 billion Pimco Total Return fund (PTRAX), which the ETF is based on, lost $7.5 billion, according to Morningstar.
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Q: Binary Search Tree destructor c++ I'm trying to make a Binary Search Tree recursively and I had some troubles with the destructor.
My BST is named BSNode based on a class using:
private:
    int _count;
    string _data;
    BSNode* _left;
    BSNode* _right;

this is my current destructor:
BSNode::~BSNode()
{
    if (this == NULL)
        return;
    else if ((this->_left == NULL) && (this->_right == NULL)){
        delete (this);
        return;
    }
    else if (this->_left == NULL)
    {
        this->_right->~BSNode();
        delete (this);
        return;
    }
    else if (this->_right == NULL)
    {
        this->_left->~BSNode();
        delete (this);
        return;
    }
    else
    {
        this->_left->~BSNode();
        this->_right->~BSNode();
        delete (this);
        return;
    }

}

I have a problem that after a while (destructing the "nodes" of the class), the program stops and when I started debugging the program , I saw that when the function reaches the end of the tree, it doesn't destory the node and keep getting the same node as if the function was called recursively with the same node.
How can I fix it?
This is the error I get every time the program enters the destructor

A: I think you are looking for something more like this
BSNode::~BSNode()
{
    delete(_left);
    delete(_right);
}

A:         ~tree()
{
    remove(root);
}
void remove(node* temp)
{
    if (temp == NULL)
        return;
    remove(temp->left);
    remove(temp->right);
    delete temp;
}


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Last Edited=19 Apr 2013
Charlie Robert Pieton was born on 14 November 1998.1 He is the son of Paul Pieton and Louise Sheppard.2
Charlotte Louise Pieton1
F, #550372, b. 12 February 1992
Charlotte Louise Pieton was born on 12 February 1992.1 She is the daughter of Paul Pieton and Louise Sheppard.2
William David Cathcart Gybbon-Monypenny1
M, #550373, b. 31 May 1825, d. 1893
William David Cathcart Gybbon-Monypenny was born on 31 May 1825.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Thomas Gybbon-Monypenny and Silvestra Rose Monypenny.2 He married Emma Dumayne on 23 September 1847 at Steyton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.1,3 He died in 1893 at Bath, Somerset, England.3
Children of William David Cathcart Gybbon-Monypenny and Emma Dumayne
Cathcart William Gybbon-Monypenny3 b. 24 Jan 1849
Elizabeth Silvestra Gybbon-Monypenny3 b. 5 Nov 1851
Isabel Fanny Gybbon-Monypenny3 b. 26 May 1853
Eva Annie Gybbon-Monypenny3 b. 31 Jan 1855
Blanche E. Gybbon-Monypenny3 b. c 1859, d. 1910
Jessie M. Gybbon-Monypenny3 b. c 1861, d. 1924
Allan Ernest Gybbon-Monypenny3 b. 1861, d. 1940
Emma Dumayne1,2
F, #550374, b. 13 January 1824
Emma Dumayne was baptised on 13 January 1824 at Steyton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.2 She married William David Cathcart Gybbon-Monypenny, son of Lt.-Col. Thomas Gybbon-Monypenny and Silvestra Rose Monypenny, on 23 September 1847 at Steyton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.1,2
From 23 September 1847, her married name became Gybbon-Monypenny.1
Children of Emma Dumayne and William David Cathcart Gybbon-Monypenny
Thomas Phillips Blackwell Gybbon-Monypenny1
M, #550375, b. 14 December 1828, d. 1874
Thomas Phillips Blackwell Gybbon-Monypenny was born on 14 December 1828.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Thomas Gybbon-Monypenny and Silvestra Rose Monypenny.2 He was baptised on 16 January 1829 at Rolvenden, Kent, England.3 He married Elizabeth Wood on 9 July 1852 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.3 He died in 1874.3 He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England.3
Richard James Lamb Monypenny1
M, #550376, b. 7 July 1834
Richard James Lamb Monypenny was born on 7 July 1834.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Thomas Gybbon-Monypenny and Silvestra Rose Monypenny.2
Reverend James Isaac Monypenny, 25th of Pitmilly1
M, #550377, b. 19 January 1799, d. 14 December 1881
Reverend James Isaac Monypenny, 25th of Pitmilly was born on 19 January 1799 at Iden, Sussex, England.1,2 He was the son of Thomas Monypenny and Katherine Rutton.3 He married Mary Blackwell Monypenny, daughter of Robert Monypenny and Elizabeth Dunn, in 1827.1 He died on 14 December 1881 at age 82 at Pitmilly, Fife, Scotland.1,2
He was the Vicar at Hadlow, Kent, England.1 They also had five other daughters.1
Children of Reverend James Isaac Monypenny, 25th of Pitmilly and Mary Blackwell Monypenny
Mary Catherine Monypenny2 b. 8 Jan 1830
Adelaide Elizabeth Monypenny2 b. 3 Dec 1833
James Robert Blackwell Monypenny, 26th of Pitmilly+3 b. 25 Sep 1835, d. 22 May 1886
Reverend Hon. Phillips Howard Monypenny+3 b. 13 Jun 1837, d. 23 Feb 1913
Arthur Monypenny1
Arthur Monypenny was the son of James Monypenny and Sylvestra Blackwell.2 He died, young.1
Robert Monypenny1
M, #550379, b. 28 January 1771, d. 14 January 1834
Robert Monypenny was born on 28 January 1771.1 He was the son of James Monypenny and Sylvestra Blackwell.2 He married Elizabeth Dunn, daughter of John Dunn, in October 1796.1 He died on 14 January 1834 at age 62.1
He lived at Merrington Place, Rolvenden, Kent, England.1 He lived at Maytham Hall, Rolvenden, Kent, England.1
Children of Robert Monypenny and Elizabeth Dunn
Silvestra Rose Monypenny+2 b. 13 Sep 1798
Robert Joseph Monypenny+2 b. 13 Mar 1800, d. 1842
James John Monypenny2 b. 24 Feb 1804, d. 5 Dec 1821
Phillips Monypenny2 b. 4 Oct 1806, d. 16 Feb 1810
Mary Blackwell Monypenny+2 b. c 1808, d. 1880
Elizabeth Charlotte Monypenny2 b. 20 Oct 1809
Phillips Monypenny2 b. 15 Mar 1812, d. c 5 May 1840
John Dunn1
John Dunn lived at Merrington, County Durham, England.1
Child of John Dunn
Elizabeth Dunn+2 d. 28 Apr 1833


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