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Hanging out in the AMAZING pool at the Beach House in Kona Hawaii. Take a look at the amazing tile work done on the inside of the pool!

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Cases heard at Coventry Magistrates Court on Wednesday, November 26, included:

Elizabeth Dunn, 26, of Roosevelt Drive, Tile Hill North, admitted assault. She was jailed for 12 weeks - suspended for 12 months - with activity and supervision requirements, and told to pay 180 compensation.

Kay Jones, 26, of Winceby Place, Tile Hill North, admitted stealing a CD worth 11 from Asda and breaching a community order. She was given a 12-month community order with a four-week curfew and activity and supervision requirements, and told to pay a 60 victim surcharge.

Vladimirs Maksimenko, 24, of St Michaels Road, Stoke, admitted driving with the wrong licence, no insurance and no MOT, and drink-driving (131mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood. Legal limit is 80mg). He was banned from driving for 12 months and told to pay a 365 fine, a 35 victim surcharge and 85 costs.

Terry Vaughan, 51, of Woodlands Road, Binley Woods, breached a community order by failing to attend supervision. He was given a 10-day activity requirement and told to pay 85 costs.

Philip Curley, 60, of Dulverton Avenue, Chapelfields, admitted breaching a breach of the peace. He was bound over for 200 for 24 months.

James Russell, 22, of Binley Road, Stoke, admitted damaging a car, and a gate and a fence. He was told to pay a 200 fine, 125 compensation, a 20 victim surcharge and 85 costs.

Mark Hamilton, 45, of Laneside, Willenhall, admitted two counts of benefit fraud. He was given a 12-month community order with 200 hours unpaid work, and told to pay a 60 victim surcharge and 85 costs.

Cases heard at Coventry Magistrates Court on Thursday, November 27, included:

Nikara Beech, 28, of Roseberry Avenue, Bell Green, admitted stealing 38 cans of Lynx worth 95.20 from Sainsburys. She was given a four-week curfew and told to pay a 60 victim surcharge.

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CRESCO | An Osage company has been ordered to pay a rural Elma man $118,900 in damages after a jury found the mans farmland was damaged and trespassed on when the company removed trees and fencing.

After two days of hearing witnesses, on Dec. 12 theHoward County District Court jury found defendants Mayers Digging Co. of Osage and part-owner Mark Wagner liable for damage to the farmland of plaintiff Melroy Dean Buhr at 13727 Howard Ave., rural Elma.

The jury awarded Buhr, represented by attorney Ted Sporer of Des Moines, $118,900 damages plus interest, which includes $55,000 for loss of use and enjoyment, $40,000 for trees and shrubs, $18,900 for a fence and $5,000 for drain tile repair.

A claim for lost profits from crop production from 2012 through 2014 caused by failure of field drain tile to work properly was not awarded.

The land adjoining Buhrsis owned by Samuel and Marilyn Hasapopoulos of Clear Lake and farmed byJames Koenigs, the primary owner of Pinicon Farms Inc. In fall 2011, Hasapopoulos and Koenigs discussed the removal of trees, rocks and brush along the fence line bordering the Buhr property, court documents state. The vegetation was said to be plugging field drain tile lines and causing other problems in connection with farming.

Koenigs contacted Mayers Digging, and he and Mark Wagner drove to the fence line Nov. 14, 2011, to discuss the removal of problem items, documents state.

Wagner was told by Koenigs he had the permission of all landowners to perform the work, the defendants trial brief states. Wagner removed the tree, rock and brush with a bulldozer Nov. 21-22, 2011.

When the work was complete, Buhr approached Wagner.

Wagner then learned for the first time that no express permission was obtained by Koenigs from Buhr, documents state. Buhr demanded payment.

Koenigs offered Buhr, by letter dated Feb. 21, 2012, to re-establish the property line, grade the soil and perform other work required to restore the productivity of the land affected.

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Published: Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 9:28 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 9:28 p.m.

Perhaps as early as May, certainly by June, the Leland Town Council will meet in new council chambers at the new town hall. At least that is the hope after Thursday's vote to accept a $457,300 bid to complete unfinished repairs to the troubled structure.

Four companies expressed interest in taking on the job, Town Manager David Hollis told the board, with three companies attending a pre-bid meeting and one ultimately submitting a bid.

The council could accept the lone bid, readvertise the job, or, perhaps, remove some of the aesthetic repairs, a temporary savings of about $45,000, Hollis explained. The board opted for the first, with a wearied acceptance of the belief that it was time to put problems in the rearview mirror and move forward.

Progressive Contracting Co. has promised the repairs including major tile work, glass replacement, leveling floors, replacing carpet and necessary electrical repairs can be completed in 150 days, and Hollis vowed that the work would start "tomorrow."

The tab can be covered without dipping into general fund reserves, he told council, using about $258,000 in cash on hand, and another $200,000 or so from uncommitted cash acquired in drug arrest forfeitures, which, if carefully done, can be spent on this project.

Moving forward on town hall was the third of three positive developments deep into the Thursday agenda. Just prior to that vote, council got a positive update on both the new Cultural Arts Center, which is set to open early in 2015, and the Westgate Nature Park, for which it approved the master plan.

Council also gave final approvals for a pilot park and ride program in Leland, which will have three locations in town at Brunswick Forest, Food Lion and on Mt. Misery Road. The program is scheduled to roll out Jan. 5 in conjunction with a North Carolina Rideshare program.

"We will now become the first area in the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization that will launch these park and ride locations," said Council Member Pat Batleman, who has worked with the organization on the project. "People will be able to go onto the website, get partnered with other people who are traveling to the same location."

The council also honored Daniel Teachey, owner/manager of the town's Piggly Wiggly, as the Mayor's Citizen of the Year.

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When Tile, the square-shaped lost-item tracker that attachesto bags, bikes, key chains and more, announced this fall that it had raised $13 million in funding (a combination of a seed round and Series A investment), the company said it had earmarked some of that money to be put towardshiring more Android engineers. Now that investment has paid off, as Tile today debuts support for Android smartphones, allowing a larger group of users the ability to find missing or stolen items usingtheir mobile device.

Tile, in case you missed it, was one of crowdfundings bigger hits, demonstrating both the potential that comes from raising funds directly from an interested consumer user base, but also the drawbacks. Tile initially struggled to meet its expected shipping times, and then had to struggle through a backlog once things were finally up-and-running. That backlog cleared up around Black Friday this year, and now Tile is processing orders as usual.

The company declined to provide an update on sales figures today, however, but as of October the company reported it had sold half a million devices.

However, according to data from tracking firm SimilarWeb,Tilewent from a 40 popularity score to a 70 SimilarWebs popularity score is its ownmetric thats based on traffic to the app page and store ranking over the past six months in the U.S. Additionally, Tile hasbeen steadily climbing the Lifestyle Category Chart in iTunes and currently sees a lot of external traffic from search to itsapp store page.

The small, Bluetooth device works by pairing with a users smartphone, where a mobile app allows you to track the Tiles location. But instead of only being limited to the range of the Bluetooth connection, Tiles clever idea and its potential differentiating factor is its network. Tile devices set to a Lost mode canbe picked up by any phone thats within range. Its the kind of grand plan that would only really work at scale, but in the U.S., Tiles home market, the company has already seen a few success stories like that of a man wholost his keys on an airplane, and eventually tracked them down when the plane landed in Orlando.

Tile has several competitors, including Duet, BiiSafe, Chipolo, Findster, TrackR,Stick N Find, hipKey, Hone, and others, but Tile is better designed, and has proven to be more reliable, according to reviews. Despite the initial delays,it was worth the wait. Though I havent personally had a need to tap into Tiles network, Ive used the app several times around my own home to find lost keys, and it has always been useful for this sort of minorchallenge.

Until today, the Tile app that allowed for configuring the device pairing and tracking your items was iOS-only. But now, Tiles app is available on Android.

The app will work on most devices running Android 4.4 or higher and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE 4.0). However, the app has been optimized for the Samsung Galaxy S5, LG Nexus 4, LG Nexus 5, HTC One, and HTC One M8. The company says its planning to add support for more Android devices in the future.

While the Android release of a previously available app is not always the most interesting news, in Tiles case, it could impact the companys bottom line without the Android support, Tile was missing the ability to sell to a huge chunk of the smartphone market worldwide. In addition, as more Tile users come on board thanks to the Android expansion, that benefits the current iOS user base as well, as it offers a larger community to call uponwhen items go missing. (Mark as Lost doesnt currently send push notifications on Android as on iOS, but thats shipping in a future release).

Tile is currently sellingfor $25 on the company website and in theAmazon Wearable Technology store.

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Stephen Sandau works hand-in-hand with the gas anti oil companies providing a valuable service.

"Think of our Company as a liaison between land management of the 'Tribe and tile gas and oil companies."

Sandau's company survey's areas that have been selected for drilling to make sure there are not any fossils being disturbed. The process is necessary in order for permits to be granted.

There are three professional consulting agencies at every site: paleontologists are looking for fossils 10,000 years or older, archeologists are examining the area 10,000 years and forward, and biologists are examining the area to make sure that no endangered species are being disturbed. `Once these companies report on their findings the permitting process can continue.

In order toy work on public lands, these drilling companies must meet certain requirements and "ensure that they're not disturbing things that are of interest to people. Like archeological sites or dinosaur bones," says Sandau.

As a consultant, lie searches the areas around potential drilling and pipeline sites to make sure they are clear of artifacts, fossils and habitats. If anything of significance is found around the proposed work site, a company may need to re-route a pipeline or move to a different drill site.

He says he is finding that the gas and oil companies he is working closely with are very environmentally conscious and not only are required to follow procedures, but often take additional steps to minimize their footprint in the area.

In this area and throughout most of Utah, many of the fossil retrains are close to the surface of the ground. This is unusual. Most of the rocks are sedimentary and therefore exposed. Other areas have forests or types of rock that make it more difficult to uncover tile remains. There is a rich or wide swath that runs along tile Rocky Mountains starting in central Alberta, Canada, and runs through Montana, Wyoming and Utah.

So what are they finding in the fields? Among the remains are skulls and bones from crocodiles, turtles and smaller mammals. The majority of the fossils they find are similar to tropical areas, such as Florida. They find remains of palm trees and plants that would be found in subtropical environments.

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A giant drill has been brought in to stabilise a key part of Shropshires World Heritage Site.

Engineers at Jackfield in Ironbridge Gorge are stepping up their efforts to prevent landslides and reduce erosion.

A rig used for piling work is being used behind the Jackfield Tile Museum to halt ongoing land movement on the south bank of the Ironbridge Gorge.

Telford & Wrekin Council's Senior Environmental Geotechnical Engineer Debbie Goodale shared photos from the site to keep residents informed on their progress.

Russell Griffin, a spokesman for Telford & Wrekin Council, said: This land is slipping at a swift rate by UK standards as the Gorge continues to form and evolve. The work consists of 2,000 steel piles being driven into the banks to stabilise the land and halt the land slip.

These piles act a bit like nails and they will secure the bank for the next 100 years.

The piles are designed to bend slightly during the first six months after they are sunk into the earth but after that they will be completely stable. Electronic sensors are being installed in the piles to monitor any movement as an added security measure."

Contractors started the 17.6m Jackfield Stabilisation Project earlier this year.

Hundreds of trees were felled to make way for the main works, which will include earthworks, the treatment of mine workings, piling, river bank protection, drainage, highway work and landscaping.

The overall cost included contributions made by the Governments Department for Communities and Local Government, which was part matched by Telford & Wrekin Council and is set to be completed by March 31, 2016.

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Police are appealing for information after burglars stole an elderly man's savings in Bradwell

Monday, December 15, 2014 1:15 PM

An elderly man has been left upset and distressed after burglars stole his savings.

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The victim was at home in Hunter Drive, Bradwell when a man knocked on his door and told him he had a broken roof tile. The man offered to fix it for a small fee before telling the victim further work needed doing.

The homeowner agreed to the work and once completed three men entered his home to take the payment. The victim went to a different room to get the money and when he returned the offenders asked for a receipt.

He went to get a pen and paper and handed the receipt to the offenders who then left. Once they had gone the victim noticed his savings had been taken. The men are believed to have been in a white transit sized vehicle and one of them is described as white and aged between 40 and 45-years-old.

Police said a large quantity of cash was stolen from the victim and are now offering advice to homeowners.

DC Kevin Maskell from Great Yarmouth CID said: These men have not only taken advantage of the elderly man by charging him for this work but they have also exploited his vulnerability by stealing from him.

This incident has caused a great amount of upset and distress to the victim.

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