V/Line train crashes into stolen 4WD dumped on train tracks at Jacana

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 26 Apr 2016
Passengers were lucky to escape serious injury after a V/Line train ploughed into a stolen four-wheel-drive that was dumped on tracks in Melbourne's north on Monday night. The Albury-bound V/Line service crashed into the abandoned 4WD, which was sitting on the tracks about 200 metres north of Jacana station, about 6.40pm ... "The V/Line driver has done a great job, putting his brakes on straight away....

Overhead wires for light rail installed at Sable and Exposition

Edit Denver Post 26 Apr 2016
The R Line in Aurora to open by the end of the year ... Officials caution that the light-rail lines are live with electricity from the Nine Mile station near South Parker Road to Exposition Avenue. The 10.5 light-rail line in Aurora is ......

How To Measure Poverty

Edit Indian Express 26 Apr 2016
I, for one, have held from the 1980s that the official poverty line that emerged from a taskforce I chaired in 1976-77 should be shelved ... The Tendulkar Committee had, in fact, used the official poverty line or the Alagh poverty line, based on cut-off points defined in terms of calorie consumption ... But will the present standard dividing the poor and the rich, and that too based on the 1979 line in urban areas, be acceptable as a norm?....

Hanshin Electric Railway and ORIX Auto Form a Railway and Car-Sharing Partnership (ORIX Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
('Hanshin') aimed at making transportation along Hanshin railway lines more convenient (expanding feeder services) ... As an attempt to expand means of transportation from stations, this initiative presents travelers using Hanshin railway lines with a new option ... Through these outcomes, the initiative ultimately aims to contribute towards a more livable urban environment and revitalize the areas along railway lines....

Jerry Rice to 49ers: Draft a quarterback

Edit The Examiner 26 Apr 2016
And while Rice suggested Baalke eye Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch, NBC Sports analyst Chris Collinsworth thinks the team's offensive line needs a bit more attention than it's receiving. Last season, the 49ers' offensive line allowed 53 sacks, and was responsible for an average of four yards on 390 rushing attempts ... "Then (the line) sort of slowly ......

Missing Person - Depoe Bay, Oregon (Lincoln County, OR)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
The Lincoln County Major Crime Team continues to work through leads and information from the tip line and considers this an active investigation ... media postings with the tip line number ... If you saw Katie walking home early Sunday morning or have information about her whereabouts, call the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Tip Line at 541-265-0669....

D.J. Humphries And The OL Learning Curve (Arizona Cardinals)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
'A lot of them, you are starting from scratch,' said Cardinals offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Harold Goodwin ... The speed in which many college offenses run, rushing to the line and quickly snapping the ball, changes the dynamics of how a lineman operates ... 'I just knew what the offensive line was trying to do ... It goes across the line, ......

British army officer dies just before finishing London Marathon

Edit China Daily 26 Apr 2016
... died after collapsing just three miles short of the 26-mile London Marathon finish line, the event organisers said on Monday....

South Korea Vows More Steps to Help Revamp Ailing Shipbuilders

Edit Bloomberg 26 Apr 2016
Lenders will regularly review progress of restructuring plans that are submitted by shipping lines and builders, including Hyundai Merchant Marine Co ... “Companies and creditor banks can’t do this alone ... Last week, CMA CGM SA, Cosco Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line signed a preliminary agreement to form a new group, making it the second-biggest in the world after a partnership between A.P ... ....

Hong Kong scrapped a controversial plan to redraw its poverty line

Edit Business Insider 26 Apr 2016
The Wong family, who earn around HK$15,000 a month, fall just below the line of HK$16,400 for a household of their size. They would stop qualifying for the government’s relief measures if the poverty line was adjusted according to the proposal ... that the government was trying to make it look like there were fewer people under the poverty line....

Rugby: Not time for Highlanders to panic

Edit Otago Daily Times 26 Apr 2016
You have little time to ensure your line is set with everyone in the right place, making it more likely gaps will open up ... The Highlanders are running at defensive lines which are set and not on the back foot, meaning they can come up fast, shut down space and put the Highlanders under pressure. That makes simple things such as catching and passing that little bit harder, along with making it harder to break the line....

Utility Rates Overview (City of Palo Alto, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
The City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) evaluates rates on an annual basis, typically in line with the City's fiscal year schedule, which runs from July 1 through June 30 ... Electric - Along with ordinary maintenance, the Utilities Department is implementing numerous capital improvement projects to replace aging lower voltage electric lines with new higher voltage ones that can better serve growing electric needs....

Earth Day Cleanup (Oregon Humane Society)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
(Source. Oregon Humane Society). On Saturday, April 23, the OHS Dog Path Crew welcomed the help of four volunteers from SOLVE for an Earth Day project on our dog-walking path. The team was small, but mighty!. Team leader Candace Bailey reports ... Photos and Video ... A fence line, choked with butterfly bushes, blackberries and clematis (all invasive) - before. The same fence line, after being cleared ... The team next to their cleared fence line....
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