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On their journey, beginning in Darwin, the trio test their cars on speed, braking and handling, before facing their final test on a 3.2 million acre (13,000 km 2) cattle station of Wave Hill by using their cars to herd cattle. Elsewhere, Kiefer Sutherland sees how good his lap was in the reasonably priced car.
NEWCOMERSTOWN ‒ The vehicles and equipment of the former Newcomerstown Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc. (NERS) are being sold through an online auction.. The auction, conducted by the company ...
The rescue tube is usually red, but can come of a variety of colors. Rescue tubes often have the words "Guard" or "Lifeguard" printed on them. The tube may also have clips so that it may be wrapped around a person. The rescue buoy is a hollow plastic rescue flotation device. It is also referred to as a torpedo buoy (often called a "torp ...
Hydraulic rescue tools, also known as jaws of life, are used by emergency rescue personnel to assist in the extrication of victims involved in vehicle accidents, as well as other rescues in small spaces. These tools include cutters, spreaders, and rams. Such devices were first used in 1963 as a tool to free race car drivers from their vehicles ...
Kansas City Stockyards in 1909 Kansas City Stockyards in 1904 with the Livestock Exchange Building View of stockyards & surrounding area. The stockyards were built to provide better prices for livestock owners. [citation needed] Previously, livestock owners west of Kansas City could only sell at whatever price the railroad offered. With the ...
Feeder cattle or store cattle are young cattle soon to be either backgrounded or sent to fattening, most especially those intended to be sold to someone else for finishing before butchering. In some regions, a distinction between stockers and feeders (by those names) is the distinction of backgrounding versus immediate sale to a finisher.
Auction chanting is a method of conducting live auctions frequently found in North America where it is practiced in English, Spanish, French and other languages. It is much less common outside North America, [ citation needed ] and the most notable exceptions within North America are auction houses with significant ties elsewhere in the world ...
In 1989, the Minneapolis-based United Marketing Services purchased the livestock operation from Canal Capital. The facilities fell into disrepair. In 1996 the City of Omaha bought 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of land for an office park, and condemned the rest of the facilities, except the Livestock Exchange Building, which was slated for renovation. [12]