of each episode is Father

loses all the souls he absorbed

his inability to contain God without the souls

in relation to Father

If you listen to what the old man says at the end of each episode, it supports this. The old man's wisdom was one of my favorite parts of watching each episode, so this struck me hard. He starts off with good advice and powerful insights on the human condition. It hints at the next episode while reflecting on what you just saw at times. Later on however (near the climax), his advice gets shorter and shorter, plus his words start becoming bitter and negative. In Episode 61, after Fatherhe just restated Equivalent Exchange, which applies toand the events of the next episode

The last Ishbalan that Roy killed atthe end of the Ishbal Civil War was Miles' grandfather or father.

Minor correction: if he was related to Miles, he'd have to be either Miles's grandfather or one of his grandfather's relatives. I think Miles commented that his father was of a non-Ishvalan ethnicity, which would imply that the Ishval blood came from his mother's side. Other than that, though, this would make for a nice dash of added drama.

No particular reason, just Rule of Drama mostly.

A large part of Father's motivations can be blamed on Hohenheim's master.

It seems that a part of his goals was acquiring information, like when he talks about how the world "is a system with knowledge of a vast universe far beyond blah blah blah blah" and when he says "I wanted perfect


understanding of God! I wanted to know everything in this world!". This is a result of what he was originally created/summoned for. His original function seemed to be something like a living computer database, where he would provide information on any subject he was asked about. He even knew about things that Hohenheim's master did not (specifically, how to become immortal), which shows that he was probably suppose to find or devise ways of getting information on his own, not simply remember things he was told. So, even after he kills everyone in Xerxes and gets a body of his own, he still (perhaps subconsciously) pursues his original purpose of acquiring information, which leads to all the events in the series.

Arakawa will write a new series that isinstead.

The rule is that Truth is cruel but fair, right? And Roy's primary thought while being forced to look into his Gate was probably something along the lines of 'I don't want to see this!' So the Truth took his sight so he wouldn't have to see it. Hey, it's the thought that counts right?

The "God" inside the Gate is related to the Shadow Queen

Considering her shadowy motif, she's probably a homunculus.

The Shadow Queen's shadowy hands reach up from the ground and drag her poor victims down into the ground, siphoning their life force to replenish her own HP. Self-explanatory.

Selim is now completely mortal.

When Ed defeated him, he released most of the souls that went into the creation of his internal Philosopher's Stone. Ed only left enough energy


in him for him to age normally since we see that he grew up much like a regular child would at the end of the manga. He still has his homunculus abilities just waiting to be tapped when he's old enough, but said abilities are not as strong as before since he doesn't have a Stone to draw power from any more. he'll just have to supplement it with alchemy (perhaps he also retains the ability from his assimilation of that gold-toothed doctor, perhaps from some of the residual energy Ed left in him) should he chose to become an alchemist when he grows up.

Addendum to the above theory — Kimblee's still floating around in the residual energy Ed left with Selim.

note

You know this is a fanfic justgain, in Arakawa's words, a "fullmetal heart."

The reborn Selim Bradley at the end of the manga actually goes by the name Selim Bradley II.

As a cover story, they just claimed that Bradley managed to impregnate (some Real Life pregnancy over 50 cases have happened to women who thought they were barren) his wife just before he died. This was helped by the true form of Selim actually growing at the rate of the fetus, and for the time of her "pregnancy" Mrs. Bradley was kept out of the public eye — officially for her privacy, but really to allow her to nuture the infant Selim before his officially announced "birth" without people wondering why her pregnancy isn't showing.

Sloth was the smartest homonculus.

So Sloth was the strongest, fastest and


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The original Assault Weapons Ban was enacted in 1994, championed by Dianne Feinstein in the wake of the Luby’s mass shooting that left 23 people dead. The intent was to limit the ability for attackers to inflict mass casualties by keeping “weapons of war” off the streets and limiting the capacity of magazines. It expired in 2004 when it was not renewed under the Bush administration.

According to a 2013 Obama Administration Department of Justice memo which analyzed the effectiveness of the law, it found that the Assault Weapons Ban had no impact on reducing crime orthe murder rate in the United States, and that implementing the same legislation again would have little to no effect on the safety of American citizens for decades to come. This is further supported by a 2013 National Academy study which came to the same conclusions.

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The full text of the latest proposal has yet to be released, but odds are that it is another copy-and-paste from


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contingent on being ratified by the president of the university.
Plaintiff subsequently received a letter from the university's acting vice-president offering an appointment as head men's basketball coach. The offered position was a non-tenure faculty appointment as an officer of administration with the rank of professor, for the period from March 23, 1983 through June 30, 1987.[2] The only provision regarding compensation specified a starting annual salary of $52,000. Plaintiff signed the contract.
On January 27, 1986, plaintiff signed a "Notice of Appointment and Contract," appointing him as an officer of administration, non-tenure related, with the rank of professor and title of head men's basketball coach, for the period July 1, 1987 to June 30, 1990, at an annual salary of $60,000. In October 1988, plaintiff signed another "Notice ofAppointment and Contract" for the period July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1992. Both contracts provided that
"[the] position is subject to the provisions of the Oregon Administrative Rules of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and to other now existing administrative rules, regulations and policies of the University of Oregon relating to Officers of Administration which are incorporated by reference herein."
In a letter to plaintiff, dated August 6, 1990, Bill Byrne, the university's then athletic director, informed plaintiff that he was doing an outstanding job and that, as a result, the university had agreed to extend his contract by two years through the 1994 basketball season. However, it was later discovered that the appropriate paperwork for the contract extension had never been completed. Dan Williams, the university's


Vice-President of Administration, testified that neither he nor Byrne discovered the oversight until a local newspaper reporter sought to confirm that plaintiff's contract was to expire in 1992. Williams testified that, although plaintiff's removal from the position of basketball coach was already under consideration, he "executed the papers to fulfill that [earlier] promise." Accordingly, on January 24, 1992, plaintiff signed another "Notice of Appointment and Contract" for July 1, 1992, to June 30, 1994, at an annual salary of $79,468. As with the prior two contracts, plaintiff was appointed as an officer of administration, non-tenure related, with the rank of professor and title of head men's basketball coach. The contract provided:
"The position as offered is subject to all applicable provisions of State and Federal law, State administrative rules,and the regulations and policies of the State System of Higher Education and the University of Oregon."
Although none of his notices of appointment and contract mentioned outside income, plaintiff earned additional income during his employment through his summer basketball camp, through outside contracts with equipment sponsors such as Nike and Rawlings Sporting Goods, and through contracts and other agreements involving television and radio companies, including those companies under contract with the university's Oregon Sports Network. Some of the contracts *906 were arranged by the university, but all of the opportunities for outside income made available to plaintiff were in connection with his duties as head men's basketball coach. Plaintiff also was given a complimentary country club membership and, after the first year, the use of two new courtesy


cars.
In early February 1992, plaintiff was advised by Byrne that Byrne was going to be inquiring into the financial packages offered to coaches at other schools, in the event of a change at the University of Oregon. Byrne explained that he had not yet decided whether to hire a new coach and that he would not talk to any other coaches before the end of the season, but that he did not want plaintiff to hear through rumors that Byrne was making inquiries. At the time of that discussion, the basketball season was half over. The team had opened the season with a 40-point loss to the University of Montana, a member of the Big Sky conference, which Byrne characterized as "much less significant" and "not comparable tothe Pac-10 conference." The university had lost money in men's basketball the previous year, and attendance was down again.[3] Byrne also believed that the team's athletes were of a "lesser caliber than the teams that we were competing against," including opponents that were not in the Pac-10 conference.
Plaintiff met with Byrne again on March 17, 1992, after the basketball season had ended. At that time, Byrne explained that the basketball program was not going in the direction that he wanted and that he was reassigning plaintiff from basketball coach to golf coach. Plaintiff testified that he interpreted Byrne's concerns to be related to the program's finances and the team's win-loss record.[4] Plaintiff told Byrne that he was unwilling to be golf coach. At trial, plaintiff testified that accepting


the position would have been "professional suicide." After his meeting with Byrne, plaintiff left the campus and never returned or attempted to contact the athletic director, the vice-president, or the president of the university.
Shortly after the meeting, plaintiff received a letter from Byrne, dated March 17, 1992, confirming their conversation of that date and formally reassigning plaintiff to head men's golf coach and fund raiser. The letter stated that the university would honor the terms of plaintiff's contract, but that a change in leadership was needed "for the good of the department." In a letter to plaintiff dated April 29, 1992, Byrne offered to reassign plaintiff to a position as the university's compliance coordinator for NCAA rules and regulations. Plaintiff testified that, as with the golf coach position,had he accepted that position, he would have never been able to get back into basketball coaching. After plaintiff failed to accept the new assignment by May 18, 1992, the university considered him to have resigned and paid him no further compensation. Plaintiff testified that, as of that date, he had no unfulfilled contracts or agreements for outside income.
In July 1992, plaintiff filed this breach of contract action. In his complaint, he alleged that he had signed written contracts employing him as head men's basketball coach through June 30, 1994, that he had performed all conditions of the contracts and that
"On or about March 18, 1992 the defendant State of Oregon discharged plaintiff as coach at the University of Oregon to plaintiff's damage in the sum of $178,936.92


together with the sum of $221,066.00 as the value of the money and benefits plaintiff *907 would have received from non-public sources if he remained in the position as coach, and together with the sum of $25,785.60 for the medical, dental and retirement benefits included within the contract but which benefits have been terminated, and all for which plaintiff demands judgment against defendant State of Oregon."
Among other defenses raised in its answer, the state asserted that plaintiff was advised that his duties within the Athletic Department were being reassigned, and that plaintiff's reassignment from his position as head basketball coach was authorized under the terms of plaintiff's contract.
At the close of plaintiff's evidence, the state moved for directed verdict "on three points":
"The first is that the university hadthe Chancellor and the institution presidents, personnel may be transferred or reassigned within an institution in accordance with the staff needs of the institution or other units. Such personnel action should not be considered sanctions for cause unless they result from actions described in OAR 580-21-325."[6] (Emphasis supplied.)
The state contends that plaintiff was reassigned pursuant to OAR 580-21-318. It asserts that the evidence demonstrates that the university decided that plaintiff was no longer the best person for the job of head men's basketball coach and, based on its assessment of its staff needs, the university had the authority, under the rule, to reassign plaintiff to other duties within the athletic department. In support of its position, the state relies on evidence that during plaintiff's last four seasons as


head coach, the team had the worst record in the Pac-10 conference, that the players whom plaintiff had recruited were academically and athletically inferior to those of conference and nonconference opponents, that the average home-game attendance figures had dropped, and that the income generated by the basketball program, on which the entire athletic department depends, had declined. See supra note 4. The evidence also showed that, based on the recommendations of then Athletic Director Byrne and Vice-President Williams, which included their view that plaintiff could not effectuate a turn-around in the program, University President Myles Brand made the decision to reassign plaintiff's duties, pursuant to OAR 580-21-318. In the letter informing plaintiff of the change, Byrne stated that "for the good of the department we need to makethe position had been vacant for some time, but for less than a year. The undisputed evidence also showed that plaintiff's reassignment occurred at the end of the basketball season, not in "mid-season."
More significantly, however, the trial court apparently assumed that "the staff needs of the institution" under OAR 580-21-318 meant only that there is "a vacancy and a need to staff" a particular position. Thus, according to the trial court, evidence showing that the duties of golf coach or compliance officer were being performed by other staff members could support a finding that the reassignment of plaintiff to those positions was not in accordance with the university's "staff needs."
We do not agree with the court's narrow interpretation of the university's authority under the rule. Although this is


or in any other way "failing to perform the responsibilities of an academic staff member." See OAR 580-21-325 (relating to sanctions for cause). Accordingly, the fact that the university's decision to reassign plaintiff was based in part on his performance as head men's basketball coach, does not controvert the evidence that the reassignment was "in accordance with the staff needs of the university."
Plaintiff has failed to identify any evidence in the record from which a jury could find that his reassignment from his position as head men's basketball coach was not in accordance with the applicable administrative rules. Accordingly, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff and giving him the benefit of all reasonable inferences, we conclude that a jury could not have found thestate support, the department relies on income generated from the men's basketball and football programs to pay expenses such as salaries, scholarships, and operating costs of the facilities. He testified that all non-revenue-generating sports teams also rely on the income from the men's program.
[4]  Plaintiff's win-loss record as head coach at the University of Oregon was 116-145, with an average of 9 wins to 16 losses per season. In plaintiff's last four seasons, the record was 42-72, the worst overall record of any team in the Pac-10 Conference. In his final season, the team lost 21 games. Two of those losses were by margins of approximately 50 pointsone was the worst loss in 90 years for the University of Oregon men's team, the other was the worst


home loss ever by a men's basketball team. The average attendance for home games had dropped from approximately 8,500 during his first season as coach to approximately 6,000 during his last season.
[5]  Plaintiff does not contend that he was discharged from employment with the university or that his removal from head coach was calculated to force him to resign. In fact, he testified that, in his mind, the university believed that it was acting pursuant to the contract. When asked on direct examination whether he looked at the job of golf coach or rules coordinator "as a job intended to humiliate" him, plaintiff responded:

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(The New York City Housing Authority and Virginia Housing Authority did not respond to requests for comment.)

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Without quick action to increase the availability of affordable rental homes targeted to people with the lowest incomes, Amazon’s decision to open headquarters in Long Island City would have exacerbated thesevere housing shortage in the New York area, she said. The same was true for the HQ2 in Virginia, Yentel added. “Opening new Amazon offices in these high-cost cities without addressing the severe shortage of affordable rental homes will result in further increased rents, more frequent evictions and displacement and, in worst cases, homelessness.”

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This week, the Tribeca Film Festival kicks off its 12th year. With a shorter history than Sundance or Cannes — the two major festivals that flank it on the calendar — Tribeca has grown in fits and starts since its 2002 launch as an effort to revitalize Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Other documentaries profile figures like Gore Vidal, Moms Mabley and Elaine Stritch, or consider topics as varied as fracking (Gasland Part II), the negative effects of sports celebrity for high school athletes (Lenny Cooke) and reindeer herding in Finland's Arctic Circle (Aatsinki).

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Pursuant to the insurance policy and subject to a reservation of rights letter, St. Paul is defending Diversified in the Lauritzen case. St. Paul has filed


As 2017 draws to a close we look back on the year and present the Gear4Geeks Year End Awards 2017 featuring Rasmus Carlson (The Great Discord), Livio Ramondelli, Matt Booker (Fantha Tracks) and Liam Davey (Toybox Soapbox).

Awards for Comic of the Year 2017, Superhero of the Year 2017, Game of the Year 2017, Movie of the Year 2017, TV Series of the Year 2017, Actor/Actress of the Year 2017, Band of the Year 2017, Album of the Year 2017, Product of the Year 2017, Toy of the Year 2017, Wrestling Match of the Year 2017 and Wrestler of the Year 2017.

2017 was a very odd year but we’re going to concentrate on the good for this article, look at all the amazing things that happened this year inour odd corner of the world and hand out the first ever Gear4Geeks Year End Awards 2017!

Comic of the Year 2017 – Stray Bullets

Due to staff changes our coverage of comics has been negligible this year so we asked an expert – Matt Booker, owner of Automattic Comics and Editor over at Star Wars news site Fantha Tracks.

Matt awarded Comic of the Year 2017 to David Latham‘s Stray Bullets thanks to it having a “solid run this year, a great story and art ”

Runners up

Eclipse – Image

– Image Poe Dameron – Marvel

– Marvel Dastardly and Muttley – DC

– DC Silver Surfer – Marvel

– Marvel Paper Girls – Image

For us at Gear4Geeks, we want to recognise To the Death – An online only 18 issue comic series which was


invested in the franchise.

did more wrong than it did right but it is still incredibly playable and gave us a cliffhanger ending that will keep most players invested in the franchise. Resident Evil 7 restored some faith after the divisive sixth instalment, even if it was first person and had no real ties to the rest of the Resident Evil games.

restored some faith after the divisive sixth instalment, even if it was first person and had no real ties to the rest of the Resident Evil games. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was a surprise hit and became the source of material for lazy sites like LadBible and Buzzfeed.

Movie of the Year 2017 – It

This was a close one. Logan was the top film for us all year long until weEleven was annoying throughout but Max made up for it and the addition of Sean Astin was wonderful, adding extra depth to the cast. The new villain, The Mind Flayer, is a monster that far exceeds the Demogorgon from series 1 and could likely become one of those neo classic creatures alongside The Gentlemen, The Silence, The Weeping Angels and other baddies whose names begin with ‘The’.

Runners Up

Game of Thrones turned the heat up with fire. Lots and lots of fire, courtesy of Daenerys’ dragons.

Star Trek: Discovery looks like it may become the very best Star Trek series despite being visually inconsistent with everything else in the canon.

looks like it may become the very best Star Trek series despite being visually inconsistent with everything else in the canon.


in It as . Jeffrey Dean Morgan turned in another stellar performance as Negan despite The Walking Dead floundering.

turned in another stellar performance as despite floundering. Gaten Matarazzo was side splittingly funny as Dustin Henderson in Stranger Things

James Franco’s performance in The Disaster Artist is so convincing that I personally thought Tommy Wiseau has been cast as himself when the teaser trailer aired.

Band of the Year 2017 – The Great Discord

Social media and independent access to information has brought about a revolution where the main stream press’ power has steadily decreased, especially in the last two years. This year the music mags and sites who base their reviews and awards on the amount of advertising a music label has bought from them have been faced with a challengeas the band of the year and album of the year categories wouldn’t reflect some of the great releases this year. The winner is without a doubt The Great Discord’s Darkest Day which is impossible to dislike if you’re a metal fan. Ghost’s He Is was released as a single this year and while it is one of the best songs on the Meliora album, it’s hard to understand why a song from a 2015 album would get released in 2017, especially as the single was a blatant cash in with terrible alternative versions of the song. Danzig had something of a return to form with The Last Ride, Priest released the ridiculously catchy The Pit and second single The Cross, Magna Carta Cartel reformed and released a


were so many standouts this year but it ultimately has to go to Braun Strowman. Despite still being green, Strowman has been booked incredibly well all year and he’s held up his end of the deal with performances that made his matches highlights of every event he was on. Strowman has nicely replaced the tired Big Show as the WWE’s monster and was a credible contender for Brock Lesnar as he dwarfed the champion. WWE has been very smart in pushing Strowman as the unstoppable monster attraction and not over exposed him in the process. Behind the scenes, Strowman’s Instagram and Tinder have shown him to be a likeable nice guy totally at odds with his on screen character.

Runners Up:

Charlotte Flair

Asuka

Kenny Omega

Samoa Joe

Chris Jericho

Cosplayer of the Year 2017sun bursts out in all its vigour just as we reach the point of Benjy Tor. What a glorious view! The Dart rushing furiously along its rocky bed through the deep gorge that the tossings of countless ages have worn, is alone a picture; but when looking downstream, you have the matchless valley of Holne Chase, Buckland Woods, with the high Buckland Beacon and the wonderful tints – the bright green holly,the dark fir, and the old fashioned gold tint of the oak and bracken – all like a picture, varnished with the shower (to use an expression of Mr. Widgery, the artist), it is impossible to give by words any idea of its beauties. Looking upstream, too, and catching the Princetown Prison in the distance, you have


cross the Dart by a boldly designed bridge known as the Huccaby Bridge. We pass a prettily situated tiled residence, with, by the way, a curiously constructed pipe chimney running – one might almost say crawling, so life like are the tiled pipes with their ringed heads – up to the roof of one of the outhouses. This house was the summer residence of the Rev. Harris, formerly head-master of the Exeter Grammar School, but now living in Torquay. The road takes us past Huccaby Farm buildings, with a cottage below on the left, and Huccaby combined school and chapel on the right. The latter is somewhat ingeniously designed building, the work of Mr. Medley Fulford, of Exeter, architect. The body of the building during the week- asa school, the chancel being shuttered off. On Sunday the shutters are taken down, and a convenient, not to say, elegant chapel is the result.

This hamlet of Huccaby forms part of the parish of Lydford, and duty is performed in the building by the Rev. Mr. Shattock, who also has charge of the Church at Postbridge where he resides. Almost immediately after passing the combination building, and just where the road widens, marks the trackway which leads you over a series of enclosures to Dartmeet. This pathway runs almost due east, and must not be confused with a broader trackway which leads back to and around the hill forming the background of Mr. Harris’ house. As you pass through the fields you may notice Brimpts on your left


hand, standing prettily situated among the pines and fir trees there. It is a moorland farm, belonging to the Duchy authorities, at present unlet, but under the management of the courteous steward of the Duchy, Mr. Harrington. Dartmeet is almost too well known to need a description and being on the high road scarcely comes within the province of these rambles, which are intended more as guides for the trackless portions of Dartmoor than for anything else. Suffice it so say that at Dartmeet the East and West Dart – two rocky streams – meet: you have a bridge, you have moorland scenery, rustic cottages, and woods – fir trees and ash trees quite overhanging the river – (what more can one want?) – the wholes forming acombination of beauties not often met with, and if not known should be seen at once.

After crossing the bridge we strike up the left bank of the East Dart and the shoulder of Yar Tor, and by walking almost due north strike at right angles a trackway which leads into Sherrel’s Farm, (Sherwell) which lies a mile or so on our left. The path being crossed, Quarnian or Corndown Tor lies in front. This is a fine Tor upon which stands a beacon cairn, and, guide-books say, a kistvaen (the Money Pit) , but we leave that to our right. The view from the cairn is very sweeping, taking in Princetown, Ryders Hill, a good view of Benjy Tor, Holne, the valley of the Dart, Buckland beacon, with


us quite untouched in the centre. The other curious view took place while the storm-cloud was passing, and throwing, as it were, a veil over the country. Suddenly, from some unknown and unapparent cause, two rays of sun pierced the cloud and radiated through the driving mist and cloud, very much like the gleams of the electric search light. This storm soon passed over, and walking due east we strike a road, which after leaving Ponsworthy a little on the left, keeps down the right bank of the West Webburn to leusdon. Another storm appears, and passing Leusdon House (the summer residence of Sir. E. Hornby), with its charming view towards the Widecombe and Buckland Valleys, we shelter where we can. Alas, ’tis the porch of Leusdon Churchtestify to the opinions disclosed in their expert reports, defendant S & S Aviation's motion will be denied.
From the parties' proposed findings of fact, I find the following facts to be material and undisputed.

UNDISPUTED FACTS

A. Parties

Plaintiffs J. Michael Maloney and Linda Maloney are citizens of Illinois. They are husband and wife.
Defendant Central Aviation, Inc. is a Wisconsin corporation with its principal place of business in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Defendant S & S Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Rice Lake Air Center is a Wisconsin corporation with its principal place of business in Cameron, Wisconsin.

B. The Mooney M20J

In August 2000, plaintiff Michael Maloney bought a used Mooney M20J airplane. Before making his purchase, plaintiff investigated the plane's maintenance record and asked a licensed Airframe and Powerplant mechanic to review the plane's logs. After


his plane to Georgia and Minnesota without incident.

C. The Accident

On September 14, 2004, plaintiff and a friend, David Monroe, flew from Illinois to Vermont to retrieve a new aircraft Monroe had purchased. On September 15, Monroe and plaintiff departed from the Vermont airport in separate planes, intending to fly tandem back to Illinois. During that flight, plaintiff and Monroe used "Visual Flight Rules," a set of safety procedures that required the pilots to fly by sight, rather than by relying on flight instruments. However, soon after takeoff, weather conditions deteriorated rapidly, *908 limiting visibility and making it impossible for the pilots to fly safely. Consequently, plaintiff and Monroe were forced to land in Canandaigua, New York.
Once on the ground, the men refueled their aircraft at a self-service gaspump. When it became clear that the weather would not clear quickly, the men decided to remain in Canandaigua overnight. They secured their planes before leaving to spend the night at a local hotel.
The next morning, both men returned to the airport and prepared their planes for take-off. They performed various preflight procedures before departing down the runway. Almost immediately after plaintiff's plane lifted off the ground, his engine lost power. Plaintiff landed near the end of the runway, with the gears of his plane facing upward. Plaintiff was seriously injured.
At the time of his accident in September 2002, plaintiff was an experienced pilot. He was a licensed commercial pilot trained in acrobatic competition and a certified flight instructor.

D. Expert Testimony

1. Erik Rigler
Erik Rigler has worked in the


field of aviation for more than 40 years. He has received specialized aviation accident investigation and safety training from the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Southern California Safety Institute and the University of Southern California School of Engineering.
Rigler began his aviation career in 1965. He was trained as a United States Navy pilot and served as a naval flight instructor. In 1968, Rigler was appointed to serve on the Navy's Safety Panel. In that role, he was responsible for investigating plane accidents and responding to them by updating maintenance and training programs for Navy mechanics and pilots.
In 1971, Rigler joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation. From 1974-1994, Rigler served as one of six members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's aviation safety board. At the timeRigler began his work with the FBI, the National Transportation Safety Board did not investigate accidents involving government-owned aircraft. Therefore, the FBI's aviation safety board was responsible for investigating all accidents involving government-owned aircraft.
From 1993-2001, Rigler worked as an Aeronautical Sciences Instructor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, teaching undergraduate and graduate students, many of whom were maintenance personnel for the United States Air Forces or civilian contractors for the United States military. Rigler instructed his students on methods and procedures for analyzing aircraft accident reports; accident reconstruction; aviation safety; and investigation of faulty-maintenance procedures, among other topics.
From 1998 through the present, Rigler has worked as a private aviation accident investigator and as a safety and security consultant. He has served as an expert witness in, more than 20 aviation


field of aviation maintenance for more than 35 years. He is a certified as an aviation mechanic by the Federal Aviation Administration, with "airframe and power plant ratings and inspection authorization." Boshart is president of Boshart Enterprises and Aircraft Services, Inc., which has been a Federal Aviation Administration certified repair station since 1993. Boshart is responsible for managing the repair shop, which employs 11 mechanics.
On three occasions between November 24, 2003, and March 17, 2006, Boshart inspected the fuel tanks on the wreckage of plaintiff's aircraft. On each occasion, he observed that the drainage holes in the aircraft were blocked with sealant. Boshart noted also that the fuel cap 0-rings and filler neck contained bits of white paint. Boshart reviewed the accident reports, maintenance logbooks and the applicableuniquely within his area of expertise and outside the common sense and experience of most jurors. In his expert report and at his first deposition, Boshart testified about the condition of the plane's engine at the time of the accident: where the sealant was located; how the sealant may have prevented water from draining from the engine; and how the water may have gone undetected despite plaintiff's pre-flight inspection of the fuel tank. It is of no consequence that Boshart did not "connect the dots" by rendering an opinion on the ultimate question of defendant's negligence.
Although it is true that plaintiff must adduce evidence at trial from which a jury could conclude that defendant failed to comply with service bulletins or otherwise acted negligently in the manner in


A Wellington council opposing moves to merge it with the region's other councils says three out of four residents do not want a supercity either.

But supporters of amalgamation rubbished the survey by the Hutt City Council, saying it meant little and was a waste of ratepayers' money.

Photo: Photo NZ

The Greater Wellington Regional Council wants to roll the region's nine councils into one with councillors elected from each ward.

They would work above a set of local boards with up to nine members each.

Photo: RNZ / Eru Rerekura

Hutt City Council spent nearly $18,000 dollars on a poll of 600 residents across the region which found 75 percent of respondents did not want a change.

Lower Hutt mayor Ray Wallace said that strengthened their stance against the changes.

"People are sitting up andthe survey was poorly timed and insignificant.

"Why are they spending money on a survey of any size right now just immediately prior to the Local Government Commission reporting when the people of Wellington are going to have several months to have a look at the Local Government Commission's proposal and make a considered decision by way of a referendum."

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The three Wairarapa councils have put in their own proposal to join up as one body but do not want the rest of the region involved.

Carterton mayor John Booth said his town was rural whereas much of Wellington was not, so sharing a council did not make sense.

But he said he was worried his small town might not be heard against the bigger players if the decision goes to


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A map released by officials with the Tonto National Forest is turning heads, for what is possibly an unintended reason.

The map, which was posted to Tonto National Forest's Facebook page Friday morning, features an area that will be closed to target shooting on Saturday in order to accommodate a volunteer cleanup event.

The area involved is located just off Highway 87. On the map, the restrict area resembled, at least to some, a part of the male anatomy.

As of Saturday afternoon, the post has been shared over 2,000 times, and has drawn over 1,000 comments.

FOX 10 has reached out to the U.S. Forest Service for comment.Billy Roberts (disambiguation)

Billy Roberts was an American musician.

Billy Roberts may also refer to:

Billy Roberts (footballer, born 1880), John William Roberts, footballer
Billy Roberts (Australian footballer) (1908-1998), Australian rules footballer

See also
William Roberts (disambiguation)


A novel mutation of anti-Mullerian hormone gene in Persistent Mullerian Duct Syndrome presented with bilateral cryptorchidism: a case report.
We report a novel mutation in a case of Persistent Mullerian Duct Syndrome (PMDS). PMDS is characterized by the persistence of female reproductive organs derivatives in a 46,XY subject due to the failure of the Mullerian duct to regress in utero. To date, 53 different mutations of the anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) gene, including the present one, have been identified. A 2-week-old male presented with bilateral cryptorchidism and normal male external genitalia. His karyotype was 46,XY. hCG stimulation test was normal. At age 1 year and 4 months, he underwent laparoscopic surgery which revealed a uterus and fallopian tubes. The anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level was undetectable (<0.01 ng/mL). Diagnosis of PersistentIt" has charted for 56 weeks.

Aside from its astonishing chart stamina, "High Hopes" was certified Platinum by the RIAA (which means it's sold at least a million units, NBD), hit No. 1 across three different radio formats, peaked higher than any of the band's other singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (yes, including "I Write Sins Not Tragedies") and was the longest leading No. 1 single on the Adult Pop Songs radio airplay chart this decade.

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Grecian Getaway DOWN

Ah, this is the place for the beachgoers seeking some Mediterranean themed seclusion. Whether you want to walk around toga clad or not, the lower unit of the Grecian Getaway has a lovely garden entrance that augments its already quiet beauty. The first bedroom has a queen bed and two sets of twin bunk-beds, sleeping a total of six. In the second room, there is a single queen bed that comfortably sleeps two. The third bedroom has another queen along with two twin bunk beds. So, gather up to twelve of your fellow Greeks for the lower level, and if you wish, the upper level will sleep eight more, be they gods or goddesses.The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Sanvitalia, botanically known as Sanvitalia procumbens and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Wessateq’.
The new Sanvitalia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Südlohn, Germany. The objective of the breeding program was to create new compact and mounded Sanvitalia cultivars with numerous attractive flowers.
The new Sanvitalia originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in 2004, in Südlohn, Germany, of a proprietary selection of Sanvitalia procumbens identified as code number 04P006, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Sanvitalia procumbens identified as code number 04P003, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Sanvitalia was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a


Colts.

Lewis said Poe was born at 62 Carver St. to parents who soon left Boston to work as traveling actors. Both died before his third birthday.

He said Poe’s birthplace was demolished in the 1960s to make room for the State Transportation Building. “It was criminally stupid,” said Lewis. “They could have turned it into a little museum.”

Considering Poe’s literary achievement, he considers it troubling Boston never formally honored him until last April when it renamed the corner of Charles and Boylston streets, across from the Common and not far from his birthplace, as Poe Square.

Lewis expressed hope visitors to the exhibit will take time to discover a sensitive but tormented artist who cared deeply for his friends and literature.

“The real story about the adult Poe is that hewinter in Ukraine history.

Diplomatic ties between Russia and America are severed.

December 4th: A brief shootout occurs at the Berlin Wall between East German and American soldiers.

December 9th: The United States goes to DEFCON 2

December 11th: The final number of casualties of the Berlin shootout are in: fifteen Americans dead, two West Berliners injured, and ten East Germans dead.

1986

January 6th: A Japanese warship is sunk, China is blamed.

January 11th: Ronald Reagan makes a speech in Tokyo claiming "We will not stand for anymore! Soviet Russia and Communist China have gone to far! We will not stand down in the face of the great bear! The eagle will strike!"

January 19th: Reagan and Ligachev hold a meeting in Zürich. Diplomatic talks break down, Ligachev storms out saying "The calm is done,


here comes the storm."

January 30th: The plan to "liberate" Western Europe is finalized.

February 19th: A Soviet Spetsnaz task force of roughly 14 men places explosive in West Berlin.

February 20th: The explosives detonate, destroying several installations.

Precise time Unknown: Roughly 110 Divisions of paratroopers land all over the western United States. The jets carrying the paratroopers were never detected by Japanese Command or the Hawaiian Command. This is known as Operation: Fallen Eagle.

Later That Day: The US, British, Canadian, and French embassies in Moscow receive letters, the letters are the Soviet Union's formal Declaration of War.

Two Hours Later: Reagan receives word of the Invasion of West Berlin. His advisers tell him to sit down. They then tell him that most of the west coast of the US was overrun bythe Soviets. Reagan apparently had a fit, demanding whoever let them sneak through be killed.

Same Day: The United States loses almost all contact with the Japanese home islands. Scattered reports come in that Japan was hit by a massive EMP that wiped out nearly all electronics.

Same Day: South Korea, North Korea and small parts of China and The Soviet Union are also effected by the EMP.

February 21st: West Germany is invaded by the Soviet Armed Forces.

February 22nd: The Battle of Las Vegas begins when Soviet troops enter the city.

February 23rd: Seemingly out of nowhere, massive amounts of Soviet Soldiers begin to land on the American East Coast.

March 1st: The Battle of Las Vegas ends with much of the city destroyed. The battle is a Decisive Soviet Victory. The


American's had planned to use the city as a last stand. The loss of Vegas seals the fate of the midwest.

March 11th: NATO leaders from: The United States, The United Kingdom, West Germany, Canada, and France all evacuate to a classified location.

March 14th: Soviet forces attacking the east coast reach New York City. The battle lasts just several hours. The American garrison in New York is totally annihilated.

March 17th: The Japanese Home Islands Command finally makes communication with the Mainland United States. Much of Japan and South Korea had been swiftly taken by Chinese forces supported by North Koreans.

Around March 19th: The Communist Party of Mexico stages a Coup to take control of Mexico. An almost equal amount of people support and defy the Coup. The situation becomesthe Loyalist-Communist Mexican Civil War.

Around March 23rd: Brazil collapses into Civil War after a fascist is seizes power. There are three primary factions fighting for control, there is "Free Brazil" which is democratic and capitalist. There is "Brazil First" which is a Fascist regime similar to Mussolini's Italy. There is also "The Socialist Brazilian People's" which is a socialist regime.

March 27th: Free Brazil and Mexican Loyalists sign an official treaty of mutual support. This is basically just to scare the other factions. On this day the Japanese High Command tells American forces of some sort of EMP device. Also on this day, Russian, Polish and Bulgarian forces had invaded southern Italy.


masonry block work was of acceptable standards. Consequently, no masonry work or work built upon it could qualify for progress payments.
8. No work stop order was issued by the Corps, but correspondence to Glover advised that removal of the masonry might be required. On July 19, this problem was resolved, further tests were waived and the Corps advised that it knew "of no reason that the work should not now proceed on the masonry."
9. On July 29, payment for work during March was authorized, $19,619. On August 31, payment for work performed April through July was authorized, $72,891. On September 16, payment for work during August was authorized, $66,675. On September 20, payment for work through September 19 was authorized, $61,639.20. On October 11, payment for work fromThe Glory of Their Times

From BR Bullpen

The Glory of Their Times is the abbreviated title of a 1966 book by Lawrence Ritter (the full title is The Glory of Their Times: The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It). Ritter, a university professor, used his summers to interview players from the turn of the century. He was inspired by the death of Ty Cobb to preserve oral histories. Among his subjects was Sam Crawford, who had slipped into obscurity in California. He published 22 of the interviews in his book. Currently the book is available in an expanded, 26 interview edition, that edition having first come out in 1985. Audiobooks have also been released of the original interviews.

Setting a standard for oral histories of baseball,


the book led to a slew of imitators, none of which achieved the same level of commercial or critical success. In Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame?, Bill James has noted that the book also helped enshrine several players into the Hall of Fame; four of the featured players were elected within 5 years despite no prior drive to get them in. These four were Goose Goslin, Stan Coveleski, Rube Marquard and Harry Hooper, the latter two of whom clearly had inferior credentials to many people not in the Hall of Fame.

In 2014, Ritters's interview recordings were added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry set up to preserve "cultural, artistic and/or historical treasures, representing the richness and diversity of the American soundscape."distressed when a spirit he spoke to died violently or tragically. This sometimes causes brief periods of depression, during which a teammate cares for him. He is twelve.

A guy who is known as Mist, for his ability to form one from water he has drank. If he overdoes it, he becomes dehydrated. He projects it from the tips of his fingers and it can be used to confuse enemies as well as put out small fires. He is seventeen.

An animal empath, who can feel the emotional and (sometimes) physical pain of an animal nearby. She becomes enraged when someone is threatening any animal, and is a vegetarian. Animals also feel connected to her, and would attack if she asked them to. She is sixteen, and known as the


the hostages gets his gun off him and it fires.

Another thing about Requiem is that he has lived many past lives, and remembers all of them. The reliquary always gets to his new incarnation somehow, like it is spiritually connected. Some of his lives were normal, like when he was living in London in the nineteenth century, the daughter of a middle class man who was a carpenter. Some of them were present at historical events (but never had major parts), such as when he was killed in 1945 when the Nagasaki atomic bomb went off. Each incarnation of him is born at the exact moment when his previous one dies.

This is some art of Adrian the Ringtail. It’s not really concept art becuase you can’t really understandsecurities was founded in Shanghai on November 26, 1990 and started operating on December 19 of the same year under the name of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and shortly after, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was established on December 1, 1990 and started its operations on July 3, 1991 [@Su-2003]. On the contrary, most of the major western stock markets have much longer histories. It is thus of great importance to check whether such a significant difference in scaling behaviors of the optimal investment horizon is due to the short size of the recorded time series in the emerging markets.

To understand this idiosyncratic scaling behavior in the emerging stock markets, we take the daily DJIA index from 1896 to 2004 as a proxy. This time series has 29493 data


When it comes to climate change, some companies are increasingly out of step with the major trade groups representing them in Washington, creating a political opening for greens.

A report released this month examined some recent membership losses from the National Mining Association and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, two major coal trade groups that have been bulwarks in the campaign against President Obama’s climate agenda.

According to the report from the Climate Investigations Center, seven of the 12 companies that had given ACCCE more than $1 million in 2008 have left, including industry giants such as Arch Coal, Consol Energy, and Ameren. NMA has seen the exit of companies that include Chevron, Pacificorp, and insurance giant Zurich in recent years.

The reasons for the departures differed, according toBothell bridge work to wrap up this fall

BOTHELL — Work to replace the nearly 50-year-old Swamp Creek Bridge on Carter Road west of Bothell is expected to finish this fall.

Crews have dismantled the old two-lane bridge near the King-Snohomish County line. They’re replacing the 1966 structure with a longer, wider span. When finished, the new bridge will include sidewalks on both sides and shoulders for bicyclists.

The old bridge only had a sidewalk on one side and was weight restricted to 16 tons.

The ongoing work has shut down Carter Road east of Lockwood Road since June 20 to motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians. Carter Road is scheduled to reopen by Oct. 1.

Some work on the project is likely to continue into next year, including final paving and planting a


Two days into the Great Compulsory National Rejoicing, and I am going out of my mind with boredom. The weather's terrible, nobody's emailed, nobody's called, nobody's buying Paul Brown's and Maggie O'Sullivan's terrific new books, and, since the heady rush of the launch week, nobody's buying or downloading the Moors' album.

BBC4's Punk Britannia series has been cheering me up momentarily - powerful flashbacks, but as though nothing has changed as silver has given way to gold to diamond, while all remains in reality ashes, as though we are still in the same dreadful ashy place. (Though, whisper it softly, the music, if slowed down by 50%, was pretty lame ... I always preferred Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves" to the Clash's travesty ... and the politics were jejeune.Puerto Rico govt seeks to lure wealthy investors

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico hopes to persuade wealthy investors to bet on the U.S. territory at a two-day conference aimed at attracting new money amid the island's struggles to recover from a nearly eight-year recession.

Among the featured speakers are hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, whose New York-based firm Paulson & Co. is investing $260 million this year in two upscale, beachfront hotels in the capital of San Juan.

Some 200 business executives, the majority from the U.S., are attending the summit, organized in part by Paulson's company and Puerto Rico's Department of Economic Development & Commerce. The summit is the first of its kind and seeks to highlight reasons why Puerto Rico would be a good place for


in the southern city of Fajardo, said he moved to Puerto Rico from Connecticut about a year ago. The announcement surprised many of his U.S.-based friends, he said.

"People move from Puerto Rico, they don't move to Puerto Rico," Prouty recalled one New York hostess telling him.

The government has pushed to diversify the U.S. territory's economy in recent years and strengthen its industrial base. German company Lufthansa Technik announced this month that it would invest $20 million and build a facility for aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul, while Arizona-based company Honeywell said this week that it would invest $24 million to expand its business on the island.

Richard Carrion, chairman and CEO of Banco Popular Inc., who was involved in the Lufthansa deal, acknowledged that concerns about Puerto Rico's economyHaunted Distillery Series: Watts Distillery

21-11-2016

By Emily Stockden

Home of Tyrconnell Whiskey, Watts Distillery is in Derry. Ripe as a site for hauntings, it was built on the site of an old monastery and started distilling in the 1700s.

The Watts were a colourful group and jealously protected their interests, boycotting, suing and ultimately merging with Belfast Distillers to produce six million gallons of grain whiskey by the mid-1800s. Located at Abbey Street in the Bogside, Watts Distillery produced famous brands such as The Tyrconnell and Inishowen and made a fortune for the family.

Watts Distillery coopers making the casks for Tyrconnell whiskey

Watts most well-known whiskey is named after a horse named Tyrconnell that the family entered into the Irish Classic horse race ‘The National Produce Stakes’ in Dublin in 1986 -


it won at odds of 100 to 1.

A poster advertising Tyrconnell picturing the National Produce Stakes horserace

Watts Distillery's downward spiral began in 1915 when it was declared that grain whisky had to be laid down for a minimum of 3 years, wreaking havoc on trading conditions. It all culminated in 1921, when Andrew Alexander Watt (or A.A. Watt as he was know), a dapper, man who dressed beautifully and prided himself on his moustache, faced a crowd of angry, striking workers who refused to let him into the distillery which they'd locked. No-one knows why - perhaps it was a moment of rage that resulted in a poor decision of this magnitude - but A.A. Watts retorted by simply closing the distillery. Three hundred jobs were lost andto this day it remains one of the worst decisions in the history of Irish Whiskey distilling, given the sheer magnitude of the business the Watts had built over the years: there were two sites in Derry, one at Abbey St and the other at Spencer Road in Waterside. The city side distillery made grain whiskey, while single malt pot still whiskey was produced at the Waterside premises. It has been estimated that 2 000 000 gallons of whiskey were being produced between the two plants in 1900. It was later to rise to 6 000 000 gallons when other distilleries were brought on board.

It's no wonder then that an elderly gentleman who worked there reported being warned several times of imminent danger by the ghost of a


221 F.3d 600 (4th Cir. 2000)
RICHARD ANTHONY TUCKER, Petitioner-Appellant,v.WILLIAM D. CATOE, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections; CHARLES M. CONDON, Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Respondents-Appellees.RICHARD ANTHONY TUCKER, Petitioner-Appellant,v.WILLIAM D. CATOE, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections; CHARLES M. CONDON, Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 99-14, No. 99-15 (CA-98-681-0-8BD)
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Argued: April 4, 2000Decided: June 13, 2000

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Solomon Blatt Jr., Senior District Judge.[Copyrighted Material Omitted]
COUNSEL ARGUED: Thomas Ross Haggard, Ridgeway, South Carolina, for Appellant. Donald John Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Teresa L. Norris, CENTER FOR CAPITAL LITIGATION, Columbia, South Carolina, forAppellant.
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Michael joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:

1
Richard Anthony Tucker, convicted of murder and sentenced to death by the state courts of South Carolina, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Finding no error, we must affirm the judgment of the district court.

I.

2
In the evening of August 1, 1992, seventy-nine-year old Carrie Alley was sexually assaulted, beaten, and strangled in her home. Tucker was subsequently arrested as he attempted to unlock Ms. Alley's car, and at the time of his arrest, he was carrying several checks belonging to Ms. Alley, along with some of her jewelry. The investigation that followed produced physical evidence,


including blood, DNA, and fingerprint evidence, that linked Tucker to the sexual assault and murder.

3
Tucker was then indicted and tried in the Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. On October 25, 1993, a jury convicted Tucker of grand larceny, first degree burglary, criminal sexual assault in the first degree, and murder. The sentencing proceedings began on October 26, 1993, and on October 28, 1993, Tucker was sentenced to death by the court upon the jury's unanimous recommendation.

4
Tucker has never challenged any of the guilt-phase proceedings; however, he has maintained that several components of the sentencing proceeding and direct appeal were flawed. Following the denial of his application for post-conviction relief in the South Carolina state courts, the district court for the District of South CarolinaQuadruplets Matthew, Samantha, Linzey and Jesse Sun, clockwise from top, tried out for the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra. They are 14 and will start as freshmen at Canyon High in the fall. KEVIN SULLIVAN, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

It's Friday morning at El Rancho Charter School. The bell rings as students make their way into Sandy Streeter's second-period music class.

First chair viola player, eighth-grader Jesse Sun, takes his seat in the front row. His sister Samantha, also a viola player, settles into her chair directly to his right. The third player out of the only four violas in the class is the Suns' other sister, Linzey. The fourth sibling Matthew breaks the mold and sits in the second row of the six cello players in the orchestra.

Samantha, Linzey, Jesse


and Matthew are not in different grades. They are not different ages. They are quadruplets.

"It is a blessing to have all four of them play music," their mother Christine says. "I grew up playing and so did my husband. I wanted to have my kids experience that same opportunity."

For weeks, the Sun siblings prepared for their Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO) audition. Since 1970, OCYSO has given musicians pre-professional training through conducting rigorous rehearsals and performing various concerts.

After Christine Sun downloaded OCYSO's audition excerpt, she canceled the audition due to its level of musical difficulty. OCYSO's Director of Orchestral Operations Jacob Vogel noticed the cancelation and contacted her.

When Christine explained her concerns over whether her children should audition, Vogel got in touch with OCYSO Music Director andsays. "I don't have a say on who gets in, but I definitely think these kids deserve to take this chance."

Despite never having taken private lessons, the quadruplets have already received a number of music awards from El Rancho Charter School.

All four were given awards for playing in their school's Honors Strings, an orchestra in which students were required to audition for a spot. Toward the end of the school year, three of them were recognized for winning a school competition called "Minute Man." Participants in this contest needed to play the 12 major scales in under a minute.

Even though the Sun siblings have grown up with music in their lives – each of them began with trying to learn the piano at age 4 – Samantha, Linzey,


Jesse and Matthew each have individual techniques.

Jesse, who has kept his spot as first chair viola at El Rancho the whole school year, likes to play faster pieces on his viola. His fingers move with quick precision on the fingerboard, nearly never missing a note He played "Medieval Wars" for Wachs during the family's Chapman visit.

"It sounds a lot like the music from 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' It's really exciting," Jesse says. "But still feels weird to have people watch me play alone."

Samantha never fails to keep up with his pace. Her bow is always kept at a steady angle whether the piece be a quick staccato or a stretched out legato. She has a kind smile.

Linzey focuses intently on her music, almost never taking her eyes offCheck This Out!

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For being a Colorado native, I regret to say that I didn't grow up spending much time in the outdoors. My parents were busy running their business, so the opportunities to discover Colorado's greatness were far and few between. I did however grow up snowboarding and wakeboarding (neither of which took me too far out into the wild), so I poured my athletic energies there. When I was 21, I saved up $10K, graduated college and moved down to Argentina for a year. It was there that my outdoor life all began!

Now, I run that small business alongside working in many facets of the mountain bike industry. I'm more passionate about the spoken wheel than almost anything else in


Brooke McCarter, best known for his role in cult classic film The Lost Boys, died today from a genetic liver condition, his family announced. He was 52.

McCarter won a modeling contest at age 14 and went on to a successful career as a model before segueing to acting in the mid-1980s. One of his early roles came in TV revival of The Twilight Zone. That same year he starred as vampire Paul in The Lost Boys, which also starred Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander and Barnard Hughes. His other credits include skateboarding film Thrashin’, along with Wired and Double Switch.

After a 20-year break he returned to acting in 2009 in The Uh-Oh Show and EmergingJFK Meets with the Brazilian War College 1962

President Kennedy met with approximately 80 students and faculty members of the Brazilian War College at the White House on October 30, 1962.

Originally scheduled to be held in the Rose Garden, rain forced the gathering under the narrow cover of the West Wing Colonnade. Having had to cancel a planned visit to Brazil because of the outbreak of the Cuban crisis, Kennedy told the visitors that this was at least an opportunity to meet with Brazilians. He delivered brief remarks to the group. Without mentioning Cuba by name, he praised Brazil participation in hemispheric solidarity “in these recent days” and expressed hope that that the U.S.-Brazilian partnership would continue.1

President Kennedy meets with a group of approximately 80 students and faculty members


of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra (Brazilian War College) in the West Wing Colonnade next to the Rose Garden. 30 October 1962, 11:48 AM – 12:05 PM.

President Kennedy meets with a group of approximately 80 students and faculty members of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra (Brazilian War College) in the West Wing Colonnade next to the Rose Garden. 30 October 1962, 11:48 AM – 12:05 PM.

President Kennedy meets with a group of approximately 80 students and faculty members of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra (Brazilian War College) in the West Wing Colonnade next to the Rose Garden. 30 October 1962, 11:48 AM – 12:05 PM.

President Kennedy meets with a group of approximately 80 students and faculty members of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra (BrazilianWar College) in the West Wing Colonnade next to the Rose Garden. 30 October 1962, 11:48 AM – 12:05 PM.

President Kennedy meets with a group of approximately 80 students and faculty members of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra (Brazilian War College) in the West Wing Colonnade next to the Rose Garden. 30 October 1962, 11:48 AM – 12:05 PM.

President Kennedy meets with a group of approximately 80 students and faculty members of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra (Brazilian War College) in the West Wing Colonnade next to the Rose Garden. 30 October 1962, 11:48 AM – 12:05 PM.

“Remarks to Students and Members of the Faculty of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra,” 30 October 1962, in Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy: 1962 (Washington,


Frederick of Prussia withdrew from the alliance with France, after gaining the crown of Silesia from the Austrians. Belleville had to abandon Prague, with a loss of eight thousand men. For seven years, France was engaged in a costly war with constantly shifting alliances. Orry, the superintendent of French finance, was forced to reinstate the highly unpopular dixieme tax to fund the war. Cardinal de Fleury did not live to see the end of the conflict; he died on 29 January 1743, and thereafter Louis ruled alone.

The war in Germany was not going well; the French and Bavarian forces were faced with the combined armies of Austria, Saxony, Holland, Sardinia and Hanover. The army of the Duke of Noailles was defeated by a force of British, Hessian andthen married to Duchess Marie-Josèphe of Saxony and had issue
Philippe of France, Duke of Anjou (30 August 1730 – 17 April 1733)
Marie Adélaïde (23 March 1732 – 27 February 1800)
Victoire Louise Marie Thérèse (11 May 1733 – 7 June 1799)
Sophie Philippine Élisabeth Justine (27 July 1734 – 3 March 1782)
Marie Thérèse Félicité (16 May 1736 – 28 September 1744)
Louise Marie (15 July 1737 – 23 December 1787)

Illegitimate issue
Louis XV had several illegitimate children, although the exact number is unknown. Historiography suggest the following as possible issue of the King:

With Pauline Félicité de Mailly (1712 – 9 September 1741), by marriage marquise de Vintimille. She died after giving birth to a son:
Charles Emmanuel Marie Magdelon de Vintimille (Versailles, 2 September 1741 – Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 24 February 1814), marquis du Luc.


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In a tussle outside Trump Tower on Thursday, a member of Donald J. Trump’s security team responded to a protester, who had grabbed him from behind, by hitting him in the face.

The member of Mr. Trump’s security team had ripped a large blue sign reading “Trump: Make America Racist Again” away from protesters gathered outside Trump Plaza, where the candidate signed a pledge to the Republican Party that he wouldn’t stage a third-party candidacy were he to lose the party’s presidential nomination. The protester, identified by NY1 as Efraín Galicia, chased and grabbed the security guard. The guard then turned and swung. As Mr. Galicia was restrained, the security guard disappeared into Trump Tower with the sign.

After the altercation, which occurred under the gaze of multiple television andPrediction Center has issued a La Niña watch, indicating that conditions are favorable for its development. La Niña can strongly shift weather patterns, bringing anomalously cool or warm, and wet or dry, conditions to large parts of the world. In the United States, La Niña tends to bring wetter than normal conditions to the Pacific Northwest and parts of the Midwest. Unfortunately for southern and central California, things tend to dry out.

Here's how La Niña tends to influence weather patterns across North America. (Source: NOAA) But it's important to note that with La Niña (or its opposite, El Niño, for that matter), YMV. For example, last winter, despite the presence of La Niña, incredibly heavy precipitation drenched large parts of California. This was thanks to another phenomenon, known


as the "pineapple express". A number of factors have climatologists convinced that La Niña is brewing again. Among them are changes to Pacific Ocean trade winds. These ordinarily blow from east to west across the equatorial Pacific, helping to bottle up warm surface waters in the western part of the ocean basin. As a La Niña episode gets going, those winds tend to strengthen, shoving even harder on warm surface waters, pushing them out of the way, and thereby allowing cooler water to well up from the ocean depths. This is precisely what began to happen during August. At about 160 to 500 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific, a blob of cooler-than-average water formed and began rising and spreading to the east along the equator. Youcan see this blob, called a "kelvin wave," in the animation at the top of this story. The visualization depicts a cross-section of the Pacific Ocean along the equator, and it shows the evolution of the cold blob starting in early August. This shift in conditions in the Pacific had its origins even prior to August. "During the second half of July, the trade winds puffed a bit harder over the western half of the Pacific, likely helping this current Kelvin wave form," writes Emily Becker in NOAA's informative and compellingly clear ENSO Blog. Parts of the blob reached the surface in August, resulting in anomalously cool surface waters along the equator. This is characteristic of La Niña. But it's important to note that this and other features


have to strengthen and persist before NOAA will declare the official start of a La Niña episode.

This animation compares sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific Ocean on May 12 and Sept. 12, 2017. The blue swath that forms along the equator indicates cooler than normal temperatures that have developed since May. (Images: Earth Nullschool. Animation: Tom Yulsman) In the animation above, watch the equatorial region of the Pacific west of South America. The colors indicate how temperatures at the sea surface vary from the long-term average. The warmish hues along the equator in one of the two frames are indicative of slightly warmer than normal temperatures at the surface in mid-May of this year. In that same frame, orange and yellow tones hugging the west coast ofSouth America reveal particularly warm water — evidence of a "coastal El Niño." This phenomenon sometimes is a prelude to a full-fledged El Niño, in which a spear of unusually warm water extends westward from the coast of South America along the equator. But as the second frame in the animation shows, that's not what happened this time. That second frame shows sea surface temperature anomalies in mid-September. And the spear of blue along the equator indicates a cool-down. Will conditions continue along this path, resulting in a La Niña? That's the forecast of computer models. As Emily Becker writes at the ENSO blog:

The ensemble of models from the North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) is predicting that La Niña will develop this fall, and last just through the


parts of the Arctic and Atlantic, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

The president is reportedly planning to invoke a rarely-used provision in a 1953 law that lets him withdraw federal waters from future oil and gas leases. Although Obama issued an order earlier this year banning new lease sales in parts of the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific from 2017 to 2022, the upcoming move would protect certain portions of U.S. waters from oil exploration and production indefinitely.

Obama’s withdrawals would block the sale of new oil and gas leases in portions of the U.S. Atlantic and most of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas north of Alaska. They are not expected to affect drilling or production under existing leases, including 42 parcels that Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Hilcorpmicrowaves, the microwave oven comprising: a DC circuit part for converting direct current supplied by a DC input power source into alternating current, and for supplying the converted alternating current; an opening/closing means for connecting between the DC input power source and the DC circuit part; a current dividing means being connected to the means for opening/closing, and for dividing a part of current supplied by the means for opening/closing when the means for opening/closing is switched on; and a microwave oscillating means for being driven by an output voltage of the high voltage transformer, and for generating microwaves.
The current dividing means is a relay connected to the opening/closing means in parallel. The present invention further comprises resistors for being connected to the opening/closing means and/or the relay


other countries, except Poland. Since the Danish vaccine contains only Ptx, the changes to the Fim and Prn types in Danish isolates may be the result of overflow from neighbouring countries, rather than selective pressure from the Ptx vaccine.

Five predominant PFGE types have been found in Europe, BpSR3, BpSR5, BpSR10, BpSR11 and BpSR12 \[[@CR43]\]. These PFGE types were also predominant in at least one Canadian province, where 317 out of 434 (73 %) isolates collected between 1998 and 2006 belonged to the PFGE types BpSR5, BpSR11 and BpSR12 \[[@CR24]\]. However, no isolate with PFGE types BpSR3 and BpSR10 have been found in Canada so far, suggesting some geographic differences in isolates.

The present study showed minor differences in European countries which used ACVs based on MAST, fimbrial serotyping, MLVA andTimes, some ships emit more exhaust than 12,000 cars each day. In Southern California, the San Pedro Bay Ports are the single largest source of air pollution. This includes the heavy- and light-duty trucks, locomotives, and other vehicles operating in relation to shipping and cargo transport. Regarding vehicle emissions for the POLB, ships make up 50%; trucks make up 25%; and small boats, cargo-handling equipment, and trains make up the rest.

A study published by the Green Car Congress reports that CO2 emissions from shipping will probably soon exceed those of aviation. Ships, unlike airplanes, affect coasts, which is why public concern initially motivated the Port of Long Beach to develop some of their ecological initiatives. "The community has the power to change and halt things," says Richard Steinke,


Park, we will uncover a full set of trees and flowers and a beautiful red carp. This park is a good place to feed the fish and pray for good luck. In Chinese culture, this species of fish represents success, so it is frequently seen in Chinese parks or gardens.

After lunch, you will visit the Lingying Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, is the earliest temple in Hangzhou, which was founded by an Indian monk. As many people have said, when you come to visit in Hangzhou, you should at least go to two places, one being West Lake and the other being Lingying Temple.

Many valuable collections of Buddhist cultural relics are preserved here. Among them, a stone tower, which stands in front of the main hall, isa relic of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. This is a must-visit for anyone interested in Chinese Buddhism.

We then make our way to hike through the mini-mountain Fei Lai Peak, which is covered with odd-shaped rocks and lush green trees. Many Buddhist rock carvings can be seen along the way.

After we will pay a visit to the Former Residence of Hu Xueyan. He was a very successful businessman, regarded one of the richest and most famous businessmen in Qing Dynasty (1636-1911).

He started his business under the Governor Wang Youling’s support and his business covered food, real estate, hock, silk, weapon and traditional Chinese medicine. After his success, he donated much money and helped a lot of people together with the Qing government. Because of his kindness and


Token As A Service (TaaS), a tokenized closed-end fund (CEF) dedicated to blockchain assets, has announced three new additions to its Board of Advisors.

According to the official release, serial entrepreneur and investor Mike Costache, blockchain technology and digital currency trading expert Marshall Swatt, and legal expert Arnold Spencer are joining the Board of Advisors. Existing advisors include John Wong (fund management expert) Sergey Rabenko (legal consultant), Patrick Salm (financial risk and fund specialist), and Pascal M. Bommeli (serial entrepreneur).

Costache is co-founder and Managing Partner of KrowdMentor, a strategic crowdfunding advisory and investment firm with a portfolio of 20 startups. Since 2011, he has been a member of Tech Coast Angels, the oldest and largest network of angel investors which has invested $185 million in over 300 deals andCo-Founder and President of TaaS said.

In addition, TaaS announced that it has engaged Otonomos, a legal services platform, to provide expertise and execution for company operations in Singapore. Otonomos will provide regional-specific legal support and assist with communications with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Furthermore, TaaS has selected Cubits as its service provider for its operations outside of the USA. TaaS will utilize the Cubits platform as a reliable, trustworthy gateway for its customers to buy and sell bitcoin outside of the USA. Cubits services more than 50 countries and 17 currencies.


MP Vladimir Gutenev of the United Russia party has prepared and submitted to the government a bill that sets a 15-year limit on the age of foreign-made passenger aircraft allowed for use by Russian airlines.

“The draft is ready and it has been already submitted to the government for review. It proposes a limit of 15 years on calendar age of imported passenger aircraft and also demands that passenger aircraft registered in foreign jurisdictions obtain a Russian airworthiness certificate before making domestic flights,” he said in comments he made to TASS.

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Gutenev added that the bill had been developed within the framework of President Vladimir Putin’s direction to increase the safety of passenger air transport inconnection with the increased frequency of aircraft incidents.

He emphasized that the proposed regulations only concern passenger aircraft and do not deal with cargo, combat or experimental ones.

According to the Russian lawmaker similar restrictions have been previously introduced in China, India and Brazil.

Earlier this month, an MP from the Communist Party addressed the prime minister and prosecutor general with a request to launch a nationwide inspection of the technical condition of passenger aircraft.

The proposals were prompted by the worst air crash in modern Russian history, which happened on October 31. The Airbus A231 of the Russian airline Kogalymavia (also known as Metrojet) crashed soon after takeoff in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board. After the disaster Russia stopped all passenger flights to Egypt and