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Title: Combust
Series: Everyday Heroes #2
Author: K Bromberg
Publisher: Self Published
Publication Date: 29 Jan 2018
Rating: 3.5/5
Synopsis from Goodreads
From New York Times Bestselling author, K. Bromberg, comes a new standalone book. Just how hot will firefighter Grady Malone turn up the heat?
Songwriter Dylan McCoy has been burned.
By her boyfriend she found in her bed . . . with someone else.
By the contract she signed that obligates her to work with him until the songs for his new album are complete.
By her agent when she asked Dylan to keep their breakup on the down-low.
When she finds herself in Sunnyville, she refuses to let her new roommate burn her too. Still . . . a rebound has never looked so good.
That's her first thought when she sees firefighter Grady Malone.
Sexy. Charismatic. Unapologetic. He's a man who carries his own scars—the ones on his back, the survivor's guilt on his soul, and the fear in his heart.
When an unexpected visitor puts their roommate status to the test, will their undeniable attraction burn out, or will they both take a chance and play with fire?
Combust Excerpt
In all honesty, I have to say I struggled a little bit with Combust purely for the fact that I hate seeing the main characters with other people; and this did play a substantial role within the beginning of the story.
Grady and Dylan are fantastic characters, realistic and flawed, each emotional damaged by the events in their lives. Brought together by circumstance they bring a sense of stability and peace to each other's lives, which has been lacking for quite some time.
Grady has been struggling since with all aspects of his professional and personal life since the loss of his partner and best friend in the fire that also left him with scars on his back. Unfortunately, it is the emotional scars that are the ones he is risking losing his future for. Suffering from a form of PTSD and survivors guilt, Grady believes he is unable to claim a future with a partner and family. He, therefore, avoids any sort of relationship or commitment.
With any sort of high-risk career, it is understandable that you would have to consider how you/your family would deal with the possibility of tragedy occurring. Grady tries to overcome this by taking the choice away from others, although he doesn't take into consideration his brothers and parents are already living with this knowledge and deal with it in their own way by supporting each other.
Dylan has her own issues, especially where her self-confidence and belief are concerned having dealt with numerous instances of verbal abuse through her life topped off with a cheating douche of an ex.
Dylan and Grady quite simply click together bringing a sense of peace and contentment into each others lives they haven't ever experienced before. I loved seeing them both blossom and begin to overcome their emotional barriers as a result. However, Grady needs an extra push in order to be able to see a real relationship with Dylan would be worth the risk no matter the time they get to spend together.
The underlying issues of body shaming, body image, and self-perception and the way in which it affects our self-esteem for both men and women provided interesting food for thought when applied to ourselves and how we cope with negativity regarding our bodies.
Although I did struggle with the main characters other relationships at the beginning of Combust, the way in which they connected and enhanced each others lives more than made up for it at the end.
Only one brother remains on the marker, our smexy single-father and paramedic, Greyson. I wonder what Kirsty has in store for him in Cockpit!!!!!


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Marvel's first black superhero hits the big screen
Jacob Brase | Staff Writer
African American superheroes are finally getting their time to shine, and the timing could not be better.
In 1966, King T'Challa, also known as the 'Black Panther,' first appeared in a Marvel comic book. T'challa was the first African American superhero ever created in the history of comics. Nearly 52 years later, the Black Panther now has his own movie, a monumental achievement for Hollywood in the age of superhero movies.
Comic book movies have dominated the film industry for the past 15 years, yet black characters have never been in the spotlight. Over 18 black heroes have been portrayed in major superhero movies, yet in each one of these films, the black character has been a sidekick. One of these heroes was Black panther, who was played by Chadwick Boseman in 'Captain America: Civil War' (2016). Although a generally small role, Boseman's excellent portrayal of the Panther gave fans hope that the long awaited black hero had finally arrived.
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Senior Amaya King said while she does enjoy current superhero films, 'Black Panther' will serve to provide black youth with role models that they can more closely identify with.
"I think it's really empowering for younger kids to see heros that are the same color as them," King said. "It's also putting a statement out there that other actors and minorities can be in movies like this, which is very revolutionary in the film industry."
Furthermore, King said the movie can empower women of all backgrounds, for the female characters depicted in 'Black Panther' remain strong in character and are likeable without being overly promiscuous.
For years, audiences have criticized Hollywood for its lack of diversity, with many fans wanting to see a minority character get his own chance to shine. This request was first granted 18 months ago upon the release of a Marvel Netflix series titled 'Luke Cage.' The show features an African American protagonist who fights to keep the streets of Harlem safe. More recently, The CW released 'Black Lightning' on January 16. 'Black Lightning' does not back down from racially charged topics, often showing scenarios of discrimination that parallel American society today.
In the first episode of the series, African American Jefferson Pierce is pulled over by a white police officer who proceeds to question and persecute him and his family for no reason. Pierce (Black Lightning) proceeds to follow the officer's instruction but slowly starts to get impatient when the officer gets physical. As Pierce grows frustrated and impatient, his eyes glow a vibrant white color, indicating he is on the verge of using his powers. Pierce holds back though, knowing violence is useless due to the officer's position in society.
'Black Lightning' displays powerful racial commentary like this numerous times, with Pierce even directly quoting the words of Martin Luther King at one point. This message could not come at a better time for the nation, as the state of race relations is more unstable than it has been in generations. Over the past few years, news headlines and twitter timelines have been packed with countless cases of discrimination and injustice in the United States. The most notable taking place in Charlottesville, North Carolina where a large group of white supremacists injured approximately 35 people, and left one casualty. The aftermath of events like these in America left many feeling we live in a country divided. This sense of division gives the message of 'Black Lightning' even more significance.
While 'Black Lightning' directly deals with problems in society, the message of 'Black Panther' comes from the excellent portrayal of African culture. In the film, the Panther's home country of Wakanda is the most advanced country in the world. Since the Black Panther is the king of Wakanda, he is elegant, calculated and wise in the film—rarely stopping to crack a joke.
King said many Americans often misunderstand African culture, and Black Panther will give audiences proper representation of African people.
"People have really surface level stereotypes that aren't always true," King said. "To see a black superhero who is very honorable, strong and intelligent sheds a new light on black culture, and hopefully breaks these stereotypes."
When sophomore Courtney Lynch first heard 'Black Panther' was coming out, she immediately was excited to see a black superhero get his own movie. Lynch, who is an African American herself, hopes the film will give the black community something to be proud of. Lynch said she has rarely seen black characters displayed positively, and she thinks this film will change that.
"I hope black people are seen in a new light after this movie, and I think (Black Panther) is going to really uplift African culture as a whole," Lynch said. "We've seen black characters as villains a lot, but now, we get to see them saving the day. ('Black Panther') is not like all the other movies; it's going to open up opportunities for more movies like this, and I think it will have a lasting impact on people."
Lynch said that the film creates a future where all types of characters can get their chance to shine.
"No matter your race, you can still have your own movie," Lynch said. "('Black Panther') is about a lot more than just black superheroes; it sets the tone that other culturally diverse characters can have their own movies."
Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman said it best.
"It's more than just a movie, it's a movement."


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Modernisation of a rice farm in Portugal through the application of precision farming in its irrigation infrastructure.
A major exporting agricultural company in Portugal, used EAFRD support to develop a state-of-the-art innovative, greenhouse production unit.
A family farm specialised on wine production used RDP support to acquire a new tractor and in this way improve its productivity and competitiveness.
A unique example of a rural business which achieved economic profitability based on innovation and environmentally-friendly practices.
A project to allow small businesses in the agricultural and forestry sectors to incorporate innovation more efficiently.
The knowledge generated in research and innovation projects is hard to access, thus it is vital to create networks for knowledge transfer between production and research.
RDP support helped a family farm to generate added value by applying a sustainable model of production through biodynamic agriculture.
The Danish Managing Authority commissioned an online tool used for evaluating applications for LEADER support, taking a baseline and measuring interventions, in addition to scoring against priorities.
An agricultural company used EAFRD funding to strengthen its production of green asparagus and increase its share of the national and European market.
Acquisition of a wood chipper that produces chips for cogeneration more efficiently, thus reducing the cost of tools and consumables per unit of finished product.


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Today is the Rockies home opener and with it comes some great early baseball season weather.
Last year's home opener was a cold, raw day with rain and snow and temperatures below freezing.
This year, a thing of beauty with temperatures in the upper 60s and only a slight chance of a thunderstorm. This will be the case for the entire home-opening series against the Dodgers and the first two of three with the Braves: highs in the 60s and low 70s with hit and miss thunderstorm chances.
What about that last game versus the Braves before the Rockies head west? Well, a storm system will arrive in the Wednesday to Thursday timeframe. The closed, circled area just north of Colorado is the center of the system in the middle atmosphere:
This next system is a strong trough that will impact the entire region with rain, snow, and colder temperatures –– though current guidance (as you see above) tracks the greatest impacts a bit to the north of our area.
Temperatures take a dive as you see here in one model output. We aren't showing you this for an exact temperature forecast, rather show you the notable change that may arrive by Wednesday (or Thursday if the system slows 12 hours or so).
There will be rain and snow chances with this initial system, followed by additional chances of rain and snow for an extended period of time.
From Wednesday through Sunday there is the potential for more than 1" of total water, in the form of both rain and snow.
What to watch: The timing –– as pointed out, the position of the system –– which may trend northward thus leaving us drier than 1" of total liquid, the temperature profile forecast 24 to 48 hours prior to the event –– telling us how quickly the lower atmosphere can cool to reach the critical rain/snow cutoff.
This storm track currently favors Wyoming and Nebraska for the largest impact, but we have lots of time to track any changes. April is no stranger to powerful storm systems in the region. Here's a link to discover Denver's largest April snow storms.
For now, enjoy the warm spring weather, and... Go Rockies!!


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After a road trip across China to sample regional cuisine, chef Jason Liu has returned to the capital to open an eatery casting light on that elusive fifth taste, Li Yingxue reports.
Chef Jason Liu wanted to be a painter when he was growing up in Taiwan, because he never felt any limitations when he set down his ideas on paper.
But when he was asked to cook for his younger brother and sister one day, their smiles inspired him to dedicate his life to the art of cooking.
He embarked on a culinary journey that saw him undertake apprenticeships at Western-cuisine restaurants in Taipei. After years of practicing and perfecting his techniques, Liu decided to move to Beijing in 2006 to open his own kitchen at age 23.
"The first menu I designed was totally unrestrained," Liu recalls.
"Maybe it was because I wanted to escape from the influence of the chefs I used to work with so much that I wasn't able to find myself, and I ended up losing my confidence."
Liu regained his inspiration when he dropped into a Sichuan restaurant one day and realized that he could apply his Western cooking skills to Chinese cuisine-and re-create the flavors of his childhood in the process.
When his restaurant was back on track at the end of 2018, Liu decided to sell up and leave. He set off on a six-month trip across the country to seek inspiration from Chinese cuisines.
Liu visited more than 20 cities and tasted 10 different kinds of cuisine. He made detailed plans before he arrived at his next destination. He would learn about the history and characteristics of the local cuisine and carefully selected the restaurants he would visit. Whether cheap or expensive, the dishes he sampled needed to be delicious-and the local markets were always essential stops along the way.
"I saw many ingredients that I'd never even heard of, and I picked up many cooking techniques that I had never seen before," Liu says. Even though he didn't take any formal cooking classes, he used these experiences to replicate the flavors of the dishes he enjoyed during the trip.
From Shandong to Jiangsu and from Sichuan to Hunan provinces, Liu's travels always followed the paths of the popular regional cuisines. And as the trip continued, he noticed that all these different foods had one thing in common-and that became the inspiration for his new venture in the capital.
"It was umami," he says.
"Umami in Chinese cuisine is very different to what you find in Western cuisine," Liu says, referring to the intangible "fifth category of taste" after sweet, sour, salty and bitter. The word is derived from the Japanese word for "savory".
He returned to Beijing earlier this year after his long sabbatical spent traveling, tasting, experiencing and savoring the beauties of China's regional cuisines.
Liu joined the new restaurant, Ling Long, which opened in Sanlitun in October, as its executive chef. The menu he created there is a nostalgic journey back to Liu's childhood and, recently, across China. Each dish is presented with the flair of French haute cuisine, yet the tastes are unmistakably familiar.
"Every dish is about umami, and I use different ingredients and cooking styles to highlight this," the 36-year-old says.
He has designed three set menus for Ling Long with five, six and seven courses, respectively, featuring different main dishes but the same appetizers and desserts.
Currently, Ling Long only serves dinner, which opens with three starters-a sesame bun, a tomato dish and a bowl of chicken soup.
For the tomato dish, Liu has selected six different varieties from across China. He only uses the soft cores and plates them in a transparent bowl before adding ginger sauce.
"The dish is inspired by the time I spent as a kitchen apprentice, where I had to chop tomatoes every day and discard the cores-which were actually very tasty," Liu recalls.
Snapper carpaccio is the first course on all three menus. It is Liu's version of the traditional Cantonese raw-fish dish.
His version uses Puning bean paste-a discovery from his travels-to which he adds concentrated dried-scallop sauce for seasoning.
From the green-coriander oil to the red-chili slices to the black caviar, the plating of the snapper carpaccio looks like a fine French dish, but the taste is authentically Cantonese.
His pork-belly dish is even more impressive-simple slices of delicious and attractively presented meat that taste just as sublime as the traditional stewed pork belly served with pickled Chinese cabbage and vermicelli from Northeast China.
Liu's version replaces the traditional pickled Chinese cabbage with sliced bamboo fungus boiled in cabbage soup. It has all the hallmarks of the original dish where the vermicelli absorbs the flavors of the broth.
For the waygu beef dish, the umami factor comes from the oyster sauce-a pairing borrowed again from traditional Cantonese cuisine. Liu gives the dish a fresh twist by making fresh oyster sauce. He boils the oysters the day before, adding ginger and garlic for flavor.
From homemade XO sauce to Sichuan-style spicy-bean sauce, Liu artfully infuses Chinese seasonings into all of his dishes.
Working with another chef, Liu has created desserts that take diners on another unique journey, entirely.
The first draws on molecular gastronomy to present three bubbles of yogurt featuring sweet, sour and bitter flavors over a mix of preserved fruit and black tea. The macarons have a distinct Sichuan-pepper flavor, while the pineapple cake has a salted egg-yolk filling.
The unforgettable finish to Ling Long's dessert options is ice cream with chocolate-which is imaginatively flavored with sandalwood.
"Most Chinese people had some furniture or items made out of sandalwood in their homes when they were kids, so I wanted this to evoke memories of their childhoods," Liu says.
Liu spent three months designing the dishes for the opening menu of Ling Long. Despite his lack of formal training, Liu draws on his own experiences to crack the secrets to replicating authentic Chinese cuisine.
"For me, it's like doing chemistry experiments," he says. "Take the soup, for example. I try several different cooking times when I'm practicing until I find the perfect one."
He also searches the country to find the best ingredients available. More than 90 percent of those he uses are derived from China, including wagyu beef and oysters from Shandong.
"I'm using my own way to redefine Chinese cuisine for modern times," he says.
Liu has never forgotten about his dream of becoming a painter. Part of his creative process is sketching the dishes he creates.
In fact, it's a three-step process: He first writes down all the ingredients he needs and the flavors he wants in a mind-mapping exercise. He then sketches out a first draft of the plating design, before finally adding the finer details of the recipe using specific measures and cooking procedures.
"I need to plan all my dishes on paper to make them feel real to me," he says.


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Today's smart home security industry has many players, and consumers who want comprehensive home protection and automation systems inevitably consider Alliance Security. The Rhode Island-based security company has served its community with top-notch home protection products, system installation and monitoring services since 2009. The company's mission to protect people and offer peace of mind is accomplished by helping its customers to connect to home, their family's sanctuary, from anywhere. Alliance Security offers consumers a host of smart home security options. Let's evaluate its current security packages that can be tailored based upon various lifestyle factors.
Home Security Essentials Package
Alliance Security's base-level home security package is not so basic. It includes a 4G LTE-powered security system that nearly guarantees speedy response times. With this package, customers can connect with loved ones or deter unwelcome visitors using the system's built-in, two-way audio capability. The Home Security Essentials package offers a mobile-enabled system that can be controlled by the company's smart home application. This package focuses more on security than home automation. It includes Alliance's Firefighter sensors that connect all of your home's smoke detectors to a professional, 24-hour security monitoring service. Dispatchers can immediately notify the fire department when alerted about a fire hazard. This feature can save lives and prevent extensive property damage.
Alliance realizes that its security systems can only help if they are operational. Typical 30-second alarm system delays allow intruders to destroy security system control panels right after forcing entry into a home. Thieves can then take their time ransacking the home. One Texas homeowner had this to say to news crews after coming home to a crash and smash burglary scene,
We were gone for 11 hours on a road trip and returned to find all this devastation
Alliance has designed its home security systems with crash and smash technology that alerts the monitored command center of potential destruction of installed security equipment.
Home Security Plus Comfort Package
The company's mid-range home security package, Home Security Plus Comfort, contains all of the features of its base package as well as a few home automation elements. Customers, who have this package, get access to smart thermostat and LED lighting controls. These features can be activated and operated from anywhere. The benefits of these appliances are clear.
- Personalized comfort
- Better energy management
- Greater cost savings
Smart Home Complete Package
Alliance's top-of-the-line security package, Smart Home Complete, combines all of the features of the other plans with more convenient home automation attributes. This plan includes the control and monitor of smart power locks. With these, you can remotely lock doors that were inadvertently left unlocked. You can also unlock doors for trusted neighbors, family members, friends or delivery persons. These smart locks can be programmed to lock and unlock by a specialized code that can be changed at will. This feature is especially beneficial for property owners who rent out their homes through outfits like Airbnb and Vacation Rentals By Owner.
Alliance Smart Home Security Package Pros & Cons
Alliance Security delivers several customized smart home security packages that cater to different lifestyles. The company can provide these special plans through its extensive inventory of add-on security products and services such as panic buttons for medical emergencies, glass break detectors and severe weather alerts. Tailored plans cater to the following groups:
- Senior citizens
- Single parents
- Suburban households
Another key Alliance Security advantage is its partnership with Monitronics, which is its Five Diamond certified monitoring service provider. The Five Diamond designation marks the company's staff as some of the best in the industry. Alliance's lengthy 36 to 60-month service contracts and add-on equipment fees are possible disadvantages of its smart home security packages.
Final Thoughts
While overzealous sales tactics by third-party, contracted telemarketers have recently caused legal troubles for the company, Alliance has many loyal and satisfied customers. The company's popularity in this competitive field is the result of its ability to adapt its offerings to unique consumer needs using the latest technology and classic approaches to customer care. Need help identifying the smart home products that are right for your household? Contact Protect America for a free evaluation of your smart home security needs and more information about security plans and pricing.


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In this month's newsletter, Howard Cohen reviews the concept of foreseeability of injury in light of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Crux v Chief Constable of Lancashire whilst Georgina Crawford considers the current uncertainty created by the case of Qader v Esure Services Ltd as to whether fixed recoverable costs scheme may still apply to EL cases moved out of the portal.
We welcome our two new pupils to chambers, Laura Fitzgibbon and Tom Emslie-Smith. Laura has provided the case law update.
By Howard Cohen
The legal concept of foreseeability is applied in myriad situations and must therefore remain sufficiently malleable to accommodate the varying circumstances of each individual case. It was once again at the forefront of the judicial mind in the recent Court of Appeal decision in Crux v Chief Constable of Lancashire & Anor [2016] EWCA Civ 402 when interpreting Regulation 5 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. Although the impact of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 now means that breaches of these Regulations are no longer automatically actionable, the concept itself will continue to be key.
The Facts
The circumstances of the claim were as follows. The Claimant, then aged 22, was working in the cell complex at Burnley Police Station as a civil detention officer ('CDO') employed by G4S. The Defendant Chief Constable was the occupier of the police station and had control over the Claimant's workplace. One night in July 2010, C and a colleague (CDO Wilson) were required to escort a drunk and disorderly "detained person" ('DP') into one of the cells a short walk away from the custody suite. Standing on either side of the DP, and with both hands upon her, they frog-marched her along various narrow corridors and through a series of gates. As they approached their destination, they expected to find the door to cell 11 wide open and flush to the corridor wall as it usually was. On this occasion, it was only partially open, with the gap between the leading edge of the door and the opposite wall only around 13 inches, meaning that there was no room for all 3 to enter the cell.
CDO Wilson took her hands off the DP in order to fully open the door and as she did so, the DP suddenly dropped to the ground without warning, taking the Claimant's left forearm with her. Although only 5 feet 3 inches in height, the DP weighed around 13.5 stones and pulled the Claimant to the floor. As a result, the Claimant sustained a serious injury to her dominant left wrist.
At First Instance
The Claimant argued at first instance that because the cell door was not fully open and flush to the wall as it usually was, the corridor itself (forming part of the Claimant's workplace) was not maintained in an efficient state in accordance with the strict liability requirements of Regulation 5. This requires a workplace to be "maintained (including cleaned as appropriate) in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair."
His Honour Judge Butler, sitting at Preston County Court, found that the partially open door presented no foreseeable risk of injury. In particular, he noted within his Judgment that:
On Appeal
In the Court of Appeal, Tomlinson L.J. entirely endorsed the approach taken at first instance and spoke in robust terms about this rather factually unusual case.
It was agreed between the parties that if there was no foreseeable risk of injury, then there could be no breach of Regulation 5, foreseeability being a critical ingredient. This was defined by Hale LJ in the earlier case of Koonjul v Thameslink Healthcare Services [2000] PIQR 123, [2000] EWCA Civ 3020 as, "a real risk, a foreseeable possibility of injury", although for completeness, Tomlinson LJ adopted the tighter definition of "foreseeable material risk of relevant injury".
He explained that any foreseeable injury had to be "relevant" in the sense that it had to be an injury to someone whose workplace was under consideration. A foreseeable risk of injury to a visitor to the police station would not have satisfied the conceptual requirement. Thus, the evidence that a partially open door could lead to delay in getting a drunk and disorderly arrestee into a cell (and increase her risk of injury) had "little or no bearing" on the question of whether the partially open door presented a foreseeable risk of injury to the CDO's. Although it was important to respect the safety of detainees throughout the duration of their incarceration and isolation, what mattered was "whether the partially open door presented a real or material risk of injury to the CDO's….It is obviously the case that the longer the CDO's are required to associate at close quarters with DP's, particularly drunk and disorderly DP's, the greater is the risk that the CDO will be injured by the DP. The question however, is whether the partially open door presented a real risk of injury to the CDO's over and above that inevitably associated with the job in question."
Further, just as Hale LJ had pointed out in Koonjul that in drafting risk assessments, there had to be an element of realism, so Tomlinson LJ noted that Courts had to be realistic when assessing whether specified risks of injury were foreseeable or not. "That is why the risk must be real or material, although it does not have to approach a probability." In terse dicta, he argued that the lower Court's conclusion that the partially open door presented no real risk of relevant injury was "obviously correct" and that the notion that a material risk of injury arose every time a door was inadvertently left partially open "lacks all reality."
Given the lack of any prior incidents indicating a risk of injury, the fact that on the night in question neither CDO thought anything of the open door, the evidence of police superiors that the good sense of leaving doors fully open related to operational efficiency rather than the health and safety of the workforce and the fact that the Defendant's risk assessment raised no issue of unsuitability or insufficiency, Tomlinson LJ dismissed the Claimant's appeal.
Although applied to a very specific set of facts (with only one outcome ever arguably likely), the Court of Appeal has again sought to clarify the parameters of the concept of foreseeability. In adopting the phraseology, "foreseeable material risk of relevant injury", Tomlinson LJ has provided a useful reminder of the salient factors to bear in mind when considering and assessing this critical, but movable concept.
Qader & Ors v Esure Services Ltd [2015] EWHC B18 (TCC); It started off like thousands of other claims in October 2013; a road traffic accident occurred with multiple occupants in one vehicle, of whom three became Claimants claiming damages against the Defendant who drove into the back of them. The Defendant alleged that this was a staged accident caused by the Claimant driver who braked for no apparent reason on a slip road. The claim was commenced in the RTA portal on account of the value being pleaded at £5,000 to £15,000. The claim fell out of the portal and by reason of the allegations of fraud, it was duly allocated to the multi-track. Things became difficult when the question of costs was raised by the Defendant, who sought to argue that the fixed costs regime more commonly applied to fast track matters was on proper construction of the rules, applicable.
Going back to basics, the protocol applies where either;
CPR 45.29A states that fixed recoverable costs apply to a claim which is started under the RTA Protocol or the EL/PL Protocol but no longer continues under the relevant Protocol/Stage 3. Allocation to the multi-track will normally engage the costs budgeting procedure in Section II of Part 3 but CPR 3.12(1)(c) excludes claims where the proceedings are the subject of fixed costs or scale costs or where the court otherwise orders.
The Defendant's position was that these rules leave no room for doubt; where a claim is started in the protocol, with the CNF submitted post 31 July 2013, the parties can only recover fixed costs, without reference to allocation to track. The alarming consequence of that argument is of course that any RTA, EL or PL matter which starts in the portal can only carry fixed costs, regardless of its eventual value, complexity, level of judicial allocation, expert attendance and length of final hearing.
The appeal from first instance was heard by His Honour Judge David Grant, whose judgment resulted in two key points being upheld; CPR 45.29 is not restricted to fast track cases and there is no mention of allocation affecting the fixed costs regime, and CPR 3.12(1)(c) specifically excludes the rules on costs budgeting from those cases to which the fixed costs regime already applies. The claimant had unsuccessfully argued that the lower court was wrong to apply fixed costs because the scheme was only intended to be applied to the fast track on the recommendation of Jackson LJ.
The decision of HHJ Grant is of itself the subject of appeal, currently listed in the floating list on 20th October in the Court of Appeal. Bearing in mind that over a year has elapsed since the findings of HHJ Grant, this has been a year of significant uncertainty. It is worth remembering that the court can be invited to exercise its power to award costs exceeding the fixed recoverable costs, under 45.29J(1): If it considers that there are exceptional circumstances making it appropriate to do so, the court will consider a claim for an amount of costs (excluding disbursements) which is greater than the fixed recoverable costs referred to in rules 45.29B to 45.29H. HHJ Grant made it clear that a mere allegation of fraud will not be sufficient;
"It is perhaps permissible to observe that the nature and ambit of the allegations of fraud which are made in the present case are discernibly of a different nature from the types of allegations often made in cases of commercial fraud in proceedings in the Chancery Division, the Commercial Court or the TCC. Such cases often involve the examination and consideration of considerable volumes of documents, analysis of legal principles of fiduciary duty and consideration of often complex commercial factual matrices. In contrast, the central factual issue in the present case is simply whether the First Claimant applied the brakes in such a manner that he induced a relatively minor road traffic accident to occur."
The reason this all came to my attention was as a result of a seemingly innocuous CCMC in an EL matter, worth on current evidence in the order of tens of thousands. The claim was started in the portal largely on account of the full extent of the Claimant's injury being unknown at that stage, but which fell out of the portal owing to liability being disputed. The claim form then carried a value in excess of £25,000 and the court duly issued notice of its intention to allocate to the multi- track, and listed the matter for directions and costs budgeting. The case is clearly not on all fours with Qader and the run of the mill RTA fraud type scenarios, but with some reluctance, the judge at the CCMC had to defer to the higher court and effectively stay the costs budgeting exercise, on account of the identical portal and CPR 45.29 provisions for RTA and EL/PL matters.
Logic dictates that this sort of case would better fit the bill of 'exceptional circumstances' as indeed would other multi track claims carrying significant quantum value; it cannot surely be right that budgets running to tens if not more than a hundred thousand pounds are simply cast aside on a black letter approach to the rules. Equally unappealing is the prospect of claims which never come within the portal on account of being issue in excess of £25,000 settling for lower than that sum, but attracting costs awards in the tens of thousands. Can the former example properly be categorised as 'exceptional', and what do the rules say about the latter? Can it really be sound to say that a claim carries fixed costs regardless of its value and allocation to track? Would it not be more appropriate to redress the difficulty created by the strict provisions of the CPR by substituting language which affords a greater degree of latitude? The unhappy and ironic consequence is that for the past year at least, there must have been a multitude of abortive CCMC's or at the very least contingent costs budgeting exercises, whilst we await the decision of the Court of Appeal.
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HAYWARD v ZURICH INSURANCE CO PLC [2016] UKSC 48
(Lord Neuberger PSC, Lady Hale DPSC, Lord Clarke JSC, Lord Reed JSC, Lord Toulson JSC)
SIGNIFICANCE: Insurers who settled a personal injury claim when they suspected fraud would be entitled to set aside the settlement if they later discovered proof of fraud. When seeking to set aside the settlement on the basis of fraudulent misrepresentation, it need not be proved that the insurer believed the misrepresentations to be true, but only that the insurer was 'influenced by' the claimant's misrepresentations.
FACTS: The claimant brought proceedings against his employers in respect of a back injury suffered at his workplace. Liability was admitted but quantum disputed on the basis that the extent of the ongoing injury was exaggerated, which was supported by video evidence. The claim settled before the quantum trial, and the terms of the agreement were recorded in a settlement agreement.
Two years later, the claimant's neighbour provided the insurer with further evidence that the claimant had exaggerated his injuries. The evidence suggested that the claimant had recovered fully from his injuries a year prior to settlement. The defendant sought rescission of the settlement agreement (or damages for deceit in the alternative) on the basis that they had been induced to enter into the settlement agreement on the basis of the claimant's fraudulent misrepresentations.
HELD: (1) It was not necessary, as a matter of law, to prove that the insurer believed the claimant's misrepresentations to be true in order for the settlement to be set aside. The correct test is whether the defendant was 'influenced by' the claimant's misrepresentations. This will be a question of fact in each case. The fact that the insurer did not believe the representations does not lead to the conclusion that they were not influenced by the misrepresentations; the question is not what view the party itself takes, but what view they believe the court may take in due course.
(2) Where proof of fraud is later established through new evidence, a previous suspicion of fraud does not preclude the unravelling of the settlement agreement.
MOTOR INSURER'S BUREAU v MORENO [2016] UKSC 52
(Lord Mance JSC, Lord Clarke JSC, Lord Sumption JSC, Lord Toulson JSC, Lord Hodge JSC)
SINGNFICANCE: The compensation due under the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Information Centre and Compensation Body) Regulations 2003 reg.13 to a UK resident who had been injured in a road traffic accident in another Member State should be assessed by reference to the law of that state, not by reference to English law.
FACTS: An English national was seriously injured in a road traffic accident in Greece with an uninsured driver. Compensation due to the claimant under Greek law would have been less than the compensation due to her under English law. The question was which law compensation should be assessed under.
HELD: The starting point in construing the 2003 Regulations is that they should, so far as is possible, be interpreted in a sense which is not in any way inconsistent with the Directives. There was no suggestion in the 2003 Regulations or the Explanatory Note or anywhere else of an intention by the domestic legislator to do anything other than give effect to the Directives.
It was held that the Directives provided for compensation in accordance with the law of the state of the accident and did not leave it to individual member states to provide for compensation in accordance with domestic law. Further, that the 2003 Regulations are to be read as giving effect to this scheme, overruling Jacobs v Motor Insurers' Bureau [2010] EWCA Civ 1208 and Bloy v Motor Insurers' Bureau [2013] EWCA Civ 1543 in relation to the meaning of regulation 13(2)(b).
XP v COMPENSA TOWARZYSTWO SA v PRZEYSLAW BEJGER [2016] EWHC 1728 (QB)
(Whipple J)
SIGNIFICANCE: A claimant who had suffered a miscarriage as a result of a road traffic accident was entitled to recover from the negligent driver the cost of fertility treatment as part of her future losses.
FACTS: A 40 year old woman was involved in two separate road traffic accidents. After the first, she suffered a miscarriage and psychiatric injury. Liability was admitted and the issues concerned quantum and causation. One issue was the first defendant's liability as to fertility treatment. The claimant successfully claimed three rounds of fertility treatment, which would, on the balance of probabilities, result in her becoming pregnant.
HELD: The claim for fertility treatment was fundamentally to put the claimant back in the position she would have been but for the first accident. The miscarriage was a physical injury suffered as a consequence of the first accident and the claimant was entitled to fertility treatment by way of restoration.
KAI SURREY (A CHILD & PROTECTED PARTY BY HIS LITIGATION FRIEND AMY SURREY) v BARNET & CHASE FARM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST [2016] EWHC 1598 (QB)
(Foskett J, Costs Judge Gordon-Saker)
SIGNIFICANCE: In cases where a claimant has been advised to switch to a CFA from legal aid shortly before 1 April 2013, they should be able to recover the success fee and ATE premium so long as the decision to switch was a reasonable decision to take at the time, having regard to all of the circumstances of the case.
FACTS: The appeal concerned three claimants who had been advised to switch from legal aid to a conditional fee agreement shortly before 1 April 2013. A costs judge had decided that the decision to switch had not been reasonable, and as such the success fee and ATE premium were not recoverable. It was argued by the respondents that the failure of the solicitors to advise that switching to a CFA would result in the loss of the 10% Simmons and Castle uplift meant that the decision to switch funding arrangements was based on materially unreasonable advice.
HELD: The question was whether the additional liabilities were reasonably or unreasonably incurred. This is an objective test to be assessed with reference to all the circumstances existing at the time. In the majority of cases, the failure of the solicitors to advise that switching to a CFA would result in a loss of the 10% Simmons and Castle uplift would not have made a material difference to the decision of the claimant to switch to a CFA.
JACQUELINE ANN SMITH v (1) LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST (2) LANCASHIRE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (3) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR JUSTICE [2016] EWHC 2208 (QB)
(Edis J)
SIGNIFICANCE: The fact that s 1A(2)(a) of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 does not permit cohabitees of more than 2 years to recover bereavement damages does not engage Article 8. However, it was recommended that consideration should be given to reforming the law as the effect of the section is unjust.
FACTS: The claimant had cohabited with the deceased for more than two years before he died as a result of the negligence of the first and second defendants. She brought a successful claim for dependency under the Fatal Accident Act s1 but was unable to recover bereavement damages under s1A(2)(a), which applied only to spouses and civil partners. A declaration was sought about the interpretation of bereavement damages under s1A(2)(a) or a declaration that it was incompatible with the Human Rights Act.
HELD: It was held that the claimant was unable to show that article 8 was directly engaged by her inability to claim bereavement damages, nor that it fell within the ambit of article 8 since the ability to claim compensation from the defendants for her grief was only tenuously linked to her family life and not linked to her private life.
ALBERT VICTOR CARDER v UNIVERSITY OF EXETER [2016] EWCA Civ 790
(Lord Dyson , Gross LJ, Christopher Clarke LJ)
SIGNIFICANCE: An employee was entitled to damages from a former employer who had been responsible for 2.3% of his total asbestos exposure. The employer made a material contribution to the claimant's condition, and was not de minimis, despite the fact that the contribution was very small.
FACTS: The respondent was 87 years old and had worked as an electrician. Over the course of his employment he had been negligently exposed to asbestos by a number of employers. As a result, he developed asbestosis. The appellant company was responsible for 2.3% of the respondent's total exposure to asbestos. At first instance the Judge held that the appellant was to pay 2.3% of the respondent's full damages. On appeal, the appellant argued that, since their contribution did not make the respondent's symptoms any worse, they should not be held liable for damages. However, they accepted that the 2.3% contribution to the asbestos dust was material to the respondent's overall exposure to asbestos.
HELD: The only relevant question was whether a Claimant was materially worse off as a result of an alleged tort. The respondent's exposure to asbestos by the appellant company increased the severity of his medical condition by a small, albeit not measureable, extent; the respondent was slightly worse off due to his exposure to asbestos by the appellant. It was held that since this increase was material, and not de minimis, the judge at first instance had been right to hold that the appellant was liable for 2.3% of the respondent's full damages.
(1) JOSEPH THOMAS BEAUMONT (2) LEWIS O'NEILL v DAVID FERRER [2016] EWCA Civ 768
(Moore-Bick LJ, Longmore LJ, Beaton LJ)
SIGNIFICANCE: A taxi driver who chose to drive on when he realised his passengers did not intend to pay was prima facie liable in negligence for the injuries of his passengers when they jumped from the moving taxi. However, the passengers were precluded from recovering damages by the principle of ex turpi causa.
FACTS: The appellants, both aged 17, along with four other youths planned to take a taxi from Salford to Manchester City Centre without paying the fare. When they arrived at the city center three of the youths jumped out of the taxi, while it was stationary at traffic lights, without paying. The taxi driver then proceeded to drive off at 20 mph, knowing that the door was open and the remaining youths in the taxi were not wearing seatbelts. The remaining youths exited the taxi as it was moving and fell, sustaining serious injuries.
HELD: The taxi driver was prima facie liable in negligence. He had breached his duty of care to the youths by driving off when he knew that the doors were open and the youths not wearing seatbelts. It was reasonably foreseeably that the youths remaining in the taxi would follow the three that had already exited.
The question as to whether the maxim of ex turpi causa applies is one of causation. It was held that although it could be said that the damage would not have happened but for the tortious act of the respondent, it was in reality caused by the appellant's own criminal act. Therefore, the youths were precluded from recovering damages by the ex turpi causa principle.
BRIGHTHOUSE LTD v TAZEGUL [2016] EWHC 2277 (QB)
(Spencer J)
SIGNIFICANCE: Upon receiving fresh evidence of a prima facie case of fraud relating to an independent witness, a county court judgment in a personal injury trial arising from an RTA was referred back to the trial judge for determination as to whether the judgement should be set aside.
FACTS: The respondent and a lorry driver, who was employed by the appellant company, were involved in a road traffic accident on a motorway. The respondent's witness was put forward as an independent witness, saying that he had only met the respondent when they met in a car park after the accident and recognised the respondent's car. However, at trial, evidence was adduced that the respondent and his witness knew each other prior to the accident: the respondent's wife and the witness's partner were friends on Facebook and there were pictures of the witness and his partner socialising at the bar where the respondent worked. The judge at first instance decided that the evidence showed an insufficient connection between them to undermine the witness's evidence. He found in favour of the respondent in the trial.
Fresh evidence came to light which the appellant submitted was strong evidence of a previous friendly relationship between the respondent and the witness, suggesting that the witness had perjured himself.
HELD: Where there was fresh evidence of fraud adduced, the Court of Appeal would only allow an appeal and permit a re-trial where fraud was either admitted or the evidence of it was incontrovertible, Noble v Owens [2010] EWCA Civ 224 followed. Fraud was not admitted and the court was not satisfied that threshold for incontrovertible evidence had been met and so the judgment could not be set aside.
However, the new evidence strongly showed a prima facie case of fraud. The test was whether there was evidence to show that the trial judge had been deliberately misled. If the respondent and his witness had deliberately suppressed their relationship, then it would be for the trial judge to decide if the inevitable inference was that they had lied about the circumstances of the accident. The matter should be referred back to the trial judge for determination on the new evidence as to whether there was fraud. If he was satisfied that there had been fraud, then it was open for him to proceed to set aside the judgment.


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We lived at the Bible college for a little over a month. We started Spanish lessons at the Galapagos Spanish School, a few minutes' walk from our apartment. Rusty went in the morning, and I went in the afternoon. We like the school, but it is a pretty good jaunt from our new place, so we may start going to another school that's closer, or even look for a private tutor to come out to the house.
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A portrait and Interview with KURIERBlog
My first interview and portrait for an Austrian newspaper!
It makes me especially proud, since they published it in the Sunday edition as well as online.
As soon as it was out people from my early childhood, friends from all stages of my life, of my parents as well as people I have never met contacted me, called me mom (since her number is listed in the public phone book)
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Algonquin Canoe Trip Journal — Part 3
After a good night's sleep, we ate a hearty breakfast of freeze-dried eggs, freeze-dried toast and freeze-dried coffee. Ken suggested that, next time, maybe I should rehydrate the stuff before cooking it.
We headed out for Clydegale Lake, paddling the length of Penn Lake, so named because it shaped like a pen. Not to be confused with the term "peninsula," which — as I explained to Steve — is named after a part of the male anatomy.
He did not know that. Which is the only thing he didn't know. The man's a walking encyclopedia on the wonders of nature, the cosmos and moose scat. For instance, he told me that loons have five distinct calls: The wail to communicate with other loons across the lake; the tremolo to alert others of danger; the yodel for mating or establishing territory; the hoot, which is sort of an all-clear; and the moo, which is reserved for when they are flying over cows.
The beauty of Algonquin is that each lake is higher and more remote than the next. Someone with a lot of ambition could get far enough into the chains of lakes to lose all signs of civilization, such as the 30 grills people had left at our Penn Lake campsite.
Also, as you progress into the various lakes, there are fewer designated campsites.
Having two experienced guides was a tremendous advantage here. They know how to set up an itinerary so we could get the best campsites. For example, when we returned to Penn Lake for the last two days of the trip, we had to get there early enough in the morning to beat any newcomers working their way into the chain of lakes.
Our first portage was about 270 meters. The second was about 370. Unfortunately, when it comes to perception, meters don't work out like kilometers. When you're driving in Canada and covering, say, 100 kilometers, it seems to go pretty quickly because you're used to seeing these measurements in miles. But, it's the opposite with meters. You see the sign at the head of the portage trail that says 376 meters and, automatically, you're thinking, "Oh, just short of three football fields."
But no. It's more like five or maybe 10. Trying to estimate it — to get some sort of perspective — I did the math in my mind, which only works on the right side. I figured that would be like walking from Mansfield to Akron. While carrying a canoe and backpack. Uphill. Over rocks. While wearing muck boots.
The least the Ontario Ministry of Portages could do is post sherpas at the trailheads.
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General Synod papers published
Papers circulated to members of the Church of England's General Synod ahead of its July sessions in York have been published online.
They detail discussions planned on subjects ranging from the Church's work in areas where many people follow other faiths to concerns over the cost of applying for British citizenship and the possibility of services to help transgender Christians mark their transition.
Synod is due to meet at the University of York from Friday July 7 to Monday July 10.
Papers are being published in two batches. The first circulation of papers is available here.
A second circulation of papers will be published on Friday, June 23. There will also be a pre-Synod briefing at Church House Westminster next Friday.
One briefing paper in the first circulation sets out how an existing Church of England service for reaffirming baptismal vows may form the liturgical basis for services which help transgender Christians mark their gender transition publicly.
The liturgy for Affirmation of Baptismal Faith, contained in the Common Worship service book, may be used with people who have already been baptised but who wish to "reaffirm their identity in Christ" after a significant personal transition, including gender, according to the paper.
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However it makes clear that there is "no legal or doctrinal difficulty" with transgender people reaffirming their baptism vows with a new name.
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Christine Elliott has tightened her grip on the Progressive Conservative leadership race, luring one rival aboard her bandwagon and triggering doubts in another.
Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli pulled the plug on his leadership campaign Wednesday and threw his support behind his Whitby—Oshawa colleague Elliott, the widow of late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty.
Fedeli's leaving and Friday's deadline for the full $75,000 entry fee has Ottawa-Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod rethinking her commitment to the race.
MacLeod said she is reassessing her future given both Fedeli's exit and the retirement of former foreign minister John Baird, which has opened up a federal seat in Ottawa.
"I'm talking to constituents for next 48 hours. I'm being heavily pressured on federal side," said the Nepean—Carleton MPP, mindful that the next non-refundable instalment to remain in the PC contest is looming.
"I've got the money and memberships but I'm a local gal who knows who 'brung me to the ball,' too," she said.
Sources say the federal Tories are urging MacLeod to run in the newly created riding of Nepean.
Fedeli, a wealth businessman from North Bay, told reporters he crunched the numbers — memberships and money — and "I don't see them being there for me to win this leadership race."
The departure of Fedeli, a moderate like Elliott, leaves Monte McNaugthon (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) in the contest along with Barrie MP Patrick Brown and a question mark beside MacLeod's name.
They are campaigning to replace Tim Hudak, who left as leader after his party's disappointing performance — and loss of nine seats — in the June 12 election that vaulted Premier Kathleen Wynne's minority Liberals to a majority.
"I believe Christine Elliott can go toe-to-toe with Kathleen Wynne and win he leadership race and win for the PCs in 2018," he said.
Elliott said she was both "excited and humbled" by Fedeli's support.
"Both of us understand that good economic policy enables good social policy. We also believe that fiscal responsibility and social compassion can and must go hand-in-hand," she told the gathering.
A source in a rival campaign said is clear that "Vic is making an 'anybody-but-Brown' play."
"Things are getting nasty."
Elliott refused to be drawn into the fray, saying only she has a different vision for Ontario than Brown.
"We need to pull ourselves together, not divide ourselves as a party. It's no longer a time for red Tory, blue Tory, social conservative or whatever," she said.
Brown took a shot at Elliott, who was PC deputy leader, in the closing minutes of a leadership debate in London, Ont., last week for not knowing in advance about Hudak's surprise campaign promise to cut 100,000 public sector jobs.
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Hudak's controversial pledge — made at a Barrie campaign event attended by Brown — has been widely blamed for the party's drubbing at the polls.
The Conservatives pick a new leader at a Toronto convention May 9 with an eye toward topping Wynne's Grits in the 2018 election.
Despite governing Ontario for 50 of the past 75 years, the Tories have lost four consecutive elections to the Liberals.


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The Frotcom web page is an HTML 5 page with a CSS based design that allows for the excellent presentation and style showcased across the web page. Frotcom's web page was created to be modern, informative and well structured, allowing potential clients to research the various main features and optional features of the products offered, as well as better understand the way Frotcom works. The slideshow elements displayed on both the header and footer of the web page break up the content, sharing client reviews and descriptive copy. At the bottom of the Frotcom web page, online visitors have the opportunity to share the Frotcom page with their social media followers on popular social pages like Facebook and LinkedIn. In addition to the development of the Frotcom web page, our Virtual Design's team also assisted with the Adwords and SEO (search engine optimization) of the page.
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scrolls really fast, makes it too hard.
fun concept though!
You are detective truth. 🕵 You must investigate the very nature of the game you are playing. Succeed and get to the bottom of the truth and try to die as little as possible.
Move: WASD or Arrow Keys
Search: Mouse
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We will be making a video about the creation of the game and sharing it on our YouTube Channel... Stay tuned!
Created by Asbjørn Thirslund from Brackeys for the Community Game Jam 2019.
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scrolls really fast, makes it too hard.
fun concept though!
There's a bug D:
if you never let go of left click the glasses will never stop.
so not cool
Fun game but im able to use the magnifying glass thing forever until I die so maybe try fix that but still fun game
way to hard!
It's fun! but at the same time the toughness got me crying :(
very awsome game
Take away the autoscroll and it would be 10 times better. When i die and needa get back, i have to wait for the autoscroll, and when i try to get all the coins i die because i can't keep up with it
Awesome game! The jump delays and it's because you are doing Void Fixed Update() instead of Void Update(). I had the same problem with the jumping of my game.
Could you play our game. The game is based on old pc and horrific reality about ads. In this situation you need to choose wisely ads to survive. https://biebrass.itch.io/lying-ads
Ty for playing.
Awesome concept,
like others have said, the bar can be held indefinitely. Also, moving should be tighter. Currently, a single step to the right moves way too far, and I often found myself walking straight off edges when I want to simply move to the edge.
Im sorry brakey but it has bugs
I got so very lost and confused.
Good, I found that W was annoying for jump, space would be nice. but more importantly the power bar is completely broken, if you just hold left click it lasts forever.
This game is so fun! I participated in the jam, but I wasn't able to finish my game in time...
The game itself is not bad, but at least you should have put a tutorial....
p.s And yeah, "W" button for the jump... Y u do dis? :(
I sadly can't rate this game because i did not participate in the jam - but i really love the concept of SMB-style game with fake walls! waiting with(out) patience to the Behind-The-Scenes video.
cool concept!
So, I used to like Brackeys, but now I see he is the antichrist. Because he made "W" to be jump instead of the space bar. Infuriating is the only accurate feedback that could ever be given.
Unfair mario but fair! I like it
Fun game.
I really like the modern take on retro graphics plus the game control mechanics might get a bit of getting used to a first the player eventually will learn them.
The games totally fits the theme as it uses the levels elements to make the player see if the game is lying to them
Some things to take note on is the camera I found a bit fast and hard to get used to but other wise its cool.
Nice work man!!
If you fancy rating mine you can find it here: https://mercutio32.itch.io/lukos-path
So, I Died 36 times before writing my review :
Let's Start with the Down Side of the Game :
- The Art Style Looks Like Mario, it is not the Worst (I've Seen Other Games which had bad GFX), but it still not that appealing to look at
- I don't feel u worked on the game feel this time Asbjørn, the Character Controller Doesn't feel good when playing it, it doesn't respond to the Input Immediately.
_ I Think the Camera Should be slower than it is.
Now the upper (cool side) :
- The Game Really Fits the theme very well, that Idea of revealing the Truth of the Game is really fitting the Theme (though Blackthornprod Done it Before)
- Forcing the Player to use Both Mouse and Keyboard at the Same time can really unleash his little gamer.
- the Camera is Smooth, which is kinda advantage.
Although, u may have noticed from other comments that there is a bug in the Game, but still a good one. Cheers
Hey, guys? Is it just me or is Brackeys the only one of the youtubers participating in their own jam?
I Love Your Game Please Play My Game:https://itch.io/jam/cgj/rate/476496
Like great game and all but the best feature in my opinion has to be that hat animation when he jumps....
Hey have you heard of the Dreadful whispers?
Cool game mate. My game is just similar to this ....
Check it out https://sashbros.itch.io/games-dont-lie
Reminds me of the Dreadful Whispers, anyone?
Also, if you just never stop holding down left click, you can continue using the spotlight after the stamina bar runs out...
Unfair Mario vibes, anyone?
not the best but hey at least it's good
Game fits the theme in a really interesting way I never thought of! Commendable achievement, good job!
Really enjoyable, I just wish I were better at games like this. Great climat with the music and loveable concept.
Great game, gives you the power to avoid the traps but keeps it challenging with the scrolling screen.
But there is a bug, if you hold the mouse button and never let it go, you will get an infinite search power.
I haven't gotten very far, but so far the game is great.
Really well done! Love the concept!
I love the premise of this, both infuriating and fun.


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- Physical therapists -- Brain tumors and their treatment may cause paralysis, weakness, and problems with balance. Physical therapists can help patients regain strength and balance.
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It's National Toast Day, and we celebrate with past posts on toasts
There is something about toasters that inspires designers.
Friday 23 February is so exciting! We have already noted that it is National CSA Sign-Up Day and National Skip the Straw Day, but it is also the more obscure National Toast Day, a British import that apparently "began as a way of making people happier in an otherwise boring month." The organizer, Caroline Kenyon, noted in Metro that "the day was hugely popular last year with it immediately trending on social media in the UK as well as in America. Kenyon says that is because 'Toast makes people happy'. Whatever age you are, everybody loves toast."
Don't bash millennials about avocado toast — blame their parents
Don't blame avocado toast for an empty bank account
When it comes to articles on saving money, it's the small edible luxuries such as avocado toast and fancy lattes that are most viciously attacked. Many frugality bloggers would have you believe that, by eliminating these expensive treats from your life, you'll see the savings pile up. While this is partly true -- the little things do add up -- this approach can distract from bigger money magnets. More in TreeHugger See also: Why the battle over avocado toast misses the point
And for some reason, designers love toasters. Over the years we have covered a lot of these on TreeHugger. I was particularly impressed by the toaster built by British designer Thomas Thwaite and must have written half a dozen posts about it; he built it from scratch, noting, as we have on TreeHugger many times:
It seems the need to buy more stuff to save our economy and the need to buy less to save our environment are on a collision course. So, we either have to value what we've got a lot more, or spend as much time and effort taking things apart and disposing of them as we do putting them together.
If You Wish to Make a Toaster from Scratch, You Must First Invent the Universe
Minus Oil: The 50 Year Toaster vs the Five Dollar Toaster
The toaster is a great example of how we can take a simple concept, a device that can last a generation, and turn it into a cheap throwaway. Or, designers can add useless functions and adopt strange forms, making it complex, expensive and silly.
The toaster became a simalacrum for everything wrong in our modern world, where what we build is no longer reliable or repairable. "The Toastmaster was built to last, with simple mechanical components, for ease of service at a reasonable cost. The lessons from the toaster, which could also apply houses, were:
- Build to last, with low maintenance materials.
- Build less. Smaller homes use less material with lower embodied energy and use less energy to heat.
- Repair and renovate instead of demolishing and replacing.
- Reduce complexity; simple systems last longer.
- Design for repair and deconstruction; think about how it comes apart as well as how it goes together.
- Pick materials with low embodied energy.
- Design to maximize exergy; use passive solar and natural ventilation instead of electricity and fossil fuels. Save electricity for electronics and lighting (and toasters). Insulate and seal like mad.
Those are a lot of lessons from a toaster! More in TreeHugger.
What is the Definition of Good Green Design? Two Brave Little Toasters Demonstrate Two Different Approaches
Yes, I went there, noting how Kirk kills the Gorn by building a cannon out of bamboo, filling it with gunpowder made from local resources, firing diamonds at his target. It demonstrates a cardinal principle of resilient design, that you use materials at hand appropriately. It's ugly, but it works. More in TreeHugger
How much energy does it really take to make a piece of toast?
When we push the lever down on our toaster or turn the ignition of our car, we really have no idea of the power of what Bucky Fuller called "Energy slaves", when he calculated in 1944 that every American uses the energy equivalent of 39 people to do their bidding. According to author Andrew Nikiforuk, in his book "The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude," we probably use ten times as much today.
When you see Olympic track cyclist Robert Förstemann trying to make toast by generating 700 watts of electricity with his legs, you realize how much power it takes to do things as basic as making toast, and how indebted we are to our energy slaves.
In the end we find that it takes 1 Robert to toast a slice of bread, 180 Roberts to power a car and 43,000 Roberts to power an airplane. It's a demonstration of how valuable our energy resources really are, and I think how extravagant our dependence on the automobile is, comparable to being towed by 180 Roberts. We usually convert our metric dimensions to American, but I think I am going to start converting our energy measurements to Roberts.
And finally, from when Kelly Rossiter cooked up almost vegetarian delights, Here are Beet Greens and Mushrooms on Toast and Braised Kale and Eggs on Toast.


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Our carpet store experts could fill our website with images of carpet samples but instead, we believe that physically seeing and touching the product is the only way you can get a true sense of what colour and type of carpet will work in your home. So, set an hour aside, visit our showroom in Tauranga or Palmerston North and we will take you through our extensive range of carpet choices. We'll even make you a free coffee!
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Chappelle's Show Becomes No. 1 DVD
More than 2 million copies of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show Season One: Uncensored DVD set have been sold, according to Nielsen VideoScan and retail sources.
The Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment release became the best-selling TV-show DVD product of all-time, passing previous record-holder The Simpsons: The Complete First Season, which has sold 1.9 million units.
Chappelle's Show: Season Two Uncensored will be released on DVD Tuesday, Feb. 8, the network said.
"We already knew Chappelle's Show was one of the funniest series on TV," president of Paramount Pictures Worldwide Home Entertainment Thomas Lesinski said in a prepared statement. "The unprecedented sales of the DVD underscore its enduring appeal to consumers across a broad spectrum of age, gender and ethnicity."


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Four Russian officers suspected of spying against Georgia were sentenced to two-month pre-trial custody by the court in Tbilisi on September 29.
In addition, the court has also sentenced three other Russian officers to custody in their absence. Konstantin Pichugin, who is wanted by Georgia for alleged spying, is among them. The Georgian side claims Pichugin in sheltering in the Russian Troops Headquarters in Tbilisi and demands his extradition. Russia has already ruled out possibility of extradition.
The court in Tbilisi has also sentenced ten Georgian citizens to custody, who are suspected of cooperating with the Russian military intelligence.


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It's been a year since my last post and boy, have we had some changes! Not just in cars either. The big news is that Bel and I have moved back to Australia. Of course, the good news is that this means out with the old cars and in with some new! On the other hand though, it was said to see the e46 330xi go after 2 years of dedicated service. The other thing that had to happen was to finish off the front end of the Mustang.
I got all the old paint, grime and surface rust off the inner guards. While I was there, I cut out the rust above the tyres and welded in some new steel. Little bit of bondo and she was looking better than new. I could then paint up the top of the inner guards all in matt black. I got the Chassis Saver paint on, but since it was freezing (not metaphorically, actually freezing!) I had to rig up some heaters to get it to go off! After that, I sprayed on some Rustoleum in matt black to give it the stock look again. Looked really smooth. I touched up some of the areas that hadn't been painted white by the idiot who'd painted the rest of the car. That left the car ready for suspension again. New upper control arm and pivot, new top ball joint, replaced spring perch rubbers (as the old ones were worn through). Everything else was in good condition, so just a good clean up and some new paint brought them back to scratch.
After sorting the metal stuff, I felt like the interior was a bit neglected. I took the back seat out and applied a coat of vinyl dye. It came up really well and made me thankful that I hadn't stumped up for the new upholstery. While I was in there, a new transmission lever cover and some new chrome work finished things off.
After selling the good old Audi Allroad and the 330xi (for a solid loss mind you) we dropped the Mustang off at the transport transport company and waved goodbye to the good ol' US of A. After a quick visit to the East Coast, it was over Perth and back to work. Part of the package was access to the company car, which meant I was cruising around in a Honda Accord for 6 months. The shame was nearly as bad as the boredom! Luckily, when Belinda arrived, she insisted on us getting a car of our own. So after a quick look around, we ended up with a 2005, e87 120i. Nice little hatchback and so much more rewarding to drive than the Honda.
After giving the Honda back, we found it a bit annoying to be without a car when the e87 needed servicing, so we decided to have the e21 323i shipped over. It made it safe and sound, but I didn't realise it wasn't registered anymore, so I'll need to get a whole lot of stuff fixed (windscreen, emissions system, etc) before it can be registered. Should be ready some time next year. So now we're back in the homeland, have bought another BMW and have a "spare" car in the garage to fiddle with and repair. Sounds like things are getting back to normal then.


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Being an independent engineering consultant, often working from a custom-built, home design studio has so much more to offer than the obvious perks. It is a rewarding and busy lifestyle with diverse and complicated projects. It is a job that allows for vast creativity which often requires a much longer workday than the typical eight hours. Scott Reed from Reed Technical Associates has been a design and mechanical/manufacturing engineering consultant for 15 years. Scott has worked with various companies in a range of industries, from medical, to aerospace, and everything in between, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
Scott has years of design and manufacturing experience, holding degrees in both manufacturing and mechanical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and Fairfield University, respectively. He worked in engineering for about 12 years prior to starting his own company in 2004. Much of his early work consisted of products within the medical industry but has since expanded his knowledge drastically. Read the full article.
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