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Few brands can offer the same amazing value as the Sterling by Music Man range. Based on the classic S style shape that everyone knows this guitar is a 60's tone machine that plays like any other music man guitar with their comfortable necks and amazing hardware.
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While Music Man may be mainly known for their humbucker filled rock machines that are used by the likes of John Petrucci and Steve Lukather they have a long history covering a lot of different styles. Now the Cutlass adds some 60's S type tones to the range with a trio of single coil pickups mounted on a pickguard with 5 way switch along with volume and tone controls.
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The great vintage sound is what most players want but actual vintage designs are expensive, don't stay in tune as well and are more prone to failure as a whole. Now thanks to modern manufacturing even great value guitars like this can have great tuning stability thanks to things like the 4+2 headstock design and high quality vintage style tremolo system.
Here's what Stering say about the Music Man Classic Cutlass
Paying homage to the vintage styling and cosmetic appeal of the original Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass, the Cutlass CT50 features 22 frets, 3 single coil Ernie Ball Music Man spec pickups with 5-way switching, Vintage Tremolo, and an oversized 4 + 2 headstock with locking tuning machines.
- Scale: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 42mm
- Neck Width, 12th fret: 52mm
- Body Wood: Basswood
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- Tuning Machines: Locking
- Hardware: Chrome
- Neck Joint: 5 Bolt
- Frets: 22
- Fretboard Radius: 12"
- Pickup Selector: 5 Way
- Pickups: 3 Vintage Single Coil Pickups
- Bridge: Vintage Tremolo
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I've been considering a monopod for quite a while because my tripod (a Velbon CX-570) is too big, bulky, and sloppy to use with my Sigma 600mm f/8 Mirror lens. Also, with my son starting baseball this month, I expect a monopod will come in handy when I shoot his games with my Canon 70-200mm f/4L USM.
I have used the Velbon like a tripod (with all legs retracted but one) and determined that a monopod would definitely help me. I'll do a review of the Velbon in the near future -- the short version is that it has a lot of value for the price, but ultimately it isn't very good.
So, these are my notes for my monopod research.
As always, mouse over the product names to see the price and info at Amazon. Many of these items you can save a few dollars getting them somewhere else (like B&H) but Amazon is usually the best place to start.
How to Use a Monopod:
Before I get into specific brands, it is worth mentioning that monopods aren't meant to be used in the way most people want to (straight up and down, perpendicular to the ground). You can actually get a lot more stability by tilting the monopod and applying force on it in conjunction with your body. Since I don't have a monopod, I am not an expert in this, but these guys are:
- Outdoor Eyes' How to Use a Monopod
- Nikonians' Monopod Technique
The Low End:
Like all aspects of photography, there's a consumer level of monopods in the $25-$40 range. Most notably:
- Velbon RUP-43 Includes a ball head and is readily available. I experimented with it in a store and it was lacking in rigidity when expanded.
- Canon Monopod 100 As far as I can tell, it is a rebranded Velbon RUP-43.
- GIOTTOS MONOPOD 4-Sec 32" TO 59" MV8250 Includes a pan-tilt head.
So, for me, these aren't an option. My goal right now is to spend a little more and buy a monopod I can use for the next decade or two. If you have a small dSLR and don't plan on using a large telephoto with it, or if you have a small point and shoot camera, these options are a great value.
The Middle Ground: My Area
The next step up from the low end is the medium range with major players Manfrotto/Bogen (monopod line) and Giottos. There are some high-end companies like Gitzo but those monopods are beyond my means.
(as yet, I can't understand the brand difference between Manfrotto and Bogen, so I use them interchangeably)
Originally, I was leaning toward buying into the Manfrotto/Bogen system with the Manfrotto 679 as my starting point. I played with one at Keeble and Shuchat and really liked the sturdiness of it. It is made to carry up to 22 lbs which is plenty for my needs. By the way, the Manfrotto 680 is nearly identical, but it has four sections instead of three (to be more compact), weighs a little more, and doesn't extend quite as high. Plus, it is more expensive. And I'm staying clear of the Manfrotto 676 because it only supports 10 lbs. If I'm going to get a decent monopod, I want it to be as sturdy as possible, even if that means it is slighter bigger and heavier.
Of course, even after I spend the $50 to get one of those 'pods, I'd still need to purchase a head. My goals for the head are at least once axis of tilt (to allow vertical orientation of the camera and/or altitude flexibility) and a quick release. I don't really see the point in the Bogen 3232 because it lacks a quick release, which is something I definitely want. The Bogen 3229 has the single axis of rotation along with a quick release, but I'm really leaning toward the Bogen 486RC2 because it is a full ball head, even though it costs twice as much as the 3229, more than the monopod!
The complete cost of the 486RC2 and 679 would be over $120. But, the advantage of spending more on the head now is that I could then buy a set of legs from Manfrotto for around $100 and use the 486RC2 to complete an entry level professional tripod.
I was pretty much planning on the Manfrotto 679 until I saw the Giottos MM5580 P-pod. The MM5580 is an oddball because, for $80, it includes a tilt head, quick release, and extra legs.
Yeah, I said extra legs...
The P-pod part of the MM5580 is a set of three metal legs which can be screwed into the bottom of the monopod to make a tripod stand. You can't really expect it to be nearly as sturdy as a normal tripod, but it'd be an easy way to do hands-free long exposures or support the camera while you change lenses. Plus, it'd make a nice light stand! You can also screw two legs in near the top of the monopod to make a macro tripod, something which sounds pretty nice to me. The legs stow in the column when you aren't using them.
Of course, everything has a downside. The main downside to the built in quick release, head, and extra legs is weight; the MM5580 weighs twice as much as the 679 (about 3 lbs). Of course, a head with the 679 would weigh a similar amount. I'm also a bit concerned that the head and quick release of the MM5580 will be less than sturdy in the long run, plus, I won't get double duty and the ability to move the head to a set of tripod legs later.
The Giottos MM5580 does seem to be getting pretty good reviews (POTN thread).
Giottos also has a line of monopods and heads with similar prices as Bogen/Manfrotto. I haven't fully investigated the line because I was distracted by the MM5580. If I decide to not go with the 5580, I'll look into the Giottos aluminum line and compare it to Manfrotto.
What to do?
So, as of now, I have yet to make up my mind. I think it is one of those things that I'll be happy either way, but I need more time to scrape together the cash and verify that I really do need a monopod.
I'll keep you posted!
Update 4/7: I ordered a used MM5580 on eBay. Details here.


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On the 6th October, our Product Manager, Jill McLintock attended a radio interview to discuss home security, and as we are now approaching the time when people are statistically most likely to suffer from break-ins, we feel the need to re-iterate the importance of being vigilant.
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More than 50% of homeowners go out locally, forgetting to close and lock their windows and doors.
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2] A 12mm drill bit to enlarge the screw holes for aforementioned plugs
3] The necessary speedfit bits to fit the galley and heads taps
4] A new, sharp chisel to tidy up the teak plugs
I've also been racking my brain as to how to make the small amount of cable that can't be hidden, nice and tidy.. there are bits for example, to the light in the centre of the ceiling in the heads.. they can't be buried without substantial, expensive demolition and reconstruction... instead i'll run the 8" of wire externally... but it still needs clipping up tidily.
The ordinary cable clips are substantially too large.. the smallest I can find are for a cable at 3.2mm diameter... and mine are around 2mm... however, a ton of googling unearthed a source for p clips designed for clamping wires down on a circuit board... ie just like a normal p clip, but smaller!... these are only 9mm long, and take a cable from 1.5 to 2.2mm... perfect!
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Question: A number of hockey players are standing in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the fourth player is directly opposite the ninth player. How many hockey players are there all together?
Prediction: I predict I will have to use "Draw a diagram".
Clarification: What rugby is opposite fourth if they are standing in a circle evenly spaced.
- Draw a circle, and fill the numbers in evenly spaced and put 11 players.
- Put a circle around four, and look at the opposite of it and it should be nine.
- If its not that you haven't drew the numbers evenly.
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The Pentagon has scrapped the Twitter account of an agency that counters homemade explosives after it posted joking comments about a bombing in the Philippines, officials said Friday.
After explosions at two movie theaters in the Philippines, a staff member at the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Organization (JIEDDO) wrote in a tweet Wednesday that perhaps the cinemas were showing the film "Gigli," a 2003 romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez that flopped at the box office.
"Were they re-showing Gigli? Bomb explosions occur at 2 movie theaters in the Philippines... the IED is a global threat," said the post.
When the posting sparked critical reaction online, the agency tried to make another joke along the same lines. "Bad ppl doing bad thing didn't warrant bad movie reference. Will punish #socialmedia rep by forcing 2 watch Gigli," the agency wrote on its Twitter account.
After more negative reaction on Twitter, JIEDDO issued an apology. "Tweet was in poor taste. We apologize."
Pentagon press secretary George Little then promptly announced in a tweet that he had ordered the suspension of the JIEDDO Twitter account "following inappropriate and offensive tweets."
"Plainly unacceptable," he wrote.
JIEDDO, which was created to combat improvised explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan with multi-billion dollar funding, said in a statement Friday those responsible for the tweet "have been appropriately disciplined after an internal review."
The organization "has a policy and procedure in place for selecting and crafting social media posts. That policy was not followed," spokesman David Small said.
"We sincerely apologize for the distasteful comment. Bottomline, there is nothing funny about an IED event."
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Game Play
Overview of Game Play
One player on each team is designated the goalkeeper, assigned to block any shots at goal. The goalkeeper is the only player who can touch the ball with both hands at any time, and, in a shallow pool, the only player allowed to stand on the bottom.
Moving the Ball
Players can move the ball by throwing it to a teammate or swimming with the ball in front of them. Players are not permitted to push the ball underwater in order to keep it from an opponent, or push or hold an opposing player unless that player is holding the ball. Water polo is an intensely aggressive sport, so fouls are very common and result in a free throw during which the player cannot shoot at the goal unless beyond the "5 meter" line. If a foul is called outside the 5 meter line, the player is either able to shoot, pass or continue swimming with the ball. Water polo players need remarkable stamina because of the considerable amount of holding and pushing that occurs during the game, some allowed, some unseen or ignored by the referees (usually underwater).
Water polo is a game requiring excellent hand-eye coordination. The ability to handle and pass the ball flawlessly separates the good teams from the great teams. A pass thrown to a field position player is preferably a "dry pass" (meaning the ball does not touch the water) and allows for optimal speed when passing from player to player with fluid motion between catching and throwing. A "wet pass" is a deliberate pass into the water, just out of reach of the offensive player nearest the goal (the "hole set") and his defender. The hole-set can then lunge towards the ball and out of the water to make a shot or pass.
There are two types of fouls: one (like the scenario above) only results in the "fouler" giving up the ball and backing off; the other results in an ejection or kick out. Ejections are usually given if someone is being a little too aggressive; i.e. drowning or smacking someone. A player can only have 3 ejections before being majored and cannot play for the rest of the game. If a player gets a brutality he or she is also not able to finish the game. An example of a brutality would be excessively cruising or intentionally punching someone. Water polo is a physically demanding activity; action is continuous, and players commonly swim 3 kilometers or more during four periods of play.
A defender will often foul the player with the ball as a tactic to disrupt the opponent's ball movement. Play continues uninterrupted in most cases, but the attacker must now pass the ball or continue swimming instead of taking a shot. (An exception allows players to quickly pick up the ball and shoot if fouled outside of the five meter mark.) However, as in ice hockey, a player caught committing a major foul, is sent out of the playing area with his team a man down for 20 seconds, but may return sooner if a goal is scored or his team regains possession. If the foul is judged to be brutal, the player is ejected for the remainder of the game, with substitution by another teammate after four minutes have elapsed. A player, coach or spectator can also be ejected for arguing with the referees. During a man up situation resulting from an ejection foul, the attacking team can expect to score by passing around to move the goalkeeper out of position. A player that has been ejected three times must sit out the whole match with substitution.


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1) Plan access routes to your new extension
Working out the most efficient and practical way to access an extension is often the greatest design challenge. It's a good idea to avoid access rooms where you can. Weigh up what you're gaining with the extension and what you're losing for access – don't sacrifice more than you're adding!
Using an existing room to access an extension rarely works unless it is sufficiently large and the furniture carefully arranged. These rooms will often end up as a sort of no-man's-land for storing odds and ends and won't end up being useful.
It's a good idea to have your main rooms, eg kitchen, dining room and living room, coming from the main hallway. In cases of extensions this can often mean a rethink of your room layout. In smaller houses where there is no space for a separate hallway, it is a good idea to have at least a small lobby or enclosed porch to create privacy from the front door.
2) Adding a conservatory? Make it part of your home
Getting the right balance for your conservatory is important. Making it a part of your home rather than just an add on can be tricky. The key is to think about this issue from the first design stages.
Building Regulations require most conservatories to be separated from the existing house by exterior quality doors. (This isn't always the case and always check your specific situation.) This can leave the new space feeling completely separate and isolated from the rest of the house and unless your conservatory is large enough to be a room in its own right (the minimum is around 3m x 4m) it can end up being an expensive, underused space.
Double doors can be left open to help make a conservatory feel like part of the house, but even double glazed conservatories lose heat quickly and so most people end up closing their conservatory off for the winter months to help keep their home warm and their fuel bills down.
With a bit of redesign to reduce the glazed area, the section of exterior wall separating it from the existing house can be completely removed. This turns the conservatory into a true extension, and by incorporating sections of plastered wall and insulated solid roof, a conservatory can be used to extend an existing room such as a dining room or kitchen.
To turn a conservatory into an extension you must provide your local building control department with calculations that show that the amount of glazing in the windows, doors and roof of the conservatory/extension, together with the amount of glazing in the windows, doors and any rooflights in the original house, do not exceed 25% of the floor area of the conservatory and all floors of the house added together.
New windows and doors in the conservatory/extension will need to meet the current U-values required by the Building Regulations.
3) Don't forget about your basement!
If you have an existing cellar, you can convert it into living space without using up the volume allocated to you under permitted development rights. Creating basement windows and external access will not usually require planning permission either, although it is always worth checking your local authority's policy on basements. All work must, however, comply with the Building Regulations laid out in the Approved Document – Basements for Dwellings 2000 Converting existing cellar space to bring it up to habitable standards costs from £1,000-1,500/m² providing there is already enough headroom. Creating a new basement beneath an existing building to add extra space is also possible. The cost is £3,000-4,000/m². Due to the cost, it is usually only financially viable to retrospectively add a basement in high value areas such as Central London.
4) Bathrooms bathrooms bathrooms
Although there are no legal requirements to provide more than one bathroom, it is practical to have a least one full bathroom on the same floor as the main bedrooms. For larger households it helps to have at least one en suite bathroom — ideally to the master bedroom.
If you are extending to add extra bedrooms, clearly creating the number of bedrooms needed for the household is the main priority, but this should, if at all possible, be balanced by an increase in the number of bathrooms. Future buyers will expect at least one bathroom and a shower room on a four or five bedroom house and without this the value will be constrained.
An additional bathroom on the ground floor of a house should be a last resort. It is functional but will add little if anything to the property's value as bathrooms away from bedrooms are impractical (aside from for those who work outdoors).
5) Don't get caught out by building regulations
Even if you do not need planning permission for your extension, because you are using permitted development rights, you must get building regulation approval.
The Building Regulations set out minimum requirements for structural integrity, fire safety, energy efficiency, damp proofing, ventilation and other key aspects that ensure a building is safe.
Most repair work is excluded from the Building Regulations, with the exceptions of replacement windows, underpinning and rewiring. However, apart from certain new buildings such as sheds, outbuildings and some conservatories, all new building work, including alterations, must comply with the Building Regulations.
Typical Examples of Work Needing Approval:
- Home extensions such as for a kitchen, bedroom, lounge, etc.
- Loft conversions. Internal structural alterations, such as the removal of a load-bearing wall.
- Installation of baths, showers, WCs which involve new drainage or waste plumbing.
- Installation of new heating appliances.
- New chimneys or flues.
- Altered openings for new windows.


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Visitor reviews of Graveyards surf break
Submit your own review of Graveyards(NOTE: Reviews may be edited by our content team for the purposes of ensuring accurate and relevant information)
Graveyards Ratings
Overall: 4.0. Based on 2 votes. Vote
Quality on a good day: 3.0
(1 star: Even when the swell and winds are optimum, the waves are poor quality, 5 stars: If conditions are right, the waves will be World Class).
Consistency of Surf: 2.0
(1: Graveyards is a fickle surf spot that only works a few times a year. 5: Reliable year-round spot).
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(1: Graveyards is usually very poor quality compared to other spots in Alaska - Mainland. 5: the best break in Alaska - Mainland).
Difficulty Level: 3.5
(1: Suitable for Groms. 3: Intermediates. 5: Expert tow-in surfers only).
Onshore Wind: 4.0
(1: even a light onshore ruins the surf. 5: Graveyards can offer better rides with a light wind behind them).
Water Quality: 4.0
(1: Known health risks from pollution. 5: Never any pollution).
Crowds: 5.0
(1: Often too crowded. 5: Graveyards is an isolated spot where you are unlikely to meet other surfers).
Access: 4.0
(1: Getting to Graveyards requires an overland expedition or chartering a boat. 3: A 30 minute walk from the nearest parking. 5: Park a vehicle right by the break).
Scenery: 5.0
(1: An ugly industrial backdrop. 5: A spectacular setting).
Local Attitude: 5.0
(1: Locals are hostile to visitors. 5: Either there are no locals who surf, or else they are accommodating and friendly).


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text: Craig W. Holden, 51 of Bristol, husband of Susan (Redman) Holden died on Saturday July 17, 2010 at Hartford Hospital. Craig was born on April 19, 1959 and is a son of Pauline (Goulet) Holden-Hirth and the late Lorin Holden. He is a lifelong resident of Bristol, and was employed by the Roland Dumont Agency, as a realtor. Craig loved to go fishing, to the beach and especially the stock market. He was an avid sports fan, and loved the New England Patriots and the Boston Red Sox. Prior to becoming a realtor, Craig was a skilled tool and die maker. Besides his wife and mother, Craig is survived by his loving daughters; Lindsay and Alison Holden both of Bristol, two brothers and sisters-in-law; Peter and his wife Jane, of Bristol and Gary and his wife Marlene, of Tennessee; two sisters and a brother-in-law Lori Holden of Bristol and Mary Beth and her husband David Spence of England; a step brother Donald Hirth and his wife Betty, of Clinton, two step sisters Ellen Cox and her husband Jim of Bristol and Nancy Chandler and her husband John of Alabama; four sisters-in-law; Karen Schur and her husband David, of Burlington, Patti Anderson and her husband David, of Bristol, Dana Cutler and her husband Brian, of Avon and Maureen McCarthy and her husband Tom, of Berlin; his father and mother-in-law; George and Denise(O'Brien) Redman of Bristol; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his stepfather Robert Hirth. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 9 A. M. from the Funk Funeral Home, 35 Bellevue Ave., Bristol, to St. Joseph Church, Queen St., Bristol fro a Mass of Christian Burial at10 AM. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday July 20, 2010 between 5 and 8 PM. Memorial donations may be made to the Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Center, 85 Retreat Ave., Hartford, CT 06106 or to the American Liver Foundation, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, NY 10038 Please visit Craig's memorial web-site at www.FunkFuneralHome.com.


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Court of Appeals of Connecticut
October 10, 2017
DANIEL PELLET ET AL.v.KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CORPORATION ET AL.
May 23, 2017
Berescik-Johns, with whom was David V. DeRosa, for the
appellant (plaintiff).
Michael C. Conroy, for the appellees (named defendant et
Prescott, Beach and Mihalakos, Js.
plaintiff, as guardian for his brother, S, appealed to this
court from the judgment of the trial court directing a
verdict for the defendants, S's former real estate
agents, the agents' employer and a broker, in connection
with the sale of S's home to the defendant purchasers, K
and her husband. The plaintiff claimed, inter alia, that the
trial court improperly directed the verdict in favor of the
defendants because it erroneously equated all of the
allegations in his substitute complaint to claims of
professional negligence and determined that, as such, they
failed for lack of expert testimony as to the applicable
standard of care. Held:
1. The
trial court improperly directed a verdict for the defendants
on the ground that all eight counts of the substitute
complaint were based on breaches of professional standards of
care regarding the selection and recommendation of the
listing price for the plaintiff's home:
a. Although all eight counts of the substitute complaint
incorporated the allegations that the defendant real estate
agents had set the list price for the property at $318, 000,
when they knew, or should have known, that the fair market
value of the property was substantially greater, it did not
necessarily follow that all of the counts summarily could be
characterized as one general claim of professional
negligence; the first count sounded in breach of contract,
the claims in the second and third counts, which alleged the
breach of a fiduciary duty of an agent and the breach of the
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, stemmed from
the contractual relationship between the parties, the
entirety of the fourth count did not necessarily equate to a
claim of professional negligence, as certain of its
allegations did not require the use of specialized skills or
professional judgment on the part of the defendants, the
fifth and seventh counts, which alleged intentional
misrepresentation and conspiracy to defraud, involved
intentional rather than negligent action by the defendants,
and did not involve the question of whether the defendants
exercised the same degree of care as would a reasonably
prudent real estate professional, the eighth count alleged
acts against the defendants that could be construed as unfair
or deceptive in nature, and the plaintiff's claim as to
count six, which alleged negligent supervision, was deemed
abandoned as inadequately briefed.
b. The trial court improperly concluded that the
plaintiff's failure to tender an expert witness resulted
in a lack of evidence on the professional standard of care:
although the plaintiff did not present expert testimony from
a real estate agent or broker regarding the standard of care
with respect to the allegations in the substitute complaint
that were based on breaches of professional standards of
care, such testimony was provided by the defendants through
the testimony of two licensed real estate agents, and,
therefore, the jury was provided with expert testimony as to
the applicable standard of care required of real estate
professionals; moreover, although those real estate agents
did not expressly opine that the defendants had breached the
standard of care and the expert testimony did not
specifically come from the plaintiff, the jury had before it
testimony from which it could have inferred that the standard
of care was breached by the defendants.
2. The
trial court improperly granted the defendants' motions
for a special finding, pursuant to statute (§ 52-226a),
that the plaintiff's action was brought without merit and
in bad faith: because, with respect to the five defendants
who participated in this appeal, the court's granting of
their motion for a special finding pursuant to § 52-226a
was tied directly to the merits of its granting of the motion
for a directed verdict, which this court found to be
improper, the trial court's special finding pursuant to
§ 52-226a could not stand with respect to those
defendants; moreover, with respect to the motion for a
special finding filed by K, who did not participate in this
appeal, the court's ruling granting that motion lacked a
high degree of specificity in its findings, as the court did
not analyze the counts of the substitute complaint as they
applied to K, and did not indicate at which point in time it
should have become clear to the plaintiff that the action
against K was without merit.
to recover damages for, inter alia, breach of contract, and
for other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the
judicial district of New Britain, where the action was
withdrawn as against the defendant Ward Kilduff Mortgage
Corporation; thereafter, the matter was tried to the jury
before Swienton, J.; subsequently, the court granted
the motion for a directed verdict filed by the named
defendant et al. and rendered judgment for the named
defendant et al., from which the plaintiff appealed to this
court; thereafter, the court granted the motions filed by the
named defendant et al. for a special finding that the action
was without merit and was not brought in good faith, and the
plaintiff filed an amended appeal. Reversed in part; new
named plaintiff, Daniel Pellet, acting in his capacity as
guardian for his brother, Stephen Pellet, [1] appeals from the
judgment of the trial court directing a verdict in favor of
the defendants Keller Williams Realty Corporation (Keller
Williams), Michael Ladden, David Olson, Pina Jenkins, Jason
Kilduff, and Kimberly Kilduff[2] as to all eight counts of the
plaintiff's substitute complaint, and from the trial
court's granting of the defendants' motions for a
special finding pursuant to General Statutes §
52-226a.[3] The plaintiff argues that the court
improperly (1) directed the verdict in favor of the
defendants because it erroneously (a) equated all of the
plaintiff's allegations to claims of professional
negligence and (b) determined that, as such, they must fail
for lack of expert testimony as to the applicable standard of
care; and (2) found that the plaintiff brought the action
without merit and in bad faith pursuant to § 52-226a. We
reverse the judgment and special finding of the court, and
remand the case for a new trial.
following procedural history is relevant to this appeal,
which arises out of the 2008 sale of 59 Paper Chase Trail in
Avon (property) from Stephen Pellet to Kimberly Kilduff. The
underlying action was commenced on September 9, 2011, against
the defendants, who are Stephen Pellet's former real
estate agents with respect to the sale of the property (Olson
and Jenkins), the agents' employer/realty agency (Keller
Williams), Keller Williams' broker of record (Ladden),
and the spouse of Kimberly Kilduff, Jason Kilduff. In his
eight count substitute complaint dated February 20, 2015, the
plaintiff alleges the following claims: breach of contract,
breach of fiduciary duty of an agent, breach of the implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligent
misrepresentation, intentional misrepresentation, negligent
supervision, conspiracy to defraud, and violation of the
Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA), General
Statutes § 42-110a et seq.
A jury
trial commenced on July 8, 2015. On July 10, 2015, the
defendants filed a written motion for a directed verdict,
accompanied by a memorandum of law, and that same day, the
plaintiff filed a memorandum of law in
opposition.[4] On July 15, 2015, after the close of
evidence in the trial but before the parties' closing
arguments, the court, Swienton, J., granted the
defendants' motion for a directed verdict, ruling, in
relevant part: ''[T]he court has carefully
considered the counts against the defendants, and viewed in
the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the court grants
the motion [for a] directed verdict as to all defendants on
all counts. . . . I am going to state my reasons on the
record at this time. . . .
Pellet] was the owner of property located at 59 Paper Chase
Trail in Avon. The property was built in 1971 and other than
minor renovations had never been updated or renovated.
Furthermore, the house was full of clutter. The defendants
David Olson and Pina Jenkins, real estate salespersons
affiliated with Keller Williams agency, were contacted by
[Stephen Pellet] and [his brother] Daniel Pellet. The
evidence showed that [Stephen Pellet] was anxious to sell the
property and, further, that he wished to net $90, 000 from
the sale of the property. The listing price was established
accordingly, after discussions with the realtors and [Stephen
Pellet], and after the realtors performed a comparative
market analysis, which was reviewed with and furnished to
[Stephen Pellet]. A listing agreement was executed.
Kilduff learned from a neighbor that the property was being
sold, and the real estate agents, Olson and Jenkins, were
contacts. Olson and Jenkins, after obtaining permission from
[Stephen Pellet] to show the house, showed the property to
the defendants Kimberly Kilduff and Jason Kilduff. An offer
was placed by Kimberly Kilduff, which was accepted, and the
house was sold for $100 more than the listing price. [Stephen
Pellet] netted almost $89, 000. The buyers of the prop-erty,
[5] the
defendants Jason Kilduff and Kimberly Kilduff, performed
extensive renovations to the property, exceeding some $100,
000 in expenses. They subsequently sold the property for
$462, 000 and netted, in profits, approximately $16,
operative complaint is in eight counts . . . . The underlying
basis for each of these counts is based upon breaches of
professional standards of care on the part of the real estate
agent, broker, and salespersons regarding selection and
recommendation of the listing price.
an action based upon professional negligence, expert
testimony will be [required] if the determination of that
standard of care requires knowledge that is beyond the
experience of a normal fact finder . . . . [T]he plaintiff in
this case has failed to produce any expert testimony and
therefore fails on [his] burden of proof of negligence. . . .
Although the plaintiff presented an expert in the field of
appraisals, this does not satisfy the requirement of an
expert to testify as to the standard of care of a realtor in
the determination and recommendation of a listing
price.'' (Footnotes added.) Judgment in favor of the
defendants was rendered on that same day. On July 22, 2015,
the defendants filed a motion for a special finding pursuant
to § 52-226a, which the court granted on February 25,
2016.[7] This appeal followed.
As a
preliminary matter, in reviewing the court's reasoning
for granting the defendants' motion for a directed
verdict, we highlight our concern with whether it applied the
correct standard of review to the evidence presented at
trial. ''Directed verdicts are not favored. . . .
A trial court should direct a verdict only when a jury could
not reasonably and legally have reached any other conclusion.
. . . A directed verdict is justified if . . . the evidence
is so weak that it would be proper for the court to set aside
a verdict rendered for the other party. . . . This court has
emphasized two additional points with respect to motions to
set aside a verdict that are equally applicable to motions
for a directed verdict: First, the plaintiff in a civil
matter is not required to prove his case beyond a reasonable
doubt; a mere preponderance of the evidence is sufficient.
Second, the well established standards compelling great
deference to the historical function of the jury find their
roots in the constitutional right to a trial by
jury.'' (Citation omitted; internal quotation marks
omitted.) Curran v. Kroll, 303 Conn. 845,
856, 37 A.3d 700 (2012). This standard also requires the
trial court to consider the evidence, including reasonable
inferences, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.
Beck-enstein Enterprises-Prestige Park, LLC v.
Keller, 115 Conn.App. 680, 693, 974 A.2d 764, cert.
denied, 293 Conn. 916, 979 A.2d 488 (2009).
In the
present case, it is not entirely clear from the record
whether the court made findings of fact in ruling on the
defendants' motion. As previously indicated, such
findings would be improper in the context of a motion for a
directed verdict, given that ''litigants have a
constitutional right to have factual issues resolved by the
jury''; (internal quotation marks omitted)
id.; and that the court must view the evidence in
the light most favorable to the plaintiff.[8] Id.
Although the court expressly stated that it
''viewed [the evidence] in the light most
favorable to the plaintiff, '' certain aspects of its
decision suggest it did not.
instance, the court stated at one point that it
''cannot find that the defendants'
actions were proven to be the proximate cause of the
plaintiffs' harm.'' (Emphasis added.) Moreover,
in its recitation of the evidence supporting its ruling,
certain statements were clearly viewed in the light most
favorable to the defendants, rather than to the
plaintiff. For example, the court stated that
''[t]he evidence showed that [Stephen Pellet] . .
. wished to net $90, 000 from the sale of the property,
'' even though the plaintiff testified at trial that
he and Stephen Pellet never told Olson and Jenkins that they
wanted to make a specific profit from the sale of the
property, instead desiring to
''maximize'' the profit to its fullest
potential. The court also stated that Olson and Jenkins
''obtain[ed] permission from [Stephen Pellet] to
show the house . . . to . . . Kimberly Kilduff and Jason
Kilduff, '' even though the plaintiff testified at
trial to the contrary.
we conclude that the court, in fact, did not view all of the
evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff,
pursuant to the applicable standard of review. Because the
issue of ''[w]hether the evidence presented by
the plaintiff was sufficient to withstand a motion for a
directed verdict is a question of law, over which our review
is plenary'';[9] Curran v. Kroll, supra,
303 Conn. 855; we need not afford deference to the
court's recitation of evidence and exercise plenary
review over the record in the present appeal. In conducting
our review of the court's decision to direct a verdict in
favor of the defendants, we, too, are required to view the
evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. See
id., 856. Additional evidence and procedural history
will be set forth as necessary to address the plaintiff's
individual claims.
plaintiff first claims on appeal that the court's
directed verdict in favor of the defendants is fatally flawed
in two respects: (1) the eight counts alleged by the
plaintiff in his substitute complaint do not each equate to a
claim of professional negligence; and (2) even if that were
the case, the plaintiff's claims should not fail for lack
of expert testimony presented at trial. In response, the
defendants argue that each of the eight theories of recovery
advanced in the plaintiff's complaint
''centers upon the foundational allegation that
the defendant realtors negligently or intentionally
recommended a list price for the . . . property that was
substantially below fair market value, '' and, thus,
those eight theories of recovery presented, at their core,
claims for professional negligence. As a result, the
defendants argue, the plaintiff was required to present
expert testimony to establish the applicable standard of care
and any breach thereof, which he failed to do. We reject the
defendants' arguments and agree with the plaintiff in
both respects.
plaintiff first argues that the court improperly concluded
that ''[t]he underlying basis for each of [the
plaintiff's eight] counts is based upon breaches of
professional standards of care on the part of the real estate
agent, broker and salespersons regarding selection and
recommendation of the listing price.'' Although all
eight counts of the substitute complaint incorporate the
allegation that Olson and Jenkins set the list price for the
property at $318, 000 when they knew, or should have known,
that the fair market value of the property was, in fact,
substantially greater, we agree with the plaintiff that it
does not necessarily follow that all of the counts summarily
can be characterized as one general claim of professional
interpretation of pleadings presents a question of law over
which our review is plenary.'' (Internal quotation
marks omitted.) Oxford House at Yale v.Gilligan, 125 Conn.App. 464, 469, 10 A.3d 52 (2010).
Furthermore, ''in determining the nature of a
pleading filed by a party, we are not bound by the label
affixed to that pleading by the party.'' (Internal
quotation marks omitted.) Selimoglu v.Phimvongsa, 119 Conn.App. 645, 651-52, 989 A.2d 121,
cert. denied, 296 Conn. 902, 991 A.2d 1103 (2010).
''In order for a claim to sound in professional
negligence, it must be alleged that (1) the defendant is sued
in his or her capacity as a professional, (2) the alleged
negligence is of a specialized professional nature that
arises out of the professional relationship, and (3) the
alleged negligence is substantially related to the
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Evaluating Aeolian Sand Transport Vectors In Dune Blowouts
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Grain size distribution is the reflection of the feedback between sediment transport system and morphologic change of beach systems. In this respect, early models suggest that grain size can be used to determine the transport vectors. However, recent evidence suggests this model is inaccurate in coastal systems, because the sediment supply on a beach tends to be limited. Accurate transport models can provide valuable information to predict accretion, erosion, and sediment movement. This study examines whether spatial variation in grain size distributions varies with respect to\ the underlying morphology, and can therefore be used to determine the transport vectors as suggested by the earlier models. Specifically, grain size statistics were spatially sampled across a dune blowout system at Padre Island National Seashore in Texas. Sediment samples were taken in five transects across a dune blowout system to analyze the sediment variability in this coastal system. Sieved samples were processed through GRADISTAT to determine grain size distribution, sorting, and skewness. Results suggest transport vectors do not relate to the underlying morphology and therefore grain size distribution cannot be used to determine transport vectors.
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Lalmonirhat – Three minor children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond at Taluk Mrittika village in Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were Mim, 11, Kusum, 8, daughters of Mintu Mandal and Nayem, 9, son of Iqbal Mandal of the village. All of them were students of Taluk Mrittika Government Primary School.The three children drowned when they went to the pond of one Altaf Ali around 2pm for taking bath, family sources said.Local people recovered their bodies from the river around 3.30pm. (UNB)
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As we know it needs a big cost to handle a waste problem. The butt that we want to reach is to control the waste not to make a pollution danger to the environment. It means some of the available cost can allocated for organic waste manufacture using earthworm.
Many creatures live in the polluted place have a capabilities to tolerance a metal concentration more than a fisologic need. Detoxification mechanism involve a metal deposit in the non active part of creature tissue temporary or more permanent. Temporary deposit begins by bounding metal with protein, polysaccharide and amino acid in the soft tissue or body liquid. Effectively methalotionin deposit cadmium in hepar and kidney. A sorage place like bone, hair or skeleton can be used to decrease some metal like cadmium and mercury.
Earthworm have a capabilities to absorp aor accumulate heavy metal like cadmium and mercury in the contaminated environment or not contaminated. Main stock organ on Oligochaeta is Chloragosome tissue that consist of epitelium cells modificated as a thin layer around gastric. More important function of chloragosome is about its connection with heavy metal. Chloragosome is a cation change system than can take and accumulate a hevy metal, so it will decrease the toxic effect.
Heavy metal level that accumulated by earthworm is depend on species and some of fisiologic gactor that involved in the process. Some of them are:
- type of chemistry bound between metal with other toxic.
- Environment effect like temperature, salinity, pH, or oxygen level in the water.
- live phase like (egg, larva, imago), organism measure, gender, and nutrition need
- Organism capabilities to adapt with toxic.
Experiment result showed that either cadmium and copper are much accumulated in the pure solid waste. Accumulation of Cd and Cu in pure solid waste was different significant if the earthworm placed in mixed media. So bioaccumulation using earthworm will be a good choice to process a solid waste.


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Are you working from home and struggle with focus and performance? Or do you feel stuck driving your business forward? Then this interactive workshop is for you!
Just think about it! We spend approx. 8 hours working, 8 hours sleeping and the remaining time we are on the move between spaces. A supportive workspace is therefore essential and helps to reach career/business goals and financial flow.
Applying Feng Shui at the workspace is a proven and successful tool to improve wellbeing and performance and is used widely (but secretly) by the big bosses of this world.
During the workshop we will explain some Feng Shui basics, practice mindfulness, help you identify your blockages based on your current desk location and define the best working area and it's meaningful setup. All with the aim to put you in a better flow so that all your efforts convert into more success.
What do you get out of the workshop?
- A ready to implement plan to adjust your workspace
- Working with more ease
- More focus, higher performance, more opportunities
- Increased results = financial flow
Britta van Arman, Living Chi, Amsterdam
Elene van Ast, Good4Balance, Arnhem
Language: All materials will be prepared in English, the presentation itself will be given in Dutch and English depending on the audience.
Maximum capacity is 10 persons! Make sure to book in time!
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Please provide your birthdate and time for personalized preparations and bring your floorplan ( a handsketch is sufficient as long as it's proportional) with the compass directions along for the workshop.
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Prayer For Attaining Righteousness
Attaining righteousness is not an impossible task, but it requires great strength, great courage, and great love; we must persevere. Prayer For Attaining Righteousness I do not fear anyone or anything, As the only fear I have, Is the fear of God. I follow the Commandments, And I give Alms – as I give what I have to those who have a greater need for it. I seek Wisdom – as Wisdom, you are my sister, And I seek Insight – as Insight, you are my intimate friend. I shed all materialistic needs, All materialistic wants, All sexual temptations, And
Manifestation, Healing, And Protection Prayers
Our thoughts have a great impact on our lives. These manifestation, healing, and protection prayers will help us fill our minds with positive thoughts, and attract the loving life we all seek to live; feel it, and believe it! Manifestation, Healing, And Protection Prayers Become familiar with the Manifestation Prayer Mudra in order to greatly amplify this prayer. My Beautiful Life I have a beautiful life, And I have a beautiful family; We live long, healthy, and happy lives together, Filled with an abundance of wealth & prosperity, success, and all good things. I am loving, I am caring, I
Sirach's Prayer for Help Against Sinning
I came across these verses while reading the book of Sirach from The Old Testament – The Holy Bible. I believe they form a powerful prayer; helping us remain on the right path. Sirach's Prayer for Help Against Sinning SIRACH 22.27 – 23.6 O Lord, Father and God of my life, Do not give me haughty eyes, And remove evil desire from me. Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me, And do not give me over to shameless passion. Amen.
A Prayer for Seeking the Knowledge of Healing
We all wish to heal those dearest to us, but healing isn't only a physical matter; health is a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual balance. Seeking the Knowledge of Healing I seek wisdom, And I seek the knowledge of healing, As through our health lies our strength, And through our strength, light, and love, We conquer our suppressors. I seek thou Wisdom, Grant me the knowledge of healing, So that I can heal everyone around me, Everyone I love, And everyone I come across. Amen.
Prayer for the Almighty – the "LORD of hosts"
God, our Almighty Father, remains unknown to those who seek a visual glimpse of his eternal reign. Although God is all around us, he also dwells within us; and those who seek within, shall find his loving grace. Prayer for the Almighty Bless you GOD, the Father Almighty – Creator of Heaven and Earth, And blessed be your glorious name: "I AM, THAT I AM", Selah. Bless you Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. Thank you Lord for watching over [SPOUSE'S NAME], [CHILDREN'S NAMES], and I, And also for helping us remain on the right path. Bless you Saint-Joseph. Thank you
A Prayer for your Child – Life's Precious Miracle
A child is the most precious thing in this world. God brings us this wonderful miracle so we may experience his true love; pure love. A Prayer for your Child GOD bless our child [CHILD'S NAME], and thank you for bringing [HIM/HER] into our lives. [HE/SHE] is our blessing, [HE/SHE] is our miracle, And [HE/SHE] is our bundle of joy. GOD, we cherish our child. [HE/SHE] is incredible, [HE/SHE] is wonderful, [HE/SHE] is beautiful, [HE/SHE] is loving, [HE/SHE] is caring, [HE/SHE] is affectionate, [HE/SHE] is strong, [HE/SHE] is smart, [HE/SHE] is wise, [HE/SHE] is ambitious, [HE/SHE] is determined, [HE/SHE] is
A Prayer for a Loved One or Someone in Need
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As an established and accolade winning celebrant, I offer a comprehensive service to clients looking for a personalised and unique wedding. I create beautifully bespoke ceremonies, and these can be conducted in any setting be it licensed or unlicensed. I have a reputation for a warm, upbeat and engaging delivery, and love to involve family and guests to make lasting memories for everyone. My ability to calm nerves and build trust in the relationships with my clients means they are relaxed on the day too.
With Knight Ceremonies you can have your wedding in all manner of unusual locations, and I have access to some "secret" and unadvertised venues, so you really can have something different and make it your own. Personalise your ceremony with one of a variety of handfasting options, or include cultural or religious elements. Why not create a marriage time capsule as part of your ceremony, include family and guests in a memorable way, or how about starting your own tradition?
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- Review Price: £69.99
TwinMos is a name that's familiar to me, but for its range of memory products, so I must admit I was slightly surprised to find this Boom System for iPod waiting to be reviewed in the office. Performance memory – iPod speakers: "no link" as Eddie Izzard would say. However, reading the press release that accompanies them, I found something that explained it as clearly as I could have hoped. "We are living in an iPod world and so any associating products are guaranteed to sell well". says Ingrid Chen, TwinMOS Territory Manager. In other words, "we're just jumping on the iPod bandwagon". How refreshingly honest.
Also wonderful is the Ingrish from some of the flash based advertising, my favourite quote being, "Boombox always helps you relax your stress." We'll find out if it does.
The BoomBox comes in two parts, the main speakers, which contain the iPod dock and a subwoofer, so despite the relatively small and worryingly lightweight speaker section this isn't a portable unit. You can use the speakers with the sub, but as I'll cover later, you wouldn't want to.
The look of the speakers is somewhat on the quirky side. The have a white iPod like finish, even though Apple itself seems to have completely moved away from this colour in everything save the mac mini. The speakers are spread out like the wings of a bird, and taper upwards at the corners. It also looks a little like a symmetrical boomerang, and as it weighs only 2Kg, I did have the urge to pick it up and throw it across the room. But that's just me.
You can see into the grille at the front to see that there's one driver, for the mid-range and a tweeter for the high-end frequencies and together the output is rated at 8W RMS per channel, which isn't huge. Two rather dated looking touch sensitive buttons for the volume are located on the front beneath the iPod dock, which supports all iPods with a dock connector, which is third gen onwards. Behind this dock is a USB port – this is for plugging the first generation shuffle directly into the dock.
The words TwinMos Boomsystem are written underneath these, but what really spoils the look is the dark plastic area behind which is housed the infrared receiver for the remote control. It just looks a bit naff. Possibly even naffer are the three small blue lights that shine up from the iPod dock – a bit Max Power. It will at least charge your iPod when it's placed inside the dock.