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Devastating Wildfires Force California's Largest Utility To Plan Sale Of Gas Assets
By NPR
Updated at 6:29 p.m. ET
Facing staggering liability costs for its potential culpability in a series of deadly wildfires, the parent company of California's largest utility is exploring whether to sell off a major part of the company, NPR has learned.
Internally, Pacific Gas & Electric has dubbed this strategy "Project Falcon." Under the plan, the company would sell its natural gas division this spring. After years of deadly errors and safety violations, the utility giant is looking for ways to cover liability costs and avoid bankruptcy, a senior company official and a former employee with knowledge of the plan tell NPR.
All net proceeds from the sale of PG&E's gas division would be used to set up a fund to pay billions of dollars in potential claims from wildfires, the sources said. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The company also is exploring selling key real estate assets, including its San Francisco headquarters, and moving its operations elsewhere in the Bay Area, the sources say.
On Friday, the company announced it would be"reviewing structural options" to best position the company to meet customer and operational needs. In addition, PG&E said it is searching for new directors for its board to "augment its existing expertise in safety."
PG&E declined to make any senior leaders available to comment on Project Falcon. A written statement from spokesman Andy Castagnola said, "Safety is and will continue to be our top priority as we work to determine the best path forward for all of our stakeholders. PG&E remains fully committed to helping our customers and the affected communities recover and rebuild — and to doing everything we can to reduce the risk of future wildfires."
Wildfire damages
In June, the state's fire agency, Cal Fire, determined that PG&E power equipment was responsible for sparking at least a dozen major fires across Northern California in 2017. And now, regulators are investigating whether PG&E equipment sparked November's Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive in state history.
The company could end up having to pay billions from legal action stemming from the 2017 and 2018 wildfire seasons.
Equity analysts project that PG&E's damages from the wildfires could exceed PG&E's market value and its insurance coverage. One Citigroup analyst estimates the company could be on the hook for up to $15 billion in damages.
Insurance companies Allstate, State Farm and USAA have filed lawsuits against PG&E, blaming the utility for the Camp Fire.
The gas sale strategy would have to be approved by the state regulatory agency, the California Public Utilities Commission, which has already expressed deep concerns about PG&E's shoddy safety record, lack of transparency and past efforts to pass liability costs on to the state's ratepayers.
So far, state regulators and lawmakers have been kept out of PG&E's planning loop for Project Falcon, named for a group of peregrine falcons nesting on the roof of the company's headquarters.
The current and former PG&E officials say they're speaking with NPR out of concern that senior management is not acting in the best interests of ratepayers, safety and the state. "There's a public trust element in being a utility monopoly," said the senior company official.
Bailout?
PG&E is under no legal obligation to disclose its internal discussions about ways to stave off bankruptcy. But given the potential impact on ratepayers and taxpayers if the utility eventually needs a bailout, Michael Wara, a lawyer and research scholar at Stanford University, calls the lack of transparency "extremely disappointing."
"They need to be thinking very hard about how to create safety for Californians rather than how to make money for shareholders when they're not being totally transparent, especially in the current context where there's a lack of trust and so many people that have been harmed by PG&E's infrastructure," Wara said.
Wara added, "What California urgently needs and wants from its utilities right now is hard thinking about how to better protect communities from fire. And it's hard to see that going on."
Wall Street wants to see hard thinking, too.
Steve Fleishman, senior utilities analyst and a managing director at Wolfe Research, said PG&E's plan for dealing with fires in the future is unclear. "They clearly seem to be more at risk for that," Fleishman said. "This kind of risk profile is not sustainable."
PG&E's stock is down about 50 percent since the Camp Fire broke out on Nov. 8.
Consumer watchdog groups want any big move done with transparency.
"Anything PG&E wants to propose should be done in an open, public manner and include a comprehensive, coherent wildfire mitigation strategy," says Mark Toney, the executive director of The Utility Reform Network.
There is widespread anger in the state over PG&E's shoddy safety record. Protests broke out at recent public oversight meetings and at the company's San Francisco headquarters, where environmentalists and activists read the names of the more than 100 people combined who died in the Camp Fire and 2017's wildfires in Napa and Sonoma counties. At one customer service center, the company has installed bulletproof glass.
'Serious safety problems'
In late December, state regulators said they were considering several proposals in response to ongoing concerns about the utility's role in a deadly gas explosion in 2010 and in the more recent wildfires.
"PG&E has had serious safety problems with both its gas and electric operations for many years," the California Public Utilities Commission said in a statement.
Possible changes put forth by the commission include splitting up the gas and electric divisions and either making the company a public utility or making the company's return on equity contingent on safety performance.
"We must be careful and practical," the commission's president, Michael Picker, said in a statement last month. "This process will be like repairing a jetliner while it's in flight. Crashing a plane to make it safer isn't good for the passengers."
The commission declined further comment for this story. A spokesman said only that state regulators are looking at a range of options for the utility.
In a separate development, the state's top law enforcement official, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, said in a court filing in late December that PG&E could face criminal charges up to murder if it's found liable in any of the recent deadly California wildfires.
PG&E was convicted of felony safety violations in a gas line explosion in 2010 in a San Francisco suburb that killed eight people and destroyed a neighborhood. The federal judge overseeing the utility's five-year criminal probation in that case had asked Becerra's opinion on whether PG&E's possible role in the recent wildfires constitutes a probation violation.
The stakes
A sale would have big implications for the company, which supplies electricity and gas to more than 5 million California households and has more than 20,000 employees. PG&E's natural gas assets account for between 20 percent to 30 percent of the company.
The company sources who spoke to NPR and provided supporting documents say the planning for Project Falcon began shortly after the 2017 wine country fires and picked up again in earnest this past June, when Cal Fire determined that PG&E was responsible for at least a dozen Northern California fires. The planning, the sources say, has accelerated since the Camp Fire.
The sources also said the company would like to present its own plan before one is imposed by regulators.
California applies "inverse condemnation" to utilities, meaning they can be held liable for damage even if they are not found negligent.
Structuring the deal
PG&E shareholders and institutional investors may welcome a gas sale as a way to cover, at least in part, wildfire liabilities.
As part of the gas sale plan, all gross proceeds from the sale would go into the wildfire fund with "no direct shareholder benefit from cash," according to the PG&E source. But shareholders could get new shares in the company that purchases the gas arm.
Regulators and lawmakers may argue that a deal should be structured to solely benefit wildfire victims and that any deal should come with protections for ratepayers.
"We need to be asking ourselves hard questions as a state as to whether a settlement in bankruptcy might be better than something we get through this gas sale," warns Wara, the Stanford researcher.
The inside sources say the company is hoping to get between $10.7 billion and $15.5 billion for its gas assets. Given the company's safety, liability and political challenges — including new allegations last month that the company violated safety regulations — analysts say it's not at all clear they would get that on the open market.
In mid-December, state regulators found that PG&E had systematically falsified safety documents and broke safety rules related to its natural gas operations over a five-year period.
At the time, PG&E spokesman Matt Nauman said in an emailed statement to NPR that the company is "committed to accurate and thorough reporting and record-keeping, and we didn't live up to that commitment in this case."
This comes on the heels of a $1.6 billion fine from regulators — the largest in state history — and six felony convictions related to 2010 San Bruno explosion.
Travis Miller, senior utilities equity strategist at Morningstar, is skeptical that a potential gas sell-off would fly with regulators or Wall Street. He said he doesn't think another utility would step forward to buy the gas assets.
"You may get a good price, but it also carries with it a lot of regulatory and political risk," Miller says. "There's no good outcome for ratepayers under any scenario and not an ideal outcome for shareholders, either."
Project Falcon and the Camp Fire
The company's fiscal woes deepened in the wake of November's Camp Fire in Butte County, Calif., which killed at least 85 people and displaced tens of thousands who continue to face a desperate housing crisis. Paradise and neighboring towns were all but wiped out.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the state's fire agency Cal Fire. PG&E has told state regulators that it experienced problems on two sections of its electric system near where the Camp Fire erupted.
The company faces nearly two dozen lawsuits from fire victims over its possible culpability for the Camp Fire, including allegations of possible equipment failures and poor maintenance. In one lawsuit, residents accuse the company of prioritizing advertising spending over fire and public safety.
"Now it's clear there are problems on both sides of the business," says Steve Fleishman, an analyst with Wolfe Research, referring to the gas and electric divisions.
Fleishman says a gas sale and new management on the electric side might allow PG&E leaders to focus solely on improving safety. "I think the company is willing do anything structurally if they think it can help with safety," Fleishman says.
Analysts warn that the company risks running out of access to capital, not just because of present liability, but also because of the risk of future catastrophic fires, a specter sharpened by climate change and a century of fire suppression policy in the nation's forests.
The company in November said it had exhausted its revolving credit lines. And the ratings agencies, Moody's Investor Service and S&P, have downgraded the company's credit rating to near "junk" status.
Approval process will be complicated
Internal PG&E planning documents on the potential sale, labeled "privileged and confidential," show that company officials are concerned about regulatory approval.
"The CPUC approval process will be complicated and lengthy, so phasing the proceeding to obtain early decisions on matters that are crucial to the viability of the transaction is desirable," one document reads.
While the gas sale would cover some liabilities, the legislature also may be asked to step in. State lawmakers partially shielded the company for liability claims in 2017 with a bill that critics called a bailout.
Analysts and consumer advocates worry that lawmakers may expand that protection for this year and beyond, putting taxpayers and ratepayers on the hook.
"Ultimately, we're going to be left holding the bag," says Michael Wara of Stanford University. "If PG&E can't pay all of these costs, then it's the California taxpayer that ultimately will."
But some lawmakers are already balking.
State Sen. Bill Dodd, who originally supported shielding PG&E from liability costs related to fires in 2017, has lost patience with the company.
"PG&E has demonstrated a pattern of poor management and illegal conduct that has shattered lives across California," Dodd said in an emailed statement. He called for "systemic change, which must include change on the board of directors and in the executive suite."


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Residents will see a 3.5 percent decrease in the property tax levy in South Milwaukee for the 2019 budget year.
Overall the tax rate is changing from approximately $9.65 per $1,000 of home value in 2018 to approximately $9.38 per $1,000 of home value in 2019, according to City Clerk Jim Shelenske.
Mayor Erik Brooks said on his blog this decrease is primarily due to a reduction in city debt. The city paid just over $4 million toward debt in 2018. For 2019, that number is estimated to be $3.6 million, which reduces the levy by the $462,871 difference.
With a decrease in revenue estimated at 1.1 percent, the city is also reducing expenditures by 2.4 percent to just under $20 million.
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Tax money is divided between the city (33.5 percent), Milwaukee County (21.6 percent), the South Milwaukee School District (40.1 percent) and MATC (4.4 percent), according to city documents.
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Q: Javascript Object: iterating over properties I have a variable, which, when printed to console, looks like this:
Object { PK-34={...}, PK-35={...}}

I'm adding a size method to this variable:
Model_value.size = function(obj) {
    var size = 0, key;
    for (key in obj) {
    if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) size++;
    }
    return size;
};

This method returns 0, and iterating over those properties using:
for (foo in Model_value)
{
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}

does not work.
How would I iterate over those PK-34, PK-35 properties?

A: If size ends up being zero, apparently the object in question is inheriting those properties from its prototype. In that case, it means you don't want the hasOwnProperty check.
Example:
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display("Model_value.sizeInherited(f) = " + Model_value.sizeInherited(f));

var bar = new Foo();
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display("Model_value.size(bar) = " + Model_value.size(bar));
display("Model_value.sizeInherited(bar) = " + Model_value.sizeInherited(bar));

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In the first case (new Foo()), the new object created by Foo has no properties of its own (only inherited ones) and so size ends up being 0 whereas sizeInherited is 2 (because it inherits two properties from its prototype).
In the second case, because f has its own PK-34 and PK-35 properties, its size is 2. It inherits no properties from its prototype, and so sizeInherited is also 2.
In the third case, bar has both two inherited properties and one property of its own, so size is 3 and sizeInherited is 2.

Update: The edit seems to change the question a bit. If you're trying to iterate over the properties in Model_value, then you don't want to accept an argument, you want to use this:
To find how many own properties it has:
Model_value.size = function() {
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Business cards are used for your brand's recognition. They tell people about your company much more than you can even imagine. Due to being creative and original, business cards represent the way your company operates on the market, not to mention the fact they show how much you appreciate your clients. Therefore, DesignContest decided to show you the best examples of business cards and explain why you should want to have similar ones. All of them were created for our entries and prove themselves to be masterpieces indeed. Moreover, all of them serve a great example for vital business cards' elements, capable of endorsing the company and increasing the brand's approval.
The entry was launched by Echo, a strategic consulting agency and was aimed at getting a business card that will satisfy the needs of both company owners and clients. A winning business card itself is restricted and contains only those elements that will be appealing to clients for sure. Firstly, the logo is placed in such way that it is quite visible and yet doesn't distract clients from the supporting information. Secondly, it uses a color combination in such way that all the attention is directed to the most significant information that should be noticed: people and their contacts, which makes these business cards not only beautiful but also highly useful. They are a great example of a perfect composition that every business card should have.
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The mission of this company is adding colors into people's lives. This mission is successfully implemented and shown with the help of these business cards. Black polished business cards are sprinkled with a tiny splash of color palettes. It actually shows how colors can make your life vivid and expressive. This is one more awesome example of what your business card should contain: a meaning, a fascinating story hidden behind.
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These business cards look smooth and smart. Using only three colors, they succeed in creating an overwhelming impression of being fashionable and yet serious. Therefore, they are an awesome example of how a perfect and original color combination can affect clients. Black, golden and pink don't need any bright objects or unnecessary details: they are capable of presenting the company in the best manner possible. The logo, placed with the help of these strong colors, doesn't look like a trademark. On the contrary, it fits perfectly into the entire composition and is only highlighted by the brilliant colors chosen by the designer.
If your business cards contain these five elements, they will be recognized and admired. Can you think of any other element that is significant for business cards designing? If yes, share your thoughts with DesignContest.


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The 72-foot Olinger Tower contains the Charles S. Hill Memorial Carillon, the oldest authentic carillon in Colorado. From 1961 through 1999, the Hill Carillon was the only manually played carillon in Colorado.

Overview
The George W. Olinger Memorial Tower is a pentagon-shaped, blond brick campanile adjacent to the Whatley Chapel on the former Colorado Women's College campus in the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver. The bells are visible from the ground in the tower's crown-like stone lattice lantern, which was designed by Denver architect Stanley Morse and made by William G. Zimmerman. The carillon was donated by Colorado Women's College trustee Mrs. Virginia S. Hill to the school in memory of her husband and erected on the tower in August 1961.

Pieces arranged for the chapel and tower's Public Service of Dedication include Prayer for Peace, composed by Jean Miller, and an arrangement of Georg Philipp Telemann's Fantasia in G minor by University of Chicago carillonneur Daniel Robins.

Every school day from 1962 through 1980, Colorado Women's College music professor Phyllis Tremmel or her students played the Hill carillon at noon and at 5 pm, as well as prior to special events at the college.

Carillon
The 30-bell Charles S. Hill Memorial Carillon was cast by the Royal van Bergen Bellfoundries, Heiligerlee, Netherlands. The thirty bells weigh 4,754 pounds. The largest bell is three feet in diameter and weighs 924 pounds. The smallest bell is eight inches in diameter, weighing 18 pounds. Delicate in tone, the instrument is played manually with fists and feet from the clavier which is located at the top of the tower.

The installation of the bells was unique in that the bells were placed in the lantern while it was on the ground and then the entire crown was lifted into place at the top of the tower.

See also
 List of carillons in the United States

References

Monuments and memorials in Colorado
Buildings and structures in Denver
Bell towers in the United States
Carillons
Towers in Colorado
Towers completed in 1961


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Q: Code is pretending like a variable doesn't exist Basically, I need to do a one time check of what the length of an audio clip is and then store it in a variable to use as the length of time the code should wait before proceeding and destroying the game object.
I've tried numerous different things like taking it outside of the if statement and such but, every attempt has lead this code to either work but, not as intended or just refuse to compile.
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

 public class Fighting : MonoBehaviour
{

public int Team = 1; //Which team entity is on
public int Health = 100; //How much heath it has
public int MaxHealth = 100; //Maximum health cap
public int AttackDamage = 10; //Attack Damage to enemy entities
public int HealAmount = 0; //Amount it can heal friendly entities
public int DecayAmount = 1; //Amount of health lost over time (If over health cap)
public float DecayCooling = 1; //Seconds it takes for health to be lost over time (If over health cap)
public float DecayOriginal = 1; //Needs to be hidden and equal to DecayCooling
public float CoolDown = 2; //Seconds it takes until it can attack enemies again
public float original = 2; //Needs to be hidden and equal to CoolDown
public bool CoolingDown = false; //Is attack cooling Down?
public bool Decaying = false; //Is decaying cooling Down?
public bool Structure = false; //Is it a building?
public bool SelfHealing = false; //Can it heal itself?
public bool HealAll = false; //Can it heal every friendly unit in its radius?
public bool Garrisoning = false; //Can it garrison troops?
public bool Snap = false; //Do you wanna snap it?
public bool clipplayed = false;
public bool lengthset = false;
public AudioSource aSource;
//public AudioSource[] mSource;
public Component[] obj;

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (Snap == true || Health <= 0) //Snaps the entity if either is true
    {
        //Destroy(gameObject, .5f);
        obj = transform.parent.GetComponentsInChildren<MeshRenderer>();
        foreach (MeshRenderer rend in obj)
        {
            rend.enabled = false;
        }

        if (clipplayed == false)
        {
            aSource.Play();
            clipplayed = true;
        }

        bool playing = true;

        if (playing == false)
        {
            Destroy(transform.parent.gameObject);
        }

        if (playing == true)
        {
            if (lengthset == false)
            {
                float playtimer = aSource.clip.length;
                lengthset = true;
            }

            playtimer -= Time.deltaTime;

            if (playtimer <= 0)
            {
                playing = false;
            }

        }
    }

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.N)) Instantiate(transform.parent.gameObject); //Debug tool to spawn another

    if (Health > MaxHealth && Decaying == false) //Checks to see if health should be decaying
    {
        Health -= DecayAmount;
        Decaying = true;
    }
    if (Decaying == true)
    {
        DecayCooling -= Time.deltaTime;
        if (DecayCooling <= 0)
        {
            Decaying = false;
            DecayCooling = DecayOriginal;
        }
    }
}

}

These lines of code:
playtimer -= Time.deltaTime;
if (playtimer <= 0)
Should be able to see:
float playtimer = aSource.clip.length;
Instead, they pretend as if it doesn't even exist and the script won't compile because of it.

A: Define playtimer variable one level higher to see it at both places.
float playtimer = 0;
if (lengthset == false)
{
    playtimer = aSource.clip.length;
    lengthset = true;
}

playtimer -= Time.deltaTime;

A: You're declaring playtimer within your if scope, so it doesn't exist when you call
    playtimer -= Time.deltaTime;
Look at it this way, what happens when lengthset is not false, you wouldn't have declared playtimer yet:
if (lengthset == false)
{
    float playtimer = aSource.clip.length;
    lengthset = true;
}
playtimer -= Time.deltaTime;

Instead, declare it outside of the if scope:
float playtimer = 0;
if (lengthset == false)
{
    playtimer = aSource.clip.length;
    lengthset = true;
}
playtimer -= Time.deltaTime;

Oh gosh, from your comment: "I built the code this way so that it would only execute once and not just keep setting the variable back to what it was over and over again. Is there a better way of accomplishing my intent?".
If  you need to track the value of playtimer between calls, then you probably want to add it as an instance variable (i.e., up top with all the other variables). Make sure to remove the declaration from the method logic if you do.

A: In C#, code in a nested scope can see variables defined outside the scope. Code outside the scope can't see variables defined inside the scope.
Therefore, the following won't work:
{
    int a = 5;
}

Console.WriteLine(a); // can't see a because it's declaration is in the nested scope

but this will work:
int a = 0;

{
    a = 5;
}

Console.WriteLine(a); // can see a, its value is 5

In this example, a is declared outside the two nested scopes, so it can be accessed by both of them:
{
    int a = 5;

    {
        a = 3;
    }

    {
        Console.WriteLine(a); // this will also work because a is declared outside the scope. Its value is 3.
    }
}

If you need playTimer to be the same variable (i.e. contain the same value) between calls to Update(), you need to move its declaration outside the scope of Update() and into the scope of the class-level scope.
For example:
class Test
{
    float playTimer = 0;

    void Update()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(playTimer);
    }
}


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Robert M. Price Chaosium Call of Cthulhu Fiction 1 , pp paperback "Close contact with the utterly bizarre is often more terrifying than inspiring Price notes about this collection that "The Hastur Cycle If someone wants explain it to me, I would be grateful.
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I thought about this long and hard, believe me. Robert W. Chambers: Now we get into the really good stuff, first with "The Repairer of Reputations," which is one of my absolute favorite King in Yellow stories ever and then "The Yellow Sign," also excellent. Perfectly placed after the 2 pieces by Chambers, this story follows a passenger on a prison bus who sees her chance for escape and takes it.
The story is revealed in the first person by a narrator who is invited to the home of one William Atheling, a literary critic. It strikes me as a rather tongue-in-cheek kind of story except for the play , since as I discovered after having finished this book, William Atheling Jr. Atheling has a copy of the actual play "The King in Yellow," purported to be written by Chambers himself, but has received it from HP Lovecraft after a bit of badgering. Now he wants the narrator of the story to read it.
The play, of course, was never written by Chambers, only alluded to in his stories. Arthur Machen: Machen is one of my favorite "weird" writers, although now I think I want to read the Best Weird Tales 3-volume set published by Chaosium again just to reconnect.
The Professor says it best when he looks at a bridge, seeing in it "a mystical allegory of the passage from one world to another.
A series of floods in leads to some pretty wild speculation about strange things floating in the rivers of Vermont as well as sightings of strange creatures. Very enjoyable story. Richard Lupoff picks up the Akeley story again in "Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley," moving it forward into She holds regular sessions where she communes with the dead on behalf of her congregants.
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I liked it, but not as much as the other stories in this book. This one was short, and okay. I read the story first, thinking that the ending sort of reminded me of a Japanese B-movie monster flick of the s mixed with a familiar horror trope.
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KA to become collectible comic book
KÀ by Cirque du Soleil, the spectacular production at MGM Grand Las Vegas, and Marvel Custom Solutions team up to tell the story of this acclaimed live production through an all-new, collectible comic book.
KÀ #1, a heroic journey of love and conflict set within ever-changing theatrical landscapes that conjure an entire empire on stage, will debut at the Marvel booth (#2329) during Comic Con International in San Diego, July 12 – 15, 2012.
"To see our live KÀ performances transform from the theatre to ink on pages in a comic book is an incredible opportunity for our entire team," said Marie-Hélène Gagnon, artistic director of KÀ.
"By aligning ourselves with the premier brand of comic book creators, we have produced an illustration of KÀ that depicts the story very vividly and stays true to the plot. Marvel and its team of creators have been great to collaborate with and have embraced the story of KÀ and the expectations of Cirque du Soleil."
"Marvel's proud to bring the exciting, out of this world action and adventure of KÀ to life in this all new comic book," said Axel Alonso, editor in chief, Marvel Worldwide, Inc.
"This is a great comic for fans of all ages, whether they're long-time fans of Marvel, KÀ or new to both exciting brands of storytelling."
KÀ fans attending Comic Con International can take home the heroic journey of Imperial Twins separated by war who encounter adventure and peril at every turn on their quest to reunite their kingdom.
"What's more jaw-dropping, the majesty of the Imperial Court…the dynamic dance of their martial arts display…the overwhelming might of the invading archer army…the desperate fight for survival in the storm-tossed seas…or the tantalizing glimpses at the future threats that await the Twins?" said Marvel Editor Bill Rosemann.
"Readers can decide for themselves when they feast their eyes on the all-out spectacle that writer Bryan J.L. Glass, artist Wellinton Alves and cover artist Michael Del Mundo have crafted in this world premiere debut issue."
KÀ #1 will be distributed at Comic Con International in San Diego at the Marvel booth in July. A limited amount of books also will be available at comic book stores in select markets.
In addition to the print copy of the comic book, fans will be able to access the KÀ customized comic book by utilizing Marvel's digital comics reader.
Fans can get an inside look at the making of the comic book by visiting www.kacomicbook.com. Featuring sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes information, including line art, storyboards and more, this site will serve as a hub for details on the collaboration.
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Congratulations, President Obama. You won a second term.
Amongst the jubilation, a lot of the pundits in the press seem to miss the fact that the margin of victory, like in 2008, is less than the margin of error in a standard poll.
It's also something less than enthusiastic participation, given it's only a fraction of the population that voted at all.
That gives you, as many of your predecessors, something less than the resounding victory you claim.
But to my mind, there really was no choice worth making, which is probably why most people didn't bother.
You carried on pretty much the same failed economic policies that President Bush the Lesser, saving the banks and the auto industry and leaving many citizens to rot.
You carried on the same wars, against the same enemies you created. It seems to me that America only seems to exist in opposition to something. The Space Race had to be a race, a contest, not exploration for its own sake, for example. Granted, you did better than W, but then it would be hard not to, and the "pull out" from Iraq is about as laughable as Stephen Harper's notion of "pulling out" of Afghanistan.
But neither you nor Mittens actually addressed the real issues that are causing so much distress to ordinary Americans. For all his many failings, the last U.S. President to speak anything like the truth to the people was President Carter.
He told you that energy was getting to be in short supply and becoming increasingly dependent on foreign sources was not a Good Thing and the only way to fix that was to scale back.
He told you that a foreign policy based on extorting 30% of the world's supply of raw materials for the benefit of 5% would eventually have severe blowback.
He spoke blasphemy against the state religion of American Exceptionalism by telling you that you were, after all, human.
So, instead of saying to the world, "Hey, guys, we made a mistake! We need to live on a much lower energy-scale, which will allow us to build out truly renewable energy sources and develop the efficiency to live comfortably within those constraints, so let's figure out how."
Instead, Rompin' Ronnie Reagan arrived with his "Morning in America" carnival show, Hierophant of the great God Hy-Tek whose holy writ of Free-Market Economics would make everyone infinitely wealthy forever and the blasphemer was banished, along with anyone who even tried to share his views.
So America, and, perforce, the rest of the planet, went back to the extravagant life-style to which no one should have become accustomed, blowing through whatever planetary resources we have an an ever-increasing rate. We have an entire edifice of political economics that depends on that fact, but reality is, we cannot. And reality is very painful for an increasingly large segment of North Americans. If you strip out the trading-card economy of High Finance, one discovers that the U.S. has never recovered, not really, not in any way that counts, from the great crash of 2008.
There are no cheap, plentiful energy supplies to get everything going again.
That is why the future is not as bright and shiny as you'd like it to be.


Pamelia and I saw a small gull while out kayaking that we think was a Bonaparte's gull. Note the distinctive dark spot on the head behind the eye. I was curious why a gull would have been named after the French emperor—the bird's diminutive size, perhaps?—but I discovered that its namesake was actually a nephew of Napoleon's, renowned 19th century naturalist and ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who lived part of his adult life in Philadelphia. In fact, the gull's scientific name is Larus philadelphia.
"You know what I really worry about?" a bearded naturalist/poet mused to me as he left the Notebook yesterday morning. "Dark skies. We're losing them."
He was referring to light pollution, the scourge of stargazing. Fortunately for those of us who live in Maine, our state has the least light pollution of any state east of the Mississippi. We're the only place along the East Coast where you can clearly see the Milky Way galaxy (of which the Earth is a part) with the naked eye. For all the attention given to Maine's other outdoor attractions, I think the night sky can be as striking as—and more mind-expanding than—any stretch of gorgeous rocky coast or pristine forest in this natural wonderland.
I'm not alone in that opinion. This week the Pine Tree State will celebrate our amazing view of the universe with two rival night-sky festivals. One is the Maine Starlight Festival, which runs from Sept. 23 until Oct. 2 and includes 53 events of all sorts (among them a talk by shuttle astronaut Rick Hauck) in 29 locations around the state. It's organized by astronomer and Island Astronomy Institute executive director Peter Lord, who has done major work to make Mainers aware of how they can illuminate their homes and businesses without sending light into the skies at night. Peter also has helped the park system and local chambers of commerce see that dark skies are a natural resource that can attract tourists.
You can buy this poster of the Maine Starlight Festival at www.starlightfestival.org. Your money will help support the event.
You can purchase this poster for the Acadia Night Sky Festival by going to the website shown above.
A shot from one of our past visits to the Common Ground Fair.
The fair is known for its display of rare heritage apples–believe it or not, Maine used to have 10,000 varieties.
I love this sign. which warned fair visitors not to stick their hands into the horse stables.
...Washington Wild Red Huckleberry! The Huck defeated Italian Sunflower 52-38 to join Washington Fireweed (2009) and Maine Wild Raspberry (2010) in our hall of champions. Huckleberries are a big crop in the Northwest (they're the state fruit of Idaho) and come from the same plant family as blueberries, the Ericaceae family, whose members tends to like acidic soils and also include heather, azaleas and rhododendrons. To make huckleberry honey, beekeepers put their hives in the middle of huckleberry fields, so that the bees (almost) exclusively go to the huckleberry flowers for nectar and pollen.
Maybe we ought to borrow that as a new catch phrase for The Naturalist's Notebook. You interested in nature, science, art and the world? We're your huckleberry. In any case, we have a limited supply of the title-winning honey available for sale right now, so stop in before it's gone.
Pamelia and I will be spending part of October in England. I'm doing pre-Olympic work for Sports Illustrated but we'll also be taking time off and doing some Naturalist's Notebook exploring (about which you'll read in future blogs). One of the people we'll be seeing (as an audience member during a talk) is British zoologist/writer/photographer Mark Carwardine, whom we've been watching lately on the BBC nature mini-series Last Chance to See, with actor/author Stephen Fry. The shows are a follow-up to the book of the same name written in 1990 by Carwardine and the late, great Douglas Adams, on the subject of animals that are on the verge of extinction. Pamelia was so taken by the book that back in those days she would read aloud from it to dinner guests who came to her apartment in New York...a hint of The Naturalist's Notebook yet to come.
And finally, I came across an oddball fact the other day. During this week in 1822, a strange but significant invention—America's first treadmill—was completed. It was built at the New York City prison and looked like a wide paddle wheel. Between eight and 16 prisoners at a time stepped up and up and up the boards of the wheel, keeping it turning as it powered a mill that ground up to 50 bushels of corn a day. The high level of fitness among these criminals may or may not have inspired the modern treadmill or stairmaster, but those prisoners certainly deserve a nod of acknowledgement from scientists as forerunners of the 20th century laboratory mouse.


The $500 million hack doesn't seem to be scaring investors too much. On Friday, Jan. 26, news broke that a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange had been hacked, and hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of cryptocurrency had been taken. While you may think this could scare investors and send the cryptocurrency market plunging, that hasn't been the case. In fact, most major cryptocurrencies are up since the news of the hack.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD), Ethereum (ETH-USD), bitcoin cash (BCH-USD), and Cardano (ADA-USD) are all down slightly on Monday, with Ripple (XRP-USD) being the only gainer in the top five. However, the prices of most cryptocurrencies jumped sharply over the weekend, and while they seem to be giving back some of their gains on Monday, most are still in the green.
Here's a look at the five largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, and how much each has changed over the past 24 hours.
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Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck said that hackers stole around 523 million of NEM (XEM-USD) coins, which is currently the 10th-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. At the time of the theft, the value of the stolen coins was approximately $535 million, although unsurprisingly, the market price of NEM (XEM-USD) coins has dropped a bit since the hack.
This makes the hack the largest ever in the cryptocurrency markets, in terms of dollar value, surpassing even the infamous Mt. Gox exchange bitcoin hack. In 2014, the now-defunct exchange lost 850,000 bitcoins (750,000 from customer accounts and 100,000 of their own) in a hack. At the time, the value of the lost bitcoin was roughly $460 million. Today, the Mt. Gox bitcoins would be worth $9.6 billion.
To be clear, no bitcoins (BTC-USD) were taken in the Coincheck hack, nor were any other cryptocurrencies affected, other than NEM (XEM-USD), according to the company. Furthermore, the NEM (XEM-USD) coins were stored in a hot (internet-linked) wallet, which isn't the case with most major exchanges' holdings. For comparison, Coinbase says that 98% of its digital currencies are kept offline. So, it's not that big of a surprise that cryptocurrency investors didn't panic once they had a chance to digest the news.
While Mt. Gox subsequently imploded following its hack, Coincheck has given no indication that it's in financial trouble. In fact, the company said in a blog post that it planned to return a total of $425 million to affected customers — a big difference in the potential effect on investor confidence.
Matt Frankel has no position in any cryptocurrencies mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any cryptocurrencies mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Mt. Gox, Coincheck, and other large and small hacks will continue to occur, and investors lose millions. There are possible ways to recover depending on the facts and circumstances. As a cryptocurrency litigation attorney, I help investors recover lost bitcoin, ethereum, Ripple, litecoin, and other investments. If you have questions, shoot me an email.
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KS Kolejarz Stróże  (vollständig Klub Sportowy Kolejarz Stróże) ist ein polnischer Fußballklub aus Stróże, Landgemeinde Grybów (deutsch: Grünberg) in der Woiwodschaft Kleinpolen.

Geschichte
Der am 2. August 1949 unter dem Namen Terenowe Koło Sportowe Kolejarz  gegründete Verein schaffte zwischen 2003 und 2010 den Aufstieg von der fünftklassigen Bezirksliga (poln.: Klasa okręgowa) Nowy Sącz in die zweitklassige 1. Liga.

Kolejarz erhielt keine Lizenz für die Saison 2014/15. Der Verein verzichtete auf den Start in der 2. Liga und trat in der siebtklassigen Klasa A, Gruppe Nowy Sącz an. Seit 2019 spielt Kolejarz in der sechstklassigen Liga okręgowa.

Bekannte Spieler
 Grzegorz Piechna, 2009 bei Kolejarz
 Dawid Szufryn

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 Kolejarz Stróże auf 90minut.pl

Kolejarz
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Cenotes in the Riviera Maya.
A Cenote is a natural Pit or Sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes ground water underneath. They are located and associated with the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Jug or pit Cenotes: Are those with a surface connection narrower than the diameter of the water body.
Cylinder Cenotes: Are those with strictly vertical walls.
Cave Cenotes: Are those having a horizontal entrance with dry sections.
This beautiful places inspire adventures, explorers, snorkelers, scuba divers and people who want to experience the beauty of nature swimming through its crystal and fresh waters and admiring the ancient formations of stalactites and stalagmites in the Cenotes.
It is located into the jungle near Tulum. This Cenote is also known as a pet cemetery due to the enormous amounts of fossilized animal skeletons found in the caves. You can practice snorkeling through its crystalline waters and admire the thousands of formations of stalactites and stalagmites.
It is located near to Xel ha park and is one of the most filmed and photographed Cenote of the Riviera Maya. This Cenote is made of two sinkholes of approximately 70m in diameter, connected by a 400 meters long passageway. Its water temperature is perfect for snorkeling throughout the year.
The Cenotes in the Riviera Maya are deep, water pits in limestone that are created when the roof of an underground cavern collapses. This creates a natural pool which is filled by rain and water flowing from underground rivers. Some Cenotes in the Riviera Maya are vertical water-filled shafts, while others are caves that contain pools and underwater corridor in their interior.
The water filling the Cenotes is rain water that has filtered through the ground, it has few suspended particles, so the water is extremely clear. It is a delight to dive in.
Cenotes had a ritually significant to the Mayans, because they were considered passages to the underworld. They had sacrificial purposes too. The Cenotes nowadays are a big attractive for tourists who enjoy them for swimming, snorkeling or diving.
Canada Transfers offers private excursions to different Cenotes. https://www.canadatransfers.com/private-tours/ Here are some of the most important.
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Chichen itza and Cenote Private Excursion: It is one of the main archaeological sites in Mexico and one of the most representative and renowned vestiges of the Mayan culture. Enjoy the Cenote for swimming and cooling.
Cenote swimming Private Excursion: The Riviera Maya is plagued by natural holes called Cenotes. The interest and the pleasure to submerge in its waters has increased among the tourist who visit Cancun and Riviera Maya.
Tulum and Cenote Private Excursion: Tulum is one of the most cultural attractions of the Riviera Maya due to its walled city and spectacular view of the Caribbean Sea. Also visit and enjoy a Cenote to refresh you after the heated walk in the ruins of Tulum.
Xcaret Private Excursion: You will visit the most famous Eco Theme Park, where you will find underground rivers, grottos, aviary, snorkel, beach, an spectacular Mexican night show and a lot more activities available.
Xel ha Private Excursions: Enjoy an unique experience with its amazing coves, cenotes and ponds in the middle of a breathtaking landscape, one of the most beautiful in Cancun and Riviera Maya. Enjoy this snorkeling paradise, with variety of fun-filled activities.
The Whale Shark belongs to a subclass of cartilaginous fish. Scientific studies affirm that it inhabits the earth for 60 million years. Is so far considered the largest fish in the world.
The Whale Shark has a particular characteristic that sets it apart from other sharks: Its beautiful skin with polka dots and light colored lines. Its skin measure up to 10 cm thick. The whale shark usually have a length of 31 foot and a weight of 9 tonnes, although sharks of more than 40 foot and 21.5 tonnes have been observed. Its wide mouth can open about 1.5 meters. Inside its mouth there are 300-350 rows of teeth and 10 pairs of useful pads to filter its food. These animals are not excellent swimmers because when swimming with the whole body, they hardly reach the speed of 3 mi/h. This shark has been observed alone or in groups formed by 100 or more specimens. The whale shaks can live with other groups of fish and stingrays.
Only three species are fed by filtration, and the whale shark is one of them. When it opens its jaw to feed, a lot of water is also absorbed, so it is expelled through a filter located in the gills, storing the important food. If something gets caught in its gills, this fish uses a kind of "cough" to remove the obstruction. They feed on plankton, jellyfish, anchovies, fish larvae, corals, phytoplankton, algae, krill, crab larvae, squid, sardines, mackerel and tuna. The reason for the presence of teeth is unknown, since they are not used for eating.
It is known that sexual maturity in males is reached at 30 years of age, when they measure is about 9 meters in length, however in the females has not been determined yet. They are ovoviviparous. The pups are formed in eggs inside the mother and they give birth to developed offspring. At birth, they are between 40 and 60 cm long. The Whale Shark has a longevity of 100 years of age.
The official whale shark season is from May 15 to September 15 of each year. This is an activity that is controlled and regulated by federal environmental authorities. The Whale shark is very docile and gentle, and does not panic when approaching divers or swimmers. There are some agencies which organized these excursions for the observation of the whale shark. We invite you no to lose this experience during the whale shark season.


The New Year sees Billingham-based pump manufacturers and distributors, Tomlinson Hall, embarking on a major export campaign for their unique range of Liquivac liquid ring vacuum pumps.
With almost 1,000 Liquivac pumps already in use with excellent feedback from customers, the company have prioritised the establishment of a global distribution network as the first step in developing overseas sales. Colin Simpson, Business Development Director, said, "To be honest, we've never really pushed the pumps before as they have tended to sell themselves into various niche applications."
"However, a recent flurry of enquiries from organisations interested in the pumps' use in desalination applications especially has convinced us to invest the resources in establishing a distribution network, commencing in the Middle East where most of these enquiries originated."
Tomlinson Hall originally launched their Liquivac range in 1995, quickly establishing themselves as a provider of specialist solutions to process challenges in the desalination, land remediation, distilling and leisure industries. The pumps' unique feature of being able to utilise long suction lines whilst still handling suction lifts of up to 8.5 metres with discharge rates of up to 30 m3/hr and discharge heads up to 3 bar has made them extremely cost-effective within such sectors. Once installed, the pumps also produce very short pay-back periods for most process industries due to their ability to pump combinations of liquids, air, fine solids and foams.
In industrial plants this ability to convey foam is particularly useful - vehicle assembly plants use the pumps within their respective machining shops to pump the foam produced by cooling liquid on high speed grinding centres to settling and filtration tanks before being re-used. The pumps are also extensively used within the nuclear industry both in the UK and in Europe, whilst marine applications include sewage, bilge and galley water extraction on both luxury cruise liners and military vessels.
One of the major application successes has been for the Sea Life Centres throughout Europe where the pumps are used to constantly draw in fresh sea water, using the beach as a natural filter, to the marine life holding tanks viewed by the public. The pumps are also suited for sump evacuation and used widely throughout the chemical and pharmaceutical process industries with single pumps often drawing from multiple sumps collecting varying materials.
However, it is the pumps' ability to extract every drop of liquid or foam material from containers that makes it particularly useful for those industries handling high value liquids. In distilleries throughout Scotland, the canny Scottish engineers quickly learnt that being able to pull the final two or three litres of spirit out of the bottom of spirit butts could maximise yields of the precious product - in one distillery alone, just one pump achieved a pay back period of just three months before the investment was recovered. Within the distillery, the long suction lines enable one fixed pump to cater for numerous spirit containers at varying distances.


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'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do'
Richard Blanchard
By Clark D. Bien
A business "divorce" typically occurs when the owners decide that the benefits of continuing their relationship are outweighed by financial issues such as compensation or personal expenses, or other issues such as control, business philosophy or succession/generational differences. These situations are often quite traumatic for the principals, whose identity, friends and daily routine are intimately entwined with the business. The emotional, financial and legal issues can be very similar to those of a marital divorce.
If you are looking to extricate yourself from a privately held business, there are a number of steps to take, regardless of the size and profitability of your business.
First, find competent, experienced independent counsel to advise you. This is not a time to "go it alone." The business and tax consequences of a mistake, or of an option not considered, could have dire implications to the sale value or future control and profitability of the business.
Your first instinct may be to hire your company counsel -" the attorney you have worked with for years -" but independent counsel is key. Company counsel can represent many parties: the company; the business owners; a group of shareholders; or all of the shareholders. There are almost always conflicts among these entities, and a conflicted attorney may find himself obliged to withdraw from representing any of the parties, resulting in the need to take more time and spend more money to hire a new attorney.
Second, gather all of the facts for your attorney. It is important that counsel understand all of the fundamentals of your business, and of the disagreement. Be sure to provide your attorney with copies of your business's organizational documents, relevant contracts and financial statements, as well as material letters, e-mail and other communications, and a list of the company's principal assets.
Now your attorney will be able to give you his legal analysis of your situation, based on relative strengths and weaknesses of all parties' positions and intentions, and the applicable law in the jurisdictions where your business was formed and is operating.
The third step is to determine the result you are looking for, which could include:
a reconciliation of the parties;
a division of the assets between the owners;
an exit or buy-out of one or more owners; or
a sale or liquidation of the business itself.
Once you have decided on the result you want, you and your attorney will then devise a strategy to move forward. That strategy may include litigation, generally involving breach of contract and violation of law.
While litigation is always a possibility, it is wise to ask whether the cost of litigation outweighs the benefit. You may benefit more from the threat of litigation than actually following through with a suit. The uncertainties, cost and risks of litigation may motivate all parties to negotiate to avoid a fight. Once litigation commences, it can have a life and momentum of its own, and the parties' positions may become entrenched.
You and your attorney should consider what other means are available to bring pressure on the parties to settle. For example, depending upon the circumstances, taking control of company cash, removing critical assets from the company, calling loans, refusing guarantees, making capital calls and starting a competing business have all proven effective. Again, the advice of independent counsel is necessary to determine whether these options are available, would be effective and would not cause more harm than good.
Lastly, the final agreement must be written very carefully. The parties will have been through a difficult and confrontational process, and the last thing anyone wants to do is create a new misunderstanding.
This article is not intended to provide legal advice, or to give answers to specific questions, but to raise issues that should be explored with independent counsel. The information is generally applicable to corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and limited partnerships formed in all jurisdictions, but the answers will depend upon the facts of the individual situation and applicable law.
* With apologies and thanks to Neil Sadaka
Clark Bien, shareholder at Strobl & Sharp PC in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has been chief legal officer and adviser to several privately held international manufacturing and distribution companies. His work has covered contracts, litigation/arbitration, intellectual property, real estate, employment, collective bargaining and general business advice. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Woman says Dodds wasn't at apartment
By AARON SANBORN
DOVER � A tenant and campaign worker for congressional candidate Gary Dodds said Dodds was not at her apartment when police arrived the day after the candidate's crash.
�I would like to think I�d know if someone had been there," Alison Spruce said this afternoon.
State Trooper Joseph Ebbert testified earlier today that leads in the disappearance of Gary Dodds led he and another trooper to the Dodds campaign headquarters in Portsmouth the day after Dodds' April 5, 2006, crash on the Spaulding Turnpike. There, a campaign worker pointed to Spruce's apartment, where Dodds had last been seen.
Ebbert said they knocked on the door and a male asked who it was from within the apartment. The police identified themselves but there were no more responses. Once Spruce returned home, police entered and searched the apartment but found no one there.
Spruce's testimony this afternoon was short and didn't reference the alleged affair the state had mentioned on Monday.
Spruce testified that she was in and out of her apartment on April 6, 2006, the day after the crash. She was attending classes at the University of New Hampshire in the morning and then returned to the apartment in the early afternoon and learned from a friend about the accident.
�I went for a walk, I was just shook up," she said.
Spruce was a database manager for the Dodds campaign.
After the roughly two-hour walk, Spruce said her father came to pick her up and they left for a while.
Upon her return, police were at her apartment and asked if they could search it for a man and she let them, according to Spruce. Spruce said as far as she knew, no one was there.
She added that Dodds was her landlord and would have had access to her apartment.
Dodds, 43, of 300 Sagamore Road, Rye, is accused of faking his own disappearance following an accident April 5 on the Spaulding Turnpike. Prosecutors are claiming it was an attempt to gain publicity for his floundering campaign and that he falsified the details of his situation to make his story more believable. He faces a Class B felony charge of falsifying physical evidence and Class A misdemeanor charges of conduct after an accident and causing a false public alarm.
Based on testimony today from State Police Capt. Robert Quinn , Dodds' wife, Cindy, had suspicions regarding the disappearance of her husband following her husband's crash on April 5, 2006.
Quinn said he met with Cindy Dodds the morning of April 6 near Exit 9 on the turnpike and she expressed concern about foul-play being involved in her husband's crash.
�She thought this was suspicious in nature," he said.
Cindy Dodds told Quinn that Gary Dodds didn't drink or have a girlfriend and
referenced his congressional campaign and that Democrats wanted Jim Craig to win, according to Quinn.
Quinn said he spent most of the day with Cindy Dodds before she went home to sleep before her husband�s rescue shortly after 10 p.m.
"I got to say through the whole day Mrs. Dodds was calm considering the overall situation; then again I don't know her,� Quinn said.
She also told Quinn something to the extent of �I might appear overly calm to you but I feel I must be that way to help find my husband," Quinn said. He added that she seemed relieved.
At the hospital Quinn briefly interviewed Gary Dodds, who told him that though his vehicle was on fire, he ran into the woods and swam through the Bellamy River.
�He made a comment that he was thankful he a polar fleece vest on because it saved his life,� Quinn said.
Quinn also noted that he only noticed Dodds' cold-related foot injury and no other visual injuries.
Earlier today, Dover firefighter Michael McShane testified about a single footprint he saw in the snow heading into the woods the night of Gary Dodds crashed on the Spaulding Turnpike.
McShane said he reported the footprint to his lieutenant and State Police Trooper Brian Strong, who testified Tuesday. Other footprints at the scene were accounted for, including other firefighters and witnesses.
A closer examination deep into woods yielded no further footprints, McShane said.
McShane testified there was "a lot of foot traffic" outside of the former congressional candidate's vehicle on the night of the accident, including Mike and Caren Peloso of 39 Spur Road. The two lived across from the accident scene on the turnpikes southbound lane and were among the first people on scene following the crash.
Because of snowy conditions and an icy road, McShane said he deemed it unsafe to cross the turnpike into the northbound lane and search the woods on that side. He indicated there was no footprint evidence indicating that anyone crossed the turnpike.
McShane said he determined the set of footprints didn't belong to either of the Pelosos. The information was put into a narrative and given to his supervisor, who then compiled accident report.
Prosecutors Tuesday alleged Dodds soaked his feet in icewater for up to 10 hours to feign the effects of being lost in words. Dodds' defense team argued the theory that Dodds manufactured the story to help his congressional bid is preposterous.


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17:43 Banks reduce mortgage requirements
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Primorsky Krai	13:12 Korean company presented the rationale for the development of the port of Slavyanka
Irkutsk Region	12:03 Lumber smuggling prevented in Angara
11:34 Historical maximum energy consumption recorded in the UES of the East
Khabarovsk Krai	11:10 Lenders put forward new requirements for "Asia Forest" in the Khabarovsk Territory
Irkutsk Region	10:44 New direct flights to cities of the Far East will be opened from Irkutsk
Chukotka	10:39 Chukotka will begin to develop local government as part of the association
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	10:21 In Yakutia, they plan to increase the number of IT workers
Khabarovsk Krai	10:07 More than 400 million rubles will be spent on rural development in the Khabarovsk Territory
Trans-Baikal Territory	09:29 Zemsky teachers will receive more than 40 million rubles in Transbaikalia
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	08:50 Chinese investors decided to buy GV Gold in Yakutia
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The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	08:02 Prospectors caught on illegal gold mining in Yakutia
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The rate on the mortgage for the Far East will be reduced to 2%
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Recipients of the "Far Eastern hectare", as well as large families in the DFO will be able to get a preferential mortgage. The rate on it will not exceed 2% per annum. In this case, you can get a loan for the purchase and repair of housing, as well as for the construction of a house on a free allotment.
As told in an interview "Russian newspaper" Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister - Plenipotentiary of the President in the FEFD, is now developing a mechanism for providing such a mortgage. The housing loan will be issued for up to 20 years, with no down payment required. The rate will be in 4,8 times less than the average for the market.
Financing banks, mortgage agencies and other financial institutions that will be engaged in the provision of preferential mortgages will be the Development Fund for the Far East. He will receive a targeted subsidy for these purposes - 7,5 billion rubles.
Earlier, the Russian government reduced for some categories of residents of the Far East mortgage rate. Measures taken to support fertility in the DFO.
According to recent research, the hardest in Russia to pay a mortgage to residents of Primorsky Krai. There you will have to pay 76,6% of your monthly salary for the payment. If you give only half, you can buy an apartment with an area of just 26,1 square. meter.
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Tennis: Murray in Britain's squad for Davis Cup
AFP , Monday 21 Oct 2019
Andy Murray is back in Britain's Davis Cup squad (AFP)
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Andy Murray has been selected for Britain's Davis Cup squad 24 hours after winning his first tournament since 2017.
Former world number one Murray clinched his first ATP Tour title for over two years on Sunday when he beat Stan Wawrinka in the European Open final in Antwerp.
It was only the sixth singles event the 32-year-old Scot has competed in since returning from the hip resurfacing operation he had in January.
GB captain Leon Smith on Monday named four of his five-man team, with two-time Wimbledon champion Murray alongside his brother Jamie, Dan Evans and Neal Skupski.
The group will compete in the new-format Davis Cup in Madrid next month as Murray looks to emulate his star role in Britain's 2015 victory in the competition.
"I'm delighted to name our first four players to represent GB for the Davis Cup Finals," Smith said.
"Dan is playing some of the best tennis of his career and firmly deserves his place back inside the world's Top 50.
"It's been absolutely fantastic to see Andy back competing again, headlined by his incredible win in Antwerp yesterday.
"Jamie and Neal have been gaining much momentum as a team with impressive semi-final runs at Cincinnati, US Open, Beijing and Shanghai.
"We are in a good positions with improved strength and depth in our team and will be naming the fifth player in the next couple of weeks.
"We are looking forward to bringing our best tennis to the group phase."
The Davis Cup will have a round-robin stage before the group winners and the next two top teams advance to the knockout stages.
The tournament takes place on the hard courts of La Caja Magica in Madrid from November 18-24.
The ties themselves will have two singles matches and one doubles, all of which will be best-of-three tie-break sets.
Great Britain are in Group E with Holland and Kazakhstan, who they face on November 20 and 21 respectively.
(For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.)


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