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Anna Murphy, Fashion Director of The Times
The go-anywhere dress
Another small but perfectly formed British brand, Press by Melanie Press, has come up with one of the most duplicitous — in a good sense — frocks I have seen. It presents as pretty and feminine, but it's conjured out of the kind of indestructible cotton twill I last wore when my idea of a fun Sunday afternoon was to hang out on the swings. This will last you for years. £345, pressprimrosehill.com
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-best-dresses-for-summer-2019-vx5pjht79
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Similarly up there are the iterations from the boutique British brand Press Primrose Hill, which are made by Lardini, a traditional family tailoring firm in Italy that works for numerous big luxury names. The quality is superlative. Choose from black wool or velvet (£475 and £425, pressprimrosehill.com) or pale pink needlecord or grey houndstooth wool (£325 and £475 respectively).


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Retail Surveys
Business Pulse: The Election and Your Business
By Michelle Graff
michelle.graff@nationaljeweler.com
More than half (56 percent) of jewelers surveyed in the wake of the U.S. presidential election said that the outcome had either no impact on their business or spurred people to spend again because they were just happy the election was over.
New York--National Jeweler/Jewelers of America's latest Business Pulse poll asked readers about the results of the presidential election on Nov. 8, which brought to a close months of contentious campaigning.
The survey didn't ask respondents whom they voted for but, instead, what impact the outcome of the election had on their business, if any, and what they want out of the new administration that will be headed by President-elect Donald Trump.
National Jeweler/Jewelers of America fielded its survey between Nov. 16 and Dec. 2. A total of 168 retailers responded.
When asked about what impact the outcome of the election has had on business at their stores, the greatest percentage of jewelers, 30 percent, said it hasn't impacted business at all. The second largest percentage, 26 percent, said their customers were spending again because they were just glad that the election was over.
Fourteen percent reported that customers were spending more because they were happy with the election's outcome and see a brighter future ahead, while 9 percent reported the opposite--that customers were holding back because they were disappointed with Trump's victory and uncertain of what's to come.
Eleven percent of survey takers said none of the above, while the remaining 10 percent marked other, with one jeweler writing in, "My customers are spending because the future is more predictable, like it or no."
The survey also asked jewelers about their outlook for the holiday season, and nearly three-quarters said they expected it to be better than (47 percent) or the same as last year (25 percent).
Jewelers also were asked two open-ended questions about the election: what they wanted the new administration to do for small business owners, and what concerns, if any, they had about Trump in the White House.
Tax cuts for both people and small businesses, and decreasing regulations for small businesses while also reducing health care costs were some of the most common responses, as were job creation and wage growth.
"Create local jobs by getting our roads, bridges and highways repaired," one jeweler said. "That will kick-start a lot of economic recovery and improve the safety of our transportation systems."
Quite a few also mentioned Trump addressing the issue of internet sales tax--ensuring that online-only sellers are required to collect sales taxes on purchases in all 50 states, an issue that continues to be debated in Congress.
One respondent wrote, "It might be a state issue, but I would love to see the vendors on the internet forced to charge sales tax on every purchase."
When asked about their concerns about the new president, the responses were, not surprisingly, as divided as the election itself.
Quite a few retailers said they did not have any concerns with Trump, with many stating their belief that having a business person in the White House instead of a politician will be good for business owners.
"Finally, a business person as a president rather than a politician; we have nothing to lose by trying him out," one jeweler said.
Another wrote in, "We're Democrats but are pro-Trump. Tired of career politicians running our country into the ground … We needed a change, and who better than a business person?"
Others, however, said their list of negatives were too numerous to list, or cited issues such as his temperament and mercurial nature, and lack of experience in government.
"I don't trust his judgment. He has a lot to prove before I can personally consider him a stable individual," one respondent wrote, while another said, "More than half the population believes that he's the wrong person for the job. I'm concerned that his policies will negatively impact our community and the country's standing in the world."
One jeweler indicated that while he or she agreed with Trump on the issues, the president-elect needs to tone down the rhetoric.
"He is right on the issues, not so much on the personality … I hope he moderates the latter to succeed with the former."
Sales Dip
It's possible that pre-election jitters impacted retail sales as Nov. 8 drew closer.
When asked about their October 2016 sales, 67 percent of survey-takers said they were down (40 percent) or flat (27 percent) compared with October 2015.
A number of jewelers interviewed following Black Friday weekend indicated the same but also said that spending loosened up after the election and reported a positive start to the holiday season.
National Jeweler/Jewelers of America conducted its Business Pulse survey in conjunction with its Product Pulse survey, which asked respondents about estate jewelry sales.
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Ariana Grande Set to Takeover the 'Tonight Show'
posted by julian - Apr 25, 2018
On the heels of Cardi B's takeover of the Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon, the show is set to have it's next takeover. This time it will be Ariana Grande that spends the entire show with Jimmy Fallon. On Tuesday, May 1, the singer will come on the NBC program for the entire hour. The network touts "talk, sketches, and the broadcast TV debut of her new single" for the episode.
Grande recently gave a surprise performance at Coachella after dropping "No Tears Left to Cry" from her still-undisclosed new album. One small distinction however... A rep for the network says that this doesn't constitute a co-hosting gig for Grande. Cardi B. is still the first and only.
What do you think is going to happen? Do you foresee Ariana revealing anything more on new music?


Teenagers face a variety of stresses. For some, it is trying to balance a part-time job with mountains of homework. Others may have to help out at home or deal with bullying or peer pressure. Whatever the cause, starting down the road to adulthood has its own special challenges.
You can help your teen by learning to recognize the signs of stress and teaching your child healthy ways to deal with it.
Spend time together. Try to spend some time alone with your teen each week. Even if your teen does not accept, they will notice that you offered. Get involved by managing or coaching their sports team, or by taking part in school activities. Or, simply attend games, concerts, or plays he or she is involved with.
Learn to listen. Listen openly to your teen's concerns and feelings, and share positive thoughts. Ask questions, but DO NOT interpret or jump in with advice unless you are asked. This type of open communication may make your teen more willing to discuss their stress with you.
Be a role model. Whether you know it or not, your teen looks to you as a model for healthy behavior. Do your best to keep your own stress under control and manage it in healthy ways.
Get your teen moving. Getting regular exercise is one of the best ways to beat stress, for both adults and teens. Encourage your teens to find an exercise they enjoy, whether it is team sports or other activities like yoga, wall climbing, swimming, dancing, or hiking. You might even suggest trying a new activity together.
Keep an eye on sleep. Teens need plenty of shut-eye. Not getting enough sleep makes it harder to manage stress. Try to make sure your teen gets at least 8 hours of sleep a night. This can be a challenge between school hours and homework. One way to help is by limiting screen time, both TV and computer, in the evening before bed.
Teach work management skills. Teach your teen some basic ways to manage tasks, such as making lists or breaking larger tasks into smaller ones and doing one piece at a time.
DO NOT try to solve your teenager's problems. As a parent, it is hard to see your child under stress. But try to resist solving your teen's problems. Instead, work together to brainstorm solutions and let your teen come up with ideas. Using this approach helps teens learn to tackle stressful situations on their own.
Stock up on healthy foods. Like many adults, teens often reach for unhealthy snacks when they are under stress. To help them resist the urge, fill your fridge and cabinets with veggies, fruits, whole grains, and lean proteins. Skip the sodas and high-calorie, sugary snacks.
Create family rituals. Family routines can be comforting for your teen during stressful times. Having a family dinner or movie night can help relieve the stress of the day and give you a chance to connect.
DO NOT demand perfection. None of us does everything perfectly. Expecting perfection from your teen is unrealistic and just adds stress.
Also call if you notice signs of depression or anxiety.
American Psychological Association. Are teens adopting adults' stress habits? www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2013/stress-report.pdf. Updated February 2014. Accessed August 10, 2018.
American Psychological Association. Talking to teens about stress. www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-talk.aspx. Accessed August 10, 2018.
Katzman DK, Neinstein LS. Adolescent medicine. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 25th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 17.
Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW, Schor NF. Adolescent development. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 110.


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Q: How could I find the Plan command? I tried finger and find a Plan
$ finger $USER
Login: me                   Name: me
Directory: /Users/me                Shell: /usr/local/bin/bash
On since Tue Nov 13 07:33 (CST) on console, idle 1 day 9:44 (messages off)
On since Tue Nov 13 07:33 (CST) on ttys001
No Mail.
No Plan.

at the ending, there are No Mail and No Plan
I know that Mail in /var/mail and there's a command $ which mail
/usr/bin/mail
How about Plan, where could I find it.

A: There is no Plan command.
You need to create a text file ~/.plan. This will then be shown when someone does a finger yourusername. This file can be arbitrarily long.
See man finger for more information.

A: The "plan" is the .plan text file in the user's home directory.  Its contents would be displayed in the finger output if available.  If available, finger would also display the contents of the file ~/.project under a "Project:" header.
See the finger manual on your system (man finger).  On macOS, this command may also use the files ~/.forward and ~/.pubkey.

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Sept. 7, 2016 | Sept. 7, 2016 | Terri Imus, R.N., B.S.N., trauma telemedicine coordinator at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was presented with the Adam D. Rule Telehealth Ninja Award at the fourth annual South Central Telehealth Forum, held Aug. 1-2 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Imus has been involved with telehealth since the development of the Center for Distance Health at UAMS. She has been instrumental in the development of the statewide telemedicine stroke program AR SAVES. Currently, she works with the Trauma Image Repository and the Hand and Burn Trauma telemedicine programs. She is also serving a second term on the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.
The Adam D. Rule Telehealth Ninja Award is presented to someone who masters the system around them to provide medical attention to those in need, encourages legislation and promotes telehealth within the American medical system. The award is named after the late Adam D. Rule who served as the first director of the South Central Telehealth Resource Center.
Charles H. "Chip" Templeton and the late Terry Eagleton each were honored with the Curtis L. Lowery Telehealth Champion Award at the Telehealth Forum. Templeton is the former telehealth education manager at the Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension Service and the director of the Small Business Development Center in the College of Business at MSU. Eagleton was the telemedicine manager at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee and an SCTRC Advisory Board member. Before working at Maury Regional, he served as telehealth director for the Tennessee Primary Care Association.
The forum, sponsored by the South Central Telehealth Resource Center, provided telehealth media and education for Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. The resource center is part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health.


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Defending a Brine Spill Lawsuit in Texas
By: Leland C. de la Garza
It Begins with Understanding Available Causes of Action and Damages
The firm recently concluded its defense of the owner and operator of a gas well located in the Barnett Shale following a brine spill from a buried discharge line. Nearby homeowners filed suit initially alleging numerous causes of action and conflicting damage models. But, discovery and motion practice forced the property owners to bring their claims in line with established law in Texas and the evidence developed through discovery. A successful defense of a brine spill case begins with an evaluation of what causes of action and damages are available and then building defenses, discovery and a trial plan based on such evaluation.
Background on a Brine Spill
Hydraulic fracking has exponentially boosted production of gas in shale formations in Texas. A byproduct of fracking is produced water, a salty mix of water, chemicals and petroleum hydrocarbons. After water and other chemicals have been introduced to a well, freeing up gas to be produced, this mixture is produced from the well. The produced water must be removed from the production line for disposal. After being removed using a separator, the produced water is pumped through a discharge line to a storage tank, where it is held until a water disposal company trucks it to a disposal well. The lines from the well to the tank are at risk of failure due to corrosion, equipment failure, or accidents. With or without negligence by the operator, spills do occur. When they occur, the produced water enters the soil and groundwater, contaminating both. This results in damage to land and, in extreme cases, may present a health hazard.
Available Causes of Action
When a brine spill occurs, a plaintiff's lawyer is likely to assert a statutory claim based on Section 85.321 of the Texas Natural Resources Code and common law claims such as trespass, nuisance, negligence, and negligence per se.[1] As explained below, unless there is evidence of intentional conduct, each claim is fault-based, akin to a negligence claim. Thus, a defendant may contest liability for a brine spill based on the absence of fault.[2]
Section 85.321
Section 85.321 of the Texas Natural Resources Code provides a private cause of action to a landowner whose land is damaged by another party who violates Chapter 85 of the Code, another law prohibiting waste, or a rule or order of the Texas Railroad Commission. Typically, in a brine spill case, the plaintiff will allege a claim under Section 85.321 of the Texas Natural Resources Code based on a violation of Statewide Rule 8 promulgated by the Commission.
Statewide Rule 8 provides (in relevant part) that "no person conducting activities subject to regulation by the commission may cause or allow pollution of surface or subsurface water in the state."[3] Section 85.045 of the Code also prohibits the production, storage, or transportation of oil or gas in a manner or under conditions that constitutes waste. Section 85.046 of the Code provides an expansive definition of waste.[4]
While Section 85.321 initially appears to establish no-fault liability, similar to strict liability, it also provides a defense when the plaintiff alleges waste to have been caused by the lease owner or operator. Specifically, the statute provides that it is "a defense that the lease owner or operator was acting as a
reasonably prudent operator would act under the same or similar facts and circumstances."[5]
Section 85.321 allows a party to recover damages and have any other relief to which it would be entitled at law or in equity. This has been interpreted to allow recovery of exemplary damages.[6]
Texas common law recognizes a cause of action for trespass to real property when a plaintiff shows that the plaintiff owns or has the lawful right to possess real property, and the defendant physically, intentionally, and voluntarily entered the plaintiff's real property without authorization, causing injury to the plaintiff's right of possession.[7] In the absence of proof of intentional conduct, trespass is not available in a brine spill case. This cause of action is subject to traditional common law defenses (e.g., limitations, consent, proportionate responsibility).
A private nuisance under common law may be established by proof that (i) the plaintiff had a private interest in land, (ii) the defendant substantially interfered with the plaintiff's interest in the use and enjoyment of the land causing unreasonable discomfort or annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities attempting to use or enjoy it,[8] (iii) the defendant acted intentionally or negligently, or by abnormally dangerous conduct created or maintained the condition, and (iv) the plaintiff was injured as a result of the defendant's conduct. Similar to trespass, this cause of action is subject to traditional common law defenses. Unlike trespass, a private nuisance may be based upon either intentional or negligent conduct. Therefore, where intentional conduct cannot be shown, this claim becomes a fault-based claim similar to negligence.
Negligence and Negligence Per Se
A negligence claim requires proof that the (i) defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff, (ii) the defendant breached its duty, and (iii) the breach proximately caused the plaintiff's injury. As applied to a brine spill, the focus of a negligence claim is on the care taken by the lease owner or operator to operate the gas well without discharging produced water into the environment. Negligence per se, as applied to a brine spill, requires proof that (i) the plaintiff belongs to a class of persons the statute is designed to protect (e.g., landowners whose property is damaged by a violation of Statewide Rule 8),[9] (ii) there is a violation of the law, and (iii) the defendant's act or omission proximately caused the plaintiff's injury. While no Texas appellate court has held that negligence per se is not available based on a violation of Statewide Rule 8 because the rule incorporates an ordinary prudent person standard, that argument might be viable.[10] When available, negligence per se is subject to the defense of excuse, including the defense that the defendant neither knew nor should have known of the occasion for compliance with Statewide Rule 8.[11] Both negligence and negligence per se are subject to traditional common law defenses.
Available Damages
Texas recognizes two types of damages: economic damages and non-economic damages.[12] In a brine spill case, both types of damages are typically asserted. First, a plaintiff will assert that its land has been damaged, as reflected by the loss of use of the land and/or the cost to repair the land or a diminution in the value of the land, or both if the land value remains diminished after repairs. Second, a plaintiff will assert personal injury or mental anguish damages. Which measure of damages is available depends on whether the damage to the land is permanent or temporary and whether the wrongful conduct was intentional or negligent. As discussed below, determining which measure of damages to apply in a brine spill case starts with the plaintiff's pleading.
Cost to Repair v. Diminution in Value
As a general rule, a temporary injury to land is compensated by the loss of use of the land and the cost of restoring the land,[13] while permanent injury to land is compensated by the loss in the fair market value of the land.[14] An injury to land is considered permanent if (a) it cannot be repaired, fixed, or restored, or (b) even though the injury can be repaired, fixed, or restored, it is substantially certain that the injury will repeatedly, continually, and regularly recur, such that future injury can be reasonably expected.[15] This temporary-versus-permanent distinction is crucial to determining what property damages are available. While the plaintiff's pleadings can narrow a plaintiff's choices, ultimately the distinction is a question of law.[16]
The Texas Supreme Court has recognized one situation in which both cost to repair damages and diminished property value damages are recoverable: when the reduction in value remains even after repairs are made.[17] The Supreme Court also recognized that "stigma damages" may contribute to a reduction in value after repairs are made.[18] Stigma damages "represent … the market's perception of the decrease in property value caused by the injury to the property."[19] However, the Supreme Court has noted the difficulty of proving stigma damages.[20]
Texas also recognizes a limitation on recovering cost to repair damages known as the "economic feasibility". Under this exception, if the cost to restore the land exceeds the land's diminution in value, the injury is considered permanent and diminution in value is recoverable, not the cost to repair.[21] This exception can provide a valuable defense where the cost to repair is high in comparison to the diminution in value. This exception may apply to a claim for injunctive relief to clean up contaminated land where the cost to do the clean-up exceeds the value of the land. But, this issue has not yet been decided by the Texas Supreme Court.[22]
When diminution in value damages are available, proof of diminution in value must be shown by competent evidence. In order to prove diminution in value, a plaintiff must present evidence of the value of the impacted land both before contamination and after contamination.[23] This evidence will require either competent expert testimony or qualified property owner testimony.
Experts will find this area challenging since it requires a reliable foundation for the opinion of the value after contamination. Finding comparable contaminated properties to establish the loss in market value via the sales-comparison approach may prove to be difficult.[24] In essence, the expert must opine on the stigma on the impacted property caused by the contamination. This requires the expert to rigorously adhere to established appraisal practices.[25] And, property owner testimony, with its usually lax foundational requirements, may not pass the test for admissibility. Indeed, property owners are permitted to testify as to the value of their property, based on the presumption that an owner is familiar with his property and its value.[26] But, this testimony must be based on market, rather than intrinsic or some other speculative value.[27] The property owner must provide a factual basis for his opinion.[28]
Where a plaintiff seeks both injunctive relief—typically a mandatory injunction to restore the property to its prior condition—and damages, the plaintiff may be put to an election between the two forms of relief. Normally, if a legal remedy is available, a plaintiff cannot also recover an injunction addressing the same harm because recovery of both is an impermissible double recovery.[29]
Loss of Use
If a plaintiff is physically deprived of the use of even a portion of its property, loss of use damages are available.[30] However, this damage is only recoverable where the damage is temporary.[31] The loss of use damages are only available for the period reasonably required to repair the property.[32] The proper measure of this damage is the reasonable cost of renting a replacement.[33]
Intrinsic Value of Trees
Texas permits recovery of the intrinsic value of trees destroyed on real property where the plaintiff cannot show a significant diminishment of property value.[34]
Personal Injury and Mental Anguish
A plaintiff may recover personal injury damages upon an affirmative finding of negligence or nuisance, but such damages are limited to cases where the plaintiff shows it has actually suffered physical harm.[35] Typical personal injury damages include physical pain, mental anguish, loss of earning capacity, disfigurement, physical impairment, and medical care expenses.[36] Claims of personal discomfort, loss of peace of mind, annoyance, and inconvenience do not equate to claims of personal injury.[37]
Recovery of mental anguish damages is limited to claims involving intent or malice on the defendant's part and suits involving injuries of such a shocking and disturbing nature that mental anguish is a highly foreseeable result.[38] The Texas Supreme Court refused to allow recovery of mental anguish damages in a case involving damage to property where a plaintiff was not physically injured. The Court held that damages where only property is injured are measured by the property's value or the cost of repairing it.[39] The Court specifically rejected mental anguish based solely on negligent property damage, stating it is "not compensable as a matter of law."[40]
Mental anguish must be proved by evidence of the nature, duration, and severity of the anguish, which must be "more than mere worry, anxiety, vexation, embarrassment, or anger."[41] The Texas Supreme Court has recognized that evidence of negligence and property damage alone do not support an award of exemplary damages.[42]
In order to recover exemplary damages, a plaintiff must show by clear and convincing evidence, and by a unanimous finding, that the harm resulted from fraud, malice, or gross negligence.[43] An award of exemplary damages must be specific as to each defendant.[44] The amount of exemplary damages that may be awarded is limited to the greater of $200,000 or two times the amount of economic damages and up to $750,000 in noneconomic damages.[45]
Leland C. de la Garza is a shareholder of the firm and chairman of its litigation section. Leland and associates Elizabeth Fitch and Katrisha Shirley handled this case for the firm.
[1] Texas courts have rejected the argument that only the Texas Railroad Commission has jurisdiction to determine claims resulting from spills at oil and gas well sites. See Forest Oil Corp. v. El Rucio Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 446 S.W.3d 58, 72 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2014) aff'd 518 S.W.3d 422 (Tex. 2011); In re Apache Corp., 61 S.W.3d 432, 436 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2001, orig. proceeding).
[2] This is not to say that the lease owner or operator will be able to avoid responsibility altogether since the Texas Railroad Commission will usually order the operator to clean up of the spill, and the Commission has the authority to enforce its clean-up order.
[3] 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.8(b).
[4] The definition includes "physical waste or loss incident to or resulting from drilling, equipping, locating, spacing, or operating a well or wells in a matter that reduces or tends to reduce the total ultimate recovery of oil or gas from any pool." Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 85.046(a)(6).
[5] Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 85.321; Smith v. Basa Resources, Inc., No. 11-09-00339-CV, 2011 WL 1435273, at *3-*4 (Tex. App.—Eastland, Apr. 14, 2011, pet. denied) (mem. op.) (applying the reasonably prudent operator excuse to a violation of Statewide Rule 8).
[6] Exxon Corp. v. Miesch, 180 S.W.3d 299, 328 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2005), judgment aff'd in part, rev'd in part on other grounds, 348 S.W.3d 194 (Tex. 2011).
[7] North Shore Energy, L.L.C. v. Harkins, 501 S.W.3d 598, 605 (Tex. 2016); Gregg v. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp., 344 S.W.2d 411, 416 (Tex. 1961); Salazar v. Sanders, 440 S.W.3d 863, 876 (Tex.App.—El Paso 2013, pet. denied).
[8] Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, L.P. v. Gardiner, 505 S.W.3d 580, 593-597 (Tex. 2016) (requiring the interference to be substantial and not merely a "trifle" or "petty annoyance," and the unreasonableness of the annoyance to be determined based on an objective standard of persons with ordinary sensibilities, not on the subjective response of any particular plaintiff).
[9] Mieth v. Ranchquest, Inc., 177 S.W.3d 296, 305 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2005, no pet.).
[10] Supreme Beef Packers, Inc. v. Maddox, 67 S.W.3d 453, 456 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2002, pet. denied).
[11] Impson v. Structural Metals, Inc., 487 S.W.2d 694, 696 (Tex. 1972) (adopting the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 288A (1965), which lists five categories of excuse to negligence per se, including lack of knowledge).
[12] Injunctive relief may also be available. See, e.g., Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, L.P., 505 S.W.3d at 610 (discussing nuisance claims).
[13] Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, L.P., 505 S.W.3d at 610.
[14] Gilbert Wheeler, Inc. v. Enbridge Pipelines (East Texas), L.P., 449 S.W.3d 474, 481 (Tex. 2014).
[15] Id. at 480.
[16] Id. at 483-84.
[17] Houston Unlimited, Inc. Metal Processing v. Mel Acres Ranch, 443 S.W.3d 820, 826 (Tex. 2014).
[21] ExxonMobil Corporation v. Lazy R Ranch LP, 511 S.W.3d 538, 540 (Tex. 2017).
[22] Id. at 546 (court declined to address issue since it was not properly raised on appeal).
[24] See Mel Acres Ranch, 443 S.W.3d at 829-838.
[25] See id.
[26] Nat. Gas Pipeline Co. of Am. v. Justiss, 397 S.W.3d 150, 157 (Tex. 2012).
[29] See Boudreaux v. Culver, No. 01-03-01247-CV, 2005 WL 1111237, at *5 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] May 5, 2005, no pet.) (mem. op.); see also Marin Real Estate Partners, LP v. Vogt, 373 S.W.3d 57, 76 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011, no pet.) (holding injunction and damages are not both available when the damages sought are "future" damages).
[30] See Lone Star Dev. Corp. v. Reilly, 656 S.W.2d 521, 525–26 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1983, writ ref'd n.r.e.) (building built over boundary line).
[31] Luna v. N. Star Dodge Sales, Inc., 667 S.W.2d 115, 119 (Tex.1984).
[32] Goose Creek Consol. School Dist. Of Chambers and Harris Counties, Texas v. Jarrar's Plumbing, Inc., 74 S.W.3d 486, 496 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2002, pet. denied) (finding error where jury instruction did not limit the jury's consideration to the time period reasonably required for the plaintiff to repair the property).
[34] Gilbert Wheeler, Inc., 449 S.W.3d at 483 (holding a 1% diminishment was nominal, justifying recovery of the intrinsic value of the trees).
[35] Port of Houston Authority v. Aaron, 415 S.W.3d 355, 364-65 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2013, no pet.) (nuisance case); City of Tyler v. Likes, 962 S.W.2d 489, 495-96 (Tex. 1997) (nuisance and negligence case).
[36] See Tex. Pattern Jury Chg., § 28.3.
[37] Schneider Nat. Carriers, Inc. v. Bates, 147 S.W.3d 268, 269 (Tex. 2004).
[38] Likes, 962 S.W.2d at 496.
[41] Parkway Co. v. Woodruff, 901 S.W.2d 434, 444 (Tex. 1995).
[42] Id. at 445 (In a case involving flooding of a home, the Court held that proof that the plaintiff was upset was not enough. The Court noted that generally a threat to one's physical safety or reputation, or the death or serious injury to a family member, would be necessary).
[43] Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.003.


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Four debutants in Wayne Bennett's Four Nations squad
England coach Wayne Bennett has named his first squad for this autumn's Ladbrokes Four Nations and the upcoming International Test against France.
The 24-man squad includes 15 players from last year's International Series win against the ranked No.1 team in the world, New Zealand.
Bennett has selected four uncapped players – St Helens duo Jonny Lomax and Mark Percival. Hull FC and Ladbrokes Challenge Cup winner Scott Taylor and Castleford Tigers half-back Luke Gale who toured with the national side last year, but has yet to be capped.
Warrington Wolves' Daryl Clark and Stefan Ratchford, South Sydney Rabbitohs forward George Burgess, Wigan Warriors centre Dan Sarginson and Widnes Vikings' Kevin Brown all return to the national side after missing selection in previous years.
South Sydney Rabbitohs' Sam Burgess also returns to the squad three years after last appearing for England in the 2013 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.
Four players – Wigan Warriors' Sean O'Loughlin, Sam Tomkins, Dom Manfredi and Warrington's Ben Currie – have not been considered because of injury.
England coach, Wayne Bennett, said: "There's been a lot of competition for places this year and the players that have been picked are the ones we believe will stand up to the test of the competing nations.
"I've always said that there wouldn't be too many changes when I arrived and there are plenty of guys in the squad who worked hard in last year's International Series win against New Zealand who have gone on and performed in 2016.
"To have Sam Burgess back is not just a boost for England but one for the international game. Having worked with him in the past, he's a great bloke to have around and have by your shoulder on the field.
"Injuries are part and parcel of the game and to lose players like O'Loughlin, Tomkins and Currie isn't ideal but it does offer opportunities to others who have performed in the year and it's good to see some new and returning faces in the squad.
"There's some serious talent in this English side and that's testament to the England programme, the clubs they play for and the player's attitude in wanting to do their best each week. I've spoken to the boys and they're well aware what's ahead of them in this tournament."
Squad: John Bateman (Wigan Warriors); Kevin Brown (Widnes Vikings); George Burgess; Sam Burgess; Thomas Burgess (all South Sydney Rabbitohs); Daryl Clark (Warrington Wolves); Mike Cooper (Warrington Wolves/St George-Illwarra Dragons); Liam Farrell (Wigan Warriors); Brett Ferres (Leeds Rhinos); Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers); James Graham (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs); Ryan Hall (Leeds Rhinos); Chris Hill (Warrington Wolves); Josh Hodgson (Canberra Raiders); Jonny Lomax (St Helens); Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants); Mark Percival (St Helens); Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves); Dan Sarginson (Wigan Warriors/Gold Coast Titans); Scott Taylor (Hull FC); Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos); Elliott Whitehead (Canberra Raiders); Gareth Widdop (St George Illawarra Dragons); George Williams (Wigan Warriors).
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The saying that is going around nowadays is "If you tell people that the brain was an app, they just might start using it". Funny though, I think that the brain is the oldest app. It does what you tell it to do, it takes care of bodily functions and well the body becomes a kind of game where you have to feed it, exercise it and so on and so forth. Now, coming to your child's curious mind and the affinity to the iPad or the iPhone or the Tab and the computer, there are some apps that might keep the little ones engaged and make them learn too.
Here are 5 of the most popular apps that might help your child take time away from the Flappy Bird and Facebook!
Does your child as you too many questions which leave you rather exhausted? To satiate the small curious mind the WikiSpeaker app might solve most of your problems. This app can provide the necessary answers without having to type it through. It just might get your busy bee a little busier and may help you let off some stress. This app is best for the ages of 5-12.
Is your child petrified of Mathematics? This genie in the app will make Mental Maths fun and easy to learn for your child. It employs colorful and easy ways for your child to develop a system of doing math problems with ease. With the innovative and constant problem solving ability, the child will be enthralled and just might take a liking to Math. He/she might baffle the teacher too!
An IOS only app, this is one app that will help your child know the amount of homework that he has to do for the day. It enables the child as well as the parent to monitor their upcoming assessments and assignments with ease.
This is a colourful app for the toddler just starting out. As the school lays emphasis on the alphabet and their sounds and recognition, this is the perfect tool for your little one to learn with music and sound. The child will learn to recognize the alphabet in a way that is way more fun and innovative then off the board.
This is a very useful app for children on the go. While they are studying or they are reading the Dictionary Book app will provide them the necessary information in a nutshell without taking up a whole scroll down page. This will let you child get to the word with ease and the usage is better explained.
The list is endless on the apps that you can download for children to make them smarter and more aware of what's happening around them. However, the apps are just a means to and end the child needs to still consult the books and learn off the page rather then only off a screen!


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Mount Elbrus (; ; ) is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the western part of the Caucasus and is the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains. The dormant volcano rises  above sea level; it is the highest stratovolcano in Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world. The mountain stands in Southern Russia, in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. The taller, western summit is ; the eastern summit is . The eastern summit was first ascended on 10 July 1829 by Khillar Khachirov, and the western summit in 1874 by a British expedition led by F. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker and the Swiss guide Peter Knubel.

Etymology
The name Elbrus  seems to have a connection with Alborz (also called Elburz), which is also the name of a long mountain range in northern Iran. The name is derived from Avestan Harā Bərəzaitī, a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology. Harā Bərəzaitī reflects Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī, which was reformed into Middle Persian as Harborz, and into Modern Persian as Alborz. Bṛzatī is the feminine form of the adjective *bṛzant ("high"), the reconstructed ancestor of Modern Ossetian bærzond ("high", "peak"), Modern Persian barz ("high"), berāzande ("elegant"), and boland ("high", "tall"), and Modern Kurdish barz ("high"). Harā may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from Indo-European *ser ("protect"). The name "Mingi Taw" used by Karachays and Balkars means "Eternal Mountain" in Turkic languages.

Geography

Situation

Elbrus is situated in the northwest of the Caucasus, 100 kilometres from the Black Sea and 370 kilometres from the Caspian Sea, from where it is possible to see Elbrus in exceptionally clear weather. It rises 5,642 metres above the sea level. Located eleven kilometres north of the Greater Caucasus Watershed, marking the border with Georgia, it is on the border of the Russian republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. It is the highest peak in both Russia and Europe.

Elbrus is located 65 kilometres southwest of the city of Kislovodsk and 80 kilometers west-southwest of Nalchik. By road it is accessible from European route E50, known to Russians as either the M29 highway or the R217 highway. Nationalpark Elbrus, which is accessed by the A158 road out of Baksan, lies on its southeastern flank. Access permits are required south of Baksan because of border controls.

Topography
Elbrus is an almost symmetrical dormant volcano, in a vertical plane, with two main peaks, on either side of a pass located at 5,416 metres above sea level: the western summit is the highest point at 5,642 metres above sea level. while the eastern summit rises to 5,621 meters. The crater, 300 to 400 metres in diameter, located at the top of the eastern peak, was gradually filled with snow and ice. The snowfields of the volcano, covering an area of , feed 22 (or 23 depending on the source) main glaciers and 77 secondary glaciers that give rise to the Baksan rivers: Kuban and Malka. Some of these glaciers can reach 400 metres in thickness but all are receding, having lost between 80 and 500 meters in length. The two main ones are called Bolshoi Azaou ("the great Azaou"), with an area of  and a length of 9.28 km, and Irik, with an area of  and a length of 9.31 km. This glacial activity has formed numerous small but deep lakes.

Geology
The Caucasus is formed by the northward collision of the Arabian Plate against the Eurasian Plate that causes numerous earthquakes in the region. The fault zone is complex and the large lateral displacement at the level of Anatolia and Iran prevents the creation of a subduction phenomenon and explains the rarity of volcanoes in the mountain range.

Elbrus started to form there 10 million years ago. The ejecta from the volcano covers an area of 260 km2. Fragments of rhyolite and rhyodacite as well as tuff and ignimbrite formations have been found and have been allowed by uranium-lead dating to situate the formation of the main caldera around −700,000 years, probably corresponding to the end of a major eruptive cycle. Geochronological dating has revealed subsequent synchronous eruptive cycles in different focimagmatic deposits of the Greater Caucasus, demonstrating the common geological origin of this volcanic activity. It happens that modest fumaroles still sometimes escape from the eastern flank of Elbrus, at the level of the ancient lava flow of 24 kilometers long oriented from the crater to the north-northeast, and hot springs originate on the slopes of the mountain.

Climate
As Elbrus is located in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer period, the least rigorous, takes place from June to mid-September with an average of 50% of sunny days favorable to the ascent of the summit. However, the winds, dominated by westerly air masses, can turn violent and temperatures drop very quickly. Above 4000 meters above sea level, even in summer, arctic blizzard conditions with near zero visibility can develop. It is not uncommon for the wind to exceed 100 km/h. In winter, the temperature can drop below −50° at the top, but in the valleys hot, dry downdrafts can cause heavy snowfall. At low altitudes, the average precipitation is 500 mm and can reach 1000 mm in some years, while above 2000 meters it can exceed 1500 mm.

Eruptive history
Mount Elbrus was formed more than 2.5 million years ago. The volcano is currently considered dormant. Elbrus was active in the Holocene, and according to the Global Volcanism Program, the last eruption took place about AD 50. Evidence of recent volcanism includes several lava flows on the mountain, which look fresh, and roughly  of volcanic debris. The longest flow extends  down the northeast summit, indicative of a large eruption. There are other signs of activity on the volcano, including solfataric activity and hot springs. The western summit has a well-preserved volcanic crater about  in diameter.

History

Greek mythology
In the Periplus of the Euxine Sea, written in Greek in ca. 130, Arrian mentioned a summit in the Caucasus named Strobilos: "… as we turned from Astelphos toward Dioscurias, we saw the Caucasus range […] One peak of the Caucasus was pointed out—the name of the peak was Strobilos—where according to the story Prometheus was hanged by Hephaistos on Zeus' order". (In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus was chained in the Caucasus as a punishment for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to mankind.) Arrian's Strobilos, or Latinized Strobilus, was later identified as Elbrus by some writers such as Douglas Freshfield in The Exploration of the Caucasus (1896). Freshfield called Elbrus "pinecone-shaped" for the sake of etymology. The ancient Greek word strobilos denotes rotating or twisted objects such as a spinning top or a pinecone.

Early ascents (1829–1930s)
The lower of the two summits was first ascended on  by Khillar Khachirov, a guide for an Imperial Russian army scientific expedition led by General Georgi Emmanuel, and the higher (by about ) in 1874 by an English expedition led by F. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker, and the Swiss guide Peter Knubel from the Valais canton and guide Ahiya Sottaiev. During the early years of the Soviet Union, mountaineering became a popular sport of the populace, and there was tremendous traffic on the mountain. On 17 March 1936, a group of 33 inexperienced Komsomol members attempted the mountain and ended up suffering four fatalities when they slipped on the ice and fell to their deaths.

Second World War
During the Battle of the Caucasus in World War II, the Wehrmacht occupied the area, surrounding the mountain from August 1942 to February 1943 with Gebirgsjäger from the 1st Mountain Division. The Nazi swastika was placed on the summit of Mount Elbrus on 21 August 1942. A possibly apocryphal story tells of a Soviet pilot being given a medal for bombing the main mountaineering hut, Priyut 11 (, "Refuge of the 11"), while it was occupied. He was later nominated for a medal for not hitting the hut, but instead, the German fuel supply, leaving the hut standing for future generations. When news reached Adolf Hitler that a detachment of mountaineers was sent by the general officer commanding the German division to climb to the summit of Elbrus and plant the swastika flag at its top, he reportedly flew into a rage, called the achievement a "stunt" and threatened to court martial the general. Nazi swastikas were removed by USSR army mountaineers on 13 and 17 February 1943.

Post-WWII
The Soviet Union encouraged ascents of Elbrus, and in 1956 it was climbed en masse by 400 mountaineers to mark the 400th anniversary of the incorporation of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic where Elbrus was located.

Between 1959 and 1976, a cable car system was built in stages that can take visitors as high as .

National park
Since 1986, Elbrus has been incorporated into Prielbrusye National Park, one of the Protected areas of Russia.

Special ascents
In October 2021, Kazakh scientist Aida Tabelinova climbed Mount Elbrus as part of an international expedition led by Youth Club of the Russian Geographical Society and Rossotrudnichestvo to promote humanitarian cooperation. A year earlier, a charity climb for the Global Relief Trust by British Muslim climber Akke Rahman was completed in one day, without acclimatisation or using oxygen, and only days after Rahman recovered from COVID-19 infection.

By vehicle
In 1997 a team led by the Russian mountaineer Alexander Abramov took a Land Rover Defender to the summit of the East Peak, entering the Guinness Book of Records. The project took 45 days in total. They were able to drive the vehicle as high as the mountain huts at The Barrels (), but above this they used a pulley system to raise it most of the way. On the way down, a driver lost control of the vehicle and had to jump out. Although he survived the accident, the vehicle crashed onto the rocks and remains below the summit to this day.

In 2016, the Russian climbers Artyom Kuimov and Sergey Baranov entered the Guinness Book of World Records by reaching the summit of Elbrus on ATVs.

With horses
In August 1998 a group of climbers from the Karachai-Cherkess Republic were the first in history to climb Mount Elbrus with horses. The horses were Imbir, Daur and Khurzuk, of the Karachai breed, fitted with special horseshoes with removable steel spikes. The organiser of the climb was Klych-Gery Urusov. Six people reached the eastern summit: three Karachai horsemen (Dahir Kappushev, Mohammed Bidzhiev, Murat Dzhatdoev) and three mountaineers (Boris Begeulov, Umar Bairamukov, Leila Albogachieva (Ingush nationality)), with two of the three horses (Daur and Khurzuk).

A second equestrian climb was made in August 1999 by the same Karachai riders, with a Karachai horse (Igilik), reaching the higher western summit.

A third equestrian ascent took place in 2019, by the Karachai horseman Aslan Khubiev with the Karachai horses Boz and Damly, helped by the Balkar guides Aslan Altuev and Askhat Guzoev.

A fourth equestrian ascent took place on 4 September 2020 (see photo below). Two Karachai horsemen, Ramazan Alchakov and Abrek Ediev, and their Russian friend Ivan Kulaga, together with the two Karachai horses Almaz and Dzhigit, reached the western summit.

A fifth equestrian ascent took place on 23 September 2020 by the Karachai horseman Taulan Achabaev and his cousin Rustam Achabaev, together with the stallion Bahr, reaching the higher western summit accompanied by the Balkar guide Aslan Altuev.

Travel safety
After the collapse of the USSR and until the early 2010s, travel to Mount Elbrus became increasingly dangerous due to economic problems, armed conflicts in various republics of Caucasus, and later due to the North Caucasus insurgency. Currently, Mount Elbrus is steadily becoming an important destination of domestic Russian tourism, with 424,000 visitors to the area in 2020.

As of 2019, the United States Department of State has issued a travel advisory against climbing the mountain, as well as travel to the North Caucasian Federal District in general, due to the risk of terrorism and political instability.

In June 2022, the US State Department advised citizens not to travel to Mount Elbrus, due to terrorism, kidnapping, and risk of civil unrest.

Infrastructure

Refuges
In 1929, eleven scientists erected a small hut at 4,160 metres and called it "Priyut 11" ("Refuge of the 11"). At the same site, a larger hut for 40 people was built in 1932.

A wilderness hut was built in 1933 in the saddle between the two summits but collapsed after only a few years. Its remains can still be seen.

In 1939, the Soviet Intourist travel agency built yet another structure a little above the "Priyut 11" site at 4,200 metres, covered in aluminium siding. It was meant to accommodate western tourists, who were encouraged to climb Mount Elbrus in commercial, guided tours to bring in foreign currency.

Not much later, this hut was converted into a mountain barracks, serving as a base, first for Soviet and later German troops in the Battle of the Caucasus of World War II.

On 16 August 1998, this hut burned down after a cooking stove fell over. After that, the new "Diesel hut" was built in the summer of 2001 a few metres below its ruins, so called because it is located at the site of the former diesel generator station.

In addition, there is accommodation for six people each at the end of the short chairlift above the second cableway section. Painted red and white, these horizontal steel cylinders (called barrels, Russian bochki), are used as a base and for acclimatization by many mountaineers on their way to the summit. Besides the "barrels", there are several container-bases accommodation between about 3,800 and 4,200 metres.

Pruitt Hut outhouse
Mount Elbrus is said to be home to the 'world's nastiest' outhouse which is close to being the highest toilet in Europe, at , next to the old, burnt-out Pruitt Hut. The title was conferred by Outside magazine following a 1993 search and article. The "outhouse" is surrounded by and covered in ice, perched on the end of a rock.

Observatory
The Terskol Observatory, an astronomical observatory with the IAU code B18, is located 2.5 km north-west of Terskol village at an altitude of .

Activities

Ski lifts
Three ski lifts take visitors up to an altitude of 3,847 metres.

Until the mid-2000s, the first section was provided by the Elbrouz-1 cable car, construction of which began in 1959. Starting from the Azaou road at 2,180 metres above sea level in the valley, it leads to the old viewpoint (Stari Krougozor) at an altitude of 2,970 metres; at the foot of the terminal tongue of the Mali glacier Azaou, which has retreated since the construction of the facility. Its length is 1,740 metres, with a drop of 650 meters. The second section, built in 1976, leads to the Mir station at an altitude of 3,470 metres. Its length is 1,800 metres, with a drop of 500 metres. Finally, the last stretch is a chairlift single-seater which then makes it possible to avoid an hour's walk for hikers to the Garabachi huts, at an altitude of 3,847 metres. Built in the late 1970s, it is 1,000 metres long, with a drop of 250 metres.

In December 2006, the first section of the cable car is modernized to meet safety requirements, thanks to the construction of a new cable car in parallel with the existing one. In August 2009, a new cable car was built to reach the second section. On 27 December 2015, the gondola to go up the third section was put into service, thus becoming the second-highest gondola in Europe after that of Zermatt in Switzerland; which is 3,883 m high. Its capacity is 750 people per hour.

The ski resort is busiest in April and May.

Mountaineering
There are a wide variety of routes up the mountain, but the normal route, which is free of crevasses, continues more or less straight up the slope from the end of the cable car system, which takes passengers up to . During the summer, it is not uncommon for 100 people to attempt the summit via this route each day. Winter ascents are rare, and are usually undertaken only by very experienced climbers. Elbrus is notorious for its brutal winter weather, and summit attempts are few and far between. The climb is not technically difficult, but it is physically arduous because of the altitude and the frequent strong winds. The average annual death toll on Elbrus is 15–30, primarily due to "many unorganized and poorly equipped" attempts to reach the mountain's summit.

The normal route, on the southern slope, is the easiest, the safest and the fastest, by using the ski lifts to the Garabachi 36 refuges offering 11 cylindrical cabins (the "barrels") of 6 beds each and a total of 80 berths, with water from the melting glacier in summer, and electric heating. At an hour and a half walk, at an altitude of 4,157 metres, is the Diesel refuge, offering 50 places and built in 2001 on the site of the former refuge of the 11 accidentally burned down on Aug 16, 1998. After an additional two hours of walking, the normal route passes close to the Pastoukhov rocks, which can be reached by a snowmobile. The rest of the ascent to the two main peaks can only be done on foot in about ten hours. The route is well signposted; but it can be risky to go more than fifty meters from it because of the few crevasses or in the event of under-equipment. A variant allows you to reach the Diesel refuge from the Ice camp, at an altitude of 3,680 metres.

Another route leads to the summit from Kioukiourtliou-Kolbachi (4,639 m) via the Dome of Koupol at 4,912 meters, on the western side of the mountain. This route, much longer, is accessible either from the first section of the cable car by crossing the moraines in a north-west direction via the Khoti Outaou pass then obliquely towards the summit, or from the Khourzouk valley. There is no refuge but the terrain is more suitable for camping.

Other routes by the east from the valley, the glacier and the Iryk pass (3,667 m), or by the north are possible but are more hazardous due to the absence or obsolescence of the installations.

During Soviet times, Mount Elbrus was home to climbing speed competitions and was training for national Himalayan expeditions (1982 and 1989). The best mountaineers tested their endurance during this prestigious event. In September 1987, Vladimir Balyberdine organized the first official race between the refuge and the pass. In 1990, Anatoli Boukreev set a record by climbing from the refuge to the eastern summit in a time of 1 hour and 47 minutes. In 2005, with the growing enthusiasm for extreme sports and the increase in the number of mountaineers in Russia, this tradition was relaunched and a new race was organized between Bochki and the western summit. In 2006, the best mountaineers from the former Soviet republics participated in the competition: Denis Urubko from Kazakhstan, Sergei Seliverstov and Alexander Kerimov from Kyrgyzstan, and Sergei Sourmonin from Russia. For the first time, one of the routes offers a height difference of over 3,000 metres, starting at the Azaou glades at an altitude of 2,400 metres and arriving at the western summit. Denis Ouroubko sets a time of 3 hours 55 minutes and 58 seconds on this course. On the route starting from the Garabachi huts, Svetlana Sharipova is the best female with a time of 3 hours 21 minutes and 29 seconds.

It is possible to go around Mount Elbrus. The easiest route takes between eight and ten days of hiking, with the crossing of several glaciers and the crossing of many passes. It starts from the village of Baksan in the Kirtyk valley, then passes through the Kirtykaouch pass (3,242 m), descends to the Malka river where it is possible to discover the Sultan Falls from a height of forty metres near the sources. the Jilasu, then connects Khourzouk after the Bourountach pass (3,072 m), and finally crosses the Oullou-Kam river, the Khoti Outaou pass (3,456 m), the Azaou glacier to descend to Terskol and finally return to the point of departure.

In September 2012, an emergency shelter is installed on the "saddle" of Elbrus, between the eastern summit and the western summit, station EG 5300. It was then the highest mountain refuge in Europe. However, the shelter was destroyed by winds in December of the same year. In 2013, a new, more modest emergency shelter, capable of accommodating four to six people, was built 300 metres from the EG 5300 station, by the Russian Mountaineering Federation.

Elbrus Race

The first race on Elbrus took place in 1990, with Soviet and American climbers competing. The race was won by Anatoli Boukreev, with Kevin Cooney in second, followed by Patrick Healy. Route Priut 11 () – East (lower) was summited in 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Regular competitions began to take place in 2005, with a choice of two routes: the "classic" climb from "Barrels" at  to the western summit () and a long climb, from the Azau Meadow at  to the same summit. In 2006, Denis Urubko won the long ascent in 3 hours, 55 minutes, 59 seconds.

On 24 September 2010, under the Artur Hajzer program "Polish Winter Himalayism 2010–2015", the Polish Mountaineering Association sent a 13-person team for training purposes. Andrzej Bargiel set a new long course record of 3 hours, 23 minutes, 37 seconds.

The record time for the full race, ascent and descent, of the long route is 4:20:45, set on 7 May 2017 by the Swiss-Ecuadorian mountain guide Karl Egloff. Egloff broke the previous record set in September 2014 by Vitaliy Shkel by more than 18 minutes. He reached the summit in 3:24:14, missing Bergiel's record ascent-only time by 37 seconds; the race organisation and the International Skyrunning Federation nevertheless consider Egloff's ascent a record as well.

The fastest times by a woman on the long route were set by Diana Zelenova (4:30:12 for the ascent in 2017) and Oksana Stefanishina (6:25:23 for the full race in 2015).

See also
 List of highest points of Russian federal subjects
 List of elevation extremes by country
 List of volcanoes in Russia
 Seven Summits
 Volcanic Seven Summits

References

Further reading

External links

 Computer generated summit panoramas North South. There are a few discontinuities due to incomplete data.
 NASA Earth Observatory pages on Mount Elbrus: Mt. Elbrus (July 2003), Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus Range (November 2002)

Mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria
Inactive volcanoes
Stratovolcanoes of the Caucasus
Seven Summits
Volcanic Seven Summits
Extreme points of Earth
Stratovolcanoes of Russia
Mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia
Volcanoes of Russia
Five-thousanders of the Caucasus
Highest points of countries
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South Korean shocker Bedeviled is a tale of two very different women, both from the same idyllic island. Seoul banker Hae-won escaped her beautiful but isolated birthplace to escape to the big city, leaving her childhood friend Bok-nam behind.
Forced to take a vacation, Hae-won finally heads back and realises that she has left Bok-nam to a torturous life of servitude – a plaything for the men and a work horse for the women. She is now desperate to escape and lives life with her friend whom she idolises.
Although Bok-nam pleads, Hae-won is hard and indifferent, ignoring her friend's plight and not wanting to get involved in the complicated situation or help her out of it. But when Bok-nam loses the only important thing in her life she snaps, leading her down the path of revenge and retribution against everyone who ever did her wrong – including her old friend Hae-won.
Bedeviled is a disturbing and upsetting film where the bright colors and lush setting offset the desolate story and violent world the characters inhabit. First time director Jang Cheol-so does an excellent job, shooting simply and letting the performances and the emotions shine through and guide the story.
The pacing is slow, giving true time to develop the characters and detail Bok-nam's depressing destitute life on the island. Ignored and maltreated by all the other players, she is an inactive voyeur, unable to intervene. It is often hard to watch.
All of this build-up more than pays off however in the explosive and bloody third act, which is a perfect portrayal of a person pushed to the path of murderous vengeance.
The two female leads are both brilliant, playing diametric opposites. Ji Sung-won plays Hae-won as a detached urbanite, resolutely refusing to remove the rose tinted glasses she views her home through, even when faced with the abuse her best friend is living with.
As Bok-nam Yeong-hie Seo seamlessly takes the character from an annoying yokel, whose gushy sycophant behavior around her big city friend is creepy at best, to a touching and heart breaking portrayal of a violated victim who loses the only thing in the world which means anything to her.
A poignant powerful picture about abuse and betrayal, Bedeviled explores how far someone can be pushed and mistreated until they finally snap, and the horrific consequences that follow that breakdown.
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Q: Calling listview notifydatasetchanged() in Realmchangelistener is good to do? We are using RealChangeListener to listen data changes and updating listview by calling notifydatasetgchanged().
Initial sync time we do get many records from server(per batch 100 records), loop thru results updating Realm like below in background thread.
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In activity, we are registered realmResults change listener like below code
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*If above practice is not good to do,
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The staffers found out first. Upon clocking into work the morning of April 1, 1919, they were soon handed an unexpected assignment: strip away the temporary ice sheet from the arena in downtown Seattle, and instead begin laying the foundation for a roller rink. Why the sudden change? A few hours later, at 2:30 p.m., an official announcement came down from management. The sixth and decisive game of the Stanley Cup Final had been canceled on account of influenza.
Across the street at the Georgina Hotel, the block of rooms reserved for the visiting Montreal Canadiens had morphed into a sickbay. There, five Habs players and manager George Kennedy stayed bedridden, temperatures ranging between 101 and 105 degrees Fahrenheit, according to The Toronto World. It was reported that all but four Canadiens had fallen ill, which left the NHL champions far short of a full roster to face the host Seattle Metropolitans, representatives of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, for the ultimate title.
By no means would this mark the last time that a viral outbreak infiltrated the NHL's sweaty, germy ranks. At least 23 players league-wide—plus one linesman and one referee—came down with the mumps in late 2014. Earlier this week, the same contagious illness befell Vancouver defenseman Troy Stecher, Minnesota forwards Zach Parise and Jason Pominville, and Wild assistant coach Scott Stevens.
But, as the league continues celebrating its centennial anniversary, the disease that disrupted its third season remains the only cause for an outright cancelation of the championship. It's why the official ledger lists Montreal and Seattle with two wins apiece, plus a tie in Game 4. And why both team names were eventually engraved on the Stanley Cup above the words "SERIES NOT COMPLETED." And why, on an even more crushing level, the NHL lost one of its most tenured and decorated veterans, a 37-year-old defenseman for the Canadiens named Joe Hall.
He was an Englishman by birth but immigrated to Canada when he was young, first settling in the Manitoban city of Brandon. Even though Hall took up hockey full-time at 19 years old, he never forgot his humble roots. During the offseason, according to the World, he often returned home to toil on the railroad gangs, eventually saving enough to buy a home for his wife, two sons and one daughter. "In comfortable circumstances," the newspaper noted.
From 1900-1902 Hall skated with Brandon's intermediate team before joining the senior Winnipeg Rowing Club, with whom he faced defending champion Ottawa HC for the 1904 Stanley Cup, back when the chalice was up for grabs via interleague challenge. From there he bounced around, suiting up for squads in Brandon (again), Winnipeg (again), Houghton, Mich., Montreal, Quebec, and Edmonton. Finally, when the National Hockey Association shuttered its doors and the fledging National Hockey League formally opened for business in 1917, Hall found a home with the Canadiens. It would, unfortunately, be his last.
For two regular seasons in Montreal, Hall led the league in penalty minutes, first posting 100 in 1917-18 and then an absurd 135 over 16 games in 1918-19. "Long and checkered," the World would call his career. Still, it was widely acknowledged that no other player had appeared in more Stanley Cup games than Hall, who eventually won three times with Kenora (1907) and Quebec (1912 and 1913). The cruel, ironic twist? On some level, by virtue of his style and endurance, Hall might've become more susceptible to the virus that claimed his life.
The day before Game 6, on March 31, the flu's potentially fatal effects were treated like afterthoughts. Betting lines pegged the Mets as slight 5-to-4 favorites at home, according to the Gazette. Local talk, meanwhile, focused on the rules under which the game would be governed. Since Montreal and Seattle hailed from different leagues, they had been alternating between the Pacific League's seven-on-seven format (Games 1, 3 and 4) and the NHL's six-on-six (Games 3-5). With the Cup at stake, the home team's style would again be employed, to its presumed benefit.
Better safe than sorry, of course, and so it was that the April 2 headlines declared, "World's Hockey Series Cancelled." This went over far better than one assumes it might in, say, the Twitter age. Kennedy, the Montreal head coach, suggested borrowing several players from a local club in Victoria, B.C., and continuing the game that way, but was overruled. (This likely would've been a terrible idea; it was believed that the Canadiens had contracted the disease in that very city.) Proceeds were evenly divided between the two clubs, instead of the initially planned 60-40 split. And since Toronto had beaten Vancouver for the 1918 title, the Stanley Cup was ruled to remain back east, under the NHL's claim; sportsmanly enough, Mets manager Pete Muldoon passed on the opportunity to protest the split decision on his team's behalf.
Two days later, the truly tragic news landed. "Veteran Joe Hall Called By Death," read the Gazette's headline. And then the subhed: "Noted Hockey Player a Victim of Pneumonia Following Attack of Influenza." Along with winger Jack McDonald, Hall had been checked into a local Seattle hospital after the cancelation of Game 6. But while McDonald—plus Kennedy and the other Canadiens—recovered, Hall died on April 5 at 3 p.m., at the Columbus Sanitarium. His body was scheduled to return to his family in Brandon. And in 1961, the year the Hockey Hall of Fame opened its museum doors in Toronto, Hall was posthumously—and appropriately—inducted.


Richard Cutting-Miller will help the organization's ambitious tourism, development and sustainability goals for 2017, based on Resonance's deep research and expertise in the Caribbean.
Resonance has worked in the Caribbean region for many years, and it's so rewarding and humbling to be invited to help shape the future of this rapidly growing tourism market.
Richard Cutting-Miller went to Barbados to share Resonance Consultancy's 2016 Caribbean Tourism Quality Index and returned with a high-profile board of directors post.
The Executive Vice President of Resonance, a global travel and tourism, strategy, research and design consultancy, was elected to the coveted and influential position of a member of the Caribbean Tourism Organization board of directors – the highest executive body of the 30-country-and-territory organization, with the objective to provide to and through its members the services and information necessary for the development of sustainable tourism for the economic and social benefit of the Caribbean people.
"Resonance has worked in the Caribbean region for many years, and it's so rewarding and humbling to be invited to help shape the future of this rapidly growing tourism market," Cutting-Miller says of his appointment.
The board elections were held as part of Caribbean Tourism Organization's State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) last week, where Cutting-Miller shared the 2016 Caribbean Tourism Quality Index for the second year in a row, an exclusive measurement and ranking of the competitive performance of 28 Caribbean destinations from a tourism development perspective.
The index quantifies the supply-side strengths, weaknesses and competitiveness of each destination in 17 different tourism asset categories.
Richard Cutting-Miller is a senior Travel & Tourism industry executive with more than 25 years of international experience, focused on Travel & Tourism strategy, policy and planning, economic and travel trends research, policy analysis, lobbying and advocacy. He is author of several tourism economics, travel trends and policy reports for the Caribbean region and a number of individual Caribbean destinations on behalf of the World Travel & Tourism Council, CTO, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association and individual Ministers / Directors of Tourism.


Missing teeth can affect you on many levels. The inability to chew can take its toll from a nutritional and social perspective, whereas missing teeth can also compromise the health of your remaining teeth by loosening them up over time. A healthy smile is a sign of a strong body and it's never too late to replace your missing teeth.
Luckily, dental implants offered by many dental practices including Blue Sky in Belfast, are an effective replacement option for missing teeth. Unlike other tooth replacement options, these metallic posts are surgically placed into the jawbone and actually become a part of its structure. This way, dental implants are not just a cosmetic dental solution, they also offer several important health advantages.
Unlike conventional dentures, dental implants are fixed permanently into the jawbone. Therefore, taking care of dental implants only requires brushing and flossing, just like you would with the rest of your teeth. Dentures, on the other hand, are trickier to clean thoroughly since they require a multi-step cleaning process that many patients are not always keen to follow.
If left uncleaned or not properly cleaned, dentures harbour bacteria that can harm your dental health.
Missing teeth sometimes lead to nutritional deficiencies because you may not be able to eat certain foods with one or more missing teeth. For denture wearers, healthy foods like nuts and raw fruit and vegetables are often out of reach since they are difficult to chew.
As an alternative, patients with multiple missing teeth end up eating soft, processed and sometimes less healthy foods. These foods can be poor in nutrients and can cause additional health problems in the long run including tooth decay and diabetes.
Dental implants are as strong as natural teeth, allowing you to enjoy a healthy and balanced diet, full of nutrients.
The most important benefit of dental implants compared to other tooth replacement options, is their ability to protect the natural jawbone and prevent its deterioration. Dental implants fuse with the jawbone and encourage the growth of new bone, which helps keep them stable and healthy.


Way back in 1994 the Doom-style Alien Trilogy was slated to come out across just about all platforms.
It came out on the Playstation, PC and Sega Saturn back in 1995 but proposed 32X and Sega CD versions never materalised. It's not known if the game would have been a 32X cart game, a stripped down Sega CD game, both or a 32X CD game.
The game uses a similar if not the same engine as Doom, which did come out on the 32X so it's likely the machine could have handled the game on a processing power level, if not on a memory level. But appalling sales of the 32X likely encouraged little demand for sustained support for the hardware from software developers.
Despite our best efforts we've been unable to verify whether the game was ever even planned let alone worked upon. This is after speaking to numerous people who worked on the game on other systems or for the same system around the time.
It started when we emailed David Leitch, who was recently interviewed by Retro Gamer magazine for a retrospective on his work. We emailed concerning his work on the 32X around the time of Alien Trilogy's development. Sadly he didn't know anything about it so the search continued, via Greg Michael, who did the PS One version, Keith Burkhill, who did the Saturn version, Rob Hylands, who worked on the Saturn at the time and ultimately Peter Jones, who produced the lot.
Everyone answered except Peter and everyone was extremely helpful in providing any memories they had of the era and any names they thought might help us in our search.
Yet sadly this is where the trail goes dead. We contacted Peter through his current company Zattikka but sadly didn't receive a reply. Obviously we don't want to pester the poor guy, who no doubt has better things to do with his time than answer random questions from some online nerds, so the trail has gone dead.
Allegedly early development of the game is 'well documented' but our own email trail would suggest that it wasn't even know among people working on the game for other systems. In fact, it seems the only evidence of the game we have to go on is the December 1994 issue of Game Player's magazine, where the game was listed as 'fairly definite for US release', which was obviously something of an exaggeration. There are some online screenshots of the game and a projected cover, but it's difficult to ascertain how much they are home-made mock-ups or shots from other ports.
An educated guess would suggest that any planned version of Alien Trilogy didn't get very far. The fact that the people associated with the other version have never heard of it implies it may have been mooted but never worked on properly.
My own instinct is that a 32X Sega CD version was mentioned, perhaps discussed by the producers but quickly upgraded to the Saturn once it was obvious that there was no future for the Megadrive add-ons.
The case remains tantalisingly open despite the high likelihood that the game never got past the discussion phase. If you know anything further about this game please get in touch!
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Regarding Capcom bringing AVP to the Sega 32X ..
next year at the earliest. Thanks for the interest.
Then after the 1995 E3 Press release by Capcom USA didn't feature the 32X at all..he was asked just what Capcom had planned for the 32X and why it hadn't been included on the list of formats Capcom were supporting.
He replied that as of that point in time, Capcom had NO FIRM PLANS for 32X they just remained a licensed developer.
There were claims circulating in UK Sega Press that Flying Edge were considering bringing MD Alien 3 to to Sega Mega CD if the add on sold well enough.
Could of been utter b.s..
No talk of any enhancements. .
But thought i would mention it.
Arcade Magazine never seemed that impressed by Alien Trilogy..awarding the PS1 version a mere ** out of 5 saying it suffered from general monotomy and Aliens that looked like theyt might fall apart at any minuite.
These are from my own personal magazine collection and i paid to have them scanned.
I have only given permission to:Unseen64/GTW/Scott stilphen/AVP Galaxly and Atarimania to use them.


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This is the third is a series of articles based on an event held on Aug. 21 by the National Press Club, convening a panel consisting of Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian, Stanford economics professor John Taylor and Pew Charitable Trusts' Sheila Bair, to consider the state of the economy and of the banking system.
This final article will focus on a colloquy between the moderator, Jennifer Schonberger, of The Wall Street Report, and Bair, in which Schonberger walked the former FDIC chairman through a look at the condition of the banking system five years after the 2008 episode of the financial crisis.
Schonberger put to Bair the simple question, "What is the state of the banking system now?"
Bair responded, "I think it's certainly safer than it was in the lead-up to the financial crisis, but it's not as safe as it should be, and so many of the rules that we really need to have for a more stable financial system have really not been finalized yet. We have got more capital into the banks, primarily through the stress-testing process, which is a discretionary process; it's not a rules-based process. So I worry about the sustainability of that over time.
There've been good rules proposed that significantly raise the amount of capital that large financial institutions need to use to fund their risk taking, but these rules have not been finalized yet; they just went out for 60-day comment. So this is still very much a work in progress."
After some more discussion of the pending rules, she admitted, "Those are just getting started, frankly."
This and other presentations by Bair contain a heavy dose of what, for me, is little more than "banka propaganda." In the days following the savings and loan (S&L) episode in the 1970s and 1980s of the ongoing financial crisis, the bank lobby propagated the refrain that the banking system would not be vulnerable to such an event, because banks were "better capitalized, better managed and better regulated" than the S&Ls were.
Upon reflection, the message can be seen as little more than public relations rhetoric. As the S&L crisis unfolded, even as early as 1981, I predicted that whereas the failure of the S&L industry did not take down the U.S. and global financial systems, at least not then, the prevalence of similar, dangerous practices by the banking industry had the potential to do this.
Even Bair seems to recognize this, as her discourse vacillates between assurances that the banks are in better shape than before 2008 and worries that the current circumstance is "unsustainable" and the banks are bent on restoring a system of returning to highly leveraged housing finance.
Banks are highly exposed to a mismatch between overnight funding and longer-term loans and other investments designed to play the yield curve spread between free money conferred on them by manic authorities Treasurys that entail no credit risk but considerable interest-rate risk if rates should rise quickly, as suggested in the previous article.
The panelists, led by El-Erian, expressed concern that the financialization of what used to be the financial services industry has displaced banks from their role in support of the real economy. In Martin Mayer's classic "The Bankers," published nearly 40 years ago in 1975, the author observed that the role of banks had changed as the significance of the agricultural economy had diminished, as banks moved toward funding themselves through the capital markets rather than deposits and as corporate borrowers gained access to the capital markets, frequently at better rates than the banks themselves could borrow.
Eugene Ludwig, the former Comptroller of the Currency who has played the role of "former" to the max and has assembled many other formers to support the banking industry, has testified to the Senate Banking Committee that banks perform the "miracle" of "asset transformation," which turns short-term, even overnight, funding into long-term assets such as residential and commercial real estate.
Perhaps the leaders of the debate over how to extricate the economy from quantitative easing and bailouts of zombie banks need to consider the possibility that the evolution of markets has long since written fine into the useful life of the banking model, and this fact will become manifest if interest rates continue to rise and undermine the values of assets that captive regulators do not require banks to mark to market.
What is most disturbing and challenging for me is the discontinuity between the real state of the banking model and the aggressive campaign by the banking lobby against the implementation of rules that are necessary for the ongoing financial crisis to be contained to any meaningful degree.
Bair is right to chide the bankers for saying that they support completion of the regulatory agenda, but the industry only supports regulations that it likes.
If Bair is wrong in her contention that the banking system is safer than it was in the run-up to the 2008 episode, and if the claimed augmentations of capital, admittedly to be implemented over an extended period while bankers crow that they can meet the requirements by rejiggering their risks among their myriad subsidiaries and other affiliates, a much stronger regulator response is required.
An effective regulatory program would need to be built around principles of transparency, independence and accountability that are almost totally lacking under the current, failed system of captured regulation.
In conclusion, here is another idiosyncratic idea for readers to consider, a troubling one indeed. A column in USA Today by criminologist James Allen Fox of Northwestern University appearing suggests that the underlying cause of the recent horrifying murder of the Australian student Christopher Lane may lie in "group dynamics," where "the inspiration for violence is more about concern for peer approval than a lack of concern for defenseless prey."
Perhaps this phenomenon has taken root in the financial community to the extent that bankers will continue to pursue antisocial activities in order to validate a predatory group ethos.
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Martin Terrier has been officially announced as the new signing for Lyon following the completion of his move from fellow Ligue 1 club Lille on a four-year-deal, with the fee worth up to €15m.
Terrier had been spending the first six months of the season out on loan at Strasbourg, where he scored three times out of 16 appearances, with most of them coming as a starter. The French U21 international has been known to mix up his style of play, swapping between the main striker and left winger at times this season, with the majority of his goals coming from down the middle.
But Strasbourg won't be missing out on their man, with Lyon allowing Terrier to see out the rest of his loan move before joining up with OL in July.
"I discovered Martin Terrier last season with Lille and I continued to follow him with Strasbourg this season but with the hope that he would be particularly successful," said Florian Maurice.


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Oregon State Dominates LSU, Sends Tigers To Losers Bracket
Lane Johnson
The LSU Tigers baseball team knew that they would have a tough task going up against #3 national seed Oregon State in the winner's bracket of the Corvallis Regional. The Tigers won the game against San Diego State to get into the winner's bracket. The Tigers lost control of the game early and fell to the Beavers 14-1.
The Beavers were determined to exact some revenge on the Tigers who eliminated them from the College World Series last season and needless to say there wasn't any doubt in this game for Oregon State. The Beavers who were the designated visiting team for the game started off the scoring early in the top of the first inning. The Beavers would get the first two runs off of a 2-RBI double off of Zach Hess.
The Tigers had a chance to get back in the game in the bottom of the 1st. They had the bases loaded with no outs but they ran in to a double play and then they popped up to end the inning and that's the closest that they would get the entire game.
The Beavers would add 3 runs in the 3rd inning off of an RBI single and 2 straight RBI bases loaded walks. The game would get away from the Tigers in the top of the 4th when the Beavers would score 3 more runs off of Hess before being replaced by Caleb Gilbert.
The Beavers would score 2 more off of Gilbert before the inning would come to an end. Hess pitched 3 1/3 innings while allowing 8 hits, 8 earned runs, 4 walks and he finished his pitching performance with 6 strikeouts.
Luke Heimlich, the Beavers starter would keep the Tigers scoreless until the bottom of the 4th when Jake Slaughter hit a solo home run to put the Tigers on the board. The Beavers would continue to tack on the runs in the top of the 6th on a 2-RBI triple to go up 12-1.
The Beavers would continue to pour it on in the 7th inning as they scored 2 runs, one on a solo home run and another on an RBI groundout to go up 14-1 as the Tigers fell to the loser's bracket. The Tigers will face off against Northwestern State tomorrow afternoon to try and advance to the regional final.
Source: Oregon State Dominates LSU, Sends Tigers To Losers Bracket
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It was a good question about the importance of being indie. Although Lee was so foundational in independent film's ascent in the 90s, this is only his second feature to play at the renown fest. The first was "Passing Strange," a documentary about the final three performances of the Broadway play of the same name.


United received a boost this morning with confirmation that striker David Kitson will be available to play at York this Saturday.
Kitson, who has scored two last-minute goals in his last two league matches for United, was booked on Saturday against Dagenham & Redbridge, and many thought that, under the totting-up procedure, that would mean a two-match ban.
However, the FA have confirmed today that the two yellow cards Kitson received when he was dismissed against Exeter on 22nd October do not count because he has already served his punishment for those offences. Therefore Kitson remains one booking away from a two-game suspension.
He will be available as United head for Bootham Crescent on Saturday. For full ticket and travel details for Saturday click HERE.


In 2008 BMW M3 was released in 3 different versions, 1 of which are in a body "Sedan" and 1 in the body "Convertible".
At the time, according to the manufacturer's recommendations, the cheapest modification 2008 BMW M3 4dr Sedan (4.0L 8cyl 6M) with a Manual gearbox should do its future owner of $53800.On the other side - the most expensive modification - 2008 BMW M3 2dr Convertible (4.0L 8cyl 6M) with an Manual transmission and MSRP $64950 manufacturer.
The largest displacement, designed for models BMW M3 in 2008 - 4.0 liters.
Did you know that: The most expensive modification of the BMW M3, according to the manufacturer's recommendations - 2dr Convertible (4.0L 8cyl 6M) - $64950.
For models of the BMW M3 in 2008 were used the following colors in the color of body: Alpine White, Interlagos Blue Metallic, Jerez Black Metallic, Jet Black, Melbourne Red Metallic, Silverstone Metallic, Space Gray Metallic, Sparkling Graphite Metallic.
Most of all modifications BMW M3 2008 weighs 2dr Convertible (4.0L 8cyl 6M) - 4145 Lbs.


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