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Square Enix Announces Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Subject: General Tech | April 10, 2015 - 07:00 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: tressfx, square enix, eidos montreal, dx12, DirectX 12, deus ex: mankind divided, deus ex
Deus Ex: Human Revolution came out in 2011 as a prequel to Ion Storm's Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War. Human Revolution was made after Warren Spector left the company and Eidos closed down the Austin, Texas developer, leaving the franchise to Eidos Montreal. By the time of Human Revolution's release, Eidos was already purchased by the Japanese publisher, Square Enix. Deus Ex was set in 2052 and Invisible War was set in 2072. Human Revolution, being a prequel as mentioned earlier, rewound the clock to 2027 and introduced a new main character, Adam Jensen. It explored the rise of machine-human augmentations that formed much of the lore in the original titles.
Timeline and theme established, Square Enix has just announced Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the sequel to the prequel with a great looking (albeit a little bloody) trailer. It is set in 2029, which is just two years after events of Human Revolution. It will be coming to the PC, as well as the two most-next-gen consoles. As expected, Adam Jensen returns as the main character. Now that Square Enix and its subsidiary, Eidos, spent so much to build him up as a brand, it makes sense that they would continue with the consumer recognition. Makes sense from a business perspective, although it probably means the franchise will meander less through time. I will leave that up to the reader to decide whether that's good or bad.
AMD Gaming has also tweeted out that Mankind Divided, or its PC version at the very least, will utilize both DirectX 12 and TressFX. I am curious whether TressFX has been updated to take advantage of the new API, given how important GPU compute is to the new graphics standards. No release date has been set.
(Oldish News) Kingdom Hearts 3 on Unreal Engine 4
Subject: General Tech | October 26, 2014 - 11:15 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: square enix, kingdom hearts 3, unreal engine 4, ue4
I did not report on this the first time because it did not seem like a credible rumor. As it turns out, they were citing an interview with the game's director from Famitsu, the Japanese video game magazine. Basically, while Square likes to make their own engine to use with their RPG projects, their Luminous Engine did not satisfy their needs so they decided to shift production to Unreal Engine 4. While it is still not scheduled to come to the PC, we know that the engine feels at home on our platform.
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It seems pretty clear that Kingdom Hearts was not moved to Unreal Engine 4 for PC support. That would just be silly. More likely, their internal engine might have needed a little extra development work and, especially with the vastly different art styles of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, they moved the two release dates further apart. Maybe they will even release Kingdom Hearts 3 earlier than intended?
But, if it does come to the PC, it seems somewhat more likely that it will function better than Final Fantasy XIII does. That title was locked to 720p with a few odd quirks, like Esc being the equivalent of "/qq" despite even Alt+F4 giving a warning prompt, and that it seems to require a keyboard to close (I could not find a way to close the game with the gamepad or mouse alone). That said, while a tangent-to-a-tangent, I did like the option to have the original, Japanese dub. Yet again, I digress.
This was not the first time that Square has developed an RPG on Unreal Engine. The Last Remnant, for the Xbox 360 and PC, was developed on Unreal Engine 3. Kingdom Hearts 3 does not have a release date, but it might be sooner than we expect (and probably much earlier than Final Fantasy XV).
Sleeping Dogs Developer's Triad Wars Is PC Exclusive
Subject: General Tech | September 22, 2014 - 11:43 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: united front, triad wars, square enix, sleeping dogs
Triad Wars, set in the Sleeping Dogs universe, takes the setting into an online "open-world" game that is exclusively for the PC. United Front, the developer of both Sleeping Dogs and this title, is said to be partnering with Nexon to make it a free-to-play game, at least last we heard. Suddenly, PC-exclusivity makes a lot of sense. The game is currently in closed beta, which they are accepting applications for, but it is set to launch in 2015.
The most weird part, to me at least, is that Square Enix is still involved with the title and Nexon is mentioned nowhere (outside of the aforementioned statement by United Front's CEO's from last June). United Front is definitely the developer, okay, but how are the other two companies involved, specifically? Did Nexon get pushed out? How is Square involved, other than hosting the accounts? No clue. Perhaps this will be answered in tomorrow's Reddit AMA. We'll see.
Triad Wars is expected to be Free-to-Play and officially launch in 2015.
Square Enix Interested in Final Fantasy PC
Subject: General Tech | February 20, 2014 - 02:40 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: square enix, pc gaming, final fantasy
Update: Fixed a couple of points as per the comments.
Final Fantasy might be returning to the PC as its publisher, Square Enix, grows more interested in the platform. Final Fantasy VII and VIII were both available on the PC within a few months of their original PlayStation releases. Since then, Final Fantasy was basically non-existent on the platform, beyond the two MMO releases (XI and XIV).
Within the last year, both titles were re-released on Steam to decent sales. Yoshinori Kitase, producer for the franchise, told Eurogamer that this popularity has grabbed their attention. He acknowledged that the developer does not have a lot of experience with creating a good PC experience, but they could be very interested in the future.
It's an early stage for us. We haven't got an awful lot of experience in this field. So when we have more know-how and experience in this market we would be very interested.
Kitase also noted that, by ignoring the PC platform, their games are completely off the table in several markets. He did not mention any markets by name, but China only recently reopened its borders to Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo after banning them in 2000. In Brazil, a PS4 launched at a little over 3x the US price, after converting into USD, because of tax and other distribution issues.
Also, while not mentioned in the article, Square Enix has been very active in porting their back-catalog to mobile platforms. This seems to be a time of re-evaluation for the company. While they have had recent troubles with projecting sales figures, mostly with Eidos releases, they have at least dodged Games for Windows Live in favor of Steam.
Also, ending with a pun, Final Fantasy VII supports Cloud Saves. Hehehe.
Eidos Montreal Founder Resigns, Claims Square Enix Exhibits Lack of Leadership and Courage
Subject: General Tech | July 24, 2013 - 04:51 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: thief, square enix, gaming, eidos montreal
Stephane D'Astous, the founder and general manager of Eidos Montreal, has officially resigned from the company. D'Astous had some harsh comments for his now-former employer following his resignation.
Eidos Montreal is, of course, a company acquired in 2009 by Square Enix. Eidos Montreal is a game development company known for Deus Ex: Human Revolution (my PC Per Game of the Year), Tomb Raider, and the upcoming Thief title. Founder D'Astous felt confident in his team's ability to make good games, but felt that Square Enix displayed a lack of courage and leadership that caused Square Enix's sales of those games to falter. The Eidos Montreal founder further indicated that there are communications issues between Square Enix and Eidos Montreal, and that Eidos Montreal has not been integrated well into owner Square Enix. He had a different idea of what should be done to return the company to profitability and the differences between D'Astous and Square Enix's plans were too dissimilar.
Eidos Montreal will continue development of Thief.
Specifically, Stephane D'Astous was quoted by Eurogamer in saying:
"The lack of leadership, lack of courage and the lack of communication were so evident, that I wasn't able to conduct my job correctly. I realized that our differences were irreconcilable, and that the best decision was unfortunately to part ways."
Eidos Montreal will continue to develop Thief, Final Fantasy XV, and other games under new leadership. D'Astous did express regret for not being able to be a part of Thief, but beyond the games it is apparent that D'Astous is not happy with Square Enix's management of Eidos Montreal.
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Muna Abdirazak, aged 21 months, suffered severe head injuries when she plunged from the third floor of the building in Bristol.
Avon Coroner's Court heard Muna climbed out of bed in the early hours of the morning on July 15, 2013 and pushed open the kitchen door. She is believed to have clambered on to a wooden chair and then on to the kitchen table - before toppling out of the open window next to it.
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Johannesburg — South Africa's Johannesburg is chatty and concise. According to a new study, the city's metro area averages one geo-tagged tweet every 13 seconds, leading the African continent in Twitter usage. Using 140 characters or less, users in the metro area posted 608,387 geo-tagged tweets over a three-month span, the study found.
It's not a huge surprise that Johannesburg sends out tweets more frequently than any other city in Africa.
That's what the "How Africa Tweets" survey from Portland Communications found after looking at Twitter statistics from October to December in 2013.
Johannesburg, an economic leader in Africa and South Africa has the highest smartphone penetration of any nation on the continent.
Allan Kamau, who heads the Nairobi office for Portland Communications, says, "Also, Egypt featured highly - Cairo, Alexandria, other top cities in terms of active tweeting. Moving to East Africa, Nairobi is the most active, not surprising. It's sixth most active on the continent."
The study was conducted by sorting through all geo-tagged Twitter posts. That means that a user allows their device to show their location, or puts a location information into their tweet. So these numbers don't necessarily reflect the total amount of tweets out of each city. But Kamau says they do give a reliable estimate for the amount of Twitter usage.
"It should be a broad indicator of the trends within the Twitter sphere," Kamau said. "It's representative enough for it to be a broad indicator of Twitter activity, trends in terms of how people are using it."
The company has done the survey twice now, and Kamau said the largest change he's seen is in how Twitter is being used.
"In terms of topics, one of the shifts that we've seen is when we look at our survey in 2012 was that it was very much social conversations online," he said. "We're seeing much more corporate. Many more companies having a presence online, so brands having a greater share of voice, being more active, engaging consumers directly."
He said consumers are also using Twitter to air out issues with bad products or services, not only with companies but government as well.
"It's a much more public place, and also it's a direct and public channel to complain. And people organize very well on social media," said Kamau.
Kamau says companies, governments and organizations - and even sports teams - see great potential in marketplace engagement.
According to Kamau, the top topic of Twitter across the continent is football. "Africans love football, are very passionate about their football teams, and Twitter provides a platform again for fans to get behind their teams.The most mentioned football team was Johannesburg's Orlando Pirates. It's just a fantastic platform for that kind of thing," he said.
Mickey Modisane, public relations director for the Orlando Pirates, agrees. The team's Twitter handle has 145,000 followers and is used frequently.
"Sometimes we tweet out about 15 to 20 times in a day with regards to, it could be about players availability, ticket sales, PR activities, PR campaigns," said Mondisane.
He's happy that his team is one of the most talked about teams on Twitter. "For us, we're quite excited," he says. "It simply means it's something good that we're doing as far as social networking is concerned and as far as Twitter is concerned. Because we definitely engage our fans."
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Celebrating Romantic Love
Tu B'Av carries an important lesson for modern relationships.
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Though Tu B'Av is a holiday mentioned in the Talmud, the observance of this holiday has only recently been revived–most notably in Israel–where it is celebrated as the Jewish equivalent of Valentine's Day, with dancing, the giving of red roses, and dedicating love songs on the radio. Because of this renewed popularity, Tu B'Av is included in the modern holiday section of this website. Reprinted with permission of the authors from Jewish Family and Life: Traditions, Holidays, and Values for Today's Parents and Children, published by Golden Books.
The walls of Jerusalem have historically been a source of inspiration for romance and love. Thousands of years before anyone heard of Saint Valentine or Sadie Hawkins, the Jewish people created a Jerusalem-centered love festival for couples. This custom is quite in keeping with the sensuous poetry of the Song of Songs, canonized in the Hebrew Scriptures.
In the glow of a full summer moon, young women, robed in white, would dance in the fields outside the walls of Jerusalem. The men would follow in hopes of finding a bride. This ancient Jewish love festival is called Tu B'Av because it was celebrated on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av (the Hebrew letters for "Tu" equal the number 15). Coming one week after Tisha B'Av, the saddest day of the Jewish year, Tu B'Av is celebrated outside of the walls of the city, away from the Temple Mount, the site of the destruction.
Whereas Tisha B'Av is the day when [tradition says] God declared that the Jews would wander 40 years in the desert (until the generation that knew slavery died out), Tu B'Av is the day when, 40 years later, the remaining 15,000 Israelites of the desert generation were told they would be able to enter the Promised Land. God was able to forgive the Jewish people on this day, even for the sin of having built and worshiped a Golden Calf.
In the Talmud (Ta'anit 4:8) we read that Rabbi Simeon ben Gamliel said there never were in Israel greater days of joy than the 15th of Av and the Day of Atonement. On these days the daughters of Jerusalem used to walk out in white garments that they borrowed in order not to put to shame anyone who had none. The daughters of Jerusalem danced in the vineyards exclaiming, "Young man, lift up your eyes and see what you choose for yourself. Do not set your eyes on beauty but set them on good family. Grace is deceitful and beauty is vain. But a woman that fears God, she will be praised."
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Penn State backup quarterback Steven Bench plans to transfer, a move that at least temporarily lessens the field for the starting job this fall. Nittany Lions coach Bill O'Brien said Wednesday that Bench was granted a release to leave the program. He will finish the spring semester at Penn State. Bench's departure likely puts sophomore and junior college transfer Tyler Ferguson atop the depth chart for now. Bench and Ferguson split first-team reps in spring practice, which wrapped up last weekend. O'Brien had said that he wouldn't decide on a starter until August preseason camp, when prized freshman recruit Christian Hackenberg joins the competition. Bench didn't see much playing time as a freshman last season backing up record-setting senior Matt McGloin.
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ANNE RAPP DRIVES A SILVER 1993 CHEVROLET PICKUP with Texas plates and four brand-new Uniroyal Tiger Paw tires. I had been instructed to look for it last July as I drove into the Hollywood Hills, where she was staying with friends during her last few days as a resident of the state of California. On the heels of a triumphant debut as a screenwriter—for the critically acclaimed Robert Altman film Cookie's Fortune—Rapp was doing what any right-thinking native Texan would do: moving back to Texas. At exactly the moment when most screenwriters would settle into the comfortable life of earning $100,000 a week rewriting bad action films, she had accepted the position of visiting professor at the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. So as her second film with Altman (tentatively titled "Dr. T and the Women") begins production in Dallas this month, the 48-year-old Rapp will be dividing her time between the movie set and teaching a writing seminar and a screenwriting workshop.
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Rapp arrived right on time. Los Angeles is without a doubt the most car-conscious city in America, and her pickup attracted a few stares. She told me that valets always remember her, and I wondered whether it was because of her truck, her rich Texas accent, or some combination of the two. I asked if we could drive up into the hills and take a few snapshots of her under the Hollywood sign before we left town. She agreed. It was there, appropriately enough, that she started to tell me how she got into the movie business.
After getting a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Wayland Baptist College in Plainview, Rapp worked as a travel agent in Austin for a few years. It was not the career of her dreams. "One day I quit and I just drove to Dallas—I think I had two hundred dollars in my pocket," she said. "I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do with my life, but I just knew that it made no sense going to work and watching the clock all day waiting for happy hour."
In Dallas she got a job at Sundance Productions, a recording studio and video-production facility. She gradually began working as a freelance production assistant, and that ultimately led to a fifteen-year career as a script supervisor. During that period, she worked her way up from locally shot independent films to big-budget studio movies. In 1986 she moved from Dallas to Los Angeles.
What is it, exactly, that a script supervisor does? I asked. "Well, basically, it's continuity," she said. "You may be shooting something one day that has to be cut together with something that was shot two months previously in a different city or on a different location. If a guy comes out of a door, you have to make sure that his clothes are the same, his hair is the same, that he is carrying his bag in the same way, and so on. It's all the details that make the pieces of the puzzle fit together. So you take notes on all that stuff. You also take all the notes for the editor and notes on each take for the director. In the end your notes become the bible for the movie. Certain directors also let you in on the creative process a little bit; you learn what it takes to make a scene work. It's a pain in the ass, is what it is. Ain't nothing glamorous about that job. But I do have to say, you're in the catbird seat as far as seeing how films are made. I've seen what a good director can do with a really bad script, and I've seen good scripts just get ruined. So from watching all that, I know what works and what doesn't in a screenplay."
Rapp was the script supervisor on several films that were shot in Texas, including Tender Mercies and Places in the Heart. Places in the Heart began a three-film working relationship with its director, Robert Benton, that was rooted in the Texas soil. She had grown up on a cotton farm in the Panhandle town of Estelline (population: 300), the third of four children of a cotton farmer and a schoolteacher; Benton had written Places in the Heart about his family's experiences on their Waxahachie cotton farm during the Depression. On the film set the two found common ground after the director noticed Rapp's Estelline Co-op Gin cap. In the evening they often spoke of farm life and chopping cotton.
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BEIRUT: Air traffic will be suspended Tuesday for two hours due to a strike in protest of Parliament's delay in endorsing a salary increase for civil servants, the National News Agency reported.
Inbound and outbound flights from Rafik Hariri International Airport will be suspended for a period of two hours from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., the NNA said.
The airport will issue a statement later detailing the flights that will be affected by the strike.
Their strike action will coincide with a major protest by civil servants and teachers to pressure Parliament to pass the wage hike. Parliament is set to meet again Tuesday in an attempt to pass the wage hike but it is still unknown if lawmakers would attend the session after the last attempt failed due to a lack of quorum.
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Ex boyfriend broke up with me because didn't want to commit, now in a relationship? why?
My ex boyfriend and I had been in a relationship for 2 years. He broke up with me twice. First time was after a year and 2 months for only 1 week.... Show More
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I have to disagree with the whole "I don't want to be in a relationship right now" sentiment. If you meet a person you want to be with, most people don't let an opportunity like that pass.
Don't take something like this personal - it isn't you, it's the fact that whatever you guys had together is no longer enough for him to desire an romantic relationship any longer. Obviously, he still cares about you, and is willing to retain the friendship you guys shared.
It's not that he didn't want to commit - he just didn't want to commit to you.
It hurts to hear that, but it's the truth. I honestly don't think it's anything you did or didn't do - whatever you had just wasn't enough for him. It may have been enough for you ...
I'm sorry to have to say that. In time, I think you will realize the same, maybe take a breather from him just to regroup. But don't resent him for following his heart - our hearts don't always follow our heads.
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Here's the thing that people don't understand about the statement "I don't want to be in a relationship right now". There are a couple of real meanings to that. Meaning number 1. He wants to go out and have fun while he is still young with other people, other girls, with no regrets, no one to answer to, no expectations and no guilt. By the way, it's not F'ing around when you are single, that's living the single life. When women do stuff like this, it's always told to guys that if they really love her they should let her go, or that "she needs space" crap, or the famous "we can still be friends" garbage that many guys fall for. Reason number 2. It's not that he doesn't want to be in a relationship, it's that he doesn't want to be in a relationship with YOU. When 2 people want to be together, that's it. There's nothing in the way, no issues, no cut off, no compatibility problems until there are some things that are done or not done that puts the relationship in danger. He felt that he couldn't have the fun he wanted to have with you there at first, then he found someone that he was more fitting to be with, or the other girl is giving him what he wants. So in your relationship with him, there were things done by you (or not done by you) that made him decide that he wanted to end the relationship and move on to someone else.
Yeah I know, his just not that into me. Its been over a year since we broke up and we still keep in contact. I stopped all contact with him once I found out he was in a relationship, which was only a week into the relationship. Anyways I don't know why he didn't tell me at all the brunches he took me to. I just haven't gone out on the dating scene again, which I should. I just don't know where to start? I think I don't want to start yet because I'm not happy with my physical appearance.
Don't let anything hold you back as far as getting back out there. It always starts with yourself with wanting to have fun and stay positive. He wasn't going to tell you because he didn't want to lose you being there. There are guys that are always looking for women out there. It's up to you if you want to be found. Just give people a chance and forget about the past.
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I think he cheated on you. That whole wanting to sleep around with other people is bullsh*t. Especially if he got into a relationship right after you guys broke up. That just screams fishy to me. As to why he still wants to hang with you and stuff, I don't quite know. If he did cheat, maybe he feels guilty? Hope this helps. Good luck :)
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By Joel email@example.com The "big skate" in front of Buster's Fun Factory has been a notable landmark since the 1970s. "It's kind of like the Big Chicken of the Southside," said Buster Cato, owner of the once-popular skating rink. His comparison is to the 56-foot-tall chicken that sits on top of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Marietta and serves as an important directional landmark. At the end of the year, the skate will come down when Buster's Fun Factory on Roundtree Road and Highway 85 in Riverdale, shuts its doors permanently. "It's been on the market now for about five years, and nobody bought it until now," said Cato. The property has a value of roughly $2 million, he said. Cato, who managed the rink under the name Sparkles, began leasing the building from Skating Rinks of North Georgia three years ago, with the understanding that it could be sold, if a suitable buyer came along. It was scheduled to shut down on Nov. 1, but was given an additional 60 days to operate in October. Now, by the third week of December, Buster's Fun Factory will close down to make way for AutoSmith, a used car dealership, which recently bought the property. While some local shop owners see the closing down of Buster's as progress, Riverdale city officials and local skaters see the end of the skating rink as the end of an era of fun. Riverdale City Councilmember Michelle Bruce remembers skating at the rink when she was as a teenager and the place was known as the Tara Skating Rink. "It's been around for years and it's been through a lot of changes," said Bruce. "It's a landmark ... it's got a lot of history." Bruce said that since the 1970s, the rink has been a safe place for children to congregate after school and on weekends. The council member said that Buster's Fun Factory has co-hosted many events with the city, schools, and local church groups. "It's going to be a big loss," said Bruce. "As city officials, we can't tell people who to sell property to," however, "it's still going to hurt the community. The kids will have nothing to do." Over the years, the skating rink has reduced its hours to weekends only. Some Riverdale shop owners have complained that the building attracts juvenile delinquents, and is empty for most of the week. "The skating rink closing for me is a good thing," said Tyhessia Windom, owner of the Paisley Park Hair Salon, across the street for the last 13 years. "During the day, it is empty, and during the night, when there is a function, there's always police outside. I think it could be used for something better," Windom said. Shehnaz Kurani, 16-year owner of a nearby Custom Cleaners, said that the property has been in decline. "It's kind of like a dead area," said Kurani. "When it used to be Sparkles, it was good. We've always seen that area full, but lately ... no. If they want to stay, they should keep it open the whole day during the week." Customers of the skating rink, however, have a different view. Some believe that the rink is one of the few places in Riverdale where children of all ages can interact with their friends and family. Christian Colter, a fifth-grade student at Church Street Elementary in Riverdale, said skating on the weekends kept him and other students busy. "When you're lonely, this is a place where you can meet up with all of your friends," said Colter. Consuelo Turner, an 11-year Riverdale resident, said her children, who are now in their later teens, have been coming to the rink since they were in kindergarten. "There are enough car lots here, but there aren't enough places for these kids to go," said Turner. "I've visited other skating rinks and they don't compare to this. It's something you can do as a parent to relate to your kids." Regina Saunders, a Riverdale parent, said that she brings her only daughter to the rink so she can socialize with other children. "I think they should leave it open, simply because it is an outlet," said Saunders. "If [kids] weren't here, they would be out on the street. At least here, they can blow off some steam and burn off a lot of the energy that kids have." While the fate of Buster's Fun Factory is certain, the fate of the big skate is still unknown, according to Cato. Bruce hoped that it would be preserved in some kind of way. "That is a huge landmark,"Bruce said. "I hope that they won't throw it away. If they don't use it, I hope that they will give it to the city." "I would love to see it preserved," said Cato. " I don't know if AutoSmith would mind it being there. It may promote their business, too."
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Committee chair Ian Barker denied the decision was not based on evidence, and said while the committee tried to allow applicants to proceed with their projects, it had to base its decision on the facts provided. He also denied the council was forcing development into Richmond.
The committee had to use the city's planning rules to make a decision, and they had been set after "a long period of extended consultation with the public", Cr Barker said. Some landowners are urging the Tasman District council to proceed with its new rural 3 zone which would allow more housing along the sought-after coastal areas in Moutere and Mapua.
In the final day of a two-day council hearing yesterday, large property owners, including representatives for Carter Holt Harvey and Alan Trent, all spoke in favour of land being zoned for higher density development. Mr Bush-King said a second hearing on June 21, 28 and 29 was planned to discuss details.
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but lost a lawsuit. City officials and residents have debated sharply for the past few years about again trying to legally block the Klan's display, with some residents saying officials haven't pursued the case vigorously enough. The Klan didn't apply for a permit last year because one of its leaders was serving a jail sentence; in 2000, Each of these problems must be cleared up either before, or at, the closing. Generally, the title company will assist the seller, who may have to buy a high-risk insurance premium. Here's a look at the five basic problems, and their likely solutions.
Afterward, City Council sent a bill for $17,500 to the Butler, Ind.-based Klan chapter for security costs and other city services provided to protect the display. City attorneys questioned the legality of that action, and the KKK hasn't paid the bill. In her ruling, Dlott suggests city officials -- who are busy erecting Christmas decorations and other holiday ornaments, including a huge Christmas tree on Fountain Square -- are being hypocritical by banning Jewish religious symbols.
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The money was repaid with a loan made to Tony Erpenbeck — Bill Erpenbeck's father — but that loan is now part of a $9 million Erpenbeck debt to the bank. This is a sort of trading of legitimate titles of a certain property between individuals. All things considered, by listening to this little clarification one can feel that it will be simpler to manage the matter however it is not all that simple. According to Peoples Bank officials, Finnan over-stepped his authority by deciding to cover $1.2 million in overdrafts. For the first time since the overdrafts were covered, Finnan explained his actions by pinning the blame on false promises made by Bill Erpenbeck. The explanation is contained in a filing in U.S. District Court in Covington.
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In reality, Erpenbeck Co. was buried under a mountain of debt. It didn't have enough cash to cover it payroll by May. Accordingly, the extreme method of conveyancing ends up being less demanding for you. The homebuilder's debt includes a $1.4 million promissory note signed by Bill Erpenbeck's father, which was written to cover those over drafts. Finnan's attorney, John Schuh, declined to address why Finnan chose to exceed his authority, but he reiterated Finnan's assertion that he was trying to do what was best for the bank.
Finnan's explanation was part of a motion to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Covington. Morris Heating & Cooling and two other subcontractors are trying to establish a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Erpenbeck subcontractors against Peoples Bank, Finnan and others. Is it true that you are agonized over the conveyancing charges charged by the specialists? At that point, don't get stressed on the grounds that regularly they charge a sensible value that likewise in a large portion of the cases the sum they charge relies on the valuation of the stress free settlement agent in perth real estate Conveyancing expenses AUSTRALIA is truly reasonable and everything you need is to contact an attorney now to get everything prepared right on time.
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Development activity ended on a high in 2006, with 23,381 sq m entering the market in the second half of the year, the largest gross addition to the North Sydney market since the completion of the Optus Headquarters in 1993. This is a vast improvement on the first half where stock withdrawals exceeded stock addition. Looking forward, supply is anticipated to peak in 2007 when Town wood's Innovation Place hits the market in Q3, adding 28,000 sq m to the prime stock base. Laing O'Rourke recently committed to 5,208 sq m on an eight-year lease at this speculative development.
No further major developments are confirmed however, Invest Property Group has submitted a development application for 16-40 Mount Street, seeking approval for a 25,000 sq m office development.The availability of prime grade space for large tenants in the North Sydney market has been an issue, with subdued levels of new supply entering the market since 2001. In 1994, the market reached its peak of 831,760 sq m, after which it declined 3.8% to its present size of 799,880 sq m as a result of conversions to al ternate uses. The residential conversions in Milsons Point will continue, with three conversions currently in the development pipeline.
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"I'm sure that the city, with all the work it's doing to improve race relations, can't be doing this because I'm black," Butts said. "So I guess it must be because I'm a cowboy." In spite of the fact that the techniques and steps of conveyancing brisbane shift depending in the nation you're in and it is regularly made in place that the purchaser secures the complete suitable and title for the area being referred to as this is the purpose of a change of proprietorship, law by and large is not as extremely straightforward on the grounds that it looks and it could quickly becaome an unfathomably mind boggling methodology.
"It just burns me up when the city says that it wants to help small business. What kind of a message are they sending here?" Butts said he had no warning about plans to close the street. But Joe Bodkin, an architect who owns the building across the street from Mr. Bubbles Detailing, said Butts had every opportunity to register his opinion.
Bodkin said he led the effort by the Pendleton Community Council to get the street closed after one drug deal ended with a fatal shooting. Other shootings and accidents in which neighborhood children were hit by cars provided more evidence that something had to be done, Bodkin said. The conveyancing specialist is saddled utilizing the obligation of guaranteeing that you can discover no escape clause that have not been secured and that the purchaser with the home has full rights to the parcel, and it is likewise the obligation of the conveyancing specialist to create positive that the purchaser is advised of any limitation inside the buy heretofore. "He's been invited to every Pendleton Community Council meeting and he didn't show up," Bodkin said.
"The day the barricade went up it reduced the traffic and a lot of the drug deals stopped. It disrupted the drug customers," said Bodkin. "We're more concerned about people getting killed rather than inconveniencing them." In numerous countries with really made and full grown locales, the methodology of conveyancing is assisted byan game plan of area enlistment that is focused around the support of dependence on open records of merchants and their earlier deals or buys in order to guarantee the purchaser of the bit of property that they are getting a brilliant title.
Butts said the barricade has had the biggest impact on people who work downtown and used to drop their car off on the way to work. That list includes business people and judges who worked in the Hamilton County courthouse, he said. "That was the gold mine about being here -- the (short) walking distance to the busy area downtown," Butts said.
When you enter into a business environment, and that's what rental property is,Each additional posting adds value, which attracts more users, who post more material, and the cycle then repeats itself. Conveyancing procedure is simple and quick to perform in the event that you had employed any accomplished and authorized conveyancer to manage your property exchange methodology of property purchasing and offering in both conditions.
While I know it's tempting to do these things based on information from a magazine or newspaper article, it is certainly not the wisest course of action. Although it competes with a couple of giants in the home storage and closet organization business, The questions and answers posted on our non-commercial message board area serve as a kind of radar system to identify consumer interests and industry trends.
Some of the families of the deceased who were photographed filed a federal lawsuit in connection with the photos.Lexington, Ky.-based Lexmark International, Inc., wants to expand to Cincinnati a pilot program in Lexington that combines great art and software to enrich school lessons.
The sheer volume of information is astonishing. It helps that a very large number of articulate brokers, lawyers, accountants, inspectors, appraisers, assessors, lenders, and those with related skills contribute to our area. - that feature masterpieces from such museums as the Louvre in Paris. Each disk contains 100 works of art, discussions of each piece and descriptions of the artists.
In return for $3 million in financial incentives from the city and the state, Schulte also pledged to create 220 new jobs over the next five years, more than doubling its Bloomington workforce of about 165 people. If you are another comer in the land field then it is fundamental for you to delegate a conveyancer to manage your property purchasing or offering methodology. Conveyancing is the methodology
John Kokenge, president and CEO of the family-owned com-pany, said he believes the quality and the strength of Schulte products will allow it to continue to grow despite competition from Rubbermaid and ClosetMaid. Those two companies dominate the closet organization and ventilated shelving industry, a segment that's estimated at about $2 billion a year.
"At one time we had just 5 percent more steel than alternate organizations. Today we have 30 percent more. We didn't place it in. They took it out to meet their value focuses," said Kokenge, who said retail costs are basic to both Rubbermaid and Closetmaid, which contend straight on at popular stores, for example, Home Depot and Lowe's. Conveyancing methodology is mind boggling and has all lawful contribution and due to that it is hard to perform and deal with the entire procedure without any direction. Enlist a conveyancer and make yourself stretch free.
Running an online area has also been educational. There was no model when I began, so of necessity many of the practical protocols needed to operate a real estate area had to be developed. Also, over time, area operations have become far more complex and there has been much to learn.
FRANKFORT - The fate of a new law that could double the retirement pension for state legislators will be decided by the courts. The state board responsible for implementing the pension increase decided Tuesday to ask the Franklin Circuit Court to determine whether the measure is constitutional and, if so, how it should be applied. ''We are going to wind up in court eventually one way or another, and I don't think there is any question that we should get there as soon as possible,'' said James Bondurant, a district judge from Larue County and member of the Kentucky Judicial Form Retirement System's board of trustees. The board probably will initiate legal proceedings in a couple of weeks to request a declaratory judgment on the meaning of the law, said Joseph E. Lambert, chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court and the board chairman.
Other changes, both online and on the Web, include the movement to faster modem speeds and more art. What was essentially a text-based form of communication several years ago is now becoming a multi-media format contradictory interpretations of the measure, a vague, one-paragraph clause contained in another piece of legislation. ''It seemed to me this was the only rational approach to take,'' Lambert said. ''Any other approach would have been imprudent.'' The board's decision comes on the heels of an opinion by Attorney General Ben Chandler's office that the measure is unconstitutional. Chandler said last week that legislators knew they would be unable to double their pensions publicly so they tried to keep their actions secret by passing a vague and confusing law.
The measure is so vague that it is impossible to implement, Chandler said. Chandler's opinion does not carry the force of law. His office said Tuesday he might request permission to intervene in the court case. Legislators approved the pension increase in the final days of the 2000 General Assembly. The increase was buried deep in a bill that creates a medical savings plan for judicial and legislative retirees who live outside Kentucky and cannot take advantage of ordinary health-care plans.
The bill was changed late in the session to include a provision intended to add an annual cost-of-living raise to legislative pensions, retroactive to 1982. Conveyancing process Enact Conveyancing Adelaide is beneficial for people who want fast property transactions.
Online services and the Web are at a very early point in their development. We know there will be real estate sites and activities online, but changing technology suggests that the "look" and "feel" of future sites might be very different than what we have today. Conveyancing process deals with all types of property related matter. Cincinnati Public Schools officials were expected to announce today Lexmark's proposal to expand the pilot program, now in 51 schools in Lexington, to Cincinnati.Cincinnati Bengal Neil Rackers will appear before a Kenton County District Court judge Thursday on an assault charge related to a fight in the rest room of a Covington sports bar last month.
Kenton County Attorney Garry Edmondson said the misdemeanor assault charge was filed after Covington police investigated a man's claim the he was attacked by Rackers in the rest room at Willie's Sports Bar on Dec. 9.Police were called to the bar initially on a report of a bar fight. At that time Rackers told police that another patron, Brian Stoehr of Bevis, Ohio, had been taunting him and his family throughout the evening. Rackers said Stoehr took a swing at him in the rest room. Stoehr, however, told investigators that Rackers attacked him without provocation, slamming his head into a wall and cutting his face.At the time of the incident neither man was arrested.Edmondson said the police investigation showed cause for charging Rackers with assault.
Although title insurance seems like an expense you can do without, Byers encourages home buyers to purchase enough title insurance to cover their down payment and closing costs, in addition to the covering the loan amount.The park board voted last week to place a 15-year levy on the May 7 ballot to replace the existing levy.The current levy was adopted in November 1988 and was to run for 15 years, generating about $12 million annually through the end of 2003, said district spokesman Jim Rahtz.But the district wants the new levy to take effect beginning in 2003, replacing the old levy a year before it expires.
However, I think public interest in terms of subject matter has remained fairly constant -- and will in the future. The essential question for online hosts and Web operators is how best to satisfy public needs.How did it happen that you are sharing the real estate stage on AOL with others? "If a buyer purchases property without title insurance, he or she is out on a limb. The seller may not really be the seller, but a long-term tenant. Or, there may be other kinds of fraud involved," Byers explained.
The proposed replacement levy, Rahtz said, would generate about $18 million annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 house $29.25 annually, an annual increase of $12.54.While the levy will generate 50 percent more revenue for the district, home owners will pay 75 percent more in taxes. A levy generates a specific dollar amount. Taxes fluctuate - are raised or lowered - to raise that specific dollar amount. Numbers for the replacement levy were submitted to the Hamilton County Auditor last year but new numbers have to be submitted - or ''re-certified'' - 75 days before the May election to calculate the exact, up-to-date dollar amounts of the proposed replacement levy.
Consult with your attorney for further details. The process removes the impurities that escape through exhaust pipes into the atmosphere. Property cheap conveyancing melbourne The average yield on Treasury Bills is down to 9% from 15% in mid-1998. This reflects the slow-down in inflation, which in 1999 fell to single digits for the first time in two decades. in the real estate property conveyancing to helping you in transferring property from one to another. The additional money is needed for planning beyond 2003, Rahtz said, to add and preserve Hamilton County green space.Rahtz noted that while the 75 percent increase looks large, its cost to most homeowners equates to about what they'd pay for a pizza.
Of the funds, $150 million will go toward affordable home ownership, $200 million for multifamily housing, and $150 million for loans to qualified small businesses. he said. In yet another victory for affordable-housing and community-reinvestment activists, Jersey City-based Fleet Bank is investing $500 million over the next three years in programs designed to support low- and moderate-income communities in New Jersey. "UK wants to do research that matters in Kentucky, and this program fits very well since coal is one of the major resources of this state," Todd said. "As we look at Kentucky and its economy and look at the resources we have to work with, energy is clearly a commodity we can develop."
Botany always begins at our home as we follow the water drops for a poetic journey among the weeds, beginning in early autumn of every year. Industry, primarily beverages and cigarettes, food processing and basic manufacturing, accounts for about 10% of GDP. Weeds that we are referring to here are from patches of the earth around various trees at the backyard of our house.
A strip of open, mostly packed, soil, bordering on the parking lot for the blocks closest to your home also deserves to be well managed. It may well need a fair construction work that turns the place into a site we love to witness.
If you want to make fertile the life that grows without your consent in a small part of suburban space, you need to acquire the property in question with the help of property conveyancing experts. You may well want to turn the land into a state-of-the-art flower nursery or even a well managed privately owned botanical garden. Whatever may be your objective, it is best advised to avail the services of the right professionals to legally own the rights of using the land.
A well developed farmland can be a paradigm shift towards development of the entire vicinity, and can raise the standard of living of all. So as to have a farmland purchased or sold, it is required to have a licensed property conveyancer doing the mandatory property valuations, buyer or vendor searches, appraisals, contract preparations and negotiations, and more. A conveyancer may also advice on the type of usage that the property is best suited for, i.e. agricultural, commercial or residential.
On the contrary, so as to boost the economy, it may also be needed that the government deregulates the planning system for permitting land development rights that facilitate the use of agricultural buildings to commercial use. So if you want to turn an agricultural unit into an abode, you need a property conveyancer to make it happen.
Questions like, when an agricultural land turns to be deemed as being redundant or will you be able to construct three separate dwellings within one building, are best answered by a property conveyancer. He or she can also put forward suggestions for developing gardens or amenity lands.
A property conveyancing expert is also competent to deal with gaining local authority approvals for physical development compliance with local planning policies on design, materials and outlook. Inflation is expected to remain low, with a Government target of 5% by mid-2000. Average lending rates remain high at 22% for medium and long-term loans.
How the Fletcher tax and budget plans play out could hinge on the political makeup of the two legislative chambers
California, lifestyle haven for the bizarre and different, offers home listings that abound with diversity and require big bucks.Here are three worth looking at that are being offered by one property seller.There is a $4.5 million 22,000 square foot castle in San Juan Capistrano.
Although the area has taken a beating from winter weather in the past month, developers of two Northern Kentucky shopping centers under construction say their projects are still on track. even paving during a snowfall two weeks ago, Anderson leasing representative Jessica Holman said Monday.
The new 200,000-square-foot anchor tenant Dillard's is expected to open March 9, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for March 17. The rest of the $80 million upscale shopping center is scheduled to open Oct. 27 In fact, she said the project has been easier to construct than similar projects the developer has completed in winter months in Chicago. He also declared for the availability of cheap conveyancer sydney in the firm areas. The first time you encounter a conveyancer is usually when someone usually buys a home. It's a conveyancer's job to oversee the deal, particularly the final transferring of a property from one homeowner to another. If you mean what is the impact on my area from the new Real Estate Center on AOL, I am happy to "share" the stage with "others."
At the end of conveyance, the buyer is given the full title to the home. The 500,000-square-foot redevelopment will include such tenants as Starbucks, Banana Republic, Bed Bath & Beyond and Cold Stone Creamery ice cream parlor. Anderson financed the project with private money, although it originally attempted to redevelop the site with industrial revenue bonds. Kenton County Judge-Executive Ralph Drees objected to the public financing, which would have exempted the site from state and local property taxes. The other Northern Kentucky project under construction, Buttermilk Towne Center in Crescent Springs, did obtain industrial revenue bonds.


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Westlake volleyball team opens playoffs with sweep of Canyon
Still the defending champion. Still the division's top seed.
That may have been the message delivered by the Westlake High boys' volleyball team Thursday night, which punctuated its postseason debut with a 25-16, 25-15, 25-22 sweep of Canyon/Anaheim in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs at Westlake High.
At the start of postseason, the Warriors have been forced to regroup after losing three starters to suspensions for unspecified violations.
"We've had some kids make some stupid choices," said Westlake coach Doug Magorien.
Westlake earned a bye in the first round of postseason, then looked like a team intent on defending its title in Round 2.
Keats Stanley notched a match-high 21 kills with five digs and three aces and Travis Magorien collected 35 assists as the Warriors improved to 20-2. They also advanced to the quarterfinal round on Saturday against San Luis Obispo.
The match will likely be played at Colina Middle School.
Stanley, a 6-foot-6 junior outside hitter, said Westlake is geared to press on despite the off-the-court issues.
"We can't worry about what has happened," Stanley said. "We've got to pull together as a team and play with what we have. I thought it was important for us to play well tonight. We had to show everybody we're still a good team."
Travis Magorien, a junior setter, concurred.
"The key for us is to play as a team," Magorien said. "We've got to trust each other and band together in every match we play."
There were contributions throughout the Westlake lineup.
Colby Magorien, a freshman seeing his first extensive action as a varsity player, had five kills and two aces. Jacob Delson had six kills and Dimitri Gorenc finished with four kills.
Westlake was threatened only in Game 3.
The Warriors steadily pulled way in the opening game, turning a 15-11 lead into a 20-12 advantage. Defense played a major role for Westlake, which forced the Canyon hitters into a host of errors.
In Game 2, Westlake trailed 11-9, then scored seven consecutive points and nine of 10 to take charge. Stanley was instrumental throughout the game with six kills and a pair of blocks.
Game 3 turned more hazardously.
Canyon trailed 16-10 before tallying seven consecutive points to grab the lead. The visiting Comanches still led, 21-19, before Westlake turned the tide.
A kill by Stanley and three hitting errors by Canyon gave Westlake control at 23-21. Stanley closed out the match with a kill and a block.
"It's important to stay focused when the game gets tight," said Stanley. "We were able to do that tonight."
Canyon (21-9) got eight kills and one block from Andrew Maxey and four kills from Kyle Forman.
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The sad story of Sir Roger Tichborne, the heir to the Tichborne family estate in Hampshire, was prominent news in 1854. He was lost at sea travelling back home from South America and the events surrounding his death obviously caught the imagination of the new licensee Charles Covey and his associates, thus the new beer house was named The Sir Roger Tichborne a very unconventional name for a public house. The history of Sir Roger Tichborne is a fascinating story.
Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne was born January 5th 1829, in Paris as the eldest son of a baronet and heir to the Roman Catholic Hampshire family of Tichborne. King James I of England had made his ancestor Sir Benjamin Tichborne, sheriff of Southampton, a baronet in 1621. His father was James Francis Doughty-Tichborne and his mother French-born lady Henriette Felicite.Through the influence of his mother, who did not appreciate England very much, Sir Roger mainly spoke French. In fact, he lived with his mother in France until the age of 16. James Tichborne had to claim that the boy was going to a funeral in England before his mother would let him leave. In 1849 he went to Stonyhurst College and later that year joined the 6th Dragoon Guards in Dublin. Apparently his French accent caused ridicule, and he sold his commission in 1852. Next year he left for South America. From Valparaíso he crossed the Andes and arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1854. In April, on his way back home, his ship was lost at sea with all hands, and he was pronounced dead the next year. The title and the estates passed to his younger brother Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne (who died 1866).
On learning the news of her eldest son's death, Sir Roger's mother refused to admit that he was dead. She sent inquiries all over the world, and in November 1865, she received a letter from a Sydney lawyer who claimed that a man supposedly fitting the description of her son was living as a butcher in Wagga Wagga, Australia. The supposed Sir Roger was actually Arthur Orton, who at the time used the name Tom Castro. Aside from some facial resemblance to Tichborne, he did not fit the description at all. Instead of sharp features and black hair, he had round features and light brown hair. He was also overweight and did not speak a word of French. His first letter referred to facts Lady Tichborne did not recognise. However, Lady Tichborne was desperate enough to accept him as her son and sent him money to come to her. Orton was reluctant to go at first, presumably because he feared exposure, but his associates—one of whom was an old friend of Sir Roger's father—made him change his mind. Sir Roger's former servant Andrew Bogle accompanied him on his trip to Britain. He arrived in London on Christmas Day 1866 and visited the Tichborne estates. There he met the Tichborne family solicitor Edward Hopkins and Francis J. Baigent who became his supporters. When in January he travelled to the Paris hotel where Lady Tichborne was living, the desperate lady "recognised" him instantly as her son. She even handed him Sir Roger's letters from South America. The fact that Orton did not understand a word of French did not bother her, and she gave him an allowance of £1,000 a year. Orton researched Sir Roger's life to enforce his imposture.
After Lady Tichborne's acceptance, various other acquaintances of Sir Roger accepted him as well. They included other officers of the 6th Dragoons, several county families and Hampshire villagers. He even hired a group of manservants who had served in the 6th Dragoons.
Other members of the Tichborne family were not so gullible and promptly declared him an impostor. Their investigators found out that this Tom Castro was a butcher's son from Wapping and had jumped ship in Valparaíso, Chile, where he had taken the name Castro from a friendly family. Orton had even inquired about his family members in Wapping when he had come back from Australia. They also found many other discrepancies when Orton tried to fit his own South American experiences to those of Sir Roger. When Lady Tichborne died in March 1868, Orton lost his most prominent supporter. He would have probably stopped the charade had he not owed a significant amount of money to his creditors. (He sold "Tichborne Bonds" to pay the legal costs when he tried to claim his inheritance from the Tichborne family.) The rightful heir at the time, Sir Henry Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, was only two years old.TrailsThe trial to establish his inheritance began on 11 May 1871 in the Court of Common Pleas before Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet CJ, and lasted 102 days. Orton weathered the attacks against the discrepancies in his story and his outright ignorance of many key facts Sir Roger would have known, including how to speak French as the heir had spent most of his youth in France. Over 100 people vouched for his identity as Sir Roger—except Orton's brother who claimed otherwise. Eventually Sir John Coleridge (whose junior was Charles Bowen) revealed the whole case in a cross-examination that lasted 22 days, and the evidence of the Tichborne family eventually convinced the jury. The case was closed on 5 March 1872, when Orton's counsel William Ballantine gave up after witnesses described tattoos which Sir Roger had had but Orton did not, and Orton lost his upper-class supporters. Orton was promptly arrested and charged with perjury. His criminal trial began in 1873 and lasted 188 days with the judge, again Sir Alexander Cockburn, taking 18 days to sum up. The jury was eventually convinced—based on, for example, testimony by Orton's former girlfriend—that this claimant was false. Orton's defence was led by Edward Kenealy, who would later be disbarred for his aggressive behaviour during the case. Orton was convicted on two counts of perjury on 28 February 1874, and was sentenced to 14 years' hard labour. The legal costs amounted to £200,000 (at least ten million pounds sterling or twenty million US dollars adjusted currency).
Many people who had supported the claimant's efforts refused to believe the truth and claimed he was unjustly persecuted. Rumours included conspiracy theories about Jesuits. Kenealy was elected to Parliament, but failed to convince other members to take the Tichborne case to a Royal Commission in April 1875. As a result, Orton's supporters started a small-scale riot in London. Orton served ten years in prison and was released in 1884, by which time the public had forgotten him. He alternately confessed and claimed he was innocent but aroused little interest. He died in poverty on 2 April 1898. His coffin still carries the name Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne.
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