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This course helps build a good knowledge of graph databases. It also teaches the core functionality of the Neo4j graph database. With a mixture of theory and hands-on practice sessions, you will quickly learn how easy it is to work with a powerful graph database using Cypher as the query language
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By Patricia Keleman Szuhaj '88
For her own reasons, my mother constructed a culture of adoration around my father, portraying him as a wholly fearless, invincible figure against the backdrop of post-World War II Europe. I don't fault this characterization. But it is a half truth. The other part is more painful, yet richer in its complexity. In addition to being a brave and resourceful survivor, at 21 my dad was a homeless refugee, displaced from his country and disconnected from his family.
At my insistence, over the past few months, my father and I have started talking about the facts of his life, both as a child growing up during World War II and about his later immigration to the United States. Our talks have brought forth quick character studies—images of a man—a well-muscled, tenacious survivor whose exterior gruffness belies a deeply vulnerable interior.
To understand my dad's dual character, it helps to know when and where he grew up. He was born in 1932 in rural Körmend, Hungary into a poor, but not destitute, farming family. In second grade, he was awarded the glass paperweight in recognition of high academic performance in the village's parochial school. A gift from his favorite teacher, the paperweight became my father's dearest possession. It was a small but tangible sign of happiness in an otherwise hard-edged childhood, which was to become even more difficult with the advent of World War II. As a teen-ager in the early to mid-1940s, my father became intimately acquainted with loss, and through it, the often tangled route to survival. His hometown was bombed by Allied fliers for the first time on December 26, 1944, during a dinner hour celebration of St. Stephen's Day. My father, his parents and three brothers survived, but a close schoolmate died, along with most of his family. My father wryly recalls that the much-anticipated meal was served but not eaten that evening. In the ensuing months, Jewish neighbors, including a family who shared sandwiches with my father in exchange for daily supplies of fresh milk, were segregated, then deported from the town. Loss hit even closer to home when my father's eldest brother, 21-year-old Ferenc, was killed on the Russian Front. His body was never found, and my father's mother never fully recovered.
Death, or its threat, became routine, and intermingled with amusement. My father and his friends dismantled Panzer Pfauss anti-tank weapons, tank mines and anti-tank ammunition for fun—and profit. The boys sold metal scraps, brass shell encasings and other marketable items scavenged from military wrecks and abandoned trenches and bunkers. Their "games" took a toll—one youngster lost an arm and another was killed while toying with the weapons. Wartime heightened a sense of opportunism in my father, and over time, he developed the ability to suppress his reactions to trauma. For instance, he watched a German soldier commit suicide rather than risk capture by Russian forces near the war's end. Minutes afterwards, he plucked the young man's P30 pistol from the body. This gun, which my father hid for years, played a pivotal role in his border crossing.
In spring 1951, my father, a 19-year-old auto mechanic, had just returned to his hometown after a stint of work in Budapest. Facing considerable pressure to join the Hungarian Communist party, and suspecting that his career would dead-end unless he succumbed to these demands, dad considered the possibility of escape. He covertly fished for information about the layout of the border between Hungary and Austria.
Eventually satisfied that a crossing was possible, he and three friends, Mickey, Laszlo and Pista, agreed on an exodus date. In their first try, the young men made it to the border, but realized that they needed tools to scale successfuly the double-barbed wire fences that surrounded a treacherous minefield. The group turned back that night. They made a second attempt in April 1951.
On the surface, my father's version of the story is matter-of-fact, as carefully thought out as the crossing. Yet underneath, it is littered with intriguing details that betray the unpredictability of the exit. After meeting at an agreed-upon location, the group left late in the evening without a word to anyone. They wore full-length heavy wool coats and thick-soled boots. My father carried a map of Europe, a compass, and his German pistol.
Midway through the trip to the border, dad and his friends tore a plank from a small bridge, which they used to scale the border's barbed wire fence. My father, who held the board for the others, was the last to cross. His hands were cut by the wire.
On the other side, the men were not safe. The ground was plowed to reveal their footsteps; their movements threatened to attract heavily armed border patrols, and floodlights at every 500 meters lit the scene. As a group, they scurried to reach tiny Güssendorf, Austria. Entering the town, they passed a Russian soldier. My father says the man eyed them knowingly and immediately raced to a nearby shack to sound an alarm that alerted the border guards. The group retreated frantically into the surrounding hillside, embarking on a two-day trek. This portion of the journey ended dramatically. With a jeep full of Russian soldiers bearing down on them, my father and his friends pleaded with an Austrian millkeeper to allow them to cross a river close to the British zone of the nearest town. In desperation, my father finally sacrificed his German pistol to the millkeeper, who let them pass. The group ran to a band of British soldiers, who had been shouting encouragement to them from the river's other side. Once in British hands, my father and his friends gave up their personal possessions and submitted to several hours of questioning. Two days later, after their story was verified, the four men were deposited into an Austrian displaced persons (DP) camp.
This refugee compound would be the first of several my father called home. Young and physically fit, he and his friends were singled out by the locals for service as laborers. My dad's travels separated him from his friends—he would meet Mickey and Lazslo in Canada nearly 30 years later, but he has not seen Pista since leaving Hungary. Over the next two years, my father wandered through Austria, Belgium, France and Germany, working intermittently as a barracks guard for the French Air Force, then as a lumberjack, coal miner, woodcutter and farm hand. He served two brief jail terms in both Belgium and France for lack of a proper passport. Finally landing in a Nürnberg, Germany DP camp, he joined an amateur boxing club, where he met an American Army recruiter. At the first opportunity, he signed up for duty as a paratrooper, hoping to gain much-coveted U.S. citizenship. He got his wish, plus a new identity, when he willingly anglicized his first name from the Hungarian "Jozsef" to "Joseph." At the same time, an Army clerk's error transformed our family name from "Kelemen" to "Keleman."
Dad's family changed, too, after his departure. The evening my father left home, my 52-year-old grandfather was taken into custody and interrogated for hours by the ADO, the Hungarian national secret police. They threatened him, asserting that Jozsi, his son, had been captured. then, they claimed, killed. My grandfather said that this shift in their story convinced him that dad and his friends were safe. The next day, the police released my grandfather. Within weeks, following another late night emigration by a second band of young people, the authorities retaliated. Without warning, they rounded up the families of all those who had escaped. To prevent future border crossings, an example would be made of these men, women, and children left behind by the young defectors. My grandfather, grandmother, and three uncles were loaded into trucks and deported to Hortobagy in eastern Hungary. They lost their home and its contents, their farm, livestock and land, and would spend three years in a labor camp before being released by then-Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy. Even then, my grandparents and uncles could not immediately return to Körmend—their house was occupied by a Party member. A year later, after living with my father's sister in a nearby town, they finally reclaimed their home. Although my father got word of their deportation from others who left his hometown, he did not learn their fate until after his arrival in the United States. Nearly 20 years would pass before he would be face to face with his parents again, and close to three decades would go by until he met two of his three brothers. His quiet, mild-tempered older brother died in the mid-1980s without ever seeing dad again.
Before carting my father's family away, the ADO gave them 20 minutes to gather their possessions. Stubborn even in the face of utter loss, my grandfather flatly refused to take anything, saying that he wouldn't need a cow where he was headed. To everyone's surprise, my stoic grandmother took the offer. She entered the modest but immaculately-kept family home and returned minutes later with one item. Not a photograph of, or letter from, her beloved, now-deceased eldest child, Ferenc. Instead, my grandmother clutched my father's glass paperweight, wrapped tightly in her handkerchief. Throughout the family's confinement, my grandmother safeguarded the paperweight. She tended it in the years after her return to Körmend and presented it to my father in person during my grandparents' one and only visit to Pennsylvania in 1969. She never explained, and my father never questioned, her actions.
My paternal grandmother and grandfather both died during my first year at Bryn Mawr, as did my maternal grandmother. My father, once defined by his physical prowess, now suffers from chronic arthritis pain. He walks warily, often with stabbing discomfort; two knee replacements haven't helped his mobility. He is often frustrated, cantankerous and sad. My mother doesn't tell his story anymore—instead, she worries about him and wonders about her future. And I am hearing the paperweight's story—and my family's—for the first time. Even as a child, I could sense the special place the paperweight held in my father's life—as an earnest 8-year-old, I gave dad a smaller, "sister" paperweight, in shades of orange and yellow, for Father's Day. Like bookends denoting two distinct lives, both paperweights now hold a place of honor atop the coffee table in my parents' pristine, seldom-used living room. Over time, the larger paperweight has become less inscrutable to me—like my father, although scratched and well-worn, it is solidly familiar and oddly comforting. Perhaps this bottom-line dependability, and the satisfying sense of understanding that comes with it, are what bind us steadfastly to our families. In the end, despite any failings, our sojourns with parents, siblings and even distant relatives, are shared. This is the common thread connecting all our family stories.
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It is always disappointing to hear any allegations of match-fixing or betting scams in football, especially when they relate to British football.
Reports of the arrests last week as part of an inquiry into irregularities surrounding Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings's red card in a match last year were inevitably grabbed more attention because Wayne Rooney's father was one of those questioned - though he vigorously denies any wrongdoing, and Jennings has always maintained his innocence. Regardless of who is involved, however, such cases are of the utmost seriousness and should be treated as such.
Most people in the game will have at least heard tales about fellow professionals doing things to affect the result of their team's match for financial gain, though understandably very few names ever crop up. It's usually a friend of a friend-type stuff, stories lacking much in the way of detail.
In this day and age, when even players in the lower leagues still earn a pretty comfortable living, it is hard to understand why they would want to jeopardise their team's results, their own career and even their very freedom just for the sake of an extra bit of cash.
One explanation is that it is usually players disillusioned with the game who are the ones tempted into such activities. If football has been your whole life ever since you were a child, but after a few years as a professional your career is not panning out as you would have hoped, many footballers can becomes sick of playing the sport they loved so much when they were growing up. It just becomes a job to them.
You see plenty of talented players come through academies at some top clubs only to gradually slip down the divisions. Quite often that is because they have grown tired of the game. These are the players that people involved in syndicates are likely to try and target to help them influence results.
An extra few grand will mean more to one player than another, but perhaps it is as much about the thrill of getting away with it, the risk versus reward factor, that makes up a big part of the appeal, rather like placing a bet itself. Maybe it is a way of injecting some of the thrill back into playing, who knows?
However, just because you are poor that does not give you the right to steal; if you are not earning well, that is no justification for doing anything untoward. Money should not be the primary motivator in sport, but if you feel you are not earning what you are worth then all you can do is work harder in training and matches. Making a fast buck here and there will never be as lucrative in the long-term as becoming a better player.
I don't really have a problem with players betting on their team to win, but it is probably better to avoid the issue altogether by not making any gambles to do with any match you are involved in of any kind.
Getting yourself sent off after betting on yourself to do so may not be the same as deliberately scoring an own goal or something like that, but it still has an undeniable effect on that match and so ruins the integrity of the game.
Both the legal and footballing authorities need to come down like a tonne of bricks on anyone found guilty of any betting activity that has an effect on a result. Lifetime bans from the game at all levels must be handed out as a matter of course. It is the only way to stop others taking such stupid risks.


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Neither Lebanon, nor Hizbollah, nor Syria "want to launch a war" against Israel, Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara said Sunday.
"Syria is for peace; it does not like aggression. The side responsible for the escalation in Israel, not Lebanon, nor the Lebanese resistance (led by the Shiite Muslim group Hizbollah), nor Syria," he told journalists.
"None of us wants to launch a war," he said, speaking after a visit to Damascus by his Egyptian counterpart, Amr Moussa.
Earlier Sunday, Shara said Syria does not want confrontation with Israel to escalate, either in the Palestinian territories or in Lebanon.
He said he had spoken with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Saturday and told her Israel was responsible for the escalation in violence.
"Israel carries the responsibility for the escalation, which neither the Palestinians nor the Lebanese wanted; but people were obliged to defend themselves," he said.
He said those following the situation consider Israel to be the "source of the provocation, the tensions and the escalation, that it wants to evade the peace process in killing Palestinians, in attacking the Lebanese and in killing Palestinians in Lebanon."
Syrian state radio, meanwhile, Sunday issued a call for the international community to press Israel to put a halt to its "aggression," adding that the Jewish state is "pushing things toward ... all-out war" in the region.
It also called on those countries that have relations with Israel to break them off.
"If the international community is not able to stop the aggressive push of Israel and force (the country) to withdraw from the Golan (Heights), from southern Lebanon and from all occupied Arab territories, then peace in the region is in danger," the radio said.
By making threats "in all directions, which do not serve the cause of peace, Israel is trying to push things towards ... all-out war," it said.
Moussa had traveled to Syria Sunday for discussions with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and visiting Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi, on preparations for an emergency Arab summit to be held in Cairo later this month.
He denied that the purpose of his trip was to discuss the fate of three Israeli soldiers kidnapped Saturday by guerrillas of Lebanon's Syrian-backed Shiite Muslim group, Hizbollah – DAMASCUS (AFP)
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A former leader of the Tiananmen Square protests in China has lashed out at US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, whom he dubbed a "privileged comeback king", and warned America is at risk of abandoning its cherished freedoms.
Wu'er Kaixi said he was speaking on behalf of Chinese democracy dissidents everywhere in condemning the provocative property magnate, who was criticised last week after describing the 1989 demonstration in Beijing as a "riot".
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In a televised exchange, Republican frontrunner Trump was quizzed about his 1990 comments on the student-led protests and subsequent government crackdown that costs hundreds, possibly thousands, of lives, in which he referred to "the power of strength".
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Glastonbury festival looks set to be bathed in sunshine as weather experts predict a dry and warm weekend.
Latest forecasts from the Met Office predict a dry weekend for the huge Somerset festival, which has a reputation of being a mud-soaked affair.
But the 120,000 music fans expected to attend should be able to leave their wellies at home, and enjoy a dry weekend watching Arcade Fire, Metallica and country legend Dolly Parton.
Leon Brown, meteorologist at The Weather Channel UK, said: "There is a lot of speculation about another mud washed Glastonbury, but currently it looks more likely to be fine, dry and quite warm so sandals rather than wellies."
"The weather over the east Atlantic and Europe is currently locked in pattern keeping a ridge of high pressure over the eastern Atlantic and trough of lower pressure over the NE of Europe, and looks at the moment as if this will pattern will tend to prevail as we head through June to July.
"This will bring below normal precipitation to the UK, with the west and south a lot drier than normal.
"Weak fronts moving southwards will bring a little rain and some showers at times to the north and east, but still 50 per cent below normal precipitation over the coming weeks."
The Met Office's Laura Young said: "Looking ahead at this stage we can say that it is looking more settled than initially thought"
"Although there may be showers across the country it looks like the South West will be the driest. The South West will be getting the best of any sunshine and will be pleasantly warm. We are relatively confident it is looking positive."
The mercury will also start rising soon after tennis ace Andy Murray begins the defence of his Wimbledon crown on Monday.
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Bookies Ladbrokes have cut the odds against this summer being the hottest on record to 5-2.
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Ladbrokes spokeswoman Jessica Bridge said: "As the sun continues to sizzle the odds will continue to drop. And thankfully for racegoers it looks like they can leave the brollies at home this week."
But England's football stars will be able to keep cool during Thursday's crunch World Cup clash with Uruguay in Sao Paulo.
The Weather Channel's Mr Brown said: "During the afternoon temperatures will be around 17 to 18C, and near 16C at match kick off with gentle breezes from the south east.
"By match end temperatures will be 15C - so ideal conditions for playing."
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C.J. Styles
C.J. stood there a minute looking up at the Poke Mart, it's much bigger then what he was use to seeing. "
Custos, keep these guys well behaved.
" he said as he walked into the Mart. Not wanting to waste anymore time he went straight up to the cashier. "
I have a list of TM's and items I need, I want them all before I leave this store as I'm not sure when I'll be back this way.
" he said with an arrogant tone and handed the cashier his list. If one was to glance at it they'd see it listed off some 40 TM's and around 7-8 items with another number next to it which would be assumed as an amount. "
This is quite the list you have here, I have it all in stock but it will take me some time to gather it up.
" the cashier responded. "
Just make it quick.
" C.J. snapped.
About ten minutes later the cashier returned, "I
have your list finished,
" he said, "
are you sure you can afford this?
" the man had a puzzled look on his face. "
You think I would come asking if I couldn't pay?
" C.J. responded, the same arrogant tone in his voice. He pulled an envelope out of his bag and opened it revealing a large some of money. It seemed most of it was just for this purpose. "
My parents gave me this to buy these over time,
" he said, "
but seeing as how TM's are now reusable, I have no need to wait.
" He handed the cashier his money and took his massive amount of TM's and items.
As he exited the store he handed Custos the bag of, "
Carry these for a bit, we have a long way to the dorms. goods.
" "
You're so lazy.
" Custos complained. C.J. just looked at him for a moment, "
Fine if you prefer I'll carry it the first half, and you can carry it after walking for a while.
" C.J. smirked as he took the bag back and started towards to Academy dorms. "
Let's go.
" he said as Ax climbed back up to her spot on his shoulder.
40 minutes later
C.J. looked around outside the dorm for a moment, grateful he didn't get placed in one of the lower dorms. "
Okay guys, I need you to return to you're poke balls for a bit. We don't want people knowing our strength do we?
" The
signalled their agreement and returned, with the exception
Ace who hated being confined unless he really needed to be.
The two walked inside and looked around, their were a few trainers in the lobby, one stood out to C.J., a boy, shorter then himself and appeared a bit younger too. He ignored them and walked over to the reception desk, "
I need my Dorm jacket and my room key. Oh and my class schedule please.
" He said. "
I'll need your name first.
" the receptionist said. "
Christopher Styles.
" "
One moment please,
" the receptionist said, "
okay here we go, room 29, that's upstairs.
" C.J. was then handed his key, jacket, and schedule. He walked away looking at his jacket, not really paying attention to where he walked.
What an ugly looking jacket isn't it?
" he thought. "
I wouldn't know,
" Ace responded sarcastically, "
But I bet you'll look just lovely in it.
" Ace snickered and C.J. glared at him for a moment before sitting in a chair, for a moment to rest, across form the boy he noticed earlier.
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If you're a carnivore, steak houses are a necessary evil. Though most turn out a good steak, there are usually only three possible vibes — boardroom-with-the-boss, brothel-with-a kitchen, or unless-you're-famous-you'll-be-eating-near-the-bathroom. And then there's Red the Steakhouse. While it's true that many power meals are held within its winter-white walls and red banquettes, there are also many, many dates here. And though the restaurant has its share of star power, the hostess and waitstaff will surely not penalize you for being under seven feet tall or not having any reality TV credits under your belt. So, what is Red all about? How about steak? Executive chef Peter Vauthy serves some of the best USDA Prime aged Certified Angus Beef steaks you've eaten. A 14-ounce New York strip ($47) is succulent and masterful. Want something more exotic (and costly)? Authentic and rare Kobe beef from Japan runs about $199 for a ten-ounce serving, but it's an experience you won't forget. Served slightly seared, it's velvety, mild, and a little otherworldly. Plus, if you're not a steak lover (gasp), there's a place at the table especially for you. Chef Vauthy flies in giant king crab from Alaska, rare Brittany Blue lobster from the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean off the shores of Scotland, and the finest fresh local seafood (market price). In fact, sometimes we wonder if the place should be Red Steak and Seafood. But then again, why pigeonhole when you can just eat without attitude?
Step away from the whole roast pork! Sure, it's 7 a.m., you're at El Palacio de los Jugos, and, as usual, you crave some swine. But lechón asado is no respectable breakfast. So walk past the West Flagler Street cafeteria's hot food wells — those steel tubs loaded with braised beef, boiled yuca, arroz con gris, and fried grouper. Head to the inner market, a crowded nook where salted cod and ripe avocados are peddled alongside corn pudding and nut butters. There, and only there, can you decently succumb to your morning craving of pig. Order the porker's finest part: the chicharrón ($9.99 a pound), deep-fried rind served in brown paper bags smeared with fat. Then choose from a selection of fresh juices: guava, mango, pineapple, orange, sapodilla, tamarind, and mora ($2). And there's also guarapo, a sugarcane variety. Open your pouch of chicharrón. Take a bite. Sip your juice. Wipe your greasy fingers on your jeans. Repeat. Extra breakfast points if you also order a colada to go.
An assortment of cream cheese and smoothie samples sits in front of the cash register by the entrance to New York Bagel Deli. The bagel selection covers all the basics — plain, poppy seed, sesame, onion, cinnamon raisin, and everything — with additional wheat and cheese varieties. But the unique option is the power bagel. It's a dark wheat thing topped with pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds, and other grains that provides a great blend of fluff and crunch. There are even filled bagels that come with a hearty hunk of Asiago cheese melted right into the center hole. Only a few types of bagels are available at a time, and they range from broccoli and Asiago to bacon and potato. Creative cream cheese flavors might also surprise you. There's guava, Bombay curry, and pesto. If your favorite isn't in stock, you can ask for a serving of the spread to be whipped up in a blender right on the spot. Don't be alarmed if the small place is full of rowers — it has become a post-practice hangout for the young athletes from the nearby Shane Rowing Center. And for mornings when you want bagels in bed to avoid the bustling weekend crowd, New York Bagel Deli delivers. Bagels are generally $1.25 each or $11.99 for a baker's dozen.
Bunnie Cakes is full of hearts. Some are pink paper cutouts plastered in patterns across the walls. Others are candy — scarlet sugar shapes that dot the bakery's cute sweets such as the six-inch, double-layered guava cakes with cream cheese frosting ($32) and banana-chocolate chip cupcakes ($3). But at this Wynwood shop, there are no eggs. There isn't any butter or milk, either. Bunnie Cakes is a vegan bakery. Mariana Cortez, a self-taught baker who delved into dairy- and egg-free sweets to provide more healthful, organic treats for her children, owns the shop. She founded Bunnie Cakes in 2009 and opened her first storefront in February 2013. Her heart-topped desserts are delicious. They are sweetened with agave nectar or evaporated cane sugar. Many of them eschew soy, gluten, and nuts. Most are allergy-free. A bakery that caters to folks with food sensitivities and a sweet tooth? Now that's something to love.
Just a few steps from the sands of South Pointe is a quaint, charming bakery named Lee & Marie's Cakery. The café sells fresh almond croissants ($3.75), red velvet cake by the slice ($6), and pecan-caramel sticky buns ($3.95). There are sandwiches, desserts, and salads — all designed by award-winning pastry chef Yannis Janssens. But what sets this cakery apart is its humanitarian ethos. Owned by Andy Travaglia, it supports and employs adults with autism spectrum disorders. Since its debut in 2012, Lee & Marie's has expanded with an additional location in New York City. It also has a production facility in Wynwood. Not only is this South Beach bakery churning out delectable baked goods across Miami and beyond, it's also succeeding in a higher cause. Now that's sweet.
Zak Stern raises Alpine goats in Little Haiti. He wears suspenders, is fond of tweed trousers, and enjoys listening to Taylor Swift. He once apprenticed for five years under bread- and cheese-makers across Europe. Now he runs a closed-door operation that supplies organic sourdoughs to some of the city's top restaurants, including Michy's and Oak Tavern. The loaves ($6), offered in varieties such as olive and za'atar or plum, fennel, and rye, have thick, chewy crusts and complex, slightly bitter interiors. So when Zak shows up at a farmers' market to sell his bread, lines form immediately. Loaves sell out within minutes. Maybe it's the goat's milk. Or perhaps it's all the T-Swift. Whatever the reason, Zak Stern is the best — and perhaps most interesting — baker in town.


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A huge floating structure to hold radioactive water was on Saturday berthed at the quay of Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), said the pontoon-type structure would be used to contain part of nearly 90,000 tonnes of contaminated water which has been stored at the facility.
The so-called "mega-float" -- 136 metres (450 feet) long, 46 metres wide and three metres high -- can hold 10,000 tonnes of water, TEPCO spokesman Hajime Motojuku said.
It was provided by the city of Shizuoka, which had used it as floating park for anglers, he said.
"The mega-float is one of the options to contain radioactive water from the plant. We have also built tanks to store waste water."
A massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and monster tsunami knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima plant on the Pacific coast on March 11.
In a stop-gap measure to contain the emergency at the plant, workers have been pouring massive amounts of water onto reactors where fuel rods are reported to have melted, and topped up pools for spent fuel rods.
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by Celia KiewitIt was springtime 2012, and a pair of finches built a fine nest on my patio in, of all places, a fake plastic tree. They had been sitting on four eggs for the past month. Knowing they were about to hatch, I stayed away as much as possible and prayed all would be well with the little feathered family.Apparently one night the wind blew hard enough to knock the tree over. I didn't discover this until noon the next day. Four little guys had been dumped out on the lawn and were … [Read more...]
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A man wanted in connection with a slaying in Oaxaca, Mexico, was turned over to Mexican authorities this week, days after U.S. Border Patrol agents found him crossing into San Diego illegally, authorities said Thursday.
Agents saw Felix Olazo Barrios and two other men cross into the country near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry on April 18 and tracked their footprints to heavy brush, where the trio was found hiding, the Border Patrol said.
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fiber optic cable
I was thinking of the cat5 wire in my house and I was wondering if there was any benefit to installing fiber optic cable in your home. There are a few companies that are doing it for cable vision and the internet like Verizon and ATT.
I know it has become much cheaper. I don't have any overwhelming desire to do it but I wonder if it is being done in new homes.
Is it ever going to replace cat5 data wire ?
Replacing all the CAT5 in your house with fiber would require fiber compatible routers/switches/network cards which are all NOT cheap right now.
The fiber that the large companies route to your home are just to the router, it switches to CAT5 or wifi after that and even that is rare. Most companies are just doing fiber to the box outside your house and then a normal line in.
Thanks, I am not going to do it, just an idea.
Well you could just buy adapters from fiber to ethernet/coax/hdmi...whatever.
In all reality you should probably just have 4 CAT-7 wires run to every room and then back to a centralized unit. Just my opinion however.
OP. Don't waste your money on CAT7 or fibre. You will gain nothing from either. CAT5e is just as fast as CAT6, CAT7 and MOST fibre installs. Even if you got 10gbps fibre, none of your devices will support it and you'll run at gigabit at best.
If you're doing an in-wall setup, use CAT6. It's better insulated and will have a lesser chance of interference. It will cost a little more than CAT5, but you were considering fibre, so CAT6 is the cheap option, haha. CAT7 is a waste unless your house is a giant mansion (and even then, CAT6 will do just fine).
If you're concerned about speed on your wired network, make sure all your devices are capable of gigabit. If they're not (and you care about getting top speed out of that device), pick up a gigabit NIC for <$40. If you've got any switches, make sure they are gigabit as well. If not, replace them. If you get your entire network running gigabit, congrats, you're now doing better than 95% of houses. (no source...haha)
All this said, none of this will make your internet faster because you're likely already exceeding your internet speed with the system you've got now.
My (professional) advise decent router (I prefer cisco's home line) + DD-WRT + CAT6 + Upgrade old components.
Also, if you'd like in-wall AV cabling. Do it right. Run high quality cabling through the walls. Don't try any "fancy" options, you'll lose out in the long run.
No. Those last few feet don't really matter.
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its nighttime. in a village, beams of light begin to shine
from the botom of a grave. the grave cracks in half and the
crypt collapse. kohaku slowly walks over to the destroyed
gravesite with 7 shards in his right hand. the sun is
beaming through the trees. miroku is trying to find a path
to get them to the northeast (naraku evil energy was going
that way) miroku is far ahead of the rest. kagome thinks
about the monkeys gods words about an evil energy passing
toward the northeast. it was very strong. she comes to the
conclusion that only naraku couldve had such a strong evil
aura. inu yasha get very frustrated and wonder where that
b@stard naraku couldve went to. sango tells him he probably
went into hiding since he broke his barrier. shippo call
naraku a coward and says all he ever does is hide. inu
yasha stop abruptly. everyone is curios of his sudden
actions. inu being smart for once says, what if naraku
anticpated us following him and he has a trap waiting for
us. they all discuss that naraku has set trap for them b4
and everytime they do follow him they end up fighting some
kind of challenge. they all stop talking and look outward.
kagome wonders where in the world could naraku have gone
to. ayame is running through the forest with her white
wolves. in the sky there are several strips of dark energy
flying away. ayame wonders why these demons are fleeing.
she and her wolves jump off the cliff, land, and continue
running. there is purple mist over a specific section of
the forest. grandpa wolf, (a white talking wolf the leader
of the wolf tribes) sniff around and picks up a scent. to
more wolves tell him that the valley strongholds have been
completely anihilated and also the caves in the valley as
well. another wolf with a scar on its right eye says that
this evil energy devours everything in its path, half of
the mountain has been engulfed by it. 4 injured wolf demons
tell the elder that they cant make a dent in it at all,(two
of the wolves collapse to the groud) they cant beat it
useless they have shikon shards. ayame arrives and tell him
that its approaching this way. one wolf demon says that
they cant do anything to help, they need kouga. the other
wold demon gets very frustrated and is angered that ayame
couldnt convince kouga to marry her and join them. ayame
becomes breathless for a second then a growl comes from
behind them all. several demons attack. they all run for
their lives. the demons are gaining on the elder wolf and
ayame. ayame tell him to split up just b4 the demon make
their move. the wolves, wolf demons begin to fight as much
as they can. ayame wonders why in the world these demons
are doing this. the elder tell her that they r starving
since the ogre has eaten there usual prey. to of the wolf
demons get devoured and the demon move on to the others.
ayame throws her leaves and nails 3 demons in teh skull.
ayame tells everyone to cross the river b4 the demons
devour them all. ayame punch the ground with several leaves
on it. she makes a tonadoe and it hits al the demons. the
tornadoe disappears. back to kouga. he and his wolves are
drinking soe water when hakkaku and ginta ell him about an
evil presence that has been around these parts and then
just vanished. kouga asks where did this evil vanish at.
hakkaku and ginta tell him that no one knows where. kouga
becomes frustrated and looks outward to the purple mist
over the land. he thinks that the evil presence must be
near ayames territory. *flashback of ayame trying to
convince kouga to marry her* kouga says that he wouldve
gone with her if she told him an ogre was the cause of all
this uproar. kouga get worried and thinks to himself that
he has a bad feeling about this. kouga sniffs the air and
finds a disturbing scent. the blue waterfall turns purplish
brown with blood. ayame and the rst of the wolves and wolf
demons are still running. the elder trips. ayame rushes
over to him with concern. the elder in a sorta pained voice
tell her that he is jst tired, nothing more. he tries to
stand up again cries out in agony and collapses again.
ayame is even more concerned and tell him to hang in there.
the demons growl can be heard now. one wolf demon tell
everyone that the demons are coming closer. one wolf tell
everyone about his plan to buy the some time. ayame yell to
him that he cant do that or else he will die. he tell her
in a determined tone to protect the elder and find kouga.
thats all thta matters now. they must get away from this
zombie. ayame tries to stop him, but he has aleady jumped
down the cliff setting his plan into motion. ayame begins
to tear as she thinks uncle (the wolf who is sacrificing
himself right now) wont make it since he is already
injured. one wolf demon tell ayame to go. they dont have
time and not let his sacrifice go to waste. uncle is begins
to slow down and is breathing heavily as he runs. just then
several demons find him and attack. one bites through his
back. another through his head another through his
stomache. uncle scream out in agony. just then kouga comes
and beat up the demons. pieces of demon fall to the ground.
back at the river the wolves ginta hakkaku and kouga
surround uncle. uncle thanks kouga for saving him. kouga is
surprised that the wolf can talk. uncle tell him he took
such a great risk but all his efforts were for naught. its
too late. the wolfs vision begins to blur. kouga gazes at
him and asks if he is from the elders tribe.hakkaku tell
uncle that ayame tried to bring kouga to help. uncle
interrupts him and weakly asks where kouga is and looks
around. kouga comes closer to him and introduces himself.
uncle manages to muster a smile and says he is glad he
could meet him and tell him that they abandoned the
northern mountains and fled for their lives. hakkaku asks
him what they r running from. he weakly tell them they are
running from a zombie. he explains that it came form
someplace further up north than them, (image of a huge
zombie surrounded by purple fire) it isnt a demon or a
human and its body give off the stench of corpses and
graves, and then its started eating all the demons in teh
area. (kouga starts gritting his teeth while uncle cries
out in pain) they all bury him. ginta and hakkaku ask what
they will do now. kouga a bit tear eyed tells them that
they are going. they wonder why they are going since this
has nothing to do with naraku. kouga stands up looking
determined as he says, i dont know, but i am going to find
out, you think i will leave be someone who killed our
comrades, besides dogsh1t is headed this way, there is no
mistaking that disgusting scent. lol. kouga says he refuses
to have inu yasha beat him there. he turns into a tornadoe
and rushes off. they all run after him. back with inu
yasha. inu yasha is carrying shippo, kagome and her bike
O_o while the rest are on kirara. inu smells the scent of
wolves and that stuck up scent can only be kouga. lol.
miroku wonders why kouga is going toward the northeast as
well. sango gets hopeful and says maybe kouga found
something out about naraku. ayame voice comes from the sky
saying, did u just say kouga? her tornadoe appears infront
of them. inu yasha stop abruptly which send shippo flying,
but ayame catches him. everyone is surprised to see her.
ayame hands back shippo over to kagome and kagome asks her
if she did return to the northern mountains. she tell them
all that they had to flee because of an ogre thats after
them all. and that its an ogre that eats its own kind.
everyone is shocked by her words. there are 2 men walking
in the forest. thunders booms overhead and eerie looking
birds fly over them. the student tells his master in a
terrified voice to stop and if they continue to travel
through these mountains, they will be forced to sleep
outside tonight and they should return to town. the master
says, what r u afraid of, COME. the student tell him about
the ogre that has been in this area. the master has a
determind look and says he will take care of the ogre with
his buddha powers. he then laughs as another burst of
thunder sounds overhead. they then stop. more birds fly
overhead and the whoel sky darkens and pruple is added to
it. loud thunderous footstep approach them. the student is
scared and begins to shake. the ground begins to shakea tre
falls down almost crashing onto them. the master looks
toward the sky with terror in his eyes. a HUGE mountainous
figure can be seen. its begins to growl. its tongue is
sticking out as is devours the demons. the ogre notices
them. the master is petrfied and shaking while the student
starts to mumble and stutter. when he finally manages to
talk he tell master to use his powers on the ogre. the
master holds up a small chain in the air, his hand shaking,
he gives up and runs for his life abandoning his student.
the student quickly follows him as the ogres eyes glow
bright red. back at the cave with the wolf demons. inu
yasha and ayames group are there and ayame is caring for
the elder wolf. kagome asks her about the zombie. ayame
tells her its not human or demon. the grandfather weakly
tell them that the zombie came from far northeast. ayame
tell them that it devoured all teh demons in the area and
then it came to there territory. grandfather wolf tell them
that most of there kin were devoured. sango wonders why
this happended and asks ayame that they are very strong
arent they. ayame tells her that the ogre is stronger.
shippo on mirokus shoulder asks them if such a thing
exists. miroku explains that if one bears a grudge and
never release the resentment, it is possible to turn into
an ogre but... sango continues, but an ogre with the
abiliyt to devour demons... what could give life to such a
perposterous creature. inu and kagome says only naraku
couldve. ayame tells kagome that she has to lead the elder
and the rest of her tribe away from her. kagome smiles, she
says she understands and will let kouga know that they are
all safe. ayame thanks her. outside the cave, kagome waves
goodbye to them all and tells them to be careful. ayame
yell back to them that the ogre gives off a scent of
corpses and burial soil. in a dark forest u can here
chomping noises. kohaku is on a tree branch and calls out
to kyoukotsu. the ogre looks up. kohaku warns the ogre that
"he" will be here soon, the one with the shikon shards. the
ogre is very creepy looking. he laughs and says, oh? the
one for whom i was brought here b4 my bothers? kohaku or
w/e u r called u can go now. (his eyes bulge and veins
bulge from his from them) but first GIVE ME THE SHARDS IN
UR BACK. the ogre attacks but kohaku is quick, uses hi
sickle and slices his hand off. 2 of narakus bees are
watching them. kyoukotsu picks up his hands and says he
values his life. he reconnects his hand and a purple glow
comes from it and fuses it back together. there is a shikon
shards in his forehead. there are wolves running up a
mountain and a HUGE hands attacks which sends some wolves
flying. kouga saves them and demands for it not to mess
with his wolves. kyoukotsu just laughs and recognizes kouga
as the one with the shards. kouga is shocked. kyoukotsu
demands that kouga hand them over along with his life.
ginta and hakkaku are shaking in fear syaing that he is so
HUGE. kouga angrily asks kyoukotsu if he is the zombie/
ogre killing everyone. kouga yell at him that he stinks and
smells of rotting corpses. kyoukotsu just laughs and says
it has been a while since he rose from the grave, i have
got to eat more flesh to add to my body. (there is a
closeup os kyoukotsus left eye and kouga is in it)
kyoutkotsu attack and misses. kouga jumps into the air and
kick him in the face knocking him to thte ground. kouga
angrily says, U REEK OF THE BLOOD OF MY KINSMEN. kyoukotsu
slowly get up and realizes the shards are in kougas legs.
kouga glares at him and says, kyoukotsu or w/e ur name is,
WTF r u? there is a closeup of kougas enraged expression
as he wonder why kyoukotsu doesnt smell like naraku at all
and that he is certainly not one of narakus spawn.
kyoukotsu cracks his chin and grits his teeth and ell kouga
that he is a human. hakkaku and ginta are thinking that
that is totally impossible. kouga says how can a human come
back form the grave. kyoukotsu points to his forhead and
says its because of the shikon shard and that he feel
better now than he did b4 when he was alive. kouga demands
to know how kyoukotsu got his hands on that shard.
kyoukotsu refuses to tell him since kouga will be killed by
him anyways. he attack kouga with his hand again. kouga
easily dodges and tell him he better have some quicker
moves to beat him. kyoukotsu reaches into the ground and
pulls out a ball and chain. he begins swinging it but kouga
is too fast. the next time it barely misses kouga. kouga
falls to the ground but quickly gets back up. kyoukotsu
swings the ball and chain over his head while kouga becomes
a tonadoe and starts moving around him. kyoukotsu tries to
follow him with his eyes but misses again. the ball almost
hits kouga but kouga dodges jumps into the air and kicks
the chains breaking it. (go kouga go ^_^) kyoukotsu fall to
the ground. kouga jumps up yelling, I WILL SEND U BACK TO
UR GRAVE. kouga kicks his jewel shard. and beams of purple
lit emit from his head. shippo notices it and tells kagome
about it. they all recognizes it as the shikons light and
wonder if kouga met with naraku. inu tell them that he cant
detect naraku anywhere. back with ayames group. they notice
it as well. ayame rushes over to help kouga. kyoukotsu
attacks with his large hand kouga dodges but lands on his
other hand and kyoukotsu puts kouga to his mouth, but kouga
is on his shoulder. kouga twists his head upside down. and
kyoukots falls to the ground again. hakkaku and ginta r
very impressed. kouga smiles and says, serves u right. he
then turns the other way and leaves.but kyoukotsu fist
comes straight toward him and hits kouga in the back. kouga
cries out in pain and is shaking on the ground. kyoukotsu
gets back up with his head still upside down. he then takes
whats left of his chains and whips it at kouga. koug gets
hits anf manages to dodge the next oncoming attack. ayame
comes and tell kouga to watc out. kyoukotsu grabs kouga and
squeezes him. everyone else stands up and yel out his name.
kouga tries his best to get out of his grip. kyoukotsu
twists his head back to normal. kyoukotsu says that he will
eat him and the shikon shards (kyoukotsu puts kouga closer
to his mouth). kouga yells, DONT MAKE ME LAUGH @SSHOLE. he
punches kyoukotsu were the shards is and takes it out.
kougas bloody hand is holding the shard. kyoukotsu begins
to melt as he turns back into bones. the bones fall ontop
of kouga and teh ball and chains turn back into narakus
bees. ayame, ginta, and hakkaku yell to him asksing if he
ok and alive. kouga reaches for the shard but one of
narkaus bees takes it.kouga recognizes the bees and
realizes that naraku was behind this. the sun is setting.
they all check out the bones of kyoukotsu. kouga is sitting
down on a rock breathing heavily. ayame walks over to him
thanking him for gets revenge for her tribesmen. kouga asks
her about narakus presence moving to the northeast. ayame
confirms and tell him kagome told her that. ayame slowly
walks by him. kouga tells her to be careful. ayame turns
back and smiles saying that kagome said the same thing. she
turns into a tornadoe and leaves. kouga smiles and thinks
about kagomes words. jankotsu asks kohaku about kyoukotsu
dying again. jankotsu sighs and says that kyoukotsu was the
weakest out of all of them. sooo kohaku, i am supposed to
fight this inu yasha guy, is he hot? lol. kohaku repsonds,
i will let u be the just of that. jankotsu clasps his hands
together gets all daydreamy eyed and says, aaaah inu yasha
i want to meet u soon. LOL


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Shroud of the Avatar - Update #16, Bonus Rewards
Update #16 brings us more bonus rewards: future episodes, new tiers, immortality fruit, indestructible artisan tools, unique taming ability and more.
The project front page has been updated with "What IS Shroud of the Avatar?" highlighting game features and details as bullet points (finally):
If you don't want to go there, here they are:
* Shroud of the Avatar is infused with rich storylines, deeply integrated into game play, developed by Best Selling Author Tracy Hickman and RPG legend Richard Garriott.
* Players will adventure in an interactive world where their choices have consequences, ethical paradoxes give them pause, and they play a vital part in weaving their own story into the immersive world and lore surrounding them.
* Shroud of the Avatar is a Selective Multiplayer game, allowing players to choose how they want to play! Whether in Single-Player Offline mode or any of three online modes, the main quest line will provide greater than 40 hours of focused, story driven content.
* Shroud of the Avatar can be played as an offline DRM free solo experience or online, where our servers will enable player to player transactions, group finding, patching, streaming of dynamic content, and exploit prevention.
* Built using the Unity Game Engine, Shroud of the Avatar will support Win/Mac/Linux for official launch.
* Players can specialize in a wide range of combat and non-combat skills, provided by a robust, classless skill system, and full-featured crafting and housing mechanics. Play the way you want to play, molding your character into the hero, anti-hero, or artisan you want to be!
* Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtue is the first of a 5 game series of full-length, stand-alone games (each using the same game system), referred to as Episodes 1 through 5. Estimated availability of Episode 1, Forsaken Virtues, is October 2014, with Episodes 2 through 5 estimated for subsequent yearly releases.
* Shroud of the Avatar is a "buy-to-play" game that, once purchased, does not require a subscription to play!
Damn you spoonfull I just came to post this….if only I wasn't building a fence today:P
And good luck with your new fence.
Fence is done:) I agree with you that it should have been their from the start:)
New update:
if I were to drop enough bottles could I make a ladder and climb over your fence?
Bluh - Unity make video card fan go crazy.
Hmm..I wonder if the estate of David Watson owns the name "Iolo" or if EA has the trademark locked up. I don't think it was ever used on the box. That goes for all the other names that were used by those nuts he met at Ye Auld Renaissance Faire.
Does Garriot still own the name Lord British? I seem to recall he used it in Horizons didn't he?
I didn't think Iolo was dead?
So has there been any more word on NPC companions? I'm talking about whether they were thinking of having at least some unique fully fleshed out follower characters as they were in ultima 7 or still just generic hirelings (potentially with skills/equipment derived from friends' characters but still otherwise interchangeable.)
So my next question is something I think that is gonna be of vital importance for Ultima fans. Will there be a party and companions? And most importantly, if there is will these companions be full-fledged NPCs like Shamino, Iolo and so on?
That is an excellent question and one that the team right now is discussing. Our intention is that the answer to that question is yes. Across the board to your question, we also even want to add one more little piece than you did, which is if you have friends that are playing, we also want to be able to check out your friends character to potentially take along with your as a party member. So were definitely thinking that through right now. This would actually [be] a great time on our Shroud of the Avatar website to begin a discussion about party members because thats one of the big systems were working on right now.
New Update:
Richard Garriott about 1 hour ago
Let's Rock this! We are now well past the "base game" deliverables. But, we want to deliver the "fullest game possible", we want to go out day 1 as better story than Ultima IV, better virtual world than Ultima VII, better multiplayer than UO! We will get there over time as it is now, for which we deeply thank you! But let's rock this and deliver as much as possible DAY 1! If you cannot or do not wish or need or are able to up your own pledge, please help us reach out to those "on the fence" and get them "in the game" with us. THANKS!!!!
Not at all exited by the stretch goals. Reinforces a lot of my worries that the game is built around the MMO/social aspects first and foremost. And I have not heard enough about the story to really convince me. It may be great and I'll check it out when it comes out, but I am backing out of my pledge.
Anyone interested in a $25 early backer slot? Drop me a PM, I can let you know when I withdraw, so you have a chance to grab it.
Currently I reckon they are making a cooperative multiplayer game very like Guild Wars 1, which you can play totally solo or by replacing any number of your NPC companions with friends. If that does turn out to be the case it's no bad thing IMOP. Loved that game.
That might work like this:
Mode 1 - offline single. You play with a party of NPCs in the same way you would an early Ultima game.
Mode 2 - online single. Same as Offline except now you see other players in towns and outposts, but not whilst playing outside of them.
Mode 3 - online Multi. Same as 2 except you can substitute friends into your party in place of NPCs. They would have to play the story from the place *you* have got to though or vice-versa.
Mode 4 - ?
In the single player modes a party will work and I would expect that in the FPO and OPO modes you could ask others to join and create a party like we are used to in MMOs. If I understood correctly your single player character is different from your non single player online character, which makes sense. So you can't cary your single player character over to the other two modes.
What you are suggesting is a multiplayer mode and SotA does not have that. Well not yet, they can always add a fifth mode :)
For reference, here are the explanations of the four modes.
Think I saw that update, but forgot some of the detail, such as that you don't see anyone else in SPO mode.
It's still confusing: For instance, if you don't *see* anyone else, you won't be able to use player shops in SPO mode although you can see them (presumably). And when you are in FPO mode, in the middle of some mission, will any friends at the same stage suddenly pop into view when they come online in the same instance, or are they only visible in special places such as towns? I remember wondering when I read that whether they actually understood how their own mechanics were meant to work.
Maybe they'll handle "what we believe is their relevance to you" in much the same way as Zenimax mentioned they are doing in Elder Scrolls Online.
New update with an interview with warren spector…in chat it was eluded he may be involved more then they can say at the moment.
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Last year, the English Court of Appeal in Talal El Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings [2013] EWCA Civ 1539 considered the enforceability of penalty clauses under English contract law, and was one of the few decisions in recent times to have concluded that the clauses in question were penal and therefore unenforceable. The decision was notable for affirming that the English law rule against the enforceability of penalty clauses applies not only to clauses requiring a payment to be made by a defaulting party, but also to (i) clauses permitting the innocent party to withhold a payment from the defaulting party, and (ii) clauses requiring the transfer of assets from the defaulting party to the innocent party at a reduced price. Both of these propositions are not entirely settled under English law, with no conclusive House of Lords / Supreme Court decision on either point.
The other point of interest arising from the case was a reference in Clarke LJ's leading judgment to a significant anomaly at the foundation of the English law on penalties – it doesn't cover clauses which apply when there has been no breach of contract. To borrow the illustration used by Heath J way back in 1801 in Astley v Weldon (1801) 2 Bos. & P. 346, "It is a well-known rule of equity, that if a mortgage covenant be to pay £5 per cent. and if the interest be paid on certain days then to be reduced to £4 per cent. the Court of Chancery will not relieve if the early day be suffered to pass without payment; but if the covenant be to pay £4 per cent. and if the party do not pay at a certain time it shall be raised to £5 there the Court of Chancery will relieve". This anomaly provides latitude for draftsmen to avoid the rule against penalties, and has led to calls from leading academics (including Edwin Peel in the July 2014 issue of the Law Quarterly Review) to call for the abolition of the rule against penalties. It is however interesting to note that a 2012 decision of the Australian High Court (Andrewsv Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2012] HCA 30) addressed this anomaly by applying the rule even when there has been no breach of contract and the Indian position has been discussed by Niranjan in a previous post.
In May this year, the UK Supreme Court granted leave to appeal from the Court of Appeal's decision in Cavendish and the outcome of that appeal will be of great interest (although it is not clear whether the rule against penalties is a subject of the appeal, since the decision also involved findings on two other claims).
However, in the meanwhile, the English High Court last month decided another interesting case in which a liquidated damages provision was held to be penal and unenforceable. Although the facts of Unaoil v Leighton Offshore [2014] EWHC 2965 are rather complicated, the relevant chain of events is easy to summarise. Unaoil, a BVI company which provided a wide range of services across the oil and gas sector, entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Leighton Offshore in relation to a substantial oil infrastructure project in Iraq. Pursuant to the MOA, Leighton agreed to appoint Unaoil as its sub-contractor in relation to the project, subject to Leighton being appointed by the relevant Iraqi authorities, in consideration for a payment of $70 million. The MOA also contained a liquidated damages clause which provided for the payment of $40 million if Leighton breached the MOA. In particular, the liquidated damages clause stated – "After careful consideration by the Parties, the Parties agree such amount is proportionate in all respects and is a genuine pre-estimate of the loss that Unaoil would incur as a result of Leighton Offshore's failure to honour the terms of the MOA".
Subsequently, there were further discussions as to pricing between Unaoil and Leighton, leading to a supplementary agreement to the MOA pursuant to which the agreed consideration was reduced to $55 million. The liquidated damages clause was left unamended.
Eventually, Leighton was awarded the project but did not appoint Unaoil as its sub-contractor, thereby breaching the MOA as amended. This led to claims by Unaoil on several bases, including a claim for the $40 million payable under the liquidated damages clause. However, the High Court held that the clause was penal and not enforceable. A slightly frustrating aspect of the decision is that the reasoning underlying this conclusion is very brief and leaves a few questions unanswered. It does however lay down an interesting proposition of law, and one for which there was no authority previously.
The rule against penalties does not apply if the amount payable under the contract is a genuine pre-estimate of loss or if it has a commercial justification. However, both these tests are to be applied as on the date of the contract and not on the date of the breach. The question posed in Unaoil however was slightly different, what is the relevant date when the contract has been subsequently amended? The High Court held that- "where, as here, the contract is amended in a relevant respect, the relevant date is, in my judgment, the date of such amended contract … Here, once the original contract price was reduced by Supplementary Agreement No. 2, the figure of US$40 million was, even on Unaoil's own evidence, manifestly one which could no longer be a genuine pre-estimate of likely loss by a very significant margin indeed". Eder J goes on to state- "The reason why the figure of US$40 million was not reduced at the same time as when the contract price was reduced was not explained. Perhaps it was a mistake or an oversight. I do not know. In any event, once the original contract price was reduced, it was, on any objective view, "extravagant and unconscionable with a predominant function of deterrence" without any other commercial justification for the clause".
There are aspects to this decision and the underlying reasoning which are not entirely satisfactory, but contracts draftsmen can draw two important lessons from the passages reproduced above:
- When key provisions relating to the performance timetable and the consideration payable are amended over the course of long term contracts, it is important to assess the impact of the amendments on the liquidated damages clause, if any. Unfortunately, the phrase "in a relevant respect" does not offer much by way of guidance, but one would think that if the amendment is such that it affects the underlying basis of the "genuine pre-estimate of loss" on which the liquidated damages amount has been arrived at, or affects the commercial justification of the clause, the continued validity of the liquidated damages clause should be considered.
- If on such consideration, it is decided that the amendment to the substantive terms of the contract does not impact the liquidated damages clause (or indeed, even if it does), it may be helpful to document the basis on which the conclusion was reached – perhaps in the preamble to any amendment agreement. In Unaoil, the absence of a sufficient explanation for why the liquidated damages clause wasn't amended played an important role in the decision. It could be argued that this reliance is difficult to reconcile with Clarke LJ's statement of settled law in Cavendish that "The burden of proving that a clause is penal is on the party making the assertion". However, the point does remain that better drafting of the MOA and the subsequent amendment would have avoided a lot of the controversy – in the words of Eder J, "the disputes which are now the subject of the present proceedings are probably due, in large part, to such bad drafting (of the MOA)".