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What in the World! [Jetpack Invented .. Lawyer with Fake Degree become Partner .. Mysterious Piano on Mountain]

───   14:29 Wed, 01 Apr 2015

What in the World! [Jetpack Invented .. Lawyer with Fake Degree become Partner .. Mysterious Piano on Mountain] | News Article
World's first jetpack invented by 'mad boffin' who dreamed of flying to school
 
Glenn Martin had a childhood dream of seeing people flying through the sky - and now his device has made the front page of the New York Times.
 
Determined: Glenn Martin, from New Zealand, spent over 30 years building the jetpack in his garage
 
A 'mad boffin' who dreamed of flying to school has finally invented the world's first jetpack after working tirelessly for over three decades.
 
As a schoolboy, Glenn Martin's imagination was fuelled by characters from 1960s television shows such as Thunderbirds, Lost in Space and The Jetsons.
 
Over 50 years later, his childhood dream of seeing people flying through the sky could become a reality.
 
The inventor, from New Zealand, set up Martin Aircraft Company, which is now valued at more than $180m since it was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange last month.
 
Martin's device, which comes with a $273,000 (£183,500) price tag, has made the front page of the New York Times and listed among Time magazine's Top 50 Inventions. 
 
Martin's trailblazing jetpack idea has even received a big tick from his childhood hero, American astronaut Neil Armstrong.
 
 
 
 
Woman Faked Being Lawyer For 10 Years, Made Partner: Cops
 
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman used forged documents to pose as an estate lawyer for a decade and made partner at her small firm before her fraud was discovered, according to charges announced Friday.
 
Kimberly Kitchen was charged Thursday with forgery, unauthorized practice of law and felony records tampering.
 
State prosecutors contend Kitchen fooled BMZ Law by forging a law license, bar exam results, an email showing she attended Duquesne University law school and a check for a state attorney registration fee. The firm is based in Huntingdon, about 110 miles east of Pittsburgh.
 
Kitchen, of nearby James Creek, handled estate planning for more than 30 clients "despite never having attended law school," the attorney general's office said. She even served as president of her county bar, her lawyer said.
 
"She's an incredibly competent person, and she worked very diligently and was devoted to the people she served," lawyer Caroline Roberto said. "There are things about the charges we don't agree with."
 
The Huntington County Bar Association's current president, Christopher Wencker, called the charges insufficient given "the level of betrayal" over 10 years. Local lawyers were the first to raise questions about Kitchen's credentials.
 
BMZ Law didn't immediately return calls seeing comment Friday. But in December, when the Huntingdon Daily News first reported on the case, the firm vowed to review her work.
 
"Sadly, it would appear that our firm was the last, in a long line of professionals, to have been deceived by Ms. Kitchen into believing she was licensed to practice law," the firm's statement said. "We are undertaking a thorough review of each and every file she may have handled."
 
Kitchen, 45, previously was employed at Juniata College, where she worked in fundraising but "started holding herself out to be a lawyer," Senior Deputy Attorney General George Zaiser said.
 
Kitchen, who is married to a state conservation ranger, is no longer working, her lawyer said.
 
"Since December, when she was asked not to practice again, she's just been waiting for this to be resolved," Roberto said.
 
 
 
 
The mystery of the piano on the mountain that has baffled locals has finally been solved
 
By Steve White
 
The Santa Monica Mountains were alive with the sound of music when hikers discovered a battered piano on a lookout post 
 
Key to the puzzle: the instrument has attracted attention
 
The mystery that baffled locals in Southern California for days has been solved - the piano which strangely appeared on top of a mountain was the setting for a music video.
 
Hikers discovered the instrument on a graffiti-scrawled concrete slab at Topanga Lookout.
 
The scene has now turned out to have been created for a music video by Seattle-based artist Rachel Wong.
 
The cinematographer, Michael Flotron, said he and four others used a rope to haul the 350lb instrument a mile up the trail on Tuesday.
 
But after the film shoot, it was too dark to get the piano back down.
 
Mr Flotron says people seem happy to leave it there, but if necessary he will haul the piano back down.
 
The instrument is now becoming a sightseeing favourite for tourists.
 
 
 
 

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