Manager Derek McInnes is urging Aberdeen to use the pain of losing the League Cup final to their advantage when they meet Hibernian in Saturday's Scottish Cup semi-final.

The Dons lost 3-0 to Celtic at Hampden in November and McInnes said: "I think you can use any disappointment.
"You have got to get as much experience as possible to deal with occasions.
"We have had a lot of big-game experience in recent years. I think the European stage has helped us."
McInnes has taken Aberdeen to four semi-finals in his four years at Pittodrie, winning two and losing two.
"It is only by revisiting semi-finals and finals that you get the hang of it and get used to it and feel comfortable within it," he added.
"That's where we are. We are back here again and hopefully we can overcome Hibs and get to another final."
Aberdeen last lifted the Scottish Cup in 1990 and McInnes believes that many fans would put ending that drought ahead of finishing second in the Premiership for a third successive season.
"Absolutely; I get that." said the 45-year-old. "We have finished second for the last couple of seasons.
"We look as if we could do that this season again - still work to be done, of course.
"But I totally understand and I think the players want to put themselves in a position to try and be remembered as a Scottish Cup-winning team, as I do as manager.
"I don't want to prioritise. We are in a position where we want to achieve both.
"We want to finish second and we want to win the Scottish Cup. We have got a tough game ahead of us on Saturday, but somebody has got to win it and we want it to be us."
Trophy holders Hibs are in the division below, but McInnes expects a tough test from the Championship winners.
"I don't think there is a lot between the two teams," he said.
"We view Hibs as probably a top-six side. I think with the level of experience they have got, they are the cup holders, they are winning most weeks and they have got that level of confidence.
"For us to expect not to have a tough game in a semi-final would be wrong.
"I think we are a good side on our day. Hopefully, we can bring the performance we are capable of and, if we don't, we just make sure we get through."
Meanwhile, captain Ryan Jack, out of contract at the end of the season, says he remains undecided on his future and his sole focus this week is on the semi-final.
"I have not made any sort of decision, as of yet," said the 25-year-old midfielder, who was recently linked with a move to Rangers.
"The manager believes in me and the changing-room believe in me and obviously, when things like that come out, it is maybe difficult for other players and the manager - and difficult for myself.
"But I am not going to let that distract me. My focus is on Aberdeen from now until the end of the season and I will give everything I can to help us secure second and to hopefully win the cup."


AFC Wimbledon strengthened their League Two play-off chances with a narrow home victory over Leyton Orient.

The winning goal came early on as Lyle Taylor converted Tom Elliott's rebounded effort for his 21st goal of the season.
Taylor was then denied by Orient keeper Alex Cisak, before Cisak was on hand again to punch away Elliott's effort.
Seventh-placed Wimbledon now need two points from their final three games to seal a play-off spot.


London 2012 gold medallist Mariya Savinova has been stripped of her 800m title and banned until 2019 after being found guilty of doping.

She has had her results from July 2010 to August 2013 annulled but has 45 days to appeal against the decision.
The Russian beat South Africa's Caster Semenya into second at the London Olympics and the 2011 Worlds in Daegu.
Savinova, 31, also beat Britain's Jenny Meadows into to bronze at the 2010 European Championships.
Both Semenya and Meadows could now have their medals upgraded.
Savinova has also lost her 800m silver from the 2013 Worlds and her four-year suspension will be backdated to 2015.
The case against Savinova was brought by the IAAF based upon her biological passport, which the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has used to make its decision.
A Cas statement read: "On the basis of clear evidence, including the evidence derived from her biological passport (ABP), Mariya Savinova is found to have been engaged in using doping from 26 July 2010 (the eve of the European Championship in Barcelona) through to 19 August 2013 (the day after the World Championship in Moscow).
"As a consequence, a four-year period of ineligibility, beginning on 24 August 2015, has been imposed and all results achieved between 26 July 2010 and 19 August 2013, are disqualified and any prizes, medals, prize and appearance money forfeited."
Savinova was one of five Russian athletes named in a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into doping.
She has not raced since 2013 after being suspended during an investigation sparked by the release of undercover footage filmed by whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova.
Should the International Olympic Committee decide to reallocate the medals from the London 2012 final, Semenya would be awarded a second gold after she claimed the 800m title in Rio last summer.
Savinova is now the second Russian finalist from that race to have been retrospectively banned - after Yelena Arzhakova - while a third - bronze medallist Ekaterina Poistogova - is also under investigation for doping.
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Savinova is one of Russia's best known middle-distance athletes - she is now one of Russia's best known drugs cheats.
It means in effect Savinova loses her London 2012 gold medal and Caster Semenya will likely be promoted from silver to gold.
So while there are consequences for Savinova, the world of sporting detection is once again showing it will catch up with athletes if they have cheated even if it is some years after the event.


Central banks are not famous for their openness - rather, secrecy and closed doors remain the norm.

They might now publish the minutes of meetings where decisions about interest rates are made, hold regular media conferences - and even have Twitter accounts.
But in many respects the Bank of England remains cocooned from the real world behind its fortress-like facade on Threadneedle Street in the heart of the City of London.
An event organised by the Bank this week, however, was an attempt to lower the drawbridge just a little. Open Forum 2015 is thought to be the first time that a central bank has invited the public to a debate about the role financial markets play in society.
Andy Haldane, the Bank's chief economist, says the words used by the public to describe financial markets - "corrupt; unreliable; rigged" - underline why this event was worth holding.
He describes the forum as the start of a process to close that yawning gap between those who work in the financial sector - and the rest of us on the outside.
About half the 400 people who attended Open Forum 2015 were those working in the financial sector, as well as businesspeople from other industries, academics, politicians and clergy. The remainder had applied for a place in a public ballot and Mohini Patel, a fixed income dealer at Hermes Investment Management, was one of those who did so.
"The opportunity to engage with central banks in this kind of forum doesn't come about very often," she says during the lunch break at the Guildhall, just around the corner from the Bank - 400 people couldn't fit in Threadneedle Street, apparently.
Ms Patel says she wanted to hear what the speakers, who included Chancellor George Osborne, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, Mark Carney, the Bank's governor, and his deputy Nemat Shafik had to say.
Putting aside a reservation that the event was more a conversation than one aimed at producing "outcomes", Ms Patel says: "It's a positive thing, definitely - it's quite impressive that the dialogue is open."
John Hearn, a senior economics lecturer at IFS University College that offers professional education for the financial services and dates back to the Institute of Bankers that was founded in 1879, says he attended Wednesday's function with the aim of "asking some awkward questions" and the hope of increasing the public's financial literacy.
"We'll only solve financial problems if people understand what the issues are - and an event like this throws it out much more widely."
As the Bank was given far wider powers over the financial system in the wake of the crash some eight years ago, it's only right that it should try to be more transparent, says BBC Economics editor Robert Peston.
"Given that the governor of the Bank of England is not elected, there is a fear that the Bank is super-powerful but not answerable to the people - having this sort of public consultation is a step in the right direction," he comments.
"If it's just a PR exercise it's worthless, but if the Bank can demonstrate that it's listening to what people are saying then that would be a good thing."
But back to the cheerleaders for a moment. Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group, was a panel member for one of the morning's breakout sessions, snappily-titled, "Improving the effectiveness of market finance in serving the economy".
He describes the forum as "pretty visionary and very ambitious" given that no central bank has staged an event like this before.
To be fair, it tried to be as inclusive as possible, with parallel events in Birmingham and Edinburgh, a Twitter hashtag that attracted more than 3,000 tweets, a webcast of the whole event and an online seminar in which 5,000 school students took part. (You can catch up on the Bank's YouTube channel - some 10,000 people have logged on so far.)
Mr Rolet believes the event is part of the drive to ensure the financial sector is "at the service of the real economy" and help create high-quality jobs.
When so many people still associate financial markets with corruption and nefarious activities, there remains a need to hold up a mirror to it, says Michael Salib, a Bank of England employee currently studying for a Master's degree at the London School of Economics.
The poor perception that the public have of the industry should be a wake-up call, he argues.
"The job is not done - although a lot of regulation has been put in place, communicating to the public what that means clearly hasn't worked for that lack of confidence to be there still."
So what will Open Forum 2015 achieve? Mr Haldane who helped shape the event, he calls himself the "party planner", says: "I hope today has moved us on a step in the debate about finance. And it wasn't scripted to within an inch of its life."
He feels it also underlines the Bank's drive to be more open.
"This is the most 'One Bank' thing we've done in my 26 years at the Bank by a mile - it involved absolutely everyone. It's a risky thing - in the business of central banking it's quite out there."
It seems the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street has lifted her skirts just a touch - and the hemline may remain just a little bit higher.


Interim boss Neil McCann has reversed his decision to leave Dundee and taken on the position long-term.

McCann left the club three days ago having guided them to Premiership safety in a five-week spell in charge.
The 42-year-old had indicated he was going back to his previous role as a television pundit.
"I have had time to think about the opportunity of being manager of Dundee FC full-time and decided it was too good for me to turn down," he said.
"I'm looking forward to being in charge for the new season and work has already begun on a number of fronts. I'm excited about the future and can't wait to get started."
McCann took over from the sacked Paul Hartley on 18 April with the club sitting in the relegation play-off spot.
However, the former Dark Blues winger won his first two games as interim manager and drew a third, before rounding off the league campaign with two defeats.
Dundee managing director John Nelms said the club had been "inundated with applications" for the role and that, after discussions "with a number of candidates", McCann had been the club's "number one choice".
Following McCann's initial decision to step down, St Mirren rejected a request by the Taysiders to speak to their manager Jack Ross.


The parents of a stuntman killed during filming of The Expendables 2 are seeking unspecified damages from the film-makers as a result of their son's death.

26-year-old Kun Liu was killed while performing on an inflatable boat on the Ognyanovo dam in Bulgaria.
He died from wounds he suffered from an on-set explosion nearby.
His parents have filed a case of wrongful death against Millennium Films and the movie's stunt coordinator.
The Expendables 2 features an all-star action hero cast, including Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.
Kun Liu's parents, Zong Yu Liu and Yan Mei Bai, claim the filmmakers and Stahelski "negligently and carelessly failed to provide adequate protection from harm to the participants of the stunts".
They are suing for funeral and burial expenses as well as "the loss of society, love, comfort, attention, services and support" of their son.
Elizabeth Wolfe, a spokeswoman for Millennium Films, and stunt co-ordinator, Chad Stahelski declined to comment on the case.
At the time of Lui's death in October 2011, Bulgarian authorities reported another stuntman was seriously injured during the explosion.
Millennium films denied reports in the Bulgarian press that the doubles for stars Sly Stallone and Jet Li had been involved in the accident.
Stallone, who directed the first Expendables film and is producing the sequel, was not present at the time of the accident as he was filming scenes in another location.
The Expendables 2 is due for release in the UK on 16 August, 2012.


Ed Miliband's briefing notes for Prime Minister's Questions - revealing his planned lines of attack against David Cameron - have been revealed.

The notes are understood to have been accidentally left in a House of Commons toilet by a junior aide.
They suggest the Labour leader was braced for attacks on Labour's relationship with the unions.
A row about the alleged influence of the Unite union on candidate selection dominated this week's session.
Labour sources have accepted the notes - left near the division lobby in the House of Commons - are genuine. It is understood they were left in the toilet by Jonathan Reynolds, who is Mr Miliband's parliamentary private secretary.
The notes include pre-prepared lines on Tom Watson, campaign organiser for the Labour party, one of whose assistants was a candidate in a controversial candidate selection process in Falkirk.
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The notes, which cover two and half sides of A4 paper, are divided into different headings.
They include the lines: "I'll take Tom Watson over Andy Coulson any day and I'd far rather have Tom Watson working for me who led the campaign on the phone hacking scandal than have brought Andy Coulson into the heart of Downing Street."
Mr Miliband went on to raise Mr Coulson, the PM's former director of communications who is facing charges of phone hacking and bribing public officials during his former career as a journalist, in Wednesday's clash.
But he did not mention Mr Watson - a former close ally of Gordon Brown who is Labour's deputy chairman - and also omitted the line in the notes saying the party was "taking action" over the Falkirk affair.
Unite, the UK's largest union, is at the centre of a row over the selection of a new Labour candidate to fight the next election in the Scottish constituency.
Labour's National Executive Committee has taken control of the process from the local party after allegations of interference by Unite and an as yet unpublished Labour report has found evidence of unions packing local membership lists.
Labour insist Mr Miliband has moved swiftly and decisively to order an inquiry into Falkirk within hours of allegations being raised, but senior figures have called for the report into the affair to be published and warned it risks damaging the party.
Mr Cameron seized on the issue at the weekly session of PM's questions, challenging Mr Miliband on his links with the trade unions and claiming "we have a situation in this country where we have got one of our political parties where it has become apparent votes are being bought, people are being signed up without consent".
Mr Cameron said Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey, who backed Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership contest, "wrote the questions" for the opposition leader and dictated policy on issues like education and health.
"He is taking his script from the trade unions, who don't like choice, don't like new schools, don't like free schools," he said.
"They want to control everything. What we know is that one organisation they have got control of. We see it in black and white - they have taken control of the Labour Party."
In response, Mr Miliband said he was happy to debate the issue of ethics, claiming Mr Cameron had had "dinners for donors in Downing Street, given a tax cut to his Christmas card list and brought Andy Coulson into the heart of Downing Street".
"The idea that he is lecturing us on ethics takes double standards to a whole new level."
Unite has threatened legal action against Labour, saying it has been a victim of a "smear campaign" and an attempt by the party to impose a candidate from Westminster.
Mr McCluskey, who was elected to a second term as Unite leader earlier this year, said Mr Cameron appeared to have an "obsession" with him but had "nothing to say" on the real issues facing people.
"He also reminded the millions of trade unionists in this country that they are not welcome in the Conservative party, and indeed that they hold trade union members in contempt."
He added: "There can be absolutely no question about who runs the Labour Party. It is Ed Miliband and he has my full support.
"Yes, there may be issues we disagree on - that is allowed in a democratic party - but Unite is fully behind Ed Miliband."
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said unions were an important part of an industrial democracy but "they can't bully and get their way within the Labour Party".
"It seems what has happened in Falkirk is that Unite have overstepped the mark and they should remember Ed Miliband runs the Labour Party, not Unite," he added.


Outgoing ministers in Ghana could be forcibly evicted from their official residences if they fail to move out in time, under new laws.

Ministers and other government officials are being given a three-month deadline to hand over state-owned homes and vehicles, from the date of the new president's inauguration.
The law targets presidential appointees who try to cling on to the perks of office after a new leader is elected.
Ghana goes to the polls on 7 December.
After previous transfers of power, some officials have had to be forcibly evicted and had their state-owned vehicles seized after failing to hand them back.
The law does not apply to presidents and vice-presidents as we earlier reported.
The bill, which was passed by MPs on Wednesday evening, will now go to the president to sign into law.
Existing legislation requires officials to hand back government property after they leave office, but this is the first time a strict time limit has been applied.
Ghana's current leader John Mahama is standing for re-election and his main opponent is Nana Akufo-Addo. The winner will be inaugurated on 7 January 2017.
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Police officers came under attack in a two-hour gunfight in the Mexican city of Acapulco, officials say.

Several gunmen attacked a hotel where officers stay, in the tourist area Las Playas on Sunday evening.
Dozens of people had to shelter in shops while shooting continued, until after 23:00 local time (04:00 GMT).
One suspected gunman was killed when police returned fire. Officers then chased other gunmen through the streets before securing the area.
At the same time, a separate group of gunmen attacked a federal police base in the city.
Mexico's federal authorities have called an emergency meeting with the local authorities to discuss the incident.
Guerrero state Governor Hector Astudillo Flores told Imagen radio that the gang members were taking revenge for the arrest of their leader, last Friday.
Freddy del Valle Berdel, known as "The Donkey," is the presumed leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in Acapulco.
"We have information that this is a retaliation for his detention. It was the federal police who arrested him and the attack was against federal police officers," said Mr Astudillo.
Some universities in Acapulco have cancelled classes for Monday but local media (link in Spanish) report that according to education authorities, schools will still be open.
The US department of state has warned American consular staff not to travel to Acapulco, saying that Guerrero was the most violent state in Mexico in 2015.
Tens of thousands of people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the past decade.


A horse with a broken neck has died after being dumped among fly-tipped rubbish.

The colt was discovered alive alongside a toilet, bath and other rubbish on Meadow Lane in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, at about 20:20 GMT on Tuesday.
Nearby farm owner Tony Perrin said the "skinny and scrawny" horse was "kicking its legs but couldn't move".
The RSPCA, which is investigating, said the foal died before a vet could attend and the body has been removed.
Mr Perrin, who was called by police to assist, told Mansfield Chad: "It was awful - when I arrived it was still alive.
"This is the second time this has happened down here."
The 64-year-old said the injured foal must have been left after 18:00 GMT by whoever illegally dumped the rubbish.
Derbyshire Police said it had received a call from a member of the public who found the horse and contacted the RSPCA.
An RSPCA spokesperson said: "As our nearest available officer was 80 miles away dealing with an emergency, we requested that police send officers to the scene.
"Sadly, the officers later informed us that the colt - which we believe had suffered from a broken neck - died of his injuries before a vet could attend.
"The body was left at the site overnight and an RSPCA officer attended the following day to investigate the circumstances in which he was dumped at the scene.
"We would like to hear from anyone who may know where this horse came from or who may have seen anything suspicious in the area to contact us."


Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, was unaware he was swinging from the Cenotaph during student protests, a court has heard.

The Cambridge history student knew the "significance" of the monument but did not realise he was dangling from a war memorial, the Court of Appeal was told.
Gilmour, of Billingshurst, West Sussex, was jailed for 16 months for violent disorder in July.
The 21-year-old is appealing against his sentence.
Judges heard Gilmour had taken LSD and valium before joining the central London protests against increased tuition fees last December.
He was seen hanging from a Union flag on the Cenotaph and leaping on to the bonnet of a Jaguar - part of a royal convoy.
Gilmour was previously found by a judge at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to have thrown a rubbish bin at the vehicle.
His lawyers are also challenging this ruling as part of the appeal.
The crown court judge had accepted that the incident at the Cenotaph did not form part of the violent disorder, but described it as "outrageous and deeply offensive behaviour".
During his several-hour-long rampage, Gilmour was also found to have kicked the window of Topshop's flagship store on Oxford Street.
He ended the day in possession of the leg of a mannequin.
Gilmour's defence QC, David Spens, said his client did not know what the Cenotaph looked like and, as he had lived "without a television for 10 years", this was "not actually as surprising as might have been thought".
The court heard he had turned to drink and drugs after being rejected by his biological father, the writer Heathcote Williams.
Mr Spens said he had "successfully reformed and rehabilitated himself" and addressed the "underlying drug and alcohol problems".
He added: "My submission is that this sentence was unduly harsh, unnecessarily so."
The court has reserved judgement pending other Court of Appeal rulings relating to the August riots, which may have a bearing on Gilmour's case.


German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said building walls will not solve problems caused by immigration, during a visit to Mexico City.

Mrs Merkel did not mention US President Donald Trump, who has vowed to erect a barrier across the Mexican border.
She said history showed that migration pressures were resolved only when empires got on well with their neighbours.
Mrs Merkel grew up in communist East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain.
Addressing a panel discussion with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, she said: "Obviously the main reason for people leaving must be addressed on site first, which means that putting up walls and cutting oneself off will not solve the problem."
Mrs Merkel suggested the key to managing large-scale migration was to improve living standards and opportunities in affected areas.
The German leader has sometimes faced criticism at home for welcoming more than a million refugees since 2015.
In another counter to Mr Trump, Mrs Merkel backed Mexico's free trade position ahead of talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) between Mexico, the US and Canada.
Mr Trump has repeatedly criticised the agreement, and threatened to withdraw from it if he cannot renegotiate it in America's favour.


World number one Jason Day posted a one-under-par 69 to share the lead with Scott Piercy after the third round of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational.

Australia Day led by a shot overnight but American Piercy struck a brilliant 67 to move to five under in Ohio.
Sweden's David Lingmerth, who hit a bogey on the 16th, is one shot behind after carding a 69.
World number two Jordan Spieth (71) is one over for the tournament and England's Paul Casey (72) four over.
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Two men who were sued over the Omagh bomb have been found liable for the 1998 atrocity at their civil retrial.

The judge described the evidence against Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly as overwhelming.
The action was taken by the victims' families, who have been awarded £1.6m damages.
Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the Real IRA attack on the County Tyrone town in August 1998.
Delivering his summary, Mr Justice Gillen recognised the scale of the terrorist outrage for which no one has ever been convicted.
"The barrier of time has not served to disguise the enormity of this crime, the wickedness of its perpetrators and the grief of those who must bear its consequences," he said.
"Even 15 years on nothing can dilute the pulsing horror of what happened."
Lord Brennan QC, who represented the families, said the bereaved relatives were determined that the damages would be paid.
"Enforcement will be pursued with vigour here and in other relevant jurisdictions," he said.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was killed in the bombing, described it as an "important judgement".
"We will be pursuing the judgement because it would be a very hollow judgement if it was merely words," he said.
"We will be doing our best to try and recover the damages but at the moment, we're just happy that we've got a judgement that we, the families, the victims, have held someone to account for what happened at Omagh."
During the retrial it was claimed that Colm Murphy supplied mobile phones to the bomb team.
Mr Justice Gillen said there was compelling circumstantial evidence that two phones linked to Colm Murphy were used in the attack, with anyone who knowingly provided them to the bomb team liable.
The builder's denials about lending his phone to anyone and subsequent explanation to police in the Irish Republic were wholly implausible and amounted to lies with no innocent explanation, according to the judge.
The coincidence of a similar unexplained use by the same phone in an earlier bombing in Banbridge was found to amount to further probative evidence of Murphy's involvement in the Omagh operation.
"To suggest that for a second time his phone had been mysteriously used without his knowledge moves one into the realm of fantasy," Mr Justice Gillen said.
He described Mr Murphy's explanation for failing to give evidence as being due to his lack of confidence in the judicial system as "bordering on the risible".
"It makes the prima facie case even stronger and renders it now overwhelming," he added.
The same verdict was returned against Seamus Daly, based on his conversation on one of the bomb-run phones less than an hour after the explosion.
Mr Daly's guilty plea and conviction for Real IRA membership in November 2000 was also taken into account.
"This was relevant not just to propensity but was logically probative in determining the issue of liability in this case," Mr Justice Gillen said.
Neither man was at the High Court in Belfast to hear the 73-page judgement.
"I have determined that both defendants were involved in assisting the preparation, planting and detonation of the bomb," Mr Justice Gillen said.
Stanley McCombe, who lost his wife Ann in the atrocity, said he hoped the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Garda Siochana in the Republic would now review the evidence following the verdict.
"Out of all this, what we have heard from the judge, I think the Gardai, PSNI, and the bodies that be, have to really look at all this information and all this evidence and see if there is a case that these people have to answer for," he said.
Mr Gallagher said the Omagh families would be seeking an "early meeting" with the PSNI chief constable, Matt Baggott.
"We believe it's important that he looks at the judgement that was delivered, that there could be the possibility of pursuing the individuals that we have held to account in a criminal court," he said.
"We just cannot accept that 31 people can be murdered and no-one can be brought to justice for that crime."
Following the verdict, Lord Brennan QC, said he wanted the nine-year-long legal battle brought to an end.
Opposing a stay on the judgment pending any further challenge, the barrister described the verdict against Mr Murphy and Mr Daly as "damning".
"The prospects on appeal are, in our submission, zero," he said.
"The defendants have had their full measure of legal aid and the ability to participate in this trial. Let it come to an end."
The barrister also confirmed plans to pursue all four men now held liable for the bombing.
To date, no-one has been successfully criminally prosecuted for the bombing.
In the absence of criminal convictions, the victims' families took a landmark civil action, seeking damages from the men they believed were responsible.
The retrial followed the original Omagh bomb civil case, which is believed to be the first time anywhere in the world that alleged members of a terrorist organisation have been sued.
The first trial concluded in June 2009, when a judge ruled that four men - Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt, Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly - were all responsible for carrying out the atrocity.
The 12 relatives who had taken the action were awarded more than £1.6m in damages.
Mr McCombe said the families had not received "one single penny" from that judgement.
However, the four men who were found liable subsequently launched appeals.
Michael McKevitt and Liam Campbell failed to have the civil judgement against them overturned two years later.
Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly were successful in upholding their appeals in July 2011, but the pair were then ordered to face a retrial of the civil case.
Mr Murphy a Dundalk-based publican and contractor, and former employee Seamus Daly, from Cullaville, County Monaghan, denied playing central roles in the atrocity.


David Cameron says setting out his EU reform demands to a European Council meeting marks a "significant milestone" in his renegotiation plans.

The gathering in Brussels will be the first time his objectives have been collectively discussed by EU leaders.
Ahead of the meeting, Council President Donald Tusk warned the EU's fundamental values were "non-negotiable".
There will be limited time to discuss the UK plans, with the agenda dominated by the Greek debt and migrant crises.
Greece must repay a â‚¬1.6bn (Â£1.1bn) IMF loan by next Tuesday or face default, and the latest talks between Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and international lenders ended without agreement.
Eurozone finance ministers had hoped to finalise a deal, but will now discuss a plan proposed by creditors.
The summit's first "working session" and dinner will be dedicated to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, amid a difference of opinion over Europe-wide quota systems and following what Mr Cameron called the "totally unacceptable" sight of hundreds of migrants trying to board UK-bound vehicles at Calais.
At the end of the dinner, Mr Cameron will address the leaders about his planned reforms and referendum of the British public by the end of 2017.
The PM hopes this will pave the way for official negotiations to begin on the terms of the UK's EU membership.
He has not set out the full details of his negotiating aims but his priorities include restrictions to welfare entitlements, greater powers for national Parliaments and an opt-out for Britain from the principle of "ever closer union".
As the leaders arrived in Brussels, European Council President Mr Tusk said Mr Cameron's concerns would be considered, "but only in a way which will be safe for all Europe".
He added: "Today we will start this process. However, one thing should be clear from the very beginning: the fundamental values of the European Union are not for sale and so are non-negotiable."
Speaking as he arrived at the summit, Mr Cameron said: "Today marks a significant milestone in the process of saying that it's right for Britain to have this renegotiation and this referendum to address the concerns that the British people have about Europe and to make sure the British people have the final say about whether we stay in a reformed European Union or leave."
When you turn up for dinner it's polite to take a gift but when David Cameron shows up in Brussels tonight he won't be bearing flowers or chocolates.
What he'll hand over to his host to share with the 27 other guests is the "British problem". This is the important moment that it becomes the EU's shared problem.
Gone are the days when Europe's politicians and officials could kid themselves that if they waited long enough the British would change their mind or change their government.
They now know that, like it or not, there will be a renegotiation of the UK's membership of the EU followed by a referendum.
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Speaking on BBC Radio 4's The World at One programme, UKIP MP Douglas Carswell said the EU project was "lurching from crisis to crisis".
"There's something existentially wrong with the whole European project, and things are coming to a head pretty fast," he said.
Former Conservative minister Damian Green cautioned against labelling every EU summit "a crisis summit" but added: "Clearly this is an important moment."
On the eve of the summit, Mr Cameron had talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin as part of his efforts to speak face-to-face with his European counterparts about his aims.
On Wednesday evening, during a state banquet for the Queen, who is visiting Germany, German President Joachim Gauck said the EU "needs Britain".
"We know that we need an effective European Union based on a stable foundation of shared values," he said.
"A constructive dialogue on the reforms Britain wants to see is therefore essential. As a good partner, Germany will support this dialogue."
However, French minister Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC the UK should not be able to cherry-pick aspects of EU membership.
"I don't understand how it is possible to say 'We, the UK, have all the positive aspects of Europe but don't want to share any of the risk with any member states'."
At the state banquet, the Queen spoke of the need for unity in Europe and how the continent must strive to "maintain the benefits of the post-war world".
She warned in her speech that "division in Europe is dangerous".
Buckingham Palace officials later stressed that the Queen's comments were not a reference to Mr Cameron's EU reforms or upcoming referendum, but rather about the risks of wider differences dividing the continent.
David Cameron is starting renegotiation of the terms of Britain's EU membership ahead of a referendum. Here is some further reading on what it all means:
Q&A: The UK's planned EU referendum
UK and the EU: Better off out or in?
What Britain wants from Europe
Timeline: EU referendum debate
The European Commission has appointed a senior British official to head a new Brussels task force to handle issues relating to the UK referendum, which will begin its work on 1 September.
Jonathan Faull, who has worked in the commission for more than 30 years, will report directly to Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
The UK has opted out of a planned quota system to deal with with the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett said that if Mr Cameron wanted to gain support for his EU reforms, he needed to "win friends".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "To win friends he is going to have to cooperate in some way with the wider issue of immigration coming from outside the EU."


The UN has received reports that 231 Iraqi civilians have been killed by so-called Islamic State while attempting to flee Mosul over the past two weeks.

At least 204 are believed to have been shot dead by militants during clashes with Iraqi security forces in the Shifa district last Thursday and Saturday.
The UN said it had noted a "significant escalation" in such killings.
There are also reports of between 50 and 80 civilians being killed in an air strike on the Zanjili area on 31 May.
Pro-government forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul in October with the support of a US-led multinational coalition.
They managed to take full control of the eastern half of Mosul in January and started an assault on the west the following month.
Fewer than 1,000 militants are now besieged in IS-controlled parts of the Old City and several adjoining northern districts, along with some 100,000 civilians.
The UN Human Rights office said it had documented IS "use of civilians as human shields and its slaughter of those attempting to flee" since the start of the operation, but that recent reports indicated "a significant escalation in such killings".
On 26 May, militants reportedly shot at civilians trying to flee Shifa, killing 27 people, including 14 women and five children.
Another 163 civilians were allegedly shot dead next to a Pepsi factory in the same district last Thursday. Their bodies were reportedly left on the street for days.
And on Saturday, IS reportedly shot and killed at least 41 civilians as they attempted to flee Shifa towards Iraqi security forces locations.
That day, Reuters news agency journalists saw the bodies of dozens of civilians lying along a road leading out of Zanjili.
"Shooting children as they try to run to safety with their families - there are no words of condemnation strong enough for such despicable acts," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said.
"I call on the Iraqi authorities to ensure that those who are responsible for these horrors are held accountable and brought to justice in line with international human rights laws and standards. The victims of such terrible crimes must not be forgotten."
Mr Zeid also called on the Iraqi security forces and their coalition partners to ensure that their operations fully complied with international humanitarian law and that all possible measures were taken to avoid the loss of civilian lives.
In March, a coalition air strike on a building in western Mosul killed more than 100 Iraqi civilians by inadvertently setting off a large amount of explosives that IS militants had placed there, a US military investigation concluded last month.
The UN says at least 2,174 civilians have been killed and 1,516 injured across Nineveh province since the start of the Mosul offensive almost eight months ago.
More than 800,000 people - about a third of the pre-war population of Mosul - have been displaced over the same period, including 633,000 from the west of the city.


As the European Union introduces a ban on crude oil imports from Iran and tightens sanctions on the country's banks, BBC Persian has been talking to Iranians at home and abroad about the impact on their lives, as Mehrzad Kohanrouz reports.

Fereydoun is a 40-year-old from Karaj, south-west of the capital Tehran. He has just been made redundant after 15 years with the state-owned carmaker, Iran Khodro.
"I used to have a job assembling Mercedes-Benz cars," says Fereydoun, "but now, because of the sanctions, Daimler has cut its ties with Iran and as a consequence I lost my job. I'm self employed now but I'm struggling to put food on the table."
Fereydoun is one of many Iranians now facing hard times as the sanctions against Iran's already struggling economy begin to bite.
He says he knows he is lucky to at least have a temporary job.
Unemployment is soaring in Iran, especially among the younger generation. The official rate is 14%. But, unofficially, it is much higher.
Growing numbers of Iranians now have no steady source of income. It is a grim prospect at a time when the cost of living is soaring.
Pirouz, a university professor in Tehran, says he is finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet.
"I live alone," he says. "I used to spend about $300 every month on living expenses, but now I am paying more than $650."
Rising prices have been compounded by recent economic reforms, which saw state subsidies on petrol and utilities being phased out.
Like most Iranians, Pirouz receives a monthly payment of $30 from the state to help cope with the new higher prices, but he says that it is simply not enough.
For people in business the sanctions are definitely making life much more difficult.
"The sanctions mean that it is impossible to transfer foreign currency," says Ravan, a businessman from Tehran. "My business has been left with a huge load of debt. Thousands of people in my position have gone bust."
"In the past few weeks, the prices of goods in my sector have been changing on a daily basis," says Sharouz, who imports camera systems for automatic doors in shops and offices.
"I agree a price today, but by the time I go to sign the contract the following day the price has already gone up and yesterday's deal has been cancelled."
In an article for the popular Khabar website, political analyst Mohammad Irani recently lambasted the government for its failure to address the problem.
"If you complain, all you hear is: 'Don't you live in this country? You should know it's because of the sanctions'," he wrote. "But if you want to overcome a crisis or challenge you've got to admit that it exists, and not just dismiss it."
The growing feeling of crisis has seen many Iranians rushing to convert their savings into dollars. As a result Iran's currency, the rial, has plunged to record lows in the past couple of weeks.
"I don't know how I can cope," Saeed, a student, wrote in an email. "The rate for foreign currency is rising by the hour."
In response, the government has ordered exchange bureaux to stop selling dollars, unofficial street dealers have been threatened with arrest and prosecution and the central bank has warned that anyone carrying foreign currency must provide a bank receipt or risk being arrested.
In another sign of just how seriously the government is taking the situation, Iranians recently found that not only had the authorities blocked access to financial websites showing real-time exchange rates, but it was no longer possible even to use keywords like "dollar".
Gold prices have also rocketed in Iran as people have put their savings into gold coins.
The price of a gold coin - the way the gold price is measured in Iran - now stands at $500, more than double what it was a couple of years ago.
The price of gold coins is particularly significant in Iran because when young people get married, the "mehrieh" or "bride price" - the money the husband will pay his wife if they get divorced - is usually agreed in gold coins. For a country with a high divorce rate, it is a big problem.
"I'm thinking of all those poor husbands," says Matin in an email. "How will they ever be able to pay if their wife decides to get a divorce?"
The sanctions are also having an impact on Iranians living abroad.
Ehsan, a student in Malaysia, said it was getting really difficult for his family to send money to him.
"Many people I know have given up and gone home," he says.
Nazy, who is studying in India, said her problems were being made worse by traders taking advantage of the plunging value of the rial.
"Currency exchange here is a rip-off," she complains. "The touts will get huge commission and charge as much as they wish as Iranian rial falls."
So how do people feel about the rights and wrongs of the sanctions? If the calls and messages to BBC Persian are an indication, then emotions are very mixed.
"These sanctions are pointless," says Hadi. "The regime's rulers have already filled their pockets with our country's money, so it won't affect them. It will just be the people of Iran who suffer."
But Mehrdad says: "There's no other option. Sometimes you have to choose between the bad and something worse. The international community has to choose between military action or intensifying the sanctions."
"The sanctions will have no effect on changing Iran's decisions about its nuclear programme," says Navid. "Iran's dependence on the West will be minimised and... it will benefit Russia and the East."
But despite the difficulties they now face, many Iranians remain convinced that one day things will get better.
Fereydoun, the former car worker from Karaj, remains upbeat.
"Things are tough and I'm unemployed as a result of sanctions, but no doubt the future is ours," he says.
"We'll withstand all the pressure so that we can turn the corner and that the next generation... can live in a strong Iran later on."


A cargo ship which is stranded in the Solent after it was deliberately run aground could be refloated on Wednesday, salvors have said.

The Hoegh Osaka ran aground off the Isle of Wight on Saturday and is listing at 52 degrees on Bramble Bank.
During a press conference, Bram Sperling, from salvors Svitzer, said conditions could be favourable for a refloat at high tide on Wednesday.
He said a decision would be made on Tuesday night.
Mr Sperling, who is leading an 18-strong team, said there was now some water inside the ship.
He said most of the cargo was still in place but some items had shifted, resulting in a "small opening in the vessel", which had since been closed.
He said "a lot of steps and difficult calculations" were involved in bringing the ship into an upright position.
A refloat was the preferred option to avoid further damage to the vessel from the sandbank, Mr Sperling added.
A second option would be to anchor it to the sandbank while plans are made to right its current position.
Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State's Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, said the car carrier remained in a stable condition.
"Every effort is being made to refloat the boat in a safe manner and deliver her back to the owners without any damage to the environment," he said.
He said the port of Southampton was functioning normally with no disruption to the flow of traffic, but there may be a need for a temporary closure during a refloat operation.
"We are looking at potential sites within the Solent - we're not looking at taking the vessel any great distance," Mr Shaw added.
"Our thoughts would be to get her into a safe anchorage, well away from the main shipping channels to minimise any further disruption to the port.
"She would remain in that position until we are satisfied she was stable, before any attempt to tow her back to the port of Southampton."
Salvage experts from Svitzer boarded the ship on Monday where they began carrying out an assessment to form a rescue plan.
Speaking at a press conference after the incident, Ingar Skiaker, chief executive of Hoegh Autoliners, said the crew deliberately ran the ship aground to avoid further damage.
There are 1,400 cars on board, including 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover products, 65 Minis as well as 105 JCB machines.
Eric Williams, whose company Williams Shipping is working with the salvage team, said he was told the cars were well strapped down and not as badly damaged as feared.
There are also 500 tonnes of fuel on board, most of which is marine diesel oil. Experts plan to leave this safely aboard the ship for the time being, as it has been secured and poses no risk to the environment.
Two crew members out of 25 rescued by RNLI Lifeboats and the Solent Coastguard on Saturday suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Two senior officers and a pilot stayed on board before being taken ashore.
A 200m-radius (656ft) exclusion zone has been set up around the ship to prevent small vessels interfering with the tugs and other shipping.
A spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "The salvors are continuing with their assessment and depending on the outcome of their findings....will either work to secure the ship in preparation for the expected bad weather or, if the opportunity arises, to refloat it.
"We do not expect to be in a position to confirm which of these options will happen before first light tomorrow morning."
The 51,000-tonne transporter, registered in Singapore, set sail from Southampton for Germany at about 20:20 GMT on Saturday.
The salvage operation is expected to take days, possibly weeks.
In November 2008, the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 with 1,700 passengers on board ran aground on Bramble Bank but was able to continue its journey on the rising tide after four tugs pulled it clear.
Bramble Bank is the scene of an annual cricket match between two yachting clubs when the sands are exposed in low spring tides.


The right to be casual and the veneration of a laid-back approach to life are prized in few cultures as much as they are in Australia.

So when Qantas decided to enforce its "smart casual" dress code in business and club lounges in Australia's main airports on Wednesday, Australians weren't going to go down without a fight.
"Singlets, bare feet, rubber thongs and clothing with offensive images or slogans are, in most cases, likely to be deemed unacceptable," said Qantas.
And Twitter was the battleground where both sides of the argument slugged it out. Anthony Dennis, travel editor for Fairfax media, immediately saw Qantas' argument.
By setting the bar for what counts as "smart casual" - a notch above the Australian standardised norm - the airline is suggesting its business and club lounges are special places.  Of course, the patrons of this lounge will feel they have paid for the privilege.
But this isn't going down well with everyone.
Many media outlets quoted private escort Estelle Lucas who complained about the policy.
Certainly, domestic flights in Australia can take up to four hours and temperatures in many places can often hover around 30C. Many people like to feel comfortable when they fly, even if it is for business.
Open-toed flip flops, or thongs as they are fondly termed in Australia, can be seen as a perfect solution to the problem of swollen feet on long flights. At most upmarket restaurants women in leather flip flops paired with a singlet top would in no way be deemed inappropriate.
But for some,  attending the lounge implies you are a cut above the average "bogan" - or uncouth undesirable.
And if you have paid that bit extra for your flight, you may want to be surrounded by those with more sophisticated dress sense who feel it essential that bare armpits are covered up.
This debate never became fevered or strident and perhaps the media went overboard in describing it as a social media outcry. But it certainly cut to the heart of a very Australian sentiment. It also highlighted some very regional variations.
In Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, the desert heartland of Australia where sharp suits are little in evidence, the policy is not being applied.
Qantas, meanwhile, has said they are doing this in response to passenger requests. They also said they are not in a position to "flip flop " on changes to their dress policy.


Lois Toulson won her second European Championship gold with victory alongside Matty Lee in the mixed 10m synchronised event in Kiev.

The British pair scored 308.16 to beat Russia's Yulia Timoshinina and Victor Minibaev (300.30) and Italy's Noemi Batki and Maicol Verzotta (299.58).
Toulson, 17, won individual 10m gold on Wednesday.
Britain have won three golds after Ruby Bower and Phoebe Banks won the women's 10m synchro on Thursday.
Noah Williams and Matthew Dixon also took bronze in the men's 10m synchro on Thursday.


Leicestershire are in advanced talks to sign Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal for part of their T20 Blast campaign this summer, BBC Radio Leicester reports.

The 24-year-old would provide cover for Grant Elliott when the New Zealander is representing his country.
Akmal is an aggressive middle-order batsman who has played 16 Test matches and 111 one-day internationals.
All-rounder Elliott has signed a deal which starts with their opening T20 Blast game with Derbyshire on 22 May.
But the 35-year-old is likely to be involved for his country from 9 June when they begin their one-day series against England.


A teenager who murdered a father-of-three has been told he will spend at least 15 years behind bars.

Connor Doughton, 16, went berserk after being escorted back to his parents' house in Blackwood, Caerphilly county, by two men who were trying to stop him getting into trouble.
Michael Lee Emmett, 29, was stabbed in the liver in the attack in August 2014.
Doughton, who knew his victim, admitted murder at Cardiff Crown Court and was handed a life sentence.
The court heard that shortly before the attack, an intoxicated Doughton had been trying to fight a bouncer.
He had been smoking outside the Stonehouse pub in Cefn Fforest and had also been abusive to a woman in the street.
Once home, he went to the kitchen to grab a knife before running back outside and stabbing Mr Emmett and another man, John Williams.
Doughton then dropped the knife down a drain before he was stopped by police; he gave officers a false name, denied knowledge of the attack and spat in the face of a policewoman.
Mr Emmett, who was expecting his third child, died four weeks later after having to undergo a liver transplant in London. Mr Williams survived but suffered a serious stab wound to his back.
Judge Mrs Justice Nicola Davies said an aggravating feature of the offence was that Mr Emmett had been profoundly distressed while clinging to life at a specialist hospital unit in London.
As well as leaving behind twin boys, Mrs Justice Davies said Mr Emmett's daughter Lola would never get to know her father, known by the family as "Michaelee", because of Doughton.
After detaining the teenager, the judge also lifted reporting restrictions previously banning the press from revealing his identity.
She told the teenager: "Nothing they said or did could justify your taking of a knife - still less pursuing them down the road and in turn stabbing each of them.
"In taking the life of Michael Emmett you have robbed twin boys aged eight of their father. Lola, his daughter, born when her father was critically ill in King's College Hospital, London, will never know him."
The judge said Doughton had shown little remorse.
The court heard he had a low IQ and had behavioural difficulties from the age of 11.
He was also described as having a "severe conduct disorder" which had been caused by "genetic factors not associated with poor parenting".


Babies of unmarried parents were treated as "an inferior sub-species" for decades in the Republic of Ireland, Enda Kenny has said.

The Irish prime minister (Taoiseach) was speaking after the announcement of a statutory Commission of Investigation into mother and baby homes.
Among the cases it will investigate are the deaths of almost 800 children at a convent-run home in County Galway.
The remains of some children were found in a concrete tank near the home.
The grave in Tuam was initially thought to date to the 1850s when it was discovered 40 years ago.
Historical records show that 796 children, one as old as nine, died at the home between 1925 and 1961.
The home was run by the Bon Secours nuns between 1925 and 1961.
Mr Kenny said the inquiry will probe the past rather than apportion blame.
He said: "This was Ireland of the 1920s to the 1960s. An Ireland that might be portrayed as a glorious and brilliant past, but in its shadows contained all of these personal cases, where people felt ashamed, felt different, were suppressed, dominated and obviously the question of the treatment in the mother and babies homes is a central part of that."
He added that babies born out of wedlock "were deemed to be an inferior sub-species".
Minister for Children Charlie Flanagan earlier told Irish state broadcaster RTÃ‰ that the government will receive an initial report from the investigating team by 30 June.
He said: "I believe that Tuam should not be looked at in isolation because over the last century we have had mother and baby homes right up and down the country
"It's absolutely essential that we establish the facts and in this regard it's a time for sensitivity rather than sensationalism, a time for seeking the truth rather than indulging in speculation."
The minister said he hoped that the inquiry would examine several issues, including the high mortality rates at mother and baby homes and the burial practices following these deaths.
On Sunday, one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church in Ireland said a full inquiry was needed.
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said the truth must come out.
The Irish Catholic Bishops Conference, which is currently on the second day of its summer general meeting, said it welcomed the investigation.
In a statement, it said: "We need to find out more about what this period in our social history was really like and to consider the legacy it has left us as a people.
"Above all we need to enable those who were directly affected to receive recognition and appropriate support.
"We therefore welcome the government's intention that the Commission of Investigation will have the necessary legal authority to examine all aspects of life in the homes.
"The investigation should inquire into how these homes were funded and, crucially, how adoptions were organised, processed and followed up."
Earlier, it emerged that extensive records from the mother and baby home made no reference to the burial locations of children that died there.
Child and family agency, Tusla, possesses several original ledgers from the home, that record information about discharges and admissions from the home between 1921 and 1961.
The nine ledgers include information on the total numbers of mothers and children in the home for each three months period, deaths and births.
However there are no burial records nor any mention of burial locations in any of the material.
The material was initially passed to Galway County Council in 1961 when the home closed, and then was transferred to the Western Health Board and then the Health Service Executive before Tusla received it at the beginning of the year.
The information contained in the ledgers is strictly confidential but a Tusla spokesperson said they would be made available to any state inquiry.
In a statement, Bon Secours said it handed its records to the state after it closed its doors.
The Tuam home was one of 10 institutions to which about 35,000 unmarried pregnant women are thought to have been sent.


Amazon.com's bestseller list has been topped by a US political manifesto with a twist - all 266 pages are blank.

Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide contains no words other than page headings and a bibliography.
"You can go cover-to-cover in about 15, 20 seconds," author Michael Knowles, a conservative journalist, told Fox News.
A one-word cover review of the literary phenomenon-cum-political joke simply reads: "Thorough".
The viral popularity of Mr Knowles' $8 (Â£6.6) paperback page-turner follows days of publicity in conservative media.
"It took a very long time to research this book," said the writer, a journalist for the Daily Wire website.
"When I observed their record and reasons to vote for them - on reasons of economics or foreign policy or homeland security or civil rights and so on - I realised it was probably best to just leave all the pages blank."
Among the more than 1,200 mostly sarcastic reviews on Amazon, one purchaser noted: "If Democrats copied and pasted the contents of this book into their national platform they could become unstoppable."
Another wrote that "even my 2 year old can now understand the benefits of liberalism", adding that it had now become "her favorite book to scribble in".
The self-published work follows a similar work on the opposite end of the political spectrum.
Why Trump Deserves Trust, Respect and Admiration, with 206 blank pages, debuted in November. That political tome currently also has a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on Amazon.
"Despite years of research, we could not find anything to say on this subject, so please feel free to use this book for notes," the description of the book reads.


Plaques commemorating actor Tim Healy and AC/DC singer Brian Johnson are to be added to a riverside walk.

The public voted for the bronze signs to be the latest installed on the NewcastleGateshead Initiative's Local Heroes Walk of Fame.
Television presenters John Grundy and Mike Neville will also be honoured with plaques which will be installed in May.
The walk along the Newcastle Quayside opened in 2014 and 29 plaques have so far been installed.
Sarah Stewart, from the group, said: "Those recognised... have all made a huge contribution to the region and are a driving force behind the NewcastleGateshead we have today."
Brian Johnson was born in Dunston, Gateshead, and became the lead singer of rock group AC/DC in 1980 after the death of former frontman, Bon Scott.
Tim Healy from Benwell in Newcastle, is an actor best known for roles in Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Benidorm.
TV presenter and author John Grundy specialises in the history of North East England and is also the chairman of Friends of Beamish Museum.
Mike Neville is best known for his work with the BBC and Tyne Tees Television.


Gwent Police officers are to become the first in England and Wales to be trained on the danger posed by people who stalk their ex-partners.

Nearly 250 people in Wales reported suspected stalkers to police between 2012 and 2015, the Network for Surviving Stalking said.
The charity is providing training for the police.
It said 76% of women murdered by ex-partners had been stalked by them.
It is because of this the Network for Surviving Stalking is launching an awareness campaign to help people identify stalking behaviour before ex-partners become violent.
Assia Newton, 45, from Pencoed, Bridgend county, was murdered by her estranged husband Kelvin Newton in 2013.
Her sister, Nadia Salaman, told BBC Wales she believes Assia might still be alive if his behaviour had been identified as stalking at the time.
Mrs Salaman said Newton was constantly turning up unannounced and making her sister feel uncomfortable: "Eight o'clock every morning he was going there, he said he was going there to make my sister a cup of tea and take it to her in bed, because he was letting himself in.
"She said she didn't want him up there.
"If maybe he had been arrested, it would have given my sister some breathing space, who knows what would have happened?"
Stalking became a specific criminal offence in Wales and England in 2012.
According to the charity, 246 people in Wales reported suspected stalkers to police between November 2012 and April 2015. During that period 93 people were charged.
Across the UK, one in six women and one in 12 men will be stalked in their lifetime and many will not contact the police until there have been 100 incidents.
Gwent Police officers will receive training from Network for Surviving Stalking and watch a film called Trouble With an Ex, produced by the charity and funded by Gwent's police and crime commissioner.
The force has previously been criticised for its handling of a number of murders of women killed by their partners or ex-partners.


Russian experts are preparing to take DNA samples from the remains of Tsar Alexander III in St Petersburg as part of a murder investigation.

Work began on Tuesday at his grave in the city's Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Romanov family members who were killed by revolutionary Bolsheviks in 1918 are buried at the cathedral. Alexander III was on the throne from 1881 to 1894.
The Russian Orthodox Church wants DNA proof for the remains before canonising two of the murdered Romanov children.
The Investigative Committee, a state body, says new checks are needed on those remains. Archive documents are also being re-examined.
In 1998, DNA tests authenticated remains found in a mass grave in the Urals in 1991.
But the tests did not convince some Church members, because the remains of two - Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria - were found only in 2007, at a different spot in the Urals.
Samples were taken in late September from Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and from the bloodstained uniform of Alexander II, Nicholas's grandfather, killed in 1881.
Officials say those DNA results will be published soon.
Nicholas II succeeded Alexander III, but was overthrown in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, which established a Communist dictatorship.
The tsar and his family died in a hail of bullets in a cellar after being exiled to Yekaterinburg in the Urals region, 1,430km (889 miles) east of Moscow.


A young boy has been punched in the face by a man at Aberavon Beach in Port Talbot.

South Wales Police said the child, believed to be five or six, was assaulted by a "thick-set" man on Saturday at about 14:20 BST outside Remo's cafe.
The man, who is white and muscular with ginger hair and in his mid to late 30s, was pushing the child in a tricycle.
He was wearing a black or blue baseball cap and a bright pink T-shirt.
Police said he was with a woman who had long black hair,  was wearing a long grey overcoat and pushing a toddler in a buggy.


A breakaway Afghan Taliban faction has appointed its own leader, underlining deep divisions in the group following the death of founder Mullah Omar.

Mullah Mohammad Rasool was chosen to lead the splinter group at a meeting of fighters in western Farah province.
The dissidents say new Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour hijacked the movement because of personal greed.
He was appointed in late July after the Taliban admitted that Mullah Omar had been dead for two years.
In recent months divisions in the Taliban have burst into the open - and correspondents say the split now appears entrenched.
This is believed to be the first formal split in the Afghan Taliban since their emergence in the mid-1990s. The divisions emerged after the death of Mullah Omar was confirmed in late July - many Taliban accused his successor, Mullah Mansour, of hiding the news.
Mullah Rasool says he and his supporters tried hard to convince Mullah Mansour to step down and let the new leader be appointed by consensus - but they say he refused.
At this stage it is not clear if the dissidents can rally mass support among Taliban fighters to be a real challenge to the leadership.
Mullah Mansour claims he has significant support from members of the Taliban leadership council. He has also bolstered his position with recent military victories - in particular in Kunduz, which briefly fell to the Taliban in September, the first provincial capital to do so since they were ousted in late 2001.
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The BBC obtained video of the Farah meeting, at which Mullah Rasool, wearing glasses and a black turban, made a 13-minute speech to dozens of his heavily-armed followers.
He will have four deputies - Abdul Manan Niazi, Mansoor Dadullah and Shir Mohammad Akhundzada were appointed to deputise on military affairs and Mullah Baz Mohammad Haris was appointed his deputy for political affairs.
Under Taliban rule, Mullah Rasool was governor of Nimroz province. Reuters reports that he is not a religious scholar.


New car sales in Scotland rose last month despite "challenging" market conditions, according to trade figures.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said new registrations rose 4% year-on-year, to more than 43,500.
Fife, Lothian, Strathclyde and Tayside all showed growth, while the biggest falls were seen in the Borders and Grampian areas.
For the UK as a whole, new sales reached their highest level for September on record.
Scottish Motor Trade Association chief executive Sandy Burgess said: "We are now seeing some movement in the business car registration numbers which will help to maintain the activity for the coming months as this has been quite quiet to date.
"Dealers have reported that the conditions in the month were 'challenging'.
"But the fact that such a level of growth has been recorded despite the controversy that was raised in the middle of the month with the VW emissions issue, it is obvious that the active marketing and strong incentives have maintained the momentum which should mean that 2015 will finish ahead of 2014."
Top Scottish sellers in September
1. Vauxhall Corsa  2,871
2 Ford Fiesta  1,871
3. Renault Clio 1,299
4. Volkswagen Polo 1,281
5. Ford Focus 1,250
Source: SMMT
Commenting on the figures, Euan Murray from Barclays Corporate Banking said: "September is always a crucial month for the motor industry, and following a difficult couple of weeks, this positive data will rightly be welcomed.
"However, we need to ensure that increasing registrations really do translate to good results in the showrooms and forecourts.
"Margin pressure is a growing concern for some dealers, and finding the right formula to ensure that the whole industry continues to succeed is going to be vital in the final part of 2015."
In a separate development, major car dealer Arnold Clark Automobiles reported a sharp rise in turnover and profits for 2014.
In accounts filed with Companies House, the Glasgow-based company posted an 11% rise in turnover, to Â£3.27bn, with pre-tax profits at almost Â£107.3m - up from Â£85.1m in 2013.
New car sales underperformed the UK market, rising by 3.1% to 91,477 units, while used vehicle sales rose by 10.8% to nearly 158,400.
The company said a record performance by its vehicle management and daily rental business "significantly contributed" to the group's results.
However, chairman Arnold Clark warned that the company anticipated that 2015 would be "a more challenging year" than 2014.


Half-centuries from Rikki Clarke and Matthew Lamb helped Warwickshire fight back on an evenly-fought first day against Middlesex at Edgbaston.

The hosts were in trouble early on as Andrew Umeed and Will Porterfield fell to leave their side on 19-2.
But patient knocks from Jonathan Trott (49) and Lamb (51) helped them recover.
Clarke (83) and Keith Barker (40 not out) added 83 for the seventh wicket, before Clarke was trapped lbw by James Harris in the final over of the day.
Ryan Higgins was the pick of the bowlers with 2-38 from 19 overs, with Ollie Raynor, Tom Helm and Tim Murtagh also accounting for one dismissal apiece.
County champions Middlesex are looking for only their second win of the season, while the hosts are bottom of the table, having yet to earn a victory in their first seven County Championship games.


Gillingham winger Josh Parker has signed a two-year contract extension to stay with the club until 2019.

Parker joined the Gills in January on a deal until the end of last season, following a two-week stint with National League South club Wealdstone.
The 26-year-old has had spells with 11 other clubs, including QPR, Aberdeen and Red Star Belgrade.
"I'm delighted to be back at Gillingham as a full-time professional," he told the club website.
Analysis - BBC Radio Kent's Gillingham commentator Ben Watts:
"Josh Parker's new deal at Priestfield is good news for Gills fans, who have called his displays one of the few positives from a poor term last season.
"Although the 26-year-old didn't establish himself as a regular until late in the campaign, his attitude and work rate quickly endeared him to many supporters.
"After at first being preferred as a central striker, Parker showed off his speed and willingness to take on defenders when playing out wide in an impressive substitute appearance against Charlton at the Valley.
"Having started the final two fixtures in that role, he could well be deployed on the wing on a more regular basis by boss Ady Pennock next season."


Two former Scotland captains have backed Vern Cotter's decision to award John Barclay the captaincy for the Six Nations game against Wales on Saturday.

Speaking to the BBC, Andy Irvine described the 30-year-old back-rower as "a born leader", while Andy Nicol said he always knew Barclay would lead the national team at some stage.
Barclay was given the nod on Thursday with Greig Laidlaw sidelined by injury.
"He's been a great soldier and he's a very good leader," said Irvine.
"A lot of people tipped young Jonny Gray. Jonny is a fantastic player but I think he is more comfortable playing his own game whereas John Barclay is more a born leader," Irvine added.
"He'll talk more, he's a bit more experienced, he's older, he's wiser. I think it's a good call.
"It won't be a surprise to the rest of the players - he's highly respected and he's in great form just now. He deserves it."
Former scrum-half Nicol, who won 23 caps, told BBC Radio Scotland that his own position on the field was such that he could influence tactics by his actions rather than just his words, and that Barclay's placing in the pack would allow him to do likewise.
"John's in the back row so he's very close to the decision makers like Ali Price and Finn Russell," he said.
"John is very experienced so I think it's the right call. I'm delighted for John Barclay. He's had a remarkable renaissance in the Scotland jersey. He's one of the good guys.
"When Matt Williams brought him out of school pretty much into the national squad, I met him early on and I was so impressed.
"I thought then he was a future Scotland captain. It's taken a while but he has got there in the end."


President Trump has caused controversy with a revisionist riff on Civil War history, telling journalist Salena Zito in an interview that Andrew Jackson could have prevented the war and that Jackson was "angry" as he watched it unfold.

Jackson, a slave-owner and strongman, was elected president in 1829. He died 16 years before the war began.
We asked three prominent Civil War historians - David Blight, from Yale; Judith Geisberg, from Villanova University, and Jim Grossman, from the American Historical Association - to parse Trump's comments, line by line.
Giesberg: Trump has a fondness for Jackson. This isn't the first time he's cosied up to him and complimented him. He sees him as a fellow populist, someone who promised to give the White House back to the people.
Grossman: There's a shared notion of what constitutes leadership. Something I think both men would see as very male. It's figuring out how to get what you want by pushing people as much as you can, rather than creating consensus.
Blight: Jackson had a strong approach to the presidency, he invigorated executive power, and I suspect Trump likes that. Jackson was perceived as strong, as a military man. I mean, Trump is not a military man.
Giesberg: Trump, he loves these kind of figures. They are a good cover for a man with no military experience, and who doesn't understand the military.
Blight: Other than that, it's a real-estate tycoon from New York and a slave-holder general from Tennessee. Not that close.
Blight: I have no idea what he means here. A big heart certainly wasn't demonstrated by the Indian Removal Act.
Grossman: American Indians would probably question the size of Jackson's heart, or at least the quality of it. And Jackson was a slaveholder. If he did have a big heart, there were some obvious limits to it.
Grossman: He starts from the wrong premise - the premise that the Civil War should somehow have been avoided, and that someone more skilled on the White House could have avoided it.
If one sees the Civil War as a war of liberation, which is what it was, then it shouldn't have been avoided. Had you compromised out the differences between the government and the confederacy, or between anti-slavery forces and southern slaveholders, the victims would have been the enslaved people of the south.
If the president has the notion that it would desirable to compromise that out, without emancipation, it is frightening.
Blight: If it reflects anything, it reflects a kind of great man idea of history, that if you just have the right man with the right strength you can change the course of history. And that is nonsense.
Grossman: Jackson died 16 years before the Civil War began. You can quote me on that.
Blight: He was dead even before the compromise of 1850 for God's sake. He was dead at the time of the Mexican war.
Grossman: I don't know what he means by this. The first Queen Elizabeth once said something about not wanting to draw windows into men's minds. She was a very astute woman.
Giesberg: Maybe he meant Andrew Johnson?
Grossman: It could be he has the wrong Andrew from Tennessee. Lincoln's vice-president Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee, and Trump is actually a lot like Johnson.
Giesberg: People have been asking that question from the moment the war began. There are generations of answers. Historians have come to a consensus that slavery is the reason. We do ask the question, but it's not an answer everyone in America is convinced about.
Grossman: When people say it was about state's rights, in 1861 states had nothing else to defend but slavery. They seceded because they thought the election of Lincoln threatened the institution of slavery. There are people who are not happy with that answer, who would like to see the Civil War as having been about something else.
Giesberg: I think it shows that he continues to be tone-deaf about contemporary racial issues. And I think it shows that he's selling a version of history that is useful for what he's trying to do today. But he might not have spent a huge amount of time on it.
Blight: Jackson had absolutely no vision of any kind of racial egalitarianism. He had no hint of any kind of anti-slavery movement. And if President Trump doesn't understand anything about why we had a civil war, what can he understand about race relations now? Or about our problems with inequality? And he thinks Andrew Jackson would have prevented the war... Where do I start?


Scotland has been named one of the top countries in the world to visit in 2014 by travel guide Lonely Planet.

It was voted third best country to head to, behind Brazil which took the top spot and Antarctica which came second.
Lonely Planet said Scotland's "jam-packed schedule of world-class events" made it "the place to be" in 2014.
The Commonwealth Games take place in Glasgow next summer. The Ryder Cup will be held at Gleneagles and next year is also Scotland's Year of Homecoming.
The book also cited Highland Games and the Edinburgh festivals as events that will draw travellers to Scotland next year, and it said the country's cities were well worth a visit.
The guide described Edinburgh as "the most gothic city outside Transylvania" and encouraged travellers to "take the high road to Loch Lomond, Loch Ness and Cairngorms National Park and fall in love with the landscape that inspired poet Robert Burns".
SOURCE: Lonely Planet Best of Travel 2014
Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014 contributor Tom Hall said: "Next year Scotland will be well-deservedly taking the spotlight on the world stage.
"The country's buzzing cities and stunning scenery have plenty to offer visitors, combined with an incredible calendar of events and Scotland looks set for a year-long celebration."
Mike Cantlay, chairman of VisitScotland, said: "It's clear that 2014 is Scotland's chance to shine on the world stage, and to have this commendation from Lonely Planet is a fantastic seal of approval.
"From the bells bringing in our year-long Homecoming celebrations on Hogmanay, to the biggest ever sporting events to take place in Scotland - the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and the Ryder Cup, this could be the greatest ever chance for our country to be seen as a globally recognised, must-visit destination for many years to come."
Lonely Planet said its Best in Travel annual is a collection of the world's hottest trends, destinations and experiences for the year ahead. It highlighted the top ten countries, cities and regions to visit in 2014.
Yorkshire came third in the list of top 10 world regions for 2014.
SOURCE: Lonely Planet Best of Travel 2014
Alluding to the Olympics success of UK competitors from the English county, the guide said: "If the good people of Yorkshire were proud of their heritage before, the 2012 London Olympics only served to cement what they have always thought: that their county is better than - and really the best of - all the English counties."
The Lonely Planet guide went on: "In 2014, this welcoming region of rugged moorlands, heritage homes and cosy pubs will be able to hold its head even higher when the Tour de France begins its grand depart from Leeds."
The destinations featured in the book were selected because they meet certain criteria.
A Lonely Planet spokeswoman said: "It could be that there is something special going on that year, that there's been recent development and a lot of buzz about the place, or that we think it's up-and-coming and suggest travellers visit before the crowds do."
As host for the football World Cup, Brazil was the top country destination for 2014, with a visit to second placed Antarctica described as "a chance to take life on and follow in the path of other intrepid explorers". Next year marks the centenary of the start of Ernest Shackleton's infamous attempted Antarctic crossing.
The Sikkim area of India was chosen as the best region to go to, with Paris the top city in a list that also included Cape Town, Shanghai and Chicago, while the Greek Islands were seen as the best-value destination.
Best family travel spot was Denmark, while Cappadocia in Turkey with its "fairy chimney" landscape was the best honeymoon destination.


A head teacher who changed answers on pupils' SATs test has been banned from the profession.

Julie Beech, the head of of Sunnyfields Primary School in Doncaster, was found to have amended one answer each from eight pupils in the 2014 Year 6 exams.
The school in South Yorkshire was under pressure to improve after an Ofsted report in 2013 found "too few pupils" did well at Key Stage 2.
Ms Beech, 51, can appeal against the ban in two years.
A National College for Teaching and Leadership panel found Ms Beech had a previously "unblemished" record and was respected by her colleagues at the 257-pupil school in Rose Crescent.
But her conduct amounted to "unacceptable professional conduct", the panel said, and fell "significantly short" of the standards expected.
The panel added: "The teacher's status as head teacher would have left her in no doubt that what she was doing was dishonest and would be viewed as such."
Ms Beech changed pupils' answers on five mental maths tests and three spelling tests.
A year earlier, the education regulator Ofsted had warned pupils at the school were not making good progress in maths. The school was told it "required improvement" following the inspection in May 2013, having previously been categorised as outstanding.


Bangladeshi officials have named five of the men who on Friday carried out the country's worst terrorism attack and said they were known to police.

Twenty hostages, most of them foreign, were killed when Islamist militants stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka.
Two police officers also died and 30 were injured. After a 12-hour siege, commandos rescued 13 people.
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attack but the government has denied this.
Bangladesh's home minister said on Sunday that the attackers belonged to a local militant group which has been banned for more than a decade.
"They are members of the Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bangladesh (JMB)," Asaduzzaman Khan said. "They have no connections with the Islamic State."
Mr Khan said the men made no demands during the attack.
He said three of the gunmen were under 22 and had been missing for six months.
Police chief Shahidul Hoque made some of the men's first names public: Akash, Bikash, Don, Bandhon and Ripon.
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Six attackers were killed in the raid on the Holey Artisan cafe in the Gulshan neighbourhood. A seventh man was arrested and is still being questioned. It is not yet clear what involvement he had in the attack.
IS had earlier released photographs of the alleged attackers posing in front of a black IS flag.
The men were said to belong to well-to-do local families. They studied in private schools and universities, not in Islamic seminaries or madrassas, where many Islamist militant groups are thought to draw recruits.
Social media has been buzzing with former classmates who have recognised some of the attackers from their pictures, says the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Dhaka.
Bangladesh has declared two days of national mourning.
Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one US citizen and an Indian were among the dead. One Italian is unaccounted for.
The JMB group has been blamed for a wave of small-scale terrorism attacks in Bangladesh over the past year, including the killings of secular bloggers, atheists and an LGBT rights campaigner.
Its top two leaders were arrested and executed in 2008, after near-simultaneous bomb attacks in all the country's 64 districts.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has consistently denied that IS has made inroads in to Bangladesh.
Nine Italians named by the Italian foreign ministry as: Cristian Rossi; Marco Tondat; Nadia Benedetti; Adele Puglisi; Simona Monti; Claudia Maria D'Antona; Vincenzo D'Allestro; Maria Rivoli and Claudio Cappelli
Seven Japanese Five men and two women, four of whose names have been released by Japanese officials: Koyo Ogasawara, Makoto Okamura, Yuko Sakai and Rui Shimodaira
Four Bangladeshis Two were named in national media as Faraaz Ayaaz Hossai, a student at Emory University in the US, and Ishrat Akhond - the other two were policemen
US citizen Abinta Kabir, also a student at Emory University
One Indian Tarishi Jain, 18, who was a student at the University of California, Berkeley
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Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray has resigned after 18 months in charge of the struggling League One club.

Having failed to win in 10 league matches so far this season, the Sky Blues are three points adrift at the bottom of the table.
"The table doesn't lie," Mowbray, 52, told BBC Sport, following Wednesday's 2-2 home draw with AFC Wimbledon, which proved his final game in charge.
"It's embarrassing to go 10 games without a win. I'm an honourable guy."
A statement on City's club website revealed that Mowbray's long-time number two Mark Venus, the club's technical director, will "take responsibility of first-team duties with immediate effect", starting at Port Vale on Saturday.
The statement also thanked Mowbray for "all his energy and dedication over the past 18 months".
First team coach Jamie Clapham has also left, to be replaced by former Birmingham City defender Nicky Eaden, who was previously the Sky Blues Under-23s coach.
Mowbray, who had City at the top of the table just 10 months ago, told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: "I won't be a burden to this club. I know this club needs every penny.
"I see some shoots of hope. The players work extremely hard, but it's a man's game," added the Yorkshireman. "They're babies in a man's league.
"I probably let them down by not getting in the big 6ft 4in centre-half we were after, who could have been a man and help us keep clean sheets.
"We knew what the budget was but we didn't get our targets. You can't build a club off loans. They have to invest in footballers they can keep and build on.
"It's important that this group of players get support. I have not seen a team better than us this season but, if you can't put them in and you can't keep them out, you're going to struggle.
"If they stick together, with the support of people, they can. The club needs to grasp the opportunity of keeping their young players."
Ex-Hibernian, West Bromwich Albion, Celtic and Middlesbrough boss Mowbray has been in charge of City since succeeding Steven Pressley in March 2015.
Mowbray kept City up on the final day of the 2014-15 season, then actually took them top of League One for a fortnight in November 2015.
That was fuelled by the goals of on-loan duo Adam Armstrong, from Newcastle, and Norwich City's Jacob Murphy. But both stopped scoring and City then fell away out of promotion contention to 13th, before rallying to finish eighth.
After another frustrating summer in the transfer market, against the backdrop of continued protests from fans against the club's owners, Otium, City have struggled, scoring just six goals from six draws in 10 games to sit bottom.
Since Coventry's relegation from the Premiership under Gordon Strachan in 2001, the Sky Blues have had 13 managers.
Mowbray was the eighth since owners Sisu (now registered as Otium) took over nine years ago, of which only Chris Coleman has taken charge of more than 100 matches.


Reece from Stereo Kicks has told Newsround that his X Factor mentor Louis Walsh didn't like him.

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The eight man group has just released its first single and has been talking to Newsround about some of the secrets from behind the scenes at The X Factor.
During the chat Reece explained why Louis wasn't his biggest fan and others felt Louis didn't like them either.
And find out which band members didn't want the group to be put together in the first place...


The body of an Australian who drowned after a whale-watching boat capsized off Canada last month has been found.

Surfers found the body of Raveshan Pillay, 27, washed up on a beach on Wednesday, the coroner said.
Six people died when the Leviathan II capsized on 25 October after being struck by a wave.
Mr Pillay's partner, UK citizen Danielle Hooker, was on board the sinking vessel. Her father, Nigel Hooker, also died in the incident.
Investigators said the vessel may have become unstable, with most passengers standing on the left side when the wave struck. Twenty-one people were rescued after the boat capsized.
Mr Pillay's family reportedly returned to Sydney from Canada last week.
Local newspapers published a thank you letter from the family, detailing their experiences in the Tofino district.
"Every shop we walked into was welcoming, every person we spoke with so kind," the letter said.
"Nobody is to blame. We lost our son, but we only lost his physical body. His spirit is here. And we gained a family, friends, a community. We will be back."
David Thomas had worked for technology giant Microsoft, which said it was "shocked and saddened" by his death.
His son Stephen was described by the Down's Syndrome Association as "a very talented young man and a gifted photographer".
Nigel Hooker had been visiting Canada from Southampton. He worked for Airbus Defence and Space as a programme assurance manager in Portsmouth. They said he was "a well respected and popular colleague, and will be greatly missed by everyone he worked with".
Jack Slater was born in Salford but had lived in Canada for more than 30 years. His daughter, Michele Slater Brown, said he was "larger than life, a charmer, handsome, entrepreneur" and a "lovely dad".
Katie Taylor was also an ex-pat, and was originally from Lichfield in Staffordshire, but lived in the ski resort of Whistler. She was described as a "vibrant, outgoing and lovely young woman" by her family.
Raveshan Pillay was an Australian citizen who was originally born in South Africa. An electrician by trade, he was described as "loving, caring and popular" by his family.


Hurricane Joaquin has brought heavy rains and winds to parts of the Bahamas after it was reclassified up to the second strongest type of storm.

Sustained winds of up to 210 km/h (130mph) were reported in parts of the eastern Bahamas, the US National Hurricane Centre said.
The NHC says Joaquin could affect the US East Coast by Sunday, and said it was now an "extremely dangerous" storm.
Emergency teams said there were no reports of casualties in the Bahamas.
Forecasters in the US and the Bahamas are warning that central islands, many of which are low-lying, could see a storm surge of up to 3.7m (12ft).
"We do not know the impact of 130mph on those areas," Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie said. "We know it's a horrific kind of experience."
One Bahamas resident, Shandira Forbes, said she had been in contact with her mother on the island of Acklins.
"She was calling for help because the sea was coming into her house," she told Associated Press. "People's roofs were lifting up. No one knew, so there was no preparedness, there was no meeting, there was nothing."
Images on social media showed water reaching close to the roofs of some homes. The Tribune 242 website said dozens of people were trapped in their homes in the southern Bahamas.
After being classified only as a storm early on Wednesday, Joaquin had become a Category Four hurricane - on a scale of five - by Thursday afternoon.
The NHC said the storm could strengthen again as it nears the central Bahamas, but it is likely to lose strength as it moves north.
States along the eastern US coast - many of whom have suffered heavy rains in recent days - have warned residents to take precautions.
But the NHC, while warning the path of the hurricane could change, said it was "becoming optimistic that the Carolinas and the mid-Atlantic states will avoid the direct effects from Joaquin".
In other developments:
A White House spokesman said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) was following the progress of Joaquin and preparing in case it made landfall in the US.


A migrant died of a heart attack aggravated by the stress of travelling in a shipping container, an inquest heard.

Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, was found dead when a freighter from Belgium arrived in Tilbury, Essex, in August 2014.
Mr Kapoor, his wife and two sons were among 35 Afghan Sikhs in the container.
A hearing in Chelmsford heard the family paid Â£28,000 to reach the UK and felt "sick and frightened" during the overnight crossing.
They were put into the container in the port of Zeebrugge at about 18:00 on 15 August and were among 20 adults and 15 children.
It was cold, wet and dark and the crossing was bumpy, the court was told.
Jaktor Kapoor, Meet Singh's wife, told police her children, aged nine and 12, had used a carrier bag as a toilet, and she had suffered a tight chest and vomiting.
Space was limited so everyone had to sit on top of liquid tanks, she said.
Evidence was heard that the younger son had described his father praying. He then "rested his head, went to sleep and never woke up".
Mr Kapoor, who had sold jewellery in Afghanistan, was pronounced dead at Tilbury docks at 06:00 the following morning.
Home Office pathologist Ben Swift said oxygen levels would have depleted during the confinement but not to an extent that asphyxia was a risk.
Mr Kapoor had an underlying heart condition, which the family was unaware of, and "could have died at any time".
But Dr Swift concluded the "physical and physiological stress of confinement" contributed to his death.
Det Ch Insp Martin Pasmore said life in Afghanistan had become increasingly difficult for the Kapoors due to persecution by radical Muslims.
Women had been harassed and sexually assaulted, children were not permitted to go to school and there had been attempts to force them to convert religion.
Essex coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray recorded a conclusion of death by natural causes.