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Survey Shows Record Number of Americans Ready to Leave the U.S.
Mar 31, 2010, 09:17 ET
BALTIMORE, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- In a survey of readers on March 22, 2010, InternationalLiving.com found that nearly 96% of respondents said they are more likely to move out of the United States than they were last year.
More than 500,000 readers of the company's free Daily E-letter were asked a single question: Are you more open to moving outside the United States than you were 12 months ago?
A stunning 95.6% of those who responded said they were now more willing to make the move and leave the U.S.
"We suspected from record attendance at our global conferences this year that something big was happening to attitudes in the U.S.," said Jackie Flynn, publisher of InternationalLiving.com.
"The economy is faltering," said Flynn, "unemployment is at record levels, the health care debate nearly caused a civil war, and there are real wars being fought on two fronts in the Middle East. The cost of living is going up so fast that people are being priced out of their retirements. It's no wonder our readers are getting serious about moving abroad."
One such reader is Elaine Yakos-LeBron, an advertising executive in her early 60s from Washington D.C.
"I attended an InternationalLiving.com conference several years ago, after my husband died," said Yakos, "but when I got back to the States, with the economy down the tubes, I was lucky to keep my job and not be laid off. I dropped anything to do with moving or buying abroad. I just focused on work."
But then, Yakos said, she decided to attend the InternationalLiving.com Ultimate Event V, held this past February in Quito, Ecuador.
"After losing over a third of my money in the market," she said, "I'd had enough. I told my financial advisor that he should be ashamed of himself for making more on my money than I was."
Yakos was impressed with what she learned at the InternationalLiving.com conference. She also realized she wasn't alone in looking for options outside the U.S. Nearly 400 people, mostly Americans, were there with her.
Along with attending the conference, Yakos spent some time touring Ecuador. It wasn't lost on her as she was driving along Ecuador's sunny Pacific coast that there was four feet of snow on the ground back home.
"I don't have deep pockets, and I've been hit by the downturn like everybody else," said Yakos. "But I've always wanted to live where the weather is great and I can hear and see the surf. I learned that I can do that in a place like Ecuador because it's so affordable.
"After the conference I went to Manta and made a deposit on a condo overlooking the water. I'm a little nervous, but I'm also excited. I now have a lovely place to vacation, and when I do get ready to retire, I'll have the life I want."
Elaine Finnegan, InternationalLiving.com events director, said Yakos' story isn't unique, and that record attendance at global conferences and seminars so far in 2010 bears out the survey results.
"At our Ultimate Event in Ecuador last February we had the largest crowd for any event in our 30-year history," said Finnegan. "Nearly 400 people just like Elaine Yakos-LeBron flew all the way to Quito for a four-day conference about living and investing abroad. That's unprecedented, yet it seems to be continuing.
"We've already broken last year's attendance record for our Live & Invest in Panama event coming up April 18-20," said Finnegan. "For the first time, we've actually had to cap registrations. Our International Real Estate Investment Forum in Toronto June 3-5 is already half full, and we haven't even started advertising it yet.
"There seems to be a groundswell of discontent in the U.S.," said Finnegan, "and we're seeing a record number of people who are ready to vote with their feet and get out while they can still afford to do so."
For 30 years, InternationalLiving.com has been providing current, actionable information about how to improve your quality of life and lower your cost of living by living and investing abroad. InternationalLiving.com hosts global conferences and seminars, publishes daily e-letters, maintains an extensive informational website, and produces the monthly International Living magazine with the help of contributors and correspondents around the world. See www.internationalliving.com for more information.
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So a number of Republicans, from Rick Lazio to Sarah Palin to Newt Gingrich, have gotten themselves into a lather about the Cordoba Initiative's plan to build a Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero (actually, I believe they've already got a mosque a few blocks away; they'd be moving to a bigger and somewhat closer site). If I'm to take them at their word, their argument is that freedom of religion should be suspended in a certain radius around Ground Zero out of respect for the dead. Or something like that.
There is a strain of thinking on the right that is absolutely terrified of giving Islam an inch lest it take the yard. Listen to Gingrich:
''The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over,'' Gingrich wrote. ''The proposed 'Cordoba House' overlooking the World Trade Center site — where a group of jihadists killed over 3,000 Americans and destroyed one of our most famous landmarks — is a test of the timidity, passivity and historic ignorance of American elites.''
Muslims killed Americans here. So allowing Muslims to pray here is – submission? Is that what Mohammed Atta was killing for – the right to pray in New York? He already had that right. But we should take it away, or otherwise the terrorists will have won.
The fear, I guess, is that if we allow a mosque near Ground Zero, the next thing you know the imam will demand modest dress of women working in the Freedom Tower, pro-Israel demonstrations will be banned from the area, and all the frankfurter vendors will have to sell only halal dogs (word of warning: many of them already do!), all in order to cater to the sensibilities of those who pray there. So we must be illiberal – banning Islam from the vicinity – in order to preserve liberalism. Someone must submit to someone – either they must submit to us or we must submit to them, and better they submit than we do.
I suppose that's an argument, though one that seems to credit Islam with a whole lot more persuasive power than American principles. But at least it is an argument. The other half of Gingrich's point is just a non-sequitur: that we can't have a mosque at Ground Zero so long as there are no churches in Saudi Arabia. I mean, if Gingrich wants to say that it's appalling that Saudi Arabia doesn't permit synagogues and churches on its territory – I agree! Does he want to sanction Saudi Arabia for that in some fashion – kick them out of the World Trade Organization? make their diplomats pay their parking tickets? refuse to send half a million troops to defend them the next time a local dictator looks interested in gobbling them up? – well, about that we might have an interesting argument, both about what our foreign policy principles should be and what is prudential behavior. Does he want to talk sternly to Muslims about religious oppression in the Muslim world? Sounds like a great topic to broach at the Cordoba Initiative! I'd love to hear their response! But punishing "them" by treating them the way they treat us, when we object to their treatment of us because it violates our principles, that just doesn't make any sense.
But more to the point: some of "them" are "us." There are American Muslims. There is an – there are various – American Islam(s). That's just a fact. There are certainly Muslims (mostly non-American) who deny that fact – who want to argue that Muslims in America can have no true loyalty to America, but must be loyal to some imaginary global Islamic communal interest. And there are certainly non-Muslims who would deny that fact in similar terms. But a fact it is. The problem with this Republican line is not so much that it discourages moderate Islam – though obviously the message "no Muslims wanted" is a terrible one – but that it quite blatantly writes American Muslims out of the American people.
After Pearl Harbor, the United States massively violated the rights of whole communities of American citizens of Japanese descent, in the name of national security. We've done nothing comparable to infringe upon the rights of Muslim Americans. But back in the 1940s, we had the decency to say that what we were doing we did because we feared an invasion of the West Coast by a nation with a massive navy that had already conquered much of the western Pacific. Gingrich's "rationale" for opposing the Cordoba Initiative's mosque seems to be all about fear of ourselves – of our own weakness, our own inability to resist . . . something. Palin's "rationale" is all about fear of ourselves as well – fear of painful memories and whether we can handle them in our fragile state.
Well, speaking as one New Yorker: we can handle them.
And as for the New York Republicans who oppose the mosque: the very idea of New York politicians, nine years later, with a gaping hole still scarring the heart of Manhattan, opposing any plausible construction plan at Ground Zero – well, I have no words. By now I'd be happy if they built a Wal-Mart right on the tower footprints and were done with it.


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A View to a Kill: Tagging Along on a Tuscan Boar Hunt
Suddenly, dogs began barking in the distance. Many dogs. Their yelping intensified. Human voices yelled out. Male voices, Italian voices, loud voices. The dogs were now frenzied. More shouting. A gunshot. Then another, then a flurry of them. More barking and yelling, this time triumphant.
Our guide, who'd climbed a small tree by the side of the path to get a better look in the direction of the commotion, glanced down at us briefly, but he didn't explain the noises. He didn't need to. We were, after all, on a wild boar hunt. We were experiencing just what we had come for.
I'd never yearned to be on a hunt of any kind. While I'm hardly vegetarian, like most modern carnivores, I've always preferred as many steps as possible between me and the meat on my plate. The idea of being physically close to guns or killing repulsed me.
But in the name of journalism and wanderlust, I had taken an assignment. An old friend was putting together a piece about big game hunting for an ultra-high-end luxury magazine, and he needed a cameraman who could come with him on a lavish all-expense-paid trip to Tuscany. I struggled with the brutal nature of the story, but I told myself that the hunt would happen whether I was present or not.
So I wound up here, some 25 miles southwest of Siena, on a bright autumn morning, traipsing the forested hills of a nature reserve with a squadra of some 100 hunters from across the region (and some from as far away as Switzerland), all part of a local sport hunting society.
The hunt had begun as it always does during the long fall and winter Tuscan boar season. An early morning reconnaissance team of tracciatori sets out to look for fresh boar traces in the reserve's dense forests. (Wild boars are largely nocturnal, so most will have just settled down for slumber after a busy night of foraging.) Once the area is chosen, the hunt's shooters (called the postaioli) quietly assemble in a horseshoe-shaped formation nearby. When everyone's in position, the capocaccia (hunt leader) orders the canai to release their teams of dogs to flush the cinghiali (wild boar) out into the open.
Lacking hunting licenses, my journalist friend and I had to keep a safe distance from the hunt's main action for security and legal reasons, as the Italian government tightly regulates it. But violence can never be entirely orderly, and the unexpected can happen. An hour into the hunt, we happened upon an entire boar family still in its resting place deep in the woods, somehow oversniffed by the bloodthirsty dogs. It was a haunting vision, a mother boar keenly aware that severe danger was nearby and desperately trying to figure out how best to protect her babies. It made the scenes we were to see later of the hunt's aftermath all the more difficult to stomach.
Indeed, when all was said and done, 18 boars lost their lives that morning. The hunters gathered at a local farm estate, lined up their victims in neat rows and congratulated one another, especially the man who had slain the largest boar, a 200-pound male. Many of the hunters' families joined in the celebration, and, in one of the most bizarre and disturbing scenes from an already bizarre and disturbing day, one hunter gleefully plopped his young granddaughters on the back of the biggest boar for an impromptu photo op.
Digital cameras and surreal horrors aside, it all felt incredibly timeless, and it was. Boar hunting has been an integral part of Tuscan culture for centuries, and its results are still readily apparent in the omnipresence of pappardelle cinghiale, a pasta with wild boar ragú (considered the "national dish" by many locals) at restaurants throughout the region.
Despite its apparent ruthlessness, the hunting serves another purpose. Though it's been near to extinction at times, a much more rapidly multiplying breed of boar was introduced some decades ago. Tuscany's wild boar population is now in need of regular population control, lest hoards of hungry boars get pushed down from the hills to terrorize the crops and animals of local farmers.
After the hunt, my friend and I were very ready for a more familiar brand of Western civilization. We found it nearby in Florence, where we eagerly soaked up some of the world's best-known cultural highlights, including Michelangelo's "David" and the Uffizi Gallery. While wandering the city's gorgeous streets, we stumbled upon "Il Porcellino," a life-size bronze statue of, what else, a wild boar. For nearly five centuries, visitors to Florence have flocked to this shrine to Tuscany's deeper past-tradition holds that if you put a coin in his mouth and rub his snout, "Il Porcellino" will ensure good fortune and a return to Florence.
As I stroked the statue's nose, I silently apologized for what I had witnessed in those hills not so far away. "Bring me back to Florence," I asked. "But please, keep me far, far away from your forest."


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More arrests likely in Hyderabad drug racket
Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Hyderabad drug racket has so far arrested 19 accused and not ruled out more arrests.
It so far questioned 27 people including five from Telugu film industry, officials said on Monday.
They have not ruled out further arrests in the racket, which was busted early this month and caused a sensation following startling revelation that the accused were selling drugs to school and college students and even Tollywood celebrities.
Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department's Director, Enforcement, Akun Sabharwal, who is heading the probe, told reporters that SIT had so far registered seven cases and arrested 19 people.
Puttkar Ronson Joseph alias Johny Joseph, belonging to entertainment industry, was arrested on Monday and narcotic substances were recovered from his possession.
Sabharwal said they were acting as per law and following all guidelines of the Supreme Court in questioning the people connected with the case.
He denied the allegations made by some people from Tollywood that SIT was targeting film industry. He said those questioned include people from various walks of life.
The IPS officer said all those summoned for questioning were being quizzed by a four-member team including a woman officer.
On actress Charmme Kaur moving Hyderabad High Court seeking direction to SIT not to forcibly collect her blood, hair and nail samples, Sabharwal said the samples were being collected only with written consent.
"We have so far collected samples from two persons," he said. If the person being questioned refuses to give samples, the same will be conveyed to the court, which will then decide further action.
Two actresses, who were among 12 Tollywood personalities summoned for questioning, could appear at the place of their choice.
Without naming Charmme, he said the actress had conveyed to SIT through her father that she will appear at the SIT office.
The police officer also clarified that entire questioning was being videographed and the same will be submitted to the court.
Prohibition and Excise Commissioner R. Chandravadan said the questioning process started on July 19 and it will continue till August 2.
"The investigation is still going on. We are not ruling out what will be future plan of action. The number of those arrested will not be limited to what we have given," he said.
Stating that it is a multi-pronged probe, Chandravadan said the department was taking help from police, Narcotics Control Bureau and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
The department has so far recovered 3,000 units of LSD, 105 grams of MDMA, also known as Ecstasy, 45 grams of cocaine and other narcotic and psychotropic substance.


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#01 Parque Nacional Torres del Paine
Without a doubt, this spectacular park is what draws most visitors to southern Chile, and it does not disappoint even after all the photos and build-up.
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#02 Laguna Verde
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#03 Teleférico over Santiago
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#05 Termas de Puyuhuapi
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#12 Hiking Volcán Villarrica
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#13 The night sky
Chile's northern skies are the most transparent in the southern hemisphere, as testified by the many international observatories stationed here. Head to the Elqui Valley's Cerro Mamalluca observatory to play astronomer and gaze up at the stars.
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#15 Valle de la Luna
Trek across this aptly named moonscape, just south of San Pedro de Atacama.
#16 Tapati, Easter Island
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#17 Rodeos and huasos
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#18 Fly-fishing
The gin-clear rivers of the Carretera Austral feature some of the world's best spots for fly-fishing.
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Moroccan-French artist Bouchra Khalili tackles issues of migration, language, and conflict in her ongoing untitled solo exhibition at London's Lisson Gallery
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A Perfect Storm
Nur Shkembi talks to curator Sara Raza about an ongoing exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern and North African art at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City
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'Welcome to Algiers, baby' – Lyes Salem blends fact and fiction in his stirring film about the aftermath of the Algerian War of Independence
Hold Back
'There is no black and white – only a slew of murky grey areas, the red, white, and blue of the Tricolore, and the hushed hues of Paris at dusk'
Bed of Broken Mirrors
A chat with Iranian-American artist Asad Faulwell about his Les Femmes d'Alger series and the role played by women in the Algerian War of Independence
Vive Rachid!
'Taha's got a brand new bag' – Joobin Bekhrad's reflections on Algerian rocker Rachid Taha and his latest studio album, 'Zoom'
A View from Afar
'My family is here. I'm hanging here, torn between these two countries, these two realities. I belong to both these countries without being totally part of them'
Redefining the Rock Star
'This is a being unshaken by the ravages of time, defying practice, medium, and creed … The rock star is dead. Long live the rock star'
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Nick Jones had a successful career in catering management before co-founding 'Restaurants at Work', a major UK contract catering company. He has extensive experience of setting up new businesses and is currently Chair of Maiden Erlegh Trust. He has been a governor for over 18 years.
Huw Jones
Huw Jones has been Chairman and Vice Chairman of Governors in two schools over the past 20 years. After a successful career in the Police Force he subsequently became an engineer with a local Borough Council.
Julie Dennis
Julie is a Science graduate (BSc Hons from University of Bath) and experienced education finance expert who ran the Formula for Funding schools, set up a financial support service for 60 schools and provided support to Headteachers and governors in infant, primary and secondary schools for Wokingham Borough Council between 1998 and 2005, prior to joining Maiden Erlegh School in 2005. Julie joined Wokingham Borough Council as it became a Unitary authority and was a key player in the development and leadership of education services for a new authority. Prior to this Julie worked for 7 years as a finance officer in a local primary school at the start of the LMS process. Julie is also an expert on governance and led Maiden Erlegh School through conversion to academy status. She was appointed SLE for Finance and Business in the Maiden Erlegh Teaching School in 2014. Julie was instrumental in managing all of the operational activities of the opening of our free school, Maiden Erlegh School in Reading. Julie has been involved in local girl guiding for over 20 years and is currently a District Commissioner for Guiding. Julie retired from her role as School Business Manager in April 2017, and was welcomed as a Member of the Trust in November 2017.
Amjad Tarar
Amjad is a practising solicitor. After years of experience with other firms, he set up his own law firm, AT Legal Solicitors, in Reading in 2015. As well as this, he is also involved in voluntary work for the local communities and has held many interfaith events to build the bridge between different communities in Reading. He joined the Maiden Erlegh Trust as a Member in April 2019.
Richard Nicholson
Richard was appointed as Member on 26 April 2019. Richard has had a successful career in Human Resources working in senior positions in the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Automotive industries. He was previously chairman of Maiden Erlegh School Governing Body and has been a school governor for over 20 years. Richard joined Maiden Erlegh Trust as a Member in April 2019.


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It's a bit of a surprise. AT&T has dropped below Sprint in consumer ratings, at least according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, as reported by the Associated Press. Both T-Mobile and AT&T are ranked at the bottom, which makes you wonder about the wisdom of the announced sale of T-Mobile to AT&T. Think of the fun customers will have as the two worst companies on the list merge accounting systems and networks. Consumer Reports also ranks AT&T the worst of the cellular carriers.
Sprint and Verizon both get a score of 72 in the survey, which was done by polling 8,000 households in the first quarter of the year. AT&T is at the bottom with a score of 66, down 3 points from last year. T-Mobile scores a 70, also down 3 from a year ago.
At first glance I would have thought there would be some improvement in the AT&T score. We've been reporting on problems for years, and AT&T says it has spent millions in upgrades and says it has been trying to fill in the coverage gaps. What's your experience? Is AT&T getting better or worse, and if you made the jump to Verizon, are you happier?


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Chapter 1
Loyalty is never what it appears to be, and while some connections can be broken, others refuse to fade away. Sometimes there are hidden connections where you least expect them.
Connection 01: Coincidental Connections
Anvi's POV
A story of first meetings...
"Are you okay?" The room possessed an endless whiteness, as hospital rooms often do. White; a color of healing? More so a color of dull boredom.
"I think so," I was knocked out in the battle. The blood monks are clumsy and I was in the way. They're strong, but I wasn't supposed to be their target. In their favor I can say that maybe this wasn't clumsiness, because they didn't know I wasn't their target.
Atomic Betty, the only other person in the room besides me, smiles with encouragement. "You're expected to make a full recovery soon. I don't mean to rush, but is there anything you can tell me?"
An interrogation, I should have seen it coming. Coincidentally, I was left, as I do not wish to say abandoned, at Maximus' lair while he was in the middle of an evil scheme. Logically, I could only be a hostage and, given the situation, I must be tied to the case at hand somehow. In reality I know nothing; I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and that's what I'll say. "Wrong place, wrong time," it's best if she doesn't know my full story, "random hostage."
"I see; then we'll return you to your home at planet Ivalice." She must assume I'm from Ivalice because that's where the recent case originated. "What is your name?" I fail to read the deeper meaning of Betty's inquiry; she was seeking confirmation for the previous assumption.
"Anvi," my reply comes automatically.
"Last name?" Betty procures.
"Um..." I've given up on that, I'll give her another name, not my original one, after all, Anvi wasn't my original name either, "Caton."
Betty raises an eyebrow, "Caton?"
"Yes," I mutter, then before she leaves I add, "I'm homeless, they took me in and..."
"I see," at this Betty tries to look understanding, as if she believes I'm not capable of evil despite being taken in by the lynxian mafia. "We'll find you a better place and a job, if you prove your honesty, maybe we can station you on the Earth base."
"No!" Some time ago the Galactic Guardians Headquarters was destroyed and a temporary base was built on Earth. That base was kept even after the main Headquarters in space was rebuilt. "I want to stay here, I like space; I'll do any job!"
"Why not Earth?" Betty looks suspicious.
"I heard it's pre-contact, too much secrecy, I prefer a more comfortable atmosphere," my excuse is weak.
Beggars can't be choosers and Betty soon reminds me of this, "Earth is more comfortable than the mafia."
"I know, but I didn't need to do anything. I just..."
"I understand," thus my fate was sealed, but Betty was left with doubts, despite not pursuing further answers immediately, possibly out of merciful understanding.
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That's how I ended up in that team, a team that was complete without me. Our captain was a lynx; he was covered by light grey fur, his hair the purest white, with a line of white fur running down his back, the ivory color encompassing his entire very fluffy tail. But I had not seen all of that, I only knew he was gray save for his hair and tail, the line was a rumor I heard. Though he is a full blooded lynx, I heard that he received much teasing over the white line which made him look like a skunkian.
Captain Kendo Aicue has blue eyes, which are more common in kittens and rare in grown lynx. From what I heard from several female lynx at headquarters, blue eyes can make a man look either dashing or innocent. Maybe it's because I'm not a lynx, but I can't tell which one it is for Kendo, or maybe in his case it depends on the situation.
The pilot of our group is the cousin of Betty's pilot, Sparky. Similar to his cousin, Spike has a big nose and an insatiable appetite, green skin like all Martians, as well as the white eyes common to his species. His hair is purple, which is not rare in Martians, but not as common as lavender.
The third and would be final member of the group is a silver robot called Y-3. Our ship is a standard Starcruiser with blue details where Betty's is red.
That would be everything concerning the team, except me. This team was complete with three members, but here I am. I'm not as fast or athletic as they are, but I can hold my own in terms of technological skills, which has brought me closer to Y-3, who has evolved from a standard model, to a highly customize robot far superior to other Y-3 units. Despite not being exposed to such a level of technology in my previous almost primitive existence, I caught up remarkably quickly, as if I always longed for this knowledge.
Kendo is nice and understanding, he has tried his best to make me feel welcome. Though I thought I would be left in the repair shop, and that I would be okay with it, I got bored and craved adventure; he saved me claiming that there was no reason why the standard three person team rule shouldn't be bent on occasion. Given our coincidental connections, which I would later learn of, maybe this was allowed as a test or a trap, to try our loyalty when teamed with another in a somewhat similar situation.
As the forth member, I don't need to go on all their missions and sometimes stay behind to work on robot repairs and upgrades at headquarters as needed; also to study technology and robotics.
Spike, as most Martians, is naturally friendly, often going as far as offering to share his food, a rare trait in someone with four stomachs, which Kendo claims means he likes me. I think he's just being friendly, possibly because he heard from his cousin Sparky, who heard from his captain, Betty, that he should keep an eye on me, though Spike probably isn't sure why, as my past with the Caton clan is undisclosed. Either way, the fact still stands that most Martian snacks and preferred meals, if not all, are not fit for human consumption. I'm sure that is the reason why he makes the offers, he knows they will be refused and he would have done his part in offering.
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"Will you tell me the story?" I'll have to admit I was surprised when Kendo found me in the nearly deserted hangar at headquarters, sitting in the parked ship watching a video, and asked me this.
"Story?" I was puzzled.
"About Caton," I should have known my records wouldn't remain a full secret, though I was seen as a victim and not blamed for my connections to the Caton clan. But of course, I was naturally reluctant to tell my story.
I shifted uncomfortably and remained silent, "what about your story?" I threw the question back without realizing how similar we were.
"I'll tell you if you want to hear it," I never imagined how few people had heard about Kendo's past, but before telling me, he explained the reason for his question, aside from the natural curiosity of his race. "When we supported Atomic Betty on that last mission, you were uneasy and so was I. We let him go, we let Maximus escape, but we covered for each other without realizing it at the time. Spike has offered to help me in this out of friendship, since we've been close friends for a long time, and Y-3, he has really taken a liking to you since you're good with machines and seems to have less opposition to the situation despite his protocol. Speaking of liking, maybe you should take the food Spike offers sometimes."
"He does that because he knows I won't take it, it's not human food," I reply.
"Surprise him, I'm sure his face will be amusing when he realizes he lost some of his snacks because of his own offer," we both laugh at this.
Then, perceiving the second thoughts about revealing his past, I directly encourage Kendo to do so by reminding him, "your story?"
"Right, my story," he nods. "I was an orphan on Splatty; I wandered into someone's private property one day, it was Maximus' vacation home. Maybe he felt sorry for me; I was as cute as a kid as I am handsome now."
"I see were you got your ego," we laugh; I know Kendo is just pretending to be narcissistic to lighten the mood, because we all know Maximus is.
He continues, "he decided to let me join his forces, so I would become Maximus' apprentice. But that never happened; the Galactic Guardians saw me with Maximus during his next attack, assumed I was kidnapped and came to the rescue. Betty was still in training with Spindly Tam Kanushu at the time, and it was one of Beatrixo's last missions before retirement."
"I see, then you're grateful to Maximus because he was going to give you a home and adopt you in a way," I reflected.
Kendo nodded, "and your reason? It seems we're both tied to Maximus somehow."
"The one who saved me, Speed Caton, said his life was saved by Maximus long ago and because of that, even if he is a gangster, he decided to show kindness to one living being every year. I was that creature by coincidence."
Kendo listened with growing curiosity.
"I remember that time when Speed saved me. I lived a depressing life on Earth back then. His ship crashed on my car in the parking lot during a chase. But the auxiliary systems made it possible to take off again within a few seconds. Before that, seeing he was an alien and I could escape my sad and meaningless life on Earth, with no friends or motivation, I asked him to take me with him and he agreed. On Earth, everyone thinks I'm dead, there was a big fire in the parking lot as we flew away, I would have been burned to ashes."
Kendo's amazement doesn't cease, the connection, though coincidental, had a significant impact. "Speed helped you because Maximus helped him."
I nodded. "Speed couldn't keep me safe, so he left me with Maximus, but there was a battle, he didn't stay to explain things. Speed had to flee when he saw the guardians, he assumed Maximus would keep me safe, without even explaining who I was, and even if they haven't seen each other in such a long time. Speed really admires Maximus, though I've noticed his image is very different from the reality. Either way, Maximus saved Speed, or Speed thinks he did, and that led him to take me along when I asked, and entrust my safety to Maximus, whom I'm sure still has no idea who I am. I'm thankful none the less, because the chain of events took me here."
"That's a really interesting story, don't worry, I'll keep the secret, and you keep mine," Kendo assured.
I nod, "promise."
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Connection 02: Accidental Connections
Of course he was in a bad mood, a worse one than usual, as Minimus could regretfully testify. Though the sidekick didn't know why and he had to inquire. "Your evilness, why are you in such a bad mood?" Minimus knew this was more than just the usual frustration that followed his defeat and Atomic Betty's victory, though Maximus had been let off easy by the team supporting Betty's.
"Traitor! Ingrate! The guardians take him away and he makes no attempt to escape, instead he joins them!" Maximus yelled in anger.
"Oh, that lynx boy, I remember him, he's grown a lot. You wanted him to be your apprentice." Minimus felt he shouldn't have asked, as the topic could only put Maximus in a worse mood upon further discussion.
"Yes, and the girl guardian with him, I'm sure she's that girl he brought before, I knew I saw him," at this point Maximus remembered the first time he saw Anvi and Minimus wondered which 'he' Maximus was referring to, since he didn't recognize the lynx who brought the girl, abandoning her in the middle of one of their battles with Atomic Betty.
"Who do you mean, your evilness?" Though he had thought better of continuing the conversation, Minimus was curious.
"Speed Caton," Maximus replied. "His mother and mine were sisters. As I later found out, my aunt was engaged to a mafia lord from planet Splatty, except she was in love with someone else, I don't know who exactly, but she had a child whom her fiancé thought was his. Years later, he realized the boy was too different to be his son and there was a big fuss about it. I was still very small and didn't understand, but my mother went to see her sister at the time and took me along."
Minimus listened, not daring to interrupt.
"Caton, is the last name of Speed's mother, he was exiled from the Mewsmac clan after the leader realized Speed wasn't his son. He formed his own clan years later and has a rivalry with the Mewsmac clan. But that's not the part that makes me angry, I don't care about what they do," at this point Maximus let out some of his tension by hitting Minimus on the head.
"Ow!" Minimus held his spinning head.
Maximus continued his narration, "like I said; I was too little to know what was going on. I was just angry that Speed was getting all the attention, even if I didn't know it wasn't the good kind of attention. Lord Mewsmac was planning to kill Speed in revenge to my aunt who escaped with him with mother's help. That night, I tried to get rid of Speed. I pushed him in a space pod and sent him away. I accidentally launched a few space pods at once and Lord Mewsmac and his gang didn't know which one to chase. They went after the pods, leaving few of their men behind and when my father and his gang arrived to assist mother, they teamed up and overpowered them. From what I heard, my aunt eventually reunited with her son and they moved to a different galaxy, supposedly to find Speed's father, I don't know if they ever found him. Mewsmac's men, who were chasing some of the space pods when they all randomly went in different directions, couldn't catch up because of asteroids, technical difficulties, forgetfulness to refuel, something or other, but they told Mewsmac that the pods were all destroyed. That's why he assumed that Speed was dead and thought that was revenge enough against my aunt; he didn't look for her again. After that, my father's gang cut all connections with the Mewsmac clan. That was the last I knew of them. Then, years later, Speed shows up and dumps a random human girl here for I don't know what reason. She ended up joining the guardians, so I can only assume he wanted to cause trouble!"
"Even after you saved Speed's life..." Minimus mused. "Maybe he didn't mean to cause trouble; maybe Speed trusted you and wanted you to keep his friend safe."
"Who cares what he wanted? Saving his life was an accident, I was a child and made a mistake, I wanted to get rid of him!" Maximus' frustration was evident in admitting he made a mistake, even if it was long ago and he attributed it to being so young.
Minimus wisely decided not to press the matter further, though he was curious about what was that girl to Speed, what Speed thought of Maximus, and what made Kendo decide never to return to Maximus' side. As for Kendo, Minimus already knew of his past, even if his present left him with questions. The boy had actually been nice to Minimus, even if he did steal Maximus' attention, which made Minimus angry at first, since he was more of a punching bag than usual, but that plan ended quite differently from what Maximus expected.
Connection 03: Secret Connections
The music that played had a touch of angst but at the same time sounded hopeful. It was a strange blend of rock, pop and who knows what else. "I know you like ones and zeros better than musical notes, but don't you want to watch the show? Spike will wonder where you are. He's probably looking for us in the crowd."
She turned around and smiled at her captain. She had a tendency to wander away from people. She didn't like crowded places. "Yes, let's go." The human and the lynx ventured into the crowds. It was a miracle they were able to make their way near the small improvised stage where their friend was.
Not too far from the dark haired human girl and the gray and white lynx boy, there was another human girl, this one with red hair. "I told you they were good," a green boy with a big nose and blue hair followed the lyrics to the local band's song.
"They are," Betty agreed. There was something about the song that made many people their age relate to it. Maybe some things were more universal than most people could imagine. After the song ended, the crowd clapped and cheered, asking for more. The night had barely started after the sun had set moments ago and now it was time to party until sunrise.
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The music continued for a long time. Maybe it was an hour or maybe two. Finally the band members became hungry and needed a break. The crowds still stayed in the area, talking with their friends after the unplanned concert ended. "You were right, this is great publicity," Spike, a purple haired boy of Sparky's species, told the lynx, Kendo.
"I told you it was good to listen to your captain every now and then," Kendo laughed. It was his idea that the band Spike was in threw an outdoor concert.
"Yeah, it might have been a free concert, but maybe people will like the music and maybe we'll even have an official recording some day," Spike smiled at the possibility, though he didn't think of what exactly that would mean, of how it would affect his schedule if it was to happen, if he could continue to be a galactic guardian in such a situation. But he was too carefree, it was his nature. "Where did Anvi run off to? I saw her earlier from the stage, but then she disappeared."
"She's with Atomic Betty. I heard Betty say she wanted to talk to Anvi. Maybe she can figure out what's bothering her," Kendo explained as they walked towards a snack table that someone placed there. People started bringing food in hopes of turning the concert into a night long party. Soon, recorded music started to play about fifteen minutes after the band stopped, to keep the atmosphere active until they could be convince to play more songs after resting.
"Shouldn't she tell you what's going on, since you're the captain and all?" Spike took a handful of caramel covered slog worms.
"That doesn't mean I have to be nosy." In reality, Kendo didn't need to hear Anvi's story, he knew it already and did not know how to comfort her any more than how to comfort himself, even if he hid it well.
Not too far from there, two robots, X-5 and Y-3, discussed the biological organism's illogical behavior. They didn't understand what they gained by jumping around and running in odd patterns that didn't even follow the sound of the music, yet they still claimed to be dancing. If anything, they would at least obtain the benefits of exercise, they concluded.
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Far from the music and noise, two girls continued walking further away in hopes of having a conversation without having to yell to hear each other. Once they reached a distance where the music and voices became a soft whisper carried by the wind, they sat down on a park bench to talk. "He told you to talk to me, didn't he? Is it because I'm in trouble? I broke no rules," Anvi wrapped her arms around herself, her pale skin feeling the cold wind of the night.
"Admiral Degill said I should talk to you because you're the first to do this. He suspects that there might have been something wrong in your home on Earth for you to want to run away," Betty explained.
"This is the life I want, on Earth I had a meaningless existence, boring, sad, depressing, inferior, not worth survival," Anvi never liked the monotony of her past.
"But there's more to it than that," Betty insisted.
"Let's just say the Earth's way of life isn't my thing, I've always been told I was a futuristic girl living in the stone age. It was true; I was never interested in what little Earth had to offer."
"You're spoiled and self-centered," Betty concluded. "We investigated, I'm sure there were people who were sad after hearing of your supposed death. You didn't tell the truth about your place of origin. Speed Caton took you from Earth, you were not kidnapped by Maximus at Ivalice."
"I didn't want to be deported to Earth, I was afraid to lose my freedom and purpose after I realized that it existed," Anvi shifted uncomfortably, but her eyes remained firm.
"Selfish, self-centered, ungrateful, yet not evil, just bitter with frustration," Anvi nodded at Betty's conclusions, willing to accept them. "The Galactic Council is watching you, don't slip up, that will be the last." Betty felt a sort of mercy for the girl, knowing what it was like to feel trapped in the seemingly pointless business of Earth when there was so much out there. Once again, she let her slip.
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The party continued with less people now. Some only stayed to see if the band would play again, but clearly they were too busy eating for that. "There's something wrong," Kendo suddenly voiced his concern.
"I'll say, we're running out of food!" Spike was surrounded by food, but to him it didn't look like much.
"I mean I have a bad feeling, as if something is about to happen." Right after Kendo said this, there was an explosion near by.
"Fireworks!" Spike cheered.
"That wasn't fireworks," Kendo started running towards the source of the explosion. Y-3 soon dragged Spike away from his food, while X-5 took care of bringing Sparky, and they followed Kendo towards the place where Betty and Anvi were.
Sparky, X-5, Kendo, Spike and Y-3 arrived a little too late. "Chief!" Sparky picked up what looked like Betty's head. "Speak to me chief! Don't worry; I'll put your head back where it belongs. I'll glue it on if I have to, just hold on!"
"I'm over here, Sparky," the real Atomic Betty spoke.
"My robot!" Dr. Cerebral yelled.
"Your robot? This robot belongs to the Galactic Guardians, I'm sure it's the same one," Atomic Betty argued.
"Dr. Cerebral must have stolen and repaired her," Anvi deduced.
"Speaking of Dr. Cerebral, he looks like he's trying to sneak away," Kendo noted.
Stopping Dr. Cerebral was pretty easy. He was there to test his new found robot and give Betty a bad reputation, but he didn't expect to find the real Atomic Betty and was unprepared.
Connection 04: Unnoticed Connections
In the depths of space several ships zoomed by, going well above the speed limit for that area. "She's right behind us your evilness," Minimus looked at the radar on Maximus' ship.
"I know that!" Maximus angrily hit Minimus on the head. He would have made a jump to light speed by now, if not for the fact that his ship had been damaged by an asteroid that had somehow gotten loose from the gravity of a nearby asteroid belt.
But Maximus' ship was equipped with a few tricks to get him out of such situations. After pressing a few buttons, a smoke like substance was released from the back of the ship, creating a thick space fog that quickly spread. Contained in the dark mist were many microscopic scrambler chips that prevented the Starcruiser from tracking his ship on their radar.
Heading in their general direction was another Galactic Guardian ship. This one was a Star Defender model, characterized by the many defense mechanisms and few weapons that served to stop enemy ships, rather than damage them. The ship was painted in a mirror-like black with details in dark blue. The interior of the ship was similar to that of the Starcruiser's, but slightly more spacious as the ship was a little bigger.
The captain's chair was like Betty's, it sat in the middle of the control room at a higher level. There were three chairs in front of the controls instead of two, due to the difference in structure of the ship. Normally the ship could operate with a crew of three, but it was more comfortable with a crew of four.
"We can't let them escape!" The captain urged. He was a light gray and white lynx with blue eyes and was wearing a dark blue galactic guardian uniform. Their robotic teammate was a Y-3 model painted silver, with blue light eyes.
They were approaching the area where Atomic Betty and her crew were chasing Maximus' ship. The captain looked ahead at the gang of wolf like space pirates, who accelerated upwards making a ninety degree turn to avoid the strange dark fog up ahead. "We can't let them get away!"
"Accelerating now!" The pilot of the ship, a green alien with spiky purple hair and a big nose announced, as the ship began to speed up. Like those of his species he had a big appetite and was thinking of the snack he would need after this chase was over. He was wearing a white and purple galactic guardian uniform.
The forth member of the team had joined recently. She was a human girl with black hair dyed blue, dark brown-black eyes and pale skin. She was wearing a light blue galactic guardian uniform and had her hair in a long ponytail.
"There are two ships hidden ahead and they are heading towards us," Y-3 warned.
"We're heading up anyway," the captain reminded. "Make the turn now!" The pilot turned the ship, making it take a vertical angle and followed the space pirate gang.
Maximus had over done it with the scrambler chips and gotten caught in the dark fog himself, but his ship was reaching the end of the strange black cloud and there was still no sign of Atomic Betty's ship. Of course she could be right behind him for all he knew, but he couldn't see her ship yet. As he came into the open, and his radars began to work again, he saw the Star Defender zoom up in front of him and his first reaction was to stop to avoid crashing into it. "Breaks!" Maximus screamed as he slammed his fist on the emergency stop controls and his ship came to a full stop north from a green and white planet.
"Chief, I can't see!" Sparky complained, they were still trapped in the fog.
"The radars do not function, but there is a ninety nine point eight percent chance that Maximus is still ahead of us," X-5 indicated.
"Right, we can't let them get away!" Atomic Betty urged. "Full speed ahead!" The Starcruiser sped out of the black cloud to where Maximus's ship was. "Stop!" Betty yelled at the top of her lungs, realizing Maximus' ship had come to a sudden halt.
Sparky quickly hit the breaks, but it was too late. The Starcruiser went crashing into Maximus' ship, causing both ships to get caught in the green and white planet's gravity and go plunging into its surface.
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Luckily, it didn't appear like they crashed into anyone. They appeared to have fallen into an open green field. The sky was a light green much lighter than the dark grass. A few small white clouds could be seen, but it was mostly clear. Four bright yellow stars served as the planet's suns and there was no night there. The ground was humid due to the many large underground rivers, this served to help regulate the temperature so it was hot but not too hot.
They quickly got out of their ships and examined the damage, confirming that neither ship was in conditions to fly. "This is your fault!" Maximus yelled angrily.
Sparky chewed on his gloves as if he was trying to bite his nails but forgot he had gloves on. "It's not the chief's fault, it was me!" He started to tear up. "I can't believe this, my perfect record is ruined!"
"It's okay, Sparky," Betty gave him a friendly hug. "It was Maximus' fault for using that smoke on us."
"You're the one who hit my ship!" Maximus argued.
"If you haven't stolen the gold, this wouldn't have happened!" Betty retorted.
"Speaking of gold," everyone turned to look at X-5. "I have collected all the stolen gold from Maximus' ship and placed it inside the Starcruiser while you were busy arguing."
"Well done, X-5," Atomic Betty commended. "Now we just need to repair our ship and we'll be on our way."
"You stole my stolen gold!" Maximus complained. "Minimus this is all your fault!" Maximus hit his sidekick on the head; he always blamed him for everything even if it wasn't Minimus's fault. "You won't get away with this, Atomic Betty! If you want to keep that gold you'll have to fight for it." Maximus pointed what he thought was his light saber in her direction, but then realized it was a chocolate bar.
Sparky snatched away the chocolate bar and ate it without even removing the wrapper. "Chocolate does make you feel better!"
"I think I left my light saber at the lair," Maximus hit Minimus on the head several times again. "Why didn't you remind me to take my light saber? You're such a useless sidekick!"
"Ow, why must I always be treated like this?" Minimus' normal face complained. "One day I'll run away and never return and then you'll miss me!" His angry face added.
"Shut up and if you try to run away I'll," Maximus stopped and looked at the empty spot where Atomic Betty and Sparky were standing before. "Where did they go?"
"It seems that you were too distracted to notice again," X-5 replied. "They went to buy spare parts, but don't worry we'll get your ship fixed too since we were the ones who hit it, even if it was your fault." Maximus eyed the Starcruiser. The robot's normally blue eyes turned red as a transformation sequence was initiated. X-5 was a lot bigger now with golden armored arms and legs and several cannons, lasers and what not. "I have received a battle upgrade so I suggest that you don't even try to take the gold back."
Maximus backed away and almost tripped over Minimus, who was cowering behind him. "Minimus, guard the ship, I'll go make sure Atomic Betty and her little friend bring all the right space ship parts." He ran off trying to catch up with Betty and Sparky, who were now two little dots in the distance.
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After Maximus managed to catch up, completely out of breath, they arrived at a Greek and Roman style city. Many white temples stood at both sides of the large white brick road. At the end, there was a large round arena.
"Chief I'm hungry; can we stop and eat something?" Sparky asked.
"I don't think they'll take our currency in the restaurants either," Betty grimaced. Their dilemma was that the people of this planet only accepted their local currency and didn't have any banks to exchange for universal currency. The planet's population was composed of many different species living together in peace. So far they have seen aliens that looked like dogs, mice, foxes, humanoids and birds.
"Why don't we give them the gold or steal what we need?" Maximus suggested.
"Absolutely not," Atomic Betty refused. "If we must, we'll work to earn some local money."
"That stinks," Maximus complained indignantly.
"You can complain as much as you want but the gold doesn't belong to us and stealing is wrong, which is why we got into this mess in the first place, because of your stealing," Betty reproached.
"No, I mean it really stinks," Maximus clarified.
"I don't normally agree with villains, but he's right, something does stink!" Sparky covered his large nose.
"You haven't been eating montigo berries again have you?" Betty asked suspiciously.
"That's not me, honest!" Sparky defended.
"I don't normally agree with galactic guardians, but I think he's telling the truth," Maximus pointed at a skunkian man standing in front of them.
The skunkian glared at Maximus. "It's not polite to point," he scolded with a mix of sarcasm and anger. "You lynx think you're better than everyone."
"We're certainly better than your stinky race," Maximus huffed.
"I'll ignore that and get to business," the skunkian continued with an evil grin. "I heard you're in need of some cash, well my sister and I rented that arena over there." He pointed to the large white circular arena. "We're in charge of organizing a little competition once a month there. You need to sign up in teams of three. The contest categories are eating contests, karaoke and stuff like that. Are you interested? The price money is ten million greecoins."
Of course ten million greecoins were not as valuable as ten millions in other currencies but that should be just about enough to fix both ships and maybe have a little left over money to buy a small souvenir or a little snack. Betty didn't trust the skunkian, but she had no choice, she would just need to be extra careful. "Sign us up."
Maximus looked back and forth between Betty and the skunkian. "I hope you're not including me in that us."
Before Betty could say anything, the skunkian spoke. "What's wrong little lynx? Scared of a harmless karaoke contest?"
"Of course not, sign me up! I'll show you my race's superiority Mr. Stinky," Maximus glared daggers at the skunkian.
"Right this way then, let's see if you can live up to your word." They followed the skunkian to the arena where the contests were to take place.
The first was an eating contest, which Sparky easily won and enjoyed very much. Next up the karaoke contest, that Betty finished with a victory and a massive applause.
Next was the third challenge, which corresponded to Maximus, but he still didn't know what it was. They were currently in a waiting room. "I'm bored, when is it my turn? What am I supposed to do anyway?" Maximus assumed it would be something easy.
"Your challenge is a fight with no weapons allowed," a dogarian with light yellow fur announced as he entered the room hearing the question.
Maximus looked at the dogarian, as all the color in his face disappeared. It looked like even his fur lost its color somehow and anyone who saw him at that moment could assume he was a fully white lynx. "With you?"
"No, not with me," the dogarian laughed. Maximus took a deep breath and some of his color returned. "Take a look out the window and you'll see your opponent." He pointed to a window which showed the inside of the arena.
Maximus walked over to the window and saw a muscular looking kitsune about five inches taller than him. "I'm supposed to fight that guy?" Once again he feared for his life.
"Not him, stand on the other side of the window to get a better view," the dogarian indicated. Maximus did so and saw someone wearing a black cloak. Whatever was under that cloak was twice as tall as the kitsune. The kitsune came into his view and jumped at the cloaked figure. The mysterious warrior extended a muscular arm covered in dark gray fur. He caught the kitsune by the arm and smashed him against the floor until he was knocked out.
"That's your opponent," The skunkian joined the dogarian laughing at Maximus' problem. The next thing they knew, Maximus was firmly attached to the roof of the waiting room.
"Hey, quit scratching the paint up there!" The skunkian yelled. "You have to get him down from there," he told Betty and Sparky.
"Maximus, come down from there, we're leaving," Atomic Betty decided.
"I don't believe you. You want me to come down so you can force me to go fight, that, that... that monster!" Maximus refused to let go.
Betty jumped and grabbed Maximus' tail, making him let go of the roof. He turn right side up in the air and easily landed on his feet but Betty lost her balance and landed on Sparky. The green alien fell back taken by surprise. They blushed and quickly got up then pretended like nothing happened. "C'mon we're leaving; it's not fair that you should fight that, whatever it is, without even being warned."
"You're not going anywhere!" The skunkian released a very bad smell from his tail that made them instantly fall asleep.
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All three of them woke up in the arena in front of the cloaked warrior from before. The mysterious warrior chased them around the arena several times as the crowd cheered. Betty's light saber was gone, so was Sparky's space pistol and Maximus had forgotten his weapons today.
"Hey lynx!" They heard a voice that sounded like he was calling Maximus, trying to be heard over the crowd. "Lynx!" Maximus looked at the entrance of the arena, which was covered by electric bars. There stood the kitsune warrior from before, severely injured with many bandages all over his body, but alive none the less. "You have the advantage in this battle, use it!" The kitsune managed to say before a skunkian girl, possibly the other skunkian's sister, dragged him away taking advantage of his many injuries.
Maximus was too scared to think about the kitsune's words and assumed he was hit on the head too hard. How could Maximus possibly have the advantage over someone more then twice his size?
"We're gonna die!" Sparky ran away from the tall warrior who was extremely strong but kind of slow.
Betty's thoughts dashed in search of a possible strategy. Was speed what the kitsune meant by having the advantage? Maybe he lost because he attacked head on, but maybe they could get this warrior tired and fight him then. Wait a minute, there was something coming out from under the back of the cloak that looked like a rat like tail. That's what the kitsune was telling Maximus, the ratici species from planet Raticia have a natural fear for lynx except, Maximus didn't look very fear inspiring while he was begging for his life, now that the ratici had stopped chasing Sparky and turned his attention towards him. "Maximus, meow at him!" Betty yelled.
"What good is that going to do? Besides, I don't meow!" However, that last word sounded very much like a meow, which scared the ratici warrior enough to make him step back, trip on his cloak and fall on his back. The hood of the cloak no longer covered his face as Maximus curiously approached. "So that's what you are. Suddenly you don't look scary."
"You don't scare me little lynx. I only slipped that's all," The ratici growled and Maximus stepped back.
"Show no fear. He won't be afraid of you if you're afraid of him!" Atomic Betty insisted.
"Easy for you to say!" Maximus yelled back, but she did have a point. He hissed and showed his claws. The ratici didn't look scared at first but Maximus maintained his position even if he was dying of fear on the inside. Soon, but never too soon for Maximus, the ratici backed away. Maximus continued to move forward until the ratici walked back into the electric bars and was knocked out by the electricity. "I won!" Maximus cheered and ran around the arena celebrating.
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With their strongest warrior defeated, those in charge of the arena had no choice but to pay the winning team and return their weapons. Both ships were repaired and they were able to leave the planet. Maximus didn't even try to steal the gold back, since he was too busy showing Minimus the championship belt he received and telling the sidekick his own version of how he got it.
Connection 05: Blurred Connections
Maximus looked out the glass window at the heavy rain falling all over that side of Splatty. Great time he picked to go back to his home planet alone. Minimus was probably so comfortable at the lair in space, away from the rain.
"If I wasn't a super villain I would be feeling sorry for all the poor souls that got caught in the rain." It started raining so suddenly, without a warning, he was very lucky to be inside when it began.
He looked out the window again, willing the rain to stop in a futile effort. Then he saw someone, some kid running in the rain, up the stairs to the entrance, leaning on the closed door and taking shelter there.
Maximus went over there and opened the door, the boy falling back unexpectedly. "Someone lived here?"
"This is my vacation home, who said you could come into my property?"
"Um... I come here sometimes..." The boy admitted.
"Is that why the fruit trees are nearly empty?" Maximus accused.
The boy didn't reply directly, instead said, "sorry about that."
"I am a super villain; you should know the great Maximus IQ." Maximus tried to sound threatening.
The boy looked up for the first time, "I'm not afraid of anything. I thought this place was deserted, that's no excuse, but I'm not scared, not even of super villains or galactic guardians. I'll repay you, somehow."
Maximus considered showing the boy some respect with his light saber, but instead asked. "How would you do that? You're just a street cat."
"I'll figure something out," the boy pouted, but looked determined.
Maximus thought about the situation, the kid had guts; that much he knew for sure. "Your name?"
"You'll be one of my minions from this day on."
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Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia on his amazing experience in Amsterdam at #TNW2012
Joe Gebbia may be one of the most awesome founders in startup land. He's super cool for hundreds of reasons but I'll tell you two. First, his company is skyrocketing in growth and changing the world as we know it (for the better), and second, the guy has a heart of gold.
A few months ago we asked him to attend our annual conference in Amsterdam as our keynote speaker. He said yes! To celebrate, I interviewed him in Airbnb's San Francisco offices in March. We talk about the epic year the company has had as well as the emerging sharing economy. In 2011, Airbnb, which exists in 11 languages, became a predominately international company with 75% of its business happening outside of the U.S. In January, the site hit 5 million nights booked. Solid.
As the date of the conference quickly approached, Gebbia and his team had a brilliant idea. Why not rent The Next Web stage out on Airbnb? So we did. One of TNW's biggest friends and fans Leon Pals, an entrepreneur from Rotterdam, rented out the stage with his girlfriend. To make Pals feel at home, Gebbia and his teammate Christopher Lukezic showed up with beer, wine, pizza and snacks and hung out with the couple until 1am. How cool is that?
Turns out Gebbia had a pretty awesome time in Amsterdam. We asked him all about his experience at the conference here:
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Instagram – From Zero to AUTHORITY
To begin the Article I want to share some Facts:
- The number of active Instagram users as of April 2017 was counted to be 700 Million (Source – Techcrunch)
- Over 60% of users log in daily, making it the second most engaged network after Facebook.
- 35% of internet users are now on Instagram.
As a Marketer we see it as Potential 500 Million strong Consumer Base.
It is projected that Instagram will become the Biggest Sales Driving Marketing Platform by the end of 2017.
So it is in our Best interests to create a Superior Brand Authority on Instagram starting from Today.
But then still, why some of the Top Marketers are failing to create Good Brand Authority on Instagram?
Why is it that some of the Top Marketers are still confused how to plan their Marketing on Instagram?
That's because,
Every Platform is different and you have to respect the Platform and it's Rules to create an Authority on that particular Platform.
Instagram is certainly a Tough Nut to crack and it took time for me too to understand the patterns of Instagram.
But then, I found the way how to do it.
Since then, there was no stopping us from creating almost 20 Big Instagram Brand Pages in different niches.
Here are the screenshots of two such Instagram accounts:
How are we doing such good numbers in our Pages?
Because of the following strategies which we are following:
Really successful Instagram accounts tend to stick to a theme:
For example:
- a designer who posts behind-the-scenes peeks into the fashion industry;
- a food artist who does amazing things with rice and string beans;
- a world traveler with a flurry of snapshots from Paris, Portugal and Peru;
Basically just stick to your theme and post only what your Brand Page is made for.
Don't deviate.
Just like you can see in our Minions and Cooking page,
we never post any image other than its theme.
It's very important that your followers know when to expect a new picture.
If you have planned to post daily, then you should post daily.
Your audience will expect the images from you.
If you update your account once a week or too many at a time then disappear for weeks, it is unlikely that you can build a loyal
Hence, a schedule is a must.
If people are coming to your account for photos of minions, you probably don't want to throw in a picture of your travel experience.
But giving the people what they want doesn't have to mean posting the same photos of sunsets and cityscapes over and over and over. Just try how you can curate or find good mixed content that is really engaging but sticking to your theme at the same time.
"The worst thing for me is to look at my own feed and be bored," said Ketron.
Hashtags are seen as the ultimate way to get more eyeballs on your post.
Hashtags will give you Free Targeted reach.
However people somehow try to misuse the Hashtags and use unnecessary Hashtags in their post because certain hashtags will give you more Likes and Followers, but that Follower base is actually Bot traffic and it won't really help to have them in your account as your followers.
Keep your Hashtags relevant to your account.
Interacting and Engaging with your Audience will keep your Audience fresh.
Try to respond to the comments of your Page's Followers.
"I'm intentional about responding [to commenters], even though I'm not able to respond to everybody,"
They should realize that you appreciate them.
And randomly in case you are following some people then Like their Pics or randomly post a Comment on their Pic.
There's a reason professional photographers tend to have such sizeable Instagram followings.
They know what makes a good photo.
"I shoot [a mobile photo] as carefully as I would a DSLR shot," anonymous said.
You should also invest in a good photo editing app, instead of just using Instagram filters.
You can try it yourself. Post any picture without editing or filters and then repost it again in a week with some good editing. You will see a Sizeable difference. (However why to do such test when you can do editing at the first place )
No good Instagram account exists in a vacuum. Most accounts that see a surge in followers have been featured in one of places: the app's blog, its Explore page, or, if they're very lucky, its suggested user list, which shows up under "Find People to Follow" in Instagram's settings.
These 3 places are hard to reach but seriously if you can post some seriously good amount of engaging content continuously then even Instagram would promote you.
(Even they are looking for Good Case Studies every time)
However there is a Fourth place also where you can get featured and that is in the Hashtags search so we have already discussed that so that will help.
However we have now cracked the technique of going viral and hitting the Explore page every single time. We are doing a special training for it plus giving you complementary access to our Instagram members only training worth $97. Want to register for both at the same time? Here is the Special Link.
Hubspot social media scientist Dan Zarrella did a little digging into the data of what makes a selfie go viral, besides a gorgeous face, of course. Looking at more than 160,000 images tagged #selfie, Zarrella noted a few surprising trends on his blog:
A. There Are "Correct" Colors. Images featuring cool, earthy tones, like blue, green and beige, received more engagement than warm reds, yellows and pinks.
B. But 'No Filter' Is The Best Filter. Zarrella looked at the average number of likes that filtered photos received. Willow came out on top, with Normal taking second place. And selfies tagged #nofilter saw a nearly 10 percent increase in engagement than selfies without the tag — even though nearly one-third of #nofilter selfies actually did have a filter. Other high-contrast and high-saturation filters, like Toaster, Mayfair, Sutro and Hefe ranked highly, while Inkwell, Sierra, 1977 and Rise rounded out the bottom of the list.
Extra Nuggets
- Set "rules" that they need to Follow you, tag people or other form of engagement in order to WIN your contest/giveaway
- If it's a bigger prize you can even have them Opt-in to your landing page
- Create a contest/giveaway with other related profiles
- Use Contest Looping Where Audience has to follow each profile and it loops them to all other profiles participating in contest
- Keep it simple and don't over complicated it with 100 "steps" they have to take
- Be sure your prize/giveaway is something your ideal customers would want.
- Direct your followers from one account to another
- You can include your Instagram username/link on your primary profile to direct people to your secondary account
(Business account, page about your products, Niche page etc)
- Use it in your posts too. "Follow me @______" for _________ (what's in it for them)
- @mentions use all lower case
- Find other Profiles with your kind of ideal audience and ask them to do a Promo for you sharing your profile
- Ask them via Direct Message (DM) or Email (Don't write in Comments)
- Shout Outs can be done in 2 ways. 1st way is you do mutual Shout Out in which they ask their Profile followers to follow you and you ask your Profile followers to follow them.
But, in case you have just 250 Followers and the other Page has 15,000 then it is not mutually beneficial, so be ready to spend some Money.
- Check their following is:
Targeted to your Niche and ideal customers
Actively engaged (If someone has 40K followers but only a few comments and 100 likes there is a good chance they have fake followers)
Still Something Missing?
NO, because these are all the strategies which everyone is using and there is nothing outside of it.
But Still…YES!!
You are still missing Automation!!
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The more you will sit is better. But you can't remain online 24 hours. Can you?
The bigger brands do.
They are using Automation to do it.
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