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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:16 pm
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Gibbs collected an SMG and a pistol. He checked the weapons over thoroughly, loaded and safetied them automatically before he turned towards the airlock. He would be among the first in - he'd the training, the skill, and, he thought grimly to himself, was one of the few people on board who ought to be allowed in a situation like this. The captain, the Yank, and possibly the sreekaanse, he could stomach going into combat, but the women?
The first burst of fire rang through the airlock, but the crew were all well out of the firing line. "Give us covering fire." he said, hoping that he wasn't overstepping his authority. "Mr Raude, with me. Advance by twos, following our lead."
He would wait for a volley of covering fire before advancing to the nearest cover further down the corridor ahead, being sure to take a good look at his opposition on the way.
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:46 pm
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(Italicized part taken from PM interaction and posted with GM's permission ^_^)
"To answer your question, ape, I was going to let you say goodbye to the other apes before I put them next to that insolent captain!" He hissed again, twisting the tips of his fingers into the veins on the side of her neck. For a lithe, fragile looking Linuat he was remarkably strong. And, from the small trail of blood that began leaking from his nose, he was probably not doing too well himself.
His next words were almost as intoxicating as wine. "You WILL do as I say. You WILL do as I order you to do, and I order you to accompany me to the bridge." Beginning to shake slightly, the gun in his hand rattled against the holster on his belt.
Dakota choked, the sound coming out of her in a strangled rasp as his grip on her neck tightened and he flooded her head with that Linuat mind meld crap he'd been using all this time. 'Course it looked like it hurt him to do it, but at the moment she couldn't think clearly enough to pay much attention to that. Though she wanted to fight it, tried to fight it with every ounce of strength she had, in the end there was no resisting the strength of that command and she found herself turning, helplessly, towards the bridge even as the doors opened and she caught her first glimpse of the new crew, a helpless, desperate look sent towards those men and women before Sir was again muttering in her ear, urging her to move faster.
Then his hand was caressing her arm and she shuddered, the helplessness replaced by an expression of utter revulsion at the Linuat's touch. She wanted to break his face and go tribal on the miserable excuse of a creature, and yet all she could do was follow obediently along as he pulled her away from the fight and towards the bridge. She was going to kill him. If it was the last thing she did, she was going to kill this lousy dingo turd and make sure no one EVER had the chance to mess with her mind ever again.
One last look was cast back towards the door, hope and desperation in her eyes that the Bering crew would take down the rest of the pirates, and put an end to this.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:52 pm
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Leah hung back, letting her gravity-enhanced senses flow along the walls of the staging area. As pirates began to fire at the crew, she shifted barrels by a fraction of an inch, added the tiniest bit of resistance to triggers, in general making it harder for them to aim and control their weapons. She had taken one of the stock pistols handed out by Captain Eisner, but it was still stashed in her belt - she didn't want to use it if she didn't have to.
Murmuring tehillim under her breath, she scanned the area for good guys or wounded and saw a Linaut dragging a shorter human out. The pain in the woman's eyes glowed from across the bay, tugging Leah's heart.
{{Okay... really lost as to how this works... basically I want her to go to the wounded crew members, but I don't know how that's going to work. Any suggestions? Anyone willing to take me under his/her wing and lead me through this?}}
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:09 pm
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Damien took up position next to Gibbs as the captain prepared to open the door. He drew his sidearm, an ornately decorated M1911A1 sidearm, and held it toward the ground as he thumbed the safety. Gripping the weapon with both hands, he straightened his posture and nodded.
"Mr Raude, with me. Advance by twos, following our lead."
"On your right, then," he said simply.
Shifting his hands on the grip of the weapon, he tried to steady his breathing and focus. Bullets were already flying, and for his life he couldn't very easily tell which direction they were coming from.
This should be...interesting
, he thought.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:36 pm
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Thieli's skin crawled as the hatch opened she shuddered as the stale air moved into their area and equalized. Things like this were always unpleasant given her acute sense of smell, but anyone who glanced at Thieli would notice her entire stance stiffen as her nostrils flared.
Her hand settled on her stick like weapon and she nearly flicked it into a hook as she muttered a single word under her breath "Krah-bahn!".
Snapping back to herself, Thieli quickly assessed the location of the pirates and sniffed the air more thoroughly determining the direction of the scent. She flicked an eye to glance at the Captain and said curtly, "I'll deal with the engine room."
As she finished the statement Thieli quickly jumped up onto the overhead piping swinging up and out of the way, dodging between the pipes there as she ran towards the engine room.
As she passed over a pirate free her hand grabbed her stick and leaned down and with a flick of her wrist the blade snapped quietly into a hook-shaped blade that terminated just below 'his' neck. She pulled up, then snapped the blade back into it's stick form and continued on her mission to the Engine room not bothering to wait and see the damage. She had some unfinished business to deal with there.
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:59 pm
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Silence seemed to gather in a physical mass, as Gibbs and Damien moved into position. Eisner pushed himself up against the edge of a wall, Thompson cradled in his arms. Eisner glanced to the two men, then to the women waiting behind them, and nodded. All at once, the world exploded into chaos.
Eisner pivoted, swinging the Thompson into the doorway at the edge of the airlock. As he did so, he held down the trigger and let bullets fly in a large arc from side to side. Even as he did, Thieli was already on her way overhead and through the upper edge of the doorway. Missing the bullets in a carefully timed swing, the Sreekaanse swung herself around the corner in quick movements. The pirate she dropped upon never had a chance to react.
Had the pirate made a noise, it was drowned out by the constant growl of the Thompson. Bullets continued to pound the walls of the hallway intersection, making anything they would have said completely mute. The hail of lead also smashed into what few light fixtures had been in the immediate hallway, blanketing the area in darkness. Only the repeating flashes from the muzzle of the Thompson cast a light into the next room, and even then stretching long shadows across the crates and barrels that provided cover.
Gibbs and Damien moved forward, taking cover as the Thompson's rounds silenced. Eisner sunk back into the airlock to replace the ammunition drum, leaving their covering fire silent for the moment. As Doctor Gregory moved closer to the Tacoma through all this, she would sense the gradual change in the gravitic forces affecting the ships. Within the Tacoma, and stronger as they neared the pirate vessel, the gravity forces hammering away at her implant would become smoother and less harsh. Almost like going from a jackhammer on the street, to a lone cello player in a pub.
Mitch would see the lights go out, sparks and flashes coming from the hallway at the top of the stairs, and then some sort of...
descending as if from the darkness. The creature swung from the pipes along the ceiling, burying some sort of weapon nearly a full foot into the upper torso of one of the pirates. Mitch watched the man drop, and the other pirate begin firing wildly into the ceiling where the creature had just been.
There was a gentle breeze as the predator swept by Mitch's head, and moved quickly on toward the engine room. Behind him, the medical ward was safe and Berkham was loading the rest of the crew into the escape pod. He had seen the tall, too-pretty-to-be-real man lead a woman away by the wrist as Mitch exited the medical ward. Now there was fighting, and from the sounds of it more humans were entering the ship to fight the pirates.
On the opposite end of the stairway and hallway, Dakota was being led into the bridge amid the sound of sub machine gun fire and lights shattering. The doors slid shut behind them, and the two heavily armed pirate commandos took stride on either side of the door.
"The code has been cracked, human. Do your job, or you can join the captain of the Tacoma," the tall man said. None of the sultry allure to his voice was present, only the dry tone of someone who was in a hurry. His eyes cast toward the captain's body at the front of the bridge, with a single large caliber bullet hole in the center of the forehead.
Elsewhere on the bridge, the only two other humans without weapons were huddled behind two consoles on the bridge. One was a tall, broad-shouldered man with sandy hair and emerald eyes. His hand was wrapped tightly in a bandage, a tiny bit of blood still had managed to seep through. Next to him was a mouse of a woman, with large glasses and unkempt curly hair. Her brown eyes matched her brown hair, making her look all the more mouse-like. Both of them wore plainclothes jumpsuits that resembled the armor of the pirate commandos.
As Thieli burst into the engine room, the smell of a fellow Sreekaanse grew much stronger, seemed to permeate the entire room. All of the lights were out in the room, though that seemed to matter little considering that
half of the wall was gone
. Most of the hull had been torn away by some sort of impact, and now a hastily welded hull plate was all that separated them from vacuum.
The air was thin here, and the low gravity in the rest of the ship seemed worst of all here. Several large pieces of engine seemed to wash back and forth in an invisible current, and centered among them stood a Sreekaanse male. The male stretched up to his full height, adjusting the final settings on a very large detonator, attached to an even larger cylinder with bright yellow markings.
When Thieli entered, the male sniffed a few times and turned. Glistening in the near darkness, the light that only a Sreekaanse could see stood out in brilliant neon glow against a backdrop of dark ink. Glowing, almost glaring back at her, was the burned flesh and branded mark of a traitor. And, worse yet, the rest of the markings confirmed what her nose had told her.
This Sreekaanse was of her brood.
. Dubbed "Usagi" by AsA .
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:02 am
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Gibbs began to take the plunge. He kept his fire disciplined as he advanced down the corridor, taking refuge behind the meagre protection of the support stanchions holding the ship together. He put down tight pairs of shots towards the foe each time he stopped. This would allow Raude to leapfrog past him, find cover, and do the same, until they arrived at their destination, or the enemy died. he had to trust that the remainder of the crew were behind him. he couldn't take the time to check in the middle of a firefight.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:10 pm
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It took Mitch's sleep-starved brain a few seconds to identify the shadow of a female Sreekaanse wielding a traditional weapon. The weapon's name escaped him, but its function and practice-forms appeared clearly in his memory.
"*Friend! Sister!*" He called after her.
Now that the end was in sight, he was feeling his exaustion more than ever.
I might actually survive.
...In accordance with the prophesy.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:19 am
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Without the pull of his voice keeping her docile Dakota wanted desperately to just strangle the life out of him with her bare hands, since he'd forced her to discard all her other, more effective weapons. But then she caught sight of the other two humans, and the man's bandaged hand, and the fight went out of her. The linuat had said he'd kill
if she didn't behave, and while she could forfeit her own life... she couldn't be responsible for the deaths of innocents.
"Fine. And while I'm at it, why don't you and yer boys there do me the favor of jumpin' out've the airlock, a'right?" She sauntered slowly over to one of the control consoles, taking her time and delaying as much as she could get away with.
There has to be
I can do, some way to corrupt the data, maybe? Code some kind of self-destruct into it, or a homing signal, or... or...
"Crammit!" She cursed under her breath. Flying a ship, she could do. Moving like a ghost, she could do. But programming? She might as well have decided to do open heart surgery, it was equally beyond her scope.
"I, uh, I'll need Lourenne's assistance with this..." The girl knew a lot more about all this tech stuff, maybe she'd be able to figure something out.
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:55 pm
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~*~The Hallway~*~
The first of Eisner's bullets had impacted mostly random wall panels, a few ceiling tiles. Nothing important, at first. As Gibbs and Raude advanced, and their opponents returned fire,
things started to take damage. A hydraulic line ruptured, spewing pressurized fluid across the main hallway and covering it in a slick grime. Steam pipes began to fall victim to lead slugs, blasting the area with steam and making targets harder to even see. As Eisner struck another clip into the feeder with his palm, the yellow lights began to flash in the main hallway. What few systems the ship had were losing power, and soon she would be dead in the water.
Bullets ricocheted past Gibb's head, sparking on metal piping. Another volley struck a steam line, sending hot air into the corridor. The steam blocked most of the view behind Gibbs and Raude, but their pressure forward dropped the remaining guard where Thieli had just disappeared around the corner.
An oddly decorated commando, with brighter strips of blue and yellow along his heavy armor, growled in frustration. He fired another volley of automatic fire into the mist. For a reward, Captain Eisner cried out in pain and ducked around the corner again. Eisner's Thompson clattered to the ground noisily, quickly accompanied by the metallic scent of a fresh injury.
"How can humans be routing you?! Stand you gr-" the slightly brighter decorated commando shouted from his position. His orders were interrupted mid-sentence by a tight burst from Gibb's weapon. The large man stumbled back, clutching the large caliber dents left in his heavy armor. Another burst slammed into him and knocked him further back, pinning him against the far wall. Coughing weakly, the man leaned into the wall only to receive a third, final round that finally punched through the armor. He dropped hard.
"Fall back to the bridge!" cried a much more shrill voice.
Almost immediately, the return fire stopped. Footsteps could be heard heading in the same direction as the tall, beautiful man and the woman who he had been holding hostage. The main hallway was, for all they could tell, secured.
~*~The Bridge~*~
Now visibly vexed, the tall blond strode the few steps toward Lourenne angrily. His hand wrapped around her upper arm, knuckles gripping tightly. Lourenne opened her mouth to cry out, but was cut short as she was practically
to Dakota.
"Get it
!" the man bellowed, leveling his large sidearm at the smaller of the two women. Dakota would have clearly been able to tell it wasn't a well placed aim, it would have been messy and painful... for Lourenne.
"Sir, they've overrun the main hallway!" gasped out one of the retreating pirate commandos.
There were only a few of the fighters in the bridge now, not even enough to crew a ship this size. Of the two who retreated, only one of them looked to be in good shape. In much worse shape than any of his comrades, the second retreating pirate clutched his stomach and was audibly wheezing. Bullet holes and dents riddled his armor along the shoulders and chest, and much deeper dents leading into holes were set into his stomach.
"We have to consider using the escape raft on the bridge, and having the Silverfish pick us up." The healthier of the hallway commandos urged the leader.
Turning to face the two of them, the man's eyes narrowed to slits. "Retreat?" He asked, with venom in his voice.
With a lightning fast twist of his body, the tall blond man snapped his large handgun up and leveled it's barrel with the retreating pirate's faceplate. There was a moment's hesitation - on the part of the pirate - and then the man fired. Twice. The first round smashed into the faceplate and shattered the outter armor, before sparking off of the mesh beneath it and ricocheting away. The second round smashed into the faceplate and plunged through it, exposing bright blue eyes and the soft features of a woman.
She fell to the ground like a ragdoll.
"We do not
Get to work
!" he again bellowed, turning to return his aim to Lourenne's side.
. Dubbed "Usagi" by AsA .
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:32 am
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Leah flinched involuntarily as the machine gun took out the lights, and moved along the wall toward the hallway. She had a neat trick she could do to 'see' in the dark - she could throw out a tight beam of altered gravity and sense when the strain on it changed. The greater the change, the bigger the object. So she maneuvered around boxes and bins with relative ease, if not speed, during pauses in the gunfire. People she assumed to be pirates, and flung them out of the way, into the hold. Eventually she reached the crate nearest the doorway, and crouched between it and the hull, breathing hard. That was a lot more stress on her implant than she normally used, and it showed. Now she had to figure out a way to get through the open space, down the hall, find the no doubt wounded crew members, and bring them aid, all while keeping herself alive. Simple.
{{Right, so I kind of made that up as I went along. I don't want to turn her into a weakling dependent on stronger warrior-types, but I doubt her forging ahead like that was a good idea. Please help me fix this post? And, does anyone want to throw their lot in with Leah with the objective of getting to Mike and the rest?}}
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:34 pm
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"Move it up. Let's press home our advantage."
Gibbs followed the retreating foe. He would place shots against them had he the opportunity, but otherwise, he would follow them to the door of the bridge, and wait there for reinforcements, taking shelter behind the door frame.
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:48 pm
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Dakota caught Lourenne as the young woman was roughly shoved to her by "Sir", the linuat captain. She wound her arm around the girl's shoulders, giving it a squeeze in an attempt to be reassuring.
"Sorry I ain't been 'round the last few days. Been a little... busy, y'might say." Cavalier to the end, Dakota sent Lourenne a conspiratorial wink and a quick grin, then directed both their attentions towards the console. "Right then," Her voice dropping the lowest pitch she could possibly manage while still having Lourenne hear her, "What we need to do here is-"
Her words were cut off by the arrival of what remained of the linuat commandos and she turned, head swiveling sharply to see what was going on behind them. Hope lit once again in her eyes as she realized she could practically count the number of surviving pirates on one hand. She turned back to Lourenne, again leaning in close and speaking as softly as possible.
"Can you program together a bundle of raw, fake data to look like it's legit? Doesn't have to be fancy, if that wombat's arse makes it out of here at all he's gonna be in too much a rush to take a close look before we're too far away for him to do anything about it."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:37 am
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As Thieli passed over one of the cowering humans in her haste she heard him call out a standard Sree greeting of friendship, she let a low series of clicks pass from her mouth to acknowledge the greeting and indicate her haste, as she didn't stop. She hoped the human would survive the coming fight, she'd be interested to see what other customs he knew about.
Thieli growled low in her throat as her suspicions were confirmed and she assessed the damages to the engine room. A predatory grin alighted her her face as she assessed this Krah-bahn, the spines on the top her her head raised to signal combat pose as she fluidly pulled out her weapon and flicked it into a wicked looking long straight blade.
As she moved in an aggressive stance towards her advicary, Theili spoke. "Eem'l mehl neen hah-thell eil leen sare-egg lohth ile leen feair teh-loo Krah-bahn!" Before she even finished the statement she attacked moving quickly towards her adversary, using the reduced gravity to her advantage as she aimed her sword in a quick swipe at her opponents side before dancing away to assess the damage before pouncing again.
It was lucky there were no humans to witness the attack as it would illustrate just how much of a predator her species was and why many still look upon her kind with fear.
((OOC rough translation of her statement "I'll love my sword making your blood blossome in your mortal doom Traitor!" Explination: to the Sree their family ties are a form of immorality to them as this one betrayed the family and was labeled as a traitor there would be no "immortality" for him as his line of the family would die with him.))
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:01 pm
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(My apologies, an unexpected (by me) snowstorm knocked out the satellite dish late last night. Just now getting the internet back up. Who wants a small novel?
There's a section for each character.)
~*~ Hallway ~*~
Gibbs would be the first to reach the corner, round it, and chase after their retreating foes. Their speed was hampered by debris (otherwise known as "junk") lining the corridor here as well. With military precision, Gibbs managed to pound a few more slugs into them as they retreated. Most of his shots ricocheted away and into the walls, but a few of them found purchase in the damaged armor. A very few, even, punctured the outer shell with a sickening crunch, echoed only by the sharp inhalation of breath from the larger of the two targets. As the larger fell the smaller of the two grabbed the first by their shoulders, and drug them through the few feet to the bridge.
The door twisted, large metal halves gliding closed quickly. Locking mechanisms clicked into place, and a red light appeared above the door. In the aftermath, silence sunk into the hallway quickly. Echoes of gunfire still rang in their heads, leaving the scene an eerie sight with only the red light penetrating the darkness. Long shadows cast darkness past the overturned crates and barrels in the hallway, weaving between strips of dark crimson.
Raude slid behind one of the nearby crates, putting his back up to it. With a practiced motion he thumbed the clip release, and pocketed the empty metal shell. While he fumbled for his next clip out of a myriad of pockets, he cast an adrenaline-filled grin toward Gibbs.
"Nice shooting. I doubt they believed our forty-fives would puncture their armor. The old adage rings true.." he paused, quickly palming another clip into the handle of his weapon. Gripping the slide between thumb and forefinger, he drew it back hard and fast. Another round entered the chamber, and he toggled the safety to 'on'. "Learn something new every day."
~*~ Hallway (also) ~*~
Opposite the two men, Leah was crouched along one wall of the loading area. The strain of her implant being used more as a crude bludgeoning tool than a fine knife threatened her with a headache. Luckily enough, with the Tacoma's energy completely out she found none of the negative effects of artificial gravity. Since they weren't floating, it must have been a much smoother system from the pirate vessel.
The corner loomed ahead of her, exposing a hallway to her left. In the relative darkness, she could barely make out the furthest wall. Red and yellow lights continued to expose only modest outlines of objects. Her system of using an object's mass to "see" was working well, if being a bit taxing.
Ahead, around the bend, she would be able to "see" two more people crouched at the foot of the stairs. Something was different about their mass, these two were quite obviously not as heavy or solid as the pirates had been. Even the smallest of the pirates felt as if made of steel to her, their armor all but reflecting her implant's focus back at her. These two, crouched at the base of the stairs like frightened children, felt much more human to her extended touch.
More importantly, they were breathing. Thieli had left them breathing, as she passed. Were Leah creeping toward the corner at all, she would have come across the two that Thieli had
left breathing. A limp arm stretched out around the corner, it's owner resting with his back against the wall on the other side. No amount of armor against ballistics had saved him from the Sreekaanse' wicked blade.
~*~ More Hallway ~*~
Silence began to settle back into the darkness that came over the top of the stairs. Distantly, Mitch could hear the sound of a
very human
.45 being reloaded. There was some talking, but it was low enough and far enough away that he couldn't make out exactly what the man was saying. The hallway behind him and into medical was fairly well lit, compared to the almost inky scene above him.
"Mitch, what's going on?" came a female voice from behind him. Doctor Berkham moved quickly up to him, crouching next to him. She placed a hand on his shoulder, and even through what he was wearing it felt like ice.
Berkham herself looked like she'd had about enough. Her hair was a rat's nest of tangles and snarls, her eyes a sunken shadow of past shine. Even her skin looked almost translucent, sickly. It might have occurred to Mitch that he probably didn't look much better.
"I loaded everybody into the escape raft. I set it so that unless one of us goes back for it, it'll launch and head right for Dangus." Her voice said, wavering. There was an easy to detect fear there. "I... I thought you could use the help," she added sheepishly.
~*~ The Bridge ~*~
Lourenne, the poor girl, was shaking like a leaf. First being thrown to Dakota, and now with guns going off, she looked like she was barely holding back the flood of tears that so obviously wanted to come. As Dakota brought her into the conspiracy, the girl let out only the slightest of whimpers and nodded.
To her credit, Lourenne was gifted even under pressure. Her hands stopped shaking as soon as they touched the keyboard, and deft movements quickly had the screen filling with data. Dakota would have been pressed to keep up, as the girl assembled files from all across the ship's systems. Weapons data, hull schematics, floor plans, cargo lists that spanned ten months or more.
Behind them, the shuffling of armored footsteps were the only thing going on. Heavily armored pirates, many of them wielding large fully automatic weapons, took up positions in what little cover the command area offered. The Linuat, seemingly unperturbed by the idea of being assaulted, kept his handgun trained on the mouse-like Lourenne's stomach. His eyes didn't blink, barely even focused on her.
"I hope for your sake that you do not take any rebellious advice from your friend, miss Rosenfeld. I would hope to not have to make an example out of either of you, until I have what I want," the almost sultry voice of the Linuat called. It was sickening, in the sense that something so obviously evil could have made such a pleasing sound.
~*~ Engineering ~*~
Thieli's blade flashed in the starlight, shining silvers and blues as it cleaved the air. Already, her opponent had moved himself from the blade's path. She could sense him more than she could see him, as the visual spectrum of light was scarce here. It was his body, his breath, that she could all but taste. As she returned from her strike, her predator's senses were alive with everything in the room.
Darkness closed her eyes for her, but the distant scent of his temperature gave her a direction to head. Pale oranges and muted reds outlined the spaces either of them touched, giving an odd sort of wireframe look to everything. At the far wall she could sense him moving, gliding along the floor as silently and effortlessly as the air he was warming around him.
"Leen ess-ay?" the words disrupted her focus, causing her tracking senses to give pause. "The humans call me 'shadow spirit,' you know. I find the name... fitting."
Now he chose to mimic her earlier strike, punctuating his last word with a swift lunge for her midsection. In close proximity, the dim light gave away his chosen weapons. Lacking the Sreekaanse ceremonial blade, her opponent had fashioned two wrist-mounted blades. They swung above and below each hand, wrapping his arm to the first joint in an armor plating. In his strike he thrust his lower arm forward in an attempt to gut her, while his upper arm rose in a shielding motion.
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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
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- Diagnosing and treating lung cancer , including lymph node biopsy.
- Removing diseased lung sections or lobes
- Diagnosing lung infections
- Treating collapsed lungs
- Draining fluid out of the chest cavity
- Diagnosing and treating of the thymus (organ in the chest)
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- Less pain and faster recovery
- Shorter hospital stay
- Fewer complications
- Less scarring
Possible Complications
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Anesthesia-related problems
- Air leaking from the lungs or collapsed lung.
- Chest pain
- The need to switch to open chest surgery (eg, to remove a larger area of the lung)
- Pre-existing heart or lung condition
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Previous chest surgery
- Use of certain medicines
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Prior to Procedure
- Physical exam and blood tests
- Pulmonary function tests —to help the doctor determine how well your lungs are functioning
- CT scan
- Electrocardiogram
- Tests to evaluate how well the heart is functioning
- Talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure (eg, aspirin , clopidogrel , warfarin ).
- Arrange for someone to drive you home and to help you at home.
- Eat a light meal the night before. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
Description of the Procedure
Immediately After Procedure
How Long Will It Take?
How Much Will It Hurt?
Average Hospital Stay
Post-procedure Care
- Fluids and pain medicine through an IV line
- Assistance sitting up and moving around soon after surgery
- Directions on how to do deep breathing and coughing exercises—You will learn how to use an incentive spirometer. This device helps you expand your lungs when taking a deep breath. This will prevent pneumonia .
- Chest x-rays to monitor healing—The drainage chest tubes will be removed once your lungs are healed.
- Instructions about nutrition and physical activity
- Walk daily.
- Take pain medicine as directed. Some pain medicine causes constipation . To prevent this, drink plenty of fluids and eat high-fiber foods.
- Continue to use the incentive spirometer. Do deep breathing. You will also be encouraged to cough.
- Keep the incision area clean and dry.
- Limit certain activities until you have recovered.
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- Cough or shortness of breath
- Coughing up yellow, green, or bloody mucus
- New chest pain
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from an incision site
- Pain and/or swelling in your feet, calves, or legs
- Persistent nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea
- Other worrisome symptoms
- Sudden chest pain
- Sudden shortness of breath
American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/
Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/
Canadian Lung Association http://www.lung.ca/
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index%5Fe.html/
A patient's guide to lung surgery: recovering at the hospital. University of Southern California, Cardiothoracic Surgery website. Available at: http://www.cts.usc.edu/lpg-thoracoscopy-recoveringinthehospital.html. Accessed March 9, 2010.
A patient's guide to lung surgery: recovering at home. University of Southern California, Cardiothoracic Surgery website. Available at: http://www.cts.usc.edu/lpg-thoracoscopy-recoveringathome.html. March 9, 2010.
A patient's guide to lung surgery: when to call the doctor. University of Southern California, Cardiothoracic Surgery website. Available at: http://www.cts.usc.edu/lpg-thoracoscopy-whentocallyourdoctor.html. Accessed March 9, 2010.
Pulmonary lobectomy. EBSCO Health Library website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/healthLibrary/. Updated November 2009. Accessed March 8, 2010.
Robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures. EBSCO Health Library website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/healthLibrary/. Updated December 2009. Accessed March 8, 2010.
Robot-assisted thoracic procedures. EBSCO Health Library website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/healthLibrary/. Updated December 2009. Accessed March 8, 2010.
Video-assisted thoracic surgery. Harvard Health Publications website. Available at: http://www.health.harvard.edu/diagnostic-tests/video-assisted-thoracic-surgery.htm. Accessed March 8, 2010.
Video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS). Rush University Medical Center website. Available at: http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-1160429783340.html. Accessed March 8, 2010.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Mayo Clinic website. Available at: http://www.mayoclinic.org/video-assisted-thoracic-surgery. Accessed March 8, 2010.
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The Lord appears to Abraham. (1-8) Sarah's unbelief reproved. (9-15) God reveals to Abraham the destruction of Sodom. (16-22) Abraham's intercession for Sodom. (23-33)
Verses 1-8 Abraham was waiting to entertain any weary traveller, for inns were not to be met with as among us. While Abraham was thus sitting, he saw three men coming. These were three heavenly beings in human bodies. Some think they were all created angels; others, that one of them was the Son of God, the Angel of the covenant. Washing the feet is customary in those hot climates, where only sandals are worn. We should not be forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares, ( Hebrews 13:2 ) ; nay, the Lord of angels himself; as we always do, when for his sake we entertain the least of his brethren. Cheerful and obliging manners in showing kindness, are great ornaments to piety. Though our condescending Lord vouchsafes not personal visits to us, yet still by his Spirit he stands at the door and knocks; when we are inclined to open, he deigns to enter; and by his gracious consolations he provides a rich feast, of which we partake with him, ( Revelation 3:20 ) .
Verses 9-15 Where is Sarah thy wife? was asked. Note the answer, In the tent. Just at hand, in her proper place, occupied in her household concerns. There is nothing got by gadding. Those are most likely to receive comfort from God and his promises, who are in their proper place, and in the way of their duty, Lu. 2:8 . We are slow of heart to believe, and need line upon line to the same purport. The blessings others have from common providence, believers have from the Divine promise, which makes them very sweet, and very sure. The spiritual seed of Abraham owe their life, and joy, and hope, and all, to the promise. Sarah thinks this too good news to be true; she laughed, and therefore cannot as yet find in her heart to believe it. Sarah laughed. We might not have thought there was a difference between Sarah's laughter and Abraham's, ch. 17:17 ; but He who searches the heart, saw that the one sprung from unbelief, and the other from faith. She denied that she had laughed. One sin commonly brings in another, and it is not likely we shall strictly keep to truth, when we question the Divine truth. But whom the Lord loves he will rebuke, convict, silence, and bring to repentance, and if they sin before him.
Verses 16-22 The two who are supposed to have been created angels went toward Sodom. The one who is called Jehovah throughout the chapter, continued with Abraham, and would not hide from him the thing he intended to do. Though God long forbears with sinners, from which they fancy that the Lord does not see, and does not regard; yet when the day of his wrath comes, he will look toward them. The Lord will give Abraham an opportunity to intercede with him, and shows him the reason of his conduct. Consider, as a very bright part of Abraham's character and example, that he not only prayed with his family, but he was very careful to teach and rule them well. Those who expect family blessings must make conscience of family duty. Abraham did not fill their heads with matters of doubtful dispute; but he taught them to be serious and devout in the worship of God, and to be honest in their dealings with all men. Of how few may such a character be given in our days! How little care is taken by masters of families to ground those under them in the principles of religion! Do we watch from sabbath to sabbath whether they go forward or backward?
Verses 23-33 Here is the first solemn prayer upon record in the Bible; and it is a prayer for the sparing of Sodom. Abraham prayed earnestly that Sodom might be spared, if but a few righteous persons should be found in it. Come and learn from Abraham what compassion we should feel for sinners, and how earnestly we should pray for them. We see here that the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Abraham, indeed, failed in his request for the whole place, but Lot was miraculously delivered. Be encouraged then to expect, by earnest prayer, the blessing of God upon your families, your friends, your neighbourhood. To this end you must not only pray, but you must live like Abraham. He knew the Judge of all the earth would do right. He does not plead that the wicked may be spared for their own sake, or because it would be severe to destroy them, but for the sake of the righteous who might be found among them. And righteousness only can be made a plea before God. How then did Christ make intercession for transgressors? Not by blaming the Divine law, nor by alleging aught in extenuation or excuse of human guilt; but by pleading HIS OWN obedience unto death.
Genesis 18:1-8 . ENTERTAINMENT OF ANGELS.
1. the Lord appeared--another manifestation of the divine presence, more familiar than any yet narrated; and more like that in the fulness of time, when the Word was made flesh.
plains of Mamre--rather, terebinth or oak of Mamre; a tall-spreading tree or grove of trees.
sat in the tent door--The tent itself being too close and sultry at noon, the shaded open front is usually resorted to for the air that may be stirring.
2. lift up his eyes . . . and, lo, three men--Travellers in that quarter start at sunrise and continue till midday when they look out for some resting-place.
he ran to meet them--When the visitor is an ordinary person, the host merely rises; but if of superior rank, the custom is to advance a little towards the stranger, and after a very low bow, turn and lead him to the tent, putting an arm round his waist, or tapping him on the shoulder as they go, to assure him of welcome.
3. My Lord, if now I have found favor--The hospitalities offered are just of the kind that are necessary and most grateful, the refreshment of water, for feet exposed to dust and heat by the sandals, being still the first observed among the pastoral people of Hebron.
5. for therefore are ye come--No questions were asked. But Abraham knew their object by the course they took--approaching directly in front of the chief sheik's tent, which is always distinguishable from the rest and thus showing their wish to be his guests.
6. Abraham hastened . . . unto Sarah . . . make cakes upon the hearth--Bread is baked daily, no more than is required for family use, and always by the women, commonly the wife. It is a short process. Flour mixed with water is made into dough, and being rolled out into cakes, it is placed on the earthen floor, previously heated by a fire. The fire being removed, the cakes are laid on the ground, and being covered over with hot embers, are soon baked, and eaten the moment they are taken off.
7. Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf--Animal food is never provided, except for visitors of a superior rank when a kid or lamb is killed. A calf is still a higher stretch of hospitality, and it would probably be cooked as is usually done when haste is required--either by roasting it whole or by cutting it up into small pieces and broiling them on skewers over the fire. It is always eaten along with boiled corn swimming in butter or melted fat, into which every morsel of meat, laid upon a piece of bread, is dipped, before being conveyed by the fingers to the mouth.
8. milk--A bowl of camel's milk ends the repast.
he stood by them under the tree--The host himself, even though he has a number of servants, deems it a necessary act of politeness to stand while his guests are at their food, and Abraham evidently did this before he was aware of the real character of his visitors.
Genesis 18:9-15 . REPROOF OF SARAH. An inquiry about his wife, so surprising in strangers, the subject of conversation, and the fulfilment of the fondly cherished promise within a specified time, showed Abraham that he had been entertaining more than ordinary travellers ( Hebrews 13:2 ).
10. Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him--The women's apartment is in the back of the tent, divided by a thin partition from the men's.
12. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself--Long delay seems to have weakened faith. Sarah treated the announcement as incredible, and when taxed with the silent sneer, she added falsehood to distrust. It was an aggravated offense ( Acts 5:4 ), and nothing but grace saved her ( Romans 9:18 ).
Genesis 18:16-22 . DISCLOSURE OF SODOM'S DOOM.
16. the men rose . . . Abraham went with them--It is customary for a host to escort his guests a little way.
17. the Lord said, Shall I hide--The chief stranger, no other than the Lord, disclosed to Abraham the awful doom about to be inflicted on Sodom and the cities of the plain for their enormous wickedness.
21. I will go down . . . and see--language used after the manner of men. These cities were to be made examples to all future ages of God's severity; and therefore ample proof given that the judgment was neither rash nor excessive ( Ezekiel 18:23 , Jeremiah 18:7 ).
Genesis 18:23-33 . ABRAHAM'S INTERCESSION.
23. Abraham drew near, and said, &c.--The scene described is full of interest and instruction--showing in an unmistakable manner the efficacy of prayer and intercession. (See also Proverbs 18:15:8 , 5:16 ). Abraham reasoned justly as to the rectitude of the divine procedure ( Romans 3:5 Romans 3:6 ), and many guilty cities and nations have been spared on account of God's people ( Matthew 5:13 , 24:22 ).
33. the Lord . . . left communing . . . and Abraham returned unto his place--Why did Abraham cease to carry his intercessions farther? Either because he fondly thought that he was now sure of the cities being preserved ( Luke 13:9 ), or because the Lord restrained his mind from further intercession ( Jeremiah 7:16 , 11:14 ). But there were not ten "righteous persons." There was only one, and he might without injustice have perished in the general overthrow ( Ecclesiastes 9:2 ). But a difference is sometimes made, and on this occasion the grace of God was manifested in a signal manner for the sake of Abraham. What a blessing to be connected with a saint of God!


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Also, all sprint cars - World Auto Parts 410 Sprints and the 305 Sprints - will be required to run Schoenfeld Mufflers this season in addition to the Hoosier right rear spec tire."Ohio's Finest Racing" kicks off the Ohio racing season on Friday, March 30, as HD Supply Night - a division of Home Depot - features the World Auto Parts of Huron 410 Sprints, the 305 sprints, and the Fultz Fabrication & Speed Shop Attica Late Models. The raindate is Saturday, March 31.The racing action heats up quickly with a busy month of April at Attica. The O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions pay a visit for the traditional Coors Light Sprint Nationals on Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7. The Fultz Fabrication & Speed Shop Attica Late Models are on the racing card on Friday, while the 305 sprints are in action on Saturday.Then on Saturday, April 14, Quality Welding presents the first of three shows for the American Late Model Series, with the 305 sprints and the first of 15 nights of competition for the dirt trucks.Kistler Engines presents the World of Outlaw Sprints on Friday, April 20, with a $53,000 purse offering $10,000 to win.
Following Burger King/Scouts Night on Friday, April 27 (410 sprints, 305 sprints and Attica Late Models), Underground Utilities Inc. and Bazell Race Fuels team up for a special night for the Fultz Fabrication & Speed Shop Late Models on Friday, May 4. The ARP Lates will be competing for $1,000 to win, with the regular program of World Auto Parts 410 Sprints, 305 sprints and dirt trucks.World Auto Parts Night on Friday, May 11, features the 410 sprints, 305 sprints, Attica Late Models and dirt trucks, with the same divisions in competition on Friday, May 18 for Fisher Performance Night.Fultz Fabrication & Speed Shop Night - Friday, May 25 - features the second visit by the ALMS late models, along with the World Auto Parts 410 Sprints.Burns Electric Night features the 410 sprints, 305 sprints, Attica Late Models and dirt trucks in action on Friday, June 1.Friday, June 8, is a special night of competition for the 305 sprints as the Second Annual 305 Sprint Engine Builders Challenge takes place on Budweiser Night, paying the feature winner $1,200. The 410 sprints, Attica Late Models and dirt trucks will also be in action.Strawberry Hill Farm Market Night is a salute to the fans, with just $10 general admission on Friday, June 15. The pit gates will be opened prior to racing action for fans to meet their favorite drivers competing in the 410 sprints, 305 sprints, Attica Late Models and dirt trucks.The final appearance of 2007 at Attica for the ALMS Late Models will take place on Friday, June 22, on Wynn's/Service Drive Solutions Night. The 305 sprints and dirt trucks are also in action.Attica Raceway Park will kick off the 25th anniversary of the Ohio All Star Sprint Speedweek on Sunday, June 24, as Pepsi Night also features the Attica Late Models.Racing action resumes on Friday, July 6 as all four divisions are in competition on R&R Auto Wrecking Night. UUI Family Fun Night ($10 general admission) is Friday, July 13 with the Attica Late Models competing for $1,000 to win, as the 305 sprints and dirt trucks join the racing card.Attica Raceway Park will celebrate Christmas in July on Smith Family Frosted Foods Night, Friday, July 20 with all four divisions in action.The 360 OTC World of Outlaw Late Models will pay their first ever visit to "Ohio's Finest Racing" venue on Wednesday, July 25 as part of their speedweek Over $30,000 is in the purse with $7,000 going to the winner.Legendz Sports Bar and Grill Night will feature all four divisions on Friday, Aug. 3, with the track shutting down Aug. 10 for the Attica Independent Fair. The racing resumes on Saturday, Aug. 18 as World Auto Parts sponsors Past Champions Night with all four divisions in action.Kistler Engines Season Championship Night is Saturday, Aug. 25. with all four divisions in action along with the vintage race cars in exhibition.The season wraps up on Saturday, Sept. 1, with the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions in town on Baumann Auto Group Night, along with the Attica Late Models and the dirt trucks.Gates open for the weekly races at 5 p.m. with racing slated to get underway at 8 p.m. For races held on Saturdays and Sundays, gates will open at 4:30 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m.Attica Racway Park is located in the Attica Fairgrounds, just east of St. Rt. 4 and north of U.S. 224 in Attica.For more information call the track office at 419-680-5606 or log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com.


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text: Switzerland Previous: #3 Australia Next: #5 New Zealand overall score81.6 world rank4 Rule of Law Property Rights90.0 Freedom From Corruption88.1 Limited Government Government Spending65.7 Fiscal Freedom68.9 Regulatory Efficiency Business Freedom75.4 Labor Freedom87.4 Monetary Freedom85.2 Open Markets Trade Freedom90.0 Investment Freedom85.0 Financial Freedom80.0 Embed This Data Create a Comparison Chart See how Switzerland compares to another country using any of the measures in the Index. vs Read more about Switzerland Economy. See more from the 2014 Index. Close Download PDF Quick Facts Population: 8.0 million GDP (PPP): $363.4 billion 1.0% growth 1.2% 5-year compound annual growth $45,418 per capita Unemployment: 2.9% Inflation (CPI): -0.7% FDI Inflow: $3.6 billion Embed This Data Switzerland's economic freedom score is 81.6, making its economy the 4th freest for the first time ever in the 2014 Index. Its score is 0.6 point higher than last year, with improvements in trade freedom and the management of public spending partially offset by declines in monetary freedom and labor freedom. Switzerland is ranked 1st out of 43 countries in the Europe region.Switzerland was first graded in the 1996 Index, and its economic freedom score has advanced since then by 4.8 points. Improved ratings for six of the 10 economic freedoms, led by the sound management of public spending and notable enhancements in the area of market openness as measured through trade freedom and financial freedom, have enabled Switzerland to advance to economically "free" since 2010.As reflected in the steady rise of its economic freedom over the 19 years it has been graded, Switzerland's strong competitiveness is built on flexibility and openness. The sound regulatory environment encourages entrepreneurial activity and innovation. Banking regulations and lending practices are prudent and sensible. The judicial system, independent and free of corruption, provides strong protection of property rights. Read more about Switzerland Economy. Close Background Switzerland's federal system of government disperses power widely, and executive authority is exercised collectively by the seven-member Federal Council. Switzerland has a long tradition of openness to the world but jealously guards its independence and neutrality. It did not join the United Nations until 2002, and two referenda on membership in the European Union have failed by wide margins. Membership in the European Economic Area was rejected by referendum in 1992. Switzerland is one of the world's richest and most investment-friendly countries and has a well-developed financial services industry. In addition to banking, the economy relies heavily on precision manufacturing, metals, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and electronics. Economic growth was solid but slow in 2013. Unemployment is around 3 percent. Rule of LawView Methodology Property Rights 90.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Freedom From Corruption 88.1 Create a Graph using this measurement In 2013, the government broadened anti-corruption laws to make bribery almost always a criminal offense. Protection of property rights is strongly enforced, and an independent and fair judicial system is institutionalized throughout the economy. Commercial and bankruptcy laws are applied consistently and efficiently. Intellectual property rights are respected, and enforcement is consistent with world standards. Limited GovernmentView Methodology Government Spending 65.7 Create a Graph using this measurement Fiscal Freedom 68.9 Create a Graph using this measurement Switzerland's tax regime remains more burdensome at the cantonal level than at the federal level. The top federal income tax rate is 11.5 percent, with a combined tax rate that can reach 41.5 percent. The federal corporate tax rate is 8.5 percent, which, combined with cantonal taxes, can reach 24 percent. The overall tax burden is 28.5 percent of GDP. Government spending accounts for 33.8 percent of the economy. Regulatory EfficiencyView Methodology Business Freedom 75.4 Create a Graph using this measurement Labor Freedom 87.4 Create a Graph using this measurement Monetary Freedom 85.2 Create a Graph using this measurement The efficient regulatory framework strongly facilitates entrepreneurial activity, allowing business formation and operation to be dynamic. The government generally takes a hands-off approach in sectors dominated by small businesses. Overall labor regulations are relatively flexible, and the non-salary cost of hiring a worker is moderate. Proportionately, Switzerland has some of the world's highest agricultural subsidies. Open MarketsView Methodology Trade Freedom 90.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Investment Freedom 85.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Financial Freedom 80.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Switzerland has a 0 percent average tariff rate. Some non-tariff barriers impede agricultural imports. Foreign investment is not screened, and the government generally treats foreign and domestic investors equally. As a leading financial center, the highly developed financial sector provides a wide range of financing instruments for foreign and domestic investors. Despite the challenging external environment, banks remain well-capitalized. Country's Score Over Time Country Comparisons Regional Ranking rank country overall change 1Switzerland81.60.6 2Ireland76.20.5 3Denmark76.10.0 4Estonia75.90.6 5United Kingdom74.90.1 6The Netherlands74.20.7 7Luxembourg74.20.0 8Germany73.40.6 9Finland73.4-0.6 10Sweden73.10.2 11Lithuania730.9 12Georgia72.60.4 13Iceland72.40.3 14Austria72.40.6 15Czech Republic72.21.3 16Norway70.90.4 17Belgium69.90.7 18Armenia68.9-0.5 19Latvia68.72.2 20Macedonia68.60.4 21Cyprus67.6-1.4 22Spain67.2-0.8 23Poland671.0 24Hungary 67-0.3 25Albania66.91.7 26Slovakia66.4-2.3 27Malta66.4-1.1 28Bulgaria65.70.7 29Romania65.50.4 30Turkey64.92.0 31Montenegro63.61.0 32Portugal63.50.4 33France63.5-0.6 34Slovenia62.71.0 35Italy60.90.3 36Croatia60.4-0.9 37Serbia 59.40.8 38Bosnia and Herzegovina58.41.1 39Moldova57.31.8 40Greece55.70.3 41Russia51.90.8 42Belarus50.12.1 43Ukraine49.33.0 See Entire Region List › View all countries ›


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Pepper - Deaf Black toy poodle missing
This is our precious pepper. She is a toy poodle and is black with some grey. She is 8 yrs old and deaf. She has been missing since Saturday morning near tittsworth springs in Seymour. Please let me know if u have seen her. The family is heartbroken.
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Our beloved cat, Buddy, is missing since January 30, 2013. He was lost around the Bluegrass Road area. He is about 7 lbs., grey with black markings, has a white neck, tummy, and paws. He is an indoor cat and is probably very frightened. His family misses him very much! Please call if you find him.
LOST Siberian huskey , REWARD for safe return. Lost on 1/14/2013. male. black and white. Western Ave area
Lost male Siberian Huskey. Black and white with blue eyes. Neutered, answers to the name Demon. Lost on 1/14/2013 in Cumberland Estates. $300 CASH reward for SAFE return.
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Black cat with white paws and his nae is Mumbles he's approx. 15lbs and approx 15 inchec long alsom with white fur under his chin and his whiskas are white also. he was last seen on 12-12-12 in the vista ridge way apartment complex off of middle brook pike behind the red cross building. PLEASE IF ANY ONE SEES HIM PLEASE CALL US WE ARE DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR HIM AND MISS HIM DEARLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE SAMANTHA AND FAMILY
FOUND - black Cat
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I'm neither, as I was hoping for a Falcons-Titans Super Bowl, but the boys in Nashville were out of it in September and the Birds from "Hotlanta" were right on the brink, but cooled off at the wrong time.
I would have been happy with a Packers-Broncos matchup.
Green Bay and the Falcons were my childhood favorites. When I was around 10, I read every word of Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap's book "Instant Replay," which was a diary of the 1967 Packers championship season, which culminated in their second of back-to-back victories in the first two Super Bowls.
Of course like any good Tennessee Vol fan, a little bit of my heart went to the Rocky Mountains when Peyton Manning signed with Denver and looked like the Peyton of old in directing the Broncos into the playoffs.
But I digress.
Although the game doesn't kick off until 6:30 this evening, the two-week hype building up to it has been unreal this time around.
From the intrigue of the Harbaugh brothers coaching against each other, to the controversy of New Zealand deer antler spray possibly helping a potential Hall of Famer return from injury for one last run at a title, no stone has been left unturned.
The non-football sports world has also been topsy-turvy since the turn of the calender with Manti Te'o's "love of his life" dead girlfriend turning out to be a love-struck dude and Lance Armstrong being thankful for the Notre Dame linebacker taking the spotlight off him and his Orpah confession to his doping secrets.
However while all the attention is focused on New Orleans for today's game, something happened Friday morning in our own little town that will "shock and awe" the Bradley and Polk County sports fans.
Something that has been a part of the local sports scene for the past decade is no longer with us — Banner Sports Editor Richard Roberts' ponytail.
Twelve inches of his braided strands were clipped off as a donation to Locks of Love, which "provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis."
"I've had it for more than 10 years," my boss explained to me earlier this week. "It's going to be different (to be without it), but I'll probably start growing it back as soon as I can and never cut it again."
Being a child of the 1960s and '70s myself, I understand the appeal of long hair on men and I'm impressed by Richard's sacrifice.
I too once gave up my long locks, but for a much less noble reason.
As a middle school student in the early 1970s, I wanted to express my individualism by letting my hair grow, but when my brother David and I tried doing that, we butted heads with our dear parents.
They raised us in a very traditional Church of God of Prophecy home, where boys got burr haircuts in the summer and girls weren't allowed to cut their hair. The day after school let out for the summer each year we were taken to "Lightning" Whaley's barber shop on Spring Place Road. He only knew one haircut, and that was all off.
In later years when the Hall boys (John and Flavus) opened their barber shop at the corner of Randolph-Samples Road and Waterlevel Highway, we'd go out there for our trims.
After dad became exasperated with our constant feuding over our hair, he finally told us one day "to grow it to your butts," if we wanted to. Dad has always hated to argue, encouraging us to be "lovers, not fighters."
David, who is four years older than me, and I promptly let our hair grow down past our shoulders.
When I was in the eighth grade at Bradley Elementary (before it became Bradley Junior then Ocoee Middle and Rudy Felton was one of my teachers) my hair reached its greatest length, about a third of the way down my back.
When temperatures began to rise in May of that year, I decided one day it was time to get sheared. I walked from my Meadow Lane home to the Hall's shop and asked John how much a haircut would cost? He said $1.50, but I only had $1.10.
He was used to Mom bringing me back when I didn't get enough cut off, so he asked me if I wanted "a trim or a real haircut." I told him I wanted a real haircut, up above my ears. John said "sit down, I'll cut it for free."
When I got home, Mom almost fainted and I think Dad cried when he saw me. At school the next morning, my homeroom teacher, Mrs. Grace Withrow, didn't know who I was and thought I was a new student in her class.
While I did keep my hair down on my collar and over my ears throughout high school, I shortened it quite a bit for most of my adult life until five years ago, when I came back to the Banner and saw Richard's ponytail. It inspired me to let my hair grow back out and enjoy it while I still have it.
About that same time I started working with B.J.'s Costumes as a Santa for parties during the Christmas season, so for the first couple of years I would let my beard grow from August until New Year's.
Three years ago I decide to try letting it grow throughout the year to get some extra length on it for the holidays and have ever since, getting it trimmed and shaped up about three or four times a year.
I've been very surprised at the many compliments and positive comments I get about it year-round. One Walker Valley wrestler while walking out of the Raider Dome after the region duals the other day stopped to tell me how much he liked "the beard." I'm thinking about trying to get a walk-on part on "Duck Dynasty."
While Richard's ponytail inspired me to let my hair and whiskers grow, his sacrifice has also touched me and I'm considering a request from lifelong friend Dennis Carroll. A couple of years ago he requested that when I decided to shave my beard off to bring it to him so he could have a hairpiece made of it for himself.
I'm not quite there yet Dennis, but seeing Richard's selfless act, I'm considering it.


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Wow he looks good... was on front of Style Mag in Sunday Times last week... gorgeous...
he was still 17 when the Style cover was shot- the Fab above was taken last week
And he has a full blown trail in the pic, woo yer!
[QUOTE=pat grimshaw;8130382]Yes, its the fashion to be bad nowadays, isn't it.
As if nice people can't do good sex.[/QUOT
Having a bad day? Save your for someone else!
Super hot, but his overcompensation with all the girls talk all the time is funny. Just makes me think he's gay even more.
welp- you guys will have to get your own Tom pics for a while- some guy just railed on me ON ANOTHER site about my Tom posts- I still haven't figured out what exactly pissed him off, but it was enough to make me say- 'fuck it- who needs this shit!' Following someone to another site, with another screen name- sounds like a stalker to me
There you go.
Thank you
They are hypnotic - I could sit and watch those 2 gifs literally all day
Never really thought he was up to much, but he looks hot as fuck in that first gif.
He is absolutely fucking incredible!
this dude needs to do some Corbin Fisher porn NOW...!!!!
"Everyone wants to be adored."
Those gifs are hot.
Tom's a great diver and in the UK we hope he gets a medal at the Olympics. He seems like a nice guy too, but that was about it until I saw these amazing photos. What a stunner! I especially love that 'v' and trail. It just goes to show the skill of a good photographer.
Have they really narrowed his waist in post production and made his arms with less muscles? Doesnt look much like the body he has when comared to the book signing 18th birthday ones....
This might make it easier for you to decide if the photos have been subjected to any degree of edit. It's a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot.
And just for the hell of it, here's some caps Again, not my work - I can't take credit.
^ some more photoshop lies??
Again, not my work, but this video is quite simply one of the most amazing thing I've ever seen
Obviously the little douchebag who ruined the thread did what he wanted and left, he said he'd post all the new Tom pics, then disappeared....because of him, I'm not as into Tom as I was, and clearly, he hasn't been on anyone else's mind here....found these, thought I'd restart the thread and maybe someone will keep it current.
B E A Utiful, PRoper hairy and glad this diver doenst shave, that would be wrong. Cocks always to his left too, amazing, wonder why he doesnt alternate the side its trapped at. Like the slight stubble too!
I just hope he hasn't done any major manscaping for the Olympics. In one of the adverts in the UK he looks a bit trimmed and belly lacking his tasty trail. Just have to wait and see!
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No idea what he was up to to be left in this situation! Nice though...
^ He's obviously an accomplished flirt
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I wonder if the whie speedos will turn transparent...
I've pretty much lost interest in him, combo of things....
A local newspaper columnist here was complaining that Tom has 'effeminate diction'.
just a couple of hours after missing out on a medal in the 10m synchronised diving, British hope Tom Daley was receiving abuse on Twitter, including references to his late father.
18-year-old Daley, in partnership with Pete Waterfield, finished fourth in the event, having led at the halfway stage. A misjudged dive cost them their lead, and the duo could not recover.
But despite the near-miss, a defiant Daley made an example of a Twitter user who launched a sickening rant.
"After giving it my all you get idiots sending me this," Daley tweeted before linking to the message, from a user named Riley Junior.
Original Tweet
Tom, retweets, and puts him to shame
all of toms fans (and basically everyone tracking the olympics on twitter) mauled the kid in response to the tweets, which continued:
once it got out of hand he started GROVELLING for an apology but by then it was too late. sky news was already reporting the tweets live on tv worldwide putting the **** to shame in front of millions of olympics fans. that didn't even stop him, cos he did the worst thing possible after all this..... he kept going
Jealous, pathetic, and seething.
It's okay Tom, I too have that effect on people
Yeah, just finished reading about this. Apparently it was trending Worldwide.
He claimed he didn't know Tom's Dad had died.....there's been documentaries about it, it's been on every news channel for the last week and, assuming the kid doesn't watch the news or spend much time away from the keyboard, the commentary on the UK coverage of today's event mentioned it repeatedly, including shots of his family in the audience etc.
Tbh, I'm glad Tom called him out on it. Others will disagree but the low life deserves the hate.
so..the twitter abuser is a social outcast now? I hope he didn't post his face yet
Oh he did, no he didn't...
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha haha....... next time that kid should watch his mouth. he deserved it. even if his father was still alive, you don't need to shit on a man when he's down.
and where's the links to the pics of the carnage. they're missing. whoops, nevermind.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
He's still going. Now he's threatening to find Tom and kill him.
His parents must be proud.
Love this twit:
I volunteer @Rileyy_69 as tribute for the Hunger Games.
I know who viewed, but didn't reply! MEEEEEE!! Usually i can't narrow it down like that. [EDIT] Well THAT sure changed fast, lol!!Replies: 5
Views: 6
This is so sick (meant by the traditional definition) and sad, and entirely uncalled for. Why do these Britons suddenly sound more like people who would hang out in in American "trailer parks" Forum?
A little part of me dies when I see people being so cruel. It reminds me of my reaction when I found out that Hank Aaron got death threats (complete with racist comments and other worst-of-humanity stuff) when he hit Home Run #715 in the 1970's. I started bawling on the spot, it was so cruel. My reaction isn't as visceral this time (perhaps because he is certainly not some well-known athlete I've been following for 10 or 15 years), but it is still very sad.
He needs some Twitter hugs.
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BOSS: I'm sorry, but I'll have to lay you and Jack off.
SUE: Can you just jack off? I feel like shit today.
Light a man a fire, and he will be warm for a few hours. Light a man AFIRE, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires" - Susan B. Anthony
Both are "idiot's" [sic], the overhyped athlete abusing his power as an idol and the internet tough guy.
Funny thing is, his parents are probably sitting downstairs while he keyboard bashes in his room.
Can you imagine the look on their faces and how fast they would run up the stairs if they decided to flick the TV over to Sky News?
How can so many people that know him watch him do this and not call him to try talk sense? Or call his parents? Or pass his address to Tom Daley so he can Tweet it?
So many questions.
here he's playin' with his junk
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Give a man religion, and he'll starve praying for a fish.
I saw this earlier when I was in work. This guy had a severe case of the crazies.
He told several people he had a gun licence for shooting birds and was going to kill them with it (The gun, not the licence), he threatened to burn down some people's houses and even though he was trying to act 'tough' over the internet (though we know that's not possible) he tweeted Tom Daley several times saying "I'm sorry, I don't want to be hated" and when Mr. Daley didn't reply, Mr. Crazy went off on one!
This is why I hate the culture in which I have grown up. Fucking idiotic big man who looked about 12 years old threatening strangers. Makes me sick. Ironically, in the future this guy will win the lottery, go figure ...
Oh, he also threatened the BBC for speaking about him and his twitter account on the news.
I quote "You F***ing C***s, I'm going to take you for every penny you're worth. See you in court"
Dude, seriously ...


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Fresh & Easy raises white flag
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Aw, I love Fresh and Easy stores. They're literally easy. The store is small enough yet they keep a varied selection. I'm in then I'm out with what I need.
A lot of the analysis written about why Fresh and Easy failed seems to have been written by people who don't shop there. I shop there all the time and fit what loosely could be considered their target demographic, if there ever was such a thing -- a single professional who doesn't cook and likes bargains. I think their check out machines are easy to use and greatly prefer that to waiting in line for someone to bag my groceries and tell me to have a nice day. The idea that somehow Fresh and Easy would have succeeded had the stores been cool and trendy like Trader Joe's is cracy. Prices are a lot higher at Trader Joe's, which never has things like half gallon ice cream at two for $5. Fresh and Easy also isn't a full service grocery store where moms fill shopping carts with the week's groceries. The problem with Fresh and Easy is that there weren't enough Californians who want an unpretentious store and yet also have the disposable income. Californians like to think they're cool and trendy, something Fresh and Easy never was intended to be. I've been to parties where people talk about shopping at Whole Foods, Gelsen's, or Trader Joe's as if they're trying to impress people. Nobody would ever brag about buying cut flowers for $4 or inexpensive prepared meals for $2.50 at Fresh and Easy. The problem is Fresh and Easy got labeled as low class and frugal (though really the prices on a lot of things are quite high). I kind of hate to say it, but the stereotype is true. Greater LA is a land of upscale, or wannabe upscale, pretentious people. Fresh and Easy wasn't the import brand of choice.
when i lived in newbury park california I went to the Fresh and Easy store almost everyday. I loved that store more than anyother stores around the area. I now live in the worst state and city, (Lawton, Oklahoma). Lawton has no grocery stores to speak of, but again they don't have sidewalks or green lawns either. Having no grocery store around I truly miss FRESH AND EASY ALL THE MORE.
I'm guessing the writer seldom, if ever, shopped at a Fresh & Easy. Their selection was decent, I remember hearing something about 95% of everything that the average person would need. In that respect they are spot on. The concept is good. While some people are b******g about the self checkouts, I LOVE IT! Those who have been around long enough to remember the old Lucky's remember the sticker on the register that mentioned "check stand chatter" as the number one customer complaint. And the big markets are that way. I don't need some checker yapping with the people in front of me. I prefer to get in and get out. Then there is the fact that most stores NEVER have enough checkers. And it's funny how the longer the lines get the yappier the checkers get! I've heard rumor that the grocery chains had a lot to do with the plight of Fresh & Easy. Some towns had pickets up when the stores opened...no surprise, really. I heard F&E was non-union. I thought their meat prices were a bit high, but otherwise it worked for me.
I wasn't a shopper at Fresh & Easy since I lived in the Midwest, but I'm impressed with the passion of comments from Fresh & Easy customers here. Still think the prepackaged produce probably hurt their appeal on the West Coast.
My wife and I never got these stores at all. What was their marketing plan? The Japanese came into the auto market years ago and succeeded initially with simple things like putting the radio, horn, and gear shift where people expected it to be. F&E was a weird concept. I have been in a large Tesco store in the suburbs of Budapest and would love having one of those stores here in Scottsdale. But the holy grail would be a Correfour. I have been in them in Argentina, France, and Spain and believe they would shut down most of the grocery stores in this area. Correfour knows how to make bread using flour where F&E had lousy bread using the same ingredients. It is sad to see anyone fail but they could have passed this by me initially and I could have saved them a fortune. My wife and I saw this coming from day one and were surprised that F&E lasted as long as it did. We were almost convinced that we were wrong initially. Does any one remember A&P (small stores and sore brands that were mediocre and over priced)? The few times I went into a F&E, I always found it odd that the clearance items were marked down to what the other large groceries in the area were charging for the non-clearance items.
I love the Eat Well prepard section! I just bought my meals for the nexted five days, then I heard they may not be available soon. Services offered by F&E made my week Fresh & Easy to eat balanced meals and watch my waist line. I hope to see your continued services nexted year!
chris, you hit the nail on the head its so very true what you said about californians wanting to be hip. i like fresh and easy too. i hate going in trader joes or whole foods with the hipsters in skinny jeans holding star bucks coffe cups runnin around like theyve never seen organic cookies and silliness ....
My local FE smells of formaldehyde every time I walk in the door---rotting, unsold "Fresh" produce most likely.... Regarding the "Easy" portion of the equation, when is NOT having what I want to buy "Easy".. Easy, is making one stop, at a single supermarket, and finding everything I need...and want. I don't like to shop, I only do it because I must. I don't want to shop at two stores, I want to shop at one store and get it over with. I will however, make an stop at at Trader Joe's because they have great beers at great prices. FE, not so much. FE will not be missed by this consumer.
In my opinion, F&E failed to be successful due to a number of reason. 1. To many hands in the cookie jar looking to profit off the new venture. 2. Negative feed back from many who never gave the format a chance. 2. Locations not designed or catering to the neighborhoods they opened in. i.e Hispanic communities etc. - SaveMart is having this same issue. 3. Profit margins set to high. ( i mean if you can go at the right time and go to the cleareance sections of the store , you would find items reduced to quick move prices. Sometimes as much as 50-75% off These are just a few examples from my experiance's with Fresh and Easy. Dont get me wrong i love the stores concept, format and the variety of items. Not to mention the quickness of getting in and out (this is one of my biggest pet peevs at the other major retail stores, plus -long slow moving lines, out of control children etc). The locations that they are in are not bad locations. They are in areas that do need a smaller grocery format. The problem is you need to cater to your potential customers and surroundings. If you are gonna go after high end customers then put yourself in those areas. The lower income areas need the stores... Solution, reformat the lower income area stores to Cheap & Easy, lower prices to appeal to customer base and bring in items the customer buys. I for one will miss them. I hope they restructure and look closer into the areas and customers they already have.
I shop exclusively at Fresh and Easy for my weekly major grocery run. As a working mom, I love that I can stop in and pick up a family size meal with a 99 cent bag of lettuce and a 98 cent loaf of french bread. This year, I purchased their Holiday Box for both Thanksgiving and Christmas and it was delicious. I will be bummed if my local store closes. Fresh and Easy is the only store which "gets me" and fits so well with the way I live and meal plan.
Excellent points. A few I had not really thought about, until I read your posting.
Excellent points. A few I had not really thought about, until I read your posting.
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