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I will guess none will work well.
The issue with satellite is not that it is unreliable it is that it is slow. The time it takes to go all the way to the satellite and back is more than it take to go halfway around the world. Its much slower than accessing sites say in europe.
Cell towers can work well provided you have the more modern ones near your house. You will need to look at each providers coverage maps and make sure they can really provide hi speed internet. There are many levels of internet offered with the newest and best only availble in large cities at the current time.
To use a cell method you generally use a special router that allows you to run multiple machines. These like cell phones are many times locked to provider so once you find a provider that has coverage you need to see which routers will work.
Also in both these technologies have bandwidth caps in the fine print. They also have lots of restrictions on what is allowed and what is not allowed. Some plans say no streaming video but their advertisements show people streaming video to cell phones.
Your other option if you can find it is what is called a WISP. These companies in effect put up large wireless hotspots. They use special equipment to make this work so even though they use the same frequency as consumer wireless you cannot directly attach to them. They generally require clear view of something like a watertower that they place their antennas on. These are much cheaper than the other options with fewer restrictions but it mostly depends on the company running them.
We are looking at a beautiful house in a rural area of Alabama. However we may have to pass it up. There is no DSL available, no Cable access available. This leaves us with a choice of satellite or cell tower access. We have multiple computers, one is used for intensive business connection, with large Xcel files and extensive email communication while connected to the server in Rhode Island.
There is some fear of the satellite reliability and the cell tower type connection being able to handle a workday connection to the main server.
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Once upon a time i was born and today a new day unfolds...
In the remain thoughts of her existence she decided to explain a few things to those she had not bother to explain the why or what this was all about.
Why am i so eager to bite others off ?
Blame it on being always put down your intire life and on top off that add fisical abuse.Are you there yet ?
Good,now for good measure add 8 years of sexual abuse to the mixture.Can you feel yourself recoil in anger for this poor creature ?
No ?!
Well,she hasn`t ask for it anyway,in fact she is too proud to show how much hurt she gets when she criticised.
She has no one in her life.
She choose to life alone because she feels unfit to change,or she does not know how.In either case,she feels deeply,she hurts,but she doesn`t cry.
Too many times in her past others have seen her cry,and they have made her feel too conscious about it,they made her feel even smaller.
I am that person,my name his Carla,i write and apparently i upset people with the way i go about it,that is the only reason i stop colaborating with others.
I refuse to be judge yet again,not here as well,this is one of the only places i still visit that bring me some joy.
I refuse to let go,at least for now.
Maybe it will come the day i shall let this part of me finish,but not just yet.
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Eyewitness News is learning new details on the murder-suicide involving two Indianapolis Metro Police officers Thursday.
IMPD Sgt. Ryan Anders shot and killed his ex-wife before turning the gun on himself. The woman who died was Officer Kimberlee Carmack, a 20-year veteran with IMPD who filed for divorce last year and had a protective order.
Detectives say Sgt. Anders broke into his ex-wife's home on Inishmore Court, disabled the security system and opened fire. By the time, the SWAT team got there, both officers were dead.
At a news conference Friday morning, IMPD Chief Rick Hite outlined the couple's troubled relationship that spilled over to their police jobs. Both officers were on administrative leave because of their behavior surrounding their troubled relationship.
Their supervisors had already ordered both officers to surrender their police-issued items like their service weapons. Also, IMPD was working to keep both Anders and Carmack away from each other as much as possible. That included some of their previous assignments so they would not cross paths.
The department is helping fellow officers deal with this unexpected tragedy involving very well-liked two officers.
"She's a 21-year veteran and she was a civilian before she became a sworn police officer and just one of the calmest, soft-spoken, nicest people that you'd met. Always smiling. And the same with Ryan. Ryan was just, again, a soft-spoken, kind of a jokester kind of a guy. And they had an awful lot of friends," said Bill Owensby, Fraternal Order of Police president.
Carmack was staying at a safe place, the chief said, but she returned to her house - against the advisement of police. The chief said both Carmack and Anders had received counseling for their marital problems.
In an effort to keep both Carmack and Anders say, IMPD monitored their whereabouts with check-ins starting in mid-February.
By March 29th, a judge granted a protective order to Carmack. Police supervisors even advised her to live away from their west side home.
"We looked at the allegations on both sides. There were issues that we know for a fact that were challenging for us as an agency or anyplace, workplace, where people have back-and-forth issues, oftentimes in domestic situations there are honeymoon periods where they're back together; they break up. And allegations on both sides of the equation. So our job is to make sure we don't take sides but look at what is the best interest in the safety of the person. In this case, relieve them of their weapons and make sure there's a place for him to go and a safe place for her to go," said IMPD Chief Hite.
On April 1st, police collaborated with prosecutors about the couple as both were placed on administrative leave. But the troubled relationship came to a tragic end after police say Anders forced his way in the home they once shared, armed with a gun and intent.
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Chapter One: Absoling Around
Dino Faris is a normal teenager: he goes to school, parties hard, sleeps harder, and has angst like any other person his age. But sixteen-year-old brown haired Dino has something else, an Absol. This white dog like creature that cynical and slim Dino is appreciative of, yet can't help be amazed by it.
On this particular dewy morning, Dino Faris is in his house, his kitchen to be precise. And while Dino lives in Kanto, he has never seen himself as your typical boy from Viridian City. True, he still lives at home, but his parents are off roaming. Johto perhaps, or it could be Orange Archipelago nowadays. Who knows; they don't have Facebook. And if they did, they wouldn't update their status enough to clue in young Dino about their location, even if they could do it through their PokéNav. Besides, they're off being youthful, while their two sons live at home. And of course Dino and his brother Ebo are being good kids. No parties at all...
Well, that may not be true. But that's beside the point. For Dino and Ebo's partying antics aren't necessary. For at the moment, Dino is leaning against a bench in his kitchen, looking at his male Absol, who is sitting on an opposing bench top.
"You realise you're head isn't symmetrical." Dino remarks to his Absol. "Do you have any idea how weird that is? Like, name one creature that isn't generally symmetrical."
His Absol stares at him, cutely, but somewhat confused: "Absol..?"
"Yeah sure, Kingler, but apart from them, what else is there?" Dino responds to his Absol.
But his Absol is still confused. For his Absol was as confused as a Pokémon who just got told something by his trainer that he didn't understand. In fact, it was exactly like that.
"Absol… Absol, Absol?" Absol responds.
Dino laughs at his Absol's reaction: "Yeah, I get it: Absol, Absol, Absol. You need some new material."
But this wasn't what was on Dino's mind. He had much larger issues. You see, for the last couple of weeks, Dino had really started wanting the ladies. While many teenagers like him might be well into their journey as a Pokémon trainer, or even on their way to be a Pokémon researcher. Dino wanted none of this. Dino never really wanted anything heavily involved with Pokémon, as Dino merely saw Pokémon as creatures that inhabit this world, and wasn't anything he really wanted to get in to. So Dino just lived with his Absol, not quite understanding why so many people went off to become Pokémon trainers, hoping to eventually become Pokémon masters. But if Dino knew that ladies swoon to Pokémon trainers, and especially Pokémon masters, he might just have a change of heart. But he didn't. So that was that.
What Dino did know however concerned Absol, and more specifically, it's apparent rarity. You see, moments after his discussion with Absol in the kitchen, Dino went outside to retrieve the mail a mail-Pidgey had just dropped on the driveway. He decided now was the best time to inquire about Absol.
"You know… You're the only Absol I've ever seen." Dino remarks to his Absol - who is walking alongside him. "I mean, I haven't even seen Absols on television. There's none on 'Everybody Loves Riolu', not even a mention on 'Two and a Half Grovyle'."
But of course, Absol responded the way he always did, with a couple of 'Absols'. True, with varying emotion and tone in each 'Absol', but all the same to Dino. Perhaps if Dino spent more time with his Absol - who was an amazing gift from his Grandmother - he would fully understand his Absol. But this proud Absol seemed fine and hey, at least it gave Dino someone to talk to. It also makes the story considerably more interesting. So win-win.
However, as Dino reached down and picked up the mail, he noticed something, or to be more exact, someone. And this someone looked good. Looking up, Dino noticed that this was in fact a girl, an attractive girl about the same age as he. But even more surprising than her beauty, was the fact that walking so elegantly beside her, was an Absol. An Absol with a glistening coat, sparkling eyes, and a cute, pink ribbon tied around its sickle-shaped growth on its head.
Ugggh.... sickle-shaped growth? Lets call that something else. Lets call that a taft.
So on this Absol's taft, was a pretty pink ribbon. All of this not only amazed Dino, but his Absol was suddenly very attentive too. After all, how many Absol's are in Kanto? Let alone Viridian City.
"Absol… Dude…" Dino muses to his Absol in amazement. "That's like us. In girl version…. Do we really look that cool when we walk together?"
"Absol….!" Absol murmurs in response, still amazed by this walking beauty.
"She is totally mine…" Dino proclaims.
"Fine, Fine…." Dino reluctantly responds. "I'll paper-scissors-rock you for her. Wait… what? You're the Pokémon! I get first shot. Sorry buddy… but that's how it is"
A now upset Absol groans at Dino, making innocent noises in its throat. Dino stares at his Absol, and for the first time in years, he feels for it. For Dino has just realised that even with his recent lust for ladies, his Absol hasn't even seen another Absol in years. Staring down at his Absol, Dino feels for it, as slight tears come to his eyes.
But then again, Dino still wants a lady. So he may as well get something from his Absol's yearning.
After some quick scheming, Dino devises a plan. Whispering into the ear of his Absol, he tells him his plan. And Absol sure is happy. So with a ruffle of his Absol hair, and a stroke of its taft, Dino sends it on his way. It runs straight towards the girl, and more importantly: her Absol.
But what for? And what is Dino's plan? Will he ever get a girl? You'll just have to wait and see...
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South Africa and New Zealand advanced to the last-four from Group B. The last semi-finalists will be the winners of India-Australia match at Mohali on Sunday.
England made one change from the side that lost the previous game against world champions Australia at Jaipur, replacing fast bowler Steve Harmison with Jon Lewis.
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West Indies: Brian Lara (capt), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Carlton Baugh, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor and Marlon Samuels.
England: Andrew Flintoff (capt), Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Michael Yardy, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Jamie Dalrymple, Chris Read, Sajid Mahmood, Jon Lewis and James Anderson.
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Our neighbors down the street threw a party that went until the late hours of the morning. Around midnight I was still up and since I was the front door was unlocked. We have several cars in our driveway that we own and cars were parked in front of our house because of all of the guests. Around midnight two guests who were supposed to be at the party walked into my house at random without knocking or giving any indication they were going to do so. They both stepped inside and walked about ten feet from the doorway and into our kitchen before walking out and going to the party. Could this be considered breaking and entering since they entered my home without permission even if it was an accident and the door was left unlocked? We had no idea anyone would randomly walk in like that.** For further clarification, after entering the home the two young people did realize and acknowledge they were in the wrong house , but it was frightening not to mention incredibly rude of them not to knock and at least make sure they were in the right house.
There is something in the law called "mens rea" which loosely means criminal intent. This act was obviously a mistake so I doubt that any charges would be filed. My question, did you call the police at the time? If not, the point is moot. As for any civil liabilities these interlopers owe to you, there must be damages. Did you suffer any monetary damages because of their trespass? It's time to lock your doors when you are in the house for the night.
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Could charges be filed? Yes. The state can file charges for almost anything. I have seen similar situations charged as Trespassing and investigated as Burglary. This is a bit of a stretch since clearly it was an accident. I understand that you were alarmed but I would recommend not filing charges. Ask yourself is this something you would want to see someone have a criminal record for? Plus after this period of time would you know who they were or be able to find them. That is my recommendation.
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08:19 8th March 2014
Report: All Square
Brighton 1 (Gunter og 17)
Reading 1 (Drenthe 62)
Reading were left with only a point to show from an entertaining encounter at the AmEx Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Royals fell behind in the first half after a miscommunication between Chris Gunter and Alex McCarthy saw the Welsh defender unfortunately head into his own net, but the game was turned on its head early in the second period as Brighton skipper Gordon Greer was sent off for a second bookable offence.
From that moment on Nigel Adkins' men dominated proceedings, creating numerous chances, and grabbed an equaliser as Royston Drenthe fired home his first from the club from just inside the area.
Alex McCarthy was forced to make a couple of smart saves to deny Albion counter attacks, but overall the dying stages were marked by Royals dominance - with home stopper Tomasz Kuszczak aptly named man of the match. He denied substitute Jobi McAnuff with an impressive stop as the winger went through one on one late on, leaving the away side to settle for a draw against one of their play-off rivals.
Brighton: Kuszczak, Saltor, Greer (C), Andrews, Ward, Forster-Caskey (March 84), Ulloa, Upson, Lopez (Dunk 51), Lingard (Buckley 60), Ince
Subs: Ankergren (GK), Dunk, Calderon, Obika, LukaLua, March, Buckley
Booked: Greer (foul 32), Andrews (time wasting 86) Saltor (foul 90)
Red Card: Greer (second bookable offence)
Reading: McCarthy, Gunter, Obita, Hector, Pearce, Akpan (Taylor 84), Guthrie (C), Blackman (McAnuff 75), Drenthe (McCleary 73), Robson-Kanu, Le Fondre
Subs: Federici, Kelly, Gorkss, Taylor, Tshibola, McAnuff, McCleary
Booked: Hector (foul 44), Robson-Kanu (handball 67), Obita (foul 76)
Referee: Frederick Graham
Attendance: 27,532 (1,051)
First Half
Nigel Adkins made four changes to his starting line up from the draw with Yeovil - with Danny Williams and Pavel Pogrebnyak unavailable due to injury. That, combined with the rigours of the international break - meant Michael Hector made his full Reading debut, with Danny Guthrie, Royston Drenthe and Nick Blackman also starting. Kaspars Gorkss and Garath McCleary dropped to the bench, whilst Jobi McAnuff returned from injury - also as a substitute.
Reading had the first action of the half, Drenthe weaving in from the left before firing across goal, where first Hal Robson-Kanu and then Adam Le Fondre couldn't quite convert.
But it was Brighton who took the lead - and in comical circumstances, all be it none that would have amused the Royals. A ball deep into the box dropped onto the head of Gunter, but after a miscommunication between the Royals full back and McCarthy, the Welsh defender nodded the ball agonisingly into his own net.
Briefly stunned, Reading did try to respond with 26 minutes on the clock as Obita cleverly beat his man on the left before rolling the ball to Akpan who fired over from the edge of the box.
There was plenty of possession for the visitors, but they were largely left frustrated by a resolute Seagulls backline - with Guthrie blasting over from distance with two minutes remaining in the half.
Second Half
The second half started with Reading in determined attacking spirits, and it had an immediate effect. As Le Fondre tried to bound down the right he was clearly checked by Gordon Greer.
..the Seagulls captain had already been booked for a cynical foul on the Royals striker in the first period, and so referee Frederick Graham's decision to produce a second yellow saw him sent from the field.
Akpan's shot from the edge of the box was then well blocked, as a vociferous home crowd began to raise the atmosphere with their side down to ten men. Guthrie's clever cross from the left, sent into the box with his instep, was then nodded over the bar by Le Fondre. Still Nigel Adkins' side came forward, with Blackman the next to have a go, cutting in from the right before swerving an effort just off target.
It was coming...and the equaliser followed, from an enigmatic Dutchman. After more probing team play Drenthe received the ball on the right of the area, before slamming a shot past Tomasz Kuszczak's near post. Reading's number ten showed plenty of emotion as he celebrated with staff and teammates on the Royals bench, with the strike his first for the club.
Still the pressure came, with Blackman bounding in again from the right and falling to the floor into the box - only for Mr Graham to wave away strong appeals for a penalty.
Despite the occasional counter from the home side it was the visitors who continued making inroads, Blackman once more involved as he weaved inside the box before seeing Kuszczak gather his shot at the second attempt.
The Seagulls responded and had a golden chance as substitute Will Buckley found room in the box, only to drag his shot wide of the post.
It was absolutely breathless stuff at the AmEx, Drenthe was replaced by Garath McCleary and the Jamaican teed up Akpan in the box, who curled an effort inches wide.
A golden opportunity would also fall to another Reading replacement, Jobi McAnuff. The wideman took the place of Nick Blackman and with eleven minutes remaining was sent clean through on goal, only to be denied by former Manchester United stopper Kuszczak.
Seconds later a knockdown found Guthrie on the edge of the box, who fired a half volley inches off target, before McAnuff's shot was again stopped by Kuszczak - who was named as man of the match.
As six minutes of stoppage time were announced, the home side almost stole three points, with Buckley finding space on the right of the box before McCarthy palmed away his stinging drive.
The last action of the game was, aptly, an effort from the visitors - Obita this time trying one from 20 yards, but it flew past the post to deny the men from Berkshire a win.
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Chapter 4.2Mature
"I don't understand. Who is it?" Adrianna asked, her heart pumping with adrenaline and fear as she waited for her father's answer. She had no idea who could have shown an interest in her so early on. She knew Baron Dorian had been showing a lot of interest in her but he was old enough to be her father!
"Count Alberto has written to me, praising your many virtues and your beauty. He has a very high regard for you."
"But I have only met him once," Adrianna protested. "Surely he can't be thinking of marriage already?"
"A marriage between you and Count Alberto would be a highly desirable match on both sides. We would gain a connection with the royal family and Count Alberto would gain my political support, something he'll need if he continues his plans to run for head of the King's council."
"So he's more interested in marrying me for political reasons than because of my personality?"
"He thinks you are a very beautiful girl. You should be honoured that someone with such noble heritage, a member of the royal family no less, should even consider marrying you."
"So I should be grateful and accept my fate? When will the wedding be held? Am I going to be consulted about whether or not I want to marry Count Alberto?" Adrianna could feel the anger beginning to rise up inside her again, threatening to spill over into violence.
"Whether or not youwantto marry Count Alberto is irrelevant," the Duke replied firmly. "It is beneficial for your family for you to marry him so it is your duty to do as I tell you. The matter is non-negotiable. It isn't even settled yet, he has only expressed an interest in you, not formally requested your hand in marriage."
"But when he does make up his mind will he ask me to marry him or will he be asking you?"
"He will consult with me first, yes. If I accept his offer then he may choose to ask you as well or he could request that I inform you of his proposal. It depends on whether Count Alberto wants to stick to the old principles or if he is a modernist."
"But either way, you make the decision for me."
"That is the way it has always been for hundreds of years and it's the way it always will be, so that is how your marriage will be arranged."
"And if I refuse?" Adrianna pushed, aware of her father's building irritation but not wanting to appear weak.
"Then I will either make you marry him or you will be disowned and one of your sisters can take your place. It doesn't matter which of you marries him, but the fact that he has already shown an interest in you makes it a lot easier to continue with the negotiations."
"Negotiations?" Adrianna spat. "You're making this sound like a business deal, not the subject of my future happiness."
"You should be happy that you can do this for your family, the rest of it isn't relevant."
"I don't like your attitude," Adrianna protested, standing up violently from her seat.
"It's what every woman has to do," her father shouted back. "Why should you be special enough to expect anything different?"
"I don't think I want to be a part of this family any more," Adrianna said, holding her ground as her father's anger came at her in waves. "Maybe I'll just leave and go somewhere women are appreciated."
She turned to head towards the office door, wanting to storm out in a dramatic fashion, but her father ran around his desk and grabbed her arm, spinning her back to face him.
"Don't you dare threaten me like that," he hissed in her face. "You are a part of this family whether you like it or not and as such you will do as I say."
"Let go," Adrianna winced, her father's grip was so tight it was hurting her arm. "You're hurting me." She tried to pull away from the Duke, yanking her arm backwards. But Duke Giordano's grip held fast on his daughter as she struggled.
Adrianna continued to fight, her free arm flailing so wildly that without warning it made contact with the Duke's face, the slap making a loud cracking noise that bounced off the walls of the office.
The Duke hadn't been expecting the hit so immediately let go of Adrianna's arm. The girl was still pulling her arm backwards in order to free herself so when the resistance vanished she flew backwards, hitting the wall hard, her head thudding as it made contact with the plaster.
The Duke looked down at his daughter in complete shock. "I-" He babbled, for once speechless.
"Stay away from me," Adrianna shouted, pulling herself to her feet, using the doorframe as a support. "Don't come anywhere near me," she cried as she fought to get the door open, running out of the room and hearing the door slam behind her.
Fear gripped her as she fled. Her hands were shaking and she wasn't sure where she was going, she just wanted to get as far away from her father as possible. She knew other girls were beaten by their fathers and husbands but she had been lucky enough that the Duke had never raised a hand to hit her. Until now.
"What's wrong?" Vittoria exclaimed as her sister flew into her.
"He hurt me," Adrianna said, feeling like a child as she held out her arm in Vittoria's direction. "And I fell."
"Are you alright?" Vittoria asked as Adrianna put a hand to the back of her head. "Who hurt you?"
Adrianna didn't answer. She looked at the hand that had touched the part of her head that had hit the wall. It was covered in blood.
"Adrianna, you don't look well," Vittoria said. "You've gone white."
"I-" Adrianna mumbled, staggering backwards, trying to escape from the sight of her blood.
"Adrianna, sit down," Vittoria ordered, trying to steer her sister towards a chair. She made it just in time. Adrianna's eyes flickered upwards and her world went black.


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Health Care Website Glitches on Last Day of Enrollment
A rush of last-minute enrollees has slowed traffic on the Covered California website. Today is the last day to apply for new health coverage but some customers can't get through.
Executive Director Peter Lee says they're working on the problem.
A preview feature has been turned off to save on bandwidth and some users may actually be kicked off after reaching a certain point. Lee says, "We will say 'Thank you, congratulations, you have started your account. You're in the process. Please come back tomorrow or the next day to finish your application.'"
You need to start applying by midnight, there's a grace period for marking purchases. Lee says 150 thousand people enrolled in new plans last week. 'This means that Covered California has passed the 1.2 million mark.'


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Dragons: Hell: Roy's Roof is on FlameThrower
January 9th, 2010
The terminal of Daemon Private 3266 beeped. She got mail from headquarters. It was probably a list of her latest inane tasks. While she likely the idea of being a member of the Daemon Army at first--it had gotten old. She day dreamed of that wonderful person moving up the ranks of Rocket Logistics quickly. The idea of being Mrs. Viridian Giovanni made her swoon a little. Though, she did get jealous of that Deliah girl.
She clicked open the mail--and stood up and jumped around. Her order of a transfer came in. She was to be Giovanni's partner in couriering! She transfer was to be active tomorrow. She would be talking to Viridian about going somewhere to celebrate.
Mewvander had bashed aside many of the stealth soldiers with her spoon. She was leaning on it. Krystal had dug around in her bag. "Aha! I have been trying to find this since I could not walk". Krystal pulled out a small oddly coloured Pokeball with a small eye on it.
Mewvander looks over, "wait--where did you get a Psychic Ball?"
The ball floats out of Krystal's hand and beside Mewvander's head, "Especially one that is linked to me--but not until the future. You were not on New Island."
A leaf storm appears behind Mewvander, "oh--that was me."
Mewvander does not turn around but just looks down, "Aren't you suppose to be with the Scribe and Jiroid."
Daebi floats over to meet Mewvander and Krystal, "oh--I am there right now. I come here in the future. It is good that you two have met up, and Krystal has found the Psychic Ball linked to you. Though, to properly study it to help restore the state of Pokeball technology, you could transfer the control over to her"
Mewvander looks over to Daebi and the Psychic Ball floated over to Krystal, "yes, Doctor has done quite some good work on the Daemon Balls. This ball would truly be best used to study to fix the capsule issues."
Krystal started to float in the air. She had regained her levitate ability. Daebi floated away, "good--you have learned to use it as a decent focus for you psychic abilities.". Daebi had disappeared as the leaves slowly fell off of her--leaving only her smile.
Mewvander looks over to Krystal, "Celetwo is a sucker for the dramatic effects. Anyways--the sun will be coming up soon. There is shelter over there"
Krystal turned her head and there was indeed a shelter. She could sense it.
Roy woke up--there was burn marks on the ceiling as he looked up. "Uh--Ego... why is the ceiling crispy."
Ego, waking up rubbing his eyes, "oh--you were using Flame Thrower in your sleep, Roy."
Roy blinks, "I will ask about it later--", Roy say that he was still in his and Krystal's house.
"Well--today is the big day. I took plenty of time out to train Slowpoke to be the best best man ever. Pull out your P*DA to see my work."
"P*DA?" Roy turns to see a P*DA on his night stand. He picks it up. What did Ego train Popo to have.... lets see... Flame Thrower... Psychic... Teleport... Trick Room... Nasty Plot... Dream Eat... Pay Day?
Ego--noting Roy's confusion, "yeah--found a TM-12 around the house. It contained Pay Day."
Roy fell back, and looked up at the burn marks on the roof. Well at least he would be well protected today.


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Leftist rebels in Colombia ambushed a group carrying regional election ballots, killing 12 members of the security forces, officials say.
The group had left an indigenous reservation in the northern Guican province when it was hit, defence minister Luis Carlos Villegas said.
He said the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia's second-biggest rebel group, was behind the attack.
President Juan Manuel Santos vowed retaliation against the attackers.
On Sunday, Mr Santos had said the election had been "the most peaceful and least violent in decades".
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Truckers traveling via train? Yep, the smart do so with increasing frequency. Earlier this month, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced that its already successful "Secret Formula" for Intermodal success will henceforth include much more of a current ingredient, one known as "NSC" or Norfolk Southern Corporation, (NYSE: NSC), which reported Intermodal revenues for this year's 1st nine months of just slightly less than JBHT's $1.2 billion of Intermodal biz. for the same three quarters.
Once a prosperous "traditional" trucking company, JBHT long ago started weaning itself of that declining business model; and today JBHT generates ~55% of its total revenue and ~74% of its total operating income from Intermodal. By using its closely-monitored company-owned trucks and company-paid drivers (the so-called asset-based approach) to handle the tedious drayage assignments (moving Intermodal containers to and from railroad yards), in combination with sophisticated computer systems and other tools of enlightened management, while engaging the railroads to perform all the "heavy-lifting" of moving freight cross country, JBHT produces mind-shattering results, expanding its market shares and sustaining its net income in seemingly facial defiance of this otherwise sluggish current economic environment.
JBHT Scripts Another Award Winner
Experienced industry analysts promptly and repeatedly harmonized that the new JBHT-NSC alliance could soon begin yet another successful multi-year "run on Broadway," similar to the success of JBHT's 20 year-old Intermodal alliance west of the Mississippi with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads. Back in 1989, JBHT and the Santa Fe railroad took the transportation industry by surprise in announcing their Intermodal partnership. That deal was the first such North American collaboration between a railroad and a trucking firm, so unique that, until this week, many believe it had yet to be matched; it clearly began a tectonic shift in the landscape of commercial freight transportation throughout North America. Now, clearly, JBHT is scripting another such performance and plans for it to win Tony Awards on the east side of the street!
NSC, headquartered in Norfolk, VA, has long been admired for its efficient operations and operating margin accomplishments. Itself the progeny of 100+ railroad mergers, reorganizations, and consolidations, NSC now operates its trains over a system of ~21,500 route miles in 22 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada, with many NSC rail lines paralleling key Interstate highway truck routes. Presently serving almost all of our East Coast, plus 20 sea and lake ports, NSC is leading multi-billion dollar investments initiatives and build-outs of its Intermodal network throughout the East, with the Crescent Corridor, the Heartland Corridor, the Meridian Speedway, the MidAmerica Corridor, the Pan Am Southern Corridor, the Patriot Corridor, and also via a partnership with the Florida East Coast Railroad developing direct Intermodal service in central Florida.
Truckers prefer the West
Despite that near half of our Nation's population and, thus, business opportunities reside east of the Mississippi River, for decades truckers transporting commercial freight cargos have preferred to "not go there," and oft times for good reasons. E.g., Out West the toll roads and toll bridges are cheaper and fewer, diesel fuel cost less, road speed limits are higher, traffic is much less congested, truck repair labor costs are lower, truckstops and highway rest areas are bigger and easier to find, and some say Out West even the coffee shop waitresses are much prettier!
Over the past quarter-century, the trucking industry's vehicle miles traveled increased 105 percent while available highway lane miles grew only 4 percent, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data. That translates to the highways within high-density Eastern populations now, near every single day, exceeding their capacities, and becoming more unfriendly to big trucks at an even faster rate. Annually converting possibly hundreds of thousands of Eastern U.S. shipments from the vehicle-congested highways to NSC's nearby Intermodal rail routes will solve many of the aforementioned challenges and complaints, while simultaneously augmenting JBHT's and NSC's net incomes.
Coming Up, the Mixed Doubles Final Event
The two overwhelmingly dominant Intermodal freight shipping railroad operators in the Eastern United States are NSC and CSX Intermodal, part of CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX), while Union Pacific Corporation. (NYSE: UNP), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI) and Kansas City Southern (NYSR: KSU) operate the dominant Intermodal freight shipping railroads in the Western United States. NSC competes directly with CSX for rail Intermodal business east of the Mississippi, and during this year's 1st nine months, NSC generated 30% more Intermodal revenue than did CSX.
Throughout North America, JBHT Intermodal faces robust competition from only one similarly jumbo trucking company possessing considerable Intermodal abilities and assets, privately held Schneider National, Inc. Schneider's Intermodal segment long ago followed JBHT's lead by forming a strong alliance with BNI regarding its Intermodal shipments in the West; late last May, Schneider named CSX as its exclusive core Eastern Intermodal carrier. What's developing here is Intermodal's Eastern U.S. equivalent of a Wimbledon mixed doubles final event; in the Centre Court we'll be watching team JBHT-NSC vie against the Schneider-CSX duo, while those truckers' and railroads' shareholders feast on fine Pimms spritzers accompanied by strawberries and cream.
$195.00 of Operating Income per JBHT Intermodal Load
Intermodal has long been considered a handsome profit center for the railroads, and JBHT's financial statement disclosures reveal that JBHT is now also minting money the Intermodal way. From every $1,000.00 of its Intermodal revenue JBHT extracts ~$102.00 of operating income; that's about $195.00 of average operating income achieved from each JBHT Intermodal load, and there were 663,386 such loads at JBHT during the first nine months of this year (17,000 loads per week = $3.3 million of JBHT Intermodal weekly operating income). Schneider's Intermodal results are likely near those of JBHT's, but Schneider's privately-held status allows it to withhold words to the public about the parts of its money machine.
All things considered, NSC is a superb East Coast partner for JBHT Intermodal. Close observers believe the new JBHT-NSC alliance will offer pricing incentives sufficient to attract substantial additional business from Eastern region shippers who have previously relied almost exclusively on traditional truckers' pricier highway-mode for freight movements. Plus, NSC's wholly-owned subsidiary, Triple Crown Services Company (at times, a direct competitor to JBHT Intermodal), might fit quite well within JBHT Intermodal's new East Coast tennis bag.
A Confusing Battleground
At current first glance, the battle lines here might appear to be sharply drawn, but upon closer look, you'll find them really quite hazy. For example:
(1) BNI simultaneously grants preferred status to (and, quid pro quo, receives preference from) both JBHT and Schneider, while those two jumbo truckers continue battling each other. Yet BNI still courts Intermodal business from many other truckers. BNI also operates a subsidiary called BNSF Logistics that directly competes with the Intermodal and other business pursuits of JBHT, Schneider, and many others, including two of BNI's largest "second tier" Intermodal business sources, Pacer International Inc. (NASDAQ: PACR) and Hub Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HUBG). Concurrently, PACR and HUBG daily compete with each other and with freight brokers CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRW) and Landstar System Inc. (NASDAQ: LSTR) for Intermodal and other business throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, while both CHRW and LSTR boast strong direct Intermodal relationships with PACR and, of course, with each of the Class 1 railroads.
(2) PACR has long conducted the lion's share of its Western U.S. Intermodal business with UNP while also recently increasing its volumes BNI; but earlier this month PACR announced an extension and rewrite of its "marriage contract" with UNP, just a few months after HUBG began shifting most of its Western Intermodal business away from BNI to UNP.
(3) BNI, CSX, KSU, NSC and UNP of course all conduct Intermodal business with numerous direct competitors to JBHT, Schneider, PACR and HUBG (and also with many other truckers, freight brokers, 3PLs, etc.). And,
(4) Given their each substantial but still finite rail trackage footprints, BNI, Canadian National (NYSE: CNI), Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP), CSX, KSU, NSC and UNP (Collectively, the "Big Seven") each daily share the others' rails, interchange rail cars and Intermodal containers, and cooperate with each other as heartily as they do compete with each other. In fact, and despite the reality that hardly any Intermodal service provider (railroad, trucker, or other) can every day deliver to its each and every major customer all the trumping-power priority special attention they promise, near every single major and minor Intermodal counterparty in the North American Intermodal continuum speaks near identical words while trying to convince freight shippers that "no one else is as well connected and as well resourced as are we."
Considering all that, it's little wonder that Intermodal industry gatherings, like the Intermodal Association of North America's "2009 Intermodal Expo," underway this week and attracting near 10,000 Intermodal participants to California's Anaheim Convention Center, often seem to outsiders as confusing as redneck family picnics!
JBHT's Gravy Train
Since year-end 2000, JBHT has consistently beaten the railroads at their own Intermodal game. From January 1, 2001 through September 20, 2009, the Big Seven North American Class 1 railroads' composite Intermodal revenue has grown at the meager compounded annual growth rate (OTCPK:CAGR) of ~3.3%, while JBHT's Intermodal revenue has chalked up an impressive CAGR of ~10.6%, triple that of its railroad collaborators! And intermediaries CHRW, HUBG, LSTR and PACR are all experiencing considerable difficulties retaining and growing their Intermodal revenues and operating incomes, due in no small measure to the formidable competition presented surely by JBHT and perhaps too by Schneider. See Chart #1.
There's no doubt about it; JB Hunt Transport Services has found and is riding its Gravy Train!
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Tom wanted to disappear, be forgotten by the mystic world and live out comfortably. Hong Kong seemed like the right place and it nearly was until Austin found him, begging for his help.
Now, it's a race to see who will get him as everyone wants him on their side. Faced with ancient conspiracies, secret societies and alien gods, he's got no choice but to play the game once more...
The blistering summer heat seemed to sap the energy out of everything, July was bad, July in Hong Kong was unlivable, the scorching heat and suffocating humidity was enough to make you appreciate Arizona. Feeling heavy, Austin walked the market, his shirt tightly clinging to his form. In his hand he grasped the worn sketchbook, glancing back and forth from the crude drawing to the shop signs.
He couldn't read the language, which made things so much harder, he only could follow what he'd seen in one of his episode.
The smell of food from the carts made his stomach rumble, he was dying of thirst and hunger but his money was running out. He continued his way for a moment avoiding glancing at the stalls.
It was then that he saw what he looked for, a few dozen stalls were lined up in a somewhat open area standing in the shade of a handful of cherry tree. Sitting at one, was a caucasian man, his hair a mess of bleached white spikes. Tattoos ran across his arms and disappeared under the purple tank top that the man wore.
Austin couldn't help but feel a mix of relief and terror. His visions had been right, but how would he approach him? Swallowing his excitement, he walked forward, sitting on the uncomfortable metal stool next to the man.
He searched for a moment what to say, his eyes losing themselves on the man's tattoos. His left hand, the one he could see, had the fingers covered in small sigils, some pentacle drawn over the back of the hand, the fore arm displayed a short inscription wrapped around a tribal that swirled back up to the shoulder, losing itself behind the fabric on his back at the center of which was another of the odd talismans.
"Did you come here to eat the food or to eat me, mate? I think you're drooling." The man said, his voiced laced with the slight hint of an irish accent.
"Wha?" Was all Austin managed to say, reddening in embarrassment.
The tattooed guy, nodded with his head at the man speaking in Cantonese at him.
"Oh yes... Do you speak english?" He asked to the stall owner. His confused expression told him no.
That's when the Irish man said something to the stall owner in the same language. Who then nodded and yelled something in his own language.
"You speak Chinese?" Austin asked.
"Cantonese actually, Mandarin too. Among other languages." He answered.
"Wow... that's impressive." He baffled back.
"I'm Thomas." Tattooed guy said, turning sideways as to face him. He exhibited a grin at him. "What's an american boy doing out of his element?"
"I'm Austin. And I'm just eh... Visiting."
"You're far from touristville." His interlocutor remarked.
He considered for a moment how to tell him that he's seen him in a vision but his meditation was interrupted with the merchant placing a bowl of Wonton noodles in front of him along with a cup of milk tea.
"It's on me." Thomas said.
"Thanks..." Austin answered timidly. "So, what'd are you doing around here? Visiting, Studying?"
"Nope." The Irish one said, between two mouthful of noodles. "I do odd jobs around and enjoy the place."
"I see..."
They ate for a moment, Austin still trying to find a way to explain his reason to come without sounding insane.
"Alright, was fun meeting you, Aus." Tom said, getting up, setting the strap of a small duffel bag over his shoulder, he threw a handful of bills on the table and took his first step away. "Maybe I'll see you again."
"Damn it..." He muttered under his breath. "He wait I--" He got up as he spoke and felt dizzy all of a sudden, a warm liquid rolling over his face, he brought his finger up and saw the scarlet that poured out of his eyes and nose. He stumbled down and hit his shoulder on the pavement as his vision clouded.
He saw a gigantic figure over the city, wrapped in chains that anchored themselves to the ground, grand and terrible the figure watched, spiteful at the city. A second form emerged from the sky, an infinite maelstrom that spun the heavens, soon the two figure clashed and the city caught ablaze.
As he saw those vision, pain blossomed in his arm and he felt someone pick him up, and walking him to away. His feet moved automatically and soon he felt himself under the shade of something, his back against an irregular form.
His vision returned, and he saw Tom leaning over him, a set of tissue paper in hand and hold the blood flow at bay. Austin's head burst in pain, the migraine that always followed the vision.
"I'm alright." Austin babbled, a few drop of coppery tasting blood dribbling into his mouth.
In front of him, Tom sighed. "Just my luck, a stigmatic prophet."
"Wha?" He said, still in the aftershock of the vision "You mean you--"
"I figured you'd seen me in a vision telling you to come here." Aus' eyes wandered and saw that he was flipping through his sketchbook. "You know, you really suck at this."
"Hey, I'm not an artist."
"I figured as much." He said with an insolent grin. "Why did you come here? To find me?"
"Wait, back up, you believe me?"
"Yes." He answered flatly.
"Nobody ever believes I have vision."
"Well they don't believe in magic." He said, handing another set of tissues to Austin. "So, what do you want?"
He took them before answering. "I need your help, something's coming and the visions tell me you're important to this whole mess."
"Of course they do." He sighed. "Look, I'm going to make it clear right away, I'm not interested. I'm done getting involved in this stuff."
"But why?"
"I don't trust visions, half of the time they are realized when you try to prevent them and the other half, they're so cryptic you only get it once you're already neck deep in the shite."
"But I travelled half-way across the world for this..."
"Tough luck. Go home kid, ignore the visions, and live a normal life, you don't want to get involved."
With that, the tattooed man stood and walked away, getting mixed in the crowd.


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A vet temporarily traded in his scrubs and stethoscope for a megaphone and whistle to help guide an elite women's rowing team to glory.
Stan Livy, vet at the Eastcote branch of the Goddard Veterinary Group and a former Commonwealth rowing medallist for Scotland, has just completed his first assignment as a coach to the English women's coxless four and the women's eight.
On July 27, both teams competed in the Home International Regatta, held in Nottingham. The women's four were selected from the Tideway Scullers School in Chiswick, where Stan started coaching them earlier this season.
They won the Belgian international championships in May and were finalists at Henley Women's Regatta in early July.
Stan said: "Both teams did really well. The women's four finished second, but the women's eight, romped home a length ahead of the field, which was a great end to the rowing season.
"It was great to be back at the Home International again even if I got a lot of banter from my former Scottish team mates for being on the wrong side."
The Home International Regatta started in 1962 and was originally held on the Serpentine. It now takes place annually and is hosted by the four home nations in rotation.
England hosted the regatta this year in Nottingham and celebrated by winning the men's, women's, junior men's and junior women's matches.