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A polar explorer and a Boer general lie buried in the Cradock cemetery.
The Port Elizabeth to Nieu Bethesda route is about 380km and could be done in a morning or an afternoon, but offers a world of choices and experiences that make dwelling a little longer worthwhile.
The drive will take us through classic Eastern Cape settler country into the vast landscapes of the Karoo Heartland, where we'll meet the locals, who are nothing if not friendly and welcoming.
We leave Port Elizabeth early in the morning and head out initially on the N2, but divert onto the N10 Cradock road after Nanaga Farm Stall. Keep a lookout for the mighty meaty pies at Nanaga – they're a full meal by themselves.
Carefully negotiating the Olifantskop Pass, we drop down into the fertile Karoo biome called the Smaldeel (Afrikaans for 'narrow part'). Soon we find our first farmstall stop of the day: Oom Theuns se Winkel (Uncle Theuns's Shop). Soft drinks all around?
Presently, we reach Middleton and look, there's another farm stall. This one sports lots of crafts made by residents and is hard to miss because they painted the shop a jolly red colour.
At Cookhouse, we detour off the N10 to Somerset East, where we lunch at Hobson's Choice Deli and check in at the Angler & Antelope. After the meal and some down time, Alan Hobson takes us off for a sundowner at a local dam and perhaps a quick fly-casting lesson.
Somerset East is a great little Eastern Cape town, with a deep history and museums to match. The next day we do a quick tour of the Walter Battiss Museum – this is, after all, where the famous South African artist who created 'Fook Island' grew up.
Now we're back on the N10 and, about 50km south of Cradock, we stop for lunch at the Daggaboer Farm Stall. This prize-winning roadside establishment contains a rich hoard of crafts, foods and local books. We sit on the porch, drink some really good coffee and have a quick chat with Isabel or Charl Pansegrouw, the shop's owners.
By the early afternoon we've checked in at Die Tuishuise in Cradock, a series of Victorian-era cottages in Market Street, and are on our way to the Mountain Zebra National Park. This is one of South Africa's most scenic national parks, and once you're up there on the Rooiplaat Plateau you'll know why. This is where, in the winter months of June and July in particular, you can often photograph springbok, black wildebeest and mountain zebra in a landscape surrounded by snow-capped peaks.
We dine at the old-style Victoria Manor, and it is classic Karoo fare. Leave space for the malva pudding, a rich South African specialty. A quick nightcap in the hotel bar and we're off to bed.
In the morning, we venture out for a good long walk to look at the Karoo architecture of Cradock and to track down a grave with the name 'Harry Potter' in the cemetery, and then we cross the Wapadsberg ('wagon-road') mountains to Nieu Bethesda.
Passing a colony of blue cranes, we turn left onto the N9 and then right again onto the tar road leading into this fascinating little village in the mountains. And only once we're strolling around the famous Owl House do we catch our breath and let the sensations of the past two days flow over us...
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Who to contact
Karoo Heartland Marketing Association
Tel: +27 (0)42 243 3440
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Angler & Antelope guest house
Tel: +27 (0)42 243 3440
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Die Tuishuise and Victoria Manor
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Ganora Guest Farm
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How to get here
From Port Elizabeth, take the N2 north and veer off on the N10 to Cradock. After Cradock, turn off the N10 onto the R61, which takes you to the Mountain Zebra National Park, Nieu Bethesda and, eventually, Graaff-Reinet.
Best time to visit
The 'soft' seasons of spring (September to October) and autumn (April to May) are great for travelling in the Karoo Heartland, but winters (June to August) are also great – just check for snow reports and pass closures. Summer travelling in this area is also good (November to April), but watch out for extreme temperatures.
Around the area
Visit Ganora Guest Farm, approx. 8km outside Nieu Bethesda. This is one of the finest farm stays in the Karoo, offering fossil tours, a visit to a meerkat rehabilitation centre and very good overnight accommodation.
Tours to do
Karoo Connections in Graaff-Reinet has the best guides in the area.
Get around
Hire a vehicle from Port Elizabeth and, as long as you take the tar road off the N9 to Nieu Bethesda, a sedan will be fine.
What will it cost
Accommodation along the route is very reasonable and of a high standard.
Length of stay
Set aside three days and two nights for your drive, and two nights for your stay in Nieu Bethesda.
What to pack
Pack something semi-casual for your dinner at the Victoria Manor in Cradock – for the rest, it's all informal dress.
Where to stay
The Angler & Antelope in Somerset East, Die Tuishuise in Cradock and the Outsiders self-catering units in Nieu Bethesda are all recommended.
What to eat
Traditional Karoo meals are served at the Victoria Manor in Cradock.
What's happening
Somerset East, Cradock and Nieu Bethesda all have festivals and events throughout the year – check the listed websites for details.
Best buys
Owl House T-shirts from the Karoo Lamb restaurant in Nieu Bethesda.


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Yes, yes, I know that I should be updating my other stories, stories that were dying to be written, but I swear to you this story is REALLY dying and REALLY wanting to be written. And I have been on a roll on this very story, so you can probably tell I am really, really into this. Yeah.
Anyway, I will be very truthful about this. Compared to my other stories, you will notice some differences in this very story as you read on. And I'll tell you this right now that this story will have a religious feel to it. It may be stronger in some areas, but trust me, it will be throughout this story. Included in here are religious principles and doctrine that you may not believe or agree with me on. I may have a few small warnings here and there, but for the most part, this is your only warning.
Comments and concerns are highly recommended so I can understand my audience a bit more. Trust me, this will help me know what to really write down.
Now, without further ado, I give unto you "Forsaken". I hope you enjoy!
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Rated for: language, some intense violence with disturbing imagery, attempted suicide, and sexual themes
Chapter One: Solemn Hour
"Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today
The depths of my sad heart are troubled. Oh, waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish Sweep o`er my sinking soul,
And I perish! I perish! dear Master. Oh, hasten and take control!"
- "Master, the Tempest is Raging", verse two
"WHAT! A world war?!"
Startled by Ho-oh's sudden outburst, Suicune bowed her head, her once-flowing mane drooped over her arched back and the dulled crest upon her forehead briefly glinted. "Y-Yes, sir. Sinnoh was bombed by Orre, and the other regions are getting ready to come defend it. It's more likely than not to be a... world war..." The legendary North Wind grew silent, stricken with sorrow and age before the Guardian's eyes. The ribbon tail refused to undulate about the legs, it instead lay trailing on the ground. Her delicate fur was suddenly noticed to be smudged with dust clinging to her in clumps. Black and blue surrounded her dull eyes, indicating her lack of sleep. She was pitiful, unworthy to stand before someone with whom she was once equally revered to.
Ho-oh nodded at his creation before craning his neck to the rust-colored sky. It was still daytime, past noon, but it was cloudy—rain was probable. He feared these rainstorms; pollution had infected the vapor, turning it into acid rain in many cases. Hesitant as he was to create his famous rainbows afterwards, he had been finding himself unable to fabricate them. Once able to shine with the colors of the rainbow, his feathers were now worn and battered, so the phoenix could now only gleam at a perfect angle if the sun hit him just right. The crown atop of his head hung in sight, warped by gravity, and his fiery eyes were fizzling out. It was unclear whether age finally caught up to him, or if the stress was getting to be a huge burden. He figured it was the latter.
The world had become more sinful to the point the Legendaries didn't dare show their faces. They could feel the evil expanding, and feared it was going to reach them as well. This fear was what caused them to start wilting from their high positions. As pollution became thicker and more prominent, Celebi was struggling to keep plant-life prosperous, resorting to using his life-source to do so. The last time Ho-oh saw him, he was beginning to turn a color of rot. Jirachi, many years back, had eventually broken free of his sleeping spells and began to use stored energy from the Millennium Comet as his powers. However, because he never knew of the real world, of its greedy, power-hungry lusts, it became a gut-wrenching experience for him. His cheerful face transitioned to a blank mask within months of the realization, and then he went into hiding where his wishing powers depleted over time. Darkrai, though he lived off nightmares, was struggling with demons from the people he tried to haunt. It grew difficult for him to find true fear to feed, and he fled to isolate himself away from civilization. Even Giratina had to get away from the world, and would only come out of his dimension if the Legendaries really needed him.
However, though they all were afflicted by the ever-increasing evil, Mew was hit the hardest. As the world grew more wicked, she became ill, unable to properly do her duties as guardian of the Tree of Beginning, and couldn't keep her home, the Amazon, from being further destroyed. Her powers started to weaken, and her optimistic nature slowly diminished. There were days she became unwilling to eat, and already tiny as she is, Mew lost weight. A few times she had mentioned she was developing suicidal thoughts from the stress she was receiving, but thankfully never acted upon it when her friends came to check up on her daily. Even so, when he last saw her months ago, she didn't look herself. Her sapphire eyes used to sparkle day and night from her pure soul, but now she had shown her experience at last, and her innocent spirit had been broken. The poor thing was all that was left of the sweet creature he once knew.
Ho-oh came to the conclusion years ago the world was destroying not just itself, but its guardians as well. Cause and effect proved everything that happened to the inhabitants affected them, and vice versa. Carelessness on their end and rebellion from the past generations brought it into further fruition.
He let out a slow sigh, bowing his head and turning to the quivering beast before him. "I believe this calls for a conference," he confirmed. "Gather the Legendaries you can find, while I search for my share. We will be meeting at Mirage Island to discuss the issue."
Suicune snorted in agreement, snapping her head to the side. "Right away, sir," she barked before she kicked off, disappearing swiftly over the horizon. The Sky Guardian spread out his wings moments later, and took off as well, heading for the clouds to conceal himself from human eyes.
It had been decades since many of the Legendaries last saw each other, and thus the gathering felt more like a memorial than a conference. Old friends worriedly examined each other, taking in the shell of what was once their glorified selves. Life-time rivals only stared pitifully one to another at what remained of their strength and boisterous powers. Siblings huddled together as though trying to hold themselves up higher for a little longer, leaning on each other for support or comfort. No one spoke nor sent telepathic messages across the field, instead they sat deathly silent in their assigned places as they waited for the meeting to begin.
Ho-oh stood at the forest's outer edge, watching the skies and the surrounding land. There were a few still unaccounted for, but they were coming. Even without being told details of its urgency, none of them would dare ditch a gathering important as this. Had it been a casual assembly, he would not have bothered taking the time to usher them into the clearing, and there would be plenty of empty seats sticking out from the crowd.
A small pinpoint of light caught his eye, and the phoenix glanced over to see the three shapes of the Lake Trio taking form. They were holding hands, Mesprit in the middle with her brothers on either side. None of them were elegant in their movements like he usually saw them, their twin tails hanging limply from their bodies and the gems only giving meek glimmers from their depths. Both of them looked upon Ho-oh rather somberly (though Uxie had his head down as though deep in thought or silent prayer), bags visible under their golden optics.
He gave a respectful nod. "Azelf. Mesprit. Uxie," he greeted them individually.
"Ho-oh," they said in unison, voices tired and grim.
"How are the lakes?"
Each took turns looking at one to another, and the eldest, Azelf, replied meekly, "To be honest, we don't know. We haven't left each other's company for quite some time."
"Fifteen years and seven months," Uxie muttered, head still dropped. One of his tails weakly flicked.
The phoenix frowned, but remained silent as he gestured to the clearing with a wing. The Lake Trio each bowed their heads and flew for their seats, still hand-in-hand. The moment they disappeared from view, he felt a familiar presence beside him. Without craning for a glimpse, he quietly responded, "So. You decided to show up after all." A quick pause, and he added, "Was Mew easy to coax into coming?"
"That is not my place to explain," was the solemn answer, the voice rich and strong like how Ho-oh remembered it.
Finally turning his head, the bird acknowledged the beings at his side. He had not seen the feline in years, but nothing was really out of the ordinary in his appearance. Mewtwo still stood proud in place, tail curled behind him in tranquility. His bony arms remained at his sides, hands clenched in loose fists. The color was still visible even in the face, showing he was taking care of himself. Briefly meeting his gaze, Ho-oh wasn't surprised his eyes were hard and vibrant with knowledge as ever, though the stare was calm with decades of peace he had managed to find.
Levitating close-by was his counterpart, tiny in contrast to her clone. She refused to look up at either of the two, preferring to keep her eyes on the ground. She had no shame, but her broken spirit caused her to retreat into her mind, forcing her to blank out and barricade herself from the world. By the looks of how attenuated she became and the wavering of her levitation, Mew still wasn't eating; how long ago she last ate, he couldn't tell. From what he knew about her physique and metabolism, she should be unable to hold herself up.
As though he had read his mind, Mewtwo serenely expressed, "When I went to fetch her, she had grown too weak to transport herself. She was lying in the Tree, awaiting death I assume."
A faint, rather protesting whimper came from the mentioned Legendary at the comment, though they could see in her pale eyes she wasn't subconsciously present. It was believed among the Legendaries that when Mew withdrew into her mind, she tuned out her surroundings. There was a chance she didn't hear a word.
Giving a slow, rather cross sigh, Ho-oh tilted his head to the trees. "Since you're here, we can get started."
With a slow nod, the bipedal feline crossed into the thick wood, telepathically tugging Mew behind him. The once-grand phoenix deplorably watched the small cat bob in place, taking note of her limp tail skimming the grass as he followed the pair. It was a straight, short path to the clearing, into the dim sunlight and amidst the eyes of the Legends. Many of their gazes were on the frail Mew, saddened and fearful. A few were amazed at how she still managed to make it to the conference in such a state. Others pointed at Mewtwo in the meantime, noticing his own health with hint of suspicion. It was silent except for the quiet sobs of Latias, crimson and pearl down worn almost to uselessness, and amber eyes lacking the light of her carefree soul.
Mewtwo disregarded their stares as he led the tiny Legendary along, pausing at the smooth, even stones that were their proper seats, and propped her down. He continued to mentally hold her in place even after he sat down, but allowed her to slack slightly. She never bothered to take heed if at all, eyes distant and glazed over. Her surrounding peers took a long, worrying look before turning to the larger rock in the middle. It was Ho-oh's self-proclaimed seat, though as time went by he had allowed others to take his place when it came to announcements, attendance, or temporary leadership if he was unable to make it (which was rare in itself). Today, he allowed the counsel be led by Shaymin and instead filled her seat at the other end.
The little terrier was already in her place, choosing to take on her Sky Forme, as her Land Forme was too squeaky and quiet. Having once stood tall and proud, Shaymin's petal scarf had wilted into an unhealthy brown, the edges frayed. Her fur was matted and dusty, with her ears drooping past her chin. Ho-oh heard a quiet buzz through the attendees, but chose to ignore them as he nodded to her.
Casting her eyes about mournfully at what remained of the mighty Legendaries, she began in a hard voice: "Brethren and sisters, we have been called together because the unthinkable has happened. It's been rumored, if not yet declared, that we are to be in a world war. This morning, at approximately oh-five hundred hours, the beloved region of Sinnoh had been mercilessly bombed by Orre." A few gasped murmurs from those who hadn't heard the terrible news livened in small groups. Others bowed their heads in silent respect. Shaymin continued, "The damage done is monstrous and heart-breaking. It is believed thousands, perhaps millions of humans and Pokémon have lost their lives in this attack. Thanks to a scoping of the area by Rayquaza and Giratina, we have assembled the damage reports."
The gathering held their breaths as Shaymin closed her eyes in thought. She gave the account slowly and solemnly. "Judging by radiation percentage collected, the first of Orre's aircrafts flew over the south-western portion of Sinnoh. There were no major cities in that area, but they dropped one of their bombs either intentionally or through some freak accident. Believed to be the largest of the bombs, it landed on Twinleaf Town, destroying the entire community and its surrounding areas as follows: Sandgem Town; Jubilife City; a portion of Canalave City at the south-east section; Lake Verity."
At the mention of the last location, Mesprit hung her head, covering her face with a hand. Her brothers each put a comforting arm around her shaking shoulders. A few others who knew of her home in the lake glanced over at the shivering fairy in empathy. Shaymin stole such a gaze in her direction before resuming. "The next two bombs were dropped around the same time, estimated at about five minutes after the first destruction. One landed into the heart of Eterna City, the other just at the outskirts of Hearthome City. The shock waves expanded to Mount Coronet where it has suffered major rock slides, cutting its elevation to half what it used to be. The Distortion World has some damage done to it, though thankfully Giratina wasn't harmed."
The said Legendary scoffed, the battered scarlet-spiked wings folding behind him. "Those bastards will pay for what they did," he grumbled, voice echoing hauntingly into the distance, crimson eyes glaring in the hazy sunlight. "It's virtually impossible to make it irreversible."
"And we're awfully sorry for what has happened," the Gratitude Legendary acknowledged, bowing her head slightly.
"Damn right you are," he snorted. "I haven't had anything happen there for centuries, not since Team Galactic dispersed and disappeared off the face of the earth. Serves them right for messing around with me. Bastards had it coming..." Heatran, who happened to be seated closest to Giratina, scooted a little ways toward Palkia, who in turn shot a skeptical but wary look toward the dragon. Others shuddered from the menacing airy tone, not wanting to hear any further details.
Shaymin cleared her throat. "The last bomb detonated between Sunyshore City and the Sinnoh Pokémon League, completely destroying the Victory Road and the two landmarks. The Elite Four, the Champion, and anyone else there at the time were killed when the building crushed them when it fell. It's been noted that this is one of the reasons why Sinnoh is gearing towards war."
"Wha-ah-oh, wait-wait-wait, hold the phone," Deoxys sputtered out, waving his hands around for attention. "You're saying the whole world is going to war just because some important figureheads of Sinnoh, or more precisely the 'Elite Four', were killed as a result of the bombings?"
"You can say that, Deoxys, even though I said it's Sinnoh's reason."
He dryly laughed for a few seconds, shaking his head. "Wow. I mean, just... wow. This is ridiculous." Another laugh, forcing him to barrel forward and slap a palm on his knee. "These—these humans and their political agendas! They would rather go to war over four people than a whole nation?"
"Deoxys, people and Pokémon died because of this!" Cresselia blurted out, feeling ready to go into hysterics. The crescents on her back gave a weak glimmer in the light as she leaned past a startled Darkrai for a better look. "This is why they're going to war! It's a catastrophe!"
"Oh, come on! If we were to be bombed right now and only a few of us died, would the world go into a world war just because of that?"
"Oh, most definitely! We're important! So why not?"
"Black market importance," the alien smugly remarked, more to himself than out loud.
The moon swan took offense, gritting her teeth and shooting back, "Well, what makes you special, then? You haven't done your so-called duties since you came here!"
"Says the broad who hasn't left her island in decades."
"That's different!"
"You know, Cresselia, he does have a point," Darkrai mentioned sheepishly, pushing her back for room and to end the increasing argument.
She bucked him away. "You stay out of this!"
"Oy, let the phantom speak," Deoxys came to his defense. "What makes you think you can silence him?"
"This is between you and me! Don't you dare bring Darkrai into this! Now answer my question! Why are you special?!"
"Same reason you are, toots," he cheekily said.
Shaymin immediately piped up, standing straight and preparing herself to launch forward. "Cresselia, Deoxys, please! Can't this wait until after the meeting? We still have important business to discuss!"
"And part of that business is to assign this space freak a different position!"
There was a small chorus of "ooh"s from a few males who took interest in the quarreling. Rayquaza thumped the ground in appeal with his tail, giving off a roar of encouragement. Even though he and Deoxys made up their dislike for each other centuries ago, the two still carried a rivalry that would temporarily flare up over carping ridicules or gestures deemed offensive. One would swear they were itching for a fight, whether with each other or not. Cresselia was doing his dirty work for him picking a fight with Deoxys.
The reproached Legendary glared icily at the female, one of his arms morphing into his dual-colored flagellates. "You dare say that again, Cress?" he darkly challenged.
Craning her neck, she replied smoothly, "I'd say more, but I am a lady."
"Don't give me that bullshit of an excuse. What are you, Victorian?"
"And what are you? Final Frontier?"
"You two, enough!" Shaymin shouted, spreading her large ears to levitate. "This nonsense has gone too far!"
"You have a lot of nerve challenging me," Deoxys continued, ignoring the increasing hoots and warnings to continue the transformation into his Attack Mode. His arms finished their formation into whips just as his body structure slimmed, his head beginning to protrude horns.
"'Woman hath fury' mean anything to you?" she spat, eyes glowing a pale pink.
In an effort to try lessening the tension, though more out of an impulse, Darkrai seized one of the swan's thin wings and yanked her to the ground, holding her there with a clawed hand. She gave a shout of surprise, struggling under his grip to break free and lunge for the alien. Her psychic energy she emitted in her anger was repelled by his Dark-type aura, even countering it so she zapped herself.
"RELEASE ME, DARKRAI!" she screamed out a demand as her eyes blazed a hot pink. "LET ME RIP THAT ALIEN SCUM TO BITS!"
"Cresselia, what has gotten into you?" he asked through his astonishment as he pushed her back down. "Why are you letting him get to you like this?"
"DARKRAI, I MEAN IT! LET ME TAKE ON THAT SON OF A BI—" Cresselia's voice abruptly gave way, leaving her to gape dumbly up at her phantom friend, eyes dimming to their normal state. Deoxys stared down at her in confusion over her sudden silence. The crowd's buzz of excitement died down to crane in for a look. Shaymin was flabbergasted, descending back onto her rock and letting her ears drop. No one dared speak out for a few moments in fear it would trigger her anger and cause her to lash out again. It was only when she murmured an "Oh, my" did the first Legendary risk letting out a breath he held. She spoke once more. "Oh, my... I almost... what in the world did I...? I took it too far?"
"False alarm," Lugia sighed in relief, sitting back in place. He shook his head slowly, raising a wing to pinch his brows. "Dear Arceus, what has gotten into me? Cheering on for a fight..."
Darkrai backed away to allow Cresselia to rise, avoiding her gaze by hanging his head and crossing his arms. When she looked at Deoxys, he had already commutated to his normal form, returning to his seat without another word. Frowning, the swan sadly glanced around at her peers, apologetic in her movements as she took her place next to her counterpart.
Shooting the terrier a look, Ho-oh waited for the Legendaries to recede from their stirred state before rising. He calmly walked to the middle, pausing at the front of the rock and facing the others. The uncomfortable silence hung in the atmosphere, all eyes on the phoenix before them. Lifting his head to stand as boldly as possible, he fanned a wing in the disturbed female's direction.
"What we have witnessed here, brethren and sisters, is a sign of the world's impact on our part," he announced. "One of our most gentle members has begun to release the beast that threatens to consume us all. The world's demons are upon us, but it's up to the individual to allow them to possess or to continue battling until the end. It's fortunate on Cresselia's part that she is surrounded by friends at this time, but what if no one was around her? What then?
"Legendaries, this is a dangerous time to be cocky. We cannot afford to fight with one another. Your idiotic rivalries have to end now like they should have centuries ago." He noticed Groudon and Kyogre side-glancing at each other from where they stood (or in the whale's case, half-submerged in the lake that rested off a ways). "As of today, no one is allowed to return home without being accompanied, if you haven't been already. Siblings shall share the same resting place. Friends shall be neighbors. Rivals shall be friends. Make up your differences and find other ways to get along. While the whole world may be going to war, we must not be part of that war. As protectors of this world, we must be the example." With a curt nod, Ho-oh briskly walked back to his seat, giving Shaymin back the floor.
She backed up his command by exclaiming, "Hear, hear! All those in favor say 'aye'!"
Taken aback by the phoenix's short speech, none of the Legendaries could find their voice to ratify. They instead raised a hand or showed signs of approval by a simple special attack released into the sky. Even though all was accounted for, Shaymin still asked, "Are there any opposed?" When none came, she nodded and said, "May Arceus have mercy on us all."
There came a cry of "Amen!" from the middle, recognized as Jirachi's energetic tone. A few of his surrounding peers gaped at his random reaction, knowing he hadn't spoken a word in years, though Latias cried out happily and gave him a hug (he was quickly rescued by Latios).
The terrier smiled. "Amen indeed. Since I trust each one of us knows who to pair up with without any arguing, we'll go to our next topic of interest. I have been receiving reports of unusual weather abnormalities across the globe, mainly in the seas. There have been more casualties at sea in the past few decades than the entire century. Kyogre, Lugia, you two are more capable of causing these storms than anyone else. Do you two have any explanation as to why this is occurring?"
"No, ma'am," Kyogre called out after raising his head from the water, a tired Manaphy resting on top. "I haven't left the ocean trenches in years." The Seafaring Legendary shook his head in agreement.
"Yeah, same here. I've really just come out of the water for the meeting," the water dragon admitted, shrugging. "And besides, even if we were responsible for this, it wouldn't be this dangerous, or widespread for that matter."
Shaymin chewed on her bottom lip, scrunching her face in a thoughtful expression. "Strange. You two aren't the type to go around drowning people or creating these powerful storms just for the heck of it, after all. Well, could this be the same reason we're also having frequent powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in one region after another? Groudon? Entei? Heatran? You three have similar explanations?"
All three nodded and shrugged. Heatran was the one who spoke up about it. "Honestly, Shaymin, I don't think any one of us Legendaries have any control over these natural disasters."
"Besides," Entei piped up, "Suicune here can tell you the time I got sick and couldn't roar properly for the life of me even though a few volcanoes have erupted during that season."
She groaned, putting a paw on her snout in embarrassment. "Arceus, Entei, not that story again," she huffed.
Raikou snickered beside her. "Com'mon, sis! You tell it better than I do, and it's funny when you say it, only because you were stuck with him the whole season."
"Don't push it."
"Well, let us first finish the meeting," Shaymin suggested quickly. "And Heatran, you are making a good point there. We all, more or less, deal with our surrounding environments with that elemental power, but I can truthfully say we don't always command that power. Ever since the world breathed life, these things have always happened, with or without us. But everyone's growing concerned about this and are wanting some answers. I'm not saying they're all pointing fingers at us, but since their belief is that we are the ones that can command similar destruction, they may think we have something to do with this. In my opinion, I think the world's tilting slightly more on its axis due to gravitational pull by the sun, but that's debatable." She cast her eyes about in the crowd waiting for any loose comments before continuing on. "All right, Celebi? What's the report about the earth's vegetation? Have any more forests disappeared?"
The addressed Legendary lifted himself into the air, bowing in place. Ho-oh and others took notice of his pale-brown skin, his antennae and the extension of his head wilting. "They are still flourishing and blooming healthily. However, Ilex Forest is scheduled to be uprooted for development."
Gasps and murmurs hummed for a few minutes before the lead speaker said her part. "Since when? I thought Azalea Town was against this?"
Celebi sadly dropped his eyes. "They reportedly signed the contract last Saturday when the last protector died. His son—that city bastard—immediately called the developers and had a meeting that very day to sign the papers. No one has come forward to defend the forest, if any of them care. The bulldozers will start mowing through sometime this month before the foundation can be built." Without another word, he sat down, clenching his fists in silence.
"Thank you, Celebi. Our hearts go out to you and the inhabitants." She bowed her head in a moment of silence before lifting her gaze to her right. "Well," she sighed, "as this is a concern among the majority of us, we would like to hear the progress on Mew. How is she doing?"
Everyone's eyes and heads moved for the direction of the feline in question. Mewtwo shifted under the gazes of the Legendaries, not that they were concentrating on him, but more from the fact he had to answer Shaymin's question. He brought himself to stand up, locking eyes with her. "As you may have noticed, or not," he referred to the audience, "Mew is incapable of independently sitting upright. For those who are unable to tell the difference, allow me to demonstrate."
His mind immediately released its telepathic hold on her. From beside him, a small "thump" sounded seconds afterward along with light, horrified gasps when Mew dropped forward to the grass below. "OH, DEAR ARCEUS, SHE'S DEAD!" was the scream of Latias, who left her seat to the aid of her friend. Latios immediately followed, grabbing his sister before she reached the fallen Legendary.
"Leave her be," Mewtwo cautioned, turning his head to meet the frightened wide-eyed stare of the small female. She backed away into her brother, covering her mouth to quiet her sobs as her eyes fell on the motionless body of her friend. Mew laid there with no recognition of her fall, the only sign of life being her slow breathing. His vision returning to an awed Shaymin, he psychically raised his counterpart back to her seat, the scene making it seem like she was a limp doll being placed on a shelf, her head still hung and slacking. "She has been unresponsive for quite some time," he stated, ignoring their terrified stares. "It is as if she has lost her will to live. I found her like this slowly withering away in the heart of the Tree of Beginning. She has withdrawn enough to not take heed of her surroundings. I doubt Mew knows about us, let alone her location."
"Is she eating?" came the next concern.
"It is apparent she has not had proper nutrients in some time. My estimate is two months."
"It could be longer than that," Ho-oh pointed out. "I last saw her about five months ago. She didn't eat then."
"She wouldn't eat when I checked up on her several months ago," Celebi countered, folding his arms. "Anyone else visit her around that time?"
Latias slowly raised a shaky hand. "I-I, uh... saw her... It was her birthday... she had nothing."
Mewtwo shook his head, growing skeptical. "This is improbable. Even as a Legendary, she should not be alive unless her metabolism is lower than that of a Slakoth's."
"That's not the case, right?" Shaymin asked.
There fell an eerie silence in the clearing as the Legendaries continued to stare unblinkingly at Mew. Each of them recited a prayer in their hearts, growing teary-eyed as the reality of their fallen comrade became more prominent. They began to see more clearly the bone structure against the unkempt fur, at how lifeless her tail appeared. None of them wished to see what her eyes truly looked like, wanting to keep the memory of them and the reputation of Mew pure. Latias found her way back to her seat by Latios, grasping his hand tightly and averting her gaze to the grass.
Sighing, the Sky Warrior nodded toward the clone. "Thank you, Mewtwo." After he sat back down, she added, "Are there any other concerns or reports we should know about before we adjourn?"
There was another silent moment before Rayquaza cleared his throat in the back. "Um... do I really have to go back to the ozone layer?" he wondered, fiddling his claws. "I'm not too sure how many of you know this, but there's too much crap up there, and it hasn't been thinning out. As much as I like the view of the earth and space and all that, I can't stand seeing this hunk of tin cross my vision or bump into me every few minutes. I may have been taking out my anger on them and trying to clear my home out, but either they just keep sending more or it's only getting worse."
"Or it could be just you," Deoxys muttered to himself, rolling his eyes. Darkrai instinctively grasped onto Cresselia in the chance she would snap again. She just gave him a concerned look and gently pulled away.
Shaymin wasn't aware of it. "We figured you were the cause of all the satellites burning through the atmosphere, but we can honestly say we had no clue you were very uncomfortable up there. You should've said something earlier."
"Well, gee, I never get around to it," he grumbled. "It's really only once in a blue moon or two that I come down here anyway. Dorkxys is really the only one I ever talk to, I figured he would've told someone by now." The addressed Legendary turned to glare at the use of his insulting nickname, but Rayquaza either ignored it or was unmindful at the moment.
"Well, you're welcome to return to Sky Tower at any time," the terrier said, gesturing in the direction the building was located. "It hasn't been visited or destroyed by a human in centuries. It's still high up enough you won't be spotted, but low enough it's comfortable living. Unless you prefer another place?"
"Sky Tower will be all right. I miss that hunk of junk anyway."
She smiled. "Perfect. Anything else?" She waited for an outburst of any kind before her ears straightened out. "All right, then. The meeting will be adjourned indefinitely. If something comes up, Ho-oh or I will call for another conference. In the meantime, brethren and sisters, let's keep our thoughts and prayers on the future of the world. May Arceus redeem us from our solemn hour." She gave a bow, a gesture the others returned out of respect. "Dismissed."
"No one leaves without a partner!" Ho-oh called out, waving a wing before the first Legendary stood up. "If there's one short, Shaymin and I will take on that role."
Slowly but surely, the guardians rose from their seats and asked a close friend or even the one next to them if they could follow them home. Those who were asked gave the blessed permission, though most secretly wished someone else came up to them instead. Jirachi, as much as he wanted to go with the Lake Trio, was asked by Latias (more like pleaded with anyway) to live with her and Latios. Not one to say no, he surrendered and allowed the female dragon to hug him ecstatically.
After watching the three leave, once the Wish Maker was again rescued, Entei suddenly turned to Suicune before she could rise. "Sis, I don't wanna go with Ho-oh. Can I come with you?"
She groaned, throwing her head back. "Oh, for heaven's sake, Entei." A heaving sigh, and she gave in, "Fine. But I don't want this turning into another care-taker season, okay?"
"Oh, yeah, you have to tell everyone about the time when I was sick!" he blurted out a little too loudly, bouncing in place.
Suicune cringed when a few heads turned in her direction. Deoxys had grown interested. "What happened there?" he smirked, folding his arms.
"Do I really have to?" she growled. "I've been trying to forget it ever happened."
"Okay, okay, it goes like this!" Raikou butted in, grinning brightly much to her chagrin. "So, Entei caught this really bad cough that turned out to be pneumonia or laryngitis, we really don't know, so every time he talked or roared—tried to anyway—he'd croak. But after each croak, he'd squeak and spit fire in whatever direction he was facing. Well, Suicune here loves hanging out in forests, and so she had caught the attention of many people all because of these little brushfires she had to douse out. But there was the one time Entei squeaked while they were at a lake she was purifying."
By this time, a small crowd had gathered around, blocking off any escape Suicune had planned on making. She tried to hide her face in her mane, darkly murmuring to herself for the purpose of drowning out her brother's voice. He obliviously continued his gushing. "As it turns out, while Suicune is purifying water, there's this rather temporary flammable chemical secreted from her paws that is released into the water to help clean it. So when Entei spat fire at the lake, half the surface went up in flames!" He paused while a wave of whooping went through a majority of the spectators, grinning excitedly. "Oh, my Arceus, you wouldn't believe how many burn patients had to be treated that day! Even the Nurse Joy there couldn't believe it when all these fish Pokémon were rushed into the emergency room by a small group of campers who just so happened to be there and saw the whole thing happen! She was all 'OMIGAWD' and, according to reports, actually fainted at the amount of her many patients. They had to call in another Nurse Joy to complete the task!"
The listeners roared at the imagery, a couple buckling over. Azelf, while a smile was on his face, was focused more on the muttering Suicune. "But wait, isn't this more embarrassing for Entei?" he pointed out. "I mean, he caught the lake on fire."
"But Suicune was the one cleaning it! What makes it funnier was that because the campers were too stupid to get a good look, the police classified it as arson. To this day, the 'culprits' have yet to be caught!"
Darkrai surprisingly gave Entei a slap on the back, laughing heartily. "You, sir, need to get sick more often. I'd do anything to see that happen. Hey," and he snapped his fingers before pointing, "you think she still gets nightmares?"
"Entei, Raikou, we're going," she barked in interference, glaring at the phantom and a still guffawing Deoxys. "I was supposed to be purifying a lake today upon Celebi's request. We'll be lucky to get there in time to at least clean half of the lake if the human children haven't arrived there yet."
"Hey, I'm tagging along!" the alien called out, reaching out a hand while bending in half to catch his breath. "A-Any chance of a cold today, Entei?"
He shrugged. "Maybe." He was whacked in the head by his sister before she disappeared in a blur. "D'oh, wait, Suicune! We don't know where the lake is!" Entei lifted an apologetic paw in farewell to the others before bumping Raikou's shoulder to urge him on. After the electric tiger nodded at the crowd, he and his brother followed suit, the bushes and tall grass rustling in passing.
Deoxys snapped his fingers in frustration. "Damn! Where's Celebi, I'll be needing that lake's location."
The Time Travel Legendary rolled his eyes from where he levitated, shaking his head. "Whatever, Deoxys. It's really once in a blue moon that Entei gets sick. Besides, the closest to seeing lakes catch on fire is whenever Groudon sneezes. Once you've seen that, you've seen it all."
With a pout, the disappointed extraterrestrial left, shooting off in Rayquaza's direction. Celebi chose to team up with the Lake Trio siblings, who accepted him into their group before they teleported away. Many others left with their own siblings, or went ahead to go with their rivals like Ho-oh had suggested. He and Shaymin remained on Mirage Island until only Mewtwo and Mew were left. The clone had remained in place to watch the others depart, waiting for someone to take Mew with them. Many of the Legendaries clearly wanted to bring her along, but they instead gave pitying looks, and a few shed silent tears. Inwardly, he groaned: he was stuck with her until the next meeting. The two may have gotten along over the years, even going as far as to say they were friends, but Mewtwo didn't want to have anything to do with her at this point in time.
Ho-oh, of course, wasn't going to let it pass. "Mewtwo, you know you're not allowed to be dismissed until you're paired up."
"I am very aware of that," he said, a hint of a snappy tone in his voice.
The phoenix frowned. "You don't have to be with Mew if you aren't comfortable having her be a roommate, you might say."
Mewtwo leered up at him. "I am not a child. Why are you speaking to me as such?"
He spread out his wings as a shrug. "I'm just saying, Mewtwo, one of us can take care of her, but you'll have to leave with the other. This isn't a time to brood over differences. As we speak, the world's teetering on the decision of a world war, with us possibly being dragged into it. We cannot afford to continue fighting with one another if it means becoming like them."
Shaymin stepped forward, laying a paw on Mew's knee. "I can take her," she volunteered. "I have some herbs that can heal her. She'll be up within a few—"
"Then I will take her with me." The clone sharply stood up before the two, locking eyes with the Sky Guardian before him. "I do not wish to be with either of you. Frankly, I prefer going alone. But if you insist, then I will give in to your demand just this one time. And only this once." His eyes illuminated glaringly to stress his seriousness, though his answer managed to please Ho-oh.
"All right, then," he concluded, straightening up. "I trust she's in good hands?"
Mewtwo glanced down at his languished counterpart. It was a peculiar question, seeing as all these years, Mew was strong enough to be independent and not afraid to be alone. But after watching her fade into the barely conscious being she was now, it was apparent she became incapable of living by herself and still expected to live another night. Judging by her limp, bony features and shallow breathing, she was ready to drop dead at any given moment. The thought of healing herbs being administered to her in this feeble state was fatally sound. With nothing in her stomach for months (unless they weren't consumable, though most herbs were), the shock of medicine filling her up was more likely to kill her than heal.
Wrapping his tail around her to pull her closer, Mewtwo turned his attention back to the phoenix. "She will. I will make sure of it."
Ho-oh bowed his head, making the feline blink. "Thank you, Mewtwo. This is an important task, I hope you realize."
Still taken aback about the formal gesture, his response took a few seconds for Mewtwo to register and then answer. "Somewhat. I am familiar about her role in this world mainly through facts and legend."
Ears spreading out, Shaymin herself bowed in place, kneeling at his feet. "Then do everything in your power to make sure she becomes well again. We're entrusting you with this great task."
Shifting his weight, Mewtwo scooped up Mew with an arm. She peacefully laid inert against his chest, eyes closed. The three looked upon her as if she had passed into the next life, a fact that would have been true had she not taken an irregular, deep breath. To their relief, it wasn't her last.
Ho-oh averted his eyes from the fallen Legendary, casting them to the sky. "We still have time. Let us depart until needed." He paused to let out a quiet sigh. "Please, Mewtwo, do your very best to bring Mew back. We cannot lose her, not at this present time."
"I promise you it shall be done."
When the great phoenix craned his neck to look back, Mewtwo had already departed where he stood, Mew gone with him. Shaymin backed up, eyes threatening to brim with tears, head bent in a silent prayer. Sighing once more, he raised his vision back to the heavens.
"May Arceus be with us all."


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Sometimes food items dedicated to famous people do not adequately consider the source material. Why, we aren't even sure Jerry Garcia enjoyed cherry ice cream. This Beyoncé-themed sandwich, however, is the exact opposite. It has so much Beyoncé fan service that Jay Z is liable to accidentally crawl in bed with it after a long day of big pimpin'.
The sandwich was designed by the folks over at HooplaHa and it is a doozy. The whole thing starts with two slabs of Texas toast, which is topped with fried chicken (her favorite food.) Then comes "Destiny's Child bacon" and, of course, jelly. What's a fried chicken sandwich without jelly? Also, in case you were wondering, they do like it and they do put a ring on it. The sandwich is topped with an onion ring.
Check the video to learn how to make your very own Beyoncé sandwich. Just try not to eat it every single day. It doesn't sound too healthy.


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Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday expressed his displeasure at the recent outburst of Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu against the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance government in the state.
Badal, while interacting with media in Khadoor Sahib town of Tarn Taran district, 270 km from here, said that he was "very much peeved" by the recent outburst by the Amritsar Lok Sabha MP.
Former cricketer Sidhu has been the BJP MP from Amritsar since 2004.
Badal said that Sidhu used to shower praises on the alliance government after his election as MP.
"The outburst by the MP was a wrong decision and even his parent party, the BJP, has failed to understand that what has happened to Mr. Sidhu all of a sudden," Badal said.
However, Badal said that Sidhu's outbursts would not at all affect the prospects of Akali Dal-BJP alliance in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
Sidhu, who remained absent from his constituency for nearly eight months, returned to Amritsar last week. He lashed out at the Badal government for not doing enough for the development of Amritsar despite it being a Sikh holy city.


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More than Half of Galveston Bay Boat Ramps Now Accessible
DICKINSON, Texas — For those anglers who have found a way onto Galveston Bay since Hurricane Ike passed through nearly a month ago, fishing reportedly has been better than average.
"Our gill nets are still producing good catches of spotted seatrout and red drum, and the birds are working the bait schools in the bay," said Bill Balboa, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Galveston Bay ecosystem leader. "So fishing under the birds should be productive, too."
The question is: how to get a boat on the water?
High winds, a powerful storm surge and tons of debris damaged or blocked almost all of the boat ramps around the Galveston Bay system in the days immediately following Hurricane Ike. Now, slightly more than half of those launch points are back in some semblance of working order.
"Approximately 67 of the 127 sites we have been regularly surveying are now accessible," Balboa said. "Some sites — especially bait camps — may take months to repair, and even for the sites we have listed as open, we recommend that anglers check with ramp owners and operators and exercise caution when launching, running the bay and fishing."
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(This is the fourth of four posts detailing the mods that I have made to my CharGriller Smoker Pro.)
This mod describes using a Stoker (automatic temperature control device, website: http://www.rocksbarbque.com/index.html) configured with two 5 CFM blowers for a single pit.
The Stoker Controller
The controller is the white box beneath the front shelf.
The cables for the fans are grey and run to the right (toward the SFB).
The cables for the food and pit thermocouples run to the left (where they enter the cooker).
The idea of a dual fan in place of a single larger fan is to improve the startup and recovery times of the cooker but without creating a wind tunnel that may push loose ash through the SFB to the food.
This process works with the existing Stoker firmware by setting up two sensor blower relationships.
The primary blower is set to maintain the real target temperature, typically 225F.
The secondary blower which will operate only at start and when the temperature drops well out of normal range. This blower is set to maintain a temperature about 7 degrees less than the primary or about 218F.
Once that temperature is passed on the way up, the secondary blower is idle.
To make this work, John Jackson at Rock's Bar-b-que cut a unique blower adaptor that mounts both fans on the standard stainless steel dog bowl. (Painted black, here).
The Dual Blower Adapter
Configured with two 5 CFM fans and painted black. Installed over the air inlet daisy wheel of the SFB.
The temperature monitoring thermocouples can pass directly through the space between the two halves of the cooker when it is closed. While the gasket material is soft enough that it does not pinch the thermocouple cables badly, in time it might cause problems. I installed a port near the right hinge to allow entry of the thermocouples.
The port is placed at the hinge to minimize the motion of the wires and any bending as the cover is opened and closed, reducing the chance of wire breakage.
Thermocouple Entry Port
The port is an electrical aisle component intended to create a waterproof seal around Romex cable (much larger than thermocouple wire). It does leave enough room to pass the thermocouples through to the inside without creating a large heat leak.
Ideally, one would manage both fans from a single sensor. However, the Stoker software assumes a one to one relationship between sensors and fans. For this reason, two thermocouples are required to manage the two fans, but they must be close together so they can work in tandem properly.
Test Burn Thermocouple Configuration
Immediately in front of the aluminum pan (used as a water filled dummy load) are the two pit sensing thermocouples.
To the left and right are two other thermocouples that are being used to evaluate the consistency of temperature across the grill. With an inverted charcoal grill beneath them, these sensors at each end show higher temperatures than in the middle by as much as twenty degrees. When the cooker is level adjusted properly, they are nearly identical, left to right.
One more theremocouple is in use in this system (for testing purposes). It is located in a gap of the insulation of the SFB of the CG. It measures something like the outside surface temperature of the SFB. I place a scrap of insulating material over it to get the best results.
The 'Ambient' Thermocouple
This thermocouple is named 'Ambient' in the Stoker configuration.
The Stoker supports network access to its measurements and a third-party program called Stokerlog records them and displays them graphically. (it also performs other services).
The Primary Stokerlog Graph of an 11+ Hour Test Burn
The 'Ambient' thermocouple is the one that registers over 700F during the initial warm-up of the cooker.
The vertical marks at the bottom of the graph indicate when the fan is on or off. The dark areas are really times when the fan is going on then off (normal operation).
The red line in the graph indicates the pit temperature measured by the thermocouple controlling the fan.
The Secondary Stokerlog Graph of the Same Test Burn
Stokerlog assumes that the second sensor and blower are on another pit and creates a separate graph.
Like the primary graph, the blower on-off time is at the bottom of the graph. It shows that it operated only during startup and when the remaining fuel was gettiing too low for one fan to maintain the heat (about 11 hours later).
The outside temperature was a consistent 49F during the entire period. However, a number of wind bands came through during it. These correspond to the spikes in the SFB temperature (labeled ambient) and the blue areas the represent fan activity.
In addition, rain began to fall (about 5AM) some of which, with the help of the wind, found its way to the smoker surface.
These two factors mean that in more typical California weather, the burn time could be much longer.
Despite the variability of the elements, the Stoker maintained temperature in a good BBQ range for more than 11 hours. The second fan performed its function at startup and at the end.
Previous tests indicate that the recovery time (when fuel is available) from opening the cover to return to normal temperature is less than 5 minutes. So you can do a little lookin' without hurtin' your cookin'.
(It should be noted, that long burn times don't happen with just the Stoker. Building a larger basket, insulating the smoker and other tweaks are necessary to retrofit a factory CG to burn for a long time.)


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AN application to build a petrol station, restaurant and 50-room hotel beside York's ring road looks likely to to be refused.
The plans for land next to Hopgrove roundabout have been recommended for refusal in a City of York Council report, because it is "inappropriate" within the green belt and could exacerbate the flood risk.
Furthermore, not enough has been done to show how developers will protect water voles, a protected species living in the area, the report notes. The matter will be considered by the council planning committee on Thursday.
Erik Matthews, development management officer and author of the report, said: "The proposal fails to acknowledge and address the green belt location of the site and the fact that it is inappropriate development, the significant adverse impact of the development upon the residential amenity of neighbouring properties, the potential impact of the development upon the habitat of the water vole, a protected species, or the impact of the development upon the level of flood risk to properties in the vicinity.
"The development is considered to be unacceptable and it is recommended planning permission be refused."
Enita Europe Limited has applied to build a petrol filling station, restaurant and "50-bedroom lodge accommodation" with associated access, car parking and landscaping.
Concerns have also been raised by the council's Environmental Protection Unit, Huntington Parish Council, The Foss Internal Drainage Board and a local resident's action group living on land next to the development.
The National Planning Policy Framework states that inappropriate development within the Green Belt should not be approved except in "very special circumstances". No case for special circumstances has been made.


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A black belt kickboxing couple have started a new venture after a much-loved martial arts club in Wimbledon closed last week.
Wendy Wilshere, the owner of the British Martial Arts and Kickboxing Academies (BMAKA) is going to concentrate on martial arts training full time in China before travelling around the world.
Instructor Didi Ferguson will run a new club at the Wimbledon Park Pavilion with partner and award-winning kickboxer Rodney James, a Grand Champion after his first year competing in kickboxing.
Wimbledon Kickboxing and Boxing Club will open on Monday, September 8, taking over from BMAKA, which closed its doors for the last time on Thursday.
The couple have been forced to increase the cost of each class from £6.50 to £7.50 to cover the rising cost of hiring the pavilion based in Wimbledon Park, but aim to keep the classes affordable for members.
Miss Ferguson, of Dundonald Road, said: "The hours we are hiring the pavilion for are less than the previous club but the rent is much more. It seems they had a discounted rate.
"This will affect the club in us having to increase the class fees in order to cover the rent."
In action: Rodney James, left, Jai Ferguson, centre, and Didi Ferguson, right.
They are hoping up to 200 members of the former club, which was running for five years, will transfer to their new one, after owner Miss Wilshere closed the business to concentrate on martial arts training full time.
Miss Ferguson, who is an ABA Boxing Awards tutor, said: "Running the new club ourselves will enable us to broaden the boundaries, introducing various styles of stand-up combat and high-intensity interval training.
"It will allow those who wish to pursue sparring points and those who wish to train for fitness or progress through the belt system to do so.
"We will no longer be teaching children's karate classes, but we will be introducing self defence and focusing on kickboxing to promote self esteem, self confidence, self discipline and respect."
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The couple are donating a percentage of profits from the first week of classes to Cancer Research, after Mr James had a traumatising cancer scare during the setting up of the new club this summer.
Miss Wilshere, who is a fourth Dan black belt in kickboxing and IKSA US Open world champion, will fly to China in September before heading to Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and America.
She said: "It has come as a shock to most people.
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EIA Says Downward Slope for Driving Will Persist
Miles traveled per driver will decline through 2020, agency predicts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Annual miles traveled per licensed driver in the United States will continue to decline for the next several years and may never approach the historic high reached in 2007, according to the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2014.
The report revealed that miles traveled reached a historic high of 12,900 annually in 2007, only to fall to 12,500 in 2012. This number will decline to 12,200 miles in 2020, EIA stated.
The report also predicts that the number of vehicles per licensed driver will decline from 1.12 in 2007 to 1.02 in 2040. In addition, fuel prices are expected to fall from 2012 levels and will not exceed that level again until 2035.
The EIA outlook, however, did have some good news for convenience store retailers. Miles traveled per licensed driver per year is expected to increase to 12,800 by 2040. In addition, the number of licensed drivers is expected to increase 0.8 percent per year from 2012 to 2040. Also, real disposal income is predicted to rise by 55 percent through 2040.
According to the agency, the current and predicted near-term drop in mileage traveled in the U.S. is likely due to a variety of factors, including changes in travel patterns by driver age and gender groups, employment rates, fuel efficiency, personal income and gasoline prices.
"The changes in travel behavior and demographics more than offset the boost to personal travel provided by income growth and lower motor gasoline prices," the EIA stated.


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Mutations on a normal roll is brilliant - so many useful skills. With a single double you can get a claw/mighty blow/horns goblin who is actually scary to play against!
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Div F, Week 1
Da Blu Moonz (Orcs, Dentharial) VS Beauty and the Beast (WElves, Prester John)
So last time we met, it was way back when it was the first season for both of us. Well, I had been around for a few seasons with my High Elves, but I had just rebooted to Orcs. That time, we met in the final week, and the Wood Elf team had taken such a beating that Prester John went into the match already fairly sure that he would be rebooting the team to start with a full roster again. While I don't think I did a significant amount of damage, I did do enough to put the final nail in the coffin.
This time around we got to meet in Week 1, and with some much more developed teams; I was eager to see what a few seasons of experience (for both the players behind the keyboards as well as the ones on the pitch) had taught us. The Welf team had a couple of injuries, so they were taking a Journeyman onto the pitch, while the orc team is at full strength, albeit with a freshly hired Black Orc and only a single sub.
Da Blu Moonz win the toss, and elect to kick. The Beauty and the Beast team have a few high-ish level players, and I'm worried I don't have nearly enough Tackle on the pitch to cope with all their dodge. In fact, I only have a single Tackle Blitzer, with my Tackle lineman sitting on the bench in favour of fielding a full team of positionals.
The kick-off event gives both teams a bribe, which I'm appropriately excited about. On Turn 2, there is a sudden and nasty early dodge failure from one of the Beauties, that leaves a large number of the elves in base contact with orcs. I've been playing against a lot of Skaven teams in the last few seasons, and it's been infuriating how little I've been able to knock them down. Here, I'd marked up the elves pretty well, and the prospect of having the ability to just smack them down fills me with joy.
"IT'S MURDERIN' TIME" I yell happily, before immediately going to work.
My Blitzer blocks one of his star Catchers and...dead. Apothecary manages to improve that to losing a point of movement. Well...I feel a little bad about that, but the timing is also pretty funny, and I'm not expecting to get much more than that.
Block the Wardancer and...KO.
I manage to knock down most of the rest of the team, but Wood Elves being Wood Elves, it's not enough. The Thrower is able to move forward in the next turn and pass the ball up to a catcher, but Prester John is feeling enough pressure that he scores immediately rather than trying to delay.
This leaves me plenty of time to push up the pitch, which I do so while smashing elves down, pushing them off the pitch, and stomping on faces (I only actually did a single foul, and it successfully injured the levelled Wardancer, while also not using my bribe). His other star catcher tried a desperation 3-against block on my ball carrier, which results in an Attacker Down and...death.
By the time I scored at the end of the first half, there were a good 6 players off the pitch, although a couple of those were only KOs.
This was quickly changed in the second half as both KOs woke up, but then were promptly injured off again. By the end of the match, there were 5 injuries, 1 death, and 1 KO.
The end of the match was odd, since somewhere around turn 12, Prester John stopped responding entirely. Afterwards, he explained that his client froze up, and he was left just watching me run across the field, but by the time that had happened, he only had 3 elves (one of which was the Journeyman) and his treeman left on the pitch, so it likely shouldn't have made a difference.
Similarly, as soon as I realised he wasn't responding, I didn't try to foul their faces in despite their not getting off the floor, otherwise that final injury count may have been higher.
Final Score: Da Blu Moonz 2 - 1 Beauty and the Beast
Thanks to Prester John for being a good sport despite the atrocious Nuffling, and for also sticking in the game watching the timer tick away on a frozen client, because he was worried the match might reset and I'd lose all those SPPs and points.
And I may just have to reboot to a softer team soon. As much as there's a certain fun in watching green feet and fists smash things up, I'm also feeling kind of guilty for just destroying every decent level player there with a pretty nasty injury.
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Div J moved on - validated all games with scores in the sheet, too :-)Steam, PSN, Xbox Live: Groovychainsaw. Speak 'RPS' and enter.
Snoozer beat my rats 2-1. Two turns killed off my chances - a blitz on kickoff enabled me to get two gutters marking the KOR dwarf who was under the kick. He fumbled the catch giving my gutters three chances at bouncing the ball but triple 1's left the ball loose. Snoozer picked up the ball with his freak runner and caged up but the cage was separated from his LOS and I saw a chance. The wizard fireballed the cage and failed to take down any of the five targets! I managed to keep pressure on the cage for 6 turns before the runner waddled off and safely out of reach to score on turn 8. Not to worry at least I had my one turning gutter to fall back on. He never even got a chance to show what he can do as the thrower picked up the ball and fumbled the pass.
Second half rats scored in double quick time due to large pressure brought on the sideline cage. The rest of the half was a standard dwarf grind down the pitch punctuated only by the ag5 wrestling gutter taking down the carrier on a 2d against. Ball was easily recovered by freak runner to score on turn 16.
Rats had some obscene armour dice only taking 2 casualties despite most being without block or wrestle and facing a team of mighty blow. Played quite a punchy game too.
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Altdorf Army (Hum, Hutton) 1 - 1 Doomdark's Revenge (Cha, me)
Lord Doomdark and his malevolent horde lurched malevolently onto the field to face the preppie jerks of the Aldorf Army.
Clean shaven, loose limbed, and cheerful enough to sicken you, the elf-wannabies of the AA lined up with four (FOUR) catchers and only two linemen out of fourteen-ish players, lots of dodge, lots of guard, and full of British stiff upper lips. No mighty blow though, as that would have been dashed unsporting. After having a jolly good pray before the match, and a big glass of milk each, the Army captain (some bright-eyed mummy's boy of a thrower) won the toss. "Crumbs!" he said, blushing, "I'd really like to kick off, thanks very much!"
Sniggering and making "wanker" gestures to each other, the surly louts of Lord Doomdark's dishonourable rabble lurched to the centre of the pitch. Looking at the human line of scrimmage the chaos team grinned to each other and started chanting "you're going home in a fucking ambulance!" while the embarrassed humans tried to ignore them and thought about Mummy.
A 360 TV difference had allowed the chaos team to bring along a wizard (I say!) and a tackle mercenary beastman.
Sure enough, straight from the kick off Abandoning Hope (mighty blow/claw beastie) abandoned his claws and booted one of the two human linemen in the groin, forcing him from the field, while Doomdark's Daughter (tentacle minotaur) badly hurt another. The kick was short and wide, but the chaos team threw a screen in front of it while a three-armed beastman grabbed the ball.
Like all boys when confronted with a bully, the Army turned to a Bigger Boy to help them. "Get 'em Tim" they yelled to their ogre. Thinking quickly, one of the beastmen pulled a face at the ogre which so frightened poor Tim that he refused to blitz, indeed, he refused to move for most of the first half.
The chaos team rumbled up the right hand side of the pitch, belting the odd catcher into the crowd and handing the ball off to the Utarg of Utarg (ST5 chaos warrior) in the process. Despite a really good try for the Big School, the Army were unable to stop the unscrupulous scoundrels from scoring on turn 8 to make the score 1-0 to Doomdark's Revenge at half time.
Most of the gallant chaps from Altdorf Army, under the tender care of the Oedipal charms of Matron, recovered for the second half and decided to have a jolly good try to win the game. They pushed their star catcher (MV9, AG4, Sure feet, sprint, block) into the chaos side of the pitch and scored right at the start of the second half.
"Lol!" texted the chaos team to each other via BBM. "We r guna win this init!" A small argument ensued as the chaos players were told to get off facebook and onto the pitch, and pausing only to molest one of the human cheerleaders Lord Doomdark and his rum bunch of no-gooders lined up for an identikit eight turn drive. Things didn't quite go the chaos way this time around though, with Tim the Ogre managing to deal with his fear of the chaos players by shutting his eyes and swinging his fists, leading to two chaos players being badly hurt. Meanwhile the human team captain Wulf (blitzer, loads of annoying skills) made a a nuisance of himself by marshalling the defence, doing his best for the team, and winning about five scout badges in the process.
The dastardly chaos wizard came into play on turn fifteen, making a hole for the tackle merc to run within a few squares of the line, but it was not to be. A mistake from the chaos coach on the last turn meant that a miracle was needed and since God loves a square the chaos team failed to get their miracle. The match finished 1-1.
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Fortunately a riot had moved the clock back a turn so I had a chance to salvage a two turn score but just as I was running my thrower back away from the line I realised I'd failed to markup a Beastman on the line of scrimmage so I had to push my Thrower one square deeper. Then I realised that that would put him out of Maximum range (Strong-Arm, Accurate, Pass makes that fairly doable) for the pass on the next on the next turn. And my star Catcher got pounded to the floor.
I still managed to pull my star catcher from the ground and get him in the end zone, ran my thrower forward, hand off and push the blitzer with the ball into long pass range which failed. If I'd at all been thinking when placing my catcher in the end zone it would have been a short pass and possibly 1-1 at half time.
In positive news my rookie Ogre Jeremy Throat Smasher continues his prodigious advancement rate (the three turns he stood around doing nothing at the start of the game where obviously him thinking really hard about what he was going to do next). In the three games on my team he's scored three casualties and picked up two MVPs giving him a second level up to go with his block - this time Guard.
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Worst (non-stunty) armour in the game and no strength access or big guy, I think that's why. (Actually I suppose welfs are a bit lower armour but they get the tree. Also amazons. But still, elf armour sucks despite my not having thought that bit through very well.)
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Wait until they all get killed, Helio!
A typical high level elf team is about 8 players, 4 with some kind of stat-reducing permanent injury. All niggled. They will still win 3-0.
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Ranari - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIt's about time! Reply
meacupla - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkwait... why couldn't MSI build this in a smaller package than mITX? or, why didn't they go for a thin design if they placed everything so sparsely across the board?
for that matter, why are they using desktop RAM?
I thought the whole point of using lower TDP parts was to get them into even smaller packages than mITX? Reply
A5 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAFAIK, mITX is the smallest standard socketed form factor. Like the article says, there are BGA versions of Kabini available for more integrated applications. Reply
ddriver - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIf you are a big OEM who needs a custom board for a custom chassis, I am pretty sure MSI will be able to build you an even smaller board, but for products which target the retail market, such a product will make no sense because it will lack the infrastructure to accommodate it. Reply
t.s. - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAgreed. I want to have choices of something like NUC. Reply
deltatux - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIf this is true then these parts will make excellent media centre parts, would love to rebuild my media centre with these parts. Currently, I'm using an AMD Athlon X2 7850 (95W TDP) for the CPU, and these 25W would be great to replace what I have now. Reply
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Person behind Jenise's disappearance would have gotten muddy
Investigators say the person responsible for the death of 6-year-old Jenise Wright would have had muddy shoes and clothing.
Sheriff's office spokesman Deputy Scott Wilson said during a press briefing this morning that the heavily wooded area where the girl's body was found is under deep canvass and very muddy. Traversing the area would leave a person with a "significant amount" of mud on their shoes and clothing, he said.
Wilson says investigators are asking for the public's help in providing information about anyone they know who had muddy shoes and clothing beginning late Saturday, when Janice was last seen by her parents at around 10 p.m., and into the early part of the week.
"The person who may be responsible for the disappearance of Jenise is going to have muddy footwear, whether it's shoes or boots, they'll have muddy pants and quite likely a muddy shirt," Wilson said. "If you know somebody who had, or you saw somebody who was covered in mud, or you know someone who had a favorite item of clothing or footwear that they have disposed of, that's something investigators need to know and would like to talk to you about."
People with information are urged to call 911 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-Call-FBI.
Wilson also said today that all residents of the Steele Creek Mobile Home Park where Jenise lived have been or will be subjected to voluntary DNA testing.
"This is a very simple process," he said. "There's nothing invasive about it."
Wilson said the collection process involves a Q-tip brushed against the inside of a person's cheek. Family members of Jenise and others have also provided DNA samples to authorities. Wilson said those samples could help eliminate people as possible suspects.
"This is an elimination factor," he said.
Wilson said that an autopsy was under way and it was hoped that investigators would have some information about the results at a 4 p.m. briefing this afternoon.


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The Fonic or fonime alphabet appears in the video game series "Tales of the Abyss" (テイルズ オブ ジ アビス), and is used mainly for decorative purposes to write English.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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