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Britons would rather drive while abroad than at home due to the better state of the roads on the continent, research reveals.
The RAC has found that the UK rates just 24th when it comes to the quality of its highways - behind countries such as France, Spain and Portugal - with the pothole situation of particular annoyance to drivers.
Just over four fifths (84%) of Brits behind the wheel think the overall condition of roads on home soil is getting worse, while three quarters (75%) reckon motorways up and down the country are noticeably worse.
Less congestion and cheaper fuel are two of the other main reasons why roads in continental Europe are held in such high regard, according to the study, but it is the lack of potholes that proves the favourite element.
RAC technical director David Bizley said the road network in the UK has much to live up to.
'With continental Europe right on our doorstep it's understandable that so many of us pack up the car and head overseas to explore every year taking an average of 15 hours to get to their destination," he comments.
'It is, however, surprising that the quality of European roads has such a dramatic impact on the overall enjoyment of the driving experience abroad. It proves the UK's road network has much to live up to, particularly compared to countries such as France which has built more than 2,700 miles of new motorway since 1990 - more than the entire UK motorway network put together.'
As many as 4.2 million Brits drive to Europe each year - owing to the fact that it is now easier than ever to board a ferry and head to the continent by car, plus European breakdown cover is easily accessible for peace of mind
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Israel My Glory - January/February 2016
The Case for Israel
Romans 9-11
The God Factor
by Elwood McQuaid
Despite what we hear today, God always has people with hearts for Him. And sometimes, who they are can surprise you.
The Permanence of the Promise
by Mike Stallard
Romans 9—11 has been called a parenthesis and an interlude. In reality, though, it is something quite different.
Vessels of Clay
by Richard D. Emmons
Instead of ushering in the Kingdom, Jesus was crucified; and the church was born. So what happened to Israel? Here is the apostle Paul's explanation.
Mission Impossible
by Steve Herzig
God says in Isaiah our good deeds are like "filthy rags." So how do you bridge the gap between sinner and God? It would be impossible except for one thing.
It's Not Over Yet
by Tom Simcox
Although most Jewish people have not received their Messiah, God still loves them, as Romans 11 explains.
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Sony Xperia Z vs HTC Droid DNA vs Samsung Galaxy S III specs comparison
0. phoneArena posted on 07 Jan 2013, 20:57
With the just announced Xperia Z, Sony pulled the trigger on a Full HD smartphone, which HTC did with the Droid DNA, and Samsung hasn't done yet, yet its Galaxy S III keeps delivering sales backed by the company's larger than life reputation in smartphones now...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Compromise, all 3 are great handsets.
7. pokharkarsaga (Posts: 418; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
I think its an unfair comparison.galaxy S3 is 8 months old.better compare it with S4 & we will see who outdates whom.
13. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
s3 is just 3 things less..... 12mp camera, 1080p screen and ram... remaining is same
19. androiddownsouth (Posts: 598; Member since: 02 May 2012)
Wrong. SGSIII doesn't have a quad core processor either. That's a pretty important difference.
28. mittalmailbox (Posts: 52; Member since: 14 Feb 2012)
SGSIII have Exynos series 4(4412) quad core processor.
49. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
really lol...... international version is quad core
16. AshishRomea (Posts: 145; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
Xperia superphone will release in august to take on s4 and i5s :) this is H1 FLAGHIP
22. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
then it will be unfair for the Z and DNA, as they would be few months old by the time S4 launches.. smh..
31. Feanor (Posts: 849; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)
I think Galaxy S3 fans have been dreaming of unicorns for too long. I'm pretty sure that next Galaxy S4 will have neither zero bezels, nor flexible screens or other exotic features. Very likely it will have a slight edge over the Xperia Z in processing power, a less advanced but still almost equally capable 13MP shooter and a few software enhancements. It will also most likely come with a common plastic body that they will forget again to design. I think that the Xperia Z will very likely remain the best combination of features and premium even after the GS4 will be presented.
35. Edmund (Posts: 656; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Well stated, but I don't think it's what the samsung fanboys want to hear. I will never again buy another android phone, but this is probably the only one I'd accept if somebody were to offer me one for free.
32. daftastic (Posts: 87; Member since: 07 Jan 2013)
I think it's safer to compare the phones that are already in existence. Same will happen when the SIV is released, it'll be compared to the Z/ZL which will have been 2/3 months old.
20. myBIGstik (Posts: 1; Member since: 07 Jan 2013)
24. MeoCao (unregistered)
I saw a video, Z screen cannot compare to DNA
47. pyradark (Posts: 882; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
try it real life hands on not watching on youtube
or else youll regret of having an optiContrast panel with mobile bravia 2.0
Xperia P Owner :))
34. amiroo (Posts: 269; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
all 3 is best now but must be wait for m7 & s4..
m7 is distinct phone of htc specially with sense 5..
i think dna > xperia z(alittle better than dna) > m7 > s4 maybe not..
48. pyradark (Posts: 882; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
dont compare a phone that dont exist yet, that might dissapoint you.
bcoz this phone just set the bar high
2. Birds (Posts: 1171; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
This is a tough choice....I think I'd choose the Sony over the HTC because of the camera..... loll for me that is the only recall decisions.....the two phones are otherwise perfect.
6. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
I choose SONY over HTC is SD CARD SLOT, WATER RESISTANT/DUST PROOF, and a SLEEK SEXY DESIGN
25. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
butterfly offers the same thing.. Except camera maybe..
but gosh, although I'm an HTC fan, but that Z is much better designed than the DNA.. I think this will be the phone that sways me away from HTC..
18. abhishek48 (Posts: 164; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)
I have chosen HTC over sony for 3 months ahead of time... when this XPERIA Z releases within galaxy s4 or optimus g2 will beat it
26. pyradark (Posts: 882; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
in what?? Processor again and Ram
Interms of design, build quality, build endurance, xperia z is still has IT!!.
50. abhishek48 (Posts: 164; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)
In release time....4 months ahead..... Design on DNA is get...build quality is second to none...if you want to wait.. why not 1 month more for galaxy s 4
3. mydi.maus (unregistered)
Sammy has better battery life. but Sony is the best.well let's just wait till Galaxy S 4 comes out.
4. ray77 (Posts: 126; Member since: 17 Nov 2012)
alll these phone r great an people like to choices their phones an what there like about it in each phone.
36. Seymur (unregistered)
Should've waited for this before Note 2.
5. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
BEST IN THE WORLD HANDSETS. I'm still buying the XPERIA Z.
8. Galen20K (Posts: 545; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
honestly, we're all really spoiled by the quality of handsets now. Can't really go wrong with any of these, its all about preference really now.
9. Mube1 (Posts: 153; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Plz wait for galxay s4 phonearena
10. MC1123 (Posts: 1256; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
i wish sony will be the king of android... not samsung!!!


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I was really scared of coming to the dentist before I came to Hucknall Dental Clinic. Sarah has really helped me to get used to coming here. I'm not scared anymore but I have still got alot of work to do on cleaning my teeth. Thank you Sarah.
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We are pleased that Sarah our Dentist at Hucknall Health Centre is helping you to overcome your fears when visiting the dentist. All of our dental staff work hard to ensure that the patients are made to feel at ease when visiting our dental clinics. We will pass on your kind remarks to Sarah and her staff.
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Homemade 3 Musketeers Candy
READY IN: 2hrs 15mins
Recipe by bcfdwife
I just found this in my recipe drawer, written down on paper. I wrote it down from somewhere or someone, just don't remember who or where! lol I have not tried it yet, but it is definitely on my "To Try Soon" list. Times are approx.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 cups sugar
- 3⁄4 cup light corn syrup
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 3 egg whites
- 1⁄3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 (12 ounce) bags milk chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
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- In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, corn syrup, water and salt. Heat, stirring, to boiling, then continue to cook, using a candy thermometer to monitor the temperature.
- Beat the egg whites until they are stiff and form peaks. Don't use a plastic bowl for this.
- When the sugar solution comes to 270 degrees F, or the soft-crack stage, remove from the heat and pour the mixture in thin streams into the egg whites, blending completely with the mixer set on low speed.
- Continue to mix until the candy begins to harden to the consistency of dough. This may take as long as 20 minutes.
- At this point, add the semisweet chocolate chips. Remember that the candy must already be at the consistency of dough when you add the chocolate; the nougat won't thicken after the chocolate is added.
- When the chocolate is thoroughly blended and the nougat has thickened, press it into a greased 9x9 inch pan.
- Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
- With a sharp knife, cut the candy in half down the middle of the pan. Then cut across into 7 segments to create a total of 14 bars.
- Melt the milk chocolate chips and shortening in the microwave for 2 minutes, on half power, stirring halfway through the heating time. Melt completely, but be careful not to overheat.
- Resting a bar on a fork, dip each bar into the chocolate to coat completely and place on wax paper.
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Our commitment to continuous improvement is evident with the investment of in-house Six-Sigma classes and projects certified by California State University, San Marcos. These principles and methodologies guide our Corrective and Preventive Action plans and provide a systematic investigation to prevent occurrence and / or recurrence of discrepancies resulting in reduced scrap and product returns. The "5S" approach provides direction to workplace organization. "5S" is not only a system and a philosophy, it is a culture.


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>Recently, I received a copy of the audited financial reports for FY2005 for the AAA. The fingures for 2004 were worrisome but in general
thingsare improving in terms of management resources. I do offer the
>for your edification. I have done a partial ratio analysis of the
>financials and a horizontal and vertical analysis of the income statement
>and balance sheets. Below are highlights of this analysis:
>2004-2005 Balance sheet comparisons (significant or notable items only):
>Cash and cash equivalents have increased by $170,000 +or-, and our
>Investments have decreased from 2004 to 2005 by approximately $500,000.
>Our Accounts Payable decreased by $110,000 between 2004 and 2005, and our
>unrestricted funds for operations have decreased by $140,000. In contrast
>the funds for the sections have increased by $60,000 approximately. The
>temporarily restricted funds decreased by $350,000 and the permanently
>restricted funds have increased by $16,000.
>2004-2005 Statement of Activities (Income Statement) comparisons
>(significant or notable items only): Revenues from membership increased by
>$40,000, and publications revenues increased by $155,000. In general all
>revenues increased by $500,000. In terms of expenses, publications
>decreased by $130,000, Public education increased by $275,000 and sections
>expenses increased by $120,000. In general our expenses for 2005 were
>about $660,000 less than 2004. However, we still ended the year in the
>hole by $418,000, down from a minus $658,000. So some improvement. I
>should not that part of this reflects a removed of over $400,000 from
>temporarily restricted funds from the Mellon grant for AnthroSource
>2004-2005 Statement of Cash Flows (how does money come and go out) General
>operations still does not generate enough cash to pay for itself. We had a
>deficit of $440,000 here. In other words other items must help pay for
>general operations. If this were a company, in would not be in business
>very long nor would it be able to get financing from outside sources. The
>goal should be that we generate enough cash within our normal operations to
>pay our bills. Additions to cash flow which covered the operating deficit
>were generated from the sale of investments, to the tune of approximately
>$600,000. Some of which was used to purchase additional equipment. Thus
>we had a net increase in cash and cash equivalents of more than $171,000
>which beef up our checking account over last years balance of $42,000
>Ratios: Current Ratio (comparison of current assets--can be converted to
>cash within one year--to current liabilities--must be paid within a year)
>$626,392/886,188 = .7057, or in other words we had on December 31st enough
>relative liquid assets to pay off about 70% of our bills. For the Quick
>Ratio or sometimes called the Acid Test, the number is lower. This
>compares highly liquid assets (converted to cash immediately) to all
>current liabilities--494,582/886,188 = .5581, or in other words on December
>31st we had enough cash and cash equivalent assets to cover about 56% of
>our current bills. The Receivables Turnover and collection period
>calculations show very effective managment of collection of dues and monies
>from publications. The turnover ratio is 13.375 which equates or a
>collection period of approximately 27 days. However, our Number of Days
>Payable (how long does it take us to pay our bills) we have approximately
>62.5 days. Our Asset Turnover ratio (or how well do our assets generate
>revenue) we have a 0.5965 or in other words approximately 60% of our assets
>generate revenue, this is very low--one would hope to see something on the
>order or 1.0 here. Our Debt to Total Asset ratio (or how much of our total
>assets is paid for with debt) is a 0.2547 or approxiamtely 25%--this is
>good as it means we the members own approximately 75% of all our assets.
>Data derived from the Notes to the Financial Statements. Our investments
>on December 31, 2005 cost the AAA a total of $7,126,067 but the fair market
>value of these investments is $7,583,900. The most notable increase came
>from Equities. These investments provided us with approximately $200,000
>income after removal of unrealized losses and investment fees and including
>realized gains. The AAA's temporarily restricted assets are dominated by
>three grants: Mellon Foundation ($294,000), The Ford Foundation
>($365,000), and the Minority Fellowship Fund ($132,000). The permanently
>restricted assets are dominated by monies from sections which relate to
>specific section activities--total amount approximately $276,000.
>Concerning Commitments and risks there are three of note: The rental
>expense for the offices of approximately $230,000 for 2006, commitment to
>UCP for AnthroSource and publications of approximately $314,000 for 2006
>and 2007, and the Hotel contracts for annual meetings through 2012 which
>total $678,000. The hotel contract with Hilton in San Francisco had a
>cancellation fee of $339,366 but was negotiated down to approximately
>$200,000 which will be paid this year.
>Supplemental Information which relate to our section or sections in
>general: The total expenses for all sections for 2005 was $596,539 or
>which $340,750 was for publications. Thus the balance of $255,789 went for
>operating the sections. Concerning section balances or changes in their
>funds from the beginning of 2005 to the end is interesting. of the 36
>sections, 12 sections expended more than $1000 than they took in. The
>largest deficit was the Archaeology Division with $11,000. Most of the
>other sections exceeded their revenues between $1,000 and $4,000. In terms
>of showing a gain there were 17 sections that had surpluses of more than
>$1,000. The greatest surplus was the Society for Cultural Anthropology
>with an increase of $30,085. We were number 4 with an increase of $7,704.
>In general the sections expenses were lower than their revenues by
>approximately 8%.
>I hope you find the above helpful. If you have any questions, let me know,
>and if you want to share this info with the membership of other sections
>that's okay. Mel Johnson, SACC Treasurer
>"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death." --Mame
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AUSTRALIAN police feel the bilateral hiatus with Indonesia has created hesitation in a once remarkable relationship forged by the Bali bombings, according to a report.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) interviewed Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Indonesian National Police (POLRI) officers for a special report on the partnership.
The rift between Jakarta and Canberra following last year's spy scandal led Indonesia to suspend police cooperation in some areas, including people smuggling and cybercrime.
Both nations' foreign ministers are set to resume talks this week on a plan to restore bilateral ties - something unlikely to take effect until after Indonesia's presidential elections later this year.
ASPI says the police relationship can't resume as if nothing happened.
Both forces should therefore use this time to think about what they want their cooperation to deliver in the future.
Following the spy revelations, the report says, POLRI officers had to check their communications equipment to ensure it hadn't been compromised by other nations, including Australia.
ASPI believes a close and productive relationship will return, provided there's an effort made to close any trust deficit that has emerged.
"All the AFP and POLRI officers interviewed for this project think the current tension has not damaged (people-to-people relationships)," it says.
"Although some note that the ambiguous situation has made some Indonesian officials hesitant to engage their Australian counterparts."
The report suggests workshops for future AFP and POLRI leaders, and inviting POLRI officers to support the AFP during November's G20 meeting.
In the past, the AFP-POLRI relationship has brought significant benefits to both countries, most notably in terrorism.
After the 2002 Bali bombings, officers lived together, shared information openly, and convicted more than 30 terrorists.
Australia posted its first police liaison officer to Jakarta in 1977. Today there are around 30 AFP officers working in Indonesia.
Originally published as Aust, Indon police 'must work on trust'


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Think you can rest easy in your temperate perch while tropical places like Florida deal with a burmese python invasion of Everglades proportions? Think again. A press release from the USGS details a new report on the potential range of those invasive snakes (Python molurus bivittatus), and it includes the entire southern third of the USA. When researchers ran the model again, taking potential global warming changes into effect, the projected python range got even bigger, stretching up as far as New Jersey and southern New York on the east coast. While these predictions are only taking climate-based models into consideration, a full risk assessment for the burmese python and several other non-native snakes is expected by 2009.
Thanks to Allan I. for sending in a link to this story.
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Wow. In addition to mountain lions, alligators, the native venomous snakes and insects, some nasty poisonous plants, Texas has feral hogs, feral dogs, free-living emus, Africanized honeybees, West Nile- and encephalitis-carrying mosquitoes, dengue fever, and now potential pythons. Field botany conditions just get more and more interesting.
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Beautiful spring has come so swiftly, and Easter along with it, unusually early this year. But regardless when we celebrate it, it is always a great joy and celebration, because it is a significant event in Christianity. God gave us such a miracle – the gift of Salvation though the blood of Jesus. We all
Being a Christian, or in my case a Christian Minister, one has to be ready for anything, anywhere, and anytime. Not only am I referring to physical things but also spiritual. What's interesting is that God always shows up at the "wrong" time, that is from our standpoint. I'm sure you've experienced it for yourself.
Sometimes I think God held a position of an office worker. Where "…a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day" (2 Peter 3:8). Someone once said, "Church work never ends"; enormous mountains of paper, administrative work, endless random things on your to do list, that are not even
Ahh…my good old day of being a Police Officer. Car chases, fights, foot pursuits, lots of interesting stories, oh yes! (lest I forget) FREE coffee and doughnuts, and something that COPS call → toys (Guns, Tasers, bulletproof vest, Rifles, Police Cruisers, OC and CS gas, and etc). However, there are moments that every current or
This video serves to inspire to extraordinary achievement everyday 🙂
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What is it that we are missing in our relationship with God? If we have all the keys and the steps of how to better our relationship with Him then why are we not rewarded publicly? Jesus reveals the secrets of his relationship in Matthew chapter 6.
The first chapter of the book of John clearly tells us that the Word of God, that is Christ, was manifested in reality. In other words the Word of God has eyes, ears, hands, and feet, which makes Him real in our life. The word of God need to dissolve inside of us to the
Just like in the days of David and Goliath christians are being faced with a challenging question, Where is your God? or more specific, where are the signs and wonders Jesus spoke about saying, "you will do greater miracles then these"? Can we blame the world for not believing in God? I can't. However, I
The conference has come to an end. Our church hosts such an event annually, every spring at the beginning of March. Some might dare to say it gets repetitive and monotonous, just to place a mark on the calendar… And it would be so, if every year the lives of people would not be transformed
We often get used to so many good things in our life that we do not value them until we lose them. While we use all these good things it does not even cross our mind to thank the Creator for the little things that make up our life. We do not notice them because
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly As light excels darkness. (Ecclesiastes 2:13) You might say: "Well this is obvious." That's right – foolishness does not compare with wisdom. Participation with foolishness is ridicule but greatness follows wisdom. Also, it is clear that, extra words are not necessary to say that it is better to
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FEATURE - US cluster bombs add to Afghan landmine tragedy
Date: 05-Dec-01
Country: AFGHANISTAN
Author: Michael Steen
Behind a line of stones painted red for danger, a cloud of smoke and dust has erupted into the clear blue sky and someone is shouting. A stone ricochets off the rusting hulk of one of the old Soviet-built tanks that dot the landscape.
The blast was from a U.S. cluster bomblet, accidentally triggered by a shepherd who narrowly avoided being killed. Until recently the village of Qarah Bagh, north of the Afghan capital Kabul, was a front line position.
Like other mine clearance agencies, Haddi's team, from the British anti-landmine charity the Halo Trust, has not yet been trained to destroy cluster bomblets, and can only mark out patches of them as danger areas.
"It was a small yellow thing, I didn't know what it was," said the shepherd, Habib Ullahjan, 45. "I picked it up and threw it away, then it exploded."
Afghanistan is already one of the world's most heavily mined countries, littered with ordnance made by Russians, Iranians, Italians and Pakistanis.
But the U.S. bombing of former Taliban positions has added a new killing machine to the multitude of unexploded devices strewn across Afghanistan's expansive dusty plains, in orchards, rice fields, and villages.
Campaign group Landmine Action says U.S. military figures show 600 cluster bombs have been dropped in Afghanistan.
Each cluster bomb contains 202 "BLU 97" bomblets which are designed to shred enemies' flesh and wreck their equipment on the ground.
But somewhere between seven and 30 percent of the devices fail to detonate on impact and either sink into the ground or lie on the surface. They effectively become landmines.
Now that the Taliban have retreated - bombed out of the north by Washington which accuses the hardline Islamic movement of harbouring Osama bin Laden - refugees from the fighting are returning to their homes.
"I only came back three days ago. We fled to Kabul from the fighting," said Ullahjan, the shepherd, leading his flock of sheep away from the field where he set off the cluster bomblet.
"I came back to check my house. It's been destroyed. I thought this place was clear of mines."
Ullahjan was luckier than 12-year-old Nickwalli or Samim Ahsanullah, who is eight. Both boys are recovering in Kabul's Karta Se hospital from cluster bomblet explosions.
Nickwalli lost one eye and has injuries to his arms and head. Samim's thin legs, arms and chest are badly injured.
"There were three of us going to school. We saw small yellow things on the ground. I picked one up and it exploded. It looked like a big biscuit," said Samim.
The hospital's head nurse, Mohammed Zaman, said the surgeons had almost amputated Samim's leg but decided against it at the last minute. "I think it will be okay," he said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said the United States has every right to use cluster bombs after the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The United States, along with Russia and China, has refused to back an international ban on anti-personnel mines, signed in Ottawa in 1997. But the U.S. State Department pledged to increase its funding of landmine clearance in Afghanistan.
And once it was revealed that the yellow bomblets were the same size and colour as yellow U.S. food packets being air dropped for civilians in Afghanistan, Washington said it would in future colour food packets blue.
None of which immediately helps the Karta Se hospital, a rickety collection of buildings in the heart of west Kabul, a part of the city turned into a nightmare vision of pulverised buildings by the brutal civil war here in the early 1990s.
Zaman said the hospital receives up to five people every day who have stepped on a landmine, picked up unexploded ordnance, or stumbled across a cluster bomblet.
The U.N. estimates that 10 Afghans are killed or maimed every day by mines.
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I arrived back in Leeds with post holiday blues after having the most woooonderful break! We visited Cala d'or in Majorca for a week and stayed in an apartment via Airbnb (which is great for us with our student-y budget) and we rather enjoyed making breakfast and lunch together in our own little kitchen. The sun shone every day and the sea was so blue- we were even served fresh pineapple right on the beach! Every night we indulged in fancy meals and tried to experiment with our food choices by picking the weirdest thing from the menu. Even the cheesy entertainment was bearable, but I suppose when you're on holiday nothing seems to matter!
It was absolute bliss which left me very happy and inspired to start creating again. In this post there are film photographs courtesy of Jake (THANK YOU) with a couple of my own shots.
|Pool side
|Down at the marina
|Beach day
|Light leak in the Caves of Drach
|Blue waters
|Trying to master crazy golf
It makes me real sad looking through these pictures as now we have the boring job of packing up things in boxes ready to move house, which is indeed quite exciting but not as fun as lying on the beach or playing crazy golf.
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The nation was shocked when Obama ran for President in 2008, after having only served two years in the Senate. Vintage footage appears to show that Obama was also well aware of just how inexperienced he was.
At a press conference shortly after having won the Illinois Senate seat, Obama told the media:
"You know, I am a believer in knowing what you're doing when you apply for a job. And I think that if I were to seriously consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now, before having served a day in the Senate. Now, there are some people who might be comfortable doing that, but I'm not one of those people."
Obama was a good liar back then too, and the press ate up his words.
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Greetings again!
19 May! Only 1 day left for the Angry Birds Movie in the U.S! It is time to ring in the year of the movie!
I have managed my first transparency edit perfectly! Although it was an effort and not perfect apparently, due to slight edge issues, I made it temporary. However, if anyone had the better version of it, will be welcomed to replace it. Who thought that? None other, not by searching or asking anyone.
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The mouse that fell from the sky
We had planned to go into Chatham today but after several attempts to negotiate the roadworks we gave up and went to Maidstone instead. We parked up on the roof of the Mall (formerly Chequers Centre) and headed inside. As Ben was quite hungry we went down to the lower level and got something to eat from the Baker Oven.  As Ben sat munching on his cake Sarah went into the 99p shop so I stayed with him on the bench outside.
While we were sitting there I heard a woman squeal and saw something drop from the floor above. At first I thought it was a drop of water or something someone had dropped but as the woman moved off I saw what it was. Lying on the floor was a little mouse that must have fallen off the rail that runs around the opening. I went over to see but as I got there I could tell that it was dying. The poor thing was shaking and breathing really heavily and after a few seconds it stopped.
I decided I couldn't leave the poor thing there so I picked it up and put it into a bag we had got from the Bakers Oven as Ben ran off to tell Sarah, in a very loud voice, that we'd found a rat! There aren't any bins in the Chequers centre, sorry the Mall, so I looked around to see if I could find the man I had seen pushing a rubbish cart around earlier. We wandered down to the end of the floor but couldn't find him, we found the management offices but sadly they were shut. Even worse they didn't have a letterbox so I couldn't post the mouse through it (joke).
So we went up the escalator to the next floor where there was an information desk. I asked the lady if she had a bin and when she said she did I asked if she would like to put the carrier bag in it. She said "no problem" and reached out to take the bag from me just as I added "because it's got a dead mouse in it!" You've never seen anyone pull their hand away so quickly! She did take it from me and gingerly popped it behind the counter while she radio'd the man with the rubbish cart to come at get it.
Oh well he may have had an untimely death but at least he didn't get squashed underfoot. the least I could do was to make sure he had a decent burial in the rubbish bin
Beauty beyond images
As a photographer I like to record images but sometimes I'm glad I didn't take a picture that wouldn't have done justice to the original vision. Two such occasions occurred within a few hours of each other while we were away in Weardale over the new year period. We had booked a cottage in a small village called Sunniside which is near Bishop Auckland in Country Durham. We knew the village because we had stayed at a smaller cottage just down the road earlier in the year. Both cottages are owned by the same man and as we had the full tribe with us this time we thought we better take the larger of the two. Most of the snow in the south had melted by the time we set off but further north there was a lot more snow around. In fact as we drove into the village there was still snow in the middle of the road and by the look of the piles on the roadside the road must have had to have been cleared by a snowplough at some point. When we reached the cottage the paths were icy and the doorstep was very slippery. After unloading the car we left the kids and headed off to the chip shop to get something to eat.
I find that there is nothing so frustrating than driving along and seeing something that would make a good photograph but not being able to stop and take one. This usually is more prevalent during the day but occasionally it happens at night too. Tonight was no exception – as we drove along the dark road the headlights of the car picked out a fence that bordered a field and hanging from the cross pieces of the fence were hundreds of icicles. The headlights of the car illuminated them and the light reflected off them, it was truly beautiful. I couldn't stop to photograph them because we needed to get food and had no idea what time the chip shop was open till, also it wasn't really safe to pull up as there was a great deal of snow on the roadside so I had to drive on making a mental note to maybe return the following evening to see if I could get a shot. Sadly that night the thaw started and the icicles were gone.
Icicles on hanging basket in back garden of cottage
The second opportunity presented itself the following morning and again there was no time to stop as we were already running an hour late to meet my brother at my dad's house. The village of Sunniside is in a very rural setting and consists mostly of the main street and a few houses behind that. The village itself is surrounded by fields and as you travel out of the village the fields open up on either side of the road as you leave the village. These fields fall away from the road on both sides but on one side the slope is quite steep and there is a fine view down towards Bishop Auckland. The other side of the road has a number of wind turbines scattered across the fields which afford their own sort of beauty as they spin slowly in the breeze.
That morning had been very misty and the sun was struggling to break through, a watery outline could be seen through the haze as it struggled to make itself known as it climbed to it's height as the time approached midday. It was just after 12 when we set off to go to Sunderland to meet up with my family. As we drove east out of the village we passed the houses and the little farm building at the end of the street where we take Ben to see the sheep on out nocturnal walks. As we passed the last building and the fields took over we saw the most beautiful sight. the sun had broken the cloud cover and although it was itself still hidden behind the clouds the rays were protruding above and below. The bight rays of light we then bouncing off the snow covered fields and producing the most spectacular celestial display – almost biblical in it's grandeur! Almost everyone in the car stopped and just went wow!
The sun just before we set off that morning
Once again I couldn't really stop and I don't think I had my camera with me anyway. I think that maybe that was a good thing as any photograph, no matter how good, could have reproduced the sight we were witnessing. It would have probably produced a really great picture but I doubt that it could ever have been as good as the real thing. So I consoled myself with this though as I drove on – I still think I was right on both occasions and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't have reproduced the images that are still in my head as I write. I guess sometime you just have to put the camera down and record those images into your brain instead.
There was another set of visual images that I witnessed while we were in the north that made me have very conflicting feelings about the same phenomenon! As we were returning to the cottage one night we drove over a hill road and as we went over the brow of the hill there was a wonderful view of the town below with all the lights from streets and houses spread out before us and I thought to myself isn't that beautiful. No sooner had that thought crossed my mind than I remembered that it conflicted with another thought I had had in the early hours of New Years Day as we returned from the Tar Barrel ceremony in Allendale. The traditional new years eve event takes place in a small town on top of the moors about 8 miles outside Hexham. To get there we followed the SatNav as although we had been before we had always travelled from my dad's house so I set the SatNav to find the best route. I should have known when we got to the end of the road through the village and the road sign pointed right to Corbridge and the SatNav told me to turn left that perhaps we could be in trouble!
The route it took us on ran down through Weardale to Stanhope and just after we left the town it told me to turn right. Initially I missed the turn off and had to do a u-turn to get back onto the route. The road it directed us on was quite narrow and started to rise quite sharply! It turned out to be a single track road that took us up onto the top of the moors through darkness and snow covered fields. The route twisted and turned in the darkness, went over cattle grids and had ominously tall poles on either side of it to show snow ploughs where the road was! We climbed and climbed until we finally levelled out and as the road did we hit this patch of ice which, in the darkness looked just like a bit of damaged road surface but it must have been about 4 inches deep in the middle of the road and the car bounced over it rattling and shaking. We slowed right down as we began our descent and we did come across two or three more patches but we were ready for them this time.
The Allendale Tar Barrel Ceremony
The road that we had travelled on had taken us to a height of around 1000ft above sea level to a place called Rookhope which is an old lead mining town where, apparently, the Poet WH Auden first realised he was a poet! I'm sure if it hadn't been so dark and scary it would have been a beautiful trip. We slowly decended down to the village of Allenheads and got back onto a main road which took us without incident down to Allendale itself where we arrived in time for the tar barrels. Sarah had already told me that we weren't going back that way so I figured we would head back towards Hexham afterwards and then pick up the A68 which would take us back to Sunniside.
As we left the tar barrels behind we travelled out of Allendale and along the road which runs the 8 miles down to Hexham. Although being much bigger than the road we had arrived on it still runs across the moors and as we drove through the darkness I was aware of a huge amount of light pollution in the sky. There seems to be two sources, one closer that the other and I guess the distant source was coming from Newcastle some 30 miles distant. It was this light that I thought spoiled the dark of the night and ruined any chance of seeing stars and other astronomical effects that I would later consider to be beautiful when seen in a different context a few days later. Strange how things can be ugly and beautiful at the same time!
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There is a green hill far away
It's Christmas Eve and the farmer strides across the snow covered field followed by two other figures hunched against the elements. As he comes into view we see he is a hardened country figure dressed in work worn corduroy trousers which are tucked into his wellingtons. A huge woolen scarf round his neck almost obscurs his face especially as his cloth cap sits perched on top of his head. The other two figures, by comparison, are not country folk which is obvious by the way they are dressed as they stumble and slip their way towards their intended destination.
They are making their way towards a solitary tree which stands at the centre of the field alone and bent against the prevailing winds. As they reach the tree the farmer takes a pipe out of his pocket and as he stuffs it with tobacco he points with it towards the tree and says to his two companions "this be the holy thorn". The three stand in silence for a few minutes and slowly they are joined by other people who have make the trek up the hill through the snow to the site of the tree.
As the number grow the people tell the story of the tree, which they say, has stood alone in this field for almost 2000 years. the legend is that Joseph of Arimathea had traveled to England after the death of his nephew Jesus and had thrust his staff into the ground and it had turned into the tree that now stood before the group. There were other stories that the infant Jesus had also traveled to this spot with his uncle many years before and that the golden challice that had been used at Christ's last supper had also been buried somewhere in the area.
After some time the distant clanging of a church bell is heard signalling that it is now Christmas day and as the bell tolls the tree suddenly starts to blossom shining out in the middle of a bleak winters day.
This all happened 40 years ago but not in a snowy field but on stage at my junior school. I played the farmer on whose land the Holy Thorn stood. I wore my Grandad's old cloth cap and the pipe belonged to my father although it was long unused after a brief flirtation my father had had a few years earlier with the idea of smoking one! I'm not even sure I remembered to get it out of my pocket during the play but I like to think it was there as a prop!
The story was of course about the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury which as I already mentioned is said to have sprung from a staff that Joseph planted in the ground on a hill overlooking the town. The tree in the play was just a fake Christmas tree with lights that came on when it was supposed to blossom but the story is based on an actual tree which has stood in and around the town for as long as anyone can remember. It even survived being chopped down during the English Civil war by Puritans but survived by people planting cuttings around the town and was eventually replanted back on it's original spot. It flowers at Easter and Christmas and cuttings have been sent from one of the descendants of the original tree every Christmas to decorate the King or Queens table for almost 100 years.
Obviously on that night in the late 1960's/early 1970's I had no idea how much the town of Glastonbury would figure in my future – I had barely heard of popular music and hippies and music festivals would have been an alien concept. In fact the first Glastonbury festival probably hadn't even taken place! And even though I started going to the festival in 1984 it wouldn't be for a few years more that I actually made it down the road and into the town itself. Over the next ten or so years we were regular visitors and it was only after a while that the story told in the school play and the story of the Glastonbury thorn actually resolved itself in my head.
It was therefore quite sad to hear the news this week that the tree had been vandalised and had all of it's branches cut off on Wednesday night. This mindless act has angered so many people especially the locals and those who see the tree as holy. No one knows why the tree was targeted but some have seen it as an anti-Christian act while others wonder if it was a vendetta against the landowner whose company just went bust owing millions. It could of course be just a mindless act of vandalism.
I hope that the tree can recover or if not then it can be regrown from a cutting from one of its relatives around the area such as the one that grows in the grounds of St. John's Church in the high street from which the annual cutting for her majesty is taken every year. Glastonbury is a place loved by many people for many different reasons and it's sad that something like this can devastate the community there.
Mais oui!
Yesterday I went to Paris, now I know that probably sounds glamorous but it wasn't. If you consider that the time between arriving at Gare du Nord to being dropped back there was just over two hours then I guess it was about as glamorous as going to Scunthorpe for the afternoon. Added to that the fact that I had a really bad cold so I slept for almost the whole train journey there and sniffed and sneezed my way around after that it wasn't set up to be the best day out I've ever had.
I went to film a brief interview with what turned out to be a rather lovely lady. She is in her 70's and lives alone in a small flat in the South of the city. She was originally from Czechoslovakia but had lived in Paris for most of her life, and on her own since her husband died tragically young.
I had staggered bleary eyed from the Eurostar and was still waking up as I wandered out into the Parisian sunshine. I found the taxi rank and there was a queue a mile long, I knew I couldn't wait in it so I wandered off to try and find a cab on the street. Ignoring the offers from some dodgy looking people who offered me a lift for the same amount as a cab I moved away from the environs of the station. I was conscious that I had no idea where I needed to go and as I watched the lines of cars every taxi seemed to have a passenger in it.
Eventually I spotted an empty one and waved at him, at first I thought he hadn't seen me but to my relief he pulled over and I piled into the back with my camera equipment, waving the piece of paper with the address on it at him as I did so. He punched the details into his sat nav and off we went. He asked if it was an Hotel I was going to as it was quite a small street I had asked to be taken to and I explained that it was a flat.
A Parisian taxi journey is always an interesting one. The taxis seem to weave all over the street and often they end up in positions which are not favourable to their next turn and have to cut across lines of traffic to turn right or left. Our route took us across the Ile de la Cite crossing the river twice as we went. Eventually we turned into the street and the cab driver dropped me outside the apartment block.
I had been given the code for the external door so I punched it in and the door buzzed open. I entered into a large entrance hall with a wonderfully tiled floor, on the left were some very French looking mail boxes and in the far right corner there was door and a set of entryphones. I found her name and buzzed. She told me to come up but as I went through the second door I realised I didn't know which floor she lived on. I decided I'd walk up the stairs till I found her, which I did on the second floor.
She invited me in, the flat was quite small with about 5 rooms off a central lobby. The ones to my left were obviously the living rooms and she suggested that we shoot the interview in the second one so I proceeded to set up my equipment in there. She shouted through from the kitchen and asked if would like a cup of tea, apologising that it was only teabags, and I said that I would. By the time I had finished setting the camera up she had appeared with a tray holding two cups and a plate of chocolate biscuits – which she took great pains to tell me were organic.
The thing that I noticed about the flat were the books, both living rooms were lined on all walls with bookshelves, there were books everywhere. I could see that the ones in the room I was standing in were about art and religion. the art books were on one wall the religious ones on the opposite wall. The books on the remaining wall (for the fourth one was consumed by a huge window) appeared to be in Czechoslovakian.
After we had filmed the interview we chatted as I was packing up my equipment. We talked about families and children and finished our cups of tea. Afterwards she called me a cab and while I waited I checked out the books in the hallway. These were fiction and I was pleased to see that there were books that I had read. I also spotted the complete set of Harry Potter books which made me chuckle.
The taxi firms phone was engaged so she did a call back and while she was waiting she asked me if I liked Paris. I said it wasn't my favourite city and I found it a bit too much. I think when I think of times in Paris I always seem to think of the negative things. The times stuck in a van on a gridlocked peripherique or the time I tried in vane to hitchhike out of the city. The man in the train station who took too much money off me or the money exchanger who robbed me in a different way. The noise, overcrowding and people also tend to put me off. She said that it annoys her when people say that Paris would be ok if it wasn't for the Parisians because she explained Paris wouldn't be Paris if it wasn't for the people who live there.
I guess I have good times here too – like the day we went to Pere Lachaise to visit Jim Morrison's grave or when we were last there and went up the Eiffel Tower but for some reason the bad experiences tend to outweigh the good.
The taxi came and I said goodbye and set off to head back to the Gare du Nord. We drove back through the streets and on the return journey I had more time to look out of the windows and take in the street scenes. I felt frustrated because there were so many things I would have liked to have stopped and photographed, the old style Metropolitan signs above the subway, the tricolours hanging from flag poles, a wall covered in graffiti, the roadside fountain, the triumphal arches or just the Parisians going about their daily routines. Sadly it was not to be.
I arrived at Gare du Nord and would loved to have wandered about taking pictures but I didn't have anywhere I could have safely left the video camera and tripod that I was hauling about with me. So I ended up going into the station and finding somewhere to get un sandwich et un verre de vin rosé. I then caught the train back to Ebbsfleet where I had started earlier that morning.
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Taking the (20)P
While on holiday last week we stopped in Machynlleth on our way to the Centre for Alternative Technology to buy some sandwiches from the Co-op. Unfortunately the Co-op didn't have any toilets so we drove around the corner to the car park where there was a sign for public toilets. What we didn't realise was that there was a charge for using them.
There was a little window where you paid your 20p and were duly given a ticket by the attendant to show that you had paid.
Now I've got no problem with Councils charging for use of toilets and to be honest 20p is not excessive by London standards. However if you are asked to pay a fee to have a pee then I would expect to find the toilets in a decent condition and frankly these weren't. They were dirty, shabby and smelly – obviously the money collected didn't go towards cleaning them.
I did however stop there again on the way home to take Benny to the loo. Now the sign outside said that Children were admitted free so I went in without paying and guess what! I used the loo while I was in there – just don't tell them ok. Oh and Benny had a poo so we got our moneys worth!
London Pictures
Two pictures of London landmarks taken from the terrace outside the Houses of Parliament – a view you don't get to see very often but I was lucky enough to be in there last week
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St Pauls Cathedral
Today I thought I would pop into St Pauls cathedral in London
As I went thrugh the door I noticed a sign that said "This is our father's house and these are the gates to heaven"
Just inside the door was another sign that said Admisssion £11
There's snow business….
Snow started falling on Sunday afternoon and by any standards it wasn't that heavy where we live. Buy hey this is England and any snow is bad news. As a nation we are totally unprepared for it and every thing grinds to a halt. Admittedly it was heavier in central London and everything there effectively stopped – Buses, trains etc.
The first I knew about it was on Friday evening when Sarah rang me up to tell me it was on it's way. She suggested that I might like to bring anything I needed to do on the Monday home with me as she knew what I would be like if I was trapped at home. So I packed up the edit suite and took it home with me – I would be thankful I did by Tuesday.
After the initial snow fall it calmed down a bit and then more snow fell later that evening. I was expecting more to fall overnight but when I woke up the next morning it hadn't. I got up to go to work but when I put the radio on it became apparent that I wasn't going anywhere. There were no trains running out of Gillingham towards London and almost all of the schools were closed. I rang the office and was told that the car park was solid and they couldn't get the trucks out so I figured that staying where I was would be the best option!
So I set up my edit suite in the dining room and got on with some work. The problem I had was that I had a show installing that afternoon so I spent most of the day on the phone trying to sort out what was going to happen. I've been doing this for over 20 years and this is the first time I can remember us being defeated by the weather!
This post was delayed because I forgot to publish it!
The other side of the world
As if it wasn't bad enough that Sarah's Dad is in Australia at the moment visiting her sister….
As if it wasn't bad enough that Sarah's sister rang us up the other day to tell us she was pregnant again and set us off wanting to go back over there……
As if it wasn't bad enough that we celebrated our wedding Anniversary the other day in the middle of winter when we got married on a beautiful summers day……
Then I had to go and discover Google maps have created Street View for Barwon Heads!
So I typed in the address of the house we stayed in and then pressed street view and hey presto there I was standing outside 79 Carr Street!
So I decided to go for a walk! I wandered down to Bridge street and looked across at "At the Heads" and the sea out beyond the mouth of the river. I turned and wandered up Bridge street back towards the town. On my right was the little cafe where I had stopped for coffee on my birthday bike ride, further up was the drive through booze emporium and next door to that the small supermarket where we used to shop.
I wandered further into town and turned right into Hitchcock Avenue. I wandered along past the chippy till I found Tonik the surf shop where I paused to reminisce for a while. Finally I wandered down to the end of Hitchcock Ave where I turned left and went to see the school crossing that we drove past everyday which is made of wooden soldiers.
Oh to go back then again sometime soon…….
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The Renaissance came late to France, in part because of its civil war. When it did come, Cardinal Richelieu determined that theater would follow certain rules that conformed to a French neoclassical model. He established an academy that would decide whether a play deserved the label "neoclassical". Such a play had a strict form: it had to have five acts and be performed on a proscenium stage.
French neoclassicism had a strict sense of decorum that it expected its theater to adhere to. Kings should act like kings, servants should act like servants and everyone else should be strictly true to their roles in society. Everyone was expected to be mannerly and to behave in a morally upright fashion. If they didn't, then the play should, at some point, ensure that they were punished for their failure to exhibit proper decorum.
There could be no Hamlets or Macbeths in French neoclassicism theater as supernatural events were strictly forbidden. All action had to be believable and true to life. The French neoclassicists were early realists who would have found much in common with today's modern realism movement. French neoclassical plays could not demand too much suspension of disbelief on the part of its audiences.
Unity of Time
While the plays were all expected to be five acts long, they also had to take place in a 24-hour period. This sometimes led to absurdities such as the play "El Cid," in which an entire war takes place in 24 hours and the heroine marries her father's murderer hours after his death.
Unity of Place
All action had to occur in a single location. French neoclassical plays couldn't have any set or location changes. The academy occasionally allowed for loose interpretations of the single location rule, but it had to be logically justified.
Unity of Action
Forget subplots. The five-act plays of French neoclassical theater, modeled on ancient Roman theater, had to contain a single plot line. This allowed most theater companies to have companies of 12 actors who were "shareholders," with "pensioners" brought on when more were needed. Unlike in England, men and women were allowed to be on stage and be shareholders in the acting company.
Purity of Genre
Following classical ideals, French neoclassicism demanded that plays be either comedies of manners or heroic tragedies. These two genres were considered the only ones appropriate for the stage and the plays had to follow the rules of the genre.
Comedies had to have happy endings. Tragedies, on the other hand, had to end in death. Also, tragedies could not happen to common people. In the tradition of heroic tragedy, the hero had to be royalty or nobility. The lower and middle classes were appropriate subjects for comedy.
Poetic Justice
The phrase "poetic justice" had real meaning for the French neoclassicists and their dramatists. Characters in the play were expected to be dealt with according to their actions. The good were rewarded and the evil were punished. In doing so, the audience was enlightened, educated and entertained.
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Chapter 9: Relief
Fire Lord Zuko sat on his throne, overlooking the meeting. His top generals were there, and each had their own ideas about the War. General Bujing sat at his usual place, noticeably nervous.
Zuko waited until everyone was present to begin. "I have heard it said that the War is not over, that we should continue. Gentlemen, this will not happen." He glared at each one of them. "I have said this before; you will pull back your armies, your navies, everything!"
General Mung scowled. "Will you kill anyone who disagrees with your position, Fire Lord Zuko?"
Zuko stood. "No, differences of opinion make an effective War Council. However," The fire separating his throne from the officers split as he walked through, "My command to pull out is an order! And those who refuse will be subject to explicit Earth Kingdom retaliation as well as demotion. I made it clear to Earth King Kuei that any who did not leave when asked would be subject to punishment."
General Shinu cleared his throat. "Fire Lord, what of the colonies? Some of them have been around for the better part of a century; they've made lives there."
Zuko's harsh glare softened. "We are searching for a solution that will benefit both parties. We will not abandon our fellow citizens if they wish to remain so. But it is a delicate situation that must be handled carefully."
Admiral Chan raised his hand. "The Eastern Fleet is making its return, along with troop emplacements in the Eastern Earth Kingdom, but what will we do with the Western fleet?" He glanced at his counterpart, Admiral Liang.
"The Western Fleet will drop back, men included, to defend the Fire Nation from any future attack, although we will begin a massive scaling back of both fleets."
General Bujing finally spoke up, but his voice was shaking. "Fire Lord Zuko, I challenge you to an Agni Kai!"
All of the officers, even General Mung, were taken aback by such a blatant display of disloyalty. "Now why would you go and do a thing like that?" Zuko asked, strangely calm. He smirked. "Could it be that you knew that Colonel Mongke sold you out? The attempted assassination yesterday was sloppy, Bujing, but if you insist..." Zuko signaled his attendants to remove his outer robes. "I accept."
The general, upon seeing the bandages present even weeks after the Agni Kai with Azula, suddenly grew bold. "You're weak, and your leadership will bring us to ruin!" He took off his armor. "I will restore the glory of the Fire Nation; prepare for the shortest reign in history!"
The Previous Day
Zuko and Mai sat in the Palace Garden, their favorite spot when they were children. Zuko was nervous, but determined; tomorrow he would establish his authority. Mai noticed his discomfort and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "What's wrong, Zuko?"
Zuko stared at the pond, watching the turtleducks swim around. "The end of the War is only possible if I have the loyalty and respect of the officers. I don't have it, but without it they will fight me every step of the way. I want to rule differently than my father, his father before him, and Sozin before them."
Mai kissed Zuko softly on the lips. "We'll figure it out; I promise. Maybe we could send for Iroh? He could advise you."
Zuko chuckled. "Uncle is happy at his tea shop; I won't deprive him of that because of nervousness."
"You know what would make you happy?"Zuko gazed into her eyes. "Ordering the servants around?"
They both were interrupted by cries of distress; someone had entered the palace, and they weren't friendly. "Mai, hide; I'll handle this."
She whipped out a stiletto. "No, I'm staying by your side."
Zuko put his hand on hers, pushing the blade down. "This isn't up for debate. Go, hide in my chamber."
She glared at him. "Fine, send me away when things finally get exciting." Her expression softened. "Be careful."
He drew her in for another kiss. "Stay safe. I'll get you when this is all over." A Komodo Rhino climbed over the wall separating the Gardens from the outer courtyard. Zuko turned toward Mai. "Go now!"
"Well, if it isn't Prince Zuko." Colonel Mongke said as four other riders came over the wall. "I've been waiting for a rematch."
Man, it's a good thing I'm not in my ceremonial robes, or this might've been difficult .He moved into his fighting stance. "What's this about? Didn't Uncle Iroh and I smack you around once already?"
"This time, it will end differently; you can't take all five of us on!" Zuko side-stepped as Mongke launched a fire blast at him. He knew he had to watch his back, as the archer, Vachir, was now behind him. He utilized a back kick to send a miniscule blast of fire from his heel that seared a hole in the bow and severed the string. Vachir grunted and charged at Zuko, attempting to crush him with his mount, but the Fire Lord propelled himself into the air right as Ogodei swung his bogo. The ball and chain connected with Vachir, knocking him off of his Komodo Rhino and into unconsciousness.
The rider-less rhino barreled into Ogodei's beast, trapping him under two large animals. Zuko saw Yeh-Lu's bomb resting on the ground, fuse lit. Unfortunately for the bombardier, the detonation timing was slow, slow enough that Zuko kicked it up and threw it back at him before it exploded, knocking the third member out.
Zuko turned to see Kahchi pinned against a wall by knives. "Thought you could use a little help." Mai said.
Zuko grinned as he turned toward Mongke. "And I thought I told you to hide." Mongke launched a fireball at Zuko, who easily parried before crescent-blasting the last opponent off of his Komodo Rhino. He walked over to the dazed rider. "Why are you here?"
"We...ugh... were given the order to... eliminate you." Mongke struggled to stand, but Zuko pushed him down.
"Who gave the order?" The Fire Lord shook the defeated man, struggling to contain his temper. "Answer me!"
Mongke looked around and saw that he was defeated and told Zuko everything.
- The same way that Vachir was disabled occurred in the episode "The Desert".
- The Rough Rhinos had a rough time (again!)
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