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Fire...Air...Water...Earth... It wasn't long ago that Avatar Korra saved the world and united the four nations in harmony. But it was not to last. The Avatar was killed at the hands of Asami Sato, and the world, left vulnerable without its guardian, fell under her rule. But what Asami did not know, was that for the first time in history, the Avatar had passed on her life force to her very own child, a daughter, who survived the attack and was blessed by the Moon Spirit. Bolin would raise her to be the Avatar she was meant to be and train her for the largest war the four nations had yet to face.
I am the that child, the chosen one, the supposed savior of the world. I am the daughter of Avatar Korra. My name is Avatar Kyoshi, but you can call me Kyo.
Team Avatar's airship was attacked and shot down. The team managed to escape in a pod, but Jin was left with a head injury, and they were stranded in a blizzard with no means of contacting the outside world.
Smoke Signal
My throat was dry and stinging, tears seemed to crystallize in my eyes from walking into the harsh wind, every step was a struggle, my bones creaked like frozen metal. Still, I trudged on though the never ending abyss of white snow, toward the thin wisp of smoke, coming from what I hoped was the wreckage of our airship.
We had been lucky. The blizzard had died down. We had found space blankets to fashion into makeshift coats (and makeshift shoes for June). We could see the smoke from the downed airship, and it was relatively close. June and Jin were doing an effective job of deterring the harsh wind currents, from their place on Oma's back. Kogami was packing down the soft snow so that we weren't up to our knees in snow drifts. And yet, I still felt the whole cosmic universe must be against me.
I turned my face up to June, stuffing a freezing hand into Oma's warm fur. "How are you doing up there?"
She looked down and smiled one of her too wide smiles. "Great! I can't feel my fingers," she said it even as she moved her hands in wild, intricate swoops, redirecting the air currents.
"Can't feel your fingers," I muttered. "Yeah, that's great alright."
"Save your breath." Asaka turned her head to look at me for a brief moment. "We'll be there before long."
The time dragged on. Seconds that stretched into minutes. Minutes into hours. Hours into an eternity. An eternity of blank white snow and thoughts of failure and capture and dying an icy death.
There were a few times that I almost asked to stop. Almost asked to just lay down and quit and succumb. The only thing that kept me from it was the resolution on their faces, the set jaws and squinted eyes of Jin, Asaka, and Kogami and June's ever present smile. I knew they were doing it for me. I couldn't betray that by giving up.
And even some eternities end.
We crested one last snow drift, and there it was, the wreckage of the airship. I took one look at it, and my stomach dropped. The tail end was still smoldering with a dyeing fire. The rest was nothing more than a black, smoking lump. Visions of having to cross the vastness of frozen wasteland ran though my mind. We would never make it. We would freeze to death or die of starvation first. And even if we somehow managed to make it back to the Water Tribe, Asami's soldiers would be waiting. That was it. That was the end.
Jin slipped off of Oma, wobbled slightly before regaining his balance, and walked up to the ash.
"Will you be able to salvage anything?" Asaka asked him.
"I don't—" He took a few steeps further and sunk to his knees in the blackened snow. His look of desperation only solidified my suspicions. "I'm not a magician. I can't send a signal with soot."
Asaka rested a hand on his shoulder and gave a firm squeeze. Her expression was not yet one of defeat.
"June," I said. "Can't you project your spirit?"
"Yes," her voice was soft and melancholy, "but not that far."
"She would have contacted me a long time ago," Jin said. "If she could project that far."
Of course she would have. I was stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I turned to Kogami, his eyes cold and narrowed in deep thought.
"Even if we could get out a signal," he said, "It would have just as much chance of being heard by the enemy as by the ally."
"So that's it then," I said. "Game over. Asami wins. We'll just have to wait until the next incarnation of me."
Asaka flashed me one of her death stairs. "If you're not going to say anything useful then you should keep your mouth shut. Failure is not an option. Don't you understand that?"
"Oh, really? Because all we've been doing this whole time is failing. We failed to keep my dad alive. We failed to keep my identity hidden. We failed to make it back to the Iceberg. We failed to even teach me any Waterbending. And now we're going to fail at living because, news flash, we're going to die out here."
"If you want to die then go ahead and do it! But don't drag us down with you! We've still got a war to win!" She scowled at me, looking almost demonic through the red and white makeup. I took a step back in surprise. It was the first time Asaka had yelled.
I turned my head and bit the inside of my cheek. She was right. I was acting like a child. If we were going to die we should at least go down fighting, at least go down trying to find some way out of this mess.
"I have an idea," I said. "But it's a long shot. A very, very long shot."
Asaka looked at me with her steady gaze, all hints of anger melted away. "We need to take any shots we have, no matter how desperate. What's your plan?"
"I'm a good meditator. I can enter the Spirit World at will. Jinora, and many of the other monks, go in often. A lot of the airbenders use it as an underground of sorts, to pass on messages and communicate over long distances." I glanced at Jin, and he nodded knowingly. "The problem is that the Spirit World is vast and dangerous when you're not in your real body. There is no promise of actually finding someone to help us there. And Asami has a lot of soldiers patrolling it. But I can go in and see what I can do."
"Good," Asaka said.
Kogami did a few bending moves and packed down some snow, making an ice circle. He removed the space blanket from around his shoulders and put it down in the center. "We'll guard over you out here," he said.
I took a seat, crossing my legs and putting my fists together. "If I don't come back—"
"Shut up," Asaka said. "If you don't come back we're all dead. You're our only hope. Don't die."
I nodded and closed my eyes. Focusing. Focusing. Don't die. If only it were that simple.
I could tell the moment I entered the Spirit World, because the cold faded away. In fact, all feeling faded away. Which made sense, because I was just a spirit. No physical body attached. No bending. Alone. Vulnerable. I didn't open my eyes for a few breaths. I hated this place. I hated feeling alone and vulnerable.
You're our only chance. Don't die.
I opened my eyes and stood. It was perhaps the most generic place the Spirit World could offer: lush green grass, tall twisting oaks, speckled yellow light drifting down though the canopy, several still, crystal pools scattered throughout. It was beautiful and looked like one of the safer places in the Spirit World, accept for one tiny detail: there were no spirits. That was never a good sign.
I heard the rustling of feet in the grass, the murmur of voices, and then a burst of boisterous laughter. Soldiers. I must be near the Northern Portal.
Luckily, the trees had wonderful foot holds for climbing, and I managed to scurry up and hide in the thick branches before they got close. I watched as they passed under me, three soldiers, in their physical bodies. One airbender was held captive between them in an Energy Chamber.
Powered by Spirit Vine Energy, Energy Chambers were cages that could suck in and impression Spiritual Energy. Asami had captured many Airbenders from the Spirit World this way. It was rumored that they took the captives to Energy Plants and recycled their spiritual energy, just like they did with Spirit Vines, effectively killing the person.
I scowled. This was either very bad for me or very good. On the one hand, if I could talk to the captive, a bald boy with a freshly red tattoo and a pair of glasses too large for his face, he might be able to take me to Jinora, or at least someone who could help. On the other hand, it was one Spirit Kyo against three soldiers in their physical bodies and one Energy Chamber. If I was captured, it was all over.
I had to think of a way to disarm them, or at least get them to leave the Energy Chamber behind, without directly confronting them. This was going to be the work of an Airbender: silence, stealth, avoid and evade.
I silently dropped behind the last person in the line. The Equalist uniform was black and skin tight, with the equality symbol big and red on their backs. There were no lose objects to grab onto accept for the weapons hanging from their belts. The person I dropped behind was a woman, a waterbender judging by the waterskin at her waste. Luckily, she also had an gun and a sheathed dagger at her belt.
I slipped my hand to her waste and succeed in snatching the dagger without her noticing. There was a red strip of fabric hanging from the hilt, it would be perfect for muffling her screams.
I rose up behind her and in a swift motion brought the fabric over her head and stuffed it in her mouth. She gagged and struggled as I pulled back on her head. I stepped on the back of her knee and brought her to the ground but all of this had made far too much noise.
So much for stealth.
As soon as I got on top of her, a rock clipped me on the side of the head and knocked me on my back.
I skidded on the grass but jumped right to my feet, only to be faced with all three soldiers. The woman, on her feet, ice shards floating around her hands, a man with rocks hovering just above the earth, and another man with a gun drawn. A nonbender.
I took a sharp duck as an icicle whizzed past my head. Turned as a rock just missed me. With each evade of their attacks I got in closer. I would have to get in closer if I wanted to win.
I took a split second to look at the nonbender, who was heading to the Energy Chamber. If he opened that thing I would be sucked right in.
I was never trained in weapons but I took a chance and threw the dagger with all my strength. It buried itself to the hilt just above his knee, and his legs buckled. He screamed out.
His companions, temporarily distracted, were left vulnerable. I managed to get right next to the waterbender and take her gun. I yanked back on her hair and held the weapon to her head.
"Move and I shoot," I said, my gut dropping as I realized how dark and serious I sounded. Would I really pull the trigger if I had to?
The Earthbender stopped in his tracks and smiled at me. "Do you know how many of my comrades I've seen die? I don't care. Shoot her."
The women gave a throaty laugh, "You've never held a gun in your life, have you? You didn't even take safety off."
The Earthbender bended a rock and hurdled it at me. I could tell it was enough to knock someone out, but not kill them. Perfect. I moved the woman so that it hit her right in the head. She slumped to the ground motionless. I hoped to the Spirits she wasn't dead, but I had no time to dwell on it.
I raised the gun, fumbling to click the safety off, and wrapped both hands around it. I took the best aim I could with shaky, untrained hands, hoping to hit him on the right shoulder. I shot and missed terribly. Red bloomed across his abdomen, and he sunk to the ground, clutching his stomach.
I took a steep back, watching in horror as color drained from his face, and he slumped into the grass, writhing in pain.
I dropped the gun.
He lay there motionless. Was he dead? Had I killed him? All I could see was Kogami's face. I remembered his story. How he had been forced into doing terrible things. It was people like him that I was meant to protect. What about this man? Had he been a Kogami?
I shook my head, snapping myself out of it. This was war. I temporarily swallowed the guilt as I made my way to the Energy Chamber.
Jut as I was about to unlock it and release the boy there was a sharp pain in my calf.
I looked down to see a dagger jutting out of it. The same dagger I had used to stab the Nonbender. He smiled up at me, his face pale from blood loss.
In an unprecedented burst of anger, I yanked the knife out of my calf and swung it so that it went strait though his hand, pinning his palm to the ground. He cried out and rolled over in pain.
"Now stay there! Can't you accept that I'm doing you a favor? I'm letting you live!"
I took a few strained breathes before looking down at my calf. There was the familiar sting of pain but no blood. My spirit, however, was slowly starting to disintegrate in that area. I clenched my jaw against the pain and turned back to the Energy Chamber.
The person inside looked at me from behind their scratched up spectacles with wide, horrified green eyes. I ignored it, just like I ignored the guilt crawling up inside of me and the grunts of pain coming from the nonbender. I found the power button to the chamber and shut it down. The glass walls lost their yellow-green glow. I swung open the door and held my hand out.
"Lets go. I need your help."
He took my hand and steeped from the chamber. "Who are you?" With a small burst of embarrassment I realized this was the voice of a girl. Upon further examination I could tell she was a young adult, just short. The baggy clothes and bald head had thrown me, but she had obviously just gotten her tattoos.
"Kyo," I said, extending my hand, "Avatar Kyo."
Her green eyes widened as she took my hand and shook it, "I'm Iio. And, if you'll forgive me for saying, you do look like an Avatar, but not the Avatar of our time."
I looked down at myself and the clothing and skin tone were all too familiar, but not belonging to me. I reached a hand up to my hair. Chin length. Brown. Dressed in a battered garb of Earth Kingdom style. I looked like Avatar Korra. And not just Avatar Korra. The broken, isolated Avatar Korra.
"Sometimes in the Spirit World, our forms reflect how we feel inside, not what we actually look like. So I believe you. I can sense your spiritual energy."
"Then you'll help me?"
Iio smiled. "You are the Avatar, and you just saved my life. Of course I'll help you. But first things first, we need to move away from these soldiers. They'll forget about us, and I'll do some work on the wound to your spirit."
Iio began to walk away, and I followed her until we had moved deeper into the trees and out of the sight of the soldiers. "Here," She gestured to a root twisting out of the ground, "Have a seat, and I'll take a look."
I obeyed instruction, sitting down on the root, and extended my leg. Iio bent down to look at it.
"You said they would forget about us."
"Yes," she said, ripping a piece of her tattered, baggy shirt off, "This is called the Wood Between the Worlds. It's a beneficial place for Asami because all these pools of water you see around you transport physical bodies to different places in the spirit world. The downside, however, is that time does not exist here. It makes it a sleepy kind of place and, if you're not careful, you can forget why you came, what you're doing, and even who you are. This is why the soldiers must travel here in groups and constantly remind each other of their task. Asami has lost many of them here. You'll see them wandering around sometimes."
"So, you'll never age if you stay here?"
"That's right. The soldiers back there won't die either, unless someone comes along and kills them. They'll remain how they are." I couldn't help but feel a rush of relief. "You will too. Your gash is deep but your spirit won't disintegrate any further if you remain in the woods. You have to keep your wits about you though, or you'll forget everything. So, you should probably tell me what you need help with."
I struggled, everything seemed a milky, fuzzy white in my brain but one thought stuck out.
You're our last hope. Don't die.
The memories flooded back. "I'm a member of the United Resistance. My friends, they're a special force meant to mature me into the Avatar."
"Lead by the Kyoshi Assassin, Asaka?" I nodded. "Yes, I know of them."
"Then you'll want to know that our airship has been downed in the wastelands of the North. I need to get to Jinora so she can send a rescue team."
Iio nodded slowly, seeming to think everything over. "The trip to Jinora is is a long one. If you leave these woods," she said, "Your spirit will begin to deteriorate rapidly, and you may not survive. However, if you stay here too long, you will forget who you are, and we can't have that. I'm going to ask you to meditate back to your body."
"No. I have to make sure this message gets to Jinora."
"Do you trust me?"
"I trust no one in this war."
Iio gave a sad smile. "True. Trusting is hard isn't it? Especially when you've been hunted all your life. But you have no choice. You need to get back to your friends and wait with them there for the help that will be sent. I give you my word, as an Air Nomad, that I will give this information to Jinora or die trying. I know where she is and how to get to her. You just need to give me as specific of directions to your location as possible."
I gulped, weighing my options. Leave the Wood and disintegrate to nothingness, stay and wait and forget who I am, or go back and wait with my friends, putting all my faith in a woman I just met. None were good options. But it was clear which was the best.
"Alright. I'll give you directions as best as I can." I walked over to a pool and got on my knees so that I could draw in the mud there.
"Here's the Water Tribe." I drew a circle. "Here is the Oasis." Another circle. "We're somewhere between them, probably about here." I poked a hole in the mud. "The wreckage will still be smoking. Is that clear?"
Iio meet eyes with me, humor sparkling in them. "Clear as mud." She snorted but then stooped when she saw my, less amused, expression. "Oh, I'm so sorry. This is not the time for bad jokes." She let her smile drop. "I'll tell Jinora. We will rescue you, Kyo."
With that she stood, put her fists together, closed her eyes, and dissolved.
As soon as she vanished I could feel myself doubting her reality. I felt the forgetfulness slipping up on me. I didn't even remember what the soldiers looked like, how many there were, if I killed them. I knew I had to get out soon before I forgot.
I crossed my legs and put my fists together. Concentrating. My physical body. The cold of the North. Asaka. Jin. June. Kogami.
I felt a chilly, biting wind. I opened my eyes and sucked in a dry breath.
"She's back!" It was Jin's voice. He was soon crouching in front of me, his gray eyes too big right in front of my face. "How did it go? Did you find Master Jinora?"
My calf still ached, and I felt sick to my stomach, remembering how I left those soldiers. I wrapped the space blanket tighter around my shoulders, not meeting Jin's hopeful eyes.
"They're coming. Soon. I hope."
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Proud of the wife
Probably doesn't warrant a separate thread but I have to give kudos to the wife. She has been thinking of getting her concealed carry license and finally took the plunge. We took a trip to Panama City last weekend so that the wife could relax and concentrate on learning properly, gaining confidence in her self, and ultimately choosing her gun of choice. To get her started I purchased a Walther P22 for her. I was hoping she would finally decide on a larger caliber pistol and she didn't disappoint. She started with the P22, moved up to the .380 and then the instructor did something totally unexpected. He handed her a Glock 45 and had her fire four magazine's. It was obvious that this caliber was a bit much but I stood back, wondering what the instructor had in mind. Then, he handed her a Glock 9mm. She lined up on the target and ripped the center apart. After the first magazine the instructor had her do fast magazine drop and load drills. While counting over her shoulder aloud, again she ripped the center target apart. After firing three sets of drills he walked her to the target, pointed to her marks and said "you just found out what gun you should be using".
She did great and I think I've just lost my 9mm Taurus. We had a great time and it was a true pleasure watching my wife come out of her shooting shell. She gets her certificate this week.
Way to go!
GREAT!! I'd be proud too!!
That's also an interesting evaluation technique.
Very nice, congrats to her
Good job by the instructor and your wife. And you for getting her to the class. Congrats
Be very proud of her.......My wife completed the ccw class along with me......She continues to surprise me with her markmanship.....:;)
Absolutely, this warrants it's own thread.
As one woman to another.....I congratulate her and I'm proud of her. I think all women, married or not, need to take responsibility for themselves and your wife has done exactly that.
Congratulations to both your wife and yourself, the instructor sounds like a wise choice for the training and selection of a weapon. My wife started out with the smaller calibers also and now has a yearning to play with a .45, which a couple of months ago was not an option.
Hope will never be part of my emergency plan.
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Sidney Sheldon 9 novels onubad by Anish Das Apu in ebooks pdf
e-books name- Nothing Lasts forever
Are You Afraid Of The Dark
Morning, Noon & Night
Tell Me Your Dreams
The Sands Of Time
The Best Laid Plans
The Other Side of Midnight
Windmills of the Gods
Author – Sidney Sheldon
Translation- Anish Das Apu
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Sidney Sheldon (born: February 11, 1917- died: January 30, 2007) was an Academy Award-winning American author. He is the author of 18 thriller novels and he wrote more than two hundred television scripts and he made 5 great movies and 6 plays. Sidney Sheldon's books are available in Bengali translated. His books were translated very well by Anish Das Apu. Today I'll share 9 translated books in this post. The name of the books and the details are given below:
Nothing Lasts forever– Onubad
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Are You Afraid Of The Dark– Onubad
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Bloodline– Onubad ebooks pdf
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Morning, Noon & Night– Onubad e-book
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Tell Me Your Dreams– Onubad
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The Sands Of Time– Onubad
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The Other Side of Midnight– Onubad
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This Crazed Clown is a murderous madman and his straight jacket isn't just for show! The self-proclaimed nemesis of the Batman, he would commit numerous silly and prank related crimes as one of its numerous rogues who plagued the Gotham City and it's Caped Crusader. Joker was determined to drive the city, it's inhabitants, and most importantly the Dark Knight mad by showing that like him, one really bad day can take a normal person into a monster.
First appearing on September 11, 2004 in The Batman episode, "The Bat in the Belfry" in which he was voice acted by Kevin Michael Richardson and would go on to reprise his role throughout the rest of the series. Richardson would also perform as the Joker in the 2005 feature film based on the series, Batman vs. Dracula.
The Joker is a major supervillain in the DC Comics, first appearing in Batman #1 which was published on April 25, 1940. Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson are credited as being responsible for his creation. He has been considered to be THE principal arch-nemesis to the Dark Knight for decades and the most recognizable as well as being widely considered to be one of the greatest supervillains of all time as the Clown Prince of Crime.
Like his nemesis who uses bats, the Joker employs his own symbolism revolving around clowns, comedy, playing cards and his warped and sadistic sense of humor and mad genius have made him a potent adversary for the Dark Knight Detective along with his bleached white skin, shocking green hair, and macabre death head's grin make him one of the most visually distinctive.
The Joker has been a defining part of the mythology and history of the Batman for decades ever since his appearance. For the most part, he has never had a definitive origin story.
The Joker's identity is a mystery and at times, he has claimed various different versions which are contradictory. Some indicate that he was a failed comedian forced into a life of crime; others state that he was a former Gotham hoodlum turned crime boss who hid behind a veneer of respectability and high-priced lawyers; another history indicates that he was abused by his father with a runaway mother which turned him into a life of crime; while yet another origin proclaims that he was a brilliant but sadistic genius.
The Joker admits that even he doesn't know for sure which is real and which is false but typically all of his stories involve the Batman and the Ace Chemical Plant where he was being pursued by the Dark Knight only to to fall into a vat of chemicals. The strange mixture would turn his skin chalk white, dye his hair green, and cause his facial muscles to be pulled into a fixed rictus. Some stories have indicated that the shock of his new bizarre appearance caused him to lose his mind while others suggest that the Joker is actually sane but like his archnemesis who cultivates his reputation to make criminals superstitious and fearful of him; the Joker does the same by employing bizarre and convoluted campaigns to make himself appear to be insane but is actually a carefully cultivated mask of randomness and unpredictability.
Among his more memorable heinous acts have included murdering of Jason Todd, the second Robin; paralyzing Barbara Gordon by shooting her in the spine, ending her career as Batgirl; and murdering Commissioner Gordon's second wife Sarah Essen.
The Joker has made numerous frequent appearances in various films, animated cartoons, and television series starring the Batman over the decades.
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Season 1
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- Topsy Turvy
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- The Clayface of Tragedy
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- The Metal Face of Comedy
- The End of the Batman
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Diesel could be dethroned as the fleet world king after the government's decision to extend the 3% benefit in kind (BIK) until April 2021, which may lead companies to consider alternatives such as hybrid.
Hybrid has now emerged as a contender to diesel in the fleet market due to attractive government grants and the lower BIK.
George Osborne confirmed in the Autumn Statement that the 3% diesel levy was staying in the aftermath of the VW emission scandal. The levy was expected to have been dropped in April.
The government will re-evaluate the 3% BIK hike in April 2021 when EU wide testing should ensure diesel vehicles meet air quality standards. The continuation of the diesel levy will raise an additional £1.36bn over the next five years. Until then, drivers and companies that changed their vehicles on the proviso that the 3% levy was going to be removed are now set to incur substantial costs. Marcus Puddy, managing director of Puddy vehicle solutions (PVS), said: "Lots of companies will have a fair amount of additional costs going onto their bottom line if they believed that they were going to get a saving."
Companies may now reassess what vehicles they add to their fleets since they will suffer 21% BIK. Instead, Puddy said: "They could have got themselves a hybrid, which would still have delivered the same value in miles per gallon and provided a lower BIK but they didn't do that because they thought the 3% levy was going to disappear, that driver is now disadvantaged."
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Hybrid vehicles suddenly look more attractive to companies. Plug-in cars currently boast generous incentives such as grants up to £5,000. The government has announced that the grant will fall by up to £2,500 from 1 March. "Although they have chosen to half the grant, because they have retained the 3% levy on diesel, from a benefit in kind tax, the plug-in hybrids become a decent alternative," said Puddy.
Hybrid vehicles have emerged as an alternative due to manufacturers making the vehicles available in more ranges, and the government grant on plug-in vehicles can offset some of the higher capital cost. The government grant only applies for vehicles that have a have a lead that goes into an electric point.
Bolstered by the government's plug-in grant, the switch to hybrid has been seen by record plug-in registrations reaching 28,188 in 2015, a 94% surge compared to the previous year. Last year's growth overtakes the past five years' totals combined, which was 21,486.
The Nissan LEAF and the Mitsubishi Outlander tops the registration lists, with the latter up 118% on the previous year. Lexus, BMW i3 and more car manufacturers rolling out hybrids, so Puddy believes hybrid vehicles will start to manifest themselves onto fleet lists.
However, Alastair Kendrick, tax director at MacIntyre Hudson, warned hybrids might be a "false economy". "Hybrid obviously saves money when you are driving around town. When you are driving on motorways, the diesel/petrol engine kicks in, and that might not be economic.
"So what we are finding is people taking hybrids because it is cheaper, but the type of mileage they are doing, the car is not running as a hybrid, it's running as a petrol or diesel because they are always on the motorway."
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Had the government taken away the 3% levy diesel would remain king. So does this spell the end of diesel? Puddy believes this year will be a pivotal year for diesel. But from anecdotal evidence, he said diesel still takes up 90% of fleet, and hybrid trails behind with a relative small percentage.
"Diesel is prominent in the van market. For cars, diesels will still be an affluent provider within that park, but I also think companies need to consider alternative vehicles available to them like hybrid vehicles," said Puddy.
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Grand Rapids real estate. Unique opportunity to own a beautiful 2bdrm 2ba corner unit condo at The Hillmount. Once 2 units later combined into 1 spacious unit offering a fantastic master bedrm w/walk-in closet, an in-unit washer/dryer, & full bath. Numerous custom items incl. walnut floors, hickory cabinets, granite counter tops, & ceiling fans in every room. 2nd bedroom which is currently being used as an office features beautiful french doors. This corner unit condo offers great views, is one of only 2 units which offers a 2nd full ba, & over 1000sqft. As a resident of Hillmount, you'll enjoy great amenities including FREE WiFi, fitness center & the stunning city views from the lg rooftop deck w/gas grills for your use. Great location near downtown, Cherry Hill District. Pets allowed
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Except they don't have a lot of black ink elsewhere. They paid more than 100% of the arena profits back into the Panthers. The only question, was how profitable (or not) were the Panthers after this subsidy.
The only thing left, is maybe they made some money on real-estate development around the arena.
But, again, even if this is true, I don't think the county is making out very well on the arena deal.
I guess the only real question is what would the net gain/loss be for everyone (SSE and the County) if the arena was built without the Panthers - assuming that the arena is a net positive in 'community value' (but maybe a smaller cheaper arena could be built for the other events that the city has demand for).
First of all, Panthers ownership could care less if it's good for the county or not. None of their concern, nor do I think that the financial well-being of the city/county/state/province is high up in the minds of any sports owner that gets public monies for their arena construction and/or management.
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So yeah, I've had trouble finding a good fitting pair of jeans for as long as I can remember, most being too baggy or simply uncomfortable. For the odd pairs I would buy out of necessity, they would always require a belt, something I find even more uncomfortable. As soon as I got home, I would throw them away and wear shorts instead.
By looking online, I found some guys saying that womens jeans were the solution for them. Yesterday, I grabbed my courage and decided to go shopping, eventually buying two pairs of women jeans, and I must say, these are SO much better than what I was used to. They are comfy, look nice, aren't too girly, don't require a belt and the fit is perfect. Decided to wear one of them to school today and I don't think anyone noticed, but I was curious if women can spot womens jeans right away if a guy is wearing them. Not that I would care all that much, just curious.
With all that said, I am never going back to mens jeans, even though I might miss the bigger pockets, but I guess I'll get used to smaller ones.
Also, would girls mind if they knew I wore womens jeans?
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We met at a party a week or so ago and exchanged numbers. We've been texting each other for hours every day since and he added me on Facebook.
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But now I don't know where to go from here. There's no date set, no activity planned and I feel like I was too vague. I don't want to bring us hanging out up again, I want him to. But I don't know if that's fair of me since I did the asking.
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Pano, which launched last August, will make its VDS 2.0 upgrade available on May 5, Pano executives said, priced at $300.
Pano Logic's software runs entirely at the data center, with no software or drivers required on the end-user hardware, which is about the size of a deck of cards. Although the devices are designed to work with VMWare's Virtual Server, the new version supports VMWare's Virtual Desktop Manager, according to Aly Orady, co-founder and chief technical officer, who added that the company's solution is "hypervisor-agnostic,' and could work with Microsoft's Hyper-V technology when it is released later this year.
Previously, however, a branch office needed some form of server to manage the branch, even if the software was being centrally managed on the datacenter. With the second release, no hardware is needed at the third-party location.
Customers had also been asking for the ability to add a second monitor, as well as additional USB devices, Orady said. Behind each second-generation Pano Logic device are three USB ports and VGA connector. When a monitor or USB device is plugged in, the virtualized OS on the server interprets it as a local connection.
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Pano has also performed its own certification of USB products, allowing some Ethernet bridges, as well as some personal digital assistants, cell phones, and combination printer/flash card readers to replace PCs in point-of-sale applications.
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William has done it again, topping the list of most popular boy names in NSW in 2012, while Ruby has sprung to the top of the girl's list.
It's been a solid run for the princely name, as it has taken the top spot on the state's boy's list since 2009 - and has been in the top 10 every year since 1998.
Ruby, however, has had a slower rise to fame - the name didn't even appear in the NSW top 10 in 2009.
Since then, it's been in the number two spot, behind Isabella in 2010, and then Chloe in 2011.
Interestingly, Ruby also took out the top place for girls in Queensland in 2012, but William only placed third in that state.
"It's not easy to say for certain why a name becomes popular - maybe it's the familiarity of hearing a name that draws people to it," said Greg Curry, registrar of NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages.
"Popularity in names does come and go over the decades. In 1912, just over 200 baby girls were given the name Ruby - 100 years on, just over 500 parents decided on the name."
The girl's list has remained fairly stable since 2011, but Emily was a notable entry, jumping from last year's number 12 spot to second in 2012.
Sienna has fallen from favour, exiting the top 10.
Likewise, the boy's list contained nine of last year's names, with Cooper slipping off – and James coming in from number 12.
Curry acknowledges that naming a new baby is exciting, but has a request for new parents.
"While enjoying this time, I ask parents to be mindful when choosing a name. Don't be flippant, as it is with them for life," he said.
- William
- Oliver
- Lucas
- Jack
- Noah
- Ethan
- Lachlan
- Joshua
- Thomas
- James
- Ruby
- Emily
- Olivia
- Chloe
- Charlotte
- Mia
- Amelia
- Isabella
- Sophie
- Ava
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Does anyone know how to have Exchange 2003 (as part of SBS 2003 R2) accept messages to a user but then delete/purge them without a NDR?
I have a generic script running on a Unix system that emails unix users if they are inactive in a certain Unix application. However, several Unix users do not have Windows accounts nor do they have the associated mailboxes and I am not willing to use an SBS license for that. I end up getting the bounces for those users.
I know I could modify my Unix script but was wondering how to do it with Exchange first.
Thanks in advance!
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Feb 16, 2007 at 9:31 UTC
As cheesy as this is it might work.
Create a rule in Outlook or Outlook web access to delete all email.
Let us know if it works
Feb 19, 2007 at 8:31 UTC
I do realize that I could do it that way but when I add the user as a mailbox, it consumes a license. I do not wish to consume a license (both Exchange and Windows since I am running Windows SBS 2003 Premium) for mail I am simply trashing. I wish to entirely avoid storing the message anywhere.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Feb 19, 2007 at 6:22 UTC
How about creating a mailbox that you do use and add the email aliases to it? Then create the rule.
That is cheesier still, but it would meet your requirements by not consuming another license.
Feb 20, 2007 at 7:51 UTC
I did some research on Exchange and it appears that I, in fact, do not need a license for the mailbox since I'm not in a per mailbox licensing mode. So I will try that suggestion and see what happens. I'm sure it will work but I was just afraid of the licensing issue.
Feb 20, 2007 at 7:54 UTC
Actually it's quite easy... you need to blackhole the email address. On Exchange, the way to do that would be to create a distribution list without any members. Then assign the email address(es) that you want to blackhole to the email address tab of the distribution group.
FYI, adding a user with a mailbox would NOT consume a CAL if that user didn't log in. But that is a moot point based on my suggestion.
Feb 20, 2007 at 8:09 UTC
TechSoEasy2, that's the solution I was looking for. And it does work great.
Blackhole... that's the word! I was so used to our old sendmail system and passing it to /dev/null that that was the only term I used in my searches on the newsgroups. No wonder I didn't find anything. I did a Google search and it was the third hit. When can Google get a brain interface so it would intuitively know what I'm searching for?
Thanks TechSoEasy2 and KenC for your assistance!
Feb 20, 2007 at 8:38 UTC
No problem... /dev/null is actually termed as blackholing as well... although Exim now uses :blackhole: as the path.
Anyhow... glad it's working for you!
Feb 21, 2007 at 2:10 UTC
TechSoEasy2, nice solution. Thanks.
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> When can Google get a brain interface so it would intuitively know what I'm searching for?
Just give it time ... just give it time ...
There are some insanely cool reads regarding Google's AI interests! You can even go conspiracy theory in this realm.
FYI, i did post a googleai.tld domain, but quickly realized it may be used for phishing, and have edited it out of this post.
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By ROB JILLO
The Associated Press
Monday, February 2, 2004; 8:57 AM
NAIROBI, Kenya - Four Kenyan men charged with murder in the car bombing of a Kenya costal resort planned the attack with other al-Qaida operatives, a prosecutor told a Nairobi court Monday as the suspects' trial got underway after months of delays.
In his opening statement, prosecutor Edwin Okello told the Nairobi High Court that the four men had connections with Osama bin Laden's terror network dating to January 2002.
Okello said the four had "frequent communication with network members" and "they rented...houses for short periods, moving from one house to another to avoid suspicion."
Al-Qaida has twice struck Kenya, and Monday's trial, along with another trial of three other al-Qaida suspects on lesser charges, are the first attempts by authorities in the East African country to seek convictions against alleged terrorists.
Prosecutors have amassed circumstantial evidence linking six of the seven suspects to the attack, according to pretrial statements seen by The Associated Press. Authorities have said witness testimony and physical evidence will implicate the defendants.
But there appears to be little direct proof, according to the 164 statements from witnesses and investigators. This leads critics to charge Kenyan authorities with trying the men because of pressure from the United States, which has criticized Kenya's anti-terror efforts.
The first witness called Monday, Issa Kombo Issa, testified that he lost his national identity card in 1997 and that in December 2002, police called him in to identify photos that turned out to be of him. Authorities believe that one of the suspects, Omar Said Omar, used the alias Issa Kombo Issa when renting houses in the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa.
Omar, Aboud Rogo Mohammed, Mohamed Kubwa and Mohammed Ali Saleh Nabhan have been charged with 15 counts of murder for the Nov. 28, 2002, bombing of the Paradise Hotel north of Mombasa, an attack that killed 15 people, including three Israeli tourists. All four suspects have pleaded innocent.
At about the same time the car bomb struck the hotel, several men fired two surface-to-air missiles that missed an Israeli charter airliner taking off from nearby Mombasa airport.
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network claimed responsibility for the attacks in November 2002 as well as the nearly simultaneous August 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi and in Dar es Salaam in neighboring Tanzania, which killed 231 people, including 12 Americans.
The other three Kenyan suspects are being tried on charges of conspiracy for their alleged roles in the hotel and embassy bombings, the attempt to shoot down the airliner and an alleged plot to destroy the new U.S. Embassy in Nairobi last June.
The trial of the four men is expected to last at least a month. If convicted, they face a possible death sentence.


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Very secluded and peacefull , all new construction in june of 2012. What a great place to stay and visit yellowstone park, The buffalo bill Museum and the Rocky Mountains. The views from this property are amazing we really enjoyed the stay. The beds are incredable , very comfortable.
As others have mentioned, Brad and Erin are pleasant and accommodating. The Remington was a great cabin for our 2 children (ages 13 and 11) and my husband and me. It is more spacious than it appears in the pictures and we had plenty of room to spread out. The queen bed was comfortable and the bunk bed worked well for my kids--it was sturdy and didn't squeak when someone turned over on it. The table has 4 stools which fit under it when not being used (I was unclear about table seating accommodations when I looked at the pictures). The bathroom is wonderful--good lighting, lots of countertop space and storage space. The Remington was a good base from which to conduct our sightseeing in Yellowstone and Cody, and the Wapiti area is beautiful and worth exploring, as well. It sits at the top of Brad and Erin's property overlooking their lodge, house, and other cabins. The view is great and it is quiet and private.
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To visit with Yellowstone National Park was the objective of our vacation. However, we enjoyed the cabin the most out of our vacation. The park had many things to see, yet it was very touristy. Tourists including us were paparazzi and wild animals, particularly bears, were celebrities. Tourists with their huge cameras swarm to the spot of wildlife sight. Park rangers as well rush to the site to control the traffic. At the end of busy touring day the cabin was comforting. We liked the cabin very much so we even stayed in the cabin for whole day and did nothing but relax and enjoyed what the cabin offered. The cabin was spacious for two people and one Boston terrier, clean, nicely decorated, and had everything we need. Erin, the owner, was always there to help, but gave us plenty privacy. We bought Bison and Elk meats from Brad's meat shop/restaurant and cooked them up at the cabin. They were delicious! Erin, thank you for everything. We truly loved our stay!
My family was pleasantly surprised upon entering the Remington Cabin. The interior was better than they expected. We spoke briefly with Brett and Erin, unpacked and immediately started steaks on the grill as we sat outside and enjoyed the cooler temps (we're from Texas and left triple digit temps). We sat around a campfire for a bit after supper. I will say there were not adequate toiletries, but couldn't remember if toiletries were included. I didn't take any, so that was inconvenient, but we survived. The cabin was clean, the owners were friendly and we'd definitely stay again!
Great location and really cool cabins..We stayed in the Remington and the Steward, just how it worked out in order to beable to stay five consecutive nights. The views are incredible and the price was great considering what you have to pay for a hotel anywhere around Yellowstone and both cabins we stayed in were updated and very nice...I asked Erin for new towels after a couple days and when we returned from our day in the park it was taken care of..I would highly recommend to anyone to stay here and we also hope to again one day..thanks again Erin and Brad
We had an absolutely wonderful time staying in your cabins. The cabins were beautiful and our view of the mountains were incredible. We genuinely appreciate your hospitality and your willingness to help in any way that you could to make our stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. We felt incredibly lucky to be so close to the East Entrance of Yellowstone...it made traveling to the park very easy and convenient. If we ever make our way to Yellowstone again, there is no doubt in our mind that we will stay at your location and suggest your place to anyone we know traveling to the area. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts.
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Although Bernard Schlink is the author of seven previous books, readers will recognize his name most readily as the author of the international bestseller, The Reader. Here, in Summer Lies, he presents seven stories which maintain a consistency of style and tone, and indeed of character, across ages and genders and lifestyles. Most of them are at the midpoint in their lives, looking back on families and careers with new eyes, or at the end of their lives, making final assessments and judgments.
Yet the characters are so often oddly passionless: in "After the Season," a man meets a woman and begins an affair even though he finds her unattractive and uninteresting. It's only after he slides into the relationship that he realizes he's in love, and then must face the prospect of changing his life for her. Although he survives on a modest income and has always resented the wealthy, she's decidedly rich.
And in "The Night in Baden-Baden," a man travels with a woman who's not his girlfriend, even sharing a bed with her, but without actually making love to her. It's only after being found out and when his girlfriend refuses to believe that he's remained faithful that he actually does cheat on her, when an impromptu opportunity arises. Of course, even without consummation he's still unfaithful, but not in his mind. And when his girlfriend finds out from the other woman that indeed he hadn't lied about not having sex with her, strangely, not in her mind either.
In the final story, "The Journey to the South," an elderly woman is taken by one of her granddaughters to re-unite with her first love, who she has always insisted abandoned her. Only after all those years does she realize that in fact it was the reverse, and she gave up the prospect of love and happiness for security and stability. The story begins with her realization that she no longer loves her family, seemingly because she's been released from the duty to do so.
One story that stands out as unusual is "Stranger in the Night," in which a jet passenger listens to the story of a fugitive man, accused of selling his girlfriend to an oil sheik. It's unclear whether he's complicit or not, but when he's later released from prison, the narrator lends him a largish sum of money, without forming any moral judgment or seemingly caring whether he'll ever get it back.
Schlink's style and approach are calm and reflective; his prose is so spare, it's sometimes simply declarative. His people's lives are comfortably middle class and uncomfortably unfulfilled, as if their expectations had been met, but only by virtue of being so modest and un-ambitious in the first place. In all, these people seem so distant from their own feelings, and allow others to make so many life-altering decisions for them, they're little more than passive observers of their own existence.
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While hedge funds underperformed the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) and the MSCI AC World Index last year, those aren't necessarily the best benchmarks to use for comparison since hedge funds have had lower volatility than equities in recent years, and a recent J.P. Morgan report argues that hedge funds generated alpha in 2013. Hedge funds grew to $2.63 trillion in global assets under management last year, with $376 billion in performance gains and $64 billion net inflows, now representing 2.6% of the universe of bonds and equities, passing the pre-crisis high of 2.3%.
Instead of looking at stock markets, J.P. Morgan analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou suggests looking at a more realistic portfolio for comparison. The Hedge Fund Research fund weighted composite index (HFRI) was up 9.2% for 2013 and the HFRX global hedge fund index was up 6.7%, compared to 5.7% returned by a 55/45 bond equity portfolio using the US Aggregate Bond Index and MSCI AC World, which would have a comparable volatility (the HFRI has a Sharpe ratio of 0.82 compared to a ratio of 0.78 for the 55/45 portfolio).
Comparing hedge funds to HF replicators
Alternatively, hedge fund performance can be judged by looking at hedge fund replicator strategies.
"Hedge-fund replicators typically try to mimic hedge fund strategies by relating most recent hedge-fund returns to different assets or by using systematic models to exploit common HF strategies such as carry and momentum," explains Panigirtzoglou. "HF replicators can be considered as a measure of 'beta' for HFs and thus the return that HFs generate in excess of their replicators can be considered as 'alpha'."
Panigirtzoglou favors HF replicators for a direct comparison because investors don't usually allocate part of their portfolios to hedge funds looking for the highest relative returns, they're looking for convexity and non-linear exposure to traditional assets. HF replicators were up 6.1% in 2013 on average, so hedge funds generated some alpha by this measure as well.
Macro funds suffered from low market beta
Even though hedge funds produced alpha for 2013, equity long/short strategies outperformed precisely because they increased beta in February 2013, while macro strategies reduced their beta, missed out on last year's bull market, and were punished for it with poor performance and outflows by the end of the year. Equity long/short funds may have had it easy last year, since other strategies have a mandate to keep beta low, and considering the rocky year stock markets have already had it wouldn't be surprising for these trends to reverse in 2014.