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A Touch Morbid(2012)
(The second book in the Touch series)
A novel by Leah Clifford
Eden won the battle-she saved her true love from the darkest evil. But the war has only just begun. With secrets swirling around her, powerful allies unraveling, and life-and death-as she knows it eroding, Eden and those she loves tread dangerous ground. Can she trust anyone? Will her unearthly powers be her salvation or her downfall? A sweeping, dark, and sexy paranormal romance that will haunt readers with an inventive mythology and a cinematic New York City filled with shadows and longing.
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Spurs in talks with Gilberto
Sky Sports News understands that Tottenham Hotspur are in talks to sign Hertha Berlin full-back Gilberto.
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Sky Sports News understands that Tottenham Hotspur are in talks to sign Hertha Berlin full-back Gilberto.
The Brazil international is out of contract at the end of the season and Hertha want the 31-year-old to sign an extension.
He was linked with Manchester United last week and was coy regarding any interest from the Premier League champions.
Gilberto conceded he had not decided on whether to stay with Hertha, or move to England, Portugal, or even return to Brazil.
However, it now appears that he could be heading to the Premier League with Spurs understood to be piecing together a deal.
A fee of £2.5million has been mooted for Gilberto, who joined Hertha in 2004 and has been a Bundesliga regular.
Spurs are currently short on options at left-back, with Gareth Bale and Benoit Assou-Ekotto both out with long-term injuries.
South Korean defender Lee Young-pyo is Juande Ramos' first choice, but may soon face competition for his place from Gilberto.

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PJ Harvey has announced a European tour for later this year, featuring shows in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Wolverhampton.
The singer-songwriter is hitting the road in October and November support of her UK #1 album The Hope Six Demolition Project.
The full list of live dates to be played this winter (including two festival dates) are as followed:
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Oct 12 Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Polan
Oct 13 Forum Karlin Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Oct 15 Palladium, Cologne, Germany
Oct 16 HMH, Amsterdam, Holland
Oct 18 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Oct 19 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
Oct 21 Zenith, Paris, France
Oct 23 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
Oct 24 Obihall, Florence, Italy
Oct 25 Hallenstadion Club, Zurich, Switzerland
Oct 27 Coliseum, Lisbon, Portugal
Oct 28 BIME Festival, Bilbao, Spain
Oct 30 Brixton Academy, London, UK
Oct 31 Brixton Academy, London, UK
Nov 2 SECC, Glasgow, UK
Nov 3 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
Nov 4 Starworks Warehouse, Wolverhampton, UK
Nov 6 Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
Tickets for London go on Sale on Wednesday 13 July. Tickets for Glasgow, Manchester, and Wolverhampton will be going on sale on Friday 15 July. All tickets on sale at 9am BST.
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Decorating By princesscatt Updated 14 Mar 2010 , 1:22am by MBHazel
Making a cake with all buttercream that requires a diamond impression. So i bought a mat, easy enough right? NO...it's is not working out at all..any tips please!!!
what seems to be the problem? did you let your buttercream crust first?
yes, the mat is stiff.. am i supposed to wrap it around the cake? do i push hard or is it just to make a line for me to trace? I can't get an even pattern.
the way ive done it is-
i let me buttercream crust first and make sure the cake is chilled.
then i put a tiny bit of poweder sugar on the mat and use either a hand roller or fondant smoother and with firm pressure but not too hard imprint the mat on the cake.
making sure the pattern can continue around the cake. if the buttercream isnt crusted then it will lift a bit when the mat is removed to go onto the next part of the cake.
hope that makes sense.
maybe others can explain better.
also becareful -sometimes the frosting can ride up a bit to the top of the cake.
good luck let me know how you make out.
I do mine very similar to aundrea's, but I dust my mat with pearl dust and as long as your buttercream has crusted you shouldn't have any problems. It doesn't take a lot of pressure to get it to work correctly. Do you have time to do a test run first? If anything sticks to your mat, be sure to clean it before using it as you work your way around the cake. I have several photos of cakes in my photos of cakes using my diamond mat. It has become of one of my favorite techniques and clients love it.
Oh! Do I feel your pain! I tried that once and was so frustrated I swore I'd never do it again.
You have to kinda roll the mat around the cake, don't start with the edge of the mat or it will dig into the icing (crusted or not) and don't go all the way to the end for the same reason. When you stop you have to match up your lines for the next section.
The biggest problem I had was getting uniform impressions. Some lines were perfect, others too light, or too heavy.
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Penspen and the University of Tabasco (UJAT), Mexico, have launched a new diploma in pipeline inspection and maintenance. The diploma, which is the first of its kind in Mexico, was officially launched on Saturday at a ceremony hosted by University Rector, José Manuel Piña Gutierrez and attended by Senior Penspen and Pemex Officials.
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Winchester model 67 and Remington model 33
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Have a couple of family heirloom firearms on hand for the moment and was wanting to show them off for anyone interested in such things, they belonged to my great grandfather.
Can anyone tell me anything about them like approximate age or a ballpark value?
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Winchester model 67.
The Remington was made from 1931 to 1936.
The Winchester was made from 1934 to 1963(yours was in the 40's or early 50's).
Neither are very valuable, maybe $100 to $150.
Found a model 34 Remington for a good price,It's the same as your 33,but a tube feed repeater instead.
At first it had light primer strikes,but after cleaning 50+ years of crud out of the bolt body it runs like a house on fire. Great little shooter.
If you have kids or grand kids these are fairly light,well balanced guns to learn with.
If you spend a little time surfing there is a lot of information on both guns. Back in the day single shot 22 longrifles fed familes during the depression when there was no such thing as food stamps etc.
A couple years ago I bought a old Remington model 41 from a old woman in her seventies. The gun had belonged to her uncle along with a 1897 Winchester 12 guage. She told me there in florida where I bought it he had fed his family with these two guns during the depression.
The old model 67 is very similar to the Remington model 41 with long barrels and made in a time that workman ship was high quality and they are amazingly accurate guns.
The model 33 is as well.
I suggest you take a little time to also go into guns America .com guns international .com Auction arms .com and gun broker .com and look at a few of the models you have. I assure you finding either for 150 bucks will be extremely difficult.
I took a interest in old Winchester and Remington 22 long rifles from that era after buying the model 41 and reading up on them is a very interesting and there is a abundance of information on line about them.
At remingtons site they have serial number blocks for the remingtons as well so its easy to look them up.
On Saturday I bought a Win model 67 for $100. It was the early one with the grooved forearm. The stock even has a little fiddle showing(best wood I seen on one of these).
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Relive the nostalgic era of late 19th century California when O&A tours Heritage Square Museum. The unique outdoor museum reflects early Los Angeles living and features a street of historic homes, including Hale House which has been fully restored to its original glory. The fabulous treasures of King Tutankhamun make their glorious return to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art bringing to the world all of the mystery and pageantry of Ancient Egypt. Glimpses of many of the precious artifacts, interviews with the curators and a fascinating glimpse into Tutankhamun's CTScan paint an intimate portrait of the boy who would be king.
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Commander Rodrigo Londono will sign a historic peace agreement in a September 26 ceremony in Cartagena, Santos announced Friday.
After nearly four years of talks, the peace accord between Colombia's government and the country's largest Marxist guerrilla group was finalized August 24.
But the deal must be approved by voters before it can be implemented, in a binding referendum October 2.
Approval of the deal is looking more likely with a new opinion poll published Friday in which a strong majority of respondents say they support the peace deal.
The survey conducted for Colombian news outlets Radio Caracol and Red + Noticias showed growing support for the agreement.
Among likely voters, 62 per cent said they would support the peace deal in the October 2 vote. Another 28 per cent said they would not, while 10 per cent were undecided.
Another poll published August 26 by the daily El Tiempo showed "yes" votes with an 11-point lead over "no."
Both polls indicate increased support for the deal since it was announced, when polls had shown the electorate narrowly split.
As many as half of the 34 million potential voters still plan to abstain from the vote, according to surveys.
If ratified by voters, the peace accord would spell the end of FARC as an armed group and a significant reduction in the conflict, which began in 1964.
The agreement includes rural reforms, joint action against drug trafficking, political participation by demobilized guerrillas and the creation of a transitional justice system.
Colombia has for decades been riven by internal conflict as FARC and other left-wing rebels have battled military, police and right-wing paramilitaries.
More than 220,000 people have been killed and millions forced to flee parts of the country consumed by war. The government counts more than 7.6 million Colombians as direct and indirect victims of the conflict, and more landmine victims than any country but Afghanistan.


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Redair is the highest rated of those with a handicap mark and has gone close in claiming company before. She's gone backwards since scoring on her debut at Kempton last March, but should still have the beating of Thorpe Bay, Miserere Mei and the disappointing Flaming Ferrari. Gem Of Wizdom has shown nothing in two starts so far, but STRIKE A POSE was spotted making progress in the latter stages of her debut here despite Hayley Turner having to cope with the saddle slipping. Jim Boyle's filly won't have to improve much to land this with normal luck in-running and gets the nod.
Redair (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) Took keen hold, led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Oratorian (9-7) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
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Disclaimer. I do not own any characters from the Kim Possible franchise, they remain the sole property of Disney. The OC's Agent Baker and Drake Synthodrone #902 are my own creations, if you want to use them for a story then PM me and I'll get back to ya.
-Chapter IX-
Mission to Go City
Middleton Global Justice
The last thing SK remembered was Shego's powerful hands gripping her by the arm and then throwing her, followed by the powerful jolt of electrical energy that overloaded her systems before everything went blank. She was lost in a world of darkness for what felt like a split second, until everything came back into focus. Staring up at a blank ceiling, the rythmic beep of computer systems was the first thing she heard as it monitored the neural activity in her positronic brain. Plugged into a small access port concealed at the base of her skull, electrical wires were leading to the computer being operated by Dr. Bortel. Groaning weakly, SK tried to sit up but her body didn't seem to want to respond. She couldn't move if her life depended on it.
"Ah, don't try to get up yet," Dr. Bortel said, noticing her panic. "Don't wory, your motor functions have yet to be activated but not until I've run a full diagnostic check to see if the repairs have worked."
"W-Wha...What happened?" SK asked weakly, a faint electronic buzz in her voice which surprised her. "Hey, what's wrong with my voice?!"
"The overload damaged quite a few of your functions, I took care of the more serious damage while you were offline," He explained, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "It'll take about two or three hours to make the final repairs."
"Oh man...so, how long was I out?"
"Three days," Bortel said, registering the stunned expression on her face. "Stoppable was very worried about you, he would hardly leave your side."
"Ron?" SK said, surprised. Noticing that Bortel nodded in the direction of someone behind her, helping her turn her head gently round, she saw before her a sleeping Ron Stoppable slumped back in a metal fold out chair. A warm smile formed on her face when her gaze shifted down towards her waist, Rufus curled up beside her and snoring softly in a cute, adorable manner. If she were human, she would've cried right there and then, yet her synthetic eyes were physically unable to shed any tears. The sight before her really touched her heart.
"So I'm guessing Shego and her partner got away, huh?" SK sighed as Bortel nodded grimly. "Oh great...The one chance to find the real me, AND I BLEW IT!"
Her outburst awoken the small rodent with a loud yelp, Ron jolting in his chair as if he was yanked out of his dream, rubbing his eyes as he yawned. "Huh...what?"
He rubbed his eyes until his vision came back into focus, the sight of SK functioning causing him to sigh with relief.
"SK! Oh man, you had me worried!" Ron said, scooting his seat closer to her bedside. "The way you got zapped and everything, I thought you were down for the count!"
"Ron, I'm...I'm so sorry, I let you and everyone down. I shouldn't have..."
"SK, it's okay," Ron said, placing a reasurring hand on hers. "Okay, so bad guys got away from us before but we always stopped them in time!"
"Uh Ron,...I think you meant 'you and Kim'."
"Ah...yeah well, y'know what I mean. We never let a small defeat get in our way, just let it fuel our determination to succeed."
"Thanks Ron," SK said, smirking when she heard his stomach rumble. "Ron, you better grab something to eat the from cafeteria, you must be starving! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."
"She's right Stoppable," Dr. Bortel said. "Besides, I will need to ask you to leave while I make final repairs. She'll be ready for active duty in a few hours."
"Okay Dr. B," Ron said, holding his arm out for Rufus to hop on. "Right, I'll see you in a few hours SK."
Getting up from his seat, Ron was just about to leave when SK's suddenly called out, stopping him in his tracks.
"Ron," SK said, smiling at him softly. "Thanks again for being by my side while I was offline."
"Wha' 'bout me?" Rufus squeaked, which made SK giggle slightly.
"And thank you Rufus," She said. "Remind me both to get you guys Nacos when this sitch is over."
"Mmm...Naco," Rufus chirped, rubbing his belly.
Waving her goodbye as they left, SK closed her eyes as Dr. Bortel continued repairs, counting herself lucky that a few people were looking out for her. Yet, she couldn't help but wonder if Ron and Rufus really did care for her or that it was really just an act, using her to find the real Kim. She didn't know what will happen to her when they succeed in their mission. Considering from what Shego did to her, SK had a sickening feeling that her chances of surviving her mission would be slim to none. Perhaps it would be for the best, as she knew she would never truely have a place in the world. There was room for only one Kim Possible.
The real one.
"I'm starting on making final repairs," Bortel said, typing a few commands on a computer console. "It might feel a little uncomfortable for you, so it wouldn't be a bad idea if you go into sleep mode."
"Sure thing," SK said, her body relaxing as she powered down as Dr. Bortel began to make final repairs.
Legion Technologies, L.A.
Gazing out of his office window, Dr. Drakken admired the view of the city of Los Angeles before him, dressed in smart light blue suit. After a hectic few days of travelling, he finally arrived at his new headquarter's with his prisoner's in tow. Shego and Drake arrived before him in the stolen experiemental craft of GJ's, making sure the tracking systems were disabled before arriving in L.A. so they wouldn't be tracked down. He was a little outraged to learn that GJ had ressurected Kim Synthodrone #903, using her in an attempt to find and rescue the real Kim Possible but relaxed after learning what Shego did to her. Still, she could have survived but that didn't matter. No one could possibly stop what he had planned.
The first thing they did though upon arrival was to take Possible out of stasis, as the chamber was designed for at a maximum use of seven days, any longer would result in the death of the occupant. Using Dr Possible's medical skills, he made her keep a close eye on Possible, who was recuperating from mild hibernation sickness yet remained in a coma like state. He was told she would wake up in a few days and promised himself to be there when she would awake, so he could gloat about his victory over her but more importantly, to see if she was alright. For she was a core part of his plan for world domination.
Once his medical team makes sure she is well enough, Kim would then be transferred to a high security floor in the building, designed with luxury in mind. Despite her being his prisoner, it was important that she still maintained a healthy lifestyle and made sure that where she would be staying would have all the comforts of home. She would probably refuse to use the ammenities at her disposal but will ultimately give in, which would result in another victory for the great evil genius.
The buzz of the intercomm caught his attention, quickly rushing back to his desk to answer it.
"Yes, what is it?" He asked, smiling when a familiar voice answered.
"Yo Dr. D, you better get your blue butt down here," Shego's voice answered. "Princess is starting to wake up."
"Fantastic!" Drakken said, clapping his hands together with glee while chuckling in his typical manic fashion.
"Uh, Dr D? I can hear you being your usual weird self. Anyway, Drake and I will be there with you, just in case Possible tries something."
"Very well, we can't be too careful," Drakken said, knowing exactly what Possible was capable of, even if she was weakened. "I'll be down there shortly."
Smoothing down his tie, he quickly left his office with a bounce in his step.
Medical Ward
The first thing Kim heard was the rythmic beep of medical equipment, matching the tempo of her heartbeat. Opening her eyes slightly, she blinked a few times to clear her blurred vision, groaning as she slowly sat up, ignoring the dizzy sensation that clung to her brain. The last thing she remembered was that she and Ron were at Bueno Nacho's headquarter's, she was locked in a heated battled with Shego. She remembered the searing pain of her razor sharp claws raking across her arm, turning her head to see her bicep was bandaged, still feeling a little sore.
It hurt but not as much as being betrayed by someone she loved, remembering rushing over to Eric and holding him, relieved he was safe. It was only then when he said his full name, Eric Synthodrone #901, that she realized she had been duped before he zapped her with a high powered burst of electricity which knocked her out. She just couldn't believe it, that someone she trusted with all her heart betrayed her, on a night that was supposed to be one of the most magical nights of her life.
She could feel that she wasn't wearing her battlesuit. Instead, it felt like she was wearing a hospital gown. Through her blurred vision, she could see distorted shapes around her, which she guessed were people. When she heard one of them speak, it confirmed her suspicions.
"Well, well, well," A unknown male voice said. "Sleeping Beauty is finally up."
Blinking again to clear her vision, she saw a young male dressed in a Synthodrone's uniform, with messy dark hair and bore a face that seemed share some features with Shego, especially around the jawline. With him were a few medics and a small security team, with Shego smiling victoriously.
"Hey there Kimmie," Shego said, in a mocking tone of voice. "Sleep well?"
"Wha...what's going on?" Kim said weakly, counting how many people were surrounding her while calculating a method of escape. "Where am I?"
"The City of Angels," Shego answered, casually sitting at the end of the bed. "Dr. D has a new base of operations here in L.A."
"As for what's going on," Drake said, with a chuckle. "It's pretty obvious that this is a world domination thing."
"W-Who are you?"
"The name's Drake Synthodrone #902, most people call me Drake. You dated my bro for a few weeks, Eric. Man, for an ultra spy teen hero, you can be pretty clueless when it comes to the dating game."
"Ooh, that's hitting below the belt," Shego laughed, registering the flash of anger in Kim's eyes. "Well, look's like princess ain't too happy about that."
"So where's Eric?" Kim growled, ignoring their hurtful taunts. "I got a few 'choice words' I need to say to him."
"Pfft, don't bother," Drake muttered. "Your sidekick's pet rodent laid the smackdown on him. Oh, look who's here at last!"
Entering the room, Kim was Dr. Drakken was wearing a smart light blue business suit, with a navy blue neck tie. However, he seemed to be more confident this time, like he was sure he was going to succeed.
"Ah...I see our prisoner has awoken!" Dr. Drakken's said, his typical goofy, evil smile on his face. "Well, I suppose you are wondering what happened during the five days you been asleep."
"Five...Five days?!" Kim gasped, wondering what had been happening in the world while she was unconcious. What with the Diablo plan of Drakken's, she had a sickening feeling that the world was already his. "So...your Diablo plan was a success then?"
"No, it was a bitter failure," Drakken muttered. "Slight mishap on my part, but I'll make sure not to screw up my new plan for world domination!"
"What, you moved from kids meal toys to Killer Mutant Nacos?" Kim shot back, provoking a snarl from Dr. Drakken.
"No, that's not it! Well, mind you, that does sound tempting really...but my real plan is creating an army that is unbeatable! Now, I see you have plenty of energy and look well enough to walk, so allow my secretary to escort you to your living quarter's."
"Okay then," Kim sighed, playing for time. "Well, lead the way Shego."
"Hey, I am so not his secretary!" Shego snarled, while Drake couldn't stop himself from bursting out into peals of laughter. "I'm his 'partner in crime', not the freaking pencil pusher!"
"Okay Shego, that's quite enought! Now then Kim Possible, allow me to introduce you to my new secretary of my company Legion Technologies," Drakken sneered, moving out of the way as a familiar figure wearing a smart light brown suit and skirt arrived, Drakken smiling at the utter shock on Kim's face.
"Mom?!" Kim gasped, seeing her mother standing before her and smiling without a care in the world. "Mom! It's me! Kim!"
"Zip it Possible," Drakken said. "Your dear mother is under my command and serving quite a useful purpose for my cause. Oh, how I do love my mind control devices!"
"WHY YOU..."Kim snarled, launching from her bed and landing a powerful uppercut that sent Drakken sprawling, evading the guards that attempted to grab her.
Drake threw a powerful punch towards Kim, the teen just barely evading his swift movement before countering by flipping backwards, slamming the heel of her foot into his jaw and jerking his head back with a sickening crack. She didn't have time to evade the plasma blast that Shego fired, screaming when the energy hammered directly into her side, knocking her to the ground and knocking the air from her lungs. She coughed as she tried to get up but it felt as if her strength had been completely drained from her.
"Gugh, w-what did you...do to me?" Kim wheezed, glancing at Shego, her hands glowing at the ready.
"Low yield plasma blast, like I always use in our fights," Shego said, with a smirk. "Only this time I actually managed to hit you. Anyway, it's nothing permanent, it just temporarily shuts your nervous system down for a few seconds. Now I suggest you surrender now, I'd hate to blast you again. Oh and FYI, if I do hit you again, then the next blast will render you a quadraplegic for life."
Kim glared at Shego, wanting nothing more than to punch her hard in the face but she could see Shego was deadly serious about her warning. She can, and mostly likely will, paralyze her for life. Sighing with defeat, Kim allowed Drakken's henchmen to hoist her up off the ground, carrying her off towards her quarters. Drakken on the other hand, wasn't too happy and neither was Drake, the synthodrone grumbling as he snapped his head back into position.
"Okay, now...that...hurt," He growled, rubbing his neck. "She's so lucky I'm not the sort of guy who holds a grudge!"
"Bah, cancel her meal priveledges for tonight as punishment!" Drakken snapped, his eye starting to swell up. "Now then, if you all excuse me, I got a board meeting to get ready for. Possible, follow me!"
"Yes Mr. Lipsky," Anne obediently said, following Drakken as he made his way back to his office.
Middleton Global Justice
Ron spent what seemed like the longest three hours of his life in the cafeteria, barely eating his first Naco, while Rufus struggled to eat his first bowl of nachos. It was hard hiding how they felt from SK, especially for Ron. When he saw SK collapse and hit the ground a few days ago, he realized at that point that he cared for her as much as he cared for Kim, which made him think about his relationship. He loved Kim but he doubted if that love was meant for her, as the way he felt when he saw her dating Eric, it generally felt the same way he normally felt when he saw a girl he was crushing on with another guy. Only this time, it was far more painful.
But it was that moment at the prom, when he kissed Kim, but really SK, it was only at that moment when those feelings became stronger. For the past couple of days, he wondered if he had fallen for Kim or SK. Rufus sensed a new presence in the room, craning his head up to see SK had entered the cafeteria. Ron smiled at the sight and got up from the table, heading over to SK, Rufus hopping onto his shoulder.
"So, how ya feelin' now SK?" Ron asked.
"A lot better," SK answered, her vocal systems fully repaired. "Now Drakken has got a lot of distance ahead of us, so what happened while I was offline?"
"Well, turns out that it wasn't just Shego and that weird partner of hers," Ron explained. "A group of Gemini's goons stormed the place and made off with some stuff from the storage vault. Also, there was an explosion a few miles out of town. GJ found what appeared to be the remains of Drakken's base, although it looked like it was long abandoned."
"Well, this is just getting better and better," SK muttered, annoyed with their disadvantage. "Please tell me Wade found a lead for us to follow."
"Ah yeah, Wade told me to call him when you were ready for action," Ron said, fishing out the Kimmunicator from his pants pocket, hitting the button to call Wade. After a few seconds, the blank screen was replaced with an image of Wade.
"Hey SK," He said, smiling with relief. "Glad you're okay. Now, I'll understand if you want to take things easy for a while..."
"No time for that Wade," SK said. "I really hope you found something for us to go on."
"Well after finding Drakken's hideout, I checked the phone records for any calls he made and I found one made to Duff Killigan's hideout at the Middleton Crazy Golf Course. Turns out that Killigan left Middleton with Jackie Oakes and Dr. Chester Yapsby. Surveillance camera's in Middleton indicated that they arrived at Middleton Airport and boarded a plane to Go City."
"Go City? What reason could they have to go there?"
"No idea," Wade said. "I contacted the authorities and they agreed to keep their distance, so you and Ron can follow them. They could lead you to Drakken but more importantly, Kim. I'll search for any possible targets for them to hit, but in the mean time, you should make your way to Go City."
"Thanks Wade, we're on our way," SK said, shutting the Kimmunicator off and looking at Ron. "Well, let's hope Director can give us another jet to borrow."
Leaving the cafeteria, they made their way to the central command centre. The corridor's were fairly quiet, due to the number of agents dispatched to investigate WWEE's attack on GJ. When they arrived at the command centre, they saw Director was overlooking final repairs, the older woman turning to face them.
"Finally back online I see," Director said. "I suppose you want to reqisition another transport then?"
"Yeah...well, if it's not too much trouble," SK said.
"We can't spare any standard jets I'm afraid," Director said, registering the dissapointment in their eyes. "But I have no use for The Thunderhawk, so you're welcome to use that."
"Wait...The Thunderwhat?" Ron asked.
"The Thunderhawk is my private fighter jet," Director explained. "Two seater, fast and really packs a punch if you ever need the firepower. Served me well back in the days when I was a field agent. Go on down to the hanger, I'll make sure my men will have her ready and waiting for take off."
"That sounds the bon-diggitiest!"
Turning to leave, SK was about to leave the command centre with Ron and Rufus, yet she couldn't shake something from her mind. Why would Director lend something so private to them, especially a synthodrone she didn't trust?
"Ron, you and Rufus go on ahead," SK said. "I want to talk to Director for a moment. I'll join you guy's soon, okay?"
"Uh, sure thing SK," Ron said, glancing at Rufus. "C'mon on buddy, let's go."
As they dashed out the command centre, SK looked Director right in the eye, a skeptical expression on the synthodrone's face.
"Okay Director, tell me. Why suddenly lend me and Ron your own fighter jet?" SK said, crossing her arms. "Ever since I was reactivated, you and practically every single GJ agent in this place acted as if I was public enemy number one!"
"In our defense, we didn't know if you would be under the influence of any residual programming from Dr. Drakken or not," Director answered. "You were a risky gamble when I had you repaired and reactivated, as we wanted to get answers from you. Since your memory circuits were heavily encryted, the only way to learn what you knew was to bring you back. With you reactivated, we at first thought you were putting on an act by claiming you didn't know anything about Drakken's plans. We couldn't exactly scan your programming as that would take days, time which we couldn't spare...well, until your little accident."
She motioned SK to follow her, walking together towards Director's desk. The older woman picked up a small report and handed it over to SK, an apologectic look on her face.
"While you were offline, Dr. Bortel took the time to scan your programming in his spare time during repairs," Director said. "Turned out he was right about his hunch. You didn't have any evil intentions."
"So, you were wrong?" SK said. It wasn't a question and Director knew it.
"Yes," She sighed, feeling ashamed at the cold treatment she gave her. "On behalf of Global Justice, I...I apologise for our attitude towards you."
SK would be lying if she said she wasn't enjoying seeing Director all apologectic. She allowed herself to savour the moment, she was quite touched by Director's honesty, a small smile forming on her face.
"Well, the real me can't stay mad at you forever," SK joked. "So, I guess I can't either. I'll make sure to return your jet with a full tank of gas."
Waving goodbye, SK left the command centre and made her way towards the hanger bay, leaving Director to her thoughts. She had to admit that she admired the synthodrone's spirit, yet she felt guilty for witholding information from SK about the nature of her existance. GJ explained to Ron what would happen to her once the mission was over, something that horrified him greatly. The sad fact was the SK was created from stolen technology, that she was given copied life experiences of the real Kim Possible and was classified as a machine, which Director unfortunately knew what it meant.
SK wasn't entitled to human rights.
Legion Technologies
The private floor that Kim was staying in had certainly been designed with luxury in mind. She had been given a fantastic view of the city, a large plasma TV, access to a computer (yet e-mails and messaging were disabled, so she couldn't contact for help), a king size bed, exercise equipment, private bathroom...it was like staying at a five star hotel. She guessed Drakken designed that room in his usual 'break her spirit' motto, the mad scientist reckoning that if she used anything at her disposal then it would make her dependant on her captors.
Turned out he didn't need that stuff to break her spirit, it had already been broken.
Kim stared up at the ceiling as she lay on the king sized bed, her side still aching from Shego's plasma blast but it didn't hurt as much as her heart did. She felt so stupid, having her emotions toyed with in order to humiliate her. When she dated Eric, she formed a connection with him on all the dates they went on, believing he was truely the one guy in her life. They even shared embarrassing secrets with each other; heck, she even told him about her Pandaroo!
"THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING JERK!" Kim screamed, grabbing a pillow and tossing it across the room. Giving into her rage, she looked for anything to pick up and throw, her gaze shifting to the exercise equipment. Lucky for her, Drakken gave her a punching bag, which was what she desperately needed. Storming over to it, she vented out her aggression, each punch hitting harder and faster. She continued punching it, ignoring the burning exhaustion in her arms and the pain in her fists, not caring that she forgot to put on protective gloves. After what seemed like minutes, she gave in and collapsed to the floor, exhausted from her outburst.
She looked at her trembling hands and winced when she saw her hands looked red raw, blood vessels in the spaces between her knuckles burst, forming bruises. Crawling over to her bed, picking up the pillow she had thrown on the way, she climbed into bed and hugged the pillow tightly to her chest, silently crying herself to sleep.
Meanwhile, in the CEO office, Drakken had called Shego and Drake to his office, with new orders for them. Going inside his office, Drakken was seated at his desk, his feet propped up in a lazy fashion as he relaxed after a really boring meeting.
"Ah yes, I got something I have to discuss with you two," Drakken said tiredly, surpressing a yawn. "As you know, I need the Centurion Project for my new army. Since I hired Killigan, he will be doing the actual stealing but there is a risk he could get captured."
"So you want us to go to Go City and help him make his getaway?" Drake guessed.
"Well, actually, I need high security around here," Drakken explained. "What with Kim Possible and her mother as our prisoners, I will need Shego to remain behind to beef up security. But you Drake, will be dispatched to Go City for mission support."
"So in other words, I'm the get away driver?" Drake said, raising an eyebrow.
"Er...yes, that's pretty much it."
"Will I be taking The Green Lady for this mission?"
The Green Lady was the name of the experimental craft that Shego and Drake made off with when they escaped from Global Justice's headquarter's in Middleton. When they arrived in L.A, a few of Drakken's R&D people worked on installing stealth systems to make it vitually undetectable on the radar. Shego and Drake on the other hand, took the liberty of re-painting it green and black, with a graphic logo of Shego in her trademark uniform, crouched in a action pose, plastered on the side of the ship.
"It's ready and waiting in the hanger bay," Drakken said. "Now it is absolutely important that you bring me the Centurion Project. It's the final piece I need to begin creating my new army."
"Look, you don't have to keep telling me how important it is all the time!" Drake snapped, turning to leave Drakken's office. "You been going on for days about how important the Centurion Project is in order to create those CDBA's!"
"The reason I keep going on about it is because this could make me the greatest supervillain in the history of the world! I'll finally make those other villains who laughed at me, as well as those kids at school and..." Trailing off into an unintelligent snarling rage, Drake rolled his eyes and left Drakken's office, closely followed by Shego, who had better things to do than listening to her boss start ranting about his miserable years at school for the millionth time.
Middleton Global Justice
When SK arrived at the hanger bay, Ron was checking out the jet Director had loaned them. The color scheme was jet black, on the tail was an image of a Red-Tailed Hawk with lightning erupting from its wings. SK could tell from the design of the craft that it was a heavily modified F-14 Tomcat. One of the engineers walked over to SK, wearing filthy engineer overalls, wiping his engine oil stained hands on a rag.
"Director told us you'd be taking The Thunderhawk," He said. "She's fully fuelled and we double checked the weapon systems, just in case you run into trouble out there."
"Thanks," SK said. "I'll make sure to return her in one piece."
With help of the hanger crew, they climbed into the cockpit of The Thunderhawk, firing the engines up and fastening their seat belts. The craft slowly taxied towards the hanger exit, picking up speed until it took off into the air, rocketing into the sky. SK wondered why Director called it The Thunderhawk when she noticed a button labelled 'Boost'. Figuring it would get them to Go City faster, she pressed the button, hearing the engines making a high pitched screech that sounded hawk-like. Going into full throttle, the jet tore across the sky on a direct course to Go City, the rumbling of the sonic boom sounding like the rumble of distant thunder.
"Guess we figured out how it got its name," SK joked to Ron, who was busy enjoying the flight.
As they made their way to Go City, SK wondered what Drakken wanted Killigan to steal for him and just what sort of plan he had which required Kim and the Hepheastus Project. She also thought about what WWEE was up to, since they made off with Lil' Diablo Toy's, Gemini could be able to harness them to bring about a second Diablo attack, perhaps even upgrading them to have no of their predecessors weaknesses. She just hoped that they wouldn't cause too much trouble later down the line.
WWEE Headquarter's
Although they didn't get the data he requested, Gemini was pleased when the strike team brought back large quantities of Bueno Nacho Diablo Toys; but the government classified them as the Diablo War Machines. The R&D department had been experimenting on the technology ever since samples were brought back, with a few secrets uncovered but much more to be learned. However, there was one other project that Gemini had his eye on.
Although the Diablo War Machines were his primary goal, utilising them as an unstoppable driving force to destroy Global Justice, his men also came back with something to further add insult to Drakken's name. A chamber with the markings 'E-901' was brought back with the remains of a synthetic warrior, the machine based on the Syntho-Plasma technology of Dr Cyrus Bortel. A few technicians were tasked with repairing the synthetic body, as tests indicated that the positronic brain was undamaged and the data inside was uncorrupted.
Gemini arrived at a fairly large laboratory, the large glass chamber hooked up to several power generators and computer systems. Inside the chamber lay the synthodrone, who looked around eighteen years of age, with well groomed hair and handsome facial features that would make young girls in high school chase after him. On his head was a strange looking helmet, a length of wire running towards a large computer system.
Gemini's most trusted scientists were going over the final checks before reactivating the machine. Looking up from his computer console, the lead scientist acknowledged his boss's presence, going over to Gemini and saluting respectfully.
"Report," Gemini said, keeping an eye on the chamber in the middle of the room.
"Repairs have been made and all system tests check out positive," The lead scientist explained. "We're just about to recharge the synthoplasma to bring him back online."
"Excellent work. Oh, if only Drakken could see me using his own technology to conquer the world before him," Gemini said, chuckling at the very thought. "Still, I have to give the man some credit. He may be an idiot but he gave us one of the most powerful weapons ever created."
"Uh sir, we're ready to begin regeneration sequence," One of the technicians said, interrupting them. "All charging stations have been secured."
"Good. Alright, everyone to your stations!"
Quickly clearing the area around the chamber, the technicians went over to the power generators, firing each one up and standing clear out of the way. With a few switches flicked and buttons pressed, everyone watched as the synthodrone twitched inside the chamber as the generator's began recharging the synthoplasma. Glancing at a computer screen, Gemini saw the progress bar slowly filling up while the project leader typed in a few commands.
"Okay, booting up neural data in five-four-three-two...," He said, punching in the final sequence when he got to 'one'.
A cry of pain and panic erupted from the synthodrone, trashing about wildly as his positronic brain rebooted, all of his experiences being relived in the blink of an eye. His eyes opened, wide in terror as the regeneration cycle finished, the power generators letting out whine that slowly faded as they shut down.
"NOO!..OH NO! OH NO!" He yelled frantically, clutching at his once wounded shin, his cries of panic trailing off when he realized he was alright. "Oh..ugh...wha...what the heck?"
With a silent hiss, the chamber slid open, allowing the synthodrone to sit upright and get a look at his surroundings. Gemini chuckled softly to himself, stepping towards the chamber and smiling at the puzzled synthodrone, who was currently trying to figure out what was going on.
"W-Where am I?" He asked, his gaze shifting back down to his shin. "Wait a sec, I remem...I remember that...that small naked freak! It bit me and I...I..."
"It's natural for you to feel disoriented after what you been through," Gemini interrupted, smiling at his mens handywork. "Now I know you must have hundreds of questions that need answers. Well, they'll come to you in time."
"Well how about answering one right now?" The synthodrone asked in a no-nosense tone of voice, crossing his arms and glaring at Gemini. "Like for starter's, just who exactly are you?"
"Ah yes, how rude of me. My name is Gemini, leader of organization known as WWEE," Gemini answered, holding out his metallic hand to shake the synthodrone's. "And allow me to be the first to welcome you back...Eric."
SC90'S Chapter Follow Up
First of all, huge thanks to the following for reading, reviewing, faving and/or placing this on story alert. Big thanks to AK1028, Anthony1, CajunBear73, DCMysteryGirl, Decimater41, ErichCryter, GhostWriter267, Jaxxon, Jimmy1201, JP1124, KPtwistepghost, KPkaila4EVER, Magic Flying Spud, MrAndersIversen, NeoTyson, RangerMarcusCole, Renting, RonAndKim, RomanianPrincess, Sentinel103, Shadow02700, SheenaFox, Stephy-Lou Clark-Weasley, The Paranoid, TNI, Welshboy1994, cool825, iKill513, ilovepuppies125, digifreak15, lelcar, levi2000a1, mineo15, temporaryinsanity91, Taechunsa, zzzoo99.
From the last chapter, I placed a very subtle Star Trek reference in there. In the scene where Shego hacks into the underground storage vault, the number passcode that came up read '8472.' That was a nod to the Series 3 finale and Season 4 intro episodes of Star Trek Voyager, the episodes in question being Scorpion parts I & II. 8472 was the species designation the Borg gave to an alien race that proved to be far more deadlier the the cyborgs.
Anyway I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter, feel free to leave a review and also if you are old enough then feel free to check out my first M rated story Inescapable. Huge thanks to CajunBear73 and Sentinel103 for beta-ing.


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Everything was good except: -Breakfast has few varaity -had to change electronic key several times
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good location small friendly hotelPosted Mar 28, 2017
Pros: location and price
Cons: can't think of anything
Location: nice shopping around, near a park to jog and exercise or just walking around
great friendly staff, good bar and restaurant great value. John at the restaurant was a great server very attentive and friendly
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for Everyoneby A verified traveler from london
Great hotelPosted Feb 23, 2017 on Ebookers
Really loved this hotel it is in a nice area, lovely rooms, a great pool, heated and on the rooftop with showers. Slightly odd opening times but apart from that the rest was spot on. Helpful staff too. The place has a great homely feel
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Nice hotel out of the main part of the city.Posted Feb 7, 2017 on Hotels
The hotel is a 20-30 minute cab ride to all of the tourist activities. The streets in Bogota are circuitous and the drive to and back is interesting. The good news is that cabs are cheap. The hotel sent a driver to pick us up at the airport and we think he got lost. Most cab drivers will need an address and a map to find the hotel. There is a park next to the hotel that is heavily used by the locals running or walking their dogs. There is also a lovely little coffee shop across the square that's great for people watching. The front dest staff tried very hard, but we had a little trouble communicating with them. The hotel is clean and comfortable. The breakfast buffet has plenty to choose from.
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Great locationPosted Feb 1, 2017 on CheapTickets
Hotel is perfect location. 5 minute walk to zona Rosa where lots of restaurants and bars are. Highly recommend seeing this place on a weekend night....people are all over the street. Hotel is right next to a park, Great for running. Breakfast is good. Someone will make eggs for you. Don't get a lot of hot choices but good bread and fruit. But on Sunday it's brunch so the menu is bigger that day. Definitely recommend taking the hotel shuttle to and from the airport, it's cheaper. Hotel is not a far walk to Parque 93 where more restaurants are. Maybe 10 to 15 minutes. Rooms and bathroom are big. Nice water fall shower. Good view from rooftop pool.
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Comfortable and convenient with exceptional staffPosted Jan 31, 2017
Pros: Kind staff, comfortable beds, close to nice restaurants, good breakfast selection, nice bathrooms
Location: Nice bars and restaurants
Cite Hotel is comfortable, safe and convenient, and the staff are excellent. Unfortunately I was unwell when I was in Bogota, and they went out of their way to make sure I was okay, even making me a hot water bottle and a fresh mint tea! I really appreciated their kindness when I was far away from home. Besides that, the rooms were spacious, the beds comfortable, and the breakfast excellent. Thank you Cite Hotel!
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city hotel close to good food, museums, walkingPosted Jan 17, 2017 on Orbitz
Pros: business luxe, helpful staff, rooftop swimming, cozy room
Location: northern part of Bogota, easy to find dinner, taxis nearby or hotel would call, safe at night.
we stayed for 4 days and had a lovely time. room service the first night was especially considerate.
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Pros: Safe, friendly, modern
Location: Great restaurants, safe neighborhood. Old city as excellent museums to explore.
We stayed in this hotel at either end of a trip to Colombia, and it was a relaxing, smart hotel in the capital. Clean, well equipped rooms, nice bar and restaurant for an evening cocktail and snacks before finding a meal in the excellent restaurants near by. Taxi at the hotel took us to the old city, and was waiting for us later to return to the hotel, and the driver took us super early to the airport when we left.
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Safe hotel near excellent restaurantsPosted Dec 16, 2016
Pros: Clean comfortable rooms and friendly staff
Location: Excellent restaurants very close by, and nice parks to walk aground in.
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Critics query ID policy for buying train tickets
The new policy on train ticket purchases has sparked a debate over the Ministry of Railways' motivation for implementing it as the Lunar New Year travel period approaches.
Passengers will be required to give identity information when they buy tickets at 37 stations of the Guangzhou and Chengdu railway bureaus, according to the ministry, which announced the pilot programme at the weekend.
Railway staff will also double-check passengers' identity cards with tickets when they enter railway stations, and those without proper documents would not be allowed in, according to the policy.
The move, which aims to reduce mass ticket purchases by scalpers and the manufacture of fake tickets, was welcomed by respondents to a Shanghai Morning Post survey of 76 people. Sixty-five, or 86 per cent, believed the new system could at least partly solve the problem.
While some policy analysts applauded the move, they also said it was surprising to see railway authorities launch an idea that had been repeatedly rejected. Supporters of such a move have previously said ID cards or other documents should be presented when buying tickets.
Others questioned the motivation for the new policy.
'Just early last year, [railway authorities] said the idea was impossible,' said Tong Dahuan, a Beijing-based columnist who has been following the issue. 'I personally think it is not a victory of public opinion but of interests inside the government.'
Tong pointed out that President Hu Jintao had publicly urged the ministry and Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang, who is responsible for transport, to find ways of improving railway services early last year.
The new policy will present a big challenge in enforcement, both for ticket purchases and entry to railway stations. Tens of millions of passengers, many of them migrant workers, travel by train to their hometowns each year to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday with their families.
Transport chaos caused by snowstorms in central China two years ago stranded more than 800,000 passengers in Guangzhou, the railway hub of the Pearl River Delta.
'Local authorities worried about similar chaos might also have asked the central government to help prevent the same problem,' Tong said. 'That's why Guangzhou was chosen as one of two places for the pilot programme.'
Peng Peng, a researcher at the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, said the new policy could help ease tension between passengers and the railway ministry even though the timing of its launch it was a surprise.
He said the new policy would cost boarding passengers much more time, 'so some people are saying that railway authorities are using it as a tactic to shuffle passengers to the newly launched Wuhan -Guangzhou high-speed railway' to get home faster.
According to the Railway Ministry's statement, passengers choosing the high-speed railway will not need to provide identity information when they pass through security checks, Peng said.
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A toxic combination of low savings rates and rising inflation has increased the level of inertia among UK savers, according to a new survey. With not one high street bank account paying sufficient interest to beat inflation many more savers have become disillusioned about the prospects of getting a better deal.
The survey, by the online comparison site, Governor Money found that almost half of the 2,000 people surveyed said there "no point" going through the hassle of switching accounts because rates were so low, while 15pc of respondents said they had "given up entirely" on getting a decent savings deal.
Almost a third of those with savings account said they had never switched providers, and a further one in four said they had only moved savings account once.
But despite the low interest rate environment, there are significant differences between the best and worst-paying savings accounts. The average Cash Isa pays just 0.6pc, whereas many "bog-standard" cash account now a measly 0.1pc.
In contrast, it is possible to get almost 5pc if you can afford to lock your money away into a five-year Isa. Kent Reliance Building Society (now known as KRBS) pays 4.7pc on its five year fixed-rate bond, for example.
Even those who need instant access to their money can still get a return of more than 3pc on their money. The AA's online instant access account, for example, pays 3.2pc, while Nationwide's online saver, pays 3.12pc.
John-Paul Booth from Governor Money said: "This research paints a bleak picture for the state of mind of UK savers. Overwhelmed for so long by a low base rate and inflation, it is perhaps not surprising that savers are claiming they have given up on finding the best rates."
But those that do so are losing out on almost £400 a year in interest payments, he said, assuming they have £10,000 in savings. The survey showed that the average UK adult has £13,520 in savings.
He said that savers that switching was now a relatively straightforward process, thanks to Isa providers agreeing to speed up transfers, and online sites helping customers identify the best deals and keep track of where their money is saved.


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A Place of My Own
Pollan, Michael
Place Published: New York
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1997
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
Book Id: 16988
320pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue pictorial wrappers with orange backstrip. Contains an index. New
In "A Place of My Own, Pollan tells the inspiring, insightful, and often hilarious story of a quest to realize a room of his own - a small, wooden hut in the forest, a 'shelter for daydreams' - built with his own admittedly unhandy hands."
By This Author: Pollan, Michael
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Hu-Cho is the term used for the mind games used by the Murim-ins in a fight.
The fights between Murim-ins are not always decided based on strength. It is important for them to used their minds. What this means is that a fighter attacks the opponent in a way to lead him/her into a trap. It is a series of feint attacks, not meant to hit the opponent, but to distract him in order to create a blind spot and take advantage of it. This will give the fighter the chance to use the real attack to decide the fight.
Use of such mind games enables Murim-ins to defeat opponents stronger than themselves.
There are two main limitations in the use of mind games. One is the ability of the user of these games to hide them and gap of power between the user and the opponent.
Skill in Mind GamesEdit
It is important to make sure that the opponent does not realize that one uses such methods otherwise it will be meaningless.
- Case: In the fight between Shi-Woon Yi and Yong-Hyun Yan, the later used the only weakness of the Ki-strikes in order to make Shi-Woon use up his Ki reserves and lose the fight. However, Shi-Woon realized and trapped him in his own mind games, pretending to strike the same way again but instead used the Focus Stomp.[1][2]
Power GapEdit
Also, if the gap of skill and strength between the opponents is too big then mind games will not be effective since the opponent will be fast enough to counter even if caught off-guard.
- Case: In the fight between Shi-Woon Yi and Ju Sang-Sik the later did not realize that Shi-Woon was trying to catch him off-guard in order to use the Chaotic Heavens Destruction Strike[3] but he was still able to evade the attack without much effort.[4]
- ↑ The Breaker New Waves Chapter 79
- ↑ The Breaker New Waves Chapter 80
- ↑ The Breaker New Waves Chapter 119
- ↑ The Breaker New Waves Chapter 120


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Yeovil (United Kingdom): Louis van Gaal has warned his Manchester United stars not to underestimate minnows Yeovil Town as they bid to avoid another humiliation at the hands of lower league opposition in Sunday's FA Cup third round tie.
Louis van Gaal
United head to the unglamourous surroundings of tiny Huish Park to launch their challenge to win the competition for the first time since 2004.
Van Gaal picked a team of fringe and youth team players as United were humiliated 4-0 by third tier side Milton Keynes Dons in August and he has realised from that chastening day not to underestimate lower league opposition again.
Van Gaal said: "I had the experience against MK Dons, who are also in League One. You never know in a Cup match, you have to win because you're out if you lose. We have to beat Yeovil, but every team in England wants to beat Manchester Utd so it will be difficult."


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Fewer Travelers Spent More Cash in D.C. in '06
Fewer travelers visited Washington last year when compared with 2005, but those who did spent more money, according to a study released last week by the Washington, D.C., Convention and Tourism Corp.
The number of visitors fell slightly, to 15.1 million in 2006 from 15.3 million, according to the study, which was conducted by Strategic Marketing and Research for the corporation.
The study attributed the decline to a slowdown in business travel, which slipped to 5.8 million visitors in 2006 from 7 million in 2005. The number of leisure travelers, however, jumped to 8.1 million from 7.1 million.
Visitor spending grew 5 percent, to $5.24 billion in 2006, driven by higher hotel-occupancy rates and increased expenditures on transportation and entertainment. The spending generated $564 million in tax revenue for the District, according to the study.
"Exceeding the $5 billion mark in visitor spending for the second year in a row just solidifies the fact that travel and tourism is a powerhouse industry for this city," William A. Hanbury, the corporation's chief executive, said in a statement.
Overall domestic tourism is expected to remain stagnant this year and next, according to a report released last week by Global Insight, an economic forecasting company.
Last year, the corporation invested $1 million in a summer-long campaign to promote the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery and other attractions throughout the District.
Along with traditional newspaper and Metro advertisements, the organization conducted a guerrilla marketing campaign in which it attached removable stickers to dollar bills circulated in Washington and New York. The stickers pointed to George Washington's portrait on the bills with the words, "he looks better in color," a reference to the famous Gilbert Stuart painting on display at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Sept. 7, 2006
Moraga, CA - On day one of the 2006 SMC Fall Soccer Classic, the Saint Mary's women's soccer team suffered a 1-0 loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores at Garaventa Field. Vanderbilt's Susan McAleavey scored the game-winning goal on a first half penalty kick. With the loss, SMC falls to 1-4 on the year while Vanderbilt improved to 2-1-2 overall.
In a physical game in which the Gaels were whistled for 17 fouls, Vanderbilt scored the only goal of the game on a penalty kick. The penalty kick was awarded when the referee called a foul on SMC in the penalty box 25 minutes into the game. The Commodores' Susan McAleavey put home the free kick, giving Vanderbilt a 1-0 advantage.
Ten minutes after the Commodores goal, VU's Katie Schulz was given a red card for violent misconduct. Vanderbilt played the final 55 minutes of the game with 10 players and held onto its advantage for a 1-0 win.
Saint Mary's best opportunity to score came with 18 minutes left in the game when McKenna Belzer took a through ball from Ashley Nied, but Vanderbilt's Monica Buff deflected the shot out of bounds.
Saint Mary's and Vanderbilt took six shots in the game with the only goal coming on a penalty kick. SMC's Jennifer Zenovich suffered the loss in goal for the Gaels after recording two saves. Vanderbilt's Tyler Griffin earned the shutout win after making one save in goal.
In the first game of the Fall Soccer Classic, the No. 14 ranked California Golden Bears defeated Air Force 3-1. Cal took a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute with Bri Wiles scored and unassisted goal. Air Force evened the score in the 39th minute, when Katherine Taylor scored on a shot from 35 yards out. Stephanie Wieger scored Cal's game-winner just 28 seconds after Taylor's goal. An insurance goal was scored by Cal's Julie Schnugg eight minutes into the second half.
Saint Mary's will return to action in the Fall Soccer Classic on Saturday morning when the Gaels play Air Force at 9 a.m. The Fall Soccer Classic will conclude when California and Vanderbilt play at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both games will be played at SMC's Garaventa Field.
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The Olympic non-selection blues
The Olympics always leave me with a certain sadness. The kind one gets from watching rather than participating in a great party.
I've been left off the invitation list at plenty of functions but this is getting silly. It's now nine Olympics in a row I have missed out on the New Zealand team. I can no longer blame the selectors. The pain of rejection is inescapable, as is the cold reality I have little or no sporting talent.
There are other New Zealand Olympic teams I have missed out on. I have been at TVNZ for 10 years and have never made their Games squad.
Four years ago I got close. I got to Auckland Airport. Problem was that while half the company was heading off for two weeks of wontons and a wonderful time in Beijing, I was doing a story on a new hand- drier in the airport's toilets.
It's no joke. I actually did a story on the national news about a hand drier in a toilet. It's as far from the Olympics as you can get.
Life hasn't always been this depressing. For the first 11 years of my life I was certain I was going to one day blaze around a rubber running track in a black singlet with a silver fern on my chest and a thick but trim moustache perched above my upper lip. I wanted a mo just like my dad's. He was a runner too and had an awesome three-stripe tracksuit in black and white. It just needed a silver fern.
At that age it was crystal clear, really. The Olympics weren't a far away dream, they were an inevitability. I had won the school cross-country six years running and was convinced I was probably the fastest runner in all of Gore, if not the planet.
By high school, Aaron Wright had beaten me three years in a row and, like any good athlete, I refocused my goals. I was going to make the New Zealand cricket team. Unlike the running, this was going to happen.
It's now been 20-odd years I've been overlooked by the New Zealand cricket team. They aren't doing that well without me.
I'm 36 now. I realise I may never represent my country at anything. I'm becoming OK with this. You learn to savour more moderate successes.
My cricket team won the second grade Taranaki title this past summer.
For one glorious sun- drenched afternoon we got to play and win on Pukekura Park in New Plymouth.
It's one of the world's top six cricket grounds, says a stuffy English cricket magazine.
I don't even think our win made the local paper but it didn't matter to us. For 11 middle-aged has-beens it was our moment of glory. We got our photo taken, drank too much and discussed how we were going to do it all again next summer.
They say you can learn a lot from losing but I reckon winning is still way more fun.
The Sky man came today to get us hooked up for the Olympics. I can't wait.
Sure, there will be the odd pang of regret but not everyone can be an Olympian. It'll take time but I think one day I'll be OK with that.
I probably couldn't grow a suitable moustache anyway - and the tracksuits these days aren't nearly as cool.
Hadyn Jones is a journalist and frustrated Olympian. He writes a fortnightly column.
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Hospice of Wake County Honors Veterans by Dedicating New Memorial Garden
Transitions LifeCare has a straightforward mission to serve, but fulfilling it is anything but simple. Each patient has a unique life story and a unique set of needs, and this includes America's veterans. As Memorial Day approaches, Transitions LifeCare marks the holiday by dedicating a sacred place to honor veterans, their families and their loved ones.
"Often there are unresolved issues near the end of life," said Michael Blanchard, Vice President of Development for the Hospice of Wake County Foundation. "These might include estrangement from family members or negative life experiences that linger emotionally. Our goal is to help people come to a sense of peace emotionally, physically, socially and spiritually. For America's veterans, unresolved issues can be especially true. We will salute veterans from all military branches this Saturday as we dedicate our veteran's memorial garden and honor their dedication and service."
The Facts about Veterans:
·Locally, approximately 170 hospice patients are veterans with Transitions LifeCare.
·No matter how much time has passed, veterans carry the experiences of their military service with them, presenting unique challenges at the end of life.
·Veterans of each war have been exposed to diseases, environmental factors, and personal and public sentiments about their service. A veteran of the Vietnam War doesn't have the same needs as a veteran of the Korean War or World War II.
·1 in 4 dying Americans is a veteran, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
·Transitions LifeCare recognizes the We Honor Veterans partnership between the National Hospice and Palliative Organization and the Department of Veteran's Affairs, created to address the unique needs of aging veterans.
·Transitions LifeCare volunteers are trained with particular skills to serve veterans with the dignity they deserve. Because America's veterans have done everything asked of them in their mission to serve, Transitions LifeCare believes it's never too late to give them a hero's welcome home.
·Joined by veteran partnerships, VA facilities, and volunteers across the state, Transitions LifeCare identifies veteran patients, evaluates the health impacts of their experiences, and determines the benefits that veterans and surviving dependents may be entitled to. This helps the organization guide veterans and their families toward a peaceful journey home.
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<DAVECOMMENT>You can do it fairly easily in either the formula language or LotusScript. I have included a simple example, using time constants in both languages. Good Luck!
<START FORMULA EXAMPLE> Time1:=[08:00:01]; Time2:=[10:00:01]; Time3:=Time2-Time1; @Prompt([OK];"Test A";@Text(Time3)); @Prompt([OK];"Test A";@Text(Time3/60)) <END FORMULA EXAMPLE>
When you subtract date/time values, the resultant value is the time difference in seconds. Simply divide this number by 60 to get the minutes.
<START LS EXAMPLE> Dim ndtTime1 As New NotesDateTime("08:00:00") Dim ndtTime2 As New NotesDateTime("10:00:00") Dim lngTimeDiff As Long Dim intMinutes As Integer intMinutes=60 lngTimeDiff=ndtTime2.TimeDifference(ndtTime1) Print lngTimeDiff/intMinutes <END LS EXAMPLE>
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Let your customers do the marketing.
In the 18 months since Mozilla released its open-source Firefox browser, more than 150 million users have downloaded it. Not bad, considering the nonprofit foundation has no marketing staff to speak of.
So what keeps Firefox hot? SpreadFirefox.com, a Mozilla website where users post ideas for marketing schemes and volunteers put the most popular ideas into action. Don't laugh: The site has more than 160,000 members, and Mozilla claims it has lured 10 million users away from other browsers.


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In 1913, Italy was allied with Austria-Hungary and Germany. However, scared, Italy left the Central Powers in 1914 and in 1915, joined the Allies. What if Italy hadn't done that? This timeline evaluates that POD and another one, in which the Germans choose Switzerland and Luxembourg as centers of the Schlieffen plan instead of Belgium.
Start of the War
In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo, currently part of Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary sends an ultimatum to Serbia, declaring the killer to be punished and Austrian troops to patrol the Serbian streets. Serbia's answer is not what Austria expected.
On July 28, 1914, Austria declared war upon Serbia. Germany followed, mobilizing the 30th and declaring war upon Russia on the 1st of August. France mobilizes the same day, and on August 3, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy sends a note to the German and Austrian leaders declaring "to expect full help from Italy". Italy mobilized on the 4th of August, and on the 5th declared war upon France. The next day, Italian troops were heading towards Nice, while Germany decides to use a plan called the "Schlieffen Plan", in which the German troops would pass through Luxembourg and Switzerland instead of Belgium, which was the plan, because Britain had sent an advertence towards Germany reading that Belgium had to be neutral in the war or Britain would interfere.
The Scheifflen Plan (August of 1914)
Expecting Russia to take at least three weeks to mobilize their gigantic army, the German count Alfred Von Schlieffen planned Germany's and Italy's armies to march through Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium (the Belgium idea was dropped) and western Italy to reach Lyon, Marseilles, Nice, Provence, and Paris within two weeks and make France surrender. Then the Germans would go to the Russian front in the third week. The German kaiser also told the Austrian emperor to protect the Eastern border in case the Russians were mobilized by now or would mobilize soon. What they didn't know is that the Russians were mobilized by the time of the declaration of war, due to several revolts and the Tunguska Event, which had burnt an entire Siberian town to the ground and, because nobody knew what had happened, had placed the Russian nation on full alert.
Germany declared war on Switzerland on the Seventh on August, and on Luxembourg on the Eighth. Luxembourg had been easily occupied, and resigned the 9th of August.
In Italy, the troops had easily advanced through the territories east of the Rhone. Nice and Avignon had been occupied, while Lyon was laid under siege. Several divisions had advanced towards a stalemate near Marseilles, where a powerful French army had been entrenched.
Switzerland had defended easily during the first ten days, due to the many deep ravines and mountains. However, both Zürich, Bern and Geneva had fallen by the Eighteenth. Germany attacked through Italian-Occupied France, finally reaching Metz and besieging the Maginot line on the Twentieth.
During the time, Britain continued strengthening, however, it didn't invade Germany.
When the Battle of Köninsberg occurred, German troops were laying siege to Paris, while Italians have conquered Vichy, Bordeaux, Charentes, and were besieging Poitiers. The French government sued for peace. Germany signed a treaty in which Bretagne would be an independent nation, Italy would get the lands east of the Rhone, Corsica and Lyon, and Germany would occupy a strip of land west of Alsace. The French government accepts.
Eastern Border (Late August, 1914)
The first Russian troops appeared at Galicia, the northeastern Austrian border, on the Twenty-first. Small skirmishes started during the day, being mostly Austrian defeats.
On the Twenty-second, Russia launched a great offensive against East Prussia, effectively destroying the northernmost Austrian army at Köninsberg after a large fight.
On the first of September, Russia was advancing through East Prussia and German Poland, menacing Danzig. The German army, surprised by the quick mobilization of Russia, are taken aback. The Germans would not have enough time to arrive upon Danzig, and calculations showed that the Russian army would have arrived at Berlin by the time the German army arrived. The Italians were equally helpless, as they would take at least twice the time to arrive upon Danzig, thanks for them being further south and the rail/transport system being less efficient. The Austro-Hungarian army was the only one which could save the Triple Alliance (the Central Powers), so, near Dresden, it massed all of it's former armies and marched north onto Danzig.
The Austrian army faced the Russian one in a large plain near Danzig. Although both armies suffered severe losses, it was the Austrian who ended up victorious.
However, during this time, the Russians had had enough. Making new reforms so that the Russian Empire didn't rebel and the peasants were on the monarchy's side, the Russians approached the Ottoman Empire (which was on its deathbed) and, with a series of intelligence attack and spying, staged a coup d'etat. The new government declared war upon Germany and Italy. The Russians did similar things in Romania and Bulgaria.
As the time passed, it was obvious that the Russians were trying to surround the Central Powers, they approached the remaining Balkans. As the Austrians formally annexed Serbia, the Italians forced Greece, Albania and Montenegro into joining the Central Powers.


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Background: I am building a small proof of concept for an authoring application using JackRabbit and am load testing it and am having some issues with concurrency. I am trying to add a large number of child nodes to the JCR root node. Each node is getting added in its own session in its own thread. I get an exception indicating that the root node (/) has been modified outside the current call and cannot be modified again. The exception is similar to the problem discussed on this thread --> http://www.nabble.com/ItemStateException-tf1192060.html#a3142004 I also read this thread and followed the steps to create a lockable subfolder and used the Locked utility to lock the sub-folder and started adding content. --> http://www.nabble.com/Concurrent-modifications-...-tf1479773.html#a4004939 Problem: I am able to get my application working with the Locked utility class, but I believe the locking of the folder to add content is causing some issues when I try to "concurrently" add many nodes to a single folder. Jackrabbit throws a random ItemNotFoundException after I add about 400 nodes concurrently in 20 threads --> (javax.jcr.ItemNotFoundException: a3214cbe-2a89-4550-8b1b-2b76cce821c0/{http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0}lockOwner). Once such an error happens in one of my threads, the rest of the threads get stuck in some form of a deadlock and my server crashes. The crashes become more frequent and detrimental as I increase the number of concurrent threds. Questions: 1) Is there any alternative to this locking procedure to add child nodes to a node. Do we "have" to lock a parent node to add child nodes ? I have found that I get better reliability when I do not use the Locked utility class, but just synchronize the code in a way where only one session can add nodes to a particular folder. I really do not want to single thread the application. Any recommendations on a better approach will be really appreciated. Any insights on this particular cause of the ItemNotFoundException will also be helpful. 2) Also, are there any additional references to a "how-to" / "best-practices" guide that I can use to design for efficient and reliable multiuser / multithreaded access to the JCR Repository. Thanks Vijay Code Snippet: public void addContent(final String nodeId, final String nodeType, final Map properties) { System.out.println("Adding project "+nodeId); Session session = getSession(true); try { final Node folder = session.getRootNode().getNode("assemblies"); Node child = null; if (!folder.hasNode(nodeId)) { Object retChild = new Locked() { protected Object run(Node folder) throws RepositoryException { Node c = folder.addNode(nodeId, nodeType != null ? nodeType : "nt:unstructured"); c.addMixin("mix:versionable"); for (Object key : properties.keySet()) { c.setProperty((String) key, (String) properties .get(key)); } folder.save(); return c; } }.with(folder, false,100000); if(retChild==Locked.TIMED_OUT){ throw new RuntimeException("Exception occured when adding a node. Please try again"); } else { child = (Node)retChild; } session.save(); child = folder.getNode(nodeId); System.out.println("Added project "+child.getPath()+" successfully"); } } catch (InterruptedException ex) { throw new RuntimeException(ex); } catch (RepositoryException ex) { throw convertJCRAccessException(ex); } finally { session.logout(); } } Exception Snippet: org.springframework.dao.DataRetrievalFailureException: Item not found; nested exception is javax.jcr.ItemNotFoundException: a3214cbe-2a89-4550-8b1b-2b76cce821c0/{http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0}lockOwner at org.springmodules.jcr.SessionFactoryUtils.translateException(SessionFactoryUtils.java:197) at org.springmodules.jcr.JcrAccessor.convertJcrAccessException(JcrAccessor.java:58) at org.springmodules.jcr.support.JcrDaoSupport.convertJCRAccessException(JcrDaoSupport.java:117) at ContentDaoImpl.addContent(ContentDaoImpl.java:44) at ContentServiceImpl.addNewProject(ContentServiceImpl.java:51) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Concurrent-Node-Modification-using-Locked-utility-class-causes-issues-tf3203627.html#a8896073 Sent from the Jackrabbit - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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"EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON." The words I live by...
Hi! I'm Mike! And I know how to have fun!... lol... Pretty much an easy going person, everyone has the benefit of the doubt in my book unless you prove me wrong, (very difficult to do). Having fun is a big part of my life. Why be serious or uptight when the time doesn't call for it. I'm always joking around finding the upside to any given situation.
The Final Destination and Saw movies are up near the top too.
Will Ferrel is funny as hell! Any movie with him in I'll give a shot. Other than that mostly comedies and horror flicks.
How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Real World Road Rules Challenge, The Celebrity Apprentice, The King of Queens, Two and a Half Men...
Die hard yanks and jets fan... Have hated the red sox my whole life! Dear God please let me live to see the jets win at least one super bowl.
When it comes to music, Avenged Sevenfold All Day... can't wrong with some classic rock. Most of the modern metal and classical orchestrated music I can really get into. I'm a big Bryan Adams fan too. All my friends give me a hard time for that one. lol. Opposite ends of the spectrum, I know. That's me when it comes to a lot of occurrences. Very oximoronish. Anything else too besides country.
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Emerging Leaders Making a Difference Today
PWNA launched the 4 Directions capacity building service to provide ongoing support to emerging tribal leaders, enhancing personal and professional development and their ability to have a greater impact on the lives of those around them.
The True Impact of the Dawes Act of 1887
The biggest impact of the Dawes Act was a loss of indigenous cultures, tradition and land across the U.S. It did a number on our tribal communities and tried to pit our ancestors against each other.
Emergency Preparedness: A Community-based Response
In addition to "disaster" events, PWNA responds to smaller emergencies that are disruptive to local communities. Over the past decade, PWNA responded to more than 55 disasters impacting Native American communities, with our aid benefiting 620,000 people.
Disaster Relief by a First Responder for the Reservations
A national member of VOAD – Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster – PWNA provides disaster relief to reservations within its 12-state service area. As a state member of VOAD in Arizona, South Dakota and Montana, PWNA concentrates its emergency relief in these areas but evaluates other disasters on a case by case basis, if requested by the tribe.
Federal Recognition for Virginia Tribes
Dealing with policies such as federal recognition has been said to be degrading. "The disregard of such tribes seems like the cause of their "disappearance" in today's age.
Help us eradicate poverty on the reservations
The reality is that 35 percent of Native American children live in poverty, 40 percent of Native Americans live in sub-standard, overcrowded housing and 23 percent of Native families live with food insecurity.
In the Driver's Seat for Memorial Day
Many of you will be on the road for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. AAA estimates that more than one-third of Americans (35 percent) will travel away from home this year, and 69 percent will take a road trip due to the lower gas prices. This got us thinking about how many people have never […]
No fooling: Native American traditions hold significant meaning
Traditions in Native American culture have been caricatured and/or misunderstood by the American public. These could use correcting.
Do More Casinos Mean More Problem Gambling?
Often, Indian casinos are seen through a lens focused purely on economic and community development. More often than not, that lens distorts the reality of Indian casinos and their impact on federally recognized tribes. Typically, mainstream perspectives converge around a new stereotype — the "rich" casino Indian. Yet, in reality, Indians made wealthy by gaming […]
The Importance of Our New Name: Partnership With Native Americans
The name Partnership With Native Americans also does more: it clearly and readily communicates to the public who we are and what we do.
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According to Taxi Promotions UK, the advertising agency behind a recent campaign for 888.com that saw 375 taxis turned into 'mobile billboards' featuring the company's logo, this idea has been extended and will see drivers in ten cabs seek to engage passengers in a conversation about poker. If customers respond, the conversation is to embrace 888.com with those showing interest given sign-up coupons worth ten dollars.
Taxi Promotions said the selected drivers would be 888.com's 'ambassadors' and that it plans to expand the program to create a Word Of Mouth Taxi unit.
Asher Moses, Managing Director for Taxi Promotions UK, stated that the average London taxi journey lasts 16 minutes and that, in an average day, a driver would pick up 40 to 60 fares. He said that Taxi Promotions is training more drivers and as many as 300 could be involved by the end of the year with drivers receiving no formal training.
"The driver can choose what he wants to point out," said Moses.
"It's not a hard-core sales talk, it's sort of a subliminal talk."
Matt Robinson, Marketing Director for 888.com, said that the company was spending approximately half a million dollars for the campaign and that it had already signed up for a bigger promotion involving 20 drivers for the introduction of a bingo website next month.