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COVID 19: Thousands of migrants stranded as 220 countries impose travel restrictions
As the novel Coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world, travel restrictions imposed by about 220 countries have left thousands of migrants stranded in different parts of the world.
From Bolivia to Berlin, Bosasso to Bangkok, tens of thousands of migrants today find themselves stranded in the midst of their migratory journeys as a result of COVID-19, often in precarious situations.
A widow from Myanmar struggles to feed her family in Thailand; an Ethiopian mother of six searches for a husband missing in Somalia; a couple and their one-year-old daughter travel 1,800 km by bus through Chile only to find their passage home blocked.
The reasons are many: roughly 220 countries have imposed over 60,000 travel and mobility restrictions, unemployment in sectors traditionally filled by migrant labour has soared pushing many to make the hard decision to return to their countries of origin, while others face the threat pushbacks, or deportation as visas and permits expire.
While some nations have responded by extending health care and social support services to migrants regardless of their legal status, others have not. Stigmatization and xenophobia are on the rise, and the risk of detention in already overcrowded facilities, and homelessness is growing.
IOM here offers a contemporary snapshot of stranded migrants in 17 countries.
Some of the defining images of the global mobility lockdown were those of the tens of thousands of migrant workers pouring across the Thai border into Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos in late March. In a three-week period prior to sweeping border closures, an estimated 260,000 people left the country and an unknown number continue to do so through irregular routes.
There are between four to five million migrant workers in Thailand, drawn to labour-intensive sectors such as agriculture, fisheries & food processing and construction, and the country's vibrant tourism industry; roughly 2.7 million are registered with the government.
(L-R) KYAW lives with his wife and their 11-month-old twin boys. They are from Rakhine State in Myanmar and have been living in Thailand for almost six years. Kyaw works in a fish factory but he has been out of a job since March.
Also from Rakhine State, KOH left his wife in Myanmar one year ago to move in with his adult son and look for work. He laboured on a construction site for about three months before the State of Emergency was declared but has only had a week's paid work since March.
ZAR ZAR recently moved in with her mother, after her husband, a fisherman, died at sea. She has two sons aged three years and three months. She had just started fish grading work before COVID-19 and has been without a job since late March.
SAN migrated from Dawei, Myanmar 20 years ago. She's been unemployed since a local factory closed in March. She and her husband, who was laid off from his job repairing fishing boats, haven't seen their children since inter-provincial travel restrictions came into effect and are now living with their grandchildren.
In early April, the Thai Chamber of Commerce estimated that about seven million jobs had already been lost and that were the pandemic to persist the number could climb to 10 million: there are 38 million people in the Thai workforce.
IOM is trying to meet the basic needs of stranded migrants; over 200 particularly vulnerable families are receiving monthly food and hygiene supplies but, as is the case in all of the countries featured here, the needs are high and there are simply not enough resources available.
EASTERN MIGRATION ROUTE
Farhiya and her eight-month old son await return assistance to Ethiopia at a reception centre in Bossaso, Somalia. She arrived in the country five months ago searching for her husband who'd left without a word. She heard rumors that he was looking for work in Saudi Arabia, so Farhiya hitchhiked to Somalia with her youngest child and walked desert roads in a failed attempt to find him. "I have five other children to look after, so I'm going home." IOM Photo/Muse Mohammed
Scores of migrants, mainly from landlocked Ethiopia, pass through Bossaso in neighbouring Somalia along the so-called Eastern Migration Route from the Horn of Africa, across the Strait of Hormuz, through conflict-torn Yemen to the Gulf, principally the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in search of work every year.
Two-thirds of the 138,000 people who crossed the busiest maritime migration route on earth in 2019 boarded smugglers vessels here in Puntland state.
Despite border closures and other movement restrictions, migrants continue to attempt the journey. IOM documented approximately 600 reaching Bossaso in Puntland in a single day in April. But now, there's nowhere to go.
"I have been here for around three months," said 19-year-old Fassil from the Tigray region in Ethiopia. "The coronavirus has changed everything. I cannot continue, I cannot go back because all borders are closed."
IOM receives hundreds of migrants stranded in remote areas in Somalia every week, many in need of medical assistance. Some were abandoned by smugglers and traffickers; others endured much on their journeys and decide to return home. At the Migrant Resource Centre, IOM staff provide clothing, shelter for separated and unaccompanied minors, health assistance, as well as support to return voluntarily to their country of origin. IOM Photo/Muse Mohammed
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Anti-migrant xenophobia and stigma fueled by misinformation are growing since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Puntland in mid-April.
"We do our best to help them… however, if their numbers increase, and they cannot cross the sea due to the closure of borders, their well-being will be in great danger," says Ahmed Shirie, the Chairman of the Ethiopian community in Bossaso who are already assisting 400 stranded people.
The road to Djibouti. Photo: IOM Photo/ MOHAMED ALI Moustapha
While the majority of migrants pass through Bosaso, roughly 38 percent of migrants will depart form Djibouti, a second mainland African terminus of the Easter migration route.
As is the case with its sprawling southern neighbour, COVID-19-induced border closures, movement restrictions and a crackdown on smugglers plying the route has stranded over 1,500 Ethiopian migrants in 25 different locations across the country as of April 2020.
Through more than five years of conflict, Yemen has remained the corridor through which tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa pass every year on their journey to Saudi Arabia in search of work.
While the numbers have plummeted from 11,101 in January to 1,725 in April, movement restrictions and increased vigilance along the border have resulted in many thousands of people being stranded in a war zone, unable to advance to their destination or retreat to safety. An increasing number face crowded and often unsanitary conditions in transit, detention and quarantine centres.
As fears of the virus increase and more and more people see their loved ones and neighbours become ill, migrants are being stigmatized as "transmitters of disease". In the past they have been blamed for bringing cholera to Yemen.
There is no evidence that one group is more responsible for the transmission of COVID-19 or cholera than another. The xenophobia and scapegoating campaigns are leading to retaliation against migrants, including physical and verbal harassment, forced quarantine, denial of access to health services, movement restrictions, and forced movements to frontline conflict and desert areas, leaving them stranded without food, water and essential services.
Migrants are often the first to be laid off during difficult times, leaving vulnerable people more exposed than ever, reliant on assistance for even basic necessities.
The economic fallout from COVID-19 has fallen particularly heavily on migrants in Egypt.
Their exact numbers are unknown but the possibility of work has drawn thousands of Sudanese, South Sudanese, Yemenis, Ethiopians, Eritreans and others to Cairo and Alexandrea in particular.
"Food is a grave concern for all right now," said Muzzamel Soliman, a Sudanese Fulani leader in Cairo. "Many have lost their jobs and had to move houses as they no longer have any source of income. Some can barely feed themselves or their families."
In cooperation with the Egyptian Red Crescent, IOM Egypt has delivered nearly 1,800 stranded migrant families with food boxes containing rice, pasta, beans, sugar and other essential basic needs like hygiene kits in the country's two largest cities. The Organization operates a hotline to refer migrants to financial and legal services, medical screenings, and housing allowances for urgent cases.
Abandoned by smugglers on their journey to South Africa, these Malawian migrants returned home recently with IOM's assistance.
South Africa is home to approximately 4.2 million migrants drawn by the country's robust economy from as far away as Ethiopia. The nation-wide lockdown has produced huge socio-economic impacts and social protection needs in a country whose economy was contracting even before the virus was first reported. The migrant labour force which primarily operates in the informal sectors and depend on daily income to meet their needs, face dire food security, shelter, health and protection challenges.
COVID-19 has trapped many thousands along the so-called Southern migratory route. Neighbouring Zimbabwe expects upwards of 20,000 returnees to arrive from Botswana, Zambia, South Africa, and Mozambique in the coming weeks in addition to the 3,500 who managed to enter the country as of May 12, stretching the capacity of provide services in a country already home to more than 43,000 internally displaced people.
A transit country for migrants attempting to travel to South Africa, Zimbabwe also hosts large numbers of stranded migrants. One hundred undocumented Malawian nationals abandoned by smugglers voluntarily returned home by bus with IOM's assistance in mid-May.
The Sahel
Border closures have forced a halt to the seasonal movements of transhumant herders and their families, an estimated 20 million people in West and Central Africa.  IOM Photo/Geoffrey Reynard
A nearly 6,000 km-wide belt of land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, the Sahel encompasses more than a dozen countries. Here, mobility is a critical millennia-old livelihood and adaptation strategy that allows millions to survive and thrive in one of the world's harshest environments. Government-mandated restrictions on movement, notably putting a halt to bustling cross-border trade and "non-essential" activities, has impacted households across the region.
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Over 24,000 people including migrants hosted in transit centers and herders stranded at borders are currently waiting for their fates to be settled and for the borders to reopen.
To mitigate the disruption to its activities, including the provision of assistance to stranded migrants, IOM is mainstreaming COVID-19 related activities into existing projects and when possible, continuing its lifesaving search and rescue efforts and other critical operations.
Border officials were being trained and equipped at the Rosso river border post between Mauritania and Senegal before the lockdown. IOM Photo/Ciré Ly 2020
It is estimated that more than 1,500 migrants are stranded in Mauritania, primarily Malians and Senegalese. Without any alternative perspective, they are worried about their future and that of their loved ones.
Key will be the timely and responsible reopening of the border crossings into Senegal, balancing the desire of people to return home and the impacts the closures have had on many communities who rely on cross-border trade, and the need to address significant public health concerns related to COVID-19.
IOM is providing training and medical and protective equipment to Mauritanian authorities to encourage the reopening of border posts, shuttered since 25 March.
IOM-supported humanitarian site in Niamey where more than 1,300 Nigeriens are completing their 14-day COVID-19 quarantine. IOM/Monica Chiriac
Almost 3,000 migrants had asked IOM to assist with their voluntary return home prior to Niger closing its borders in mid-March.
While there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among these migrants, frustrations are growing due to lengthy stays in overcrowded transit centres. Niger and some of its neighbours have already agreed to the creation of a humanitarian corridor to organize the safe, voluntary return of migrants, approvals are still pending from countries of origin guarding against the spread of the virus.
Some of the more than 1,300 Nigeriens who fled clashes in gold mining areas in the south of Burkina Faso. IOM Photo/Monica Chiriac
Over 1,300 Nigeriens fled clashes in a gold mining region in the south of Burkina Faso in late April, hoping to make it to Ouagadougou, before continuing on to Niamey, the Nigerien capital. IOM has provided cash assistance for food, screened and registered the group, and is working with the national authorities to assist their voluntary return.
The closure of universities in Cameroon stranded more than 2,000 Chadian students for weeks. A bilateral agreement between the two governments allowed the students to return to Chad in early-May, where they were quarantined for two weeks. IOM has chartered buses to help them return to their home communities after negotiating travel special authorization for the groups across several administrative regions.
Dali, a recently returned migrant to Georgia, has adapted her IOM-supported business to sew facemasks for health workers.
As well as providing physical support to migrants stranded in Georgia, IOM is also ramping up social media and virtual assistance. A live online consultation session organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed IOM to talk directly to 50,000 migrants in the EU, Turkey, Israel, Russia, and more.
Over 500 questions were asked by stranded migrants during the session, focusing on how to get home, the implications of overstay in the EU, post-COVID-19 travel and employment opportunities back home.
"Migrants stranded abroad due to COVID-19, especially irregular labour migrants, are in need of constant access to updated information about return options, COVID-19-related restrictions and future migration perspectives", noted Anna Kakushadze who ran IOM's part of the consultation.
Migrants stranded by border closures at Novosibirsk Airport in the Russian Federation.
As the COVID-19 pandemic started to take hold thousands of Kyrgyz labour migrants found themselves without jobs, salaries or a place to live.
When they decided to return home many became stranded in airports or on the borders of the Russian Federation, Turkey, Kazakhstan and UAE.
IOM's offices teamed up to distribute masks, gloves, antiseptic, hot meals and provide a place to sleep in airports in Moscow and Novosibirsk.
A statement from IOM Kyrgyzstan noted that stranded migrants were vulnerable to COVID-19 "and also to exploitative practices. Data on past crises revealed that criminals, employers and others can use the opportunity to exploit migrants by cutting or withholding wages, threatening to report migrants to authorities, and exploiting them in other ways."
Photo: Imre Tömösvari/Unsplash
In the wake of the 15 March closure of the border between Germany and Poland, all Polish citizens returning home were ordered into a compulsory 14-day home quarantine. That put thousands of cross-border workers and students in a difficult situation as they had to choose between their work and returning home.
At the time, some border regions were offering a Euro 40-65 daily stipend to cover meals and hotel rooms to encourage Polish commuters to remain in Germany.
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Regulations have since been loosened to allow Poles who work or study in Germany to avoid quarantine upon their return. However, certain professional groups including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and geriatric nurses, are excluded from the regulation and are still being quarantined.
Oxford Circus. IOM Photo/Muse Mohammed
The significant contributions migrants in the UK are making in critical areas in the fight against Covid-19 are well documented.
However, the crisis has exacerbated the situation for many others who've been made more vulnerable due to their status. Despite warnings from IOM and prestigious journals like The Lancet advocating for migrants to be included in national health and social services as a public health priority, an estimated one million undocumented migrants are at risk of not being able to access adequate health care, and cope with the impacts of the crisis.
Those who are employed are typically found in the sectors most affected by the crisis such as hospitality and retail, or to be self-employed with temporary work and precarious livelihoods.
Reduced services are negatively impacting on those applying for the EU settlement scheme, while few public funds are available for needy EU citizens who have lived in the UK for less than five years.
There are roughly 3,000 migrants of different nationalities stranded in northern Chile, among them Bismar Núñez and Eleuteria Barja and their one-year old daughter Jazmín, who traveled roughly 1,800 kilometers by bus from Chile's capital Santiago, to Iquique 300kms from the Bolivian border.
Like hundreds of their countrymen, the couple want to return home.
Before being taken to shelters provided by the Government of Chile, they spent their nights on the streets or in informal settlements, battling frigid conditions 3,700 meters above sea level while waiting for the chance to cross the border.
In an effort to manage the public health challenge presented by COVID-19 both the governments of Bolivia and Chile have agreed that the groups will be quarantined prior to crossing.
In coordination with the government and civil society partners, IOM Chile has been providing stranded migrants in the informal settlements with emergency assistance, including temporary accommodation for the most vulnerable, food and non-food items like tents and blankets.
IOM has documented approximately 7,700 cases of stranded migrants in Central America and the Caribbean.
Among them are more than 2,500 people stranded in Panama after arriving from Colombia through the Darien Gap. They remain in three overcrowded stations managed by the Panamanian National Border Service in one community in the Darien province.
The migrants are usually kept in these facilities for brief periods and taken to the Costa Rica border as part of a "Controlled Flow" agreement between the two countries which allows for the safe passage of 100 irregular migrants daily from Panama to its western neighbour. That agreement is currently suspended, stranding migrants in Panama for over two months.
Most of the migrants come from Haiti, but there are small groups from Cuba, and from as far away as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen and Bangladesh.
The Government of Panama, with support from IOM and other organizations, is constructing new accommodation centres to provide security for migrants stranded on its territory.
Migrants in Mexico queuing to buy food at a shelter while awaiting their assisted voluntary return home.
In late April, the Mexican government releasing people from its migrant detention centers based on recommendations from the United Nations, including a group of 74 Salvadoran migrants from the Acayucan Migratory Station in Veracruz state. Local authorities in Oluta city were uncomfortable with the move as the migrants were taken into the shelter late at night, without previous notice.
Final predeparture screening at the airport.
IOM stepped into a familiar role, working with both the Mexican and Salvadorian governments to organize an Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) effort to get them home safely and in a dignified manner, while ensuring public health concerns are suitably addressed. This group's movement is still under discussion, but 82 Salvadorian and Honduran migrants have returned home with our assistance, and the option remains available to migrants in Mexico despite restrictions in place in many Central American countries.
In the meantime, they must wait.
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Human trafficking: PJI urges proper trauma management for returnees
The Pathfinder Justice Initiative (PJI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has called for proper trauma care for migrant returnees to prevent them from becoming vulnerable to subsequent trafficking.
Evon Benson-Idahosa, the Executive Director, PJI, made the call at a Rehabilitation Workshop for Providers Serving Survivors of Human Trafficking held in Benin on Thursday.
The workshop was organised by PJI and funded by INSighT- Building Capacity to deal with human trafficking and transit routes to Nigeria, Italy and Sweden.
Benson-Idahosa said that a majority of returnee-migrants usually undergo different traumatic situations and needed to be properly rehabilitated before being integrated back into the society. She noted that if the migrant returnees were not properly rehabilitated, they would not be able to put into good use any form of skills acquisition or empowerment received.
"Providers serving survivors should know how to handle traumatised victims because many of them, especially females, have been raped and have gone through horrible experiences during their trafficking journey.
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"The providers should know that there are best practices in terms of handling trafficked victims; they need to use a survivor centred approach to prioritise the needs of the victims," she said.
She called on the government at all levels to partner more with NGOs on providing best traumatic care for returned migrants in the country.
How Nigerian-American police officer burst human trafficking syndicate in US
A retried Nigerian American Police officer, Samuel Balogun narrated how he burst a human trafficking syndicate that specialized in using minors for prostitution.
"My biggest accomplishment was bursting a human trafficking crime," Balogun said.
Giving details of how he executed the task, the dark skinned retired police officer said: " There was a guy that was using minors for prostitution on the internet. I have an accent and when I speak people know I am an African. So, I had to go undercover and had to call the guy on the internet. I said ' hey! what is going on, I am in town. I am a truck driver and I want some girls.' I asked how old? He said the younger they are, the more money. I said about 15 to 16 years. He said ok. I asked how many he could bring and he replied two. He said which hotel was I and I gave the name to him. He told me to hang up and he called back the hotel. He subsequently called me and asked if I was there and I said yes. He said he would be there in 20 minutes.
"We were waiting for him to come but he was smart too. He dropped the girls down the street and made them walk to the room. The girls asked how much I was ready to pay and wanted to take off their clothes but I said not yet. In the next room were officers listening to our conversation. When I make a signal, that means it is time for them to come in. but before you make the signal, you have to make sure they have mentioned the price, they have given the reason why they were there, so it doesn't look like you are entrapping them. When I made the signal, the officers burst in and arrested everybody including me.
Thereafter, Balogun said the police processed the girls and after that, "they said look, you are minors and we know somebody is pushing you to do this. Now we don't want to arrest you but tell us how to get to the boss. The girls cooperated and made as if they were leaving. When the man pulled up to pick them up, and that was how we arrested him. That stopped a lot of those crimes."
Balogun said he was in Nigeria to bring his wealth of experience to bear on the disturbing security situation in the country. " I am trying to bring back my experience as a police officer in the states to Nigeria. When you look at the #endsars period, the performance of the police was something that hurt my feelings. How can we make it better? How can we make the police job something that people will look with respect and want to join?"
He hinted that his security firm is involved in training not only police officers but " I also train private security companies. I am in touch with a lot of private security companies in Nigeria. There is another concept which Nigeria is embracing right now.
"It is called community policing. In the states it is called neighbourhood policing or community policing. It works in a way that in every street, there would be a police officer that lives in that neighbourhood. You get to know the people and the people know you. In some apartments, they will give you a discount just for the police officer to be there because they know once a police officer is living there, the police car is outside and the crime level will reduce. People are more likely to talk to that officer because they know him. They are more able to tell him' hey we know who committed that crime.' For every crime, you need people to tell you what happened. You can have all the gadgets but if people are not talking, you can't solve the crime."
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He further said: "I am training police officers, security companies and executive protection. What my security company is doing is to free the police officers from attachment to chiefs, politicians and all that. We train civilians to represent those officers so that they can go back to the street and do their normal jobs. We have what we call executive protection/training. We have people that follow the president. We can train you on how to be efficient and sometimes using less force, description tactics."
Further expatiating on what his security firm does, the soft spoken officer said: "What my company is trying to do is to bring people to the table. We are trying to train companies that there is a better way of security where we can teach you how to defend yourself, how to prepare for any emergency, and how to use less force. I have a guy, a navy seal that worked for the United States of America. You will be amazed about what he can do. He can disarm you in a minute even when you come with AK 47. I am also bringing Hostage Negotiation, people that can talk to you when ransom has to be paid. In the US, we call it Hostage Negotiation. They can talk to these people, and know their psyche. It is a full package. When you come to my firm, you can see the whole spectrum and choose."
As a vastly travelled person, Blagun said: "I travel a lot and in all the African nations is where you see officers with AK 47. They said it is more intimidating. Criminals use AK 47 in America too but we still don't carry it. Is that the right weapon for the police officers, I leave that question open. "
On the attitude of the Nigerian authorities his plans, he said: "I have talked to a lot of people in higher positions. In some places I don't want to mention, I have got good responses. My firm has done some things with certain private firms and the police. I have dealt with some highly placed security firms. So, this is not my first time here. We are looking at having training in Sheraton around July/August this year. It is going to be a big one. I am bringing a retired FBI agent, a navy seal, a retired marine , myself and may be two other officers.
"This is my country, I am proud of it. I am sad sometimes when you look at the security aspect of it. With my experience, I am trying to make it a better place. It has always been my passion to come back home. I am retired and don't really need to work again. My benefits are okay untill I die. But why die with all this experience when I can pass it to the next person."
Hundreds of thousands of people leave Britain due to pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of people have left Britain as a fallout of the pandemic on the economy, according to a study released yesterday.
There is an "unprecedented exodus" of workers born outside Britain, researchers at London's Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence said.
"It seems that much of the burden of job losses during the pandemic has fallen on non-UK workers and has manifested itself in return migration, rather than unemployment," said the authors.
The study is based on labour market data.
The trend was particularly notable in London, where one in five residents was born abroad.
The capital's population has fallen by 700,000, the study said, adding that nationwide, the figure could be more than 1.3 million.
If these numbers are accurate, this is the largest decline in Britain's population since World War II, according to the study.
No evidence suggests that similar numbers of British people who live abroad are returning to Britain.
However, this could be a temporary trend, the researchers said, noting that workers from abroad might return after the pandemic.
The British economy depends on workers from abroad and it is not only threatened by migration due to the pandemic.
Many industries fear the loss of skilled workers due to Britain's departure from the European Union and stricter migration laws.
A further trend in 2021 is also causing concern, described as a "baby bust" by consultancy PwC, which said many couples were postponing having children due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic.
This could lead to the lowest birth rate since 1900, PwC said in early January.
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Valve has given its Steam digital distribution platform a major overhaul, offering a new store-front as part of what it describes as the 'Discovery Update'.
Launched to the public late last night, the Steam Discovery Update is Valve's response to the impressive growth of the platform that has seen 1,300 new titles added in the last nine months and its number of active users break the 100 million barrier. The biggest change comes in a new Home page, which does away with the pre-set listings of old in favour of customised offerings based on a user's previous purchases, recent playtime and any recommendations made by friends.
The Search functionality has also been improved with the addition of what Valve claims are 'extremely detailed filters' that allow users to more easily find software that matches their requirements. This also extends to a new Curators option, designed to allow users to build themed lists of titles that can be viewed by social networking-style followers.
Valve's announcement of the update can be found here, while the new features should be active for all platforms on the next client restart.
Steam has added a framerate counter to its beta client to the delight of PC optimisers everywhere.
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 bewegliche Last - verändert den Ort mit der Zeit
 dynamische Last – ändert sich mit der Zeit und wird als  dargestellt.

Grundlegend ist die Belastungsrechnung in der gesamten Technik für die Ermittlung von Grenzlasten, bei denen die Querschnittsspannungen zum Bruch oder anderem Versagen führt, und damit zur Festlegung von notwendiger Tragfähigkeit und zulässiger Nutzlast.

Zeitliche Änderungen (dynamische Last)

Belastungen können sich zeitlich ändern. Daher werden folgende Fälle unterschieden:
 Belastungsfall I: Ruhende bzw. statische Belastung – Belastung steigt nur bis zu einem bestimmten Punkt und bleibt ab dort konstant. (Beispiel: Last hängt am Seil.)
 Belastungsfall II: Schwellende Belastung – Die Kraft schwankt (ist jedoch stets ungleich 0). → Unterspannung ist bei schwellender Belastung immer gleich null, weil sich das Werkstück immer in die Ausgangslage zurückbewegt.
 Belastungsfall III: Schwingende bzw. wechselnde Belastung – Die Kraft schwingt von Minus nach Plus und von Plus nach Minus usw. (Beispiel: Pleuel).

Die Belastungsfälle II und III können weiter beschrieben werden, indem von einem praktisch häufigen periodischen (zumeist sinusförmigen) zeitlichen Belastungsverlauf ausgegangen wird. Ausschlaggebend sind dann das obere bzw. untere Maximum der Belastungskurve. Ihr Verhältnis, auch Belastungsverhältnis genannt, ist der R-Wert

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Wenn entsprechend der Vorzeichenkonvention Druckspannungen mit negativem und Zugspannungen mit positivem Vorzeichen versehen werden, können für R folgende Spezialfälle unterschieden werden, die jeweils eigene Bezeichnungen tragen:

Siehe auch
 Auflast
 Einflusszahl
 Volllast und Teillast

Beanspruchungsart

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This is a clip we shot early on but had some issues with the lighting and sound. But due to the magic of editing advancements we are now able to release it! By making the video black and white and adjusting the audio, we were able to make it appear to be from an old black and white show.


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Cannibalistic Zombies with Vampire Tendencies Attack!
Xanadu Weyr - Caverns
// A big fireplace is set into the wall near the Kitchens as well, several comfortable chairs nearby providing haunts for elderly residents or riders who like a good view of all that happens. Rugs cover the floor in strategic spots, all of them abstract or geometric in design and most in the softly neutral colors of undyed wool.//
Exits lead off in all directions, a big archway the largest and that leading outside. Shallow stairs to the west lead to the offices and administration area while tunnels to the east lead to the infirmary, kitchen and resident's quarters. Southwards, a sloping tunnel leads down to the hot springs.
(This scene takes place directly after "A Search and A Fallout")
Kale walks quickly due to the rain that's now turning into somewhat of a storm! By the time they reach the caverns, it's a heavy downpour and he's glad to get out of it. With his hair slightly drippy and his hand still holding Idrissa's, he guides her wordlessly past a few tables; some empty, most not as many people have taken refuge here too. But he has a destination in mind, and it seems to be the fireplace. Alloy remembers this place! It's where he was born, chirrup! Aw…his egg was smashed by that stinky gold sister of his. He alights from Kale's shoulder to flutter towards the mantle above the fireplace, landing there while Kale plops down on the couch in front of the fire, pulling his companion down with him.
Idrissa glances over the cavern to see whom all is around, or not around for that matter. Willow gives her wings a good stretch and is then following after Alloy to the fireplace mantle and lands there as well. Seems she has picked up on some lessons herself! She chirrups out while letting her wings stay lowered to dry out. Rissa erps softly as she is tugged down upon the couch and peers over at Kale, watching him a few moments. "Hey…" This said softly. "Why don't I go get us something to drink ya?"
Hey hey! Alloy rars! as his clutchmate joins him, getting over Kale's bad feelings, at least now that he has a distraction. He nudges her, tossing her fleeting images of him being tossed up by Kale in a fun sort of tossing game! Fun times! And sky water! And mudsplash! Life is good. And it is. Kale is just being uncharacteristically pissed at the moment, though it's a storm that'll pass, just like the one that rages outside. "I don' want a drink," he replies. "Flippin' shards, what is wrong with that girl? From trouncin' through the forges an' beach naked one day, an' callin' me a liar the next after claimin' she's /so/ glad we're friends. She's friggin' mental."
Willow coooos out while looking at Alloy, her eyes swirling happily a few times as she gets all the images. The little green offers pictures back of what she was doing with Rissa over at the stables, working with the runners, and then getting carrot treats that /don't/ taste good! Idrissa peers at Kale and leans close to him while giving his hand a squeeze. "I dono… Different maybe is a good word." Well, she is sure they could use other words but she really rather not at the moment. Time to change the subject. "So are you going to stay at the barracks?"
"Different?" Kale laughs, a mirthless sound. "Right. You're too nice, an' I'm pretty sure I've been too." He scoffs, eyes rolling. "Lesson learned, eh?" says as he leans back against the cushions of the couch, eyeing the flames of the fire. His clothes will dry eventually, especially if he stays where he is…which seems like his plan. "There're all types've people. S'what my mother told me the day I left. Her grand words've wisdom, I guess. People worth keepin', an' people you're better without. Sometimes it'll take time to figure out who's who, but eventually..it'll click." A smirk, and his eyes shift to her. "It clicked. She's a chameleon." Or whatever the Pernese equivalent may be! He snorts. "Whatever. I dunno where I'll stay." He fingers his knot now, soggy like the rest of him. "It'll be fun though, right? This whole thing."
Wakua comes in to the cavern for two reasons. She's hungry and so is her firelizard. She goes into the kitchen to get some meat and she's only gone for a moment before she comes back with a bowl of meat for her green. She finds a spot away from Kale and Idrissa and she starts to feed her firelizard who cherrups happily as she is fed.
Idrissa smirks slightly and chuckles softly. "Ya, and your mom was right. At least that's how I like to think of it." She peers back at him and soon rolls her eyes. "Perhaps, just give it some time how's that?" This questioned softly while she leans back upon the couch and peers at the fireplace with the crackling fire within it. Willow chiurrps out and gives her wings a good shake before she goes about sprawling out upon the fireplace mantle, happy firelizard! Rissa chuckles and nods. "I'm sure it'll be fun. Why not? I mean… We have a chance to get a picked by a dragon an if that happens our lives will be changed big time." So perhaps she was looking forward to it just a bit!
Soriana comes into the caverns with a tray of dirty dishes. So exciting. She takes them over to the kitchens, then snags a meatroll as she turns around and surveys what's going on. Oh, hey! There's Rissa and Kale. That seems like a good place to go. So she heads that way. Toral gets there first, what with not having to walk around people. The brown firelizard chitters to the younger pair, and perches himself on the back of the couch. …aww, how nice. He's saving her a seat. Sori arrives, and yoinks it by sitting down with a flumph. Cue scolding chitter and a hand reaching back to scritch the brown until he chirrs instead. "Heya," she says, looking over at them.
This should be an exciting day for him. Why let one thing sour his mood? Kale nods a little, allowing a smirk to finally reclaim his expression. "My mother will have a fit.." he muses, sounding amused at the prospect. "Think we'll be lucky twice in a row?" he asks, brows lifting. "Firelizards…then /dragons?/" He eyes their mantle lounging lizards, brows lifting as another joins the area. A familiar brown! Rarchitterchurr! greets Alloy. "Hey Toral.." said as he raises his gaze, searching for… Sori. His grin widens a little as she joins them, and wordlessly, he lifts his white candidate's knot. Lookit I gooooot…
Wakua spots Soriana as she comes in and she gives a nod to Soriana as she goes back to feeding her green firelizard. She stays where she is at away from the others although she is still wearing her apprentice knot.
Idrissa ponders what Kale says while she looks towards the two firelizards at the mantle and chuckles. "Anything is possible." She shrugs slightly at the talk of his mother. "Why would she have a fit? Doesn't your older brother have a dragon?" She sees Soriana and waves to him. "Hey Sori!" Willow chitters out towards the brown that is over /thar/. The little green lets her wings open and she ponders while wiggling about and then hops up in the air and glides over towards the three to plop onto Rissa's lap, with a laugh the green is picked up. "Good job Willow."
From firelizards to dragons, in just a few easy steps. Only, several of the steps are listed as 'redacted' or a series of question marks. Details! Sori waves to Wakua in passing, but her goal is unwavering. Couch! She grins at the greetings. "So ho-" Wait, what's this? She looks as Kale demonstrates his shiny new white cord. "Nice!" That does answer how he's doing pretty well. "So now you're both gonna be standing! Who searched you?" Because she's curious, see. Her own knot is still the boring blue-and-orange of a simple weyr resident. Nothin' special. Toral leans down over her shoulder to chirp to Willow again. Flying! Aww yeah.
"Kei? Yeah, he does, an' it wasn't … good," remarks Kale to Idrissa, giving her a sidelong glance. "He was searched an' all, an' our mother didn't want him to accept. But he did, an' things with them kinda fell apart. But, Kei's always done stuff to piss her off on purpose, I think." He shakes his head a little, grinning after. "But she /likes/ me, so maybe it won't be so bad. She just doesn't care for dragons an' weyr life…at all." Hence her adamant attitude that Kale bring his arse back home! But luckily, they haven't met his mother. His knot, still held in his hand, is waggled a bit before it's dropped to his lap, eyes turning to Soriana and lingering. "E'gin's dragon…er, Mazunth," he answers. "Was kinda…weird. He wanted me to kiss Alloy. Prove I loved'm or something."
Wakua gives a wave back to Sori, but she stays where she is as she feeds her firelizard. The greedy green eats as much as she can as fast as Wakua will give it to her. The green is fed until her belly is sated and Wakua gently puts her down on the table. She wipes off her hands and than gets up to get something to eat from one of the serving tables. She gets a plate with a meatroll on it and a mug of klah before she goes back to sit at her table and eat.
Idrissa ohs as she hears Kale, she looks to Toral and offers him a soft smile and lets Willow hop up next to the brown. Willow chirrups out to Toral and she sits up nice and straight, so proud of herself it seems! "He seemed alright, and Mazunth is a really handsome blue." Rissa forever complementing animals and dragon's alike! A yawn escapes her while she leans back into the couch, half leaning close to Kale while she peers at the fireplace. "And what's wrong with kissing Alloy? He's a handsome little firelizard after all." Willow chitters out at that and peckpecks at Rissa and a faint meep escapes her while a slight wave of her hand is offered to the little green. "Anyway, if I fall asleep someone make sure to wake me up before you both leave, ya?" Is questioned after a moment. And as for falling asleep? She totally does after a few moments, Willow curls up on the couch settled next to Toral as the green listens in on the conversation.
Soriana hmms at the talk of Kale's mother. "I suppose… you can just ask her which's worse - you being a smith, or you being a dragonrider? Tell'r it's one or the other, and if she doesn't want you around a weyr, she'd better pay up to send you to Telgar." Not that she's actually serious. Telgar and the Smithcraft Hall means Not Here. She reaches over to brush her fingers against Kale's non-knotted shoulder as he explains how he got the white knot… and blinks, then laughs. "Okay, that is kinda weird. I don't really know him… maybe he just wanted to make sure you wouldn't faint at the scent of hide." Or something. It makes as much sense as anything else! Sorta. Idrissa gets a nod and a bit of a headruffle… then Sori hmms as the other girl falls asleep. "You'd better keep an eye on her," she says to Kale. "She'll so work herself too hard, trying to do everything with the runners and as a candidate."
"Pft. I kiss girls, not firelizards," remarks Kale who glances at Alloy who is busy lounging on the mantle, replaying the events of the day in his head because it was such an eventful day. Oh hey Toral, check THIS out. MUDSPLASH HAPPY TIME! Heheh…good times, good times. "He'd probably bite my nose if I tried. Don' blame him, either," he continues, snickering at the thought. He glances over at Idrissa as she mentions falling asleep, and he smirks. "Oh, you'll fall asleep. I'd bet on it." He can already see her drifting! He rolls his eyes a little then hands his knot over to Soriana. "Knot me?" said with a grin. "An' have you /met/ E'gin? The fellow said he faints when he feeds his dragon. Doesn't like blood, I guess. Y'd think maybe he'd consider that before choosin' to be a Candidate." He glances to Idrissa again. Is she really asleep? Soriana's warning is given a nod. "I will. Promise. But hey, maybe you'll be searched too an' we can both keep her from workin' herself to death."
Mudsplash? Ooh! Toral sends back images of the ocean waves and cavorting around and fish - oh! And SUPER BIG SPLASH when a dragon flops into the water. It's awesome. Soriana smirks at Kale's mention of kissing girls. Good times, good times! "I think I've met him. Is he the one with the blonde hair?" She most certainly doesn't know him well, but she has met a lot of people. "Well, his dragon musta seen something in him, scared of blood or not. He's just lucky he wasn't born during Threadfall." As for her being searched, she shrugs and smiles. "Yeah, maybe I will! Or maybe they'll figure they've enough. It's not a very big clutch, after all."
Wakua eats slowly as she looks down at her plate. She knows that she's screwed up somehow, but she doesn't know how to even start to fix it. She mulls this problem over as she eats and she watches her firelizard eat. She gently caresses the green's back as the firelizard sleep and she takes a long drink of her klah.
"Jus' hang out at the feedin' grounds an' I'm sure you'll pick'm out. He'll be the one face first in the mud, swooned." The image that conjures in his mind is a comical one, and he snickers, then laughs. "He seems alright though. Not very..uh, riderish, I guess. I figured they were all sort've like Ers'lan. Y'know, the same way I'll be, if I'm impressed. Fearless an' amazing?" He grins then tosses his knot at her, right at her face! "C'mon, you gonna put this on me or not? This is privilege. Feel honored." He holds out his arm and sits up a little straighter, like a prince waiting to be crowned king! Wakua's arrival has not been noted, she having taken care to sit far from where he is, and his attention now solely on Soriana. "How many eggs does she have? Five?"
Tsenik makes his way into the living caverns carrying a couple of things under his arms. He lets out a quiet huff as he stops, looking around the living caverns as if looking for someone. Spotting the others at the table, he makes his way over and plops into a seat. "Well, that was certainly interesting, wasn't it?" Yup, no comment from him about the argument that was had, he wants no part in it, really. He sets what he'd been carrying on the ground and leans forward, "You guys going to hang out in your rooms or are you going into the barracks too?"
Definitely fearless and amazing! Soriana laughs. "Yeah, no, there's kinda all sorts. I mean, one'f the weyrlings now was a harper. Maps and stuff, not dashing heroism at all. The dragons know what they're looking for, but…" shardit if the humans do! She leans back as a knot is flung at her, and laughs as it paffs against her shoulder. She catches it before it tumbles down. "Oh, all right. If you insist!" She toys with it a moment. "Five of them, yeah. Doin' well." Then, she grins, and rises from the couch, putting on a totally serious face. Ahem. Now, how did that speech she heard back at Ierne go? Oh yeah. "To be a Candidate is an honor and a responsibility both," she says in serious voice, then leans in to pin the white knot into place. "Do your best." Okay, that's enough serious. She grins, and… attempts to steal a quick kiss, before lifting her head at the sound of Tsenik's approach. She waves to him.
Wakua sees Tsenik come in and she gives a wave to him as well, but she's sitting at a different table nursing a mug of klah and petting a green firelizard. She stays where she is and sighs softly.
Kale sits up straight (he, a sleeping Idrissa, and Sori are over by the sofa near the fireplace, by the way!) for his knighting…er, knotting ceremony! A very pompous occasion, this! He does make sure that poor sleeping Idrissa doesn't slouch and fall over though, because that would be bad. Funny. But bad, and he's sure she wouldn't be amused. He inclines his chin a little, eyes on Sori, mouth fighting a grin in favor of Serious Face. The speech is done, he is pinned, and kissed at that which inspires a grin, and it's now official! Candidate Kale is on the loose. "That was the shortest speech ever. Isn't there a tome you can read from? A script in your mother's office? That was very bland.." he teases. Insert brow arch…here. As her attention turns, his does too, eyes flitting to Tsenik, who earns a wave before he points to his newly fitted knot.
Tsenik tilts his head from his spot at the table, leaning forward to look at the group on the couch, he shakes his head at the 'knotting ceremony.' "I just put the silly thing on," A finger taps at his own white knot on his shoulder, "It's just a knot. I'm very much planning on going back to the shop after this is all said and done." After all, he's well past that stage of teenage-dom, being much older than the others. Tsen looks down at the table, a finger absently tracing at something or other. "Wakua, how come you're all the way over there? Just say you're sorry, it's not really that big of a deal. Friendship is more important, isn't it?"
Soriana smirks to Kale. "Oh, well, if you wanted a longer speech, I could try. There was this whole historical bit, about the roles of the Weys in turns past and looking to the future. I'm pretty sure it included not only names, but actual dates!" She grins. "I'll just take that back and try again…" Cue the grabby-fingers at the knot, not that she's actually trying to take it, just… threatening, playful-like.
Wakua looks up at she hears Tsenik. She shrugs a little bit, "I told Kale that I was sorry that I couldn't remember the exact conversation and that I was really upset and probably didn't hear him as well as I should have, but can you blame me for being upset about the situation. I am sorry about the whole situation. I just want things to go back to normal, but that's probably not going to happen and I'm not gonna stay in the barracks with the others I'll just stay in the smith dorm." She takes a drink of her klah.
Yes! That's exactly what he's looking for! A long, drawn out…boring…historical speech.. Wait. No. "Erm..actually, now that I think've it.." Kale begins, but there she goes with those grabbing hands! He twists his body from her, covering his new knot with a hand. "No you don't! Hands off. No there's /un/knotting the knotted, y'know. I'll just have to tell everyone that you're /awful/ at speeches like this an' no one should ever seek you out for anything of the sort ever again!" Shame! Such a shame! She's shamed the family name! Because, you know, Soriana's family is known for elegant speeches…and such.
Tsenik sighs softly as he looks between the two groups, shaking his head, "Teenagers." That's all he says on the subject, pushing himself to his feet to ignore Kale and Soriana, since they are doing the same to him and sits in front of Wakua, "Then just move on." Tsen says with a shrug of his shoulders, "They'll get over it, or they won't. It's no big deal."
Nooooo! Not failure to give dull speeches! How will Soriana ever survive with such a blot on her name? She shakes her head, trying for a proper penitent look, but she can't stop grinning for long enough to really manage it. She, at least, is blithely ignorant of whatever awkwardness might be going on. She's been told nothing, and the caverns are a bit large for her to have overheard Wakua's talk from the smith apprentice's self-imposed exile. Or whatever it is. Sori: clueless. Also, bad at being boring. "Oh, well," she says. "I guess I'll just have to manage. Somehow. It'll be difficult, you know… I mean, that's such an important skill.
Wakua nods, "And if they don't than I lose three friends because I doubt Idrissa or Soriana will want to be friends with me. It is a big deal to me to lose friends, especially Kale because I have to work with him."
Kale nod sagely, fixing Soriana with a woebegone look. "But will you, Soriana? /Will/ you manage? It's such a tarnish. A…blight on your name. Can ya really bear it?" He furrows his brows a little, then snaps his fingers with sudden inspiration. "I know. Being the sort've fellow that I am, I can't allow you to jus'… go about in life with such a mar. So. I'll craft you a headpiece to hide your face. It'll cover your whole head," he says, standing now to use his hand to take imaginary measurements of her head. "Let's see…a palm and half wide…perhaps a few finger lengths more for comfort.." And yes, he's putting his hands on her head to take these measurements, palms pressing on the back of her head, then moving around to press right on her face. "Geeze. Y'know your head is rather large? Sort've disproportionate…"
Tsenik leans forward and frowns at Wakua, shrugging his shoulders, "So then make new friends." Tsen says flatly, "There's lots of people here in the weyr, y'know? If you disagree with some people hang with other people. I don't really have a lot of friends, either, y'know?" Shoulders shrug, "I'm not even the same age as all of you." A hand waves in the direction of Kale and Soriana, "They'll get over it, or they don't. If you're worried about losing friends, make more. There's always more friends in the world."
Will she? Will she really? Soriana grins at Kale's teasing, attempting to hide it in order to shake her head sadly. "Strength through adversity, that's the idea. Like… running with a heavy pack. I'll just have to give more terrible speeches. To… the trees, I wouldn't want to inflict it on actual people 'cause that'd be cruel, until I can be a competent bore." At first she holds still for him to measure her head. "Better leave extra for the earplugs. So I can't hear the lack-of-snores…" But, wait? Is he callin' her funny-shaped in the head? "Heyyyy!" she goes, muffled by a hand that's smushing in at her face, and then.. she bites! Not hard, mind you. A tiny little nip. Disproportionate, indeed!
Wakua nods, 'I guess that's just what I'll have to do is to make some new friends." She glances over at Kale and Soriana, "Probably for the best. I don't want them to be unhappy and if me being around them makes them unhappy than I should just stay away."
Oh yes, the earplugs. A definite must. … Ow! Ok, no, the bite didn't hurt. Not even a little, but does that mean that Kale is going to spare her theatrics? … Come now, this is Kale! "Ah!" he pulls his hand from her face, holding it up to inspect the damage (which there is none of). But! The look on his face suggests gushing blood and ripped flesh and protruding bones. "Cannibal!" he exclaims, loud enough to warrant a few glances. Ah. Teenagers. "This hand will have to go. Maybe even the whole arm.. Infection of your cannibalism. My smithing days are over, an' you'll pay.." he growls, a glare forming on his face. Evil glare!
Tsenik shrugs, "Well, I'm not sure if it's forever. They're young, as are you. You're too young to say that this will determine whether or not you guys never speak to each other again." Tsen looks over his shoulder at Kale and Soriana, arching a brow at their antics before pursing his lips tightly. "What matters is what makes you happy."
Soriana is so horrible. So very horrible, she giggles as Kale suffers this hideous torment. Why, the flesh is practically dripping off, already! The laughter is probably a sign of the cannibalistic madness that's already overtaken her - and may do the same to Kale, if he doesn't take immediate (drastic!) action. "Better lock yourself up, to be safe! The infection might have already spread farther than you think." Sage nod… er, wait. No sage! Grrarrrgh, deranged cannibal Sori on the loose.
Wakua hmms, "What makes me happy is that they are happy, with or without me. Although I would prefer with me, but if not that I'll just have to learn to accept it." She looks towards the pair, "And right now they are happy I don't wanna go over there and ruin it."
Kale clutches his wrist with his unaffected hand as it begins to shake. She's right. It's already….beginning! "It's t-…too late," he says laboriously, as if each breath is taking such energy to accomplish. A stumbled step is taken forward, lurched and staggered with knees that bend, apparently too weak now to hold up his own weight. "I…I can't…" The transformation is complete! Kale the smither is no more. Kale the …cannibal or zombie is born! With his jaw agape and slack and his bitten hand outreached, he lumbers towards her, undead eyes slightly turned up. "Your flesh…is mine…" Because you know, in all scary stories, the undead cannibal always goes after the other undead cannibal that infected him.
Tsenik pushes himself to his feet, "Well, so long as you are happy, then that is all that matters." Tsen looks over at the teenagers again and sighs, "Don't let it bother you, alright?" He offers a faint smile and grabs his stuff, "See you guys inside!" He offers a wave and heads inside.
Cannombie? Zombibal? Whatever it is, Kale is definitely it now. "Eek!" goes Soriana, because… that's what zombie cannibals do after infecting others? Okay, so maybe accuracy is not the most important feature here. She scrambles up and backs away from the couch and the KaleMonster, making little flaily hands… and that's how you know she's just playing, because a Sori under actual threat would be a lot more effective than this limp-wristed mock-terror. Also, she'd be loud enough for the cavern to hear instead of just those nearby, and her firelizard would be doing more than watching with bemused blue eyes. Er, that is… ohnoes! "Not my flesh!"
Wakua nods, "I'll try not to." She waves to Tsenik and she looks back over to the giggling couple. She hears the not my flesh and she stands up to see what they are doing exactly. She takes a deep breath and she gets up. She moves over to them and she coughs loudly, "Kale I'm sorry that I didn't hear what you said when you were talking to me. I heard what I wanted to hear because I was upset and angry. I know you've been trying to protect me and I just wanted to say thank you. I'd really like for us to be friends but if you don't want to be just say so and I won't bother you any more."
Raaaawr.. Uuuuungh… drooool.. Ok so, Kale doesn't actually /drool/ but with his mouth hanging open like that, one can almost imagine a long slimy droplet oozing from his lips and onto the ground. But with Soriana flailing like that, he /almost/ breaks character and laughs because..ha, really. When would she ever? But! He keeps his straight zombie face even as he lurches, stumbles towards her, arms reaching to wrap around her middle. "Eeeat.. fleeesh…" he drawls in that same monotone voice, leaning forward with teeth bared with intention of vampire style neck biting. But! At this point is when Wakua approaches, and now the act does drop, although his arms do not. No zombie face. No imagined zombie drool or vampire mouth. Instead, it's the same impassioned expression that hardened his face before. Too recent to be reconciled. "Don't. Bother me." Clipped words, spoken softly, yet tensely.
Wakua nods to Kale, "As you wish." She goes to put away her dishes and pick up her firelizard before she heads out.
Nooooo! Her precious, precious fleshmeats! Soriana flutters her hands against Kale's shoulders as he catches her, batting as he comes in for the oh-so-fierce counterattack. Any moment now, he'll- what? Sori turns her head to look at Wakua, her hands resting on Kale's shoulders through the girl's plea, and… his answer. Uhm. She blinks once - no, twice, this is a double-blink situation at the very least - then turns her attention back to Kale. Her expression's serious now - actual serious, though she doesn't move her hands nor body away from the boy. Just asks him, her tone soft but ever-so-curious, "What happened?"
Kale's now stormy eyes follow Wakua as she departs, a frown replacing his former playful look. Soriana's question brings his attention back, and he shakes his head in a dismissive sort of way, nose wrinkling briefly. "Not worth gettin' into," he replies. "She's a shardin' idiot m'not botherin' wastin' my time or breath over anymore." Annoyance resurfaces despite his best efforts, and his arms slip more fully around her as he tips forward, wanting to press his lips to hers just briefly. "I should be gettin' back anyway. I'll find you tomorrow? Maybe…" he trails off, brows furrowing. "Eh. I've coal breakin' for the week after duties an' class. Might take a while, so…tomorrow evenin', maybe?"
Hurm. Something has definitely happened here, and now Soriana's curious as to what. She frowns slightly at Kale's answer, such as it is, but it's more in the considering way than the actually displeased way, and she doesn't press him further. Her fingers slide against his shoulderblades as he leans in, her head tilting to meet lips in that kiss. "All right," she says afterward, now with a soft smile that's replaced the frown. Funny, how that happens. "Yeah, okay. I'm supposed to have dish-washing after dinner, but… I bet I can trade with someone. Kiana owes me, for one thing." A nod, mostly to herself, as she figures out how to make things work, and a smile.
It's a nice distraction, that kiss. And her smile, as it's difficult for him to remain too grumpy when she's smiling at him like that. Sigh. Girls will be the death of him someday. So irritating, and yet so nice. And this, whatever "this" is, is .. nice. Easy and comfortable and nice. "You have dish washing duty?" He smirks. "Ha-ha, I bet you have old elder wrinkly hands after," is his tease as his grip around her begins to loosen. "Don' forget to wake up Idrissa or she'll send Asher to attack both for leavin' her here. Willow too, probably." He pulls back from her, then stops with an oh. "Ah, before I forget…" Pause…then, BITE! Vampire bite to her neck! Mwuahaha.
As doomful dooms of… doom… go, girls are a pretty fun one, only to be matched in their doom and fun by, well, boys. Soriana laughs. "Only if I don't trade it away. You'll know if I've succeeded by how ancient I am. If it gets too bad, I might start talking like that too… sonny me boy!" Complete with quaver, there. Smirk. Oh, and yeah, Rissa. "Aww, Asher I can handle, but Willow…" she shakes her head. Baby green firelizards are tooootally fierce! Sori trails her fingers along his shoulder as he goes to depart, then- gasp! She's bit. Her body tenses for a moment with surprise, soon to be followed with a grin as she ruffles up his hair. "My revenge will come! …with nightfall." Well it can't very well come during the day, not if vampires are involved - as they so clearly are.
Ancient Soriana voice. Be afraid! She does that impression rather well actually, and Kale laughs. "Alright old woman, I'll be sure to bring mash for ya if that's the case. No more hard foods for your old, rotten teeth." The side of her neck that he ravaged with his oh so deadly fangs is soon caressed with a brush of his lips before he finally does pull away, hair ruffled and all. Her revenge, eh? "Lookin 'forward to it," he replies with a smug, nay, devious smirk before he turns to head off, hands moving behind his back. Alloy perks. Don't leave me! Toral is chittered a goodbye before he hops off the mantle, flutters to the ground, and races after Kale. He leaps up, landing on the hands that are held behind his back like a platform, then springboards to his shoulder. Woot! He earns a headscritch. And they're off.
Soriana can't always dodge laundry room duties with the old biddies, after all. Hear it for long enough, and eventually… well, give it fifty turns, and her impression will be awesome. She grins to him (doubtless fallen under the sway of his vampiric presence), and nods. "Good," she says, and watches Alloy's acrobatics with a laugh as Toral chirps farewell. Once Kale's been seen off… Sori goes to rouse sleepyhead Idrissa for at least long enough to get to an actual bed. Pokepokepoke. Zzzzz.
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Die Tour of Chongming Island war ein chinesisches Straßenradrennen für Frauen, das zwischen 2007 und 1015 ausgetragen wurde. Das Rennen war nach seinem Austragungsort, der Insel Chongming Dao, benannt, die innerhalb des Stadtgebiets von Shanghai liegt.

Von 2007 bis 2009 wurde der Wettbewerb als Einzelzeitfahren ausgetragen und anschließend bis 2015 als Straßenrennen. Das Eintagesrennen gehörte unter dem Namen Tour of Chongming Island World Cupzwischen 2010 und 2015 zum Rad-Weltcup der Frauen.

Neben diesem Wettbewerb wurde außerdem ein Etappenrennen mit dem Namen Tour of Chongming Island veranstaltet, welches auch nach dem letzten Austragungsjahr des Eintagesrennens fortgeführt und in den Kalender der neu eingeführten UCI Women's WorldTour aufgenommen wurde.

Palmarès
Einzelzeitfahren

Straßenrennen

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website (chinesisch/englisch)

Ehemaliger Straßenradsport-Wettbewerb
Eintagesrennen
Frauenradrennen
Straßenradrennen in der Volksrepublik China
Sportveranstaltung in Shanghai
Erstveranstaltung 2007


• Germany- 9 May 1945 to 5 May 1955, Service between 9 May and 8 November 1945 will count only if the EAME Campaign Medal was awarded for service prior to 9 May 1945.
• Austria- 9 May 1945 to 7 July 1955, Service between 9 May and 8 November 1945 will count only if the EAME Campaign Medal was awarded for service prior to 9 May 1945.
Units of the Armed Forces of the United States and co-belligerent countries may be awarded The Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941. To be awarded the citation, the unit must have been set apart and above other units participating in the same campaign in their display of gallantry, determination, and spirit de corps under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions to accomplish the mission. The degree of heroism necessary to be granted the award is the same as that which would justify the award of a Distinguished Service Cross to an individual. It is not enough to have been in combat duty for extended periods of time or to have participated in several operational ground or air missions. On most occasions the award is warranted when units have taken part in single or successive actions that cover comparatively short time spans. The actions required to be awarded the citation could not reasonably be performed for any extended time periods except under very unusual circumstances. Rarely will a unit larger than a battalion meet the qualifications for award of this decoration.


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