That was the first whisper Erin heard out of Pawn. He sat, no longer bleeding in the inn as she wrapped a bandage around his severed stumps.
The healing potions the adventurers had used had stopped the bleeding, but there was no way to restore lost limbs. And his severed wounds were still exposed to the air. The Antinium didn't have skin but exoskeleton. Lacking that, the healed areas were still vulnerable.
He whispered to Erin as she sat next to him. The half-elf named Ceria and the other adventurers hovered around her or watched from their tables, silent spectators. But all of Erin's attention was on the Antinium in front of her.
Erin looked at his broken body. Three arms had been cut away. And part of his foot—his carapace was cracked in multiple places and cut in others.
The name made Pawn freeze like a—a cockroach caught in the light. He began shaking so uncontrollably the two Workers had to hold him so Erin could finish wrapping the bandage.
Pawn repeated the words several times, rocking back and forth. Erin stared at him. She didn't know what to do.
She looked around. Ceria was staring at the Antinium.
All four Workers said the word as one. Erin looked at them. They spoke in unison.
Pawn waved his one good arm wildly. Again, the other Workers had to retrain him.
He was incoherent, or as close to it as Erin had ever seen one of the Antinium. She stared at him. He was still shaking. And if he had the means, Erin was sure he would have wept. Instead all he could do was tremble.
It was curious. Erin felt as though in this moment, she should be full of—something. Rage perhaps, or grief. But instead there was nothing. Just a few thoughts.
Pawn was still babbling. He kept repeating his innocence as the other adventurers watched helplessly. Some of them looked disgusted, others actually sympathetic. And some were simply silent because it wasn't the time to speak.
Erin had no time for them. Instead, she walked slowly over to a table. Olesm was paralyzed in his seat. He stared up at her, eyes wide. But Erin didn't speak to him. Instead, she picked up what was in front of the Drake.
Ceria blinked as Erin carried it back. But Pawn's eyes latched onto the simple wooden board as Erin put it on the table in front of him. Pawn looked up into her eyes and she felt the nothingness in her deepen.
Slowly, the two Workers propped Pawn up and he moved so he could access the board with his remaining arm. The former Worker hesitated and then moved.
He shook like a leaf in the breeze. Pawn fumbled at the chess pieces with his single arm, clumsily trying to set them up and knocking them over. Trembling.
Erin stared at the Antinium and felt not a trace of fury in her. Not black fury, not burning rage nor wrath enough to power a thousand suns. Nothing.
Her hands were calm as she took Pawn's pieces and set them up on the board. Carefully, she arranged his pieces and hers. He was white – she was black. He clumsily moved a pawn forwards and she replied.
Queen's Gambit. Dutch Defense. Erin crushed Pawn in only a few moves. Ruthlessly. Without guilt or hesitation.
The Antinium wavered. She felt and saw him hesitate, and saw the other Workers around him staring. But then she reset the board and he moved again.
King's Pawn Game. French Defense. Erin played exactly the opposite game Pawn expected to, staying defensive and picking off his pieces slowly. She won again, overwhelmingly.
Nothing. No feeling. Erin played in a void of calm, playing her best against a broken Pawn who could barely move his pieces. She reset the board and they played.
Again, and again. Glacial silence, forest silence. The silence of endless days on the open desert where the winds devoured all and the sand was the only thing that ever changed. The silence of the open ocean on a sunny day—vast and loud, engulfing all things and making the world a green-blue landscape.
The silence of eternity, played out in the soft clicking of chess pieces on the board.
Again, Pawn played and Erin won. She rotated the board and made the first move. She won again.
He was alone. Alone, and not half the player she was. But with every game something that had been cut away came back. Slowly, the Antinium's trembling stopped.
He played. He lost. And Erin felt nothing. But each game was a small slice of eternity cut and drifting between the two, a moment of healing, a moment of concentration and silence. An immortal moment.
And when it was done, when the games had finished and the sun had fallen, and then night had turned back into day Erin stopped. She let Pawn gently push over his king. The Antinium no longer trembled, and she sat in a silent ring of Workers, Goblins, and even adventurers who sat watching the game. A single skeleton hovered with a platter of food in hand, watching with eyes that had seen forever in death and saw forever caught in a single game of chess.
And still, Erin felt nothing. Not a flicker of pain, anger, or sadness crossed her heart. The emotions were too big for her. But whatever was in her prompted her. Erin felt it move, like the way the tide changed. A vast, deep feeling.
She spoke as Pawn hung his head low, drowsy with sleep.
The single word brought the Antinium out of his half-sleep, shuddering. But he was strong enough to hear the name now, strong enough to listen and not weep. Erin met Pawn's eyes and saw a person staring through insect's multifaceted gaze.
She made no promises, spoke no untrue words. Erin reached out and held the cold insect Worker, hugging him gently. Then she stood up and said two words.
The door closed softly behind Erin. For a moment all the adventurers stared, still caught in a fragment of forever. Then the silence was broken by shock and cursing as half the adventurers in the inn rushed out after her.
Ceria was the first out of the inn. She was no warrior, but her heritage gave her grace and speed. And she wasn't weighed down by armor.
The Half-elf ran into the rainy night, and found the other girl was already gone. The door opened and Yvlon and Cervial were outside right behind Ceria.
Ceria snapped the word, more as a general curse on the situation than an attack on Erin. She looked at Yvlon.
Cervial nodded. He looked around, seeing through the dark night better than even Ceria could.
Without a word the two captains ran towards the city, moving like a blur. Ceria watched them go and then turned. She saw other adventurers standing just outside, caught in indecision.
At her words, most of the adventurers went back into the inn. Or tried to. They had to retreat as a large shape pushed his way through the crowd.
Calruz emerged from the inn, face dark with anger. None of the humans wanted to get in his way, but Ceria stood in front of the Minotaur's path.
Ceria felt a massive hand move her aside. She thought about the few spells she could use, and then abandoned the idea when she saw the look on Calruz's face. She stared helplessly as the Minotaur strode off in the direction of the city.
Gerial said it loudly behind Ceria. She had to raise her voice above the pounding rain. She was already soaked, but at least her enchanted robes weren't getting soggy with water.
The two leading members of the Horns of Hammerad stared at each other. They both felt it. The hint of déjà-vu.
Gerial stared out into the rain, hand clenched.
Ceria followed his gaze. The night was dark and stormy. She spoke distantly.
Ceria paused. Gerial stared at her. They trusted each other, and adventurers learned to listen to their feelings. Ceria hit on what her instincts were telling her and spoke.
Ksmvr stood on a hilltop, waiting. He was not within the boundaries of Liscor. It was important that he was not.
Boundaries. Rules. Ksmvr understood them. They were important. Rules and order made up the Hive, and by such things could everything be understood.
Pacts had been made. The soldiers of the Hive were not permitted above-ground save for times of emergency—or war. And while the definition of emergency could allow for numerous occasions, bringing the soldiers above ground would bring about questions regardless. And the Queen was not to be disturbed.
But no such pacts had been established outside of the city. Therefore, four of the Soldier Antinium stood silently next to Ksmvr, silent giants waiting for his order. They were elite—perhaps not as strong individually as he was, but close. Together, they were more than enough to subdue a single [Innkeeper].
It might have been overkill to a human, but the Antinium took no chances. And Erin Solstice had established her worth. Initially Ksmvr had only known what his Queen had told him, and from that he had thought of her as insignificant. Worthless.
But—and here was the difficult part—Erin Solstice was important. She was valuable. Perhaps unique. His Queen had been wrong in her appraisal of Erin and that bothered Ksmvr greatly.
But the duty of a Prognugator was to protect and serve the hive. And Ksmvr would do just that. He waited for Erin Solstice in the certainty that she would come.
Her actions were a matter of record. More than that, the established thought processes of humans were well known to Ksmvr. She would come in fury and vengeance to be caught and the individual known as Pawn would be easily retrieved. Minor obstacles like the Goblins, adventurers and skeleton were of no object.
Ksmvr shifted in his position on the hilltop that afforded him a view of the area surrounding the city. He was not bored. He was incapable of being bored. But the time he had spent waiting bothered him.
The Soldiers behind Ksmvr did not move. They waited, alert for any threat. They did not get bored either.
But Relc was quite bored. The Drake yawned and all five Antinium turned. Ksmvr's swords and daggers sprang from their sheaths and the Soldiers immediately raised their club-like hands.
Relc sat up in the grass, appearing out of the dark landscape as if by magic. It wasn't magic of course. But mud and the Drake's dark scales had made him practically invisible in the grass.
Ksmvr held up a hand and sent a mental order to the Soldiers. But neither he nor the other Antinium relaxed. He kept his swords pointed at the ground.
Relc scratched at the back of his head. He looked at Ksmvr and glanced away.
Ksmvr waited, but Relc didn't say anything else. More questioning was in order.
More silence. Ksmvr was aware that Relc was being deliberately obstinate and confrontational. A troubling complication.
Relc raised what would have been an eyebrow.
The Soldier Antinium shifted slightly. Relc eyed them, unimpressed. He flicked his tongue out and shrugged.
Talking to people—or rather, interacting with those not of the Hive was difficult. And Ksmvr was unused to conversations with outsiders in the first place. Still, he persisted, keeping one eye on the dark landscape the entire time.
Ksmvr interpreted that information and the Soldiers around him raised their hands. Relc waved at them with his tail.
It was an accurate statement, at least in that the chances of Relc's victory were higher than Ksmvr's. And a deeply complicating factor. Therefore Ksmvr attempted a higher degree of diplomacy than before.
Relc said it pleasantly, but with an edge that made Ksmvr consider silence the most appropriate response. The Drake shook his head.
There was an inconsistency in Relc's statements and Ksmvr leapt on it, sure of his success.
Strangely, Relc did not respond to this logical inconsistency like Ksmvr had predicted. He just shrugged.
Dealing with non-Antinium was so—so frustrating. Ksmvr felt an unexplored emotion within him. Troubling. But he persisted.
Relc yawned. He eyed the silent Antinium, whose hands were literal weapons. Their carapaces were equivalent to unenchanted plate armor, and they possessed numerous abilities inherent to the Antinium that other species did not have. Even so, Relc did not appear intimidated.
Ksmvr paused and tilted his head as he accessed the required memory.
At last. Dialogue. Ksmvr did not have the facial muscles—or face—to smile, but a part of him felt relieved. He attempted to continue the conversation.
The look Relc gave Ksmvr did not indicate a positive reaction to the conversation.
Another pause, and this time Relc's expression darkened.
He began to walk off. Ksmvr called out after him.
Relc paused. Ksmvr couldn't see—but the Drake looked like he was grinning.
Relc nodded towards a distant hill. Ksmvr looked and mentally ordered the Soldiers leaving the Hive to hold position. Perhaps if he were Human he might never have seen the silent figure crouching and smiling down at the two warriors. But he was Antinium and he recognized Gazi on sight.
The Drake sat down on the hill casually, ignoring the other Antinium still watching him. He nodded towards Gazi's distant figure.
But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't decide what to do. Erin Solstice was important. But with the presence of Gazi the Omniscient as well as Relc, suddenly the costs of capturing Erin Solstice became too high.
But she was important. But it was too costly. But she was important. But it was too costly. What should he do? His Queen had ordered him not to disturb her. But he knew the importance of individuals. His entire duty—the entire duty of the Antinium within Liscor revolved around the importance of this. But it was too dangerous.
What should he do? For the first time in his short life, Ksmvr had no idea what he should do.
It was a silent—well, stalemate wasn't the word. From their position within a deep section of the grass the other watchers could see that the Antinium were in trouble. Even as they watched, their leader came to a decision. He spoke a few words to Relc and the Antinium surrounding him began marching back to the city.
Krshia spoke her comment quietly, but even with the pouring rain the other Gnolls lying in the grass heard her perfectly. Tkrn and six of the other Gnolls relaxed their hold on their bows. Tkrn nodded at Ksmvr as the Antinium swiftly descended the hill, flanked by his Soldiers.
Tkrn barely saw the paw that cuffed him on the head. Krshia glared at him between the long stalks of grass.
The other Gnolls chuckled in amusement as Tkrn flattened his ears in embarrassment. As the most junior member of the Gnolls—and the most inexperienced, it was even more humiliating to make a mistake in front of their leader.
She nodded at Ksmvr as the Antinium marched back across the flatlands. The Antinium was alert—constantly scanning the landscape. But despite the Antinium's impressive dark vision, they were no hunters of the plains. Krshia and the other Gnolls were perfectly hidden in their cover.
Another Gnoll made that comment and the others nodded. If they had doubted Krshia before—and if they had they were wise enough to never have said it in her presence—tonight changed that. She glared at them.
The other Gnolls nodded. One spoke.
Tkrn shifted. He eyed the hill where the silent figure of Gazi was still crouching and engaged in a staring contest with Relc.
The other Gnolls muttered. They knew the odds of taking on a Named Adventurer. Krshia shook her head.
Krshia scowled up at Gazi. It was impossible—they were perfectly hidden, but the Gazer's eye flicked away from Relc and towards them for the merest fraction of a second. Krshia muttered something as the other Gnolls growled.
This time Tkrn received several admonitory paws to the back of the head. Krshia shook herself and sent water drops flying now that their cover had been broken.
The Gnolls sat up in the grass, relaxing. Relc still hadn't spotted them but then, the Drake only relied on his Skills. And the problem with [Dangersense] is that it only told him when there was potential threat.
Still, they meant him no harm. They were on the same side, at least for the night. So the Gnolls waited. The Gazer sat patiently, and the Drake ripped up pieces of grass. The night was silent.
From their position in the grass, the Gnolls saw Relc shift and scratch irritably at his scales. He looked around and then voiced the question on everyone's mind.
Ceria stared in disbelief at Yvlon and Cervial as the two adventurers returned, panting. They'd run all the way to Liscor and back in less than thirty minutes.
Both of the adventurers shrugged helplessly. Ceria chewed at her lip.
Well, that was one problem solved. But the bigger problem remained. Where was Erin Solstice? Ceria stared around, but the night was still full of rain and seeing was impossible.
Something dropped from the roof of the inn and landed right next to Ceria. The half-elf yelped, grabbed for her wand, and stopped.
Erin got up from the ground, wincing at the bad fall. She brushed mud off her shirt and paused as she saw Ceria.
Ceria clutched at her heart. It felt as if it had stopped.
Erin blinked at her. She pointed up.
Ceria stared up. The roof.
Erin shrugged. She wiped at her face. It didn't do much in the rain.
Her eyes were red. Ceria could see that perfectly. She replied, lamely.
Again, Ceria had to stop. She grappled with words.
Erin snuffled again and wiped at her nose.
Erin looked at Ceria. It was an odd stare. Accusatory. Hurt. Ceria shifted, suddenly awkward.
Ceria trailed off lamely. Erin was still staring at her. As if it was the most obvious thing in the world, she shook her head.
She had no word for alien in her language. The closest words Ceria knew were outsider, strange, unnatural. Erin was staring at her, a hint of accusation in her stare. And it was hard to bear. There was something innocent in her gaze, something that Ceria had lost long ago when she first stared into a dead man's eyes.
Erin shrugged. She paused, and stared around at the dark landscape. Ceria saw her lips move.
Erin stared at the ground and the wet grass. Her breath appeared in the cold air.
Ceria had nothing to say to that.
She shivered. Ceria was conscious of how cold it was. The enchantments on her robes made her feel warm even in the freezing rain but the human girl had sat up on the rooftop for—it had to be an hour at least.
She reached out for Erin. The girl's skin was deathly cold. She muttered something.
She walked past Ceria, into the inn. The half-elf followed, watching. There was something in the human girl's eyes.
Pawn half-rose in his seat when he saw her. Anxiety was written all over his face, although only Erin could see it. She smiled at him and sneezed.
The other adventurers stared at Erin. She ignored them. They were not important. Instead, she sat down as Toren rushed towards her with a towel. She patted the cold water off her and felt a bit more alive when he gave her a steaming mug of boiled water.
Olesm had been playing Pawn. But the Drake instantly stood to give her his seat. Erin shook her head.
The Drake blinked at her, and then awkwardly sat down. Erin sat next to Pawn. At first the Antinium looked at her, but she smiled. It was very quiet in the room. After a while, Olesm coughed and awkwardly moved a piece forward.
Pawn played. The two played. Erin looked at the Workers and got them a chess set. It was strange. The Workers sat and began playing. The adventurers sat awkwardly. After a while Erin had Toren bring out some leftovers.
And it was still silent. So when the feeling in Erin couldn't be contained she opened her mouth.
It caught Pawn off-guard. He froze as he held a knight in his hand and stared at Erin. So did everyone else. But the awkwardness—the fear she might have felt was nothing. So Erin sang.
She had never been good at singing. Or rather, she'd never been as good at singing as she had at playing chess. But when she was a kid, before she'd quit going to church, she'd been part of the choir. She'd sung in the school choir and once, just once, her teacher had encouraged her to study singing.
But she hadn't. Erin had played chess and forgotten how to breathe properly, stopped singing every week. But the music had lingered, and she'd never really forgotten how.
She didn't know why she started with a Lady Gaga song. But that one she'd always loved because it made her feel better. And Greatest was probably her greatest song.
Erin had no piano. No voice synthesizer, no backup choir; she didn't even have a microphone. But she didn't need those things.
Her voice filled up the room, and it seemed to her audience that even though only one person was singing, they could hear something else. The same song Erin had heard first while sitting in her room playing chess.
Was it one person singing or two? They heard another voice. Strange drums—the sound of a piano—a voice singing with electronic sound in ways they could never have imagined.
Ceria listened, and heard another voice, and a kind of music she'd never heard of wherever she'd gone. She closed her eyes, and thought of a girl who knew colors that Ceria had never seen in her life.
Olesm was playing. Pawn kept moving pieces, but that was a backdrop to the music. Erin finished her song and silence beat down again. It was oppressive so she chose another song.
The adventurers had never heard a ukulele played before. But even though Erin wasn't playing one, they heard it now. And in her voice—a man's voice. Singing.
She'd always loved Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's version of that song more than the Judy Garland one. And she'd loved both with all her heart.
The song was lighter, happier in a way but in another way—not. Someone was crying. Erin kept singing, conjuring a piece of something the people in her inn had never heard before. A piece of immortal music.
And then of course, she kept singing. Somewhere, Erin started singing Hallelujah and smiled as she remembered watching Shrek for the first time. The music poured out of her as Pawn played a game of chess, pausing to stare at her.
The other adventurers were silent. Ceria listened in silence. She was half Elf. Half of her had grown up knowing the fragments of forever—but the other half was still in awe.
But the humans listened to something that was not part of their world. They listened as Erin sang to their hearts.
Gerial wept into his mustache. The adventurers sat in silence. Yvlon closed her eyes and Cervial kept rubbing at his.
A moment of eternity. A song. A fragment of the past. A memory.
Immortality brought to life with every verse.
She taught them one song. Here I Am Lord, a song from church. It mattered. It was important. And when she sang it, Pawn looked up.
Erin sang with Ceria, two soft voices singing as the half-elf joined in.
And then the others joined in. Men and women, singing a song for a god this world had never known. By the end of the third verse all the humans were singing. Calruz leaned against the doorway, frowning, closing his eyes and listening, silent. Pawn listened as Erin sang, leaning against him, warming him.
He shuddered then. And then when she looked at him he did not cry. The Antinium do not weep. But she still saw the tears in his soul.
And the night passed to day and Erin sang on. Small songs, grand songs. And the magic was with her, fading with every note. Until she simply sang and the moment was no longer forever. But it was enough. When Erin finally closed her eyes the inn was silent.
And though the Antinium didn't smile she did. For him. For the both of them.
Erin closed her eyes and slept.
It would be a shame to erase what is written. Especially because I've used some with Ryoka. Regardless, this chapter doesn't work without the songs although I could write it without lyrics.
Using a snippet like this should, I believe, fall under 'fair use law'; since you're using very little of the song in relation to the amount of text, and you're using the song to enhance the purpose of your text instead of trying to use the purpose of the song to carry your text, and because your use (and this sort of use in general – from song to text) is unlikely to significantly hurt the earnings of the song, I think you're alright legally.
I mean, I'm no lawyer, but that's my understanding of it. Throwing in more than a snippet is probably a bad idea, unless you're doing something 'transformative' with the lyrics (which is a weird thing I don't claim to understand) but you're not doing that, so you shouldn't need to worry about it.
Anyways, I think with this chapter I'm done reading. There's a good chance that I simply failed to understand your intentions, for which I apologize; but I thought I'd let you know before I signed off. Erin's victories – whatever they were – just felt entirely unearned to me. This reads to me like 'the chapter where Erin accomplishes… something… because the author felt like it now', and although that's probably unfair to you, I don't think I can stay engaged with her story anymore. I have no idea what she was actually supposed to be accomplishing here, how she knew what to do, or why it even worked. It had a weird dreamlike quality to me, where people were moving around and doing things, but the actions they took and the effects that were produced seemed entirely disconnected from causality.
Thanks for the entertainment you've given me, and I wish you better success with the rest of your audience. You've got some good talents as a writer, and I hope you continue improving! If I see you've started something new, I'll definitely give it a look.
I'm 99% sure that this is fair use, given that you aren't providing anything that could be construed as filling the same demand as the songs themselves. If this was a movie with the songs playing that would be sketchy at best, but it's not.
The way you used the lyrics are more like quotes. I don't see how that violates copyright since you used a couple snippets rather than using enough of a song's total phrasing.
Not a Bard class level. Perhaps she can use magic, at least somewhat? I can't imagine how they could hear the voices that she must have been hearing as she sang.
Hmm. No way to regrow limbs huh? Interesting.
I like how everyone assumed she'd go for the kill. Big question is why do the Antium want her when the Queen is still dismissive of her?
I don't think normal everyday ants can regrow limbs either once they mature. It would be interesting to know how closely Antinium correspond to ants.
Insects regrow limbs when they molt. Adult ants have no further moltings to go through.
It's part of her skill [Immortal Moment], which she got way back at the ending but of 1.27.
Glad to finally see more of what it does, which seems to be the ability to share or recreate moments that the skill's owner has experienced and immortalized in their memory. Which is of course an amazing skill for someone who was raised in a different world entirely.
Makes sense. I remembered gaining the skill, just not in this context.
Erin Solstice is not a citizen of Liscor. Ksmvr seems very certain of this. It appears that the Queen killed her own Klbkch specifically so that this would be true.
Where is Pisces during all of this?
Good question. I bet he run at the first sign of trouble. Seems to be his default behaviour up to now.
Not the worst thing for their world I'd say.
I am not even sure what to put into words. It was an awesome chapter.
Soo were the goblins actually there? their presence seems unneeded.
Yes, that threw me off on my first read through as well. But they weren't. It appears like that is the first instance of Erin using her skill to recreate the chess game she played while she gained it. It's mentioned that they play all throught the night until morning and one Paragraph later it's still night and they're running after Erin. This is the hint to take here. But it's really hard to spot at first since at the same time Toren is mentioned hovering, who didn't yet exist when that game was played.
If I had to put any critic on this chapter this would definitly be a main point. On the other hand I just loved how deep with feelings this chapter was and how the things always turn out somewhat different from what's expected at first!
Good job! And now i wish it was already saturday. ._.
Second time you made me cry. All that A Political Science Major said, and more. I enjoy your writing immensely, thank you.
Dude. Yo. I love this chapter so much. It highlights very well Erin's ability to bring together people, no matter who they are, and share with them an otherworldly innocence. Might even be the reason she got the Innkeeper job and no other. She's touched all (well, almost) the people she's come across with absolutely no discretion, and bound them with a spell, no magic required, even if only for a moment. A moment they'd never forget.
Unfortunately, this all contrasts with Ryoka's current loneliness. Like, I'm loving the wholesomeness this chapter has, but also there's the upcoming climb from rock bottom that Ryoka has and -yikes-.
Great job. Played expectations re: revenge & wrath. Loved the surprise emotional singing + character growth / community creation. Def. appreciated you bringing back the leveling / skills – if you start down that road as a story teller you gotta keep carrying that flame thorough….
First, I'm not great at typos. Here's the one I spotted – "Erin had no piano. No voice synthesizer, no backup choir; she didn't even have a piano." Not a typo really, but I doubt the lack of piano needed to be said twice.
Two, ever read the Ender series? The Antium remind me strongly of the Formics at times. Good times.
Three, perhaps a clue on why the Antium want Erin. When debating, he mentions that he "knows the importance of individuals." He's assigned importance to her perhaps because of Pawn and Klbkch. Both of them may have been individuals. Klbkch is harder, but he "died free" and the Queen didn't know he said that. Or maybe I'm entirely off track.
I'm not certain there. "Klbkchhzeim said that? Then he is a fool as well as failure. We Antinium are not free." Still, makes me think they are less of a Hive Mind. What he has said was kept, but not all. They have very interesting dynamics but I am not certain the Queen could think of game changing, as she seems to think she has the game locked down.
Can't give anything away in the story but thanks for the typo and I DID read the first book in the series. Ender's Game was amazing, but I think I never got into the second one.
Didn't think of the connection between the Formics and the Antinium until now though — especially since they don't really appear in the first book except uh, as bodies.
The next couple of books have some more thoughts into the Formics, including that the Workers can be sentient and free willed, but the Queens suppress those ones.
Speaker for the Dead was certainly the best, though Ender's Game was a close second. Ender's Shadow makes Ender's Game a lot more interesting as well.
This is such a silly thing to critique on, but after this beautiful chapter. Don't end with an exclamation mark. It was somber and the exclamation mark doesn't belong.
But thanks for writing this chapter.
The leveling system knows no subtlety! Even though you're completely right!
Oh, and it appears to me that the small snippets of songs you use would easily qualify as fair use. WHEN (not if… ;-P ) you publish this as a novel the editors will make you cite it properly, no worries.
So what I'm getting from this is that Ksmvr is a very inexperienced individual in a situation way over his antennas. With Klbkch's unforeseen death, Ksmvr training was accelerated leading to him making some very costly mistakes. Ya know, effectively alienating Erin from him and the Queen in the worst way possible with little chance of amending it. I (almost) feel bad for the guy. Interested in seeing how he develops going forward, perhaps becoming more Klbkch-like.
I do hope there's a scene of socially awkward Ksmver coming to the inn and commanding Pawn to return to the hive and report to the Queen. At that point, Pawn replies that he is already with his queen basically declaring allegiance to Erin.
Was that ad always there? Right above the comments?
No. No no no. No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!
No new skills? Only level 15? No new classes? [Important Person]? [The Chosen One]? [Wiseman]? [Saint]? … [Popstar]?
Oh, and I am still deeply upset that you squandered the chance to name the skeleton Papyrus.
Erin -> Innocent, lazy and has an extremely good memory, except when she doesn't.
Ryo -> Arrogant, self-destructive, misunderstood and has has about as much luck as the guy selling food in the shape of Mettaton.
Damn, this just keeps getting better. The gambit pileup with everyone waiting for her to go after Ksmvr and her choosing nonviolence instead. Healing Pawn with Immortal Moment. Especially loved Ksmvr's "I am attempting to build the same level of camaraderie shared between you and former Prognugator Klbkch." I want to see his character development so bad.
Wow. This was powerful. Just…wow.
That was honestly one of the most touching scenes in literature I've read. I was tearing up and everything!
*Yvlong and Cervial trooped back into the inn.


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using System.Threading.Tasks;
using ClosedXML.Excel;
using Network;
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namespace Subnetting_Windows_Desktop.Output
{
    class ExcelSubnetWriter
    {
        /// Unpacks and writes out the FullNetwork file, returns the filepath
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Network"></param>
        /// <param name="Path"></param>
        public string WriteOutExcelDocument(FullNetwork Network, string FileName)
        {
            // Build data table from the Network
            DataTable Table = new DataTable();
            Table.Columns.Add("Network ID");
            Table.Columns.Add("First Usable");
            Table.Columns.Add("Last Usable");
            Table.Columns.Add("Broadcast Address");

            foreach (var subnet in Network.Subnets)
            {
                // Add the data to each collumn
                DataRow Row = Table.NewRow();

                Row[0] = subnet.NetworkId;
                Row[1] = subnet.FirstUsable;
                Row[2] = subnet.LastUsable;
                Row[3] = subnet.BroadcastAddress;
                Table.Rows.Add(Row);
            }

            string FilePath = FileName + ".xlsx";

            XLWorkbook wb = new XLWorkbook();
            wb.Worksheets.Add(Table, "Subnet Data");
            wb.SaveAs(FilePath);

            return FilePath;
        }
    }
}

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Kufi Krew: An American Story (2022)
Fast friends and founders of the first Muslim fraternity in the United States struggle with forbidden love, cultural taboos and generational conflict in this heart-warming story about coming-of-age in America.
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At the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American lives.
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Overlooked by history, Pauli Murray was a legal trailblazer whose ideas influenced RBG's fight for gender equality and Thurgood Marshall's landmark civil rights arguments. Featuring never-before-seen footage and audio recordings,…
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When the young founder of a collapsing cryptocurrency exchange dies unexpectedly, irate investors suspect there's more to his death than meets the eye.
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020)
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Synonyms and Antonyms of pa
synonym (synonym of pa)
(noun.person)
dad, dada, daddy, papa, pappa, pop
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk (noun.person)
(noun.substance)
atomic number 91, protactinium, protoactinium
a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead (noun.substance)
(noun.quantity)
a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter (noun.quantity)
(noun.location)
de, delaware, diamond state, empire state, first state, free state, keystone state, maryland, md, new york, new york state, ny, old line state, pennsylvania
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies (noun.location)
p.a., p.a. system, pa system, public address system
an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas (noun.artifact)
hypernym (pa IS A KIND OF .... relation)
metal, metallic element
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. (noun.substance)
pressure unit
a unit measuring force per unit area (noun.quantity)
a system for communicating (noun.artifact)
begetter, father, male parent
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) (noun.person)
instance hypernym (pa IS A KIND OF .... relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))
one of the 50 states of the United States (noun.location)
part holonym (PART OF relation)
penn, pennsylvania, university of pennsylvania
a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (noun.artifact)
a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center (noun.location)
a town in central Pennsylvania (noun.location)
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production (noun.location)
a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania (noun.location)
a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery (noun.location)
capital of pennsylvania, harrisburg
capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state (noun.location)
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia) (noun.location)
city of brotherly love, philadelphia
the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration more.. the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania (noun.location)
a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban in more.. a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh (noun.location)
(noun.object)
alleghenies, allegheny mountains
the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia (noun.object)
allegheny, allegheny river
a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pitts more.. a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River (noun.object)
blue ridge, blue ridge mountains
a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia (noun.object)
lehigh river
a river in eastern Pennsylvania that flows southeast into the Delaware River (noun.object)
monongahela, monongahela river
a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River (noun.object)
susquehanna, susquehanna river
a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay (noun.object)
electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it (noun.artifact)
loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker, speaker system, speaker unit
electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance (noun.artifact)
a loudspeaker (noun.artifact)
part meronym (HAS PART relation)
america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands more.. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 (noun.location)
mid-atlantic states
a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland (noun.location)
domain member region (.... is domain member of pa region)
(noun.act)
battle of gettysburg, gettysburg
a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union (noun.act)
pa, work party, gritty, pest, webby, undersurface, caveat, cruise, lemnos, attach, waft, neophyte, actuating, blither, entry, strained, new caledonian yew, problem, ohio river, icehouse,


One of my favorite late 80's movies (even though I wasn't born when it came out) was Beetlejuice. I grew up watching this classic with my older brother and hoping a second one would be made, and that might just happen (rumors). Today's look was inspired by Beetlejuices costume and I thought this would be perfect for a girly Halloween inspiration.
Una de mis películas favoritas de finales de los años 80 (a pesar de que yo no había nacido cuando salió) fue Beetlejuice. Crecí viendo esta película clásica con mi hermano mayor y con la esperanza de que un día hicieran otra, y creo que mi sueño se va a realizar pronto. Este look de hoy fue inspirada por el traje que llevaba Beetlejuice y pensé que seria una buena inspiración para Halloween que se acerca muy pronto.
Para celebrar Daisy Fuentes décimo aniversario con Kohl, creó una colección cápsula de 10 piezas con sus 10 artículos favoritos para el otoño 2014. La colección cápsula ofrece una versión moderna de siluetas clásicas favoritas de todo el mundo. Esta falda es una de esas piezas versátiles de su nueva colección.
To celebrate Daisy Fuentes 10th anniversary with Kohl's, she created a 10 piece capsule collection featuring her 10 favorite items for fall 2014. The capsule collection offers a modern update on everyone's favorite classic silhouettes and prints. This skirt is one of those perfect versatile pieces.
Daisy Fuentes for Kohl's offers classic, quality, chic clothing at an affordable price. With its modern, flattering fit and interpretation of today's fashion trends, the collection is for every woman. Launched in 2004, Daisy Fuentes was Kohl's very first exclusive brand and has resonated well with the Kohl's customer over the past 10 years. Over the past decade, the line has expanded from women's apparel into petites, women's plus, and intimates, as well as into jewelry, eyewear, accessories, and home, while targeting a broad range of ages and lifestyles. Today Daisy Fuentes apparel and eyewear are available at Kohl's.
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Elpidia Carrillo (Parácuaro, Michoacán, 16 de agosto de 1961) es una actriz mexicana.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elpidia Carrillo (born August 16, 1961) is a Mexican actress who has appeared in various acclaimed Latin-American films and television shows, in addition to some Hollywood films. She is also credited as Elpedia Carrillo on some of her films. Carrillo was born in Parácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. Perhaps her best acted role in Hollywood to date has been that of "Maria" in the 1986 movie Salvador, where she acted alongside James Woods. Arguably, though, her best known role would be as the survivor, Anna, in Predator with Arnold Schwarzenegger and a cameo in Predator 2. In American cinema, she has also worked with Jimmy Smits and many other stars. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elpidia Carrillo , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Wow what a beautiful location with a long complicated story. Unfortunately the weddingdress is gone once again, but that doesn't make this location less amazing.
There lived a couple of position, but when the couple died their son inherited the house and the money. However the son did not want the house so his sister inherited the house. His sister died after three years and so it came into the possession of her daughter. Who, after a while, lived in the house but could not maintain it as her uncle did not allow them the money from the original heritage. She still lived there with her son, but they were robbed over 2 times and a lot of antique items were stolen. When the woman moved into a retirement home her son didn't want the house any longer. Now the house is abandoned and the wedding dress where the name of the location comes from is now gone once again.


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Andrzej Mateusz Jocz (ur. 8 sierpnia 1941 w Wilnie, zm. 21 sierpnia 2019 w Łodzi) – polski rzeźbiarz, malarz, rysownik oraz nauczyciel akademicki.

Życiorys
Absolwent III Liceum Ogólnokształcącego im. Tadeusza Kościuszki w Łodzi. Studiował w Państwowej Wyższej Szkole Sztuk Plastycznych w Łodzi (dyplom w 1966).
Dyplom z wyróżnieniem obronił w 1966 roku na Wydziale Ubioru. Od 1967 roku do 2011 roku związany zawodowo z macierzystą uczelnią. Początkowo jako asystent w Pracowni Rzeźby doc. Mieczysława Szadkowskiego w Katedrze Podstawowego Kształcenia Artystycznego. W 1975 roku, po odbytym przewodzie kwalifikacyjnym, zostaje zatrudniony na stanowisku adiunkta, natomiast w roku 1986 roku po przewodzie kwalifikacyjnym drugiego stopnia – na stanowisku docenta. W 1992 roku został mianowany na stanowisko profesora nadzwyczajnego. W 1994 r. otrzymuje tytuł profesora sztuk plastycznych. W 1995 roku zostaje mianowany na stanowisko profesora zwyczajnego. W latach 1987–1990 pełni funkcję kierownika Katedry Kształcenia Ogólnoplastycznego na Wydziale Włókienniczym.
Od 1990 kieruje pracownią rzeźby Wydziału Pedagogiczno-Artystycznego w Kaliszu Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Wieloletni pracownik Wydziału Sztuk Pięknych i Projektowych Wyższej Szkole Informatyki i Umiejętności w Łodzi.

Pochowany 28 sierpnia 2019 roku na Cmentarzu Komunalnym "Doły" w Łodzi.

Wybrane rzeźby plenerowe
 1975 – Rzeźba "Całoroczny zegar słoneczny" w Parku Staromiejskim w Łodzi (beton, ceramika)
 1979 – Rzeźba "Czółenko" przed dworcem kolejowym Łódź Kaliska (beton, wys. 7,5 m)
 1988 – Rzeźba "Autonomizm II" w Pabianicach przy ulicach Zamkowej i Partyzanckiej (beton, wys. 3,4 m)
 1992 – Rzeźba "Dzianina" (zwana także "Pomnikiem sera") przy ulicach Rokicińskiej i Puszkina w Łodzi (beton, wys. 9,5)
 Rzeźba "Autonomizm X – Dziurawiec" na Retkini (Piaski) w Łodzi (beton, wys. 3,2 m)
 "Autonomizm IX – Salonowiec" w Orońsku (beton wys. 2,4 m).

Odznaczenia
 2011 – Srebrny Medal "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis"

Rodzina
Syn adwokata i ginekolog Genowefy Jocz. Brat rzeźbiarza Pawła Jocza i Marcina Jocza. Z małżeństwa z Krystyną Jocz ma córkę (z zawodu lekarz).

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Współcześni uczeni polscy. Słownik biograficzny, tom II: H–Ł, redaktor naukowy Janusz Kapuścik. Warszawa: Ośrodek Przetwarzania Informacji, 1999, s. 203 (z fotografią).

Absolwenci Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Łodzi
Rzeźbiarze związani z Łodzią
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Medalem "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis"
Urodzeni w 1941
Wykładowcy Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Łodzi
Wykładowcy Politechniki Łódzkiej
Wykładowcy Wydziału Pedagogiczno-Artystycznego Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Malarze związani z Łodzią
Zmarli w 2019
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Doły w Łodzi
Ludzie urodzeni w Wilnie

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Adresse : Douar Taourirt cercle d'Asni.imlil Asni 42152.bp 231 Marrakech. AlHaouz Maroc.
On the road, towards Douar Aït Souka, an ochre solored house appears in the distance. Situated in good in harmony with the local solors of the mountains and the nuances of green of the flora and the fruit trees around it. Its what Tamatert Guesthouse is all about!


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by Michael Bloomfield and Genevieve LeBaron
(This blog was originally published at Bath Business and Society blog )
While research continues to inform us about the dark side of global production, the difficulties in tackling issues like forced labour and climate change remain. In this piece, Michael Bloomfield of the University of Bath's Department of Social & Policy Sciences, and Genevieve LeBaron of Sheffield University, argue that while the UK's Modern Slavery Act has been a promising first step in tackling forced labour in the supply chain, much more needs to be done to strengthen the Act and bring about real change.
Having joined the Royal Navy in 2000, I am always surprised that less than 10 years earlier I would have had to join the Women's Royal Naval Service (only disbanded in 1993) and would not have been permitted to serve at sea (an option only opened to women from 1990). By 2014 the Submarine Service had its first female Officers and last year the ban on women serving in ground close combat roles, including the Royal Marines, was lifted. The last 30 years has seen significant change in the employment of women in the military and yet there are certain idiosyncrasies relating to women's military service that still remain. On International Women's day it seemed a good moment to reflect on this evolution and how far women have come – and how far we still have to go.
Having interviewed women who served in the military from the 1970s onwards, one thing that is guaranteed to get a mention every time is uniform. Continue reading →
by Simon Milligan, Imogen Mullet, Rose Murota, Mathew Rupanga and Rushil Ranchod
In March and April 2018, Imogen Mullett, an MSc student in International Development (2017-18), spent a month in Harare, Zimbabwe, on placement to the UK Department for International Development's Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LFSP). This conversational blog describes the lifecycle of the placement from the perspectives of those involved. Continue reading →
by James Copestake
While attention is focused on Brexit, is the UK's role in the field of international development also being quietly but radically redefined? The headline figures suggest some continuity. The commitment to allocating 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) to Official Development Assistance (ODA) was made under Labour, but subsequent governments have held to it, despite ODA budget increases (from £7.4 billion in 2005 to £13.6 billion in 2017) coinciding with heavy cuts in other areas of public expenditure. There has also been continuity in the shift towards outsourcing management of UK ODA, leaving government more in the role of aid commissioner than direct provider of aid services.
However, looking more closely under the bonnet, there are indications of a more radical change. The 2002 International Development Act granted the Department for International Development (DFID) an unambiguous mandate to prioritize poverty elimination. This aligns DFID strongly then with Target 1.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals: to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030. (Extreme poverty being for this purpose very narrowly defined as US$1.9 per day at 2011 PPP prices). But to what extent is the growing UK ODA budget still so single-mindedly lined up behind the moral imperative to leave no-one behind? Continue reading →
Celebrating Priscilla Wakefield: Financial Inclusion Heroine and Forgotten Feminist Economist
Priscilla Wakefield – the "Mother of Microsavings" – is credited as being the founder of savings banks (Moss 2011). She was a Quaker from Tottenham, North London, and from the Barclays family of banking fame. On 22nd October I had the pleasure of joining citizens and activists to celebrate her achievements and unveil a new plaque in her honour. This was, to the day, the 220th anniversary of the founding of the Tottenham Benefit society for Women and Children, and she subsequently founded Tottenham Savings Bank in 1804. Her philanthropic initiatives also included a School for Industry for girls, a "Lying-in" charity for women (i.e. offering maternity support), and she wrote many educational books for children which were very popular.
Her journey from the Benefit Society to the Savings Bank is a micro prefiguring of the learning journey of the microfinance sector some 200 years later Continue reading →
Social cost of the IMF programme
(This blog was originally posted at The Express Tribune)
By Hari R Lohano
Pakistan is going back to the IMF, the 'global lender of last resort', to support the deteriorating level of its balance of payments, its declining foreign exchange reserves, and its difficulty in repaying foreign debts and meeting international financial obligations. In principle, there is nothing wrong with asking an international lender for financial support. However, in the case of the IMF, this is not straightforward.
There are a number of concerns to be addressed even before formally asking for an IMF loan. This is the reason that Imran Khan was in denial about going to the IMF, both before the election and after taking power. The main question about an IMF loan is: 'What will be the impact of IMF policies on the poor and on the social sector?' More specifically, what will be the cost of the IMF's condition that the poor pay to stabilise the country's economy? Continue reading →
Work, utopia and the reproduction of life
(This blog was originally published at FUTURES OF WORK)
By Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
We are here to live. Obvious as it sounds, this simple fact is becoming progressively problematic. This is particularly so if you are a child forced to work for the São Paolo mafia; an asylum seeker travelling on a hazardous boat to Australia; a 13 year old sex worker in Malaysia; or a father of five working for a transnational company in which trade unions are forbidden. These examples are not the exception but, rather, becoming the norm. They share a common struggle to work or to find work in order to produce the means for individual or collective survival under diverse and adverse circumstances. In global capitalism, such means are synonymous with money. And, so far, the futures of work on which we depend on to earn that money appear gloomy. Continue reading →
Argentina votes to legalise abortion in latest victory for global feminism
(This blog was originally published at The Conversation)
By Ana Cecilia Dinerstein and Lucía Cirmi Obón
"Nothing will stop us now!" These were the words of the excited and emotional activists when Argentina's parliament voted narrowly (129 votes to 125) to decriminalise abortion. The National Congress in Buenos Aires was surrounded by women wearing green scarves around their necks, heads and wrists. Since 2005 this has been the symbol of their campaign. It represents life and hope and evokes memories of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo – a group of women whose children disappeared under the dictatorship in Argentina during the 1970s and 1980s.
Local Elections in Nepal and Sri Lanka: Empowering or Underming the Margins?
(This blog was originally published at Borderlands Asia)
By Oliver Walton
In the aftermath of civil wars, local elections are often viewed as transformative moments when voices from the margins can be heard and where new, more inclusive political settlements can be forged. Many post-war state reform packages emphasise measures to devolve power to local government as a mechanism for addressing the post-war grievances of marginalised groups.


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Beverly Hills 90210 Season 7 Episode 15
Phantom of C.U.
Aired Wednesday 8:00 PM Jan 15, 1997 on FOX
Donna joins the C.U. News as a weather forecaster, incorporating fashion tips into her reports. She begins receiving anonymous, menacing phone calls. Clare sets up Kelly on a blind date with a guy who turns out to be a pompous windbag. Donna then tries to convince Kelly to go out with Evan Potter, a nice guy who operates the camera for the C.U. News. Kelly reluctantly agrees to a double date. Evan comforts Donna when her stalker leaves a threatening message on a videotape. While working late-night security detail as part of his probation, Steve has a run-in with the "Phantom of C.U.," a homeless man who lives on campus and plays pranks on security guards. Steve catches the guy in the act and learns that he is C.U. senior Larry Lincoln. Larry lives in the basement of a school building and eats from the garbage because he cannot afford food or housing. Steve doesn't turn him in, and gives him money to get an apartment for the rest of the year. Val tells Tom that she is only interested in a casual relationship. David refuses to believe that Tom can secure pop singer Donna Lewis (an old friend) for a concert. When the event proves to be a success, David thanks Tom by inviting him to stay at Mark's old house. (Mark was so devastated by his failure to receive the Dryer and break-up with Kelly that he left school just a few months before graduation--likely!)
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OnePlus Nord offering High Performance At Affordable Prices
The smartphone market is a highly competitive space, with the new Google smartphone models all vying for attention. The Google smartphone models offer an attractive price tag, and an array of exciting features. However, the vast majority of smartphones sold in the developed world are based on the Windows operating system. The problem is that this platform doesn't have anywhere near the reach that Apple's iPhone and Android devices have, and so many consumers are stuck using iPhones and Android devices instead of the cutting edge smartphones on offer from Google. But the company has recently launched a second smartphone, the OnePlus Nord, which is based on the Android operating system, and thus hopes to bypass the iPhone and Android platforms and directly enter the big smartphone market.
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Patriarchal Palestine by Archibald H. Sayce
March 8, 2018 April 13, 2018 by Rob Bradshaw
Professor Archibald Sayce's Patriarchal Palestine applies the (then) recent archaeological discoveries in Babylonia and Assyria to illustrate the biblical accounts of Genesis. The frontispiece map is particularly helpful, so I have extracted this and made is available as a separate download at various resolutions. This title, kindly provided by Book Aid, is in the public domain.
Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], Patriarchal Palestine. London: SPCK, 1895. Hbk. pp.227.[Click to visit the main download page for this title]
List of Dynasties
The Babylonians in Canaan, and the Egyptian Conquest
The Patriarchs
Egyptian Travellers in Canaan
Canaanitish Culure and Religion
A few years ago the subject-matter of the present volume might have been condensed into a few pages. Beyond what we would gather from the Old Testament, we knew but little about the history and geography of Canaan before the age of its conquest by the Israelites. Thanks, however, to the discovery and decipherment of the ancient monuments of Babylonia and Assyria, of Egypt and of Palestine, all this is now changed. A flood of light has been poured upon the earlier history of the country and its inhabitants, and though we are still only at the beginning of our discoveries we can already sketch the outlines of Canaanitish history, and even fill them in here and there.
Throughout I have assumed that in the narrative of the Pentateuch we have history and not fiction. Indeed the archaeologist cannot do otherwise. Monumental research is making it clearer every day that the scepticism of the so-called "higher criticism " is not justified in fact. Those who would examine the proofs of this must turn to my book on The Higher Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments.
Categories Archibald H. Sayce, Babylon, Canaan, customs, Exodus, Genesis, Inscriptions, Israel, Palestine
Archibald Sayce on the Decipherment of the Hittite Hieroglyphic Texts
August 28, 2017 September 1, 2017 by Rob Bradshaw
Archibald Sayce [1845-1933] was Professor of Assyriology at Oxford University for 28 years. I recently came across offprints of four of his articles from the Royal Asiatic Journal and am pleased to be able to make them available here. They are all in the public domain.
Articles from the Royal Asiatic Journal
Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], "The Origin of the Hebrew Alphabet," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society No. 3 (July 1920): 297-303.
Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], "Geographical Notes," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society No. 1 (Jan. 1921): 47-55.
Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], "The Discipherment of the Hittite Hieroglyphic Texts," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society No. 4 (Oct. 1922): 537-572.
Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], "The Libraries of David and Solomon," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society No. 4 (Oct. 1931): 783-790.
I am developing an on-line bibliography of Archibald Sayce's works on this page, where you find links more of his books and articles.
The Discipherment of the Hittite Hieroglyphic Texts
There are the same recognized rules for the decipherment of an unknown script as there are for that of an ordinary cipher, and if they can be followed the script can be deciphered with as much ease as the cipher. Sometimes they cannot be followed, sufficient materials being absent; in this case, all we can do is to wait patiently until the materials are forthcoming
At one time this was the case with the so-called Hittite hieroglyphic texts. But it has long ceased to be so. The materials for a scientific decipherment of them have been gradually accumulating, and verification has gone hand in hand with the determination of the value and meaning of the characters. We are no longer dependent upon a few fragmentary inscriptions, too often in so imperfect a condition as to make the forms of the characters upon them more or less uncertain. [Continue reading]
Categories Archibald H. Sayce, Hebrew, Inscriptions, Israel 1 Comment
Palestine Exploration Quarterly On-line
June 6, 2017 June 6, 2017 by Rob Bradshaw
The Palestine Exploration Quarterly provides a unique record of the early days of archaeology in the Holy land from 1869 onwards. As it is published in the United Kingdom it is covered by the 'standard life of author + 70 years' copyright. This means that much of the early material is now in the public domain – though this has to be established by finding out when all the authors died. As this is a time-consuming process and the issues often have pull-out maps, the process of digitisation has been somewhat slower than usual.
I have just added the public domain material from the 1914-1920 issues to the website (click to access the table of contents).
Categories Israel, Jerusalem, Journals, Palestine Exploration Quarterly
George Adam Smith's "Jerusalem" (2 Vols) online
February 4, 2016 November 23, 2015 by Rob Bradshaw
George Adam Smith's 2 Volume work Jerusalem. The Topography, Economics and History From The Earliest Times to A.D. 70 is now available in PDF. Both volumes contain some superb photographs and maps dating from the early 1900s.
George Adam Smith [1848-1910], Jerusalem. The Topography, Economics and History From The Earliest Times to A.D. 70, Vol. 1. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. Hbk. pp.334. Visit the Download page.
Particularly useful is the General Plan of Jerusalem which is in pouch at end of Volume 1 produced by the Palestine Exploration Fund. You will find a 600dpi version along with the files from Volume 1.
Table of Contents Volume I
The Essential City
Book I – The Topography-Sites and Names
I. The Site of the City
II. Facts and Questions in the Ancient Topography
Ill. The Geology
IV. Earthquakes, Springs and Dragons
V. The Waters of Jerusalem
The Rainfall and other Natural Conditions
The Springs-Real and Reputed
The Identification of the Springs
The Reservoirs and Aqueducts
VI. Sion, Ophel and 'The City Of David'
The Arguments from Topography and Archaeology
The Biblical Evidence as to Sion
History of the Name The 'Ophel
History of the Name David's-Burgh or 'City of David'
The Tradition from Josephus onwards that the 'City of David' lay on the South-West Hill
The Return to the East Hill
VII. The Valley of Hinnom
VIII. The Walls of Jerusalem
The Present City Walls
Proofs of the Ancient Walls up to Titus and their Limits
The Historical Evidence
The Evidence of the Excavations
The Three North Walls
IX. The Name Jerusalem and Its History 250
X. Other Names for the City
Book II – The Economics and Politics
I. A General Statement of the Economic Problems
II. The Ethnic and Economic Origins of Jerusalem
III. The City Lands
IV. The Natural Resources of Jerusalem
V. Commerce and Imports
VI. The Royal Revenues: Estates, Tribute, Tithes, Taxation
VII. The Temple Revenues, Properties and Finance
VIII. Trades, Crafts and Industries
IX. Government and Police
Before the Exile
After the Return, 536-444 B.C.
Under Nehemiah, 444-432 B.C.
From Nehemiah to the Maccabees, 431-168 B.C.
The Reconstitution of Israel, 168-142 B.C.
The Hasmonean Dynasty, 142-63 B.C.
Under the Romans from B.C. 63 onwards
X. 'The Multitude'
General Index to Volume I.
Special Index I.-The Bible and Apocrypha
Special Index II.-Josephus
Special Index III.-Talmudic Literature
List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Table of Contents Volume 2
Table of the Principal Stages in the History
Book III – The History
I. The Prelude-Abd-Khiba, c. 1400 B.C.
II. The Conquest by David, c. 1000 B.C.
III. Solomon and the Temple, c. 970-933 B.C.
IV. From Rehoboam to Ahaz, c. 933-720 B.C.
Rehoboam, c. 933-917
Abiyah, c. 916-914
Asa, c. 913-873
Jehoshaphat, c. 873-850
Jehoram and Ahaziah, c. 850-842
Athaliah, c. 842-836
Joash, c. 836-798
Amaziah, c. 797-789 or 779
Uzziah or Azariah, c. 789 or 779-740
Jotham, Regent from 755 or 750; King 740-735
Ahaz, c. 735-720 (?)
V. Isaiah's Jerusalem, from 740 Onwards
VI. Hezekiah and Sennacherib, c. 720-685
VII. Jerusalem Under Manasseh, c. 685-640
VIII. Josiah: Jerusalem and Deuteronomy, c. 638-608
IX. Jeremiah's Jerusalem, c. 625-586
X. The Desolate City, 586-537
XI. The Ideal City and the Real
XII. The Second Temple, From Zechariah to 'Malachi,' 516-460
XIII. Ezra and Nehemiah, 458 (?)-431 B.C.
XIV. The Rest of the Persian Period, 431-332 B.C.
XV. The Jew and the Greek, 332-168 B.C.
Before Alexander the Great
Alexander and the Jews
Wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucids for Palestine
Jerusalem and J udah under the Greeks
The New Jewish Diaspora
Spiritual Intercourse of Jews and Greeks
The Reaction against Hellenism
The Jewish Factions and Antiochus Epiphanes
XVI. Jerusalem Under the Maccabees and the Hasmoneans, 168-38 B.C.
XVII. Herod, the Romans and Jerusalem, 37-4 B.C.
XVIII. Herod's Castle and Temple
XIX. The Temple and the Lord
XX. Jerusalem of the Gospels
Special Index I. – The Bible and Apocrypha
Special Index II. – Josephus
Special Index III – Talmudic Literature
Categories Chronicles, George Adam Smith, Israel, Jerusalem, Kings 2 Comments
Sayce's Archaeology & the Cuneiform Inscriptions
November 3, 2015 November 3, 2015 by Rob Bradshaw
Reverse of a Tablet in the Hittite Language from Boghaz Keui [frontispiece]
The following book by noted archaeologist Archibald H. Sayce is now available for free download in PDF:
Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions, 2nd edn. London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1908. Hbk. pp.220. Download Complete book [4.22MB]
The book contains many excellent illustrations, which I have made available at various resolutions.
1. The Decipherment of the Cuneiform Inscriptions
2. The Archaeological Materials; The Excavations at Susa and the Origin of Bronze
3. The Sumerians
4. The Relation of Babylonian to Egyptian Civilisation
5. Babylonia and Palestine
6. Asia Minor
7. Canaan in the Century Before the Exodus
Categories Archaeologists, Archibald H. Sayce, Babylon, Israel, Persia Tags sayce
City of Jerusalem by Conder
October 29, 2014 October 29, 2014 by Rob Bradshaw
The following public domain book is now available for free download in PDF:
C.R. Conder [1848-1910], The City of Jerusalem. London: John Murray, 1909. Hbk. pp.334.
Col. Claude R. Conder, a British Soldier seconded to the Palestine Exploration Fund (1875-78, 1881-82) writes about the history of of Jerusalem calling on his own experiences exploring the city.
The City of Jerusalem
I first set eyes on Jerusalem one summer morning in 1872. The view – a mile away – of the long grey wall, the cypress trees of the Armenian garden, and the single minaret at the west gate, was not then obstructed by the row of Jewish cottages since built. The population was only about a third of what it now is. The railway station was not thought of, and only a few villas outside the gate existed, while the suburbs to north and south had not grown up, and Olivet was not covered with modern buildings. I passed two winters (1873-5) in the city, the second in a house in the Jews' quarter, and later on (1881-2) a third winter at the hotel; and during these visits my time was mainly occupied in wandering among the less-known corners of the town. It was a period very favourable for exploration. The survey by Sir Charles Wilson, the researches of de Vogue, and the wonderful excavations of Sir Charles Warren, were then recent. The German Emperor, William I., had just ordered the clearing out of the eastern half of the great square of St. John's Hospital, having been given by the Sultan the site of Charlemagne's hospice beside the Church of St Mary Latin. In 1874 Mr. Henry Maudeslay was exploring the ancient scarps at the south-west corner of the Hebrew city; and, by the Sultan's order, the Dome of the Rock-deconsecrated for a time-was being repaired, while other excavations were in progress outside the city on the north. I was thus able to walk in my socks all over the surface of the sacred Sakhrah "rock," and to ascend the scaffolding to the dome above, in order to examine the ancient mosaics of our seventh century, as well as those on the outside, where the old arcaded battlement of the ninth century was just laid bare. I penetrated, by the old rock-cut aqueduct at the north-west corner of the Haram, to the Herodian wall, and discovered the buttresses of the Temple rampart still standing, and just like those at Hebron. In the Jews' quarter I found the old hospice of the Teutonic Order, and the chapel of the Holy Ghost….
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Categories Israel, Jerusalem
Robert H. Kennett on Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom
August 15, 2014 July 23, 2014 by Rob Bradshaw
The following public domain Schweich lectures are now available on-line in PDF:
Robert H. Kennett [1864-1932], Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom as Indicated in Law, Narrative and Metaphor. The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1931. London: Oxford University Press, 1933. Hbk. pp.114.
Click <<HERE>> for the download link.
You can see the full list of the Schweich lectures here.
Categories customs, Israel, metalwork, woodwork
T. Eric Peet's Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia
Papyrus Ani curs hiero
[Public Domain image – source Wikipedia]
The following Schwiech Lectures are now available on-line in PDF:
T. Eric Peet [1882-1934], A Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia: Egypt's Contribution to the Literature of the Ancient World. The Schweich Lectures 1929. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. Hbk. 136.
Click <<HERE>> to visit the download page.
Categories Egypt, Israel, Mesopotamia, Schweich Lectures
Israel Abrahams on the Campaigns in Palestine from Alexander the Great
The following Schweich Lectures is now available on-line in PDF:
Israel Abrahams [1858-1925], Campaigns in Palestine from Alexander the Great. Schweich Lectures 1922. London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Hbk. pp.55.
The book has a couple of useful illustrations which I have uploaded in various resolutions so that they can be re-used. This material is now Public Domain.
Categories Israel
C.H.W. Johns on The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples
Prologue Hammurabi Code Louvre AO10237
[Public Domain photo source: Wikipedia]
I am pleased to announce that the following book is now online:
C.H.W. Johns [1857-1920], The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples. The Schweich Lectures 1912. London: Oxford University Press, 1914. Hbk. pp.96. [This material is in the Public Domain]
Categories Babylon, Hammurabi, Israel, Schweich Lectures
Israel, Bible, Archaeology
New Discoveries in Babylonia About Genesis – P.J. Wiseman
Creation Revealed in Six Days by P.J. Wiseman
Life and Times of Isaiah by Archibald H. Sayce
Redating the Exodus and Conquest by John J. Bimson 556 views
Creation Revealed in Six Days by P.J. Wiseman 329 views
Joshua's Conquest of Jericho and Ai – a Historical Account? 310 views
Yigael Yadin on "And Dan, why did he remain in ships" 298 views
Stephen H. Langdon on Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars now on-line 292 views
H.B. Tristram's "The Land of Moab" now on-line 290 views
New Discoveries in Babylonia About Genesis – P.J. Wiseman 287 views
Kenneth A. Kitchen on Egypt and the Bible: Some Recent Advances 229 views
Archibald Sayce on the Decipherment of the Hittite Hieroglyphic Texts 171 views
Patriarchal Palestine by Archibald H. Sayce 156 views
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Tampere has been basking in heat for the past three weeks. The highest temperature measured was 32.7 C on Tuesday the 12th of July. As a result, both Aleksanteri and Pyynikki schools are not as cool inside as we would've wished but you can't get everything. Yesterday, the building team removed hundreds of pupil's desks from the classrooms in both schools to make room for the tables to be brought in from a city warehouse today. A considerable amount of heavy lifting remains to be done. The maximum temperature this afternoon will be 27 C. Fortunately, we discovered a vending machine full of cold soft drinks on the 1st floor in Pyynikki school. All signs on the school premises and along the streets nearby should be posted by tomorrow evening.
According to latest forecasts, next weekend should be cool and rainy, which is not bad at all for all those many hundreds arriving from abroad. But the following week is forecast to be warm and sunny again.


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Give your kitty the nutrition he needs to thrive with Dave's Pet Food Naturally Healthy Grain-Free Gobbleicious Gourmet Dinner Canned Cat Food. The formula provides plenty of protein to fuel all those adventures, with protein-rich turkey and chicken as the top ingredients. Every juicy bite is loaded with wholesome omegas for a lustrous coat, plus vitamins, minerals and essential taurine to help your pal look and feel his best. With no grains, wheat or anything artificial, even kitties with sensitivities can dive into their bowl.
Turkey, Chicken Liver, Chicken, Chicken Broth, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Carrots, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Carrageenan, Guar Gum, Sweet Potato, Salt, Taurine, Squash, Zucchini, Cranberries, Blueberries, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D2 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfate Complex, Folic Acid, Iron Proteinate (Source of Chelated Iron), Zinc Proteinate (Source of Chelated Zinc), Manganese Proteinate (Source of Chelated Manganese), Copper Proteinate (Source of Chelated Copper), Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate, Beta-Carotene.
I have only 2 brands I feed my cats and this is one of them. Before Dave's, one of my cats had frequent loose stools and vomited a lot. No problem with either now that we switched foods, and it has been over a year with no spot cleaning to my carpet anymore! We buy only chicken or turkey.
My cats will not eat this food. All 5 say "nope not gonna try that stuff".I gave it one star since my dogs enjoy it and take their pills easily tucked inside a wad of this stuff. Going back to Fancy Feast because they always eat it.
My two finicky cats have always eaten this food when I would buy it at the speciality pet food store near me. But I thought I'd save me some time and buy it through chewy... well, needless to say, they only eat half of it and the rest sits around and doesn't get eaten. There was never that isssue before. So I'm not sure if the recipe is different or what, but I'll be returning to the pet food store from now on to buy this food.
My cats are fussy (typical cats) and have tried almost all the pricey brands with mixed results but this brand (pate) is consistently eaten! And the price makes me happy.
Dave's has ingredients comparable to many other high-end brands at a fraction of the cost. I love that it is all natural, grain free, and contains whole protein sources instead of meat-by-products. I save almost $30 a month by feeding Dave's over other similar brands. The Gobbelicious Gourmet Dinner is my cat's favorite. She used to eat most wet food, but since I started giving her this she looks at me with disappointment whenever I try to mix things up with a different flavor or different brand. Overall, a really great option if you are looking for a high-quality food that won't break the bank.
one day they love it, the next time they "cover" it up!
Yes, all of them, all 4 cats, even the ones that say "do we have anything else in the house?" They all like it, eat it happily, and they like it for longer than one or two days. Decent ingredients, reasonable price.
My 12 year old cat loves this food! The ingredients look good and he gobbles it right down. He has not been on it very long, so we will see how it affects him long term. The price on this food is very reasonable too, as we were feeding him Wellness.
My cats like this food and I like that it is healthy for them. My female cat doesn't vomit after she eats this like she does after eating most other foods, and she really likes the taste. My boy will eat it, but he does prefer it mixed with Tiki cat shredded chicken and egg. The price on this food is very reasonable and helps keep the cost of feeding both cats down.
My cat eats it with no problems, and its so moist.