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Protectors of the Crystals, a Final Fantasy RP (Dead)
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Gerhard was approaching Vaila. Her nose let her know before her eyes, especially with her head still spinning a bit. Right now she sure didn't have any time to waste time on bickering though.
"Done." She muttered, casting cure on the mage's wrecked arm. He'd done an awful lot of damage to it. So for good measure she cast it twice. The wound looked like it warranted it.
Now then. Rubbing her sore nose, she started to look around for an entrance.
Doc Gnosis
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?... Thank you??
Something was wrong.
In the back of the Black Mage?s head he understood that he was in the tower - possibly at its peak - but something about where they were was unpleasant. The others who have made it could not feel it, but he certainly could. On top of the blurring of fiend encounters and improvised escape - which he was not sure how that happened - much of the stimuli became surreal to the Black Mage. He could swear that his vision was turning grey and that part of his mind was sinking deeper and deeper into unconsciousness. The only thing that kept him together and not collapse like his fellow black mage was his directive. He would finish this job, whatever it takes.
He walked up to the other black mage. He appeared healthy thanks to a white mage tending to him.
?Are you alright?? The Fat Bird asked. Protocol still functioned.
The Black Mage?s eyes focused back on the surrounding area: the spire, and the glyphs. He belatedly examined the runes on the close end of the room. He could clearly feel mana flowing from these runes, but as quickly as it materialized it vanished. Something the Black Mage assumed was absorbing the mana in these panels, and whatever is doing it must be doing the same to him. But why? Why have a source of mana here? What purpose would it serve?
?Do you think you can draw from these glyphs?? The Fat Bird asked both mages. The spire in the middle caught his corner gaze. Tiredly, he wondered if that large thin device is what?s causing the hum that?s vibrating his body. If that could be destroyed, could the hum finally stop?
His thoughts went to Ifrit, but cast them aside. He had already expended so much mana for Adrammelech, and wanted to keep hold of his reserves for simple spells.
He went back to the glyphs, his mask pressed by hand against his face for a better look. Apart from channeling mana, there was little else he knew about them. Nothing stood out; nothing made any sense apart from them being carved into the rock.
?Does anyone here know what these glyphs mean?? The Fat Bird asked aloud.
Redlin5_v1legacy
Better Red than Dead
"Fan out, there might be a concealed door. If not, we'll have to blast open a door."
Wearily Gerhard looked around. They were on top of one of the towers he had spotted earlier. They had been fighting so furiously to get there that he had completely forgotten the actual goal of the battle. He bared his arm in front of Vaila as she did her craft.
"Done." she muttered matter of factly.
It had been ages since he had felt the relaxing aura of white magic flow through him. It was bittersweet to say the least. Muttering a low thanks to Vaila, he ignored the other Black Mage's concern for his safety and did a quick self evaluation. He was drained and would have to relax his mind before casting again. He cursed himself for his lack of endurance, a byproduct of several years of neglecting his craft in favor of self pity.
And now there's this buzzing..?
With his arm back to normal and no longer sending pulses of screaming nerve trauma to his head, Gerhard noticed for the first time the low frequency pulses of the runes they were standing on. These runes were like nothing he had studied with in the tomes Calamai had provided him during his apprenticeship. He could feel them although their ultimate purpose was unknown to him.
"Do you think you can draw from these glyphs?"
"I wouldn't even if you could figure out how to. Magic like this is beyond any single mage..." answered Gerhard, studying the spire. It almost felt alluring, attractive to his spirit. A dangerous sign of deeper magic if he ever saw one. Touching it would certainly lead to disastrous consequences.
"Does anyone here know what these glyphs mean?"
Not willing to admit that his education as a mage was sorely lacking, Gerhard changed the subject to their current dilemma.
"No time for that, let's find a way in before those monsters split off from the ship and dive on us instead."
Gerhard began walking with the Red Mage as they searched the roof for an entrance. Besides the inscriptions, the roof seemed to be solid stone no matter where they stepped. It was at this point he realized that the planning behind the drop had run on shoddy logic.
So the plan was to drop on top of a tower with monsters guarding it and that might not even have an entrance in the roof? War hero maybe but a genius she's not. This adventure is off to a great start.
All of the glyphs were indecipherable and Gerhard started to ignore them altogether. There had to be a physical feature of the roof that would give away a door.
Yuki-Onna
"Never try that again." Yuria said cheekily to Vaila as she landed onto the roof. Speaking of the roof, it was very strange. Strange runes were written in the stone, and she could sense magic from it. And not in a good way. Just what in the world do they plan on doing with this place...
She wasn't given much time for her own thoughts when the good captain gave them an order to look for an entrance. Going inside was what they were here for, so she started to look around immediately, staying close to Vaila. And unfortunately for her nose, it seemed like Gerhard was staying close to them as well. She had half a thought to cast a Water spell on him, but it was more important to find a way inside.
Mr. Omega
ANTI-LIFE JUSTIFIES MY HATE!
Dagon had gotten back to his feet and saw his companions land on the roof. Now that he was in close proximity, he noticed something. "Does anyone else hear a buzzing?" Despite his years of physical training and neglect of all things magic, Yukes were a race naturally gifted in the mystic arts. It was incredibly faint, almost mute, but at this proximity it was just enough for him to notice.
"Monk, keep your voice down and help me make sure no monsters get close."
"If you insist..." he said in a quieter tone.
"I shall perform the later action should we not find a proper entrance!" his voice got louder, but still wasn't louder than a hushed tone. He stood there staring at the spire. "What a perplexing contraption. Is this the source of the calamity plaguing the crystals? Why don't we just demolish the accursed thing and be done with it? Then we can deal with the fiendish ones inside responsible!"
UnusualStranger
Keep a hat handy
Roderic watched as the soldier types came to the tower finally, and the ropes were cut. So, they really were going to be staying here like a group of idiots. He wasn't too fond of that idea, but then they were being told to find an entrance, which he was more than happy to start his hunt for. He wondered if there was such a thing, especially on such a strange tower. As the others began to try and fan out, Roderic didn't feel like wasting his time. He knelt down, keeping a steady eye along the ground to see if there was anything out of place.
As his gaze swept across the surface, he noted something a little out of place. An area that didn't have a selection of distinct runes that covered it. While it wasn't the strangest of things, at this point Roderic was more trusting of his instincts than what would be a usual activity. Taking a few steps forward, he knelt down once again and ran his hand along the smoother surface.
Well well, it seems that someone has a taste for being sneaky as well. Somewhat fortunate that I came along then...now lets see how this opens up...
Running a hand along the smooth square location, he figured there was likely a small trick to the spot. It actually turned out to be not as complicated as the devices back in Victus, which Roderic was very grateful for at this point. It seemed there was a small folded handle that was ingrained in the stonework. Very clever design, but not unworkable.
"I think this might have been the better choice." Roderic muttered largely to himself, then to speak a bit more loudly. "So, who wants to go first? I already did the hard part..."
PrinceOfShapeir
As one of them signaled having found am entrance Mira let out a barely concealed sigh of relief. This plan was not exactly a work of military genius, she was relying on little more than luck and her gut instincts.
The Alexander was speeding away, able to outrun the monsters the crew couldn't outfight, and soon the horde would likely return.
"I'll take the lead." She pulled the hatch open and peered down, the top few rungs of a ladder down a long shaft into the darkness the only thing visible. She grimaced, then jumped down the shaft, halberd clutched tightly.
A few seconds later she landed easily, bringing her halberd to sweep around her. Black as pitch, she thought at first, then her eyes gradually adjusted to the surroundings, a dim greenish light being emitted from runes all over the walls, similar to the ones on the roof. A charge was in the air, one that set the hair on her neck on end and set her skin to crawling. Even to her untrained mind the magic in the air was palpable, and something else - an equally palpable sense of wrongness, her very soul shuddering at this place.
"It's clear to climb down!" She shouted up the shaft.
Yuria heard when one of them had found an entrance and went over to where it was. Mira went down it first, and after a few moments, things seemed to be clear to go down. She went to the hole and climbed down the ladder, her eyes adjusting fast to the darkness due to her being part cat. Runes like the ones on the roof adorned the walls inside as well, and she could hear the buzz more clearly now than she would have earlier.
"This place is something else..." she said quietly to herself as she reached the bottom, then looked around to get a better look at the runes. Something about this place made the hair on the back of her head and on her tail stand up, and her tail stood upright. She kept her hand firmly on her sword, just in case, ready if anything attacked them.
NeoAC
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Rowen wasn't really up for searching the area. Usually there is something obvious that pointed out the path, but this just appeared to be a bunch of clumsy drawings on top of a roof. Until the ears found a lever that opened the doorway in. Typical lucky bugger. Not wanting to stick around where monsters were still milling about, he fell in line with the group as they headed into the tower.
Heading down the ladder, that dull ache that Rowen felt when he landed on the spire was starting to return. The numbing pain wasn't overwhelming, but it was definitely annoying. It made it hard to concentrate on coordinating his limbs down the ladder, but since the alternative was much worse, he continued on.
"This place is something else..."
"It's something not right," Rowen remarked as he hit the bottom, the ache getting a little stronger. "Something's off here. This is starting to feel like a trap...or something." He withdrew his guns from their holsters, prepared to blast anything that he thought might be contributing to the unwelcome feelings in his body.
The answers were not what the Black Mage was hoping for, especially not the blatant disregard of his other query. A gloved hand traced over one of the glyphs, and immediately felt his skin crawl upon contact. Vast amounts of mana were seeping into him and threatened to numb all sense. He immediately withdrew his touch, clenching his hand over and over to make sure he had control over it. Theories about mana and its origins suggested that it was responsible for the shaping and cultivating of life but that too much exposure to it had detrimental effects on the body and mind; the Arcanists had taught the Black Mage that much about mana in its practical applications in part of their preparations for ?The Fat Bird? alias. The throbbing itch persisted in his hand, even after many attempts to stimulate it. The deafening hum was not helping with his senses either. A thought however came to him to test another glyph if it yielded the same results, and seconds later the Black Mage felt nothing but the same overflow of mana entering his arm. A thought occurred as he nursed his numb hand that the glyphs may be a sort of energy source either charging or in use for something in this tower.
Could they be powering that hum?
Readying his knife, he chipped and pried away at the panels, seeking to remove them from their moorings. It took some doing, but one or two glyphs were successfully chipped off; large sparks of lightning burst from where the knife hit, and a blinding flash encapsulate his eyes. He was stunned for quite some time, unsure of what was happening around him.
When the Black Mage came to, he recalled his original inkling. He reached out with his hands on the floor to collect them, but decided against it after remembering the sensation of mana overexposure. He reached into his robes for one of his waterskins, and emptied its contents in its mouth, slightly raising his mask so it didn?t get in the way. The Black Mage kept his back turned on the rest of the group as he went about his deed, not wanting them to see his face as the Arcanists instructed. Finally the skin was empty and with his knife the Black Mage made the waterskin into a makeshift satchel to hold the runes. With his knife and bag, he nudged the two glyphs into the bag. At the end he felt his vision become very distorted and lost track of where everyone is.
Then the call came from Mira, and thoughts snapped back to the job. He pocketed his glyphs and knife in his robes and proceeded along with them. As he approached the ladder, he felt his entire body shake and convulse. Either the glyphs or the sensory deprivation were affecting him as he grew closer.
"What the hell was that, mage!?" Whatever slow process the Black Mage underwent was interrputed by one of the people on the tower; anger clearly draping her face and body. Before he could reply, she grabbed him by the arm almost dragging him to where the ladder was.
"Get down that ladder! Now!" She growled out as she finished forcing him to his destination. As much as the Black Mage wanted to experiment more, the knight was right. He was wasting time with these glyphs, and what importance had little to do with the job. The Black Mage carefully climbed down the ladder, unfocused eyes staring at the knight right through his mask.
?So much mana gathered in one place. It cannot be healthy to linger for long.? The Fat Bird said aloud. He saw that people were speaking concerned, and protocol decided to spill what he could understand.
?It?s collecting something, but its purpose escapes me.?
Dagon took one last look at the spire before jumping down to join Mira and the others. "What a peculiar place. The very AIR seems foul!" he was still trying to be quiet, but each time he got a little louder. He then noticed a bright flash from above. "What the devil...?!" He quickly turned back to Mira. "Whatever these things are, we should waste no time in putting a stop to it! So, Captain... what shall we do? I await your orders!"
Gerhard followed the Red Mage down the ladder and felt the intensity of the tower's buzzing increase once he was away from open air. This was far from ideal. His own anxiety seemed to be magnified by the aura emitting from the walls. Gerhard hoped that the effects of this tower wouldn't slow his efforts to restore his magical strength for what came next. Above them there was a bright flash, causing Gerhard to turn and point his sword at the entrance but nothing happened so he lowered it slowly.
Can't get too jumpy in a place like this.
"It's something not right, something's off here. This is starting to feel like a trap...or something."
"It wouldn't be the first time someone has abused magic like this but I've never heard of something this... vast." said Gerhard, remembering some of the lessons from his Master.
Great wars in the past once saw the construction of power obelisks for a transference of nature to man. It was one of the few times Calamai had spoken in grave tones about their order: "There's a reason we don't use magic to build any longer... Our number roams eternally, in penance.". Gerhard had never heard Calamai speak so softly about anything before or after that night. Whenever he pressed further on the subject he was met with an angry "We don't speak of it!" and usually ended up having to do something unsavory as a consequence for bringing it up.
Could this be related? Or is this even older than the ancient mage war?
Calamai had been far from a great scholar however. Surely someone with more interest in magical history would have some answers about the tower's purpose and construction. That however was not terribly important. They were supposedly here for a reason so he didn't see any point in wallowing in the experience longer than they had to. The whole place stank of danger.
"So, Captain... what shall we do? I await your orders!"
"Yes, let's not dwell. If our enemy truly is at work below we shouldn't give them time."
He sheathed his runed blade and clasped his hands. There would be more casting to do shortly.
Vaila gave a wry smirk in response when Yuria cheekily did exactly what she asked of her. Such amusement passed quickly though, once the entrance was discovered and the party began to descend into the darkness.
As Gerhard had seemed inclined to stay with Yuria and herself for now, Vaila followed him down into the dark, bringing up the rear of the tri-colour of mages. Red, Black and White and all of them, she was sure the moment she was inside, probably very uncomfortable with the atmosphere in here.
Though she was still not exactly fond of Gerhard, something he said caught her attention and drew her curiousity. Especially in the situation they found themselves in. "You've heard of a set up like this before?" Her ears had perked up in interest. "Is there anything in particular we ought to know about this arrangement?"
With any luck, he'd have some fascinating information. Maybe it would even make up for the smell, although right now the buzz was more of an annoyance than the mage.
"All I know is that in ages long past mages used to build up their power for those they swore fealty to by using awful magic. They would mark the land and tap its power for their own use. My master told me something terrible happened because of it and that our order has forever been punished for it. It's my guess that these things are from that time or even before but I bet you nobody alive understands everything about them." said Gerhard, forgetting his dislike of Vaila briefly. The history of the Dark Mages was one of the few things he had found interesting during his apprenticeship.
"Believe it or not, Black Mages weren't always benign like me. Calamai always told me it was a travesty we were used as guards..."
The old man was not the most reliable source. He was always drinking mead during the day and sea water in the night.
"That's all I got. If you want more information, go to a library in Durakia!" he said shortly as he accidentally brushed against a glyph wall. A nasty sensation ran through his body briefly but he managed to suppress it.
"I hate it here." he spat, returning to his internal meditations.
As the rest of the party began to make their way down, Roderic glanced up for a moment....only to flinch as a flash happened behind him. He didn't dare look, as he knew the intended effect was bringing the monsters down. It was time for him to get moving, and his annoyance was slightly matched by the knight who stood in front of the trapdoor, apparently wanting him to go down first. Though, he wished that he could just leap down and shut the door at this point.
"You gonna move it, or wait for me to mail you an invitation?" Roderic said, slightly annoyed that the creatures would not be ignoring their presence any more. "Just...remember to shut the door, or this trip is going to be a very short one!"
With his piece said, Roderic did a quick jump down, grabbing the ladder after a small fall so he could get down a bit more quickly, and leave room so the next person could get down as quickly as possible. As he began to make his way down, he caught the tail end of some conversation, but he imagined that there wasn't too much that concerned him. Especially as it sounded like it was talk of the runes, and the tower, which Roderic didn't need to be a mage to realize was somethign to heavily deal in magic.
Magic traps...always nasty. Going to have to be paying some very close attention down here. And I'm guessing no one brought some torches to keep the area a bit brighter. Ah well, just going to have to deal with clumsy people stumbling into traps, and just avoid them where I can.
SkyeNeko
Yeah, yeah, whatever Lilianna stared down the man as he grudgingly took the ladder down. Not a minute too soon Lilianna jumped in, spying a speedy harpy intent on crashing the party. She brought the hatch over just in time for it's claws to dent the cover. She could vaguely make out more noises from the other side, but the hatch stayed shut. Lilianna waited a few more seconds. Nothing. Satisfied, she slid down the ladder.
It was dark and claustrophobic for the gria, who was used to having every direction open for miles. There was some light coming off the walls. "Someone going to cast some fire spell?" She whispered, assuming the mages were close by. She kept her wings folded tightly against her back, not wanting to brush up against anything.
With her adjusted eyes, Yuria could see that the room wasn't empty. Aside from the runes on the walls, the same needle they'd seen on the roof was protruding from the floor up through the roof, and there were various mechanisms that were there for unknown reasons, though Yuria suspected they had not been there for a long time. Probably been put there by the people who were draining the elements, possibly for that exact purpose. Along with that was a staircase that lead down, and if they would go over to it, they'd be able to see that it was kept along the walls down in a circle, with multiple floors down below them.
"I don't want to cast Fire in case it causes undesirable results. Such as an explosion." she said to Knight Lilianna. "Besides, I see in the dark." She recounted to them what she saw, in case anyone else couldn't see it properly. Once she was done, though, a woman appeared from the steps, having heard when Mira landed on the floor, and then heard them talking. Not counting all the shooting that had happened outside and the harpoons that had been lodged into the spire. She was dressed in a black dress, with a typical Black Mage hat on her. "Intruders!" she called down to the other people who were there, all of various classes and races, who had been waiting for them to arrive. "Guess we don't have much of a choice but to fight. Let's hope we won't need to use Black Magic." Yuria said as she drew her sword. Quickly after calling to anyone below her, the Black Mage cast a Fire spell towards the party, which exploded into several fireballs thrown in almost all directions.
Dagon listened closely to Gerhard's history lesson. "Despite the little information, any little bit could prove useful. Thank you for illuminating us, Grouchy One!" He was then cut out by the arrival of yet another Black Mage.
"Intruders!"
He heard the shout and wasted no time, jumping into the air "FACE JUDGEMENT!" he shouted, planting both feet into the mage's chest, sending her flying towards the stairs, sending her crashing downward. "Her companions are on their way! Prepare yourselves! They'll only be momentarily delayed! Captain, do we seek to apprehend or to eliminate?"
?It?s not a safe place to begin with.? The Fat Bird said. ?So much mana gathered in one place is not good for the body, or mind.?
Mulling over what the other black mage said was something that he could do to distract him from the unease his body was feeling from the mana oversaturation. The air was thick and humid with the substance. If such an organization used such a facility, it would mean that they were very powerful indeed; either that or very foolhardy. The Black Mage could not imagine the fortitude these magic-users must possess as his body was still suffering from the effects of the two glyphs and the vibrating hum which he was certain came from the spire. That they could not only endure such exposure but weaponize it to the results the other mage spoke of gave the Black Mage pause. Either that of these malcontents were in way over their heads for what plans they had.
Whatever scenarios he could explore were brutally interrupted when a wayward plume of fire appeared in the Black Mage?s face and exploded before he could respond. His mask was scorched and his hat was smouldering; the former could be salvaged, but not the latter. The top of his head felt absent and cold by the air. The hat was removed before the pyres could damage him, and pulled out his wand.
He walked out ahead of the rest of the party, objective was to eliminate the foes no doubt approaching their position. A female Dragoon was the first that barrelled out of the corner, and was the first to intercept the Black Mage. She was also the first to be struck with a rain of ice, but the spell created side effects he did not anticipate. First, just as the blizzard spell hurt the Dragoon, he suffered the hoary frost as well; it was fortunate that he walked ahead of the group when he did this, otherwise they would?ve suffered the cold as well. Second, another target - a human knight - was frozen in his tracks, but he had just appeared from the corner. Finally, the stone walkway froze over due to the blizzard spell. It was the third consequence that rammed itself into the Black Mage?s skull.
One loose step caused the Black Mage to fall down the stairs, along with the Dragoon who crashed into the wall and fell a long ways. With no guardrail, he followed the Dragoon in his unintended plummet. His vision spun out as he fell down the shaft, body occasionally scraping against the wall and suffering jolts of mana from the runes. By luck, the fall ended much shorter than he expected, hitting the ground from a story below.
He landed on his back, and felt pain whisper across his nerves for a few seconds. He heard footsteps approaching from all around, either his comrades approaching or more foes closing in on his location. A cold metal object tapped his boot, causing him to look forward. He saw a human thief, with a pleased look on his face, like he saw a new score.
Thinking quickly, the Black Mage reached for his glyphs and with as much dexterity he could muster threw them at the thief. One missed, while the other hit him in the shoulder, making him hurt a little.... Not at all the results the Black Mage anticipated. He concluded that these glyphs from above were not power sources to exploit. But whatever answer he would get would be an academic point; the job would be finished afterwards and he'd wash his hands of these events.
The thief got out his knife and had it right to the Black Mage's chest before a Blizzard spell was loosed. The target was reduced to an icy statue while the caster was stuck in an icy cage; alive, but immobilized.
Lilianna snatched her shield off her back, bringing the thick steel in front of her just in time to block a spatter of fire. "Ready to cast some magic now, mage!?" Lilianna glared at the cat woman briefly before charging with the monk. He ran right through the fire, taking out the mage who had cast it. She rolled her eyes when he asked if they were about to try and apprehend what she assumed to be a tower full of enemies. Then one of the black mages ran out ahead. "Hey! Wait!"
He ran headfirst into a dragoon, but luckily managed to get off an attack that froze her to the ground. What happened next was too stupid to be put into words. The black mage slipped on his own ice, and fell down the stairs. Shit! She hoped they had their first casualty so soon. He had fallen past the monk, and was pretty much out in the front without any help. Lilianna took a swing at both frozen bodies, the ice making them easy targets to her mace, which shattered them on impact. She half slid to the bottom of the stairway, another icy enemy meeting her. More quick work. Now if only the mage would do this from behind front lines. Part of her had to wonder how slow this thief was: it didn't look like he had gotten a single scratch on the mage, and to top it off, he was frozen.
Heavy footsteps on the stairs behind her made Lilianna spin, mace at the ready, barely catching an armored enemy's battleax on her weapon. The force did push her down on a knee though. Fuck, why can't I be big as shit too?? She twisted her mace, the ax falling harmlessly to the side while she dented his/her helmet with a counterattack. The stairs were slowing the trickle of enemies, as they could only ascend two by two, but she couldn't afford to spend too much time on a single enemy. Still, seeing the mage sprawled out of the floor, half frozen, gave her an idea. She charged at the bigger knight, planting and throwing herself at him/her, and pushing him/her down the stairs. A cacophany of metal and shouts confirmed that she had a few seconds to take out the icicle in front of her "teammate". "Cast fire and get yourself out, and stay behind someone who can fight." she ordered, careful to keep her voice clear of scorn.


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The occupation army had no immediate comment.
Witnesses said Israeli aircraft fired three missiles at a white Subaru travelling in the northern Gaza Strip town of Bait Hanun killing Majid Natat, 28, a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed group affiliated with the governing Fatah party.
Another unidentified man was evacuated to a hospital, they added, but his condition remained unknown.
The Israeli military has recently resumed its practice of assassinating Palestinian resistance fighters.
The Israeli air force followed up Friday's air raids with two more missile attacks in the northern Gaza Strip early on Saturday, Palestinian security sources said.
areas, one near Jabalya, the other near Bait Lahya. There were no reports of any casualties.
Aljazeera's reported that a possible aim of the Israeli air raids on unpopulated areas was to destroy roads and bridges that link the Gaza Strip with the Israeli border.
The Israeli military has stepped up such attacks since a bomber detonated explosives he was carrying, killing five Israelis in Hadera on Wednesday.
The Wednesday attack was claimed by Islamic Jihad, which had vowed revenge after Israeli troops shot and killed West Bank commander Luai al-Saadi, the most senior leader killed since a de facto truce began.
Khadir Habib, an Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza, called the Hadera bombing "a natural reaction to crimes of the occupation".
On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces fired missiles at a Gaza refugee camp killing at least seven people, including a leading Islamic Jihad fighter, Shadi Muhanna, according to Palestinians and the Israeli military.
Witnesses said the target of the attack after nightfall on Thursday was a white Subaru car in the Jabalya refugee camp, a sprawling shanty town next to Gaza City.
Late on Thursday, Israeli warplanes also launched a series of bombing raids again in northern Gaza.
Palestinian security officials said Israeli fighter jets had bombed three areas of northern Gaza, targeting open fields used by resistance fighters to fire rockets into southern Israel.


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Audi starts title defense in Formula E
Posted in Circuit Racing
Tagged Audi, Daniel Abt, Formula E, Lucas di Grassi, Saudia Ad Diriyah E-Prix
– Racing premiere for Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi in Audi e-tron FE05
– Season opener with new cars, new teams and new rules
– First race on December 15 in Ad Diriyah (Saudi Arabia)
Following a five-month break, Formula E is returning to the race track next Saturday (December 15): In Ad Diriyah, on the outskirts of the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, the fifth season of the fully electric racing series will begin. The Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team with Daniel Abt, Lucas di Grassi and the newly developed Audi e-tron FE05 will be on the grid as the title defenders.
With an impressive fightback and a spectacular final sprint at the last race weekend in New York City, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler captured the teams' championship title last season. Now the cards will be reshuffled. "We can hardly wait for the racing to finally start again," says Team Principal Allan McNish. "It feels like the season finale with all of its emotions was a long time ago. Now we're looking ahead: The joint pre-season tests in Valencia gave us an initial impression of the relative strengths in the new season. But in motorsport, nothing compares to the magic of the first race day with the first qualifying and race, when you really know where you stand, especially after the months of hard work done by everyone back in Neuburg. My feeling can best be described as suspense and nervous anticipation."
The opener in Ad Diriyah marks the beginning of a new era in Formula E. The most important innovation: Thanks to the larger battery capacity of the new generation car, the previously required mid-race car swap is no longer needed. Even so, the format will remain strategically exciting with the new "Attack Mode": When a driver passes through the "activation zone" on the race track, the power output of his car will receive a short-term boost to 225 kW (306 hp). The challenge for the strategists: the FIA determines the number of activations and their duration individually for each race and announces them only just before the race starts.
For the new season, the race distance previously defined by laps, will always be 45 minutes plus 1 lap. The power output in race mode increases from 180 kW to 200 kW. Fans will continue to be able to support their favorite drivers by voting for them on the Formula E website, among other voting platforms. Votes can be submitted starting six days before the race and up until 15 minutes into the race. The five drivers with the largest number of votes will receive the "FanBoost" that can be activated in the second half of the race and gives the driver a short-term power boost to 250 kW.
The season opener also marks the racing debut of two more Audi e-tron FE05 cars from Envision Virgin Racing. The race team from the UK with its drivers Sam Bird and Robin Frijns is using Audi's race car this season, including the powertrain around the Audi Schaeffler MGU03 motor- generator unit. "It's great that, together with Envision Virgin Racing, four Audi e-tron FE05 cars will be battling for trophies this season,"says Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass. "That this renowned team has opted for our powertrain also confirms the outstanding work done by our engineers together with their colleagues from our development partner Schaeffler."
In spite of all the changes in the Formula E environment, Audi relies on continuity within the team: Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi are two of only five drivers in the field who have competed in all 45 Formula E races held to date. With 35 podiums, their track record reflects by far the largest number of successes. Lucas di Grassi with 27 trophies and 611 points is the most successful driver in Formula E's young four-year history.
"It's hard to believe: now, at age 26, I'm already one of the seasoned drivers in a racing series," says Daniel Abt with a smile. "But when looking at all of the things that are going to change in Formula E, then all 22 drivers in the new season will arguably be rookies again. We worked hard over the last few months both on and off the track. Now we want to manage the best possible start in Riyadh and have a first impressive showing."
After four years of starting in the Far East, Saudi Arabia is hosting the season opener for the first time. The 2.494-kilometer circuit with its long straight and 90-degree turns in front of a historic backdrop promises a thrilling race day. "We want to take the momentum from last season with us: as a team, we most recently stood on the podium eight consecutive times and would like to extend this string of success," says Lucas di Grassi. "Our e-tron FE05 is a powerful car, the team has matured once again and gelled even more closely. Obviously, the competition will be tougher because everyone is investing more in Formula E. We challenged every detail and improved once again. We're ready."
On Sunday after the race (December 16), another Formula E test day has been scheduled in Ad Diriyah. For Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, test and development driver Nico Müller will then take over the cockpit of an Audi e-tron FE05.
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Sims-Williams, The Silk Road: Trade, travel, war and faith, eds. by S. Whitfield with U. Sims-Williams (London: Serindia Pubns, 2004), pp. 248-9; V.A. Livshits, "The Sogdian "Ancient Letters "(I, III) ", Iran and Caucasus 12 (2008), pp. 289-293.


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Eugnosta chalasma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

Moths described in 1993
Eugnosta
Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Néstor Zeledón Guzmán (Guadalupe, 7 de enero de 1933) es un escultor costarricense. Se le considera uno de los artistas plásticos más importantes del país. Por su obra artística y su trayectoria, fue galardonado con el Premio Nacional de Cultura Magón en 1992.

Biografía

Hijo del también escultor Néstor Zeledón Varela, nació en la ciudad de Guadalupe, cantón de Goicoechea. A la edad de 16 años emigró con su padre a la provincia de Guanacaste, hecho que luego marcaría su arte. En 1950 ingresó a la Escuela de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Costa Rica, de la que luego sería profesor y catedrático, así como también en la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. Activo en la escultura desde 1960, es miembro fundador del Grupo 8, formado por ocho artistas plásticos que impulsaron la renovación del arte nacional en esa década con la introducción del arte abstracto en el país: Luis Daell, Harold Fonseca, Rafael Ángel García, Manuel de la Cruz González, Guillermo Jiménez Sáenz, César Valverde Vega, Hernán González Gutiérrez y Néstor Zeledón Guzmán.

En 1963 fue galardonado con el I Premio en el concurso "Símbolo" de la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social. En 1965 se le otorgó el I Premio en el concurso al "Trabajador Costarricense" y en 1965 el I Premio en la rama de escultura en "Juegos Florales Carlos Gagini". En 1992, se le otorgó el Premio Magón, el máximo reconocimiento cultural de su país. Fue además tres veces merecedor del Premio Nacional Aquileo J. Echeverría: dos en escultura, en 1967 y 1971; y una ocasión en dibujo, en 1976. En 2008, fue nombrado profesor emérito de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Además, fue condecorado como hijo predilecto del cantón de Barva.

Zeledón ha realizado exposiciones en varios países de Asia, Europa y América. Algunas de las obras de este artista costarricense se encuentran en museos, galerías y colecciones privadas en Rusia, España, Francia, Estados Unidos, México, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Venezuela, Brasil y Argentina. Entre sus exposiciones más destacadas están la IV Bienal de São Paulo (1962), la II Bienal de Arte Hispanoamericano, en México D.F., en 1960; Primer Aniversario de 'La Casa del Artista' (1955), Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (1958), Segunda Exposición Anual del 'Grupo Ocho' (1962), Exposición Antológica, Dirección General de Artes y Letras (1967), Sala Jorge Debravo, Dibujos (1976), y otras.

Obras

Zeledón formó parte del Grupo 8, cuyo objetivo era introducir el arte abstracto en Costa Rica como una nueva forma de expresión, pues hasta la década de 1960, éste era prácticamente desconocido. Durante esa época, el arte de Zeledón se motivó en la figura femenina, con formas redondeadas y suaves, para volverse luego más orgánico y con una abstracción cada vez más definida en la década de 1970. Años después, da un giro radical en su escultura al elegir al campesino y al habitante de las costas como motivo principal, abandonando la abstracción por un lenguaje figurativo de acentos expresionistas y naturalistas.

Entre sus esculturas más reconocidas se encuentran:

 Maternidad (1959), en oficinas de la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social.
 Monumento a Cleto González Víquez (1965), localizado en Plaza Cleto González Víquez en San José.
 Monumento a Balbanero Vargas (1970), ubicado en Limón.
 Monumento a la Anexión de Guanacaste (1962), Nicoya.
 Monumento a la Juventud (1973), Colegio Humboldt, San José.
 IV Sueño: la tortuga (1989).
 El Caracol (1991).
 Involución (1995).
 Los amantes (1971).
 Cristo de hierro (2008).
 Yo protesto (2008).
 El Domingueño (1988).

Véase también

 Néstor Zeledón Varela
 Cultura de Costa Rica

Referencias

Escultores de Costa Rica
Escultores del siglo XX
Premio Nacional de Cultura Magón
Nacidos en San José (Costa Rica)


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A History of Prague, Part 2, The Premyslid Dynasty
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Sometime in the 7th century a Princess named Libuse married a humble ploughman named Premysil. Together they founded the great Premyslid dynasty which was to build the city of Prague and reign over Bohemia for almost six centuries.
At Prague Castle
Libuse's royal seat was in central Bohemia and from there the princess, who was famed for her visions, foretold the glorious future city of Prague
"I see a vast city, whose glory will touch the stars! I see a place in the middle of a forest where a steep cliff arises above the Vltava River. There is a man who is chiselling the threshold (prah) for a house. A castle named Prague (prah) will be built there. Just as the princes and the dukes stoop in front of a threshold, they will bow to the castle and to the city around it. It will be favoured, with great repute and praise will be bestowed upon it by the whole world"
In 880, Prince Borivoj Premislovec laid the foundations for the city of Libuse's vision when he built Prague Castle, on a hill on the left bank of the Vltava. A new town was established below the castle, at the shallow crossing points over the Vltava River, where long trade routes converged. By the early 10th century it had developed into an important multi-cultural trading centre, where merchants from all over Europe gathered. In 863, the evangelists Cyril and Methodius, (aka, the apostles of the Slavs) baptised Borivoj and his wife Ludmila and Bohemia became a Christian country. Filled with religious zeal, Borivoj began a programme of building, beginning with the Church of our Lady and following with the Basilica of St George.
The next great Premyslid ruler was Borivij's grandson, Wenceslas. In his reign more churches were built, including St Vitus Rotunda, on the site where St Vitus Cathedral now stands. Under Wenceslas Prague began to emerge as the centre of Bohemia. Meanwhile, an alliance with the neighbouring German Saxon dynasty strengthened Bohemia's position in the region. On September 28, 929, Wenceslas was assassinated by his brother Boreslav, who opposed the German Alliance. Wenceslas was buried in St Vitus Rotunda. He was later canonised and became Bohemia's most famous and beloved patron Saint.
In 950, after many years of warfare, Otto I of the Saxon Dynasty defeated Boreslav and Bohemia came under the sway of the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1085 King Vratislav I was crowned as the first Czech King. Despite his regal status, he remained subordinate to the Holy Roman Empire and the German king. Vratisalav set up a second principality at Vysehrad across the river and built a road to connect it to an old Romanesque fort further along the right bank. During the 11th century, this old fort, today's Stare Mesto, or old town, began to expand back from the riverbank and to centre around the large marketplace now known as Staromestske Namesti or the Old Town Square. When Jewish merchants began to set up businesses, Prague's Jewish quarter was established. The Old New Syngogue was built and the first souls were laid to rest in the Jewish Cemetery.
In 1158, Prince Vladislav II became King of Bohemia. Under his reign, churches and monasteries proliferated. Then, in 1172, the Judith Bridge, the first stone bridge over the Vltava, was built
In 1212 a Papal Bull (the Golden Bull of Sicily) decreed Bohemia a Hereditary Kingdom with Prince Premysil Otakar I as Regent. Under his rule a programme of peaceful colonisation began and the Germans, who were to live harmoniously among the Czechs for over 200 years, arrived. The small settlements which comprised Prague grew apace and, in 1230, Stare Mesto gained the status of a town.
In 1257, Premysl Otakar II took the throne. He founded Prague's Mala Strana or Lesser Town, on the left bank of the Vltava and invited colonists from Northern Germany to settle there. By the end of the 13th century, he was the most powerful King in the Holy Roman Empire. Known as the Iron and Golden King he ruled in seven other countries and his reign extended form Silesia to the Adriatic coast.
By 1303, the male line of the Premysild rulers had died out but Prague was already a great and beautiful city of majestic castles, grand buildings and magnificent churches. Its settlements had grown into prosperous towns. Merchants and traders came from all over the world to do business here. It was well on the way to becoming the vast, glorious city of Princess Libuse's vision.
While much of Mediaeval Prague has been demolished or disappeared under subsequent layers of bricks and mortar, much of it still remains. Uncover the Prague of the Premyslid Dynasty with a walk through Stare Mesto, the Jewish Quarter, around the area where the Charles Bridge meets the right bank of the Vltava, through Mala Strana and around Prague Castle.
BoreslavKing Vrateslav IKing WenceslasPremysilPremysil OtakarPrince BorivojPrincess LibuseVladislav II
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Fiddler crabs are great bait for many Florida fish but most widely used to catch sheepshead. A small hook is needed when using these small crabs as bait, a size 1 - 1/0 is best for this.
Insert the hook behind the rear legs and push the hook through where it exits the center of the shell in the back of the crab. Take your time while doing this to make sure the shell doesn't bust or crack anymore than what is necessary.
Fiddler crabs are used mostly to catch black drum and sheepshead throughout Florida but a variety of other species will eat them.
If weight is needed and you do not want to use a jighead, a splitshot 6-8" up on your leader works very well.


We've received many questions lately from pastors that entering their first year as the Lead Pastor of a church, so on today's episode of the Preach the Word Podcast, Jonathan and Jake share a few helpful tips for how to go about your first twelve months as a Lead Pastor.
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It took almost 5 hours to get from Hakuba to Kyoto. You know what they say about that there are almost no train delays in Japan? We had some small delays with the local trains! But that's no problem at all, because there are many trains. Travelling is so easy in Japan.
When we arrived in Kyoto, we had to get used to being in a city again. We felt that there were by far more tourists in Kyoto than Tokyo. Big crowds hop in and out of the many temples and parks. Of course, the food and shops are great here.
We were hungry and had a late afternoon lunch in a traditional Kyoto-style (slightly pickled) sushi place called: Izuju, which has a history of more than 100 years. It's located in the centre of the touristic Gion-area, which is packed with restaurants. The sushi is served in squares here. And they have sushi rolls which are packed in some kind of leaf, which you have to roll-off before you eat. It's a place to have a quick and decent meal. We rate Izuju with a 7 out of 10.
After lunch, we walked around a bit in Gion and Yasaka Shrine. It's busy with tourists everywhere. If a geisha shows up, everybody gets in line for a picture. And of course, if you can't find the actual geisha's, you can always dress up like one, which many girls like to do (mainly tourists). Gion itself is packed with stylish restaurants and stores, which all look expensive. The atmosphere in Kyoto is good.
For dinner, we went to a restaurant called: Somushi. It's a healthy Korean restaurant, with an extremely cool interior. It's like visiting an luxury Thai-style spa, in a restaurant form. They also sell pottery.
The food is also served in beautifully designed plates and bowls. They have healthy shakes and nice tea. The food is very simple, but it tasted good. They close very early though (at 21:00 hours). But we still rate restaurant Somushi with an 8 out of 10.
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Q: Change order of startup services with systemd Currently, my computer starts up a lot of services (like docker, apache2, mysql, networking) before showing the log in screen. I want to start these services after the log in screen, so that booting continues while I am logging in. How can I change the order of services?
If this is not possible, is there another way to move services out of the "critical chain"?
Here is my critical chain:

graphical.target @14.613s
└─multi-user.target @14.613s
  └─getty.target @14.613s
    └─getty@tty1.service @14.612s
      └─systemd-user-sessions.service @11.369s +38ms
        └─basic.target @11.207s
          └─paths.target @11.207s
            └─cups.path @11.207s
              └─sysinit.target @11.192s
                └─networking.service @3.243s +7.948s
                  └─systemd-random-seed.service @3.185s +57ms
                    └─systemd-remount-fs.service @3.043s +140ms
                      └─keyboard-setup.service @1.977s +1.065s
                        └─systemd-udevd.service @1.963s +11ms
                          └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service @1.690s +273ms
                            └─kmod-static-nodes.service @1.567s +113ms
                              └─system.slice @1.521s
                                └─-.slice @1.520s

A: You can change boot order for service by Creating or Modifying systemd Unit File for that service
for example in Ubuntu you can change LightDM  "a cross-desktop display manager" by editing the option 'After' in its unit file
/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service

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I'll never get bored of the thrill of having an idea. They can come to you at any time, sparked by the smallest thing, and it's amazing now that Fire Lines is finished to see something that started as a tiny kernel of a thought turn into this huge world inside my head and, finally, into a story that other people will read.
Being able to channel emotions into words is really quite special. Just the act of writing is quite cathartic and when I've gone through tough times putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) has been the best kind of therapy.
It's fun! What could possibly be better than letting your imagination run away with you? As children we make up stories, play-act, dress-up, and then we become teenagers or grown-ups and tend to think we should stop those things. But why?! I love that as a writer it's my job to talk to myself in my head and day-dream out of the window about what my characters are doing.
As a writer, you get to be the one who creates that feeling. You could even reverse the quote and say that when you write something, you wonder whether anyone will connect with it, and then you discover that someone has read it, enjoyed it, felt feelings about it, and it creates a connection – and that is amazing.
Cara Thurlbourn writes children's and young adult fiction. 'Fire Lines' is her first novel and it's a story she's been planning since she was fifteen years old.
I totally agree with all the points you have added it. I also find writing as a means of expressions my deepest emotions that maybe i am not good at sharing i conversation.


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Today, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director ("OIPRD") released the findings of its Systemic Review of the Thunder Bay Police Service ("TBPS"). The Systemic Review was announced in November 2016 following a formal complaint by Brad DeBungee and former Rainy River First Nations Chief, Jim Leonard, alleging systemic racism in the way that Thunder Bay police officers handle the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous people.
The Systemic Review found that TBPS investigators failed on an unacceptably high number of occasions to treat or protect a deceased individual and his or her family equally because the deceased was Indigenous. The OIPRD also found that the failure to conduct adequate investigations and the premature conclusions drawn in these cases is, at least in part, attributable to racist attitudes and racial stereotyping among TBPS officers. Officers were found to have repeatedly relied on generalized notions about how Indigenous people likely came to their deaths, and acted, or refrained from acting, based on those assumptions and biases.
See the link below for the report.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/4753896/police-watchdog-review-thunder-bay-police/
https://aptnnews.ca/2018/12/12/police-watchdog-recommends-reopening-nine-indigenous-sudden-death-investigations-in-thunder-bay-after-review/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-oiprd-report-1.4942388
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-report-finds-systemic-racism-at-police-service-in-thunder-bay-ont-2/
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/12/12/police-watchdogs-review-of-how-thunder-bay-force-deals-with-indigenous-people-to-be-released-today.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/racism-exists-at-all-levels-of-thunder-bay-ont-police-service-review-finds-1.4214534
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RED SNOW review in Japan Times
"Perfectly rendered rural disquiet" / The Japan Times / David Cozy / November 29, 2009
Comic books and graphic novels are treated, nowadays, with a level of respect that would have been unthinkable when they were purchased more often in drugstores than in bookstores. Indeed, it is no longer controversial to say that such works can be art, and that as such they are as worthy of our attention as film, music or literature.
This is not because comics are better now than they used to be; the quality has always been there. Publishers such as Canada's Drawn & Quarterly, by resurrecting work produced in the bad old days when comics were dismissed as disposable pulp, have made this clear, most strikingly with the work of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, the inventor of the sophisticated style of manga known as gekiga.
Tatsumi and his most adventurous contemporaries found a welcoming venue in the avant-garde magazine Garo. It is no surprise, therefore, that when Susumu Katsumata, a generation younger than Tatsumi, decided to forgo an academic career in nuclear physics to become a professional cartoonist, Garo was where he first marketed his work. His four-panel strips began appearing there in 1966 and were, according to editor Mitsuhiro Asakawa, "rather orthodox." Though Katsumata did, Asakawa tells us, occasionally deviate from this orthodoxy, it was not, one suspects, until he began creating short stories such as the 10 collected in "Red Snow" that he found a form suited to his ambition.
With great sympathy and perception, but without rose-colored glasses, Katsumata here evokes his Tohoku childhood. Though simply drawn, the stories are never actually simple; each tale blossoms when reread, and each gives a vivid glimpse of the hard lives of the rural poor among whom Katsumata grew up.
In the first, "Mulberries," we watch two country children, a boy and a girl, move through their days, the boy not having much luck selling the loaches he has gathered and the girl, during a break from her chores at a rustic hot spring, stuffing herself on mulberries with an avidity that suggests not greed but hunger. We watch as the boy continues to be a boy and as the girl, experiencing menarche, moves away from him and toward, it is hinted, a bleak adulthood in which she will be pressured to prostitute herself to guests at the hot spring. The boy, immersed in fantasies of himself as a stylish musician, does not grasp what is happening to the girl, but he is finally perceptive enough to notice her sadness, and that is where the story ends.
There is no action to speak of; the art does not draw attention to itself. In place of resolution, the story leaves us only with uncertainty about the children's future, an uncertainty much truer than any resolution could have been, and much more conducive to keeping the story alive in our minds after we have turned the last page.
We are far from men-in-tights territory here, but Katsumata does not shy away from the fantastic. His fantasy is always integral to the harsh realism of his work in that it derives from the myths and legends native to the rural Japan about which he is writing.
Kappa, for example — which Katsumata describes in an interview as "a half human creature living in the water, much like a miscarried fetus . . . an amphibian" — surface in some of the tales. But even with these water sprites wandering through them, Katsumata's stories are always firmly anchored in the mundane.
The protagonist of "Torajiro Kappa" is an entirely human boy with a very real problem: the man for whom he works beats his wife. The boy appeals for help to a kappa — consider the kappa an imaginary friend if you must — but though the kappa is nearly killed in his attempt to help the boy, he fails for reasons to do with mysteries the boy has yet to penetrate, and what is worse, the battered woman sides not with the kappa but with her tormentor.
In the wake of this defeat the kappa leaves the village; the story, we see, is as much about the end of childhood and its enchantment as about a duel between men and mythological creatures.
The prostitution looming over the young woman in "Mulberries," the battering of a wife in "Torajiro Kappa": Katsumata's sympathy for the hard lot of these rural women is, along with sex and death, a recurring thread running through several of the tales collected in "Red Snow." Although the cartoonlike simplicity with which Katsumata draws his characters, and his ever-present lightness of touch, can cause one to forget it, the world he gives us is no rural idyll. Rather, it is a rural reality that, thanks to Katsumata's skillful rendering, is very much alive.
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She is only 9 years old; but the task she has been doing is really very big. Hailey Ford from Bremerton, Washington, is making individual shelters to distribute to the homeless people in her community. Hailey, who received a grant as well, will make 11 such small homes for the town's permanent Tent City, which is expected to open later this year.
It just doesn't seem right that there are homeless people. I think everyone should have a place to live. Hailey Ford.
Hailey Ford was inspired to build the first shelter after meeting a homeless man, Edward, who lost his job at a local grocery store. Hailey and her mother bought him a sandwich. But, Hailey wanted a way through which she can provide food to the people in need. So, she started Hailey's Harvest, from where she donated 128 pounds of produce in 2014.
Hailey was awarded with a $3,000 grant and secured a 50 percent discount from a local Lowe's store to help with the structures. Hailey Ford hopes to grow 250 pounds of food, and distribute 1,000 toiletries, 500 feminine hygiene products, 100 coats, and as many sleeping shelters, by 2015.
Hailey Ford is one of the finest examples we can find, who proves that no person or act of kindness is too small to change the world.


Thanks to everyone who took part in the Dig In campaign throughout 2009 and 2010. We hope you enjoyed growing the Dig In seeds, especially those of you who are new to growing vegetables.
This site is no longer being updated, but it is still packed full of useful information.
From crisp greens to carrot mash, Nigel Slater's recipes offer a delicious way to use your home-grown veg.
Download Nigel's recipe booklet and see BBC Food for more Nigel Slater recipes.
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A bandeira de Timóteo é um dos símbolos oficiais do município brasileiro supracitado, localizado no interior do estado de Minas Gerais. Constitui-se do brasão municipal posicionado ao centro de um quadrilátero azul, branco e vermelho.

Foi oficializada através da lei nº 179, de 22 de janeiro de 1968, tendo sido escolhida por um concurso municipal, cujo ganhador foi João Pinto, desenhista da Acesita (atual Aperam South America). O azul representa a lealdade, o branco a paz e o vermelho representa o trabalho.

Ver também
 Brasão de Timóteo
 Hino do município de Timóteo

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Símbolos de Timóteo
Timóteo


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Current Push-To-Talk Mic. / Speakers (handhelds) are developed as an extension of a Push-To-Talk (a.k.a. Two-Way-Radio) device to communicate with colleagues and command and control rooms over regular and emergency networks.
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Stunning Castles Where You Can Get Married Even If You're Not a Royal
Jess Bolluyt
Even before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their wedding venue, it probably seemed inevitable that they'd choose a castle or a palace. But you don't have to be a member of the royal family — or marrying into the royal family — to have a wedding at a castle. In fact, you don't even have to have a passport to visit many of these castles. After all, there are many castles where you can get married right here in the United States.
Below, check out the most fairy-tale-ready castles where you could tie the knot.
1. Biltmore House
This estate is the largest privately-owned house in the nation. | Smithsonian Channel via YouTube
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Martha Stewart recommends the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina, as one of the most gorgeous castles where you can get married without leaving the United States. The chateau-style mansion ranks as the largest privately-owned house in the nation. It dates to the height of the Gilded Age. And in addition to its gorgeous architecture, the property features an expansive front lawn where up to 500 guests could watch you exchange vows. Plus, you and your guests can enjoy spa treatments, horseback riding, and even winery visits without having to leave the property.
Next: This Michigan castle boasts gorgeous grounds.
2. Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
If you love the outdoors, this property is perfect for you. | Edsel & Eleanor Ford House via YouTube
Location: Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan
One of the most beautiful castles where you can get married is the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Michigan. Despite the beautiful architecture of the home, Martha Stewart characterizes the landscape as the real pride and joy of the property. Landscape designer and conservationist Jens Jensen designed the grounds with woodlands, meadows, and wetlands. The naturalistic style offers a beautiful backdrop for a wedding.
Next: You can choose from two castles on this New York property.
3. Guggenheim Estate
There are multiple mansions to choose from on this property. | Sands Point Preserve via YouTube
Location: Port Washington, New York
A few of the castles where you can marry boast gorgeous ocean views. That includes the mansions at the Guggenheim Estate, also known as Sands Point Preserve. Located in Port Washington on the north shore of Long Island, the property offers two excellent venue choices. You can choose Hempstead House, a 50,000-square-foot Tudor-style mansion. Or go with Falaise, a Norman-style mansion. Either way, you and your guests will enjoy an expansive lawn and gorgeous gardens.
Next: This Massachusetts castle has art and architecture from several medieval periods.
4. Hammond Castle
New Englanders should know about this castle location. | XFINITY Get Local On Demand via YouTube
Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts
The property's architect built Hammond Castle between 1926 and 1929. Inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr. had it constructed on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The architectural features of the structure — plus the extensive collection of art and artifacts inside it — span several medieval periods. And Hammond's project inspired John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to create what is now known as The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Manhattan. You could have your wedding or reception in the Great Hall, the Renaissance Dining room, the Courtyard, or the Oceanside lawn.
Next: This remains the only castle in the United States where royalty has lived.
5. Iolani Palace
This looks like total paradise to us. | Drone Services Hawaii via YouTube
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
You don't need to be royalty to celebrate at a castle in Hawaii. But you may feel like it at this royal residence: Martha Stewart reports that Iolani Palace served as the official residence of the Hawaiian monarchy until 1893. As such, the publication characterizes Iolani Palace as the only true castle on American soil. You can exchange vows on the gorgeous palace grounds, then celebrate at the Iolani Barracks. Or you could even host your event at the Coronation Pavilion and lawn.
Next: Gilded Age millionaires built this Nebraska property.
6. Joslyn Castle
This beautiful castle is known for being an amazing place for weddings. | KMTV 3 News Now via YouTube
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
You can find castles to get married in across the United States, even in the midwestern state of Nebraska! The 35-room Scottish Baronial Revival mansion cost $250,000 to complete in 1903, or about $7 million in 21st-century dollars. (Gilded Age millionaires George and Sarah Joslyn built the property.) As Martha Stewart reports, the castle "allows weddings to take over its grounds and first two floors." So you and your guests can enjoy the grand architecture and beautiful grounds no matter where you plan your ceremony and reception.
Next: This Louisiana castle overlooks a river.
7. Louisiana's Old State Capitol
This castle comes highly recommended by Martha Stewart. | Louisiana's Old State Capitol via YouTube
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana's Old State Capitol might not sound like the most likely wedding venue. But Martha Stewart puts it on the list of castles where you can get married because of its neo-Gothic medieval style. New York architect James Dakin designed the capitol building on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. The building currently houses a museum, and Martha Stewart reports that "black-and-white checkerboard flooring and floor-to-ceiling windows give the space a festive, New Orleans-style air. "
Next: This castle is located right in the city of Atlanta.
8. Rhodes Hall
The architecture of this castle makes for the perfect fairytale wedding. | SPR Atlanta via YouTube
Martha Stewart reports that many people refer to Rhodes Hall as Atlanta's "Castle on Peachtree." The property boasts Romanesque Revival architecture with a traditional Victorian interior. The historic residence has stained glass windows and a grand mahogany staircase. Plus, you can enjoy a gorgeous view of the city from the building's roof. As Martha Stewart notes, you can have your reception either indoors or outdoors at this property.
Next: This Rhode Island property hosted numerous Gilded Age parties.
9. Roseclif
The ballroom in Roseclif is said to be absolutely gorgeous. | The Rhode Show via YouTube
Location: Newport, Rhode Island
Roseclif is one of the many gorgeous mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and one of the castles where you can get married. In fact, Roseclif has Newport's largest ballroom. The mansion dates to 1902, and it hosted many incredible events during the Gilded Age. Martha Stewart reports that the property's architect modeled it after Grand Trianon, a baroque pavilion in Versailles that King Louis XIV built as a getaway. You'll enjoy gorgeous views both indoors and outdoors. (Think a French-style ballroom with a trompe l'oeil ceiling, and a terrace with beautiful ocean views.)
Next: This castle mimics the design of a property in England.
10. Searles Castle
Here's another perfect location for a beautiful New England wedding. | USA Tourist Attractions via YouTube
Location: Windham, New Hampshire
Next on Martha Stewart's list of the castles where you can get married? Searles Castle, an English Tudor castle on a 175-acre New Hampshire estate. Edward F. Searles, an interior decorator and antique collector, commissioned the property. Architect Henry Vaughn designed the residence in the style of Stanton Harcourt Manor in Oxon County, England.
Next: This castle offers numerous options for your ceremony and reception.
11. Thornewood Castle
There are plenty of great spaces in and around this castle to celebrate your special day. | CNN Money via YouTube
Location: Lakewood, Washington
Martha Stewart points to Thornewood Castle in Washington state as the perfect example of old-world architecture. The property offers both indoor and outdoor venues for your wedding. (Perfect for staying prepared for Washington's rainy climate!) You can plan your ceremony and reception in the Sunken English Garden, the Lakeside Lawn, the front Castle Lawn, the Loggia, the Ballroom, or the Great Hall. Plus, despite the distinctly old-world aesthetic, Martha Stewart reports that Thornewood offers some very modern amenities. (Think lakefront fireworks and on-site helicopter landings.)
Read more: The Biggest Wedding Regrets Couples Have


Pépito Elhorga guided Bayonne safely through both a torrential downpour and the best efforts of Harlequins to bank the four Pool 1 points on offer and give them the perfect incentive for the test on Friday night against Connacht Rugby at the Sportsground.
In atrocious conditions they outscored the Quins 2-0 in tries to notch up their debut tournament win against British opposition in 15 attempts.
And the 18-times capped full back has set his sights on seeing that backed up with another win in Bayonne's first clash with an Irish side.
"Starting with a win in the Amlin Challenge Cup is great news for us especially since we registered three domestic defeats in a row, so that performance cheered us up big time," he said.
"The other good news is that we will benefit from our full squad; all our players are fit following our Round 1 game.
"The conditions were terrible in that game against the Harlequins but that didn't stop us from playing the ball. They came with strong intentions since they want to do well in the tournament, and so do we.
We had to win that Round 1 match so it's a big relief and a much needed moral boost.
"On top of that we are now provisionally first in our group so it's the best start we could hope for to go through to the knock-out stages.
"It's been a long time since Bayonne have experienced a final so we want to get at least a home quarter final.
"However, our ambitions are the same as those of Harlequins and Connacht so it's going to be tough until the very end.
"I have to say we were quite surprised to see that Connacht lost to the newcomers Cavalieri – maybe they went through a bad phase.
"Personally speaking I have never played against the Irish province but they are always there, like the stalwarts of this tournament.
"They did really well last season, qualifying for the semi-finals before losing to Toulon in an extremely tight game.
"And with five Irish internationals in their squad they don't lack talent and they are very physical by tradition.
"However, we will prepare with the intention to win at Connacht and keep our momentum going because if we want to get a quarter-final we have got to get results from everywhere.
"We will try to come away from Ireland if not with a win then at least with a bonus point but most of all we want to have a big game.
"Our strength at the moment is that we don't let go, we are committed 100 per cent from kick-off time to the final whistle. And that is a quality that both English and Irish squads master as well.
"They rarely let their guard down and they put on constant pressure.
"Up front I think we are rather good in gaining territory, so if we can get on the front foot in that area that'll help our backs make the difference.