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Goldeneye Hotel and Resort is luxury resort property developed from the original estate of writer Ian Fleming, Goldeneye, in Oracabessa on the island of Jamaica. Located next door to Golden Clouds estate, it is jointly owned by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Island Outpost, a company that owns and operates his boutique hotels.
Goldeneye was originally built by novelist Ian Fleming, who created the James Bond character and wrote all of his Bond novels while living there.
Fleming purchased 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land on a former donkey racetrack in 1946 after hearing about the property from a friend. The home was built on a cliff overlooking a private beach based on a sketch by the author and stressed such simple features as glassless windows.
In 1976, 12 years after Fleming's death, Goldeneye was sold to reggae star Bob Marley. Shortly before his own death, Marley sold it to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. For years he primarily used the estate as a place to entertain friends.
Blackwell gradually added 25 acres (100,000 m2)s in small parcels to the original estate to reach a current total of 40 acres (160,000 m2). As it grew, he also added various cottages and huts around an inner lagoon sandwiched between James Bond Beach and Low Cay Beach. In the late 1980s, he formed the Island Outpost Company and opened the property as a small hotel.
Rather than a traditional hotel, Goldeneye resort is a compound of tropical buildings, gardens and private beaches. It closed in 2007 for major additions and renovations, and reopened in December 2010.
Fleming's Goldeneye became the social epicenter of Jamaica's north coast along with nearby Firefly owned by Noël Coward, and Bolt House, owned by Chris Blackwell's mother, Blanche, who was a long time friend of Fleming. The property was equally popular with a coterie of Hollywood stars and British literary greats as it was British aristocrats and international heads of state. Errol Flynn, Lucian Freud, Truman Capote, Patrick Leigh Fermor, the Duchess of Devonshire, Princess Margaret, and Prime Minister Anthony Edenwere all visitors. Eden even made the property the temporary Headquarters for the British government during the Suez Crisis of 1956.
The Goldeneye of the Blackwell era has also attracted celebrities, both as his friends and resort guests. Among them Bono, Naomi Campbell, Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Harrison Ford, and Richard Branson.
A tradition, which was started by Sir Anthony Eden when he and his wife, Clarissa, planted a Santa Maria tree before departing from Goldeneye, is still ongoing. Today, there are hundreds of mango, lime, orange and ackee trees in the garden. Each was planted by a guest, has a small plaque saying who planted it and when. A $1000 donation required goes to the Oracabessa Foundation.


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Top of the world lots in the Cascade Sub. Lots 134A and 132A are on the uphill side of the Beehive Basin road. This affords incredible views of Andesite, Lone Peak, Moonlight and Fan mtn. These building sites are south facing!!
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One of the Legendary Sannin, Orochimaru infamously betrayed the Leaf Village. He is willing to do anything to achieve his goals, and he commits atrocities without a second thought. Although his power is terrifying, what is most alarming is his vicious tenacity and snakelike cold-bloodedness. Orochimaru created the Village Hidden in the Sound, assembling a group of talented shinobi to be his followers. During the Chunin Exam he latched his poisonous fangs onto Sasuke, placing a cursed seal on him in hopes that he will one day seek out Orochimaru's evil power.
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It has been 5 months since we stayed at Dar Ayniwen back in April. We have been so impressed and enjoyed our stay so much we just had to tell everyone about it.
We stay in Marrakesh for 1 week, first 3 days in a Riad in a Medina and the remaining time at Dar Ayniwen. Aziz - hotel's manager contacted us and arrange for the driver to pick us up from the Riad in suitable for us time. We have been collected at Medina and Ayniwen driver took us to Palmeraie, about 25 minutes drive. At the end of the dusty trail, surrounded by brick walls palms lay a set of double gates. We were not prepared for the delights that waited inside. As soon as the gates were open we were welcome by Stephane - owner of the villa and ever charming and helpful Aziz.
Aziz took us for a tour around the house describing the wonderful history of the house and its contents. Villa is beautiful with an amazing display of family art collection.
We have stayed in a Mucha suite with a magical terrace and most amazing view to the garden.
Warm welcome and beautiful surroundings left us for once speechless.
During our stay we were treated as a royalty, nothing is too much problem in Dar Ayniwen. You can have your breakfast whenever you want wherever you would like. Chef will check with you if you have special wishes with regards to dinner - to make sure they buy fresh food on their trip to market. If you would like to eat out, hotel will reserve a restaurant and driver will take you there and bring you back with no additional cost.
Gardens are magical and the ambience fantastic.
Without writing a thousand words on how incredible our stay was, I strongly advise you to book yourself a treat and stay in Dar Ayniwen you will not regret it.
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In the wake of Terrelle Pryor wearing "Mike Vick" on his eye black, and the storm of controversy it has caused, many are asking whether the NCAA will ban eye black messages, including Tebow's bible verses.
Free speech aside, is it even prudent for the NCAA to ban eye black messages? Despite what you think of Michael Vick, is having his name on eye black enough to ban it for everyone? We hope not.
When asked about Tebow's and Pryor's eye black, Urban Meyer responded this way:
"I just think you try to just recruit good guys. I don't know about Terrelle Pryor,'' Meyer said. "I know our team. I don't want to be the eye black cop, which I haven't yet.''
Meyer noted, "Obviously Tim gets a lot of notoriety and I'm not too worried about what Tim is going to put on there.''
If the NCAA does ban eye black messages, we wouldn't mind seeing a few fans bringing back Brian Bosworth's old NCAA t-shirt.
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Find the most recent information on EU Funding activities in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by visiting our ICT in FP7 website , which covers ICT in the 7 th Framework Programme (FP7) 2007 - 2013.
FP7 in Motion: Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics, Digital Libraries and Content
Information days, 24-25 January 2007, Luxembourg
What and who?
This event addressed researchers preparing project proposals under FP7, theme 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT). Specifically, the information days in Luxembourg focused on two research challenges in the ICT Work Programme 2007-08 :
- Challenge 2: Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics
- Challenge 4, Objective 1: Digital Libraries and Technology-enhanced Learning
- Challenge 4, Objective 2: Intelligent Content and Semantics
Applications for funding of research projects can now be submitted under ICT Call 1 , published on 22 December 2006. Closing date of the call is 8 May 2007.
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The information days offered three plenary sessions providing participants with information on the research challenges in the work programme, and a number of workshops.
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You can download from here the three presentations held in the plenary sessions. If you are looking for other presentations, please check the websites specific to the challenges (see above).
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Amazing Results presents to the market in walk in condition this 1 bedroom 4th floor flat.
Lounge - 6.10 x 3.56 (20'0 x 11'8 )
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I almost forgot how much of a pain it is tocycle a saltwater tank. I love coral reefs and saltwater fish but I had to redo everything since my last fish died. Cleaned out the tank and my rocks while starting fresh again. It's time for another waiting period lol.
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Canada claimed men's curling gold in the final against Britain, who labelled the Canadian team as "aggressive".
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On this episode of Contact sport Paul Kennedy chats to Grandstand's Steve Pearce about the dramatic finale of the last PGA golf tournament of the year and takes a look at the delicate art of Curling.
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Japan's second Mari Motohashi throws the stone her team's curling match against the United States at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feburary 16, 2010
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Norway's lead Haavard Vad Petersson (L) and second Christoffer Svae (R) brash the ice during their curling match against Canada at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games on Feburary 16, 2010.
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Sweden added the Olympic women's curling crown to the 2005 world and European titles by defeating Switzerland 7-6 in a knife-edge final.
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Sweden will bid to add the Olympic Games women's curling title to their world and European crowns when they take on Switzerland in the final tonight (AEDT).
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Norway beat Japan 9-4 in the women's Winter Olympic curling, with the Scandinavians boasting the support of one of their royal family.
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Curling gold medal favourites Canada has admitted they held crisis talks after a defeat against Sweden threatened to derail their Winter Olympics dream.
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Italy's fashion capital Milan showed it could boast more than Prada and Gucci overnight by turning out a home-bred bagpipe band to accompany Scotland's Olympic curling champion Rhona Martin.
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To the Editor:
I recently had the privilege of participating as a director in an elementary choral concert that featured choirs from five elementary schools.
The children sang well, were well behaved, and enjoyed the experience of singing as a group.
This lovely evening was marred only by the behavior of a few audience members.
These individuals yelled out children's names, and even made catcalls when some of the directors walked onto the stage.
I teach my children proper concert etiquette at school. They know that catcalls and yelling from the audience are inappropriate. They do not exhibit such behavior when we travel to concerts.
I was embarrassed for the children to hear such boorish behavior from a few individuals who should have better standards.
With graduations and other milestone events coming up, I urge the polite community to continue to model appropriate standards for those who are thoughtless and disruptive.
Perhaps if enough people turn around and send horrified glances at the offenders, they will curb their behavior. It's a long shot, but worth the attempt.
I would also like to thank the Killeen community for their support of music education.
Whereas some districts have reduced or even eliminated music at the elementary level, KISD has been a staunch supporter of music in the schools at all levels. I feel blessed to be an educator in a district that values all aspects of educating children.
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"RAY OF LIGHT" is the fifth ending for the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series, following "Shunkan Sentimental". It is performed by Shoko Nakagawa and ran from episode 51 to episode 62.
Edward Elric first
- Van Hohenheim
- Numerous Xerxes residents
- Father/The Homunculus in the Flask
- Edward Elric
- Alphonse Elric
Japanese RomajiEdit
Ano hi kara zutto Nakanaito kimete kitakedo
itami wo kasanetemo Nanika wo yurusezu ni ita
mou modorenai Ikutsumo no hibi
boku wa mada nanimo dekizuni
Kimi no ita kioku no kakera mata hitotsu kieteyuku
Kyou yori motto, tsuyoku naritai
Kono koe ga itsuka todokuyouni, Aruki tsuzukete Kaze ga yandara,
kimi wo sagashite sora miageruyo
Yoake no saki ni hikari ga sasuyo
Niji ga kakaruyo...
Ever since that day passed,
I promised myself that I'd never cry,
But even while I hoarded up the pain,
There was something I
Couldn't forgive myself for,
I'll never be able to return those days,
I'm still powerless,
I watch as the shards of memories disappear one by one
Memories of when you were still with me.
I long to become, stronger than I am now,
So that my voice will eventually reach you.
If the wind happens to stop in the midst of my long journey,
I'll look up at the sky in search of you.
Beyond the daybreak,
A ray of light breaks free.
A rainbow spans across the sky...
English - Full Edit
I brought down hell on earth that day And ever since, I've given up the right to cry Even when I accept all the pain It's not something I can ever justify
Dreaming the laughter, the times I can't return to,
There's so much I've locked up inside
Ever unending, this road I'm on continues
(Chorus 2)
And I want to find a way
To be stronger than today
To let go of the losses for the sake of what I found
If my teardrops turn to rain
And I stumble through the pain
I'll look up in the starlight for you, sing alleluia
I'm holding on until the clouds are colored with the sun
All the mysteries are getting deeper
You'd think growing up would make it clearer
Every life is made of countless things that I can't comprehend
All that I believe is somehow, far beyond the edge of sky,
We'll connect at last, be as one again
(Chorus 3)
And I swear I'll find a way
To be stronger than today
And maybe, someday, you will hear me calling out to you
If I walk another mile
I just know I'll find your smile
I'll look up to the heavens for you, sing alleluia
I'm holding on until the light turns darkness into dawn
Clouds now colored by the sun


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A parent's guide to building independence, creativity, and confidence in their children using Montessori learning techniques, written by Montessori president Tim Seldin.
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Target: Supreme Court of the United States
Goal: Maintain the current contribution limit for an individual during a campaign cycle.
In what is another move to erode the very foundation of American democracy, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to current campaign finance laws. This attack follows 2010's landmark Citizens United v Federal Election Commission decision, which allowed campaign donors (individuals, unions and corporations) to contribute unlimited amounts of cash to campaign ads if they were independent of the candidates and political parties. This time however, the target is the sum of money an individual can directly contribute to candidates or parties. Apparently, the current limit of $123,200 per election cycle is low enough to constitute an infringement on freedom of speech.
As it currently stands after the Citizens United case, donors are able to funnel as much money as they like to a campaign through what are known as Super Political Action Committees (Super PAC). Still, there is some semblance of a limitation to donations—even if it is only symbolic. Should the current case (McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission) strike down an individual's limit for total spending on a given campaign, donors could easily contribute millions of dollars to a party to be spread among its candidates. The difference being that the Super PACs are, in theory at least, independent of the parties.
This is no small difference. By removing limits to an individual's campaign contributions, the Supreme Court would effectively be saying that an individual, union, or corporation is free to influence political campaigns and elections as they see fit. Aside from being inherently undemocratic, when the Republican National Committee and McCutcheon first filed this case last year, a three-judge panel led by Judge Janice Rogers Brown, concluded that limits to an individual's total contributions in a campaign cycle only has a "marginal" effect on an individual's freedom of speech. Give that removing the donations limit would likely have more than a marginal effect on campaign finance—not to mention the legitimacy of the democratic process—we must fight to ensure that the limits are upheld. Sign below to show your support for limits to campaign finance.
Dear Justices of the Supreme Court,
After 2010's landmark Citizens United v Federal Election Commission decision allowing unlimited contributions to Super PACs, the foundation of America's democracy began eroding. You now have in front of you McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission, which seeks to further erode the democratic process by removing the limit to campaign contributions all together.
If you rule in favor of Mr. McCutcheon you will effectively be saying that individuals, unions, and corporations are free to influence campaigns, elections and politics as they see fit. In no legitimate democracy is a group of individuals afforded the right or ability to influence political outcomes through the use of their enormous wealth; to do so would be tantamount to claiming rich people have more of a vote. Please maintain the legitimacy of our democratic process and uphold the limits to campaign finance.
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A "brutal" thug who battered a disabled man with a golf club and set his home on fire faces jail after he was convicted of murder.
David McKenna was found lifeless by paramedics and firefighters after a blaze broke out in his ground floor flat in Finch Close, Barnet, on October 12 last year.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr McKenna died after suffering severe head injuries when he was struck repeatedly with a golf club.
On Wednesday, 26-year-old Reece Jones, of Hendon, was found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey. He will be sentenced at court on Thursday.
CCTV footage captured Jones walking towards Mr McKenna's home hours before his body was discovered.
A DNA search of the flat by forensic officers found rolled up cigarette butts on a coffee table which later matched Jones.
He was arrested more than six months after the attack on June 26 and was charged with murder three days later.
Speaking after the hearing, Detective Inspector Simon Pickford, from the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "This was a particularly brutal attack on a vulnerable and disabled man.
"Mr McKenna was beaten repeatedly around the head with a golf club and then his house was set on fire. My thoughts remain with David's family at this time."
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Three Treatises on the I'jaz of the Qur'an
Edited by: Muhammad Khalaf-Allah Ahmad, Muhammad Zaghlul Sallam
Contributions by: Issa J. Boullata
Now available in paperback, this book contains three important Arabic treatises from the 4th and 5th centuries of Islamic history, published here in English translation. These treatises deal with the Islamic concept of i'jaz, that is, the inimitability of the Qur'an because of its sublime style and divine content. While analyzing i'jaz, the treatises also partake in the development of the science of rhetoric in Arabic and the evolution Arabic literary criticism. The inimitability of the Qur'an is considered a miracle authenticating the holy scripture of Islam and proving the veracity of Muhammad's prophethood. Yet, despite its importance in Islamic thought and Qur'anic studies, few of the Arabic works on i'jaz have been translated into Western languages. The three Arabic treatises in the book are relatively short ones: they afford different points of view and offer a variety of literary and theological approaches that give the reader a virtually comprehensive understanding of i'jaz and the issues related to it, meanwhile contributing to the knowledge of Arabic rhetoric and literary criticism. (Series: The Great Books of Islamic Civilization) [Subject: Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Literary Criticism, History]
Publication Date: 8/18/2015
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Australia, taking advantage of its proximity to Asia, is home to more than 70 percent of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects under construction worldwide, putting it on course to become the epicenter of LNG production from 2016 onwards.
As of February 2012, several new Australian projects have been approved at a rapid pace, with six being kicked off in the past 18 months, bringing the total to seven world-scale projects being sanctioned or commencing construction.
But LNG operators have now discovered that building a world-scale LNG plant at present will not come cheap.
A string of announcements released over the last few weeks throws light on the challenges that LNG operators are facing when piloting new projects in Australia, with budget-blowouts as the overwhelming headache plaguing industry players.
Addressing the issue of gas shortages, Peter Kiernan lead analyst of the energy team in Economist Intelligence Unit told Rigzone that for CSG projects, the problem lies with an under-estimate of the number of wells that a project needs to drill in order to meet its contracted supply.
This appears to be the problem that Australia's Santos is grappling with. On June 28, 2012, the company said in a statement that it would bring forward a $2.5 billion expenditure which was initially slated to be spent after 2015. Santos had acknowledged in its announcement that its Gladstone LNG (GLNG) project will increase by 16 percent to $18.5 billion and that it needs to scour for more gas ahead of its planned 2015 start-up in Gladstone.
Santos' GLNG project was conceived to convert coal stream gas (CSG) to LNG in the Bowen and Surat Basins. The project involves the construction of a 260-mile (420-kilometer) gas transmission pipeline from the gas fields to Gladstone. The Gladstone plant will consist of two LNG trains and port development infrastructure.
Commenting on the problem of increasing labor costs, Kiernan said that the issue lies mostly with a "skills bottleneck". "There are so many projects going on in Australia, so there is keen competition for skilled labor," Kiernan explained. "The new LNG projects have kick-started demand for everything from front-line managers to engineers," said the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association via Immigration Solutions Australia's website.
Meanwhile, there is also the issue of construction costs to grapple with. According to a published report by Australia's Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) on June 11, 2012, construction costs are relatively higher in Australia compared with other regions due to the remote locations of offshore gas reserves in the country. BREE pointed out that the Gorgon and Wheatstone projects have a capital cost of around $3 billion per million tonne of annual capacity, while the Ichthy project has a cost of $4 billion per million tonne of annual capacity. By comparison, the Angola LNG project in southern Africa has a capital cost of below $1.7 billion per million tonne of annual capacity.
On the regulatory front, the Queensland and New South Wales government recently introduced policies to ensure the protection of prime agricultural land, BREE said. The Queensland government introduced a Strategic Cropping Land Policy Framework to protect prime agricultural land while allowing development of the CSG industry. The New South Wales Government has implemented a Gateway Process, which requires CSG development proposals with 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) of strategic agricultural land to be assessed by an independent expert panel prior to proceeding with development applications.
The operators behind two high-profile LNG projects made recent moves to raise funds, likely in part to deal with the challenges of managing labor, construction and regulatory-compliant costs.
The first project involves Australia's BG Group, while the second project concerns U.S. major ConocoPhillips and Australia's Origin Energy.
Australia's BG Group said in a statement on June 20, 2012, that it has committed to $2.07 billion worth of hybrid bonds in part to fund its Queensland Curtis LNG (QCG). In early May, BG Group had revealed that it would need to spend $5.4 billion more than it had originally estimated for its LNG project in Queensland, taking the expected project cost up to $20.4 billion. Later in the month, the company sold its 40-percent equity interest in two gas-fired power generation plants in the Philippines for cash proceeds of $360 million, and 60.1 percent of its holding in Brazil's Comgás for $1.7 billion.
The QCG project involves expanding the company's CSG production in the Bowen and Surat Basins. The project will also see a 336-mile (540-kilometer) pipeline built and a LNG plant on Curtis Island, near Gladstone.
Determined not to fall behind, U.S. major ConocoPhillips and Australia's Origin Energy had also moved in quickly to shore up on the Australian Pacific LNG (APLNG) project funds. The two companies announced in separate statements on July 4, 2012, that they had diluted their stakes in the Australian Pacific LNG (APLNG) project by allowing China's Sinopec to increase its interest in the project. The agreement signed between the three companies saw Sinopec raise its ownership in the APLNG project from 15 percent to 25 percent, while Origin and ConocoPhillips will each see their individual stake reduced to 37.5 percent.
In addition, Origin also made its intent to further dilute its stake in the APLNG project apparent.
"Origin's remaining funding requirement for its 37.5 percent of APLNG for the period from July 1, 2012, to first production from both LNG trains is approximately $3.7 billion. Any dilution of Origin's interest in APLNG below 37.5 percent will improve this funding position," Origin said.
The APLNG project, which involves developing the Bowen and Surat Basins, aims to convert CSG to LNG. A 323-mile (520-kilometer) gas pipeline will link the gas fields to the two-train LNG facility in Gladstone. APLNG's Gladstone plant will house two 4.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) CSG-to-LNG trains. The first train will start its first LNG exports from mid-2015, while the second train is scheduled to commence its first LNG exports from early-2016.
Despite the current spotlight on the new CSG-LNG ballooning costs, Kiernan believes that industry watchers should not be overly-alarmed despite having to wrestle with increasing costs; the new CSG-LNG projects will eventually be completed as there is strong underlying demand from Asia.
BREE's published report also supports Kiernan's view. The bureau said being located at a shorter distance from key markets, such as Japan, South Korea and China, means that relative to LNG projects located in the Middle East or the Atlantic Basin, Australia LNG projects are more competitive because of the shorter shipping time required and lower costs associated with fuel and manpower.
"Growth in global demand for gas over the medium to longer term is expected to be robust, especially in emerging economies," BREE said. "Australia is well placed to continue to supply the large existing markets of Japan, South Korea as well as the growing Chinese market," BREE added.
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MP Nayar | Jul. 21, 2012Very fair assessment All it reflects is a rat race by the owners/operators. The industry can face a severe recession as this rate of development is not sustainable in this area. All the CEOs are proving is their competence to go thru the FID and prove their success. Their success/and incentives should be based on within budget concept and no other yard stick. They are using all the excuses to claim the budget blowouts. Look before you leap has been forgotten. Africa should be the continent where more concentration was required/is required.
Enuff | Jul. 13, 2012Unfortunately the skills shortage is not limited to the trades base. Project management personnel with experience are also in short supply with positions being filled by personnel that are not qualified to be there. Budgets and blow outs are as a direct result of management inexperience, incompetence and down right criminal activities. Take the case of the senior management, being part owners of supply companies through proxies, that enable the manager to award plum contracts to themselves and rip off the project is rife in the CSG at the moment. Sweetheart deals with labor supply companies, who are paying kickbacks to management. An independent audit of management activities would result in many positions becoming vacant over night. There exists a culture of cronyism in the construction industry. You see on each project the same old hacks, doing the same mistakes resulting in the same costs blowouts.The manager tends to take the same team with them stating that they experienced etc when in fact they are not but do share the same scams.
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Translated from French, this book is an account of Ottoman Armenian magnates of the 18th and 19th centuries, called Amiras, who ran the treasury, mint and armaments factories, built palaces and public buildings, and operated other monopolies. They had good relations with Ottoman Sultans and administrators and played an important role in the development of the Ottoman Armenian millet. Some of these amiras also dominated Egypt, as it broke away from the Ottoman Empire. Pascal Carmont (1928-2011) was a french diplomat of Armenian origin and a descendant of the Amiras of Constantinople. His publication Les Amiras: Seigneurs de l'Armenie ottomane was originally published by Editions Salvator (paris) in 1999.


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|5 million adena, Giant's Codex, 2,586,527 exp
Pre-step Before turning 76, you can work on three quests which are required for the class change quest. As you will most likely be hunting the mobs for these quests while you make your way to 76, it only makes sense to do them ahead of time. It will make your life feel a ton easier when you hit 76 and wish to become a Grand Khavatari as soon as humanly as possible. These quests are:
- The Finest Ingredients - Part 1
- Alliance with the Ketra Orcs OR Alliance with the Varka Silenos - Depending on which alliance you wish to side with
- Magical Power of Water - Part 1 (Ketra Alliance) OR Magical Power of Fire - Part 1 (Varka Alliance)
1 Start out by visiting Hardin found inside the Hardins Private Academy.
2 He hands you a Guild Report and then sends you off to visit High Priest Gregory found in the temple within the Town of Goddard.
3 Gregory asks you to talk with Information Brokoer Bavarin found in the lower parts of Hot Springs.
4 Bavarin requests an Ice Crystal. Complete The Finest Ingredients - Part 1 quest that was mentioned in the Pre-Step and then return to Bavarin with the Ice Crystal that Chef Jeremy provided. In Return, Bavarin hands you an Investigative Report.
5 Give the report to Gregory and in return he gives you a Resonance Amulet - 1
6 Gregory then send you off to find a Tablet just outside of Tower of Insolence. I ported to the north of the The Enchanted Valley, it seemed to be a shorter run, but be free to choose your own way.
7 This tablet takes the stone and then sends you over to a different tablet in Valley of Saints as shown on the map. Get over top of the mark and then jump down.
8 Kill Guardians of Forbidden Knowledge until you obtain a Resonance Amulet - 2 and then speak with the tablet again. It will take the amulet from you and direct you to the next Tablet.
9 The next Tablet is located within the Wall of Argos on the far East side as shown on the map.
10 After talking to the Tablet, Archangel Iconoclasis will spawn. Get buffs and full heals ahead of trying to fight this guy as any outside help will cause him to disappear. If you start fighting him and can't handle it, the good news is that you can run away from it very very easily. He will disappear as well when you do this, but at least you're still alive.
11 Once Archangel Iconoclasis is defeated, you will obtain the Resonance Amulet - 3. Talk with the Tablet again who will take this amulet and gives you direction back to see High Priest Gregory located the temple within the Town of Goddard.
12 Skahi will ask you to choose a side. At this point, it does not really matter which one you choose, as long as you come back with the Divine Stone of Wisdom. First, you will need to have achieved level 2 in either the Alliance with the Ketra Orcs or Alliance with the Varka Silenos. After finishing this, you can then start on the quest that will get you the divine stone. If you Allied with Varka Silenos, you will need to complete the Magical Power of Fire - Part 1 quest. If you allied with the Ketra Alliance, you will need to complete the Magical Power of Water - Part 1 quest.
13 Once you've obtain the Divine Stone of Wisdom, return to Skahi once again. He will give you the Resonance Amulet - 4.
14 He will then send you off to the north side of Garden of Beasts to talk to another tablet as shown on the map. You should actually be able to just run there from where you are now. The tablet will take the Resonance Amulet - 4 and sends you back to see High Priest Gregory found in the Temple of the Town of Goddard.
15 Gregory provides details on killing the 700 mobs
16 The 700 mobs can be accessed two ways. One is going left from the port in, and one by going right at the port in. I like going right so I'll show you how to get in that way. Make your way north and turn into the second laneway, but then make a sharp left at the fork in the road. You'll come to a big tunnel. On the other side of this tunnel, you'll find all the mobs that are required to kill. If you are in a party, every mob killed by another teammate will count towards your 700 mobs. However, if two people in the group need the marks, only one will be distributed at a time.
Any of the following mobs will count towards the 700 mob requirement.
For every mob you kill, you will receive a Halisha's Mark.
17 Once you reach 700 marks, the next mob that gets killed will spawn Archon of Halisha. There are rumors that you need to be out of party when Archon of Halisha is being killed in order for it to work. This has been tested and is not true. The real deal is that only one person at a time can obtain the rewards for killing Archon of Halisha regardless of whether said person is in a party or not.
18 After Archon of Halisha is defeated, you will obtain the Resonance Amulet - 5. Take this amulet over to the Tablet found within Wall of Argos. The tablet is found as shown in the map. Just make your way back through the tunnel where you came from and keep going until you are on the main path once again. Then keep going back as if you were heading to the port in and you will find that first road once again to turn into. This is where the Tablet is hanging out.
19 The tablet takes the Resonance Amulet - 5 and directs you to the last tablet which is found in the Forest of the Dead as shown on the map. It will be found in place known as both Vampire Circle and the Big Rock (as shown on the map)
20 After talking with the tablet, Lich King Icarus and Hindemith Truevoice appear. Start killing Lich King Icarus (without using skills) and after a bit it will disappear. Then talk to Hindemith Truevoice in order to obtain the Resonance Amulet - 6.
21 Talk with the tablet again. It will take the Resonance Amulet - 6 and instruct you to go back again where you started the quest, talking to Hardin found inside Hardins Private Academy.
22 Talk with Hardin to become a Soultaker! Congratz!


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This photograph, taken by Andrea Corsi, was awarded 3rd place in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2014 Q1 Photography Contest.
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- There's more to this image than the obvious humor of the scene. Notice how the crop itself adds a necessary tension to the moment. You can almost feel the discomfort of trying to tie a bow while strapped to an infant. The falling sash at the back of the dress and the arms of the woman act as leading lines to the focal point of the image. This is a good example of those times where the "whispering" moment finds its booming voice through excellent photography.


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I opened my sore and wet eyes after a long rest; my tired self formed a rhythm with my gentle breathing and blurry vision.
As it faded, I looked around me, noticing I was lying down inside a very heavily broken adobe building; my ears tingling with what I could describe as far away drums going off alongside echoed voices of agony
I saw the blurry face of a nurse above me, I couldn't distinguish much about her, but judging by the color of her skin and hair, she most definitely wasn't from Qomawyn. I didn't know what she was doing, nor where I was, even if this was some sort of weird dream, like I had before with my mother.
I seem to have fallen asleep once more, because when I woke up again, it was the classic dark of midnight, and the nurse was nowhere to be found.
I looked around and saw that there were many injured men near me, lying in tiny beds with green sheets covering them, just like mine.
-Why am I in a hospital?- I thought while chilling on my sweaty clothes
I needed to find someone to explain what happened, so I tried to get the bed sheet off...but something felt...wrong...something that should be there but no longer isn't.
I couldn't grab it! I quickly became paranoid and scared, looking at my arms...all I saw were the handless stumps rubbing against the thing...
I Yelled in fear as hard as I humanly could, falling from the bed and struggling to get the thing off from me; "H-hey, keep quiet!" A female voice talked to me, but I was too "Stuck" in the moment and I continued squirming with the dirty rag, until I eventually hit the back of my head on the floor and stopped to hold my head together
"Quit rattling, you'll wake everyone up" the young woman nagged me, while, I assume, she took the cover off from me.
I was still scared, backed up to the nearest wall, inspecting my body. My legs where there, but my chest was covered in red tainted bandages...and my hands were still there...
-Oh brain, why must you be so treacherous!?- I yelled in me, groaning a bit from the newest lump on the back of my head
"Poor thing..." I looked up at the young nurse; she was definitely the one who took care of my wounds, except this time I could actually see her clear Water Tribe resemblance. Big ocean eyes and resembling hair decorations, a very nice and different sight for sore eyes indeed
She cleared my forehead of my slick and sweaty black hair and laid her hand on the aching soreness at my head; "You just got a big round bruise, even after I was done dealing with all of your mess!" She nagged, but with a sweet tone of voice, that didn't make it annoying.
"...Wait a second" I began thinking correctly, I had only gone to sleep on another guy's shoulder and...suddenly, I was in a hospital! "What happened, where am I?" I asked nervously
"SHHH I said!" She interrupted before I could make any more questions, checking if the nearby wounded woke up.
She sorta sighed with relief, rolling her eyes for my reactions; "Well, the Khanate ambushed the army with Moles..." She explained, looking back at the wounded in the ward; "Underground earthbenders...and yeah...they were kinda...absolutely deadly and destructive; most of the trucks were destroyed, and a lot of men were lost...I've been here all day, taking care of yo-...them..." She explained, looking around suspiciously, as if I hadn't heard her vocal mishap
My priorities immediately changed to Heng's and Iroh's wellbeing, I tried to stand up, but I was too weak and I ended up half-collapsing over the nurse before I even stood up. "Tsk, tsk, tsk" I heard her say while she sat me back down on the bed
I coughed harshly, feeling outward pressure inside my lungs; "You must rest, it was a miracle that you survived, the guard aboard your truck covered everyone he could with an Earth tent, protecting you from the blast and their attacks...most of your wounds were from the initial crash, so, you should thank him later..." She explained kindly.
"What blast?" I asked.
"Well, the trucks kinda went...KABOOM!" She explained, clapping and raising her hands in the air and smiling. Her showing me that the truck had flown up in the air and exploded didn't help calm my concerned feelings for Iroh and Heng; "Sorry but I need to find some people, I have to know if they're okay" I told off the meddling nurse
"Is your father a bender?" She asked. In spite my cynical attitude and my already negative first impressions of her, I felt as if she was truly concerned for my wellbeing and that of my friends...but still...something seemed terribly...off about her, and I couldn't pin-point what it was at the moment, I should blame the bump on my head or that she was a really good liar; "No, he isn't" I answered after I decided to stop pondering
"Well, then he's not in this ward, this side of the hospital is dedicated to benders only...he could be outside" She explained, but before I could even blink, she corrected herself "You most probably won't find him though, there are a lot of troops out there...hmm...he could be on the east side of the hospital, but I don't think you should go there..." She added, looking down at the ground in shame.
"Why? Am I too weak to walk across a building?" I askes annoyed
"Us nurses dedicate more attention to benders than to none-benders, simply because we're ordered to...you're "Far more useful" according to the Dean of medicine" She explained
"So if my father got hurt, he's in pain and without attention in that ward while you're stuck here talking to me!?" I asked, but she only lifted her shoulders, maybe I didn't ask the right question; "Then what's the whole point of telling me this and where he could be if you're just-"
"Keep quiet and follow me..." She had interrupted me with a very concerned tone, she almost instantly looked regretful for speaking, but she still decided to lead the way
The Hospital was in dire needs of reparations, electric lighting was minimal, the sandstone walls were humid and crumbling, with mold creeping up from the slippery floors. She helped me walk, mainly just to avoid stumbling upon the wounded on the floor.
"Do you know how lucky you are?" She whispered to me;
"Considering I was asleep...not much, no" I thought out loud.
"You have to promise me, when you get into this ward, you will not speak to any of them, and you will most definitely, NOT touch them" She looked totally different from when I woke up, a lot grimmer...it had to be the room.
The humid double doors had signs of struggle, scratching and dents indicated that people didn't wish to go in, and wanted to come out
I was frightened, but I kept my composure and slowly turned the old and rusty knob, limping into the ward. The air was stiff and thick with humidity and the odor of blood, the men in the beds were mainly shaking and moaning with agony
I limped around and saw each of their faces, most of them had been covered with bandages, but as far as I could tell, there was no one resembling Iroh or Heng in any way
I sighed and headed for the exit, but when I came close to it, a man with a charcoal'd (A saying for someone who has been so burnt that his skin turned into this black meaty mush) arm grabbed me and pulled me closer to him; "Hgg...nghh..plgg...ngghh..." His unbearable pain made it impossible for him to communicate with me.
The Nurse walked in and pulled me away, I continued staring at the desperate face of the half-bald man until she closed the door; "I told you not to touch anyone!" she nagged
"I'm sorry, but, I didn't mean to, I wouldn't want to give him an infection, h-he was the one who grabbed me!" I explained, scared of punishment.
"Exactly, I need to disinfect your arm now!" She explained, carrying me back to my ward; "Wait, b-but I'm fine" I complained
"SHHh!" She shushed once more. She looked at the sick ones in the floor, they still slept quietly thanks to the morphine; "You don't understand, they're the ones who can make YOU sick" She explained; "You really are reluctant to your luck aren't you?"
"Only the priest works in that ward...did you find who you were looking for?" She asked, but after she mentioned the priest, I couldn't help but look back at the door with freight.
"Hey, HEY!" She nagged, grabbing a hold of my face; "I didn't spend all day healing your pretty face of bomb shells just so you can contract some plague at the frontlines, if your friends are fine, then you need to be healthy enough to defend them...and I would certainly not want you to be in that ward" She explained while she washed my arm with some sort of liquid she bended from a bottle
"Hey...thanks" I spoke, breaking the odd silence of her concentration; "It's nothing to be thankful for, really, in my point of view, most cases, you either die here or out in the field..." She answered coldly "...I should be apologizing, I may have just sentenced you to a worse death."
"Then why help me if you know I'll perish on the grasslands? Why not just send me to that other ward?" I asked
"Because..." She answered smiling; "Because you don't seem like the kind of person who's just going to roll over and die" She added, looking up at me from bellow (I never really realized I was tall...or that she was really short)
"I have family to protect; friends back at District 3 I need to save..." I explained as soon as I cleared her height problem off my head
"Shh...I know, I heard all about the stone prison..." She answered, trying to look sorry; "The question comes down as to, who is worse, the Khanate or Qomawyn?"
"Who are you? You don't seem to be from the north Earth Kingdom" I asked her while she washed her, "...No I'm not, I'm descendant from the Northern Water Tribe, serving the Jiatsu army at Jenka" She answered
"What are you doing all the way over here?" I asked while following her back to my ward; "I was captured by the Khanate when they laid siege to Jenka, I managed to escape their camp south of here and then got captured by the Qomawyns. Then they made me a simple offer, help them or...be 'disposed'. You can clearly see what I chose, but, in some way, I am also waiting" She answered, helping me lie down back in my bed
"Waiting...for what?" I asked while my tiredness quickly began to consume me
"King Hiroto's inevitable defeat; tomorrow in the grasslands" She spoke when she tugged my bed sheets.
"How can you be so sure?" I asked.
"Because no one defeats the Khanate...ever, with anything, and that's just how it has worked since the start of the war" She glared worriedly at me and everyone else.
"One last question, please" I pleaded, actually attempting to make...doggy eyes?
"*Sigh*...sure" She answered, smiling rhetorically.
"You never told me your name."
She giggled a bit and blushed before answering; "How rude from my part! Name's Kyra."
"Hush now...you've been through a lot in one night...just sleep... you'll need it."
"It's just my name-"
"It's okay Pumpkin."
"No, name's-"
"Shut up" She laid her index on my mouth, insisting on her not knowing my name.
She reminded me so much of Akira...many years ago of course. I had burnt myself the first day I worked at the Factory, and Akira replaced me while I healed; she did my and her job, and every day, she'd come by my home and spoke with me, taking care of me.
I Do owe Akira a lot, she's always been a sister to me, ever since my mother died when I was 5, Akira has also been the closest thing to a mother I've had; I don't know what impels her to act so kind, so hopeful, being able to take care of everyone, yet...she's so dependent on people...she takes care of people, so that they can take care of her...but it just doesn't work that way anymore.
Kyra reminded me, that I made a promise to Akira...the Khanate may seem invincible, but I will defeat them, I will survive and I will prevail alongside Heng and Iroh
But, I'm still puzzled as to what happened while I slept...but hopefully, everything would become clear on the morning.
Except that I wasn't waken by the sunshine...I was lying down once more in my father's wheat field, my back lying upon the cold and wet mud. I was surrounded by fog...I remember there being a lot of fog in the late days of Northern summer...this wheat should be already cut!
"Am I dead?- I thought.
"No..." A powerful and ancient voice echoed deeply from all sides. I froze and looked around; "Okay..." I mumbled confused.
"Have I gone mad...again?" I thought out loud.
"No darling...it's me again" My mother spoke from the fog.
"Yep, I'm insane..." I skeptically ended the conversation, I began walking away, only to find myself going around in circles on the same wheat plantation.
"...This...doesn't seem like the farm..." I responded, curious once more as to where I was.
"Hiroshi...this is a bastion of the Spirit World...it resides inside of your mind, and it adapts to your circumstances" She expressed herself with extreme concern.
"What do you mean? Where are you!?" I yelled, some sort of cynical feeling hoping she wouldn't answer.
"Your confusion and freight has built this place, thus it is far different from the last time we spoke...and it is only getting weaker" She explained.
"I...don't..." I mumbled, overwhelmed with confusion; "Why am I here?"
"...I'm sorry...but there's no time for that, not right now...what matters the most is that you must know what to do..." Her voice was weak, sniffing every once in a while.
"Yeah, fight the Khanate, survive and get Akira back" I answered loudly, mainly to remind myself.
"Is that all?" She seemed oddly disappointed; "What do you think of this world, Hiroshi?"
"It's broken, it's trash, it doesn't work anymore!" I complained.
"What are you going to do about it?" She asked daringly; I knew what she expected, was this all some sort of pride mechanism going in my head?
"I'm not going to conquer the world if that's what you mean! I'm just a young guy...I'm not even an adult yet!" I complained; "I can't do anything, I'm too weak!"
"That's a LIE...You're rationalizing" A heard an angered old woman yell loudly from behind; though there was nothing other than fog when I looked; "You're nothing but an obedient coward, you're like everyone else, you wish and wish, but never do."
"I don't know you!" I yelled.
"But I do, and I can tell if your attitude doesn't change you're going to die tomorrow, and frankly, I wouldn't mind seeing another coward disappear from this world" The old woman spoke aggressively.
"Why should I listen to you now, to any of you, you think I care what happens in the world!?" I yelled out, overwhelmed; "I want to live! Death is horrible, its...too painful, I'm not going to die, no matter what!"
I remembered what mom had done to herself, getting rid of her own life, bah, what a horrifying human being, how dare she come to my mind and speak of wisdom! That Hypocrite!
"I don't trust you mom, you're insane! You...you left me alone in this world with Iroh and his dead soul, but at least he WAS there, he didn't give up!" I felt like cursing at her, but my broken heart didn't wish to withstand more pain and disappointment; "Why was I born from YOU!?"
"I know what I did was horrible...but It had to be done..." She tried to remain calm, but I could hear her voice cracking along with thunders going off in the darkening sky.
"How can you say that with a clear conscience!?" I yelled at her, feeling the tears nearly exploding from within.
"I'm sorry it had to be like that...I wish I could explain, and tell you the truth...but I mustn't!" She answered.
"What can be more important than this!? Mom, I have to know! I want to stop thinking of you as the coward who left me to rot on earth...you...you b-bi...!" The Insult nearly slipped my lips.
A dreadful silence followed and although I couldn't see my mother, I knew she was out there, in the mist...I heard her crying.
"I'm...so eternally sorry my child...but listen please, Iroh and Heng are alive, and if you stick to them, you will all survive the ordeal" She explained; "Hurry my child...you must go on."
"This conversation is over..." The Old lady spoke.
"Why did you end your life!?" I screamed.
"Hey, that I'm a nurse doesn't mean I don't have a life!"
I shot my eyes opened and saw the sandstone roof of the hospital; and once more, I was sweaty and breathing harshly.
Regretfully, the hospital's air was once more filled with the stench of death; "More people were moved to the bad ward last night..." Kyra explained while she took off her stained white apron; "But thankfully you weren't among them!" She added, smiling; "You seemed to be caught in some sort of internal war last night, you wouldn't stop moving!"
"You could say I was..." I replied, grumpy...I didn't feel as if I slept anything though.
"Well you had some sort of nasty infection!" She answered surprised; "Didn't you feel any pain?" she asked with an odd curiosity.
"Oh, and there was this big yellow bag of disgusting and slushy pus I cut out, here, wanna touch it?" She asked with a strange enthusiasm, pulling out some sort of flesh bubble filled with fluids from her very own pocket.
"Where...did you...get that?" I asked, holding in my nausea.
"I had to grab a pair o' scissors and cut it from you! I found it under your-"
"YOU KNOW...I err...don't want to know anymore, thanks" I interrupted her with a rhetorical smile painted on my face; "Have any of my friends or family come to visit me?" I asked, without moving from bed.
Kyra yawned before answering; "No...not at all sleeping beauty, now come on princess, get out of bed, my turn to sleep."
I obliged immediately, being a polite and silent gentleman, as I was told by the guards; Kyra smiled at me before collapsing head on, onto the bed and the pillow.
"You seem tired" I asked, receiving a very muffled response from her; "I err...what was that you said about killer bees?" I asked.
She groaned quite clearly and turned her head around on its side to speak; "I took care of your wounds all night, now GO away, and wake me up once you retreat" she answered.
"I'll go and find Heng and Iroh, then see if I'll come back."
"Yeah, yeah, just, go away, get outta here, I wanna rest..." She answered, pushing me away with her left arm;
"I know this may sound odd, but I don't think I'll go and fight a war in underwear..." I asked, blushing.
"Ugh..." She groaned, but I waited patiently for her answer; "Your uniform's hanging next to my apron over there..."
I walked to the hanger and carefully searched through all of the clothings, trying to find my uniform. Apparently, the soldier uniform wasn't overall that different from the guard one...hmm...seems that the leather around the chest had a large hole, stained with dry blood; "I'm not the 1st person to wear this am I?" I asked worriedly.
"Nope...you're...the 8th..." She answered.
"Doesn't seem this took much of a beating other than the hole at the front" I added while I held the uniform in the air, inspecting it.
"Let me try to remember... one of them took around 40 pellets in the chest from a gun, the rest...BOOM, headshot!" She answered, still lying down on the bed.
...That would explain the dry and sore feeling on the neck...
"You're not helping my confidence, you know" I nagged, she giggled and laughed at me as an answer. The uniform was bulky, and felt very heavy, and humid...I still couldn't shake the feeling that 8 men died wearing this...and if I wasn't careful; "Don't worry about it platypus...you'll be fine...wake me up once you've retreated" Kyra spoke, yawning before falling asleep.
-Hmm...strange girl- I thought while I walked out of the hospital and into the old and broken streets of district 1.
I wondered and looked around; noticing how the old adobe houses had taken a beating from enemy earth bending and explosions in the past years, many of them being little more than piles of rubble. The Stench of sulfur, gunpowder and rot filled the smoggy air, it seemed that the city had been attacked overnight, but somehow, it didn't fall.
Soldiers were sitting down next to the road, many of them stinking of sulfur and fire, sweat and...something...really weird; "What happened last night?" I asked one of them2.
"Ehh...hello my Phr-frrr-frieeeend..." The man looked at me with lost eyes; "Where have you *Hic* been all of these years...you missed some...good...stuff..." He fell unconscious on the floor.
So...the army handed over some absinthe to the army during the day...I have to find Iroh and Heng, but where could they be?
While I stood pondering, a guard bumped into me from behind; "Hey, watch it you twerp!" he yelled, pushing me out of the way; "You trying to get into a fight eh? I'll show you!" The old guard took off his hat and got into fighting position.
"No, wait, it was a mistake!" I told him the truth, but he smirked and laughed at me; I even tried to back off, but by then, we were surrounded by a circle of soldiers; all yelling "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"
"I don't want to fight you!" I yelled at him, I admit, I was scared, I never had to fight someone else in my life!
"Come on little boy, the pain will only hurt...A LOT!" He yelled and laughed frantically.
Then, he began; he kneed down on the ground and had stone fill up his arm and fists, and got into a boxing offensive position, hopping quickly up and down. "You're going to wish you were never born on the first place!" He yelled charging at me with his fists.
I ducked and dodged horizontally, barely missing his swing at my face; he quickly pursued me around the circle, throwing punches everywhere, all of them barely dodged.
"Quit squirming and get fightin'!" He yelled; "I won't fight you, I don't have time!" I answered.
"Don't worry; I'll get you some time!" He answered.
He stomped on the ground with immense force and I my legs were quickly trapped by stone, I couldn't move! "Now...you're not going anywhere" He smirked evilly, approaching me slowly.
"No, please!" I begged, staring at him with absolute terror; "That's right, FEAR ME!" He yelled, laying an incredibly strong punch on my stomach, leaving me with no air.
But my entrapment forced me to stay standing, I already felt the bruises forming next to my liver, but I could tell, he wasn't done yet.
"You're gonna learn some respect around here!" He yelled, punching me once more, the crowd cheering for him.
I felt my insides revolve, I thought my stomach exploded or something, because I only felt this dull sharp pain coming from it, and it didn't let me breath.
I grasped for air, but he threw it all out of me, punching me a third time, this time with all of his force; which made blood come out of my mouth.
"This is how I, Gar, shall treat the Khanate and all deserters!" The man yelled, showing off his pride and victory.
"Big deal, you fought and beat the life out of someone who didn't fight back!" I heard an annoying and familiar voice come from the crowd.
With all of my left over strength, I looked up and saw Heng, standing short in front of the big, fat bearded man who had punched me.
"Oh, so you're going to defend this miserable excuse for a soldier then, eh?" He taunted, raising his fists once more.
"You're a miserable excuse for a soldier!" Heng taunted back, getting into his earthbending position, causing the crowd to cheer loudly; he quickly he swung his left arm towards the man, creating a small wave of rock coming from his left and towards the man.
Gar saw this coming and stomped his right foot in order to stop the wave of oncoming rocks...which was what Heng wanted; he swung his right arm vertically, from down to up, creating a small column of earth that came under Gar, and hit him in his groin.
The crowd became silent, and stared surprised and scared at Gar, whose face had completely frozen into a grunt; Heng raised his chin and smiled rhetorically, walking towards me; "You okay man?" He asked concerned while Gar fell on his back, still frozen on his bending position.
"I'm...fine..." I answered, gurgling, attempting not to let my insides turn into outsides.
"Come here you, let's head over to our unit near the truck stop" I fell on Heng's shoulder and relied on him to walk, we didn't look back to see what happened to Gar, neither of us cared.
"Where have you been!?" We both asked at the same time.
"I was with your father lost in the steppe!" He answered.
"I was sick and dying, and then I got beaten up by an old man."
"Well I kinda knew that last part..." Heng added; "Come on, your father's this way!" Heng ran out of town and into a nearby grassy hill.
I had a hard time climbing it, but when I finally reached the top, I could see the whole flatlands of the steppe, and the eastern mountains behind the road we came.
Our transports stood there, knocked over, still burning with flames; Iroh and Heng were sitting down, staring at the scene.
"They came out from the mountains" My dad explained, pointing at the storms hovering on their top; "These mountains always have eternal storms, so they hid their noise quite easily; their earthbenders came under the ground and stopped the trucks, and the firebenders fired from positions like these onto us" He explained further.
"How do you know?" I asked, sitting down next to him.
"It's what I would've done, and by the looks of it, there wasn't any way it could've been done" He answered.
"What about cannons and artillery...we have those, how difficult can it be to fire upon us with those?" Heng asked.
"The Khanate didn't fight that way...they're still fighting like the ages before Sozin's comet, ambushing us with Ostrich Horsemen and benders, using raw power...the lack of artillery gives them incredible mobility, and once our trucks were disabled, we were sitting ducks" Dad answered.
"I'm more curious about learning what happened, as in, how did you 2 get out of there...unscathed...I didn't see you at the hospital."
"I was in shock for the most part, until Iroh here helped me while I was coming back to my senses; he alone with a Guard's bayonet and rifle, managed to fend off like 70 Ostrich Horsemen!" Heng over exaggerated.
"Heh...it was 7 Men, they surrounded us and I helped fending them off, with the help of Heng once he could manage to see better" My Dad corrected him.
"How did you manage to survive the explosion? All of the trucks I see down there are flaming balls of steel!" I asked my final question.
They looked at me confused and their shoulders rose mutually, my skeptical mind yelled from within, making let out a stresses sigh.
Before anyone else could think of something to say, the Qomawyn army began sounding their assault siren, calling upon all available troops to prepare for battle.
"This is it son..." My dad talked, standing up; "Stay close to me at all times and we'll be fine...I'll see you in the barracks" He added, jogging back into the city.
I planned on following him, but Heng grabbed my shoulder and pulled me closer to him; "Hiroshi...I think I have a problem..." he whispered.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Could you describe the steppe and the mountains?" He asked; I looked at him confused, but he was staring dead serious at the environment.
"Okay...so, there are the Eternal mountains with their...eternal storms... the steppe, about...a lot of trucks lit on fire or so and the grassland ending near the road...why do you ask, I'm not an inspirational artist y'know."
"I can't see it" He answered me, his head shaking and sweating while he spoke; "You can't what?" I asked in disbelief; "All I see is a blur, I see the grass...but, out there, it's all a brown and yellow mush with a few red dots" he answered, breathing quickly.
"When did this start to happen!?" I asked, extremely concerned.
"At first, I thought that I just had morning eyes or just tears, but it's been like this all day, I've washed and washed, but I've been relying on short sight to fight, otherwise I would've helped you the moment you got in trouble...but I couldn't see anything other than a blur of people and your voice!" He explained fearfully.
He mumbled and looked at me; "How am I supposed to fight a war if I can barely see!?" he yelled, quelling into shivering with terror...if I would want him to survive, I would need to personally take care of Heng, and myself at the battle!
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