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This is an antidote to Wordless Wednesday--Wordy Wednesday? Thesaurus Thursday?--because there was no time to reach for the camera, even UNsafely.
I was driving to work, and I was almost thirty miles from home, stopped at a traffic light, when something brown moving across the windshield drew my eye down from the red light. Leaves don't move like that, I thought, a split second before recognizing it as something very like a field mouse. It scrambled across the windshield from one side to the other, and climbed around on the windshield wipers, just as the light turned green before I could grab the iPod out of my purse on the seat beside me. As soon as the car moved, it darted back into the engine compartment.
Where, I have no doubt, it had been engaged in storing acorns inside the hollow spaces in the hood, and elsewhere, when I left the house. (I hear them rattling and rolling when I turn corners sharply.) I hope it left the car in the parking lot at work. I hope it didn't chew on anything during its terrifying journey. Two years ago something larger than a mouse chewed a hole in the air-intake hose in this very engine. That, at least, was not dangerous.
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Oh what a strange journey that must have been for the creature... and for you. You snapped a good mental photo here. I hope that all involved are unharmed.ReplyDelete
I was very glad it happened when I was very nearly stationary. I do hope the mouse got off at the next stop. ; )ReplyDelete
So.... have you looked to see if you have a nest in your car?ReplyDelete
No nest, but when I raised the hood, the rattling of acorns in the hollow spaces was louder than ever. I am driving a root cellar.ReplyDelete
Isn't there a big fine involved in transporting stolen goods? Don't cross any state lines!!ReplyDelete
But I'm the one the acorns were stolen FROM! That doesn't count!ReplyDelete
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The right leg is the second of the two (maybe three) different types of bark I plan to sculpt here. The leg is actually core, and the bark comes in patches on top of it, whereas the other sculpted bits are just bark.
These will be the last phases that I can pose the thing anymore, so I'll need to be looking at that thing long to figure out if I got the right pose already.
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Looking good, I like the pose as it is. Could you place another miniature, or a coin next to the treeman in your next update, so we can see the scale of the miniature? I wonder how you're going to execute the head of this monster, since this kind of creature gives a lot of opportunities for it. I'm picturing a voodoo -styled mask, kinda like Wurrzag (orc shaman) wears. But you could make a formless stump or something, depending on your view. Again, looking forward the next update, I hope you're still on it.VastaaPoistaVastaukset
Thanks man. I've already done one practice head which might be too big, but we'll see. I used the old 5th. ed. GW treemen for the inspiration here, so the head is something I tried to emulate as well.Poista
I'm actually thinking of doing an update today, so no scale comparisons this time, but maybe the next.
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Hills & Dales, a not-for-profit human services organization provides services to children and young adults with severe and profound mental and physical disabilities. It has always been the primary focus to serve people with significant medical needs. Hills & Dales values a quality of life that enhances dignity, upholds rights and encourages choices by the individual.
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At his maiden press conference as the new permanent Bafana Bafana coach, Molefi Ntseki tried his best to articulate that he will do things differently from his predecessors, and that he is the right man for the job.
The former under-17 national team coach was confirmed as the new Bafana Bafana coach on Saturday after a meeting of the Safa national executive committee.
The 50-year-old worked under previous coaches Shakes Mashaba and Stuart Baxter.
In his vision for the future, Ntseki outlined plans to have a selection committee responsible for choosing the squad and a scouting team; he also roped in Trott Moloto to act as an adviser.
"The selection committee can be my technical team because all that is important is the profiling of players. We should not be scratching our heads when we are about to announce the team.
"It won't be difficult to get a few heads together to select the team. It's not going to be a big committee where we end up having too many disagreements," Ntseki said.
"In the 21 years that I have been coaching, you learn over time because you come across different types of players.
"I started in 1998 and didn't have any qualifications. But since then I have gained a lot of experience to enable me to take this job."
Ntseki has had little time to celebrate after he got the call this past Saturday that he got the job.
"When I got the call I smiled but reality crept in ... that now I am in charge and need to go out there and do my best."
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Three United Arab Emirates cricket players, including captain Mohammad Naveed, have been charged under the ICC anti-corruption code and provisionally suspended with immediate effect.
Naveed, pacer Qadeer Ahmed and veteran batsman Shaiman Anwar were recently withdrawn from the UAE squad for a Twenty20 World Cup qualifying game.
The International Cricket Council says in a statement on Wednesday that the trio has been given two weeks to respond to the various charges.
The 32-year-old Naveed has taken 37 wickets in 31 T20 internationals at an average of 19.70. He and 40-year-old Shaiman, who has a batting average of 33 in T20 internationals, have been accused of two breaches of the anti-corruption code.
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The Economic Impact of Cohabitation Dissolution versus Marital Dissolution in Fragile Families
Claire M. Kamp Dush, Cornell University
Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University
The large literature on the consequences of divorce for families and children has largely found negative effects of divorce. Yet, there has been little research on the economic consequences of cohabitation dissolution as compared with marital dissolution, particularly in low-income populations. We use the Fragile Families and Child Well-being study to compare the consequences of cohabitation dissolution and marital dissolution. By year 3 of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being study, 41% of mothers who ever cohabited with their child's father and 9% of mothers who were ever married to their child's father have dissolved their union. This study compares changes in employment and earnings across the transition to cohabitation dissolution as compared with marital dissolution. We also examine whether there are differences by type of union dissolution in a variety of child support outcomes.
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The niece of a Civil Rights legend, Alveda King fights for a better future. Plus, when his wife headed for the door, one husband went for his shotgun. Find out what saved their marriage on today's 700 Club.
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Read the second of the submitted Tales of The Rook stories last night (this one was by James Palmer) and it really rocked. This volume should be quite interesting, in that we have a couple of classic Max Davies tales, one starring his daughter Emma and another set in the far future, where the legacy of The Rook is being reborn. The first book was focused almost entirely on the 'classic' Rook, with the exception being Percival Constantine's Pulp Ark nominated short story, which starred the Ian Morris Rook. This one will really show the full range of The Rook's little slice of my pulp universe and that's a good thing, I think.
The section of New Pulp that's based in the comic book world continues to grow. I've been doing reviews of Dynamite's Shadow series, as well as the crossover title Masks, over on The Shadow Fan Podcast but there's a lot more out there. Dynamite has seemingly replaced Moonstone as the New Pulp publisher of choice, with series devoted to The Shadow, The Spider, Tarzan, John Carter and (soon) The Black Bat. They're also pushing Miss Fury as a pulp title, given her placement in Masks. Obviously, she was never published in pulp mags back in the day but they're going with the broader definition of pulp. Most of these books have been very good and certainly better than the abomination that was First Wave. Now, they're not *perfect* (as listeners of my podcast know, I'm not too keen on certain elements of Dynamite's Shadow revival) but I'm enjoying them nonetheless. I would never encourage anyone to buy something "just to support it" — comics are way too expensive for that. But if you love pulp, I would say "try them." If you like them, give them your hard earned dollars. If you don't, you gave it a fair try.
I've been getting several sketches from George Sellas in recent days, which will be pieces designed for The Rook Special Edition Volume Three. As always, they are *gorgeous*. He sent me the cover sketch last night and I'm seriously in love with it. Give me a couple of days and I'll provide you with a sneak peek.
People keep asking when Reese Unlimited next release will be out and my answer is still the same — I've been told that March, April & May are the three months where your budget's going to be stretched thin. Either Lazarus Gray Volume Three: Eidolon or Gravedigger will be out in March, followed by the other in April. May will see The Rook Special Edition Volume Two. I realize that volumes 3-6 are not available in eBook format at present and unfortunately, you'll have to wait for the Special Editions to be rolled out in order to get them. I'm hoping that by the end of 2013, you'll have Volume 1-4 all back in print. Fingers crossed….


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Linux kernels 4.14.15, 4.9.78 LTS, and 4.4.113 LTS are now available, and they come with numerous improvements. While Linux kernel 4.14.15 is by far the biggest of them all, containing 104 files changed, with 1514 insertions and 447 deletions, Linux 4.9.78 LTS and 4.4.113 LTS kernels are pretty identical and include 60 changed files with 525 insertions and 167 deletions, and 64 changed files, with 960 insertions and 139 deletions respectively. As expected the Linux 4.14.15, 4.9.78 LTS, and 4.4.113 LTS kernels bring more security improvements to mitigate the severe Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. While Linux kernels 4.9.78 LTS and 4.4.113 LTS contain only fixes for the x86 architectures, the Linux 4.14.15 kernel also includes numerous fixes for the PowerPC architecture, as well as some minor changes for ARM64 (AArch64), ARM, Alpha, and MIPS hardware architectures.


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I want to start off this entry by saying thank you to everyone who made this trip possible. From the the parents and family members that always supported us to Eiko and Kyoko for even making this possible, thank you for your time and effort. For me this trip was a dream come true and will be a life experience like none other.
The symposiums are always a lot of hard work and practicing, and this one no different. Some days we would leave the hotel at 8:30am and not get back until 9:30pm. And although those days were exhausting it all paid off in the final concert. We played 8 songs, from all of the international handbell delegates. Some songs were very difficult to get and not having a consistent conductor made learning the songs a little harder. As an ensemble we were able to help each other out to perfect each song, or at least try to.
During the concert we had the honor of listening the some of the indigenous peoples music which was a great contrast to the modernistic music we were preforming. The concert started off with the great barrier reef, which outlined the rise fall and future of the reef and ended with a great composition of music from Les Miserables the musical. The pieces were all hand selected by the handbell guild of each representing country and held special meaning to there culture and way life. The meaning behind some of these songs are touching and others are meant to highlight the bright fun nature of there culture like Singapore's song.
Over all the concert went off without a hitch and even had some surprising moments (the ending of Les mis and a bass mallet unraveling mid song). I am so blessed to have experienced such a great last concert. I will miss playing bells so much. And will never forget the memories I've made and the lessons I've learned and will carry them with me forever.
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Today we went on a river boat ride. On the boat ride we saw four grownup and three very cute baby crocodiles. Also, we saw some herons and egrets in a tree. The egrets were completely white with an orange beak. Unlike the zoo crocodiles we saw, the crocodiles were in their natural habitat. The duration of the river boat ride was about an hour. After the river boat ride we went to go eat some very unusual fruit. My two favorite fruits that we tasted was the sour mango, and passion fruit. There was a type of fruit that was a white jelly on the outside and a black seed on the inside.
After that, we went to Mossman Gorge. We went on a hike in the rain forest. We got to see a very rare lizard called Boyd's forest dragon, which is indigenous to the area. We walked on a lookout and saw part of the gorge and water flowing over big rocks. Then we continued to a suspension bridge and there was a lookout to see a rock cairns which is a stack of rocks balanced on top of each other. Then we walked back down to a calmer part of the gorge and took a short swim in the mineral filled, freezing water. Our tour guide Carlos went to the edge of the boundary then came back to the shore swam and climbed on rocks. We swam with fish. We had a great time in Mosson Gorge where the trees and plants are 165 million years old.
On the way back to the convention center we passed a wild wombat before we came to a cliff. There we stopped the bus to take pictures of the sea. When we got to the convention center we had dinner.
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
DAY 16 (CAIRNS) We played our solo piece
Today we had our first workshops. At the workshops we choose different activities that may or may not be related to handbells. It can be learning about a different culture or about learning different handbell techniques. I chose workshop called Chinese knot ornaments.
However today was a much more important day to us. Today was the day of our solo piece.
After morning practices we practiced our solo piece. We squeezed in any practice time we could find.
Before the concert we were all nervous since the really good japanese choir as well as the Hong Kong choir was playing the same day as us. (And when I say good I mean good to the point where they practice 9 hours a week).
But I knew we would rock it.
But I knew we would rock it.
We spent hours practicing and worked hard to get this piece to where it is now. We practiced it to the best of our abilities and we played at our best. It wasn't about which choir was the best. What matters is how much we put into the music. After playing our solo piece, I think it was the best that we have ever played.
Since I am a senior, today was the last day I would probably ever play a solo piece at a international symposium. I am so grateful for the handbell community. It shows a whole new world where there is no cultural or language barrier. We communicate through music and the emotion we portray through music. The friends that I have made through handbells are something that I will never find anywhere else in the entire world. I only see them once a week for two hours yet I've created some of my most closest friends that I truly care about. I will always cherish my time playing handbells and the friends that I have made.
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Mindy Kaling confirmed that she's knocked-up on The Today Show. I wonder if she also had a little baby shower while she was there? Aka Kathie Lee rounded a corner too fast and splashed her morning cup o' wine on Mindy's baby bump – Lainey Gossip
Lily-Rose Depp and Vanessa Paradis look like they got some kind of 2-for-1 discount at the bikini and straw hat store – Drunken Stepfather
Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs' relationship isn't dead yet, at least according to a source that spoke to People magazine – Celebitchy
Oh come on, a secret divorce in a Real Housewives franchise? Yeah right. Divorces get at least a three-episode arc – Reality Tea
It appears Gigi Hadid just couldn't let her younger sister have all the vacant-eyed mouth-agape modeling glory – Hollywood Tuna
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Anthony Scaramucci did The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and it turns out he's not nearly as funny as the people who do impressions of him are – Pajiba
Here's Lea Michele in one of your cousin's favorite swimsuits from the 90s working it half as good – Popoholic
Seth Meyers got serious in a monologue about Charlottesville – Towleroad
Aaron Carter's male celebrity crush is Tom Hardy. Is Tom Hardy on Twitter? If so, he's about to get a bunch of unsolicited invitations to Aaron's Party – OMG Blog
Extremely random feud of the day: Luc Besson vs. Captain America – IDLYITW
Kris Jenner is truly the hardest working manager in the game, because once again, here's the rumor that Kendall Jenner is dating Blake Griffin – Starcasm
The artist responsible for those legendary courtroom sketches of Taylor Swift explains she was so hard to draw because her face is "perfectly proportioned." Someone just got themselves an invitation into the squad! – Just Jared
Pantone gave Prince his own color, and no, it's not called Purple Rain or Dove Tears – Popsugar
I will watch this Adam Sandler movie, but I also watched Jack and Jill three times, so maybe don't trust my judgement – SOW
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If you love to play around with your iPhone, then you should surely enjoy the experience of listening to songs. So, to help you with downloading music on the device, we have listed many apps that can easily be downloaded for free from the app store.
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The TerrAvion Analytics View feature is a comparison view tool that allows you to compare two different images of a single field
1. To access the TerrAvion Analytics View feature, first, log into your TerrAvion OverView account.
2. At the bottom of the screen, open the More menu and select Analytics View.
3. When you enter the analytics view screen, click View Mode to choose how you would like to compare your imagery. You can choose side by side or split view.
4. Side by side view simply puts your two images of choice right next to each other. When you pan around one image, the other side will mirror your actions.
5. The split view displays your field as one image, but when you drag a slider bar across the field, it will switch between your two images of choice.
6. Change the date and image layer on both sides to compare different image layers and image dates.
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Birthday Boom can now be brewed in Clash of ClansWritten by Arcade Game Blog in Released Games on 30 August 2017 à 08:14
If you have been wondering what's next from the makers of Clash of Clans, you will be pleased with the Birthday Boom! The latter is a brand-new spell and it will be around for a limited time. Just like other anniversary perks that have been delivered till date, this one is indeed pretty amazing. It will cost 19K to brew, but one will not regret using it in battle. Enemies will be blown away and if you have your strategy right, you will certainly end up with lots of loot and XP. Check the trailer out soon!
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Hummingbird Pancakes are a fun breakfast twist on the southern classic cake. Spiced pecan pancakes layered with pineapple, coconut, bananas and cream cheese whipped cream. Delicious! This post is sponsored by Cost Plus World Market on behalf of their blog, Discover.
We are back from Hawaii and it was amazing like it always is. I have a ton to share with you all, so over the course of the next month I will be sharing all about it in many blog posts along with a ton of new recipes inspired by my travels. Lots of pineapple and coconut recipes along with many others. I have quite the list from different things we had to inspiration I got from the local farmers markets.
Pineapples are most often synonymous with all things Hawaiian which I find funny since pineapples actually aren't originally from Hawaii!! The pineapple is actually native to southern Brazil and Paraguay. Pineapples are everywhere now, and in the south they are a sign of hospitality and welcoming. And if I visited friends in the south and they welcomed me with these Hummingbird Pancakes I would be oh so happy.
I started these pancakes using Cost Plus World Market Southern Pecan pancake mix. Their mixes tend to be seasonal so if you happen to not be able to find the southern pecan one, there are many others you can use and just add in pecans. Or feel free to use a basic buttermilk pancake recipe as the base. Any way works for the pancakes, because it is mostly about the toppings and the cream cheese whipped cream! YUM.
So if you like a super tall stack of pancakes or a short stack, either way you can't go wrong with these Hummingbird Pancakes. While pineapples originated in South America, the Hummingbird cake originated in Jamaica. Probably after the pineapple was introduced to the small Caribbean country. It was originally called "Doctor Bird Cake" and once it made its way to the south it was soon called " The cake that doesn't last" And I can see why. The cake is so good and the pancake? Maybe even better. Eventually the name Hummingbird Cake came around and it has stuck ever since.
More photos and the recipe for these Hummingbird Pancakes resides over on Discover. So head on over there and plan to make these for your next brunch!!


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AnimaLogic – Fat Brain Toy Co. has done it again with a great educational game to play with your kids.
This river is rising and the rapids are raging! Can you help the animals to safety by solving the puzzle? AnimaLogic is a brilliant new puzzle game that will have children working their brains overtime to solve these wonderfully smart safari stumpers! Lions, hippos, giraffes and camels are all waiting to get to the other side of the river. The animals know they may only cross the river bridge one at a time and they must travel in the proper order to arrive safely at the other side.
With sixty puzzles and five levels of difficulty (beginner to advanced), these logic puzzles have players solving the correct sequence to remove the sixteen wooden animals from the game board.
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Chapter 1195: Critical Question!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Because of the limited time, the Conference Center of the New Federation at the center of Grand Desolate City was not completed yet.
The walls, still the color of lead gray, were yet to be painted and decorated. The vast ceiling was packed with complicated tubes. Crystal cables were dangling down like boas. Even the seats were not installed yet but scattered in all the containers.
The hundred Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, however, were not bothered in the least. They sat or stood in the messy conference hall casually, filling the shabby room with a sacred solemnity.
Li Yao felt that his head was dizzy when he walked into the conference hall.
On the dark ceiling, the illumination rune arrays and the light beam projectors were glittering, casting him into the illusion that he was in an open field under a starry sky.
Looking at the faces that were as calm as statues, Li Yao could not help but think about a lot of things.
He thought that, millions of years ago, before the fire of civilization of human beings had been ignited, were there two hundred apes who decided to gather together and wage war against enemies that were stronger and fiercer than themselves as a tribe because they could not stand the scourge and exploitation of the wolves, tigers, and leopards any longer?
The power of the light beam projector on the ceiling was increased to the maximum. Holograms with streaks and snowflakes fell into the crowd and condensed into dozens of virtual persons.
They were the demon emperors in the Blood Demon Sector and the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators in the Flying Star Sector.
The almost two hundred top-tier experts of the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Blood Demon Sector and the Flying Star Sector had fully gathered!
Li Yao glanced at so many Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators with a pair of eyes that was devoid of spiritual energy.
Every face represented a thunderous and yet exciting name in his childhood.
But right now, the owners of the names were standing right next to them, and he was going to defend the civilization as one of them, too!
Such a feeling of walking into history was truly an indescribable experience.
While he was observing other people, he was being observed, too. The demon emperors from the Blood Demon Sector, particularly, rolled their eyes hard while they looked at the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators nearby.
It could not be helped. Such observation was naturally not very polite, but it was truly an unprecedented event that all the top experts from three Sectors were gathered in the same place. Even the seniors who had experienced too many things somewhat lost their calmness.
"Fellow Cultivators, the fact that we can gather in the same place and discuss the future is already a new history!"
Speaker Jiang Hailiu stepped on the podium, which was made of two boxes. Glancing around, he said slowly, "In the history of the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector, or even in the history of the past forty thousand years, such a miracle has never happened before. Two hundred top experts have gathered together, not bickering about the petty interests of their respective sects, not fighting for the insignificant differences on our body, but contributing all our wisdom, strength, courage, and imagination to a new war while letting go of the hatred and wariness of the past!
"This is the greatest, most righteous war because we are not fighting for our selfish interests, not for the ambition of the minority, but for ourselves, for our family, for the fate of our civilization!
"We must live on!
"No matter how formidable an enemy we are faced with, we will not wait to be killed. We will certainly fight back and live on at any cost until the most brilliant part of our civilization illuminates the entire sea of stars!"
His resolute declaration cast all the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator into deep thought. Even the demon emperors from the Blood Demon Sector were apparently moved and thinking hard.
To live on. What a simple and yet complicated, humble and yet noble, goal!
"My fellow Cultivators, you are all specialists and leaders in your respective fields. Time is precious. Also, our space communication array is still under testing. Every second of operation will consume tremendous crystals.
"This is just an unofficial assembly. We can save all the formalities. Since everybody has read all the files before the meeting, let's seize the day and go to our topic now!
"First of all, I think that the one thing that everybody is eager to find out in this meeting is about the Covenant Alliance. Is the so-called 'Alliance of the Holy Covenant' real? Or maybe, is it just a trick that the Imperium of True Human Beings played and a crude strategical deception?
"The reason is simple. Before, we always considered the Imperium of True Human Beings to be our greatest enemy, and we planned to dedicate all our resources to deal with the Imperium. But right now, a Covenant Alliance, which is said to be even scarier than the Imperium, has popped up out of nowhere!
"In such a case, we will inevitably be less wary of the Imperium of True Human Beings, and we will even change our stance on the Imperium subconsciously.
"From the Imperium's perspective, the subtle change of our attitude naturally greets with their interests.
"Therefore, many fellow Cultivators might be mumbled to yourselves. Does the Covenant Alliance, which is said to be a hundred more times evil than the Imperium, really exist? Is this the Imperium of True Human Beings' plot?
"Are they using a nonexistent Covenant Alliance to intimidate the weaker forces in the universe, which are forced to seek shelter from the Imperium to avoid the aggression of the Covenant Alliance?
"If that is the case, the Imperium of True Human Beings will be able to conquer a large area of the sea of stars with no blood shed!"
In front of Li Yao, a virtual light beam was shining. It was a sign that Jiang Hailiu invited him to speak.
Li Yao was the discoverer of the Covenant Alliance. His foster father had claimed to be from the Covenant Alliance. Naturally, his opinion mattered most regarding the issue.
Li Yao had prepared his speech earlier. Therefore, gazed at by more than a hundred Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, he was not very nervous. Unhurriedly, he said, "Seniors here, nice to meet you. I am Li Yao. My foster father claims that he is from the Covenant Alliance, and I believe what he said.
"I have two reasons.
"Firstly, my foster bestowed upon me a flying sword whose materials and structure are quite unique. It is definitely not something that can be manufactured in the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, or the Blood Demon Sector. It is definitely from a force far more advanced than ours. The scraps of the flying sword are still inside my refining workshop. Everybody is free to study and analyze them!
"Secondly, assuming that it is part of the Imperium of True Human Beings' scheme, nothing makes sense.
"When my foster father passed away, I was still in high school as an ordinary person with a low Spirit Actualization Quotient. Although I'm slightly gifted at hand speed and magical equipment maintenance, it is really nothing compared to the real geniuses of training.
"The jade chip that my foster father left to me, however, was set to be openable only if I am at the peak of the Core Formation Stage or higher!
"If the Covenant Alliance does not exist, and my foster father is a spy from the Imperium of True Human Beings, how could he have been certain that I would reach the Nascent Soul Stage one day?
"For me when I was in high school, odds were lower than one billionth that I could be a Cultivator of such a high level. How could the Imperium of True Human Beings have counted their scheme on such a low chance?
"Also, if it is really a strategical deception, wouldn't my foster father have reduced everybody's wariness if he showed up as a citizen of the Covenant Alliance and reminded everybody of the evilness of the Covenant Alliance and the righteousness of the Imperium? Why would he point out, bluntly and redundantly, that the Imperium of True Human Beings was a force no more righteous?"
The Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators all nodded quickly. Li Yao's analysis was clearly reasonable enough.
"There's one other thing."
With a solemn face, Li Yao said earnestly, "Although my foster father asked us to join the Imperium of True Human Beings in his last words, it was obvious that he couldn't have foreseen what would happen in the next twenty years. It must've been beyond his imagination that the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector would be collaborating!
"Then and now are different. Whatever he said, and even if the Covenant Alliance does exist, my opinion about the Imperium of True Human Beings will not be changed!
"No matter what their reason is, a force that produces one 'star child' by killing hundreds of babies is definitely the evilest force in my eyes!
"The Covenant Alliance and the Imperium are both our enemies, and I will not surrender to either of them!
"If one force can be called 'the last guardian of humanity', it is not going to be the Imperium of True Human Beings but us!"
Li Yao's words moved all the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators and the demon emperors.
Many Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators who had not met him before observed the plain-looking young man again. They seemed to understand why he could be the youngest Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator of the three Sectors from his words now.
At the very least, his declaration was proud and straightforward enough!
Then, another Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator requested to speak. It was Zhou Yifu, a historian who studied the fall of the Star Ocean Imperium.
"I agree with Fellow Cultivator Li that the Covenant Alliance is real despite the lack of solid evidence. But I would like to illustrate a side view, which is the mutation of the Imperium of True Human Beings. How exactly did the Cultivators at the center of the cosmos degenerate into Immortal Cultivators?" Zhou Yifu said unhurriedly.
"It is well known that, after thirty thousand years of the Great Dark Era, human beings rose again and established the Star Ocean Imperium that spanned the universe.
"Although it was an Imperium, and the system it adopted was a combination of a dictatorship and feudalism, the overall social form of the Star Ocean Imperium was relatively positive, bright, and righteous.
"Cultivators of the Star Ocean Imperium, including the monarch Supreme Emperor, although still carrying the bad habits of the old days, had basically agreed that 'Cultivators are the sabers of humanity', 'Cultivators originate from ordinary people and can give birth to ordinary people', and other modern opinions.
"That is perhaps the case for any imperium at the beginning. The ruler that rose from the folk would pay attention to the feeling of the general public and know the importance of relying on them.
"Moreover, the Star Ocean Imperium justified its regime by the slogan 'overthrow the tyranny of demons and liberate all the human beings in the universe', which was the foundation of the Star Ocean Imperium. It could not be changed easily.
"Such an imperium that was relatively bright and righteous, before decaying and degrading, was already crumbled in the Armageddon Rebellion and destroyed!
"Although the Star Ocean Imperium disappeared as quickly as it rose, the pure spirit of the country was preserved without being sullied at all, encouraging all human beings in the universe.
"Today, most of the civilizations of human beings, including the Star Glory Federation, are still proud of being a successor of the Star Ocean Imperium and willing to pass on the spirit of the country!
"Here comes the question. Now that the Imperium of True Human Beings has occupied the prosperous area of the Star Ocean Imperium and considers itself to be the rightful heir to the Star Ocean Imperium, it must've more or less inherited the spirit of the Star Ocean Imperium that the ordinary people are worth fighting for.
"Why does this imperium act oppositely from that imperium, and how did the Cultivators become Immortal Cultivators?"


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PARIS — The United States has revoked the visa of the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor because of her attempts to investigate allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, including any that may have been committed by American forces.
The visa revocation — confirmed on Friday by the office of the chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, and the State Department in Washington — was assailed by rights advocates as unprecedented interference by the United States into the workings of the court, established nearly two decades ago to prosecute war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
Ms. Bensouda, a Gambian lawyer for the court, which is based in The Hague, formally requested an investigation more than a year ago into war crimes in Afghanistan. The inquiry would mostly focus on large-scale crimes against civilians attributed to the Taliban and Afghan government forces.
[Read: The I.C.C. has allowed Afghanistan war crimes inquiry to proceed.]
But it would also examine alleged C.I.A. and American military abuse in detention centers in Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004, and at sites in Poland, Lithuania and Romania, putting the court directly at odds with the United States.
An I.C.C. panel of judges has yet to authorize whether the prosecutor can open the criminal investigation.
The revocation of Ms. Bensouda's visa came less than a month after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed to revoke visas for those connected with court investigations involving American citizens.
The United States is not a member state of the I.C.C. and does not recognize the court's authority to prosecute Americans.
In the past, though, the United States has cooperated with the court on other investigations, and Washington played a central role in establishing international criminal law at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders and in the creation of modern tribunals.
"The U.S.A. government should actively invite the prosecutor to come and meet, not ban her from traveling," Amnesty International's Center for International Justice said on Twitter. "Cooperation with the I.C.C. is in the U.S.A.'s interests — to share relevant information and show there is nothing to hide."
Mr. Pompeo, in a March news briefing in Washington, said investigators "should not assume that you will still have or will get a visa, or that you will be permitted to enter the United States" if they are part of a I.C.C. investigation. He also said the United States was prepared to take further action.
"These visa restrictions will not be the end of our efforts," Mr. Pompeo said at the time. "We are prepared to take additional steps, including economic sanctions if the I.C.C. does not change its course."
At the time of Mr. Pompeo's announcement, Human Rights Watch called the announcement of visa bans an effort to "bully the court and deter scrutiny of U.S. conduct."
Mr. Pompeo's remarks also drew condemnation from I.C.C. member states, with a group of 22 foreign ministers expressing their concerns over the move last month.
The decision to revoke Ms. Bensouda's visa is not expected to affect her access to the United Nations headquarters in New York, which is protected by an agreement between the United States and the global body.
She periodically travels to the United Nations to brief the Security Council on investigations into crimes in Libya and the Darfur region of Sudan, which were referred to the court by the council.
It will also not affect her ability to carry out her duties at the I.C.C. or to move forward with a potential investigation, Ms. Bensouda has said.
Asked on Friday about the visa decision by the Americans, a United Nations spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, reiterated its diplomatic agreement with the United States.
"We very much trust the United States government will continue to comply with its obligations under the agreement," Mr. Dujarric said. "Our assumption is that the prosecutor, when she needs to come to the United Nations, will be afforded a visa for work done at the United Nations."
Ms. Bensouda is the only known court official targeted by Washington so far, but the issue raises the question of whether, if the Afghanistan investigation moves ahead, other officials would be barred from the United States.
Last week, the president of the court, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, was able to deliver a speech in Washington without any issues. But the United States has made it clear that it would not cooperate in any potential Afghanistan investigation.
The United States is not the first country to have barred senior court officials. A former I.C.C. prosecutor and staff members were effectively denied entry to Sudan by its ruler, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, indicted on charges of genocide and other crimes; and Ms. Bensouda and her team were denied entry to Burundi to investigate charges against its president.
In recent years the I.C.C. has disappointed some of its backers, who have observed its slow pace, inefficiencies and internal squabbles — and how many member governments only offer it halfhearted support, and fail to carry out court-ordered arrest warrants. Some of those supporters saw the Trump administration's action as another blow to the body, albeit a double-edged one.
"This move hurts the U.S.'s reputation far more than it hinders the I.C.C. prosecutor," said Stephen Rapp, a former American ambassador for war crimes issues who also served as an international prosecutor.
"In the past we have always been on the side of prosecutorial and judicial independence, and against authoritarian regimes that demand that justice bend to political power," he said. By revoking the visa, he said, "we act like we have something to hide and in the process put ourselves on the same side as the world's thugs and dictators."