#cape noli

[landschaftsmalerei]

Capo di Noli, bei Genua by Paul Signac (1898)

[volumina-vetustiora]

Arena: Ria Silmane's Opening Speech - in Latin

noli metuere nam ego sum, Ria Silmanea. audi me, nulli alii supersunt qui hanc pugnam degant. in hac cella relictus es ut moriaris. Iagar Tharnus, Imperialis Magus Proeliaris Tamrielis personam Principis veri induit. non te minacem videt, te modo Aulae Imperialis minore parti. actu illo arrogantiae, errorem primum fecit.

ad murum borealem huius cellae aspice. clavim rubini invenies quae forem reserabit. cape eam et defuge. cryptae hic olim a Tharno sumebantur ut thesauros ex Principis arcis ablatos celaret. si vis, colligere potes satis ut te a Sede Imperiali supportes.

cave, multa plasmata nunc cloacas inhabitant, viles mures et cobali. mihi serum est, nam iam mortua sum. modo potestates meae veneficae me inter hanc vitam et posteram tenent. potestas tamen illa decrescit. noli avaritiae tuae succumbere aut hos cuniculos tuum etiam sepulcrum esse invenias.

adhuc magia mea aliquatenus uti possum. si ad occidentem ab hac cella viabis, deinde ad austrum, Portam Mutationis invenies. te satis procul a centro Imperialis transportabit ut tutus sis. si his cloacis supereris me iterum videbis.

memento, Tharnus personam Principis induit. nemo verbo eius pro tuo contradicet. tibi iterum in somniis tuis adero, ergo tibi necesse est interdum quiescere. illo modo tecum loqui et auxilium meum offerre potero.

harenam periculosam intras, amice mi, in qua competitores entia sunt ultra comprehensionem tuam mortalem. muneri tuo non invideo. potestas tamen tibi inest nondum sumpta. pete me cum experientiam in mundo acquisiveris. tu mea ultima et optima spes es.

Do not fear for it is I, Ria Silmane. Listen to me, there are no others left to carry on this fight. You have been left in this cell to die. Jagar Tharn, Imperial Battlemage of Tamriel has taken on the guise of the true Emperor. He does not see you as a threat, being only a minor part of the Imperial Court. In that act of arrogance, he has made his first mistake.

Look to the north wall of this cell. You will find a ruby key which will unlock the door. Take it and make your escape. The passages here were once used by Tharn to hide treasures he had stolen from the Emperor's coffers. If you wish, you can gather enough to support yourself away from the Imperial Seat.

Be careful, there are many creatures which inhabit the sewers now, vile rats and goblins. It is too late for me, for I am already dead. Only my powers as a Sorceress keep me between this life and the next. That power however is waning. Do not succumb to greed or you may find these tunnels to be your final resting place as well.

I can still work my magic to a certain extent. If you travel west from this cell, then south, you will find a Shift Gate. It will transport you far enough from the center of the Empire that you should be safe. If you survive these sewers you will see me again.

Remember, Tharn has taken on the guise of the Emperor. No one will gainsay his word for yours. I will come to you again in your dreams, so it is imperative that you rest from time to time. In that way I will be able to communicate with you and lend my aid.

You are entering a dangerous arena, my friend, one in which the players are beings beyond your mortal comprehension. I do not envy your role. There is however a power within you as yet untapped. Look for me when you have gained experience in the world. You are my last and best hope.

[fuzzysparrow]

Praia is the capital of which island country off the coast of Africa?

Praia is the capital of the African island nation of Cape Verde. It has several beaches, and the name 'Praia' means 'beach' in Portuguese. It is a port city that transports coffee, sugar cane, and tropical fruits. It also has a large fishing industry.

Cape Verde, also known as Cabo Verde, is made up of a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 570 km (354 mi) off the coast of Western Africa. Praia is situated on Santiago Island and is the largest city in Cape Verde as well as the capital. The Portuguese explorer Denis Fernadez discovered the cape in 1445, which he named 'Cabo Verde' (meaning 'green cape' in Portuguese) in reference to the vegetation in the area. The island of Santiago was not discovered until 1460 by António da Noli.

During the 19th century, the population in Praia ranged between 1,500 to 2,000 people. By 2017, the population had risen to 159,050. Approximately one third of these people live below the poverty line.

Praia was the first stop during Charles Darwin's voyage with HMS Beagle in 1832. It had previously been visited by the naval officers Sir Francis Drake (1585) and Jacques Cassard (1712).

[winniesycamore]

One moment, Nolie was under a tree, nibbling at the food sent from her team, and the next moment, the Arena started to break and change around her. The tree she leaned against was gone in the blink of an eye, sending Nolie onto her back with a shriek. The munchkin village nearby disappeared, leaving a green screen behind. Suddenly, everything in the world was green, and that made it incredibly easy to spot Carina, where she would’ve been harder to see a sector over. Nolie had watched enough Games to know that this was it, so she grabbed her dagger and Axel’s superman cape.

Nolie ran toward Carina, eyes narrowed. Drake, she knew, was injured and an easier kill, so she left him for later. As she ran, names began to swirl around her, and Nolie ducked and dodged around the letters cascading from the sky. Gamemakers, tributes: it was like the end of a movie. Finally close to Carina, Nolie lunged toward the girl, striking for her arm with the dagger.

@carinaminuet

[charlebaltimore420-blog]

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[lucanus-notebooks]

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an #Americanfilm #actor, #director, #author, poet, composer, and singer. Mitchum rose to prominence for his starring roles in several classic films noir, and is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. His best-known films include Out of the Past (1947), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Cape Fear (1962), and El Dorado (1966). Mitchum was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Story of G.I. Joe (1945). He is also known for his role as U.S. Navy Captain Victor “Pug” Henry in the epic two-part television miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988). Mitchum is rated number 23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest #malestars of #Classic #American #Cinema. ✳️🌟✳️🌟✳️🌟✳️🌟✳️ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084B2DBJ5 ✳️🌟✳️🌟✳️🌟✳️🌟✳️ #robertmitchum #mitchum #Lucanus #famous #people #notebooks #lucanusnotebooks #amazon #diary #person #journal #blankbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B-6P31-nOlI/?igshid=172mmlilktv10

[translatesongsandarias-blog]

Cape Verde (/ˈvɜːrd(i)/ (listen)) or Cabo Verde (/ˌkɑːboʊ ˈvɜːrdeɪ/ (listen), /ˌkæb-/) (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, pronounced [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde,[9] is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles. In ancient times these islands were referred to as "the Islands of the Blessed" or the "Fortunate Isles". Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) west of the Cape Verde Peninsula off the coast of Northwest Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi)...

The name of the country stems from the nearby Cap-Vert, on the Senegalese coast.[10] In 1444, Portuguese explorers had named that landmark as Cabo Verde, a few years before they discovered the islands (Verde is Portuguese for "green")...

Before the arrival of Europeans, the Cape Verde Islands were uninhabited.[12] The islands of the Cape Verde archipelago were discovered by Genoese and Portuguese navigators around 1456. According to Portuguese official records,[13] the first discoveries were made by Genoa-born António de Noli, who was afterwards appointed governor of Cape Verde by Portuguese King Afonso V. Other navigators mentioned as contributing to discoveries in the Cape Verde archipelago are Diogo Gomes (who was with António de Noli and claimed to have been the first to land on and name Santiago island), Diogo Dias, Diogo Afonso and the Italian (Venice-born) Alvise Cadamosto.

In 1462, Portuguese settlers arrived at Santiago and founded a settlement they called Ribeira Grande (now called Cidade Velha ("Old City"), to avoid being confused with the town of Ribeira Grande on the Santo Antão island). Ribeira Grande was the first permanent European settlement in the tropics...

Ideally located for the Atlantic slave trade, the islands grew prosperous throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, attracting merchants, privateers, and pirates. The end of slavery in the 19th century led to economic decline and emigration. Cape Verde gradually recovered as an important commercial center and stopover for shipping routes. Incorporated as an overseas department of Portugal in 1951, the islands continued to campaign for independence, which was peacefully achieved in 1975...

[lianda-pillow-maunfacturer-blog]

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[iamsoneurotic]

Kids are gross.

I figure I’m long overdue for an update.

I don’t even know where to begin. There’s so much changing about these boys that it’s almost not worth trying to list. Short version: I have a 2 year old, a 4 year old and a world full of stress!

Let’s begin with the little bug, Noli. He’s gone through phases – He loved Curious George, he loved Thomas the Train… But oh me oh my, no love compares to his obsession with Spider-Man! I wish I could pinpoint the moment it happened. I want to say in an effort to silence one of his Cthulhu-level tantrums we shoved an iPad in his face and YouTubed Spider-Man footage from the movies. Love at first site. Honestly, who can know these things though. My memory has always sucked and poor Rachael is reaching record-breaking levels of mom-brain. These dang kids have obliterated her ability to perform simple brain functions like string a series of words together to complete a sentence. Sometimes I hear her mumbling “Abort, Retry, Fail?” in her sleep. I wonder if she can be restored to factory settings…

So as I said, Noli is obsessed with Spider-Man. He wears a Spider-Man cape, he has two Spider-Man stuffed dolls (a large one named Spider-Daddy and a small one named Spider-Baby) and he has a pair of red & blue shoes which are simply called Spider-Shoes. He pretends to shoot webs from his hands as well, something I’m rather proud to have taught him because while it appeared I was teaching him a cool superhero thing, I was secretly just teaching him to throw up the horns and rock n’ roll.

Milo does it too – because, as brothers do, they mimic everything the other does… and they do this to incredibly annoying extremes. They were in the back seat one day and per usual Noli began ‘shooting his webs’ at Milo, so Milo did it back to him. Rach and I thought it was cute until we realized it was an all out war in the backseat and these two were angrily trying to shoot each other TO DEATH with their imaginary webbing! So within a matter of minutes I realized I had reached that point in life where I spend my car rides yelling at children to stop shooting imaginary webs at each other. This is actually a thing I have to enforce now. “If you shoot your brother with webs again, you’re getting a spank!”

Yes, we spank. I had always been iffy about writing anything about it for fear that some obnoxious crunchy parent would start bombarding my email with complaints of child abuse, but then I realized that A.) I don’t care, and B.) Even if I did care, I highly doubt more than 3 people read this. Whatever, I live in Texas now – At any given time I’ve got about 4 or 5 other parents within shouting distance willing to spank my kids for me if my hands are full. God’s country, baby!

One night when I was getting Noli ready for bed, he grabbed the ‘spanking spoon’ which was within his reach, patted himself on the butt and said “Obey daddy?”… It was funny until I thought about how horrible that would look if he ever did that in public. There’s a lot of things you have to worry about when you’re in public. It used to be the thing you feared most was your child crying or making a scene - that’s all but expected now, but eventually your kids start saying things that aren’t fit for public areas. It’s not even things they’re learning from listening to me – and believe me, there’s a plethora of highly inappropriate words and phrases they should have picked up from listening to me empty their training potties, but the things they say they just figured out by putting sounds together randomly on their own. Noli, for instance (actually all of these things are Noli. Milo is a grammatical angel), started saying “Pop-a-tit”. Nobody knows what it means, nobody knows where it came from, nobody even knows if he knows what he’s saying. It just came to be one day.

The worst is when my mother asked him “Pappa what?”, and he just bluntly answered “Tit!”... Sorry, mom.

Luckily he says that one less frequently, but it just got replaced with something of equal socially unacceptable value: “Poop-shoot toot”. Now, I know where he learned poop and I know where he learned toot… But where in God’s green earth did he learn to string together Poop-shoot?? It doesn’t help that I laugh every time he does it. It’s a dad’s job to delight in his child’s potty mouth when mom isn’t looking.

Whatever though, talking about poop is as common as breathing air in my house. Milo’s almost fully potty trained now and I find myself longing for the days of diapers. When I was little, I’d yell “I’m all done!” when it was time for my tooshie to be cleansed of its own aftermath. Milo, being the ever so elegant child he is, just yells “HEY! WIPE MY BUTT!” ... Again, I find myself realizing my life’s situation as I reply without hesitation, “Hey, it’s wipe my butt PLEASE.”

I don’t even know why I bother trying to teach these kids manners - they’re animals. Children are filthy, disgusting animals. They delight in being gross. They love picking their nose, eating their nails and spitting. Here’s the thing, I can handle a poop, I can handle spit up, I can handle vomit… I can handle a lot of things. But when it involves the nose or the mouth, I immediately start dry-heaving. Even as I’m writing this I’m barely keeping it together so I can just get through this wretched paragraph.

Milo’s favorite place to do gross things is during his soccer games. He knows I’m rendered powerless to do anything about it. I can’t run onto the field and scold him, and there’s just something about being that one parent screaming from the sidelines “STOP EATING YOUR BOOGERS AND CHASE THE BALL!” that makes me uneasy… So I just have to sit there and pretend he’s not my kid until the quarter is over and I can chew him out while he’s on the bench. One time, after he finished doing his absolute worst coal-mining to his left nostril, he looked me in the eye and grabbed another kid’s hand with what I could only imagine to be a finger so moist it would make a sponge swoon. I just stood there, helplessly giving him the meanest dad-eye I could conjure up… But it was ineffective. He knew what he was doing and he knew there was nothing I could do about it. I’m pretty sure the other kid got ebola and died that evening.

Needless to say the “Obey Daddy” spoon came out that afternoon.

In all seriousness though, when he wasn’t infesting other kids with his little kid germs, he did an amazing job playing Soccer. He was the smallest kid on his team but he played his little heart out… And looked adorable doing it. I’ve never been much of a sports guy, but I got really into it when he played. I had to refrain from yelling things like “KILL HIM! KILL HIM, MILO!!” and “KICK HER IN THE SHINS!!!” … It was a co-ed league. And there absolutely was this little brat ginger girl on the other team that 100% needed a good kick in the shin from a 4-year-old. Sweep the leg, son.

I kid, I don’t encourage violence from my children… They learn it all on their own. Noli has grown into quite the bruiser, which is awful timing considering he’s right at the peak of his terrible 2’s. Sure he’s still a cuddle-bug, and adorable, and squishy and the sweetest little thing on the planet, but he also happens to be a little ball of pent up Italian rage. My contribution to the family. His favorite phrases as of late are “No”, “I don’t want to”, “Go away” and “AHHHH!!!!”. Oh, and “Spider-Man”. Though he pronounces it “Cider-Man”.

He sadly inherited my clumsiness as well. He trips and falls while laying down. It’s one of those weird parenting evolutions that happens from first kid to second. The first child falls and you run to him and cuddle him and buy him chocolate and weep because you feel his pain. With the second kid, you find yourself resisting the urge to spank him when he trips on his feet for the hundredth time that morning and lands on his face. “Omg, kid, if you’re going to bleed, do it on the tile, not the carpet!”

…

Who am I kidding, our carpet is a lost cause. I don’t even care if they eat food off of it anymore, it’s their own germs they’re eating at this point.

Speaking of germs, I’m glad the school year is over because I’m tired of these little petri dishes bringing home colds from the other kids. What’s worse is they’re probably doing something really gross to get those germs from the other kids. Why are kids so gross! Stop that!

Besides whatever gross activities they’re engaging in with the other children, both Milo and Noli are great at school-related things. Like Math. Noli’s report card had a section for “Counts to 10” and the “10″ was scribbled out and replaced with a “20”... Because my 2 year old is mad smart just like his older brother. Milo likes to routinely count to a hundred by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. For a brief moment I heard him counting by 6’s, but he saw that I took notice and started picking his nose and blowing raspberries. My boys love fart noises. Noli likes to run up to me, turn his butt in my direction and then exclaim “I poop on you!” and proceed to make all kinds of raspberry noises while shaking his chunky little butt all over my leg. It’s adorable in a shameful kind of way. I enable it though because I do the same thing to his mother.

He’s a funny kid. When he’s not running around singing the Spider-Man song (which he sings: “Cider-Man, Cider-Man, I never Cider-can”), he’s picking up fake phones and pretending to call my brother to order milkshakes. Good lord the boy loves vanilla milkshakes - or as he calls it “Amilla Milshaysh”. His head almost exploded one day when we had my brother buy a milkshake and wait outside the door. We had Noli call him on his cell phone and ask him to bring a milkshake, and when he asked, my brother busted open the door like Commando Santa Clause and granted his wish. Now whenever the doorbell rings, he thinks my brother is at the door with sugary beverages. We teach our kids disappointment at an early age.

We have to roll his window up when we’re at the Starbucks Drive-Thru now because he keeps trying to ask for vanilla milkshakes while we’re trying to order.

Anyway, this barely scratched the surface of how much they’ve changed, but you get the gist: Boogers, Spider-Man, Milkshakes.

Animals, ~ Mark

[winniesycamore]

With all of the other tributes gone from the Cornucopia, or at least hidden, Nolie finally breathed a sigh of relief up at Axel. For the first time in the Arena, she hugged him, wrapping her arms around her own Superman.“That was a lot,” she admitted, her voice still sounding weird against the relative quiet of the Cornucopia. The lack of flashing lights and shouting reporters made quite a difference, in that the area they stood in somehow seemed more sparse and way bigger than she’d originally intended. All that was with them were fifteen bodies, a bunch of glasses of something 

“Okay, so, like first things first, we need to get that cape off of you,” Nolie said, motioning for Axel to turn around so she could examine the clasps on the cape. “That guy from Eight tried to grab it. Thankfully I saw him, but that could’ve gone, like, super-duper bad. It’s a serious hazard.” // @axelsreyes

[winniesycamore]

worthwhile || self para

After the parachute fell, Nolie couldn’t fall back asleep. Every little noise made her jump, and now she felt more aware than before of the quiet. Every time it was silent, Nolie kicked the wall, or said something out loud, or drummed her fingers on the tile floor. Just in case the Gamemakers stole her voice again. It reminded her of Axel, and she knew that if they’d been able to hear and speak, things would have gone differently.

“I can still hear,” Nolie spoke, breaking another round of silence. She laid with her back against the counter and her feet propped up on the wall in front of her, tapping them rhythmically. The sound made her feel normal again. Almost. Charlie chirped as if to agree with her.

Making noise wasn’t smart in the Games. But Nolie wasn’t sure how long she could last in silence ever again.

The Gamemaker’s announcement boomed over the arena. No question. Nolie wasn’t going. If she’d have to see Carina again, she wasn’t going to show up. She could barely look her in the eyes. Nolie didn’t know the details, sure, but Carina had been there. Her weapon had killed Axel. And Nolie had no way of knowing that it was intentional, that it was all a misunderstanding.

Five fingers outstretched on her left hand. She bent them down one by one, remembering who was left. Nolie. Carina. Atom, which surprised her. Ariel. And Drake. She could picture each of their faces in her mind. They were her friends, but now they were just in her way.

Nolie stomped her feet against the wall to drown out the quiet.

“I’m hungry,” she said, looking to Charlie. “Can you help me find the good fruit again?” Charlie tilted his head, not appearing to understand. He would, eventually.

“Okay, fine.” Nolie replied on her own, settling in to pack. She folded up Axel’s cape, wound up her parachute cord, and examined the dagger closer. With her parachute cord tied around her waist, her dagger in hand, and her makeshift blanket thrown over one arm, Nolie was ready to go.

“Let’s get some food, Charlie,” she said, leading the way out of the gift shop. The pair stepped into the warm air and the dim light. Charlie walked back in the direction of the wrought iron gates, but Nolie shook her head. “No, I’m not going. We’re going for food.”

Charlie ran back over to Nolie, insistently pulling at her skirt. “No, Charlie!” she exclaimed, not caring how loud her voice was. She had a dagger. Nothing could hurt her. “I can’t go and see them!” Nolie’s voice wavered as she spoke, and she angrily wiped a couple tears. “I can’t look at Carina, I can’t deal with Atom, I don’t want to hear Ariel recite a bunch of freaking poetry or hear how much Drake likes tea. I don’t care. I can’t be around these people, because I like them. It’ll make me weaker. I am not going-”

As the words left her mouth, Nolie heard a horrifying roar.

Charlie let out the worst shriek she’d heard from him yet, and headbutted Nolie hard in the back, pushing her to the entrance of the sector. She turned to face the sound, holding her dagger up. “I’m not scared, I’m not scared, I’m not scared…” The words felt more like a hope than a fact, and Nolie felt the terror shake her to the core.

From the trees emerged a tyrannosaurus rex.

Nolie didn’t know what a t-rex was, and if she had known, she would’ve realized it was no normal t-rex. This one had spikes on its tail, long claws, and more than one row of teeth. It roared horribly, and Nolie scrambled backwards a few steps before running with Charlie to the entrance of the sector. The dinosaur’s feet pounded into the forest floor behind them, and Nolie’s heart raced in her chest.

Apparently, the Gamemakers had other plans.

Nolie stuck to the winding dirt path, Charlie running at her side, as the two approached the gates. They grew closer, but so did the dinosaur mutt, chasing them with thundering footfalls. Charlie and Nolie were mere metres from the entrance of the sector, when the dinosaur mutt turned around and his tail grazed Nolie’s back, tearing the uniform and leaving an angry red slice across her back.

Nolie screamed.

She tripped with the pain of the injury, falling forward on her hands and knees in the dirt. This was not going to be how her story ended. As she pushed herself back up to her feet, she felt Charlie’s nose push her up from behind, and supported her weight as she ran to the gates.

Nolie threw herself over the threshold, onto the concrete of the Cornucopia sector. And she turned around to see the large dinosaur mutt with Charlie in his mouth. “NO!” Nolie screamed, horrified as she watched her new friend dragged back into the jungle, squirming and dying in the mutt’s mouth. Nolie held her hands over her mouth as she watched them retreat.

It was just a mutt, viewers at home would scoff. Charlie wasn’t real. Academy trainers would have her neck for getting attached to one in the first place. But Nolie, still on her knees, sobbing over the death of her new friend at the entrance to a jungle that held all of her worst memories, saw him as more than that.

He was yet another thing that died to save her life.

So she had to make their sacrifices worthwhile.

[charlebaltimore420-blog]

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