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hey-hamlet · 4 years ago

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BNHA FIC PROMPTS

A collection of all of the fic ideas from that ask game, as of now. I’ll throw in new ones if i get any and when I remember. Feel free to use any of them, I’d love a link if you did!

with hands to the sky, I beg (what will save us?)

Izuku is a god who asks to be reborn as a human to try and help. He is warned he can’t return to being a god and will join the mortal realm, ever reincarnated. He agrees.

Izuku is a child with faint memories of a life he never lived, who knows too much about the world but not enough about the people around him. He’s not listed as having a quirk but he’s never gotten sick, never been hurt. He scares the other children and the adults don’t like his precocious nature. Inko loves her little miracle.

My Soul is Like a Supernova

Things happen around Izuku. Always have. Everything from earthquakes and villain attacks to miraculous healing and lottery wins. He’s always attracted big events like this - as if even the universe can see how important he is and it warps itself around him.

He sees this as perfectly normal. 1A is begining to notice a stressful pattern.

This one regret of mine

Character study of Inko and how she deeply regrets so many things she’s done in her life, from her husband, to giving up on her carrier, to telling Izuku he couldn’t be a hero and then letting him keep going to UA.

But no matter what she’d never regret her son.

Of souls and lost causes

A good ol’ Izuku sees dead people AU, focused more on his younger years when he’d wander around the city helping as many spirits as he could, only to return home at the end of the day exhausted and dirty to an increasingly worried mother who believed the doctor when he said seeing ghosts as a quirk would be impossible.

my life.your choice

Underground heroics AU (i dont think ive ever posted that au huh): Izuku is the well-known son of japan’s immortal emperor, All for One. Born quirkless, he’s been emotionally abused but violently protected his whole life by his father, his mother killed before his eyes for trying to take him away. He’s never been able to make a choice for himself save for his bodyguard - his childhood friend, Bakugo Katsuki.

Katsuki made a pledge to protect him when they were in kindergarten and he’ll be damned if he breaks it now. And if it takes the two of them joining the resistance, meeting a vigilante by the name of All Might thought long dead and Izuku receiving a near-mythical quirk? Well, that just makes it more exciting, doesn’t it?

I forgot that you existed

Izuku gets hit with a quirk that not only makes people forget him, it prevents them from seeing him as well - all but erasing him from reality for everyone he knows. He can still interact with things but all it manages to do is just UA shut down under fear of villain infiltration. They find Izuku 18 hours later when the quirk wears off - a motion tracking gun trained on his forehead.

certain uncertainties

No one can predict the quirks trapped in One for All or when they’ll show up. Anthology fic of Izuku discovering each of them, some being rather helpful, and at least one piece of merch being sent into a low orbit.

Sometimes goodbye is a second chance

Set in the same universe I wrote console reset in; during the two heroes movie: they never defeat Nine and he slaughters the whole island and his class, leaving Izuku till last. He comes back at the start of their first day on the island and doggedly makes friends with every islander he can because while it hurt seeming them die, it hurt even more knowing he’d never even learnt most of their names.

They win this time the first time they meet him, even if it’s a marathon fight of 8 hours with him and Bakugo doggedly wearing him down. No one dies. Izuku thinks it’s worth dying as many times as he has to to keep the people he loves smiling.

The immortality of the heroic spirit

One of the quirks in One for All is determination: if you have something you desperately want to do, you can’t die - no matter how much blood you lose or home many pieces your body is crushed into - you’ll just heal back to where you were before you died. All Might and Aizawa find this out to horrifying effect during a brutal villain fight they are stuck watching on the news with the rest of a terrified UA.

In hindsight this makes a lot of sense to Izuku. Aizawa wants to scream. All Might has coughed up more blood than is probably healthy and all of 1A bruised hands from where they were clutching each other’s when it got too tense.

Shine on you invincible legacy

Izuku becomes a top 10 hero before hes even out of high school, hitting No.2 the second he graduates and taking No.1 from Hawks literally the next time the ranking is counted. 1A will not stop throwing him parties each time he moves up in the ranking, even if in 3rd year it was every other week. All Might comes to ever one of them.

Shake the Dirt from Your Shoes

Izuku will be a hero and no one will stop him - an AU a fair bit like the beginning of canon except Izuku fights back, remains unending optimistic and maybe engages in a light bit of technically legal vigilantism, accidentally befriending a vast array of heroes and a student or two.

To his horror, they recognise him out of costume as soon as he speaks to them, resulting in a very eventful first day at UA.

do you feel with a heart of steel

Original Sin AU, young Izuku finding feeling emotions difficult and not knowing why. He finds a dying animal on the way home and sits with it, patting it until it passes away. He doesn’t think he feels anything, but his cheeks feel wet.

all you want is milk and honey

Villains have been trying to use Izuku his entire life, much to his annoyance and confusion (I wonder who in his family might make him known to villains? hm). He’s gotten very good at being intimidating, even as a child.

When he gets kidnapped with Bakugo on a primary school field trip he decides to hell with it and breaks out all the stops. Turns out villains don’t tend to want a 10-year-old who can describe in great detail how they would hang you with your own intestines.

Bakugo decides that fuck Izuku being quirkless, he’s kind of amazing.

Even the stars

Izuku dies young and no one but the stars cry for him. They bring him back, but his body is cold and he has a nova burning where his heart should be. A four-year-old who has known death and walked among the stars is a terrifying thing. His skin has a shimmer to it, his eyes look like planets with no visible pupil, and he knows far too much.

The stars still speak to him, and they see everything.

bitter dreams and optimistic nightmares

Bakugo and Izuku grow up good friends, until Izuku is taken by villains age 9.

Bakugo’s determined to be a hero to save Izuku, even if it hurts to be at UA without him.

Izuku hates hurting people but he’s determined to make the most of his horrible situation by leaking information to heroes whenever he can. He’s given to All for One to serve as a lab hand to the doctor when All for One finds out this rag tag outpost of his had been hiding a valuable resource.

They meet at the USJ.

Mind Games for Two Shinsou and Izuku are both gen ed students in the same class, but with Shinsou stubbornly refusing to make friends and Izuku being the vice president they are almost strangers. UA has a no quirkless students policy and Shinsou has accidentally discovered that he student in his class with an analysis quirk, doesn’t, actually, have one. Izuku is aware Shinsou knows. They both want to get into the hero course but are under the impression there is only one spot.

It’s tense.

The Melody Stuck in My Soul

Izuku has an empathy/emotional control quirk that hears other’s emotions like music. He uses this both to read people, to defend himself, and, because hes Izuku, to ramp up his adrenaline/motivation/anger to kick ass. He and Bakugo are friends because baby Bakugo was lowkey impressed Izuku managed to weaponize his tears.

Advantage of the musical element: it gives him something concrete to latch on to and change, and it was very easy to work out which emotions were which. Also he has his own theme song, even if he’s the only one who can hear it.

Disadvantage: He cant turn it off. The stronger the emotion the ‘louder’ the music (it doesn’t cover up natural sounds because its not technically there, you get me?)

Error 404, childhood not found

A Hero’s Son AU, snapshot’s of Izuku’s childhood with No.1 Hero All for One as his abusive father.

Age 4 when his quirk never comes in and All for One abandons all pretences of loving him. Age 6 when he realises his son is intelligent and has a use as a lab assistant for the doctor. Age 8 when Bakugo first realises something is wrong. Age 9 when his father is almost killed by the No.1 villain All Might. Age 9 when he’s made to work in the labs with the doctor.

Age 14 when he meets All Might. Age 15 when he makes it into UA.

Darkness Growing (The Light Ever Smaller)

Villains take over Japan after the current arc, leaving all heroes and students that don’t switch sides on the run. 1A is instantly separated with a few of them being killed, most of the living students with Aizawa and Izuku and Bakugo by themselves, both too stubborn to leave the other.

Aizawa is desperately trying to get to Izuku and Bakugo in an attempt to keep them safe, while the two of them are avoiding Aizawa to keep the rest of their class safe(er), all while avoiding the villains, turncoat heroes and police out to get them. Public support is spotty at best with anyone found ‘harboring a criminal’ given the same punishment as the hero.

Lost soul of last hope

The first wielder has been Izuku’s imaginary friend since he can remember. He’s not very imaginary.

Featuring Izuku with the world’s strangest older brother, Inko coming to the realisation her son can see a ghost, but only one ghost and no one will believe them, Izuku’s quirk being listed as Inko’s because the first wielder can help him fake it, and Izuku wondering why first looks so much like that picture of his father on his mother’s bedside table.

The kids the system failed

100% The 1A run aways au with 1A, Aizawa and Mic being runaways kids of various ages that band together to stay alive and maybe do a little vigilante work on the side.

Izuku has All for One and uses it like you’d expect a traumatised kid to - cautiously at first but when he gets the hang of it there are suddenly no more criminals with quirks in their area, and it looks suspiciously like Uraraka can fly.

Just a second to soon? For the Fic thing?

Aizawa struggles and gets knocked out just before Shigaraki lunges at Tsuyu. She and Izuku are left horribly injured by his quirk with massive facial scarring, and in Tsuyu’s case, the loss of an eye.

Daze

An illusion/fear quirk makes his teachers look like villains and convinces him he’s in danger. They try and stop him without hurting him but it’s difficult considering Izuku is convinced he’s protecting his friends, considering he can only see them broken and bloodied with villains he thought were locked away loaming over them.

Even as Aizawa cuts out his quirk Izuku still tries to shield his friends, snarling ferally.

Morning Glories and Forget-me-nots

A memory quirk of unknown duration hits Izuku, leaving him remembering none of his life. 1A starts to fall apart without one of their pillar’s.

hopeless but not broken

The Long Con au where Izuku asks All Might if he could be a hero without a quirk - he’s really asking if he can stop pretending to be a villain, if he’s worth anything without the quirks he’s been given, if he’s worth something as himself rather than the limited use he can provide. He doesn’t know how to say all of that, so he just asks if he could be a hero.

All Might says no. And Izuku basically decides right then that the only way he’ll ever be able to help people is by being a mole for the heroes like he’s been since he was 10 - that he isn’t worth anything because he’s quirkless and to be considered just as valuable as the people around him are he needs to give his life and more.

He shows up to the bar crying because of All Might and Shigaraki moves his murder plot forward a few months.

Sunflowers and Summer Gardens

All Might starts a garden on campus and 1A like to help. He uses it as a nice place to chill and as physical therapy. He likes to give the different classes bunches of flowers when they sprout.

For Dos and For Donts

Izuku runs into some of his old bullies when out with some of his friends. Uraraka, Iida, Todoroki, Shinsou and Asui intimidate the fuck out of them, and Izuku realises hes not scared of them any more. Then they get frozen yoghurt!

your mistakes, my unbecoming

Aizawa assigns a project on quirk related issues, Izuku ends up with quirkless discrimination, Aizawa assumes his discomfort is just him being upset he doesn’t get to talk about quirks. He doesn’t realise his mistake until he finds Izuku dissociating on the roof.

one and one into the vast

Original Sin AU, All for One and Izuku seeing the vestiges together. One for All sees his brother for the first time and Izuku learns a lot about the voice in his head.

All for One has a mini-crisis about his not son learning he’s a horrific villain, especially considering he has the power to cast his soul out at any time, killing him at will. Izuku doesn’t kill him. He admits its probably not right of him to let AfO remain considering the things he’s done, but All for One is a part of him now and it would be like killing a friend.

All for One quietly decides to hold off on the villainy until all of 1A is dead, for Izuku’s sake.

between the stars of our souls

Izuku and All Might are old gods who keep getting reborn into human forms with their memories regained when they turn 4. Normally finding each other takes a while, and their last reincarnation they never found each other, so this time he resolves to make himself as easy to find as possible, all while saving as many people as he can.

Izuku, aged 4, memories fresh in his head, makes it his mission to get into contact with the man he knows is his father/mentor’s reincarnation. All Might’s agency was not expecting a 4 year old to repeatedly try breaking in to their office, and they especially weren’t expecting him to be so good at it.

you really should have thought this through

Different (and ill-advised) attempts at special moves or team up combo moves. Featuring:

Izuku managing to break Kirishima’s nose.

Uraraka sending Bakugo so high he broke the sound barrier coming back down to earth.

Kaminari and Shouto managing to electrify ice.

Izuku, Todoroki and Bakugo levelling a whole suburb (at least it was condemned???)

I'll Break Anything You Give Me

Different times Izuku desperately tried to repair his relationship with Izuku over the years and the one time Bakugo fully grasps how much he fucked up and reaches out his hand to try to fix it for the first time. Probably includes a lot of screaming, Bakugo learning how to say sorry, a field trip and them having a conversation on Aldera’s roof.

Sinking

One for All kind of possesses Izuku during a quiet night at the dorms. One for All, made of 8 people, 7 of which are dead and had their last experiences in life be rather painful and violent, breaks down, Izuku alone not enough to drown them out. They lash out at anyone who tries to touch them, their quirks tearing Izuku’s body apart.

All Might’s vestige reaches out a hand to Izuku to keep his mind from being torn apart as 1A set about both trying to protect Izuku and get Aizawa who was off campus on patrol.

Feat. Bakugo and All Might being the only people with any idea about what’s going on and getting more and more stressed each second that passes. Iida, Uraraka and Todoroki being good heroes and even better friends. Blood King deciding he’s never watching 1A for Aizawa again, and Aizawa deciding he’s never leaving 1A alone ever again.

A Long Way From Home

Shirakumo wakes up in Kurogiri’s body in Tartarus with only shadowed memories of his time as a villain. He’s scared and alone and he just wants to see his friends again, even if he’s scared they hate him because at least that’s something he knows.

Too Far Gone

The other side AU, it comes out Izuku is a villain with (knockoff) All for One and he has a showdown with Mirio. He and Izuku trained together under All Might and Mirio tries to plead with him but Izuku has to basically tell him to go to hell to not ruin his placet as crown prince of the underworld.

Of course, he’s not only doing this to save people, he’s also doing it with All Might’s blessing - taking over from All Might himself serving as a villain after he killed All for One to prevent a power vacuum.

Doesn’t mean that his friends in 1A know that.

Snowy hills and sunlit peaks

Probably an AU about All Might being a mountain spirit with a little shrine that Izuku is the only one who visits - Izuku gets in trouble and All Might manifests himself, saves him, and tells everyone to keep their hands off his human son.

Wilting

Izuku gets sick and he tries to hide it because he’s scared its something serious but he just gets worse and worse. His friends are the ones who eventually step in and comfort him.

I’d probably write two endings with one being a bad end and the other a good end.

My wish came true without me realising

Izuku wakes up one morning, comes downstairs and just starts crying. Everyone panics and he reassures them they are happy tears and that he's just glad to be here. They all call him sappy and give him a hug. Later in the day he and Bakugo chat and Izuku reveals he never even expected to live this long, let alone become a hero. Bakugo grumbles that he’s too stubborn to die, and not to get too cocky. Izuku promises he wont.

#38 of them damn #bnha prompts #mha prompts #prompt list #bnha #mha #bnha au #boku no hero #my hero academia #hero aca

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pamphletstoinspire · 7 years ago

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THE PROPHECY OF MICHEAS - From The Latin Vulgate Bible

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION.

Micheas, of Morasti, a little town in the tribe of Juda, was cotemporary with the prophet Isaias, whom he resembles both in his spirit and his style. He is different from the prophet Micheas, mentioned in the Third Book of Kings, (chap. xxii.) for that Micheas lived in the days of king Achab, one hundred and fifty years before the time of Ezechias, under whom this Micheas prophesied, (Challoner) as he did in the two preceding reigns. (Haydock) --- He addresses both Israel and Juda, and predicts the happiness of the Jews after the captivity, as a figure of what the church should enjoy. (Calmet) --- The Jews shall embrace the faith at last, after the Gentiles. (Worthington) --- We have only a small part of the predictions of Micheas, though he may have written no more. His style is obscure, like that of Osee. (Calmet) --- His name signifies "humility," or "who is like." (St. Jerome)

Chapter 1

Samaria, for her sins, shall be destroyed by the Assyrians: they shall also invade Juda and Jerusalem.

1 The word of the Lord that came to Micheas, the Morasthite, in the days of Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda: which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Notes & Commentary:

Ver. 1. Morasthite, "of Maresa," (Chaldean; chap. i. 14.; Calmet) a village near Eleutheropolis. (St. Jerome) --- Kings. They reigned about sixty years. (Calmet)

2 Hear, all ye people: and let the earth give ear, and all that is therein: and let the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his holy temple.

Ver. 2. Witness. Deuteronomy xxxii., Isaias i., and vi.. The prophet discharges his duty, and will not be blameable, if people die in their sins, Jeremias iii. 18. (Worthington) --- This sublime address shews the importance of the subject, and how deep an impression the sins of Israel had made in his breast.

3 For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.

Ver. 3. Earth, to subdue the rebels, Amos iv. 13., and Habacuc iii. 3. (Calmet)

4 And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep place.

Ver. 4. Melted. Septuagint, "moved." (Haydock) --- Cleft, as it was to swallow up Core, (Numbers xvi. 31.) with the greatest ease.

5 For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem?

Ver. 5. Jerusalem. High places were left there under Joathan, 4 Kings xv. 35. Achab had introduced the worship of Baal into Samaria, and though the family of Jehu repressed this worship, it gained ground when Micheas appeared. (Calmet) --- This conduct excited God's indignation. (Haydock) --- He came to punish the most guilty. (Calmet)

6 And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare.

Ver. 6. Heap. Septuagint, "hut to keep the fruit." Hebrew, "hillock of the field," (Haydock) to be cultivated. (Grotius) --- Bare, by Salmanasar, 4 Kings xvii. 6. It was afterwards rebuilt, (Calmet) but completely levelled by Hircan. (Josephus, Antiquities xiii. 18.)

7 And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces, and all her wages shall be burnt with fire, and I will bring to destruction all her idols: for they were gathered together of the hire of a harlot, and unto the hire of a harlot they shall return.

Ver. 7. Her wages. That is, her donaries or presents offered to her idols; or the hire of all her traffic and labour. (Challoner) --- Samaria had trafficked with infidels, and thus grew rich, but imitated their idolatry; (Worthington) and therefore was ruined, and her citizens and riches (Haydock) removed into Assyria. (Worthington) --- Harlot. They were gathered together by one idolatrous city, viz., Samaria: and they shall be carried away to another idolatrous city, viz., Ninive. (Challoner) --- The hire of prostitution was not to be received in God's temple, (Deuteronomy xxiii. 18.) which prohibition shews the antiquity of this abominable custom, Baruch vi. 9. (St. Augustine, City of God iv. 10.) (Calmet)

8 Therefore will I lament, and howl: I will go stript and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.

Ver. 8. Naked. Ill clothed, (Haydock) to shew the approaching calamity of the Israelites, Isaias xx. (Menochius) --- Septuagint and Chaldean explain all of the people, (Calmet) or of Samaria. "Therefore shall she lament and howl, go barefoot and naked, bewail like," &c. (Haydock) --- Dragons, when they are crushed by the elephant. (Solin xxxviii.) (Menochius) --- Tannim means also (Haydock) whales, &c., which make a horrible noise. --- Ostriches, or swans, Isaias xiii. 21. Both have a mournful note. (Calmet)

9 Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Ver. 9. Gate. That is, the destruction of Samaria shall be followed by the invasion of my people of Juda, and the Assyrian shall come and lay all waste even to the confines of Jerusalem. (Challoner) --- Juda received the worship of Baal from Israel. It shared in the punishment of that kingdom. The prophet alludes to the ravages of Sennacherib, ver 13. Yet Juda was much afflicted by Razin and Phacee, before that invasion: which caused Achaz to call in the aid of Theglathphalassar, 2 Paralipomenon xxviii., and 4 Kings xvi. (Calmet)

10 Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.

Ver. 10. Geth. Amongst the Philistines, lest they rejoice at your calamity. (Challoner) (2 Kings i. 20., and Amos iii. 9.) (Calmet) --- Tell not these calamities, which I foresee, among your enemies, lest they rejoice. But lament in your own houses, which shall be filled with dust. St. Jerome prays for the light of the Holy Ghost to understand this passage. (Worthington) --- Weep ye not. Keep in your tears, that you may not give your enemies an occasion of exulting over you: but in your own houses, or in your house of dust, your earthly habitation, sprinkle yourselves with dust, and put on the habit of penitents. Some take the house of dust (in Hebrew Haphra) to be the proper name of a city. (Challoner) --- With tears. Hebrew, "at all," (Protestants; Haydock) "in Acco," or Ptolemais, (Reland) or Bochim, (Haydock) a place near Jerusalem, Judges ii. 1. But no reference to this place, or to "the Enakim," (who appear in some copies of the Septuagint) seems to be made. --- Of dust. Samaria, ver. 6. (Calmet)

11 And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the Beautiful place, covered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the confines: the House adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which stood by herself.

Ver. 11. Place. In Samaria. In the Hebrew, the beautiful place is expressed by the word Shaphir, which some take for the proper name of a city. (Challoner) --- It is thought that St. Jerome has given the sense of several proper names, (Calmet) or this has been done since in the Vulgate by some other. In the edition of his works, (A.D. 1533) we read, "The dwelling of Saphir passes from you: she hath not come out who inhabits Sennan. The house of Asel shall receive," &c. (Haydock) --- Saphir or Diocesarea was a strong place (Josephus, Jewish Wars ii. 37.) of Galilee, where Saanan was also situated, Judges iv. 11. Haetsel may denote "the vicinity." (Calmet) --- People shall not attempt to comfort their neighbours, being themselves under the greatest alarms. (Haydock) --- Forth. That is, they that dwelt in the confines came not forth, but kept themselves within, for fear. --- Adjoining, viz., Judea and Jerusalem, neighbours to Samaria, and partners in her sins, shall share also in her mourning and calamity: though they had pretended to stand by themselves, trusting in their strength. (Challoner) --- All the inhabitants shall be led into captivity naked. (Haydock)

12 For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.

Ver. 12. Weak, &c. Jerusalem is become weak unto any good; because she dwells in the bitterness of sin. (Challoner) --- Protestants, "the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good." (Haydock) --- We know not of any place called Maroth. Grotius would substitute Ramoth. (Calmet) --- Bitterness. St. Jerome, "Maroth." Symmachus, "provoking to bitterness." They are unable to defend their possessions. (Haydock)

13 A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion, for in thee were found the crimes of Israel.

Ver. 13. Lachis, when Sennacherib came to besiege it, 4 Kings xviii. 13. (Calmet) --- Beginning. That is, Lachis was the first city of Juda that learnt from Samaria the worship of idols, and communicated it to Jerusalem. (Challoner) --- This is not very probable. We may translate, "this is the source of sin," or of chastisement; or the imitation of Israel, is the chief of the crimes of Sion. (Calmet)

14 Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth: the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.

Ver. 14. Send. Lachis shall send to Geth for help; but in vain: for Geth, instead of helping, shall be found to be a house of lying and deceit to Israel. (Challoner) --- Inheritance. Some translate rather "Moreseth (or Morasthi) of Geth, the houses of Acsib," &c. Both these towns were near Geth, and perhaps at this time subject to it, 2 Paralipomenon xxviii. 18. Achaz sent to ask for aid against the king of Israel, ver. 9. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-Gath, the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the," &c. (Haydock) --- There is an allusion between Acsib and a lie, as also between Maresa and an heir, (ver. 15.; Calmet) as the terms have those senses. (Haydock)

15 Yet will I bring an heir to thee that dwellest in Maresa: even to Odollam shall the glory of Israel come.

Ver. 15. Heir. Maresa (which was the name of a city of Juda) signifies inheritance: but here God by his prophet tells the Jews, that he will bring them an heir to take possession of their inheritance: and that the glory of Israel shall be obliged to give place, and to retire even to Odollam, a city in the extremity of their dominions. And therefore he exhorts them to penance in the following verse. (Challoner) --- Maresa shall fall a prey to the king of Assyria. Micheas was a native of this town, and he ironically addresses his countrymen. (Calmet) --- Glory. Thus he denotes "the misery" of Israel, which shall be extended to the last town in Juda. (Worthington) --- Hebrew means also "burden." Odolla was taken by Sennacherib, (Calmet) with the other towns around Jerusalem. (Haydock)

16 Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.

Ver. 16. Eagle. When it loses its feathers, it becomes languid. (Theodoret) --- This verse should be joined with the next chapter, which regards the kingdom of Israel. (Calmet)

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apsbicepstraining · 7 years ago

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Wladimir Klitschko:’ This know it sounds arrogant, but I am like Mount Everest’

The 41 -year-olds training camp in the Alps consider this to be the fixed for a repugnance film and he tells Sachin Nakrani he is in the mood to give Anthony Joshua a scare when they meet on 29 April at Wembley

Stanglwirt is a sprawling bio-hotel located in the Austrian Alps and which at first glance looks like the setting for a slow-burning, creepy-crawly horror movie. With its rocky background and somewhat kitsch interior heavy grove panelling, stripy sofas it brings about reminiscences of the Overlook Hotel from Stephen Kings The Shining. Walk through the foyer, past the staff garmented in lederhosen, and it is like simply a matter of time until a clock goes off, a jackas springs out and a organization falls down the stairs.

But on this spring visit there is no repugnance to be had. Instead, amid the restaurants and saloons, the spas, saunas and swimming pool, resides a storey of saving. Or, as Wladimir Klitschko puts it, fulfilling an obsession.

The heavyweight is here to prepare for his bout with Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium on 29 April. Stanglwirt has been his pre-fight base since 2003 and a lieu he describes as a dwelling away from residence. It is easy to see the appeal for all its Heres Johnny! excellences, the complex , now more than 250 years old, is a beautiful neighbourhood to invest some time. Pristine, picturesque, heated, friendly and with plenty to do and destroy. For Klitschko it is somewhere to get his attention and mas right, which now now more than ever is important for a boxing great who, as he declares, is about to take over a career-defining challenge.

Klitschko has not fought since his shock defeat to Tyson Fury in Dsseldorf 17 months ago. It was an outcome that not only deprived the Ukrainian of his WBA, IBF and WBO designations but also of his coat of near-invincibility. Dr Steelhammer, a fighter who had self-assured 53 of his 64 success across a 27 -year career by knockout, was outgunned by a man who dressed as Batman for one of their pre-fight press conference. Fury was a gag, yet after a unanimous qualities decision on 28 November 2015 he was the one laughing.

Much has happened to Fury since that night and one of the consequences has been Klitschko missing out on a rematch that would have rendered him with a chance to prove he is no busted blush after a fourth demolish since shifting professional in 1996. Unfinished business, as he sets it. Now, eventually, comes the chance for him to go again against a British fighter.

Wladimir Klitschko and his physio Aldo Vetere at the Stanglwirt hotel. Photograph: Johann Groder/ AFP/ Getty Images

Joshua, the IBF champion, poses a different menace to Fury a year younger at 27, greater and more deadly. Then there is the settled: a stadium Klitschko has never fought at, in front of a 90,000 sellout crowd. He is over there on the back of his longest period of inactivity since first fastening up a duo of gloves, and having exactly rotated 41. Little wonder this most assured of men is full of questions, full of doubts, as he spoke at Stanglwirt.

This fight is 50 -5 0, Klitschko said. Can the younger guy make it? Has the older person still got it? Doubt scores are making this event really interesting. Ive never had a pause for a year and a half. Is it bad? Is it good? Will I have rust? I want the answers myself.

One thing I believe is I dont find my age. Its not empty words. I am getting in the best influence of my life, physically and mentally. I dont investigate Im fasten and not improving, even in a athletic Ive been involved with for so long. Thats what interests and elicits me.

Klitschko surely ogled well as he addrest, flanked by his manager, Bernd Bnte, and his coach, Johnathon Banks.

The body remains enforcing and defined, his appearance chiselled and those sides continue to look like weapons of mass destruction. Expected to predict how the fight with Joshua will go, Klitschko elevated his fists and nodded towards them in turn. Funeral or hospital? Hospital or funeral? I dont need many punches to knock person or persons out.

That was a uncommon moment of trash-talking swagger from the ex-serviceman( alongside the moment he claimed Joshua get confidence from his muscles and is better suited to bodybuilding ).

Generally Klitschko was respectful of his rival, assume partly out of the fact Joshua goes into their fight on the back of a perfect professional record 18 acquires from 18 opposes, all achieved via knockout and partly because of the respect Klitschko developed for “the mens” from Watford, having invited him to be a sparring partner in November 2014, before taking on the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.

He amazed me with his attitude, Klitschko says. He was in the background and memorizing. Sometimes you need to be quiet and just watch, and he was observing everything. He could also chest, so I dedicated him credit and I was there in the arena when he won gold[ at London 2012 ]~ ATAGEND. Every medallist in the super-heavyweight department at the Olympics has to be considered successful. He has a lot of possibilities and so far has done good.

Unlike Fury, Joshua is likely to engage with Klitschko from the first bell, looking to flora his paws and unload bombards as often as possible. On one mitt that provides the challenger with a digesting target not to mention a supposedly vulnerable chins but on the other it represents he will have to engage himself, something Klitschko did only in the 12 th round of the Fury fight when his uncharacteristic hesitancy against a moving target had given him no choice but to go for break-dance. Eventually it was too little, too late.

Klitschko insists he has learned from his mistakes and will be fully prepared for current challenges by the time he arrives in London on 26 April. Until then it is a suit of working on and biding focused, something that was there to learnt at Stanglwirt.

The scene was a proselytized tennis courtroom in the bowels of the inn. In the middle held a sound while at one back were three punchbags hung in ascending prescribe and at another a basketball cyberspace where, at around 8am, Banks filmed bands with another member of backroom unit as Klitschko went through a series of elongating rehearsals. Two television screens had been put in demonstrating Joshuas previous engages, everything taking place to the clang of Motown classics. It was a tighten start.

Banks and Klitschko eventually underwent some pad work inside the ring. It was, in keeping with the mood of the morning, a relatively soothing conference but the din of thudding fists carried enough of an resemble to remind spectators of the supremacy coming Joshuas way later this month. The 27 -year-old is the favourite with most bookmakers but complacency would be foolhardy against a husband who has been there, said and done, and is penetrating the ring not because he needs the money but because he is determined to remind the world he remains one of “the worlds largest” durable heavyweights and, yet again, has what it takes to be a champion.

Wladimir Klitschko was uncharacteristically hesitant against Tyson Fury in 2015. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters

Failure is an experience and Im coming after a defeat[ against Fury] with a totally different outlook, Klitschko says. I learned more about myself, about boxing, through that win. Regrettably I cannot change it, or have a second film like in golf theres no mulligan for me. But Im not a destroyed man.

This may sound arrogant but I am like Mount Everest. You can clamber it during a certain period during two weeks in April I guess and say: I curbed Everest. Then youve got to run down because its going to take you down if you miss the time.

Some make it back but a lot of people die, so is Mount Everest demolished? No, its still here and its going to take another life this April.

Sky Sports Box Office just goes to show Joshua v Klitschko exclusively live on 29 April. To notebook going to see www.skysports.com/ joshua

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incurableoptimistest1994 · 7 years ago

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So, y'all are probably wondering where I've been lately... or probably haven't, but I'm gonna let you know anyways! Truth be told, I'm a pretty poorly girl at the moment. I've had three hospital admissions in ten weeks., and more in the last year. I've had 18 kidney infections in 18 months... five of those infections became sepsis, of which three led to admission to hospital, IV antibiotics, severe tachycardia, and respiratory distress, two led to internal bleeding, one led to extreme vomiting, and another one to kidney stones. The infection has come around so often it's now resistant to a few antibiotics, hence why I often end up on IVs. I am trying not to think of the day that I become resistant to all antibiotics. I live in terror of that day. My body is getting tired. It's struggling to cope with all these infections. I'm now classed as high risk of kidney, liver and heart failure, and I'm tachycardic during every infection, and often even when I don't have an infection... I can now become tachycardic just from overdoing it a bit. I'm also now on oxygen overnight; all night, every night. This is to treat severe hypoxia that has developed in the last year, and that was so bad it almost caused me the loss of several toes. Thankfully after three months of oxygen therapy my tootsies are no longer black! Phew! However I do have to have one of my toenails removed, as it's died from the lack of oxygen... I can't even have the nice normal operation, because of my spasms! I'm waiting to hear if I might have to be admitted and have a general anaesthetic just to have a stupid toenail removed. Boo! My most recent admission was particularly scary, as I had a blood clot on my chest... this has never happened to me before, and it made me extremely unwell. I'm home again now thankfully 🙏 But for how long? My palliative care team are calling for me to be admitted for a full investigation. They can't believe I'm still waiting to see the renal specialist... they were even more shocked that my appointment in October is a big improvement on the original date in January, that came about after a number of phone calls were made about me by various family members and medical type people... go Team Amy! So we can't really tackle my kidney problems til I see this guy. But they're worried something else is going on, and they're missing it. They're worried that my body is deteriorating faster and more severely. They're worried... and so am I. Mental health wise, I am actually coping surprisingly well. My psychologist would be proud; even months after my discharge from psychological services I am continuing to use the techniques I learnt. And they're working, for the most part. I mean, I still have Bad Days... but I'm not suicidal or clinically depressed. I'm just allowing myself to feel sad/mad/bad about the scary things going on in my life, which is far healthier than what I used to do (bottle everything up, ignore it, then deal with an explosion of badness that resulted in severe depressive episodes and becoming suicidal). Most importantly, I am communicating with my family and friends; about the good AND the bad. I can honestly say that my family and friends are what keeps me sane. They make waking up day after day to fight the good fight worth it. I'm blessed 🙏 and so thankful for them. My palliative care nurse told me on Monday that she is so impressed that despite being so poorly, I am continuing to try and get on with living my life. This was nice to hear 😊 but I can honestly say that I don't have any other choice. The day I stop trying to live the fullest and most fulfilling life I can live is the day my disease wins... and I'm not having that. It will kill me one day, but it will never win. I will live every second of my life as fully as I can. And that's what I'm doing. Anyways, I'll keep y'all updated... there will be news after I have an important appointment with my neurologist, and lead consultant, Jenny, on Friday. Adios amigos!

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ramblingsbyrhi · 7 years ago

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im itching to write random things about myself and since i have the freedom to do so here and since you have little to no interest in “quirky” facts about me but reading this is a simple form of procrastination preventing you from doing something more productive, here goes

1. my favourite number is 2 because there are 2 2s in my birthday (22nd, but you gathered that), and because one day friends and I went surfing at back beach in south west rocks then paddled down the river and decided to jump off the foot bridge. I caught 2 (what i thought were) good waves, then jumped off the bridge (which i fucking hate doing) twice. and the rest was history. oh, the simplicities of tweenhood.

2. speaking of south west rocks, ive always felt really torn about where i would consider “home”. my mum met my dad there, then i came along, however my parents were like.. dating, I guess, they weren’t married or technically living with each other. My mum decided to move to Newcastle for various reasons, and I guess my dad wasn’t invited/didn’t want to leave his home (probably a bit of both), so I went with her and from then on I saw my dad in school holidays and other semi significant occasions. When I was 15 my mum moved to Queensland for some (justified i’m sure) reason, so my dad decided I couldn’t stay in Newcastle with my siblings in their early 20s (much to my absolute disgust), and made me move in with him (another whoooooole solely dedicated post, believe me). So I went to school nearby and lived in south west rocks full time for the last 3 years of high school. Being the new kid though it never felt quite.. right, despite the fact that I was actually born there and knew the area like the back of my hand since my dad lived there and I stayed there a lot. While this was going on, Newcastle technically wasn’t really my home anymore, I had completely left in the eyes of my old school friends, despite my “home” and belongings where my brother and sister still were, remaining completely the same. Then I lived inland for a year and a bit for uni.. then moved back to my home in Newcastle to work. When I was in touch with my south west rocks school friends, we’d chat around Christmas time and ask if i was “coming home” for Christmas, and in my mind I’d be like “..I am home, though..”. My dad would spend Christmas in Newcastle with me and my siblings and mother normally, so “coming home” to south west rocks wasn’t really ever part of my Holiday routine, yet it was my home because.. never mind. you get it. well you probably don’t because I can’t quite fully wrap my head around it, but anyhow. next.

3. speaking of my parents, I really don’t quite know what to say about them. in hindsight their relationship was quite bizarre and obviously since I was young the ins and outs were never fully disclosed, but to me it was normal, it was all I knew. I considered families with married mums and dads to be strange.. figures. I can’t really tell how or if the way i was raised together/separate by them has affected me, but I think I do undervalue relationships and commitments, regardless of whether the two are connected. I strongly believe in independence, I despise couples who have to drag each other to every social event that occurs once they become official. I don’t think it’s necessary to attend each others every family or friend gathering, share incomes, pets etc. this is probably a major reason why my relationships don’t really technically progress much farther than committedly dating but it works with me.

4. my brother and sister are super important to me despite not quite knowing how to show them or anyone that. my sister is 8 years older then me and my number one, we’ve always been close but not gory close however sometimes we’ll say TMI things that are out of the ordinary for us but it’s usually hilarious seeing each other’s reactions. my brother is 5 years older than me and we weren’t entirely friendly as kids but we get along now in a “i’m going to continually insult you this whole catch up long because i’m kind of emotionally stunted and we weren’t really taught how to be affectionate in a more normal manner but it’s okay we’ll deal with it” kind of way. they have a different dad to me who they grew up without, but they’re amazing people, you wouldn’t realise it.

5. i have a massive appetite and get irrationally irritated by people who are a. fussy eaters or b. wasteful eaters. By wasteful eaters I mean people who consciously choose to go out to eat, order, take two bites then either a. complain about the food b. announce they’re full and done eating or c. announce they don’t feel well. YOU WANTED TO COME HERE AND SPEND YOUR MONEY ON FOOD WHY THE FUCKING HELL DONT YOU SHUT UP AND EAT IT PLEASE. EXPLAIN. in saying that i definitely have my “eat until the plate is clean and then some” habit to blame for my childhood obesity but that’s yet again another story.

6. I can lick my elbow. I can also do a few “man” pushups. I used to be able to lift my leg and have my foot behind my head but I really don’t trust myself to test that right now and either confirm or deny my current ability.

7. I had braces when I was 18 for about 18 months. I’d totally get them again since a. i’m not 100% satisfied with the results and b. it was honestly so interesting to watch the changes happen before my eyes. also made conversation in times of need.

8. my first job was at KFC and I really enjoyed it. I am now vegan but it has absolutely nothing to do with my time there. Sometimes i feel like i wasted opportunities on eating the shit since I never will again but regardless it was a great experience, I learnt a lot and met amazing people and gained some confidence, yay me.

9. i have 9 piercings and 2 tattoos and my dad doesn’t know about most of them and i hope that somehow he’ll never find out. I actually don’t wear normal ear lobe earrings, or much visible jewellery at all for that matter, but the holes are still.. pierced.. so they count in my count.

10. i absolutely hate flying. i hate all things that are out of my control/vaguely death related. and yes, i know you could die in a car crash or coming out of the shower or whatever whatever but a. in those situations you don’t have to fall thousands of fucking metres before bursting into smithereens and b. i’m more in control, unlike flying where i am literally putting my life in the hands of some unknown to me “pilot” and a big heavy fuck off piece of metal that is supposedly in good form. for similar reasons i’ve never done drugs, gone on many rides, bungy jumped etc etc. noooo thank you, keep your high risk of death apparatuses and recreations to yourself.

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juliathecasoholic · 8 years ago

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CAS FINAL REFLECTION

IB final exams are in less than a month and so my journey with CAS also comes to an end. After this 18 months I’ve learnt, gained and experienced many things. My CAS was a quite challenging yet very rewarding adventure about which I would like to tell you more.

At the beginning I would like to reflect on the creativity part of my CAS. When I think about this section many good memories come back. First of them are the conferences Model United Nations and European Youth Parliament. I started participating in this events thanks to my IB classmates and also thanks to the idea of CAS. I remember when I first heard of MUN I thought that might be a great opportunity for my CAS experience and I was fully right. Today when I reflect on those conferences I can state that participation in them allowed me to develop as a person in many ways. I learnt how the United Nations and the European Parliament work, I gained knowledge about the policies of many UN member states like of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or Russian Federation. What appeared to be also quite helpful during my geography course at higher level in IB. Moreover through the participation in MUNs/EYPs, I learnt a lot about myself. I would say that I used to be a shy person who was quite afraid to state own opinion due to overthinking what others might think of me. However Im convinced that this experiences allowed me to overcome my own limits. During the debates, while you have to represent policies of different countries, different views you learn how to be open-minded and how to communicate with others. Whereas working on a resolution with other participants, the skills of negotiating, being assertive yet finding solutions that satisfy everyone are very essential. And they are very essential in the future career too. Through this experiences I guess I prepared myself for the challenging business reality. Furthermore the impact of MUNs on my person developed even more as, together with my friends, I decided to organize such conference in our city, under the name of KatMUN. Being a business manager of this initiative, being responsible for sponsors, media partners, coordination of the website, management of finances and the social media accounts taught me a lot. My organizational skills strongly developed through this experience, I learnt how to plan a budget of such a conference, how to find sponsors and how to manage everything. The organization of this event from the very beginning turned out to be one of the most challenging things in my life but also it is one of the things that Im very proud of. I would also count this experience to one of my biggest life lesson. Learning through action and through your own mistakes is priceless and I’m very glad that I got the chance to undergo this.

Moving to the activity part of my CAS here I could mention many things that I have done, like cycling, attending the gym, windsurfing or tennis. Nevertheless I guess windsurfing and tennis had the biggest influence on me. This are two disciplines that I’ve decided to learn from the very beginning. This are two sports disciplines that I have always wanted to try and thanks to CAS I had the motivation to actually give it a try. My windsurfing classes took place with an IB graduate - Adam, who was a great teacher. Learning the basic abilities in windsurfing made me very satisfied, since I have to admit, that this sports is not that easygoing as it may appear. You have to find the balance, perform well with the wind (what sometimes is very hard) and use a lot of strength to work with the sail. In September last year I decided to try myself at tennis. From the very first training I felt in love with this sports. It is a perfect discipline for me - combining speed, reflex and strength together. During tennis matches I have learnt how to concentrate. Each time I’m on the court I fully focus on the ball and my pass. Moreover I have to come up with an strategy to mislead my competition and succeed. Ability of concentration is crucial in our life and I’m very glad that through tennis I could develop it. Furthermore both tennis and windsurfing showed me the importance of balance in life. One has to study a lot in IB, but activity is essential to stay health, in shape and to relax from time to time. For me performing activities during my IB course allowed me to find this balance and Im sure I will continue this pattern in my future life.

My CAS experience would be nothing without service. At the begin of my IB course I was quite worried about this section of CAS and I thought that conducting any voluntary activities will be very tiring and not satisfying. I couldn't be more wrong. In my first year of CAS I regularly visited an child orphanage in my hometown, where I helped children in school age with their homework. Im an only child that might be spoiled by ma whole family, and actually I guess through that experience I have learnt how to be a caring person. I used to mainly focus on my own good but thanks to my time at the orphanage I realized how important it is to help others. Additionally I definitely worked on my impatience. Since I had to behave calm and kind with the children I learnt how to be patient and how to cooperate with children. I guess that was also a very significant lesson in my life, due to the fact that without patience we all would become crazy. After a year, due to the time constraints I decided to do something different for my service. I concluded to engage in various conferences, sports event as a volunteer and gain some experience as a private German tutor. I took part in sports events like Third International Championships in Gait (Trzecie Międzynarodowe Zawody w Chodzie Sportowym w Katowicach). or Conference „Master’s trainings in sprints“ („Trening mistrzowski w biegach sprinterskich“). Participation in both occurrences showed me how mass sports events look like from the kitchen and how much effort it costs to organize such an happening. The major thing I taught is the importance of working collaboratively with others. I had the accompany of my friends and we had to communicate well and help each other, so our overall performance was at it best. I definitely improved my skills in working in a group and gained irreplaceable experience. Being a private tutor in German of a young girl was also a very rewarding experience. Tutoring showed me how to successfully study and work with children. Moreover it allowed me to realize the significance of sharing your knowledge with others. I was given the opportunity to grow up in a family that spoke both German and Polish in the house, hence my German became very quickly fluent. Not many people were given the same chance. For that reason I wanted to give it back by teaching others with what Ive learnt. All the service activities I undertook for my CAS were really valuable, they taught me many things and I’m sure I will continue helping others in the future.

Summarizing, I have to admit that my whole CAS experience gave me a lot. I’ve gained many new skills like playing tennis, negotiating, teaching others, successfully working in a group, organizing things and many many others. I can freely state that CAS allowed me to develop as a person, gain experience and also helped to slightly change the world for better. I’m sure that in the future I will continue to perform activities in this three areas, since I truly believe that each of us need creativity, action and service to fing the perfect balance in life.

From this place I would like to thank all people who made my CAS adventure that amazing and special thanks to our CAS Coordinator who supported us all the time. Thank you Mrs. Nowak! :)

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Learning outcomes fulfilled:

Learning outcome 1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth Learning outcome 2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process Learning outcome 3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience Learning outcome 4: Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences Learning outcome 5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively Learning outcome 6: Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance Learning outcome 7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions