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Fransesco Sforza was the son of a mercenary, Muzeo Attendola Sforza, who was the founder of the Sforza House. The family nickname aptly meant ‘strength or force’. Attendola came from a peasant family and was born in 1369 at Cotignola at Romagna. He chose to train as a condottiere – a soldier who could be hired for money to fight on behalf of some kingdom or duchy – by training and taking command over the very band of adventurers who happened to kidnap him for ransom. Attendola later served under Joanna II of Naples and also fought bravely for Pope Martin V in a battle against the Spaniards. The Viscontis too employed his services whenever they felt the need. He was drowned when on a military expedition in 1424. His son Fransesco Sforza carried on the family name from then onwards, even followed his father’...

Rig Name: Sedco 706 Rig Manager: Transocean Ltd. Rig Owner: Transocean Ltd. Competitive Rig: Yes Rig Type: Semisub Semisub Generation: 2 Rig Design: Earl & Wright/Sedco 700 Series Rated Water Depth: 6,000 ft Drilling Depth: 25,000 ft

  Gael lies down on soft moss under an oak tree. The little light eaters swarm, storing the days' brightness for the day to come. Transient flashes of power writhe across him and fade as he falls asleep.

Rig Name: Ocean Princess Rig Manager: Diamond Offshore Rig Owner: Diamond Offshore Competitive Rig: Yes Rig Type: Semisub Semisub Generation: 2 Rig Design: Aker H-3 Modified Rated Water Depth: 1,500 ft Drilling Depth: 25,000 ft

Gael awakes, covered in light. The webs are all over him, glittering with pulses of bright, warm gold.  Gael sits up and looks close, then closer, then closer still, eyes bulging as he warps their response to light. He sees the tiny eight legged light weavers, stealing from the air, weaving to cover everything, making the day bright and sending the stars to sleep.

The SEDCO 704 is a Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 1,200 feet using a 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and a 21in OD marine drilling riser.

Abstract...A Conjunction of Elements The disposition sought after by the philosophers, O Son, is but one in our egg; but this, in the hen's egg, is much less to be found. But lest so much of the Divine Wisdom as is in a hen's egg should not be distinguished, our composition is, as that is, from the four elements Adapted and composed. Know, therefore, that in the hen's egg is the greatest help with respect to the proximity and relationship of the matter in nature, for in it there is a spirituality and conjunction of elements , and an earth which is golden in its tincture. But the Son, enquiring or Hermes, saith, The sulphurs which are fit for our work, whether are they celestial or terrestrial ? To whom the Father answers, Certain of them are heavenly, and some are of the earth . Then the Son saith, Father, I imagine the heart in the superiors to be heaven, and in the inferiors earth. But saith Hermes, It is not so; the masculine truly is the Heaven of...