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WHY KOFI REALLY WANTS UN "PEACEKEEPERS" IN LEBANON
HILARIOUS SATIRE HAS RING OF TRUTH.
RELIAPUNDIT REPRISE: LEBANON AND HIZB'ALLAH
I wrote this on 2/22/05 - MORE THAN A YEAR AGO:
NEOJIHADIST THUGGERY DESTROYED LEBANON. First Arafat's thugs - and now the thugs of Hizb'allah (supported by Syria and Iran). When we ERADICATE THEM, then Lebanon will once again be a jewel of tolerance and prosperity.
That process is ocurring now.
JAMES EARL CARTER: WE KNOW WHO HE REALLY IS BY THE FRIENDS HE KEEPS
CHECK THIS OUT! Via Gateway.
It's always worth remembering that most of the major problems the Free World faces all began on Jimmy's horrifyingly awful single term in office: the Shah fell - giving rise to Khomeini and islamofascism; Afghanistan fell to the USSR; Saddam came to power in a coup. All while Jimmy's cronies profiteered with BCCI - a bank with nefarious ties to the hubs of islamofascism.
The ONLY thing worse than Jimmy's presidency, is what he's done since.
POWERLINE: "it's pretty clear that U.N. peacekeepers aren't the solution."
Some cemmentators have argued that THE UN "PEACE-KEEPERS" SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN STOPPING THE HIZB'ALLAH-ISRAELI WAR.
Well - as POWERLINE reminds us, THEY ARE ALREADY THERE! UNIFIL is the UN "peace-keeping" force that's ALREADY IN LEBANON'S SOUTHERN/HIZB'ALLAH CONTROLLED REGION. They've been there FOR YEARS, and NOT TOO LONG AGO they actually aided and abetted Hizb'Allah in a prior kidnapping of IDF soldiers. POWERLINE links to DAVE KOPPEL'S thorough explanation of the relationship between UNIFIL and Hizb'Allah.
BOORTZING THE ENEMY: or why and how clarity and resolve matter
When it comes to knowing who our enemy is and what the enemy stands for, NEIL BOORTZ is very clear and very resolved - and he spells it out to an American Muslim who called into his radio show. Seven (7) minutes which'll leave you thinking: "GEE, I WISH I'D SAID THAT!"
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM - or a cartoon is worth a thousand words
FROM RCP via DR SANITY: CHECK IT OUT HERE.
MSM SCUM UNITED: ISAACSON HOSTS RAINES AT ASPEN INSTITUTE
Walter Isaacson was the CHIEF of CNN when Eason Jordan was following orders from Saddam and NOT reporting the truth in order to maintain CNN's Baghdad office. He left and became the Chief of the ASPEN INSTITUTE - which is, BTW, a liberal outfit which is the LARGEST sponsor of Congressional "junkets."
Isaacson's association with Aspen makes it especially APT that the Aspen Institute hosted another Left-wing scumbag prevaricator and propagandist - the former Editor in Chief of the "NY Slimes" Howell Raines.
Birds of a Feather. Isaacson and Eason Jordan and Raines and Jayson Blair. Discredited MSM has beens. Deservedly so.
EXPOSING RADICAL MUSLIM HYPOCRISY: IMAGES OF MEN VERSUS NO IMAGES OF GOD
Muslims have a strict rule about depictions of God: they are NOT allowed. Images of God are like craven, profane idols, and are not allowed.
Muslims are allowed to have images of men - even so-called radical Muslims; they routinely publish, post and parade around with HUGE photos of Khomeini and Nasrallah and Bin Laden, for example.
Yet these very same "radical Muslims" don't permit ANY images of Mohummed. (They staged riots and made fatwas against those Danish cartoons, cartoonists and cartoon publishers, REMEMBER!?)
This is very strange to me. Why allow pictures of Khomeini or Nasrallah or King Fahd or Bin Laden - or other men they venerate, but not of Mohummed!?
Doesn't this BAN mean that they venerate Mohummed excessively!? Doesn't this BAN of any depiction of Mohummed elevate him over all mankind and put him in the SAME CATEGORY AS GOD - as a being who must not be depicted?! And isn't this a form of SACRELIGIOUS EXALTATION which is exactly what they claim they were trying to avoid by banishing any image of Mohummed!?
And it further exposes the utter INSANITY of the radical Muslim value system; it is a hypocritical, illogical and false creed.
SECOND AMENDMENT SAVES LIVES - AGAIN
NYTIMES/AP - TENNESSEE:
A knife-wielding grocery store employee attacked eight co-workers Friday, seriously injuring five before a witness pulled a gun and stopped him, police said.
... The attacker, chasing one victim into the store's parking lot, was subdued by Chris Cope, manager of a financial services office in the same small shopping center, Higgins said.
Cope said he grabbed a 9mm semiautomatic pistol from his pickup truck when he saw the attacker chasing the victim ''like something in a serial killer movie.''
''When he turned around and saw my pistol, he threw the knife away, put his hands up and got on the ground,'' Cope told The Associated Press. ''He saw my gun and that was pretty much it.''
Police arrived within minutes and took the attacker into custody.
PEOPLE DON'T SAVE LIVES; GUNS DO.
ANTI-ZIONISTS ARE ANTI-SEMITES
THE AMERICAN THINKER:
Two Connecticut professors got curious about the constant denials that extremely harsh critics of Israel were anti-Semitic. Edward H. Kaplan, the William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Management Sciences, and Charles A. Small, Director of Urban Studies, Southern Connecticut State University, decided to examine the issue in formal way. Their paper, "Anti-Israel Sentiment Predicts Anti-Semitism in Europe," appears in the August issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution.
... The correlation was almost perfect. In a survey of 5,000 Europeans in ten countries, people who believed that the Israeli soldiers "intentionally target Palestinian civilians," and that "Palestinian suicide bombers who target Israeli civilians" are justified, also believed that "Jews don't care what happens to anyone but their own kind," "Jews have a lot of irritating faults," and "Jews are more willing than others to use shady practices to get what they want.
RTWT. NOW.
VOLUNTARY EXTINCTION: HOW THE LIBERTINE LEFT, OPEN-BORDERS, AND ABORTION ARE DESTROYING OUR CIVILIZATION FROM WITHIN
Most of the illegal immigrants who come here, come here to work. Most get hired to do jobs by the day, for cash. There are millions of jobs available like this, apparently. Apparently there's a labor shortage.
Well, if all the babies who were aborted (since Roe v. Wade became law) had been born, then we wouldn't have this labor shortage. And it is THIS SHORTAGE which attracts the more exploitable illegal immigrants. These jobs would have been filled by people who would have been born here: AMERICANS. But they were never born; they were "aborted." And the needed labor IMPORTED.
THESE TWO ISSUES ARE NOT UN-RELATED: The libertine Left - which supports abortion on-demand and open borders - supports anything which denigrates traditional families and traditional family vaues. Like homosexual marriage.
Abortion, illegal immigration, and immigration without assimilation do both.
In particular, illegal immigrants who don't intend to stay and or to assimilate diminish the social integrity of our communities and of our nation.
This is, after all, what the socialists admitted was their huge failure in France; the failure which led to their recent banlieue riots: the French failed to assimilate and integrate the "north African" immigrants into their cities and their nation. This is true of most of Europe vis a vis their Muslim populations, and it is now true of the USA vis a vis our illegal immigrants.
Interstingly, the EU has an even lower birth rate than the USA. And I assert that this is why THEY needed to import labor. And why they now have a festering Muslim population which is islamicizing their culture, and de-Westernizing their civilization.
SO, abortion rights - born from Left-wing libertinage, (like AIDS was: both resulting from feeling that unlimited sex can be had without any repercussions) - turns out to be major cause of the downfall of European culture to Muslims, and perhaps of American culture to Mexicans.
After all, only cultures which pass along their values to the next generation can survive over time. Abortion reduces the size of the next generation, and this diminsihes a cultures ability to be transmitted over time.
In the USA, this has been happening for over two generations. And it's having a major effect. Some say it's why the Democrat Party is shrinking: FEWER DEMS ARE BEING BORN; MORE DEMS ARE BEING ABORTED.
Getting back to the abortion/immigration nexus: Our own babies we ABORTED, and then the vacuum this created was filled by labor IMPORTED.
The ultimate cause of all this is selfishness and laziness: Many people want the sex without the labor (as in going into labor). And then - when they need someone to do a job - they expect they can get a cheap import.
The selfishness and laziness and lack of personal responsibility (which underlies the pro-choice position) is a form of rot from within. And the fact that these very same pro-abortion people then don't care if the imported laborers assimilate or not, well this causes another form of rot, SOCIAL ROT: it disintegrates or culture and denigrates our civilization.
Which is what the Left wants.
To prevent this we need to end illegal immigration and demand assimilation of all legal immigrants.
And we need to make abortion extremely rare. We need to replace it with adoption and embryo extraction.
If we don't, then our civilization will, for all intents and purposes, become extinct.
CEASE-FIRES DON'T YIELD PEACE; VICTORY DOES
SOWELL - (VIA REAL CLEAR POLITICS):
People are calling for a cease-fire in the interests of peace. But there have been more cease-fires in the Middle East than anywhere else. If cease-fires actually promoted peace, the Middle East would be the most peaceful region on the face of the earth instead of the most violent.
Was World War II ended by cease-fires or by annihilating much of Germany and Japan? Make no mistake about it, innocent civilians died in the process. Indeed, American prisoners of war died when we bombed Germany.
There is a reason why General Sherman said "war is hell" more than a century ago. But he helped end the Civil War with his devastating march through Georgia -- not by cease fires or bowing to "world opinion" and there were no corrupt busybodies like the United Nations to demand replacing military force with diplomacy.
... "Peace" movements don't bring peace but war.
NEWS ABOUT TWO OF CHOMSKY'S HEROS
ONE DIES OF OLD AGE: "Khmer Rouge 'butcher' dies at 80."
ANOTHER WON'T: "Hassan Nasrallah also told Arabic TV network al-Jazeera Israeli attacks had not dented Hezbollah's capabilities."
MORE ON CHOMSKY HERE, ON NOAM AND NASRALLAH HERE, AND HERE.
ON NOAM AND KAMPUCHEA HERE.
ON CHOMSKY HERE.
CHOMSKY EPITOMIZES THE LEFT'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH GENOCIDAL TYRANTS:
AS LONG AS THEY GIVE HEALTHCARE - AS STALIN AND SADDAM DID, ANYTHING ELSE GOES.
AND THE LEFT DOESN'T CARE IF THE TYRANT IS A MARXIST OR A BAATHIST. WHICH IS WHY I SAY:
TO MAKE GLOBAL JIHAD HISTORY, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE LEFT HISTORY.
THE AXIS OF EVIL - BETWEEN JIHADISTS AND LEFTISTS - GROWS MORE SOLID EACH DAY: CUBA AND IRAN; VENEZUELA AND IRAN; NORTH KOREA AND IRAN. THESE ARE THREE OF THE MOST LEFTIST/"PROGRESSIVE" REGIMES IN THE WORLD - AND THEY ARE ALL ALIGNED WITH IRAN.
THE RADICAL CHIC "PROGRESSIVES" IN THE USA AND THE EU ARE NO DIFFERENT: BELAFONTE, MOORE, SHEEHAN, SARANDON, STREISAND, TED TURNER, MARKOS AL ZUNIGA, ET AL - JUST LIKE CHOMSKY - ALL SUPPPORT THESE TYRANNICAL REGIMES. WHY? THEY GIVE "FREE" HEALTHCARE, AND HATE THE USA.
AXIS OF EVIL ACTIVELY COLLABORATING
WASHPOST:
US says Iranians witnessed N.Korea missile test
Thursday, July 20, 2006; 11:19 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One or more Iranians witnessed North Korea's recent missile tests, deepening U.S. concerns about growing ties between two countries with troubling nuclear capabilities, a top U.S. official said on Thursday.
Asked at a U.S. Senate hearing about reports that Iranians witnessed the July 4 tests, Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill, the chief U.S. negotiator with Pyongyang, replied: "Yes, that is my understanding" and it is "absolutely correct" that the relationship is worrisome.
I said this to friends at the time (7/4 - and meant to blog it - because NO ONE else had thought of it, but I got wrapped up in the holiday, and neglected to). I felt so at the time because I believed that it explained why the NOKO's felt they just HAD to do the test when they did: there is a close relationship between these two regimes of the axis of evil, and the NOKO's need cash and need to sell weapons to get some. Iran has cash and needs weapons. [Thanks to Gandalin for sending me the news.]
PROOF ISRAEL IS WINNING: LEFTIES ARE GETTING WOBBLY
Tonight I feel that Israel might be MUCH closer to a vctory over Hizb'Allah than anybody thinks. WHY? The naysayers are back! As Jack Shafer wrote in 2003:
The Leading Indicator of Victory
When Johnny Apple says we're thwarted, we must be on the verge of winning.
By Jack Shafer - Updated Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 2:09 PM ET
The best news to greet coalition forces all week comes in the form of an R.W. "Johnny" Apple Jr. piece in today's New York Times ("Iraqis Learn the Lessons of How U.S. Fights Wars"). Apple plots Saddam Hussein's learning curve and salutes the shrewdness of the Iraqi's battlefield tactics, a bit of emerging conventional wisdom shared by the Washington Post's Vernon Loeb today ("Tactics Show Iraqis Learned Lessons of War").
But while Loeb charts the specific lessons absorbed by the Iraqi military, Apple dribbles out generalities to communicate Saddam's tactical genius and the prospects for an American debacle...
They said the Taliban would defeat us - that we couldn't fight in the Afghan winter or the Afghan mountains! Johnny Apple - the NYTIMES most esteemed foreign correspondant also felt we would lose against the Taliban, and campared Afghanistan to Vietnam.
They said we couldn't defeat Saddam. Then - after we kicked his butt - they said the Iraqis would fail to construct their own constitution and fail to elect a government.
Now the Left is questioning whether the IDF can defeat Hizb'Allah; HAARETZ:
Hezbollah is still showing no signs of breaking
By Amos Harel
It was a bad news day. In the morning, Israeli forces in Lebanon clashed with Hezbollah near Avivim. Two soldiers were killed. In the afternoon, Hezbollah began to shell the entire northern region heavily. Scores of Katyusha rockets were fired and two children from Nazareth were killed. For eight days, the Israel Defense Forces has been pounding Lebanon and dropping thousands of tons of bombs on it, yet Hezbollah remains the same intransigent rival as before. It is showing no signs of breaking - [umph added].
This is a sure sign Israel is winning - and may be just days, or just 50 tons of bombs - FROM VICTORY. Why am I so sure? Two resons: One, the Left is always wrong; and Two, Israel can keep fighting until Hizb'Allah runs out of weaponry. The reverse is IMPOSSIBLE. And the pace of IDF attacks - and the tonnage - will increase EVERYDAY until the enemy is defeated. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: More proof Israel PROPERLY is kicking ass: ALL of the continental European papers have condemned Israel.
A MESSAGE FOR BLACK-MAILING, KIDNAPPING, HOSTAGE-TAKING, GENOCIDAL MANIACS FROM A JOURNALIST WHO HAS LIVED IN LEBANON
MICHAEL TOTTEN:
The people of both Lebanon and Israel have my deepest sympathies. The Israelis do not deserve to be bombed by Hezbollah, and the Lebanese do not deserve to be bombed because of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah, though, deserves every last bomb that lands on their heads. There is a special circle in Hell dedicated to terrorists who hijack countries and use civilian populations as human shields. Hassan Nasrallah is using some of my personal friends as human shields, and for that I hope he dies twice.
I think Totten is right
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ALWAYS COMES BACK TO HAUNT YOU
WE SHOULDA GOT SADDAM IN 1991.
WE SHOULDA WIPED OUT KIM IL SUNG IN THE KOREAN WAR.
WE SHOULDA DEFEATED THE USSR IN 1946.
NEITHER HAMAS OR HIZB'ALLAH SHOULDA BEEN ALLOWED ON ANY BALLOT AS LONG AS THEY WERE "ARMED MILITIAS." ISRAEL SHOULDA PREVENTED THEM FROM ARMING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE SHOULDA WHACKED OSAMA IN 1998.
WE SHOULDA WHACKED MOKI AL SADR IN 2003.
WE SHOULDA WHACKED KHOMEINI IN 1979.
WHEN YOU LEAVE A JOB HALF-DONE, YOU ALLOW THE ENEMY TO STRENGTHEN - AND WHEN THEY'RE STRENGTHENED... WELL, THEN THEY ARE TOUGHER TO DEFEAT.
CHAMBERLAIN'S DEAL WITH HITLER ALLOWED HIM TO STRENGTHEN NAZI GERMANY, AND MADE WW2 WORSE - EXACTLY AS CHURCHILL PREDICTED. HITLER WOULDA BEEN EASIER TO DEFEAT IN 1938 THAN HE WAS IN 1945.
APPEASEMENT NEVER BRINGS VICTORY; IN FACT, IT ALWAYS MAKES ULTIMATE VICTORY MORE COSTLY.
WARS ARE WON WHEN THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED - UTTERLY, TOTALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY.
PATTON KNEW WHAT WAR WAS. AND HOW WARS WERE WON.
UPDATE: SOWELL AGREES.
STEM CELLS, SNOWFLAKES AND ABORTIONS
"REUTERS":
U.S. President George W. Bush cast his first veto on Wednesday to block legislation to expand embryonic stem cell research, putting him at odds with top scientists, most Americans and some fellow Republicans.
"It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect, so I vetoed it," Bush said of the research that involves tiny human embryos. ...
The issue has become ethically and politically volatile because extracting the cells entails destruction of an embryo.
Bush believes that is destroying a life. His opponents say the research, which would be done only on excess embryos from fertility treatments that would otherwise be destroyed, is potentially life-saving. ...
"This bill would support the taking of innocent human life," Mr. Bush said at the White House, surrounded by scores of children born as a result of an embryo-adoption program and their parents.
"Each of these human embryos is a unique human life with inherent dignity and matchless value," Mr. Bush said. Looking at the children around him, he said to loud applause, "These boys and girls are not spare parts."
THE GUARDIAN (UK):
Mr Bush appeared yesterday with 18 families who had "adopted" frozen embryos discarded by other couples but subsequently used to have children.
"Each of these children was adopted while still an embryo and has been blessed with a chance to grow, to grow up in a loving family," Mr Bush said. "These boys and girls are not spare parts."
The living breathing dreaming children who were with George W. Bush as he vetoed this bill were all adopted as embryos through the SNOWFLAKES EMBRYO ADOPTION PROGRAM.
(VIDEO OF HIS REMARKS HERE AT EXPOSE THE LEFT.)
And this program intimates the ULTIMATE moral and political solution to the ENTIRE abortion problem.
As we all know, thew REAL problem is not abortion; the REAL problem is UNWANTED PREGNANCIES, and abortion is just a REAL BAD SOLUTION to that problem.
Embryo adoption is the solution - for pregnant women who don't want to go to term. Instead of aborting, they should give up their embryo for future adoption.
It's a WIN-WIN-WIN: the pregnant woman gets to terminate her pregnancy; the embryo gets a chance to live and breath and dream; and loving parents - who would otherwise not be able to have a pregnancy or a child - get to have a pregnancy and a baby!
Each side in the abortion debate - instead of financing political brawls - should finance medical research to make this a reality, and charities to make it a viable alternative for all women who have unwanted pregnancies.
We could shut down EVERY ABORTION CLINIC, and re-open them as embryo extraction, freezing and adoption centers.
(I have bloggeed on this before: HERE.) Full round-up HERE.
"THE OLMERT DOCTRINE" (LIKE THE BUSH DOCTRINE) IS NOT ABOUT DETERRENCE
Many in the blogosphere and the MSM have asserted that the current campaign by Israel against Hizb'Allah is all about re-establishing a deterrence:
The Israeli wars with Hizbullah in Lebanon and with the Palestinians in Gaza must be seen in the context of the pressing Israeli need to reestablish some semblance of a deterrent capacity.
Another MSM journalist agrees:
Israel re-establishing the deterrent
What does 'deterrent power' actually mean? Understand that, and you understand the remarkable savagery of the Israeli attacks on Lebanon...
But what does ''deterrent power'' actually mean?
Understand that, and you understand the remarkable savagery of the Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Of course, they are a ''disproportionate use of force'', as French President Jacques Chirac called them the other day. [Reliapundit: the journalist reveals her bias with this!] That is the whole point. Israel's ''deterrent power'' lies in its demonstrated will to kill and destroy on a vastly greater scale than anybody attacking it can manage. Its enemies must know that if one Israeli is killed, a dozen or even a hundred Arabs will die.
This has been the dominant concept of Israeli strategy from the very foundation of the state, and the ''kill ratio'' in all of Israel's wars down to its invasion of Lebanon in 1982 conformed to that pattern.
Pipes more or less agrees - (via POWERLINE):
Deterrence cannot be reinstated in a week, through a raid, a blockade, or a round of war. It demands unwavering resolve, expressed over decades.
THIS GENERALY CORRECT, BUT IN RELATION TO THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN - AND CAMPAIGNS AGAINST SUICIDAL/GENOCIDAL JIHADOTERRORISTS - IT'S JUST FLAT OUT WRONG.
The object is not to teach the jihadists a lesson; it is to utterly destroy their capability to attack Israel from Lebanon by destroying their caches and making it impossible for them to RE-OCCUPY (with weapons) any region in Lebanon from which they can strike Israel.
That's NOT deterrence; it's neutralization of the enemy's capacity to attack.
It's more like the Osiriak Preemption than like any previous Arab-Israeli war. WHY? Well, it's about going on the offense in order to neutralize the offensive capability of the enemy - and drawing a new line in the sand, rather than being about punishing the enemy and making them wary of attempting similar "adventures" in the future.
Bombing raids alone could punish the enemy, but it would not deter this enemy because they are jihadomaniacs whose sociopathic and suicidal rage cannot be deterred. And that's why Olmert - like Bush - has consigned deterrence (at least as it relates to the GWOT) to the dustbin of histry, where it belongs.
The goals which Olmert has set out for this campaign are concrete and attainable, and not abstract - like "deterrence."
The Olmert Doctrine has HUGE implications for Iran. Just as Israel cannot accept Hamas as the government of the so-called Palestinian Arabs, and cannot accept Hizb'Allah, (armed with missiles and rockets) controlling its border with Lebanon - Israel cannot - and will not - accept Iran armed with Nukes.
Israel is now paying the price for having allowed the jihadomaniacs on their Lebanese border to spend the last 6 years arming themselves to the teeth. They will not allow a repeat. Not in Lebanon. Not in Gaza. And not in Iran.
The Olmert Doctrine is simple: Israel will attack and destroy the enemy's capacity to make existentially threatening attacks. It's very much like the Bush Doctrine - as it should be: we are fighting the same enemy. Using the same strategy makes perfect sense.
That ain't hoping for peace by deterring the enemy; it's guaranteeing peace by virtually disarming the enemy. By neutralizing them. By defeating them if needs be.
AS ULTIMATUM EXPIRES, IDF STRIKES NASRALLAH'S BUNKER
VIA LGF:
Breaking: IAF Targets Hizballah Bunker
Breaking news at CNN:
Warplanes target what the Israeli military says is a bunker for senior Hezbollah leaders in Beirut, CNN confirms.
UPDATE at 7/19/06 3:02:12 pm:
Israel targets Beirut bunker.
Israeli warplanes dropped bombs late Wednesday on a bunker in south Beirut where senior Hizbullah leaders were thought to be, the military said.
IDF officials told Ynet that dozens of Air Force fighter jets participated in the massive air strike on a south Beirut target, acting on IDF intelligence.
BTW: I was the ONLY blogger to predict a REALLY BIG EVENT in the ant-Hizb'Allah campaign for today, (I based my prediction on the expiration of Olmert's 72 hour ultimatum to Syria; others felt this ultimatum meant tht the IDF woul;d strike Syria - only I said it was meant to be passed along to Nasrallah and meant that the IDf would take off their gloves and target him and his comrades with big bombs), and this is probably it.
The IDF probably killed Nasrallah today. STAY TUNED. "cause if he is still alive the bombs will get eveb bigger tomorrow.
ASIDE: This campaign is most like the anti-Serb campaign waged by Wesley Clark, (the war ordered by Clinton witho9ut Congres or the UN's approval). The IDF is doing what NATO did to the Serbs - only to the tenth power.
UPDATE: MATSAV:
Update 1:43 AM
This is from the JPost:
IAF fighter jets dropped over 20 tons in bombs late Wednesday night on a Hizbullah bunker, possibly the hiding place of the group's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, in the Burj al-Arjana refugee camp in southeast Beirut. It was still unclear who was in the bunker at the time and what their fate was, but IDF sources said the bunker was totally destroyed and that all that was left was a crater.
The IDF obtained intelligence information late Wednesday night that Hizbullah leaders possibly including Nasrallah had taken refuge inside the bunker. A wave of aircraft immediately took to the air and dropped 23 tons of explosives on the bunker.
IDF sources would not confirm that Nasrallah was in the bunker at the time, but said that high-ranking Hizbullah leaders were inside, and that it appeared that the attack was successful.
IF THEY DIDN'T GET HIM WITH 23 TONS, THEN THEY WILL TRY AGAIN WITH 50.
QUESTION FOR THE LEBANESE ARMY: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AGAINST, HIZB'ALLAH OR THE IDF?
IOW: It's time the Lebanese Army made a move against Hizb'Allah. It's now... or never.
REMEMBER: The 72 hours are up. So, today in Israel - Wednesday - a big thing will probably happen.
UPDATE: IS THIS THE BEGINNING? More HERE.
THE PACE AND DURATION OF "THE HIZB'ALLAH CAMPAIGN": ALL MY PREDICTIONS ARE CORRECT SO FAR
A top Israeli general said today that Israel's offensive in Lebanon would last another few weeks, and he said that the use of large numbers of ground forces had not been ruled out.
Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, Israel's deputy chief of staff, told Israel Radio that the army needed more time to complete "very clear goals." He added: "The fighting in Lebanon will end within a few weeks. We will not take months.'' ...
Israel intensified its bombing across Lebanon on Monday, hitting an army barracks in Tripoli and bases in Baalbek, both in the north. It shelled fuel tanks in Beirut's port and continued pounding southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs. In the afternoon, Israel made a brief ground raid into Lebanon.
Israeli military officials said they succeeded in hitting a rocket launcher in Beirut carrying one of Hezbollah's longest-range rockets, an Iranian Zelzal, with a range of 62 to 124 miles. The attack caused the rocket to flare in the air, leading to reports that an Israeli plane might have been shot down. ...
The Israeli military wants to continue its largely aerial campaign against Hezbollah, with one senior Israeli official suggesting that Hezbollah's capacity to launch missiles had already been degraded "about 30 percent."
Brig. Gen. Ido Nehushtan, on the Israeli general staff, said, "We have damaged Hezbollah but they still have significant operational capacity." He noted the decline in rockets launched into Israel in the last two days — an average of 40 a day, down from initial highs of 150 — and said it was a testament to the damage caused by the Israelis. ...
Of the 13,000 missiles and rockets estimated to be in Hezbollah's arsenal, about 11,000 are believed to have been shipped from Iran. Western intelligence officials also say Syria has armed Hezbollah with short- and medium-range rockets, some of which have been used in the current attacks on Israel. ...
"Israel is making it possible for the Lebanese government to move in," Foreign Minister Livni said. "In a way, Israel is doing the Lebanese government's job for it" by taking on Hezbollah, which has been a state-within-a-state in southern Lebanon and southern Beirut.
"Israel shares the same goals as the international community, and for us the best option is full implementation of 1559," Ms. Livni said. "That's the way out of this crisis, and now is the time to implement it."
Exactly as I analyzed and predicted on Friday July 14: (1) how long it would last; (2) how the pace would quicken, and (3) the exact limited military and political goals.
It will take one more week to destroy 90% of the remaining missiles and rockets and launchers and kill the teams trained in their use. And the leadership of Hizb'allah will either be dead or in exile a week after this occurs.
UPDATE: More proof I was right: JPOST:
Forty to fifty percent of Hizbullah's military capability has been destroyed in the six days of the IDF counter-attack following last Wednesday's Hizbullah raid in northern Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned. The IDF, it is understood, believes it needs another week or so minimum to achieve its military goals in terms of alleviating Hizbullah's capacity to threaten Israel. The IDF further believes, it is understood, that it will be given at least that long to continue its actions, in light of the G8 nations' essential support for Israel and those nations' branding Hizbullah and Hamas as being responsible for the current escalation.
LOOKIT READERS, HERE'S A FACT: I WAS THE ONLY COMMENTER IN ANY MEDIA TO PREDICT THIS. I said 2 weeks; I said it would NOT involve an invasion of Syria; I said that the missiles and rockets were the major focus - along with the leadership. I was RIGHT ON ALL COUNTS.
My remaining predictions are these: a quick "Shwarzkopf-like" invasion to trap the leadership and smash them and the remaining caches of weapons. And an end to these actions between 7/27 and 8/1.
Sadly, I feel it is MOST LIKELY that the kidnapped soldiers will be found murdered - most brutally, as is the fashion with these jihadomaniacs.
NYTIMES ANNOUNCES IT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LIES AND THE AMOUNT OF CLASSIFIED DATA IT PUBLISHES EACH DAY
BY MAKING THE PAPER SMALLER. 1.5 INCHES NARROWER:
The reduction in the size of its pages would mean a loss of 11 percent of the space devoted to news, but the newspaper plans to add pages to make up for about half of that loss.
''That's a number that I think we can live with quite comfortably,'' Executive Editor Bill Keller was quoted as saying. ''The smaller news space would require tighter editing and putting some news in digest form.''
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR EVEN SMALL THINGS.
16 DIFFERENT POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED ON NEARLY 100 COUNTS OF VOTER FRAUD IN MISSOURI SINCE 2004. GUESS WHICH PARTY? ANSWER HERE.
IS IT ANY WONDER THESE FOLKS ARE SUING TO PREVENT VOTER ID -IN FREAKIN'-DEAKIN' MISSOURI?!
YUP: YOU NEED PHOTO ID TO BUY CIGARETTES AND BEER, BUT SOME PEOPLE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN WITHOUT PRESENTING ANY ID.
MORE ON VOTER ID HERE.
More on the ACLU HERE.
FLASH: The UN and Russia want to send in international troops to protect Hizb'Allah...
... But they won't send troops to Iraq to protect Iraqis' nascent democracy.
Scum. News HERE and HERE and HERE.
Israel reiterated Monday its opposition to the initiative. The Prime Minister's Office said Sunday night that Israel would not agree to the deployment of any troops in south Lebanon, save for the Lebanese army. Israel is concerned that an international force would make it more difficult for the IDF to respond to future attacks from Lebanese territory.
Making it tougher for the IDF to destroy Hizb'Allah is the whole point for scum like Annan and Putin. Blair is a dupe playing the role of Chamberlain.
BBC: SCIENTISTS PROVE THAT ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND OXYGEN LEVELS HAVE ALWAYS FLUCTUATED
UK scientists have traced the history of wildfires by studying lumps of ancient charcoal from around the world. The fossils show the incidence of fires through time is closely related to the level of atmospheric oxygen.
Andrew Scott and Ian Glasspool say huge swathes of the planet were ablaze when concentrations of the gas peaked some 275 million years ago. Their research is published in the US scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "People might think the charcoal they pull out of a bonfire is just rubbish; but look at it under a microscope and you see that it has beautiful anatomical preservation," said geologist Professor Scott, from Royal Holloway, University of London.
"In other words, the charcoal retains information not just about the fire but about the type of plants that were being burned. This means we can tell whether the fires moved through surface plants or big trees," he told BBC News.
Oxygen feeder
Charcoal is almost pure carbon and is left virtually unchanged in the fossilisation process. Scott and Glasspool, who is affiliated to Chicago's Field Museum, examined charcoal residues preserved from about 440 to roughly 250 million years ago.
Charcoal and plant debris (Royal Holloway, University of London) It covers the period when scientists believe plants first got a strong foothold on land and spread rapidly across the surface. The charcoal samples studied came from all around the world, including the US, Australia, Scotland, India, Norway, South Africa and Antarctica.
The researchers examined the material to ascertain the types of fires that produced the charcoal and their likely incidence. They then compared this with models other scientists have produced to describe how oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is thought to have changed over time.
There appears to be a strong link.
The team found that fires were rare and localised for the first 50 million years of plant evolution but then they increased in frequency as the levels of oxygen in the atmosphere rose. From around 365 million years ago, severe fires became widespread across the planet. Oxygen levels peaked at 30% 275 million years ago, in comparison with only 21% today. In this period even damp vegetation would have ignited easily causing many more fires.
"From the Late Devonian - from about 365 million years ago - there was a rapid increase in fire," Professor Scott explained.
"One might have expected that to occur earlier but it seems to have coincided with this rapid rise in atmospheric oxygen that people have modelled. So, this is the first time anyone has used the charcoal record to constrain the atmospheric oxygen models."
Scanning electron micrograph of charred fern (Royal Holloway, University of London) The Royal Holloway scientist has spent the best part of 30 years studying charcoal. He says the material's importance has been overlooked by many geologists. It is clear, he argues, that fires have been an integral part of the Earth system and that changing atmosphere and climate are both influenced by, as well as influencing, fire occurrence.
A GRAPH ACCOMPANYING THE ARTICLE SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND OXYGEN - BEFORE HUMANITY EXISTED, LET ALONE FOSSIL FUELS AND SUV'S.
THE LEFT-WING KYOTO-HAWKS AND THE MSM THEY DOMINATE WILL CERTAINLY PUSH THE GLOBAL-WARMING ISSUE BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER - BY HIGHLIGHTNG EVERY WILDFIRE AND EVERY HURRICANE, EVEN THOUGH THE HISTORICAL RECORD PROVES THAT BOTH ARE COMPLETELY NATURAL, AND THAT THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF BOTH PHENOMENA HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HUMANITY.
MY POINT: THE "KYOTO-HAWKS" ATTEMPT TO BLAME HUMANITY - AND SPECIFICALLY FREE-MARKETS AND INDUSTRIALISM - FOR CLIMATIC CHANGES WHICH ARE COMPLETELY NATURAL AND EXTRAORDINARILY COMPLEX. HUMANITY IS MOSTLY A BYSTANDER TO THESE CHANGES; HUMANITY IS NOT A MAJOR CAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
BUSH CALLED GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR, (OR "GLOBAL ANTI-JIHAD"), WW3 WAY-BACK IN MAY
Much has been made of Newt's MTP comment regarding WW3 - and global jihad. Newt suggested that Bush call it that.
Er um W did - on May 5th: BREITBART (AFP):
US President George W. Bush said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of "World War III."
In an interview with the financial news network CNBC, Bush said he had yet to see the recently released film of the uprising, a dramatic portrayal of events on the United Airlines plane before it crashed in a Pennsylvania field.
But he said he agreed with the description of David Beamer, whose son Todd died in the crash, who in a Wall Street Journal commentary last month called it "our first successful counter-attack in our homeland in this new global war -- World War III".
Bush said: "I believe that. I believe that it was the first counter-attack to World War III.
JONAH - DISCUSSING THE ISSUE AT NRO - LINKS TO THE BRILLIANT NORMAN PODHORETZ ARTICLE ON WW4 .
MY POINT: BUSH GETS IT!
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Institutional Property Advisors Brokers $150 Million Luxury Multifamily Asset Sale in Scottsdale, Arizona
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 27, 2022 – Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), announced today the sale of SeventyOne15 McDowell, a newly built, 274-unit multifamily asset in Scottsdale, Arizona. The property sold for $150 million, or $547,445 per unit.
"Phoenix will again record one of the highest rates of in-migration in the country this year and Scottsdale is one of the area's most appealing live-work-play destinations for high-wage earning professionals," said Steve Gebing, IPA executive managing director. "Developed by Alliance Residential, SeventyOne15 McDowell features best-in-class design and construction with luxury interior and common area amenities. The property is poised to benefit from the business and academic partnerships that are driving South Scottsdale's economic resurgence." Gebing and IPA executive managing director Cliff David represented the seller and procured the buyer.
Completed in 2022, the property is located near SkySong, a 1.2 million-square-foot ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. Old Town Scottsdale and South Scottsdale employment corridors are nearby, along with major area employers General Dynamics, HonorHealth, Vitalant, Yelp, Indeed, Banner Health, and Opendoor. Old Town Scottsdale, home to designer art galleries, nightlife, and Scottsdale Stadium is less than three miles away.
About Institutional Property Advisors (IPA)
Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) is a division of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate services firm in North America. IPA's combination of real estate investment and capital markets expertise, industry-leading technology, and acclaimed research offer customized solutions for the acquisition, disposition and financing of institutional properties and portfolios. For more information, please visit www.institutionalpropertyadvisors.com.

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"Everything is vibrational. The cells of your body are vibrational. You are an electronic being. Your wellness is about the transfer of Energy, (not different from electricity) from Universal Source to you on a cellular basis. You have many Energy points within your body. Sickness is not because cells have turned bad. Sickness is because cells are not being allowed the fullness of the Energy response. It's sort of like an electrical short.


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Latest Injury - January 14, 2020
Carl Dahlstrom
Dahlstrom has been added to the injured reserve list with a fractured hand and is expected to miss at least six weeks.
Current Team Injuries
2020-01-15 Carl Dahlstrom D Dahlstrom has been added to the injured reserve list with a fractured hand and is expected to miss at least six weeks. Late Feb
2020-01-15 Dmitry Kulikov D Kulikov is ailing from an illness, and it is undetermined if he will be in Friday's lineup versus the Jets. Ques Fri
2020-01-12 Tucker Poolman D Poolman has landed on the injured reserve list with a lower-body injury, and he is not expected to return until the latter part of January. Late Jan
2020-01-01 Nathan Beaulieu D Beaulieu has been shifted to the injured reserve list due to a lower-body injury and is projected to miss at least one month of action. Early Feb
2019-11-06 Bryan Little C Little has hit the injured reserve list due to perforated eardrum and vertigo symptoms, and it is unclear how much time he will miss. Out indefinitely
2019-10-15 Mark Letestu C Letestu has been placed on injured reserve due to a heart condition known as myocarditis, and he is expected to miss at least six months. Early May
2019-09-13 Dustin Byfuglien D Byfuglien has been suspended for an undetermined length of time for failing to report to camp. He also underwent surgery to correct complications from a previous high-ankle sprain. Out indefinitely


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Оліва-де-Мерида () — муніципалітет в Іспанії, у складі автономної спільноти Естремадура, у провінції Бадахос. Населення —  осіб (2010).

Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 280 км на південний захід від Мадрида, 75 км на схід від Бадахоса.

На території муніципалітету розташовані такі населені пункти: (дані про населення за 2010 рік)
 Абехаронес-де-Арріба-і-Абахо: 1 особа
 Кампо-Амено: 0 осіб
 Ла-Оса-і-Навас: 0 осіб
 Ла-Гарса: 1 особа
 Оліва-де-Мерида: 1844 особи
 Ла-Сапатера: 4 особи

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The Judds (1983)
Had a Dream (For the Heart)
John Deere Tractor
Mama He's Crazy
Cry Myself to Sleep
Dream Chaser
Why Not Me (1984)
Why Not Me
Mr. Pain
Sleeping Heart
My Baby's Gone
Rockin' With the Rhythm (1985)
If I Were You
River Roll On
Christmas Time With The Judds (1987)
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
Heart Land (1987)
I'm Falling in Love Tonight
Turn It Loose
Old Pictures
Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues
I Know Where I'm Going
River of Time (1989)
River of Time
Love Can Build a Bridge (1990)
Love Can Build a Bridge
Their Finest Collection (1991)
Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)
The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd (born 1946) and her daughter, Wynonna Judd (born 1964). The duo signed to RCA Records in 1983 and released six studio albums between then and 1991. The Judds were one of the most successful acts in country music history, winning five Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and eight Country Music Association awards. They also had 25 singles on the country music charts between 1983 and 2000, of which 14 went to No. 1. After eight successful years as a duet, the Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Soon after, Wynonna embarked on a highly successful solo career. The two have occasionally reunited for special tours, the most recent of which began in late 2010.


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It's Christmas Eve!! I was visiting my sister in Fort Collins, Colorado, and we decided to go for a snowshoeing trip at the Rocky Mountain National Park. It's a very sunny day but with strong wind.
We arrived at the Bear Lake Parking Lot. Wow, there was a lot of snow and the wind was so strong. I couldn't complain too much that it was so beautiful, and I was surprised quite a lot of people were doing the trip. We put on our snowshoes and marched through the trees on a steady uphill.
Trail condition was very good. It was well packed in the middle, and very soft and deep on both sides.
My niece and me !
It's me and my other niece !
Look at how much snow.
Just don't fall on me please!
Who was here before ?
Look at this old man !
Where were they going ....?
The wind was so strong that all non-packed snow got blown away.
Such as blue-sky day ..
My 2 nieces were racing each other.
What was that ? Elk !
It didn't look like winter at all!


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A comprehensive guidebook for new and experienced staff members alike. Written by --- **SkullTraill** -- Staff Co-ordinator, Director of Economy, Director of Discipline, etc. A comprehensive guidebook for new and experienced staff members alike. Written by --- **SkullTraill** -- Staff Co-ordinator, Director of Economy, Director of Discipline, etc.
For info on becoming staff, please read [[How to become Staff]]. For info on becoming staff, please read [[How to become Staff]].
+ One of the primary duties of Staff is the promotion of players. Promotion is vital for the player experience, as it provides progression and a sense of achievement, and therefore it is vital that all our players are rightfully promoted when they meet the requirements. However great care should be taken when promoting players that you do not promote them when they haven't fully met the requirements for the next rank, it's becomes a real hassle if a player has to be demoted due to being wrongly promoted, and it would make them understandably upset. For this reason please pay close attention to this section.
+ There is already a resource available for information on ranks, and all staff should have the [[http://cybernexus.proboards.com/thread/71|Ranking for Dummies]] page bookmarked and easily accessible. It provides general information about all the ranks, and while slightly outdated, should give you a good idea of what each rank represents, and will help you answer any questions other players have about ranks.
+ We'll go more into this rank in the Disciplinary Actions section of this document. It's lower than default, and is basically a "jail rank".
+ This is the rank all members start with when they join the server for the first time. There are no requirements.
+ This is a special questing rank. Do not promote anyone to this rank, skip it and go to merchant unless you really know what you are doing.
+ This is a special questing rank. Do not promote anyone to this rank, skip it and go to wizard unless you really know what you are doing.
+ * A moderately complex redstone machine, can be any kind of machine, not necessarily a trap, but it can't be something simple like an automatic door --- use your judgement, "would Skull approve this?"
+ These are special questing ranks, due to disabled NPC and questing plugins, there is no clear path to this rank. Occasionally given out by Administrators to worthy candidates.
+ Highest obtainable non-donator/staff rank available. **DO NOT PROMOTE ANYONE TO THIS RANK** unless //specifically// instructed to by a Staff Co-ordinator (SkullTraill). Elementalist promotions are handled exclusively by SkullTraill for the reason that there are several non-tangible requirements that need to be individually and collectively judged by a highly experienced personnel.
+ By normal standards, any player may receive only one promotion per day. It is your duty as staff to verify this. If you've met a player for the first time, and are about to promote them, but find it hard to trust them that they haven't been promoted earlier the same day, it would be wise to wait until the next day and promote them to ensure the system is not being abused. If a player is showing //exceptional// skill and charisma, you can use your better judgement and promote them twice in one day, but this is //only to be used in exceptional cases//.
+ This, along with promoting players, is the key responsibility for any Staff. Almost all of the following only applies to Inquisitor+ ranked members, because Helpers have much fewer commands at their disposal. If you are a helper, you can assist by reporting any disciplinary issues to a higher ranking staff, with details you have noted down.
+ The following are the types of punishment and what sort of offenses will warrant them.
+ If a player is being uncontrollably rowdy on the chat, especially when there are young children online, you may mute them for //up to// 24 hours. Make sure to always set a time limit like so: /mute chadinha 5 hours/minutes. Never mute someone without putting a time limit on.
+ Generally unnecessary, you may kick an offender occasionally to send a message, but it does not achieve anything because they will just rejoin. Ideal for warning cheaters.
+ Can be applied to almost any offense. Using sudo commands, you may take $100 - up to $100,000 out of a players balance (for anything more than that, contact the Staff Co-ordinator). This is especially handy for punishing Elementalists and donators. Don't go overboard with jailing them because they have achieved a lot on this server. However feel free to fine them a appropriate amount if they are being troublesome.
+ Jailing is primarily used to correct repeat offenders of the above crimes, and to punish griefers. Any griefing should be punished with a jail sentence appropriate to the amount of grief (1 hour - up to 48 hours, any more will be decided by a ranking officer). As with all punishments, you **must** [[guide_for_current_staff#record_keeping|report it on the forums]].
+ For extreme repeat offenders, and cheaters and griefers who have been warned but still continue, you may demote them one rank per offense until they end up as Restrict. Only to be used as worst case scenario.
+ Banning is no longer allowed. Unless a player poses **immediate** threat to the server (hacked their way up the ranks, or bypassing server security) no one is to be banned. If a staff bans a player, the case is immediately taken into Staff Tribunal, and if the staff member is found to be in the wrong, they will face demotion.
+ Due to their contributions to the server, players of these ranks should be given several warnings before serious action is taken against them, with the exception of griefing, for which they should be jailed like every one else. Take care not to upset players of these ranks.
+ Failure to adhere to these time constraints (forgetting to set a time limit/ setting one higher than these) will result in serious repercussions for the staff member in question.
+ This is a touchy topic, but needs to be covered. The majority of our player base, including some of our Staff are in their tweens and teens. We are all human, and we all have emotions, but **you have to understand** no matter what, that you are Staff and you have responsibilities and obligations to be an upstanding example. You've been given power and you can't let your emotions cloud your judgement or bias you in any way to use these powers for something that upset you personally. Allegations of staff abuse are taken very seriously, and if a member of staff is found to be using staff powers to resolve personal issues they will immediately be put into probation, and any repeat offenses will result in demotions/terminations.
+ In either case, while on probation, the concerned staff member must make every attempt to behave in an exemplary manner, and perform their staff duties to their absolute best ability.
+ Documentation of your actions as a staff member is vital for the smooth running of the server. It serves to keep all members of staff updated, and to prevent any disputes or misunderstandings.
+ Currently record keeping for promotions is not top priority, however this will be changed in the near future, and all staff will soon be required to record every single /promote on [[http://cybernexus.proboards.com/board/20/ranking-board| the ranking board]].


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Ventura by the Numbers
Projects in Development
Outdoor Dining Program
Ventura's Economic Development Division is one of six divisions housed within the City Manager's Department. Economic Development staff work in partnership with the business community to support the creation of revenues from which community benefits are realized.
Economic Development staff interfaces with businesses, community leaders, non-profits and other government agencies to enhance Ventura's economic development activities. The Economic Development Division is responsible for providing resources that help businesses PLAN, MAKE POSSIBLE, OPEN SHOP and THRIVE in the City of Ventura. These resources include, but are not limited to:
Providing resources that help start, retain or grow your business in Ventura
Help businesses navigate the public agency process through our Ombudsmen efforts
Provide research, market analysis, and industry/community related data and statistics to support business activities
Economic Development Staff
Meredith Hart
Acting Economic Development Manager
Cary Glenn
Economic Development Associate
Cary began her career with the City of Ventura in 1998, providing administrative, supervisory and management support to several City departments including the City Manager's Office (Civic Engagement Division) and the Parks, Recreation & Community Partnerships Department. Cary is currently a Management Analyst in the Economic Development Division of the City Manager's Office. Cary works in tandem with the Economic Development Manager and the business community to enhance and improve the economic well-being of the Ventura community.
Born and raised in California, Cary has been a Ventura County resident since 1979 and a proud Ventura resident since 1993. Cary received her B.S. in Organizational Leadership from California Lutheran University (CLU) in Thousand Oaks. Outside of the office, Cary enjoys photography, traveling, and exploring the nooks and crannies of Ventura County.
Economic Development Committee
Our elected officials recognize the importance and value of economic development and prosperity in our city which is why it remains one of the City Council's top priorities.
The Economic Development Committee, a subcommittee of the Ventura City Council, is a dedicated group of three council members and community partners that meets virtually the first Tuesday of each month 4:30 p.m. You can find meeting information and a link to agendas here.
Lorrie Brown, Chair
Doug Halter, Vice Chair
Mike Johnson, Committee Member
COVID GAP Plan
The Economic Development Division was beginning the process of updating the Economic Development Strategy when the COVID-19 Pandemic hit. The economic landscape of our community is still unknown as the pandemic continues to challenge our business community with restrictive limitations to operation, in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our community. While there are many questions still outstanding around the next steps and impacts related to COVID-19, WE have been focusing efforts on immediate relief for businesses and helping them reopen their doors.
The City of Ventura Economic Development mission is to Cultivate an environment for economic sustainability and growth. Provide resources that help businesses PLAN, MAKE POSSIBLE, OPEN SHOP & THRIVE. Advance the economic vitality of the local community. And that is what we aim to achieve. As we navigate through these challenging times, we have created a Gap Plan to guide our focus and efforts through the pandemic. At the conclusion of which we will resume our initiation of the Economic Development Strategy.
View Gap Plan HERE
View Gap Plan Tracker HERE


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Kokane Set To Release "Don't Make Me $hit" (Prod. Tha Chill)
Written by: Chad Kiser
Don't Make Me $hit, Kokane, Tha Chill
The self-proclaimed most featured artist in the world, Kokane, is set to drop the video and single to "Don't Make Me $hit" this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 exclusively on BudEBoy Digital.
The song is produced by Tha Chill of Compton's Most Wanted, with the music video filmed by Zach Hartley.
"Don't Make Me $hit" will only be available via digital download at the BudEBoy online store.
Chad Kiser
Chad M. Kiser is a veteran writer of 15 years with interviews, bylines, and content featured in top media outlets including TMZ, ESPN, Fox News, XXL Magazine, HipHopDX, AllHipHop, The Wall Street Journal, DubCNN, Playboy Magazine, BBC4 Music, VH-1, MTV, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Billboard Magazine, and numerous others. Several of his in-depth interviews have been cited in critically acclaimed books such as "The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form", "Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap", "Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap", "Sounding Race In Rap Songs", "To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America".
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Picking up on the spirit of yesterday's post about asking "beautiful questions" and inspired by a staff challenge to articulate lines of inquiry stemming from IISC's core lenses, I offer this post. It distills some of the underlying questions that adopting a "network lens" inspires for social change work. Please add, adjust, edit, and rift!
What current patterns of connection characterize your organization/network/change effort? How do these further or inhibit the change that you are trying to bring about?
What would happen if you drew in those currently on the periphery? How might this be achieved?
How are you balancing collaboration and cooperation in your organization/network/ change initiative? When is it most strategic for all or most participants to coordinate (collaborate) around a given action? When and around what is it best to keep things diffuse and self-directed (cooperation)?
What is the role of gratitude and generosity in your work? What are you doing to nurture and encourage greater abundance?
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Are you able to see the greater purposes of your blessings? Rather than make excuses or justify the reasons as to why we own nice things (which, admittedly, we so often do), we should instead exclaim our thanksgivings toward God, and then exalt Him for His goodness. The beautiful things in your life (those cool shoes, that delicious steak, this morning's sunrise, the got-it-from-ya-mama show-stopping smile) exist for the benefit of others, and for the adoration and blessing of God.
Matthew 2:1-12: Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him." When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: "'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'" Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him." After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
This Scripture takes place when Jesus is about 1 or 2 years old (dissimilar to the narration of the standard nativity scene). What makes this so astounding, though, is that these three men – all of whom were kings, magi, and wise men – fell to their knees to worship Jesus as a small child. This speaks so much to their incredible humility.
Psalm 72:10-11: May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts! May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!
The kings recognize their King. The wise men worship without fear of appearing foolish (and, even today, wise men still seek Him).
Too often, what we see today is power without perspective; what we need in our generation isn't lack of power or authority, but true leaders with wisdom. No one is without a King – everybody worships something. We need Kings who know they have a King. The world thinks that we are blessed to be blessed. But again, we see that Scripture turns the ideals of the world on their head: we are blessed to bless.
Philippians 2:4-11: Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
How are you submitting to Jesus as King over your life?
How can you look to the interest of others this week?
Ask God to show you the greater purpose of your blessings.
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The Director-General of the Progressives Governors' Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukeman, has raised the alarm over what he described as the diminishing electoral value of the All Progressives Congress.
The PGF is the umbrella body of the governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
He said this in a statement titled: "Progressive Politics – Which Way APC?", which he signed and issued in Abuja, on Friday.
Lukeman expressed sadness that the dissolution of the Adams Oshimohole-led National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress hasn't solved the party's diminishing electoral viability.
He said, "We need to remind our leaders that the last leadership crisis was triggered by the deep concerns around the diminishing electoral viability of the party.
"The reality is, resolving the last leadership crisis with the dissolution of the Comrade Oshiomhole-led NWC has not solved the problem of diminishing electoral viability of the party.
"Therefore, what is it that needs to be done to address the problem of diminishing electoral viability of the APC? Do our leaders even agree that the APC is faced with the problem of diminishing electoral viability?
"This may be the problem partly because if our leaders are unable to recognise that the APC is faced with the problem of diminishing electoral viability then there is a big problem. In the present day Nigeria, with tempers very high everywhere and all manner of negatively imposed public perception, which are false and mostly engineered by our political opponents, it is only people who don't believe in the votes of citizens as the determinant of electoral victories that will imagine that the APC's electoral prospects are high."
The PGF DG noted that Progressive politics is dynamic, action-oriented, and tailored towards the improvement of the lives of ordinary folks.
Speaking about the forthcoming Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo States, Lukeman said while efforts being made by Governor Rotimi Akerodolu to reconcile with aggrieved party members and leaders in the state were commendable, the same cannot be said about Edo.
He said, "The reverse seems to be the case in Edo State. As opposed to reconciliation, it is loud drums of war that has taken over the airwaves in Edo State. Comrade Oshiomhole has relocated to Edo State and taken over the APC campaign and the campaign is proceeding in a manner that suggests the Edo State Governorship election is an extension of the personal battle between the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and Comrade Oshiomhole.
"The APC campaign is personalised around Comrade Oshiomhole and the candidate of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is an onlooker. The soundbite from the Edo APC campaign is so offensive to the point where Comrade Oshiomhole appears to be disowning almost every APC in Edo State between 2016 and now.
"To that extent, it simply means Comrade Oshiomhole is disowning himself, which may be why he went on his knee begging Edo people for forgiveness."
He advised party leaders to quickly step in to save the party from completely losing public trust.
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A 8ª Região Militar (8ª RM) é uma das doze regiões militares do Exército Brasileiro.

Sede e abrangência
Está sediada em Belém do Pará e abrange também parte do Tocantins, Maranhão e Amapá.

História
O Comando da 8ª Região Militar foi instalado no dia 27 de março de 1909 em consequência da Lei nº 1860, de 4 de janeiro de 1908, com a denominação de Quartel General. A região que abrangia Pará e Aricary (Amapá) tinha a denominação de 2ª Região Militar e funcionou, provisoriamente, no quartel do extinto 34º Batalhão de Caçadores.

O atual quartel general foi construído na então Praça Saldanha Marinho, hoje Praça da Bandeira, no terreno do antigo 4º Batalhão de Artilharia. Em 1915, foi instalada, no mesmo Quartel General, a 1ª Região Militar, substituindo a 2ª Região Militar. Mudou a sua denominação para 7ª Região Militar, em 1919.

Em 1923, tomou a denominação de 8ª Região Militar, tendo, posteriormente, em 1956, sido criado o Comando Militar da Amazônia e 8ª Região Militar, com jurisdição sobre os elementos do Exército sediados nos Estados do Pará, Amazonas, parte de Goiás (ao norte de Porto Nacional), Acre e Rondônia.

Com a transferência da sede do Comando Militar da Amazônia para Manaus e a criação da 12ª Região Militar, foi mudada a denominação de Quartel General do Comando Militar e 8ª Região Militar, para Quartel General da 8ª Região Militar.

Desde 1991 porta a insígnia da Ordem do Mérito Militar, concedida pelo presidente Fernando Collor.

Em Decreto Presidencial de 8 de julho de 1992, a 8ª Região Militar tomou a denominação de Comando Militar do Norte e 8ª Região Militar. Em Portaria Ministerial de 3 de abril de 1995, retornou a denominação de 8ª Região Militar, com responsabilidade territorial nos Estados do Pará e Amapá, no município de Imperatriz e em parte do Estado do Tocantins.

Desde 13 de março de 2013, está sob subordinação do Comando Militar do Norte.

Organizações militares subordinadas

 8ª Região Militar
 Comando da 8ª Região Militar - Belém - PA
 Companhia de Comando da 8ª Região Militar  - Belém - PA
 Comissão Regional de Obras da 8ª Região Militar - Belém - PA
 8º Depósito de Suprimento - Belém - PA
 Parque Regional de Manutenção da 8ª Região Militar - Belém - PA
 Hospital Geral de Belém - Belém - PA
 Hospital de Guarnição de Marabá - Marabá - PA
 Tiros de Guerra

Ver também
 Região militar

Ligações externas

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Amapá
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FolkWorld Issue 42 07/2010; Festival Announcement
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Tønder Festival, 26-29 August 2010
The first Tønder Festival was held in 1975. Like all festivals, it was started by a bunch of enthusiastic young people who wanted to share their musical tastes with others,
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and who had the courage and the will to set up an annual festival.
Tønder at that time was home to Scandinavia's oldest teacher-training institution, whose students were an extremely active part of the the town's cultural life. The decision to launch the first festival was inspired by the success of two three-day folk music events in June and September 1974.
Since then Tønder Festival has grown and matured, now enjoying its status as one of Europe's most respected folk and roots music festivals, both from an audience and from a performer viewpoint. The music is international folk and roots from Ireland, Scotland, England, USA, Canada and Scandinavia, among others. The music programme is of the highest calibre, and the Tønder Festival atmosphere and ambience are legendary. Tønder Festival has also an enviable reputation for top class organisation.
Tønder Festival sticks to its original musical concept. There is plenty of room for experiment, and the festival keeps abreast of developments in the music. At no time has the original musical framework been prejudiced. At no time has there been a slackening of quality in the content of the music programme. Achieving that delicate balance between renewal, continuity and comfortable familiarity has proved essential for musicians, audience and festival staff alike.
Tønder Festival has accepted its responsibility to encourage and foster the young generation of folk musicians. They appear on stage at Tønder Festival, and they participate in the workshops, master classes and sharing sessions the festival offers. We have brought many unknown young talents to Tønder Festival. Sending them off again with renewed self confidence, Tønder Festival is rewarded when they later return to play for us.
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Sheck Wes Net Worth in 2022 – Age, Height, Life, Family
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Sheck Wes Quick Facts
Net Worth $2,500,000
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Stuart Broad Awarded Testimonial Year by Nottinghamshire CCC
by Alastair Symondson & Nottinghamshire CCC Tuesday 25 September 2018
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club have awarded a testimonial year for the 2019 season to Stuart Broad in recognition of his decade-long commitment to Notts and England.
Broad, who has amassed 433 Test wickets, will host a series of events throughout the year and will make a donation to charitable causes including Motor Neurone Disease, and the Trent Bridge Community Trust.
Having joined Nottinghamshire from Leicestershire ahead of the 2008 season, Broad has left an indelible mark at Trent Bridge where he took 8-15 in the 2015 Ashes Test and enjoyed a Test hat-trick against India in 2011.
"I've enjoyed the support of the Nottinghamshire members and the Trent Bridge crowd over the past ten seasons and I hope to welcome a fair few to my testimonial year events," said Broad, who's testimonial year committee will be chaired by former Nottinghamshire off-spinner Stephen Randall.
"I've always enjoyed giving my full commitment when in an England or Nottinghamshire shirt and it's an honour to have been recognised in this manner.
"2019 is going to be an exciting year; a home Ashes series, the Cricket World Cup and a strong Nottinghamshire squad that has the ability to challenge for trophies in all three formats.
"I'm already looking forward to it, as there's still so much I want to achieve in the game and being able to support numerous charities during my benefit year will make it extra special."
Nottinghamshire Director of Cricket Mick Newell has praised Broad's contribution to the game, which shows no sign of abating.
"We knew when we signed Stuart that there was every chance that he would play a lot of international cricket and it's a credit to his talent and work ethic that he got to the top so quickly and has managed to stay there for so long," he said.
"He has made important contributions on the field for Notts, most memorably in the Lord's finals against Glamorgan in 2013 and Surrey in 2017, but he's also been a great ambassador for Trent Bridge.
"We look forward to supporting his events and will continue to welcome him into the dressing room and the Nottinghamshire team whenever he's made available to us."
Nottinghamshire Chairman Richard Tennant echoed the thoughts of Newell and believes Stuart is a worthy recipient of a testimonial year.
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Валеран (Вальрам) III (, ; ок. 1175 — ) — граф Люксембурга и де ла Рош-ан-Арденн (по праву жены) с 1214 года, герцог Лимбурга и граф Арлона с 1221 года. 2-й сын Генриха III, герцога Лимбурга, и Софьи фон Саарбрюкен.

Биография

Правление
Поскольку Вальрам не был старшим сыном, то он не был наследником Лимбурга. В приданое за первой женой, Кунигундой Лотаринской, он получил титул сеньора Моншау.

В 1192 году Валеран вместе с отцом, герцогом Генрихом III Лимбургским, отправился в Третий крестовый поход независимо от армии императора Фридриха I Барбароссы. В Святой земле они присоединились к армии короля Англии Ричарда I Львиное Сердце.

После возвращения в свои владения Вальрам вместе с отцом в 1196/1197 году принимал участие в восстании против императора Генриха VI. После смерти Генриха VI Вальрам участвовал в выборе германским королём Филиппа Швабского. В 1206 году Вальрам участвовал в битве при Вассенберге, в которой армия противника Филиппа, Оттона IV Брауншвейгского, выступившего в союзе с архиепископом Кёльна Бруно IV против герцога Генриха III Лимбургского, была разбита, а сам Оттон бежал в Англию. Однако после убийства Филиппа Швабского в 1208 году Вальрам вместе с отцом перешёл на сторону Оттона IV.

В 1212 году Вальрам в составе армии герцога Брабанта Генриха I участвовал в войне против епископа Льежа, а позже и против графа Гелдерна.

27 июля 1214 года Валеран в составе армии императора Оттона IV участвовал в проигранной битве при Бувине.

В 1213 году умерла первая жена Вальрама. А в начале 1214 года он женился Эрмезинде, графине Люксембурга, Ла Роша и Дарбюи, вдове графа Бара Тибо I. Вместе с её владениями Вальрам получил и претензии на маркграфство Намюр, которое в 1189 году было отобрано у его тестя, Генриха Слепого, отца Эрмезинды. Намюром в это время правил Филипп II де Куртене, родственник короля Франции Филиппа II Августа. Кроме того, смерть в том же году бездетного старшего брата Генриха сделала Валерана наследником отца. Но две попытки Валерана захватить Намюр (в 1214 и 1216 годах) успехом не увенчались. Первый этап войны закончился в 1217 году.

В 1217 году Валеран отправился в Пятый крестовый поход, во время которого участвовал в битве при Дамиетте 7 августа 1218 года.

В свои владения из крестового похода Валеран вернулся в 1218 году. По возвращении у него начался конфликт с архиепископом Кёльна Энгельбертом I Бергским. Поводом послужил спор за наследование графством Берг. Старший сын Валерана, Генрих IV, был женат на Ирменгарде, дочери графа Адольфа V, который погиб при осаде Дамиетты. Наследовать Берг должны были Ирменгарда и её муж Генрих, однако этому воспротивился архиепископ Энгельберт, брат покойного графа Адольфа, с которым Вальрам в союзе с графом Клеве Дитрихом V уже конфликтовал в 1216 году из-за владений в Северном Айфеле, но 30 марта 1217 года был вынужден заключить мир. Новый вооружённый конфликт также не принёс Валерану, которого поддерживал кроме графа Клеве ещё и зять — граф Юлиха Вильгельм II, успеха не принёс. Кроме того, Валеран, возобновивший также войну за Намюр против Филиппа II де Куртене, не имел достаточно сил для победы. А после того, как его союзник, граф Клеве Дитрих 20 июня 1220 года был разбит, Валеран пошёл на мирные переговоры с Энгельбертом. В итоге в августе в Кёльне он был вынужден заключить новый мирный договор с Энгельбертом, который сохранил контроль за Бергом, однако Генрих и Ирменгарда должны были наследовать Берг после смерти архиепископа.

В 1221 году умер отец Валерана герцог Лимбурга Генрих III, и Валериан унаследовал его владения — герцогство Лимбург и графство Арлон, присоединив их к Люксембургу, Ла Рошу и Дарбюи.

13 февраля 1223 года Валеран был вынужден по Динанскому договору отказаться от прав на Намюр.

В 1224 году Валеран в союзе с графом Гелдерна Герхардом III участвовал в войне против епископа Утрехта Оттона.

7 ноября 1225 года архиепископ Энгельберт был убит графом Альтена и Изенберга Фридрихом II, зятем Валерана, после чего Берг перешёл под управление Ирменгарды и Генриха. Документально не установлено, был ли Валеран, выигравший от смерти Энгельберта, среди организаторов убийства, но против этого говорит то, что новый архиепископ Кёльна Генрих Мюленаркский, который проводил расследование убийства предшественника со всей строгостью, обвинений против Валерана не выдвинул.

В 1226 году Валеран сопровождал в Италию молодого короля Генриха VII, сына императора Фридриха II, а по возвращении оттуда 2 июля умер в аббатстве Ролдук.

Владения Валерана оказались разделены между его сыновьями от двух браков. Лимбург получил старший сын от первого брака, Генрих, уже владеющий Бергом. Второй сын Валеран получил Моншау, наследство матери. Владения же Эрмезинды Люксембургской должны были унаследовать её сыновья от Валерана, Генрих Белокурый и Герхард.

Герб Валерана III

Для подтверждения своих амбиций и прав на Намюр, Валеран принял новый герб для своих владений. Два хвоста у Льва символизировали объединение Лимбурга и Люксембурга, а корона на голове Льва — претензии Валерана на Намюр.

Браки и дети

1-я жена: Кунигунда Лотарингская (ум. 1213), дочь Ферри I, герцога Лотарингии, и Верхуславы Людмилы Польской. Дети:
 Софья (ум. ок. 1226/1227); муж: с ок. 1210 Фридрих II (ум. 14 ноября 1226), граф Альтена и Изенберга
 Матильда (ум. после 1 апреля 1234); муж: Вильгельм III (ум. 1218), граф Юлиха
 Генрих IV (ок. 1195 — 25 февраля 1247), герцог Лимбурга с 1226, граф Берга с 1225
 Валеран (Вальрам) II (ум. 1242), сеньор Моншау

2-я жена: с февраля/мая 1214 года Эрмезинда (II) (июль 1186 — 17 февраля 1247), графиня Люксембурга, Ла Роша и Дарбюи, дочь Генриха I (IV) Слепого, графа Намюра и Люксембурга, от брака с Агнес, дочерью Генриха, графа Гелдерна, вдова Тибо I, графа Бара. Дети:
 Екатерина (ок. 1215 — 18 апреля 1255); муж: Матье II (ум. 1251), герцог Лотарингии с 1221
 Генрих V Белокурый (1216—1281), граф Люксембурга и Ла Роша с 1247, граф Арлона с 1256, маркграф Намюра 1256—1264, сеньор де Линьи с 1240
 Жерар (Герхард) III (1223—1276), граф Дарбюи с 1247

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Графы Арлона
Герцоги Лимбурга
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Лимбургский дом
Участники Третьего крестового похода
Участники Пятого крестового похода
Сеньоры Священной Римской империи XII века
Графы Священной Римской империи XIII века
Герцоги Священной Римской империи XIII века
Сеньоры Священной Римской империи XIII века


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'Yakuza: Like a Dragon' Details Party Chat, Tug-Tugs, and More
Yakuza 7 finally releases in Japan tomorrow.
One of the biggest titles from the developers.
Photo Mode confirmed.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon releases tomorrow in Japan for PlayStation 4, sometime in 2020 for the US and Europe, and Sega has released more information about the title. These new details center around the Tug-Tug, Crest Collection, Party Chat, and Smartphone Camera gameplay elements. There is a demo available, if you'd like to try Yakuza 7 before it releases. A special thank you to Gematsu for translating the information.
Throughout the city, players will come across individuals that provide a special service called Tug-Tug. Should a player decide they would like to receive a Tug-Tug, they will receive many star bonuses such as HP Recovery, MP recovery, or benefits to Ichiban Kasuga's Life Experience. Now, the example given is a woman in a dress offering the player a Tug-Tug, which is said to be expensive. When you know what's legal in Japan, and what's not, I think we can all assume what a Tug-Tug is.
JRPGs are known for always have various collectibles for players to find. Yakuza 7 is no different. Scattered across the city are crests from the Tojo Clan, and they're scattered because of their issues with the Omi Alliance. They can be found in bushes, on sidewalks, and in other locations. You're tasked with collecting them by Kamurop, Kamurocho's mascot character, and it's his hope they don't end up in the wrong hands. Bringing these crests to Kamurop will allow you to trade them for exclusive items not found anywhere else.
Yakuza 7 looks to make traveling around the city more enjoyable by allowing party members to chat with one another. Dialogue from this Party Chat feature will depend on what Kasuga is going, the time of day, where you happen to be, and who is in your party. One of the best aspects of JRPGs is the banter between party members, and it's nice that Yakuza 7 will also implement this feature. You'll get to discover new dialogues as you and your party travel across the city.
In Yakuza 7, you'll have a cellphone with a camera. This camera will allow you to use this title's version of Photo Mode. You'll be able to take pictures and apply filters. These filters include classic alterations, such as a Monotone color scheme, a Sepia edit, and Toy Camera. When taking selfies, players can change Kasuga's facial expressions, and photos already taken can have edits done to them. At any point, you can go into the Album section of your cellphone to view the photos you've taken.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is here, and it looks to take the series to new heights. The combat system looks fantastic, the side activities are wacky, and the summons are over the top. In a time where games are trying to be Hollywood films, it's nice that some developers are still focused on making fun games. You can read all of our Yakuza coverage here. To stay up to date, make sure to follow the developers on Twitter, and Sega on Twitter and Facebook.


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Q: Python. How to remove an object from list So I'm learning basic game programming and I have this Bullet class which of course are the class for the bullets in game.
bulletGroup = [i for i in bulletGroup if i.buly < screen.get_height()]
for shot in bulletGroup:
    shot.buly -=3

This is what I did so I could remove the bullets which have already passed the screen frpm abpve/ However it doesn't seem to reduce the length of my list so that tfirst line of code might not be working. So how do I do a check for a list of objects and then remove all those I want to estroy.
EDIT:
Yes I checked if the objects' buly in the list by printing them, and they were definitely less than the screen height. Yet they are still part of the list? All of this are on the game loop btw. So every tick should have bulletGroup renewing for those runaway bullets.

A: You are subtracting 3 from buly each time, so it will never be greater than screen.get_height().
Depending on how your game works, you should either compare buly against 0:
bulletGroup = [i for i in bulletGroup if i.buly >= 0]
for shot in bulletGroup:
    shot.buly -= 3

Or add 3 to buly instead:
bulletGroup = [i for i in bulletGroup if i.buly < screen.get_height()]
for shot in bulletGroup:
    shot.buly += 3

A: You might also find that it's better to keep a fixed pool of bullets rather than adding them to the list and then removing them. Instead, give them a flag to 'deactivate' them so they don't get updated or drawn every frame and then 'activate' a new one when you need more.
If you constantly create and destroy bullet objects, you'll be causing a lot of garbage collection and creating periodic pauses in your game. A fixed pool of objects prevents that from being a problem, and lets you avoid accidentally creating too many at once.

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