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Brawl Stars (abreviado BS) es un videojuego multijugador para móviles disponible en Android y iOS, desarrollado por Supercell y lanzado globalmente en 2018. La versión beta del juego fue lanzada el 14 de junio de 2017 solo para Canadá, Australia y Nueva Zelanda con temáticas simples y mecánicas difíciles, mientras que la versión global se lanzó agregando un apartado visual con mayor detalles interesantes y diferentes funcionalidades, que se agregaron el 12 de diciembre de 2018. Actualmente lleva 5 años de existencia en el mundo de los videojuegos móviles.

Juego
El objetivo principal del juego es conseguir la mayor cantidad de trofeos, para subir en un camino de trofeos. Los jugadores entran a diferentes modos de juego, con diferentes personajes denominados Brawlers, cada uno con habilidades únicas que luchan en diferentes modos de juego para subirlos de rango y de trofeos. También los jugadores pueden unirse a clubes con sus compañeros o amigos y hacer partidas amistosas, jugar en modos de juego o jugar competitivo.

Trofeos

Los trofeos son un conteo especial de las estadísticas del jugador. Se consiguen cuando ganas una partida. Tal como se consiguen al ganar, también pueden quitarte trofeos al perder. Si en un modo de juego 3v3, algún compañero posee menos trofeos, se añadirán algunos trofeos extra al acabar la partida.

Camino de Trofeos
Los trofeos que el jugador consigue con cada Brawler se van acumulando en su perfil. La cantidad de trofeos que posea le permitirá desbloquear recompensas en el camino de trofeos. A medida que se consiga más trofeos, las recompensas aumentan y es cada vez más difícil.
Las recompensas que se incluyen dentro del camino de trofeos son:

 Monedas
 Puntos de Fuerza
 Duplicadores de Fichas
 Cajas Brawl, Grandes y Megacajas (eliminados del camino de trofeos el día 12 de diciembre de 2022)
 Brawlers (eliminados del camino de trofeos el día 12 de diciembre de 2022)
 Eventos
 Créditos
 Créditos cromáticos

Monedas del juego

Monedas

Son un tipo de moneda que llevan desde la creación del juego y tiene diversos usos que son:
 Comprar puntos de fuerza para los brawlers.
 Comprar habilidades estelares por 2000 monedas en la tienda.
 Comprar gadgets por 1000 monedas en la tienda.
 Mejorar a los brawlers para subirlos de nivel.
 Comprar aspectos de plata y de oro para los brawlers.
 En la tienda del club se pueden adquirir aspectos con monedas especiales que se desbloquean haciendo las misiones del club.

Su aspecto es un círculo amarillento con un poco de color mostaza y tiene un símbolo de una calavera, aunque durante el desarrollo de la beta, tenía una herradura.
Para conseguir monedas se pueden hacer de diversas maneras y son:
 En las Cajas Brawl(No disponibles actualmente) y niveles del pase de batalla o en el camino de trofeos.
 En la tienda gratis algunos días.
 En eventos de monedas que suelen ser algunos fines de semana.
 Comprando con gemas o con monedas del club.
En algunos desafíos.

Las monedas de oro son una de las monedas más usadas dentro del juego porque tiene diversos usos y porque es muy fácil de conseguir.

Puntos Estelares

Los puntos estelares son una moneda gratuita. Tienen forma circular y de color violeta. Puedes comprar skins para los Brawlers dentro de la tienda, o antiguamente podías comprar Cajas Brawl. Se introdujeron en la actualización de verano de 2019 junto a la Lucha Estelar y se presentó como una moneda gratis que no se puede comprar y fácil de obtener.
Se pueden conseguir puntos estelares:

 En Liga Estelar.
 En desafíos de la Brawl Stars Championship.
 En desafíos de otras recompensas.
 Reinicios de la temporada de trofeos.
 Subir el rango de los brawlers.

Después de que alguno de los eventos terminaran, aparecían cajas para comprar.  A partir de los 501 trofeos, el Brawler que haya alcanzado esta cantidad sufrirá un reinicio en los trofeos que posea. El reinicio sucede cada 8 semanas.
 Al subir a un Brawler al rango 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 y 35. A continuación una tabla sobre los puntos estelares obtenidos dependiendo del rango.

Gemas

Las gemas son otro tipo de monedas que llevan desde el desarrollo del videojuego. Las gemas solo se pueden conseguir ya sea por subir de nivel en el Brawl Pass, dinero real y antes gratis en las Cajas brawl, pero se eliminó en la llegada del Brawl Pass. Actualmente, son muy valiosas y difíciles de conseguir.

Las gemas son otro tipo de monedas muy usadas por sus diferentes usos que son:
 Comprar skins, brawlers, cajas, pins, duplicadores, etc...
 Comprar un Brawl Pass.
 Cambiarse el nombre.
 Comprar intentos en ciertos desafíos.
 Comprar Iconos de Perfil.
 Comprar sprays.

Objetos eliminados
Tickets

Los tickets fueron una moneda que estuvo con el desarrollo del juego y fue eliminado el 13 de mayo de 2020 con la llegada del pase. Los tickets solo eran usados para jugar los eventos de fin de semana y se podía gastar de 1 a 20 tickets y dependiendo de cuantos gastaras, más fichas conseguirías. También se podían obtener en la tienda los fines de semana comparándolos con gemas o gratuitamente abriendo cajas brawl. Aunque han vuelto de una forma parecida en las guerras de clubs como indicador de cuantas partidas puedes hacer (véase más adelante).

Elixir

El elixir fue una especie de moneda incluida en la beta del juego y eliminado también durante la beta. Se podía conseguir comprándolo con gemas en la tienda o te tocaba en las cajas brawl. Sus funciones eran:
 Mejorar el daño de un brawler.
 Mejorar la vida de un brawler.
 Mejorar el daño de la súper de un brawler.

Fichas

Las fichas se dividen en 3 y algunas están eliminadas pero otras no. A continuación, los 3 tipos de fichas:

Fichas (Beta)
En la beta, al obtener un brawler este no salía de las probabilidades. Cuando un brawler tocaba repetido, se daban fichas en su lugar. El único uso de estas fichas era comprar brawlers. Solo se podían obtener unas pocas y los precios eran altos.

Fichas Estelares
Fue una especie de ficha que estaba desde que se introdujeron ganar cajas con fichas y era obtenido al ganar un evento por primera vez en una rotación, lo que significa que estaba disponible cada vez que un mapa cambiaba. Una vez que el jugador tenía 10 fichas, ganaba una caja grande.

Para poder obtenerlo en Supervivencia Solo, tenías que quedar en el top 4. Para Supervivencia Dúo, tenías que quedar en el top 2.

En la actualización de mayo de 2020, se eliminaron del juego.

Fichas (Actuales)
Son fichas que se consiguen jugando modos de juego (hasta 200 por día), o haciendo misiones del pase. También se pueden multiplicar con duplicadores ya sea comprando o que te tocara en cajas, pero no se puede multiplicar las fichas de las misiones.

También se puede conseguir subiendo de nivel de experiencia, un nuevo rango o por votar mapas de la comunidad.

Su uso antiguo era para conseguir cajas pequeñas por 100 fichas, y ahora es para avanzar en el pase que es desde 75 a 600 fichas

Tickets del Club y Tickets Dorados
Tickets del Club
Son una nueva versión de los tickets que solo se usan para jugar a la Liga de Clubes y se le otorgan 4 al jugador cada vez que sea Miércoles, Viernes y  los Domingos, serán 6 tickets en lugar de 4. Dependiendo de que modo de la Liga juegue el jugador, costará más tickets o menos. No son acumulables.

Tickets Dorados
Los tickets dorados fue un tipo de ticket usado en la Liga de Clubes para jugar partidas extra cuando ya se te habían agotado los tickets del club y querías jugar más partidas. Cada uno costaba 1 punto estelar o 1 gema o 4 tickets dorados por 2 gemas. Si eran comprados, no se podía comprar más hasta que acabase la temporada y no eran acumulables. Fueron eliminados el 11 de enero de 2022.

Monedas del Club
Son una nueva moneda que se gana dependiendo de cuántas partidas has jugado durante la Liga de Clubes y se darán más dependiendo de que Liga se encuentre el club. Su aspecto es circular con un color rojo y negro y el símbolo es un escudo rojo. Las monedas del club se pueden usar en la tienda del club para:
 Comprar aspectos por 2500 monedas del club.
 Comprar puntos de fuerza.
 Comprar monedas de oro.

Chatarra y Tokens de Refuerzos
Chatarra
La chatarra fue una moneda del juego que se podía obtener en Cajas Brawl después de subir tu primer brawler al nivel 10, o en la tienda del Club. Junto con los Tokens de Refuerzo, eran necesarios para la elaboración de los Refuerzos. Fueron eliminados con la actualización de la Temporada 15, recompensando a todos los jugadores que hubieran gastado o tuvieran con monedas de oro.

Tokens de Refuerzo
Para hacer los refuerzos era necesario Tokens de Refuerzo y Chatarra, y se podían equipar a brawlers por encima del nivel 10; una segunda ranura estaba disponible cuando el brawler está en el nivel 11. Se eliminaron con la Chatarra en la Temporada 15.

Cajas Brawl
Existían tres tipos de cajas, aunque en la última actualización (antes de eliminarlas) añadieron una más. Cada una tenía un valor de diferente. Estaban:

 Caja Brawl: se obtenían en el Camino de Trofeos, el Brawl Pass y gratis algunos días en la Tienda. Daba monedas, puntos de fuerza, duplicadores de fichas y en mucha menor medida algún nuevo brawler, gadget o habilidad estelar.

 Caja Grande: se conseguían igual que las Cajas Brawl con la diferencia que en la Tienda se compraban por 500 Puntos Estelares en la Tienda Estelar y por gemas. Las recompensas están distribuidas entre menos brawlers.

 Megacaja: era muy valiosa ya que conseguía en la Tienda por gemas, ofertas especiales, 1500 Puntos Estelares, en el Camino de Trofeos o el Brawl Pass. En esta caja, las posibilidades de obtener mejores recompensas era alta. Esta caja contenía cinco artículos.

 Omegacaja: solo se podía obtener un tiempo limitado en la tienda (debido que después eliminaron todas por completo) era la más valiosa, casi seguro obtenías algun brawler, habilidad estelar o gadget. Esta caja contenía diez artículos, más una cantidad de gemas y duplicadores.

El día 12 de diciembre de 2022 lamentablemente las eliminaron, debido a una ley. Las cambiaron por créditos y créditos cromáticos.

Eventos
Existen varios modos de juego llamados eventos. Cada evento te puede dar diferentes trofeos dependiendo de la dificultad y otros, solo dan fichas. Existen 3 clases de eventos: los normales, que a su vez pueden ser permanentes o rotativos, los eventos de fin de semana y los eventos de Temporada. Los eventos son:

Eventos Normales
Los eventos normales son aquellos eventos que siempre están presentes dentro de la pantalla de selección de eventos y en los que el usuario puede ganar o perder trofeos. Los mapas cambian para generar mayor diversidad en los combates. Hay 6 eventos de este tipo, que son:

Permanentes
Corresponden a juegos permanentes que son jugables durante toda la semana, los mapas cambian o rotan cada un día.

Rotativos
Corresponden a juegos que cambian con otras modalidades cada ciertos días, es decir, cambian entre sí cada día. Todos los juegos son de 3c3.

Eventos especiales

Son una clase de eventos a los que el jugador sólo puede acceder el fin de semana. La recompensa de estos modos de juego es de muchas fichas, sin embargo, aquí no se podrán ganar trofeos.

Cabe destacar que los eventos ocupan un máximo de 13 huecos. Están distribuidos de la siguiente forma:

 3 ranuras permanentes para Atrapagemas, Supervivencia y Balón Brawl.
 1 hueco para eventos de fines de semana rotativos: Pelea Robótica, Megabrawler, Todos Contra Uno y El Último Bastión.
 1 ranura para los eventos rotativos: Caza Estelar y Noqueo.
 1 ranura para los eventos rotativos: Atraco y Zona Restringida.
 1 ranura para los eventos rotativos: Brawlonceto y Duelos
 1 ranura para la Liga de Clubes. Con los mapas para jugar ya sea normal o competitivo.
 1 ranura para Liga estelar.
 1 ranura para los mapas más votados por la comunidad (uno diferente al día y de modos de juego diferentes).
 1 ranura para mapas de la comunidad. En ellos no se ganan ni pierden trofeos, además cambia de mapa en cada partida.
 1 ranura para eventos de temporada.
 1 ranura para desafíos temporales

Modos de juego eliminados

(*Nota: al salir la temporada 6, Aniquilación y Estrella Solitaria regresaron algunos fines de semana y el modo Asedio se ha eliminado de rotación).

Modos de juego temporales

Brawlers

En el juego hay un total de 64. Cada uno tiene diferentes formas de atacar y dependiendo de su rareza, serán más fáciles o difíciles de conseguir. Según su rareza pueden ser:

Contenido de un Brawler

 Rango: Demuestra habilidad y destreza con el Brawler que lo posee a través de los trofeos del jugador. El rango más bajo es 1 y el más alto es el rango 35 (si se alcanza con 1250 trofeos). El rango no varía la fuerza o la vida del personaje.
 Maestrías: un brawler adquiere un nivel de maestría al jugar un número de terminado de partidas se pueden conseguir más puntos si el brawler tiene más copas, si en Liga Estelar estás en un rango alto y lo mismo en Liga de Clubes. No se puede conseguir puntos en desafíos o batallas amistosas. Cada nivel de maestría que consigas te dará un número de recursos que pueden ser más o menos dependiendo de la rareza del brawler.

 Fuerza: Aumentan la fuerza y la salud del Brawler. Se necesita una cantidad de monedas y puntos de fuerza, que se consiguen completando el Brawl Pass, en la tienda o el Camino de Trofeos. El nivel máximo de cada brawler es el nivel 11.

 Rarezas: Se dividen en 8 rarezas que se identifican con un color particular visible en cada Brawler. Se consiguen de 3 maneras, ya sea por el Camino Starr, la tienda o el Brawl Pass:

Habilidades de un Brawler

Gadgets: Es la habilidad que se puede desbloquear cuando un Brawler alcanza el nivel de fuerza 7. Se puede conseguir en en la selección de brawlers por 1000 monedas. Son nuevas habilidades activas que agregan nuevas mecánicas al personaje. Se agrega un nuevo botón a la pantalla. A diferencia de las habilidades estelares, los gadgets tienen 3 usos.

 Habilidad estelar: Es la habilidad que se puede desbloquear cuando un Brawler alcanza el nivel de fuerza 9. Cada Brawler tiene 2 habilidades estelares. Se pueden obtener en la selección de brawlers por 2000 monedas. Son habilidades pasivas que agregan nuevas mecánicas a las acciones existentes.

 Cosméticos: Las reacciones pueden ser utilzados por los jugadores para expresarse en las partidas. Cada brawler tiene un pin estándar y se pueden conseguir más en lotes. Hay pins comunes, especiales y épicos. Además, también hay reacciones de coleccionista,  que se pueden conseguir en el Brawl Pass, desafíos, lotes...
Los sprays son como las reacciones pero se pintan en el suelo. Se regalan 3 siendo uno del logo de Starr Park, un ✔ y una ✖. Otra manera de desbloquearlos son, en el Brawl Pass, desafíos y por gemas en la tienda.

 Refuerzos: Es la habilidad que se puede desbloquear cuando un brawler haya alcanzado el nivel de fuerza 10. Cada brawler comienza con 1 refuerzo en partida al llegar al nivel 10 y cuando haya alcanzado el nivel 11 podra usar dos refuerzos en una partida. Son habilidades pasivas que se dividen en varios tipos:
 Superespecial, disponibles para todos los brawlers y cuestan 1000 monedas de oro. Incluye Refuerzo de Velocidad, refuerzo de Salud, refuerzo de Daño, refuerzo de Escudo y refuerzo de Visión
 Épico, disponibles para algunos brawlers y cuestan 1500 monedas de oro. Incluye Refuerzo de velocidad de recarga y Refuerzo de recarga de súper
 Mítico, disponibles para seis brawlers (Tick, Genio, Spike, Sandy, Crow y Leon) y cuestan 2000 monedas de oro. Son únicos en cada brawler.

Brawl Pass

Información
En mayo de 2020, una actualización del juego agregó un nuevo sistema de recompensas llamado "Brawl Pass". El Brawl Pass es la versión del juego de un pase de batalla. Cuando los jugadores compiten en batallas, ganan fichas para progresar a lo largo del Brawl Pass. Los jugadores pueden ganar cajas (estas eliminadas en el día 12 de diciembre de 2022), gemas, puntos de fuerza, cosméticos, monedas, créditos (incluidos a partir de la actualización del día 12 de diciembre de 2022) y el brawler cromático de la temporada. Hay dos tipos de Brawl Pass. Todos los jugadores tienen el pase gratuito de forma predeterminada y los jugadores pueden comprar el Brawl Pass por  gemas.

Con el Brawl Pass de pago, se puede avanzar más rápido de nivel con misiones exclusivas de la temporada y desbloquearán un aspecto exclusivo en el nivel 1, el brawler cromático de dicha temporada y un aspecto exclusivo para ese brawler. El valor del Brawl Pass es 169 gemas y el Combo es de 249 con 10 niveles extras.

Temporadas del Brawl Pass

Eventos especiales

Eventos de progreso (fin de semana)
Actualmente existen estos dos eventos: (que son rotativos en cada fin de semana, solo salen a veces)
 Evento de doble de fichas: Cada ficha que consigas se duplicará. (Se aplican los duplicadores de fichas que pueden salir en la tienda del juego).
  Lluvia de monedas: Por cada ficha que ganes conseguirás una moneda. (Se aplican los duplicadores de fichas que pueden salir en la tienda del juego).

Regalos especiales

Brawlidays
Brawlidays es un evento exclusivo de Navidad por el que Supercell da doce regalos desde el 12 al 24 de diciembre de cada año desde el 2019.

Brawlidays 2019:

Brawlidays 2020:

Brawlidays 2021:

Durante este año, se dieron 2 regalos más después del 24 de diciembre.

Brawlidays 2022:

Al igual que en 2021, se dan 2 regalos más después del 24 de diciembre.

Series de regalos

Aniversario de Brawl Stars en China
En el mes de junio de 2021, conmemorando el primer aniversario de Brawl Stars en China, durante 9 días se regalaron 9 regalos por el aniversario de Brawl Stars en China.

Festival de Medio Otoño
Desde el 14 hasta el 21 de septiembre, se dieron 7 regalos gratis por el Festival del Medio Otoño en Asia.

Año Nuevo Lunar (2022)
Desde el 29 de enero hasta el 7 de febrero,se dieron 12 regalos en total durante 10 días para celebrar el Año Nuevo Lunar en Asia.

Regalos Especiales
Además de estar dando regalos de Navidad, también han dado otros regalos exclusivos cada año. Los siguientes regalos son:
2018:
A finales del mencionado año, Supercell regaló la skin exclusiva de Shelly Estrella para celebrar el lanzamiento global del juego. Estuvo disponible desde el 12 de diciembre hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2018. No hubo muchas personas que lo consiguieron porque la mayoría de los nuevos jugadores llegaron en 2019.

2019:
Durante las Brawlidays de este año se dieron diferentes regalos como monedas, tickets y la skin de Ricochet para el brawler Rico.

2020:
A principios del año, Supercell regaló a todos 6 Megacajas (o menos o hasta cajas grandes dependiendo de tus trofeos) por el año nuevo lunar. Después en mayo de ese mismo año, se dio a todos los jugadores la skin de Bull Rey Bárbaro para celebrar los 10 años de Supercell. Un mes después por el lanzamiento de Brawl Stars en China, regalaron la skin de Jessie Dragona Roja y a finales del mismo año se dieron también regalos de Brawlidays y al brawler de rareza épica, Edgar.

2021:
A inicios del año, se regaló un pin de un sobre rojo del año nuevo lunar.

Para el 26 de noviembre de este año, se celebraron mundiales de la Brawl Stars ChampionShip y se podrían ver las finales mundiales para conseguir recompensas dentro del juego que incluían: oro, puntos estelares, 3 nuevos pins exclusivos y por último la skin de Jessie Felina, ladrona de trofeos por 1000 puntos.
Si no conseguiste la skin, salió desde el 3 hasta el 5 de marzo de 2022 y costó 7€ aunque ahora sale en rotación en la tienda por 149 gemas.

El 25 de noviembre se dio un regalo (456 de oro), disponible por 7 días en colaboración de MrBeast ya que este mismo ha subido un video recreando en la vida real la famosa serie de Netflix El Juego del Calamar, patrocinado por Brawl Stars.

Durante el 16 de diciembre de 2021, Brawl Stars ha decidido regalar unos 3 pins navideños de las skins del 2018: Dynamike Navideño, Nita Abrigadita y Penny Duendecilla. Si se tenían los 3 aspectos, se darían los 3 pins, pero si te faltaba algún aspecto, solo te darían los que tienes y no del aspecto que te falta. Además de que se estuvieron dando regalos de Brawlidays desde el 12 al 26 de diciembre.

Para finalizar el año, se celebraron los Brawlies para dar premios a los ganadores y se regalo un pin de un trofeo dorado con el brawler Spike en su interior que sólo duró 24 horas para toda la comunidad.

2022:
Debido a la eliminación de los Tickets Dorados, se recompensará con 5 gemas como disculpas.

Desde el 3 hasta el 5 de marzo, se dio un pin gratis de un trofeo con un dedo de espumillón rojo.

Se regalaron reacciones por el evento de "Brawloween" en octubre.

A partir del 1 de diciembre se inició un evento por la eliminación de las cajas del juego, en el cual los jugadores debían reunir colectivamente hasta un total de 4 mil millones de eliminaciones o kills para recoger recompensas gratuitas, entre las cuales se encontraban dos megacajas, un spray, un icono de jugador y una reacción de la Caja Omega, una Caja Omega (la cual tendría un aspecto visual similar a la Megacaja con colores diferentes e incluiría el contenido equivalente a tres megacajas y 10 gemas aseguradas) y el aspecto de Darryl Caja Omega

En las Brawlidays se entregarán regalos a partir del día 12, y con motivo del cuarto aniversario del juego. Estos regalos incluyen reacciones, sprays, créditos, oro, puntos de fuerza y el aspecto de Shelly Clásica. También, con la llegada de la actualización, se dan 4 iconos dependiendo de cuántos aniversarios ha estado el jugador, estos iconos están con un número desde el 1 al 4, representando los distintos aniversarios desde 2019.

Desafíos especiales

Brawl Stars Championship
Gana un total de 15 partidas en 5 modos de juego diferentes 3vs3 para clasificarte en el campeonato mundial de Brawl Stars. Cabe destacar que se debe tener 16 años o más para poder ir al campeonato. Conforme avances conseguirás puntos estelares, cajas, pins y monedas. Puedes perder hasta en cuatro ocasiones, de haber perdido cuatro veces, habrás quedado eliminado y no podrás seguir compitiendo. Este campeonato se realiza el primer fin de semana de diciembre de cada año. En este campeonato se encuentran equipos de tres jugadores, los cuales competirán en una clasificación para obtener el primer lugar y su recompensa, la copa de la Brawl Stars Championship y un millón de euros. Este evento es comentado en directo por varios streamers en diferentes idiomas. Dentro del juego, los jugadores pueden compra, con gemas o dinero, emoticonos y accesorios de los equipos de la competición.

Desafíos Especiales
Gana un número de partidas predeterminado en varios modos de juego para ganar una recompensa, usualmente una skin. Si no se gana un desafío de skin, ésta se añadirá a la rotación de la tienda con un costo determinado de gemas.

Creador de Mapas
El Creador de Mapas es una función de Brawl Stars en que se puede crear y jugar mapas hechos por el jugador. Está disponible a los 1000 trofeos. Se pueden guardar hasta 5 mapas para editar, renombrar o eliminar en cualquier momento. Cuando se está en Amistoso, el anfitrión puede poner su mapa para jugarlo con bots o amigos. Salió en fase beta en la actualización de Brawl-O-Ween, en 2020.

Esta nueva opción recibió muchas críticas, porque varios usuarios hacían mapas molestos para jugadores competitivos.
Para votar a un mapa, al finalizar la partida puedes votar el botón de Like o Dislike.

Tras 24 horas, el mapa con más porcentaje de votos lo podrán jugar todos los usuarios del juego. Al principio del todo, se podían ganar copas en los mapas, pero Supercell se dio cuenta de que en algunos mapas era muy fácil ganar copas, y que los usuarios jugaban allí para subir de trofeos y fue eliminado. Recibió muchas críticas, tanto positivas como negativas.

Y Supercell, al mapa que ellos decidan que es el más eficaz para el juego, puede traspasarlo y así entrar al juego y al jugador, el dueño del mapa, por el traspaso obtiene 170 gemas gratis.

Desde la actualización de junio de 2021, se pueden utilizar modificadores como las bebidas energéticas, el robot que da 3 cubos de fuerza, tornillos o gemas, meteoritos, cargar la súper más rápido, moverse más rápido o tumbas malditas y elementos como las baldosas de velocidad, pinchos, espinas o plataformas de curación.
En la actualización del Biodomo, se añadió Noqueo al creador de mapas. En la actualización de la Fábrica de los Robots, se eliminó el modo de juego Asedio del creador de mapas

Recepción

En la Google Play tiene una recepción de 4,4 sobre 5, y a la fecha de día de hoy, tiene más de 20 millones de críticas. En la App Store tiene una recepción de 4,7 sobre 5, con más de 200 mil valoraciones.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Brawl Stars en YouTube

 Brawl Stars en Reddit
 Brawl Stars en Instagram
Brawl Stars en Facebook

Brawl Stars en Discord

Brawl Stars Championship

Videojuegos desarrollados en Finlandia
Videojuegos gratuitos
Videojuegos de 2018
Videojuegos para iOS
Videojuegos de estrategia
Videojuegos multijugador en línea
Videojuegos para Android
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System Characterization Report on the Satellogic NewSat Multispectral Sensor
Open-File Report 2021-1030-L
By: James C. Vrabel, Paul Bresnahan, Gregory L. Stensaas, Cody Anderson, Jon Christopherson, Minsu Kim, and Seonkyung Park
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211030L
Document: Report (72.5 MB pdf)
Larger Work: This publication is Chapter L of System characterization of Earth observation sensors
This report addresses system characterization of Satellogic's NewSat satellite (also known as ÑuSat) and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced and delivered by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence. These reports present and detail the methodology and procedures for characterization; present technical and operational information about the specific sensing system being evaluated; and provide a summary of test measurements, data retention practices, data analysis results, and conclusions.
Since 2016, Satellogic has launched 17 NewSat satellites. All NewSat satellites have four-band imagers with a 1-meter (m) ground sample distance, and values in pixels are identical to values in meters. All NewSats have been launched into Sun-synchronous orbits of about 475 kilometers, with inclinations of about 97.5 degrees. The satellites have expected lifetimes of about 3 years. More information on the Satellogic satellites and sensors is available in the "2020 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Remote Sensing Satellite Compendium" and from the manufacturer at https://satellogic.com/.
The Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence system characterization team completed data analyses to characterize the geometric (interior and exterior), radiometric, and spatial performances. Results of these analyses indicate that the NewSat satellites have an interior geometric performance in the range of −0.119 (−0.119 pixel) to 0.020 m (0.020 pixel) in easting and −0.148 (−0.148 pixel) to 0.014 m (0.014 pixel) in northing in band-to-band registration, an exterior geometric performance of −9.04 (−9.04 pixels) to −5.84 m (−5.84 pixels) in easting and 1.25 (1.25 pixels) to 3.11 m (3.11 pixels) in northing offset in comparison to Sentinel-2, an exterior geometric performance using ground control points of a 6.5-m circular error (95 percent), a radiometric performance in the range of 0.034 to 0.081 in offset and 0.652 to 0.808 in slope, and a spatial performance in the range of 2.01 to 2.48 pixels for full width at half maximum, with a modulation transfer function at a Nyquist frequency in the range of 0.009 to 0.043.
Vrabel, J.C., Bresnahan, P., Stensaas, G.L., Anderson, C., Christopherson, J., Kim, M., and Park, S., 2022, System characterization report on the Satellogic NewSat multispectral sensor, chap. L of Ramaseri Chandra, S.N., comp., System characterization of Earth observation sensors: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1030, 28 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211030L.
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ARIZONA SCENE REPORT
Howdy from cactus land! bad news here: THE VICTORS, who literally started hardcore in Arizona, have moved to San Francisco, Actually, only one of them, Mick (the brother did shows), moved. Tony AKA Placebo Records is still living in Phoenix but it is rumored that he is leaving also. It's sad to see these guys leave. They never really got the appreciation they deserved. Well, band wise, YOUTH UNDER CONTROL from Mesa have been playing a lot and have improved 1000x since they started. They have a ten song demo available. Write to them at the YUC fan club, 435 H. Olla, Mesa, AZ 85202. DESECRATION (photographed below) recorded their second record the first one is sold out). It's about 10 or 11 songs – mostly slobbering fast thrash, but one song is a rap entitled "Ignorance Sells … Are You Buying?", and there's a cover of the GoGo's "We Got the Beat". It will be on Manic Ears (UK) and will be available early fail. Write to them at P.O. Box 195, Mesa, AZ 85201. Well, LAST OPTION has gone through some changes. First, we lost Frank (bass) so we had a friend stand in, and thanks to him, we lost Audrey (drums). So, then he quit and Frank is back on bass and Eric (Asto) from Y.U.C. is not our permanent drummer. We are starting to record a 7″ EP, which should be out in December. Write to us at P.O. HOX 10094, Scottsdale, AZ 55271. Well, that's about it. In, bards interested in playing call de at (602) 834-5309. Until next time, take care. — Dave Schaller, (At press-time, we found out that Y.U.C. have broken up, and the DESECRATION / SUBVERSE split LP is row available – Ed. )
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One of the underwriting firms, Regency Alliance Insurance has announced a Gross Premium Written (GPW) of N3.368 billion during the period ended September 31, 2017.The figure is higher than N3.10 billion recorded in the same period in 2016, indicating 8.61 percent increase, while N5.58 billion, a 30 percent increase from N4.30 billion in 2015.
The effect of the increased premium generation according to the company was however significantly eroded by the 117.46 percent increase in net claims, 18.08 percent increase in underwriting expenses and a 14.63 percent increase in management expenses when compared with 2016 figures.Chairman of the company, Baba Gana Kingibe, said these while giving his reports at the Company's 24th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos recently.
The company also recorded a 76.15 percent increase in investment income, which according to the chairman were reflective of the high deposit rates and governments yield rates offered during the year, coupled with the of the effect of the increase in prices of equities held by the company.The company's profit after tax however dropped 58.25 percent to close at N196.48 million from N470.59 million in 2016. But from the company's accumulation, the shareholders got a dividend payout of N200.06 million, translating to N3 kobo per 50 kobo share.
The company's total assets in the 2017 financial year closed at N9.31 billion in 2017 as against N7.25 billion in 2016.
This he said efforts were being made to increase market penetration through the deployment of e-commerce platforms.He said the Board and Management are optimistic that the dampened socio-economic climate is temporary and Nigeria remains a land of immense opportunities and prospects.


A University of Florida women's basketball player was arrested Friday afternoon on allegations she stole the credit card of a teammate.
A University of Florida women's basketball player was arrested Friday afternoon on allegations she stole the credit card of a teammate and used it at several stores, a nail salon and a pawn shop, according to an arrest report.
Antoinette Alyssa Bannister, 21, was charged with theft of a credit card and fraudulent use of a credit card, an arrest report by the University Police Department states. The report identifies Bannister as a member of the women's basketball team.
Listed as the victim was Bannister's teammate, Viktorija Dimaite. The report states that Dimaite's credit card was taken without her permission on Jan. 11 from the women's locker room of the basketball practice facility. The locker room is secured by a key code known only to the team, coaches and janitorial staff.
The card was used at Macy's and Modern Nails and Spa at The Oaks Mall on Monday, police said. It was used on Tuesday at Hibbett Sports at Butler Plaza, Footlocker at the Oaks Mall and Gold Standard West pawn shop on Southwest 34th Street.
"Surveillance video from Hibbett Sports for the specific fraudulent transaction revealed the defendant making the purchase with the stolen card," the report states.
On Friday, Bannister told police she found the card outside the practice facility and admitted to using the card at the stores, police said. She told officers she threw the card away after using it.
Bannister is a junior guard from Jacksonville. Dimaite is a junior from Lithuania who attended The Rock School in Gainesville.


Bottega Veneta's German creative director Tomas Maier steps down. Next. 1; 2. French fashion house Nina Ricci has appointed the Dutch design duo Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh as its new creative directors to replace Guillaume Henry.


The temple is housed inside an impressive high wall and the entrance to the complex is through a porch with tall lathe-turned pillars.The material used for the temple is chloritic schist or soapstone. The main reasons that make the Keshava temple standout amidst the large number of Hoysala monuments are its symmetrical architecture, fine sculptures on equally prominent shrines, and a temple that is surrounded by panels forming a cloister. While there are Hoysala temples with better sculpture and others with better architecture, this temples satisfies all requirements. It was built by the famous architect/sculptor Ruvari Malithamma who was well known for his expertise in ornamentation.
The temple which is built on a jagati (platform)is a trikuta (triple shrined) and fully satisfies the terminology as all vimanas (shrines) have a superstructure (tower).Inside the temple, each vimana has a vestibule that connects it to the main rectangular mantapa (hall). Like the shrines, all three vestibules also have their own tower which is called the sukanasi (or nose), though it is shorter and hence looks like a low extension of the main superstructure over the shrine. The outer walls of all three shrines, their towers and nose are equally well decorated, making it overall a very well balanced design. The temple stands on a jagati (platform) and the three vimanas are located at the back and are connected by a common rectangular closed mantapa.
The jagati closely follows the plan of the temple and there is a gallery with lathe-turned pillars all along the sides of the temple complex which adds to the effect. There is one flight of steps that leads to the jagati and one that leads from the jagati into the mantapa. The wide jagati invites devotees to follow the ritualistic clockwise circumambulation before entering the temple hall. The full effect of the rectangular hall is seen only when the temple profile is viewed. The hall has 16 bays. The outside wall of the hall is well decorated with relief friezes, and pierced windows screens above them.
All the three shrines have a 16 pointed stellate (star-shaped) design and their towers follow the same pattern. Hence the whole structure looks like a rhythmic progression of well decorated projections and recesses. The number of points make the towers look circular.


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Paris police bracing for more violent protests
December 14, 2018 - 7:17 am
PARIS (AP) — Anticipating a fifth straight weekend of violent protests, Paris' police chief said Friday that armored vehicles and thousands of officers will be deployed again in the French capital.
Michel Delpuech told RTL radio that security services intend to deploy the same numbers and strength as last weekend, with about 8,000 officers and 14 armored vehicles again in Paris.
Delpuech said the biggest difference will be the deployment of more groups of patrol officers to catch vandals, who last weekend roamed streets around the Champs Elysees, causing damage and looting. Police arrested more than 1,000 people in Paris last weekend and 135 people were injured, including 17 police officers
A sixth "yellow vest" protester was killed this week, hit by a truck at a protest roadblock. Despite calls from authorities urging protesters — who wear the fluorescent safety vests that France requires drivers to keep in their cars — to stop the protests, the movement rocking the country has showed no signs of abating.
"Last week, we pretty much handled the yellow vests but we also witnessed scenes of breakage and looting by criminals," Delpuech said. "Our goal will be to better control this aspect."
In an effort to defuse the tensions sweeping the country, French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged he's partially responsible for the anger behind the anti-government protests. He has announced a series of measures aimed at improving French workers' spending power but has refused to reinstate a wealth tax.
Many protesters have expressed disappointment at the measures and some trade unions are now calling for rolling strikes across the country.
"The best action is to go on strike," said Philippe Martinez, the head of leftist trade union CGT. "There are inequalities in this country and we need to make big company bosses pay."
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"The Age of Love" is a 1990 self-titled track by Italian-Belgian duo Age of Love. It is notable as an early (but far from being the first) popular example of trance music.

Released as a  single in 1990 on the Belgian label DiKi Records, it was written by Bruno Sanchioni and Giuseppe Chierchia, and produced by Sanchioni and Roger Samyn, the owner of DiKi Records.

The most well-known version of the song is a 1992 remix by German duo Jam & Spoon, subtitled the "Watch Out for Stella Remix". To this day, the track continues to be remixed and featured on compilations. As of November 2022, the online resource Discogs has cataloged a total of 126 known releases and 431 appearances on compilations. The most recent remix of "The Age of Love", produced by Israeli duo Vini Vici and Belgian duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, was released on October 14, 2022.

Background and production
The original version of "The Age of Love" was produced by Bruno Sanchioni and Roger Samyn at the DiKi Records record shop and recording studio in Mouscron, Belgium. At the time, Sanchioni had just come from finishing promotional activities for his track "Te Quiero", which he released under the pseudonym Pedro Ramón. Speaking to Italian blog Decadance in 2021, Roger's son and current DiKi Records owner Jean-François Samyn recalls Sanchioni working on an instrumental demo that sounded "quite promising". Although Roger and Jean-François liked what Sanchioni was working on at the time and encouraged him to keep working on it, he was ultimately frustrated as he was unable to get the right vocals to fit with the track. One day, however, after listening to the D-Shake song "Yaaah", Sanchioni said to Jean-François that what the demo truly needed was "a 'C'mon'-type sample, perhaps sung by a woman".

For many years, the identity of the vocalist behind the spoken female vocals featured in the song was unknown; some sites had previously attributed it to Dutch model and singer Karen Mulder. However, it was officially revealed in the Decadance interview by Jean-François that those vocals were actually performed by French dancer Valérie Honoré.

One night after performing as a dancer for Sanchioni's shows as Pedro Ramón at a club in Paris, he had asked Honoré about doing some female vocals on one of his musical projects, wanting something in the vein of the French spoken-word segments in Visage's song "Fade to Grey". When Honoré came to record her vocals for the song in Sanchioni's studio, she was ultimately taken aback at how the track sounded almost nothing like "Fade to Grey". Regardless, she wrote and recorded the English lines "Come on, dance with me / Move your body, you like the beat". Honoré was not aware of her vocals being featured in the final version of the song until she heard it in a club one night. She was not credited on any versions of the original release, and it was only until 2021 when her name was finally listed on vinyl reissues of "The Age of Love". Honoré has since gone on to work in decorating and upholstery.

The original versions also feature rough male rapping by Cherchia, which is not present on any of the remixes. In the Decadance interview, Jean-François said that Cherchia's involvement came about when Roger asked another producer, Philippe de Keukeleire (the son of Marcel de Keukeleire), if he had any vocalists willing to work with Sanchioni on "The Age of Love". It turned out that Keukeleire was working with Cherchia at the time, who was more than willing to appear on the song. The song's instrumental had already been finished and titled at that point; the song's title was based on a vocal sample from the MTS & RTT song "Native House", which itself samples the Divine song "Native Love (Step by Step)". The song's arpeggiated bassline was also partially inspired by "Native Love".

Speaking to Vice Italy in 2016, Cherchia said that Sanchioni's original production was, in his own words: "Really obscene, unbearable, hideous... [...] A real musical accident." Cherchia wrote some nonsensical English lyrics to go with the song, and after he finished recording his vocals, he said to Sanchioni: "Do whatever you want with it, just don't put my name on it, have mercy!".

Sanchioni and Cherchia never released another single under the moniker "Age of Love"; Sanchioni would however continue to produce as part of the trance act B.B.E.

Jam & Spoon remix
In 1992, the British label React released Jam & Spoon's "Watch Out for Stella" remix, which gained more popularity than the original track. The 'Watch Out for Stella' subtitle was a reference to their own track "Stella" which was released around the same time on their 'Tales from a Danceographic Ocean EP' on the legendary Belgian label R&S Records. Stella is the name of Jam aka Jam el Mar's daughter.

Also speaking to Decadance, Jam el Mar said that the remix took only two days to complete. They were paid around £1,000 (around £1,991 in 2022) by React to remix it. Following the success of their remix, Cherchia and Sanchioni reached out to the duo about potentially doing an album with them in a similar vein, however they turned down the offer as they were busy working on their own album, "Triptomatic Fairytales 2001".

Reception
According to Jean-François, when the song originally came out in 1990, the song had sold around 720 copies. However, by the time Jam & Spoon's remix was released, the sales instantly skyrocketed. In his interview with Vice, Cherchia claimed that six months after he recorded his vocals, the song had sold over four million copies worldwide.

British hardhouse and trance music record producer Jon the Dentist picked "The Age of Love" (the Jam & Spoon mixes) as one of his favourites, adding "This is a guaranteed floor-filler. It's a classic techno track – probably the first ever proper trance track."

Impact and legacy
The popularity of Jam and Spoon's remix opened up opportunities for future remixes by artists such as Paul van Dyk, Charlotte de Witte, Cosmic Gate and many others. In 1997, a re-release of "The Age of Love", which featured both the 'Watch Out for Stella' remix and van Dyk's remix, reached No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.

During his Decadance interview, Jean-François said that while Roger and DiKi were partnered with React, they made a note in the remix brief stating that it was absolutely crucial for any of the remixes made of "The Age of Love" to be based on the original version by Sanchioni and not the Jam & Spoon remix. An earlier version of Paul van Dyk's remix was rejected for this reason.

The track was featured in the hit film Human Traffic, based on the UK club scene.

Track listings

Single: The Age of Love (Original Versions) (1990)
 The Age of Love (Radio Version) (3:48) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Flying Mix) (5:55) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (New Age Mix) (5:05) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Boeing Mix) (5:05) (YouTube video)

Single: The Age of Love (The Jam & Spoon Mixes) (1992)
 The Age of Love - Watch Out for Stella Club Mix (6:48) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love - Sign of the Time Mix (6:58) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love - OPM Mix (6:53) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love - New Age Mix (5:06) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love - Boeing Mix (5:06) (YouTube video)

Single: The Age of Love (The Remixes) (1997)
 The Age of Love (Jam & Spoon Radio Mix) (3:19) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Paul van Dyk Radio Edit) (3:34) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Paul van Dyk Love of Ages Remix) (8:36) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Jam & Spoon Watch Out for Stella Mix) (6:39) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Emmanuel Top Remix) (9:11) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Baby Doc Remix) (7:25) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Jam & Spoon Sign of the Time Remix) (6:58) (YouTube video)

Single: The Age of Love '98
 The Age of Love '98 (Radio Edit) (3:55) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love '98 (Johnny Vicious Mix) (11:43) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love '98 (Brainbug Mix) (6:51) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love '92 (Jam & Spoon "Watch Out for Stella" Mix) (6:39)

Single: The Age of Love (2004)
 The Age of Love (Cosmic Gate Radio Mix) (4:06) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Marc et Claude Radio Edit) (3:05) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Watch Out For Stella Radio Cut) (3:06) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Cosmic Gate Remix) (8:43) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Marc et Claude Remix) (7:23) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Paul van Dyk Remix) (8:39) (YouTube video)
 The Age of Love (Watch Out For Stella Mix) (6:45)

Single: The Age of Love (2009)
 The Age of Love (Radio Edit) (3:58)
 The Age of Love (Original Vocal Mix) (6:01)
 The Age of Love (Original Instrumental Mix) (5:21)
 The Age of Love (Sign of the Time Mix) (6:57)
 The Age of Love (O.P.M. Mix) (6:53)
 The Age of Love (Flying Mix) (5:56)
 The Age of Love (New Age Mix) (5:14)
 The Age of Love (Boeing Mix) (5:14)
 The Age of Love (Jam & Spoon Watch Out for Stella Radio Edit) (3:23)
 The Age of Love (Jam & Spoon Watch Out for Stella Mix) (6:48)
 The Age of Love (Paul van Dyk Radio Edit) (3:37)
 The Age of Love (Paul van Dyk Mix) (8:45)
 The Age of Love (Steve Gerard Wrecked Angle Mix) (10:18)
 The Age of Love (Secret Knowledge Mix) (10:01)
 The Age of Love (Emmanuel Top Mix) (9:12)
 The Age of Love (Cosmic Gate Mix) (8:45)
 The Age of Love (Manu Kenton Remix) (8:08)
 The Age of Love (Baby Doc Mix) (7:25)
 The Age of Love (Marc et Claude Remix) (7:25)
 The Age of Love (Marco V Remix) (7:27) (YouTube video)

Single: The Age of Love (Solomun Renaissance Remix) (2017)
 The Age of Love (Solomun Renaissance Remix) (8:10) (YouTube video)

Single: The Age of Love (Charlotte de Witte and Enrico Sangiuliano Remix) (2021)
 The Age of Love (Charlotte de Witte and Enrico Sangiuliano Remix) (6:22) (YouTube video)

Single: The Age of Love 2022 (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike X Age Of Love X Vini Vici) (2022)
 The Age of Love 2022 (YouTube video)

References

1990 singles
1992 singles
1997 singles
Trance songs
1990 songs

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Global Water-Agriculture Photo Contest
On September 13, 2017, Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development will launch a global water-agriculture photo contest to call attention to the significant issue of water scarcity, while recognizing and celebrating steps being taken around the world to improve water and food security.
The Securing Water for Food (SWFF) Global Water-Agriculture Photo Contest aims to:
Harness the power of images to tell a story that raises awareness and inspires action to Securing Water for Food's about enterprises and organizations with innovations that will enable the production of more food with less water and/or make more water available for food production, processing, and distribution.
Celebrate men and women who work in agriculture and document how they are impacting water/food security through new technologies and business models.
For SWFF Global Water-Agriculture Photo Contest, photographers must submit images that focus on one or more of these themes: agriculture, water, water-agriculture-related technology, and men and women working in agriculture.
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LOVE AND DAILY MERCIES OF GOD.
We human beings must have a DAILY consciousness that it is because of the sure mercies of God that we are not turned into dust!
"If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust" (Job 34:14-15).
Therefore, we must give GOD thanks and praise DAILY in the name of his only begotten Son JESUS!
"It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new [EVERY MORNING]: great is thy faithfulness" (Lamentations 3:22-23).
Especially during this Holiday Season we must be reminded that JESUS, the only begotten Son of God, "The Christ of God" (Luke 9:20) was sent to this earth to gave his life for all human beings (John 3:16-18).
"Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matthew 1:23).
"And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins. (Luke 1:76-77).
"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).
"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end" (Luke 1:32-33).
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25 Years After the Oslo Accords, Independence Remains More Elusive than Ever for Palestinians
The time has long since come to embrace a new paradigm based on equal rights for all in Palestine/Israel.
By Rashid Khalidi
Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat shaking hands at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony. (White House)
September 13, 2018, marks 25 years since the first of the Oslo Accords was signed by Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the White House lawn amid great fanfare. Many Palestinians hoped that they would finally be free of Israel's then-quarter-century-old military rule and have a state of their own.
Having taken part for two years in the Madrid and Washington Palestinian-Israeli negotiations preceding the Oslo accords, and having seen the obduracy of the Shamir and Rabin governments about allowing the Palestinians anything resembling self-determination, independence, and statehood, I had few hopes for Oslo. Sadly, my pessimism proved all too well-founded.
Under Oslo, Palestinians saw their freedom, their land, and their dreams for an independent state shrink, while Israel deepened its control over their lives. More than 100 Israeli settlements and some 600,000 settlers are now spread throughout occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Oslo established a Palestinian Authority, which was supposed to be an interim self-governing entity on the way to independence in five years. But Israel blocked that goal through its systematic colonization of the West Bank, and the PA has de facto become an instrument of Israel's occupation.
This anniversary follows soon after Israel's Knesset passed the "Jewish nation-state bill," which formally enshrines in Israel's quasi-constitutional basic laws the superior rights that Jewish Israelis enjoy over Palestinian citizens of the state. And it comes the very same week that Trump announced he would close the PLO's diplomatic office in Washington, DC. Meanwhile, release of the Trump administration's "deal" for the region is supposedly impending. The nation-state law, the Trump plan, and the closure of the PLO office signal the end of the Oslo era—and the beginning of a new and still more dangerous stage.
The Trump plan is based on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stale "economic peace" plan. The idea that Palestinians will relinquish their demands for freedom in exchange for Israel's lifting some of its suffocating restrictions on the Palestinian economy is an obvious nonstarter, produced by people who think that the dignity of others is for sale. That shouldn't be a surprise, given that it is being drafted by Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, who has close longstanding familial ties with Netanyahu and Israel's settler movement, as does Jason Greenblatt, the plan's other main author, and David Friedman, the US ambassador to Israel.
Of late the Trump administration has also been campaigning to strip Palestinian refugees of their legal right to return to lands that they were expelled from by Israel. Demonstrating the heartlessness towards refugees that has become its trademark, the administration has also been undermining the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, the UN body responsible for the well-being of Palestinian refugees.
The Trump administration has in fact more openly sided with Israel than any before it. It has adopted wholesale a range of extreme Israeli positions regarding Jerusalem (the city belongs exclusively to Israel, and according to Trump is "off the table" in any negotiations); military occupation (it does not exist); Israeli settlements (they will all remain in place and are not "an obstacle to peace"); refugees (they do not exist, and there will be no return); and full Palestinian sovereignty (there will be none: In a final deal, Israel will keep complete security control). Given the extensive evidence, it is clear that Trump's "ultimate deal" will be a plan for Israel to retain indefinite military rule over millions of disenfranchised Palestinians while continuing to steal their land and resources.
Meanwhile, for Palestinian citizens of Israel who didn't already know their place, the nation-state bill leaves no doubt, relegating them to the status of a permanent underclass in their own homeland. Passed into law in July, it does away with any pretext of equality for Palestinian Israelis, who comprise about 20 percent of the population. It declares that the right to self-determination in the state of Israel is "unique to the Jewish people" and directs the government to "encourage and promote" the "development of Jewish settlement as a national value."
This law also asserts that while the entire land of Israel—"Eretz Yisrael," or the land that runs from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea—is the historic, national homeland of the Jewish people, wherever they reside, only the Jewish people have the right of self-determination in the state of Israel. Since all of Palestine is inexorably being annexed—de facto or de jure—to the state of Israel, this law effectively negates the right of national self-determination for the Palestinians anywhere in "Eretz Yisrael," which is to say anywhere in Palestine. Only the Jewish people have that right, not only inside the state, but in the entire country.
The result is a law that negates the very existence of the Palestinians and their national rights anywhere in Palestine, and not just within the infinitely elastic frontiers of the state of Israel. It rules out a Palestinian state, a binational state, or a single state with equal rights for all anywhere in Palestine, allowing only one big Jewish state in the entire area between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, which has a Palestinian majority. There are many ways to describe this vision. Apartheid is the least of them.
And yet while Israel attempts to close off all options for a dignified, independent national existence for the Palestinians, a growing number of them are resisting these efforts, insisting on a different vision of the future and shifting their focus from statehood to equal rights and justice. This won't be easy to achieve. Israeli Jews will have to give up the privileges and control that have allowed them to lord it over Palestinians for more than seven decades. But in exchange they will receive true and lasting peace and security, which their powerful military and increasingly authoritarian government have been unable to provide for them.
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The exact details will have to be worked out by Palestinians and Israelis themselves, but just as apartheid was overcome in South Africa and Jim Crow and segregation brought to an end in the United States, so can such a vision be made a reality. And as with those other two difficult freedom struggles, peaceful economic tools such as boycotts, divestment, and sanctions will be key.
Palestinians, and Israelis who want to live as equals, will need help from people of conscience the world over, in particular in the United States. Here there are hopeful signs. A growing list of churches, social-justice groups, and others are adopting boycotts, divestment, and human-rights investment screens to avoid being complicit in Israel's violations of Palestinian rights. Members of Congress are working to stop the Israeli military's systematic abuse of Palestinian children. With the passage of the nation-state law, many liberal supporters of Israel are realizing that Israel is a discriminatory, illiberal society. Americans are increasingly recognizing the values that they have in common with Palestinians struggling for their freedom, in contrast to the Trump administration and their soulmates on the Israeli right, who share the opposite worldview and many of the same racist and antidemocratic policies.
In 2001, Netanyahu was caught on video boasting to a group of settlers that he had sabotaged Oslo, declaring "I de facto put an end to the Oslo Accords." As he and his American enablers work to bury the two-state solution, it is time to learn the real lessons of Oslo and to envision a different paradigm for a future of freedom and equality for all in Palestine/Israel, regardless of religion or race.
Rashid KhalidiRashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia and the author of the forthcoming book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine.


One of the last big releases of 2018 is sneaking up on us with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This mega crossover has steadily added new modes and characters since its full reveal at E3 this year, and we finally got the chance to check it all out.
Join us as we sample the new modes including Spirit Board, Adventure mode, and Classic mode (including a boss battle with Monster Hunter's Rathalos).
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is available for Switch on December 7.


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American manufacturers keep it close to home in the Tri-Counties
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By Henry Dubroff Friday, July 5th, 2013
In honor of the long 4th of July holiday weekend, I'm going to devote this column to American manufacturing.
On a June 27 drive to Lompoc, I visited a true American manufacturing success story. DenMat, a company founded in the 1970s by Dr. Robert Ibsen, was sold to a private equity group just before the Great Recession.
It is now being turned around by an energetic, young management team led by Steve Semmelmayer and Robert Cartagena.
In addition to making crowns, bridges and the hot-selling Lumineers line, they've bought product lines from Phillips and other companies and have pushed revenue to the $100 million-a -year mark.
DenMat also manufactures compounds, tools and other products used by dentists around the world.
Two things help power the company's growing business. One is a long row of machine tools manufactured by Haas Automation, right down Highway 101 in Oxnard. The second is a line of 3D printers that manufacture many of the molds for its dental product line.
During the past few days, I've also visited on the phone with an old friend, Dr. Phil Wyatt. His family-owned company, Santa Barbara-based Wyatt Technologies, builds some of the world's most advanced microscopes. He's done a masterful job of bringing his sons into the business and in dominating this market niche on a global basis.
But Wyatt knows that entrepreneurs don't get to rest on their laurels. He wonders every day where the highly skilled workers his company will need for the future will come from.
And he's deeply skeptical about whether emerging giants that are largely in the software business, i.e. Facebook, Amazon and Google, have the capacity to add jobs to the U.S. workforce with the same impact as a manufacturing-based company such as GE, Boeing or United Technologies.
During the first decade of the 21st Century, virtually every pundit in the nation has heralded the demise of American manufacturing.
These days, with U.S. automakers on firmer footing and an energy boom under way, virtually every politician, including President Barack Obama, has heralded its comeback.
The truth, as you might expect, is more complicated. Manufacturing jobs left U.S. shores by the thousands in recent years — that's partly due to global competition but also because productivity in manufacturing has made huge gains.
You can count the fabulous, price-competitive and highly programmable machine tools built and sold by Haas as part of the reason why making products at DenMat and other manufacturing companies takes fewer workers than in the past. And thanks to those productivity gains, manufacturing itself still accounts for a steady 20 percent of the nation's output.
But that doesn't mean Wyatt's worries are totally unfounded. All of the advances we've made in manufacturing are at risk if a new generation of skilled workers doesn't rise to meet the challenges of a far more automated world. One where 3D printing and concepts still on the drawing boards are the new grinders and lathes.
Over the years, the National Academy of Sciences has described the problem as a "gathering storm" of "category 5" proportion if the U.S education system doesn't respond.
One of the more frightening and often-repeated data points is that 30 years ago 10 percent of California's general fund went to higher education and 3 percent went to prisons. Today, it's more than 10 percent to prisons and it was roughly 8 percent to higher education — that's prior to the recent budget adjustments.
From Oxnard to Lompoc and across the U.S.A., manufacturing is staging quite a bit of a comeback. The job for us and our leaders is to make the idea of being in manufacturing sexy and cool enough that more of our best and brightest young people will join the team.
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Am heading down to serve as a Literature category judge for the 27th annual Pathfinder High School Scholarship Awards. The program honors outstanding Palm Beach and Martin County seniors. It's one of the best things that The Palm Beach Post, one of my former newspapers, does. I only regret that due to a previous obligation it is unlikely I can be at the Kravis Center on May 12 to help announce and congratulate the scholarship winners. But these kids already are winners in my book.


I was in Mexico two years ago, where I was offered the opportunity to chat with one of the founders of Global Dignity. He passionately told me about an organization that he co-founded. The organization was active in most of the world, except in Denmark (where I live).BUT I have never been employed in or managed an NGO before. Hence,I must admit that I hesitated when the co-founder offered me to become chairman of the board and be responsible for the organization in Denmark. No money available and no formal organization. Sounds like a scary plan. But it is not. Considerable things can be learned from the NGO world, and I would like to share some of the learnings in this blog.
Be passionate about the cause.
You are certainly required to be passionate about the cause because then you appear more credible than other people. Afterward, you should find people who share your passion or who quickly understand the meaning of what you do and want to be a part of starting something new.
These people are typically already those who are close to you and trust that you know what you are doing. They are willing to commit an extraordinary effort for you and the cause that you are passionate about. You will typically find them in the inner circle of your network.
Furthermore, you should be ready to part with people if they do not live up to the organization's values, even if you need the manpower.Since people can leave an NGO (because they do not have any formal obligations) you learn how to be aligned, being an active part of a team, you learn how to communicate and respect others' opinions and skills, being an active listener etc.
Goals are everything. You learn how to set goals, so that you know exactly what you want to achieve and how it is done, making other people understand and recommending the cause to others will be easier for you to perform.My advice it to have a clear set of ethical rules and values in place because they are the most important benchmarks of your organization and will make your tasks easier.
At a certain point, you will encounter a long period wherein you grow, get publicity, and create an agenda – a period when the IT systems break down, people lose source codes, posters are delayed, people do not show up as agreed, and so on. An additional challenge is when the person who is responsible for fixing these issues is suddenly on vacation and something similar.
At the same time, you attempt to write a strategy plan that is realistic, is understandable, and can be executed.At this time, your hard-core group will be worth its weight in gold. Give them influence because they are the ones that you depend on.They must feel that it is their organization and that they are jointly responsible. Democracy and involvement are very important (just like in any normal organization). You must give them titles so that they ARE responsible.
Hereafter, people begin to assume specialist positions and take responsibility for growth and expansion. You start seeing that issues are dealt with and that there are fewer (constructive) conflicts. Things become organized. You start implementing routines. People appear more serene and go about their everyday tasks. A form of solidarity arises. Your task is to constantly check that YOUR passion and drive are intact, and navigate among potential conflicts.
Be patient. Oh my god – be patient.
I am serious about this. Be patient. Building something without a penny in your pocket is definitely a challenging task. None of the volunteers are paid for their work, and we have not received any funding whatsoever.
This situation has certainly been a test of my patience. People come and go. One day they are there, and the next day they tell you that they cannot contribute anymore (with or without a valid reason).
Building an NGO often feels like taking three steps forward and four steps back.
• People came, people left.
• People said they could do something, but in the end, they either could not or would not do it.
• People signed up but did not show up.
• People showed up but did not contribute the expected effort.
However, after two years, our organization has brought together a hard-core, well-qualified, and highly competent volunteers who dedicate their precious time to build, manage, and run Global Dignity Denmark. In a volunteer organization, creating a "hard-core" group of "employees" who will stay with you through the ups and downs takes time. In an NGO, you are offered the opportunity to absolutely test people's true passion for the cause. Passionate people will stay with you when things become tough.
You need to remember to celebrate – given that people do not get paid for their work, you have to pay extra attention to the social aspects of running an organization. Maybe you are busy and travel a lot like I do, but what you can achieve with text messages, e-mail, FaceTime, etc., is incredible. Show them that you are there. Show up sometimes and help with practical tasks, such as setting up chairs and so on. Show that you are in it together.Starting and managing an NGO on the level where we are now has been one of the best learning experiences that I have ever participated in.
Thus, I highly recommend that you get involved in an NGO. You most likely have a cause that you are passionate about, a cause that needs a voice in the society. That voice can be your voice!