#West-Ez

[west-ez]

(West-Ez)

[kemetic-dreams]

Kingdom of Nri

The Nri people of Igbo land have a creation myth which is one of the many creation myths that exist in various parts of Igbo land. The Nri and Aguleri people are in the territory of the Umueri clan who trace their lineages back to the patriarchal king-figure Eri.Eri's origins are unclear, though he has been described as a "sky being" sent by Chukwu (God). He has been characterized as having first given societal order to the people of Anambra. The historian Elizabeth Allo Isichei says "Nri and Aguleri and part of the Umueri clan, [are] a cluster of Igbo village groups which traces its origins to a sky being called Eri."

Archaeological evidence suggests that Nri influence in Igboland may go back as far as the 9th century, and royal burials at the Igbo-Ukwu sites have been unearthed dating to at least the 10th century. Eri, the god-like founder of Nri, is believed to have settled the region around 948 with other related Igbo cultures following after in the 13th century. The first Eze Nri (King of Nri) Ìfikuánim followed directly after him. According to Igbo oral tradition, his reign started in 1043. At least one historian puts Ìfikuánim's reign much later, around 1225 AD:

Each king traces his origin back to the founding ancestor, Eri. Each king is a ritual reproduction of Eri. The initiation rite of a new king shows that the ritual process of becoming Eze Nri (Nri priest-king) follows closely the path traced by the hero in establishing the Nri kingdom.

An Igbo man with facial scarifications, known as ichi, early 20th century

The Kingdom of Nri was a religio-polity, a sort of theocratic state, that developed in the central heartland of the Igbo region. The Nri had seven types of taboos which included human (such as the birth of twins), animal (such as killing or eating of pythons), object, temporal, behavioral, speech and place taboos. The rules regarding these taboos were used to educate and govern Nri's subjects. This meant that, while certain Igbo may have lived under different formal administration, all followers of the Igbo religion had to abide by the rules of the faith and obey its representative on earth, the Eze Nri

[deluluduck227]

☾Dalila's Masterlist ☽

Hakim Ziyech

↬ A fight with Hakim

↬ Hakim in the kitchen

↬ Please make this stop

↬Munchkin

↬Lady Snow

↬How to deal with a pregnant woman?

↬Hot Tub Event

Nayef Aguerd

↬The Gentleman

↬The date

↬Lullaby kiss

↬Water

Abde Ezzalzouli

↬ El Ayla

↬Beauty Day

↬Princess in green

Bilal El Khanouss

↬Clingy

↬Not so 12 steps skincare routine

PS: More players are to be added

[absolutebitchgetter]

VegaStarKiddo's history of bias

VegaStarKiddo is somehow a mod on Comic Studio.

Unfortunately for them, theres HISTORY of them being biased,

heres some.

In the CS discord i experienced some bad harassment.

The user in question reacted a middle finger for no reason about me saying Pastry would win against RV.

I then got muted for a week for no fucking reason

However, in order for them to look good

they apologised to the user who aggravated me and gave them only a fucking warning.

There also was the situation of my first ban, where they listened straight away to the first post about me then an immediant perm ban.

Instead of asking me for MY side.

A stupid insult, got me perma banned and had me fighting for 8 months.

Atrocious. Absilutely atrocious.

Censoring my name as in im the devil?? Fuckin hell

So yeah vegastarkiddo should not be an admin.

[house-foxglove]

Oh we cookin

[connortheconceded]

Cassidy and Ezekiel meet with old army colleague for a job to hunt down another lycan thats been causing trouble.

[thewordisbond]

Evvnflo "Papered Up" Ft. HussleRaimone And EZ-J

Posted on https://www.thewordisbond.com/evvnflo-papered-up-ft-hussleraimone-and-ez-j/

Evvnflo "Papered Up" Ft. HussleRaimone And EZ-J

  Evvnflo, a Portland native representing the West Coast, releases his latest single “Papered Up.” The record features HussleRaimone and EZ-J. “Papered Up” not only emanates an invigorating mood high but also offers a head-nodding nuptial between funk and Hip Hop. It’s impossible not t

[dear-ao3]

ok so considering im decently sure a good chunk of the f1 drivers dont actually like driving road cars on roads (fair) i propose a new grand prix to determine the real Best Driver.

behold. the rush hour grand prix.

1 lap. at rush hour on a friday night. all the usual normal commuters and terrible drivers are still on the road along with all the drivers. in the rain. everyone drives a car of their choice. they have to count out all their tolls using change, no one gets ez pass. and you get disqualified if you veer from the instructions (no wrong turns!)

and where does this take place?

thats right.

new jersey. (and new york city) (but mostly new jersey)

here is the proposed track:

we start and end on route 22 right outside the staples. a terrible awful road that would cause harm to any driver, especially european ones. route 22 is so terrible because there is a long stretch that has a center median with shops in it, so theres shops on the right the left and in the center with u turns every 500 feet.

they go east on 22 towards us route 1 and 9 and, thats right, newark liberty international airport. here they have to do a loop around all of the departure terminals before exiting and heading towards jersey city on route 78.

they take route 78 through the holland tunnel, which is a hilarious tunnel to go through as you can literally blink and miss the signs because theyre so small.

upon arriving in new york city they will head towards the canal street station, doing an awful little loopy loop to take hudson street to 8th avenue. new york will prove a challenge for many of them because every other street and avenue there is pretty much a one way in the opposite way.

theyre going to turn right on 23rd street and take it three blocks towards the flatiron building on fifth avenue before doing another turn around and heading back up sixth avenue

here theyre going to turn left on 40th street, then right on 7th avenue then immediately right again on 41st street and then back to 6th avenue which they'll take all the way to the bottom of central park. here they'll turn left onto 59th street then go around columbus circle, exiting on broadway and then going right onto 57th street, which they'll then take down to 11th avenue, then after. few blocks cut over to the west side highway (12 avenue) and then they'll get off at 40th street and enter, you guessed it, the lincoln tunnel.

they'll exit the lincoln and get onto route 3 which they'll take down to route 120 and then they'll do a single doughnut in the parking lot at the american dream mall (a terrible place) before getting onto, you guessed it! 95!! they'll take 95 (devil highway) to 78 to the garden state parkway before getting back on route 22, doing a quick hairpin turn at one the first u turn and then end up straight back where they started. outside the staples.

i think maybe 3 people would finish the whole thing. logan sargeant, being the only american, would come in first. fernando alonso takes second and valtteri bottas takes third.

[apod]

2024 October 7

The Long Tails Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Image Credit & Copyright: Jose Santivañez Mueras

Explanation: A bright comet is moving into the evening skies. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) has brightened and even though it is now easily visible to the unaided eye, it is so near to the Sun that it is still difficult to see. Pictured, Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS was captured just before sunrise from an Andes Mountain in Peru. Braving cold weather, this unusually high perch gave the astrophotographer such a low eastern horizon that the comet was obvious in the pre-dawn sky. Visible in the featured image is not only an impressively long dust tail extending over many degrees, but an impressively long and blue ion tail, too.  This month, as the comet moves out from the Sun and passes the Earth, evening observers should be able to see the huge dirty ice ball toward the west just after sunset.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241007.html

[naritaika]

Gaza/Palestine updates I found-

[image id: Israel to continue intense fighting for at least two months after short truce, says defense minister. Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant has said the military will resume fight against Hamas “with intensity” for at least two more months once the short temporary pause ends]

[image id: Story from journalist alijadallah66: Israeli army opens fire at Palestinians trying to return north of Gaza after humanitarian pause takes effect Gaza city, Gaza November 24, people try to reach Ez-Zeytun neighborhood as Israeli army opens fire on Palestinians trying to return to the northern Gaza from the southern part of the territory after a humanitarian pause takes effect on Gaza city, Gaza on November 24,2023. 1 person was killed and many others were wounded during the attack (photo by Mustafa)]

[image id: Tweet from Hind Khoudry: today I visited the sea, where I bared my feet to the waves. Laughter echoes as kids had their heads shampooed by their mom. Gazing at the sky, i inhaled deeply, gathering strength for the ongoing battle of reporting. Nov 24 2023

Two images follow, one of a hind who has tan skin and brown hair, walking on the beach in Gaza. The other photo shows about 20 people sitting or walking on the same beach with a hopeful mood]

[image id: Instagram caption from joegaza93: with the start of the humanitarian truce in Gaza, tens of bodies were found on the roads, during the aggression days no one was able to reach of help them,now people can freely moving in some areas to transfer the bodies, there are hundreds of bodies in the streets of Gaza Strip]

[Video id: large crowds of civilians running down a road from sounds of bullets]

[image id: A tweet from Quds news network: Israeli soldiers shot this father in the head in front of his child while they were standing in front of his own shop in Qalqilya in the West Bank]

[image id: Palestinian death toll reaches 14,532+, 7,000+ missing under the rubble, 4,700 women and children, 2,300 men, 5,840+ children killed 205 medical staff killed 3,290 women killed, 64 journalists killed, 4,772+ men killed, 26 out of 35 (74%) of hospitals are out of service]

The truce was broken almost right away, by Israeli troops shooting at people trying to return home. Injustice against Palestinians continues in the West Bank. The pain from the genocides aggression persists during the truce.

Please don’t forget about Palestine, their suffering continues. They haven’t lost hope and nether should we

[famousinuniverse]

Eze, France: Èze is a seaside commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera, 8.5 km to the northeast of Nice and 4.5 km to the west of Monaco. In 2018, Èze had a population of 2,225. Its inhabitants are known as Ezasques. Wikipedia

[west-ez]

(West-Ez)

[kemetic-dreams]

THE ORIGIN/HISTORY OF IKWERRE PEOPLE:

The Ikwerre (natively known as Iwhuruọha are one of the Igbo Subgroups in Rivers State. Traditional history has classified Ikwerre into seven groups called "Ikwerre Essa". They are Elele, Isiokpo, Rumuji, Emohua, Choba, Aluu Igwuruta and Obio group. This division was recognized by Forde and Jones; (1950) in their ethnographic study of the Igbo speaking peoples of South Eastern Nigeria

Some Ikwerre people migrated from Ika a subgroup of Igbos in Delta State and Edo state while some migrated from Ngwa, Arochukwu and Ohaji/Egbema.

The Aro first came into the Ikwerre area through Ozuzu-Etche, settling at Isiokpo, Igwuruta, Omagwa, etc. As expected of pre-literate African societies, the history of the people is wrapped in myth and mystery. This presupposes that historians may have to resort to oral tradition for the justifiable/credible reconstruction of the people's history. From the post-colonial dispensation to the present, professional historians and other personals have attempted to reconstruct the history of the people. For instance, the works of Elechi Amadi, especially The Concubine, The Great Ponds, The Slave (novels) and Isiburu (a verse play) are a literary attempt at reconstructing a semblance of the Ikwerre society in the pre-colonial era.

When Port Harcourt was conquered by Nigeria during the Biafran War and the Igbo people from other parts of Igboland fled the territory, a UN report says that the Ikwerre decided to claim that the Ikwerre were non-Igbo for convenience. The Ikwerre are recognized officially as a separate group in the 1979 Nigerian Constitution.

It was about that time that names of places and those of some individuals began to change to reflect a new era in the Ikwerre history. Examples are:

Umu changed to Rumu,

Mu na chi changed to Manuchi,

Nwike changed to Wike,

ObiAkpo changed to ObiakpO,

Chidimma changed to Chiburuoma,

Nwa changed to Nwo.

Ezenwa changed to Ezenwo.

Nwakpa/Nwekpa changed to Wekpa etc.

Meanwhile, from Elechi Amadi, in his earlier narrative related that before these repudiatons a community called Chiolu had a king known as "Eze Diala" and another community had a king called "Eze Okehi". All these names were Igbo, not any other nation.

"The Ikwerre of the present Rivers State were made to underline this point after the collapse of Biafra by the simple process of prefixing a capital "R” to the names of their towns. In this way. Ụmụkurushi became Rumukurushi, Ụmụigbo became Rumuigbo and so on in the hope, rather than the belief, that this would make other Nigerians forget they are or ever were Igbo.

[workersolidarity]

🇵🇸⚔️🇮🇱 ☠️ 🚨

TWELVE ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN RESISTANCE AMBUSHES IN TWO DAYS

Over the weekend, the Israeli occupation army released the names of 12 soldiers killed as a result of the operations of the Palestinian resistance.

Included in the list were the following names of deceased Israeli soldiers:

☠️ Sgt. Tzur Avraham, ☠️ Sgt. Shalom Menachem, ☠️ Sgt. Yakir Yaakov Levy, ☠️ Sgt. Ez Yeshaya Gruber, ☠️ Sgt. Or Blomowitz, ☠️ Sgt. Stanislav Kostreb, ☠️ Sgt. Itai Amar, ☠️ Sgt. (representative) Elon Weiss, ☠️ Capt. (representative) Eitan Koplowitz, ☠️ Sergeant Yair Roitman, ☠️ Capt. Vosim Mahmoud ☠️ Eliyahu Moshe Zimbalist

Included in the names of the deceased is a soldier that was acknowledged killed today as a result of a resistance ambush in the city of Rafah.

☠️ Sergeant Zur Avraham, 22 years old, from Modi'in-Maccabim-Reot, a fighter in the Nahal Brigade.

According to Israeli Channel-12, the Nahal Brigade, operating in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, scans the area for tunnels. Following the discovery of a tunnel shaft, Sgt. Zur Avraham entered inside before an explosive device detonated, collapsing the tunnel and killing the soldier inside.

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[cityof2morrow]

EZ-INC: EZ Stone Walls

Published: 2-20-2024 | Updated: 2-20-2023 (better preview pics) SUMMARY Another wall of stone by Dave’s Masonry, a proud partner of EZ-INC (Simmons, 2024). Enjoy this collection of 30+ stone walls inspired by the looks of Ghana, West Africa (where the Kente cloth/pattern originates), Wakanda (Marvel), and Oasis Landing (Sims 3: Into the Future, EA/Maxis, 2013). Celebrate Black History Month 2024! #co2bhm #bhm2024 #sims2bhm

DETAILS Requires Sims 2. §10 | Build > Walls > Masonry The set includes maxis-match recolors (“Dave’s Masonry” walls), select colors from CuriousB (2010), and 3 colors I created to match architecture in Oasis Landing (EZ Blue, EZ Baby Blue, EZ Mint). Choose the merged version (single file) or unmerged version (30+ files) – you can only use ONE version in-game at a time. DOWNLOAD (choose one) MERGED from SFS | from MEGA UNMERGED from SFS | from MEGA

CREDITS Thanks: HomeCrafter Plus. Sources: Color Actions (ACYL, CuriousB, 2010), Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Kente Pattern (Uk via FineArtAmerica), Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik).

[rahadaddy]

One of the underrated changes I've made to my Barovia, just because it fits some of the themes and narrative better, is with Ez and Van Richten. He's still her mentor and foster father figure, but instead of Van RIchten being secretly racist and leaving Ez behind because he is cursed, it's more heartbreaking. Van Richten is dying in my game. He doesn't want Ez to have to witness it (or, worse, die with him). His stint as Rictavio is a coping mechanism that is not working and his goal is to kill Strahd or die trying.

Ez just found him again and she's hoping he'll reconsider sentencing himself to death like some martyr. She doesn't want him to reconsider killing Strahd. She just wants him to not throw himself at Death (in Barovia, no less!). She wants to be included in the greatest hunt Van Richten has undertaken. There is a heartbreaking drama unfolding between them.

And it's all background noise. Rictavio traded his horse for information on Castle Ravenloft with the warlock (who has a celebrity crush on Rictavio). He just offered to arm the party's fight against Strahd. Ez took the ranger aside and said, "Hey... he means well, but he will be reckless. Coming from me, that means something."

Except... coming from her, it means nothing because as much as she likes and wants to support the party, they hate her for stealing a horse from Arrigal's camp. They don't like Arrigal, either, but Arrigal and the ranger were formerly business associates, so saving Ez's life had a financial cost. More to it, the cleric hates Ez for "embarrassing his family's name" or something. I do not understand my player's logic there, but Alistor generally hates most people so it doesn't shock me.

Sometimes I think about party roles. Theo, our warlock, is definitely the heart of the party. She certainly is the one who wants to make connections with NPCs the most.

I just don't get it with Ez. Ez saved Victor Vallakovich from Castle Ravenloft, and the entire party's lives from pissed-off druids in the woods this past session and it didn't move the needle. Maybe her stint as "Rictavio's Lovely Assistant" will be humorous enough (or productive enough) to impress them. If not, I'm going to have to reevaluate. She doesn't show up often or in every life-or-death scenario. The two times she has shown up were to first give the prophecy to the ranger (who is a replacement for a dead bard PC) and reunite Victor with the party after a teleportation circle went wrong, and second because Van Richten promised the party a ride home from Castle Ravenloft. It made more sense to send Ez than Van Richten, who wouldn't have been able to resist a vampire hunt.

My GF said she wished Alistor (her cleric) liked Ez better because it seems like a fun little drama and that she wishes everyone had insight checked the NPCs more. I agree but I don't know what to do about it. I know what plot beats to hit with my players that they generally enjoy. I have not cracked the code on NPCs. And it's weird because they adored Ez last game!

I think one of the things I'm going to try to do is pare down the number of NPC allies they take with them to Krezk and Immol. Right now, they have Ireena, Ismark, Victor, Stella, and Doru. Stella died and was brought back by Theo during the druid fight. At other times, they've traveled a little with Godfrey and the revenants, the Durst Siblings, and they have plans to travel with Patrina Velikov. I guess they don't really need more NPC allies but like... wild choices, I think.

And I still have NPCs to finish designing for Krezk and Immol.

I'm not mad about it. The game is going really well and we're having a great time. I'm just stumped! The party wants to spend a day or three in Vallaki before shipping out west to search for prophesied items. I have to have Immol ready for them! I'll probably try posting more here as I prepare!