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Chugging along: Brazil's passenger rail plans

In recent weeks, several Brazilian states have announced initiatives to expand rail passenger transport networks. 

BNamericas spoke with Vicente Abate, president of rail equipment manufacturers’ association Abifer, to understand what is motivating state governments to look more closely at rail passenger transport.

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The sights and sounds of future cities.

[highbartechnocrat]

What’s The Fuzz About SAP S4HANA

More than 400,000 businesses are currently using or planning to implement SAP ERP solutions; most of these are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). That accounts for 87 per cent of the companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list. There is a good chance that you have used SAP if you have ever done online shopping. SAP is responsible for 74% of all transactional revenue that is processed somewhere in the world.

The primary aspect that sets SAP S/4HANA apart from traditional relational databases is its distinctive architectural design, which offers a striking departure from the norm. It operates in memory, and the data is stored in columns; this makes it possible to perform computations and analytics much more quickly and in very close to real-time.

SAP/S4HANA is designed to provide end users with active decision support in real-time, which is data-driven and considers both internal and external data sources. This is a departure from the traditional function of merely recording data.

The most important aspect of SAP S4/HANA is that it enables businesses to operate faultlessly in digital economies. Throughout the years, this has been one of the primary motivating factors for a variety of companies that use SAP ERP to begin seriously contemplating the business benefits of S4HANA and to decide whether or not they should implement this updated ERP solution.

What exactly is SAP S/4HANA?

In February 2015, SAP announced S/4HANA as the latest version of its Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP) system. S/4HANA is intended to run on SAP’s advanced in-memory database HANA and offers the most up-to-date user experience possible through SAP Fiori. In addition, it will create a “core” that will connect your business to people, networks, Big Data, and the Internet of Things.

Using a two-tier placement method and real-time analytics, a S/4HANA migration allows your company to improve the integration between its head office and its other locations. Thanks to machine learning, your business’s supply chain and accounting functions can benefit from improved efficiency, automation, and agility.

The new version of S/4 HANA, released on the 15th of September, includes many new features and improvements. The most recent SAP database is called HANA, and the ERP software release known as S/4 is the version that operates on top of HANA. This suite is designed to run an enterprise’s day-to-day processes, including consolidating and automating core business processes while using a more straightforward data model.

The software allows you to improve your company’s business processes with intelligent automation, RPA, which stands for robotic process automation, and AI, which stands for artificial intelligence. It provides embedded analytics to support faster decision-making.

Reasons to Use SAP S/4 HANA

SAP S/4HANA Cloud was designed to run in your organization’s existing data centre, SAP’s HANA cloud, or the public cloud using Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud.

Built on the cutting-edge SAP HANA platform, the SAP S4HANA enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is the latest and greatest business suite available to SAP users and customers. Your business can significantly simplify its system landscape and cut its operating costs due to this. In addition, it offers a wide range of industry-specific add-on software solutions that are already installed and ready to use.

At the moment, more than 1,300 businesses worldwide are utilizing S/4 HANA, and there will be more in the future. The vast majority of companies anticipate upgrading to S/4 by the year 2027. S/4 HANA is also compatible with SAP’s browser-based Fiori user interface, which results in an improved user-centred work experience for frequently employed functions.

What kinds of benefits can customers anticipate from using SAP S/4HANA?

SAP S/4HANA was developed from the ground up for the SAP HANA platform, making it a revolutionary leap forward in terms of the complexity it eliminates, the amount of time and resources it saves, and the incredible new capabilities it offers. It provides one-of-a-kind benefits to every stakeholder (business managers, IT managers, and so on). The benefits of implementing SAP S/4HANA are extensive and varied, ranging from decreased costs associated with maintenance to accelerated report generation, increased contextual awareness, democratized data access, and the ability to prepare organizations for the “digital core.” Let’s delve deeper into why SAP S/4HANA is a solid investment for your company.

Why Businesses Should Consider Upgrading to S/4HANA?

Although there are a significant number of reasons for businesses to migrate their operational models to S/4 HANA, the following are the primary business drivers that SAP customers cite as reasons to migrate:

Simplification accounts for 31%

In terms of performance, 26%

Finance Enhancement, 13%

Fiori/Mobile support, 12%

S/4 HANA is currently being used by only about 1,300 of SAP’s customers. Where does that leave the other businesses that utilize SAP?

In the next five years, 51% of companies intend to migrate into the S/4HANA system.

29% are opting to keep SAP ECC in its current configuration.

19% are still undecided

1% plan to migrate to a different ERP vendor

The Advantages of Using S/4 HANA

According to SAP’s assertions, the S/4 HANA platform can provide the following benefits to your business (presumably in comparison to their earlier versions of alternative software solutions):

Cost reduction of 70% on the purchase of software

Get a discount of 15% when you buy some hardware.

20% savings on labour

What Should You Anticipate When Using S/4 HANA?

The HANA database was designed with speed in mind, and when compared to other databases, it moves at a breakneck pace. As a consequence of this, the primary advantages of the platform that SAP S/4 HANA runs on are as follows:

1350 times more rapid reporting

1,000 times quicker analytics

200x faster response times

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Our forte is offering digitally integrated solutions for the Infrastructure, EC&O, Real Estate, Mining, Oil & Gas, Power, Smart Cities, Government, Manufacturing sectors, and a lot more. Our domain expertise combined with the ERP helps clients become intelligent enterprises and highly receptive to the needs of customers. With our strategic alliances, we help clients transform business operations, leverage data, and integrate sustainability to match the speed of change.

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Watch the video to find out how beaver-like dams can slow down river flow during a storm

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HOW DO THEY BECOME LIFELONG FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WITHOUT PROVING THEIR WORTH? HOW MUCH HAS REELECTION LED TO THE FAILURE OF UPKEEPING AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND INFRASTRUTURE AND LED TO THE CONSTANT RISE OF THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER DEBT?

[ghelgheli]

since 2016 canada has had an expanding program of "medical assistance in dying" (MAiD) which is essentially euthanasia. this was foreseen by disability activists to be a disastrous policy, and that is what it has turned out to be. there are numerous reports of MAiD being suggested or prescribed under coercive conditions. euthanasia policies disproportionately target poor, disabled, both (since there is a huge overlap), and by the same tokens, racialized ppl, because it is very often coercive economic forces that drive people to make these decisions.

it should not be surprising that when "euthanasia" of people is implemented in policy, it will find its uses wherever it is most useful to hegemony. solving poverty is more expensive than prescribing MAiD to poor people; building and maintaining the infrastruture to support disability is more expensive than mentioning that MAiD is an option; dismantling the institutions that wield power is so much less convenient than telling a patient, who has to pick from the least bad options you give them, that they have a legal out. this is not the right hill.

[loopy777]

I probably worded that a bit badly.

When i said "Something like an oot remake" i didn't mean that one could only do this concept with an oot Remake, just that it was the game that in my opinion best exemplified how you could go with mix of open world and the kind of more epic, grand tales zelda is known for.

Link's Awakening wouldn't be my first choice, but it's a good example of it yeah. Expand on the island, make the village into an actual little city, with infrastruture, more npc's side quests, add some history that the people there think is truely how the world used to be and how their village came to exist, and then use that to add to the further heartbreak of the fact its all a dream.

Also it would work really well as an alternate ending. Your idea coudl work too, but i have another one that gameplay vise wouldn't require nearly as much work, but could still hit the same beats.

Like say, you defeat the nightmare, but in the end don't go through with awakening the windfish, and instead you go back to Marin. Then you get a cut saying many years later, and you see this young girl(Link's own age in this game) clad in green, with flaming red hair, who battles her way through a dark and corrupted world. Link's decision to not awaken the windfish after defeating the nightmare did not save this world, it merely prolonged it's existence, but as the girl fights her way through familiar dungeons, you get a cut away to her life, the life that you, the player is responsible for bringing about, by choosing Marin over his duty, ending with The girl in front of two graves, and taking up Link's sword and shield.

And finally, this ends with her doing what her father would not, and awakening the windfish, destroying her own world, and ending in the predicament that her father in another time and place would have found himself in. Stranded in the middle of the ocean, as the giant fish, now awake and free from its nightmare, and the tale ending with her beginning to paddle, with a much, much more melancholic expression on her face as we flash back to what became of all the characters in a world where Link did not awaken the windfish.

The idea is the same as an OOT remake in breath's style, but the big reason i singled out oot is basically the scale. Not just in fleshing out the games cities, but also in how much you could add to the characters, sub plots, and alternate scenarios.

A perfect oot would have a dozen different endings(Not counting the actual 3 timelines we got, 1 zelink ending where link stays in the future, 2 possible malon endings(One where you go back in time and one where you stay an afult), 1 saria(Though to be honest unless there is some chenanigans where saria gets to grow up, i feel any romance between them should end on a reality ensues ending as link grows up) ending, 2 possible ruto endings, 1 Nabooru ending, 1 Impa ending.

Oot was a game that was planned out with a massive amount of endings, and then just never delivered. By contrast most other games in the franchise wouldn't have that many endings by comparison.

Links awakening would only really have 2 outcomes. One where he awakens the fish, and one where he doesnt.

A Link To the Past, The original Zelda and Zelda 2, doesn't really have any other characters beyond link and zelda and ganon.

It wouldnt be impossible to remake them so that they would be more in the line with the rest, but it would need to be a full on reimagening, not a remake.

Majora's mask could have an ending where link stayed in Termina, though it wasn't exactly flush with romance options like oot was. I guess... Romani maybe?

The Oracle games did set up din as an alternate love interest, so i suppose that could have been an alternate ending.

Wind Waker could have had an ending where your actions and choices instead convince Daphne to use the triforce to restore the Hyrule of old to above the waves.

Other than that, while its absolutely flush with places that could have had some amazing expansion, it's not really filled with love interests, with the only other than Tetrq one being medli. Though i supose an actual ending where link and Tetra(far and away the best zelda) actually hooked up no questions about it would have been nice.

Twilight Princess has a very obvious alternate ending scenario with link X midna taken all the way, and the gateways stays open. Other than that there is Illa, Zelda herself who desperately needed some fleshing out in that game, Ashei(And man, such a remake would be perfect for fleshing both her and her entire crew out), and telma.

Skyward sword doesnt have any obvious alternate scenarios... Though surprisingly for being the game when Nintendo committed to making the link x zelda paring more explicit, it has 2 alternate love interests in the form of kina and Peatrice, the latter of whom might hilariously be the canon love interest from that game given the seperate bloodlines of link and zelda.

I don't see the love interests being different adding much to alternate endings, though i suppose more explicit hugging and kissing is always nice... But man, if there is one game where the main civilazion NEEDS to be fleshed out, all the way, its freaking Skyloft. I've seen floating island civilizations done right, and this ain't it.

And finally Breath would obviously be a much, much better game if the sorta romance with Paya was an action you were allowed to play out to it's conclusion. I will not budge on that.

As I get older and have less time for video games, I find my tolerance for alternate endings grows more limited. I'm okay with them if I can make a handy save-point near the end of the game and pick an alternate choice, but playing through the whole game again to see a different ending cutscene is needless busywork. If I want to play through a game again, I'd rather do it just for the joy, not to get the 'full' experience.

That said, I hear that players these days don't like the idea of picking which color button to press at the end of the game. So maybe I'm the weird one.

For the love interests, I like the idea of leaving that more to gameplay, and the ending would only be changed in cosmetic ways. Again, I want to avoid mandatory replays, but I also think that if Zelda games implement a romance mechanic, they shouldn't put too much weight on it. I feel like it centers too much of the story and themes on romance, when it should be left as optional. For example, in Twilight Princess, if an ending where the portal is left open is available, then I think that should be a choice independent of achieving an endgame romance with Midna. Both could be combined for the ultimate shippers' dream, and the people who like things tragic can romance Midna and then choose to destroy the portal. Something for everyone! XD

I agree that Skyward Sword is ripe for a remake to expand its setting, and would throw Wind Waker at the top of the list of the same reason: they would be easier to do because the 'in between' portions of the overworld are empty, so the waypoints can get a lot of the focus and development time.

I can't speak to SS's romance options, though. I never finished that game, I remember exactly 0 characters who aren't Fi, Zelda, or Groose.

[thoughts-of-witz]

DEBATE ON THIS

As of Aug 17,2024, US Federal Mininmun Wage is $7.68. This amount is $9 less than what is California's Mininmun Wage. Now, I'm not proposing we hastely lower/raise these figures, I'd rather that, our representatives request an economic assessment of US based Industries that considers our country's GDP,as well as personal company gains. I believe that when this is done Amerikkka will be closer to ensuring FAIR wage federally.

In my opinion, having been a resident of San Francisco,California, I believe the federal wage shouldnt change and that California should lower their minimum wage. I would then negotiate reallocating this tax revenue to other states with poor civil infrastrutures i.e no sidewalk, 'profound' parks and recreaction.

What good is it to pay taxes that can get a Killer Kop a good lifestyle? While there are city infrasturtures that can be renovated? While there are less libraries than jailhouses in a given county? What good it it to have tech that makes you stay inside? When Allah SWT gave us the world When Allah SWT blessed you to be able bodied When you showing up, and being authentically present is all this world needs

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North Kempton: A Brief History

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The area encompassing what would become North Kempton consisted of relatively flat terrain through which ran a small river known as the Paddyne River, which was 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide. In fact, the said region was a very wide and shallow river basin with a two-foot-tall, round plateau standing facing East over the down slope to the Paddyne. To the West and North stood flat plains while gentle hills dominated to the East and South. Trees were relatively sparse, existing in small clumps, like mini-forests, here and there.

Most importantly, this area was known for its extremely fertile grassland

The Early Days

This area was never settled during Wannonian times, as the Wannonians considered the place to be sacred and, out of pious respect, left it alone. However, Wannonia fell in 1176; and before long, Combrians began moving West to settle in the former territories.

To present-day Northrange County in the summer of 1187 arrived a group of settlers led by a certain man named George Kempton, aged 66, who established a settlement and, with the consent of the majority of the community that came with him, named the new town Kempton, after himself. In 1191, George Kempton and his family ventured Northeast of town, where they came across the Paddyne River Basin and established a camp along its Western Bank for fishing. The Kemptons would do the same in the summer of 1192. And in 1193, they built a cabin, the first permanent structure along the Paddyne. This was followed by the construction of another cabin, this one belonging to the Halder family, in 1194, and the construction of three more cabins, belonging to the Sterling, Thompson, and Milton families respectively, in 1195. In 1196, these five families signed an agreement designating property boundary lines dividing the Paddyne River Basin into five equal parts.

In 1203, George Kempton discovered how fertile the grassland in this area was, and established a permanent year-round farming property. The five families voted to have a community cabin built and large pieces of this land to be owned by the said community, with the numerous pieces of land eventually being sold to families desiring to settle here. The leading five families referred to this unnamed community by the name of North Kempton during this time. Though it was initially intended as a joke, the community would be charted officially as the town of North Kempton in the years to come.

Nothing eventful happened in the quiet farming settlement of North Kempton, as the leading families established the Treasury of North Kempton on November 1203 to organize the revenue gained by the properties being sold. Meanwhile, more farms would spring up throughout the Paddyne River Basin. In 1206, the Galleston family settled here, setting down their roots on the biggest and flattest crop field.

Over the next few years, the North Kempton Treasury funded the construction of a Post Office, giving the town of North Kempton its official charter, as well as a Town Hall, Schoolhouse, and buildings of infrastruture: a Police Hall, Fire Hall, and Ward of Medicine. In 1209 was established the First Church of North Kempton, located on what would become Prospect Avenue in later years. In 1211, John and George Piedmont, having just received a university education, set down roots in the Southeast region of North Kempton and established North Kempton College. Two years later, funds were raised and construction would begin on the North Kempton Cathedral of Learning, a four-wing structure completed in 1217, with the Second Church of North Kempton occupying the North Wing, North Kempton College establishing its new home in the East Wing, the North Kempton Academy of Further Learning opening its doors in the South Wing, and the Library of North Kempton establishing itself in the West Wing.

And so grew the town of North Kempton in its early days, small and modest despite its progress thus far, while its inhabitants grew and lived modest and humble lives. All of that changed, however, with the crashing of the Airship Pirafone upon the Galleston Farm on December 15, 1251.

1252 to 1276: The First Economic Boom

In the years leading up to the crash of the Pirafone, the Gallestons had been struggling to sell all of the crops they intended to sell, and had opted to sell some of their land to other property owners. However, the latter proved a struggle as well. But as the Pirafone incident gained national attention, so did the Galleston property. And in 1252, the Department of Mass Transit proposed to construct an airfield over the crash site to honor Airship Captain William Solomon. The Gallestons agreed to this and sold a large portion of their land to the federal government to be developed into the North Kempton William Solomon Airfield. Though it began operation as a small airdock in March 1253, the William Solomon Airfield after its final construction phase would dwarf the Northrange County Airfield, itself.

Another main issue in 1252 was the North Kempton Cathedral of Learning, which caught fire and burned down in June 1251, a few months before the Pirafone incident. There had been a struggle to fund its reconstruction, owing to the costs. But with William Solomon's endorsement alongside his public reverance toward the hospitality of the town, numerous donors across the Republic gave funds to have the Cathedral reconstructed as a stone-structure resemblance of its wood structure predecessor. Reconstruction would be successfully completed in 1257.

The opening of William Solomon Airfield and reconstruction of the North Kempton Cathedral of Learning gave rise to an influx of tourists and clients from around the region into North Kempton, which began to see farming families selling their produce in farmer markets, which over the years developed into grocery stores. Meanwhile, with a great influx of people moving into North Kempton between 1252 and 1258, a great deal many changes were in order. The town had, early on, been run by a de facto town council under the de facto leadership of the Reverend Jon Mark of the First Church of North Kempton. This form of government, though, was very informal and loosely organized, not sufficient to deal with the oncoming changes. So in June 1255, the Council voted in a Constitution of the Municipality of North Kempton, which called for more formalities in its structure and schedule, primarily for Mayoral elections to occur every six years starting in the year 1258. In that year, the people of North Kempton elected Lynda Marts, representing the local chapter of the Foundationist Party, to serve as North Kempton's first Mayor. Under her leadership, the elected Council of North Kempton, in 1259, passed a constitutional provision to limit a North Kempton Mayor's tenure to two six-year terms.

Retail store chains emerged in North Kempton by the late 1250s. And starting in the late 1260s, various manufacturing plants sprung up, with the West part of the so-called "Manufacturing Belt" dominated by clothing, textiles, and shoes; and the East part of the Belt dominated by cars, bicycles, and other transit-related goods. Meanwhile, the First Bank of North Kempton was established in 1261, followed by the establishment of Westmar Bank in 1263. In 1264, the lightfire firm, West Horizon, opened its financial office suite in the office space across the inside corridor from Westmar Bank. In 1267, Westmar Bank acquired the First Bank of North Kempton.

By 1270, North Kempton had a well-established Town Center which included a Market square, new City Hall, a Clock Tower, the Westmar Bank Complex, and the Trade Stone Market Exchange. Just South of the Town Center lay the Business Strip, officially Piedmont Avenue, which had restaurants, tourist attractions, and hotels. Around this part of town stood the Manufacturing Belt, around which stood the ever-expanding Suburbs, around which stood the ever-expanding Retail and Agriculture Sector.

Lynda Marts fulfilled her two terms as Mayor of North Kempton that year. And on September 16, 1270, North Kempton elected its second Mayor, Thomas Curring, who was also a Foundationist.

In 1272, the Federal Estates of Retun signed a deep-trade deal with the Acrean Kingdom. Westmar Bank saw this as an opportunity to make high-risk but high-reward investments, in the form of the purchase of mass quantities of Acrean deep-trade stones. They did so by borrowing against the credit of their accountholders.

This, of course, would prove to be one of the worst business decisions ever made by a Remikran financial institution. And there were naysayers, including Kelvin Brass, who knew this in advance and attempted to warn the leaders of Westmar Bank of the dangers of this type of investment. However, not only were the leaders of Westmar Bank unwilling to heed such advise, they also decided to terminate Brass' employment. In response, Brass and of his colleagues staged a walk-in protest in the Westmar Bank Atrium, which took place in October 1272. Westmar Bank called law enforcement on them, leading Brass and his allies to being arrested and banned from the premise. Westmar Bank actively ignored and silenced other naysayers, paying media outlets to broadcast content to distract North Kempton residents with other matters. Meanwhile, Westmar Bank CEO, Edwin Mercy, cast himself as a dreaming investor set on funding a group of scientists aiming to launch a space balloon.

Brass' prediction came to pass, however, on 8 October 1273, when the Acrean Republic, having overthrown the Acrean Kingdom, announced the complete termination of the deep-trade agreement with the Retunian Republic. This would have an impact on the Retunian economy on a national scale; however, the economic decline was not so drastic on that scale as it was in North Kempton, which had more than fifty percent of its economy invested in Acrean trade stones. On Monday October 10, as the Trade Stone Exchange opened, investors found Acrean deep-trade stone prices essentially nullified. As the day became known in North Kempton history as Black Monday, North Kempton stone investors scrambled to sell other domestic trade stones with hope to recover the losses stemming from the Acrean fallout. This led to a complete crash in the North Kempton Trade Stone Market Exchange.

By the end of October, the value of the Acrean trade stones, now seen as "duds," fell to an average of 100'000 tradestones per 1 cent of Retunian currency. Most businesses in the Manufacturer Belt had direct ties to the Tradestone Exchange, and therefore suffered major losses. Closures and mass layoffs were announced as a consequence.

November 1273 saw further deterioration of the North Kempton economy as the layoffs took effect, leading other businesses, primarily in the Retail Sector, to lose customers. By the end of that month, these retail businesses announced closures and layoffs. This spurred bank runs as well as the collapse of the North Kempton real estate market in the Suburb Belt. Westmar Bank declared bankruptcy in December 1273, prompting Retunian Council to pass, and the Jackson Administration to enact, an emergency measure to help pay the North Kempton unemployment payroll, as well as loose ends with Westmar Bank and shuttered businesses. This measure took effect in January 1274.

Deep economic depression continued in North Kempton throughout the year 1274, as many parts of the Suburb Belt went abandoned and up to 25 percent of the population moved away in search for better opportunities. Meanwhile, Piedmont Avenue almost completely shuttered as some North Kempton residents, having lost their homes, set up shantytowns there and in parts of the Manufacturer Belt.

Jon Pura, a self-proclaimed Independent member of the North Kempton Council, and a lone, long-time proponent for henshale drilling, announced his run for Mayor of North Kempton for the 1276 election. Up to this point, the North Kempton population consisted of 75 percent supporting the conservative National Foundationist Party and 25 percent supporting the liberal National Labor Party. Despite this, both sides supported the economic model having existed up until the 1273-74 crisis, and hated the idea of henshale drilling, making Jon Pura an "outsider" and a "radical." Nonetheless, Jon Pura persisted in his stance, having been continuously elected by his precint constituents. And his persistence paid off in the wake of the economic crisis, when large numbers of North Kempton citizens began to consider Jon Pura's endorsement as a viable solution. Jon Pura received a further boost from Prime Minister Edward Jackson, who, in the wake of the Acrean trade fallout, held a conference in April 1276 between himself, prominent Retunian Council figures, representatives of the Big Five Banks of Hasphitat, and representatives from businesses like West Horizon, and formed an agreement to lift a great deal of government economic regulations and add a few favorable economic stimuli to promote economic recovery. For Northh Kempton, the biggest stipulation from this agreement, which passed Retunian Council and was signed into law by Jackson, was a law banning the province of Nintel from passing laws to ban henshale drilling, a big win for Pura.

On 24 September 1276, Jon Pura won the election for the Mayor of North Kempton.

1277 to 1311: The Second Economic Boom

As the next Mayor, Jon Pura started by borrowing money from the Five Big Banks of Hasphitat and used the funds to refurbish some abandoned homes, eradicate homelessness, and buy other abandoned properties to lease out to the henshale industry. In 1278, henshale drilling began in North Kempton, which began to see a quick economic recovery as Jon Pura was able to pay back the loans to Hasphitat in a timely fashion. With the establishment and growth of the henshale industry came the return of the retail and finance sectors as well as the recovery of the real estate market. The only sector that did not come back was the Manufacturing Belt, which stood no chance against competition elsewhere. This was, however, more than compensated for by the henshale industry.

Also during his first term, Jon Pura signed an agreement with the Northrange County Commissioners to have the Northrange County High School moved from Kempton to North Kempton. Pura also enacted a requirement for all students to pass "An Examination of Moral Code" in order to graduate and be able to attend college. This "Examination" was notorious for being oppressive, because it dictated rigorous standards for dress code, behavior and social manners, how to vote and how to make your decision in that regard, and even personal matters such as religious beliefs, career choices, and family choices.

In 1279, Pura signed a contract with the town of Console, Combria, to have the henshale industry rent property there to construct a large processing plant to help convert large quantities of henshale extract into usable fuel. Sabrina Morphett, an environmental activist protesting against the henshale industry, led a demonstration down Piedmont Avenue in 1280. However, not only did Pura dispatch law enforcement on the protest; he also mounted a false accusation against Morphett, claiming that she was taking payments from the Kontacet family in Jestopole to effectively undermine the henshale industry in order to favor the competing hubstone industry. This ultimately was proven false; though popular sentiment coerced Morphett into leaving North Kempton anyway. Furthermore, credibility for the economic policies having restored North Kempton to its former level of prosperity led Jon Pura to winning a second term in 1282.

In February 1287, the Lykian Republic attacked the Retunian Republic, triggering panic on a nationwide scale. During that time, an employee at the processing plant in Console lit a self-lighting cigar during a work break. The said employee lit this cigar near a gas leak, causing a major explosion. Initially, the public thought this was another Lykian attack. And though news emerged later that this was a separate incident, Jon Pura was concerned that the incident would lead to a negative impact on the henshale economy, and so passed a measure to send funding and aid to the plant in order to make swift repairs and to upgrade maintenance standards, which had been found to be lacking. This led not only to the prevention of a decline in the henshale industry, but in fact to further growth in its business.

The year 1288 came to be the final year of Jon Pura as Mayor of North Kempton, as he drew to the end of his two-term limit. The henshale industry, despite its ethical concerns and environmental impact, grew to a prominent enough economic force to serve as competition against the hubstone industry. The two industries would volley for political favors, primarily in the form of getting numerous counties between Nintel and Combria to enact ordinances banning either henshale or hubstone cars respectively. Despite this, the North Kempton economy was strong. And in September 1288, North Kempton residents elected George Salfen, an Independent/Diplomatic Party candidate endorsed by Jon Pura, as the next Mayor of North Kempton.

George Salfen vowed to "continue the legacy" of Jon Pura by expanding on his economic policies, primarily those concerning the henshale industry. In the election year of 1288, opposition candidate, Robert Torben, had proposed to tax the capital gains of the industry, a very controversial move as while many believed that this would stabilize the economy, many believed that the said taxes would kill business. Salfen had won the 1288 election with his stance against the taxes alone. However, when Middle Remikra experienced an economic recession in 1290, which affected North Kempton, Salfen would not assign taxes on the henshale industry in order to fund very much-needed subsidies to the middle and working classes. It was on that platform that Dennis Torben, brother of Robert Torben, ran on behalf of the Progressive Party and defeated George Salfen in the 1294 North Kempton Mayoral election.

As he had promised on his election platform, Dennis Torben imposed the subsidy taxes upon the henshale industry. However, Torben went back on another promise: to repeal the Moral Code Examination requirements, as was called for by a growing demographic consisting mainly of school students. Instead, Toben worked out a compromise with the North Kempton conservatives to allow for students not having passed the Moral Code Examination to obtain a "probationary diploma" and used this for college enrollment until the Moral Code Examination was passed. Torben caused further disappointment by also allowing for a break from the subsidy tax for henshale businesses who were determined to be paying living wages to its employees. Torben also stepped up police task forces against the Darkfire Community, enforcing the prohibition, and furthermore shut down "darkfire sanctuaries."

By the year 1300, Dennis Torben was very unpopular in North Kempton. Opposing him that election year was Martin Wallard, who appealed to North Kempton conservatives, a less-divided bloc in bold support of the Diplomatic Party. After vowing to repeal the subsidy tax on henshale businesses, restore the Moral Code to its original clauses, and bring back manufacturing, Martin Wallard handily defeated Dennis Torben in the 1300 North Kempton Mayoral election.

North Kempton Mayor Martin Wallard acted true on all three of his promises, including an effort to provide capital to manufacturer businesses intending to set roots in North Kempton once again. However, this third agenda was stopped in its tracks by the 1301 economic crisis in Middle Remikra. Mayor Wallard, intending to combat the adverse economic impacts, adjusted zoning regulations to help the henshale industry, and also began donating funds to the North Kempton chapter of the Rotary Legion, who was stepping up police task forces to further oppress the Darkfire Community. This Legion had fallen under the leadership of a far-right figure named Walter Scott Mason, who had all of the Rotary Legion Chapters merge and form the Knights of the Common Good, or the KCG. Wallard endorsed him, and, owing to growing popularity from his conservative bloc, won re-election in 1306.

In 1309, a Revolution took place which put a new government in place for the Retunian Republic. Though they still considered the Retunian Republic to be in existence, Finzi's transitional government voted in constitutional amendments which fundamentally altered the principle policies of the government so that the government was more democratic in nature. This occurred as the Republic became formally recognized as the Independent Commonwealth State of Retun. Conservatives in the provinces of Gymia, Nintel, Combria, and Pimdan put forward proposals for referendums to leave the Republic. Such measures passed in Gymia and Pimdan as they both gained political autonomy, but the same type of measures failed to pass in Combria and Nintel, meaning that Nintel still remained under Commonwealth jurisdiction.

An overwhelming majority of the town of North Kempton was very much opposed to this outcome, as they had favored the referendum. This would have implications in the years to come.

The now-autonomous province of Gymia very shortly thereafter voted to recognize itself to be the nation of the Reformed Federal Estates of Retun, and, on 09 March 1311, declared war on the Commonwealth. North Kempton Mayor Martin Wallard pledged loyalty to Gymia and vowed to restrict the henshale business solely to them. Wallard also helped to recruit KCG infantry to defend the henshale pipeline running to Console, and recruited KCG pilots to fly planes out of William Solomon Airfield, running on henshale fuel.

This initially led to a boom in the henshale business, as the warring conservative bloc had a formidable force. However, in October 1311, henshale reserves in the region ran dry. News of this in November 1311 reached the intelligence of Finzi's government, following a foiled invasion carried out by the Reformed Federal Estates. Finzi, in response, sent a large concentration of Commonwealth forces to subdue William Solomon Airfield as well as the entire town of North Kempton. On December 11, 1311, Martin Wallard signed a ceasefire agreement with Finzi, which allowed Wallard to remain in office as Mayor of North Kempton and avoid prosecution.

On 21 March 1312, the Reformed Federal Estates surrendered to the Commonwealth as its territories became re-integrated. Shortly after, the Liberal Party of North Kempton formed, dedicated to the respect and protection of basic rights of the Darkfire Community. The leading figure of this new Party, Pherris Thompson, won the 1312 North Kempton Mayoral election.

1313 to 1324: Darkfire vs Lightfire

Mayor Pherris Thompson codified North Kempton law to respect Commonwealth law to completely legalize darkfire as well as ban "traditional therapy," which was known to do more harm than good. Furthermore, Mayor Thompson converted the former venue of the North Kempton Chapter of the Rotary Legion, on 1312 Prospect Avenue, into the North Kempton House of Darkfire, using funds given to the North Kempton municipality by the Finzi Administration. Meanwhile, a very sound darkfire floan market emerged here, which helped Pherris Thompson to win re-election in 1318.

Up to this point, the North Kempton William Solomon Airfield had served as a stopover for long-distance flights. However, beginning around the early 1320s, the gyroplane industry began to take over Middle Remikra. With gyroplanes flying faster and for longer distances, the William Solomon Airfield as a stopover began to lose business. In response to this, Pherris Thompson's brother, Eric Thompson, serving as the Majority Leader in North Kempton Council and also standing as the Mayor candidate endorsed by Pherris Thompson, proposed a budget to build more gyroplane landing pads at William Solomon Airfield so that business incentives could stay. This measure did eventually pass North Kempton Council but was greatly compromised thanks to pressure from the traditional airship lobby, leading to only two landing pads to be built.

As the economy began to stagnate, the popular bloc behind Pherris Thompson became more divided. As a result, in 1324, candidate Eric Thompson lost to Mary Kornell of the North Kempton Traditional Party in the North Kempton Mayoral election.

1325 to 1330: War and Disease

Serving as the Mayor between 1325 and 1330, Mary Kornell defunded the North Kempton House of Darkfire. Although they still existed, this caused the organization to lose their venue on 1312 Prospect Avenue. At this very residence was established that year the North Kempton Lightfire Residency, a lightfire business working very closely with West Horizon. Kornell also started a grant program to other lightfire business startups.

Civil conflict erupted in Middle Remikra throughout the 1320s, as Pimdan was reintegrated into the Commonwealth while Combria and Gymia gained autonomy and joined forces to form the Combrian Confederation. North Kempton fared well despite the circumstances. However, the year 1329 saw the arrival of the Neurovirus Pandemic, the deadliest outbreak of disease in Middle Remikran history. During this time, slightly more than half of the North Kempton population supported the rigorous pandemic prevention measures enacted by Holz Finzi. However, Mayor Kornell decided to allow the North Kempton implementation of these measures to be debated in public forums. With an outbreak of a brutal conflict between the Commonwealth and the Confederation, Kornell banned lightfire businesses in North Kempton, except for West Horizon, from producing weapons of war in support of the Commonwealth, showing her true stance on the war.

This led to division within the Traditional Party of North Kempton, who held primary elections in 1329 where Sidney Hughes defeated Mary Kornell. Despite the division, the Traditional Party of North Kempton held its majority in North Kempton government seats, as Sidney Hughes defeated Mary Kornell.

Mayor Sidney Highes signed a contract with the Finzi Administration in 1331 to help implement the pandemic safety measures in North Kempton, which included the adaptation of the new healthcare system in the Commonwealth designed to administer the therapy to treat the Neurovirus illness and make it survivable.

1331 to 1348: The Continuation of Darkfire vs Lightfire

After the end of the pandemic and the successful effort of the new Commonwealth Prime Minister, Alex Schraber, to end the war and reintegrate Combria and Gymia into the Commonwealth, Mayor Hughes focused her efforts upon rebuilding the local domestic lightfire market, expanding it into the civil lightfire market and even into the Ancondrian market.

In the year 1340, the First Church of North Kempton, on 1313 Prospect Avenue, caught fire and burned down. The Church organization was forced to move elsewhere and accepted that they would be relocating elsewhere permanently, leaving 1313 Prospect Avenue to be a vacant lot. The Church sold this property to the North Kempton municipality as North Kempton conservatives started a donation fund for a new Church to be built and named the Third Church of North Kempton. However, there was also a growing demographic within the North Kempton population backing a fund to purchase the property to build an official venue for the North Kempton House of Darkfire. This movement was led by Rachele Martins of the North Kempton Liberal Party; and Rachele won the 1342 Mayoral election.

Between 1343 and 1348, Mayor Martins succeeded in having the North Kempton House of Darkfire re-established on 1313 Prospect Avenue, a move which helped to spur growth in a re-emerging darkfire market. However, as the gyroplane industry continued to advance and provide more convenient travel, the William Solomon Airfield began to struggle more and more. Furthermore, funding diverted to the darkfire market drew funding away from the lightfire market, which began to struggle again. Robert Korvin, a North Kempton Traditionalist, campaigned on these issues, and defeated Martin in the 1348 election.

Korvin attempted to have funding shifted back to the lightfire industry again, beginning in 1349. However, he ran into opposition from North Kempton Liberals in City Council as well as a large portion of the North Kempton population. Finally, after a great deal of debate, Korvin signed a compromise to give "shared subsidies" to darkfire and lightfire firms who signed contracts with each other.

1359 to 1368: The Esurchian War

Korvin's policies proved a happy medium, allowing the economic and political landscape of North Kempton to hold sway until the Esurchian Occupation from 1359 thru 1362, during which the Esurchians attempted to infiltrate North Kempton society as they did the Commonwealth. They donated large sums of money to convince select residents of North Kempton to form the North Kempton Free Party. Half of the North Kempton Traditionalists joined this party while the remaining Traditionalists, including Robert Korvin himself, resisted the Esurchians by joining a group of North Kempton Liberals to form the Citizens' Party of North Kempton. Korvin, at the end of his second term, endorsed John Daniel, who won the Mayoral election of 1360.

Representing the newly-formed Citizens' Party, John Daniel enacted strong policies against the Esurchians, while converting the North Kempton lightfire market to support the war economy needed for the Esurchian War. Half of the Citizens' Party opposed the latter measure and broke off to form the Progressive Party of North Kempton, led by Lori Kane. Kane defeated Daniel in the 1366 election.

1369 to 1380: The Final Chapter

Lori Kane was very much against anything to do with any type of war, and so shifted economic incentive for the civil lightfire market again. After the end of the Esurchian War, she convened with the leaders of the local lightfire businesses and West Horizon to help coordinate a plan to rebuild lorry transit infrastructure in Ancondria. However, popular backlash in Ancondria as well as in Remikra forced West Horizon to lose business and close its doors, a fate followed by many other lightfire businesses in the late 1360s and early 1370s. However, Kane realized that there still existed a local domestic lightfire market, and so directed public funding for that, as well as directed funds toward the venue of Library of Circlaria and the new venue of the Third Level Society, both of which had set roots in North Kempton during the same time the Esurchian War was being fought in Ancondria.

As mentioned before, traditional airships had been driven out of fashion by the gyroplane industry. However, traditional airships regained public interest through the advent of "airship tourism," a trend having emerged in the 1340s, driven by airship enthusiasts willing to pay traveling fares to board these airships to fly and dock at various locations. This was solely for the tourism aspect. And during that decade, many airship tourism businesses emerged. In 1350, they collaborated and formed the Airship Travels Federation.

The issue with that economic model was that more enthusiasts were willing to travel around Ancondria and the Magnumarian Ocean than toward Canticula and the Circlarian Ocean. Thus, the Federation served its purpose in order to keep the market stable by directing extra revenue from the Magnumarian side to help with the Circlarian side.

Unfortunately, the Esurchian War led to an obvious bust in this business model; and the Federation closed its doors in 1367. Nevertheless, "airship tourism" businesses still remained. And North Kempton Mayor Lori Kane coordinated with the William Solomon Airfield to provide landing spots for one-vessel airship businesses. This, in turn, help to support the William Solomon Airfield, which was struggling in terms of business because of how gyroplanes having evolved to being able to land anywhere in any town began rendering airports and airfields obsolete.

The year 1378 saw the Office of the Mayor of North Kempton won in an election by Michael Fortin, a North Kempton Progressive candidate endorsed by Kane. Fortin vowed to continue the economic policies of Kane. However, a minor economic recession in the Commonwealth between 1380 and 1381 was enough to destroy the clientele of the remaining "airship tourism" industry.

On 01 October 1381, Horizon Discovery, the last remaining one-vessel airship tourism business, as well as the last remaining commercially-flying traditional airship, made its final landing at the William Solomon Airfield. Both the airship and the Airfield would cease operations that day.

The economic shakeup of 1380-81 led to the closure of numerous other businesses generating crucial tax revenue to North Kempton, leading North Kempton to end up in dire financial straits. This forced Mayor Fortin to forego his promise to preserve the property and structures of the former William Solomon Airfield and instead sell pieces of the land to Library of Circlaria and the newly-established National Institute of Research and Development. The one caveat to this, though, was that the Galleston Family Farmhouse remained preserved to this day as a historical heritage site.

Regardless, even these efforts proved futile for the ailing Municipality. And on November 23, 1381, North Kempton officially declared bankruptcy.

On December 2, newly-elected Retunian Prime Minister, Meghan Wen, directed her Administration to authorize the payment of all debts and payrolls of the former North Kempton government, which failed to form a consensus on an independent financial recovery plan by a December 9 deadline. As a result, the Wen Administration officially listed the North Kempton Municipality as "defunct," and directed that the former jurisdiction be split evenly between the other four Municipalities of Northrange County unless a "democratic community council" purchased the jurisdiction within one year. Maxima Tangreen and her colleagues anticipated this would happen and had formed the Established Democratic Council of Maxima in 1380. On December 18, they officially purchased the defunct municipality, and renamed it Maxima.

Michael Fortin would remain the Mayor until at least the expiration of his term in 1384, with Council Members and other government officials remaining until the end of their terms. In 1384, Skylara Mains was elected the first official Mayor of Maxima.

Maxima, Nintel: 1385 to Present

The city of Maxima, Nintel has had a stable economy and stable political dynamic since the 1380s. Today, it is home to Library of Circlaria, the Third Level Society, and the National Institute of Research and Development. Its main industries are dymensional-plane-crafting and darkfire-crafting. However, in recent years, innovators have been crafting lightfire again.

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[ad_1] Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRussia launched a series of missile and drone attacks on port and grain infrastruture in southern Ukraine on Wednesday in a likely bid to “further emphasize Russia’s objections to the renewal of the Black Sea grain deal and hinder Ukraine’s ability to export grain,” the Institute for the Study of War has written in its latest analysis.The US-based thinktank writes: Spokesperson of the Ukrainian southern operational command Captain of the First Rank Nataliya Humenyuk stated that the Russian July 19 strikes “happened virtually simultaneously,” and that Russian forces likely attempted to overwhelm the Ukrainian air defense systems. Ukrainian Air Forces spokesperson Colonel Yuriy Ihnat stated that this attack was the most intense missile and drone attack on Odesa Oblast since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. The wires have sent through a series of images from the village of New York (yes that’s correct), near the frontlines in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, by photographer Genya Savilov.A destroyed cultural centre in New York. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesA worker repairs a clock on a damaged building of the chemical plant in New York. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesThe director of New York’s chemical plant, Sergiy Dmytrenko, in front of its damaged buildings. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesWorkers remove rubbish from next to damaged residential buildings in New York. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesNadezhda Kravchenko sits in front of the building where she lives in New York. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesUpdated at 05.33 BSTGrain prices have jumped after Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian ports, which follow its decision to pull out of a year-long deal that allowed Kyiv to export grain to world markets via its Black Sea ports.On Wednesday Ukrainian officials said Russian strikes had destroyed 60,000 tonnes of grain awaiting export.Reuters reports: Chicago wheat futures rose 1.6% to hit a three-week high on Thursday, buoyed up by growing expectations that an attack on Ukrainian ports after Russia’s withdrawal from a Black Sea export deal will have longer-term impact on global supplies. Corn gained more than 1%, while soya beans were little changed on forecasts of hot and dry weather in the US midwest. “Russia’s overnight attack on infrastructures at the port of Odesa will have served to remind participants and observers as to the risks involved in maintaining Black Sea trade flows without a guarantee of safety,” BMI Research, a unit of Fitch Group, said in a note. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) added 1.6% to $7.39-1/4 a bushel, as of 0203 GMT, after climbing more than 8% on Wednesday. The market hit its highest since 27 June at $7.39-3/4 a bushel. Corn rose 1.1% to $5.59-1/4 a bushel and soya beans were unmoved at $14.08-3/4 a bushel. A combine harvester in a wheat field in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/ReutersThe “terrorists’ attack on Odesa” shows that Russia is not just targeting Ukraine but also other countries, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his daily evening address late Wednesday.“About a million tons of food is stored in the ports that were attacked today. This is the volume that should have been delivered to consumer countries in Africa and Asia long ago,” he said. “Everyone is affected by this Russian terror.”Today's 🇷🇺 terrorists' attack on Odesa proves that their target is not only 🇺🇦, and not only the lives of our people. About a million tons of food is stored in the ports that were attacked today. This is the volume that should have been delivered to consumer countries in Africa… pic.twitter.com/7jbz9TaqKg— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 19, 2023 Russia may attack civilian ships on Black Sea and blame Ukraine, US warnsThis third night of Russian attacks targeting southern coastal cities comes as the US warned that Russia may attack civilian ships on the Black Sea and then blame Ukrainian forces.“The Russian military may expand their targeting of Ukrainian grain facilities to include attacks against civilian shipping,” national security council spokesperson Adam Hodge told AFP on Wednesday.He said the allegation was based on newly declassified intelligence. The warning came hours after Moscow said it would consider all ships sailing on the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports as potential military targets.The Kremlin pulled out of an international deal allowing safe passage of massive Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea to world markets earlier this week.Read the full story:A total of 18 people have been wounded in the strikes on Mykolaiv, the governor Vitaliy Kim has said. Nine were taken to hospital, including five children. Two people were rescued from the rubble, he said on Telegram. “It is a miracle they were saved,” he said.He gave no further information on the deaths he had reported earlier.Updated at 04.46 BSTOne person killed in drone attack on occupied Crimea, governor saysA teenage girl has died in a Ukrainian drone attack on north-west Crimea, the Moscow-back governor of the occupied peninsula has said.“As a result of an enemy UAV [drone] strike on one of the settlements in the north-west of Crimea, four administrative buildings were damaged. [Emergency] services are on site,” Sergei Aksyonov said in a Telegram post.Deaths reported after Russian strike on Mykolaiv, military saysDeaths have been reported in Mykolaiv after Russia launched strikes on the southern port city, the Ukrainian military and the local governor have said.The city centre was hit in the attack and a garage and three-storey residential building were set on fire, governor Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram. Nine people were wounded, including five children, Kim said, later adding “there are also dead”.Two people were also hospitalised after strikes on Odesa, the military said. The Black Sea port has already endured two nights of Russian bombardment after Moscow said it was pulling out a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported via Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.Earlier the military had warned that both cities were being targeted by Kh-22 anti-ship missiles.Opening summaryHello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine with me, Helen Livingstone.An unconfirmed number of people have been killed and nine injured, including five children, in a Russian missile strike on the southern port city of Mykolaiv, the Ukrainian military has said.In a series of Telegram posts, the military warned the city was being targeted by Kh-22 anti-ship missiles and later said a garage and a three-storey building in the city centre had been hit.It also said Odesa, which has already endured two nights of strikes, was being targeted and reported “strong explosions”. Two people were in hospital.The bombardments come after Russia said its decision to withdraw from a year-long deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported via Black Sea ports was final.In other developments: Russia says all ships travelling to Ukrainian ports on Black Sea will be considered carriers of military equipment from Thursday, days after quitting the Black Sea grain deal. Russia’s defence ministry said it would “flag countries of such ships … considered parties to the Ukrainian conflict”. The ministry did not say what actions it might take. US officials have information indicating Russia has laid additional sea mines in the approaches to Ukrainian ports, said Adam Hodge, White House national security council spokesperson. “We believe that this is a coordinated effort to justify any attacks against civilian ships in the Black Sea and lay blame on Ukraine for these attacks,” he said. The developments came after the Black Sea port Odesa endured a second “hellish night” of attacks, with Russia targeting grain facilities and port infrastructure. The strikes were an effort to stop Ukrainian grain reaching world markets, said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. A video has appeared purporting to show the Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin addressing his fighters in Belarus and calling the Russian war effort in Ukraine a “disgrace”, in the first footage of the Russian warlord to emerge since his mutiny last month. In it, Prigozhin says Wagner will no longer fight in Ukraine and will head to Africa. “What is happening at the front [in Ukraine] now is a disgrace in which we do not need to participate,” he said. “[We will] wait for the moment when we can prove ourselves in full.” Vladimir Putin will attend a Brics summit in South Africa next month via video conference amid speculation that he could be detained under an international criminal court warrant for his arrest for war crimes in Ukraine if he appeared in person. South Africa is an ICC member, meaning they would have been obliged to arrest Putin if he entered the country. The Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told Belarusian state television that the organisation is actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas to Belarus. “The Belarus Red Cross has taken – and is taking, and will be taking – an active part in it, [the deportations]” Dzmitry Shautsou told state-run Belarus 1 TV channel. Talks being mediated by Saudi Arabia and Turkey on the repatriation of Ukrainian thousands of children taken to Russia since Moscow’s invasion have been under way since at least April, a source with knowledge of the discussions said on Wednesday according to Reuters. The source expressed doubt that a deal would be reached because it would depend on the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. “For him to give (the children) back would mean that he agrees that he’s a war criminal,” the source said. The US has announced $1.3bn in additional security assistance for Ukraine. The package is set to include air defence capabilities and munitions. “This announcement represents the beginning of a contracting process to provide additional priority capabilities to Ukraine,” the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday. EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss a proposal on Thursday to spend up to €20bn ($22.4bn) on weapons, ammunition and other military aid for Ukraine over four years. The proposal is part of an effort to put the bloc’s support for Kyiv on a longer-term footing. A fire broke out at the military training grounds in the Kirovske district on the Crimean Peninsula, the Moscow-backed governor of Crimea said on Wednesday. The fire forced the closure of the nearby Tavrida highway and the evacuation of 2,000 people, Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram. Messaging channels linked to Russian security services and Ukrainian media said an ammunition depot was on fire at the base after a Ukrainian overnight air attack. The Wagner group’s mutiny attempt in June showed Putin was under pressure, the head of Britain’s MI6 foreign spy service, Richard Moore, said in a rare public address. Moore said he was optimistic about the Ukrainian counteroffensive appealed to Russians appalled by the war in Ukraine to spy for Britain. “Our door is always open … Their secrets will be safe with us.” The lawfulness of the UK sanctions regime set up in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will face its biggest legal test on Thursday when a Soviet-era oligarch and ally of Roman Abramovich seeks a court order to release his assets. At stake in the case brought by Eugene Shvidler, a billionaire oil businessman, is billions of pounds worth of assets, some of which the west wants to siphon off to help fund Ukraine’s reconstruction. 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Lord Sir Admiral Sir Henry Leach Fallen from Grace

Leach was caught organizing a plot to kill Casper Weinburger and now is a fugitive from the Law

In response, Weinburger is capitalizing on the drama to make a bid for the Presidency

Parsons also a Fugitive?

The IRA bomb was also planted by Parsons in an attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher. He is also a fugitive ... will Leach and Parsons reunite to plan their return? Who knows ...

Roca on the RIse

Roca ended with as Secretary General of the UN following a good steak dinner

NATO and Nukes

NATO approves nuclear arms if countries support the preservation of sheep world wide

Escobar makes his presence known

Escobar declares war on the United Fruit Company! But Kirkpatrick is backing the United Fruit Company so it seems like the Federation is in shambles after all of Terry's hard work

The Anglican Church Falls

MG through their poetic tenths wraths of God has convinced the people of England to get rid of the Anglican Church and potentially the Monarchy who's new head of state is MARGARET THATCHER

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THE FINAL BORDERS

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South Argentina is led by Jorge Anaya who remains committed to Argentina's best interest and helping their ally USSR.

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