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[theroyalsims]

GUS AND ANYA EXTEND HONEYMOON - DUO SPOTTED IN EKHKARE

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Gus and The Crown Princess have decided that a three-week honeymoon is not enough, so they’re rescheduling their trip back home to Brindleton!

The two were photographed in the walled city of Emad in Ekhkare. Emad holds the distinction of being one of the oldest cities in the world! Currently, it has over 300 active archaeological digs - which is probably such a thrill for the Crown Princess who has degrees in Anthropology and Archaeology!

(Above: Their Royal Highnesses kept cool under the hot Ekhkarean sun! Gus wore a white woven button-down shirt with a pair of khaki shorts and sneakers. Anya, meanwhile, wore a billowy black top, which she paired with denim shorts and sneakers.)

Of course, the visit is made even more meaningful because of Gus’ Ekhkarean roots. His late father, Emir, is of Ekhkarean descent. Gus was born in the small town of Rateb, Ekhkare, but the family shortly moved to Rennaux less than a year after his birth. Despite being raised abroad, Gus remains proud of his Ekhkarean culture. Case in point, he’s fluent in Ekhkarean. A source close to the Prince shares:

“Gus and his sisters are half Ekharean and half Tartosan. They are all fluent in Ekharean and Tartosan. Growing up, their parents made sure that their children would never lose their connection with their roots, their culture. Gus was very proud of his father, and he keeps his memory alive by embracing his Ekhkarean heritage.”

(Above: The two were spotted holding hands and flaunting their new wedding bands! Anya chose her "simple" engagement ring, the one with the Ekhkarean motif, to pair with her thin gold wedding band.)

The couple, during their surprise trip to Ekhkare, also visited Gus’ relatives, including his late father’s old childhood home in Rateb.

The lovebirds are expected to return to Brindleton before the month ends. 

[athena5898]

SYRIA (PrR)(RNN) — Yesterday afternoon, the IOF committed a horrific massacre (https://t.me/PalestineResist/69266) in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, (https://t.me/PalestineResist/69248) resulting in 37 martyrs and over 50 wounded, with some reports as high as 61 martyrs. IOF warplanes took the path northward from the Al-Tanf American base, crossing through Jordan, (https://t.me/PalestineResist/67410) to carry out the massacre.

This horrific massacre was virtually ignored in the media, as the IOF massacres with impunity, whether in the northern Gaza Strip, where over 100 massacres have ascended today—notably 22 martyrs in the Arouqi family massacre (https://t.me/PalestineResist/69380) or 66 and counting in the new massacre in Beit Lahia—or (https://t.me/PalestineResist/69369) in Lebanon, where 10 martyrs ascended in Ma'raka (https://t.me/PalestineResist/69322) today, or in Jenin, where 8 martyrs have ascended (https://t.me/PalestineResist/69351) (some of whom are kidnapped by the IOF) in the invasion of the last two days.

Names continue to be released as bodies are found, but the known martyrs so far include:

Martyr Major General Abdullah Ahmed Al-Zeer

Martyr Hassan Talal Abboud

Martyr Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Masry

Martyr Yahya Adeeb Al-Armah

Martyr Fadi Jihad Al-Qattan

Martyr Majd Yousef Zoblo

Martyr Ali Rateb Al-Asaad

Martyr Ahmed Abdul Karim Krisho

Martyr Fadi Suhail Harba

Martyr Jaafar Mohammed Al-Yassin

Martyr Youssef Mahmoud Raslan

Martyr Fadi Jihad Al-Qattan

Martyr Abdullah Yasser Al-Saleh

Martyr Wajdi Salah Ali

Martyr Hassan Rateb Al-Ajami

Martyr Hadi Khader Al-Shamaq

Martyr Ahmed Faisal Gharbal

Martyr Baqer Adnan Taha

Martyr Ahmed Mohammed Khader Hamza

Glory to the martyrs.

[kattmeithmath]

https://gofund.me/26b9fded

🇵🇸 Hi everyone, this is a link to help the Quffa family evacuate from Gaza. Currently there’s a local cafe that’s been holding fundraisers for them, but they’re so close to the amount needed to cross into Egypt. Just to give them a boost I’m posting it here, I’ve spoken to Rateb Quaffa myself on Instagram. Please donate or boost if you can!

[xiphactinusfish]

Palestine Book List:

Children's and Young Adult:

Baba, What Does My Name Mean?: A Journey to Palestine by Rifk Ebeid, Lamaa Jawhari

Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck

Olive Harvest in Palestine: A Story of Childhood Memories by Wafa Shami, Shaima Faouki

These Olive Trees by Aya Ghanameh

Farah Rocks series bu Susan Muaddi Darraj, Ruaida Mannaa

Squire by Nadia Shammas, Sara Alfageeh

Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation by Annemarie Young, Anthony Robinson Jr

The Boy and the Wall by Amahi Bishara

Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine by Refaat Alareer

Baddawi by Leila Abdelrazaq

Nayra and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar

We Are Palestinian: A Celebration of Culture and Tradition by Reem Kassis, Noah Eilouti

Zain and Mima Stand for Palestine by Eman Kourtam, Sophia Soliman, Darah Rateb

Adults Nonfiction:

Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadesh

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jehad Abusalim et al.

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis, Cornel West

The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappe

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat

Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color by Michael R. Fischbach

Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman

Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine by Nada Elia

Adult Fiction and Poetry:

Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh

From Whole Cloth: An Asexual Romance by Sonia Sulaiman

Blood Orange by Yaffa As

The Specimen's Apology by George Abraham

To All the Yellow Flowers by Raya Tuffaha

Shell Houses by Rasha Abdulhadi

Hijra by Hala Alyan

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

Guapa by Saleem Haddad

[tayloralison]

hii 👉👈 can i ask u for a favor ? i wanna learn graphic design but the only problem is that i need illustrator. & i could pay for it but for learning purposes i thought the crack version would be great. so do u have any links for the adobe illustrator for windows ??? please ? i've tried links from different resources blogs but none of those links are working anymore....

omg i was gonna look into resource blogs and then i read the second half haha but i was able to find some on thep*rateb*y. I was bored and installed the 2022 version and it works! hopefully that helps out <3

[levok]

I have a feeling Omar has another acting project in the works so hear me out. The last person he followed is an actor and they recently followed someone called maida( who is a producer for yellowbird, a film and tv production company) and the yellowbird instagram account follows Omar 👀

Yes I noticed the follow too. Since he usually doesn’t follow people he randomly met once, I am also intrigued.

The actor in talking in Rateb Wissam who is in the series Top Dog.

The yellowbird follow doesn’t seem to be recent though - not sure if that’s related to anything. They follow a lot of actors.

[sbahour]

Spoke with the Know Thy Heritage 2023 Delegation of Palestinian Diaspora youth from around the world about the Palestinian economy. We are one, no matter how much Israel fragments us geographically.

Big thanks to Rateb Y. Rabie and his team for making these trips happen every year.

[jordanianroyals]

30 June 2024: Crown Prince Hussein, the Regent, attended the launch of ARMYTHON 2024 international cybersecurity competition for professionals and experts from military and security agencies, held in its second edition.

Twenty teams from 13 countries are competing in ARMYTHON 2024, taking on a range of challenges that enhance the capabilities of countering cyber threats and protecting sensitive systems and data.

Speaking at the launch of the competition, Brig. Gen. Ayman Al Batran, the chairman of the competition’s higher steering committee and director of the Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB), said the bureau launches local and international initiatives aimed at spreading awareness and developing solutions in cybersecurity.

He added that JODDB’s initiatives aim to make Jordan a regional hub for building local and international partnerships, and contributing to raising awareness and exchanging expertise.

The head of the ARMYTHON 2024 organising committee and JODDB spokesperson, Rateb Abu Al Ragheb, said the three-day competition includes the participation of two teams from Kazakhstan and Australia as observers, and a team of judges from Jordan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

He said the competition’s challenges were designed by internationally recognised Jordanian experts, in cooperation between JODDB and Princess Sumaya University for Technology, pointing out that ARMYTHON 2024 also includes specialised panels covering various fields in cybersecurity.

A number of senior officials and officers, ambassadors, and military attachés attended the competition’s launch.

[eileenratebou]

Fish

Im too much work to be just decoration

Not fun enough to be your favorite pet

I will never get out of the water

I'll just stand there trying to be seen

And the one truth there is

I will forever feel like fish

-Eileen Ratebou

[interest-articles]

Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Belgian Beers

Researchers at KU Leuven University Use AI to Enhance Aroma and Taste of Brews

Belgian beers have long been celebrated for their diversity, quality, and rich heritage. Now, researchers at KU Leuven University in Belgium have taken the art of brewing to new heights by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the aroma and taste of these beloved beverages. Led by Prof Kevin Verstrepen, the team used AI to analyze the chemical composition of 250 commercial Belgian beers, exploring the complex relationships involved in human aroma perception. By understanding the intricate interplay of aroma molecules, the researchers aimed to create models that could predict the taste and appreciation of a beer based on its composition.

Unraveling the Complexity of Aroma Perception

Beer, like many food products, contains hundreds of different aroma molecules that interact with one another, influencing how we perceive their flavors. Prof Verstrepen explained that the concentrations of these compounds play a crucial role in our sensory experience. To unravel this complexity, the research team analyzed the chemical makeup of various Belgian beer styles, including lagers, fruit beers, blonds, West Flanders ales, and non-alcoholic beers. They examined properties such as alcohol content, pH, sugar concentration, and the presence and concentration of over 200 different flavor compounds, including esters produced by yeasts and terpenoids from hops.

Tasting Panel and Consumer Reviews

To gauge the taste and appreciation of the beers, a tasting panel of 16 participants sampled and scored each of the 250 brews for 50 different attributes, such as hop flavors, sweetness, and acidity. This meticulous process took three years to complete. In addition to the tasting panel, the researchers collected 180,000 reviews of different beers from the online consumer review platform RateBeer. While the consumer ratings were influenced by factors such as price, the comments relating to bitterness, sweetness, alcohol, and malt aroma correlated well with the tasting panel's ratings.

The Power of AI in Enhancing Beer

Using the data collected, the research team employed machine learning, a form of AI, to construct models that could predict a beer's taste and appreciation based on its composition. These models were then used to enhance an existing commercial beer by adding substances identified as important predictors of overall appreciation. For example, lactic acid and glycerol were flagged by the models as key contributors to taste. The results from the tasting panel showed that these additions improved ratings for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers, enhancing attributes such as sweetness, body, and overall appreciation.

Limitations and Future Applications

While the AI models have their limitations, as they were developed using datasets based on high-quality, commercial beers, Prof Verstrepen believes their biggest application could be in improving non-alcoholic beers. By fine-tuning the composition of these brews, AI could help create a more enjoyable experience for those who prefer non-alcoholic options. However, Verstrepen emphasizes that the skill of brewers remains essential in bringing these predictions to life. The AI models provide guidance, but it is up to the brewers to execute the recipe and brewing methods to achieve the desired results. Belgian beers have always been revered for their variety and quality, and now researchers at KU Leuven University have used artificial intelligence to take these brews to the next level. By analyzing the chemical composition of beers and understanding the complex relationships involved in aroma perception, the team constructed AI models that could predict a beer's taste and appreciation based on its composition. The results of their experiments showed that these models could enhance the attributes of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers, improving sweetness, body, and overall appreciation. While AI has its limitations, it holds promise for the future of brewing, particularly in the realm of non-alcoholic beers. However, the skill and expertise of brewers remain crucial in bringing these predictions to life and ensuring the continuation of the rich heritage of Belgian beers.

[brookstonalmanac]

Beer Events 3.8

Events

Stang Brewing merged with the Kuebeler Brewing & Malting, both in Sandusky, Ohio (1896)

Bertha Moerschel died (1911)

IRS began collecting U.S. income tax (1913)

Rudolph Frederick Haffenreffer died (1929)

The film Beer Parade premiered (1933)

Merck patented a Foam-Stablized Malt Beverage (1988)

The Original Peter Austin Brick Kettle Brewing System trademarked by Alan Pugsley (1996)

RateBeer launched (2000)

American Beer Blogger premiered (2012)

Breweries Opened

Steelhead Brewing at Burlingame Station (California; 1995)

Third Street Ale Works (California; 1996)

[craffbeertimes]

Top 50 Beers 2023: RateBeer’s Ultimate Brew Guide Revealed #craftbeer #beer

[levok]

Would love for omar to have another acting project in the works, but that Rateb actor is now following the rest of the main cast and lisa so I think it's yr related

Oh I see that. You’re probably right. He’s too young to be the middle eastern guy they were looking for though. Very sus that Omar followed him before any of the others 😏 haha