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Are we to be ruled by barbarians?
10.02.2012 14:08 in news
Recently, the barbarians at the Department of Homeland Security made a fool of themselves and embarrassed the people of the "mighty" United States of America. Barbarians are those who want something for nothing, who use force first and ask questions later.
Apparently a number of "keywords" are being monitored by the barbarians on Twitter. So, using these very words we twittered: AttnDHS Bam Bam -> 1st Amendment -> America Collapse: Human to Animal: Virus -> Outbreak! Just a drill! What a Strain!
You can go read all about the "terror charges" yourself, then ask yourself what is the definition of terror? Is not the definition of living in a state of terror being ruled by barbarians? What could be worse is barbarians who don't even speak English although they appear to!
When men and women are deprived of money, and by that we mean substance that is money they lose the ability to trade something for something and are reduced to trading something for an idea (today's dollars, euros and pounds are just circular ideas). The only remaining mode of trade is speech, for example, a written check (cheque) or bank wire are both messages, examples of speech.
When the "founders" of the United States of America, a legal fiction, created their "constitution", civilized people soon realized that this "perfect" constitution had a fatal flaw. If you swore loyalty to this legal fiction, then the presiding officer, the President, could tell you to "shut up and sit down". Given your oath, there would be no choice for you.
This was found to be unacceptable as a means of ruling people. The 1st Amendment was born. Soon, they realized the President could say "give me all your weapons", and thus the "Second Amendment" was born, and so on.
The crass actions of the Department of Homeland Security, who were following the rules, administered by barbarians, has resulted in a far greater crime against humanity. These barbarians are liable for their actions for they have caused injury and loss beyond recompense: The loss of the freedom of speech.
When both the ability to trade something for something and the ability to utter ideas is silenced, man is reduced to an animal, the macabre mutation of HUMAN TO ANIMAL. This is a mental virus, the virus of terror by the State and left unchecked, the outbreak will destroy the people of the United States of America, as it did in the case of Hitler, Stalin and Mao.
The question is, do these barbarians control supreme force or are there people of superior intelligence possessed of a Power beyond mere force?
Simpletons like Mao, who think "power flows from the barrel of a gun", may crash a society so that it resembles a "blue screen of death", but they will not outwit those who, over the course of a hundred years have outwitted an entire market of supposedly free people.
What is liberty?
Your basic liberty is to own and posses yourself and your stuff (property, goods), to travel with it, and trade your stuff for other stuff of other people. You have the inherent power to own, move, communicate and trade: this is your liberty. See mind map of English Liberties.
What is freedom?
Freedom is the exercise of your liberties to the maximum extent possible in the pursuit of your life and happiness subject to not harming the liberties of others, "your neighbors".
What is property?
Property is the relationship between an object and the mind of a rational man or woman.
This awareness of consciousness, of being alive, to know I AM, to know rational thought and fine feeling, to inquire after meaning of all things including who and what I AM, to discriminate, that is, to value the good and reject the bad, is life itself.
What is the Common Law?
What is common to all people across space and time is that they value their life, liberties and freedom.
This is the essence of the teachings of Christ.
|The Great Commandment
|Mk. 12.28-34
|¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
|Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
|Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Jesus said unto him,
|This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it,
|On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Lk. 10.25-28
Even a "scientific" materialist would have to examine this consciousness of his, and to himself he would have to admit that without this, he would not be able to know anything, and that this was his "God". If he inquired a little further, as so many scientists, saints and sages have done, he would discover that his matter is no more than condensed radiation which itself can vanish into mathematical ideas.
Enforcing the Common Law
The people of America (the Sovereigns, so-called, in a "Republic") should take their servants, the officials in the Department of Homeland Security to court. A civil case to strip these officials of their office and pay be instituted and an unqualified apology to the visitors of America be extended and damages collected from these barbarians to make these visitors to the American people whole. This would be the wish of any self-respecting American.
"It seems my country has lost it's mind and it's sense of humor. Things over here have become a little scary and extremely weird. The other day in Oakland police in riot gear arrested a record number of people for protesting. I've seen photos of them pepper spraying an 80 year old woman for doing the same. Until we get this whole mess sorted out, you may want to consider other travel destinations. Until then, I am sorry my country is stupid." - Terry Pounds, Minneapolis, USA, 31/1/2012 23:18.
We believe that there are people who know and enforce the Common Law. Letting Republics fail and fall on their faces is very dangerous, costly and foolish. If history is any guide, either those that know the Common Law must arrest this transgression or Nature Herself will come as the Grim Reaper to do the job. Those who rule America, don't let the Department of Homeland Security destroy you.
Beyond the Department of Homeland Security
Countries get to this terrible state when they are "possessed", that is, possessed by the those who believe in the power of unlimited force. The most subtle form of unlimited force is fraud, that is, "something for nothing".
Money fraud in America
Money fraud is as organic to America as Benjamin Franklin. Money fraud was used by Abraham Lincoln for ostensibly noble purposes - the result was equal slavery for all. Good does not come from evil. Evil comes from evil.
Looking deeper into history, we can see how before European people came to America, Europe was under the spell of dolus bonus or pious fraud.
The Roman Empire was held together by force: kill first, ask questions later, as is epitomized by the soldier who killed Archimedes as he was thinking, drawing his diagram on the ground. If someone threatens the Rule of Pax Romana (extraction of money by force, "something for nothing", that is, taxes), kill him in a very brutal way so no one will do whatever it was that threatened Pax Romana. This is the death of Christ - "He paid for your sins" is quite literal - he paid with his life for the sin of giving something to the tax collector for nothing in return. Done your tax returns yet?
Valerius Maximus (c. 20 BC-c. AD 50 ), Memorable Doings and Sayings, Book VIII.7.ext. 7
From http://www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Death/Histories.html
I should say that Archimedes' diligence also bore fruit if it had not both given him life and taken it away. At the capture of Syracuse Marcellus had been aware that his victory had been held up much and long by Archimedes' machines. However, pleased with the man's exceptional skill, he gave out that his life was to be spared, putting almost as much glory in saving Archimedes as in crushing Syracuse. But as Archimedes was drawing diagrams with mind and eyes fixed on the ground, a soldier who had broken into the house in quest of loot with sword drawn over his head asked him who he was. Too much absorbed in tracking down his objective, Archimedes could not give his name but said, protecting the dust with his hands, "I beg you, don't disturb this," and was slaughtered as neglectful of the victor's command; with his blood he confused the lines of his art. So it fell out that he was first granted his life and then stripped of it by reason of the same pursuit. Archimedis quoque fructuosam industriam fuisse dicerem, nisi eadem illi et dedisset uitam et abstulisset: captis enim Syracusis Marcellus, machinationibus eius multum ac diu uictoriam suam inhibitam senserat, eximia tamen hominis prudentia delectatus ut capiti illius parceretur edixit, paene tantum gloriae in Archimede seruato quantum in oppressis Syracusis reponens. at is, dum animo et oculis in terra defixis formas describit, militi, qui praedandi gratia domum inruperat strictoque super caput gladio quisnam esset interrogabat, propter nimiam cupiditatem inuestigandi quod requirebat nomen suum indicare non potuit, sed protecto manibus puluere 'noli' inquit, 'obsecro, istum disturbare', ac perinde quasi neglegens imperii uictoris obtruncatus sanguine suo artis suae liniamenta confudit. quo accidit ut propter idem studium modo donaretur uita, modo spoliaretur.
• English translation by D. R. Shakleton Bailey in Valerius Maximus, Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II, Books 6-9, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2000.
The Roman Empire seemingly dissapeared, but as Hobbes has shown, this use of force to extract money "something for nothing" remained as religious fraud. Tithe your money to "God" was a way to extract your life for the sake of those who would "administer" it. This was the secret of the power of the Roman Catholic Church and they kept the secrets of the Bible from the masses.
Martin Luther translated the Bible into German, allowing common people to read the words of Christ for the first time. He strongly disputed the claim of the Roman Catholic Church that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. The Catholic Church was furious. In keeping with the spirit of ancient Rome, the Catholic Church, via their local puppet King on 25 May 1521 issued the Edict of Worms:
"For this reason we forbid anyone from this time forward to dare, either by words or by deeds, to receive, defend, sustain, or favor the said Martin Luther. On the contrary, we want him to be apprehended and punished as a notorious heretic, as he deserves, to be brought personally before us, or to be securely guarded until those who have captured him inform us, where upon we will order the appropriate manner of proceeding against the said Luther. Those who will help in his capture will be rewarded generously for their good work."
Martin Luther and the Catholic Church were locked in an ongoing struggle against the practice of indulgences. An indulgence is the collection of money (nowadays "fine") for the sake of having God (these days the State) forgive your sins (these days called crimes: speeding, for example).
The history of England is the history of a struggle against the domination of the people by the Roman Catholic Church. It is the history of Kings and nobles who, refusing to subjugate themselves to pious fraud, conducted an honest money system - which, by the time of Sir Isaac Newton, was formalized by him as the Gold Standard.
The English Parliamentary Democracy of the day, post the Declaration and Bill of Rights 1688, epitomised voluntary contract, including the contract with the State to be governed. The King (in practice the responsible Lords) proposed a tax, it was the duty of Parliament to say no, to negotiate it down to the bare minimum so that the object of the government, the security of the people, would be achieved.
It can be seen that the English Parliament is a two way communication instrument - the needs of the governance, being discussed by the people, and agreed upon in the House of Commons. The money, namely gold, being collected, was substance, what was obtained in return was the infrastructure of a country - something in exchange for something - no sin.
The Glorious Revolution saw the overthrow of King James II of England, whose Catholicism predisposed him towards pios fraud. The people, brought in a foreign king, William of Orange and threw out James II. The Catholic Church was "permanently" removed from England.
The founders of America were Tea Smugglers in their day. They protested about "no taxation without representation". This led to the American Revolution. The Catholic Church, which through the Spanish and French were at war with the English, seized the opportunity. Thus was born the American Constitution, modeled on Rome - with a Senate and Capitol and a "seperation of church and State" so no one would suspect that the Catholic Church was indeed the inspiration for the constitution of the United States of America.
This is forbidden knowledge in America. The "Church" of U.S.A. will stomp on you for "thinking" these thoughts, just like at the Edict of Worms, just as with Christ and just as with Archimedes. Ye shall know them by their fruits:
|A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit
|Lk. 6.43, 44
|¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
|Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
|Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
|A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
|Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Mt. 3.10 · Lk. 3.9
|Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Mt. 12.33
Another "Glorious Revolution" awaits America
A soliton of Law has been fired by a woman of America. A soliton of law is one solitary woman of America, clothed in a Court of Record demanding her rights and liberties - standing alone against the combined might of the Corporate Congress of the United Stated of America, Corporation and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, PLC.
Hello, shareholders of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is anybody home?
p.s. Scapegoating some barbarians in the Department of Homeland Security or the SEC fining Bank of America fools no one. Wurlitzer propaganda fools those in government and wards of the State. Do you know the Common Law? Scuttling the Corporate Ship and leaving, is not an option. It has always been, and continues to be the duty of the Sovereign to protect the liberty of Her Majesty's people.
Important public disclosures regarding the extent of the money fraud will appear... very soon!


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By the editorial board of The Tibetan Political Review
The topic of gender violence has been in the news recently, unfortunately, following the horrific rape suffered by a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi. The woman, who has not been identified, died on December 29, 2012, as a result of injuries she suffered during her attack two weeks earlier.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been the subject of considerable criticism for his handling of this case, in part for its delay in speaking out on this case, and in part for India's general failure to address gender violence.
In fact, India has been rated the worst country in which to be a woman in the entire G20, even worse than Saudi Arabia. It did not help that the son of India's president insulted rape protesters as merely wanting TV publicity for themselves. Nor did it help that Delhi's police chief outrageously claimed that men in the Indian capital are no safer than women because they suffer pickpocketing, while other police officers outrageously blamed rape victims for turning the crime into an issue by complaining.
Out of this tragedy, comes perhaps one bright spot: this crime set off a series of demonstrations that suggest that public acceptance of such gender violence might have reached a turning point in India. Prime Minister Singh pledged, "it is up to us all to ensure that her death will not have been in vain". Indian voices are taking a long, hard look at the problem of gender violence in Indian society in a way that has not been done before.
Revisiting the "Tenzingang Incident"
Every act of gender violence is deplorable in its own way, and the Delhi rape/murder should not be compared with other crimes. It stands alone.
What can be compared, however, is the response to the problem of gender violence. Looking at the responses of the Indian government and people, we cannot help but recall the Tibetan response to the June 2011 case of gender violence in the Tibetan refugee settlement in Tenzingang, in the far eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
The details of the Tenzingang case are described in a well-researched report by the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA). To summarize the TWA report, which used pseudonyms, a woman named Choenyi had apparently been having an affair with a man named Ngawang, with whom she had had a 4 year-old daughter that she was raising. Ngawang's wife, Kunsang, was enraged to discover the affair and took six members of her extended family (three men and three women) to Choenyi's house.
As described by TWA, Kunsang's group stripped Choenyi naked, dragged her outside, and beat her over her entire body. One of the perpetrators tried to cut off Choenyi's nose with a pair of scissors. The perpetrators also tried to permanently stain her face with black ink. Choenyi was bed-ridden for two weeks afterwards.
It is difficult to think of another word besides "torture" when describing a vicious beating and attempted disfigurement.
The Official Response
According to the TWA report, on August 10, 2011, (two days after the new prime minister Lobsang Sangay took office) the TWA president visited the deputy secretary of the Department of Home and was informed that the Department of Home of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGiE) had ordered the the Settlement Officer in Tenzingang to convene a meeting with community leaders. The meeting resulted in the following punishments:
The key perpetrator, Kunsang, was ordered to to pay Rs. 30,000 to a local monastery to appease local deities upset with the incident. Her husband, Ngawang, was ordered to contribute another Rs. 20,000. Kunsang's brother, who also participated in the torture of Choenyi, was ordered to give the monastery Rs 5,000 and suspended from his post on the local Tibetan Assembly.
And the victim of the violence? For her adultery, Choenyi was ordered to apologize and prostrate before an altar with His Holiness's photograph. Ngawang's adultery was not addressed, nor were the needs of Ngawang's and Choenyi's 4 year-old daughter, being raised by Choenyi.
With that, the TGiE leadership apparently considered the case closed. In January 2012, the Sikyong visited Arunachal Pradesh and met with 30 local community leaders from the area, including Tenzingang. There was no reported discussion of the Tenzingang event, which was a missed opportunity for the Executive Branch leadership to publicly respond to this case.
It must be noted that the Department of Home did not apparently provide any guidelines to its Settlement Office when it ordered the office to resolve the Tenzingang case, or conduct any oversight over the office's decision after the fact. This is disappointing because it suggests either the Executive Branch's abdication of responsibility, or its consent to the outcome.
We are happy to note that, in contrast, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile acted decisively. In September 2011, the Parliament unanimously passed a resolution tabled by two Parliament members and former TWA officers, Dolkar Lhamo Kirti and Dhardon Sharling. This resolution unambiguously condemned all violence against women. The Parliament's resolution also requested the Executive Branch "to ensure the effective enforcement of the host country's laws and acts on dealing with any forms of violence against women", and to issue new guidelines to the settlement officers aimed at protecting women's rights and submit it to Parliament, with a deadline of March 2012.
Unfortunately, almost a year after the deadline, the exile administration's Executive Branch has not yet acted on the Parliamentary resolution. This is disappointing. To continue to ignore the Parliament's unanimous resolution might send a message that promoting gender equality, and fighting gender violence, are not true priorities for the Executive Branch leadership.
On the plus side, the administration has continued with pre-existing "women's empowerment and gender empowerment" programs in the settlements. This program, headed by a specially-appointed woman officer is the Women's Desk, under the Social and Resource Development Fund (SARD) of the Department of Finance and provides training programs about once a year. There has additionally been an unfulfilled promise by the Executive Branch leadership to set up special coordinators in each Tibetan settlement region (zone) to promote women's rights and gender equality. We look forward to seeing this promised initiative implemented.
The Promise of Pho-Mo Dranyam (Gender Equality)
During the 2011 election campaign, the current Sikyong campaigned on a platform that promised "Pho-Mo Dranyam" or gender equality.
To date, the most visible manifestation in the current administration of this admirable principle has been the appointment of two women to the Cabinet. By comparison, the current Sikyong's immediate predecessor had one woman in his Cabinet (Kalsang Y. Takla), and the 10th Kashag from 1993-1996 also included a Cabinet with two women (Rinchen Khando Choegyal and Jetsun Pema).*
From the perspective of the invocation of Pho-Mo Dranyam, the Tenzingang decision is seriously flawed. Whatever one thinks of the proper response to adultery, it is manifestly unfair that the TGIE directive treated the man and the woman unequally. Choenyi was made to apologize and do prostrations, whereas Ngawang was not.
The Tenzingang decision also displayed a deeply problematic attitude toward the scourge of gender violence. Regardless of the adultery, nothing should excuse the torture of an individual. The best way to combat gender violence in this case would have been to turn the offenders over to Indian legal authorities. And if the TGiE had the power to order donations to a monastery, what about also demanding civil penalties to compensate the victim? Or to provide for the victim's innocent 4-year-old daughter?
In late 2011, Dechen Tsering, the former head of the Tibetan Association of Northern California, urged the Sikyong and his Home Minister "to issue a strong statement condemning the incident, to ensure that the perpetrators of the Tenzingang incident are barred from immigrating to Canada under the 1000 Tibetans Resettlement Project and to spearhead development of specific policies and programs toward the elimination of gender-based violence in our community. Only then," she wrote, "can we achieve a compassionate manifestation of Phomo-Da-Nyam"
Unfortunately, the TGiE's Tenzingang decision instead sent the following messages:
Revisiting the Tibetan Response, Toward Real Pho-Mo Dranyam (Gender Equality)
Is there a better way? Is there a way to revisit the Tenzingang case to promote real Pho-Mo Dranyam?
Let us first take a look at the TGiE's Women's Empowerment Policy as outlined by the previous Kashag on October 14, 2008. As a policy, it is both flawed and toothless. The policy denies gender discrimination, in the history of the Tibetan nation, no less, and includes, among its 8 points, that "priority shall be given to female candidates for the posts of pre-primary teachers" and that girls' sports in primary school should be given the same attention as boys' sports.
According to a memorandum sent by B. Tsering of the TWA to the exile Tibetan leadership on September 2, 2012 (which TPR was recently given and has been authorized to report) the Women's Empowerment Policy is a "good first step" in that it "recognizes the value of women and prioritizes gender issues." However, its "policy prescriptions rely on gender stereotypes, and it does not provide sufficient guidance for implementing women's empowerment initiatives."
We hope that the Kashag will put out a new Women's Empowerment Policy, updated for the 21st century.
In the meantime, it is heartening to see that TWA has taken the lead to fill the leadership gap on this issue. TWA is working with a Finnish NGO called KIOS to implement a EUR 20,000 grant for a program on "Legal Empowerment of Tibetan Women - 2013."
If the TGiE Executive Branch leadership wants to demonstrate its commitment to women's rights and gender equality, it will need to follow through on action it has promised and that Parliament has mandated. Just as an example, as a next step the TGiE administration could study the U.S. Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. This commission was founded by President Kennedy in 1961 with the goal of advising the U.S. administration on issues concerning the status of women.
The commission grew out of a promise Kennedy made to Eleanor Roosevelt in exchange for her support during his candidacy. Some argue it was actually set up as a political compromise between the women's rights lobby and the organized labor lobby.
The point here is that the U.S. commission could have been a political tactic as much as any expression of Kennedy's deeply-held respect toward women's rights. However it grew into something valuable. The commission issued several important reports, which resulted in important legislation including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as well as an important executive order banning gender discrimination in employment.
In the Tibetan context, it might be a natural step for a new "Tibetan Commission on the Status of Women" to be set up. It could be given a budget, a list of questions to look into, and a deadline. The Kashag could commit to publicly responding to any recommendations made, to ensure that the commission's work does not get ignored.
For example, one of the first concrete tasks the proposed Tibetan Commission on the Status of Women could be preparing a draft directive on women's rights, to allow the Executive Branch to belatedly respond to the Parliament's September 2011 request.
B. Tsering's September 2, 2012 memorandum to the TGiE, mentioned above, earlier and independently developed a very similar idea of a "Women's Commission" housed administratively in the Department of Home, but acting as an independent body similar to the Election Commission. B. Tsering's memorandum has developed an excellent, concrete proposal that should provide a guide to the Tibetan Parliament in setting up such a body. Whatever this commission is ultimately called does not matter. The fact is that someone with B. Tsering's deep expertise in the Tibetan situation in India has proposed such a commission, and a similar suggestion grew out of the example of the United States, suggests that this idea transcends political systems and should be seriously considered by the TGiE.
Gender violence is deplorable. Unfortunately, in the Tibetan context, the Tenzingang case is a reminder that much work needs to be done, including in encouraging our leaders to act in a positive and decisive way on this issue. Fortunately, the Tibetan Parliament has spoken out unambiguously in favor of gender equality. TWA is also taking the lead on advancing this issue in Tibetan civil society.
It is now up to the Tibetan people to call upon their elected leadership to ensure that, for the Tibetan administration, as well as for the whole Tibetan society, promoting Pho-Mo Dranyam (gender equality) becomes a reality.
* Sentence revised on Jan. 18, 2013.
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The gardening ingenuity of a YouTuber
Want to make yourself a self-watering planter — great for when those tomato seedlings you're itching to start grow up? Check out this YouTube video by some brilliant scrounger. It's a little small to be called a planter, but perhaps it's perfect for our dried-out indoor air. Colorado weather. All you need is an empty 2-liter bottle and some scraps of cotton fabric. (I ain't saying this works, and I ain't sayin' that it's Martha-Stewart pretty. But if you're one of those folks who forget to water, you might want to give this a shot. Free's good and self -watering? even better.)
Scrounging, btw, is a great tradition among frugal gardeners — old fence panels for trellises, old windows for cold-frames, you know the drill.
So what's your best scrounge/repurpose/frugalista triumph?


text: Hi guys, please forgive a dumb question that I should know the answer to by now. I'm doing a shoot this afternoon that requires a lot of front lens tilt that pushes the limits of the image circle on my Nikkor 450M. The image is visibly fuzzy at the corners, and I'm wondering if this fuzziness gets any better, or goes away completely, by stopping down the lens? I have tried looking at the grould glass and stopping down the lens, but it is quite dark in here and I can't see anything when I stop then lens down. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.


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Early this morning, following heavy artillery bombardment, a large German force has penetrated US positions in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxemburg!! Allied High command is hastily rushing reinforcements to the area, to counter the surprise attack and prevent them from crossing Meuse river.
Can you stop the elite of the German panzer divisions, or vice-versa, lead them to victory? Find out.
The new version is delivered as installer version but wont change anything to your original CoH-Files.
Note: This Mod requires the orignal Company of Heroes (vanilla) and/or ToV and will not run on Opposing Fronts only.
Battle of the Bulge is a Mod focusing exclusively on the battles in Belgium and Luxemburg, December 44 - January 45.
It converts the Summer/Normandy Scenario of CoH into a winter scenario along with winter Maps, Skins and units.
Lots of emphasize has been laid on the look of the Mod. All skins are as accurate as possible, from uniform detail to unit marking.
EACH soldier in a squad has individual uniforms and equipment.
Occlusion effects, team colors, even territory borders and selection markers have been removed for visual authenticity.
Furthermore, the Mod's aim is to combine CoH game play with more realism and it tries to reflect the battle properly.
Therefore Panzerelite and Brits have been taken off the game ( Brits will show up as doctrine reinforcements, though ).
You can call in battlegroups which have originally taken part, like the 14th Cavalry Group or the infamous Kampfgruppe Peiper.
Tons of changes have also been done to unit stats, gameplay and doctrines. The units you can produce depend on the doctrine you choose.
The in-game doctrines have been changed to reflect historical units, read more below:
Airborne Division:
becomes the defensive tree. You have a lot of powerful infantry like airborne infantry, AT-teams and heavy mortars, but only little choice of heavy artillery or vehicles force you to really use airborn tactics - dig in and wait for the Cavalry.
Doctrines will even strenghten your infantries combat value, until you get full air support in the late game.
( note: during the real battle, both US Airborn Divisions were transferred to the battlefield by trucks -
so you wont be able to paradrop in this mod, either. )
Infantry Division:
still well rounded, with good defensive and artillery units, combat engineers and fair armor.
Doctrines give you more production bonuses and send armored combat groups to the battlefield.
Armoured Division:
Like in vCoH, this is the most powerful, but slowest to build Division... but mobile artillery like Priest, and many tanks like the Sherman Easy Eight, Jumbo Sherman and the M36 let you gain the initiative.You will even receive tank reinforcements by the British.
7th Army
Consist of Volksgrenadier and heavy Fallschirmjager Infantry, light artillery and heavy antitank equipment, Mobile units are mostly antitank...the doctrine gives you enhanced defensive options like trenches as well as some armored support.
5th Panzerarmy
The most rounded tree... good Infantry units like Panzergrenadiere, some early ATs, mobile Artillery and fair battle tanks as well as doctrinal refitting options and powerful offmap units like Jagdpanther and Sturmtiger
6th SS Panzerarmy
Focussing on heavy mobile Firepower... mobile artillery units like Hummel and Maultier and the heaviest tank in the game, the Kingtiger, give you full force in your advance.Fanatism boosts your troops fighting spirit and the hidden "Operation Griffon" Teams spread sabotage and confusion behind enemy lines.
One of the the biggest changes is a general elimination of the Point Capture system. Now we use ATC, by AGameAnx which is a script that checks the No. of units in territory, and the faction with most units inside captures the territory after some time. Observation posts have been eliminated, too.
for more info about ATC, -> go here <-
The Credits:
Coding: Halftrack, Panzer Jager, TornadoX
Coding Aid: (with many thanks) Copernicus, Xalibur, Dartbourne, cf_nz
ATC: AGameAnX
AI Coding Help: Sweeten 2142
Suurender Script: Wilco, Muad`Dib, Berse
Maps: Lord van Dalen, Tarlak501, Henry666, Nobody ,Empa,$-texas_$, Regis91, Halftrack, tskross
Skins: Halftack, tomarces, tskross, Mr.Scruff, Lord van Dalen
Skins used: Sig21Surgeon, Georider, GniGruH, Spaulick, Slayerknecht, Daniel_Pufi
UI GFX: Doombringer, Halftrack
SoundFX: LoranKorn,GameRisin, Xalibur
3D Models : Halftrack, Skyward, Inukshuk, Mr.Scruff,
Animation and OE work: Tankdestroyer, DarkbladeCR, BurtondrummerNY, serg_codmod
CoH Community models: DMz, Beefy^, Eliwood, Tiger 205, Hartkeks, Slayerknecht, Ellipirelli, LoranKorn, AGameAnx, Aidas2 , Gurdy, Inukshuk, Adiya, BurroDiablo
website and forums Admin: Fiffa
PR & Web GFX: tskross
Installer: Luc
"Box Art": Gareth Hector
Translators: Dartbourne, Ursidey ,Saukopf, Hunter_ITA, Bobby_Wan_Kenoby, Pitchy8, Mmaruda, tskross
Betatesters for 3.5:
and all hail goes to the many,many betatesters of the former versions, players, feedbackers,all the helpful people in the CoH modding forums, which are unfortunately too many to mention
*BotB will neither affect your ability to play regular CoH, CoH:OF or CoH:ToV, nor will it affect your ability to play other CoH mods.
In those 6 scenarios you have different doctrine choices and access to
different units which have taken part in the historical battle.
But, as always, the core mod also was worked at.
New abilities and upgrades, bug- and AI fixes will make your battles even tougher.
New skins and models will make it look more authentic.
- all Units come from offmap
- Troop surrendering now working flawlessly, even in Multiplayer
- gamemode "quickstart" overhauled, throwing you directly into combat
- units in houses become invisible much longer
- soldiers dont leave cover by themselves ( no order necessary anymore )
- 5 new maps, 1 old map re-activated
- many bugs fixed
supported language versions:
chinese, czech, english, french, german ,italian, polish, russian (partly), spanish
This is only a small insight of the new features that BotB 3.5 has to offer.
Better take a look at it yourself.
Or have a detailed look at the changelog, available in the download section.
And of course, there are bugs. Unfortunately. But you can help us getting
rid of them by reporting what you find. Best in our forum here or on our website:
The new version of "Battle of the Bulge" Mod for Company of Heroes is almost ready. To speed up the process, we are recruiting Betatesters.
A Patch for BotB 3.0 is on its way.So we need your bug reports. We also search for various translators.
After months of work ,the new Version 3.0 of BotB is finally released. Its a major update (full version) which contains new game modes, new units and...
Spend your Christmas in Bastogne. Athmosphere-Addon and AI-Bugfix released for BotB 2.7!
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This pdf contains the changelog, credits and troubleshooting guide for the new release. It already is part of the 3.5 download, but we also provide it...
The bitter fighting in the forests of Belgium continues. Both sides have suffered heavy losses and the offensive has lost momentum. But in the night of...
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To get mod to start when using Steam version of COH use the following batch file (create with ".bat" extenstion) ...
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 228200 -dev -nomovies -mod BotB
To get it working with Steam version of COH create this batch file ...
"cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 228200 -dev -nomovies -mod BotB
there is no BotB folder in the install so the mod is not taken into account
the mod does not work on version 2.700.2.43
Hello Everybody
We organized an unofficial group of three people, trying to make this mod reborn, but since everyone has a full-time job, we can only make this after the work, we want to find some friends who have experience in mod development or interested in this project to make this mod continue.
If you have any ideal or want to join with us plz contact me。
We even have some things done,like new doctrines, new abilities,many changes of weapon properties。 We also put some new skin from "World of Tank" into the mod,it make a lot of fun。
About copyright, we have contacted with halftrack who charging for this impressive mod。But have not got any reply now yet.
Best Regard:)
This sounds so great. Can you send me the version private?
Just read Mod Reborn *^*
YES thank you, i prepare video for new version and next :)
hope you can revive this mod. it is one of my top three mods for company of heroes. best wishes
In fact,we have did something.
but have no ideal where should we post it.
And as we all know copyright ....(no reply from the botb creator HALFTRACK.)
LoL.We also need some one who can mod or give some advise. casuse of short of hands.
Beta volunteer is also wanted...
So, where is your new version??
You can send it me private, it should be okay. Upload via megaload or something.
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
Highest Rated (12 agree) 10/10
This Battle of the Bulge Mod is really excellent. I'm totally obsessed with its massive amount of new contents as well as their creators' prudent attitude toward history. When I saw the Peiper combatgroup and Griffen Operation skill, I can't help myself to praise these people finally made a fabulous war game mod based on tremendous details of reality. Great job, guys! Great job. I do love this mod!
Jan 15 2012 by bigstudy


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zmte055 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Inside Digital Marketing.com
I'm a digital marketeer working for a small Scandinavian technology / software company. My role is to build campaigns and train more traditional marketing teams in how best to use digital marketing. This logo though is designed for my own personal project, which is a small digital marketing blog / magazine. I hope to use this as a way of drawing the team out into the wider marketing world and getting them to contribute with their own posts and think outside of their day to day job. It will also be used by myself as a platform to air my own thoughts and experiences.
B2B marketeers in a software / technology company. Looking for a creative relief from software, and exposure to new styles. To be shared between like minded professional peers outside of work. This will be used for a new website, effectively a community blog.
Although many are from a traditional background, they want to escape and engage with a slightly more creative side outside of work. Something that encourages them to be imaginative
Blog posts are likely to be about - email marketing, search engine optimization, web analytics, banner advertising etc
(Below I have provided examples in 99 design that I like)
Clear description of the website name. Inside Digital Marketing.com can be rewritten with different casing and does not have to include the dotcom.
Logo and text together on one line would be preferred.
Could use one of the isometric images attached inside a grey circled frame. (Image has been purchased for single use licence only)
Long narrow image above and text below would also be fine.
A long and narrow design is fine.
Could use one of the attached isometric images in a circular grey frame, similar to the other idea
Colour palaette for the text ideally would be grey, if not blue, black or green.
I like the shades below, but they don't have to be exact
Blue - 0099FF
Grey - A7A8AC
Green - 99BC1A
Purple - D20763
Fonts I intent to use below the logo are along the Agency FB or Geogrotesque styles.
Image can be abstract and should include 4 colours, either blue, green, purple, pinks, orange are preferable.
No Yellow please.
Designs I currently like are:
(If the rainbow bubbles could be made into a long wave running along the top, with the text below, this would be ideal)
(If this design could be made into one line this would be good)
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The Alum Rock NarrowsOn a trip a couple years ago, Dave and I sought out an interesting geologic phenomenon: the Victorville Narrows of the Mojave river, after reading the discussion of it in Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley by Robert P. Sharp.
The Mojave river is interesting because for most of its length it flows entirely underground. Looking at the wide, sandy, dry washes along the many miles of its length you'd never suspect that a year-round river was flowing beneath the surface.
One of the few places it comes to the surface is near Victorville, CA, where a big chunk of rock gets in the way and forces the water to the surface for a short distance before it disappears back into another sandy wash.
That's all background to the interesting discovery we made at Alum Rock park yesterday, where Penitencia creek and its tributary, Aguage creek, have been looking progressively drier over this past month.
Walking upstream along the creek trail, we saw a fairly normal looking lower creek up to the bridge at the last parking lot. Just a little further upstream beyond that parking lot, the creek follows a series of little cascades and pools. The pools are only a few feet deep at this time of year ... but in one, we saw quite a large fish, about a foot long and looking vaguely catfishy. How does something that big live in a stream this shallow and ephemeral?
Not only that, but just upstream, as the stream crossed under the park road near Sycamore Grove, it disappeared. We knew there had to be water because something was feeding those pools and the lower creek -- but it was all underground here. We continued upstream, and discovered ... the Alum Rock Narrows! Right by the steel bridge over the creek, the dry Penitencia and Aguage creeks become wet as water is forced to the surface at their confluence, only to disappear again some fifty feet downstream of the bridge.
It was very like the Victorville Narrows in miniature ... right here
in the big city. Not for the first time, I wish I could find a decent
geologic map of this fascinating park!
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