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Such reticence is an obstacle to victory in a war we cannot avoid and in which we must prevail. For if there is one thing certain in this season of great uncertainties, it is that the war against jihadism will be staring the next president of the United States in the face at high noon on Inauguration Day, 2009. That is what we are fighting: jihadism, the religiously inspired ideology which teaches that it is every Muslim’s duty to use any means necessary to compel the world’s submission to Islam....

Returning to the scene 24 years later, I could see the explosions, hear the fallen men cry, “Medic! Medic! Medic!” I could smell the cordite from rockets, bombs and artillery shells thundering down upon the Viet Cong fortifications. Once again I watched enemy fire cut Lt. William Torpie down as he tried to rally his trapped company. I heard the ammunition chopper crash with its crew chief trapped inside the metal inferno, and heard his screams until death ended his agony....

RELATED: The Witcher: 5 Bosses Yennefer Could Beat In A Fight (& 5 She Couldn’t) Yennefer played a bigger part in the books than she did in the CD Projekt Red games. She was the one who taught Ciri magic and helped her survive. Yennefer isn’t perfect and the games tried to correct her flaws, but the fans love her regardless of her errors. 10 Flaw: She’s Not The Most Powerful Sorceress Yennefer has an edge on younger and less experienced sorceresses in the books....

It has only been a few days since the release Netflix’s The Witcher series, and while critics can’t seem to make up their minds about the show, audiences can’t get enough of it–it’s already Netflix’s highest-rated series ever on IMDB as fans of both the books and video games rally around it. So, it shouldn’t be terribly surprising that the equally-beloved Witcher 3 is now getting mods that bring a little bit of the show into CD Projekt Red’s virtual world....

With the next series of the show taking on the strange nature of The Witcher’s multiverse, it seems more and more likely that fans will finally see the series visit Earth. A fictionalized version of Earth appears in the original Witcher stories, playing a bizarre and fascinating role rarely touched upon in the games. RELATED: The Witcher Fan Shows Off Incredible Queen Calanthe Cosplay The Conjunction Of The Spheres The Conjunction of the Spheres is the key inciting event of The Witcher’s universe....

With the 2nd season of Netflix’s The Witcher series gearing up to premiere later this year, as well as a Witcher trailer having just been released, the streaming giant deemed the time as ideal for ramping up the hype by way of a fan Q&A with series showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich. She stepped up to the plate and took swing after swing at fan questions regarding what to expect, expertly balancing banter with plenty of teases for things to come....

Rare left GoldenEye 007 out of the Rare Replay collection for a couple of reasons. For one, Rare doesn’t have the rights to the 007 license anymore. Secondly, the developers at Rare decided that only games featuring characters that Rare created itself would be included in Rare Replay, which is disappointing considering the cultural significance of GoldenEye 007 arguably outweighs that of many of Rare’s homegrown IP. Even though Rare Replay may get more games added as DLC, we have yet to see that happen, and even if it does, I doubt that GoldenEye 007 will ever be considered....

Though the shift to digital goods provides a number of quality-of-life benefits to the consumer thanks to improved accessibility and mobility, the benefits of the digital era wane when contrasted with its potential detriments. Xbox Live has recently been subject to serious outages, which raises important questions with regard to the long-term feasibility of a fully digital console. RELATED: Epic Games Store and Xbox Free Games With Gold Are Both Giving Out Reruns for May 2022...

Yevgeny Kulesh, 38, was performing in the opera Sadko at the Bolshoi Theatre, the venue announced on social media. He is believed to have gone in the wrong direction during the descent of a ramp and was trapped under it, the BBC reported, citing social media videos. Initial reports from Russian media said that the actor was killed by “a falling piece of decor.” Social media posts showed shocked spectators, some of whom had initially believed the accident was a stage trick....

Almost all the popular streamers, like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Ali “SypherPK” Hassan, Timothy “TimTheTatMan” John Betar, Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff, Nate Hill, and David “TheGrefg” Cánovas Martínez live-streamed the event. While most experienced steady viewership, some were lucky to capitalize on the Devourer Of Worlds event. TheGrefg, in fact, surpassed other content creators and broke the world record for concurrent Fortnite viewership on Twitch. TheGrefg leading the Fortnite content creator race with milestone viewership on Twitch TheGrefg amassed around 660k concurrent viewers on Twitch during the event....

A long time ago, I myself needed such services locally and the only program I could find was a small county-run program that had therapists who could sign. The program was so small that it could not serve many people, and I was fortunate to be able to get services at a time when I needed them. Deaf children and teens are also sometimes in need of mental health services....

With the last few years spawning creative, innovative experiences like Cuphead and Hollow Knight, the market is primed for anyone looking to make their mark with whatever idea AAA publishers are hesitant to pull the trigger on. Resources like Kickstarter to crowdfund any project that resonates with players enough, along with engines that are either free or cheap to access can give gaming fans a huge head start from playing to making their own favorite games....

It was all that, and something more. The impact on German business was just the collateral damage of a deal done to exploit the fastest-growing market in all of Europe’s financial history–private pensions. More than a year before the merger announcement, Allianz chairman Henning Schulte-Noelle had followed trends showing that European welfare states aren’t prepared to support a growing population of aging baby boomers in their golden years. Public pensions, or pay-as-you-go systems, might have worked when there were plenty of young people to support each retiree....

As reports started doing the rounds on social media, the users were engulfed in feelings of anxiety and confusion which left most of them frustrated. However, later on it was revealed that the news was being misinterpreted and the directive was to affect machine to machine (M2M) communication. M2M numbers are the ones that are used for sharing information between devices and not the regular mobile numbers that are exchanged between users....

[HTML1] Just days after CD Projekt RED announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt wouldn’t just be taking the existing series to brand new heights, but be the “final episode in the series,” the developers are clarifying their statements. The Witcher 3 will bring to a close the story of Geralt of Rivia, but won’t necessarily be the last game set within the world or franchise. As if that wasn’t enough of a relief, CDPR has released the first official teaser trailer for the game, along with a few screenshots showing the scale and polish of the new RPG’s environments....

A Note on Discounts and Sales In most cases, comparison shopping among a few stores for the item you want can often lead to saving money or getting some additional products or services along with your purchase. That’s generally not true with the iPad. Apple tightly controls the prices of its products, including what other stores can sell them for, so it’s rare to see significantly different prices at different stores....

This small squall paw& quickly in the excitement over the other appointments. In fact, Clinton has probably already forgotten it. He is almost absurdly willing to forgive if it suits his political interests. Transition officials have nicknamed a certain category of associates the “EOBs” (enemies of Bill)people like Leon Panetta and Alice Rivlin, who criticize his ideas and get big jobs anyway. His chipless shoulder was on display again last week when Al Gore felt free to correct him during a press conference (Clinton had mistakenly said that Carol Browner is the first woman EPA chief)....

Meanwhile, the average amount that undergraduates borrow has shot up 60 percent over the same period, and defaults on loans have jumped as well. More than one-quarter of students can’t keep up with their payments 12 years after borrowing, vs. 18 percent just a few years ago, and that number is projected to hit 40 percent by 2023. With default can come heartache: It can ruin people’s credit scores, wreck their ability to borrow or rent an apartment and, in some areas, cause their professional licenses to be revoked....

A toothless man picks up a zampogna, a crude bagpipe made of billy-goat skin, and produces a first few wheezing groans. Another old-timer bangs a tambourine. A young man named Pepe pumps a small wooden accordion. Foot-stomping rhythms and high-pitched, nasal voices bounce off the humble stucco house behind us and rattle the patio’s corrugated-tin canopy. The guy I decide is boss–a commanding, slightly scary man in shorts and a Nike hat–pulls a plump woman from the crowd, and they break into a shuffling, skipping dance, circling one another while barely touching hands....