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The ʻAi kapu was the kapu system governing contact between men and women. Many aliʻi obtained their power through this system, and then would give thanks to the god of politics Kū.[2] ʻAi means "to eat" and Kapu means sacred. Therefore, it is translated to "sacred eating". In this particular practice, men and women could not eat meals together. Furthermore, certain foods such as pork (the body form of the god Lono), **most types (67 of the 70 varieties) of bananas** (body form of the god Kanaloa), and coconuts (body form of the god Kū) were considered kapu to women. This not only prohibited women from eating these, but also their contact in contexts such as the manufacture of coconut rope. Taro (body form of the god Kāne) was kapu for women to cook and prepare. Some large fish were also kapu for women to eat. Isabella Abbott, a leading ethnobotanist of Hawaii, theorizes that because of the limited "noa" (free) diet for Hawaiian women, seaweeds were relied upon more heavily for Hawaiians than other Pacific islands.[3]

The kapu system was used in Hawaii until 1819, when King Kamehameha II, acting with his mother Queen Keōpūolani, his father's other queen Kaʻahumanu, and Kahuna-nui Hewahewa, abolished it by the symbolic act of sharing a meal of forbidden foods with the women of his court. Abolishing the ʻai kapu assured political power to the line of Kamehameha rulers as monarchs because it limited the power of the rulers below them. Originally, it was from this political system that the rulers throughout the island would gain rank, power, and prestige.[4]

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that it struck a base where foreign mercenaries were located in the region of Zaporizhia.

The videos show at least two rockets leveling the Reikartz Hotel in the center of the city of Zaporizhia on the banks of the Dnieper River.

According to Turkish sources, 45 mercenaries from NATO countries were killed instantly while 70 were injured. The hotel, as seen from the videos and images released so far, was leveled.

The Ukrainian air defense did not have time to react, nor did the air defense sirens sound.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that the Air Force struck a location where foreign mercenaries were located in the Zaporizhia region.

"In the region of the city of Zaporizhia, a temporary deployment site of foreign mercenaries was hit," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konachenkov said.

At the same time, a new video of the Russian missile hitting Zaporizhia appeared on social media.

It shows a rocket leveling the hotel.

According to the Russians, "while initially, the Ukrainian side stated that the strike took place at a civilian infrastructure facility, it later released information confirming that the 'civilian infrastructure facility' was turned into a military one by the Ukrainian military command."

The Ukrainian side says that "volunteers, including foreigners" were staying at the hotel. Locals report that many hotels in Zaporizhia house military personnel, including foreign mercenaries.

The Reikartz hotel was used to accommodate the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries who arrived from various countries of the world, including foreign instructors," the Russians conclude.

Meanwhile, information about the death of the officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Pavlo Tulaydan was confirmed. Tulaydan, with the rank of major, served in the military unit A0515, which belongs to the Ukrainian GUR.

He took part in a number of sabotage and operations, had connections with foreign intelligence services on the territory of Ukraine and was trained abroad. The local authorities of the Yasinsky community of Transcarpathia confirmed his death.

Four MiG-31Ks fired Kinzhal missiles at Kiev and western regions of Ukraine
At the same time, today from 10 am, an air raid alert is sounding all over Ukraine.

MiG-31K aircraft took off from Savasleyka airfield to launch four hypersonic Kinzhal missiles.

The first explosions occurred in the regions of Vinnytsia and Kyiv. At 10:18 there were reports of the first explosions in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Russians hit major logistics terminals in the industrial zone of a cement plant near the city of Yamnitsa.

This is where military cargo from Europe is received and further distributed.

In the Vinnytsia region, where the first explosions have already sounded, there are also logistics nodes, as well as fuel storage facilities. The 48th arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the radar base of the 748th radar are also located here.

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*In yesterday's regular update on the progress of operations, the British Ministry of Defense estimated that one of the factors that contributed to the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive is the weeds that overwhelmed the irrigated and cultivated lands of the Ukrainian South, which were left without care during the 18 months that the war is already going on.*

*Shrubs and small trees have become an obstacle to a counterattack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south, British intelligence said as they sought to explain why the Ukrainian advance is not progressing…*

*"The mainly arable land in the war zone has not been cultivated for 18 months and also due to the hot and humid summer, weeds are actively growing and creating obstacles for the Ukrainians...*

*In addition, such vegetation becomes a cover that helps conceal Russian defensive positions and makes it difficult to clear minefields," the British conclude.*

The fact that weeds and bushes grow is not a good excuse for throwing away 30,000 to 40,000 of your soldiers in 60 days. The 'greatest counter-offensive" started in early June. Ukraine spent up to 40,000 soldiers to take a couple small villages, and has suffered a net loss of territory in that time.

"To the last man!" 😵

When you're on the run from murderous state thugs, don't try to escape through an official border crossing. Now he dies in a Ukrainian labor camp.

(We're never going to see that footage from Knoxville!)