JAMMU, Jan 20: Transport Department, which is supposed to play significant role in the socio-economic development of the State by enhancing mobility besides ensuring strict enforcement of the Motor Vehicle Act, has not prepared any concrete road-map to fulfill its basic mandate.
Due to this, the department and its allied wings have failed to come up to the expectations of the people particularly in rural areas of the State where their presence is of utmost importance for smooth mobility and safety of passengers.
This can be gauged from the information on different vital aspects provided to the Members of Legislative Assembly by none else than the Minister Incharge Transport Department Sunil Sharma today.
The Transport Department has two major constituents—State Road Transport Corporation and Motor Vehicles Department. While the Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) is required to deal with the multi-dimensional aspects of the road transport including enforcement of rules, the State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) is required to provide regular, adequate, economical and coordinated services to the general public.
The condition of the SRTC can be gauged from the fact that it has 750 operational vehicles against the total fleet of 847 and in majority of the rural areas of the State it has negligible presence because of failure of the Government to infuse new lease of life in it.
Erstwhile Doda district (presently comprising of districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban) is one of the victims of negligible presence of SRTC fleet. A total 34 SRTC buses were provided to the erstwhile Doda district in the year 2009. Of these, 15 were provided in Doda, 12 in Kishtwar and 7 in Ramban.
Out of these 34 buses, two belonging to Ramban district were auctioned reducing the fleet of Doda Depot to 32 vehicles. As on date, out of 32 vehicles, 14 are operative and 18 are in the workshop for necessary maintenance during the past quite long time, read the information provided by the Transport Minister.
Interestingly, the Transport Minister is from Kishtwar district, which is also facing acute shortage of SRTC vehicles. "If this is the situation in the district of the Minister what could be the scenario in other parts of the State can be easily gauged", sources said, adding "it is a matter of concern that these three hilly districts which witness maximum road accidents after Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, have been deprived of sufficient number of SRTC vehicles".
It is pertinent to mention here that shortage of SRTC vehicles is leading to overloading in the private vehicles and this is considered as main reason behind the road accidents.
"Additional vehicles will be provided after induction of new fleet" remains the standard reply of the Transport Department to the questions of the Legislators regarding deployment of sufficient number of SRTC vehicles in the rural areas of the State.
What to talk of increasing fleet even the financial condition of the Corporation is not showing any sign of improvement despite the fact that Government is repeatedly issuing statements that steps are being initiated to improve the financial health of SRTC.
The Transport Minister informed the Legislative Assembly that revenue of the Corporation was far less than its expenditure. During 2015-16 financial year, the revenue of SRTC was Rs 100.10 crore while as its expenditure was Rs 113.84 crore. Similarly, during 2016-17, the revenue of the Corporation was Rs 98.29 crore while as its expenditure was Rs 129.73 crore.
As far as Motor Vehicle Department is concerned, it is reeling under acute shortage of manpower particularly of Motor Vehicle Inspectors (MVIs), who are required to check violations of Motor Vehicle Act on ground.
There is only one each Motor Vehicle Inspector in Kathua, Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Bandipora, Shopian, Kulgam and Leh districts while as Samba, Reasi, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kupwara and Pulwama have two each Motor Vehicle Inspectors. There is no Motor Vehicle Inspector in Kargil.
Moreover, the Motor Vehicle Department has failed to establish Institute of Driving, Training and Research (IDTR) during the past several years despite the fact that funds have been made available by the Union Government.
While the work on IDTR Jammu was started recently the IDTR for Srinagar is yet to be sanctioned by the Union Government due to inordinate delay in identification of land by the Motor Vehicle Department.
"Had any road-map been prepared the Transport Department and its allied wings could not have been facing these problems for years together", sources remarked.


Today's episode was recorded at the end of a difficult week. We discuss news related to Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, and I talk about my own struggles with mental health. Golf has been a saving grace for me in many ways, and serves as a means to overcome anxiety and depression.
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Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook until the flour has turned golden brown, about 3 minutes. Whisk in the vegetable stock and bring to a boil over high heat. Whisk in the pumpkin puree until no lumps remain, then add the chipotle peppers, half-and-half cream, sofrito, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and paprika. Return to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 8 minutes until thickened and hot.
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The taste for clutter and realism is curiously buoyant
WHILE the contemporary art market constantly seeks the new—new names, new imagery, new media or simply new novelty—another curious corner of the art market has remained steadfastly old-fashioned, cluttered and sentimental. With bad weather coming, much of London may have been preparing to shut down early for Christmas last week. But Christie's sale of Victorian and British Impressionist pictures on December 16th and Sotheby's sale of Victorian and Edwardian paintings the next day were surprisingly busy.
Of the two auctions, Sotheby's was by far more successful, fetching £4.4m ($7.1m) for works by some of the best-known names of the period, including Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Alfred Munnings, Dame Laura Knight and Charles Spencelayh. The cover lot, Spencelayh's "The Old Dealer", sold for a record price for the artist at auction. The buyer was David Mason, a London dealer who joined his father's firm, MacConnal-Mason, when he was just 17. Mr Mason, who has seen recessions come and go in the 53 year he has been in the business, said afterwards: "Prices today reflect what is happening out there. People are discounting the coming inflation and buying quality. They know that inflation has always been the art dealer's friend."
Buyers in every sector of the art market, from Chinese porcelain to Old Masters, now seem to follow a pattern. They are happy to pay over the odds for top-ranking pictures, but leave the rest untouched. Nearly 40% of the lots in Sotheby's sale were bought in. Its success lay in the high prices achieved for those that sold, half of which were bid up beyond their high estimate. Some pieces went for as much as four times what the auction house had predicted.
John Atkinson Grimshaw is a painter who celebrated industry, commerce and conspicuous wealth during Queen Victoria's reign, dying in 1893. His works are often dark social commentaries featuring streets and portsides, full of ships' rigging and lamplight that seems visually interchangeable with moonlight. Eight years ago Mr Mason sold an 1881 Grimshaw entitled "Prince's Dock, Hull" to an American collector for £130,000. Consigning the picture to Sotheby's, that same American saw his Grimshaw sell to an anonymous bidder for £397,250 (including commission and taxes), the third highest price achieved for the artist at auction.
Spencelayh, the son of an iron and brass founder, rose to be a prolific member of the Royal Academy of Arts and a favourite of Queen Mary. His work is, if anything, even more unfashionable-looking than Grimshaw's. Spencelayh, who died in 1928, liked to paint fussy interiors. The most sought after are realistic pictures of men, often gathered around a table in a room full of clutter, with glazed jugs, books, umbrellas and pieces of velvet jumbled together. There is usually a pipe or two on the table, and there is nearly always a clock hanging on the wall.
A Manchester cotton merchant named Levy supported Spencelayh from the early 1920s. He offered the artist and his wife a house to live in and bought a number of his paintings. When Levy's widow, Rosie, auctioned his collection in 1946, the picture that fetched the highest sum was "The Old Dealer", which Spencelayh had painted in 1925. It was sold again in 1973, where it was bought by Richard Green, a London dealer, on behalf of an American collector for about £30,000.
Consigned last week to Sotheby's by this same collector, it sold for more than ten times that (£337,250 including commission and taxes) to Mr Mason. Mr Green, an earlier owner, was the underbidder. "It has everything you could want: the old man, the clock, the knickknacks," Mr Mason said afterwards. "It is quite simply the best example of a Spencelayh I have ever seen." Mr Mason said he bought the picture for stock, with no particular collector in mind.
"On the Cliffs" (pictured above) is one of a series of pictures that Laura Knight painted of women sitting high above the water on the Cornish coast. In one of the earliest examples, "Daughter of the Sun", the women were naked. That picture did not sell when Knight exhibited it at the Royal Academy in 1912, and Knight later cut it up and sold the pieces after it had become damaged. She continued to be inspired by the Cornish theme in the years before the end of the first world war, after she and her husband moved to London. In "On the Cliffs" one woman is sewing while the other may be threading a needle. Both are strong, calm figures. Behind them the sea, silvery, shimmering and full of light, has the same idyllic quality of water painted at the time by the Scottish Colourists. But there are no men in any of Knight's pictures of this period, reminding viewers that war was close at hand.
"On the Cliffs" sold to an anonymous bidder for £646,050, nearly twice the top estimate. Even at that price, many regard the painting as a bargain. In July, Galen Weston, a Canadian billionaire whose family owns Fortnum & Mason, bought the companion picture, "Wind and Sun". It cost him £914,850.

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Deepti Sharma hands a return catch to Katherine Brunt
Smriti Mandhana completed her half-century in the 6th over of the innings as India got off to a blazing start in the semi-final against England in Commonwealth Games 2022. Soon after Mandhana's half-century was accomplished, Shafali Verma ended up losing her wicket. India couldn't capitalize on the platform that was set by Mandhana's exploits as well as they would have liked, with Deepti Sharma's dismissal leaving them at 159/4 in the final over.
Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to put runs on the board.
India set the tone 🔥
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Some memorable moments of the L.A. Pride parade through the years
Edward Williams, 24, waves flags during the Annual West Hollywood Gay Pride Parade in 2009.
(Christina House / For the Times)
By Brian De Los Santos
June 11, 2017 6 AM PT
The LA Pride parade is usually a celebration for the LGBTQ community. But this year, organizers are returning to its political roots with the Resist March.
"We're getting back to our roots," Brian Pendleton, a board member for Christopher Street West, the nonprofit that organizes the annual event, told The Times in March. "We will be resisting forces that want to roll back our rights, and politicians who want to make us second-class citizens."
Here's a look back at the parade's history and its memorable moments.
The first LA Pride Parade
The first parade took place in Hollywood — at a time when gay sex was actually illegal in California. It was organized to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots, an uprising triggered by a police raid of a gay bar in New York City.
The LGBTQ community in L.A. also had experiences with police brutality. Officers beat gay patrons and arrested 14 for same-sex kissing — which was illegal during the time — at the Black Cat on New Year's Day 1967. That event sparked gay-rights protests.
The first LA Pride Parade took place along Hollywood Boulevard on June 29, 1970. (Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
The parade is a no-show
The parade skipped a year in 1973 due to infighting among the organizers, "offensive" parade floats and opposition from some bar owners, according to The Advocate.
'Defeat Briggs'
Parade attendees protested the Briggs Initiative, a proposed measure that would have banned LGBTQ people from working in California public schools.
Young men chant against the Briggs proposition during the Gay Pride Parade held on Hollywood Boulevard. (Christopher Hardy / Los Angeles Times)
The parade moves to West Hollywood
The parade moved to Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood — now one of the biggest LGBTQ-friendly cities — after the community incorporated.
AIDS epidemic
An AIDS advocacy group staged a die-in, forming chalk outlines to represent people who died of AIDS.
Parade participants stage a die-in at San Vicente and Santa Monica Boulevard. (Lisa Romerein / Los Angeles TImes)
(Lisa Romerein /)
Same-sex marriage win in California
Attendees celebrated the California Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. But later that year, California voters approved Proposition 8, which eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Robin Tyler and Diane Olsen celebrate the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage by riding on a wedding float together on June 8, 2008. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
NOH8 and Prop. 8
The NOH8 movement — and many other LGBTQ organizations — jumped into action when Proposition 8 was enacted in California. The campaign, created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley, rallied for marriage equality and gay rights by using images of people wearing duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being "silenced."
NOH8 participates during the LA Pride Parade on June 12, 2011. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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'Equal dignity': Same-sex marriage becomes a right
The U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling on same-sex marriage is highlighted during the 2016 parade. (There had been an impromptu celebration in June of 2015, hours after the court's decision.)
Couple Lulu Garcia and Dani Garcia kiss during the annual LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood. This was their first pride parade. (Harrison Hill / Los Angeles Times)
(Harrison Hill / Los Angeles Times)
Pulse shooting creates a somber tone
Last year's parade took place just a few hours after a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in which 49 people were fatally shot. The 29-year-old gunman, Omar Mateen, had spoken in the past of his hatred for gay people.
The typically joyous LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood took on a somber tone Sunday in the wake of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that killed 49 people. (Dillon Deaton / Los Angeles Times)
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# Troubleshooting

### How do I add `this.props.router` to my component?

You need to wrap your component using `withRouter` to make the router object available to you.

```jsx
const Component = withRouter(
  React.createClass({
    //...
  })
)
```

### Getting the previous location

```jsx
<Route component={App}>
  {/* ... other routes */}
</Route>

const App = React.createClass({
  getInitialState() {
    return { showBackButton: false }
  },

  componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
    const routeChanged = nextProps.location !== this.props.location
    this.setState({ showBackButton: routeChanged })
  }
})
```

### Component won't render

Route matching happens in the order they are defined (think `if/else if` statement). In this case, `/about/me` will show the `<UserPage>` component because `/about/me` matches the first route. You need to reorder your routes if this happens. `<About>` will never be reachable:

```jsx
<Router>
  <Route path="/:userName/:id" component={UserPage}/>
  <Route path="/about/me" component={About}/>
</Router>
```

`About` is now reachable:

```jsx
<Router>
  <Route path="/about/me" component={About}/>
  <Route path="/:userName/:id" component={UserPage}/>
</Router>
```

### Parent path does not show as active

If your routes look like:

```jsx
<Route path="/">
  <Route path="widgets" component={WidgetList} />
  <Route path="widgets/:widgetId" component={Widget} />
</Route>
```

Then the path `/widgets` will not be considered active when the current path is something like `/widgets/3`. This is because React Router looks at parent _routes_ rather than parent _paths_ to determine active state. To make the path `/widgets` active when the current path is `/widgets/3`, you need to declare your routes as:

```jsx
<Route path="/">
  <Route path="widgets">
    <IndexRoute component={WidgetList} />
    <Route path=":widgetId" component={Widget} />
  </Route>
</Route>
```

As an additional benefit, this also removes the duplication in declaring route paths.

### "Required prop was not specified" on route components

You might see this if you are using `React.cloneElement` to inject props into route components from their parents. If you see this, remove `isRequired` from `propTypes` for those props. This happens because React validates `propTypes` when the element is created rather than when it is mounted. For more details, see [facebook/react#4494](https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/4494#issuecomment-125068868).

You should generally attempt to use this pattern as sparingly as possible. In general, it's best practice to minimize data dependencies between route components.

### Passing additional values into route components

There are multiple ways to do this depending on what you want specifically.

#### Declare properties on the route

You can define additional props on `<Route>` or on the plain route:

```jsx
<Route foo="bar" />
```

These properties will then be available on `this.props.route` on the route component, such as with `this.props.route.foo` above.

#### Inject props to all routes via middleware

You can define a middleware that injects additional props into each route component:

```jsx
const useExtraProps = {
  renderRouteComponent: child => React.cloneElement(child, extraProps)
}
```

You can then use this middleware with:

```jsx
<Router
  history={history}
  routes={routes}
  render={applyRouterMiddleware(useExtraProps)}
/>
```

#### Use a top-level context provider

You can export React context on a top-level provider component, then access this data throughout the tree on rendered components.

```jsx
<ExtraDataProvider>
  <Router history={history} routes={routes} />
</ExtraDataProvider>
```

### `<noscript>` with server-side rendering and async routes

Use `match({ history, routes })` on the client side. See [the server rendering guide](guides/ServerRendering.md#async-routes).

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For their final project, five New York University grad students created Listserve, a mailing list where members opt to receive one email a day from a randomly selected stranger.
For their final project, "Designing Conversational Spaces," five New York University grad students created what they call "The Listserve." Members opt to receive one email a day from a randomly selected stranger, often notes of advice and reflection. In less than two months, 20,000 subscribers worldwide signed up. Cofounder Josh Begley picks three writers and tells us why he loves their messages.


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Editor's Picks Games
Critical Role, the Role of Stories, and the Church
Elizabeth Garn
On Monday March 4, a Kickstarter went live.
That's not at all unusual; Kickstarters go live every day. What was unusual about this campaign is that within an hour, the original goal of $750,000 had been blown away and pledges had surpassed a million U.S. dollars… within 24 hours, the total had passed the $4 million mark and was still rising. The most unusual thing, however, is that this Kickstarter was for a 30-minute animated show based on Dungeons and Dragons. You read that correctly, this was a fundraising campaign for a show based on good ol' D&D, and they raised $4 million dollars in one day.
The fundraising campaign was launched by the people at Critical Role, an online live-streamed Dungeons and Dragons game played by a number of well-known, and well-loved, voice actors. The show airs every Thursday night on Twitch and has steadily gained a loyal following with each episode getting hundreds of thousands of views. After only four days, the Kickstarter has broken the record for most-funded TV or film campaign ever, and now, with 30 days to go, they are hovering at over $7.5 million dollars raised. The success of their Kickstarter is huge, huge news for the geek community but it is also huge news for everyone else, especially those of us in the church who are seeking to engage with the world, and the culture, around us.
The soaring popularity of Critical Role among the geek world was, and is, rooted in both the beauty of their tale and who they are as people.
To understand how monumental this is, however, it's probably necessary to take a step back for a moment and look at exactly what is going on. First, it's important to understand that this is all about Dungeons and Dragons. Yep, the ultra-nerdy D&D that crept onto the scene in the 70s and then made media headlines in the 80s for promoting Satan worship and occult behavior (it didn't do ether, by the way) is back. The same D&D that was largely shunned by the church and left to be played secretly in basements by only the nerdiest of nerds is making headlines again and skyrocketing in popularity. And some of us, myself included, could not be more excited about that.
Dungeons and Dragons is a game. It involves people sitting around a table to play, rolling dice, and you can, in theory, win. But to be entirely honest, D&D is so much more than that. At its core, D&D is storytelling. When people sit down to play, they are not sitting around a game board and spinning a spinner—in fact, boards and tokens aren't necessary at all. Instead, players work together to create a story. If you were to buy D&D at the store, what you would be purchasing is a game manual; a book of rules that let you tell a story together with friends. One player is the game master (or GM) who controls the overall flow of the plot and who is responsible for describing each scene as it unfolds. Every other player is responsible for one character that they move throughout the story world. They can explore, fight, and interact with anything in the world, and dice are used to see how successful the character's actions are. Anything is possible in the story, the only limit is the imagination of the players and the roll of the dice. At its heart, D&D is not about winning or conquering, it's all about working together to craft a really fun story.
In March of 2015, Matthew Mercer and his group of friends, under the banner of the Geek and Sundry Production Company, began live-streaming the D&D game that they had started playing a few years prior. They called it Critical Role, and the plan was pretty simple, the friends would sit around a table and simply play, exactly like they would at home. It wasn't animated. There were no costumes or even really a set. It truly was a group of people just sitting around talking, munching on snacks, and playing D&D. What made this show so special was that these people are amazing storytellers and the story they were telling hooked us. It helps, of course, that they are all incredibly talented voice actors who portrayed their characters to perfection. But it was more than that. The soaring popularity of Critical Role among the geek world was, and is, rooted in both the beauty of their tale and who they are as people.
As storytellers, the cast of Critical Role are masters, not because they studied the craft of storytelling or anything like that (though, as actors, they might have), but because they are committed to being honest. Each member of the cast controls one character; characters that have vivid backstories, dynamic personalities, individual goals, and differing abilities. As they play, they are careful to make decisions that are in line with their character and that match the character's goals, longings, hurts, fears, and so on. In short, they act like real people. This requires a tremendous amount of empathy. In fact, studies have shown that D&D promotes empathy for this very reason, as players are urged to make decisions for their character based on what that character thinks, feels, fears, and more—not how they as a player want things to go. What this means is that things won't always go well for the group as a whole and the story doesn't often follow the traditional story arc that we're used to in books and movies today… which means it is so much better.
The original season of Critical Role aired over 400 hours of content. In that time, the characters experienced triumph and loss, depresion, grief, joy, and love. It was gritty and not altogether PG. But it was honest, and it struck a chord with a part of the population that craves honesty. It took stories seriously, it saw people as they are, and in turn, it made the viewers feel seen as well. What's more, the cast lived out this empathetic mindset as well. They are humble and gracious to their fans (who call themselves Critters). They reach out, care for, and support members of the community. They promote other geek organizations and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. They work hard to make sure that everyone in their community feels seen and valued. In a very real way, the cast of Critical Role practices what they preach: kindness, honesty, inclusion, and love.
When they launched their Kickstarter on March 4, their plan was to raise money to finally be able to do what Critters have been asking for for years: produce an animated special that would tell a new story of the characters from their first campaign. A prequel, if you will. The response has been far greater than they imagined and they will now be making it an animated series instead.
To the geek community this is huge. It brings widespread positive media attention to a hobby that tons of people today love, a hobby that got many of its original players shunned and mocked. It's spreading the word about a show they adore and are excited to see grow. It's giving more people in the geek community a voice in the mainstream public and helping more and more people to feel seen and known. It's promoting fantasy as good and fun. And it's promoting storytelling as a real and powerful art form. This is all extremely exciting!
This is also huge news for the church. It may not seem important to the average churchgoer, but what is happening here has much to show us about the world we live in, the importance of stories, and the need for authentic community.
The success of this campaign is a dramatic example of the growing popularity of geek culture. The term geek used to refer to someone who was eccentric about non-mainstream hobbies or who was socially awkward, but that doesn't apply anymore. Instead, the term geek today refers to anyone who loves a particular fandom. That includes anything sci-fi, fantasy, magical, or just plain fun. There are Harry Potter geeks, Dr. Who geeks, Disney geeks, board game geeks, just to name a few. What's interesting to note, however, is that these fandoms, whatever they may be, are practically a part of a geeky person's identity. Not their whole identity, of course, but a big part of who they are. That's important to be aware of because when one of their interests is maligned, or made fun of from the pulpit, they feel shunned as well.
This is partly why, historically speaking, geeks have not felt particularly welcomed in the church. The massive outpouring of love for Critical Role and the growing number of people both watching and playing D&D says a lot about how widespread geek culture is. Chances are your neighbors are geeks, or your coworkers, or your delivery person, or even the person sitting next to you on the pew. We need to ask ourselves if we are welcoming to and inclusive of this segment of the population and if not why? This is, as they say, the age of the geek!
Our Need for Stories
This story is also important news for the church because it demonstrates the power of, and the longing for, a well-told story. This shouldn't surprise us—after all, Jesus was a master storyteller who demonstrated over and over again the power of stories. But we sometimes forget that. We forget that stories don't need to be formulaic or trite. That they don't need to be preachy or moralistic to be good. In fact, in most cases, they are more powerful if they're not. What stories need to be is honest. People around us are longing for stories that show real people, with real struggles, trying to survive real heartache or real love. They are looking for meaning and hope and life; stories show them the universality of the problems of man—and we need that. People are looking for stories that show them who they are and show them they are worthy of love and worth pursuing.
As Francis Schaeffer said, "A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself." Storytelling is an art that is beautiful, which is why this game has so much goodness to offer. This doesn't necessarily mean that your church should start a D&D ministry (although I think that would be awesome), but it does mean that we should encourage the creators in our midst to create and we should affirm that what they create doesn't have to be just for ministry. And if you're not creating art, be excited about those around you who are. Creating, after all, is a way in which we bear the image God to the world around us.
Our Desire for Community
Finally, the raging success of this Kickstarter is emphasizing the importance of community. When asked about what draws people to Critical Role, the cast found that people were almost as equally drawn to the friendships of the cast members as they were to the story. It is well known in the Critter community what good friends the cast really are. They hang out regularly, have known each other for years, and their families spend time together. They really are best friends, and that shows as they work together to play D&D. They care for each other, and every single week, they demonstrate what it looks like to live in community. It's something not many of us have experienced and yet most of us long for. This type of community is something that we in the church, as the body of Christ, should be living out already, but often struggle with. Critical Role gives us an insider's view to what that might look like.
It's easy to get caught up in the belief that our churches need to be flashy and fun, that our services should be trendy and relevant. It's easy to forget that friendship and honest care matters significantly more to most people. The truth is that most people simply want to be seen, to be known. They want honest to goodness community, to know that they matter, to know that someone cares if they even showed up… and misses them when they don't. People want to know that there is someone else who genuinely wants to be with them. We crave this type of friendship and so does the world. Seeing the huge success of Critical Role reminds me that often times, the best outreach is simply loving well the people already in our midst.
Come 2020 the cast of Critical Role will release their now much-anticipated animated show. I'm ridiculously excited to see it—I loved those characters and loved their stories. But more than being excited about the show, seeing the massive success of their Kickstarter tells us much about how we, as the church, can and should interact with the geeks around us. Geek culture is growing and all evidence points to it only gaining steam. And that's great; it's a culture that emphasizes kindness, welcoming attitudes, and seeing people as they are, and we're called to do all those things as well. We actually have quite a bit in common with the geek community already! We can learn a lot from them about the power of real stories and the importance of caring for the people around us—not as a tool to wield in filling our pews, but as a way of living out the gospel in the world around us.
Elizabeth Garn is a writer, speaker, wife, mother, and a total geek. When she's not picking Legos off the family room floor, she's writing about everyday theology, talking about what it means to be made in the image of God, and counting down the days until the next D&D night. She has her MA in theological studies from RTS, has written for The Gospel Coalition, and blogs at www.ElizabethGarn.com. You can follow her on twitter @GarnElizabeth.
This is why, as church leaders and D&D s and board game players, my friend and I and our wives are launching a board game restaurant this fall in our town. Authentic relationship is key to our mission statement and we see this as an opportunity to not only create lasting relationships in our community with this rising culture but gain the financial and time freedoms to support the church even more. Amen, brother. Keep rolling those Nat 20's!
bah! Days later and now reading this I see I was exhausted and wish I could edit. Haha. Amen SISTER! :-)
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I am actually part of D&D church small group. It's not promoted on the church website due to the game's reputation, but there are 9 of us who meet biweekly. We pray together before we start. 2 aren't Christians, but one is now coming to our Bible study small group.
I also love Critical Role, but you should probably mention the adult language and content on the show. Some Christians might give it a try based on this article and feel betrayed when they curse. I haven't been able to find a D&D podcast where the players don't yet.
Nekomancer says:
Allow me to recommend Fate and the fablemaidens as a really fun PG d&d podcast!
Paul Powers says:
I would recommend Dungeons of Drakenheim! I think I've heard 2 "mild" curse word.
I attended church for twenty years and was raised in a very conservative Christian household. I learned from a young age that cursing was not allowed but I was never told why. Just that it wasn't proper.
Out of curiosity (and please take this in the spirit it's intended, I'm genuinely curious) but where in the Bible does it discourage cursing? I can understand the societal aversion to certain words and that they may not be appropriate in certain settings but I've nerve understood this blanket belief that all Christians must abhor cursing.
That being said, the article states that show was hardly PG but I agree that it could've gone farther to really explain just how so.
You might give Sneak Attack a try. They just recently started their second season which isn't strictly D&D, but it's very well done and very clean.
Jon D. says:
The podcast "the titans of All'Terra" is a Paster (dm) and his wife and brother and sister in law? They are a family friendly D&d podcast!! And their community is on the rise as well!!
Words only have the power you assign to them. Just as the word in the Bible resonate with many people, it is because those people accept those words, but you can just as easily deny other words power. While I would not necessarily recommend allowing young children to watch Critical Role, if you are a full grown adult, you are shutting out an aspect of reality that you in all honesty really need to just come to terms with. That doesn't mean you have to curse, but it is a part of life and will probably continue to be. Plugging your ears and shutting your eyes to that reality will not change that. You also deny yourself many rewarding life experiences by limiting yourself to friends and entertainment that stick strictly to one doctrine or set of personal rules. Critical Role is one example. I would also point out the article does mention that Critical Role isnt exactly PG.
Mireigi says:
It depends on the character being portrayed and played by a member of the group. When playing a rowdy brawler barbarian with a short temper and non-diplomatic approach to problem solving, it is befitting of the character to use foul language.
Granted, it is not necessary to swear when speaking in character, but at some points it is necessary to do so to stay true to the character.
In the end it is about acceptance and compromise when playing in a D&D group. Lay out, and agree to, a set of ground rules beforehand, for both style and tone, then work from there – keeping in mind that everyone at the table will have different ideas, styles, goals, and expectations.
aleta says:
I love this so much.
Brad Medford says:
As a Student Pastor who is a total geek, this communicates everything I've tried to convince people of when they wonder why I host a D&D game for my high schoolers at our church. Thank you for writing this! And thank you to Critical Role for bringing D&D back into the light!
As a man, raised in church, D&D was scorned by the church and I avoided it my whole life. As a younger person, still clueless about the importance of Grace, Mercy, and Love, I would judge those who associated with it, and other mislabeled "evil things".
When I turned 34, I discovered Pathfinder, another Role Playing Game, based off of D&D. I was floored at how safe it was! Nothing Satanic about it! I was actually angry at The Church for robbing me off a game that would have been an amazing outlet for brothers, father and me! I couldn't believe how many years I'd missed out on this because someone in The Church gave in to the media hype and, from the pulpit slandered something without doing any real research for themselves.
In the end, Pathfinder was too number crunchy for me, so I put it aside, but a couple years later D&D 5th Edition was released, and Critical Role began streaming on Getting & Sundry. I loved the show and loved how easy Matt made it seem to be a GM.
Inspired by the show, I have since begun running my own games. I've watched this creativity inside of me come alive. I had no idea what it meant to be a "Storyteller" until I really dove into this new chapter in my life. It's been wonderful to feel His creativity store inside me. It's been powerful watching others use these stories to help emotionally process things happening in real life, knowing that there is safety in the game.
There really is a wonderful sense of community around Critical Role. This time last year, my brother, best friend and I went to Lexington, KY do I could meet Matt in person. I can tell you, he really is a genuine and sweet person. In the hours leading up to meeting him, the line I waited in was the times longer than the line to meet Chuck Norris! What was amazing about the wait, however, v was how easily every person there just became friends with these random strangers. They shared a common passion for the show and the game. It was a magical experience that I'll always treasure.
If we, the church, could learn to see past differences and just see directly into the heart of our neighbors, we could see them as God sees them, ignore their flaws, love them as He loves them, and build a community like none other. Look for ways in which we have something in common. Find a shared excitement. Share stories… And in the end, share the stories that God has placed inside is. We will become the community that He really created is to be!
As a geek who has been worshipping Jesus and playing D&D for many years, this article literally had me in tears. I cannot tell you how many times I and my fellow players have been shunned or accused of some manner of sin because of this game (and others like it).
This was so refreshing and uplifting to me. Thank you.
melissa reaver says:
Thank you for writing this! As a church goer since basically birth, I think what drew me to critical role(other than my husband) was the story which is hilarious, raw and powerful. But what has kept me watching has been not only the Cast being in community but the Critters as a community. I see DAILY examples of generosity, understanding, support and encouragement from not just from cast to fans but from fans to other fans. It is wonderful.
Aaron Gansky says:
So this came across my Google news feed. Perhaps because I've been bingeing Critical Role's campaign two (almost caught up–came to it pretty late). As a Christian fantasy author (and a story aficionado), I'm in love with the thought and care put into the characters and the story. You've nailed it here very nicely. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this. I can only conclude we're some sort of kindred spirits.
Saw this in passing, and it caught my interest. I, personally, have left the church due to personal reasons, but I still love seeing how people come together, especially over something like Critical Role. One thing I admire about people in the church is how they can find the good in everything, even if it is a little geeky. Unexpected article, but very much so welcomed
I can't speak for everyone, I definitely have hermit tendencies and since I've danced a few dances in nerdom my views may well be slanted a bit, but there are a lot of times in life (in and outside of church) when I know that I need to keep opinions to myself about most things and find things in common with whomever is around me. You know what I mean, tuck the stray tendrils that would give away my latent geekiness and find the heartstrings that connect us. In any group of people- even those we know well and love madly, there will be things that are not open for discussion. We choose to find where the intersections are, or whether there are things that show evidence during that search that strain your personal spirit (i.e, cursing, physical violence, drugs, guns, mean gossip,) and we need to leave. In other words— there is an unwritten necessity for EACH side to want to share those intersections.
Jessica Sydow says:
I'm so glad to see a refreshing, insightful, and heartwarming take on this from a religious eye. I've only been in the ttrpg community for about 2 and a half years now, but in that time I have made some of the best friends of my life, learned to love myself more, made huge leaps in handling mental illness, and – most importantly – bolstered my God-given gifts for creativity. Of course, I've also had people push the "D&D is sinful" idea at me, and my response is (kindly) just the same – that it's about creating a story with friends.
Plus I just LOVE Critical Role!
Thank you for this article, Elizabeth. God bless, and happy gaming!
Sharon Buck says:
This sounds very intriguing. I would like to sit at a table and play if it would help me to interact with and understand some folks I have no access to or nothing in common with on the surface. Christians are always trying to figure out how to engage others with Jesus' love. This might be a vehicle for trying to do that in an initially uncomfortable setting.
Tyler Durham says:
Speaking as a lifelong Table Top gamer, new people are always welcome in the hobby. I think it's a great way to meet new people, make new friends, and have a good time. I would caution you that most people who go to play a game are just looking to have a good time, not necessarily a religious discussion. As long as you approach it through the lens of meeting people and getting new perspectives and having fun you should have a great experience though.
Ken Kuhn says:
As a fellow-Critter, Christian, and pastor, I can't agree more with this article. This is so well done and the lessons for the Church are spot on. May we become a people known for our love, unity, and community just as Christ called us to be. Many blessings friend!
Thank you for this thoughtfully written article, what a wonderful thing to read. I'm grateful that I have found belonging in the church, in a D&D group and in the Critter community. In my opinion, Critical Role represents the best things about geek culture: creativity, friendship … and all the other great stuff you mentioned!
Victor H. says:
I found your article quite uplifting and relatable. In the past decade I have distanced myself from the Church due to this unfavorable view on being a geek. However I didn't want it to affect my relationship with the Lord. Your article is something I plan to share with friends and family who wonder why I enjoy playing D&D and watching Critical Role. It articulates all that I want to say, but in the moment probably can't think of the way to say it. I hope to read more pieces written by you and I too cannot wait for 2020.
Yeah! This! This! This! I am a Christian, a Critter, and a gamer. I grew up in the midst of the Satanic panic around D&D and never got to play as much as I wanted. In fact, I've spent so much of my life hiding my geekiness from church, family, and even friends. But I don't hide any more. I believe the church needs to learn these lessons about community. Now more than ever, we need each other. And we must learn to bring people in, even if we disagree with them or find them weird. It gets too easy to say a Christian looks a certain way or thinks a certain way and that simply isn't true. Thanks so much for this!!!
Joel Clark says:
I started playing D&D with some friends from work a year and a half ago. Now I'm the DM, and I let my group know at the outset that I am a Christian. I assured them that I respected them, even though most are not even remotely Christian, and asked only to be given the same. They clapped. We've had a lot of fun, and I get to be part of telling an amazing story with amazing people who otherwise might not have much if any interaction with Christians. As DM I also get to shape the narrative and highlight elements of biblical world view in our shared adventure. I'm grateful for this incredible opportunity to share life and show God's love even in a little way to these beautiful people.
Realityleak says:
I love this piece. It really hits home. I came here because it was posted in a critical role facebook group and I Wass interested in this perspective. What I found was a sensitive, balanced and reflective essay on inclusivity.
I'm not a massive fan of organised religion, where someone stands at the front and delivers their opinion on what I should be believing (it might not be a popular POV on here, but it's mine) so it's a breath of fresh air to read something this honest and thought provoking.
As a non-religious Critter I find this article very interesting (I found the link in one of the fan groups). I think you make some good points about why the cast are adored so much and how so many people have been pulled in by the stories that they weave together. However, I think you've missed one of the key points, and the one that really makes people feel such a strong bond to this group- inclusion, representation and acceptance. This is something that I feel religion as a whole is terrible at doing- it can be very quick to judge and say that certain ways of life are wrong, or evil, or should be punished. Just look at some of the comments that have already been left here- "I and my fellow players have been shunned or accused of some manner of sin because of this game". "I've spent so much of my life hiding my geekiness from church, family, and even friends". "D&D was scorned by the church and I avoided it my whole life". What Critical Role does so we'll is incorporate all manner of people in the world- race, sexual orientation, gender, ability, age, religion, background… almost everyone is represented and as long as you are a good person, nothing else matters. This is why the fan base is huge- it has reached everyone who feels isolated, marginalised and misrepresented and given them a safe space where they can escape, and a fanbase that relates. Religion loves a good story with a moral at the end, so I say if there is any lesson to take from Critical Role, it isn't that there is suddenly a new target audience to try to convert, it's that if you act with love and empathy and acceptance towards your fellow humans, it makes the world a better place. Be that good Samaritan
As a gamer geek (every type of gaming) Christian I've honestly struggled a lot in finding a way to make the outlet if D&D "Christianized" as it were. But I honestly think you have changed my mind on that, and I think that's why I never really got anywhere with it. I need to start looking at my own honesty in things, even if it's not a perfect example of Christianity or God, and the truth is that there is NO perfect example of being a Christian other then Jesus. Thank you for writing this article, and I'm glad Liam reposted it.
As with other people, this showed up in my feed and i enjoyed reading it, but i wanted to offer the perspective of someone who is a non-practicing geek. I teach philosophy and sometimes world/comparative religions at the college level.
I certainly agree that we are seeing a yearning for truth, and authenticity, real relationships and engagement with other humans. The resurgence of these games is testament to that.
However while i think you are right that the church can learn from this, there is one important part of history your article misses; when d&d first appeared it was members of the christian church who actively campaigned to have d&d banned. They saw it as demonic, sinful and bad which lead, to a large degree, to the vilifying of geek culture. Even today, a quick Google can reveal that many Christians feel anxious about playing d&d and seek approval from other Christians as to whether or not it is acceptable.
There is a common trend here; some Christians attack a particular group and it's members, marginalize them from their own membership, and then later seek to accept and welcome them.
Where critical role shines, as you said, is in how welcoming and accepting it is. This is something many Christians can learn an important lesson from, as can we all. Instead of expecting others to conform to our own standards, we should be more willing to meet people where they are and to seek to develop relationships of care.
Again, good article, and very interesting, but let's not forget the past.
The Ogre says:
I was a gamer at the tail end of the Dark Times. I remember being told I was going to go to hell for playing D&D by other parents, my grandmother, class mates, teachers, and priests. And now you want to use gaming as a hip new way to reach out to folks? I'm more than a little insulted.
Gaming is for everyone, no arguments here, but if you get snide remarks from older gamers, it's because we remember. And we know how fast the Wyrm can turn. And I personally doubt any call for inclusion of the gamer geek will last past D&D being in the lime light.
But hey, you do you. Have fun gaming, it's a great hobby and past time for all those reasons mentioned above. Just try not to burn the books when you're done.
Old School D&D Guy says:
Hmm, excusing idolatry for a so-called narrative. Let me explain.
Owned all of the version 1 manuals. I hid them behind a drawer in my dresser. Played secretly in attics, outside, and in garages. Played D&D, AD&D, Star Frontiers, Top Secret, Star Wars, MERP, etc. As a PK, I saw the videos on Wednesday nights talking about how D&D was a gateway to the demonic. I watched Tom Hanks get 'lost' in Dungeons And Dragons, the movie. I watched the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon every Saturday morning. You get the picture. I was deeply invested in RPGs. They were fun. I thought the haters didn't understand, and weren't interested in trying.
Yes, there is a strong community bond that forms among players.
Here's what I know, RPGs are addictive. I saw friends not satisfied with playing 8-10 hours at a time on the weekends. They began playing at lunch in High School. Then, they were playing in class. RPGs are attractive to bright, imaginative people. Over time, RPGs will begin to preoccupy your thinking. Like alcohol or any other addictive drug, a player begins thinking about playing when they're not playing. A player begins to organize their life and relationships around playing. Playing becomes one of the first things they think about every day. Between games, players thoughts are preoccupied with the next game. When a player suffers loss in the game, they react strongly and experience real grief. If you were to substitute this with TV, the Internet, gaming, alcohol, marijuana, etc. We would say this is a problem.
Yet, here's another article extolling the benefits of RPGs — even as a vehicle to reach people for Jesus.
Gang, I've had a front-row seat with this since 1982. You will reap a bitter harvest. I have friends who could not separate reality from an RPG. Long before video games, RPGs were designed to become more addictive over time. We recognize that engineers design video games to be addictive, creating dopamine experiences in the brain. Where do you think that understanding came from? In the 1980s, during the burgeoning video game revolution that was heavily influenced by RPGs. Just because there isn't a screen doesn't mean there isn't an addictive component to RPGs.
You are not discovering something new. You aren't redeeming something good. Learn from a generation that has gone before you. There is real danger here. Not for every single player, but absolutely for many. RPGs are idols to many people. We need to open our eyes and see it for what it is.
Go outside. Take a walk. Play a pickup game of basketball. Take your kids out on a picnic. Invite coworkers out to dinner. We can be active, build community, AND share the greatest narrative ever given to mankind – God's love story to us!
Please, don't @ me.
Sorry, I'm gonna @you on this one. Anything taken to an extreme can become addictive. Not just rpg's, anything. Even basketball. You're letting prejudice blind you to the good a tabletop rpg can do. I've made lifelong friends across the table fighting goblins. I've mourned character deaths like I would a tv character I loved. Art can teach us empathy, and that's a good thing
This is an article I've wanted to see written for over a year. I didn't feel I could write without sounding vindictive or accusatory, so I didn't ever write anything. You managed to say the kinds of things I wanted to, so thank you.
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Title Bushmaster : Raymond Ditmars and the hunt for the world's largest viper / Dan Eatherley ; foreword by Desmond Morris.
Author Eatherley, Dan.
Publication New York : Arcade Publishing, 2017.
Edition First Arcade Publishing paperback edition.
Description xxxii, 303 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Call # 597.963 E
Contents Prologue: His unwavering grip -- Working up snakes -- Pleased with a rattler, tickled with its fang -- Silent death of the black night -- The master of snakes -- A snapping turtle in a tin bathtub -- A decided awakening of unbiased interest -- Reptilian deviltry of the world -- A sort of Freemason -- A messy business -- A sympathetic knowledge -- The stage of nature -- A naturalist's paradise -- The main thing is the bushmaster -- Six feet long and vicious -- We can get all we want now -- Epilogue: My happiest hours -- Author's note: Meeting Gloria.
Summary The amazing story of one man's obsession with an enigmatic and deadly reptile. Raymond Ditmars (1876-1942), the first curator of reptiles at New York's famous Bronx Zoo, brought cold-blooded animals to public attention as never before. Through wildly successful books and movies, he inspired a generation of zoologists with his fascination for snakes, insects, and other misunderstood creatures. Ditmars was among the most celebrated naturalists in America. His reptile-collecting trips for the zoo spawned newspaper headlines across the world. Although a serpent lover, he was all too aware of the devastating effects of snakebites and was instrumental in the development of antivenom. His films and writings brought him fame, but he remained a devoted zoo employee, doing what he loved most: caring for animals. Bushmaster tells the story of this remarkable man and what became an obsession with the mysterious bushmaster of the South American rainforest. Measuring up to thirteen feet in length, this is the world's largest viper, and its scientific name, Lachesis muta, translates as silent fate. Despite numerous expeditions to jungles from Honduras to Brazil, Ditmars could never capture a bushmaster for himself. Now, British author Dan Eatherley follows in Ditmars's footsteps, revisiting his early haunts in the United States and South America. He attempts to do what Ditmars himself failed to achieve: to find a bushmaster in the wild. But eighty years later, will Dan have any more luck? Through the author's own quest, Bushmaster reveals the life of a pioneer herpetologist, wildlife filmmaker, and zoo curator.
Subject Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942.
Herpetologists -- Biography.
Lachesis muta.
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Socastee had to replace half its roster. The Braves played most of 2017 with fewer than 30 players. When 13 of those athletes graduated, it left coach Doug Illing searching for ways to restock the cupboard.
Managing the Socastee offense will be quarterback Seth McKinney, who spent two years on the JV team and got some playing time last year behind starter Hunter Illing.
A key weapon for the Braves will be speedy Kenney Solomon, who will likely see time in a variety of positions, including wide receiver, kick returner and defensive back. The Braves will also have senior Desmond Grant at running back. The receiving corps will feature JJ Jones, Carson Stout and Khaleb Scoggins.
One plus for the Braves is that their region no longer includes Sumter, which dominated the region in recent years. Playing Sumter also meant hours of travel time. St. James, which sits just down the road on S.C. 707, will replace Sumter in the region.
The inclusion of St. James in the region also adds some intrigue to the annual rivalry match between the schools.
CJ Armstrong, a senior who plays defensive tackle and tight end, said players are stronger and faster than they were a year ago.
With so many new personnel, the team is still figuring out its strengths and the balance of its running and passing games. Still, Illing said, his goal doesn't change with the roster.
"We expect to win," he said.
When teams prepare for the Socastee Braves this fall, their focus will be on No. 4. Kenney Solomon is a threat in nearly every facet of the game, playing cornerback, wide receiver and even returning kicks.
"He'll never come off the field," Braves coach Doug Illing joked at a press conference this month.
Humor aside, Solomon is getting serious looks from multiple colleges. So far, he's received 14 offers.
Solomon started playing at the age of 6 and learned the game from his father, who played wideout in arena football.
Although he's known for his speed — Solomon also runs track — there's more to his game than his legs. Solomon also communicates well with other players and has hands capable of picking off quarterbacks and hauling in touchdowns.
Last season, he hauled in six interceptions and found the end zone five times.
His coach said the team will need Solomon to be scoring frequently this year.


The government of Manitoba has amended the province's Employment Standards Code to allow victims of domestic violence to have leave from work – both paid and unpaid – with guaranteed job security during time off.
Fewer injuries are happening but when they do, it is taking longer for workers to return to work. This is the findings of the WCB Nova Scotia's Report to the Community for the second quarter of 2018 released on November 09, 2018.
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Q: Using an NPM package with dependencies in Meteor I'm trying to use an NPM package in my meteor project but I have some problems getting it to work.
The module I'm trying to use is this steam package.
I've added the meteorhacks:npm package for meteor and changed the packages.json file to:
{
  "steam": "0.6.8",
    "adm-zip": "0.4.7",
    "buffer-crc32": "0.2.5",
    "bytebuffer": "3.5.4",
      "bufferview": "1.0.1",
      "long": "2.2.3",
    "protobufjs": "4.0.0-b2",
      "ascli": "1.0.0",
        "optjs": "3.2.1-boom",
      "colour": "0.7.1"
}

(to clarify the above, it's the steam package with all its dependencies and the dependencies of the dependencies)
Now I've tried to use the package in my meteor app with this code located in -/server/steambot/steambot.js
var Steam = Meteor.npmRequire('steam');
var bot = new Steam.SteamClient();
bot.logOn({  // (fake credentials)
    accountName: 'a',
    password: '123456789',
    authCode: 'aaa55',
    shaSentryfile: 'aaa'
});

I hoped it would be as easy as that but then the errors started.

var cryptedSessKey =
  require('crypto').publicEncrypt(fs.readFileSync(__dirna TypeError:
  Object # has no method 'publicEncrypt'

I figured out it's the require() function of the steam and dependencie packages that's giving me these errors. If I replace the require() with Meteor.npmRequire() I just go the the next require() function in one of the NPM packages.
Is there a way to fix this issue without changing every require() function to Meteor.npmRequire()?
And even if I should what is the best approach?
I'm also quite new to the NPM and Meteor world, is this kind of workflow the way I should be doing it and/or are there any improvements I could make or keep in mind?

A: Update: As of July 2016 Meteor 1.4 uses Node 4.4.7, which does support the stream npm package (requires 4.1.1+)
The Steam NPM plugin will not work with Meteor.
The NPM package page (https://www.npmjs.com/package/steam) states:

Note: only Node.js v0.12 and io.js v1.4 are supported.

Meteor is using an older version of NodeJS. E.g. Meteor v1.0.4 (March 17, 2015) uses v0.10.36
Meteor has very short release cycles, but I doubt that Node v0.12 will be supported anytime soon considering that Meteor v0.8.1.1 (May 1, 2014) was using Node v0.10.26.

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The New York Times, by Alan J. Kuperman — PRESIDENT OBAMA should not lament but sigh in relief that Iran has rejected his nuclear deal, which was ill conceived from the start. Under the deal, which was formally offered through the United Nations, Iran was to surrender some 2,600 pounds of lightly enriched uranium (some three-quarters of its known stockpile) to Russia, and the next year get back a supply of uranium fuel sufficient to run its Tehran research reactor for three decades. The proposal did not require Iran to halt its enrichment program, despite several United Nations Security Council resolutions demanding such a moratorium.


A recent Wisconsin court decision has important implications for owners and lessees of computerized equipment. The ruling upholds personal property tax exemptions for computers and other equipment operated by a computer referred to as electronic peripheral equipment.
The Dane County Circuit Court confirmed the commission's ruling and the city is not appealing. Therefore, the commission's ruling is now final.
Although the Gundersen Clinic case specifically addresses computerized medical equipment, it has much broader implications. The court gave weight to the Department of Revenue's computer exemption guidelines that recognize more than 40 different categories of electronic equipment including credit card readers, retail scanners, and ATMs.
By recognizing the guidelines as authoritative, the Gundersen decision fortifies the position that other types of devices, that are connected to and controlled by computers, similarly qualify as electronic peripheral devices and are entitled to an exemption.
Businesses that rely heavily on computerized equipment should take steps to evaluate whether their reporting needs to be adjusted for future tax filings. If the computerized equipment is used in manufacturing, it is most likely exempt under a separate exemption for manufacturing machinery and equipment.
If the computerized equipment is not used in manufacturing, it may be entitled to the computer exemption.
Companies that own or lease computers and computer-controlled devices and have reported the equipment as taxable in the past should carefully consider whether to instead report the equipment as exempt based on the court rulings. If the assessor reclassifies the equipment as taxable, an appeal should be pursued.


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Definition - What does Web 3.0 mean?
Web 3.0 is slated to be the new paradigm in web interaction and will mark a fundamental change in how developers create websites, but more importantly, how people interact with those websites. Computer scientists and Internet experts believe that this new paradigm in web interaction will further make people's online lives easier and more intuitive as smarter applications such as better search functions give users exactly what they are looking for, since it will be akin to an artificial intelligence which understands context rather than simply comparing keywords, as is currently the case.
Techopedia explains Web 3.0
Web 3.0 will be a complete reinvention of the web, something that Web 2.0 was not. Web 2.0 was simply an evolution from the original Web which can be compared to a library, as Web 1.0 was essentially an infodump, a place where people just placed walls upon walls of text which people can read but usually not interact with. Web 2.0 changed this by allowing user interaction with dynamic websites that acted more as applications than simply pages of information.
There is no concrete definition for Web 3.0 yet and the technology that will bring us there has not even matured yet. So to get a better understanding of Web 3.0, let us look at an example. In the current Web 2.0, users can interact with websites that have predetermined behaviors according to the input of users. Users can search for information using various search engines which generally provide satisfactory results if there is enough information regarding the search. However, that search is only for keywords and brings in the most popular information available, and does not understand the context of the search. So if a user searches for an insect called a camaro and uses only that one word, then about 90 percent of the search results are for the Chevy Camaro model of car and not the insect because the car is the most popular search result and has the most prolific information. However, Web 3.0 will be able to get the context from the user; and then be able to provide the user with the most useful information about the camaro insect, such as its habitat and even where to find it as a delicacy. Web 3.0 can be likened to an artificial intelligence assistant that understands its user and personalizes everything.
Furthermore, if someone is preparing for a vacation and needs to search for cheap flights and accommodations as well as meals, they must look through a lot of information on the web comparing different selections and the search might take hours. But Web 3.0 search engines or assistants will be able to scrape all of this information and present it to the user in a very intelligent way, even making highly accurate and favorable suggestions based on the user's profile.
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The 1930 Head of the River was raced on the 1 mile and ⅛th long Home Reach course on the Tamar River. The same 5 crews entered the 1930 race as they did in 1929:
- Scotch College
The Mercury reported that there was keen public interest for the regatta. Hutchins School were able to regain the Golden Fleece Cup from Clemes College. Hutchins won the race by a convincing margin of 4 lengths over Clemes.
Hutchins School (far left) at the finish of the 1930 Head of the River (Source: The Mercury, 28 April 1930)
The following is an account by The Mercury of the 1930 race:
"Hutchins had the No. 1 position on the eastern shore, then coming Friends', Clemes, Scotch, and Grammar, nearest to the western bank. The crews were ready 10-minutes before time, and there were still two minutes to go when the gun was fired. Hutchins and Scotch started off very fast at 44, Friends' and Grammar were timed at 40, and Clemes' stroke set 36. In the first 300 yards Hutchins, with a beautiful shoulder lift and leg drive, forged ahead from Clemes, who were slightly in advance of Grammar, Friends', and Scotch. When a quarter of a mile had been covered Hutchins, still showing splendid blade work, were out a length from Grammar, who had run into second place. Clemes, who were a llttle ragged at this stage, were half a length behind Grammar, and Scotch and Friends, racing level, were a similar distance to the rear of Clemes. At the half distance Clemes was improving rapidly, and lifting their boat well through the water they passed Grammar. A length and a half ahead Hutchins looked unbeatable. The piling, which starts the final stretch, found Hutchins a good three lengths ahead of Clemes, then coming Grammar, Friends', and Scotch. With a burst Hutchins came away in the last stretch, and passed the line four lengths ahead of Clemes. Grammar, who were third, were two lengths behind Clemes. Friends' were fourth, about a length to the rear of Grammar, with Scotch last, half a length behind. No time taken."
Judge: Mr. J. S. Dean
Winners of the 1930 Golden Fleece Cup - Hutchins School
(Source: Hutchins School Magazine, June 1930)
1⅛ miles
Margin: 4, 2, 1, ½ lengths
1st Hutchins School – Bow: J. C. Hudson, 2: H. J. Whelan, 3: B. Hood, Str: E. R. Clive, Cox: R. E. Rodway
2nd Clemes College – Bow: K. F. Kean, 2: N. M. Blundstone, 3: A. I. Palfreyman, Str: A. E. Palfreyman, Cox: V. B. Palfreyman
3rd Launceston Church Grammar – Bow: G. J. Cook, 2: L. N. Gollan, 3: R. B. Glendow, Str: L. R. McIntyre, Cox: D. T. Gee
4th Friends' High School – Bow: K. W. Wells, 2: W. A. Watson, 3: W. O'Coleman, Str: T. L. Martin, Cox: R. N. Wells
5th Scotch College – Bow: O. B. May, 2: T. V. Tandy, 3: G. M. Wardlaw, Str: J. M. Hood, Cox: A. W. Briggs
HEAD OF RIVER. (1930, 28 April), The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: 1860 – 1954), p. 8, Retrieved 8 May 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29794637


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Most businesses with the ability to allow employees to work at home are currently doing so in response to stay-at-home and social distancing orders. Time magazine has called Coronavirus "the world's largest work-from-home experiment," which begs the question, how is the experiment going at your company?
Remote work was not unheard of before COVID-19 hit; Gallup's State of the American Workforce projected that before this time, 43% of workers were already working remotely, at least part time. Coronavirus did, however, force the remote workforce to increase.
Working from home presents different challenges and different benefits compared to office life. Since many of us have been thrust into remote work, there have been plenty of tips for working at home and staying productive. As a manager, however, how do you ensure that your employees are doing well at home, both in their work and their mindset? Use these tips to manage remote employees.
How To Manage Remote Workers:
Set Expectations
Understand Individual Needs
Prioritize Communication
Use Remote Tools
Build Remote Culture
One of the most important elements of managing remote teams is defining expectations. Working at home can be difficult for some employees who may struggle to stay on-task or have extra distractions at home, like children to care for. As a manager, it's important to set clear expectations for how and when work should be done. Set deadlines if necessary, or make it clear how much output is expected day-to-day or weekly.
If you don't set expectations, it's possible that remote workers may slow down their productivity. This doesn't necessarily happen on purpose – remote work is difficult, and without checks and balances, anyone can slip up. That's why it's best to define expectations early and maintain them with regular communication.
While setting expectations is important, it's also important to listen and understand your employees' needs while working from home. Every person is different, and some thrive in remote settings while others struggle. Create team policies, but apply them with an understanding of each individual and their work style.
Some employees may feel isolated working at home. Others may have children at home that they need to care for, which can understandably lower productivity. Some employees may be early risers who complete their work early in the day.
If you're not sure about individual employees' challenges and preferences, ask them! Find out what they like about remote work, where they struggle, and how they prefer to get work done at home. Try to accept and accommodate their preferences so that you can find the best WFH solution for everyone.
Remote work isn't for everyone, but when it's necessary due to social distancing orders, you'll have to be accommodating. If you choose to continue remote work post-COVID, check in with how your teams feel about that. Some may be thrilled, while others may prefer on-site work and express so. If you're considering remote work as a full-time solution in the future, be sure to discuss with your team members first. You don't want to lose your best employees due to a shift in company policy.
The biggest challenge to managing remote teams is the lack of communication. Communication is still possible, of course, but you lose the ease of in-person meetings or stopping by someone's cubicle for a quick question. When managing remote employees, you need to prioritize communication to ensure everyone is on the same page.
Hold meetings as often as possible, ideally over video. While it's easy to send an email or message, you lose the context of tone, facial expression, and body language. Virtual meetings can help improve communication and are more engaging.
Try to hold one-on-one meetings with individual team members, ideally weekly or bi-weekly. This may be difficult depending on the size of your team, so create a schedule that works for your business. Employees may feel more comfortable discussing their work and challenges of working at home one on one, and this makes it easier to gauge their performance and how they're adapting to remote work.
You'll need the right tools to manage remote teams and to help them succeed at home. Most businesses have started using Zoom for video calls and messaging tools like Slack for quick messages.
Make sure you have tools for communication, online access to documents, and more. If remote workers need support, you may need to supply hardware like laptops as well. Consider tools for cloud services, password sharing, online brainstorming tools like Mural, online signature tools, and more.
Culture is another point that many companies lose without an office and in-person communication. Many of the perks that build culture in a workplace, like weekly happy hour, office Olympics, and others are lost due to remote work conditions. It's important to build a remote culture despite these obstacles.
Use remote team building activities, remote happy hours or coffee breaks, and more to build a workplace culture at home. It's important to engage with your team, not only about work tasks, but on a more human level. Company culture is one of the most important factors for candidates today, and it's possible to create a culture even when everyone works remotely. When you're managing remote teams of employees, maintaining a positive culture is important to create a better connection between workers and to the business itself.
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Home Loan Watch Chelsea show faith in red-hot loanee by snubbing Premier League interest
Chelsea show faith in red-hot loanee by snubbing Premier League interest
Barry Bridges
@TalkChelsea 21st April 2019 1 min read
Chelsea appear reluctant to let go of a loanee who has impressed at every opportunity this season – Reece James.
James won our academy player of the year at the end of last season, ahead of now first-teamer Callum Hudson-Odoi.
The natural next step for the Englishman was a loan stint away from the Bridge, with Wigan Athletic being the lucky club.
James has not only been the Latics' player of the season, but he's also been one of the best in the Championship.
The manner in which such a young player has taken to a competitive league like a fish to water has to be commended.
He is ready for Premier League football, but it's unclear whether Chelsea are yet prepared to give him a shot.
The early signs are positive, with The Sun reporting that we've rejected a £10M bid from Brighton for James' services.
If we saw him merely as an opportunity to bank some cash, we'd probably use this opportunity to get rid.
It's evidence that Chelsea have faith in him, which we ought to. He'll be playing for England one day – there's no doubt about it.
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There are no airports in Salisbury but there are plenty which can be found nearby. These include the London Heathrow Airport which is a major airport, even though it is seventy five miles away. You can get to the airport conveniently through major roads such as the A303, A30, M25 and also via a coach journey. You can also use the national bus service.
Next is Gatwick Airport which is over one hundred miles away and you can get here through the M23, M25 and also the A303 roads. You can also use the train and coach services as well. Again the journey will take around two hours.
In terms of distance the nearest airport is Southampton and this is only twenty five miles away and you can easily get there through normal road journeys. There is an easy road route to the airport and also worth mentioning is the Bournemouth Airport as it is also twenty five miles away as well. Bristol Airport is sixty miles away and you can get there by the normal coach services.
As part of our selection of services, Salisbury Minibus and Coach Hire can offer a pick up and drop off service to and from the Airport.


Over the weekend, the legal team working for Michael Cohen, President Trump's estranged fixer and personal lawyer, filed a new document requesting leniency, now that Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress to conceal efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow that continued at least into June 2016, around when Trump clinched the nomination. The new filing says Cohen was in "close and regular contact" with White House advisers and Trump's legal team while he prepared to lie to Congress — raising the possibility that they were actively consulted on this plan.
Why would Cohen want to conceal that timeline, which Trump, too, lied about? Because as Democrats pointed out on the Sunday shows, revealing it would show that Trump was likely compromised, because the Russians knew that Trump had concealed that he had pursued lucrative financial dealings with Russia even as he publicly called for an end to sanctions on them, giving them potential leverage over him.
June 7: Donald Trump promises a "major speech" about "all of the things that have taken place with the Clintons." Trump sets the speech for the following week.
June 9: The meeting takes place, but by most accounts, nothing of value on Clinton is offered. Still, the fact that it did take place — and was attended by Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort — confirms the campaign's eagerness to conspire with Russian attempts to interfere in the election on Trump's behalf.
June 14-15: It becomes public, thanks to reporting in The Post and a statement from the cyber-sleuth firm hired by the Democratic National Committee, that Russian government hackers penetrated the DNC's network.
June 15: Trump puts out a statement claiming that the DNC faked the hacking — in effect absolving Russia of any role.
July 22: WikiLeaks releases the stolen emails, shedding light on all sorts of embarrassing internal details involving Clinton and the DNC.
July 26: Donald Trump tweets that he has "ZERO investments in Russia." According to BuzzFeed News, the Russian-born developer working on the project takes this as the signal that the deal isn't going to happen.
July 27: Trump says this about Clinton's emails: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." By coincidence or not, that same day, according to an indictment filed by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, Russian intelligence tried to hack Clinton's personal servers.
One of the big unknowns of this whole affair remains whether Trump himself was informed of the Trump Tower meeting at the time. His vow of a "major speech" suggests he might have been. This is now potentially more serious: Trump might have known that the Russian government was trying to sabotage our election and then after this kept up his pursuit of a lucrative real estate deal in Moscow (one that according to Cohen's plea agreement involved direct talks with Putin's office) that he kept concealed.
At a minimum, Trump's family members and top campaign officials knew of this sabotage effort. And according to Cohen's plea deal, he kept them abreast of the real estate deal.
The new revelations also make Trump's statement absolving Russia of any blame for the DNC hack look much worse. Trump had self-interested political reasons for absolving Russia of this blame, obviously, but now we learn he appears to have had self-interested financial reasons for doing so — again, which he concealed from American voters.
Finally, in light of the new revelations, Trump's exhortation to Russia to hack Clinton's emails becomes an even more emphatic exclamation point on this stretch of events. His openly proclaimed desire to politically benefit from a hostile foreign power's efforts to undermine our democracy was bad enough. In retrospect, it looks even worse, now that we learn that up until that point, he'd been trying to reach a lucrative deal with that foreign power — while keeping that effort hidden from the voters.
It remains to be seen whether Mueller will establish a conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign that amounts to criminality. But whatever is to be on that front, we now know that not only does this confluence of political and financial self-dealing with a foreign adversary appear much worse than we thought, but also Trump actively tried to keep it concealed by denying its existence.
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I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the ACRL/NY Symposium in 2015. Its engagement with ALA's core values of social responsibility, democracy, education, and professionalism was invigorating. Throughout the program, participants inspired me to think beyond the hegemonic structures that govern institutions toward radical action through professional practice. A compelling dialogue about diversity threaded through the symposium, highlighting these core values and how they might manifest in relation to diversity.
Starting things off and setting the tone were Chris Bourg and Lareese Hall, who discussed what a radical (queer, feminist) agenda could look like in an academic library. They emphasized staff diversity, the breaking down of hierarchy, transparency in decision-making, and expanding the focus of services beyond the disproportionate emphasis paid to cisgender straight white men. Shawn Smith, Emily Drabinski, and Jen Hoyer addressed diversity, including discussions of labels in the creation of identity, both inclusion and exclusion in valuing difference, and reframing the concept of authority. Isabel Espinal's stories of her own professional experiences with racism and sexism—coupled with Ione Damasco's investigation of (the lack of) diversity initiatives in institutions of higher education—challenged us to think about radical social responsibility as integral to professionalism. Finally, these ideas reverberated through Jerilyn Veldof's talk on professional development.
Espinal posed the question, in a time when libraries are re-imaging themselves: "where is the imagination in social justice?" This symposium represented such an imagination. Its conversations pointed to the necessity of struggle against existing structures of oppression in supporting the ALA core professional values. As a graduate student who has only recently began to think about the implications of these values, I found this symposium to be inspirational in its radical articulation of their meaning in both principal and practice.
Hannah Sistrunk is currently pursuing an MSLIS at the Pratt Institute School of Information. With a background in professional archaeology, her interests include cultural heritage preservation and access, digital archives, and community engagement through archival collections. Hannah holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. Find her on LinkedIn.