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import { Action, Collection } from '@assistant-os/common'

const action = new Action('timelog')

const collection = new Collection(action.name, [])

action.onStart = () => collection.start()

const saveNewDate = (message, project, type) =>
  collection.append({ project, userId: message.userId, start: new Date(), stop: null })

action.if('start {word:project}').then(async ({ message, params, answer }) => {
  const { project } = params
  await answer(`Enter start work for "${project}" in timelog`)
  collection.append({ project, userId: message.userId, start: new Date(), stop: null })
})
// .autoComplete((done, message) => {
//   if ('start '.includes(message.text)) {
//     const completionChoices = collection
//       .db()
//       .filter({ userId: message.userId })
//       .sortBy('date')
//       .take(4)
//       .value()
//       .map(({ project }) => ({ priority: 1, text: `start ${project}` }))

//     done(completionChoices)
//   } else if (message.text.includes('start ')) {
//     const projectName = message.text.replace('start ', '')
//     const completionChoices = collection
//       .db()
//       .filter({ userId: message.userId })
//       .value()
//       .filter(({ project }) => project.includes(projectName))
//       .map(({ project }) => ({ priority: 1, text: `start ${project}` }))

//     done(completionChoices)
//   } else {
//     done([])
//   }
// })

action.if('stop {word:project}').then(async ({ message, params, answer }) => {
  const { project } = params
  await answer(`Enter stop work for "${project}" in timelog`)
  collection.append({ project, userId: message.userId, start: new Date(), stop: null })
  saveNewDate(message, project, 'stop')
})

action
  .if('weektime {word: project}')
  .then(async ({ message, params, answer }) => {
    const currentWeek = getWeekNumber(new Date())

    collection
      .db()
      .filter({ userId: message.userId, project: params.project })
      .value()
      .filter(({ date }) => getWeekNumber(new Date(date)) === currentWeek)
      .map((sum, ))
  })

const getWeekNumber = date => {
  var oneJan = new Date(date.getFullYear(), 0, 1)

  // calculating number of days
  //in given year before given date

  var numberOfDays = Math.floor((date - oneJan) / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000))

  // adding 1 since this.getDay()
  //returns value starting from 0

  return Math.ceil((date.getDay() + 1 + numberOfDays) / 7)
}

export default action

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The Fountain Gate Chapel. The church was birthed as an idea of high conviction in the heart of Rev. Joseph Eastwood Anaba, a Pharmacy graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology Kumasi, Ghana.
He believed that ancestral worship and its concomitants – superstition, ignorance, diseases and poverty-could not be the divine purpose for his people.
NINTAM (as the Fountain Gate Chapel was then called) which means Tears in the Frafra dialect was the acronym for Northern Deliverance In Tears Ministry, the full name of the Ministry. Nintam was birthed out of the revelation that the ministry of spiritual deliverance of the people could not succeed in any other manner except by the ministry of love, compassion, a brokenness of heart before God for attention. Thus the humble success of this ministry was as a result of those times of intercession in the open Bolgatanga Sports Stadium.
The Nintam Ministry after about 1½ years of intercessory emphasis believed that God was leading the ministry to another ministerial emphasis. The name Broken Yoke Foundation was chosen to give expression to the new direction of spiritual emphasis. An aggressive move of the Holy Spirit to break the yokes of the people of the Land released an amazing dimension of the anointing. The present name Fountain Gate Chapel became necessary again for the church to depict yet another phase in the life of the church- when the evangelistic and prophetic role of the ministry produced people who had to settle down as thriving churches to water the lands where they were found as supernatural fountains.
At this time persecution on the church had so increased that husbands threatened their wives with divorce if they did not leave the church. Some women really had to leave the church to save their marriages.
The church secured a parcel of land and began the construction of its own meeting place the Sanctuary of Glory. Motivated to work and finance the project, women sold their cloth and men disposed of their bicycles to raise funds. Meanwhile Sunday church services were held in the mornings prior to constructional work under a leafless baobab tree.
From the humble beginning as an idea in the heart of a university student to the meeting of 6 people in an isolated office in Bolgatanga, the Fountain Gate Chapel has grown to have over 56 branches in Ghana, Ouagadougou, London, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. The church has a fully operational first cycle educational institution up to the J.S.S level. Plans are far advanced to start a Senior Secondary School. The church through its social wing the Help Foundation takes care of the educational needs of orphans and destitute children and runs Fountain Gate Ministerial Academy (FGMA) which is the bible school.
To declare the full Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world with power preaching and creative wisdom and holistically raising people-focused individuals who make maximum impact on their generation.
(Genesis 1:1, 26, 27; 3:22; Psalm 90:2; Matthew 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 2; Corinthians 13:14).
(John 3:16; John 2:25; John 5:11-13; Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:15; 1 John 5:11-12; Matthew 25:31-46).
(Matthew 1:22, 23; Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-5, 14:10-30; Hebrews 4:14, 15; 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4; Romans 1:3, 4; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Timothy 6:14, 15; Titus 2:13).
(Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8, 9; John 14:6, 1:12; Titus 3:5; Galatians 3:26; Romans 5:1).
(2 Corinthians 3:17; John 16:7-13, 14:16, 17; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16; Ephesians 1:13; Galatians 5:25; Ephesians 5:1).
Address 1: Tamale – Navrongo, Bolgatanga, Ghana.


As we reported a few weeks back in the PWInsider.com Elite section, WWE came to a settlement agreement with the World Worldlife Fund over WWE's usage of the WWF name and the scratch logo, which was one of the sources of the legal issues between the two sides that led to the name World Wrestling Entertainment being created.
Going forward, WWE will be able to use older archival material and footage with the WWF letters and the scratch logo. They cannot promote themselves or the material as WWF obviously but if they want to play footage of say, Wrestlemania 17 for example, they can use the footage, unblurred and allow that footage to use the name.
As the WWE Network comes closer to launching, WWE wanted the issue with their older footage squared away due to the amount of work and manpower it would take to blur years of footage.


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Q: How to find the array indexes for each element in another array in MATLAB? There are two arrays:
   A=[2,6,9,10];
   B=[6,10,9,2,2,9,10,10,6,6,2,9];

I want to output the following array:
   C=[2,4,3,1,1,3,4,4,2,2,1,3];

How to do this work?

A: I found the solution, [~,C]=ismember(B,A);

A: My answer shall be  C=arrayfun(@(x) find(A==x),B)

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Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone will sing a beautiful mix of traditional hand drum songs and her own original songs from her album Hand Drum Stories. These songs will be a mix of English, French, Ojibwe (her ancestral language), and other Native languages she's learned in songs along the way. She will be accompanied by her guitarist Errol Francis who is a Juno-award winner. She will sing many songs with his accompaniment and sing solely with her hand drum for the traditional songs. She will also be accompanied by her dancer Wenzdae Dimaline-Brewster who will be in full regalia and dance to the traditional and the original songs performed.


Reappearance of the "Outside Dog".
We had a bit of a set back yesterday; I left Kenzie outside with Riley for a few hours, and she actually reverted back to her previous way of living: disconnected to her owners, not a part of their lives, and living outdoors.
It was a beautiful Monday, and when I went home for lunch to let the dogs out to play, I decide to let them stay outside for the rest of the afternoon while I finished up work for the day. I went back to check on them a few times, as this had been the first time Kenzie had been left outside unattended while we were not home. When I came home a couple hrs later, they were still there, happy as larks. But when I went inside, Kenzie did not want to come along, she wanted to stay outside. I thought that it just had to do with it being a beautiful day, so I did not make a big deal out of it, I just her stay outside. Well, we all ended up spending the rest of the afternoon outside, enjoying the pretty weather. When it was starting to get dark, I called all of the dogs in. Kenzie came, because I used her actual recall (I made sure to reward her well for this), but then she lay down right in front of the door with her back to the rest of us (and the house). It was very clear from her body language that she did not want to be in here; she wanted to be outside. I knew that she did not need to go to the bathroom, so we pulled a toy out and played with her to get her out of the mud room and with the rest of us, but once we stopped playing, she again lay down with her back to us. At this point I just thought that she wanted to be outside, and that was all. Once it was time to train/hand feed her, I realized that something was wrong. When we went into the quiet room for feeding, instead of her being ready to work for her evening meal as always, she lay down with her back to me and would NOT give me eye contact. So I just hand fed her, making sure I turned by body away from her (passive body language) to try to help her relax and not feel threatened. Once she was done eating, I started petting her, then moved to massaging her ears/face (which she loves). I then paused and invited her to cuddle up to me, which she did (still not giving eye contact). I continued to massage her head/ears, then moved to the back, and finally the chest/neck area. During this time I would pause, wait for her to nudge me, then start up again, telling her she is a good girl. Once I thought that she was relaxed, I got up and moved back into the living room with everyone else. I then invited her to come up onto my lap for more massage, which she accepted (still no eye contact). Here I massaged her for a few minutes and then stopped, she nudged me as before, but I did not resume until she actually looked into my eyes to say her usual "hey, why did you stop?". Then I resumed massaging her. From this point on, she gave me steady, soft, "loving" eye contact for the rest of the massage. She stayed connected for the rest of the evening, and even this morning she stayed connected all the way up until I left for work.
What did I learn through this? Even though she wanted to be outside, it was not good for her, because it caused her to go back into the mindset of her former life: I live outside, not connected to my people. Even though she had been living inside with us for four months, it only took a few hours for her to revert to the mindset she had viewed for the majority of her life.
It also demonstrated to me how important it is to get voluntary soft eye contact from your dog. Hard eye contact does not count (i.e. if you have a toy or treat and you wait for eye contact). Also, often if you say their name, because it is related to doing something exciting (going outside, getting dinner, getting a treat, etc), that will also result in hard eye contact. In my experience, soft eye contact is only offered when the dog trusts you. And the more the dog trusts you, and the stronger the bond, the more frequent the soft eye contact will be.


I like movies,tv shows and comics.
sneaking up on them from behind, doesn't she know anything?
you're welcome, ah thank you.
Just started reading this comic, wanted to say I like it and can't wait for the next updates!
Also what font are you using?
Just read all the pages and wanted to say I really 'dig' the art style , keep it up.
comic might be delayed here for a week or so, i need to balance out the comic pages on my other platforms.
Update? update! UPDATE!!! MORE COMICS woohoo!
awwww yeeeaaaahhhh! It's back and so am I!
Good development with the characters! I noticed that the comipo watermarks gone??
"you punch me" change to "you punched me"


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Hotel Omni Mont-Royal - Montreal, QC
Montreal, Quebec H3A-2R6
McGill University is one of Canada's most renowned universities, originally built in 1821. The main campus is located on Sherbrooke Street in the heart of downtown Golden Square Mile, just minutes from the Omni Mont-Royal. It is the only downtown university that has American-style campus grounds with large green, park-inspired areas and closely grouped faculty buildings that stretch over several blocks.
For 13 consecutive years, McGill University has been the leading university for Medical/Doctoral studies
The university offers over 300 fields of study
The university counts among its alumni 12 Nobel Prize winners, five astronauts and three Canadian Prime Ministers
Things to Know Before You Visit McGill University
Address: 845 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
The Omni Mont-Royal Hotel is a preferred potel partner of McGill University
27% of the students come from more than 140 countries
It is located only a short walk from the hotel
Learn more about McGill University.
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Guests who book this offer receive:
Valet parking for one vehicle per night, with in and out privileges
To learn more about availability and conditions, click here
at Hotel Omni Mont-Royal
Explore the cobblestone streets and experience the authentic European feel of one of the city's oldest districts.
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Indulge in a glass of fine wine or an artfully-crafted cocktail at our upscale bar located in our reimagined lobby.
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Explore the home to Six Flags La Ronde, Gille Villenueve racetrack, Casino Montreal and more!
Address: 1050 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal Quebec H3A-2R6

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Where the Truth Lies
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An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Actors: Alison Lohman, Colin Firth, David Hayman, Kevin Bacon, Maury Chaykin, Rachel Blanchard, Sonja Bennett
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My Blue Heaven (1990)
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that…
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome…
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Trials of Cate McCall
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a…
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A mobster orders an undercover FBI agent to torture an accountant.
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller
Family Business (1989)
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and…
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After capturing an illegal act of police violence on his cellphone, a Brooklyn street hustler sets off a series of events that alter the lives of a local police officer…
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Mary Kom wins record sixth gold :: Manipur News | Manipur Daily | Poknapham - Manipuri News!
NEWDELHI, 24th Nov: Indian boxer MC Mary Kom created history by clinching an unprecedented sixth gold medal at the Women's World boxing Championship on Saturday in New Delhi.
The 35-year-old Mary Kom emerged victorious against Ukraine's Hanna Okhota in a unanimous 5-0 decision in the 48kg summit clash. This is Mary's second title in front of home crowd after the 2006 win in New Delhi.
Wrapped in the tri-colour, she thanked her fans for their "unstinted" support.
"I am a little bit emotional. There is no (48kg) weight category in the Olympic Games. Because of your love and support, I feel I will be able to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Four years ago, I was not able to qualify for Rio. I am still suffering from that," she said.
"... Because of their reach, the taller boxers (who will be in 51kg) will have advantage. But I am still dreaming about winning the gold in 2020 Olympics."
Mary, who already became the most successful woman pugilist in the event's history after reaching the semi-finals, had defeated 22-year-old Okhota in the Silesian International Boxing Championships in Poland earlier this year.
Mary Kom entered the event with a remarkable tally of five gold medals and a silver medal to her credit. She last won a World Championship medal in 2010 – a 48 kg category gold.
Before this World Championships, the Manipuri was tied with Irish legend Katie Taylor (five gold and a bronze) on the number of medals won.
Taylor now plies her trade in the professional circuit. Mary now drew level with men's six-time world champion Felix Savon in boxing World Championships history. Mary Kom claimed a bronze at the 2012 London Games when the women's boxing was introduced in the Games for the first time but failed to qualify for the Rio Games in 2016. The Manipuri, a mother of three, won a silver in the inaugural edition in 2001 and then went on to win a gold each in the next five consecutive editions -- 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Soon after the historic gold, wishes started to pour in from all quarters, including Prime Minister Narendra, who tweeted congratulations to the ace pugilist.
Sports minister Letpao Haokip, in a release, also conveyed his congratulations to MC Mary Kom on winning the Women's World Boxing Championship title for the sixth time. He further wished her good health and prosperity in all her future endeavours.
Major General KP Singh of Inspector Genreal Assam Rifles (South) and all ranks of Assam Rifles also congratulated Manipur's daughter Mary Kom on winning her sixth title.
The passion and hard work with which she has pursued the sport is not only an inspiration for the youth of Manipur but also for the entire country. The achievement will encourage women in Manipur to take up sports in big numbers as a suitable career and act as a lesson in women empowerment. The whole family of Assam Rifles join the people of Manipur in celebrating this impressive achievement, said a PRO IGAR(S) statement.


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Arizona studies envision telemedicine on smartphones
Nov 21, 2012, 9:04 AM | Updated: 9:04 am
BY LORRI ALLEN/CRONKITE NEWS SERVICE
PHOENIX — Until now, telemedicine has largely involved capital-intensive studios and cameras isolated to one area of a hospital. But the Mayo Clinic and a University of Arizona center dedicated to telemedicine are pioneering work aimed at moving care to smartphones.
That means practicing medicine in remote and underserved communities will become cheaper, quicker and more effective, according to Dr. Bart Demaerschalk, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic Hospital.
"What we're attempting to do is to make it even easier for the clinical specialist to insert themselves in a virtual manner for the patient in the remote environment," he said. "A mobile device should fulfill that goal."
Dr. Ronald Weinstein, director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program, sees it as a natural progression.
"Telemedicine is rapidly evolving into being next-generation or even a generation beyond by going to mobile health or e-health, and the concept du jour is that the smartphone is the telemedicine workstation," he said.
That's happening at Benson Hospital, where health care workers use Skype on iPads to save time.
"It's very low-cost and it's to facilitate communication between our ER docs and admissions," said John Roberts, information technology director.
Applications being tested range from ones anyone can download to those created for medical reasons.
For example, the Department of Defense developed an app called PTSD Coach used by patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to Weinstein.
"It's been a very large success – bringing coaching, medication alerts and access to call centers by soldiers who are in need of those services," he said.
Demaerschalk recently completed research to see if assessing stroke patients could be done accurately with smartphones.
"We confirmed with iPhone FaceTime video conferencing that we can perform a reliable neurological examination on patients with stroke," he said.
His team also compared neurological interpretations of a CT scan on an iPhone with an adapted medical app to interpretations by radiologists and found agreement between 92 and 100 percent.
"What we're proposing from our research is that one can successfully conduct an emergency stroke telemedicine evaluation with devices as small as an iPhone or an iPad which allows tremendous portability and mobility," Demaerschalk said.
For a future study, he said he'd like to test whether fewer people would die if a stroke expert were involved from the moment a 911 call is received.
"Imagine if a stroke neurologist was watching over the activity and a diagnosis could be reasonably certain before the patient even arrived," he said, "so there was less time spent re-assessing the patient upon arrival and instead one could launch right into treatment, for with stroke, every minute counts."
A factor preventing widespread adoption of practicing telemedicine on smartphones or tablets could be doctors themselves, according to Demaerschalk.
"It's not something I was ever taught in medical school," he said. "Physicians are inherently cautious because there are a number of obstacles that still need to be overcome before this could be employed as a universal tool."
One of those obstacles is security.
But someday a smartphone will be as common as a stethoscope, Demaerschalk said.
"I'm convinced the doctor of tomorrow may not even regard telemedicine as telemedicine. They may regard it as medicine and not be so fixated on technology," he said. "It won't be long before physicians will accept telemedicine as a natural extension of their practice."
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Prep the plumbing in your home just in time for the holidays
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the Creative Thursday blog: I did it ~ fabric is finally here!
I did it ~ fabric is finally here!
I don't know why it has taken me so long to add fabric to my shop? I think that artists who are used to selling their work primarily as originals and prints, have to feel ready to release their art in this kind of format.
As I said in my marketing email that I sent out earlier this morning, it makes sense really that someone as passionate as I am about encouraging others to be creative would design a product that people can be creative with.
Now it's here! Just a taste of what's to come. These first four designs I have added to the shop are digitally printed by Spoonflower and will be sold exclusively in my online shop. My official fabric line that will be manufactured with Andover is also underway and is set to be released in late spring of this year.
Cannot wait to see what you all will be creating!


Saturday February 18th 1899 Will went to town today. I was busy with the work all forenoon. I went to Gregorys in the afternoon to see how Mrs Bell was and Will stopped for me. I did mending in the evening. Sunday February 19th 1899 Will and I went up to Elmer Andersons in the morning. We came home and I got us some dinner when we went up to Willies to spend the afternoon. I was tired and went to bed early Monday February 20th 1899 I was busy all forenoon doing baking and getting dinner. The boys are hauling oats to Hill Siding I walked down to Eds in the afternoon and rode back in the waggon with Will. Sewed in the evening It is 54 years today since Father & Mother married Tuesday February 21st 1899 I washed in the forenoon and Will churned for me after dinner. The boys took four loads of oats to Hill Siding though it rained some today. Will sold $130.68 worth of oats. I sold $5.70 worth of chickens today I read and wrote in the evening.


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Vergo Acciulo Galewind
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Nickname: Verg/Gale
Full Name: Vergo Acciulo Galewind
Species: Sea Otter
Alignment: Good
Occupation: Wanderer, Ranger
Description: Vergo is about average height for otters, slightly less though, lean and strong as well. His fur is dark brown with lighter brown fur stretching down from his muzzle to his to his belly. On his left eye is a old scar caused by a vermin's blade a few seasons back in a life or death situation. Its a bit visible to other beasts if they looked more closely at it. He usually wears a long, hooded, dark green cloak to protect himself from the elements and help blend in if necessary. Under his cloak he wears black padded leather armor, which under that is a blue tunic and a pouch belt which he stows some of his necessities. He wears matching colored pants to go with his tunic as well, including his paws are always hand-wrapped, and his feet as well. Attached to the side of his belt is his short sword, which has served him well when he first started travelling. On his back is a crossbow, handmade by his mole friend and companion Muter. Attached to his hip is a small quiver of bolts for his crossbow as well.
Possessions: -Crossbow made by his friend Muter.
-Short sword
-Quiver of bolts
-Pouch belt has rations, tinder, medicinal herbs, and other small things stored in it.
- Skilled in using his crossbow and great shot.
- Good swimmer (Obvious)
- Good with his sword.
- Works great with his friends Muter and Tenner.
- Often brash in his decision making.
- Even though he and Tenner are friends, they argue with each other almost every time.
- His technique with his crossbow makes him take time aiming his shots, since reloading is not easy.
- Even though the crossbow is quite strong, it makes a lot of noise when firing and reloading.
Personality: Vergo is brash and loyal to a fault, and is quick tempered. This tends to get him in trouble quite a lot with other beasts. Though he is extremely loyal to his friends and would protect them with his life, especially Muter. His temperament usually shows when he starts arguing with Tenner, which happens every time they talk to each other. He'll also always lend a ear to anybeast, or a joke, just like a typical otter.
Background: Born in the northwest to Holt Galewind, he was the third oldest of his brothers and sisters. He always enjoyed having mock battles with his siblings and relished the excitement it gave him. His head was always filled with tales of heroic journeys and epic battles led by a heroic beasts of legend. This led him to train with his father and become a warrior. But his skills with a sword were on par at best, so his father decided to introduce Vergo to the bow. He instantly fell in love with it. Every day he practiced, getting stronger and more accurate everyday. Then, when he got slightly older, he met his future friends and companions Muter and Tenner.
He had been practicing his archery when Tenner came with Muter in tow. Right off the bat Vergo felt a small flame flicker when he looked eye to eye with the boastful squirrel. Tenner was a aspiring archer just like vergo as well, and both became rivals at that fateful day. Though from how he remembers that day, when they both got a bullseye, he still thinks he won, even though Tenner says he had won as well. This led to Muter being forced to say who won. The quiet and shy did not like this attention and said it was a tie.
After some years later, Vergo, Tenner, and Muter became the best of friends. This friendship was put to the test when the Holt was attacked by a group of raiding corsairs. Tenner of course got his bow and sword, ready to fight for his Holt, but fate had other plans. As he came out to assist his father and the other warriors, he was jumped by a corsair with a scimitar. The surprise attack caused him to lose his sword and quiver. He was forced into fighting with his bow and he clearly had not trained enough to be able to fight with his bow as a staff. After blow, after blow the corsair swung his blade, tiring out Vergo, and finally seized his chance when he slipped. The corsair struck down with his sword, vergo tried to block it with his bow to no avail. The scimitar cleaved through the bow and slashed his left eye as Vergo went down. The corsair cried in triumph, but then Vergo picked up two fallen arrows and stabbed the corsair in the chest and throat. The vermin fell back with a gurgle as Vergo got up slowly and picked up his sword that he dropped from when the vermin surprised him. He was filled with rage as he looked around at the devastation around him. Vergo left the burning Holt with tears streaming down his face.
Sometime later, he stumbled on through the forest, with his sword still clutched in his paw. His body tired from all the running and he could not tell where he was. He tripped over a tree root and blacked out from exhaustion. He soon awoke in a small tent and was confused, then he saw a smug looking squirrel popped his head in. He instantly recognized it was Tenner and his friend soon told him what happened. Vergo was in a camp made by the survivors of his Holt and Tenners tribe. They managed to turn back the raiders, but at a heavy cost. Sometime later, Vergo recuperated enough to be able to stand and walk. He was walking around the camp when Muter came up to him, carrying a item wrapped in cloth. Before he could say anything to Muter, he handed him the clothed item and left. When he unwrapped it, it was a crossbow with a small note.
That was 7 years ago, from the coming of age ceremony to leaving with his two companions after, and the years of training and travelling together, he was happy again. Though, he still doesn't understand why Muter is mute, not even Tenner knows either.
OOC: pic of crossbow (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120814142402/elderscrolls/images/7/79/Crossbow.png)
pic of armor (http://www.westerndeep.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/border_Dak.png) just the armor.


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Hand-Washing Compliance Rate and the Influencing Factors
Mohammad Gholami Fesharaki 1 , Fatemeh Rahmati-Najarkolaei 2 , * , Zohreh Aghamiri 3 and Masome Mohamadian 3
1 Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran
2 Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
3 Department of Education & Research, Najmieh Hospital, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
* Corresponding author: Fatemeh Rahmati-Najarkolaei, Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2182482469, Fax: +98-2188600062, E-mail: fatemeh_rahmaty@yahoo.com
Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases: October 25, 2014, 9 (4); e17316
Published Online: September 30, 2014
Article Type: Research Article
Received: December 31, 2013
Revised: July 31, 2014
Accepted: August 17, 2014
DOI: 10.5812/archcid.17316
To Cite: Gholami Fesharaki M, Rahmati-Najarkolaei F, Aghamiri Z, Mohamadian M. Hand-Washing Compliance Rate and the Influencing Factors, Arch Clin Infect Dis. 2014 ; 9(4):e17316. doi: 10.5812/archcid.17316.
Background: Hand hygiene is closely associated with infection control practices. Improvement of hand hygiene, aimed to minimize nosocomial infection, is a high priority of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Objectives: The current study aimed to explore Hand-Washing Compliance (HWC) rates and influencing factors.
Materials and Methods: Participants of the study were nurses, physicians, secretaries, and hospital care staff of Najmieh Subspecialty Hospital, Tehran, Iran. The Subjects understudy included 127 (90.7%) females and 13 (9.3%) males. Simple random sampling was used to select the participants. Both descriptive (frequency and percentage) and inferential statistics (Chi-square test) functions of SPSS version 18 were used to analyze the data.
Results: The overall rate of HWC was 36%. The minimum and maximum HWC rates were when entering and leaving the wards (17.2%) and (82.1%), respectively. According to the results of the study, there was a significant relationship between education, working shift, and HWC rate. No significant relationship was observed between gender, age, experience, and HWC.
Conclusions: According to the findings of the current study, training programs are recommended to be planned with the focus on improving HWC.
Keywords: Hand Disinfection; Health Personnel; Behavior
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Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) refer to infections developed within 48 to 72 hours after patient admission. They can result from unhygienic environments or from patients' normal flora. The infections are often associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Therefore, hygiene-promoting practices are important in order to prevent subsequent complications (1, 2). Available literature on the issue suggests that contact, particularly direct contact with patients, is the most important and common transmission channel of the hospital-acquired infections. Among hospital-acquired infection sources, reference can be made to patients, hospital personnel, instruments, and environment (3). Infection-generating micro-organisms are transferred differently. One of the transmission ways is the hands of hospital personnel. Current research findings indicated that a large number of the organisms prevalent among patients can also be found on the hands of hospital personnel (4). Although hand washing is of paramount importance in decreasing and controlling hospital-acquired infections, there are reports of a weak tendency towards performing the simple practice (5-7) Nevertheless, previous studies indicated that overall rate of compliance in hand hygiene is poor (8, 9). Improvement of hand hygiene, with the aim of minimizing nosocomial infection, is a high priority of the World Health Organization (WHO) (10). The institutional hand hygiene protocol dictated that hand hygiene had to be applied before and after contact with patients as well as before and after invasive procedures (11).
Considering the significant influence that hand washing can have on preventing and controlling hospital-acquired infections the current study aimed to explore hand washing practice rates and the factors affecting it in a hospital located in Tehran. It matters since reports indicate that implementing training programs and emphasizing on hand-washing practice can significantly decrease hospital-acquired infections (12, 13).
This cross-sectional study was conducted on physicians and medical staff of two training hospitals in Tehran province, Iran from 2012 to 2013. The sample size was calculated as 140 subjects, considering α = 5%, statistical power of 90%, and the P = 15%.
A five-item checklist was checked by trained evaluators to inconspicuously watch hand-washing practices. The items of the checklist were related to washing hands when entering the ward, after touching documents, telephones, etc., before and after performing a given procedure, and finally, before leaving the ward. Content validity of the checklist was evaluated based on library studies. Reliability of the checklist was checked using Kuder-Richardson formula 20 (r = 0.71). In addition to the checklist, demographic information of the participants was obtained. The information consisted of participants' age, job experience, education, working shifts, and the ward they worked in. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Health Research Center of Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, issued on 08/02/2011. Student's t-test was used to compare the quantitative variables. The chi-square test was used to compare the relationship between the qualitative and descriptive variables. The probability value of 0.05 or less (P ≤ 0.05) was set to know the significance level. The data were analyzed using the SPSS v. 18 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill, USA).
Of all participants, 127 (90.7%) were female and 13 (9.3%) were male. In terms of the level of education, 23 (16.4%) held undergraduate diploma degrees, 68 (48.6%) had Bachelor of Art (B.A.), 49 (35%) had Master of Art (M.A.) or were physicians. Considering working shifts, 66 (50.8%) were on morning shifts, eight (6.2%) were on morning and evening shifts, and 56 (43.1%) were on evening and night shifts. Table 1 and Figure 1 indicate HWC rates in the five domains included in the check list. Based on the Table 1, of all the observed cases, 115 (1.82%) and 93 (3.72%) washed their hands before leaving the ward and after performing a procedure, respectively. Tables 2 and 3 show the relationship between the measured variables and the five indexes of hand washing practice (i.e. items included in the checklist). According to the tables, males did more hand washing than females when entering the ward (P = 0.001). Also, the tables show that in comparison with diploma and M.A. holders , and physicians, B.A. holders did more hand washing after touching documents, telephones, etc., before and after performing a procedure, and before leaving the ward (P = 0.001). Moreover, it was found that those on the evening and night shifts performed the practice more than those in the morning and evening shifts. According to the obtained results, there was no significant relationship between hand washing practice when entering the ward and the variables of age (P = 0.641), job experience (P = 0.052), and the number of patients and personnel on a working shift (P = 0.185). Additionally, there was a positive relationship between hand-washing and job experience when it came to washing hands after touching documents, telephones, etc. (P = 0.031). That is more job experience was associated with more hand-washing practices. There was no significant relationship between washing hands before performing a procedure and the variables of age, job experience, and the number of patients and personnel on a working shift (P = 0.001).
Table 1. Hand-Washing Compliance Rates for the Five Studied Domains
Hand-Washing Compliance Rates, No. (%)
When entering the ward 23 (17.2)
After touching documents, telephones, etc. 37 (28)
Before performing a procedure 45 (35.4)
After performing a procedure 94 (72.3)
Before leaving the ward 115 (82.1)
Total 199 (36)
Table 2. Hand-Washing Compliance Rates for the Five Studied Domains and the Variables of Gender, Education, and Working Shifts a
When Entering the Ward
After Touching Documents
Before Performing a Procedure
After Performing a Procedure
Before Leaving the Ward
Male 3.58 7.41 1.23 8.53 9.76
Female 1.13 7.26 8.36 4.74 7.82
P value 0.001 0.316 0.379 0.187 0.703
Diploma 13 19 3.31 3.81 7.95
Bachelor 4.22 1.39 7.5 5.95 100
Master of science and physician 4.11 17 6.13 2.36 51
P value 0.272 0.23 0.001 0.001 0.001
Morning 8.14 9.33 5.31 9.71 9.87
Morning and evening 0 0 0 5.12 5.37
Evening and night 6.23 8.3 1.49 5.87 9.92
a All numbers are presented as %.
Table 3. Hand Washing Compliance Rates for the Five Studied Domains and the Variables of Age, Job Experience, and Patient Numbers
Age, Mean, y
Job experience, Mean, y
Number of patients, Mean
No 50.35 66.9 44.11
Yes 13.36 36.12 70.21
P value 0.641 0.052 0.185
After touching documents, telephones, etc.
Yes 98.33 95.9 56.13
P value 0.07 0.865 0.615
No 81.37 39.1 25.8
Yes 7.34 72.9 56.14
No 20.38 20.11 72.7
Figure 1. Hand-Washing Compliance Rate for the Five Studied Domains
The simplest and the most effective way to prevent infection transmission is hand-washing. As a result of contacts between patients, physicians, and nurses, microbes can be easily transmitted through contaminated hands. Therefore, correct hand-washing practice is necessary for all patients and hospital staff (14). According to the findings of the current study, 36% of the participants observed HWC. After coming into contact with patients, the number reduced to 3.72%. In the study conducted by Jouybari et al. HWC rate was reported to be 61.1%, after coming into contact with patients (15). In the current study and the study by Naghili et al. the number was 3.72% and 6.56%, respectively (16). One systematic review study indicated that universal HWC rates were low and that they vary quantitatively depending on situational factors (17). The results of the current study showed that in most cases, care staff washed their hands before leaving the ward and after performing a procedure, suggesting that the care staff do mind the health of themselves and their families. On the other hand, when entering the ward, after touching documents, telephones, etc., and before performing a procedure which are directly related to the health of patients, they did not pay much attention to HWC, implying that patients' health and transferring hospital-acquired infections to them is not a major concern for the evaluated care staff. Also, the findings of the present study indicated that males did more hand-washing than females when entering the ward and in comparison with diploma, M.A. holders, and physicians, B.A. holders washed their hands more often after touching documents, telephones, etc. before and after performing a procedure, and before leaving the ward. Thus, the need for a training program is felt. The study conducted by Nazari et al. indicated that nursing students performed weaker than the employed nurses and both groups were in need of receiving in-service training regarding preventing and controlling hospital-acquired infections (5). The results of another study showed that using soap and water and having a training program could decrease hospital-acquired infections significantly (16). In terms of washing hands before and after performing a procedure and before leaving the ward, more occurrence of the practice was observed among the care staff in the evening and night working shifts. From this perspective, the current study findings were similar to those reported by Alsubaie et al. (18). According to their study, when entering wards, females do the hand washing practice less than males. The opposite was reported in earlier studies (19). The disagreement can be tentatively accounted for the idea that Iranian women, in comparison with men, conceive their hands as to be naturally cleaner. There was no statistically significant relationship between the HWC rate obtained for ward-entering cases and the variables of age and the number of patients and personnel on a working shift. Parallel to the increase in the job experience of care staff, there was an increase in the HWC rate after touching documents, telephones, etc. No significant relationship was observed between before-the-procedure HWC rate and the variables of age, job experience, and the number of patients and personnel on a working shift.
5.1. Limitation
Researchers' observation may affect the personnel's performance, which might be also the case in the current study.
In view of the current study findings, and the low rate of HWC, especially when entering wards and coming into contact with patients, it is suggested that a long-term and continuous training program be planned and implemented in order to improve HWC according to the model proposed by Marra et al. (3).
The authors would like to acknowledge their gratitude to the participants of the current study for their cooperation.
Authors' Contributions: Mohammad Gholami Fesharaki, Zohreh Aghamiri and Masome Mohamadian developed the original idea and collected the data. Fatemeh Rahmati-Najarkolaei and Mohammad Gholami Fesharaki prepared and edited the manuscript.
Funding/Support: The study was financially supported by Najmieh Hospital in Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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MIPDOC: tame intro to MIPTV
The first day of MIPDOC (April 13) started on a rainy note, setting a muted tone for the two-day event in Cannes this year. Although Reed Midem reports that the number of program viewings by potential buyers reached an all-time high of 9,037 (last year's count was 9,020), the buzz around the Martinez Hotel was less positive.
By Susan Zeller
The first day of MIPDOC (April 13) started on a rainy note, setting a muted tone for the two-day event in Cannes this year. Although Reed Midem reports that the number of program viewings by potential buyers reached an all-time high of 9,037 (last year's count was 9,020), the buzz around the Martinez Hotel was less positive.
Several distributors who attended as both buyers and sellers – and, therefore, had access to the screening facilities – said it seemed fewer buyers were in attendance. In past years, the screening booths were occupied in heavy rotation, but space was always available this year, they noted. Their suspicions were reinforced by the distinct lack of activity at the second most popular spot at the Martinez during MIPDOC – the bar.
Current Affairs was the most viewed genre, reflecting the continuing impact of 9/11 and more recent events in Israel and Palestine. The most frequently watched program was In the Line of Fire, a one-hour one-off from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. about journalists who regularly risk their lives to capture the news. It was screened 30 times. The runner-up was Fighting Aviation Terror: The Secrets of Airline Security from Marathon in France, which was screened 28 times.
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Amistad added to list of historical ?'freedom?' sites
NEW HAVEN ?— The Freedom Schooner Amistad has been added to the state Freedom Trail of historical sites and the public is invited to celebrate.
Christine Hubany
The induction ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Amistad Pier on Long Wharf Drive. The event is free.
The state Freedom Trail honors sites that played pivotal roles in African-American history and American history in general. The Amistad joins a long list of honorees, including the Underground Railroad, gravesites, monuments, homes and other structures representing freedom.
This ceremony will be the last public event of the Amistad's Connecticut tour in 2004. After Saturday, the vessel, a floating classroom, sails to southern ports.
The Amistad saga is widely hailed as one of the most significant milestones in the fight to end slavery in the United States. It began in 1839 when 53 kidnapped Africans, led by Sengbe Pieh ("Cinque"), revolted and seized the Spanish ship Amistad, which was transporting them to Cuba.
The Africans wanted to return home but they were tricked by their captors, who instead sailed to Long Island. Authorities then brought the Africans to New Haven, where they were jailed on charges of mutiny.
Their trial became a civil rights case as their attorneys argued the Africans had been illegally kidnapped from their homeland.
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Supreme Court, where the justices agreed with the Connecticut courts that the Africans were free men.
"Amistad America is proud to become and official part of the Freedom Trail," said William Minter, chairman of the Board of Trustees for Amistad America. "We believe the ship is a visible symbol of struggle for freedom and justice not only in Connecticut but also across the United States. We are proud to carry this message of cooperation and ongoing struggle for justice around the world."
On Saturday, dignitaries from Sierra Leone, the Amistad captives' home country, are scheduled for a private sail on the ship and they will attend the induction ceremony.
On Sunday, the Amistad will prepare to set sail on "Friendship Tour for 2004/2005" and will visit ports along the East Coast and Bermuda.
For more information, see www.amistadamerica.org.
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iPad App of the Week: Halo Spartan Strike for iPad – how two-stick shooters should be done
April 25, 2015 Marc Luoma
Halo Spartan Strike foriPad is an enormously entertaining top-down gamer that makes the best of your iPad's display, and also its game control limitations. It strikes a great balance between too easy and too hard in order to be challenging and accessible, but never boring. The game has 30 missions, each with several sub-missions so you won't exhaust the challenges soon. The game is pure, non-serious fun and isn't spoiled with annoying in-app purchase nonsense.
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The creators have done a masterful job of making the best of the iPad's limited control options. Translation of two-stick shooters to the iPad has usually been marginally successful (Modern Combat franchise) or a disaster. The controls for Spartan Strike also mimic the two-stick setup but do so simply: left to move, right to shoot, period. Hurling grenades and making hand-to-hand attacks are handled with taps almost anywhere on the screen, keeping the "sticks" dedicated to their primary purpose. I got used to the controls in about five minutes, tops. A nice tutorial, during which you can practice but can't be killed, is a great way to learn the setup without frustration. You have a selection of weapons: you can carry two firearms at a time, picking up other weapons as you find them. Ammo caches are scattered around the landscape, and you can pick up ammo you find on dead enemies. There are two kinds of grenades which can likewise be replenished as you cover new ground. You can also commandeer vehicles or gun turrets which provide a great way to move quickly, or to wipe out enemy hordes in short order. You'll confront several kinds of enemies, from easily-killed grunts to super-soldiers that need a grenade or several clips from your assault rifle.
The graphics are detailed and make the most of the iPad's retina display. It's easy to make out your enemies from your friends, and to tell weapons caches from barriers and shields. The sounds are helpful and I found myself most often using earpods so I could best hear instructions and the sounds of enemies, gunfire, and explosions. Whether you like the music depends on your taste, but there's a setting to turn it up, down, or off. The game was smooth, quick, and responsive, and played without a hitch on my original iPad Air. Halo: Spartan Strike is available for $5.99 in the iTunes store, and worth every penny.
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Laemmle, Alexander ; Balmer, Christian ; Doell, Carsten ; Sass, Jörn Oliver ; Häberle, Johannes ; Baumgartner, Matthias R.
Propionic acidemia (PA) is a rare autosomal recessive organic aciduria resulting from defects in propionyl-CoA-carboxylase (PCC), a key enzyme of intermediate energy metabolism. PA mostly manifests during the neonatal period, when affected newborns develop severe metabolic acidosis and hyperammonemia. We present a previously healthy teenager, who suffered from acute fatigue and breathlessness. The patient was tachycardic, displayed a precordial heave and a systolic murmur. Cardiac investigations revealed severe dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Biochemical work up led to the diagnosis of PA. Remarkably, this patient of consanguineous Hispanic origin was in a good general health condition before the acute onset of DCM. Diagnosis of PA was confirmed by enzymatic and molecular genetic analysis, the latter revealing a novel homozygous mutation in the PCCB gene (c.1229G > A; p.R410Q). Residual PCC enzyme activity of approximately 14 % of normal was detected in patient's lymphocytes and fibroblasts, thereby providing a possible explanation for the hitherto asymptomatic phenotype. Conclusion: Isolated DCM, although rare, can be the leading and/or sole symptom of late-onset PA. Therefore, patients with DCM should receive a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation including selective screening for inborn errors of metabolism.
BACKGROUND Hyperlysinemia is an autosomal recessive inborn error of L-lysine degradation. To date only one causal mutation in the AASS gene encoding α-aminoadipic semialdehyde synthase has been reported. We aimed to better define the genetic basis of hyperlysinemia. METHODS We collected the clinical, biochemical and molecular data in a cohort of 8 hyperlysinemia patients with distinct neurological features. RESULTS We found novel causal mutations in AASS in all affected individuals, including 4 missense mutations, 2 deletions and 1 duplication. In two patients originating from one family, the hyperlysinemia was caused by a contiguous gene deletion syndrome affecting AASS and PTPRZ1. CONCLUSIONS Hyperlysinemia is caused by mutations in AASS. As hyperlysinemia is generally considered a benign metabolic variant, the more severe neurological disease course in two patients with a contiguous deletion syndrome may be explained by the additional loss of PTPRZ1. Our findings illustrate the importance of detailed biochemical and genetic studies in any hyperlysinemia patient.


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School wins jilbab battle
Dorothy Lepkowska
24th March 2006 at 12:00am
House of Lords overturns earlier ruling and says secondary was right to ban Muslim girl over religious dress. Dorothy Lepkowska reports
A secondary school acted appropriately in banning a Muslim teenager from wearing religious dress, the Law Lords said this week.
They overturned an earlier appeal court ruling that Shabina Begum's human rights were violated when she was sent home from Denbigh high, in Luton, for wearing a full-length jilbab.
The judgement was welcomed by teacher unions who said common sense had prevailed and authority had been restored to schools.
John Dunford, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "I am delighted. Uniforms are there to subjugate individual preference and create a community ethos in schools."
Mick Brookes, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the ruling "shows that where a school is sensitive to local issues and has a good consultative process, its judgement will be upheld in law".
Lord Bingham said the Bedfordshire school had been fully justified in its actions. "It had taken immense pains to devise a uniform policy which respected Muslim beliefs but did so in an inclusive, unthreatening and uncompetitive way," he said.
"The rules laid down were as far from being mindless as uniform rules could ever be. The school had enjoyed a period of harmony and success to which the uniform policy was thought to contribute."
The school refused to comment but in a statement issued on its behalf said:
"We are pleased the House of Lords has upheld the school's right to set its own uniform policy and to enforce it while staying within the law."
It said that the Law Lords "acknowledged that the school did not deny Shabina Begum the right to manifest her religion or indeed unlawfully exclude her from school".
Shabina, who is now 17 and no longer attends Denbigh, took the school's head and governors to court for denying her the "right to education and to manifest her religious beliefs" under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights.
She said after this week's ruling: "Obviously I am saddened and disappointed about this, but I am quite glad it is all over and I can move on.
"Even though I lost, I have made a stand. Many women out there will not speak up about what they actually want."
She said she would consult with her lawyers on whether to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
The cost of the case so far is about pound;50,000 in legal aid.
* dorothy.lepkowska@tes.co.uk
SHABINA'S FIGHT
* September, 2002: Shabina Begum is sent home from Denbigh high, Luton, for wearing a jilbab.
* February 13, 2004: Papers are lodged at Royal Courts of Justice, in London, asking for a judicial review.
* February 23, 2004: A judge rules she has a case for judicial review.
* May 27, 2004: The High Court is told the ban denies Shabina's education and her right to practise her religion.
* June 15, 2004: The High Court rules against Shabina. Mr Justice Bennett says her human rights not infringed.
* December 20, 2004: The ruling is challenged at the Court of Appeal, where Cherie Booth QC, representing Shabina, tells judges the school acted unlawfully in barring her.
* March 2, 2005: The Court of Appeal reverses previous decision.
* February 6, 2006: Denbigh high takes the case to the House of Lords, where five Law Lords are asked to review the human rights implications.
* March 22, 2006: House of Lords rules in favour of the school.


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The Zone is coming to your s̷c̷r̷e̷a̷m̷ screen
The Federal Bureau of Coherence needs your h̴e̵l̷p̸
In the midst of all this devastation, I have an exciting announcement. It's taking me a while to figure out a plan, but TL;DR: I will be bringing The Zone to a digital release more appropriate for these pandemic times. Physical release will still happen, but when it feels right.
And I'll be need you to help me playtest! Ping me on Twitter or email if you'd like to be one of the first to try it.
Aaaaah, February. I had just torn open the latest playpacks of the mostly complete game and was ready to figure out who to send them to. Some incredible art was coming through (more on that later!) An April or May Kickstarter sounded just right. I'd even finally had a chance to play my own Golden Cobra game, whose key mechanic is gentle physical touch (though with social distancing on the horizon, we'd already switched that to a distanced gesture).
And then it all happened. You know—the thing.
Ugh. It was no longer right to gather friends in an enclosed space to play the release candidate. I stopped planning playtests. I tried to keep working on the layout—and got pretty far telling myself I'd just get it finished so it was "ready to go" when the time came—but instructions aren't just a thing you write. They are the crystallization of the conversation that gets a game going, and without playtests I had no feedback loop to that conversation. Making progress felt like pushing on a string.
I stalled out.
Making art is important—especially in a moment like this—but it just doesn't feel that way when you're in this moment. Things that gave you comfort suddenly feel exhausting. Having made something affirms that you still have a little bit of control, it helps you carve a bit of an eye into the storm, but actually doing the making becomes gut wrenchingly hard.
Many of you reading this are makers too, how have you dealt with this?
The Zone goes digital (first)
So I started messing around with Roll20 and Tabletopia (which I'd already experimented by running a great playtest with the wonderful Amber Autumn & friends).
But I felt a few things were missing in just literally translating the table to a virtual space.
A huge part of The Zone is the atmosphere. It must be played in the dark. With glowsticks. I wanted that.
And I wanted it to be accessible. Roll20 is incredibly powerful and also incredibly fiddly—I'm not sure I need all that power for a GM-less game. And shrinking down all the cards to screen size doesn't make the best use of that form factor.
Finally, I want to guide my players. I want it to be the easiest couple of hours of spooky storytelling since, well…
(Disclaimer—The Zone will not include a VHS player.)
So, it's time to get making. I've been having a lot of fun this week prototyping.
The first thing I set up was placing all the game elements, using Figma as a level editor. This was easy using the Figma API, and saved me a massive amount of time getting everything placed just right (a pain point I've felt many times trying to develop on the web with just graphics libraries but no editors). I expect it to help even more when I start layering more artwork into the game!
Then I worked on drag & drop, hand management, getting all the basic mechanics of a card game to work. I wanted to make card movement super juicy! So yes, I got distracted for a while "benchmarking" Hearthstone, Slay The Spire, Monster Train…
Oh, and last bit! Atmosphere through Digital Glowsticks™
Most importantly, this gives me a path forward and motivation to keep building the darn thing. I still can't wait to get the physical version into everyone's hands, but this is a perfect challenge in the meantime. It's already looking promising!
Coming next: multiplayer, and the very interesting challenge of adapting rules, handouts, & character sheets!
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