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The Queen, seated on the Throne and attended by Her Officers of State, commanded that the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod should let the Commons know that it was Her Majesty's pleasure that they attend Her immediately in this House.
When they had come with their Speaker, Her Majesty was pleased to speak as follows:
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Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 11:30 am, 18th November 2009
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, my Government's overriding priority is to ensure sustained growth to deliver a fair and prosperous economy for families and businesses as the British economy recovers from the global economic downturn. Through active employment and training programmes, restructuring the financial sector, strengthening the national infrastructure and providing responsible investment, my Government will foster growth and employment.
My Government will also strengthen key public services, ensuring that individual entitlements guarantee good services and will work to build trust in democratic institutions.
My Government will seek effective global and European collaboration through the G20 and the European Union to sustain economic recovery and to combat climate change, including at the Copenhagen summit next month.
The Duke of Edinburgh and I look forward to our visit to Bermuda and our State Visit to Trinidad and Tobago and to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in this, the Commonwealth's 60th anniversary year. We also look forward to receiving the President of South Africa next year.
My Government will continue to reform and strengthen regulation of the financial services industry to ensure greater protection for savers and taxpayers. Legislation will be brought forward to enhance the governance of the financial sector and to control the system of rewards.
As the economic recovery is established, my Government will reduce the budget deficit and ensure that national debt is on a sustainable path. Legislation will be brought forward to halve the deficit.
My Government will introduce a Bill to enable the wider provision of free personal care to those in highest care need.
Legislation will be brought forward to introduce guarantees for pupils and parents to raise educational standards.
My Government will legislate to protect communities by ensuring that parents take responsibility for their children's anti-social behaviour and by tackling youth gang crime.
My Government will introduce a Bill to ensure the communications infrastructure is fit for the digital age, supports future economic growth, delivers competitive communications and enhances public service broadcasting.
Legislation will be brought forward to support carbon capture and storage and to help more of the most vulnerable households with their energy bills.
My Government will respond to proposals for high-speed rail services between London and Scotland.
Legislation will be introduced to protect communities from flooding and to improve the management of water supplies.
My Government is committed to ensuring everyone has a fair chance in life and will continue to take forward legislation to promote equality, narrow the gap between rich and poor and tackle discrimination. The Bill will also introduce transparency in the workplace, to help address the differences in pay between men and women.
My Government will continue to enshrine in law its commitment to abolish child poverty by 2020.
My Government will legislate to provide agency workers with the right to be treated equally with permanent staff on pay, holidays and other basic conditions.
Legislation will continue to be taken forward on constitutional reform. My Government will also publish draft legislation on proposals for a reformed second chamber of Parliament with a democratic mandate.
A Bill will be introduced to strengthen the law against bribery.
My Government will continue to work closely with the devolved administrations in the interests of all the people of the United Kingdom. My Government is committed to the Northern Ireland political process and will continue to work with Northern Ireland's leaders to complete the devolution of policing and justice and to ensure its success.
In Scotland, my Government will take forward proposals in the Final Report from the Commission on Scottish Devolution. My Government will continue to devolve more powers to Wales.
Members of the House of Commons, estimates for the public services will be laid before you.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, my Government will work for security, stability and prosperity in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for peace in the Middle East.
Legislation will be brought forward to ban cluster munitions.
My Government will work towards creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons, including addressing the challenges from Iran and North Korea.
Draft legislation will be published to make binding my Government's commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on international development from 2013.
Other measures will be laid before you.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels.
The House adjourned during pleasure.
Prayers-read by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Isaiah Roby had a career-high 28 points as Nebraska edged past Butler 80-76 in the NIT first round on Wednesday night. James Palmer Jr. added 23 points for the Cornhuskers.
Sean McDermott had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (16-17). Paul Jorgensen added 12 points. Jordan Tucker had 11 points.


Reno, Nev. – Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 – Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, has been recognized for a variety of achievements by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 34 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions.* Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center has been recognized in the following areas.
Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center strives to be the best choice for patients. Through staff training, quality healthcare services, and a focus on patient safety, the hospital is proud to excel in the above areas. Saint Mary's is also ranked as a Best Hospital for 2017-18 in Diabetes and Endocrinology by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, Saint Mary's is the only hospital the state of Nevada to earn an "A" grade for patient safety by Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade—a national patient safety watchdog.
For more information about Saint Mary's achievements, visit SaintMarysReno.com/Awards.


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The Free Generative Writing Workshop is Iowa City's only monthly writing workshop that brings together adult writers of all levels to have their imaginations sparked by our area's most talented writers and teachers, at absolutely no cost. The goal is to create a supportive environment where participants can generate new writing and meet others interested in the same. Each month a different talented writer-teacher from our area will invite us to write from an original prompt—and then compose along beside us as we explore where that prompt leads. After writing, we'll have the option to share what we've created and receive feedback.
Bring beloved writing implements, warming drinks, a talisman, and your own wild imagination.


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The Adder is a light Clan OmniMech. Designed as a light combat 'Mech rather than a scout, almost half of the Adder's weight is dedicated to weapons.
The ADR-A has two missile hardpoints in the arms and two energy hardpoints in the side torsos. It's primarily an LRM boat in its stock configuration.
The ADR-B, like the ADR-D, has a ballistic hardpoint in one arm and an energy hardpoint in the other, only reversed. Each side torso has an energy hardpoint.
The ADR-D mimics the Kit Fox Prime, with an Ultra AC 5 in the right arm and an ER Large Laser in the left. It uses the extra capacity it gains from being 5 tons heavier to add two Streak SRM launchers.
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In Neil Gaiman's new book, The Sleeper and the Spindle, Sleeping Beauty gets woken by a Queen's kiss. And there's pictures so it did happen. Fictionally speaking. We also discuss The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan, and find out people are pleasantly surprised by the techno-thrilling coming of age fantasy that is Alif the Unseen.
Mark wrote: "In partnership with Ideate Media, IDW Publishing is proud to announce that Dirk Gently will be appearing in his first-ever comic-book series in 2015, helping to prove the interconnectedness of all things, the precept by which Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams' beloved fictional "holistic detective" lives. Written by Chris Ryall with art by Tony Akins. A cover for issue #1 is by Chew co-creator Rob Guillory."
Book Discussion: The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan suggested by Vaughn.
Next time we'll discuss The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May suggested by Ralff Windwalker. Post your thoughts to the thread and we'll discuss more about them next time!
Best use of Time Travel in a novel?
Sword & Laser and Open Road Media went to Loncon 3! Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont took your burning questions to six great authors.
We chat with Timothy Zahn about his new book Soulminder. What happens when you can store a person's life essence separate from their body? And yes, we get in a little talk about Star Wars and the prospects for Grand Admiral Thrawn and Jaina Solo too.
S&L Podcast - #185 - Traveling by Bubble!
We chat with Steven Paul Leiva, author of Traveling in Space and his audiobook narrator Jeff Cannata, about aliens, the beauty of language and avoiding death.


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Sandia-led center to advance understanding of new solar panel technology
By Heather Hall | July 8, 2021
By Mollie Rappe, Sandia National Laboraties
Joshua Stein, front, a Sandia National Laboratories engineer and director of a new Perovskite Photovoltaic Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies Center, and Charles Robinson, a Sandia technologist, examine a solar module. The new center will determine the best performance and reliability tests for perovskite solar modules. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
The Department of Energy recently awarded $14 million to form a Sandia National Laboratories-led center to improve the understanding of perovskite-based photovoltaic technologies and determine the best tests to evaluate the new solar panels' lifetimes.
The efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells has reached 25%, approaching the levels of common crystalline silicon-based solar cells. Perovskite solar cells use common starting materials and can be produced at much lower temperature using more standard methods, said Joshua Stein, a Sandia systems engineer and director of the new center. This means perovskite-based solar panels have the potential to be significantly cheaper and less energy-intensive to manufacture compared with silicon solar cells.
However, perovskite-based photovoltaic technologies still have several challenges to overcome before they can compete against conventional solar panels. The Perovskite Photovoltaic Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies Center aims to offer solutions to these challenges.
"If we want to meet the U.S.'s goals of increasing the amount of power from renewable energy, we're going to need a lot more manufacturing capacity," Stein said. "Perovskite photovoltaic technologies may provide a pathway to low-cost manufacturing, but there is still much that is unknown about this technology, especially in terms of outdoor performance and reliability. The center will field-test and monitor this technology using a common set of testing protocols so that every device can be fairly compared."
The center, which also includes National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Black and Veatch, will serve as a neutral evaluator of technologies and companies and will have three primary focuses to help companies quantify and characterize risks related to performance, reliability and bankability.
Performance: Developing a common rubric
Perovskite solar cells can be made of a wide variety of chemicals and using numerous methods. This variability is a strength but can also make it challenging to compare the performance characteristics, such as energy efficiencies at different light conditions or operating temperatures. A solar cell is a small device that captures sunlight and converts it into electricity. A solar module is made up of multiple solar cells connected and integrated together.
"Right now, it's like the Wild West," said Stein, who has led the photovoltaic performance modeling collaborative for the past decade. "There are no established standards or test protocols for assessing perovskite solar modules. We would like to craft a clear set of test protocols that have been validated and vetted by the industry to create a rubric or set of goal posts, so that companies that are getting into perovskite solar technologies know what they need to do."
Within the first year, the team wants to test at least 30 perovskite modules outside at Sandia's Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory and NREL. Eventually they hope to expand performance testing to at least 50 kW of perovskite-based photovoltaic modules and full systems.
Reliability: Withstanding the tests of time
The center also is focused on determining the reliability of perovskite solar modules, or how they perform in the field over a long time and how they begin to degrade, said Laura Schelhas, a research scientist and group manager at NREL and deputy director of the center.
"NREL's role in leading the reliability focus area is to provide a lot of the scientific basis behind understanding reliability in perovskite-based solar modules," said Schelhas. "This means looking at the degradation of these materials in contrast to traditional solar cell materials, what is causing this degradation, how to test for it and how to accelerate it in a meaningful way for the tests."
Researchers use accelerated testing protocols — like exposing modules to high humidity or intense ultraviolet light, or rapidly switching between hot daytime and cool nighttime temperatures — to "kind of look into the future and predict the long-term reliability of these panels in the real world without having to wait 30 years," Schelhas said.
The researchers will compare the results from the lab-based accelerated tests to real-world field-based tests to ensure that their reliability tests are accurate.
Another goal for the center is to show that tests conducted at NREL and CFV Labs, an Albuquerque-based commercial photovoltaic testing lab and part of the center, produce very similar results from identical solar modules. Stein added, "If you're going to develop standards, you have to make sure that commercial companies can run those standard tests."
Bankability: Ensuring a safe investment
"Bankability is providing independent assessments of the technology and company so that banks and other investors can trust that the technology will work and last," said Ralph Romero, senior managing director of Black and Veatch Management Consulting's Bankability practice
"Support from this center will allow technology developers to overcome the challenges that are hindering the development of the technology today," Romero said. "Specifically, I see this center as a way for technology developers, who generally don't have a strong commercial background, to receive invaluable guidance on what they need to achieve to be commercially successful."
Within two years, the goal is to conduct bankability roadmaps for at least two perovskite-based photovoltaic companies. This will help them plot their paths to commercialization. By the fourth year, they plan to conduct complete bankability assessments of at least two companies.
A complete bankability assessment takes about six months and looks at the design of the new product, its performance and reliability, the manufacturing process, the installation and maintenance process for the product and the company overall, Romero added.
"The DOE has made this investment to create an independent and neutral assessment center," Schelhas said. "The partnership between Sandia and NREL is really powerful. At NREL we have a lot of experience with perovskite technology and Sandia has years of experience with field testing. Together we can provide that independent assessment of the technology. Hopefully, this will lead to U.S. manufacturing of perovskite solar panels."
Institutions involved in the center are Sandia, NREL, Black and Veatch, CFV Labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Electric Power Research Institute.
Industry partners use ORNL software to trim carbon footprint of buildings
Rensselaer researchers to focus on improving life and efficiency of nuclear reactors
Researchers measure photovoltaic external quantum efficiency to transform the future of solar cells
U.S. DOE grants $25M to advance clean hydrogen technologies for electricity generation

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These Criminals Are Non-Compliant For the Sexual or Violent Offenders Registry. Have You Seen Them, Billings?
Trent Flager
Trent Flager Updated: June 30, 2022
Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash
UPDATE - June 29, 2022: The original post featured Derek Freemond Montoya. Montoya passed away on June 5, 2022. His obituary can be found here. Our heartfelt condolences to Montoya's family and friends.
Original Article - Published April 25, 2022
Currently, in Yellowstone County, we have over 1,500 violent and sexual offenders. There are several that are "Non-Compliant" meaning they haven't registered on the Sexual or Violent Offenders Registry, or their whereabouts are unknown. The Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking for the public's help in locating these non-compliant offenders. This is meant as an informational resource, and the DOJ states, "Anyone who uses this information to injure, harass or commit a criminal act against any person, may be subject to criminal prosecution." All information below is accurate as of April 14, 2022, at 4:54 AM.
Benjamin Earl Cook
Credit: Montana Department of Justice
Cook is a Non-Compliant Registrant, previously sentenced for Sexual Assault, Aggravated Assault, and Assault With a Weapon.
Christopher James Killsnight
Killsnight is a Non-Compliant Registrant, previously sentenced for Aggravated Assault, Federal Sexual Abuse, and Partner/Family Member Assault.
Eddie Martin Bargar
Bargar is a Non-Compliant Registrant, and his whereabouts are unknown. His last known whereabouts were in Billings. He was previously sentenced for Sexual Intercourse without Consent.
Mark Steven Elkshoulder
Elkshoulder is a Non-Compliant Registrant, and his whereabouts are unknown. His last known whereabouts were in Billings. He was previously sentenced for Federal Aggravated Sexual Abuse With Children.
Brenda Joy Romero
Romero is a Non-Compliant Registrant, her whereabouts are unknown, and she may be homeless. She was previously sentenced for Sexual Intercourse without Consent.
Michael Gordon Jensen, Jr.
Jensen is a Non-Compliant Registrant, his whereabouts are unknown, and he may be homeless. He was previously sentenced for Sexual Assault on a Minor in Durango, CO.
A full list of Non-Compliant Registrants can be found here, along with their last known locations. If you have any information on the whereabouts of any of these offenders, call 406-444-7068 for Sexual Offenders and 406-444-9877 for Violent Offenders.
U.S. Marshals Most Wanted in Montana. Have You Seen These Guys?
The US Marshals are the oldest federal law enforcement agency in the nation, founded in 1789. Over 3,500 deputy marshals and investigators currently work for the agency around the country, operating under the arm of the US Department of Justice. According to the US Marshals Service 2022 Fact Sheet, their duties include,
Protecting the federal judiciary, apprehending federal fugitives, managing and selling seized assets acquired by criminals through illegal activities, housing and transporting federal prisoners and operating the Witness Security Program.
The Montana district for the Marshals is headquartered in Billings and they frequently assist or lead local law enforcement agencies in the apprehension of fugitives across the state. Their Montana "Most Wanted" list includes these three men, who are wanted for various reasons. Read on.
10 Infamous People with Montana Connections
We've compiled ten criminals who committed crimes, or have other connections with, the Treasure State.
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William Fittall knighted in New Year's Honours List
STEFANO CAGNONI
Long-service: William Fittall listens to a visiting speaker at the General Synod, in London
THE former Secretary General of the General Synod, William Fittall, who retired on 30 November, has been knighted Knight Bachelor in the New Year's Honours List for services to the Church of England.
In his farewell to the Synod, he spoke of his desire to see the Church "recapture the imagination of those who, in a society awash with more information than ever, remain desperately hungry for meaning" (News, 4 December).
Also knighted was Malcolm Evans, Professor of Public International Law at Bristol University and Chair of the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture. He was appointed Knight Commander for "services to torture prevention and religious freedom". A member of the panel of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse, he will lead the investigation into abuse in education and religious institutions.
Seventeen people were honoured for their contribution to the fight against Ebola in West Africa, including a volunteer nurse, Katie Ann Gatward, who was appointed MBE, and Dr Michael Jacobs, clinical lead in infectious diseases at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, who was knighted Knight Bacehlor. He treated the nurses Pauline Cafferkey, Will Pooley, and Anna Cross after they contracted the disease (News, 2 January).
Neil Jameson, executive director of Citizens UK, was appointed CBE for services to community organising and social justice.
Recipients of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) include Hannah Ellis Carmichael, a trustee of Depaul UK, for services to homeless and vulnerable young people.
The senior Anglican chaplain in Athens, Canon Malcolm Bradshaw was appointed MBE for services to interfaith understanding and community charities in Greece. He has been helping to co-ordinate the response to the refugee crisis in the country (News, 30 October).
Greg Valerio, an activist in the jewellery industry, was appointed MBE for his services to the UK and Fairtrade gold sectors in Colombia and East Africa. In 2011, he worked with the Fairtrade Foundation to launch the world's first Fairtrade gold (Interview, 3 January, 2014).
Also among the MBEs were the MP for West 'Are'are, in the Solomon Islands, Chief Alfred Hairiu, for services to teaching, the Church, politics, and community development; and to the Revd Professor Kenneth Rankin Ross, a Kirk minister who chairs the Scotland Malawi Partnership, for services to the community in Malawi, and to Scottish-Malawi Relations.
Carmel McConnell, the founder of Magic Breakfast, which feeds more than 23,500 schoolchildren each morning, was appointed MBE for services to school food. Priscilla Kealy was given the MBE for services to the community in Ripon. She has served for 40 years as churchwarden in North Stainley and for ten years as a clerk and trustee to the Hospitals Almshouses and Chapels Trust
Efforts to preserve church heritage were noted. Canon Brian Mountford, Vicar of the University Church of St Mary's, Oxford, Chaplain of St Hilda's College, and the author of Christian Atheist: Belonging without believing was appointed MBE for services to ecclesiastical heritage. Neil Owen Skelton received the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the preservation and conservation of Imber Church, Wiltshire. Brenda Slade received the BEM for services to Westminster Abbey and the creation and preservation of ceremonial garments.
Among others who received the BEM were Kwaku Frimpong-Manson, Bishop of the Apostolic Congress of Great Britain, for services to the Reverend community in Tottenham, London; and the Vicar of St Cuthbert's, Portsea, Canon David Power, for services to the community in Portsmouth. He spoke in 2012 of the £4.5-million transformation of the church from one locked and unavailable to the local community to one housing a doctor's surgery, community complex, and new worship area (Around the Dioceses, 12 June 2012).
Robin Woodd received the award for services to the community in Hemel Hempstead, particularly through the Samaritans and St. Mary's Church.
The Revd Heather Widdows, NSM of St Maelrubha's Episcopal Church, Poolewe, received the BEM for services to the community in Gairloch, Ross-shire.
Contributions to church music were honoured. BEMs were awarded to Anthony Paul Ingle (voluntary and charitable services to the community in Cambridgeshire through church music); Graham McInnes (services to church music and the Wellingborough Talking Newspaper); and the Director of Music at Holy Trinity, Llandudno, Norman Rimmer (services to music and the community in North Wales). Mr McInnes has been involved in church music for 70 years.
Georgina Jones, a former church organist at St Gwyddelan's, Dolwyddelan, was awarded the BEM for voluntary service to the Church and the community in Dolwyddelan, Conwy. John Fall, who served for 50 years as Churchwarden at Kirklington, was awarded the BEM for services to the community of Kirklington.
Honours for Fittall and Ebola team
THE former Secretary General of the General Synod, William Fittall, who retired on 30 November, has been appointed Knight Bachelor in the New Year's Honours List for services to the Church of England
Chaplains honoured included the Revd James Francis, a chaplain to the Army, appointed MBE; and Keith Cyril Ineson, an agricultural chaplain, awarded the BEM for services to the farming community in Cheshire.
About one in ten honours this year was for work in education. Among the 26 head teachers celebrated was Paulette Osborne, the head of St Matthew's C of E Primary School, Birmingham, who received an MBE for services to education. Gaynor Ellen Mary Clegg, a senior lunchtime supervisor at Ravensthorpe C of E (Controlled) Junior School, Dewsbury, was also honoured for services to education, with the BEM.
The arts were celebrated.Sir Roy Strong, a former director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London, was appointed a Companion of Honour for services to culture (Features, 6 September 2013).
Actors honoured included David Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King Jnr in the film Selma (Features, 2 October), and Idris Elba, who played Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long walk to freedom (Reviews, 3 January, 2014), both of whom were awarded OBEs.
"Awards and honours come in all shapes and sizes, and all as significant as the other, but this is beyond special, as it comes from Queen and country, and I couldn't be more proud for receiving this right now," Mr Elba said. "What a year. . . On me head, son!"
Barbara Windsor said that she was "so very honoured, proud, and extremely humbled" to be made a Dame.
Of the 1196 people honoured, the youngest was 13-year-old Jonjo Heuerman, who received the BEM after raising £250,000 for the Bobby Moore Fund at Cancer Research UK.
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Following a restructuring of responsibilities within the denomination, the Free Church of England is looking to appoint an engaging and supportive individual to be the new Company Secretary of the Free Church of England Central Trust and General Secretary of the Free Church of England. The role holder will work with our Bishops and other leaders to enable growth and effectiveness in the ministry of the Church.


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The Anglican Church in Paraguay
The first mention of an Anglican presence in Paraguay goes back to the time of the Dictator José Gaspard Rodriguez de Francia, first président of the country after the independance (1812).
Asked by the Roman Catholic hierarchy to prosecute for heresy two visiting British traders, this enlightened tyran answered : "I dont care wether they are Catholics, Protestants or even Mahomedans, as long as they are not atheists."
The Anglican Church began growing in Asuncion from 1850 onwards, with the arrival of British engineers and technicians contracted by the government to develop heavy industry and railways. It grew in earnest after 1912, when the Saint Andrews Church was built under the impulsion of Dr. Stewart, who came here to found the Asuncion Medical School after having worked with Florence Nightingale at the Scutari Barracks Hospital, during the Crimean War.
Paraguay is now a See of the Anglican Church, which comprises the English-speaking parish of Asuncion and over thirty Spanish-speaking parishes covering the whole of the Republic.
Today the Anglican Church gathers about 5000 faithfuls in Paraguay.
Sunday Service is celebrated every week, at 10.00 AM.
There is more information on the Anglican Church in Paraguay (in Spanish) .You can download here the text of the Order of Services booklet
For the celebrations of the centenial of the Chapel, Tally McAferty has put together a scrapbook that retraces the history of the chapel, and of the Anglican congregation in Paraguay; you can download it here in .pdf form.
The Saint Andrews
Church in Asuncion
ANGLICAE 19 10 2012


60 Day Challenge: To take or Not to take?
I'm not obsessed with weight loss, but with the hovering thought of being thirty, and the vague hazy dream of fitting into bridal wear making sure to conceal all struggling bulges, plus trying to look twenty-something in the pictures; I have no choice but to flush out the 15+ kgs that fret and whine to go away. It was heart breaking having to turn down the freshly prepared shawarma from a colleague, who only was too stunned at my refusal. Soon enough the aromas of the sandwich filled the room and had my face turn into an ogling masterpiece. Thankfully, I didn't give in.
Surely, the mindset of a person on the verge of a diet is frustrating, and if you listen to your thoughts, it could indeed depress you. Every morning I wake up positive, chalk out the entire day's schedule of workouts, food intake and work. Come evening, and I'm a nervous wreck – finishing the last bits of work in the office, and trying NOT to listen to the loud excuses in my head. If these get the better of me, I end up simply crying, and giving up by cancelling all that I planned since the break of day, and spending the rest of the night blaming myself, and even my relationship. Am I alone? Or is this a common phenomenon for most weight losers? My metabolism rate is comparatively lower owing to the numerous hours I spend at my work desk, so I try to push in the maximum fat burning workouts for atleast two hours. At the same time, I've tried to keep my calorie intake low…about 700 kcals or lower. Not sure if all this is a worthwhile decision. According to various health mags, this could keep my weight loss steady over the next few months.
Yesterday my thoughts finally fought back, and I was on the verge of a break-up. It kept reminding me that I'm ugly ball of wreck, and no amounts of hard work will change that. Vengeful words were slurred. Slept. Woke up with a guilty conscience, and checked my IM to see if I missed any lines from my patient friend on the other side. Anyways, for a thought: I am fathoming the idea of taking up a challenge. 8 kgs in 60 days, starting today, and having to record the ordeal / experience in this blog. Hopefully this works…Comments, suggestions are welcome.


Joe Wilson (ithinkoficarus) writes in our latest blog about The Untitled: Bad Entertainment.
The UNTITLED | Bad Entertainment runs from 30th January − 8th May 2016 at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Admission free.


This was the Haves and Wants Speed Marketing Session that we recorded live at our May 2, 2011 Atlanta REIA Meeting. This is a new 30 minute session at our Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Meeting that starts at 6:00 PM on the 1st Monday of the month and is hosted by Joe Thompson. The purpose of this marketing session is to help facilitate deals by giving our members the opportunity to quickly market things they HAVE and no longer want and to find things they WANT but don't yet have. Thanks to all those of you who participated. And special thanks to Joe for hosting the session and to Alan McDonald for recording the session and improving the quality of this video each and every month.
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How Important Is Code Review In QA?
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Hiba Sulaiman
Being in the software industry we often hear the term code review. However, the concept of code review is often misunderstood. Code reviews are often overlooked in the software development process as testers feel performing testing should be adequate to validate the application from various aspects. And they often tend to ignore the need for a code reviewing process. However, neglecting the need for a code review process could result in major consequences. Another misconception is that code reviews are the sole responsibility of the development team. This is not true. Code review is a process that does not only involve developers but QA experts and product managers as well. While testers are responsible to ensure that the goals have been met in terms of functionality, user experience, and user acceptance. The idea is to look at any issues in an application before it is released so that there should be no surprises.
What is a Code Review?
The most interesting thing about a code review is that it does not have a proper definition. Depending on the team, it may either include only certain stakeholders or all of them. Code review is a part of the software development process where the authors of the code, peers, and QA testers review code together. It is a practice where the code is broken into small pieces which are inspected by the code reviewers just before testing. Code reviews are often performed in agile environments.
The main objective of code review services is to identify mistakes, detect bugs early, and ensure that the code follows the standard practices. It is a two-way communication where both the coder as well as the reviewer learns from one another and remove any potential mistakes which can later impact the application. Teams working in an agile set-up may often underestimate the significance of the code reviewing process. Although the process may seem time-consuming, especially when teams are running short on their deadlines. But this is where code reviews are extremely important. The sooner a team reviews the code and eliminate underlying issues or bugs, the sooner they are able to deliver the product as per release deadlines. Identifying bugs later in the release cycle may appear as a surprise and would rather appear to be more expensive and time-consuming. This is why organizations are now incorporating code reviews in their processes right from the initial phases.
Importance of Code Review in a QA Process
Let's have a look at a few benefits of code reviews that might explain why they are important in the QA process:
Early Bug Identification
Teams can save a lot of time during software testing when bugs are detected at an early stage in the development phase. The overall testing process becomes less expensive and time-consuming. Although automation testing reduces the testing efforts, there is nothing better than humans detecting and resolving mistakes made by others.
In an agile environment, clients often require the following coding standards. Newbie developers are often unaware of the industry-standard coding. Code reviews help in ensuring that the code follows the standards set by the stakeholders.
Code reviews provide a common platform for team members to improve team collaboration. It makes them aware of each other's strengthens and weaknesses and prevents them from working in silos.
As an organization shift towards agile environments, they require delivering quality work in time. Code reviews help them develop a quality code that is free from defects and is developed by following the standard protocols.
Code Review Practices to Mentor New Staff
Seniors lack time to train or mentor the new staff about the coding practices. Code reviews work as a viable solution allowing junior developers to work with seniors. A proper feedback process allows new developers to add to their coding skills.
Typically, a code review involves one or more developers that examine the source code they didn't write. They provide feedback to the author of the code, including negative and positive comments. Ideally, reviewers are not a part of the project as this increases their objectivity and ensures the code is readable and maintainable. When organizations look for code review services they expect reviewers to find common mistakes and validate the code against the company's coding standards. Although code reviews can take place during all stages of development, except for smaller projects that need to be designed and deployed right away. Even during the final stages of development, code reviews reduce the number of regression bugs and ensure that they do not abandon company coding practices. By using best practices for code reviews, the process can mitigate costly QA defects that are found right before the release. Thus, making code reviews an integral part of the QA process.
Code Review In QA
Hiba Sulaiman has been working in the domains of technical and SEO-based content for more than a combined experienced four years. She generates content for digital marketing purposes including blogs & articles, newsletters, etc. Her educational background includes a degree in the Masters of Business Administration (HR). She has developed her writing skills over the passage of years by servicing in educational writing ever since she graduated from college. She enjoys developing creative content for different services.


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Make age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples' historical and contemporary contributions to Canada a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students.
Provide the necessary funding to post-secondary institutions to educate teachers on how to integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into classrooms
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Curriculum advisors in Alberta are recommending that all references to residential schools and "equity" be eliminated in the Kindergarten-to-Grade 4 curriculum, a move that education experts call regressive, racist and unsupported by research. Ontario has also reneged on the initial commitment by the previous Liberal government to revise the curriculum to include mandatory Indigenous content. The content is now optional.
The government of Canada is working with the Council of Ministers of Education to enhance knowledge and awareness of First Nations, Inuit and Métis history and culture across Canada and to enhance the knowledge and awareness of teachers, students and school leaders on the history and culture of Indigenous peoples. The response also focuses on investments in First Nations education. Specific status updates are as follows:
Multiple initiatives in all provinces and territories on mandatory K-12 curriculum development to integrate Indigenous history and culture; Ontario has made this C2A optional.
funding established for teacher training to integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods;
funding to Indigenous schools is inconsistent (new First Nation Education agreements have been signed)
minimal commitment to appointing senior-level positions in government to Indigenous Education
Canadian Teachers Federation
Founded in 1920, the CTF is a national alliance of provincial and territorial Member organizations that represent nearly 231,000 teachers across Canada. CTF is also a member of the 32-million member Education International. @CanTeachersFed
Dec. 15, 2015 – CTF invites Canadian teachers to learn, generate dialogue and nurture a better understanding of the impact of residential schools in classrooms across the country," says the CTF President.
Smith points to one recent resource Speak Truth to Power Canada (STTP), a website about Canadian human rights defenders and their achievements. Jointly developed by the CTF, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, STTP includes lesson plans and classroom activities that align with provincial and territorial curricula.
Recommended sections relevant to the TRC report (available in English and French as well as in the Indigenous language chosen by the featured defender, notably Cree, Mohawk or Inuktitut) are:
Truth and Reconciliation for Grades 5 to 12, featuring former residential school student Chief Wilton Littlechild (one of the TRC's three commissioners);
Cultural Identity and Education for Grades 7 to 12, featuring Mary Simon, an advocate for Inuit rights and culture in Canada;
Equitable Education for All for Grades 5 to 12, featuring Tim Thompson, a renowned champion for Aboriginal education.
The CTF and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Centre are also collaborating on the production of a student voice discussion booklet and lesson plans on Truth and Reconciliation which will be released on National Aboriginal Day 2016.
Nov. 16, 2016 – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) are proud to launch a new teacher resource that aims to educate students across the country about residential schools and set them on the path to reconciliation.
The goal of the new resource, Truth and Reconciliation: What is it about?, are: to increase student knowledge, foster understanding, and promote social action by youth that will lead to positive change in society. This new resource includes firsthand accounts from students expressed through words, thoughts, drawings and poems.
Kairos Education for Reconciliation Report Card – Sept., 2018
KAIROS is a joint venture ecumenical program administered by the United Church of Canada. Ten participating member denominations and religious organizations are involved in the development and delivery of our shared work.
Education for Reconciliation Report Card (pdf) (2018)
Council of Ministers of Education
The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) is an intergovernmental body founded in 1967 by ministers of education to serve as:
a forum to discuss policy issues;
a mechanism through which to undertake activities, projects, and initiatives in areas of mutual interest;
a means by which to consult and cooperate with national education organizations and the federal government; and
an instrument to represent the education interests of the provinces and territories internationally.
CMEC provides leadership in education at the pan-Canadian and international levels and contributes to the exercise of the exclusive jurisdiction of provinces and territories over education. All 13 provinces and territories are members.
Aboriginal Education Plan 2015 – 2017
The CMEC Aboriginal Education Plan 2015–2017 includes work in the four specific areas listed below:
Supporting the professional development of Aboriginal students interested in pursuing teaching as a career: considering teacher-training needs, sharing knowledge, and initiating dialogue among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal educators.
Developing curriculum and teaching resources focused on Canadian history and the legacy of Indian Residential Schools for use in Bachelor of Education and teacher-education programs across Canada.
Sharing resources and promising practices in Aboriginal education.
Continuing to promote and encourage the development of resources that address the legacy and history of Indian Residential Schools within all K–12 education systems in Canada.
CMEC 2019–22 has been designed with a goal to provide a more coordinated, strategic approach for provincial and territorial ministers responsible for education to work together to improve Indigenous education outcomes for all learners.
Priority Area # 1 – Supporting Indigenous student success and well‐being in education
Objectives: To engage with the topic of Indigenous student success and well-being to foster innovative and culturally relevant learning environments that focus on inclusive growth and the well-being of Indigenous students
Key Actions and Deliverables: Report on developments in the area of mental health and wellness, culturally relevant spaces, or other topics relevant to Indigenous student success
Priority Area # 2 – Mobilizing and disseminating provincial/territorial and international successful practices and proven actions to improve Indigenous education
Objectives: To advance the work of reconciliation in Canada for the benefit of both Indigenous and non- Indigenous students, as well as for all education stakeholders, and to support successes in learning outcomes by mobilizing information related to best practices in education, such as policy, curricula, pedagogies, and data.
Key Actions and Deliverables: Identify and mobilize information on promising practices, trends, and research in multiple thematic areas of Indigenous education, as identified by provinces and territories Assess the funding of and related governance and landscape for Indigenous postsecondary institutions in Canada Remain abreast of emerging K–12 and PSE Indigenous education initiatives Share responses to the TRCC's education-related CTA
Priority Area # 3 – Teaching excellence in Indigenous education
Objectives: To improve culturally relevant and responsive pedagogical knowledge, practices, and strategies to support learners in accessing and meeting curricular expectations
Key Actions and Deliverables: Host a pan-Canadian symposium on Indigenizing education
Priority # 4 – Revitalizing Indigenous languages and strengthening Indigenous culture and identity through education
Objectives: To highlight advancements occurring within Indigenous-language revitalization to increase levels of intercultural competency as foundational to the improvement of education outcomes for all
Key Actions and Deliverables: Report on Indigenous – language education initiatives Host an event for ministers, deputy ministers, and officials that celebrates and facilitates an awareness for Indigeneity (e.g., place, land, Indigenous issues, and Indigenous knowledge)
https://www.cmec.ca/docs/108CMEC B.2 CMEC Indigenous Education Plan 2019-22 APP1 EN POSTED 2019.07.15.pd
For an overview of K to 12 operating expenditures in 2016-2017, click here.
Provincial and Territorial Government Commitments to Senior Positions for Indigenous Education
To date, only BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and the Yukon have addressed this Call to Action
The Assistant Deputy Minister, Learning Division, and the Executive Lead, Learning Transformation Division, who is responsible for the learning modernization project, share the responsibility of ensuring that Aboriginal content is embedded in all curriculum.
Alberta Education is creating a new Assistant Deputy Minister of Aboriginal Learning to provide a focal point within the ministry and government for implementing First Nations, Métis and Inuit education policies, programs and initiatives to ensure that work with partners – school jurisdictions, parents and communities – is well-aligned and continues to take a coordinated and collaborative approach to First Nations, Métis and Inuit education in the province.
Mar. 15, 2016 – Will appoint a Minister responsible for Reconciliation to lead an Executive Council whose members promote measures to advance reconciliation through the work of the member's department and across government
Aug. 25, 2017 – Appointed Kahontakwas Diane Longboat, Senior Project Manager, Guiding Directions Implementation, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; ceremonial leader, educator, teacher of Indigenous spiritual ways and healer to help guide transformation in the publicly funded education system in Indigenous education, providing direct counsel to the Premier, Minister of Education, Minister Responsible for Early Years and Child Care and Ministry of Education.
Feb. 1, 2019 – The Government of Yukon and the Council of Yukon First Nations' Chiefs' Committee on Education are working together to establish a new assistant deputy minister (ADM) of First Nations Initiatives position within the Department of Education. The new ADM will work to establish effective partnerships with Yukon First Nations and implement initiatives supporting the success of First Nations learners. The senior management position will have a critical role as part of the department's Executive Management Team and will be responsible for the management and direction of First Nations initiatives within the department, which includes the department's First Nations Programs and Partnerships program area.
Official Federal Government Response: Sept. 5, 2019
The Government of Canada is working with the Council of Ministers of Education to enhance knowledge and awareness of First Nations, Inuit and Métis history and culture across Canada and to enhance the knowledge and awareness of teachers, students and school leaders on the history and culture of Indigenous peoples.
Further, Budget 2016 invested $275 million in language and culture until fiscal year 2020 to 2021. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is also working with First Nations partners to transform First Nations elementary and secondary education on reserve, which will include new funding formulas that are enhanced with language and culture investments to meet the specific needs of Indigenous students.
Starting in fiscal year 2017 to 2018, ISC is contributing $3 million per year, for 3 years, to the First Nations University of Canada to develop a National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education. The national centre will serve as an informational resource base for reconciliation and will focus on the growing needs of students, educators and the various policy and other decision makers involved in Indigenous kindergarten to grade 12 education in Canada.
This response hasn't changed since March 2018.
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Facing the challenge
a music therapy investigation in the evidence-based framework
Katrina McFerran, Jennifer Stephenson
This chapter will describe a music therapy study conducted in partnership by two academics from Australian universities. Katrina McFerran is a qualitative researcher in music therapy and Jennifer Stephenson favours quantitative research in special education. This collaboration was established in response to media interest in challenges to the efficacy of music therapy in the Australian context, framed as a controversial practice (Stephenson 2004). Music therapy is well represented in the Australian special schools, with a recent survey finding that 41 per cent of Victorian special schools employ music therapists (Booth 2004). The opportunity to explore the role of music therapy in special education from an evidence-based perspective was of interest to both the authors and to professionals in both disciplines. Evidence-based practice (EBP) was introduced originally to medical settings, but has spread throughout the healthcare and education fields. Broadly speaking, EBP places an emphasis on the use of evidence from sound research studies, along with clinical expertise and the perspectives of the individual receiving treatment in the processes for making decisions about clinical practice (Schlosser and Raghavendra 2004). This set of beliefs is grounded in a desire to support best practice and to distinguish interventions supported by 'evidence' from 'popular' practice, that is, interventions that are widely supported by schools but not founded on empirical research. Music therapists have acknowledged the dominance of the evidence-based approach in both medical settings (Edwards 2002) and special education (McFerran and Stephenson 2007), although some authors have challenged the values underpinning any approach that privileges one form of knowing over all others both in music therapy (Aldridge 2003; Edwards 2005) and in education literature (Lincoln 2005). Special education in Australia has an easy relationship with EBP because, unlike mainstream education, it is primarily derived from the scientific tradition of applied behaviour analysis. The field has always placed a strong emphasis on the use ofpractices for which there is empirical evidence of the type valued in the EBP model. There are literally hundreds of empirical studies demonstrating the efficacy of a wide range of special education practices (Alberto and Troutman 2006; Westling and Fox 2003). Although there is an emerging interest in qualitative work to examine more closely the dynamics of particular situations, only a small body of literature has been published (Brantlinger, et al. 2005). Within the field of music therapy, some researchers have advocated applied behaviour analysis as a preferred research methodology (Hanser 2005; Standley 1996). However, the discipline also has a rich tradition of case study, descriptive and qualitative work.
Arts therapies in schools
Vicky Karkou
London: Philadelphia
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Destiny 2's Marketing Sucks But I'm Still Excited
Stephen Krusel June 28, 2017 Features
This week's livestream improved things, but not much.
From the earliest reveals for Destiny, the game's developer, Bungie, was talking about an ambitious long term plan for the game series. Now the studio that brought Halo into the world has carried the first Destiny game as far as they could and is making a sequel, Destiny 2. The prospects for the next Destiny game are probably good but you couldn't tell that from the marketing for the game so far, which is a disappointment.
Destiny is a game that can't decide on a tone, or at the very least doesn't harmonize it's multiple tones very well. There's the big last stand for humanity tone and the comedic "there'll be tons of loot" tone. The trailer gives these tones equal time and weight which is a problem for a few reasons. First it ignores the tone of a lot of the lore of Destiny which has to do with the mysteries surrounding the Traveler, humanity's protector and the source of the guardian's powers, and the Darkness, the unseen force behind all the enemies besieging the Earth. With this week's Livestream for Destiny 2, Bungie finally started doing this aspect of the game some service but for people who are interested in lore it may not be enough to sell them on the game. Second, the comedic tone is grossly overused in Destiny 2's marketing. Destiny is not a funny game. It had some solid moments of comic relief, absolutely, but that was never a main focus of the game.
It's important to note the difference between intentional humor and transformative humor here. When I say that Destiny isn't a funny game, I'm criticizing the writing of the game for the most part. While some of the bits in Destiny, and more so in the game's DLC, work pretty well, most of the jokes couldn't even be saved by the whit and whimsy of Nolan North and Nathan Fillion. Destiny is a funny game in the way that the movies in Mystery Science Theater 3000 are funny: Destiny is fun to make fun of, not funny in itself.
Destiny is a strong example of a game with a long tail. The combination of seamless co-op of the main campaign as well as crafted co-op experiences like strikes and raids and the competitive crucible mode means that Destiny players have a lot to keep them busy. Combine that with the loot mechanics of the game and the way Bungie has consistently supported Destiny with DLC and it means that the game stays around in player's lives longer than other games. It seems like the game is on the right track in this respect with the move to allow solo players to match into late game combat with an established group. It remains to be seen how well this system will work during low traffic times when, presumably, there will be few groups running raids and other late game content.
One aspect of Destiny and some other games in this emerging style that tends to be a bit weak is the lore. Much of the detail in the storytelling for Destiny actually appears only in grimoire cards viewed in the game's app. Making players do extra real life work to find the story for your game is becoming more and more common. The Overwatch community practically writes the lore for that game at this point. This is a problem because role-playing is a major way that people engage with games to begin with. The fact that people get invested in the characters and story of games like Destiny is often in spite of the way these games tell stories. Destiny 2 appears to be trying to remedy this problem with the inclusion of more side activities on the patrol maps for the game.
Destiny 2, at least the marketing for it, has a different problem, though. Destiny 2 needs to be hyped while not stepping on the DLC for original Destiny, or so it seems the Destiny 2 marketing team thinks. Even though the gaming community knew that a sequel for Destiny was likely in the works for some time, the news about Destiny 2 largely came from leaks and other unofficial sources, until this week's Livestream. It's as if they think that basic information about the development of a sequel to a game negates the enjoyment that players get from a current release. What this fails to understand is the new-ish trend of games with long multiplayer tails. Destiny, Overwatch, and The Division are all separate, recent examples of this trend of attempting to keep players engaged with a game long after they would normally drop out and stop playing.
Once triple-A developers and publishers realised that chasing the Call of Duty style annual release was largely futile they started using a bunch of different strategies to milk extra purchases out of a single game. All the microtransactions and DLC content for this new style of game take the place of the annual sequel. One possibly unintended consequence of this design strategy is that players get more and more invested in their game of choice, while they might play all of these games their favorite becomes 'their' game in the same way a sports fan's favorite team is 'their' team. This makes players see sequels to a game like these more like they see the sequel to a movie or a new season of their favorite TV show. The new game adds to the previous one without really detracting from it in the way other serialized games do. Knowing that The Last Jedi is in production doesn't make me want not watch The Force Awakens just like knowing that there will be another season of Daredevil doesn't make me want to skip the first two just like knowing Destiny 2 is on the way doesn't make me want to not play Destiny. I stopped playing Destiny because I was bored with doing the same five things over and over.
Also, and this may seem trivial, the title of Destiny 2 is dumb. Destiny, the concept not the game, is an inherently singular thing. There can not be more than one destiny for a person, group of people or an object. If someone thinks they've achieved their destiny, then decides they have another destiny then what is actually happening is that they were wrong about the first destiny. You can't have multiple destinies in the same way that you can't add to infinity. In an industry known for linguistic gymnastics in naming sequels, calling a game Destiny 2 is just lazy. The already existing naming conventions for Destiny DLC make the title of the sequel seem even more careless.
I'm excited for the same reason I played the first one longer than I should have which is the gameplay. The storytelling, worldbuilding and characterization of Destiny were all hit and miss and thanks to some strong investigative reporting from Jason Scheler at Kotaku we know that much of the story content for Destiny was scrapped and rewritten pretty far into the game's development. What was great about Destiny, though, was the moment to moment feeling of the gameplay which was incredibly solid throughout the game. The potential of Bungie taking a second shot at building Destiny from the ground up for Destiny 2.
Based on this week's livestream, the new game's Story will center around the class quest-giver NPCs from Destiny, much like some of the game's later DLC. Specifically Destiny 2 will put these NPCs under unprecedented stress and into new situation which will, hopefully, flesh them out as real characters in a real world; something original Destiny failed at somewhat.
What all this boils down to is the idea that based on the content of everything Bungie and Activision revealed about Destiny 2 I think the game is on the right track but the tone of the marketing is off putting enough, and reminiscent enough of the run up to original Destiny to cause concern. It feels as if the makers of Destiny 2 are talking past the audience of people who fell off Destiny early on or never played at all and speaking directly to their most rabid fan base. The problem with this as a marketing strategy is that the people being marketed to were already going to buy Destiny 2 while people like me who felt burned by Destiny's lack of content early on still need convincing to buy at launch and not wait until the first round of DLC.
On the other hand, Destiny 2 would give me something to play with friends that doesn't have Bastion and Reaper in it for a change.
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package cn.fantasymaker.lsqandroidutils.utils;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.os.Handler;

/**
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The students look forward to upcoming events where they can pass on their knowledge to children in the community!