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Mystic Legacy: The Great Ring
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A peaceful vacation turns into a travel nightmare in Mystic Legacy: The Great Ring! When you follow your friend, Mark, away from the tour group to visit a remote Romanian castle, Mark is suddenly dragged away and bitten by what appears to be a vampire! But things only get stranger as you explore the castle ... It turns out the blood-sucking vampire who kidnapped your friend only drinks fake blood. So what are you really up against? And why does Mark seem to know more about the castle than he's letting on? Get to the bottom of an ancient mystery in this thrilling Hidden Object adventure!
Gorgeous hidden object scenes
A bonus mini-game
An interactive map
OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8
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Mystic Legacy: The Great Ring is rated 3.7 out of 5 by 81.
Rated 5 out of 5 by gumybear57 from This Hungarian LOVED it! Yes, being Hungarian sometimes makes playing these vamp games a little dicey - especially when the whole vamp folklore is so ingrained in us! But I do love them [usually] even though the different spins that the dev's sometimes take makes me laugh! Now, as to the game - I know that some people like to pick apart the games and dissect every little thing - too scary, too easy, too....whatever!! I just go for whichever game has the "fun" factor for me! I absolutely LOVED the dry wit that the dev's have imparted to the character that you play! Right up my alley! Plus, I definitely respond favorably when the game makes the bad thing that happens YOUR fault [even though you had the best intentions!] and now you have to fix it! I didn't have problems with the HO scenes and everything you gather makes sense. There is a large amout of trekking back and forth as after all, you only have the castle and moat to explore. But it's really not taxing as the map is interactive to some spots anyway, and there are A LOT of locked and/or bricked up/inaccessible rooms and hallways to unlock or break into. [joy!] I'm almost to the end of the game and I still love it! Do try at least the demo hour to see if you like it too, but if you just play for fun and not as an experiment in dissection of the dev's shortfalls, you should also find this an amusing little vamp romp!
Rated 5 out of 5 by sportygal2009 from Vampire Fun! I Loved This Game! This Rocks! This review is for the whole game playing in the hard mode and this is a HOPA game (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure) 5 chapters and I was just starting chapter 2 when demo time was up. There's also a bonus mini-game if you find all the lions as there are 20 you have to find to be able to play this. Don't worry if you miss some as there will be more as I located as many as 25. The story: You have to explore the Romanian castle to help save your friend Mark from an evil spirit. 2 play modes: Casual/Expert - Expert says no glints or sparkles and while there are no sparkles there are some glints. It also states a click penalty but I never encountered it. For areas of interest/active zones a magnify glass will come up. No voice overs. There is a diary that keeps track of notes/story and will also state how many of the lions you have located. There is also a map that will show you where you are with green little feet, orange exclamation points those are areas where there are things to do and the map will also show a circles with "arrows" and those are the locations you can go to as you just click on the map and it brings up a magnify glass to travel back/forth locations. The HOS (hidden object scenes): I counted 16 scenes for the whole game and 15 items to be found in each scene. All found by word list. Some items you do have to move something to get to them and they are not obvious as to which items cause this game doesn't use a different color text for the word list like most games. While a couple of the scenes I found to be a little on the Sanford & Son junkyard pile side and some really small items however not too bad as most I still located and only used a couple of hints here. The hint: Charges up pretty quick for being the harder mode and if you aren't sure where to go/what to do next it will tell you where you need to go and what to do. Puzzles: There's just as many puzzles to this game as there are HOS. Most of the usual that are in other games such as the rotate pipes/rings/circles, repeat the sequence just to name a few and also some that I haven't seen in the games I've played. The skip is also pretty quick for the puzzles. I'm not a fan of these but did them all but three and to my surprise found a few enjoyable and kinda fun. My overall impression of this game: While this game has no voice overs and I do think it would of really added to the game however being a standard edition this is not a deal breaker for me. I absolutely loved this game and was hooked right from the get go. The graphics I found to be really great along with the characters with their witty comments and humor. I really enjoyed exploring the castle as I found there to be lots to do and different places to go and some weren't so obvious the actives zones. Very tiny and on the difficult side to find as I'll admit I got hung up a couple of times but the hint was very helpful. Where this game really stood out for me is how this developer made me feel as I was really a part of the game as I liked seeing my name in the comments/the dialogue. What a nice personal touch here. As for game length: I got about 5 hours out of this game. I did have to use the hint to find a couple of the items and, did get hung up a couple times where to go/do next and skipped 3 of the puzzles as I mentioned but definitely a long enough game for me. Overall I give this 5 stars, I loved this game. This rocks! Thanks Big Fish and developer for a great great here. As always give it a whirl and decide for yourself.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Valdy from Best fun I have had in a long time !! Well, what a nice surprise (beware: there are biters and suckers about, oh my...). There are 2 gameplay modes. In Easy mode you don't get a click penalty, but in Hard mode you do. There is a choice between custom and system cursor. There is no voice-over, there is no widescreen (for those who are interested#. The HOS #hidden object scenes# are interactive. In Easy mode, when you move your cursor over one of the words in the list, it will show you a silhouette of this object. The HINT button only takes 30 seconds to refill in Easy mode. When clicking on the HINT button outside of the iHOS, you are told exactly what to do next. Your DIARY is at the left. Inside you will also find your ACHIEVEMENTS: find 20 LIONS #there are more, so if you missed one in one scene there will be others somewhere else) throughout the game to play the MINI GAME, which you can find on the MAIN MENU page: The Lion at the bottom left. The HINT button is at the right. Also at the right is your MAP, which you can use to jump. Just click on another destination that has footprints showing, and a picture of this destination comes up. Point to this picture, and you get a "Forward" cursor. Click and you are transported to this place. Puzzles can be skipped. The SKIP button takes about 40 seconds to fill in Easy mode. --- --- --- I haven't had this much fun playing an iHOG in a long time. Lots of witty comments, lots of humour, and I love that my name comes up in many of the comments, which makes it more "my" story. LOL Graphics are well done as well, and gameplay is interesting and, did I mention... fun!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by desertsombra from Good enjoyable funny game Enjoyed the demo so much bought it at once this morning at 2:am, 9/2/2012. And even better with the special labor day savings. I love it, funny and a little different. A real working hint button that tells you what to do correctly, plus I love collecting extra stuff; in this one is lions. You need more of this games that are not so frustrating to play and are laughable.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Vision55 from Mystic Legacy: The Great Ring I was doubtful of this game from the title; but I was surprised to find that this game was actually good and held my interest. Graphics were average; hints were excellent; I did not need a walkthru or guide to play the demo. I am buying this one for the completion. I RECOMMED THIS GAME!
Rated 5 out of 5 by eedebeep from Fun spooky game, different than most vampire plots. I got more than I expected from this SE! Lots of fun hidden object scenes and mini games, lots of fun tasks to complete. Loved the comments of my player, also loved the bats when you jump from scene to scene, great to have that option too ! The characters are a little stilted, but I'd rather have that than human "actors" and voiceovers. The rest of the graphics are nicely creepy and gothic. played on expert mode, nice not to have sparkles or obvious black box hints. will definitely buy the sequel!
Rated 5 out of 5 by AReddress from A Very Fun Game! This is a really fun game! I love the graphics and music is ok. HOS with puzzles that are not too difficult but I like the storyline very much. It's smart and curios! Good choice for vampire stories lovers)
Rated 5 out of 5 by tracilynne40 from `Great way to spend my holiday weekend Off! I enjoyed this game very much. I like games that I don't have to beat my brains out trying to figure things out...yeah easy games. Yeah the graphics were sub-par, but that didn't deter me from finding anything. I like the funny sarcastic things the player says. The music fit the game and wasn't annoying, so I kept it, I usually don't with alot of games. As for the HOS scenes, no difficulty there, I never had to use a hint, and the tiny ting when I did find an object was nice. The mini games were easy and I didn't have to skip any, or spend alot of time trying to figure them out. All in all, it was a great way to spend part of my weekend off.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cherubabies from Love it, Love it, Love it! I absolutely love the Graphics on this Game - and Graphics are very important to me. The Story is interesting and the Game is easy so not to frustrate you. Collecting "Lions" is another nice little addition to the Game. In all, a very pleasant and fun Game. Thanks BigFish!
Rated 5 out of 5 by trixiethepit from Very enjoyable HOS!! Extremely fun game. Hidden objects were not too hard story line was also enjoyable!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by zorro2a from excellent The Great Ring is the best game l have played for a while, l would recommend it to anyone
Rated 4 out of 5 by tesamoine from Dracula stories are always good This is an older game that I've just played now. I was thoroughly impressed and surprised at how good it was. I loved it. Humorous, good adventure, good puzzles (easy-ish), not too many HOS, great graphics. Give the demo a try if you haven't. I loved it.
Rated 4 out of 5 by dancote from Checks all the boxes for me ... a solid 4 stars The story's interesting, graphics are nice and the music's unobtrusive. What I really appreciate is having a map that let's me see where things are completed and where things need to be done and that lets me transport to where or near where I want to go. The HOS are usually pretty clear with only a few things hidden in absolute darkness. Some puzzles were new to me and most of them were not very difficult which is fine since puzzles are not my thing. I loved the cheekiness of some of the dialog along the way. I think it's nice that there's a bonus puzzle at the end and they make it easy to get the 20 items you need to unlock it. But ... I don't know if it is really worth the programming effort. I got bored after my 3rd lion.
Rated 4 out of 5 by praysinghim from Couldn't give up til done!! Funny and a lot of fun to play! Challenging too! Good mix of everything. Really enjoyed the humor, wish more games had that kind of wit.
Rated 4 out of 5 by denniann2 from a good HO game this game does not have a map but it does have a journal. the hint system tells you where to go you just have to remember where the rooms are. the mini games are, to me, fairly hard but i don't do logic puzzles that well. i get impatient. i had the sound on at one time and it was what i expected, but i don't normally use the sound for my games except at the beginning. hint and skip buttons charge rather quickly and, again, the hint button tells you what the next action is. i played on the easy level. i just want entertainment for my games. my life is challenging enough, haha!! you do have the option of finding lions throughout the game for an extra bonus.
Rated 4 out of 5 by fun_and_games from Played demo what there was of it I was surprised that there was so little demo to play but it was somewhat fun. They could have done a better job with the voices as this is supposed to be a thriller. Not terrible though.
Rated 4 out of 5 by catbag8717 from That Was Certainly Something Different! Good Parts: Storyline was good, but really needed voice-overs. Hint recharged very fast I really liked the Hidden Object Scenes.They were a great combination of being challenging yet fun. Tutorial is great I really liked the graphics. Very clear and modern. Some designs could use a bit of work though. I liked how the game ues your name in the story. OK Parts: The puzzles. Some were great, yet some were annoying. There was a fair bit of going back and forth. Not enough to annoy me, but a little too much for my liking. Bad Parts: What really, really annoyed me is how stupid this guy Mark was. He gets locked in a cage, gets freed and doesn't exit the castle. Instead he runs to the throne room to take a ring off a sleeping guy and gets kidnapped again! Sorry, I won't be helping you again buddy. The demo must be really really short. I had to start again because I mucked up (almost near the end of the demo) and was able to play through till the end of the demo with 8 minutes still remaining on the trial. The game is certainly different, a great buy for those of us who love Hidden Object Games. Some may not like it because it's different, so download the free trial and see for yourself.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Denverfan46 from Lots of fun I really liked this game. The storyline was a little hokey but I love any game about Dracula! There is some serious background music to entertain you and I found it enhanced the fun quite a bit. A voiceover would have been great. The HOG's are pretty easy. Objects easy to find with a neat little ping sound when they are selected. The mini games were mildly challenging and different from the run of the mill. I recommend this bit of fun for all age groups.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Tiger2010 from A pleasant surprise for an SE game Looks like this is the first game by a new developer and, as such, I thought it was a pretty good first effort. There are some funny one-liners in this one, the graphics are good and the H0S are well spaced out and not too numerous (I counted 17). Items are quite easy to find. The map does let you jump to locations, but there is a slight delay. Two downsides for me were that the music was the same throughout. Very dull and monotonous; really only a few notes played over and over again - the sort of background drone you would meditate to. The lack of voiceovers in a brand new game in this day and age also let it down. If it hadn't been for those two elements I'd have given it 5 stars. Certainly, imo, a much better SE than a lot I've seen from some much more established developers.
Rated 4 out of 5 by centauri272 from Good game with a nice story I actually liked this game. The storyline is interesting, good vs bad vampire. I played in expert mode, so no sparkles. - The graphics are clear, the objects in the HOS easy to find. - The puzzles are interesting, not the kind you get all the time. They are quite easy. - The journal is good, not overloaded. - There is a partially interactive map; you can jump only to some locations. But it's nevertheless useful. It shows you where there are tasks. - The hint system is very good, since it tells you what to do next. I needed about 3 1/2 hours to finish, so it's not too short. All in all, a nice game with some funny twists.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Carlabree from A VAMPIRE CASTLE IS ALWAYS FUN! I enjoyed this game thoroughly! Fun adventure, fun story...and very fun game play! I love games where the map can take you to places without backtracking, and the hints were extremely useful. The HOS were moderately easy (on casual mode) and the artwork and scenery was beautiful. The storyline was humorous, which is a nice break from the gloomy, sad storylines of many HOGs and it was a pleasant surprise that my name was incorporated into the dialog. I played the game on Casual mode, so the level of challenge was just OK, but I'm looking forward to trying it again in a month on Hard mode. Overall, it was a good game, worth the $4.99 that it cost this weekend. The only downfall is the length...would be cool if it was a CE, and a lot longer.
Rated 4 out of 5 by judeejuju from A fun game overall! I wasn't sure about this one having read the other reviews but decided to give it a go and am really glad I did. No the puzzles are not particularly challenging and the HOS pretty straightforward, but there are lots of areas to explore and things to do. I liked the story and the fact that the characters address you directly by name. As other reviewers have said some of the comments are also quite funny. Sometimes you don't want to exercise your brain too much, you just want to play a nice game which makes you smile and this does exactly that!
Rated 4 out of 5 by SrRat from Vampire story with a twist This is a quiet game. There was music but no voices and I liked that. The HO scenes are painterly but not too difficult. And they are interactive. The hint button is very informative when you need it and there is a map. You can use the map to move between scenes. It also shows if actions are pending. In the trial, you get just enough story to let you know that things may not be as you first thought. You may have put the "bad" label on the wrong guy! Very cool.
Rated 4 out of 5 by thistle809 from All things considered ... Based on playing the demo, I think this would be a good family game because there is nothing really frightening about it. It is fun with just a touch of "spooky-ness" thrown in. (Not nearly as scary as "Hansel and Gretel", actually.) There are two play modes (one without sparkles and help). The graphics are not outstanding, and in some hidden object scenes, just fuzzy enough to have you cleaning your glasses or wondering a bit about your eyesight. There are no voice-overs, but the dialogue is kept to a minimum and you can skip through it; if you wish. There is an interactive map (transport to locations by clicking the map). The map shows where you have tasks to complete. You have a notebook to keep up with the storyline and check to see how many lions you have collected. The hint system is very good - it will tell you where to go and what to find there, if you become stuck. The mini-games that I encountered were fairly interesting, if not unique. You can skip mini-games, if you prefer; and some have reset buttons. The instructions for the mini-games are clear and simple; and you find them by clicking "Instructions" at the top of the screen. There are 20 lions to collect throughout the game to access a "Bonus Puzzle". The storylne is rather cute, the music is nice and there are no morphing objects. Although the demo did not last an hour, to be fair, it does say, "Free Sample Version" and clearly is not the entire game download. (116.48 MB vs. 374.47 MB) To get an idea of how long it will take you to play the entire game, just go to the walkthrough, scroll down to where the demo ended, see how far down the page you are (1/4, 1/3, etc.) and use the number of minutes it took you to play it to figure the approximate time for the whole game. All things considered, the only real point of bother is the slightly fuzzy graphics on some HOS, so if you can live with that, it is a basically light-hearted step into the world of fantasy.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Poutoule from Synthetic blood for a vampire !!!! Played 30 minutes, casual. - 2 modes : casual, expert - Notebook where you can see your achievements and progress - Map, you can jump from one place to another - You collect lions through the game, which allows you to access more mini games - Hint button useful outside H0 - Skip button - Reset button in puzzles - You interact in H0, objects are sometimes small and not easy to spot - Good graphics This looks like a nice SE, different vampire story, a vampire drinking synthetic blood is a good fun idea
Rated 4 out of 5 by Lao_Zi from A fun adventure game Let's be honest, I never base a review on a half hour or an hour trial, and this game deserves to be played at full length. I liked the storyline... it is a quite funny variation on the vampire theme. I don't want to spoil the fun for you by divulging the whole story... It's a pity there are no voiceovers; I would have liked those. The comments appear in type and they are cool, funny and detached. The graphics are a bit fuzzy; they lack the abundancy and exuberance of colour and detail of a lot of games that we got used to off late, but I don't resent this, as they are really decent enough not to spoil the fun.... ... also the HOS are slightly blurry, but this does not render them more difficult to finish. Once in a while I used the hint button to find one item in a HOS. The hint button itself recharges fairly quickly, even in hard mode, which I played the game in. The soundtrack is quite good and never gets on your nerves. Puzzles are on the easy side, especially if you are somewhat of an experienced player. On the other hand, there are a lot of interactive things to do with the objects that you find everywhere and some of these actions really require a bit of out-of-the-box thinking. Be creative. The game itself gives you a lot of help, without really spoiling it for you... a hint is a hint, albeit sometimes a very clear and straightforward one. You have an interactive map which allows you to see where you are, on which locations you have to do something, and to jump to other locations so you don't have to click on endlessly in order to reach a certain destination. The journal/notebook helps to remind you of things that are left to do. Watch out for the active zones... some hotspots are really tiny and difficult to find, but with some patience, you will get there. And don't forget to look for the lions... when you collect of them, you get access to some bonus gameplay. All in all, I find this to be a quite decent, relaxing and distracting game.
Rated 4 out of 5 by luvscandles from Funj but quick Had fun with the game, played thru in 4 hours very easily. Going to try the difficult level....
Rated 4 out of 5 by tahoolego from Think Outside The Box This game has a lot of reviews so I will keep this brief. There is an interactive map for going to the different areas and even shows a picture of the scene before you click to go. There is a journal and the hints are exactly what I like to see in a game, where to go and a little about what to do (I hate "nothing to do here hints.) The graphics were good and only fuzzy when it fit the atmosphere of the location. What sells me on this game, is the humor. I found myself laughing out loud which I don't normally do during a game. It is a vampire game that really isn't spooky because of the humor. Also, I liked that there was lots to find and some very creative objects with different ideas for what to do with them. Again, I would laugh when I just had to hit the hint button, and read what to do. This is why I titled this review thinking outside the box. Early on I stopped trying to figure out what an object would be for, or when I would ever use it. There is back and forth, but again if that's not your thing, the map is right there to help. I enjoyed this game, not my favorite but worth the sale price - relaxing and non-stressful.
Rated 4 out of 5 by grac915 from NOT THAT BAD The game had a fun story to it, no talking at all. Music wasn't the greatest. But the story you read had a quirky funny wat to it. The HOS was good an you did run around but it kept your interest. Not bad, not the best, but not the worst..
Rated 4 out of 5 by biscuitsmama from Sunday Surprise - Very Fun SE Game After playing the demo, I knew this was a "buy" for me. I think the graphics are great and the game completely fills the screen of my widescreen laptop. The puzzles are fun and some are unique. I find the story to be interesting and look forward to finding out more as I progress. Thanks BFG for another "Sunday Surprise". It's very nice to find a good quality, fun SE game.
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Earlier this month, venture capital database CB Insights reported ed tech companies received a total of $1.1 billion in 2012 from venture capitalists, angel investors, corporations and private equity shops.
But the Campus Computing Project's Green noted this isn't the first time ed tech has caught the attention of enthusiastic investors; this also happened in the first dotcom boom in the late '90s. Green said some of these efforts survived, while others, including heralded efforts by Columbia University and Princeton University, failed.
Seemingly anxious to blunt worries that the current VC interest in education technology was another bubble, CB Insights headlined its report: "There is no ed tech bubble."
Audrey Watters, a journalist specializing in education topics, believes one of forces behind the VC investment in ed tech is the Common Core Standards, the U.S. education initiative to standardize curriculum across the states.
The CCS don't just specify math and language arts requirements, Watters wrote in a email to InformationWeek. "[They] also demand schools move towards computer-based assessment."
"Schools will have to make sure their educational content (textbooks, software, etc.) is aligned with these new standards -- and that's an opportunity, I think for ed tech companies to flag their apps, e-books, software and so on as compliant, in addition to helping schools move towards digital assessment tools."
Watters also disputed the characterization that investors were "breathless" about ed tech. "I think there's still a fair amount of uncertainty about whether or not any of these edu startups will actually be profitable," she wrote.
Watters is also concerned that a lot of VCs, "particularly those who do not have a lot of experience in enterprise ed tech," were basing their investment choices on consumer tech metrics, such as number of sign-ups.
Mike Feerick, CEO of MOOC Alison, agreed. "VCs don't understand what's happening, don't know where it's going," he told InformationWeek in a phone call. Ireland-headquartered Alison has served 1.5 million learners and 250,000 graduates worldwide since its 2007 founding.
Alison, which concentrates on introductory courses, is "cash-flow positive" and hasn't taken VC money to date, Feerick said, who was in New York this week attending two conferences on ed tech financing. "It's most my own funding, with two angel investors," he said.
Wow, that didn't take long for "bubble" talk to start? There's zero doubt that mobile devices, digital content and remote learning on the one side and underperforming schools and high costs on the other will drive change. But healthcare offers a warning -- the potential and the need are there, too, but there hasn't been a lot of venture-backed glory in that market. Tough business models, fragmented markets, complicated sales cycles.
PandoDaily.com has an interesting take on this this week: "Education startups: The bottom-up approach doesn't work here"


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Sikaritai (Sikwari) is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is named after Sikari village in Rafaer District, Mamberamo Raya Regency. Alternate names are Aikwakai, Araikurioko, Ati, Tori, Tori Aikwakai.

It is spoken in Haya, Iri, and Sikari villages.

Sikaritai, Obokuitai, and Eritai constitute a dialect cluster.

Phonology
The following discussion is based on Martin (1991).

Consonants

This small consonant inventory is typical of Lakes Plain languages. The complete lack of nasals is also a feature of these languages.

There are however several notable allophonic variants:
 /d/ is realized as  word-initially,  between vowels or following another consonants, and as  syllable-finally.
 /k/ is realized as  syllable-finally. When followed by a vowel, the sequence /ik/ is realized as a syllabic fricative . The sequence  further varies with .
  is in free variation with a glottal fricative .
 /s/ is realized as  following /k/.
 /i/ before another vowel is realized as either a semivowel  or an affricate  (the latter when following /k/ or when between two low vowels ( or ).

Vowels
Sikaritai has six vowels.

Many other Lakes Plain languages have developed a series of extra high "fricativized" vowels from the loss of a final consonant. In Sikaritai the final consonants have been retained; however, extra-high [i] and [u] appear as allophones of /i/ and /u/ before final /g/ and /d/. Martin postulates that Sikaritai is in the process of developing contrastive fricativized vowels as other Lakes Plain languages have done.

Tone
The language has a two-height tone system with H and L tone. More than one tonal element can appear on a single syllable.

Syllables
The syllable template is (C)(C)V(V)(C).

References

Central Lakes Plain languages
Languages of western New Guinea

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Iraqi president condemns deadly suicide bomb attack near Baghdad park
by Mohammed Ebraheem May 24, 2018, 2:30 pm
A bomb explosion in Baghdad
Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi President Fuad Masum has condemned an overnight suicide bomb attack near a park in the Iraqi capital Baghdad that left 14 people killed and wounded.
The attack took place around midnight Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt near an amusement park in al-Shula neighborhood in northwestern Baghdad.
There were children among the casualties.
This heinous crime shows how perpetrators of such terrorist attacks are coward and have no moral values, the Iraqi president said.
Masum called on Iraqi security forces to remain vigilant and bring all terrorists at large to trial to be punished for their crimes.
He further offered condolences to the victims' families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State (IS) militant group is believed to be behind the blast as it used to target areas where crowds of people gather, including markets, cafes and mosques across Iraq.
Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State extremist militants who proclaimed an "Islamic Caliphate" in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
The surge in violence between armed groups and government forces has resulted in over 3 million internally displaced persons across Iraq and left more than 11 million in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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Web service client calls can be made with stored functions or procedures. If made from a function, the return type must be of a character data type, such as CHAR, VARCHAR, or LONG VARCHAR. The body of the HTTP response is the returned value. No header information is included. Additional information about the request, including the HTTP status information, is returned by procedures. So, procedures are preferred when access to additional information is desired.
The response from a SOAP function is an XML document that contains the SOAP response.
SOAP responses are structured XML documents, so SQL Anywhere, by default, attempts to exploit this information and construct a more useful result set. Each of the top-level tags within the returned response document is extracted and used as a column name. The contents below each of these tags in the subtree is used as the row value for that column.
In this example, the response document is delimited by the <ElizaResponse> tags that appear within the <SOAP-ENV:Body> tags.
Result sets have as many columns as there are top-level tags. This result set only has one column because there is only one top-level tag in the SOAP response. This single top-level tag, Eliza, becomes the name of the column.
Information within XML result sets, including SOAP responses, can be accessed using the OPENXML procedure.
The following web client function, which must be created in a second SQL Anywhere database, issues a call to this web service. The return value of this function is the entire SOAP response document. The response is in the .NET DataSet format because DNET is the default SOAP service format.
The following statement illustrates how you can use the OPENXML procedure to extract two columns of the result set. The service_name and secure_required columns indicate which SOAP services are secure and where HTTPS is required.


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The Trust [2016] is the debut of directorial duo Alex and Benjamin Brewer starring the debut of an onscreen duo consisting of Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood as cops who uncover a mysterious bank vault after a drug investigation.
Perfect Partners. Cage and Wood have a great energy about themselves on their own, but they have some surprisingly fun chemistry between the two of them. It's really what makes the film worth watching if nothing else, the dynamic of both of these characters bouncing off of one another. And not just the dynamic of the characters themselves, but the fact that one of those characters is played by Nicolas Cage which is kind of just a magical thing in and of itself. I would watch these two in plenty of other projects together, preferably ones with tighter scripts.
Loose Attention. The downfall of the film, and it's really not a bad film by any means, is the script is severely lacking. This is a "background movie" which by I mean one that you can easily throw on while you're doing any other number of things. It's a movie that you'll throw on in the background while cleaning the house and take away just as much as if you were paying acute attention. There's just not enough happening to really, truly engage. All of the right elements are there, but they just don't play out quite right. It's not boring, but it's not exciting. When you come out in the middle you've got something disinteresting, which I would argue is much worse
Trustworthy. As a first feature, there's really no big notes that the directors need to take away as far as their production quality is concerned. They know how to shoot and light, they are able to put together a solid cast, they just need to have better material. Considering that one of the directors co-wrote the script means his strength is obviously weighted in one direction, but the bones of the script are really solid to start, it could just use some love. I've seen first-time writers/directors come off far worse.
Great sparks between its two leads can't light enough of a fire to make this caper more than just slightly engaging.
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Kerry County Council to apply for Planning for Greenway – Cllr. Moloney
Listowel Councilor Jimmy Moloney has welcomed the decision by Kerry County Council to apply for planning to extend the Great Southern Greenway from the Limerick County bounds to Listowel. The suggested 9km route will now be open for observation before the matter is voted on by councilors in September.
Speaking about the decision, Councilor Moloney stated that "this is most welcome news. The campaign to bring the Great Southern Greenway to Listowel and beyond has taken many years but finally we have reached a position where funding can be applied for. The successes of the Great Western Greenway and the Waterford Greenway, which has attracted 250,000 visitors in its first year, demonstrate the potential economic benefits such facilities bring to an area while also providing local residents with another safe, recreational amenity. The government has committed over €50 million in funding for greenway development and we intend to submit a request to procure the necessary funds when the application opens in the latter half of 2018."
All plans and particulars are available for inspection or purchase from today Thursday 28th June 2018 until Friday 27th July 2018 at the following locations:
Kerry County Council, Roads, Transportation & Safety Department, Room 115, Áras an Chontae, Rathass, Tralee, County Kerry
Kerry County Council, Listowel Municipal District Operations Office, Aras an Phiarsigh, Listowel, Co. Kerry,
Kerry County Council website http://www.kerrycoco.ie/public-consultations-part-8s/
Submissions and Observations with respect to the proposed development may be made in writing to; Imelda O'Connor, Capital Infrastructure Unit, Kerry County Council, Princes Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry to be received on or before 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 10th August 2018
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package com.intellij.openapi.roots;

import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable;
import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMExternalizable;
import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

public abstract class ModuleExtension<T extends ModuleExtension> implements JDOMExternalizable, Disposable, Comparable<ModuleExtension> {
  public static final ExtensionPointName<ModuleExtension> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("com.intellij.moduleExtension");

  /**
   * Note: don't call this method directly from client code. Use approach below instead:
   *

   *   ModifiableRootModel modifiableModel = ModuleRootManager.getInstance(module).getModifiableModel();
   *   CompilerModuleExtension extension = modifiableModel.getModuleExtension(CompilerModuleExtension.class);
   *   try {
   *     // ...
   *   }
   *   finally {
   *     modifiableModel.commit();
   *   }
   *

   * The point is that call to commit() on CompilerModuleExtension obtained like
   * 'CompilerModuleExtension.getInstance(module).getModifiableModel(true)' doesn't dispose the model.
   *

   * Call to ModifiableRootModel.commit() not only commits linked extensions but disposes them as well.
   *
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  public abstract void commit();

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  @Deprecated
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    return getClass().getName().compareTo(o.getClass().getName());
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}

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<script src="/feature-policy/resources/featurepolicy.js"></script>
<script>
'use strict';
const sub = 'https://{{domains[www]}}:{{ports[https][0]}}';
const same_origin_src = '/feature-policy/resources/feature-policy-usb.html';
const cross_origin_src = sub + same_origin_src;
const same_origin_worker_frame_src =
    '/feature-policy/resources/feature-policy-usb-worker.html';
const cross_origin_worker_frame_src = sub + same_origin_worker_frame_src;
const header = 'Feature-Policy header {"usb" : []}';

promise_test(() => {
  return navigator.usb.getDevices().then(() => {
    assert_unreached('expected promise to reject with SecurityError');
  }, error => {
    assert_equals(error.name, 'SecurityError');
  });
}, header + ' disallows getDevices in the top-level document.');

promise_test(async () => {
  try {
    await navigator.usb.requestDevice({ filters: [] });
    assert_unreached('expected promise to reject with SecurityError');
  } catch(error) {
    assert_equals(error.name, 'SecurityError');
  }
}, header + ' disallows requestDevice in the top-level document.');

async_test(t => {
  test_feature_availability('usb.getDevices()', t, same_origin_src,
      expect_feature_unavailable_default);
}, header + ' disallows same-origin iframes.');

async_test(t => {
  test_feature_availability('usb.getDevices()', t, same_origin_worker_frame_src,
      expect_feature_unavailable_default);
}, header + ' disallows workers in same-origin iframes.');

async_test(t => {
  test_feature_availability('usb.getDevices()', t, cross_origin_src,
      expect_feature_unavailable_default);
}, header + ' disallows cross-origin iframes.');

async_test(t => {
  test_feature_availability('usb.getDevices()', t,
      cross_origin_worker_frame_src,
      expect_feature_unavailable_default);
}, header + ' disallows workers in cross-origin iframes.');

fetch_tests_from_worker(new Worker(
    '/webusb/resources/usb-disabled-by-feature-policy-worker.js'));
</script>
</body>


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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-3C-16, relating to encouraging collaborative agreements between community and technical colleges and federally registered apprenticeship programs.
§18B-3C-16. Encouragement of collaborative agreements between community and technical colleges and federally registered apprenticeship programs.
(a) The Legislature finds that apprenticeship programs in the skilled trades provide a valuable educational supplement to the curricula offered by community and technical colleges. Accordingly, the Legislature hereby encourages, but is not requiring, community and technical colleges to enter into collaborative agreements with federally registered apprenticeship programs, which are registered with the United States Department of Labor.
(b) On or before January 1 of each year, the council shall provide to the Legislature and the Governor a report regarding the collaborative agreements between community and technical colleges and federally registered apprenticeship programs. The report should identify those community and technical colleges that have entered into a collaborative agreement with a federally registered apprenticeship program, the number of students participating in such apprenticeship programs, the number of students employed in a relevant field of study subsequent to completing an apprenticeship program through the community and technical college, and the average compensation, including wages and benefits, of the students employed in a relevant field of study subsequent to completion of the apprenticeship program through a community and technical college.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to encourage collaborative agreements between community and technical colleges and federally registered apprenticeship programs.


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Q: Update class field in LINQ - is it possible? I have 2 tables, and want to get records from 1 table and to "update" one of its fields from another table, and to pass final list of "Payment" objects somewhere. I cannot use anonymouse type, i need to get the list of proper typed objects.
There was a long way.
Got data:
var paymentsToShow = from p in paymentsRepository.Payments
                     join r in recordTypeRepository.RecordType
                         on p.RecordType equals r.Reference into p_r
                     where p.Customer == CustomerRef
                     from r in p_r.DefaultIfEmpty()
                     select new
                     {
                         Payment = p,
                         RecordType = r
                     };
var objList = paymentsToShow.ToList();

Change required field (basically, Payment.RecordTypeName is empty):
foreach (var obj in objList)
{
    obj.Payment.RecordTypeName = obj.RecordType.Name;
}

Got list with correct type:
var paymentsList = from o in objList
                   select o.Payment;

Is there any way to get code shorter, to make required field update in the query or something else? I dont know where to look for.
I cannot change database.

A: You could do it like this:
var paymentsToShow = (from p in paymentsRepository.Payments
                      join r in recordTypeRepository.RecordType
                          on p.RecordType equals r.Reference into p_r
                      where p.Customer == CustomerRef
                      from r in p_r.DefaultIfEmpty()
                      select new
                      {
                          Payment = p,
                          RecordType = r
                      }).Select(x =>
                                {
                                    x.Payment.RecordTypeName = x.RecordType.Name;
                                    return x.Payment;
                                });

This will result in an IEnumerable<Payment>, so no anonymous type used.

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Interview with Liao Yiwen, co-founder and perpetual Changwen of Green Vine Life, what should I do if | falls into a low ebb? Distinguish between "circle of attention" and "circle of influence", and use gratitude to get the energy back!
When you encounter difficulties in life, how can you help yourself get out of the low ebb? Liao Yiwen, co-founder and perpetual long-term of Green Vine Life, selflessly shared her ways to find physical and mental balance during the epidemic, and from now on accompany herself to move forward bravely!
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Liao Yiwen, co-founder and perpetual Chang of Green Vine Life, graduated from the Department of Finance and Finance of National Taiwan University, and worked in the foreign financial industry after graduating from university.
Influenced by Dr. Lin Bixia, she co-founded Green Vine with two university classmates in 2010, believing that by creating good things, it is better for people and the environment.
Photo | Courtesy of Liao Yiwen, co-founder of Green Vine Life
When I reached my thirties, I didn't feel real enough
Facing Yiwen, who was smiling on the other end of the video camera, we opened an online interview, starting with the light-hearted topic that readers will be curious about: "In your twenties, how did you decide your career?" I didn't expect to receive an unexpected answer in the first sentence.
For her original career imagination, Yiwen thought a little, and then threw the ball back: "Well... there is no imagination and goal!" We laughed at both ends of the video, and this sentence speaks the hearts of many young people.
In fact, the choice of career has always been a rolling correction, so we gradually ask the core of the interview with a homely dialogue.
In the years just after graduating from university, she had a brilliant education and worked in the foreign financial industry, which can actually be said to be the envy of new people and the object of expectation in society, but she felt that this kind of life was not practical enough.
"Every time a relative asks me whether it is better to buy euros or dollars, it is difficult for me to give an affirmative answer, and that feeling is empty!"
What funds are recommended to buy? How will interest rates change in the future? The process of thinking about and answering these questions made Yiwen feel that something was missing despite receiving a good salary from foreign businessmen.
At that time, she was nearly 30 years old and her life path was confused, so Yiwen decided to prepare for the exam for studying abroad and go to graduate school abroad to reconfirm her life goals.
Even when you don't know exactly what you want to do in life, don't stop trying.
Green Vine Life Co-founder and Perpetual Chang Liao Yiwen
During the preparation for studying abroad, Yiwen had the opportunity to work in the orange workshop founded by Zheng Hanrui, one of the founders of Green Vine, and his mother, Dr. Lin Bixia, and was deeply attracted by the doctor's concept of health and environmental sustainability, and even started a business with friends.
"When it comes to entrepreneurship, the elders are very worried, more worried than ourselves!" Yiwen smiled and described her parents' worries at the time.
Do you want to give up the opportunity to study abroad? This seems to be a difficult question, but for Yiwen, it is this questioning that makes her originally vague hopes gradually become clear.
If you go abroad to find your purpose in life, what about finding it before you go abroad?
"Let's start now!" ——And this decision wrote the story of the subsequent 12 years of "Green Vine Life".
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Breaking the box brings endless possibilities and creates a second life
The theme of the 2023 GWIS Global Women's Impact Forum is "Breaking the Box", encouraging everyone to break the limitations of the framework and live their lives bravely!
Entrepreneurship is not a child's play, and the initial hardships are more difficult for outsiders to humanize. From the financial department to the research and development of agricultural products, and even Yiwen, who had to take care of "sprouts" in the tin house in the early days, we can't help but wonder, for a girl who was only thirty years old at the time, how did this happen?
"My motto at that time was Li Bai's 'Will Enter Wine', 'Born I will be useful, and the gold will come back,'" Yiwen said cheerfully.
When the focus is not on "I can't do anything" but on "what I want the world to be", this kind of thinking change can make people change their attitude to doing things, even if they face challenges, they can be full of happiness and expectations.
She also made it clear that she was lucky to be in a life stage where "even if you start again, you can take responsibility for yourself", you can support yourself without family fatigue, and if it is really "exhausted", then it is good to start again.
From Beiyi daughter to National Taiwan University, foreign financial industry to thinking about whether to go abroad to study for an MBA, this fixed career framework, life is like a "semi-automatic navigation" walk, all the way seems to know what to do in the next stage, or what the society expects you to do, just see the possible end and go on.
But different from her studies and the early days of her career, Yiwen later chose to embark on a completely different path, jumping out of the original life track, turning to start a business "Green Vine" with friends, waking up every day to face new challenges, thinking about what products to make and how to make the company go smoothly.
At that time, "Breaking the Box" decided to come out of a brand new script and shape Yiwen's second life. Multiple identities such as founder and product development, different positions and responsibilities, also allowed her to break through her original comfort zone, build multiple capabilities, and do things she could not imagine she would do before.
"When I was a child, I was super shy, and I never imagined that I would have to give a speech on stage and even give frequent interviews one day!" You can't see her introversion in the laughter, this is the "broken box" in ability!
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Write down the days of thanks, and you can correct and be steady
After the epidemic, everyone began to think more: how to be kind to yourself? How to cherish the relationships around you? As the founder of the company and becoming a new mother during the epidemic, Yiwen also faced great challenges.
"I'm still learning how to strike the balance... but I think the most important thing is to distinguish between the 'circle of attention' and the 'circle of influence'!" Yiwen, who seemed to be very experienced, talked eloquently.
"Circle of attention" refers to passively received information such as epidemic news, and "circle of influence" is something that can directly produce actions by itself, so the definition of these two is very important.
In the face of seemingly endless anxiety, first distinguish your circle of influence, and choose some controllable things to do, which can reduce the powerlessness of epidemic life, no matter how small, as long as you start to do it, you will not fall into the "circle of concern" that can only be paid attention to but cannot be changed.
For example, Yiwen set a goal at that time: jump rope 500 times a day, only 15 minutes a day, and it lasted for three months.
"It is recommended that everyone do a small thing every day, just do a little thing that can be done, accumulate a sense of daily achievement, make yourself feel that you can control and do what you promise, and exercise will produce endorphins, which is really good!"
After going through the hard stage of new mothers, Yiwen, who is now a working woman, sincerely teaches us how to regain control of our lives.
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In terms of enterprises, in the face of the treacherous and changeable epidemic, Green Vine also strives to exert its influence and take care of employees and the world;
The "hybrid work model" has been launched, allowing employees to enter the office for three days and home for two days, and introduce positive psychology, PERMA happiness theory, fixed meditation time, etc. into company activities.
"One of the most special is thank you Friday!" Green Vine has a "thank you Friday" every Friday morning, allowing everyone to think about what they want to thank at work this week, whether they have a special wish to thank anyone for their help, and give each other a thank you card to each other personally.
Creating a magical moment, the process of writing thanks is a reliving of a positive mood, thanking others with such warmth, receiving thanks, ending the week, and starting a new week!
Remind yourself to be more thankful at a low ebb, which can help you get through it.
Not only from life, but also from the enterprise to create more positive moments. Yiwen says she often thinks about what "influence" means – "When we have the value of believing, we want the world to lean in the direction we believe."
Having worked in a foreign company, she needs to work with people from different countries and different ideas, and although she no longer works in large enterprises, she has learned how to deal with different people at work and maintain good communication, which has helped her to listen attentively to employees and solve problems together.
"Let's challenge some things that are a little difficult together, which is very meaningful and fulfilling!"
In the past, she wrote research reports on the global financial market every day, from the ethereal numbers to the affirmation that she can now say to everyone that "buying green vine things is good", this feeling of standing firm and steady, is also a precious treasure she has gained from establishing "green vine" with her co-founder for 12 years.