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KIDS FORCED TO WEED KING'S FIELDS
The opening of schools in Swaziland has been postponed for a week so children can weed the fields of King Mswati III.
The postponement was decreed by the King and announced by Minister of Education and Training Phineas Magagula.
Magagula said the schools would not open due to 'ongoing national duties', a vague reference to the Incwala ceremony, considered by traditionalists to be the Swazi national prayer, that is coming to a close and the weeding of the royal fields that is ongoing.
This is not the first time that schools have been closed so children can weed the fields of King Mswati, who rules Swaziland as sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch. As many as 30,000 children may miss schooling as a result.
A report on people trafficking in Swaziland published in 2014 said the King used forced child labour to work in his fields. 'Swazi chiefs may coerce children and adults - through threats and intimidation - to work for the King,' the report from the United States State Department said.
In Swaziland chiefs do the King's bidding at a local level. People know they must obey the chief because their livelihood depends on his goodwill. In some parts of Swaziland the chiefs are given the power to decide who gets food that has been donated by international agencies and then the chiefs quite literally have power of life and death in such cases with about a third of the population of Swaziland receiving food aid each year.
Private schools in Swaziland were told they must obey the King's directive, but many did not, prompting Minister Magagula to demand they close. If they did not, local media reported him saying, 'they are pushing the country into a state of lawlessness'.
KING IN 'SECRETIVE PAGAN RITUAL'
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2014/12/king-in-secretive-pagan-ritual.html
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Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) – wyższa uczelnia w Newton (Massachusetts). Była najstarszym seminarium duchownym założonym w USA. Seminarium było związane z American Baptist Churches USA i Zjednoczonym Kościołem Chrystusa. Było częścią członkiem Boston Theological Institute, największego konsorcjum teologicznego na świecie.

Andover Newton powstało w 1965 roku w wyniku połączenia Andover Theological Seminary i Newton Theological Institution. Andover Theological Institution powstało w 1807 roku z inicjatywy kongregacjonistów w Massachusetts. Newton Theological Institution w 1825 roku dla kształcenia baptystów.

Biblioteka seminarium, Franklin Trask Library, liczy 200 000 woluminów. Przechowywany tu jest Papirus 24 z IV wieku.

W 2017 roku szkoła zamknęła swój kampus pod Bostonem i stała się częścią Yale Divinity School.

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Q: Appending to single rows of list So in Python I want to append an nx1 list to a specific row in an nx2 list.  Eg:
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Q: Snowflake data type error. The integer value mapping as decimal in the response I am running this query in snowflake and it supposed to return the datatype as integer but returning as decimal.
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A: Check the data types since INT is a synonym of NUMBER:
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A: Be careful with casting NULL values, as the value is intended to be UNDEFINED and you might have some unanticipated behavior in your code.  Suggest using functions such as NVL() to convert NULL to a designated value.
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Why F1 2020's underdog star is relishing a year of continuity
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Dumped by Red Bull during 2019, Pierre Gasly became one of F1's top performers with AlphaTauri in 2020 – and it wasn't just about his Monza win. Now with the full backing of his team, he's relishing settling into a team leadership role in 2021
The glitzy rebranding of Toro Rosso as AlphaTauri ahead of the 2020 Formula 1 season represented the start of a new era for the squad. It should no longer be regarded simply as a B-team to Red Bull Racing, with its foremost task to act as a first step into F1 for the energy-drinks giant's young drivers. Instead, AlphaTauri was now a 'sister' team with a fresh look and higher expectations.
In his first full season back at the Faenza-based squad, Pierre Gasly took everything in his stride and delivered F1's most surprising result of the year. A little over 12 months after his first race back at Toro Rosso following his demotion from Red Bull, he became an F1 race winner in the Italian Grand Prix. And yet to simply highlight Gasly's Monza victory would overlook a number of other outstanding displays throughout the season that made him one of F1's top performers in 2020.
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'Living slower' leaves more time for food as more than half change eating habits
The past 12 months have transformed the landscape for many industries, but the impact of multiple lockdowns on consumer attitudes towards food and drink has been profound.
Research from European bakery expert, St Pierre reported that 38 per cent of the population have enjoyed not having the pressure of being somewhere at a specific time, with 34 percent agreeing that lockdowns have made them 'live slower'.
One in five believes that their 'general concept of time' has altered as a result of the pandemic and as such, for 17 per cent, time-keeping around meal times has shifted.
To celebrate St Pierre's National Brioche Day on May 14th, the 'St Pierre Moments' research has highlighted a number of key areas for the food and drink industry. A quarter of UK adults are snacking more often during the day, whilst 20 per cent have abandoned 'traditional' mealtimes.
The shift in consumer behaviour around meal times means shoppers are looking, more than ever, for versatile products that can work for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As such, sales of St Pierre are up 52 per cent year on year.
Paul Baker, founder of St Pierre Groupe comments "The past year has definitely made the nation live 'slower' and find joy in the smaller things like indulging in a favourite food. With life starting to open up, people might start to put less pressure on timekeeping and just embrace the social moments".
Breakfast has been most transformed by slower living, with 19 per cent eating the first meal of the day later than pre-pandemic. The knock-on impact has pushed back lunch and evening meals (16 and 15 per cent) and driven an adoption of brunch for 14 per cent of Brits.
Brunch, as a meal occasion, was already on the up, but with consumers working from home and spending more on food shopping, its growth has continued at pace – as an opportunity to elevate the everyday menu.
"This insight is useful for food and drink businesses and restaurants in particular – especially considering the current '2 hour' booking rules. The research reaffirms what we already suspected – that food has played a greater part in our day-to-day in the past year, than it ever has before. In fact, 43 per cent of Brits are spending more each week on their food shop now than pre-pandemic. But what's even more interesting is what people are spending that money on".
The increase in at-home cooking has driven the adoption of more exploratory flavour profiles which, in turn, has created new opportunities. The research revealed that one in ten UK adults have either signed up to a subscription box in a bid to keep their menu exciting or have instead taken advantage of savvy restaurateurs pivoting business to produce meal kit boxes.
Baker added "The nation has been eager to find new ways to relax and enjoy themselves throughout COVID restrictions; consumers have been looking to try something new that transports them to a favourite restaurant or overseas holiday. St Pierre products help to 'make everyday magnifique' because, as this research shows, taking time to enjoy good food is a joy to be shared. We've got a host of new recipes for National Brioche Day to encourage people to make the most of living slower and get together with great food".
The research was commissioned via OnePoll and was carried out in the UK and the US to help consumers make the most of a renewed love of food, ahead of National Brioche Day on May 14th.
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You cannot compare *your* public school to the normal public school though. Your school has a specialized program and most public school students would also be behind the students you have in your school, it seems to me. Your school is selective, right?
I am not. What I said and continued to say is that based ON MY EXPERIENCE the majority our homeschooled students are below the average of the rest of the students at my school when it comes to skills and content knowledge.
The only reason why I mentioned what is or is not at my school is because someone said they only reason a homeschooled student would go to any public schools is if they were unable to homeschool. That is not the case. Many homeschooled students apply to my district because they know that it is a unique environment.
How many kids homeschooled *or* public schooled or even private schooled want a program in marine biology or marine physics? Not many I wager.
Every year we have 400-500 applicants for 75-80 spots.
I admit that having a homeschooler who passed the exam to get into your school who did not know about atoms sounds a bit odd.
Our entrance exam consists of math and english only. We do not test their content knowledge or skill set in science or any other subject.
You will have to note that most parents who homeschool do not expect to teach all subjects except perhaps in the elementary grades. They use others who have knowledge or they have the students take online classes or community college classes once they are older.
Thats great. I never said otherwise.
That is why people go to college because "high school is no longer working". That is why they go to medical school, because college "is no longer working".
Around here, kids go to high school because they are finished with elementary school, not because its "no longer working".
Twelve years? My entire district is only high school. You make all of these bizarre assumptions. Our students come from all over the state from numerous districts.
As for the bolded part I will say it again, UNIQUE. Do you know what the word means or are you making assumptions, again. There are multiple ways that it is not possible to replicate our program and even the things we are learning, this is especially true of our research program.
You should reread the paragraph above because you INSIST upon speaking for all of my students as well as every homeschooler out there. You keep throwing around stats that you make up. Maybe its just my public education showing here, but making up numbers of entire groups and then calling them "anecdotes" is not congruent.
I have no idea. Are we comparing all homeschooled kids with all public schooled kids, or all homeschooled kids with your particular gifted students?
What we were comparing was the population of above average homeschoolers with above average public educated students who have gotten into my school. No more, no less.
Who cares? I never stated anywhere homeschool students don't go to college and don't get scholarships. The fact that you keep trying to set up an endless series of logical fallacies, mostly strawmen but the occasional moving of the goal posts, is incredibly telling about your "point".
None of it disproves my original statement.
The fact that you think "knowing" 200 students is the same thing as teaching them for 270+ hours makes the entire paragraph pointless. Who cares who you know? What does that prove about their knowledge or skill set?
Lets deal with some actual numbers. I was at a science symposium with the teacher in my district who also handles the admission for one of our schools. When I asked him how many homeschooled student he had he was able to actually show me data. Their school averages a 1 in 5 acceptance rate of public schools (their school is more competitive than mine since it is in the top 10 in the country) over the last 10 years. For homeschoolers who apply the likelihood of getting in has been less than 1 in 10. I was surprised, I assumed it was the same rate as all students. So I asked him about the acceptance rate for private school students (another smallish subset), theirs was actually 1 in 3.
Again, the entrance exam just tests math and english school.
It still doesn't mean my experience is not valid.
Except one of us has taught 20+ high school students advanced (college) level sciences and the other has not. Which one has a more informed opinion of the skill set and knowledge base of home schoolers than?
LOL. Except you state your opinion as a fact and even include made up percentages!
Why do you just make things up? The kids who apply to our school are not taught anything WE deem important. You do understand that EVERYONE applies to this school right? That is what an academy is.
AND who are gifted. And your experience is extremely limited. It would be like me saying, "In my experience, half the trees that people have in their yards are palm trees." Then when you come and point out, "you live in Florida. Palm trees don't grow in New Jersey," I say, "why are you disregarding my EXPERIENCE? I walked around my block and counted the trees in 20 yards! Half are palm trees!" We both know that that statement is ridiculous, but I'm insisting that my limited experience is telling for everyone. I'd say that's pretty irrational, no?
Me: "Half the trees in my yard are palm trees"
You: "No they aren't, 90% of (made up statistic)"
I NEVER EVER STATED ANYWHERE THAT MY EXPERIENCE IS INDICATIVE OF HOMESCHOOLERS EVERYWHERE.
Go ahead, find where I did. You can't because you made that up.
What made up stats did I include? And I did not realize that your entire district only included grades 9 through 12. It is my opinion that it's not bizarre to assume that, as most districts, in my experience, contain all grades. You seem to be taking the entire discussion very personally, though, so I'll just congratulate you on your excellent school. I'm glad that your students have the opportunity to learn things that no one else can.
For my family, though, and for a couple million others (that's an educated guess, not a completely made up statistic; there is no good way to count homeschoolers, because some states have no notification laws), homeschooling is working just great. It's wonderful that every family can make the the decisions that suit them best. In my opinion, of course.
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We are currently in the south, where homeschooling is very well accepted. We only have one neighbor who went that route though, because we are fortunate enough to have an excellent public system. This neighbor was able to expose her musically talented kids to a great deal more practice time than they would have gotten in the schools, however, once she gave birth to a Down's Syndrome baby, she knew she could not do as well with his development issues as the public school program would afford him. She ended up transferring all 4 of her children to the public school system, and is very pleased.
Her older children certainly didn't suffer by home schooling, but neither did my own by attending public school. Different strokes, and different focuses.
I know a number of women who home school children with Down Syndrome, and almost all of them are former special education teachers. They all say that they would never send their children to public school because of what they've seen happen in special education classrooms. In case anyone is concerned, their kids are all doing very well.
Another strawman. I never said homeschooling doesn't or can't work, that IS something you made up. In fact I said quite the opposite.
What I did say, and what you even bolded in my first post was that I was wrong for finding only a minority of my students who had been homeschooled were prepared for our program in terms of skills and knowledge base.
Thats great that you are suddenly back pedaling now but it doesn't change anything.
Here are examples of some very successful homeschooled people. It can be and is a very good option for many.
You said that those who homeschool well are in the minority. That is what I took exception to. You did not define doing well as "having the content knowledge required to be above average in a school for gifted teenagers." You added all of that later. My premise is that homeschoolers, by and large, tend to be as successful as or more successful than typical public school students. In my experience. And in the experience of college admissions officers, apparently.
Oh for gods sake. Really? Now I have stated that homeschoolers don't go to college or can't be successful? How many strawmen are you going to burn?
Which part of I never said those things is so hard to deal with?
Maybe re-read the post that got your knickers in such a twist.
Look if you can't admit you completely twisted what I said out of context that is your problem. I had already limited what I was talking about to MY EXPERIENCE, regardless it says far more about you than it does about me.
Hopefully you're making a joke.
No I'm dead serious. Polls show that 38 percent of parents flat out cite religious reasons for homeschooling. Those are just the ones that admit it.
Where did you get the bolded from? And where were all of those stats that I made up? In looking at some other posts, I see that this absurdity is your MO for debates, so I won't be responding to you again.


When it comes to moving large items around the house, you may feel like it is the job of the house removals company. Some people like to remove the expense that a removal company can bring by using a man with a van instead, as it will save them a great deal of money overall. You will no doubt find that if you are doing a move with a moving van, the larger items give you the most hassle and bother, as otherwise it is simply a case of stacking boxes! A few hints on how to move your large items effectively will be all you need to ensure that you have the confidence to get yourself from A to B in an effective way, and with no breakages or injury! Injury is really the main one to be protecting yourself against, and you will no doubt want to ensure that you are in no risk at any point during the move, so it is best that you take heed and caution and follow the following advice!1. Wear gloves! Lifting gloves will make your job twice as easy, and you will find that they are great for protecting your hands, so that you have more confidence overall. In the event that you don't have gloves, you will find that the friction between your hands and the surface of the item can get sore, and sometimes your hands will get a little sweaty making it hard to keep a decent grip. Lifting gloves will have a textured rubberized surface that will protect you from these issues, as well as from the splinters and cuts that wood and metal items can give you if you are not careful. See if your man with a van driver can supply you with a pair to borrow.2. Read up! If you can, get hold of a safe lifting manual and have a proper look at it. You will find that there are many ways in which to lift something, but most of them will put you in serious danger of hurting yourself or dropping the item. It basically comes down to lifting with your knees, and not your back, as the back is a much less sturdy part of your body. Twisting or extending your spine to much will only leave you with pains well beyond the day of the move, and can last a life time, so it is worth being really careful. 3. Get some wheels! If you can get access to them, a heavy duty sack barrow, or a low trolley will ensure that you don't have to walk large and cumbersome items around. You may find that your removals van driver has the right equipment, but it is worth checking beforehand. The sack barrow is perfect for balancing large wardrobes or fridges on, and with its help, two men can move a massive triple wardrobe without much difficulty at all. A trolley can be used similarly, but will be a little less effective in general. 4. Talk to each other! You will need more than one person to lift larger items, and when this is happening, you need to be extremely vocal with what is going on. If you are at the front of the load and you step over a cable, let the person at the back know about it, so that they don't trip over it! If anyone needs to put the heavy item down for a second to rest, then allow them to do so, otherwise they will strain themselves trying to keep it up, and cause injury. Worse still they could end up dropping the thing, and the results could be injury or broken furniture, which is not what you need! Ensuring that you are safe will make your domestic removal a lot easier.


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January 22, 2020: NYSBA Honors Attorneys, Law Firms for Extraordinary Pro Bono Service and 2019 Empire State Counsel
By Communications Department
Attorneys Lindsay Heck and Lee Redeye will be honored for their pro bono service by the New York State Bar Association's (NYSBA) President's Committee on Access to Justice (PCAJ) on Thursday, Jan. 30 at the 2020 NYSBA Annual Meeting.
The awards will be presented at a luncheon to celebrate the attorneys who have earned the designation of Empire State Counsel®, by performing 50 hours of pro bono service in 2019.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James will give the keynote address at the event.
"The Justice for All awards Luncheon is NYSBA's way of thanking those members who have adhered to the highest standards of professionalism by giving of their time and talents to benefit those who cannot otherwise afford legal assistance," said Scott Karson, NYSBA's president-elect and PCAJ co-chair.
"In 2006, NYSBA launched Empire State Counsel® to acknowledge the hundreds of hours of pro bono legal service New York State attorneys give every year to thousands of low-income New Yorkers facing critical life crises such as loss of home or benefits," said Committee Co-chair, Edwina Frances Martin. "Today, thousands of lawyers proudly display their Empire State Counsel pins to show the world their dedication to one of NYSBA's and the legal profession's most cherished principles: facilitating the fair administration of justice"
Heck, a commercial litigation associate at White & Case in New York City, has built an extensive pro bono practice that includes representing the parents of schoolchildren in high-poverty, underfunded school districts and victims of human trafficking. Notably, she led the team from White & Case on a groundbreaking class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of the approximately 30,000 children in Flint, Michigan, who were poisoned by lead in the water during the city's infamous water crisis.
Redeye, an associate in the Indian Law Practice and Litigation Practice teams at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman in Buffalo, and advocates for Seneca Nation tribal members. His idea led to the formation of a Native American legal assistance clinic, in partnership with the Erie County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project and Native American Community Services. The clinic assisted over 36 Native American individuals from numerous tribes in 2019. Redeye was recently elected chair of the board of directors for the Seneca Commission for Economic Development.
The Empire State Counsel celebration also honors the law firms that have made exceptional efforts to encourage their associates and partners to give back. The committee recognized six law firms – three from upstate New York and three from the downstate area.
The downstate firms to be honored are Proskauer Rose; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. The upstate firms to be honored are Nixon Peabody; Barclay Damon; Copps DiPaola Silverman.
Honoring attorneys who render extraordinary service to the public and the profession is part of NYSBA's Annual Meeting, which each January attracts thousands of lawyers from around the state, the nation and the world. They come to meet and connect with colleagues and to learn from experts in many areas of law.
A wide range of programs at NYSBA's 143rd Annual Meeting Jan. 27-31 will explore current issues in law and legal practice. The Presidential Summit on Wednesday, Jan. 29, will look at White Nationalism and Domestic Terrorism in America.
At Thursday evening's sold-out Gala Dinner, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan will receive the Gold Medal, NYSBA's highest honor, and participate in a fireside-style chat with Prof. John Barrett of St. John's University School of Law.
Other featured speakers at the Annual Meeting include New York State Attorney General Letitia James, the first African American and the first woman elected to that office; Janet DiFiore, chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals; and Craig Boise, dean of Syracuse University College of Law.
For more information on NYSBA's Annual Meeting, click here.
About the New York State Bar Association
The New York State Bar Association is the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. Since 1876, NYSBA has helped shape the development of law, educated and informed the legal profession and the public, and championed the rights of New Yorkers through advocacy and guidance in our communities.
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Wyoming HS Football 2020 State Championship Games
David Settle Published: November 9, 2020
David Settle, WyoPreps.com
The five title games in prep football across Wyoming are set for Nov. 13 and 14 at five different locations.
One game will be on Friday, while the remaining four will take place on Saturday. For the first time since 2009, the games will not be at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Seeds for each team are listed in parentheses. Higher seeded teams are the home team and will host at their site. In the case of like seeds, as in Class 2A, the East team will host. That was determined before the season started.
CLASS 1A-9 MAN:
(E2) Lusk (8-2) at (E1) Southeast (10-0), 5 p.m.
(W2) Meeteetse (8-1) at (W1) Farson-Eden (10-0), 1 p.m.
CLASS 2A:
(W1) Lyman (10-1) at (E1) Torrington (8-2), 1 p.m.
(W2) Jackson (9-2) at (W1) Cody (9-1), noon
(3) Thunder Basin (9-2) at (1) Cheyenne East (10-1), 1 p.m.
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In 2016, more than 190 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose caused by a powerful prescription opioid three times stronger than morphine.
Many of those victims were service members or veterans.
The drug is Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release), manufactured by Endo Pharmaceuticals and Endo Health Solutions, against whom, Attorney General Andy Beshear today filed suit for violating state law and directly contributing to these as well as other opioid related deaths and overdoses in Kentucky.
The potential for abuse by Kentuckians from Opana ER has been of concern to Beshear since he took office.
The FDA requested June 8 that Endo remove Opana ER from the market. The company announced July 6 that it would no longer sell the drug.
Beshear said the removal of Opana ER from the market was an important step in battling the state's drug epidemic but that the damage from Endo's practices has already harmed the people of Kentucky.
Louisvillian Emily Walden lost her son, T.J., as a result of an Opana ER overdose in 2012. T.J., who was in the Kentucky National Guard, overdosed on Opana ER and died shortly before he was to deploy overseas.
Emily emailed Endo asking for help when her son became addicted to Opana ER. One month after T.J.'s death – a full year after she reached out to Endo about his addiction – the company finally responded to ask her for information so that it could file a report with the FDA.
Endo especially targeted Kentucky veterans in its promotion of Opana ER, according to the AG's complaint.
Beshear said Endo's blind eye to the abuse of its drug also led to a surge of HIV cases in Scott County, Indiana in 2015 and put more than 50 Kentucky counties at risk for a similar outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tied the 2015 HIV outbreak specifically to the injection of Opana ER. In doing so, the federal health agency identified 220 counties across the country at the greatest risk for similar outbreaks. Fifty-four of those counties, roughly 25 percent, were in Kentucky – the majority being in the eastern part of the state.
Beshear's lawsuit, one of many to be filed by his office against rogue pharmaceutical companies, shows how the actions of Endo directly violate numerous Kentucky laws. It seeks civil penalties and compensatory and punitive damages for the Commonwealth.
As part of Beshear's multifaceted strategy to combat the opioid crisis, on Sept. 22, 2017, Beshear's office awarded a contract to the legal team his office will partner with in the investigation and prospective litigation against opioid drug manufacturers distributors, and retailers. Beshear plans to seek compensation on behalf of the Commonwealth where there is evidence that bad actors contributed to the opioid epidemic by illegally marketing, distributing and selling opioids to Kentuckians.
Beshear said the contract, which still has not been approved by the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, provides that the contracting law firms – and not the Commonwealth – will pay the costs of any litigation.
Beshear emphasized the importance of the timely approval of the contract and noted that Kentucky needs the experience of local and national attorneys who have the resources and knowledge to help this office secure funds for the Commonwealth and to help repair the harm caused by those who have played a role in Kentucky's opioid crisis.


FRANKFURT – "Millionaire" online businesses selling on ecommerce site eBay have jumped 50 percent in key international markets Britain and Germany in the last four years, despite currency swings that have slowed growth outside the United States.
Fresh data published on Tuesday by eBay shows the number of million euro businesses selling on eBay grew to 1,095 from 731 in Germany last year since 2013 while million pound-plus businesses rose to 663 from 443 in Britain over the same time period.
EBay's two big European markets were collectively responsible for 30 percent of eBay's total net revenue of nearly $9 billion last year, although reported revenue in both markets dipped amid currency declines against the US dollar.
Two examples in the north of England are MusicMagpie.co.uk, which buys used CDs, DVDs and electronics from consumers for resale on eBay in more than 140 countries, and cycling accessory seller MaxGear, now a 3.5 million pound ($4.51 million) a year business.
While the company founded 22 years ago started out as an online auction site for consumers to trade second-hand goods, 80 percent of merchandise now sold via eBay is new, largely fixed-price items, the company reported in the first quarter of 2017.
Commercial sellers in eBay's five main European markets – Germany, Britain, Italy, France and Spain – export, on average, to 20 different countries a piece, said Phuong Nguyen, eBay's senior Director of seller growth, highlighting the international focus for many of its small and medium-sized export businesses.
The third largest country in Europe for millionaire businesses is Italy, where million euro-plus businesses rose 55 percent to 93 from 60 in the four years ending in 2016.
The United States grew 6.7 percent to $3.87 billion in 2016, making up 43 percent of total eBay revenue, while the rest of Europe and other international markets gained 9 percent in US dollar terms for the remaining 27 percent of company revenue.


I am just finishing a book written by Matt Papa, Look and Live, which delves into the interesting doctrine of the glory of God, in a profound way, but with a conclusion that is so very practical. And the practical conclusion is what I want to leave with you, for our thought to chew on this week.
In a funny twist of irony, as I write this I just finished praying and received in one hour 13 messages that started the minute I began to pray…had to turn my phone off to stop the pinging of my iPhone…you remember each message that you ignore dings twice…26 dings. The irony is that my desire to pray, then to write a blog about the need to disconnect was literally bombarded by distractions. I did get up to check the phone…and promptly turned it off.
Matt Papa's point with this book, really contemplating the depth of God's glory is captured in the title Look and Live. Only as we intentionally gaze, stare, contemplate, admire, adore…use any, and all superfluous terms that you can conjure up…and use these to stare longingly at Jesus…and you will live.
The C.S. Lewis quote explains that the entirety of our life, our productivity, our faith, our influence, all depend on now. How do you start your day, how do you end it. Life is lived in only one day…TODAY! And what you invest in your walk with the Lord, and what you receive from Him is only realized in one moment NOW!
George Müller, one of my spiritual mentors (yes, you can be mentored by someone who never lived in the same time period) did an amazing work of feeding thousands of orphans, pastoring one single church over decades, and was known as an "apostle of faith," realized that this all stemmed from his incredible devotion to prayer and to the study of the Bible. What we do for God is shaped by the closeness of our relationship to God and with Him.
This week, composed of 7 days, remember that your growth in relationship with the Lord is the most important thing and that tomorrow is not the day to be concerned with it. Your fruitfulness in life, the health of your family and relationships, everything revolves around this one significant thing, and that one thing, depends entirely upon today.
Next Next post: Team Update Hope Chapel H.B.


The economy of Bangladesh is the 31st largest economy in the world as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP). It has made significant strides in its economic sector since its independence in 1971. The Bangladeshi garments industry is one of the largest and most comprehensive industries in the world. Before 1980, Bangladesh's economy and foreign exchange earnings were driven by the jute industry. However, this industry started to fall dramatically from 1970, when polypropylene products gained popularity over the jute products.
Current GDP per capita of Bangladesh registered a peak growth of 57% in the Seventies immediately after Independence. But this proved unsustainable and growth consequently scaled back to 29% in the Eighties and 24% in the Nineties.
Bangladesh has also made major strides to meet the food needs of its increasing population, through increased domestic production. Currently, Bangladesh is the fourth largest rice  producing country in the world. The land is devoted mainly to rice and jute cultivation, although wheat production has increased in recent years the country is largely self-sufficient in rice production. The country has large reserves of natural gas and limited reserves of coal and oil. While Bangladesh's industrial base is growing, unskilled labor is inexpensive and plentiful.


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Норико Огивара (, "Огивара Норико"; род. , ) — японская писательница фэнтези.

Биография

Норико Огивара родилась в  году в . В детстве, прочитав «Хроники Нарнии» Клайва Льюиса, она решила стать писателем-фантастом.

Её первая книга «Голубой нефрит» (空色勾玉, "Sorairo Magatama") выиграла несколько наград по детской литературе и была переведена на английский Кэти Хирано, как «Dragon Sword and Wind Child» (Меч дракона и Ребенок ветра). Следующие два романа «Лебединая странная легенда» (白鳥異伝, "Hakuchou Iden") и «Розовая нимфа» (薄紅天女, "Usubeni Tennyo "), были продолжением «Голубого нефрита» и опубликованы только на японском языке. Эти три книги вместе составляют серию «Нефритовая трилогия».

Другая её работа «Добрая ведьма с Запада» (西の善き魔女, "Nishi no Yoki Majo"), сочетает в себе жанры вестерн и фэнтези. Это серия из восьми книг. На основе этого цикла выпущено серию манга-адаптаций авторства Харухико Момокава, которая выпускалась в журнале Comic Blade. На основе произведения также сняли аниме-сериал под названием «Добрая колдунья с Запада: Завещание Астраи», который выпускался в Японии в 2006 году.

Её серия романов фэнтези «Девушка из Красной книги» (レッドデータガール, Reddo Dēta Gāru), которая была впервые опубликована в 2008 году, состоит из шести книг. На основе серии также сняли аниме-сериал.

Примечания

Ссылки

  Noriko Ogiwara Information #1
  Noriko Ogiwara Information #2
  Collection of Noriko Ogiwara's work

  J'Lit | Authors : Noriko Ogiwara | Books from Japan
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Авторы фэнтези Японии
Японские детские писатели


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Tasmin Little / Martyn Brabbins
Moszkowski: Violin Concerto in C, Op. 30, Ballade in G minor, Op. 16 No. 1; Karlowicz: Violin Concerto in A, Op. 8
AllMusic Review by James Leonard
In a world full of pointless duplication of already overly familiar repertoire, Hyperion continues to release discs that feature undiscovered or unrecorded repertoire. Having brought the world a wonderful series of recordings under the rubric The Romantic Piano Concerto, Hyperion has begun to release an equally wonderful series of recordings under the rubric The Romantic Violin Concerto. In this, the fourth volume of the series, Hyperion has coupled two violin concertos from two of the best Polish composers of the later years of the nineteenth and the early years of the twentieth century: Moritz Moszkowski and Mieczyslaw Karlowicz. When he is remembered at all, Moszkowski is remembered as a composer of salon pieces for piano. And when Karlowicz is remembered -- and he is remembered even less often then Moszkowski -- he is remembered as either a half-baked Slavophile or a second-rate Strauss. But as this superb recording reminds listeners, it can only be remember what is already known and most of what is already known about Moszkowski and Karlowicz is wrong. In these terrific performances by Tasmin Little, Moszkowski is a fully formed composer of memorably lyrical melodies and unforgettably difficult virtuoso writing and Karlowicz is simply a first-rate composer of grandly expansive themes and gloriously glowing harmonies. Little's playing is warm, strong, and sensitive; Martyn Brabbins' conducting is rich, sympathetic, and soulful. The playing of the BBC Scottish Symphony is lush, serious, and sensuous. If you're looking for something out of classical music beyond the pointless duplication of the already overly familiar, this is the disc for you.
Concerto for violin & orchestra in A major, Op. 8
Allegro moderato -
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Martyn Brabbins / Tasmin Little
Romanza: Andante
Vivace assai
Ballade in G minor, Op. 16/1
Moritz Moszkowski
Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 30
Allegro comodo


text:
package v1

import (
	"testing"

	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"

	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
)

func TestCloudStorageSourceStatusIsReady(t *testing.T) {
	tests := []struct {
		name                string
		s                   *CloudStorageSourceStatus
		wantConditionStatus corev1.ConditionStatus
		want                bool
	}{{
		name: "uninitialized",
		s:    &CloudStorageSourceStatus{},
		want: false,
	}, {
		name: "initialized",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSourceStatus{}
			s.InitializeConditions()
			return s
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionUnknown,
		want:                false,
	}, {
		name: "the status of topic is false",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSource{}
			s.Status.InitializeConditions()
			s.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkNotificationReady("notificationID")
			s.Status.MarkTopicFailed(s.ConditionSet(), "TopicFailed", "the status of topic is false")
			return &s.Status
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionFalse,
		want:                false,
	}, {
		name: "the status of topic is unknown",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSource{}
			s.Status.InitializeConditions()
			s.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkNotificationReady("notificationID")
			s.Status.MarkTopicUnknown(s.ConditionSet(), "TopicUnknown", "the status of topic is unknown")
			return &s.Status
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionUnknown,
		want:                false,
	}, {
		name: "the status of pullsubscription is false",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSource{}
			s.Status.InitializeConditions()
			s.Status.MarkTopicReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionFailed(s.ConditionSet(), "PullSubscriptionFailed", "the status of pullsubscription is false")
			s.Status.MarkNotificationReady("notificationID")
			return &s.Status
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionFalse,
		want:                false,
	}, {
		name: "the status of pullsubscription is unknown",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSource{}
			s.Status.InitializeConditions()
			s.Status.MarkTopicReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionUnknown(s.ConditionSet(), "PullSubscriptionUnknown", "the status of pullsubscription is unknown")
			s.Status.MarkNotificationReady("notificationID")
			return &s.Status
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionUnknown,
		want:                false,
	}, {
		name: "notification not ready",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSource{}
			s.Status.InitializeConditions()
			s.Status.MarkTopicReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkNotificationNotReady("NotReady", "notification not ready")
			return &s.Status
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionFalse,
		want:                false,
	}, {
		name: "the status of notification is unknown",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSource{}
			s.Status.InitializeConditions()
			s.Status.MarkTopicReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkNotificationUnknown("Unknown", "notification not ready")
			return &s.Status
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionUnknown,
		want:                false,
	}, {
		name: "ready",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSource{}
			s.Status.InitializeConditions()
			s.Status.MarkTopicReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionReady(s.ConditionSet())
			s.Status.MarkNotificationReady("notificationID")
			return &s.Status
		}(),
		wantConditionStatus: corev1.ConditionTrue,
		want:                true,
	}}

	for _, test := range tests {
		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			if test.wantConditionStatus != "" {
				gotConditionStatus := test.s.GetTopLevelCondition().Status
				if gotConditionStatus != test.wantConditionStatus {
					t.Errorf("unexpected condition status: want %v, got %v", test.wantConditionStatus, gotConditionStatus)
				}
			}
			got := test.s.IsReady()
			if got != test.want {
				t.Errorf("unexpected readiness: want %v, got %v", test.want, got)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestCloudStorageSourceStatusGetCondition(t *testing.T) {
	tests := []struct {
		name      string
		s         *CloudStorageSourceStatus
		condQuery apis.ConditionType
		want      *apis.Condition
	}{{
		name:      "uninitialized",
		s:         &CloudStorageSourceStatus{},
		condQuery: CloudStorageSourceConditionReady,
		want:      nil,
	}, {
		name: "initialized",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSourceStatus{}
			s.InitializeConditions()
			return s
		}(),
		condQuery: CloudStorageSourceConditionReady,
		want: &apis.Condition{
			Type:   CloudStorageSourceConditionReady,
			Status: corev1.ConditionUnknown,
		},
	}, {
		name: "not ready",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSourceStatus{}
			s.InitializeConditions()
			s.MarkNotificationNotReady("NotReady", "test message")
			return s
		}(),
		condQuery: NotificationReady,
		want: &apis.Condition{
			Type:    NotificationReady,
			Status:  corev1.ConditionFalse,
			Reason:  "NotReady",
			Message: "test message",
		},
	}, {
		name: "unknown",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSourceStatus{}
			s.InitializeConditions()
			s.MarkNotificationUnknown("Unknown", "test message")
			return s
		}(),
		condQuery: NotificationReady,
		want: &apis.Condition{
			Type:    NotificationReady,
			Status:  corev1.ConditionUnknown,
			Reason:  "Unknown",
			Message: "test message",
		},
	}, {
		name: "ready",
		s: func() *CloudStorageSourceStatus {
			s := &CloudStorageSourceStatus{}
			s.InitializeConditions()
			s.MarkNotificationReady("notificationID")
			return s
		}(),
		condQuery: NotificationReady,
		want: &apis.Condition{
			Type:   NotificationReady,
			Status: corev1.ConditionTrue,
		},
	}}

	for _, test := range tests {
		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			got := test.s.GetCondition(test.condQuery)
			ignoreTime := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(apis.Condition{},
				"LastTransitionTime", "Severity")
			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.want, got, ignoreTime); diff != "" {
				t.Errorf("unexpected condition (-want, +got) = %v", diff)
			}
		})
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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7 Stanford players compete and win in two countries at two college events
A total of 7 Stanford golfers are competing in events at the same time. David Chung won all four of his matches in the Palmer Cup leading the US team to victory or European collegians in Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland while 6 Cardinal golfers led by a win by recent grad Joseph Bramlett competed in the Northeastern Amateur in Rhode Island.
Here you will find complete scoring for the Northeastern Amateur. Bramlett won by 2 shots rounds of 69-68-66-67. Sihwan Kim (68-67-70-70) and Andrew Yun (69-69-71-66) tied for 4th. Steve Ziegler tied for 7th with 66-70-70-70 rounds. Grad Dodge Kemmer (69-68-72-69) tied for 11th and incoming freshman Cameron Wilson (68-73-70-71) tied for 18th.
The Palmer Cup was played at Royal Portrush GC in Northern Ireland between European and American collegiate golfers. All the results can be found at http://www.palmercup.org/.
United States Claims Palmer Cup at Royal Portrush Golf Club
America downs Europe 13-11
PORTRUSH – The United States defeated Europe, 13-11, to claim the Palmer Cup held at Royal Portrush Golf Club. The victory was the Americans first in Europe since 2002 and gives the USA a 7-6-1 overall advantage in the Palmer Cup series.
Each side claimed four matches in final day singles action. Daniel Miernicki and David Chung posted the first two victories of the day for the Americans when they defeated James Byrne and Henrik Norlander, respectively. Miernicki claimed the first hole in his 5 and 3 win and never trailed. Chung holed in from the fairway for eagle on the first hole of his match but Norlander would respond with an eagle of his own at the par 5 second. Chung would reclaim the lead after No. 4 before cruising to a 4 and 2 victory. Chung was the only player to post a 4-0 record at this year's Palmer Cup. It was just the 12th unbeaten and undefeated performance in the 14-year history of the Palmer Cup.
Prior Round Story: PORTRUSH, Norhern Ireland - Stanford junior David Chung won both of his matches on Thursday to help the United States to a 6-2 lead over Europe after the first day of the Palmer Cup being contested at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
Chung partnered with Jonathan Randolph to defeat David Lingmerth and Patrick Spraggs, 1-up in the four-ball matche and defeated the same European pair in the afternoon foursome match.
Chung and Randolph won the first hole with birdie and led throughout. The two teams halved the next two holes before the U.S. won No. 4 by concession and the fifth and sixth with birdie to move to 4-up. Chung and Randolph moved the lead to five after eight holes. Europe would trim the lead to 3-down after No. 11, but the Americans won Nos. 13 and 14 to close out the match.
"They did great," said United States Head Coach Chris Zambri. "As it turns out we lost the first two matches of the event and we've won since then. I'm proud of my guys. I'm proud of Jonathan (Randolph) and David (Chung) for winning two matches and winning convincingly. I'm also proud of the guys who had close matches that could have gone either way and luckily for us they went our way. That's the real sign of a champion, to win a close match. Their whole lives they will be playing in close matches and they'll have to play important rounds and it's great to see them step up when they need to."
Chung will face Europe's Rhys Enochs in Friday's singles competition.
Friday's round will consist of singles matches and begin at 10 a.m.
Palmer Cup
Royal Portrush Golf Club
United States 6, Europe 2
7 Stanford players compete and win in two countrie...
Joseph Bramlett competes in the US Open at Pebble ...
Cameron Wilson competes for US in the Junior World...
Conrad announces the end of year honors for the se...
Senior Joseph Bramlett qualifies for the US Open w...
Cardinal ties for 5th at national championship los...


Eventus Audio web site (October 27, 2009): EVENTUS Audio is an Italian Company born on the first day of the year 2000. Thanks to this EVENTUS Audio has conquered the title First Company of the Third Millennium�. EVENTUS Audio is born thanks to competence, to the passion, to the intuition and wish to offer a high quality products.
Three founders... Domenico, Luca and Roberto. Three different persons with three different know-how! But with the unique idea to create the exclusive in the High End market. And thanks to their vision now EVENTUS Audio is a real company who produces exclusive loudspeakers for special people who want only the best in their life.
Domenico is the designer of each EVENTUS Audio's products and he's also the �ace of the company. The patented SACC Technology comes out from his mind! And also every other new version of the technology. The use of the EA-HDR material was his idea and thanks to his intuition EVENTUS Audio is one of the two or three companies in the audio market who uses a different material indeed of the classic MDF.
Luca checks "the numbers" of the EVENTUS Audio starting from general accounting up to analytical accounting. He is the business reference for collaborations and partnership. Togheter Domenico, Luca, travel during the shows in Las Vegas and Munich giving his support to the company.
Roberto takes care of the relationships with the world of the institutional investors. Moreover, he takes care of the relationships with the customers and the suppliers (from the orders to the payments). He also take care for the final quality control of the products before the shipment. In the factory, with a 1.200 square meter of total covered surface, are made the design and the production of the loudspeakers. The whole production process which includes the ideation, the planning, the realization, the quality control, the packing and the shipment.
EVENTUS Audio uses the patented SACC Technology for its loudspeakers. The SACC Technology is patented in the whole world and its make EVENTUS Audio different from the other loudspeakers Companies. So, the question is: why buying an EVENTUS Audio's product when there're many other Companies that produce good products? The answer is EVENTUS Audio's products are unique in this market thanks to their style, sound and materials! But it's important to keep in mind another thingthe philosophy! Here, in EVENTUS Audio, everyone think in terms of quality and exclusivity. Every pair of loudspeakers needs a long time to be completed. The reason is that we use an unique system to create the cabinet of our products. Our method is different from all others and needs for more attention and time. The result of this is that our products are special and, let me say, better then any other.
One of the most complicate thing to do is to join the excellent sound performance with the aesthetics look. Yes, it's very hard to reach a good design in terms of shape, colors, dimension joined with perfects technical characteristics. Only in EVENTUS Audio this is possible and real thanks to our patented SACC Technology! Look at Metis, iO, Lysithea, Nebula, Galathea, Phobos, Janus, Sophis and discover the other face of the HiEnd. The nice face of this world.
Thanks to its patent Technology, EVENTUS Audio is able to realize loudspeakers with shape, design and technical characteristics of high level.


Lovely character art, charming characters, great music, solid gameplay.
A few stray spelling, grammar, and syntax errors here and there.
A terrific episodic RPGM series loaded with charm and aesthetic appeal.
Pretty character and monster art.
I hope there isn't a troll under this bridge... or worse!
I wouldn't want to set foot in those swamps, yet our heroine does so barefoot.
"...My favorite Aldorlea series to date."
Millennium is an original IP from Aldorlea, the prolific indie developer best known for the Laxius Force series. Millennium is being released episodically much like Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Aveyond 3. This grand project features a lush soundtrack, original artwork, custom environment graphics, and traditional JRPG gameplay. Millennium is an episodic RPG consisting of 5 planned episodes with one episode being released every few months starting September 2009. The game's moniker may be far from original, but it has quite a bit of original content in the art direction, soundtrack, environmental textures, and storyline. True to Aldorlea form, it is also a robust and often challenging game that will easily keep players busy far longer than many of its peers. This is easily Aldorlea's most aesthetically pleasing, accessible, and refined effort to date.
A first impression counts for a lot, and the title screens for each episode make very good impressions. I'll come right out and say it: the heroine looks hot in Episode 2's title screen. The beautiful artwork and the complementary music made me want to hang out at each title screen for a while before getting started. These appealing aesthetics continue in the graphics and music of the game proper.
There is no doubt that this game is an RPG Maker XP game, but it is a very beautiful XP game. Many environments have custom textures in the tiles that look great. Some dungeons, like the mountainous Rocky Path, feature backgrounds that are almost photorealistic. The lovely character art during battles and in the flash, title, and Game Over screens looks very refined and reminds me of the stylized European cartoons I watched as a child when I lived over there. The enemy art is 100% original as well and even the basic monsters look good. I found the art a very nice change of pace from the usual Japanese and American styled art I've seen in so many RPGs and I found myself picking fights just to look at the character art more often. The majority of NPC sprites were default XP sprites with some unique ones for the playable and/or important characters. The sprites look fine and integrat well with the environments, but do not do justice to the character art.
The original soundtrack is quite varied. Many songs have an airy feel and utilize various Asian instruments and themes. Other pieces are reminiscent of western music styles, such as various kinds of classical, downtempo/ambient electronica, and even heavy metal. Seriously, I was headbanging the first time I heard the boss theme. Some pieces even have vocal clips in them, like the "ahhs" in the Green Grass village theme, the south Asian style chanting towards the end of the overworld theme, and the various kinds of chanting in the monastery theme. Speaking of voices, two of the characters even have a few battle grunt-type voice clips when doing martial arts moves. The sound is on point, and I hope to hear more from this talented new composer.
Rather than talk about the story as a whole, I shall offer brief summaries of each episode. A running log of episode summaries will be augmented into this section as each episode releases.
Episode 1: A New Hope: In the impoverished land of Myst is a heavily walled city called Mystrock where the wealthy 5% of the population enjoy a lavish life with 95% of the wealth. A peasant from the village of Green Grass named Stanislas pounds on the walls of Mystrock every day to appeal to the Mystrock political machine, led by Lord Dragon and Lord Borgon, and fight for the rights of the downtrodden. During one of his solo crusades, Stanislas is gravely injured and tasks his teenage daughter Marine to carry on his fight. Marine initially doesn't understand why her father does what he does and would rather he stay home with her and her younger sister Merline like a regular daddy, especially since their mother is missing from her life. Marine is told of a clause in the Mystrock political ledger that anyone who wishes to challenge the government must gather an army of 13 warriors to fight each of the Myst government's warriors in hand-to-hand combat on election day; but election day is only a month away! Marine half-heartedly embarks on this small-scale-Suikoden type journey, but as she travels to other impoverished villages she better realizes why her father fought the power the way he did and becomes more invested in her quest.
Episode 2: Take Me Higher: Marine has now proven herself to two potential warriors who have agreed to fight for her cause. Her cousin Benoit, who we met in the first episode, is still reluctant about this whole affair, but continues to stick with Marine. She's family after all. After the two recruited warriors part ways to further train for the final showdown, Marine and Benoit head back to Green Grass to check up on Stanislas. There, Marine finds a mysterious letter with hints to the whereabouts of her mother, long since thought to have been dead. Benoit thinks this letter is very suspect and would rather Marine focus on recruiting more warriors for her "liberation army," but Marine insists on following this lead and Benoit dutifully tags along. Although this episode's story is primarily about the search for Marine's mother, Marine does find some new companions and Benoit develops further, slowly becoming a favorite character. In addition, cutscenes featuring Lord Borgan and Lord Dragon's interactions are present; their wildly differing views on Marine and the state of their future political agenda becoming a source of tension.
Episode 3: Cry Wolf: After a serious bombshell is dropped during Take Me Higher's ending, Marine seriously begins to doubt herself and her quest. The Mystrock elections are just around the corner, and she's still short seven warriors. Mystrock's higher-ups scoff with a veil of arrogance, but are probably running scared since two of them saw fit to trick Marine into an ambush and give her a taste of their might. Amidst the mocking laughter, Marine journeys eastward and liberates a village troubled by orcs. She then helps two cursed people find cures: one is a young man slowly turning into a werewolf and the other is a young woman slowly turning into a mermaid. The question raised here is whether Marine's overwhelming selflessness to help people in need hinders her quest.
This chapter was not as story-driven as prior chapters and was thus my least favorite installment, story-wise.
Millennium's gameplay is traditional JRPG gameplay with towns, dungeons, an overworld, turn-based combat, a main quest, and plenty of sidequests that aid in worldbuilding. Progression is fairly linear, but there are plenty of secrets, sidequests and opportunities to venture off the beaten path. Keeping track of quests is easy with Marine's quest journal, and a "talk" feature like the one found in Phantasy Star 4 is a quick and easy way to remind players of what their main objective is. To further aid convenience, saving can be done anywhere and anytime outside of battle. Depending on how much time and effort players wish to invest in each episode, completion of an episode can range anywhere from 10 to 30 hours.
As with any given Aldorlea title, many dungeons are vast, lengthy, and may have players pulling their hair out. Personally, I liked being delightfully lost in the dungeons and enjoyed the challenge of exploration. Episode 2: Take Me Higher incorporates the "Pathfinding" mechanic from Asguaard where the easier difficulty levels contain guide arrows in the dungeons telling players where they should go. Another issue resolved in Episode 2 is that if Marine has to backtrack to get to the next location and a dungeon was between point A and point B, she did not have to fully traverse the dungeon. Episode 2 has a shortcut feature that Episode 1 did not have. Episode 3 takes exploration further by incorporating more expansive side-scrolling environments with rudimentary platforming.
Completion of one episode yields a carryover save for the next episode. When I loaded my endgame save from A New Hope to Take Me Higher, items, equipment, and skills were carried over. Character levels were reset to 20, gold was reset to 1000, and the cool titles earned at various shrines in the land were rescinded. In addition, Marine's questbook started fresh, meaning that any sidequests from Episode 1 could not be revisited in Episode 2, which had its own set of quests. In other words, if you made yourself a millionaire in Millennium: A New Hope, then spend all that money on trinkets so they will carry over. At the beginning of each episode, players can choose one of four difficulty levels. The main storyline can be completed at any level, but the harder difficulty levels contain more hidden uber-bosses called Animal Kings.
RPGs are harbored by battles, and Episodes 1 and 2 allow players to select their random encounter rates. Episode 2 even allows players to change the encounter rates on the fly so players can have lots of battles when building levels or few battles when exploring. Episode 3 takes this a step further and offers players a choice between visible or invisible (random) encounters at the start of the game. Nice!
Millennium is without a doubt my favorite Aldorlea series to date. The art is gorgeous, the music is great, the gameplay is fun, and the characters make me want to journey with them. Games such as this one and Rose Portal Games' Whispers of a Rose are raising the bar on the kinds of production values players will soon come to expect from commercial RPG Maker titles in the areas of customized visuals and sound. Anyone who has been hesitant to take a chance on an Aldorlea game should definitely give Millennium a look.
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Why search for a sperm donor online? The experiences of women searching for & contacting sperm donor
Whilst studies have examined the experiences of women who use clinic donors, to date there has been limited research investigating women's motivations and experiences of searching for a sperm donor online. A total of 429 women looking for a sperm donor on Pride Angel (a website that facilitates contact between donors and recipients) completed an online survey. Fifty-eight percent (249) saw advantages of obtaining donated sperm online with the most common advantage reported as being able to connect with and meet the donor (n = 50 (24%)). A third (n = 157 (37%)) of the participants gave disadvantages, the most common reported was encountering 'dishonest donors' (n = 63 (40%)). Most recipients (n = 181 (61%)) wanted the donor to be 'just a donor' (i.e. to provide sperm and have no further contact). Whilst it was important for recipients to know the identity of the donor, some did not see this as important for the child and thus the level of information that parents have about the donor, and that which the child has, can differ. Finding a donor online blurs the distinction between categories of 'anonymous', 'known' and 'identity release' donations. Whilst the survey had a large sample size, the representativeness of the sample is not known.
There has been a rise in the number of websites that facilitate contact between recipients of sperm and sperm donors, yet there are no clear estimates of how large the online sperm donation market is in the UK and abroad. This increase may be related to changes in legislation in some countries that replaces donor anonymity with identity release donors (where the donor's identity can be disclosed to the child in the future, usually at age 18 years) (Bossema et al., 2014; Woestenburg, Winter, & Janssens, 2015). The popularity of seeking a sperm donor online may result from recipients wanting to know the donor from the outset rather than waiting to discover his identity when their child reaches age 18 years (Freeman, Appleby, & Jadva, 2012). Whilst clinics provide a regulated route to sperm donation and have advantages in that recipients avoid several practical, medical and legal hurdles that can occur when accessing sperm in an informal way (Nordqvist, 2010), women who find their own sperm donors are able to meet him, have more information about him and negotiate the level of involvement he would have with the resultant child (Almack, 2006; Nordqvist, 2010).
Different types of donors (identity release, known, anonymous) enable recipients and the resultant child to have varying levels of involvement with the donor. Gartrell et al. (1996) found that reasons given by lesbian parents for selecting a known donor included wanting the donor to help raise the child, to have a special relationship with the child and to enable the child to determine the nature of the relationship with the donor in the future. Reasons for choosing an unknown donor included not wanting anyone to interfere in the family, concerns over child custody and not knowing anyone willing to be a known donor. A follow-up of these mothers when children were aged 18 years found that, whilst most parents were satisfied with the type of donor they had chosen, of the 28 mothers who reported being dissatisfied, most (n ¼ 19; (65.5%)) had used an unknown donor (Gartrell, Bos, Goldberg, Deck, & van Rijn-van Gelderen, 2015). Those who had used an unknown donor were significantly more likely to feel dissatisfied than satisfied with their donor type. The dissatisfaction was expressed in relation to how their child may feel about the lack of information available about their donor. Lesbian mothers who were satisfied with their choice of a known donor spoke of the importance of the child having a relationship with the donor (Gartrell et al., 2015).
A comparison between mothers in two parent heterosexual families and single mothers found that partnered mothers were less likely to feel positive about having an identity release donor (Freeman, Zadeh, Smith, & Golombok, 2013). Single mothers have been found to have diverse views about their donor. Whilst most single women saw the donor as an important feature of their family even though he was not physically in the family, others did not see the donor as important. These views could change over time and were not dependent on whether the donor was anonymous or identifiable (Zadeh, Freeman, & Golombok, 2016). It might be expected that identity-release donation or known donation may increase disclosure by parents. However, studies have found no differences in disclosure rates between women who had used an anonymous egg donor and those who had used a known egg donor (Greenfield & Klock, 2004), or between heterosexual women who had used an anonymous sperm donor and those that who had used an identifiable donor (Freeman, et al. 2013).
The type of relationship between the offspring and a known donor can be viewed as existing on a continuum ranging from minimal involvement through to co-parenting (where the donor is involved in raising the child as a parent) (Dempsey, 2010; Goldberg & Allen, 2013; Jadva, Freeman, Tranfield, & Golombok, 2015). Likewise, donor-conceived individuals may view a known donor in different ways, ranging from 'just a donor' to an extended family member or as a father (Goldberg & Allen, 2013). In addition, men donating in informal ways may differ from those who do so through a clinic.
Donors who donate via the internet have been reported to be more likely to want to pass on their genes compared to clinic donors (Woestenburg, et al., 2015). In addition, donating through the internet enables donors to know who they are donating to, to have information about any children that are born following their donation (Woestenburg et al., 2015) and provides greater choice and control over how they donate (Freeman, Jadva, Tranfield, & Golombok, 2016a). A survey of 56 men who were looking to donate their sperm online found that donor age and income were important in determining how many times they were selected, as were factors such as being less extroverted and more intellectual, shy and systematic (Whyte & Torgler, 2016). A survey of 74 women looking for an online sperm donor found that they had a greater preference for certain character traits, specifically reliability, openness and kindness and were less concerned about traits such as income, political views and religious beliefs (Whyte & Torgler, 2015).
The present study examined why women search for a sperm donor online, the type of involvement they anticipated from their donor with their child and how the process of contacting donors online was experienced. The specific aims were to determine the reasons why recipients looked for a sperm donor online including the advantages and disadvantages of doing so, their preferences on donor identifiability, how important they felt it was to meet and get along with the donor, how contact was made and what aspects of the donation were discussed with him.
The sample was drawn from Pride Angel (www.prideangel.com), a worldwide website based in the UK that facilitates contact between donors and recipients of egg and sperm. It is one of the largest and most well-known websites of its kind in the UK. The website enables members to create an online profile should they choose to, and to search for and communicate with other users.
To read more go to http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14647273.2017.1315460
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