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The Great English Roadtrip: Part Two
The next morning, we loaded back into the car for the next leg of our Great English Roadtrip.
Tristan had expressed interest in taking the ferry across the Channel as well, so off we sailed across the Channel. Unfortunately, it was incredibly foggy, so we were unable to really enjoy the view, or see the White Cliffs of Dover until we were in the port.
The ferry itself was an enjoyable ride, though I'd suggest taking Dramamine (or any other remedy for seasickness that suits you) before embarking. We left ours in the car and suffered greatly when we discovered we couldn't get back down to the vehicles after the ship left port.
We used the DFDS ferry line. Depending on the options selected, they provided lunch, and a quiet lounge, both of which we enjoyed. Disembarking from the ship was easy – you drove off on the appropriate side of the road… that being the left.
Driving on the left side was an adjustment, to say the least. The slow lane is on the left. You turn left; circle clockwise in traffic circles… I'm sure I raised a few eyebrows as we travelled along.
Our first English stop was Stonehenge. Though we didn't see it up close, it was still magnificent.
Driving along, it rises from the hills like a waking beast; the sky suddenly not alone as it meets the Earth. It's incredible how simple monstrous gray stones can exude such magic. Each of us excitedly pointed it out like school children on a field trip.
You may be wondering why we're not up close with all of the others milling about the stones. We arrived after they stopped selling tickets. But, there was a dirt road we stole down in order to get these photos.
The mystery surrounding Stonehenge isn't a secret. Its origin dates back 5,000 years, the stones added in the late Neolithic period. Also in the area surrounding the monument are burial mounds and other sites rife with the unknown. Many theories abound; but my favorite is a Druid Temple. Imagining linen cloaked people worshiping in the magic hour twinkles in my minds eye.
The English Heritage has excellent information if you wish to read more about this monument of the past.
Our journey to the hotel was not long. We stayed in Hampton Wick: a mile from Hampton Court Palace (which we only ended up driving by). I highly recommend this area, especially the The White Hart Hotel. While the current building was erected in 1930, the pub itself has been in operation since the 17th century. We enjoyed the friendly staff, handsome room, delicious food, and short walk to the train station that took us into London every day.
Strangely, I only took photo's of it at night
I also delighted when I found this little sign on one of my evening walks:
This Richmond girl got all in her feelings to see the name of my home town so far away. To me, this literal sign was also a metaphorical sign that I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing in my life. It also made me curious, so I took the photo back to my stepdad at the hotel.
I had no idea what the twinning of these cities meant, but Kevin had recalled some random bit of news about it (as he does). Reading more about it, Richmond, Virginia and Richmond Upon Thomas, UK appeared to have been twinned in 1980. According to the the UK website, the link between the cities has encouraged international exchanges and community. City twinning grew up out of the dust of the Second World War. The UK Office of National Statistics has a simple explanation of twinning:
When you enter many towns and cities in Great Britian today you are greeted by a sign: "Welcome to…., twinned with….". These signs represent a history of international co-operation and friendship, some at an official level, many as informal links between groups of people of all ages and backgrouns. Twinning became popular in Great Britian after the Second World War, with the aim that building links and exchanges between individual towns and cities would bring reconciliation and prosperity after years of conflict.
Twinned towns and sister cities, Great Britain and Europe: September 2020
Most of the twinning is with France and Germany, however the link with Richmond, Virginia, in this case, makes sense. Richmond was named after Richmond Upon Thames for its similarity in views of the James River to the views of the Thames River from Richmond Hill. It was such a lovely surprise.
London: Day One
Since we only had two days in London, I divided our sightseeing across the Thames. Day one would include places like the London Eye, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and of course, the Lego Store. We also walked through Trafalgar Square, peeked into China Town from Leicester Square, and walked to Temple Church. We meandered down the Strand, Fleet Street, and past Somerset House.
So, on the morning of the first day, we walked to the nearby Hampton Wick train station and rode into Waterloo Station in London proper.
I absolutely loved using the train to get into London. It was both easy and relaxing. I was able to get a latte at the coffee stand in front of the station before getting our tickets (I'd forgotten our Oyster cards at home). The wait in the chilly, but refreshing air outside gave me energy for the day. The Southwest Line took us directly to Waterloo, which ended up being pretty central to all the activities we intended to do.
We stopped for breakfast while we waited for the London Dungeon to open. I highly recommend this cross between a haunted house, interactive play, and little history lesson. There were multiple interactive experiences based around famous events in London, like: Jack the Ripper, the Plague, and Sweeny Todd. The actors were talented and fabulous making it both a hysterical and scary experience. It was so fun!
I'm sure by now, you are all well aware of Tristan and I's tradition of hopping on a ferris wheel when we see one, so missing the London Eye would have made for a wasted trip to London. After walking through the London Dungeon, we made our way over to the London Eye which is only feet from the Dungeon. I highly recommend spending the extra money and getting skip the line tickets as it gets crowded pretty fast. I also highly recommend using Get Your Guide for all ticket buying.
The smog was heavy throughout Europe for a couple of days
A month or so before our visit, I was excited to learn that most of the scaffolding would be removed from Big Ben. The famous London clock had been undergoing conservation construction since 2017. It also really excited me that we would be seeing it in its near original construction.
The tower was designed by Charles Barry, who also designed the Palace of Westminster. The tower was completed in 1859, however it looked a bit different than the clock tower we are used to seeing. Most notably is the the color of the dials. While we are used to seeing them as black, conservationists discovered that the original color, underneath 6 other layers of paint, was in fact Prussian blue and gold. The shields that rest above each dial have also been conserved to the architects original plan. The floral emblems on the shields represent the parts of the UK: the rose (England), the thistle (Scotland), the shamrock (Ireland), and the leek (Wales).
The tower itself is actually called The Elizabeth Tower. It's the bell inside that's named Big Ben, which was almost named "Royal Victoria". The tower was also not the original clock tower that stood in it's place. According to the UK Parliament website, a clock tower has stood in its place probably since the 1290's. Undergoing many changes and designs over the years, the tower that now stands was erected in the late 1800's after a fire nearly destroyed the entirety of the Palace of Westminster. This is when Charles Barry designed the tower we see today.
Sources: UK Parliament: Turning Big Ben's clock dials blue; UK Parliament: Saving Big Ben
We also meandered by Westminster Abbey. It was closed for visitors, so we didn't venture inside. Later, I read that it was closed for Prince Philips memorial service.
While we weren't able to visit the inside of the abbey, it was still impressive to stand before centuries of the history that has taken place here. Since 1066, every royal coronation has taken place at Westminster Abbey. Who was the first royal? William the Conqueror.
The Abbey has also been the place of 16 royal weddings, and is the burial grounds for numerous kings and queens like Henry III, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, and Henry V.
Next time I'm in London, I will definitely make a point to visit the inside of this beautiful abbey.
Sources: Westminster Abbey
For Tristan, a trip to a new city isn't worth the time unless you've visited the Lego Store. He's now visited stores in Brussels, Rome, and London. But, while we walked, we spotted quite a few statues and monuments (inadvertently missing the road down which is 10 Downing Street because we were so distracted by it all). There is so much to look at, take in, and marvel at in this old city.
Since I think one Lego store is quite like any other Lego store, I meandered into the tea shop next door, and then out into the square where I found the only bit of Harry Potter I would be seeing on this visit. Turning the corner, I also peered down into Chinatown and sat with ol' William Shakespeare for a bit.
Tristan also got to pose with Darth Vader, because, why not?
We then made our way down the famous Fleet Street where we passed the imposing, but beautiful Royal Courts of Justice, numerous old pubs, and finally landed at the Temple Church.
My timing was impeccably horrible on this trip as we'd arrived an hour after they'd closed the church to visitors for a musical performance. Kevin and Tristan took a rest on a bench in the peaceful courtyard while I walked a circle around the church, and peered down alley's and side streets.
The Temple Church is another one of those really cool, old places interspersed among the modern London. Today, most recognize the church from the book and movie The Da Vinci Code. However, this church has been around since 1118 when the Knights Templar built it as a refuge for pilgrims making their way to the Holy Land. The circular church (pictured above), was consecrated in 1185. It was built to model the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The buildings that surround the church are now the homes of various law offices and members of the Inns of Court. Seemingly random, the habitation of barristers, judges, solicitors, and various others within the profession is in fact part of the Temple's history.
When the fall of the Knights Templar came about in the 14th century, the Knights of Malta, a military group much like the Templars, gained ownership of the church and its surrounding property. A couple of centuries later, law professors, lawyers, and those studying law moved in around the building. The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple became the two law societies, and are first mentioned around 1388.
It's incredible to think that this profession has held this little piece of London for such a long time! It's a really fascinating history – if you would like to read more, visit The Inner Temple website.
Sources: The Inner Temple; Britannica.com
The Temple Church wrapped up our first day in London. We slowly made our way back to Waterloo Station for our decompressing ride back to Hampton Wick. We had a lovely dinner at a pub near our hotel, I went for my evening walk, and we dove into our beds exhausted, but satisfied.
← The Great English Roadtrip: Part One
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Jaber Ansari (; born 10 January 1987) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Aluminium Arak in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Club career
Ansari joined Saba Qom in 2009 after spending the previous season at Shahrdari Tabriz.

On 24 June 2015, Ansari signed a two-year contract with Esteghlal.

Club statistics

1 Statistics Incomplete.

 Assist Goals

Honours
Esteghlal
Hazfi Cup (1) : 2017–18

References

 جابر انصاری، محمد ایران پوریان و مرتضی آقاخان به آلومینیوم پیوستند Retaved in Persian www.isna.ir خبرگزاری ایسنا
 انصاری: مقابل پرسپولیس اشتباه کردیم و تنبیه شدیم Retaved in Persian www.tasnimnews.com خبرگزاری تسنیم
خوش و بش جابر انصاری با بازیکنان استقلال Retaved in Persian www.ilna.news خبرگزاری ایلنا
دو سال به احترام استقلال شکایت نکردم/ منتظر تماس باشگاه هستم Retaved in Persian www.mehrnews.com خبرگزاری مهر
Jaber Ansari biography Retaved in Persian بیوگرافی جابر انصاری
جابر انصاری قراردادش را با استقلال ثبت کرد/ کادرفنی آبی‌ها سه‌شنبه در هیات فوتبال + عکس Retaved in Persian www.farsnews.com خبرگزاری فارس
Esteghlal vs. Persepolis Retaved in Soccerway 30 October 2015

External links

 Jaber Ansari at PersianLeague.com
 Jaber Ansari at Soccerway

 Jaber Ansari at FootballDatabase.eu
 Jaber Ansari on Instagram

1987 births
Living people
Iranian footballers
Sportspeople from Tabriz
Saba players
Shahrdari Tabriz players
Saipa F.C. players
Fajr Sepasi players
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Q: How do I open an already created project in Android Studio from the terminal in Ubuntu? How do I open an already created android project from the terminal in Ubuntu (or other Linux system, if different) into Android Studio?
For instance I have a project named JustJava located in
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How do I open it in Android Studio from the terminal?

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Q: Get and remove an arbitrary element from a mutable HashSet in Scala How do you get and remove an arbitrary element from a mutable HashSet in Scala (similar to python set pop method)? Also what would be the performance of the api?

A: For extracting and removing elements in undefined order from a mutable hash set, try a combination of head and -= (remove):
import scala.collection.mutable.HashSet

def pop[A](hs: HashSet[A]): A = {
  val a = hs.head
  hs -= a
  a
}

val example = HashSet.empty[Int] ++ (0 to 9)

while (!example.isEmpty) {
  val p = pop(example)
  println("Pop element: " + p)
}

I'm not sure whether it's caching any keys or hashes internally, but afaik it's either just O(1) or amortized O(1).

A: @Andrey's answer above should suffice to answer your question as he said
you can use .head function to pop an element.
Here are some more details.
Sets are one of the collection libraries of Scala which provide both mutable and immutable methods. If you want specific element to be removed from Sets then there is - and + methods. - method is used for removing an element from a Set and a new Set is returned. Similarly + method is used for adding an element in a Set which also returns a new Set with the element added. So you can write pop and set functions that will remove and add specific elements.
def popFromSet[T](set: Set[T], stringToPop: T) = {
  set - stringToPop
}

def setToSet[T](set: Set[T], stringToPop: T) = {
  set + stringToPop
}

And you can use them as
popFromSet(stringSet, "second")
setToSet(popFromSet(stringSet, "second"), "second2")
popFromSet(intSet, 2)
....

List way
You can do the above Set to List
If you have a HashSet as
Set("first", "second", "third")

You can get the second element popped out by doing
val hashList = hashSet.toList
hashList(hashList.indexOf("second"))

and if you want to remove the second element from the HashSet then
hashSet - hashList(hashList.indexOf("second"))

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Human BNP ELISA kit is designed for analysing in vitro quantitative levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP, natriuretic-peptide B, ventricular natriuretic-peptide, B-type natriuretic-peptide) in human serum, plasma, other biological fluids, cell culture supernatant and cell lysates. This assay has a minimum sensitivity limit of 2.56 ng/L.
Brain natriuretic peptide which can also be called B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or natriuretic peptide B or ventricular natriuretic peptide, it is secreted in response to excessive stretching of the heart muscle cells by the ventricles. BNP is secreted attached to a prohormone (NT-proBNP), this is a 76 amino acid N-terminal fragment and it is biologically inactive. Once it is released BNP will bind and activate the atrial natriuretic factor receptors (NPRA) and the physiological actions include decreasing central venous pressure and systemic vascular resistance, in addition to an increase in natriuresis. The overall action of both BNP leads to a decrease in cardiac output, which ultimately results in a reduction in blood volume that follows diuresis and natriuresis. Both BNP and NT-proBNP have been useful in screening and prognosis of heart failure. The levels of both of these is typically elevated in patients having left ventricular dysfunction. Also, recombinant BNP and nesiritide have been vital in treating decompensate heart failure. BNP ELISA kit is useful for analysing various diagnostic applications.
The minimum detection sensitivity level of brain natriuretic peptide (B-type natriuretic peptide) using current human BNP ELISA kit was 2.56 ng/mL. The dynamic range for this assay is 5.0 – 2,000.0 ng/L.
Brain-natriuretic peptide: Much more than a biomarker. Int J Cardiol. (2016) 221: 1031-8. Review. Calzetta L., et al.
BNP and NT-proBNP elevation after running–a systematic review. Acta Cardiol. (2015) 70 (5): 501-9. Review. Vilela E.M., et al.
B-type natriuretic peptide-guided therapy: a systematic review. Heart Fail Rev. (2014) 19 (4): 553-64. Review. Balion C., et al.
The potential and limitations of plasma BNP measurement in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of children with heart failure due to congenital cardiac disease: an update. Heart Fail Rev. (2014) 19 (6): 727-42. Review. Cantinotti M., et al.
State of the art of immunoassay methods for B-type natriuretic peptides: An update. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. (2015) 52 (2): 56-69. Review. Clerico A., et al.


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Chess is an internationally acclaimed recreational game. Played between two players, this sport for intellectual nourishment is competitive and demanding on time, tact, and skill. It was developed in the 15th century, in Southern Europe. However, research of this strategic game reveals Indian and Persian origin.
The game of chess is very popular today. It is played on an international level, at tournaments online, as well as in real time. The square-checkered board is also kept as an ornamental add-on in many homes and offices.
The 64 squares and eight-by-eight grid are divided between two players, who maneuver white and black pieces against each other. The pieces include a king, queen, eight pawns, and two (each) rooks, knights, and bishops. The checkmate objective is realized when the king is cornered in a 'check', with no forward maneuver possible.
The modern tradition of competitive chess has developed extensively into an indoor sport, rife with strategies, tactics, mental composition, and focus. The online version allows players located in remote regions across the globe to compete with one another via Internet connectivity.
The history of this game dates back to the 6th century, in India. During the reign of the Gupta kings, it was called caturaṅga. It then comprised four military divisions of infantry, cavalry, chariotry, and elephants.
The game made its way to Persia, where it took on the name shatranj, in Sassanid. The rules were developed further, and soon, shatranj became the favorite royal leisure activity in the Muslim world. Though the pieces retained their Persian names, and the dictates remained the same, the game was adopted and prized by the Arabs.
It then made its presence known throughout Spain, by the name of ajedrez, and as xadrez in Portugal. Slowly, Caturanga became zatrikion in Greek, and finally, in Europe. The popular game-call chess and mate or check and mate remains synonymous with Caturanga.
Over the years, the board game was distributed in the form of curios and souvenirs to royalty and the crème de la crème of society. Research on its history reveals that it reached Western Europe and Russia by the 9th century.
The Moors are credited with the popularity of the game across the Iberian Peninsula, in the 10th century and its mention in a 13th century manuscript as shatranj. A parallel theory states that xiangqi was played much before Caturanga, in China. In the year 1200, its rules and dictates were defined in southern Europe.
The modern rules that specify the outcome of basic moves were first adopted in Spain and Italy. The rules spread throughout the western world, all except that of 'stalemate'.
This rule and maneuver was defined in the 19th century, and it was then that the it earned a new epithet: Western Chess.
The earliest theory on the game was written in the 15th century. The book 'Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez' or 'Repetition of Love and the Art of Playing Chess' was published in 1497, authored by Luis Ramirez de Lucena.
Many of the earliest rules were determined by Lucena, Pedro Damiano, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Giulio Cesare Polerio, Gioachino Greco, and Ruy López de Segura. By the 18th century, it became very famous in Southern Europe and France.
François-André Danican Philidor, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, and Alexander McDonnell were among the first few grandmasters of chess. All through the 19th century, clubs and books made it part and parcel of practically every home.
The first-ever modern chess tournament was won by Adolf Anderssen, in London, in 1851. Strategies highlighted by the likes of Paul Morphy, Wilhelm Steinitz, Johannes Zukertort, Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, and Viswanathan Anand have made the game timeless.


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Q: Sending data through an email instead of RESTful API I am trying to get some data from end users, no authentication is supported.
What kind of attacks are not possible through an email, that are possible through a REST API? Is email somehow more secure?

A: As a whole, Email is much less secured then using a rest API.
Sure you can attach ssl to your mail server / web site that will encrypt your email. However, Emails can be lost as that transfer protocol is less reliable.
With an rest API you define a set rules how the data will be transferred. With an API you don't need to create an account to transfer data though. You can attach SSL to Rest API which will encrypt the data while it is being transferred.
For simple data captured though forms etc. I would personally use an API rather then Email.
However, if you are thinking about a simple contact form on a website a email would probably be more suited, I would still not use it though. It all depends on how complex the solution is that you are trying to develop.


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Bryan Schwartzman Reports: "American Democracy Challenged: The Partisan Divide"
Submitted on November 18, 2015 - 5:21pm
Bryan Schwartzman
A rare, borderline miraculous thing happened inside Congregation Rodeph Shalom: a Republican and a Democrat not only jointly identified a political problem, but also agreed upon a set of solutions. Perhaps the true miracle would be if any of their ideas are ever adopted by Congress.
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Virginia) and Martin Frost (D-Texas) – former political adversaries – are co-authors of the recently released work "The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis." The two former pols addressed an audience of roughly 50 people at the synagogue in a November 8 program sponsored by JSPAN. (A number of organizations and synagogues served as community partners in promoting the event.)
They presented a compelling case that the two parties are being driven further and further apart. Today's high levels of partisanship, they argued, make it exceedingly difficult for Congress to complete its routine work - such as raising the debt ceiling and passing a budget - let alone reach meaningful compromise on pressing issues such as immigration reform. Hinted at, but never stated outright, was the fear that - if left unchecked - partisanship might threaten to tear the fabric of constitutional democracy.
In his introduction of the speaker, author and historian Dwight David Eisenhower II – grandson of President Eisenhower and son-in-law of President Nixon – called it "the number one constitutional and political issue facing our country today. Call it political dysfunction, call it hyperpartisianship, call it the breakdown of Congress."
The program was the first part of a two part series called "American Democracy Challenged." On November 22, JSPAN is hosting another program at Rodeph Shalom focusing on gerrymandering. Speakers will include State Sen. Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) and State Sen. Daylin Leach (D- Upper Merion.) The Philadelphia event came a week into the Speakership of U.S. Rep. Pau Ryan (R-Wis.) who is attempting to bring order to an unruly Republican caucus, and in the midst of an unruly presidential campaign that is defying expectations.
In his presentation, Davis attributed polarization and gridlock to three factors that have largely emerged over the past two decades: unfair redistricting, polarized media and out-of-control political financing.
"Although we have many philosophical differences, in terms of analyzing what went wrong, we share many of the same observations," said Davis, referring to himself and Frost. "Basically, the middle has gone away."
Davis, who served in Congress from 1994 to 2008, noted that in most Congressional districts, "basically the only election that counts is the primary. The primary is what the members orient their time, rhetoric and voting records to. Primary voters represent an overly narrow slice of the electoral pie. They don't reward compromise. They tend to punish it."
Davis, who chaired the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee from 1998 to 2002, argued that increasingly sophisticated data analytics have allowed state legislatures to make districts safer and less competitive than ever before. He cited Pennsylvania's meandering 7th Congressional District – held by Republican Pat Meehan – as an egregious example of a gerrymandered district. Davis also took aim at a popular target, partisan broadcast media and websites, claiming they proliferate a culture in which talking to the opposition is virtually unheard of. Then there is the series of events, from the passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill in 2002 to the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United, that has allowed wealthy individuals, unions and privately held corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to fund outside groups unconnected to candidates or political parties.
"The point in all this is that voters behave as if it were a parliamentary system, which it is not," Davis said. "Instead of being the minority party, you are now the opposition party."
Frost – only the second Jewish Congressman in the history of the Lone Star State – presented a series of recommendations that the two have put forth in their book. Chief among them is the idea that Congress might mandate that non-partisan commissions, rather than state legislatures, control the Congressional redistricting process. The goal would be to increase the number of competitive races and force candidates to pay attention to centrist voters who value pragmatism and compromise.
"We have a system now, where 80 percent of Congressional districts are safe districts," Frost said.
He also suggested several changes to current campaign finance laws that would require all groups that are spending money on elections to report that spending to the Federal Election Commission. He also suggested that all Congressional primaries nationwide be held on the same date, to increase interest in House races and voter turnout. A higher turnout, Frost argued, would curb the influence of fringe groups.
Following the formal presentation, the two former Congressmen took a series of pointed questions from the audience. This reporter pointed out that, in the years following World War II, the parties were not necessarily aligned on ideological grounds and it was in fact a bipartisan alliance that for years blocked any advancement on the civil rights agenda. Is it such a bad thing for voters to know what parties stand for and base their vote upon it?
"There is nothing wrong with good, solid parties," responded Davis. "The real problem today is that the fastest growing group of any electorate is independents. In some states, they are prohibited from participating in primaries, which is the only election that counts. The reality is, you have a system where independent voters are excluded from the process. It de-centers American politics."
In his response, Frost cited Master of the Senate, the third volume in Robert Caro's series about Lyndon Johnson. The book describes in great detail how LBJ, as Senate majority leader, wheeled and dealed with members of both parties to pass the first Federal Civil Rights legislation since Reconstruction. In the end, he managed to garner more Republican votes than Democratic votes.
"If Lyndon Johnson were in power today, could he do that?" said Frost. "Even as capable as he was, the answer is probably no, because the parties would not cooperate - even on something as important as civil rights."
In the photo (L to R): Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom, JSPAN President; Congressman Martin Frost (D-Texas); Congressman Tom Davis (R-Virginia); David Eisenhower, University of Pennsylvania; Rabbi George Stern, JSPAN Executive Director; Jill Zipin, JSPAN Vice President


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The Wiccan Character Class
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Alastair M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 05/15/2016 09:00:57
Some interesting ideas here for a new magic-using character class, which has more than a little of the shaman about it. There are a few oddities about the write-up, such as the unexplained, but apparently important, "undead thrall" on page 4 (Rite of Bone). Perhaps the greatest difficulty for me is what seems the retrograde step of reintroducing very specific spell components in the form of the poorly-described "spirit candles" needed to cast all non-ritual Wiccan spells. D&D 5e seemed to have a nicely streamlined view on material spell components (if you carry the pouch, you have the components always with you, in essence, or you use a magical focus which negates the need for them), because except in rare cases when such components had a distinct story value - as is still the case - that's what a lot of players and DMs eventually agreed upon, to improve playability. By contrast, a lot of a Wiccan's time seems to be spent worrying about these candles - endlessly slaughtering living creatures to make them, actually making them, then lugging them around just so you can find you don't have quite enough of the dratted things at a key moment in combat. Not sure this will make for a playable adventuring character, unfortunately, though perhaps of use as an NPC now and again (slaughtering living creatures just for magical components seems inherently evil, after all!).
Alternate Trinkets List
More a list of 100 additional trinket options than an Alternate, Alternative, or New (depending on whether you go by the title on the PDF's cover, the name on the product web page, or the title of the List in the document) Trinkets List. Semantics aside, more trinket options must surely be welcomed by most D&Ders!
I was sure I couldn't have been the only one to have developed systems and ideas for running zero-level characters before they started life as full adventurers in 5e D&D, given the importance now placed on thinking about each character's earlier background. This supplement certainly provides some ideas I'd not thought of - as well as some I had! - and a more detailed system to run adventures generally for such "lowly" folk.
As with all such innovative things, it's often difficult to be sure how it will run in game-play, but at the very least, there's plenty here to work with and tweak, if necessary. For those to whom this concept could be of interest, I'd be happy to heartily recommend it.
The Crohak Clan
A nice twist for an expected "monster-only" creature. Some additional NPC stats to expand the 5e Monster Manual options would have been a useful addition, perhaps, since these creatures would be an interesting encounter for a "standard" party as well.
D&D 5e - 80 Additional Minor Properties
This might have been better presented as a separate, additional list of options to that in the DM's Guide, or at least to have highlighted which items in the set weren't original to this document. There are certainly some interesing ideas here, though not all are equally good, or indeed appropriate in their relative power levels - the "Unencumbered" property, which allows the owner to ignore being encumbered, seems way too powerful to be classed as "minor", for example. Thankfully, most aren't so problematic, however.
D&D 5e - Expanded Armory & Gear
Like a lot of past attempts to add "new" weapons to RPGs, this adds fresh complexity while reducing both interest and playability. With no descriptive detail on most of the new weapons, nor even basic drawings, you've either got the choice of hunting around online or through books to find out what the things should look like and how they're used, or to just ignore that angle, and pick a near-equivalent from the extant 5e rules. In which case, why bother with a new name and maybe a marginally different damage die? Or worse still, with extra oddities to forget in the heat of combat?
There can be options to introduce fresh weapon and weapon types to D&D, providing they're fitted to particular cultures, races, or areas - there are plenty of historical real-world examples to draw upon for this, certainly. However, they need to be presented as a complete package with the culture, etc. (giving at least some background and flavour notes), rather than an almost random collection - albeit heavily influenced by Japanese weapons - as here. Plus in such a case, illustrations and descriptions of the items and their uses aren't optional extras; they're absolutely essential.
What's provided here isn't necessarily bad or "wrong", just it needed a lot more thought and preparation first, and maybe a reconsideration of whether so many minor variations on the current D&D weapons really adds anything useful to the game.
Random Plant Effects
Probably better if the option lists had a greater number of possible effects. With often two or more effects per plant, repetition sets in too rapidly with just 10 options. However, more can be easily added by an interested DM, and there are some nice ideas here already.
Nasci - 5e Race Addition
Some intriguing ideas here, although it's not always clear how the Nasci might fit in with some of the other plant and fey creatures in the D&D setting overall. Perhaps some further discussion of their fey ancestry would have been useful too. Certainly provides food for thought though.
Wizard Tradition: the School of Chronomancy
I like the ideas here, but as others have commented already, I'd be very reluctant to allow them for use in a character class. I could see this working as a rare NPC in a campaign though, particularly the whole Causal Paradox aspect.
Plants and Fungi of the Realms
There are certainly a goodly number of interesting ideas in this book, as the publisher suggests. However, DMs wanting to make best use of many will find they'll need to do extra work, as in places you feel you're only getting half the story. For example, plants like the Calim Cactus and Creeping Mangrove are capable of movement from place to place, but aren't provided with stats to say how fast (or not) they can do so, nor is there any guidance regarding the Calim Cactus' possible special or magical movement, or whether their apparent motion overnight is really caused by some quite different effect. Others are attributed harmful or curative properties, but without any guidance on what those effects may be. Darmanzar Stalk, for instance, has small thorns that cause swollen, irritated cuts to skin that last for several hours after the plant has been touched, but there's nothing to suggest what problems that may cause in game terms. On the beneficial side, Umozokai Flower petals can be used make tea that's mentioned as having a wide variety of medical uses, though what these are again isn't stated. This contrasts with a few more active plant entries, such as Ghost Tendrils and Hangman Tree, that are provided with text descriptions AND full stat blocks.
The English could use a little work in places, and there are occasional typos (I especially liked the "violent" flowers of Fairy Bells, page 8; really meant to be a shade of purple, I'd guess), plus a few missing page numbers - like that also on page 8 - though nothing too major. Maybe it would have helped to mention that "Darkwood" in the Introduction is actually listed under Zalantar, given it might have been a typo for Duskwood, while the treated wood of Blueleaf has apparently similar properties to Darkwood as well. Indeed, the work could use some closing tables overall, with cross-referencing for the different names some plants may go by, and with a gazeteer for both specific Forgotten Realms locations, and general environments the various plants and fungi may be found, since I suspect those would be things a lot of DMs would find helpful when setting up adventures.
Plus of course, more plants and fungi could be added almost indefinitely. Seven curative plants I've been using in my own Northern Faerun setting, taken from the old 1e "Savage Frontier" sourcebook, aren't included here, as one quick example, and I'm aware of others from similar earlier sourcebooks that also aren't featured. Despite that, what is provided should help get the creative energies flowing for most DMs, I'd think, and overall, this is a nicely-presented work on its chosen theme.
D&D Citizens: Dwarves
From the title's "Citizens", I was hoping for something beyond the mostly military options presented here. These folks are useful variants, certainly, but some mining specialists, skilled craftsfolk, smiths/armourers and creators of magical items would have been handy additions. And maybe also some children. Oddly, the arguably least combat-oriented character included, the Dwarf Curate, is also the only one without a short descriptive flavour paragraph.
Even More Orcs
Some nice ideas here. A useful expansion of the 5e MM Orcs, with a good range of CRs and short flavour-paragraph descriptions of the different varieties. I was looking for some lower-level orcish options beyond the 5e MM for a mass-combat attack on a barbarian encampment, and originally turned to my first-edition AD&D MM (back when most humanoid monsters got detailed tribal descriptions, from the numbers of young at home through to the ruler, guards and other important individuals). When I found this though, I gave up reworking those earlier orcs for 5e, as with a couple of extra home-brew variants, this is close to exactly what I was looking for!
Shrine of the Harvest Goddess
Publisher: New Frontier Games
Exactly what it says it is - an unusual fantasy RPG location, described and mapped on 4 pages. It's unlikely there'll be any combat involved, so a true role-playing opportunity. While I'm sure that won't suit all RPGers, it's excellent to me!
FR14 The Great Glacier (2e)
With a scanned product, there can be technical issues over its legibility. However, with this product, the problem seems primarily to have been with the original printed version, not how it was scanned. Dark grey print on a mottled grey background was probably never easy to read in a hard-copy book. It hasn't been improved by its electronic recreation here!
The text does though remain generally legible, barring a few places where you may have to guess, both on-screen and in printout forms, and the information in the book, including its colour maps, is essentially unique for this heavily ice-covered, frozen part of the D&D "Forgotten Realms" world. The setting is perhaps overly human-centric, with few new creatures presented, and just humans and arctic dwarves as races in this isolated region (so no orcs, a little odd, given how they thrive in hordes across much of the less-icy northern Forgotten Realm lands elsewhere).
Possibly too remote and cold a location for many gamers (maybe why the region seems never to have been revisited by subsequent editions of D&D), the excellent level and quantity of unique information in "The Great Glacier" easily warrants a 5-star rating. However, the difficulties in reading it because of its muddy original printing promote merely a 1-star view. Hence I've opted, in true D&D 5e form, for the mean in rating it here.
Instant Universe
Publisher: Galactic Baroque Publishing
This is a bold attempt to provide a lot of detail when generating any part of a game-universe, at least as far as we currently understand the "real" universe (or think we do). There's a lot of detail here - arguably too much for many potential universe-designers - but it's fairly easy to pick and choose those parts you may actually want for your own game. Personally, that'd be primarily parts of the planetary system tables, which have far more detail than I'd thought of for my own home-brewed system generator of 25+ years ago, such as major chemical-element relative abundances - but then we (think we) know more about planetary systems now than back then anyway!
There is the question of how long parts of this will remain current, given the huge increase in the numbers and types of "real" non-Solar System planets discovered by various techniques just in the last 5-10 years. That could mean tweaking the relative likelihood of encountering certain planetary forms in different parts of a star system, for instance. While that probably won't matter much to most gamers, it may impact on the book's claimed usefulness as a teaching-aid for youngsters, astronomy enthusiasts and any factual writers who may use it.
The main downside is the text assumes quite a high level of pre-existing physics-astronomy knowledge. There's no glossary of terms, some of which aren't explained at all, such as "billion" (presumably the short-scale "thousand-million" version, also called the "milliard", rather than the long-scale "million-million", because that's the short-scale's "trillion"; "trillion" also features here undefined, million-million-million on the long-scale), "parsec" (roughly 3.26 light-years, 31 million-million kilometres or 19 million-million miles) or "AU" (= astronomical unit, the mean distance between the Sun and the Earth, almost 150 million kilometres or 93 million miles). Other terms, like "Me" ("Mass of the Earth") are used, and then only later explained. In a work of this type, size and overall considerable complexity, this is disappointing, and could mean some of its potential users will be put off doing much with it. Maybe there's an argument here, as with many RPG systems, for saying less (complexity) would be really more (useful).
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Veteran actor Jeetendra is on cloud nine. Well, he has every reason to be. The family is complete now as his darling daughter Ekta Kapoor welcomed a baby boy on January 27 via surrogacy. She took to her social media page to announce her happiness and revealed the name of her son. She wrote, "By God's grace, I have seen many successes in my life, but nothing beats the feeling of this beautiful soul being added in my world. I cannot even begin to express how happy my baby's birth has made me. Everything in life doesn't go the way you want it to but there are always solutions to those hiccups. I found mine and today I feel immensely blessed to become a parent. It is an emotional moment for me and my family and I can't wait to begin this new journey of being a mother to my little bundle of joy, Ravie Kapoor. – Ekta Kapoor".
Now, speaking to Mid-day, her father Jeetendra aka Ravi Kapoor disclosed a lot about the new member's arrival in the family. Sharing his excitement, he said, "I was a dada earlier. Now, I have become a nana. My life is complete!"
We exclusively told you Ekta Kapoor knocked the door of Astrologer Sanjay B Jumaani before finalising the name. Talking about which Jeetendra said,"The letter 'E' was added on the recommendation of their astrologer. We wanted an astrologically name starting with R, and then Ekta thought why not name him after baba?"
He also mentioned, "Shobha and I were over the moon when we heard it first. We are looking forward to him coming home. Our family makes daily rounds of the suburban hospital where the baby is currently under supervision. My family says he (Ravie) looks just like me, but then, a child's looks keep changing every day. It's tough to say who he will resemble in the future. Now, I have Laksshya and Ravie — they are the apple of my eye. I can die peacefully now as both my babies have their own babies."
When asked if he wants his children to get married as Ekta and Tusshar both have chosen to be single parents to their kids. He replied, "I believe one must be happy in life. Whether you are married or single, for me, the idea was that Tusshar and Ekta should have someone to come back home to. A baby is the biggest blessing and responsibility to have. With responsibility comes to passion, love, happiness and a purpose in life. There cannot be a bigger responsibility than taking care of a baby."


During 2014, Hartford Civic Society celebrated its eleventh anniversary.
The following is a report of our achievements during those eleven years.
is also important that we retain our independence and listen to and represent our members' views.
plaques identifying sites of historical interest in the village, (both to be included in year twelve's expenditure).
further £1,565 on hosting for our website and speakers' fees.
the Northwich Guardian and Hartford News for our blue plaques project.
attending most of the monthly PC meetings and then reporting back.
stonemason was paid directly by CW&C out of the councillor's budget.
£2,664 supporting the work of our umbrella bodies up to April 2014.
using a policy negotiated for Civic Societies by our umbrella body.
Village Plan. The VDS was adopted as statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance in January 2005.
50/50 with the Parish Council, the HCS share being £6,500.
and get a petition signed by 65.3% of the electorate.
for HCS. Up until April 2014 this amounted to £4,630.
86% of our members and in 11 years have claimed £4,773 from HMRC for the benefit of Hartford.


Argyll ward is a 27 bedded antenatal and postnatal ward on Level 7 of the Maternity Unit. It is staffed by Registered Midwives and Maternity Care Assistants. There are a variety of room layouts with 4-bedded, two bedded and single bedded rooms. The use of single rooms tends to be dictated by clinical need.
The Maternity Care Assistants complete specific training to be able to support you, your baby and the midwifery staff. This may mean that it feels as though you are not being seen by a midwife – a midwife does however oversee and supervise all of your care. All staff are qualified to give support with feeding your baby.
To receive medication when you need it we encourage you to keep your medication in your locked bedside cabinet designated for this purpose. This is particularly helpful to you when needing pain relief or when continuing regular medication you would take at home.
Friends and family are able to visit between 4pm and 7pm. Your partner and your children can visit at anytime although late at night the privacy of other patients needs to be respected.
Staff will regularly ask you if there is anything you need to be more comfortable. We have a housekeeper and domestic staff who will try and ensure the food is to your liking and that you have regular hot drinks.


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Proof of border framing book illustration E.877-1998 for 'Emblem IX' opposite 38 p. of 'Book The First. The Invocation' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. W. Harry Rogers drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver.
Proofbook illustration to 'Quarles' Emblems', 1861, wood-engraving by W.Harry Rogers.
Ball, Douglas 'Victorian Publishers' Bindings.' London: The Library Association, 1985. 90 p. and 155 p.
The date '1860' on the proof for the book illustration E.867-1998 and '1859' on the border E.890-1998 suggests that the proofs were drawn on the wood-engraving block in 1859 and 1860 for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'.


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