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Munchkin is to D&D what Scary Movie is to Horror flicks. The game plays like a D&D type game where you build a character, explore a dungeon, collect treasure and fight monsters. Only it does all this in a very comedic way. For example, a footgear item card is "Boots of Running Really Fast: Gives you +2 to run away."
Munchkin is a 3-6 player game, though I've played with more, it just takes longer. A player who's character reaches level 10 wins. In a nutshell, players start their turn by "opening a door" (picking up a dungeon card). If it's a monster they fight it. Other players can choose to help either you or the monster. Players usually try and negotiate a deal to either help you or to not help the monster such as "I want half the treasure if I help you win." If there is no monster to fight the player can decide to "Look for Trouble" by fighting a monster they have in their hand. After the monster has been killed the player can "Loot the Room" for any treasure. The rules are slightly more complicated than that so you will refer to the instructions often when you're just starting out.
The game comes with rules, 1D6 and 168 cards. The art of John Kovalic is simple but works very well for the game. At first I misjudged the game because I thought the art was lame. But after playing the game a few times the art grew on me and now I think it's perfect for the game. The game is light and funny so realistic detailed drawings or paintings just wouldn't work for this game. I mean how do you paint a warrior holding a duck in a dungeon? The comic strip like characters are just a perfect fit. I also like how the artwork is consistent across expansions too.
Speaking of expansions, there are many to this game. Each expansion is another deck of cards that could be played stand-alone or shuffled right in to Munchkin. Blending different genres is funny and works well.
"Popularity contest"
I don't particularly care for this game because ultimately it ends up being a game of influence. Basically you try and influence the voter into either picking your card or thinking they aren't picking your card.
If you play the game with annoying couples who always vote for their sweetheart's card so they don't hear it on the way home the game gets lame quick. It looks a little something like this… Voter plays "Caped Crusader" and you think you have it in the bag because you play "Batman" only to lose to "Oranges" because the voter's wife had nothing good in her hand and campaigns hard for her card with something lame like "orange you glad I didn't say banana?" Then the voter goes, "Wow that was so funny and random I just love it. Whomever put 'Oranges' down I'm going to have to give it to you!!" Face palm.
If you play with the right group of people and maybe add some house rules the game could be fun, once in a long while.
Phase 10
"Good game for lots of players"
This game eventually comes out EVERY time my friends or I have a get together. I think everyone in our group owns a deck at this point. Normally we play with 6-8 adults and it's always a lot of fun.
The game play is simple. There are 10 phases and the first person to complete all 10 phases wins. If two or more people complete the phase at the same time, the person with the lowest score wins. A phase is equivalent to a meld in Rummy 500. For example, two sets of three of a kind is the first phase. A round ends when a player plays all of their cards, melding first then building on other melds later. Players get penalized points for each card they hold at the end of a round. In each new round, players who completed the phase move onto the next phase, players who don't will repeat the phase until they complete it. It's difficult to remember all ten phases so you will need to refer to them constantly throughout the game.
"Fantasy Lite"
This is a very fun and lite game that goes into the theme of fantasy but does so with simple mechanics. The game provides all the basics of a fantasy game but in a simplified form. This makes it possible to pull out a fantasy game at a social gathering and get a game going very quickly, even with people who never played before.
There is a fair amount of luck involved as a player could definitely go on a rolling streak but who cares, the fun in this game is the time spent playing. The last time I played we found ourselves saying a couple of hours into the game, "um, I guess we should start making our way to the Crown of Command now." Point is, you can have fun going around and around the board and forget someone is suppose to be trying to win.
"Highly Replayable"
The nature of the randomized game board ensures that each play is different than the last. Players who stick to just one strategy will have a difficult time with this game. The randomness from game to game encourages players to consider alternative strategies keeping the game fresh.
Games typically stay close in score because resource trading becomes more difficult for the player in the lead giving others an opportunity to catch up. This makes the game fun and exciting from beginning to end because players don't normally run away with it.
Strategy: "Pay attention to your follower"
If you pay attention to your follower and know what phase they are on and what cards they are picking up you could make it harder for them to complete their phase.
For example, if your follower is on phase eight: seven cards of one color and they pick up a yellow try to avoid discarding yellow. If they are on phase seven: two sets of four, try to see what numbers they are collecting and try not to discard those.
Strategy: "Multiple phase completions"
When you're going for phases try and create scenarios where you need just one card to complete the phase but that one card can be several choices.
For example, when going for two sets of three, hold on to as many pairs as you can this way you increase your chance of creating a three of a kind. Let's say you are holding 4-4-4-3-3-7-7-5-5-1-1. You can complete the phase with a 3, 7, 5, 1 or wild. If instead you were holding 4-4-4-3-3-7-6-10-1-5 then the only chance you have is 3 or wild and players don't discard wild.
So if you pick up a card that pairs something consider discarding a solo instead. It's to you if you want to risk holding pairs of 10, 11 or 12. That could be risky.
Strategy: "Road Building"
A strategy that's worked for me more than once was to build roads from each of my two settlements but not connect them. I'd let another player hold onto the "Longest Road" points until the end of the game. Sometimes, they could be so focused on needing just 1 point to win that they forget how quickly that could change if I go up 2 and they go down 2 just by me connecting my roads together. Couple that with a victory point card and a settlement in the last round and I can jump 4 points from 6 to 10 at a point in the game where an opponent counted me out and thought they had it in the bag. Sometimes this is too obvious and you have to be careful of an opponent blocking you. On occasion it works and when it does it's a*uva finish!
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@SouthPaw, the rules explain how to turn the game into a pure strategy game. 1) remove claim die, 2) remove battle die, 3) remove action cards and 4) battle scoring is determined by adjacent tiles. The game is flexible to tune it from a balanced luck/strategy game all the way up to a 100% strategy game. How much tuning you do depends on the preference of the people playing.
Stratagem is a great game to introduce kids to strategic thinking. Adults can peal away the chance elements as kids develop their skills.
The KS page has a link for a free print & play. It's worth checking out, it might just surprise you.
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I love what you've done so far with the site, and I know it will only get better from here. A couple of suggestions which you may have already been considering:
1) The current database is thin and adding new games to the database takes time to do right. Could users who earned a certain critic badge be able to add new games. Then, you could still have a workflow that approves reviews before they go live. This would be a way to add more hands on deck while maintaining quality. To reduce duplicate effort, all pending reviews are viewable/editable by similar badge holders.
2) I really miss seeing photos of the games, pieces and player shots. Again, an earned contributor badge could help with this. A similar grading process that you have for reviews and tips could apply to images.
3) I'm not a big fan of the Yes/No grading system. I think a 1-5 might work better. Maybe an opportunity to comment on why a lower grade was given would help reviewers see how to improve their reviews.
It's clear you've created a quality site and certainly want to keep it that way. I think there's opportunity to let some of the members help fill out the content.
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I mostly play Hearts, Settlers of Catan and Talisman. I just recently started to get into PnP games and began working on developing a prototype for a board game of my own. It's an abstract strategy game for 2-6 players. We'll see how it goes. Maybe one day you'll see it listed here! UPDATE: My game, Stratagem, will be put on Kickstarter in April.
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Civil disobedience movements in Hong Kong: a civil society perspective
Yiu Chung Wong and Jason K.H. Chan
The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence of civil disobedience (CD) movements in Hong Kong in the context of the notion of civil society (CS).
The paper begins by rigorously defining the notion of CD, as well as the concept of CS and tracing its development in Hong Kong over the past several decades. By using a model of CS typology, which combines the variables of state control and a society's quest for autonomy (SQA), the paper aims to outline the historical development of CD movements in Hong Kong. It also discusses the recent evolution of CS and its relationship with CD movements, particularly focusing on their development since Leung Chun-ying became the Chief Executive in 2012. Finally, by using five cases of CD witnessed in the past several decades, the relationship between the development of CS and the emergence of CD in Hong Kong has been outlined.
Four implications can be concluded: first, CD cannot emerge when the state and society are isolated. Second, the level of SC and the scale of CD are positively related. Third, as an historical trend, the development of SQA is generally in linear progress; SQA starts from a low level (e.g. interest-based and welfare-based aims) and moves upwards to campaign for higher goals of civil and political autonomy. If the lower level of SQA is not satisfied, it can lead to larger scale CD in future. Fourth, the CD movement would be largest in scale when the state-society relationship confrontational and when major cleavages can be found within CS itself.
This paper serves to enrich knowledge in the fields of politics and sociology.
Asian Education and Development Studies, vol. 6 no. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-11-2015-0056
State control
Civil disobedience movements
Quest for autonomy
Shackles of care: Family power struggles and negotiation strategies for food provision in adulthood
Amy Yau and Sofia Christidi
A growing stream of consumer research has examined the family dynamics and consumption practices that come from the changing life stages. This study aims to better…
A growing stream of consumer research has examined the family dynamics and consumption practices that come from the changing life stages. This study aims to better understand the narratives surrounding power struggles emanating from continued parental food provision upon the stages of adulthood. The study illustrates the contestations within the family as well as the strategies that recipients use to alleviate these tensions within the context of adult Greek daughters and sons.
The study used in-depth narrative interviews with 17 Greek consumers together with photo elicitation to examine consumers' power struggles in experiencing continued food provision within the family.
The study demonstrates that continued food provision affects the stages of adulthood. The adult children go through a journey of negotiation and struggles of power arising within parental food provision practices. The study demonstrates four power-based struggles and four negotiation strategies to cope with and alleviate the contestations.
Research limitations
Such exploration allowed insights to emerge in relation to the narratives of sons and daughters themselves. However, there are two other relational partners – the food providers and the partners of the food recipients – whose perspectives were not captured but would further aid understanding if captured in future research.
The authors show that consumption practices at home can be a source of friction; thus, food related practices outside the family home can be encouraged to mitigate tensions. The findings could inform advertising campaigns and marketing strategies regarding the loving yet challenging family relationship.
The authors encourage mothers to be reflective on the tendency towards continued provision, as the food provision contributes to the daughter and son's sense of protracted adulthood stages. Insights from the study are applicable to family tensions in other contexts such as the boomerang generation.
This study focuses on a stage of family life and from a perspective of the recipient, both areas which have been previously under explored. The theoretical perspectives of power are used to contribute to areas of food and family consumption by showing how the provision of food marks meanings of love, but also reveals sources of power and contention. The study also contributes by exploring the role of food consumption in the protraction of adulthood.
European Journal of Marketing, vol. 52 no. 12
Publication date: 18 March 2019
Multiple institutional logics and their impact on accounting in higher education: The case of a German foundation university
Annemarie Conrath-Hargreaves and Sonja Wüstemann
The purpose of this paper is to explore how an Higher Education Institution's (HEI) choice of undergoing a voluntary reorganisation, motivated by its own interest of…
The purpose of this paper is to explore how an Higher Education Institution's (HEI) choice of undergoing a voluntary reorganisation, motivated by its own interest of increasing its autonomy, whilst also having to satisfy the government in order to maintain the level of public funding, impacts on the HEI's accounting.
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Germany is not only one of the main nations exporting higher education, but its economy has also been recognised for its stability and development over the last decades. Nevertheless, Germany struggles in its transition to become a knowledge-based economy. Yet, research has so far tended to neglect educational reforms in Continental European countries, such as Germany. By addressing this gap in the literature, this paper is among the first to explore how reform processes shape accounting in German HEIs.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-08-2017-3095
Institutional logics
Knowledge-intensive public services
Publication date: 4 December 2009
Neo-Bourdieusian theory and the question of scientific autonomy: German sociologists and empire, 1890s–1940s
Anthropologists have long discussed the ways in which their discipline has been entangled, consciously and unconsciously, with the colonized populations they study. A…
Anthropologists have long discussed the ways in which their discipline has been entangled, consciously and unconsciously, with the colonized populations they study. A foundational text in this regard was Michel Leiris' Phantom Africa (L'Afrique fantôme; Leiris, 1934), which described an African ethnographic expedition led by Marcel Griaule as a form of colonial plunder. Leiris criticized anthropologists' focus on the most isolated, rural, and traditional cultures, which could more easily be described as untouched by European influences, and he saw this as a way of disavowing the very existence of colonialism. In 1950, Leiris challenged Europeans' ability even to understand the colonized, writing that "ethnography is closely linked to the colonial fact, whether ethnographers like it or not. In general they work in the colonial or semi-colonial territories dependent on their country of origin, and even if they receive no direct support from the local representatives of their government, they are tolerated by them and more or less identified, by the people they study, as agents of the administration" (Leiris, 1950, p. 358). Similar ideas were discussed by French social scientists throughout the 1950s. Maxime Rodinson argued in the Année sociologique that "colonial conditions make even the most technically sophisticated sociological research singularly unsatisfying, from the standpoint of the desiderata of a scientific sociology" (Rodinson, 1955, p. 373). In a rejoinder to Leiris, Pierre Bourdieu acknowledged in Work and Workers in Algeria (Travail et travailleurs en Algérie) that "no behavior, attitude or ideology can be explained objectively without reference to the existential situation of the colonized as it is determined by the action of economic and social forces characteristic of the colonial system," but he insisted that the "problems of science" needed to be separated from "the anxieties of conscience" (2003, pp. 13–14). Since Bourdieu had been involved in a study of an incredibly violent redistribution of Algerians by the French colonial army at the height of the anticolonial revolutionary war, he had good reason to be sensitive to Leiris' criticisms (Bourdieu & Sayad, 1964). Rodinson called Bourdieu's critique of Leiris' thesis "excellent' (1965, p. 360), but Bourdieu later revised his views, noting that the works that had been available to him at the time of his research in Algeria tended "to justify the colonial order" (1990, p. 3). At the 1974 colloquium that gave rise to a book on the connections between anthropology and colonialism, Le mal de voir, Bourdieu called for an analysis of the relatively autonomous field of colonial science (1993a, p. 51). A parallel discussion took place in American anthropology somewhat later, during the 1960s. At the 1965 meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Marshall Sahlins criticized the "enlistment of scholars" in "cold war projects such as Camelot" as "servants of power in a gendarmerie relationship to the Third World." This constituted a "sycophantic relation to the state unbefitting science or citizenship" (Sahlins, 1967, pp. 72, 76). Sahlins underscored the connections between "scientific functionalism and the natural interest of a leading world power in the status quo" and called attention to the language of contagion and disease in the documents of "Project Camelot," adding that "waiting on call is the doctor, the US Army, fully prepared for its self-appointed 'important mission in the positive and constructive aspects of nation-building'" a mission accompanied by "insurgency prophylaxis" (1967, pp. 77–78). At the end of the decade, Current Anthropology published a series of articles on anthropologists' "social responsibilities," and Human Organization published a symposium entitled "Decolonizing Applied Social Sciences." British anthropologists followed suit, as evidenced by Talal Asad's 1973 collection Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter. During the 1980s, authors such as Gothsch (1983) began to address the question of German anthropology's involvement in colonialism. The most recent revival of this discussion was in response to the Pentagon's deployment of "embedded anthropologists" in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East. The "Network of Concerned Anthropologists" in the AAA asked "researchers to sign an online pledge not to work with the military," arguing that they "are not all necessarily opposed to other forms of anthropological consulting for the state, or for the military, especially when such cooperation contributes to generally accepted humanitarian objectives … However, work that is covert, work that breaches relations of openness and trust with studied populations, and work that enables the occupation of one country by another violates professional standards" ("Embedded Anthropologists" 2007).3 Other disciplines, notably geography, economics, area studies, and political science, have also started to examine the involvement of their fields with empire.4
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Multi-level framework of push-pull entrepreneurship: comparing American and Lebanese women
Philippe Zgheib
American and Lebanese women may feel they have different needs and therefore have different wants. This distinction brings to the fore the importance of an integrative…
American and Lebanese women may feel they have different needs and therefore have different wants. This distinction brings to the fore the importance of an integrative analysis of forced and voluntary (push-pull) factors that influence entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper is to compare Lebanese and American women to determine their push-pull drive for entrepreneurship. Background: women entrepreneurship is developing in various cultural settings internationally as well as domestically. This research paper attempts to address the inference of autonomy, creativity, and non-conformity in comparing American and Lebanese women entrepreneurs with respect to the push-pull framework of entrepreneurship.
An interpretive analysis of 102 extensive in-depth interviews with women entrepreneurs from the USA and Lebanon allows the exploration of the relevance and salience of the proposed push-pull gender related entrepreneurship framework. Contrasting American and Lebanese women responses explains why the number and rate of women entrepreneurs is greater in the USA than in the Arab world, and attempts to answer why American women are more entrepreneurial and how the environment impacts them.
Emerging patterns of female business entrepreneurship in this analysis demonstrate that forced push entrepreneurship is more prevalent among women from a developing economy such as Lebanon than in industrially advanced USA. By contrast voluntary pull entrepreneurship claims more global validity as discovered in the US business culture. Entrepreneurial dimensions analyzed include autonomy, creativity, and non-conformity.
The dynamic interplay of micro, meso, and macro levels of the integrated framework of gender entrepreneurship is taken into further depth by exploring the gender autonomy debate, and highlighting creativity and non-conformity within the push-pull framework of entrepreneurship. This research contributes to reach scopes of practice and research. At the practice level the results show that the economic need is more than the self-satisfaction need to the initiation of new start-up business enterprises for Lebanese women compared to American women. This research sheds a new light on the balancing act of women entrepreneurs between tradition and modernity, between Oriental and Western cultures, and between Americans and Lebanese Arabs.
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, vol. 24 no. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-12-2015-0314
Eccentricity push-pull
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Political uncertainties in Hong Kong after the Occupy Central Movement
Jermain T.M. Lam
Workplace spirituality, work-family conflict and intention to stay: An intrinsic motivational perspective among teachers
Nimitha Aboobaker, Manoj Edward and K.A. Zakkariya
Teaching is generally seen as a calling, rather than just a formal profession. In the context of commercialization of higher education, with increased workloads and lack…
Teaching is generally seen as a calling, rather than just a formal profession. In the context of commercialization of higher education, with increased workloads and lack of community relationships, the purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of employees' experience of workplace spirituality on intention to stay with the organization, mediated through work–family conflict. The study seeks to add to theory development in the area of workplace spirituality and its outcomes, by examining the theoretical framework through the lens of self-determination theory of motivation.
This descriptive study was conducted among a sample of 350 teachers, working in the private sector higher educational institutes in India, selected through purposive sampling. Validated and widely accepted tests were administered among the respondents and structural equation modeling was done to test the proposed hypotheses.
The findings of the study suggest that amongst the current generation of teachers, experience of workplace spirituality and work–family conflict (WFC) plays a significant role in predicting intention to stay with the organization. Employees' experience of dimensions of workplace spirituality had varying influences on WFC and intention to stay with the organization. WFC mediated the relationships between two dimensions of workplace spirituality (meaningful work and sense of community) and intention to stay, but not the relationship between alignment with organizational values and intention to stay.
This study is pioneering in conceptualizing and testing a theoretical model linking workplace spirituality, work–family conflict and intention to stay, particularly through the self-determination motivational theory perspective. To improve employees' intention to stay with the organizations, managers need to devise strategies aimed at facilitating connectedness and lowered WFC. Personalized work–family policies might be the need of the hour, as to contain the inherent WFC in contemporary organizations.
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, vol. 12 no. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-07-2018-0160
Workplace spirituality
Work–family conflict
Intention to stay
Alignment with organizational values
Teacher intrinsic motivation
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BARRIERS FACING SELF‐EMPLOYED WOMEN: THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE
Leonie V. Still and Cecily D. Guerin
Self‐employment makes an important contribution to a nation′seconomy, women are turning to it in increasing numbers but still facehurdles in their quest for independence…
Self‐employment makes an important contribution to a nation′s economy, women are turning to it in increasing numbers but still face hurdles in their quest for independence, autonomy and job satisfaction. An Australian survey by questionnaire (commissioned in Sydney by the New South Wales Women′s Advisory Council) of 357 self‐employed women revealed that they faced three types of barriers: entry, operational and personal. Entry barriers revolved around confidence to start the business, necessary start‐up finance, and adequate sources of assistance and advice. Operational barriers concerned finance, lack of assistance and advice, lack of skills in marketing and finance, and assistance in developing business. Personal problems were sense of isolation, lack of mentors, tutors or counsellors, need for support of other businesses (especially suppliers) and colleagues, managing a home and a business, self‐management, and child care. Recommendations are made for a phased system of support services related to style, stage and needs of individual small business proprietors.
Women in Management Review, vol. 6 no. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001803
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THE TWO DIMENSIONS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INDEPENDENCE
Karim S. Rebeiz
The efforts to improve on the stewardship role of corporate governance have mainly emanated from external forces, such as pressure from shareholder groups, regulators…
The efforts to improve on the stewardship role of corporate governance have mainly emanated from external forces, such as pressure from shareholder groups, regulators, organized exchanges and courthouses. However, past research and field evidence, not the least being the Enron's scandal, have demonstrated that the independent structure of the board is far from being a guarantee to its optimum performance. Building on survey results administered to individuals with significant boardroom experience, it is argued in this paper that the quest for complete autonomy in the boardroom should be extended beyond the structural configuration to also include the psychological independence dimension.
Limits of Empire: The French Colonial State and Local Patrimonialism in North Africa
Mounira M. Charrad and Daniel Jaster
The article shows that the concept of patrimonialism is useful for the analysis not only of nation-states, but also of local and imperial power structures. Highlighting…
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The article shows that the concept of patrimonialism is useful for the analysis not only of nation-states, but also of local and imperial power structures. Highlighting the limits of empires, we consider how local conditions shaped the strategies of colonial states in the process of empire building. We argue that the strength of local patrimonial networks before colonization, coupled with the sequencing of colonial conquests, either facilitated or hindered the French colonial and imperial project. Using a comparative-historical approach based on the analysis of two cases, Algeria and Tunisia, we find that the French colonial state employed markedly differing strategies of domination in each case. In Algeria, the French initially attempted and failed to destroy local patrimonial networks and the social practices associated with them through extensive military action. The failed attempt to destroy local practices resulted in over a century of resistance and bloodshed. When military rule became too costly, the French opted instead to rely on decentralized control that used the very structures they originally sought to eradicate. With constant reminders of the misguided colonial strategy in Algeria, the French used a different form of rule in Tunisia. They incorporated the existing Tunisian bureaucracy into their own political project, using it to limit the power of local patrimonial networks and transforming them instead through the development of capitalistic agriculture. The article illustrates the importance of paying close attention to local patrimonial networks in the analysis of colonial and imperial strategies.
Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0198-871920150000028003
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1930s Loch Ness Monster did exist! (Maybe)
Conspiracies, Cryptozoology, Fortean, Hoax, Lake Monsters, Out of Place, Weirdness, Zoology
Home Cryptozoology 1930s Loch Ness Monster did exist! (Maybe)
Loch Ness Fish
The Loch Ness monster was believed to exist according to a 1930s declassified document.
In 1938, the chief constable of Inverness-shire raised concerns about protecting Nessie from hunters!
In a letter released by the National Archives of Scotland (NAS), he wrote: "That there is some strange fish [creature] in Loch Ness now seems beyond doubt."
Interestingly he refers to it as a "strange fish", and not a creature or monster.
But what is clear is at the time there was a real concern for the safety of the locals, tourists and the monster itself (if it exists!).
Transcript of the letter can be found below.
INVERNESS-SHIRE CONSTABULARY
COUNTY CONSTABULARY HEADQUARTERS THE CASTLE
INVERNESS. 15th August, 1938
The Loch Ness Monster.
I should like to refer you to your letter to me dated 21st Nov., 1933 (Ref. No. 36125/1) with which you enclosed a copy letter dated 13th Nov., 1933 received by you from Sir Murdoch MacDonald, M.P. for Inverness-shire.
In my reply to this correspondence, dated 23rd Nov., 1933, I indicated the only step which the Police could usefully take, was to warn the people resident in the neighbourhood and as many as possible of the visiting public, that the preservation of the Monster was desired.
It has now come to my notice, that a Mr. Peter Kent and Miss Marion Stirling, both of London, are determined to catch the Monster dead or alive.
Mr. Peter Kent visited Fort Augustus on Friday, 12th August, and was seen there by my Officer stationed at Fort Augustus, to whom he stated that he was having a special harpoon gun made and that he was to return with some twenty experienced men on the 22nd of August for the purpose of hunting the Monster down.
That there is some strange fish (creature) in Loch Ness seems now beyond doubt, but that the Police have any power to protect it is very doubtful. I have, however, caused Mr. Peter Kent to be warned of the desirability of having the creature left alone, but whether my warning will have the desired effect or not remains to be seen.
If you have any suggestion to make or can offer any guidance in the matter, I shall be grateful.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
William Fraser
Chief Constable.
Government protection for 'Nessie' – National Archives of Scotland
http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/100408.asp
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Photo shows Thakorn Piyapan (left), Chairman of Krungsri Consumer and Natavudh Pungcharoenpong , Co-CEO of Six network.
According to its press statement, under this partnership, the creative workforce will benefit from information-based lending service from Krungsri Consumer, together with a plan to also offer other financial products in the future.
The collaboration is expected to help Krungsri Consumer expand its customer base to cover the new generation of freelance professionals, and help further support the so-called 'Creative Economy' in Thailand.
Thakorn Piyapan, Krungsri Consumer's chairman, and head of Digital Banking and Innovation, Bank of Ayudhya said "Krungsri Consumer is pleased to extend our partnership network for information-based lending service to also include Six network.
The Six network is a leading provider of Decentralized Service for several well-known digital creative platforms for online content creators such as Joylada, Tunwalai, Fungjai, fictionlog, ADMAX (in South Korea), Yello Story (in South Korea), and Fastwork.
Currently, there are over one million users of Six network's platform across the region, and Six network's service is also open for users in other platforms. Through our recent collaboration with an industry leader like SIX, Krungsri Consumer will be able to effectively expand our customer base of the new generation who prefers working as freelancers.
"In a beginning phase starting from January 2019, the Six network's content providers and creative professionals in Thailand can contact the network to inquire about applying for financial services from Krungsri First Choice, our sales financing and personal loan brand.
Afterwards, Krungsri First Choice will be in charge of the approval process, taking into consideration the information from the database from Six network's applications, related to the income of the creative workers who applied and agreed to disclose the information, such as the number of jobs and actual income from selling their works and copyright fees on a monthly basis.
We are also in the process to develop a better connection between our databases to ensure a more efficient and quicker analysis for loan approvals in the future. In addition to personal loan, installment loan and credit card, Krungsri Consumer is also looking into the possibility of allowing this group of customers to be accessible to other services in the future.
The move will give equal opportunity to people seeking financial services and help expand Krungsri Consumer's customer base to include the younger generation aged 20-30 years old who are freelancers. The company targets around THB 1 billion loans during the first year. We also expect this partnership will help contribute to Thailand's move into sustainable creative economy," said Thakorn.
Meanwhile Natavudh Pungcharoenpong, Co-CEO of Six network, said "Today's creators have produced a lot of works on online platforms, and have made steady incomes. This partnership will help the creative people who would be a major force in the creative economy to have greater accesses to financial services from a leading financial service provider such as Krungsri Consumer. It also means that creative works have become their digital assets that can genuinely generate incomes and gain more acceptance in the financial market."


Ned Rector Joined the ONE team in 2015 and soon became partner in 2016. He is a mechanical engineer with over 30 years of building mechanical systems experience. He has worked on several high profile mechanical projects and has been involved in many aspects of the mechanical engineering and mechanical construction business. His professional roles have included consulting engineer, mechanical contractor, HVAC service manager and campus capital projects director involving all construction types. He is experienced in all facets of mechanical building design including plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, fire protection and automatic control systems.
Ned's mechanical engineering and construction experience has often involved existing building renovations and expansions with robust mechanical systems crucial to continued operations such as hospitals, surgery centers, pharmaceutical plants, laboratories, telephone equipment switch buildings, and operating manufacturing facilities. Ned has also completed many green and brown field K-12 and higher educational projects, office buildings, retail outlets, and specialty industrial projects. In addition, he has worked in wide variety of contract delivery methods from traditional Consulting Engineering, Design Assist, CMAR team member, Prime Contractor, and comprehensive whole project mechanical Design-Build.


Would you like to book with Neil?
Neil works in the music business, running live music venues, managing artists and providing advice to musicians and venue operators.
Over the past 35 years he has promoted tours for overseas and Australian artists as well as running major venues in Melbourne and Perth.
Whilst his expertise is in the music business, he is a facilitator and has contacts in many fields of business.
Neil thinks outside the box about ways of promoting your business and he uses and understands social media and marketing.
Booking live venues. Consulting with entertainment related businesses. Managing and mentoring young artists.
Neil has mentored many new and growing businesses, particularly in the music and creative industries. He currently runs live music venues, managing artists and providing advice to musicians and venue operators. His background in music industry business management has developed particular strengths in marketing, problem solving and promotion.
Neil enjoys working with business owners to brainstorm their ideas and help them to sort them out so they can move the business forward. While his expertise is in the music business, he is a facilitator and has contacts in many business fields. Neil thinks outside the box about ways of promoting your business and uses and understands social media and marketing. The music business is about personal relationships and Neil believes that building them is a skill that will help a business work, no matter what industry it's in.
Neil has worked in music for almost 30 years as a booker and promoter of events, artists and venues including with the founders of the Big Day Out as well as many Australian and international touring artists. He has run a number of venues including The Old Greek Theatre (Richmond), Prince of Wales (St Kilda), The Metro, Billboard Nightclub and the Thornbury Theatre. He has specialised in getting venues up and running as live music venues, building their profiles and ensuring the venue is profitable.


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Argaman: So, my name is Itai Argaman, born and raised in Israel. As far as I can remember music was in my blood. At the age of three I was playing and banging on my father's musical instruments that were just lying around the house. (Maybe it was leftovers from past lives). My favorite thing in life is to be close to nature, preferably next to a water source, and think about my next track and other ponderings about life and universe.
My vision of the world is a magical one, fantasy and cartoons-like weird creatures are a big part of my world and that is why my music is so complex and fairytale-like.
I am still waiting for you Tim Burton.
Which came first for you, electronic or classical??
Argaman: Even though I never professionally studied the classical theory of music, I was always drawn to it, and I feel that this is part of my musical creativity. It comes naturally to me, and to be honest, I can't even read notes.
I remember at the age 13 or so I composed my first classical piece and I was lucky enough to hear it being played as a part of a feature on the big screen.
How did you get into each?
Argaman: As I mentioned before, I was born with the classical intuition and it was a part of me since my first year on this planet. Electronic music came bit later when I was around the age of 16 or 17, and my influences came from bands such as: The Cure, Dépêche Mode, Pink Floyd, Shpongle and the earlier albums of Infected Mushroom, of course, there are other great talents whom introduced me to the electronic world.
Do you write the orchestral pieces with a pen and paper, or write MIDI, or just do it on the fly?
Argaman: As I have never studied or learned musical notes, I developed my own method of writing and reading my ideas. Usually I have a basic idea of how the track should sounds, I write it on piece of paper in a way that only I can understand and I run home and dump it on to my sequencer. Of course it takes me months to complete each track because of its complexity.
Do you record in a home studio setting, or do you go all out with renting a soundproof recording room?
Argaman: I have a beautiful and inspiring high quality studio and I do everything there (even sometimes eating, sleeping and also things that I cannot mention here).
How long did you spend working on this album?
Argaman: Three really long years. Each musical piece from the album made of 200-300 different tracks, so believe me, it was not so easy to create. Apparently I am a very patient person.
Could you put the theme of the album into words?
Argaman: The album is very much like a movie that is being played inside my head, and all the characters and inner dramas are a part of this movie's screenplay. This album holds comic, dramatic and even horrifying moments that you will find in actual life. I am waiting for the day that I would be approached by a great director who will understand my vision and together we will take it to the next level.
Are there any composers/musicians who you are particularly influenced by?
Argaman: I guess that it would be Danny Elfman; I really like his vision and the way he is composing his materials, he is a true genius. I can be influenced by many other great artists that bring a real and honest music to the world. Innovation is the name of the game.
What's up with the crying guy in the interlude?
Argaman: His name is Sherman Spielberg, he is one of many characters that are playing a role in this fantasy. He is always bitter, sad and lonely. You can see him on the cover art inside the album. By the way, in the track WeirDub you can hear him singing, he was drunk so don't judge his vocal qualities. And I would like to use the opportunity to thank "The Pash" for the amazing artwork and for his patience. He really understood my vision and brought it to life.
Do you plan to formulate a live show somehow?
Argaman: Well, I am working on it with some really talented musicians, but it is hard to bring the colors, vibes and the complexity of this music through a live show, but eventually it will be perfect.
What do you think is the role of psychedelics in music making? Or, how have psychedelics influenced you as a musician?
Argaman: First of all, I must say that the psychedelics aspect brings something that is already inside of you and amplifies it. It can be really exciting and weird if it brings something that was hidden inside of you. As for the music, in my opinion the benefits of it are that it helps you to think outside the box and to be original. Nowadays, it seems that people don't have time, everything needs to be fast and instant, no patience, the music starts to be like fast-food and it is sad, so if psychedelics help you be yourself and make art that you believe in, I can only say, go for it.
Do you think that in these times it's possible for musicians like yourself to make a living off the music that's in your soul?
Argaman: Well, besides music I am also a mastering engineer, I compose music for TV shows, theaters and films and work at Waves Audio. My Album is sold very well so far and I also got a lot of really great comments that reassure and motivate me to continue. It was hard for me to release the album because I felt that it was very personal and wanted to keep it to myself, but since thousands of great people asked me to release it, I did, and I am so happy that it helps, heals and makes people smile. That is my main purpose in releasing this album.
Tell us a little about Fairy Tales Records. Is it just a channel to release your own music or will there be more?
Argaman: In the beginning the main purposes of the label was to put out and promote my album. However, I have received a lot of inquires from other talented musicians that wanted to be a part of Fairytales Records, so I want to use this platform to address all of you people that think that their music comes from their heart and not their "Pockets" and ask you to send me your tracks to listen to and maybe work together. And yes, I do have a lot plans to expand in the music and film industry.
Any last messages or links?


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Q: How to extend angled lines? In words what I'm trying to do is:
"Extend the three green lines from their specified point of origin at their specified angle to meet the blue line"
How would you recommend doing this?
\def \tubeLength{10}
\def \lightLength{5}
\def \angleDown{340}
\def \lightSpacing{1}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.5]

% tube
\draw (0,0) -- (\angleDown:\tubeLength);
\draw (0,0) ++(\angleDown-270:4*\lightSpacing) -- ++(\angleDown:\tubeLength);

% diffracted light
\foreach \y in {\lightSpacing, 2*\lightSpacing, 3*\lightSpacing}
  \draw[green] (0,\y) -- ++(\angleDown:\lightLength);

% lense center line
\path (0,0) -- (\angleDown:\lightLength) coordinate (A)
  node[below left] {A};
\path [draw, very thick, blue] (A) -- ++(\angleDown-270:4*\lightSpacing)
  coordinate (B)
  node[above right,black] {B};

\end{tikzpicture}

A: If you used the tikz library calc then you can write
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}

\def \tubeLength{10}
\def \lightLength{5}
\def \angleDown{340}
\def \lightSpacing{1}

\begin{tikzpicture}

  % tube
  \draw (0,0) -- (\angleDown:\tubeLength);
  \draw (0,0) ++(\angleDown-270:4*\lightSpacing) -- ++(\angleDown:\tubeLength);

  % lense center line
  \path (0,0) -- (\angleDown:\lightLength) coordinate (A) node[below left] {A};
  \path [draw, very thick, blue] (A) -- ++(\angleDown-270:4*\lightSpacing) coordinate (B) node[above right,black] {B};

  % diffracted light
  \foreach \y/\x in {\lightSpacing/1, 2*\lightSpacing/2, 3*\lightSpacing/3}
    {
      \coordinate (DL\x) at (0,\y);
      \draw[green] (DL\x)  -- ($(A)!(DL\x)!(B)$);
    }

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

The syntax ($<coordinate>!<projection coordinate>!<angle>:<second coordinate>$) will give you the projection of the given point to the desired line.

A: If you simply rotate your coordinate systems about \angleDown you don't need to change anything with your code except to remove \angleDown.
Though, I removed as much \defs as simply possible.
You can adjust both tubeLength and lightLength by changing the y vector of PGF/TikZ, the default is y=1cm. Setting it to y=2cm, will make the tubeLength 20cm long and the lightLength 10cm (at least without scale).
Code
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.5, rotate=340, every label/.append style={black}]
\def\lightLength{5}
% tube
\draw    (0,0) -- ++ (right:10) coordinate (tubeLength);
\draw (-270:4) -- ++ (tubeLength);
% diffracted light
\foreach \y in {1,...,3} \draw[green] (0,\y) -- ++(right:\lightLength);
% lense center line
\path (right:\lightLength)                     coordinate[label=below left:A]  (A);
\path [draw, very thick, blue] (A) -- ++(up:4) coordinate[label=above right:B] (B);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Output

A: A solution with PSTricks. Unfortunately, there is no ($ (A)!0.25!(B) $)-like syntax in PSTricks so the temp as an auxiliary node is necessary.
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-eucl}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid](8,8)
    \pstGeonode[PosAngle={-90,90},CurveType=polyline,linecolor=blue](3,1){A}(5,6){B}
    \psline([offset=2]{A}B)([offset=-2]{A}B)
    \psline([offset=2]{B}A)([offset=-2]{B}A)
    \multido{\n=.25+.25}{3}{%
        \nodexn{\n(B)-\n(A)+(A)}{temp}
        \psline[linecolor=green]([offset=3]{B}temp)(temp)
    }
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

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House of Echoes
House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy
Random House: 4/14/2015
eBook review copy, 400 pages
http://www.brendanduffybooks.com/
Ben and Caroline Tierney and their two young boys are hoping to start over. Ben has hit a dead end with his new novel, Caroline has lost her banking job, and eight-year-old Charlie is being bullied at his Manhattan school. When Ben inherits land in the village of Swannhaven, in a remote corner of upstate New York, the Tierneys believe it's just the break they need, and they leave behind all they know to restore a sprawling estate. But as Ben uncovers Swannhaven's chilling secrets and Charlie ventures deeper into the surrounding forest, strange things begin to happen. The Tierneys realize that their new home isn't the fresh start they needed . . . and that the village's haunting saga is far from over. House of Echoes is a novel that shows how sometimes the ties that bind us are the only things that can keep us whole.
House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy is a very highly recommended, delightfully chilling, creepy, and atmospheric novel with Gothic overtones that will hold your attention from the beginning to the end.
Ben and Caroline Tierney have bought the Crofts, an old stone mansion built in the 1700s near the village of Swannhaven in the mountains of remote upstate New York. They plan to turn it into a destination inn. They needed to leave the city and believe that fixing up and remodeling the old house will provide their family with the stability they all need. Ben is a novelist, so he's used to working from home. Caroline recently lost her banking job and has been going through depression and bi-polar disorder after the birth of their youngest son. The older son is 8 year old Charlie, who was being bullied in his school. After a horrific incident that had Charlie missing, Ben knows his family needs to get out of the city.
At first it seemed like the move was a good idea. Caroline seems to be feeling better and the renovations are moving swiftly along. Charlie is enjoying living in the country and exploring the woods surrounding the large estate. But there are also secrets being kept. Ben isn't talking about the dead animals he's finding - or the deer head left on a door step. Charlie isn't telling his parents about the "Watcher" he's interacting with in a strange game of tag in the woods. Caroline is hiding the fact that she is going off her medication and paranoia is starting to visit more frequently. Soon there is a palatable tension between family members.
As the family starts to interact with townspeople, Ben begins to explore the history of the Crofts, the town, and the Swann family. Interspersed between chapters are letters from the early settlers. You know that the Croft is not going to be the safe haven the Tierney's are seeking. The opening letter is dated December 23, 1777 and in it the young women writing to her sister says, "There are demons in us, Kathy. I see that now. Our blood is cursed, and doom haunts us always. It is too late for us, but I pray it is not too late for you."
Duffy moves the story along with excellent writing and character development in this well paced story. There is no huge, horrific incident, but plenty of mysterious incidents, dead animals, and unexplained noises to help slowly ratchet up the tension. The uncomfortable feeling that something awful is about to happen sneeks up on you gradually in this novel and is just as insidious and all encompassing as the wind that howls outside and through the cracks in the windows. You know something bad is going to happen, but you just don't know what form it is going to take. Is it going to be the weather, the weird villagers, a ghost, or something dark from the woods?
An excellent debut novel! Although I will admit to thinking about the Eddie Murphy skit on haunted houses, where he asked what was wrong with white people? Black people would just leave the house (especially once the head of a deer shows up on your front door step).
Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Random House for review purposes.
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What You Left Behind
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01:013:225 Global Arabic (3) AHq, CCD
Arabic is one of the world's largest languages, spoken natively by nearly 300 million people. It is spoken continuously as a native language from Iraq in the East, all the way to Morocco and to northeastern Nigeria in the west, an area covering nearly a seventh of the latitudinal distance of the globe. By strength of numbers alone Arabic is one of our most important languages, studied by scholars across many different academic fields and cultural settings. It is one of the official languages of the United Nations and has official status in over twenty nations. Arabic is also used as a religious language by the world's Muslims, who total around one billion people. Arabic is, therefore, also acquired to various levels of proficiency, as a venerated, liturgical language, by many Muslims in Africa, the Arab world, Asia, and more recently in pockets in Europe and the Americas. The Arabic script has been adopted by at least one seventh of the world's population to write other languages -- from Urdu to Hausa, from Persian to Swahili. In the process of its development, Arabic has influenced many other languages and has given rise to new tongues, especially in the form of pidgins and creoles. This course seeks to trace the historical development of Arabic as a global language, the various meanings Arabic has come to acquire in various parts of world, and the functions it has come to serve in different periods and different global spaces. It also looks at its interactions with other languages and their sociolinguistic implications.


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PHILOMADRID: from Lawrence, SUNDAY PhiloMadrid meeting: What can we reasonably expect from friends?
from Lawrence, SUNDAY PhiloMadrid meeting: What can we reasonably expect from friends?
This Sunday we are discussing: What can we reasonably expect from friends?
is very different from what it might have meant a few decades ago.
example people with common interests, and even progress from "friends"
friendship and the social interactions of friends.
natural habitat of the native speaker, or to be even more confounded.
to have a look at your latest stamp collection!
and maybe never expect to be imposed upon!
friends' unpleasant behaviours that we can tolerate and even forgive.
acceptable to expect from friends and what isn't.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is a part of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series, and serves as a direct sequel to The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. It first released in Japan for Windows in 2006 before releasing for the PlayStation Portable the following year.

Trails in the Sky SC did not see an English release until 2015 due to the large amount of text necessary to translate and localize. A high-definition port to the PlayStation 3 was released in 2013, while a remaster for the PlayStation Vita was released in 2015; both were only released in Japan. A sequel, Trails in the Sky the 3rd, was released in 2007.

Gameplay
The game plays similarly to its predecessor, being a role-playing video game with turn-based battles. Several new features were added, most notably being the addition of chain crafts, attacks in which up to four members of the party may attack enemies in a simultaneous attack.

Synopsis
The game's story directly follows the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, immediately picking up the story following its ending. As with the previous game, it is set in the nation of Liberl.

Plot
In the aftermath of the previous game's ending, Joshua has disappeared. After completing some training by the Bracer Guild to prepare for her new adventure, Estelle sets out to find him. Meanwhile Ouroboros, the secret organization that Weissman works for, begins a new shadowy plot in Liberl, causing trouble all over the country.

Weissmann and his colleagues eventually raise the Liber Ark, an ancient floating city that houses the Sept-Terrion of space, the Aureole. The party (which now includes Joshua among others) face Weissmann who has fused with the Aureole, but are overwhelmed by his power but Loewe, a close childhood friend of Joshua who had since joined Ouroboros and was a main antagonist throughout most of the game saves them. Weissman then reveals that Loewe and Joshua are the last survivors of Hamel, a village Weissmann manipulated to be destroyed. Loewe sacrifices himself so the heroes can defeat Weissmann. After his defeat, Weissmann is executed for his crimes by Kevin Graham, a high-ranking knight of the church, and the Aureole is retrieved by Ouroboros. After the incident, Joshua returns to live with the Brights.

Localization
In 2010, Xseed Games announced that they acquired the English localization rights to all three games in the Trails in the Sky series. However, the first game proved to be a massive undertaking, having over 1.5 million Japanese characters to be translated, and did not meet Xseed's sales goals. The unfavorable "large undertaking, low payoff" ratio, if continued, would put them out of business. Technical issues also complicated release; the game's massive size necessitated a two disc release, which in turn caused issues releasing the game on PlayStation Network for digital download, and the decline of PlayStation Portable's presence in North America made it difficult to proceed with a multiple disc physical release (a rare occurrence for the system). Xseed stated that while they were not cancelling the English release of Second Chapter, they could not keep it as a main focus and needed to work on other games to maintain financial stability.

In September 2013, Xseed reconfirmed their intentions to release the game in English in North America. With the issues concerning the digital version solved, and the company's success with releasing Ys games on Windows, Xseed intended to release digitally for Windows and PlayStation Portable, and on the PlayStation Vita via backward compatibility. Xseed received assistance with the game's translation by Carpe Fulgur who had previously localized Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale and Chantelise – A Tale of Two Sisters. The English localization was initially intended to release by mid-2014, but was later revised to release by the end of 2014. Carpe Fulgur head Andrew Dice said that progress in translating the game was slowed by struggles in his personal life. Dice handed over his work for Xseed employees to finish up, delaying the game into 2015. The script was edited by Xseed's Jessica Chavez. She noted that the English script came up to 716,401 words, which is roughly the size of 10 novels, longer than the entire The Lord of the Rings trilogy (455,125 words) and War and Peace (587,287 words).

Release
The game was released in Japan for Windows on March 9, 2006 and for PlayStation Portable on September 27, 2007. Japan later received a PlayStation 3 port on April 25, 2013. English localizations were released for Windows and PSP on October 29, 2015. A remaster, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution,  was released in Japan for the PlayStation Vita on December 10, 2015.

Reception

Trails in the Sky SC received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.

RPGFan gave the imported Japanese version an 82% score, praising the gameplay, writing, and characters, but criticizing the dated presentation and cliché main plot compared to Crisis Core, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Xenosaga, concluding: "Those willing to see beyond the somewhat outdated presentation and cliché main storyline will find a slightly old school, yet incredibly charming RPG with solid mechanics, likeable characters and a well written story". RPGFan later gave the English version an 88% score, praising the gameplay, story, writing, characters, and soundtrack. They stated that it is "robustly realized and populated by an endless stream of compelling characters, Trails in the Sky approaches the pinnacle of traditional JRPG design".

Gamer.nl stated that the "story is epic, the localisation makes characters into persons and everything combined makes this game a must have for JRPG lovers and gamers that appreciate a good story". RPGamer said that "Falcom's writers do a superb job of giving the many characters distinct personalities" and appreciated "the full scope of this series, which takes time to develop pieces of its world in detail", concluding that the "two Trails in the Sky games show how rewarding the series can be". PlayStation Universe said it is a "superb second chapter with a fantastic storyline, great characters and compelling combat system".

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namespace DD.CloudControl.Client.Models
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	public abstract class PagedResult<TItem>
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		public int PageNumber { get; set; }

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Alan Coote filmed his interaction with police and staff outside St Paul's Cathedral.
A bus driver was arrested for reading parts of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, due to staff complaining to police.
Two videos of 55-year-old Alan Coote reading aloud from the Bible outside the famous London church have been doing the rounds recently. Published on June 30, one video shows Coote being arrested by a police officer for "breaching the peace".
The second video was filmed a few months earlier and shows Coote having a less heated discussion with police officers. Both interactions were prompted by complaints by St Paul's staff about Coote sharing from the Bible in the public space outside the cathedral.
Since the arrest in June, Coote and St Paul's have come to an arrangement. Coote told Living Church that the landmark church's authorities agreed to him being allowed to read on St Paul's steps for, at most, 30 minutes each week.