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Burrito Blanket
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Burrito Blanket
Burrito Blanket
Burrito Blanket
Burrito Blanket
Burrito Blanket
Burrito Blanket

Burrito Blanket

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Burrito blanket made of woven polyester twill is incredibly soft and warm.  The 48" diameter size makes it an ideal addition as a throw, floor cover, ground cover for picnics, table cover and more.  Order now for delivery within a few days.

Customer satisfaction is at the very heart of everything that we do.  Despite our best efforts at pursuing your complete satisfaction, however, things can go wrong.  You should know prior to your purchase about the availability of exchanges and refunds.

Our policy lasts 30 days once your purchase has shipped.  Your purchase will be refunded right away if the product has not shipped.  If 30 days have passed since you received your purchased item as reported by the provided tracking number, neither a refund nor exchange is offered.  To be eligible for a refund, your item must be unused and in the same condition as it was upon receipt. It must also be in the original packaging.  Refunds for gift cards are not offered.

Please have your proof of purchase available and send notice of your intention to return a product prior to doing so.  Please do not ship any goods to any destination whatsoever for a refund prior to sending notice.

Once the return is received and inspected, an email will notify you of receipt and whether a refund is approved.  Upon approval, your refund will be processed, and credited automatically to the original method of payment used for the purchase, usually within two business days.

Late or missing refunds
If you haven’t received an approved refund within two business days of receipt notification, please

  1. Check your bank account again
  2. Contact your credit card company since your approved refund may not yet have been posted
  3. Contact your bank to see their processing time is the reason for the delay.

If you’ve taken all of these steps but still have no record of a refund, please contact us at contactus@igifterz.com.

Only defective or damaged products may be exchanged. If you need to exchange a purchased product, please send an email to contactus@igifterz.com so that exchange instructions may be provided.

If the item was marked as a gift when purchased and shipped directly to you, you’ll receive a gift credit for the value of your return. Once the returned item is received, a gift certificate will be mailed to you.  The giver will receive the refund, however, if the item was not marked as a gift when purchased or the gift giver had the order shipped to themselves.

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Upon approval, return your product to: 3300 Hamilton Mill Rd Suite 102-312, Buford GA 30519, United States.  You will be responsible for paying for return shipping because shipping costs are non-refundable.  The time required for delivery of your exchanged product may vary based on your location, manufacturer's delivery time and more.

Consider including insurance and a tracking number with your return.

We are a company of human beings, consumers just like you, who realize that every transaction and situation is different.  If there is a problem, we really do want to get it resolved to YOUR satisfaction.

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Since 1913, Ignatius Farm has served as the well of sustenance for the Jesuit community in the region.

In the last 20 years, Ignatius Farm has evolved to become a model for organic agriculture and the mentoring of organic growers.  The Farm bridges the urban with rural, and invites the surrounding community to enjoy and get involved in their local farm.  Be part of your organic neighbourhood farm!

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Purchase a Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) share and we’ll grow you fresh, certified organic produce with over 60 types of vegetables and strawberries.
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5 Key Takeaways on the Road to Dominating Professionals

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Tips For Choosing The Right Office Moving Company

At times we meet with the needs of moving a business office to a new and better location. The activity of moving an office to a new building involves many tasks that can go wrong. There is also a lot of stress, and time that is involved and it can at times be very tiring. It is advisable to come up with your moving plan very early for you to have an efficient activity. You can decide to hire an office moving company if you want to avoid all these issues. Selecting the beat office movers are very necessary for you to have an efficient job done.

Below here are some of the tips that can help you to arrive at the decision of the best moving company near you. The guideline number one is the years of experience that a given moving company has. You should search for the one who has been in business for the longest period as this is directly related to efficiency. This is a factor that also affects your ability to rely and trust a given office moving company. You will as well get more better service if you look for office movers who have moved an office that is similar to yours in the past.

From there you should then be guided by the insurance needs. You are advised to work with a company that has a good insurance policy that protects all the goods that will be moved. You should as well go further to ensure that the company also has a legal insurance for practicing in your region. These elements will ensure that you get a company that you can rely on for the whole moving activity. There is also a very easy way of getting credible office movers and that is by asking around your business friends.

You can, for example, use the social media by posing a question of the most trustable moving agency that your friends have worked with. You then need to take online research after you have developed a list of desired office movers in your area of operation. This is by going through the Google reports of the customers that the given office mover have served. You can as well request for some references who you can call and ask about the experiences they had with a given company.

This is a way that assures you that you will get a company that is highly reputable in this sector of business. The office movers you hire for the relocation task should also have all the tools they require for a good job. By this I mean the trucks and other packaging items needed for a clean handling and transport of your office accessories.

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Marshall Scholarship

The purpose of the Marshall Scholarship is to finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom in a system of higher education recognized for its excellence.

Eligible students are rising Duke seniors and alumni up to two years post-graduation with US citizenship.

The application requires Duke University endorsement and so deadlines are in advance of the deadlines posted by the Marshall scholarship. For more information, visit the Office of University Scholars and Fellows.

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Navitas & Hyper Reveal Stackable Mobile Fast Chargers for More Power, More Devices

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GaNFast technology is the high-speed engine under the hood that enables such small size and cool running – even at full power

Navitas Semiconductor Limited and HYPER® by Sanho Corporation today jointly announced their collaboration on the HyperJuice: the world’s first stackable GaN fast chargers – featuring multiple USB outputs and ‘pass-through’ AC power outlet.

Smaller than a box of mints, HyperJuice comes in 2 sizes: 65W (3 USB ports) and 100W (4 USB ports). 100W is more than enough for Apple’s largest MacBook Pro, with additional outputs for tablets, phones, audio, etc. Each of these GaN chargers can be stacked on top of each other to enable charging up to dozens of mobile devices and other home appliances, from a single AC outlet. The 1,500 W-rated ‘pass-through’ AC power is available for game consoles, large-screen TVs, and any other high-power applications.

Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a next-generation power semiconductor technology that runs up to 100x faster than old, slow silicon chips, with dramatic improvements in energy savings and power density. Navitas’ GaNFast power ICs integrate GaN power (FET) with drive, control, and protection to enable up to 3x more power in half the size and weight. GaNFast power ICs have been used in the mobile and consumer fast charger market since 2018, with tier-1 adopters including Lenovo, Xiaomi, OPPO and NVIDIA. Now, GaN’s high performance and high reliability are exploited in an exciting new way with Hyperjuice stackable fast chargers.

“The first of its kind, HyperJuice Stackable GaN Charger, truly expands your USB-C charging capability by allowing you to increase your charging power and number of ports as you go, all the way to a 1600W supercharger with 64 ports, all from a single power outlet and in a compact, space-saving form-factor,” said Daniel Chin, CEO and founder of HYPER. “GaNFast technology is the high-speed engine under the hood that enables such small size and cool running – even at full power.”

“Navitas had great feedback on Hyper’s original, ground-breaking 100W charger when it debuted at CES earlier this year,” said Gene Sheridan, Navitas Co-Founder and CEO. “When I saw Hyper’s new stackable concept – it was a “Wow!” moment. GaNFast power ICs are easy-to-use, ‘digital-in, power-out’ building blocks so designers are free to be creative at a higher, system level and deliver great customer benefits and experience.”

HYPER is launching the HyperJuice via a Kickstarter campaign, where early-bird backers are able to get the HyperJuice Stackable 65W for $48, 40% off MSRP of $79.99 and the HyperJuice Stackable 100W for $59, 40% off MSRP of $99.99. HyperJuice is expected to start shipping in December 2020 upon successful Kickstarter funding.

About HYPER by Sanho Corporation:

Celebrating our 15th year in business in 2020, HYPER by Sanho Corporation is a dynamic team based in Silicon Valley, California. We specialize in delivering cutting-edge IT & mobile accessories with a focus on Apple, portable power, data storage & connectivity products. We hold the records of the Most crowdfunded MacBook accessory, iPad accessory, USB-C hub, iPhone storage, battery pack, wireless charger and GaN charger. HYPER has previously successfully launched and shipped 25 crowdfunding projects to over 140,000 backers, raising over $14 million in total.

About Navitas:

Navitas Semiconductor Inc
. is the world’s first and only GaN Power IC company, founded in 2014. Navitas has a strong and growing team of power semiconductor industry experts with a combined 200 years of experience in materials, devices, applications, systems and marketing, plus a proven record of innovation with over 300 patents among its founders. GaN power ICs integrate GaN power (FET) with drive, control and protection to enable faster charging, higher power density and greater energy savings for mobile, consumer, enterprise, eMobility and new energy markets. Over 100 Navitas patents are issued or pending, and over 6 million GaNFast power ICs have been shipped with zero failures.

Navitas Semiconductor, GaNFast and the Navitas logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Navitas Semiconductor, Inc. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

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Indonesia’s BMT Bina issues “sharia compliant” bond on blockchain

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 23 – Faith-based investing is not only on the rise, it’s on the cutting edge.

Indonesian Islamic microfinance cooperative BMT Bina Ummah raised $50,000 (710 million rupiah) through a micro sukuk, or sharia-compliant bond, on a public blockchain on Blossom Finance’s “SmartSukuk” platform.

Unlike traditional debt instruments, sukuks are tradeable like stocks. Proponents say linking such Islamic bonds to social impact could mobilize large pools of capital across the Muslim world for social and environmental benefit.

Blockchain’s smart contracts let sukuks increase their efficiency and reach, says Blossom Finance.

“The additional funds provided by this sukuk offers longer term stable funding and increases the overall amount of financing that we can offer our members,” said BMT Bina’s Arif Yuliyanto.

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Manifestation of Love: Dorian – Songs In The Key Of Love Part 1 & 2

This album’s soulful vibe could not leave us indifferent. Dorian’s “Song in the Key of Love” is a masterful mixture of different genres and influences. It blends soul with electro-R&B and pop, providing the endless spectrum of Dorian’s vocals. The album’s title is inspired by Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life.” The other influences for the album were Monica, Michael Jackson, Brandy, and The Weeknd.

The tracks are inspired not only by his favorite artists but also by his personal journey that was not an easy one. Both parts of the album are the embodiment of love through internal struggles, self-hate, and the artist’s journey to find his place in the world. Dorian’s life is so delicately woven into every lyric of each track that the amount of vulnerability is both inspiring and heartbreaking. He pours his soul out and manifests love in its different forms. The album praised intimacy with the self, God, and loved one. Those three figures are apparent in the whole album and form the bone of it. “Song in the Key of Love” is Dorian’s journey towards learning to love each of them and his struggles.

The track “Any Thing Goes” is the album’s anthem as it embodies the artist’s idea of love. Yet, “Waiting” manages to be the most personal one on the album. It is partly the reflection of Dorian’s relationship with his family throughout his self-discovery journey and self-acceptance. His inspiring mindset, unique melodies, and life-changing stories make the “Songs in the Key of Love” his most ambitious record yet promise to have a timeless impact on the listener.


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2, preventive measures against infection
　・I set a limit to attendance of the staff with symptoms such as the fever
　・It is taken temperature of all the participants before an experience
　・I install disinfectant in the entrance and am carried out the sterilization of hand-washing and the finger before the experience thoroughly
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Unleashing A Solar Rooftop Revolution in India : Article by Mr Reji Kumar Pillai, President, ISGF

India is pursuing an ambitious program for development of 175,000 MW of renewable energy by 2022. This comprises of 40,000 MW from rooftop solar panels installed on 20 million buildings across the country; and year-wise targets were allotted to all the states. While the about 50% of the overall target of 175,000 MW is achieved by December 2019, the performance of the rooftop segment is less than 10%. All the states and union territories in India had issued net-metering policies between 2013 and 2016. Theoretically every electricity consumer can be a “prosumer” – producer and consumer of electricity by installing solar panels at their premises. Initially, electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs) were not enthusiastic about promoting solar rooftops in their service areas owing to the fear of revenue losses. That is fast changing. Now, with the prices of the kilo-watt (kW) scale solar photo-voltaic (PV) systems in the range of INR 50,000/kW (or US$ 700/kW) including installation charges, and many DISCOMs actively promoting solar rooftops, the time has come to unleash a solar rooftop revolution in the country.

Cost of Solar PV Systems

Cost of installing 1kW and 5 kW systems are presented in the Table-1 below:

S. No

Cost (in INR)

1 kW System

5 kW System

Solar PV Panels

1kW system with a single-phase inverter and the 5kW system with a 3-phase inverter; cost of inverter reduces as size increases

Support Structures

Balance of System

Installation and Commissioning Charges

For bigger systems installation cost reduces

Total cost

In most part of India 1kW panel could generate average 1200-1500 kWh or more of electricity in a year. Commercial customers in the country pay average INR 9 per kWh; and residential customers who consume 500 kWh or more per month pay INR 7 per kWh for the power from the grid, which are likely to increase every year. At the above price levels, the payback period for rooftop solar is about 4-5 years for commercial customers and 6-7 years for residential customers while the life of a PV system is 20-25 years with minimum annual maintenance and performance deterioration.

Net Metering Policies in Various States

Over the years most state electricity regulatory commissions (SERC) have been fine-tuning the net metering policies periodically. Salient features of the latest net metering policies in various states are presented in Table-2 and Table-3 at the Appendix.

Fear of DISCOMs

The DISCOMs have been apprehensive of their revenue loss from rooftop solar as those installing such systems are high volume customers who pay INR 7 or more per kWh whereas the average power purchase cost of the DISCOM is below INR 5/kWh. The profit they make from these categories of customers is what DISCOMs leverage to subsidize the poor customers to whom they supply electricity at INR 2-3/kWh. If large number of high volume customers start producing and consuming electricity from rooftop solar systems, DISCOMs tend to lose revenue; and for buying the electricity from them, DISCOMs have to pay higher than the average power purchase cost. Hence DISCOMs have been viewing rooftop solar as a double-edged sword and this has been the main hurdle in scaling up of rooftop solar. It is time to have a relook at the new market dynamics to see how rooftop solar can help DISCOMs.

Advantages to DISCOMs from Solar Rooftop Systems

In most urban areas the feeders are mixed use with commercial and residential customers and during the day there is reasonable load on the feeder. So, the electricity generated during the day by rooftop systems gets consumed in the same locality in the low voltage network itself. On many such feeders the maximum load is during the afternoon hours when solar generation is maximum. This is owing to the air-conditioning load in the afternoon hours. Evening time although shops are still open, offices and other business establishments closes. Residential air-conditioning load increases post 9-10pm and by then shops are closed. On such feeders with mixed category of loads, the peak demand is usually during the day while solar rooftop systems generate power. As the load increases in each locality, DISCOMs need to upgrade the distribution system – higher capacity distribution transformers and cables/wires. This is an exercise that DISCOMs do periodically. In certain cases, they need to build bigger substation and the transmission companies have to build high voltage lines to supply to the new substation. In urban India, space for locating new transformers and substations is not easily available. If the peak load is partially met by local generation from solar rooftops, the distribution system upgrade can be delayed by few years.

A recent study by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and BSES Rajadhani Power Ltd (BRPL) in Delhi have calculated a net benefit of INR 0.22 per kWh generated from rooftop solar. They considered following benefits:

  1. Avoided power purchase cost which is the fixed cost paid to generators for the power contracted through long term power purchase agreements
  2. Avoided transmission charges which are fixed transmission charges paid to transmission companies based on the quantity of power contracted
  3. Avoided distribution capacity cost which is capex avoided in enhancing the distribution network capacity to meet the additional load. The rooftop solar power is generated and consumed in the low voltage network itself without any additional enhancements in the medium voltage or low voltage networks to bring that much additional power from elsewhere
  4. Avoided cost of renewable energy certificates. Presently, the renewable energy purchase obligation (RPO) to DISCOMs set by the government is 17.5% of which 7.25% must be from solar energy. Generation from grid-connected rooftop solar systems within the DISCOM service area contributes towards the fulfilment of their RPO targets. DISCOMs are buying renewable energy certificates (REC) at market prices to meet their RPO obligations which is about INR 0.48 per kWh.
  5. Avoided working capital cost for the 4 items listed above

On the cost side, the study considered revenue loss, program administration cost and added distribution services cost to the DISCOMs. This study took actual data from ten distribution transformers (DT) connected to residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers with rooftop solar capacity varying from 10 kW to 220 kW. BRPL is actively promoting rooftop solar in their service and have installed 59 MW so far. This study should be an eye opener for other DISCOMs discouraging rooftop solar.

Peer to Peer Trading of Solar Rooftop Power

In the revised solar policies issued by Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) in December 2018, the Commission advised DISCOMs in Uttar Pradesh to promote P2P trading of solar rooftop through smart contracts on blockchain technology. This P2P trading system will protect the DISCOMs from revenue loss and also open up new revenue streams from wheeling charges (fee for using the DISCOM’s distribution network for transporting the electricity from the rooftop solar to the buyer) and fee for billing and settlement.

Steps to Scale Up of Solar Rooftop Systems

In our view, the primary obstacle in offtake of rooftop systems is the lack of awareness amongst the customers. They do not know what systems to buy, how to get it installed and how to get the net metering connections. The resistance from DISCOMs in giving connections is also often alleged for the slow progress of the solar rooftops. Lack of tested and certified installers is another big issue. Our recommendations are:

  1. Commoditized solar rooftop systems: Like other household appliances such as air-conditioners and washing machines, we do not see advertisement of solar rooftop systems in local papers and social media. We guess the market is ripe for entrepreneurs to launch commoditized full systems that can be bought from local appliances stores. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and state renewable energy development agencies should work towards this goal. DISCOMs could empanel tested systems that may be made available in local appliance stores.
  2. Testing and Certifications for Installers: DISCOMs and other designated agencies may conduct training programs and certify skilled installers. This could generate millions of new jobs across the country. With smart metering rollouts, thousands of meter readers who will become redundant could be trained and redeployed for solar rooftop installation by DISCOMs themselves for standard fees competitive with market rates.
  3. Government subsidies to DISCOMs: As indicated in the beginning, solar rooftop systems are already economically attractive to customers and they do not require any grant or subsidies. Government’s support should go to DISCOMs who need to upgrade the distribution systems to accommodate increasing share of distributed renewable resources that are intermittent. ISGF modelling studies in 2019 estimated about 10 GWh of battery energy storage systems to integrate the targeted 40 GW solar power with medium voltage and low voltage grid.
  4. Promote P2P Trading: Frame appropriate regulations to promote P2P trading of rooftop solar energy amongst customers across the DISCOM service area. Such energy produced and traded may be counted in the RPO target of the DISCOMs. RPO regulations are silent on this presently which may be amended.
  5. In 2016, Government of Haryana issued an order mandating all new buildings in the state on a plot size of 500 Sq Yard or above to have solar rooftop of minimum 1 kW or 5% of the connected load. However, this order has not been strictly implemented. We propose to make this mandatory all over the country and the cost of rooftop solar system may be included in the total cost of the house for home loans by financial institutions.
  6. Both rooftop solar and electric vehicles (EV) are typically connected to the low voltage grid. The AC charging points for EVs in new buildings may be equipped with vehicle–to–grid (V2G) functionalities. This would help store the solar generation in the EV batteries when local consumption is less than solar generation avoiding curtailment. The EV batteries could also help smoothen the intermittency of solar generation from the rooftop systems thereby improving the power quality in the low voltage. Various incentives schemes could be framed for the EV owners who participate in the V2G program. Many of them could buy electricity from the grid when price is low and sell back to the grid when price on the grid price for electricity is higher.

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POST D: Worst Traffic Congestion – Jakarta

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Vehicles are caught in a traffic jam in Jakarta February 6, 2013. To match Special Report INDONESIA-AUTO/ REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA – Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CITYSCAPE)

Indonesia, Jakarta has known for its traffic issue which happens everyday, all days and all nights. According to Jakarta Globe (2016), Jakarta has been selected as the city with the worst traffic congestion among the world. Few Indonesian guys has made a music video parody to One Direction song “What makes you beautiful” by changing lyrics they want to convey people of what Indonesia looks like and posted on YouTube via CameoProject channel. Basically, the video is about Jakarta unsolvable traffic congestion and corruption

In the video, it started with a guy was sleeping on a bed and the alarm goes off. Then he turned it off and woke up thinking that he has to renew his photo ID. He gets changed and went out of his house seeing traffic jams are everywhere. He sang saying “Hundreds of people taking on the jammed road and Cars, motorbikes, wagon, all fight for their path out”. He kept singing why it’s always become so trafficked. He also talked about government were going to build MRT but it’s not that as soon as they want it be. He said he would have moved to Bali where there is no traffic such like Jakarta always has been.

It took 3 hours for them to get to the office with their sweats. Then they were surprised how many people were also waiting and queue up just to go in. After they waiting with hot and unpleasant atmosphere. At last the officer came out and said that it will take three months to finish the process. He said to hand some money to hurry the process. They told that they don’t have sufficient money to bribe him.

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They started question, “My Jakarta, how come you are so cruel like this?”. They stated those problems that are on-going day by day in Jakarta such as street jammed, soiled, disordered.

They wanted all problems to be solved so there will no more traffic jams and no more bribery.

“JOKOWI DAN BASUKI” with Eng Subs – “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction [PARODY]

From my perspective, most issues that were stated in the video are true because I heard the same thing from friends those are living in Indonesia and had experience to Jakarta traffic. Moreover, for corruption issue, they are everywhere all around the world. Money can buy most of the things you want. I hope there will be a way to solve these problems.

CameoProject, 2012, YouTube, uploaded on 24 September 2012, available at <>.

Jakarta Globe, 2016, Jakarta: World’s Worst for Traffic Gridlock, available at <>.

My alarms ring
in the morning
I’m still sleepy, gotta close my eyes for a blink
I recall that
I must be fast
Go to lurah nearby to renew my ID card

Right from the bed I jump immediately
Getting ready A-S-A-P

Falling astonished in the minute I find out
Hundreds of people taking on the jammed road
Cars, motorbikes, wagon, all fight for their path out

In what way
Ay.. Ay..
can I go across the way?

How come it’s always this trafficky?
It’s been so long, can’t the solvers be in hurry?
They said they were going to build an MRT **
If I knew this
I is
I would have moved to Bali
ih ih
Instead I’m stuck in Semanggi
(notorious for its traffic jam)

Three, THREE hours!
Trip of ours
Arrives in lurah’s office, after getting lost
Sweating like horse
Tired, oh gosh
Hugely surprised when I see how darn long the queue was
My Jakarta, how come you are like this?
Lining up without sign to cease

I sit in waiting line with thirty applicants
Fanning ourselves, we all were hot and unpleasant
Sweat starts trickling all over from our sweat gland
At what place
Ah ah
are lurah* officers here?

At last come out one man shows his face
Ferocious grimace with long, space-wasting mustache
He tells it will need three months to finish the process
Unless ya…
Ah ah
hand a sum to grease my palms.”
Ah ah
I got insufficient fund ._.

Where Where Where will I get cash from?
It’s left behind in my room.”
He tells me to try come back tomorrow
He gets my mouth wide open

My Jakarta, how come you are so cruel like this?
Street jammed, soiled, disordered, going day by day
In every place, payoff does not seem to cease
I do need
eh ed
I do need Mas*** Jokowi

I do want Jakarta’s street jams to be solved
I do want Jakarta’s slum places to be handled
No longer bribery taking place here and there
I do want
ah ant
Jokowi and Basuki

I do want flooding to be handled
Development fund is not going to be slipped
Impoverished townsmen also to be assisted
I do want
Ah ant
I do want mas Jokowi
Ih ih
Also mas Basuki
Ih ih
Jokowi and Basuki

* “Lurah” is a district headman
** MRT refers to Jakarta’s monorail train; an unfinished project—suspected due to great corruption in its development fund—for Jakarta’s mass transportation. Its pylons now litter the streets of Jakarta. Semanggi is one of the most crowded points in Jakarta, known for its shopping centres. They imply that they are caught on Semanggi’s traffic jam.
*** Mas is the Javanese word for big bro. Instead of ‘Mister’, Jokowi uses a more friendly term to address himself in campaign.

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  1. Nice layout of the image sitting. I am interesting on your topic of the Jakarta traffic, and more interesting thing is you put lyrics in your post that make us can easy get same feeling with you. people can get same attitude with Jakarta traffic. nice idea. XIUYI YANG( adela)

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Today I bring to you news of dice trays and an eldritch combat screen featuring 5e rules and art of the Miskatonic library. First, let's talk about the dice trays.

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Infinite Black dice trays

There are two options, gold on black and red on black. The graphics are the same on both and feature the symbols and runes of Elder Dice. These trays can unsnap and lay flat and are meant to be used as a tray for rolling or holding dice while protecting table surfaces. They're made in the USA with a textured vinyl material. I like to use mine to keep a supply of dice on the table for easy access when playing games.

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The game screen features art of the tomes of the Miskatonic library for your players to look at, making the lorecrafter in your game resemble a deranged librarian perusing the books as the game's story unfolds. On the inside facing the lorecrafter is a comprehensive quick reference for all the nitty-gritty 5e rules you need at your fingertips to run the game's combat efficiently. This screen also includes a sturdy insert with additional rules that you might not need during every encounter with ghouls and giant, cave penguins.

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Erika Kirkwood — From Law Enforcement to the Law

Growing up, Erica Kirkwood (Souris Class, 2009) was surrounded by family in law enforcement. Her dad is a sheriff. Her sister is a sheriff. Her grandmother is a retired sheriff. She even has an uncle and aunt who are sheriffs. Plus two sheriff cousins. Kirkwood even took the sheriff’s exam and passed it.

But something stopped her from going down that path.

“I liked the idea of law enforcement, but I just wanted to do something different,” shrugged Kirkwood. “I also loved FBI agents Mulder and Scully, when they had their show on TV, and that inspired me too. It seemed like a really exciting and rewarding career.”

The seed was planted and Kirkwood concentrated on making her goal of becoming an FBI agent a reality. She earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, then looked for the next step.

That step came to a skidding halt when she found out that the FBI was on a hiring freeze.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Kirkwood, shaking her head. “It didn’t make any sense to me, but there wasn’t anything I could do about it. I ended up putting the FBI career on hold, while taking a job with the city of Chicago as an investigator. The job involved mostly investigating businesses. I would inspect business licenses and make sure that they were in compliance with municipal ordinances and public way use rules, and investigate consumer protection complaints. Oddly enough, I found that I really liked the work. It got me thinking about my goals and my future.”

But it was Kirkwood’s father who turned her head to another side of the law.

“I have to be honest; it was my dad who inspired me to go to law school,” said Kirkwood. “I kept hearing his voice. He went to WMU-Cooley. I remember him coming home from his classes and telling me all these great stories. He would tell me how the professors were so smart. How much he learned. I found his exciting tales very contagious.

“That was the point when I realized that going to law school was really what I wanted to do. I didn’t need to be an FBI agent.”

IMG_5240 2Yet Kirkwood was conflicted. She didn’t want to give up her job with the city. Nor could she afford to quit. She needed part-time classes. After looking at the Illinois law schools, and realizing they didn’t offer any part-time programs that worked with her schedule, she started looking outside Illinois.

“I wasn’t ready to give up,” declared Kirkwood. “I knew there was something out there for me. Then I heard my dad’s voice again – telling me about WMU-Cooley’s part-time program, AND they offered classes in Lansing, AND they offered weekend classes!”

That was it. Kirkwood started law school the next semester, with a scholarship to boot.

“It was funny,” laughed Kirkwood. “I thought I would be giving up a lot by going to law school on weekends, but I loved it, especially the weekend students. I found them to be a different type of student – more focused. It felt like they knew what they wanted to do, and they seemed to have a greater level of determination.”

Typical of Kirkwood, no matter how busy, she found ways to do more. In her second year of law school she took it upon herself, with the help of a few classmates, to start the Weekend Law Society student group.

“They made me the first president!” she said with pride. “I think we did a lot to support our weekend community and build our resources. We also managed to host a number of exam preparation study groups. It seemed to add to the bond we already had for each other.”

Commuting to school could be a challenge, especially during winter, but Kirkwood was determined to let nothing get in her way.

“It was my last semester, and I had a Moot Court competition coming up that weekend. I was on my way to Lansing, Michigan, during one of our horrible Michigan winters – you know what I’m talking about! Well, I had gotten all the way to Kalamazoo and, you guessed it, I got into a car accident and totally wrecked my car.

“But that wasn’t what I was thinking about! I was thinking I needed to get to school because I had my Moot Court class that day. I called my (then) boyfriend, who came to Michigan to get me. He met me at the hospital. You should have seen his face when I told him he had to take me to school. He didn’t know what to say, other than ‘What are you talking about, you can’t miss Moot Court?’ Well, we left my car – it wasn’t going anywhere anyway – and we left the hospital for Lansing.

“Amazingly, I made it to class! My professor was stunned, and said ‘What are you doing here?’ I told him I had to be there because I didn’t want to miss a class and I didn’t want to mess up my grade. Well, I’ll just say that he was very gracious because I noticed he didn’t have me participate much that day in class, and he even let us out a little early. Makes me laugh to this day. I was fortunate to only have a few minor bruises and a chipped tooth, so, in retrospect, everything turned out fine. It also definitely turned out to be a crazy story to tell.”

Kirkwood drove every weekend for three years, taking classes on both Saturday and Sunday, while continuing to work full time with the city.

Asked how she was able to fit it all in, she responded with a smile, “I have my little village, and it definitely helps to know how to multi-task! It was hard, but the whole experience was actually inspiring for me. It gave me tons of confidence in my abilities.” Confident and feeling prepared to do anything, according to Kirkwood. “I felt like WMU-Cooley definitely prepared me to come out and practice law with the city. Initially I was an investigator, then I had a private practice, and even hired two associates. My law school experience taught me how to run a business. I don’t know too many law schools that not only teach you how to practice law, but how to run your own law firm.”

After graduation, Kirkwood decided she would continue her work with the city of Chicago. She was seeing more and more interesting cases, and she was given more responsibilities.

“I started to litigate different consumer fraud cases,” recalled Kirkwood. “It was intriguing work. One of the big cases I worked on dealt with vacation rental companies – businesses like Airbnb and HomeAway. Our role is to protect consumers who don’t know about our laws, like the fact that you actually need a license to host your home for less than 30 days.”

That project led Kirkwood to handling other big projects, including foreclosure cases. Then a friend told her about an opportunity with the state of Illinois.

“It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” declared Kirkwood. “I was going to be able to go after the bad guys and help consumers and children. Really meaningful work. I am now the Deputy General Counsel for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. I negotiate our contracts, our intergovernmental agreements, our memorandums of understanding, vendor contracts, hotel contracts, software agreements. We have negotiated agreements for mobile apps, as well as data sharing and university agreements.

“I also manage our panel of outside adoption attorneys, attorney general’s cases, Office of Civil Rights complaints, and I make sure any changes to our rules and procedures are legally sound. So, it’s a multitude of responsibilities.”

Her work with the state is not the only thing Kirkwood fits into her life. For the past three years she has been on the board of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago. This year she is president.

“I have found my journey, in and of itself, a very rewarding path, but giving back by helping other black women lawyers succeed has been a reward I can’t put a price on.”

“One of the great things BWLA of Chicago does is host mentor dinners throughout the year. We have mentors, all local attorneys in different areas of the law, who attend and talk to women about their work experiences and the roads they each took to get into their positions.

“We also host a spring fundraiser where we raise money for law students, including scholarships for internship opportunities. This year we walked in the Bud Billiken day parade, one of the oldest parades in the city of Chicago, to improve the visibility of Chicago’s black women lawyers and their contributions to our community.” Kirkwood is especially excited about her theme for the year called “BWLA Excel,” which focuses on how women can excel in both their personal and professional careers.

“I have found in my life that black women attorneys seem to have a harder time getting into board positions, at every level – corporate boards, city boards, state and county, and other boards and commissions. I started the T.E.A. leadership program, which stands for Train, Excel, Appoint. We are bringing in a select panel group of leaders to run workshops and skills based classes in support of improving women’s roles in leadership.

Not only does Kirkwood feel that law school prepared her for career success, she says it trained her for success in her work-life balance.

“I have the most amazing husband,” exclaimed Kirkwood. “We’ve been married a little over six years, and we just had a new baby boy, Braxton. He’s been such a great support to me at every level. Time is precious, so we make spending time together, and as a family, a priority. If we do have any spare time, we love to watch movies, listen to music, go to rooftop restaurants, or just go to the park or to a concert.”

Spare time is something Kirkwood has always used to learn and explore new things. In fact, Kirkwood has been curious all her life. Probably because her father and mother encouraged it. At the age of 13, she was already a television producer for CAN TV, which is a public access network in Chicago, where her father produced television shows. He had all his children get certified in production, so Kirkwood and her siblings were well versed in being behind a camera and producing shows at very young ages. The show was called Financial Concepts of Success, where guests were invited to appear on the show to share expertise in the areas of financial success.

“We got to produce the shows, be behind the cameras, and sometimes even interview people,” shared Kirkwood. “I’ve actually been on Four Weddings, which is a wedding show about getting married, and House Hunters, which is a show about finding your home.”

Kirkwood is excited about all she’s been able to accomplish to date, but is equally enthusiastic about what the future has to bring.

“I love my life, my family, and my work,” said Kirkwood. “I can’t imagine it being better, but I also know that that’s exactly what I see myself doing – making life better for, not just me, but for the people around me and my community.”

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TMunit: Testing Transactional Memories

Transactional memory (TM) is expected to become a widely used parallel programming paradigm for multi-core architectures. To reach this goal, we need tools that do not only help develop TMs, but also test them and evaluate them on a wide range of workloads. In this paper, we introduce a novel tool, TMunit, to assist researchers in designing and optimizing TMs. TMunit provides a domain-specific language for specifying workloads, and tests the performance and semantics of TMs. TMunit is freely available online. It comes with a test suite that compares the performance of TMs and explain their differences using semantics tests that outlines behavioral characteristics.

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The Freedom of Forgiving

Have you been hurt so deeply that you feel trapped by the pain? Living with the memories of the offense feels like you’re locked in a stone fortress. Roaming the dark hallways, you search for an escape from the looming images of betrayal that line the walls. No way out appears, save one—the way of forgiving.

You want to forgive. You long to break through the bitterness, to have relationships that honor God. But part of you craves vengeance. “It’s not fair!” your inner voice screams. In anger, you yearn to hurt your offender for hurting you. To even the score. And so you live as a prisoner of pain, shut away in this lonely, desolate place. How can you find freedom?

Deciding to Leave

The process of forgiving begins with a decision. You must decide that you've been locked up in the house of tortured bitterness long enough. Now it’s time to leave for good, to pack your bags, and set out for a new home. Your decision to forgive must start with the resounding thump of a door shut behind you and a determination not to go back.

As you begin your journey, you can know that the Lord walks with you through this process, and He’s a trusted guide (see Psalm 32:8-9).  You’ll need His comforting hand in yours because the next steps toward forgiveness can be the most difficult.

Grieving the Loss

Forgiveness isn’t denying the pain you have experienced. To deny or minimize the hurt is to gloss over the issue and hurry through the process of forgiveness. The results don’t provide lasting change.

Instead, true forgiveness requires feeling the hurt. Get to the source of your pain by acknowledging your feelings. Hurtful words, angry tones, and even abandonment are easy to pinpoint. But what about the unspoken expectations your heart has held? Mourn the loss of the relationship you never had, the lost time, the shattered expectations. And, in the mourning, turn to the Lord, allowing Him to comfort you with His presence (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

Pouring out your heart helps the grief emerge, an essential part of the healing process. You can write out your feelings in a journal, spend time talking with a trusted friend or counselor, and communicate with God through prayer. Journaling is an especially good outlet because you can record your thoughts and prayers, coming back to them when you need to be reminded. It will also help you recall God’s faithfulness during this experience.

Canceling the Debt

Having faced your feelings, you are better equipped to fully forgive. But forgiveness can’t happen until you cancel the debt that is owed you. What are the unfulfilled pledges you hold on to? Maybe a faithful lifelong marriage was promised to you. Maybe you invested in a deep friendship, and now it’s over. Perhaps your offender owed you a childhood free from harm. Or the security of a stable home. Or maybe your trust in a parent was betrayed. Forgiveness requires that you cancel the debt owed. In that process, you release the person into God’s hands. You release the anger to God and trust Him to handle justice toward your offender (Romans 12:18-19).

The God Who Forgives

If you are not quite ready to cancel the debt owed you, spend some time meditating on Bible passages that teach about forgiveness. When you draw near to the righteous Judge and consider His Word, you’ll be able to adjust your focus to see your offender through His eyes. How does God respond to those who have sinned against Him? King David knew:

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:8-12)

God’s heart of forgiveness is shown clearly at the cross. There, as men crucified the Son of God, Jesus responded, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34).  His heart toward us is exactly the same, for “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. . . . While we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son” (Romans 5:8, 10). Through Christ, He has cancelled the debt we owed Him (Colossians 2:14).

God’s forgiveness extends to the worst offenders and to anyone who wishes to receive it—not because of who we are, but because of who He is.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9, emphasis added)

God Enables Us to Forgive

As good as the news of our forgiveness is, it’s not the only good news. God enables us to likewise forgive those who have offended us. Only then can we be set free to experience life as He intended (John 10:10).

But how is that possible? How can we forgive those who have truly hurt us? We can know for sure that it is possible, because God commands us to do it. When the disciple Peter asked Jesus if he had to forgive his brother up to seven times, Jesus told him he had to forgive up to seventy-seven times—in other words, never stop forgiving (Matthew 18:21-22). Then Jesus told a parable about a slave whose master forgave him a huge debt but who was unwilling to forgive a fellow slave even a small debt. The master, upon finding out, was enraged, asking the forgiven slave, “Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?” In other words, since God has forgiven us so much, we also ought to forgive others (Matthew 18:23-35).

What God commands us to do, He empowers us to do by His Spirit. True forgiveness is foreign to the world, but not to those who have been made new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). God has poured His love into our hearts by His Spirit (Romans 5:5), and our hearts truly can rejoice in canceling others’ debts to us.

As those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.  (Colossians 3:12-13)

As you choose to cancel the debt of someone who has offended you, pour out your concerns to the Lord. Allow Him to heal your heart. During this process you may want to write out your prayers or even write a letter of forgiveness to the person canceling their debt. Whether or not you send it, or whether it would be received, isn't the issue. The exercise will give you a tangible reminder that the debt is written off.  In obedience to God, you have chosen to cancel the debt.

Reconciliation: Finishing the Process

The process of forgiveness isn't complete without self-examination. Is there any sin you’ve harbored in your own heart?  How about the sin of unforgiveness? Our bitterness and anger towards an offender often make it impossible to relate to him or her without sin.

Maybe you've identified the hurt someone caused you, and you recognize your own sinful response. What can you do?  First, agree with the Lord concerning your sin (James 5:16; 1 John 1:9). You may want to make a list of your offenses to help clearly define them. Then, if appropriate, go to the person and ask for their forgiveness (Matthew 5:23-24). This is not the time to lay blame for their offenses against you, but a time to admit your own wrong.

What If the Person Refuses to Reconcile?

Often you'll find that your vulnerability weakens the tight defenses your offender has built around his or her own heart. If so, reconciliation may flow naturally between you. But what if the person doesn't want to restore the relationship? Forgiving and asking for forgiveness only opens the door to reconciliation. If the offender refuses to take ownership of the offense, restoration of the relationship is unlikely.

You have done what the Lord requires. You have done everything you could to make peace (Romans 12:18). The rest is in the Lord's hands.

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Quick Answer: Does Jesus Have A Sister?

What is Jesus full name?

Jesus, also called Jesus Christ, Jesus of Galilee, or Jesus of Nazareth, (born c.

6–4 bc, Bethlehem—died c.

ad 30, Jerusalem), religious leader revered in Christianity, one of the world’s major religions.

He is regarded by most Christians as the Incarnation of God..

What are the names of Jesus sisters?

Jesus had five brothers, namely, James (Ya’qov), Simon (Shim’on), Judah (Yehudah), Joses (Yosef) and Thomas (Toma’). And he also had two sisters, Rachel (Rakhel) and Lea (Le’ah).

Did Jesus have Catholic siblings?

Jesus was an only child. No brothers and sisters were tugging at Mary’s robe. … But Catholicism has long declared that when the Gospels described Jesus’ siblings, or the apostle Paul mentioned the “brothers of the Lord,” the words–translated from the Greek–really meant “cousins” or “relatives.”

Who was Jesus most famous cousin?

JamesJames, along with the others named “brothers” of Jesus, are said by others to have been Jesus’ cousins.

What bloodline is Jesus from?

Matthew begins by calling Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and also son of Abraham, indicating that he was an Israelite; both are stock phrases, in which son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham.

What day is Jesus birthday?

December 25Although most Christians celebrate December 25 as the birthday of Jesus Christ, few in the first two Christian centuries claimed any knowledge of the exact day or year in which he was born.

Did Jesus have a wife?

Mary Magdalene as Jesus’s wife The Gospel of Mary, a text dating from the second century A.D. that surfaced in Egypt in 1896, placed Mary Magdalene above Jesus’s male disciples in knowledge and influence.

Did Jesus have any cousins?

The New Testament describes James, Joseph (Joses), Judas (Jude), and Simon as brothers of Jesus (Greek: ἀδελφοὶ, romanized: adelphoi, lit.

Did Jesus and John grow up together?

According to the New Testament, John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth were relatives.

What is God’s real name?

Yahweh, the god of the Israelites, whose name was revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) called the tetragrammaton.

Did Jesus have a twin?

Paul William Roberts reports in his 1995 travel narrative Journey of the Magi: In Search of the Birth of Jesus, that some contemporary Mandaeans hold that Thomas the Apostle was the twin brother of Jesus and was crucified in Jesus’ place.

Was there ever a Holy Grail?

“The Grail legend is a literary invention of the 12th century with no historical basis,” Carlos de Ayala, a medieval historian at a Madrid university, told the AFP news agency. … Even if there is a Holy Grail, proving that it indeed was the goblet used by Jesus would be nearly impossible.

What was Jesus original name?

YeshuaJesus’ name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.

Is Salome the sister of Jesus?

In particular, she is often identified as the wife of Zebedee, the mother of James and John, two of the Twelve apostles. In medieval tradition Salome (as Mary Salome) was counted as one of the Three Marys who were daughters of Saint Anne, so making her the sister or half-sister of Mary, mother of Jesus.

What was Jesus last name?

Jesus does not have a last name. Last names were not common in those times. Christ is not a name, but a title. Christ means “anointed” or “Messiah”, so Jesus became the “Christ” or “Messiah” when he got baptized at the age of 30.


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First of all, I want to say that this question is not driven by bitterness on my part, but I know it might come across that way.

I had an answer deleted about 5 months ago because it wasn't supported by personal experience or by an outside reference. Link to now deleted answer

At the time, I was referred to the top answer at the following meta question. How do I write a good answer?

Since then, I haven't been answering any questions because I seldom have any personal experience with a given question. However, I often see answers that don't seem to conform to the backup requirement.

Today I saw an answer to How to get somebody's confirmation when they say “I'll check my schedule”? It is currently the accepted answer with 20 upvotes and 0 downvotes. The author has a reputation of over 36k on this site. As far as I can see, this answer has no external references or personal experience as backup.

So, I'm wondering which of the following might be true:

  1. No moderator has yet noticed the absence of backup in this answer?
  2. The enforcement of the answer backup requirement is selectively enforced?
  3. I have misunderstood the answer backup requirements?
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The answer you mentioned is invalid indeed and should be edited/deleted accordingly. Now, you need to know that on IPS mods seldomly delete answers on their own (because our vote is binding and we can single-handedly delete them, and we want to act as a community rather than make decision as individuals). When we do delete answers it's because it has many upvotes and therefore needs a lot of delete votes and flags to get deleted by the community (and it seems that there isn't enough reviewers to achieve that, most of the time).

The citations expectations haven't changed for almost two years now. What probably happened here is that people who are unfamiliar with our requirements stumbled upon that question through the HNQ sidebar, thought it was good advice, and upvoted. That doesn't mean the answer meets the citation requirements, though. But it makes it harder for the community to review and act accordingly.

So, to answer your questions:

  1. I can't speak for the other mods, but I hadn't seen that question before you linked one of its answers. I'll leave a comment asking for backup once I'm done writing this answer.

  2. The enforcement of the backup policy isn't selective. It just ... needs work and people to do it. This work is done for free, on the sole basis of volunteering. Maybe people didn't have the time to review that 22-hours old question yet. Some people left the network/lowered their activity levels too because of the recent events that happened on the network. I've noticed a decrease in activity too (a few days ago our mod dashboard was empty for the first time in ... months, I think?).

  3. I think you understood the policy pretty well :) Feel free to engage and help us in moderating the stack if that's something you'd be interested in. There's never enough of us!

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  • I tend to think of the moderators as a large all-knowing group. Thanks for the reminder that it is not always the case. And thank you for all the volunteer work you do to make Stack Exchange a better place! – James Jan 30 at 15:36
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    Just to add, @James, if you feel that an answer isn't backed up enough, there's no harm in leaving a comment like "Can you explain why you feel this is the correct answer for OP? Do you have some personal experience that's directed you to answer like this and if so, can you [edit] your answer to include that experience?" In the worst case, they'll respond to you with a clarification of how they're already backing things up and hopefully clear up any misunderstandings with policy. – scohe001 Jan 30 at 17:23
  • I'd suspect there's some reluctance in the community to cite a requirement that is only posted in meta. I understand this is more of a 'stack exchange only allows very restricted help center updates' issue, but the reason for that issue doesn't change the issue. I know I've personally gone into review a few times, and then couldn't do the review because I didn't have the reference handy (mostly my own issue, but if I could just point to the help center how to write a good answer question it would be easier). – Ed Grimm Feb 6 at 23:30
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    @EdG have you taken a look at our FAQ? That's usually my go to for meta links for the big stuff (like citation expectations). – scohe001 Feb 8 at 0:06
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    @scohe001 I have looked at the FAQ. That having been said, as you've provided that link, you've no doubt noticed it's in meta It would make a great sticky post, except SE doesn't have sticky posts. As such, it's fundamentally buried in all of the rest of meta. As such, it's a needle in a haystack that's filled with needles, and thus a lot harder to stumble across than the stuff in the help center. – Ed Grimm Feb 8 at 1:16

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[I6] Does referencing objects with a multi word name need parse_name()?

If an object has a multi word name that a player might reasonably type (i.e. ticket machine) but the words you wish to refer to it are ‘machine’ and ‘ticket machine’ but not ‘ticket’ (because you may be holding that) do I really have to use parse_name() in Inform 6? All the examples I see seem to suggest it does, but it’s such a basic function and even Inform 6 already handles more complex things by default.

I know Inform 7 handles this, but I don’t get on with its natural language style, and I’m trying to use PunyInform which needs Inform 6 (however, the name interpretation appears to work the same between the puny library and the inform 6 library).

Have I missed something?

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In I6, parse_name is a basic function.

(This is a somewhat flip answer, but that was really the approach Inform took before I7. parse_name is a typical piece of “here’s the tool, you can do the work” I6 architecture. I’m sad that I7 doesn’t have any direct equivalent.)

I suppose this falls under “indirect”, but it does have equivalents for most such usage. Most names just work, without fanfare. “Does the player mean” rules can resolve ambiguity (so that it won’t recognise “ticket” as the machine if the actual ticket is also in scope), and you can have conditional names (“Understand … when …”) and property-based names (“Understand the broken property as describing a container.”). And if all else fails, you can express it in the form of an I6 GPR.

I7 has equivalents for the most common usages of parse_name. There’s no way to apply general logic to accept/reject a string of words as an object name.

(A GPR is a grammar token – it only applies to a specific grammar line, not to recognizing the object in all contexts.)

(I came up with the hack of writing an I6 routine and assigning it to the object’s parse_name property at runtime. I never got around to testing it, though, since I never truly needed it. But I’ve come close.)

Can’t you Understand "[my custom GPR]" as the widget.?

I don’t think so? But maybe. Let me give it a shot.

(That would be a topic recognizer rather than a GPR per se, which is why I was confused.)

Yes, you’re quite right – 27.23 describes this and I just never connected the dots.

And they are GPR routines after all. :)

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There are a few Inform 6 extensions that allow to declare words as “optional” or “adjectives” (as in, they are counted only if there’s a real noun with them). Try Neil Cerutti’s pname.h, or my own PhraseNames.h (https://bitbucket.org/hlabrand/extensions-i6/raw/a0220eca8ba9fc0ba2e1f358bfad291c322c2173/PhraseNames.h). Its not perfect but it saved me from writing boring complex parse_names more than once. (I havent tried it with Puny but I cant think of a reason why it wouldnt be compatible.)

And if you need a parse_name routine, this should do the trick:

  [ nw;
    nw = NextWord();
    if (nw == 'ticket')
      nw = NextWord();
      if (nw == 'machine')
        return 2;
      return 0;
    if (nw == 'machine')
      return 1;
    return 0;

The ticket can be defined as usual.


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Berlin was a short stop on my tour – that’s where I flew in and also left in less than 24 hours. It reminds me of New York City as there are many, many tourists so a variety of people to see and learn about. They are know for their curry schnitzel and even though I did not try it, you can find it on every corner vendor in the city. Along with beer, must have beer. Here walking around with beer on the streets is no big deal and everyone does it!

My boss is looking to hire a German Au-Pair and so she met us in Berlin so their relationship could be one more than over Skype. She had never been to Berlin either, which was pretty shocking since she is from Germany, but we were able to do some exploring together. My objective or “assignment” in Berlin was to be a typical tourist. Thankfully, everyone does speak English here. The German language is extremely difficult and even more so now when I am trying to read the street signs.

We were sent on a guided tour bus and all – which, usually I am one to just want to walk and explore, but in my time table this worked out for the best. I was able to see a variety of the streets of Berlin and see what a typical Saturday afternoon looks like. Honestly, it was a bunch of tourists so I did fit right in! We made a stop at the Brandenburg Gate – so a great photo opportunity and there were many people gathered. I stop every so often and think “Is this really happening?” – it is! Also, everyone wants to go to the 6th story “Ka De We” which is their giant department store. The best part? The top floor is all gourmet foods and places to eat. It was amazing! I was overwhelmed by the options as I was still taking everything in, but it was fabulous. To me, not much can beat the sight of freshly baked bread and pretzels hanging on the walls and this has even more than I could imagine!

There were so many little streets to go down and that was my favorite part. Sure, everyone wants to go the big shopping area, but I am interested in the “off the beaten path” mindset in finding the hidden gems in the places you wouldn’t think to look. This is where I found gorgeous fresh flower shops, kaffee shops, quaint restaurants where the tables and customers are pouring out in the streets, and lots of fresh bakeries. Bread is everything here and the smell of the freshly baked bread coming out of the oven is indescribable.

As my evening was coming to an end, I was ready to go to bed. Tired is an understatement but come on. We have to eat dinner, right? Italian in Germany is supposedly the way to go and that’s the way we went! Cash only, family owned, blow your mind Italian is what we did! I have always heard how amazing the food is in Europe and you have to experience it yourself and I have eaten so pretty darn good food in my day but, here’s what stood out to me – every “layer” of every dish was seasoned to perfection. When this harmony occurs, you get the most out of every bite you possibly can. Thankful that was my first dining experience – I was ordered for in German so had no idea what was coming and that unknown was exciting! Pizza, a variety of pasta, fish – just mind blowing. Of course all with a bottle of champagne and bottle of red wine. Thankfully today, after leaving Berlin, I walked 10 miles which makes that all possible!

Berlin, and Germany in general, is very “Americanized”. The signs to restaurants will have a German menu and an English menu and they are very American friendly. There are many fun, quirky details about Germany as a whole that I cannot wait to share but that will be for another time!

Now Berlin was a great start but it was then onto my second stop of Potsdam – I enjoyed that more and cannot wait to share! Traveled by train, visited Starbucks (the kaffee is definitely stronger in Germany), and like I mentioned, walked for 10 miles. I got to see a lot, learn a lot and taste some delicious beer along the way.

Will share soon.

Cheers xo

March 9, 2015

First Stop: Berlin

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  1. Rhonda Hurst says:

    This is great! I love all of the details you are sharing, and oh man that food look yummy!