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Jeremy Corbyn has refused to personally back the renewal of Trident despite the policy forming part of Labour's manifesto.
The party leader was repeatedly asked by the BBC's Andrew Neil on Friday whether he could say he wanted the nuclear deterrent to be renewed.
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It comes after he used an earlier speech in central London today to rally against police cuts and draw a direct link between British foreign policy and terror attacks.
He said his government would tackle "the causes of terrorism" as well as reverse police cuts.
The speech, delivered just four days after the deadly blast at Manchester Arena, drew criticism from the Conservatives who accused Corbyn of being "crass".
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- 1 turkey giblets, removed from bird, neck, gizzard and liver
- salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon sage
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 -4 tablespoons seasoned flour
- water
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- Cover with water.
- Bring to boil.
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In Memoriam: Rev. William A. Guerin, OSFS
Rev. William A. Guerin, OSFS, 87, a priest with the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, died on March 3, 2017, at the home of his religious community in Childs, Maryland.
Fr. Guerin, son of the late Charles and Alice Jones Guerin was born in Philadelphia in 1929. He attended St. Martin of Tours School in Philadelphia, and after graduating from Northeast Catholic High School for Boys in 1947, he entered the Oblate novitiate and made his first profession of vows in 1948. Fr. Guerin earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from Niagara University and a master of arts in education from the Catholic University of America. He completed his studies for the priesthood at De Sales Hall in Washington, DC. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1957 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, DE, by Bishop Hubert J. Cartwright.
"We have lost a talented and treasured Oblate," Rev. Jim Greenfield, OSFS, provincial, said. "Fr. Guerin was a tireless supporter of all of our ministries. He never stopped raising friends and funds to aid our efforts to advance our mission. We acclaim his near-60 years of work as a priest, especially in his later years offering mentorship to so many friends and former students. He was loved tremendously."
Following ordination, Fr. Guerin taught at Harrisburg's Bishop McDevitt High School and Northeast Catholic High School, where he also served as principal from 1968-1974. Upon the completion of his term as principal, Fr. Guerin was appointed treasurer of Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales, now DeSales University, a post he held until 1981. From 1981-1986, as the Assistant to the Vicar for Education, Fr. Guerin worked with newly appointed high school principals, oversaw the daily operations of the BLOCS (Business Leaders for Catholic Schools) Office, coordinated communications with archdiocesan lawyers and auditors, and taught classes for future lay grammar school principals. He served on the Board of Education for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Executive Board of Secondary School Department of the National Catholic Educational Association, Board of Directors of Junior Achievement, and on the Boards of Trustees of Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales, Neumann College, and De Sales School of Theology. From 1986-1999, he was the director of development for the De Sales Theological Center in Washington, DC.
Fr. Guerin retired in 1999 with residence at Villa De Sales Oblate Community in Wyndmoor, PA, until he recent transfer to the Oblates' retirement center.
In addition to his Oblate religious community, Fr. Guerin is survived by many nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, March 9, at 7:00 PM at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19118. Beginning at 4:30 PM, a viewing will precede the Mass. Interment will be at noon on Friday, March 10, 2017, at the Oblate Cemetery, 1120 Blue Ball Road, Elkton, Maryland, 21921.
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Barbara McAnally, 84 of Cottonwood, passed away on Wednesday, July 18. She was born on August 15, 1927 in Roanoke Township, Illinois to Floyd Tilman Findley and Myrtle Bach.
Barbara attended Eureka schools and became Valedictorian of her high school graduating class of 1945. Barbara and her husband Wayne were long time residents of Flagstaff. She was a past member of the El Valle Art Assn. She loved painting and photography. She was a life member of the Elk Lodge 1361 Ladies and a member of Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Post 0025.
Barbara will be deeply missed by all her family and friends. Rest in peace mom and grandma. We will miss you.
Barbara was preceded in death by her husband Wayne McAnally and son James W. McAnally. She is survived by sons Edward McAnally (Debbie) of Camp Verde and Kenneth McAnally (Nancy) of Cottonwood; daughters Beverly Getz of Oklahoma and Jessie McAnally of California; 13 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 26 at Westcott Funeral Home in Cottonwood from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The service will be held on Friday, July 27 at 10:00am also at Westcott Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Valley View Cemetery in Clarkdale.
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HiWe have a 2 Cluster Node with RF=2. We are planing to add a new node.
Should we change RF to 3 in the schema?
OR Just added a new node with the same RF=2?
Any other Best Practice that we need to take care?
It depends on why you're adding a new node. If you're running out of disk space or IO capacity in your 2 node cluster, then changing RF to 3 will not improve either condition - you'd still be writing all data to all three nodes.
However if you're looking to improve reliability, a 2 node RF=2 cluster cannot have either node offline without losing quorum, while a 3 node RF=3 cluster can have one node offline and still be able to achieve quorum. RF=3 is a common replication factor because of this characteristic.
Make sure your new node is not in its own seeds list, or it will not bootstrap (it will come online immediately and start serving requests).
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Hi Neha,
I guess it depends why you are adding a new node – do you need more storage capacity, do you want better resilience, or are you trying to increase performance?
If you add a new node with the same amount of storage as the previous two, but you increase the RF, you will use up all of the storage you have added by replicating the existing data onto the new node. If you keep it at RF=2, once you have done all the bootstrapping and cleanup then your usage on the existing two should decrease by about 30% (of their total size).
However, if it is resilience you are after (being able to take down nodes without losing availability) then increasing the RF will give you this, at the expense of using more storage.
Hope that helps.
From: Neha Trivedi [mailto:[hidden email]]
We have a 2 Cluster Node with RF=2. We are planing to add a new node.
Should we change RF to 3 in the schema?
Any other Best Practice that we need to take care?
In reply to this post by Eric Stevens
Thanks Eric and Matt :) !!Yes the purpose is to improve reliability.
Right now, from our driver we are querying using degradePolicy for reliability.
For changing the keyspace for RF=3, the procedure is as under:
1. Add a new node to the cluster (new node is not in seed list)
2. ALTER KEYSPACE system_auth WITH REPLICATION =
{'class' : 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'dc1' : 3};
Any other things to take care?
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Eric Stevens <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hi Neha,
After you add the node to the cluster, run nodetool cleanup on all nodes.
Next running repair on each node will replicate the data. Make sure you run the repair on one node at a time, because repair is an expensive process (Utilizes high CPU).
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Thans Arun !
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:44 AM, arun sirimalla <[hidden email]> wrote:
I would double check in a test cluster (or with a tool like CCM to confirm to set up a local throwaway cluster), but for this *specific* use case (going from RF==NodeCount to RF==NodeCount with a higher number) you should be able to have a simpler path. Set RF=3 before you add your new node, then add the new node. It will bootstrap all data from the other two nodes, then your job is done.
You shouldn't have to run repair (which you normally have to do after increasing RF in order to make sure all nodes have their data - the nodes already have all their data), and you shouldn't have to run cleanup (which you normally have to do after increasing node count to instruct the old nodes to forget data for which they are no longer responsible). The data responsibility hasn't changed for any node, all nodes are still responsible for all data.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 9:19 PM, Neha Trivedi <[hidden email]> wrote:
Interesting Eric !!!Not sure if this would be allowed. Alter keyspace to RF=3 and then add a node.
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Exotic, easy, and with a "um, what am I eating, exactly?" feel to it, Egg Drop Soup is perfect for that elitist dinner party you planned a week ago and forgot about until the first guests arrived. I've whipped it up the last two times I had people over, and on both occasions I found myself explaining the behind the scenes mechanics of the soup on the table.
I've never ordered egg drop soup at a Chinese restaurant, since I generally refuse to pay other people to make soup for me, so I do not know how it is supposed to taste. All I know is that this tastes good. The recipe can be multiplied to infinity as long as you have a big enough pot and infinite number of eggs. It stores well, so make a lot!
Of the ingredients, only eggs and ginger are totally necessary. Use freshly grated ginger if you can because it's more fun and makes you feel much more legit when making it.
Ingredients for eight sizable bowls
- Eight cups chicken stock, from cubes or your gigantic personal vat of chicken bones
- Four Eggs
- About an inch or two of the piece of ginger, grated.
- Six green onions or scallions chopped finely. Celery works if you don't have it. Shallots and chives probably work too.
- Just a bit of lemon juice and soy sauce if you have and want it
- Two tablespoons or so of flour or cornstarch to thicken the soup
- Two to five cloves of garlic
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- Boil the stock, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, green vegetables, and lemon juice together.
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Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on combat boosters and then fly like a bastard from Jita to Bosena ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of frentix. ~ unknown Molden Heath expatriate.
One individual who was profoundly influenced by the traumatic downfall of the Molden Heath 2/10 movement—steeled by such tragic events as the YC 114 DED Complex Convention and the Hammer of CCP Dev Response Doom —was Miura Bull. He describes the general malaise of the early announcements and forum responses (or lack of) in this way:
I think we're all going insane. Batshit crazy insane. But what is sane? Especially here in "our own lands"—in this doomstruck era of change. It seems, now, that we are all wired into a spinning and downward survival trip. No more of the glory that fueled the crazy nights, the boom years and the Fight Nights. Rifters are going out of style, man. This was the fatal flaw in the trip. We crashed around Molden Heath selling "expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim rusty meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the superstars who took it too seriously. Flat on face. The end of an era. An entire ethos and culture gone. Just like that.
Bull's text gives voice to a segment of the counterculture that was left broken and completely disillusioned and disaffected at the end of what he still calls the Glory Days. He also proudly claims that he, and in relation, his followers and henchmen, represent a unique manifestation of the outlaw anti-hero figures in popular culture; Miura Bull and Company not only embrace the outlaw frigate lifestyle of restlessness, lawlessness, barrel rolls, combat boosters, parties and drugs, but they seem to have built their entire career on those very premises. If you believe the hype that is.
Perhaps now looking back, it was only inevitable that a split of sorts was on the horizon. People moved on, different avenues, twists and turns as the journey unfolded. Directorates and ideas were broken up but the main beast remained, albeit without their former leader. A new leader and a new vision risen from the ashes and all was good again.
Maybe it was a chance of rest for the hair-raising few. This cultural movement needed reinvigorating and new lands to parade around with their flashy jackets and worn out steel toe cap boots. Boots that would kick at anything in the way. Legal or not, that did not matter one bit.
The recharged Bull, his merry band of followers and their highly questionable illegal exploits do not relegate themselves to the outskirts of New Eden society. Nor are they now diluted and leaderless. Far from it in fact. The new leaders from the splinter groups that have formed are Dons in their own rights with new armies and identities at their disposal. With all this change comes the final step in the absorption of the initial uproar and new ideals. The sadistic drive for authenticity has irreversibly changed frigate culture and the landscapes they play in, no doubt about that, but the results might yet be far stranger than anyone could possibly imagine.
And now here we are.
A new age in Molden Heath, frigate love and beyond.
The recuperation around the beacons of Placid and Black Rise is seemingly over and the call has been answered. Over the coming months corporations will return to the Heath and rub shoulders again with those who never left in the first place. New badges and colours on display, different banners being waved. Reunited under an old ideology, still on the same wavelength.
The roving packs of outlaw frigate gangs will still fight each other, for that way of life is embedded deeply in their culture and to expect blue balls would be foolish. When the engines roar and the drink flows the beast is cut loose and anything goes, even among friends. It's when the menace is flying in formation and fighting the "New Enemy", the enemy that comes from the planets, that is when the real party will start and sparks will fly.


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2. Enjoy studying English. Sometimes people think that studying English is an obligation and they don't enjoy it. You have to change that way of thinking because optimistic thinking can give you more confidence and energy, so that you can work hard. If your mind believes in what you are doing, your English can improve.
3. Watching English programs and movies, even listening to English music, are good ways to practice English, especially when you listen carefully to what they say in movies or programs. You can also try to learn the way they speak to improve your English speaking.
Top Tips for Better English
By Silvana, Claire and Peggy
If you want to have success learning English you should follow these tips which are really useful for your improvement.
1. Review vocabulary. You should learn 5 words per day because if you use these words it's going to be easy for you to explain or say what you want.
2. Speak and Listen to English only. It's a good idea to live in a homestay because you can practice your English as much as you can. Also, we recommend you make friends from other countries - that make you speak just English.
3. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. If you are often afraid of making mistakes you're not going to speak too much. Also, don't think about grammar, just try to speak fluently.
4. Don't give up. Learning English is difficult but if you try and practice all the time you'll see that learning English is not such a big problem!
5. Read the newspaper every day which would help you with your reading skills and you can learn more vocabulary.
In our opinion learning English is nothing special you just need to practice and if you think that is difficult, just try as much as possible and never give up.
Top Tips for Better English
By Yurie, Alex and Bona
We know learning English is very difficult because we've been learning English at Dominion School for ages. We'll give some tips for you to refer.
1. Go Abroad
We think being in an English environment is the most important thing that helps you to improve your English. You have to speak English everywhere and think about your English improvement. You can also improve English much faster if you do this than spending a lot of time studying English in your country.
2. English Only Policy
When you go abroad, please don't speak your own language, even if you're outside of school. We think it' a good idea to improve your English quickly. If you live in a homestay, you can talk to native speakers and make lots of friends who come from different countries.
3. Improve your Listening
We think listening to music, watching TV or movies is good for your listening skills. We recommend listening to English songs, sometimes read lyrics at the same time. If you like watching TV or movies then choose a channel which has subtitles, because you can check what you hear. When you watch a movie please put on English subtitles.
4. Revise Vocabulary and Grammar
When you go home, keep trying to revise what you learn in class every day or regularly. If you don't revise, you'll probably forget it much more quickly. We recommend reading as much a you can, and when you find new vocabulary, please write it down and look up the word's meaning and try to use it constantly.
In our opinion, if you try these tips, your English will be more fluent, and you'll improve more quickly. Good luck!!!
Tips for Better English By Jenny and Makiko
As you know, it's hard to study English. Also, you might think studying English is boring. For people who have problems with speaking English, here are some tips. Read and keep them in mind.
1. You should find interesting ways to study English because studying English is not that exciting. So, you need to make it intersting. For example, you can watch American TV dramas or you can write a diary in English. Choose your favourite TV programs and try to watch them over and over.
2. Make friends from other countries. It will be a great chance for you to talk in English. I'll give you one example. One student in Dominion had an American boyfriend so her English skills improved a lot. The power of love =D
3. Go abroad. Travelling around other countries or living with people from other countries would force you to study English. Also, your goals would be more specific. For instance, living with a host family in NZ is one great way.
4. Check your level. If you are a beginner, start from the beginning. Don't be too ambitious at the first stage when you study English. We can't speak like Kiwis at the beginning.
5. Keep practicing English everyday. For example, try not to speak your own language when you are in language school. I mean 'make rules to improve your English'.
Studying English is not boring as you've thought. To be honest, it's very exciting because if you speak English fluently, you would have more chances to make lots of friends from other countries. I hope these tips help you to improve your English. Thank you for reading this.


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Glen J. Wakeman is the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of LaunchPad Holdings.Glen Wakeman is a successful Mentor and Investor.He has an experience of twenty-one-year management background at the well-known GE in business development. LaunchPad Holdings has modernized and automated Software services that help entrepreneurs to make their ideas to be a reality. The company also has experienced experts who have the tips and suggestions to entrepreneurs who are establishing a new company.
Nova Four was founded by Glen J. Wakeman with the aim of providing strategic business advice and make capital available for developing companies. Glen Wakeman served for twenty years at GE Capital.
He has also been the Chief Executive Officer of GE Money Latin America. He strived to make the institution grow to be known globally by building a nine country from scratch. This operation exceeded twelve billion dollars in assets, a hundred million dollars in the annual earnings and he employed seventeen thousand employees.
Glen Wakeman partnered with several partners, built a network of over one thousand branches and developed numerous new products. He has lived in up to six countries while he was responsible for operations in more than thirty countries.GE's Board of Directors recognized Glen as a role model in Growth Leadership. Wakeman has an MBA which he received from the University of Chicago. He also has a BS in Economics and Finance which he attained after graduating from the University of Scranton (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/glen-wakeman). Glen Wakeman is also an owner of a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Glen Wakeman is known for his exceptional five step performance methodology focusing on risk management and several others.He is a role model to many individuals who aspire to be a successful investor as him. Glen Wakeman uses his writing abilities to inspire people on everything such as financial economics and the necessary administrative strategies.
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If you run a business or manage an organization, it is extremely important to have a reputation management system in place.
A need for reputation repair or reputation management could occur at any time. That is why it is imperative that you get in touch with a reliable reputation repair and reputation management firm. You need to talk to the experts in the field of online reputation management to find out how they can protect your reputation online.
Anyone can easily post any review or remark about any company. With the ease of accessing the Internet, your online reputation can be ruined by any irate customer or malicious competitor.
These posts and reviews can arise from anywhere, and they can cost your company in future clients and potential revenue. It is not a good idea to overlook this sort of issue. Reputation management professionals can help you.
Consistency is essential and highly recommended while managing your organization's online reputation. It is advisable to invest in proactive online reputation management resources, which can mitigate damage and the losses that negative reviews may cause. Consult with the experts to develop the right strategy and steps to take for your reputation management.
Look for a company with a team of professionals that understand their clients' business needs and objectives. Make sure you choose a company that has the technical and financial resources to handle both basic and highly complex projects.
Content publishing is very important for promoting your business, and building a good brand. The internet is a crowded place, but with the right content creation and publishing strategy in place, you can convey the right message to your audience and make your business to stand out.
The services of a good reputation management firm will allow you to focus on your business and simplify your life with a single point of contact. They will provide you with essential services like search engine optimization, content creation and digital publishing. They will help suppress negative content, push up positive content and build a good brand image for your your company.
Verne said if things are not going as planned in any of his businesses, he has learned how to change the direction. He never gives up. He takes another path because he wants to realize his vision. He also knows that he is his biggest competitor. In the earlier days, he never took advice from anyone. He thought he could handle it all. That he said got him nowhere fast. Verne soon realized it only took up time and caused him to briefly lose his focus.
Josh Verne considers himself a leader, not just an employer. His team consists of people who know how to apply themselves in the business world and whom he considers family. His successes are also the teams but, if there is a collapse, he makes sure there is a plan so they won't feel it that much. Verne also made it a point about not comparing himself or his businesses to others. Firmly believing that everyone knows what route is best for them and their path is not his to follow.
Verne knows that working smarter not hard is the key to success. He said when he began in business, he was doing everything himself and it was very hard. It was not always smooth sailing for him in the furniture business, although there were great days. The company ran into some difficulties which resulted in a sale. This action disrupted the lives of the workers who depended on him. He remembers someone telling him the reason why he has two ears and one mouth, is to listen. He took that advice wholeheartedly.
His advice to anyone who is in business or planning to start a business is, are they feeling any passion? He thinks that some people get into business and regret it. Regret is a recipe for failure. Verne knows too that balancing work and life are always difficult. He works it out by having a great family and an assistant that keeps him grounded. He is proud of his team and knows that he rely on them to continue making the company a success.


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Remember the competition run by the creators of Larry the London Bus to find a road safety jingle? Well, UCC's Rebecca Hamilton only went and won it!
A little while ago we blogged the Search for a Song competition run by Larry the London Bus and Friends' creator. Larry, and all his friends, live and work in the City, and each story is based on an actual London bus route. The books and apps educate youngsters on a whole array of current topics, from historical and modern landmarks, through to sport and religion, but the series also aims to educate young children on road safety.
As part of that campaign six music schools in London and Essex were invited to enter a competition to create a jingle to run alongside an animated YouTube video. The brief was fairly open - any genre, one-minute long.
Well, we are delighted to reveal that the winning jingle has been chosen from the final 25 entries, and it was composed by Colcestrian Rebecca Hamilton, a Film Music and Soundtrack Production student at University Centre Colchester!Rebecca (left) with Harriet of Larry the London Bus, holding her winner's cheque!
Becky is a mother of three who decided, when her youngest started nursery, that she didn't want to return to her career in web development, and instead turned back to her love of music and composition. She was thrilled, she tells us, when she received the email telling her she had won the competition, as not only will the prize money go towards software to help her work, but the jingle will be her first official credit as a composer! When she finishes her course Becky is looking forward to hiring studio space and collaborating with friends such as the electroswing DJ, producer and singer Tallulah Goodtimes.
Based on 12-bar blues, Becky's jingle has an easy, bouncy sound and repetitive lyrics that stick in your head, ensuring children in particular will not forget the important message about being very aware of your surroundings when out and about. And with next week being Road Safety Week, Becky's win couldn't have come at a better time!
To listen to Rebecca's jingle watch out for the posts from Larry the London Bus on Facebook this coming week, or check out the YouTube channel. Can't wait to hear it! Congratulations, Rebecca!


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Wood Group has combined with Amec Foster Wheeler to form a new global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. To find out more about Wood visit our new website at www.woodplc.com
The Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) in Shanghai is a US$2.7 billion petrochemical complex, including a world-scale ethylene plant and four downstream process plants.
We were part of the Integrated Project Management Team responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of the site. We also undertook the engineering for the off-sites utilities and infrastructure, which included a power distribution centre and a ground flare to burn off excess gas – the first to be built in China.
Differences in working practices between western and Chinese contractors presented a significant challenge during the development of the complex, particularly in safety. There were significant cultural gaps, which meant investment was needed in training and equipment to raise the safety standards. We included an incentive scheme for safety performance which led to a steady improvement in safety standards and resulted in three million man hours worked without a lost time incident.
We recruited and trained 100 local staff in technical and management skills, developed local knowledge through bespoke training courses and then introduced international standards to equipment manufacturers, so that they were able to produce plant components to these specifications.
By using our experience in the management of complex projects and investing in the local skills-base, we contributed to the delivery of the fastest, most cost-effective petrochemical complex to be built in China. The plant meets world standards, not only in technology, but also in safety and will supply high-quality petrochemicals to the rapidly growing Chinese market.
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|Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company Ltd
|£1.9 billion (Project)
|Project management, engineering
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The third queen of spades design family is less cohesive than the other two. Really, the only common feature is a down-turned hand: a drooping fist with the index and pinky fingers pointing downwards.
I have two copies of the queen labelled "figure 1" in my collection. She is very much like the 'B' family of spade queens – see the shield, the middle division section, the upturned eyebrow, the staff, the headscarf, and the neck/collar. On the other hand, she is facing the opposite direction, her crown ornamentation is like that of the 'A' family, and her breastplate is unique.
The queen pictured labelled "figure 2" shares some elements with the 'B' family (see the headscarf and staff), and her placid expression is similar to that of the 'A' family, but she is largely unique: notice the dress, the middle division section, the crown, and the total absence of hair.
The queen labelled "figure 3" features a total deviation from the standard flower which all my other spade queens share to one degree or another. The expression is one of surprise. The cuff, staff, crown, shield, and dress are also unique. Some shared characteristics with the 'B' family are the shape and colouring of the headscarf (although the ornamentation on the outside of the scarf is unique), and, like some queens in the 'B' family, there is the hint of an earlobe peeking out from beneath the headscarf.
I have two spade queens which I can't properly fit into one of the 3 design families.
The queen labelled "figure 4" shares characteristics with the 'A,' 'B,' and 'C' families, but doesn't properly fit into any of them. Her shield is similar to the 'A' family, but replaces the arrow-points with spades. Her middle division is also similar to the 'A' family, although more detailed. Her hand is closed, as the 'A' family; but it is also slightly down-turned, as the 'C' family. Her staff is like the 'C' family, but features a prominent spade design on the top. Her neck is like the 'B' family, as the lines are horizontal (suggesting a collar), not vertical (suggesting hair, as the 'A' family). Her headscarf flows like the 'B' and 'C' families, but her face is drawn in blue ink like the 'A' family. The cuff on her wrist is most like the 'A' family. Her crown, breastplate, brooch, and facial expression are unique.
The queen labelled "figure 5" is from a novelty "fortune-telling" deck. The traditional images are miniaturized in one corner of each card, and the rest of the card face is used to depict particular fortune-telling symbols (similar to Tarot). This spade queen has no spear. Her shield is a circle behind a thick bar. The middle division is a horizontal bar without the diagonal section. The dress is very simple, although the breastplate is reminiscent of the 'B' family; so is the headscarf, although the crown is entirely unique. The neck and chin are mostly in shadow, and the collar below is much more prominent than on my other spade queens. The execution of this design is somewhat crude, and the colour-fill, irregular. Her hair is minimized.


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| My Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing Connections
Dōbutsu no mori no hajimari
|Nintendo Wii U
| Casual,
| March 14, 2014
March 28, 2014
|E for Everyone
|Optical Disc
My Animal Crossing (Japanese: 動物の森の始まり Dōbutsu no mori no hajimari / Animal Forest Beginnings) or Animal Crossing Connections in PAL regions, is the fifth installment (eighth, counting the three Japan-only titles: Dōbutsu no Mori, Dōbutsu no Mori + and Dōbutsu no Mori e+) of the Animal Crossing series, and the series' first for the Nintendo Wii U.
Like Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS, My Animal Crossing has the first custom character as the mayor of the town, and can completely customise the style of the town to attract new villagers. However, unlike the previous installment, the player starts out in an empty town with only three random villagers, and it is up to them to get shopkeepers to town.
Similar to previous Animal Crossing titles, players are free to decorate their homes with various furniture that they acquire from villagers, trees and the local shops. Players can also customise their appearance with various shirts, pants, shoes, socks, hats and accessories, as well as get new hairstyles from the hairstylist.
Players can also customise their town with a custom town tune, flag and patterns. A new addition to the game is the ability to change the 'style' of town, which also changes the villagers that can move to your town.
Another new feature is that all villagers now have their own conversation codes, and do not copy their text from other villagers of the same personality.
Town StylesEdit
There are three different town styles available for your town, and depending on which style is chosen by the mayor, different events occur at different times. The three different town styles are classic, resort and farm. All towns start with a town hall and museum, and other shops are opened up after a certain number of days-which change depending on the type of town.
"Classic" towns are similar to towns of previous Animal Crossing games. Although villagers of all personalities can flock to the town, Normal and Jock villagers are more common. The town has a wishing well in the centre of town, a lake, a dump, and a lighthouse. The default shops are the Post Office and Nook's Cranny, which can be found anywhere in town. The town is surrounded by an ocean at the south end of town, and has a cliff (sometimes two, but that is rare), which separates the town into two, as well as rivers and smaller lakes scattered throughout the town-usually having a waterfall down the cliff. The town is powered by windmills, which are seen on the cliffs surrounding the town.
"Resort" towns are very sunny and have water covering two sides of the town-usually the east and south ends of the town. Lazy and Snooty villagers are most common in these types of towns. Towns do not have cliffs or small lakes, but they do have a small river separating the town in two. Towns are usually seen down by the beach, and can often be seen sunbathing or swimming, something they do not do in other towns. The default shops are the Roost and Re-Tail. All buildings become more triangular and modern, and most have large windows. The town is powered by solar panels, which are seen on top of every building.
"Farm" towns are very rainy and have farming fields surrounding three sides of the town. Peppy and Cranky are commonly found living in these types of towns, while Lazy villagers do not. These towns usually have two or three different types of native fruits-as opposed to the one of others-and all houses have a small garden to the left (or right, if there is no space on the left, as obstructed by rocks, trees or other houses) of their house. Like classic towns, farm towns have a cliff somewhere in town, although it is noticeable smaller. Many small rivers flow through these towns, and there are some small lakes scattered throughout. Unlike the other towns, which has their stores scattered throughout the towns, farm towns have all their shops in the City, which can be walked to by going through the town gate at the north of town. The default shops are the Garden Centre and Nook's Cranny.
Like previous installments, My Animal Crossing allows the player(s) to become friends with other villagers. Although now, one can also be in a romantic relationship with a villager, once certain conditions are met. Once in a romantic relationship, they will not move out of town, and often send you gifts and ask you more favours. If one stays in a romantic relationship for two weeks-which means they must speak with their partner once a day-they will obtain a photo of that villager, which also comes with a short description of that character. These pictures can also be obtained by becoming a best friend of a villager, and speaking to them everyday for five weeks. While in a relationship, several interactions can be completed: hugging and kissing.
If the player is the mayor, and in a romantic relationship, they can also hire their partner to be their secretary or assistant. In addition, they may also get a job at another store, allowing one of the shopkeepers (if there are multiple) to have the day off work, and walk around town.
To get into a romantic relationship, the player must do a variety of things before the villager will ask them out on a date. These conditions are:
- The player must live in town for at least two months.
- The player must befriend that villager-by speaking to them enough.
- The player must send a letter with a gift to that villager.
- The Roost must have opened up in town.
- The player must have upgraded their house thrice.
Once those conditions are met, the villager will start to be infatuated with the player, sending them more letters and wanting to speak to them more. If they are spoken to, hearts will float around their head and they will blush, and ask the player out on a date to the Roost-which can happen immediately or at a different time.
Players can break up with the villager by not speaking to them for three days, and then speak to them on the fourth. They may use an excuse ("I was on vacation.") or break up with them then.
Holidays & EventsEdit
See also: List of Holidays and Events in My Animal Crossing
Throughout the year, various events and holidays occur-many based off real world holidays. During many holidays, a special character appears in town to 'host' the event, and can give out items to players. Some events are not 'big', and are limited to only being mentioned by villagers and a gift from Isabelle, while others can have aesthetic changes to the town, and have games or other events and/or a special villager.
There are many minigames included within My Animal Crossing. Randomly, villagers will also ask to play some games with the player, including Hide and Seek, Capture the Flag and Scavenger Hunt. Winning these games increases friendship levels with all participating villagers, and earns a reward (either clothing, flooring, wallpaper or furniture-depending on the friendship level of the host). While these can randomly occur by talking to villagers, players themselves can activate these games when there are 4+ other players in their village, and the native player has a timer.
In Hide and Seek, three villagers will hide behind buildings, trees or other structures that face the sky. The player wins if all villagers are found within a 10 minute time limit. Sometimes, albeit rarely, an extra camping villager (which can be found by building a campsite as the mayor) will play, and will reward the player with camping gear once they are found.
In Capture the Flag, two teams of three both a flag on either end of the town. Racing up to try and grab their flag, players must avoid other villagers, and must "freeze" them by tagging them. The game does not end until a team's flag is captured. Sometimes, a big team capture the flag game can be hosted during the night, where all villagers in town-as well as some special characters, if there are an even number of villagers, will compete.
In Scavenger Hunt, one person (the host) will hide a bunch of random items around the town-buried, in trees or scattered on the ground-and the participants must find them. There are multiple different kinds of items that are found-all resemble differently coloured presents-and are all worth different amounts of points. The game wins if they have the most points after (A:) all the items are found, which ends the game, or (B:) the 15 minute time limit ends. If players do not have a shovel, they will get a rental shovel from Lloid.
Unlike previous titles, My Animal Crossing allows players to overtake part-time jobs, as a quick (but in-efficient) way to earn bells. While the first player automatically earns the job of mayor, they are still able to undertake jobs of their liking. Each job also gives a uniform, which are rare and are considered 'treasures', which the player is required to wear on the job. Doing so increases the amount of bells that they earn.
Working at Tom Nook's shop is the most basic and easy job, and therefore gains the least amount of bells. It is similar to the meaningless labour of previous games, where Nook forces you to do various tasks to pay for their house. You can start working at Nook's once you pay off your first debt of 35,000 bells. Once completed, he will offer to help the player, and the player can accept of decline his offer.
Working at the Museum is one of the more difficult jobs, as Blathers will give you various donations, and will ask you to place them in the correct spots. Doing so correctly, with no mistakes, earns the players many bells. Making mistakes deducts a large amount of bells, however, so it is hard to earn large amounts of money. To unlock the ability to work for Blathers, the Museum's Gift Shop must have opened.
Working at the Able Sisters is a harder job, as the player must create clothing to sell. Using templates, the player must use specific colours, shapes to create the commissioned clothing. Completing the work earns little amounts of bells, but Sable, Mabel and Labelle will gradually warm up to you, and will ask you which shirts should be sold. The ability to work for the Able Sisters is unlocked once 50,000 bells are spent at their shop.
Animal IslandEdit
Returning from Dōbutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing and Dōbutsu no Mori e+, the Animal Island returns in the game, and acts similarly to it's previous incarnations. Unlike previous games, the Animal Island can be accessed at any time by talking to Kapp'n at the dock.
Each island will include one villager - only certain villagers can be found exclusively on the island - and two native fruits. Special bugs can only be found on the island too. Each islander has, like in previous games, a favourite fruit and a fruit allergy. Giving the islander their favourite fruit will increase their friendship and they will give you special, rare, items.
The island also includes features found on Tortimer Island from Animal Crossing: New Leaf. A small hut houses the Kappa family, who can send the player on various "tours" to earn Island Coins from Tortimer. Players can use Island Coins to buy exclusive items from both the Kappa and Undersea furniture sets, along with Blue and Red Aloha shirts, wetsuits and special Kappa and Tortimer sunglasses.
Club TortimerEdit
Also returning from New Leaf is the exclusive "Club Tortimer". Various changes have been made to the new area, as it is much larger. Various animal villagers can be found here (and can be persuaded to move to your town) alongside other players currently at Club Tortimer. Each player is given a small, one room house (the size of a villager's) and is allowed to decorate it and share it with others - the latter is activated by request. Other special items are found here, and special, valuable, bugs are found more commonly here.
It is here where Tortimer resides while not giving tours, as he can be found in his resort home in the centre of the island. Tortimer's house includes various items from Animal Crossing and Animal Forest that have been removed from subsequent games. Many references to other Animal Crossing games can also be found here, including a golden statue of the original Animal Crossing player (the final "house upgrade" in the original games, obtainable by paying off all of Tom Nook's debts) and the bell shrine from the original Animal Forest (which was replaced with the Wishing Well in international releases).
Players can apply to Club Tortimer by purchasing an application form at the island for 50 Island Coins.
Unlike previous installments, My Animal Crossing features a larger variation of weather that can occur in your towns. While previous installments included rain and snow, and New Lead introduced cloudy days, My Animal Crossing also introduces rare weather and weather damage. Storms can occur rarely during summer, and quite commonly during the spring and autumn. Storms consist of dark clouds, making the light outside quite dark, and rainy. Villagers will stay inside during storms as to not get struck by lightning. Trees that are struck by lightning will get caught on fire, or sometimes snap, leaving Copper to take them away.
Tornadoes, which occur very rarely in the fall and summer, can destroy trees and buildings, replacing the destroyed buildings with tents for one week, at which point they will be rebuilt.
Blizzards, which can happen very rarely in the winter and even more rarely in the spring, can freeze the entire town, covering trees, buildings and the ground in a sleek coat of ice and piles of snow. After a day, paths will be cleared, allowing for quicker transportation (as you are unable to run in the larger snow banks). Sometimes, albeit rarely, villagers and players will slip on the ice and fall. Even more rarely, trees will crack under the large amounts of ice.
See also: List of Villagers in My Animal Crossing
Many villagers from previous installments reappear, and there are many other new ones, as well. Villagers are divided into categories based on their personalities, and can be Cranky, Jock, Lazy or Smug for males, and Normal, Peppy, Snooty or Uchi for females. Depending on the type of town, different types of villagers will move there.
Additionally, My Animal Crossing introduces new "special" villagers. While they act identically to normal villagers, special villagers can only move into town once certain conditions are met. Because it is a challenge to get them to move to town, they are harder to move away from the town they live in. Many special villagers come from previous titles. The signature special villager is Tom Nook, who will move into the town upon completing the "Nook's Blues" side-quest.
Special CharactersEdit
See also: List of Special Characters in My Animal Crossing
There are many different shops, holidays and events that take place in My Animal Crossing. Each special character cannot move into your town, and can only be found when certain conditions are met. Some characters, such as special characters and characters that appear on holidays, give special items when spoken to or when other events are completed.
- When attempting to enter a villager's house while they're inside and awake, they will tell the player to come in, at which point the player does and enters the building. Sometimes, villagers will deny access to their home.
- Despite this minor change, the same animation from New Leaf is used, albeit slowed down.
- On the day of the game's release, the North American version of the game showed the Japanese logo on the title screen. This was fixed via a patch the next day.


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