Adam was an Academy Award winner but Brett was just a fan so Adam gave him an autograph.<|endoftext|>all DP (April 1992). "Reduced haemoglobin levels in infants presenting with apparent life-threatening events—a retrospective investigation". Acta Paediatr. 81 (4): 319–21. PMID 1606392.
  60. ^ Mitchell EA, Hutchison L, Stewart AW (July 2007). "The continuing decline in SIDS mortality". Arch Dis Child. 92 (7): 625–6. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.116194. PMID 17405855.
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    "Erratum". Adv Neonatal Care 6 (6): 340. December 2006.
  63. ^ Hauck FR, Herman SM, Donovan M, Iyasu S, Merrick Moore C, Donoghue E, Kirschner RH, Willinger M (2003). "Sleep environment and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in an urban population: the Chicago Infant Mortality Study". Pediatrics 111: 1207–14. doi:10.1542/peds.111.5.S1.1207 (inactive 2008-06-25). PMID 12728140.
  64. ^ Vennemann MM, Bajanowski T, Brinkmann B, et al. (March 2009). "Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome?". Pediatrics 123 (3): e406–10. doi:10.1542/peds.2008-2145. PMID 19254976.
  65. ^ Cosleeping & SIDS, Fact Sheet
  66. ^ Wenda Trevathan, Euclid O. Smith, James Joseph McKenna (1999). Evolutionary Medicine. Oxford University Press US. pp. 55–9. ISBN 0195103556.
  67. ^ McKenna, James J. (1996), "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural perspective: is Infant-Parent Cosleeping Protective?", Annual Review of Anthropology 25: 201–16, doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.25.1.201,
  68. ^ Mosko S, McKenna J, Dickel M, Hunt L (December 1993). "Parent-infant cosleeping: the appropriate context for the study of infant sleep and implications for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) research". J Behav Med 16 (6): 589–610. doi:10.1007/BF00844721. PMID 8126714.
  69. ^ Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (November 2005). "The changing concept of sudden infant death syndrome: diagnostic coding shifts, controversies regarding the sleeping environment, and new variables to consider in reducing risk". Pediatrics 116 (5): 1245–55. doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1499. PMID 16216901.;116/5/1245.
  70. ^ Ball H (September 2009). "Airway covering during bed-sharing". Child Care Health Dev 35 (5): 728–37. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00979.x. PMID 19531119.
  71. ^ Chapter 5; pages 180–194, secondhand smoke is connected to SIDS.
  72. ^ "Smoking during pregnancy—United States, 1990–2002". MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 53 (39): 911–5. October 2004. PMID 15470322.
  73. ^ on bedding
  74. ^ [1].
  75. ^ L'Hoir MP, Engelberts AC, van Well GT, et al. (1998). "Risk and preventive factors for cot death in The Netherlands, a low-incidence country". Eur. J. Pediatr. 157 (8): 681–8. doi:10.1007/s004310050911. PMID 9727856.
  76. ^ "The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment, and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk". American Academy of Pediatrics.;116/5/1245#SEC15. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  77. ^ van Gestel, Josephus Petrus Johannes; Monique Pauline L’Hoir, Maartje ten Berge, Nicolaas Johannes Georgius Jansen, and Frans Berend Plötz (6 December 2002). "Risks of Ancient Practices in Modern Times" (in English) (html). Pediatrics 110 (6): e78. Retrieved 12/15/2009.
  78. ^ Gerard, Claudia M.; Kathleen A. Harris and Bradley T. Thach (6 December 2002). "Spontaneous Arousals in Supine Infants While Swaddled and Unswaddled During Rapid Eye Movement and Quiet Sleep" (in English) (html). Pediatrics 110 (6): e70. Retrieved 12/15/2009.
  79. ^ Franco, P; Scaillet S, Groswasser J, Kahn A. (December 2004). "Increased cardiac autonomic responses to auditory challenges in swaddled infants" (in English) (pdf). Sleep. Retrieved 12/15/2009.
  80. ^ Short MA, Brooks-Brunn JA, Reeves DS, Yeager J, Thorpe JA (June 1996). "The effects of swaddling versus standard positioning on neuromuscular development in very low birth weight infants". Neonatal Netw 15 (4): 25–31. PMID 8716525.
  81. ^ "Fig 4. Meta-analysis of studies examining the relationship of a pacifier used during the last sleep in SIDS victims versus controls". American Academy of Pediatrics.;116/5/1245/F4. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  82. ^ a b "The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment, and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk". American Academy of Pediatrics.;116/5/1245#SEC6. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  83. ^ Li DK, Willinger M, Petitti DB, Odouli R, Liu L, Hoffman HJ (2006). "Use of a dummy (pacifier) during sleep and risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): population based case-control study". BMJ 332 (7532): 18–22. doi:10.1136/bmj.38671.640475.55. PMID 16339767.
  84. ^ Coleman-Phox K, Odouli R, Li DK (October 2008). "Use of a fan during sleep and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162 (10): 963–8. doi:10.1001/archpedi.162.10.963. PMID 18838649.
  85. ^ Carla K. Johnson (Associated Press writer) (2008-09-08). "Fan use linked to lower risk of sudden baby death". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-11-09. , also in Live Science [2]
  86. ^ Vanderford J, Olsson J (May 2009). "Should we really encourage fan use?". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163 (5): 490; author reply 490–1. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.79. PMID 19414701.
  87. ^ "Policy Statement for Bumper Pads in Cribs - Consumer Product Safety". Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  88. ^ Sherburn RE, Jenkins RO (September 2004). "Cot mattresses as reservoirs of potentially harmful bacteria and the sudden infant death syndrome". FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 42 (1): 76–84. doi:10.1016/j.femsim.2004.06.011. PMID 15325400.
  89. ^ Kalokerinos A, Dettman G (July 1976). "Sudden death in infancy syndrome in Western Australia". Med. J. Aust. 2 (1): 31–2. PMID 979792.
  90. ^ Donovan J (September 1979). "Vitamin C and cot death: where is the evidence?". Med. J. Aust. 2 (6): 311. PMID 522763.
  91. ^ Holborow P (April 1980). "Sudden infant death syndrome". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 33 (4): 730–1. PMID 7361687. "There has been some controversy about the role of Vitamin C in cot death.".
  92. ^ Cheraskin E (October 1995). "Vitamin C, smoking and SIDS". J R Soc Health 115

all DP (April 1992). "Reduced haemoglobin levels in infants presenting with apparent life-threatening events—a retrospective investigation". Acta Paediatr. 81 (4): 319–21. PMID 1606392.
  60. ^ Mitchell EA, Hutchison L, Stewart AW (July 2007). "The continuing decline in SIDS mortality". Arch Dis Child. 92 (7): 625–6. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.116194. PMID 17405855.
  61. ^ a b c d[citation needed]
  62. ^ Aris C, Stevens TP, Lemura C, et al. (October 2006). "NICU nurses' knowledge and discharge teaching related to infant sleep position and risk of SIDS". Adv Neonatal Care 6 (5): 281–94. doi:10.1016/j.adnc.2006.06.009. PMID 17045948.
    "Erratum". Adv Neonatal Care 6 (6): 340. December 2006.
  63. ^ Hauck FR, Herman SM, Donovan M, Iyasu S, Merrick Moore C, Donoghue E, Kirschner RH, Willinger M (2003). "Sleep environment and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in an urban population: the Chicago Infant Mortality Study". Pediatrics 111: 1207–14. doi:10.1542/peds.111.5.S1.1207 (inactive 2008-06-25). PMID 12728140.
  64. ^ Vennemann MM, Bajanowski T, Brinkmann B, et al. (March 2009). "Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome?". Pediatrics 123 (3): e406–10. doi:10.1542/peds.2008-2145. PMID 19254976.
  65. ^ Cosleeping & SIDS, Fact Sheet
  66. ^ Wenda Trevathan, Euclid O. Smith, James Joseph McKenna (1999). Evolutionary Medicine. Oxford University Press US. pp. 55–9. ISBN 0195103556.
  67. ^ McKenna, James J. (1996), "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural perspective: is Infant-Parent Cosleeping Protective?", Annual Review of Anthropology 25: 201–16, doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.25.1.201,
  68. ^ Mosko S, McKenna J, Dickel M, Hunt L (December 1993). "Parent-infant cosleeping: the appropriate context for the study of infant sleep and implications for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) research". J Behav Med 16 (6): 589–610. doi:10.1007/BF00844721. PMID 8126714.
  69. ^ Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (November 2005). "The changing concept of sudden infant death syndrome: diagnostic coding shifts, controversies regarding the sleeping environment, and new variables to consider in reducing risk". Pediatrics 116 (5): 1245–55. doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1499. PMID 16216901.;116/5/1245.
  70. ^ Ball H (September 2009). "Airway covering during bed-sharing". Child Care Health Dev 35 (5): 728–37. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00979.x. PMID 19531119.
  71. ^ Chapter 5; pages 180–194, secondhand smoke is connected to SIDS.
  72. ^ "Smoking during pregnancy—United States, 1990–2002". MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 53 (39): 911–5. October 2004. PMID 15470322.
  73. ^ on bedding
  74. ^ [1].
  75. ^ L'Hoir MP, Engelberts AC, van Well GT, et al. (1998). "Risk and preventive factors for cot death in The Netherlands, a low-incidence country". Eur. J. Pediatr. 157 (8): 681–8. doi:10.1007/s004310050911. PMID 9727856.
  76. ^ "The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment, and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk". American Academy of Pediatrics.;116/5/1245#SEC15. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  77. ^ van Gestel, Josephus Petrus Johannes; Monique Pauline L’Hoir, Maartje ten Berge, Nicolaas Johannes Georgius Jansen, and Frans Berend Plötz (6 December 2002). "Risks of Ancient Practices in Modern Times" (in English) (html). Pediatrics 110 (6): e78. Retrieved 12/15/2009.
  78. ^ Gerard, Claudia M.; Kathleen A. Harris and Bradley T. Thach (6 December 2002). "Spontaneous Arousals in Supine Infants While Swaddled and Unswaddled During Rapid Eye Movement and Quiet Sleep" (in English) (html). Pediatrics 110 (6): e70. Retrieved 12/15/2009.
  79. ^ Franco, P; Scaillet S, Groswasser J, Kahn A. (December 2004). "Increased cardiac autonomic responses to auditory challenges in swaddled infants" (in English) (pdf). Sleep. Retrieved 12/15/2009.
  80. ^ Short MA, Brooks-Brunn JA, Reeves DS, Yeager J, Thorpe JA (June 1996). "The effects of swaddling versus standard positioning on neuromuscular development in very low birth weight infants". Neonatal Netw 15 (4): 25–31. PMID 8716525.
  81. ^ "Fig 4. Meta-analysis of studies examining the relationship of a pacifier used during the last sleep in SIDS victims versus controls". American Academy of Pediatrics.;116/5/1245/F4. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  82. ^ a b "The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment, and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk". American Academy of Pediatrics.;116/5/1245#SEC6. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  83. ^ Li DK, Willinger M, Petitti DB, Odouli R, Liu L, Hoffman HJ (2006). "Use of a dummy (pacifier) during sleep and risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): population based case-control study". BMJ 332 (7532): 18–22. doi:10.1136/bmj.38671.640475.55. PMID 16339767.
  84. ^ Coleman-Phox K, Odouli R, Li DK (October 2008). "Use of a fan during sleep and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162 (10): 963–8. doi:10.1001/archpedi.162.10.963. PMID 18838649.
  85. ^ Carla K. Johnson (Associated Press writer) (2008-09-08). "Fan use linked to lower risk of sudden baby death". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-11-09. , also in Live Science [2]
  86. ^ Vanderford J, Olsson J (May 2009). "Should we really encourage fan use?". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163 (5): 490; author reply 490–1. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.79. PMID 19414701.
  87. ^ "Policy Statement for Bumper Pads in Cribs - Consumer Product Safety". Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  88. ^ Sherburn RE, Jenkins RO (September 2004). "Cot mattresses as reservoirs of potentially harmful bacteria and the sudden infant death syndrome". FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 42 (1): 76–84. doi:10.1016/j.femsim.2004.06.011. PMID 15325400.
  89. ^ Kalokerinos A, Dettman G (July 1976). "Sudden death in infancy syndrome in Western Australia". Med. J. Aust. 2 (1): 31–2. PMID 979792.
  90. ^ Donovan J (September 1979). "Vitamin C and cot death: where is the evidence?". Med. J. Aust. 2 (6): 311. PMID 522763.
  91. ^ Holborow P (April 1980). "Sudden infant death syndrome". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 33 (4): 730–1. PMID 7361687. "There has been some controversy about the role of Vitamin C in cot death.".
  92. ^ Cheraskin E (October 1995). "Vitamin C, smoking and SIDS". J R Soc Health 115 (5): 332. PMID 7473510.
  93. ^ Dick A,


Nelson smelled much cleaner and fresher than Samuel did although Samuel had taken a better shower.<|endoftext|>mm:ss.SSSZ");
    return sdf.parse(s).time; // '.getTime()' would also have worked instead of '.time'
* assert dateStringToLong("2016-12-24T03:39:21.081+0000") == 1482550761081

More examples of Java interop and how to invoke custom code can be found in the section on Calling Java.

The call keyword provides an alternate way of calling JavaScript functions that have only one argument. The argument can be provided after the function name, without parentheses, which makes things slightly more readable (and less cluttered) especially when the solitary argument is JSON.

* def timeLong = call dateStringToLong '2016-12-24T03:39:21.081+0000'
* assert timeLong == 1482550761081

# a better example, with a JSON argument
* def greeter = function(name){ return 'Hello ' + name.first + ' ' + name.last + '!' }
* def greeting = call greeter { first: 'John', last: 'Smith' }

Reading Files

Karate makes re-use of payload data, utility-functions and even other test-scripts as easy as possible. Teams typically define complicated JSON (or XML) payloads in a file and then re-use this in multiple scripts. Keywords such as set and remove allow you to to 'tweak' payload-data to fit the scenario under test. You can imagine how this greatly simplifies setting up tests for boundary conditions. And such re-use makes it easier to re-factor tests when needed, which is great for maintainability.

Note that the set (multiple) keyword can build complex, nested JSON (or XML) from scratch in a data-driven manner, and you may not even need to read from files for many situations. Test data can be within the main flow itself, which makes scripts highly readable.

Reading files is achieved using the built-in JavaScript function called read(). By default, the file is expected to be in the same folder (package) and side-by-side with the *.feature file. But you can prefix the name with classpath: in which case the 'root' folder would be src/test/java (assuming you are using the recommended folder structure).

Prefer classpath: when a file is expected to be heavily re-used all across your project. And yes, relative paths will work.

# json
* def someJson = read('some-json.json')
* def moreJson = read('classpath:more-json.json')

# xml
* def someXml = read('../common/my-xml.xml')

# import yaml (will be converted to json)
* def jsonFromYaml = read('some-data.yaml')

# csv (will be converted to json)
* def jsonFromCsv = read('some-data.csv')

# string
* def someString = read('classpath:messages.txt')

# javascript (will be evaluated)
* def someValue = read('some-js-code.js')

# if the js file evaluates to a function, it can be re-used later using the 'call' keyword
* def someFunction = read('classpath:some-reusable-code.js')
* def someCallResult = call someFunction

# the following short-cut is also allowed
* def someCallResult = call read('some-js-code.js')

You can also re-use other *.feature files from test-scripts:

# perfect for all those common authentication or 'set up' flows
* def result = call read('classpath:some-reusable-steps.feature')

When a called feature depends on some side-by-side resources such as JSON or JS files, you can use the this: prefix to ensure that relative paths work correctly - because by default Karate calculates relative paths from the "root" feature or the top-most "caller".

* def data = read('this:payload.json')

If a file does not end in .json, .xml, .yaml, .js, .csv or .txt, it is treated as a stream - which is typically what you would need for multipart file uploads.

* def someStream = read('some-pdf.pdf')

The .graphql and .gql extensions are also recognized (for GraphQL) but are handled the same way as .txt and treated as a string.

For JSON and XML files, Karate will evaluate any embedded expressions on load. This enables more concise tests, and the file can be re-usable in multiple, data-driven tests.

Since it is internally implemented as a JavaScript function, you can mix calls to read() freely wherever JavaScript expressions are allowed:

* def someBigString = read('first.txt') + read('second.txt')

Tip: you can even use JS expressions to dynamically choose a file based on some condition: * def someConfig = read('my-config-' + someVariable + '.json'). Refer to conditional logic for more ideas.

And a very common need would be to use a file as the request body:

Given request read('some-big-payload.json')

Or in a match:

And match response == read('expected-response-payload.json')

The rarely used file: prefix is also supported. You could use it for 'hard-coded' absolute paths in dev mode, but is obviously not recommended for CI test-suites. A good example of where you may need this is if you programmatically write a file to the target folder, and then you can read it like this:

* def payload = read('file:target/large.xml')

To summarize the possible prefixes:

Prefix Description
classpath: relative to the classpath, recommended for re-usable features
file: do not use this unless you know what you are doing, see above
this: when in a called feature, ensure that files are resolved relative to the current feature file

Take a look at the Karate Demos for real-life examples of how you can use files for validating HTTP responses, like this one: read-files.feature.

Read File As String

In some rare cases where you don't want to auto-convert JSON, XML, YAML or CSV, and just get the raw string content (without having to re-name the file to end with .txt) - you can use the karate.readAsString() API. Here is an example of using a CSV file as the request-body:

Given path 'upload'
And header Content-Type = 'text/csv'
And request karate.readAsString('classpath:my.csv')
When method post
Then status 202

Type Conversion

Best practice is to stick to using only def unless there is a very good reason to do otherwise.

Internally, Karate will auto-convert JSON (and even XML) to Java Map objects. And JSON arrays would become Java List-s. But you will never need to worry about this internal data-representation most of the time.

In some rare cases, for e.g. if you acquired a string from some external source, or if you generated JSON (or XML) by concatenating text or using replace, you may want to convert a string to JSON and vice-versa. You can even perform a conversion from XML to JSON if you want.

One example of when you may want to convert JSON (or XML) to a string is when you are passing a payload to custom code via Java interop. Do note that when passing JSON, the default Map and List representations should suffice for most needs (see example), and using them would avoid un-necessary string-conversion.

So you have the following type markers you can use instead of def (or the rarely used text). The first four below are best explained in this example file: type-conv.feature.

  • string - convert JSON or any other data-type (except XML) to a string
  • json - convert XML, a map-like or list-like object, a string, or even a Java object into JSON
  • xml - convert JSON, a map-like object, a string, or even a Java object into XML
  • xmlstring - specifically for converting the map-like Karate internal representation of XML into a string
  • csv - convert a CSV string into JSON, see csv
  • yaml - convert a YAML string into JSON, see yaml
  • bytes - convert to a byte-array, useful for binary payloads or comparisons, see example
  • copy - to clone a given payload variable reference (JSON, XML, Map or List), refer: copy

If you want to 'pretty print' a JSON or XML value with indenting, refer to the documentation of the print keyword.

Floats and Integers

While converting a number to a string is easy (just concatenate an empty string e.g. myInt + ''), in some rare cases, you may need to convert a string to a number. You can do this by multiplying by 1 or using the built-in JavaScript parseInt() function:

* def foo = '10'
* string

mm:ss.SSSZ");
    return sdf.parse(s).time; // '.getTime()' would also have worked instead of '.time'
* assert dateStringToLong("2016-12-24T03:39:21.081+0000") == 1482550761081

More examples of Java interop and how to invoke custom code can be found in the section on Calling Java.

The call keyword provides an alternate way of calling JavaScript functions that have only one argument. The argument can be provided after the function name, without parentheses, which makes things slightly more readable (and less cluttered) especially when the solitary argument is JSON.

* def timeLong = call dateStringToLong '2016-12-24T03:39:21.081+0000'
* assert timeLong == 1482550761081

# a better example, with a JSON argument
* def greeter = function(name){ return 'Hello ' + name.first + ' ' + name.last + '!' }
* def greeting = call greeter { first: 'John', last: 'Smith' }

Reading Files

Karate makes re-use of payload data, utility-functions and even other test-scripts as easy as possible. Teams typically define complicated JSON (or XML) payloads in a file and then re-use this in multiple scripts. Keywords such as set and remove allow you to to 'tweak' payload-data to fit the scenario under test. You can imagine how this greatly simplifies setting up tests for boundary conditions. And such re-use makes it easier to re-factor tests when needed, which is great for maintainability.

Note that the set (multiple) keyword can build complex, nested JSON (or XML) from scratch in a data-driven manner, and you may not even need to read from files for many situations. Test data can be within the main flow itself, which makes scripts highly readable.

Reading files is achieved using the built-in JavaScript function called read(). By default, the file is expected to be in the same folder (package) and side-by-side with the *.feature file. But you can prefix the name with classpath: in which case the 'root' folder would be src/test/java (assuming you are using the recommended folder structure).

Prefer classpath: when a file is expected to be heavily re-used all across your project. And yes, relative paths will work.

# json
* def someJson = read('some-json.json')
* def moreJson = read('classpath:more-json.json')

# xml
* def someXml = read('../common/my-xml.xml')

# import yaml (will be converted to json)
* def jsonFromYaml = read('some-data.yaml')

# csv (will be converted to json)
* def jsonFromCsv = read('some-data.csv')

# string
* def someString = read('classpath:messages.txt')

# javascript (will be evaluated)
* def someValue = read('some-js-code.js')

# if the js file evaluates to a function, it can be re-used later using the 'call' keyword
* def someFunction = read('classpath:some-reusable-code.js')
* def someCallResult = call someFunction

# the following short-cut is also allowed
* def someCallResult = call read('some-js-code.js')

You can also re-use other *.feature files from test-scripts:

# perfect for all those common authentication or 'set up' flows
* def result = call read('classpath:some-reusable-steps.feature')

When a called feature depends on some side-by-side resources such as JSON or JS files, you can use the this: prefix to ensure that relative paths work correctly - because by default Karate calculates relative paths from the "root" feature or the top-most "caller".

* def data = read('this:payload.json')

If a file does not end in .json, .xml, .yaml, .js, .csv or .txt, it is treated as a stream - which is typically what you would need for multipart file uploads.

* def someStream = read('some-pdf.pdf')

The .graphql and .gql extensions are also recognized (for GraphQL) but are handled the same way as .txt and treated as a string.

For JSON and XML files, Karate will evaluate any embedded expressions on load. This enables more concise tests, and the file can be re-usable in multiple, data-driven tests.

Since it is internally implemented as a JavaScript function, you can mix calls to read() freely wherever JavaScript expressions are allowed:

* def someBigString = read('first.txt') + read('second.txt')

Tip: you can even use JS expressions to dynamically choose a file based on some condition: * def someConfig = read('my-config-' + someVariable + '.json'). Refer to conditional logic for more ideas.

And a very common need would be to use a file as the request body:

Given request read('some-big-payload.json')

Or in a match:

And match response == read('expected-response-payload.json')

The rarely used file: prefix is also supported. You could use it for 'hard-coded' absolute paths in dev mode, but is obviously not recommended for CI test-suites. A good example of where you may need this is if you programmatically write a file to the target folder, and then you can read it like this:

* def payload = read('file:target/large.xml')

To summarize the possible prefixes:

Prefix Description
classpath: relative to the classpath, recommended for re-usable features
file: do not use this unless you know what you are doing, see above
this: when in a called feature, ensure that files are resolved relative to the current feature file

Take a look at the Karate Demos for real-life examples of how you can use files for validating HTTP responses, like this one: read-files.feature.

Read File As String

In some rare cases where you don't want to auto-convert JSON, XML, YAML or CSV, and just get the raw string content (without having to re-name the file to end with .txt) - you can use the karate.readAsString() API. Here is an example of using a CSV file as the request-body:

Given path 'upload'
And header Content-Type = 'text/csv'
And request karate.readAsString('classpath:my.csv')
When method post
Then status 202

Type Conversion

Best practice is to stick to using only def unless there is a very good reason to do otherwise.

Internally, Karate will auto-convert JSON (and even XML) to Java Map objects. And JSON arrays would become Java List-s. But you will never need to worry about this internal data-representation most of the time.

In some rare cases, for e.g. if you acquired a string from some external source, or if you generated JSON (or XML) by concatenating text or using replace, you may want to convert a string to JSON and vice-versa. You can even perform a conversion from XML to JSON if you want.

One example of when you may want to convert JSON (or XML) to a string is when you are passing a payload to custom code via Java interop. Do note that when passing JSON, the default Map and List representations should suffice for most needs (see example), and using them would avoid un-necessary string-conversion.

So you have the following type markers you can use instead of def (or the rarely used text). The first four below are best explained in this example file: type-conv.feature.

  • string - convert JSON or any other data-type (except XML) to a string
  • json - convert XML, a map-like or list-like object, a string, or even a Java object into JSON
  • xml - convert JSON, a map-like object, a string, or even a Java object into XML
  • xmlstring - specifically for converting the map-like Karate internal representation of XML into a string
  • csv - convert a CSV string into JSON, see csv
  • yaml - convert a YAML string into JSON, see yaml
  • bytes - convert to a byte-array, useful for binary payloads or comparisons, see example
  • copy - to clone a given payload variable reference (JSON, XML, Map or List), refer: copy

If you want to 'pretty print' a JSON or XML value with indenting, refer to the documentation of the print keyword.

Floats and Integers

While converting a number to a string is easy (just concatenate an empty string e.g. myInt + ''), in some rare cases, you may need to convert a string to a number. You can do this by multiplying by 1 or using the built-in JavaScript parseInt() function:

* def foo = '10'
* string json = { bar: '#(1 * foo)' }
* match json == '{"bar


I used metal for the chair and not wood because the wood was a less stable material.<|endoftext|>runtimepath
source ~/.vimrc

to the .config/nvim/init.vim and use the ~/.vimrc for the configuration.

After that, let’s start digging into it.

What this gives you is the latest version of Neovim that’s not conflicting with anything and compatible with Vim.

2. Use Vim help

IMO, Vim help is the most underestimated feature of Vim. I haven’t used it until this revamp and, boy, what I’ve missed! So many useless searching, reading silly blogs and StackOverflow could be avoided if I’ve used the help system.

Vim help consists of 3.7 megabytes of text, half a million of words

$ wc neovim-0.3.4/runtime/doc/* | tail -n1
  90804  543942 3592651 total

Also, almost every plugin you install has its own help so these numbers are not final.

Vim help topics are comprehensive, detailed and cross-referenced. You may be overwhelmed at first because there is a lot of information here. But don’t be discouraged – it’s much much more efficient and useful to read and grasp comprehensive help topic than mindlessly searching for blog posts or StackOverflow. If you could only learn one thing from this post – please, learn to love the Vim help system.

Some tips that helped me.

  • :h patt then TAB to find help on the subject starting with patt
  • :h patt then Ctrl-D to find help on the subject containing patt
  • Vim help system is full of cross-references – you can jump back and forward just like with code by using Ctrl-] and Ctrl-T.

Or even better – read the :help help which is help on help!

Let’s look at the example, if you type :h word-m Vim will open help on word motions:

4. Word motions                     *word-motions*

<S-Right>   or                  *<S-Right>* *w*
w           [count] words forward.  |exclusive| motion.

<C-Right>   or                  *<C-Right>* *W*
W           [count] WORDS forward.  |exclusive| motion.

Here you can see the header Word motions, its tag word-motions that is used as a subject for :h command.

Next, you see the help itself describing word motions.

Note that there are some words that have some funky symbols around them or shown in different colors. Anything that doesn’t look like the plain text is a help topic by itself – you can jump into it by Ctrl-]. So in this example, we could find what is [count] or what is |exclusive| motion. And that’s enough for efficient using of Vim help.

Here are the things that I’ve found in Vim help:

  • I’ve configured statusline with the help of :h statusline. All the blog posts were just a waste of time.
  • :h ins-completion describes comprehensive builtin completion system. Now, I’m using Ctrl-X Ctrl-F to complete filenames in the current directory (useful to insert links in Markdown files). Also, whole line completion with Ctrl-X Ctrl-L is useful for editing data files.
  • :h window-moving taught me that you can move splits around, e.g. Ctrl-w H will move current window to the left (it will also convert vertical split to horizontal). Also, the whole :h windows.txt is amazing.

Finally, I recommend to everyone familiar with Vim to review :h quickref from time to time.

3. Use missed core features

After I’ve learned to use Vim help I started to discover things that I’ve missed but that was always there.

Remember to check the help for each thing in this list – I’ve conveniently supplied Vim help command and a link to online help.

Auto commands

:help autocmd

Auto commands allow you to tune Vim behavior based on filename or filetype. Basically, it executes Vim commands on events.

I use it to set correct filetype for some exotic files like this

autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.pp setfiletype ruby
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile alert.rules setfiletype yaml

Or to tune settings for particular filetype like this

autocmd FileType yaml set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2

Other editors required me to install full-blown extensions like Puppet extension or YAML extension but with Vim I keep things simple and lightweight.

Persistent undo

:help undo-persistence

This feature is so awesome yet none of the other editors have it.

It sounds simple – when you exit Vim your edit history is saved so you can open the file again 2 days later and undo the changes.

Edit history is an important part of your context so I think once you get used to it you couldn’t use any other editor without this feature.

To enable persistent undo I’ve done this:

set undodir=~/.vim/undodir
set undofile

:help 'clipboard'

This one is actually more of a hard fix than a feature.

Clipboard in Linux is a complicated story. All these buffers and selections don’t make things understandable. And Vim makes it even more complicated with its registers.

For years I had these mappings

" C-c and C-v - Copy/Paste to global clipboard
vmap <C-c> "+yi
imap <C-v> <esc>"+gpi

that makes Ctrl-c and Ctrl-v work.

But why use two-key combos when you can use a simple y and p for copying and pasting?

Turns out, you can make it work very nice by using this single setting:

set clipboard+=unnamed

It makes y and p copy and paste to the “global” buffer that is used by other apps like the browser.

:help mapping

What I like the most about Vim is that its normal mode allows you to use all keys for a command while others require to use some key combo based on modifier (Ctrl-o, Ctrl-s).

When you can use any key for a command it’s natural to use a single key shortcuts, e.g. p to paste the text.

And what is even more awesome is that you can map a key or a sequence of keys at your own will.

Here are my most used mappings:

nnoremap ; :Buffers<CR>
nnoremap f :Files<CR>
nnoremap T :Tags<CR>
nnoremap t :BTags<CR>
nnoremap s :Ag<CR>

NOTE: these mappings override default Vim motions and actions because I don’t use them. It may be better for you to map it via leader key. Anyway, read the help on what these letters do by default and decide whether you want to override them.

These mappings invoke fzf command (more on this later) using a single key.

If I need to go to some function I just press t and got the list of tags of the current file. Not Ctrl-t, not Shift-t, just t. Combined with fzf fuzzy find it’s very powerful.

True colors in Vim

:help termguicolors

For years I’ve been using Vim in a terminal without knowing that I’ve been using 8-bit colorscheme. And it was actually ok because 256 colors is kinda enough.

It’s worth noting that I’m using my own colorscheme called tile. While tuning some of the colors I didn’t understand why I don’t see the difference and then I’ve read the help on syntax highlighting and realized that I want true colors in Vim.

Also, most of the colorschemes that you see in the wild, e.g. on are presented in the 24-bit colors. So you’ll be disappointed when you don’t see the same colors when you install the colorscheme in your Vim.

Also also, your terminal is almost certainly capable of displaying in True Color so why limit yourself to the 256?

It’s all boils down to the simple set termguicolors in your vimrc. This options simply enable true color for Vim. Here is the difference with my colorscheme:

Vim before termguicolors Vim after termguicolors

Search history

The last one is quick but so great that I even tweeted about it:

4. Tuning Vim to my workflow

All of the things above already boosted my productivity but Vim can do even better when you know what you want.

In my case, here was the list:

  • Working with projects (sessions)
  • Autocompletion
  • Quick file find by fzf
  • Quick search in files via ag (the_silver_searcher

runtimepath
source ~/.vimrc

to the .config/nvim/init.vim and use the ~/.vimrc for the configuration.

After that, let’s start digging into it.

What this gives you is the latest version of Neovim that’s not conflicting with anything and compatible with Vim.

2. Use Vim help

IMO, Vim help is the most underestimated feature of Vim. I haven’t used it until this revamp and, boy, what I’ve missed! So many useless searching, reading silly blogs and StackOverflow could be avoided if I’ve used the help system.

Vim help consists of 3.7 megabytes of text, half a million of words

$ wc neovim-0.3.4/runtime/doc/* | tail -n1
  90804  543942 3592651 total

Also, almost every plugin you install has its own help so these numbers are not final.

Vim help topics are comprehensive, detailed and cross-referenced. You may be overwhelmed at first because there is a lot of information here. But don’t be discouraged – it’s much much more efficient and useful to read and grasp comprehensive help topic than mindlessly searching for blog posts or StackOverflow. If you could only learn one thing from this post – please, learn to love the Vim help system.

Some tips that helped me.

  • :h patt then TAB to find help on the subject starting with patt
  • :h patt then Ctrl-D to find help on the subject containing patt
  • Vim help system is full of cross-references – you can jump back and forward just like with code by using Ctrl-] and Ctrl-T.

Or even better – read the :help help which is help on help!

Let’s look at the example, if you type :h word-m Vim will open help on word motions:

4. Word motions                     *word-motions*

<S-Right>   or                  *<S-Right>* *w*
w           [count] words forward.  |exclusive| motion.

<C-Right>   or                  *<C-Right>* *W*
W           [count] WORDS forward.  |exclusive| motion.

Here you can see the header Word motions, its tag word-motions that is used as a subject for :h command.

Next, you see the help itself describing word motions.

Note that there are some words that have some funky symbols around them or shown in different colors. Anything that doesn’t look like the plain text is a help topic by itself – you can jump into it by Ctrl-]. So in this example, we could find what is [count] or what is |exclusive| motion. And that’s enough for efficient using of Vim help.

Here are the things that I’ve found in Vim help:

  • I’ve configured statusline with the help of :h statusline. All the blog posts were just a waste of time.
  • :h ins-completion describes comprehensive builtin completion system. Now, I’m using Ctrl-X Ctrl-F to complete filenames in the current directory (useful to insert links in Markdown files). Also, whole line completion with Ctrl-X Ctrl-L is useful for editing data files.
  • :h window-moving taught me that you can move splits around, e.g. Ctrl-w H will move current window to the left (it will also convert vertical split to horizontal). Also, the whole :h windows.txt is amazing.

Finally, I recommend to everyone familiar with Vim to review :h quickref from time to time.

3. Use missed core features

After I’ve learned to use Vim help I started to discover things that I’ve missed but that was always there.

Remember to check the help for each thing in this list – I’ve conveniently supplied Vim help command and a link to online help.

Auto commands

:help autocmd

Auto commands allow you to tune Vim behavior based on filename or filetype. Basically, it executes Vim commands on events.

I use it to set correct filetype for some exotic files like this

autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.pp setfiletype ruby
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile alert.rules setfiletype yaml

Or to tune settings for particular filetype like this

autocmd FileType yaml set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2

Other editors required me to install full-blown extensions like Puppet extension or YAML extension but with Vim I keep things simple and lightweight.

Persistent undo

:help undo-persistence

This feature is so awesome yet none of the other editors have it.

It sounds simple – when you exit Vim your edit history is saved so you can open the file again 2 days later and undo the changes.

Edit history is an important part of your context so I think once you get used to it you couldn’t use any other editor without this feature.

To enable persistent undo I’ve done this:

set undodir=~/.vim/undodir
set undofile

:help 'clipboard'

This one is actually more of a hard fix than a feature.

Clipboard in Linux is a complicated story. All these buffers and selections don’t make things understandable. And Vim makes it even more complicated with its registers.

For years I had these mappings

" C-c and C-v - Copy/Paste to global clipboard
vmap <C-c> "+yi
imap <C-v> <esc>"+gpi

that makes Ctrl-c and Ctrl-v work.

But why use two-key combos when you can use a simple y and p for copying and pasting?

Turns out, you can make it work very nice by using this single setting:

set clipboard+=unnamed

It makes y and p copy and paste to the “global” buffer that is used by other apps like the browser.

:help mapping

What I like the most about Vim is that its normal mode allows you to use all keys for a command while others require to use some key combo based on modifier (Ctrl-o, Ctrl-s).

When you can use any key for a command it’s natural to use a single key shortcuts, e.g. p to paste the text.

And what is even more awesome is that you can map a key or a sequence of keys at your own will.

Here are my most used mappings:

nnoremap ; :Buffers<CR>
nnoremap f :Files<CR>
nnoremap T :Tags<CR>
nnoremap t :BTags<CR>
nnoremap s :Ag<CR>

NOTE: these mappings override default Vim motions and actions because I don’t use them. It may be better for you to map it via leader key. Anyway, read the help on what these letters do by default and decide whether you want to override them.

These mappings invoke fzf command (more on this later) using a single key.

If I need to go to some function I just press t and got the list of tags of the current file. Not Ctrl-t, not Shift-t, just t. Combined with fzf fuzzy find it’s very powerful.

True colors in Vim

:help termguicolors

For years I’ve been using Vim in a terminal without knowing that I’ve been using 8-bit colorscheme. And it was actually ok because 256 colors is kinda enough.

It’s worth noting that I’m using my own colorscheme called tile. While tuning some of the colors I didn’t understand why I don’t see the difference and then I’ve read the help on syntax highlighting and realized that I want true colors in Vim.

Also, most of the colorschemes that you see in the wild, e.g. on are presented in the 24-bit colors. So you’ll be disappointed when you don’t see the same colors when you install the colorscheme in your Vim.

Also also, your terminal is almost certainly capable of displaying in True Color so why limit yourself to the 256?

It’s all boils down to the simple set termguicolors in your vimrc. This options simply enable true color for Vim. Here is the difference with my colorscheme:

Vim before termguicolors Vim after termguicolors

Search history

The last one is quick but so great that I even tweeted about it:

4. Tuning Vim to my workflow

All of the things above already boosted my productivity but Vim can do even better when you know what you want.

In my case, here was the list:

  • Working with projects (sessions)
  • Autocompletion
  • Quick file find by fzf
  • Quick search in files via ag (the_silver_searcher)
  • Tag jumping using ctags index
  • Find usages via cscope


. If necessary, use a stamping die set to identify each cap so you can replace them in their exact location and position.<|endoftext|>10 Gifs That Will Remind You Why You Love “Goodfellas”

Drug dealers, informers and wiseguys… we love a mob movie. And one of the best mob movies of them all? Undoubtedly, Goodfellas. In honor of one of our favorite mafia flicks, here’s the 10 Goodfellas scenes we can’t forget. SundanceTV is airing Goodfellas, Wed, Aug. 24th at 7/6c. And for an extra dosage of the mob drama, stay tuned for the premiere of SundanceTV’s all new drama GOMORRAH Wednesday, Aug 24th at 10/9c.

1. Henry makes his mom cry when he becomes a wise guy:

2. Karen confronts Henry for cheating:

3. Paulie’s incredible garlic slicing skills:

4. Henry defends Karen’s honor:

5. Basically all of Tommy’s tantrums:

6. Tommy’s untimely assassination:

7. Tommy and Jimmy’s fatal beat down:

8. Jimmy’s murdering spree:

9. Henry’s rock bottom:

10. Jimmy discovers that Tommy got whacked:<|endoftext|>I’ve just read a great article over on the xequals+blog which supports how I’ve been working with my photos for a while now.

Their basic premise is that if you shoot in RAW and have Lightroom, then you shouldn’t really need to use Photoshop more than 10% of the time.

Lightroom is designed to adjust pixels in a non-destructive way… Photoshop is designed to manipulate pixels by altering and moving pixels in a rendered image. So in a sense, Lightroom output is as pristine as a print made directly from a frame of film while Photoshop output is like taking a retouching brush to the print.

Of course, as they point out, the first thing is to get the image captured in camera as perfectly as you can so you’re doing as few amends as possible.

xequals+blog: +10% photoshop<|endoftext|>According to genealogical research, my great-grandfather emigrated on the SS Coriolan in 1869 whose port of exit was Bremen. Records indicate that my great-grandfather was from the city of Margorin or Margorum, but I am unable to read the handwriting and unable to locate any city with a similar spelling in Prussia. Did such a city exist in Prussia at that time?

  • 4
    Can you post an image of the document? – fdb Dec 18 '16 at 19:24
  • 1
    1885 or 1869? The title differs from the question body. – John Dallman Dec 18 '16 at 20:25

Passagierlisten.de is a register of passenger list from the port in Bremen. While it does not have passenger lists from before 1900 (they were lost in WW2) it does feature a list of towns of origin, which amongst all others also includes Margonin.

One you know this exists one can simply look in up the Wikipedia entry for Margonin.

Margonin [marˈɡɔɲin] is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,941 inhabitants (2004). [...]

The area was included in the First Partition of Poland, at which time the area fell to Prussia, and was then part of the Grand Duchy of Posen until 1848, except for the Napoleonic period of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807 to 1815), and then part of the Prussian province of Posen until 1918

Since Posen used to be in the east of Prussia that's likely to be the one, and it does still exist as a small polish city of some 3000 people.

| improve this answer | |

I found a list of cities and towns in East Prussia. The closest I could find to your two examples is "Mohrungen", which now apparently is known as Morąg, Poland.

However, East Prussia in 1945 is pretty different from Prussia in 1869, and Morag is pretty far from Bremen. In 1869, I believe all the territory colored blue, green, and light blue, could be technically considered "Prussia".

enter image description here

| improve this answer | |
  • 4
    Morag is pretty far from Bremen - Bremen (or more exactly Bremerhaven) and Hamburg would have been port of departure for basically anybody who emigrated from Europe to the New World at the time (to the great chargrin of later German rulers there is a certain dearth of ports with access to the open sea in the area). So that by itself would not exclude Mohringen – user3769 Dec 18 '16 at 21:30
  • @EikePierstorff. If he was really from EAST Prussia he would have sailed from Königsburg or Danzig and not travelled all the way to Bremen. But, as I said, we really need to see the document. – fdb Dec 18 '16 at 23:03
  • 1
    @fdb Really? I'm not an expert, but I am not aware of emigration significant traffic from Königsberg or Danzig to the US, whereas Hamburg and Bremen processed some 13 mio emigrants between 1850 and 1930. If you look at passagierliste.de (the passenger lists from the Bremer City Archives, unfortunately the pre-1900 stuff was mostly lost in WW2) you will see that even people from Königsberg directly emigrated via Bremen. But I agree that we would need to see the document - it's probably written in some variant of Fraktur, so it would be easy to misread certain letters. – user3769 Dec 19 '16 at 8:13

Your Answer

<|endoftext|>Friday, June 29, 2018

1st Open House - TKGS - drafted on 28th May #lateposting#

Open houses are meant for visitors an access to a secondary school, tertiary school and learn more about it. Open houses provide students with a unique opportunity to get information so they can decide whether or not to apply to the school. In lil' one's case, she is only keen in this school. And honestly...... I pray really hard that she 梦想成真。Looking at her grades now...... she gotta work really hard for it.

Ideally, it's best to go to schools' OH when child is in Primary 5. Reason being, some schools hold their OH on the same day, and it's not really possible to go to 2 or 3 in a day. Some parents I heard are super kiasu - they bring their kids there in Primary 4.
But we didn't go any last year coz of her tuition. In che-che's time, we went RGS, (not that she was able to make it there but it was a good inspiration push for her to work harder) NYGH (I wanted to see the school and took the opportunity since I've got a pawn ticket - her!), Cedar (was her dream school. And I have to remind you that we or rather I told hubby if he wanted to find a new house, to get it somewhere along the NE line. What a stupid idea from me. In the end, she couldn't even make it there. Very sad, she was so confident.), PLMGS too when we went for the DSA talk. Lil' one was all so excited when I told her about TKGS OH [well she better make sure it's not 'dreaming  of the school' dream school]. Made a switch for her Math tuition to another day.

Saw so many familiar faces, a lot of KCP girls go over TKGS. Bumped into S, my long time friend and R, another KCP PV whose older daughter is in the school.

She was keen in their Badminton CCA. Lo and behold, practice is 3x a week!! I'm already grouching with che-che's twice a week Band CCA. The only CCA I checked with once a week is Girl Guides.
She played with the seniors and I'm quite impressed with this girl. Even though she aint that fantastic but she was better than what I expected. I expected her to play badly too coz' she was in slippers but she was still alright in the game.

With another tuition in the afternoon, we left the school at 12plus.

I sincerely hope after the visitation, she feels motivated to work even harder and not be so slackish in her answering techniques.
Or shall I be more gangho and buy her a set of uniform to hang it up? Haha! That's what I did..... I still have that Cedar Girls uniform nicely packed at home.

No comments:<|endoftext|>The pressure of the water increased when it flowed from the tank to the pipe because the pipe is narrower.<|endoftext|>If You Want This iOS Screen-Recording App You'd Better Hustle

By Gizmodo on at

xRec, which appeared in the iTunes store on Saturday, promises to record everything on your iPhone's screen — including apps that prohibit screengrabs. If you're into that sneaky kind of thing, you

 of the engine. Arrows on the caps should point to the front of the engine as well. If necessary, use a stamping die set to identify each cap so you can replace them in their exact location and position.<|endoftext|>10 Gifs That Will Remind You Why You Love “Goodfellas”

Drug dealers, informers and wiseguys… we love a mob movie. And one of the best mob movies of them all? Undoubtedly, Goodfellas. In honor of one of our favorite mafia flicks, here’s the 10 Goodfellas scenes we can’t forget. SundanceTV is airing Goodfellas, Wed, Aug. 24th at 7/6c. And for an extra dosage of the mob drama, stay tuned for the premiere of SundanceTV’s all new drama GOMORRAH Wednesday, Aug 24th at 10/9c.

1. Henry makes his mom cry when he becomes a wise guy:

2. Karen confronts Henry for cheating:

3. Paulie’s incredible garlic slicing skills:

4. Henry defends Karen’s honor:

5. Basically all of Tommy’s tantrums:

6. Tommy’s untimely assassination:

7. Tommy and Jimmy’s fatal beat down:

8. Jimmy’s murdering spree:

9. Henry’s rock bottom:

10. Jimmy discovers that Tommy got whacked:<|endoftext|>I’ve just read a great article over on the xequals+blog which supports how I’ve been working with my photos for a while now.

Their basic premise is that if you shoot in RAW and have Lightroom, then you shouldn’t really need to use Photoshop more than 10% of the time.

Lightroom is designed to adjust pixels in a non-destructive way… Photoshop is designed to manipulate pixels by altering and moving pixels in a rendered image. So in a sense, Lightroom output is as pristine as a print made directly from a frame of film while Photoshop output is like taking a retouching brush to the print.

Of course, as they point out, the first thing is to get the image captured in camera as perfectly as you can so you’re doing as few amends as possible.

xequals+blog: +10% photoshop<|endoftext|>According to genealogical research, my great-grandfather emigrated on the SS Coriolan in 1869 whose port of exit was Bremen. Records indicate that my great-grandfather was from the city of Margorin or Margorum, but I am unable to read the handwriting and unable to locate any city with a similar spelling in Prussia. Did such a city exist in Prussia at that time?

  • 4
    Can you post an image of the document? – fdb Dec 18 '16 at 19:24
  • 1
    1885 or 1869? The title differs from the question body. – John Dallman Dec 18 '16 at 20:25

Passagierlisten.de is a register of passenger list from the port in Bremen. While it does not have passenger lists from before 1900 (they were lost in WW2) it does feature a list of towns of origin, which amongst all others also includes Margonin.

One you know this exists one can simply look in up the Wikipedia entry for Margonin.

Margonin [marˈɡɔɲin] is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,941 inhabitants (2004). [...]

The area was included in the First Partition of Poland, at which time the area fell to Prussia, and was then part of the Grand Duchy of Posen until 1848, except for the Napoleonic period of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807 to 1815), and then part of the Prussian province of Posen until 1918

Since Posen used to be in the east of Prussia that's likely to be the one, and it does still exist as a small polish city of some 3000 people.

| improve this answer | |

I found a list of cities and towns in East Prussia. The closest I could find to your two examples is "Mohrungen", which now apparently is known as Morąg, Poland.

However, East Prussia in 1945 is pretty different from Prussia in 1869, and Morag is pretty far from Bremen. In 1869, I believe all the territory colored blue, green, and light blue, could be technically considered "Prussia".

enter image description here

| improve this answer | |
  • 4
    Morag is pretty far from Bremen - Bremen (or more exactly Bremerhaven) and Hamburg would have been port of departure for basically anybody who emigrated from Europe to the New World at the time (to the great chargrin of later German rulers there is a certain dearth of ports with access to the open sea in the area). So that by itself would not exclude Mohringen – user3769 Dec 18 '16 at 21:30
  • @EikePierstorff. If he was really from EAST Prussia he would have sailed from Königsburg or Danzig and not travelled all the way to Bremen. But, as I said, we really need to see the document. – fdb Dec 18 '16 at 23:03
  • 1
    @fdb Really? I'm not an expert, but I am not aware of emigration significant traffic from Königsberg or Danzig to the US, whereas Hamburg and Bremen processed some 13 mio emigrants between 1850 and 1930. If you look at passagierliste.de (the passenger lists from the Bremer City Archives, unfortunately the pre-1900 stuff was mostly lost in WW2) you will see that even people from Königsberg directly emigrated via Bremen. But I agree that we would need to see the document - it's probably written in some variant of Fraktur, so it would be easy to misread certain letters. – user3769 Dec 19 '16 at 8:13

Your Answer

<|endoftext|>Friday, June 29, 2018

1st Open House - TKGS - drafted on 28th May #lateposting#

Open houses are meant for visitors an access to a secondary school, tertiary school and learn more about it. Open houses provide students with a unique opportunity to get information so they can decide whether or not to apply to the school. In lil' one's case, she is only keen in this school. And honestly...... I pray really hard that she 梦想成真。Looking at her grades now...... she gotta work really hard for it.

Ideally, it's best to go to schools' OH when child is in Primary 5. Reason being, some schools hold their OH on the same day, and it's not really possible to go to 2 or 3 in a day. Some parents I heard are super kiasu - they bring their kids there in Primary 4.
But we didn't go any last year coz of her tuition. In che-che's time, we went RGS, (not that she was able to make it there but it was a good inspiration push for her to work harder) NYGH (I wanted to see the school and took the opportunity since I've got a pawn ticket - her!), Cedar (was her dream school. And I have to remind you that we or rather I told hubby if he wanted to find a new house, to get it somewhere along the NE line. What a stupid idea from me. In the end, she couldn't even make it there. Very sad, she was so confident.), PLMGS too when we went for the DSA talk. Lil' one was all so excited when I told her about TKGS OH [well she better make sure it's not 'dreaming  of the school' dream school]. Made a switch for her Math tuition to another day.

Saw so many familiar faces, a lot of KCP girls go over TKGS. Bumped into S, my long time friend and R, another KCP PV whose older daughter is in the school.

She was keen in their Badminton CCA. Lo and behold, practice is 3x a week!! I'm already grouching with che-che's twice a week Band CCA. The only CCA I checked with once a week is Girl Guides.
She played with the seniors and I'm quite impressed with this girl. Even though she aint that fantastic but she was better than what I expected. I expected her to play badly too coz' she was in slippers but she was still alright in the game.

With another tuition in the afternoon, we left the school at 12plus.

I sincerely hope after the visitation, she feels motivated to work even harder and not be so slackish in her answering techniques.
Or shall I be more gangho and buy her a set of uniform to hang it up? Haha! That's what I did..... I still have that Cedar Girls uniform nicely packed at home.

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"It's not just Apple, it's the whole handset sector that has trouble and Apple is the king of the sector," he says. "The biggest problem is commoditization…what you have in your pocket is a small computer and it's not normal for computers to have 60 percent gross margins -- or even 50 percent."

Zabitsky says that while his $260 price target for the company is bearish, he's not calling the end of Apple.

"This is not a death of Apple call…but the point is that you can't make 60 percent margins in an open ecosystem," he says. "Watch what happened to the computer makers as things opened up, the server vendors, their gross margins went down and the PC vendors, their gross margins went down. You're seeing the same thing [in the handset sector]."
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Unit 4: Set 5: The Private Lives of Teenagers - Activity 1

  1. Research:  Use the internet to find out more about the movies and books that Dorry and his friends enjoyed.  Do you have Tarzan books in your library?  Read one to see if you can re-capture Dorry’s excitement over Edgar Rice Burrough’s series.
  1. Research:  Find out if there are historic diaries available in your town.  Does your library or historical society have any old diaries?  Did your parents or grandparents keep a diary?  What did they write about?  Was the diary important to them?
  1. Keep a diary for a month.  Compare it to Mae Roberts’ or Dorry Shaw’s diary.  Do you have the same interests or do you see a big difference in the things that interest you and the things that interested them?
  1. Discussion:  Historians consider diaries to be a significant source of information on social life, political events, and personal perspectives on past events.  Many of the diaries that are found in archives were donated by the author, but many others were donated many years after the author’s death by family members.  Do historians violate the privacy of these individuals, or does the value of the diaries as sources of information about the past outweigh consideration for the diarist?

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For the next three years, everyone went into a closed state again.Zhu hengyu also smoking and hypertension pathophysiology needs a period of time to think about the strategies and tactics of team trials.

The first is to sacrifice the dinghai divine pearl then, the five color glory soared into the sky under the cover of the five color glory, the dinghai divine pearl flew over and smashed the target but this deep sea mad shark is usually in a virtual state.

The logic that originally took a long time to turn out can now be analyzed in an instant.

Since meeting, she had not even looked at zhu hengyu.Facing these two guys, zhu hengyu was really speechless.Although dao was incarnated and appointed him as the team leader, as soon as they met, ning and tao yaoyao informed zhu hengyu.

I really can not bear to see the people of the golden eagle clan displaced.I really can not bear to see the .

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people of the golden eagle clan implicated, retaliated by major how to reduce high blood pressure in pregnancy forces, and killed.

This jade plate is only one step away from being smashed to pieces.Worse yet, it would be turned into powder.Zhu hengyu really can not understand.This jade plate is broken like this, why should it be presented as a prize zhu hengyu opened his mouth and was about to open his mouth to use the third replacement right.

It is definitely more difficult to kill lingyu battle physique.But on the other hand, it is not so easy for lingyu battle body to defeat other saints.

Hearing zhu hengyu is words, jin lan suddenly gasped.He wanted to refute him, but he had nothing to say.He could not do anything about the demon king hengyu, so he aimed at his woman.

The asking price of 3 billion holy crystals is absolutely sold in an instant.

It turned out to be an absolute dead end.Although zhu hengyu is idea is not that no one has thought about it, in fact, no one has ever tried to do it.

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  2. high blood pressure symptoms and remedies——So much essence, this is simply impossible to digest thirty million demon swordsmen, all opened to absorb.
  3. activated charcoal does it lower blood pressure——Hearing zhu hengyu is words, xuan ce laughed again.After a while, xuan ce calmed down his laughter.There is no absolute in this world.Although holy demons are two ultimate powers that are opposite to each other, they cannot be controlled by the same person.
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With a helpless sigh, zhu essential hypertension in pregnancy definition hengyu turned his head and looked at the sea clam ancestor.

Zhu hengyu finally ended the discussion with xuantian dharma body.Through the chaos altar, zhu hengyu returned to yunding city again.Standing on the teleportation formation of yundian city, zhu hengyu does diarrhea lower blood pressure could not help but hypertension manifestations sigh.

Therefore, regardless of whether he is willing or not, zhu hengyu can only divide the four queens into two ideas to lower blood pressure groups.

These two girls, although they are at fault, the fault is not entirely on them.

There is no need to run from north to west, to find a suitable dharma body.These three hundred and sixty sword sports drinks high blood pressure feather clan is best mudra for high blood pressure legal bodies are the most suitable.

Looking at zhu hengyu obsessively, sun .

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The eight saints suddenly lowered their heads

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"It's not just Apple, it's the whole handset sector that has trouble and Apple is the king of the sector," he says. "The biggest problem is commoditization…what you have in your pocket is a small computer and it's not normal for computers to have 60 percent gross margins -- or even 50 percent."

Zabitsky says that while his $260 price target for the company is bearish, he's not calling the end of Apple.

"This is not a death of Apple call…but the point is that you can't make 60 percent margins in an open ecosystem," he says. "Watch what happened to the computer makers as things opened up, the server vendors, their gross margins went down and the PC vendors, their gross margins went down. You're seeing the same thing [in the handset sector]."
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Unit 4: Set 5: The Private Lives of Teenagers - Activity 1

  1. Research:  Use the internet to find out more about the movies and books that Dorry and his friends enjoyed.  Do you have Tarzan books in your library?  Read one to see if you can re-capture Dorry’s excitement over Edgar Rice Burrough’s series.
  1. Research:  Find out if there are historic diaries available in your town.  Does your library or historical society have any old diaries?  Did your parents or grandparents keep a diary?  What did they write about?  Was the diary important to them?
  1. Keep a diary for a month.  Compare it to Mae Roberts’ or Dorry Shaw’s diary.  Do you have the same interests or do you see a big difference in the things that interest you and the things that interested them?
  1. Discussion:  Historians consider diaries to be a significant source of information on social life, political events, and personal perspectives on past events.  Many of the diaries that are found in archives were donated by the author, but many others were donated many years after the author’s death by family members.  Do historians violate the privacy of these individuals, or does the value of the diaries as sources of information about the past outweigh consideration for the diarist?

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Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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fax: (701) 328-3710<|endoftext|>Sports Drinks High Blood Pressure [Hypertension Remedies]

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The ninth rank regeneration will basically not be solved by soldiers.As for fairy clam is choice, it is also extremely perfect, which can be called heaven defying if it is said that the nature of the ancestor of the octopus is selfish.

For the next three years, everyone went into a closed state again.Zhu hengyu also smoking and hypertension pathophysiology needs a period of time to think about the strategies and tactics of team trials.

The first is to sacrifice the dinghai divine pearl then, the five color glory soared into the sky under the cover of the five color glory, the dinghai divine pearl flew over and smashed the target but this deep sea mad shark is usually in a virtual state.

The logic that originally took a long time to turn out can now be analyzed in an instant.

Since meeting, she had not even looked at zhu hengyu.Facing these two guys, zhu hengyu was really speechless.Although dao was incarnated and appointed him as the team leader, as soon as they met, ning and tao yaoyao informed zhu hengyu.

I really can not bear to see the people of the golden eagle clan displaced.I really can not bear to see the .

1.What are the causes of ocular hypertension

people of the golden eagle clan implicated, retaliated by major how to reduce high blood pressure in pregnancy forces, and killed.

This jade plate is only one step away from being smashed to pieces.Worse yet, it would be turned into powder.Zhu hengyu really can not understand.This jade plate is broken like this, why should it be presented as a prize zhu hengyu opened his mouth and was about to open his mouth to use the third replacement right.

It is definitely more difficult to kill lingyu battle physique.But on the other hand, it is not so easy for lingyu battle body to defeat other saints.

Hearing zhu hengyu is words, jin lan suddenly gasped.He wanted to refute him, but he had nothing to say.He could not do anything about the demon king hengyu, so he aimed at his woman.

The asking price of 3 billion holy crystals is absolutely sold in an instant.

It turned out to be an absolute dead end.Although zhu hengyu is idea is not that no one has thought about it, in fact, no one has ever tried to do it.

Enough to crush the vast majority of the reducing high cholesterol without medication holy.The monks who are accidentally took double dose of blood pressure medicine also the great holy land.The strongest great sage can kill the weakest great sage in seconds.Also a monk in the holy land.The strongest holy, can kill the weakest holy.The practice of both is endless.If you think that there is no holy spirit in the 20th order honkai war battlefield, you can .

Canmaca lower blood pressure

  1. can diet coke increase blood pressure——Even if zhu hengyu is the devil king.But if his clone is really inferior to his generals, he can only guard the upper purgatory in order.
  2. high blood pressure symptoms and remedies——So much essence, this is simply impossible to digest thirty million demon swordsmen, all opened to absorb.
  3. activated charcoal does it lower blood pressure——Hearing zhu hengyu is words, xuan ce laughed again.After a while, xuan ce calmed down his laughter.There is no absolute in this world.Although holy demons are two ultimate powers that are opposite to each other, they cannot be controlled by the same person.
  4. chinese medicine to lower blood pressure——She has become an unforgivable sinner.From the perspective of shui liuxiang.As long as chu xingyun natural cures for hypertension is killed, the demon race will be nothing to worry about.

do whatever you want.

While zhu hengyu hesitated.The ancestor of the octopus quietly leaned over.Dancing with eight tentacles, the octopus ancestor coveted and looked at the taixu fang in zhu hengyu is hand.

With a helpless sigh, zhu essential hypertension in pregnancy definition hengyu turned his head and looked at the sea clam ancestor.

Zhu hengyu finally ended the discussion with xuantian dharma body.Through the chaos altar, zhu hengyu returned to yunding city again.Standing on the teleportation formation of yundian city, zhu hengyu does diarrhea lower blood pressure could not help but hypertension manifestations sigh.

Therefore, regardless of whether he is willing or not, zhu hengyu can only divide the four queens into two ideas to lower blood pressure groups.

These two girls, although they are at fault, the fault is not entirely on them.

There is no need to run from north to west, to find a suitable dharma body.These three hundred and sixty sword sports drinks high blood pressure feather clan is best mudra for high blood pressure legal bodies are the most suitable.

Looking at zhu hengyu obsessively, sun .

2.How to lower blood pressure natural remedy

can you cure high blood pressure naturally meiren said shyly and joyfully do you like the way I am now zhu hengyu nodded decisively.

The eight saints suddenly lowered their heads and pondered.After a little thought, everyone frowned at the same time.Especially


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If you need some ideas on more ways to reach out, check out this list of 52 random acts of kindness (that’s one for each week of 2014); not all apply, but many of them do.

Keep yourself accountable

After you settle on your career resolutions, you need to act on them. A good way to stay o track is to share the resolutions with your friends, family and support network. Ask them to help keep you accountable, and to cheer you on as you go. Now you’re on your way to making 2014 a year full of career success.

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How is it that drafting a career development plan became part of the “Wish I Didn’t Have To Do” list? Is it because in many large organizations the task is lumped in with (often onerous) annual performance reviews? It’s too bad they’ve become an unpleasant chore for so many workers because they’re actually a very useful tool for focusing in on and honing the skills you need to acquire to advance your career.

3 steps for creating a career development plan

Creating an actionable career development plan can be broken down into 3 distinct steps:

  • Step 1: Define your career goals
  • Step 2: Identify your strengths and areas for improvement
  • Step 3: Map development goals to specific, measurable activities

You don’t need to wait for your annual performance review cycle to get started (although it’s helpful to have your most recent review in hand). You only need to have the motivation to start working on developing yourself and advancing your career.

Career Goals

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

[EoK] 1d8 Characters, part 1

Filler time! The Legacy System update is almost finished, but it needs some more tinkering... so in the meantime, here's a collection of ideas for random 1d8 characters I wrote up in my spare time for the Ethernet of Keys. Most of them will have Japanese names, because of one of my EoK games taking place in Tokyo.

1. Jarvis Witch Hunter Nakasai. Jarvis is a half-british soldier on a quest to rid the world of magical influence. He is usually determined, silent and calm, acting as if he had a plan every time something goes wrong. He is very good at spotting anyone with an arcane call, and evaluates based on his own judgment whether they should be removed from the society completely, or whether they just need to be 'purified' by an invention he inherited.
Legacy Traits: +2 Con, +1 Str, Athletic, Climber, Poison Resistant
Class: Fighter (Champion)
Background: Discovery (how to tell magic apart, and the purification)

2. Hikaru Honue. Having power over lights and electricity, Hikaru has been working for a secret hacker organization d15c0da (Discoda) for the most part of her life. Although she is not as technologically skilled as her twin brother Masama, she was trained for other kinds of jobs her twin can't really do. Her arcane calls give her some powers over lights and electricity, and her dominant traits would definitely have to be her flexibility and the natural charm with her optimistic attitude.
Legacy Traits: +1 Dex, +1 Con, +1 Cha, Climber, Electric Ardor, Light Bringer
Class: Rogue (Swashbuckler)
Background: Black Market Contract

3. Masama Honue. An ordinary worker turned into a hacker after leaving the (TL) company due to revelations he made with help from his twin Hikaru. He is naturally curious and can't resist coming up with solutions for any problem he encounters or is told about. He has an arcane call, having some control over the electricity, but also an ability to project images onto other surfaces through minor magic.
Legacy Traits: +2 Int, +1 Con, Amateur Craftsman, Electric Ardor, Uncanny Projector
Class: Inventor (Hacker's Clique)
Background: Researcher

4. Shunto Ichirou. Shunto was a rising star in the martial arts world, with many commenting on his incredibly quick movements. However, he became a fan favorite not through winning, but through his off-screen persona, that of a fast-paced daredevil, always on the move with the fastest cars, fastest women, fastest everything. Shunto’s life is speed. But, if his ties to the Razors gang were to be brought to light, even as he works with them unwillingly, his fans would undoubtedly leave him at a speed that would make even his head reel, and his career would be over.
Legacy Traits: +2 Dex, +1 Con, Quick, Skilled (Athletics + English), Sprinter
Class: Monk (Way of Drunken Master)
Background: Authority
Note: Thanks to Bawdy for helping me rewrite Shunto, making his story flow much better than before!

5. Shigo. She has overcome the death at a great cost. She forgot her life and tries to remember as much of it as she can. Until then, she got used to calling herself and being called Shigo. The only times she feels emotions is when it is something that relates to her past she's seeking to this very day. Over time, Shigo has realized her knowledge and memories are not completely gone, she just needs to be in the right situation to recall them.
Legacy Traits: +2 Int, +1 Con, Grim Fate, Poison Resistant, Nightly Eyes
Class: Scholar (Philosopher)
Background: Immortal

6. Mari Nakamiya. Ever since she has stolen a magical ceramic watch from the fairy shrine, she has been afflicted by a curse  whenever she touches the iron or steel with her bare skin, it burns her as much as a fire would. She thinks the watch is worth the price, but looks for a way to get rid of her curse. Determined, secretive, and avoiding those wretched metals at all costs, she wanders the world seeking someone who could help her.
Legacy Traits: +2 Str, +1 Cha, Savage Might, Skilled (Arcana, sylvan), Swimmer
Class: Pugilist (Square Circle)
Background: Discovery (the magical watch)

7. Junko Kurobe. Junko is a woman leading double life. One of her lives is a well hidden ordinary job done during the day, but through an elaborate disguise, she's able to lead a nightlife where she acts as the Rouge Cardomancer. Dressed in pinks and purples, and being fabulous, in her Rouge role she gets to do everything she represses during the day by robbing people of their money through various card tricks, well-placed bets and occasionally through cons that involve assistants too.
Legacy Traits: +1 Str, +1 Dex, +1 Int, Skilled (Insight, playing cards), Magical Trickster, Telekinesist
Class: Warmage (House of Cards)
Background: False Identity

8. Hiro Nisan. Ever since he found oil and became a billionaire, he grew more and more bored. And boredom leads to experimentation. He has his own company, and uses it to fuel his various hobby, seemingly a new one every week. Proud, hard to entertain and smug, Hiro is one of the most well-known people in the country. He is also obsessed with the numbers 16 and 23 due to his name translating into them through Japanese wordplay.
Legacy Traits: ???
Class: Warden (???)
Background: Authority, ???

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The Cursed Queens Compendium, v1

For quite a while now, I wanted to rework my original warlock patron, the Seven-cursed Queen Arcadia. I've given it good amount of thinking, and came to a conclusion: Why should it be just Arcadia? How could the things have been if she was not to win? Answers to these questions brought me more questions, which were like a pair of tickets for what was the best thought train I've ridden in a long time.

Reddit link
GMBinder link
Google Drive link

Originally, The Seven-Cursed Queen patron was too long and unwieldy for most people to really pay attention to, so I've split her up into six patrons. Eventually I plan to work out dynamic stat blocks for all of the queens so that this can be played out by a DM and players.

Design Notes

Since there's a ton of stuff

 current or former colleague you don’t see very often. Drop someone an email w/a link to an interesting article you read that made you think of them. Follow them on social media and share their blog posts. There are many small ways to reach out that don’t take much time but still make a significant impact.

If you need some ideas on more ways to reach out, check out this list of 52 random acts of kindness (that’s one for each week of 2014); not all apply, but many of them do.

Keep yourself accountable

After you settle on your career resolutions, you need to act on them. A good way to stay o track is to share the resolutions with your friends, family and support network. Ask them to help keep you accountable, and to cheer you on as you go. Now you’re on your way to making 2014 a year full of career success.

Ready to Take Your Job to the Next Level? Create a Career Development Plan

Career Development Plan(Updated October 2017)

How is it that drafting a career development plan became part of the “Wish I Didn’t Have To Do” list? Is it because in many large organizations the task is lumped in with (often onerous) annual performance reviews? It’s too bad they’ve become an unpleasant chore for so many workers because they’re actually a very useful tool for focusing in on and honing the skills you need to acquire to advance your career.

3 steps for creating a career development plan

Creating an actionable career development plan can be broken down into 3 distinct steps:

  • Step 1: Define your career goals
  • Step 2: Identify your strengths and areas for improvement
  • Step 3: Map development goals to specific, measurable activities

You don’t need to wait for your annual performance review cycle to get started (although it’s helpful to have your most recent review in hand). You only need to have the motivation to start working on developing yourself and advancing your career.

Career Goals

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

[EoK] 1d8 Characters, part 1

Filler time! The Legacy System update is almost finished, but it needs some more tinkering... so in the meantime, here's a collection of ideas for random 1d8 characters I wrote up in my spare time for the Ethernet of Keys. Most of them will have Japanese names, because of one of my EoK games taking place in Tokyo.

1. Jarvis Witch Hunter Nakasai. Jarvis is a half-british soldier on a quest to rid the world of magical influence. He is usually determined, silent and calm, acting as if he had a plan every time something goes wrong. He is very good at spotting anyone with an arcane call, and evaluates based on his own judgment whether they should be removed from the society completely, or whether they just need to be 'purified' by an invention he inherited.
Legacy Traits: +2 Con, +1 Str, Athletic, Climber, Poison Resistant
Class: Fighter (Champion)
Background: Discovery (how to tell magic apart, and the purification)

2. Hikaru Honue. Having power over lights and electricity, Hikaru has been working for a secret hacker organization d15c0da (Discoda) for the most part of her life. Although she is not as technologically skilled as her twin brother Masama, she was trained for other kinds of jobs her twin can't really do. Her arcane calls give her some powers over lights and electricity, and her dominant traits would definitely have to be her flexibility and the natural charm with her optimistic attitude.
Legacy Traits: +1 Dex, +1 Con, +1 Cha, Climber, Electric Ardor, Light Bringer
Class: Rogue (Swashbuckler)
Background: Black Market Contract

3. Masama Honue. An ordinary worker turned into a hacker after leaving the (TL) company due to revelations he made with help from his twin Hikaru. He is naturally curious and can't resist coming up with solutions for any problem he encounters or is told about. He has an arcane call, having some control over the electricity, but also an ability to project images onto other surfaces through minor magic.
Legacy Traits: +2 Int, +1 Con, Amateur Craftsman, Electric Ardor, Uncanny Projector
Class: Inventor (Hacker's Clique)
Background: Researcher

4. Shunto Ichirou. Shunto was a rising star in the martial arts world, with many commenting on his incredibly quick movements. However, he became a fan favorite not through winning, but through his off-screen persona, that of a fast-paced daredevil, always on the move with the fastest cars, fastest women, fastest everything. Shunto’s life is speed. But, if his ties to the Razors gang were to be brought to light, even as he works with them unwillingly, his fans would undoubtedly leave him at a speed that would make even his head reel, and his career would be over.
Legacy Traits: +2 Dex, +1 Con, Quick, Skilled (Athletics + English), Sprinter
Class: Monk (Way of Drunken Master)
Background: Authority
Note: Thanks to Bawdy for helping me rewrite Shunto, making his story flow much better than before!

5. Shigo. She has overcome the death at a great cost. She forgot her life and tries to remember as much of it as she can. Until then, she got used to calling herself and being called Shigo. The only times she feels emotions is when it is something that relates to her past she's seeking to this very day. Over time, Shigo has realized her knowledge and memories are not completely gone, she just needs to be in the right situation to recall them.
Legacy Traits: +2 Int, +1 Con, Grim Fate, Poison Resistant, Nightly Eyes
Class: Scholar (Philosopher)
Background: Immortal

6. Mari Nakamiya. Ever since she has stolen a magical ceramic watch from the fairy shrine, she has been afflicted by a curse  whenever she touches the iron or steel with her bare skin, it burns her as much as a fire would. She thinks the watch is worth the price, but looks for a way to get rid of her curse. Determined, secretive, and avoiding those wretched metals at all costs, she wanders the world seeking someone who could help her.
Legacy Traits: +2 Str, +1 Cha, Savage Might, Skilled (Arcana, sylvan), Swimmer
Class: Pugilist (Square Circle)
Background: Discovery (the magical watch)

7. Junko Kurobe. Junko is a woman leading double life. One of her lives is a well hidden ordinary job done during the day, but through an elaborate disguise, she's able to lead a nightlife where she acts as the Rouge Cardomancer. Dressed in pinks and purples, and being fabulous, in her Rouge role she gets to do everything she represses during the day by robbing people of their money through various card tricks, well-placed bets and occasionally through cons that involve assistants too.
Legacy Traits: +1 Str, +1 Dex, +1 Int, Skilled (Insight, playing cards), Magical Trickster, Telekinesist
Class: Warmage (House of Cards)
Background: False Identity

8. Hiro Nisan. Ever since he found oil and became a billionaire, he grew more and more bored. And boredom leads to experimentation. He has his own company, and uses it to fuel his various hobby, seemingly a new one every week. Proud, hard to entertain and smug, Hiro is one of the most well-known people in the country. He is also obsessed with the numbers 16 and 23 due to his name translating into them through Japanese wordplay.
Legacy Traits: ???
Class: Warden (???)
Background: Authority, ???

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The Cursed Queens Compendium, v1

For quite a while now, I wanted to rework my original warlock patron, the Seven-cursed Queen Arcadia. I've given it good amount of thinking, and came to a conclusion: Why should it be just Arcadia? How could the things have been if she was not to win? Answers to these questions brought me more questions, which were like a pair of tickets for what was the best thought train I've ridden in a long time.

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Originally, The Seven-Cursed Queen patron was too long and unwieldy for most people to really pay attention to, so I've split her up into six patrons. Eventually I plan to work out dynamic stat blocks for all of the queens so that this can be played out by a DM and players.

Design Notes

Since there's a ton of stuff, I will only address the parts that cause me concerns:
  • Some of the ribbons given out from the winning queen,