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import generateAllThemes from "./generateAllThemes";

const colorSchemes = [
  {
    metadata: {
      colorSchemeName: "Red",
      colorSchemeId: "hig-red-scheme",
      className: "my-red-scheme",
    },
    unresolvedRoles: {
      "basics.colors.red": { value: "#ff0000", metadata: { deprecated: true } },
      "colorScheme.reference.accent": { value: { ref: "basics.colors.red" } },
    },
  },
  {
    metadata: {
      colorSchemeName: "Blue",
      colorSchemeId: "hig-blue-scheme",
      className: "my-blue-scheme",
    },
    unresolvedRoles: {
      "basics.colors.blue": { value: "#0000ff" },
      "colorScheme.reference.accent": { value: { ref: "basics.colors.blue" } },
    },
  },
];

const densities = [
  {
    metadata: {
      densityId: "high-density",
      densityName: "High density",
    },
    unresolvedRoles: {
      "density.textSize": {
        value: "10px",
        metadata: {
          deprecated: {
            equivalent: "density.base.textSize",
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  {
    metadata: {
      densityId: "low-density",
      densityName: "Low density",
    },
    unresolvedRoles: {
      "density.textSize": {
        value: "16px",
      },
    },
  },
];

describe("generateAllThemes", () => {
  let result;

  beforeAll(() => {
    result = generateAllThemes(colorSchemes, densities);
  });

  it("combines each color scheme and density", () => {
    expect(result.length).toEqual(4);
  });

  describe("a theme", () => {
    let redHighDensityTheme;
    beforeAll(() => {
      [redHighDensityTheme] = result;
    });

    describe("metadata", () => {
      [
        ["fileName", "redHighDensityTheme"],
        ["name", "Red, High density"],
        ["id", "hig-red-scheme-high-density"],
        ["colorSchemeName", "Red"],
        ["colorSchemeId", "hig-red-scheme"],
        ["densityName", "High density"],
        ["densityId", "high-density"],
        ["className", "my-red-scheme"],
        [
          "__deprecated__",
          {
            "basics.colors.red": true,
            "density.textSize": { equivalent: "density.base.textSize" },
          },
        ],
      ].forEach(([property, value]) => {
        it(`includes ${property}`, () => {
          expect(redHighDensityTheme.metadata).toHaveProperty(property, value);
        });
      });
    });

    it("has unresolvedRoles", () => {
      expect(redHighDensityTheme.unresolvedRoles).toBeDefined();
      expect(
        redHighDensityTheme.unresolvedRoles["colorScheme.reference.accent"]
      ).toHaveProperty("value", { ref: "basics.colors.red" });
    });

    it("has resolvedRoles", () => {
      expect(redHighDensityTheme.resolvedRoles).toBeDefined();
      expect(
        redHighDensityTheme.resolvedRoles["colorScheme.reference.accent"]
      ).toEqual("#ff0000");
    });
  });
});

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Radeon RX 6500 XT deliberately misplaces digital currencies
AMD will start selling its latest low-cost graphics card, the Radeon RX 6500 XT, from January 19, 2022 (January 29, 1400). The retail price of this graphics card is $ 199. Last year, the persistent shortage of graphics cards in the market as a result of over-purchasing of digital currency extractors caused the prices of these products to differ from the prices announced by the manufacturers.
To solve this problem, AMD has designed the Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card in a way that is intentionally less appealing to minors while meeting users' expectations of a beginner graphics card.
Laura Smith, AMD vice president explained at a press conference how to optimize the Radeon RX 6500 XT for gaming:
We have designed this graphics card for gamers to use. The Radeon RX 6500 XT is configured to run even AAA games with a 4GB frame buffer; But it does not have much interest in doing activities related to blockchains.
AAA Games An unofficial ranking to show that the game was published by a large publisher and most likely had a large development and advertising budget.
According to arstechnica and according to the specifications of 6500 XT, this graphics card is different from its previous generation (RX 5500 XT). The Radeon RX 6500 XT does not have an 8GB version and uses a 64-bit memory interface, which is very rare in today's graphics cards.
These two differences alone are enough to dissuade miners from using this graphics card to extract cryptography such as Atrium; Because extraction of atrium requires more than 4 GB of RAM and high bandwidth.
AMD has increased the number of cycles or revolutions per second of the RX 6500 XT to compensate for the slow memory of this graphics card and to help it compete with the RX 570 class graphics cards. The maximum boost frequency of this graphics card is 2,815 MHz, which is equal to 1,845 MHz on the RX 5500 XT and 2,250 MHz on a higher-end graphics card such as the 6900 XT.
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Stable version of Android 12 released for Galaxy A52, S10 Lite, S20 FE 4G and A72
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The Lies Women Tell Their Doctors
"I don't smoke." "I exercise regularly." "Yeah, I floss." If you've ever looked into your doctor's eyes and told her a half-truth — or even an outright falsehood — join the club. But those little health fibs can have serious consequences: Your dishonesty may keep your doctor from preventing heart attacks, pregnancy complications, even cancer. Read on to learn why it's worth it to come clean.
By Norine Dworkin-McDaniel Published: Sep 25, 2008
It's normal to fib about some things. "So sorry we won't make the potluck — can't find a sitter." You promise your mother you'll call. But the one person you should never, ever lie to is your doctor. Yet we do. All the time. A national survey recently revealed that 52 percent of women routinely stretch the truth when they talk to their doctors — exaggerating how much exercise they get, lowballing how much they smoke or drink, even hiding sexual behavior. We lie, mainly, because we know we're not being as dedicated as we should and we don't want to feel judged or endure a lecture we've heard before. (Hey, we're not stupid. Lazy, perhaps, but not stupid!)
Other lies just...slip out. It can be hard in a short visit to bring up behavior we might be ashamed of (even if there's no reason to be — docs have seen and heard it all before, and worse). We figure, what's the harm in omitting a few minor details — like that STD we had in college, or that one time we forgot to take our birth control?
In fact, more than a quarter of the women in the survey didn't believe their lies were a big deal. But lying to the one person who really needs to know the truth — and is bound by doctor/patient privilege and federal law to keep that info private — can be a very big deal. When you tell even a fib, your doctor can't diagnose you correctly, which wastes your time and money and may keep her from giving treatment that could save your life. So the next time you're tempted to make like Pinocchio with one of the following falsehoods, here's the truth about why you should tell nothing but.
THE LIE: "Of course I floss!"
"When I was in practice, I heard this lie every day," laughs Paula Jones, D.D.S., now president of the Academy of General Dentistry. "I'd ask, 'How often?'" And the truth would start to come out. "They'd say, 'Oh, a couple of times a week' or 'I only do this one tooth where food gets caught.'"
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: Neglecting to floss leads directly to tooth decay, gum inflammation, and gum disease — and a growing body of research suggests that gum disease may contribute to cardiovascular disease. Some studies also suggest a link between gum disease and a life-threatening pregnancy complication called preeclampsia. If you cop to being a non-flosser, your dentist can make doubly sure to watch for and help you prevent these dangerous conditions.
THE LIE: "I've never had an STD."
"Many women are embarrassed about having had a sexually transmitted disease," says Dimino. Jessica, 37, never let on that she'd had chlamydia and HPV in college because she was afraid she'd be denied health insurance when setting up her own business. But she also believed it wasn't anyone else's affair. "My feeling was: That was then; it's taken care of, so they don't need to know," says the Littleton, CO, Web designer.
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: The ghosts of STDs past can come back to haunt you later. Hiding that you had HPV may put you at higher risk for cervical cancer if your gyno doesn't think you need annual Pap tests. Keeping quiet may also put you at risk for pregnancy complications. For instance, if your doctor knows you've had gonorrhea or chlamydia — especially if you also developed pelvic inflammatory disease — she'll watch more carefully for ectopic pregnancy, since both can scar the fallopian tubes, preventing a fertilized egg from reaching the uterus. And telling your ob that you have genital herpes when you're pregnant may help you avoid a predelivery flare-up — and a C-section as a result. "If you tell me you have it, even if your last flare-up was ages ago, I can put you on medication to suppress an outbreak before delivery," says Dimino.
THE LIE: "I'm not a big drinker."
Doctors have an unspoken rule: Whatever you tell them you drink, they double it. "Lots of women claim, 'I drink once a week,'" says Rakhi Dimino, M.D., an ob/gyn at the Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston. "But then they drink six or seven cocktails in an evening."
"I always lie about drinking," admits Amanda, 33, an entertainment coordinator from Orlando, FL. "My doctor prescribed me the antidepressant Zoloft and told me not to drink any alcohol while taking it. Then I went to a wine tasting and drank anyway." That night, she awoke in a cold sweat with heart palpitations. "At the emergency room, the doctor asked me which drugs I was on. When I said Zoloft, he asked if I'd taken any drugs or drunk any alcohol. I flat-out lied and said that I'd had not a drop."
The ER staff tried to sleuth out what else could be making Amanda ill; then her blood alcohol test came back. "The doctor said, 'The test shows you've been drinking, and this is a common reaction with Zoloft and alcohol.' He told me that I would have saved a lot of time and money if I'd been honest. I didn't say a thing. I just wanted to get out of there with my tail between my legs."
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: Drug and alcohol interactions are very common. If your doctor knows that you imbibe, even a little, she can prescribe meds that won't mix badly with a glass of wine. She can also counsel you on alcohol's risks for women. For starters, having one to two drinks a day can raise your risk for breast cancer; heavy consumption is linked to liver disease, brain damage, and stroke and can put you at risk for assault and car accidents.
Concealing what you drink may signal another disease: "Denial is part of addiction," says Brenda Iliff, clinical director of Hazelden Women's Recovery Center in Center City, MN.
THE LIE: "I'm monogamous."
Cheryl, 48, went to see her gyno for what she thought was a yeast infection — and was shocked to learn she actually had trichomoniasis, an STD. She didn't want to admit she was juggling four guys, so when the doctor asked how many partners she had, "I said one, of course," recalls the accountant from Knoxville, TN. The doctor gave Cheryl enough medication for her and her partner. But Cheryl kept seeing the other guys too. "I went back for my checkup, and my gyno says, 'You still have this. You haven't told me the whole truth, have you?' I said, 'Yes, I have.' She didn't want to call me a liar, but she said, 'You have to treat everyone you're seeing, or quit seeing the ones you don't want and treat the one you do. Otherwise, you'll never get rid of this.'" Cheryl dumped the other guys and continued treatment with her main man. "But afterward, I changed doctors," she admits. "I couldn't face her anymore."
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: Your doctor doesn't ask about your sex life to judge your morals. What does concern her is that sleeping with more than one person may increase your risk for STDs. Delayed STD treatment can mean a more entrenched pelvic infection, fertility problems — even cervical cancer. "If your gyno knows you have several partners, she may recommend you have an annual Pap test and get screened more frequently for STDs," says Dimino.
THE LIE: "I watch what I eat and exercise."
"I have patients who swear they're exercising and sticking to the calorie count," says Bonnie Davis, an advanced registered nurse practitioner in Largo, FL, who helps administer a weight-management program. "Yet they've put on 5 pounds while taking an appetite suppressant three times a day. That's impossible."
Meredith, 26, sticks with the purposely vague "sometimes" when asked how often she exercises. "I wouldn't feel right saying 'regularly,'" says the writer from Forest Hills, NY. "But when I say, 'Sometimes,' I consider that I walk to the subway every day, and if I'm not wearing heels, I walk fairly briskly." In other words, she's not lying outright — just bending the truth enough to spare herself the inevitable lecture. "I know that losing 10 pounds could lower my risk for heart disease and diabetes, and diabetes does run in my family," Meredith says. "But I don't want to hear it. I'd rather doctors think that I take it seriously than give them the opportunity to tell me what I already know but still am not paying attention to."
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: If your blood pressure and cholesterol are high or you're borderline diabetic — all factors that can boost your risk for cardiovascular disease — diet and exercise can help, which is why your doctor asks about them. But if you're not really making either lifestyle change and your numbers don't get lower, your doc may put you through a battery of pricey medical tests and/or prescribe a range of medications to lower them for you. And while taking a pill may sound easier than counting calories and hitting the gym, it actually "opens up a Pandora's box of inconvenience," says Nora Tossounian, M.D., an internist at the Women's Health Center at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. Start with the nuisance of remembering to take medication once or twice a day; add to that the high cost of those meds. Then there are the side effects: muscle aches on statins; bloating, cramping, and diarrhea on diabetes medications; a plunging sex drive with certain blood pressure drugs. The truth hurts less.
THE LIE: "I don't smoke."
When Pamela Douglas, M.D., a cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, asks women if they smoke, she often hears a little moment of hesitation before they say no. "They believe you need to smoke two packs a day to be at risk," she explains. "They say they don't smoke them all the way down or they're not really inhaling. If they've only been smoking a year or two or they don't smoke every day, they think they're not really smokers."
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: Reality check: If you light up, even if it's only one on the weekends, even if you just bum a drag from your friend, you smoke. Beyond an increased risk for sinus and upper respiratory infections, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, and, yes, lung cancer, lighting up — even occasionally — raises your risk for blood clots and stroke if you're also using hormone-based contraceptives (pills, patches, rings). "If there's a pause when I ask them if they smoke and they say, 'No' or 'Maybe once a month,' I'm hesitant to give that woman a prescription for the Pill" to help clear up her skin, says David Bank, M.D., medical director of the Center for Dermatology, Cosmetic and Laser Surgery in Mount Kisco, NY. Tell the truth so you and your doc can figure out a safe option together.
THE LIE: "I use sunscreen every day."
"Along with 'I'm not tan — this is my natural skin color,' this one's at the top of the list of lies we hear all day," chuckles Bank. "We ask every patient whether they use sunscreen every day, and about 10 percent to 20 percent of the responses we get are false or exaggerated."
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States; since 1980, the rate of melanoma (the most serious form of skin cancer) has jumped by 50 percent for women between the ages of 15 and 39, according to new research from the National Cancer Institute. If you admit you're not slathering on sunscreen (SPF 30 or higher, applied liberally to exposed areas), your doctor may schedule more frequent screenings — this way, if skin cancer does develop, it'll be caught early. Being truthful about sunscreen use can also help him decide whether to prescribe certain meds, like Retin-A for acne and wrinkles, that can make you more sensitive to the sun.
THE LIE: "I'm taking my medication the way you prescribed it."
Alicia, 31, often used her asthma inhaler up to five times a day, despite her doctor's warnings. When he noted her trembling hands and pallid face, "I swore I wasn't abusing it, because I was afraid he'd take it away," says the Orlando, FL, day-care teacher. "I didn't care about the risks as long as I could breathe."
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: If you tell your doctor your medication isn't working, or has side effects, he can find one that suits you better (which is what Alicia's new doc eventually did). But if you don't use it correctly, you could end up even sicker. Take a typically misused drug like a routine antibiotic: "If you lie and say you finished your antibiotics, but you're still sick, the doctor will assume the first drug didn't work," says Maurice A. Ramirez, D.O., Ph.D., an emergency-room physician at Florida Hospital-Flagler Division in Palm Coast. "So he'll change the antibiotic. Meanwhile, the bacteria become resistant to the drug we normally use, and they crank along unimpeded, and you can go from a bladder infection to a kidney inflection to a blood infection."
THE LIE: "I'm not taking any medication."
This one's told so often, doctors say, that they always dig deeper when they hear it. Sometimes it's an honest mistake: "People don't classify over-the-counter drugs like Tylenol, herbal supplements, or vitamins as medication," says Gillian Stephens, M.D., an assistant professor of community and family medicine at Saint Louis University in St. Louis. "But they are." Women also keep mum, though, when they've "borrowed" an Ambien from a friend or bought Hoodia online to lose weight.
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: Your doctor may adjust your dosage of a drug if he knows you're taking something else that could alter its effects. "Hearing that someone's taking ibuprofen, which is a weak blood thinner, is useful if you're adding other thinners," says John H. Alexander, M.D., a cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center. Not to mention, what he doesn't know could kill you. It's not unusual for doctors to realize that you've taken something you didn't tell them about only after they've given you another medication — and the combination has caused you to stop breathing, have a seizure, or go into cardiac arrest.
THE LIE: "I always use birth control."
"The lie I hear day after day is, 'The condom broke,'" says Millicent Comrie, M.D., vice chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. "Women often say that when they get pregnant by accident and don't want to admit that they didn't use a condom." Sound familiar? How about this: "Women fudge the truth about whether they put their diaphragms in or took them out and whether they take their pills every day at the same time," says Bruce Rosenzweig, M.D., director of urogynecology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. "They're embarrassed because they know they should be able to handle these things."
WHY YOU SHOULD COME CLEAN: There are tons of contraception options out there these days. If you fess up to messing up with birth control, your gyno can suggest one that might suit you better. "If you hate to swallow pills, you have oily skin and the patch keeps falling off, or the ring comes out when your partner pulls out, I can give you something else," says Rosenzweig. "But if you don't tell me, I can't make the appropriate recommendations."
Coming clean with your doctor only stands to help you in the long run, as difficult as it may be in the moment. So answer her questions honestly — and even bring up issues that she may be forgetting to ask about. When it comes to your health, there's no such thing as TMI.
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Edward Mokrzecki (ur. 21 października 1898 w Wilnie, zm. 23 stycznia 1970 w Warszawie) – podpułkownik Armii Czerwonej, generał brygady LWP.

W 1915 ewakuowany z Wilna do Piotrogrodu, w 1917 powołany do rosyjskiej armii, żołnierz kompanii telegraficznej w Rewlu, później wstąpił do Armii Czerwonej. Dowódca plutonu i szef łączności dywizjonu artylerii, potem adiutant dowódcy, 1918–1920 brał udział w walkach z "białymi". Od 1925 członek Wszechzwiązkowej Komunistycznej Partii (bolszewików). 1925–1926 dowódca baterii, 1930–1934 studiował w Akademii Inżynierii im. Dzierżyńskiego w Leningradzie, od 1936 major, od kwietnia 1942 podpułkownik. Wykładowca Artyleryjskiej Szkoły Technicznej w Tambowie. W grudniu 1943 skierowany do służby w Armii Polskiej w ZSRR, p.o. szefa służby amunicyjnej 1 DP im. Kościuszki. Od marca 1944 szef Wydziału Amunicji Sztabu 1 Armii WP. Walczył k. Dęblina i Puław, na przyczółku warecko-magnuszewskim latem 1944, w operacji warszawskiej w styczniu 1945, III-IV 1945 na Wale Pomorskim, w Kołobrzegu, nad Odrą i przy zdobyciu Berlina. Po wojnie został szefem uzbrojenia dowództwa Okręgu Wojskowego w Łodzi, a w kwietniu 1946 – dowództwa OW w Poznaniu. Od 1 sierpnia 1946 pułkownik, od lipca 1954 generał brygady. We wrześniu 1949 uzyskał polskie obywatelstwo i zwolnienie z obywatelstwa sowieckiego. Od grudnia 1946 pracownik Departamentu Uzbrojenia MON, w którym kierował wydziałami, w listopadzie 1949 został zastępcą szefa, a w czerwcu 1952 szefem tego departamentu (do 1960). Potem był zastępcą szefa Biura Studiów Sztabu Generalnego WP ds. techniki i uzbrojenia. Jesienią 1963 zwolniony ze służby i przeniesiony w stan spoczynku. Pochowany na cmentarzu Powązki Wojskowe w Warszawie (kwatera B14-5-8).

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1962)
 Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1954)
 Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (1947)
 Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi (dwukrotnie w 1945)
 Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej
 Złoty Medal "Siły Zbrojne w Służbie Ojczyzny" (1958)
 Order Lenina (1945)
 Order Czerwonego Sztandaru (dwukrotnie)
 Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej I stopnia (1945)
 Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej II stopnia (1947)
Medal za Zwycięstwo nad Niemcami w Wielkiej Wojnie Ojczyźnianej 1941-1945 (1945)
 Medal "Za wyzwolenie Warszawy" (1945)
Medal "Za zdobycie Berlina" (1945)
I inne.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Janusz Królikowski, Generałowie i admirałowie Wojska Polskiego 1943-1990 t. III: M-S, Toruń 2010, s. 13-15.

Generałowie brygady ludowego Wojska Polskiego
Odznaczeni Brązowym Medalem "Siły Zbrojne w Służbie Ojczyzny"
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Medalem 10-lecia Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni Orderem Czerwonego Sztandaru
Odznaczeni Orderem Lenina
Odznaczeni Orderem Wojny Ojczyźnianej I klasy
Odznaczeni Orderem Wojny Ojczyźnianej II klasy
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Krzyżem Zasługi (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Medalem "Siły Zbrojne w Służbie Ojczyzny"
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Złotym Medalem "Siły Zbrojne w Służbie Ojczyzny"
Pochowani na Powązkach-Cmentarzu Wojskowym w Warszawie
Polacy i obywatele polscy w Armii Czerwonej (1918–1946)
Radzieccy oficerowie w ludowym Wojsku Polskim
Uczestnicy bitwy o Kołobrzeg (1945)
Uczestnicy walk na przyczółku warecko-magnuszewskim (1944)
Urodzeni w 1898
Zmarli w 1970
Żołnierze ludowego Wojska Polskiego – uczestnicy operacji berlińskiej (1945)
Ludzie urodzeni w Wilnie

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By Alec Meer • 2 years ago • 21
We've just passed the half-way point of 2018, so Ian Gatekeeper and all his fabulously wealthy chums over at Valve have revealed which hundred games have sold best on Steam over the past six months. It's a list dominated by pre-2018 names, to be frank, a great many of which you'll be expected, but there are a few surprises in there. 2018 releases Jurassic World…
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Shadow of War expansion Desolation of Mordor out now
By Brendan Caldwell • 2 years ago • 14
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Desolation of Mordor is the most nonsensical sequence of words I have typed in some time. Yes, this is the second expansion for the popular orc dating simulator set in the land of Lord of the Rings, featuring two brothers who love to fight sand and all the animals that live in the sand. It's out now, and a free update…
Tagged with loot boxes, monolith productions, Warner Bros., Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
Meet the boys of Shadow Of War's Desolation Of Mordor
By Alice O'Connor • 2 years ago • 22
A new cinematic trailer for the second (and final?) story expansion for Middle-earth: Shadow Of War introduces the brothers who'll stab orcs into a sandy new land. They're off to the land of Lithlad, which sounds like the name of an electro-powered superhero's sidekick. Here, watch the new Desolation Of Mordor trailer.
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Middle-earth: Shadow Of War removing loot boxes
Monolith have announced plans to remove loot boxes from Middle-earth: Shadow Of War in July, eight months after the open-world enslave-o-stabber launched. They've realised that they make the game worse, they say. The 'War Chest' loot boxes in Shadow Of War contain random items, orc slaves, and bits, and are sold for either the virtuacash earned in-game or for a microtransaction currency bought with real…
Loot Crate debate escalates, Hawaiian lawmakers speak
Last year's explosion of negative press regarding loot crates in games (especially regarding their impact on Star Wars: Battlefront 2) is still being heard around the world. Now, the issue has reached the ears of a growing number of lawmakers. As covered by the Hawaii Tribune Herald, the latest force to get involved is the Hawaiian state government, members of which have proposed two new…
Tagged with loot boxes, loot crates, Dead Space 3, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Star Wars: Battlefront 2.
Shadow Of War's Blade Of Galadriel expansion out today, along with free nemesis system update
By Matt Cox • 2 years ago • 10
My favourite Middle-earth: Shadow Of War nemesis story isn't my own, but one I found on Reddit. It was about a musician Orc who the player mercilessly humiliated time and time again, until his mind had broken and all he could do was murmur about how he'd "lost his song". It's tragic stuff, and while the new behaviours added in today's patch might not generate…
Tagged with DLC, Monolith, Warner Bros., Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
2017 Steam Award winners include PUBG, Cuphead & Witcher
We've already seen which games sold best on Steam last year, but a perhaps more meaningful insight into movin' and a-shakin' in PC-land is the games that people feel warmest and snuggliest about. To that end, Valve have announced the winners of the 2017 Steam Awards, a fully community-voted affair which names the most-loved games across categories including best post-launch support, most player agency, exceeding…
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War unveils its DLC plans
By Fraser Brown • 2 years ago • 7
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a very big game, full of very big Orcs. It's probably big enough. Regardless, it's getting a slew of DLC, introducing two new Orc tribes and some story expansions that let you play as the tale's secondary characters. The tribal addition is due next month, and you can get a brief taste of all the upcoming DLC in the trailer…
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War due endless Shadow Wars
War, I'm told, war never changes - and nor need it end. Middle-earth: Shadow of War [official site] will add the option to endlessly play Shadow Wars, the fortress-assaulting mode that's the focus of the game's fourth act. Leif Johnson told us he grew bored of Shadow Wars before the end of the chapter but hey, if you want to endlessly attack and defend, you…
UK government responds to loot box questions (vaguely)
The UK government has responded to two questions posed by a Cambridge MP about loot boxes and gambling laws. It is a very very very very boring answer, and says basically nothing apart from highlighting current regulations about gambling. That's not much of a surprise, although the speed at which the government has "answered" suggests an awareness that the issue of loot crates is smoldering…
Tagged with Gambling, loot boxes, loot crates, skin gambling, Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
Loot box questions brought up in UK parliament
"Loot" used to be such a nice word. It brought to mind coffers piled with doubloons. Today it is often followed by the word "crate" and an expression of disgust. After recent controversies over the inclusion of loot boxes in games like Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Star Wars: Battlefront 2, the issue of this psychologically iffy practice has been brought up in the UK…
Tagged with loot boxes, loot crates, Politics, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Overwatch, Star Wars: Battlefront 2.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War darkens our door
Tootle on your warhorn and coax your ghostpal back into body, as Middle-earth: Shadow of War [official site] launched overnight. Monolith's sequel to 2014's Shadow of Mordor brings more open-world action with orcs to antagonise, fortresses to capture, limbs to hack off, baddies to enslave (ikr?), faces to fill with arrows, spooky ghostpowers to learn, and a sexy spider to puzzle over. The sequel also…
Middle-earth: Shadow of War's memorial DLC goes free
A Middle-earth: Shadow of War [official site] DLC character created to memorialise and fundraise for a deceased member of the development team will now be given free to all players, Warner Bros. have decided after it raised a stink. Styled after executive producer Michael Forgey, who passed away in 2016, the Forthog Orcslayer is a friendly NPC who was initially sold to benefit Forgey's family.…
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Humble Very Positive Bundle 2 available now, featuring Oxenfree, Shadow of War, and more
By Jamie Wallace • 2 years ago • 19
Have you heard the one about Humble making a new Bundle? It's a good one. Rather, it's a Very Positive one. Following on from the original 'Very Positive' Bundle back in May this year, Humble has brought the idea back for another go - in the Humble Very Positive Bundle 2, funnily enough. The collection of games brought together here all feature Steam ratings of…
Tagged with Dungeon Souls, Humble Bundle, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Beat Cop, Deals, Death Road to Canada, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Neon Chrome, Oxenfree.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War details microtransactions
By Alice O'Connor • 2 years ago • 121
As exciting as an expanded Nemesis system and an itsy busty spider might sound for Middle-earth: Shadow of War [official site], Warner Bros. had been sitting on a hot, juicy, and thrilling marketing blast. Now they have finally let rip: heck yes Shadow of War will have optional microtransactions to hasten powering-up in this singleplayer game. Come on gang, give me a "Hell yeah!" I…
Middle-earth: Shadow of War turns spider Shelob all sexy
If you're anything like me, you've likely often wished that spiders were hot babes. "This giant spider is okay," you thought while watching the biggun in Peter Jackson's And Then And Then, "but I wouldn't kiss her. That's far too many eyes for me to stare lustily into. I wouldn't stroke her spinnerets. And she's not even wearing a dress for thigh to cheekily peek…
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Bring your Shadow of Mordor nemesis to Shadow of War
When Middle-earth: Shadow of War [official site] arrives in October, players will be fight alongside their worst enemy from the first game with their dearest friend. Warner Bros. today added the 'Nemesis Forge' to Shadow of Mordor, which can transfer your top Nemesis and most loyal follower over to the sequel. The Nemesis system was the most exciting idea of Mordor -- and one that…
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Middle-Earth: Shadow of War delayed 'til October
By Philippa Warr • 3 years ago • 13
"A wizard is never late," said Merlin in that documentary about New Zealand. "Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to." I forget what happens after that - probably not much - BUT the quote felt applicable to this entirely separate bit of news where the open world combat of Middle-earth: Shadow of War [official site] is being delayed for release until…


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I write Weekly Wisdom as the Executive Director of Human Resources at Central Washington University. Having an eye for meaningful things, I include my own observations and thoughts, ideas I've recently encountered, and/or topics that are of current importance. I like to think that others will find reading Weekly Wisdom worth their time.
In the April 14, 2017 of the printed Chronicle of Higher Education, there was an advice piece called "The Art of No" (available at http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Art-of-No-/239508).
· Don't say: "Um, OK, sure," and then kick yourself later!
2. Don't explain. Maybe you have a good reason for saying no. Maybe you don't. Either way if you try to justify your answer, you open yourself to judgment and bargaining, or you risk oversharing. You don't have to defend your decision.
· Don't say: "I wish I could attend this event, but I need to drive my aunt to the doctor that day." The event could shift to a different day – and now you're on record stating that you want to attend!
3. Do explain. When you have an unassailable reason, one that would stop the conversation in its tracks, you may choose to volunteer it. If you want a person never to contact you again, you may say so. And again, don't apologize or bargain.
4. Set your own policies. Create guidelines to help you decide when to say no. Examples: I only serve on three committees at a time. I'm at my limit. Or, I only write recommendations with two weeks' notice.
· Don't say: Here is a long explanation of why your request is inappropriate.
My thanks to Steve Sarchet for finding time to write Weekly Wisdom for the past four months. I appreciate his "yes" to my call! Have a great week everyone. Say "yes" often but learn to say "no" effectively!
It's funny the things that somehow stay with us. Life swirls around us, we move along on autopilot from task to task, place to place. People pass through the landscape of our day and we utter quick greetings without thought, speaking the words with no more meaning and with no more intent than a simple greeting. Asking "How's it going?" when we see each other in the hallway or at the store. We don't mean it literally, of course, and so it goes until something or someone captures our attention above the din of the background noise. I had a moment like that not long ago. As I sat watching something on TV the other night (I don't even remember what it was now), someone said, "I'll call you later". Just a normal salutation, no more important than anything else we say, but the moment must have been ordained, because the words clung to me with the weight of both loss and hope.
Four words spoken effortlessly, countless times a day; "I'll call you later". It occurred to me that these must be among both the most hopeful and the most painful words anyone ever said. I can't really explain it. I don't know why on that particular day, at that particular moment, why the thought should have stuck to me the way it did. I don't even remember who said it. But as Maya Angelou promised, I do remember the emotion the words invoked as I heard them, though.
My head filled with competing visions. I could see in that instant a mother or father too far from their children, who look forward to the phone calls and whose spirits delight in the too infrequent stories of their children's lives. In the very same moment I felt the weighty disappointment of waiting and hoping for a call that doesn't come. The power of our words, or the lack of them, is incredible to me sometimes. I'm nearly always taken completely off guard when the words, the context of time and place, and the emotions they stir reach me and make me take notice.
It's happened before. Sometimes the emotion passes away quietly, swept aside by life's distractions. Sometimes the words and emotions linger as I allow the scenes play out and tell their story in my mind's theater. At least once or twice, I've been moved to write down what the words have made me feel or shown me. It's a little like casting a line and trying catch butterflies on a lure, but when I do catch them and get them down, I find the words aren't trophies. They're me at my best (I hope).
Maybe this all sounds like an admonition to call your Mom and Dad, but I thinks it's more than that. For me it is really about catching a glimpse of the power our words can and do have. Through our words, we have the power to heal, to hurt, to promise, and to disappoint. I think that's what the story tellers, song writers, and poets have known all along. We are at our best when we reach each other. We are at our best when our stories, our words, find their inspiration and arouse the hearts and minds of others. The only word I know for it is magic.
I woke up much too early. When I laid down the night before, I had decided I was going to let myself sleep in a little and set my alarm for half an hour later than usual. But as it goes, I spent a restless night and woke well before my alarm. Getting out of bed as quietly as I could, I dressed in the dark, slipped out being careful not to wake my wife, and drove through a light drizzle of rain to a coffee shop to read before work. Having woken so early, I was tired and feeling a worn down before my day had even started.
I sat in the coffee shop reading the news hoping to feel better before I had to go to work. I skimmed the usual headlines about the Middle East and North Korea, skipped past articles about weight loss, and read a couple of the sports updates. Then I found myself looking for short, motivational stories to help get myself going. There were one or two I liked, but nothing that really struck home with me. They were the usual mix of believe in yourself, life is short, and the kindness of strangers medleys that always come up. Not that there's anything wrong with them, but none of them were pearls either. And so I kept searching and reading, more or less idling away the time and putting off having to go to work for just a little longer.
Feeling the pull of the clock, it was time to go to work. I packed up my laptop and as I stood up from the table, I looked out the windows and something unexpected happened. The sky was filled with gray clouds promising more rain, but the light seemed to lift my spirits. I felt lighter, less weary. I walked up to the counter for a refill to take with me and by the time I walked out the door the clouds had broken a bit and there was a hint of blue sky. As I walked to my car, the birds sang to me, a cool breeze brushed my face, and in those few moments I found myself lifting my face to the sky and whispering a little prayer of thanks.
Most of the stories I'd read that morning were just different versions of the same idea. How we see and feel about the life that happens around us is really up to us, and that maybe the emotions that creep in can teach us something if we're paying attention. I remember the story of the little boy who went to the soda shop to buy some ice cream, but he only had 54 cents. When he asked the waiters how much a sundae was, he rudely responded to the little boy saying it was 50 cents. The little boy asked how much plain ice cream was, and again he gave him a curt reply saying it was 35 cents. He ordered the plain ice cream, enjoyed his treat, and paid before he left. When the waiter went to pick the dish he found a nickel, a dime and four pennies in a neat row that the boy had left for him. The story implies he saw the tip and understood the boy had given her everything he had in spite of how he'd spoken to him, and so we're reminded to be generous and accepting of others like the little boy. Or maybe we're reminded not to be inconsiderate of others like the waiter or to recognize the sacrifices others make for us. For some, the story won't mean anything at all; it's just a silly story about a boy who should have gotten his sundae instead of settling for less.
Either way, it comes down to perspective. But for me, on that rainy, gray morning I was thankful enough to hear the chorus of the birds and to feel the hopeful breeze of dawn.
I just finished the DiversityEdu training for staff and faculty. If you haven't heard it yet, I recommend listening to the presentation. For me at least, it achieved its goal of getting me to think about what diversity is and what it isn't. Our own diversity statement say we believe that a diversity of peoples, cultures, and ideas is essential to learning, discovery, and creative expression. It says that we believe we all must be and feel physically, professionally, and emotionally safe so we can fully engage in and benefit from the university experience.
And so, with the topic fresh in my mind, I Googled "diversity" to see what I could find. Of course dictionary.com and mirriam-webster.com chimed in, so I looked there first thinking I'd get the real, no-nonsense version. Dictionary.com defined diversity as the state or fact of being diverse and the inclusion of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation, etc. I also learned "diversity" is worth 16 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Seems like it should be worth more… Merriam-Webster described diversity as the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, especially the inclusion of different types of in a group or organization. Their use of the word "condition" in its definition stuck with me. It felt like a negative thought in what is supposed to be a desirable situation. It felt so out of place.
Finally, I landed on a short bit from a story called Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Siverstein. I've never read the book, but his words seemed to answer my question. Not profound or preachy; not too smart or too teachy; definitely not pushy or speachy. The words are clear, the feeling human. And as I read them I felt them say this is us, and being us, we are, after all, the same.
But I'm told they look orange in the night.
But it's silver when it's wet.
Have not been invented yet.
It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote. In that time we've moved from Bouillon Hall to Mitchell and my role has changed within the department. As I sit here writing, I'm as tired as I've been in some time having spent a sleepless night with thoughts of things I need to do or remember to check on at work. Besides work, I have an endless number of things running through my mind about family, home, plans, wishes, dreams, ills, wrongs I wish I could right, things I would do differently if only, and on and on.
It can be hard to bear up to all that weighs on my mind and there are days that it would be so easy to give up and slip into despair. To feel as though I'll never be able to get anything done, at least not anything that matters. The negative voices in my mind are quick to pick up on those feelings and to feed them until without even noticing, it begins to feel like no matter how hard I try, I'll never be able to do the things I want to do.
But in that crowd, a little voice speaks up. Sometimes it's a little hard to hear. Sometimes I don't hear it right away. But it's persistent and when I do finally hear that voice, it reminds me I do have a choice, and that I can choose to be happy. I don't mean that in a sappy, prime-time comedy way where everything turns out hunky dorry in half-hour segments. What I mean is that I can choose to be happy; I can choose to "count my blessings" rather than despair over my failings. The the little voice is good at reminding me this is a choice I have to make every day.
What does that even mean? In a March, 2010 WebMD article called Choosing to Be Happy, Tom Valeo offers seven steps. I've hinted at one – cultivating gratitude. Another is fostering forgiveness. Being angry or holding a grudge against someone takes a lot of emotional effort, but it's so easy to hold on to those things that someone else said about us or did to us. The voices in our minds love to build cases against those who've slighted us in some way or another. In a similar article, Javy Galindo writes in Time Magazine that rather than looking outwardly for things to make us happy, we should be looking at ourselves. He says we shouldn't be our own worst enemies, but that we should exercise optimism. When thinking about what may come, we should choose to imagine what could go right and "anticipate positive occurrences since we can often miss them if we aren't open to seeing them." Sherrie Bourg Carter cautions us against our own leanings toward negativity in Do We Choose Happiness of Does Happiness Choose Us?
There a lot of articles like these out there about how to be happy, but in the end the choices we make do matter.
Maggie waits patiently for her turn to place the few groceries she has chosen for their dinner, trying hard not to acknowledge the sideways glances of those around her. Their awkward smiles and furtive looks, the meaningful whispers between friends at the sight of her little boy are all too common, sometimes too mean, but mostly just tiring in their regularity. She hardly sees the young man in the apron standing behind the register, focusing instead on her son as he eagerly steps up for his turn.
In that instant, in that golden moment, all the sideways glances and mean-spirited whispers melted away under the light of grace as warm and soft as her son's sleeping breath. Glancing at the tag on his chest, she whispered "Thank you, Richard" to the young man in the apron as he counted the change and deposited the shining copper and silver coins in her son's small hand. Such a simple thing, a non-thing really that transpires between people all the time, which meant so much to a young mother and her son.
Grace seems such a rarity. Dignity seems so unexpected, so surprising to us when it rises up among us. But both go with us wherever we are waiting to be given, received, witnessed. They are both our gift and our strength which we give and receive from each other. They point out our humanity to us. With grace we are able to acknowledge our moments of weakness or vulnerability. Our sometimes less than perfect selves. Dignity lifts us up and holds us up to each other. It gives us hope when we see it in others and fortifies us when see it on ourselves.
Recently I've been watching a documentary about the Eagles from their beginnings in the early days of the southern California music scene through their hiatus (because, for the record, they never really broke up), and their eventual reunion when hell indeed froze over. It was so interesting to me to listen to Glenn Frey and Don Henley talk about their start in music and how they ended up in California learning to make music together with the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Bob Seger, and Jackson Browne.
One of the stories that really stood out to me was hearing Glenn talk about the time he spent with Bob Seger. At the time Glenn had been playing with a cover band and Bob was telling him that if he really wanted to be successful, he would have to write his own songs. Glenn said he had written a little, but his songs weren't very good, to which Bob said to write them till they are good! That story really stood out to me. Growing up with the Eagles as part of the soundtrack of my life, it struck me that Glenn Frey, who would go on to write and sing some of the best songs ever recorded, struggled with doubt about his ability just as he was beginning his career.
When they got going, when Glenn, Don, Bernie, and Randy became the Eagles, the one thing they all had in mind was to be the best musicians and song writers they could be. Their journey took them to places they probably only dared dream of. Along the way they were joined by others for the trip (the other Don, Joe, JD, and Timothy) that took them all down life in the fast lane and on dark desert highways.
Listening to them all tell their stories, it was clear that they were all working hard to achieve a vision. They all had an idea, a something to shoot for that kept them going. And so they were propelled forward. It wasn't always easy and the occasionally had to adjust course, but they kept on toward something important to them.
Finding that "something" to shoot for is important. It gets us up in the morning and keeps us looking somewhere out on that horizon. Some of us take the first steps of our journeys with uncertainty. Others blast away from the launch pad in a blaze of fire and confidence. Either way, the thing we have in common is that we began somewhere on our journeys. Even if we find ourselves stuck on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and have to change course, we are closer to having reached our "something" simply because we started.
"It's snowing still", said Eeyore gloomily.
We've had a rough couple of weeks. Cold winter days with more snow than we've had in a while, a closure (which might have been good news for some!), and that swashbuckling sea captain from the East telling us we're in for more. And yet the days are getting just a little longer, the robins have returned to our trees, and the forecast is calling for sunnier days. Soon the snow will begin its stubborn retreat, the breezes will shift and begin to whisper of spring, and the earliest of flowers will defiantly bloom through the snow. Optimism is in the air.
I've always lived in places where time is marked by the changing seasons. I remember the smell of hay in the barn on the cold Ohio air. I've borne up to the sweltering heat and the weight of the humidity of August days in Missouri. Each had its time and each eventually gave way to spring or fall in accord with their appointed time. And in following their turn, each has given us not only a changing of seasons, but a sense of optimism and of future. A sense of reassurance that the patterns of life do change just as the tides rise and fall.
Just as our fathers and mothers before us, we look ahead. Even as the cold days of winter frost our windows and drive up our heating bills, we look forward. We know change isn't far away, and so we plan. We day dream. And we hope.
I remember the story of Viktor Frankl's time in concentration camps, of being separated from his family and his wife. Yet on a cold day he had a vision of his wife standing before him as if she were there with him, even though he had no way of knowing where she was or if she was even still alive. He discovered the power of love and a sense that he still had something he must do gave him the strength to survive. To look to the future. To find some small reason for optimism in one of the worst places in history.
Punxsutawney Phil was a bold explorer and grand adventurer who led a rough and tumble crew of society's rejects and cast offs aboard the good ship Earnest up and down the east coast of North America from Halifax to St. Augustine as privateer or pirate depending on the profit to be gained.
Okay, that's not really true, but I'll bet that version of Phil would have some great stories to tell! We know Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog in Pennsylvania whose been predicting the arrival of spring for over 130 years. The celebration we see today was carried over by German immigrants in the 1770s and has its roots in Candlemas. Originally, the task of predicting spring's arrival was assigned to the European hedgehog, but the Germans found the groundhog was an intelligent animal who could handle the responsibility and there were a lot of them in the Pennsylvania country side! In 1886 the Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper made it official when it printed the first observance of Groundhog Day and the rest, as they say, is history.
Today Phil is a celebrity who draws crowds of as many as 30,000 to the small town in Pennsylvania every year to try to catch a glimpse of him rising from his burrow and the tradition continues. But what really happens every February 2, what really matters is that for a few moments at least, we are all joined in the question of when spring is coming. We're joined in that question because of tradition. In an article in the Huffington Post, Katharine Rose supposed the reason traditions are important is they call us to remember and grow.
I think it's also true that our traditions unite us as friends, family, coworkers, and countrymen. Sometimes we don't even know why we celebrate a particular tradition, which may or not even be all that important in and of itself. We don't even all observe the same traditions because we don't share the same history and customs which can separate us if we let it. But as Americans we are and amalgam of histories, cultures, and stories which become uniquely our own larger story and become the fabric of our shared culture.
So the observances of Groundhog Day might be more important to some of us than to others, but the real reason it's important is that for in those few moments we look to the east to see what a small animal in Pennsylvania predicts, we are united. We are one.
There is a philosopher and his small group of friends that just about all of us have known just about all our lives. He ponders big meaningful things like friendship, patience, and love, but somehow he's able to express such great big thoughts in small little ways that reach us all. These little truths have become part of the back drop of our lives and hang on the boughs of our own experiences waiting to be heard again at the tug of a memory from a place and time we once shared with him.
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you," is a popular, sentimental quote I've seen a lot of recently. I came across a pair of his thoughts the other day that felt meaningful to me when I read them. Like most of his thoughts they're a little funny, innocently expressed, but they ring like tiny bells of truth when we hear them. Probably, I think, because we see ourselves a little bit in these simple words of Pooh.
"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
Some may find this exchange meaningless, some might even be a little offended by it…I guess it depends on who you identify with. Of course we all have brains and we're all reasonable people, but we're also all a little bit of Rabbit and a little bit of Pooh, which is why we don't always understand each other.


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Tech Firms Find New Opportunity in Emerging Hotspots
"Hidden gems" like Sacramento and Albany are winning more industry interest thanks to affordable, talent-rich ecosystems.
Steffen Kammerer, Senior Vice President, Technology Practice Group, JLL
Silicon Valley is still the crown jewel of tech real estate, but industry leaders are taking note of new hidden gems emerging in other desirable locales across the country.
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The need to expand into new markets is gaining ground, especially considering the sticker shock associated with the nation's traditional tech hub markets. Competition for real estate is fiercer than ever in places like San Francisco and Silicon Valley, leading to tremendous year-over-year rent growth. Established companies and successful startups alike find tremendous recruitment value from being in the center of the action where unemployment rates are historically low and salaries remain high. With that said, many startups and small- to mid-size companies simply find it to be cost-prohibitive.
Some surprising new market contenders are rising to the occasion, from Albany to Columbus to Sacramento, according to a new report, "Cracking the Hardest Code: Where to Find Tech Talent." By crossing tech employment data with real estate trends, JLL's analysts discovered that clear indicators of promise in these up-and-coming markets, including access to talent, real estate availability and affordability, and overall ecosystem strength.
Markets with the highest concentration of tech talent
It's all about the talent pool
What are the markers of an emerging hotspot? First and foremost, the talent has to be in place and ready to get to work.
The best indicator that a location will offer a healthy talent base is its concentration of software and programming jobs, as opposed to actual quantity of jobs. A high concentration of these jobs bodes well for recruitment, organizational stability, and future job creation. For example, Silicon Valley boasts the highest concentration of developers and programmers, and it's also got the healthiest tech ecosystem.
Unemployment trends offer another meaningful clue. A gentle slack in employment could signal some talent availability. Conversely, if unemployment rates are too low, the salaries needed to compete may become too high.
Researchers also looked at real estate trends. How much new development is under construction? What are the vacancy rates? Development can be a sign of market momentum and choice in real estate, while vacancy rates can help paint a picture of how hard a firm will have to fight for quality space.
Markets with the most tech talent
Five hidden gems with vibrant ecosystems
You might be surprised by some of the emerging hotspots. However, each of the following markets possesses all the attributes befitting a strong tech ecosystem.
Startups and computer programming at a premium in Albany, New York. The capital city of the Empire State has gained recognition as a prominent incubator in the region's "Tech Valley." And, with roughly 5,880 computer programmers, the metro area is home to the second-highest concentration of computer programmers in the country, after Silicon Valley. In Silicon Valley, programmers' average annual salary is just over $106,000—much more than the $76,000 average salary in upstate New York. The cost of living is lower, too, as are asking rents, making it a win-win for employers and employees.
Silicon Valley and San Francisco talent migrates to Sacramento. California's capital city has become home to 11,000 programmers, thanks in part to the dramatically lower cost of living compared with the Bay Area. Meanwhile, employers can easily achieve roughly 20 percent savings on wages. In Sacramento, they also find less of a death grip on real estate availability, and a city council that's actively fueling the industry with a $10 million "Innovation and Growth" fund.
A former steel town, Columbus is winning tech talent and has worthy wages. By 2020, the capital city of Ohio plans to be recognized as a "center of knowledge and innovation." With a talent pool drawn from The Ohio State University and some major multinational corporations, Columbus is rife with computer programmers, boasting as many as Austin, but with more competitive wages.
Software developers reach new heights in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs was not at the forefront of the tech scene like neighboring Boulder and Denver. But behind the scenes it has quietly become another haven for tech talent, and is currently home to roughly the same amount of software developers as Boulder, or about 6,000 people. Talent is abundant here at an array of academic institutions, including the Air Force Academy as well as companies like Lockheed Martin.
Successfully badgering for innovation in Wisconsin. Madison, the state capital of Wisconsin, is a charming Midwestern college town—whose bustling tech presence has inspired the presence of industry heavyweights. The city's population ranks 17th in the Midwest, but, with 9,000 software developers, it clocks in with the nation's 10t-highest concentration of developers. And, with wages 40 percent lower than in Silicon Valley, it's not likely that tech firms will be exiting the area anytime soon.
Technology is revolutionizing the way we live and work. It's only natural that the people who develop that technology are also transforming the real estate decisions of the firms depending on them. As the war for talent rages on, hidden gems like these will only gain luster for both employers and employees.
Steffen Kammerer leads JLL's national technology practice group. He's based in Silicon Valley and works largely with clients in and around that area. With prior experience in web development, Steffen brings a unique understanding of the needs of the industry's fast-paced companies. His clients range from early startups to publicly traded companies with complex global real estate portfolios.
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Crop prices are high, but costly fertilizer will squeeze farmers' profits
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Supply chain problems, high demand, and natural gas prices are behind the fertilizer markup.
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Unusually high fertilizer prices will cut into many Texas farmers' profits this year.
Steven Klose, a professor and Extension Economist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in the Department of Agricultural Economics, spoke to the Texas Standard about the factors behind the high prices, and when producers can expect relief.
Klose says prices have been rising gradually since the end of the 2020 growing season. In the past four or five years, prices have risen from $00-$400 a ton to almost double that.
"the increased cost of production really tightens things, and we're looking at much thinner profit margins because of it," Klose said.
Some farmers could switch to crops that require less fertilizer, he says. Farmers wouldn't be able to raise their prices to make up for its increased cost.
Commodity prices are up, Klose says, meaning that some farmers will be willing to take on the added cost of fertilizer in hopes of earning higher profits when they sell their crops in the fall.
"You have a demand side push that's helping drive some of these fertilizer costs up," he said.
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The state had a banner year in job growth, though economists say the spike is not sustainable.
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Sharing the pharmacare wealth
A progressively funded universal drug plan could save families hundreds of dollars a year, says new report
Ottawa — A federally funded universal national pharmacare plan could create large net savings for Canadians, up to $600 per household a year, but just who benefits depends on how the funding is designed, says new research from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF).
A range of policy options have been proposed to finance a national pharmacare program. A Prescription for Savings analyses various options to determine which are the most fair and equitable, and how Canadians can best share and distribute the considerable savings that would be generated by the introduction of pharmacare .
"There is a right and a wrong way to pay for pharmacare. Pick the wrong way and you can completely eliminate pharmacare's net savings for low and middle income families. Pick the right way and you can fairly distribute those savings between low-income families, the middle-class, businesses and governments," says CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald, co-author of the report.
The report analyses seven tax-based scenarios the federal government could consider if additional fiscal capacity is needed to raise the estimated $10.4 billion required to finance a pharmacare program based on the Quebec drug formulary.
For each scenario, the costs of these new federal tax changes are weighed against the pharmacare savings for households, employers and provincial governments. These savings include lower out-of-pocket drug costs and private drug insurance premiums.
In almost all cases, middle class households save $400 to $500 more under a new public pharmacare plan than they would pay in new taxes, while lower income households end up between $300 and $400 ahead. The one exception is if pharmacare is paid for by increasing the GST, in which case the benefits for low and middle income households are almost completely eliminated and employers capture all of the savings.
In almost all scenarios. employers also see net savings as their contributions to private drug plans decrease by more than their taxes increase. In options where pharmacare savings are shared with households, employers still save between $1 billion and $3 billion a year.
"It's important that we distribute the substantial savings from pharmacare in a progressive way that reduces inequalities and makes the vast majority of households better off. This report shows there are a number of ways to do that," says C4TF Executive Director Toby Sanger. "What we need now is the political commitment to move forward and turn this historic opportunity into reality."
A Prescription for Savings is available for download on the CCPA website. For more information or to arrange interviews contact: Alyssa O'Dell, CCPA Media and Public Relations Officer, at 613-563-1341 x 307, cell 343-998-7575 or [email protected].
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by David Macdonald, Toby Sanger
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This is a N-channel Jfet so it has negative voltage but what does that even mean "negative voltage " (image 2 [Image2]and image 3 [Image3])
Image 2 what is amplification factor is it the max it can amplify or is it amplifying that amount in this example. Also what is I,d constant in the mu equation or maybe why is I,d constant?
What is dynamic drain resistance and why is V,gs constant?
I don't know what the first paragraph Image2 is saying "bias" I know a bias can be forward or reverse is that what the diagram show (image 1) what is the last sentence explaining "short,,; I,d is maximum"?
How did they chose their numbers in paragraph 2 and "establish a V,gs to swing +1v -1v "what is this and why
Paragraph 3 they chose -2v for V,gs why. If it because of the graph I don't know how to interpret it
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Gas masks and respirators aren't just generic preparation investments. As we recently covered in our Ultimate Gas Mask Guide, protective filtration masks can be life-savers in events like building fires and wildfires, and when dealing with contamination from natural and man-made disasters like earthquakes, volcanoes, or a nuclear reactor incident.
In an era of ever-increasing social strife, a gas mask can protect you from tear gas and pepper spray during riots and crowd control incidents.
But your mask is only as good as the filters you choose, so we're going to cover the best 40mm gas mask filters - must have items for anyone serious about prepping.
Filter Factors to Consider
Color Codes and Ratings Explained
Gas mask filters are rated for protection against different particles and contaminants. Depending on what situation you're prepping for, you'll need to review the alphanumeric and color-coded ratings provided by the filter in question:
Color Code Examples
If we take the Mestel 40mm Filter from the list below, we find its filter ratings stamped on the side: "A2B2E2K2P3". Reference the chart above to follow along: This code means the filter provides protection against gases and vapors with a boiling point greater than 65 degrees (C), inorganic gases and vapors, sulphur dioxide and hydrogen chloride, ammonia and organic ammonia derivatives, and radioactive particles. Speaking of numbers, the "2" or "3" present next to each letter code indicates what class of filtration is provided:
Class 1 filters 1,000 parts per million (PPM)
Class 2 filters up to 5,000 PPM
Class 3 filters up to 10,000 PM
Other acronyms will indicate what kinds of agents your filter will block. For example, a filter described with an "NBC" rating means it protects against nuclear, biological, and chemical agents. A filter rated with a "CBA-RCA" rating means it protects against chemical, biological, and riot-control agents, but not nuclear.
Filter Threads and Fitment
There is some standardization in the threads and fittings used to pair filters with their respirators and gas masks. The most common threading you'll find is the 40mm NATO Standard (Rd 40 x 1/7"), and this is typical for most filters on the market. Other threads will usually be specific to a corresponding respirator or mask model (like 40mm Soviet filters, which may use left-hand threads).
All gas mask filters have a shelf life. Most provide a shelf life of five to ten years, though high-end models can last for up to 25 years or more (with proper storage). When shopping for filters, never buy one that's been unsealed. The media inside the filter must remain isolated from the environment, or it may absorb particles and contaminants in the air over time, diminishing its effectiveness.
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The Best Gas Mask Filters Compared
#1: MIRA Safety VK-450 Smoke / Carbon Monoxide Filter Cartridges
Protection during structure or wildfires.
Transform your gas mask into a reliable, fully functioning multi-use smoke hood with these VK-450 filters.
Designed to overcome smoke & particulates (along with high concentrations of carbon monoxide), these advanced filters provide crucial hours of protection and clean air from some of the most common disasters faced by US citizens.
While most conventional gas masks and filters can protect you from hundreds of nuclear, biological and chemical threats, the VK-450 is one of just a few filters that can also protect you from carbon monoxide and minimize the risk of smoke inhalation. The VK-450 helps to convert CO into CO2, allowing you to breathe it out. So, instead of also keeping a single-use fire/smoke hood on hand, you can use your existing gas mask for smoke protection in case of a house fire or wildfire.
Of course, these filters still provide full protection from NBC threats, and they sport a truly impressive 13.5-year shelf life. They come individually packaged and are easy to stack, store and manage.
$90Mira Safety
#2: Mestel 40mm NATO NBC/CBRN Gas Mask Filter
The best "catch-all" filter for all agents.
The Mestel 40mm Filter is one of the most popular and reliable gas mask cartridges on the market today. It's rated to work all 40mm threads and masks, it provides active protection against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents. What's more, it's rated for crowd control chemicals, including CN, CS, and OC gas, pepper spray, and mace.
Protection against virtually all known biological and chemical agents
Protection against airborne bacteria, viruses, spores, and fungus
EN P3 Certified with CLASS 3 Rating for nuclear/radiological particles
Excellent protection against Sarin gas and DMMP
Five-year shelf life, active filtration up to 24 hours
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#3: MIRA NBC-77 Multi-Gas 40mm Cartridge (NBC/CBRN)
The most protective filter with the longest shelf-life.
The MIRA 40mm Filter is another top choice for its ability to filter most agents, including all NBC and CBRN agents, while affording users a solid 20-year shelf life. Uniquely, this filter includes a CBRN reactor, meaning the filter itself is capable of neutralizing particles that create harmful radiation, like iodine. This is a wonderful feature considering radioactive particles can still penetrate the skin and orifices if a user is exposed to such particles in the open environment (even if a mask is worn).
Provides 20-year shelf life
Compatible with all 40mm NATO respirators
Rated to filter all known CBRN agents
CBRN reactor neutralizes radioisotopes
Constructed of high-impact plastic
If you are just looking for virus or bacteria protection (for diseases like COVID-19) then look at their ParticleMax P3 Virus Filter - 6 Pack.
Mira also offers two other interesting choices: the VK-450 Smoke / Carbon Monoxide Filter works not only NBC but smoke and carbon monoxide as well, at $89.95 a piece, and the affordable DotPro 320 40mm Gas Mask Filter offers full Spectrum protection from NBC/ABEK threats for only $39.95 each.
#4: Israeli Defense Forces M15 40mm Gas Mask Filter
The most affordable 40mm NBC filter.
We typically recommend against investing in military-surplus gas masks. Many are not capable of providing a proper seal around the face, and their filters are often expired (some older filters may include harmful asbestos, too). With that said, the Israeli Defense Forces' new-stock, surplus 40mm filter is wonderful: It's incredibly affordable, it provides complete NBC protection, and its threads are NATO-standard. Originally designed for the M15 mask (which we don't recommend using), it's compatible with nearly all masks. The big kicker is shelf life: Sealed units will last for up to 25 years, and they're readily available as new stock.
Manufactured date of 2017
Sealed shelf life of up to 25 years
Compatible with all 40mm NATO threads
IDF specifications (meets U.S. Army C2 filter requirements)
#5: Avon XM50/M50 CBRN & NBC Filter
Double filtration for all agents, viruses, particles, and chemicals.
The Avon M50 filter set is perhaps the most "rugged" or capable filter set available. While it only provides a shelf life of up to five years, the M50 filter provides complete protection against virtually all known agents of any type for up to 24 hours. It's 100% CBRN- and NBC-rated and protects against all nerve, blister, blood, and riot control agents.
NOTE: For the Avon M-50 Military Mask only these filters have non-standard (not 40-mm) connectors.
Up to 24 hours of protection against CB and radioactive agents
Twin filter system provides low profile and extra protection
Double filter set provides higher flow rate, easier breathing
Provides additional protection against viruses and bacteria
Up to five-year shelf life
#6: Drager 40mm CBRN Gas Mask Filter
A rugged, affordable filter with a wide range of protection.
Drager's a well-known name in the respirator field and their 40mm CBRN filter is no exception. It provides excellent protection against most gases, vapors and particles (A2B2E2K2P3) and features a very well-built and rugged aluminum housing. Standard 40mm NATO threads make it compatible with nearly all masks. Shelf life is rated at six years for gas and combination filters, and twelve years for particle filtration. It's one of the most affordable filters that provide this level of protection.
Six- and twelve-year shelf life
Class 3 (10k PPM) particle filtration
Wide range of class 2 protection
Durable aluminum housing
CE-approved, SAI Global-approved
Author Bio: Travis Noonan is a military veteran and prepper who writes for Bug Out Bag Builder. When he's not writing, he's busy finding the best tactical gloves, range bags, shooting glasses, and active hearing protection for shooters and preppers at RangeOften.com.
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Ford contractor claims he was fired for dissenting comment on company's trans embrace
Saying 'the socio-cultural reality of gender cannot be separated from one's sex as male or female' is allegedly a fireable offense at Ford Motor Company.
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January 10, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A man who worked as a contractor at a Ford Motor Company plant in Michigan claims he was fired last fall solely for a respectful comment challenging transgender ideology on a social media post celebrating another employee's "gender transition."
In October, Michigan pro-LGBT media outlet PrideSource published a profile on Lynn Keiser, a homosexual male research engineer at Ford attesting to the company's wholehearted support for his "transition" to female.
"While looking at Ford I was thinking about whether I could transition, and I found they scored a perfect 100 on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index," Keiser said, going on to explain how his supervisor "didn't bat an eye" and his human resources manager was "equally supportive."
This week, another man who worked as a contractor at Ford's Automatic Transmission Operations building in Livonia, Michigan, told PJ Media that he lost his job as a direct result of commenting on an internal company post celebrating Keiser. "Human beings are male or female, the socio-cultural reality of gender cannot be separated from one's sex as male or female," wrote the man, who wishes to remain anonymous at this time.
He says he had hoped to spark a conversation among the almost-uniformly favorable responses to the story, but the company instead "saw my comment as intolerant and at odds with its progressive ideologies."
"Ford said that because of my comment and the intolerance that it represented (or so they accused me of) that my services to them would cease immediately," the man claims. "I was told this in an unscheduled 1 on 1 meeting with my boss and an HR representative. I was told to pack up my belongings immediately, to leave my badge and computer, then I was walked out of the building like a criminal."
He admits "in hindsight it is easy to say it was unwise" to publicly dissent from the prevailing dogma on the subject, but "I had no way of knowing this would be the outcome beforehand (…) If Ford does have a policy on such issues, I am not aware, nor was I made aware during my time there." He added that he "was not given a warning of any sort."
In response, Ford spokeswoman Karen Hampton told PJ Media that the ex-worker in question "was not an employee of Ford Motor Company and it would be inappropriate for us to comment," beyond a claim that, generally, "employees are not fired solely as a result of comments made."
The man explained that he was technically paid by The Productivity Team (TPT), but he was fully integrated into Ford's employee systems. He had a Ford employee ID number, access to the automaker's intranet, answered directly to a Ford employee, and, most important, was fired by Ford, not TPT.
TPT also rejected PJ Media's requests for comment, saying only it did not speak publicly about current or former employees. Neither company answered whether they specifically welcomed employees who disagree with transgenderism.
"I strongly feel that I've been persecuted for my moral values on this issue," the former employee lamented, arguing that his original post was also an act of compassion for gender-confused colleagues. "The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth," he said, quoting St. Augustine.
"You'll find diversity at every level of the company, from the boardroom to the design studio, from the plant floors to the engineering centers," the auto manufacturer's "Diversity and Inclusion" page boasts. "Ford's senior executive leadership team fully endorses this model and takes great pride in celebrating our workforce that reflects the society in which we live and work."
In 2015, another Michigan-based former Ford contractor named Thomas Banks told LifeSiteNews he was fired for criticizing the company's embrace of same-sex "marriage," despite making the comments in response to a Ford request for feedback on the issue.
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These days nearly everyone recognizes that the foods they eat affect the appearance of their bodies; however, most people fail to realize that what they consume also has a considerable impact on how their brains work. Your diet can affect your brain's energy level, memory, and the efficiency with which it handles its tasks. What should you eat on the days leading up to the LSAT to make sure your brain is operating at peak levels?
The brain is an exceptionally active metabolic organ, which means that it must constantly consume energy to function. Still, the brain is a picky eater. Research has consistently shown that foods with the right neurochemicals can help you concentrate, tune sensorimotor skills, stay motivated, magnify memory, increase reaction times, defuse stress and, to a certain extent, even prevent mental aging.
While a healthy brain is determined in part by how much (or little) fat you eat, the more important factor is the kind of fat consumed. Maximum intellectual performance requires a specific type of fat known as omega-3 fatty acids, found most commonly in fish. So to ensure that your diet is rich in omega-3 fats, and that your brain is flush with this powerful nutrient, it is recommended that you eat plenty of oily fish like salmon, sardines, trout, tuna, herring, mackerel, and anchovies.
Eating protein raises the levels of an amino acid called tyrosine, which prompts the brain to manufacture norepinephrine and dopamine, important chemical messengers in the brain. Norepinephrine and dopamine serve to keep you energized as they stimulate receptors in the brain specific to alertness and activity. Poultry, seafood, soy products, and lean meat are the richest sources of protein, and dairy products, legumes, nuts, and seeds contain high concentrations as well.
Glucose from carbohydrates provides the fuel your brain uses to produce energy. Be careful, however, when choosing your sources of carbohydrates! The key is to choose carbohydrates that are broken down by the body gradually and provide a steady, long-term source of energy (typically known as complex carbohydrates), as opposed to carbohydrates that have an immediate impact on the body and cause a rapid burst of energy that will fade quickly (simple carbohydrates). Whole grain foods such as cereals, wheat bran, and whole wheat pasta are key sources of complex carbohydrates. Fruits and vegetables are another excellent source of carbohydrates that can provide long-lasting energy. Refined sugars are the most common simple carbohydrates and, as mentioned previously, only fuel the brain for a short period of time and ultimately result in a demanding drop of energy or "crash." Avoid refined sugars whenever possible.
It is a good idea to consider supplementing your diet with specific vitamins and minerals designed to promote proper body function. The 'B' complex vitamins are particularly important, as they play a vital role in producing energy. Vitamins A, C, and E are powerful antioxidants and promote and preserve memory. Good sources of these vitamins include blueberries and other berries, red grapes, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, spinach, carrots, whole grains, and soy.
The final key component in maintaining a healthy and efficient brain is also the most simplest and most readily available: water. Studies have shown that the vast majority of adults do not consume enough water daily and the consequences can be severe. Even mild dehydration decreases your mental energy significantly, impairing memory and cognitive function. In fact, as little as a 2% drop in body water can cause faulty short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on a computer screen or on a printed page for more than a few seconds at a time. To stay properly hydrated, try to drink at least three liters of water per day.
Dinner the night before the test – omega-3 fatty fish (or lean meat) with spinach or broccoli, and potatoes or a few pieces of whole grain bread.
Remember to drink plenty of water!
Also, beware of coffee or other caffeinated drinks before the test as they tend to have the same detrimental effects as sugar, with unpredictable boosts of energy/jitters followed by crashes and fatigue.
Avoid potential disaster by eating for your brain for at least a few days leading up to the test so you're sure that you won't have any unpleasant reactions to foods that you may not normally consume.
Eat for your brain and you'll feed your score!
Hey, I read your post from Nov '11 (http://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/bid/153514/The-LSAT-Experimental-Section) and I was wondering if it's still fair to think this way?
Well the truth is that the experimental could be either. A year ago I'd have confirmed that the games in section 4 or 5 were real and first games didn't count, but the more recent exams have seen some test takers with sections 4 or 5 as experimental, so in theory there's no way to know.
Your only shot–and with the Sabbath exam it's potentially a long one–is to peruse the various boards/forums online and see if other Sabbath test takers have submitted info about their games, and then compare that to what you recall about yours. For instance, if another test taker only had one section of games you could theoretically compare the games they had which were real with your two sections to see which one of yours was real. Not an easy task mind you, but about your only option unfortunately. Good luck!