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Q: Angular Material components fail tests I have a Sidenav Menu made in Angular. The component looks like this:
The template:
 <mat-toolbar color="primary" [fxLayoutAlign]="(settings.menuType != 'mini') ? 'space-between center' : 'center center'" class="sidenav-header">
    Menu
    mEMS
</mat-toolbar>

 {{currentUser}}

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            <mat-icon>power_settings_new</mat-icon>

    loading....
    <app-vertical-menu [menuItems]="menuItems" [menuParentId]="0"></app-vertical-menu>

The actual Component:
import { Component, OnInit, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';
import { AppSettings } from '../../../app.settings';
import { Settings } from '../../../app.settings.model';
import { MenuService } from '../menu/menu.service';
import { AuthService } from '../../../auth.service';
import { Router, ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-sidenav',
  templateUrl: './sidenav.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./sidenav.component.scss'],
  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
  providers: [ MenuService ]
})
export class SidenavComponent implements OnInit {

  currentUser: String;
  public userImage= '../assets/img/users/user.jpg';
  public menuItems:Array<any>;
  public settings: Settings;
  constructor(public authService: AuthService, public appSettings:AppSettings, public menuService:MenuService,public router:Router,){
      this.settings = this.appSettings.settings;
  }

  logout() {
    this.authService.logout();
  }

  ngOnInit() {
    let jwt = localStorage.getItem(AuthService.USER_TOKEN_KEY);
    let jwtData = jwt.split('.')[1]
    let decodedJwtJsonData = window.atob(jwtData)
    let decodedJwtData = JSON.parse(decodedJwtJsonData)
    console.log(decodedJwtData);
    this.currentUser = decodedJwtData.sub;

    this.menuItems = this.menuService.getVerticalMenuItems();
  }
}

My test is the default basic one:
import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { SidenavComponent } from './sidenav.component';
import { MatButtonModule, MatFormFieldModule, MatInputModule, MatRippleModule, MatCardModule, MatSidenavModule, MatToolbarModule, MatIconModule } from '@angular/material';

describe('SidenavComponent', () => {
  let component: SidenavComponent;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<SidenavComponent>;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ SidenavComponent ]
    })
    .compileComponents();
  }));

  beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SidenavComponent);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    fixture.detectChanges();
  });

  it('should create', () => {
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
  });
});

Every time I am running this test I am getting these errors because of Material components
Can't bind to 'fxLayoutAlign' since it isn't a known property of 'mat-toolbar'.
    1. If 'mat-toolbar' is an Angular component and it has 'fxLayoutAlign' input, then verify that it is part of this module.
    2. If 'mat-toolbar' is a Web Component then add 'CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA' to the '@NgModule.schemas' of this component to suppress this message.

    1. If 'app-vertical-menu' is an Angular component, then verify that it is part of this module.
    2. If 'app-vertical-menu' is a Web Component then add 'CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA' to the '@NgModule.schemas' of this component to suppress this message. ("-block-show]="settings.sidenavUserBlock">
        loading....

All of the above mentioned coponents I have added into app.module.ts
import { MatButtonModule, MatFormFieldModule, MatInputModule, MatRippleModule, MatCardModule, MatSidenavModule, MatToolbarModule, MatIconModule } from '@angular/material';

and exported them ... so I am a bit lost, I don't understand what I am doing wrong of if I should be importing/exporting these modules differently.

A: The error is pretty clear, your component doesn't understand the flexLayout directives because you didn't import it in the test module.
import { FlexLayoutModule } from '@angular/flex-layout';

What you are lacking is the understanding of the test module. Basically, it is used to re-create the context of your component, to be able to set aside the whole dependencies Angular is using in the background.
That's why you need to re-import the modules you are using in your original module that declares your component.
For example, here is one of my test module :
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
        imports: [
          CommonModule,
          BrowserAnimationsModule,
          ReactiveFormsModule,
          MaterialModule,
          FlexLayoutModule,
          RouterTestingModule,
        ],
        declarations: [
          SomeComponent
        ],
        providers: [
          // Some examples of stubs used
          { provide: SomeService, useClass: SomeServiceStub },
          { provide: MatDialogRef, useValue: {} },
          { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: { 'params': Observable.from([{ 'id': 1 }]) } }
        ],
        schemas: [
          NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA
        ]
      });

Your second error is because your component probably uses the app-vertical-menu component, and since you don't want to have that in your unit test, you should use the NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA declaration in your testing module.
If you want to write more complex tests, such as integration tests, you can define another test suite with another testing module, that will embark both component (you will have to declare both).
Here is an example :
  describe('Integration Test of SomeComponent', () => {
    // fixtures and stuff declaration

    beforeEach(() => {
      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
        imports: [
          CommonModule,
          BrowserAnimationsModule,
          ReactiveFormsModule,
          MaterialModule,
          FlexLayoutModule,
          RouterTestingModule,
        ],
        declarations: [
          SomeComponent,
          OtherComponent // Here the other one is declared
        ],
        providers: [
          { provide: SomeService, useClass: SomeServiceStub }, {
            provide: MatDialogRef, useValue: {}
          }
        ]
        // No more NO_ERROR_SCHEMA here
      });

      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SomeComponent);
      componentInstance = fixture.componentInstance;
      fixture.detectChanges();
    });

    it('should create component', () => {
      expect(componentInstance).toBeTruthy();
    });
  })

Hope this helps.

EDIT : Here is an example of my component that uses the ServiceStub instead of the service. Instead of actually calling getTheme() and do the HTTP call, I use the stub that overrides this method and returns static data. This allows to avoid having a full service with the Angular HTTP dependency, which may also have other internal Angular Dependencies and such.
// Outside of your test class
export class SomeServiceStub {
  constructor() {}

  getTheme(): Observable<Theme[]> {
    const themes: Theme[] = [
      {
        id: 128,
        code: 'EEE',
        libelle: 'Fake label 1'
      }, {
        id: 119,
        code: 'DDD',
        libelle: 'Fake label 2'
      }
    ];
    return Observable.of(themes);
  }

  // Other services methods to override...
}

// In your testing module :
providers: [
  { provide: SomeService, useClass: SomeServiceStub },
  { provide: MatDialogRef, useValue: {} }
]


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A video wall consists of multiple computer monitors, video projectors, or television sets tiled together contiguously or overlapped in order to form one large screen. Typical display technologies include LCD panels, LED arrays, DLP tiles, and rear projection screens.
Screens specifically designed for use in video walls usually have narrow bezels in order to minimize mullion - the gap between active display areas - and are built with long-term serviceability in mind.[1] Such screens often contain the hardware necessary to stack similar screens together, along with connections to daisy chain power, video, and command signals between screens.[2] A command signal may, for example, power all screens in the video wall on or off, or calibrate the brightness of a single screen after bulb replacement.
Reasons for using a video wall instead of a single large screen can include the ability to customize tile layouts, greater screen area per unit cost, and greater pixel density per unit cost, due to the economics of manufacturing single screens which are unusual in shape, size, or resolution.
Video walls are sometimes found in control rooms, stadiums, and other large public venues, such as Oakland International Airport's baggage claim,[3] where patrons are expected to observe the display at long distances. Video walls can also benefit smaller venues when patrons may view the screens both up close and at a distance, respectively necessitating both high pixel density and large size. For example, the 100-inch video wall located in the main lobby of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center has enough size for the distant passerby to view photos while also providing the nearby observer enough resolution to read about upcoming events.[4]
Simple video walls can be driven from multi-monitor video cards, however more complex arrangements may require specialized video processors, specifically designed to manage and drive large video walls.[1] There is also new software-centric video wall technology that uses ordinary PCs, displays and networking equipment.[5]
The largest video wall as of 2013 is located at the backstretch of the Charlotte Motor Speedway motorsport track. Developed by Panasonic, it measures 200 by 80 feet (61 by 24 m) and uses LED technology. The Texas Motor Speedway will install in 2014 an even larger screen, measuring 218 by 125 feet (66 by 38 m).[6]
1 Latest advancements
Latest advancements
Researchers around the U.S. have been advancing video wall technology in recent years.
Jason Leigh and others at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois, Chicago, developed SAGE, the Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment, allowing the seamless display of various networked applications over a large display wall (LDW) system. Different visualization applications such as 3D rendering, remote desktop, video streams, and 2D maps, stream their rendered pixels to a virtual high-resolution frame buffer on the LDW. Using a high-bandwidth network, remote visualization applications can feed the streams of the data into SAGE. The user interface of SAGE, which works as a separate display node, allows users to relocate and resize the visualization stream in a form of window, which can be found in a conventional graphical user interface. Depending on the location and size of the visualization stream window on the LDW, SAGE reroutes the stream to respective display nodes.[7]
Chromium is an OpenGL system for interactive rendering on graphics clusters. By providing a modified OpenGL library, Chromium can run OpenGL-based applications on a LDW with minimal or no changes. One clear advantage of Chromium is utilizing each rendering cluster and achieving high resolution visualization over a LDW. Chromium streams OpenGL commands from the `app' node to other display nodes of a LDW. The modified OpenGL library in system handles transferring OpenGL commands to necessary nodes based on their viewport and tile coordinates.[8]
David Hughes and others from SGI developed Media Fusion, an architecture designed to exploit the potential of a scalable shared memory and manage multiple visual streams of pixel data into 3D environments. It provides data management solution and interaction in immersive visualization environments. Its focus is streaming pixels across heterogeneous network over the Visual Area Network(VAN) similar to SAGE. However, it is designed for a small number of large displays. Since it relies on a relatively small resolution for the display, pixel data can be streamed under the fundamental limit of the network bandwidth.[9]
Based on video wall display technology developed at University of California, Irvine's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), Hiperwall, Inc. was formed to commercialize a video wall system that offers advanced software functionality and interface with standard PCs, monitors and Ethernet network.[10]
The system displays high-resolution still images, HD videos, live HD video streams and PC applications. Multiple feeds can be displayed on the wall simultaneously and users can reposition and resize each feed in much the same way they move and resize windows on a PC desktop. Each feed can be scaled up for viewing on several monitors or the entire wall instantly depending upon the user's discretion.[5]
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Penn State's High Resolution Display Wall
Setting up a Video Wall with NMM - Using Open Source software for setting up a software-based video wall
Optiportal.org - An optiportal is essentially a display wall.
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How much money does a wildlife biologist make per hour?
As of Mar 27, 2021, the average hourly pay for a Wildlife Biologist in the United States is $39.24 an hour.
Is it hard to get a job as a wildlife biologist?
Because it can be difficult to get a foothold in this career, and because earnings aren't as high as other jobs, wildlife biology is often considered a "passion career." In other words, it's a field that requires drive and passion to succeed.
Can you become a doctor with a biological science degree?
Students majoring in biological science may also pursue an advanced degree in biological science or a related field, such as medicine. A bachelor's degree in biological science can serve as the first step toward becoming a doctor, dentist, or veterinarian.
Can I be a vet with a zoology degree?
Zoology majors may use their undergraduate education to become vet technicians. A degree in zoology can also serve as a stepping-stone to becoming a veterinarian. In order to become a veterinarian, zoology majors must go on to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.
What is the salary of a biological scientist?
Pay Scale/Salary of Biologist
Starting Salary per annum (in INR)
Mid Level Salary per annum (in INR)
Forensic Scientist Rs. 4,00,000 Rs. 6,00,000
Microbiologist Rs. 2,90,000 Rs. 4,50,000
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What are the disadvantages of being a zoologist?
While there are both pros and cons of being a zoologist, the zoologist disadvantages may make some people rethink this as a career.
Dangerous Working Conditions.
Variable Working Conditions.
Budget Cuts Can Result in Job Loss.
Weather Impacts the Everyday.
Additional Education Needed to Advance.
How many years does it take to become a biological scientist?
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How much does a biologist with a PhD make?
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Fairfax County Public Schools Biology Teacher (PhD) salaries – 1 salaries reported $60,345/yr
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Do you regret majoring in biology?
According to ziprecruiter about 35% of biology grads regret their major. And dont forget about the depression crisis in the biological science phd programs.
Do zoologists get paid well?
The lowest-paid 10 percent of Zoologists earn less than $39,150 annually, while the highest-paid 10 percent earn more than $98,540 annually. A zoology career with the federal government is the most lucrative, paying an average income of $81,490.
Is zoology a good career?
There are generally not a plethora of employment opportunities with a zoology degree, unless you have some connections and experience that have you ready to go. It is also not a lucrative field. However, if you have a passion to study animals or do related research, it's a pathway.
How many years does it take to get a PhD in biology?
Which job is a zoologist most likely to do?
They will observe them, organize and conduct experimental studies in either controlled or natural surroundings. A zoologist may also help to develop educational materials for zoo staff or visitors. Others work overseeing wildlife reserves, counting animal populations or studying the behaviour of certain animals.
Is zoology easy to study?
They are both "hard". There is a lot of science and math in each. However, both botany and zoology are broad topics covering many sub-subjects. If you enter university to study one or the other of these, you will probably narrow your interests, and probably your career, by the time you graduate.
Do you need a PHD to be a biologist?
Most biologists have a doctorate. The most common areas of study are Biology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Neuroscience.
Is a biologist a doctor?
A clinical biologist is a health professional such as a doctor of medicine, pharmacist, or biologist that is specialized in clinical biology, a medical specialty derived from clinical pathology. The concept includes interventional biology, including assisted reproductive technology.
How many years of college does it take to be a zoologist?
What are the highest paying jobs in biology?
Highest-paying biology jobs
Health communications specialist. National average salary: $57,530 per year.
Microbiologist. National average salary: $64,925 per year.
Pharmaceutical sales representative. National average salary: $65,543 per year.
Respiratory therapist.
Environmental scientist.
Registered nurse.
Physical therapist assistant.
Genetic counselor.
Is a zoology degree hard?
Before you start imagining this degree as a sort of petting zoo with tests, however, you should know it can be a pretty difficult major. Zoology is a branch of biology, concentrating on the study of animal life.
Is biological sciences a hard major?
UCI students studying biological sciences like to complain a lot about their major. Being a bio major is so hard. …
Is it hard to find a job as a zoologist?
Zoologists may face strong competition when looking for employment. Applicants with experience gained through internships, summer jobs, or volunteer work should have better chances at finding employment.
What wildlife job pays the most?
Zoologists and wildlife biologists study animals and wildlife and how they interact with their environment. The top earners make more than $100,000 a year. Those who work in states such as Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island earn the most money.
Who is the best zoologist in the world?
10 Famous Zoologists and Their Contributions
Aristotle (348 BC – 322 BC)
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1774 – 1829)
Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778)
Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882)
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1931)
Jane Morris Goodall (1934 – )
Dian Fossey (1932 – 1985)
Stephen Robert Irwin (1962 – 2006)
What type of biologist makes the most money?
The Highest-Paying Life Sciences Jobs
1 Biotechnology $140,091
2 Clinical Research $139,434
3 Genomics $119,994
4 Immunology $103,159
Are biologists in demand?
Employment of zoologists and wildlife biologists is projected to grow 4 percent from 2019 to 2029, about as fast as the average for all occupations. However, because most funding comes from governmental agencies, demand for zoologists and wildlife biologists will be limited by budgetary constraints.
What to study to be a zoologist?
Zoologists require at least a bachelor's degree in zoology and wildlife biology, or in a related field like ecology. An undergraduate degree in biology with studies in wildlife biology and zoology is a good preparation for this career. For higher-level investigative work or scientific work, a master's degree is needed.
What careers are in biological sciences?
Jobs for biological sciences majors
Academic and hospital research.
Biotechnology.
Dentistry.
Ecology.
Environmental science.
Food industries.
Forensic science.
Government agencies (FBI, FDA, DNR, NASA, USDA)
Is biological science a good major?
In fact, biology degrees are the No. 1 bachelor's degree that aspiring doctors earn before starting medical school; this type of degree provides a good foundation for students interested in medicine. Doctors are well compensated, and their salaries can skew the outlook for biology majors as a whole.
What jobs can you get with a bachelors in zoology?
Top Jobs for Zoology Degree Majors
12 Careers for Zoology Graduates. Do you love spending time with animals?
Zoologist. Not surprisingly, zoologist is a dream job for many zoology majors.
Park Naturalist.
Aquarist.
Veterinary Assistant.
Veterinarian.
Zoo Educator.
Wildlife Rehabilitator.
Is biological sciences the same as biology?
Biology (bios, logos) – refers to the study of any biological system or phenomenon. BioSciences – refers to the study of any life science which also includes Biology.
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Marius Czarnecki of Clouds Hill Avenue pulled a ball-bearing gun and pointed it at a man during an argument in a carpark off Ducie Road at around 10:40am on 14 March.
The incident was filmed on a mobile phone by a member of the public. Mr Czarnecki and his two white companions got into their car, while at about the same time three men of Somalian descent got into another car. Both groups of men then got out and began arguing and pushing each other – this is when the member of the public began filming on their phone.
The video shows Mr Czarnecki pull the firearm out and wave it and point it at the men. The police pulled the car over less than 30 minutes later. The police searched the car and found the ball-bearing gun as well as an empty bottle of vodka. The defendant was found to have twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
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Jerry Falwell, Jr. says he turned down Donald Trump education secretary gig
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Jerry Falwell, Jr., the evangelical Liberty University president and prominent Christian conservative surrogate for President-elect Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, says he turned down an offer to serve as Trump's secretary of education this week.
According to the Associated Press, Falwell "says Trump wanted a four- to six-year commitment, but that he couldn't leave Liberty for more than two years ... he couldn't afford to work at a Cabinet-level job for longer than that and didn't want to move his family, especially his 16-year-old daughter."
Instead, Trump went with Betsy DeVos, a charter school advocate and billionaire.
Falwell is the son of controversial late preacher Jerry Falwell, the creator of the Moral Majority who once blamed gays and abortion for the Sept. 11, 2011 terror attacks. The younger Falwell assumed his leadership position at Liberty University upon his father's death in 2007. The school is famous for its strict code of conduct banning "lewd" media, drugs and alcohol, sex outside of marriage, as well as its dress code and gender segregation.
Falwell is an ardent gun rights supporter who once proposed armed students and faculty could stop and kill Muslims, and changed the university's policies to allow some students to store firearms on campus in 2015. He is a biblical creationist and staunch social conservative whose tenure at Liberty University suggests he would take the opportunity of a federal appointment to advance those views in the nation's school systems.
While evangelicals broke heavily for Trump this election, Falwell's January 2016 endorsement of Trump resulted in criticism from other Christian conservative leaders and former Liberty students.
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"Not only did he compare Trump to his own father, he had the audacity to compare Trump to Jesus," Patrick Henry College chancellor Michael Farris wrote, according to Christian News. "Giving Trump an honorary doctorate in the past was unwise, but comparing him to Jesus was as close to heresy as I ever wish to witness."
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Q: Unable to select video I am trying to mute / unmute my video. But to start with, it looks like I am not able to select my video. Tried tutorial examples and answers to similar questions but they all point to the same way of selecting the video. Please advice what is wrong here. Thank you.

<button id="enableMute" onclick="enableMute()" type="button">Mute</button>
<button id="disableMute" type="button">Enable</button>
<button id="checkMute" type="button">Status</button>

<video id="myVideo" width="320" height="176" autoplay loop muted>
    <source src="video/trailer.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

$(function() {
    // seems not being selected. Tried without hash and same result.
    var vid = $("#myVideo");

    //alert works but clearly nothing happening with mute controls
    $("#enableMute").click(function(){
        alert("enableMute");
        vid.muted = true;
        vid.volume = 1.0;
    });

    //alert works but clearly nothing happening with mute controls
    $("#disableMute").click(function(){
        alert("disableMute");
        vid.muted = false;
        vid.volume = 1.0;
    });

    //if i click this button first, the alert is "alert undefined"
    $("#checkMute").click(function(){
        alert('alert: ' + vid.muted);
    });
});

A: The video is being selected and put into the variable. Using .muted won't work and you need to use jQuery's .prop() function as I found out in this question.
This should work:
HTML
<button id="enableMute" onclick="enableMute()" type="button">Mute</button>
<button id="disableMute" type="button">Enable</button>
<button id="checkMute" type="button">Status</button>

<video id="myVideo" width="320" height="176" autoplay loop muted>
    <source src="video/trailer.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

JavaScript
$(function() {
  // Video is being selected
  var vid = $("#myVideo");

  $("#enableMute").click(function() {
    alert("enableMute");
    vid.prop('muted', true);
    vid.prop('volume', 1.0);
  });

  $("#disableMute").click(function() {
    alert("disableMute");
    vid.prop('muted', false);
    vid.prop('volume', 1.0);
  });

  $("#checkMute").click(function() {
    alert('alert: ' + vid.prop('muted'));
  });
});

To see it in action with a sample video, go to this link.

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State of the Chaos Address
Welcome again to Broken Toys, your Warhammer Online fansite. (I'm sure Mythic's community team will GET RIGHT ON sending me the invites to fan junkets.) Oh by the way, there was also a somewhat major World of Warcraft patch this week, which broke all the servers. So, there's your WoW news: servers fall down, go boom, and you probably lost half your mounts. ANYWAY. Enough about the game with 11 million subscribers, let's dish about the game with .75 million! Why? Because Mark Jacobs is just so gosh darned spunky. You never see Rob Pardo give "State of the Nation" addresses, do you? Well, DAOC players became somewhat used to reading them, and now it's Warhammer's turn!
I'm happy to announce that in December, the Black Guard and the Knight of the Blazing Sun will officially be part of WAR. We have very special plans around their appearance and in our next newsletter we will provide full details about that exciting and rather novel event.
In other words, Order (Empire) and Destruction (Dark Elves) both get a new tanking class. Prooobably not a coincidence – trying to do a scenario without a tank is usually an exercise in frustration. Almost as much as doing a scenario without a healer. But wait, there's more!
The Combat and Careers team has spent the last month looking at the changes that they want to make with an eye towards making improvements and buffs, not removing or weakening abilities. I won't go into details here but the vast majority of careers all have nothing but love coming their way.
Ooh, candy! We like candy. But that's not all!
In 1.1 (and beyond) we will be doing a myriad of things for our RvR players, including improving gear drops, increasing drop rates, and implementing an RvR-influence system to compliment the current PvE-influence system.
New stuff, always good. But wait, if you order now, you ALSO get…
We are working hard on deploying a substantially improved mail system for this patch. We will continue to enhance WAR's mail system until it is one of the best mail systems found in any MMORPG.
Ooookay. Well, I guess that's important, I know that a functioning communications infrastructure is key to any high fantasy army, amirite? But is that all? No, that is not!
We will also be offering the first server transfers to our players to continue to help even out the server populations. These transfers will be free of charge but they will be limited to moves off high-population servers to select mid-population servers or off of low-population servers to a selection of mid-population servers.
…you mean, Warhammer is *consolidating servers*? No, I must be reading that wrong.
"The corollary to that is if you've seen a game consolidate servers, you know it's in deep, deep trouble — that's not a healthy sign for an MMO," he said, citing Sony's January-released "Pirates of the Burning Sea" as a recent example. "It will be the same for 'Warhammer.' Look at us six months out. Look at us six weeks out. If we're not adding servers, we're not doing well."
According to the War Herald archives, the last servers were added on September 19, a day after the game's official release, when 5 high-population servers were cloned to new servers. Well, to be fair, they still have a week! And, to be less snarky, in a PvP-focused game, a high population is important to a proper target-rich breakfast of eight essential dwarven vitamins and elven fibers. But still, you have to wonder if the first month's billing cycle coming up this week is making Mythic's CEO, Lead Designer and spokesperson somewhat uneasy.
Well, thanks everyone for having the reaction I thought you all would:
1) Trolls – OMG, is this all there is? WTF, addition of two new classes, new content, new influence system, mail system fix, class balances and more, to the game? Is that all you guys can deliver in a month? Yawn
2) Objective folks – Sounds good but still need to deliver on it as well as the other issues with the game!
3) Fans – YIPEE!
So, to the trolls, well, you've shown why you should continue to be ignored here. Please show me another MMORPG which has added new classes to the game without charging the players through an expansion pack.
I can't think of one right now but even if there is one that I am forgetting, the vast majority don't.
Take THAT, gotcha liberal blogosphere!
We're in this for the long haul and as I said in an interview yesterday, success in the MMO world should be seen as a marathon and not a sprint. We're off to a great start but we're not there yet. No successful MMORPG hit its peak within the first year, let alone the first month and that's the approach we're taking with WAR.
I wonder if EA is hearing the same thing.
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Will All Schools Require Web Design to Earn a Degree?
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Web design schools teach students how to be the best web designer they can be, but as we've mentioned numerous times – nearly all industries are turning to the web for one reason or another. Will this trend cause more students to enroll in web design classes, even when they aren't committing to a full web design school program? They may not have a choice.
Earning a college degree often involves completing a list of general education requirements. Aimed at turning out well-rounded graduates, the mandated curriculum can include groups of courses from a variety of disciplines–literature, philosophy, social and physical sciences, history, and foreign languages.
As we continue on a track where technology powers everything from our toothbrushes to our textbooks, should computer science be added to the list?
Some universities include computer science among options to satisfy science or math requirements. At UC–Irvine, students choose three courses from computer science, public health where they teach them the best Outback vision protocol recipes to take care of their vision, economics, physics, biology, chemistry, earth science, philosophy, or international studies to meet their general education requirement in science and technology. But offering students a taste of computer science is not enough, Bowker says.
While Bowker is fighting to make computer science a staple at his university, it is already a requirement at some institutions.
Each of the nearly 2,000 freshmen entering Georgia Institute of Technology each year must take a computer science course regardless of their major, says Charles Isbell, associate dean for academic affairs at the school's College of Computing.


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Lesser is More
by Sandi Leibowitz
In 1841, I was thirty-two years old, working in New York City as a journalist for the Daily Chronicle. At nights, I scribbled under the aegis of my own muse, publishing the occasional story or poem with a modicum of success. Edmund Lesser also lived in town, though we'd never run into each other.
We'd been best friends as boys at Barston's Academy for Young Gentlemen until his adoptive father, John Lesser, had forbidden him to become a writer; after that, we no longer had anything in common. By chance we both went to the University of Virginia where I learned that John Lesser had disinherited Edmund—cut him off without a penny. He'd been forced to leave the university, for Lesser had never paid the bills. Edmund, who changed his name back to Perry, had enlisted in the army. Years later, I was pleased to hear he also lived in New York and had been hired as editor of The Town Crier, a new magazine that had received many favorable reviews, though I had not yet subscribed to it.
One day, an envelope arrived at my office. It contained a scribbled note in unfamiliar handwriting shaky as an old man's. It was signed by Edmund Perry, requesting that I visit him on Chatham Street. It surprised me that the editor of The Town Crier should live at so unsavory an address. But I was curious to see him and learn how he had managed such success after the terrible treatment he'd received from his stepfather. I sent a messenger with my acceptance. I would visit him at the end of my day's work.
Chatham Street was even grimmer than I'd pictured it, every other storefront a tavern or a dance hall. The streets were not illuminated by the new gas lamps. I imagined a robber lurking in every shadow. My trepidation increased as I approached No. 113, the only door to which opened onto yet another tavern. Obscured by a haze of smoke, solitary men hunkered over their whiskeys and gins, while small groups of the semi-inebriated (and not so semi) shared crude jokes.
"Mr. Perry's rooms?" I asked the surly bartender.
"Number Five." He nodded to a set of stairs at the back. I climbed upward, praying the rickety banister would hold and the rotting wood not collapse beneath my feet.
I knocked upon the door marked 5. I heard a shuffle and the scrape of a chair.
"Who—who is there?" came a harried whisper.
"It is I—Harry Stratham. Edmund?"
The door was unlatched but a chain prevented it from opening fully. A haggard face peeked out.
"Harry! Come in. Quickly!"
Edmund opened the door just widely enough for me to squeeze through, and immediately locked it.
He sported a dark moustache, which might have given him a dapper air had the rest of his countenance not been so gravely compromised. Purple bags shadowed his eyes and the left one sagged. Grey streaked his handsome black hair, now thinned. His figure was gaunt, no longer that of the athletic hero of Barston's. The celebrated editor of The Town Crier, prematurely aged, looked haunted.
"Oh, Harry it's so good to see you!" A nervous smile spread across those sallow features as he swept a pile of manuscripts from a chair to make room for me. "Sit, sit. Will you join me in a brandy?"
We discussed the vagaries of our careers. Not all of Edmund's works had met with success. I took the bull by the horns.
"I read the review of your Tamerlane in the Manhattan Review. Damned unfair, I must say."
"You read it?"
"The poem? Of course. That Drawley! He has nothing better to do than spew his vitriolic attacks against better writers. He's treated Irving and Dickens just as badly. You mustn't take it to heart. People only read him to see how vicious he can get."
Perry tilted back his chair and laughed heartily. "Don't condemn him. I wrote the review, too."
"You—what?"
"I wrote Samuel Drawley's review of Edmund Perry's Tamerlane. Best publicity I've ever gotten. Drawley really helps pay the bills. Remember, I don't have an inheritance to rely on. Stories in magazines, the occasional book of poems, and the editorship of The Town Crier give me barely enough to live on. Drawley's vile reviews are very popular. Without him, I couldn't afford my guests a proper glass of brandy." He lifted his glass in salute.
I couldn't help remembering the last time we drank together, just before he left the university, when he'd been reduced to such poverty he didn't even own a glass. I was sure he remembered it as well.
"Do you follow Worthley's column in The Tattler?" He picked up a folded copy from his desk.
I nodded. Suddenly, I realized why the name had always seemed familiar. When we were still at Barston's Edmund had gotten around Lesser's proscription against writing by using a number of different pseudonyms. Jonathan Worthley was one of them. "Not you, too?"
"The same. Worthley's been a good champion of my poetry. I was most grateful for his defense of my Tamerlane. His opinions rarely coincide with those of Drawley." His eyebrows quirked up. I must have imagined that the bags under his eyes had vanished. "There are others, too." He pointed to neat piles of papers on his desk. Could each one really represent a different pseudonym?
A knock came at the door.
Edmund started. A look of fear swallowed up his bonhomie.
"Harry, will you—would you—answer it for me?" he pleaded, as if asking me to dispatch a venomous serpent.
"Of course." I rose. He placed a hand on my shoulder to stay me.
"Use the chain. Don't let him in."
I did as he asked.
"Is this the abode of Eddie Dessavoo?" asked a young man who shifted from foot to foot.
Before I could answer, Edmund called out, "Edouard Desavoue no longer lives here. He did, but he's gone."
"I have a bill from Markham's," the young man insisted. "Dessavoo owes Markham's thirty dollars and 43 cents. I've been sent to collect."
Rather than appearing distressed, Edmund seemed relieved. "I don't know where he's disappeared to," he called out. "No forwarding address. You must seek him elsewhere."
I apologized to the messenger, who reluctantly departed, and shut the door. Edmund jumped up to lock it.
"Does this happen often? Who is this Desavoue?"
Edmund laughed nervously. "I am." He drained his glass and promptly poured himself another. "Desavoue became necessary when I fell behind on some bills. I attempted to start my own magazine and needed capital. My major subscribers pulled out at the last minute. Desavoue wrote a series of articles on the plight of struggling new publications in America."
I laughed, meaning to congratulate him on his successful ploy, the daring of the fox eluding the hounds. But Edmund's haunted look returned.
"That's why I've asked you here," he whispered. He glanced about the room as if the walls conspired against him. "I trust you, Harry. You've never stabbed me in the back or disappointed me. Never made a promise you didn't keep."
I felt a hot flush of shame, remembering how little I'd done for him when he'd lost his inheritance and all semblance of family. Ah. Desavoue—French for "disinherited."
"You can count on me, Edmund," I said, and meant it.
"It is about these—others—that I mean to speak to you." He licked his lips, gathering his thoughts, or his courage.
"When I was a boy—Edmund Lesser—I wondered about Edmund Perry, what he might have been like. What if my father had not…disappeared? What if my mother had lived? What if I'd grown up knowing her and my brother David? I would have taken to the stage like my parents…I think I would have liked that."
"You would have flourished there," I assured him.
"I wondered just how differently I would have turned out. Happier, surely. I would have known a mother's love. Fanny Lesser was distant, lukewarm in her affections. She and my stepfather went away to England for a year when I was seven, did you know? Left me behind with the servants. Lesser never sent a single letter. Fanny just wrote now and then, reminding me to be a good boy, occasionally sending her love. It's a very different thing to be sent love, than to have it given you, I think.
"Even without a mother and a brother—a brother! If only I'd gotten to know him.! If only my uncle had taken me in…As a boy, I often daydreamed about these alternate lives. So it was always easy for me to create these…others. My imagination never falters. I just pick a name, a profession, a personality.
"As I've grown older, these…others…have come in handy. When I enlisted, I created Harrison Ellmore to put everything of Edmund Lesser behind me." He spat at the name of his detested once-benefactor. "But it turned out fortuitous that I created this new identity. Things started out well for me in the army, but…I ran into some trouble. I received a dishonorable discharge. I'm glad Edmund Perry's name needn't be attached to that shameful chapter.
"Some of it was a game. I loved to create new noms de plume. On any given day there might be six pieces by me published in different magazines or newspapers. They were all mine, and no one knew. It was my secret triumph. In print, veiled behind these names, I could glorify my work as Strasser in the Republic, while vilifying that of Le Rennet in the Star-Eagle. I enjoyed duping the reading public. When creditors came hounding me, as so often happened, fictive identities like Desavoue were useful.
"But Harry…" He put his hands to his brow and stopped.
"Whatever it is, Edmund, you can tell me."
He lifted his head. His eyes were wild. "You'll think me mad! Perhaps I am, perhaps I am," he muttered.
I wondered if that truly were the case.
"They're after me, Harry."
"Who are?"
His lips trembled.
"The…Others. They are real. And they've begun to clamor for their share of the money. But there isn't enough! I can barely live on it myself. I can't support them, I can't!" He flung his arms out in a passion.
"You saw. You saw. Desavoue has run up debts with his tailor—he likes to dress well. Worthley overspends on fine wines. You see what I'm reduced to drinking! Le Rennet is a womanizer. He buys jewels and…makes promises I can't keep! Strasser wishes to travel abroad."
My heart broke to hear his ravings.
"You do think me mad," he said at last.
"I…think you're under a strain. Edmund, you know you created these personae yourself. The newspaper bylines, the controversies the reviews stir up, the creditors using these names to harass you for payments, all these things lend an air of reality to their existence. You work incessantly, and for little pay. How much sleep do you get?"
He listened with an air of rational calm. "You're probably right," he said at last. "I beg of you, Harry, go to the offices of The Town Crier. Augustus Macklin, the publisher, is withholding my first payment. He refuses to send it by courier and I daren't leave this room, I daren't! They're waiting for me. They've been stalking me for weeks. Who knows what else they want from me besides money? Macklin will only give the cash to me in person, even if I send him the next installment—it's not as if I can't write my columns at home. You must go for me, Harry."
"But how will that help? He won't hand over your payment to me, either."
"No, but some of the Others will be watching and waiting for me there—at least one of them. You can deliver my column and ask Macklin if he'll give you my money. No harm in trying. But the important thing is…" he grabbed me by the lapels and drew my face right up against his, "I need you to go and see if They really are there, so I can know for certain whether or not I am indeed mad. If I am…I don't know what I shall do to help myself. And if they are really there—I don't know what to do about that either. I don't! But at least I'll know. I'll know." Perspiration beaded Edmund's forehead. His eyes glittered like a fever victim's.
I cursed John Lesser. It was his withdrawal of support, coupled with the ban on writing, that had led Edmund to create these fictive selves. Poverty and perpetual struggle had dogged the steps of a man educated as a gentleman, raised with a gentleman's expectations.
"I'll go, Edmund. In the meantime, try to rest."
"Thank you, Stratham. You're my only friend." When his hand grasped mine I felt it tremble.
The next morning, I set out early to execute Perry's request. A light snowfall had already dusted the streets and more was steadily falling. Snow always lends fairy-tale glamour to the New York streets—at least until the soot renders it a grimy grey. I turned down Nassau Street, where most publishers were located, onto Cedar, through alleys that were remnants of the old Indian trails. I arrived at a row of tidy brick buildings. The Town Crier's headquarters were located up a flight of stairs well-lit by windows looking onto the street. Surely Edmund's fortune is on the rise, I thought, now that he's employed by such a thriving, if modest, company. His demented fancy is but a slight setback. I'll be able to set his mind at ease and all will be well.
A door with "Town Crier" painted in crisp black letters opened into a room containing five or six desks where earnest young men scribbled furiously or scanned lengthy galleys. When I announced my errand, one jumped up and rapped at the door to the publisher's office.
Augustus Macklin saw me immediately, cordially complimenting me on my work and encouraging me to submit to his magazine. He did not, however, release Edmund's monies, suggesting that he did so not because he did not trust me to deliver them but because, regrettably, he needed them to lure the wayward editor back to his post. I made my excuses for Edmund the best I could, hinting that he suffered from a contagious but nonetheless not life-threatening illness and thus could not show up in person. Macklin gave me a terse smile and coolly showed me out.
As I wended my way along Hyde Street toward my own office, I heard someone walking behind me. Unlike the major thoroughfares, thronged with carriages and pedestrians as the work day began, this small backstreet was otherwise deserted. I would shortly be passing by both Gowan's and Wiley and Putnam's. No reason why I should not check my notebook for titles of books on my list to purchase. I paused to rifle through the pages, though in truth my eyes did not focus on the list. The footsteps behind me stopped as well. When I moved forward, they started up again. I picked up my pace. So did my shadow.
As I stowed the notebook in my jacket pocket I purposefully dropped my pencil in the snow, giving myself a chance to glance behind. Someone indeed lurked there. Instead of pretending he wasn't on my trail, he gave me a wicked leer. I caught my breath. It was Edmund!
But no, this fellow was older, with a trim brown beard and prodigious side-whiskers. Edmund could not have afforded a pardessus with such luxuriant fur, nor one so well fitted. Yet it was Edmund's face! How could this be? I shivered at the thought of a supernatural explanation.
Then I realized: this must be his brother, whom he presumed off in Peru. Did David Perry believe Edmund to be Lesser's heir still? The thought that my friend's own brother should torture him in an effort to extort money, rather than offering him filial love and support, angered me.
"David Perry. What do you want of me?" I demanded.
The man sneered. "You are mistaken. Jonathan Worthley, at your service, sir." He doffed his silk topper and bowed.
"Cease this farce. Your brother has never done you any harm. Let him be!"
"I assure you, I have no brother, sir, no flesh and blood relations of any kind. I do not know of what you are speaking." The man pushed past me and exited onto Nassau Street.
I strode off in anger. It was only when I'd almost turned onto Nassau that I realized that the snowy pavement before me was as white and unsullied as a blank page. I looked back at the path I'd taken. Only the imprints of my own boots appeared in the white powder.
Throughout the day this odd event kept thrusting itself to my attentions. I was so taciturn and pale that my publisher, fearing I was ill, insisted I leave early. I gladly complied. But I did not head for my own apartments. I had to see Edmund.
Now that it was December, the evening gloom fell in early afternoon. Ordinarily the sight of the white flurries set aglow by the gas lamps put me in mind of sylphs and fairies. But this day I noticed instead the bat-like shadows they cast upon the ground. What would I tell Edmund? If I confirmed that the mysterious persons harassing him were not figments of his imagination, how would that help his mental stability? On the other hand, if I said I suspected his brother to be playing tricks on him, surely that would bring him no relief, either. But what of the lack of footprints in the snow?
I continued on my way to Chatham Street, arguing with myself about the possibilities. When I knocked at the door of Room No. 5, I heard murmuring and the sounds of movement.
"Edmund, it's me, Harry. Let me in."
The door unlocked. Perry peeked through the chain. "Come in, Stratham," he said in a strained voice.
As before, he locked the door the instant I pushed myself through. Unlike before, he remained behind me. And we were not alone in the room. Several men waited inside.
"At last. We've been waiting for you." Edmund's voice seemed strange.
I whirled around. It wasn't Edmund. It was the man who'd called himself Worthley.
I turned back to the men assembled. "Who are you?" I demanded.
They laughed, the tones ranging from tenor to bass. At exactly the same moment they stopped. The coincidence struck me as very odd.
"Why not introduce ourselves, gentlemen?" The speaker, dressed in a dove-grey suit in the latest Paris fashion, bowed with continental correctness."Henri Le Rennet."
"Samuel Drawley," said a portly fellow whose paunch strained against his waistcoat.
"Wilhelm Strasser." A lock of tawny hair fell across his forehead. He swept it aside with a manicured hand.
A thin man with melancholy eyes and a guilty expression mumbled, "David Pemberton." At his utterance I recognized a fellow Bostonian.
"Harrison Ellmore," snarled a brawny, bearded man. Despite his receding hairline, he struck me as extremely strong and even more dangerous.
"Edouard Desavoue," drawled a fop in a fine suit with an oversized cravat in the new style.
I recognized all of these names: Edmund's noms de plume. "Impossible. Those names were made up by my friend when he was a boy. He—"
Why had I not seen it before? Despite the differences in build, coloring and demeanor, each man bore a remarkable resemblance to Edmund Perry.
"Impossible!" I cried again, doubting my own sanity.
The men laughed—once more ending eerily at the same moment.
"Not impossible, as you see," said Desavoue.
"Your friend Mr. Perry was very gifted," Drawley remarked.
"W-was?" I sputtered.
In a fluid movement the men stepped aside, forming two groups that parted like stage curtains. If only the scene they revealed had been part of some cheap melodrama. On the floor lay a body, eyes bulging, a rope tightened round his neck as if he were a common criminal. Edmund Perry. He looked so small and vulnerable in his frayed suit.
"Which of you has done this dastardly deed?" I cried, kneeling beside the body in grief. "And why? Why?"
Le Rennet pulled closer. "We had to."
"Did he not create you? You owe your lives to him!"
"True," Worthley responded. "But we had only half-lives. We did not draw breath until our twenties."
"My life didn't begin till I was thirty-four," Drawley interrupted.
"He gave us no pasts. No families," Worthley continued.
"We went on to create our own lives, carve our presents," Strasser added. "But how can I live without a history? It's unnatural."
"He owed us," Ellmore growled. "He refused to give us what we wanted."
I had no doubt that this brute had been the one who had garroted Edmund.
"There was only one other way to achieve what we wanted," resumed Worthley, the apparent leader. "We had to kill Edmund Perry. Once he died, we would cease to be half-fiction and half-flesh. Our lives would become whole." He breathed deeply. A healthful flush suffused his face, as if a fasting man had just fed. "Already I feel my life fleshing out. I recall my sisters and brothers, my parents, my childhood in Albany."
Ellmore's jaw clenched. "Before I joined the army, I committed a string of robberies. And other crimes…" His face became even more savage, if that were possible.
Strasser wept into his hands. "I remember her now. Elena! Elena!" He uncovered his face. "Despite the tragedy of my life…my lost love…I still prefer this pain to the blank slate of my life before. I regret the loss of our creator," he looked pitying at the corpse of my friend, "but it was necessary."
"Your selfish desires cannot justify murder!" I cried.
Worthley strode over to me. I took an involuntary step backward. Ellmore positioned himself behind me, blocking my access to the door. "Why, Mr. Stratham, we need you. Now that we have full lives, we wish to live them fully."
"I shall return to New Orleans," Desavoue said. "I shall go home, now that I know where home is." He and the rest closed ranks, hemming me in.
"We cannot have the police dodging our steps," Pemberton said apologetically.
"Interfering with our futures now that we have pasts," Drawley said.
"What do you want of me? Just disappear. Go off to wherever the devil you wish to go."
"We have no desire to be hanged," Worthley said. "Yesterday I told you I had no brothers. But different though we are…" he nodded at the circle of men, the ones Edmund had called the Others, "in this cause we are all brethren. We would not sacrifice any one of our number to achieve our independence."
"We require a murderer," Ellmore said.
"Sorry, Stratham. You're the only one we can rely on." Worthley pinned back my arms. Ellmore grabbed the poker from the fireplace and aimed it at my head. I felt the blow and fell, unconscious, to the floor. When I awoke, the Others were gone.
I know my story strains credulity. You say the bartender has testified that no visitors except myself climbed the stairs to Mr. Perry's room. I well believe it. The Others are not ordinary men of flesh and blood like you and me. I had no reason to murder my dear friend. You must believe me. You must! I swear that everything I've told you is true.
Sandi Leibowitz is a native New Yorker who writes speculative fiction and poetry, mostly based on fairy-tales, myth and folklore. Her works appear in such places as Goblin Fruit, Mythic Delirium, Niteblade, The Golden Key, Apex and Strange Horizons. One of her poems is forthcoming in Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 5, edited by Ellen Datlow.


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Meet the man giving himself a new tattoo every day during lockdown
1 May 2020, 7:19 am ·4-min read
A man has given himself a new tattoo for every day the UK has been in lockdown. (Chris Woodhead)
A dad-to-be has found a unique way of recording his time in quarantine by giving himself a new tattoo for every day spent in coronavirus lockdown.
Chris Woodhead, 33, from London, has been inking various quarantine-inspired tats on himself each day in isolation.
The professional tattoo artist, who works in a studio in Hackney Wick called Maria Paradise, decided to take on the lockdown challenge after the studio was forced to close due to social distancing measures.
After going into isolation with his pregnant wife, Woodhead decided to add one new tattoo per day for as long as it continued as a way of giving his days some structure.
"I'm a tattoo artist by trade and am no stranger to tattooing myself, so it just seemed like a really good way to spend my time," he tells Yahoo UK.
"I'm already covered in tattoos so I thought another 100 or so more shouldn't make too much difference."
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At the beginning of the lockdown, Woodhead had around 1,000 designs on his body, now, in a reminder of just how long the UK has been in lockdown, he has 46 more, and counting.
"All my friends and family know me as being heavily tattooed so weren't too surprised by when I took on the self tattoo project.
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The coroanvirus particle on his leg. (Chris Woodhead)
Each afternoon between 2pm and 4pm, the tattoo artist sits down to sketch designs inspired by the current situation.
According to BBC he uses a low-tech tattooing technique known as hand poking in which a hand-held needle is used to push ink deep into the skin, without the use of electricity, making it less intrusive and painful than getting inked with a tattoo gun.
From a coronavirus particle, to a leaping tiger in tribute to the hit Netflix show Tiger King, which has kept so many entertained during lockdown, each tattoo is an homage to the unique time spent in isolation.
On the skin of the sole of his left foot, Woodhead has written the words, 'When will it end?', but his favourite lockdown tattoo is the NHS tribute he has on his sternum, "for obvious reasons."
"The sad thing is that we had to watch the world collapse for some people to appreciate them," he says.
Woodhead has tattooed 'When will it end?' on his body during lockdown. (Chris Woodhead)
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Woodhead says the only real challenging tat has been the one on the sole of his foot because "it was hard to reach and had a high pain factor, but other than that it's pretty breezy."
The longer we remain in lockdown the harder it may be to find a gap to tattoo, but Woodhead isn't worried he'll run out of room.
"There's always space to fill, the human body is a huge mass of skin. I enjoy the challenge of finding the small spaces," he explains.
A tribute to the hit show, Tiger King. (Chris Woodhead)
Since sharing his lockdown tattoo project to his Instagram platform, the tattoo artist has seen a huge reaction from people all over the globe.
"It's been really nice to see such a big and positive reaction," he says. "It makes it feel even more worth it."
While the overwhelming reaction has been that of support, the Internet being the Internet, Woodhead has also received a handful of negative comments, which he's tried to ignore.
"I can imagine for people who live in the public eye it can get pretty wearing on their mental health," he says. "This is the only time in my life I have received it and it's truly sad that some people can carry such negativity."
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Like all of us, Woodhead is longing for the day he can return to work and is looking forward to being able to tattoo others, rather than just himself.
"Meeting people is the best part of being a tattoo artist," he says.
And the dad-to-be has another important reason to look to the future.
"I'm most looking forward to the birth of my child once this is all over," he adds.


Hull College presents a celebration of the forgotten golden age of British computing genius with the world premiere of 8-Bit Symphony: 90+ epic minutes of game music from the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC with the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra. Lovingly re-orchestrated in the spirit of the original, with 5 orchestrated by the legendary Rob Hubbard himself, 8-bit has never sounded so joyful, nor so epic. Covering genres from Kung-Fu Movies to 80's epic Sci-fi to John Williams-esque romps, it's like discovering a world of lost 80's film soundtracks: the best melodies, and the biggest sound... to honour much-overlooked musical genius.
Lunchtime Organ Showcase with Colin Walsh (Lincoln Cathedral).
Lunchtime Organ Showcase with Paul Bowen (Concert Organist).


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UNKNWN is a South Florida sneaker and clothing retailer founded by NBA star Lebron James.
UNKNWN needed interactive iPad stations that would allow customers to interact with their products in a secure and engaging manner.
With interactive iPad kiosks paired with each sneaker, customers had something that had not been seen before in any apparel store: user-controlled interaction with a single product. Each iPad wall mount kiosk offers shoppers access to a wealth of information for each shoe, including stylish clothing and sneaker combinations, sneaker pricing, and technical specifications.


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Funneled From Criminal Justice to Deportation
Sandra Castaneda was 20 when she was given a life sentence for a murder she didn't commit. After she'd spent 19 years in prison, a judge overturned her conviction and ordered her release. But instead of Sandra walking free, she found herself behind bars again, in a holding cell in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office. That's because California prisons notify ICE whenever they release a person who wasn't born in the U.S. – even someone like Sandra, who's a legal permanent resident and lived here since elementary school. What happened next is a window into an all-too-common story for immigrants who get funneled from the criminal justice system into the deportation system. Even when states like California have overturned their convictions. KQED's Senior Immigration Editor Tyche Hendricks has been following Sandra's case for months, and brings us this audio documentary. see more
Zika Virus Will Spread Across Americas, Warns World Health Organization
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The World Health Organization said Monday that the Zika virus, which is linked to brain deformities in fetuses, will spread to all but two countries in the Americas. In Brazil, nearly 4,000 suspected cases have been reported since October, compared with fewer than 150 cases in all of 2014. The WHO statement comes after El Salvador, Jamaica and Honduras advised women to delay pregnancies. We discuss the Zika virus, how it is transmitted and what the increase in cases means for international travel.
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Jason Beaubien, global health and development correspondent, NPR
Kirsten Salmeen, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, UCSF


Federal law and policy requires agencies, including the IRS, to charge a user fee to recover the cost of providing certain services to the public that confer a special benefit to the recipient. In addition, the Internal Revenue Code authorizes or requires the IRS to charge a user fee for other specified services. Generally, a user fee reimburses the IRS for the cost of providing the service. If a user fee is too low to cover the entire cost of providing a service, the remaining cost is paid for out of the IRS's general operating budget, with the result that the service is subsidized by the IRS.
The IRS follows Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines and applicable law in administering its user fee program. Under those guidelines, the IRS generally charges a fee that recovers the full cost to the IRS of providing the relevant service. In order to charge a user fee that does not recover the full cost of a service, for instance, to reduce or eliminate a user fee for low-income taxpayers, the IRS may be required to request an exception from OMB.
Historically, the IRS often charged a user fee that recovered less than the full cost of a service in order to make the service more accessible to a broader range of taxpayers. However, in light of prevailing constraints on IRS resources for tax administration, Treasury and the IRS have determined that it is necessary to recoup the full costs of services that confer special benefits on identifiable recipients beyond those accruing to the general public or that are subject to a fee under the Internal Revenue Code. Further, such services will be provided at less than full cost only when there is a compelling tax administration reason to do so (for example, in the case of certain services provided to low-income taxpayers). Therefore, in the near future the IRS expects to revise a number of existing user fees and to implement new user fees for some additional services. These new or revised user fees will be implemented in regulations or other published guidance. Notably, the IRS intends to continue its policy of reducing or eliminating user fees for low-income taxpayers.


Bridal Shop Insurance New Jersey. Would-be brides dream of their wedding days since the time they are old enough to play dress-up, and as a bridal shop owner, you're tasked with making part of that day a reality. In your role of providing women with the right gowns and altering those gowns for them, you are tasked with a major duty, and emotions can run high among future brides. If you are the owner of a bridal shop, then bridal shop insurance is important, since a happy client can quickly turn into a "bridezilla" if something goes wrong to sour her big moment.
An independent insurance agent can help you determine if bridal shop insurance New Jersey is right for your particular business model, and which types of insurance you need. Let's run down the basics of what you should buy to be covered.
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Without a doubt, the absolute worst thing that can happen in a NJ bridal shop is an accident or disaster that leads to a lost or destroyed dress just prior to the big day. In this industry, truly, it's all about the dress. Brides-to-be spend countless hours poring over catalogs, idea books and Pinterest in search of the perfect dress for their wedding day. If that day comes and the dress is not available or as expected, the emotional distress and anguish the bride will feel is immeasurable. The average wedding runs more than $31,000, as of 2014, making them costly affairs, and anytime money is involved, litigation can become a fast and hard reality. How can you protect yourself as a bridal shop owner?
Business insurance. If you are the owner of the building where you do business, then you must buy bridal shop insurance New Jersey that protects the structure. If you are leasing the building and have spent money on any improvements, such as window treatments or flooring, then make sure that your agent is aware of those improvements too.
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One among by far the most typical electrical wiring thoughts is regarding how to wire a switch. Whilst utilizing switches in the home is sort of uncomplicated, wiring a person might not be that quick for everyone. An ON-OFF switch is definitely quite simple to wire. You will discover several types of switches, but for this example, let us say you happen to be installing a single-pole toggle switch, an exceptionally typical switch (along with the simplest).
You can find three hues of wires inside a normal single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and inexperienced. Splice the black wire in two and link them over the terminal screws - just one on leading plus the other on the base screw with the switch. The white wire serves like a supply of uninterrupted electric power and it is commonly related to your gentle coloured terminal screw (e.g., silver). Join the eco-friendly wire towards the ground screw of the change.
These actions would frequently be enough to produce a typical swap do the job with out a problem. Then again, for those who usually are not assured that you just can attain the endeavor thoroughly and securely you superior let the professionals get it done as an alternative. After all, there is certainly a reason why this task is probably the most frequent electrical wiring concerns questioned by a lot of people.
For a few cause, how to wire a ceiling fan is additionally certainly one of essentially the most frequent electrical wiring concerns. To simplify this endeavor, you can use a single change for the single ceiling fan. To wire the fan, it really is merely a make any difference of connecting the black wire of the ceiling fan towards the black wire on the change. When there is a lightweight, the blue wire need to be connected to the black wire on the switch too.
You can find explanations why these are by far the most frequently requested electrical wiring concerns. A person, lots of assume it can be easy to accomplish, and two, they are the common electrical jobs in your own home. But you then shouldn't put your safety in danger as part of your target to economize. The stakes could even be substantially higher in case you try and lower your expenses and do an electrical wiring job without having adequate information or expertise.


Four customized baseball gloves showed up with players in tow, on the initial day of baseball apply. 1 was a catcher who also had packed into his baseball bag, a load of fairly catchers equipment. Two had been destined for the outfield because of their lanky bodies and watching them, I just hoped they could make the throw to the plate. The last participant, sporting a red and black Nokona open web style glove was heading to be either a second baseman or a shortstop. Too poor about his glove. He had the wrong kind and clearly experienced no one with any understanding to help him select wisely.
Another great necessity is having some type of occupation experience. By getting previous jobs it shows the company you are committed to your work. Having a job in the baseball business, this kind of as working at a baseball camp or even selling baseball store is a plus. It exhibits the business that you love the activity and you want to make a career out of it.
Of course, if you truly want to make certain that everyone is heading to put forward a great game, then you can also inquire for investments into apparel that will function very best. For instance, sliding shorts are frequently occasions used in purchase to help players slide to a base with out hurting their thighs from the slide. You can also find shoes that will offer more traction to gamers throughout the game. Footwear with spikes in them are a good option to assist those who require great grounding prior to the operate.
Long time in the past, baseball was only about bats produced of wooden and a good baseball game at grass fields. However, new age and technology offers higher-tech bats. The bats almost remind at some dangerous weapons, however the safety is the priority. NOCSAE (Nationwide Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment) are operating on improving softball and baseball equipment stores and decreasing of accidents. Choosing a batting helmet is only a small portion of their guidelines.
"She had a slight bruise on her wrist. I had 16 stitches in my shoulder and was not to go to function until they could do much more surgery to restore the muscle mass. They couldn't do it now because they needed the cut to heal some to avoid further an infection.
In addition to doing some research, you may want to visit different sporting goods shops and try out some of the baseball equipment they have in inventory. In some cases, it may be more beneficial for you to test out different issues rather of just studying about them. Don't be frightened to ask the staff concerns. If essential, ask some of the coaches and other teams what brand of bats, gloves, balls and other products they use. Even although this is a activity where anybody who performs can have a ton of enjoyable, you want to provide those that are serious about the sport with the resources they require to attain and exceed their potential.
Another benefit of utilizing wood is when it comes to scouting in high college. Most scouts will take 150 points off your batting typical if you are utilizing an aluminum baseball bat. This is simply because of what we talked about above.
Let's not forget that these abusers are grasp manipulators. They can be truly sweet when they are tying to entice the victim back into the house. They know precisely what buttons to push to get the preferred response. They are desperate and desperate people are the most harmful.
You get the interest you deserve by sporting this. The cap is for a reason and for all seasons. It looks good on all informal occasions and suffices as a fantastic accent to be teamed up with anything. You look great, feel good and exude self-confidence by sporting the Fannypack Cap.