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So, I've been playing this a bunch recently... for whatever reason this genre (what there is of it... there sure doesnt seem to be very many of these) is interesting suddenly. I suppose it reminds me of roguelikes in some way... yes, repetitive, but always different (somewhat) and a whole lot of min-maxing and gear/item stuff to deal with. And it doesnt try to shove the story up your nose. You get right into the thick of things fast, in these.
One thing bugs me though: The combat. I often hear how this game is what D3 should have been... so very deep and challenging and complex and whatnot. But from what I've seen of later content, this isnt entirely true. Alot of the game (like, 95% of it) seems to be zooming around at high speed, hitting the Win Button over and over and killing everything on the screen all at once... rinse and repeat. Usually using just one skill. It rather looks like the player doesnt even need to distinguish one monster type between another, or really pay much attention to modifiers... a group of powered up blue monsters is going to go splat the same as normal ones. And even when an actual threat DOES present itself, you'll either take it down quickly somehow, or it'll splatter YOU in the same way that you were crushing those screens full of weak things. The game seems to give you all this content, but you dont interact with most of it in interesting or deep ways.
And I know that some would say "Well the point is the skill tree and working out your build and crafting and such", but the simple fact is that while that is true, you absolutely will spend MOST of your time screen-clearing the monsters over and over. Now, I dont mind high levels of repetition, but... usually that repetition, in the games I'm so familiar with, is repeating content that remains challenging and complicated throughout the entire duration of it, as most roguelikes do. Or the absolute non-stop difficulty that goes with a typical shmup.
Now, it's not like I'm not enjoying the game... it has alot of interesting and very unique game mechanics, such as the whole currency+crafting thing (finally, someone makes crafting INTERESTING), the whole mapping thing, the skill tree, and all sorts of other ideas... but yeah, that bit with how the later bits of the game work does rather bug me. I mean, for a game about depth, mindlessly splattering things with a quick keypress doesnt sound too interesting/deep/challenging. Bosses, yes, but you only fight those every so often, and the battles with them are short.
For those of you that might play this, I'm curious as to what you might think about all of this, and what your experiences with the game are like.
The main other thing I have an issue with is trading.... but that's because I absolutely hate dealing with people in general. Also I'm used to having passive ways to sell/buy rather than it only being possible if both parties are logged in at the time.
Yes, this is the same thing I posted on my Steam feed. I'm lazy, sue me.
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It's been a couple of years since I played...but once my characters hit Cruel difficulty I was never really bored with the combat. At the same time, I can see your point that a big part of these games kind of is just battering wave after wave of trash mob without too much thought. For this reason, I can only really play these games in Hardcore mode, this changes the experience quite a lot for me (I believe you also play in this mode)? Having the constant threat of death around sharpens the senses so that when those moments occur in which it seems like the enemy should splatter you, you may actually be able to react using knowledge, tactics, and skill to survive the moment. These moments are where I derived most of my enjoyment from the game, and POE on Cruel and above seemed to provide those moments regularly enough.
For example, there was a miniboss (I can't recall the exact name) that was a summoner that I used to dread. Knowing that I may be encountering that boss shortly, that would set me off creating a plan of action. Twice myself and a friend had to retreat from that boss -- a couple of the very few forced retreats we ever had to make in the game. Eventually we used a pure Decoy Totem plus constant Whirling Blades approach to take the guy down in a very dicy battle. It's fighting and surviving encounters like these which gives the most satisfaction. I think on Cruel mode and above you always have to be somewhat wary of the dangers. One rare mob with a particularly nasty set of modifiers will probably flatten a player unless they're aware of what's going on.
So, yeah, the game is probably not so much about the moment to moment challenges, but rather the overarching challenge of survival, and creating a build that can help you survive those dicy moments. There's certainly no constant difficulty in these games, they really are mostly about just clicking and watching things explode for the most part, but in POE I would say that there are regular moments where you can use knowledge, tactics and some skill to overcome certain challenges. In the time between those moments I'm usually preparing, tinkering around with my build, experimenting with different approaches etc.
As far as trading goes, I only used to trade with the friend I was playing with. Self found is simpler, and makes the game a bit more dangerous, so that seemed fine to me.
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Hack and Slay games are simply just this: Hack and slay. You kill dozens of enemies endlessy, there is not much of a challenge int here except the bosses.
Compared to traditional rpgs, where you fight smaller groups of monsters at once but these have about your strength values, hack and slay games provide you tons of tons of monsters but everyone dies on one hit. It isn't about how tactical you defeat these monsters, it's simply about customization. Traditional RPGs have normally a very limited set of abilities that fits to their character. Exceptions are The Elder Scrolls and games that are similiar, but these are RARE.
In Hack and slay you can design freely a personal set of skilsl and then kill your monster waves in cool new ways.
This matters of course more in boss fights than with the normal mosnters but the point is, you do it how you like it. This generates a satisfying feeling to the player. He created something for himself and it worked out good. This satisfying feeling is, what people draws towards these games, even if it's actually just mindless creep massacring. It's simply a pschological feeling. This feeling gets even stronger if you defeat bosses with your build because this is where your build actually matters, where you cannot simply win by mashing one button.
I said once i couldn't defeat Merveill, but I could now because I foudn a build that worked for me. This felt really good and put me ina good mood. That's what you want to achieve with these games. And as logn as it's fun, whats bad about the mindless slashing part?
Another exampel are, how items are handled. They are most of the time randomly generated with different properties, so you are happy if you got one that has good properties. than there are set items that have set properties, these are most of the time the strongest items in the game and very rare. You are happy to get them. Collecting stuff like this is also a good measuremnt for fun in this genre. I LOVE to collect things. Ever since I've been a little shild I have collected all kinds of different things. Marbles, stickers, trading cards, litttle figures. I kept this behaviour when I started to play video games. Games like Super Mario 64 and Banjo-kazooie where highlights in my life because they allowed me to collect tons of useless junk. Abot the theme of junk, Junk Jack is another good example, it has tons of crap you don't need but you want to get anyway.
If you like this genre, you may want to check out "The incredible Adventures of van helsing". It's a good game in this genre and was well praised. There are 3 parts and a definitive version that combines all three parts in one game.
Quote from: Pepisolo on December 22, 2016, 09:37:46 AM
Actually I don't play on Hardcore... I don't know enough about the game yet to do that. It'd just end in derp sooner rather than later, though. I just play in normal Breach League (no reason to play Standard league, it's always going to be outright missing stuff from whatever the current special league is).
Either way, you both make a good point here. The more I think about it really, the more the whole idea reminds me of the Musou games (Dynasty Warriors). Ten gazillion dudes everywhere, and you'll clobber like 15 of them with a couple of swipes of your weapon. But then there's lieutenants interspersed in those piles, and they can do some big damage if you're not careful. Though, those games spice things up by doing things to add to the situations... I suppose that's part of what's missing here. That and the lieutenants in those show up often enough that you don't go all that long without seeing them. Special threats in this game really could show up a bit more often than they do.
For trading, yeah, I might go self-found too. Though the only problem with that is it's known to make progress quite a bit slower, and late-game content much harder to access (since it's very, very hard to go after specific uniques for your build when it's super random to get them).
I find these games a bit boring unless I'm playing on Hardcore. On Hardcore I get super invested in my build and there is always that sense of danger that focuses my attention. I used to record videos of the runs, too, so I have some derpy/tragic/heroic/moronic rips or moments to replay from time to time.
Yeah, that sounds about right. Certain leagues have been better than others for introducing these types of threat. I'm not sure what the current leagues are like. There was a league called Invasion which was good.
If you're into exploring all the content you pretty much have to trade, yeah. I wasn't really interested in seeing everything myself, though. To be honest, if we'd continued playing it probably would've been unlikely that we would've gotten to even see the maps end-game as we would've most likely ripped before then, heh.
The current league has these "Breaches", which start out as this freaky hand sprouting out of the ground. Touch that and this dark circle appears and spreads out from there; inside that circle you get spectral enemies of various types, they can only exist in there and sort of "walk in" from the edges (the effect is pretty cool). As you keep killing them, the timer extends and the circle keeps getting bigger. For max rewards you want to keep it going as much as possible, but also find the funky special chests (which also look like hands) that appear. When the timer runs down, the whole field gets sucked back into that starting point and it takes the monsters and chests with it. There are also these "Breach Lords" that can appear, which I guess are like bosses but they don't really do much during the event; if you find one you want to hit it as much as you can (the more damage you do, the more loot it'll spit at you). You cant kill them though. They're apparently special bosses that have their own unique areas, you gather these splinter things (from the breaches) and need enough of them to go and properly fight the bosses.
There is also a special type of equipment (so far I've only seen rings of this sort) that have their effects doubled while you are inside an active Breach.
The difficulty of the things seems to vary wildly. Sometimes they'll go berserk and summon 2000 evil monkeys or whatever... other times they might spawn in a really bizarre spot and fart out 3 and a half spiders and that's it. They sure drop a lot of rewards though when they're loopy enough. Getting the splinters for later seems to be the core goal though. Overall the Breaches are pretty fun (and profitable), you just gotta be ready to make a run for it if the game decides to go bonkers at you. I've had some close calls in those. Running away SOUNDS easy since monsters in there cant cross the barrier (normal monsters from the level you're in, though, can get inside) but when things go bad there's such an outright stupid amount of them that it's hard to even move.
Now as for the other stuff, from what I hear from looking around, it's not *that* hard to get to the mapping content with a self-found build... it's mostly about knowing enough about what you're doing and finding/crafting some good equipment to fit it. The problems apparently begin past that point; there's ALOT of stuff to be done with the mapping, and the whole Atlas of Worlds thing added a whole new mechanic to that, so there's a looooooooong way to go in there. There's some sort of super boss called the Shaper; the end goal of the Atlas is to fight that guy. Which also requires going through four other particularly crazy bosses. Getting to that point is a long process, and managing that is a major thing that self-found builds have trouble with (because of higher-tier maps). Which is similar to how it was before the Atlas, self-found builds would tend to have trouble as maps came at higher and higher levels. Though, even with that, this is PoE.... there's STILL a ton of stuff to do within that mechanic and even a lot of fully traded-for builds aren't going to make it.
I will say though that the whole Atlas mechanic looks pretty darned cool. The mapping mechanic was already interesting, but the way the Atlas works seems like it'll add a lot to it. It also adds four new types of currency (that only work on maps) to go with it (this being AFTER the Essence League added about 20 squillion others). So there's even more stuff of that nature to do too. Looking forward to trying that whole aspect out though I intend on taking my time and not rushing to get there.
Gotta say, I'm impressed at the amount of time and effort these devs put into this whole thing. Always with these big updates full of cool stuff. As always it's good to see a developer that actually cares about the product they're making.
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Path of Exile gives away a free cosmetic box until tomorrow. I just came across this because I was curious if there are some price reductions during the Holiday sale.
Dont forget to grab your box.
Yeah, grabbed mine. Got an electric skull.
...and then went and randomly bought some more boxes. THEIR PLAN WORKED.
Damn, I wanted one of those, all I got was a Plague Mask.
Aklyon
I got some random hideout decoration. Still better than what i got from the previous free box.
Crystalline, a semi-illustrated forum game.
Cheers! I got an arcane essence drain effect -- not exactly sure what it is, but sounds cool, though, heh.
Quote from: Pepisolo on December 27, 2016, 03:06:40 PM
It lets you have an ok-looking blue ED projectile instead of the normal chaos-purple one. You stick it on the gem and can take it off if its not what you want.
Quote from: Aklyon on December 27, 2016, 07:53:21 PM
Ah yeah, seems good. My first cosmetic DLC. The only things I've bought so far are stash tabs.
Sounds cool.
Yeah, this game is always moving forward. There was a time when it looked like there may never be any fixes for the desync issues the game used to have, but eventually that got sorted. Content updates seem to be regular and of high quality. I still haven't experienced Act 4 yet, either. I might have to consider getting back into it.
They've been pretty consistant with their 'New big patch every ~3 months, alternating challenge league w/patch and expansion w/smaller league'.
Next up (after breach ends, in feb/march-ish) is Act 5 IIRC, and with that dropping from three difficulties/4 acts each to two difficulties/5 acts each.
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I just don't understand how people can keep playing this game for hundreds of hours. I grew sick of it about 80% through Merciless. I mean, no matter how much you spruce things up with random stuff or awkward rules, it's still the same mindless slaughter of tens of thousands of mobs.
What keeps you guys going?
PS: I absolutely DESPISE the -Elemental resistance penalty these types of games put on you for getting to higher difficulties. That's just artificial difficulty bullshit right there. Kind of like adding 300% HP to enemies. The solution to more difficulty is not making things more spongy or hit harder...
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Creating a community of belonging in which everyone sees themselves as relevant and central to Southern New Hampshire University's mission takes an all-hands-on deck approach.
That's why the President's Office of Diversity and Inclusion (PODI) is proud to showcase the recipients of the inaugural round of "Inclusive Innovation" grants. These grants provide a way for learners, staff and faculty to share their unique identities and passions and become valuable agents in the creation of an inclusive environment for all.
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BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 14, 2019– Activities leading up to Garifuna Settlement Day, on November 19, are being held countrywide. This Friday, November 15, an awards and recognition ceremony will be held at the Mexican Institute of Culture, located at the corner of Newtown Barracks Road and Wilson Street.
The purpose of the event is to recognize individuals, past and present, who contributed to and supported the preservation of the Garifuna culture in Belize. The event is a collaboration between the Mexican Institute and the Belize City Garifuna Council.
The Belize City branch of the National Garifuna Council said that Professor Sebastian Cayetano, proprietor of the Luba Garifuna Museum, Belize City, will deliver a speech on the importance of Garifuna Settlement Day. There will be displays of Garifuna arts and Garifuna music at the institute.
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Other activities to be conducted in the city are a Garifuna mass at the St. Martin De Porres Church in Belize City on Sunday morning, November 17, and on Sunday evening, there will be cultural activity at the corner of Freetown Road and St. Thomas Street, where Aurelio Martinez will make a guest appearance..
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The theme for this year's Garifuna Settlement Day celebration is: "Lererun Garifuna laguchabei lagaridum Garifunaduau" (Garifuna Language is the foundation of Garifuna Survival).
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On each of their twelve attempts, the Mundays had six week windows and zero success. When Sweeny, Hoji and Lusti set out, they had half that time and temperatures had soared. They returned early, disgruntled. This is a three part series on what happened on their expedition, from different points of view.
Justin Sweeny is one of those guys. Wiry, passionate, driven. Out on missions most weekends, he charges routes that would take most people twice the time and possibly half the effort – because they would never attempt so much at once. If he's anything, he might be overambitious.
In the early 1920s, few Canadian land surveyors or mountaineers would believe that the mountains along British Columbia's coast were just as big, rugged, and spectacular as the more renowned Rockies or Selkirks. Ridiculous. But when the Mundays first glimpsed the Waddington Range in June of 1925, they were captivated. For them, as for Sweeny almost 100 years later, the far-off finger of destiny beckoned.
As the 2016 ski-mountaineering season advanced, temperatures soared all over BC, reaching above 20◦C and raining to the top of the alpine. Every nerve ending in Sweeny's mind and body recognized that the window on his three year quest to realize a dream was about to shut. After months of indecision, late in April the green light came through; budget was in place and time off arranged —Waddington was on. Two-thirds chaos, one third pump.
Passion is exhausting. It consumes our every thought and can cloud decision making. Despite the late battle cry, Sweeny's buddies and filmers Bradford McArthur and Jimmy Martinello, in addition to athletes Eric Hjorleifson (Hoji) and Christina Lustenberger (Lusti), answered the call to adventure. It was a unique opportunity and a rite of passage.
The plan was to travel by sailboat up Bute Inlet to Scar Creek, then bushwack to the alpine, where skis and glacier travel would take them into the foot of Mt Waddington. Carrying heavy packs and gear, the approach would be physically punishing and technical. In the Munday's era this level of effort and time was normal; their lives revolved around mountains and they did not have to meet deadlines. But the truth for Sweeny and group was that time was short, and the weather accelerated urgency.
Expeditions of this scale don't just happen. Planning is critical. It's arduous, time consuming, and labour intensive, but it is the key to smoothing out potentially fatal wrinkles and inviting as much good outcome and karma as possible. Although Sweeny had done a lot of preliminary research, the team needed to rally, quickly and efficiently. There was no time to develop a sense of each other or their dynamic; they had to assemble group gear, food and personal equipment, for each leg of the journey.
As time ticked past, the opportunity to sit and reflect on their upcoming mountain challenges slipped away. What were the key turning points? How would they handle changing conditions, alternate route plans, exits, and be comfortable with a variety of possible outcomes before setting out? Faced with a large effort just to get going, everyone put their heads down, pitched in and did their thing, more or less independently. Meanwhile, temperatures remained high and deadlines marched on. For some members of the crew, before they even started the journey uneasy red flags were up and wavering.
"You always outwork your teammates." Most winter days at 6am you can find Christina (Lusti) at either the Modern or La Baguette coffee shop in Revelstoke, BC. This is where she meets her ski buddies for early morning starts up to Rogers Pass. Many people know her by name and she feeds off the social energy. Tall, lean, she emanates experience, poised confidence and strength. Except for constantly twirling her long hair, Lusti shows no outward signs of vulnerability. She is what she appears: intent, determined and happy.
Disciplined – this is just how she is. Always up early checking weather, snow stations, making coffee and cooking breakfast for everyone. She breaks trail, cracks jokes, problem solves and offers encouragement. Essentially she is willing to do more than her share of the heavy lifting that goes into any trip —just don't ask her to stay up late or sleep in.
Part of being a professional ski athlete is knowing full well that many, if not most, trips end up abbreviated, often with very little skiing and lots of time stuck in a tent. It's just how it goes. Hoji anticipated that the chances of reaching the summit or even much good skiing was going to be difficult at best.
Three days of sailing began with spectacular choreography; a pod of nine orcas cut a black and white dance around the sailboat, La Montaña. By the time they reached Homathko camp three days later, Sweeny was amped on a growing list of links to the Mundays. They had sailed the same passage, shared history with veteran climber and inspiration Rob Wood, and landed at the foot of adventure with salty hair and legs antsy for action. He jittered with emotion, reliving the moment. "Homathko Camp is this wild, off-the-grid, really dialed wilderness logging camp that is the launch point." The crew piled on shore and immediately, the newly formed filaments began to unravel.
In the morning, packs ready, the team was assembled and they set out. Staggering under huge weight, they groveled and clawed their way through heinous coastal underbrush and groves of snappy alder whips. As she did for most of the trip, Lusti lead the charge, a human powerhouse. Hoji was the drummer, letting out Tarzan yells that debilitated the others with much needed laughter.
Beaten up, exhausted, seventy-four hard hours later they broke free of treeline. They had battled through another leg of the Munday's approach route. Burdened with camera gear, McArthur teetered on skis, his lower back a huge patch of raw skin. They were low on food, with a minimum of two day's travel still to go. Waddington glittered in the distance, the jewel encased by massive icefields baking in the sun, exhaling enough moisture to generate storms. But they were out of the bush. Time to celebrate.
While the boys revelled in the vision and being part of a legacy of people to experience 'The Wad,' Lusti evaluated the route ahead. From where they were to their base camp location was very technical with no food or time for delays. The group held varied competence, and a weather change was forecast. Their best option was to piggyback on the helicopter drop and take a ride in with their gear.
Group dynamics in the mountains are infamous. Big blowouts happen over food, route decisions, techniques or any number of things, large and small. "For me, reaching base camp by foot was important to the mission. We could see the path ahead. We were there." Sweeny's voice cracked, capturing the fracture he felt as his dream circled the toilet bowl, about to get the big flush.
Emotions were charged. Like high voltage wires, exploding on contact. The boys build a raging campfire and kept it burning long into the night; Lusti retired to her tent.
Skies were clear, no immediate trouble on the horizon. To depart from the Munday-based story at that point was disappointing, but not debilitating. Hoji tended to agree. "We had done the hard part. Now it was about conditions and weather. And time." Keeping in mind the greater objective, which was to spend more time in the mountains.
The horrible wrench of letting go. Despite knowing that those original intrepid adventurers had tried and failed twelve times, Sweeny did not want to call it. His dream was to link the route on foot; departing from the Munday's method severed that artery.
A group of high powered personalities on an ambitious program without spending any time together beforehand – things were bound to get weird. Sweeny reluctantly agreed to the plan. They loaded into the helicopter and touched down safely at base camp. Another leg completed, "but the moment was empty." Without closure between him and Lusti, the decision remained an open wound. Meanwhile, the high pressure system continued.
Something that gets under Hoji's skin is cell phones and social media. In his generation of dedicated digital junkies, this is rare. "I hate, hate, hate weather forecasts. Just look around you, observe and learn what the mountains are telling you. And leave your stupid phone behind." Don't get him started. They made a push for Waddington.
Hoji: "It's a rude realization when skiing a glacier and your pole basket comes up with a Slurpee of snow. Not the time to be navigating crevasse fields." Summiting was not to be; Munday history repeated itself.
Waddington is a beast. Shimmering in the soaring temperatures, it was a furnace, imploding hundreds of years of accumulated ice and compressed snow. Two days later a storm front moved in, pelting their tents with sleet, rain and snow. When they re-merged, it was hot. This was to be the conditions for the rest of their time. It was unsafe to make an attempt, they all agreed.
A dream is fuel for a plan. Without sufficient method and some luck, that fuel cannot convert itself into reality.
"Logistically, we overlooked some things and with the way the season had gone, there was no room for that." Any one of the members of the group could be credited with this quote. The Mundays did eventually reach the northwest summit of Waddington, after twelve attempts, and even so, they deemed the true summit "unclimable." It's best not to have any expectations.
Group dynamics are life in a nutshell. Although the mountains amplify everything, the bottom line is that we are never who we think we are—we are only how we are interpreted by others.
Waddington was the prize, but the reward was the whole trip and experience. Messy, exhilarating, pure.
Jill Macdonald grew up in rural BC. Intrigued by people, geography and words, working at Arc'teryx keeps her in touch with great stories, inspiring people and the personal challenge to always improve her craft.


In the realms of my negligible existence, there are some miniature moments when I shine bright from some light within. You were lucky to catch that glimpse of me. And I was fortunate to hold you responsible for that silver lining on my bare heart. You did not notice and I did not realize that in you, I, on that very day, atop the sunset point, saw the man with whom my subconscious mind has always been in dire love.
You were my Neruda that day.
And thus with the setting sun behind us, I lived many hundred lives--- Together.
"As if you were on fire from within.
Beautiful post. And lovely picture - the light and the expression!!
Thanks Meera. How have you been?
A butterfly with colourful wings. Lovely.
I Love your photo. And of course, your words, Preethilata!
You know how much your feedback means to me.
My my... this one just stole my heart!!
Is it so?? wow! i am so glad.
l love those lines by Neruda.
So do I. Neruda is God.
Thank you so much Kalpana.
Lovely words from you and Neruda. Beautiful, I loved it and your photo is awesome.
You made me so happy, Suzy. Thank you.
nicely written, lovely photograph !
I was happy to catch some of your inner side brilliances...This is one of them...Or may Neruda sent from his surplus!
I love you mamma. You are an my motivation. May your words come true.


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Fortescue Announces Successful Consent Solicitation with Res
|Feb 14| 29 min read
EAST PERTH, Australia, Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ACN 002 594 872) ("Fortescue") (ASX: FMG) today announced the expiration and results of the previously announced consent solicitation (the "Consent Solicitation") by its wholly-owned subsidiary, FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd (ACN 118 887 835) (the "Issuer") and receipt of the consents necessary to effect amendments to the indenture, dated as of May 12, 2017 (as supplemented to the date hereof, the "Indenture"), governing the series of notes described in this release (the "Notes").
Consent Solicitation
Subject to the terms and conditions described in the Issuer's Consent Solicitation Statement dated February 4, 2020, the Issuer solicited consents from the holders of each series of Notes ("Holders") to the amendments to the Indenture to allow Fortescue to carve out subsidiaries that are financed with non-recourse project finance indebtedness from the existing "Significant Subsidiaries" definition. The amendments to the Indenture will (a) allow Fortescue to finance projects that may arise from time to time with limited recourse project finance debt, without creating cross-acceleration or cross-default exposure to the Notes and (b) amend the definition of "Project Debt" to reflect the structure of project finance debt that may be incurred to finance such Project Debt (the "Amendments"). The Amendments are intended to align the terms of the Notes, with respect to the treatment of Project Debt, with Fortescue's other debt instruments, including the Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility.
In conjunction with receiving the requisite consents on February 12, 2020, the Issuer, Fortescue and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, executed and delivered the first supplemental indenture to the Indenture, pursuant to which the Amendments became operative. Except for the Amendments, all of the existing terms of the Notes and the Indenture remained unchanged.
The Issuer will pay the consent payment detailed in the table below (collectively, the "Consent Payments") to the Holders whose consents were validly delivered (and not revoked) prior to the expiration of the Consent Solicitation, as early as February 14, 2020, subject to the terms and conditions described in the Solicitation Statement. Each series of the Notes is currently rated Ba1 and BB+ by Moody's and S&P Global Ratings, respectively. Fortescue expects that the Amendments will not affect these ratings.
Series of Notes
CUSIP / ISIN Number
Aggregate Principal
Consent Payment
4.750% Senior
due 2022
CUSIP:
Reg S: Q3919KAJ0
144A: 30251GAU1
Reg S: USQ3919KAJ09
144A: US30251GAU13
$2.50 per $1,000 principal
amount of the Notes
Reg S: Q3919KAL5
144A: 30251GAY3
Reg S: USQ3919KAL54
144A: US30251GAY35
Reg S: Q3919KAK7
144A: 30251GAW7
Reg S: USQ3919KAK71
144A: US30251GAW78
Reg S: Q3919KAM3
144A: 30251GBA4
Reg S: USQ3919KAM38
144A: US30251GBA40
Funding Manager:
Penelope Stonier
About the Issuer and Fortescue:
The Issuer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Limited.
Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) is engaged in the production and export of iron ore in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and is focused on achieving its vision of being the world's safest, lowest cost and most profitable mining company. Fortescue is the third largest iron ore producer in Australia and the world's fourth largest exporter into the seaborne iron ore market (the market for iron ore which is transported by ocean bulk vessels), based on CRU export statistics for calendar year 2018. Fortescue is a significant supplier to steel mills in Asia, principally China.
Fortescue is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") (ASX: FMG) with a market capitalization of approximately A$35.62 billion (US$24.3 billion) based on the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of January 24, 2020 and is a constituent of the S&P/ASX 50 index. As of December 31, 2019, Fortescue had a workforce of 11,035 including direct employees and contractors. Its registered business address is Level 2, 87 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, Western Australia, 6004.
For more information, visit Fortescue's corporate website at www.fmgl.com.au and review Fortescue's filings with the ASX. The information on Fortescue's corporate website or in Fortescue's filings with the ASX is expressly not incorporated by reference into, and does not constitute a part of the Solicitation Materials.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
This press release and any materials distributed in connection with this press release may contain forward-looking statements, beliefs or opinions regarding the Issuer or Fortescue. Without limitation, forward looking statements often include the words such as "may," "could," "should," "estimate," "project," "forecast," "intend," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "target," "plan" and other similar expressions. These statements reflect the respective judgments of the Issuer or Fortescue, as the case may be, based on currently available information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that other factors, although not listed above, could also materially affect the future performance and operating results of the Issuer or Fortescue, as the case may be. The forward-looking statements included are made only as of the date of this press release. Other factors or events not identified above could also cause the Issuer or Fortescue's actual results to differ materially from those projected. Most of those factors and events are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond the Issuer and Fortescue's control. Persons receiving this press release should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. The Issuer and Fortescue undertake no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements contained in this press release or any other forward-looking statements it may make. Past performance is not an indicator of future results and the results of Fortescue in this press release may not be indicative of, and are not an estimate, forecast or projection of Fortescue's future results.
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BREAKING: Nigerian Government Extends Deadline For NIN-SIM Card Linkage By Three Months
The government of Nigeria has extended the deadline for the ongoing national identification number and subscriber identity module (SIM) integration to March 31, 2022.
Meanwhile, a total of 63.97 million lines were disconnected in one year amid the National Identity Number-Subscriber Identity Module data verification.
This was based on data obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commissions.
The NCC data revealed that the total number of connected lines in the country fell by 21.79 per cent to 229,582,206 in October this year from 293,554,598 in October 2020.
Within the period under review, the number of connected lines was highest in August 2021 (328,114,538) and lowest in September 2021 (229,467,077).
The number of active lines fell from 207,578,237 in October 2020 to 191,618,839 in October 2021, a 7.69 per cent decrease (15,959,398).
According to the commission, 37,963,367 connected lines were inactive as of October 2021, down from 85,976,361 in the same month last year.
Telecommunication companies in the country have been losing subscribers since the Nigerian Government began the linking of NIN with SIM cards.
"Mobile subscribers declined by 7.6 million to 68.9 million, impacted by the regulatory restrictions on new SIM sales and activations," MTN Nigeria Communications Plc had said in its half-year financial statements.
According to the company, it is actively in support of the government's NIN enrolment programme.
Airtel, in its quarterly financial statements, had said, "New customer acquisitions were barred until significant progress had been made on linking the active customer base with verified NINs.
"Natural churn in the customer base led to a loss of two million active mobile customers in Nigeria in the first quarter of the year (following on from 2.5 million customer loss in the final quarter of the year to March 31, 2021)."
In December 2020, the Nigerian Government banned the sale and registration of new SIM cards and gave a 30-day deadline for people to link their NIN with their SIM cards. The Nigerian government later extended the exercise to the end of 2021.
When the government banned the sale and registration of SIM cards, the total number of connected lines was 300,042,650, and the total number of active lines was 204,228,678.
According to the government, the SIM-NIN policy is necessary to strengthen security in the country and trace suspects.
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Q: Argument cannot be null when testing controller that displays some dates on a lightning page Controller:
public with sharing class DatesController {

    public String vehicleId {get;set;}
    public List<AggregateResult> AggregateResultList{get;set;}
    public List<AggregateResult> AggregateResultList2{get;set;}

    public DatesController() {

        vehicleId = ' ';

        this.vehicleId=System.currentPageReference().getParameters().get('id');

        System.debug('...................vehicleId=='+vehicleId);

        Id i= Id.valueOf(vehicleId);

        System.debug('...................Id=='+i);

        AggregateResultList = new List<AggregateResult>();
        AggregateResultList = [
            SELECT
                FORMAT(MIN(Date1__c)) Date1,
                FORMAT(MIN(Date2__c)) Date2,
                FORMAT(MIN(Date3__c)) Date3
            FROM Object1
            WHERE Id = :i
            GROUP BY Id
        ];

        System.Debug(AggregateResultList.size());

        AggregateResultList2 = new List<AggregateResult>();
        AggregateResultList2 = [
            SELECT
                FORMAT(MIN(Date4__c)) Date4
            FROM Object2
            WHERE Lookup__c = :i
            GROUP BY Lookup__c]
            ;
        System.Debug(AggregateResultList2.size());
    }
}

Test class I am trying to use:
@isTest
public class DatesControllerTest {

    public static testMethod void testMyController(){

        Object1 stu = new SPOrders__c();
        stu.Name='Wes';
        stu.Date1__c=Date.today();
        insert stu;

        Object2 vehicle = new VIN__c();
        vehicle.Name='TestVehicle';
        insert vehicle;

        SPOrders__c c = [select id,name from Object1 WHERE Name = 'Wes' limit 1];

        PageReference pageRef = Page.FPTest;
        Test.setCurrentPage(pageRef);

        DatesController controller = new DatesController();
        controller.VehicleId = c.Id;

        ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().put('VehicleId', c.id);
    }
}

My understanding is that the vehicleId is not getting appended to the vfp for testing and that is the null argument? I have spent countless hours trying to solve. I appreciate any direction/assistance provided. I am new to apex/vfp.

A: These lines are in the wrong order:
SP2DatesController controller = new DatesController();
controller.VehicleId = c.Id;

ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().put('VinId', c.id);

Your SP2DatesController constructor attempts to access the id parameter (note, you've incorrectly put VinId in your test class), but you don't populate the parameter value until after you initialize controller, which invokes the constructor.
Move the third line first and fix the parameter name.

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KN-C28212. Reception for Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
President John F. Kennedy (center) greets Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, at a military reception in their honor. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson and Sam Sulliman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
ST-112-7-63. President John F. Kennedy with National Medal of Science Recipient, Dr. Theodore von Kármán
President John F. Kennedy walks with Dr. Theodore von Kármán following the presentation of the National Medal of Science to Dr. von Kármán in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Chairman of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science, Frederick Seitz; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; General Bernard Schriever; President Kennedy; Judge Victor L. Anfuso of the New York State Supreme Court; Dr. von Kármán; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; unidentified; Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Dr. Harold Brown; Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher (walking along colonnade in background); National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (in foreground, bending down); unidentified.
ST-109-4-63. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger Receives "Retired Walker's Survival Kit"
In reference to President John F. Kennedy's 50-Mile Hike challenge, Press Secretary Pierre Salinger receives a "Retired Walker's Survival Kit" from his colleagues. Left to right: Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher; Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff; Press Secretary Salinger; unidentified; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan; two unidentified persons. Press Secretary's Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
In reference to President John F. Kennedy's 50-Mile Hike challenge, Press Secretary Pierre Salinger receives a "Retired Walker's Survival Kit" from his colleagues. Left to right: Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher; Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff; Press Secretary Salinger; White House Correspondent for NBC, Sander Vanocur; two unidentified persons; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (partially hidden); unidentified. Press Secretary's Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
KN-C22178. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Speaks at Young American Medals Presentation Ceremony
President John F. Kennedy and others listen as Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (at microphones), delivers remarks at the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); unidentified (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Representative Al Ullman of Oregon (partially hidden); medal recipient, Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon; Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Attorney General Kennedy; Representative James Harvey of Michigan (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); medal recipient, Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan; medal recipient, Mary Ann Kingry, of Saginaw, Michigan. Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher (right of column), stands in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
ST-C182-5-62. President John F. Kennedy Receives Gift at American Automobile Association Lifesaving Awards Ceremony
President John F. Kennedy (center) receives a gift of an American Automobile Association (AAA) medal from President of the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation, Judge Clarence E. Bodie, during the AAA Lifesaving Awards ceremony; five members of the organization's School Safety Patrol received the award. Those pictured include: award recipients Ralph S. "Steve" Brannin (of North Pinellas Park, Florida), Wayne Brown (of New York, New York), John Puhak (of Hazelton, Pennsylvania), Patricia Miller (of Hereford, Pennsylvania), and Wesley Haines (of Dayton, Ohio); Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Representative Paul F. Schenck (Ohio); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen (in Washington for a state visit); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Norway, Hans Engen; Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Executive Vice President of AAA, Russell Singer; Director of the AAA Traffic Engineering and Safety Department, W. L. Robinson. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.] [See also MO 63.792, "AAA School Safety Patrol Lifesaver Medal"]
AR7227-H. President John F. Kennedy Presents American Automobile Association Lifesaving Award
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Wayne Brown (of New York, New York) upon presenting him with the American Automobile Association (AAA) Lifesaving Award; four other members of the organization's School Safety Patrol also received the award. Those pictured include: award recipients, John Puhak (of Hazelton, Pennsylvania) and Patricia Miller (of Hereford, Pennsylvania); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Representative George M. Rhodes (Pennsylvania); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen (in Washington for a state visit); President of the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation, Judge Clarence E. Bodie; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Associate Manager of the AAA Pedestrian and School Safety Division, Walter E. Morris; White House Secret Service agent, Dave Grant. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
AR7005-A. President John F. Kennedy Meets with Members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association
President John F. Kennedy stands by as members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (formerly the National Negro Publishers Association) present the Russwurm Award for "outstanding achievement" to Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher. L-R: Publisher of the Norfolk Journal and Guide, Thomas W. Young, Jr.; Owner of the San Francisco Sun, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett; President Kennedy; Hatcher; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; Publisher of the Philadelphia Tribune, Eugene W. Rhodes; Publisher of the Afro-American, John H. Murphy III; Editor and Publisher of the St. Louis American, Nathaniel A. Sweets. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
KN-C18527. President John F. Kennedy Presents 1960 President's Cup Regatta Trophy to Charles "Chuck" Thompson
President John F. Kennedy presents a trophy to Charles "Chuck" Thompson, the winner of the 1960 President's Cup Regatta, in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. The winner's wife, Christine Thompson, looks on. Others include: Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Raymond Bettmann and his wife (name unknown); John Carter and his wife (name unknown); Roy Chalk; President of the President's Cup Regatta Association Edward R. Carr; Chairman of the 1961 President's Cup Regatta Theodore N. McDowell; Chairman of the Board of the Association Edward C. Baltz; Vice President of the Association Edgar Morris; Chairman of the Trophy Committee Jack J. Blank; Treasurer of the Association John M. Christie; Chairman of the Power Boat Committee Earl M. Hildebrand; and Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club Phillip M. Jullien.
KN-C18527-D. President John F. Kennedy Presents 1960 President's Cup Regatta Trophy to Charles "Chuck" Thompson
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a trophy presentation ceremony for the winner of the 1960 President's Cup Regatta in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Winner of the Regatta Charles "Chuck" Thompson stands with his wife, Christine Thompson, slightly behind the President; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher looks on from West Wing Colonnade. Others include: Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Raymond Bettmann and his wife (name unknown); John Carter and his wife (name unknown); Roy Chalk; President of the President's Cup Regatta Association Edward R. Carr; Chairman of the 1961 President's Cup Regatta Theodore N. McDowell; Chairman of the Board of the Association Edward C. Baltz; Vice President of the Association Edgar Morris; Chairman of the Trophy Committee Jack J. Blank; Treasurer of the Association John M. Christie; Chairman of the Power Boat Committee Earl M. Hildebrand; and Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club Phillip M. Jullien.
KN-C18527-A. President John F. Kennedy Presents 1960 President's Cup Regatta Trophy to Charles "Chuck" Thompson
President John F. Kennedy speaks to Charles "Chuck" Thompson, the winner of the 1960 President's Cup Regatta, during a trophy presentation in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. The winner's wife, Christine Thompson, looks on. Others include: Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Raymond Bettmann and his wife (name unknown); John Carter and his wife (name unknown); Roy Chalk; President of the President's Cup Regatta Association Edward R. Carr; Chairman of the 1961 President's Cup Regatta Theodore N. McDowell; Chairman of the Board of the Association Edward C. Baltz; Vice President of the Association Edgar Morris; Chairman of the Trophy Committee Jack J. Blank; Treasurer of the Association John M. Christie; Chairman of the Power Boat Committee Earl M. Hildebrand; and Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club Phillip M. Jullien.
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President John F. Kennedy presents a trophy to the winner of the 1960 President's Cup Regatta in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Winner of the Regatta Charles "Chuck" Thompson stands with his wife, Christine Thompson, slightly behind the President. Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher looks on from the West Wing Colonnade. Others include: Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Raymond Bettmann and his wife (name unknown); John Carter and his wife (name unknown); Roy Chalk; President of the President's Cup Regatta Association Edward R. Carr; Chairman of the 1961 President's Cup Regatta Theodore N. McDowell; Chairman of the Board of the Association Edward C. Baltz; Vice President of the Association Edgar Morris; Chairman of the Trophy Committee Jack J. Blank; Treasurer of the Association John M. Christie; Chairman of the Power Boat Committee Earl M. Hildebrand; and Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club Phillip M. Jullien.
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LG G7 ThinQ Specifications Leaked Ahead Of May 2nd Launch
by Vipul VijMay 2, 2018
The LG G7 ThinQ will launch on the 2nd of May. The smartphone was supposed to launch at MWC 2018 but, the company decided to skip the event and work on its next flagship a bit more. Now, after months of speculations around the future of LG G series of smartphones, the G7 ThinQ is ready for its debut. So far, the smartphone maker has revealed a few details about the device and now, detailed specifications of the G7 have been leaked.
According to the report, the LG G7 ThinQ will probably be priced below under 640 Euros in some markets. This is a significantly lower price than the Galaxy S9 that retails for 849 Euros.
LG revealed that the G7 ThinQ will have a 6.1 inch LCD display with a resolution of 3210 x 1440 px. The highlight of the LG G7 ThinQ, according to the company, will be the brightness of the display. The 'Super Bright Display' goes up to 1000 nits while consuming up to 30% less power than the LG G6's. Apparently, the screen also covers 100 percent of the DCI-P3 colour gamut. The specifications mentioned are not the best in class or nothing we haven't seen before. However, if LG is talking up the display of the G7 ThinQ so much, then there has to be something in the execution that LG has done differently.
The LG G7 ThinQ will have a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, same as the iPhone X and taller than the 18:9 G6. This taller aspect ratio is the result of a notch on the display which has become quite common for Android smartphones in 2018. LG has also claimed that the chin of the G7 ThinQ is about 50% smaller than the chin on the G6. However, it still won't be as thin as the iPhone X and would be comparable to the OnePlus 6 (which also has a notch).
Under the hood, the G7 will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset which will be coupled with either 4GB or 6GB RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. The fingerprint sensor will sit on the rear of the device which won't double up as a power button. The power button has now been moved to the side of the smartphone in a more conventional position. Also, the G7 ThinQ will have a hardware button dedicated to the Google Assistant, just like the Bixby button found on new Galaxy flagship devices.
Powering the device will be a 3000 mAh battery and support for QuickCharge 4.0. The G7 ThinQ will run Android 8 Oreo out of the box with LG's own custom skin on top. According to the LG, the upcoming smartphone will have a "Boombox Speaker." Apparently, this speaker will increase the base sound level by more than 6dB with twice the amount of bass. LG believes that this translates to more than ten times the loudness than that of an average smartphone. Considering the size of the smartphone, this could be a remarkable achievement for LG. The bass can further be amplified by placing the device on a solid surface or box.
The G7 ThinQ will also have a dual-camera setup on the back. The 16MP primary camera will be an RGB sensor with an f/1.6 aperture while the secondary 16MP camera will also have the same f/1.6 aperture. Similar to previous gen LG flagship devices, the secondary 16Mp camera could also be equipped with a wide-angle lens.
The LG G7 ThinQ has a huge job of reviving a dwindling smartphone business of LG. With a refreshed design and new launch strategy, the LG G7 ThinQ would want to replicate the success of some of the earlier LG smartphones.
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Fetal toxicity may develop: discontinue if pregnancy is detected. Salt/volume depletion. Dialysis. Severe CHF. Renal artery or aortic stenosis. Monitor BP, electrolytes, and renal function periodically. Diabetes. Monitor for neutropenia in renal or collagen vascular disease (eg, SLE). Hepatic impairment. Surgery. Discontinue if laryngeal edema, angioedema (have SC epinephrine available), marked elevations of liver enzymes or jaundice occurs. Black patients may have higher risk of angioedema than non-black patients. Elderly. Neonates. Pregnancy (Cat.D); avoid. Nursing mothers.
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Chess star making all the right moves ahead of online Olympiad
Madibaz student Charlize van Zyl will use the time left ahead of South Africa's entry into the Online Chess Olympiad to fine-tune her preparations for the competition in August.
This tournament has been set up after the actual Chess Olympiad, scheduled for Russia next month, was postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this year Van Zyl was chosen for the South African team after she excelled in a qualification tournament where she won the women's section by two points without suffering any losses.
Although the disruption caused by the pandemic has created some frustration, the 20-year-old said she was looking forward to the challenge when SA joins the competition on August 20.
"This online format is very different, but I really enjoy it," she said. "We will be playing on our laptops or desktops on the biggest online chess-playing platform – Chess.com.
"We will be closely monitored through webcams and microphones, so although it is different to live chess as you are not directly facing your opponent, which in itself is a huge psychological factor, your every movement is still being watched.
"Other than that, it is a lot more comfortable than live competition or over-the-board chess as you can play from the comfort of your own home with no distractions caused by other players."
The third-year BA student said one of the chief differences was the time allowed in which players had to make their moves.
"The time control will be quite different. For the normal Olympiad and most prestigious over-the-board tournaments, the time control allows games to stretch on for hours.
"But in this competition we will have 15 minutes, plus five seconds. This means that both you and your opponent will start with 15 minutes and get an additional five seconds added to your clock for every move that you make.
"It means that games will not exceed an hour."
She said her preparations would focus mostly on playing many games in this time format to get used to it.
The online competition is divided into different sections and has already started with the base division (5). There are a further three divisions (4 to 2) for which teams from the lower sections will be able to qualify as the tournament progresses.
The top 15 teams from division two will join the 25 teams who have already been placed in the top division, which includes South Africa.
"Happily, being in the top division, we don't have to follow this long play-off system in the next month," said Van Zyl.
"Each team is made up of six boards with two male players, two female players and two U20 male and female players. Each board has a reserve player, so in total we are 12 players.
"It is going to be tough as we are already placed in the same division as strong chess countries such as Russia, China and the USA.
"But we still have some time to prepare and I am looking forward to testing myself against some of the best chess players in the world!"
Madibaz chess player Charlize van Zyl is fine-tuning her preparations for next month's Online Chess Olympiad.


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Everything just got worse with North Korea
By Nicholas Kristof
Now we enter a more dangerous period in relations with North Korea.
President Donald Trump topped a particularly inept diplomatic period by canceling his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The previous policy of maximum economic pressure on North Korea may no longer be viable, so the risk is that Trump ends up reaching for the military toolbox.
Military options are not off Donald Trump's table. Credit:AP
As every president since Richard Nixon — except for Trump — has realised, the military options are too dangerous to employ. That's even more true today, when North Korea apparently has the capacity to use nuclear, chemical and biological weapons against Seoul, Tokyo and perhaps Los Angeles.
Yet Pentagon officials seem deeply nervous that Trump doesn't realise this and has a Kim-like appetite for brinkmanship in ways that create risks of a cataclysm.
It was at least a relief that Trump, in canceling the summit, didn't slam the door on diplomacy. "I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting," he wrote Kim in a letter, in a tone more of regret than anger. He added: "Some day, I very much look forward to meeting you."
He added that South Korea and Japan are "ready should foolish or reckless acts be taken by North Korea".
Trump apparently canceled both because of recent North Korean belligerent rhetoric, including denunciations of Vice President Mike Pence, and because it grew clear that North Korea wasn't planning on giving up its nuclear weapons any time soon. There was some political risk that Trump would look foolish reaching a general agreement with North Korea that was much less significant and onerous than the one he tore up with Iran.
The Trump statement leaves open the possibility that South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who has been the crucial figure in the peace process, can put Humpty Dumpty together again, so that a meeting could be held later this year. Indeed, if the cancellation now leads to working-level talks between US and North Korean officials, that would be progress.
The risk, though, is that we're back to confrontation.
I hope that North Korea will respond to Trump's letter in similarly measured, calm terms. But no one has ever made money betting on North Korean calmness.
North Korea could decide to create a new crisis, perhaps by conducting a missile test or an atmospheric nuclear test. If such an atmospheric test were conducted in the northern Pacific, that could send radiation toward the US and would be perceived in Washington as a great provocation.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Credit:KCNA/AP
Likewise, the US could respond to new tensions by sending B-1 bombers off the coast of North Korea. If North Korea scrambled aircraft or fired anti-aircraft missiles, we could very quickly have an enormous escalation.
So look out. We may be headed for a game of chicken, with Trump and Kim at the wheel. And all the rest of us are in the back seat.
In any case, it will be difficult for Trump to return to his policy of strangling North Korea economically. China has already been quietly relaxing sanctions, and South Korea may not have the stomach for strong sanctions either. Kim has met with the leaders of both China and South Korea in recent months, building ties and reducing his isolation, and I expect he'll continue the outreach to both countries.
Some Republicans have praised Trump for his North Korea diplomacy, and there's been talk about him winning a Nobel Peace Prize. That was always ludicrous, and his North Korea policy is in fact a fine example of ineptitude.
John Bolton's discussion of Libya spooked the North Koreans. Credit:Bloomberg
Here's what actually happened. Trump's jingoistic rhetoric didn't particularly intimidate North Korea, but it terrified South Korea, which feared it would be collateral damage in a new Korean War. So Moon shrewdly used the Olympics to undertake a careful peace mission to bring the US and North Korea together, flattering each side to make this happen (Moon is a world-class Trump flatterer, and other leaders around the world have noted his success.) This was commendable on Moon's part; he's the one who genuinely did have a shot at the peace prize.
As I wrote at the time, however, it was a mistake when Trump rashly accepted the idea of a summit without any careful preparations. The risk of starting a diplomatic process with a summit is that if talks collapse at the top, then it's difficult to pick up at a lower level. That's precisely what ended up happening, and this dynamic creates greater risk than ever of military conflict.
With different aides, Trump might have pulled it off. While Trump and his fans were always deluded about the possibility that North Korea would hand over its nuclear weapons any time soon, there was some possibility of a general statement about starting a dialogue about denuclearisation. North Korea would destroy some intercontinental ballistic missiles, tensions would drop, and we'd all be better off even if denuclearization never actually happened. Yes, Trump would have been played, but the world would still have benefited from the peace process.
Yet John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser, spoke up in ways calculated to unnerve the North Koreans, by talking about the Libya model. When you cite as a model a country whose leader then ended up being executed by his own people, that's not usually persuasive to another dictator. On my most recent visit to North Korea, in September, officials cited the Libyan experience as one reason they needed to hold on to their nuclear weapons.
North Korean leaders themselves responded to Bolton's comments with harsh, over-the-top rhetoric, including the comment about Pence. This was a major miscalculation on their part, escalating the ineptitude and helping to kill the summit.While the North Koreans didn't get the summit they wanted with Trump, they have managed the process quite well. They used the rush of diplomacy to rebuild ties with Beijing and start discussions about economic integration with South Korea, and to moderate their international image. They've also created something of a wedge between Washington and Seoul, as was apparent in the response to Trump's cancellation by a South Korean government spokesman: "We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means."
In weighing the risks ahead, commentators sometimes note that Kim is rational and doesn't want to commit suicide. That's true, but doesn't particularly encourage me. Rational actors regularly make awful decisions. Saddam Hussein wasn't suicidal, and neither was George W. Bush, but they both acted in ways in Iraq that were catastrophic.
Both Trump and Kim would still like to make a summit happen. So I'm hoping for the best, but fearing for the worst.


§19-35-3. Farmers markets; farmers market vendor permits; fees; scope.
§19-35-5. Cottage foods; acidified foods; non-potentially hazardous foods; other exempted foods.
(e) Food permits required for farmers market vendors are currently not recognized across county lines.
"Consignment farmers market" means a farmers market in which two or more vendors deliver their own farm and food products to a common location maintained by a third party that markets the vendors' products and receives a percentage share of the profits from sales, with the individual vendor retaining ownership of the farm and food product until it is sold. A consignment farmers market may be mobile or in a stationary location.
"Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
"Farm and food product" means any agriculture, horticulture, agroforestry, animal husbandry, dairy, livestock, cottage food, beekeeping, or other similar product. Farm and food products are to be properly labeled.
(4) A consignment farmers market as defined herein.
"Farmers market vendor" or "vendor" means a person or entity that sells farm and food products at a farmers market.
(a) Farmers markets shall register with the department and provide information to the department regarding the farmers market and its vendors.
(b) Vendors at a farmers market selling farm and food products shall apply for a farmers market vendor permit and pay the annual permit fee to the department. The permit is valid in all counties in this state. A farmers market vendor permit shall be required in lieu of the food establishment permit, notwithstanding any other provisions of code or rule that require a food establishment permit or any other permit from a local health department. The department shall take final action upon all completed permit applications within 30 days of receipt if the application is uncontested, or within 90 days if the application is contested.
(c) The annual farmers market vendor permit fee is $35.
(2) Vendors selling fresh, uncut produce.
(e) A consignment farmers market shall obtain a food establishment permit issued by the local health department. Certain farm and food product also require food establishment or other permits to be sold at farmers markets including, but not limited to, meat, poultry, dairy, fish, and sprouted seeds. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the local health department in the jurisdiction in which the farmers market is located has the right to inspect and suspend the food establishment permit of a farmers market vendor that sells or serves food for which a food establishment permit is required.
(f) All farmers market vendor permits shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner.
(g) Nothing in this article eliminates or limits other state and federal rules and regulations that apply to certain farm and food products sold at a farmers market or a consignment farmers market.
(h) The department may establish regulations permitting the sampling of certain farm and food products at farmers markets by vendors.
(i) A vendor is subject to food sampling and inspection by the local health department in the jurisdiction in which the farmers market is located if the local health department determines that the vendor's food product is misbranded pursuant to §19-35-5(c) of this code, or adulterated, or if a consumer complaint has been received: Provided, That all sampling and inspection shall be performed in consultation with the Department of Agriculture.
(j) If the local health department in the jurisdiction in which the farmers market is located has reason to believe that an imminent health hazard exists it may invoke cessation of production until it deems that the hazardous situation has been addressed to the satisfaction of the local health department: Provided, That a local health department that invokes cessation of production under this subsection shall do so in consultation with the Department of Agriculture.
(a) The Department of Agriculture shall propose emergency or legislative rules for approval in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code for the purposes of implementing this article.
(b) The Department of Agriculture shall consult with the Department of Health and Human Resources and shall consider the guidelines established in the Farmers Market Vendor Guide in promulgating the rules. The rules shall set forth quantity limitations for each type of farm and food product for which a farmers market vendor permit is required pursuant to §19-35-5(d) of this code.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of §16-1-1 et seq. of this code or any rules or regulations to the contrary, the department shall regulate cottage foods, acidified foods, nonpotentially hazardous foods and other exempted foods.
(b) Online farmers market sales shall be delivered in person and are not permitted to be shipped. A home, farm, community, or commercial kitchen may be used by a cottage foods vendor, as determined by the department.
(c) All foods for which a farmers market vendor permit is required pursuant to §19-35-5(d) of this code shall be labeled in compliance with the department's labeling standards and provide information about its content and sources. The label shall include the words "MADE IN A WV ______ KITCHEN" in capital, bold, 10-point type or larger words, with the blank space to state whether the product was made in a home, farm, community, or commercial kitchen.
(d) A farmers market vendor permit is required to sell the following farm and food products at farmers markets: Certain canned acidified foods, including, but not limited to, pickled products, sauces, and salsas. Acidified foods are low-acid foods to which acid or acid foods are added with a water activity of greater than .085 and a finished equilibrium of pH 4.6 or below. The majority of the produce in canned acidified foods shall be sourced from the vendor's West Virginia farm or garden, and records of the source of the produce shall be maintained.
(2) Other foods that are exempted from certain regulations, including, but not limited to, certain fermented products, certain exempted condiments, commercially harvested mushrooms, and canned, whole, or chopped tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato juice having a finished equilibrium of pH 4.6 or below.
(f) The Department of Agriculture shall consult with the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate any rules deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Agriculture to ensure the health, sanitation, and safety of the products produced and sold pursuant to this section.


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Cornerstone Home: Garden at farm to serve disabled
Macklin K. Reid
Turn the earth, plant and hoe. Water! Sunshine! Watch things grow.
With a vision of intellectually disabled people learning to tend a garden and share in the everyday miracle of growing food, the selectmen approved a license agreement allowing Cornerstone Home & Gardens Inc. to teach gardening on a small patch of town land at the former McKeon Farm on Old Stagecoach Road.
"We're going to set up an educational gardening experience for individuals with disabilities," Cece Berger of Cornerstone told the selectmen. "It could be adults who live in town, or students."
The printed agreement reviewed by the selectmen said the gardening program would serve "individuals on the autism spectrum" but Berger told the selectmen she'd like to change that to the "individuals with intellectual disabilities" — a broader, more inclusive wording.
The $1-a-year agreement gives Cornerstone 5,000 square feet — about an eighth of an acre — at the town's 42-acre McKeon Farm tract between Ridgebury and Old Stagecoach roads. It began Friday, Feb. 1, and runs through the end of 2019.
Under the agreement Cornerstone is allowed to teach "five to ten" disabled individuals and is required to "provide constant supervision" while they're on the site.
Cornerstone is allowed one bus trip to and one bus trip from the site each day.
At the selectmen's meeting a Ridgebury neighbor in the audience, John Katz, asked about parking accommodations for the adults who'll be on the site, working with the disabled gardeners.
There would be five or six cars on the site, at most, he was told, and no need for a formal parking area.
Under the agreement no pesticides or herbicides may be use on the town's property.
Cornerstone is also required to "maintain the site in a clean and orderly fashion" and provide monthly reports to the Conservation Commission, the town agency which manages McKeon Farm along with other open space areas.
The Conservation Commission also has the right "to inspect the site from time to time at its sole discretion."
The agreement was approved unanimously at the Board of Selectmen's Jan. 23 meeting.
"It's a great thing you're doing," Selectwoman Barbara Manners said.