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![]() ![]() It makes perfect logical sense in-universe, expands on one of the key principles and Magic systems (Earthbending), and it has a real world precedent in that blind people's other senses like their hearing and sense of smell and touch get heightened to compensate. And even though she's blind, she can get around that by having her hearing and the ability to sense vibrations in the ground which is why she's such a skilled Earthbender. Contrast that with Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender, who's blind. And Amaya doesn't have any special ability to compensate for her deafness. In all honesty, Amaya's deafness is a very real risk to not only her life but the lives of all the soldiers under her command. But Amaya won't be able to hear a twig break under an assassin's or warrior's foot before she feels a sword run through her chest. In low-light situations like that, your hearing is the best sense that you have in surviving in that situation. Or let's say that she and her soldiers are fighting during night against enemies that can see in the dark. ![]() Amaya won't be able to unless someone in front of her either signs it quick enough to her or she can read their lips fast enough to understand. Any other soldier could probably hear the arrow or Magical attack parting/disturbing the wind and be able to dodge it. The same principle applies if she was shot from behind by an arrow or Magical attack. She'll never be aware about an assassin or Moon Elf assassin that strikes her from behind because her comrades behind her can't warn or shout to her about the enemy right behind her. ![]() And I can list off from the top of my head several situations in which Amaya's deafness presents a big danger to herself and her subordinates in a fight. I mean, how many soldiers in real life are still alive today because they could hear their allies scream/communicate to them, "GRENADE!" or "AMBUSH!" or "SNIPER!"? Hearing is one of the most vital senses in combat. ![]() Now, Amaya is a great character and a badass fighter and her representation as a Deaf/HoH person would be perfect if it wasn't for the fact that being a soldier is the worst possible occupation to combine deafness with.ĭeafness is a terrible disadvantage as a soldier and it's an unacceptable risk for all the men and women under her command. 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The success of the game has been proven not only by the 'Game of the Year' and 'Most Atmospheric Shooter' awards, but also by maintaining top spots on sales charts. ![]() The game received numerous awards at some of the biggest international trade shows, and received high critical acclaimed from both print and online media and from the players themselves. GSC World Publishing was in charge of publishing the title in former USSR territories, while THQ Inc. In April 2007 the company's most ambitious project - Survival FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, set in the near-future Chornobyl exclusion zone, was released worldwide. Throughout its years of operation, GSC Game World has cooperated with leading worldwide and Russian publishers, including THQ Inc., Ubisoft, Koch Media, CDV, BitComposer, 1C, Novy Disk and more. Since August 2004, GSC World Publishing has launched 7 projects: Alexander (2004), Cossacks 2: Napoleonic Wars (2005), Cossacks 2: Battle for Europe (2006), Heroes of Annihilated Empires (2006), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (2008), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009). S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 IS MOVIEThe game was released simultaneously with the movie and was self-published by GSC in former USSR territories. ![]() In 2004 the studio enjoyed its first experience of working on a Hollywood movie license, while developing the tie-in RTS based on Oliver Stone's blockbuster film Alexander. The revolutionary Cossacks: European Wars RTS title became the company's first hit, selling, along with its two add-ons, over 5 million copies worldwide. Since 2004 the proprietary worldwide publishing branch has been operating within the company. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is set for the 2023, and it is now available for preorder via /preorderįounded in 1995, GSC Game World has become the most renowned game development studio in Ukraine and a leading developer in Europe. Your choices will influence both short-term consequences and global outcomes. The game will feature an epic, non-linear story. 2 is one of the biggest seamless open-worlds to date. But our team will be much obliged to pre-ordering at our website Is it open-world? You’ll be able to make a preorder wherever it’s more comfortable for you. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be available at Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, Xbox Store and in Game Pass on day one. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 IS PCThe game will be released simultaneously on PC and Xbox series X/S. One of the biggest open-worlds to date is yours to explore - along with an epic branching story with multiple endings. So, grab some vodka (for the radiation, of course), start stockpiling that diet sausage, and we’ll see you in the Zone come April 28, 2022.It is a unique blend of FPS, immersive sim and horror with a really thick atmosphere. 2 are sure to come out as we get closer to April 2022, so be sure to check back for all the latest info. More details on the story of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Being the Zone, it’s safe to assume the military won’t be far away either. Another thing we know for sure: there was no sign of our old friend Sidorovich to be seen.Īpart from new characters, it wouldn’t surprise us to see factions like Duty, Freedon, Clear Sky, and the Bandits make a return from the first game. Whether this character is an ally, an enemy, or a bit of both remains to be seen. ![]() There’s also a shot on a rooftop overlooking Pripyat that introduces an unnamed character in black who looks like he just stepped out of a Hideo Kojima game. One bit of info we do know for sure is that the player character seems to be a mysterious new stalker named “Skif.” While we got a better look than ever before at the sequel during E3 2021, as far as a story goes we didn’t get all that much, but we still know a few things. ![]() ![]() ![]() Misfit Shine sells for $100 and comes in four attractive colors (jet black, gray, topaz and champagne), no charging is required (the battery is readily available in stores and lasts for about four months) and it's water resistant to 50 meters. After all, increasing physical activity is only part of the fitness equation.īut overall, Misfit has come up with a product that is stylish, functional and fun. It would be great to have it work with other programs that address other lifestyle areas such as nutrition. This is something they can and very well may address in the future. The Shine currently doesn't "play well" with other fitness programs out there - it is a lone wolf. Also, I found it doesn't seem to register taps well all the time - something that may get better the more I get used to using it. Matt is one of our BlueCross employees testing five popular fitness trackers and sharing his experiences so you can make a better choice about which one is. Some men may feel the size of the Shine is a bit too small. Perhaps this was not noticeable to others, but it was annoying to me. My kids loved the way it looked and I would say it would be a great fit for a young athlete.Īs far as downsides, my unit scuffed up a bit after wearing it for a while. It also is one of the few fitness trackers that are water resistant - perfect for swimmers. It is super-light and comfortable to wear. The technology in the Shine is quite astounding. But then again, the watch seems to be a secondary feature anyway. While this alternate take on a timepiece is cool, it isn't super practical - it only rounds up or down to the closest 5 minute interval and it seems a bit awkward to tap the thing just to get the time. First an LED lights in the 12:00 position, and then another LED lights solid to show the hour and lastly a blinking LED lights up to show you the minutes. A triple tap will communicate to the unit that you are starting a new exercise (or going to bed at night so it tracks your sleep patterns). A circle of 12 small bright LEDs light up, and the more LEDs lit, the closer you are to attaining your goal. When wearing the Shine, all you need to do is tap it twice to get your progress. The syncing process can be a little tricky, but I've found that it seems to work best when the iPhone or other iOS device is charging. You synchronize the Shine by just placing it on your device. The app is extremely well-designed and clearly shows your progress in attaining your daily and weekly goals. MISFIT SHINE SLEEP TRACKER ANDROIDThere is an Android version in the works, but for now, iOS is it. MISFIT SHINE SLEEP TRACKER DOWNLOADTo communicate with the Shine, you need to first download the iOS app. I was a little nervous about the magnetic holder, but the little sucker stays put. ![]() You have an option of wearing it on your wrist like a watch or using it with a special magnetic holder that will attach it to your shoe or any other piece of clothing. It even shows if your activity was light or more strenuous. But I've also used it while working out on the elliptical, and it does a good job of tracking my activity. Right now, it supports walking, running, swimming and cycling. The Shine uses a high precision 3-axis accelerometer to track your activity. ![]() ![]()
This step might mean having to rethink your photo storage. Backups work best when they are consistent and automated, and this process is far simpler once your images have been brought together - and renamed (see below). Not only will this make it easier to manage, but also far easier to back up. ACDSEE PHOTO STUDIO ULTIMATE 2020 DATE TAKEN ARCHIVEOne of the most important initial steps in taking control of your archive is to gather it into one single location. The program is currently only available for Windows-based computers.Given that the number of devices we use seems to increase by the year, it’s easy to find yourself in a situation where your digital images are spread across multiple different locations, making any sense of order almost impossible. ACDSEE PHOTO STUDIO ULTIMATE 2020 DATE TAKEN LICENSEAvailability and PricingĪCDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 is available for a lifetime license for $149.99 USD or through a subscription starting at $69/year, which provides users access to regular updates and upgrades. To view the complete list of new features and improvements, please see the ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 release notes. Fujifilm GFX 100 – Uncompressed RAW only.Drag guidelines across the image with the ability to snap layers, selections, and text to specific positions. Rulers/Guidelines: Measure an image in a variety of units (inch, cm, pixel). ![]() Resize Canvas: You can resize the canvas around layered content, expanding or cropping, or add solid backgrounds. This improvement means text editing is now non-destructive and can be edited at any time. Text Tool: Text is now available in layers. Blended Clone copies pixels from a source point and smoothly integrates them into the target area, allowing for a naturally flawless look. This feature is great for removing unwanted elements from an image. ![]() HDR: High Dynamic Range merges a set of images with different exposures to produce a single image with the maximum dynamic range, allowing for more details.įocus Stacking: A set of the same photos with different focal distances can be combined into one image, bringing the entire photo in focus, allowing you to get more out of your photos.īlended Clone: A mix of our Smart Erase and Clone tool. You can now embed face data within an image for safe keeping. People searching-Find images quickly with searches based on photos with suggested names, auto-named, and unnamed. ![]() New Featuresįace Detection & Facial Recognition Updates: Suggested names-ACDSee will suggest possible matches for the faces it finds. In this feature there are 3 newly updated tools: suggested names, more ways to search using faces, and embedding face data. For example, our new HDR feature allows you to bring out the maximum amount of dynamic range in your photos, taking your photos to the next level,” said Mark Cosgrove, ACD Systems’ Director of Production.Īs for organizational tools, ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 has improved the Face Detection and Facial Recognition tool, offering greater capabilities to easily find your photos. “We are excited to offer our users editing tools to increase their creativity and elevate their photos. With these new features, ACDSee is also expanding their RAW editing capabilities to include even more cameras. ACDSEE PHOTO STUDIO ULTIMATE 2020 DATE TAKEN SOFTWAREWhile continuing to offer software with the most versatile DAM and RAW editing functionality on the market, ACDSee is expanding their layered editing capabilities with the release of their 2020 product in order to give users more editing freedom.ĪCDSee 2020 has an abundance of new and updated features, including facial recognition and detection features, focus stacking, HDR, blended clone, and text tool updates, to name a few. ACDSee is releasing the latest version of their flagship product, ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020. VICTORIA, BC (September 25, 2019) – Within the last decade, ACDSee has become an innovative photo editing software. ![]() ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 offers an abundance of new and updated features, including facial recognition and detection features, focus stacking, HDR, blended clone, and text tool updates.ĪCDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 is available for a lifetime license for $149.99 USD or through a subscription starting at $69/year, which provides users access to regular updates and upgrades.ĪCDSee Releases Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 with More Powerful DAM, Expanded Layered and RAW Editing Capabilities ![]() ![]() ![]() The drives in the Synology are not new so, their age alone is something to think about. First, drives have a working life of about 4 to 5 years (note there's a LOT of give and take in that figure). It's your call, but you may be flirting with disaster. I am still reading up on all of this as I go along here. Thanks again for all your help you two, planed to wipe the two 6TB drives i nthe Synology, add them to my new NAS box running OMV where the other two 10TB drives are, also put them into mirror, and then if I understand this right, planed to put both RAIDs into an LVM(?) so that I can have one 16TB storage location. ![]() Once all four drives are in the OMV box, I planned to stick a few smaller drives back in the Synology for personal cloud type use for important stuff which will have a better backup setup.īut, I am interested in learning more about my options for combining the two pairs to see as a single folder for storage, so I will also wait for input as well. I dont plan on any comprehensive backup plan, as all four drives will simply be to store media content, which is not of huge concern to lose in the event such as what you explained. You would still have 16TB storage leaving them as single drives using a 10Tb and 6TB as rsync, if you go the way as you have suggested do you intend on backing this up, granted one drive failure in a mirror is fine, but having experienced a drive failure in a mirrored raid only for the second drive to go down whilst waiting for a replacement is something I would not want to happen again.Ī second option might be to use MergeFS (UnionFS) and Snapraid might have view on this. Then, once that was done, I planed to wipe the two 6TB drives i nthe Synology, add them to my new NAS box running OMV where the other two 10TB drives are, also put them into mirror, and then if I understand this right, planed to put both RAIDs into an LVM(?) so that I can have one 16TB storage location. Once the RAID and file system were ready, I had planned to figure out the remote mounts so I could transfer the data from my old Synology box to my new 10TB RAID. My plan was to use the two 10TB drives in a RAID as the storage for my Plex media. I have a 200gb drive for "data", if you mean for my drive that runs OMV. What would have been a better option was to use a single 10Tb drive for data and the second 10Tb drive as a local rsync. ![]() That is interesting, as some have found that the current wipefs doesn't always remove the zfs signature hence the use of the systemrescuecd, possibly the use of -all and -force has removed 'all' signatures on the drive. The wipefs -n will do nothing more than display the information you provided. The Rsync job will go faster with a 1GB link. (Do not try to configure a remote rsync job, in this case. ![]() Then set up a LOCAL rsync job with the remote Synology share as the source and the OMV share as the destination. (The path for a shared folder of a remote file system is a single / When created, you'll have to change the default.) Name the shared folder something that indicates it's on a remote server, again, like SYN-music. Then you would create a shared folder of the remote mounted file system: #Wipefs force passwordYou'd need to supply a user name and password with at least read access to the Synology share.Īfter it's mounted, you'll see the remote mounted filesystem, in Storage, File systems. Name it something shows it's remote like SYN-Music (Remote Mount adds a remote share, to OMV, as if it's a local drive.) You could use the Remote Mount Plugin to set up an Rsync job. Use SMB/CIF, to put your new shared folder on the network. (Given the 10TB size, this may take some time as well.) 10TB is a huge mirror.Ĭreate a file system on the array. I've only set up mdadm RAID in VM's with 5GB (really small) drives. As I remember it, ZFS was fast to sync a 4TB mirror. )Īnother command that is supposed to wipe RAID signatures is (Where the " ?" is the letter of the drive you're wiping. The command to erase all locations on the drive with 0's is This will give you a list of installed drives. Since you're setting up a new server, other than watching that you don't format your boot disk, there's no risk in trying it. Others on this forum prefer using dd on the command line. DBAN wipes almost everything and it starts with the boot sector. #Wipefs force freeIf they continue to be stubborn, give the free version of DBAN a try. But note that ZFS, LVM and mdadm (software) RAID can set persistent flags on drives. You'd start one operation, then open another separate web page into the server (or reload the first). I think you can secure wipe two drives at once. Can I have two wipe actions going on at once via webgui? ![]() ![]() ![]() These turrets will spawn in Portal 1 maps (and even some recompiled Portal 2 maps on the workshop) like in the actual portal games, and will talk. ![]() For that, you need to get an eye bolt on the top of the turret and get the gantry crane out. 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This requires Portal 2 to be mounted to be noticable. If another turret is nearby, then after it will say something ("She was provoking you."). When you die, the turret that killed you says "Gotcha!". Added a feature from Portal 2, where turrets talk when they kill you. Turrets now will talk immediatly after being tipped over, making them use previously unused voice lines ("ow ow ow ow ow!" and "malfunctioning" for example) Non-defective Turrets now have laser pointers! Joy! Please report any errors you may find, as this is my first addon. Craft yourself a wide variety of new weapons in Weapons Expansion Magical Scrolls, Spears, Daggers, Turrets We have it all Looking for a new way to use y. Portal 2 Sentry Turret Costume HoodieWatch your friends dance and dodge when they see you dressed as a deadly sentry turret when you wear this cool Portal 2 hoodie The Portal 2 Sentry Turret Costume Hoodie is white with a full-length zipper. You can even spawn Defective turrets with different voices! If a turret is ignited (or a defective turret is tipped over) they will explode (and even complain, if you have Portal 2 mounted). This addon requires that you have Portal 1 or Portal 2 mounted otherwise, this will just spawn HL2 turrets :Y ![]() ![]() ![]() Since we’ve started a new month, I wanted to look back at January especially as compared to December. Lovely clue, right there.Īnd now for something completely different. New clue for that name as far as I can tell. It is utterly, utterly shameful.īut I don’t want to end this on a down note. And yet here we are, the richest, most powerful nation, slamming the door in their faces. Per Merriam-Webster, it means “a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation.” It made me think of all those fleeing danger and seeking HARBOR in friendlier countries. But once I read up on it, I found it so timely. What are your feelings on 20a HEGIRA ? At first, I was irked at this completely unknown (to me) word. I love the word WINSOME, and SWINDLED and HARBOR make for good fill as well. In other words, getting the rest of the themers didn’t involve much brain power, for better or worse.Īs for the rest, we have a morbid mini-theme in 53a PERISHES and 5d EMBALMS. I cottoned on to the theme with the first one, so that made the rest pretty simple, at least the first half of each anyway. I should think STEP OVER would really look like this: ᴤ⊥Eb STEP BACK would make more sense, but BACK is already taken. This one comes with a *wink wink* since it will only work in the Down direction. WSJ – Wed, 2.1.17 – “Turn Signals” by Paul Coulter Got that? That’s a nice “turn of phrase” (heh heh) to use as a gimmick. The answers are actual phrases that consist of the clue in reverse followed by a word that could roughly mean “reversed.” In essence, the second word is a “turn signal” indicating that the first word is the reverse of the clue. Our theme clues are cryptic single words in all caps. Paul Coulter’s Wall Street Journal crossword, “Turn Signals” - Jim’s review I didn’t know there was an Eagle constellation at all, to be honest. What I didn’t know before I did this puzzle: that ALTAIR is a star in the Eagle constellation. If you have congestive heart failure or kidney disease, we will not recommend lots of fluids. That’s true if you have an acute viral illness. If BAE shows up in a puzzle, does that mean the teenagers will stop using it? Kids these days, I tell you.I appreciated the shout-out to Lucretia MOTT.Am I the only person who dropped in SHELL for at 1a?.The clue phrases are not tortured in any way, and the answers are all solid and in-the-language. That gives us “Friends, Romans, countrymen,” the line preceding LEND ME YOUR EARS in the speech Marc Antony makes at Caesar’s funeral. I finally remembered the advice I was given years ago: if you can’t make sense of the theme in the answers, look at the clues – in this case the first word of each theme clue. I went back and looked for EARS in the theme answers. ![]() ![]() The information we need is in 51a which is LEND ME YOUR EARS. I tried to find something these three answers had in common – anagrams? Hidden words? Something that could precede or follow one part of the clue? I couldn’t think of any phrase that included KUMAR, or HAROLD, for that matter. I suspect that this clue has 1787 rather than 1776 to make it a smidgen more difficult. 43a are not the Constituional Convention.Somewhere, my high school Latin teacher is shaking her fist at me. I dropped GUARD in right away and had to rely on crossings to get started on PRAETORIAN. I have eaten at White Castle, but not since high school. ![]() ![]() Since “ a” is positive (2), this means that the graph opens up and has a minimum at the vertex. *put the equations in descending order (largest exponent first) ![]() The general form for a quadratic function is y = ax 2 + bx + c.ĭefining Quadratic Equations: Standard Form with Real Numbers (02:50)īy examining “ a” in f ( x) = ax 2 + bx + c, it can be determined whether the function has a maximum value (opens up) or a minimum value (opens down).Įxample #2: Determine if vertex of the quadratic function is a minimum or a maximum point in its parabola and if the parabola opens upward or downward.Ī.) f ( x) = –5 x + 2 x 2 + 2 b.) g ( x) = 7 – 6 x – 2 x 2 ![]() Therefore, the quadratic form is y = 4 x 2–21 x – 18. Multiply the First terms, the Outer terms, the Inner terms, and the Last terms and add them. If given a function, such as f ( x) = (4 x + 3)( x – 6), and asked to express it into quadratic form, use FOIL (First Outer Inner Last) multiplication to write it in the formĮxample #1: Express f ( x) = (4 x + 3)( x – 6) in quadratic form using the FOIL method. Range: all real numbers ≥ the minimum value of the function (when opening up) or all real numbers ≤ the maximum value of the function (when opening down). Vertex: either the lowest point on the graph or the highest point on the graph.ĭomain of any quadratic function: the set of all real numbers. Parabola: the graph of a quadratic functionĪxis of symmetry: a line that divides the parabola into two parts that are mirror images of each other. Introduction to Quadratic Functions Quadratic functions have the form f ( x) = ax 2 + bx + c where the highest exponent is 2.Īre the following functions, quadratic functions? Lastly, you will explore many real-world applications of the quadratic functions and their parabolas. In addition, you will solve quadratic equations using factoring and the Zero Product Property. This unit will introduce you to quadratic functions. ![]() For example, fireworks, when fired, follow a parabolic path and many explode when the vertex is reached. Quadratic functions have important applications in science, engineering, and entertainment. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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