What began as a small "remote founding team" has blossomed into a company with more than "20 full-time employees and thousands of contractors worldwide." StudySoup believes that its early implementation of a distributed workforce forced the company "to create clear communication and process structure early on," which later translated into large and quickly scaled national growth. An online marketplace, the company allows several notetakers from the same course to upload their materials and take advantage of the freedom to decide how to market and price these materials.Īs an employer, StudySoup maintains a progressive and hardworking culture that supports flexible scheduling arrangements. StudySoup believes the future of education is in peer-to-peer learning and prides itself in providing income-generating opportunities for students along the way. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, the company serves approximately 8,000 students from nearly 15 college campuses nationwide. With a growing online community, StudySoup users are students who share their study guides and class notes to help peers gain knowledge and experience greater success. Established in 2014 by co-founders Sieva Kozinsky and Jeff Silverman after experiencing their own set of note-taking challenges in college, StudySoup has since received widespread recognition for its work and has been featured in leading media outlets, such as Wired, Product Hunt, and TechCrunch. StudySoup is an emerging e-learning company and online educational platform that enables students to earn a profit from the sales of their self-generated class notes. Researched & Written by Alexis Reale on the FlexJobs Team
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Obviously the direct confrontation isn’t your only kind of approach. single shot, burst and so on) and each specific choice has a different impact on accuracy and on your odds to being hit. What we can say is that, as it is, the fights of Urban Strife can offer a lot of fun.ĭuring a fight, there are many variables you have to consider, like, for example, the right stance to adopt (between crouch, walk and run) or the fire mode of your weapon (e.g. On this regard the game makes a lot of promises with features like “real ballistics”, “body parts targeting” and so on, but at the moment which one of these promises is really kept? We can safely say that under this point of you Urban Strife has a lot to offer.īut, as everybody knows, in a turn-based game what really matters is the gameplay. Even if the polygonal models of the humans and zombies are not so perfect, the textures are wonderful and, in general, you can notice a lot of details on screen with very good use of graphic effects. Since we are talking about an indie game, I wasn’t expecting anything special from this point of view, but I’ve to admit that, on this regard, Urban Strife can be really astounding. Story aside, the first thing that catches your attention is the graphic. Simple? Not so much ad you will learn very soon. Your mission? As you can imagine you will have to find him and bring him back to the camp. The electrified fence of your camp is going offline and the only guy who can repair it is out. The story behind the test version of the game is quite simple. That being said, we can now talk about what the game really offers at the moment. The developers describe it as a turn-based survival RPG and, from what I’ve seen so far, the description is quite fair.īefore going any further, a premise is essential: the alpha test of the game offers only a little slice of what it will be the final game. So, the first question one should ask is: what is exactly Urban Strife? I was kindly invited by White Pond Games to the Alpha test of their game and what follows are my impressions. So when, after six years from Dead State, I heard about a new t urn-based zombie RPG, I decided that this was an unmissable opportunity to challenge again my fears. It was 1979 and at that time I was only 7 years old.Īfter I watched that movie I was unable to sleep for several days, then, after getting over the shock, I became a true horror movie addict! An obsession born when I watched for the very first time “Dawn of the Dead”. Personally I have a true obsession for anything related to the zombies. Nevertheless, is out of question that zombies are one of the most terrifying inventions of the lasts decades. Here, where the Dolomites seem giants of rock that watch over the nature and where the green of the mountains is so intense that hurts your eyes here, as I was saying, the horror of a civilization overwhelmed by an immense army of walking dead sounds just like a childhood fear. Here, where I’m now, a zombie apocalypse it’s one of the hardest things to imagine. – Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” It was the ninth time this month that Russian air raids have targeted the capital, a clear escalation after weeks of lull and ahead of a much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russia launched missiles overnight at Kyiv again, with falling debris causing a fire at a business building, authorities reported. Johnson also described Macron as “Putin’s lickspittle”, Guto Harri told the latest edition of Unprecedented, his podcast about his time at No 10. The former British prime minister Boris Johnson described Emmanuel Macron as “nauseating” for travelling to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, a former UK government aide has said. The error was the result assigning a higher than warranted value on weaponry that was taken from US stocks and then shipped to Ukraine, two senior defence officials said. The Pentagon overvalued US equipment it sent to Ukraine by about $3bn, a Senate aide and a defence official said on Thursday, an error that opened up the possibility of more weapons being sent to Kyiv for its defence against Russian forces. The deal has been extended for two more months, in what the UN secretary general, António Guterres, hailed on Wednesday as “good news for the world”, a day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertiliser exports, Reuters reported. The Black Sea grain corridor designed to ensure the safe supply of Ukrainian food to world markets has not yet resumed operation despite statements by Turkey and Russia on extending the agreement, a senior Ukrainian official said on Thursday. Zelenskiy is set to join a G7 session on Sunday via teleconference. Kishida also appeared to confirm that the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, would not be visiting Japan in person for the G7 summit being held from 19 to 21 May. The Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, told reporters that he and the US president, Joe Biden, have agreed to continue sanctions against Russia and support Ukraine as the two leaders met in the Japanese city of Hiroshima today, Reuters reported. Reuters was unable to verify his assertion and there was no immediate comment from the defence ministry. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, on Thursday accused regular Russian army units of pulling back 570 metres north of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, leaving his own fighters’ flanks exposed. The claim comes a day after a major wave of missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, the Russian state-owned news agency Tass has reported. The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday that it had struck Ukrainian military targets using high-precision missiles. While Russia boosted its forces in the city, attacked the suburbs to the north and engaged in fierce fighting in the southern suburbs, Ukraine’s forces advanced 500 meters in the north and in some areas in the south by one kilometre, deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, said on her Telegram channel. Ukraine said it had repelled a day of Russian attacks in and around the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut on Thursday and made gains of a kilometre in some places while buying time for “certain planned actions”. At a press conference alongside his Norwegian counterpart at the Northwood military base on Thursday, Wallace said Moscow has submarines and spy ships “specifically designed” to “potentially sabotage or attack critical national infrastructure belonging to its adversaries”. There is no doubt Russia has “the intent and the ability” to target the west’s underwater energy and communication lines, the British defence secretary, Ben Wallace, said. Meanwhile, Gram said Norway donating F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine was not on the agenda at the moment. “All I can say is it is my understanding that it has been used since we announced its deployment to Ukraine, but I’m not going to go into further details,” Wallace said at a joint press conference with Norway’s defence minister, Bjørn Arild Gram. Long-range Storm Shadow missiles provided to Ukraine by Britain have been used, the British defence minister, Ben Wallace, said on Thursday. The time in Kyiv is just coming up to 9pm. This could help naturally prevent your pup from catching such infections when enjoying some fun in the water.Īll in all, there’s no reason not to enjoy swimming fun with your furry friend as long as you take precautions beforehand and stay vigilant after each swim! Keep an eye on any changes or reactions that may appear on their skin if they have been exposed and seek medical attention if necessary. Last but not least, to fight against Swimmers Itch, try implementing supplements into your dog’s daily routine designed for boosting their immune system. Make certain you give emphasis around his/her head area where parasites tend to reside.Īpply protective ointments designed specifically for dogs before going into contaminated waters – these will act as thick barriers between uncanny bottom feeders and your fur baby’s skin protecting against unwanted infection prior to penetration.ĭon’t forget about grooming time post-swimming sessions too! This includes checking teeth gums paws tails – anything organic matter might enter during those moments playing senselessly! Here are some useful tips:īefore diving into any source of water for your dog’s splash time extravaganza, make sure it is safe! Look out for advisory signs such as “No Swimming” notices if placed near public areas like beaches or parks – this is an indication that there could be possible health hazards lurking within.Ģ- Dry Your Dog Thoroughly After Every SwimĪfter every swim session make sure you’re armed with a towel while drying off your four-legged friend completely. However, don’t let the fear of Swimmer’s Itch stop you from enjoying outdoor activities with your canine companion! By taking some precautions before and after swimming sessions, you’ll minimize the risks for both yourself and your pup. When dogs swim (or play) in infested waters, these microscopic larvae can penetrate through their skin and cause irritation or even an allergic reaction, leading to bumps or rashes on their skin. Swimmer’s Itch is caused by a parasite called cercaria that lives in snails and ducks’ feces found in fresh bodies of water. Unfortunately, this fun activity comes with a potential risk: Swimmer’s Itch. How Can Dogs Get Swimmers Itch and Ways to Prevent itĪs the summer sun starts to shine and temperatures rise, many pet owners are eager to take their furry friends for a dip in the cool waters of ponds, lakes or rivers. Although it isn’t contagious between pets nor from pets to people, it requires veterinary attention for proper treatment. Symptoms of Swimmer’s itch in dogs include intense itching, redness, bumps or pimples around the paws and belly areas. Dogs that swim or play in contaminated water bodies like lakes or rivers may develop Swimmer’s itch.ĭogs with longer hair and thick coats are likely to attract more parasites than those with shorter hair. It predominantly affects humans but is also known to affect other animals, including dogs. Swimmer’s itch refers to an allergic reaction caused by a parasite found in standing freshwater.
There is a locked door whose key can be found in a three-ribbons room, the door only leads to hostile Golems.Īn undead warrior roaming an early Eye area is holding the token for this area. In the same room, the player may equip a powerful Golem Suit which requires blue crystals for power. After death it can be looted for a large blue encased Crystal, it currently does nothing but this may change. The Golem President can be found and fought here. The spider token is rather easy to find beforehand with a bit of exploration. It's very easy for players entering the 5th level for the first time to open this door without second thought, just to be promptly smacked around by the two golems nearby. The room has a very memorable cauldron fireplace in the middle, and often two or more double-doors. The level starts in a neutral area where a token is not needed until the player finds a fairly large circle-shaped room. What is left written in words that are mostly beyond your comprehension.Īreas are defined by places where you need the appropriate Token to access. A great many of its pages seem to have been torn out in a terrible hurry. Recipes for the transmutation of materials and producing magical effects. This appears to have been an alchemical treatise holding many Slowly recharges over time, but depletes quickly.įully encumbers player when not charged with a blue crystal - regardless of armour maneuvering skill. Required to pass through certain doors without any Golem's coming to life.Įach token is engraved with a different symbol corresponding to identical symbols located on the ground in front of said doors.Ī single blue crystal can be obtained from each defeated Golem. The token adorned with two ribbons is in the possession of an Undead Warrior. Has stunning effect when socketed with a blue crystal. Regenerates a limited amount of Red Health when socketed with a Green Crystal.Īppears in a chest within one of the offices inside the Three Ribbon area. Worn by an undead soldier locked behind a jammed door. One set is guaranteed to spawn in various chests, pieces of the set are more likely to spawn in chests beyond eye & ribbon doors. High chances to be of exceptional quality. Wears a complete set of rusted elite plate armour. One possesses the Two Ribbon Token.Įxpert Level A.I. One wears the Magic Mask and is trapped behind a jammed door. Wears a complete set of rusty plate armour. Wears random pieces of rusty plate armour.Įxpert Level A.I. Map of Level 6 released 0.7.2 Creatures NameĪctivates and attacks player when approaching a room without holding the required token. 2 gives a +3 or 4 Happy moodlet, and makes your sim do the possessed walk, although you have normal control. Quality seems to matter- Poor results will make your sim vomit, where as better quality results do not.Ī pregnant sim will vomit repeatedly from any Suspicious Fizz, regardless of quality.Īn Excellent or Masterpiece quality Suspicious Fizz, drunk by a sim who is not pregnant, does seem to have consistent results: 1 does nothing. Individual reactions seem to vary to some degree. All Suspicious Fizzes will go to one big stack, placed in a refrigerator, implying that in fact there is no difference between them. Suspicious Fizz: These have been very confusing. They all last forever if refrigerated though. 4 or more will give you a +8 Dazed moodlet for 8 hours.ĭrinks last about 32 hours left out, but seem to last indefinitely in a refrigerator. Kombuchas give a +1 moodlet lasting 8 hours after the first one, a +2 for just 1 hour after a second one (but will revert to the +1 when it wears off) and a +4 for 2 hours after a third one. A fourth causes energy loss and passing out. But if you drink a second one, it becomes a +3. Juices that give a simple moodlet, give a +1 for 8 hours. Seltzers are only made from fruits though, and give twice as much product from the same ingredients. Seltzers appear to have the same effects as the juices. You'll have to pull the empty 6-pack out so you can get juice out of the next one "behind" it. So if you make both Apple and Pomegranate juices, they will form one "happy" stack. Placed in a refrigerator, your fizzes, seltzers, and kombuchas will stack up with other ones that give the same results. Oops, I drank Plantain and got Confident, when I wanted to drink Pineapple and get Flirty- drink a Tofizz, then drink your pineapple! It doesn't give you any moodlets, instead it acts more like a "reset". Instead of a Focused kombucha, Death Flowers make Grimbucha. And we are including Bell Peppers and Tomatoes in the vegetable category. Vegetables, Faux Meat Cubes, and insect byproducts all make Suspicious Fizzes. Thanks to Nindigo and Scoed.įruits appear to be the only things that are different from one to another. Insect Byproducts-Grubs Suspicious Fizz- +4 Happy, and vomiting. Trash Fruit Suspicious Fizz +4 Happy, possessed walk but normal control, full needs. Tomatoes Suspicious Fizz, +4 Uncomfortable and vomiting. Does not add a moodlet, but removes moodlets gained from other fizzy drinks. Does it also guarantee a baby girl? *It seems that it probably will, but it's MUCH easier to just eat strawberries. I thought for sure this one would be Flirty! Potatoes Suspiciously Fizzy- Strong Happy moodlet, possessed walk but no loss of control, loss of Energy and passing out. My human sim found it nauseating, but vampires will likely enjoy it. Onions Was able to load, but no option to start. Mushroom Suspicious Fizz, +4 Happy and vomiting. Honey Happy, and prevents Hot or Cold deaths. Green Pea Suspicious Fizz, +4 happy, more vomiting Green Bean Suspicious Fizz, +4 Happy and vomiting. I took pity on my sim and didn't make her drink another. Doesn't seem to be dangerous, just a major bummer.įaux Meat Cube Suspicious Fizz. Full needs when it wears off, though! *Turns out, you're not just temporarily possessed, you're infected.Ĭarrots Suspicious Fizz- but I wonder if drinking several would guarantee a pregnancy results in a boy? *It seems likely that it could, but it's MUCH easier to just eat carrots!ĭeath Flowers Grimbucha- +1 Sad. Sounds disgusting, but my sims seem to enjoy it.īizarre Fruit Bizarre Fizz- possession for 3 hours. So, feel free to chime in with your successes and failures, and I'll add them too:īasil Basil Herbal Kombucha- Energized. I don't know if it's possible to make a bad batch, or if the game recognized that a potato soda is a crime against simanity.Įdit: It occurs to me that it would be useful to have a list of recipes, and their results, right in the first post. This came out as "Suspiciously Fizzy." It made my sims act funny- one walked around with the "possessed" walk for a bit- and they eventually passed out. Potato Quality- 6 pack made from 5 potatoes. Especially since the concoctions can have interesting results. My sims have only made it to juice fizzing level 2, but it's obvious that if things can be combined, there's a mind-boggling number of possible combinations. We are often told that the Chinese are much more community minded than we are in the west, but creating a dog-eats-dog society inevitably produces dogs that eat dogs – it is hardly surprising. What I found particularly interesting in this – well, interesting in a deeply depressing way – was the discussion on Chinese students who felt those with more merit ought to be able to buy organs from those with less merit because the lives of the merit-full are worth more than those of life’s losers. Meritocracy matches the excessive individualism of our age. How we use ‘meritocracy’ today would be as if people took up Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal by setting up a butcher shop selling “A young healthy child well nursed … (as) a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food.” But then, if history does one thing particularly well, it is irony.Ī large part of the problem with ‘merit’ (and its appeal, too, I guess) is that it encourages us to believe we are autochthony – that we belong were we have sprouted and have sprung fully formed without ancestors or obligations. In fact, he was so annoyed that the term was being used for the opposite of his intention that he wrote this article for The Guardian in 2001, pointedly directed at Tony Blair. That’s because the guy who coined the term in 1958, Michael Young, did so as the premise for his novel on a future dystopia. The warnings about the dangers of meritocracy are literally (and I mean literally, not figuratively) as old as the term itself. I’ve read a few books on merit now – they should come up if you search my shelves – and I would recommend any of them, but this is a particularly good telling of the ‘anti-merit’ argument. Whatever your network topology may be, B+B has a fiber media converter that is perfectly suited for the task at hand. Whether you want to extend a network connection up to 550 m or even 40 km, we can help you. These converters connect different types of network cabling and help you extend networks between buildings and over longer distances. Small form factor fiber media converters may provide just a single fiber port and a single Ethernet port. Overcome the distance limitations of traditional network cables with fiber media converters. Some provide Power over Ethernet (PoE) for connected Ethernet devices. Some are designed for multiple installations in a single chassis. Transponders are fiber-to-fiber media converters that convert wavelengths for Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) applications. Some can do double duty, providing conversion while also serving as networks switches. Fiber-to-Fiber media converters extend network distance by converting wavelengths (1310 to 1550), amplifying optical power, and can support the Three Rs to Retime, Regenerate and Reshape the optical signal. But in the end, the light pulses carried by the fiber optic cable will always be needed to converted to electrical signals that can be understood by the connected devices.įiber media converters come in many shapes and sizes. Manufacturer of Media Converter - Fast Ethernet Fiber Optical Media Converter, ATPL 1267 Fiber Optic Media Converter, SFP Module Slot Media Converter and 2. There are many places and many reasons to use fiber optics. Fiber also appears as a copper cable replacement in industrial environments where there is a high risk for electrical transients, thus protecting both data and valuable equipment. Internally, it is often used to provide Ethernet backbone infrastructure for large networks, and for networks that incorporate multiple buildings on a single campus. Fiber is typically used by the service providers who connect LANs to the outside world. Light pulses carried by fiber optic cables to be converted to electrical signals that can be understood by the connected devices. Fiber optics provide some of the most important network infrastructure. 1 implication is going to be defaults and foreclosures. Rosen worries that if companies continue to give up their leases, those who own these office spaces won't be able to collect rent and make good on their loans. That's even more than the vacancy rate following the 2008 financial crisis. REZVANI: So weak that about one-fifth of office space across the country is sitting empty. And so leasing for office buildings has been very weak. So companies, when their leases are up, they're cutting back their uses of space. KENNETH ROSEN: The typical building has about half the number of people in it as they normally do. With high inflation, climbing interest rates and tightening credit from recent banking turmoil, companies are assessing whether they need all that pre-pandemic office space at all, says Kenneth Rosen, chair of the real estate research firm Rosen Consulting. REZVANI: Many companies here have pumped the brakes on a full-bore return to the office. And I got to say, it looks pretty busy.īut Caleb Brown, a barista at the coffee kiosk, tells me it's not always bustling like this.ĬALEB BROWN: Most people are only here Tuesday through Thursday, gone Mondays and Fridays. People have come out of these high-rise buildings. Aboveground on this Thursday afternoon, a lot of white-collar workers seem to be here at work. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Are y'all still coming in tomorrow? So here I am, waiting and hoping the customers come back. But, hey, you got to start sometime if you want to try to make the comeback. When he reopened, he thought he'd see them all again. That all stopped when Sears shut down his shop for more than a year because of the pandemic. They used to leave their broken soles with Sears in this underground plaza before heading to work aboveground in nearby corporate towers. REZVANI: These shoes mostly belong to lawyers, consultants and financial advisers. SEARS: You know, they were here pre-pandemic, and they've never picked them up. Drawers full of heels, boots, loafers, all dropped off at his shoe repair shop here in downtown Los Angeles back in 2020 and long forgotten. JAMES WALLACE SEARS: These are pandemic shoes.ĪREZOU REZVANI, BYLINE: For the last few years, 80-year-old James Wallace Sears has kept a collection of what he calls pandemic shoes. NPR's Arezou Rezvani visited one block of downtown Los Angeles. And while many people, of course, have long since returned to the office, more than half of Americans now work from home either some days or every day, which has left many corporate towers and office spaces empty. The pandemic intensified a trend of working from home. For some people in this country, the return to the office has not really happened. Political stability of top reserve holderĪ percentile rank for the political stability of the country with the largest reserves, derived from World Bank governance indicators. The higher the value, the larger risk there is to supply.Ī percentile rank for the political stability of the top producing country, derived from World Bank governance indicators. The percentage of the world reserves located in the country with the largest reserves. The higher the value, the larger risk there is to supply. The percentage of an element produced in the top producing country. Low = substitution is possible with little or no economic and/or performance impact Medium = substitution is possible but there may be an economic and/or performance impact High = substitution not possible or very difficult. The availability of suitable substitutes for a given commodity. A higher recycling rate may reduce risk to supply. The percentage of a commodity which is recycled. The number of atoms of the element per 1 million atoms of the Earth’s crust. This is calculated by combining the scores for crustal abundance, reserve distribution, production concentration, substitutability, recycling rate and political stability scores. The Chemical Abstracts Service registry number is a unique identifier of a particular chemical, designed to prevent confusion arising from different languages and naming systems.ĭata for this section been provided by the British Geological Survey.Īn integrated supply risk index from 1 (very low risk) to 10 (very high risk). Where more than one isotope exists, the value given is the abundance weighted average.Ītoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. This is approximately the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The mass of an atom relative to that of carbon-12. The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through a liquid phase.ĭensity is the mass of a substance that would fill 1 cm 3 at room temperature. The temperature at which the liquid–gas phase change occurs. The temperature at which the solid–liquid phase change occurs. The arrangements of electrons above the last (closed shell) noble gas. These blocks are named for the characteristic spectra they produce: sharp (s), principal (p), diffuse (d), and fundamental (f). The atomic number of each element increases by one, reading from left to right.Įlements are organised into blocks by the orbital type in which the outer electrons are found. Members of a group typically have similar properties and electron configurations in their outer shell.Ī horizontal row in the periodic table. |