The zoo welcomes standards and scrutiny in evaluating an institution, and being accredited by a third-party professional association is important, Schmid said. Losing accreditation from the AZA impacts eligibility for certain funds, animal exchange and conservation programs, and can determine whether a facility is subject to certain state laws.Įditorial: Zoo, Equitas, Shelter Board must work to re-earn trust after disgraceful scandals "In the last nine months, the Zoo team has moved mountains to make transformative changes that continue to make us a better Zoo with new team members, new policies, and more oversights that were in place at the time of the AZA inspection in July," Schmid said. Animal care and welfare remains the zoo's top priority, he said in a prepared statement. ![]() ![]() New Columbus Zoo President and CEO Tom Schmid called the AZA's decision disappointing, but said the zoo will continue to move forward. The zoo, which reported the denial in a press release and in an email to supporters, will have an opportunity to reapply for AZA accreditation in fall of 2022. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a nonprofit that represents more than 240 facilities in the United States and overseas, denied the Columbus Zoo’s accreditation after hearing the zoo’s appeal during its board of directors meeting. ![]() The top accrediting body for zoos and aquariums denied the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's accreditation appeal Monday, officially stripping the popular central Ohio institution of an industry seal of approval meant to build public trust.
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![]() Not only are his stats literally higher than it is possible for the player character to achieve, the game seemingly shifts the balance towards him, as he mysteriously finds a way to turn any three point shot into a two-pointer. Then, once you get to the end, you get to play against Dante, the most OP character in the game. If unlocking the ring means winning death mode 15 times, then at minimum it costs 75,000 coins. First of all, the fact that it takes 5,000 coins to play this mode is absurd, as it is required to unlock certain characters. This game is mostly fun, but there’s some major issues with one of the modes: Death Mode. BTW I’m writing this at the time of Covid-19 but when I was in school and we had free time me and all my friends would play head basketball, head soccer and head boxing. Please take this character into consideration. Actually, I’ve always tried to do this in Death mode and have gotten close but maybe he could be unlocked by getting 3 counters, 3 dunks, and 3 3-pointers and a game of death. And maybe like how you made up some flags for Head Soccer he could be from Texas or something. You can be the judge of all of his characteristics and abilities and campaign and everything. ![]() Maybe he could be unlocked by upgrading 10 characters to level 100. I have 29 characters almost enough to unlock Jalo and I’m tired of playing the same people over and over again so I would like to spice things up with a new character. His clothes could be a sheriffs badge, a cowboy hat, and some western boots. His ground or Dunn ability could be he rides on a horse while going YEEEEHAW and he pulls off his cowboy hat and jumps off the horse does a flip and dunks the ball. I was thinking a cowboy themed character and you could name it Clint like Clint Eastwood his shot or air ability could be he uses a lasso to whip the opponent a couple of times and in different directions and then he can shoot the ball with a gun. ![]() Hi! I’m A big fan of your game, and I was just wondering if I could suggest a character. + Realistic movement based on a physics engine + Play multiplayer with players around the world + Develop your own character by upgrading ability scores + Decorating unique characters with various costumesįor each portion of the body from head to toe (Arcade, Campaign, Tournament, Survival, League, Death, Headcup) + Various experiences through seven different game modes + 44 different characters and their unique ability shots A super-simple control man-to-man basketball game!įrom the flame shot of Korea to the ghost captain of Great Britain!Įnjoy this simple basketball game with charactersĭecorate unique characters with a variety of costumes,Ĭreate the best athletes by developing characters in your own way!ĭon’t miss out on winning matches with players and friends around the world! ![]() Most of Paradise Lost’s story is fleshed out through the countless notes and voice recordings you’ll come across. ![]() ![]() But does Paradise Lost provide a story worth telling? It’s a reflective, emotional adventure that touches on painful subjects not often explored in video games. However, instead of touring its crumbling corridors and grand granite galleries with a Thompson machine gun in hand, you’ll be methodically combing through the environment to piece together the events that led to the shelter’s collapse. Like Bioshock before it, it tells the story of an advanced society destroyed by its unchecked ambitions. It’s all about intelligent exposition and tense exploration. Paradise Lost shares more in common with walking simulators like Gone Home and Firewatchthan it does Wolfenstein: The New Colossus. However, while the Third Reich plays a significant part in the game’s story, you won’t be blasting any Nazis in this adventure. Developed by Warsaw-based studio PolyAmorous Games, it presents the player with a grim alternate history lesson full of tough philosophical questions while immersing them in a strange and captivating world. Set in an alternate timeline where the Nazis nuked Europe and retreated to massive underground bunkers to wait out a nuclear winter, Paradise Lost tells the story of Szymon, a 12-year-old boy who ventures into one of these shelters in search of his father. Paradise Lost is a grim alternate history lesson that asks tough philosophical questions about humanity and sacrifice. Quick, effective, and not to much expensive. The Comet - great for duel or few enemy's. Drop from Hydra, Mutant, King Orc.īlast Required Energy=436, Mana consumption=150, Range=6. Condensed enlightened beam of the Atlans sea. Drop from Balrog, Death Gorgon, Devil, Death Knight, Great Bahamut, Sliver Valkyrie, Lizard King, Hydra.Īqua Beam Required Energy=345, Mana consumption=140, Range=6, piercing. Only for eagles :) Very good skill, but slow and expensive. Hell Fire Required Energy=260, Mana consumption=160, Range=3 fields around. Drop from Ice Queen, Gorgon, Devil, Cursed Wizard, Death Gorgon, Poison Shadow. Drop from Ice Queen, Elite Skeleton, Poison Bull Fighter, Thunder Lich, Dark Knight, Hell Hound, Cursed Wizard, Death Cow, Poison Shadow, Bahamut, Vepare, Valkyrie.Įvil Spirit Required Energy=220, Mana consumption=90, Range=6 fields around. Twister Required Energy=180, Mana consumption=60, Range=6, hit in one direction. Drop: Elite Yeti, Elite Skeleton, Thunder Lich, Ghost, Skeleton Archery, Hell Hound, Hell Spider, Bahamut, Vepare, Valkyrie, Shadow, Cursed Wizard. Quick, silence, green.:) die! Drop from Elite Yeti, Elite Skeleton, Thunder Lich, Ghost, Skeleton Archery, Hell Hound, Hell Spider, Bahamut, Vepare.įlame Required Energy=160, Mana consumption=50, Range=6, huge area. Poison Required Energy=140, Mana consumption=42, Range=6, one point. Frozen him, then finish :) Drop from Assassin, Yeti, Elite Yeti, Hommerd, Cyclops, Ghost, Skeleton Archery, Hell Hound, Hell Spider, Poison Shadow, Death Cow, Death Knight Sudden Ice Required Energy=120, Mana consumption=38, Range=6, one point. Drop from Hunter, Assassin, Elite Yeti, Ice Monster, Larva, Cyclops, Skeleton Archery, Hell Hound, Poison Bull, Devil. Meteor Required Energy=104, Mana consumption=12, Range=6, one point. Monster, Larva, Hommerd, Cyclops, Ghost, Cursed Drop from Giant, Stone Golem, Hunter, Yeti, Worm, Ice Very helpful in dungeon - you can go using shortcut :) and when you must escape. ![]() Teleport Required Energy=80, Mana consumption=30, Range=6. Drop from Lich, Giant, Hunter, Agon, Stone Golem, Worm, Ice Monster, Hommord, Skeleton, Vepare, Death Bone Lightning - little bit more powerful then previous, can reject the enemy. Lightning Required Energy=72, Mana consumption=15, Range=6. Drop from Hound, Giant, Worm, Skeleton, Vepare, Death Bone Power Wave - nothing special but good in Lorencia. Power Wave Required Energy=57, Mana consumption=5, Range=6 - area= one direction. Drop from Budge Dragon, Hound, Bull Fighter, Lich, Chain Scorpion, Beetle Monster, Stone Golem, Elite Goblin, Worm Round Shield, Buckler, Horn Shield, Bone Shield, Legendary Shield, Grand Soul ShieldĮnergy Ball Energy=1, Mana=1, Range=6 - area=one point.įire Ball Required Energy=40, Mana consumption=3, Range=6 area=one point.Fire ball - much better. Pad Set, Bone Set, Sphinx Set, Legendary Set, Grand Soul Set, Dark Soul Set, Venom Set Magic Staff's Power Up: (Staff's Minimal Striking Power ÷ 2) + (Staff Level * 2)Īll 1-hand axes, Kris, Short Sword, all staffs You can increase defensive power up to 10% with an armor set)Īdditional Magic Power: Maximum Magic Power * Magic Staff's Power Up You must find Ring of Honour or Ring of Glory and you are a Hero.Īttack Success Rate = (Level*5) + (Agility*3) ÷2 + Power ÷ 4ĭefensive Power = Agility÷ 5 + Shield's Total Defensive Powerĭefence Success Rate = Agility ÷ 3 + Shield Defence Rate 220 go to Marlon in Davias and him about the quest. You must find Ring of Honour or Ring of Glory and you are a Hero. 220 go to Marlon in Davias and ask him about the quest. 220 level - we can create Magic Gladiator Then go to Davias, talk to lady around sleigh. From 50 level can alone repair equipment - it does not have to go need to smith. The serious play is beginning when we will become Soul Master.This gay with Mana Shield is very powerful character in this game. ![]() With right button of the mouse click on scroll. Learning of sorcery through reading scrolls. ![]() Points to energy, because sorcery is reasonable above 220 pkt energy. Lighting scroll is upsetting the enemy wholly.ĭevelopment of the character is the simple matter. He is quite weak in the short circuit but he is great with attack from long range e.g. Character using mainly the magic, so because they are the magician for something.:) The main weapon are staffs. Home Articles Game Characters Items Monsters Maps Team Muservers Download Polishĭark Knight Elf Dark Wizard Magic Gladiator Dark Lordĭark Wizard is the DK contrast. This paper presents an improved predictive tuning method that satisfies required channel zapping time with minimized bandwidth usage. One way to reduce channel zapping time is a predictive tuning method, which reduces channel zapping time by prejoining channels that are likely to be selected next, in addition to the currently watched channel. ![]() Furthermore, this simple scheme has a performance close to that of an ideal predictor, while the increase of bandwidth utilisation in the access link is negligible.Ĭhannel zapping time is a crucial issue in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Quality of Experience (QoE) performance. As an example, by sending the previous and the next channel concurrently with the requested one, for only one minute after a zapping event, switching delay is eliminated for around 45% of all channel switching requests. Notwithstanding the simplicity of this scheme, trace-driven simulations show that the zapping delay can be virtually eliminated for a significant percentage of channel switching requests. If the user switches to any of these channels the switching latency is virtually eliminated, not affecting therefore user's experience. Our proposal is to send the neighbouring channels (i.e., channels adjacent to the requested one) to the Set Top Box (STB) during zapping periods. This fact led us to the proposal, in this paper, of a simple mechanism to reduce channel switching delay. By analysing an extensive dataset - comprising 255 thousand users, 150 TV channels, and covering a 6-month period - we have observed that most channel switching events are linear: it is very common the user switching up or down to the next TV channel. This delay can add up to two seconds or more, and its main culprits are synchronisation and buffering. One of the major concerns of IPTV network deployment is channel switching (or zapping) delay. Other more complex schemes where user behaviour is tracked were also evaluated, but the improvement over the simple scheme was insignificant. Importantly, this result is achieved with a negligible increase of bandwidth utilisation in the access link. For example, when sending the previous and the next channel concurrently with the requested one, for only 1min after a zapping event, switching delay is eliminated for close to half of all channel switching requests. ![]() If the user switches to any of these channels the switching latency is virtually eliminated, not affecting therefore user's experience.We start by evaluating a simple scheme, where the neighbouring channels (i.e., channels adjacent to the requested one) are pre-joined by the STB during zapping periods. In these schemes each set top box (STB) simultaneously joins additional multicast groups (TV channels) along with the one that is requested by the user. This fact motivated us to use this dataset to analyse in detail a specific type of solutions to this problem, namely, predictive pre-joining of TV channels. We start this paper with a survey of techniques proposed to reduce IPTV channel change delay.Then, by analysing an extensive dataset from an operational IPTV provider – comprising 255 thousand users, 150 TV channels, and covering a 6-month period – we have observed that most channel switching events are relatively predictable: users very frequently switch linearly, up or down to the next TV channel. Proving the importance of the problem is the already significant amount of literature addressing it. This delay can add up to 2s or more, and its main culprits are synchronisation and buffering of the media streams. One of the major concerns of IPTV network deployment is channel change delay (also known as zapping delay). ![]() If a professor isn't going to cover every chapter in the textbook, you don't need to buy those chapters. To help further manage costs, Inkling offers the ability to purchase chapters individually, usually for $2.99 each. Inkling books are generally less expensive than physical textbooks. I think the beauty of it is that it just magically keeps everybody in the world on the same page." Nobody has to worry about numbers because everyone is always in sync. It's always the latest and the greatest, even if you bought it two years ago. ![]() ![]() Once you buy an Inkling book, MacInnis says, "it's always up to date. "We don't want to be constrained by the linear structure of the book, we'd rather be building things that are hierarchical and exploratory. Inkling would like to replace traditional textbooks, which would eliminate coordination issues. So when a professor instructs you to "Open your books to page 263 and view figure 2-A," you can follow his directions. Inkling textbooks have edition, page and figure numbers that correspond to physical textbooks. Inkling plans to have about 100 titles available by the end of this year and hundreds more next year as their production increases. MacInnis explains that Inkling takes a textbook, disassembles all of the component parts, and builds it back up again for the iPad, making use of interactive features, including 3D images and videos, to enhance the reader's experience. I interviewed Matt MacInnis, the CEO of Inkling, about its textbooks last weeks. Inkling is the creator of university-level textbooks for the iPad. The future of education is tech and the future of textbooks is Inkling. This is true, but only under normal circumstances. Second, some people may claim that faux wood blinds will not warp from exposure to water.If internal parts begin to rust, your blinds will start to malfunction and may become unusable. First, water can damage the internal mechanisms on your blinds.We would never recommend doing this for a few reasons. Some individuals may recommend submerging your faux wood blinds in water or the bathtub to clean them. 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You can clean dusty blinds more easily by closing the blinds and running the duster or cloth over each slat and then working your way up and down and side to side. Dust your blinds weekly with a feather duster or a dry microfiber cloth. This will likely be your most frequent cleaning task when it comes to your faux wood blinds. ![]() ![]() How Do You Get Dust Off Faux Wood Blinds? If your faux wood blinds are looking a bit dusty, dirty, or smudged, you’re in luck, because they’re one of the easiest window coverings to clean! Faux wood is made of a composite wood-like material, which makes it water-safe and more durable than real wood. 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![]() Mages are powerful spellcasters equipped with a staff and have the highest amounts of damage in the game but are fragile and the most difficult class to play. They depend on Dexterity for attack power. Archers are swift ranged snipers who can attack with bows and crossbows from a distance and dish out high amounts of damage before getting attacked. Their main attributes include Strength and Vitality and are easy to play due to their “tankiness” or attack power, depending on how players build their character. Warriors are high health, frontline fighters specialized in two-handed swords and one-handed swords with a shield. In the fourth step, players can choose their starting weapon. ![]() Toram Online has, by far, the best appearance customization in any mobile game I have played. Male and Female characters have the same hair customization choices to choose from and each character in the game can look fairly different due to the appearance customization. There are also over 20 different unique hair colors with every shade of the rainbow. There are so many different possibilities and the hair creation is extremely in-depth for a mobile game. Players can customize different parts of their character’s hair including “Bangs,” “Back,” and “Tails,” each of which, have over 15 options, with “Bangs” and “Back” having over 30 options. The third step features hair customization with more possibilities than I have seen in most PC MMORPGs. In the second step, players can choose a face type, eye style, and eye color with many different variations. In the first step, players can choose their character’s gender, skin color (15 different options), and one of three heights (short, medium, and tall). Character Creation is divided into four steps due to its inability to fit everything into one screen. Toram Online offers the most appearance customization choices that I have seen in any mobile MMORPG.
![]() Long Way Down also explores the concept of truth. Yet every act of revenge only leads to another, thus furthering the cycle of violence, and Long Way Down does a fantastic job of hammering this idea in. They are simple, as the blurb explains: No crying. This is linked to The Rules, which have been passed down for so long that Will can’t even name who came up with them in the first place - “The Rules have always ruled. An unbroken chain that “gets passed down” and “inherited” (p.27), it weighs down heavily on Will, who has been heavily affected by it and has to decide whether or not to further it himself. The cycle of violence is the strongest theme that Reynolds’ book explores. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.įirst, we’re going to start off by breaking down the themes that I drew from Long Way Down. We’re doing this so that we can link the symbols back later. A story that might never know an END…if WILL gets off that elevator. And stray bullets had cut through the playground, and Will had tried to cover her, but she was hit anyway, and so what she wants to know, on that fifth floor elevator stop, is, what if Will, Will with the gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, MISSES.Īnd so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck’s cigarette. Just as Will’s trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens. Will didn’t know that Shawn had ever actually USED his gun. And the only one who could have fired Shawn’s gun was Shawn. And that’s when Will sees that one bullet is missing. Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded. Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun. Or does he?Īs the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. ![]() That’s where Will’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s gun. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestseller Jason Reynolds’s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds-the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. |
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