![]() The JCGCS education program is built upon Common Core State and New Jersey Curriculum Standards and will be aligned with the state's assessment program. The mission of the JCGCS is to ensure that all of our students achieve academic excellence, are ready for the rigors of higher education and master essential skills that prepare them for the economic, social and civic challenges of a 21st century global society. ![]() The school will add an additional grade level every subsequent year ultimately serving Kindergarten through Grade 8. ![]() The school is open for enrollment for 2012-2013 school year and will provide a free, academically rigorous education to students in Kindergarten through Grade 3. ![]() The Jersey City Global Charter School was granted its charter on January 2012 by the Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This was true of the original but it has, naturally, never looked better. But for the horrors unfolding, you might even believe the Ishimura as a place to live and work in the depths of space. The warren-like, tram-linked corridors make for a disorientating but authentic place. The crash-landing is a stomach-flipping pirouette and, once inside, the guts of the ageing spaceship are a blend of rusted, busted engines, perilous walkways and pristine holographic screens. As engineer Isaac and his crew approach the Ishimura on an apparent repair mission, its brutalist angles cut across a glittering galaxy, light glinting off its hull. So why the glow-up? Besides, perhaps, to get the Dead Space name fresh in the mind again? It certainly lets Dead Space’s monolithic ‘planet-cracker’ setting, liberally inspired by Event Horizon and Alien’s Nostromo, shine. It’s been 14 years since the original game, which is somehow more horrifying than anything the game could possibly throw at me, but it was made with a forward looking mentality and has held up admirably. ![]() The return of Dead Space is confidently the latter rebuilt from the ground-up with new technology, but faithfully revisiting Isaac Clarke’s first encounter with toothy ‘necromorphs’ and his own mental trauma on the sprawling spaceship USG Ishimura. In an era of hardware able to do fleshy monsters and flickering darkness a horrible justice, developers have turned to past successes to either inspire ( The Callisto Protocol) or remake (Resident Evil 4, System Shock). No doubt buoyed by Capcom’s tremendous Resident Evil 2 remake in 2019, the revival of the solo survival horror has become a welcome vogue for video games. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are three skill trees for every character: Fury, Combat and Survival.Įvery Hero has their own Fury skill which is related to their specialty. Purchasing skills will provide bonuses to certain abilities or unlock new combos or finishing moves. Each character has a unique set of skills in their skill trees which can be enabled and improved by spending skill points earned with each level up. If more than one person is using the same class/character, then they will both appear in game as that character, although it will not affect the storyline in any way. In the second game, the classes are Berserker, Huntress, Bishop and Speeder. The four (five if counting John) Hero classes in the first game are Tank, Assassin, Jack-of-all-Trades and Support. Heroes, or Slayers as they are known in Dead Island 2, are the main characters in the Dead Island franchise. In clockwise order starting from the top: Sam B, Purna Jackson, Logan Carter and Xian Mei. ![]() ![]() ![]() But any character in a story can be flat, including main characters. Minor characters are often flat characters simply because they aren't as important to the story as the main characters (so readers don't need to know a lot about them).The opposite of a flat character is a round character, or a complex and lifelike character with a multi-faceted personality and background.Some additional key details about flat characters: The important thing about flat characters is that they never transcend or break with the formula that defines them. Typically, flat characters can be easily and accurately described using a single word (like "bully") or one short sentence (like "A naive and idealistic schoolteacher with a fragile heart of gold"). ![]() What is a flat character? Here’s a quick and simple definition:Ī character is said to be "flat" if it is one-dimensional or lacking in complexity. ![]() ![]() ![]() The animation for the most part is smooth with a high frame rate, but that is due to the stylized angular character designs and simple shadows and shading. Though it is a huge step upward from Film roman's previous animated movies like Hellboy Animated and Turok Son of Stone, it has not yet reached the standard one would expect from direct to DVD animated features. Which brings me to the action itself, and the animation. Sadly, the writers focused too much on the action than on developing the more interesting aspects of the plot. ![]() The pseudo-religious subplot could have evolved into something really interesting or could have been used as a metaphor for some really life issues today. Acting tough but still getting killed off ever so easily. ![]() The main characters in the security team are typical sci/fi B movie stock characters. The captain and the doctor are pretty well done but since the story did not focus much on them, it was a wasted effort. Characterization wise, none of the characters really come across as any thing but one dimensional. Sadly, the film chooses to focus on the bland and clichéd story of the security team tackling the alien infestation. Hidden agendas are brought to light and trust goes down the drain hole, leading to the eventual breakdown of order on board the spaceship. It builds up very nicely to its satisfying climax and plays out like a live action movie in terms of the dialogue and level of acting. The more interesting parts of the story is actually the interplay between the captain, his bridge crew and the doctor. Throw in an internal power struggle between the ship's captain and his doctor, a dash of pseudo-religious talk and lots of bloody action and you get Dead Space Downfall. Spaceship responds to a distress signal from some far off mining colony, some alien organism gets on board and starts replicating and killing the crew. ![]() The story seems to be a blend of Aliens, Resident Evil(the game) and Doom(the movie). On first viewing i was impressed, though with subsequent viewings, the flaws started to bubble to the surface. Being a fan of animation, i immediately popped this into my DVD player for a view. This movie came free with a special edition of the Dead Space game that i bought. ![]() ![]() ![]() Would love some card suggestions or tips about piloting the deck! The decklist about is a rough draft so nothing is set in stone. Pros and Cons compared to Yisan: Pros: Much more explosive. From what I've experienced she is definitely a tier 2 commander (maybe more depending on your meta). ![]() I can say that I am very surprised by my results. ![]() I have ways of abusing her mana ability and I have plenty of ramp but i'm not exactly sure how much is too much, if i'm playing not enough creatures, or if the creatures I have in the deck list are optimal. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Decklist I've been brewing Selvala over the last few weeks. Selvala looks like a ton of fun and offers a play style i'm not accompanied to, however i'm not too familiar with how to build around her. Hello all! I believe this is my first post here in r/EDH and i'm here asking for suggestions and help with a new deck i'm building. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds EDH Commander / EDH Elves Mono-Green Ramp. House Rules: Nothing out of the ordinary but the more casual guys seem to get a little irritated with infinite combos Meta Example: There are a handful of guys who play fully tuned lists not including myself but the regulars at the shop are mostly casualīudget: I mean nothing crazy Like Gaea's Cradleĭeck Objectives: Getting out of control as fast as possibleĭeck Win Conditions: flooding the board with creatures ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I guess it really depends on the material costs, but if crafting is always going to have better loot for your character than the drops you get (which presumably will have a much smaller chance at being a smart drop), it will kinda take away from the looting of rares wont it?īear in mind that an item dropping as a "smart drop" means it will roll stats that are generally more useful to you. But having a 100% chance of "smart drop" from crafting almost seems like overkill. This will make crafting much much better. There will be new items and recipes introduced for you to acquire in game. Loot 2.0 will not alter any existing items or recipes that you currently have (what you have now will become "legacy" items after the patch). Good observation! So will loot 2.0 update the legendary recipes my blacksmith already knows, or will it require me to obtain new ones? They will continue to work this way in the pre-expansion patch. from how you stated it, this means that the archon recipes that are crafted will be geared towards the crafting class.Īrchon recipes are an exception to the rule, because they already have a basic stat guaranteed when crafting. This philosophy does extend to set items that have class-specific features. I originally meant items that were only usable by a particular class, but I asked for some clarification from the design team as your question hadn't occurred to me. By class specific do you mean items that are only equippable by that class, or items that were designed for that class as well? So, Dexterity for Nat's, Strength for Immortal King's, and so forth. Set items that are clearly designed for a particular class, such as Natalya's Reflection for example, will only roll the primary stat associated with that class. ![]() ![]() More resourcesĪnd Now for Something Completely Different You can find a more comprehensive list in this release's " What's New" document. ![]() A number of standard library modules (audioop, ast, grp, _hashlib, pwd, _posixsubprocess, random, select, struct, termios, zlib) are now using the stable ABI defined by PEP 384.A number of Python modules (_abc, audioop, _bz2, _codecs, _contextvars, _crypt, _functools, _json, _locale, operator, resource, time, _weakref) now use multiphase initialization as defined by PEP 489.A number of Python builtins (range, tuple, set, frozenset, list, dict) are now sped up using PEP 590 vectorcall.BPO 1635741, when Python is initialized multiple times in the same process, it does not leak memory anymore.BPO 39926, Unicode support updated to version 13.0.0.BPO 38692, os.pidfd_open added that allows process management without races and signals.BPO 38379, garbage collection does not block on resurrected objects.PEP 616, String methods to remove prefixes and suffixes.PEP 615, Support for the IANA Time Zone Database in the Standard Library.PEP 614, Relaxing Grammar Restrictions On Decorators.PEP 602, Python adopts a stable annual release cadence.PEP 593, Flexible function and variable annotations. ![]()
![]() ![]() Crystal Disk Info is full offline setup installer for PC, check out now! An HDD/SSD utility free software that supports a part of USB connection and Intel RAID. It displays basic HDD information, monitors S.M.A.R.T. ![]() You can download CrystalDiskInfo free here.CrystalDiskInfo is a free HDD health monitoring software for Windows. Information about your HDD or SSD is nicely presented on CrystalDiskInfo’s interface: disk capacity, disk temperature, buffer size, and more. The interface can be customized: change the skin, change the font, change the zoom level. CrystalDiskInfo is available as a Standard and as a Shizuku Edition. Disk model, capacity, firmware, serial number, transfer mode, assigned drive letter, buffer size, power-on hours, temperature, and other information about your HDD/SSD is conveniently displayed on CrystalDiskInfo’s interface so you can easily review it.ĬrystalDiskInfo quickly collects info about your HDD or SSD and conveniently presents it on its customizable interface.ĬrystalDiskInfo is available as an installer and as a portable version. It will collect information about your HDD/SSD and it will display said information on its interface. Launch CrystalDiskInfo and it will automatically go to work. You can change the font the interface uses, you can pick a custom zoom level, and you can enable a feature called Green Mode. CrystalDiskInfo Shizuku Edition has 3 more, 5 themes in all to offer. CrystalDiskInfo Standard Edition has 2 themes to offer. The interface can be customized: pick a theme or pick the custom font format you want the interface to use.ĬrystalDiskInfo is available as an installer (download and run an executable follow the instructions presented by a setup wizard to complete the installation) and as a portable version (download a ZIP archive, inside it you will find everything you need to get started with the application).ĬrystalDiskInfo is available as a Standard Edition and as a Shizuku Edition (Full, Ultimate).ĬrystalDiskInfo’s interface provides support for themes. The application’s interface will be populated with the aforementioned info so you can easily review it. ![]() Run CrystalDiskInfo and it will collect S.M.A.R.T. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lightning Storm Druid – Ranged Spellcaster While this build doesn't do a lot of damage, it does help a lot in keeping enemies at bay for your ranged party mates. Finally, we use Petrify as the ultimate crowd control, encasing enemies in stone and leaving them helpless to your mauling and trampling. We also have Cyclone Armor to buff us up while also adding a passive that disrupts enemy formations, Natural Trample to build up Fortify, and Natural Boulder to utilize the built-up Fortify. We get the Vine Creeper as our Companion as these keep enemies from crowding you while also poisoning them. Werebear Mauler is our primary build for the Werebear, building it as a tank with crowd control skills as well as access to Earth Magic. Also in this game, the Druid is often flanked by animal companions that automatically attack enemies without you having to control them to do so. In Diablo 4, the Druid can shapeshift into a Werewolf and a Werebear. Unlike its previous incarnations, the Druid in Diablo 4 can shapeshift at will as the skill they use calls for it, remaining in that form for the next three seconds or until he casts another spell that forces him to shapeshift to a new form. The Shapeshifting Druid not only has the ability to take the form of mighty beasts and creatures, but is also well-versed in both hand-to-hand combat as well as elemental magic: poison, lightning, storm, and earth spells. ![]() |
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