![]() ![]() Major sites and extent of the Indus Valley Civilisation ![]() Recent geophysical research suggests that unlike the Sarasvati, whose descriptions in the Rig Veda are those of a snow-fed river, the Ghaggar-Hakra was a system of perennial monsoon-fed rivers, which became seasonal around the time that the civilisation diminished, approximately 4,000 years ago. The terms "Indus-Sarasvati Civilisation" and "Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation" have also been employed in the literature after a posited identification of the Ghaggar-Hakra with the river Saraswati described in the early chapters of Rigveda, a collection of hymns in archaic Sanskrit composed in the second-millennium BCE. The term "Ghaggar-Hakra" figures prominently in modern labels applied to the Indus civilisation on account of a good number of sites having been found along the Ghaggar-Hakra River in northwest India and eastern Pakistan. įollowing a tradition in archaeology, the civilisation is sometimes referred to as the Harappan, after its type site, Harappa, the first site to be excavated in the 1920s this is notably true of usage employed by the Archaeological Survey of India after India's independence in 1947. The Indus civilisation is named after the Indus river system in whose alluvial plains the early sites of the civilisation were identified and excavated. A relationship with the Dravidian or Elamo-Dravidian language family is favoured by a section of scholars. The Harappan language is not directly attested, and its affiliation uncertain as the Indus script has remained undeciphered. Īlthough over a thousand Mature Harappan sites have been reported and nearly a hundred excavated, there are five major urban centres: Mohenjo-daro in the lower Indus Valley (declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 as "Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro"), Harappa in the western Punjab region, Ganeriwala in the Cholistan Desert, Dholavira in western Gujarat (declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021 as "Dholavira: A Harappan City"), and Rakhigarhi in Haryana. Eventually it also reduced the water supply enough to cause the civilisation's demise and to disperse its population to the east. A gradual drying of the region during the 3rd millennium BCE may have been the initial stimulus for its urbanisation. Mohenjo-daro and Harappa very likely grew to contain between 30,000 and 60,000 individuals, and the civilisation may have contained between one and five million individuals during its florescence. ![]() ![]() The cities of the ancient Indus were noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, clusters of large non-residential buildings, and techniques of handicraft and metallurgy. Harappan civilisation is sometimes called Mature Harappan to distinguish it from the earlier cultures. The early Harappan cultures were populated from Neolithic cultures, the earliest and best-known of which is Mehrgarh, in Balochistan, Pakistan. There were earlier and later cultures called Early Harappan and Late Harappan in the same area. The discovery of Harappa and soon afterwards Mohenjo-daro was the culmination of work that had begun after the founding of the Archaeological Survey of India in the British Raj in 1861. The term Harappan is sometimes applied to the Indus civilisation after its type site Harappa, the first to be excavated early in the 20th century in what was then the Punjab province of British India and is now Punjab, Pakistan. The civilisation flourished both in the alluvial plain of the Indus River, which flows through the length of Pakistan, and along a system of perennial monsoon-fed rivers that once coursed in the vicinity of the Ghaggar-Hakra, a seasonal river in northwest India and eastern Pakistan. Its sites spanned an area from much of Pakistan, to northeast Afghanistan, and northwestern India. Together with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of three early civilisations of the Near East and South Asia, and of the three, the most widespread. The Indus Valley Civilisation ( IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. Terracotta figurines indicate the yoking of zebu oxen for pulling a cart and the presence of the chicken, a domesticated jungle fowl. Miniature votive images or toy models from Harappa, c. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Playable games will have most of their key functionality working, though you may need to deal with minor issues like small text or a control scheme that needs manual customisation. Verified games are the gold standard, working immediately with the Deck’s hardware and software while being able to run at 30fps or above. The good news, though, is that most of the games tested so far are at least somewhat functional, with the biggest majority being fully compatible.Īny games that complete the review process are put into one of three categories: Verified, Playable, and Unsupported. And because more PC games are constantly releasing, the process will need to run indefinitely. Strictly speaking, no-one knows precisely how many games are compatible with the Steam Deck, as Valve’s review process will take months (if not years) to cover the tens of thousands of games on the platform. Which games are compatible with the Steam Deck? But more games are being tested and categorised every day, so to help take the guesswork out of compatibility, we’ll be keeping this list updated as new games complete their reviews. For games you already own, finding out the review result is even easier than Ctrl+F-ing through this list, as Valve have a compatibility checking tool that can list all the games in your Steam library by category.Īll that said, remember that a game doesn’t need to go through Valve’s review process to be fully functional on the Steam Deck some of the best-performing games I’ve played on it are still untested at the time of writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can pick up side missions here too, helping locals with their troubles, but I never found any of them to be that interesting. The world-building in these regions is fantastic, and wandering around talking to people (and petting llamas) is a pleasant change of pace. There are also a few atmospheric hubs including a gorgeous, lively mountain city called Paititi. The world is large and interconnected, with areas that are inaccessible until you locate a certain piece of gear, and you have the ability to fast travel between campfires you’ve lit along the way. And the underwater stealth sections where you have have to hide from shoals of hungry piranha are every bit as terrible as they sound. An enemy introduced later in the game turns it into a brainless, tedious shooter, loudly telegraphed by the abundance of shotgun ammo littered around the level. Playing it like a regular third-person shooter is much more difficult now, even when Lara upgrades her arsenal with shotguns and assault rifles, meaning stealth is usually the best option. But in Shadow the action set-pieces are well spaced out and, with a few notable exceptions, mostly entertaining. You'll naturally need a better GPU to play this at 4K.Īll the way through the previous game, Rise of the Tomb Raider, I groaned every time I had to slog through yet another boring gunfight. Some frame drops in really busy areas, but never frequent enough to make me lower any settings. Performance I played the game at 1440p/60fps, max settings, on a GTX 1080/i5-6600K/16GB RAM PC. ![]() Graphics options DirectX 12 (on/off), anti-aliasing (SMAA, TAA, SMAAT2x, SMAAT4x), texture quality (low-ultra), texture filtering (trilinear-16x anisotropic), depth of field (off-high), level of detail (lowest-ultra), tessellation (on/off), motion blur (on/off), screen space reflections (on/off), screen space contact shadows (off-high) It’s ancient history as taught by Indiana Jones, not Simon Schama. These exaggerated, dramatic structures could never exist or stay hidden in reality, of course, but their size, complexity, and theatricality give the game the feel of a pulpy adventure story. Every crypt, chamber, and corridor is decorated with detailed murals and elaborate carvings. The places you visit feel genuinely ancient, mysterious, and dangerous. The sense of place and scale in Shadow is frequently astonishing. It triggers a series of devastating cataclysms, including a flash flood that destroys an entire city, and she travels to the jungles of Peru to try and stop the apocalyptic prophecy she unwittingly helped fulfil.Īnd it’s here where she finds those incredible tombs, temples, and towering tributes to the gods. But the ornate dagger she plucks from a stone pedestal early in this game is a different story. Here's a full list of Challenge Tomb locations.ġ00% Shadow of the Tomb Raider with full counts, locations, and more for Base Camps, Tombs, Challenges, Treasure Chests, Crypts, Relicsĝocuments, Murals, Survival Caches, and Monoliths.Normally when Lara Croft finds an artifact it’s your reward for surviving a treacherous journey through a trap-ridden tomb. The Challenge Tomb Side Quests unlock optional gear, Skills, and also contain collectibles and loot. Shadow of the Tomb Raider Challenge Tombs You can also jump right to Puzzle Solutions for a spoiler-free set of step-by-step solutions to puzzles. The Shadow of the Tomb Raider Walkthrough section contains a step-by-step guide should you happen to get stuck, but full Puzzle Solutions and even 100% of the collectibles and loot you can pick up along the way. ![]() ![]() ![]() The online application is simple and streamlined, and you might even be able to apply with just your smartphone. Rapid Finance could be a viable source of funding for any business that wants fast funding, including businesses with bad credit. In addition to short-term financing, Rapid Finance has expanded its offering to include lines of credit, invoice factoring, and long-term financing solutions, such as SBA loans and commercial real estate loans. 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![]() ![]() This is exactly the kind of option you want to see for those "break glass in case of emergency" moments where you need to get a system restored exactly as it was right before whatever catastrophe took it down. If you're running virtual servers in a cloud, like Amazon Web Services ($6,415.00 at Amazon) (AWS), then CloudBerry Backup Ultimate can literally snapshot the entire virtual machine (VM) so it can be restored just like a file. That means you're creating a single file that not only restores an instance of a critical app, but also the underlying server OS, like Linux or Windows Server. The image-based backup feature creates a full operating system (OS) or system state backup that can be applied by using a special bootable USB created from within CloudBerry Backup Ultimate. However, Archive mode seeks to minimize this cost impact by combining all files to be backed up before archival into a single upload.ĬloudBerry Backup Ultimate offers a number of backup modes in addition to the standard file-based backup. Regular mode will make one upload request per file, which can incur additional cost in many of the cloud storage options. There are two modes in which a direct-to-cloud backup architecture can operate. CloudBerry Backup Ultimate does a fantastic job of ensuring there are no surprises from a cost perspective, even across the actual cloud data storage being provided by third parties. But the most popular ones are neatly filtered to the top of the list and, if you have IT skills on your staff, those people can easily handle this process.įor Amazon S3 and a few of the other options, a cost estimate option is provided in the account setup that will display the current expected cost in your dashboard. As stated earlier, the list of service providers is long, so non-technical folks might feel a little overwhelmed. A prerequisite to this is to add a cloud storage provider. When the product is launched, the first thing you'll need to do is create a backup plan. Installing CloudBerry Backup Ultimate is as simple as double-clicking the installer and following the default options. Additionally, by letting you target so long a list of storage providers, CloudBerry reduces your risk of vendor lock-in should you opt to use a different solution in the future. If Amazon's not your cup of tea, then CloudBerry has a wide range of alternate services so it's possible to configure whatever architecture you need. Of these, Amazon S3 is, by far, the most popular target these days, though by no means the cheapest. Signing up for CloudBerry Backup Ultimate immediately brings up a screen that lets you select your cloud-based storage buckets by name. But event hough that might be compelling to some, it's not unique and CloudBerry Backup Ultimate's lack of centralized management and DIY-style management combine to keep it a bit behind our business cloud backup Editors' Choice winner, Arcserve UDP. With the right combination of licenses, it's hard to find a storage endpoint that isn't supported. What makes this solution attractive is CloudBerry Backup Ultimate's rich feature set. It stands out from the pack a bit because you could classify it as a Bring-Your-Own-Storage (BYOS) platform, meaning CloudBerry provides the backup software smart, you provide the storage target, be that something local or space on a storage provider's cloud infrastructure, like Amazon's S3. ![]() Starting at $299.99 per seat, CloudBerry Backup Ultimate does a solid job delivering the features companies look for in a business-oriented cloud backup service solution.
![]() ![]() This can cause websites to load incorrectly or even break. However, this method cannot block integrated pre-roll and mid-roll ads.Īd block browsers function in the same way as an ad block extension but the software used is implemented at a browser level. Web browsers such as Opera and Brave block all third-party advertisements and tracking by default, which means you can navigate to Twitch without any disruption. You can also use an ad blocking browser to block on-page Twitch ads. Navigate to Twitch and enjoy ad-free browsing.UBlock Origin’s power symbol will turn blue when enabled. Navigate to your browser’s toolbar and click on uBlock Origin’s power symbol to enable ad block. Go to uBlock Origin’s website and locate the link for your preferred browser. How to Block Twitch Ads Using uBlock Origin ![]() It also works to block ads on YouTube and other popular websites. UBlock Origin is capable of blocking all on-page ads without impacting the quality of your stream in any way. The most effective ad block extension available is uBlock Origin, an open-source browser extension available on Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. However, ad blockers are often shut down by Twitch and they will not block pre-roll or mid-roll video ads. It’s free, safe, and simple to set up in minutes. Using an ad blocking browser extension is the easiest and quickest way to block on-page advertisements on Twitch. To fix this, skip to our section on troubleshooting uBlock Origin. UPDATE: As of November 2021, uBlock Origin no longer blocks pre-roll or mid-roll Twitch ads. This method does not rely on changing your location either, which means you can pick a local server and avoid any noticeable loss in stream quality. NordVPN’s inbuilt ad blockers, CyberSec and Threat Protection, do not effectively block all ads because they use only DNS filtering to block domains and don’t remove ad content from the page. Using a VPN ad blocker will not block Twitch ads that are integrated within the stream, but it will block on-page ads such as the Homepage carousel and ad banners. NordVPN and Private Internet Access’ ad blockers are available on Windows, macOS, android, and iPhone devices. NordVPN and Private Internet Access are both equipped with proprietary ad blockers that are ideal for blocking Twitch ads while maintaining your online security. These VPN ad blockers can’t block pre-roll or mid-roll ads, but they are effective at blocking on-page ads such as frontpage banners. Some VPNs are also equipped with a built-in ad blocker as one of their features. How to Block On-Page Twitch Ads with a VPN This is the most effective way of blocking all ads on Twitch, but it usually requires a small subscription fee. ![]() VPNs also come with the added benefit of increased privacy and security when browsing online. Your stream may buffer when connected to a server far away from your location, however we only experienced this when first loading the livestream. You might find your recommendations tab changes depending on the country you’ve connected to, but you’ll still be able to watch live streams from anywhere in the world. Using a VPN, you can change your IP location to one of these countries and block all types of Twitch ads permanently. Twitch’s advertising policy differs from country-to-country, with some locations like Poland omitting all types of ads. Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is the best way to block all advertisements on Twitch.Ī VPN lets you change your online location by connecting to a server in a different country, providing you with an alternative IP address.
![]() He would often share stories with her about his time as a Cichociemni of the exiled Polish Army during World War II and how he had endured a three-month-long siege of Breslau. Despite this, Zofia was highly protective of her sister.Įla's grandfather played a significant role in her life. Growing up, her father favored Zofia, causing a rift between them. She is also the younger sister of Zofia Bosak. She is the youngest daughter of Jan Bosak, former commander of the Polish Special Forces unit GROM. Retrieved 8 November 2009.Elżbieta Bosak was born in Wrocław, Poland. ![]() Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2015. ^ "How is the Labour Force Survey used?" (PDF).Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. ![]() Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics – Volume 3: Economically active population, employment, unemployment and hours of work (household surveys). Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. "History of the monthly Labour Force Survey". ^ "European Union Labour Force Survey – Eurostat metadata in SDDS format: Summary methodology".^ "EU labour force survey – development and history".Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. ^ a b "European Union Labour Force Survey (EU LFS): Description of dataset".Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2003. "What Exactly is the Labour Force Survey?" (PDF) (4th ed.). ^ a b c Browne, Lester Alstrup, Peter (July 2006).^ Lipsey, Richard G Chrystal, Alec (2007).Archived from the original on 25 June 2002. In the UK, for example, the LFS has been used as a data source for research projects on topics such as female employment, the economic returns to education, migration and ethnic minority groups. In addition to being used to generate official statistics, data from the LFS are employed by academics and other researchers. It was revised in 1990 to include new variables including underemployment. New Zealand's quarterly Household Labour Force Survey was established in December 1985. The LFS became monthly in February 1978, when the range of topics covered was increased and the LFS measure became the official measure of unemployment. The last quarterly survey was conducted in November 1977. Initially, the LFS was conducted only in state capitals, in February, May, August, and November, but in February 1964 it was rolled out to the whole of Australia. The first Australian LFS was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in November 1960. ![]() The UK switched to a full quarterly survey in 1992, initially with seasonal quarters but moving to calendar quarters in 2006. The European Community then introduced a requirement for all of its member states to conduct an LFS (following Brexit the UK is now no longer a member state) and the ONS introduced a quarterly element to its LFS. It is curated by the UK Data Service and can be accessed for research through them. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) conducted the United Kingdom's first Labour Force Survey in 1973 and repeated it every two years until 1983. The EU LFS, as it is known, covers not only the EU member states but also three of the four European Free Trade Association countries ( Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) and candidate countries. Responsibility for sample selection, questionnaire design and fieldwork lies with member states' national statistical offices, who then forward the results to Eurostat, employing a common coding scheme. Most, though not all, participating countries changed their LFSs to continuous surveys in the period 1998 to 2004. 577/98 of 9 March 1998 they are now expected to submit LFS results for every quarter to Eurostat. 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![]() ![]() The invasion is the same as in the original: large spacecrafts have sucked Los Angeles residents up into the sky using a bright blue light that hypnotizes them. But the mix of these giddy ingredients is diluted by its weak storytelling, leaving “Beyond Skyline” with only fleeting moments of genre glee to offer any special reason for it to exist. This time, he drops the “ Cloverfield” vibe of "Skyline" and tries to throw a bunch of action movie craziness into the fray: Frank Grillo (“ Captain America: Civil War”), Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian (the dynamic Pencak Silat duo from the “Raid” movies) and yes, a granted wish for alien wrestling. ![]() ![]() Still, a genre geek could dream.įor his directorial debut, “Skyline” producer Liam O’Donnell sidesteps the the story originally by himself and co-writer Joshua Cordes, hungry for a similar “cool” that came from the first film’s last audacious moments. The visual cliffhanger is as grandiose as it is ridiculous, whether or not the homemade sci-fi movie from VFX gurus the Strause brothers could afford it. That interest comes from its final moments: the promise of a battle royale between alien monsters, one of them steered by a human's brain. Chausse, Colin Strause, Greg StrauseĮxecutive producers: Maguy R.2010’s “Skyline” maintains its unique position in bad movie history as the unlikely boondoggle that somehow made you want to see a sequel. Production companies: Hydrae Entertainment, M45 Entertainment, XYZ FilmsĬast: Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Callan Mulvey, Pamelyn Chee, Antonio Fargas, Lindsey Morgan, Jonny Weston If a sequel does in fact materialize, here’s hoping O’Donnell has the modesty to step out of the writer’s chair and focus on the action. But viewers who push through this silliness will be rewarded with an action climax that, while just about as ludicrous, is at least enjoyable. O’Donnell also winds up devising one of the lazier “I’ve found their weakness!” eureka moments in recent memory, suggesting that a drug dealer can make himself an expert on alien immune systems after a few minutes with a microscope. Sadly, lines like “ Hola, puta” and “Bring it on, bitch” don’t scratch that “ Hasta la vista, baby” itch. ![]() Less forgivable is the pic’s unimaginative screenplay, whose biggest attempts at humor are lame zingers that appear to have been added in postproduction after someone realized how dull the dialogue was. Uwais is Indonesian, not Laotian, but some practical inconsistencies will be overlooked by action fans who are excited to see Uwais leap at aliens with knives in both hands. Their main new ally is Sua ( Iko Uwais of The Raid), who introduces some hardcore Southeast Asian martial arts to the mix. (Using man-in-suit tech and practical effects along with CGI, the design team offers some pretty geek-pleasing visions.) Not only do they find that the human brains inside the beasties can sometimes remember their past selves, but they see the aliens’ effect on pregnant humans: Mark has to deliver a baby who is somehow growing so quickly she’ll be a teenager in a matter of days.īefore Mark has to worry about the infant’s sullen, rebellious phase, though, the movie takes quite a left turn: The humans escape the ship and find themselves in Laos, where they team with an impromptu rebel army bunkered beneath centuries-old Angkor-style temples. Here, they learn a bit about the otherworldly beings. Soon, the two men and a few fellow train riders (including Bojana Novakovic’s Audrey, the train conductor) have escaped the tunnels only to be hauled up into the mothership themselves. ![]() |