1. Staci literally had no friendships or even positive interactions with anyone, let alone girls, because she was made to be an annoying first boot. Not much to say about her, but it’s not the best start since we only have 5 girls left.
   
2. Dakota had no positive interactions either. She was annoyed by Staci, creeped out by Dawn, and had no interactions with the Maggot girls aside from Zoey, which was only an ultimately failed attempt of Dakota to make Zoey her ally since she was the only one she wouldn’t be “embarrassed to be seen with in public.” After becoming Dakotazoid, Zoey is scared of her and votes her off too. Ironically enough, each of the several times Dakota is brought back into the show, she forges no true bond with not a single girl. Talk about a Toxic Waste of Potential.
   
3. Dawn creeped out all the girls and had no positive girl relationships or many interactions. Aside from that conversation on the beach with Zoey where she reassured her that Mike likes her (immediately after which Zoey gossips about her creepiness in a confessional), Dawn is also a non-entity.
   
4. Anne-Maria had no interactions with any Toxic Rat girls. Her only interactions were with her Maggot teammates Zoey and Jo, and they were both fully negative. Anne-Maria and Zoey have a rivalry over Mike’s heart, and Anne-Maria is portrayed as the unlikable “other woman”. She insults Zoey every episode she is in. And she also has spats with Jo frequently over girliness vs. tomboys. They insult each other every episode too.
   
5. Jo has no Toxic Rat girl interactions, and her only interactions were with Anne-Maria (again, fully negative and filled with bickering) and Zoey. Zoey is an interesting case. Jo once encouraged her to channel her anger into the challenge in Episode 5, but by the merge, she fully downplays and degrades Zoey and mocks her girliness, reducing her to “Apology Breath”. Aside from this, they have no good relationship.
   
6. And as our season’s leading lady, you would think Zoey would establish at least one good, long-lasting friendship or even enemy relationship with a contestant. But no. Zoey is annoyed by Staci, freaked out by Dawn, and scared of Dakotazoid: these three relationships/interactions only last one episode (conveniently when it’s the girl’s elimination episode). She has that petty competition over Mike with Anne-Maria, which ends as predictably and shallowly as expected (Anne-Maria just up and quits after she serves her plot purpose of getting in between Zoke rather than, IDK, developing as something other than “the other woman”?) And Zoey’s interactions with Jo are never positive and shallow. Not a single relationship or rivalry at the merge. You would think the writers would want to do something with the only two girls in the merge…
   

1. Brick and Sam have a friendship. Brick respects Sam’s kindness and always trying his best, even honorably saluting him after his elimination.
   
2. B and Sam have a short friendship and positive interactions. Sam admires and is impressed with B’s resourcefulness, creativity, and intellect.
   
3. Lightning and Sam have neutral interactions, but respect one another. Lightning initially underestimated Sam as useless, but he impressed the jock and solidified his place on “Team Man” (what the Toxic Rats were called after all the girls were quickly booted) after showing his fast reflexes (swiping something without setting off a cheese trap) and speed (running up the ramp to save Lindsay).
   
4. His most negative male relationship is Scott. The two dislike each other: Scott ridicules Sam’s lack of athleticism and Sam dislikes Scott’s insults. The two still manage to avoid the level of vitriol that Zoey and Anne-Maria (escalates to shoving) or Anne-Maria and Jo exhibit.
   

1. Inventory+Loot Filter: give me a little more space to pick up all the stuff, which you need in order to get your mats and gold. Or make gems go automatically into storage, they just clutter your inventory too much, when you actually pick them up. Also there exists no loot filter, just some options for configuring the sound of loot drops at different rarities?
2. Stat-Sheet 1: I understand not everybody does need to see every stat, but right now I have no idea which stats contribute where and if they even appear in my stat sheet. e.g. Rogue has some skill, which lowers damage of poisoned enemies by 15%. This doesnt show in the stat sheet, whereas on items you can get the same stat, which shows. This happens for many more stats too and with all those damage multipliers it gets really confusing. You basically need to do your own Excel spreadsheed next to the game to remember all your stuff.
3. Stat-Sheet 2: Then more importantly how do all the damage stats interact? Which damage is useful to have, does it even matter as long as you can fulfill all the conditions for your damage type -> e.g. +% dmg on crowd controlled enemy vs +% dmg on slowed enemy. Why would you ever want some conditional damage types when you can roll +all dmg% on everything. Probably because of different maximum rolls of the damage, but not very clear. Also how are all the damages added? Is it Addition of all +%dmg or are some damage types weighted higher than others, how do I get that info.
4. Stat-Sheet 3 + Enchanting: I would like to be able to find out which stats can appear on which items, at the very least as info before rerolling at the enchanter. Pretty sure Diablo 3 could do that and it really is helpful + enchanting here is much more expensive and punishing as you need the Helltide materials. It would be very helpful to have another tab when pressing TAB ingame, something like a Codex/Help Library, where stats are listed and/or explained, what they do etc. -> would take that instead of the shop tab!
5. Upgrading: there seem to be 'hidden' thresholds on Item Power which upgrade stat rolls on your items positively or negatively when overcoming them. e.g. 725+ Item Power had much higher stats on my sword than before getting over that value with upgrades. Why are those thresholds hidden and I had to find them on some obscure website, where they are only listed up to 725+. My Items are getting in the 800 ranges now, are there maybe more thresholds, which would improve them significantly by upgrading at the blacksmith?
6. Items: It seems there are Normal, Sacred and Ancient items of all rarities. Why would you even bother with anything below Ancient after you reach that point in game (World Tier 4). The stats are just better and it feels really weird getting swamped with any drops of lower item type (Normal and Sacred) when you basically do not want to use them except for recycling.
7. Attack Value + Profile: what does the Attack Value even say? People can do 100M dmg crits with 6k Attack Value at LVL100, while my profile says 6,5k at LVL65 and I dont crit for that much. When inspecting people in the game, why can you not see their Attack Value and Defense and HP at least, when the game wants to sell me those values as some kind of important stat (the real stat-sheet is literally hidden away). Ok you can at least check the gear of other people, but other than that? Seems to be a feature to show off your cosmetics rather than help you compare.
8. Helltide: Monster density varies greatly and the crafting mats seem to only drop from the Helltide chests in small quantities, but most importantly you cannot always do Helltide. I really wanted to get those Helltide mats, which you NEED for enchanting and upgrading gear on the highest level and I just didnt have Helltide on my map during my Game Session. I really would like to play the game when I want to and not when some internal randomizer decides I am allowed to.
9. Legion-Event: why would you want to do this event, does it give benefits I dont know of? It doesnt drop the Helltide exclusive crafting material.
10. Map: It would be nice to be able to make notes on the map. You are literally swamped with hundreds of dungeons and cellars and whatnot, it would be really helpful to be able to mark the good dungeons for your Nightmare runs. e.g. Animus vs Stone carry stuff.

Previous week Rivals challenge results

• Non farm payroll: +339k jobs vs 195k estimates. the labor market don’t seem to slowdown
• This put the fed in hot water in regard to rates, the pause that was anticipated after the regional banks meltdown, might not be as priced in anymore.
• US gov came to a deal for the debt ceiling, obviously…

• Apple dev international conference on Monday
• Trade deficit update on Wednesday
• Fed rates future should pick a side this week as we get closer to next FOMC (14th june), 25 bps hikes or pause?

Canadian news For Week #31, May 29 2023

Monday

Tuesday

announced that the market’s leading supply chain management solution, Kinaxis RapidResponse® is available on Google Cloud and in the Marketplace.
RapidResponse supports key business processes such as demand and supply planning, integrated business planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP) and inventory management, and delivers end-to-end transparency with its control tower capabilities. Concurrent planning breaks down organizational silos, unifies disparate data under a single all-inclusive data model, and codifies business-wide trust through the continuous alignment of everyone and everything across a company’s end-to-end supply chain.

announced today the signing of a contract extension with The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), to manufacture large and complex nacelle exhaust systems for the 767 program. The fabricated metallic assemblies will be produced and delivered from Magellan’s facility in Middletown, Ohio.
The continuation of this agreement with Boeing will ensure the supply of Magellan’s acoustic plug and nozzle exhaust assemblies for the 767 program. Magellan utilizes internally manufactured metallic honeycomb in the production process. The metallic honeycomb is manufactured utilizing materials suitable for higher temperatures and offers advantages in weight savings and acoustic attenuation.

announced that CAE Defense & Security has been awarded a contract from General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to support Flight School Training Support Services (FSTSS) at Fort Novosel (formerly Fort Rucker), Alabama.
The contract, valued at US$455M, supports the recent US$1.7B award to GDIT by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) for simulation capabilities and training support services to prepare initial entry-level and graduate-level rotary wing flight training at Fort Novosel.
Under the terms of the 12-year contract, CAE will build and deliver new full-flight simulators for the CH-47F and UH-60M platforms to meet the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence's rotary–wing simulation services requirements. In addition to owning and operating the new training devices, CAE will also implement CH-47F and UH–60M software configurations for reconfigurable collective training devices.

nnounce a sales distribution partnership with Lanetco, a leading Canadian Managed Services Provider (MSP).
Lanetco specializes in serving small and medium businesses, not for profit organizations and trade associations and provides a full suite of IT services as a MSP.
Lanetco first signed up with CyberCatch to attain full compliance with Canada's national cybersecurity standard and for continuous cyber risk mitigation. Then it decided to introduce and distribute CyberCatch's AI enabled solution to its customers and prospective customers.

Wednesday

announces a $9.5 million contract to supply high-resolution seabed mapping sonar equipment to a navy in Asia-Pacific. The customer cannot be named at this time. Under the scope of the contract, Kraken will deliver its KATFISH™ high-speed minehunting solution. The contract also includes a variety of support and sustainment options, including training, spares and operational support.
Under the acquisition contract, Kraken will deliver its KATFISH towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar, Tentacle® Winch and Autonomous Launch and Recovery System (ALARS) in Q2, 2023. Kraken’s equipment will be integrated onboard a vessel of opportunity selected by the customer. Continuing to build off successful KATFISH deliveries with various NATO navies, this represents Kraken’s first KATFISH system sale in the Asia-Pacific region.

announce it has signed a contract for the design, engineering, and construction of a 565-kilowatt (“kW”) commercial solar project for a manufacturing client in Tennessee.
The project, with a $1.47 million capital cost, is scheduled to begin construction in Q3 2023 and is currently targeted for completion by the end of 2023.
The project contributes to a backlog of contracted projects that now totals $4.6 million. All of the projects in the backlog are scheduled to be completed this year, including the following previously announced contracts:

announced a multi-store contract to install Danavation's Digital Smart Labels™ into eight franchised Pitou Minou & Compagnons ("PMC") locations in Quebec that offer Global Pet Foods' products, the largest Canadian-owned pet specialty retailer. Completion of these eight installations represents an opportunity for Danavation to recognize up to a total estimated C$500,000 in revenue. With nearly 40 storefronts currently operating under the PMC (Global Pet Foods) banner in Quebec, and more locations opening up every year, Danavation is afforded the potential for future growth with this brand moving forward. The first installation is expected to be completed by early August, with the remaining seven locations to be outfitted at a rate of one to two per week thereafter.

announce that it has entered into an agreement with Morton Williams, a well-established retailer in the New York metropolitan area, for the order of 100 specially designed 75-liter smart carts, tailored for deployment in urban supermarkets. The order is to encompass an upfront payment and monthly subscription payments. This collaboration showcases the potential of A2Z's smart cart platform solution, empowering retailers like Morton Williams to optimize their operations, enhance customer experiences, and generate additional revenue.

Announced it is working with Thoth Technology Inc. (Thoth) to create a made-in-Canada deep space radar surveillance and space domain awareness (SDA) capability. As part of a strategic cooperation agreement, MDA commercial data services will be integrated with Thoth's ground-based radar technology to provide unprecedented levels of sovereign monitoring in deep space over Canada, providing both detection and characterization of space objects.

Thursday

announced that three BEAST all-electric school buses were delivered to its exclusive dealer Creative Bus Sales ("CBS") last month. In addition, CBS has more than 40 Type D BEAST and Type A Nano BEAST school buses for which HVIP (California's Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project) voucher funding is either approved or are in the approval proces
In May, GreenPower delivered three BEAST school buses to CBS for deployment with Escalon Unified School District and Hayward Unified School District. GreenPower has six additional BEASTs on order from CBS and is in the process of delivering three by the end of June to Grossmont Unified School District. Additionally, GreenPower is preparing two Nano BEAST school buses for delivery to CBS by the end of the month for the Anaheim Elementary School District. The Nano BEASTs will add to the school district's existing fleet of four BEASTs in operation.
Creative Bus Sales currently has 17 approved HVIP vouchers for GreenPower's Type D BEAST school buses for five different school districts. "Creative Bus Sales is now able to order 13 BEAST school buses against their 17 approved vouchers for four of these five school districts," Perez continued. "We can immediately pull BEASTs from our existing inventory, which are compliant with the California school bus specifications."

announce its Entropy as a Service system, code named QxEAAS.
Entropy as a Service (EaaS) is a ground-breaking concept that involves a service provider offering on-demand entropy by means of a cloud network. Entropy, which in this context refers to the degree of randomness or uncertainty in a system, plays a vital role in cryptography where random numbers are used to generate cryptographic keys. To achieve high quality, QeM's random number generator (QRNG2) utilizes the principles of the quantum electron tunnel effect, to produce truly random numbers that are inherently unpredictable and uncorrelated. By seamlessly incorporating this technology into the QxEaaS system, QeM fully leverages the advantages of QRNG2. This integration guarantees that QeM's Sentry-Q cryptography platform benefits from the maximum levels of entropy, thereby bolstering its resistance against increasingly sophisticated and frequent cyberattacks.

announced a purchase order for Ballard to supply First Mode with 60 hydrogen fuel cell modules – totaling 6 megawatts – for delivery in 2024. The order represents an expansion of the relationship, following the order of 35 modules year-to-date in 2023, to power hybrid hydrogen and battery ultra-class mining haul trucks.
First Mode is working to scale production for the next generation of the nuGen™ solution, including fuel cell and battery powerplant and related infrastructure. First Mode has begun integrating Ballard's fuel cells from the previously announced orders and will continue to bring an increasing number of zero-emission vehicles to the field with the order announced today. The next several engines will be demonstrated at First Mode's Proving Grounds in Centralia, Washington, USA starting in 2024.

Announce the signature of a 30-year "take-or-pay" power purchase agreement indexed to 30% inflation with Hydro-Québec for the electricity to be produced by Mesgi'g Ugju's'n 2 ("MU2").
Mesgi'g Ugju's'n 2 is a 102 MW wind project to be located in the MRC d'Avignon and an extension to the existing 150 MW Mesgi'g Ugju's'n wind facility commissioned in 2016. MU2 is the result of a 50-50 renewed partnership between Innergex and the three Mi'gmaq communities in Quebec – Gesgapegiag, Gespeg and Listuguj – represented by MMBC. Its commissioning is scheduled in 2026.

announce that it has entered into definitive agreements entered into on June 1st 2023 in connection with the purchase by Metka-EGN Ltd. ) of a portfolio of 5 solar projects located in Alberta, Canada, from Westbridge, with anticipated aggregate capacity of 1,410 MWdc (1.4 GW) upon commercial operation.
The Transaction is to be completed by way of a share purchase by Metka of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the following subsidiaries of Westbridge: Georgetown Solar Inc., Sunnynook Solar Energy Inc. , Dolcy Solar Inc. , Eastervale Solar Inc. , and Red Willow Solar Inc.. Westbridge will retain ownership of the SPVs and continue to lead the development of the Projects until closing, which is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approvals.

Friday

I would like to create a general house rule that solves not just my current issue, but that I could carry forwards into a next campaign.

With the goal to somehow give a non AC survivabily benefit that scales with level based on armor type, to help tanky characters remain tanky even when AC matters less.

1. Tone Down Trinket Bonus: As it stands, all DPS classes are currently benefitting from a 25% trinket bonus. This needs to be cut down to a more balanced 20%.
2. Boost Healers’ MMR: Looking at the stats, the top DPS in SS currently holds an MMR of 2466, while the top healer is lagging behind at 2367. This needs to be reversed - we should make it more achievable for healers to rack up higher ratings compared to DPS, possibly encouraging more players to take on the healer role.
3. Balance All Healers: At present, the MW Monk is hogging the limelight in high ratings, making up 50% of all healers. This video 7 even states that without a MW Monk, you’re pretty much out of luck in solo shuffle. To combat this, all healers should be balanced to the same competitive level as the MW Monk.
4. Scrap the MMR Cap: The current MMR cap in WoW simply isn’t working. Instead, we should look to DOTA 2’s recent MMR system and tailor it to WoW’s needs. Key features of DOTA 2’s system include:

• MATCHMAKING WITH CONFIDENCE: MMR is composed of two elements - Rank and Rank Confidence. Your Rank reflects our estimate of your skill, and Rank Confidence is how certain we are of this estimate. These values are adjusted based on your match performance.
• UNDESIRED CLUMPING: DOTA has traditionally used a modified Elo algorithm for these adjustments, but this has led to problems such as an undesirable clumping in the 0-1000 MMR range, and difficulty for returning players to regain an accurate MMR.
• NEW AND IMPROVED CLUMPING: To rectify this, a new algorithm called Glicko is being adopted. This algorithm allows for quick and accurate matching of similar skill levels and more accurately factors Rank Confidence into MMR adjustments.

1. Access to Recolored Gladiator Mounts: If you’re set on a recolored version of an old gladiator mount, you’ve got to put in the work. To get one, you’ll need to hit a 2400 rating in the current PvP Trading Post and play at least 50 games above that rating, similar to the criteria for a typical gladiator.
2. Purchase with PvP Rating: Here’s a twist – what if we could buy all these flashy cosmetics with PvP Rating? Imagine you’re sitting on a 2400 CR and you’ve got your sights set on a recolored TBC Glad, but you’re also hankering for the S3 Legion Elite. To snag both, you’ll have to play more games to earn more CR. The good news is, your MMR won’t be affected, so there’s no risk of a drastic drop(by this I mean you wont play against lower tier players since your games will be based just on MMR). However, to keep things fair, we’d cap the CR gains at a maximum of 30 CR per win(this forces ladder activity). And if you lose, you’ll either stay steady or lose just a smidge, until your MMR aligns with your CR.
3. Season End Protocol: Let’s shake things up a bit near the end of the season. About a month, or maybe 1.5 months, before the season wraps up, we’ll disable the trading post. This would let the top players duke it out for R1 and accelerate the pace of climbing CR to match your MMR level.

1. Initial Calibration: Players will be put into a brief calibration phase, initially seeded by their previous rank. Unlike before, the calibration phase won’t be tied to a fixed number of matches. Instead, a player is considered calibrated when their Rank Confidence exceeds a specific threshold.
2. Variable MMR Gain/Loss: Matches will no longer provide fixed MMR gains or losses. Instead, these values will fluctuate based on several factors, such as the Ranks and Rank Confidence of the participants. To avoid extreme outcomes, we will cap the gain/loss per match.
3. Rank Confidence Deterioration: If a player doesn’t engage in matches for a certain period, their Rank Confidence will slowly decrease. This change ensures that skill evaluations remain current and that players who return from a break won’t struggle with inflated or outdated MMR values.