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It’s the last week of Gaming Ride Home, and I apologize if that news has caught you off guard. I would recommend listening to the beginning of the Friday August 21 episode for more details there.Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets a proper, PlayStation 5 gameplay trailer, a live action Resident Evil show is coming to Netflix, you can now play as all kinds of Marvel characters like She Hulk and Wolverine in Fortnite, and I played the Alan Wake Control DLC and have some impressions for you.Links:Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Reveal Trailer (YouTube)@NXOnNetflix’s tweet about the Resident Evil showResident Evil Netflix series announced and here are the first story details (GamesRadar)Nexus War Launch Trailer for Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 4 (YouTube)Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 4 Battle Pass Gameplay Trailer (YouTube)Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition on the eShopMoon on the eShopSurgeon Simulator 2 on Epic Games Store
We’re back! In Episode 91, Quinn & Brian ask: Why is drinking water so unaffordable, or unavailable, or just filthy for so many people? Our guests are: Nina Lakhani & Mary Grant. Nina is environmental justice reporter for The Guardian US and Mary Grant is the Public Water for All Campaign Director at Food & Water Watch. They’ve bottled up their empathy and their anger for good, and we think they fit right in on the show. If it wasn’t already obvious: water is important. It’s one of the few things we actually need to survive, believe it or not. We’ve all heard of problems in Flint, but that’s not some crazy anomaly. It’s just the one town that got the most media attention, and even then, there are still huge problems with their water supply. The inequitable access to basic resources has been normalized in our country, but let's be clear about one thing — it’s NOT normal, and it doesn’t happen at anywhere near this scale in other developed countries. So, want to Make America Great Again? Well, let’s start by just getting us to a C average in basic human rights. TAKE ACTION: There’s an important vote happening on August 7th! If you want to help people being affected by this right now, call your Senator and tell them to fight for a second Coronavirus Relief Package that includes a national moratorium on water, power, and broadband shutoffs: 202-609-9041 Have feedback or questions? Tweet us (http://www.twitter.com/importantnotimp), or send a message to funtalk@importantnotimportant.com Trump’s Book Club: The Dictionary https://bookshop.org/shop/importantnotimportant (https://bookshop.org/shop/importantnotimportant) Links: Call your Senator and tell them to fight for a second Coronavirus Relief Package that includes a national moratorium on water, power, and broadband shutoffs: 202-609-9041 Tell your representative to support for the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1417/all-info) (HR 1417, S611) www.foodandwaterwatch.org (https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/) Read Nina’s articles: theguardian.com/profile/nina-lakhani (http://theguardian.com/profile/nina-lakhani) Nina on Twitter: @ninalakhani (https://twitter.com/ninalakhani) Mary on Twitter: @MaryGrant_Water (https://twitter.com/MaryGrant_Water) The Human Utility (https://detroitwaterproject.org/) Navajo Relief Fund (http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=nrf_index) Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com (http://importantnotimportant.com/)! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp (http://twitter.com/ImportantNotImp) Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett (http://twitter.com/quinnemmett) Follow Brian: twitter.com/briancolbertken (http://twitter.com/briancolbertken) Like and share us on Facebook: facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant (http://facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant) Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com (http://timblane.com/) Important, Not Important is produced by (http://crate.media/) Support this podcast
Rumor points to the next Call of Duty being subtitled Black Ops Cold War, Persona 5 Scramble has finally been confirmed for a North American release, The Witcher is getting a spin-off series that will also be live-action, Hideo Kojima will be a judge at the Venice Film festival and might be working on a horror video game, and Fall Guys is going to be a PlayStation Plus game.Links:Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Revealed Through Doritos Promo (modernwarzone.com)Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Planned Western Release Confirmed in Koei Tecmo Financial Report (personacentral.com)@nxonnetflix’s tweet about a new Witcher seriesHideo Kojima will be part of the jury of the Venice film exhibition (pdvg.it)Hideo Kojima in Talks With Junji Ito About Working on a New Horror Game (comicbook.com)PS Plus games for August announced (blog.playstation.com)
Learn to Run Your I.T. Business Hosted by Paco Lebron from ProdigyTeks John Dubinsky from Maven Group Billy Austin from Rocket Cyber MSP Unplugged Video Live Show and Chat every Sunday at 7:30pm EST Email: Jeff@MSPUnplugged.com Support This Show Patreon.com/MSPUnplugged BuyMeACoffee.com/MSPUnplugged PayPal.Me/MSPUnplugged Main Topic: Managed SOC Platform Built for MSPs delivering cyber security to SMBs ENDPOINT | NETWORK | CLOUD Links: Call to Action: Our friends over at Syncro are hosting a giveaway for a few weeks. Those who sign up for a free trial of Syncro and attend a product tour will receive a nifty Syncro mug! Visit the URL to book your demo today: https://bit.ly/mugpl Paco Tips Smart Calling on Sales In this new day and age you need to re-adjust your sales process and comfort. My good friend blah blah blah John Tips Microsoft Windows File Recovery (Windows 20-04 only) Accidentally deleted an important file? Wiped clean your hard drive? Unsure of what to do with corrupted data? Windows File Recovery can help recover your personal data. ** Do not ignore the Store for Microsoft tools that might help. - Windows Scan, Microsoft Whiteboard, Wireless Display, etc. whatsmyip.org WhatsMyIP.org started in April of 2001 when I bought this domain name on a whim. This site was originally hosted on an Apple Mac Quadra 700, connected to a residential internet connection, and the IP Addresses were retrieved via AppleScript. We've come a very long way. If you want to see how long, check us out on Archive.org! ** Port Scanners, WhoIs & DNS, Website Rankings, Password Generator, MAC Address Lookup, etc., etc., etc. VOIP Tips (rant) If you are going to be a VOIP provider you ARE going to be a network engineer. If your vendor cannot provide you recommendations on the following - FIND A NEW VENDOR. Your vendor vetting is EXTREMELY important. Your vendor will easily be 70% of a successful installation. 95% of VOIP sales vendors will ask nothing about the current infrastructure or supply necessary requirements. Understand that your customers really have no idea what VOIP is, they simply want phone service. There is nothing VOIP cannot do versus an on-site PBX with the correct vendor and configuration. You need to have commercial grade equipment for a successful installation that supports the settings requirements of VOIP (RTP and SIP traffic (QoS) and firewalls that are SIP/VoIP friendly). Know and understand UDP. You will need to configure or accommodate this for BLF (Busy Lamp Field). Know and understand QOS (quality of service) so you can prioritize traffic. Large VOIP installations are going to most likely need a separate VLAN for voice. Correctly configure your firewall to bypass trusted VOIP traffic without inspection. You will need both LAN and WAN bandwidth. Example: Take the amount of phone connections times 100kpbs (check with your VOIP vendor) for a good approximation of just your voice needs. Do not forget about VOIP security. Make sure your vendor considers compliance and feature needs (spam calls, HIPAA, training, etc.). Make sure you 911 is correctly configured. Billy Tip Have insight and visibility into customer account authentications. Guest: Billy Austin - President & Co-founder at RocketCyber Billy Austin LinkedIn Profile RocketCyber: FAQ’s BLOG How to Videos RocketCyber's threat detection apps provide solutions for many cybersecurity use cases. Each use case facilitates cyber monitoring opportunities for the managed service provider. Login to your account to turn on preferred RocketApps, no separate installation required. Each App is purposely built to detect malicious/suspicious activity spanning endpoint, network, and cloud attack pillars. When threats are detected, RocketCyber provides the MSP operator reporting, a triage view, and the ability to generate tickets to your PSA. Cybersecurity Framework (NIST) Pax8 NIST Cybersecurity Framework Windows Defender Cylance Webroot Sentinel One Untangle Firewall What is a firewall Syslog - firewall log monitoring acting as a syslog collector. Messages are parsed, analyzed, and enriched with threat intel for potential threat indicators. When a threat or security event is detected, message details show up in the console. What is a Syslog? DISCLAIMER: This description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, we’ll receive a small commission. Music By Jim Holley
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered might be out tomorrow, a number of classic Mario games might be coming to Switch, the original Nier is getting remade for modern consoles and PC, Sony is slowing down the PlayStation Network in the U.S. to help with bandwidth, it looks like OXM, Official Xbox magazine, may have folded, and Resident Evil 3 remake reviews are out in the wild.Links:Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Remaster launches tomorrow (Eurogamer)Nintendo has big plans for Super Mario Bros.’ 35th anniversary (Video Games Chronicle)Sources: Nintendo Switch 2020 line-up dominated by Mario games old and new (Eurogamer)NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… in development (Square Enix)UPDATE: Preserving Internet Access for the Entire Community (PlayStation Blog)Long-running Official Xbox Magazine shuts down (Eurogamer)Resident Evil 3 Review – A Relentless Terror (Game Informer)Resident Evil 3 Remake review – A disappointing step back for the series (PC Gamer)Resident Evil 3 Single-Player Review – My bloody valentine (IGN)Resident Evil 3 Remake Review In Progress (GameSpot)
Building a study plan for the MCAT can be almost as scary as the MCAT itself, but it doesn't have to be! Phil and I give tips, timelines, advice, and more! Links: (Call 866-295-6586 and let them know you heard about them here on the podcast)
Let's tackle some MCAT definitions: do you know the different heuristics? How about the different types of memory? Join us for some psych/soc. Links: (Call them at 888-530-6398 for a free consultation.)
Session 01 Hi! I'm Dr. Allison Gray. This is our first episode of the Premed Diaries. We created this podcast, along with the other Med Diaries podcast so physicians and physicians in training could have a place to speak their minds, vent, unload, and hear one another in support and solidarity. The premed journey is not easy and there are many stressors, roadblocks, and frustrations. But there are also incredible joys, like that first time you got to shadow a physician or that first interview offer, or that first acceptance to medical school. Here at Premed Diaries, we want to help you on this journey to avoid and deal with burnout - an ever growing threat and serious problem for our physician community. And as a premed student, it's never too early to start. In each episode, we will hear from a premed student and I'll share some of my thoughts as well. You may also hear from others who have called and left a response for the caller on a previous episode. Today, we will hear from a premed student who is dealing with lots of stress and the feeling of needing to be his best in every endeavor and how this is very emotionally draining. [01:10] Caller #1: Feeling the Stress and Pressure Our student today transitioned out of the military in 2016. He went to a premed school following his transition, which he considers as an enormous blessing in his life, and one of the most convincing factors for him to pursue medicine. Right now, he's been dealing with a lot of stress and pressure. He finds it very difficult to convey to the people in his life that things are high-stakes for him. He is working as a paramedic and since then, things feel high-stakes. He expresses the feelings of pressure to get a 4.0 and do well on the MCAT. Alongside, he's also starting his own podcast. "It's a lot to deal with at once." He is working in the emergency department so he gets cases that affect him from time to time. So going and bouncing back from school being so high-stakes to showing up to work and feeling like he needs to be perfect for the sake of the patients, he sees this as a very emotionally draining process. "I feel like everything hangs on a really delicate balance, too. When I go to class, there's pressure to do the best, to be the best, and you still have to show up to work the next day and take care of patients." Not to mention, he has to take care of his family and dealing with being a former veteran along with all the stuff that goes with that. He admits dealing with a lot of stress and anxiety on almost a daily basis. He's trying to manage all these different things at once. He feels like he never takes a break. Fortunately, listening to The Premed Years Podcast and the OldPreMeds Podcast has been therapeutic for him, which he does on his commute to work and school. He still finds it hard for people in his life to realize this. Although he feels so blessed with the podcast they're starting and with him doing well in school, but that doesn't discount the daily grind that can really get at you. He encourages people out there to segment your time as best as you can and take things one at a time. Just keep going and find a little bit of peace and solitude in what you're doing. It's impactful and important to the people who are affected by it. See the bigger picture and things will pan out. "Everything is hanging in such a delicate balance that you feel like you need extra hands and another brain in order to manage it all." Finally, our caller feels great being able to send out this recording since he was able to get all this off his chest. As his way to manage things, he has had a lot of personal growth on time management and dealing with stress, grief, etc. And he hopes all this would help him carry through to medical school and residency, and hopefully become an attending physician. All the skills he learned as a paramedic, in the military, and during training will all be a driving factor. [08:07] Share Your Thoughts With Us! If you also want to share your thoughts with us, call 1-833-MYDIARY and you also can do so anonymously. We would love to hear what you have to say! [08:42] It's a High-Stakes Game Our caller has touched on so many great things many premeds are struggling with. First, is the high-stakes game of being a premed student. There so many pressures you're all dealing with. You could be looking for someone to shadow with or that you're trying to pay your bills. Or maybe, you're changing your career and you still have to take care of your family. You may be a college student and you're also paying your bills. Many of you could probably relate to this high-stakes feeling. "There are so many stressors out there as a premed and it feels really high-stakes because you feel like you can't really do a crappy job at any of it." [09:40] Family and Friends Not Getting It This is an important thing to recognize and acknowledge. Your family and your friends are your biggest fans and heroes and they're rooting for you. But the reality is that a lot of times, they really can't understand what you're experiencing. This is true as a premed student, and more so as you get into medical school and then eventually becoming a physician. "Your family and your friends are your biggest fans and heroes and they're rooting for you. But the reality is that a lot of times, they really can't understand what you're experiencing." Our caller is already a paramedics so he has experience working with patients and working in a very busy environment. So this already shows him how difficult it is. Seeing patients in life-threatening situations and having to be on is a hard thing to do, regardless of your role in healthcare. This is really tough. And trying to explain what this is like and articulating it in a way that a family member or a friend can really understand when they don't live in that world is really hard. Fast-forward when you're on the wards. It's very hard for people not working in health care to understand the pressure you're under. These hard situations where patients are dying or dealing with incredibly difficult diagnoses. So try as best as you can to vent and talk to your family and your friends. And if they don't get it, then they don't. Good thing you have peers you're going through things with. And they get it a lot more than others. They may not have the close relationships yet as you do with your family and friends but they do get it. [11:26] Needing to Be Perfect We can never be perfect. Physicians and physicians in training, we hold ourselves to this incredible expectations. We think that we really have to be perfect but the reality is that we are human. Being human means that we make mistakes. It's impossible for us to be 100% all the time. We can really only do the best we can. "The reality is we are humans and being humans means that we do make mistakes." That's something I have really tried to keep in the back of my mind all these years, that I'm doing the very BEST that I can. And as long as I'm doing that, then I feel ethically and morally grounded. That if it's not perfect and I make mistakes along the way, at least I'm doing the best I can. So you have to keep this in your mind as well. [12:50] Use Your Resources and Take a Little Break Listening to resources like podcasts such as The Premed Years Podcast and the OldPreMeds Podcast is HUGE, especially when you're feeling that you don't get a break and that you're doing so many different things. It's really important to find anything that gives you a little bit of a break, even if it's just for 20 minutes. Find a TV show you love or sing really loudly in the car. Listen to a podcast that inspires or encourages you. Go to the gym. It's hard to make time for that but a little bit of that even if it's just for 5-10 minutes can get your mind back on task and give you that encouragement you need to keep going when you're feeling really worn out and spent. So use your resources and lean on other people as you can. If somebody offers to make you a meal, take them up on it. If somebody offers to watch your kids, take them up on it. "Just find a little bit of time, even for 20 minutes to get a breath of fresh air so that it can feel like you're getting at least a tiny break." [14:17] Take Your Time and Growth Coming from Pain With all things in general, it's okay to step back and just focus on one thing at a time. If you have kids, you can't just focus on premed stuff because they need your help or you need to make them dinner. But this is an idea in general, where if you have so many different things you're focusing on, in any one minute, try to just focus on one thing. It can help to just step back. It's a cliche that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but that's true. There's so much growth you will see as a premed and as a med student. Your capacity to just take on will just expand. It has to. Your body and your brain just adopt as you have to take on more and more. So you grow ever more. This concept that as painful as it might be to grow from that and not letting it stop you is huge. Lastly, encouraging your peers is huge. As what Ryan's mantra is, “collaboration, not competition.” So encourage your peers no matter what phase you're at. [16:10] Get Things Off Your Chest This is why we're here. We want to give you the freedom and encouragement to reach out and call so you can get things off your chest. I'm here to support you and offer some thoughts every week. This is a great way for us to all support one another. [17:00] Respond to Our First Caller Call 1-833-MYDIARY and let us know you're calling in response to this. I will play your response on subsequent episodes. Thank you for joining us on this first episode everyone! As you move through this journey, listen to this podcast along with all out other series. Let's support one another in fighting this very scary and serious problem we have in this world of burnout. Links: Call 1-833-MYDIARY and share your thoughts with us! The Premed Years Podcast OldPreMeds Podcast
The team assemble to pass judgement on the latest shootwar, Call of Duty WWII. John says single player is better than usual and our multiplayer reviewer Matt says he misses the jetpacks. Meanwhile, Brendan has concocted a war-based quiz game. There's also time to horse around in the ancient Egypt of Assassin's Creed Origins, which has psychic eagles, glittering unicorns and a nice photography mode. Links: Call of Duty WWII single player review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/03/call-of-duty-ww2-review/ Call of Duty WWII multiplayer review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/08/call-of-duty-ww2-multiplayer-review/ Wolfenstein 2 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/26/wolfenstein-2-the-new-colossus-review-pc/ Assassin's Creed: Origins review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/01/assassins-creed-origins-review-pc/ The photo mode is real good: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/02/assassins-creed-origins-photo-mode/ But the animals are weird: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/30/assassins-creed-origins-humanoid-animal-bug/
Welcome to another edition of the TT Podcast! This week, I'm joined by Prince, Ace, and TT's Walkthroughs Manager, who has a name, I swear! Unfortunately, it appears that Crytek may once again not be paying their employees, and Final Fantasy XV is a pretty cool game that came out. Mark Wahlberg seems to have removed himself from the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune movie, but that's ok because we know four guys who are supremely photogenic. And finally, can trailers ruin games, can they improve games, or can they just stand on their own, sort of like that trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII? We discuss all of this, and more, on this edition of the sabretusk hunting, magic sword wielding, chocobo hailing TrueTrophies Podcast. Links Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Free Trial Starting Thursday The Walking Dead - A New Frontier's Official Launch Trailer NA PS Store Discounts: December 13th, 2016