Rinascita is the land of Echoes, and wherever you go, youll find these companions ready to help out in any region. Most of the NPCs in Rinascita have companions who are Echoes, and their bonds are rather unimaginable.

A Minecraft modder has created a custom mob, dubbed "Enderchester," that collects nearby mined materials. Minecraft modders are known for expanding on the features available in the game, and this addition may be ideal for dedicated miners.

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Ahead of Black History Month, which kicks off on February 1, Apple just unveiled its 2025 Black Unity Collection, consisting of a special-edition Apple Watch band, a watch face, and a wallpaper fit for the iPhone and iPad.

When Ginni Rometty was CEO of technology corporation IBM, she introduced skills-first hiring, arguing that the filters we typically use, such as education and experience, are not helpful in many jobs. Instead, companies should ask themselves what skills are required to succeed in a given rolesay, computer programming or selling softwareand then find job seekers who either have or want to acquire those skills, even if they dont have a computer science or business degree. By creating on-ramps through internship and apprenticeship opportunities, which are more common in European countries, IBM was able to dramatically broaden its talent pool. A skills-based approach holds the promise of better matches between jobs and employees, Rometty and coauthors suggest.The question, then, is how to best assess an applicants skills during this stage of the hiring process. Do the typical techniques used today, such as interviews and assessment tools, enable us to identify the best talent for the job?Unfortunately, the evidence suggests the answer is likely no. Interviews, for example, are fraught with problems. Numerous biases can lead us astray. To name but a few: In-group bias makes us prefer people who look like we do; stereotypes lead us to prefer candidates who look like the typical employee; halo effects cause us to put too much weight on first impressions; and confirmation bias makes us look for evidence confirming our gut instincts while ignoring contrary information.Sadly, seeing an actual person and receiving additional information such as demeanor and appearance did not counteract interviewer bias. In some ways, being confronted with another human makes things worse. We cannot help but be influenced by what job applicants wear (our favorite color maybe?), how they speak (with a dialect maybe?), and how they look (attractive maybe?). Based on a large data set from entrepreneurial pitch competitions as well as laboratory experiments in the U.S., we know that such irrelevant factors affect evaluators. Investors favored pitches delivered by men, especially attractive men, even when the substance of the pitch was identical to the pitches presented by women.In light of this, we should not be surprised that interviews, particularly unstructured ones, are bad predictors of future performance. It is in these unstructured contexts that unconscious bias flourishes. When people have discretion in their judgments, rules of thumb such as stereotypes are hard to avoid.Here are a few ways to make interviews and other formal assessment tools more effective and fair:Create an Interview ChecklistIt all starts with a simple list. What is it that you want to evaluate? Determine the skills, knowledge, and competencies a successful candidate should have and design the questions you want to ask accordingly. Each question should elicit information that allows you to better assess something you care aboutand, ideally, focus squarely on the competencies required. We are always astonished to discover that questions like Please tell us about yourself or What are your greatest strengths? are still beloved by many interviewers. What competencies are these questions testing, exactly?It is also important to define the criteria you will use to evaluate responses beforehand so that you know what you are looking for when talking to a candidate. It is easy to be swayed by, say, the first candidates vision but then completely focus on execution when you talk to the second candidate. The list will help you focus and make sure you collect comparable information on all the criteria you care about.To conduct a gold standard structured interview, ask all candidates the same set of questions in the same order. Determine a scoring rubric and the weights you want to give to each question beforehand. You might want to weight all of them equally or you may decide that the responses to your first and your fourth question are essential, so they should get more weight.Improve the Interview ProcessIn addition to designing a set of questions based on what you look for in a candidate and deciding on the scoring of the responses and weighting of the questions, you also need to think about who will be involved in the interview process. Note that while it is helpful for candidates to meet a diverse set of interviewers, diversity on the selection.In interviews, have candidates meet the evaluators one-on-one. While panel interviews are common, we advise against them. On a panel, interviewers are unable to form truly independent judgments as they will be influenced by each other, increasing the likelihood that they fall prey to groupthink, where the groups judgment is worse than the aggregate of the interviewers individual assessments. Much of this influence is subtle and unconscious, such as noticing whether a fellow interviewer is leaning forward or back (indicating interest or disinterest in what the candidate is saying); whether their tone of voice is excited or judgmental; and whether they are nodding along and taking prolific notes as the candidate is speaking, or checking the messages on their phone instead.When interviewing, take notes for each response received and compare candidates responses horizontally. Submit your scores multiplied by the weight you have assigned to the question to the person leading the recruitment process (often, someone from HR) who can aggregate all final scores received for each candidate.Much like you should not meet with a job candidate in a group, you should not discuss your thoughts with other evaluators before you have submitted your scores. It is just too easy to fall right back into what you have successfully averted by meeting with the candidates individually: groupthink. The territory is particularly treacherous if you hear the most senior persons opinion before you have made up your own mind. A good practice is that even in the final calibration meeting, after everyone has submitted their scores, the most senior person speaks last.You cannot leave the evaluation of your candidates up to your gut instinct. The more discipline we can add to the evaluation processby moving from unstructured to structured interviews and from informal to formal skills-based assessment toolsthe more likely we will be able to identify the best possible job candidate. And what is even better, in most cases the additional rigor also helps us overcome our biased assessments, particularly if we examine the impacts our tests might have on various groups beforehand.From the bookMAKE WORK FAIR: Data-Driven Design for Real Resultsby Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi Copyright 2025 by Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

President Donald Trumps executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaskas Denali, the tallest peak in the country, has resulted in lots of discussion. While for some, such renaming might seem less important than the big problems the country faces, there is a formal process in the United States for renaming places, and that process is taken seriously.Usually, so people dont get confused, official, agreed-upon names are used by the government. In the U.S., place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the agency in charge of making maps.In his executive order, Trump asks the Board on Geographic Names to honor the contributions of visionary and patriotic Americans and change its policies and procedures to reflect that.Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The process in each state is different.How to change a place nameMinnesota recently changed the name of a large lake in Minneapolis to Bde Maka Ska, which the Minneapolis Park Board described as a Dakota name for the lake that has been passed down in oral history for many years.The board voted to change the name and took its request to the county commissioners. When the county agreed, the request was then sent to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which made it official for Minnesota. Then, the state of Minnesota sent the request to the Board on Geographic Names, which made it official for the entire U.S.Its a lot of paperwork for something so seemingly minor, but people get passionate about place names. It took 40 years to rename Denali from the name established in the late 19th century, Mount McKinley.The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didnt take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation President William McKinley was from Ohio objected over many years to requests to rename the mountain, and the board did not act on those requests.The president appoints the secretary of the Interior Department. The secretary works with the heads of related agencies to appoint the Board on Geographic Names. Current committee policy states, Input from State geographic names authorities, land management agencies, local governments, and Tribal Governments are actively pursued.In 2015, President Barack Obama named a new leader for the Department of the Interior, Sally Jewell. Just as Obama made a trip to Alaska in late August 2015, Jewell declared the name change official under a law that allows the secretary of the Interior to change a name if the board doesnt act on the proposal in a reasonable amount of time.Today were returning Mount McKinley to its native name Denali, a step to reflect the heritage of Alaska Natives. pic.twitter.com/WyzQImKymX President Obama (@POTUS44) August 31, 2015 This name change recognizes the sacred status of Denali to many Alaska Natives, Jewell said. The name Denali has been official for use by the State of Alaska since 1975, but even more importantly, the mountain has been known as Denali for generations. With our own sense of reverence for this place, we are officially renaming the mountain Denali in recognition of the traditions of Alaska Natives and the strong support of the people of Alaska.If someone objects to a name change, they could ask the courts to rule on whether the name change was made legally. Going back to Bde Maka Ska, some people objected to changing the name from Lake Calhoun, so they took the state natural resources agency to court. Eventually, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the name change was done correctly.Alaskas two U.S. senators and prominent state figures have strongly objected to Trumps renaming attempt.How not to change a place nameRenaming the Gulf of Mexico is a different kind of case, however, from renaming a geographic place within U.S. borders.The gulf is not within the territorial U.S. On the coast, the first 12 miles from shore are considered part of that country, but outside of that is international waters.The Board on Geographic Names could change the name to Gulf of America on official U.S. maps, but there is no international board in charge of place names. Each country decides what to call places. And there is no official way for the U.S. to make other countries change the name.Its possible that the U.S. could formally ask other countries to change the name or even impose sanctions against countries that dont comply.If the names were officially changed in the U.S., the government would use the new names in official documents, signage and maps. As for all the people and companies in the world that make maps, they usually use the official names. But there is nothing that would force them to, if they believed that a certain name is more widely recognized.On Jan. 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a statement on the name changes:In accordance with President Donald J. Trumps recent executive order, the Department of the Interior is proud to announce the implementation of name restorations that honor the legacy of American greatness, with efforts already underway.As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America and North Americas highest peak will once again bear the name Mount McKinley . . . The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, under the purview of the Department of the Interior, is working expeditiously to update the official federal nomenclature in the Geographic Names Information System to reflect these changes, effective immediately for federal use.This story has been updated to reflect the Department of Interiors statement on Jan. 25, 2025. Innisfree McKinnon is an associate professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has unveiled her design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London, which will mark the 25th anniversary of the annual commission.Named A Capsule in Time, the lightweight timber structure is informed by the temporary nature of the pavilions built outside the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens each summer.The design for the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion has been unveiled"When conceiving our design, we reflected on the transient nature of the commission, which appears to us as a capsule of memory and time," said Tabassum."The relationship between time and architecture is intriguing: between permanence and impermanence, of birth, age and ruin; architecture aspires to outlive time."It will be designed by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum. Photo by Asif SalmanThe design also nods to life in the Bengal Delta, where water flowing from the Himalayan mountains frequently requires people to relocate their homes a phenomenon she often refers to in her work."In the Bengal Delta, architecture is ephemeral as dwellings change locations with the rivers shifting courses," she said. "Architecture becomes memories of the lived spaces continued through tales."A Capsule in Time will consist of four arched modules with a timber structure filled with transparent panels. The modules will be separate from each other and frame a courtyard with a central tree that aligns with the gallery's bell tower.According to Tabassum, one of the pavilion's sections will be movable to transform the space."The archaic volume of a half capsule, generated by geometry and wrapped in light semi-transparent material will create a play of filtered light that will pierce through the structure as if under a Shamiyana at a Bengali wedding,"said Tabassum.The pavilion will have an arched timber structureThis year is the 25th anniversary of the first Serpentine Pavilion, which was designed by Zaha Hadid, and Tabassum's pavilion will form part of the anniversary celebrations. According to the gallery, this year's design will embody Hadid's "ethos of pushing the boundaries of architecture".Tabassum, an architect who aims to root architecture to place, was featured on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2024. She was also named architect of the year at Dezeen Awards 2024.Read: Ten Serpentine Pavilion designs from the last decade"One of global architecture's undoubted heavyweights, Marina Tabassum aims to create buildings that are aligned with their environments," said the Dezeen Awards judges. "Her locally focused work is gaining increasing attention and admiration since winning the Aga Khan Award for Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka.""She recently won the Soane Medal and was named on Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2024 list. It would be no surprise to see her win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in the next couple of years."Tabassum's pavilion will be unveiled on 6 June. It follows a star-shaped pavilion designed by Minsuk Cho last year, Lina Ghotmeh's circular timber pavilion in 2023andTheaster Gates' Black Chapel in 2022.The renders are by Marina Tabassum Architects.The post Marina Tabassum revealed as 2025 Serpentine Pavilion designer appeared first on Dezeen.

Architecture studio Gensler has designed a pair of data centres with a hybrid CLT structure in northern Virgina, USA, for technology brand Microsoft.While typically built from concrete and steel, Microsoft has adopted a hybrid cross-laminated timber (CLT), steel and concrete construction model for the two centres the company's first to be built using wood.Designed by Gensler and structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti, the two-storey centres are currently under construction in Virgina. They are being built with a steel primary structure sat on top of a concrete base with CLT used to construct the upper floors.Microsoft is building two hybrid timber data centres in Virginia. Photo courtesy of MicrosoftRenders of the centres were unveiled by the company in October last year and reveal rectilinear structures that will be complete with cut-out openings, expansive glazing and wood-clad exteriors.According to Microsoft, which has more than 300 data centres globally, the timber designs will "reduce the embodied carbon footprint of two new data centres by 35 percent compared to conventional steel construction, and 65 percent compared to typical precast concrete"."We have multiple levers to pull to meet our 2030 goals, as we know that no single action or project will close the gap between our goals and current trends," the company told Dezeen. "From building the first datacentres made with wood, to investment in low-carbon building materials, we're working hard alongside our suppliers to meet sustainability goals."The data centres were designed to reduce the company's carbon emissions. Photo courtesy of MicrosoftThe decarbonisation of its facilities is one of the company's more recent initiatives to reduce its carbon emissions since seeing a 30.9 per cent rise in indirect emissions driven by the expansion of its data centres.The company also previously announced its goals to become carbon negative, water positive, zero waste and protect more land than it uses by 2030, and by 2050 hopes to have removed from the atmosphere the equivalent of the company's total carbon emissions since its establishment in 1975.Read: Lever Architecture grafts hybrid mass-timber structure onto LA parking garageMicrosoft hopes that this latest initiative will serve as a precedent for the use of innovative construction approaches elsewhere."Working together with partners, governments and communities is essential to address climate change," the company said."Our goal is by trialling materials such as CLT in our datacentres, we will encourage innovation and be a catalyst for inspiring adoption within the datacentre industry and beyond."Elsewhere, hybrid timber models were also adopted for a parking garage in Los Angeles, and a conceptual design for convertible mass-timber lab buildings in cities.The images are courtesy of Gensler unless otherwise stated.The post Microsoft building first data centres with cross-laminated timber appeared first on Dezeen.