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PUBG Mobile 2.3 Update: New Thrilling Features with Lionel Messi
Every two months, the PUBG Mobile app receives updates containing new content, such as features, modes, themes, events, and rewards. These updates significantly enhance the gameplay experience of hundreds of millions of gamers. Now PUBG Mobile's 2.3 updates have arrived, bringing lots of new features and improvements. The major attraction is the inclusion of a football mania theme and collaboration with Argentine star Lionel Messi. As usual, the update is available to download now from the App Store and Google Play Store. So, what's new in this latest PUBG 2.3 update? Let's take a look!
PUBG Mobile 2.3: Football Mania Mode Overview
In this new mode, players will get to see a new location on their map, which is named 'Football Carnival.' Players will get a considerable amount of loot, other utilities, and some credits at this carnival. There will be just one football carnival on the map. Players may guess from the description that it's a hot drop like others, so they should expect a lot of enemies to drop on them when they land. For players who like gunfights, the Football Carnival mode will be heaven for them.
There will be mini-football fields other than the ones found on the Livik map. Players can play football in these locations. Players get much football-related gear and one particularly Lionel Messi shoes from the football activity location. In the following section, we will describe the special features of this Football Carnival mode.
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Key Features of PUBG Mobile 2.3 Update
From the game mode name, you can already understand that it is related to World Cup 2023. So, let's see what else you get in this update.
Messi's Golden Shoes
The fans were excited when PUBG announced a collaboration with Lionel Messi a few months ago. Now things get real, and you can access Messi's gear in PUBG 2.3. in this mode, players can portray themselves as Messi using his special golden shoes. Players can get the shoes in the Football Carnival arena. Using Messi's pair of golden shoes, players can now get super running speed for 5 seconds.
And it will cool down for another 5 seconds. The best thing is that players can use it unlimited times in a game. This feature actually resembles the 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' modes of web shooters. However, the spawn rate is limited in the golden shoes. So, great competition will be there among the players. Messi's golden shoe will be available until January 3, 2023.
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Additionally, players will also get the exclusive messy-themed jersey. But players need to update and join by December 10. Each player is entitled to get a collaboration jersey during this period.
Zorb Football Vehicle
It is certainly a great addition to the mode. The Zorb Vehicle resembles a normal backpack. After it is activated, it will become a large football, and players can travel by sitting in it. Additionally, players can even fight enemies and finish them with this football vehicle.
Musk says granting 'amnesty' to suspended Twitter accounts
New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting "amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.
The billionaire's announcement came after he asked in a poll posted to his timeline to vote on reinstatements for accounts that have not “broken the law or engaged in egregious spam.” The yes vote was 72%.
“The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted using a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people, the voice of God.”
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Musk used the same Latin phrase after posting a similar poll last last weekend before reinstating the account of former President Donald Trump, which Twitter had banned for encouraging the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Trump has said he won’t return to Twitter but has not deleted his account.
Such online polls are anything but scientific and can easily be influenced by bots.
In the month since Musk took over Twitter, groups that monitor the platform for racist, anti-Semitic and other toxic speech say it’s been on the rise on the world’s de facto public square. That has included a surge in racist abuse of World Cup soccer players that Twitter is allegedly failing to act on.
The uptick in harmful content is in large part due to the disorder following Musk’s decision to lay off half the company’s 7,500-person workforce, fire top executives, and then institute a series of ultimatums that prompted hundreds more to quit. Also let go were an untold number of contractors responsible for content moderation. Among those resigning over a lack of faith in Musk’s willingness to keep Twitter from devolving into a chaos of uncontrolled speech were Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth.
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Major advertisers have also abandoned the platform.
On Oct. 28, the day after he took control, Musk tweeted that no suspended accounts would be reinstated until Twitter formed a “content moderation council” with diverse viewpoints that would consider the cases.
On Tuesday, he said he was reneging on that promise because he’d agreed to at the insistence of “a large coalition of political-social activists groups” who later ”broke the deal” by urging that advertisers at least temporarily stop giving Twitter their business.
A day earlier, Twitter reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform’s COVID misinformation policies.
Musk, meanwhile, has been getting increasingly chummy on Twitter with right-wing figures. Before this month’s U.S. midterm elections he urged “independent-minded” people to vote Republican.
A report from the European Union published Thursday said Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it this year compared with 2021. The report was based on data collected over the spring — before Musk acquired Twitter — as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms’ compliance with the bloc’s code of conduct on disinformation. It found that Twitter assessed just over half of the notifications it received about illegal hate speech within 24 hours, down from 82% in 2021.
Beximco to use Bangabandhu Satellite-1 to distribute foreign pay TV channels
The Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) has signed an agreement with Beximco Digital Distribution Limited (BDDL) under which BDDL will use Bangabandhu Satellite-1 (BS-1) to distribute eight foreign clean-feed pay TV channels in Bangladesh.
With this agreement, BDDL will be the first and the only foreign pay TV channel distributor to avail of downlinking services from BS-1, according to a media statement.
Md Shafiqul Islam, managing director of BSCL, and Jamanul Bahar of BDDL signed the deal in Dhaka Thursday.
"The most predominant form of TV distribution is currently through millions of analogue cable connections which have no protection for consumers, limited capacity to carry channels, poor picture quality, lack of service, lack of addressability and no interactive services and critically rampant with piracy related to the TV channels which leads to the government deprived of substantial taxation income and lower revenues for broadcasters," Shayan F Rahman, chairman of BDDL, said.
"The conversion from analogue to digital television broadcasting will provide newer and more secure ways of distribution of content which include cable, IPTV, OTT and DTH," he added.
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Ameca: World’s Most Realistic Advanced Humanoid Robot AI Platform
Engineered Arts, a leading creator, and producer of humanoid entertainment robots, produced Ameca which represents the most cutting-edge humanoid robotics technology. To date, Ameca is the most advanced, realistic humanoid robot ever made.
Ameca is a cloud-connected platform equipped with Engineered Arts' powerful Tritium robot operating system. This platform can be used to test and build AI and machine learning systems. With an artificial body, Ameca increases the power of artificial intelligence. This makes it possible for companies involved in robotic research to test their products.
What is more? Ameca platform enables companies creating AI or machine learning technologies to test and present their work in front of a live audience.
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Engineered Arts' cutting-edge Mesmer technology has been applied in the hardware of Ameca. It is the innovation of their own research into humanoid robotics.
The friendly attitude of robot Ameca makes it the ideal platform for building interpersonal relationships in any Metaverse or virtual setting.
Additionally, owners of Ameca platform can enjoy global access to all robotic data. In other words Ameca will serve as their own personal avatar that is animated and simulated.
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Does Ameca Robot Look Like Human?
The robot Ameca uses state-of-the-art technology in its mix of artificial limbs and ligaments, actuators, and sensor arrays. However, its lower half isn't working right now.
Tech Republic showcases Jabra's smart solutions for hybrid offices
Tech Republic has launched a solution in Bangladesh to hold important meetings "on the go" by automatically setting up "virtual rooms" through the innovative application of technology, cutting costs and using artificial intelligence.
World-famous brand Jabra Panacast's series of video conferencing and Evolve series of earbuds were unveiled in a hotel in the capital on Wednesday.
Tech Republic Managing Director HM Foyez Morshed introduced two innovative devices to the media with Jabra South Asia Vice-President and Managing Director Peter Jayaseelan and Yogesh Kale (Associate Director-Enterprise Business), Vinod Kumar S (Business Development Manager, Video – South Asia).
Peter said: "In the world we live in today, being connected has never been more important for professionals collaborating from different locations and time zones. Employees have settled into the flexibility and freedom that comes with hjybrid working and expect things to be much more pliable than they were pre-pandemic."
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"With all that in mind, we are happy to launch our newest offering Jabra Evolve 2 Buds which is aesthetically suited for working professionals on the go."
Executive Director of Tech Republic and Jabra Brand Boddha Mehedi Hasan said: "Since the importance of the virtual office is increasing, many people are reducing the office space to reduce costs, and in the current situation, urgent work needs to be done on mobile. So, Panacast and Earbud are now becoming one of the accessories of the hybrid office."
"The main feature of Panacast is that when it is attached to the wall, it works at a 180-degree angle within a few inches. Even all the text and videos on the adjacent White Board are divided into adjacent rooms and presented equally to everyone present or connected in the meeting. When one speaks, it automatically follows the concerned person."
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10 Most Prestigious Global Programming Contests
If you want to be a perfect programmer, you have to learn and improve your coding skills continuously. Coding contests can be the best help to serve that purpose. Whether they are coding competitions or programming competitions, these events allow students or hobbyists to demonstrate their skills and compete with programmers from across the globe. This article examines the best programming contests for developers throughout the globe.
10 Top International Programming Contests
Most coding contests are held online so that participants from around the globe may participate. Coding and programming contests include hackathons too, which are the finest strategies to boost your productivity.
The International Collegiate Programming Competitions (ACM-ICPC)
Each year, the Alpha Chapter of the UPE Computer Science Honor Society hosts ACM-ICPC stands for the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Competitions. It is regarded as the world's oldest, biggest, and most prestigious programming competition.
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The scope of this initiative spans 80 nations and six continents. The competition promotes collaboration, originality, and innovation in developing and implementing new software applications that allow students to assess their skills.
HackerRank
HackerRank counts five million engineers who have completed more than twenty-one million code tasks. The platform evaluates talents through algorithms, machine learning, and artificial intelligence-related competitions.
Solve the programming challenges in the Competition section and use HackerRank to apply for employment. HackerRank further hosts regular hackathons with cash prizes and contests sponsored by prominent technology businesses.
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TopCoder
TopCoder is quickly becoming the premier coding competition league. Once a week, TopCoder members compete online, and twice a year, both online and in-person. The Topcoder Open is their yearly programming and design competition.
The top-ranked users on TopCoder are exceptional competitive programmers who often participate in programming contests. The TopCoder network accepts challenges from global leaders like IMB, Google, and eBay.
Coding Competitions by Google
Google's coding contests are incredibly fun and difficult and may test a coder's global knowledge. Participants from across the globe may register for this tournament. Google Code Jam is an international programming contest where contestants are required to solve issues in a limited period.
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Each year, these coding challenges are hosted in three separate tournaments. This Google coding competition accelerates your learning and is among the most prestigious coding contests in the world.
Coderbyte
Coderbyte offers over 200 coding tasks that may be solved online in one of ten programming languages. The difficulties vary from simple to difficult.
In addition, they provide an assortment of algorithm lessons, introduction films, and job preparation courses. In contrast to HackerRank and other similar services, Coderbyte allows you to browse the solutions provided by other users in addition to the official solutions released by Coderbyte.
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The ICFP Competitions
Since 1998, the ICFP, or International Conference on Functional Programming, has been conducted yearly. It is a three-day, no-entry-fee coding competition that is very difficult. The participant may compete from any place, and there is no minimum team size requirement.
The team will have seventy-two hours to finish and submit their online submission. The purpose of this competition is to highlight the programming languages and tools that the competitors appreciate the most.
Code Forces
Codeforces is an online platform that offers programming contests. Due to its engaging features, it is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. This is one of the best programming contests to enter. The polygon feature for developing and evaluating challenges and social networking through internal public blogs. The competitors are ranked according to their evaluations.
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CodeChef
CodeChef is an Indian-based website for competitive programming that offers several challenges. You may create code in their online editor and explore a collection of tasks sorted into categories based on your degree of expertise. They have a vast community of programmers participating in CodeChef's coding contests, contributing to the forums, and producing tutorials.
Facebook Hacker Cup
Hacker Cup is an annual international programming competition hosted by Facebook and available to contestants from all around the globe. This is one of the best programming contests to enter. These coding contests emphasize problem-solving and algorithmic coding abilities to proceed through each year's online rounds; those who reach the worldwide finals will win the big prize.
LeetCode
LeetCode is one of the biggest technology communities, with millions of engaged members. It offers participants different weekly and bimonthly programming contests. This is also helpful for job interview preparation; LeetCode also offers discussion forums.
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In addition, it organizes 90-minute competitions in which you may answer the tasks in its online editor, often known as the playground, using any of the supported languages.
Conclusion
Coding competitions resemble free markets. Consider them not just as gladiatorial battlefields but also as real-world classrooms where you may learn from your errors via immediate feedback. Companies have implemented these competitions as recruiting platforms to find the finest candidates and save money. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that major IT companies have their competitions, such as the yearly Code Jam, Microsoft's Imagine Cup, and many others.
So far, we have listed the 10 best global coding contests. You can participate in these contests to hone your programming skill. Happy coding!
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itel Vision 5 Plus Review: Standard Phone under Tk14000
itel Mobile is a Chinese company headquartered at Shenzhen in China. Founded in 2014, this company sells entry-level and budget phones. itel launched its latest budget phone Vision 5 Plus on November 5, 2022. Can Vision 5 Plus achieve the same level of popularity as its predecessors? Let's take a look at the key specs of the itel Vision 5 Plus.
Key Features of Itel Vision 5 Plus
Design
The itel Vision 5 Plus is made completely of plastic. It boasts the same sleek, fingerprint-resistant screen as earlier itel products. Although the overall look is mediocre, it is resistant to smearing and scratching, which is a big advantage in this field. Although the novel wavy gradient design is intriguing, itel will soon unveil an entirely new style.
The unique camera design of this phone distinguishes it from prior itel products. The camera module is flush with the body, and the thickness of the device is not excessive. The rear of the phone has a triple-lens setup.
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Despite this, the phone weighs over 194 grams, making it scarcely portable. In addition, this phone is not ergonomic or comfortable to use with one hand. I'm not sure whether this is due to the width of the device or the way the back curves outward.
On the right are a power button and volume rocker, while on the bottom is a 3.5mm jack, a microphone, a micro-USB 2.0 port, and the speaker grille. Left-side triple card slot accepts two 4G SIM cards and a microSD card.
Display
As promised, the itel Vision 5 Plus boasts a 6.6 inches IPS LCD screen with a 720 x 1640 pixels resolution. However, the absence of Widevine L1 means that consumers will continue to be unable to watch Netflix and other Full HD services. This software issue will be addressed later in this article.
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Camera
The smartphone's back panel has a circular triple camera arrangement with a 16MP primary sensor, a 2MP macro lens, and a 0.3MP VGA sensor.
The back camera of the Vision 5 Plus includes many modes, including VGA Camera, Super Night, Beauty, Short Video, and strong HDR. When it comes to the performance of the back camera, the smartphone maker did a good job, as it captures acceptable nighttime photographs when utilizing the Super night mode and crisp, detailed daytime images. In a word, the rear camera produces vivid and crisp images.
In Vision 5 Plus, users will get a 5MP front-facing camera, which is acceptable in most conditions but inadequate in low light. However, it is quite disappointing that a smartphone in this price range cannot take exceptional selfies. Therefore, the company may enhance the use of the phone's front-facing camera. The front camera includes several modes, such as augmented reality, portrait, beauty, and short videos.
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You can shoot 1080pixel footage at 30fps with the main rear sensor.
Performance and Software
itel Vision 5 Plus bears an octa-core processor sporting a Spreadtrum Unisoc T606 12nm processor. Multitasking is effective on the smartphone, and there is no discernible lag while playing entry-level games or streaming movies.
Vision 5 Plus has 4GB RAM combined with 128GB of internal storage. You can keep local files, images, videos, music, and other content on this device without getting concerned about storage issues.
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When it comes to gaming, graphics and RAM are pretty enough. Even games with high-quality graphics may be run and played with relative ease and fluidity on this phone. While downloading and playing high-end games such as Call of Duty, its system took less than five minutes. However, you may experience overheating issues in this device after an hour of gaming or heavy usage.
Battery and Charger
The mobile device has an unremovable Li-Po battery with a 5000 mAh capacity. You can get a total of 132 hours of standby time. Around 14 hours of support is expectable for surfing the internet with it. If the battery is fully charged, you will have nearly up to 28 hours of conversation time. When using 18W rapid charging, the phone will be completely charged in around 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Price of itel Vision 5 Plus in Bangladesh
The phone is officially available in Bangladesh. itel vision 5 plus’s (4/128GB) price is started at 13,690 Taka. However, the price is subject to change.
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Conclusion
The pros of this phone include standard RAM, processor, and battery. The display and camera sections could have been better. This budget gaming phone can run online games such as Free Fire and others. On the whole, those who are looking for a reliable smartphone under Tk14,000 for multi-tasking and entry-level gaming may consider the itel Vision 5 Plus.
Walton Digital Campaign Season 16 starts
Electronics and tech company Walton has launched its Digital Campaign Season 16.
Under the campaign, customers can get cashback of up to Tk1 lakh and products on the purchase of fridges and washing machines.
The announcement of Digital Campaign Season 16 was made at a programme in Dhaka Sunday (November 20, 2022) and its offers will be available till further notice.
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Also, the Hot Sale campaign of Walton fridge will continue till November 30.
Walton Refrigerator CBO Tofail Ahmed said, "We are manufacturing and marketing over 200 models of refrigerators with various capacities. Prices of these fridges range from Tk14,990 to Tk1,08,990."
Home Appliance CBO Al Imran said, "Walton is currently producing and marketing over 30 models of semi-automatic, automatic top and front-loading Walton washing machines. Among these, there are 11 models of semi-automatic models with price ranges from Tk10,850 to Tk18,850.
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"Also, 13 models of automatic top-loading system washing machines are available for Tk22,950 to Tk49,950. In the domestic market, 10 models of our automatic front-loading system washing machines are also available for Tk34,250 to Tk68,950."
One UI 5.0 makes smartphone experience more private, customised: Samsung
Samsung has said it is improving the overall design aesthetic of smartphones while introducing a few new innovative features that make the interfaces much more private and customised with the Android 13-based One UI 5.0.
The new customisation features like lock screen customisation, enhanced colour palette, and image watermark customisation make it simpler to customise the look and feel of one's smartphone, the company said.
The latest One UI 5.0 represents Samsung's most personalised mobile experience yet, designed to give Samsung users multiple options for tailoring their devices exactly how they prefer and this starts with lock screen customisation.
Samsung has improved the lock screen customisation with One UI 5.0. Now one can change the clock size and shape, the fonts and colours. With just a few taps, users can also trim their video to transform it into live wallpaper on their phones.
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Also, to help users streamline mobile tasks and activities, One UI 5.0 offers new Smart suggestions for widgets. Based on the users' usage patterns and mobile activity, Smart suggestions automatically suggest apps and actions that make the mobile experience even more personalised.
Samsung has added more backgrounds for customising the home and lock screens. Now users can use up to 16 different colour palettes taken from the wallpaper for a unified interface that makes the preferred wallpaper blend in seamlessly with the surrounding elements.
Also, with One UI 5.0, Samsung has added features for watermarking photos inside the camera app. Users can choose to display the shooting date and time, phone model information, and information specified on it. At the same time, people can choose the alignment between left, centre, and right.
One UI 5.0 update is available to the Galaxy S22 series, Z Flip 4, and Z Fold 4 and will soon be rolled out to older flagships and entry-level devices.
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NASA's Orion capsule reaches moon, last big step before lunar orbit
NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts.
It’s the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago, and represents a huge milestone in the $4.1 billion test flight that began last Wednesday.
The close approach of 81 miles (130 kilometers) occurred as the crew capsule and its three wired-up dummies were on the far side of the moon. Because of a half-hour communication blackout, flight controllers in Houston did not know if the critical engine firing went well until the capsule emerged from behind the moon, 232,000 miles (370,000 kilometers) from Earth.
The capsule’s cameras sent back a picture of the world — a tiny blue orb surrounded by blackness.
“Our pale blue dot and its 8 billion human inhabitants now coming into view,” said Mission Control commentator Sandra Jones.
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The capsule accelerated well beyond 5,000 mph (8,000 kph) as it regained radio contact, NASA said. Less than an hour later, Orion soared above Tranquility Base, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969.
“This is one of those days that you’ve been thinking about and talking about for a long, long time,” flight director Zeb Scoville said.
Earlier in the morning, the moon loomed ever larger in the video beamed back, as the capsule closed the final few thousand miles since blasting off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, atop the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA.
Orion needed to slingshot around the moon to pick up enough speed to enter the sweeping, lopsided lunar orbit. Flight controllers evaluated the data pouring back, to determine if the engine firing went as planned. Another firing will place the capsule in that elongated orbit Friday.
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This coming weekend, Orion will shatter NASA’s distance record for a spacecraft designed for astronauts — nearly 250,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) from Earth, set by Apollo 13 in 1970. And it will keep going, reaching a maximum distance from Earth next Monday at nearly 270,000 miles (433,000 kilometers).
The capsule will spend close to a week in lunar orbit, before heading home. A Pacific splashdown is planned for Dec. 11.
Orion has no lunar lander; a touchdown won’t come until NASA astronauts attempt a lunar landing in 2025 with SpaceX’s Starship. Before then, astronauts will strap into Orion for a ride around the moon as early as 2024.
NASA managers were delighted with the progress of the mission. The Space Launch System rocket performed exceedingly well in its debut, they told reporters late last week.
The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket caused more damage than expected, however, at the Kennedy Space Center launch pad. The force from the 8.8 million pounds (4 million kilograms) of liftoff thrust was so great that it tore off the blast doors of the elevator.