Saturday night was a busy night for Brisbane’s entertainment scene with Laneway Festival and Kevin Hart both having sell out events so I guess it was no surprise that Short Stack failed to sell out The Tivoli for that particular weekend. This was my third time seeing them play at The Tivoli and previously it’s always been packed and a bit hectic but this time around I breezily moved around the venue with ease and admired the very passionate crowd. They may have been in smaller quantity but the energy and deafening screams the crowd produced when the three boys from Budgewoi emerged on stage to the opening riff of “Homecoming” was impressive. They launched into a 75 minute set of greatest hits, fan favourites and new tracks that everyone was accustomed with. The band experimented with some medley’s that allowed them to revamp some old material and play more fan favourites. These included; “Shimmy A Go Go/Heartbreak Made Me A Killer/The Back Of My Head” and “Bambi/Ladies & Gentlemen/Werewolves”. The band still have the cheeky stage banter down pat with sexual Innuendos being a favourite conversation starter. However it was their uncensored conversation about touring with a “shitty boy band” (Aka The Vamps) which raised some eyebrows. Lead singer Shaun Diviney’s vocals have majorly improved over the years with his vocal endurance noticeably a lot stronger. Bradie Webb brought one of the shows major highlights with a drum solo which was not only tech savvy but also very epic. And yes, those are the only words I can find to describe it. ‘Planets”, “Princess”, “Sway Sway Baby” and “We Dance To A Different Disco” unsurprisingly were some of the most energetic tracks that highlighted this show as one of their best. It was a perfect walk down memory lane at my teenage years while I watched the majority of the crowd around me experiencing some of the finer moments in theirs. One thing I took away from this show; Short Stack still know how to put on a good show.


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Porti-Boy Embalming Machines from The Embalmers? Supply Company Now Available on MortuaryMall.comMortuaryMall.com, the innovative online shopping site owned and operated by funeral professionals for funeral professionals, is proud to announce that it is now offering the Porti-Boy line of embalming machines from The Embalmers? Supply Company (ESCO), the premier manufacturer of embalming supplies since 1886.
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Based in Connecticut, The Embalmers? Supply Company, trade name ESCO, has been serving the funeral service professional since 1886. ESCO provides a complete line of embalming supplies, equipment and fluids including Porti-Boy embalming machines, and Gold Crest & San Veino chemicals. ESCO has been operating a division in Canada since 1931, and has successfully set up distribution in thePhilippines to supply the Pacific Rim countries, and is making strides to market products in South America. ESCO has not been standing still over the years and will continue to be the leader in new products, new ideas, and new distribution points around the globe.
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The Crosstown Classic marks a truly vindictive series.
Both Chicago teams battle for the crown achievement of being the best baseball team in Chicago. Year in and year out, each team looks forward to the iconic showdown.
This time around, the White Sox are battling themselves, understanding the magnitude of the losses behind them and the importance of the games in front of them.
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Make no mistake, they're aware of the problem. And they have no excuses for their underwhelming season.
"I'm disappointed. This is on me. It's simple," Pedro Grifol said before Tuesday's loss to the Cubs. "I sat there (in Spring Training) and told everybody we had high expectations this year and (said) I was gonna lead us to where we wanted to go. And it's not happening.
"But that doesn't mean I'm gonna quit. Doesn't mean I'm gonna stop working. Doesn't mean I'm gonna not prepare to win this game and not prepare for Cleveland coming up . . . I am disappointed. And there's no excuse for it."
The White Sox are in a jam. This season was supposed to be a rejuvenation from last season's playoff miss and .500 record. Unfortunately, it took the opposite turn.
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The club is 20 games under .500 after Tuesday's 7-3 loss to the Cubs at home. They stand 41-61, as of this writing. In the AL Central division, they are 13.5 games back on the lead, owned by the Minnesota Twins.
It's a baffling situation. Before the season, on the White Sox Talk podcast, Joe Kelly characterized the 2022 season as the "worst-case scenario" for their roster. Somehow, it wasn't.
Other managers are confused. Ozzie Guillen mentioned on White Sox Postgame Live he's encountered three managers -- Bruce Bochy, Dusty Baker and Alex Cora -- who have come to him to ask the question everyone's wondering:
What's wrong with the White Sox?
"There's a style of baseball we want to play. There's a culture that we want to build. It hasn't happened," Grifol said. "And that's on me. Nobody else. That's on me. But there's only one way to go. Put your head down and keep working.
"I'm not gonna blame this thing on anybody. It's on me. I'm certainly not gonna sit here before, or after, or during a game and throw our players under the bus. I'm certainly not gonna do that."
On the White Sox Postgame Live show, former White Sox player, Frank Thomas, dared to do what Grifol refused: blame the players. As far as Thomas is concerned, Grifol can change the lineups, shift the defense and make in-game decisions.
He can't pitch strikes, hit balls, or score runs.
"The blame is on the players," Thomas said. "All he can do is write the lineups and put people in a situation to try to succeed. But as for going out getting hits and pitching strikes, he doesn't control that.
"That's on the players."
The players have not lived up to expectations this season. Hopeful to win the AL Central division and make it back to the playoffs, they've faltered.
The Sox have the 23rd-ranked offense and second-worst defense in the league. Their pitching hasn't been much better, representing the 24th-ranked team ERA in MLB.
Numbers don't lie. Their -76 run differential certainly doesn't, either.
At this point, the message from the White Sox is that they're aware of the problem. And they have plans to fix it.
"Believe me, I don't have my eyes shut and say 'Oh, we're doing good.' This is not what I signed up for," Grifol said. "Whether it's changes -- personnel changes, cultural changes --, or whatever the case may be, it's gonna happen."

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I need a business website with a custom graphic for the header. The graphic basically will form a semi-circle above the upper part of the page, and it should be formed with gray lines very close together.
The center of the page will be a logo (logo is already created). Surrounding the logo will be 5 pictures with borders(I have the pictures). Upon page entry, a presentation will begin.
The first picture will pop out of their box and grow large, with text next to it. When the picture grows large, the edges of the pic should be a fade. After giving time for the text to be read, it shrinks back to its box. The second picture will then do the same routine, until all 5 pictures have done this. This whole process should be accomplished in a minute to a minute and a half.
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DILIMAN, Quezon City—The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP), has officially kicked off the celebration of the 9th Organic Agriculture (OA) Month with the theme “Kabuhayang OA, Kinabukasang OK!” pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation No. 1030 issued in 2015.
DA Undersecretary Zamzamin Ampatuan, who serves as alternate representative of the agency to the National Organic Agriculture Board, expressed his full support to organic agriculture practitioners and industry stakeholders in the country, emphasizing the benefits of organic farming for the environment, human health, and community development.
“Organic agriculture is the spirit of agriculture, the conscience of agriculture,” he stated.
Senator Cynthia Villar also lauded the practice of organic farming in her video message, highlighting its financial benefits for farmers selling certified organic produce.
“It is good to produce organic products because farmers can sell their produce at higher price compared to the conventionally produced agricultural products,” she said.
NOAP Director Bernadette San Juan presented some of this year’s major projects related to the promotion of organic agriculture. These projects are aimed at empowering organic agriculture practitioners to attain a sector that is self-sufficient and not reliant on imports.
Meanwhile, Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Director Remelyn Recoter also spoke during the event and congratulated NOAP and its partners for their consistent effort to promote organic agriculture.
“This year, all initiatives are geared towards increasing the entrepreneurial mindset and activities related to organic agriculture among our youth and farmers; cooperatives and associations. And, we, at the Agricultural Training Institute, support these efforts to ensure that food is safe for all Filipinos and that farming is sustainable for our farmers and for the environment,” she added.
Other DA officials, including Undersecretary for Livestock Deogracias Victor Savellano, were also present at the event to show their support for the organic agriculture industry.
An exhibit was held as part of the launch where DA bureaus and attached agencies participated to promote organic agriculture products, technologies, and projects and services. Selected ATI-certified Learning Sites for Agriculture were also present for retail-selling of their organic and naturally-grown products.
The activity was held on November 10-12, 2023 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.
In support to the month-long celebration, the ATI will conduct various activities such as webinar series featuring matured organic agriculture technologies, regional and national “Kabataang OA” events, and media promotions to increase public awareness on the importance of organic agriculture.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Rotten Sound - Napalm EP
Dispite The Name, It's Still OK To Listen To.
Rotten Sound is a Finnish grindcore quartet. Having lost their bassist before this recording, the band decided to write this as a three-piece, then they got a new bass player. This EP contains some left over tracks from 2008's "Cycles" record and 3 covers.
This EP, like one might expect, is short, even for EP standards, just hitting 11 minutes. The 6 tracks on here contain the aforementioned 3 new tracks, and, like the title suggests, 3 Napalm Death covers. These covers stick to the original sound fairly well, but the band manage to make the tracks sound like themselves as well.
All but the classic cover of Suffer The Children, are under 3 minutes in length. Most of these tracks can kind of blur together, as many of them are so short and don't really process the first few times you listen to them. All of these tracks are fast, and don't really explore the groovy aspect of the band.
The sound of these tracks is very much in the vein of how the band have sounded on previous albums, crusty and groovy. Tracks like Brainload contains a lot of blast-beats and fast playing. Excluding the covers, there isn't a whole lot of variety on here, considering there are only 3 songs, but showcase the band's style.
Overall, this is a decent release that fans of both of the bands, Rotten Sound and Napalm Death, will probably check out. Even if you're not the biggest fan of the genre, this release is short and won't take up a lot of your life it you decide to listen to it and you hate it. If you're into fast and groovy grindcore, this is for you.
Overall Score: 7
Highlights: Dead Remains, Suffer The Children


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There was a pizza restaurant where I used to live that brought out a range of pizzas with non-dairy cheese toppings. I got so excited about it because their adverting made the pizzas look amazing. They used slogans such as 'Best Vegan Pizzas in London', which really had me excited about trying one.
However, when I checked their small print, it stated that all pizza bases are made with 15% milk, which 'cannot be altered because they are pre-made'. WTF?!?!
So who exactly were these pizzas aimed at? Vegans who cannot actually eat them because there's milk in the base, or lacto-intollerant people who also cannot eat them because of their allergies? I never got round to doing it, but I felt like phoning them up and asking them who exactly they were catering for with these new pizzas. The only consumer who would be interested is perhaps those that want a pizza but with less cholesterol/fat, but then I would assume that this market would be too small to really make an effort.
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Energy Conservation is Key
EPA Administrator talks green energy with Scholastic Kid Reporter
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson with Scholastic Kid Reporter Madison Hartke-Weber on April 18, 2009. (Photo courtesy Madison Hartke-Weber.)
Earth Day and the Environmental Protection Agency are both about 39 years old. They are approximately the same age, because the first Earth Day resulted in the creation of the nation's first agency to protect the environment and public health.
"Our air was so hazy that in parts of our country you couldn't see more than a block or two," said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in a recent interview with Scholastic News. "Rivers were literally on fire."
More than 20 million people turned out to protest on the first Earth Day in 1970. They wanted more regulation of industry and other polluters.
"No one expected anyone to come out," Jackson said. "Congress listened to the people and literally, within a year, the EPA was formed."
On Earth Day 2009, Jackson plans to testify before Congress to ask for more legislative support. As a member of President Obama's administration, she is asking Congress to approve new laws geared toward clean energy.
Congress has already taken action this year by setting aside $7.2 billion dollars of the economic stimulus package for the environment. The money will help create "green jobs," for example, organic farmers, solar panel electricians, and wind engineers. The money will also fund clean air and water projects.
One of those clean air projects will provide air filters on diesel-powered school buses.
"Kids sitting inside a school bus can face more polluted air than the ones outside," Jackson explained. "We have a filter we can put on school buses to help keep that air clean." The stimulus bill includes $100 million for new filters on school buses.
President Obama is also pushing a "Cap-and-Trade" program, which he says will stimulate the economy through energy conservation. Companies will be able to "trade" their unused energy credits to other companies that use more energy. The ability to trade credits provides an incentive to conserve energy.
"The cheapest way to move to green energy is to not use it [energy] in the first place." Jackson said. "Energy conservation would become much more important. Cap and trade makes it more economically smart to conserve."
Recently, the EPA issued a finding stating that greenhouse gases endanger public health. As a result of a two-year study, the EPA declared that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to the public's health.
"This finding confirms that greenhouse gas pollution is a serious problem now and for future generations," Jackson said, adding that young people, like Scholastic News readers, are the ones who need to learn now about how to help in the future.
"It's going to come to your generation to implement the solution that my generation is putting into place right now," she told this Scholastic News Kid Reporter.
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Don't miss the Scholastic Kids Press Corps Earth Day report.
Get the latest on national and international events, movies, television, music, sports, and more from Scholastic News Online.
Madison Hartke-Weber is a member of the Scholastic Kids Press Corps.


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In some policies the money value might construct slowly over numerous years, so don't depend on having access to a great deal of cash value immediately. Your policy illustration will show the predicted cash worth. There are numerous varieties of long-term life insurance: provides a fixed survivor benefit and cash value part that grows at a guaranteed rate of return. See the primary article for a complete description of the numerous features and variations. Some policies pay for the policyholder a share of the profits of the insurance companythese are termed with-profits policies. Other policies provide no rights to a share of the earnings of the companythese are non-profit policies. With-profits policies are utilized as a kind of cumulative investment scheme to achieve capital growth.
According to the area 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (of Indian penal code) premiums paid towards a legitimate life insurance coverage policy can be exempted from the taxable earnings. Along with life insurance coverage premium, section 80C allows exemption for other financial instruments such as Employee Provident Fund (EPF), Public Provident Fund (PPF), Equity Linked Savings Plan (ELSS), National Cost Savings Certificate (NSC), health insurance coverage premium are some of them.
The exemptions are eligible for people (Indian residents) or Hindu Undivided Household (HUF). Apart from tax benefit under section 80C, in India, a policy holder is entitled for a tax exemption on the survivor benefit got. The gotten amount is completely exempt from Earnings Tax under Section 10( 10D). Where the life insurance is supplied through a superannuation fund, contributions made to fund insurance premiums are tax deductible for self-employed individuals and considerably self-employed individuals and employers.
For insurance coverage through a superannuation fund, the annual deductible contributions to the superannuation funds are subject to age limitations. These limits use to employers making deductible contributions. They also apply to self-employed individuals and considerably self-employed persons. Included in these total limitations are insurance premiums. This means that no extra deductible contributions can be made for the financing of insurance premiums.
For additional details on deductible contributions see "under what conditions can a company claim a reduction for contributions made on behalf of their staff members?" and "what is the definition of significantly self-employed?" - what is universal life insurance. The insurance premium paid by the superannuation fund can be declared by the fund as a deduction to decrease the 15% tax on contributions and revenues.
Not known Factual Statements About How Do Life Insurance Policies Work
Premiums paid by a policyholder are not deductible from gross income, although premiums paid by means of an approved pension Additional resources fund registered in regards to the Income Tax Act are allowed to be deducted from personal earnings tax (whether these premiums are nominally being paid by the employer or staff member). The benefits emerging from life assurance policies are typically not taxable as income to recipients (once again when it comes to authorized advantages, these fall under retirement or withdrawal taxation guidelines from SARS).
Premiums paid by the policy owner are generally not deductible for federal and state earnings tax functions, and proceeds paid by the insurer upon the death of the insured are not consisted of in gross earnings for federal and state earnings tax purposes. However, if the proceeds are consisted of in the "estate" of the departed, it is likely they will undergo federal and state estate and estate tax.
For this reason, insurance coverage can be a legal and genuine tax shelter wherein cost savings can increase without tax up until the owner withdraws the cash from the policy. In flexible-premium policies, big deposits of premium might trigger the agreement to be thought about a modified endowment agreement by the Irs (Internal Revenue Service), which negates much of the https://www.linkedin.com/ccompany/WesleyFinancialGroup tax benefits associated with life insurance.
The tax ramifications of life insurance coverage are intricate. The policy owner would be well recommended to thoroughly consider them. As always, both the United States Congress and state legislatures can change the tax laws at any time. In 2018, a fiduciary standard guideline on retirement products by the United States Department of Labor positioned a possible threat.
Non-investment life policies do not typically bring in either income tax or capital gains tax on a claim. If the policy has as financial investment aspect such as an endowment policy, whole of life policy or a financial investment bond then the tax treatment is determined by the qualifying status of the policy.
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Basically, long term contracts (10+ years) tend to be qualifying policies and the profits are devoid of income tax and capital gains tax. Single premium agreements and those running for a short-term are subject to earnings tax relying on the marginal rate in the year a gain is made.
Therefore, a policyholder who is a higher-rate taxpayer (40% in 2005-06), or turns into one through the transaction, should pay tax on the gain at the difference in between the higher and the lower rate. This gain is lowered by applying an estimation called top-slicing based upon the variety of years the policy has been held.
One function which specifically prefers investment bonds is the "5% cumulative allowance" the capability to draw 5% of the initial financial investment amount each policy year without being subject to any taxation on the amount withdrawn (how to find out if someone has life insurance). If not utilized in one year, the 5% allowance can roll over into future years, subject to an optimum tax-deferred withdrawal of 100% of the premiums payable.
This is a particularly useful tax planning tool for greater rate taxpayers who anticipate to end up being fundamental rate taxpayers at some predictable point in the future, as at this point the deferred tax liability will not lead to tax being due. The proceeds of a life policy will be consisted of in the estate for death responsibility (in the UK, inheritance tax) purposes.
Trust law and tax of trusts can be complicated, so any private intending to use trusts for tax preparation would typically look for professional guidance from an independent financial adviser and/or a solicitor. Although offered before April 2006, from this date pension term guarantee became commonly available in the UK. Many UK insurers embraced the name "life insurance with tax relief" for the item.
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All premiums are paid at a web of standard rate tax at 22%, and higher-rate tax payers can gain an additional 18% tax relief through their income tax return. Although not appropriate for all, PTA briefly turned into one of the most typical kinds of life guarantee offered in the UK till, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced the withdrawal of the plan in his pre-budget statement on 6 December 2006.

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Call of Duty is as popular as it's ever been, but it's also in danger of leaving fans behind.
This first came up in late 2014 when Advanced Warfare launched. Sledgehammer Games made some changes to the game's foundational mechanics in the name of a future warfare setting. Cybernetically enhanced soldiers could jump higher, hit harder and move faster than previous Call of Duty soldiers. The result was a tense roller-coaster of a campaign coupled with an online competitive mode that felt just a bit too technically demanding for casual fans of shooting at other humans online.
In other words: you were either a sensational PvPer, or you got your ass handed to you. Repeatedly.
Now comes Black Ops III, the latest from longtime Call of Duty studio Treyarch. The developer has a future warfare setting as well, with its own, completely new set of play mechanics. Much like Advanced Warfare, you move faster and jump higher. But Black Ops III is very much its own beast. It moves differently, but more than that, new multiplayer "specialists" redefine the PvP game.
The spectrum of power
Specialists are one of nine characters that players can choose from. Each character has his or her own background that, in gameplay terms, influences the special weapon and ability (you choose one or the other for your loadout) that they're equipped with. Unlike standard loadout gear, use of these specials is dictated by a meter that constantly fills during a match and doesn't reset until you use said ability.
The challenge is that they don't really fit inside Call of Duty's existing "power band," as multiplayer director Dan Bunting refers to it. Everything that empowers a Call of Duty player — from gear to perks to scorestreaks — falls somewhere inside an unseen power spectrum. It's not a value you can view in the game; power band is more of an intangible, something Treyarch thinks about as it balances different weapons, perks, scorestreak rewards and the like against one another.
"The things that you put in your create-a-class are really ... less about strategy and more about moment-to-moment tactics," he explains. That's one end of the power band spectrum, where the most immediate gameplay hooks exist. The gun you choose to carry into battle directly impacts how you're playing at any given moment in a multiplayer match.
"Scorestreaks are more about the long-term," Bunting continues. "Trying to build to something, and that thing you build to is powerful in a way that you can't really have on your player." That's the other end of the power band.
Bunting and his team quickly realized that the specials land somewhere in the middle; they're too powerful for anyone to have constant access, but they're not rewarding enough to qualify as appropriate scorestreak rewards. The constantly filling meter struck a balance. Everyone gets their special at least once or twice per match, but no one has such ready access that it throws the game out of balance.
There was an unintended side effect, but a very positive one. "What we found through playtesting with the team and other consumers that we brought in for user testing is that ... when you start getting used to these weapons or abilities of these characters, it starts to affect your play style," Bunting explains. "Because it is in that middle power band range, it does play more into a strategy."
One character, the Outrider, has an ability called "Vision Pulse" that temporarily highlights every single enemy on the map as a red silhouette, even through walls. The Prophet can drop a device anywhere and, with the press of a button, instantaneously teleport back to wherever the device was dropped. Action tends to ebb and flow in online Call of Duty matches, and with this new system, there's a feeling of building toward the moment when you can use your special.
"So you start to play to the strengths of that character, you start to play to the themes of that character," Bunting says. "If you're the Outrider and you've chosen the Vision Pulse, for example, you really feel like you're hunting down characters. So you start to then eventually build classes around that behavior. It's been a really interesting phenomenon."
Accessibility is a constant concern for Bunting and his team. How do you keep the game engaging for all levels of player when you're stacking new systems on top of old ones? The unexpected twist of that Black Ops III's specialists introduce seems to address that. Call of Duty players generally have their own style of play, and specialists help to reinforce the value of playing for more than just a high kill count.
"We go to great lengths to make the game fun to play whether you're the best at getting kill count, stacking up scorestreaks or you like to play the mode and capture objectives for the team," Bunting says. "One of our leads on our team, he is just the guy who takes out the scorestreaks from the other team. That's how he plays. He gets satisfaction out of that, because he's not the best slayer. We try to make sure that there's enough variety so that there's something for everybody in this game."
Nailing the balance
Role-based play carries the promise of some fresh variety for Call of Duty's online play, but developing the systems is only part of the process. Once the concepts are locked in, the long process of tuning begins. How long is the special recharge? Does it vary by specialist ability? Should it go faster or slower in different match types?
These are all questions that Bunting and his team need to digest and find answers to. Even after the game launches, there's a continuous tuning process, delivered via game updates, as a wide audience of players employs strategies that the devs never even thought of.
"We have talked about doing different earn rates for these mechanics in different game modes and game types," Bunting says. "It really brings up this heightened moment of tension when you earn the weapon, because there's so much feeling of loss when you get killed while you're using it. You want to hold onto it as long as you can, as long as that meter will let you. So it comes down to a lot of feel; how does that tension feel in certain modes?"
He continues: "Search & Destroy, for example, is a much slower, more tactical game mode and we've talked about making the earn rate much longer in that mode so you basically build up to the final matches and then, at that point, you start to see people come out with their big, powerful weapons. It makes for some really great spectator entertainment. It'll all come down to tuning and getting the feel right for each mode."
The esports equation
Spectator entertainment: that's another crucial component for Call of Duty, what with it being an esports darling. It's still a realm that a lot of game creators are stumped by. How do you present your game to the player vs. people who might be watching? For a team-based, fast-moving game like Call of Duty, it's tough to provide spectators with a broad overview of the action. But keeping the perspective locked to one competitor's camera isn't the answer either.
How Black Ops III handles spectator remains to be seen. There's also the question of how the addition of specialists might change for the pro gaming crowd, since certain game rules often change for esports matches. At this point, Bunting is only willing to confirm that there's a plan in place.
"There's a lot we are gonna talk about later when it comes to how the specialists pertain to esports and our competitive agenda," he says. "I think it's gonna be cool. There's always a big concern with the pro gaming crowd that they like the pure, raw gunplay and not all of the extras. They don't like scorestreaks a lot of the time, they don't like these superpowers, if you want to call them that. We have an answer to that and we're excited about it."
As far as spectators go, "the most important thing is that it's fun to watch," Bunting says. "If you have no spectator audience, you have no phenomenon around watching that game experience. You can't have esports without an audience."
Fun to watch and competitive to play. And then balance, to ensure fair fights all around. They're all critical components that Bunting and his multiplayer team need to nail. He feels like they're off to an encouraging start with specialists and the way they promise to change the core experience.
"We really hope that they'll adopt the [specialists] system for competitive play, because it's so much fun to watch and it really changes the role that people play in these game modes," he says. "And there's nothing more competitive than that, putting people into roles and having them stick to a component of the team."

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Es Devlin is Pretty Cool
Pioneering and visionary – two words that sum up our mission here at Heist. And they’re also two words that perfectly describe Es Devlin.
She’s the world’s most sought-after set designer. Even if you haven’t heard her name, you’ve definitely seen her work. She’s designed sets for (deep breath): Adele, Jay Z, Kanye, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, The Pet Shop Boys, Miley Cyrus, U2, and Beyonce. When Kayne fired his set-designer ten days before the start of a tour, it was Es who got the call. She had Adele tour the world in front of magnified projections of her own eyes; she had Jay Z and Kanye perform on top of giant video cubes; she’s even sent Miley Cyrus down a bubblegum-pink fibreglass slide of her own tongue. Set-designers can go bigger, wilder and more extreme because she went first.
And yet. ‘I can’t actually think of a day when I haven’t felt like I’m failing,’ she admits. ‘I’m am very, very rarely satisfied with anything that I make. And I think that’s probably what drives me to continue. Trying to fail a little better the next time I fail.’
Her work isn’t all pop & rock. As well as designing for Adele and Beyonce, Es works in theatre, opera, dance and film, with performances spanning Shakespeare, Mozart and Bizet. But she claims a common thread runs through all these performances. ‘I might find that I create a very similar shape for a Rihanna performance as I might for a Wagner performance. And I might find that I create a similar line for Beyonce as I might for an 18th century opera, that will then re-surface in a piece of work for Kanye. There’s a purity at the heart of what most people do.’
Why so many projects of such hugely different tone? Her philosophy is to make the most of the time that she has. ‘If you’re Don Giovanni and you’re fucking 2,675 women, are you somehow getting more hours out of life? In the Lars von Trier film Nymphomaniac, Charlotte Gainsbourg says this thing which I cannot get out of my mind: my only sin is that I want more from the setting of the sun…’


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Over 35 million people trade on Coinbase
According to a new report, number of Coinbase users is 35 million man.
Now there are five million users more, than last July of the year.
As the new report showed, the client base Coinbase continues to grow rapidly. The number of users exceeded 35 million in 100 countries.
Coinbase is growing exponentially
New report of one of the most popular in the world cryptocurrency exchanges showed that in this moment Coinbase provides services more 35 million users in over 100 countries. According to the results of the first half of the year, Coinbase, based in San Francisco, stated, what Now it operates the largest regulated exchange in the world and continues to grow. Current 35 million users, including retail and institutional customers, up five million from last year.
Last July, Alistair Milne, investment director at Altana Digital Currency Fund, London-based arm of hedge fund Altana Investments, tweeted a spreadsheet showing Coinbase’s year-over-year growth.. According to this the table grew by five million in 10 months. Coinbase did not disclose how many of these users is an active; some users may not be performing any operations.
Cryptocurrency distribution process launched
The Coinbase report also said that the traditional financial industry continues to use cryptocurrencies:
“Many large and more conservative institutional investors are distributing funds for the first time using Coinbase to create direct positions and manage cryptocurrency funds as part of an alternative strategy “.
This is what target Coinbase: Exchange Offers Prime Platform for financial institutions that want to trade with commercial funds, as well as the Coinbase Custody service, which provides them with secure and reliable storage facilities digital assets.
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I have not posted any .22 Marauder groups, so I decided that a post or two was in order. I got in a lot of trigger time yesterday (and am still getting more today) as I tried various things to fix my leaking Marauder. While I do have a problem with my Marauder, there are a couple of positives to point out. First, using the Hill hand pump has given me a ton of exercise! If I stay with the Marauder and PCP, I can see the light (almost) of going scuba. Second, I really like the Marauder. For backyard shooting it is a ton of fun; that repeater is just silly – load up four clips, and blow through 40 pellets in a manner of minutes!
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I know these results are not by any stretch great (probably average at best), but for my purposes I think they are pretty darn good. First, I was shooting in the 2200-1900 psi range, so I am not coming close to maximizing the potential of the gun. Second, I was shooting at about 65 feet from a sitting position. In other words I bet the results would have been better off a bench. The top view is a picture of ten shots. If you take the time to count the holes, you will notice that I landed five shots in the center hole around the crosshair. Not too shabby!
In the early days of the Marauder I was getting a load failure about 1 out of 20 shots. This eased to 1 out of 30, and now I cannot think of the last time this happened. The problem occurred when the bolt got stuck and did not load the pellet properly, or maybe even loaded two pellets! I am not sure if this was a breaking in period, or maybe just user error since this is my first repeater.
All in all, except for the problem with the leak, I am pretty pleased with the Marauder. It is a real treat to shoot in the backyard.


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Corinne Bailey Rae Debuts 'Closer' Music Video
"Closer" music video from Corinne Bailey Rae has been out for viewing pleasure. Coming out at Essence.com, it features the 31-year-old singer as she performs the song in a dark room, bringing "a dreamy sensuous feel, perfect for a steamy summer playlist."
"I had such an amazing time making this video. The director, Adria Petty, has brilliant ideas," Bailey Rae said. "We both thought about the feel of the song and independently imagined a slightly seventies look, Donna Summer sexy, abandoned roller disco fun."
Of her favorite scene in the clip, she chooses the one which features her "with the veil inspired by a 1970s Vogue cover by Bianca Jagger." She added, "The choreographer Frank Gatson was on hand to offer me advice about movement in the video. He helped my focus of the strength shape I was making."
"Closer" is taken from Corinne Bailey Rae's second studio album "The Sea" which has been released since January this year.
Corinne Bailey Rae's "Closer" music video
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On 13 August 2014, the Department for Communities and Local Government, HM Treasury and the Homes and Communities Agency announced government plans to create 30 housing zones on brownfield sites in England as part of their continuing efforts to increase the supply of new housing.
A prospectus was published setting out details of the funding and bidding process to create housing zones outside of London (a separate London housing zones prospectus was published by the Mayor of London for bids from London boroughs). The housing zones programme aims to unlock brownfield land that might be used to develop housing schemes through a combination of:
- Long-term investment funding.
- Local development orders to simplify the planning process.
- Local authority leadership.
- Support from central government and the Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS).
Local authorities who submit successful proposals will have access to £200 million of recoverable investment funding and cheaper borrowing at the Public Works Loan Board’s project rate for capital infrastructure expenditure.
The prospectus states that, ‘Schemes on (brownfield) land could be ready to go but are being held back by the high upfront capital that is needed. This is where the availability of investment funding can unlock development.... The introduction of Housing Zones is a chance to break down some of the barriers that are holding back development. Housing Zones are an opportunity for local authorities to set out a vision for the transformation of large brownfield sites locally, and through the support government is offering, take the lead in realising that vision in partnership with private sector developers.’
Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, said, ‘We want Housing Zones to be areas where we can speed up and simplify the process of house building on brownfield land through locally led partnerships. London has already made a start with their prospectus, and the Mayor of London has described it as ‘turbo-charging house building.’ I want to see the same response to this challenge around England, whilst protecting our valued countryside. There is enough brownfield land to deliver up to 200,000 new homes across the country. We need to seize this opportunity.’
On 20 February 2015, Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that nine new london housing zones would be established in Greenwich, Bexley, Barking and Dagenham, Wandsworth, Harrow, Hounslow, Lewisham, Ealing and Haringey. It is expected that this will accelerate the construction of up to 30,000 new homes, of which around a third will be affordable housing. Ref Gov.uk Plans to help deliver over 400,000 homes for London set out by Chancellor.
In March 2015, the Chancellor's Statement announced twenty areas had been selected as the first Housing Zones, with government plans to work with a further 8 councils – helping to deliver up to 45,000 new homes on brownfield land. Ref Gov.uk, Hundreds of thousands of homes and jobs will be delivered through a package of measures announced in today’s Budget 18 March 2015.
In June 2015, the Mayor of London announced four new housing zones in Havering, Enfield, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets. Ref London.go.uk 25 June 2015, and in July 2015, Brent, Westminster and Sutton were added to the list.
In October 2015, housing zones in Lambeth and Merton were added, and mayor Boris Johnson pledged to add 10 more by May 2016.
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The CRKT Ripple 2 is a classic gentleman’s folder knife with high quality materials and some of the smoothest opening action on a folder/flipper we have seen. It uses the IKBS system. This Ken Onion designed knife has been recently updated for the year 2013 and the new variations are the K401GXP and K401BXP. The BXP is bronze, the GXP is grey. This new style is just a little bit longer than the original 400 series. They still have the stainless steel handles with a titanium nitride finish, although the pattern on the new version is a bit “bigger”. I think it is a definite upgrade in the look. If you are looking for an upscale flipper knife, the new CRKT Ripple 2 knives are definitely a series to check out. Watch out over the next few weeks, we are expecting the new variations of the 405 series to be showing up soon.
Here is a quick video review on the upcoming CRKT Swindle.
Looking forward to having this knife in stock–it is excellent.
CRKT Hissatsu 2907 Video Review. Good Stuff.
The CRKT Hissatsu is a fixed blade knife series that has three variations. You can also get the Hissatsu in a folder or spring assist model but specifically I will review the fixed blade edition. Similar in some ways to the much more expensive Hisshou knife that is also a James Williams design, the Hissatsu is relatively inexpensive. At just $79.95, you can pick one up without breaking the bank. Here are the things I really like about this knife.
- Designed as a fighting knife after a legendary blade shape by Takeda Shingen, this knife is built to give you maximum penetration.
- It also gives you slashing capabilities.
- The thin profile means you can carry it into tactical situations as a secondary weapon for close quarters combat.
- The handle has an Oyatsubo, which is the traditional name for the node on one side–which means whatever the conditions, you will know which way the blade is facing by the feel of the handle.
- It has a great injection molded glass filled nylon sheath that has multiple carry options.
If you are looking for a CQC knife that can be carried easily and is built for performance, the Hissatsu is definitely a knife to consider. You can pick it up with an all black blade, a satin finish blade, or a desert tan blade and handle.
Ken Onion has designed some pretty fantastic knives through the years. Recently, he and CRKT released the Ripple 2 knife. This manual folder has a lot going for it. It is built on a proprietary ball bearing system that creates a nearly frictionless glide for the knife blade as it opens. You pull the flipper with your finger and the blade just whips right open. This knife isn’t a spring assisted, but it sure opens as good as one. It stays closed through a detent system with the bearings. So it has a positive lock. Then, when you flip it, out comes the blade and just keeps going until it snaps into place–open.
One other thing I really like about this knife is the CNC machined handles. You can get it in either a blue or charcoal color–but it is the feel of the handle I like best. Made with a whole ton of texture, the handle gives you a nice solid grip. This is a great pocket knife for EDC.
Knife Category: Manual Folder
Blade Style: Drop Point, Plain Edge
Blade Length: 2.75″
Blade Material: Acuto+ Stainless
Open Length: 6 1/2
Closed Length: 3 3/4″
Weight: 2.3 Ounces
Lock Mechanism: FFrameLock
Safety: Ball Detent for bias towards closed position
CRKT makes some really great spring assisted knives. Most of their knives use the Outburst technology, which is their name for their proprietary spring system. It is good. Real good. The Notorious, designed by McGinnis who is a student at NC State University, is a great new addition to CRKT’s line of spring assist knives. This knife has a great blade shape, a very comfortable handle, and it works like a charm.
Blade: Length: 3.50″ (89 mm)
Thickness: 0.121″ (3.1 mm)
Steel: 8Cr14MoV, 58-59 HRC
Closed: Handle length: 4.50″ (114 mm)
Open: Overall length: 8.00″ (203 mm)
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When Alan Farash started Transeo Global Vehicle Solutions in 2004, he worked as a consultant armed with 21 years of auto manufacturing experience and a laptop.
In February, he will move his Huber Heights-based armored vehicles company to a 45,000-square-foot building in a Clark County industrial park. The new space is nearly double the current location and Farash plans to double the workforce from the existing 45 employees within one year.
Clark and Montgomery counties were in competition for the deal, along with locations outside Ohio. Farash said he is pleased to stay in the Dayton area.
The company is "committed to the Dayton market and creating economic stimulus there," Farash said.
Transeo will move to the 235 Business Park in Park Layne, a non-incorporated township near New Carlisle that has no income tax.
To retain the company in Ohio, the state awarded it a 25 percent tax credit for five-years, estimated at $49,389 in December. In return, the company is required to maintain operations there for 10 years.
Transeo modifies stock vans, SUVs and trucks inside its facility for the global "cash-in-transit" industry and provides discreet vehicle services for people all over the world, including United Nations officials. Though the company's double-digit revenue stream is generated mostly by domestic cash-in-transit companies, the global marketplace is ripe for growth because developing countries in Eastern Europe and Africa need protected transport for large amounts of money, Farash said. However, Transeo's armored transport doesn't look like the unwieldy armored trucks from the movies.
Instead it uses sleek looking, Euro-style Sprinter vans that provide better fuel economy and maneuverability. It also offers an armored full-sized Ford van and is developing a medium-duty armored truck with Toyota -- all aimed at bucking armored transport stereotypes.
The average vehicle costs anywhere between $50,000 to $100,000.
"The intent isn't to make a truck into an armored personnel carrier or a battle tank," Farash said.
Transeo is 70 percent owned by New-York based Monomoy Capital Partners, according to the Ohio Department of Development. Farash said he lives in New York but keeps an apartment locally and is committed to growing his company in the Dayton region.
"Because we started here, have roots here and there is a pool of labor, it just made a lot of sense to commit to growing here," he said.
Clark County Commissioner John Detrick said he was very happy to hear that Transeo chose Clark County, where it will be housed.
"It's a positive example of job expansion," Detrick said. "We are just very excited to have them here and we will be working closely with them to keep them happy."
David Zak, vice president of economic development for the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, said landing Transeo is important because it has good paying jobs. The jobs will average just under $20 per hour, Zak said.
"These can support a good quality of life for folks," Zak said. "That is pretty darn important."
Zak said Clark County isn't in the business of poaching companies from other counties and that he worked with Montgomery County and Huber Heights to make sure they didn't have room to expand the company.
"We were open about it," Zak said. "I feel proud about that; we don't poach."
Farash said he expects to expand at his new location in five years after the company diversifies its offering to expand further into the global marketplace.
This year, Farash is also starting a subsidiary company, Transeo Global Security Solutions, that will be based locally and geared toward training vehicle drivers and passengers.
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The embattled author of ‘Three Cups of Tea’ has undergone open-heart surgery nearly two months after reports questioned the accuracy of the book and whether he benefited from the charity he founded,…
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was recovering from an operation in Saudi Arabia to remove shrapnel from his chest while a truce between his troops and a tribal federation appeared to be…
DURHAM – England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has undergone surgery on his left knee and is expected to be fit for the Twenty20 and One-Day Internationals against Sri Lanka in June.
The Durham man underwent the procedure to remove ‘loose bodies’ and correct cartilage damage after struggling with knee problems during the recent World Cup on the sub-continent. The 34-year-old, who remains captain of the Twenty20 side, announced his retirement from Test cricket following England’s
Lahore – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with the Health Ministry and Allama Iqbal Medical College/Jinnah Hospital, conducted a four-day ICRC Emergency Room trauma course at Jinnah Hospital’s surgical block on Friday.
A surgical skill sab is also being established at Jinnah Hospital. Dr Dalla Torre Mauro and Dr Alberto Nardini from Italy and Dr Zafar Ali Chaudhry fromJinnah Hospital trained the surgeons from different parts of Punjab in
LAHORE – 15th intensive Orthopaedic Surgery review course has started at Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore on Monday under Orthopaedic Surgery Department supervision. Chairman and Dean Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore Dr Muhammad Saeed inaugurated the course which has been especially designed for FCPS, MS and FRCS student doctors’ exam preparation.
Saeed advised the doctors to take keen interest in their studies and attend the training course with devotion. Orthopaedic Surgery Department
LAHORE – The Sheikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) Orthopedic Surgery Department will organise the 15th intensive review course in orthopedic surgery from February 21 to 26 for preparation of FCPS, MS & FRCS students.
Professors from all over the country would deliver lectures and train students for examinations.
RIYADH – Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz arrived in Casablanca, Morocco on Saturday to convalesce two months after undergoing back surgery in the United States, the official SPA news agency reported.
“King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud arrived in Casablanca in the Kingdom of Morocco from New York to complete physical therapy and recovery,” said the report. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI met King Abdullah at Casablanca airport, SPA and an official Moroccan source added.
MADRID – Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain will undergo surgery to fix a slipped disc that has sidelined him since November in the United States next week, the Spanish club said Thursday.
The 23-year-old Argentine international will be operated on at Chicago’s Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on Tuesday, it said in a statement. Real revealed at the beginning of December that the player had sustained a slipped disc that could require an operation, prompting
MADRID – Real Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka is in “perfect shape” following the knee surgery he underwent in August, the Belgian doctor who performed the operation said in comments published Wednesday. “Kaka needed to have the surgery, he could not play with the pain he was feeling and the treatment he has had since the operation has been perfect,” sports daily Marca quoted Doctor Marc Martens as saying.
“Now he has a new knee, it is like he had never had the operation. He
SYDNEY – Australia captain Ricky Ponting is to undergo surgery on Tuesday on the fractured finger which forced him to miss his first test match in six years this week. The 36-year-old fractured a bone the little finger in his left hand while fielding in the third Ashes test in Perth and played through the injury in the defeat in Melbourne last week that ended Australia’s hopes of regaining the
Ashes. He was rested for this week’s fifth test in Sydney to give him time to
LONDON: Actress Angelina Jolie says she never had any plastic surgery and would not even opt for it. “I haven’t had anything done and I don’t think I will,” said Jolie.
“But if it makes somebody happy, then that’s up to them. I’m not in somebody else’s skin to know what makes them feel better about themselves. But I don’t plan to do it myself,” she added. The actress is enjoying life thoroughly with partner Brad Pitt and their six children.
“I enjoy the work more now because
Hollywood actress Julianne Moore has vowed never to undergo cosmetic surgery to change her look as she thinks it won’t make her feel any younger. The 49-year-old actress insists she would still feel her age, regardless of how her appearance changes.
“First and foremost, I’m an actor and so I don’t want to do anything to my face. I can do whatever I want, and I’m still going to be 49 years old, it’s not going to change anything,” she said. “I don’t know that I’m going to look any
ISLAMABAD: Born 7 months ago in Sahiwal, the conjoined twins Shazia and Nazia are still waiting for the risky incisive surgery at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) that will separate the two.
The twins have been waiting for their turn with the parents having left them in the care of an ailing grandmother to look after their two normal sons at home. “I do not know what is taking them so long. We are all mentally prepared that the surgery could fail to save their lives
Just a day after gossip-mills went abuzz with reports that Salman Khan has had a surgery to sport youthful eyes, the actor has come out to rubbish all such reports. And if Salman is to be believed then it’s the scratch under his eye and not any surgery that is forcing him to sport glares.
Posting a picture of his bruised eye on his Twitter homepage, Salman tweeted, “I was okay to walk the ramp without the glares but everyone who saw my eye got scared. So I thought it best to wear


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For 2011’s inaugural Ecstatic Music Festival, Dan Deacon hooked up with So Percussion to premiere a newly commissioned piece described by the Voice‘s Puja Patel as a “do-it-yourself clusterfuck of sound.” This year, the bearded-and-bespectacled Baltimorean is back at the indie-classical crossover game with fresh material he has composed for a pair of acclaimed young outfits: New York’s NOW Ensemble and L.A.’s Calder Quartet. (The latter have performed with Andrew W.K., among others, which means the clusterfucking might well continue.) Tonight, the two will perform separately, then join forces to create a veritable chamber-music supergroup. Watch out, Chickenfoot.
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Sharon Leal — who last season recurred on the aforementioned CW program as White Martian M’gann — has booked a series-regular role on CBS’ midseason drama Instinct, it was announced Thursday.
Instinct follows Dr. Dylan Reinhart (The Good Wife‘s Alan Cumming), a former CIA operative who has since built a “normal” life as a gifted professor and writer. He is lured back into his old life when tenacious NYPD detective Lizzie Needham (Shameless‘ Bojana Novakovic) needs his help to stop a serial killer.
Leal will portray Lizzie’s friend, who has recently been promoted to their boss at the NYPD. She replaces Khandi Alexander (CSI: Miami), who played a different iteration of the character in the pilot.
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Darcy Tessman from the Department of Human Development, Hospitality, and Food Science has been using cookie cutters created and printed in the Digital Humanities Lab to bake ECU branded cookies.
John Dougherty's Typography class, in collaboration with Dana Jordan (NASNTI), designed letter print blocks on Fusion 360 and printed these blocks using the 3D printer.
April Nesbit's Molecular Biology class, in collaboration with Dana Jordan (NASNTI), created molecular cookie cutters using a 3D printer and Fusion 360. The class also made cookies with the cookie cutters they designed!
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COVID-19 Data Visualization
ECU Mathematics students Jacob Mantooth and James Norman, under the direction of Dr. Nicholas Jacob, worked with COVID-19 data to develop visualizations looking at spread of the virus throughout the United States. They developed several visualizations comparing multivariate data in scatter plots and maps. Visualizations included data on COVID-19 cases, travel data, county size, states, and face mask requirements.
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Analysis & Outlook on the World’s Alumina & Aluminum Production & Processing Market, 2014-2019 & 2022 - ResearchAndMarkets.com
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The “Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Global Market Forecast To 2022” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
Asia Pacific was the largest region in the global alumina and aluminum production and processing market, accounting for 66% of the market in 2018. Western Europe was the second largest region accounting for 11% of the global alumina and aluminum production and processing market. Africa was the smallest region in the global alumina and aluminum production and processing market.
Aluminum manufacturers are producing customized aluminum alloys for automobile manufacturers to produce light weigh vehicles. The use of aluminum alloys in vehicles reduces carbon emissions Increases fuel economy and improves overall stability as aluminum alloys considerably reduces vehicle body weight.
This is primarily driven by stringent emission regulations and growing pressure to improve economy by many national and state governments. For instance, the US government’s federal emission standards, makes it mandatory for automobile manufacturers to increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) from 35.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in 2016 to 54.5 mpg by 2025. This increase in CAFE is being achieved by increasing the aluminum content in the vehicle’s body to reduce its weight by around 30%.
In line with this trend, global automobile manufacturers are increasing the aluminum content in their vehicles. For instance, in 2015, automobile manufacturer Ford launched its all-aluminum body F-150 mini truck which was 700 pounds lighter than the vehicle’s earlier version. Similarly, automobile manufacturer Cadillac uses a mix of steel and aluminum for its CT6 luxury cars launched in 2015.
This report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography. It places the market within the context of the wider metal manufacturing market, and compares it with other markets.
- The market characteristics section of the report defines and explains the market.
- The market size section gives the market size ($b) covering both the historic growth of the market and forecasting the future. Drivers and restraints looks at the external factors supporting and controlling the growth of the market.
- Market segmentations break down market into sub markets.
- The regional and country breakdowns section gives an analysis of the market in each geography and the size of the market by geography and compares their historic and forecast growth. It covers all the regions, key developed countries and major emerging markets. It draws comparisons with country populations and economies to understand the importance of the market by country and how this is changing.
- Competitive landscape gives a description of the competitive nature of the market, market shares, and a description of the leading companies. Key financial deals which have shaped the market in recent years are identified.
- The trends and strategies section highlights the likely future developments in the market and suggests approaches companies can take to exploit this.
- The alumina and aluminum production and processing market section of the report gives context. It compares the alumina and aluminum production and processing market with other segments of the metal manufacturing market by size and growth, historic and forecast. It analyses GDP proportion, expenditure per capita, alumina and aluminum production and processing indicators comparison.
- Markets Covered: Aluminum Product Manufacturing From Purchased Aluminum, Secondary Smelting And Alloying Of Aluminum, Alumina Refining And Primary Aluminum Production
- Companies Mentioned: Rio Tinto, Weiqiao/ Hongqiao Group, United Co RUSAL PLC, Alcoa, Norsk Hydro
- Metrics Covered: Number of Enterprises, Number of Employees
- Regions: Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa
- Time series: Five years historic and forecast
- Data: Ratios of market size and growth to related markets, GDP proportions, expenditure per capita, alumina and aluminum production and processing indicators comparison
- Data segmentation: country and regional historic and forecast data, market share of competitors, market segments
Key Topics Covered
1. Executive Summary
2. Report Structure
3. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Characteristics
3.1. Market Definition
3.2. Key Segmentations
4. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Product Analysis
4.1. Leading Products/ Services
4.2. Key Features and Differentiators
4.3. Development Products
5. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Supply Chain
5.1. Supply Chain
5.3. End Customers
6. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Customer Information
6.1. Customer Preferences
6.2. End Use Market Size and Growth
7. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Trends And Strategies
8. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Size And Growth
8.1. Market Size
8.2. Historic Market Growth, Value ($ Billion)
8.2.1. Drivers Of The Market
8.2.2. Restraints On The Market
8.3. Forecast Market Growth, Value ($ Billion)
8.3.1. Drivers Of The Market
8.3.2. Restraints On The Market
9. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Regional Analysis
9.1. Global Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market, 2018, By Region, Value ($ Billion)
9.2. Global Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market, 2014 - 2022, Historic And Forecast, By Region
9.3. Global Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market, Growth And Market Share Comparison, By Region
10. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Segmentation
10.1. Global Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market, Segmentation By Type, 2014 - 2022, Value ($ Billion)
10.1.1. Aluminum Product Manufacturing From Purchased Aluminum
10.1.2. Secondary Smelting And Alloying Of Aluminum
10.1.3. Alumina Refining And Primary Aluminum Production
11. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Metrics
11.1. Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Size, Percentage Of GDP, 2014 - 2022, Global
11.2. Per Capita Average Alumina And Aluminum Production And Processing Market Expenditure, 2014 - 2022, Global
- Rio Tinto
- Weiqiao/ Hongqiao Group
- United Co RUSAL PLC
- Norsk Hydro
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The European Union (EU) has set a precedent by introducing the AI Act – which focuses on the high-risk areas of AI tech usage.
The legislation hailed by EU Commissioner Thierry Breton as “historic” will introduce a risk-based approach to AI oversight.
The act adopts a risk-based approach, focusing on high-risk areas like government use of AI for biometric surveillance. It also throws a regulatory net over systems akin to ChatGPT, demanding transparency before unleashing it on the market. The landmark vote follows a December 2023 political agreement and finalizes months of meticulous text tailoring for legislative approval.
The agreement signals the end of negotiations, with the vote by the permanent representatives of all EU member states held on Feb. 2.
This crucial step sets the stage for the act to progress through the legislative process, involving a vote by a pivotal EU lawmaker committee scheduled for Feb. 13, followed by an expected vote in the European Parliament in March or April.
The AI Act’s approach revolves around the principle that the riskier the AI application, the greater the responsibility placed on developers. This principle is significant in critical areas like job recruitment and educational admissions.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age, stressed that the focus is on high-risk cases to ensure that the development and deployment of AI technologies align with the EU’s values and standards.
Meanwhile, the implementation of the AI Act is expected in 2026, with specific provisions taking effect earlier to facilitate a gradual integration of the new regulatory framework.
Beyond establishing the regulatory foundation, the European Commission proactively supports the EU’s AI ecosystem. This effort includes the creation of an AI Office responsible for monitoring compliance with the Act, particularly focusing on high-impact foundational models that present systemic risks.
The EU’s AI Act will be the world’s first comprehensive AI law, aiming to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the EU to ensure better conditions for its deployment, protect individuals, and promote trust in AI systems.
The act is based on four different levels of risk, providing a clear and easy-to-understand approach to AI regulation. It will be enforced through national competent market surveillance authorities, with the support of a European AI Office within the EU Commission.
Stricter crypto regulations
The EU has proposed categorizing cryptocurrencies as financial instruments and imposing stricter regulations on non-EU crypto firms. This new proposal will help curb unfair competition and standardize regulations for crypto entities operating within the EU.
The proposed measures include restrictions on non-EU crypto firms catering to customers in the bloc, aligning with existing EU financial laws that mandate foreign firms to establish branches or subsidiaries within the EU.
In tandem, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has introduced a second set of guidelines to regulate non-EU-based crypto firms, emphasizing the crucial need for regulatory clarity and investor protection.
The move by the EU is part of a broader initiative to establish regulatory clarity in the crypto space, safeguard investors, and foster the growth of crypto services within the EU.

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Last month, Kodak Black made the statement that he was the “best rapper alive,” using the quote Lil Wayne has applied to himself for years. Now, the Florida rapper wants to strap on the gloves à la Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for the title claim as this beef continues to take on new dimensions.
In a video from inside a recording booth standing alongside A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Kodak Black issued his threats to the Young Money captain in hopes they too can cash in on the celebrity fight hype like Soulja and Breezy.
“Ay listen here, man. Tell Lil Wayne fight me, nahmsayin?,” said Kodak. “We finna get in the ring, we finna fight, me and Lil Wayne. I’m finna knock that stupid ass nigga out. And if he whoop me, he the best rapper alive, ya heard me?”
Boogie chimed in during the tough talk and says that he’ll put his jewelry up as a bet in support of Kodak, which only egged the 19-year-old on.
“Tell Lil Wayne fight me in the ring, and I’m gon’ beat his stupid ass and I bet everything on it. Since Soulja Boy and Chris Brown doing it, I don’t even need no trainer. I don’t need no Floyd Mayweather, Adrien Broner. I’m finna beat Lil Wayne stupid ass, watch,” continued Kodak.
Just to make things even stranger, another video has popped up of Kodak presumably walking around New York at night and randomly saying, “Lil Wayne can eat my ass” before talking to compatriots offscreen.
Tunechi has yet to return fire, verbal or otherwise, but it’s still early in the game. Stay tuned.
Check out the initial video in the clip above courtesy of The Shade Room.
Kodak Black says "Lil Wayne can Eat my ASS" pic.twitter.com/5KiTHnmDge
— DJ Akademiks (@IamAkademiks) January 9, 2017


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Most of us can vividly remember the images of people racing away from the burning NY Twin Towers on that horrible September day in 2001, creating thetrau catastrophe that killed so many people in a matter of minutes.
At the Bessel van der Kolk conference I recently attended, Dr. van der Kolk posted a now-famous picture of people running desperately away from the burning towers. He asked us why none of these people would experience PTSD despite the terror of the moment. The answer: they could run from what was terrifying to them. In those moments, they had a way to take action, to escape. Significant trauma that can lead to PTSD involves experiencing overwhelming terror in a situation that is inescapable. It is not the trauma itself that is the problem, but the body’s response and how it stores or is able to release all the traumatic energy created in those moments of overwhelming fear.
In August I wrote a blog about the importance of being able to release traumatic energy. Or for more information about releasing traumatic energy check out Peter Levine’s approach, called Somatic Experiencing.
Instead, I want to invite readers to consider situations children can experience in which they are terrified, in inescapable situations. We need to appreciate how that might have long-lasting consequences, such as PTSD. Whether during a frightening medical procedure, or experiencing physical, sexual or mental abuse, traumatic energy becomes stored in the body and remains there, unable to be released. This is often an explanation for children who are highly dis-regulated and constantly acting out. Consider that that this dysregulation and acting out may be attempts to release traumatic energy. Unfortunately acting out often leads to more punishment, abandonment and confinement, which in turn adds to the traumatic energy. Release from the traumatic energy does not occur unless it is a guided process of appreciating whatever the traumatic experience was and then mindfully letting the energy flow out of the body.
In Dr. Levine’s book Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes, he tells the story of a child who, at the age of around two, had to be restrained in an emergency room to have stitches in his forehead due to a fall from his high chair. His parents had been very attentive to him after the procedure, took him out for ice cream and told him how brave he was. Months later they noticed marked changes in his behaviors. He became aggressive, angry, constantly acting out. They shared with Dr. Levine what they were observing. Dr. Levine then proposed a reenactment of what happened using the child’s toy Pooh bear. They placed the bear in a high chair and then had it fall out. Upon seeing this, the child ran screaming out of the house. They coaxed him back inside and reassured him that the Pooh bear was okay.
They did this several times, and each time they not only reassured the child that Pooh was okay, but they acknowledged how scared the bear must have been. The child ran away each time but not going as far and eventually was able to tolerate watching it. He then eventually was able to rescue Pooh himself and provide the calming messages that the bear was going to be okay.
The parents reported that after going through this process, their child no longer exhibited the acting out behaviors they had seen. Dr. Levine concluded that this was a process that allowed this child to expel the traumatic energy the original hospital experience had generated through repeating in a play situation a similar experience, but ultimately giving the child the power to calm the bear, which of course represented him.
Being creative about ways a child or an adult can release traumatic energy may be challenging. Yet once we understand the importance of finding an effective way to allow that to happen, those who want to become more trauma-informed can be detectives and discover ways to help a child gently and in a titrated way, (experiencing the stress of remembering in short increments) pull up some aspects of the traumatic event and then be guided through a process that releases energy around that event.
There is great power in appreciating what can cause traumatic energy to be stored in the body and how important it is to know how to effectively release it. This can help us give kids in terrifying situations their power, to know they can escape. And for all of us, finding our power to escape those things that are frightening can be one way to prevent experiencing the negative consequences of traumatic energy.
It is comforting to know that the people who were running away from the Twin Towers that day in New York were able to not only escape the danger of the towers coming down, but also could escape the experience of PTSD that results when traumatic energy overwhelms the body.
Invitation to Reflect
- To what extent is it now clearer that our focus needs to be on the aftermath of traumatic events, and less on the actual traumatic events themselves and that PTSD results when a person has no way of escape? How does knowing this influence your understanding of the nature of trauma?
- How does this information clarify experiences children have that probably cause them to store traumatic energy, resulting in inappropriate behaviors?
- Can you recall experiences you have had where you were traumatized with the lethal combination of terror and the inability to escape? If so, does this information help you better understand why you might continue to have flashbacks, be easily triggered, or perhaps feel overwhelmed by sensations of terror?
Diane Wagenhals, Director of Lakeside Global Institute

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HAMILTON, ON – June 2, 2010 – Hamilton is committed to taking action on climate change. The City recently released “Taking Stock: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Hamilton” to inform and engage citizens about climate change in the City. Now that the information and facts have been compiled the City is looking for community involvement and partnerships and is seeking input from citizens and business on taking action.
“Hamilton is proud to be a municipal leader taking action related to reducing the impact of climate change,” stated Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger. “We understand the pressing need to address the impact of greenhouse gases by working with our community partners. We also know that government and big business cannot do it alone and therefore, we are encouraging the ordinary citizens in our community to take action on climate change everyday.”
The City of Hamilton is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions levels by 10% by 2012, and 20% by 2020 through its Corporate Air Quality and Climate Change Plan. Hamilton has been recognized as a leader in the use of advanced fleet technology that reduces fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. It has the second-largest fleet of hybrid and other clean and efficient vehicles in Ontario and actively promotes new fleet technology. The City has also reduced energy consumption in its buildings through the Corporate Energy Policy. Blue Box recycling and Green Cart programs also reduce greenhouse gases such as methane in the community by diverting waste from landfills.
“There is an increasing number of cities and regions from around the world that are developing their own action plans to deal with climate change,” states Brian Montgomery, Air Quality and Climate Change Co-ordinator, Sustainability Section, City of Hamilton. “We are educating our community on local climate change emissions and want to partner with the Hamilton community to tackle our emissions together. As a community we need to take stock and go further to reduce our emissions. The intent of the discussion paper is to trigger discussion, insights and involvement from citizens to take action and address climate change as a community.”
In 2009, the City undertook an Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory to keep track of how much pollution is being released by the City. Community emissions were 12,758,652 tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2006, and these emissions rose to 13,131,097 tonnes by 2008, an increase of 2.9%. By 2020, if there are no programs put in place to enhance greenhouse gas emission reductions, the community’s forecasted emissions will rise to 17,349,621 tonnes. This forecast is 36% above the emission levels calculated for 2006 and 56% above target of 20% reductions of 2006 levels by 2020. For more information and to access the Discussion Paper please go to www.hamilton.ca/climatechange


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Hello, friends of the blog. Today I bring you an extensive analysis of the Xiaomi Smart Camera C300 surveillance camera, a device that promises to offer us complete security for our home with a 2K image quality and a 360° panoramic view. Do you want to know more? Then keep reading.
The Xiaomi Smart Camera C300 is the latest bet of the Chinese brand for the intelligent surveillance camera market. It is a camera that connects to our Wi-Fi network and can be controlled from our smartphone or tablet through the Mi Home app. Additionally, it is compatible with the Google Assistant voice assistant, which allows us to ask it to show us real-time images on our device or on other compatible products such as the Mi Smart Clock.
|Resolution||2K (2304 x 1296 pixels)|
|Lens||6 elements with f/1.4 aperture|
|Field of view||Horizontal 360°, vertical 108°|
|Night vision||Yes, with high sensitivity image sensor and low light color video|
|Person detection through AI||Yes, with false alarm filtering|
|Two-way audio||Yes, with built-in microphone and speaker|
|Video encoding||H.265, which saves storage space and bandwidth|
|Storage||microSD card (up to 256 GB)|
|Connectivity||2.4 GHz Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n|
|Compatibility||Android 4.4 or iOS 9.0 or higher versions|
|Voice assistant||Alexa and Google Assistant|
|Dimensions||115 × 78 × 78 mm|
But the most remarkable thing about this camera is its image quality and its ability to capture all the details even in low light conditions. The Xiaomi Smart Camera C300 has a 2K resolution (2304 x 1296 pixels), which is a leap from the previous generation, which was limited to 1080p. In addition, it has a 6-element lens with f/1.4 aperture, which allows it to capture more light and offer clearer and sharper images.
Another important aspect is its night vision, which is not limited to the classic black and white mode, but can reproduce video in color even in low light conditions thanks to its high-sensitivity image sensor. This way, we can better recognize the objects and people that appear in the scene.
Highlighted Features of Xiaomi C300
But not only that, it also incorporates AI-powered person detection, which filters out false alarms and alerts us only when it detects human movement. This way, we avoid receiving unnecessary notifications for pets, insects, or changes in light.
And if that wasn’t enough, the Xiaomi Smart Camera C300 offers us a 360° panoramic view thanks to its dual-axis motor with tilt, pan, and zoom function. We can adjust the viewing angle from the app or let the camera automatically follow the detected movement. This way we won’t miss any corner or blind spot.
The Xiaomi Smart Camera C300 also has other interesting features such as real-time bidirectional sound, to be able to talk to our family or pets from a distance; privacy mode, to temporarily deactivate the camera when we want; or baby crying mode, to receive alerts when this specific sound is detected.
To store the camera recordings, we can choose from the following options:
- Use a microSD card (up to 256 GB) that is inserted into the camera’s slot. This option allows us to save the videos locally and access them from our mobile device.Save the recordings to the cloud using the Mi Cloud service. This option offers us greater security and backup, but requires a subscription. We can opt for a limited free plan or a premium one with more capacity and features.
- Connect a NAS (network-attached storage) that communicates with the camera via Wi-Fi. This option allows us to have greater storage space and share the videos with other devices.
In conclusion, this is a very complete and versatile camera that offers us great image quality and features that are far superior to its price. The Xiaomi Smart Camera C300 is now available on the official Xiaomi website or in other online stores such as Amazon or MediaMarkt.
I hope you enjoyed this analysis of the Xiaomi Smart Camera C300 surveillance camera and that it has helped you to better understand this product. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below and I will be happy to respond. See you soon!