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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TIRUPATI FOAM LIMITED
Report on the Ind AS Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying Ind AS financial statements of TIRUPATI FOAM LIMITED (''the Company''), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act'') with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS'')prescribed under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015, as amended and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of thelnd AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor's Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.
In conducting our audit, we have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under and order issued under section 143(11) of the Act.
We conducted our audit of the Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial controls relevant to the Company's preparation of the
Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company's Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Ind AS financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Ind AS financial statements.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and givea true and fair view m conformity with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March. 2018, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
The comparative financial information of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2017 and the transition date opening Balance Sheet as at 1 st April, 2016 included in these Ind AS financial statements, are based on the previously issued statutory financial statements prepared in accordance with the Companies(Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 audited by the predecessor auditor whose report for the year ended 31st March, 2017 and 31st March, 2016 dated 30th May, 2017 and 30th May, 2016 respectively expressed an unmodified opinion on those financial statements, as adjusted for the differences in the accounting principles adopted by the Company on transition to the Ind AS, which have been audited by us.
Our opinion on the Ind AS financial statements and our report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements below is not modified in respect of these matters.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2016 ("the Order ) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the "Annexure A, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, we report to the extent applicable that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this report are in agreement with the relevant books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2018 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2018 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
f) With respect to the adequacy of the Internal Financial Controls over financial reporting of the company, and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in 'Annexure B. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's Internal Financial Controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Ind AS financial statements -Refer Note 37 to the financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material for seeable losses.
iii. There has been delay in amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company as per details given as under required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
Name of Statute
Period to which amount relates
(in Rs.)
Due date of Payment
Date of Amount Paid
Investor Education and Protection Fund
F.V. 2009-10
i. (a) The company has maintained proper records showing full particulars including quantitative details and situation of its fixed assets;
(b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the fixed assets at reasonable intervals having regard to the size of the company, nature and value of its assets. According to the information and explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) In our opinion and according to information and explanations given to us and on the basis of an examination of the records of the Company, the title deeds of immovable properties are held in the name of the Company.
ii. The inventory except goods-in-transit has been physically verified by the Management at reasonable intervals during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of such verification is reasonable. For goods-in-transit at year end, relevant evidences have been obtained. The discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stocks and the book records were not material and have been dealt with in books of account.
iii. In our opinion and according to information & explanation given to us, the company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnership or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the Companies Act, 2013. Accordingly the provisions of Clause (iii) of paragraph
3 of the order are not applicable to the Company.
iv. According to information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans or investments made or provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under Section 185 and 186 of the Companies Act, 2013.
v. According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has accepted deposit from its members within the meaning of the provisions of Sections 73 to 76 or any other relevant provision of the Act and the rules framed there under, where applicable, have been complied with.
vi. Pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of India, the Company is required to maintain cost records pursuant to the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules 2014 specified by the Central Government of India under Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 in respect of its products. We have broadly reviewed the same, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed cost records have been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination of the cost records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.
vii. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by
us, in our opinion, the Company is regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues including Provident Fund, Employees' State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Duty of Customs, Duty of Excise, Value Added Tax, Cess, and any other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employees'' State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Duty of Customs, Duty of Excise, Value Added Tax, Cess and any other material statutory dues were in arrears as at 31st March, 2018 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are no dues of Income Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise duty, Sales tax, Value Added Tax and Cess which have not been deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of any dispute.
viii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of loans or borrowings to banks. The Company does not have any loans or borrowings from financial institutions or government and has not issued any debentures.
ix. The Company has not raised moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans taken by the Company have been applied for the purposes for which they were obtained.
x. According to the information and explanations given to us, no material fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the course of our audit.
xi. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, managerial remuneration has been paid or provided in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of the Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
xii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is not a Nidhi Company. Accordingly, the provisions of Clauses (xii) of paragraph 3 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xiii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us the Company is in compliance with Section 177 and 188 of the Act, where applicable, for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the financial statements as required by the applicable Indian accounting standards.
xiv. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year.
xv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year the Company has not entered into any non-cash transaction with the Directors or Persons connected with its Directors and covered under Section 192 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause (xv) of paragraph 3 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xvi. According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is not required to be registered under Section 45- IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.Accordingly, Clause (xvi) of paragraph 3 of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act")
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Tirupati Foam Limited (the ,,Company)as of 31st March, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
Management's Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Company's Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (the "Guidance Note'')issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). These responsibilities include the design. Implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of the Company's business, including adherence to Company''s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Companies Act, 2013.
Auditors'' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting of the Company based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (the "Guidance Note) issued by the Institute of Chartered accountants of India and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of Internal Financial Controls. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the Internal Financial Controls system over Financial Reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting included obtaining an understanding of Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company's Internal Financial Control system over Financial Reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
A Company's internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of Ind AS financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
A Company''s Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the. Company;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of Ind AS financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and
(3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
Because of the inherent limitations of Internal Financial Controls system over Financial Reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting, to future periods are subject to the risk that Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the Company has, in all material respects, adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at 31st March 2018, based on the criteria for internal financial controls over financial reporting established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
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MainAll NewsUS & CanadaBiden looks to flip Red States for path to defeat Trump
Biden looks to flip Red States for path to defeat Trump
Former Vice President eyeing GOP-leaning states including Texas, Arizona, and Georgia to forge path to election win this November.
Tags: Joe Biden
David Rosenberg , May 17 , 2020 10:52 PM
Former Vice President and the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is looking to expand the number of swing states in play in this November's election, targeting Republican-leaning states in his bid to unseat President Donald Trump.
Alongside traditional battleground states like Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, and New Hampshire – the former three of which Trump won in 2016 – the Biden presidential campaign believes it can bring traditionally reliable GOP states into play, like Texas, Georgia, and Arizona, which hold a combined 65 electoral votes, or nearly a quarter of the 270 needed to win the election.
Jen O'Malley Dillon, a Biden campaign manager, told reporters Friday that the campaign would be focused both on winning back Democratic-leaning states which Trump flipped in 2016 – like Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania – as well as traditional battleground states like Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio.
But O'Malley Dillon added that the campaign is also eyeing Republican strongholds like Texas, Georgia, and Arizona to broaden the electoral map in play.
"There will be battleground states that have never been battleground states before," O'Malley Dillon said, naming Texas, Georgia, and Arizona as examples.
Democrats have made inroads in all three states, both in local and national elections.
While Texas, Georgia, and Arizona have gone Republican in every presidential election over the past 20 years, the Republican margin of victory has shrunk – particularly in the 2016 election, when Trump was the standard-bearer of the GOP.
Trump won Texas by just nine-points in 2016, the narrowest margin of victory for a Republican in the Lone Star State since 1996. By comparison, in 2012, Mitt Romney carried the state with a 16-point margin, while John McCain carried Texas with a 12-point margin in 2008. George W. Bush won Texas with margins of 21 and 23 points in 2000 and 2004 respectively.
Arizona, which has gone Democrat in just one presidential election (1996) since 1952, went Republican in 2016 by a thin 3.6-point margin, compared to a nine-point margin in 2012, 8.5-point margin in 2008, and a 10.5-point margin in 2004.
And in Georgia, where George W. Bush won easily with double digit margins and Romney won by an eight-point margin, Trump won with a five-point margin – the narrowest for a Republican presidential nominee since 1996.
Recent state elections have also shown Democrats gaining ground.
In November 2018, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema flipped the US Senate seat which had been previously held by retiring Republican Senator Jeff Flake.
In Texas, Congressman Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke narrowly lost to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz, 48.33% to 50.89. Six years earlier, Cruz easily won the seat by a 16-point margin.
And in Georgia, the nearly eight-point margin Republicans won the 2014 gubernatorial election by was cut to a razor-thin 1.4-point margin in 2018, when Republican Brian Kemp narrowly edged out Democrat Stacey Adams.
Polls currently show Biden leading Trump in Arizona, trailing in Georgia, and competitive in Texas.
The latest poll in Arizona, conducted by Predictive Insights, which polled 600 likely voters, shows Biden leading Trump by nine points, 52 to 43, while the RealClearPolitics average of polls gives Biden a 4.4-point lead.
In Texas, Trump leads in the RCP average by a slim 2.5 points, with a Dallas Morning News showing a dead heat at 43% a pieces, and a second poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling, giving Biden a one-point lead.

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The fresh remixes keep on coming from Get Physical, this time with a new take on a single by Stereo.type feat. Felix Raphael that was originally released on the imprint's latest Words Don't Come Easy compilation. Vital versions come from label associates old and new including Ryan Murgatroyd, Bebetta & Cioz and T.M.A..
T.M.A is a German duo that mix organic drums and guitars and powerful basslines. Their invigorating remix is a superbly slow burning affair with rumbling synth loops and expansive pads. Forever trapping you in the elongated groove, it's a tender one for intimate dance floors and late night sessions. Last of all is Get Physical's core artist Ryan Murgatroyd, who combines the African rhythms of his Cape Town home with super electronic stylings. And that is the case here as he layers in rich xylophone melodies, rasping synths and loose-limbed rhythms that will warm through any floor.
Once again here Get Physical give a deserving standalone release to a hot single that now comes with a range of on point remixes.


How will 5G change the way fans engage with live events?
At Boingo, we're deploying 5G-capable networks and one of the things that excites me most about this next-generation of wireless is the incredible use cases it will power at live events. Biometrics will see heightened attention in the 5G era for its ability to transform not only operations, but fan engagement.
Facial recognition technology will impact ticketing and security, while wearables on athletes can deliver real-time data to fans. This performance data can then be used to shape decisions around ancillary experiences at stadiums and arenas, like sports betting.
For example, data may display that if basketball player Lebron James' heart rate is at 80 beats per minute (bpm), he has an 85 per cent chance of making a free throw. If it's at 130 bpm, the likelihood goes down to 30 per cent. These are the type of immersive applications 5G makes possible and it will be a win-win for everyone.
Also, wireless technologies like 5G and Wi-Fi 6 are helping venues combat the couch conundrum. As stadiums get smarter, new data opportunities will surface that allow venues to personalise every step of the experience, from knowing when a customer wants a beer delivered to rewarding fans who spend more. This high-touch service gives consumers more reason to opt for a ticket purchase over in-home viewing.
Will fitness trackers play a role?
Back to my sports betting example, if you're making a wager at a game based on an athlete's biometrics, the network transferring that data in real-time from an athlete to a fan device must be fast and reliable. The ultra-low latency and speed attributes of 5G will make this all possible.
What can we expect in the VR/AR space?
We haven't seen widespread adoption of VR and AR, but 5G will change this because it improves traffic capacity, along with speed and latency, which are crucial to high bandwidth VR/AR applications. For live events, venues will look at ways to introduce their own flavours of Pokemon Go type interactions. This could be AR selfies with athletes, enhanced wayfinding and deploying VR headsets that display exclusive courtside content.
How can mobile operators make the most of this opportunity?
At Boingo, our wireless strategy for venues is centred on convergence across licensed, unlicensed and shared spectrum; network densification; and moving services to the edge. These are the three key pillars for deploying 5G in large, dense indoor environments.


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Q: Integers $m$ and $n$ such that $9|(m + 2n + 1)$ and $9|(5m + n)$? I'm attempting to disprove this statement by contradiction and just want to check if what I've done makes any sense at all:
"There exists a pair of integers $m$ and $n$ such that $9|(m + 2n + 1)$ and $9|(5m + n)$."
Disproof:
For the sake of contradiction, assume there is a pair of integers $m$ and $n$ such that $9|(m+2n+1)$ and $9|(5m+n)$.
From here I was thinking I could do the following:
$$m+2n+1 = 5m+n$$
$$n=4m-1$$
So then, $$m+2(4m-1)+1 = 9m-1$$ and $$5(4m-1)=9m-1$$
As it is not the the case that $9|(9m-1)$, $m$ and $n$ does not exist.
Looking over this, I feel like there is a flaw in my first step. That I can't actually set $m+2n+1$ and $5m+n$ equal to each other. But I also am not sure where to start otherwise. I would appreciate some opinions. Thank you everyone!

A: If $9$ divides $(5m+n)$ and $(m+2n+1)$, then $9$ divides any  number of the form $A(5m+n) + B(m+2n+1)$ (can you see why?). What happens if you set $A=2$ and $B=-1$?

A: There is no way to deduce $b=c$ from the fact that $a\mid b$ and $a\mid c$. For instance $9\mid 18$ and $9\mid 27$.
What you can deduce is that there are integers $x,y$ such that
$$
m+2n+1=9x,\quad 5m+n=9y
$$
If you subtract the first equation from twice the second one, in order to eliminate $n$, you get
$$
9m-1=9(2y-x)
$$
Can you now see the contradiction?

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Singapore Cultural Experience
Tue Jul 11 2017, 10:00pm–10:00pm
Wed Jul 12 2017, 10:00pm–10:00pm
Thu Jul 13 2017, 10:00pm–10:00pm
Fri Jul 14 2017, 10:00pm–10:00pm
Sat Jul 15 2017, 10:00pm–10:00pm
Sun Jul 16 2017, 10:00pm–10:00pm
Mon Jul 17 2017, 10:00pm–10:00pm
Where: ION Art Gallery, Orchard Turn, Orchard Road, Singapore
Listed by: kagbisit
Singapore Cultural Experience showcases a gamut of different elements of Singapore's culture, in celebration of the nation's rich heritage. A key highlight will be the Peranakan culture and its multi-layered facets from Peranakan culture and fashion, to its heritage and cuisine. The exhibition promises to immerse participants in all things Peranakan, though a showcase of antique Peranakan furniture, kueh-making demonstrations, as well as the chance to don a traditional Peranakan outfit for photo-taking.
REMIX 2k21
Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, Tanjong Pagar, Singapore


You compare the charts of EUR/USD and USD/JPY and see that USD/JPY made the bigger move. It broke through a major technical resistance level and shot up 200 pips while EUR/USD barely shot down 100 pips and failed to break a major support level.
When USD/JPY broke through its major resistance level, the combination of stop losses being hit and breakout traders jumping on the bandwagon pushed it even higher.
Since buying more USD/JPY weakens the yen, this would cause EUR/JPY (and possibly other yen-based pairs) to break through its major resistance level, once again hitting stops and attracting breakout traders, pushing EUR/JPY even higher.
This causes the euro to strengthen and slows down the descent of your EUR/USD trade. The EUR/JPY cross buying acts a "parachute" and this is why EUR/USD didn't move as much or as fast as the USD/JPY.
So even if you only trade the major currencies, currency crosses still have an effect on your trades!


Ministry of Propaganda - 01/Jun/2003: "The European Debate"
The Sunday Herald looks at the discussion from an interesting angle: The newspaper barons and their views (similarly The Guardian). I find it quite worrying that a small group of people, most of them not even living here can have such a strong voice and influence in the debate. But what can balance their powers? The web? I doubt it, too many people don't have access and even if they did they would probably just visit the sites owned by the same media barons. The government? Failing so far. Where is the visionary who really drives this forward?
As a German living in England (And I deliberately write England here, not Britain) I would love to see a more united Europe. A united Europe with a lot of different flavours. Similar to Britain with its English, Scottish and Welsh flavours. Similar to England with Yorkshire men, Scousers, Essex boys & girls or Cockneys. I've heard people argue that losing the pound would mean the UK would lose some of its national identity. Is a nation defined by its currency? Especially one that's only just over 30 years old in its current form? I don't think so.
Strangely enough it seems footballers could be the role models here. I hope a lot of other people will follow soon.
May be it's time to challenge the Eurosceptics?
When writing this entry the weather was: Cloudy and mild. Quite humid and sticky. No thunderstorms yet.


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The Tennessee Bottle Bill is citizen-supported container-deposit recycling legislation, which if enacted will place a 5-cent deposit on beverage containers sold in Tennessee. The bill applies to containers made of aluminum/bimetal, glass or any plastic, containing soft drinks, beer/malt beverages, carbonated or non-carbonated waters, plain or flavored waters, energy drinks, juices, iced teas or iced coffees. Milk/dairy, nutritional drinks and wine and spirits are not included in the program.

The chief goals of the measure, recently rebranded TennCan, are to reduce litter, increase recycling, create green jobs, support sustainable manufacturing and generate funding, training and other benefits for social-service agencies, community causes and other nonprofit entities in Tennessee.

Proposed legislation
The proposed legislation has undergone numerous revisions since it was first introduced by two Republican legislators in 2003.

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RECYCLING: Tennessee consumes more than 5 billion beverage containers a year, according to the Container Recycling Institute, but recycles no more than 10 percent of them, according to the state's solid waste management agency. The proposed deposit-return legislation is projected to increase the recycling rate to approximately 80 percent, based on data in states with similar programs, while providing reliable quantities of high-quality recycled feedstock for manufacturers in Tennessee and the Southeast, especially those producing beverage cans, carpet, glass bottles and fiberglass.

LITTER: Tennessee spends an estimated $11 million a year on litter abatement. Its principal agency for litter collection is the "county litter grants" program within the department of transportation (TDOT). Since 1982, the program has used a "litter tax" on beverages to fund regular cleanups by work-release inmates from the county jails (the tax also funds Keep Tennessee Beautiful, the state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful.) From FY 2003–2004 to FY 2015–2016, litter grant collections averaged 23.5 million pounds a year, with a high of 28.7 million pounds in FY 2003-2004 and a low of 17.4 million pounds in FY 2005–2006. Removing those high and the low years, the average is just slightly higher, 23.7 million pounds, or an average 3.73 pounds per capita. These data do not include litter collections along interstate and federal highways performed by TDOT contractors, nor do they include cleanups performed by volunteers, Keep Tennessee Beautiful affiliates, neighborhood groups, the annual Great American Cleanup or other groups or events.

In order to put these numbers in context, the Tennessee Bottle Bill Project in 2006 sought to compare Tennessee's litter collections with those in Maine, which charges a 5-cent deposit on most beverages (15 cents on wine and spirits). Extrapolating from data provided by Maine's department of transportation (the only entity in the state that picks up litter on a regular basis), the Tennessee Bottle Bill Project determined that Maine's per-capita litter in 2006 was approximately one-quarter of a pound.

Moreover, according to informal assessments in 2006 by Maine DOT personnel, roughly 10-20 percent of Maine's litter consists of beverage containers. In contrast, the Tennessee Bottle Bill Project estimates that 50 percent or more of Tennessee's litter, by volume, is beverage containers. This estimate is based on estimates by numerous groups involved with litter cleanups in Tennessee, including county sheriffs, county litter-grant deputies, environmental organizations, watershed protection groups and others; as well as on the results of an informal source-separated survey conducted in November 2006 by the Tennessee Bottle Bill Project, using volunteers across the state, including several jail crews. That survey found that of 645.5 13-gallon garbage bags filled as full as possible, 325.5 contained bottles and cans only, or 50.42 percent.

How the proposed bill would work

Under the proposed legislation, the state's environmental agency will have ultimate responsibility for the program, with the department of revenue providing accounting functions as well as management of the "deposit beverage container fund." The fund is the account into which all initial deposits and other revenues are placed, and from which all program expenses are paid, including reimbursements and allowances. Any reserves in the fund, including unclaimed deposits, belong to the program, may not revert to the state's general fund and may be used only for purposes authorized by the legislation.

The 5-cent deposit is initiated by the beverage distributor and is collected by the department of revenue at the start of the cycle. The distributor recovers his deposit when he sells the product to a retailer; the retailer recovers his deposit when he sells the product to a customer; the customer recovers his deposit when he takes the empty container to a certified redemption center; the redemption center owner recovers his deposit when he sells the cancelled container to a certified processor; and the certified processor recovers his deposit when he invoices the bottle bill program for reimbursement.

Certified redemption centers are the heart of the program. They are independent businesses (storefront, portable, mobile, reverse vending machine or satellite kiosks) that have been authorized by the program to accept qualifying containers from the public, determine the quantity, issue the refunds, sort the containers by material and/or color (not by brand or bottler), and sell the sorted (and in some cases compacted) containers to a certified processor. The certified processor (typically a scrap yard, materials recovery facility, curbside recycling provider or dedicated collection and recycling service) then bales, shreds or otherwise adds value to the sorted containers before selling them to manufacturers or other processors.

In addition to paying market prices for the containers, the certified processor pays the redemption center the refund value of 5 cents plus an "overhead allowance" equal to 1 cent (maximum) per container. The processor then invoices the bottle bill program for the sum of these two amounts, as well as "administrative allowance" of one-tenth of a cent per container to defray his costs for associated paperwork and record-keeping.

Some redemption centers may be authorized as "depots," expanded facilities where the public may drop off non-deposit glass (such as wine bottles and food jars) as well as other recyclables, for instance, electronics.

Redemption centers may be owned by any entity meeting certification requirements, including individuals, retailers and other businesses, local government entities, including county solid waste convenience centers and not-for-profit organizations. The current version of the legislation (introduced in 2018) requires that every redemption center either be owned or operated by a nonprofit entity such as an agency serving the homeless or the handicapped, or it must maintain an ongoing "beneficial relationship" with at least one such entity in the area, such as a school, library, animal shelter or Little League team. "Beneficial relationship" will be defined by the program but may include hosting bottle drives or donation bins for the nonprofit.

Potential issues
One aspect of beverage recycling laws that has come into question is illegal redemption from outside states. Michigan, which offers 10 cents for every can and bottle recycled, has faced issues of fraudulent returns from neighboring states. None of Tennessee's neighbor states currently has beverage deposit laws.

See also
Container-deposit legislation in the United States
Recycling in the United States

References

External links
 Tennessee Bottle Bill Project
 The Bottle Battle
 Bottle Bill Resource Guide

Recycling in the United States
Proposed laws of the United States
Container deposit legislation

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CGIAR and the Linux Foundation Partner to Unlock Agricultural Field Data at Global Scale
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation
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Washington, DC/Nairobi, Kenya, September 14, 2022 – CGIAR and the Linux Foundation have formed a research partnership to develop a standard way of sharing data about agricultural fields at scale, which could deliver global benefits, including for the estimated 500 million smallholder farmers that produce about a third of the world's food.
Accurate data on the location and size of agricultural fields is important for almost all kinds of agricultural analysis. Through the new partnership, CGIAR and Linux Foundation will unify data standards and standard operating procedures to support the sharing and use of field boundary data at scale. The project will support the responsible use of agricultural field data, strengthening analytics for global farming.
Sumer Johal, Executive Director of The AgStack Project at the Linux Foundation, said, "CGIAR and the Linux Foundation are natural partners. Both are trusted intermediaries with global partner networks, facilitating pre-competitive collaboration and products for the public good. Together we can help remove the blockages around working with field data in a community-driven way."
The Linux Foundation is the world's largest open-source collaboration. Its AgStack Project is building the open-source digital infrastructure to power tomorrow's agriculture needs.
Digitalization is paving the way for extensive transformation in the agricultural sector, but the adoption and use of data-enabled applications is still fragmented and crop specific. Through its new Digital Innovation and Transformation Initiative (DI/DX), CGIAR is supporting the development of cost-effective digital innovations in the sector. Agricultural field data is central to this work.
"Global agriculture is increasingly driven by data. The sharing and exchange of well-described, reusable agricultural data can help develop solutions to some of the global food system's most pressing challenges," said Jawoo Koo, Lead of the DI/DX Initiative at CGIAR. "Despite growing demand, poor adoption of standards and fragmentation in the digital agriculture sector have hindered access to the data needed to drive innovation. Our new partnership with the Linux Foundation aims to change this and serve a new generation of digital agri-food services with the speed and scale to revolutionize food, land and water systems."
Accurate data on the location and size of agricultural fields can be used to calculate yields and guide efficient use of agricultural inputs such as fertilizer and seeds, or by financial services providers to develop and tailor innovative digital finance products, including loans and insurance, to meet the needs of smallholder farmers. On a larger scale, these data can be used to help researchers predict shifts in the suitability of crop growing zones and prepare food systems for a changing climate.
CGIAR: Olena Harmash, o.harmash@cgiar.org
The Linux Foundation: Sumer Johal, sjohal@linuxfoundation.org
About CGIAR
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. CGIAR science is dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. Its research is carried out by 13 CGIAR Centers/Alliances in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations, and the private sector. www.cgiar.org
We would like to thank all Funders who support this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation (LF) is the largest global non-profit organization that is leading the transformation of industries by providing a neutral and trusted structure that connects a global community of technical experts with technical open-source projects. Founded in 2000, LF today has 540,000+ contributing developers from over 19,000 contributing companies across over 40 countries. AgStack is an organization / project within LF which is focused on building an open, trusted, and neutral/vendor-agnostic digital infrastructure for agriculture data and applications. More at: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ and at https://agstack.org
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Home » NBC-2 | WBBH » State attorney clears all officers who fired during Pulse nightclub shooting
State attorney clears all officers who fired during Pulse nightclub shooting
12:01 PM EST, Wed February 13, 2019
In this July 11, 2016, file photo, visitors gather at a makeshift memorial outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orange-Osceola County State Attorney's Office said Wednesday that no civilians were struck by law enforcement gunfire during the response to the Pulse nightclub shooting more than two years ago.
Officials said every person shot at Pulse on June 12, 2016 was hit by a shot fired by the gunman. Every officer who fired a shot has been cleared in the case, and the investigation into the actions of law enforcement that day has been closed.
Investigators said more than 400 shots were fired by 14 officers and the gunman.
Of those 400 shots, 186 were fired by the gunman's rifle, and 22 shots came from his 9mm handgun. The rest of the shots were fired by law enforcement.
During a news conference on Wednesday in Orlando, Chief Assistant State Attorney Deborah Barra detailed the five separate times law enforcement fired during the response.
Engagement 1:
The first shots were fired by a single officer who was outside of the club. The officer saw two people run out and was able to partially see the shooter. He fired four times and the majority of those shots hit a set of double doors in the club. Barra said no civilians were in the path of those bullets, and no civilians were struck.
The same officer involved in the first engagement moved to a location near the patio and Orange Avenue. He was able to see through a gate and see the shooter standing up in the club. Barra said evidence shows the shooter was the only person who was standing up when shots were fired, and no civilians were in that line of fire.
After a few minutes, a group of officers entered the club and took cover behind a bar after they heard the shooter fire his 9mm in a bathroom.
Barra said the officers were anticipating that the shooter was going to re-emerge when they saw an individual who was described as crouching low. Officers yell commands at the man, who is not the gunman, and two officers fire shots. One officer shoots once and hits a mirror while the other officer shoots three times and hits either a door or back wall.
Barra said investigators know the civilian was not struck because that person came out moments later, complied with demands and made it out alive.
Three hours passed before any more shots were fired. Officers put a hole in the wall at the end of the hallway near the bathroom and then heard shots firing in the bathroom. Barra said officers threw flash bombs toward the north bathroom where the shots were coming from.
The shooter fired three to five more shots in the north bathroom, hitting people who had already died, Barra said.
The gunman then walked out into the hallway and began firing. One of his bullets hit an officer in the helmet. Thirteen law enforcement officers fired a minimum of 172 times, hitting the shooter, Barra said.
Barra said it is evident that none of the 172 law enforcement shots were able to reach the people in the north bathroom, and survivors said nobody was hit at that time.
The final shot was fired after the shooter was down. Barra said police spotted something that looked like an explosive device on the gunman and were shooting to ensure that the threat had been eliminated.


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In mathematics, an Euler system is a collection of compatible elements of Galois cohomology groups indexed by fields.  They were introduced by  in his work on Heegner points on modular elliptic curves, which was motivated by his earlier paper  and  the work of .  Euler systems are named after Leonhard Euler because  the factors relating different elements of an Euler system resemble the Euler factors of an Euler product.

Euler systems can be used to construct annihilators of ideal class groups or Selmer groups, thus giving bounds on their orders, which in turn has led to deep theorems such as the finiteness of some Tate-Shafarevich groups. This led to Karl Rubin's new proof of the main conjecture of Iwasawa theory, considered simpler than the original proof due to Barry Mazur and Andrew Wiles.

Definition
Although there are several definitions of special sorts of Euler system, there seems to be no published  definition of an Euler system that covers all known cases. But it is possible to say roughly what an Euler system is, as follows:
An Euler system is given by collection of elements cF. These elements are often indexed by certain number fields F containing some fixed number field K, or by something closely related such as square-free integers. The elements cF are typically elements of  some Galois cohomology group such as H1(F, T) where T is a p-adic representation of the absolute Galois group of K.
The most important condition is that the elements cF and cG for two different fields F ⊆ G are related by a simple formula, such as

Here the "Euler factor" P(τ|B;x) is defined to be the element det(1-τx|B) considered as an element of O[x], which when x happens to act on B is not the same as det(1-τx|B) considered as an element of O.
There may be other conditions that the cF have to satisfy, such as congruence conditions.

Kazuya Kato refers to the elements in an Euler system as "arithmetic incarnations of zeta" and describes the property of being an Euler system as "an arithmetic reflection of the fact that these incarnations are related to special values of Euler products".

Examples

Cyclotomic units
For every square-free positive integer n pick an n-th root ζn of 1, with ζmn = ζmζn for m,n coprime. Then the cyclotomic Euler system is the set of numbers
αn = 1 − ζn. These satisfy the relations

 modulo all primes above l
where l is a prime not dividing n and Fl is a Frobenius automorphism with Fl(ζn) = ζ.
Kolyvagin used this Euler system to give an elementary proof of the Gras conjecture.

Gauss sums

Elliptic units

Heegner points
Kolyvagin constructed an Euler system from the Heegner points of an elliptic curve, and used this to show that in some cases the Tate-Shafarevich group is finite.

Kato's Euler system
Kato's Euler system consists of certain elements occurring in the algebraic K-theory of modular curves. These elements—named Beilinson elements after Alexander Beilinson who introduced them in —were used by Kazuya Kato in  to prove one divisibility in Barry Mazur's main conjecture of Iwasawa theory for elliptic curves.

Notes

References

. Proceedings of the congress held in Madrid, August 22–30, 2006

External links
 Several papers on Kolyvagin systems are available at Barry Mazur's web page (as of July 2005).

Algebraic number theory


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    private static final HashMap<String, Currency> codesToCurrencies = new HashMap<String, Currency>();
    private static final HashMap<Locale, Currency> localesToCurrencies = new HashMap<Locale, Currency>();

    private final String currencyCode;

    private Currency(String currencyCode) {
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        synchronized (codesToCurrencies) {
            Currency currency = codesToCurrencies.get(currencyCode);
            if (currency == null) {
                currency = new Currency(currencyCode);
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    private static native String getCurrencyCodeForLocale(Locale locale) /*-[
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     * 100 US cents in a US dollar. For the Japanese Yen, the number is 0 because coins smaller
     * than 1 Yen became invalid in 1953. In the case of pseudo-currencies, such as
     * IMF Special Drawing Rights, -1 is returned.
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No interest so far in drilling off Washington coast | McClatchy Washington Bureau
No interest so far in drilling off Washington coast
Les Blumenthal - McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — In the Pacific Ocean off Washington state there are salmon, whales and a major fault zone that could trigger a cataclysmic tsunami. But, apparently, there isn't much oil or natural gas.
State officials say they haven't "heard a peep" from anyone wanting to drill off the coast. Even so, one Washington congressman, Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks, finds himself in the middle of the heated debate over offshore drilling that has erupted during the past several weeks on Capitol Hill.
As chairman of the House Appropriations interior subcommittee, Dicks oversees annual spending for everything from the National Parks to the National Endowment for the Arts. Dicks' appropriations bill also includes the 27-year-old moratorium on drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf that many Republicans want to eliminate.
The GOP effort, aided by the White House, has disrupted the appropriations process in the House and become a major issue on the presidential campaign trail.
"People are desperate for a solutions and this isn't it," said Dicks. "There are thousands of leases that aren't being used. If this is such an emergency, why aren't they using them?"
Oil and natural gas resources off the Northwest coast are minuscule when compared to Florida and California. A 2001 Interior Department study estimated there might be 2.35 trillion feet of natural gas off Washington and Oregon. The same study estimated there was 180 trillion feet of natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico and 15 trillion feet off California.
Several oil companies expressed an interest in exploring deep-sea areas off the Northwest coast in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Reagan administration, at one point, considered leasing 30,000 acres for exploration and drilling.
"There isn't much interest in Washington state," said Dave Norman, the deputy state geologist. "The Washington coast ranks real low in potential, almost near the bottom."
Norman said exploratory holes and seismic testing off the coast have never found much, even though there have been oil seeps discovered on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula.
In eastern Washington, three deep holes have been drilled in the Columbia Basin during the past several years and a new one is being drilled in Klickitat County.
"They haven't found anything, but they are still studying the results," said Norman, adding that the holes have been drilled through 10,000 feet of basalt rock.
Before World War II, there was a field near Rattlesnake Mountain that produced commercial quantities of natural gas, he said.
The initial moratorium on offshore drilling covered just Washington state and Oregon but was later expanded to cover the entire Outer Continental Shelf, said Dicks.
Republicans have unsuccessfully sought to lift the moratorium over the years. In 2006, the Republican-controlled House actually voted to ease the ban, but the measure stalled in the Senate. Oil-patch Democrats have consistently voted to eliminate the ban, but moderates and Florida Republicans have traditionally opposed such a move.
But given the current price of gasoline, vote counting has become extremely tricky.
"This is a very difficult political issue for some people," said Dicks.
Presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain proposed lifting the ban less than two weeks ago, and President Bush endorsed the idea. McCain previously opposed offshore drilling as had Bush's brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama opposes lifting the moratorium.
The issue erupted just as Dicks' interior appropriations bill was to be considered by the full House Appropriations Committee. With the outcome of the vote on the drilling ban uncertain, the bill was lifted and rescheduled for consideration after Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess.
Asked whether Democrats have the committee votes to defeat the Republican effort to eliminate the moratorium, Dicks said, "We are counting. I don't twist arms, I plead with people to do the right thing."
Asked whether he still expected his bill to come up as currently planned on July 9, Dicks said, "It's still scheduled. But obviously schedules can change."
Last week,(6/26/2008) Republicans sought to force a vote on the drilling ban by trying to substitute the interior bill for another appropriations bill the committee was considering. Chairman Dave Obey, D-Wis., abruptly adjourned the meeting and warned later that if Republicans persisted his committee would put off consideration of all appropriations bills until after the election.
"What they did was a stunt. It was unprecedented in the 32 years I have been in the House," Dicks said. "I have my fingers crossed that we can defeat these amendments and go forward with my bill."
Trump: 'We'll have a look' at Acosta's Epstein link
By Bryan Lowry
Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids' name was at the center of a controversy around race after Democratic leaders went after New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff for a tweet about Davids.
Judge postpones decision on Jeffrey Epstein bail until Thursday, reports say


The time series for fixed engine fishery data runs from 1952 to the most recently published season. The data are the summations of reports from individual fisheries. No attempt has been made to correct for non-returns or incomplete information held in the register of proprietors and occupiers.
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The most well-known religious building in Budapest, St Stephen's Basilica, took almost 60 years to build. The cathedral, which was consecrated in 1905, was built based on the plans of József Hild. The second tallest building of Budapest is not only popular because of its stunning exterior and interior appearance. In the shade of the Basilica, anyone can find a place to relax, and this experience is enhanced by several nearby restaurants and catering establishments.
The enormous, Greek-cross shaped building's western facade, set between two towers, is a magnificent sight. Under the group of statues in the tympanum, a popular passage from the bible expresses the building's monumental legitimacy: EGO SUM VIA, VERITAS ET VITA, that is, I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
The stairs and the square around the Basilica is always full of people. In the summer, tourists and locals pass their time here, while in the winter, the square plays host to a magical Christmas market. You can reach the impressive, yet cosy and inviting area surrounding the Basilica from Károly Corner Residences with a pleasant 10-15 minute walk.


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Lickers are as nightmarish as you remember in Resident Evil 2 Remake – hands-on
By Alex Donaldson, Monday, 8 October 2018 16:03 GMT
Resident Evil 2 remake continues to look like it's ready to set a new standard for video game remakes – so naturally, it nails one of its most iconic moments and enemies.
Back at E3, I gushed about Resident Evil 2 as one of my favourite games of the show. At that point I got to experience some of the game's earliest moments as a freaked out Leon S. Kennedy discovers just how bad Raccoon City PD's undead problem is. A little while ago I got to experience an as-yet unseen area of the classic game's remake: the moment Claire Redfield encounters the Lickers.
As enemy names go, 'Licker' is the sort of thing that could conjure up a laugh as much as it might dread, but the name is misleading in a sense. Sure, they have long tongues, but what really makes them stand out at the moment they first appear in RE2 is just how aggressive they are. After waves of shuffling, sluggish zombies, Lickers boast ranged attacks that make use of that lenghty tongue and rapid, creepy movement, slinking across the floor on all fours.
If you've played the original game, this isn't an enemy you forget. They're an absolute nightmare both in terms of taking them down and in their ability to come out of nowhere and scare you half to death. To Resident Evil fans I say this: rest easy, because these bastards are as awful (and thus brilliant) as they were in the original game.
In RE2 Remake Lickers are used in slightly different ways than before. While the area of the Raccoon City PD where I encounter them in this demo feels familiar, it's laid out differently, and that leads to different placement. Some of the tricks are the same, of course – at one point a Licker clings to a ceiling as you backtrack, ready to drop down on you to chomp on Claire and scare you half to death. At one point I hear another member of the media in the demo room squeal out as they get tripped up by this, but as an experienced RE2 player I know the score: in this section, always check the ceiling, so I don't get caught out. It's then that I get to double check the classic weaknesses to shotgun blasts is in place, too. It is.
Primarily this demo leaves me struck by the same feeling I got from playing as Leon and a previous William Birkin-focused Claire demo – and that's a sense of just how well this game is managing to impress on the many different fronts upon which it's embarking. There's a modern-feeling game that is reminiscent of RE7, for instance, with the contemporary design to menus and controls. That'll please newer players, but then there's an ever-present feeling that while much of Raccoon City and RE2 has changed to better suit a more modern game, in that nebulous sense of how a game feels this absolutely, positively is still Resident Evil 2.
This is the sort of thing that could be taken for granted, but I think this is more impressive than many people realize. I can even think of a few ports and HD Remasters that lose the 'feeling' of the original game through messy graphics filters or botched control options even though the underlying game is identical, so for a full remake to feel so close to the original is really quite a feat.
This part of Claire's story also reminds that RE2 Remake is a chance to expand. There's extended story sequences, and there's an immediate reminder that Claire was always supposed to be a bit of a bad-ass biker chick, so when she's briefly held at gunpoint and then tied up by a fellow survivor with little grip on their sanity she's remarkably chill about the whole thing – she name-drops the fact her brother is in STARS and naturally threatens to kill the guy – and then promptly gets free. Deep in the guts of Raccoon PD there's plenty of story bits to discover and read, plus items that can open up containers further back to provide additional resources if you're willing to backtrack and figure out what fits where.
There's great swathes of RE2's story that I've now forgotten, and I'm now reminded that I should probably replay it before this review to know what's new, too. Regardless of what is old and what is new, there's a great deal of intrigue as you slink through those darkened corridors, panicked, ever-watchful on an ammo counter that seems woefully depleted. It's stressful to play – and that feels good. It certainly seems like familiar faces such as corrupt police chief Brian Irons will be deployed in slightly different ways – a two-fold decision aimed at both increasing the credibility of the world and mixing things up for RE2 veterans.
"We're making up for what we can't do any more with new things," Resident Evil 2 remake Producer Tsuyoshi Kanda told me during a conversation about how losing set camera angles impacted the design of a jump-scare friendly creature like the Lickers. This led to covnersations about new surround sound and lighting systems that allow for equally effective scares even when the player has full camera control, but this attitude seems appropriate and pleasing as a description for RE2 remake in general. It's the same game, but those things that no longer work in 2018 have been smoothly replaced with newer ideas.
"There's definitely a balance in making up for what we can't do any more with new things, and we really think we've achieved something great with this," Kanda added. Based on what we've played so far, we're inclined to agree. We'll find out exactly how good Resident Evil 2 Remake is when it launches for PC, PS4 and Xbox One in January.
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