Last week, Samsung held its annual Foundry Forum in the U.S. At the event, the company revealed a roadmap that takes its process technology to 7nm Low Power Plus, 5nm Low Power Early and 3nm Gate-All-Around Early/Plus. The 7nm LPP process will be Samsung's first to use an EUV lithography solution, and should be ready for production during the second half of this year. Mass production of parts using the new process will start in the first half of 2019. That happens to be when rival TSMC will start mass production of parts using its 7nm+ node (also using EUV lithography), and start risk production of its 5nm node.
Chips based on Samsung's 5nm LPE will provide ultra-low power consumption. And the last of the chips to employ FinFET will be produced using the 4nm Low Power Early/Plus process. Chips built with this process technology will feature improved performance and a smaller cell size. The two will begin production in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Earlier this year, we passed along a report out of Korea that said Samsung will produce the 7nm Snapdragon 855 mobile platform, which will reportedly be powering next year's Samsung Galaxy S10.
Starting with the 3nm node, Samsung will use its own next-generation GAA (Gate all-around) architecture MBCFET (multi-bridge-channel FET). 3nm production is not expected to begin until 2022. Keep in mind that the smaller the node size, chips that are produced using the process are more powerful and energy efficient.
Quite the impressive achievement Samsung but Tsmc isn't too far behind.
Do you have access to the data used by each technology, to prototypes and results from both Samsung and TSMC? If not, how do you know that Samsung is not creating a piece of s**t that is inferior to SD 200?
In either case I hope the both drop the voltage used to less than 250 millivolts. This would make the SoCs use a lot less energy in the long run. Like they did to the LPDDR4X ram that only uses 0.6 volts instead of 1.1 volts. They really need to drop it even more. If both the ram and the SoCs operated within 250 millivolts. This would have a profound effect on battery life to the point that existing batteries and their current capacities would be more than fine. Since Samsung makes the vast majority of the RAM used in mobiles as well, then Sammy make it so.
Slow down samsung, intel is still stuck in double digit nm.
Read and learn:https://wccftech.com/intel-losing-process-lead-analysis-7nm-2022/ Both TSMC and Samsung 7nm are not true 7nm. Same upcoming 5nm/3nm. But enough to fools peoples like u.
I just read that article but the writer seems to have a habit of choosing opinion over fact at points, he doesn't express certainty in the claims he makes about TSMC and Samsung's processes. His defense of 'this is the case for Intel so it must be the same for others as well' seems rather unfounded. Unless the processes used are exactly identical you can't make that claim. Not saying he's wrong, but his method of coming to the conclusion certainly isn't a convincing and trustworthy one.
You dont need to read what author writes, just read the difference of Intels/TSMC/Samsung Process Feature Size Comparison. https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/content/6713-14nm-16nm-10nm-7nm-what-we-know-now.html No one sees TSMC/Samsung 7nm as true 7nm.
Well, considering Mobile SoC's use less instructions compared to consumer grade computer processors, well yes, it doesn't take a genius to know that intel will still use double digits for a while. Less and Simpler Instruction Set. Seriously, this guy who praises Samsung too much is obviously too closed minded. I've got a Samsung, but still Mobile SoC's are still not yet there (overall) when pitted against Desktop CPU's.
We're going into quantum territory soon, I wonder how they're going to solve the issues that will arise. 2nm to go.
They first need to drop the amount of current used, as well as the drop the voltage down even further. No small feat, but I believe it can be done. They already have the ram operating on 500 to 600 millivolts (0.6 V). So they need to get the SoCs to operate at those voltages or even less like 250 millivolts. This wouldn't increase speeds, but then there is nothing stopping them from adding in more GPU cores to the existing GPUs. For that matter adding more CPU cores would be nice as well. Wouldn't it be nice to have a 1024 GPU core in a mobile smartphone. Get 4 teraflops GPU in a smartphone would be awesome. Bring it on.
what will happen after the 1nm? Will they start using fractions?
1nm is 1000 picometers. But that's too small, and electronics will start acting up on such a tiny scale.
They will go into p(ico)m territory.
And two weeks after that they will achieve 0 nanometer process tech.
there's no such thing as 0 nanometers process. 1 nanometer is 1000 picometers. But again, it's not going to work below that.
Maybe not with the technology we have today, but tomorrow is another day and 2022 is tomorrow.
Okay i have 1 question.Let's say that everything goes to plan and they start producing 3nn chipsets in 2022, what then!?! In what direction will the SoC industry go? I mean 3nm is the theoretical limit with dye shrinking, right?
My guess is that it'll slow down (going tinier) until they find a way to make it work beyond that.
There's a lot of marketing speak going on here to obscure some actual tech but the progression is still impressive!


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Historical compilation of 7 world universities rankings: huge drop for US, rise for French
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After reading an article from HESA where the author explains (referring to Times Higher Education's annual Reputation Rankings) that "only the position of the top 6 or so is genuinely secure. Below about tenth position, everyone else is packed so closely together that changes in rank order are basically guaranteed", we wanted to see how much movement there was at the bottom of the rankings. How did we do this?
We took 7 world university rankings that had some historical data (see note). We selected the years 2010 and 2012 and subtracted the average of the 7 rankings for the 2010 rank from the average of the 2012 rank. For example, Yale University has the overall average rank of "12" in 2010 and "14" in 2012. The equation would be 12 -14 = -2.
If you click on one of the countries, the bottom graph will only include the universities from that specific country.
A few observations:
Top and Bottom countries by total + or – ranks
European universities have generally improved their rankings
Sweden's quality education system is looking fragile from this angle
North American universities, as a group, look as if they have passed their peek
Could the massive cuts in US higher education explain the slumping in the rankings?
Most countries, 28 out 39, remain in the + or – 100 range. The others are as follows:
COUNTRIES Total Difference in rank
France +610
Netherlands +278
Korea +261
Germany +175
China +139
Hong Kong +123
Sweden -129
Israel -139
Canada -248
Japan -323
United States -1469
Top 10 University biggest increase
The biggest increases are not seen in all newer institutions. They are a mixture of new and old universities: University of Strasbourg (1538), Joseph Fourier University (1811), Wageningen University and Research Centre (1918), King Saud University (1957), Sungkyunkwan University (1393), Nanyang Technological University (1991), Radboud University Nijmegen (1923), Korea University (1905), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1937) and Cardiff University (1883)
Difference in rank UNIVERSITY COUNTRY
+222 University of Strasbourg France
+133 Joseph Fourier University France
+116 Wageningen University and Research Centre Netherlands
+92 King Saud University Saudi Arabia
+88 Sungkyunkwan University Korea
+73 Nanyang Technological University Singapore
+66 Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands
+66 Korea University Korea
+63 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong
+61 Cardiff University United Kingdom
Bottom 10 Universities
50% of the bottom 10 are from the USA. 80% the 5 USA universities are publicly funded
Difference in rank University Type Country
-51 Keio University Private Japan
-54 University of Dundee Public United Kingdom
-57 University of Cincinnati Public United States
-61 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Public Sweden
-62 Dartmouth College Private United States
-62 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Private United States
-90 Weizmann Institute of Science Public Israel
-93 University of California, San Francisco Public United States
-106 University of Alabama at Birmingham Public United States
-120 Karolinska Institutet Private Sweden
Note: A total of 398 universities had 5 or more rankings in 2010 and 2012.
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The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with black and white archival photographs.


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Warren police shoot burglary suspect, Detroit lawmaker removed from committee, staggering demand of food banks
By Robin Murdoch and Jack Nissen
THURSDAY NEWS HIT - A 35-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot by Warren police during an attempted arrest following an alleged burglary Thursday morning.
The officer-involved shooting happened around 2 a.m. at a Madison Heights motel on Dequindre Road.
Police had been tailing the suspect after watching him steal a safe an hour earlier.
The suspect was a known offender and described as a career criminal who had just been released from prison on burglary and home invasion charges.
Burglary suspect in critical condition after Warren police shoot him
A 35-year-old burglary suspect was shot by Warren police after they tried to arrest him and he rammed a Warren police vehicle early Thursday morning outside a motel in Madison Heights.
After a surveillance team from Warren police watched the suspect steal a safe out of an Auburn Hills business, they followed him to the Knights Inn and waited for backup.
"The crimes that this particular individual committed have all been serious felony crimes. He had made statements he wasn't willing to go back to prison which meant to us he would use any type of force necessary to get out of the area and not be arrested," said Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer.
When police tried to arrest the suspect, he tried running over one of the officers with his car. He also rammed a squad car before police shot and wounded him.
The man is now in surgery at Beaumont hospital where he remains in critical condition.
"...I'm so grateful none of the officers were seriously injured," said Dwyer.
Police have also obtained a search warrant on a suspect's vehicle as well as at the motel where the man was staying.
Police said a woman and two children had been staying at the hotel with him. Their relationship to the suspect is unknown at this time.
The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, per standard procedure.
Detroit mother dies from COVID-19 days after giving birth
A 33-year-old woman gave birth to her second child before dying from the coronavirus just days later.
The tragedy has sent ripples through their family and the community as the latest heartbreak to come during the pandemic.
"She was able to hold him (baby Diego) and talk to him a little bit and she wasn't getting any better so they put her on the ventilator," said Avilez, her brother.
Mother dies from COVID-19 days after giving birth
Miguel says his sister didn't have any pre-existing conditions. She leaves behind a husband, now a single father raising a 1-year-old named Erika and a newborn.
No one knows what Erika Beccera said into her son's ear before he was taken away, and he would never catch COVID-19. But Beccera would only get worse.
"You could just see her teary, she was tearing up until the very last moments of her life," Avilez said.
Her family made the tough decision to take her off of the ventilator and say goodbye on December 3rd. "After we decided to ease her off the medicine you could see the difference in her face, you could see her relax, you could tell she was in pain," he said.
There is a lot of support around this family but if you would like to contribute to their GoFundMe page, GO HERE.
Detroit lawmakers disciplined after posting Facebook video
Ever since President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani interviewed witnesses in front of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Cynthia Johnson's life has had a magnifying glass hovering over it.
She received dozens of threatening voicemails after she criticized the actions of Giuliani during the hearing, including one telling her she should be hung from a tree. In response to the voicemails, she posted a video on Facebook where it appears she's making veiled threats toward supporters of the president.
Rep. Cynthia Johnson stripped of committees following video threat
Michigan Democratic Representative Cynthia Johnson has been removed from all committees after she posted a video of herself seemingly threatening Trump supporters after she herself was threatened.
"So this is just a warning to you Trumpers: be careful, walk lightly. We ain't playing with you. enough of the shenanigans. Enough. It's enough - and for those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it. Do it right. be in order, make them pay. "
The Detroit lawmaker had her committee assignments stripped as a disciplinary action.
"For her to call the police to show those voicemails of threats and then turn around and they do exactly the same thing that she found hurtful against people that voted for President Trump, or supported President Trump, is uncalled for," said former Republican House Majority Leader Rocky Raczkowski.
Johnson's discipline and the threatening rhetoric that preceded it is the latest example of tensions becoming even more strained against the backdrop of a presidential election that's already been decided but remains in limbo for much of the country.
Michigan certified its results last week and the country passed its Safe Harbor Date this week, meaning if any state has its results certified by then, they are free from being litigated.
19-year-old firebombing victim fights for survival after saving family
Stephanie Shelby has burns on over 75% of her body, the result of a firebomb being thrown through her bedroom window Wednesday morning.
Her mom said she was burned head to toe, and when her room caught on fire, so did the 19-year-old.
But Shelby is also credited with saving her family's lives when she ran upstairs and alerted her parents.
Woman fights to survive after firebombing
Firefighters said Stephanie Shelby has burns over 75 percent of her body, but she is being credited with saving the rest of her family from the fire.
"If it wasn't for her coming upstairs to wake us up, and the baby, we would be dead right now," said Felicia Beasley, Shelby's mom.
Neighbors say they could hear the family fighting to get out of the house. The haunting sound of people yelling and screaming for help rang through the subdivision on St. Mary's Street on Detroit's west side.
Also inside the home was the family's 14-year-old brother Jameel and his 7-month-old nephew. Both were able to get to safety and call for help.
"He's only seven months old, he got him out instantly and came over here," said a neighbor. "He doesn't think he's a hero but I know he is."
With Stephanie in the hospital, the rest of the people in the house are now staying with other relatives. They said the fire took all they had.
According to the Detroit Fire Department, a second suspicious fire was started in the front of the home, however, police have no suspects at this time.
A neighbor has set up a GoFundMe page to help the family during this time. You can find a link HERE.
A Detroit church opens a food bank to staggering demand
The St. Moses the Black church in Detroit has stepped up to help struggling residents put food on the table. But like so many other food banks, they're running out of food and being forced to turn people away.
An overwhelming line of cars alongside Oakman in Detroit stretched back for blocks, another reminder of how difficult finding basic necessities has been during the pandemic. The church says they serve 250 families per week.
West side of Detroit food bank overwhelmed by the need during pandemic
Cars lined up along Oakman in Detroit Wednesday - the day folks with the Catholic church of Saint Moses the Black, also known as Church of the Madonna Parish, handed out food for families in need.
"That 251st family - we're telling them to call 211 or Gleaners to find out who else is giving away food," Douglas said. "We may have a little produce left for another 10 or 20 families, but not the whole stretch."
If you can help - Food and monetary donations can also be given to Gleaners on the church's behalf.
With COVID-19 reshaping business attire, dry cleaners further suffer
With white-collar jobs being relocated to the office dens of people's homes, the prospect of business attire has gone out the window. The reshaping lifestyle for many will have cascading effects for years to come - that includes the status of dry cleaners with nothing to dry clean.
"The dry cleaning industry - or my business - basically has almost disappeared," said Amit Bhatia, owner of GM Dry Cleaners.
It's not just offices that people aren't dressing up for anymore. There are events that have been canceled and the general trend of more casual clothes becoming more accepted in the office has increased.
Metro Detroit dry cleaners plead with federal government for financial help
Dry cleaners are feeling a loss of business everywhere as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to re-shape our lifestyle.
"Why would you need your slacks if you're working from home in your sweats?" Bhatia said. "Eighty percent of our business has disappeared since COVID."
From West Bloomfield to Farmington Hills, FOX 2 talked to another dry cleaning company that's seeing a decline in business.
1. Mike Duggan has announced plans to run for a third term as mayor of Detroit. He kicked off his campaign with a live steam on Wednesday.
2. A teenager with rickets and her family are facing deportation, worrying her mother who fears health issues could increase if she's forced to leave.
3. If you're asking for someone who needs help, it won't take long to find them. Mark Schimanski did, and he found a single mother of three in need of a furnace.
4. Michigan reported 4,905 more cases and 75 more deaths on Wednesday. That number is still much higher than the target caseload for Michigan. But it's also evidence of improvement.
5. The Michigan Wolverines are 5-0 in basketball play after freshman Hunter Dickson put up 18 points in a sound defeat of Toledo Wednesday night.
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It's going to be a foggy start to Thursday before the clouds clear and temperatures tick up to 47. Friday is setting up to look a lot like Thursday, too.
Thursday morning: Freezing Fog Advisory runs until 10 am
Our weekend rain is still on tap.
48 states, federal regulators bring antitrust action against Facebook
Federal regulators on Wednesday sued to force a breakup of Facebook as 48 states and districts accused the company in a separate lawsuit of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors.
The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The FTC specifically asked a court to force Facebook sell off its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services.
"It's really critically important that we block this predatory acquisition of companies and that we restore confidence to the market," James said during a press conference announcing the lawsuit.
The FTC said Facebook has engaged in a "systematic strategy" to eliminate its competition, including by purchasing smaller up-and-coming rivals like Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. James echoed that in her press conference, saying Facebook "used its monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users."


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So who makes our Six Nations team of the tournament?
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We list Wales' three greatest wins in Paris
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Why Gatland should resist picking too many Welsh Lions
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France v Wales: How the sides compare head-to-head
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Six Nations Team of the Tournament so far
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Shelley Stracener is a 2005 Electrical & Computer Engineering graduate. She is currently working as an Engineering Program Manager for Heads Up Technologies, an aerospace, aviation and entertainment solutions company that specializes in designing lighting and cabin management systems for private jets and aircrafts. Shelley discusses her involvement in the Society of Women Engineers and her passion for networking through professional organizations.
A: I currently work for Heads Up Technologies as an Engineering Program Manager. We provide innovative new products like cabin management systems and LED lighting for private business jets. In addition to schematic capture, PCB layout, hardware validation, and firmware design, I also manage project logistics and work with customers and vendors as we develop custom solutions for aircraft manufacturers.
A: After I graduated from Baylor, I worked at Dell for five years. Unfortunately, there were not many opportunities to incorporate design work into my day-to-day responsibilities, so I decided to move on. I worked for a medical device company for a short period of time before the product I worked on was sold off. A fellow Baylor graduate approached me about a position at Heads Up Technologies, and I started working for the company in 2010. Heads Up Technologies is a small company consisting of 60 people, 25 of whom are design engineers. I was finally able to get more of the hands-on experience I was looking for.
A: Because we work on private jets, there is a lot of custom work. It can be a challenge to implement the customer's requests in a cost-effective manner. In addition, we have many projects where we are only designing a part of the cabin management system, and we have to make our part work with the aircraft's existing system. Those projects require a good amount of communication with the customer and other vendors to ensure that everything works together.
A: Occasionally, we get to go on test flights when we do certifications on the aircraft's components. It is really cool to be sitting on a plane next to something you have designed. I always love to see the finished product.
A: The younger generation is more in tune with technology, and there has been a shift in how the general population uses technology in their daily lives. However, not everyone is as familiar with new technologies as the younger generation. For example, when designing touch-screen menus, not everyone is going to find the same user graphical user interface design intuitive and easy to use. User experience is important, but highly subjective. For this reason, we make a lot of our technology customizable so that customers can pick and choose the features they prefer to use. This strategy accommodates a wider range of potential users.
I've observed a lot of profitable and innovative things happening on the software side of the industry as engineering companies start to take a holistic look at things like usability and customer experiences. It's very easy for engineers to put blinders on and make assumptions about how a device will be used. However, I think it's important to think about usability from a customer's perspective so that you can work out bugs, prevent misuse, and implement features that would otherwise be overlooked or dismissed.
A: I really liked Electrical Materials with Dr. Eisenbarth. When I came to Baylor, I wanted to be a pharmacist. Electrical Materials combined chemistry and physics and applied those fundamentals to the engineering problem-solving process. It suited my interests and ultimately helped lead me to a career in engineering.
In 2004-2005, the economy was really struggling. A lot of companies had hiring freezes, and I wasn't able to complete an internship before graduation. As a result, I didn't really know what to expect when I graduated. My first year out of college was a bit shocking as I adjusted. I wish that I had taken the time to attend a regional or national conference with a professional organization. This would have given me the opportunity to go to a career fair and talk to professionals about what they do all day, what they like and dislike about their current job, and what keeps them motivated. I think I would have had a better understanding of what to expect after graduation had taken advantage of some of those networking opportunities.
A: Most of my memories are of late nights at the lab. They seemed impossibly hard at the time, but looking back they were much easier than what I do now! I really enjoyed my experiences in Senior Design where I led the project for part of the semester and worked with other students. We solved engineering problems together but also made important connections with one another. These connections helped me after college in my job search. A lot of small companies will not always post jobs publicly. They often ask their current employees, and hires are made through networking. That's how I ended up at Heads Up Technologies.
Q: You were a member of The Society of Women Engineers as a student at Baylor, and you remain active as a professional. What is your current role in SWE?
A: I have been a SWE member since 2002. I am currently a Section Representative and the webmaster for the Dallas Section of SWE. I also manage the website and all of the social media channels for SWE Region C which is comprised of members in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. In these roles, I get to meet a lot of people from all over the United States and serve the members of Region C and Dallas as a conduit of information from the international society.
Q: How has your involvement in SWE and other professional organizations helped you in your career?
A: Through SWE and IEEE, I have met a lot of other local engineers. This has helped me expand my professional network and participate in community outreach events. It has also helped me stay fresh on new technologies and the future of different industries through webinars, conferences, and other professional events. Technologies change so quickly: it is important to be a life-long learner and seek out opportunities to develop leadership skills.
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This is the place to be for any downloads (or hints to extract site content) for supporting the SulCom programs.
Downloads are available in their native format and in Adobe pdf format by downloading as needed from this site. However if the native files are desired and are not available on this site, please e-mail us with your needs.
As can be seen this site is pretty plain; there are not a lot of pretty pictures, full motion videos, etc. There are plenty of other sites to get that material. The site design was intended for SulCom field teams to grab content as needed and place into their program documentation with little or no editing needed. This promotes the premise that all SulCom field teams should be working from the same base documentation.
Those who are familiar with cut, copy and paste will easily be able to handle extracting needed text from the site. For Windows users just highlight what is needed, use the keyboard (Ctrl-C) or mouse (Right-Click, then select "Copy" from the menu.) Mac and Linux users know their routines but if someone has those please pass them along to the webmaster.
Pasting the text to the final location is just as easy; Windows users just left-click the location of the desired destination in the item requiring the extracted text and either use the keyboard (Ctrl-V) or mouse (Right-Click, then select "Paste" from the menu.) Again, Mac and Linux users know their routines but if someone has those please pass them along to the webmaster.
Extraction of site content can be used by SulCom field teams for SulCom team program documentation development at any time. Others who wish to extract material from this site require permission from the SulCom webmaster.
All SulCom programs use this template in one way or another to commingle individual field reports into a single file that can be e-mailed as needed.
This template was developed and saved as a Microsoft Excel Template (xlt) file. However, the template was developed with as few intricacies as possible so it can be used by other spreadsheet applications. It has been used successfully in OpenOffice 3.0 with no issues.
This sheet (Page 1 is a blank sheet and Page 2 is a sample) is similar to the one used at Sullivan Weather for recording staff changes, quarter-hour updates and other pertinent items during support of incidents. Stick and paper is used for maintaining continuity but documentation is archived electronically after the incident support activity is complete. Over time documentation standards at Sullivan Weather will be moved to standard ICS forms where applicable.
All SulCom field teams should be documenting their activities while supporting SulCom programs.
This sheet is similar to the one used at Sullivan Weather for recording incoming reports received on the backbone. Like the logsheet above, stick and paper is used for maintaining continuity but documentation is archived electronically after the incident support activity is complete.
While not exactly per the report format in flow, this form resembles the screen used for entering information into the Local Storm Report (LSR) database.


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Images of the Nokia 7.2 leak ahead of the official launch
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Aug 24, 2019 at 12:00 GMT 5 months ago
A couple of days back, we reported that Nokia is planning to launch three new budget focused phones at IFA 2019. The phones included Nokia 7.2 as well, which now has been leaked online.
The leak comes from China and shows the design of Nokia 7.2. The front of the device features a waterdrop notch with thin bezels and chin. On the back of the device is a big round camera bump that houses three cameras and a flash. Below the cameras sits the physical fingerprint scanner and we have some Nokia branding as well. From the photos, it looks like the Nokia 7.2 will be running on stock Android and might come with Android One certification.
Unfortunately, the images don't reveal the specs of the device but we do expect to see a Snapdragon 710 SoC with 6 GB of RAM. Rumours suggests that Nokia will launch the device along with two others at the IFA 2019 and the device will be available soon for sale immediately after the launch.
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The conversion of this mod was pure horror and the concept we had to knock several times. Ultimately, we are some compromises so that received the various functions and animations work together. This first beta version should work in MP.
This pack is the first and probably last version for LS13 if no serious errors occur more. Other versions will follow probably only in LS15.
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The OIAA program includes 120 hours of classroom contact (via on-line discussions and assignments) and 60 hours of fieldwork.
Course Two and Three each require 20 hours of fieldwork and 40 hours of classroom contact.
Offers a broad overview of the characteristics and psychosocial implications for students with physical disabilities birth to age 22.
The course prepares candidates to address functional limitations of movement and/or sensation, health impairments, and mild/severe intellectual impairments.
Candidates explore the domains of cognitive, communication.
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U.S. Policy in Afghanistan:
30 Years of Destruction
U.S. military brass says the task at hand in Afghanistan is to root out corruption and rebuild the country.
Root out corruption? Is that why the U.S. has been propping up a president who had to steal an election to stay in power? Is that why President Karzai's brother – who controls Kandahar – is the biggest opium trafficker in Afghanistan?
Rebuild the country? Is that why the U.S. military bombed and invaded Afghanistan? Is that why the U.S. has been dropping huge bombs on villages, destroying homes and killing hundreds of civilians?
Today, after nine years in power, the U.S.-sponsored Afghan government controls little more than its own compound in Kabul. So the U.S. – in addition to its own murderous military machine – relies on private armies of warlords to control different parts of the country. These warlords, armed with guns and U.S. money, have a free hand to attack and rob the population.
That's hardly a way for the U.S. to "win the hearts and minds" of the Afghan people – as it pretends to be doing!
And it's nothing new. It's the continuation of a cynical U.S. policy that has had catastrophic consequences for the Afghan people for more than three decades.
In the late 1970s, the U.S. began to channel money to warlords fighting the then Afghan government. U.S. policymakers, under both Democratic and Republican administrations, did this in part to create problems for the Soviet Union, with which that Afghan government was allied.
The rebel warlords used a reactionary ideology to recruit fighters and build a base for themselves in the rural population. In the areas they controlled, they stifled any hint of social progress. Women, who had been able to go to school and get jobs under the previous regime, were forced back into their homes, and under the full-body cover of the burqa.
Today women in Afghanistan are reduced to slaves of men – especially wealthy men like the warlords themselves. The population continues to be attacked and robbed by the warlords. Afghanistan continues to be one of the poorest and most socially backward countries in the world.
Unlike the press releases of the U.S. military that change every week, U.S. policy toward Afghanistan has remained the same for more than 30 years: to try to control the country, in the interests of U.S. Big Business.
Whether the U.S. tries to control Afghanistan by using its own military or by paying off reactionary, corrupt warlords, the results for Afghan people are the same – death, destruction, backwardness and cruelty.
When the U.S. government destroys lives in other countries, it claims it's acting in the name of the American people.
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Los Angeles Football Club introduced comedian and actor Will Ferrell as one of the part owners of the MLS franchise on Thursday.
The 26-person ownership group features several former athletes including Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and his wife, U.S. women's soccer star Mia Hamm and NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson.
Hamm introduced Ferrell at a press conference on Thursday.
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Ferrell starred in the 2005 movie Kicking and Screaming, where he plays a coach for a boys' soccer team.
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The sweet treats once manufactured in New York
Contemporary New York boasts of its artisanal gourmet chocolatiers and confectioners.
But decades ago, the city was home to big factories pumping out some of the cheap sweets that are iconic old-school brands today.
Like Tootsie Rolls. Invented by a Brooklyn candy maker in 1896 and named after his daughter, these chewy candies used to be produced by the Sweets Company of America in a factory at 325-329 West Broadway.
That factory has sat empty for years, but as you can see from the photo, a developer has big plans: it's set to become luxury condos called the Chocolate Factory, reports Curbed.
Looks like the same fate is in store for the former Life Savers factory at Eleventh Avenue and 20th Street.
This is where the minty candies shaped like life preservers got their start in 1913, before the Mint Products Company moved the factory to Queens in 1916, according to Businessweek.com.
The new name of these opulent residences: the Lifesaver Lofts, of course!
Take a stroll through Chelsea Market, at Ninth Avenue and 15th Street, and you're constantly reminded that this high-end foodie heaven was once part of the factory complex owned by the National Biscuit Company, or Nabisco, since the late 19th century.
It's where millions of Oreos, Nutter Butters, Vanilla Wafers, Animal Crackers, and Fig Newtons were produced, packaged, and sent across the world.
Until the 1950s, that is, when Nabisco began baking all of its signature cookies in New Jersey and moved out.
[Left: A Nabisco building on 11th Avenue in 1913; Library of Congress]
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There were several chocolate factories downtown besides
Tootsie-Roll.
Some of their ghost signs are still visible, like one on the the reddish, western wall of a building on the S.E. corner of Grand and Wooster, advertising "chocolate covered cherries" https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=759955616593046003&q=II+Corallo+Trattoria&iwloc=A&gl=US&hl=en-US
Another ghost sign can be found on the eastern wall of 178 Prince Street (Thompson/Sullivan), above the alley there. https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=759955616593046003&q=II+Corallo+Trattoria&iwloc=A&gl=US&hl=en-US which may have been advertising Li-Lac Chocolates, located on Christopher Street, or perhaps another local chocolate company. I cannot recall precisely.
Until recently there was a candy factory on Morton Street between Hudson and Greenwich.
There may even have been others, whose location escape me at the moment.
ephemeralnewyork Says:
Thanks! Do you mean the chocolate factory on Clarkson, not Morton? That one is still there:
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20111108/greenwich-village-soho/reallife-willy-wonka-chocolate-factory-has-70year-history-village
Is it Clarkson? Probably. I get confused over there.
Also, the Chunky Chocolate company, a huge factory, was located on Dean Street (or was it Pacific?) between Vanderbilt and Carlton Avenues in Prospect Hgts, Brooklyn, at least through the 60s.
The naughty neighborhood adolescent boys somehow would gain access after school and rob a box or two for themselves.
Joe R Says:
Not in NYC but in nearby Portchester, Lifesavers used to have a building with huge model Lifesavers on the lawn in front of the building.
The chocolate covered cherries were Cella brand, made by the same people who made Tootsie Rolls. The 325 west broadway building goes through to Wooster St below Grand St.
My welsh immigrant ancestors lived in Sherrif Street circa 1880/1886. William Jones is listed in a New York City directory and his occupation is "candy". Was there a chocolate/ sweet factory in the sheriff street area at that time, or maybe he was a street vendor?
Can anybody help?
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Maple Leaf Foods swings to $25-million profit as retail offsets loss of restaurant sales
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A Maple Leaf Foods employee walks through the company's meat facility in Toronto on Dec. 15, 2008.
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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. overcame a steep drop in restaurant and food supply sales last quarter to furnish a $25-million profit thanks to a revenue boost in pork, retail consumption and Asian demand.
The meat giant raised sales by 7 per cent $1.09 billion in the second quarter as consumers of its pork and plant-based protein products stayed home and stocked up, on top of more exports to China.
"The strength of retail volumes was fully offset by the decline in food service," said chief financial officer Geert Verellen. But an overall increase in demand and production of pork – yielding meat sales growth of 5.8 per cent – alongside 41 per cent sales growth for plant-based protein shored up income.
"There is a steady slope of recovery in food service, but we're clearly a ways away from coming anywhere close to being flat to a year ago," chief operating officer Curtis Frank said on a conference call Thursday.
Plant-based protein, which includes grain-based protein and vegan cheese products, has made up a rapidly growing portion of revenue for the past year, but still comprises less than 6 per cent of total sales.
Maple Leaf said it shelled out $19-million on COVID-19 costs such as personal protective equipment and sanitation protocols, mitigated by savings on travel, training and promotions.
The bulk of pandemic expenses related to the $2 hourly bonus paid to processing-plant workers from late March through June, the company said.
Maple Leaf announced it would nix the so-called hero pay late last month, prompting some backlash from the union representing front-line employees.
"We were disappointed with the decision that was made not just by Maple Leaf Foods but also by other food industry employers," said Tim Deelstra, a spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada.
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"The pandemic is still there. The virus has not gone away. There is no vaccine," Mr. Deelstra said Thursday. "Workers continue to be concerned and want to be as healthy and safe as they can be."
Chief executive Michael McCain said the company continues to drive down costs "without sacrificing the health and safety of our people," and expressed his "profound gratitude to our front-line team members."
Maple Leaf earned $25.7-million in the quarter ended June 30 on higher revenues led by a 41-per-cent gain from its plant protein group.
The company says its net income amounted to 21 cents a share for the three-month period, compared with a loss of five cents a share or $6.3-million a year earlier.
Adjusted profits were 35 cents a share, up 6 per cent from 33 cents a share in the second quarter of 2019 as stronger sales were largely offset by the COVID-19 costs and strategic investments in plant protein.
Maple Leaf Foods was expected to report 25 cents per share in adjusted profits on $1.12-billion in revenues, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
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Emperor – Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Released July 8th, 1997 on Candlelight Records
Listen, In The Nightside Eclipse is a stone classic. It's my favourite black metal record, although if you're a purist I'll probably say it's Sunbather just to piss you off. Regardless, Nightside is the album I would point to and say "that's black metal", in case you were wondering. That said, Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk, the band's second album, does everything Nightside does, only bigger, and in widescreen. While there are somewhat less keyboards overlaying the churn of Anthems, and it doesn't have "I Am The Black Wizards" on it, it does work in a much clearer fashion, upping the production values and drilling down more on the intense blastbeats to anchor the songs, rather than mixing everything into a shoegazer-approved blur.
By 1997, of course, the Norwegian band was surrounded by a black haze of controversy, like the filth and the fury surrounding the Sex Pistols twenty years prior but much more viscerally psychotic. Original drummer Faust murdered a man in 1992 for making passes at him in a forest near Lillehammer; that day he went with Mayhem's Euronymous and Burzum/Mayhem-affiliated pagan-fascist Varg Vikernes to burn down one of Norway's ancient Christian stave churches (the latter two would later fall out, leading to Vikernes' infamous murder of Euronymous in 1993). He and Emperor co-founder Samoth went to jail in 1994, shortly before the release of In The Nightside Eclipse, although Samoth was imprisoned for arson, having been caught burning down another church with Varg Vikernes. Anthems was recorded after Samoth was released on parole in 1996; still, most of the record is the brainchild of Ihsahn, vocalist, lead guitarist, and main arranger of the sumptuous, vile suites. Controversy followed them on tour (and again in 2015, when Faust was released from prison and went on tour with Emperor), but it only served to bring further notoriety and interest to the Norwegian black metal scene and Emperor specifically.
Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk is arguably (but only barely arguably) the peak of Norwegian black metal, from a technical and sonic standpoint. The band themselves would put out a wildly uneven third record (IX) and then turn into an endlessly-touring machine under the sole control of Ihsahn. The genre would burn out on cheesy adolescent theistic Satanism, cross the Atlantic, and be reborn first as paganism with the Nordic fascism removed (Wolves In The Throne Room) and then as a vehicle for hipster American musicians' experiments in metal, both failed (Liturgy) and sublime (Deafheaven). Anthems, then, remains the high-water mark for purely Scandinavian black metal.
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The years following Kurt Cobain's suicide marked a sea change in the makeup of popular music in England and North America. Hip hop and electronic music ate up market share until a rough sort of equality emerged; "the kids" were just as likely to be into dirty south or drum n bass as they were rock 'n' roll, signalling that the Boomers were finally old and ready to be put out to pasture. One of the key drivers of this changeover was the popularity of big beat between 1996 and 1998. This movement – a product of the Chemical Brothers, the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim Crystal Vegas, and helped along by the equally-brash sounds of other electronic acts like Daft Punk and the Sneaker Pimps – brought the slamming sound of drum breakbeats into the bedrooms of suburban teens from coast to coast.
The Prodigy were a little different from the others in that they incorporated a definite punk rock influence into their music. The most obvious of these influences was of course singer Keith Flint, who wore a pink mohawk and looked like he'd just crawled out of a bender in the basement of Malcolm McLaren's haberdashery. There was also an aggressiveness to the way Liam Howlett arranged and programmed the songs, a certain je ne sais quoi that put the group more in the realm of anarcho-electro-punks Atari Teenage Riot than other English big beat acts that were jamming up contemporary rave culture. "Smack My Bitch Up", with it's controversial Kool Keith sample and it's car-chase propulsion, was discussed endlessly as to whether it was misogynistic or simply a reflection of the culture. "Breathe" and "Firestarter" took the clenched-fist industrial energy of Trent Reznor and made it okay for kids tripping on E and glowsticks. "Funky Shit" and "Naryan", meanwhile, were closer to what the Chemical Brothers had been doing on Dig Your Own Hole. Regardless of which direction the album took, it had the energy and edge that kids went for in the late Nineties.
It was such a success that at one point, probably around 1998 or so, I overheard a big farm kid claim that AC/DC wasn't a real rock band and that real rock bands sounded like The Prodigy. He was objectively wrong (and dumb as a rock to boot) but there you have it: proof that, for the thrill and excitement that "the youth" craved, big beat was doing what rock 'n' roll acts couldn't.
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Q: Finding a transformation given a product of 2 transformations Let $S,T:\Bbb R^3 \rightarrow \Bbb R^3$ be a linear transformation and let $B = \{(1,1,1),(0,1,1),(0,0,1) \}$
Let $[S]_B = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$
$$[T\cdot S]_B = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1\\ 1 & 1 & 1\end{pmatrix}$$
I need to find $[T]_B$ and calculate $T(1,1,1)$ and $T(0,1,1)$.
Now first I said that I could separate $[T\cdot S]_B$ into $[T]_B [S]_B$ so I could write:
$$[T]_B\begin{pmatrix}1 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1\\ 1 & 1 & 1\end{pmatrix}$$
I got stuck here, don't know if I'm doing the right thing since I haven't used the info about the vectors of basis $B$.
Could someone please guide me what is the right approach?

A: You are doing the right thing. You will only use the basis $B$ if you want to write something like $$T(x,y,z) = (T_1(x,y,z),T_2(x,y,z),T_3(x,y,z))$$in the end. But note, though, that the first column of $[T]_B$ is $T(1,1,1)$, the second column is $T(0,1,1)$, etc.
In general, given $T : V_2 \to V_3$ and $S:V_1 \to V_2$, we have: $$[T \circ S]_{B_1,B_3} = [T]_{B_2, B_3}[S]_{B_1,B_2},$$where $B_1,B_2,B_3$ are bases for the vector spaces $V_1,V_2,V_3$. Our case is nice: $V_1 = V_2 = V_3 = \Bbb R^3$ and $B_1=B_2=B_3 = B$.

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In a bold experiment linguist Terence Moore holds a series of conversations in 21st century language with the 17th century philosopher, John Locke. Initially the conversations focus on Locke's radical insights into language and its pitfalls, particularly misunderstanding.
The ideas – How do we understand each other? Why do we misunderstand each other? Questions highly pertinent to our use of language today.
Buried in Book III of Locke's famous work An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is his most radical idea: Secret reference, the tacit communal conspiracy we all indulge in every day. A universal assumption that what we mean by words others do too. In fact things are not so simple. Locke argues that words do not contain meanings; words only spark meanings in the mind. And minds differ opening the way for misunderstanding.
Chomsky, Orwell, Morality, Happiness, Is Locke really an empiricist?
As well as exploring understanding and misunderstanding Moore and Locke's ten conversations range widely. See Contents.


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AT&T Opening Innovation Centers in Atlanta, Texas
AT&T has announced plans to open two new innovation centers in Atlanta and Plano, Texas in the coming months.
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AT&T is looking to amp up innovation.
The wireless giant this week announced plans to open two new innovation centers in Atlanta and Plano, Texas in the coming months, bringing its total to five such facilities worldwide. The new centers will be part of AT&T's $100 million Foundry program aimed at speeding up the development of the latest technologies and applications.
The new Atlanta center, located adjacent to the Georgia Tech campus and sponsored by Cisco, will focus on developing home automation and security products around AT&T's Digital Life service, as well as connected car technologies, John Donovan, senior executive vice president for AT&T technology and network operations, wrote in a blog post. The new Plano center, meanwhile, will be dedicated to machine-to-machine and connected device technologies.
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The extended family of his uncle and brothers (cousins) has revealed no suitable candidate.
I think that Warrant Officer Class 1 William H Tilbury #M/14229 – https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/4447949 and Mechanist Sergeant Major W H Tilbury #M/25650 https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5219819 are the same person. Looking at the linked Medal cards https://search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/record… and https://search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/record… you will see that M/2560 is common to them both.


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Prepare to go on a chilling journey in to the dark depths of St George's Hall when LoveHistory return next week with the spine-tingling, fright-night spectacular – Chamber of Horrors: Gallows Eve just in time for Halloween!
After the success of the previous Chamber of Horrors events in 2016 and 2017 it is back bigger, better, and more terrifying than ever before from Saturday 27 – Wednesday 31 October featuring brand new themes for the occasion.
As well as reliving gory scenes from some of Hollywood's scariest blockbusters, 2018 will also see the introduction of all new suspense filled stories, retelling the chilling events of those lost souls sent to the gallows at St George's Hall.
Complete with incredible visual and sound effects so realistic it will leave the skin crawling and shivers down the spine, it is the perfect experience for fans of horror.
Willing souls brave enough to enter will embark on a voyage through the cold, dark passageways and eerie cells of the historic Liverpool landmark building…but be warned: infamous characters from the darkest of Liverpool's history will be lurking in wait!
These unspeakable characters, said to haunt the building at night, will tell the tales of the horrors that lurk around every corner; lost, tormented creatures that are trapped between this world and the next, anxiously seeking escape.
This theatrical promenade performance provides not only the unique and terrifying experience of journeying through this historic building, but a team of professional actors provide a quality theatrical experience featuring scenes from the best of the horror genres.
Please be aware that this is not a jump out scare attraction but for those afraid of the dark, they may need to listen for things that go bump in the night!
Judy McLean, Creative Director of Lovehistory, said: "I cannot wait to bring Chamber of Horrors back to Liverpool this Halloween! St George's Hall is the perfect setting, it adds such an intense and chilling atmosphere. We have added new elements to this year's tours, with historic events from Liverpool's past being re-imagined with an added horror twist, as well as the return of popular Hollywood horror movie scenes re-created by our team of incredibly talented actors.
Please note: This show is primarily for adults, but we do encourage families. Recommended age restrictions would be 15+ but anyone younger is at parent's discretion. It may contain language and content that will offend.


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Don't you just hate it when you feel like you've been very busy but you can't figure out what, if anything, you've accomplished? That's where I've been lately. One thing I haven't been doing much of is blogging, but I promise I have been doing some things.
I noticed three daffodils blooming when I went out to get the mail on Monday. Don't tell me - I realized when I got there that it was a federal holiday - no mail delivery. How am I supposed to remember that after I just spent 8 hours at work? I always remember when I get there.
I didn't get a picture of the flowers a cold wind had started to blow. But they are out there in the cold wind - the first flowers of spring. I'm inside where it's warm enjoying these Valentine's Day flowers, so I took a picture of them.
These flowers are my VERY VERY FAVORITE. They are so beautiful and have a light sweet scent. I try to grow them - it doesn't work for me.
I think we're kind of burned out exhausted and sore from weeks of working on the wood flooring project. I'm dragging my feet about getting the stuff back on the walls because I don't know what I want where. Once that is done and I paint the lingerie chest I'll do a reveal of the master bedroom.
After I get the stuff on the walls so that the guest room isn't a mess, this is my next project. First step - remove CURIOUS cat from drawer.
As I was browsing through Pinterest after dinner I found this coconut pie recipe. I love coconut - it's like candy from nature.
Coconut always makes me think about George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) saying, "You don't like coconuts? Say, brainless, don't you know where coconuts come from? Lookit here. From Tahiti, the Fiji islands, the Coral Sea."
I'm sure I've seen this recipe before but I've never made the pie even though I love coconut. It sounded yummy and most especially fast and easy (hey, it was Monday night) so I ran in the kitchen, whipped one up and popped it in the oven. My SuperDave had asked for a pie, or a cake, or any kind of homemade dessert soon, so I started with this one. It was so easy I almost feel like it didn't count.
I just made enough of the homemade Bisquick for the pie recipe.
Then I stirred in the other ingredients and poured it in my buttered pie plate.
An hour later - we were eating a golden toasted coconut custard pie!
In a medium bowl, blend all the ingredients together by hand or on low speed for 30 seconds. Pour into a 10-inch pie plate that has been buttered or sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake at 350F. for 50 minutes, or until golden and set.
I can hardly wait for another serving today!
Laura,thanks for stopping by my blog.your Lilly's are beautiful and I m sure master bedroom will come out great.
Hi Laura! I can't wait to see the final reveal of your bedroom. The flowers are beautiful and there is nothing my husband loves more than a coconut cream pie. I'll have to try this recipe I'm sure he'll like it also. Thanks for linking up at Transformed Tuesday.
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The mile-high wait is finally over, and the final salvo of an epic autumn is upon us. Next weekend, Oct 20-22, the best pro and amateur Halo players and teams in the world will make their way to Colorado for the HCS Fall 2017 Finals at DreamHack Denver. With a $200,000 prize pool up for grabs and a championship on the line, the eyes of all Halo esports fans will be fixated firmly on the Rockies to see which squad comes out on top.
At first glance, three teams seem to stand out from the rest, beginning with Team EnVyUs, who are no strangers to success on such a stage. nV won the Fall 2016 Finals in California, then took the HCS Daytona crown earlier this year. The Elumnite-coached squad of Snip3down, Huke, Mikwen, and Pistola heads into DreamHack Denver running the HCS Pro League table to the tune of an undefeated 7-0 regular season.
After dominating the Summer 2017 Finals at DreamHack Atlanta, the young guns at Splyce seemed to be hamstrung by their success once the Fall season of HCS Pro League began, finishing their regular season campaign in an underwhelming 4th position. However, there's not an opponent in the building who would think it wise to write them off heading into Denver, as it would be just as unsurprising to see them back on top when the final point is tallied.
Then there's the seemingly ever-present OpTic Gaming – though the perennial powerhouse has seen more than a few breaches in their vaunted #GreenWall as of late, losing their last two major tournaments to the aforementioned nV and Splyce at HCS Daytona and DreamHack Atlanta respectively. However, how does the old saying go – something about waking a sleeping giant? One must wonder though, how long might the squad that won both the 2016 and 2017 Halo World Championships stay together if the ultimate prize eludes them once more in Denver?
Now, while nV, Splyce, and OpTic might seem like the popular picks at first, there's plenty of room for other teams to make their presence known in powerful ways, potentially shocking the field with unexpected results. Team Liquid has to be considered at minimum a dark horse for the overall win, and Europe's Team Infused has unfinished business – and unconquered goals – in the United States. No matter who you are pulling for, the one guarantee is that Halo fans are in for an absolute treat when the squads hit the stage next weekend.
For more information on event details, travel, registration, ticket sales, and more, make sure to head over to the official Event Hub at halo.gg/dreamhackdenver.
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DreamHack Denver will feature a 64-team 4v4 Open Bracket which will feed into a Championship Bracket Tournament, where eight NA teams and two EU teams await. Vexed.eBuyer and Excel Esports will start in the 4v4 Open Bracket as our #1 and #2 seeds. Following them will be up to 62 Open Bracket teams, who will be seeded by HCS points earned from the Open Circuit. The 4v4 Open Bracket will be a double elimination bracket, where the top 6 teams remaining will advance to the Championship Bracket. Matches in the Championship Bracket will feature Best of 5 and Best of 7 series. Players will compete on the Fall 2017 map and gametype settings.
Featuring a $5,000 prize pool, the FFA begins on Saturday, Oct. 21, and will be single elimination, two games played per round, with the top three players in each round advancing. Each game will be limited to 12 minutes, and the total number of players in the tournament will be capped to 288. The maps played will be Truth and Regret. The $5,000 FFA Grand Finals will be determined by a single game on Truth.
Let's hear from Michael "StrongSide" Cavanaugh and Mark "Onset" Hatcher on their thoughts on some of the top storylines heading into DreamHack Denver.
STRONGSIDE: Heading into DreamHack Denver, the competition has gotten closer than it's ever been in Halo 5. From Splyce defeating OpTic at DreamHack Atlanta, to Team EnVyUs going undefeated in Pro League, and to OpTic Gaming just well… being OpTic Gaming, the consistent powerhouse throughout Halo 5 and never placing out of the Top 2. As for Team Liquid, with the addition of Spartan back in the fold we've seen some incredible moments from the squad, but they will need to be playing at their best without having their rollercoaster moments.
We saw how hungry Splyce were at Atlanta, but the question is, will they have that same hunger after winning that event? Splyce lost three matches in NA Pro League to nV, OpTic, and Liquid after their win in Atlanta. Were they perhaps a bit too comfortable following their title? Team EnVyUs were OpTic Gaming's kryptonite and seen as the only team that could take the throne from OpTic. nV looked as if they fell behind at Atlanta with their struggle throughout the event. It's nV's time to prove again that they are a team capable of winning an event. OpTic Gaming have placed 2nd in back to back events, this has definitely put a fire in the OG squad and they have their sights to end the final event of the year on top.
Luminosity, Evil Geniuses, Ronin, and Team Kryptik struggled throughout the season and three of these teams made roster changes mid-season to attempt to turn things around. Although the roster changes seemed to better their team, it wasn't enough to defeat the likes of OpTic, nV, Splyce, or Liquid.
Team Kryptik (previously known as Naventic) were the first team to knock a team out of NA Pro League and secure in spot in the Fall Pro League season. Although, this didn't fare well for them as they ended the season 0-7 and only won 4 games out of the 25 played. The Kryptik players are well-known for showing up more focused at live events and looking to finish out the year with a strong performance.
ONSET: Since the dust of HCS London settled, all of the European teams have been grinding harder than I have seen. Every team has been scrimming since the day after London, with a shared motivation to prove the doubters wrong and prove themselves against North American opposition. Infused, Vexed and Excel are all boot-camping in Denver before the event so with this added practice, I would expect to see some big moves made from these squads as the tournament progresses.
Who wins it all at DreamHack Denver?
StrongSide: Splyce. This roster has come a long way from January earlier this year. With only one roster change across the 6 tournaments they have competed in, Splyce have the comfortable chemistry many teams wish they could have. Splyce also has some of the best if not the best individually skilled players on their roster; Renegade and Shotzzy don't lose very many clutch 1-on-1 battles. Watching Splyce compete at Atlanta you can tell they've sharpened their teamwork, communication, and consistency throughout a three-day tournament which were all things they had previously struggled.
Tsquared: It's hard to go against NV when they finished the 2017 Fall Pro League undefeated - they've fixed their slow starts online but it's going to have to transfer to Denver.
Onset: The team I believe will take the Dreamhack Denver title will be Team EnVyUs. Off the back of a disappointing outing in Atlanta, this squad not only has something to prove to the fans but also themselves. Question marks surrounding Huke's future add even more fuel to the fire, and after a strong showing in the pro league season I can see them coming out on top and returning to form.
Butters: OpTic is going to win it. There is no way they will let another event happen where they take 2nd place.
Walshy: I still find it difficult to choose a team outside of OpTic since it feels like a team needs to be playing exceptionally well to beat OpTic. OpTic is not the powerhouse they were a year ago, but they are still the favorite and most consistent in my eyes.
Which team can beat your winning pick?
StrongSide: OpTic Gaming. This squad are as hungry as ever after losing back to back events – something OpTic had never let happen throughout Halo 5. OpTic have been putting in a lot of practice leading up to the event and if Splyce have got too comfortable at the top, OG will punish them for slacking off.
Tsquared: I'm not sure if it's too much of an upset considering the rivalry but I'm looking at a potential NV vs OpTic grand final.
Onset: nV's main opposition will, of course, be OpTic Gaming. These guys have adopted the same religious practice schedule that separated them from so many during Halo 5's life cycle, but now have also stopped streaming their scrims in preparation for Denver. Is this a deliberate ploy to keep their strategy from their opponents? The results will speak for themselves.
Butters: nV would be the one to upset OpTic due to them being undefeated this season, and with Snipedowns recovery, nV will likely avoid a huge potential disadvantage at this event.
Walshy: I think nV has the best chance to beat OpTic because of their decision-making abilities. I don't see nV making as many objective or positioning mistakes compared to rosters like Splyce or Liquid.
After three days of intense competition under the bright lights at the Gfinity Arena, HCS London has come to a close and crowned a new champion of European competitive Halo. It started with 32 of the region's finest fireteams, but in the end, Team Infused's lineup of Kimbo, Respectful, Mose, Jimbo, & coach Havoc stood atop them all, taking home $10,000 and leading the EU charge heading into the HCS Fall 2017 Finals in Denver.