"The turn-based combat is a welcome change however combined with some weird decisions and a somewhat bland story its not all sunshine and rainbows for this new kid on the street."
The transition from a top notch brawler to a JRPG feels totally seamless. The gameplay have all the good parts we expect from a JRPG translated to the language of the Yakuza series but it also has some of the bad parts like the need for grinding and some unfair boss fights. The story and new characters are presented in a way that make this new journey for the franchise very well worth taking.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the perfect update for a flagging series. Its clever storytelling, bizarre substories, and engrossing gameplay makes this one of the strongest entries in the franchise. Mixing deep societal messages with references to popular culture, the game is both hilarious and thought-provoking. It is very clear to see that with Ichiban Kasuga, the series is in safe hands
Yakuza: Lika A Dragon goes a different way but follows what made the series so great. The new protagonist, the story (besides some weak points), the crazy mini games, battle animations, summons and Ichiban Kasuga offer so much fun and action. Some boring dungeons in the middle of the game and balancing issues are the only downsides you should expect. Even if you are not a fan of turn based combat or haven't touched the series yet, you should give this a shot.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon has definitely made some drastic changes to the series but without losing its original charm. The fast pace turn base system has so much added depth while still feeling like a Yakuza game. The graphics are the best the series has seen to date, players will fall for the ridiculous Ichiban who is a well-worked new hero to the series. Other than the lag between different sections of the games and slightly clunky animations it's really hard to fault this reimagining of the legendary series.
Like a Dragon isn't my favorite Yakuza, and its fresh turn-based combat eventually grows stale, but I have a lot of love for it. If it's your first game, it'll quickly initiate you into this wild, one-of-a-kind series.
Who knows if this wild experiment will bear fruit and become its own series. Yakuza: Like a Dragon has everything it needs; an excellent crop of new characters, and even a new playground to base a series in, as we hadn't been to Yokohama previously. The future of the series would depend on how turn-based combat sells in comparison to action brawler combat, I would assume. Either way, though, Like a Dragon is a delight. It's a parody-homage to every turn-based JRPG trope you've ever known, set against brilliant character writing and the traditional urban playgrounds that have built this series into something beloved. I hope the development team is rewarded for the inherent risk that they took with this undertaking.
Like a Dragon is the story of a carp that turns into a dragon, of a gang of scapegoats who decide to defy the established order and come to the head of a desperate situation. Ichiban Kasuga is an individual far from dojima's stoic and serious Dragon but has an equally kind soul and crackling personality, which makes him - along with his strange clique - the symbol of Yakuza's rebirth. A rebirth that passes through a fun and enjoyable but also improveable role-making formula. With this seventh chapter, in other words, the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has shown us the potential of what would seem to be his idea for the future of the series, which with the advent of next-gen consoles could give us great surprises.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon has made the leap into the RPG genre with flying colors. The story is kept exciting and you can't stop following Ichiban's vendetta. The abundance of side tasks can be a bit overwhelming for the player at the beginning. But once you have played the game for a few hours, you know the most important points in the city. Time passes very quickly when playing darts or karting. By no means you need to believe that these actions are a waste of time. You get personality points which finally strengthen the fighting actions. The fights bring a breath of fresh air to the row and put a smile on the players' faces. Through the different creative classes you attack the opponents with pigeons or wrestling moves instead of casting disdainful fireballs. Unfortunately, the invisible AoE range of abilities spoils the fun of the game. Also the unusually long races until a comrade reaches the enemy seem strange. A timeline showing the next actors would have been helpful too. If you like the Yakuza series and are open for new things, you definitely have to go for Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Yakuza fans were anxious about whether the series would survive without the glue of Kiryu Kazama to hold it together. However, Ichiban Kasuga is a worthy successor to the Dragon of Dojima, and Like a Dragon is a great new start for this fantastic series that will please long-time Yakuza fans and newcomers alike.
You should look at Yakuza: Like a Dragon through the lens of it's protaginist. This game is unapologetically brash, unmistakable bold, life-affirming and insanely charismatic. The legend of Ichiban Kasuga journey, like a bright flame, tells us one familliar, but sweet and romantic idea - each and every one of us can become a true Hero, even if you have to fight the fate itself, while making your way through hundrends upon hundreds of random encounters.
Ultimately, despite all the changes that have been made, Yakuza: Like a Dragon feels very much like a Yakuza game. The combat may now be turn-based, and the scenery might be different, but this is still a game full of drama, thrilling battles, and a huge amount of side content, all smothered with an ample amount of humour. And I never thought I’d say this, but I didn’t miss Kazuma Kiryu one jot while playing it; Ichiban Kasuga is simply a more likeable fellow with more depth. So, if you like the Yakuza series, consider Yakuza: Like a Dragon a must-have.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon reminded me why I loved video games to begin with. I cannot think of a game this year that has gripped me this tightly and didn't let go. Here comes a game brimming with joy and excitement that is earnest with its drama and comedy. It's the sort of game you can gush about for hours, and I will long after this review is published. Anyone who loves RPGs, open world games, comedies, crime dramas, and games PERIOD should have a lot of fun with the newest Yakuza.
As the Yakuza franchise is still trying to become a household franchise in the West, the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio decided to flip the switch and create a turn-based RPG. The result of that experiment, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, is a resounding success. The "dynamic RPG" gameplay fits the Yakuza universe and tropes like a glove and its mechanics are surprisingly deep. And the fact that the game's new characters are lovable doesn't hurt. The turn-based gameplay will probably put off some gamers but Yakuza: Like a Dragon truly deserves a shot. The Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio made the JRPG genre proud.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon impressively pulls off the switch to an RPG in style, providing an excellent combat system supported by loveable characters, and a tantalising main storyline with meaningful side quests.
Yakuza is reborn in this brilliant and compelling new addition to series canon that recontextualizes series tropes and mechanics for an entirely new genre, delivering one of the best outings the series has ever seen.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has topped themselves once again with Yakuza: Like a Dragon! This new take on Yakuza brings a lot of fun, new ideas to the table while remaining its heartfelt self. Turn based combat is somehow a perfect fit for this new direction, the characters are all instantly loveable, and the story is endearingly melodramatic.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a phenomenal entry into the Yakuza franchise, with an interesting new protagonist, a compelling story, and a combat system that constantly mixes things up.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon largely succeeds at moving the series forward in a bold new direction. Kasuga and his band of unlikely heroes are incredibly interesting and make it so easy to care about their crazy antics. The new main locale is massive and plays host to so many compelling things to do. Getting wrapped up in everything Like a Dragon has to offer is worth it and you’ll easily pour 30+ hours into its captivating tale. The turn-based battle system works in parts, but its annoying character placement issues and faulty summons system keep it from being a total victory. Like a Dragon is still worth hopping into if you’re looking for an amazing parody of RPG tropes, however. It’s a Yakuza sequel that signals a bright future ahead for the beloved franchise.
No doubt about it, SEGA took some considerable risks when they decided to change their established formula so radically for Yakuza: Like A Dragon. But in the end, I think the gamble paid off. Ryū ga Gotoku Studio's latest offering may not pack the punchy, moment to moment gameplay of its predecessors. Still, it makes up for that with its more in-depth brawls, an engaging job system, and a story that focuses not just on a single protagonist, but on several compelling heroes with their own complex motivations. While beat-'em-up fanatics may find this change in direction blasphemous, I couldn't be happier. If you're a Yakuza fan who loves JRPGs, adding this underworld epic to your PS4 library is a no-brainer.
It keeps the great narrative and setting from the Yakuza series, using a new protagonist, a city that has more life than even Kamurocho and turn-based combats. It suffers from some of the classical troubles of the J-RPG, but it is a breath of fresh air and a great example of how to reinvent a franchise.
Yakuza Like a Dragon is a real and huge JRPG who knows how to maintain the essence of the saga. Fun fighting system and deep script with too many ups and downs to justify the new playable elements. I hope this new formula that works and gives new wings to the franchise will be repeated.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon makes for an excellent new entry in this long-running series. The developers took a chance on a new protagonist and battle system, which forces fans out of their comfort zone for a very different yet, familiar Yakuza experience. Although the opening exposition can be a bit overwhelming, this is a standout video game on its own with plenty of emotional story beats, insane sub-stories, and plenty of ways to spend your time around Ijincho.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a very good sequel to the popular Yakuza series which shows that Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios still manages to create a great story and narrative. The game's turn-based battles are good in themselves, but due to the extreme use of enemies in the environment, they soon became repetition.
Yakuza: Like A Dragon is an impressive and quality JRPG that successfully acts as a jumping in-point for new fans and also ties itself to the series' past in exciting and engaging ways. The turn-based combat has been infused with some mechanics that help retain the action and over-the-top hilarity the series is known for. Mini-games once again shine and there is a lot packed into Ijincho. Like A Dragon paves the way for a bright future for the franchise.
It was a gamble on Sega’s part to make such major changes to a tried and true formula, even more bewildering given its recent meteoric rise in Western markets. If Yakuza: Like A Dragon proves anything, it’s that fortune does indeed favour the bold.
Like a Dragon's story attempts to touch on certain social issues that are relevant in present-day Japan, such as classism, social status, sex work, and government corruption on a prefectural level. However, the writing often lacks the nuance or range to address the topics at hand, and doesn't give any of them adequate room to breathe. The second half of the game gains some measure of focus as plot threads tie together and result in genuinely surprising twists, but when Like a Dragon drops the ball, it drops it hard. Despite this, the Japanese cast's performances sell the story with evocative deliveries that breathe life into the characters. The finale is an emotional one that brought me to tears and moved me, just as most previous Yakuza games have.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon, when all of its pieces are taken together, is not only a fantastic new direction for the series, it's also one of its best titles.
Yakuza Like a Dragon is both a fresh start and a shot in the arm that caters to series veterans and newcomers like. It bears all the hallmarks of a great Yakuza game, while making a damned good case for its revamped battle system. After Yakuza 6 topped the rest of the franchise with a matured and succinct focus it feels even more exciting to see the whole thing blown wide open again and have Ryu ga Gotoku just run wild. Kudos is deserved at Sega of America for their commitment to the game's localization as well, which is incredibly considered and comprehensive. I think I've found a new favourite Yakuza game.
With a new battle system and new main character, Yakuza: Like A Dragon aims to be a new entry point to Yakuza newcomers even though it is anything but that.
So, the takeaway is this – Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a successful experiment. So successful that I think it should be the template for much of the series going forward.
A brilliant reinvention of the series that still manages to faithfully capture its essence, with an eclectic cast of characters, the star being Ichiban himself. A great entry that goes toe-to-toe with Yakuza 0.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a successful pivot from traditional Yakuza mainstays. The game goes heavy on style, while still packing in enough substance to keep players satisfied. The party system and new RPG elements give players more ways to play than ever before. The turn-based combat is solid, and never feels too foreign. Longtime fans of the franchise will appreciate what Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and SEGA have to offer in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Much like Kasuga’s dragonfish tattoo feels like a quirky but faithful successor to Kiryu’s dragon, Yakuza: Like a Dragon rebuilds the franchise by leaving a lot of it in place. The new protagonist doesn’t feel like he has seven games of story in him, but his eagerness to join the fray could carry the next few entries.
After the culture shock of such a total change to the Yakuza recipe, I’m extremely glad the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio team took such a big leap when Kiryu’s tale came to an end. Like A Dragon is a revitalised game full of fresh ideas and proves that the series won’t be re-treading the same ground with Ichiban in the driver’s seat. If this is the first step into the new age of Yakuza, I can’t wait to see how bonkers the next game will be.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon refreshes the action with a turn-based JRPG that retains its charming identity, but it falls into some pitfalls that are emblematic of the genre.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is an interesting new entry into the criminal universe created by SEGA, and undoubtedly represents the most courageous and anarchic chapter so far. It's not entirely convincing, but what works bodes well for the future of the series.
Yakuza Like a Dragon is an enjoyable new twist on the series, although it's not hard to imagine that many long-time fans of the series will be put off by its slow pace. In a day and age where video game companies rarely take risks, Like a Dragon is a refreshing change of pace for a series that risked starting to feel stale.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a triumph, and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio should be commended for redefining such a seasoned franchise, despite the backlash it might have received. Leaving Kazuma Kiryu behind hasn't been easy, but Ichiban Kasuga and company have crafted a compelling path into the future that I cannot wait to see continue.
The mean streets of Yokohama offer the opportunity for a new cast, a new suit, and a new hero. Ichiban Kasuga might not be the role model in the same way that Kiryu-chan was, but this dragon's quest might be the most fun Yakuza title to date!
Yakuza: Like a Dragon feels like everything I ever wanted in a game. Once the game stomps on the gas, it very rarely slows down. Its unique cast of characters and gameplay had me hooked and wanting more, and it almost feels like it never stops giving. Even after the story ends at the 45+ hour mark, I was ready to fight more, complete more side missions, and squeeze out every drop of gameplay that this game has to offer.
The Yakuza series continues to grow and expand in the gaming world. I love its quirky humor and deep narratives. This new entry begins a new saga and I cannot wait to see how the story of Ichi evolves over time. If it is even half as good as Kiryu’s the studio will have another series of great games on its hands. Everything about this title feels good and for those worried about having previous knowledge, don’t be concerned. Like a Dragon is a wonderful jumping in point for the series and also one of the best titles in it to date. Don’t sleep on this game, it is worth digging into.
Nov/5/2020 wrap-up: \\ War in Artsakh (Karabakh) \\ more cities recognize Artsakh's independence \\ EU officials call for sanctions against Aliyev; war crimes & POW executions \\ UN Security Council veto \\ battlefield & analysis \\ donations & rallies \\ combat footage \\ gyorbagyor \\ diplomacy
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Syrian SOHR agency says Turkey has recently sent 230 more Syrian militants to fight for Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, 342 militants left everything and returned to Syria. Another 9 were identified dead yesterday. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034030.html
re: the failed UN Security Council meeting on October 20
The Security Council, which has the exclusive right to intervene, held a meeting and was supposed to rule on enforcing ceasefire but one of the five (China, France, Russia, UK, USA) permanent members "sabotaged" the vote, thus approving only a general statement by the Council. It's not clear who vetoed and why. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034046.html
re: NSS agents engaging with Azeri army
The National Security Services agents' team engaged with the Azeri army and published the video yesterday. It was posted here but without details. Here is the breakdown: An Azeri armored vehicle drives forward, presumably to help their troops who are in a Toyota pickup, commonly used by Syrian jihadists. The armored vehicle reaches/passes the Toyota and uses a machine gun to fire at Armenian soldiers who are somewhere in front (left side of the video, invisible). Azeri bullet traces are seen hitting the ground. The driver decides to retreat. He makes a U-turn but at the 1:04 mark, he gets hit with an Armenian RPG. On the far-left corner, there is a small white cloud that may or may not show the Armenian soldier's firing position. Now the Azeri vehicle is disabled and burning. He continues to use the machine gun attached to the roof against Armenians who have, at this point, ambushed him from multiple corners. [video cuts] An Azeri tank rushes to help. It reaches the destroyed Azeri armored vehicle and stops to engage with Armenians. At that moment, from the left side, another Armenian soldier fires an RPG and disables the tank. You can see the little grey cloud/air-distortion caused by the missile as it travels through the air towards the tank at the 2:08 mark. The third Azeri armored vehicle, that was accompanying the tank, decides to escape. Fate unknown. https://youtu.be/VQXXxitIpd0
November 5 // battlefield & analysis // diplomacy & international response // donations & demonstrations
2:33: the Canadian city Laval has officially recognized the independence of Artsakh. It urges the Canadian govt to recognize the need for the "secession for salvation" principle. m.e.r.c.i.: https://t.me/reartsakh/6053 , https://t.me/infocomm/25463 9:02 Artsakh govt: the enemy resumed bombing civilian settlements in the morning. Heavy artillery was used against Martuni and Shushi. https://t.me/infocomm/25460 9:17 Russian WarGonzo reporter: a fog is forming over Stepanakert. There is an operation to neutralize the Azeri infiltrators in the "Hell Gorge" [near Shushi]. It's hard work, but the boys don't whine and don't give up. To those who helped at least a little, the boys are saying thank you. They are standing here right now. https://t.me/wargonzo/3952 10:01 army: the night was stable-tense. The enemy was active in the east, southeast, and south. Numerous attacks were successfully repelled. Azeris sustained significant human and equipment losses. Two Azeri groups attacked in the north but they were detected and destroyed in a timely manner. They are making more attempts. Our army is in control of the operative-tactical situation across all fronts. https://t.me/infocomm/25461 9:51: Co-chairs of the Swiss-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group wrote a letter to both Swiss chambers, urging them to officially recognize Artsakh "just as it was done with Kosovo". The letter mentions Azeri-Turkish war crimes against civilians and the targeting of religious and cultural sights. The letter was signed by three Swiss MPs, including the Speaker of the Swiss Parliament Isabelle Moret, and one MP representing each chamber. https://news.am/arm/news/611608.html 11:00: Artsakh refugee women held a protest in front of the German embassy in Yerevan. They criticized the close relations between Turkey and Germany and the lack of steps to end the aggression by their ally. Their request to meet an embassy delegation was turned down, after which they tore the letter that they had prepared. Protesters held signs depicting Angela Merkel hugging Erdogan, who bore Adolf Hitler's resemblance. Interview with a refugee: https://youtu.be/1wyB4rywc4Q https://factor.am/305216.html , https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=emb_title&time_continue=4&v=LghbDEYOIZU 12:13: Berdzor and Shushi cities are being bombed. https://factor.am/305281.html 12:22: Zolakar residents are helping Artsakh. Kesoyan family donated $77,000 to Artsakh refugees and www.HimnaDram.org . Diasporans donated millions of Rubles. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1033986.html 12:31 army: at around 10:30, Azeris used armored vehicles to attack the eastern front. We repelled it and threw them back. Azeris lost 1 armored vehicle, 1 truck, and a large number of soldiers. https://factor.am/305291.html 12:54: Australian Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies is concerned about the growing risk of genocide against the native population of Artsakh, said the institute, and urged the Australian govt to take action against war crimes. "Since 27 September 2020, Azerbaijan, supported by Turkey, has launched aggressive attacks against the region of Artsakh, including attacks targeting Armenian civilians.. [full statement in link]." https://www.facebook.com/AIHGS/posts/3585471034843937 , https://factor.am/305287.html 12:59 Italian conductor Gianluca Marcianò: The best gift for my birthday would be the recognition of Artsakh by the world and the immediate end of the war. Stay strong. https://style.news.am/arm/news/74753/tsnndyans-orva-lavaguyn-nvery-kliner-ashkharhi-koxmic-arcakhi-tchanachumn-u-paterazmi-anhapax-avarty-italaci-dirizhor-janluka-marchiano.html 13:04 Mark Hendrix, Councilman of Mechelen, Belgium: Baku knows that their soldiers act inhumanely and against the rules of war. I don't know why the EU and NATO are still silent about the targeting of civilians. The targeting of journalists is unacceptable. Full: https://news.am/arm/news/611641.html 13:15 president Arayik: I visited Shushi today and met the defenders of the city to discuss the defense strategy. The defensive fortifications created by the joint efforts of professional soldiers and volunteers, and the boys' determination, inspire hope that every effort will be made to keep the fortress city safe. Shushi, with its rich cultural values and traditions, is one of the greatest legacies we have inherited from our ancestors, and we must pass it on to our generations in the same Armenian spirit. Special thanks to "Hero of Artsakh" Colonel-General Seyran Ohanyan. https://factor.am/305347.html 13:23: Russian-Armenians sent 50 tons of humanitarian aid, medicine, clothing. The Union of Armenians in Russia has donated 200m Rubles. https://factor.am/305342.html , https://news.am/arm/news/611705.html 13:25: president Sarkissian to Swedish Sveriges Radio: the international community is not reacting decisively enough to the outbreak of the war. World leaders underestimate Turkey's role in the conflict. More: https://factor.am/305356.html 13:24: Artsakh president issued posthumous Medal of Courage to ten policemen who died defending the borders since September 27th. https://factor.am/305468.html 13:53 Education Ministry: 33,000 children in Artsakh and some parts of the Republic of Armenia had their education interrupted due to the war. The education reforms, which began before the war, envision changes in the military education curriculum in [higher] schools. There will be closer cooperation with military camps for hands-on practice. This will also apply to basic civil defense education in schools. https://youtu.be/sW-Yt1V1tvU , https://youtu.be/ucXMJVlO4sc , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034010.html 13:58 European Parliament MP Rob Roos: The Armenians are going through very difficult times. I am calling on the EU to condemn the aggression from Azerbaijan and Turkey against Armenia in the strongest possible sense. https://twitter.com/Rob_Roos/status/1323982128221245442 , https://factor.am/305362.html 14:37: Arpi grabbed the media attention after joining the army training with full makeup on. She isn't the only woman in the volunteer squad. Azeri outlets described her as a "terrorist sniper". Mini-documentary: https://youtu.be/J7qzfbdoLgQ?t=7 15:05: Spanish MP John Inarritu released a video from the Stepanakert hospital bombed by Azerbaijan and urged the world to "stop the genocide by Azerbaijan and Turkey." https://youtu.be/Og-M5JjisJ0 15:45: army released a clip to pay tribute to Yezidi-Armenians who volunteered to join the army. The latest unit is named after Qyaram Sloyan, the Yezidi-Armenian soldier who died defending his position in 2016 and was subsequently beheaded by an Azeri officer, who received a medal by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. https://youtu.be/lELgHuwxryg?t=6 15:58: Italy is on fire! STEAMROLL! Two more Italian towns have officially recognized Artsakh. The Armenian embassy has thanked the municipalities of Drania and Bleggio Superiore. https://factor.am/305507.html 15:59: Rock singer Marine Manasyan's November 19th concert will donate the proceeds to Artsakh. https://style.news.am/arm/news/74754/marine-manasyany-baregortsakan-hamerg-kunena-i-ajakcutyun-arcakhi.html 16:00 army: Azerbaijan has so far lost 7,290 soldiers, 257 drones, 723 tanks and armored vehicles, 25 aircrafts, 16 helicopters, 6 TOS. https://factor.am/305510.html 16:27: another photo evidence shows that Azerbaijan placed their artillery units too close their own civilian settlements. Only 50 meters away from Askipara village. This endangers the civilians. https://news.am/arm/news/611678.html 16:44: a group of 34 Czech Parliament MPs expressed solidarity with Armenians, condemned the use of illegal weapons against Artsakh civilians, condemned Turkey's involvement, and the import of ISIS and other terrorists in the region. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034023.html 17:02: Lithuanian Yonishkis city mayor Vitalijus Gailius criticized the Lithuanian government's "passive role in South Caucasus". He expressed solidarity with Armenians. Full: https://www.facebook.com/vitalijus.gailius.92/posts/883532682180959 https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034035.html 17:37 Investigative Committee: there are confirmed 21 Armenian POW soldiers in Azerbaijan. Data about two others is being clarified. Sometimes photos are being uploaded showing crimes against the POWs. We have contacted relevant bodies about this. We are taking steps to find and establish a connection with the relatives of the two arrested Syrian militants but it's hard because they don't have a phone/connection; we're working with Syrian officials. We launched a felony investigation against the "Qarabag" Azeri soccer club official Ibrahimov for encouraging the genocide of Armenians. https://factor.am/305592.html , https://youtu.be/Rv6Ib0DesrU , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034057.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034058.html 18:05: Iran is moving additional military equipment near its northern borders with Artsakh. https://t.me/ir_Azariha/11480 , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034043.html 18:14 Russian MFA: Moscow has received information about the transfer of militants from the Middle East to Nagorno Karabak. Their hands are dipped in blood. These are extremist mercenaries. They believe in the ideology of jihadism. This is worrying because it could lead to the formation of a terrorist enclave in the Caucasus. We urge both sides to exercise restraint, not to allow foreign intervention [Turkey], and to take practical steps towards a ceasefire. https://factor.am/305590.html , https://factor.am/305581.html 21:11: Ilham Aliyev criticized Russia and France for a "bias" after they pointed out the presence of 2,000 Syrian jihadists in Azerbaijan. "It is a pity that high-ranking officials of countries that are supposed to remain neutral refer to unverified rumors. More than a month has passed, but we have not been provided with any evidence [of Syrian mercenaries]. So why do they turn a blind eye to what is happening on the Armenian side and how many mercenaries are fighting on the Armenian side? [that's how he describes Armenians returning home from abroad]", said Alieyv. https://news.am/arm/news/611730.html 18:53: The U.S. city of Englewood Cliffs (New Jersey) has officially recognized the independence of Artsakh. The resolution also condemns the Turkish-Azeri aggression. Another New Jersey city (Fort Lee) had earlier recognized it, while New Jersey Senate has a resolution that condemns Azerbaijan for the attack. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034050.html 18:59 Artsakh govt: Azerbaijan bombed civilian areas of Martuni. GRAD was used against Shushi. Capital Stepanakert was bombed twice today. Photos: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034051.html 19:50: welcome to Yerevan metro. Would you like to write a letter to a random soldier on the front lines? Here is a pen, paper, and a mailbox: https://youtu.be/i18CiU47NJo?t=31 19:52: Artsakh govt has issued awards to dozens of members of reconnaissance and special forces soldiers. The details are kept secret due to the nature of their job. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=377768673425455 https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034054.html 20:00 army: several Azeri attacks were repelled throughout the day. Small groups of infiltrators were found and destroyed with our snipers and other methods near Qarin Tak (not far from Shushi) and Lisagor. An armored vehicle movement towards/accumulation Shushi was also found and destroyed. The operations to find and destroy infiltrators continue. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034055.html 20:31: two German MPs (CDU and Free Democrats) held a press conference and urged Angela Merkel to sanction Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and other officials, citing "Azerbaijan's violation of humanitarian laws that led to a humanitarian crisis." "President Aliyev admitted during an interview to German media in late-October that his goal is to remove Armenians from Nagorno Karabakh. This is ethnic cleansing and a war crime. Illegal cluster bombs are being used against civilians. Armenian POWs are demonstrably executed and beheaded. Each Syrian militant is paid $100 for each beheading. The sanctions should freeze banking assets, deny entry to the EU, revoke the right to use European airlines, and to severe of ties with German and European banks," says the letter by German MPs. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034061.html 20:54: MFAs of Russia and Germany discussed the conflict. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034064.html 21:14: WarGonzo published an intense video from the battles against infiltrators near Qarin Tak. Olympics Silver medalist wrestler Mihran Harutyunyan is also there. The Armenian groups encircled the Azeri group, so the latter decided to engage in close combat. WarGonzo's Semyon Pegov and a group of Armenians received fire. One soldier was wounded. Reporter Pegov helped to evacuate him. https://youtu.be/IZcg2bJC-yQ?t=58 21:32: Turkish state-run TV accidentally reported the truth. "Azerbaycan sivillere saldırıyor" (Azerbaijan targeted the civilians), read the giant banner on the screen. The incident caused outrage in Turkish media and social media. They noted similar "mistakes" by the same outlet. https://factor.am/305707.html 21:53 NSS has arrested a suspected spy: Armenian citizen M.S. visited Istanbul in 2015 where he was recruited by Azeri intelligence. Upon his return to Armenia in 2019, he took steps to gather info about Armenian troops, weapon locations, etc. He tried to join the army for better info but was rejected for health issues, so he demanded a second medical examination and insisted to join the army. The suspect has confessed. https://factor.am/305729.html 21:56: a video was uploaded claiming to show Armenians installing the Armenian flag after recapturing a position. https://youtu.be/x9RDsG65rPo , https://t.me/sashakots/17926 22:00 army spokesman Artsrun's briefing: the battles continued nonstop all night because the Azeri infiltrator groups near Shushi forests/gorges are trying to "solve" certain problems. After meeting our army's resistance they usually refuse to engage in long battles. We were able to encircle and destroy several groups. Azeri president says his army is attacking towards Shushi, however, there is a question, how come do we have to seek these "attackers" and destroy them one by one. During any war, you don't have to "seek" the attackers. The attacker just "comes". Heavy battles resumed in the morning with the use of artillery. Throughout the day, in the north, center, and south, Azeris used small groups and a minimal number of armored vehicles to try to advance but were thrown back after sustaining losses. I predict tonight will be the same. The anti-infiltrator "sanitary groups" will continue to clear the forests. We published a video of destroyed infiltrators yesterday and could publish another tomorrow. Those Azeri infiltrators and mercenaries, who push forward with a hope to achieve a result for November 9th (National Azeri Flag Day), with a hope to uplift their spirits after days of failures, are doomed. I don't know if it's Aliyev's or Erdogan's idea, but every neutralized mercenary and Azeri soldier has been carrying the Azeri flag. We find the flags in everyone's' pockets. Aliyev is desperately trying to uplift his nation's spirit but he doesn't realize that these groups cannot solve problems. It's clear that the infiltrators and mercenaries won't succeed because Shushi and nearby residents are defending their settlements. Yes, the battles continue in these areas, but the situation is not dire. There are technical and logistic difficulties but Operation Gyorbagyor2020 will continue, and these gorges and forests will turn into their Hell. For three days straight, Azeris tried to break through the Martuni area (center east) to control a highway to save their infiltrator groups who are trapped. They failed. Operation Gyorbagyor continues. I don't know, maybe Aliyev promised large sums to anyone who can infiltrate and plant a flag in Shushi, or maybe they do so under the threat of being shot? Q: what's the latest into on the recent battles near Qarin Tak (south of Shushi). A: the neutralization of these groups continues. Just now I got info that a 30-member group was encircled and destroyed. Some managed to escape. Some of the infiltrators were killed while trying to climb the Qarin Tak rocks (a few km south of Shushi). Q: how safe are the roads? Reporters Without Borders agency says 80 reporters cannot leave Artsakh safely. A: we've mentioned before that Azeris target journalists, civilians, clinics, and churches. Nothing surprising. I spoke with many of these reporters; the army has created all the conditions for them to leave if they wish. There are no barriers. It's another question that they could be targeted while traveling but there are safer roads. The Sotk-Qarvachar road is safe for travel, I used it yesterday and today, but it's still restricted for civilians as a precautionary measure. The Shushi road has been cleared from infiltrators and there are Armenian patrols alongside but it's still restricted for civilians for now. The battles continue. They aren't very intense but there are certain difficulties associated with the nature of infiltration warfare. There is no easy way to face all the enemies and destroy them. Today they sneaked-in equipment near Karmis Shuka but were found and destroyed, including a vehicle that was carrying personnel. They try to achieve even the slightest success for propaganda but as you can see our soldiers are determined. We will win. https://youtu.be/sQSs5x0aRfg , https://youtu.be/gnYluTYGnd4 , https://youtu.be/8M1WEg0S19U 22:21: Azerbaijan has a military barrack in the suburb of Tartar city. Satellite images show the damage done to it. Azerbaijan often accuses Armenians of "targeting Tartar city". https://t.me/reartsakh/6098 22:59 WarGonzo: I'm in Stepanakert. It's been 2-3 days the airs are clear from enemy drones. That's the "surprise" that army spokesman Artsrun had earlier promised. https://t.me/wargonzo/3958 00:00 WarGonzo: the group of infiltrators that fired at our group near Qarin Tak earlier today has been neutralized. https://t.me/wargonzo/3960
regional news & geopollutics
Investigators from Montenegro have uncovered yet another corruption by Ilham Aliyev's family. "SHADOWS OVER AZERBAIJAN INVESTMENT IN MONTENEGRO: Portonovi is owned by the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan" http://www.cin-cg.me/sjenke-nad-azerbejdzanskom-investicijom-u-crnoj-gori-portonovi-je-vlasnistvo-cerki-predsjednika-azerbejdzana/ https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034063.html Azeri opposition journalist Afgan Sadigov was sentenced to 7 years in prison for "rape". This caused a widespread outrage among opposition which demands his release. Sadigov's wife has accused another public figure of enjoying freedom despite being charged with similar crimes because the latter "serves the pro-Armenian officials within the government." [makes sense guys?] https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034004.html France had earlier banned the Turkish radical-terrorist group "Grey Wolves". Turkey responded by essentially denying that there is a Grey Wolves movement. "To conclude from the actions of a few individuals [~400 in one district] that such a movement or formation exists, and to make an imaginary decision about it, is nothing but the latest manifestation of the contradictory psychology in which that country [France] is located. The French government has become captive to Armenian circles." France has threatened sanctions against Turkey "for continuously making calls for violence, and unacceptable hate speech aimed against the EU." https://factor.am/305421.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1034037.html European Commission draws up a list of potential sanctions against Turkey over the illegal East Med energy explorations in the Mediterranean. Will be decided in December. https://thearabweekly.com/european-commission-draws-list-sanctions-against-turkey , https://factor.am/305298.html Greece has asked Germany to place an arms embargo on Turkey and to cancel the ongoing German plans to build a "Type 214" submarine for Turkey. https://news.am/arm/news/611629.html BREAKING: Kim Jong un plans to grant himself the title of Generalissimos. https://news.am/arm/news/611620.html
other news from Armenia
COVID stats. +5,402 tested. +2,413 infected. +1,324 healed. +28 death. 37,562 active. https://factor.am/305232.html Economy Minister: In 2021, the EAEU trade bloc will have a new mechanism to monitor the movement of trade goods. This will significantly expedite the transfer of Armenian products to Russia through Georgia's Lars checkpoint because some of the customs activities won't be necessary anymore. https://factor.am/305551.html Roma's midfielder Mkhitaryan leads the Serie A in the "most assists" ranking with 4 passes that resulted in goals. https://sport.news.am/arm/news/116344/ All EU countries have ratified the EU-Armenia comprehensive cooperation Agreement (CEPA). Three countries are yet to submit the documents to Brussels to finalize it. 80% of the Agreement is already being implemented. The final ratification will unlock the other 20% and launch a dialogue with the EU on how it will be implemented. https://factor.am/305479.html Prices in October YoY: food & beverage +0.6%. Services +1.4%. Sugar +20%. Sunflower oil +16%. Dairy & egg +1%. Alcohol & cigarette +10%. Fruits +11%. Grains +3%. Vegetables -10%. Meat -2%. Fuel -14%. Diesel -21%. https://hetq.am/hy/article/123975
The Art of the deal: How I sold my debut novel to a Big Five publisher
Hey, everyone. I've talked a little previously on fantasy what it was like working with an editor on STORMBLOOD, my debut novel that's coming out from Gollancz in a few weeks time. But I've never actually talked about the baroque, corporate machinations of selling the book before, and enough people have asked me about it that I thought it'd be useful to shed a little light on the process. Here’s the timeline of how my book went from being in my head to being bought by a Big Five publisher. Early January 2018: I finalize my edits and send STORMBLOOD back to John Jarrold, my agent. In order to hold back the writhing tentacles of insanity, I start a new, unrelated project. I am only partially successful. February 2, 2018: I’m walking out of a screening of Phantom Thread when I get an email. Gillian Redfearn at Gollancz, who edits had many good things to say about my previous, rejected novel, is very interested in STORMBLOOD. My book of half-mad dottings has become her reading priority. I ask my agent if this is good news. Yes, he assures me, it is. Commence my blood pressure spiking into the stratosphere. I can’t write a single coherent word. February 22: I hate the current book I’m writing with the fury of a billion suns. I’m refreshing my emails with all the patience of a cocaine-addled fruit-fly with ADHD. I live for months with the ever-present fear that my book will crushed under the great waraxe of rejection and my body will be dragged twitching and bleeding back to square one. March 13: Gillian writes in. She's been busy, as most people working full-time tend to be, but has trudged through the first third of the book and does not hate it. In fact, she doesn’t hate it enough to keep reading. My blood pressure rockets so high it reaches the moon. I don’t get much sleep that night. April 8: Gillian has finished the book and still doesn’t hate it. “I love this,” may have been included in the email. She's whirling it away to editorial. Agent says that more than 99% of books don't get this far. Maybe 6 books a year at this publishing house, and that based on his experience there's a 60-70% chance of a sale. By now, the reality has sunk in: I have a real shot at this. I’m zeroing in on the moon. My fingertips are brushing up against the carrot (a metaphor, but not in that way). The book could be purchased by a big Five publisher and unleashed on the world for everyone to read. I cautiously celebrate with an uncautious amount of booze that would put BoJack Horseman to shame. All data pertaining to five days are scraped from the memory banks, courteously of Hendricks and tonic. May 13, 2018: An email arrives from Gollancz. Cue breathless excitement. It’s a rejection. The world-building is good, sure. The plot is tight and interesting, certainly. The prose and voice hit the sweet spot for the editorial team, absolutely. But. The opening chapter isn’t working. The character isn’t connecting with them the way they’d like. Too much emphasis on emotion in too little space. Not enough room to sink into him naturally and get to know his personality as the story progresses. The book isn’t right for them. But! Would I, one Jeremy Szal, be willing to substantially revise the first chapter and rework how I introduce the characters? Would I be willing to work with Gillian Redfearn in more detail, and then resubmit to Gollancz again for a second look? Once I’ve stuffed my twitching nervous system back into my body and scraped my dripping brains off the ceiling, I assure Gollancz that the Pope is still Catholic, and yes, I’d be willing to work with them on revising and resubmitting my book to them. I ask my agent how frequently authors get to work with an editor at a Big Five publisher before signing or purchasing a book. He tells me that not once, in his 35 years of working in publishing, as an editor or an agent, has he seen this happen. It’s totally unprecedented. I’m Sir Francis Drake, machetting my way through the sweltering jungles of publishing to an undiscovered, untouched temple. Sleep smears into a distant, vague memory. My blood curdles into a spiked cocktail of caffeine and gin. When it clears, I anchor my arse in a chair and get the hell to work. June 6: The edits notes are extensive and utterly amazing. Detailed notes on the first two chapters, and line edits on the first 100 pages. My head’s spinning, but I see the logic through the fog. What’s been said has merit. My opening chapters are weak. My plotting undermines my characterization. There’s lots of logic gaps. Would I be willing to make necessary changes? Yes, the Pope is still Catholic. June 6 – August 12: A family trip to Europe is underway. I take my laptop with me. The apartment we’ve recently purchased in Poland doesn’t have furniture. Between trips to IKEA and beer houses of Krakow, I cobble together a SKARSTA workstation and a JÄRVFJÄLLET office chair and set down to WÄRKIING. I refine and polish every paragraph and sentence of the first 100 pages. Rewriting the first chapter takes two weeks to get right, and another two to polish it to a sheen so startlingly bright a blind walrus would be dazzled. August 13: It’s done. I’m a caffeine and post-human hybrid, but editing is complete. August 18: One more pass with my agent before it gets fired off to Gillian Redfearn and Gollancz. I go to London to have a proper meet up with my agent. Alcohol is involved.* *No animals were harmed during this time. Except for the cows that made our steak. August 20: I’m faced with the delightful prospect of a 22-hour flight back to the land of Mad Max. Commence biting my fingernails down to the bone once again. Early October: Gillian likes the edits I made on STORMBLOOD and is taking it to acquisitions. The light is at the end of the tunnel! Except, that light is an incoming train. The universe has conspired with complete happenstance and the devil to completely screw me over. Complications pile up faster than in a Breaking Bad episode. Gillian gets sick. The Frankfurt Book Fair is on. There’s a strike. There’s a public holiday. One of the other editors is sick. My nerves are going through a metal shredder a kilometre long. I'm sweating buckets.* *Again, no animals were harmed during this time. October 19: I check my emails one groggy Thursday morning and sit up. Gollancz has given Gillian Redfearn the go-ahead to make an offer. I read the email three times before I fully comprehend what it means. It doesn’t hammer home until the end of the day, trudging back from the pub after celebratory drinks with mates, until it truly sinks in STORMBLOOD will be published by Gollancz as my debut novel October 21: I get an email. Gollancz is offering me a two-book deal. Which is great! I’m very happy! But I’m a greedy bastard and I always conceived my debut series as a trilogy. I wouldn’t be able to wrap it up with two books. My agent goes back to Gollancz with a counter-offer, pushing back on contractual, corporate jargon that makes zero sense to me. Between meetings and contacting other publishers, he tells me to prepare an outline for Book 3, on top of the outline I submitted for Book 2. October 22: Sunday night and I’m glued to the computer, pitching a third book in a series when I haven’t even written book two yet. Who the hell in their right mind would pay me to publish this? Is this even real anymore? Is a fugue state, induced by gin and some mutual Australian spider? It doesn’t matter, because the spider demands an answer. And he always gets what he demands. I hit send. October 24: My phone thrills at 1:22am. John’s sent me a note via Facebook messenger to check my emails. Gollancz likes my pitch and has bumped my offer to three books. Words like “Leading Title” and “Hardback Edition” and “Featured book of the month” are thrown around like marbles in the blender that’s become my brain. I want to flatline. My hands shake as I stutter a thank you message back to John before collapsing back into bed and wondering how the hell any of this happened. October 25: I wake up. I’m not dreaming. My three book deal is real. STORMBLOOD will be a real book. And as of April 2020, it's coming out in six weeks. There. The tale is told, the journey is complete. It was a very weird path, even by publishing standards. I’ll always be grateful Gollancz gave me a second chance in an industry where first chances are as rare as hen’s teeth. For whatever else, I hope that showing that these second chances do exist and editors are still willing to go out on a limb to make a product as polished and presentable as it can be. If it happened for me, there's no reason why it can't happen for you, too. Link to the post on my blog: https://jeremyszal.com/2020/04/16/stormblood-and-the-art-of-the-deal/ ETA: Quite a few people here have asked where they can find the book and what it's about. To summarize: it's a dark space opera about the DNA of extinct aliens that's used as a drug, making users forever addicted to adrenaline and aggression. Soldiers injected with this drug to make them super-soldiers are called Reapers. The main character returns from a brutal, traumatic war to find his fellow Reapers being murdered - and his estranged brother is the prime suspect. We pitched it as Blade Runner 2049 and Mass Effect 2 meets the Red Rising series. So far, reviewers have agreed. As to where you can find the book: it's already up for pre-order in all formats. (Colin Mace is doing the audiobook, if that peaks your interest.) I cannot understate how helpful pre-orders are for debut authors, especially with the current climate. Any and all interest is hugely appreciated. If you can, please do support your local indie bookstore - if not for my book, then someone else's. They truly need it right now. Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stormblood-Jeremy-Szal/dp/1473227410 Book Depository (free international shipping): https://www.bookdepository.com/Stormblood-Jeremy-Szal/9781473227422?ref=grid-view&qid=1587038811827&sr=1-2 Waterstones UK: https://www.waterstones.com/book/stormblood/jeremy-szal/colin-mace/9781473227422Audible UK Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42683840-stormblood Audible UK
Clarkson's Columns: Flamethrowers on Telehandlers & Science is Like Mercury
What every farmer needs: a flamethrower.Machines make rural life far easier, but even the finest of them can be made better… By Jeremy Clarkson (Sunday Times, Sept. 13) When you look at a Royal Navy F-35 Lightning landing vertically on an aircraft carrier, you can't help but marvel at the technology that makes such a manoeuvre possible. But I can assure you that when it comes to engineering complexity, a combine harvester makes the fighter jet look like a toaster. I've peered inside a combine and I've studied many YouTube videos on how they work, but I still reel in awe when I see one cut through a field of wheat and then, in a blur of noise and vibration, somehow manage to separate the grains from everything else. Explaining how this happens is like explaining witchcraft, but in simple terms you wouldn't want to fall into any of it. There are a lot of knives, a lot of fans, a lot of jiggling and a lot of sensors that tell the driver exactly what's going on. He knows, for example, precisely how many grams of grain he's getting from each acre of a field, and how wet it is, and, to make sure he can concentrate on that day's Test match, he doesn't even have to do steering. That's all done from space. An F-35 Lightning, meanwhile, has two wings, a joystick and no Test cricket on the stereo. I will grant you, however, that the jet fighter does look better than a combine. Other things that look better than a combine include most wheelbarrows, your chest freezer, the marabou stork, the Chrysler PT Cruiser and Kim Jong-un's hair. This is an issue that runs throughout farming. There's been a small amount of effort made in recent years to give tractors a bit of snazziness, but everything else is designed to do a job and put on sale. Even vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers are styled these days, but agricultural equipment? It's true that farmers like kit. They like a new toy and a new gadget, but they also don't want to throw away cash on superficial flimflam. They don't, for instance, want their cultivator to have a spoiler or alloy wheels, because they know farming equipment is regularly bashed into gate posts and dragged through mud, and that it often lives outside, in all weathers, becoming rusty and stiff, until one day it has to be welded back together again by a cross-eyed 16-year-old halfwit. All of which brings me onto my seed drill. This is a machine that makes even the combine look as simple as a wooden bench, because it can deliver seeds into a field at precisely the right intervals and at precisely the right depth. It even turns off two of the drills every so often to create a series of "tramlines" of unplanted earth, which the sprayer can drive along when the crop starts to grow. What's more, it's all controlled by a laptop in the cab, so it's far more sophisticated than your iPhone, and yet it looks like the sort of thing you'd find in a Bangladeshi scrapyard. If Cyrus McCormick, the 19th-century inventor of the reaper — widely regarded as the first bit of mechanised farming equipment — came back today and saw what was parked in my yard, he'd assume humankind hadn't advanced by even an inch. I have a mole that allows me to feed water pipes into the ground and then bury them as I drive along. It's simple and clever and about as attractive as a genital wart. I also have a topper, which works brilliantly but has exactly the same styling you get on a heating-oil tank. I've seen footage of a flamethrower being towed behind a tractor and I immediately wanted one, because who wouldn't want a flamethrower attachment? I'd have one on my ironing board if I could. But this one looked as if it had been made out of scaffolding poles and cow bells. Part of the problem, I suspect, is that a lot of farming equipment has been designed by farmers themselves. And you only have to look at a farmer's three-piece suite to know that aesthetics rarely feature in his list of "important things". He just wants somewhere to sit down, so that's what he buys. This is a man who thinks uPVC windows make sense. The farmer doesn't care what you think of his shoes, which is why he wears big plastic boots with metal toecaps. He wears overalls that make him look fat. He cuts his hair by dipping it annually into his combine harvester and he continues to wear an oily tie that he found, 15 years ago, holding the leaf springs on his trailer together. He even manages to make his quad bike look dull and practical. Elsewhere in the world quad bikes are purple and have stripes, but here in England's green bits they have narrow wheels and mittens on the handlebars and they look like the sort of thing that was used to mow the grass at Biggin Hill in the summer of 1940. There is, however, an exception to all this. The JCB telehandler, a machine with a telescopic arm that can lift and move heavy loads. I managed to go for 59 years without one in my life, and now I have no idea how. Yesterday I used it to transport crates of empty bottles to my new water-bottling plant and, even though it's me we're talking about, and I'm neither practical nor careful, I didn't drop one. It's as gentle, then, as an eye surgeon's bedside manner. This morning I used it to take stone to the new dam I still haven't finished, and later I'm expecting a delivery of rape that will need to be stored in the barn. This evening, after I've used it to shovel the wheat into a neat pile, load some barley onto a truck and fetch some logs, I shall go to the pub in it, then tomorrow I will put a pallet on the forks and raise a child high into the apple trees to collect the hard-to-reach fruit. Apparently you're not supposed to use it for this purpose, but I can't see why. Like all farming equipment it is extremely clever and very strong. You know when you pick up a matchstick? Well, that's how the telehandler feels when you use it to pick up a rock the size of a skyscraper. You're sitting in the air-conditioned cab, making tiny Neil Armstrong thruster movements on the joystick, and with no discernible effort at all it is rearranging geology. It took God six days to make the world and we're all supposed to be impressed by that. But a telehandler could smash it up again in two. The machine I'm using can lift three tons 50ft in the air and not feel even remotely troubled by it. And here's the best bit. Unlike anything else in the farmer's barn, it's as cool as the kit they used on Thunderbirds. It looks as if it were designed by someone who has a Poggenpohl kitchen and furniture made in Denmark. It is the best of both worlds, then: something you want and something you need. And now, because I'm not a proper farmer yet, I'm tempted to fit it with flamethrowers modelled on the guns in Aliens, and maybe some lasers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Whitty's science says, 'Stay indoors and hide.' My science says, 'What a load of tripe' By Jeremy Clarkson (Sunday Times;, Sept. 13) The government's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, has your life, your children's future and Boris Johnson's testicles in his hands. This makes him the most powerful man in the country right now. And, possibly, the most dangerous. When the coronavirus first appeared on the scene, there was a genuine sense of panic, and many were reassured to hear that Boris was following carefully considered scientific advice from a respected epidemiologist such as Whitty. Better, in tough times, to be guided by someone who knows what he's talking about than someone who can't always tuck his shirt in properly. Now, of course, our priorities have changed. Yes, after a prolonged lull, Covid staged something of a comeback last week, but as the number of deaths has dropped dramatically, there's no great worry at the moment that the NHS will be overwhelmed or that your fat dad won't make it to next weekend. There is, however, a very great worry that the economy is on the brink of collapse and that if we end up with five million on the dole, there will be some troubling social unrest. Boris, therefore, doesn't want to cancel Christmas or employ busybodies to make sure their neighbours aren't having too many friends round. Quite the opposite. He wants us all to go to the office tomorrow, and to the theatre as soon as possible. He wants to see town centres full of people and schools full of kids doing something other than washing their bloody hands. But he can't say any of that too loudly, because if he does, Whitty will resign, and that's quite the last thing the Tories need right now. Having a disgruntled ex-wife telling all your friends that you squeak like a bat when you make love is bad. But having a disgruntled former chief medical officer telling everyone who'll listen that if we ditch the social distancing and abandon facemasks, there'll be a second spike and millions will die in screaming agony is far worse. And can you even begin to imagine the brouhaha if it turns out he's right? Boris will no longer be a simple racist in the eyes of the left. He'll be a murderer too. This means we are paralysed. The rest of the world is coming out from behind the curtains and opening up its patisseries and beaches, but here the universities are closed, the civil service is barely functioning, there's no plaster for your kitchen extension and we are being led by a group of people who are terrified of not doing what Whitty wants. Which is for you to spend the rest of your life avoiding your parents and only having sex with yourself. To make things even more complicated, Boris really did say, very often, that following the science was the right thing to do. This means people are bound to ask: "So why isn't it the right thing to do now?" I'll tell you why. Following science is a fool's errand, because science is like mercury. You can never quite get hold of it properly. You think you have it nailed, and then you learn something that proves you don't. The Earth is flat, eugenics will be the death of us all, an ice age is coming, thalidomide is the cure for morning sickness, there are canals on Mars, Pluto is a planet, light propagates through a medium called the aether, California is an island and the planet is expanding. Scientists told us all these things over the years, and then along came more scientists who said that the original scientists were wrong. As Albert Einstein once said: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Stephen Hawking was not stupid. He was generally considered to be the brightest physicist for a generation, and he spent the first half of his life working on a theory about singularities and event horizons and the beginning of everything. And the second half proving himself wrong. This is why I always roll my eyes when a global warmingist tells me that she has science on her side. Yes, the vast majority of scientists are in agreement that man's fondness for electricity is causing global warming and that this is a bad thing. But it's virtually certain that the scientists will change their minds. It's what scientists do. There is no such thing as "proof" in science. Just "evidence". And so we are sitting here, trying to drink through a paper straw and then walking to the shops for some sustainable yoghurt, and maybe that's wrong. Maybe global warming is a good thing and we are actually holding back a bright new dawn. The quest for scientific discovery is never-ending. You have a theory. You find clues that suggest your theory is right. You invite your peers to study your workings-out, and if they agree that you have a point, your theory becomes fact. Until another fact comes along that shows it to be nonsense. The only truth in science is that there are no truths. Ever. And yet here we are, stultified by scientific research into Covid that's already six months out of date. Everything has moved on. New questions are being asked. Some are saying that herd immunity in Sweden seems to be working. Others are wondering out loud why India has such a low mortality rate. Could vegetarianism have something to do with it? Or are they just not adding up the numbers properly? Time and patient study will reveal all the answers, and then further time and further patient study will prove those first answers to be wrong. And in the midst of all this debate and research there will be the legacy of Whitty. Thanks to him, Great Britain will be a ruined and bleak grey rock in the North Sea, its toothless people lining up in wartime coats outside soup kitchens, its industry gone, its financial hub home to nothing but foxes and deer, its theatres dusty and broken. And on its tombstone: "We followed the science." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And here's the Sun column: "At Extinction Rebellion newspaper print protests the police did what they do best: Nothing"
A belated good morning from the UK. Everyone here is feeling just fine. Hopefully all of you guys are too.
Virus statistics
Identified cases (threshold = 5k)
Region
29th Mar
28th Mar
22nd Mar
% 24 hr change
% 1 week change
US
140886
121478
33276
16.0%
323.4%
Italy
97689
92472
59138
5.6%
65.2%
China
82122
81999
81435
0.2%
0.8%
Spain
80110
73235
28768
9.4%
178.5%
Germany
62095
57695
24873
7.6%
149.6%
France
40708
38105
16243
6.8%
150.6%
Iran
38309
35408
21638
8.2%
77.0%
United Kingdom
19780
17312
5745
14.3%
244.3%
Switzerland
14829
14076
7474
5.3%
98.4%
Netherlands
10930
9819
4217
11.3%
159.2%
Belgium
10836
9134
3401
18.6%
218.6%
Korea, South
9583
9478
8961
1.1%
6.9%
Turkey
9217
7402
1236
24.5%
645.7%
Austria
8788
8271
3582
6.3%
145.3%
Canada
6280
5576
1469
12.6%
327.5%
Portugal
5962
5170
1600
15.3%
272.6%
Deaths (threshold = 500)
Region
29th Mar
28th Mar
22nd Mar
% 24 hr change
% 1 week change
Italy
10779
10023
5476
7.5%
96.8%
Spain
6803
5982
1772
13.7%
283.9%
China
3304
3299
3274
0.2%
0.9%
Iran
2640
2517
1685
4.9%
56.7%
France
2611
2317
676
12.7%
286.2%
US
2467
2026
417
21.8%
491.6%
United Kingdom
1231
1021
282
20.6%
336.5%
Netherlands
772
640
180
20.6%
328.9%
Germany
533
433
94
23.1%
467.0%
Virus news in depth
Civil liberties in the time of coronavirus -CNN says that as the number of deaths caused by coronavirus climbs in America, new civil liberties dilemmas have emerged for governments trying to protect public health without unconstitutionally limiting individual rights. The controversy that erupted Saturday when President Donald Trump threatened state quarantines was only the latest dispute over how the country balances individual liberties with community interests during a national crisis like no other. Civil libertarians say governments have the power to take extraordinary measures to stop the pandemic, but the power is not without limits. Trump declared on Saturday he was considering quarantines over New York, New Jersey and Connecticut but pulled back after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other officials questioned the lawfulness of such a move. Trump opted for a "travel advisory" instead, under which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have urged people from the three states to refrain from nonessential travel for 14 days. Lawsuits already have been filed over whether abortion clinics or gun stores, for example, can be regarded as nonessential services. Similar constitutional legal debates are starting to pick up pace in South Africa also (Link). Economics - What to expect from the Covid-19 financial fall out - Agriculture.com reports on comments from Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics at New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business. (Link). The TLDR; This recession will be more severe than the global financial crisis in 2007-09. If we don’t get a handle on COVID-19 in the U.S., we could be looking at a depression similar to the 1930s. Real economic activity is falling about 10% in the first quarter that ends in a few days. The second quarter could fall 30%; this is a free fall. It will be at least October before we see a gradual return to positive economic growth; this would be the best scenario. Keeping the food supply chain unblocked is key; there have to be enough workers in California to harvest fruit and vegetables for example. (Personal note - this last point is likely to become a real problem; I flagged up multiple food producing countries are going to have problems with planting and harvesting if they cannot get in their usual migrant workers). What’s essential in a pandemic world? - It depends on where you live explains a CBS report (https://wwmt.com/news/coronavirus/whats-essential-in-france-pastry-wine-in-us-golf-guns). In some U.S. states, golf, guns and ganja have been ruled essential and are thus staying open. In France, shops specializing in pastry, wine and cheese have been declared essential businesses whilst in the UK, fish and chip shops can stay open (so long as it’s takeaway only). Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Sununu said flower shops are among the essentials. Asked why, spokesman Ben Vihstadt said they provide essential services for funeral homes.
Virus news in brief
Source: Today’s Guardian live blog (Link) or the CNN live blog (Link) unless stated otherwise.
The Taliban is ramping up efforts to stop the spread of the virus in the areas of Afghanistan that it controls including handing out masks and soap
Tokyo and IOC authorities are still talking about the most appropriate dates for rescheduling the Olympics
Multiple UK newspapers are reporting the lockdown that’s now in effect in the UK could be in place for six months
In the UK, a breathing aid that should help keep coronavirus-19 patients out of intensive care has reportedly been developed by a group including University College London researchers and the Mercedes Formula One team. University College engineers, medical clinicians, and technicians from Mercedes hope to distribute the machine through NHS hospitals pending successful trials this week, the BBC has reported. Mercedes said that they can distribute up to 1,000 a day of the trials are successful. (Personal note: there’s a picture of it on the CNN live blog, it looks about the size of a smartphone albeit roughly 4-5 times as thick).
The chair of the British Medical Association says that medical PPE shortages remain a significant issue in UK hospitals (Sky News Tweet)
Wimbledon is likely to be cancelled later this week whilst the French Open (which rescheduled to September) is under fire from organisers of other tennis tournaments that now face a diary clash more on that here: Guardian link
As shown above, the death toll in the US is continuing to rise rapidly; New York City alone has now recorded 1,000 deaths whilst Dr Anthony Fauci, the leading US government infectious disease expert, said the final coronavirus toll could be between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans.
A LA teen who died of Covid-19 was denied treatment because he didn't have health insurance reports Gizmodo (Link)
President Trump has formally abandoned the idea of things being back to normal by Easter and said social distancing guidelines will need to remain in place until at least the end of April.
Vox news has an op-ed piece criticising US authorities for failing to prepare for a pandemic. Simulation exercises were carried out and supply chain vulnerabilities were identified but not addressed it says. More on that here (Vox Link)
Yahoo news is quoting Democrat Senator Chris Murphy alleging that Trump administration officials declined an offer of early congressional funding assistance that he and other senators made on Feb. 5 during a meeting to discuss the coronavirus. The officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, said they “didn’t need emergency funding, that they would be able to handle it within existing appropriations”. Link
Maybe we should be making reusable PPE instead says the Toronto Star, arguing that it doesn’t take any longer to manufacture. A company specialising in reusable PPE says that in the last 10 days, it has sold more than 300,000 gowns — almost as many as it has in the last eight years. The emergency stockpile of between 75,000 and 100,000 gowns was sold out within a few days. Reusable PPE can be washed, sterilized and reused 75 to 100 times. (Link)
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has announced a AU$1,500 ($923 USD / €833 / £746) per fortnight “job keeper” payment to businesses. The payment, made per employee, will last for at least six months.
A man has been sentenced to three months in prison for falsifying his name and home address in an attempt to evade Hong Kong's mandatory home self-isolation measures, according to the city's Department of Justice.
The world’s biggest maker of condoms warned of a global shortage as supply falls by almost 50% while its stockpile is set to last for just another two months. Malaysia-based Karex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide, only restarted its factories on Friday after a week-long closure, working with just half its workforce to comply with a lockdown that the country imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The company said condoms are mainly made in China and India, which are both heavily impacted by the pandemic. More on that here: https://www.portandterminal.com/supply-chain-first-toilet-paper-sanitizer-now-were-running-out-of-condoms/
Surge capacity: How 3M Plans to Make More Than a Billion Masks By End of Year - Bloomberg explains the supply chain concept of surge manufacturing - essentially having spare manufacturing capacity in the supply chain in case you suddenly need to ramp up manufacturing for some reason. 3M (a major medical products manufacturer) decided to start full surge manufacturing on January 21st in a good demonstration of risk analysis within a supply chain. The company built its capability after learning lessons from the SARS epidemic in 2002/3 when it realised it did not have the ability to increase manufacturing capabilities in an emergency. If you’re interested in the concept of surge manufacturing and how agile supply chains can rapidly flex in the event of a rapid rise in demand, this article is worth reading (especially for the supply chain students that lurk here). India: Farm-To-Fork Logistics On The Edge As Covid-19 Disrupts Supply Chain - The Business Standard reports that disruptions in India such as labour shortages, vehicle shortages and overzealous police blockades are causing difficulties in transporting feed, fertiliser and ready-to-sell crops from moving around the country with some areas reporting food price increases of 30-40%. Link Coronavirus Is Expediting iPhone Makers' Plans to Move Beyond China - Bloomberg says (Link) that the Asian assemblers that keep the world supplied with iPhones and other gadgets are shifting to a higher gear after the coronavirus showed the folly of staking everything on one country. The move in production out of China has been underway since the trade war between Washington and Beijing reached its zenith last year. Now, Covid-19 is expediting that. Decisions by companies like Wistron and other Apple Inc. partners including Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Inventec Corp. and Pegatron Corp., could re-shape tech supply chains. Taipei-listed Wistron is targeting India -- where it’s already making some iPhones -- along with Vietnam and Mexico, setting aside $1 billion to fund the expansion this year and next. “We understand from a lot of messages from our customers that they believe this is something we have to do,” Chairman Simon Lin said on an earnings call. “They’re happy and appreciate that we can continue to make such a move and they will continue to work with us.” IPhone assembler Pegatron is also diversifying manufacturing sites, including by adding capacity back home in Taiwan. Chief Executive Officer Liao Syh-jang said Thursday the company hopes to kick-start manufacturing operations in Vietnam in 2021 after setting up a new plant in Indonesia last year, and it’s further looking at India as a location for new facilities. It said on Friday it had agreed to purchase land and a plant in northern Taiwan.
Supply chain news in brief
JCB says that it has begun manufacturing metal casings for ventilators (Official tweet) (Personal note: this is part of a government coordinated push for UK manufacturing to ramp up ventilator manufacturing as much as possible).
Easyjet (a major UK budget airline) has grounded its entire fleet of planes (says airlivenet on twitter). I looked it up, airfleets.net says Easyjet, Easyjet Europe and Easyjet Switzerland between them currently have 335 planes, a mix of A319/20/21’s.
Talking of Airbus planes, the manufacturer announced that it too is temporarily joining the air cargo fray; an A330 undergoing conversion to a Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), took off from Madrid for Tianjin in China on 26th March returning two days later with more than 4 million face masks. (Airlive.net link).
The US aviation industry is still flying a lot more than the rest of the world as this image from flightradar24 makes clear (Tweet)
Thousands of migrant workers in India have been seeing fleeing cities for their rural homes out of fear of the virus and also out of fear for what the 21 day lockdown by the Indian government will mean for their livelihoods. Twitter has more on that here: (Twitter coverage)
The Japan news reports that the government plans ¥200 bil. ($1.85bn USD) in subsidies to reduce firms’ dependence on China (Link). The finances will be made available for companies that plan to move production bases from China to Japan and Southeast Asian countries as part of efforts to encourage Japanese firms to reduce their dependence on China. The move comes as major automakers and other manufacturers have been forced to temporarily halt production in China due to supply disruptions caused by the spread of the new coronavirus.
Caterpillar announced this week that the continued spread of covid-19 is starting to impact its supply chain. Caterpillar said it is continuing to run the majority of its US domestic operations and plans to continue operations in other parts of the world but is temporarily suspending operations at some facilities in affected areas.
As a large chunk of the US population works from home, Walmart reports increased sales for tops but not pants. Millions of workers, typically bound to business or business-casual attire in the office, are now free to lounge around their homes in hoodies and sweatpants. But tops still play an important role as many employees will get semi-dressed for video conference calls says CBS. More on that here (Link)
please correct me if I'm wrong these are my opinions what are yours tell me a lot of media channels have shown us visuals of people braking tv's and phones but is that enough no we might not buy Chinese but they will find some other market as well here is what I feel should be done below is my opinion on how we can at least become a tough competitor to china and put a hole in his wallet
Role of the government
role of people
role of companies
sectors we should target
Raw materials:-
buying cheaper petroleum from OPEC plus counties and buying petroleum currently or when the price is low petroleum is the most basic necessary material needed to start making anything like a cellphone body or any plastic part it is necessary we get petroleum and not make the payment in petrodollars but in INR as it will help save the expensive foreign dollar
rare earth minerals, partnerships with Australia and African counties to make an agreement where Indian mining companies will open an associate in their country and provide employment there in return for being able to access rare earth minerals and its beneficial both ways,
refining of these raw materials is largely not done in India currently, we would require them to be purified in India or any other country where it is most feasible or where there are already built plants made to process these plants eg, Taiwan South Korea and Japan.
Product manufacturing:-
the most lucrative sector is smartphones and electronics that phrase china is the electronics store in the world holds true.
government has to make it lucrative for foreign brands to open manufacturing plants in India.
most smartphone components that we can make in India or source from friendly countries are
batteries from Samsung and LG & sony can be currently sourced for quality batteries
processors from companies like Exynos from Samsung and MediaTek from Taiwan
texas instruments from America & Broadcom
using the design from ARM a Uk based processor architecture license firm ARM is the only licenser of processor design which is used in smartphones and other smart devices the government of India can experiment with funding a department to make processors that are compatible with other makers at least reaching 80% capacity in terms of performance or fund any Indian company who tries to make processer in India in house Memory memory manufacturers from countries using the above list we can choose partners and offer them land that is near a port or away from agricultural land so that a plant can be set up that can make memory modules being both NAND flash and storage memory and controllers controllers, rectifiers and other smaller electronics components like capacitors clippers should be made in India as China is the only current economical manufacturer of these components this will require skilled labor, engineers, and people who have had expertise in the industry and manufacturing field as economies of scale play a big factor in these parts hiring people who have had the first-hand experience in other companies should be offered jobs in India
cameras for phones are majorly made by brands
Samsung
sony
OmniVision (Chinese) should be not used
zies (luxury brand)
Panasonic
if these companies cameras are used they can provide good camera experience in the smartphones and tablets
connectivity chips
most connectivities chips are made by Qualcomm or MediaTek using a generation old parts from other manufacturers or a little weaker ones won't break the product tbh Accessories for electronics another market that seems appropriate is electronics accessories like:-
cables
chargers
headphones
keyboard
mouses
pen drives
memory cards
powerbanks
cases
covers
dongles
these products are also dominated by Chinese brands globally we should just copy their design in these segments and also export these products as there are sold in big numbers at least for every smartphone we have a couple of pair of earphones and a power bank a lot of these Chinese brands are known for bad service if we can provide better after-sales we can get a good chunk of the market even if the price is 10-20% extra, and I guess the easiest to target market sector as well as it requires considerably less R&D the equipment used for manufacturing
most of the manufacturing is done by robots or machines made in china
using these machines we cant justify any product that is made in India but used Chinese tools to make them
either reverse engineering these machines to make them here or using machines from a competitor or non-Chinese brands
having some grants for using non-Chinese equipment has to be provided by the government
Chinese products have been manufactured by state of the art factories having high efficiency and quality control resulting in yields that have fewer failure rates and thus fewer duds
having some quality control team that used to work in China is the most beneficial
branding of the products most Indian brands are synonymous with
cheap brands
poor build
unreliable components
mediocre performance
poor after-sales service
better alternatives
the image problem can be fixed by gorilla marketing and having a pr team that does advertising in global markets all the rest can be fixed by jugged and better workmanship if the markets react positively the services will also improve products should be targeted towards the starting range or entry-level or mid-tier as peoples expectations from expensive product grows more as the price increases. we can be white label brands as well but that seems tougher as china is the biggest white label brand hub as well software
android can be left stock and with very few modifications required for the beginning
we have big IT companies that have good experience building apps for big clients
utility apps are where we need to focus most on an alternative to these apps are required
tik-tok
Share it
miui share
cam scanner
PicsArt
currency converter
video editors
financial apps as most startups in India are currently funded by foreign brands and some have big investors from China as the Chinese government and other Chinese entities fund applications to flood markets and to get a stake hold in the financial part of most countries examples are
swiggy
paytm
countries we should target
sort in increasing_per_capita) order and take countries_per_capita) from 1500 USD_per_capita) to 5000 USD_per_capita) exceptions will be there but we should target such counties where there is a growing emerging market that still doesn't have a lot of contenders usual markets African developing countries middle east Central Asia and Latin America other sectors where we can compete with china
automobiles
India has some automobile ingrown manufacturers who can make safe cars that will be able to be sold in Latin America & African market whose demands are similar to ours so a lot of r&d is already done for it have simple no-fuss mechanicals efficient engines , don't look old or clunky and can handle extreme heat and rain as well some examples are for commercial and two-wheelers as well
tata
Mahindra
bajaj
TVS
hero
Royal Enfield
eicher
Ashok Leyland
they are economically cheaper than their European counterparts and for daily use having cars that can be used daily for 5 years will be a good selling point also we have to export more bikes as well bikes are a big seller in the emerging markets
raw chemicals
medicines
software (application, support, utility )
cloths
fruits
vegetables
plastic components
What the government can do
have PSUS in the electronic & telecommunication technologies department so that the brain drain is reduced so that talented individuals can help develop our country and be proud of making something in their own country and be the owner of it
have more innovative ideas as china has not just copied products but is now a leader in modern and sophisticated devices we would need to invent and innovate to be on the cutting edge and be the second option but be the first option everyone considers
have specific trade corridors that are away from residential areas and provide these lands at cheaper rates to lure the companies into states that have lower development or where land is still cheaper
have research hubs where people can innovate on their ideas and propose it to companies
provide funding to companies so that even if the loose money in the first few years they still stay competitive and not end up being owned by some foreign brands
make ease of doing business be increased
focus on exporting more after our internal demand has been fulfilled
investment by big corporates into these startups and fdas by friendly companies or companies from countries that help India should be made easily countries like Japan and Germany and Russia should be allowed to have fdas easily as these countries have always helped us through thick and thin for which I thank them even though Russia has helped both countries as well
skilled labour is the need of the hour if we have the biggest youth population and they can spend their free time on TikTok won't it be better if they took up learning some skill that can provide them with a source of income as well also people who couldn't study due to financial reasons are in their mid-30s and are a bit behind could be helped a lot of the government can start skill training with psus for certain specific employment scenarios
please tell me what I have missed or where I am wrong please repost or upvote as it might end up being heard and someone from the government or big companies that we have can probably hear it and maybe work on it
"Development Diary VII: Götterdämmerung - Part I" but it was Google translated 50 times
(Original one can be found here btw) 7. Blog: Forum Welcome to the new calendar, the last day of Europe. After four years of war with the German gods, Richard Wagner became the face of the Gottterdammerung. German to the Reichstagshoel in 1962. After the fall of 1960, the economy collapsed. The laborer returned to find the army, and although he did not work, the mayor gave the Germans a hand. East-West Germany uses this organization to prevent its departure from Russia for the benefit of pirates. The first colonial SS received protection, but this did not prevent the army from gaining more and building more bone. Join the army and be fast. Even in the poorest economies in the world, German soldiers give the impression that it is not against the rebels, even though they are closer than other countries. This is not only based on German industry but also on external sources. very complicated If these problems were not enough, the German children would stay for months. leaving the black market and young people, ending slavery, stopping political pressure, destroying borders and so on. Its as much as I love you until these systems are gone, German generation fires on safety nets. And the biggest threat in the future is the problems of the people, although they are not motivated by Germany. Heidrich is becoming increasingly offensive to the Germans. Weapons were found across the country, with the remaining troops hiding in the middle of the night to prevent them from surrendering. . Most government officials want to take power and make decisions. However, Rexam is often the best candidate for Baananiyal when traveling with natural instruments. And what games? German policy was adopted by 1962. Thousands of questions have not yet been answered by the German government. 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THEMATIC REPUBLIC; However, they feared that they would be able to defeat Nazi Germany during the fall and would be angry with Himmler. Only political activity and dead projects took over German waters. The energy and camera were slowly gone, and some fans gave Rei a chance. Otherwise, Himmler was a contender for the district council award. No right to at least take a vacation. Many German Himmler teams had a very difficult plan to make money with Heidrich. The Reichskommische is based on a reminder of the thousands of Heydrick Halberstadt rocks and their character. Heidrich recommended. Some people believe that fate cannot be implemented by the German government. Then a government was formed. On the other hand, potential counselors do not receive a diploma Returned to Germany grew bike and worse it hurts Under these circumstances and factors, the imperial revolution and the CIS were conquered by a new generation of organizational structure. But all this is perfect for the German government to be true. Perhaps Fuhrer in this country is the only person who lives in Germany and lives with Hitler. at night That seems important. German territory. It is full of dead and dead for the war and the street world. Put in Germany. I don't think I understand that. Without peace. If he had to fight, Reek would lead and defeat the government and all his supporters They have received considerable support from recipients of the European mandate. The great Borman and his Goring army, his army and air force, and the unlimited resources of Heydrich and Bordeaux threaten others. The German Civil War was a terrible problem. I encourage compassion when you have the chance to win a fair competition. Fight for men, women and children. Government officials recognized the same, and many loyal parties, including Borm, said they were not present. 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At the beginning of the war, Spiedel and his men seemed neutral to other candidates and the German government, but as the war continued and the party began, it gradually disappeared. Come on, just games in Germany. If the team falls or falls, the city collapses, but Spitz can try to attack the German army and protest. Panic and bond with Spiedel and his people to make sure that Germany, if you will, is in the hands of other people. Without speaking to Spiedel and defending his opponent, Spiedel decided to abstain and congratulate him on a new gift or suggestion. to him, but the first man thought. Civil War magazines are the most common. According to the Civil War, most people will have two German utilities. Bormans is an expert. Imperial Representative Every obstacle Reichstag encountered was to increase or increase competition with F'Hydrrich, but he opposed it. 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a lot of media channels have shown us visuals of people braking tv's and phones but is that enough
no
below is my opinion on how we can at least become a tough competitor to china and put a hole in his wallet
Role of the government
role of people
role of companies
sectors we should target
Raw materials:-
buying cheaper petroleum from OPEC plus counties and buying petroleum currently or when the price is low petroleum is the most basic necessary material needed to start making anything like a cellphone body or any plastic part it is necessary we get petroleum and not make the payment in petrodollars but in INR
rare earth minerals, partnerships with Australia and African counties to make an agreement where Indian mining companies will open an associate in their country and provide employment there in return for being able to access rare earth minerals and its a benefit both ways,
refining of these raw materials is largely not done in India currently, we would require them to be purified in India or any other country where it is most feasible or where there are already built plants made to process these plants eg, Taiwan South Korea and Japan.
Product manufacturing:-
the most lucrative sector is smartphones and electronics that phrase china is the electronics store in the world holds true.
government has to make it lucrative for foreign brands to open manufacturing plants in India.
most smartphone components that we can make in India or source from friendly countries are
batteries from Samsung and LG & sony can be currently sourced for quality batteries
processors from companies like Exynos from Samsung and MediaTek from Taiwan
texas instruments from America & Broadcom
using the design from ARM a Uk based processor architecture license firm
ARM is the only licenser of processor design which is used in smartphones and other smart devices the government of India can experiment with funding a department to make processors that are compatible with other makers at least reaching 80% capacity in terms of performance or fund any Indian company who tries to make processer in India in house Memory memory manufacturers from countries using the above list we can choose partners and offer them land that is near a port or away from agricultural land so that a plant can be set up that can make memory modules being both NAND flash and storage memory and controllers controllers, rectifiers and other smaller electronics components like capacitors clippers should be made in India as China is the only current economical manufacturer of these components this will require skilled labor, engineers, and people who have had expertise in the industry and manufacturing field as economies of scale play a big factor in these parts hiring people who have had the first-hand experience in other companies should be offered jobs in India
cameras for phones are majorly made by brands
Samsung
sony
OmniVision (Chinese) should be not used
zies (luxury brand)
if these companies cameras are used they can provide good camera experience in the smartphones and tablets connectivity chips
Accessories for electronics
another market that seems appropriate is electronics accessories like:-
cables
chargers
headphones
keyboard
mouses
pen drives
memory cards
powerbanks
cases
covers
dongles
these products are also dominated by Chinese brands globally we should just copy their design in these segments and also export these products as there are sold in big numbers at least for every smartphone we have a couple of pair of earphones and a power bank a lot of these Chinese brands are known for bad service if we can provide better after-sales we can get a good chunk of the market even if the price is 10-20% extra, and I guess the easiest to target market sector as well as it requires considerably less R&D
the equipment used for manufacturing
most of the manufacturing is done by robots or machines made in china
using these machines we cant justify any product that is made in India but used Chinese tools to make them
either reverse engineering these machines to make them here or using machines from a competitor or non-Chinese brands
having some grants for using non-Chinese equipment has to be provided by the government
Chinese products have been manufactured by state of the art factories having high efficiency and quality control resulting in yields that have fewer failure rates and thus fewer duds
having some quality control team that used to work in China is the most beneficial
branding of the products
most Indian brands are synonymous with
cheap brands
poor build
unreliable components
mediocre performance
poor after-sales service
better alternatives
the image problem can be fixed by gorilla marketing and having a pr team that does advertising in global markets all the rest can be fixed by jugged and better workmanship products should be targeted towards the starting range or entry-level or mid-tier as peoples expectations from expensive product grows more as the price increases. we can be white label brands as well but that seems tougher as china is the biggest white label brand hub as well
software
android can be left stock and with very few modifications required for the beginning
we have big IT companies that have good experience building apps for big clients
utility apps are where we need to focus most on an alternative to these apps are required
tik-tok
Share it
miui share
cam scanner
PicsArt
currency converter
video editors
countries we should target
sort in increasing_per_capita) order and take countries_per_capita) from 1500 USD_per_capita) to 5000 USD_per_capita) exceptions will be there but we should target such counties where there is a growing emerging market that still doesn't have a lot of contenders usual markets African developing countries middle east Central Asia and Latin America
other sectors where we can compete with china
automobiles
India has some automobile manufacturers who can make safe cars that will be able to be sold in Latin America & African market
they are economically cheaper than their European counterparts and for daily use having cars that can be used daily for 5 years will be a good selling point also we have to export more bikes as well bikes are a big seller in the merging market
raw chemicals
medicines
software (application, support, utility )
cloths
fruits
vegetables
What the government can do
have PSUS in the electronic & telecommunication technologies department so that the brain drain is reduced so that talented individuals can help develop our country and be proud of making something in their own country and be the owner of it
have more innovative ideas as china has not just copied products but is now a leader in modern and sophisticated devices we would need to invent and innovate to be on the cutting edge and be the second option but be the first option everyone considers
have specific trade corridors that are away from residential areas and provide these lands at cheaper rates to lure the companies into states that have lower development or where land is still cheaper
have research hubs where people can innovate on their ideas and propose it to companies
provide funding to companies so that even if the loose money in the first few years they still stay competitive and not end up being owned by some foreign brands
make ease of doing business be increased
focus on exporting more after our internal demand has been fulfilled
investment by big corporates into these startups and fdas by friendly companies or companies from countries that help India should be made easily countries like Japan and Germany and Russia should be allowed to have fdas easily as these countries have always helped us through thick and thin
please tell me what I have missed or where I am wrong please repost or upvote as it might end up being heard and someone from the government or big companies that we have can probably hear it
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