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1940 Bantam BRC MK II (BRC-60) mounting both a .30- and .50-caliber machine gun.

Date: February 1941

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Speaking of trauma and stuff, name all the characters you think have trauma in bomb rush cyberfunk, any crew, any reason. Feel free to use HCs and stories and fanfics to explain!!! Bc RN I am drowning in your content/pos

First and foremost, thank you for the interest in my ideas and stuff!! Even though art and fan fic writing has been on the backburner for me while I try to get the BRC wiki to a point where I can call it “finished” at least for now. So like, doing posts like this is the only way right now that I can share my stuff at the moment. ;u;

Second, OH BOY, this is gonna be a hell of a topic. Uhh, content warnings for mentions of abuse and injuries and trauma in general. I mean, given the topic, it’s definitely going to get dark. The big ones are probably going to be my 4 Devil Theory OCs, but I have some ideas for a few other characters…

Also this is gonna be VERY long just fair warning! No seriously, I think I basically wrote the equivalent of a short fan fic here. That ended up being the reason this took so long to answer. :u

Let’s start off with Felix! Since you brought up an interesting point about why he might be distancing himself from others. For other people’s reference, this is the reblog I’m referring to.

Actually let’s break this up into sections so it’s a bit easier to read, not to mention easier to get to certain characters.

Felix

So again, from your post! Felix distances himself even from friends a lot of the time, because it’s a subconscious thing where he doesn’t want to end up too attached to someone. And then hurting badly if he loses them.

Related to Old Amsterdam, maybe Felix somehow survived whatever happened that led to it being destroyed/buried and then having New Amsterdam built on top of it. The current fandom theory is that it was a giant flooding disaster. It’s mentioned in a couple of dialogs with the Oldheads that at least those three (i.e. Boombap, Oldschool, and Classic) still remember the original Amsterdam, and the way they talk, they definitely lived there for at least a short amount of time before the city got wiped out. Presumably they and other people managed to flee whatever disaster before it happened, while other people weren’t so lucky maybe?

Heck, I know there’s one particular dialog, I think from Boombap specifically, where he mentions how Felix was just a kid while Boombap himself was in his prime as a writer. Presumably back during Old Amsterdam, but maybe even during the early start of New Amsterdam?

So maybe Felix as a small child remembers the disaster, either having to stay with his parents and losing them while managing to survive himself. Or otherwise they all fled but something happened along the way where Felix had to leave by himself. There’s also fan theories about the coffin in the Old Amsterdam under Versum Hill, that maybe it was used to save him, but also kinda preserve him? Then again maybe the coffin is unrelated in that regard, and Felix has some other connection to it (maybe a very distant descendant of whoever actually made it).

We don’t know the exact time frame between Old Amsterdam being destroyed and New Amsterdam being built, other than the Oldheads being around for both based on the game dialog. Again, they mention having memories of Old Amsterdam and how it compares to New Amsterdam and all. But still, it could have been a decently long amount of time in the past, since we don’t quite know how old the Oldheads themselves are… I always imagined them in the 60s to 80s range tbh, and then most of the case being in the range of 25 to 35.

Well, okay, the Old Amsterdam stuff and the Oldheads’ ties into the game’s lore is an interesting topic, but I’m getting a bit too off-topic for this post, sorry!!

Anyways, Felix as a very young child was in Amsterdam at the time of the disaster, manages to survive, but loses his parents at minimum. That kind of loss, especially in such a presumably horrifying way, isn’t something that can be easily overcome.

But also! Here’s my additional idea for this: Felix doesn’t want to remember what happened back then. In fact, I like to think he’s repressed that particular part of his life so hard he genuinely can’t remember now. At least not willingly. Good thing DJ Cyber was helping Felix remember only the part about how to stop Faux, otherwise he might’ve seen some REALLY depressing stuff. I like to think the first bits of each dream Felix has at the end of each chapter (besides the 4th one, which just gets right into the actual dream stage) are subconscious symbolisms of those locked away memories.

The first dream has a black and white image of “Old Amsterdam”, with someone wearing his mask in a boat. The second dream has a bunch of people standing before a pyramid of stairs, and if you knock off the person at the top, the rest at the bottom start cheering. The third dream has a long line of people, waiting for something or waiting to go somewhere maybe. The fifth dream has a line of crows you have to chase away, leading up to the group of big crows that reveal Felix.

… granted I only have my own ideas of what those could symbolize, but I feel like there’s definitely something interesting there.

Anyways, as far as Felix knows, he grew up in New Amsterdam as an orphan. There was nothing else before that. Nope. But even if he never remembers the truth of what happened to him as a kid, that trauma is still affecting him as an adult.

Like what you pointed out in your reblog, I like to think Felix eventually realizing that pushing away people who care about him just to “protect” them isn’t a healthy way of handling his feelings. Even if he never remembers the root cause of why he felt the need to do that in the first place, I’d think he learns to handle it better from now on, especially with the events of BRC teaching him friendship and stuff (not quite but like, you get the idea lol).

Cueball

So now, Cueball! Oh boy, poor Cueball. He has two sources of trauma: the stuff that led to him going full-cyber, and Eight Ball being killed.

With the first, reiterating what I said in my big DOT EXE post: as a teen living in the US (or whatever is the equivalent in the universe of BRC), Cueball got COVID, and the resulting Long COVID left him in damn terrible health. Overall physically weaker, damaged immune system, some nerve damage, sense of taste and smell being messed up (“Can you imagine biting into a chocolate bar, and tasting nothing but a like, raw meat kinda taste? I still remember that. Wouldn’t wish that even on my worst enemies.”).

And his own friends being worried they might “catch” it from him too (even though it’s at the point where it’s just the Long COVID) so then this poor guy is socially isolated while he’s still getting through high school on top of all of this. Doesn’t help that both of his parents are convinced it isn’t that bad and it's just him being lazy or finding "excuses". It isn’t until years later when they finally take him to see some doctors to try and get him some kind of help, and even then, they only take him to see quack doctors that recommend snake oils over anything that could actually help him.

Even with Eight Ball eventually stepping in and helping Cueball moving away from his awful parents, seeing better doctors in New Amsterdam… and then it turns out Cueball’s condition is so severe that there isn’t much that can be done by that point. So then the full-cyber conversion happens, because from Cueball’s point of view, his only other options are to either continue to suffer, or just straight up die.

I mean, you can imagine that would leave some pretty significant trauma on anyone. But Cueball is repressing most of it. Especially since, he’s had other people pity him and feel sorry for what he went through, and he hates that. The only person he ends up telling about any of this in particular is Bō (my Devil Theory OC that I ship with him), and even then only after they’ve been dating for a while.

By this point, he’s mostly mad at his parents for letting it get as bad as it did, especially with how stubborn they were about taking it seriously at all. Not to mention, like I said in the DOT EXE post, Cueball originally had plans to becoming a chef or baker. But he couldn’t exactly do that with his sense of smell and taste getting messed up, nevermind everything else he had to deal with. There’s a bit of resentment there towards his parents, the people who were supposed to, y’know, keep him safe.

Oh also, he is dead to them. Quite literally. I imagine in some countries in the BRC universe, a person going full-cyber or even just getting a cyberhead makes the person be considered legally dead. Y’know, Ship of Thesesus, “How much do you replace of a person before they stop being the same person?” kind of thing. And if not legally, I can imagine some people just have that kind of thought towards cybernetics like that.

His parents even made a grave for him and held a funeral for him. To clarify, by that point he was already living in New Amsterdam with his brother and the other DOT EXE guys, going through the procedures to go full-cyber. He told them what was going to happen to him, and they basically cut contact and acted like he completely died.

But if he had a chance at the time, Cueball would have flown back home, dig open his own “grave”, then push his parents in and bury them alive. Otherwise, he just likes to think that if he’s dead to them, then they’re dead to him too. Hell, they probably are dead by the point of the game, but Cueball refuses to even think about them either way.

The main trauma response (not sure if that’s the right word for this?) from all this is that Cueball gets really worried for his non-cyber friends whenever they get sick. Also getting mad if they try to keep going around as if they’re not sick, “Dude!! Go rest!! You’re either gonna make it worse or get someone else sick!!”

He is also still very distrustful of doctors in general, even if they’re genuine. He goes along with Bō for his doctor visits like a bodyguard. He’s worried for his boyfriend, but it takes him a while to admit he might be overreacting.

So then besides that! Cueball also has the trauma from Eight Ball dying. Maybe he even saw it himself, I don’t think the game specifies if the other DOT EXE members were around when it happened, or if the police/Faux managed to catch Eight Ball alone and take him out then. Personally it feels more that it’s the former, like they were all talking together nearby after losing the crew battle, then Eight Ball got shot and the others ran for it before they were next.

From a different previous post of mine, basically what I’m thinking is that Cueball was not coping with Eight Ball’s death very well. At all. To the point of even making fun of Eight Ball for just dying “so easily���. Which of course pisses off the rest of DOT EXE and gets him kicked out, leading to him joining BRC to continue to try and ignore Eight Ball’s death. Even considers just deleting his memories of Eight Ball completely, even though doing so would leave gaps in his memories that are too noticeable to ignore.

Fortunately! I think he’d eventually get a better handle on his feelings and what happened, and reconcile with the rest of DOT EXE later. He still sticks with BRC though, but at least he lives with the rest of DOT EXE again.

Vela

This one is for the spring palette Eclipse member. This is gonna be a bit shorter, but mostly because, I don’t want to get into too much detail on what happened to her, since the character herself probably wouldn’t do so either, at least to most people. So, to the point: She is studying at the local university, and at one point ended up abused by a professor she thought she could trust. That guy very nearly got away with it, if it weren’t for the rest of Eclipse stepping in to make sure he didn’t.

Though even with the scumbag punished, for a very long time afterwards Vela ends up very distrustful of men in general. She does go to therapy to help cope with things at least, especially since she wants to avoid coping in a way that ends up hurting her more. The leader of Eclipse in particular, Cassiopeia, encouraged Vela to make sure to go to therapy, and of course all of them helped support her during this time too.

It definitely does help, with her becoming less distrustful over time. She even gets a boyfriend later on! After a lot of patience from him, which Vela really appreciates and loves him for. Unfortunately, the rest of Eclipse finding out about this is the reason (in my little headcanon/AU story thing at least) for them kicking her out of their crew. So then similar to Cueball, leading to her joining up with BRC.

To clarify, they didn’t kick her out because she’s dating a man, they kicked her out because she hid something fairly important from the rest of them. With what she went through, combined with the crew overall having a, well, dislike towards men in general, she was worried about what they would think of her if she told them. So kinda poor communication on both sides?

I like to think they do eventually sort things out, but also like with Cueball, Vela probably sticks with BRC for writer stuff. However, she’s still very happy to have her friends back by thatpoint!

(Also I ended up deciding that Vela’s boyfriend is someone I’ve talked about before already. Remember the guy who I said his friends joke about his “theoretical” girlfriend, because he insists he’s dating someone but they’ve still never met her? But yeah that’s probably for another post. :P )

Rise

For Rise, I think some people might debate if it really “counts” as trauma, but I think it still does. A lot of this is copy-pasted from a document that I don’t think I’ve shared publicly yet, or at least not outside of this one BRC server I’m on.

In essence, Rise was emotionally neglected by her parents. Rise's parents are the high/upper class kind of people. Rich! Snooty! Looking down on the poor! etc. They saw their daughter as more of a reflection of their own reputation and stuff instead of her own person. So plenty of criticizing her for her appearance, what she ate, who she hung out with, what she studied in school, etc.

I have a headcanon where Rise has a huuuuge interest in marine biology and ocean stuff. It’s partly why she ends up hanging out on Pyramid Island, at least in my mind! She knows a lot, possibly even more than most people who go to school for the same topic!

But then whenever she'd ramble to her parents about it, she was basically met with a lot of dismissive "Yes yes, that's nice dear" and stuff like that. And after a certain point they were like, "When are you going to be interested in something more practical? Like medical science or business?" and that basically made her never want to talk about anything to her parents ever again, let alone her hobbies and interests.

At one point they wanted Rise to get into ice skating, but only because they wanted to have the prestige of having an "Olympic gold-medalist~" as a daughter. But also making sure she didn't get into any sports that were too "masculine" in their eyes, oh no, what a scandal that would have been for these poor rich assholes!! She got into skating alright... inline skating, specifically just to spite them. From that, Rise made more genuine friends, then became a writer through that as well. Her first time getting caught by police, her parents were horrified and actually paid to get her out and scrub her records (like with what was happening with Faux).

But then Rise keep doing writer stuff, again out of spite towards her parents, and kept getting caught, etc. Eventually they just forced her to move out of London (or maybe, Neo London? Who knows how bad the floods were in the rest of the world) where they were living, and she ends up in New Amsterdam from there. They would have disowned her on top of that, but then that would be even more of a scandal in their socialite circles, oh no!! So they just quietly sent her off and even try to pretend she's just overseas studying at some prestigious university or something.

The only "contact" Rise has with her parents these days is them actually sending her money every now and then. In their mind, if she isn't something like a doctor or CEO, it means she's probably living off of dirt without their help. She always donates the money they send her to a local charity, she sure as hell wouldn't want to keep it even if she did need it.

Rise doesn’t mind if people assume she’s just some rich kid that got into writer stuff for the sake of clout/because it was trendy. She doesn’t care for other people’s opinions too much, and besides she thinks her beef with her parents is between just her and them, and nobody else's business unless she chooses to share it.

Though, even after that, Rise tends to have trouble opening up to people, at least outside of being a writer and all. Especially when it comes to talking about her oceanic interests. So like, for my headcanons she ends up becoming besties with Rave and Shine in particular once they’re all with BRC! But even then, she’s afraid to bring up her interests, and for the longest time they mostly like to talk about writer stuff or gossip and the like. She gets there eventually, it just takes her a while.

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Now for my Devil Theory OCs! I’ve already written a lot in this post, and these four might be a bit shorter than the rest all together. Also like with Rise, this is mostly copy-pasted and cleaned up/added to from a document I haven’t shared outside of a Discord server.

Sai

He is the spring palette Devil Theory guy, and the one in my headcanons/stories who ends up joining BRC. His parents started off verbally abusive with him as a small kid, until it escalated into physical abuse by the time he was in middle school. His dad was the source of the worst of it, but his mom definitely wasn’t a saint either in all of this, being abusive as well. It’s effectively a sense of “If my son wasn’t around, he’d just go after me” cowardice, just “agreeing” with her husband for her own safety. Sai at least had Daishō (and eventually Bō and Nunchaku) to help him through it, in particular Daishō letting him stay over at Daishō's house for days at a time just to avoid his parents.

Unfortunately, the abuse still continued whenever Sai came home. Despite what was happened, back then he still had hopes that his parents might change eventually. They hammered into him the mentality of “family is everything no matter what”, and was hoping that would actually win out in the end. But then because of that, he never really fought back, thinking it would just make things worse, even once he grew older and was physically capable of fighting back.

It also didn’t help that for most of his life living in New Amsterdam, Sai felt pretty isolated. Him and his parents moved from Puerto Rico (fun fact, with a lot of maps that show what the Earth would look like if all the ice caps melted, Puerto Rico is still around since most of it is actually pretty mountainous! So not as badly affected by any potential world flooding disasters, at least compared to Old Amsterdam and other places). He gets picked on a lot as a kid for being Latino and just generally an outsider. Even a lot of teachers and adults end up not trusting him due to his “attitude”.

Daishō is pretty much his only friend for a very long time, and before joining BRC he only ever considered him, Bō, and Nunchaku as his friends. Basically, he doesn’t feel like he has a lot of other people to turn to for help. And at any rate, he wouldn’t want to risk his own friends getting hurt because of his parents. Especially since, his dad in particular is a cop, and has been using those connections to cover up what’s been going on.

This eventually accumulated into his breaking point sometime in high school. His father managed to give him a nasty cut on his lower leg, and his mother just sloppily stitched it up, seeing no need to go to the hospital (because otherwise the people at the hospital would probably find out about what was going on). Sai eventually snapped sometime after that, and beat the fuck out of his dad.

He would have done the same to his mom (who, again, was also very much physically abusive, even if not to the same extent as his dad), if she hadn't managed to barricade herself in a bathroom. Afterwards, both his parents decided to skip town out of “embarrassment” instead of trying to involve the police against Sai (i.e. realizing that what they were doing to Sai would have to be investigated as well, in a way that couldn’t be covered up with cop connections anymore). He hasn’t seen them since and plans to keep it that way.

Is it any wonder the poor guy ends up with anger issues? He at least gets a better hold of them later in life at least, especially once he joins BRC.

Bō

Bō, the blond one (winter palette for Devil Theory), mostly dealt with his mother being horribly controlling and abusive to him (largely emotionally, but also sometimes physically). Meanwhile his father was a doormat who effectively enabled her, even helping her cover up what was going on.

At one point she attempted to homeschool him to protect him from being "corrupted”. She and the father followed, from what Bō could remember, a “very strange niche of Christianity”, with confusing ideology, seemingly just her picking and choosing what she wanted to believe from the Bible (which, unfortunately applies to a lot of Christians out there, but I digress…). They never actually went to church, but she would insist they were are True Christians. Her attempts at homeschooling him were equally confusing, at least for him.

But then that resulted in Bō needing to be held back a bit once the proper authorities found out she wasn't doing a good job, and thus forced her to let him attend regular school. They tried to catch him up as best as possible, but eventually just let the schools "handle" him from there. Between that and continued abuse at home, he was all around miserable during this time. Also really not helping that he ended up with poor social skills due to how his mother was isolating him so much.

Fun fact, he met Sai and Daishō sometime towards the end of primary school for all of them (roughly middle school, from what I can tell from research?). They had planned to bully him into helping them with homework, thinking an older kid would know more about what they were studying. But then they found out about him needing to catch up on a lot of things, and actually helped him out instead! Also for a frame of reference on ages, Bō is 31 in the present, while Sai and Daishō are both about 28, and Nunchaku is about 27.

Anyways, back to the note about his mother isolating him. She would also manipulate Bō’s relationships, either scaring off other kids he tried to make friends with, making him paranoid that they secretly hated him, or otherwise making it so that he could rarely (if ever) see them too often.

Daishō and Sai were the only ones she couldn’t successfully scare off nor turn Bō against. They also helped him stand up to her and defend himself. This eventually led to Bō being disowned and kicked out of his home for being so “disobedient”, but he considers this the best possible outcome. As far as he knows, his mother and father both moved out in the country to get away from the “corrupting” influence of the city, so at least he doesn’t have to worry about ever meeting them again.

Unfortunately, he was still left with a lot of issues. One is with food. She would often say she was going to cook one thing and then make something completely different, intentionally adding ingredients or buy snack foods that he didn’t like, or add certain spices that would alter the taste in ways he didn’t expect. She did this mostly as a way to make sure he wouldn’t be a picky eater, forcing him to eat or go hungry. Even if it meant eating something that he found repulsive.

As an adult, this resulted in Bō being very, very picky about his food. He wants it a certain way, and if it isn’t the way he wants or is expecting, he refuses to eat it. Especially if it’s something he hasn’t tried before, he needs to be told what it’s like, be able to at least sample it first, and if it’s homemade food he has to trust the person who’s cooking it anyways. For ordering at restaurants, if they get his order wrong, he’d rather just throw it out and go hungry than ask for them to correct it. His friends (and eventually Cueball) have to be the ones to step in and get it fixed, even when Bō insists they don’t have to, “I’m fine, really, I’m not that hungry anyways I swear!”

Another thing is that he’s afraid of the dark. This one was a result of his mom often locking him in their basement as a punishment whenever he acted up (i.e. just acting like a kid would). He’s embarrassed that he has to sleep with a night light, or really any sort of light, but his friends and Cueball are very accommodating of that.

Nunchaku

Appearance-wise she’s the one based off of Devil Theory’s summer palette. She was born and raised in the United States, specifically in California. Her parents placed a lot of pressure on her to be successful no matter the topic (school, sports, exercising, even just hobbies), but she could never meet their standards, nor did she really want to in the first place. This led to a lot of mental and emotional abuse related to that, most of it in the form of guilt-tripping her about not being able to do “better”.

Skateboarding was one hobby she kept secret from them, in particular because she knew they would try and force her to become the next Tony Hawk or something, when she wanted to keep it as a fun hobby for stress relief. Especially given everything else they were putting her through. Another hobby was fixing machines, including cars, which she mostly did in secret away from her parents lest they try and force her to study mechanical engineering or something.

After a certain point this escalated into physical abuse in the form of pushing Nunchaku past her limits for any physical training/exercising she did for sports in particular, as well as attempts to control her health and diet. In regards to school sports, they basically forced her to join just about every sport team the school had to offer, even if she hated the sport in question. There were times she thought she would die from a heart attack or just exhaustion in general. Other times she was either actually sick or just pretending to be sick in order to get out of practice and sneak off to finally relax.

She also wasn’t having a fun time at school anyways. She was pretty open about being a butch lesbian since maybe around middle school. Her parents at first tried to discourage it, but then eventually tried to use it to their advantage. In short, her dad was a local politician, a conservative one at that, and used his daughter as a sort of “See, I’m not a bigot, my daughter is a lesbian!” thing. Outside of that they didn’t really do much to be supportive, other than not mistreating her specifically because she’s a lesbian (which is, y’know, bare minimum).

Also, they didn’t bother helping her with the bullying she was dealing with at school over her identity and her being a part of every team (most of the other kids thought she was stuck up for doing that, not knowing/accepting that her parents were the ones to force her to do that). Most of Nunchaku’s real friends were either kids from outside of her school or online.

The latter is how she ended up friends with Sai, Daishō, and Bō! It was mostly a shared love of anime between the four of them, I think I mentioned that in the big DT post a while back? But yeah, eventually they became closer friends once they realized they were all deal with shitty parents, so then deciding to stick together and help support one another.

Truthfully, her eventual move to New Amsterdam was less “just moving”, and more her friends helping her successfully run away from home once she turned 18. As far as she knows, her parents have long since written her off as a “failure” and have stopped looking for her. She’s glad that they aren’t trying to drag her back, but deep down she’s also still hurt that they just gave up on her like that, after all the pressure they put on her.

Despite the whole “be good at ALL of the sports” obsession her parents had, Nunchaku still enjoys some sports and plays games with others. She’s just, y’know, not doing it to be the best, she just wants to have fun! Though there are times where she get competitive, like with writer stuff, but at least it’s on her own terms.

Daishō

Daishō, the leader of Devil Theory (also for appearance he’s the autumn palette), has been through some awful stuff himself. Though, a big part of his problems is that he’s convinced what he went through wasn’t nearly as bad as what his friends went through. Even though, trauma is not a competition. Still, I’ll get into that a bit more later.

Anyways, starting off with the root of his problems, his rich parents had a messy divorce around the time he was in early primary school (i.e. roughly early elementary school). The parents' animosity against one another was so bad to the point where they lived in separate houses, with Daishō actually living in a house of his own. His parents wanted to see each other as little as possible, so Daishō's "own" house would be where he was dropped off when he wasn’t meant to be with one of his parents. But because of how much both of them worked (and sometimes them going on vacations by themselves), he spent most of his time at that third house anyways.

He was basically cared for/raised by a nanny and a few housecleaners at this point, and those people were certainly a lot more like parents to him than his actual parents. He still sends his old nanny gift cards and stuff for the holidays, sometimes having lunch to catch up, etc. So just to emphasize, he has no love for either of his parents in the present day.

Anyways, both of his parents tried to manipulate him, in order to get him on their “side” against the other parent. Said manipulation changed often, but ranged from bribery, threats, and outright abuse. Never physical abuse, since they were at least careful not to leave “evidence” (with them thinking poor mental health resulting from shitty parents doesn’t count as evidence of anything bad).

Daishō himself was kind of desperate to either get his parents back together and maybe somehow fix the whole mess the three of them were in, or otherwise just get them to calm the hell down and leave him out of it. Him wanting to fix things was moreso when he was a kid, and then the latter was more as a teen when he started getting sick of their bullshit. Though sometimes his feelings would yo-yo between the two.

Eventually, all of this drama and manipulation led to an instance of attempted murder by his mother on him and his father. During which his father also left him for dead. Daishō got his foot almost hacked off by his own mom, but at least managed to get away despite what happened. The only other major downside to this is that she somehow got away with it in court. That whole thing basically killed what little hope he had left for either parent.

So from there, he just decided to beat them at their own game. Manipulating them, especially getting a ton of cash out of each of them in exchange for his "loyalty", telling lies about one parent to the other as “dirt” they could use later, stuff like that. After a certain point, he had effectively scammed enough money out of both of them that he felt safe enough to cut them both out of his life. The scamming was also enough to leave them both poor as hell, especially since they continued to use their respective money to try and get back at each other during all of this.

As far as he knows, his mom went back to her home country "in shame", while his dad just outright vanished. Good riddance either way, in his opinion.

So now going back to how he thinks what he went through wasn’t as “bad” as what the others went through. Other than the murder, he thinks it wasn't as bad because they weren't "directly" abusive towards him, at least not all of the time like what the other three went through.

Because of that he feels like he has to be the one to make sure everyone else is alright and happy. He has to be the one in charge, he has to be the one to fix things, he has to be the one to organize things, because his friends deserve to have that kind of happiness before he does.

Of course, with what happened in the game, he and his friends almost getting killed by Faux has put a lot of guilt on Daishō. Especially since he was mainly the one pushing for their deal with Faux, being convinced that Faux would have their backs and they could enjoy being All City and keep having fun together. With how badly things turned out, the guilt is still eating him up to this day...

One Last Section for Devil Theory

Just going over how each of them lost at least part of their legs, which led to all of them ending up with the cybernetic legs they have in the game:

With Sai, the cut on his lower leg got badly infected, made worse from him trying to hide it from both his friends and just people in general, not to mention being worried that going to the hospital might lead to him getting arrested if they found out what he did to his dad. Eventually it got bad enough that there was no saving it and he had to get that part of his leg amputated.

Bō lost part of his legs not from anything his mother did, but while he was an adult, long after being disowned by her. It was due to an accident (i.e. a failed secret test with a walking tank, where other people got injured as well), which got covered up by the police. Bō actually isn’t even sure what exactly happened that day, no one else who got injured know either, especially not that it was because of the police in the first place.

For Nunchaku, she lost most of her lower legs due to a factory accident as an adult. With her being new to New Amsterdam once she moved, she was in desperate need of a job, and ending up working for a shady factory that had a ton of questionable dealings and safety regulations. Her getting hurt lead to many other employees quitting, because it was the last straw and a bunch of other employees also got badly injured in the same accident. It was in fact the most severe accident at that factory up to that point, which led to it being finally shut down. She now works as a mechanic at a shop run by another former factory employee who was her mentor.

Lastly, for Daishō, when his mother tried to kill him, his foot ended up so mangled that he was better off just amputating it. It didn’t help that he also had to crawl and even walk with it for a while before he managed to get it looked at. Mostly because he went into hiding for a bit because, y’know, attempted murder.

With all of them getting injuries that resulted in cutting off a foot or lower leg (I'm imagining a bit after Bō's accident, that was the last one chronologically), Daishō ends up declaring, "Clearly we're all fucking cursed, let's just get this over with already." And paid for all of them to just get what's left of their lower legs replaced with fancy cybernetics, as seen in the game. This eventually leads them to becoming writers ("With these legs we could probably manage it pretty good, right?"), and then forming Devil Theory.

Not to mention the abuse all four of them faced, from their parents, and even other people like employers as adults, led to them adopting an "If the world wants to treat you like trash, then you should be allowed to trash it right back" kind of attitude. Hence how they act as Devil Theory.

Suffice to say, a lot of the problems they caused as Devil Theory would have been avoided if they all got some dang therapy!! Bō at least went for a bit as an older teen after being disowned, but stopped after a while, convincing himself he’s “fine” now. The rest refuse outright though also insist they're fine. They're not fine. They’ll get better eventually, but it will require someone convincing them that they’re not really fine, and them accepting that in turn.

So… I think that’s it. I know this is, a lot. So much. Maybe too much, lol. But if you read this all the way through, then thank you!!

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7/2/23

We have officially reached the halfway point of 2023. Nighttime temps are high 50s/60 and daytime temps in the 80s, might break 90 next week. This has been a very mild summer in SoCal so far, but I’m still watering frequently, 3-4 times a week I think.

Here is the overall state of things, looks pretty good:

Sowed sunflowers and green beans in some empty spaces since they can still get started this late in the season. There’s a surprise tomato seedling in bed 1. Bed 2 has the slowest growth and most insect damage - both sunflower stalks fell over and the marigolds are dying back. I think cover cropping (daikon, buckwheat, daba beans) over the winter will give it rest and improve the soil.

I noticed the Black Cherry leaves are turning purple at the edges. Maybe I’m watering too much and washing away the nutrients? There are still lots of fruit clusters and flowers in production though.

Here are my dad’s dragonfruit cuttings! I’m taking a risk by reusing the BRC soil mixed with cactus soil, hoping that it doesn’t spread any disease. It may take a while to root, and if it does I’ll set up a trellis in a big pot.

I’m spending a lot of time outside in the warm sunshine and planning - maybe add a wild grape wall, berry bushes in containers, umbrellas for shade on the pavement, more potted plants to green/cool the space, etc. I’m not great with containers yet, but it would be better than the hot pavement we have now. That means lots of prep work for fall/winter!

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Un regim alimentar bogat in proteine - avantajos pentru batarii cu boala cronica de rinichi?!

Citeste articolul pe https://consultatiiladomiciliu.ro/un-regim-alimentar-bogat-in-proteine-avantajos-pentru-batarii-cu-boala-cronica-de-rinichi/

Un regim alimentar bogat in proteine - avantajos pentru batarii cu boala cronica de rinichi?!

La persoanele în vârstă cu boală cronică de rinichi (IRC), un aport mai mare de proteine ​​animale sau vegetale este asociat in mod traditional cu o mortalitate crescută. Această constatare contravine informatiilor recente provenite dintr-o analiză a trei cohorte din Spania și Suedia, ale căror rezultate au fost publicate în JAMA Network Open.

La bătrânețe, necesarul nostru de proteine ​​crește. Aportul recomandat de proteine ​​este între 1,0 și 1,2 g per kg de greutate corporală reală pe zi. Pentru pacienții vârstnici cu boli acute și cronice, leziuni sau malnutriție, cerința poate fi mai mare.

„În timp ce adulții mai în vârstă ar putea avea nevoie de mai multe proteine ​​decât persoanele mai tinere, un aport mai mare de proteine ​​ar putea accelera progresia bolii în rândul celor cu CKD, o afecțiune predominantă la adulții în vârstă care adesea nu are vindecare și morbiditate și mortalitate ridicată”, a scris dr. Adrián Carballo-Casla de la Centrul de cercetare privind îmbătrânirea de la Institutul Karolinska din Stockholm, Suedia, și colegii săi. Restricție de proteine

Actualul ghid privind Boala de rinichi: Îmbunătățirea rezultatelor globale recomandă ca pacienții cu BRC ușoară (adică, etapele 1 și 2) să nu consume mai mult de 1,3 g/kg/zi de proteine. În etapele 3-5 (fără dializă) ale CKD, aportul de proteine ​​trebuie limitat la 0,6-0,8 g/kg/zi. „S-a demonstrat că un astfel de regim de aport mai scăzut de proteine ​​​​încetinește ratele de progresie a IRC și îmbunătățește tulburările metabolice la persoanele cu stadiile 4 și 5 de IRC care nu primesc dializă”, au scris cercetătorii. „Sunt disponibile dovezi insuficiente cu privire la impactul general asupra sănătății al limitării aportului de proteine ​​la persoanele în vârstă cu BRC ușoară sau moderată și dacă acest impact este diferit la adulții în vârstă fără BRC.”

Autorii au analizat datele de la trei cohorte din Spania și Suedia, care au inclus 8543 de participanți cu vârsta de cel puțin 60 de ani. Au fost analizate un total de 14.399 de observații, inclusiv 4789 de participanți cu stadiile 1-3 de CKD și 9610 fără CKD. Pentru a capta aportul de proteine ​​pe o perioadă mai lungă și pentru a minimiza variațiile între participanții la studiu individual, cercetătorii au aranjat datele astfel încât să existe o observație pe interval de timp pentru fiecare participant. Pe parcursul celor 10 ani de urmărire, au fost documentate 1468 de decese.

„Am observat o asociere inversă între aportul total de proteine ​​și mortalitate în rândul participanților cu CKD, dar una ceva mai slabă decât în ​​rândul celor fără CKD”, au scris cercetătorii. Asociația puțin mai slabă

În comparație cu participanții cu un aport de proteine ​​de 0,8 g/kg/zi, participanții cu CKD care au consumat 1,0 g/kg/zi de proteine ​​au avut un risc de deces redus cu 12%. La un aport de 1,2 g/kg/zi, riscul de mortalitate a scăzut cu 21%. A scăzut cu 27% la un aport de proteine ​​de 1,4 g/kg/zi. La pacienții fără BRC, reducerile corespunzătoare ale riscului au fost de 23%, 37% și 44%.

În timp ce la participanții fără CKD, mortalitatea a scăzut cu 15% cu fiecare creștere a aportului de proteine ​​de 0,2 g/kg/zi, la pacienții cu CKD, scăderea a fost de doar 8%.

Asocierea nu s-a schimbat în funcție de faptul că proteina este de origine animală sau vegetală. Vârsta participanților la studiu (adică, dacă aveau sub sau peste 75 de ani) nu a jucat nici un rol. Beneficiile depășesc dezavantajele

Cercetătorii au subliniat că efectele biologice ale surselor de proteine ​​ar putea depinde de aportul total, precum și de proporția de proteine ​​vegetale din dietă. „Nu numai că 68% din proteinele totale au provenit din surse animale în studiul nostru, dar și aportul mediu de proteine ​​a fost cu mult peste recomandările actuale pentru persoanele cu CKD moderată”, au scris ei. Prin urmare, nu este clar dacă rezultatele ar putea fi extrapolate la pacienții mai în vârstă care urmează o dietă pe bază de plante sau cu conținut scăzut de proteine.

„Asocierile mai puternice la participanții fără BRC sugerează că beneficiile proteinelor pot depăși dezavantajele la persoanele în vârstă cu BRC ușoară sau moderată”, au concluzionat cercetătorii.

Această poveste a fost tradusă din ediția germană Medscape folosind mai multe instrumente editoriale, inclusiv AI, ca parte a procesului. Editorii umani au revizuit acest conținut înainte de publicare.

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## FLUX Protocol Introduction and Market Reactions

**Fractal Mainnet and FLUX Protocol Release**

CoinMapAi - An All-round One-stop Service Platform for Web3-The Fractal mainnet was officially launched yesterday. At the same time, FLUX, Fractal's first token protocol, was quickly launched. FLUX tokens were minted in just half an hour, with a total of 21 million, and a minting cost of 0.05 FB (about 0.75 USDT). Although FLUX currently has no index and market, its over-the-counter trading price was as high as 50 USDT/piece, an increase of more than 60 times. This phenomenon has attracted widespread attention and discussion in the Bitcoin community, similar to the previous inscription craze.

**FLUX Protocol Overview**

The FLUX protocol is a UTXO-based native token protocol for Fractal, developed by Inscrib 3. Similar to the BRC-20 token, the FLUX protocol includes three basic functions: deployment, minting, and transfer. FLUX can be understood as a simple copy of BRC-20 on Fractal. Although the protocol does not yet have an index, market, or official wallet, it provides a minting website where users can deploy or mint FLUX assets, paying 0.05 FB for each operation, but it is unclear whether it is entirely used for network fees for protocol assets.

**Team Background and History**

CoinMapAi - An All-round One-stop Service Platform for Web3-Inscrib 3, the development team of the FLUX protocol, is a serial entrepreneur in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The team previously developed the Pipe protocol and its related infrastructure, although Pipe's market popularity has gradually subsided. Inscrib 3 has also developed rune-related projects such as Runescription and Bloki Protocol. Although these projects have not achieved great success, the team has been keeping up with the hot spots of the Bitcoin ecosystem and finally chose to issue assets in the Fractal ecosystem.

**Market reaction and future outlook**

The release of the FLUX protocol has sparked widespread discussion in the Chinese community. Although the protocol is still in its early stages, it has met the market's demand for tokens in the Fractal ecosystem in advance. Although the protocol itself is relatively simple and the market and technical support are not yet perfect, the popularity of the FLUX protocol reflects the market's strong interest in emerging assets in the Fractal ecosystem.

CoinMapAi - An All-round One-stop Service Platform for Web3-However, if the token protocol in the Fractal ecosystem simply copies the previous model without innovation, it may face the problem of lack of fresh blood and fierce market competition. In the future, whether the FLUX protocol can maintain its current popularity will depend on whether it can further improve and innovate in technology and market support.

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O Bolsa Família retorna em setembro com uma série de atualizações significativas, todas voltadas para reforçar o apoio às famílias que vivem em situação de vulnerabilidade social no Brasil. Com essas novas medidas, o governo federal busca aprimorar o alcance do programa, garantindo que mais famílias sejam contempladas e que os benefícios atendam às necessidades específicas de cada grupo. Critérios de Elegibilidade e Documentação Necessária Para continuar recebendo o Bolsa Família, é essencial que as famílias atendam aos critérios de elegibilidade estabelecidos. O principal requisito é que a renda mensal per capita da família não ultrapasse R$ 218. Isso significa que, por exemplo, uma família composta por seis pessoas com uma renda total de R$ 1.308 estaria dentro do limite para receber o benefício. Além disso, é fundamental que a família esteja inscrita no Cadastro Único (CadÚnico) e que todas as informações estejam atualizadas. A documentação exigida inclui: Documentos pessoais: CPF e título de eleitor de todos os membros da família. Comprovante de residência: Documento que ateste o endereço atual. Comprovante de renda: Documentos como contracheques ou declarações de imposto de renda que comprovem a renda familiar. Processo de Inscrição e Seleção É importante destacar que a inscrição no CadÚnico não garante o recebimento automático do Bolsa Família em setembro. A seleção das famílias beneficiadas é feita de forma automatizada pelo sistema do programa, que analisa diversos fatores socioeconômicos para determinar a elegibilidade. Mesmo que uma família atenda a todos os critérios, o recebimento do benefício depende de uma análise detalhada e aprovação final do sistema. Por isso, é crucial que as famílias aguardem a conclusão desse processo. Benefícios Adicionais Disponíveis Além do valor mínimo mensal de R$ 600,00, o programa Bolsa Família traz novidades importantes em setembro. Entre elas, destaca-se o bônus adicional de R$ 150, destinado a famílias com adolescentes de 12 a 17 anos. Esta medida, válida até 2024, visa oferecer um suporte financeiro extra às famílias que mais necessitam. Outros acréscimos incluem: R$ 150 para crianças de até seis anos; R$ 50 para gestantes; R$ 50 para crianças e adolescentes de 7 a 17 anos. Esses valores adicionais são projetados para atender às necessidades específicas das famílias, ajudando-as a enfrentar os desafios econômicos de maneira mais eficaz. Compromissos e Responsabilidades dos Beneficiários Para continuar recebendo os benefícios do Bolsa Família, as famílias devem cumprir algumas obrigações, incluindo: Realizar o acompanhamento pré-natal. Acompanhar o calendário nacional de vacinação. Monitorar o estado nutricional das crianças menores de 7 anos. Garantir a frequência escolar mínima de 60% para crianças de 4 a 5 anos e de 75% para beneficiários de 6 a 18 anos que não tenham concluído a educação básica. Manter o Cadastro Único atualizado, ao menos a cada 24 meses. Cumprir essas exigências é crucial para garantir a continuidade dos benefícios, promovendo o desenvolvimento saudável e a educação das crianças e adolescentes. Composição dos Benefícios e Calendário de Pagamentos Em setembro, o Bolsa Família mantém sua estrutura de benefícios, que inclui: Benefício de Renda de Cidadania (BRC): R$ 142 por pessoa da família. Benefício Complementar (BCO): Garante que todas as famílias recebam, no mínimo, R$ 600. Benefício Extraordinário de Transição (BET): Assegura que nenhum beneficiário receba menos do que recebia no Auxílio Brasil, com pagamentos confirmados até maio de 2025. Benefício Primeira Infância (BPI): R$ 150 para cada criança de zero a sete anos incompletos. Benefício Variável Familiar (BVF): R$ 50 para gestantes e crianças/adolescentes de 7 a 18 anos incompletos. Os pagamentos começam em 17 de setembro e seguem até o dia 30, com as datas variando conforme o final do Número de Identificação Social (NIS). Acompanhamento e Atualização de Dados

Para evitar problemas no recebimento do benefício, é essencial que as famílias mantenham seus dados no CadÚnico atualizados. Isso deve ser feito pelo menos a cada 24 meses. Além disso, é recomendável que os beneficiários acompanhem as informações divulgadas pelo Governo Federal e pelos canais oficiais do Bolsa Família para estarem sempre informados sobre possíveis mudanças. Recursos Adicionais As famílias que desejarem mais informações sobre o Bolsa Família, incluindo detalhes sobre os critérios de elegibilidade, processo de inscrição e calendário de pagamentos, devem consultar os canais oficiais do programa, como o site do Ministério da Cidadania ou os postos de atendimento da assistência social. Com essas mudanças, o Bolsa Família continua sendo um pilar essencial no apoio às famílias em situação de vulnerabilidade, oferecendo um suporte financeiro que busca não apenas garantir o sustento básico, mas também promover o desenvolvimento integral das crianças e adolescentes brasileiros. Receba Mais Conteúdos Exclusivos! Entre no nosso grupo no WhatsApp e seja o primeiro a receber notícias exclusivas diariamente. Clique aqui para participar, é grátis! ENTRE NO GRUPO AQUI Mantenha-se Informado!

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Bantam BRC-60 Jeep in mid-air, during early testing at New River, North Carolina, circa early 1941.

Library of Congress: LC-USW33- 027832-ZC

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Мем-токен ORDI за добу зріс на 45%. Його капіталізація перевищила $1,2 млрд Ринкова капіталізація мем-токена ORDI перевищила $1,2 млрд. Це перший криптоактив стандарту BRC-20, який досяг таких значень. Ціна ORDI наближається до рубежу в $60. Токен посідає 57 місце в рейтингу CoinGecko. Дані: CoinGecko. За останню добу монета зросла на 45%, за 7 днів &; на 198% Після лістингу на Binance токен подорожчав більш ніж на 700%. На початку листопада представники найбільшо�� біржі попередили, що токен &;відносно новий і представляє більш високий, ніж зазвичай, ризик&;. Монеті присвоять так званий Seed Tag, що вказує на значну волатильність фінансового продукту. Раніше майнінговий пул Binance оголосив про запуск Ordinals Inscription Service. Рішення спрощує для користувачів створення біткоїн-NFT.

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[ad_1] Main non-fungible token market Magic Eden announced on October 22 that it might pause buying and selling of BRC-20 tokens. The agency referred to as this a precautionary measure to guard its customers whereas an entire consensus on Ordinals Inscriptions is reached. We’ve briefly paused BRC-20 buying and selling to greatest defend customers till full ord consensus throughout all BRC-20 All different buying and selling stays stay on Magic Eden within the meantime!— Magic Eden on Bitcoin (@MEonBTC) October 22, 2023 Upgrades Pushed Miners’ Income to File Highs The utilization of the Bitcoin BRC-20 protocol and Ordinals Inscriptions surged to document highs after they have been launched, however now the scenario has made a 180-degree flip. Bitcoin miners who loved a major quantity of transaction charges through BRC-20 tokens have taken a success regardless of the elevated pleasure these new upgrades initially introduced. Curiously, the Bitcoin BRC-20 customary and Ordinals Inscriptions debuted after the November 2021 Taproot improve. The joy surrounding the brand new improve pushed the BTC worth to its all-time excessive of $69,000.  You will need to be aware that BRC-20 tokens make use of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) Ordinals Inscriptions to execute token contracts, generate new tokens, and switch tokens as nicely. The progressive upgrades pushed the transaction charges to document highs, and Bitcoin miners gained vital income from the identical. Associated studying: Is The Bitcoin Network Under Attack? BRC-20 Utilization on a Decline Curiously, the scenario appears to be altering. As per data from Dune Analytics, BRC-20 transactions recorded a large peak of nicely above 400,000 transactions. Nevertheless, in October, the quantity was considerably decreased to 1,000. In September, BRC-20 transactions accounted for over 60% of the full transactions on the Bitcoin community, contributing to greater than 30% of the charges collected by the community. The chart under from Dune Analytics confirms this information: Supply: Dune Analytics As of October, BRC-20 transactions signify lower than 2% of the general BTC transactions, with these transactions contributing to lower than 1% of the charges collected by the Bitcoin community. However, Ordinal Inscriptions additionally face the same decline after hovering adoption charges earlier this yr. Associated studying: Bitcoin Developers Community In Heated Debates Over Ordinals Dune Analytics information reveals a earlier vital surge in Ordinal Inscriptions, peaking at 400,000 in September. Nevertheless, there was a notable decline lately, with day by day inscriptions now standing at lower than 6,000. Concurrently, day by day charges have dropped from 8 BTC in September to beneath 1 BTC presently. Supply: Dune Analytics Curiously, the Ordinals Inscriptions noticed a surprising day by day charge peak of over 257 BTC in Could 2023. Magic Eden Following a Development? The choice taken by Magic Eden appears to be a part of a broader pattern. Moreover, Bitcoin dominance surged to a two-year excessive, in line with The Block’s data dashboard. The dominance stage moved from roughly 38% at first of this yr to 48.85% on October 21, marking its highest stage since April 2021. On the time of writing, Bitcoin dominance was sitting at %52.25. Associated studying: Can Ordinals, Inscriptions, and BRC-20 Break Bitcoin? The submit Magic Eden Pauses BRC-20 Trading as Ordinals Usage Nosedives appeared first on Bitcoin News. [ad_2]

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Vikas Lifecare Limited’s Financial Performance — 9M FY23 and Strategic Investment in Kohinoor Foods Limited

Vikas Lifecare Limited reports strong financial performance for the 9 months ending December 31, 2022, with a net revenue increase of 74.59% to Rs. 34,626.48 Lakhs and a net profit increase of 123.02% to Rs. 1,288.57 Lakhs. The company also plans to invest up to Rs. 250 Crores in Kohinoor Foods Limited. Consolidated results show a net revenue increase of 80.48% to Rs. 35,794.90 Lakhs and a net profit increase of 99.86% to Rs. 1129.79 Lakhs.

The Board of Directors of Vikas Lifecare Limited has approved an investment of up to Rs. 250 Crores in Kohinoor Foods Limited to expand the company's product portfolio and enhance its presence in the FMCG industry. The investment will be made through fresh equity, quasi-capital, or a combination thereof, and the goal is to acquire a substantial stake in Kohinoor Foods. The deal is subject to necessary approvals and due diligence. The company aims to make Kohinoor Foods debt-free and is appointing intermediaries to assist in the successful closure of the deal. Managing Director, S. K. Dhawan, said that the investment aligns with the company's long-term growth strategy and will allow Vikas Lifecare to enhance its market presence in the FMCG space. The MD says “The impressive track record of expertise, commitment to quality, and customer satisfaction in the FMCG industry has convinced us that a partnership with Kohinoor Foods will lead to new heights in the years ahead. We aim to close the deal within 6 months and have already begun the process of devising the best structure and obtaining all necessary approvals.”

About Kohinoor Foods Limited: Established in 1989, Kohinoor Foods Limited has a worldwide presence, including India and over 60 countries, offering a diverse range of food products such as Basmati Rice, Wheat Flour, Ready-to-Eat Curries, and Meals, Simmer Sauces, Cooking Pastes, Spices, Seasonings, Frozen Food, Pure Ghee, Paneer, Namkeens, Sweets, and more. The company's products are highly sought after by customers around the world, including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, as well as the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Kohinoor Foods products can be found on the shelves of well-known retail chains such as Booker Cash n Carry, TESCO, Sainsbury's, ASDA, Morrisons in the UK, Krogers, Costco, BJs, and Whole Foods in the US, Wal-Mart in Canada, Kobe Bussan in Japan, Coles in Australia, Woolworths and Foodstuff in New Zealand, Mustafa in Singapore, PARKnSHOP in Hong Kong, Shoprite in South Africa, and Carrefour, Geant, Lulu, Tamimi, and Panda in the Middle East.

Kohinoor Foods Limited places a strong emphasis on quality, with dedicated quality control centers and microbiological labs equipped to meet stringent standards. The company's facilities are BRC-certified, SQF-certified, USFDA-compliant, FSA-compliant, IFS-certified, and accredited with ISO 22000:2005 (Food Safety Standard), ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System) certification, organic certification, and more.

The manufacturing facilities include world-class, fully automated rice processing and packaging plants located in Murthal, Haryana. With a milling capacity of 50 metric tonnes per hour, the 36-acre facility boasts 20,000 metric tons of rice storage and 50,000 metric tons of paddy storage, with a daily production capacity of 1,000 metric tons. The company has 8 rice grading lines, 16 color sorter machines, 500 metric tons of parboiling capacity per day, FFS machines for pouch and jar packing, and an in-house N2 gas plant for nitrogen flushing.

Kohinoor Foods engages in contract farming to maintain the consistency of its agricultural produce and control the entire value chain of basmati. The company's procurement process is well-documented for 100% traceability and follows international norms. Through its "Organic Basmati Program," Kohinoor Foods collaborates with the Uttarakhand government to directly work with farmers, providing them with the necessary technology and support. The program currently has contracts with over 1,128 farmers and covers an area of 750 hectares, with plans to soon surpass a target of 1,200 hectares.

About Vikas Lifecare Limited: Vikas Lifecare Limited is a leading ISO 9001:2015 certified company in the trading and manufacturing of polymer, rubber compounds, and additives for plastics, synthetic and natural rubber. They are committed to the government's environmental protection initiatives and fulfilling the EPR obligations for companies that consume massive amounts of plastic products and packaging materials. Their expertise in the Polymer and Rubber Commodity segment, where they produce up-cycled compounds from industrial and post-consumer waste materials like EVA, PVC, PP, PE, has made a significant impact. Additionally, Vikas Lifecare serves as a Del-Credere agent for ONGC Petro Additions Limited, a public sector organization that produces a range of base polymers and commodity plastic raw materials.

Vikas Lifecare Limited (VLL), an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, has recently diversified its business beyond its core operations of trading and manufacturing polymer and rubber compounds. VLL has entered the B2C market with a range of consumer products, including FMCG, Agro, and Infrastructure Products, with plans to expand its presence through acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnerships. The company has acquired Genesis Gas Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a leading provider of smart gas meters, holds a 20% market share in India's domestic gas metering business. VLL's securities are listed on both the BSE (Scrip Code: 542655) and NSE (Symbol: VIKASLIFE).

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What is BRCGS : Importance And Benefits of BRCGS Certification | 4C Consulting

What Is BRCGS Standard - How Can It Empower Your Business?

With the rapid expansion of food and packaging businesses that too at a global level, food safety is more important now than ever. It is a concerning issue especially for the ones venturing into the food supply chain, manufacturing packaging, and materials.

To ensure customer safety, protect brand reputation and gain brand recognition and trust at a global level for food safety and responsibility, it is essential to get the BRCGS certification. Let’s understand BRCGS in detail.

With the rapid expansion of food and packaging businesses that too at a global level, food safety is more important now than ever. It is a concerning issue especially for the ones venturing into the food supply chain, manufacturing packaging, and materials.

To ensure customer safety, protect brand reputation and gain brand recognition and trust at a global level for food safety and responsibility, it is essential to get the BRCGS certification. Let’s understand BRCGS in detail.

What is BRCGS

BRCGS stands for British Retail Consortium Global Standards. It was established in 1996 when BRC published the first standard, BRC Food Technical Standard. Led by the LGC group, an international life sciences measurement and testing company, the BRCGS has emerged as a leading global brand that strengthens businesses. Having initiated the objective of harmonizing food safety, today, it is well-known for food as well as non-food categories.

The purpose of BRCGS is to follow proven practices, ensure quality, and build confidence in the supply chain. BRCGS was developed by retailers and utilized by many businesses from various industries, the BRCGS helps not only ensure product safety and quality but also enhance protection should the business face any charges by the enforcement authorities.

Over a period of time, they have published a wide range of global standards for businesses in the food and packaging industry. The BRCGS is for food safety, packaging material, storage and distribution, agents and brokers, retail, and consumer products. They enable businesses to follow standard and reliable manufacturing practices and assure their vendors and customers that the manufactured products are safe.

BRCGS certification communicates that your products are safe, legal and high-quality. (Source)

70% of the top global retailers accept or specify BRCGS.

50% of the top 25 global manufacturers specify or are certified to BRCGS.

60% of the top 10 global quick-service restaurants accept or specify BRCGS.

It is considered to be a benchmark practice in the food industry and its acceptance and significance at the global level empower businesses in the food industry to expand across the world all the while adhering to the global quality standards.

Importance Of BRCGS

BRCGS is used by 29,000 certified suppliers situated in over 130 countries, with certification issued through a global network of accredited certification bodies. (source) Having been recognized by GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative), it is accepted and followed by the majority of food retailers as well as manufacturers globally. Therefore, in addition to being a trusted benchmark, it also instills trust, responsibility as well as the assurance of quality.

BRCGS provides a structured framework to ensure and manage product safety, integrity, legal compliance as well as quality. It helps in streamlining the management of operational activities including the food and food ingredient manufacturing, processing, packaging as well as packaging materials.

BRCGS Directory

The BRCGS directory is a platform that is utilized to upload the audits which are also considered to be an official database of all the edits conducted against the BRCGS standard. It is monitored and administered by the certified bodies to keep a track of site listing, audit documents, and certification status information stored on the BRCGS directory.

There are two categories in the BRCGS directory. One is available for the public where certification details and related information are stored. The second is the password-protected private area where only people with access can view information. This allows audit owners to share relevant documents with registered retailers, manufacturers, and other specifiers.

The list of all the BRC Global Standards that you can Utilize to Empower Your Business Associated with Food.

Food Safety

Packaging and Packaging Materials

Storage and Distribution

Agents and Brokers

Consumer Products

Retail

Ethical Trade and Responsible Sourcing

Gluten-Free Certification Program

Plant-Based Global Standard

Understanding the Benefits of BRCGS Certification:

In order to stay ahead of the competitive business world in ever-changing situations, companies must focus on maintaining a standard quality and work consistently to improve it. BRCGS standard enables companies to achieve their set business goals all the while providing a number of benefits as mentioned below:

Provides globally recognized GFSI certification which is considered to be a benchmark.

Save cost and time by providing a single audit report recognized by many customers.

Reduction in product complaints, returns, and rejections.

Operate and function under an accreditation framework and hence, gain international recognition and credibility.

A comprehensive scope that encompasses quality, hygiene, and product safety.

Meet customer requirements when assessing and approving suppliers.

Follow a proven framework for the development of quality and hygiene management systems.

Empower company culture to encourage continuous improvement, reduction in waste, and increased efficiency.

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O Governo Federal divulgou o calendário de pagamentos para o Bolsa Família de junho de 2024. Os depósitos começam no dia 17 de junho e seguem até o final do mês, conforme o número final do Número de Identificação Social (NIS) dos beneficiários. Este programa de transferência de renda é crucial para milhões de brasileiros, oferecendo suporte financeiro essencial para famílias em situação de vulnerabilidade. Calendário de Pagamento do Bolsa Família em Junho Os pagamentos do Bolsa Família para junho começarão na segunda-feira, 17 de junho, com os beneficiários que possuem NIS final 1. Seguindo o cronograma, os depósitos ocorrem nos últimos dias úteis do mês. Veja o calendário completo: NIS final 1: 17 de junho NIS final 2: 18 de junho NIS final 3: 19 de junho NIS final 4: 20 de junho NIS final 5: 21 de junho NIS final 6: 24 de junho NIS final 7: 25 de junho NIS final 8: 26 de junho NIS final 9: 27 de junho NIS final 0: 28 de junho Assim que o valor estiver disponível na conta, os beneficiários podem movimentá-lo como preferirem, utilizando PIX, realizando saques, fazendo compras online ou pagando contas. Quem Pode Participar do Bolsa Família? Para ser elegível ao Bolsa Família, as famílias devem estar em situação de vulnerabilidade social e ter uma renda per capita de até R$ 218 mensais. Além disso, é necessário estar inscrito no Cadastro Único (CadÚnico) e manter os dados atualizados pelo menos a cada dois anos. Após a reformulação do programa em março de 2023, as condicionalidades voltaram a ser exigidas. Essas regras incluem a frequência escolar mínima de 60% para crianças de 4 a 5 anos e de 75% para jovens de 6 a 18 anos incompletos, a realização de acompanhamento pré-natal para gestantes, cumprimento do calendário nacional de vacinação e acompanhamento do estado nutricional de crianças com menos de 7 anos de idade. Valores do Bolsa Família O Bolsa Família atualmente oferece um valor mínimo de R$ 600 por família, com adicionais dependendo da composição familiar. Os benefícios incluem: Benefício de Renda de Cidadania (BRC): R$ 142 por pessoa. Benefício Complementar (BCO): Cota adicional para garantir que nenhuma família receba menos de R$ 600. Benefício Primeira Infância (BPI): R$ 150 por criança com idade entre zero e sete anos incompletos. Benefício Variável Familiar (BVF): R$ 50 para gestantes e crianças/adolescentes entre 7 e 18 anos incompletos. Benefício Variável Familiar Nutriz (BVN): R$ 50 por membro da família com até sete meses incompletos. Benefício Extraordinário de Transição (BET): Garante que ninguém receba menos do que recebia com o Auxílio Brasil, válido até maio de 2025. Com esses benefícios, muitas famílias podem receber valores superiores ao mínimo de R$ 600, oferecendo um suporte financeiro mais alinhado às necessidades de cada unidade familiar. Retorno do Auxílio Gás em Junho Além do Bolsa Família, o mês de junho também contará com o pagamento do Auxílio Gás, que é realizado bimestralmente. Este benefício cobre 100% do valor médio do botijão de 13 kg de gás de cozinha, baseado na média nacional calculada pela ANP (Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis). Em junho, o valor será de R$ 102. O Auxílio Gás é destinado a famílias inscritas no CadÚnico com renda mensal per capita de até meio salário mínimo e também àquelas que têm membros que recebem o Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC). O pagamento segue o mesmo cronograma do Bolsa Família. Importância do Programa para as Famílias O Bolsa Família e o Auxílio Gás são fundamentais para combater a desigualdade social e garantir que famílias em situação de vulnerabilidade tenham acesso a necessidades básicas. Esses programas contribuem significativamente para a segurança alimentar e energética no Brasil, permitindo que milhões de famílias tenham uma vida mais digna e confortável. Canais de Atendimento Em caso de dúvidas, os beneficiários podem utilizar os seguintes canais de atendimento: Aplicativo Caixa TEM: Para verificar saldos e movimentar o benefício.

Central de Atendimento do Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social, Família e Combate à Fome: Número 121. Central de Atendimento da Caixa Econômica Federal: Número 111. Com essas informações, os beneficiários podem se preparar para receber seus pagamentos e utilizar os valores da melhor forma possível para suas necessidades diárias. O Bolsa Família continua sendo um programa essencial para a assistência social no Brasil, oferecendo suporte crucial para milhões de famílias em todo o país. Gostou da notícia? Aproveite para participar do nosso grupo no WHATSAPP e receba notícias exclusivas diariamente. ENTRE NO GRUPO AQUI é grátis, e você recebe em primeira mão as nossas notícias! Siga o SC Hoje News no Google News para ficar bem informado. Siga nosso perfil no Instagram: @schojenews Siga nossa página no Facebook: @schojenews Inscreva-se no nosso Canal no YouTube: @schojenews

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The global copper foil market size was valued at USD 10.2 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to USD 15.17 Billion in 2026 at a CAGR of 10.2% till 2027.

Copper foil is an important element for PCB (Printed Circuit Board) which is required in all electronic components and devices including electric cars, this segment alone comprises 60% of all use cases for copper foil. 

The prominent members of the copper mining industries are:

Chile (5600kw)

Peru (2200kw)

China (1800kw)

China alone accounts for more than 50% of all industrial and commercial copper foil markets. 

Due to its strategic investment in the name of  BRC (Belt & Road initiative), it has made strategic investments in many African countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Government leased the mining facilities in those countries to hand over the mining industry to Chinese officials to exploit and use it for themselves. 

This has led to exploring many unexploited rich resources of African countries, copper being one of them, and bags these precious metals for themselves rather than the betterment of the African government and its people. 

The mining industry of China will continue to find many unexploited rich copper mines and use them in their industries and ultimately selling these to the global markets.

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