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Xbox Games With Gold For February 2021: First Batch Available Now Instead of its usual four free games per month, Microsoft is giving away five freebies in February for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members. The first few free games can be claimed now, a day earlier than they were scheduled to be made free. Those with an active subscription will be able to claim the excellent Gears 5 along with Resident Evil, Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, and Lost Planet 2. As always, all of these games can be played on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. A few should also work on Xbox 360. Now Playing: Gears 5 Video Review Initially, the news was bittersweet, as Microsoft announced a price increase for Xbox Live Gold. However, this was reversed just hours later, with free-to-play games on the consoles now no longer requiring an Xbox Live Gold subscription to access multiplayer, either. It ended up working out pretty well! Set after the events of Gears 4 and featuring Kait Diaz in the lead role, Gears 5 is a horror-inspired entry in the series that digs deeper into the mysterious origins of the Locusts as well as the role humanity played in the conflict. Its excellent campaign is complemented by a beefy competitive multiplayer mode and several cooperative offerings, including Horde mode. It experiments in its storytelling more than its predecessor, as The Coalition is clearly getting more comfortable leading the franchise. If Gears 4 felt like more of the same to you, this is very different. Resident Evil is a great choice for February, seeing as it's only a few months before we get Resident Evil Village, and the version included with Games With Gold is the remaster from a few years back. It's a tense and smaller-scale game than some of its successors, but it emphasizes classic horror over action for a less mindless experience. It also introduces us to some of the series' best characters like Jill and Chris. Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition may not be a household name, but the pixel art action game is an acclaimed and mysterious adventure that has elements of Metroidvania games. If you like Celeste, the chances are pretty high that you're going to like Dandara, as well, and there's even more focus on the narrative in this version. GameSpot Report & Deals Newsletters Get the latest gaming news, reviews, and deals sent to your inbox, FREE! Email Address Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb was released way back on the original Xbox, taking place in China during the '30s in a classic action-adventure that also includes a trip to Istanbul. You'll have access to Indiana's classic equipment, including his whip, and there's also a hand-to-hand combat system so you can lay down the smack. Lost Planet 2 is the last freebie of the month. Capcom's sequel takes you out of the frozen hellscape of the original and into something a little warmer. However, it retains the first game's excellent blend of exploration and third-person combat, and it's generally considered to be superior to the third game, which released three years later.

The development and commercial launch of the MC20 has been a point and a part for Maserati. The firm of the trident, belonging to the FCA Group, needs to recover the land that firms such as Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz have stolen from it in recent years. For this, it has opted to create an attractive range of models that is capable of stealing the hearts of a greater number of customers. And be careful, they could get it ... The official presentation of the MC20 has "opened the season" for Maserati to release new releases. One of the most anticipated has to do with the arrival of an SUV that is positioned below the Levante. We have already talked about it for a long time, but it has not been until now that we have known its name, and something else. Yes, because part of its model has been leaked and we already know what the basic lines that will shape its body are. The Maserati Grecale could be based on the Alfa Romeo Stelvio We refer to the Maserati Grecale. This model has long been in the plans that the FCA Group has for the Italian house. However, the financial troubles he's been through have set him back. Now, it is the firm itself that releases a teaser in which they show their official trade name and hint at part of the design that their range will wear. However, our friends at Autospias.net have made an even more valuable image. A snapshot in which we can see the naked model of the new Maserati Grecale. This model, which according to those responsible for the brand has been developed entirely by them, should help Levante to increase the number of customers of the brand. However, a question arises that we still cannot resolve: will it be developed on the Alfa Romeo Stelvio platform or will it be a self-created base? If we take a look at the model, everything indicates that it could make use of the Giorgio base. However, the message that accompanies the teasers on social networks has a clear intention ... And if the final design is similar to what we see, its silhouette will have a strong coupe character. Now, it will be necessary to see if the mechanical offer and the quality of its interior are at the height of what its rivals offer. Its arrival is not scheduled until 2021 so there will be very little to wait. Taking into account these deadlines we will soon have new data, although if another leak arrives it will not make us very angry either.

With the three-run homer that he shot in the fifth inning of last Friday's game against the Jingle Bells in Cincinnati, Eugenio Suarez reached 92 races in 139 games. Suarez can round off his second consecutive campaign of at least a hundred chartered, since he needs to take to the rubber just eight more in 19 games that remain for playing the Reds. Only eight Venezuelans have achieved multiple seasons of 100 or more towed in history. Miguel Cabrera leads the group with a dozen certámanes. They follow Bob Abreu (8), Magglio Ordóñez (7), Víctor Martínez (5), Andrés Galarraga (5), Antonio Armas (3), Carlos Gonzalez (2) and Melvin Mora (2). Upon arriving at 42 homers, Suarez came to occupy the sixth place in the historic list of the Cincinnati Reds with more homers in a contest, along with George Foster (52 in 1977), Ted Kluszewski (49 in 1954 and 47 in 1955 ), Adam Dunn (46 in 2004), Greg Vaughn (45 in 1999) and Johnny Bench (45 in 1970). Suarez also advances in the list of Creoles with the most kites in a season. It was one of Antonio Armas, who shot 43 in 1984. A little higher with 44 are Miguel Cabrera with 44 in 2012 and 2013, Richard Hidalgo and Andrés Galarraga with 44 in 2000 and 1998. The record is held by Galarraga with 47 in 1996.http://d1qqhhws0corn8.cloudfront.net/2019/06/13083304/Su%C3%A1rez.jpg

Three scientists who discovered how cells sense and adapt to oxygen levels have won the 2019 Nobel Prize. Sir Peter Ratcliffe, of the University of Oxford and Francis Crick Institute, William Kaelin, of Harvard, and Gregg Semenza, of Johns Hopkins University share the physiology or medicine prize. Their work is leading to new treatments for anaemia and even cancer. The role of oxygen-sensing is also being investigated in diseases from heart failure to chronic lung disease. Sir Peter said: "I'm honoured and delighted at the news. "It's a tribute to the lab, to those who helped me set it up and worked with me on the project over the years, to many others in the field, and not least to my family for their forbearance of all the up and downs." The Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, said: "The fundamental importance of oxygen has been understood for centuries but how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen has long been unknown." Oxygen levels vary in the body, particularly: Why does this matter? The oxygen-sensing ability of the body has a role in the immune system and the earliest stages of development inside the womb. If oxygen levels are low, it can trigger the production of red blood cells or the construction of blood vessels to remedy this. More red blood cells mean the body is able to carry more oxygen and is why athletes train at altitude. So, drugs that mimic it may be an effective treatment for anaemia. Tumours, meanwhile, can hijack this process to selfishly create new blood vessels and grow. So, drugs that reverse it may help halt cancer. "The work of these three scientists and their teams has paved the way to a greater understanding of these common, life-threatening conditions and new strategies to treat them," Dr Andrew Murray, from the University of Cambridge, said. "Congratulations to the three new Nobel Laureates. This is richly deserved." How was the discovery made? Levels of hormone erythropoietin (EPO) were shown to rise as those of oxygen fell. And the scientists discovered this was because a cluster of proteins called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) was changing the behaviour of DNA, the genetic code. Further work showed when oxygen levels were normal, cells constantly produced HIF only for it to be destroyed by another protein, VHL. But when oxygen levels fell, VHL could no longer stick to HIF, leading to the build-up sufficient levels to change the behaviour of DNA

Ensures that the opposition has lost political capital and has no strategic and alternative projects http://cdn.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/2018/08/SotoRojas0.jpg ÚN.- The constituent Fernando Soto Rojas, assured this Sunday, during an interview with José Vicente Rangel on Televen, that the US empire has failed in its strategies to destabilize Venezuela. Soto Rojas pointed out that although the country's political situation remains complex, difficult and demanding, progress has been made as never before regarding politicization, thanks to President Nicolás Maduro's understanding of the essential elements of this national and international conjuncture. , reported AVN. In this sense, the leader indicated that President Nicolás Maduro has taken measures on a global, strategic and tactical scale, which through the last nine orientations related to Petro and the anchoring of the bolívar to oil directly attack the Colombian mafias. Likewise, he affirmed that one of the most outstanding characteristics of the national news is the lack of strategic and alternative projects by the Venezuelan opposition that, in his opinion, has lost political capital progressively in an anarchy that arises from having mortgaged its destiny before the North American policy and that has originated a direct confrontation of the North American imperialism towards Venezuela and the president Nicolás Maduro. "The contradictions in Venezuelan society have become more acute. The famous empire-nation contradiction has become more acute than ever and has reached a turning point and they have a very clear and defined strategy: to destabilize the country and to chaotise Venezuela and that has failed because until now the Bolivarian Revolution has been maintained and we are in much better conditions than in the past, "he added. The social leader said that in his opinion the measures taken are still not enough, because he considers that the existing problems are the result of a conflict that despite depriving the economy is essentially political. "We have to permanently design a global policy, as President Maduro has been defining it, that will revolutionize thought and the productive and rentier system." For that reason he exhorted the militancy to delve into the theoretical battle in the congresses to which the people have been called to participate. "Now the initiative is the people. The structure of the prices must be controlled massively and I think we are going to give a somersault to this whole thing. "

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In a shanty town of tarpaulin and corrugated steel, a drunk is telling me a story about how he slipped and fell on his arse. I pick the cocky conversational response: “I would’ve landed on my feet. I have feline reflexes.” Turns out this is a hidden skill check against my sense of Savoir Faire, which replies: “No, you don’t.” I just got burned by my own psyche. The drunk continues with a peremptory “whatever”, and there’s no discernible gameplay impact. But I laugh out loud, despite being a little hurt on my character’s behalf. I feel like I understand him better, and that I sympathise with him more. The drunk rambles on, and a story that began as a light hearted, relatable tale of alcohol-induced misfortune takes a tragic turn as the consequences escalate: he loses his comfy house, his glamorous girlfriend, his lucrative job. The drunk blames all his current misery on that one heavy night. Guilt stings at having been so blasé in my initial reply, but there’s just a touch of ambiguity about his story, an attitude of backward-looking self-pity, and a hint that he had options to explore – and perhaps still does – which make him not unalloyedly sympathetic. This is what Disco Elysium is like. You play a detective who wakes up after a night of obliterative drinking with a purged memory and a shattered psyche. As a player knowing nothing about Disco Elysium’s weird and imaginative world, you learn about its history, politics, and unique physics (ooh) alongside your character. You emerge with an apocalyptic hangover into the Martinaise district of the city of Revachol, where a dockworkers’ strike is only the most obvious of many simmering local disputes. You have to solve a complicated murder case while navigating them all, despite your condition. The fragments of your mind try their best to help you along the way, offering an endearing cacophony of advice – sometimes unreliable, sometimes conflicting, always well-meaning. They are a cast of characters in their own right. Volition is the determined grown-up in the room, Electrochemistry a slice of id forever seeking altered states, while histrionic Drama addresses you as “sire” or “my liege”. These fragments are also skills into which you can invest points, the main purpose of which is to interact more successfully with the world. You might need to check against your Endurance to examine a rotting corpse without vomiting, or your Physical Instrument to beat up a racist security guard. If you hit certain skill thresholds, the corresponding voice will analyse someone’s statement for factual accuracy, hinting at, and sometimes unlocking, new directions in the conversation. So these checks combine with your own diligence and judgement – how thoroughly you search a room, how deftly you navigate an interrogation – in getting Revachol and its citizens to give up their secrets. Disco Elysium does a decent job of making such secrets available to all builds so no approach is materially better than another: multiple skills may apply to a given situation, and many problems can be resolved in multiple ways (pry open a rubbish compactor or convince the hostel manager to give you the key, for example). Your efforts are tested in several story-critical conversations with witnesses and suspects. It is magnificently satisfying to succeed in these inflection points because you did the groundwork. People will lie, deflect, and employ sophistry, charm, and ommission to make you doubt your case against them or their friends, and you may or may not be able to shoot them down with logic, evidence, and rhetorical tactics of your own. You need to not only ask the right questions, but resist the common RPG temptation of asking every question you can, in order to keep a witness compliant. This is an RPG without combat, but which takes exploration and conversation to genre-pushing new heights. As you might imagine, you spend a lot of time navigating dialogue trees as they unspool on a backdrop of cassette tape, so the writing has to do a lot of work. Fortunately, it’s consistently superlative. It is among the very, very best writing I’ve ever seen in games. Your shattered psyche and total ignorance of absolutely everything, even the axioms of reality, is a unique premise of which Estonian indie ZA/UM takes full advantage: no one’s told your sense of Rhetoric that you can’t persuade a shipping container to open its doors, or your Savoir Faire that you can’t teleport up a ladder. On a less abstract level, you can exhibit a range of personality traits – or ‘copotypes’ – and take a range of political positions. Judge Dredd fans can go around saying “I am the law”, while apologising for your character’s many, many screw-ups can get you branded a ‘sorry cop’. You are invited to opine on political and cultural issues, beginning with the dockworkers’ strike in the very earliest dialogues. Whichever position you take – even if you take none, which you can – ZA/UM isn’t content to let it sit comfortably. There’s sometimes a touch of South Park in the way that every perspective is criticised and ridiculed. When advocating the moralist centre to a eurotrance DJ who recalls Scooter’s HP Baxxter, I’m gratified that the impressionable dude adopts my position until he characterises it in these terms: “I’m swiftly moving toward a solution which pleases nobody!” Ouch. These personal and political traits add wonderful flavour to dialogues, but they also have a gameplay impact in that they can unlock ‘Thoughts’ (as can many other interactions). You can equip Thoughts to boost your skills and gain a range of other bonuses, as well as maluses. Defend ultraliberal economics often enough and you’ll get the chance to consider Indirect Modes of Taxation, which will cause further ultraliberal dialogue choices to generate money, but cost you a point of your Empathy skill to equip. Again, every position gets ridiculed. Disco Elysium tries and succeeds in striking a number of different moods. One of those moods is humour, which got in the way of my role-playing a bit, because it’s so hard not to pick the funny option. In my first playthrough I put points into intellect and psyche skills, intent on role-playing a quick-witted rhetoritician. That all goes to piss when I’m able to request a handout from a rich lady by simply screaming “MONEY!!!” at her in capital letters. I won’t spoil the rest of the conversation, but I can’t remember the last time a game made me laugh so hard. But Disco Elysium is so much more than just funny. It is angry. A missing person’s case in an impoverished fishing village concludes with some of the game’s iciest social commentary and its deepest humanity – yes, every position is criticised, but one senses that ZA/UM is more animated by some than others. If not that, then at least I was more animated by certain criticisms than others. Either way, it’s welcome. There needs to be room in this medium for games that are willing to provoke. Disco Elysium is also bittersweet. My alcoholic amnesia has erased the feeling of missing someone, so I ask a chilled yet melancholic truck driver about his family after bonding with him over poetry. He says it feels: “Good. And bad. An ache that brings you joy. I think of them a lot. I dream up these silly scenarios, in great detail. Of living with them. It comforts me.” I once thought that isometric RPGs struggle to evoke a sense of atmosphere compared with games that take a more immersive first- or third-person perspective, but Disco Elysium has done it. Haunting, crystalline music and carefully deployed ambient sounds, like lapping waves and rustling reeds, brilliantly support your sensory voices when they invite you to stop and drink in a scene, as they often will. Perception tells you what you hear in different directions, while Shivers can attune to the thrum of the city, flying across its frigid bay to bring you stories of its people. Revachol isn’t a traditionally pretty place – it’s all boarded-up businesses, broken masonry, and reinforced concrete – but it has more character and authenticity than most gaming locales. I love it, because I feel like I know it. My first (fairly completionist) playthrough – that of the intellectual centrist who imagines himself a rock star – took me a solid 35 hours. I’ve started a second, focusing on physical and motorics skills and championing ultraliberalism. A few key conversations and interactions have gone more differently than I had expected, and while the major story beats haven’t changed, my knowledge of what happens is actually keeping me engaged because I know how to do things better or differently. Enough has changed for me to happily finish a second run. Criticisms? I guess I have a few. Some signposting in the late-game is lacking – there are quests you’ll think you can advance, but which are actually dependent on something else. Disco Elysium doesn’t welcome min-maxers, either; you can’t see what a Thought will do until you’ve fully ‘internalised’ it, and if you don’t like its effects, you have to spend a skill point unequipping it. Expect to fail many skill checks. Annoying as this may be for those who like to ‘win’, this is one of those RPGs where role-playing and storytelling is the goal. The odd malus and the odd failure makes things more interesting. ‘Winning’ isn’t really the point, but you can always reload saves to retry failed skill checks if you want. And these are trivial imperfections in a shining gem of a game. There’s so much more I want to say about Disco Elysium, but a lot of it risks spoilers, and hey, you get it by now: This is one of the best games of the year. Please play it. Here are the Disco Elysium System Requirements (Minimum) CPU: Intel i5-7500 or AMD 1500 equivalent CPU SPEED: Info RAM: 4 GB OS: Windows 7/8/10 VIDEO CARD: Integrated Intel HD620 or equivalent PIXEL SHADER: 5.0 VERTEX SHADER: 5.0 FREE DISK SPACE: 22 GB Disco Elysium Recommended Requirements CPU: Intel Core i7 or AMD 1800 equivalent CPU SPEED: Info RAM: 8 GB OS: Windows 7/8/10 VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA Geforce 1060 or equivalent PIXEL SHADER: 5.1 VERTEX SHADER: 5.1 FREE DISK SPACE: 22 GB DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 3072 MB.

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walking the first preview of the domestic car waiting impatiently Turkey was held. "Turkey's Car" of the preview Speaking at the vehicle identification TOGG CEO of the King, "200 and 400 hp two alternatives, rear-wheel drive or 4 will be energized. Will be 500 km range and can be recharged in under 30 minutes," he said. TOGG CEO: WE MANUFACTURED THE BATTERY FROM ZERO Speaking at the meeting, TOGG CEO Gürcan Karakaş said: "The rules of the game are changing in the world. The automobile is turning into a smart device. We have examined 18 companies before starting the project. We are talking about a car whose intellectual property is 100 percent ours. We will have 5 models in 15 years. Why SUV '. We chose? The largest segment in the world. A segment with 95 percent imported. We intend to complete the naming process of the brand in the middle of next year. 200 and 400 hp will be two alternatives, rear-wheel drive or 4-wheel drive. 500 km range and under 30 minutes rechargeable . We developed its battery from scratch. The car has a holographic assistant. " HİSARCIKLIOĞLU: WE WILL SELL LICENSE TOGG President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said in his speech: "This time, we will succeed with the will of Allah. We promised our President in May 2017. They made fun of us. We established the company in June 2018, they laughed. Our road is long, but we are here today. This is the pride of 82 million. Our brand will be ours, our design will be ours. We will sell licenses. We will not assemble, we will have assembly. We will not work for someone else's patent. At least 22 billion lira will be invested in 15 years. At least 3.5 billion lira capital commitment is given. We will complete our factory in 2021. I hope our first vehicle will be out of the tape. We will break the routines. "

have got very lucky,” says Tom Marquand, one of very few British sportsmen who is able to make a living in these troubled times. The young jockey from Cheltenham positioned himself some weeks ago in Australia, where racing continues behind closed doors, and will have five rides on a very valuable card at Randwick on Saturday. Talking Horses: seeking a venue for a Derby behind closed doors Read more Marquand isn’t just taking the riding fees and counting himself lucky to have work. He has racked up 25 winners in the New South Wales area this season, including some significant prizes, and has been gathering admirers. One local headline referred to him as “Terrific Tom”, while another, over an article about his effective whip use, cried: “Marquand waves his magic wand and has everyone under his spell again”. “Obviously it’s been a pretty good trip,” the jockey tells me over the phone, “but more just complete luck as to timing, with everything that’s going on. But it’s pretty bad circumstances for it all to be under. “From last year, all of the trainers in Sydney have stuck me up on one or two, here or there, and there’ve been particular stables that have really picked me up and helped me, like Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, John O’Shea and David Hayes.” But it was an English-trained horse that provided Marquand with the highlight of his trip so far, indeed of his career, when William Haggas’s Addeybb won the Ranvet last month. That was a first Group One success for Marquand, who had never ridden the horse before and showed his pace judgement by making almost all the running. Haggas has since described the jockey as “a future champion”. FacebookTwitterPinterest Addeybb wins the Ranvet under Tom Marquand Marquand and Addeybb will reunite on Saturday for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, another Group One, and the bookies make them 7-2 third-favourites. Marquand has an even better chance on Haggas’s Young Rascal in the Sydney Cup, worth over £300,000 to the winner, for which they head the betting at 11-8. Talking Horses: Rooneys quit jumps two years after Cheltenham boycott Read more While his British colleagues are doing their best to keep fit at home, Marquand has managed six Group Three wins and a Listed success in the past couple of months, during which time his mounts have racked up £1.5m in prize money. But how long can it last, with the coronavirus necessitating restrictions everywhere? “Every time I’ve thought, ‘OK, we’ll probably struggle to get past this weekend,’ they seem to pull it out the bag and carry on racing for another week, and then another. So I don’t quite know where it is and I don’t think anyone does. Advertisement “We’re on a lockdown here now. We’ve still got the racing but you’re virtually still in isolation, even when you’re going to the races because they put you in separate jockeys’ rooms and you have to stand the other side of a fence, two metres away from trainers to get instructions. You’re not coming into contact with anyone.” When Marquand had his 22nd birthday last week, it was, perforce, a “very quiet” occasion. It has not been much noisier at the track, with no spectators present. “You have to remind yourself of the significance of the day,” he says. “It would easily go unnoticed, the magnitude of the meeting. One Saturday recently, it was a nine-race card, eight of them were Group races and two Group Ones. But it was the same atmosphere of being at Kempton on a rainy Wednesday evening. That’s the reality of it. But as a jockey, you’re trying to win just as much. No one’s forgetting what these races mean to all of us within the industry.” The Recap: sign up for the best of the Guardian's sport coverage Read more Travel plans are hard to form just now but Marquand’s hope is to return to Britain after a couple more weekends of racing in Australia. How soon British racing can hope to get going again is a completely open question. But when it does, Marquand is sure to be one of the most in-demand riders, the more so for enjoying such success while his rivals have been becalmed. Who does he expect to ride for in Britain this year? “Obviously the relationship with William Haggas has been successful. But I was brought into it with Richard Hannon and I still spend a lot of time there when I am around. I’d love to be riding as much as I can for them and William, and many different people. “I’m very lucky in the fact that I’ve got yards like Tony Carroll, Ali and Sam Stronge and Tom Ward that’ll stick me on a lot of their horses. 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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57861690 Petrol prices have climbed to their highest level in almost eight years, says motoring organisation the AA. Average prices have hit 133p a litre, it says, almost 20p higher than in November. Diesel prices are also up. The rise comes as families fill up the tank for summer getaways. Rival motoring body the RAC is forecasting an exceptionally busy summer on UK roads. The increase in fuel costs comes after a steady rise in oil prices and has added to fears of rising inflation. Oil prices have risen over the past year from about $43 a barrel to more than $70 now. Figures released this week showed the rate of inflation in the UK hit 2.5% in the year to June, the highest for nearly three years, with rising fuel prices one of the causes of the increase. The last time UK drivers had to deal with fuel prices this high was at the beginning of October 2013. "Surging pump prices continue to drain family and other consumer spending," said Luke Bosdet, the AA's fuel price spokesman. "A family with two petrol cars would have spent around £230 on fuel in November had Covid lockdowns not discouraged travel. Now, the monthly cost of refuelling their vehicles is above £265." The RAC says drivers are planning an estimated 29 million UK holidays this year, with 16 million of these in the school holidays alone. Its survey of 2,500 drivers says the number of people making firm UK holiday bookings has risen 20% since April, with the RAC figures suggesting the West Country - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset - will receive the largest numbers of holidaymakers.