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Which is better ICA or ACAMS?

The choice between the ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) and CAME (Certified Anti Money Laundering Expert) certification depends on your career goals, the specific job opportunities you're targeting, and your personal preferences. Both certifications are well-respected in the field of anti-money laundering and financial crime prevention, but they have some differences:

ACAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist):

ACAMS is a widely recognized and established certification in the field of anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime prevention.

ACAMS offers the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) credential, which is highly regarded in the industry.

CAMS focuses on various aspects of AML, including regulatory compliance, risk assessment, and fraud detection.

CAME (Certified Anti Money Laundering Expert):

CAME is a relatively newer certification compared to ACAMS, and its recognition may not be as widespread.

CAME focuses on anti-money laundering and compliance but may have a different emphasis or curriculum compared to ACAMS.

When deciding between these certifications, consider the following factors:

Industry Recognition: ACAMS, being more established, tends to be recognized by a wider range of employers and organizations. If you're seeking a certification with broad recognition, ACAMS may be a better choice.

Job Requirements: Research the specific job opportunities you are interested in and check if they prefer or require a particular certification. Some employers may specify ACAMS as a preferred qualification.

Curriculum: Review the content of both certification programs to see which one aligns better with your career goals and interests. Each program may have different areas of focus and depth.

Cost and Accessibility: Consider the cost of obtaining the certification, including exam fees and study materials, as well as the availability of training resources and courses in your area.

Professional Network: ACAMS has a large and well-established professional network, which can be beneficial for networking and career opportunities.

Ultimately, the "better" certification depends on your individual circumstances and career aspirations. It may also be worthwhile to consult with professionals in the anti-money laundering field and seek their opinions on which certification would be more advantageous in your specific situation

ACAMS: Biden Faces Challenges On AML, Cybercrime

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In ACAMS, we want to have a balance between stark realism and gameplay, which is why we had to make a few sacrifices in the medical department. Probably a few pigs and maybe a lamb or two. There are seven total body zones: head, upper torso, lower torso, each arm, and each leg. 

When you shoot someone, depending on where you shoot them, you have a chance of hitting an organ if you penetrate their armour. There are some compromises, however, since our concept of a hitbox is so limited: you can’t hit the arms and torso individually. Instead, because you’re usually holding a gun up or at the chest, you have a chance of hitting the arms instead of chest from the front.

When you hit someone, the system rolls some dice. Depending on how close to the center of mass you hit them on that bodypart, it has a higher or lower chance of doing closer to full damage for that round type. Each body part has some percentage of “health”, which is the relative usability of that part, with the exceptions of head and chest: if you lose either of those, it’s game over. If you lose all of your other limbs, you’d be a motionless, useless torso until you die of blood loss, but you’d still be alive, if probably unconscious from pain.

Yup, that’s right: there’s going to be pain. When you get shot, it hurts. A lot. You yell in pain, your vision goes blurry, and kind of dark around the corners, but you’re still alive, usually. Where you get shot affects your performance. If you get shot in the arms, you can’t aim as well, or not at all if they’re totally disabled. In the legs? Well, sorry buddy, but you’re going to have movement problems. 

When you get shot in an organ, a few things happen. For your lungs, it hurts a lot and you can’t breathe as well, meaning that your stamina is basically nothing at that point. Liver? Same deal, but now you’re bleeding a ton. Heart? Dead. Brain? 50/50, you may die, or you may just not be able to see much.

Luckily, armor exists.

The thickness of the line around your body indicates the level of armor you have on it. It’s assumed by default that you have at least Level II-equivalent armor, else why are you walking into a warzone? This goes all the way up to Level IV armor. This of course affects your weight, which in turn affects your movement speed and stamina, but could make you less dead. It’s a tradeoff.

The color is your body part state: green is okay, yellow is injured, orange is severely injured, and red is critically injured. Grey (not shown) is disabled, meaning that it’s severed or otherwise rendered useless.

Materials in ACAMS will be represented by a fairly mathematically sound way of thinking about it in a way that it would be actually affected mechanically: ultimate tensile strength.

Why ultimate tensile strength instead of compressive strength? That’s a good question. When an object impacts another object, assuming (for the purposes of demonstration) that the impacting object is perfectly rigid and can’t be deformed (as we represent bullets for reasons of computational load), the object we are impacting with is deformed, bowing outwards from the point of impact, creating tensile stress. This is readily apparent in the case of aramid fibers. When you shoot a layer of aramid fiber with a bullet, it bends and then the fibers snap from exceeding their ultimate tensile strength.

The way we approach this isn’t the most physically accurate method, but it is Close Enough™ for representing real-world material properties and interactions.

(where t = .0001)

We represent our deceleration time upon impact as .0001 seconds because that’s what seems to give the most accurate results without again becoming computationally expensive. I hate to make these kinds of tradeoffs, but you’re pretty limited with 64KB and a vanishingly small fraction of a CPU thread to play with.

These results are assuming we have an infinitely rigid bullet that won’t deform on impact. Such is dumbing-down the laws of physics. For reference, aramid fiber (Kelvarⓒ-brand Kevlar™) has an ultimate tensile strength of 3.6GPa, level IIIA armor is 1.97mm thick. The 5.45, .22TCM, and 5.56 all penetrate, while the .357 and 9mm do not. This reflects real life, so yay!

The overarching effect of this change is that level II armor will stop maybe a 9mm round (assuming non-steel core or whatever), .22LR, and so on. IIIA will stop most pistol rounds, and rarely rifle rounds depending on round. IV will definitely stop rifle rounds. Maybe. We haven’t gotten to ceramics or steel plate yet.