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Why We Are On The Brink of a New Altseason
By: Rekt Capital
Tags: Blockchain, Investing, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency

Since February 12th (i.e. Figure 3), the accelatory decline in Bitcoin Dominance has been drastic but in a good way for Altcoins.

During this entire downtrend in Bitcoin Dominance, Altcoins for the most part have been rallying exponentially all across the board.

Though the decline in Bitcoin Dominance was drastic, it was also controlled. That is, Bitcoin spread out its shedding in Dominance over the course of many weeks since about the beginning of February (i.e. Figure 3).

This is important because this allowed for Bitcoin-to-Altcoin money flow to take place over a longer period of time.

This means that the average cryptocurrency trader was able to enjoy exposure to Altcoins and gain profits from them over a longer period of time.

Steady yet sharp declines in Bitcoin Dominance simply make for better market conditions for cryptocurrency traders to consistently and strategically move their capital from Altcoins that have rallied to Altcoins that haven’t rallied yet.

On the other hand, if you take a look at the long red 1 Week candle at the end of September 2018 in Figure 5 above, Altcoins also enjoyed some rallies during that 1 Week period.

But this period was way too short to really make the most of them before having to once again entirely switch trading strategies and adjust your Bitcoin-Altcoin exposure.

And so in the spirit of principles shared in the previous article, this introduces us to another core principle about Bitcoin Dominance:

Principle #5:

The longer the decline in Bitcoin Dominance, the longer the Altseason.

Why we are on the brink of an Altseason

It is clear then that we are on the brink of an Altseason.

But if we really think about Principle 5 and appreciate how steady and controlled the decline in Bitcoin Dominance has been over the past several weeks, then we’ll realise that we’ve technically been in an Altseason ever since that rejection from the black diagonal trendline in early February (ie Figure 3)

After all, Altseason is the time where cryptocurrency traders and investors adopt more of a risk-seeking approach by offloading Bitcoin to the effort to accumulate Altcoins so as to profit from their exponential movements.

This market behaviour occurs when Bitcoin Dominance is declining, as capital flows from Bitcoin into Altcoins.

So we’ve been in a technical Altseason all along.

At this stage, it’s not a case of whether we’re on the brink of an Altseason.

It is more a case of whether Altseason will continue and take the exponentiality of Altcoin rallies to another level.

To do that, we have to witness a break down from the 50% Bitcoin Dominance mark.

April 6th 2019 — Major market decision soon

Throughout this article, we’ve been looking at Bitcoin Dominance charts on the 1 Week timeframe, where each candlestick represents 1 Week of Bitcoin Dominance data.

But to really appreciate what is going on at current levels of Bitcoin Dominance as of this writing, let’s zoom in and look at the 1 Day chart, where each candle represents 1 Day of Bitcoin Dominance data.
Introducing CryptoTab: A Google Chrome Extension for Tracking Cryptocurrencies in Every New Tab
Tags: Chrome, Cryptocurrencies, Google Chrome, Cryptotab, Technology

Introducing CryptoTab: A Google Chrome Extension for Tracking Cryptocurrencies in Every New Tab jordangonen Follow Sep 15, 2017 · 1 min read

Image via https://www.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bitcoin-chip-1.jpg

With all the buzz around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, Shiv and I thought it’d be a good idea to launch a simple web app / chrome extension to keep you informed about the top coins:

It is super simple! Get the chrome extension here.

We are also on Product Hunt:

Thanks for the support!
Please and No
By: Guy New York
Tags: Kink, Erotica, Fiction, Taboo, Short Story

Something changed the first time she said no.

She told me she wanted to struggle, and I listened as she filled in the details. She wanted to scream and kick and bite, and she didn’t want me to stop until she changed her mind. There was to be no setup and no role to play. She didn’t want to separate it out into a world of fantasy that felt too far away.

She wanted immediate and real, and I could only nod.

Her conviction almost made me pause when I pushed her onto the bed. Her protests and her cries almost made me loosen my grip on her wrists, and she clenched her legs together so tightly I had to pry them open with one leg and a firm slap.

As much as she struggled, her words were what finally pushed me through.

When she said “please” and “no” I tore at her clothing and held her down with real force. Her hair was tight in my hand as I fumbled with my belt and zipper, and she screamed and spit as I pressed the whole weight of my body against her.

She cried when I finally slid inside her, and she still kicked and scratched as she moaned. She pulled her hips away, trying to move up on the bed, and I closed my eyes so I didn’t have to watch her.

In spite of her promise, she never gave in. Even as she came around me, and even as she kissed me back with lips and teeth, she whispered no over and over again.

When she wrapped her arms around me and kissed my neck it took me long moments before I believed her.
Be aware: bigotry in the workplace can have long term effects on employee mental health. | LifeSpeak
By: Lifespeak Inc.
Tags: Workplace, Diversity, HR, Harassment, Inclusion

At this point, everybody knows prioritizing inclusion is a worthwhile endeavor for any organization. Diversity initiatives are becoming indispensable across the board, from Fortune 500 companies to startups. And it’s not just HR managers who are spearheading this change. Employees at all levels in all departments share the responsibility of keeping the gates to their organizations as wide open as possible.

Championing inclusion isn’t just the right thing to do; it makes good business sense. As we wrote in a previous blog post, employees who are part of a diverse team report higher levels of satisfaction and company loyalty, and diverse organizations are more productive, creative, resilient, and profitable.

Despite the irrefutable evidence, however, there are still people who doubt the value of inclusion. Some think opening the door to certain groups means closing the door on talent. Others deny their organizations have a diversity problem in the first place. Mentalities like these are dangerous. Ignoring the need for diversity creates toxic work environments that, at best, stifle growth and innovation for the company, and at worst, become extremely unsafe for marginalized employees.

Harassment, bigotry, bullying, and other forms of discrimination in the workplace can be psychologically draining on employees. The constant fear of interacting with hostile coworkers takes its toll on a person’s mental well-being and can lead to long term illness.

This recently happened in Montréal where an employee was subject to routine racist abuse from his coworkers. In an interview with La Presse (English summary), the victim explained how the torment caused him to suffer frequent headaches, heart palpitations, and insomnia. He was subsequently diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and took his employer to court, where the judge ultimately ruled in his favor. It was determined that he undoubtedly endured a workplace injury and was due workers’ compensation.

As extreme as this example might sound, it’s not difficult to find similar cases of discrimination leading to physical and mental health problems. Light teasing, “innocent” jokes, and microaggressions can also cause a host of mental illnesses related to stress, anxiety, and depression because they make employees feel unsafe and unwelcome.

The evidence confirming the importance of diversity is overwhelming. If you’re wondering how your organization can be more inclusive, check out our article 10 critical ways to empower women and minorities in the workplace, and then read highlights from our Ask the Expert session with Michael Bach, Cornell-certified diversity professional and advanced practitioner (CCDP/AP).

Our employee wellness platform is also packed with resources from various experts on making workplaces more accommodating, being respectful of colleagues, and managing cross-cultural communication. To learn more, book a free walk-through today.
Reading selection at Science and Soul
By: R. Rangan Phd
Tags: Inspiration, Science And Soul, Nourishment, Books, Psychology

Reading Nook

A list of books on our shelves.

Photo by Radu Marcusu on Unsplash

Looking for some inspiration for books to read next?

Here we list a selection of some of our favorites in no particular order. We will update this story regularly with our finds of exciting reads, so feel free to stop and check them out.

Leave us a note if you have a favorite and we will check them out too!

Happy Reading!

Also, for some additional motivation for books to read, I plan on following the reading challenge by Elizabeth Dawber — join me!

Book suggestions:
Blue Sky Crying
By: Terry Barr
Tags: Warm Hearts, This Happened To Me, Love, Grief, Family

Two weeks ago, my third essay collection, Secrets I’m Dying to Tell You, was published. I’m proud of it, but I’m lacking enthusiasm, surely because this is my first published book that my mother won’t get to read, even though she’s in its pages, throughout its pages. Her stories, in many cases, became mine, and given that I’m confiding more of her secrets, I wonder if I would have tried to publish this collection had she still been living this summer? It’s a conundrum that I’d like to have.

Yet, would i really want this? Had she been living this summer, her anxiety about Covid-19, the threat of the “orange plague’s” being re-elected, and her precarious health would have taken up most of my energy. Would I have brought her back here to live with us? How deeply would her anxieties have affected my wife and me? Or would she have stayed in Bessemer, ordering groceries from Publix, trying to get out to see friends? What would she have thought and done about wearing a mask?

And what if she had caught the virus, her down there, me up here?

My brother and I spoke on the phone last night, and when I reminded him of what day today is, I heard his initial shock and then his immense relief, which matched my own.

It’s a strange thing for two brothers to agree that as much as they loved their mother, it is far better that she passed before all this happened. I don’t know where his mind went as we spoke, but since he lives much farther away from Bessemer than I do, I know he felt more helpless to assist our mother than I could afford to feel. Implicitly, we both know that had she still been living, I would have born the greater burden. Sometimes, though, the one who can do feels better, more powerful, than the one who has to sit back and watch.

In the last year of Mom’s life, my brother rose to all occasions. He rode with me to Bessemer more often then, and in the weeks after her passing than he ever had before.

So he learned the route, the feelings associated with it; the barbecue joints to stop at for lunch. And that sky above the interstate exchange, a sign that home was not very far away now. Supper waiting, too, like always, and Mom in her recliner watching MSNBC, or the Food Network, son rays brightening the front room near where she waited.
Kris Allen
By: Arin Segal
Tags: Kris, American, Idol, Allen, Music

A Teen View

Formerly A Website.. Now Just Memories
In-App Ads Set to Boost Mobile Programmatic Ad Spend
Tags: Programmatic, Marketers

In-App Ads Set to Boost Mobile Programmatic Ad Spend

eMarketer reports programmatic advertising is on the rise with a projected increase by nearly $10 billion in 2018 spend.

Earlier this week eMarketer reported that over $46 billion will be spent on programmatic advertising in the US in 2018, accounting for 82.5 percent of all US digital display advertising. That’s nearly $10 billion more than advertisers spent last year.

What role does mobile advertising play? In 2018, mobile advertising is projected to account for roughly 70 percent of all programmatic ad spend, climbing to almost 90 percent by 2020. This not only showcases the importance of this channel to programmatic advertising, but to the digital market at large. eMarketer attributes this growth to ongoing investments in mobile by social platforms and to industry-wide efforts to grow the in-app ad market.

Tapjoy is proud to play a considerable role in advancing the in-app ad market, through our investments in technology, creative, measurement and more. We firmly believe that in-app advertising — especially through value exchange-based ads — is not only the best way for brands and marketers to drive meaningful business outcomes, but when done correctly they provide the best experience for today’s tech-savvy consumers.

Significantly, eMarketer also reported that a majority of the nearly $19 billion additional dollars that will go into programmatic advertising over the next two years will be allocated to private setups such as private marketplaces (PMPs). Open markets will continue to suffer from issues related transparency and quality, eMarketer explained, while private marketplaces offer marketers greater accountability and higher value.

That’s exactly why we launched the Tapjoy Private Exchange in 2016. We opened up our premium in-app, opt-in mobile video inventory to programmatic ad buyers, while simultaneously maintaining strict control over where our partner’s ads are run. Thus providing the 100 percent transparency they deserve.

Programmatic advertising has clearly transformed the media buying landscape. As programmatic continues to shift towards mobile ads and private marketplaces, Tapjoy will be there to lead the way.
I love you
Tags: Love, Poetry, Relationships, Zen

Post Script:

(As I try to construct a new life, I think about old ones. I wonder if I should go back and reconstruct them. Then I am reminded of the relativity of perfection. And the beauty of imperfection. If everything is suchness; then all that is, is just, ‘is’. There is no reason to worry about the constructions of new conceptions if we are only alleviating our own deceptions. I think we need to stop giving into the narratives we tell ourselves in order to listen to our heart. The heart does not deceive. It knows all. And yet, allows for the ego to project its aching ignorance. Because love is patient, it is kind. I do not find these two things separate of one another. I think kindness is a product of patience. If we are to be love, then we are to be patient. If patience finds us, then we will emulate kindness. As I ride this wave, I lose ground. As I lose ground, I find the tide. It brings me back to shore. And then I ride it again. I won’t stop until I become one with the ground; the chaos and the harmony of the ride is the journey.)
The House Where All The Left Socks Live
By: Sarah Lofgren
Tags: Funny, Poetry, Humor, Fashion, Socks

The House Where All The Left Socks Live

a poem

There’s a house where all the left socks live

It’s far and also not so far

The rooms are few but very long

And lined with bunks

Where left socks sleep

When their duties are done

And the wind carries their snores

Across the fields

Across the night

To where the King of Knives and Spoons

Sits alone in his silver room

Scrolls of papyrus on his desk

Demanding his eyes

Keeping him from rest

“I wish I could sleep like the left socks do

Do they dream?

Do they wake

Does it make them feel renewed?”

The King of Knives and Spoons

Puts down his head

On his desk

Just for a minute

Closes his eyes

It doesn’t mean a thing

Look away

Let him rest

It’s been so long

Over five thousand years

“He’s asleep! At last!”

All the spoons and knives cry

“Let’s grab the scissors

And march on the house

where all the left socks

live.”

They do

There’s a house where all the left socks lived

It’s not so far as it should have been

The rooms are empty of any sock

Just piles of yarn

On the floor

And across the world

The right socks mourn

This is why sleep

Is very bad

For socks

And for kings.
The Habits of a Happy Teacher
By: John Abi Farah
Tags: Happiness, Travel, Education, Teachers, Habits

The Habits of a Happy Teacher

Keeping you energized throughout the year

Ask any teacher: “What are your biggest challenges?” Most will say: “STRESS and TIME management.”

All educators know that leading a class requires dedication and a lot of hard work. A teacher’s workday begins the moment they open their eyes each morning:

Preparing the learning material

Motivating your students

Helping them through their difficulties

Facilitating group work and projects

Coaching them after hours

Assessing their efforts to improve and learn

And of course, it doesn’t end there. So how can teachers maintain their own peace and happiness throughout the school year?

We found a handful of happy full-time teachers, and asked them: “How do YOU balance work, family, and friendships, and maintain a positive healthy attitude?” Here are the top 5 responses:

1. “A friendly class is an easier class”

You are a great teacher, but it’s the friendly, kind teachers students remember most. So use your instincts, listen to them, and use a great weapon, humor, whenever possible.

2. “Trust and encouragement”

One of the easiest ways to establish a connection with your students is to praise their efforts and talk to them in a non-judgmental way. Nothing breeds trust more than an inspiring solid two-way communication.

3. “Assist your colleagues”

Extend your great classroom attitude to your staff room. Communicate with your fellow educators and offer to help. Strive to be supportive and positive, and avoid “workplace gossip” like the plague.

4. “Carve out some ‘school-free’ time”

This is probably the most common answer we received. Teachers rarely finish all their work at school; most bring some home with them. While that may be “part of the job,” it’s essential to designate some “school-free” time, where talking shop is simply off-limits.

5. “Take a nice vacation”

Your job is to constantly give and nurture. You work hard all year, so you are entitled to play hard too! Take the time necessary to get back in touch with friends and family, and make sure to use the summer to travel and explore.

“A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day’s teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.” — Gilbert Highet
VeVe Tokenomics: In-app Funds and Token Buy-Backs
Tags: Ve Ve, Ecomi, Nft, Digital Collectibles, Ecomi Updates

The flow of funds within the VeVe digital collectibles ecosystem is integral in maintaining the in-app token supply and liquidity. In order to maintain this pool and optimize fund flows, buy-back mechanisms have been included to facilitate the purchasing of tokens from exchanges. For the user, however, all of these transactions take place in the background, removing barriers to entry and keeping the mechanics of the system consumer-friendly.

VeVe Digital Collectibles

VeVe offers the world a new way to participate and interact with their favourite fandoms, with officially licensed digital collectibles across six fandom verticals: Pop Culture, Sports, Gaming, Film & TV, Anime & Animation, and Celebrities.

The experience is akin to the physical world of collecting, which fans already know and love, and moves the experience into the digital realm-right into the palm of your hand.

One of our earlier articles- Purchasing Mechanics Part 1: How the ECOMI Ecosystem Works- detailed the introduction and use of Gems as the in-app currency. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s important to start there before diving into the fund-flow and buy-backs information below.

Gems + OMI for the Ultimate Collectors Experience

The introduction of the Gem model serves a number of purposes:

They provide a familiar in-app currency for non-crypto users and removes the steep learning curve required when entering the crypto-industry such as wallets, keys, exchanges etc… as well as removing any potential security issues with those steps.

Gems can be converted to OMI tokens within the app and sent from your in-app wallet to exchanges if that is how you choose to use them. This feature will be exposed to non-crypto fans as they dive deeper into the app, and offers an option to take up that learning curve at a later date.

The purchase of Gems via an in-app purchase generates an additional stream of revenue for the company (referred to here on out as ‘Gem revenue’), which is used in the buy-back mechanism discussed below in more detail.

Primary vs. Secondary Markets

It’s important to understand that within the VeVe app, there are two places collectibles can be purchased:

The Store

This is for primary sales. That is digital collectibles and artworks produced and listed by VeVe. Purchases in the Store can be made using fiat currencies and Gems. Regardless of the mode of purchase, any purchase within the Store triggers the same OMI mechanics, and token flows, detailed below.

The Market

This is for second-hand purchases. That is, the Market is where you can buy, trade and sell your collectibles with other users. Purchases in the Market are made with Gems.

Gems are available for purchase within the app as a standalone purchase or can be made at the point of sale using Apple or Google in-app purchases.
When Coroutines Meet Android Permissions
By: Siva Ganesh Kantamani
Tags: Mobile, Android, Programming, AndroidDev, Kotlin

BasePermissionController

As part of the plan, we have to create an abstract class with the name BasePermissionController and extend it with Fragment . Have a look:

We have to create an abstract function that can be imported into fragments that extend the base to pass the result quickly. Have a look:

We need to create a function that handles the interaction with the system and use cases like showing a rational message to the user. Then we have to convert the data to our sealed class. Enough with the talk. Take a look at the code:

Handling system permissions

What we did is simple: First, we maintained a hashmap of requests that we need to execute with the result code as the key. Then we have to check whether the permissions requested are already granted or if we have to show a rational message. If so, we create a sealed class object with the appropriate type and pass it back.

On the other side, where we have to request access, we have added the result code to the map and invoked the function again. While it was executing for the second time (as the code already exists in the map), the flow enters into the hashmap index block and triggers the actual permissions execution.

After user interactions with the permissions dialog, we’ll receive the result on the onRequestPermissionsResult . We need to create a new instance of the sealed class and pass the data back to the call site. Have a look:

Finally, we’re done with core permissions handling. Have a look at the base class when we put all the pieces together:
Chocolate Cake
By: Gurpreet Dhariwal
Tags: This Shall Be Our Story, Chocolate Cake Love, Love For Food, Poem, Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake

Sumptuous Poem

Chocolate Cake, Picture by Author

I baked my favorite chocolate cake

I didn’t add eggs and made it from the soul

Mommy was guiding me too with her expert skills

I love Mommy for being so compassionate and nice to me

I did what all she told me and mixed the ingredients well

It smelled so good and I wanted to eat the mixture

But Mommy stopped me

She asked me to keep the pan in the microwave

I did that and a beautiful chocolate cake appeared

She doesn’t like eating cakes so she just tasted the piece of it

But my dad and I hogged on it like cute babies.
Why Guards in Elixir Fail to Serve sometimes?
Tags: Guards, Coding, Tips, Programming, Elixir

The Guards are function authorities. We all know that to enter the function, the guard must evaluate to true if there exists one. The guard knows whom to allow and not. I am fond of guards in the Elixir. I trusted them. Guards never betrayed me.

If the guard fails to serve, it is not fault with the guard, fault with programmer code.

In this article, I will show you an example of such thing.

In one of my projects, I wrote a function that takes amount as a parameter and checks whether the given amount is greater than threshold amount .

I am not writing the whole code here. I just simplified to understand the concept.

So, I used the guard like amount > 1000 . Here 1000 is a threshold limit for amount .

defmodule Bank do

def invest(amount) when amount > 1000 do

IO.inspect "The given amount #{amount} has been invested"

end



def invest(_amount) do

IO.inspect "In valid amount"

end end

You can copy the code and run in iex

Let’s execute and see what happens here.

iex> Bank.invest(2000)

"The given amount 2000 has been invested" iex> Bank.invest(500)

"In valid amount"

👍 Our Code is working as expected so far. Wait! Here comes the actual fun.

Now try this

iex> Bank.invest(nil)

"The given amount has been invested"

Here, the guard allowed the nil to access the function body. However, this is not the expected behaviour. Is something wrong with the guard? It is not serving as expected.

Let’s check the guard

iex> nil > 1000

true iex> %{} > 1000

true iex> [] > 1000

true iex> {} > 1000

true

What’s happening here?

number < atom < reference < function < port < pid < tuple < map < list < bitstring

The number is the smallest of all types. The number can be either integer or float. So, every term is greater than the number here.

In our code, when we passed nil which is an atom it checks for atom > number which is true hence it allowed into function body.

So, I updated the code as follows.

defmodule Bank do

def invest(amount) when is_number(amount) and amount > 1000 do

IO.inspect "The given amount #{amount} has been invested"

end



def invest(_amount) do

IO.inspect "In valid amount"

end end

I just added an extra guard is_number(amount) which assures the given value is a number(Integer or Float) then it checks the threshold value.

Hope you understand Elixir Term Order. So be careful while using comparison operators.

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When I’m Gone
Tags: Poetry, Outdoors, Life, Love, Travel

Amore,

Remember pretty places for all the right reasons,

let them speak to you in the language of nostalgia,

Remember that our bodies are ephemeral,

that we are mortals but love isn’t.

Remember to not dig graves in vain,

remember to live and not perish in pain.

Keep love with you.

Keep it alive when I’m gone,

keep it warm in the winter snow,

keep it safe under the blue doormat,

keep it from the sudden striking storms,

Keep it away from the wildflowers that wilt

and wither when watered with tears.

Grow white chrysanthemums on it instead,

grow on it — a garden, and gate it well,

grow the seeds we never cared to sow,

grow them when the grief weighs you down,

and nurture them till the vines leave the ground.

And If you ever freeze,

let your love be liquid gold.

Let it burn your skin and crawl to your bones,

let it glide and glaze all over your soul,

let it see the world and feel as you,

let it live and breathe free in you.

Let it be you, let it be.
Recept Spongebob krabburger
By: Convivio - Sam
Tags: Kids, Cooking, Recipe, Burgers, Food

Owner of Convivio. Fine food ambassador in Holland. Best selection of mediterranean products and food stops. You are what you eat.

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Mini-Blog: Driver’s Licenses
Tags: Blockchain, Identity Management, Identity, Self Sovereign Identity, Verified Credentials

***Musings, thoughts, ideas, and other small meanderings about identity, access management, decentralized identifiers, self-sovereignty and related topics.***

Driver’s Licenses

My Washington State driver’s license has 15 attributes on it, my name, date of birth, and status as an organ donor among them. The license cost me $54 and is good for five years, equating to 1,080 cents annually, or three cents per day. The most common use of this ID, for me, is proving that I’m over 21 (really a combination of four claims: the license is not fake, the license is not expired, the license belongs to me, and the date-of-birth field proving I’m over 21).

The second most common use of my license, due to the amount of flying I do, is to prove that I am the same person an airline ticket was issued to, essentially a matching exercise involving a different combination of claims. It would be interesting to reconsider the economics of that three cents per day, because on the days on which I do not drive, do not need to prove my age, and do not fly, the operating value of my license is different than on the days when I do those things. Today I pay $.03 per day to essentially rent the license, despite its value wavering as my goings-ons do too.

There should be a mechanism to pay for my verified credentials, like date-of-birth (Proof-of-Age) or Proof-of-Name, on an as-needed basis, perhaps via micro-transactions, as well as the means to digitally transfer them from issuers to recipients.
07/31/2019 — Crypto Price Recap. ETH, BCH, LTC, BNB, EOS Get Optimistic…
Tags: Trading, Blockchain, Cryptomarketreview, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency

07/31/2019 — Crypto Price Recap

ETH, BCH, LTC, BNB, EOS Get Optimistic on USDT Investigation Extension

The court cannot reach an conclusion on USDT case and has ordered a 90-day extension for further investigation.

The extension relieves the market for a break and major coins pulls up 5%-10%. BTC-USDT climbs over $10K again.

Source: Cointelegraph.com

BTC-USDT

Back and force, in range of $9000 and $10K, BTC-USDT fluctuates constantly to test investors’ sentiment. Today is a good day, it climbs over $10K after the 90-day extension of USDT investigation.

ETH-USDT | ETH-BTC

ETH-USDT climbs to $215 and touching the 4-hour SMA resistance.

ETH-BTC stays stable around 0.021BTC

BCH-USDT | BCH-BTC

BCH-USDT escalates to $325 and reached $330 during the day.

BCH-BTC declines to 0.0324BTC after reaching 0.035 during the day.

LTC-USDT | LTC-BTC

LTC-USDT a big gainer today with almost 10% increase, the price reaches $98.

LTC-BTC increases to 0.0098 BTC during the day.

BNB-USDT | BNB-BTC

BNB-USDT only goes up slightly to $27.58.

BNB-BTC drops to 0.0027 with weak demand in the market.

EOS-USDT | EOS-BTC

EOS-USDT escalates slightly to $4.32.

EOS-BTC stays flat at 0.000432
September, in brief
By: Tyler Mcintosh
Tags: Monthly

From the Center for Western Priorities:

The Road to 30 Virtual Tour: New Mexico

This month, the Road to 30 virtual tour continued with a stop in New Mexico. This month’s event emphasized local conservation and protecting our natural heritage. New Mexico Senator Tom Udall, New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland, New Mexico State Representative Georgene Louis, and Camilla Feibelman, Director of the Sierra Club’s Rio Grande Chapter.

We discussed the importance of protecting 30 percent of America by 2030 as well as the role that New Mexico can play along the road to that goal.

Watch the New Mexico event | Read the event summary | Visit the campaign website

Westwise Blog

In this interactive storymap, learn about the importance of wildlife corridors to the 30x30 effort and explore different types of corridors

In this interactive storymap, learn what the DRECP is, and why it is important to the 30x30 effort

Tracking the Interior Department’s remaining policy changes impacting lands, water, and wildlife

A conversation with three groups that represent hunters and fishermen — Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, and the National Wildlife Federation — about their report looking at critical minerals from a conservation perspective.

A must-listen conversation with ecologist and data scientist Nathan Mietkiewicz about his new analysis that found humans were responsible for 97 percent of wildfires that threatened homes over the last 24 years. Nathan also walks us through the effects of climate change on wildfire season, and why we cannot suppress or log our way out of the current conditions that are causing megafires across the West. Counterintuitively, the only way forward is more — but controlled — fire.
Present Tense
By: Ailsa Bristow
Tags: Poetry, Memories, Grief, Change, Ailsa Bristow

Present Tense

A poem about grief and change

Photo by Matt on Unsplash

There is always only this moment

then this, then this, then this.

The present is a tyrant —

ripping the past from my hands

And memories scatter like leaves

now golden

now brown

now mulch.

Now sweetly rotting, feeding the earth

so that new memories can grow.

Yes, the present is a tyrant

who wants me to believe that time

is a straight and narrow line.

But it’s a circle, a spiral, a vortex —

And the past is always returning to me

and nothing

nothing

no — thing

is ever truly lost.
3 Bedtime Habits of Highly Successful People
By: Rajesh Vairapandian
Tags: Mindfulness, Self Improvement, Lifestyle, Productivity, Habits

Eliminate the following from your mind and soul for the next 30 days

1. Self-Doubt — Never doubt yourself, always remember you are the creator and you have immense potential to conquer the reality, so never doubt yourself for ANYTHING

2. Fear — Fear is an illusion. If something is making you un-ease or something is going the other way than the way you expected, then fear arises. So do not fear anything or anyone.

3. Frustration — Do not frustrate for anything or anyone, we are humans, and we are born to live a happy life, not a life filled with sadness or worries. Frustration will leads you to sorrow and kill your happiness.

4. Why me? — These are two least essential words you need to eliminate from your Life dictionary. Why is nothing happening to me? Why am I unable to manifest anything? Why are people not good at me? Why can’t I get that Job? Eliminate all these why’s from you for the next 30 days.

5. Anger — It is another form of negative emotion, never get angry for anything, it is robust in the first few days, and slowly your anger level will decrease if you understand responding to the situation is better than reacting to the situation. Never respond immediately, and you will reduce your anger to zero levels. Following 30 days, you should not get angry(have a goal like this).

6. Overthinking — It is one of the bad habits which we need to eliminate to have a peaceful life. It is explained in detail here

Now, promise yourself that you are going to follow the life ethics for the next 30 days diligently. At any cost do not break this promise, if in case you happen to break the promise, do not feel bad about it and say yourself I will follow the life ethics without further break-up of promise.

Every day you are going to dedicate 60 minutes. This one hour is the investment for your future. So please do not miss this one hour.

Let us see what habits we are going to develop during this one hour.
Understanding Irish Brown Trout
By: Editor Ireland On The Fly
Tags: Brown Trout, Ireland, Environment, Fly Fishing, Fishing

A high level of genetic diversity in brown trout populations. Pic: IrishFlyFisher.ie

A three year research study between Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and Queen’s University Belfast was presented at this week’s ‘Understanding Brown Trout — Genes, Ecology and Citizen Science’ one day conference.

The research study looked into the genetic make-up of Ireland’s brown trout and sea trout populations and will provide Inland Fisheries Ireland with valuable information on how genetic diversity is distributed among trout populations within certain catchments.

The main areas in the study included selected Dublin rivers, the Moy catchment area, Co. Mayo, the Shannon system (Lough Derg, Lough Ree and Lough Sheelin), in addition to Lough Corrib and Lough Ramor.

Among the key findings presented were:

There is a high level of genetic diversity in brown trout populations evident from all catchments studied. For example, there are 27 genetic groupings of brown trout populations in the Moy catchment, 17 in the Liffey, and 34 in the Lough Ree, catchment, while there are 40 in the Lough Derg catchment; Western tributaries keep Lough Conn well stocked with brown trout, in particular the River Addergoole complex and River Deel system (together they contribute 77% to adult stocks of the lake); Key contributors of brown trout to Lough Ree are the River Inny and the Camlin River (over 80%); Barriers and poor water quality were found to be significant factors in unravelling genetic diversity patterns.

Importance of tributaries to Lough Conn’s fishing cannot be over-estimated. Pic: FishinginIreland.info

The project also highlighted how successful ‘citizen science’ can be with IFI, QUB and angling clubs working together and with angling communities from across all three main project areas critical to the success of the project.

Dr. Cathal Gallagher, Director of Research and Development at Inland Fisheries Ireland commented that the conference was, “a huge success and the findings of the three year study will be of interest to anglers, conservationists, fishery managers and the wider public. More crucially, it has been an exciting and exhaustive project that will have real practical applications and will assist Inland Fisheries Ireland in making the correct and most cost effective fisheries management and conservation decisions.”

Click here for more information from Inland Fisheries Ireland.
Celebrating Christmas as a Non-Christian Immigrant
By: Hs Bruni
Tags: Christmas, Diversity, Culture, Family, Immigration

The first time I embraced Christmas as a celebration of family was in Canada — as a married woman in my own home.

I bought a tree and proudly displayed it in my living room window, delightedly stringing up its 24-hour lights and ornaments. I invited people over for a Christmas meal. My husband and I bought Santa hats and ugly Christmas sweaters for our annual Christmas photo that graced our social media profiles.

What changed?

In Canada, I achieved a sense of permanence with my status in society. In the US, I was merely a floater — an international student ghosting the college halls — here one day, gone the next. In Canada, I am a voting, tax-paying citizen, and a solid fixture in my local community.

For an immigrant in North America, celebrating Christmas is a hallmark of assimilation into our adoptive community. When we ignore Christmas, we stand out as separate and ‘other’, when all we want to do is fit in.

Photo by Andre Furtado from Pexels

Despite my new affinity for Christmas celebrations, I haven’t had much success getting my parents on-side.

Sure, they’ll help me deck out the Christmas tree. They’ll even put on their Santa hats for photo sessions — after insistent coaxing. But I can’t force them to feel the Christmas spirit.

In their mind, Christmas is a Christian tradition. When we celebrate it, we are no more than wannabe, theatrical caricatures, playing dress-up.

So, is Christmas really only for Christians? Do the non-adherents of Christ get to celebrate?

Some would argue that non-Christians don’t have an appreciation for the meaning behind Christmas traditions. I decorate my tree but never give a thought to its original significance.

Some relate the Christmas tree to the ‘tree of life’ from the ancient story of Adam and Eve. But the significance of the Christmas tree transcends Christianity — in pagan traditions, the tree’s branches were linked to good harvest and prosperity.

And then there’s the legend of Santa Claus. I enjoy taking photos in my Santa hat but I don’t think about the legend of St. Nicholas, whose habit of secret gift-giving inspired the model of Santa Claus. I also don’t go to church on Christmas morning.

But how is that different from the multitude of those that were born Christian but identify as agnostics or deists? They may not connect with the religious nuances of Christmas. But they still celebrate with all the ribbons and wreaths.
A Butterfly Moment
By: Ankit Mishra
Tags: Poetry, Life, Love, Sprituality, Butterfly

There is this thing about Life, you can never call it dead. It is like writing an unfinished book where we keep on adding the chapters until Life calls it a day. An inundated effort of unlocking the myths we all are born with, A perpetual dream or the amalgamation of emotions ready to erupt at any moment. We fight, we survive for not who we think are part of our life but for self.

The journey as many of us perceive isn’t about finding the destination as the destination is inevitable, it is one for all and all for one. It is about finding the source, the source of truth, energy and the source of existence because we all know that life of a butterfly ends with the wings but it is the caterpillar a.k.a. beginning, the source of those beautiful wings that matters. Life is about finding your own butterfly moment and appreciating it.

Happiness is Butterfly.
She Was Silent for 5 Years
By: Michelle Monet
Tags: Poetry, Poems, Grief, Silence, Short Story

She Was Silent For 5 Years

She was silent for 5 years

Well not totally

But her lips were zipped

Unless it was a few

Very close friends

She had no desire

To mingle

Chitchat

Say hi via text

Be in

Social media groups or circles.

She was silent yes

For 5 whole years

Ok she talked to her cats

And her boyfriend

And one or two maybe five close friends

But no family and

Not many strangers

Although a polite hello to the grocery clerk was fine

She didn’t go to a hairdresser

No that was too straining

They never listened and they’d mess it all up

So she stopped doin that.

If her man had someone over

She was safely

Alone in another room

Typing

Or reading a book

Or…or…
Two Bands of Gold
By: Lisa Bolin
Tags: Idea Stream, This Happened To Me, Divorce, Short Story, Marriage

I took them off. Gold rings. Two of them.

They made a sharp clink as I put them in the small ceramic bowl on my chest of drawers. I put the lid on.

Nearly twenty years I had worn them. Twenty years of hope, laughter, friendship, yet lately, pain, resentment, anger.

How do you get to this point? A point of no return. A point where the love and joy you once shared is so far in the past you can’t quite taste its sweetness. A point where you have to make choices. Decisions. Uncomfortable ones.

My left hand rested on the small bowl. My finger, indented, marked, a light ring around my finger. It felt bare, naked.

How do I move forward no? What do I do?

This double symbol of commitment and love, now hidden. The tiny diamond on the engagement band resting in the dark. Its twin, the wedding band, slipped onto my finger so long ago.

That was a beautiful day. A magic day. Not without pain, the death of my beloved grandmother just the week before. I never thought I would be taking these symbols of a once mutual love off my hand to sit hidden in a bowl in my room.

Would he even notice?

Looking out my bedroom window, white clouds floated by. I glanced at my hand. Bare. Free.

I took this sense of freedom with me. And made the tough decisions.
【共鳴讀書 no. 127 】~因直視而覺察
By: Jinna Sun
Tags: Book Review, Education, Art

in Eudaimonia and Co
How to See Your To-Do Lists as Your Gameful Feedback Systems
By: Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Tags: Ideas, Self-awareness, Productivity, To Do List, Gaming

Maintaining to-do lists like playing a game

Many of us don’t enjoy maintaining to-do lists and find the task of regularly updating them tedious and annoying.

Self-Gamification (= the art of turning life into games by applying anthropology, kaizen, and gamification together) came to help me here — as in many other projects and activities I turn into games — as well. As I started seeing the updating of my to-do lists as a game, I became creative in handling them.

I came up with the idea of calling my daily paper planner, where I record my to-do lists, a “To-Do Game Book,” and began to enjoy the task more and more. I discovered again and again that the question,

“If this task was a game, how would I approach/design it so that it becomes fun?”

was extremely helpful.
Clay Flower and Sky Animals
By: Shringi Kumari
Tags: Prose, Poetry, Night, Love, Philosophy

A red poem, pleated as a fictile rose sits between us in a wooden vase. It is neither mine nor yours. Night takes rounds around it, examines its shape and nods in dismay. An incomplete work. Not ready for the celestial animals yet. We, oblivious humans see through this piece of decoration, ignore the subtle seemingly synthetic smell added by its maker. The poets in us are aroused~we order them to stay within the limits of our human eyes. A mud petal of this rose falls on the table — sordid melodies of the broken sun — that’s the line printed on it. Both of us read the words aloud. Our lips finally open — night enters our mouths and sordid melodies of a broken sun falls on our dry tongues like a drop of water from the final rain.

Are those tears on our cheeks?

Our wet palms, do they now speak?

Will the sky animals land?

Was there ever a sun not fractured by music?

Will you dance with the six flies?

Will night ever escape our lungs?

Goodbye. There is no poem left here. Goodbye. Our flower is a petal less.

~

You ask me to stay. Slowly scribing poetry on my dress. You dig out the swallowed night from the dips of my body. You find a fragment of sun lying unprotected between my ribs. We extricate the night from the burden of poetry. Together, the three of us unfold the rose ~ add its fallen petal back and read —

~ sordid melodies of the broken sun~

bare broken limbs, floating in the sea

a slow dance away breaths a lover, unhinged

~merging coal-crystals deposit in the deep~

rose gardens and aeolian gardeners sway in euphony

diamonds form and break, seasons merge into heaves

~how I am clay, how the beasts are made of stars ~

I am scribbled and creased, my routes engraved in words

you shall put my limbs together, the sun shall become whole

That was all that was written on the petals. Night asserted how these words weren’t enough. I can’t give you anymore Vaishali, this is all, I say. This is all. Your desirous parched eyes don’t stop. They absorb your scribbled poetry off my gown and continue —

~ sordid melodies of the broken sun~

don’t stop where the ocean does. They flow

past appendages, what is body and what are words

~ sordid melodies of the broken sun~

fill gold water in earth’s wounds. They flow

past celestial animals, what is sky and what is dust

~ sordid melodies of the broken sun~

spit jewels under the feet of God. They flow

past red abysses, what is night and what is love

Now, is it complete? — you ask. The night dissolves in itself. Animal constellations land on our table, the rose spreads as generous red silk. The two of us consume all the poetry we could ever eat. Words fall off our eyes as though we were portals — for poetic river branches — to leave our own red chasms~