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France and Germany are returning to lockdown restrictions as intensive care beds fill and new coronavirus infections test the countries' health-care systems.
In Germany, bars, restaurants and theaters will close for four weeks, while schools will stay open. Classes will also remain open in France, where President Emmanuel Macron is expected to release more information about a national shutdown Thursday.
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The White House testing czar contradicted President Trump's claim that a surge of new infections is merely an artifact of increased testing. "Cases are actually going up. And we know that, too, because hospitalizations are going up," Adm. Brett Giroir told NBC's "Today" show Wednesday.
Boeing announced plans Wednesday to cut an additional 7,000 jobs by the end of the year as it grapples with vanishing air travel demand and ongoing fallout from the 737 Max jet crisis.
After testing positive for the coronavirus, Los Angeles Dodgers player Justin Turner was seen mingling with teammates and pulling down his mask for photos to celebrate the team's victory in Game 6 of the World Series.
Saturday's Big Ten football game between Wisconsin and Nebraska was canceled after the Badgers reported 12 people in the football program tested positive, including six players and Head Coach Paul Chryst.
Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease expert, praised Australians for their widespread mask-wearing and said it was "painful" for him that the issue has become politicized in the United States.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic as reckless, saying it has refused "to recognize the reality we're living through."
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'We all wanted to play': Aging softball buddies defy pandemic for joy of the game
By Michael S. Rosenwald
On a crisp a fall morning in suburban Maryland, Thorny Thornton steps up to the plate with the bases loaded.
These are the moments that color boyhood dreams, though Thornton has been separated from those days by several decades. He is 73. He has a bum leg, among other bum body parts. But by comparison to his teammates on the Jaguars, many of whom are pushing 90, Thornton is essentially a rookie.
Thorny takes two deep breaths. He takes the first pitch for a ball. And then, with a grunt heard 'round the park, the Marine veteran whacks the ball to deep left field.
After the coronavirus pandemic hit this past spring, Thornton, whose off-field first name is John, wondered when — or if — he would play again. Like other leagues, from T-ball to the majors, the Montgomery County Senior Sports Association softball program was put on hold. Risking a broken hip rounding first is one thing; tempting the fate of a deadly virus that is particularly virulent in seniors is a whole different ballgame.
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NFL considering limiting seating for Super Bowl to 20 percent capacity
By Mark Maske
The NFL is "exploring" the possibility of a seating capacity of around 20 percent for the Super Bowl in Tampa in February but has not made a determination yet and believes that figure could grow, a league spokesman said Wednesday.
The Super Bowl is scheduled for Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium, which has a listed capacity of 65,000 that's expandable to 75,000. The NFL has said it hopes to keep the game on time as it attempts to complete a full season while operating during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"The safety of the public, attendees, players and personnel continues to be our foremost priority," league spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a written statement to The Washington Post. "We are working on a host of Super Bowl plans, include gameday, in conjunction with the host committee and the appropriate local and county public health and government officials. There is no set capacity figure at this time as we continue to monitor the ongoing pandemic with more than three months to go before the Super Bowl on February 7."
Gloom settles over Europe as days darken and coronavirus surges
By William Booth, Chico Harlan, Loveday Morris and Michael Birnbaum
LONDON — The clocks were dialed back an hour across Europe this week, and the long nights come early now. The hospitals are filling up, as the cafes are shut down. The governments are threatening to cancel Christmas gatherings, unless the virus is under control.
As new coronavirus infections surge again in Europe, breaking daily records, the mood is growing dark on the continent — and it's not even November.
The reprieve of summer feels a long time ago, and Europe is entering a serious funk.
A month of resurgence: October has brought record levels of infections, soaring hospitalizations
By Reis Thebault and Jacqueline Dupree
For almost the entire month of October, the United States has seen a steady, punishing increase in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.
The country's seven-day average of reported cases has increased for 26 straight days and has hit record highs this week, according to an analysis of data gathered by The Washington Post. On Wednesday, the figure exceeded 74,000 for the first time — meaning, over the last week, an average of that many infections has been reported each day.
And just as ominous: people around the country are in the hospital fighting the virus at a rate not seen since mid-August. As of Wednesday, more than 45,000 people were hospitalized, an increase of about 15,000 since the first of the month, according to the analysis.
More than half of U.S. states — 27 — reported 1,000 or more new cases on Wednesday, as the pandemic's latest surge continued to touch every part of the country.
In Ohio, where the governor's public health response once won him national plaudits, the seven-day average of new cases has hit record highs for 18 days in a row. The state's current level of virus hospitalizations is also higher than it's ever been.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, was asked about how he planned to deal with counties where outbreaks are so severe they may soon be reclassified in Ohio's color-coded public health advisory system — from red to purple, a level not yet reached that signals "severe exposure and spread."
DeWine said he would not close down schools or issue further restrictions, according to the Columbus TV station WBNS.
"We're not going to issue additional orders," DeWine said. "It's just one more piece of information. Going into purple is a signal that potentially we have a hospital problem."
White House called off investigation into Rose Garden outbreak
By Desmond Butler, Tom Hamburger, Lena H. Sun and Sarah Kaplan
When he called the White House about a coronavirus outbreak, the Indiana doctor expected to get some help, not a "head in the sand approach."
It was Oct. 1, and Mark Fox, a county public health officer in South Bend, had just learned that the University of Notre Dame's president, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus after attending a Rose Garden ceremony days earlier in honor of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. It seemed likely that either Jenkins had taken the virus to the White House, potentially infecting others there, or he had become infected in Washington and brought the virus home to South Bend.
There are long-standing protocols for investigating the spread of a virus: contact tracing, or interviewing infected people about their recent interactions and advising those exposed that they should get tested. There's also a more cutting-edge technology that can map the spread of a virus by tracking tiny changes in its genetic code. The Trump administration did not effectively deploy either technique in response to what Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease specialist, has called a "superspreader event" at the White House, leaving not just the president and his family and staff at risk, but also the hundreds of people who were potentially exposed.
Maryland man arrested for trying to vote without a mask has sued, saying his rights were violated
By Ovetta Wiggins and Erin Cox
A retired Maryland correctional officer has sued his county Board of Elections and sheriff's office after being arrested at his polling place on Monday for not wearing a mask.
Daniel Swain, 52, accuses Harford County election officials of "illegally interfering with and suppressing" his right to vote. He filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Harford County Circuit Court and is seeking a temporary restraining order that would prohibit the election board from requiring voters to wear a face mask to vote as a way of limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Swain is also seeking monetary damages and an order that would require the defendants to pay for and receive "Constitutional voting rights training."
"I feel disenfranchised," he said in an interview.
Swain is represented by Daniel L. Cox, a Republican state delegate who represents Frederick and Carroll counties and has filed a lawsuit of his own against Gov. Larry Hogan's administration over his stay-at-home orders, which also were designed to curtail the covid-19 pandemic.
Trump's attacks on political adversaries are often followed by threats to their safety
By Greg Miller and Isaac Stanley-Becker
Over the past year, public servants across the country have faced threats to their safety after being attacked by President Trump. The dynamic appears to be without precedent: government agencies taking extraordinary measures to protect their people from strains of seething hostility stoked by a sitting president.
In recent weeks, Anthony S. Fauci, the U.S. immunologist leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic, revealed in an interview on "60 Minutes" that he requires near-constant security because of threats against him and his family. It's "sad," Fauci said, that "a public health message to save lives triggers such venom and animosity that it results in real and credible threats to my life and my safety."
In the most striking recent case, Trump lashed out at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and her pandemic policies at an Oct. 17 campaign rally just days after an alleged plot to kidnap her was exposed. As the president's supporters broke out in "Lock her up!" chants, he responded approvingly. Within hours, new ripples of hostility on social media reached Whitmer and her subordinates.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases plan to ensure vaccine is free
By Amy Goldstein
Federal health officials released a plan Wednesday intended to guarantee that everyone in the United States is able to receive a coronavirus vaccine without paying for it, once one becomes available.
The heart of the multipart plan, shared by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a proposed federal rule for covering vaccine charges on behalf of older Americans on Medicare. It also says that, in order to receive vaccine doses, which the government will pay for, private health plans will be forbidden from charging customers anything for administering them.
A separate part of the plan tells states that, while the country remains under a federal public health emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic, they may not charge any fees to residents on Medicaid or in the Children's Health Insurance Program. And for people without any health coverage, the cost of giving a vaccine will be absorbed through a relief fund Congress created this year for hospitals, doctors and other providers of care for uninsured patients with covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
The plan, announced by CMS Administrator Seema Verma, is designed to provide the bureaucratic scaffolding underneath President Trump's promise that a coronavirus vaccine will be available free. The plan tries to set up ahead of time payment rules and hospital reimbursement rates — a change from the typical method in which companies that develop new vaccines or medical treatments must apply to the agency for permission to be covered by Medicare only after they win approval by the Food and Drug Administration. New covid-19 therapies that emerge also would be folded quickly into Medicare's payment to hospitals under the plan.
In another change from normal practice, a coronavirus vaccine will be covered by Medicare if the drug regulators merely give permission for its emergency use, rather than completing the more thorough new-drug approval process.
Verma estimated that if all 68 million people on Medicare got vaccinated, the program would end up paying about $2.6 billion in costs associated with administering the inoculation, while other government money would pay for the vaccine itself.
Jail and prison populations plunged by 170,000 inmates amid pandemic
By Lateshia Beachum
America's inmate population declined by 11 percent as the coronavirus surged across the country and made its way into correctional institutions, spurring an unprecedented number of releases, according to a Reuters investigation.
The population in jails and prisons dipped by 170,000 in spring as facilities fought to prevent further spread of the virus in many of the cramped, overpopulated facilities.
About 53,700 incarcerated people in state prisons tested positive for the virus, and at least 551 died because of it, according to records collected by the news agency.
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor Brendan Saloner told Reuters that jails are breeding grounds for disease that often leave inmates waiting for infection.
Even the release of inmates from jails to combat the spread in crowded living conditions, in some instances, may have put the outside community at risk for infection.
The unparalleled move has left systems across the country with new concerns about quelling crime, resuming court proceedings and keeping current inmates safe when there's still a disease circulating with no cure.
Some communities who participated in large releases are filling their jails again, reverting to familiar habits, or rethinking alternatives to jails and prisons, especially for those with minor offenses.
The virus has given hope to prison reform advocates who see the uncommon mass release of inmates as a step toward the country rethinking the business and conditions of mass incarceration, according to Reuters.
MLB launches investigation after Justin Turner 'refused to comply' following Dodgers' victory
By Dave Sheinin and Jesse Dougherty
ARLINGTON, Tex. — A tenuous, chaotic baseball season played amid a global pandemic was able to glide toward its finish line this week thanks in large part to the sacrifices and adaptations of its participants. On Friday, the morning of Game 3 of the World Series, MLB announced no new positive tests for the coronavirus among its latest batch. No players had tested positive in 54 days. By Monday, the day before Game 6, the streak was up to 57.
But the streak ended in shocking fashion at Globe Life Field on Tuesday night — sullying the otherwise electrifying and compelling story of the Los Angeles Dodgers' victory over the Tampa Bay Rays for the franchise's first championship since 1988 and leaving behind pointed questions about Justin Turner's actions and their repercussions.
By returning to the field in the aftermath of the clinching win — after having left in the eighth inning following news of a positive test and being placed under isolation — Turner ran afoul of MLB protocols.
"When MLB Security raised the matter of being on the field with Turner, he emphatically refused to comply," the league said in a statement.
On Wednesday, MLB said it was investigating the matter with the players' union "within the parameters of their joint 2020 operations manual."
Dow slides more than 900 points as rising coronavirus counts threaten fragile recovery
By Hamza Shaban
U.S. and global markets shuddered Wednesday as an alarming rise in coronavirus infections rattled investors and threatened a fledgling economic recovery.
The Dow Jones industrial average skidded 943 points, or 3.4 percent, to close at 26,519.95, extending a turbulent week of selling that sent the blue-chip index deeper into negative territory for the month. The S&P 500 tumbled more than 119 points, or 3.5 percent, to end at 3,271.03, and the Nasdaq composite index gave up 426 points, or 3.7 percent, to settle at 11,004.87.
European markets staggered, too, as France and Germany signaled plans to implement new social restrictions to contain a surge of coronavirus cases. The German DAX fell 4.1 percent, France's CAC slid 3.4 percent, and the Pan-European Stoxx gave up nearly 3 percent, all three plunging to levels not seen since late May.
Investors have signaled increasing concerns as the pandemic enters this newest phase, which coincides with flu season. The rolling seven-day average of new daily case counts in the United States hit a record 70,000 on Tuesday, and coronavirus-related hospitalizations shot up nearly 10 percent in the last week. Another 73,627 cases were reported in the United States on Tuesday.
"Although statistically the start of one of the strongest periods for markets, covid-19 once again flips the narrative," said Jamie Cox, managing partner for Harris Financial Group. "The country is under significant stress, and the markets continue to reflect that reality. Thankfully, November has the potential to settle some big, outstanding issues."
Macron announces new national lockdown to curb infections
By James McAuley
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron announced a second full national lockdown Wednesday evening, amid a skyrocketing second wave of coronavirus infections in France.
The lockdown will begin Friday as a last resort in the face of troubling figures, Macron said. "I have decided that we must return to confinement," Macron said. "The whole territory is concerned."
Unlike in the first lockdown, Macron said that schools will remain open, work will continue and nursing homes can be visited. But restaurants and bars will be forced to close through at least December 1, and full details would be announced at a news conference Thursday.
The French government imposed one of Europe's strictest lockdowns in the spring but has struggled to curb a rising second wave that reached a record level of more than 50,000 new confirmed cases in a 24-hour period over the weekend.
On Tuesday, France recorded 33,417 new cases, according to figures released by Santé Publique France.
Along with the higher case numbers, there has been a steep rise in hospitalizations. On Monday, for instance, French hospitals tracked more than 1,300 new patients, the highest one-day total since early April, in the peak of the first wave.
"We are all in Europe surprised by the propagation of the virus," Macron said.
Frontier Airlines pushes ahead with some success, despite pandemic
By Lori Aratani
In 2019, Frontier Airlines was on a roll. The ultralow-cost carrier had signed a deal to buy the new Airbus A321XLR jet. Frontier was snapping up airport slots abandoned by its competitors and launching nonstop service for unbelievably low prices.
Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, upending an industry that had been on the verge of another record-breaking year.
Even so, Frontier chief executive Barry Biffle remains bullish on the airline's prospects, arguing that at a time when business travel is down, his airline's dependence on leisure travelers means it is better positioned to weather the downturn. At the same time, he acknowledges that talk of expansion has been tempered by a harsh new reality as the entire industry faces a possible future with fewer travelers not just for months, but years.
A police officer and his mother died of the coronavirus after he came into contact with the virus on the job
A Texas police officer and his mother are dead after he responded to a home later found to house someone infected with the coronavirus, authorities say.
Alex Arango, 60, died of covid-19 complications last week, Everman Emergency Services announced. The department later said Arango's mother, 81-year-old Carmen Arango, also died of the coronavirus after receiving treatment in the same ICU as her son.
"This family has lost two members of their family, just days apart," Everman Emergency Services said in a statement. "We know that Officer Arango is welcoming and comforting his mother."
Alex Arango self-quarantined after a Sept. 28 call to a home where a resident was later found to have the virus, Chief Craig Spencer told local television station CBS DFW. Arango started experiencing symptoms days later and was hospitalized.
By Oct. 19, the officer, nicknamed "Law Dog," was placed on a ventilator, and community members gathered in masks to pray for his recovery. Arango died three days later.
The virus spread among Arango's family this year, with his son-in-law also hospitalized, CBS DFW reported. His wife and his daughter, Annette Arango, are recovering from the virus.
Annette Arango told CBS DFW that her father had no concerns about becoming ill while working.
"He said, 'Law Dog don't fear nothing,' " she said. "He had a job to do. And he went out doing it."
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We Are Europa – Video Celebrates Passion for Logistics
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Leading independent logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group has launched an innovative video to showcase the real people behind the on-going successes of the business as they tell the story of four years of challenge, courage and ambition.
The video is filmed at Europa's site in Dartford, a £30m facility which is the UK's largest European groupage hub. The narrative is about the last four years, since MD Andrew Baxter acquired the business in 2013 and set about a bold front-end restructuring.
Unlike many other logistics businesses, Europa has created a dynamic and passionate video which puts its staff – old and young, male and female, British and non-British – at the heart of the action, letting them bring to life the story of a difficult four year period which has resulted in 25% growth in turnover.
Andrew said: "When I acquired the business in 2013, it was clear we needed to restructure in order to thrive. We created separate divisions within in the business for Road, Air and Sea, Warehouse and Showfreight and invested in a new £30m 1Hub facility in Dartford. Four years later, we're reaping the rewards, running at 25% – 35% consignment growth across the board and expanding our Road sales team by 30%.
"So we wanted to create a video to mark the success of this period, to bring to life what makes Europa tick. We aimed to create a simple, striking and snappy depiction of what we've done in the last three years – stripping out complexities, killing inefficiencies, driving down cost to customers, creating firm foundations for growth – and to put our staff at the heart of the action, as they are on a daily basis. We've achieved this and the end result is great. It really gets across our passion for Europa, our values and our personality and we hope you enjoy watching it!"
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Champagne de Venoge is to release a 1996 cuvée, Louis d'Or, in celebration of its 180 years of making fine wines.
This limited edition of the cuvée Louis XV, comes in a gold clad bottle, and is limited to 1837 bottles.
The cuvée Louis XV, the house's flagship champagne, is a tribute to the father of champagne. By authorising the sale and transport of the wines from Champagne in bottles in 1728, King Louis XV allowed in-bottle secondary fermentation, thereby creating the effervescence that champagne is known for.
This year, to celebrate its anniversary, the Louis XV has been transformed into the Louis d'Or, bottled in gold created for the occasion. It is composed exclusively of Grand Crus.
This limited edition is offered in a blue and gold case, the colours of King Louis XV and the Maison de Venoge. The Louis d'Or is available at quality wine merchants and at the de Venoge Champagne Bar, "l'Ecurie".


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Correction from Source: FORK to Administer Multi-Round IEO for MVU Token for MeVu Blockchain Betting Network
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Yesterday, FORK entered into a contract with MeVu to administer the IEO for its peer-to-peer wagering crypto asset MVU, which will be conducted over the course of multiple rounds on different exchanges. Offering bettors the ability to bet against one another (through Ethereum smart contracts) instead of betting against a central bookmaker, the MeVu betting platform has been developed to a usable live beta version. The MVU token provides access to the MeVu betting platform, and it acts as the proprietary currency for wagering transactions. From prior sale efforts, more than USD $350,000 was raised for the sale of 5,000,000 MVU (out of a total supply of 105,000,000 MVU). FORK has two different compensation models for its performance in administering the IEO, enabling the Company to earn MVU tokens as well as sale proceeds in fiat currencies and/or major cryptocurrencies.
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 8, 2019) - GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN MINING CORP. (CSE: FORK) (OTC: GBCHF) ("FORK" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that yesterday it has entered into an agreement with Toronto-based MeVu Inc. ("MeVu") to conduct an initial exchange offering ("IEO") for its MVU digital asset. MeVu has developed an Ethereum-based blockchain platform for peer-to-peer online wagering (http://mevu.bet) using smart contracts, which uses MVU as its official currency. Its platform matches counterparties for a given wager based on set odds, enabling each bettor to bet against one another (peer-to-peer) instead of betting against a central bookmaker (pari-mutuel). Under this model, bet payouts are subject to a much lower commission percentage (known as "vigorish" or "vig") compared to the industry standard among traditional bookmakers.
Following completion of the sale period for the AMR crypto asset during which approximately 80% of the sale allocation was purchased, FORK is utilizing the same strategies in its administration of the IEO for MVU in the interest of the sale's success. The IEO is to be conducted in multiple stages, each on different exchanges, availing a maximum of 55,000,000 MVU out of the total supply of 105,000,000 MVU. From prior MVU sale efforts by MeVu, more than USD $350,000 was raised for 5,000,000 MVU (between USD $0.07 and USD $0.08 per MVU).
Aside from offering bettors a discounted vigorish on wagers, the MeVu platform offers an "oracle" service to settle disputes as a method of assuring the platform's integrity. This provides bettors an overall comparable level of fairness to what they might expect in pari-mutuel wagering, resulting in an improved betting experience that is effectively without compromise. The beta version of MeVu's betting platform is currently live (https://dapp.mevu.bet/), allowing wagers on sports to include hockey, basketball, baseball, MMA, and esports. MeVu also has an active Telegram group (https://t.me/mevubet) with more than 18,000 users.
For its involvement in the IEO for MVU, FORK is under contract to receive base compensation of up to 3,000,000 MVU. This compensation will be paid according to a set schedule in which up to 1,500,000 MVU will be paid out with each USD $100,0001 raised (FORK will be paid 50% of all MVU tokens sold at each threshold, to a maximum of 1,500,000 MVU total), and a lump sum of 1,500,000 MVU will be paid out upon a cumulative total of USD $1,000,0002 being raised in the IEO. Furthermore, the Company shall be paid a 10% bonus on all sales from private investors introduced by FORK. This bonus is structured as 5% of all MVU sold (e.g. 100,000 MVU sold results in a 5,000 MVU bonus for FORK) and 5% of sale proceeds (e.g. USD $25,0003 purchase results in a USD $1,2504 bonus for FORK).
FORK President and CEO Shidan Gouran commented, "Administering token offerings has proven to be a great business focus for us, because we get to work with real innovators of crypto and blockchain, to bring their visions to the public marketplace. Aside from being in a very in-demand category with a ready-to-go minimum viable product, MeVu has already seen success to date with its MVU token sales of more than USD $350,000 for less than 5% of its token supply. We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with MeVu, and we look forward to a productive next few months as we carry out the IEO for them."
MeVu Project Leader and Co-Founder Kelvin Coelho added, "After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favour of legalized sports betting last year, there has been considerable interest from new entrants who want to get into this space. The trouble is, when sports betting is being offered in a venue like a casino, their operating overhead comes out of each bettor's winnings in the form of a higher vigorish, which nobody wants to give up if they don't have to. By combining the power of blockchain technology with a sustained demand for sports wagering, MeVu is addressing a real and persisting need in this growing ecosystem with a 'lean' approach that ultimately benefits the actual participants, and not the middlemen."
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About Global Blockchain Mining Corp.
With blockchain technology rapidly re-shaping the models of many companies, industries, and their business processes, Global Blockchain Mining Corp. ("FORK") places a focus on the common needs of early-stage blockchain adopters. Originally founded with a focus on crypto-mining, FORK has recently diversified its offerings by placing an emphasis on professional services such as developing and administering launches of tokens and digital assets. Adapting to changes in blockchain technology, FORK is also now utilizing its computing power to provide consensus services, such as the operation of masternodes, servicenodes, and witnesses which are alternative methods to cryptocurrency mining for generating and acquiring digital assets. . Investors, through their investment in the Company, are provided with exposure to these tokens, cryptocurrencies and digital assets without the lengthy, and complicated process that interested investors must undergo in order to gain exposure to these cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
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Last November's EFG London Jazz Festival concluded with a compelling double bill at the Royal Festival Hall to mark the 75th anniversary of the iconic Blue Note label. The evening featured an all-star band of the new generation of players on its roster with guitarist Lionel Loueke, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, bassist Derrick Hodge and drummer Kendrick Scott.
But the evening began with a spellbinding double piano duet between Robert Glasper and Jason Moran – who began by playing a Fats Waller-esque stride blues before spiralling off into an inspired hour of continuous improvisation that concluded with a suitably ethereal take on Herbie Hancock's 'Maiden Voyage'. For many festival goers this was among the highlights of the ten-day event.
The hour-long duo performance was recorded by BBC Radio 3's Jazz On 3 and will be broadcast on Monday 16 February at 11pm. The programme also includes an exclusive interview with both pianists who were put to the MP3 Shuffle test: putting their iPods on random mode and seeing what tracks come up and using them as the spark for conversation, with some interesting musical choices cropping up from the likes of Drake, Kim Burrell, Gregory Porter and Otha Turner.


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To Avoid School-Funding Shutdown, Kansas Governor Calls Special Session
By Daarel Burnette II on June 7, 2016 12:36 PM
There appears to be some movement in the showdown over K-12 funding in Kansas. After the state's supreme court last month once again ruled that the state's funding formula is inequitable and threatened to shut off funding to the schools as of next month, Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, announced on Twitter Tuesday morning that he will call a special session to attempt to satisfy the court.
I am calling a special session to keep Kansas schools open, despite the Court's threat to close them. https://t.co/rEL3TrT5Jj #ksleg
— Sam Brownback (@govsambrownback) June 7, 2016
For an entire week after the May 31 Gannon v. Kansas decision, the state's political leaders called the judges names, threatened to defy the ruling, and left school leaders researching ways to keep the schools open without state money.
The state doesn't have much to spend after a series of income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013, and the state's education department estimates it would cost Kansas around $51 million to keep the schools open. But the majority of the legislature is up for re-election this fall, and parents and teachers in the Sunflower State won't be happy if schools aren't open come July 1.
This week, the state's Democrats started a petition that would force a special session. Some Republicans have discussed changing the constitutional language so that the court can't shut down schools.
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Venezuela is the 10th-biggest oil producer in the world. It may have larger petroleum reserves than any other country.
Yet socialism has devastated the nation's economy to the point that there are shortages of food.
A large coalition of nations, including the United States, are on Guaido's side.
Maduro's response is straight out of the tinhorn dictator's playbook: He accuses President Donald Trump and other U.S. leaders of attempting to force out his lawful regime and install a puppet government.
Any military intervention against him will result in "a Vietnam worse than can be imagined," Maduro threatens.
Also familiar from the pages of history is the pro- and anti-Maduro lineup. Both Russia and China support him, while the vast majority of truly free nations do not.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin even had a couple of Russian navy ships pay a call to a Venezuelan port to demonstrate his solidarity.
What should the United States do to help the people of Venezuela? We don't know. But what not to do is very clear: Any form of U.S. military intervention could be a disaster for both Americans and Venezuelans.
Maduro has no hesitation in spilling blood, and the fact that many in his army see their futures as linked with his works in his favor.


While negotiation is one of the most crucial business skills to develop and develop well, it must be said that it is for many a rather painful part of the corporate world. Due to a potentially long list of reasons, a lot of otherwise extremely capable business people at all levels – from the junior salesperson all the way up to the CEO – simply don't like it.
I have had many colleagues and friends tell me over the years they are just not good negotiators – or "bargainers". You probably hear that latter term used more often on the personal front, like when you are on vacation and you get to haggle with a vendor over the price of some souvenir – something that many people simply dread.
While not quite the same thing as being seated opposite a potential client or vendor in an office setting, there are certainly some parallels. And studies will tell you this lack of comfort – or this extreme discomfort – comes in large part from lack of preparedness.
There are those who many would call "born negotiators", but upon closer look what the majority of those so-called "born negotiators" possess is simply the gift of gab. That alone won't actually help you too much when it comes down to the finer art of deal-making. What will, however, is the preparation. The true born negotiator is, in fact, the one who properly prepares for every encounter.
So let's start on that note before going into four other essentials that will help you find your negotiation comfort zone.
As the old saying goes – fail to prepare, prepare to fail – and this is definitely true at the negotiating table. I'm sure these particular words of advice will sound rather obvious, but we often forget that the reason something turned out to be easier than you thought it would be, or worked out in your favour, is because you prepared well for it.
A quick diversion here to make the point: public speaking. Again, those "born public speakers" are actually not those who have simply mastered the basic tips and tricks, but those who prepare well for each speech or presentation. You cannot after all be a good public speaker by turning up and asking what you are supposed to talk about, then trying to smooth talk your way through it.
The reason something turned out to be easier than you thought it would be is because you prepared well for it.
Instead, you research the material that will go into your presentation, pull it together in the most logical and engaging manner, then practise it till you make it look like there is no better authority on the subject than you. In other words, you worked extremely hard to make it look easy.
What does this mean for the negotiation process? Well it can be a number of things. And how you prepare depends on what side of the table you are sitting at (buyer or seller, for example) or what the negotiations are about.
Whatever the scenario, you need to prepare accordingly. Find out everything you can about the person or persons you will be holding discussions with; get as many details as you can about the product or service you might be buying and talk to others who have purchased it to see how much they paid; find out what you can about the pain points the potential buyer of your product or service is looking to address; and so on.
A frequent mistake people make when it comes to negotiating is to go in with the mindset that there has to be a winner and a loser – or that someone has to or will come out with a significant advantage. The problem is that anyone going into a negotiation feeling they must win or come out on top is unlikely to compromise enough to seal a fair deal; and equally, anyone concerned about "losing" is going to naturally be on the defensive, and may end up passing on a very legitimate and fair offer.
In his book, "Negotiation Boot Camp: How to Resolve Conflict, Satisfy Customers, and Make Better Deals", Ed Brodow says that he enters every single negotiation looking for a "win-win" outcome. Go for what you want, he says, but be prepared to give away what the other party wants too. Barrow says that not only will deal success rates improve with this attitude, but the style is essential to a positive working relationship between both parties long after negotiations have finished. And this is a very important point, because the closing of the deal is often just the start of a very important working relationship or partnership, and you wouldn't want that to begin with one party having hard feelings.
As the seller, this one starts by taking an honest look at what you are bringing to the table. If you are offering a product or service that is available elsewhere (which is pretty much always the case), then what is it that makes your package more attractive, and how exactly does a deal with you bring more value than a deal with one of your competitors? Only by knowing this can you find and then subsequently exploit any leverage over your competitors who are also negotiating with your prospect.
As buyers we are most of the time naturally sceptical, and we are all used to getting the same spiel from competing vendors. How are you truly different? Are you, in fact, any different? This one is very much based in reality. That is, if you are better than your competitors, you should be able to show that in the form of results through case studies or client references – or with the strong reputation you enjoy in the market. If you are on par with your competitors in terms of offering, then it quickly becomes a price war, which is often not much of a help to anyone's business.
The point is this: knowing what you're worth may be a bit of a wakeup call for you. You may not like what you see. In which case it is time to work on that product or service to improve it in order to give you that leverage next time. In other words, a good negotiator does actually have something of value to negotiate over, and no amount of smoke and mirrors will help cover up a mediocre offering.
Being a good negotiator is a lot like being a good detective – you need to ask the right questions and listen carefully to the answers for clues that will help solve your case. Or in this instance, help you close a deal with favourable terms. Call it "smart listening", but what it is about is uncovering what you need to hear. And maybe you won't uncover it too easily, in which case you have to probe with more questions.
That 70/30 listening rule is a great one (that is, listen 70% of the time and talk 30% of the time), but it means nothing if you are not getting the information you need. You have to be persistent and even dogged here. If the conversation is going in circles and you are not uncovering what you need to uncover, then you have to keep at it. Try different approaches, ask different questions, and if needed get much more direct.
You will never feel as though you are 100% informed. You simply cannot be. As a buyer, for example, it is only after you start using that product or service that you will see what the real value is. But it is your right and duty to get to a fairly comfortable place with respect to informed decision-making, and if that involves poking and prodding till the cows come home, so be it.
That 70/30 listening/talking rule is a great one, but it means nothing if you are not getting the information you need.
Somewhat leading off from point 4 above, do always be prepared to call quits on a negotiation. In fact, in your mind you should be more prepared to do this than find a deal. Too many things can go wrong with a purchase or a sale or a partnership, so without a satisfactory level of comfort, it is not worth it. Having the "walk away" option is one way to ensure you don't say yes under too much pressure.
Now this is not to imply in any way that you should be too quick to call it quits. Negotiations will often be drawn out and require a lot of back and forth and will generally have a fair number of hurdles that need to be overcome. Those win-win scenarios that bring the most long-term benefits are almost never quickly and easily decided. In fact, the bigger the deal and the greater or more impactful the long-term gains may be, the more there is to discuss through in advance. In short, the more there is to win or lose.
There are great business lessons to be learned from reading about Houdini. He was known for making his escapes look so easy and effortless that people were sure he was aided by some sort of magical powers. The truth, however, is that his tricks were often incredibly gruelling and required tremendous physical ability, and Houdini practised and prepared until the execution was perfect.
Negotiation is one of those things that the more prepared you are, the more confidence you have, and the greater the likelihood of a favourable outcome. So of all the tips presented here, I will stress that point 1 is the one you need to keep in mind above all others. Each and every negotiation you go into will be different, so you want to exhaust yourself with preparation to make the discussions all that much easier.


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REVEALWEB: The National Database of Resources in Accessible Formats
In 1999, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport made a grant of £200,000, to be administered by the Library and Information Commission, to improve library and information services for visually impaired people.
The Library and Information Commission and Share the Vision drew up a programme of key projects to deliver the objectives of the grant funding. Each project deals with a specific area where improvements to service can be made.
As part of the programme, UKOLN was commissioned to undertake a study to review the role of a national union database of resources in accessible formats and to make a technical specification of the data elements required. It was recommended that the existing database should be made completely accessible and comprehensive, and that it should be relaunched on the web at Reveal.
The study took place between September and December 1999. A report was submitted to the Steering Committee in January 2000 and the recommendations accepted. The full text of the report and an accompanying briefing paper are available in Word7 and pdf formats.
A feasibility study was carried out to develop a managment structure, business plan and technical system specification for the Reveal database. UKOLN was one of the partners for the study, working with the National Library for the Blind, the Royal National Institute for the Blind and an independent library automation consultant. The study was funded through a grant awarded by the British Library Co-operation and Partnership Programme and took place between May and September 2000 [press release] An edited text of the report and an accompanying study evaluation are available in Word7 format (pdf versions will also be made available shortly).
Further development work has continued with a full specification of the bibliographic standard and a technical specification for the system. A Joint Management Group, with representatives of NLB, RNIB and resource was set up in the autumn of 2003 and Geac were contracted to supply the system. The database structure is in place and test downloads of data were made during the spring and early summer of 2003. Data was then merged, cleaned and enhanced ready for the launch of the first stage of Reveal on 16 September 2003. In 2005 Revealweb was praised in a House of Commons Select Committee Report and commended in the Jodi Mattes Awards.
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Content by: Ann Chapman of UKOLN.
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News of the Week April 29, 1916 -- April 29, 2016
The 29-April-1916 Motography featured "News of the Week as Shown in Films," with items from current newsreels.
"just a sample of preparedness at Fort Scott, California. Infantry at drill before a Selig-Tribune camera." Fort Winfield Scott was established within the Presidio of San Francisco to command the Artillery District of San Francisco. After World War II, Fort Scott became a sub-post of the Presidio. My father was stationed here. "Preparedness" became a popular term as events led towards the US entering the Great War.
"When the 'bos'un' pipes "Coal Ship" the boys get busy. Caught at Guantanamo Bay by a Pathe man." Coal burning warships were coaled (loaded with coal) by their crews.
"Fifteen automobile ambulances for service in the battle fields of Russia, the gift of the American Red Cross. Pathe." An Orthodox priest blesses the new ambulances.
"Uncle Same is make new arms and legs for the crippled soldiers in Europe. British supervisor at work. Universal." The war led to much new development in the science and art of prosthetics.
"How the Selig-Tribune gathers Chicago camera news for its semi-weekly. Editor Jack Wheeler with driver." Someone who knows more about autos could probably identify this one.
"Unloading supplies from the States of the U.S.A. field headquarters at Cascas Grande, Mexico. Mutual News." The Punitive Expedition chasing Pancho Villa established its headquarters at Casas Grandes, Mexico.
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Labels: First World War, Great War, Mexico, News of the Week, newsreel, Pancho Villa, WW1, WWI
Ann-Margaret 75 -- April 28, 2016
Eighth Wonder of the World Ann-Margaret was born seventy-five years ago today, on 28-April-1941. She has been nominated for Academy Awards and Grammys and she has won Emmys and Golden Globes. She projects a wildly sexy image.
But I haven't mentioned movies yet. She was in Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley, Carnal Knowledge and Tommy.
Labels: Ann-Margaret, The Who, Tommy
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in The Scottish Play -- April 23, 2016
Moving Picture News, 26-February-1916
Today is the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, on 23-April-1616. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, a famous British actor, came to Hollywood in 1916, the 300th anniversary, to play MacBeth for Triangle under the supervision of DW Griffith. In My Autobiography, Charlie Chaplin wrote about how one of Tree's daughters was hot for Charlie. Constance Collier played Lady MacBeth. I like the image of Wilfred Lucas as MacDuff.
Motography, 05-February-1916
Labels: Charlie Chaplin, Constance Collier, DW Griffith, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Shakespeare, Triangle Film Corporation
"The good ship Jerome Jones taking to the water for the first time, at Bath, Maine. Pathe News." Jerome Jones, a five-masted schooner, was launched on 31-March-1916 by GG Deering.
"Raw! Raw! for Hawvahd! The crimson crew off for first spring practice, and Captain D. P. Morgan." The Crimson crew went on to win the 23-June-1916 regatta against Yale.
"The allies of Uncle Sam in the 'Mexican war.' Troops of Carranza at a noontime pause. Selig-Tribune." Venustiano Carranza was the leader of the Constitutionlists during the Mexican Revolution and President under the new constitution in 1917.
"Ambulance of Troop G, Eighth Cavalry, picking up wounded in Mexico. Caught by a Mutual camera reporter." The 8th Cavalry Regiment participated in the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa.
"The triple train wreck near Amerst, Ohio, recently in which twenty-five persons were killed. Pathe News." On 29-March-1916, three New York Central trains ran into each other in a thick fog. About 30 people died. The trains included the Twentieth Century Limited.
"'Getting Villa' American cavalry working their way into the mountains of Mexico. Hearst-Vitagraph Pictorial." Pancho Villa withdrew to the mountains to avoid pursuing US cavalry.
Labels: Mexico, News of the Week, newsreel, Pancho Villa
When the Earth Trembled -- April 18, 2016
The Motion Picture Story Magazine, September, 1913
"When the Earth Trembled" was a 1913 Lubin three-reeler which included the 1906 Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco among its events. Reviewers remarked on how long it was and how effective were the "mechanical effects."
Motion Picture News, 29-November-1913
Labels: 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Lubin Manufacturing Company
"Not a submarine victim. The wreck of the 'Herman Winter' off Boston. From the Selig-Tribune News Films." SS Herman Winter, carrying 800 bales of cotton, caught fire on 14-March-1916.
"Flyers are not so light on their 'feet.' Freighting one of Uncle Sam's 'planes to Mexico. Pathe News." The First Aero Squadron used Curtiss JN3s to perform liaison duties and aerial reconnaissance for the punitive expedition.
"Uncle Sam's boys receiving supplies on the troublesome Mexican border. Scene from Hearst-Vitagraph News." On 09-March-1916, Pancho Villa attached the town of Columbus, New Mexico:
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"Rescue of an adventurous horse who plunged into a New York subway. Taken from the Universal Weekly." Sources say that the pavement had to be cut away to free the horse.
"The first United States dirigible navy airshop, just previous to its first trials. Pathe News." This looks like the DN-1, which was based on the Parseval type, but it didn't makes its first flight until 1917.
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/parseval-airship-february-1-2011.html
"Specialists in the business of war. Scene in the trenches at Solmka, from the Hearst-Vitagraph News." In 1915, an Allied expeditionary force occupied the Greek port of Salonika to support the Serbians.
Labels: DN-1, First World War, Great War, Mexico, News of the Week, newsreel, Pancho Villa, Parseval, WW1, WWI
Wallace Reid 125 -- April 15, 2016
Cine-Mundial, May, 1921
Happy 125th birthday to actor Wallace Reid who was born on 15-April-1891. He died tragically young on 18-January-1923.
Everything I have read about him says what a nice guy he was, and I don't think it was just people who were trying not to speak ill of the dead.
He worked for DW Griffith, having important parts in Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. He starred in many comedies, including several that involved auto racing.
He was injured in a train wreck and became addicted to morphine. This led to his early death.
I have enjoyed all of his movies that I have seen.
Motography, 23-October-1915
Photoplay, January, 1921
Labels: Birth of a Nation, BOAN, DW Griffith, Intolerance, Wallace Reid
Julie Christie 75 -- April 14, 2016
Happy 75th birthday to beautiful British actress Julie Christie, who was born on 14-April-1941.
When the recent adaption of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd opened, I was telling my wife and daughter about a comment by Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle. I explained that Bathsheba Everdene had a problem, that every man she met fell madly in love with her. "What a terrible problem to have," said my daughter; I detected a hint of sarcasm.
Mick LaSalle wrote: "The ultimate failure of Far From the Madding Crowd, the latest screen adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel, resides mainly in an area almost too delicate to mention. But as there's no gain in hinting or talking around the issue, there's really no alternative ... In the 1967 adaptation, directed by John Schlesinger, Bathsheba was played by Julie Christie, so the spectacle of grown men falling all over themselves made perfect sense.
"In this new version, Bathsheba is played by ... Carey Mulligan.
"Now let's just say straight out that it's hardly unthinkable that a man could be in love with Carey Mulligan. Nor is it outside the realm of possibility that three men could be in love with Carey Mulligan. But three for three? Three out of three implies four out of four. It implies an irresistible force, capable of ensnaring anyone. But that force isn't there. If it could be acted, Mulligan could do it — she's a fine actress. But charm on that scale can't be acted. It's either there or it's not."
Coincidentally, Julie Christie was born on the same page as disgraced baseball player Pete Rose. I find it difficult to think of two people who could be more different.
Labels: Julie Christie
Colonel Tim McCoy 125 -- April 10, 2016
Happy 125th birthday to western star Colonel Tim McCoy. He was born in Michigan on 10-April-1891. He became a rancher in Wyoming and got to know the Native American tribes, treating them with respect. They taught him to talk sign.
He served in the US Army during World War One. After the war, he became Adjutant General of the Wyoming National Guard. He served in the Army again during World War Two.
He got involved in movies by serving as a consultant on the silent epic The Covered Wagon. He starred in a series of silent features for MGM. When talkies came, he worked for Columbia and lesser studios. After the war, he performed on an early television show, teaching children about western history.
I own a copy of his memoirs, Tim McCoy Remembers the West. He spoke very respectfully of the Native Americans he knew and worked with. He reminds me a lot of a couple of my uncles, what they used to call a straight arrow.
Moving Picture Magazine, August, 1928
Labels: Tim McCoy, western, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
News of the Week April 8, 1916 -- April 8, 2016
"Chubby little future Jess Wiilards being weighed at Chicago's Baby Week. A scene from the Universal Weekly." National Better Baby Week took place in March, 1916. Jess Willard was the very large heavyweight champion.
"One of the many varieties of gas masks used in the European war. Pathe News Weekly." Gas warfare took place starting early in the war. I'm not sure this is a soldier in a gas mask. It may be a Red Cross worker spraying disinfectant.
"Seminole Indians give the Sun Dance before a big society affair at West Palm Beach, Florida. Selig-Tribune. " The Seminole Sun Dance was a festival held in West Palm Beach from 1916 to 1923 to try to get people to come to Florida.
"The cause of the Mexican war of 1916. Funeral of the Columbus raid victimes. Hearst-Vitagraph News." On 09-March-1916, Pancho Villa attached the town of Columbus, New Mexico:
"All aboard the 'Aero sled' and we're off at forty miles an hour. From the Mutual Weekly." Not long after World War One, an older uncle of mine and some of his friends put an airplane engine and propeller on an ice boat. He said it was a wonder they didn't get killed.
"These mermaids of Long Beach, California, may look 'tired' but they're not. The tires hold 'em up. Pathé." Bad pun.
Labels: First World War, Great War, News of the Week, newsreel, Pancho Villa, WW1, WWI
Gregory Peck 100 -- April 5, 2016
Actor Gregory Peck was born 100 years ago, on 05-April-1916. He began acting while attending Cal Berkeley. He went to New York to pursue acting and became a life long friend of Lauren Bacall.
In movies, he usually played a solid American man, often one with noble qualities. His most noble performance was as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Roman Holiday is one of my daughter's favorite movies.
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"The 'boys' at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, near Chicago, awaiting the order to entrain to Mexico. Selig-Tribune." These soldiers may have joined the punitive expedition against Pancho Villa. Fort Sheridan closed in 1993.
"Looks like spring! Larry Doyle, 'king of second baseman' of New York Giants, at early practice. Mutual Weekly." New York Giant Laughing Larry Doyle won the batting title in 1915.
"A thousand dollars for a dress design. J. A. Pugh presenting prize to (M)arguerite Johnson, after the Chicago dress-making contest. Universal Weekly." Commodore James Pugh put up a $1000 reward for the best American-designed gown.
"Hattie is a dainty girl, but she enjoys playing 'horse' in the snow with the keepers of Central Park, New York. Pathe News." It looks as if Hattie is pulling a snow plow.
"This picture, from the Pathe Weekly, gives an idea of how Villa and his men put the '___l' in Columbus, New Mex." On 09-March-1916, Pancho Villa attached the town of Columbus, New Mexico:
"This is said to be a good sample of the troops Villa has gathered about him. Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial."
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Labels: News of the Week, newsreel, Pancho Villa
The New Miss Marple -- April 1, 2016
The new Miss Marple movie, Vengeance at the Vicarage, has been delayed because Agatha Christie has objected to the script, adapted by Mickey Spillane.
Labels: Agatha Christie, April Fool's Day, Mickey Spillane, Miss Marple
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in The Scottish Play -- ...