When a man has some time off from work, alone with just his thoughts, how does he fill his days? Does he write the great American novel? Spend more time with children? Work out incessantly at the gym? All noble pursuits I'm sure, but when personally faced this challenge, instead of choosing bourgeois intellectualism, coddling or vanity, I bravely opted to spend to my last vestiges of freedom (I was "in between jobs" as they say) wandering the cafes of Park Slope, asking baristas how much they charge for iced coffee and then abruptly walking out. Sure it sounds crazy, and to a man, I'm sure it is, but… OK, now I've lost my train of thought.
My route was more a less a rectangle that encompassed my slightly geographically biased version of Park Slope. To the South, I went down as far as 15th street, chosen not only because it more or less represents the end of Park Slope proper, but also because it manages to encompass such "hot" iced coffee spots as Parco, Grumpy and Cafe Regular South. To the North, I went all the way up to the Flatbush and even cheated a little out of Park Slope with the Zip Car friendly (and reasonably priced) Heights Coffee. To the West, I only went as far as 5th Ave, though I had planned to include 4th Ave's Root Hill and newcomer Zora, but I just ran out of steam. To the East, I went as far as 7th Ave, because let's face it, on 8th Ave, it's pretty slim pickins until you get down past 9th St, and once again, I've only got so much energy. Also, as far as what establishments I actually chose to go into, I mostly frequented coffee shops, cafes and bagel delis, or as I thought to myself, the places one might reasonably go into to get a cup of iced coffee. I did not go into bodegas, mostly because: 1) I had to draw the line somewhere, and 2) I've never had iced coffee at a bodega, so I figured the man on the B63 probably doesn't get his iced coffee there either. Now, I'm no Nate Silver, but here are a few of things I learned through my explorations of the dark and seedy beany underbelly of Park Slope's iced coffee joints.
The best iced coffee bang for your buck in The Slope (out of all the places I visited) is at a place known for it's chilled menu items, but not necessarily its coffee. For $1.75 at Haagen-Dazs on 7th Ave, you can wash down your double scoop of rum raisin ice cream with a 22oz cup of chilled joe, that's a mere 7.9 cents per ounce folks.
The largest "large" iced coffee is at Dunkin' Donuts on 5th Ave and it's a bladder busting 32ozs, which is equivalent to 4 cups, 2 pints, 1 quart, .95 litres or 1/4 gallon of cold java. A Dunkin' Donuts large is also the second best deal on my list at $2.89 for 32oz, or 9 cents per ounce.
One of the most expensive cups of iced coffee in The Slope (out of all the establishments I surveyed) is at Get Fresh on 5th Ave where $3.30 buys you a 12oz cup of cold brewed Stumptown (27.5 cents per ounce). UPDATE 1 (08/18/10): The owner of Get Fresh posted in the comments and informed me that they actually serve a 16oz sized cup of iced coffee. That would still make them the highest priced 16oz cup on the list, but it's certainly a lot less offensive than $3.30 for 12ozs. I'll confirm this next time I go by the restaurant and update the list accordingly. UPDATE 2 (08/25/10): As of today, Get Fresh sells a 16oz iced coffee for $2.50, so either: 1) I was misinformed the first time I went in, 2) prices have changed, or 3) I made a mistake!
The most expensive 16oz small is $3.25 at Cafe Regular (7th Ave), Lucas Fine Foods and Cafe Grumpy.
The least expensive 16oz small is $1.65 at The Bagel Hole on 7th Ave South. Area Bagels, Yogo Monster and 7th Ave Donuts Luncheonette all sell a 16oz cup for a reasonable $1.75 (admittedly none of these places would be my first choices for coffee).
The most expensive 24oz large is $3.50 at Tea Lounge and S'nice. However, to be fair, Ozzie's on 5th, sells a 20oz "large" iced coffee for an even pricier $3.75.
Cafe Regular North and South charge different prices for the same cup of iced coffee, $2.75 on 5th vs. $3.25 on 7th.
Ozzie's 5th Ave charges more for a large iced coffee than Ozzie's 7th Ave, $3.75 on 5th vs. $3.50 on 7th.
A Starbucks "grande" is really the same size as a small iced coffee (16oz) most everywhere else. A 12oz or "tall" iced coffee is actually sold at very few places.
Barnes and Noble and Starbucks, both sell the same Starbucks coffee in the same sized cups, but a "tall" is cheaper at Starbucks and a "venti" is cheaper at Barnes & Noble.
Connecticut Muffin, (Starbucks' across the street neighbor and local competition), charges more ($2.65 vs. $2.45) for a "small" iced coffee (the equivalent of a Starbucks "grande") but the same amount for a large $2.95 (the equivalent of a Starbucks "venti").
Because of Archimedes Principle, if you order ice with your iced coffee, you are never the getting the full amount of the beverage listed on the cup size. At Starbucks, the rule of thumb is to fill it half with coffee and half with ice, which means a "grande" iced coffee is only about 8oz of liquid, or 1 cup.
In general, if you're paying less than $3.00 for a large (24oz) iced coffee, I would say you're not being ripped off.
Having said all of that, as I'm sure most of you know, you cannot put a price on deliciousness. While I can't say I've sampled the wares at all of the establishments listed below, for my money I like the iced coffee at Naidre's on 7th Ave (it's not the best deal on the list, but it's always tasty). Also, though it's expensive as hell, the ginger and rosehip(?) infused iced tea at Get Fresh on 5th Ave, was the best non-coffee drink I had during my outings.
More iced coffee prices and establishments after the jump.
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this is great! i've been grumbling all summer about the prices, quality, size, etc. glad you were "in-between jobs" to put this together. come to clinton hill/ft. greene/prospect heights next!
Thanks Julie! Though it was a labor or love (or maybe obsession) I'm not sure I've got the energy to do it all over again.
This is badass. FYI, Southside at 6th Ave and 18th St. is the best iced coffee I've had in the Slope (albeit a little pricey).
I'll have to check it out! But how much is it?
@dave As far as I know, Gorilla, Grumpy and Get Fresh all have cold brewed iced coffee. I can't say that anywhere else does definitively, though I would imagine that both Cafe Regulars have it, as well as Cafe Martin, and one helpful commenter (who totally doesn't look like a shill) mentioned that Leaf'n Bean also has cold brewed iced coffee.
Our iced coffee is cold brewed, which is a process that requires 24 hours and is only served through the next 6 hours, wherein, a new brew is used.
We have always used a 16 oz. biodegradable cup- not a 12 oz. cup. This may have been an error on our part, if this is what was given to you or quoted by us.
We only use local/organic milk and simple syrup made from organic evaporated cane or we offer agave.
And most importantly, we give you service with a great big smile.
@Juvenito I'll double check cup size next time I pass by the shop. I tried to be as accurate as possible when making my rounds, but mistakes may have been made, by servers or possibly (gasp) by me.
You forgot the iced coffee at Blue Sky Bakery on 5th. Not a "coffee place" you might think of, but in my opinion the best in the Slope. Certainly stronger than many other weak brews, and @ $2 if I recall.
A real standout iced coffee is in Boerum Hill at One Girl Cookie, where the ice is made from decaf coffee, so your brew doesn't get watered down.
@Sloper I didn't actually forget Blue Sky, but it was closed when I walked by (that place is closed a lot). There was one place I actually never got to in the nabe by accident, Cafe DuCharme, just off of 5th Ave on President http://bit.ly/9Tiboz.
FYI, Red Horse Cafe on 6th Ave S uses coffee in their ice cubes as well.
Have to agree about Blue Sky. And the coffee is an extra free bonus when you fill up your muffin card.
They are open every day until early afternoon, when they sell out of baked goods. Usually around 2-3pm.
Thanks for the tip about Red Cactus!
Just tried the cold brewed ice coffee at Leaf and Bean. Wow, it was good and it's only $2.00.
Hi Bumper Shine… thanks so much for mentioning Naidre's! We sometimes get overlooked in these types of things because the previous owner focused more on the food than the coffee, so in it's first 7 years, Naidre's was never seen as a real coffee contender. When I bought out the original Naidre 3 years ago, I was determined for our coffee, espresso, service and barista skills to be much better and to be taken seriously (and of course, keep the food as amazing as it was under the previous owner). We believe we have achieved our goal, and yet are always trying to improve, on the coffee, the latte art, and our espresso along with soon to arrive new espresso machines.. Besides our regular coffee, our new OMG! Espresso blend is something we're really proud of, and makes a wonderful, strong iced Americano, for about the same price as our medium cold-brew.
We think our cold-brewed iced coffee is something special. I know, I know, we're not the cheapest, but we have a really great product. Our coffee is roasted locally at Porto Rico Importing, and our house blend is organic & fair trade. Cold-brewing requires a lot of extra prep, you can't be stingy with the amount of grinds you put in there, and it requires a full 24 hours in the refrigerator before it can be served. I think our cold-brew stands up to the ice and has a wonderful, sweet flavor.
I'm so happy you liked it, and thanks again for the mention in your article! Please introduce yourself next time you come by the cafe!
– There's plain old iced coffee… brewed hot coffee, that is left to cool. Meh. Drink it hot, or don't drink it. If you heat-brewed it yesterday, I don't want to drink it today.
– Then there's cold-brewed iced coffee… takes more coffee to make, requires a lot more prep. The ground coffee is never heated, it's allowed to steep for at least 24 hours in the fridge, creating a very sweet, flavorful coffee with about a 70% reduction in acidity. Taste it before you start adding milk and sugar, you'll be surprised at how much less you need, or none at all! This is true iced coffee! It can even be enjoyed by people with acid reflux. Perhaps that's TMI, but a lot of people who love coffee and can't drink it, can drink this.
– Then there's an iced Americano… this is what is meant by 'brewed to order' (unless you're throwing hot brewed coffee over ice which is something no one should ever have to drink!). An iced Americano is espresso with cold water over ice. It's not an apples to apples comparison with iced coffee, it's a different product, as is drip coffee with milk vs a latte. You can have this "individually brewed' at any espresso bar, and it surprises me A) how many people don't even know about it, and B) how many people think it's just 'really strong iced coffee", which leaves out the skill of the barista. IMHO, it rightfully belongs in an espresso comparison. It's a great iced drink though (my personal favorite)… add a splash of vanilla, and it's heaven!
NYS does not require charging sales tax on coffee or tea.
So my prices do not, and everyone else's should not, charge sales tax. If you are being charged tax on coffee, you are being ripped off.
This applies to 'to go' items only.
@Janice Thanks for all your comments. To be fair, I made a lot of assumptions about sales tax at the various locations I visited as I wasn't aware of the law. Having said that, I am almost 100% positive (see the receipts above) that Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts charge tax on their coffee.
PS I've always wondered why coffee stir sticks and the sweeteners aren't in the same spot at Naidre's?
Wait. . . You totally missed Cousin John's.
@northsloper Look again, it's actually first on my list.
@bumpershine. On the sales tax, you know it's written in such a confusing way. Hey, I at least hope I'm right!
Anyway, on the sweeteners, it's a good question. Here's the reason. It's only the artificial ones we keep by the register. The regular sugar, natural sugar, agave etc… are at the coffee prep area. The reason for this is because those items, equal, sweet n' low and splenda are expensive, and when we had them in bins at the other side of the counter, well, let's just say we went through them a lot faster. When we changed the location, it reduced a consistent weekly purchase of these products, to only buying a case every 4-5 weeks. A dramatic difference. Sad but true.
The Fair Trade iced coffee at Little Buddy on 5th Avenue and 18th (?) Street is REALLY good.
@chbs Alas, I never made it past 15th st.
As previously mentioned, Southside is good but $3.25 for 16 oz.
Baba's Deli on 5th b/t 16th and Prospect has a surprisingly good 24 oz cup for two bucks.
Root Hill Cafe is $2.75 for a large Stumptown and has awesome service.
Has Beans has a 24 oz for $3.25.
@Dan Thanks for the info, I was this close to checking out Root Hill, but it was incredibly hot that day and I just couldn't bring myself to cross 4th Ave. A lot of people I talk to also like the iced coffee at the Dub Pie Shop in Windsor Terrace.
Ozzie's on 7th isn't cheaper than Ozzie's on 5th. They both charge 3.00 for 16oz.
@jaymay Thanks, I was actually going to recheck the prices at Ozzie's 7th Ave because I wasn't sure about that one. I've updated the list.
Wow. This is so thorough- you hit the major coffee spots right in my neighborhood. Thanks, Dave!
Tea Lounge prices include tax.
Thanks, I'll update the list.


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I am finding difficulty in writing the UDF for above mention breakage and coalescence models. Because these models have integration/double integration in their formulation. In few research article, they have solve that integration by incomplete gamma function. Again how to express incomplete gamma function in fluent is not known to me. If you know the way how to write that, it will be great help. I am attaching a research article where this integration is solved by incomplete gamma function.
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Can you please provide me the syntax that has been used for the above mention breakage and coalescence models. Especially for incomplete gamma function. i have attached a photocopy for the same.
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The Ankum Heights (), also called the Fürstenau Hills (Fürstenauer Berge), are a ridge of hills up to 140 m high in the western part of the state of Lower Saxony on the North German Plain.

Geography

The densely forested Ankum Heights, which are about  long and only a few kilometres wide, lies roughly  north-northwest of the city of Osnabrück on the boundary of the districts of Emsland and Osnabrück between Herzlake to the northwest and Bramsche to the southeast, Fürstenau in the southwest and Bersenbrück in the northeast. The southeastern foothills of the ridge, which form the northwestern part of the North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park reach almost as far as the Alfsee lake.

East of the Ankum Heights are the Damme Hills, to the southeast are the west-northwestern outliers of the Wiehen Hills, to the south is Tecklenburg Land and the northwestern outliers of the Teutoburg Forest, to the west the Lingen Heights and the Emsland, in the northwest the Hümmling and to the north the Oldenburg Münsterland.

Geology
The Ankum Heights are part of a series of ice age end moraines from the early part of the Saale glaciation, the so-called Drenthe I stage. The Lingen Heights, the Damme Hills, the Kellenberg and the Brelinger Berg also belong to this push moraine, also called the Rehburg Phase, which can be dated to about 230,000 years ago. The Rehburg Hills by the lake of the Steinhuder Meer, are not, however, part of the moraine.

Together with their almost symmetrical counterpart, the Damme Hills, the Ankum Heights display the most marked glacial lobes of this push moraine. It filled the lowland bay of the Artland.

History
Several tumuli indicate that the Ankum Heights were already occupied in prehistoric times.

Transport links
The Ankum Heights may be reached from the B 68 federal road, which passes the ridge to the east, the B 218, which runs along the southwestern edge of the feature, the 214, which crosses it from west to east, and the B 402, which runs west of the Ankum Heights. A number of local  Landesstraßen and Kreisstraßen roads branch off the B roads and lead to the ridge.

Hills
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Waterbodies

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 Hase, passing the Ankum Heights to the east; an eastern tributary of the Ems
 Fürstenauer Mühlenbach, rises in the middle of the Heights; an eastern tributary of the Deeper Aa in the catchment area of the Großer Aa
 Ueffelner Aue, rises in the southeast of the Heights; southwestern tributary of the Hase
 Weeser Aa, rises in the southeast, upper course of the Halverder Aa in the catchment area of the Großer Aa

Villages

Ridges of Lower Saxony
Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony
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My engagement with TB began three years ago, when the Global Coalition Against TB (GCAT), then known as the National Forum on TB, was instituted in New Delhi. What struck me most strongly was the fact that this was no new disease. It was ancient, well-known and familiar, and most importantly, preventable and treatable. It was unacceptable to me and many of my parliamentary and political colleagues that such a disease be allowed to infect and kill our fellow citizens.
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DELHI, INDIA - JUNE 7: Maniha, 9, a tuberculosis (TB) patient for four months, holds her medication at her home after a counselor from operation ASHA ('hope' in Hindi) visited her to give the medication as she is to weak to walk to a treatment center on June 7, 2011, in New Delhi, India. NGOs such as ASHA set up TB treatment centers in the heart of low income communities and slums attempting to treat TB at the source so patients get their medications close to their homes, decreasing the default rates. Lower default rates decrease the risk of multi drug resistant MDR TB, which develops during treatment of fully sensitive TB when the course of antibiotics is interrupted and the levels of drug in the body are insufficient to kill 100% of bacteria. To prevent this, ASHA counselors implement the Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS) program, where the drug providers watch the patient receive each dose of their medication. Inadequate access to safe water, sanitation, poor quality housing with bad ventilation, and overcrowding all contribute to the spreading of TB in urban areas. TB is one of the leading causes of mortality in India, killing 2 people every three minutes, nearly 1,000 every day. India currently has 3.5 million people affected by the disease. ASHA hopes to treat 25,000 patients annually by 2013 with support from the World Health Organization. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)
One of the most amazing phenomena of our times is how a global crisis or challenge galvanises all of us into action, regardless of political, social, cultural or national boundaries. Today, multiple threats to our existence, particularly in public health, have emerged as common challenges that we must unite to overcome. My belief in this was reaffirmed as I participated in multi-lateral deliberations on tuberculosis (TB) at the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town, South Africa.
My engagement with TB began three years ago, when the Global Coalition Against TB (GCAT), then known as the National Forum on TB, was instituted in New Delhi. TB was brought to my attention as a disease that affects millions of people every year, and kills hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. What struck me most strongly was the fact that this was no new disease. It was ancient, well-known and familiar, and most importantly, preventable and treatable. It was unacceptable to me and many of my parliamentary and political colleagues that such a disease be allowed to infect and kill our fellow citizens.
Pilot projects in Mumbai, Patna and Mehsana are showing the way forward for addressing TB through public-private partnerships.
The TB bacillus infected 2.2 million Indians in 2014, out of a total incidence of 9.6 million worldwide. This number does not include the "missing million", those patients who are off the radar of officially recorded TB cases. With the highest burden of TB in the world, it thus falls on India to take the most proactive and decisive steps in the global fight to end TB.
While India has indeed taken great strides forward in its campaign for TB prevention, care and control, particularly through the flagship Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), the current rate of TB incidence is proof that we have a lot more to do. India banned the inaccurate serology tests for TB diagnosis in 2012, and declared TB a notified disease in the same year. Questions are now regularly raised in Parliament about the status and progress of the TB programme nationally and in the states. Pilot projects in Mumbai, Patna and Mehsana are showing the way forward for addressing TB through public-private partnerships. At last year's Union conference, the government of India led from the front in calling out to the global TB community to put an end to TB. The RNTCP has also established the Nikshay web portal for TB case notification, accessible to all practitioners across the country. However, there remain gaps in implementation that urgently need to be addressed.
The adoption of best practices from around the globe, including the uptake of state-of-the-art technological platforms, is essential towards the evolution and development of more efficacious TB control strategies. In the course of our participation at the Union Conferences in 2013 and 2014, we at GCAT have been exposed to many inspiring and innovative learnings from across the world, which in turn inform our advocacy activities in India.
This year, the Union Conference brought us to South Africa, a pioneer in innovation for TB prevention and control. Our interactions with leading members of the global TB community, as well as leading policymakers from South Africa, have enriched our understanding of the global TB landscape, and better equipped us to address the disease in India.
We, as citizens of the world, have resolved to make it TB-free by 2035. Post the Union Conference in Cape Town, I approach this daunting target with renewed hope.
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A budget is not just good to have, it is essential. Having a budget means you know exactly what money you have, what money you owe, and what money you have left after expenses. You can either wonder where your money went to at the end of the month, or you can make a budget at the beginning of the month and tell your money exactly where to go. Here is how to make a budget.
Your net income is the amount of money you make after tax, deductions and any other thing attached to your salary. It is the actual amount you will be working with. You need to include all sources of income that is your salary, side business, money coming in from the farm back at home and all that. Putting down all your sources of income gives a clear picture of just how much money you really have. More often than not, people overestimate the amount of money coming in especially if they have several sources of income. Never overestimate your income.
Make a list on everything you spend money on. From the rent, mortgage, car payments, utilities, groceries, loan repayments insurance to money you spend on entertainment and petty spending. If you pay for it or buy it, record it. If you have a fixed saving account, contribute consistently to a chama, tithe or regularly send money to a dependent, include it here.
Then divide this list into fixed and variables. Fixed are those that remain relatively the same all through the month like rent and school fees. The list of variables are things where your spending on them varies from month to month like groceries, entertainment, and this list should also have the non-essentials. It will come in handy when making adjustments.
This step is as simple as elementary month. You will subtract your expenses from your total income. If you have surplus, you are in luck. Do not start inventing new expenses to splurge on. Jump straight to the next step.
If your answer is a negative, that is, if you spend more than you make, it means you are in debt. You must go back and adjust your expenses. Start with the variables. Find anything that you can spend less on or slash out of the budget completely. You are at a precarious place my friend, so get creative. Do not hold on to anything that is not essential. If you continue down this path, it will not be long before you are completely in over your head in debt.
Wipe away that self-satisfied smirk off your face if your expenses and income balance off. You are one minor incident away from bankruptcy. What happens if the fuel cost rises by 16% in the middle of the month or your TV breaks down? Your entire budget will be thrown out of sorts and you will start borrowing.
The best position to be in is to have an excess of at least a quarter of your expenses. This excess will be used to build your emergency fund, to prepare for the future and to finance your dream.
Remember that list of expenses, lets deal with the variables first. Depending on how much you need, cut down costs on the list of variables. You will need to sacrifice even more if you are living in debt or spending all or almost all that you earn. Do not hold on to any luxuries you cannot afford.
If that is still not enough, you may need to get into a radical debt repayment program. I recommend The Financial Diet debt repayment plan or my personal favorite The Dave Ramsey Debt Snow Ball. The latter has been used by millions of people all over the world to set them free from debt and to live free from financial stress.
It is important to also think about long term and short term financial goals. The most important being having an emergency fund. An emergency fund is money set aside to cover unforeseen circumstances like funeral expenses, loss of a job or unexpected illness. It should have at least three to six months' worth of day to day essential expenses. This should be a short term financial goal. The next most important financial goal is paying off all debts.
In this stage you have to think about retirement, investments and savings. I personally think that if you set goals you will find ways to achieve them. So while other people total their expenses first then adjust their goals according to what money left over, I like to make the goals and think of it as an expense when totaling my expenses so that I can adjust my spending and not my goal. Either way is fine.
Now that you have financial goals, you should finance them. That means adjusting your spending even more.
And that is how you make a budget. Just remember to revise it every single month. The easiest part is making a budget, the most important part is sticking to it.
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Lieutenant Esa Kiax - Just another day at the office
By Jarred Thoran, September 24, 2019 in Appreciations
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((Bridge, Deck 1, USS Atlantis))
((Final Day of Shore Leave))
Even as the excitement, heartbreak, arguments and joys of Shore Leave began to draw to a close, there was still a reasonable level of 'holiday buzz' around the crew, even as they prepared to depart for their impending assignment. Nobody was really any the wiser about what Starfleet had in store for the intrepid crew of Atlantis, except maybe the Intelligence folks, who had probably intercepted every transmission between Starfleet and the Captain by now, despite it being Esa's job to route incoming signals around the ship.
After her conversation with Ishka a few days ago, and no doubt her subsequent conversation with Alex, Esa had found herself posted to the Alpha shift every day for the next month. It was pleasant to not have to constantly swap between the three. Keeping to a routine and forcing her body clock into a normal pattern would certainly do her mental health a world of good. 0700 to 1500 every day, without fail. Esa took pride in the fact that she had been put on the Alpha shift. It made her feel that little bit closer to being chief, without actually holding the title. It also served to keep the cacophony of personalities in her head in check, as the day shift was notoriously busy with so many departments requesting operational support from Esa and the team.
She had, much to her dismay, started her day by receiving a request for a janitorial team to make their way to the bathrooms on Deck Ten. The communication had gone something along the lines of a foul stench emanating from one of the pair toward the fore of the ship, just behind the torpedo launch bay. Naturally, this meant a whole world of problems for Esa, who had to report the issue to Engineering, as there was likely going to be fallout in the waste processing and water treatment areas as well. It simply wouldn't do to have a sewage explosion so close to their departure date. Fortunately, only a mere half-hour later, the janitorial staff had reported that it was simply a blocked lavatory, and that the issue would be fixed as soon as the air purifiers had a chance to work their magic. This would, however, prove to be the most interesting thing that would happen for the next few hours.
With many of the ship's departments working to finalise their prep work before departure, the number of physically actionable requests dwindled steadily toward the middle of the morning, with the majority of requests around this time relating to power management, and system upgrades. The main computer core had to be taken offline for a short while (much to the annoyance of Engineering, as their usually quite responsive secondary engineering core had become bombarded with requests), as Esa had received yet another new LCARS revision from Starfleet. This one was only minor in terms of feature updates, with the bulk of updated material pertaining to bug fixes and UI improvements. Esa was unsure how people on later shifts would react when the layout of their console had changed while they had been sleeping, but it was nothing the seasoned computer engineer couldn't handle, and the update went by smoothly and quickly. Not only this, but holodeck time requests were still coming in to be allocated amongst the crew, with much of Holodeck 1's timetable for the day booked up wall to wall; The Marines were using their holodeck down on deck 13 for training scenarios today, so Esa had been unable to assign any overspill from the leisure use decks on deck 6 to it. While all this was happening, Stellar Cartography were fighting it out with Astrometrics over use of the sensor suites, as both were trying to update their star charts and navigational data at the same time; and Evie was asking for yet more power to be routed to Science Lab 01, no doubt to facilitate the development of her AI into the Electronic and Cyberwarfare suites. The proposals that she had looked at seemed to be solid, which wasn't a surprise, seeing as the woman held four degrees in the subject, but she had advised her to hold off any further integration with the ship until she had had a chance to review the specs with the Captain. Alas, he had been far too busy meeting the other heads of departments to deal with her at the time, so the request had gone unanswered. Esa didn't mind, but Evie had given her a substantial dressing down for her incompetency and lack of effort. Evie's words had been quite harsh, but her bark was far worse than her bite, and the threat of having an official complaint written up about Esa had gone unactioned.
A few times the mundane routine interactions with the ship had been interrupted by new crewmembers transferring aboard, having finished their meetings with the Captain and XO, now coming straight to Esa for their new quarters assignments. Having never been an enlisted, Esa sometimes wondered what it was like meeting a new roommate for the first time. This was quickly followed by a request to have someone from Logistics help move their belongings from the cargo area on deck 8 up to their new homes. A few departing officers and non-coms were also making several requests of the logistics team, who were obviously in high demand today.
Around the middle of the day, mere minutes before Esa had planned to take a quick break to grab some lunch, the quartermaster from the armoury on deck 4 had reported a series of missing explosive charges from one of their storage lockers, and was demanding an explanation. Esa had to explain to them a number of times that they had been taken by the marines for the boarding drill, and were due to be returned at some point later today. Evidently, with the shakeup in the Tactical/Security departments, a few memos had missed their intended recipients. She was still kicking herself for not managing the communications better surrounding the drill, but the thing had happened so quickly that she had little time to inform the right people of the prep work. No doubt Esa would be apologising to Maddi for that one when she got home later tonight. Finally, a good ten minutes of explaining later, Esa managed to flag down a passing colleague to man her post while she grabbed a sandwich. That was the one downside to working the Ops station; The need for it to be constantly manned meant there was very little in the way of flexibility when one needed to take a comfort break.
After a quick 30 minute lunch break, Esa was back on the bridge, this time dealing with the request from engineering to divert power away from the main navigational deflector so that they could perform a diagnostic and alignment pass. Naturally, this took priority over the science labs use time, so she had assigned them the secondary deflector while the engineering crews worked. She was met with a less than favourable response to this, as one of the labs had been using it to project a tightly focussed energy beam onto some nearby graviton particles as part of an experiment they were undertaking. Naturally, the need to get the ship ready for departure took priority, and Esa apologised for spoiling their results. She always took the blame for scheduling errors, though most of the time it wasn't her fault. People liked to have someone to complain to, or about, and as she was the one making the decisions it made sense for it to be her.
The remaining two hours of her shift were spent overseeing the delivery of a new spare warp core into the storage tube that ran between decks 10 and 15. The freighter captain had offered no explanation as to why they were receiving a new core, only that a request had come in and his job was to deliver it, not ask questions. Esa had little choice but to agree, instead wondering why the Captain, or Engineering, for that matter, would have put a request in for such a thing. What did their assignment hold in store for them that necessitated such a piece of equipment? Once the delivery and install had been finalised, Esa handed over to Fiorr, who was on the Beta shift for the next few days, and bid him farewell. While on duty, she had managed to slot some R&R time in on Holodeck Two for herself, and planned to spend the rest of the afternoon giving Ishka's spa recommendations a whirl, before dinner with Maddi. Travelling via her quarters to get dressed, she flopped down on the bed for a moment to deflate, letting her arm hang down to pet Lyra, who was a welcome presence in what had been a rather busy, stressful day. Her small face looked up at Esa, her dark eyes regarding the Trill. She offered a small bark to draw Esa's attention whose response was to invite her up for a cuddle.
Esa: You have no idea what a day I've had today. You know, I envy you sometimes, Lyra. Not a care in the world…
Lyra let out a small woof in response, seemingly in agreement. Esa laughed slightly and replaced Lyra on the floor so that she could change.
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Mangaluru, Oct 29, 2016: It is intimated that the 14th annual convocation of National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal (NIT-K) will be held on November 12.
During the convocation, degrees will be awarded to all students of BTech, MTech, MTech (Research), MCA, MBA, MSc and PhD programmes who graduated during the academic year 2015-16.
All graduates, who wish to attend the annual convocation and receive the degree in person, are requested to register online between October last week and November 8.
So may come out every year . We have to be educted and educate others too.


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St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman announces State of the City Address music line-up
by Luke Taylor · April 14, 2015
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St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman in The Current's studio (MPR photo/Luke Taylor)
For his tenth State of the City address, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is trying something new. "We want people who would never, ever, ever think of coming to a State of the City address to come down and hear great music," he says.
Mayor Coleman joined Jill Riley and Sean McPherson on The Current's Morning Show to talk about the music lineup for his State of the City address, scheduled for Thursday, April 16, at the newly opened Concert Hall at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in downtown St. Paul. "We want to celebrate music in this city," the mayor says. "It's one of the best things we've got going."
The lineup features the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, jazz trumpeter Solomon Parham, Heiruspecs, Jeremy Messersmith, Dem Atlas and Chastity Brown.
"Music drives economic vitality," Mayor Coleman said on the program. "The connection between the success of your music scene, arts and culture, and the success of your city cannot be overlooked."
Find complete details about the State of the City address on the City of St. Paul's website.
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Search called off in Himalayas for missing mountaineer from the Highlands
The search for the body of missing British mountaineer Martin Moran in the Himalayas has been called off.
Eight climbers, thought to be four Britons, two Americans, one Australian and an Indian liaison officer, disappeared after an avalanche in the Nanda Devi region of India on May 26.
Search and rescue teams recovered seven bodies from the group, however Mr Moran's family said in a statement that the mountain guide remains missing and the search has now been called off due to adverse weather conditions.
The post on social media said: "It is with a heavy heart that we can now confirm that the 8th member of the expedition, whose body remains missing in the mountains is that of Martin Moran.
"With monsoon season in full force in the Himalaya, the conditions in the mountains have worsened and with the safety of the recovery teams in mind, the search for Martin has been called off.
"We have received an overwhelming outpouring of love and support for us and for all the families who have lost their loved one.
"Your kindness has given us hope and light on the darkest of days.
"Martin was a beloved husband, father, friend and colleague.
"We will honour his memory by continuing to journey into the mountains and to all the places he held dear."
Led by Mr Moran, the team was attempting to reach the top of an unclimbed peak in a remote area.
Four other British members of the expedition were rescued.
Mr Moran has been a mountain guide since 1985 and set up his company, Moran Mountain, based in Strathcarron in the Scottish Highlands, with his wife Joy, while their grown-up children, Hazel and Alex, also work for the business.
The rescued group, who had stayed back at the second base camp, were brought down on Sunday and given first aid at a hospital in the town of Pithoragarh before being discharged.
They are Mark Thomas, 44, Zachary Quain, 32, Kate Armstone, 39, and Ian Wade, 45.
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A Red Rock Wonderland
Visit Arches National Park and discover an amazing landscape of landforms, textures and contrasting colors unlike any other place in the world. The park features more than 2,000 natural stone arches, hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive fins and giant balanced rocks. Discover this red rock wonderland and be amazed by its natural formations, beautiful colors and inspiring sunsets.
Established November 12th, 1971, Arches National Park lies north of Moab in Utah. Bordered by the Colorado River in the southeast, it's known as the site of more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, such as the massive, red-hued Delicate Arch in the east. Long, thin Landscape Arch stands in Devils Garden to the north. Other geological formations include Balanced Rock, towering over the desert landscape in the middle of the park.
The park lies above an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main cause of the formation of the arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths. Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast.
Except for isolated remnants, the major formations visible in the park today are the salmon-colored Entrada Sandstone, in which most of the arches form, and the buff-colored Navajo Sandstone. These are visible in layer cake fashion throughout most of the park. Over time, water seeped into the surface cracks, joints, and folds of these layers. Ice formed in the fissures, expanding and putting pressure on surrounding rock, breaking off bits and pieces. Winds later cleaned out the loose particles. A series of free-standing fins remained. Wind and water attacked these fins until, in some, the cementing material gave way and chunks of rock tumbled out. Many damaged fins collapsed. Others, with the right degree of hardness and balance, survived despite their missing sections. These became the famous arches.
Although the park's terrain may appear rugged and durable, it is extremely fragile. More than 1 million visitors each year threaten the fragile high desert ecosystem. The problem lies within the soil's crust which is composed of cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, and lichens that grow in the dusty parts of the park.
I've created a poster for Arches National Park that features the iconic Delicate Arch, which also celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the park!
Click here to see the Arches National Park poster.
Rob Decker is a photographer and graphic artist with a single passion for our national parks! Rob is on a journey to explore and photograph each of our national parks and to create WPA-style posters to celebrate the amazing landscapes, vibrant culture and rich history that embody America's Best Idea!
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Maybe there is something more to the Biblical story of Lot's wife than we always realize. Something perhaps not intended but which is there just the same. Looking over one's shoulder back to the past can be a dangerous, sometimes deadly thing. There is glamour to the past, a haze that makes you forget the reality of what it was like. Need an example?
Do you really think the 1950s, with its women's and racial oppression, with its limited view of anything that ran against the norm, was really that amazing? Sure, our memory of it is, but was the era that great? Same with the 1980s, an era of excess and selfishness. It isn't that those times didn't have amazing aspects but that if we forget the issues we lose sight of how truly good some things were.
Such is the case of me of late. I am preparing for the release of my first and probably only novel and in getting that together I have decided I wanted to see what weird stuff I could come up with to put out with it. I had recently moved so it was a good time to go through my little archive.
And an archive it is. I found drawings that went back to the late 1980s, when I was not even a teenager yet. I found the first submission version of my first book. I found old school papers, old versions of stories, and all manner of ephemera that showed the path my art has taken. From drawing faces, to space ships, to monsters, to zombies, to nothing for a long, long time, to the modern era of silly monsters. I put much of this work in a large binder for people to go through at the book release party and seeing it all, from the weird magazine I made as a kid to the early version of the first book it reminded me of the weird path I have taken to get where I am. It reminded me of how foolish I have been.
As I have said before I was told when I was eighteen and in a Commercial Art course that I was no artist. It was the nastiest, meanest thing I could have heard and it cut deep enough to stop me from doing art regularly, seriously for a long, long time. I was told it by a nasty teacher who didn't like that I had gotten into the class not on merit but because I was in Special Ed. I was certainly not the best artist there, and I am not a great artist in any way, but you can see in my work I was trying, just not always succeeding. Maybe I should have been better. I can't say. I can say that I am sorry for halting my art for so long. I am sorry that I let someone do that to me. I will never know if I had become a painter earlier, if my art would have changed, gotten better, maybe even worse over the years.
It's not as easy to be hard on myself about writing. Even though I couldn't find a publisher I was always writing. I was putting together 'zines, chapbooks, and blogging and reviewing constantly. I was certainly not lazy over those years. I do wish I had had a better outlet for my writing. In the marketplace that exists you have to be someone to get published in a paying publication and the alternative are sites with few views and no money and at that point the benefit of your being published gets dicey. Though I tried, to be sure. I have to admit though that I wish I had had more outlets for my writing. Having said that though, I did pretty ok keeping my head up through all that time. In the ten years between books I wrote a novel, hundreds of stories, and never stopped promoting my one book that was out. I never gave up. I can't say that it lead me anywhere, but it didn't lead me to an ending of my writing, which I am thankful for.
The past is beautiful, is full of hope, of promise, of everything you dare to dream. It is in the present that reality sets in and you see the limitations of your situation. The future, the future is the real blank slate but it is often a slate that is colored by who you are today, and limited by that same thing. You can soar or crash based on how you act and react today. It's just a fact. But looking over your shoulder and what was and could have been will get you nowhere.
You need that knowledge, that perspective to move forward. You need to know what you did right, wrong, and what paths you may have taken so you can see where you want to head as you move toward the future. Without that knowledge you begin going over the well-worn tracks you are already in and it's a lot harder to see the future from the bottom of a rut. But perspective, true perspective is knowing what things to value from the past and present and what to walk away from and survive.
Sometimes all it takes to change your fate is to survive, yourself, others, and the overpowering will of life. And sometimes you need to know you can survive to keep fighting and keep not give up.
And it's all about knowing when to look back and when to keep walking forward, knowing that nothing lies behind you but the past.


Kyle Tucker is entering his 12th year at Cartersville High School as a Social Studies Teacher. In addition, Tucker is an Assistant Varsity Football Coach, Head Baseball Coach, and is the Director of IMPACT, the CHS Student Leadership Academy.
A 1999 graduate of Cartersville High School, Tucker attended Clemson University and earned his degree in secondary education in May of 2004. Tucker was a punter for the Clemson Football Team and earned a letter while playing for the Tigers. He participated in the 2001 Gator Bowl, 2001 Humanitarian Bowl, 2002 Tangerine Bowl, and 2004 Peach Bowl. Tucker was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Adademic Honor Roll in 2003.
As a coach, Tucker has been a part of two state championship football teams, as well as three state championship baseball teams. The Canes have won six region football titles during his time on staff, and the baseball team has picked up eight region championships.
Tucker and his wife, Jamie Lee, were married on June 4, 2016.


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Human rights experts concerned about arrests at July 3 protest
A UN report calls the NDN Collective CEO a "human rights defender"
Published: Dec. 17, 2020 at 3:03 PM MST
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - On July 3, President Donald Trump visited Mount Rushmore for the Monument's fireworks show.
En route to Mount Rushmore, NDN Collective, an Indigenous nonprofit, staged a protest that led to multiple arrests, including organizer and NDN CEO, Nick Tilsen.
Recently, experts from the United Nations' Human Rights Council expressed concerns about Tilsen's arrest and charges--he is facing three felonies and four misdemeanors.
Some details of the report were incorrect, such as the date of the protest.
The report refers to Tilsen as a "human rights defender."
It also called for the United States to "ensure that Mr. Tilsen's due process rights are respected during the criminal prosecution and recall the obligation to ensure equal protection of the law without discrimination."
The experts who raised their concerns were special rapporteurs from the UN's Human Rights Council.
Tilsen initially faced five charges, including two felonies, second-degree robbery and a simple assault on a public officer for taking a shield from an officer during the protest. Two more charges were later added, including a felony simple assault on another officer.
Over the summer, Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom told Black Hills Fox News that an attorney representing NDN did reach out to law enforcement to discuss how the protest would be conducted. Thom said he was assured the protest would remain peaceful but says promises were not kept.
"If they don't intend to keep their word, don't reach out to us and have those discussions just so you can say you had those discussions with no intent on keeping your word," said Thom. "I mean that generally about any group."
We spoke with Tilsen over the phone Thursday afternoon, and he said the Native Community has faced challenges and harassment from law enforcement since the protest.
"When we speak up, when Native people speak our voices, people are threatened by that," said Tilsen. "People are threatened by us speaking our truth. And we, as Indigenous people, we're not going to tolerate harassment. And, anybody in the law enforcement that wants to come and harass us, then watch what you're going to run into, because we're going to fight to protect our rights."
Tilsen is scheduled for a motions hearing Friday morning.


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Southampton Continues to One-Up Sag in The Land Game
By Ian Ratner Jun 11, 2010, 12:27pm EDT
About a month ago, we challenged Sagaponack to reaffirm itself as the King of big land deals. (Southampton famously seized that title last month after nine acres sold for $24.5 million.) But it seems our taunting was to no avail: the final $27.8 million spread at the Sagaponack Greens remains unsold and no new Sagaponack parcels have entered the marketplace. And to add insult to injury, a tract of waterfront land in Southampton Village just came on the market for $35 million. With 8-acres, the Southampton parcel is also subdivision ready. So unless something big happens in Sagaponack, it looks like 2010 might be Southampton's year.
· Listing: 95 Down East Lane [Corcoran]
· All Sagaponack Greens Coverage [Curbed]


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Boys lacrosse misses out on playoffs
Elias Podber
Mills Rentz-Baker, Online Sports Section Editor
Filed under Front Slideshow, SPORTS
The Grady boys lacrosse team missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season after only winning one game in their region.
The team started the season hot as it won its first two games against Northgate and Union Grove out scoring its opponents 29-6. However after the teams good start they lost six consecutive games including its first two region games. The losing streak started after a controversial last second goal saw the Knights lose 15-14 against North Springs.
A large contributor to the losing streak has been the injuries of two key starters on the team, defender Duncan Tanner and middie Jordan Thomas.
"It started off well, we had two good wins, but we had two players break limbs within a week, and since then it hasn't been going as well," said junior Will Tanner.
Because of the lack of depth on the team it has been difficult to fill the spots of the injured players. With those players out for the season the bench is even smaller.
"We need more players because we hardly have any subs, and it's been difficult to find players to fill those spots," said Tanner.
Overall the team has been unsatisfied with its start, but hope that upcoming region games can help get the team back on track.
"The season is off to a tough start because of the loss of two of our starters to injury,but hopefully things will get better as we move further into our divisional games," said junior Grant Mcniff.
In order to make the playoffs the Knights would have had to beat two formidable region foes in Westminster who has only one loss this season and Pace who has two. Both teams are also undefeated in the region. Westminster is currently in first place, while Pace sits just behind in third. A win earlier against Riverwood could have led the team to be in prime position to make the playoffs, but with little depth and preparation the Knights were outlasted.
The team didn't see there being a high chance that they make the playoffs, and a loss against Pace on April 15 saw them eliminated from playoff contention.
"There was a very slim possibility we could have made the playoffs if we beat either Westminster or Pace and a couple other things happen, but it was highly unlikely," said Tanner.
Another large factor in their disappointing season has seen lackluster attendance and commitment at practices.
"To get better we need to improve our practices and players commitment to coming to practice," said Mcniff.
Overall the team has made it very difficult for themselves and will likely have to rely on senior captain and Cleveland State commit Malachi Smith for scoring and wins. Smith has gotten off to a good start this season and has been a high note for the team, providing a spark on offense.
"We need more players because we hardly have any subs, also I think out mindset needs to change because we have gotten ourselves into a hole that it's going to be difficult to get ourselves out of," said Tanner.
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The Fall of FTX
FTX has fallen. The collapse of crypto's second-largest exchange is one of the biggest highlights of 2022. This event is a milestone that marks the importance of transitioning from centralization to decentralization. Here's what went down, our stance:
The Collapse of FTX
The rise and fall of FTX is a cautionary tale for anyone investing in cryptocurrencies through a centralized exchange. Sam Bankman-Fried, (also known by his initials, SBF), founded FTX in 2019. It quickly became one of the largest exchanges in the world. However, things took a turn in November 2022 when the balance sheet of Alameda Research, a crypto investing firm that was also owned by SBF, was published by CoinDesk. The paper showed that Alameda held a huge amount of FTT (a token created by FTX). And if the price of the crypto were to drop, the firm would collapse.
Following the leak of the balance sheet, the CEO of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange and a rival of FTX, announced that the company would sell off all its FTT tokens. The market went chaotic as people started panicking about the future state of FTX. Consequently, these events led to FTX pausing withdrawals due to a lack of liquidity.
Things proved worse and worse as time went on. For example, it was revealed that SBF had built a "secret backdoor" for moving crypto without alerting anyone. Binance intended to "bail out" the exchange by acquiring it. However, Binance reversed its decision when it discovered FTX was mismanaging user funds and displaying opacity in its operations.
Eventually, SBF resigned as CEO and filed for bankruptcy for FTX alongside his other companies. US authorities are now investigating the FTX collapse and executives' involvement.
Centralized exchanges like FTX are failing us
Centralization-related issues with Centralized Exchanges are not new. For example, in March 2022, Coinbase locked out 25,000 Russian-linked wallets. Binance once restricted Nigerian wallets. Bitmart lost $200 million and froze user assets. KuCoin lost $275 in user funds due to a hack in 2020. And plenty of more similar instances took place this year alone.
Essentially, centralized exchanges are getting "shaken out" because they're bringing with them broken, traditional finance systems that crypto and blockchain are meant to get away from. FTX's meltdown resembles a typical "virtual bank run." The eminent bank's insolvency caused customers to rush to get their money out before it ran out of cash, which it did.
The collapse of the second largest crypto exchange proves to be a case study for people to be very cautious with their crypto. No centralized exchange is too big to fail.
Centralized Exchanges (FTX, Coinbase & Binance) vs. DEXs
The most popular exchanges are centralized, which means they control your crypto. If you want to trade or withdraw funds from an exchange, you must go through a KYC process and sometimes, wait days for a transaction to clear. That's where a DEX (Decentralized Exchange) comes into play.
A DEX is where you can trade crypto without third parties. But there are plenty of DEXs out there claiming to be "decentralized," and more often than not, these platforms don't live up to their promise. So your crypto becomes the target of hackers, the lunch of exit scammers, or the escape money of bankrupt exchanges on the brink of ruin (like FTX)! Centralized exchanges also come with a high risk of colluding with outsiders and manipulating end-user funds.
We stand for Decentralization
Everything that's been going on recently with the collapse of FTX is exactly why we hold true to our principles of what we're building here at Peerplays. Decentralized exchanges are more valuable than ever. The principles that guide Peerplays emphasize how crucial it is to support decentralization as a way to safeguard everyone's freedom and sovereignty. The systems in place today accomplish the exact opposite by restricting people. We'll continue to build, grow, and provide the tools necessary to help people become more free and sovereign.
Peerplays DEX
Decentralization is the heart of our DEX. It's one of our core values. Our north star! Unlike FTX, our platform's built-in wallet allows you to keep your assets and trade them whenever you wish while maintaining full ownership of your private keys. Your assets are always right in front of you. Additionally, you can view what's been bought or sold, and manage open orders seamlessly. Simply put, everything is transparent and your assets remain in your control.
The Peerplays' DEX is different from other DEXs because it supports cross-chain swaps using decentralized support for chains like Bitcoin, Hive, and soon – Ethereum. The Peerplays DEX is the perfect place for people who care about decentralized capabilities as users have the power to trade at any moment without moving assets (the wallet is built into the DEX).
A DEX Built With You in Mind
It's extremely unfortunate that today's crypto generation had to learn the lesson of 'Not your keys, not your coins' in this manner. But fortunately, users have alternatives.
Peerplays' DEX is created with you, the end-user, in mind. We're committed to building a world where users have impeccable safety and no worries about the bankruptcy of an exchange. A world where an 'FTX moment' does not occur.
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Peerplays is not an organization, a company or a single individual. We're a global community of product developers, marketers and creators who are deeply passionate about building a global people-driven, blockchain experience. We're committed to developing new paradigms in blockchain technology, building a network that offers decentralized, scalable and secure solutions. We believe in delivering the best tools possible by developing human-friendly systems to the highest security standards that benefit every witness in the Peerplays blockchain community. Every member of the Peerplays global team is a proven thought-leader in their respective fields and bring many years of research, development and implementation expertise. Become a witness today!
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