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Q: how to print last p tag element from php variable This code is below,
Suppose,
$GROUPS = $row['groups'];

If I print $GROUPS variable , output will be

 Item1

 Item 2

 Item 3

 Item 4

 Item 5

 Item 6

 Item 7

How to print last p tag element from $GROUPS variable. Here Output is Item 7.
OR If i want to print 4/5/6 th p tag element (dynamically) from $GROUPS variable.
How can i solve this problem in PHP Code?

A: You could split the string on the closing p tag, and then access the elements in the created array:
$groupsarray = explode('
',$GROUPS);

echo $groupsarray[6] . '
'; //add back closing p tag

A: if there is a new line after each row, you can explode by new line
$groups = "
 Item1

 Item 2

 Item 3

 Item 4

 Item 5

 Item 6

 Item 7
";

$groups_arr = explode("\n",$groups);

echo "The last element:".$groups_arr[count($groups_arr)-1];
echo "\n";
echo "The 5th element:".$groups_arr[5-1];

with
$groups_arr[count($groups_arr)-1];
you can easily refer to the last element of your array regardless the arrays items count.
for the N element just refer to N-1 since the FIRST element is the 0.
example:
echo "The 5th element:".$groups_arr[5-1];
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if you want to dynamically print from X to Y element of an array try this function
function PrintFromTo($start,$end,$array)
{
    if(!is_array($array))
        return false;

    $inc=0;
    foreach($array as $an_element)
    {
        $inc++;
        if(($inc>=$start)&&($inc<=$end))
        {
            echo $an_element; // tip: you can append a new line character or a

        }
    }
}

A: <?php

preg_match_all("#
(.*)
#", $GROUPS, $match);
print $match[0][6]; // Item 7

?>

A: You could use an HTML parser like DOMDocument along with DOMXPath to efficiently break down the HTML into tags (for easier manipulation)
Code:
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->loadHTML($html);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
$p = $xpath->query('//p');
//getting last item:
$last =  $p->length - 1;
echo $p->item($last)->nodeValue;

//getting 3rd item:
echo $p->item(2)->nodeValue;

Demo

A: Change the way that $row['groups']; stores it's data - with json_encode.
For example, we have a string like;
Item 1
 ...
Item 7
, we could store this in an array, like;
$arrGroups = array();

$arrGroups[] = "Item 1";
$arrGroups[] = "Item 2";
$arrGroups[] = "Item 3";
$arrGroups[] = "Item 4";

And then json_encode that array, and store it in $row['groups'].
Now that $row['groups'] holds a json string representing an array ["Item 1","Item 2","Item 3","Item 4"] - we can use this to our advantage by decoding it back into an array, and choosing the element we want.
$arrGroups = json_decode($row['groups'], true);
//Item 4
echo $arrGroups[count($arrGroups)-1]; //-1 because indexing starts at 0

A: While you can use explode as suggested by other answers, it perhaps would be much more robust to generate the
s seperately and store them in an array, such as:
Instead of
$groups = "
 Item1

 Item 2

 Item 3

 Item 4

 Item 5

 Item 6

 Item 7
";

echo $groups;

use
$groups = array(
    " Item 1 ",
    " Item 2 ",
    " Item 3 ",
    " Item 4 ",
    " Item 5 ",
    " Item 6 ",
    " Item 7 ");

echo "
".implode("

", $groups)."
";

If you do so, you can easily access " Item 7 " with $groups[6].


So glad I'm back to contributing Gossip Girl recaps to the Talking Gossip After Dark podcast! Make sure you check it out!
This week's Gossip Girl made TVGuide.com's list of Top Moments of The Week for the Most Tearful "IDo" with Blair (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl) telling Chuck (Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl) "this is the end" for them.
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Beauty & The Briefcase, starring Hilary Duff (Olivia, Gossip Girl) and Chris Carmack (Luke, The O.C.), will air Sunday night on ABCFamily.
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Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) will be on The Ellen DeGegeres Show Monday with hubby Dean McDermott. Duff was on today.
Shawn Christian (Wayne, Beverly Hills 90210) spoke a little bit about the show in an interview with We Love Soaps. Never knew he was asked to stick around in season 1o! He also discusses being on Summerland, which starred Lori Loughlin (Debbie, 90210), and working with Roger Howarth (Professor Hetson, Dawson's Creek).
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I know it's a bit early to predict weather a week away. I will be in Glacier July 25-30. I have looked at weather.com, accuweather.com, and wunderground.com. They all have very different forecast for the next several days. I've also looked at the nps site that links me to NOAA. it has an east side and west side that is automated calculations. Weather.com shows highs at 70 degrees and lows of 39. One of them showed highs of 90 and lows of 55. Thats a big difference. What do you think?
For me warm and cool are not an issue. Just take with a sweatshirt. You'll be walking a lot. Temperature is normally measured in the shade so 90 degrees is pretty high. Maybe they're not measuring it the same way.
Of greater interest. I don't remember your plans but last summer (Aug 4-7) when I took my daughter we couldn't complete the Grinnell Glacier hike due to a dangerous snowfield. They blasted it a day or two later.
I just read that they blasted the snowfields and as of yesterday the trail was open all the way to the Glacier. That's good and bad for old legs.
We arrive Aug 4. Stopping at the Walmart Supercenter just outside the airport and a Thronson's in Babb, MT for bear spray.
Hmm, I wonder if I couldn't leave my bearspray somewhere for you. I'm banking on not having to use it of course. Are you staying at the Delta again in Calgary?
Yes. I'm staying at the Delta on Aug 14th and returning home on the 15th. However, I arrive around noon on Aug 4th. Maybe you could but it in a bag with my name on it and tell them I'll pick it up at noon on Aug 4. I wonder if that'll work. I could even call them on July 31 or Aug 1 to let them know that I'll pick up the package. Be interesting to see if we could use them as a storage site.
The plan is Aug 4,5,6 at Swiftcurrent in Many Glacier. Aug 7,8,9,10,11 at Rising Sun on GTTS Rd. Aug 12 in Banff. Aug 13 in Jasper. Aug 14 in Calgary.
We'll try it. They will probably allow it. I am staying there the night we arrive, but should be no problem for me to drop it off before we get on airplane. I might also leave it at Many Glacier. I've thought about mailing it back to my house. I called Babb Post Office and they say it's fine(if it is marked correctly, although my local Post Office says it isn't. We fly back on the 31st. I'll let you know If and Where I left it. I may even buy 2 cans(I'm paranoid). Maybe you could mail it back to me. I'll leave you my name and address with the bear spray(I don't want to leave it on here). Worse case scenario, is that you'd have to buy your own.
It would be better if you left it at the Delta. That way I'll know for sure whether or not to buy my own in Babb.
The Delta is right beside the car rental returns.
Let me know what you do. It'll be funny if this works.
When you buy the spray make sure it's the kind that comes with a sleeve so you can slide your belt thru it. I've also seen some people walking around carrying it in one hand. We've only got two of those so that's kind of restricting.
Last summer we stopped in Waterton Lakes for a few hours. We took some picture of the hotel from a distance, then went inside. After that we drove over to the waterfalls. Then we hiked the toughest hike of the trip. Bears Hump. Not long but steep and many, many high railway tie stairs.
When we got back to the car to leave for the return to Calgary I gave my bear spray to a girl who said she was on her way to Glacier.
You're in for a great trip!!!
We're stopping for the Afternoon Tea @ Prince of Wales Hotel on our way in. Might drive the area a bit as I suspect we will be running early and see just a bit. Maybe a very short jaunt. This will actually be lunch for us.
Next morning is Going to the Sun Road, Hiking Hidden Lake. Afternoon will be 3 hour tour from Glacier Park Lodge. That includes a short ride on one of the Jammers and a short boat tour and short hike at Two Medicine. Then we will go back up the GTSR. Might have time for Trail of the Cedars, although that hike really doesn't interest me that much. Could do Virginia Falls or something like that too. Although, I imagine we won't hike that evening. This will be an early start and getting in late. We will stop at Goat Lick either before or after our jammer tour.
3rd Day Ranger-led hike to hopefully Iceberg Lake. It's rangers choice, so not totally sure where it will be. And yes, another boat tour that afternoon of Swift Current Lake from Many Glacier. This one is at 4:30, so surely we will be back from our hike by then.
Not sure what we will do the 4th day. Will head back to Calgary late day. Spend a bit of the next day in Calgary.
I'll have to stop and probably have a meal in most of the lodges. Even Belton and Izaak Walton. Sometimes, that stop just consists of coffee or a coke.
I'll probably go back in a year or two and attempt to stay at Granite Park Chalet. I would like to hike Highline Trail there and spend the night, then continue on Swift Current Pass Trail to Many Glacier. I couldn't convince my wife of all that. To many miles and she doesn't like staying somewhere there is no bathroom indoors. Plus the fact somewhat rooming with other people.
That St Mary boat ride is at Rising Sun and not at Swiftcurrent. Swiftcurrent is the lake (and also the other lodging) at Many Glacier (Hotel).
Apparently the short Apikuni hike is a toughy. A lot of elevation gain for a short hike. If this is your first day in some elevation maybe not a good idea. Depending upon what time we get there (my plane lands at noon and I want to stop at the Walmart Supercenter just outside Calgary Airport) we may do Apikuni Falls hike though we live at zero elevation so not a great idea the first day.
I'd also like to get to Fishercap Lake early evening (late afternoon) for wildlife. We went 3 times and each time saw some. This is a very easy 10-15 minute (max) hike that starts at the far end of the main (lower) Swiftcurrent Motor Inn parking lot.
If you do the Virginia Falls hike you'll start with St Mary Falls and then continue on to Virginia. They're both very different and surprisingly nice considering the other falls we've seen. Interestingly one of my favorites is Lower Calf Creek Falls.
For Iceberg Lake I wouldn't bother with the ranger. We didn't as my daughter wanted to sleep an hour later. They left at 8:30 and we left an hour later. Eventually we caught up to them and had a snack lunch with them at Iceberg Lake.
The Iceberg Lake trail head is at the upper Swiftcurrent Motor Inn parking area. Since there's no lake to cross there will be many people going on there own. While longer than Grinnell Glacier hike, the only relatively steep part is the very beginning. Then it's pretty gentle. After the very beginning in the woods it opens to great scenery.
What I would do for a short time (maybe on day 4 or late afternoon one day) is get to Logan Pass early enough (or late afternoon) to get a parking space. Then hike the first little bit of Hidden Lake Overlook (or all). You may see some mountain goats or bighorn near the start.
Then cross the road to Highline and do the first half mile there. The famous cable is only several hundred yards from the very beginning. And great scenery even there. We saw some mountain goats right at the start and they walked over to the beginning of the cable.
I thought that cable would freak me out a bit. However, I found the trail quite wide and I didn't really hold the cable.
Iceberg Lake is heaven and I found an easier trail then Many Glacier and Grinnell, but that is likely because we had to cross steep snow bridges to conquer them.
We did encounter 2 bears on the trail to Iceberg lake, up above us flipping rocks for insects (or so it appeared). We made some noise and they just seemed to observe us and carry on digging.
Have the spray in case you run into a mama with her cubs as that is more worrisome.
If you recall Jack Hanna had to use his spray a couple years ago. Keep your eyes out for Jack also, he has a place in the area, we ran into him on 2 trails and he is nice as can be. Makes a great tour guide if you can join him.
Keep in mind, a moose encounter is pretty dangerous as well. We ran into a few but we were lucky to grab some great shots of some mellow guys.
Have fun and be safe, Glacier was probably my favorite place ever, enjoy!
As of yesterday, Hidden Lake trail is closed due to bear frequenting and fish spawning. Hidden Lake overlook is still open.
The overlook is probably as far as I was going to go.
Have a great time in Glacier. I'm a little over a week behind you.
We'll have to compare notes when we both get back.
Spiro, my husband and I did the Granite Park Chalet last year going in and out on the Swiftcurrent Trail as Highline Pass was closed due to an accident and death the previous week. Our plan was to go in on the HIghline and out on the Swiftcurrent Trail. It was a beautiful trip!
We had reservations for Aug. 9th at the Granite Park Chalet for my husband, myself, and 9 year old daughter, but we had to cancel our reservation because of other family obligations that came up. Maybe next year!


I know exactly what you are going through…except I am only 19 and was told I needed PAO surgery while training for my first marathon. I have been a running since high school and cannot comprehend why this is happening to me at such a young age. I believe you still will be able to run, I know some people who have even done marathons after.


We find Lindsey in a coffee shop in the heart of the Marais, a capuccino between her hands. A journalist and author of the blog Lost in Cheeseland, Lindsey has made a name for herself sharing her expat life in the French capital. The bars she likes, the restaurants she normally goes to, the shops she loves. A city guide with detailed advice, interviews with chefs like Romain Meder, and more personal experiences.
Originally from Philadelphia in the USA, the blogger principally speaks to anglophones but she doesn't leave out those who hold Paris very dear to their heart. This knowledge and love of the city has led Lindsey to create The New Paris, in conjunction with photographer Charissa Fay. The book is an exploration into the changes in the capital and its inhabitants. How do we eat in Paris today? Where can you get a good coffee? What are the latest Parisian trends? All the players in this exciting transformation are reunited in this magnificent 270-page book.
How did your blog Lost in cheeseland begin?
I started my blog in 2009, when I was just discovering the town. I was looking at the restaurants which opened, made lots of little discoveries… I started to work as a social media manager at BBDO, which turned into working 4 out of 5 days so I took the opportunity to work on my blog more.
Before the book came into view, I started to write for T-Magazine in the States, and wanted to have content on my site but to push it a little further. One day, my friend and mentor suggested I write a book about these changes I was seeing. "You know the new Paris, what you're talking about in the press is modern Paris, all these changes in the city…" The idea had already been forming!
And that was how The New Paris was born?
Yes but there was a bit of a delay when I realised that it wasn't just in food that things had changed. I saw more and more people that were adapting, following their passion, and reviving old savoir faire. That was the subject! I took my time to define the angle and to benchmark what was already on the market.
The timing was great. I contacted a friend in America, who adored the idea, her agent too, and we began to shape it to approach publishing houses. I handed in my notice on January 5, 2015, left on April 2 and two weeks later I had an offer from Abrams publishing house, which is a brand of the La Martinière Group.
So you had the angle for the book - how did you begin to write it?
The research took a lot of time, meeting people, imagining chapters and shape of it. I spoke to around 60 people at different times and across different themes, not only food but fashion, shopping, and city life in Paris. It took a lot of time to find the thread that held it all together.
There are so many openings and closures of bars, cafés and shops across Paris - how did you narrow it down?
My editor wanted to make sure that we didn't include anything that would be rapidly obsolete. When I started, the idea wasn't to concentrate on passing trends but to document a movement, which is in many ways, is at its beginning. The changes that I show in the book were already in happening while I was documenting them. Paris continues to evolve.
And luckily, Paris things don't go as quickly as in New York, for example, where the scene can change dramatically in as little as 6 months. Change is picking up speed in Paris (especially in the restaurant business) but we're far from the pace of New York!
Why do you think Paris is slower?
I think it's down to the French mentality in general. This need to protect the past which took such a long time to build and be fearful of change. And then there's this need to be adored by the world. Paris has been considered progressive during many moments of its history. The New Paris is recognition to a new phase of progression. There are many factors which have inspired this. For one, access to information has transformed everyone's lives. In the kitchen, this has been great for educating young chefs about other cuisines without having to travel. Social networks have also been a catalyst in people wanting to discover new things which in turn, motivates people to build new projects. If it works in London, why not Paris? The financial crisis also pushed people to leave their comfort zones, we don't stay 20 years in the same company anymore.
Has social media helped in the gentrification of Paris?
Gentrification seems softer than in London or New York. If we look at rue des Archives next to BHV in the Marais, where Moncler, Fendi and Givenchy have recently opened. The place has completely lost the Marais spirit, but it's taken a while. Commercialisation would have been a lot quicker in other cities.
For you, which are the places in Paris that need to change?
The train stations and how we interact with them! Things are already starting with Thierry Marx at Gare du Nord, Eric Fréchon at Saint Lazare. It's a good start but there's still work to be done. I think Paris will help change things in terms of sustainable development in the kitchen. In Paris we eat very well for little. When I was in NYC this autumn, I had the impression I was bleeding money!
What shocked you most about Parisians when you arrived?
There's a side to Parisians that's very negative, pessimistic. But at the same time very festive. There's a real joie de vivre that you don't find anywhere else! A mix of good sense of humour and cynicism is probably found in most Parisians. Often this sense of being quick to anger shocks expats when they're not used to it.
The administration! You always seem to be missing one bit of paper, but were never told in advance. For me, Paul Taylor's videos perfectly encapsulate these little Parisian nuances. For example, to have a bank account you have to have an postal address, but to rent a flat you have to have a bank account! Nightmare!
As the saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. And at the end of the day, we all complain but we love them for it!
What is it about Parisian style?
For a long time I tried to adopt different Parisian styles. In the USA we talk a lot of this definition of Parisian chic but in fact, there are several and all dependant on the neighbourhood!
Yes, there are several icons; Caroline de Maigret, Morgane Sezalory, Héloïse from Christine and the Queens. There's never just one. There's definitely a European look. When I look at Parisian women in the metro, there's an elegance that I just don't have! I've noticed that they love delicate jewellery, even if they're dressed in boyfriend jeans - these little details that bring a feminine touch.
Your book talks about the history of different parisian places, what kind of places do you love?
For breakfast or tea time, Du Pain et des idées. And always a pistachio-chocolate escargot! There's also Fou de pâtisserie where you can try the work of lots of different patissiers in the same place.
For shopping, I'd say Les Halles as there's Sept-cinq and L'Exception with a big selection. To eat, 52 Faubourg Saint-Denis, or Tannat, which is the same style but more cosy.
For cafés, I always suggest La Fontaine de Belleville. It does so many things very well: coffee itself, café culture and artisanal beer. I go to Café Oberkampf a lot, it's become my cantine. I wrote a fair few pages of The New Paris there, sitting at the counter.


Help me out here, guys.
So, what happened? Is one the Cherokee and the other a Grand Cherokee? Did Chrysler decide to update the upcoming 2014 Cherokee in 2013 because batshit? Are they just messing with me? Did I miss something important? Does time exist? How do you say Gilles?
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON, I'M SCARED!


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Escape from Crime is a 1942 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. It has essentially the same plot as the earlier Picture Snatcher (1933).

Cast
 Richard Travis as Red O'Hara
 Julie Bishop as Molly O'Hara
 Jackie Gleason as Screwball Evans (as Jackie C. Gleason)
 Frank Wilcox as Cornell
 Rex Williams as Slim Dugan
 Wade Boteler as Lieutenant 'Biff' Malone
 Charles C. Wilson as Reardon (as Charles Wilson)
 Paul Fix as Dude Merrill
 Ruth Ford as Myrt
 John Hamilton as Rafferty
 Ann Corcoran as Belle Mason
 Ben Taggart as Warden Kirby

References

External links

1942 films
1942 crime films
American crime films
1940s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by D. Ross Lederman
1940s American films

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Unfortunately the link isn't working for me to try and read the demo.
It may be an update in progress?
This demo is no longer available at dashingdon, I assume because the author has made it inaccessible. If it becomes accessible, I will reopen the thread.
Are you going to make it into a book like mass mother murderer?
I'll be submitting all of my WIPs to Hosted Games when they're finished. Though I think I might also make all of my post- The Magician's Burden stories into novels, too.
The Twisted Village's demo is up again. Now shower me with feedback and praise and stuff.
I have read some of your wip and the truth is that they are excellent.
In TTV the character that had my attention is Kayos, I think he can be a very complex character and it will be very interesting to see his development in the plot.
Thanks a lot, Freja! Yeah, Kayos is certainly one of the more complex villains that I've written.
You all might remember when I sorted TTV's characters into Hogwarts houses a while ago just for fun. Well, more characters were introduced with the last update, so I've decided to do it again.


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Review of Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
So I went into this book knowing absolutely nothing about it. I was browsing at the library, and it caught my eye, and after having read the blub, I loved the concept of the book so much that I picked it up. And I'm glad I did.
Reincarnation Blues follows our main character Milo who has reincarnated 9,995 times and is one of the oldest if not THE oldest soul on earth. But — he only has five lives left to gain perfection, and when he does, he earns a place in the great cosmic soul — gets to become part of the Oversoul of the universe. But if he doesn't, he ceases to exist. Completely. He just fades into nothing.
But there's another interesting complication. At the end of every life, he awakes on the bank of the river in the arms of the anthropomorphic manifestation of Death also known as Suzie (she prefers to be called Suzie as she doesn't like to be referred to as death). But it is Suzie who comes to him as Death at the end of every one of his lives.
For millennia, Suzie and Milo have loved each other, and they are both facing the future with a kind of dread as Milo's lives count down. So in this way, it's a great love story, though that is not the focus of the book.
It's also worth mentioning that when he's on earth living out a life as a human, he has no recollection of any of this other lives nor does he remember that the love of his life — or should I say his soul — is waiting for him on the other side. His wisdom does tend to grow with each life, however, so we do get to see his evolution.
What I found especially fascinating about this book was that the book the author provides us with small glimpses of many of his incarnations. Several of them, however, are much more detailed and I found them all riveting. Some take place in the way distant past while others take place in the far future, some even in space. What's interesting about these stories is that they are chronological so we have no idea where we were going to end up after turning the page; though the author does an excellent job of weaving all these lives — including Milo's time in the afterlife — together into a cohesive story. The author shifted seamlessly and elegant from one time period to the next.
I loved the fact that if you really screwed up during one of your lives, then you have to live a life of penance such as coming back as a ladybug or a housefly. Of course, the author goes into quite a bit of detail with Milo's five remaining lives, and it's in these stories where we truly get a feel for the kind of person he is.
This book wasn't just about one man's search for perfection. Suzie (AKA Death) also had her own search for meaning, and I enjoyed seeing Death's evolution as the story unfolded. But it was also about the power of choice and those terribly gray areas between right and wrong. But I don't want to mention any more lest I delve into spoiler territory.
I think one reason I enjoyed this so much was that the book had a Terry Pratchettesque feeling to it, especially the humor I felt. Hell, Death, who is featured in many of the Terry Pratchett Discworld books, is also one of the main characters in this tale.
Reincarnation Blues was part sci-fi, part fantasy, part dystopian, with a good sprinkling of philosophy and humor. It's a magical and quirky book that makes you think long after the story is finished. It is also wildly entertaining and uplifting, though some parts of Milo's lives were rather brutal and a tad difficult to read about.
But all in all, this book was a home run for me, and I ended up loving it.
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For works with similar titles, see Odes.
Odes is a book of the Hebrew Bible. It is accepted as canonical only by Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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Furniture Row Racing's response regarding Kurt Busch's decision not to sign contract extension
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The following quote is attributed to Joe Garone, general manager of Furniture Row Racing in regards to Kurt Busch's decision not to continue as the driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet after the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
"It was always our intention to extend Kurt's contract with Furniture Row Racing. We made him an offer last week to to continue as the driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet in 2014 and beyond. Though he did not accept our offer we respect his decision and wish him future success. His driving skill and being a dedicated team player will always be appreciated at Furniture Row Racing. But for right now the main focus for Kurt and the team is to qualify for the Chase and contend for the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship.
"Furniture Row Racing's technical and engineering programs along with a talented road crew have made great strides this season, which have been evident with the consistently fast race cars that we have brought to the track week in and week out. We, along with our technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, are deeply committed to continuing the work in progress. We are currently in a search process for a new driver in 2014, one who shares the same commitment and winning attitude that we all do at Furniture Row Racing."
Note: Busch joined Furniture Row Racing with six races remaining in the 2012 season. He currently sits 12th in driver points, six markers shy of 10th with two races remaining before the Chase field is set. The top-10 drivers and two wildcard entries qualify for the 10-race Chase playoffs.
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Cholesterol is substance that is developed inside the liver and other cells in your body. It has a waxy texture and can be found in various foods we consume daily. Not all cholesterol is bad as our body needs it to operate correctly. However, the body doesn't need too much cholesterol because it can lead to serious health issues such as heart disease.
LDL is the bad cholesterol that can lead to heart disease when there is too much of it present. Also, known as low density lipoproteins, LDL will make your artery walls develop an excessive amount of plaque around it.
High density lipoproteins, or HDL is the good cholesteorol that will assist your body with the removal of bad cholesterol inside the blood stream. If you have low levels of this type of cholesterol it will lead to an increased risk of heart disease.
Very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and triglycerides are a couple of other forms of cholesterol that contian a lot of fat and not a lot of protein.
When you don't consume foods with enough nutritional value you will experience high levels of LDL. Food items responsible for high LDL levels include cheeses, cream, pastry, cakes, sausages, and other foods that are high in saturated fats.
Smoking can cause your LDL levels to rise dramatically. This is why smoking is one of the leading causes of heart attacks and other health problems related to high cholesterol.
When you are overweight or obese you can expect to have higher levels of LDL and much lower levels of HDL.
When you aren't active and spend most of your time sitting or lying around the house it will increase your levels of LDL and reduce your HDL levels. This is why exercising is always recommended to people interested in lowering high cholesterol levels.
Thankfully, there are things you can do to reduce your bad cholesterol levels and prevent various health problems. Take a look at 10 foods that have been known to increase your HDL levels (good cholesterol) and lower your LDL levels (bad cholesterol).
Flaxseed is packed with omega-3 fatty acids and fiber, which both will help to deal with high cholesterol effectively. The omega-3 fatty acids will protect your heart by preventing the build up of plaque around the artery walls which is responsible for heart attacks.
The fiber will bind with cholesterol to stop it from being absorbed by the body. Flaxseeds will also help to increase your HDL cholesterol levels by strengthening the amount of apoliprotein A1 in your body.
You can lower your cholesterol levels by eating more oats, because it will absorb LDL found in your body and get rid of it when you pass stools. It is the soluble fiber naturally found in oats that will help to decrease the quantity of cholesterol that the body absorbs, thus leading to a decrease in cholesterol. Other grains such as barley are great for reducing cholesterol the bad cholesterol found in your body.
Garlic has been well known to decrease the risk of a heart attack by reducing LDL cholesterol in the body. It will also stop the plaque from being deposited on the walls of the arteries around the heart. If you eat a 3-6 cloves of raw garlic daily it will help have a positive effect on your high LDL cholesterol.
Just like flaxseed most fish have a high amount of omega-3 fatty acids in it. These omega-3 fatty acids will help you lower your cholesterol and keep your heart in good condition.
The best kinds are fatty fishes such as trout, salmon, halibut, and sardines. These fatty acids won't only help to decrease your LDL levels but also improve the amount of HDL is in your system.
Nuts contain a lot of polyunsaturated fatty acids in them that will help to reduce cholesterol and improve the health of your arteries, thus helping your heart function better. Snack on nuts such as almonds, hazelnuts, and pistachios on a daily basis to reduce cholesterol levels.
Most people cook with canola oil or vegetable oil, which are loaded with saturated fats. As stated earlier, saturated fats are a huge cause of high cholesterol and heart disease.
Olive oil on the other hand is rich with unsaturated fats which can help you take care of high LDL levels and improve the amount of HDL you have. Use olive to make your salad dressings and to cook with. Olive oil may cost you a little more in price, but it is well worth it when you start seeing your LDL levels drop significantly.
It has been proven that beans are great for your heart and lowering bad cholesterol. Similar to oats, beans are rich in soluble fiber that will absorb cholesterol and remove it from your system.
The best beans for reducing high cholesterol include, kidney, black, and pinto beans. You can add beans to your salad, soup, and other dishes to help with high cholesterol levels.
Everybody loves strawberries, but few know that it can help with high cholesterol. It is the fiber known as pectin found in strawberries that help it reduce LDL levels. So if you don't like the taste of oats, beans, or barley start eating some sweet and delicious strawberries.
The high amount of antioxidants found in most teas are great for fighting off LDL cholesterol levels. The best teas to drink are black and green teas. Start drinking tea each morning instead of coffee and watch your cholesterol begin to drop.
Soy is rich in saturated fat and good cholesterol so it makes sense to add this to your diet to reduce LDL.


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What can be done to treat Autism?
An editorial published in Autism Research Review International highlighted how much stress mothers of children with ASD especially, can experience.5 Seeking treatment for children with ASD and their family members can lead to better understanding, coping, and education within families.


Triple Poker represents a modern casino poker variant which has gained a lot of popularity in brick & mortar casinos during the last 15 years. This game has two betting rounds and is attractive with its fast and straight forward game play. Triple Poker is based on standard Poker hands.


The role of airports – and more generally of the aviation sector – in the UK Government's deportation practices was exposed in December 2018 after a group of activists barricaded themselves around a plane that was carrying deportees to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone from London Stansted.
The group's actions not only exposed the controversial practice of deporting asylum seekers to unsafe countries, but also put the aviation industry under pressure, urging it to stop collaborating with the government on this matter.
Thousands of staff members of the US' Transportation Security Administration (TSA) took to airports across the country to complain against the government shutdown that stranded the US from December 2018 to January 2019.
Human rights advocates around the world pointed their fingers against the new Istanbul Airport in September 2018 as it emerged its construction was carried out amid unsafe working conditions.


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A relaxed Bar and Courtyard setting throughout. Reservations are limited to approximately 50% of the complex however walk-in available and subject to availability within the various areas. Fully Supervised Liquor Licence so Children must be accompanied by legal or biological parents.


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As long as there's hope, David Wright should keep trying
by Brian Erni February 19, 2018 0 Comments
For David Wright, it's one minute to midnight. The Mets know it, we know it, and most importantly, he knows it.
But as long as precious seconds remain, and Wright still has a glimmer of hope to return to the playing field in any capacity, the Mets captain should take as much time as he wants. He's earned that right.
"When it's all said and done, I want to be able to say that I did everything I could," Wright told a gaggle of reporters assembled in Port St. Lucie on Saturday morning. "If it works, that's obviously the goal. If not, I'll rest easy knowing I gave it my best shot."
In case you've forgotten, and I can't blame you if you haven't, Wright is one of the best players to ever play for this franchise. In 2007, he would have been the first Mets player to win the league's MVP had his team not collapsed around him. While everyone else floundered that September, Wright slashed .352/.432/.602 with six homers and 20 RBIs in 27 games.
He posted MVP caliber seasons in not just '07, but '08, '12, and '13, as well. He's second in franchise history in WAR (49.9), behind only Tom Seaver (79.1).
And with the Mets in a full rebuild, one year after one of their owners called him, "not a superstar," (to a reporter, on the record, mind you) he stayed. In December 2012, re-upped for seven years and $122 million. Yes, he was paid handsomely to do so. But it was also less than he would have made had he decided to test free agency in the offseason.
He stayed because he loves this franchise, and he loves the fan base. He stayed when any lesser of a man wouldn't. He stayed when there was absolutely zero reason to.
And even while getting the payday he so richly deserved, he wanted to do right by the franchise that drafted him back in 2001. It was David who came up with the idea to structure the contract so it was frontloaded, so the Mets weren't overpaying him for his decline.
Unfortunately, we know what happened. We know that a seemingly simple slide into second on a stolen base attempt morphed into more than three seasons of set back after set back, and since 2015, the Mets have gotten only 75 regular season games (and 14 postseason) from Wright. But his contract is insured, and as a result, costs the franchise significantly less to pay Wright than it does to employ Asdrubal Cabrera (don't blame David if that $15 million isn't reinvested in the team).
His leadership is invaluable. And as the next Met who likely can expect to have his number stationed at the top of Citi Field, so is his skill. If Wright even has a chance to play a season as a shell of his former self, then he needs to see it through. Because everything is better in Queens when Wright is in the clubhouse, stationed by his locker.
"I want you to be as present as possible," Mickey Callaway said he told Wright. "We need your leadership."
We all need David Wright. And as long as he wants to be a part of our lives, we should want to be a part of his. Do your thing, David. Give it everything you have. And the day you make it back, I know I will be the one of many to be there to give you the standing ovation you so richly deserved.
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We're just going to be honest right now; we're hot. Like, really hot, and it's not just because of our dashing good looks either. It seems like the temperatures unmercifully keep rising, the humidity is out of control, and sometimes you need to get creative to cool down.
If you're taking a trip to Florida this summer, there are a few things you need to know!
First thing you need to survive the 90°F+ weather here is wear appropriate clothing. Simply wearing your bathing suit around town is sometimes frowned upon, but we say do it anyway! Throw on a cover and then you're living like a true Floridian. Generally, you want to wear loose fitting and light colored clothing. See our style guide for some great tips, written by someone who actually knows what he's talking about! We promise - he's very stylish.
Freeze fruit like strawberries, blueberries and raspberries; it's delicious and easy! Put them in your water, or put fresh fruit in your ice tray and fill it with water to make ice cubes. Just throw those in your water to sweeten things up a bit if you're bored with the taste of plain water all day.
We know you've heard it before, but seriously, drink more cool water and drinks with electrolytes. If you're not sure how much water is fitting for you, a good rule is to drink half your body weight in ounces to stay completely hydrated. Also, avoid caffeine and alcohol as much as possible (sorry) as they are dehydrators!
When you're using your vape, if the vapor is too warm for your liking, try a water filter. Different vaporizers are able to be hooked up to water pieces such as the VapeXhale Cloud Evo, or the Magic-Flight Launch Box, using the UFO (Unnamed Filtration Object).
Go for a swim - it's great exercise as it works your entire body. If swimming laps isn't your thing, just jump in a pool, lake, ocean, whatever you have access to.
When all else fails, give up and just stay inside. Don't go out. Sit inside your room with the air conditioning on high and all the fans directed at you. You can't go wrong there!
Hold the back of your hand on the pavement and see if you can keep it there for 5 seconds. If you can't, it's too hot to walk your dog. If you don't already, try and walk your dog early in the morning before the sun is too high, and after the sun has set.
Additionally, some dogs may like a swimming pool to splash around in and keep cool, and hey, you can jump in there with them! What could be more fun than that?
What are you doing this summer to keep cool? Give us ideas because we're melting like a snowman in heat!


One of Starbucks most popular seasonal drinks is the pumpkin spice latte. The drink is described as being made with "pumpkin pie spices" on the company's website, but the main flavoring component is not a pinch of spice – it's a pump of Pumpkin Spice Sauce. This thick syrup has a similar consistency to the caramel sauce that tops off their caramel drinks, tastes a lot like pumpkin pie and has a brownish orange color to it. I'm not entirely convinced that simply stirring some pumpkin puree into a cup of coffee would really give your drink a similar effect, but there are two store-bought options that can make sure your cravings for Pumpkin Spiced drinks are filled – without breaking the budget with too many trips to Starbucks. Torani syrup makes a Pumpkin Pie Sauce that might be the brand that Starbucks uses, since most of their syrups come from that company. DaVinci Gourmet also makes a Pumpkin Pie Spice sauce that offers the same, thick consistency.
In both cases, the bottles sold are big. Fortunately, there are at least two months left of pumpkin spice season, so that leaves plenty of time to get through them. And, if you find you have some leftover when the weather starts to warm up, you can always try your hand at blending a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino.


Great People Login: Hey Readers!!!… Here you will find everything related to Great People Login. Great People is nothing but the online portal which is created for Kroger employees. Through this portal, employees can check the information they need. To know more, read the complete post. Also, check the login procedure in detail.
Great People is an official website where the important information is allowed to access only by Kroger employees/ associates. But to get the access, they have to log in to their account. Great People Login credentials can be easily obtained at the HR department of your Kroger work location. This portal will allow the employees to check their benefits programs, employment information, work schedules, pay stubs, updates & news on Kroger companies, and much more. The following important information is all about Great People Login. Check the detailed login instructions along with the requirements.
Visit the official site of Great People or click on this official website.
Once you click on that link, you will be redirected to the Great People Login Portal.
Enter the Enterprise User ID in the required space.
Then, enter the Password in the required space.
And finally, you will be allowed to access the information you need.
As we all know, Enterprise User ID is nothing but the Employee ID.
Get your Employee ID from the HR Department.
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If you still don't remember your Enterprise User ID or if you don't have it, contact your manager or an information security contact at your work location to know your ID.
Visit the official website of Great People i.e. www.greatpeople.me.
There, you need to enter the Enterprise User ID in the required space.
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The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retailing company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the United States's largest supermarket chain by revenue ($115.34 billion for the fiscal year 2016), the second-largest general retailer (behind Walmart) and the seventeenth largest company in the United States. Kroger is also the third-largest retailer in the world and the third largest private employer in the United States. As of September 2018, Kroger operates, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 2,769 supermarkets, and multi-department stores. In addition to stocking a variety of regional brand products, The Kroger Company also employs one of the largest networks of private label manufacturing in the country.
Kroger's headquarters are in downtown Cincinnati. It maintains markets in 35 states and the District of Columbia, with store formats that include hypermarkets, supermarkets, superstores, department stores, and 267 jewelry stores (782 convenience stores were sold to EG Group in 2018). Kroger-branded grocery stores are located in the Midwestern and Southern United States. Kroger operates 37 food processing or manufacturing facilities, 1,523 supermarket fuel centers and 2,271 pharmacies and 217 The Little Clinic in-store medical clinics. Kroger operates its own fleet of trucks and trailers to distribute products to its various stores, in addition to contracts with various trucking companies.
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"While trackside with the GT-R on the Estoril circuit in Portugal, however, we get a firm number for the first time as Car and Driver learns that the need to skew production higher in the first year translates to 2400 coupes up for grabs. That's the good news. The bad news is that more than 1400 orders have already been taken.
We expect 2400 could be the magic number again in the second model year, and Larry Dominique, Nissan North America vice president in charge of product planning, says he thinks the first two years of production will sell out quickly.
Dominique says the plan, quite simply, is for demand to outstrip supply—Nissan produces 1000 globally a month—for five years. "
AIt looks like 60,000 is the proposed total sales Worldwide over the R35 GT-R's lifespan.


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South Africa to withdraw from war crimes court: document
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Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 2016 11:46 AM
UNITED NATIONS - South Africa is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday, a move which would take effect one year after notice is formally received by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
A UN spokesman declined to confirm receipt of the document, which is signed by South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and dated Oct. 19.
"The Republic of South Africa has found that its obligations with respect to the peaceful resolution of conflicts at times are incompatible with the interpretation given by the International Criminal Court," according to the document.
The South African mission to the United Nations was not immediately available to comment on the document.
The International Criminal Court, which opened in July 2002 and has 124 member states, is the first legal body with permanent international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Burundi appeared set to become the first state to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the 1998 treaty establishing the global court, after its parliament voted last week to leave. President Pierre Nkurunziza signed a decree on Tuesday, but the United Nations has not yet been officially notified.
South Africa said a year ago that it planned to leave the International Criminal Court after its government faced criticism for ignoring a court order to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is accused of genocide and war crimes, when he visited the country last year.
Several African countries have expressed concern that the focus of The Hague-based court has been on Africa rather than elsewhere in the world.
"The Republic of South Africa is committed to fight impunity and to bring those who commit atrocities and international crimes to justice and as a founding member of the African Union promotes international human rights and the peaceful resolution of conflicts on the African continent," the document said.
"In complex and multi-faceted peace negotiations and sensitive post-conflict situations, peace and justice must be viewed as complementary and not mutually exclusive," the South African document said.
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How to make simple living go viral.
I've been thinking for a while that we need a movement to push back against the spread of these values systems and to propose an alternative. We need something like Veganism but for the spread of anti-consumerist values. The animal rights movement has made huge progress in recent years with Veganism growing by 700% in the last 3 years.¹ So why can't we do something similar to put an end to the constant pursuit of more?
While I was hitchhiking me and a friend came up with the idea of Usetarianism! Primarily, it is a simple pledge to, where possible, only buy second-hand products. But underneath, it is a value system based on living a life of voluntary simplicity as opposed to constantly searching for more.
Psychologists have observed that humans tend to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major life changes. This is hedonic treadmill theory. The idea is that the pursuit of happiness is like a person on a treadmill who has to keep walking just to stay in the same place. This effect is very evident when people's income grows or they get a new possession like a car. To begin with you're super excited to get a new Ferrari. Everyone's commenting on it and you feel great. But pretty quickly the car just becomes a normal part of your life. What was an exciting novelty pretty quickly becomes the norm and stops making you feel good. This means that if we decide to jump onto the treadmill and get happiness from our possessions, then we'll always be searching for the next thing that will finally make us happy. We'll get a Ferrari but that won't be enough. Soon we'll want a private jet. But nothing will ever satisfy us. This article explains this better than I can.
Tim Kasser has done a lot of research into the effects of materialist values on our well being.² These materialist values are spread by consumer societies to make us want more. These values include placing a great importance on wealth, social status and image. Kasser's research shows that people with these values are overall less satisfied with their lives than those who focus on more fundamental values like their relationships with others and caring for society and the environment. People who seek happiness through materialist values tend to be more anxious and depressed, drink more alcohol and smoke more cigarettes and spend more time watching television. They're also less empathetic and struggle to put themselves "in another person's place". Materialist values also erode into all aspects of our lives. An example is that people who adopt these values start to see other people in their lives primarily for their own materialistic ends. This produces the "instrumental friendships" cultivated by networking.
So instead of seeing people with Ferraris and private jets as icons to be inspired to we should see them as people enslaved to a defunct, damaging value system and then try to help them escape from it.
In order to keep consumers buying regularly, manufacturers build in planned obsolescence into their products. This means that instead of making products fit to last a lifetime, they make them only last for a short period of time to encourage people to buy more. This leads us to use ever more natural resources. By 2020 every year we will be extracting 82 billion tonnes of natural resources from planet earth. Most of which will quickly end up back in landfills and be unusable for millennia.
Scientists have identified nine "Planetary Boundaries"³ like climate change and biodiversity loss that, if passed, will have disastrous consequences for life on earth. We're already in a "critical" region for four of these boundaries and if we are to have any hope of not going all the way into the red we need to stop our culture of more, more, more.
I've been asking myself for a while why have the Vegetarian movements been so successful? And how can an anti-consumerism movement follow in its footsteps?
I think one of the key reasons for the success of vegetarianism is that it's not just people going around saying "we should be kinder to animals". Instead there is an absolute pledge of not eating meat that has real-world consequences. Humans eat 3 times a day and that's 3 opportunities every day for someone to say "I'm vegetarian" and others to ask why and then the movement to spread.
The simplest comparable pledge is to only buy second-hand products.
Unfortunately, unlike vegetarianism it does have some caveats as, for example, we can't all get our food second hand. And there are some things like socks and pants that are difficult to find second hand.
But for the vast majority of things you want to buy you can go to your local charity shop or go on eBay and find second-hand things that will cost you a fraction of the price.
Tim Kasser (2002): The High Price of Materialism, MIT Press.
Originally published at julyandavey.com on August 10, 2018.


Perhaps it says a lot when we hear that Congress is putting "pork" in the huge bailout bill. So what else is new?
Current members of Congress have received a total of $4.8 million from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with Democrats collecting 57 percent of that. This week we also wrote about how much money lawmakers had invested of their own money in the companies last year–a total of up to $1.7 million.
Hmm…maybe we can split our vote for McCain and Biden…whose tiny amounts were over a 19 year period, in contrast to Senator number two, whose got quite a bit of money for a junior senator in office for only three years. And of course, raise your hands if you really believe that employees with a tight budget happily gave away all that money "voluntarily". (I write "voluntarily" donations by employees who are expected to donate where the boss or union tells them).
Today, Fannie Mae operates under a congressional charter that directs us to channel our efforts into increasing the availability and affordability of homeownership for low-, moderate-, and middle-income Americans. Yet Fannie Mae receives no government funding or backing, and we are one of the nation's largest taxpayers.
But anyway, here you have those in Congress who are supposed to regulate these organizations getting money from them.
But there is plenty more corruption in the mix.
There are few good guys in either party. The Glass-Steagall Act was repealed during the Clinton administration, and that repeal has taken less than a decade to bring the banking system to its knees. The Bush administration has effectively gutted the fraud provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley by having those in charge of enforcing the laws biased in favor of fat cat contributors. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal reported that records show the government has ruled in favor of corporate whistle-blowers a mere 17 times out of 1,273 complaints filed since 2002. An additional 841 cases have been dismissed outright. Is it possible that so few complaints filed under this law had no merit? You tell me.
Well, let's look at how graft and kickbacks work when the pretty words are removed.
The joke in the Philippines is that bribes are taken "over the table, under the table, and with the table". So when a large amount of fertilizer fund money slated to help small farmers was diverted to politicians election funds; no one was responsible, indeed no one was actually sure what happened to all that money. But that is the tip of the iceburg. Then there are large "gifts" given in thanks for getting contracts, diversions of government funds, or "double billing" of contracts in the government budget will ever be proven so that prosecutions can occur. And lots of Congressional investigations that go nowhere, because much of the political class is related by marriage, extended family ties, or friendship.
In contrast, in America, the bribes and corruption is shrouded in honorable language. Congressmen didn't overlook the problems of these mortgage companies because they were bribed, it was because they wanted poor people to own houses. And large industries were helping people invest money for high interest so they could retire early, they weren't really lying about the ratings of the investments.
So some of the shenanigans of the FannieMae contributions to politicians seems like an American version of "buying someone to look the other way".
But it looks like those of us who work by the rules who will pay. So now, the taxpayers who follow the rules and invest carefully and try to pay their bills are going to have to bail out a "crisis" that was a combination of greed and lack of oversight by a Congress that was paid to look the other way, and government that failed to see that regulation was needed.
McCain, who was one unindicted Congressmen in the Keating Five scandal (about political donations from that failed Savings and Loan), but unlike others, he has expressed remorse and shame on repeated occasions, did try to stop the kickback mess by the McCain Feingold bill.
But no good deed goes unpunished: as we see this year, his "thanks" is that Senator Obama will merely "just say no" and decline government funding (which would limit the amount he can spend), figuring he can raise a lot more money from rich cats and poor, and win the prize.
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DATA Ultimatum: CoinMarketCap Requests More Information From Exchanges to Make Market More Transparent
More on CoinMarketCap's plan to fight fake volume reporting.
Recently, CoinMarketCap (CMC), arguably the industry's best-known cryptocurrency market data service, announced an initiative to provide "greater transparency, accountability, and disclosure from projects in the crypto space." The move followed recent reports on fake volume data and wash trading among cryptocurrency exchanges that were published last month.
Now, all exchanges are required to provide mandatory application programming interface (API) data to CMC by June 2019. Those who fail to do so risk getting delisted from the platform. So, can this brand new scheme cleanse the market from untrustworthy data?
Fake volume is one of crypto market's chief problems: two reports
Recently, a number of researches highlighted the problem of fake volume among crypto exchanges, suggesting that the majority of platforms claim to handle unrealistic amounts of transactions. As explained by Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, some exchanges alter their volume to get ranked higher on popular trackers like CMC, and hence get exposure and attract new clients.
The Tie: 90% of the volume is fake, 75% of crypto exchanges look suspicious
While the problem of fake volume isn't particularly new to the crypto market, at least two recent reports have stirred up a new wave of discussion. First, on March 18, trading analytics platform the Tie reported that almost 90% of cryptocurrency exchanges' reported trade volumes may be fake, and that as much as three-quarters of those platforms have suspicious volumes.
To conduct the research, the Tie took the reported trading volume for the last 30 days of the top 100 exchanges. They subsequently divided that data by the exchange's website visits over 30 days estimated by SimilarWeb to determine the volume per visit.
As a result, Binance reported $750 traded per visit, Bittrex reported $138 traded per visit, Coinbase Pro $341, Bitfinex $862 and Poloniex $63.
Thus, to calculate the expected volume, the researchers used a weighted average of the trading volumes per website visit across Binance, Coinbase Pro, Poloniex, Gemini and Kraken — resulting in $591 — and multiplied this number by the web views. The Tie explained that it picked these exchanges "because of large usage among institutions, reputation within the market, and because their web viewership appeared consistent with their reported trading volumes."
"In total we estimated that 87% of exchanges reported trading volume was potentially suspicious and that 75% of exchanges had some form of suspicious activity occurring on them," the organization tweeted at the time, adding that it affects the larger picture:
If each exchange averaged the volume per visit of CoinbasePro, Gemini, Poloniex, Binance, and Kraken, we would expect the real trading volume among the largest 100 exchanges to equal $2.1B per day. Currently that number is being reported as $15.9B. pic.twitter.com/jZzezJMmKk
— The TIE (@TheTIEIO) March 18, 2019
Notably, on March 21, two exchanges featured in the research as having questionable figures — LBank and Bit-Z — dethroned Binance in terms of the adjusted trade volume on CMC. According to research presented by the Tie, LBank's estimated reported volume per website visit amounts to $65,850.
However, the Tie admitted that its research had certain limitations: Specifically, the website views didn't take into account API, mobile application trades and desktop client trades.
Because of that, the data could, in theory, just mean that either a much more significant than average portion of LBank users use the API, desktop or mobile clients, or that an LBank user trades over $65,000 per session on average. The Tie notes:
"There were limitations to this report including some of the aforementioned, but the point of the exercise was to show those exchanges that appear most suspicious and to start a greater conversation around wash trading, transaction mining, and liquidity."
Bitwise: 95% of bitcoin trading volume on unregulated exchanges appears to be fake
On March 20, another substantial report on fake volume surfaced. Issued by cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Asset Management, it argued that 95% of bitcoin trading volume on unregulated exchanges appears to be fake or noneconomic in nature.
Notably, Bitwise sourced its data from CMC, which it claims includes a large amount of this suspect data, "thereby giving a fundamentally mistaken impression" of the actual size of the bitcoin market.
Bitwise ultimately wrote that the real market for BTC is "significantly smaller, more orderly, and more regulated than commonly understood" — amounting in reality to $273 million instead of the $6 billion reported on CMC.
To prove its point, Bitwise first analyzed Coinbase Pro as an example of a regulated exchange to outline trustworthy trading patterns, including an "unequal and streaky" mix of red (sell orders) and green (buy orders) trades, whose distribution fluctuates considerably at any given time.
Further, Bitwise studied spread as a parameter, noting:
"It's [the spread is] $0.01. At the time this screenshot was taken, bitcoin was trading at $3,419. That means bitcoin was trading at a 0.0003% spread, making it amongst the tightest quoted spread of any financial instrument in the world."
Coinbase Pro reported around $27 million in daily traded volume of BTC at the time of Bitwise's analysis — as compared with $480 million reported by Coinbene. The latter was used by the index fund provider to demonstrate the patterns typical of what it characterizes as "suspicious exchanges."
Suspect signs included an unlikely perfect alternating pattern of green and red trades, as well as a lack of trades with round numbers or small values. On Coinbene, buy and sell orders also appear in timestamped pairs, with one compensating the other. Moreover, the spread on Coinbene at the time of Bitwise's analysis was $34.74: "that compares to $0.01 on Coinbase Pro. It is surprising that an exchange claiming 18x more volume than Coinbase Pro would have a spread that is 3400x larger."
Additionally, as per the Bitwise paper, suspect exchanges showed consistent volume throughout the day, while on regulated exchanges, volume corresponded to waking and sleeping hours.
CMC's response: the DATA alliance
On March 25, Carylyne Chan, global head of marketing at CMC, told Bloomberg that concerns over fake volume "are valid," which is why more information will be added to the website to help users make better decisions.
"For instance, if an exchange with low traffic has $300M volume and just 5 BTC in its wallet, users will be able to draw their own conclusions without the need for us to make arbitrary judgment calls on what is 'good' or 'bad.' We want to state that our philosophy is to provide as much information as possible to our users, so that they can form their own conclusions and interpretations — and not introduce our own bias into that mix."
On May 1, CMC announced that it will require all crypto exchanges to provide mandatory API data, which includes their live trading data and live order book data, as part of a new transparency initiative titled "the Data Accountability & Transparency Alliance" (DATA).
The alliance was originally announced in CMC's sixth anniversary blog post. The company explained that it has to deal with regular requests to delist crypto exchanges based on unverifiable information — such as screenshots of chat logs and emails — which is why CMC chose to empower its users to make more informed decisions and "provide a means for projects to differentiate themselves through enhanced disclosures" instead of applying harsh censorship:
"We are paying close attention to the growing discourse surrounding 'fake volumes' of exchanges. This is not a trivial problem to solve, as seemingly innocuous decisions can carry unintended consequences. To add to the complexity, we need to be mindful of the numerous use cases for our data – what some deem to be 'fake data' is information in and of itself that can yield interesting analyses, and it is important not to throw the baby out with the bathwater."
Indeed, CMC seems to aim for a softer approach after removing a number of South Korean exchanges from its platform "due to the extreme divergence in prices from the rest of the world and limited arbitrage opportunity" back in January 2018, when it caused a major drop in the market.
Stressing that the new condition will be compulsory, the tracker stressed that any exchange that does not provide the data will be not be included in the price and adjusted volume calculations on the site. The changes will come into effect on June 14, 2019, CoinMarketCap noted.
Specifically, the required data includes exchange hot/cold wallet addresses ("indicative numbers to enable users to determine solvency of selected exchange"), live market-pair trading status ("more granular trading data at the market-pair level for further analysis"), live wallet status ("summary status of all possible deposits and withdrawals across currencies"), and historical trade data ("all time-stamped historical trades for tracking, and in some cases, compliance").
"Our stance is that we do not censor any information, but rather will present all the information to users so that they can make their own judgments and decisions on the data presented," Chan told Cointelegraph. "This philosophy of providing all the information rather than making our own judgment calls or censorship/curation is the same for data submitted by DATA members." The global head of marketing at CMC added:
"As with all API endpoints submitted to us from exchanges (of which we now have 257 on CoinMarketCap) we work closely to ensure that the endpoints are up and running effectively. This constitutes the reported volume information that is presented on the site. The adjusted volume metric excludes those exchanges with fee rebates or transaction mining, and with the new mandatory data requirements, those that do not provide their live trade and orderbook data."
When asked whether players have enough time to gather and submit the required information, Chan replied that the data "should not be technically hard for exchanges to provide," and that the 45-day notice should ensure that there is enough time for everyone to join. According to her, no exchange has explicitly declined to join DATA so far:
"We carefully evaluated the requirements so as to make sure they are reasonable and not unnecessarily onerous for the majority of exchanges to provide. In fact, about 150 exchanges already submit this data, and we are simply waiting for the other exchanges to come up to speed on these data points."
Exchanges' comments
At this point, DATA is comprised of 12 exchanges: Binance, Bittrex, OKEx, Huobi, Liquid, UpBit, IDEX, OceanEX, Gate.io, KuCoin, HitBTC and Bitfinex.
Michael Gan, CEO of KuCoin, told Cointelegraph that CMC approached them about one month ago:
"After they introduced the whole idea, we soon decided to join DATA, as one of the early members. We are still communicating with CMC in terms of all the data submission and it will be done before the deadline."
Starry Liu, head of marketing at OceanEX, told Cointelegraph that they were the only Initial Launch Partner of DATA that exists for less than one year. According to Liu, OceanEX approached CMC earlier this year to discuss "the idea of setting up an alliance to improve transparency across the whole industry,'' and soon joined the initiative:
"We found out this is also CMC's goal. They actively asked about our feedback and acted really fast during the preparation of DATA."
Liu specified to Cointelegraph that OceanEX integrated its data to the DATA project in less than one month. The information is collected, but not monitored by CMC, she confirmed:
"We prepare and stream raw data from OceanEx to them and CMC is taking a role more of collecting and disclosing data to the public, instead of monitoring. We may have different roles in this program, but we share the same vision and the ultimate goal, that is to benefit the community and the users."
The KuCoin CEO, however, told Cointelegraph that CMC "mentioned that they will have a team to check all the data submitted, ensuring its accuracy as the DATA project expected."
A representative of Exmo, the United Kingdom-based exchange that has applied to join DATA but has not been added to the official roster yet, told Cointelegraph that, while the new alliance is "a considerable step to the formation of the sustainable market," the industry needs more solutions for the deep-rooted problems such as fake volume. Maria Stankevich, head of business development and communications at the exchange, wrote in an email:
"The fact that the data from the trading platforms will be collected in real time will expand the possibilities for studying the market and analyzing it and improve the understanding of the characteristics of various exchanges — that's for sure. But this does not mean that the data provided by the websites will be completely objective.
"The same thing applies to the additional information about the exchanges, that is supposed to be submitted by the projects and exchanges by themselves. We don't doubt the fact that it will be really useful for users — as it will be gathered in one place. But in general, we see it as an extension of the functionality of the CMC itself, an increase in its competitiveness in comparison with the other similar data aggregators."
Cointelegraph has reached out to more exchanges currently listed in the top-50 by adjusted volume on CMC that are not part of DATA at this point — including Kraken and Coinbase Pro — but has yet to hear back from them.
Matthew Hougan, the author of the aforementioned Bitwise report, told Cointelegraph that he "admires CoinMarketCap for staring down the barrel of systemic fake volume in the crypto market."
"We've seen a number of really robust responses to the problem of fake data, including from OpenMarketCap, Messari and Nomics, and I love that there is a diversity of smart people looking at this problem and driving towards solutions," Hougan said. However, the researcher also suggested that the data gathered by CMC might still be unsubstantiated in the end:
"Ultimately, given the limited nature of regulations, the globally distributed nature of crypto trading, and the perverse incentives to exaggerate volume, the best approach is going to be 'trust but verify.' But CoinMarketCap has taken a good first step and is putting some teeth into its reporting requirements, and I'll be interested to see what develops from their efforts."
Meanwhile, CMC plants to extend its initiative even further in the future. "Collecting the data is just the first step," the tracker wrote. "With a larger dataset, more analyses can be run, and enable the introduction of new, meaningful metrics."
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Southwestern University has appointed Jide Oluwajuyitan, a professor of political Science and Director of its Business School, as its new Vice-Chancellor.
Announcing the appointment last week, the outgoing VC of the school, Prof. Olufemi Oludimu, said Oluwajuyitan would enrich the university using his experience acquired in the last 40 years.
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"Where's The Beef?" Gets Resurrected: Why It's Important To Maintain Your Trademark Registrations
September 26, 2011 Matthew Kreutzer, Las Vegas Franchise Attorney
The latest example of 80s influence on pop culture is Wendy's recent resurrection of its "Where's The Beef?" campaign. The renewal of the old campaign serves as a valuable reminder of the importance of maintaining your trademark registrations, even on older trademarks.
Seeing Red (Envelopes): When Contrition Doesn't Work
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Nevada Franchise Business Network: Fall 2011 Meeting
September 8, 2011 Matthew Kreutzer, Las Vegas Franchise Attorney
The next meeting of the Nevada Franchise Business Network is scheduled to occur on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Cili restaurant in Bali Hai Country Club, 5160 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89119. The topic of the meeting is "Marketing Strategies for Building Your Brand: Merging Traditional and New Media" and will feature guest speaker Darcy K. Neigbors, Founder and CEO of CIM Marketing Partners.
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