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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds...with Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama DOC
Airbus is putting its North American manufacturing hub in Mobile. We asked AL DOC chief Greg Canfield about the impact on the state's growing aerospace industry. From the January/February 2013 issue
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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama Department of Commerce
Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama Department of Commerce
By Business Facilities Staff
From the January/February 2013 issue
Airbus is putting its North American manufacturing hub in Mobile. We asked AL DOC chief Greg Canfield about the impact on the state's growing aerospace industry.
BF: Do you anticipate other aerospace producers/suppliers setting up shop or expanding in AL as a result of the Airbus project?
GC: The fact that Airbus located its first U.S. plant in the state is already drawing attention to Alabama worldwide; much like the Mercedes-Benz announcement did in 1993. We just recently had the announcement of the first Airbus supplier: Labinal is part of the aerospace giant Safran Group and is a global leader in electrical wiring systems. We have a supplier support team in place and are currently mobilizing education initiatives and planning training centers to accommodate the skilled workforce demands. Without a doubt we expect additional growth as a result of the Airbus facility.
BF: The Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation received an SBA grant in 2010 to create the Huntsville Advanced Defense Technology Cluster, aimed at high-tech entrepreneurs. Has the program been a success?
GC: HADTCI has initiated a paradigm shift in two ways: it has facilitated more collaboration among small and large companies to have a better chance at winning awards and it has encouraged the community to look outside the traditional DOD and NASA opportunities into areas where their technologies can be commercialized. This is in addition to supplementing the existing small business services in the region through mentoring, grants, technical consulting and training.
SHAKY START FOR BOEING'S NEW 787
The problems that have temporarily grounded Boeing's new 787 jetliner may have a wide-ranging impact on the U.S. aerospace manufacturing sector. The long- awaited 787 Dreamliner offers unprecedented fuel efficiency thanks to a lightweight, ultra- strong carbon-fiber composite skin and an advanced electrical system powered by a huge lithium-ion battery. Boeing has produced 50 787s to date at its new facility in N. Charleston, SC, has back orders for more than 800 and expects thousands more to be built in the next 20 years.
But one look at photos the National Transportation Safety Board took of the battery container from a Jan. 7 fire aboard a Japan Airlines plane is all anyone needs to under- stand the gravity of Boeing's current problem. Boeing says it plans to keep building 787s in Charleston while engineers determine whether the plane's sophisticated electrical system has to be replaced or rebuilt. Apparently, it's more cost-effective to keep the current aircraft build going and make fixes later than to shut it down and n retool up front. Stay tuned.
BF: Is the Port of Mobile ready to compete for increased shipping from the expansion of the Panama Canal?
GC: Today we are handling post-panamax ships of the same size that will be transiting the expanded Panama Canal beginning in 2015 every week. These ships, which are deployed in a trans-Atlantic service, are up to 1,200' long and carry up to 9,000 TEUS. Our Intermodal Container Transfer Facility should be completed by the canal opening. This will dramatically improve the efficiency of the inland movement of containers to and from the port.
BF: Growth of film and entertainment industry employment in Alabama also is a DOC priority. Are you attracting new business from the entertainment sector?
GC: In the past year we had several major feature films that will be released in the next few months, including 42 (the story of Jackie Robinson) and Space Warriors, filmed entirely at Huntsville's Space Camp. We also have several reality shows currently being filmed and we expect to incentivize a music festival soon.
BF: The DOC has a new communications plan, including an upgraded website. What are the goals of the new plan?
GC: The primary goal is to ensure we are on the radar for all major site selection consultants and companies seeking to relocate or expand facilities. We are developing an exciting branding campaign using a mixture of both traditional and nontraditional media, and a redesigned website that will be more user friendly.
Airbus Begins A220 Production At Alabama Facility The aircraft manufacturer will add a second assembly line and hire more than 400 new workers at its Mobile facility.
Satair Investing $10M In Virginia Expansion The aviation company will expand the Loudoun County Satair Customer Service Logistics Center that supports and services the Airbus global aircraft fleet.
Four Alabama Firms To Work On New Airbus Assembly Line The new assembly line will allow Airbus to accelerate production of its A220 passenger jet and will increase its Mobile workforce by over 430 employees.
Greg Canfield
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Q: Sed substitute pattern with command A propo of this question.
Let's say I want to substitute <number with commas> for <number> in string something, "10,000", something.
Number could be 1,000, 10,000... so on.
I was experimenting if it's possible to use a command for the substitution:
echo 'something, "10,000", something' | sed "s/\(\".*\"\)/$(echo \\1 | sed 's/,//')/"

Which doesn't work, nothing happens.
What triggers my question is that if I only use echo
echo 'something, "10,000", something' | sed "s/\(\".*\"\)/$(echo \\1)/"

the parameter \\1 is read OK, but it looks like it can't be piped to sed (or grep).
Is this possible in some way?

A: The expansion of the command substitution that is part of your sed expression happens before the sed command is executed.
This means that the shell, to execute the command
sed "s/\(\".*\"\)/$(echo \\1 | sed 's/,//')/"

first runs
echo \\1 | sed 's/,//'

This outputs \1 since there are no commas in the string outputted by echo.
The shell then inserts this string where the command substitution was, yielding
sed "s/\(\".*\"\)/\1/"

This is also clear if we run the pipeline with tracing enabled in the shell:
$ set -x
$ echo 'something, "10,000", something' | sed "s/\(\".*\"\)/$(echo \\1 | sed 's/,//')/"
+ echo 'something, "10,000", something'
+ echo '\1'
+ sed s/,//
+ sed 's/\(".*"\)/\1/'
something, "10,000", something

In your second pipeline, the same thing happens (minus the execution of sed 's/,//'):
$ set -x
$ echo 'something, "10,000", something' | sed "s/\(\".*\"\)/$(echo \\1)/"
+ echo 'something, "10,000", something'
+ echo '\1'
+ sed 's/\(".*"\)/\1/'
something, "10,000", something

In conclusion: It is not possible to call another shell command from within sed using command substitutions to process a substring matched by a regular expression, as the command substitutions are processed before sed is called (in order to resolve what the sed editing script is before calling sed).
sed moreover does not provide any mechanism in its language to call out to another command, like some other editing/processing languages do (e.g. the rudimentary r and w commands in the ed editor allows this, as does awk).

A: sed 's/\([0-9]\),\([0-9]\)/\1\2/g'

This works only if there are at least two numbers between two commas, so
123,456,789 -> 123456789
12,34,56,78 -> 12345678
but
1,2,3,4,5,6 -> 12,34,56

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Looking for a fun new design project? Collaborate with a local chef to design a tablescape based on the culinary theme for a table of 8-10 guests!
Each design team will decorate a table on Thursday, May 2nd, based on a theme chosen by the designer and chef coordinating with the food provided for the table.
Get creative and showcase your talent to sponsors and guests while supporting Focus on Home's mission to furnish homes for families transitioning out of homelessness!
Designers/teams are also welcome to bring their own!
All tables will be arranged on the Main floor of the OKC Farmers Market. Please let us know the dimensions needed for your space and list the structures that will be present such as fountains, walls, or lighting stands.
Each design team will split a 20-amp circuit with another team.
The room will utilize the can lighting that will be adjusted to be low lit for the evening.
Teams will be allowed to provide their own secured structure to hang lights and any other décor material from.
Dinner & Glassware should be coordinated with the design team to fit the concept.
Free tabletop rentals are being made available by Vintage Tabletop Rentals! Contact Britanny Cast at (405)550-2421 or tabletop.rental@gmail.com if you would like to discuss what rentals are available to fit your theme.
Please Return This Completed Information, along with your Menu & Chef Photo to Nicole Thomas; Nicole@EpicEventsOK.com NO LATER than Monday, April 8th.
Does Chef need access to one 20-amp circuit?
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If you would like us to provide a table, which would you prefer?
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Home World Premiere of 'The Black Mamba' to Arrive Next Month
World Premiere of 'The Black Mamba' to Arrive Next Month
The Case to Hang No. 34 From the Rafters
Every member of Lakers Nation knows that Kobe Bryant is known as the Black Mamba, and now Nike is going to share that information with the rest of the world. Nike has announced the premiere of 'The Black Mamba,' which will showcase Bryant as he takes on his biggest challenge yet.
The video was directed by renowned filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, and stars such actors as Bruce Willis and Danny Trejo. There is no doubt that 'The Black Mamba' is going to help showcase the best basketball player on the planet, and you won't want to miss it.
For more information concerning the premiere of 'The Black Mamba' make sure you check out the Facebook page that will give you all the details.
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author interviews | Pat Bertram Introduces . . .
Welcome, Liz. What is your new book about?
The Beast Within is a contemporary twist on Beauty and the Beast.
Crystal Belle St. James' life is devoted to caring for a parent suffering from Alzheimer's.
Reclusive Daniel Di Domenico may be handsome and wealthy but prefers solitude. One morning he wakes up with Bell's palsy and becomes temporarily disfigured.
I researched Alzheimer's on the internet and followed a fellow author whose mother suffers from dementia. Bell's palsy: I researched on the internet and interviewed a friend who had it.
I am a voracious reader and gobble up 4-5 books per week. I read both fiction and non-fiction. My taste in fiction spans all genres. And enjoy well-written books. I also like to read non-fiction. Fiction develops the linguistic skills and non-fiction feeds the mind.
For me the essential qualities of a good story: it must capture and hold my interest; the story must pull me in whether it is a shifter tale or a romance, and the story must have "meat" on its bones.
I have written three novels- The Dionysus Connection, The Marathon Man, Sins of the Father, two humor books- Through the Keyhole, Fractured Proverbs and Twisted Thoughts, and I write a weekly humor column for a couple of newspapers.
Sometimes the character names just pop into my head. Or, I meet someone with a name I know I will have to use in a story. If all else fails, I have several baby name books and try to match my characters with the appropriate name (which includes the meaning of the name).
Do you have a saying or motto for your life and/or as a writer?
What is your favorite place, real or fictional?
My favorite place is Budapest, Hungary. I was born there. Also, it is beautiful, and the history of my ancestors draws me in.
My cover designer is Tatiana Vila. She designed all but one of my covers and is amazing.
You're right. That's a great cover. Where can people learn more about you and your books?
Thank you for talking with us today. Best of luck with your new book!
Hello I'm Fiona Gavelle, I'm the protagonist in Judge vs. Nuts.
I live in one of the most beautiful cities, Chicago, Illinois. We have a stunning lakefront to Lake Michigan, magnificent architecture, a wide range of cultural venues, and unfortunately politics and corruption. If you read the book, you will get a guided part of my favorite parts of the city.
Aren't there a lot of books about corruption in Chicago?
There are plenty of non-fiction books about corruption in Chicago, but Judge vs. Nuts is a humorcide, that looks at another form of corruption. The non-fiction books will give you a headache; our book will make you laugh.
The police think that my dead client, Judge Laslo King was murdered. Really, there are a lot of ways it could have been a terrible accident.
Technically, I represent the executor of his estate, so not the dead person. That isn't allowed even in Cook County.
Do you run from conflict?
Early and often, I must have watched too much television as a child and thought life could be relatively simple. That way of thinking leaves my head in the clouds much of the time. When I left my first job, I did it in the middle of the night. When I moved out of the apartment I shared with my husband, it was while he was at work. Now when it comes to clients, I want to believe I relentlessly protect their rights.
Una made me vulnerable and naive, but she also put Aunt Tess and Judge Adam Curie in to protect me when I'm not looking. Their advice is so subtle; they think I'm not listening.
Do you have any special strengths?
I can write loopholes and spot them immediately. Then I redraft, edit, spot another loophole and repeat. It takes a long time to write a simple sentence when you are getting paid hourly.
What, if anything, haunts you?
Going to divorce court alone. My ears were ringing and I had trouble remembering how to get home.
How do you envision your future?
I like to write. I like to teach surreptitiously. I'm the protagonist in three novellas and am nearly finished with the next full length book, Judge vs Lake Michigan.
Thank you for visiting with us, Fiona. Best of luck!
Bio: Una Tiers (pen name) is an attorney practicing law in Chicago, Illinois. She is an avid reader. After a particularly grueling day in court, she wrote a story pouring all her anger into eliminating the judge, at least on paper. With a smile, additional victims were added as necessary. The result was Judge vs. Nuts, a look at murder, corruption and the Chicago judiciary. Una is calmer now.
Una takes messages for Fiona.
We are on twitter (@unatiers and Goodreads (Una Tiers)!
Welcome, Steve. What is your book about?
Retired Detroit police detective Chase is approached by a nice old lady who asks him to find the baby she had, and lost, at Woodstock. The search takes Chase to a small town in Michigan that has a secret that it has been hiding for four decades. The man who runs the town will go to any lengths, including murder, to keep the secret.
I have always been fascinated with Woodstock. When I heard the legend of the Woodstock baby I wondered what had happened to it. Why has nobody ever come forward to claim to be the baby, or the mother? My imagination took over from there.
Obviously, my protagonist Chase is my main and favorite character. A lot of Private Investigators in novels have a sidekick who acts as his foil – dark, mysterious, the guy who does the dirty work – Spenser and Hawk, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Chase is both of those guys rolled into one. He is the wise cracking, lovable guy who isn't afraid to do the dirty work.
Sarge and Sally are Chase's partners in the bar he owns. Sarge was Chase's training officer when he joined the Detroit Police. He still acts as a mentor and a steadying influence. Sally is the brains of the operation. She acts as Chase's de facto research department. She doubles as the female, creating sexual tension between the two.
Yes. I had to do quite a bit of research for this book. The internet is a wonderful tool for a writer. It can transport you to any place and any time you want. I was able to put myself at Woodstock through pictures and stories. Hopefully my writing puts the reader there with me.
I don't really have a schedule. I have a day job and a family so it's not always easy to find time to write. I write when I can. I live by the mantra "Writers write" to push myself to write something every day, even if it's just a few paragraphs or sentences.
I recently finished another Chase novel, titled Cold Dark Places. Hopefully we will see it soon from Indigo Sea Press. It's a story about a college girl missing in Detroit, and the basketball player implicated in her disappearance.
I didn't start writing until about thirty. The first story I wrote was a ghost story. I don't know why. It's the only ghost story I've ever written. It was about a group of friends on a fishing trip who were haunted by the ghost of a Civil War soldier. It wasn't very good, but it was a lot of fun to write.
Names are tough. One of the techniques I use is to open up the internet and use the first name that I see, if it fits the character that I need to name. I head up a scholarship given by my graduating class to the high school we graduated from. I offered my former classmates their name in a book in exchange for a donation to the scholarship. I had a couple people who wanted to see their name in a book, so it worked out for me, for them, and the scholarship.
What's been the most surprising part of being a writer?
The most surprising aspect of writing, for me, is when the story builds upon itself. Sometimes I feel like a stenographer. I'm just the guy typing the words, the story is writing itself. In The Woodstock Baby there is a scene where Chase is questioning a suspect, the suspect denies any involvement and Chase says, "We have a witness!" I thought, "Wow, there's a witness!" I didn't know there was a witness until I typed it, and I'm the author! I couldn't wait to see who the witness was because I sure didn't know.
I actually have two big influences. The late great Robert B. Parker made me fall in love with books. His Spenser stories are still my favorite. I've read them all multiple times. The fact that Chase is known by a single name is in homage to Parker and Spenser.
The other writer who influenced me is JA Konrath. I love his books, but it's more than just his writing that influenced me. One thing the general public doesn't know is that it is very difficult to get published – "you should publish that" a lot. If only it was that easy. Konrath called himself the king of rejection. He wrote nine full novels in two or three different genres before he got one published. He accumulated literally hundreds of rejections, but he never gave up. He eventually broke through and now has millions of books sold. He inspired me to never give up, to never stop chasing my dream.
If your book was made into a TV series or Movie, what actors would you like to see playing your characters?
Ironically, in Cold Dark Places I make mention to The Woodstock Baby and how some Hollywood people wanted to make a movie about the case. They promised to get Denzel Washington to play Chase, even though Chase is "white, younger than, and nowhere near as pretty" as Denzel.
In "real life" I see Chase as more of a Will Patton type. He has the ability to be caring and tough and make them both authentic.
There's this other actor who I know named Tevis Marcum who I think would do an outstanding job as Chase. He's from the Detroit area and has the look. Like Will Patton he has the ability to be caring and tough in the same character.
My flash drive. My work goes everywhere with me. I do back it up to my computer however. It has gone through the wash a time or two. There is no terror like the terror of finding your flash drive in the bottom of the washing machine.
What is your favorite place, real or fictional? Why?


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Another coronavirus fallout: India's shipping business
in International Shipping News 17/02/2020
'The coronavirus impact is much bigger than what the market had predicted. We are helpless and simply watching the market at present. Nothing can be done,' Anil Devli, chief executive officer (CEO) of Indian National Shipowners' Association (INSA), said.
Tanking freight rates on the back of the coronavirus epidemic in China are likely to hurt the earnings of Indian shipping companies in the March quarter.
"Freight rates have tumbled significantly and are impacting SCI (Shipping Corporation of India) across segments. We have seen the damage in January already. Our Q4 earnings are most likely to be affected due to this," said Harjeet K Joshi, chairman of state-owned SCI on February 7. She was speaking on the sidelines of an ASSOCHAM event held in Mumbai.
SCI reported consolidated net sales of Rs 1,25,761 crore in December quarter, up 17 per cent over the same period last year with strong contribution from the tanker segment.
"We had robust performance in the third quarter, mainly from tankers. Now, tanker freights have softened. So, we are in a wait-and-watch mode. There is impact on every segment for us but it is varying," said Joshi, without detailing the quantum of impact on each of its businesses. Liners, offshore, bulk carriers, tankers and containers are the business segments of the SCI.
Coronavirus was first detected on December 8, 2019, and by January 1, 2020, Chinese authorities pinpointed the source to a seafood market in Wuhan, said reports. By the end of January, about 9,700 cases were detected and 213 deaths reported. By February 3, there were 17,000 confirmed cases and, as on date, the number stands at 28,000, informed industry officials.
"The coronavirus impact is much bigger than what the market had predicted. We are helpless and simply watching the market at present. Nothing can be done," said Anil Devli, chief executive officer (CEO) of Indian National Shipowners' Association (INSA).
The Chinese New Year (January 25, 2020) is the time when most native Chinese workers travel to their hometown for the festival. On this day, Wuhan was cordoned off and transportation restrictions imposed in most parts of the country because of the corona epidemic. On February 1, all international flights to China were cancelled and this brought down the country's fuel consumption drastically.
China consumes 16 per cent of the total global oil production. Lower consumption led to a drop of about 4 per cent in crude oil import by China. This, in turn, has heavily impacted the transportation of oil by sea.
"The very large crude carriers (VLCCs) that were trading at over $100,000 per day in December have dropped to $15,000 per day as on February 7," Captain Rahul Bhargava, director of commercial & operations at Essar Shipping told Business Standard via email. Similar impact has been felt on dry bulk cargo movement, he added.
The Baltic Dry Composite Index (BDI), which was trading at about 1,500 on December 10, dropped to 976 on January 3. It was trading at 431 as on February 6. Baltic Cape index, for the first time in the history of the Baltic Index, dipped to negative digits on January 31 and is now trading at a negative 187. For on-time charter yield of equivalent Cape-sized vessels, freight rate has come down to $3,000 per day from $22,000 per day. Similarly, Panamax vessel freight has come down to $3,400 per day from $12,000.
"All the sections of the dry bulk trade have lost about 75 per cent to 85 per cent of earnings in the last one month," said Bhargava.
Supramax and Handysize vessels are part of the dry bulk trade section along with Cape and Panamax, among others. However, Great Eastern Shipping, India's largest private sector shipping company, is of the view that the epidemic alone is not responsible for the drastic fall in freight rates.
"Economic slowdown and lifting of Cosco sanctions by the US, which brought vessel supply into the market, have also led to the fall in freight rates," said a company source. "The next one month will be crucial and we are watching," source added.
On September 25, the US laid sanctions on Cosco Shipping Tanker (Dalian) and Cosco Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Seaman and Ship Management for trading oil with Iran. Those sanctions were lifted by the US last week. Cosco Shipping controls more than 5 per cent of the global VLCC fleet.
Source: Rediff
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Cryptosphere continues to grow with more features, networks and products emerging every day. There are more than 1800 digital currencies listed on CoinMarketCap today.
In the midst of this beautiful ecosystem is some bad elements who want to take advantage of the situation and dupe unsuspecting people. At Coin World Story we always urge our readers to understand the technology before putting in their money.
It is in this direction that we keep creating awareness about new entrants and what they have to offer. This piece takes a look at newly listed coins on CoinMarketcap for the 3rd week of August 2018.
NRG has combined Community Governance with MasterNodes like SmartCash and Dash to build one of the largest treasure allocations in the crypto space. The network is a profound modification of Dash fork. According to Reem, Operations Lead of the project, the treasury funding allows for a viable long-term model that will grow the technology and the community.
With a 50 per cent annual reward, you need 10000 NRG to set up a MasterNode which begins in September. It is not pre-mined and neither did the community run an ICO.
"We are working on moving to a Proof of Stake Model, and transition into a Smart Contract platform. This will make us one of the first if not the only Cryptocurrency with a Treasury, Masternodes, Smart Contracts, no ICO, and no pre-mine," Reem asserted.
In the next five years, their focus is to be among the top 20 digital currency on the market per usage and capitalization. They also intend to build a team size of hundreds or feasibly thousands of employees to give proper support to high demand. More so, they are interested in producing the best technology in `smart contract platform scalability ease of use and at the same time fulfilling usually disregarded features like user protections and merchant support which don't amply exist in Ethereum and related projects.
Lobstex is anonymous Cryptocurrency using the Zerocoin protocol.
According to Avyman K, Lead Dev, the network was created to bring anonymous transactions in a discreet and transparent manner. "Crypto market is filled with ICOs, presale and centralized coins, however, Lobstex is proud to mention that we did not raise any capital by any means provided and are still empowering community which was Satoshi's dream too," Avyman K said.
As a matter of fact, Lobstex is a fork of Bitcoin and Dash with quark algorithm. Originally, it operated as PoW but at 43201 blocks it shifted to PoS, to deliver an energy saving option to high accelerated mining rigged coins.
Their message to the community is that they should rest assured their interest is at heart since they know how the team have committed to the project in the last four months. "For new holders, we would just request they should have an experience of a growing community because we believe a crypto is only as good as the community. Be Future. Be LOBS," Avyman K suggested.
CBC also chose the no ICO route to create a "simple" transaction tool. The CEO, who only gave his name as Andy explained that No ICO, no function except sending coins.
Andy claims the key features are super fast transactions and super low transaction fees. "We already have desktop wallet application, now we are working on the mobile wallet. Also, we plan to integrate our currency into numerous online services (shops, etc) and It will be used as a Loyalty program," Andy hinted.
The underlying technology is a combination of PoS and PoW algorithm consensus. It is their position that it helps the coin to be fast and cheap.
In half a decade, it is their aspiration to be on the top-20 cryptocurrencies list. The platform in the nearest future will launch PR and Marketing campaigns in India and Turkey and has more than 90000 holders already.
"The main point – Our coin is cheap, fast and truly decentralized – we have more than 90k holders at the moment," Andy announced. He wants the community to stick with them as there are more to come and urged them to read the white paper.
The Zen Protocol Blockchain is designed to provide a toolkit to enable issuers to create a better means of providing savers with more efficient mechanisms to protect their assets through a P2P platform without a third party globally.
They call it the democratization of finance. It is fashioned in such a way that the end user incurs little or no transaction cost. ZP will allow people to organise a fundraising campaign, issue tokens and currencies, Insurance services and foreign derivatives.
Crypto Chef, a team member of the project informed CWS the underlying technology is a new NoVM blockchain. "We use ZF*, a dialect of F*, and formal verification to get rid of gas, enabling a more efficient computation model than the EVM," Crypto Chef declared.
The team envisages that in 5 years a lot of markets which would benefit from increased liquidity will run on the Zen Protocol especially markets which currently are not liquid and accessible to the mainstream audience. Crypto Chief again emphasised it will be easier to gain exposure to liquid instruments from across the globe, even those offered in foreign markets.
On behalf of his colleagues at ZP, he expressed his heartfelt appreciation to all the support they have received from the Zen Community. "This is a group effort and we could not have done it without you," Chef Crypto observed.
Kryptono Exchange has created a native token to incentivize their community to build a better crypto ecosystem. They had a private fundraising but no public sale since the project is still in Beta Launch.
Kyptono Exchange noted that fifteen per cent of the tokens were given to the users of the platform, partners and as bounty. Forty per cent will be sold on the Kryptono Exchange for users to use as trading fees, coin listing, project IEO, OTC and other payments at a discount.
The other 45 per cent will be distributed ten, fifteen, and twenty per cent to private funds (Strategic partnership), employee and future expansion and Management and advisors respectively. It is an ERC token built parallel computing technology and architecture.
In the next five years KnoW aims to be at the forefront of the expanding crypto industry by contributing towards a wider understanding, acceptance, and use of crypto in the real world. "Now that the hype in the market has died down, the quality projects remaining will be focused on promoting real-world use cases of their tokens to the general public, and we intend to be a part of that conversion," Kyptono.Exchange commented.
"We would like to thank all our KNOWers for their continued belief and support in our vision through this bear market. We appreciate everyone's patience as we fine-tune our products and come to market," is their message to the community. They also reiterated their mission to keep striving to make the exchange a better platform for everyone in order to bring crypto finance easily to the masses and will announce many initiatives soon.
DAV has introduced a utility token that gives users access to the DAV network which is a permissionless platform for autonomous vehicles and decentralized services. "Think of what the World Wide Web has done for content — this is what DAV will do for transportation and mobility services," John Frazer, CCO, and Co-founder asserted.
DAV's protocol enables anyone to use transportation services or put their own manned or autonomous vehicles on the network, creating a decentralized P2P transportation ecosystem. It is an upshot where people can move anything or anyone, anywhere, at the touch of a smartphone app.
The company anticipates in five years autonomous vehicles of all stripes, from drones to road vehicles to marine vehicles, will have established a significant footprint in the market. More so, decentralized ride-hailing services will be common. On-demand insurance services for rides and deliveries, search-and-rescue rovers for drones that fail, arbitrators and identity services will all be participants in a flourishing common transport marketplace facilitated by the DAV network.
The DAV Foundation believe the community is of great importance to them, as their success is their success, and welcome their participation, feedback and support. "We recognize that this project is a long-term transformational one. We are taking the long view, and have dedicated all of our resources to building out the infrastructure and products necessary for the ongoing success of the network," Frazer made known.


There will be an organising meeting on 28 April 2007 after the campaign stall at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, from 2pm to 4pm . All individuals and organisations are invited to this meeting to organise the national day of action called by TCAR. There will be sister activities taking place in Glasgow, Newcastle and London. NWASDG will be supporting this call. Everyone is welcome. Bring ideas and a willingness to take an active part.
Anti-deportation stall, Saturday, 28 April 2007, 12pm.
Anti-racist activists from NWASDG and Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! will be holding another anti-deportation protest and stall on Saturday 28 April from 12.00pm on Market Street in Manchester city centre. You are invited to attend and take an active part. Actions speak louder than words. Say no to the racist Labour government's policies of starvation, isolation, detention and deportation of refugees and asylum seekers, where it matters: on the streets. Defend all asylum seekers! No to deportations! No to British state racism!
On May 12th a coalition of Northern PSC branches is organising a major rally and festival calling for an end to 40 years of Israeli occupation and for justice in Palestine.
Islamo fascism is still fascism !
Fascist skinheads are currently leafleting Todmorden.
On a door to door basis.


La Permanente di Milano is celebrating Gualberto Rocchi's (Milan, 1914) centenary with a retrospective exhibition of his most iconic works. Sculptor Rocchi grew up in the Brera of the '30s and '40s under the influence of masters such as Francesco Messina, Marino Marini and Giacomo Manzu and is considered among the most interesting portrait artists of the twentieth century.
Among his public works are the bust of the Commissioner Luigi Calabresi the police headquarters in Milan and the bust of Giovanni Falck Permanente in Milan. But what really makes this famous artist who he is are the many portraits of the royal families, politicians and famous Hollywood stars, who he met in his long and adventurous life in countries around the world. Here he is posing with the Spanish royal family and the royal family of Holland, with Mexican President Miguel Alemán, with the conductor Arturo Toscanini, with writer Salvator Gotta, with astronaut Edwin Aldrin who landed on the moon with the Apollo 11; with director Vincente Minnelli (in the collection at the National Portrait Gallery) and actors Henry Fonda, Richard Burton Jack Nicholson, Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner, Rossano Brazzi and James Stewart's four children. Not to mention the portrait of President Richard Nixon that is in the Capitol in Washington, and that of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Shah of Persia).
On display at La Permanente are around forty original plaster busts of his most famous works together with a rich photographic reportage that tells of his encounters with the great figures of history become subject of his portraits.


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