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About 400 Social Service Agency Employees to Strike
About 400 employees of the Social Service Agency in 31 cities and municipalities across Georgia will go on strike starting this Monday, unless their demands for higher salaries and better working conditions are met.
After some four-month-long failed negotiations with the Agency and the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs, the employees filed today an official notice about the strike.
The Solidarity Network, an independent labor union that assists the employees, on January 13 unveiled a list of nine demands of the workers, including 100% raises in the monthly salaries of social agents and senior social agents as well as the specialists and senior and chief specialists.
The base monthly salary of social agents and senior social agents amounts to GEL 250 (USD 80) and GEL 550 (USD 180), respectively. Besides, social agents earn per examined case a commission of GEL 6 (USD 1.95), an amount they also demand to be doubled.
Meanwhile, the monthly remuneration for the specialists ranges between GEL 450-600 (USD 146-195), Sopo Japaridze of the Solidarity Network told Civil.ge. According to the labor union, these rates have remained unchanged since 2007.
The workers demand the agency to match the salaries for specialists in the regional centers –at all levels of seniority– to that of their counterparts in capital Tbilisi.
The list of demands further includes legally guaranteeing annual inflation indexing of salaries, reimbursing social agents’ work-related travel costs, providing additional pay to agents when they are asked to perform additional tasks such as aiding other state bodies.
The workers have also called on the agency to sign a collective labor agreement with the participation of the labor union, to hire more employees, and to safeguard that chief legal specialists do not lose jobs in case of a reorganization.
One of the employees explained they decided to strike because the Social Service Agency and Health Ministry disregarded their employees and left their demands unanswered.
Civil.ge has reached out to the Health Ministry but they declined to comment on the matter.
The decision to strike followed a collective labor dispute kicked off on September 23, 2021, after 246 employees of the Social Service Agency issued a list of their demands.
In October, Georgia’s Fair Labor Platform, uniting five NGOs and independent trade unions, called on the Agency to “prevent a crisis in the state social protection system by recognizing the staff’s difficult working conditions and taking timely, effective steps to improve them,” warning about the potential strike.
The employees of the Social Service Agency took to the industrial action back in March 2019 with similar demands. After an eight-day walkout, hundreds of social workers across the country returned to work, citing their “responsibility to the beneficiaries.” Some of their key demands, however, were left unaddressed both by the Agency and the Ministry.
The social agents and their co-workers are not the only ones expressing discontent with the way the Ministry has handled its employees, as Georgian nurses too, for years now, have demanded increased salaries and better working conditions.
Strikes have become a common occurrence in Georgia, with 2021 counting a number of industrial actions, many of which ended with full or partial success.
Some of them include the May strike of industrial workers in Rustavi who achieved pay rise, partially met demands for Chiatura miners, and a successful strike of Borjomi mineral water factories, as well as an industrial action by port workers in the coastal city of Batumi whose key demands on compensation and labor conditions were granted in December.
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Owner Of Carmody’s Talks ‘Merry Kiss Cam’ Filming In His Duluth Pub
DULUTH, Minn. – One of the main locations where “Merry Kiss Cam” was filmed was at Carmody Irish Brew Pub in downtown Duluth.
There were multiple shots filmed outside and inside the pub on East Superior Street during the summer.
So set crews, of course, did their magic to make it look like the heart of winter with fake snow, wet streets and special effects during the editing process to create snowflakes falling from the sky.
Carmody’s owner, Eddie Gleeson, told FOX 21 he was honored to open his pub for the Hulu movie. He said he hopes the positive experience the actors and production crew had will entice other productions filmed here in the future.
“Being exposed to this part of the country, they’re going to tell a lot of people in the L.A. community and the film and theatre industry what it was like to work here and how enjoyable it was,” said Eddie Gleeson, owner of Carmody’s. “Please keep doing the movies here. It’s employed a lot of creative people. They poured a lot of money into this economy, and we need that here.”
Gleeson said the exposure his pub is getting has been great with visitors recognizing his establishment from the movie, which he hopes continues into the summer tourism season.
“I opened my door, unlocked it on a Saturday and a family stopped in front and said that’s the place in the movie,” Gleeson said.
You can watch Merry Kiss Cam right now on Hulu.
By the way, Mandy Turpin, who produced “Merry Kiss Cam,” came back to the Northland to shoot a thriller called “Body Language.” Bent Paddle was just one location where the film was shot.
It stars Christina Milian and Steven Strait. A release date has not been announced yet.
Check out the “Merry Kiss Cam” trailer below.

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Raven Alexis recently announced that she is currently battling stage 4 metastatic cancer, which has now spread into her brain. Details here.
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Diet, Multivitamin-Mineral Supplements and Childhood Development
Children depend upon caregivers for love, housing, and clothing. Last week, I wrote about nutrition vulnerability associated with low socioeconomic status. A new study emphasizes the risks of being born without privilege.
Drewnowski and Rehm examined whole fruit intake and 100% fruit juice intake in the United States using nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2007-2010). Children (4-13y) consume only 1.2 servings of total fruit daily with ~40% being consumed as fruit juice. This falls short of recommended daily amounts. Even more disheartening; oung children ate more fruit than adults. Differences in income/education were most pronounced for whole fruit. Children from families with less education and income ate less whole fruit.
Approximately 29% of children 9-13y reported using dietary supplements in the US between 2003-2006 with the most prevalent form being a multivitamin-mineral supplement (20%). Supplement use among children drops dramatically as annual family income falls: 22% in families earning <$24,000 versus 42% in those ≥$65,000. Children who aren’t using multivitamin-mineral supplements are more likely to come from poorer families with less education, to not have private health insurance or a place where they receive conventional medical care, and less likely to report having better health.
In other words, children who are not using dietary supplements need them the most. Why? Because their diets are more likely to be missing essential vitamins and minerals. Children need nutrients to develop, to grow, and to achieve their potential. Effective interventions are needed to improve diet quality and increase fruit intake, especially among minorities and low-income families.
Time doesn’t stand still. Encourage children to eat more fruit and fortified foods. In addition, multivitamin-mineral supplements can help fill micronutrient gaps and improve nutritional status.
Drewnowski A, Rehm CD. Socioeconomic gradient in consumption of whole fruit and 100% fruit juice among US children and adults. 2015 Nutr J doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-14-3
Bailey RL, Gahche JJ, Lentino CV, Dwyer JT, Engel JS, Thomas PR, Betz JM, Sempos CT, Picciano MF. Dietary supplement use in the United States, 2003-2006. 2010 J Nutr doi: 10.3945/jn.110.133025
Picciano MF, Dwyer JT, Radimer KL, Wilson DH, Fisher KD, Thomas PR, Yetley EA, Moshfegh AJ, Levy PS, Nielsen SJ, Marriott BM. Dietary supplement use among infants, children, and adolescents in the United States, 1999-2002. 2007 JAMA Ped doi: 10.1001/archpedi.161.10.978
Dwyer J, Nahin RL, Rogers GT, Barnes PM, Jacques PM, Sempos CT, Bailey R. Prevalence and predictors of children’s dietary supplement use: the 2007 National Health Interview Survey. 2013 Am J Clin Nutr doi: 10.3945/ajcn.112.052373
Wallace TC, McBurney M, Fulgoni VL. Multivitamin/mineral supplement contribution to micronutrient intakes in the United States, 2007-2010. 2014 J Am Coll Nutr doi: 10.1080/07315724.2013.846806

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In , the most common non-English language spoken in households in North Carolina was Spanish. In , the percentage of foreign-born citizens in North Carolina was 8.
The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in North Carolina compared to that of it’s neighboring and parent geographies. In , the median age of all people in North Carolina was Native-born citizens, with a median age of 39, were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of But people in North Carolina are getting getting older.
In , the average age of all North Carolina residents was In , the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of , North Carolina residents, followed by India with 74, and Honduras with 37, As of , In , the percentage of US citizens in North Carolina was The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in North Carolina compared to that of it’s neighboring and parent geographies.
North Carolina has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1. This chart shows the number of COVID daily new cases by date in North Carolina, as a 7-day rolling average, compared with the four states with the most similar number of confirmed cases.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in North Carolina not-seasonally adjusted compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks. As of May , there are M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 8. This chart presents movement trends over time in the state of North Carolina across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.
Males in North Carolina have an average income that is 1. The income inequality in North Carolina measured using the Gini index is 0. The economy of North Carolina employs 4.
The following chart shows how the median household income in North Carolina compares to that of its neighboring and parent geographies. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in North Carolina by number of full-time employees. These workers were paid 1. This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in North Carolina by number of full-time employees. In , the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.
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If a family’s total income is less than the family’s threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty. The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in North Carolina is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.
From to , employment in North Carolina grew at a rate of 1. This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of North Carolina.
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This is expected to increase The following chart shows how the domestic outbound North Carolina trade is projected to change in comparison to its neighboring states.
The following map shows the amount of trade that North Carolina shares with each state excluding itself. In the presidential election, the popular vote in North Carolina went to Donald J.
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Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for North Carolina have changed over time starting in In , universities in North Carolina awarded , degrees. The student population of North Carolina is skewed towards women, with , male students and , female students. Most students graduating from Universities in North Carolina are White 94, and This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in North Carolina according to their major.
In , the North Carolina institution with the largest number of graduating students was North Carolina State University at Raleigh with 10, degrees awarded. In , 67, men were awarded degrees from institutions in North Carolina, which is 0. This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 institutions in North Carolina by degrees awarded.
These 94, degrees mean that there were 3. The homeownership rate in North Carolina is People in North Carolina have an average commute time of Car ownership in North Carolina is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household. The following charts display, first, the property values in North Carolina compared to it’s parent and neighbor geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket.
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Precision Components Manufacturer Chooses Delaware County For Growth
YORKTOWN, Ind. (May 8, 2014) – Mursix Corporation, a manufacturer of precision components, announced plans today to expand its headquarters here, creating up to 108 new jobs by 2017.
“One component at a time, employers like Mursix are building Indiana’s economy,” said Governor Mike Pence. “Like other growing Hoosier companies, Mursix understands the advantage it gains here in Indiana, with a lower cost of doing business, constantly shrinking red tape and the best manufacturing workforce available. Indiana is proud to be a state that works where employers can get things done, inspire excellence and achieve their big dreams.”
The homegrown-Hoosier company will invest $7.1 million to expand and equip its headquarter facilities, adding 75,000 square-feet of manufacturing space to the existing 175,000 square-foot building on its 15-acre campus in Yorktown. The expansion will allow Mursix to produce components for alternative energy applications, such as converters and inverters used in hybrid trucks and vehicles.
Mursix, which employs more than 280 Hoosiers at its Yorktown and Indianapolis facilities, will begin hiring for manufacturing, engineering, quality and administrative jobs over the remainder of the year.
“We have always been an Indiana company and are proud to remain so,” said Todd Murray, chief executive officer of Mursix. “My parents are natives of Bedford, Ind., and my brothers and sisters and I grew up in Indianapolis and Muncie. We all still live in Indiana. In addition to our objective of supplying quality products to our customers, we have also always considered the creation of jobs and the welfare of the families those jobs support as one of our primary objectives. Our people build things. The jobs we provide build families.”
Founded in 1990 by Steve and Irene Murray, Mursix manufactures precision components for the automotive, appliance, alternative energy, electronics and security markets. Supplying to OEMs, tier 1 and tier 2 companies, the company has received quality awards from Emerson Electric, General Motors and Delphi and was named a 2008 Company to Watch and a 2010 Company to Watch Spotlight Award winner.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Mursix Corporation up to $625,000 in conditional tax credits and $75,000 in training grants based on the company’s job creation plans. These tax credits are performance-based, meaning until Hoosiers are hired, the company is not eligible to claim incentives. Delaware County will consider additional incentives at the request of Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance.
“Muncie-Delaware County and the town of Yorktown are very excited about this job and building expansion announcement,” said James King, president of the Delaware County Commission. “Mursix’s continued growth in our community is a testament to local government and business working together.”
Mursix, headquartered in Yorktown, Indiana, is a manufacturer of precision components for the automotive, appliance, alternative energy, electronics, security, and other markets. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Yorktown and Indianapolis. In 2008, Mursix was designated as one of the inaugural “Indiana Companies to Watch” by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and, in 2010, was named as one of five inaugural IEDC Spotlight Award honorees. Mursix is TS 16949:2009 and ISO 9001:2008 certified and is the recipient of numerous Quality Awards from Delphi, GECOM, General Motors, Lear, Keihin, Eaton, Nexteer and many other suppliers, and has been awarded four Quality Improvement Awards from the state of Indiana.
Created in 2005 to replace the former Department of Commerce, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation is governed by a 12-member board chaired by Governor Mike Pence. Victor Smith serves as the Indiana Secretary of Commerce and Eric Doden is the president of the IEDC. The IEDC oversees programs enacted by the General Assembly including tax credits, workforce training grants and public infrastructure assistance. All tax credits are performance-based. Therefore, companies must first invest in Indiana through job creation or capital investment before incentives are paid. A company who does not meet its full projections only receives a percentage of the incentives proportional to its actual investment. For more information about IEDC, visit www.iedc.in.gov.

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Does vinegar damage stainless steel? Never leave stainless steel to soak in solutions that contain chlorine, vinegar, or table salt, as long-term exposure to these can damage it.
How do you get stains off of stainless steel? To remove stains from stainless steel, mix equal parts of liquid dish soap and baking soda to form a paste. Dab the paste onto an old toothbrush and gently scrub the stain along the grain of the steel. For stubborn stains, dab a brush into undiluted vinegar, scrub the stain, then wipe the vinegar away with a cloth.
How do you make stainless steel look new again? To remove a fine layer of rust that makes stainless steel look dull, scrub with something that doesn’t contain bleach, such as a cloth embedded with baking soda or a scrub powder such as Bon Ami. Scrubbing is also the best way to make deep scratches in your sink disappear, or at least become less noticeable.
What should you not use on stainless steel?
- Harsh abrasives.
- Scouring powders.
- Steel wool.
- Bleach and other chlorine products.
- Glass cleaners that contain ammonia, such as Windex.
- Tap water, especially if yours tends to be hard water (use clean distilled or filtered H2O instead)
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The event was eventually cancelled, but Sonnen got his fight with Jones anyway after coaching opposite the youngest champion in UFC history on the seventeenth season of The Ultimate Fighter.
The two met in the main event of UFC 159 on April 27 and Jones defended his title by finishing Sonnen with punches and elbows on the ground late in the opening round, but Sonnen believes the fight was stopped early.
“I do think it was stopped too early. I was surprised when they stopped the fight,” said Sonnen during a question and answer session during the UFC Fan Expo leading up to UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman.
Sonnen did not protest the stoppage when it happened, but has said he was defending himself when the referee called a halt to the fight.
“Anytime you’re in that type of competition, whether you agree with it or you don’t agree with it, you get up and you walk out because those are the rules,” he said. “I’ve won plenty of fights where they stopped them too early, so it goes both ways. Yes, it was stopped too early.”
Sonnen is scheduled to face former light heavyweight titleholder Mauricio “Shogun” Rua on Aug. 17 on Fox Sports 1, but would like to get another crack at the champion.
“You’ve got to understand, I stayed to fight. I walked out of the ring. That’s more than I can say for Jon Jones,” said Sonnen. “I stayed to fight. His little piggy ran to the market. And I’m supposed to somehow be impressed because he got a couple of takedowns?
“I’d sure like to do it again.”
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Wow, my welcome basket sure is famous!
The welcome baskets contain a various mixture of goodies including many fancy chocolates and sweets, little trinkets, gift cards and a welcome card signed by all the forum members.
*hands Waccy_Baccy a welcome basket*
Sorry about not getting it to you earlier.
As for the pants lines, many a time have I started up a game of Star Pants with my brother while we're traveling somewere. It never gets boring.
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I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other, but the great
question is what?
I’m a sucker for a proper English “high” tea, and wish I lived in a society civilized enough to take time for an elegant meal in the middle of the afternoon. When she was still young enough to play pretend games, I was always trying to get my tomboy daughter to have tea parties, but she was more interested in hot wheels and building elaborate cities out of blocks--both of which are swell but don’t involve food (and there were no prop cookies at my tea parties).
So with a bit of thought and a cup of PG Tips, this was the menu I came up with:
Roast Beef, horseradish crème fraiche and watercress on pumpernickel
Irish cheddar and tomato chutney on whole grain
Herbed egg salad on Pullman white
Radish on buttered French bread with sea salt and parsley
Curried chicken salad with Marcona almonds on fennel raisin bread
Ham and cucumber with chive Dijon butter on rye
Polenta cookies with lemon and golden raisins
Orange madeleines dipped in chocolate
Currant buttermilk scones with butter or clotted cream and jam (strawberry & kumquat ginger)
Cranberry orange bread
Zucchini cake with ginger and hazelnuts
Tea and Coffee
Sounds pretty good, right? Delicious fun woulda been had by all, no? Notice the past conditional or whatever that tense I just used mighta been? Because the father-to-be’s boss (the bossfather?) co-opted the location of the party (to be fair, it was great to have it in his spacious home) and then the menu, suddenly we were having chili, spicy peel-and-eat-shrimp, guacamole, and clam dip. No comment.
Do you ever sit down for afternoon tea? What are your favorite things to pair with it?
Although Carolyn Grifel has been cooking, baking, and devouring cookbooks since she was old enough to read, it took her four decades to finally devote herself to professional cooking. She received a degree from The French Culinary Institute in 2009, while working at Epicurious.com. Since graduating she’s been a chef for Sweet Deliverance, as well as the executive chef at the historic TA Ranch in Buffalo, Wyoming. She’s currently a private chef for a family of four in NYC, and the enchanted mother of a 10-year-old named Stella.

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Marijuana banking reform has been excluded from a large-scale spending bill that’s expected to be released on Monday, a Senate staffer familiar with negotiations confirmed with Marijuana Moment.
It’s not currently known whether the omnibus appropriations legislation includes a number of other marijuana and drug policy reforms that the House included in its versions of various spending bills earlier this year, or it if maintains a rider that has prevented Washington, D.C. from implementing a system of regulated, adult-use cannabis commerce.
The omnibus development represents the second major setback for supporters of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act during the lame duck session. After the proposal was excluded from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) earlier this month, the hope was that appropriations could serve as the vehicle for protecting banks that work with state-legal marijuana businesses. That didn’t pan out, as Politico first reported.
Despite Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “making a last ditch effort” to put cannabis banking reform in the omnibus, as one senior Democratic Senate staffer put it last week, negotiations failed to produce a package that includes the measure.
The lack of SAFE Banking language leaves supporters with few legislative options—and very little time—to advance the reform during the final weeks of the lame duck. It’s still theoretically possible that the bill, or the broader SAFE Plus package that Schumer has been working on, could be introduced as a standalone—but with only days left before lawmakers adjourn for the year that seems like a remote possibility at best.
The SAFE Plus legislation is expected to contain marijuana banking in addition to other proposals related to cannabis expungements and gun rights for marijuana consumers, among other provisions.
Most advocates will now look ahead to 2023 and the possibility of advancing the reform in a divided Congress.
While disappointing to supporters, the omission isn’t especially surprising given recent comments from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Some members like Schumer and House SAFE Banking sponsor Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) had put up a fight to preserve the language, but others made clear that they felt the issue would need to be handled in the 118th Congress, with Democrats in control of the Senate and the House going to Republicans.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who applauded the exclusion of marijuana banking from NDAA earlier this month, insisted that Congress treat the proposal the same when it came to omnibus appropriations, for example.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman (D-OH) had signaled that he viewed cannabis banking as a likely 2023 issue, though a staffer said last week that he was still be open to passing it through the spending package if it contained broader provisions.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who will serve as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee in the next Congress, recently indicating that he similarly feels that the issue will need to be decided after the lame duck. The congressman said that he remains he remains opposed to SAFE Banking, but he left the door open to advancing it if that’s the will of his Republican colleagues.
“What I’ve pledged is having an open process. I told my members my view of it,” he said. “Members are able to come to their own conclusion about the bill. It’s so variable state by state.”
For his part, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has pinned blame on McConnell, saying that his vocal opposition to cannabis reform has had a chilling effect of GOP members who might otherwise be amenable to passing legislation that contains SAFE Banking language.
“They’re dead set on anything in marijuana,” he said, referring to Republican leadership. “That to me is the obstacle.”
“The caucus is clearly divided but the people in power in their caucus are clearly against doing anything on marijuana,” he added.
Earlier this month, SAFE Banking sponsor Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said that he would “keep fighting” to get the reform “passed this year,” adding that “this is not the end of the road.”
“We need to make sure that legal cannabis businesses have access to the financial services they need—operating in cash is an open door to robbery and money laundering,” he said. That’s also a point highlighted in a recent analysis that looked at the trends and motivations for crimes targeting cannabis businesses in Washington State.
A problem that recently emerged amid negotiations over defense and spending legislation was a summer memo from the Justice Department that was drafted at the request of Senate Republicans and surfaced this month, outlining possible unintended consequences of the marijuana banking reform as it relates to issues like money laundering enforcement.
A small group of Senate Republicans met with DOJ last week to seek assurances that issues it raised over SAFE Banking were effectively resolved. Sources previously told Marijuana Moment that the concerns were addressed, but it’s become clear that McConnell and other lawmakers weren’t satisfied.
“While we are disappointed that the Senate was unable to pass this critical piece of legislation before the end of this Congress, we remain hopeful that the work we have been doing with our allies on the HIll to improve the final package will pay off when Congress reconvenes in 2023,” Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) Board President Kaliko Castille said in a statement on Monday.
“During our conversations with Senate staffers it’s been clear that we have support for amendments that MCBA has been advocating for, including; adding safe harbor language to include Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), ending discrimination against cannabis entrepreneurs in Small Business Administration (SBA) programs, and adding language from the H.O.P.E. Act to help state and local governments move forward with record expungements for cannabis offenses,” he said. “We will keep pushing for these changes and look forward to working with Congressional members from both sides of the aisle to make it happen.”
SAFE Banking is just one component of various appropriations bills that the House and Senate considered or advanced this year. The prior legislation also contained numerous other provisions ranging from protecting state marijuana programs from federal interference to removing the congressional blockade that’s prevented Washington, D.C. to implement a system of regulated cannabis sales for adults.
This story will be updated when details about whether those were included or excluded are available.
The omnibus appropriations legislation is expected to be considered in the Senate first before moving to the House, where its first stop with be the Rules Committee. It’s possible SAFE Banking could be proposed as an amendment, but it’s unlikely given the high-level negotiations that it took to get to this stage and the fact that a continuing resolution is set to expire at the end of the week.
Photo courtesy of Philip Steffan.
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Apart from passing Lok Pal Bill 2013, the Congress will be taking some more anti corruption measures in the coming session of Parliament. The INC may bargain for some soft attitude from AAP at the national level on the backdrop of its 'fight' on corruption in the form of Lok Pal Bill and, of course outside support in New Delhi.
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Unfortunately it is limited to only 16 commands, I may need to do some tweaking to it. Replace the buttons with a touch display, add some static memory, add a usb port, and make some software to program it remotely.
I have yet to dabble in wifi with electronics, that would be an interest next side project.
While trying to debug some signals from my analog to digital converter, my oscilloscope started to do some weird things due to the signal being very out of range of its capabilities. I was going to get one for my 5 year bonus, but instead I decided to buy a new oscilloscope now after I saw it was cheap on amazon.
I decided to get the Rigol DS1052E, it is only 50MHz, however a while back a software hack was found for making it think it was a different model so that it would unlock the 100MHz capability it had in hardware.
I tested this newly unlocked 100MHz on the composite signal of my Gamecube. One nice advantage of a digital oscilloscope is that I can now record and pause the input.
With the Wii U not supporting optical out, I have been forced to come up with another solution to amount of games consoles and limited HDMI / Optical Out ports I have on my ever failing HDMI switch.
So I decided to build my own, which I can upgrade as I need to, or replace and fix components that are failing. One thing I will require though is the ability to fast prototype PCBs, so I bought a printer and a lot of press and peel.
I wasn’t sure if it would be capable of getting the track thicknesses I require, so I printed out a test sheet on paper first with a bunch of chips with different pitches.
I’ve often seen these being made by other hobbyists and wanted to make one myself.
However my first attempt ended in disaster when I misread the resister value and ended up breaking a bunch of LEDs and didn’t want to go through the hassle of soldering them again.
A year later, I decided to make one for my girlfriend, that she could program with some software I would write.
This time I bought plenty of extra LEDs, and use my multimeter on my resisters first just to be extra sure.
With four rows completed, now the complicated task for soldering them together.
Each time I soldered a new row I tested the LEDs to be sure they were still functional, and that no short circuits had occurred.
With all the rows completed and working, I began working on the firmware for the microcontroller that would control that LEDs. It was simple enough to write and after tweaking the wait times, I managed to create pulse width modulation (the PIC chip I was using doesn’t support it in the way I’m using it).
I managed to get the PIC chip communicating with my laptop over USB, and here is a video of it working.
All I need to do now is write the software.
I recently found out that when a chip pin name has a line above it, that means the logic is active when the pin is low.
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Modi had announced the Clean India mission in 2014 and it included ending open defecation nationwide by 2019 by installing 75 million toilets throughout the country. The progress can be tracked on this dashboard.
Gates, in an earlier tweet, had termed it an "amazing undertaking".
He also shared a VR video (Talking Toilets) he had filmed on his visit to India.
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Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao has called for more investments in infrastructure to support continued growth in Asia and the Pacific amidst a range of emerging challenges.
Investment infrastructure will remain a priority for ADB as the bank prepares a new long-term strategy to respond to a rapid regional changes, Nakao confirmed while making his opening remark at the 50th Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors today morning.
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Deputy Prime Minister of Japan and the Chairperson of the Board of Governors Taro Aso said that infrastructure needs in Asia are getting larger both in terms of quality and quantity due to economic development.
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He added that ADB has initiated reforms to promote greater use of advanced technology during its project preparation and procurement process.
As many as 6,000 government officials, academics, business offices, civil society representatives and members of media gathered at this year’s Annual Meeting themed “Building Together the Prosperity of Asia”. The meeting is also a celebration of ADB’s 50 years of development work in Asia and the Pacific.
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Tucked just behind it’s big brother Alfred & Constance and happily succumbing to any sibling rivalry is Alfredo’s Pizzeria, one of the latest additions to the growing Fortitude Valley foodie family. From the outset, nothing but a white-washed brick wall and a bright yellow neon sign will point you in the right direction but trust me.. don’t let the outside fool you into thinking this is just your ordinary pizza store.
With decked out red Vespas lining the sidewalk ready to deliver a whole lot of Italian goodness to the people of Brisbane, you can order pizza and drinks right to your door up until midnight. Or you can dine in. Genius. Post Euro trip and early 21st celebrations called for some well overdue foodie fun with one of my dearest friends. For a weeknight, this little Italian hub got busy fast and we soon learnt why.
Woodfired pizzas named after rock ‘n’ roll icons emerge in a constant stream from a large purpose-built oven at the heart of the open kitchen, with each flavour able to be ordered by the slice. With mouth-watering aromas of garlic, rosemary and fresh bread lingering, the dough is tossed right before your eyes. All that with a dash of low lighting (pardon my slightly dark photo!) and chill Triple J tunes made for a fantastic atmosphere. After salivating over the menu we eventually decided to share a number of dishes, the Italian way of course. We started with the watermelon salad, a delightfully refreshing combination of mint, mozzarella, watermelon, basil, tomato and vincotto (AMAZING!) and the wood-baked field mushrooms with grilled feta, lemon zest and thyme (DOUBLE THE AMAZING!) After these two beauties we knew we had found a real gem. In the pizza department we opted for the ‘Ziggy Stardust’ which contained all of my favourite things, roasted pumpkin, balsamic onions, crispy sage, feta and basil pesto.This was just plain lip-smacking YUM! But one pizza is just not enough with a menu like Alfredo’s. We also tried the Pork Sugar Magic a genius combination of roast pork, honey roasted pear, caramelized onion and provolone cheese. Are you salivating yet?
I simply cannot wait to go back and eat my way through the amazing menu that Alfredo’s offers. It’s that good. With an uber cool atmosphere, a stellar line up of drinks and a menu to match, the crew at A&C seriously know how to get the party started in the ‘burbs.


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There’s no guarantee that a mutual fund scheme will replicate past returns2 min read . Updated: 29 Jan 2020, 09:29 PM IST
- It’s a great idea to get started with systematic investment plans (SIPs)
- Don’t get fazed by market volatility; your portfolio’s value will not keep going up all the time like in an RD
I am 29 years old and I want to start investing in mutual funds. I have investments only in fixed deposits (FDs) and recurring deposits (RDs). Can you suggest a few schemes to invest ₹10,000 every month? I don’t have any goals. Compared to FDs, how much money will I have in five or 10 years?
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It’s a great idea to get started with systematic investment plans (SIPs). This way, you would have the time to let the markets produce good compounded returns. To invest ₹10,000 a month, you can go with an aggressive portfolio of a variety of equity funds such as ICICI Prudential Bluechip, Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip, Kotak Standard Multi-cap and SBI Small Cap. Don’t get fazed by market volatility; your portfolio’s value will not keep going up all the time like in an RD. The funds that I have recommended, when invested in equal portions, have had a blended return of more than 14% compounded over the past five years. That does not mean they will give the same exact returns over the next five years. But you can confidently expect them to do better than what a five-year deposit will give you today. Also, the tax treatment of your returns from this portfolio will be much better than that in FDs.
I have four financial goals (home, child’s education, car and retirement), and have invested in 11 schemes in total. I find it really hard to keep track of all the schemes. Can you suggest any online or offline methods to track my portfolio?
There are two parts to any such tracking requirement. One, to track the performance of individual funds, and two, to track how your portfolio is doing with regard to your financial goals. While there are several platforms that provide the ability for the former, there are few that do the latter. Also, as you transact on your funds and portfolio, it is difficult for such platforms to keep track of your holdings. The best way is to use a transaction platform that provides support for both—fund-wise tracking as well as goal-tracking. There are some platforms that do these, and a little research will lead you to them.
The simple offline method involves an Excel spreadsheet with a separate sheet for each goal. You can apportion each of your fund holding to a different goal, add them to the respective sheet, and update the value once a month. It’s manual work, but will help you visualize, track and be aware of how your investments are doing.
Srikanth Meenakshi is co-founder, PrimeInvestor.in.


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Dante Petty, 28, says that when he moved to Grapevine in June 2017 with his young daughter, he immediately began to have problems with his white neighbor in the apartment below him.
Petty, who is black, said in a Facebook post at the time that it began with Glenn Halfin, 64, throwing eggs and dog feces on his car.
Petty could not be reached for comment. But he said on Facebook that a video camera he put outside his apartment captured Halfin, a former firefighter and arson investigator, tying a rope around the neck of a doll and hanging it from a railing in December.
Halfin was arrested in January by Grapevine police and charged with stalking, Tarrant County court records show.
On Friday, federal prosecutors in Dallas charged Halfin with a misdemeanor civil rights offense: interference with the right to fair housing, which makes it a crime to threaten a person's housing rights due to factors such as their race or color.
Halfin was evicted by the Grapevine apartment complex in January after the company won a default judgement against him in a justice of the peace court, records show.
A representative of the apartment complex said he could not comment on current or former residents.
When contacted Monday at his new Grapevine apartment, Halfin said his lawyer told him not to talk about it. Halfin's lawyer did not return calls seeking comment.
Petty described the Dec. 19 incident in a January Facebook post.
"I just wanna show people that racism is very well ALIVE AND REAL," he said in the post. "Thank God I put a camera up outside my apt because when I saw this man hanging a doll off the rails I was so fill (sic) up with anger I was ready to kill this man."
Petty said in the post that Grapevine Police and the FBI got involved in the case.
"So I just wanna tell people my story and say Please Stay Awake Out here!!!" he said in the post.
A Tarrant County criminal complaint says Halfin tied the rope around the doll's neck "as to resemble a hanging noose." It said Halfin put the doll where the victim would see it, resulting in harassment against Petty and the threat of bodily injury or death against him or his family.
The federal complaint accused Halfin of trying to intimidate Petty, his daughter and a woman "because of their race and color" by placing "a rope noose around the neck of a baby doll" and hanging the doll "on a railing directly in front of the stairwell."
The federal complaint is co-signed by a trial attorney from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C.
The FBI says hate crimes are its civil rights program's highest priority, "not only because of the devastating impact they have on families and communities, but also because groups that preach hatred and intolerance can plant the seed of terrorism here in our country."
Texas has a hate crime law that allows punishments to be enhanced if judges or juries decide that an offense rises to the level of a hate crime.
A Tarrant County district attorney's spokeswoman said on Tuesday that she could not comment on whether or not a hate crime enhancement might be pursued in Halfin's case if he's convicted.
ProPublica, an investigative news organization, reported last year that Texas' hate crime law has resulted in few convictions.
The publication found a total of 981 cases reported to police as potential hate crimes from 2010 to 2015. Of those, five resulted in hate crime convictions, ProPublica found.
Nationally, hate crimes rose in 2016 for the second year in a row, according to FBI data released last year.
Black Americans were targeted in about half of the 3,489 incidents, according to the FBI report.


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The minute your own kid starts their own first commitment could be a terrifying one. How will you discover their union is actually healthy? Unfortunately, poor teen interactions can draw the start of abusive habits, creating a distorted notion of what enjoy and cooperation is. In order to avoid this, there are many essential signs of an unhealthy teen link to consider, plus some equipment you can use as a parent to be certain your own teenager knows the difference between healthier and poor behaviour.
First, we should instead consider exactly why and how poor child interactions happen.
Precisely Why Unhealthy Adolescent Affairs Happen
It’s not a secret that young adults can be very insecure. Overwhelming self-doubt make teenagers concern if they are appealing, wise, amusing, and likeable enough and whether or not they have earned love. This might lead to them craving the interest and love of an individual who gives them passion, though referring with abuse.
Not enough attitude
Each of us recall the concentration of our first prefer, whether or not it turned out to be close, terrible, or even to getting just infatuation. You may possibly look back now and roll the sight at your previous personal, but if you are when you look at the second, it absolutely was all-consuming. Your teen might be because time now. Obtained absolutely nothing to compare to these strong feelings, that makes it difficult for them to need one step as well as begin to see the scenario for what really.
This decreased views is generally not a problem. It’s just a part of expanding right up. The difficulty merely will come if anyone uses this shortage of point of view to control she or he. An unhealthy relationship may result in your child creating and saying activities, and quite often perhaps not stating factors, for the next person. It is because they undoubtedly feel they mightn’t manage to cope with the heartbreak of shedding them.
it is no wonder that teenagers posses unlikely expectations about love. Time and time again in prominent tradition, the best picture of love is actually portrayed as an innocent younger lady, revealed the ropes by misunderstood ‘bad boy’ with a heart of silver. This might be all really and best that you sell tales, in actuality the poor kids don’t usually have a heart of gold.
The narrative that babes and ladies can alter the unacceptable habits of boys and guys by simply adoring them establishes all of them up with impractical expectations. Entering a relationship looking to enjoy unsatisfactory habits is a surefire solution to have an unhealthy teenage union.
Not Knowing What’s Acceptable
Any time you integrate insecurity, diminished point of view, and impractical expectations, teenagers end up being unsure of what is and is alson’t appropriate actions from a teen union. Creating no prior enjoy or healthier advice when you look at the mass media to guide all of them, along with their own self-doubt, may result in a teen entering an unhealthy relationship without realising it.
It’s the work as moms and dads to see all of our teenagers with what is appropriate. We must raise their self-worth to ensure our youngsters understand appropriate behavior and also anticipate they.
Simple Tips To Inspire Healthier Relations For The Child
Model Healthier Interactions
Whether you are married, in a long term connection, internet dating, or unmarried, the romantic relations you have will be exacltly what the young children turn to as one example. Without even attempting, you send out the content to your teenager that anything you put up with from your associates try acceptable. While no commitment is ideal, try to design healthier behaviour towards young adults and children because they become adults. Regardless of if the relationship stops, make an effort to handle it with compassion and show your teens that, though heartbreak is hard, trulyn’t the conclusion society.
Hold an unbarred Dialogue
The best way to convince healthy affairs is to speak about they. Start the dialogue in what is and isn’t acceptable conduct in a relationship. This could be a life threatening sit-down talk, or statements whenever watching a motion picture that portrays impractical and poor intimate beliefs.
By checking the discussion, you may recognise any problematic or vulnerable thinking within teen that may trigger a harmful connection. Then you’re able to address the thought after that and there, trying to grow your teen’s self-respect in addition to their principles related fancy and connections.
How Exactly To Spot Dangerous Teenage Interactions? Verbal and Physical Abuse
The surest indication of a harmful teenage partnership try proof of physical or verbal misuse. All unhealthy relations involve some type spoken punishment, whether it be placing their companion straight down, calling them labels, mocking them, gaslighting all of them, threatening them, or threatening to hurt on their own if their spouse ever leaves them. Make sure your kid knows just what verbal punishment are and that it doesn’t need to be actual as abuse.
Fast, over-commitment particularly advising some body you love all of them, won’t set all of them, and couldn’t reside without them, is actually an absolute symptom. This power suggests that the individual could be unstable in their thoughts, overly connected, and then have impractical objectives associated with union themselves. Keep an eye out for affairs that action too Lakewood escort reviews quickly.
Extreme Levels and Lows
Every union has its highs and lows, however for probably the most part, they must be an optimistic experiences. In case the teenager’s connection is continually in a condition of serious levels or lows, that probably suggests there is something incorrect.
When your teenager is actually withdrawing from hanging out with family, participating in hobbies, and even getting together with household, which a big warning sign. Abusers frequently assert that their associates should save money times on themselves plus energy together with them, effortlessly isolating their particular couples off their friends and family.
For those who have observed some of these symptoms within teenager’s connection, think about all of them indicators that it’s unhealthy and develop an unbarred dialogue with your teenager.
Unhealthy teenage relations is a scary thing for parents to manage, but that doesn’t imply you will want to prohibit online dating altogether. Adolescent interactions are an opportunity for your child growing, obtain viewpoint, and discover her basic prefer, all beneath your enjoying guidelines.
Whilst not all of their encounters can be good, strategy unhealthy relationships as finding out encounters that will shape her idea of matchmaking later on. By training she or he to cost their unique self-worth and be aware of indicators, possible build a healthier personality towards interactions.

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Silver Pin Badge in the shape of a Daruma. Daruma is a symbol of good luck in Japan. Each piece is hand stamped and carved in Japan.
Munqa's brand concept "NEWTIVE" (New + Native) describes the inspiration behind the playful designs.
- 925 Sterling Silver
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The Bulldogs appeared to be on their way to blowing out the 16-7 Bears midway through the third quarter. At the 3:26 mark, McBirth hit a pair of free throws to put New Albany up 34-23, which was the Bulldogs’ largest lead.
However, with New Albany up 39-30 at the start of the fourth, Central went on a 10-2 run to pull within one point at 41-40 with about four minutes left in regulation.
A McBirth runner got the Bulldogs’ lead back to 43-40, but 6-foot-5 Bears’ forward Beau Dedmond knocked down a 3 from the top of the key off a Rasheide Bell assist to tie the game at 43 with three minutes remaining. It was the first deadlock of the game.
Byrne gave New Albany the lead for good 45 seconds later when he made a trifecta from the left wing to put the Bulldogs up 46-43.
Bell cut the Bears’ deficit to 46-45 with 1:36 left by nailing two free throws. Cochran answered by hitting the front end of a 1-and-1 with 29 ticks remaining to put the Bulldogs up 47-45.
Dedmond grabbed the rebound when Cochran missed the second foul shot. After Central took its last timeout with 18.4 seconds remaining, Dedmond got the ball near the basket in the closing seconds. He put up the potential game-winning shot, but McBirth came up from behind him and blocked the shot. Dedmond chased down the rebound but could not fire up the ball before the final buzzer.
“Dre came from nowhere and tossed it. It was a great defensive play on his part because Dedmond would’ve scored. [Dedmond] is a good player,” Shannon said.
McBirth finished with a game-high 19 points despite shooting 7-of-18 from the field. Byrne was the only other Bulldog in double digits with 10 points. Junior forward DeAnthony Warren led New Albany in rebounding with six.
“We played well, defensively especially,” Shannon said. “We knew that we were probably going to give up some layups and some paint shots. But I had this fear that if we set up our zone and packed it in, they would bust 3s. At halftime, we talked about maybe doing something different because of all the paint shots they were getting, but we never did do anything different. We just stayed with the game plan.”
Senior guard Kourtlandt Martin paced the Bears with 14 points. Dedmond had a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Bell had 11 points and a game-high four assists.
Bloomington North defeated Franklin Central (13-11) in the other semifinal, 55-50.


$2.4 million for 'smart spaces' in regions
The NSW Government is investing $2.4 million in a partnership with two Sydney Universities launching today, aimed at supporting regional councils to reap the benefits of smart cities technology.
Minister for Local Government Wendy Tuckerman said 91 regional councils in NSW could benefit from the Smart Regional Spaces: Ready, Set, Go! partnership with the University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney under the Smart Places Strategy.
“This innovative partnership with regional councils, University of Sydney and UNSW will see them connect with industry experts, empower investment in new technology and data-driven solutions to help address the substantial divide in digital inclusion between Australians living in rural and urban areas,” Mrs Tuckerman said.
“Examples of smart place initiatives include smart street lighting, real-time bus schedules available on digital screens or through apps, using smart sensors to gather waste management data or smart sensors installed on parking spaces.”
Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government Victor Dominello said digital uplift and inclusion is a key pillar of the Smart Places Strategy, especially making sure regional communities can take advantage of emerging smart technology.
“In partnership with local councils, the Smart Places Acceleration Program continues to deliver smart technological capabilities to fix problems that people are facing every day,” Mr Dominello said.
Dean of the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney Professor Robyn Dowling said smart technology was ready to be expanded into the state’s regional communities.
“Smart technology solutions in transport, communications and energy efficiency are already a reality in metropolitan cites and there is an incredible opportunity to bring more of these initiatives into our rural and regional areas.” Professor Dowling said.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture at UNSW Professor Claire Annesley said the project is an example of the University’s commitment to transforming the lives of people in regional communities, with the smart places movement offering social, economic, and environmentally sustainable advantages.
“Many of the ideas generated by this movement to date relate to the challenges of dense urban living that do not necessarily translate to regional spatial scales, assets and geographically dispersed communities, and why a tailored regional focus is so important.” Professor Annesley said.
The Smart Regional Spaces: Ready, Set, Go!, is funded through the Digital Restart Fund under the Smart Places Acceleration Program and expertise and contributions from UNSW and the University of Sydney.


DEDICATION FOR 3 GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE ANTENNAS
Feb 3rd, 8:30-10:00am (PST)
This international event will be held online on when a prestigious IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing will be dedicated for the massive Gravitational-Wave Antennas in Hanford, WA, Louisiana and Italy. They collectively confirmed Albert Einstein’s 1916 General Theory of Relativity which predicted the existence of cosmic ripples that traveled at the speed of light, carrying with them information about their origins as well as clues to the nature of gravity itself. This event will include 4 Nobel Laureates and an international crew of scientists. Free and open to all. Registration required.


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Crypto Crash Information and Prime Cryptocurrency Costs Immediately: The worldwide crypto market cap has crashed once more to $1.26 trillion, a day after displaying some indicators of restoration. For the final a number of days, crypto market cap has been caught within the $1.24-$1.31 trillion vary, indicating the wrestle to interrupt past this barrier.
On Monday, the worldwide crypto market cap had jumped to $1.31 trillion, rising 3.66% during the last day, as a number of prime crypto costs additionally witnessed upward actions. Nevertheless, Monday’s crypto beneficial properties have vanished over the evening, information on CoinMarketCap on the time of writing (Could 24, 7.30 am) reveals.
The worldwide cryptocurrency market quantity during the last 24 hours elevated 37.22 p.c to $84 billion. The entire quantity in DeFi was $9.62 billion, which is 11.46% of the overall crypto market 24-hour quantity. Steady cash quantity was $73.70 billion, which is 87.74% of the overall crypto market 24-hour quantity.
Bitcoin worth fell beneath $30,000 once more, reducing by over 3 p.c within the final 24 hours. In the meantime, Bitcoin’s dominance as prime crypto asset additionally decreased by 0.36% to 44.22% over the day. Total Bitcoin worth has decreased by 2.44% within the final 7 days. On the time of writing, Bitcoin worth was $29,227.
“The crypto market struggled to remain within the inexperienced as sellers dominated the market to open the week. Tether has paid $10 billion in withdrawals because the crypto market which signifies large-scale liquidations throughout the crypto market by the traders to recalibrate their portfolio,” Shivam Thakral, CEO, BuyUcoin, stated.
“The crypto market is anticipated to remain in a bear part for a while and most the traders will keep in a wait and watch mode,” he added.
Traders hesitant to return to the market?
Edul Patel Co-Founder and CEO of Mudrex, stated, “Bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies rallied on Monday after a well known style model Balenciaga introduced to just accept crypto funds however fell later within the day. BTC is at the moment buying and selling at US$29,200, which is the bottom since January 2021. It’s doubtless that BTC might break beneath the present stage testing its help as soon as once more.”
“Since April, BTC has been on a bearish consolidation resulting from a number of macroeconomic elements and Terra’s collapse including to it. It looks like traders and establishments have paused and are a little bit hesitant to return to the market,” Patel added.
Prime Crypto Costs
A number of prime crypto costs have dropped within the final 24 hours. Have a look:
Ethereum (ETH): Ethereum worth decreased by 2.17% because it as soon as once more dropped beneath the $2000 mark to $1985 within the final 24 hours. Within the final 7 days, ETH worth has decreased by 2.50%. It’s at the moment ranked second largest crypto asset when it comes to market capitalisation.
Binance (BNB): Binance Chain coin’s worth elevated by 1.89% to $325 within the final 24 hours. Within the final 7 days, BNB worth has elevated by 8.26%. It’s at the moment ranked as fourth largest crypto asset when it comes to market capitalisation.
XRP: XRP coin’s worth decreased by 2.33% to $0.4106 within the final 24 hours. Within the final 7 days, XRP worth has decreased by 4.38%. It’s at the moment ranked as sixth largest crypto asset when it comes to market capitalisation.
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Solana (SOL): Solana worth decreased by 4.66 to $49.71 within the final 24 hours. Within the final 7 days, SOL worth has decreased by 9.06%. It’s at the moment ranked as ninth largest crypto asset when it comes to market capitalisation.
Cardano (ADA): Cardano token’s worth decreased by 4.07% to $0.5171 Within the final 24 hours. Within the final 7 days, ADA worth has decreased by 8.02%. It’s at the moment ranked as eighth largest crypto asset when it comes to market capitalisation.
Standard memecoin Dogecoin’s (DOGE) worth decreased by 1.9% within the final 24 hours. DOGE is at the moment ranked tenth when it comes to market capitalisation. The worth of DOGE on the time of this report was $0.08397.
In the meantime, costs of Polkadot (DOT) and Avalanche (AVAX) decreased by 0.34% and 5.93 per cent within the final 24 hours respectively. DOT and AVAX are at the moment ranked eleventh and thirteenth on CoinMarketCap. Polygon (Matic) worth decreased by 3.27% to $0.6463 within the final 24 hours. It’s at the moment ranked seventeenth on CoinMarketCap.
(Cryptos and different digital digital belongings are unregulated in India. They’re thought-about extraordinarily dangerous for funding. Please seek the advice of your monetary advisor earlier than making any funding resolution)

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