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Bitcoin Upload Watch Free Bitcoin Videos Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:15:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bitcoin Upload 32 32 111583440 Tom Lee Predicts Bitcoin To Reach $91,000 by March 2020, Based On Performances After Past Dips Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:15:26 +0000

BTC will hit $91,000 in 2020, according to another crypto market prediction from Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee has forecasted that Bitcoin’s price will reach $91,000 by March 2020, basing his prediction on a chart that shows Bitcoin’s (BTC) performances after past market dips, Forbes reported March 17.

Lee and Fundstrat used an average of the percentage gained in price after each dip to arrive at the 2020 figure.

Bitcoin since 2010

The Forbes piece notes that because the chart is based on a logarithmic scale as opposed to the traditional linear-based graph, BTC’s highs and lows are not as distinct.

Lee has been predicting high prices for BTC since its price was below $3,000. In July 2017 Lee had already stated that Bitcoin would hit $55,000 by 2022. More recently, in January of this year, Lee said that BTC would hit $25,000 by the end of 2018.

Lee and Fundstrat also recently released the “Bitcoin Misery Index” in early March, which is described as a “contrarian index’ that lets investors know how “miserable” BTC holders are at the current price.

Source: CoinTelegraph

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Mingo Adopts the Next Generation of Blockchain Technology for Its Three-In-One App Using Hedera’s Hashgraph Technology Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:00:10 +0000 Mingo, the all-in-one crypto messaging, e-commerce and e-sports platform, announced today that the project will be built using next-generation hashgraph technology from Hedera.

Mingo lets you chat with its unique multichannel messaging capability and will soon let you shop and play on its platform, featuring an integrated cryptocurrency wallet and multi-use plugin capability. The company’s founders believe that their app will be a gateway to widespread consumer adoption of cryptocurrency, which they expect will grow within the ecosystem.

Mingo plans to create a network effect for its platform built on its pioneering MingoChat, which is a free app that aggregates a variety of popular messenger apps. MingoChat allows users to view conversations with all their contacts in one discussion feed. The app currently supports seven mainstream messengers, including Facebook, Twitter, Steam, Discord, Slack, Skype, and IRC Cloud. Mingo also plans to develop future provider connections with the likes of Telegram, WhatsApp, Kik, and others. Users can easily stay connected with their contacts in real time, without the need to launch a number of different chats.

Mance Harmon, CEO of the Hedera Hashgraph Council, commented:

Mingo is an innovative startup addressing the very real issue of digital message overload. […] We are pleased that they have selected Hedera’s hashgraph platform to help bring digital sanity to our everyday experience of mobile communications.

Assuming that the messaging ease-of-use will make their platform the go-to app for real-time connectivity, the company believes that their Mingo Plugin Economy will also generate e-commerce buy-in from merchants who are eager to access Mingo’s large audience. Notably, the platform allows for the use of micropayments, which are an ideal mechanism for monetizing today’s consumer activity but have been frustratingly difficult to implement using present-day technology.

Mingo’s plug-in capability allows users to make micropayments to purchase products and services from authenticated and trusted merchants and service providers. Musicians, artists, charities, and news providers especially should pay particular attention to this technology, since it allows them to tap into existing consumer behavior while allowing customers to make per-product purchases with no long-term obligations.

Mingo Apps

Hedera’s hashgraph platform will offer a public, distributed ledger that allows easy development globally distributed applications to other companies. All nodes within the hashgraph protocol, therefore, are known entities and consequently protected against malicious anonymous nodes that might slow down transactions on a public blockchain. And with a promised capacity of 275,000 transactions per second, hashgraph has the potential to deliver a fast, secure backbone for cryptocurrency-based platforms like Mingo.

Joe Arthur, CEO of Mingo, is delighted with the partnership, stating:

Everyone in the distributed ledger space shares the goals of providing the community with maximum speed as well as security. […] We are enthusiastic about using hashgraph technology to develop our app because we believe it’s the next-generation solution for delivering on those goals.

The Mingo platform will be powered by its utility token called the MingoCoin, which will be an easy-to-use, widely accepted token throughout the Mingo Plugin Economy. Mingo is building the initial plug-ins for the platform including MingoPlay, which delivers an eSports platform for users to compete against each other and in tournaments with the ability to gain MingoCoin rewards, which can be spent throughout the ecosystem.

For more information about Mingo, please download their project summary or visit The MingoChat app is available for both Android and iOS devices.

Have you test driven the MingoChat app? How will Hedera’s hashgraph technology benefit the platform? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Images courtesy of Mingo

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COO of Joins a top-rated Smart Contract Based iGaming Project Sun, 18 Mar 2018 02:55:05 +0000

Bitcoin Press Release: Truegame is about to reintroduce innovative new iGaming concepts the likes of which have never been seen before, with a unique smart contract-enabled platform. To fully develop this innovative twist to iGaming, Truegame has launched its ICO with a pre-sale beginning March 5th, 2018, prior to the general event on April 16th, 2018.

The project has a strong team of professionals on board as well as some top industrial experts from blockchain to iGaming. Recently Truegame announced about a new exciting cooperation – they welcomed on board a new blockchain advisor – Mate Tokay, the COO of

As the Chief Operating Officer at, Mate Tokay is without question one of Bitcoin’s & Bitcoin Cash most active and vocal proponents. His goal and passion is to make cryptocurrencies as popular as possible. In 2012, he graduated from the International Business School in Budapest but it’s only in late 2012 that Mate first heard about Bitcoin and in mid-2013 that he began bitcoin mining using custom-built ASIC miners. Later, Mate founded the highly renowned Bitcoin news and review website Bitcoinist however he has been working on building since 2015.

Mate Tokay COO of Commented

“I am really excited about Truegame because their main goal is to improve transparency in the gambling industry. With their new blockchain tech, you can be sure that there is no cheating or manipulation whatsoever…”

About Truegame

TrueGame is a blockchain and smart contract based iGaming platform that sets the issue of transparency straight; blockchain technology allows for a trustworthy open registry that displays every outcome of every game which cannot be manipulated. The combinations generated from the blockchain cannot be manipulated and are completely random boiling the winning conditions down to luck and mathematical probability; to further a commitment to absolute trust, the blockchain network is responsible for distributing the winnings within the rules of the game providing players and potential players with winnings via their innovative use of smart contract technology.

Truegame Token Sale:

  1. Soft cap raised in just 5 days
  2. Truegame is #1 – the most evaluated project among experts (current rating is 4.8/5)
  3. The project is evaluated by more than 59 experts
  4. The community on Telegram has exceeded 9000 members
  5. Small hard cap – 9 million USD

Truegame’s ideas are very close to Mate’s philosophy and ideology. Even though there are lots of games presented on platform (, Mate evaluated Truegame as a very promising gaming platform. Along with his advisory on the project, Mate will be helping Truegame with PR and promotion in big scale media.

The new era of iGaming is already here!

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TrueGame is the source of this content. Virtual currency is not legal tender, is not backed by the government, and accounts and value balances are not subject to consumer protections. This press release is for informational purposes only. The information does not constitute investment advice or an offer to invest.

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‘Secretive’ Wall Street Firm Includes Bitcoin In Its Traded Assets Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:58:48 +0000

A global trading firm described as “secretive” has revealed that part of its $13 bln daily equity trading is in Bitcoin.

Trading firm Jane Street Capital, which reportedly trades an average of $13 bln daily in equities across the globe, has included Bitcoin (BTC) in its traded assets, Business Insider reported today, March 17.

A statement from the company reads: “Jane Street trades over 56,000 products globally across a wide variety of asset classes, including Bitcoin.”

Unnamed sources told Business Insider that Jane Street, which was founded in 2000, only entered into crypto trading last year. The company’s website reports that $5.6 trln was traded across all products in 2017.

In February 2016, the company was described by the New York Times as a “secretive” ETF firm. While the profit numbers for Jane Street’s Bitcoin trading are not public, the company has noted that it will stay open to further involvement in the crypto markets:

“Jane Street has always taken a considered approach to trading opportunities and will continue to do so. As more cryptocurrency products emerge, we expect to be involved.”

Other Wall Street investors have also already jumped onto the crypto bandwagon. Major American investor Bill Miller told reporters in December 2017 that he had invested a whopping half of his hedge fund’s money in Bitcoin.

Source: CoinTelegraph

5 Altcoins Likely to Outperform Bitcoin for the Week of March 17, 2018 Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:00:23 +0000 The cryptocurrency markets are eagerly demonstrating how truly volatile they are. However, their volatility provides unique opportunities to find undervalued coins with major events in the next two weeks. The 5 Altcoins To Beat BTC Returns this Week are SNOV, ZER, MTH, ETH & MTL.

Altcoins to Focus On This Week: SNOV, ZER, ETH, MTH, and MTL

This week’s altcoins worth shifting immediate focus to all have very exciting upcoming events. The market correction the last week allows for these coins to be attained at a huge discount from their all-time highs. This week’s coins requiring immediate attention include SNOV (Snovio), ZER (Zerocoin), ETH (Ethereum), MTH (Monetha), and MTL (Metal).

These five cryptocurrencies have major announcements, events, presentations, and platform updates prior to the conclusion of March. Events of this magnitude provide a catalyst to boost the price of the underlying cryptocurrency in the immediate short term.

Tenfold Return in Bitcoin Over Three Years

Between the five highlighted cryptocurrencies, technical analysis points to the highest short-term returns coming from ZER (Zerocoin has the smallest market cap and largest percentage decrease since January) or SNOV (releasing their marketplace prior to the end of the month).

Utility increases the value of the underlying crypto with the top gainers from the past month all having dramatically increased their utility (LTC, DGB and BCPT). Many of the cryptocurrencies on this week’s list intend to dramatically increase their utility which should result in an immediate increase of the crypto’s value.

Current Market Sentiment

The market the past week has opened up many buying opportunities in the crypto space, especially for altcoins. The last ten days have been filled with multiple FUD events that continue to pressure crypto markets downward. These events have dramatically impacted the price of altcoins this week (some more than others):

  1. Regulatory Actions (SEC and U.K.)
  2. Gox Bitcoin Dump
  3. Alphabet (Google) Banning All Crypto Related Ads
  4. Scam ICO – Giza

These four events shifted the market cap of the entire crypto market from $470 billion March 5, 2018, to $330 billion Friday, March 16. However, a decrease of over 30% in total market cap provides for some true bargain altcoins.

Snovio – SNOV (Marketplace Launch)

SNOV is a smaller market cap cryptocurrency that specializes in decentralized lead generation. The platform rewards contributors in tradable SNOV tokens. However, this platform and concept are strictly hypothetical. Until the SNOV marketplace is released within the next two weeks.

SNOV has promised to have their marketplace launched by March 31, 2018 (or earlier). Currently, the SNOV token has no utility excepts its ability to be traded. In under two weeks, the SNOV token will greatly increase its utility once the marketplace is launched.

Tokens are useless without an actual utility. With a coin price of $.03 and a market cap of $13 million, it is likely SNOV sees exponential gains when they release their marketplace and establish utility for their token within two weeks. The goal is not to purchase SNOV the day before marketplace release, but with enough time to enjoy the price increase leading up to it.

Zerocoin – ZER (New Exchange Listing and Wallet)

ZER is the smallest market cap crypto on this list and truly has the highest likelihood of an exponential climb in the coming weeks. They are valued at $0.93 per coin with a market cap of $2.5 million. January 9, 2018, saw ZER surpass the $12 per coin mark. That means while BTC and most coins have corrected 40-70%, ZER has fallen over 93% since its all-time high.

Currently, ZER is only listed on one exchange and its catalysts for a major increase in value are their upcoming announcements of a major exchange listing and a new wallet.

ZER has promised to have their mobile wallet released and a large exchange announcing the listing of their crypto by March 31. ZER’s utility is about to increase significantly. The addition of a wallet while boosting volume and publicity with the announcement of a new exchange will greatly increase ZER’s short-term value. The ZER team and concept are both impressive and revolutionary. This week should provide a huge boost to ZER’s value with a wallet about to be released and a major exchange listing announced.

Ethereum – ETH (SEC News)

The SEC’s reiterated news was horrible for ETH wasn’t it? It depends who you ask. The general public and overall market sentiment will be screaming, “the SEC news was horrible for ETH.”

This is not necessarily true. It was horrible for the short-term price evaluation of ETH causing it to tumble even more than BTC during the prior two-week period. However, more regulations in the crypto space are not bad for Ethereum in the long-run.

If ETH continued to release ICOs that turned out to be scam or fraud related they very quickly would lose their reputation of being one of the most reputable in the business. The SEC getting involved may diminish their business in the immediate short-term but should allow for many more, legally started, ICOs in the near future.

ETH is currently valued at $611 with a market cap of over $60 billion. March 4, 2018, ETH was trading at $865 and since the ‘negative’ SEC news has fallen more than 25%. Normally market cap coins of this magnitude do not make the “altcoin” list.

However, with ETH having overreacted to the most recent SEC news they are likely to experience a significant boost in value in the short-term. ETH is one of the few cryptocurrencies with teams and the financial backing to attend any conference they chose.

This week was no different as the co-founder of ETH, Joseph Lubin, presented as a Keynote speaker for the South by South West (SXSW) conference in Austin, TX. Clearly, blockchain technology is here to stay and cryptocurrencies that overreact to current events are prime opportunities for above-average returns in the short-term.

Monetha – MTH (First Product Milestone)

MTH falls into the category of adding utility to their token in the next two-week period. MTH is fairly clear that the date of their first product will actually be March 31, 2018. Many of the other cryptos on this list state “March 31 or earlier” MTH is specifically for the 31st. Timing is everything in crypto as it is essential to have purchased prior to the date of the important announcement. In this case, their first product milestone on March 31, 2018.

Ethereum blockchain based mobile payment processing company Monetha

MTH is valued at $0.10 per coin with a market cap of $22 million. Adding the slightest bit of utility will dramatically increase both of these numbers. January 12, 2018, MTH was trading at $0.59 more than 500% higher than where it is priced today. The largest milestone in MTH’s development is occurring in two weeks yet the price is 80% lower than where it was in January.

Look for MTH to rapidly appreciate leading up to their product milestone March 31, 2018.

Metal- MTL (MetalPay and CEO’s Presentation)

MTL is about to release MetalPay. Without MetalPay currently, MTL has no utility. Their token can be traded on exchanges but besides that cannot be used for anything.

When MetalPay is implemented the utility of the MTL token increases along with the underlying value of MTL. The concept behind MTL is incredible. Most crypto currencies transactions speed are ‘slow’ compared to MTL with all having fees above MTL’s. This is because MTL plans to pay the user to send crypto. Yes, they actually intend to reward users up to 5% for each purchase they make using MTL, with no transaction fees.

MTL is turning the crypto world on its head by inversing the current fee structure. Instead of there being exorbinant fees to transfer crypto, now merchants and individuals using MTL will actually receive a multiple percentage dividend each time funds are sent or received. Their CEO Marshall Hayner is one of the top figures in the crypto space and will continue to push MTL towards a successful launch of MetalPay.

MTL was trading over $10 in January and is currently $3.67 per coin with a market cap of $81 million. Following the successful release of MetalPay their January highs should be quickly approached as MTL will revolutionize the fee structure of sending crypto.

Conclusion – Utility Increases Value

The number one factor that determines a cryptocurrency’s value is the underlying utility. ETH was able to buck the trend of collapsing crypto markets through most of January. This was because ETH was still regularly sought after for use in ICOs, Ethereum Dapps, etc.

ETH remained valuable due to ETH’s utility. Each of the coins listed have important reasons their utility dramatically increases in the following two weeks. As the dates of their utility increase approach, the value of the corresponding currency should similarly increase. Altcoins can expect a dramatic increase in value following the successful launch of a platform, announcement of an exchange, or any other major update increasing a coin’s utility.

The next few weeks have major events planned for: ETH (Ethereum),  SNOV (Snovio), ZER (Zerocoin), MTH (Monetha), and MTL (Metal). The recent market correction has allowed their prices to be extremely desirable leading up to their major events.

To read the King’s prior articles, to find out which ICOs he currently recommends, or to get in contact directly with the King, you can on Twitter (@JbtheCryptoKing) or Reddit (ICO updates and Daily Reports).

What are your thoughts on these altcoins? Will you be buying or selling? Let us know below!

Images courtesy of Shutterstock, Monetha

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ICOs Are Over, So What About The Product? Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:58:20 +0000

Projects that raise funds on ICOs rarely provide their products on time. Investors are concentrated on token liquidity.

CoinJob has failed to meet its requisite funding goals during their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) according to an announcement on their website in February, now it informs on error.

The project for a low-fee, distributed labor marketplace for computer-based work was launched in August 2017 and planned to raise up to 60,000 ETH, but collected $7,639 (less than 30 ETH at press time), according to ICObench.

“Definitely after the first day of the pre-sale, we knew we weren’t going to make it because we just didn’t see that many people are talking about it,” a former team member told Cointelegraph anonymously.

According to the source, the biggest problem was insufficient investment in marketing and not giving themselves enough time to advertise. “I think our idea was solid and our team was fantastic but, at the time, there were not standardized routes to having a successful ICO, so we were doing a lot of stumbling around in the dark trying to figure out what worked and what didn’t,” he said.

“I learned that having a great project means nothing if no one knows about it, and building a brand and getting the hype around your project is the most important things,” the source said, adding that the team is going to return money raised to contributors.

Last summer was a good season for ICOs, with more than $1.5 bln raised by 119 ICOs from June to August 2017, according to statistics of ICObench.

In 2017 ICOs raised a total of $4 bln, according to an EY study that analyzed 372 projects.  More than 10 percent of ICO proceeds are lost as a result of hacking attacks.

Besides suspicious cases like PlexCorps, DRC or RECoin there are unsuccessful ICOs that raised significantly less than expected and should close their project and those who continue their business but postponed the launch of the product.

Jan Brzezek CEO & co-founder of Crypto Finance believes that only five percent of ICOs will survive five years and only one percent will actively generate revenues for their clients in an amount which would be standard for private equity (P/E) investments. In October, Vitalik Buterin predicted that about 90 percent of token startups will fail.

“Even good projects are not raising the kind of money as in the past,” said Wulf Kaal, professor at the University of St. Thomas and director of Private Investment Fund Institute. Since late 2017, the ICO volume has been slowing down, and fewer projects are reaching fundraising goals, in November 2017, less than 25 percent hit goals, compared with more than 90 percent in June, according to the EY study.

Source: EY

How often does it happen?

TravelCoin, which raised $100,000 at its ICO in August, is going to refund it its customers, two of its founders said in an interview with Cointelegraph. A lot of rules changed since then, one of them explained the failure of the project. “We did not follow KYC process, accepted US/Canada and China customers; also the execution of our ICO could have been much better,” said Emal Safi, CEO of TravelCoin.

About 46 percent of last year’s ICOs have already failed, according to data from Tokendata. Of the 902 crowdsales listed, 142 of them failed at the funding stage and a further 276 ran away with the collected money, or are fading into obscurity reports An additional 113 ICOs can be classified as “semi-failed,” either because their team has stopped communicating on social media or because their community is so small that they have no chance of success.

Many teams, even those who raised enough funds, are not hurrying to present their product. ICOs are typically used to raise money ahead of product launch. Of the companies that had a product prior to their ICO, most had already received venture funding, according to research by Mangrove Capital Partners.

Source: Mangrove Capital Partners

Nathan Christian, an advisor and technical expert with over 35 startups in his portfolio, said in an interview with Cointelegraph that:

“A good number of projects don’t end up ever getting a real working prototype at all, let alone in time for the ICO date. This is going to be changing this year as I feel that more tokens and ICOs are going to be driven by actual utility and not so much speculation like they have previously.”

“A lot of projects that are being started without any real base or any people torque on it, or a fully flushed-out system, without any code written, only one percent has a product,” says Zach Hamilton, managing partner of Airfoil Capital consultancy, “Only the best companies don’t touch the market without a prototype and multiple bizdev deals on the table; it’s a laughable amount of them.”

“I love seeing people who put up their own money to build products, got something working, maybe on a test net, and they are going to raise some capital,” he explained on a phone call with Cointelegraph.

Most teams starting ICOs only have a white paper that gives the information about the proposed project and a roadmap.

“Roadmaps are intentionally often so vague, that tracking is futile, barely any ICO starts their business on time,” says Anatoly Knyazev, investor and co-founder of Exante investment company.

“Many teams keep their promises in the roadmap after the ICO, if they want to move forward as a company the roadmap goals should be measurable, realistic, and achievable,” disagrees Ivan Wood, managing partner at Crypto Angel Partners. He estimates that up to 60-70 percent of companies start developing a beta-version prior to executing the ICO.

“Only around 25 percent of top-20 ICOs by amount raised have launched their products in alpha or beta-version to schedule,” says Brian Kean, CBDO at ICORating agency. According to him, they make unrealistic market propositions to attract investors’ money instead of focusing on long-term success.

“An overwhelming majority of ICOs do not have a real product or make it with a significant delay,” Wulf Kaal agrees.

According to Knyazev’s estimation, 90 percent of all ICOs do not deliver the product on time. “Yeah, there is a possibility they will develop it later, but a lot of investors are not acting reasonably,” he says.

“Few do in time,” agreed Miriam Neubauer, crypto capital investor and managing director at Catena Capital Blockchain accelerator, “The more technically challenging the project, the harder it is to have a live prototype that demonstrates the core capabilities of the product.”

“At least 70-80 percent of ICOs don’t have anything, 10-15 percent have a beta-version, and one to five percent have a real working product, while less than one percent have actual users and customers,” estimates CFO at Envinary Group and ICO advisor Nikolay Zvezdin.

According to him, 50-60 percent produce their product with some delay, 20-30 percent produce with significant delay, 10 percent experienced no delay at all or delivered earlier than expected, and one to five percent failed to deliver the promised results.

How is it possible?

After the money is collected, founders can stop to be overeager to attract and persuade investors. Many of them return to regular schedule and put the damper on momentum.

“Nobody wants to hear realistic timeframes with reasonable time buffers. Then everyone complains why it takes so long. It’s a challenge to balance expectations well,” Neubauer adds.

“Founders have no responsibilities to investors, which get tokens with unjustified/volatile value and no rights to the future product as well as no share in capital. Founders can also use ICOs to raise significant capital (perhaps even all the capital they could ever need) in one early round of fundraising without giving away any equity in the business and without having to deliver anything more than tokens for a (highly scalable) software-based service,” according to Mangrove research.

Many experts blame founders for laziness and the lack of experience.

“They often underestimate the complexity of Blockchain technology; some just get lazy due to ample cash flow. They are not hungry like classic startups who are living on peanut angel funding and Ramen Noodle diets on the desperate hunt for Round A funding,” said Richard Kastelein, publisher of Blockchain News, founder of Blockchain Partners and interim chief marketing officer a Blockchain startup Humaniq.

“The major factor is unrealistic market propositions made to attract investors’ money instead of focusing on long-term success,” said Kean. Delays may also be caused by investor conflict (Tezos), a hacker attack (DAO), or a lack of marketing and development experience for team members.

“Many top ICOs promised to build complex infrastructural Blockchain platforms, projects like these need at least one to two years to be developed,” Kean says adding that he does not expect a boom year for launches or failures. “The best syndicates avoid ICOs for projects that have long-term crypto infrastructure potential,” according to Kaal.

Illiquidity of tokens is a more significant problem for the community than product deadlines. According to Kastelein, Investors get more frustrated about delays in getting on the exchanges than product. … In the future, we will see milestones written into the smart contracts and funding won’t be released until targets are met.

Knyazev describes attracting investment through ICOs as an excellent tool for developing a start-up and gaining financial independence:

“Most teams lack real-world business experience, which leads to two results: the team does not aim to develop the project. I don’t mean scams, but simply wants to get capital assuming they can handle the business naturally, getting all the employees and marketing; or the team seriously overestimates their skills, experience, and underestimates the toughness of real business. This is why at the end they get ‘stuck’ in crypto-world, failing to deliver real results and are strongly affected by market movement of currency.”

Nikolay Zvezdin says that, “The main problem for the market is that 99 percent of the time, the team’s assumption is that they can stay in “crypto-world” forever, but sooner or later they face real business issues, and even such a small thing as converting raised crypto-capital to fiat to pay vendors, service-providers, and most employees is not that simple if you’re talking about significant amounts.”

“There is a difference between a project which doesn’t have a prototype but already has a working business and a project which only formulated a concept. Someone who is moving existing business onto the Blockchain has a better chance of success, than those who are just starting out,” says Bogdan Fiedur Blockchain developer and ICO advisor. He continues:

“Experienced founders already have a business model on which they are building another application layer, but they usually have no experts in the Blockchain space, and later they struggle to assemble teams who could work in one office and be experts from each required domain. On the other hand, new ideas and applications which are purely technological and rely on new inventions can’t have much more than a prototype or whitepaper because the concept is so new and there is nothing yet to build on.”

Year of Disillusionment

“The TribeToken ICO never worked out, it only gathered like [sic] 8 ETH and refunded everyone after the ICO,” said its founder Roy Brand, who is now working on another project. According to him, the team worked on the project in their free time and with no payment:

“While it was a fun experience, sadly we could not reach enough funding to start working full time on a possible platform. A few months after the ICO we closed the website down since there were no plans to go on with this ICO because it did not get enough funding.”

“Over 50 percent of ICOs don’t meet targets, but hey, [sic] nine out of 10 startups in Silicon Valley fail,” Richard Kastelein says.

“In contrast to the traditional venture capital (VC) where the rule of thumb is one in ten investments survives and thrives, investing in ICOs has been significantly more profitable over the past 1.5-2 years, because of the almost immediate access to liquidity and no or comparatively short lock-up periods, albeit riskier as well,” Neubauer agrees.

“The few great projects will generate the majority of returns, just like in early-stage investing. Pareto Law always applies here,” Hamilton adds.

“2018 will be a year of ‘trough of disillusionment’,” Jan Brezezek predicts. “Which is nothing wrong, as this inflow of money helped the crypto ecosystem to grow further and professionalize itself,” he adds.

According to ICObench, 312 ICOs raised more than $1.3 bln in January and February 2018.

Despite scams, failures, and postponed product launches, the ICO market generally provides high profitability. According to Mangrove research, if one had blindly invested €10,000 in every visible ICO, including those that failed, this would have delivered a 1,320 percent return last year.

Source: CoinTelegraph

Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Continue Their Slide…But Why?! Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:00:32 +0000 Last week was a miserable week for Bitcoin and crypto investors as the markets continued to shed their market cap. This week the bears have continued to win the battle against the bulls pushing the price of BTC and most altcoins further South. Questions remain unanswered, what is causing the drop in the markets? And are positive signs on the horizon?

The State of Bitcoin

The bulls were stampeding in the final months of 2017. The month of December saw Bitcoin approach $20,000. The following month of January saw a correction of epic proportions concluding in February when BTC dipped under $6,000. This was a percentage decrease of over 70% from BTC’s December highs to their February lows. The bears seemed to have taken full control of the market back from the bulls.

Conclusion – The Market Has 2 Options

February through the beginning of March saw the bulls build some momentum with BTC building significant steam following the Chinese New Year. This was a short-lived rebound with BTC going from its February lows of under $6,000 to a March 5, 2018, high of $11,600.

By March 9, 2018, Bitcoin was back to under $8,400 and it seemed the bears had regained full control. Today, March 15, 2018, BTC resides at a price of $8,200, only slightly lower than where it was exactly a week ago.

The most important questions to ask are: What events are currently impacting Bitcoin and where is it likely to go in value from here?

Events Negatively Impacting Bitcoin Prices

The last ten days have been filled with multiple negative news events that continue to drive down the value of BTC in the short term. Much of this negative sentiment is caused unnecessarily by the light in which articles are written.

Other events are indeed negative, dramatically shifting the total numbers of buy and sell orders on the market. This prior bearish turn in the market has been precipitated by four large events:

  1. Regulatory Actions (SEC and U.K.)
  2. Gox Bitcoin Dump
  3. Alphabet (Google) Banning All Crypto Related Ads
  4. Scam ICO – Giza

These four events all dramatically shifted the price of Bitcoin and the overall cryptocurrency markets downward in the prior ten days.

Growing Regulatory Framework

Bitcoin was originally developed as a way to revolutionize payment platforms while being able to completely avoid centralized banks. This anarchist mentality is what drove initial cryptocurrency adoption but with major institutions looking to get involved there needs to be a better regulatory framework in place.

Each time the SEC, or any regulatory body for that matter, announces new regulations, even if supporting crypto, the markets react negatively. This negative sentiment surrounding regulations needs to be alleviated as regulations will be the only way institutional investors can add hundreds of billions, if not trillions, to the space.

This week saw the SEC reiterate comments about analyzing ICOs more closely and further regulations of the crypto markets. Bitcoin fell based on this news and drove down the entire crypto market with it.

The SEC was not the only group to comment this week. In the U.K., The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, called for greater regulation of cryptocurrencies and in Japan, punishment notices were issued to several exchanges while forcing some to halt trading entirely.

Regulations will only benefit and bring legitimacy to the cryptocurrency markets that have been plagued with scams.

Even as the SEC is cracking down on ICOs there are still scams stealing millions of dollars. Giza’s recent ICO promised a super secure cryptocurrency wallet and raised over $2 million for it. Then the founders slowly started to disappear and it became evident that Giza was a scam. Another scam ICO, another tarnish on Bitcoin and the crypto world’s reputation.

Each scam in the crypto space is publicized multiple times leading to negative sentiment and a drop in the value of Bitcoin.

Mt. Gox Bitcoin Dump

Mt. Gox closed in 2014, filing for bankruptcy after losing approximately 850,000 bitcoins. A trustee of the exchange’s assets has been selling large amounts of Bitcoin to pay back creditors.

Bitcoin Breaches $4000 Milestone in Record-Breaking Week

These tens of thousands of bitcoins being dumped onto the open market have been pushing the price of BTC down for weeks. A recent court holder has demanded that Mt. Gox stop selling any of their assets until their following court date in September.

The massive dump of the Mt. Gox bitcoins onto the open market has resulted in an increased supply without the corresponding increased demand, resulting in Bitcoin’s price plummet.

Alphabet Bans Crypto Advertisements

Alphabet is the parent company of Google and earlier this week, they announced that they were going to ban all crypto related ads. Facebook recently did this and Google following suit is not a positive sign for the crypto space.

However, real teams with great projects do not need to advertise to the masses. I do not see stock IPOs advertising on Google or Facebook. It seems U.S. based companies are slowly starting to limit the advertising outreach of crypto, which is clearly negatively impacting market sentiment.

There are still plenty of ample places for crypto ICOs and coins to advertise their platforms and attain market penetration.

A Rebound is Imminent

Bitcoin’s price may have taken a beating the past ten days due to major events negatively impacting market sentiment and the price of BTC. However, one thing remains exceptionally clear. Blockchain technology is here to stay.

This week may have had negative events but there were also very positive occurrences, such as Lightning Network mainnet going live, which many investors have not even realized yet.

With SEC regulations come institutional money, so expect a flood of funds to enter the space in the coming months. Mt. Gox cannot sell any of their assets for another six months limiting one of the largest holders of Bitcoin to stagnation.

Lastly, the conference schedule demonstrates that not only are there blockchain and crypto conferences but cryptocurrencies are attending the most expensive and prestigious conferences of the year (example: Money 20/20 Asia).

This week was seen as a negative one for BTC and the price illustrated this. However, the months looking forward look very positive. Market sentiment is exceptionally negative. Fading market sentiment would say to accumulate mass quantities at these levels.

Buy low, sell high. BTC is due for a lovely rebound.

To read the King’s prior articles, to find out which ICOs he currently recommends, or to get in contact directly with the King, you can on Twitter (@JbtheCryptoKing) or Reddit (ICO updates and Daily Reports).

Do you agree with the King’s findings? Are there other factors at play that are driving down prices? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Florida Gov’t Agency Employee Arrested For Mining Crypto Using Dept. Computers Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:14:41 +0000

Florida law enforcement has arrested a gov’t agency employee for “official misconduct” after being caught crypto mining on the agency’s computers.

An IT manager from the state of Florida’s Department of Citrus (FDoC) has been arrested this week for using the FDoC’s computer system to mine for cryptocurrencies, according to a Tampa Bay Times article published March 13.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), FDoC employee Matthew McDermott was using computers in the Department of Citrus to mine for cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC).

Crypto mining requires a large amount of electricity, and the utility bills for the Department of Citrus had jumped more than 40 percent from October 2017 to January 2018, around $825.

McDermott has been charged with grand theft and official misconduct and is currently at Polk County jail. The FDLE also noted that McDermott had purchased 24 graphic processing units for over $22,000 using a “state purchasing card” from July to December.

In February of this year, several engineers were arrested at a Russian nuclear power center for attempting to use a supercomputer to mine for Bitcoin.

Source: CoinTelegraph

Coinbase To Congress: We Don’t Need More US Cryptocurrency Regulators Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:00:56 +0000 Coinbase has told the US that regulators “already have sufficient authority” over cryptocurrency as the exchange and wallet provider passes 20 million users.

Coinbase Aims For ‘Effectiveness’ At Congress

Speaking at the increasingly notorious Congress hearing on cryptocurrency March 14, during which one senator appeared to suggest Bitcoin stops the government “controlling” the US dollar, Coinbase’s chief legal and risk officer said regulators should instead focus on simplifying the landscape.

“We believe there is no need for Congress to create a new regulator or a new regulatory scheme because federal regulators already have sufficient authority to regulate this space effectively,” Mike Lempres said as part of written testimony.

There are at least four federal regulatory agencies that can effectively protect investors and the markets.

The news follows the Winklevoss twins’ plans to create a self-regulatory body for cryptocurrency regulation. Dubbed the ‘Virtual Commodity Association,’ the Gemini cofounders set out their plans, which were commended by US regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, this week.

UK Gets Easier Bitcoin Withdrawals In Banking First

Despite various teething problems, which continue to affect the company’s reputation inside the crypto industry, Coinbase is leveraging funding and adoption to exert influence on Bitcoin’s mainstream appeal.

This week saw the formation of a new deal with UK bank Barclays, which aims to simplify withdrawals for Coinbase customers resident in the country. Until now, those wishing to cash out BTC had to do so via an Estonian bank, using the euro as a middleman currency and paying conversion fees twice.

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The move comes in tandem with Coinbase becoming the first exchange to receive an e-money license from UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with an accompanying blog post championing the potential transformation of Bitcoin investment for UK consumers.

“The EU grew twice as fast as any of our other markets in 2017, and the UK continues to be our largest market here,” Coinbase UK CEO Zeeshan Feroz wrote about the latter achievement, adding its London team would expand eight times by the end of 2018.

What do you think about Coinbase’s stance on US regulation? Let us know in the comments below!

Images courtesy of Shutterstock

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#6899 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

Avoid using HTML tags in translation strings (bp-blogs/classes/class-bp-blogs-component.php)

Reported by: ramiy Owned by: Boone Gorges
Milestone: 2.6 Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: I18N Keywords: has-patch

See the attaches patch.

Old string:

  • Sites %s

New string:

  • Sites %s

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6899.patch (862 bytes) - added by ramiy 2 years ago.

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Change History (6)

2 years ago

#1 @Paul Gibbs
2 years ago

  • Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to 2.5

#2 @Paul Gibbs
2 years ago

  • Milestone changed from 2.5 to Under Consideration

The patch provides a new placeholder token in the string, but I believe there should be a translator comment explaining the value it will be replaced with.

#3 @Boone Gorges
2 years ago

  • Milestone changed from Under Consideration to 2.6

#4 @Boone Gorges
2 years ago

  • Owner set to Boone Gorges
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 10674:

Avoid markup in translatable string when building Sites navigation item.

Props ramiy.
Fixes #6899.

#5 @Paul Gibbs
21 months ago

  • Component changed from Locale - i18n to I18N
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#11617 closed feature (fixed)

Define a $.parseHTML method for creating HTML fragments

Reported by: dmethvin Owned by: dmethvin
Priority: high Milestone: 1.8
Component: manipulation Version: 1.7.1
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:

Currently, we try to sniff out HTML in whatever is passed to $(), leading to problems like #9521 where the developer sends untrusted input to jQuery. Any real fix to #9521 that plugs all the holes is likely to create situations where we reject HTML strings that we previously accepted.

By creating a $.html() method we can let the developer be explicit that they want to create a fragment from HTML and accept any consequences, rather than let $() guess it. Over the next few versions we could tighten down $() to say that any HTML string passed to it must begin and end with angle brackets--no spaces or text on the ends--which might allow us to avoid the regex check.

If we had this new method, what should it return? Seems like a jQuery object with the nodes would be the most obvious, but it could return a plain Array of nodes or a documentFragment with the nodes.

I'm also open to bikeshedding on the method name, since it's not an analog to $.fn.html so perhaps $.fragment, $.nodes or similar.

Change History (12)

comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by mikesherov

Just chiming in here that this function would obviously not be a getter/setter, because any getter/setter combo that was strict would break round-tripping.

comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by jaubourg

Why not $.parseHTML()? Would be on par with $.parseJSON() and $.parseXML() and be clear about obviously not being a getter.

+1 on the intent. I guess a fragment would be nice but a collection could do.

comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by Rick Waldron

Component: unfiledmanipulation
Owner: set to dmethvin
Priority: undecidedlow
Status: newassigned
Type: bugfeature

comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by dmethvin

Milestone: None1.8
Summary: Define a $.html method for creating HTML fragmentsDefine a $.parseHTML method for creating HTML fragments

comment:5 Changed 6 years ago by scottgonzalez

Just for reference, this is currently being spec'd as Document.parse().

comment:6 Changed 6 years ago by timmywil

This needs a little more discussion. I went ahead and implemented fixes for some things, but xss is still an issue. Copied from the meeting notes:

Want some way to control whether scripts run?

$.parseHTML(html, { allowScripts: true }); ? distinguish allow inline vs. external?

comment:7 Changed 6 years ago by timmywil

Priority: lowhigh

Also see #11290

comment:8 Changed 6 years ago by timmywil

Resolution: fixed
Status: assignedclosed

Add parseHTML for explicitly parsing strings into html. Fixes #11617.

Changeset: e2497c682f26b7916d76cb2896c6fe621b376d82

comment:9 Changed 6 years ago by muddydixon

I checked below snippets in latest git master (4df3aaeab3f5c1f54d7564fe9973f6bf35664265). This XSS was not resolved. Why this bug was fixed?

comment:10 Changed 6 years ago by christianmusa@…

Hello! Just a quick comment, would be great if with an options object we can define which tags we allow.

Use case: rich editor in an iframe/div with contentEditable enabled, user paste some unknown html (word maybe) and we only want to allow the strong tag and remove or rename the others tag. This would be useful for many wyswyg html5 editors.

comment:11 Changed 6 years ago by Rick Waldron

christianmusa@… --

Sounds like a great use case for a plugin

comment:12 Changed 6 years ago by dmethvin

To clarify the purpose of this method, it is beginning the process of separating the two String cases that $() handles: selectors and HTML serialization. There was some discussion in #11974 that implied it may be misunderstood as some sort of "XSS-proof HTML processing." It is not.

We want to mitigate the chances that a jQuery dev calls $(selector) thinking it is a CSS selector, but Mr. Bad Guy has managed to get script into selector and therefore executes it. We're doing that by providing $.parseHTML and eventually locking down the HTML recognition of $() to a small subset.

If/when environments provide better ways to sandbox, the ability of $.parseHTML() to make the dev's intentions clear will come in handy. However, no matter the method, jQuery allows devs to parse and execute scripts. If they process complex HTML with script and allow that script to come from untrusted or corruptible sources, it is still possible to make successful XSS attacks--just as it would be if the dev wrote their code in bare DOM methods.

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Bug 63234 - Anaconda remembers first selected language.
Anaconda remembers first selected language.
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda (Show other bugs)
i386 Linux
medium Severity medium
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Assigned To: Jeremy Katz
Brock Organ
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Reported: 2002-04-11 11:23 EDT by Eugene Kanter
Modified: 2007-04-18 12:41 EDT (History)
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Description Eugene Kanter 2002-04-11 11:23:50 EDT
Description of Problem:

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

How Reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot from CD
2. select language A, click next, click back, select language B
3. continue with the default (workstation in my case) install.
4. first cavet: language selection dialog contains language A as the only
5. add language B and make it default.
6. finish install, look at i18n and XF86Config-4.

Actual Results:

i18n has (correct) settings for language A
XF86Config-4 has (incorrect) keyboard settings for language B

Expected Results:

All three language selection dialog, i18n and XF86Config-4 have settings for
languge A.

Additional Information:

In my tests I used Ukrainian as language A and Russian as language B.
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-04-11 18:30:11 EDT
Did you actually change the keyboard on the keyboard selection screen to the new
keyboard?  After the first entry to the keyboard screen an initial default is
set, and we keep that even if you change languages (otherwise you can choose
language, change keyboard to something else, next, next, back, back, change
language, next and what should happen with keyboard? :)
Comment 2 Eugene Kanter 2002-04-12 08:35:41 EDT
You are right, I did not alter any keyboard settings.
This is indeed questionable behavior.
My suggestion is that if default language does not correspond default keyboard
layout anaconda should somehow let user know about the potential conflict.
Otherwise someone may end up with Spanish login screen and Sweden keyboard for
Comment 3 Matt Wilson 2002-04-12 13:09:37 EDT
Since the user only needs to verify that the keyboard setting is correct, I'm
going to defer this to a later release.

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September 12, 2009

Sources from Burma told BurmaWatchUSA that the informant who took photos of the tunnel construction project and sold them to the West was caught and punished with a death sentence. Burma analysts assumed that the person who exposed the generals’ tunnel construction project was a colonel from the Burmese army. However, the informant was known to be a civilian engineer who was not from the army. He was involved in the tunnel construction project with the assistance of the North Korean technicians. The underground tunnel is from Burma to China. It is being built to use as a secret exit to China in case an emergency ( either a foreign invasion or an internal uprising) arises for the military brass hats. The engineer had access to the construction plan and took photos legally but with his own intentions.  The Western intelligence agencies were after the 2 defectors from Burma for intelligence on the Burmese generals’ nuclear intentions and Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency is the only one which has doubts  on the defectors’ reports about the SPDC’s nuclear intentions. One defector was an officer who had served in a secret regiment made up of nuclear technicians and engineers who were trained in Russia.  The other defector was from Htoo Trading Company.  The reason, Mossad didn’t buy the defectors’ reports, was because of lack of supporting evidence.


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Gift Wrapping, Gift Basket, and Ribbon Making Workshop

Gift Wrapping, Gift Basket, and Ribbon Making Workshop

Focus: ribbon making, gift wrapping techniques, personalized ribbons, ribbons, shrink wrap, seminar on gift wrapping, gift basket

TIME: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

VENUE: Unit 201 Richbelt Tower, 17 Annapolis St., Greenhills, San Juan City, Metro Manila

SCHEDULE: Please call (632) 225.66.16  or call/text mobile numbers 0926.622.0768   or   0933.584.7266. You may also click here to view schedule of the Business Training Program

I. Acquiring business permits and licenses

II. Essentials in gift wrapping

III. Materials and tools needed

IV. Steps in gift wrapping

V. Ribbons and other embellishments

VI. Do-it-yourself all season gift baskets and shrink wrapping techniques

VII. Sources of materials

VIII. Hands-on

● Furoshiki style
● Gift baskets
● Wrapping wine bottles
● Wrapping round and other irregular shaped objects
● Gift bags
● Shrink wrapping techniques

SEMINAR FEE: Php 3,000.00 per person (inclusive of snacks, lunch, drinks, materials for hands-on, handouts, certificate of attendance)

DISCOUNT: 10% Discount if FULL AMOUNT is paid at least five (5) days before the event.

  • Deposit payment at Banco de Oro. Savings Account Name: BusinessCoach, Inc. Then kindly fax deposit slip (indicate name of participant and seminar title) to confirm reservation.
  • On-site payment (CASH only)
  • Company checks are accepted, provided that they are received at least five (5) banking days before the event.

RESERVATION: Please call telephone 225.66.16 , 0926.622.0768  or  0933.584.7266. For other inquiries, kindly send a message by filling-up the form below.

CANCELLATION BY ATTENDEE: Registrant may refund amount paid, with less 30% processing charge from the LISTED AMOUNT within 30 days, or opt to use the payment for a seminar of equal value within 60 days. Cancellation must be done at least 2 days before the event. Non-appearance or failure to inform us of cancellation will result to forfeiture of full amount paid.

CANCELLATION BY BUSINESS COACH: Registrant may refund full amount paid within 30 days, or may opt to use the payment for a seminar of equal value within sixty days of cancellation.

REFUND POLICY: Payment may be refunded upon presentation of the original copy of bank deposit slip and a valid ID. Cash refund is strictly implemented, and may be availed only at the Business Coach office in San Juan City, Metro Manila. Business Coach does not deposit refunds.

SCHEDULE: Schedule may change without prior notice. Please call 1 day before the seminar event. Business Coach, Inc. is not liable for any expense incurred by seminar registrant resulting from cancellation of any of our events.

2 Responses to Gift Wrapping, Gift Basket, and Ribbon Making Workshop

  1. grace says:

    good day ..may i inquire/ ask if you had schedules set in visayas or in mindanao.

      We regret to inform you that as of now, all our seminars and workshops are conducted here in our office in San Juan City, Metro Manila.

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300000 Nigerians

A United States envoy statistics reveal that 300000 Nigerians are currently living in different parts of the U.S. Outgoing Deputy Consul-General of the United States in Lagos, Ms Dehab Ghebreab, disclosed this on Monday in Lagos. According to the U.S envoy, It has been estimated that there are currently about 300000 Nigerians working, studying or doing business in different states of America.

It is not a surprising number considering ha most Nigerians still see the United States as the land of opportunities. In fact, the numbers do not reflect the number of Nigerians who cannot stand to be counted either because of their status as illegal immigrants or because their bid to get to the United States did not actually succeed. Ghebreab, said that the number of Nigerians in America was increasing, and that about 30,000 Americans were living in different parts of Nigeria.

It is therefore not a one-sided relationship although much fewer Americans are found in Nigeria compared to the 300000 Nigerians in America. It is not uncommon to see white faces in the course of commutes round different places in Nigeria. Americans obviously recognize that there are also opportunities to be had in Nigeria.

Ghebreab noted that after decades of mutual partnership between Nigeria and the U.S., their relationship had grown favourably within the last five years, and there is a growing increase in the people-to-people relationship between Nigeria and the United States today.

Read Also: 41 Nigerians Deported From The US

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According to her, both countries will continue to have closer ties in the near future, and the U.S. government would continue to promote people-to-people relationships between Nigerians and the Americans, to further enhance areas of partnerships between the two countries.

The deputy consul-general expressed her government’s commitment to strengthening its partnership, as well as facilitating trade and investment with Nigeria in the years ahead.

Ghebreab, who also commended the contributions of Nigerian and American citizens to both countries’ socioeconomic development, announced her government’s plan to facilitate the investments of U.S. companies in Nigeria.

Hear her; “The United States and Nigeria’s relationship has been going on for decades, and it has always been a very strong relationship. Both countries will continue to address issues of mutual interest between them. This is what friends and partners do.”

Read Also: Alleged Boko Haram Victim Deported From Iceland After 4 Years

Meanwhile, reactions to the recent Brexit referendum has shown that the British exit from the EU will not in any way affect Nigerians living, (working, studying or doing businesses) in the UK. Various opinions have been made on this decision and its implications on Nigerians living in the UK.

Nigeria Brain Drain

Despite the positive discussions concerning the 300000 Nigerians abroad, one angle that has to be considered by the government of Nigeria is the real problem of brain drain. The United States and other foreign countries seem to be receiving talented Nigerians who then work to build their own economy and create inventions and innovations that would have been ascribed to Nigeria if they had remained.

There are a number of reasons for the brain drain from Nigeria but the root of the phenomenon is often a simple dissatisfaction with the government and policies in place in the country which seems to favour only a few at the top. The attraction of higher pay or even job security can be enough to pull a really promising individual away from their home country to another country that is considered better.

The Institute of International Education concluded in a report that most ambitious African youth look to the United States as having better quality higher education and access numerous scholarships available for talented students. In 2014, the United States had 31,113 students from sub-Saharan Africa, comprising 4% of the 886,052 international students in the US. Nigeria was one of the major countries of origin among the sub-Saharan African countries alongside Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Cameroon and Ethiopia.

It is, however, important to note that the brain drain is not all bad. Nigerian abroad contribute to the Nigerian economy by sending money back either to family or friends. A World Bank Study in 2014 showed that remittances to Africa reached US$32.9 billion. Nigeria accounted for two-thirds of this flow, at US$21 billion, or a third of its imports in 2013.


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You can quote me on that.

quotation_iconI’m developing a mobile application that displays a famous quote and allows the user to share it. I’ll use an iterative approach that builds up the application over time; my personal version of Scrum. Start out with a simple application with a  limited set of canned quotes and grow out from there.

I’m starting out with Android. Android open source development is much easier and cheaper than iOS or a Windows phone. The biggest issue I find with Android is version support. Android has gone through significant changes over the last few years. For example the popular ActionBar was added to Android 3.0 (API level 11)  two years ago.  I’d like my application to support Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread (API level 10) and above. I found that widget settings on an Android 2.3.7 device didn’t work the same as on an Android 4.2 emulated device. Picking the version sweat spot is something that you always need to keep you eye on.

The first version will be an Android application with a simple view and associated widget. My first version includes only the very basics:

  • An Activity with a TextView.
  • A widget with a TextView and ImageView.
  • A static string containing a quote.

Here are couple of screen shots from an Nexus emulation.

This home screen contains the Quote of the Day widget.

Quote of the Day application.

Samsung Developer has a nice emulation application available from their Remote Test Lab. I comes up much faster than AVD and comes with the skin. The only downside I’ve found so far is that it will only run for a predefined period of time.

The code is available at GitHub.

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China banks pull out of IMF Tokyo meet amid island row: WSJ

TOKYO (Reuters) - Several major Chinese banks have canceled participation in the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank to be held in Tokyo next week, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday, the latest sign that a territorial row is starting to hurt broader ties between Asia’s two biggest economies.

An elderly woman pushes her twin grandchildren on a cart past a branch of Agricultural Bank of China in Xiangyang, Hubei province March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer

Chinese lenders that have pulled out of International Monetary Fund-related events include Agricultural Bank of China (601288.SS) and Bank of Communications (601328.SS), while Bank of China (3988.HK) officials have yet to decide whether to attend the meetings, the newspaper said.

“Quite frankly, it’s Japan-China relations,” the paper quoted an official at the Tokyo branch of Agricultural Bank of China in explaining why the bank was pulling out.

Japan is scheduled to host the IMF and World Bank annual meetings for the first time in nearly half a century. About 20,000 people are expected to attend the event, making it one of the world’s largest international conferences.

Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated sharply after Japan in September bought the East China Sea islets that both Tokyo and Beijing claim, sparking anti-Japan protests across the country.

Japanese automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) are cutting back production in China following the anti-Japan protests that shuttered dealerships and darkened their sales outlook in the world’s biggest car market.

    The disputed group of islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are located near rich fishing grounds and potentially huge oil and gas reserves. Taiwan also asserts its own sovereignty over the islets.

    China has sent its patrol ships into what Japan considers its territorial waters near the islands in recent weeks, prompting Japan to lodge protests against China.

    (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Michael Perry)

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TSX little changed as energy drag offsets gold producers

TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index was little changed on Monday as energy stocks gave up early gains but investors scooped up shares in safe-haven sectors such as consumer staples and healthcare, while gold producers climbed.

A man walks past an old Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) sign in Toronto, June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Transcanada Corp (TRP.TO) was among the day’s biggest drags, giving up 2.3 percent at C$44.67. Among resource companies that were lower, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO) fell 1.2 percent to C$28.8.

After gaining more than 1 percent earlier in the day, the energy sector as a whole retreated 0.7 percent. U.S. crude prices stabilized but Brent crude hit an 11-year low. [O/R]

“The energy group is still being held hostage by the daily gyrations in crude prices, which are currently approaching the lows of 2008,” said Elvis Picardo, strategist and vice president of research at Global Securities in Vancouver.

Agricultural shares weighed, with Potash Corp POT.TO down 1.6 percent at C$23.83 and Agrium Inc AGU.TO declining 3.6 percent to C$124.72. Several analysts have recently downgraded the stocks amid a weak pricing environment.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE ended up 10.08 points, or 0.08 percent, to 13,034.38. Eight of the index’s 10 main groups rose.

The most influential movers on the index to the upside included some of its biggest banks, with Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) rising 0.4 percent to C$74.55 and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO) advancing 0.2 percent to C$54.8.

    The overall financial group added 0.3 percent, while the consumer staples sector climbed 0.7 percent and the healthcare group gained 1.3 percent.

    Gold producers also did well as gold prices gained. Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) jumped 3.5 percent to C$10.44, while Goldcorp (G.TO) climbed 2.0 percent to C$16.51.

    “The TSX seems to be following last year’s trading pattern, when we saw a strong surge in the second half of December,” said Picardo. “While it may be too optimistic to expect a repeat of that performance, tax-loss selling pressure has abated, and we are seeing some interest in commodity producers, especially gold miners.”

    Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the TSX by 122 to 113, for a 1.08-to-1 ratio on the upside.

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On October 29th at Cage Legacy 4 in Drogheda the home crowd will see the return of fan favorite Carl McCann. McCann trains in the world famous SBGi under the watchful eye of Coach John Kavanagh.

McCann takes on Dylan O’Donovan from SBG Cork in a featherweight clash that has everyone’s attention and when both of these men go head to head expect to see a candidate for “Fight Of Th Night”.

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“I get inspired by a lot of things, the support of people is great. And I loved Georges St-Pierre back when he was the champion. And now he returns”

We asked McCann how does he see this fight ending?

“I see the fight ending with my hands raised, then a pint of Guinness being handed to me!”

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When Cage Legacy asked McCann what is the difference between him and everyone in his weight division he replied: “The work I put in, and the heart I have for this shit!”

Get your tickets now from BUY Tickets for this show, The card is stacked from top to bottom with some of the very best fighters in the world. All tickets are almost sold out!

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Newborn Rabbits

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Breeding like rabbits
popping out
Here, there, everywhere
no price they sell

But pop they do
at a rate most high
Even to some of us
it’s still a surprise

Keep it closed
use the clippers
Bunnies everywhere
do up those zippers!

What more can be said
that already isn’t?
Sprouting all over
dizzy storks sent…

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Making the Summer of 2017 the Best One Yet!

Laura has spent the last few months trying to talk with or visit all of our camper families, looking for feedback and hearing awesome stories. We heard so many great stories about friendships made, campers handling conflict more restoratively after camp, incredible memories of wonder and awe, and so many more positive responses. We are currently way ahead of our projected registrations for next summer, and by all measures seem to have had the best summer yet. With that in mind we want to make 2017 even better for all campers.

To that end, we are focusing on three key areas for 2017: transportation to camp, hygiene, and opportunities for skill development and camp lead activities (that of course won’t be mandatory).

We serve a lot of families for whom it is not convenient to travel to the Catskills for summer camp, and would like to serve even more. While we don’t have concrete plans just yet, the most likely scenario will be to have two central pick-up stations - one in Chestnut Hill, PA and one near a New Jersey Transit station just outside of NYC. We would arrive with vans and bring campers up to camp and drop them off again after each session. We are committed to figuring out a better way to make Stomping Ground accessible for our current and future NYC and Philadelphia families and will keep everyone updated as the details are finalized.

At Stomping Ground, we recognize that our campers and families have different goals around campers’ hygiene at camp. Last summer we provided all campers opportunities to shower and brush their teeth everyday, and some did not hold themselves to the same standard of hygiene that their parents had hoped for. Balancing being a culture of consent and trust with the understandable desires of campers’ parents for them to maintain a certain level of cleanliness has been tricky, but we have a new plan for 2017.

This summer we are doing two things to help support kids in making healthier hygiene choices.

Village Leaders

We are hiring an extra staff member in each village. The role of these village leaders will be to further ensure that we have an extra, intentional set of eyes on each person that comes to camp. They will being looking out to make sure kids are having a great time, not being left out, and are making healthy hygiene choices. The village leaders will keep an eye out for if certain campers are choosing not to shower, change their clothes, etc and be prepared to have conversations with campers about those situations. They will function more like the village mom or dad while the counselors can be like fun older siblings. They will also be empowered to consult with camp directors and camper families to ensure that hygiene-based decisions are in accordance with each family’s goals.

Simpler Routines and More Direct Conversations

We will have more established routines within each village and more specific support early in each session to help campers realize when good times to shower, brush their teeth, and change clothes are. If campers are choosing not to shower, for instance, we will chat with them about why they are making that choice and then give parents a call if they continue to choose not to. This was the policy last year, but follow-through on this policy could have been much better. With the added support of the village leaders and more focused attention on hygiene we will be able to ensure that all campers maintain levels of hygiene consistent with their and their family’s goals.

We changed the schedule every week last summer to better serve the community. We noticed during the first week that campers seemed to want more free choice options and less waterfront time. We added a fourth option period and shortened waterfront. That seemed to work. During the second week, I talked with a number of campers looking for more opportunities to develop skills and smaller communities. They loved options like fire building, bamboo bow making, and pottery. So for week three we added a number of weeklong options like survival skills, photography, and baking. These turned into many of the campers’ favorite moments of camp. It confirmed our belief that given the right environment, people want to learn and develop new skills.

This summer we are going to double down on this belief. We are working to develop a number of new weeklong options like LARP, backpacking (hopefully capped with a day long hike and camp out), painting, and more.

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Along with providing camper more opportunities for more skills development, we are working on a better system for campers to share their passion and lead more activities. Last summer campers would talk with Kate, our Master of Fun and Games, and she would put their camper-led activities on the schedule. For a number of reasons this didn't catch on as we hoped. This year we will help campers on the first day to understand the system, and help and encourage to them provide offerings for other campers. All camper-led and weeklong options will remain optional. We will continue to provide silly and serious one day options every day, and of course, Downtown Stomping Ground isn’t going anywhere.

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Season of Migration to the North

Season of Migration to the North [Mahsim al-Hijra ila ash-Shamal] (NYRB Classics, 2009)
by Tayeb Salih (translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies)
Sudan, 1966

"It was, gentlemen, after a long absence--seven years to be exact, during which time I was studying in Europe--that I returned to my people. I learnt much and much passed me by--but that's another story." (Season of Migration to the North, 3)

Some postcolonial punk recalled this book from me less than a week after I'd checked it out from the library, but he/she might have actually done me a favor by forcing me to read it sooner than I'd intended. Sort of a reverse Heart of Darkness, Season of Migration to the North is a superb short novel that wowed me with its bravura storytelling and its odd, somewhat feverish air. The journey begins when the unnamed narrator returns to his quiet village on the banks of the Nile after spending seven years studying English poetry abroad. One night during a drinking bout, the narrator is astonished when he hears an enigmatic newcomer from Khartoum himself reciting World War I verses in a perfect English accent. How did two British-educated Sudanese intellectuals wind up in the same desolate wadi? And what does the mysterious newcomer have to hide hanging out here in the sticks? The two questions that obsess the narrator begin to take on a haunting quality when Mustafa Sa'eed, the man from Khartoum, confesses to having killed a white woman in Britain and having caused others to commit suicide over him after leaving them abandoned in his romantic wake. Bizarre? Yes. But Salih (1929-2009) is such a master of narrative that both the trajectory of the plot, essentially composed of two equally compelling and intersecting storylines set decades apart in time, and the behavior of the characters practically demand your attention. As befits a work that at least one major critics' group has anointed as the best Arabic novel of the 20th century, Season of Migration to the North of course offers much more than just a gripping plot and an iconic character, Mustafa Sa'eed, who vanishes one day only to linger on as a sort of phantom of memory that torments the narrator with his very presence. The novel is studded with surprising images--the octogenarian grandfather whose unique smell "is a combination of the smell of the large mausoleum in the cemetery and the smell of an infant child" (61), the drought that prompts the narrator to complain that "such land brings forth nothing but prophets" (90). It's also insistently and at times defiantly oral in nature, as when Mustafa Sa'eed repeatedly mumbles "my store of hackneyed phrases is inexhaustible" (30, 34) and "the train carried me to Victoria Station and to the world of Jean Morris" (26, 27, 29) when explaining his techniques for sexual conquest and the mad love affair that would bring him face to face with the British justice system. Salih's poetic qualities notwithstanding, the work is probably most famous for offering its readers a look at the Empire from the point of view of the other side of the table--an "Arab-African" POV (33) in which colonialism is characterized as both a sexual battlefield and an infectious germ that poisons both the oppressor and the oppressed. While I'll leave those rather complicated topics for somebody with more time on their hands to try and suss out, suffice it to say that Season of Migration to the North was as much of a revelation to me as Walser's grand Jakob von Gunten was back in July. Outstanding. (

Tayeb Salih

"Season of Migration to the North isn't the first book in which a writer of color has decided to 'write back' to the empire, of course. Ngugi wa Thiong'o's The River Between (1965), Camara Laye's The Radiance of the King (1954), and Aimé Césaire's A Tempest (1969), for instance, can all be seen as attempts to subvert European colonial discourse. But Season of Migration to the North is unique among these books in that it is written in the author's native language, rather than the colonial one. Indeed, Salih stands out among African writers of his generation for his insistence on continuing to use Arabic in spite of having lived the majority of his life outside the Sudan. ('It's a matter of principle,' he once told an interviewer.)" (Laila Lalami, "Introduction" to Season of Migration to the North, xiv-xv)

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  1. I have read one book by the person who did the into, Laila Lalami. Her book was good, this one...we'll I'll just say I don't do too hot with books that are really strange and hard to follow. It does sound interesting, maybe for day when my little boys are grown up and I need some excitement in my life? Ha!

    Great review, as always.

  2. Your excitement about this book is catching. I'll have to see if I can find it. Thanks for the review!

  3. I've been debating whether or not to order this book; because of your review, I definitely will do so and am looking forward to getting to read it. Thanks for reviewing it.

  4. *Bethany: I wouldn't want to push this book on anybody who prefers lighter fare, but I should clarify that it's not hard to follow at all. Lalami's introduction was good, too, a funny coincidence since I think I first read about her over at your blog. ¡Saludos!

    *Sarah: I'm glad I was able to convey my enthusiasm for the book, so thanks for that particular comment. It's a quick read but full of surprises. Cheers!

    *Hedgie: I think I mentioned to you before what a big fan I am of the NYRB Classics books I've seen, but this was one of the highlights so far (along with Robert Walser's Jakob von Gunten). Anyway, thanks for the comment--hope you enjoy the book. Happy reading!

  5. Wow, I'm intrigued. It sounds tightly and compellingly told - even the brief excerpt at the beginning of your review made me want to read more. I know almost nothing about African/Sudanese literature, so thanks doubly for this, Richard!

  6. This is in my TBR list. I hope to read it one day... if I can find it...

  7. Hola, Richard!
    Este libro sí que lo anoto. Parece interesantísimo.
    Saludos y un gusto leerte siempre.

  8. A reverse Heart of Darkness? I like the sound of that.

  9. *Emily: I, too, know little about African/Sudanese lit unfortunately, but this was a very cool book by anybody's standards. Hope you get a chance to check it out someday!

    *Stefania: I'd noticed it was on your list when I was mentally preparing my review. The book's very easy to find here in the States, but I guess that doesn't make it any easier for you over there in Italy and the U.K. Good luck with your search!

    *E.R.: ¡Hola, amigo! Sí, resulta que el libro es muy genial. Y tengo entendido que los cuentos de Salih son buenísimos también (a lo mejor estén disponibles en castellano). Mil gracias por tu comentario. ¡Saludos!

    *E.L. Fay: It's much more than that, of course, but I kind of liked the thought of that too (it's a very interesting piece of work). Happy reading!


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Client Systems Administrator, Mid in Beale Air Force Base, CA at Booz Allen Hamilton

Date Posted: 3/8/2018

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Job Description

Job Number: R0024924

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology for more than 100 years. Today, the firm provides management and technology consulting and engineering services to leading Fortune 500 corporations, governments, and not-for-profits across the globe. Booz Allen partners with public and private sector clients to solve their most difficult challenges through a combination of consulting, analytics, mission operations, technology, systems delivery, cybersecurity, engineering and innovation expertise.

Client Systems Administrator, Mid

Key Role:
Support the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) and the ISR enterprise with subject matter expertise in maintaining workstations and applications associated with government network and communication architectures, including all baseline and non-baseline systems. Work as part of an accomplished team to provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 support based on industry standards and support clients in all system problems and anomalies. Support trouble tickets submitted via an electronic problem reports system. Prepare member workstations for security accreditation. Install, configure, and maintain Windows operating systems, including System OS and application software patches and service packs. Perform Tier 1 and Tier 2 user account, group, and home directory maintenance for workstations and member servers. This position is located in Beale Air Force Base, CA.

Basic Qualifications:

-3+ years of experience with the network storage and systems, database administration, and application monitoring required to provision, sustain, operate, and integrate Cyber networked systems and applications

-3+ years of experience with Microsoft Windows operating platforms, office productivity suites, and hardware or software troubleshooting used to support help desk operations

-Experience with troubleshooting issues regarding Active Directory topology and equivalent features in a domain environment

-Experience with Microsoft Active Directory and administering machines running Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and RHEL 5.5+
-Experience with server repair or installation, the main internal components of a system, the replacement of these parts, the installation of software, operating systems, and drivers, and maintenance of RAID controllers

-Knowledge of centralized patching and configuration solutions, including WSUS and the System Center Suite

-Knowledge of networking concepts, including DNS, DHCP, e-mail, HTTP, SSL, OSI model, and TCP/IP protocols and applications

-Ability to work 24/7/365 across shifts that rotate between days, including 0700-1700, swings, including 1500-0100, and mids, including 2300-0900

-TS/SCI clearance

Additional Qualifications:

-Experience with SQL Server 2012, IIS, and certification management a plus

-Ability to multitask and work both independently and in a team

-Possession of excellent client service, problem–solving, analytical, organizational, and planning skills
-AA or AS degree and 3 years of experience in a professional work environment or BA or BS degree

-Microsoft Certified Solution Associate Certification

-VMware Certified Professional Certification

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

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Senior Operations Manager in Washington, DC at Booz Allen Hamilton

Date Posted: 3/15/2018

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Job Description

Job Number: R0023544

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology for more than 100 years. Today, the firm provides management and technology consulting and engineering services to leading Fortune 500 corporations, governments, and not-for-profits across the globe. Booz Allen partners with public and private sector clients to solve their most difficult challenges through a combination of consulting, analytics, mission operations, technology, systems delivery, cybersecurity, engineering and innovation expertise.

Senior Operations Manager

Key Role:
Serve as the senior operations manager responsible for management of 300+ staff and subcontractors located at multiple client locations and maintain responsibility for supporting the management of operations and coordination of the client’s supply chain. Maintain responsibility for working with the client to analyze and execute standard processes supporting client logistics demands for inventory movement and event scheduling for more than 12,000 events and 200,000 products. Serve as a senior problem solver by using structured methods of problem solving. Manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. Analyze the development of strategic, operational, and tactical plans, define opportunities for improvement in client operations, and lead the development and structured analysis of client operations. Develop and write technical reports, analysis, and whitepapers. Lead internal and external client meetings and presentations, provide oversight to junior staff, and manage projects, including analysis and reports.

Basic Qualifications:
-10+ years of experience with managing client facing projects on a large, 200+ employee scale
-Experience in working with the US Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force as a support contractor, including a logistician, logistics specialist, or senior operations manager
-Knowledge of Six Sigma and Lean methodologies and how to apply them
-Ability to demonstrate subject matter expertise in operations, supply chain management, or workforce deployment
-Ability to report daily to the client site in Washington, DC
-Ability to obtain a security clearance
-BA or BS degree
-Six Sigma Master Black Belt or Lean Certification
-Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Additional Qualifications:
-10+ years of experience with leading the operations of supply chain-related projects
-Experience with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)’s Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
-Public Trust clearance
-MA or MS degree in Operations Management or Business

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Integrating a full range of consulting capabilities, Booz Allen is the one firm that helps clients solve their toughest problems by their side to help them achieve their missions.  Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure.

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