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Why Schools, Hospitals, Political Parties don't work in India. At least upto user expectations
Posted in Current Affairs, History, India, Media, politics by Anuraag Sanghi on August 18, 2012
If the Government has to declare that the Parliament is supreme, maybe the Parliament is no longer supreme. Is there a rumble gathering in Indian polity?
Clearly, the Indian has been less than a success in some fields. Notably health, education and producing venerable leaders. | A undated, unsigned RK Laxman cartoon.
India – Failed State?
In the last sixty-five years of Indian independence, India has seen many successes – and had its share of failures, too.
Modern India is tempted to romanticize or demonize the Western and Islāmic influences and legacies – depending on the personal bias and predilection. This bias is not only popular but also widely prevalent in academia and the media.
Of the significant Indian failures has been healthcare, education and the Indian Politician. While many imports into India have been successful – like democratic elections, smooth handover of power after elections, public-sector enterprises, the software and automotive industry, there are three institutions that India has not been able to make a success of.
Health-care through hospitals
Education through schools
Venerable polity through political parties
Building an agenda
Yogendra Yadav, who is part of the 7-member panel that will guide the formation of Team Anna's political unit, makes some interesting points.
Will Party-Anna be significantly different. BJP had promised, falsely, that they will be different. | Cartoon by Shreyas Navare on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 8:35 pm in blogs.hindustantimes.com
Many of the Anna followers have had obvious difficulty in reconciling the strident anti-party rhetoric of the movement with its latest decision. Some have seen it as a betrayal. But if we step back from the specific context of the current discussion, both these assertions may not appear so incompatible with each other. There is no doubt a tension here, but this tension is necessary and perhaps even creative.
The dilemma of Team Anna provides a good lens to view our troubled relationship with the institution of the political party in the last 65 years. Political parties are both very robust and fragile, at once the magnet that draws people and pushes them away, ever-present and routinely hated. Hence the widespread ambivalence towards this institution. After all, founders and leaders of very different parties, such as Gandhi and M N Roy, ended up advocating party-less democracy. And it was Jayaprakash Narayan, an advocate of party-less democracy, who later formed the Janata Party.
The idea of the political party, an imported form of political organisation, has captured modern Indian political imagination. The institution of the party has acquired the same status in our political imagination as the institution of school in thinking about education or the institution of the hospital in thinking about disease and healing. The word 'party' is now used in almost every Indian language to refer not just to modern political parties that contest elections but also for any political grouping or faction in a local context. It is not uncommon to hear complains about 'partybaji', meaning groupism or factionalism, in a village.
This success is not confined to ideas and language. Very few other institutions can match political parties in the width and depth of their reach in this large and diverse country. Contrary to popular impression, fragmentation and proliferation of parties has actually contributed to deepening of their reach. The rise of regional and caste- or community- based parties has brought parties closer to the people. Between 1971 and 2004, the proportion of voting-age Indians who identified with a political party went up from 38% to 51%. During the same period, those who claimed to be a member of a political party went up three times, from 5% to about 15%.
In other words, the poli-tical party as an organisational format is here to stay. It has outlived proponents of party-less democracy and outpaced non-party political formations.
At the same time, the prevalent form of the political party does not enjoy much popular legitimacy. Even those who identify with a political party express an abstract disaffection with the nature and functioning of political parties in the country. Parties are held to be at the roots of all the problems in the country.
Some of the ills of the parties are nearly universal. Instead of being institutions that represent the peoples' aspirations and demands, political parties have become election machines and patronage distribution networks that focus only on gathering votes by using all kinds of short cuts. While they talk about democracy and competition, most political parties in India lack even a modicum of internal democracy.
In our context political parties have acquired some special difficulties. The model of a centralised party does not easily fit with the scale and diversity of a county like India. As centralised 'high command' driven parties seek to reserve power for a coterie of leaders, if not a family, people do not experience parties as an entity that derives power from them. Greater number of parties does not necessarily mean greater political choice as different parties are effectively tied to the same policy. Party politics is not a nice word.
Having taken root in an alien soil, this tree has acquired a new shape. Its fruit tastes different from that of its counterpart in other parts of the world. Everyone consumes it, but few seem to like its taste.
This is the lesson Team Anna can learn from the experience of political parties since Independence. The political party is both inevitable and avoidable. While there is a need for a vehicle of political opinions and interests that seeks to direct state power, it is equally important that this vehicle be designed differently.
The new vehicle must not be focussed only on elections: struggle, constructive work and formation of ideas must be equally critical to a new kind of party. Instead of being the instrument of centralised power, it needs to recognise different levels of power at the regional and local levels. Instead of monopolising power, it needs to share power with other organisations and movements. It needs to build in norms of internal democracy. In other words it needs to build a political party that does not look or act like a political party.
via A broken trust – Times Of India.
Connecting with the media is illusory power. Connecting with this man will make the difference. | Ajit Nina cartoon posted on Monday, June 08, 2009 at 03:35:27 AM in Mumbai Mirror captioned, 'The idea of 'one-man-one-post' was stolen by the Congress from us.'
Just no practice
Probably the one reason the Indian State has failed on health, education and political factionalism is tradition. The Indian State, governed by the traditional norms of भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra did not manage healthcare, education and factional politics.
European and Islāmic records are significantly silent on variations in legal systems and State policies. The only point of difference that British writers mention is the predisposition of the rulers towards various European factions and on the differences in social customs.
Standardization – without centralization
While there is a large body of European writing on the different social units, norms, groups, practices, there is little mention about the differences in polity. This points to a great degree of standardization in polity – yet, without a central authority. On most political issues there was national consensus, even though political control over the Indian geography was spread thinly among 1000 rulers.
This precedent goes right back to the Indus Valley-Saraswati Basin cities which were widely spread, highly standardized – yet there was no central authority.
This may seem strange, because according to our failed education system, the British Raj made the Indian nation. But the part that modern studies miss out completely, is how in भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra, Indian kings did not make laws. Indians kings could not even proclaim a different legal system for their 'own' kingdom. Their powers were severely proscribed.
So how did the extensive legal system of भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra that the Islāmic kings perverted, British Raj dehumanized, and modern India has forgotten, come into being.
Two men are what made the law
Much of modern Hindu Law, is based on the two major legal systems that existed in India at the start of the British Raj. This was the Vighneshwara's Mitākṣarā and the Dāyabhāga system. Dāyabhāga based mainly on the Yajnavalkya-smrti, was updated by Jimutavahana sometime between the eleventh or thirteenth century. Widely used in Bengal, Odisha, Assam and North East, modern Bangladesh, Bihar, Nepal, it has significant overlap with the Mitākṣarā.
Mitākṣarā, criticized in Jimutvahana's Dāyabhāga system, preceded the Dāyabhāga system. Also based on Yajnavalkya-smrti, Mitākṣarā is considered more classical – and Dāyabhāga as more synthetic. This is not to imply that Mitākṣarā and Dāyabhāga were the start of the Indian legal system. Both Mitākṣarā and Dāyabhāga, were based on Yajnavalkya-smrti – which itself is derived from Manusmriti. Vishnu-purana states that there were different 'manus' for different eras.
So which Manu from which era wrote the Manusmriti is unclear – though it is usually believed that Vaivaswata Manu is the author.
Not that it helps.
Advent of Islāmic rule in India
Interestingly, both Mitākṣarā and Dāyabhāga texts are dated roughly around the time that initial Islamic rule began in India with the Slave Dynasty in Delhi – at the beginning of 13th century.
Were Vighneshwara and Jimutvahana major court figures – like Raja Todar Mal, whose writings on Indian Law helped Mughals to steer their way around the legal environment in India. Hardly anything is known about the individuals, except the extensive work that they left.
So, how did these anonymous, powerless Brahmins become law-makers – without armies, parliaments, courts, judges and lawyers. At least comparable to the Islāmic and European contemporaries.
Bombay-High & Y2K generations has not produced venerable political leadership. Instead we have a collusive democratic leadership, which conspires against us. Divide and rule continues. | Ajit Ninan caroon with a caption that reads 'Today it's a make-up artist who gets you votes, not your speech writer.'; posted on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 02:17:47 AM; source & courtesy – Mumbai Mirror
Parliament is Supreme
While there is thin evidence that these Brahmins did have royal patrons, their legal standing did not depend on that patronage. More importantly, how did their writings cross the boundaries of the resident-kingdoms. From areas, where their patrons had power to areas where these two Brahmins had no influence, power or patronage?
State-controlled and managed models of the West, are relatively new to India. In the entire Anna-Baba campaign, the Indian Parliament kept repeating The Parliament Is Supreme. Did these repeated statements imply doubts about the supremacy of the Parliament?
Will the Anna-Baba political movement see re-birth of non-parliamentary legal systems?
Is that the flow – and the direction?
Anna-Baba are Opposites
This is in contradiction to the Anna campaign that has focussed on More State. Baba Ramdev's campaign speeches have been largely based on a Lesser State. Can this basic disagreement be bridged?
Can Anna-Baba come together?
Team Anna's campaign made much about the fact that some of them were Magsaysay award winners – while Baba's campaign is more rooted in the Indian political tradition – भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra.
Team Anna has usually got excellent media support – and allegedly 'foreign support. In case of Baba Ramdev, the commercial success of his Ramdev products points toward a deeper connect to the Indian Voter. Baba Ramdev has been building his campaign for nearly ten years now – while Anna campaign has sputtered for little over 10 months.
Anna-Baba may seem like peas in a pod. But they are vastly different by the way of agenda, policies, inpiration. | Cartoon titled Anna Hazare Vs Baba Ramdev by MANJUL on 8.12.2012.
Anna's campaign was able to make Indian polity sit up – and take note. Baba Ramdev has been largely ignored by India's political leadership – and the media. While Anna's campaign has been over-analyzed to death, the Baba-Ramdev-phenomenon has been buried under silence by the media.
While the Anna-campaign for all appearances is a single-point campaign, Baba Ramdev's campaign has been across a broad front – with much work on building a unique agenda.
Many have claimed credit for Anna-campaign's success, starting with the media and RSS having the last word. In case of Baba Ramdev, his movement has been based on his own work and agenda.
Electoral politics on the cusp of a major change? | Cartoon By Ajit Ninan (Times Of India) on March 26, 2009
Gimme, Gimme
How will the Indian Voter manage this divergence?
Will it give power to Anna-campaign – and make Baba Ramdev powerful enough to question the polity?
Early days …
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Malicious campaign on to divide Anna, team: Kejriwal (thehindu.com)
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Tagged with: Anna-Baba, Baba Ramdev, Bharattantra, Indian Polity, Team Anna
Bharattantra Break Out: Julian Assange is a Sign
Posted in Desert Bloc, Pax Americana, politics, Propaganda by Anuraag Sanghi on June 20, 2012
Even as Julian Assange was working on his break-out, there were signs. Take this, Captain Ahab.
Julian Assange follows भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra.
It is a secret that even Wikileaks has not revealed. On his Julian Assange Show, while moderating a recent discussion, between competing Desert Bloc ideas, Assange consistently used भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra refutations.
This interesting discussion featured a communist-turned-conservative, David Horowitz and a communist-dissident-turned-Leftist, Slavoj Zizek (pronounced स्लावोए झिझेँक). (video embedded below).
Right-Wing-Horowitz, at an exquisite moment in the discussion, said,
David Horowitz: People are the problem, They are greedy. (hands waving for emphasis) They lie. They are deceitful, they manipulate. You know they are ego-centric. (nearly spitting in hate.).
We understand that. And people in Government are the just the same dangerous people with more power. So that's why we have the checks and balances. And I am all for more scrutiny, and this and that. (Texts in italics supplied; Between: 9:08-09:38).
Adam and Eve were born in sin. Every human being is sinful. Human beings are dumb.
Indian thought however, keeps repeating how it takes 8.4 million stages of evolution (or species) before a man is born. Human life is precious. Find moksh, nirvana. Find freedom. Like four purusharth, of भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra.
They must follow the One God that is Allah and worship his one true messenger, Prophet Mohammed. भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra always portrayed one-man religions as Asuric – Prahlad and Hiranyakshipu.
Now see, how Julian Assange rebuts Right-Wing-Horowitz .
Julian Assange: David, the striving for towards utopia the striving for towards better position. Even if that position is liberty, it is more liberty. That is a striving, a direction that people wish to have.
That's they can measure contemporary events by the direction of their hopes and ideals. Have we now abandoned that to religion, because, religion there is waiting in the gaps. Let's just say that it is utopian vision. (Between: 15:00-15:30).
Julian, Desert Bloc never had liberty. They had ya fooled.
Having earlier laid the basis for concentration of power (man is evil), Right-Wing-Horowitz plays another ace. The Dissident-to-Communist Zizek fumbles and has no answer.
Look at how Julian Assange answers.
David Horowitz: War is the natural condition of mankind. There has always been wars, right? From the beginning. Ok and many of them. Peace occurs only when there is concert of powers or a single power that can intimidate would be aggressors. Now I ask you? Who would you like that power to be other than the United States? (triumphant).
Slavoj Zizek: I don't know, but United States is no longer even the candidate for me.
David Horowitz: And the United States can … Well, that's why we are facing such catastrophe. But you are contributing it by encouraging Leftists.
Julian Assange: Isn't the way to keep the State accountable is to have a free market in States
Slavoj Zizek: You mean different political options
Julian Assange: Different political options … and then people who don't like the conditions in one State can move to another State. They can move their businesses, they can move their assets they can move their families. (Between: 17:20-18:20).
Right-Wing-Horowitz is right. For the Desert Bloc, war is a natural condition.
Coming to भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra.
Now what Julian Assange is saying is exactly what Buddha meant. Have competing small kingdoms. Have many kings. When a bad king is replaced, by another, let non-violence or ahimsa be paramo-dharma. Which is why India does not feature on any major massacre list.
So this is what Buddha meant when he said have no attachments. Live lean and clean. That is how you can achieve moksh – liberty. If the misrule gets beyond you, just get up and go.
Keep all your wealth in gold. Now, see, what Kabir says 3000 years later.
चाह गई चिंता मिटी, मनुआ बेपरवाह। जिनको कछू न चाहिए, सोई साहंसाह॥
(Attachments gone, anxiety vanishes and the burden of responsibilities, lightens. To someone who does not need this and that, he is the Emperor).
For भारत-तंत्र Bharattantrato to become a credible option, a few Desert Bloc 'concepts' will need to be smashed. Julian Assange has done that – very well.
To many, भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra means 'going back.' Unfortunately, the world has never seen a 'backward' movement. Movement can only be forward – and each step towards भारत-तंत्र Bharattantra can only be based on context.
Take a breath. Go Julian.
You are the Whale of Hindu classical texts that will land us safely, while dharma is submerged and deep underwater.
Hopefully, Ecuador will be where you will come up for breath.
And this time too, Ahab will die trying, to kill this Moby Dick.
Alternate link to the video
Julian Assange seeking asylum in Ecuadorian embassy in London (guardian.co.uk)
Julian Assange requests asylum in Ecuador, foreign minister says (news.blogs.cnn.com)
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder seeks political asylum from Ecuador – Telegraph.co.uk (telegraph.co.uk)
has to be geared
Tagged with: Bharattantra, David Horowitz, Ecuador, Julian Assange, Slávoj Zizek, Wikileaks
No Prisoners! Survivors? None
Posted in America, Desert Bloc, India, politics by Anuraag Sanghi on November 28, 2011
No prisoners ... No survivors | Extract from 'NATO as the Left Hand of God' By Slavoj Zizek; from an anthology of essays - Law, justice, and power: between reason and will By Sinkwan Cheng. | Pages 25-45
Neither fish … nor fowl
Slávoj Zizek, the writer of this extract above, cannot support the narrow Right-Wing Christian Democrat political constructs. The empty cupboard of Leftist ideology, leaves him with little choice. A status quo-ist like Gandhiji, is unacceptable to Slávoj Zizek. The 'success' of the Anglo-Saxon model of governance, has left no survivors or even prisoners.
His dilemma!
Having to choose between two दुरातन्त्रिक duratantrik systems (like socialism or communism), Slávoj Zizek's is having a difficult time.
And Slávoj Zizek is not alone.
With a global recession staring at the world, unemployment at record levels, gold prices in the stratosphere, there is need to understand where nations – and their country-models are going.
Communism has failed, Capitalism died with end of African slavery – and in a world made of socialist flavours, it may be worthwhile to understand what works – and for how long.
Does empty rage count as a reason to expose nations to unknown rulers and uncertainty? Unknown devils instead of known devils? Does a change in government without modifying governance-model make any difference?
Without a viable 'reason' for revolt, what made so many people come out in the open? Occupying Wall Street, in India at Ram Lila Maidan, at Tahrir Square in Egypt. And sometime back, at Tiananmen Square in China.
Global Problems … in a Globalized World
In the post-globalized world, political ideology, lack of leadership, economic crisis are all global problems – respecting no boundaries or territories.
Not just multinationals that have globalized. People living with a globalized form of socialistic governments also face the same globalized problems. Corruption is one of them.
From Wall Street to RamLila Grounds, from Tahrir Square to Athens, people are displaying a lack of faith in political leadership. Mainstream media is speculating if there is a global crisis of leadership. An end to political models. There is a crisis of leadership.
After having invested to much power in the hands of polity, after having moved in a linear direction – with Desert Bloc systems that progressively need more laws, more powers that limit freedom, there is global disaffection with current political and economic models.
What we need is less political power – and more intellectual leaders.
Post-British Raj, India had a difficult choice. Which political system to choose? (Cartoon by RK Laxman; courtesy - timesofindia.com). Click for larger image.
Many Disguises – One Result
It is worth remembering that the concepts of political Right and Left were defined, when European economies struggled with the end of slavery (1830-1860) and serfdom (1830-1910). Faced with a restive labour force, Europe adopted two distinct paths. Left and Right.
In both cases the end results were the same – concentration of wealth, power and land in the hands of the elite. To European citizenry, it finally was a choice between two elites – a Leftist coterie and Rightist cliques. These European concepts never worked well in India, where polity changes followed a different trajectory.
But Indian leaders are trying …
India's ruling elite and the oligarchs 'helping' Indians to 'integrate' India with global system. Deliver us bound, gagged and powerless to international cartels. Oil, food, retail, entertainment, banking & currency, technology cartels.
Bankruptcy of ideology – ism, cracy and archy
Modern nation-States based on various 'isms' (Capitalism, Communism, Socialism) combine with various 'archy' (monarchy, oligarchy) and 'cracy' (democracy, plutocracy, bureaucracy) continue to ensure that power and wealth remains in the hands of very few. The Rest of Us have to be happy with illusion of being equal, of having power over leaders, etc.
In the last 250 years, just 4 countries succeeded with Republican democracy without a significant breakdown in their first 50 years. Of the four, Switzerland (pop. 80 lakhs), Israel (pop. 75 lakhs) are tiny countries to generate any valuable data, models, norms or precedents.
That leaves the world with just USA and India.
Democracy oversold
The West scorns the Chinese one party rule.
How does one more, collusive party in the national polity, in a 'democratic set-up, become the paragon of political virtue. Two-party democratic polity is just a more polished and conniving way of exercising the same authority – in a more invisible manner? Instead of focusing on the behavior of rulers and politicians, democracy diverts our minds to replace one bad ruler with another. It creates a collusive polity where bad rulers conspire with each other, against us.
In India, with more than 70 crore voters, the winning party got less than 13 crore votes and the final difference between the winning party and the second largest party. Approximately 5 crore voters. This leaves people with little or no choice – much like the choice between one-party 'dictatorship' and two-party 'democracy'.
Given a choice of two candidates, selected from some 2,000 collusive politicians, we have been lulled into believing that democracy is greatest thing since sliced bread. Can't stand either.
Both give me indigestion.
Hoot – and ROFL
In any other day, age and society, the Republican-Democracy model would have been laughed off – and not studied by millions.
The political constructs of the West have hit a wall – and there is no way, but down! Since the West is busy hiding elephants in the room, the need for a different political ideology remains unaddressed. The development of the four Western political systems – i.e. Feudalism, Capitalism, Socialism and Communism, is related to two factors. Property (and loot of property) and slavery – the two elephants in the room of Western history.
Indians needs is start working on a exit route of this quagmire of Desert Bloc polity.
Thin Is In
A system that works on more freedom – not increased governance, as the solution.
India must work on more freedom, less governance model of polity – unlike Desert Bloc systems that need more laws, more powers that limit freedom. This thin governance model has been progressively diluted over the last 800 years of regression from भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra.
Instead we are stuck with a bloated State, an over-sized bureaucracy that controls every aspect of our life.
How 'isms' work. A popular cartoon on the internet. | Artist attribution missing at source. | Image source and courtesy - sodahead.com | Click for larger image.
Geometry of a Pyramid
Globally four major companies and government monopolies control a US$400 billion trade in cigarettes. These cigarette monopolies, directly or indirectly controlled by governments, take away US$1 from every US$175 that people earn. China and USA are leaders in this extortion game.
This concentration of power at the top, creates a collusive system, where Big People help each other – and the rest of us are statistics. This pattern has been seen in Communist China and Russia, Socialist countries everywhere (everyone is a socialist now) – and in Capitalist England and America earlier. Small business failures is statistics – but big business failure is in 'national interest'.
Way out of this? Onward to भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra.
Crime and corruption
On one side, these States speak of freedom, liberty, human rights.
The reality is increasing prison populations and an expanding police State. With 2 crore (20 million) drug users in the USA, prisons overflowing with more than 70 lakh (7 million) people in prison, on parole or under prosecution, the American policy establishment is stuck for answers. If bullets or swords could solve problems, Saudi Arabia would have been free of crime. And China free of corruption.
Both these miracles have not happened.
The answer is less – and even less, power to the Government.
We have these 'thought-leaders' who are saying that killing and shooting is the answer.
Any example where it is working?
Anna Hazare leads with an agenda that is thin – very thin. Clueless on why Indians expect corruption free governance, or how India's traditional rulers using भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra delivered corruption-free regimes, these movements are trying failed Western solutions on a successful India. Has thirty years of killings in record numbers solved China corruption problem?
The industrialization model will fail the moment when 'clean-up' and recycling costs are imposed. 'Polluter cleans' principle must to apply | Cartoon by David Horsey; courtesy - indianinthemachine.wordpress.com. | Click for larger image.
Does Propaganda Work
Western propaganda has made us aware of atrocities, genocides, massacres in Islamic and Marxist regimes.
Strangely, writers like Arun Shourie have no objections to non-communist and non-Islamic atrocities, genocides, massacres – in India and the world. For instance, Shourie, in his book, Eminent Historians talks of 1400 years of Islamic atrocities, genocides, massacres, (page 222). But, not a word of Christian atrocities, genocides, massacres.
Is it ignorance – or just plain infatuation with the West, Arunbhai?
Arun Shourie effectively brings out how Indian-Leftist political parties looked towards Soviet Russia and China now, for direction, inspiration – and even instructions (Chapter 9). How different is that from Shourie's own loyalty to 'capitalist-Western' ideology. His rose-tinted view of capitalist ideologues makes his thesis brittle (Chapter 18).
Indian Think Tanks, based on working out solutions based Desert Bloc constructs and systems, are proposing such bad ideas – that the only debate seems to be whether they are shallow tanks or empty tanks. The Indic model, has the solution. One Vighneswara, sitting in a small town in Karnataka, wrote a legal text. Later, the Mitakshara, Vighneswara's treatise became the law of the land of Bharat-ah.
Emperor's Clothes
Fundamentally, the country model of the West has failed. The answer to this crisis in leadership is Indic polity – भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra.
The answer – from India
India has been a rich country for most of recorded history. Yet, after 1500 years of recorded history, Indian kings have not left behind fortunes, palaces or monuments. Unlike Rome, Greece, Egypt, China, Babylon, Persia – and everywhere else. Now that is clean administration. How did India get clean administration for 1500 years?
भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra gives you that. It was भारत-तंत्रwhich made Buddhist priests a force in the entire SE Asia.
But then, that begs a question
Is भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra alive? Even in India? Do Indians follow भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra? Modern Indian State has acquired Desert-Bloc-Platonic-Confucian authoritarian principles of State as parens patriae. The time for भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra draws near. In the last 200 years, भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra has gone into regression. But, in this period, the world has also learnt more about the limitations of the Desert Bloc ideology.
People get ready!
Go for भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra.
Occupy first. Demands come later | Slavoj Žižek (guardian.co.uk)
Slavoj Zizek: 'Now the field is open' (alwaysquestionauthority.wordpress.com)
Self-described communist, Slavoj Zizek: "Capitalism is the most productive social order in the history of humanity." (fauxcapitalist.com)
Slavoj Žižek: 'What will replace capitalism?' (dangerousminds.net)
Tagged with: Bharattantra, Capitalism, Europe, Socialism, Tiananmen Square, Wall Street
Sexual Equations in Bharattantra
Posted in Desert Bloc, Feminist Issues, India by Anuraag Sanghi on October 4, 2011
Desolate Wasteland
The anti-sex and anti marriage bias of the Desert Bloc has created a global population of nearly 1 crore prostitutes (10 million). Marriage is seen mostly as dysfunctional system across the West or exploitative as in the Islāmic world.
Sexual dynamics of Indian society does not stop at the explicit sculptures of Khajuraho, Konark or the Kamasutra. The most remarkable is the पंच कन्या panch-kanya pantheon.
Concept, Execution, Implementation
अहल्या द्रौपदी तारा कुंती मंदोदरी तथा ।
पंच कन्या स्मरेन्नित्य महापातकनाशनम् ।
Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and Mandodari
Keeping in memory these five maidens will destroy greatest sins
All these 5 women, considered the ideals of womanhood, 'knew' multiple men. Unlike the 5 satis, whose sexual experience was limited only to their husbands. Even today, in classically minded households, the पंच कन्या panch-kanyapantheon is held as ideal in India.
This post extracted below technically examines in much detail, the significance of this shloka. Yet, the post below does not propose an alternate sexual equation – different from the Desert Bloc.
The relevance of this shloka was the sexual equation between the genders in भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra. This shloka proves how sexual liberty for women was guaranteed in भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra.
There is another traditional verse celebrating five satis, chaste wives: Sati, Sita, Savitri, Damayanti and Arundhati. Are then Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and Mandodari not chaste wives because each has "known" a man, or more than one, other than her husband? If so, why should invoking them be extolled as redeeming? Moreover, why is the intriguing term kanya applied to them?
Of this group, three – Ahalya, Tara, Mandodari – belong to Ramayana, the epic composed by Valmiki, the first seer-poet. Draupadi and Kunti are celebrated inMahabharata, Harivamsa and the Markandeya, Devi Bhagavata and BhagavataPuranas. (via Panchkanya : Women of Substance by Pradip Bhattacharya).
भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra guarantees four freedoms – धर्म (dharma – justice), अर्थ (arth – wealth and means), काम (kaam – human desires) मोक्ष (moksha – liberty) and ensures three rights – ज़र (jar – gold), जन (jan – human ties) and जमीन (jameen – property) for all.
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Currency in Takshashila
Posted in Gold Reserves, History, India, politics by Anuraag Sanghi on September 14, 2011
Guilds in Takshashila (Taxiles/a in Greek) - Extract from A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century By Upinder Singh (Pages 405-406). Source and courtesy - books.google.com. Click on the image to go to source.
Docile Indians …
Till August 15th, 1947, no king or ruler was able to impose any kind of currency monopoly by fiat in India. A unique aspect in economic history.
A by-product of भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra, India has the largest private reserves of gold in the world – totalling to nearly 20% of global gold holdings.
Absence of fiat currency was one of the cornerstones of भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra– the classical system of polity, by which India was governed. भारत-तंत्र Bharat-tantra worked on four freedoms – धर्म (dharma – justice), अर्थ (arth – wealth and means), काम (kaam – human desires) मोक्ष (moksha – liberty) and three rights – ज़र (jar – gold), जन (jan – human ties) and जमीन (jameen – property) for all.
This multiple-currency system passed into common parlance with idioms – like in Hindi, उसका सिक्का चलता है 'uska sikka chalta hai'. Meaning 'abc's coinage is commonly accepted'. This idiom is now used to indicate a man of position, authority and standing in local community.
Thus coinage and currency, which play such an important technical role in historical research, becomes less than important in India.
Crossroads of the world
Takshashila, (Taxiles/a in Greek) at the cross-roads of the उत्तरपथ Uttarapath (known today as the Silk Route) and दक्षिणपथ Dakshinapath, was crucial to world economy. Takshashila's system of guild-banking, hundis, deposits, currencies, corpus kept the world economy oiled and moving. Takshashila, close to the ancient cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa, also possibly retained the knowledge of alloying, maybe even extracting, nickel – which 'modern' science achieved in 1751.
But that is yet another puzzle in history.
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International Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 4 (2) (2016) 138-143
International Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology Website: www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJPT doi: 10.14419/ijpt.v4i2.5970 Research paper
Cocaine effects on generation of reactive oxygen species and DNA damage: formation of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine in active abusers Simona Bacchi 1*, Paola Palumbo 1, Massimo Di Carlo 2, Maria F. Coppolino 1 1
Department of Medicine, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy 2 Service of Addiction and Alcoholism, A.S.L. 1 Avezzano-Sulmona-Aquila, Italy *Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract Cocaine abuse continues to be a major public health problem in the world. An upper numbers of individuals are initiating cocaine use with a stable rate of growth each year with an increasing number of people with cocaine related problems. Following cocaine oxidative pathways a ROS formation are generated. Oxidative stress has been demonstrated to play an important role in cocaine addiction and toxicity due to its oxidized metabolites produced by cytochrome P450 during cocaine biotransformation. The ROS induced genotoxicities include DNA damage, gene mutation, chromosome aberrations and micronuclei formation. 8-Hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) an oxidative modified DNA product, is the most representative product that may reflect oxidative damage induced by ROS. The present study was designed to investigate whether a systemic cocaine administration and its metabolism increase 8-OHdG production. Our findings clearly showed that cocaine promoted the ROS formation with significant increased of urinary 8-OHdG and MDA with a decreased of total scavenging capacity (TSC). Keywords: Cocaine Abusers; ROS; DNA Damage; 8-OHdG; MDA.
1. Introduction It is known that oxidative DNA damage occurs continuously in living cells and as a results of oxygen metabolic process and reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a pathogenic role in carcinogenesis by inducing oxidative DNA damage, modulating gene expression, altering different signaling pathways and leading to a deregulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis ((Marx (2004), Bartsch & Nair (2006),, Liou & Storz (2010)). ROS have an extremely short half-life and the direct determination of them in tissue or body fluids is impracticable, while the measurement of biomarkers of oxidative modified cellular constituents in biological samples is a promising strategy. Many potential targets of oxidative damage are microRNAs (miRNAs), a family involved in post-transcriptional gene regulation, differentiation, cell proliferation, cell death, and carcinogenesis. MiRNAs, as oxidative DNA damage, are also involved in the regulation of telomerase activity, which is up-regulated in mutated cells. Telomeric DNA indeed is particularly rich in guanine residues and under ROS attack, is highly prone to 8-Hydroxy-2'deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) formation. 8-OHdG an oxidative modified DNA product is the most representative product that reflects oxidative damage induced by ROS. An increased production of 8OHdG has been found after exposure to various carcinogens in target organs of mice, rats and human cells (Przybyszewski et al.(1998), Arima et al.(2006)). Higher mean values of 8-OHdG have been found in DNA from cancer than non-cancer tissue. In fact an higher concentration of 8-OHdG than healthy controls was observed in various malignant neoplasm such as gastric cancer (Hirahashi et al. (2014)), urinary bladder carcinoma (Soini at al.
(2011)), lung cancer (Caliskan-Can et al.(2008)), and diabetes mellitus (Ece et al. (2012)) and chronic hepatitis (Nishida et al. (2013)) suggesting that a variety of diseases are characterized by an increased levels of oxidative damage of DNA. In the occupational exposure studies the increase of 8-OHdG was related to volatile organic compounds exposure (Kim et al (2011)), in foundry workers (Lin et al. (2011)), in male electrical and electronic equipment dismantling workers exposed to high concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and polychlorinated biphenyls (Wen et al (2008)). A positive association between ROS and levels of 8OHdG has been found in lifestyle changing such as alcohol, tobacco, and morphine exposure (Zhang et al. (2004)). Drugs of abuse are known to lead to the formation of ROS and alter neuronal functions. However, few studies engaged in assessment of this oxidative biomarker for a population who has a voluntary addiction of cocaine. Moreover, no data are available regarding the correlation between higher concentration of 8-OHdG and addiction of cocaine. Cocaine is a powerfully additive drug of abuse and the epidemic abuse is a social and health problem worldwide. In an old research Karreman at al. (1959) invoked in this bioactive substance an electrochemical phenomenon with electron transfer. Electron transfer agents with oxygen can give rise to oxidative stress through generation of ROS. In fact the metabolites of cocaine play a role in toxicity and addiction involving ROS. Cocaine is metabolized by two different pathways in human. Hydrolysis of the ester groups is the major metabolic pathways but is not important in the toxicology of cocaine. Instead an oxidative metabolism of cocaine involving the amine moiety has attracted most attention relative to same toxic response. In fact hepatic injury from cocaine generally is regarded as attributable to one or more
Copyright © 2016 Simona Bacchi MD et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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of its oxidative metabolites (Shi et al. (2012)) such as nor-cocaine, norcocaine nitroxide, N-hydroxynorcocaine, norcocaine nitrosonium, cocaine iminium, and formaldehyde. Although it has been shown that the cocaine depresses mitochondrial respiration, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential and enhances mitochondrial production of ROS (Cunha-Oliveira et al. (2013)). In the body the toxicity of cocaine, due to its oxidative metabolism, is reported in liver with generation of ROS and lipid peroxidase (Oztezcan et al. (2000), Vitcheva (2012)), in central nervous system (Sharan et al. (2003)), in cardiovascular system with the release of superoxide (Moritz et al. (2003), Vergeade et al. (2012)), in various form of renal disease where nitroxide and N-hydroxy derivative of norcocaine are believed to play a key role (Kovacic et al. (2002), Valente et al. (2012)). Several studies reporting the deleterious effects of cocaine and its oxidized metabolites un numerous cutaneous manifestations (Portugal-Cohen et al. (2010), Molgo et al. (2014), Menick & Salibian (2014)) and also skin ulcers (Shawwa et al. (2013)). These different skin insults resulted in common cellular biochemical pathways involving inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and xanthine oxidase (XO) and these enzyme are known to produce the radicals nitric oxide (NO●) and superoxide (O2●), respectively that combine together to form a peroxynitrite (ONOO-) which is considered as a harmful oxidant, that can attack a wide range of biological molecules (Szabo (2003)). Several studies involving the iNOS and XO in cocaine induced oxidative damage. The administration of cocaine enhanced iNOS expression in different organs and increased XO activity mainly in heart (Isabelle et al. (2007)) and liver (Aoki et al. (1997)). Many studies have focused that another the cause of ROS formation is hypoxia. Is known that hypoxia induce severe oxidative stress and this is one of the major mechanism of tissue damage. Some investigators have found that hypoxia increased mitochondrial activation of Nuclear Factor–kappa B (NF-kB), one of oxidative stress-sensitive transcription factors. In fact the activation of NF-kB induce over-expression of apoptosis, inflammatory genes and also have a protective role by enhanced antioxidant enzyme expression such as SOD (Ergaz et al. (2005)). In order to protect the organism from oxidant damage about 90 genes have been identified that can be up-regulated in response to hypoxia (Harris (2002)). The present study is aimed at investigating the human urinary excretion of 8-OHdG in response to various lifestyle habits as cocaine addiction and smoking in a sample of healthy people who had no known occupational exposure to carcinogens. In order to find the usefulness of this biomarker as early predictor of disease risk at population we examined the ability of cocaine to induce oxidative DNA damage by examine the 8-OHdG, the antioxidant power of the non-enzymatic defense of plasma that may be useful to providing an index of ability to resist oxidative damage. The malondialdehyde (MDA), a marker for lipid peroxidation, and cotinine determination were also measured in urine.
2. Materials and methods 2.1. Subject/sample collection A total of 76 volunteers are included in the study. Subjects enrolled in this study have previously signed an informed consent, and a personal interview was conducted (in anonymous form for privacy rights) and information about socio-demographics, smoking history, cocaine consumption, occupational exposure, diet and family history of cancer were collected. The individuals recruited ranged in age from 20 to 65 years. There were no restrictions for study eligibility but subjects with concurrent disease or those taking medications capable of interfering with free radical production, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or antioxidants (vitamin C), were excluded from the study. The volunteers were divided in: cocaine group, smokers group, and control group, with 27, 23, and 26 for each group, respectively. The co-
caine group was formed by cocaine abusers of the Addition Service of local Hospital, claimed that cocaine was their illicit drug of choice, used cocaine by any route for at least 2 years with selfadministration of cocaine at least four times per month. Cocaine abusers were excluded if their urine toxicology screen is positive for illicit substances other than cocaine and its metabolites. As cigarettes smoking are more common in the cocaine group, the smokers group was create to know the real provision of cocaine addiction. The control subjects (not exposed to cocaine or tobacco products) were recruited to provide urine as reference specimens to define normal concentration of 8-OHdG, MDA, cotinine, and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP). All recruited control participant claimed that they did not use cocaine or tobacco products, had no others living with them who used cocaine or tobacco, and as far as possible did not frequent areas where tobacco smoked was prevalent for at least 1 week before specimen collection. All participants in the study claimed to drink no more than one glass of wine (170 mL, 11% in alcohol) or beer (300mL, 5% in alcohol) at meals. For monitoring the oxidative stress, the urine is considered an ideal biological sample because it can be obtained none invasively. Every 15 days, for a period of two months, the urine of the subjects with addition were analysed for evaluate the effective abuse of cocaine, while for the urine of controls were analysed for cotinine. After this pre-study period, a spot urine samples were collected from all volunteers in sterile 120 mL urine collection cups and were aliquoted into 10 mL polypropylene tubes. Specimens were store at –20°C until analysis. The procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Declaration of Helsinki. The demographical characteristics of subjects are reported in table 1. Table 1: Characteristic of Subjects Included in the Research Total Age (x±sd) Gender (%) BMI kg/m2 (x±sd) Alcohol drinking
Cocaine abusers Female
46,5±6,8
15(57,7)
2.2. Urine analysis for 8-OHdG The urinary levels of 8-OHdG was performed by highperformance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-ED) and the separation conditions used were based on previous work (Inaba et al. (2011)) with modifications. Each sample was thawed and centrifuged at 1500xg for 10 min at 4°C to remove any precipitates before the clean-up procedure by solidphase extraction (SPE). Briefly, an aliquot of 3.0 mL of urine was mixed with 0.2 mL of 10mM KH2PO4 (pH 4.0). The acidified urine samples were incubated for 10 min at 4°C and then centrifuged at 3000 g for 10 min at 4°C and supernatant was collected. Waters OasisHLB Vac cartridges (with 60 mg of packing material) were used for clean-up. OASIScartridges were preconditioned with 3 mL of methanol and then with 3 mL of 10mM KH2PO4. To avoid contamination and maximize the recovery, the cartridge was totally dried under vacuum after each step of cleanup. The sample solution (2 mL) was loaded onto the preconditioned SPE cartridge and passed through the cartridge under light vacuum. The column was washed with 3 mL of deionised water and 8-OHdG was eluted with 2mL of 30% acetonitrile in 50mM KH2PO4. After that, the eluate was evaporated to dryness under vacuum and the residue was dissolved in 100 L of mobile phase. An aliquot of 20 L was injected onto the HPLC. The HPLC chromatograms for 8-OHdG were recorded and integrated, as specified above, and were quantified by comparing the peak areas
2.2.1 Apparatus and chromatographic conditions HPLC analysis was carried out using a chromatographic system composed of the following: a model 515 pump (Waters, Milford, MA, USA) and a model 7725i sample injector (Rheodyne, Cotati, CA, USA) equipped with a 20 L loop. The detector system consisted of a Coulochem II model 5100A electrochemical detector with a model 5021 conditioning cell and a model 5011 analytical cell (ESA, Bedford, MA, USA). The conditioning cell (set to -350 mV) was placed between the column and the analytical cell; it was used to minimize the background noise of mobile phase due to the electro active components. Oxidizing potentials of the analytical cell were set at -50 mV for the first electrode (E1), and at +450 mV for the second electrode (E2). Chromatographic data management was automated using software Millennium32 (Waters, Milford, MA, USA). The analysis was performed on an analytical 150 x 4.6 mm i.d. reversed-phase Kromasil KR100 – 5C18 (5 µm particle size) column (Eka Chemicals AB – Bohus – Sweden), protected by a 20 x 4.6 mm i.d. (40 µM particle size) disposable Pelliguard pre-column (Supelco, Bellefonte, PA, USA). Analyses were performed at room temperature. The mobile phase consisted of a mixture of 10mM of Na2HPO4 containing (0.1 mM of EDTA, 100 mM of citric acid, and 2 mM of heptanesulfonic acid) and methanol (90:10, v/v); the pH was adjusted at 3.0 with 100 mM NaOH. The mobile phase prior to use was filtered through an 0.22 m filter (Whatmann, Ltd, Maidstone, UK), while methanol through a FA 0.5 m filter (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA). The traces of organic materials were removed from the water by passing the water through a Sep-Pak Vac cartridge. This treatment reduces the electrode background currents. The mobile phase was degassed using an in-line degasser (Waters, Milford, MA, USA) and delivered at a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min.
2.3. Serum ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) The antioxidant power of urine was determined using FRAP assay (Benzie & Strain 1996). Briefly, 50 μL of the urine was added to 1.5 mL of freshly prepared and pre-warmed (37°C) FRAP reagent (300 mM acetate buffer, pH = 3.6, 10 mM TPTZ (tripyridyl-striazine) in 40 mM HCl and 20 mM FeCl3*6H2O in the ratio of 10:1:1) and incubated at 37°C for 10 min. The absorbance of the sample was read against reagent blank (1.5 mL FRAP reagent + 50 μL distilled water) at 560 nm with a spectrophotometer (Lambda 2. Perkin-Elmer, Milano Italy). Aqueous solutions of known Fe (II) concentration (FeSO4*7H2O) were used for calibration of the FRAP assay and antioxidant.
2.4. Malondialdehyde (MDA) assay Malondialdehyde is the most prevalent product during oxidative stress originate from highly reactive lipid hydroperoxides (Spickett et al. (2010)) and MDA levels were determined for the extent of lipid oxidation using a commercial kit with thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assay (OxiSelect™ TBARS assay kit, Cell Biolabs, Inc., DBA Italia, Milano, Italy). Briefly, after a spin at 5000g. For 10 min., to remove insoluble particles, 100µL of urine of volunteers were assayed directly. After the incubation of TBA reagent in a boiling water bath for 50 minutes, the resulting supernatant was measured at 532 nm with a spectrophotometer (Lambda 2. Perkin-Elmer, Milano, Italy). MDA standard curve was created to evaluate the results. The average value of three analyses was taken.
2.5. Urine analysis for cotinine Cotinine is a metabolite of nicotine and due to its longer half-life has been used as reliable marker for smoking status. For the analy-
sis of cotinine an aliquot of 10 µL of urine is used in a solid phase competitive ELISA kit (Sigma-Aldrich, Milano, Italy). The absorbance was read at 450 nm with a spectrophotometer (Lambda 2. Perkin-Elmer, Milano Italy) within 15 minutes after adding the stopping solution. A cut-off of 15 ng/mL of cotinine was used to differentiate smokers from controls.
2.6. Urine analysis for creatinine Creatinine values may differ between individuals due to age and sex differences in the ratio between skeletal muscle and total body lean mass, and they are also affected by exercise and diet. For this the excretion values of 8-OHdG, cotinine, MDA and FRAP were normalized to the metabolic rate to account for the effects of antioxidants and individual differences. The creatinine level in the urine sample was measured between samples from different individuals and between different collection times. Creatinine in urine samples (1mL) was measured using an according Jaffe's picric acid assay kit.
2.7. Statistical analysis Presented data are the mean ± standard deviation (SD). For comparison group data are used one-way ANOVA to determined concentrations difference of biomarkers of oxidative stress. Followed post hoc Tukey's HSD (Honestly Significant Difference) test was applied to statistically compare differences between the treatment groups. Results were considered as significantly different using a value of p

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Life360, Inc., acquired ZenScreen
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synopsis: ZenScreen, the AI-powered solution that guides you and your family to better screen time habits for a more balanced digital diet, has been acquired by Life360, the leading safety and coordination service for families worldwide.
buyer: Life360, Inc.
Life360 is the world's leading location and driving safety service for families available for Android and iPhone in a convenient and secure mobile app. A leader in family tech, Life360 gives families peace of mind when they are not together. "
target: ZenScreen
Founded in 2017, ZenScreen is a cross-platform app and browser extension that pairs artificial intelligence with research-backed best practices to use AI for good – monitoring app usage, suggesting breaks, and intelligently restricting access to apps in evenings and early mornings.
Cosmos Holdings Inc., will acquire Terranova Inc.
synopsis: Cosmos Holdings Inc., a fully reporting holding company with offices in New York, Chicago and Europe, announced that it entered into an LOI to acquire a 70 percent majority stake in Terranova Inc., a Chicago-based mobile technology company.
buyer: Cosmos Holdings Inc. (COSM:$8.70)
Cosmos Holdings is a OTCQB-listed diversified holding company. The Company is actively acquiring highly innovative companies across dynamic, fast growing industries, including but not limited to, pharmaceuticals and related pharmaceutical logistics, food, green, hi-tech and insurance. "
target: Terranova Inc.
Chicago-based Terranova Inc. develops A.I. software, a proprietary algorithm and APIs that power mobile apps, including its own location-based consumer app for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Google Inc., acquired Clever Sense, Inc.
synopsis: Google is acquiring the Silicon Valley-based startup Clever Sense. Clever Sense is the maker of the mobile application "Alfred," which delivers personalized recommendations for nearby restaurants, coffee shops, bars and nightclubs using a combination of artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms.
buyer: Google Inc. (GOOGL:$155,058.00)
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people with information every day. Google is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. "
target: Clever Sense, Inc.
Clever Sense, Inc. develops solutions for mobile devices. Using proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, it has created a platform to sift through the online data and deliver context-aware information based on one's interest, time, location and social data.
Revcontent, acquired Rover App
synopsis: Revcontent, a content recommendation platform, announced the acquisition of machine learning company, Rover, for its advanced personalization and recommendation technology. A testament to Revcontent's rapid growth and visionary mindset, the acquisition of Rover is the next step in delivering personalized discovery, one recommendation at a time.
buyer: Revcontent
Revcontent is the world's fastest growing content recommendation network, powering 250 billion content recommendations per month. Revcontent partners with the largest media brands in the world such as Forbes, Newsweek, The Atlantic, International Business Times, and more. "
target: Rover App
Rover is a Personalized content discovery app that uses machine learning to help users discover content based on interests and other users they follow. Rover helps people discover content they love, that they never knew existed from a wide variety of over 15,000 topics.
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Apple, Inc., acquired VocalIQ
synopsis: Apple Inc. has purchased an artificial-intelligence startup that could help make iPhone users' interactions with the virtual assistant Siri more natural. VocalIQ Ltd. is a U.K.-based software maker working on ways to improve computers' ability to understand human speech and to "speak" more naturally.
buyer: Apple, Inc. (AAPL:$260,174.00)
Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. "
target: VocalIQ
Vocal IQ is a startup focusing on machine learning integrated with conversational voice technology. They have created the world's first self-learning dialogue platform. Their technology enables natural human/machine interaction for the first time on mobile, desktop, automotive and IoT devices.
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LottoGopher, will acquire Bravio Technologies Ltd
synopsis: LottoGopher Holdings Inc., a lottery messenger service that allows users to easily order and manage their state lottery tickets online, announced the signing of a letter of intent to acquire Bravio Technologies Limited, a company with a diversified portfolio of consumer entertainment products and services.
buyer: LottoGopher (CNSX:LOTO:$0.04)
LottoGopher is a lottery messenger service that allows users to order and manage their state lottery tickets online using debit or credit card. By allowing individuals to choose their tickets for lottery drawings in California, LottoGopher makes it simple to keep track of their tickets and winnings."
target: Bravio Technologies Ltd
Bravio Technologies Ltd. offers mobile users access to a portfolio of consumer entertainment products & services. Bravio combines digital entertainment expertise and consumer accessibility via the digital entertainment networks.
Mapbox, acquired Fitness AR
synopsis: Mapbox, the mapping and location platform for developers, has acquired Fitness AR, the first mapping AR app. Fitness AR allows Strava users to connect their accounts and visualize their runs, hikes and bike rides on an 3D terrain map in AR on an iPhone or iPad.
buyer: Mapbox
Mapbox is the location data platform for mobile and web applications. They provide building blocks to add location features like maps, search, and navigation into any experience their customers create. Mapbox makes it easy to integrate location into any mobile or online application. "
target: Fitness AR
Fitness AR is the first mapping AR app, allowing Strava users to connect their accounts and visualize their runs, hikes and bike rides on an 3D terrain map in AR on an iPhone. Users are able to explore existing routes projected on any surface in 3D to plan adventures and share their activities.
closed 6/28/2016 via BNC Analysis
Twitter, Inc., acquired IXOMOXI
synopsis: Twitter, a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time, has acquired a virtual reality startup called IXOMOXI. IXOMOXI develops gear for virtual reality application which focuses on incorporating virtual reality into music experience.
buyer: Twitter, Inc. (TWTR:$3,360.82)
Twitter is a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. By developing a fundamentally new way for people to create, distribute and discover content, they have democratized content creation and distribution, enabling any voice to echo around the world instantly. "
target: IXOMOXI
IXOMOXI, Inc. develops gear for virtual reality application which focuses on incorporating virtual reality into music experience. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Tech-Long, will acquire NewBornTown
synopsis: Guangzhou Tech-Long Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd. announced that it plans to acquire NewBornTown Mobile Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. NewBornTown is an award-winning global mobile company that developed Solo Launcher, a smooth, clean and easily customizable home launcher application that allows users to build a personalized homescreen experience.
buyer: Tech-Long
Guangzhou Tech-Long Packaging Machinery Co Ltd manufactures primarily beverage production machinery. The Company produces bottle rinsing, filling, and capping machines, PET bottle blow molding machines, and water treatment equipment. "
target: NewBornTown
NewBornTown is an award-winning global mobile company with offices in Beijing, Nanjing, Silicon Valley, and Hong Kong. Their main product is the Solo Launcher, a smooth, clean and easily customizable home launcher application that allows users to build a personalized homescreen experience.
Apple, Inc., acquired Flyby Media
synopsis: Apple, an American multinational technology company, has acquired Flyby Media, a spatial perception platform (V-Fusion) that provides mobile devices with a human-scale understanding of real world environments, enabling them to see, understand, and navigate the physical world.
target: Flyby Media
Flyby Media was founded with the mission to create powerful new technologies to connect the physical and digital worlds. At the core of their company is a spatial perception platform (V-Fusion) that provides mobile devices with a human-scale understanding of real world.
Blippar, acquired Layar
synopsis: Blippar, an image recognition platform used in digital advertising, has acquired Layar, an augmented reality platform used across different applications (from advertising to education) that uses cameras on devices like smartphones to inject virtual elements into real-world images in real time.
buyer: Blippar
Blippar is the leading mobile image-recognition platform for publishers, brands and advertisers instantly bringing physical newspapers, magazines, products, signage and merchandising to life. Blippar is an image recognition platform used in digital advertising. "
target: Layar
Layar was one of the first mobile augmented reality browsers to hit the market. Layar leads the way in augmented reality and interactive print, helping to bridge the gap between the print and digital worlds. The Layar App has been downloaded over 38 million times.
closed 4/7/2014 via BNC Analysis
Twitter, Inc., acquired Cover
synopsis: Twitter, a real-time information network, acquires android lockscreen app Cover. Cover is an Android lockscreen app that lets the user customise what apps he sees and when. Cover learns which apps are used in different contexts and puts them right on the lockscreen for easy access.
Twitter is a real-time information network that connects people to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news about what they find interesting. Simply find the accounts most compelling and follow the conversations. "
target: Cover
Cover is an Android lockscreen app that lets the user customise what apps he sees and when. Cover learns which apps are used in different contexts and puts them right on the lockscreen for easy access.
ROK Entertainment Group, acquired Geniem
synopsis: ROK Entertainment Group the global mobile entertainment company, today announced it had acquired a 51% controlling interest in Geniem, a leading Finnish mobile and web applications development company.
buyer: ROK Entertainment Group (ROKE:$0.00)
ROK Entertainment Group is a world-leading mobile entertainment company specialising in the development and deployment of innovative mobile technologies, services and applications. "
target: Geniem
Geniem focuses on branded Mobile and Web applications for Media, Brands and Carriers to increase customer affinity and brand recognition and have over 15,000,000 ODP mobile phone installations and customers.
closed 5/2/2018 via GlobeNewswire
The Glimpse Group, purchased VR/AR Assets from iKnow.io, Inc.
synopsis: The Glimpse Group, Inc., a Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality ("VR" and "AR") platform company comprised of multiple VR and AR software & services start-ups, announced that it has acquired the VR/AR assets of iKnow.io, Inc. The VR/AR assets of iKnow.io, Inc. are an immersive data analysis and visualization platform.
buyer: The Glimpse Group
The Glimpse Group, Inc. is a holding company for a diversified portfolio of Virtual Reality ("VR") and Augmented Reality ("AR") start-ups. The Glimpse Group funds, cultivates, and manages business operations while providing a strong network of professional relationships. "
seller: iKnow.io, Inc.
The VR/AR assets of iKnow.io, Inc. are an immersive data analysis and visualization platform. iKnow.io's VR/AR assets can be used to intuitively explore data, detect patterns, trends, problems and opportunities.
closed 8/2/2012 via PR Newswire
Yippy, Inc., acquired Macte Labs, Inc.
synopsis: Yippy, Inc., a unified search company known for educational research and clustering technology, reported that Yippy Labs, Inc., the Company's wholly owned British Columbian subsidiary, acquired Macte! Labs, Inc., a developer of dynamic toolbars and applications for both search and communication applications.
buyer parent: Richard Granville
buyer: Yippy, Inc. (OTCPK:YIPI:$0.08)
Based in Fort Myers, Florida, Yippy, Inc. is a new economy technology company that develops educational and reference search technologies, content aggregation services and application services environments for both consumer and commercial market segments. "
target: Macte Labs, Inc.
Macte Labs is a leading developer of dynamic toolbars and web applications that provided clients with enhanced, interactive and visually appealing vertical search and client communication solutions. Macte Labs has 20 employees in 3 countries and is headquartered in Vancouver BC, Canada.
closed 3/1/2012 via BusinessWire
Inuvo, Inc., acquired Vertro, Inc.
synopsis: Inuvo, Inc., an online marketing technology and services company and Vertro, Inc., an online advertising and search company and the owner of the ALOT™ Internet product portfolio, announced the closing of their merger.
buyer: Inuvo, Inc. (AMEX:INUV:$83.58)
Inuvo®, Inc. is an Internet company proficient at delivering clicks, leads and sales to advertisers through targeting that utilizes unique data and sophisticated analytics. The Company operates as two business segments: Performance Marketing and Web Properties. "
target: Vertro, Inc. (VTRO:$35.89)
Vertro, Inc. is an Internet company that owns and operates the ALOT product portfolio. ALOT offers two primary products to consumers: ALOT Home, a homepage product, and ALOT Appbar, a piece of software that integrates into users' web browsers.
closed 12/2/2010 via BNC Analysis
LastPass.com, acquired Xmarks, Inc.
synopsis: Xmarks has been acquired by LastPass. The cross-browser password management service will be the new purveyor of the much-loved, but financially strapped, cross-browser bookmarking service.
buyer: LastPass.com
LastPass is a password manager that makes web browsing easier and more secure. Designed by web enthusiasts and skilled application developers, LastPass was created to make the online experience easier and safer for everyone. "
target: Xmarks, Inc.
Xmarks was founded in 2006 under their original name Foxmarks. Their bookmark sync browser add-on is one of the most popular in the world with over twenty million downloads and counting.
announced 4/18/2008 via PR Newswire
LiveUniverse, will acquire Pageflakes Inc.
synopsis: LiveUniverse, the social entertainment company founded and run by Chairman and CEO Brad Greenspan, the Hollywood-based entrepreneur and sole founder of MySpace, has agreed to acquire Pageflakes, the innovator of the social personalized homepage.
buyer: LiveUniverse
LiveUniverse is the privately-held social entertainment company founded and majority owned by Brad Greenspan, the Hollywood-based entrepreneur and sole founder of MySpace. LiveUniverse is one of the fastest growing media companies in the world. "
target: Pageflakes Inc.
Pageflakes enables you to easily personalize the web and make it your own. Create a page using Flakes; they're small, movable versions of all of your web favorites that you can arrange on your personal homepage.
AOL, LLC., acquired Goowy Media, Inc.
synopsis: AOL today announced that it has acquired Goowy Media, Inc., a widget development and analytics tools company based in San Diego, Calif. Goowy will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL as part of the company's Products division.
buyer parent: Time Warner, Inc.
buyer: AOL, LLC. (AOL:$2,569.00)
AOL is a leading global Web services company with an extensive suite of brands and offerings and a substantial worldwide audience. AOL's business spans online content, products and services that the company offers to consumers, publishers and advertisers. "
target: Goowy Media, Inc.
Goowy develops innovative online products and services including yourminis, a widget platform that simplifies widget development, syndication and measurement for content owners and 3rd party developers.
Forbes, Inc., acquired Clipmarks
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synopsis: Forbes Media, the corporate parent of Forbes.com has acquired Clipmarks, a unique Web-clipping service that enables people to clip and share text and other content from Web pages. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
buyer: Forbes, Inc.
Forbes Media encompasses Forbes and Forbes.com, the #1 business site on the Web that reaches more than 18 million people monthly. The company publishes Forbes and Forbes Asia, which together reach a worldwide audience of more than 5.5 million readers. "
target: Clipmarks
Clipmarks, is changing the way people capture and share information on the Web. By creating tools that overcome the traditional limitations of copy/paste and bookmarking entire pages, Clipmarks is determined to make discovering and sharing web content more fun and efficient.
Life360, Inc., acquired Couple
synopsis: Life360, the leading Family Network used by more than 55 million families, announced that it has acquired Couple, the app for two that keeps busy couples connected. Couple helps its users organize their lives together, interact with each other in real-time, and provides a broad communication channel to share all of their special moments together.
Life360 is the world's largest network for families available for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone. Life360 processes over 1.5 billion location requests per day and enables over 55 million families to privately share location, communicate with ease and stay connected with in-app messaging. "
target: Couple
Couple is a private messaging app for two and has received over 4 million downloads. Couple helps its users organize their lives together, interact with each other in real-time, and provides a broad communication channel to share all of their special moments together.
Life360, Inc., acquired Chronos Mobile Technologies
synopsis: Life360, the leading Family Network, announced that it has acquired Chronos Mobile Technologies. They are creators of an industry-leading contextual-awareness engine that combines location with other passively-collected data to understand people's day-to-day patterns and routines.
Life360 is the world's largest network for families available for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone. Using proprietary location-based technology, Life360 enables over 50 million families to privately share location, communicate with ease and stay connected with in-app messaging. "
target: Chronos Mobile Technologies
Chronos Mobile Technologies, Inc. develops a time-tracking application for mobile devices. It offers Chronos that connects with other services the user use to provide insights into how they spend their time.
Familonet GmbH, acquired Familonet GmbH
synopsis: Familonet's founders have acquired the company back from Daimler, one of the biggest producers of premium cars. Familonet is a German-based family locator app. Familonet uses smart geolocation features to help families and other small groups all over the world improve communication in their day-to-day life.
buyer: Familonet GmbH
Familonet is a German-based family locator app. Familonet uses smart geolocation features to help families and other small groups all over the world improve communication in their day-to-day life. Their app features chat, automatic notifications, and a panic button. "
target parent: Daimler AG
target: Familonet GmbH
Familonet is a German-based family locator app. Familonet uses smart geolocation features to help families and other small groups all over the world improve communication in their day-to-day life. Their app features chat, automatic notifications, and a panic button.
closed 8/3/2017 via Company Press Release
moovel Group GmbH, acquired Familonet GmbH
synopsis: moovel Group, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, announces 100% acquisition of Familonet GmbH based in Hamburg. The mobile company Familonet is the provider of the Familonet app, which simplifies everyday communication for families and groups of friends, housemates and colleagues worldwide using intelligent geolocation functions.
buyer parent: Daimler AG
buyer: moovel Group GmbH
moovel Group GmbH is working on an operating system for urban mobility that offers access to suitable mobility options and paves the way for autonomous vehicles. The moovel mobility app combines local public transport, the carsharing provider car2go, mytaxi, rental bicycles and Deutsche Bahn. "
Familonet GmbH is the provider of the mobile Familonet app, which simplifies everyday communication for families and groups of friends, housemates and colleagues worldwide using intelligent geolocation functions.
closed 12/14/2012 via PE Hub
Airbnb, acquired Localmind
synopsis: Airbnb has acquired Localmind, a platform that uses crowdsourcing to find out what's happening in a given community. Localmind is a new service that allows users to send questions and receive answers about what is going on in real time at places they care about.
buyer: Airbnb
Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone. "
target: Localmind
Localmind is a mobile app that gives people the ability to know what's happening in the world. By temporarily and anonymously connecting users to someone at the location they are interested in, they are able to ask any question they want about that location, and get an answer, in real-time.
NAVTEQ, acquired Acuity Mobile
synopsis: NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, has acquired Acuity Mobile. Acuity Mobile's embedded mobile advertising platform (eMAP) technology enables precise location targeted advertising.
buyer: NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates digital maps and map content. "
target: Acuity Mobile
Acuity Mobile is a leading provider of mobile marketing content delivery solutions. Acuity Mobile's Embedded Mobile Advertising Platform is a patented technology that enables the ability to deliver targeted marketing content to the right person, at the right time, in the right location.
Ticker: OTCPK:FONU
FonU2
FonU2, a developer of mobile applications bringing sellers and buyers of services and products together in real time. Its mobile service provides a destination for sellers and buyers to list and search for services/products, schedule appointments, and make payments.
Ticker: DB:2FA
Fundamental Applications Corp.
Fundamental Applications Corp. was founded in 2014 to launch innovative mobile applications targeted at millennials. Millennials are described as a demographic born between 1980 and 2000 into a digital world with significant discretionary income.
Ticker: SOHU
Sohu.com Inc.
Sohu.com is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication.
Ticker: ASX:XPE
Xped Limited
Xped Limited is an Internet of Things (IoT) technology business. Xped has developed revolutionary and patent protected technology that allows any consumer, regardless of their technical capability, to connect, monitor and control devices and appliances found in their everyday environment.
Ticker: TSXV:BKD
Breaking Data Corporation
Breaking Data Corp. is a technology provider of semantic search, machine learning and natural language processing ("NLP"). The Company's technology platform has many practical applications, in multiple business and consumer verticals that are immersed in massive media and data rich settings.
Ticker: NGM:BUBL
Bublar Group AB
Bublar Group AB is the Nordic region's largest gaming studio and enterprise solutions company within Augmented Reality (AR) Virtual Reality (VR) technology. The game development is run by the subsidiary Virtual Brains AB and enterprise solutions by the subsidiary Vobling AB.
Ticker: KOSDAQ:A299910
Vespa Inc
Vespa, Inc is a leading game developer based in Seoul, South Korea. They are the creators behind "King's Raid", a mobile game that's available on all app stores.
Longtu Korea Inc.
Longtu Korea Inc. is an Android game developer that has been active since 2015. The current app portfolio contains 4 games. Longtu Korea is known for its popular mobile MMORPG Sword and Magic.
Ticker: OTCPK:EPAZ
Epazz, Inc.
Epazz, Inc. specializes in enterprise cryptocurrency blockchain mobile apps and cloud business process software, with more than 500 repeat customers. Epazz technology makes it easy to convert legacy systems into cloud business process software.
Ticker: TSE:2432
DeNA Global, Inc.
DeNA is the global leader in mobile internet entertainment. DeNA develops and operates a broad range of mobile and online services including games, e-commerce and entertainment content distribution.
Ticker: GLUU
Glu Mobile Inc.
Glu Mobile is a leading global developer and publisher of free-to-play games for smartphone and tablet devices. Glu is focused on creating compelling original IP games on a wide range of platforms including iOS, Android™, Windows Phone and MAC OS.
Ticker: SZSE:30005
Shenzhen ZQGame Co., Ltd.
ZQGame, Inc. is an online gaming company driven to create compelling entertainment experiences across online, mobile, and tablet platforms for the hardcore gamer.
Ticker: OTCPK:FRZT
Freeze Tag, Inc.
Freeze Tag, Inc. is a leading creator of mobile social games that are fun and engaging for all ages. Players can download and enjoy their games for free, or they can purchase virtual items and additional features within the game to increase the fun factor.
NEXON Co., Ltd.
Based in Japan, NEXON Co. is a global leader in online games, with more than 100 live games operated across more than 190 countries. Nexon pioneered micro-transactions and the free-to-play business model, and is widely credited with unmatched global expertise in sophisticated live game operations.
Pearl Abyss
Pearl Abyss is the Korean studio behind the hit PC MMORPG Black Desert Online, which was named MMORPG of the Year in 2016. Since the company's founding in 2010, it has successfully launched its game in South Korea, Japan, Russia, North/South America, Europe, Taiwan, and 100 other countries.
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First Time on the Market
4333 Papermill Dr NW, Knoxville, TN 37909
Sale Pending/Contingent
Property Subtypes: Free-Standing, Light Industrial
Status: Pending/Contingent
Building Size (RSF): 4,000 SF
Sale Price: $825,000
Unit Price: $206.25 PSF
Property Use Type: Investment, Business
Sale Terms: Cash to Seller
First time offered.
This all-brick building located on a corner lot, at a signal stop, at the intersection of Papermill Drive and Hollywood Road, was built in 1994. Consisting of 4,000 square feet and situated on 1.15 acres, the subject property is occupied by a top nationally known pest control business, for whom the building was constructed.
The original lease was signed July 1994 and is still in effect today. The current extension of the lease runs through January 2025. However, the tenant has expressed a desire to extend the lease yet again.
This property is front facing Papermill Dr., one of the busiest roads in West Knoxville and a growing area. New businesses have been constructed and buildings remodeled all along Papermill Dr.
The property is being sold as part of an estate sale. Family owned since it was constructed, this property offers a multitude of options with its ample parking and fenced lot, which encloses the back portion of the building.
Please call for showing details as the tenant is still occupying the property.
County: Knox
Tax ID/APN: 107CE022
Site Description: 1.15 Acres on corner lot.
Tenancy: Single Tenant
Property Condition: Excellent
Construction/Siding: Brick
Parking Type: Surface
Total Population: 6,173 71,229 175,871
Jeff Phillips
Southland, REALTORS Commercial Group KAAR CIE Member


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Edinburgh's Protest Stickers: Israel-Palestine
Hannah Awcock	Edinburgh, Protest Stickers	 July 29, 2021 July 21, 2021 2 Minutes
Stickers sympathetic to Palestine are not new, but they began to appear more frequently in Edinburgh after violence flared up in May 2021 (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
The conflict between Israel and Palestine is an incredibly complex one that has been going on for decades. Every so often violence flares up, drawing international attention back to the region. The most recent outbreak started on 10th May 2021, sparked by the predicted eviction of four Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. Control of the area is contested, and more than 1000 Palestinian families are currently at risk of eviction.
Most of the protest stickers I have found in the UK are sympathetic to Palestine, it is very rare to find pro-Israeli ones. The conflict is a relatively common topic of stickers (I wrote a blog post about pro-Palestinian stickers in London back in 2017), but when the violence gets worse the frequency of stickers increases. With the outbreak of hostilities in May, the number of stickers in Edinburgh went up. Several of the designs I have seen before in other cities, but some are unique, and some are specific to Edinburgh.
Campaigns to support Palestine is nothing new. I photographed this sticker in 2020, but it is referring to an event in 2016. On 17th August 2016, the Confederation of Friends of Israel Scotland hosted an event as part of the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe to promote Israeli cultural performers. No 2 Brand Israel organised a series of events to oppose this, as part of the BDS strategy. BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, and a strategy adopted by organisations around the world in 2005 to put pressure on Israel to comply with international law (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
This sticker is calling for the boycott of Israeli-made goods, a key element of the BDS strategy. The Palestinian flag, and colours of the flag, are a common feature of pro-Palestinian stickers (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
This sticker was produced by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, an active group that does what it says on the tin really (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
This is another sticker that predates the current conflict. It was produced by rs21, otherwise known as Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, which produces commentary and analysis on a broad range of issues and events. They also support BDS (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
This sticker was also produced by rs21. Benjamin Netanyahu was Israeli Prime Minister between 1996 and 1999, and 2009 and June 2021. This sticker appeared in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh in May 2021, but the design dates back to 2014 (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
This is another sticker that appeared in 2021, but was designed much earlier. I first spotted it in London in 2017. It was produced by the Socialist Worker Student Society, the student section of the Socialist Workers Party, another revolutionary socialist group (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
Street artists and taggers have used the 'Hello my name is…' stickers for a long time because they are cheap and readily available. It is less common to see them used as protest stickers, but they're effective! (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
The text on this handwritten sticker is faded, but it reads 'Palestine will be free" (Photo: Hannah Awcock)
This sticker doesn't explicitly mention Palestine, but because it is the same pen and handwriting as the previous sticker, and I found them relatively close together near the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, I assume that this one is also about Palestine (Photo: Hannah Awcock).
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Dunk Contest 2017
DeAndre Jordan leaps over DJ Khaled
Sofi Zeman, Co- Features Editor
Last year, we were left baffled by the mind-blowing dunks in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. But, many were not as equally impressed with this February's All-Star Weekend.
In 2016, Zach Lavine and Aaron Gordon made awe-inspiring dunks from the free-throw line, incorporating mascots, and hoverboards into their shots. At the end of the night, it was Lavine who won in a sudden death round of the contest, beating Gordon by three points.
Speculations were raised over whether or not Gordon would participate in the 2017 contest after this loss.
" I'm not 100 percent sure. I kind of gave a lot in this last one and to be more creative would be difficult. I think I could do it, but I'm not sure if I'm going to," said Gordon.
This year, DeAndre Jordan jumped over DJ Khaled for the first slam of the contest. Gordon, coming off of an ankle injury, struggled throughout the competition from the start of the first round, getting eliminated in the second after attempting, and failing, to use a drone in his shot. It was Glenn Robinson III who won, beating Derrick Jones Jr. in the final round with a reverse slam over three people.
The public has responded via social media , making comments that a concoction of missed shots from Gordon and various dunks being similar to last year's combined to make this year's contest significantly less interesting than the year prior to it.
" Robinson wins, but we all lose for watching," said Ananth Pandian from CBS Sports.
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Sure, Litecoin (LTC) has been receiving some flak as of late, but there's no denying the surge the cryptocurrency has undergone in recent months. One analyst argues that the rally in that specific asset could be setting Bitcoin (BTC) up for an eventual recovery, citing eerie similarities in the two assets' price action.
In mid-December, LTC was trading at a mere $23. But since that December 14th, which many saw as the bottom for this budding market, the asset, often deemed a silver to Bitcoin's gold, has decidedly surged. Litecoin now sits at a hefty $60 — up 160% off its lows from a U.S. dollar standpoint, and up 110% BTC-wise.
Stage Set For Bitcoin Run?
While Litecoin has done this all by its lonesome, trader Halo Crypto recently argued that LTC's move past $60 could set a strong precedent for a Bitcoin run in the near future. He drew attention to the recent performance of the LTC/BTC pair, showing that there are clear similarities in how that chart precedes action in the Bitcoin-to-USD market.
With LTC/BTC recently breaking out drastically to the upside after trending higher for weeks, Halo confirmed that there's a likelihood that Bitcoin could be in for a bullish reversal too, drawing a cartoon rocket ship to underline his point.
CoinDesk's technical analysis team once echoed this thought process that Litecoin leads Bitcoin, like a shepherd and his sheep.
The outlet's analysis desk once explained that in a previous market cycle, which saw Bitcoin plateau at $1,200, LTC's trend "became bullish well before that of" the market leader. In fact, following BTC's drawdown, Litecoin surged out of nowhere, posting gains in the dozens of percentage points. Then, believe it or not, BTC followed, accentuating that the two assets likely are correlated.
The post Litecoin Boom Past $60 Could Set Bitcoin (BTC) Up For A Surge appeared first on NewsBTC.


For over 85 years, BOMA Memphis has represented the interests of the commercial real estate industry through leadership, education, advocacy, information and networking.
Principal Members are Individuals who are involved in the ownership, management, leasing or development of real estate such as office, corporate, governmental, medical, educational, industrial, cultural/sporting, retail, financial, religious, manufacturing, warehousing, multi-unit residential, and mixed use facilities and other real estate properties acceptable to the Board of Directors. Members of this category are automatically members of BOMA International. Membership to expire 12/31/2017. Includes all luncheons, membership in BOMA Memphis, BOMA Southern Region, and BOMA International.
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