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Blue Irony, Did Tony Carr Deem the USAF Fascist?
In a recent blog post entitled, Creeping Fascism in the (un?)American Air Force?, retired Lt Col Tony Carr takes issue with the alleged action of a flag officer, who reportedly told others that communicating certain concerns or opinions with their elected representatives amounted to "treason." Tony's self-described "media/news/publishing" Facebook page has also demonstrated a marked increase in the use of the term fascism to describe the modern day Air Force.
The irony of Tony's new diction is staggering and plentiful. Now, I must be careful what observations I share and what opinions I express, because Tony has previously communicated to me that he may sue me for slander (libel would have been the correct term), and that as a law student he has some resources. Further, he has informed me that he may contact my commander should I post something that he finds problematic. He has also indicated that he thinks my responses to his public opinions should be more respectful, because he is both older than me and also because he outranked me.
Was he trying to intimidate me, by threatening to engage the machinery of the Air Force due to my speech response to his public speech on the world wide web? Did he threaten to punish me at my place of work if I exercised rights he did not like, as a couple of individuals I am suing did years ago? In comes the first serving of irony...
In his latest blog post, Tony chides an Air Force flag officer for suppressing free speech. On his media Facebook page, he reminds airmen that they should voice their opinions and not be afraid of retaliation from what he deems an increasingly fascist modern day Air Force. Tony writes:
Military members do not give up the right to free speech when they volunteer to serve. They are subject to certain limits on political activity while in uniform and may not allow themselves to be construed as speaking for the service when they opine on partisan political matters (which do not include arguments about choices in the defense budget), but they are no less entitled to express themselves or to interact with legislators than any other citizen. In fact, some might argue that they've done more than most to earn that right. If the Air Force doesn't understand this at the highest levels, it's time for hearings on Capitol Hill.
Rights are not earned, of course, and to suggest otherwise demonstrates an ignorance of what rights actually are. The main serving of irony, however, is that Tony would choose to use the word fascism to describe another person, as though he himself disapproves of fascism.
In a discussion of the Constitution I had a couple years ago with Tony, he informed me that he thought our government could ignore rights codified as supreme law in our Constitution, without amendment mind you, so long as government thought what it was doing was the will of a majority of the people. He stated that our Constitution contained no rights that were "inviolate." In other words, he expressed the opinion that government can violate the rights of Americans at will, and does not need to follow the law and the restrictions the American people have placed on government power. As Benito Mussolini wrote in 1932 in his work, The Doctrine of Fascism,
The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.
The emphasis on government power over the rights of the people, regardless of the law the people laid down to restrict the government and protect their rights from it, is the hallmark (or keystone) of fascism as I view it. Therefore, Tony Carr is himself a fascist.
I have previously blogged about Tony Carr and his approval for unchecked government power over the American people, on multiple occasions. Nearly a year ago I asked him to correct my understanding of his viewpoint and to debate me publicly, and he responded that there were a few mischaracterizations in my post but that instead of commenting on my blog, he would instead blog about the issue over on his side of the internet. I have yet to see him do that. Twenty-five days later, however, Tony banned me from his media page and assured his readers that I was the only person to be banned from it. The number of those he has banned has grown since.
Later still, Tony had the gall to call me a "traitor" on Facebook. Was he suggesting that I was making war on the American people or providing aid or comfort to our enemies? Why did he he use that word? Perhaps his answer on why a two-star reportedly used the word would be illustrative. Tony writes, "Not because [airmen] were cowardly in the face of adversaries or gave aid and comfort to the enemy, but because they dared to speak..." Yes, that seems to fit. Tony used the word to insult me because I expressed views he did not like, about his ideas. He didn't use the term properly to accuse me of treason. He knows far better than that. He was simply misusing the word as an insult. After I blogged about his comment on Facebook, he then deleted it. And yet in striking similarity, Tony lambasts a General Officer for allegedly doing the same thing that Tony himself did.
There are two things I have observed about Tony Carr over the course of our purely digital, ideas-based interactions. In my estimation, he is unprincipled and often claims two contradictory positions as though he has no issue expressing a viewpoint (with passion and fervor) that he doesn't actually believe. And in my observation, he demonstrates ambition, insecurity, and a love of power.
Tony once informed me that fidelity to a service member's oath of office should never be questioned, that to do so was to hit below the belt. Yet later he publicly told one of his readers that if they didn't care about the "no religious test" language of our Constitution, that they should leave the service. Tony has professed a viewpoint that it is okay for the government to break its contract with a minority of Americans by violating their constitutional rights, so long as it thinks it's performing the will of a majority, but he decries government breaking its promise to a minority of veterans by cutting retirement benefits in order to save money for a majority of citizens. He chides a service member for allegedly misusing the word treason, but does the same thing himself when he wants to insult. He repeatedly decries so-called abuses of power like a commander in South Korea not allowing some service members to drink or a squadron commander being fired, but maintains a view that government does not have to restrict its actions according to the law of the American people. He claims to be a champion of free speech and to disdain using the machinery of government to silence it, but will inform a service member that he may call their commander on them depending on what they write about him in the future.
In my opinion, Tony expresses views, not because he believes them, but in order to shape a message and build a base. Like a politician. And he contradicts himself, frequently. Like a politician.
It is readily apparent to this humble blogger that, despite his claims otherwise, Tony Carr is trying to create a political career. Those who love power gravitate toward it, and will say most anything to attain it. At any rate, Tony engages in public discussion about military public service, as do I. So I hope he won't mind if I disagree with him and offer a criticism here or there on his professed viewpoints.
I certainly hope my latest free speech isn't overly problematic for him, such that he decides to call my boss and tell on me for expressing views he does not like. But if he does, I may have to borrow some of his words from his media page:
The kind of fascism we've seen rise up over the last several years thrives on fear. It depends on airmen taking the attitude that if they speak up, they'll be crushed. But if enough of them are willing to stand on principle, the system will be forced to shift.
Of course, I'd add that such fear depends on airmen taking the view that if they speak up and get crushed, that it somehow matters, and that such risk should sway their decision to speak up. Public service means we don't put our careers in the center of our service. Those who say otherwise quite simply do not serve anything but themselves.
At any rate, it sure would be cool if Tony stopped by and corrected my understanding of his fascist point of view. Kind of strange that he doesn't. Strike that. It's not strange at all.
Whether Tony graces this post with his presence or not, I remain ready to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, until the very last day of public service, and always ready to go the distance.
Liam January 21, 2015 at 10:35 PM
I need to arrange a conference in Oslo so that you and Carr can work out these petty differences and create a podcast together. Seriously Rynearson, you're both articulate, intelligent, experienced dissenters and we'd benefit immensely from a weekly podcast. Yeah, you and Carr don't see eye-to-eye on everything, but that's a good thing; we (your audiences) benefit from a variety of opinions so long as they are countering the bullshit narrative from the USAF propaganda outlets. Give it some thought and let me Jimmy Carter that shit in Norway next month.
PickYourBattles.Net January 22, 2015 at 3:34 AM
It would be an entertaining podcast for sure, and I think it would make for better discussions and debate and idea development. However, I'm not sure it would work. Tony would chide a general officer for trying to dent alcohol issues next to an enemy miles away, and I'd give him a facepalm look, then he'd take the microphone away before I could say anything and when I wrestled it back he'd have me evicted from the studio. I can't even get him to debate me here after multiple invites.
The arrangement we have now is likely the best to be hoped for. While he likes to dissent from the party line, and gather and organize and stoke and channel dissent under his umbrella, he is most certainly no fan of somebody dissenting from his own professed views and values. He has his corner of the internet, and I have mine.
Of course I'm not actually a dissenter. I'm as party line as it gets. We in the armed services have, by regulation, as our first function and duty even before the bombs and bullets, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. Until a person can get that basic function and duty correct, they are the dissenter from the party line.
We cannot offer anything of substance on the topic of of defense, if we don't first understand what we are defending and why. That's what I'd talk about in that first podcast.
Liam January 22, 2015 at 9:35 AM
See Rynearson, this is why I keep coming back to your blog; you cherish the Constitution and the sacred liberties it protects with an uncommon zeal. While most of our peers in the officer ranks treat the Constitution as an antiquated shred of parchment that we swear an oath to protect in some meaningless rite of passage, you treat it as your bible. Until I discovered your blog years ago, I thought there were only 3 or 4 of us left.
Carr does a good job holding lousy leaders accountable for their ineptitude, abuse, and/or mendacity. His blog helps ensure accountability among our senior officers via public shaming. Regardless of his alleged political aspirations, this is a sorely needed service he is providing.
I also want to extend my sincere appreciation for your courage in fighting the Border Patrol on their egregious civil liberty violations. What you did took a lot of balls and I am grateful that you are among our ranks.
I know that convincing Carr to dual-host a podcast is a long shot, given your bitter feud; however, I do sincerely hope that you consider launching something solo. I'm sure this has crossed your mind in the past, right? As a follower of your blog, I'd be willing to assist in any way.
Keep fighting the good fight, amigo.
PickYourBattles.Net January 22, 2015 at 2:12 PM
I appreciate the sentiments. Of course I'm only doing what is my professional duty to do, what I get paid to do. This blog is my attempt to mentor and it started at the request of our service.
It has likely had no impact whatsoever, however, in getting other officers to commit to the oath they said they committed to when they first raised their hands. Should an illegal order come down upon them, one they can obey in the comfort of secrecy or perhaps even one out in the open, there is no doubt in my mind that the vast majority will obey it. I'd wager that in nine out of ten cases, every one of them would obey it. Even if they know it's unlawful. Even if they are one of the "good" ones who mouth platitudes about the constitution in their coffee shop conversations and give the impression that they really value the document.
My lawsuits are also just a professional duty, and what effect they may have is likely going to be a limited positive at best, like a couple of drops attempting to ascend against the water of a massive waterfall. In my opinion, our judicial branch is our most superior branch of government by far, and yet it has been dismantling the legal recognition of our rights for decades, and has accelerated this dismantling greatly since 9/11. There is little left that is recognized as a right, or a limit to government power, to be found in a court room today in my estimation.
Our rights are even less recognized in that thin space that separate ourselves from those in government we arm and pay, to protect our rights on the side of the road or to do so on the land, in the sea, space or air, and most certainly in cyberspace.
My feeble attempts at mentoring are done because Americans pay me well as a military officer, and because I swore before them and God that I would support and defend their rights. I personally don't think the majority of Americans would care if I didn't make good on my oath. I don't think they value their rights whether they be left or right, conservative or liberal. And we see the evidence of this all around us, every day, in ways I never thought I would live to see.
Regardless, I'll no longer be a public servant within a year and a half from now. And then the burden of public service ends. I'll have the luxury of giving up my rights for convenience in an attempt to avoid unlawful arrest, or to relegate my deep verbal "commitment" to the constitution to the realm of mere words in pleasant coffee conversation rather than in damaging, expensive, and tiring actual action. When my public service ends, it ends. I will be done serving the public.
I'll publish a book not long after I leave office, on what I think public service as a military officer means, and the role I believe the constitution plays in that service, and on the importance military officers play as checks and balances in government operation. That will be my parting gift, then I'll say thanks for the fish, and then my burden will be over.
So, in conclusion, I'm a bit too short for starting a podcast. But I'll listen to your podcast and read your blog if you're still serving and feel so inclined, and I'll be happy to support you in your efforts to mentor your peers on how to be professional public servants who defend America, rather than uniformed politicians who simply take advantage of her.
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Le précisionnisme est un mouvement artistique apparu au début des années 1920 aux États-Unis.

Influencé par le cubisme (le cubisme orphique) et le futurisme, ce mouvement a pour principaux représentants Charles Demuth, Elsie Driggs et Charles Sheeler. Une partie de l'œuvre de Georgia O'Keeffe, dont le mari Alfred Stieglitz fut aussi impliqué, peut aussi être associée à ce courant.

Edward Hopper n'est pas à proprement parler un précisionniste, mais son style en présente quelques caractéristiques. Certaines œuvres (notamment J'ai vu le chiffre 5 en or de Demuth) influenceront aussi bien plus tard le Pop Art.

Le style précisionniste se caractérise par une représentation cubiste mais figurative (cubo-réalisme). Les thèmes sont souvent des paysages industriels et urbains (cheminées d'usines, bâtiments, châteaux d'eau) représentés de façon cubiste, parfois proche de l'abstraction mais parfois réalistes voir photoréalistes. D'autre part, ces représentations figuratives idéalisées sont généralement vides de toute présence humaine.

Le précisionnisme n'eut pas un grand retentissement en dehors des États-Unis. À vrai dire, les artistes cités étaient un groupe très restreint, particulièrement actif dans les années 1920 et 1930, et organisèrent quelques expositions communes. Par ailleurs aucun manifeste ne fut créé pour ce mouvement.

Peintres précisionnistes
George Ault
Ralston Crawford
Charles Demuth
Preston Dickinson
Elsie Driggs
Gerald Murphy
Georgia O'Keeffe
Charles Sheeler
Niles Spencer
Joseph Stella

Peinture par courant
Art moderne
Mouvement d'art américain

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Ark Invest Joins the BTC Futures ETF Race, Valkyrie Updates Prospectus for Potential Approval
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Cathie Wood's Ark Throws its Hat in the Bitcoin Futures ETF Ring, Valkyrie Updates Prospectus for Potential Approval This Month
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Cathie Wood had joined the race of Bitcoin Futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) with its ARK 21Shares Bitcoin Futures Strategy ETF (ARKA).
The ETF plans to invest Bitcoin futures contracts on commodity exchanges, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Alpha Architect, an issuer of ETFs, submitted the filing with Switzerland-based 21Shares AG's US affiliate listed as the sub-advisor. Ark Investment will provide marketing support for the sub-advisor.
"It's a no brainer for Ark because they will likely be able to instantly seed it with about half a billion that they currently have in GBTC," said Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.
"Ark also has a strong base of younger investors who probably would use this as well. Closest thing to a surefire hit as you'll see."
Ark Investment has already given its name for the physically-backed ETF — ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) that would track the performance of the leading cryptocurrency as measured by the S&P Bitcoin Index, according to a June filing.
But all the attempts to get a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF since 2013 have failed so far, with the SEC rejecting every one of them. The hope for a Bitcoin ETF has rejoiced this month due to SEC Chair Gary Gensler hinting his support for a futures-backed ETF that offers greater investor protection for months now.
The optimism around the Bitcoin ETF approval is what's driving the Bitcoin price action right now, which has surged to its highest level since May. Open interest on Bitcoin futures at CME has also hit a new ATH.
Market mainly trading a BTC futures ETF approval pic.twitter.com/MT1rgnqXFZ
— Alex Krüger (@krugermacro) October 14, 2021
Ever since Gensler announced that he would be more open to approving an ETF submitted under the Investment company Act of 1940, nine Bitcoin futures ETF applications have been filed so far.
Everyone in the crypto industry is now eagerly awaiting October 18th, the day the SEC has to decide on ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF.
"No news from SEC over the next week is a positive for a potential ETF launch in our view," said James Seyffart, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
However, only three filings are limited to futures, including Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF, whose deadline is on October 25th, BlockFi Bitcoin Strategy ETF, whose deadline doesn't come until the end of the year on December 22nd, five days later, Ark21 SharesBitcoin Futures Strategy ETF.
Ark's filing is actually the second one after Valkyrie that doesn't seek to invest in Canadian-listed funds that provide exposure to bitcoin. Bloomberg's Balchunas said the rumor is that SEC "wants them to be strictly futures," which puts Valkyrie's chance of getting an approval higher than ProShares.
On Wednesday, Valkyrie also updated their bitcoin futures ETF to add the ticker BTF, but information on fees still hasn't been added. These types of updated prospectus filings, Balchunas said, "typically only happens when ducks in row ready for launch."
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Assets in Crypto ETFs Triple in Just Six Months, Cathie Wood's Ark to Start Investing in Canadian Bitcoin ETFs
Bitcoin bull Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Management is allowing one of its funds to invest in Canadian Bitcoin ETFs.
For this, the firm tweaked the prospectus for its $5.7 billion ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW).
This modification was made in a late-Friday filing that included that it may invest in "other pooled investment vehicles that invest in bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), such as exchange-traded funds that are domiciled and listed for trading in Canada (Canadian Bitcoin ETFs)."
A similar move was made by the $1.3 billion Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK), a blockchain-focused product that showed a tiny stake in three Canadian Bitcoin ETFs.
SEC policy is causing capital flight from the US to Canada. https://t.co/b9lExbuBZ6
— Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky) September 10, 2021
Ark investment isn't new to Bitcoin exposure, however, as ARKW has 5.5% of its fund invested in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, the second-largest holding in the fund.
Ark Invest owns more than 8.5 million shares of GBTC, which is currently trading at a discount of 14.58%.
Interestingly, the shares of this $30 billion vehicle have been trading at a discount ever since the first Canadian Bitcoin ETF, Purpose Bitcoin ETF (BTCC), was launched in February. GBTC is now aiming to convert its closed-ended trust into an ETF and has been making a lot of hires for the same.
The US ETF market is $6.8 trillion, more than 90% of which is controlled by BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, Invesco, and investors and issuers are eagerly awaiting the approval of a cryptocurrency ETF to invest in.
But the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yet to approve a single Bitcoin ETF though the first such application was filed by Winklevoss twins in 2013. Ark itself has filed for a Bitcoin ETF by teaming up with Switzerland-based 21Shares AG.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler recently did signal openness to a futures-backed ETF.
Canada, meanwhile, has approved and listed several ETFs for both Bitcoin and Ether on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
Total assets in the cryptocurrency ETFs globally have actually tripled to $9 bln as of June from $3 bln at the end of last year, according to data from ETFGI, a consultancy. The sums committed to leveraged and inverse ETFs, which amplifies gains, meanwhile has risen to a record $109 bln from $79 bln at the end of 2019.
In 1971 President Nixon Broke Money, Giving Central Banks Absolute Monetary Authority
The Nixon shock and subsequent dissolution of the Bretton Woods system have resulted in untenable inflation, mounting national debt, and extreme income and wealth inequality as the world's largest economy stands on the brink of hyperinflation.
In June this year, Deutsche Bank issued a stark warning to the US after the Federal Reserve's balance sheet doubled during the pandemic,
"US macro policy and, indeed, the very role of government in the economy, is undergoing its biggest shift in direction in 40 years. In turn, we are concerned that it will bring about uncomfortable levels of inflation."
How did we get here? How did money become so fundamentally broken? Who broke it? Let's dive into that story.
Bretton Woods Agreement (1944)
The whole premise of the Bretton Woods agreement was to pursue a fixed exchange rates system backed by gold as the universal standard to forestall competitive devaluation of sovereign currencies and promote free trade in the aftermath of WWII.
Britain wanted flexible rates. However, given that Britain emerged from the war as the debtor and the US now poised to assume the role of creditor, Britain had to settle for a compromise of fixed but adjustable rates.
As per the agreement, the US had a commitment to back dollars held in foreign reserves with gold at a rate of $35 per ounce. Other sovereign currencies were pegged against the dollar and were required to be kept within 1% of the fixed-rate by buying/selling dollars.
Foreign currencies pegged to the dollar. Dollar pegged to gold
For as long as the US held the majority of the world's gold reserves, this system would work, and it did work well in the early years as the US had a surplus of balance of payments.
What led to the collapse of this system?
The Marshall plan and US adoption of expansionary policies in the late fifties reversed the balance of payments in favor of other nations. By 1960, the US began running a deficit.
This, combined with the depletion of US gold reserves, would portend the beginning of the end for the Bretton Woods system. As dollar claims on gold outpaced the supply of gold, it created an arbitrage opportunity for other nations to further deplete US gold reserves.
What prevented this scenario was that everyone had a common interest in preserving the system, but only if the US would not resort to devaluing the dollar. In 1960, even before assuming office, JFK was forced to quickly move to allay such fears.
But without the US devaluing the dollar, other nations were required to revalue their own currency to redress the balance, which they were not keen on pursuing as it would adversely affect domestic policy.
A gold pool, known as The London Gold Pool, was formed with European nations to pool all the gold reserves to keep the ratio in check. However, demand for gold soon outpaced supply, and the gold pool was abandoned by 1968.
Among other abortive measures, an international currency (imagine that!) to replace the dollar was mooted in 1964 to salvage this system, but an agreement on that (what eventually became SDR) could not be reached in time.
By 1969, there was a run on the US gold reserves as other nations tried to cash their dollars to redeem gold. This led to emergency measures from President Nixon, known as the Nixon shock, which canceled the convertibility of the US dollar to gold and closed the gold window.
Thus collapsed the Bretton Woods system, and it resulted in the stagflation of the '70s, a combination of high unemployment and high inflation, as the US dollar lost a third of its value.
In hindsight, the system was always untenable in the long run as it tried to promote free trade while allowing one country, the US, the "exorbitant privilege" of having its currency serve as the international reserve currency in a highly competitive macro-environment post-WWII.
The New York Times pans the Nixon's paper standard, 1971
The Triffin paradox
In 1959, just as the US began running a deficit, Yale professor Robert Triffin proclaimed that the Bretton Woods system was unworkable and would inevitably collapse as the dollar could not retain its exorbitant privilege of being the reserve currency without running up deficits.
Any sovereign currency serving as a global reserve currency is required to run up a deficit to meet the world's demand for the currency. This creates a conflict of interest between domestic and international monetary policies.
The Nixon shock and subsequent collapse of the Bretton Woods system proved the Triffin paradox right, but ironically only further exacerbated the exorbitant privilege of the US by now allowing the Federal Reserve absolute authority on monetary policy as the dollar was no longer required to be backed by gold reserves.
The Fed's newfound ability to continually manipulate supply, interest rates, and velocity of money led to other deleterious consequences such as the Cantillon effect and exploitation of moral hazards that inhere within the fractional reserve banking system.
Perpetual expansion to spur economic growth sent deficits spiraling out of control, resulting in a vicious cycle of inflation and ever-increasing, now extreme, economic inequality. Let's look at the metrics,
US national debt has risen from $398 billion in 1971 to 29 trillion as of this writing.
Income of the top 0.01 parabolic divergence from per capita GDP since 1980
Wealth owned by the top 0.1% crossed the bottom 90% in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008
The Triffin paradox has remained an inscrutable puzzle for economists to this day.
What could solve the Triffin paradox?
Perhaps a decentralized, borderless, permissionless, durable, provably finite, infinitely divisible, instantly portable, objectively verifiable alternative to gold that doesn't allow any one nation or its central bank an exorbitant privilege?
What if its monetary policy wasn't arbitrary, couldn't be controlled or manipulated by humans, but was predicated on a universal constant? Something like… mathematics?
Voila! Fix the money. Fix the world.
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Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Bets More on Both Bitcoin and Ethereum
Cathie Wood's Ark Investment has reported an increase in the ownership of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) at the end of the second quarter.
In a new SEC filing, Ark reported 9,557,723 shares of GBTC, an increase of just over 10% from 8,675,881 GBTC shares reported at the end of March. In July, Ark bought just over 450k GBTC shares more, which would be reported after the end of Q3.
As for the ETHE shares, Ark reported owning 721,936 shares, which is a nearly 13% jump from 639,069 at the end of the first quarter.
Ark's combined holdings of GBTC now represent a weightage of 0.65% across all of its funds, down from 0.9% at the end of March but up from 0.45% in June.
Grayscale Investments is the world's largest digital asset manager in the world which; just this week hired ETF veteran David LaValle as its global head of ETF to convert its $26.6 billion Bitcoin fund into an exchange-traded fund (ETF).
US SEC, meanwhile, has yet to approve a single Bitcoin ETF while in an interview with CNBC this week, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said that he would anticipate that his staff will "review potentially some ETF filings around investing in bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange under what we call in our craft the 1940 Act."
The 1940 Investment Company Act regulates mutual funds and closed-end funds, which intends to provide significant investor protections.
Gensler shared a similar openness to a Bitcoin futures-backed ETF at the Aspen Security Forum on Tuesday, following which $364 billion Invesco and ProFunds which manages $60 billion, filed for ETFs that provide exposure to Bitcoin through futures.
In case you were wondering whether ETF investors prefer their commodities served up via futures or physically, here's the assets of $GLD, $IAU vs $DGL (gold futures) pic.twitter.com/QmG1bhJBZ1
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) August 5, 2021
"I'd be shocked if we don't have a futures-based [ETF] product by year-end," said Dave Nadig, chief investment officer and director of research of ETF Trends and ETF Database.
In the interview, Gensler also referenced GBTC, which, unlike an ETF, is a closed-end fund hence bearing a high premium or discount and not offering tax benefit either.
"We already have some funds in the crypto space. The largest has been around for about seven years, it's not an ETF, but it's been around; it's about $20 billion in size," Gensler said.
Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Buys Another Batch of Coinbase (COIN) Shares
This continuous addition of COIN stocks has Coinbase now accounting for 4.59% of ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) Holding.
Cathie Wood's Ark Investment started this week by adding to its COIN shares stash. On Monday, Ark bought another 113,043 shares of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
Ark made a sizable purchase right on the first week of Coinbase's direct listing on Nasdaq, and since then, the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW), and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF) have been gradually adding shares.
For the past two weeks, Ark has been continuously buying COIN shares, increasing its exposure to the largest crypto exchange in the US.
This week, COIN shares were added to the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF) that invests primarily in up-and-coming fintech stocks. Some of its biggest holdings include Square and PayPal — both of which offer cryptocurrency services, along with Zillow, Pinterest, and Alibaba.
The fund currently has $4.2 billion in net assets.
With this, Coinbase now accounts for 4.59% of ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) Holdings, as of July 27, 2021. Coinbase is currently the top 10-holding, 7th largest, in ARK's flagship Innovation fund that invests primarily in disruptive innovation across multiple industries.
Tesla is ARKK's biggest holding with a 10.28% share, the only company with a share in double digits. The next biggest holding of 6.63% is Roku.
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$61.582.68% Volume 23.06 b Change $61.58 Open $2,297.67 Circulating 116.87 m Market Cap 268.52 b
9 h Tesla Reported No Changes in Digital Assets in Q2 But Recorded A Bitcoin-Related Impairment of $23 Million 9 h Bitcoin Hash Rate Recovers to 110 TH/s as Price Rallies Past $40k, Thanks to Largest Short Squeeze Ever 10 h Goldman Sachs Applies For a DeFi ETF, But Without a Single DeFi Token DOGE 0.46% Dogecoin / USD DOGEUSD $ 0.21
$0.000.46% Volume 2.23 b Change $0.00 Open $0.21 Circulating 130.61 b Market Cap 26.9 b
9 h Tesla Reported No Changes in Digital Assets in Q2 But Recorded A Bitcoin-Related Impairment of $23 Million 11 h Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Buys Another Batch of Coinbase (COIN) Shares 1 d Robinhood Considering Offering US Retirement Accounts (IRAs), Which Are Holding $12.6 Trillion
As of writing, COIN shares are trading at $245.45, up from $220.61 a week back but still way off of its debut high of $429.54.
Meanwhile, a class-action lawsuit has been filed against Coinbase, its executives, and investors over the company's Nasdaq listing. The lawsuit claims that the statements made by the company before its IPO were false and misleading.
The lawsuit is on behalf of investors concerning the company's possible violations of federal securities laws.
Crypto Bull Cathie Wood's Ark Investment and 21Shares File for A Bitcoin ETF
Cathie Wood's Ark Investment is interested in a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).
Ark's total ETF assets under management are currently at $47.8 billion, up from a 2021 low of $42.6 billion at the end of last month. Wood's firm has taken in $15.8 billion in fresh cash this year.
After buying the latest dips on Coinbase (COIN) and Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares, Ark seeks to lend its name to a Bitcoin ETF.
The ETF is called "ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF," which will trade under the ticker ARKB. It will be tracking the performance of the world's largest cryptocurrency as measured by the S&P Bitcoin Index.
Lukka Inc. is the data provider and calculation agent for the Index with the current exchange composition of the Index, including Binance, Bitfinex, Bitflyer, Bittrex, Bitstamp, Coinbase Pro, Gemini, HitBTC, Huobi, Kraken, KuCoin, and Poloniex.
US-based 21Shares is an affiliate of Zug, Switzerland-based 21Shares AG, which is listed as a sponsor of the proposed ETF in the SEC filing Monday. For this, Ark Investment will be providing marketing assistance.
"This makes a lot of sense because Cathie is on the board of 21Shares, which is a big progressive crypto issuer in Europe," said Eric Balchunas, ETF analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.
"This gives 21Shares penetration in the U.S. and it's on-brand for Ark given how vocal and bullish they've been on crypto."
Wood joined the board of Amun Holdings, the parent company of 21Shares, in May after personally investing in the company.
Regulators, however, have yet to approve a single Bitcoin ETF in the US while several have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which recently said that it was seeking more public comment on one such proposal.
"I don't know if it increases the chances of it getting approved, but because she does have a loyal investor following when a Bitcoin ETF does get approved, she wants to be in the race," said Mohit Bajaj, director of ETFs at WallachBeth Capital.
Wood's ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) holds GBTC. Should this Bitcoin ETF get approved, Wood can swap out of GBTC to hold shares of her own ETF, Balchunas said. Grayscale itself is planning to convert its closed-ended fund into an ETF.
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The Debate on Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Continues
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, along with Cathie Wood's Ark Invest, are working towards using Bitcoin mining to "accelerate the global energy transition to renewables." According to CoinShares, an estimated 74% of the energy used in bitcoin mining actually comes from renewable sources.
While people argue that given the majority of Bitcoin's hashing power comes from China, that it energy consumption is based on coal, but that's not true because most of the Chinese miners depend on hydroelectric power; which is the cheapest power source.
Inner Mongolia, the second-largest coal producer, has shut down crypto mining, which could further push miners towards using renewable sources.
As a step towards making the world greener, the CEO of crypto exchange FTX announced the donation of $1 million to offset the blockchain resources it uses. Another exchange, BitMEX, has joined FTX in its green efforts.
Together we can make the world a better place, and it doesn't mean we have to give up what we believe in.
FTX is going carbon neutral, donating $1m to offset the blockchain resources it uses.
So we can make the world greener. And so we can keep pushing crypto forward. https://t.co/Uqz8DqUNGJ
— SBF (@SBF_Alameda) May 20, 2021
Amidst the energy consumption discussion, Sam Korus, an analyst at Ark Invest, posted an update to ARK's open-source solar, battery, and Bitcoin mining model, which now allows one to test how the system would have performed in historic Bitcoin bull and bear markets.
"The takeaway is that regardless of a Bitcoin bull or bear market, Bitcoin mining can incentivize additional solar and battery installations," he said. "The next step is to dimension solar+battery+Bitcoin mining at the household level."
Elon Musk also chimed in here.
As Brett Winton, Director of Research at Ark Invest, talked about Bitcoin mining being able to allow solar and battery systems to economically scale to provide a larger share of grid energy, Musk took part in this conversation by agreeing that "this can be done over time."
However, "recent extreme energy usage growth could not possibly have been done so fast with renewables," he added.
Musk then goes on to say how Bitcoin's energy usage has started to exceed that of medium-sized countries, making it "almost impossible for small hashers to succeed without those massive economies of scale."
As Bitcoiners have been pointing out, Bitcoins' energy usage is what makes the network so secure and decentralized.
"Achieving truly decentralized finance – power to the people – is a noble & important goal. Layer count depends on projected bandwidth & compute, both rising rapidly, which means single layer network can carry all human transactions in future IMO," said Musk. "For now, Lightning is needed."
In a separate tweet, he continued to share his love for Dogecoin as he demonstrated a Doge dollar sticker that a Tesla supporter gave him in Berlin.
Musk further revealed that he actually owns DOGE, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by the market of $50.3 billion, trading at $0.3574, and that he has no plans to sell any. DOGE -10.22% Dogecoin / USD DOGEUSD $ 0.36
-$0.04-10.22% Volume 7.42 b Change -$0.04 Open $0.36 Circulating 129.69 b Market Cap 46.44 b
6 h The Debate on Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Continues 3 d FTC Data Reveals Big Jump In Crypto Investment Scams, Losses Totaling $80M 3 d Coinbase Enables its Over A Million Wallet Users to Use DeFi — DEXs, NFTs, & More
"I haven't & won't sell any Doge," said Musk.
Cathie Wood's ARK Funds Buy More Coinbase (COIN) Shares, Now Owning Just Under 1.3 Million
Cathie Wood has rebalanced the company's portfolio in favor of cryptocurrency stocks, yet again.
ARK funds bought 187,078 shares of Coinbase on Friday, adding to the 341,186 shares purchased on Thursday and 749,205 purchased on Wednesday. In total, Wood's fund has 1,277,469 COIN shares worth almost $437 million at Friday's closing price of $342.
The funds added to were the flagship ARK Innovation fund, the Next Generation Internet ETF, and the Fintech Innovation ETF.
Separately, it yet again sold 134,541 shares of electric car maker Tesla, valued at $99.5 million, from its flagship fund and Next Generation Internet ETF, but still, TSLA remains by far the firm's biggest position by value on its major funds.
This big bet on Coinbase gives ARK more indirect exposure to cryptos on top of Tesla, which announced a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin this year and started accepting cryptos as payment for its cars.
Founded in 2014, Ark invests in companies involved with disrupting trends.
While up 6.6% from Thursday closing prices, COIN share prices it is still down 21% from its debut peak of almost $430, about 42% above the reference price of $250.
The uptrend in share prices came as the price of Bitcoin recovered after falling to $60,000, and Loop Capital Markets analyst Kenneth Hill advised clients to buy shares of the largest crypto exchange in the US. BTC -8.23% Bitcoin / USD BTCUSD $ 56,246.00
-$4,629.05-8.23% Volume 97.65 b Change -$4,629.05 Open $56,246.00 Circulating 18.69 m Market Cap 1.05 t
9 h A New Record: Over 1 Million Traders Liquidated for a Whopping $10.1 Billion 10 h Cathie Wood's ARK Funds Buy More Coinbase (COIN) Shares, Now Owning Just Under 1.3 Million 11 h BitMEX Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Puts Ether Moon Target Above $20,000
The latest analyst to call for buy highlighted "lots of runways" for the company ahead of a "takeoff."
"Coinbase's market valuation may seem excessive to some given the prospects of increased competition in digital wallets business, which should rapidly eat into Coinbase's sweet profit margins," Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote, told Bloomberg.
"On the other hand, the competition is not here yet, while large trading volumes continue boosting Coinbase's revenues for the moment."
Besides the funds, retail traders also jumped in on COIN. Day traders purchased a net $57 million of shares during the debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market, as per VandaTrack.
Retail accounted for 7% of the $822 million individuals spent on all US stocks and ETFs on the day, making Coinbase the fifth-most popular debut with day traders since 2017.
Coinbase was also the most traded stock on Fidelity's platform on the day, with over 148,000 shares changing hands, nearly 9x more than Tesla.
The exchange going public has been seen as a watershed moment for the crypto industry, taking it further into the mainstream.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called this direct listing a "shift in legitimacy" for the entire industry.
"Crypto has a shot at being a major force in the financial world."
Renowned Analyst Chris Wood, Urges Investors to Buy BTC with the Halving Event Imminent
Chris Woods urged investors to buy more BTC before halving event as price is set to sky rocket as it did in the previous two halving's. Despite BTC taking a hit in March, it still offers investors a unique opportunity to diversify their portfolios.
With the Bitcoin halving imminent, Chris Wood Global Head of Equity Strategy at Jeffries Financial Group has urged investors to invest in more BTC.
According to Wood, who is also the author of the firm's popular weekly memo dubbed Greed and Fear, following the past halving events (2012 and 2016) the BTC has always increased the price with the assumption that the demand remains constant.
The Bitcoin halving event is set to take place on later on this month on May 13th. The event will be triggered when the network hits its 630000th block. The rewards for the miners are set to drop significantly from 12.5 BTC per block to 6.25 BTC per block. On both of the previous halving's it has always dropped by 50%: 50 -25 BTC in 2012 and 25-12.5 BTC in 2016. Up to date there are at least 18 million BTC in circulation out of the possible 21 million.
BTC took a hit a heavy hit in March
The BTC however took a heavy hit earlier on in March plummeting by almost 57% from US$9,184 to meager US$3,915. This was alongside other assets as oil prices tanked to negative digits for the first time in history. This placed doubts on whether the BTC is really a safe haven asset as the main objective of its decentralized nature was as an alternative financial system free from inflation. Safe haven assets are usually expected to retain value or even appreciate despite economic downturns.
Notably, the BTC has since appreciated and has now soared to $8857.52 as per this writing according to coinmarketcap.
Gold and BTC's decentralized nature makes them ideal investments
Wood shares the sentiment that BTC and Gold provide a unique opportunity as an investor could own both without conflict of interest with the other. The BTC also gives the investor the chance to expand their portfolio due to its decentralized nature. This combined with its uninterruptable supply made it immune from interference by the more centralized fiat currencies.
"This respect, GREED & fear continues to believe that investors should own both gold and Bitcoin in the sense that they are not mutually exclusive"
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Author: Lujan Odera
Bitcoin Price Jumps 9.7% But All Patterns Point to the Same Thing
Bitcoin recorded a spike of almost 9.7%, going as high as $7,772
But we are still not out of the woods, the price can very well go in the low $6,000s
10,000 BTC added to longs, an increase of 43% and pushing for the ATH levels
Wall Street also recording gains after the Dow lost 457 points on Tuesday
In a sudden move, Bitcoin jumped to $7,772 level on Bitstamp. The world's leading cryptocurrency has been trading just around $7,000 after recovering from the drop to $6,500 on Nov. 25. We dropped to the lowest point in five days at $7,087 today only to jump $500 in a few minutes.
Currently, BTC/USD is trading at $7,464 with 24 hours gains of 1.84% as per Coincodex. The trading volume has also seen a slight increase to $414 million from less than $200 million earlier this week. The 7-day average real trading volume has been slowly trending upwards since October as well.
Source: Coin360
"The technical pattern does look more bullish but the fact that it was a spike that carried it over, rather than more gradual growth is a bit suspicious. Now we'll need to see how it closes," wrote Mati Greenspan, founder of investment firm Quantum Economics in his daily newsletter.
The crossover between the 50-week moving average ad the 100-week moving average has been forming this week which is typically a bullish signal.
If BTC closes above these two moving averages, a trend shift might be on the line but if not, $5,000 is the most likely area next. And then, we could be looking at a bottom early next year.
2021 will be bullish pic.twitter.com/NSYoBpn6Ap
— Majin (@majinsayan) December 3, 2019
Interestingly, 10,000 BTC has been added to the longs in the last 10 days on Bitfinex, which is an increase of 43% and pushing for the ATH levels.
"The steady rise after months of sideways makes me wonder if this is a single party trying to DCA in heavy," said trader Jonny Moe about these longs.
However, in notional value — currently at $257 million, the longs are far from 2017 high at $619 million, even 2019's notional value peaked at $323 million.
Bitcoin price might have seen some relief but it isn't a guarantee that bulls are back in the market.
"If we need to capitulate, I don't think it will happen now. More probably we will retest key resistance 7860-8090, and upper boundary of channel," said analyst and trader CryptoWolf.
To be bullish, he said Bitcoin needs to break above and close above the key resistance area at $7,860-$8,090. Analyst Benjamin Blunts sees us eventually going to $6,800 but not before we make a few more ups and downs that won't break above $7,600 level. Moe has even a lower target — it's in the low $6,000s.
Some interesting confluence here in the low $6,000s on $BTC.
Falling wedge, descending channel, long term macro trend, and a major prior horizontal support/resistance level whose breakout led to the summer mini-bubble in May.
All pointing to the same thing. pic.twitter.com/8lt8GSqTu7
— Jonny Moe (@JonnyMoeTrades) December 4, 2019
Wall Street is also looking good following a report that the US and China are moving closer to agreeing on the number of tariffs to be rolled back.
After losing 457 points at one point on Tuesday following President Donald Trump talking about waiting until after the election before making a deal with China, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied Wednesday. Nasdaq and S&P 500 also pointed to sharp gains.
However, disappointing jobs data — data from ADP and Moody's Analytics reported private payrolls rose by just 67,000 last month, well below the estimated 150,000 — had futures pare their gains.
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INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
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UNDERSTANDING THE ARTIST
Anjolie Ela Menon uses everyday prosaic objects like chairs and charpoys to suggest personal link with people, emotions, moods and locations. Portraits, Malabar landscape, rags and grimes of poverty, images of melancholic reverie and other ordinary objects populate the artist's canvas of an adolescent's loss of her mother and her father in later years. Distant skies, balloons and kites symbolise that which is lost forever. Nudes also form an important theme in her oeuvre gathering momentum after Anjolie's marriage in 1961 and her ensuing pregnancy. Through repeated associations, objects in her work acquire a poetic quality becoming a symbol acquiring powerful visual vocabulary.
Anjolie Ela Menon's use of animal in her work suggests an emotional dependence on a domesticated animal. The sleek black crow entered Anjolie's paintings during the 1970's which was probably the only symbol of nature in her life in Bombay. Similarly, the use of lizards, dogs and goats have the same kind of benign quality to them.
Earlier she would paint the windows then later she salvaged actual windows from junk shops to form a grid where images could be used as a collage in non-realistic manner with wooden frames. Windows, a recurring idiom in her works, would often become the barrier behind which much of the action and emotion takes place: respite and diversion, nostalgia and pain or the hardness and vulnerability of a prostitute.
Through the use of texture and delicate layers of colours like transparent brown, olive green, Indian yellow or Prussian blue that her works acquire a certain mystery or brooding quality - wrapped in mists of translucency, stripped of mystery and creative imagination. Recently, the artist has moved away from the deeply intense palette to experiment with lighter, brighter shades and has begun to use computer aided images for her works.
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Anjolie Ela Menon, Alchi– II, 2007, oil on masonite, 12 x 7.5
Anjolie Ela Menon, Awakening II, 1970
Anjolie Ela Menon, Beach Party, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24
Anjolie Ela Menon, Christ, 2000, oil and gold leaf on masonite, 47 x 23 in
Anjolie Ela Menon, Dariba, 1980, oil on masonite board, 48 x 36 in
Anjolie Ela Menon, Dinner Party, 1988, oil on masonite board, 54 x 73 in
Anjolie Ela Menon, Eliamma, 1959
Anjolie Ela Menon, Kamatipura, 1982
Anjolie Ela Menon, Girl(detail), 1978
Anjolie Ela Menon, FAMILY, 2009, oil on masonite board, 44 x 34 in
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One of the ways to determine an elephant's dominant tendencies is to inspect the underside of its trunk for green stains on either the right side or the left. But before you do this, make sure you know the elephant and, more importantly, the elephant knows you.
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A light breeze feathers the hair in her ears as she stands slightly sideways and nods the tipof her trunk in a tiny Hello. . . Ribbed muscles cross the underside of her trunk. Bristles stick out like the legs of a giant centipede.
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When I look down and to the left, I have a close-up view of the two "fingers" on her trunk. Her top finger is more pointed than the one on the bottom. The shape of it reminds me of a hooded cobra. But perhaps that's because I think of Morula's trunk as thinner and "snakier" than Jabu's spectacular snout.
Which is getting heavier by the moment. With the peripheral vision in my right eye, I see two nostrils dotted with grains of moist sand, nostrils more flesh-colored than gray. Each opening is nearly as wide as the "O" of my mouth.
All three trunk tips, I can attest, are not just sheer weights. They sniff, snorf, squirm, wiggle, inhale and exhale. They create an atmosphere of elephant breath around my head.
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I am trying to get all the divs in parent which dont have data-action Block. I tried using the filter function to remove the Block data action attribute, but it didn't work. After filtering out the div which don't have action Block I need to perform an action on the input field which can be done with .find('input[value="false"]')
$.find(".parent").filter(function() {
         return this.find("[data-action='Block']").length ==0;
}));

A: You can try negating the attribute selector:
$("div:not([data-action=Block])",".parent")

the second attribute that you see .parent means that the function will try to find every div that doesn't have an attribute of data-action=Block inside that element

A: You could use jquery's not function which will find all divs except those in the not selector.
http://api.jquery.com/not/

A: Chain the find method to narrow results:
$('.parent').find('> div:not([data-action="Block"])').find('input[value="false"]')

The result of the first find:

*

*First level divs inside parent, which don't have data-action="Block"

The second find will search inside the result of the first, the result will be:

*

*inputs with value false

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Dio – Holy Diver
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TITLE: Holy Diver
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OTHER SONGS YOU MAY KNOW: Stand Up and Shout, Don't Talk to Strangers, Straight Through the Heart (not the Bryan Adams song, thank GOD!)
LINEUP: Ronnie James Dio, Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT: Tempestuous but tremendous metal lead singer forms his own band and bests any work his former employers in Rainbow and Black Sabbath released around that time.
SOME WORDS, PHRASES AND CLAUSES ABOUT THIS RECORD: Ronnie James Dio, RIP, the man who popularized the metal horns, and famously clashed with Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler (which, frankly, isn't that hard to do), decided that there was one way to keep going and not have all these arguments – form his own band.
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Q: Visualizing diffeomorphisms This is probably a really basic question (hence my asking it here as opposed to MO). In a comment to a question on mathoverflow (https://mathoverflow.net/questions/121168/group-of-diffeomorphisms-of-a-manifold), Allen Knutson wrote, "You can use an element of $\mathit{Diff}(S^n)$ to glue together two $(n+1)$-balls. E.g. $\mathit{Diff}(S^6)$ has 28 components." Liviu Nicolaescu then added, "the connected components of $\mathit{Diff}(S^n)$, if more than one, are responsible for the existence of exotic symplectic structures on $S^{n+1}$."
Basically, my question is: can someone explain this? I don't really see how elements of $\mathit{Diff}$ give rise to symplectic structures, or how the geometry of $\mathit{Diff}$ accounts for whether the symplectic structure induced will be exotic.
Thanks!

A: The comment has a typo. He means "exotic smooth structures." The Wikipedia page for exotic spheres has some basic information on this, especially this section.
The only sphere admitting a symplectic structure is $S^2$, since a symplectic manifold $(M, \omega)$ is even-dimensional and any symplectic form defines a nonzero deRham cohomology class $[\omega] \in H^2(M)$, but $H^2(S^{2k}) = 0$ for $k > 1$.


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Out of the Kitchen: Berlin, Germany
Guten Tag, and welcome back to another edition of Out of the Kitchen! If you've been following along, you know that it was almost a year ago that I got married and started a whirlwind tour of Europe for our honeymoon. So far on the blog, we've revisited Barcelona, Paris, and Lisbon. Now it's time to look back at the next leg of the trip – the artist's paradise of Berlin.
I was particularly excited about this leg of the journey because I had originally wanted to do a "heritage trip" for our honeymoon that involved visiting each of the places that played a role in our different ethnicities. While that would have been even more money than what our actual honeymoon cost us, we ended up getting part of that experience by visiting Spain for him and Germany for me. As a ninth-generation American, I have almost no connection to where I come from, and I know precious little about my ancestors. One of the few things I do have is a scan of a document signed by the King of Hamburg, giving permission for my many-times-great grandfather to come settle in the Ohio Valley in the 1840's. So while I don't feel ethnically German, it's the part of my heritage that I have the most concrete connection to, and I love to explore more of it whenever I can!
While we didn't make it down to Hamburg, Berlin kept us enraptured for the few days that we were there. It's almost impossible to think of Germany without thinking of its tumultuous history, and it can feel kind of awkward trying to navigate that cultural space. Should I acknowledge it or move on like everything is ok? It feels like Germans have taken the stance that education and acknowledgement is fundamental to moving forward and preventing future tragedies. Rather than hiding behind the modern concrete and glass structures that have erupted since the infamous Wall fell in the early 90's, remnants of history stand proudly on street corners and in parks, forcing you to look these events in the face and confront them.
From the Holocaust memorial with its undulating rows of obsidian columns, to Checkpoint Charlie and the signs warning you that you are leaving the American-controlled zone, everywhere is an opportunity to interact with history. We visited the remnants of the Wall, and learned about the risks people took to cross from East Berlin. Probably most poignantly, we visited a memorial to the LGBT victims of the Holocaust in the expansive city park called the Tiergarten. A stark block of concrete set against a lush background of greenery in the park, the monument features a single glass window, through which one can view a video montage showing gay and lesbian couples kissing. It was a sobering reminder of how far we as a society have come, and we broke our "no selfies at serious monuments" rule because we couldn't help but celebrate the fact that we were able to remember the persecuted as a legally married couple. While we did have plenty of fun, experiences like these grounded us and played an important part in the memories that we made!
As I said before, even with history all around it, Berlin is a capital of creation. I think it's best summed up by DJ Ellen Allien in an episode of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations": "I think after the Second World War, everything was burned here… you have the feeling that you have to help build something here. I'm a part of it." With this spirit of rebuilding and belonging, art has become a part of the soul of the city, and there are places to view both fine and street art of all types. Music, too, plays a huge role in the personality of the city. Going out is a form of art itself in this city that truly never sleeps. Clubs are open all night, and the bass of underground electronic drops reverberates to the surface, where people stand in lines a block long just to get a taste of some much-awaited drunk food.
And what a food scene this city has! Much like the rest of the city, the food culture has been rebuilt over the years by those that have flocked to the city and call it home. So while you may have some traditional German staples like sausages and beer, ethnically spiced additions such as currywurst and döner are considered just as German, and just as essential. Currywurst is delicious German sausage slathered with a flavorful and spiced curry ketchup, served with a side of fries. And döner – beautiful, beautiful döner – is a Turkish creation somewhere between a gyro and a Dagwood sandwich. Meat, vegetables, sauce, all piled on warm crispy bread… it's the stuff dreams are made of, whether you're drunk as hell or stone cold sober. I recommend going to Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap in Mehringdamm, but be prepared to wait; I promise it's all worth it.
So where should you stay in the city to experience all that there is to see? We got an Airbnb near Potsdamer Platz, just west of the city center. We loved this neighborhood because it was so close to many of the historical sight-seeing destinations, but also close to the gorgeous Tiergarten. I recommend taking a stroll amongst the trees, and taking the time to reflect on yourself and humanity. For all of the outgoing and liberal spirit that the city has, it also has the power to make you take a hard introspective look at yourself and realize your values, beliefs, and ideals.
So will you be a part of the rebuilding of Berlin? As an old city made young by tragedy, it's continuously changing and being molded by its inhabitants. It's unlike anywhere else in the world in that regard. As Anthony Bourdain once said, "Berlin has always had a darkness that's hidden in plain sight." What can you reveal of it, and what can it reveal in you?
Until next time, tschüss!
Author: Kitchen Gent
Filed Under: Out of the Kitchen
Tags: Berlin, Germany, honeymoon, out of the kitchen, travel
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2 thoughts on "Out of the Kitchen: Berlin, Germany"
whereivebeentravel says:
I spent a day in Berlin last summer as part of a cruise. One day was not enough! But I was able to experience many of the sights that you so beautifully shared here and agree that a visit there does lead to self-reflection.
Kitchen Gent says:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who went through some deep introspection while I was there! I'd never been around so much history before, and especially not that amount of recent and tragic history. It's so beautiful and poetic to see both people and city rebuilding from the ashes of the past. Definitely a lot of lessons can be learned and shared from Berlin and its citizens!


Terrific photo. I really like the perspective and the feeling of movement. I wish I were on that scooter!
Thanks, Mike! You should travel to Paris and rent a scooter!
Hola, Cornelia. Hoy estamos a 27 grados y esos claroscuros me han refrescado.
ciao! the clouds render the shot just surreal. just the best shot.


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package org.gridchem.client.gui.panels;

//  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
//  This code is developed as part of the Java CoG Kit project
//  The terms of the license can be found at http://www.cogkit.org/license
//  This message may not be removed or altered.
//  ----------------------------------------------------------------------

 import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;

import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

import org.gridchem.client.interfaces.PathInputPanel;

 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class PathInputPanelImpl extends JPanel implements PathInputPanel {
   private String path;
   private JLabel pathInputLabel;
   private JTextField pathField;

   /**
    * Creates the two components, urInputLabel and uriField.
    */
   public PathInputPanelImpl() {
     //super(new GridLayout(0,1));
     super(new BorderLayout());
     pathInputLabel = new JLabel();
     pathField = new JTextField();
     pathField.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));
     //this.add(uriInputLabel);
     this.add(pathField);

   }

   public void setCursor(Cursor c) {
    super.setCursor(c);
    pathField.setCursor(c);
   }

   public void setEnabled(boolean choice) {
    super.setEnabled(choice);
    pathField.setEnabled(choice);
   }

   public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
    return pathField.getSize();
   }

   /**
    * set the label that is used in the panel.
    * @param label The new label.
    */
   public void setLabel(String label) {
     pathInputLabel.setText(label);
   }

   /**
    * Set the value that is used in the panel.
    * @param value,  the new value.
    */
   public void setPath(String value) {
     path = value;
     pathField.setText(value.toString());
   }

   /**
    * Gets the value in the panel and sets the internal URI to that.
    * @param value,  the value in the text field.
    */
   public void get() {
	   path = pathField.getText();
   }

   /**
    * Return the path
    * @return path
    */
   public String getPath() {
	   return path;
   }

   public void addKeyListener(KeyListener listener){
	   pathField.addKeyListener(listener);
   }
 }

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