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Post Punk, Dance and New Order
Posted on November 7, 2019 by Ron
It's a fundamental rule of life that all the cool kids like certain bands. Oddly enough, I often can't generate much enthusiasm for these bands, which is strange since I am one of the cool kids. Joy Division is such a band. Everybody who is anybody worships the very particles of sweat generated by these early post-punk legends, and their song Love Will Tear Us Apart is a theme song of my generation. Although the band recorded many additional outstanding songs, I can't say that I really dig their sound: cold, distant and uncaring music accompanying frequently somber lyrics.
After the band was no more, some of the Division went on to form New Order. This was an exciting prospect leading fans to expect more of that frozen post-punk groove. And the band's first album, Movement, seemed like a fulfillment of expectations. Subsequent albums, however, moved in a different direction. And their second album, Power, Corruption & Lies, kicked off this journey to a veritable new… order.
What's amazing about this album is that it came at a unique point in time with a group moving on an unusual artistic trajectory, from somewhat morbid post-punk to solid gold dance hits. And while I'm not a fan of where they came from or where they went to, New Order created a perfect gem of post-punk dance hits on Power, Corruption & Lies.
Take the album opener, Age of Consent. It starts with a catchy high-register bass hook and simple dance-oriented drums. Jangly guitar and bass-end synth fill out the sound until vocals with a bit of the requisite angst enter, completing this gorgeous melding of genres. The result is a kind of happy sorrow that leaves me near tears while I tap my foot and shake my moneymaker. Songs do not get much better than this.
The next ditty, We All Stand, moves away from danceability and straight into quirky, dark and rhythmically complex worlds. It's the perfect song for watching people attempt to keep the beat. But just when things look decidedly non-terpsichorean, we are immediately thrust back into the dance with The Village. Bass and drums act much like they did in Age of Consent and although the tempo is a bit medium, we hear many of the elements of the synthpop that is soon to take over New Order's oeuvre.
Now I'm not going to take you through every song on the album, so let's move ahead to Blue Monday. Here the group hits its stride, creating synth dance music complete with non-stop drum machine and repetitive synth-bass riff for 7 minutes and 28 seconds. Vocals are not plentiful, but are dripping with, oozing with ennui when present. And, there's not much going on musically, so ya just gotta dance!
I will leave you all with Your Silent Face, a truly beautiful, slow synthpop song featuring melodica, jangly guitar leads and a lovely synth melody. Not really a dance tune but highly introspective, hummable and heartstoppingly sad, this song cements Power, Corruption & Lies as one of the best albums from the 80s.
Stop by the library and see what there is to hear. And be sure to check out New Order in your journeys. As always, don't forget your dancing shoes.
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The Name Of This Band Is…
Posted on May 21, 2018 by Ron
Talking Heads '77, the initial offering by this New-York-via-Rhode-Island band of post-punk art rockers, came out more than 40 years ago. And it still sounds as fresh as the morning dew on the backside of a newly-hatched tadpole. Needless to say, the album quickly joined the soundtrack of my teenage life, with Psycho Killer paving the way for a musical awakening.
By the time I started college in 1980, Talking Heads had released four albums in four years and I had begun to immerse myself in their vision of funk. As a white suburban kid from the homogenous WonderBread suburbs, funk did not often cross my path, but songs like I Zimbra and Born Under Punches (from Fear of Music and Remain in Light respectively) helped this white boy learn to play that funky music until I die.
After the release of Remain in Light the band took a break from recording, focusing on touring and pursuing side projects. Finally, 1983 brought the release of Speaking in Tongues, the hit single Burning Down the House and the group's greatest commercial success. By this time I was itching to see my favorite funksters live, and conveniently the band embarked on its Stop Making Sense tour, visiting the Seattle Center Arena on December 2nd. By turns enthralling, intriguing and energizing, this concert stunned my tiny mind. David Byrne is a master performer, not just singing pleasantly but also providing creative visual flourishes (such as running in place in his giant white suit) as part of the total experience.
Now, I have to be honest here. Somewhere around the release of Little Creatures in 1985 I started losing interest in the band. This had more to do with my complete disdain for anything commercially successful than it did with the quality of their music. Little Creatures includes fabulous songs such as Television Man and Road to Nowhere. True Stories (labeled simply as Talking Heads on the cover) is music from the movie of the same name, a film which I thoroughly enjoyed. And Naked, an album which I've not heard enough to even recollect, received critical praise upon its release in 1988.
These later albums are definitely worth revisiting, but Talking Heads '77 is the disc that continues to astound me. Back in the days of vinyl it was fairly common to have a favorite side of a platter (as we called them) and side 2 of '77 is one of the greatest there is. The Book I Read, Don't Worry About the Government, First Week/Last Week… Carefree, Psycho Killer and Pulled Up. Each song is musically unique yet cohesive with the others, different moods all fit within a larger happy feel (well, perhaps Psycho Killer is not so happy) and a good listen is had by all. Music can tie into our senses and memories in ways that are quite complex, and this album is forever part of my ascent into adulthood (which, coincidentally, I am still experiencing).
The band has now been disbanded for 30 years but their music is still vital and invigorating. We got a passel of Talking Heads albums here at Everett Public Library, so come on down and check them out. And never forget those immortal words of David Byrne:
"Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est, fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa…"
Posted in Music	| Tagged art rock, David Byrne, new wave, post-punk, Talking Heads	| Leave a reply
Devo Was Their Name-O!
Posted on September 13, 2017 by Ron
Q: I've got a rhyme that comes in a riddle. What's round on the ends and high in the middle?
A: If you answered O-Hi-O, then you win a red energy dome (pictured below).
Coming out of Akron, Ohio (where the rubber meets the road), Devo made a profound impact on the rock music world. Their first full-length album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, is a veritable smorgasbord of forays into the musical unknown. And while their later albums moved more towards the mainstream, the impact of Are We Not Men? continues to be immense.
But first, a little history. In 1924, B. H. Shadduck published a pamphlet on creationism called Jocko-Homo Heavenbound. This publication coined the term "D-Evolution". It also contained text and ideas which turn up in the Devo canon. 50 years after its publication, a band of renegade youth in northern Ohio formed a band… Well, you can see where this is going.
Starting in the late 1960s, rock music became increasingly slick and, in the minds of some, soulless. Rebellion against this aesthetic is largely what punk and its related genres were all about. Punk, post-punk, new wave, no wave… all looked for ways to take the music back to the people, to make creating music an activity open to one and all. Devo was one of the earliest groups to make the plunge into a new aesthetic.
Enter Are We Not Men?.
They tell us that we lost our tails
Evolving up from little snails
I say it's all just wind in sails
Are we not men? We are Devo!
People who talk about music like to use the words tension and release to describe how tonal music moves forward. Tension is created, and then a resolution of that tension creates a moment of peace and relaxation. Devo, however, frequently leaves out the resolution part. Take for example the song Jocko Homo. Most popular music has four beats per measure, so of course Jocko Homo has seven.
Q: But surely the drums, those bastions of stability, provide a measure of comfort?
A: Well, no.
Q: How about if I focus on the vocals, something I can certainly relate to?
A: The lead vocals are hyper-dramatized and the background vocals are robotic, unemotional.
Q: What about those cute synthesizer sounds, seldom used in rock music pre-Devo?
A: The synthesizer brings an even higher level of disturbance to the listener's comfort.
Q: Are you trying to tell me that there are no resting points, no moments of contentment?
A: Yes. This is what I'm telling you.
I'll leave this song with my favorite lyric, from a passage that promotes evolution:
God made man but a monkey supplied the glue
Gut Feeling is another song that creates tension through odd numbers, in this case five-measure phrases (four-measure phrases are by far the most common in rock music). A five-chord sequence repeats over and over, each time feeling like it's one chord too many. There is no respite from this brutal asymmetry.
Something about the way you taste
Makes me want to clear my throat
There's a method to your movements
That really gets my goat
I looked for silver linings
But you're rotten to the core
I've had just about all I can take
You know I can't take it no more
I've got a gut feeling
At least the guitar and drums behave normally in this song. However, the five-chord pattern goes on forever (so it seems) before vocals enter. And when they do enter, they are once again rather weird. And as the song progresses it becomes more and more chaotic until it breaks into the next song.
Tension.
Coming in at #442 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, this one is worth checking out. Oh yes. So throw away your preconceptions and postconceptions, relax, and whatever you do, do not Shrivel Up.
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Post-Punk for Ninnies
Posted on December 21, 2015 by Ron
Labels are funny things.
I'm not a big fan of rigid music classification. Most music slides between genres and most genres are not composed of one simple set of characteristics.
Post-punk is an umbrella that covers an insane variety of styles. The word implies that the music emerged after punk, but in reality it developed alongside of (and sometimes before!) punk rock. It's similar to punk in seeking to break away from what mainstream rock had become by the mid-1970s, but its methods differ.
Like punk, there is a DIY attitude that anyone can play in a post-punk band. Conversely, there is also a highly artistic aesthetic steeped in experimental music which attracted highly accomplished musicians. Insane variety. Some of the characteristics that one tends to find in post-punk are: seemingly endless repetition of bass lines or short melodies, monotone singing, a funky feel in one of the instruments, sudden shifts to entirely unexpected places, sloppiness, angular lines. The music is not easily approachable, in fact it's very in-your-face and can take some patience to absorb. Most of all, post-punk is not any one thing.
One can see the variety of post-punk styles in our library's holdings. Talking Heads are fairly mainstream in much of their music, but their early albums were quite different from late 70s rock. Not so very weird, but not heavy like punk, not inane like Wings (sorry Wings fans!). Often strange vocals, some unexpected turns, and just the right touch of quirkiness. Joy Division, on the other hand, incorporated synthesizers along with doom and gloom. Their signature song, Love Will Tear Us Apart, blends lovely music, melancholic singing, and lyrics focused on an inevitable sad outcome of love. Pere Ubu is simply weird, a non-stop assault on sanity. David Thomas, the lead singer, obviously studied vocal techniques with a tea kettle in a helium factory, and the songs challenge reality as we know it. Well worth a spin.
Of course, many other post-punk groups can be found at EPL.
The Seattle music scene included many talented post-punk bands, including The U-Men and The Beakers. The U-Men formed in 1981 and stayed active throughout the 80s. Carrying on the legacy of early local rock they brought a soupçon of punk, rockabilly and general weirdness to the foundation laid by The Sonics and other 60s garage bands. Their music is difficult to describe, a bit of The Cramps enmeshed in art punk or embryonic grunge filtered through an improbability blender. Best just to listen.
The Beakers formed in 1980 and existed for only 12 months, but their music exerted influence on local, national and international bands alike. As a local performer I'm always excited to open for a big-name band, and these guys opened for the likes of Gang of Four, Delta 5, XTC and Captain Beefheart! Wikipedia describes their music using adjectives such as perpendicular, yelpy, funk-influenced and dissonant. These four words form a good starting point for understanding post-punk. After the band split up, former members were also crucial in creating a system for distributing the music of independent northwest artists. Tremendous impact for a short-lived group!
So saddle up and give some post-punk a chance. It might take a few listens, a reassessment of expectations, but the music is unique and often moving. Take the immortal words or Talking Heads with you as you move into this challenging musical world:
It's not cool to have so many problems
But don't expect me to explain your indecisions
Go talk to your analyst, isn't that what they're paid for?
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April New Music Picks
Posted on April 23, 2015 by Lisa
Spring has been a busy time for new releases and reissues. We've been keeping busy with great patron requests and staff discoveries alike. Here's a quick rundown of some of the new arrival highlights from this month. Place your holds now!
Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul, & Psych from Peru's Radical Decade (Tiger's Milk Records). Basically what it says on the tin: almost an hour of awesomely funky psychedelic rock. My favorite track on the CD by far is the Jeriko cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe." Dim the lights, don some paisley and velvet (or velvet paisley if you can manage), and have yourselves a dance party.
Angélique Kidjo Sings (SLC LLC). This album is a delightful fusion of Kidjo's bold and distinctive vocals with a full orchestral backing. Listeners journey through a rich musical landscape that can be dramatic, dreamy, or festively dancy depending on the track.
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (Aftermath Entertainment). Jazz, hip-hop, funk, spoken word, slam poetry – an entire spectrum of art forms are covered. At times thought-provoking and at others just entertaining; To Pimp a Butterfly is packed full of powerful tracks and is sure to become a classic.
Viet Cong – Viet Cong (Jagjaguwar). A solid post-punk release that grabs you from the first track and holds your attention all the way through the epic 11-minute long final cut, "Death."
War on Women – War on Women (Bridge Nine) Loud, gritty, hardcore punk with a healthy dose of righteous feminist fury.
2NE1 – Crush (YG Entertainment) K-Pop girl group 2NE1 blends hip-hop, reggae, RnB, and EDM to come up with a great mix of dancefloor-friendly tracks and slowjams.
The Skints – FM (Easy Star Records) Laid out like a day at a London pirate radio station, the Skints make good use of their ska, reggae, ragga, hip hop, dub, and grime roots. FM proudly represents the musical melting pot that thrives on the underground airwaves of the UK.
Posted in Music	| Tagged dub, EDM, grime, Hip-hop, k-pop, new music, pirate radio, post-punk, punk, ragga, reggae, RnB, ska	| 2 Replies


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Patchwork Christmas in July block swap. Patchwork or paper piecing, no applique or embroidery involved except for decoration purposes. You choose the pattern you want to use, just make sure the fabric is Christmas prints. Blocks will need to be mailed to me by July 1st.
Each participant will need to make 12 blocks. The blocks need to be 12 1/2" x 12 1/2". Keep one for yourself and mail the others to me with a self addressed stamped envelope to receive your return blocks. There is no limit to the number of participants as long as you get your blocks to me by July 1st.
According to the post office everyone should receive their boxes on Thursday, except for Delphine and they expect hers to be delivered by next Tuesday.
Thank you girls! Wilma in that red friendship star at the bottom I may embroider the second swap information. I really like this. It turned out fun even with all the differences' in the block.
This is so festive and fun! Such a variety of blocks to look at and enjoy! Great job, Carla! Are you putting an outer border on it?
Yes already did. Just the same red as the sashing. Same size. Keeping it simple.


Welcome to the Executive Interview Series!
I am Jon Rognerud, your host on JonRognerud.com.
Today we are extremely excited; we have Melanie Benson Strick on the line.
We are going to do a live Skype interview. She is known as the big idea catalyst, because she knows firsthand how to take an idea and turn it into a thriving six figure business with her secret weapon; leverage.
With over 12 years in corporate project management, Melanie works exclusively with thought leaders and big thinking entrepreneurs who want proven strategies to monetize their big ideas and catapult their success without giving up their life.
Melanie's clients are typically coaches, consultants, authors, speakers, service professionals, and information marketers typically add six figures to the bottom line while creating more time for living their dream.
Melanie is a faculty member with StomperNet as their delegation expert she is co-author of Entrepreneur.com's startup guide to starting an informational marketing business. Her success tips are featured in magazines such as Woman's Day and the LA Times. Melanie is a proud life style enthusiast and spends her free time in search for the best spas and beaches in the world. We are ready to go here, so listen in we are fired up.
Jon: We are live here with Melanie Benson Strick and as you heard from the wonderful introduction, which has a lot more than I'll cover here today but really what I want to drill down into today is the idea of Melanie is the big idea catalyst and a high performance coach leader and also the owner of Success Connections which is a coaching company dedicated to this cause of helping small business owners get out of their overwhelm, reenergize their business and super charge their results. We are going to talk about this today. I am so proud and excited to have you on here Melanie, how are you doing today?
I'm great. It's a little hot, about 105 here today and we have the air conditioning going full blast.
Yes it is hot, and it's getting hotter. I think we will have a hot call here today because there is so much juicy information coming right up. So I am excited.
One of the things that hits me as I've gotten to know you, see all your materials and learn about you is there's a lot going on for the small business entrepreneur. You, yourself, produce an amazing amount of content through webinars, videos, podcasts, seminars, DVD's, books and you're members of councils and professional networks. There's so much. The question I have for you how did you get started and how you do it all. Who is Melanie Benson Strick? We know a little bit, but maybe you can break it down a little further?
Wow – so that's a big question. Who is Melanie Benson Strick? By day, you might say, I coach and mentor fast paced entrepreneurs who find themselves getting over whelmed in their ongoing search for more success. One of the things I personally learned in my own journey was; there was always this prize that seemed like it was way out there and I was struggling and driving myself, there is no end to the things we can accomplish as an entrepreneur, there are always new ideas and possibilities. We can make ourselves crazy with driving ourselves towards this continually moving target of where we want to be.
Along the way, I've been doing this since 2001 so I guess I'm 11 years in now, and I discovered that entrepreneurs really had three stages that they were in. I was no different. I would find myself in three different stages.
The more I discovered about my own journey, the more I realized I could better help my clients. I worked with all kinds of entrepreneurs, some who were trying to turn their business around and others who just want to get more power out of the business they already started. The one thing they all had in common is, just like me, they wanted to be able to achieve 10,000,0000 times more in a day than we could possibly do on our own.
So I had to start looking for, and became well known for, leverage.
Unique ways for what I call beyond optimum performance. It's that zone we find ourselves in when we are thriving. Most people are striving, struggling, over whelmed, confused no clarity about where they want to go, maybe they're hit and miss with cash flow. A couple days out of the month they start to look good, and then they slide down the abyss. Often, we're in driving mode where things are going good but we're pushing ourselves to achieve more and more. I found there were such more power and such a greater level of sustainable results when I could find and stay in the thriving mode. That really became the foundation for all of my programs and how I help entrepreneurs of all different kinds achieve that optimum state of performance which really has nothing to do with what we do, well it does a little bit, but it has so much more to do with how we approach our business.
So if you want ask someone; what's Melanie about? They would say, she's like the efficiency queen and she uses leverage ruthlessly to grow her business and the businesses of her clients.
Of that's wonderful. That really explains a lot. Leverage is a huge point of discussion. I know many business owners and really to be able to understand it is one but to apply it in real life.
That's very true. I have found it to be true for me and also clients that I deal with. Thank you for sharing that. One of the things I wanted to talk a little bit more about is this idea of breaking free. You have broken free from your old world, which was about 11 years ago, that you were in more of the traditional corporate job and you were able to break free. Can you tell us what keeps you very motivated and driven in this space continuing your advice coaching courses? You create a lot of results for people, you have a lot of raving fans, what does that thing look like for you on a daily bases? We all have great days, bad days, indifferent days but what is this drive that just propels you forward?
I would actually say it used to be drive, but now it's an inspiration. I think what pulls me forward and wakes me up every day is I am totally inspired to teach and help people get results that they never knew were possible.
The way that I get people results is very different than most other coaches and mentors out there. I'm not about getting more done and doing more, I'm about learning how to shift the way we go about growing our business so that our growth feels effortless. That doesn't mean from time to time we won't feel ourselves or notice that we're having to work more hours or more intently but there's something really powerful about making the decision that we're going to thrive in everything we do.
It starts in the mindset and the choice that we make about how we grow our business. It is executed in our habits and behaviors and it turns into strategies that when done consistently deliver predictable results.
I think what is missing for a lot of people we are feeling that the reason we are having to work so hard, get over whelmed or get stressed out, we don't really know how to change directions or get better sales or any of the things that are up for you it's because we don't know what activities are actually going to generate the predictable results. If you don't know that, it feels confusing or over whelming. You just try everything under the sun in order to hopefully make something work.
You said something about breaking free, I like to look at the fact that every day we can choose to liberate ourselves from things that feel like they are trapping us or challenging or we can say stuck. I didn't leave corporate America after 14 total years having someone give me a secure paycheck just so that I could turn around and create another job. I wanted freedom; I wanted flexibility and the independence to create something that I love. So everyday I'm inspired. I'm inspired by the clients that I work with.
I'm currently teaching a program called Money DNA (read '3 steps to uplevel your Money DNA code').
In that program, I'm watching people literally going from feeling stuck on money or success like they have hit a plateau and they can't create anymore, to having these extraordinary break troughs and all the sudden money comes in and new levels of success and ideas that they never knew were possible. They are acting on them and they are in momentum that they never had before. To me, that's the most inspiring thing that gets me up and says do more! Get the next thing out! Stick with it!
I love that… inspiration. That leads right into my next question. A little bit funny and perhaps a little bit sad to begin with; have you heard the expression JOB stands for journey of the broke or just above broke? It's the idea that a job is just really a pay check for so many and yet while that is true, it's also true that security is a big deal; security, risk, reward, this balancing act. So people who break out, finally leave, as you did it, I've done it, but what makes people leave that and go solo-preneur I guess? After they do that, what is the first thing that hits them in the real world, that entrepreneurial world, that they didn't anticipate and how do you help them not lose their vision?
I think there are two levels to it. The first thing is we have to look at what is our motivation? Our motivation is, you used the word drives us earlier, but what motivates us are the the subliminal drivers for your success are different for everybody. I believe, and this is really the foundation for my beyond optimum performance strategies, is that when you understand what's motivates you; you are unstoppable. If you don't understand what motivates you, you're often going to be conflicted and confused. One of the reasons people get stuck around money or consistently on the end of being broke is because their motivated to not to be broke. Instead of inspired to be wildly successful.
There's all this baggage and all this old paradigms of what money or success means that we drag along like a big steamer trunk and then we wonder why we don't have the spry walk in our step to jump ahead and get new things done.
We have baggage, of what I call unconscious success rejecters. These things literally turn off the motivation and the behaviors that would cause us to become automatic success generators. Instead we create stuckness, overwhelm or feeling broke. That's kind of a complicated concept, but the simple thing is; motivation says moving towards something that we want more of or that we're trying to move away from something we don't want.
The degree to which we are inspired or moving forward or stuck or in fear of trying to get away from something we don't want completely dictates how much of that unstoppable, powerful, passionate energy which is truly the foundation of success.
So that is one dimension, we have got to clear out that head trash and get ourselves totally clean in order to be able to make big leaps.
On the other level, we have strategy. Here's the interesting thing, Jon, when somebody has that head trash and there's a lot of unconscious conflicts about success we often times don't see, recognize or act on the strategy that will deliver predictable results.
We get stubborn and we dig our feet in and do only the things we're comfortable with or we have a filter on that says "I could never do that, that's just not me". Especially for some of the softer skill business owners who have a service that's from their heart or their passion there's a big resistance to marketing properly, so often times they cut themselves short in what they can create and what they can do.
We haven't even touched the concept of leverage yet and what that can do to your business.
How well does it align with your genius and the things that your really truly good at and make you different from everyone else?
How does it align with your market potential? The people that you know you want to service.
What are their hot buttons in what they want?
So until you integrate all three of those pieces, you're probably just throwing spaghetti at a wall hoping that something sticks. I find it a little bit of a journey to get there.
Often it takes months if not years to uncover that. Because we just get this great idea and we think "oh, the world needs THIS", so we jump in and start doing this with no real research, foundation or clarity, if it is viable, how will it sell and what do you need to do to sell it.
Yes, it's so much more. I guess it starts with that core; I have an idea, a vision and I want to do this, but there is a plan to be built. There is a series of steps. I can see that and it is significant.
You cover a wide range of issues and the leverage point is certainly one but for businesses; I know you work with a wide variety of businesses and successful people and more so perhaps in the businesses who are already making fairly big money and they need to break through to the next level, to get unstuck and get more traction.
I'm thinking about mindset and formula, that's one of your specialties to not only have people apply these things but have them get unstuck by having them do new models and new things that are not just new shiny object.
How do you get them to think or move into this area to start their new venture, perhaps people who have already seen success? There is a combination here. These guys are finding it hard to break through but what stories might you share of success that you have seen either with clients, or stories where they move to the next level. I know I deal with these businesses where, "Hey, we're fine. We're making $5,000,000 and been doing it for the last ten years. We could probably get to the next level but I don't really know how to." Perhaps you can share some of these stories where you have seen these break troughs and how you have applied the mindset formula.
I think there are a couple different things. One of which is knowing how and the other is deciding is that you want to. I think there's a pretty common internal conflict that people have. They say "I'm working so hard to get where I'm at now, how could I possibly work harder to get to the next level." I think that is a meth that causes people to not shoot for a higher goal. They just don't believe that it is possible. So when I'm working with someone that has already achieved a certain level of success but they either want to make more money or have a greater impact with their work, or maybe there's a particular area or goal that they wanted to grow but they haven't been able to.
The most important thing that we do is we uncover where their leveragability is.
What do they have that can get repackaged or repurposed or leveraged in some way so that we can create space?
The second thing that we look at is what they can do better, faster or more powerfully so that we can expand the profit potential or the impact with that program or that offer or service, the marketing strategy.
I'm always looking for the little game changer that has the hugest impact on someone's bottom line, whether it's making people more effective, evaluating where they're putting their time, money and energy in their business. The reason why people turn to me isn't because they want to spend $1,000 a month just to have some fancy coach, they hire me because I get the really extraordinarily leaps of growth very quickly. When you look at how saving an hour or two a week and being able to reinvest it in something that has more profit to your business or more impact that's the kind of stuff that is priceless.
Let's take for example someone who has already hit the $200,000 range in their business and they are working 60 hours a week to get there. They are thinking to themselves there is no way I want to work more, but I really want to be able to double my income this year. One of things we have got to look at are what are their highest revenue generating programs and what is the cost that it takes to get there.
What is the investment of time, money, team, whatever that allows them to generate that income?
Then look for ways that they can do it cheaper, faster or more profitable. Then we start to look at what else is in their business. That is one level that we work on. There are probably about ten different levels that I evaluate with my clients from the mindset, what kind of resources that they have to how they have setup their business.
It is as simple as this, you mentioned Joshua Bell thing when we were talking earlier, do you want to tell the story real quick?
This is great. Joshua Bell is an award winning musician and violinist. Last year he did a street performance in Washington DC. He played for a few hours and made about 40 bucks. Yet a week ago, he packed the seats at the Boston Symphony Hall at $100 per seat and he made 10's of thousands of dollars. His stage was certainly different. That is the story of Joshua Bell and how he positioned himself from the street level up to the Boston Symphony Hall.
So what I took out of that metaphorical story, if you will, when you hit a certain level of success and I truly believe that this is important from the minute that you start your business, but most people don't catch on until the premium of their time is gone and they just don't have time and you really need to start looking at this differently. You have to evaluate every opportunity where you're going to invest your time.
What's it going to take for it to be profitable?
How much time will I have to invest to make it profitable?
Is there anything else that I could be focusing on that is more profitable and impactful?
If I say yes to this would I lose another opportunity? We call this opportunity cost. Now I add other factors in because I truly believe that you have to enjoy what you're doing and it has to allow you to thrive but those are really the three core things that we have to evaluate every opportunity against.
What I find is, we get so catch up with people inviting us to speak at events, we are doing interview, maybe you're on a tele-seminar, and we could spend all day long every day on opportunities. Learning and investing in all kinds of stuff but unless we have a filter for how is this going to move me along towards my goal then you don't know if it's a good opportunity or not.
I teach every one of my clients to create what's called an opportunity filter.
You have to decide what your criteria are for saying yes to something. Then you or someone on your team has to diligently evaluate every single thing comes in against that opportunity filter before you say yes. When I work with people who tend to be "yes" people, and they just say yes no matter what it is, "I don't care what it is, it's fun, I'll just say yes right now". If you're not getting results and your business isn't growing and your frustrated or overwhelmed you can't afford to take that pattern. You have to really hone in and filter the things that are important to you.
Is this also in the pattern of the classic 80/20 or 90/10 rules of production or results?
I heard a statistic the other day that we spend 80% of our time that generates only 20% of our results. Most people are happy with that and don't understand that it could be the reverse.
You could find ways to spend 20% of your time getting 80% of your revenues. That is what you want. You want to make sure that everything you are touching, and this is really the corner stone of leverage, when you focus your most valuable time on the things that have the greatest impact to your business things get easier. That's where the trajectory or boost that we're all looking for takes place.
Yes, that's so true. People forget, we get busy and things happen, new ideas like this come to pass. How am I ever going to have time to do that? So you get stuck big time.
I'm going to branch a little bit, we talked about Success Connections. Is that your hub for information? I know New Era Success TV which we covered here also, is an outlet. One is a video based, and one is sort of corporate based?
Yes, successonnections.com is our hub, it's where we have a portal into everything we do. You can find the TV show from there, you can find our blog, and we have an extraordinary database with valuable tips. You can jump on to one of our free webinars, we always have webinars that we teach. Helping people really take these concepts and putting them into motion. Our coaching programs and all of our products, it's all on that main site so that's the best place to go.
You bring up New Era Success TV. What I have found is that video, just like we're doing right now, is an extraordinary way to really help people when it feels more like I'm coaching them. Every week I have a video lesson that I send out, that video lesson is what we call our TV show episode.
I'm covering all kinds of things that help people think with a whole new paradigm of success strategies. Rather than doing what we have always done and continuing to create over whelm, frustration and exhaustion we really want to energize our business and get new results. I say we have to put on a whole new paradigm of thinking; we have to be willing to stretch outside of our comfort zone. So that's what the TV episodes do, kind of provocative and valuable tips on how to grow your business with less stress.
I have been watching that, kind of fun too and great interviews. I'm looking and there's categories of goal setting, business strategy, leadership, life style, marketing, outsourcing, mindset, time management, and wealth building. You have a lot of great articles here; Two keys to tackling big projects without stress, Dealing with Business Disappointment, How to get the right clients, Genius work feels like play, Three steps to financial turnaround plan, Four ways to get your audience engaged, Five lessons learning about failures, success and love, Three tips for remarkable networking results. There is amazing information here, Melanie, that not only by virtue of these headlines draw you in, but also the content. When I think about the content, and all that you produce, you are obviously very smart about leverage because you're applying and sort of eating your own dog food, as I say.
How do you produce so much excellent content? Also how do you get it done and how do you plan it out? Is this from your own research simply or from the field live or how does that all work? I'm just curious.
Planning out the content; there are a couple of different ways that I do that.
One, I look at what are the biggest questions and challenges that my clients are bringing to me in our coaching sessions. Often I will turn those around into content pieces that everyone can benefit from.
The other is that often times I might be more strategic, where I know there are offerings or programs that we are developing and I want to start getting people aware of the factors involved in that program.
So if they are dealing with the challenges or if they have those goals in mind that that program might help them achieve, I might plan some content around that.
I have both ends, normally I have a content plan but truth be told, I usually create a few of those videos at the same time while I'm inspired so we might plan a few of them at a time. I want to cover stuff that is really relevant. I'll get a couple of ideas and get downloads and I'll have a conversation with a client and we'll have a video day and I'll record a bunch of them at once. Part of the way I get so much done, and I've been asked this question for years, some people go you must be a work horse and work all hours.
That's not really my style; I don't care to work that way. I kind of gave that up when I left Motorola. I create most of the content myself or we extract it from other pieces of content that I have done.
90% of the content is my content, but I have a system where there's a day every week that I typically will do content creation, there's a day every week where we do production, a day every week that I coach clients.
So there's a system so everything is predicable, we always know when things are going to happen.
We're pretty good at planning. A lot of entrepreneurs are flying by the seat, so there's a lot of reactive approach to running their business which is very costly. We tend to flip that around were we have more planning.
I do a turn around with every one of my clients, were we are going to plan six to twelve months of cash flow.
You need to know where things are coming from for that period of time.
What I find is your more powerful, focused, clear, you get greater traction and greater momentum when you know what you can count on and what you're working towards and you can leverage your time, money and energy more powerfully. That's really what it's all about; how can we leverage our time, money and energy so that there is an abundance of it to invest rather than a shortage of it and we're feeling burned out and over whelmed.
So true and also drawing content from your own experience and clients but also knowing that you have a strong network of people and prominent players; do they also help you drive some of this?
Sometimes. Once in awhile I'll be talking to a colleague or friend and there will be something really inspiring that comes up in our conversation, so I'll do an interview with them. I would say 90% of the time it is coming out of me. I use life in general; I can't go to the grocery store without some kind of coaching metaphor coming out!
I'm one of those people, you could leave me in a little room and I can be comfortable with who I am and what I'm doing for a long period of time. So when I want to up my ante I have got to take myself out of my comfort zone and challenge myself so I can get new perspectives and open myself up to a new level of creativity.
You put me on autopilot and I can be on autopilot, which is part of the magic of how I get so much done.
One of the episodes that we did earlier this year, my private mastermind and I had gone rock climbing and the sparks just went flying of all the ways each of the members of my mastermind were kind of using their analogy of life on that wall. I got an idea for a lesson and I had to go record one on the mountains, so that's how they come.
Creativity, passion and insights from real life. We are coming towards the end here, but I wanted to ask you in this closing with thinking a little bit about the Joshua Bell story, the stage, the frame, the positioning that people have of themselves. If you were to give one tip, I would like to close with this, if somebody is in that position of being stuck and perhaps comfortable which I think is the premise of the Good to Great book, "hey I'm good which probably means I won't need to go to the next level". But if you could actually nudge them what could they do today or this week to get that going.
You just gave me about three different ideas there. I got a couple thoughts. Let's talk about that Good to Great concept for a minute. I think many of us are complacent because we feel like we have enough.
There's one thing to be in the moment and really enjoying your life and there's another thing to be accepting intolerable results. We have gotten conditioned to them.
I would ask you, are you accepting less than tolerable results because you have grown conditioned to it being that way or are you really in love with your life and you're just happy? That's a question only you can answer. You have to ask yourself that before you look at your positioning and you look at what you want to do next.
I have people coming to me all day, who have enough, but they are driven for more and that drive is causing them to make themselves crazy and get overwhelmed and lose out on other parts of their life.
I have young parents coming to me, I want to see my child for a few hours each day I don't want to be trapped in my office trying to get more done, so how can I solve this problem?
Then we have to ask ourselves the second level which is; what do I really want to be known for?
What's really important to me and how can I rearrange my life so I spend the greatest amount of time with the things that really are the most important to me. Sometimes there are short term things that we drive ourselves knowing that when we get to this goal that we're going to shift gears.
That might be our business is not financially performing and we need to kick it into gear and get some better traction.
We might have to look at your brand positioning or how you're charging for this.
I have a client right now who is working 14 hour days and it's because she has been charging way too little for far too long. So I reorganized her entire business model, I taught her how to sell to the clients who would eagerly pay what I think is still a very reasonable rate and she's generating five times the revenue she was making when we first started.
It's not hard, you have to be willing to ask yourself at what point are you willing to stop tolerating what you've been accepting. Then it gets easy.
That is interesting. Actually you reminded me of an interview that I heard with Brian Tracey where he was asked what is the common thing that people come up and tell him after all his millions of people he has touched. Well it's this "you have changed my life". He says no I haven't changed your life I have just turned your head to point in the right direction and you changed your life. This is what you do in such a stellar way to really show them the new direction and to really have them follow a plan that gets them unstuck.
Let me ask you this in closing, if people want to follow up with you are there an specific programs or anything that they should seek out that they can get access to and where they should go.
There are a couple different things that I think could be really valuable.
I highly recommend that you start with a free coaching program I have. It's called Eighteen Tips to Reenergize Your Business.
You can find it by going straight to my website at successconnections.com/reenergize you will go right to that page.
It's an extraordinary series of tips, strategies and techniques to take a look at where your business may not be up to pare or the way your approaching your business may be causing you to suffer and struggle.
So that's one thing that I think everyone can do.
I also encourage you to check out a webinar that we do on cash flow, money or you find that you are tittering on the edge of not being able to achieve a higher level of success. If you head over to successconnections.com and you look at the button that says free webinar. Another thing that we can do we can hook you up with a free webinar on How to Permanently Stop Unconsciously Rejecting more Money and Success. It's a very powerful look at the simplest way we can change the money and success coming into our life.
That's wonderful and we're definitely going to following up on that. Any final words or comments that you want to state before we close out? This has been so great.
I guess the last thing that I would say is what we focus on expands.
I always tell people you really have to look at what it is that you are focusing on because everything your saying yes to means you're saying no to something else. Maybe even spend a week, every activity you enter into ask yourself; is doing this the best place for me and my business or am I unconsciously sacrificing an opportunity to do something that could be a greater result to my business.
I spend a good portion of time every month with my team evaluating; are we really spending our time in the most powerful things? As a matter of fact in our staff meeting this morning, one of my team members said "Melanie, what do think about changing this one thing, it will free up five hours of my time and I think if we invest it in this other area I'll get better results for us right now." I love that my team is so wired that way because that's how we get better results and that's how you grow fast and put yourself at the top of the mountain instead of the bottom.
Great final words! This has been fantastic spending time with you here live in Los Angeles getting hotter by the minute today; I really appreciate it very much. Thank you again Melanie.


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Performers: Sidney Bechet, ss; Tommy Ladnier, t; Teddy Nixon, tb; Hank Duncan, p; Wilson Myers, b; Morris Morand, d. 15 Sept 1932.
Performers: Frank Trumbauer c-melody sax & director, Bix Beiderbecke cornet, Bill Rank trombone, Jimmy Dorsey clarinet & alto sax, Paul Mertz piano & arranger, Eddie Lang guitar, Howdy Quicksell banjo, and Chauncey Morehouse drums.
Performers Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Gordon, Ermett Perry, Carl Warwick, Quincy Jones, t; Frank Rehak, Melba Liston, Rod Levitt, tb; Phil Woods, Jimmy Powell, Ernie Wilkins, Billy Mitchell, Marty Flax, reeds; Walter Davis, Jr, p; Nelson Boyd, b; Charlie Persip, d, May/June 1956.
Performers: Dave Shepherd, cl; Teddy Wilson, p; Ronnie Greaves, vib; Peter Chapman, b; Johnny Richardson, d. Manchester, 1967.
Performers: Gary Burton, vib; Larry Coryell, g; Steve Swallow, b; Bob Moses, d.
Performers Alexander Bone, as; Rory Ingham, tb; Toby Comeau, kb; Joe Lee, b; Jonny Mansfield, perc. 14 Nov 2016.
Performers Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; Alvin Stoller, d. 16 Oct 1957.
Performers: Miles Davis, t; Cannonball Adderley, as; Hank Jones, p; Sam Jones, b; Art Blakey, d. 9 March 1958.


As you begin to transition from your military service, there is a way that you can continue to "Be All that You Can Be," and "Aim High," and still "Be Part of the Action," as you "Let the Journey Begin," as one of "The Few, The Proud," become a teacher.
•	Volunteer your time to assist in school events such as athletics, Special Olympics, drama, science contests, and ethnic activities.
•	Get permission to "shadow" a teacher for a day.
•	Obtain a substitute teaching permit and experience a real classroom setting.
•	Meet with teachers and school administrators to discuss the field of education and teaching.
Know that generally there is no "fast way" to become a professional, licensed teacher. Minimum requirements are a baccalaureate degree, specific academic major, professional education and pedagogy courses, field experiences, state level tests, and criminal background check.
Carefully consider the school and program in which to enroll, to ensure the program is accredited by The National Council for Accreditation of Teachers in Education (NCATE) or The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and is approved by the State in which the certification is issued. Alternate Routes to Certification (ARC) are appealing and get you through quickly, but may not be accepted by some school districts. Ask before you sign up for ACR type of preparation program.
State Troops to Teachers offices are a great place to start asking questions and, gathering program preparation information. The following website http://www.dantes.doded.mil/DANTES_WEB/library/docs/ttt/state_office_listing.pdf provides a listing of state offices. Financial assistance may be available to veterans if employed in a high needs school to assist with certification requirements. Pay back for the financial assistance is three years; again state offices can verify this information.
"Americans at their Best" Veteran Teachers!!!!!!


An ordinary-looking hat developed at Ford Brazil's Heavy Truck division is helping truck drivers work more safely and avoid the travel fatigue common during their routine trips.
Although it looks like virtually any other hat, the Safe Cap is fitted with sensors that interpret the driver's head movements to warn when the user becomes tired or sleepy behind the wheel.
Three kinds of signals - vibration, sound, and light flashes - warn the driver to stop for a rest before following with the drip. A study identified movements from truck drivers related to normal work and those that indicate drowsiness. This data was transferred to the central processing unit of the hat which connects to an accelerometer and a gyroscope to identify each type of situation.
Ford tested the Safe Cap, developed as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of Ford truck production in Brazil, for eight months among a selected group of drivers for more than 3,000 miles in real driving conditions.
After further testing, patenting, and certification Ford is interested in sharing the technology with partners and customers to advance its development and enable its market introduction.


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1. Preheat oven to 400°. Mix potatoes and Sauce together in an oiled 13- by 9-inch baking dish.
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu recently revealed that the Federal Government hopes to reclaim dormant oil fields from multinational oil companies functioning in Nigeria.
The minister stated this at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, NIPS held in Abuja.
He expressed worry over the number of oil and gas fields that were lying idle in the portfolios of international oil companies operating in the country.
According to the minister, the Ministry made the decision to help generate funds for the government which is $2 billion target.
He further explained that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources had decided to renew oil and gas leases 6 months before their expiration.
Meanwhile, he noted that indigenous oil operators' contribution to national oil production stood at around 11 per cent adding that the growth level is expected to increase to about 30 per cent in the next couple of years.


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Home Guides Cryptocurrency Regulation across the World: September 2018
Cryptocurrency Regulation across the World: September 2018
Cynthia Huang
Up to date as of September, 2018
Awareness and investment in cryptocurrencies is growing around the world. With this increasing demand, countries are grappling with how best to regulate coins as well as ICOs.
Here, we guide you through how countries around the world are treating cryptocurrencies. Keep in mind that regulations do change frequently, so if you're unsure about the legality of blockchain technology in any country, you should always check the most up to date news sources like FintechFriday, which brings the most recent regulatory, technical, and mass adoption news to your inbox every Friday on the dot.
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Except in the form of text below, you can also find relatively up to date information on regulation and acceptance of cryptocurrency in this online interactive map.
Before we jump into the nitty gritty of each country, here's how we define legality:
Status definitions:
Legal – Regulations are in place to govern the use of cryptocurrencies and the operation of exchanges. ICOs may or may not be regulated.
Not illegal/grey area – There are no regulations surrounding the use of cryptocurrencies and the government may have issued warnings against cryptocurrencies, without outright banning the use of them.
Illegal – Any use of cryptocurrencies, including purchase and trading, is considered illegal and prosecutions may be applied if discovered.
Status: Not illegal/grey area
Despite a recent statement from the Central Bank that warns against virtual currencies, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not illegal in Kenya. In fact, Kenya is one of the countries in the world that has the largest bitcoin holdings, representing about 2.3% of the GDP.
Although a statement was issued by the Central Bank in 2017 warning banks against facilitating the trading of bitcoin in the country, the cryptocurrency industry was largely unaffected. The Nigerian SEC also made a statement, warning bitcoin traders as well as ICO and altcoin traders to exercise caution when dealing with these types of crypto assets. Lawmakers are keen to introduce a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and have urged regulatory authorities to do so.
The cryptocurrency space is unregulated but a whitepaper was issued in 2014 by the South Africa Reserve Bank that set out its position on cryptocurrencies. It authorizes that cryptocurrencies can be used for trading and in exchanges and are recognized as a store of value which can be converted to legal tender in the same way that a gift card can, but isn't recognized as a legal form of payment.
Status: Illegal
Warning issued that any transactions being conducted in cryptocurrencies will be punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
Access to all domestic and foreign cryptocurrency exchanges and ICO websites has been blocked and ICOs are banned.
Because Bitcoin (and likely other cryptocurrencies) are considered a virtual commodity rather than currency, it's not regulated by any of the financial regulatory bodies. A formal ban hasn't been issued on trading cryptocurrencies but no bank has actually asked for permission, because the answer is likely no, so trading operates in a gray area.
India's central bank will no longer deal with any financial institutions or companies that deal with virtual currencies such as bitcoin. However, there is no ban on the purchase or sale of cryptocurrencies and exchange users can continue on the platforms as before.
Cryptocurrency futures trading is now allowed. Laws are being reviewed to allow governance of wallets, exchanges and mining operations, while trading will be taxed.
Banks, credit unions and currency exchanges must avoid the sale or purchase of cryptocurrencies as well as any action to promote them. However, Iran is also in the process of creating its own cryptocurrency project, referred to as an experimental local cryptocurrency, which seems to contradict its ban on cryptocurrencies.
The Bank of Israel has advised their position towards cryptocurrencies is that they are financial assets and does not recognize virtual currencies as actual currency. New laws that would regulate cryptocurrency exchanges were slated to be released in June but have since been delayed to October 2018.
Status: Legal
Virtual currency is considered a form of payment. Exchanges must be licensed in Japan to operate and the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Industry Association (comprised of the first 16 licensed Japanese virtual currency exchanges) has the power to create and enforce rules and set fines. While regulation of the exchanges is still being fine-tuned, Japan has now begun working on developing a framework to regulate ICOs.
A new regulation requires that Malaysian exchanges adopt KYC (Know Your Customer) Requirements, which means the full name, address and date of birth of all customers must be collected, as well as ID documentation. Virtual currencies are not recognized as legal tender in Malaysia.
The State Bank of Pakistan issued a statement that they have not authorized or licensed any individual or entity to issue, purchase, exchange or invest in any virtual currencies, coins or tokens and that virtual currencies were not considered legal tender. Any person found using any of these for the purpose of transferring money outside of Pakistan will be subject to prosecution, according to applicable laws.
The Philippine Central Bank, which regulates virtual currency exchanges, has not endorsed the use of any cryptocurrency and does not recognize it as legal tender. There are no regulations around cryptocurrencies currently, making it neither legal nor illegal. However, the Philippines have allowed 10 blockchain and virtual currency companies to operate in an economic zone to take advantage of tax perks and generate employment and can engage in mining, ICOs or exchanges. The caveat is the exchange of fiat money into virtual currency still needs to be done offshore so as to avoid infringing on Philippine regulations. Cryptocurrency regulations are expected to be sometime in 2018.
The Central Bank currently sees no strong case to ban cryptocurrency trading and in fact, they will continue to encourage experiments in the blockchain space which use cryptocurrencies because they believe some of these experiments could become economically or socially beneficial.
There is currently no outright ban on cryptocurrency, although that is one of the measures being considered. There is a ban on the use of anonymous bank accounts in cryptocurrency trading and names on exchange wallets must match the names on the bank accounts. Plans are in place to review the ICO ban issued last year and legalize ICOs again.
There is currently no official regulation of cryptocurrencies and ICOs but the government has announced it will be pushing for regulation of cryptocurrencies under the same rules that already govern the traditional financial sector in 2018.
ICOs and cryptocurrencies are regulated and cryptocurrency profits (capital gains) are taxed at 15%. Cryptocurrencies and ICOs are considered digital assets and regulated by Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission.
Security-trading firms were asked in January to stop providing cryptocurrency related services, including issuance, transactions and brokering. Credit institutions and intermediary payment services were asked not to conduct transactions related to digital currencies and any payments made in cryptocurrencies in the country are considered illegal. It remains unclear whether cryptocurrencies are considered currency, commodities or payment instruments and therefore if trading services are considered payment services. This casts exchanges and traders in a grey area, because cryptocurrencies wouldn't be banned from being traded if used as a type of intangible good or commodity.
Austria recently announced they would be looking at regulating cryptocurrencies using the trading rules for gold and derivatives. ICOs would also be regulated under these same rules.
There are currently no regulations surrounding cryptocurrencies in Belgium. Like many other European nations, Belgium is expecting a European policy to regulate across the EU. However, citizens investing in cryptocurrencies are expected to pay 33% capital gains tax on any profits.
No regulations exist in Bulgaria but citizens are still expected to declare any income from virtual currencies for taxation purposes.
Cryptocurrency is currently neither a legal means of payment nor electronic money under current law in Croatia. They have appealed for a common EU policy for cryptocurrencies. Businesses and crypto enthusiasts in Croatia have come together to form an umbrella organization dedicated to advise regulators on buying and selling cryptocurrencies, crypto payments and salary payouts in Bitcoin.
The Czech Republic was one of the first countries in the world to regulate cryptocurrencies. In August 2017, the Czech National Bank issued a statement calling Prague "home for cryptocurrency users" and encouraged banks not to be afraid of Bitcoin. More than 80 businesses in Prague alone accept bitcoin payments and this is possible due to the spreading of services that offer bitcoin cards – a payment system which takes the amount of the cost of the goods or services from the bitcoin wallet of the purchaser. Other providers are going a step further and even preparing to accept other cryptocurrencies such as Litecoin and ether.
Danske Bank announced recently that it would be banning any purchases of cryptocurrencies through financial instruments such as derivatives and strongly advised that consumers refrain from investing in them.
There are no specific regulations for cryptocurrencies but many Finnish banks are refusing to do business with exchanges, essentially freezing large exchanges, such as Prasos Oy.
France's Finance Minister plans to create regulations around ICOs and wants to become a leading center for offerings in digital currencies and altcoins. His belief is that it will give French startups unprecedented opportunities to raise funds by issuing ICOs.
Germany announced it regards bitcoin as the equivalent to legal tender when it comes to taxation when used as a means of payment. As long as the virtual currency has been accepted as an alternative and contractual means of payment by both parties in the transaction and has no purpose other than being used as a payment method, there will be no taxation as this would be a legal form of payment.
There are no regulations for cryptocurrencies nor has the National Bank issued any statements.
No regulations exist for cryptocurrencies. The National Bank issued a public statement in 2016 warning citizens on the use of bitcoin and other altcoins because of the unregulated nature and also that there is no institutional guarantee with respect to transactions or payments with these virtual currencies.
No decisions have been made regarding the regulation of cryptocurrencies. In 2017, it was announced that the Central Bank would be working to research and advise on fintech developments and investigating how to use technologies like blockchain.
The Treasury Department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance is working on a decree that will define how and when service providers related to cryptocurrencies should report their activities.
The finance minister has dismissed the possibility of pursuing a prohibition on cryptocurrency as he doesn't believe that a ban can be sufficiently maintained. He has advocated for a regulatory framework to be put into place that would govern bitcoin futures and other high-risk derivatives such as binary options.
Norway does not consider cryptocurrencies as money or currency but rather as an asset. That means any profits from cryptocurrencies are subject to a capital gains tax of 25%.
Cryptocurrencies cannot be deposited or loaned and all operations using bitcoin are considered bartering, rather than buy-sell transactions and paying with it requires a legal contract to be in place. Cryptocurrencies are treated as property, not currency and therefore also fall under the general taxation applied to property. Specific regulations around altcoins are expected to be announced any day now, and the Prime Minister has said that if not a complete ban, then there will definitely be proper regulation of legal matters that involve bitcoin and other altcoins.
Parliament is currently discussing how to regulate cryptocurrency payments and plans to devise a legal framework for these types of payments, including the regulation of ICOs.
Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, has indicated regulations will come into effect by the end of 2018 and will end the uncertainty surrounding the legality of cryptocurrencies.
Slovenia treats cryptocurrencies as virtual currencies and they are not financial instruments or monetary assets. Slovenia's anti-money laundering laws were updated and explicitly refer to cryptocurrencies, and define any exchanges and brokers trading in cryptocurrencies as financial institutions for anti-money laundering purposes, requiring them to follow the same compliance and rules applicable to all financial institutions.
Slovenia has been referred to as the next Silicon Valley for crypto because of its friendly attitude towards blockchain technology. It was also just announced that the largest shopping center (coincidentally known as BTC City) will be transformed into a complete bitcoin city, where every store and venture will accept cryptocurrencies and operate using blockchain technology.
The government is preparing blockchain friendly regulations that are expected to be introduced this year. Included in the legislation will be a framework to govern ICOs. However, they may face issues with EU compliance and other political upheaval.
Cryptocurrencies are treated as assets and subject to capital gains tax. However it is also considering issuing its own digital currency that would replace its national tender today. It is believed that Sweden will most likely become the first country in the world to issue its own digital currency and is not a question of when but rather, what it will look like.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are considered to be covered by existing financial, criminal and contract laws and separate legislation is not required. Switzerland recently revealed potential ICO regulations which would use a three-tier system to classify tokens based on their use and the rights and benefits they provide to the purchaser of the token. There would be four groups of tokens/coins – (1) payment tokens, which would not be considered securities; (2) utility tokens which would not be considered securities if they have a specified use or can be exchanged for services, but the token must have the ability to be used at the time of purchase; (3) asset tokens which are treated as securities and subject to securities laws; and (4) hybrid tokens which would have to be looked at on an individual basis.
Despite previous statements in 2017 that cryptocurrencies were not compatible with Islam because of its speculative nature and lack of government control, Turkey has not banned the use of cryptocurrencies. Some websites, stores and even real estate companies accept cryptocurrencies as payment. Most recently, the government announced that it would be looking at regulations and also considering launching its own national cryptocurrency called the Turkcoin.
Ukraine has formed a working group to draft cryptocurrency regulations, including the legalization and taxation of mining, but no laws have been proposed to parliament yet. Ukraine is also considering launching its own digital currency.
The Treasury announced plans to regulate cryptocurrencies and inquiries are being made into digital currencies and blockchain technology. It will likely lead to regulation, especially around ICOs but legislation hasn't been introduced yet.
It is legal to own, buy and trade cryptocurrencies in Canada and is regulated under Canadian anti-money laundering legislation. It is not considered money or currency but a commodity, and subject to capital gains tax.
While technically not legal yet, Mexico has already drafted legislation for regulating cryptocurrency and is awaiting one signature to pass the new laws. Secondary rules that will be more specific as to how it applies to crypto companies will be released later.
There is no uniform regulation across the country around cryptocurrencies. Most states have not passed any specific laws around cryptocurrency, some have embraced blockchain technology while still others have tried to deter residents from dealing with cryptocurrencies. ICOs were officially declared as securities by the SEC in July 2017.
The use of cryptocurrency as payment was no longer subject to double taxation, effectively treating cryptocurrency as money rather than a commodity. However, cryptocurrencies will remain subject to capital gains tax. New regulations have also been introduced for digital currency exchanges.
Cryptocurrencies and ICOs are considered securities in New Zealand. For tokens specifically, they fall into one of four categories – debt securities, equity securities, managed investment products or derivatives.
Cryptocurrencies are not specifically regulated as of yet but the government plans to issue legislation later this year. Currently, cryptocurrencies are not considered legal tender and are subject to taxation.
A statement in 2014 issued by the central bank states that the use of any kind of currency that is not issued or regulated by the government is illegal and punishable by law.
Cryptocurrencies are subject to a tax rate of 15% but otherwise unregulated. Because bitcoins and altcoins are not considered financial assets, financial institutions cannot purchase them and add them to their portfolios. Exchanges however don't fall under the financial regulations because bitcoin and cryptocurrencies aren't a currency or security and are able to continue their operations.
There are no clear regulations around cryptocurrencies in Chile but because of this uncertainty, banks and exchanges are clashing. Many banks have closed accounts associated with trading platforms and the exchanges have retaliated by taking legal action to appeal.
Cryptocurrencies are not authorized but also not banned in Colombia. They are not seen as currency nor securities.
In 2014, cryptocurrencies were specifically banned but the Central Bank recently issued another statement backing off on its earlier hard line ban and instead warning that the bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not a legal currency and is not authorized as a means of payment of goods and services.
With the introduction of the national oil backed Petro cryptocurrency, a Constituent Decree was created that would regulate the use of cryptoassets as well as the Petro. However, the Petro has been under fire with claims that it's a scam as well as illegal and unconstitutional. The future of the Petro as well as regulations of cryptocurrencies in Venezuela is extremely unclear due to the numerous political issues.
We'll do our best to keep this post up to date. If you see some inaccuracies or think of useful details to add to any of the entries, please let us know.
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Last of Dolphins Likely Dead Under River Ice
Published January 20, 2009 • Updated on January 20, 2009 at 11:01 am
TRENTON — The head of a marine mammal rescue group said he is afraid the last five dolphins that were staying in the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers since June may be dead, an expert reports.
Bob Schoelkopf, co-director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, said Monday that increasing ice in the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers, coupled with the fact that no one has seen the dolphins since Thursday, indicates they may have died.
Schoelkopf said when he last saw the bottlenose dolphins last Tuesday, they looked emaciated and weak.
"I don't think they're alive anymore," he said. "They haven't been seen since Thursday, and the ice started freezing then. We probably won't see them until the spring when they wash up somewhere.
"The last time I saw them, they were in such a weakened condition, so thin, that I can't see how they would have survived," he said.
A spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has jurisdiction over the animals, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday afternoon.
Schoelkopf has been the loudest voice calling on federal wildlife officials to authorize an intervention to get the dolphins out of the river and back out to sea.
But NOAA said trying to coax or scare the dolphins from the river is risky and probably would not work. The agency has said it believes the dolphins are trying to expand their habitat — something that should not be interfered with even if it means letting them die.
A pod of 16 dolphins showed up in the two rivers in June, thrilling onlookers as they frolicked in the waves and gorged themselves on plentiful bait fish.
Three of the dolphins have died already. Federal officials have said it is possible the other eight dolphins may have left the rivers on their own, but cautioned there is no way to know for sure.
As soon as the dolphins appeared in June, Schoelkopf began calling for a rescue attempt, citing the 1993 case of four dolphins that drowned in the Shrewsbury when ice closed in on them and a rescue attempt that he considers too late actually chased them under the ice.
Dolphins must surface periodically to breathe.


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Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PETRONAS) has delivered its first carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Shikoku Electric Power Co on August 17. According to the statement by PETRONAS, the cargo was delivered from the PETRONAS LNG Complex (PLC) in Bintulu to the Sakaide LNG terminal in Shikoku Island, Japan.
The company has offset the estimated life cycle carbon footprint of the LNG cargo through renewable-based carbon credits from upstream gas exploration and production, transportation, liquefaction, and shipping of the cargo.
The carbon credit was certified through a rigorous verification process under the Verified Carbon Standard program. It is a globally recognised program adopted by energy players and producers.
PETRONAS President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Tengku Muhammad Taufik said,
"Reflecting our support of the energy transition and in line with our Statement of Purpose, PETRONAS will continue diversifying our products and offerings to the market, while transforming ourselves to be a cleaner and more sustainable energy provider."
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In the LNG industry, carbon-neutral LNG is a catalyst to further greater carbon commitments, with a growing number of LNG consumers seeking ways to reduce their carbon footprint.
As an integrated energy player, PETRONAS actively seeks collaborations with buyers and end-users to achieve their sustainability goals.
Meanwhile, Shikoku Electric president Keisuke Nagai said the company has had a good relationship with PETRONAS for the past 15 years.
They are delighted for PETRONAS for embarking on a journey that signifies the LNG industry's transition towards a more sustainable future, he said.
Additionally, the national oil corporation said it is also reducing its carbon footprint through its LNG gas value chain. The carbon reduction efforts include powering the PLC with 90MW of hydroelectricity, conducting flare recovery, carbon capture and storage from offshore gas fields, among others, said Petronas.
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This Thursday is devoted to vampires--the vampires and their mates in Elizabeth Marx's paranormal series. We are today's stop on the Red Veil Series Blog Tour hosted by Full Moon Bites Blog Tours.
As many of our readers know, I love vampires. In film, in graphic novels, manga, anime, and especially in books. I'm always looking for new and unique tales about these fanged immortals so imagine my happiness at discovering a new author of a series which has become my favorite of 2013--Elizabeth Marx's Red Veil series.
"When all hope is lost, one vampire will fight unto death for his forbidden love." That line captures the true feel of the prequel story, Descent of Blood. What can I say about about Severian Pearce, Vampire Prince and all around great guy? The way he commands a scene, a quiet yet threatening presence, made him an instant favorite. I haven't been this excited about vampires since reading and adoring the Vampire Empire series by Clay and Susan Griffith.
What I thoroughly enjoyed about Descent of Blood was, well, everything! From the opening chapter, I couldn't move my eyes off the page. First meeting Meridian as she hides herself from becoming a victim of a murderous spree taking those she cares for at her home to Severian's walk through the same castle viewing the carnage. When they meet I realized I was already taken by this story. Things only got better from there.
I need to say how impressed I am with author Elizabeth Marx. This is self-publishing at its best. Yes, there were typos (and I find them in a lot of books, no matter the publisher), but the heart of this story, the characters, dialogue, descriptions, plot, and pace of Descent of Blood exemplify just how well-written this work is. It is entertaining and made me an instant fan. Marx has successfully blended the 'feel' of historical with the hint of a blooming romance along with the threat of blood drinking creatures. There are Nosferatus--the 'true' vampires who pass on their infection--to the "Houses" of the vampires (classification system) to war hounds and more. The attention to detail was apparent. My favorite characters were Severain, Meridian and Philabe. The idea of a "red veil" linking an immortal to his true love fascinated me. The politics of war and deceit of 1464 in Scotland was well conveyed and came to life in my mind.
What I truly loved was the chemistry between Severain and Meridian. What a couple! Both strong minded and smart, he has to deal with her stubborn ways and she has to have patience with his 'old' ways of thinking and treating women. This theme was quite apparent in Ascent of Blood, the next book in the Red Veil series which tells the story of their son, Sebastian Pearce, and his pursuit of the American woman, Dr. Everleigh Marbut. This time history jumps ahead six hundred years to Wales as he is alerted to a woman searching for knowledge of a certain book.
I wasn't immediately taken with Sebastian as I was with Severain. He was brooding and moody, and over time I came around to liking him as I understood him. Everleigh was a great character--feisty, intelligent, and quick with the snark. She made me laugh with her retorts. Again, the author created quite a story. Sebastian is aware of the Red Veil with the outspoken American, but she has her own baggage. She is human, a breeder, and his true mate, and she is already pregnant. Hmm... This revelation may be surprising and the way the author expounds upon this conflict only made me more of a fan. A new set of characters to like from Gillian to Cain, Ascent of Blood told an involving and engaging story. I loved both stories in this series and hungrily await the next novel by Elizabeth Marx. Vampire fans and paranormal junkies should have this series on their reading radar.
A solid 5 for both. Love this series!
I like them both but I am curious as to what the leading men look like. Perhaps we'll be privy to one on the next cover?
I received a promotional copy of both books in exchange for my honest review.
Thanks so much for reading and reviewing DESCENT OF BLOOD & ASCENT OF BLOOD. I'm so thrilled you liked them. Stop by my author page where I've posted a picture of Cain along with a link to your review.


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