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ungrateful-cyborg-moved · 3 years ago

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I posted 2 621 times in 2021

531 posts created (20%)

2090 posts reblogged (80%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 3.9 posts.

I added 2 388 tags in 2021

#byregot's blessing - 524 posts

#the more you know - 422 posts

#standing together we can do anything - 289 posts

#ooc - 247 posts

#a chorus reaching back centuries - 238 posts

#we are the voice of a song unsung - 153 posts

#born from sunshine and salt water - 142 posts

#when we hear the sound of tomorrow - 131 posts

#there's no such thing as maybe - 125 posts

#answered; ooc - 117 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i should ask people who've been rping with me for years if they noticed common points between the dozens of characters they've seen from me

My Top Posts in 2021

#5 List of FFXIV short stories

I think most people have read the official short stories from Shadowbringers but did you read those from the previous expansions and ARR?

Here are the links:

A Realm Reborn - Tales from the Calamity

Heavensward - Tales from the Dragonsong War

Stormblood - Tales from the Storm

Shadowbringers - Tales from the Shadows

Pre-Endwalker - Tales from the Twilight

Since Endwalker is coming out soon, more lore can’t hurt.

85 notes • Posted 2021-10-12 18:17:32 GMT

#4 Royal portrait

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#3 FFXIV ask meme [WoLs]

We need more FFXIV-specific memes and I am here to provide. This one is for all the WoLs out there and their player dying to reveal more about them!

Why did they become an adventurer? Glory? Money? ...?

How did they learn to fight? Have they learned other martial or magical arts since then?

How good are they at saying “no”? Has it gotten better or worse with time?

Are they the kind to ask first or stab first? Was there a time they really should have picked the other option?

Where were they during the Calamity? If they were in Carteneau, where did Louisoix’s spell teleport them?

What did they think of Hydaelyn in the beginning? Did they change their mind about her since then?

What made them join the Scions? What do they think about them now?

Do they take the time to rest between missions or do they find a way to keep themselves busy?

How do they deal with their fame? Has it changed their relationship with their loved ones? Have they ever been tempted to use their fame for selfish reasons?

How do they deal with the pressure of being a or the Warrior of Light? Do they have a ritual to relax and recenter themselves?

How do they deal with the knowledge that they’re not immortal but the world will always face some kind of danger? Have they made their peace with not being able to save everyone?

What do they think about redemption and forgiveness? Would they forgive an enemy? Would they forgive themselves?

Of all the dungeons they explored and the trials they faced, which one left the best memories?

Is there any NPC from the game they would consider as a mentor?

How do they feel about the Ascians?

Tell us about the two major events from MSQ that left the deepest emotional scars on your WoL.

What do they think about the Empire? Did their feelings on the matter evolve over time?

How should History remember Ilberd in their opinion? Why?

What lessons did they learn from their time on the First?

Do they believe that, provided all world-ending threats are dealt with, Eorzea could reach a new Golden Age soon?

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Could you reblog if you have a FFXIV rp/ic blog? I’m looking for more people to follow. I’m not really picky about your DC but if it matters to you, I’m on Crystal and Chaos. Thank you!

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#1 FFXIV MSQ-related asks

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Get your Tumblr 2021 Year in Review →

#OOC #last year it was mainly screenshots #did I transform my blog into a meme blog? :'D

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bethgreeneishopeunseen · 7 years ago

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Can you direct me to some of the latest and greatest TD theories? I've been offline for a while.

Hey anon! I’m sorry that it’s taken so long for me to get back to you. I have to say, when I first saw your ask, I was a little lost. Team Delusional generates so much during the season, that it’s staggering. Below I listed all of my favorite, and what I consider likeliest, theories. For brevity I only described some of the major pieces of evidence for each theory, but I recommend through the links, as I can only summarize so much here.

Cure Theory (Beth was bit):

Since before season 5 aired, there was speculation that Beth’s arc would be related to a cure. She was in a working hospital after all. @bethgreenewarriorprincess first suggested that Beth was bit, her wound hidden under the cast. Christy noticed that Beth had an abnormally large IV bag of heparin, a blood thinner, that would help her recover from her GSW and is also often used in the zombie literature as treatment for a bite. Furthermore, Beth wore a soft-compression cast, made from gauze, which is not good for setting broken/fractured bones. Because she had a cast made from gauze, it was changed regularly. (Notice how it goes from being grimy to clean in different scenes.) Edwards also wore rubber gloves while changing her cast offscreen, indicating that he was exposing himself to infection. We think that Beth is immune, and I believe that if Beth returns in season 8, she will be part of All Out War, and then season 9 will focus on the search for the cure and the Whisperers.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/tagged/beth-was-bit

Officer Bello:

Christy and I also uncovered evidence that Bello was the one who actually shot Beth. She was likely aiming for Dawn and hit Beth by mistake. There was gun smoke near Bello, after Beth fell, and an officer glanced at her, as if they were in on the conspiracy together. Bello was also at the perfect height and angle for Beth’s GSW to make sense. Lastly, Amber Dawn Fox, who played Bello, has done a lot of TWD promotion and even had a table at SDCC this year, even though she’s a relatively small actress.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/tagged/officer-bello

Binoculars Bethfoot & the Junkyard:

In 7x08 a hooded figure appeared in a coda, surveying Alexandria before kidnapping Father Gabriel. On 7x10′s Talking Dead it was confirmed that the figure was Tamiel, from the Junkyard, but that’s impossible. There are differences between Tamiel and Boots’s costume, especially in the sleeve material, and there are also physical differences. Boots has fairer skin and more delicate hands, as well as a faint scar above her right eyebrow where Beth’s second facial laceration is. I believe that Tamiel is a narrative decoy and Sabrina an actual decoy, filming the walkaway shot in 7x08 as a stand-in for Emily. I also think both of them filmed together in July, filming scenes that explained how Tamiel and Boots reached Alexandria before Tamiel left to follow the Saviors while Boots stayed behind.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/tagged/binoculars-bethfoot

Beth is hiding among the Scavengers, and I think she will eventually face up against Jadis as she faced Dawn. Grady and the Junkyard are thematically the same, yet complete opposites, and both are original groups in the show. I think Beth will form a group/community with people from Grady and with Scavengers.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/tagged/the-junkyard

(picture credit to @badassbethdixon)

Beth and Tigers:

Beth’s action figure was originally going to come with a very large bear trap. I think Beth saved Shiva from a bear trap at one point, and at that time she stayed at the yellow house. Beth’s figure stressed her medical training, in relation to Hershel’s veterinarian skills, and once Ezekiel saved Shiva she trusted him for life. It would be the same with Beth, I think. If Beth saved Shiva, Ezekiel would be eternally grateful and definitely let her take shelter in his domain. It would also explain the mysterious guitar player. Furthermore, I think Beth is on the run from some Grady survivors, who are after her for the cure. It makes sense that she would stay at the Kingdom but leave, feeling too exposed as C@rol was, per Richard. It would be easier for Beth to hide amidst all of the Scavengers.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/tagged/beth-and-tigers

Beth vs. Negan:

I believe that Beth and Negan will be adversaries during the All Out War arc, Christ figure against the Anti-Christ. There have been a few eggs and parallels planted, linking Beth to Negan, such as this bat in frame with Beth from 4x10. Though it’s only covered in blood, the gore was set up to resemble barbed wire. Emily also became nervous when asked if Beth was with Negan.

This theory also connects to the Binoculars Bethfoot theory, because I think Beth has connections to the Kingdom as well. There are clear connections through the yellow house, and as Dwight will spy for Alexandria, so will Beth spy for the Kingdom. It would contrast her against Jadis, who was Negan’s little bird.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/post/165661628124/httpstwittercomnam88232323status911523977155#notes

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/post/164057756936/hi-first-i-want-to-say-thank-you-for-all-the#notes

803 Reunion:

There was an 803 in the car trunk from Still, behind Daryl’s shoulder. For the longest time I thought it was a 03 until an anon wrote to me, and I took a second look at the writing. The 803 matches up with a Grady clock that was never accounted for, and the second season of Ride premieres after 8x03. This could be the episode that our OTP actually reunites.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/post/163463901301/be-prepared-to-go-beth-christ-crazy-source-wiki#notes

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/post/163750705966/beth-christ-crazy-anon-again-lol-hi-i#notes

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/post/165727563216/amc-couldnt-settle-a-premiere-date-for-r1de-or#notes

Genekie:

In 7x11 Eugene forged a tenuous connection with the wives, especially Frankie. Since Frankie hugged him, I sensed a romantic connection, and when I went back and reviewed their characters and the cinematographic elements, I realized that Gimple is going in this direction. He’s going to pair up Eugene and Frankie (Genekie as I call them). Eugene��s love for Frankie will embolden him to fully work against Negan. Eugene and Frankie share similarities with comic!Eugene and Rosita, and overall they fit Gimple’s style. Genekie is a fresh take on a trope-filled pairing type, much like Bethyl. I’ve noticed similarities in the narrative and in Elyse DuFour’s social media. Her social media and interview hint at a larger arc, one connected to Eugene’s. All of it reminds me of Beth’s arc, Emily’s career, and Bethyl. While Genekie is a ship, and not exactly a theory, it is very subtle. If we can read that correctly, then it means we have Gimple’s style down. We aren’t missing his signs.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/tagged/genekie

Season 9 (The Whisperers):

Beth being the cure is very tangible. Her kidnapping, the start of her cure arc, was linked to the D.C. trip, through the use of license plates. It makes sense to explore the cure arc fully after All Out War, when the group would have time to look for supplies and to set up a research area. (In 6x01 Eugene even mentioned that the infirmary would make a great laboratory.) With all of that in mind, I believe that Beth’s cure arc will be linked to the Whisperers. There are comic eggs connecting the two, and Heath’s disappearance introduced the first solid Whisperers egg. Tara found a card with P.P.P. on it, and it’s a musical acronym for “whisper”. That P.P.P. first appeared in Bulletproof Picasso in a scene reminiscent of the end of Still. Heath’s disappearance was even reminiscent of Beth’s kidnapping.

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/post/162874941726/hope-is-the-distant-light-look-northward

https://bethgreeneishopeunseen.tumblr.com/tagged/the-whisperers

#team delusional #summaries #theories #genekie #asks

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markdaniel9 · 5 years ago

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suit-lady · 7 years ago

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Look, I’m sorry that y’all gotta see this again but fuck tumblr tbh I wanted the post to actually work so here it is in link form love you xoxo

A huge thanks to the lovely Kenzi, @tomfooleryholland. This is our brainchild together, so bless her. Also, I am so sorry for the length. Also, the title is from the one scene with Childish Gambino when he goes, “I think I know what a girl sounds like.” We thought it was cute. I know you probably don’t care about all of this, so… Intro begins at 00:32, Typical Accent Stuff begins at 00:50, Get to Know Me begins at 03:22, and Tom Holland Stuff begins at 07:12. Anyways, I hope you enjoy listening to my voice for ten million years. xoxo

Also, I’m putting everything under the cut bc this post is a year long

Intro:

What’s your name?

Url?

Age?

Where you’re from?

Typical Accent Stuff:

Pronounce: Aunt, Roof, Route, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Alabama, Underoos, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Croissant, Pajamas, Caught, Larb Gai, Naturally, Aluminium, GIF, Tumblr, Crackerjack, Doorknob, Envelope, Tomato, Potato, Waffle, February, Human, Surprise,

What is a bubbly carbonated drink called?

What do you call gym shoes?

What do you call your grandparents?

Choose a book and read a passage from it? (Maybe own writing if they write?)

Get to Know Me:

How long have you been on Tumblr?

What are you usually doing when you aren’t on Tumblr?

Any hobbies?

When is your birthday?

What’s something you don’t think your followers know about you?

List some of your favorite (not Tom Holland or Spider-Man related) things.

Coffee or Tea?

How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

Tom Holland Stuff:

When did you first discover Tom Holland?

Favorite Tom Holland role?

Favorite scene/line in Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Is there a specific role you’d like to see Tom in sometime in the future?

Favorite thing about Tom?

If you ever met Tom, what do you think you’d say to him?

End:

End the audio post with any three words you’d like!

Tags and caption under the cut:

Sorry that those of you I’m tagging are getting another notif ily

Okay, this was a brainchild in the underoos group chat, so they’re technically all tagged, but I’m gonna try to tag a bunch of you right now. @hufflepuffholland, @peterandchurros, @peterfuckinparker, @peterfightmeparker, @spideytingles, @lgbt-avengers, @softnerdypeter, @thebucckybarnes, @homecunnings, @hollandaised, @parkery, @petersyoink, @infinitypeter, @thomas-tom-holland, @notahug, @tomsh0lland, @penlsparker, @babyparker, @softspidey, @sixtiesholland. That’s all I got off the top of my head. I’m so sorry if I don’t have your user memorized I promise I love all of you. Not in underoos, I wanna tag a couple of other people because I’m a nosey ass bitch and I wanna know what your voices sound like. @bbparker, @parkrpeterr, @padfootparker….? It’s so hard to make friends if you aren’t forced to in a groupchat rip. I love you guys. Also, I know voice sharing is weird so like 100% don’t feel like you gotta. This is just a fun lil thing you can do if you want. Also, if you aren’t tagged and would like to, please do this! Just tag me please please please. Thank youuu

Captioning this took fucking forever, but whatever. I left out the majority of my thinking words because I really didn’t wanna type “um” ten thousand times. I also omitted the book passage because I figured none of you wanted to read through it. Anyways, caption below.

Hey everyone!

Okay, I’m gonna do my best to go through this as quickly as I can because it’s really long, but, before I do that, I’m gonna let you know what I’m doing. Okay. A little bit ago, I saw the regular, typical accent challenge circulating tumblr a little bit, and a friend of mine, Kenzi (@tomfooleryholland on tumblr), and I, we talked about it a little bit, and we decided it would be kinda cute if we did it as a little “get to know me” thing, and made it special for the Tom Holland/Spider-Man fandom. And, so, this is what we came up with. Alright, let’s get started!

Intro: (begins at 00:32)

What’s your name? My name is Jamie, and, on my about, it says “Jamie Rhea”… Rhea is my middle name! Url… My url is suit-lady with a hyphen in the middle! Age? I am nineteen, and I am from a little suburbian area in Indiana.

Typical Accent Stuff: (begins at 00:50)

Pronounce: (I wrote these by sounding them out because that’s the point of saying these words.) Awnt, roof, root, thee-ay-tur, eye-urn, sal-mon, care-a-mel, feye-urr, wah-tur, new oar-lans, pee-kin, bohth, uh-gan, prah-buh-blee, al-uh-bam-a, underoos, lawh-yur, coo-pawn, man-aise, cruh-sawnt, puh-jah-mahs, cot, lap guy, nat-ruh-lee, uh-loo-min-um (I actually read this as al-yoo-min-yum even though that’s not the conventional way to pronounce it in the states), jif, tum-blur, crack-er-jack (how do you what), dawr-nob, on-vel-ope, toe-may-toe, poe-tay-toe, wahh-full, feb-you-air-ee, hue-man, suh-prise. (This was weird)

What is a bubbly carbonated drink called? It’s called soda, and I will fight you on this, okay? Originally, it was called sodapop as a full name, and, if you call it pop, that’s like having a friend called Johnathan and nicknaming him Than. Ya just don’t—y—don’t do it. No. Hm-mm. It’s soda. Soda. Or call it sodapop. No.

What do you call gym shoes? I call them sneakers.

What do you call your grandparents? Okay, I was the first grandchild, so I got to name them when I first learned how to talk, and I took inspiration from what I called my parents, mommy and daddy. And so, my grandparents on my mother’s side are Mi-Mi and Pappy, and my grandparents on my father’s side are Monie and Pacaw.

Choose a book and read a passage from it. This is one of my favorite books, I read it back in highschool. It’s called Kill Me by Stephen White. (It’s most of page 13.) Alright.

Get to Know Me Stuff: (begins at 03:22)

The fun stuff!

How long have you been on tumblr? This blog is about two weeks old, I think. And then, I’ve actually been on tumblr on a personal, main blog since I was in middle school, so five or six years..?

What are you usually doing when you aren’t on tumblr? As of late, writing…for tumblr, because I post a ton of writing. When I’m not doing that, since it’s the summer, I’m just hanging out at home a lot usually. I haven’t done very much this summer (whoops). When I’m at uni, I’m usually hanging out with my uni friends, cos, once you get to uni, you’re gonna have a lot of friends that live really far away from you, so it’s really hard to hang out unless you’re at uni, so I’ll usually be hanging out with my uni friends or doing homework and studying for engineering school because it’s…it’s rough.

Any hobbies? Writing, obviously, but I like writing all kinds of things, including poetry. I really like poetry. And then, I like reading a lot. I don’t read as much as I used to, cos I don’t have as much time anymore, but I still consider it a hobby. And then, I really like fancy writing and writing letters and stuff like that. I do a little bit of modern calligraphy. It’s nothing special, but I have a lot of fun doing it, so I do it a lot…So, I consider it a hobby.

When’s my birthday? The eleventh of May.

What’s something you don’t think your followers know about you? Okay, this is something that I use for my professors at uni, because one of the “get to know you” things that they’ll always ask you is “tell me an interesting, unique fact about yourself” and so, this is something that I figure they don’t hear from many kids. Anyway, when I was in fourth grade, so I was, like, ten?ish?, I tripped over a dog leash, and I ended up hitting my head really hard on the pavement, and I ended up having head trauma for about a month, which is not a great time…So, I hope that you never experience that cos your brain has to reprogram itself, and it’s…it’s very strange.

List some of your favorite (not Tom Holland- or Spider-Man-related things). Okay, I really like sweaters, I really like stripes, and I really like plaid and flannel shirts…I have, at the very least, a dozen plaid shirts. I really like boots, specifically Timberlands and Doc Martens. I really like Converse shoes. My favorites are my white optic white high top Converse, which have not been white for months, but that’s beside the point. And then I also really, really like the really soft fleece blankets? I currently own four, and, last weekend, my mom and I went out shopping and I tried to convince her to let me purchase another one (because it may or may not have had Spider-Man on it). She refused to let me because she says I have too many. I disagree.

Coffee or Tea? I prefer tea 100% because I’m very sensitive to tannins, which is what makes coffee bitter. I actually don’t like red wine either because of the same reason.

How many hours of sleep do you usually get? When I’m at uni, I get between six and eight. At home, I’ll either say “fuck it” and just not sleep at all or get, like, two hours of sleep (which is terrible), or I’ll get between six and eight when I know that I’m doing something the next day, or I’ll get, like, more than ten. I’m really bad about sleeping for, like, fourteen hours sometimes.

Tom Holland Stuff: (begins at 07:12)

When did you first discover Tom Holland? I first discovered Tom Holland when he was in the Civil War trailer that introduced Spider-Man to the MCU, which… Since I was a little kid, like, as long as I can remember, Spider-Man has been my absolute favorite superhero 100%. So, when the trailer came out, and I found out that they were finally introducing Spider-Man to the MCU, I literally flipped shit. I was so ecstatic, oh my goodness! So, then I had to find out who this guy was, right? It’s like, “Okay, who gets to play Spider-Man in the MCU? I have to know!” So, that’s how I discovered him.

My favorite Tom Holland role? Okay, cos I’m fake, I have only seen him in Civil War and in Homecoming because I’m trying to convince myself that it’s worth it to buy them all and binge them all because instead of pirating them I would rather support him because I’m that much of a stan. It’s terrible. But…I feel like, even after I watch all of those, I’ll still have the same opinion because of how much passion Tom has for Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Not only is he so similar to Peter Parker, like, as a person, but, since Spider-Man has been his favorite, y’know, for, like, his whole life, he just has so much love for the character, and that’s really evident in the way that he portrays Peter Parker. Y’know, actors always try to their best in portraying the characters that they’re given, but there’s something different with Peter Parker, and there’s always gonna be something different with Peter Parker for Tom…So, I have a feeling that it will stay my favorite.

Okay, favorite scene or line in Spider-Man (Homecoming I got carried away lmao). Okay, I went over this so that I would have something to say, and I got really excited during this part, so I’m gonna stick to one specifically (meaning I could not choose and talked about the movie forever…this one has just been on my mind recently). When they’re practicing for nationals for the decathlon, and Peter is telling their team advisor that he’s not gonna be able to make it to nationals, and Liz is standing up front and she’s like, “Okay, so, what’s the heaviest naturally occurring atom (element, whoops)?” and the one guy slams on the bell and goes, “Hydrogen zolitus! (colitus? I have no idea what the FUCK this is, but I can’t find it on Google. I have looked) That was not the question.” That is SUCH a mood. Honestly, that is SO me. That happens to me all the time. Y’know, you’re doing something, and you’re like, “This is 100% what they want. This is exactly perfect. This is everything that they’re asking for.” And then you do it, and the you’re like, “No. That was not even in the same realm. Nice.” So, that’s one of my favorites because that is a constant mood for me, so me. Alright.

Is there any specific role you’d like to see Tom in sometime in the future? Yes! I’m going to make a reference to his Nerdist interview that he did a while ago, and I’m assuming that you’ve heard it. In the intwerview, he talks about his brainchild of a potential movie, The Advisor, and he has so much passion and love for this little idea that he’s had for…who even knows how long he’s been formulating little details and pieces of this potential film. So, I’m just really excited see him be able to make that movie come to life?? So, it’s not a character role, but his role as the director. I’m just so excited for him to be able to direct that movie in the future and see it on screen rather than just in his mind’s eye. Alright.

Favorite thing about Tom… Physically? My favorite thing about Tom is his eyes because I’m the biggest sucker ever for brown eyes. I love brown eyes with my whole heart. I know that there are so many of you guys that have brown eyes, and you claim that they look like shit. No they fucking don’t. Your eyes are fucking gorgeous, and I hate you. I hate you when you say that your eyes look like shit because it’s not fucking true. (Somebody’s passionate.) Anyway, my favorite non-physical thing about Tom is, like I said earlier, is how passionate he is just about, like, everything that he does, and he’s not afraid to show his emotions and stuff, which is really hard for most (or like some w/e) guys because of hypermasculinity and all that dumb shit. But…He is not afraid to show how he feels, and, in interviews and stuff, his joy and his excitement is always so genuine and real, and that just makes me really, really happy. And, like, the one gifset (I’m assuming that you’ve seen it), when him and Jacob Batalon see each other at a premiere, and they run up to each other and give each other this huge hug, and they’re both so happy and excited to see each other because it’s been forever, and it’s just… -heavy sigh- It’s…it’s very precious. I… Anyway.

If you ever met Tom, what do you think you’d say to him? Okay… The way that Tom portrays Peter Parker is very special to me. Spider-Man has always been my favorite, and I’ve always really related to Peter Parker, but, especially the way that Tom portrays him… Like, I can’t relate to him as much because I’m getting ready to be a sophomore at university, but, if this movie would’ve come out when I was beginning high school, everything that Peter does, I would be like, “Holy fuck, that is so me. That is 100% me.” Y’know, “big fucking mood” to everything that he does in this movie (aside from being Spider-Man, of course). –sigh- Y’know, so… If I told him anything, that would probably be what I would tell him, is: the amount of passion and love that he puts into Peter Parker means a lot to me because I have a similar amount of passion and love about Peter Parker and Spider-Man, and just… The way that he shows Peter Parker on screen is just, like…it’s really special to me… And I really would like to let him know that if I ever got the chance to meet him, and it makes me really emotional, and my chest is contracting, so I know that I would cry in front of him, but that’s fine, cos he deserves to hear it. Oh my goodness. Okay.

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End the audio post with any three words you’d like. Okay, I’m actually gonna end it with these three words, so I’m gonna go ahead and say this before I end it. Thank you so much for listening to this for fourteen fucking minutes. Ohhhh my god. I knew this was gonna be long, but, like, holy shit! Thanks for listening to my, like, disgusting voice for that long. I’m so sorry?? Okay, I’m gonna tag people after all of the text. I’m gonna put in under a cut so you don’t have to scroll past a bajillion names, and then I’m also gonna caption this underneath (aye). So, if you’re like, “What the fuck did she say?”, you’ll be able to tell, cos I’ll write it down. So, anyway, again, thanks for listening, and… That’s a rap!

#slt #there it fuckin is #love you guys #hopefully the double post won't be as bad because it's so much later in the day fhjhfgrugrh #so sorry

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North Korea Test Fires Missiles Amid Worries About Coronavirus Outbreak

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea and Japan said, continuing a streak of weapons launches that suggests leader Kim Jong Un is trying to strengthen domestic support amid worries about a possible coronavirus outbreak in the country.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the projectiles flying from the North Korean eastern coastal city of Wonsan into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Sunday morning. The projectiles flew about 143 miles at a maximum altitude of 19 miles, the statement said.

The military described the launches as “very inappropriate” at a time when the world is battling the coronavirus outbreak. It urged North Korea to stop such military action.

Japan’s Defense Ministry said that presumed ballistic missiles were believed to have splashed into the sea outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

“Recent repeated firings of ballistic missiles by North Korea is a serious problem to the entire international community including Japan,” a ministry statement said.

In recent weeks, North Korea has fired a slew of missiles and artillery shells into the sea in an apparent effort to upgrade its military capability amid deadlocked nuclear talks with the United States. Those weapons were all short range and capable of striking South Korea, but didn’t pose a direct threat to the U.S. homeland.

Some experts say the latest North Korean launches were likely designed to shore up unity and show that leader Kim Jong Un is in control in the face of U.S.-led sanctions and the global pandemic.

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People pass by a TV screen showing a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 29, 2020.

Kim “wants to show he rules in a normal way amid the coronavirus (pandemic) and his latest weapons tests were aimed at rallying unity internally, not launching a threat externally,” said Kim Dong-yub, an analyst at Seoul’s Institute for Far Eastern Studies. “North Korea doesn’t have time now to spare for staging (external threats).”

North Korea has been engaged in an intense campaign to prevent the spread of the virus that has infected more than 660,000 worldwide.

It has called its campaign a matter of “national existence” but has steadfastly denied there has been a single virus outbreak on its soil. Many foreign experts question that claim, warning an epidemic in North Korea could be dire because of its chronic lack of medical supplies and poor health care infrastructure.

A week ago, North Korea said President Donald Trump sent a personal letter to Kim, seeking to maintain good relations and offering cooperation in fighting the outbreak. A North Korean state media dispatch didn’t say whether Trump mentioned any of the latest weapons tests by the North.

Kim Jong Un has vowed to boost internal strength to withstand what he calls “gangsters-like” U.S.-led sanctions that are stifling his country’s economy. His nuclear diplomacy with Trump faltered after the American president turned down his calls for broad sanctions relief in exchange for a limited denuclearization step during their second summit in Vietnam in early 2009.

North Korea hasn’t carried out nuclear or long-range missile tests since it began talks with the United States in 2018. A resumption of a major weapons test by North Korea risks completely disrupting the negotiations.

Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report.

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Company Profile of PT. FPS Indonesia

PT FPS INDONESIA

PT FPS Indonesia, a sister company of PT Internusa Hasta Buana was incorporated officially on March 29th, 2006. The parent company it self was founded in 1991, providing complete services in the field of shipping and forwarding business.

Since day one from its official launching, PT FPS Indonesia a subsidiary of PT Internusa Hasta Buana, is taking over the freight forwarding and logistics operations, particularly focusing on marketing the groups ocean freight forwarding services, and is currently supported by 12 branches, namely; Jakarta, Tangerang, Bandung, Cikarang, Cirebon, Medan, Makasar, Batam, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Jepara, Solo, Surabaya, Denpasar (Bali) and Mataram (Lombok).

Under its existing name, PT Internusa Hasta Buana, will continue to be responsible for providing services to project shippers, military, as well as domestic transportation and international airfreight forwarding activities. Since establishing the FPS brand in the early 1990s (in Indonesia formerly represented by PT Internusa Hasta Buana), the group has introduced the brand in a carefully managed fashion. Rolling-out the brand extensively to key regional markets in Asia, thus promoting Indonesia as an excellent opportunity to enhance its credibility and standing; and therefore, allow it to strengthen the brand internationally.

Famous Pacific Shipping’s global network now includes 43 individual companies, from 22 different nations worldwide, working together under the FPS banner.

Mission Statement

Your Vision is Our Mission

FPS Indonesia Values : Honest, Care, & Share

Quality Commitment Quality-based-operation has applied to the company synchronized with achievement of ISO 9001:2000 certification. Further, it is always a need to provide the highest level of service in purpose to meet customer satisfaction and keeping stable improvement. By this, all of non-conformance against all aspects within company will be eliminated preventively.

FPS Indonesia Strong Points – Having ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 & SKT MIGAS Certificate as quality & safety commitment are part of company philosophy. – Staffed by dedicated, experienced and expert personnel. – Well verses in documentation and understanding the physical requirements for the cargo movements. – Having worldwide networks in more than 108 countries, 300 ports under FPS Group. – Highest level of services supported by track & trace computerized system.

Communication and Technology PT FPS Indonesia including The Group has realized that accuracy and timeless of information, in particular meeting strict deadlines, are key factors for clients to stay competition.

We are determined to provide shipment information in the process of transport through various communications that link FPS members to clients and also to their global networks, i.e. e-mail via internet, EDI, skype, fax etc.

An increasing number of members are able to provide tracking system that monitors clients consignments to destinations and provide detailed status reports and currently offer computerized based booking services.

The FPS Team Group member are keenly aware of the importance of their employees training and development are continually working to enhance the human resource skills of our staff. All of it is geared to develop the FPS team as self-confident, decisive and hard-working professionals who see obstacles as a challenge.

You can be confident that when you talk to a member of the FPS team you will, at all times, get the highest level of customer service.

The freight network operated by the Famous Pacific Shipping Group offers high class, world-wide services serving both inbound and outbound traffic.

Ocean Freight Our dedicated oceanfreight departments specialise in the complete range of consolidation services for LCL cargoes, as well as full container loads.

We provide scheduled services that connect all the world’s core economies. These services incorporate efficient collection, storage and delivery operations at both cargo origin and destination.

Our core operations are supported by project forwarding departments well-versed in the shipment of complete industrial plants and heavy loads, including packing, local delivery, customs clearance and unloading.

Sailing schedules, liner terms and bills of lading are available on our website. And with multiple port options, competitive rates and the fastest transit times, you can trust Famous Pacific Shipping to move your oceanfreight cargoes direct from suppliers through to final destination, with total peace of mind.

Expedited airfreight services When time is of the essence, our specialist airfreight teams offer the complete range of air import, export, express courier and door-to-door services, as well as economy and charter operations.

Our scheduled and consolidation services for imports and exports connect to the world’s core industrial markets including North and South America, Australasia, South East Asia, China, the Middle East, South Africa and the former Soviet Union. FPS airfreight service tariffs are available on our website.

Our competitive rates and excellent support operations mean you can trust Famous Pacific Shipping to move your airfreight cargoes direct from suppliers through to final destination, with total peace of mind.

International and Domestic Distribution From our various freight hubs around the globe, we can provide national and trans-national distribution and warehousing services for consolidations, part and full loads. Express, intermodal and heavyweight options are available where appropriate.

The tight-knit Famous Pacific Shipping Network enables us to exercise stringent control over the movement of goods throughout these regions.

This effective operational infrastructure gives you high productivity, frequent departures, fast transits and reliability on all our national distribution operations.

Warehousing and supply chain management Members of the Famous Pacific Shipping network have an excellent track record in successful warehouse design and the implementation and operation of both dedicated and multi-user facilities. Warehousing services support inbound logistics, distribution and aftermarket services in a way that will improve your inventory management, reduce total operating costs and improve cycle times.

FPS utilises multi-user warehouse space across the world, all connected to our global freight management network. We supply a range of customers in different industries with a wide range of warehousing and distribution services including:

– Consolidation and Deconsolidation – Pick and Pack – Storage and Distribution – Inventory Management – Purchase Order Management – Claims Management – Management Of Returned Goods – Pre-sales and After Sales Service – Technical Services

Comprehensive Value – Added Services Although cargo shipment remains our core business, we offer a number of support operations that enable you to exercise greater control over your supply chain.

Customs liaison and consultancy We work very closely with national Customs authorities and can offer extensive advice on customs procedures, rates of duty, as well as providing a full customs brokerage service.

Hazardous goods Legislation in many countries requires that all companies distributing goods by air, road, rail or inland waterways need to have designated safety advisors and we offer dangerous goods consultancy services to ensure that customers meet the legislative requirements.

Fiscal services Where necessary, we can provide full fiscal respresentation, market intelligence, and assist in product purchase and sales, including all documentation.

E-capabilites For many years, FPS has been a leading e-business player in the world shipping industry. Our innovative and customer-oriented IT solutions have enabled us to meet a variety of key customer needs.

Liasbility insurance All offieces of the FPS Group are covered by liability insurance.

International affiliations FPSGroup is registered with all shipping related controlling organisations; such as FIATA, IATA and Chamber of Commerce, as well as the majority of offices having attained ISO 9001: 2000 /Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance.

These support services enable you to move your cargoes direct form origin through to final destination, with total peace of mind.

MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE : www.fpsindonesia.co.id www.fpsmovers.com www.internusa.co.id www.ultrafilter.co.id www.ihsmulti.com www.int-logis.com www.wqa-sea.com www.nqa-indonesia.com www.facebook.com/fps.indonesia ptfpsindonesia.blogspot.com

OFFICE HEAD :

PT. FPS INDONESIA GRAHA ISKA 165, BUILDING JL. Pramuka Raya No.165 Jakarta Pusat 10570 Telephone : +62 21 4280 0909 Fax : +62 21 4280 0707

CONTACT PERSON : Mr. Hendratmoko ( Managing Director) E-mail : [email protected] Mr. Marsanto (Branch Manager) E-mail : [email protected] Mr. Jaerony Setyadhi (M/R Management) E-mail : [email protected] Mr. Yudhi Prihantoro (Manager Marketing FPS Movers) E-mail : [email protected] Mrs. Neri Prawitandari (Secretary) E-mail : [email protected]

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Photo Sharing

Changes I Will Make with my Photos

Generally, I do not have a problem with the photos I choose to share online. For example, my iCloud backup was already disabled. Rather, I am concerned about who has access to those photos and in what capacity. It is important to know what your audience is and the extent to which you would like to communicate with that audience. In light of concerns over privacy, I will begin to migrate the majority of my personal photos from Facebook back to services like Google Photos with a more limited audience. I have since become more wary of who I friend on Facebook and have unfriended questionable profiles. I want to take more control of my data and likeness in order to better understand my digital footprint and audience online. I will remind myself that Instagram and Facebook are not personal diaries and simply a means to build my personal brand and connect with acquaintances respectively. My specific needs as an international student thinking of living abroad for a significant period of time makes it necessary that I use a variety of photo sharing services. Sharing Photos remains important and I may set up my own private server to keep images accessible for my own use as I remain abroad.

Photo Sharing Safety Notes on Articles

WikiHow: Tag People in Photos on Google+ Article was under quality review and not readable. http://www.wikihow.com/Tag-People-in-Photos-on-Google%2B

Posting Too Many Facebook ‘Selfies’ Can Hurt Your Real-World Relationships, Study Says Oversharing photos on social media can negatively affect intimacy with friends, mutual friends, and acquaintances due to oversaturation of a one-way relationship. It can come off as narcissistic or self-aggrandizing. This is in contrast with real-world interactions in which people can engage in two-way communication. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/too-many-facebook-photos-study_n_3749053.html

Sharing private family photos and videos online Article discusses personal photo sharing options for people who wish to privately share photos with friends and family around the world. Shutterfly is a freemium service offers unlimited photo-uploads, options to upgrade to high-quality video sharing, custom products from uploaded photos and password-protection. Dropshots was an up and coming service that offereds private links and password protection to access photos. Viddler is a similar service that offers additional privacy protection, but at the cost of $50/month. General services like GoogleDrive, DropBox, and Microsoft Sky drive have a similar appeal, but also host files. Alternatively, tech savvy individuals can set up private networks that enable computers to connect to servers both locally and remotely. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2012/aug/02/sharing-private-photographs-videos-online

Is It Safe to Post Photos Online? Online culture of oversharing photos on social media sites like Facebook can lead to violation of privacy, subjection to nefarious purposes, and embarrassing digital footprints. It advises users to 1) check privacy settings, 2) know your friends on faceook 3) disable GPS, 4) protect online information with similar caution to low-tech physical documents with sensitive information, 5) don’t post embarrassing photos of your children, 6) stand-up against unwanted posts, and 7) use watermarks. http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2011/08/03/is-it-safe-to-post-photos-online

Is It Safe to Post Photos of Your Kids Online? Although social media gives users ownership of the content, they essentially give audiences the “right to copy, distribute or adapt” the original image posted. It is important to throughly read Terms of Service (TOS), check privacy settings, and err on the side of caution or remain skeptical regarding photo sharing sites. It is important to file for online copyright registration on selected photos at the U.S. Copyright office. This is particularly important for photographers who share images on social media. http://consumer.findlaw.com/online-scams/is-it-safe-to-post-photos-of-your-kids-online.html

Does sharing photos of your children on Facebook put them at risk? Article asks if children have a right to privacy when like-hungry parents share images of them. There is a psychological explanation that suggests that validation in the form of likes can make parents act against their child’s interests regarding privacy. Privacy settings on social media sites like Facebook can also be misleading and give users a false sense of security about the privacy of their information. Advocacy groups for children safety say that their right to remove their own content online should be exercised. Understanding our digital footprint is necessary to safeguard privacy as technology continues to advance. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/21/children-privacy-online-facebook-photos

How to share family photos safely It is important to use a combination of analogue technology (e.g. external hardrives) and digital technology to safeguard images online. It rates DropBox and iCloud as better alternatives to keep private photos. Alternatively, facebook should only be used as necessary and with caution. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/21/photographs-social-media-sharing-privacy

Stolen Nude Photos of Stars Find 'Safe Harbour' Online Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998) governs the online distribution of photos, video and text. The��‘Safe Harbour’ clause absolves websites from legal liability related to user-posted content. However, copyright infringements claims allow ISPs and websites to work togethe to remove infringing content. However, once something is posted, removing content seldom prevents the spread of sensitive information like celebrity nude pictures. This made me think that, as a user, I have relatively few safeguards about my content and likeness because it is not patented. I should be wary that a similar hacking incident could affect me, my friends, and family if I keep photos online. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/stolen-nude-photos-of-stars-find-safe-harbour-online-586661

Celebrity nude photo hacking: How to disable iPhone iCloud backups and keep your pictures safe Keeping photos secure post-Celebgate has become a matter of importance in online safety. It is important to make passwords complicated to prevent hackers from guessing them. You can also disable automatic backups to services such as iCloud, DropBox, and Picasa. http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/celebrity-nude-photo-hacking-how-4143516

The dangers of posting photos online There is an inherent risk of your photos being used for nefarious purposes if you post them online. This appears to be a re-posted article of Is It Safe to Post Photos Online? on US News (article number 4). http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/dangers-posting-photos-online-article-1.1432134

Broken link. http://mix1065fm.cbslocal.com/2013/08/14/share-this-the-dangers-of-uploading-photos-online-from-your-phone/

Flickr, Google Photos, Photobucket and iCloud: Which photo storage app is right for you? Posting pictures to Facebook remains a knee-jerk reaction for most photo sharing users. The article compares Flickr Google Photos, Apple iCloud/Photo Library, Amazon Prime Photos and Photobucket as alternative options to storing personal photos online. Generally, Amazon Prime Photos provides the best value in terms of quantity, quality, and storage space. http://www.cnet.com/how-to/comparing-the-best-ways-to-store-your-photos-online/

From Saucy Pics to Passwords: How to Share Sensitive Information Over the Internet Sharing sensitive information online is inevitable through instant messangers. Password sharing online should be done discreetly or preferably over the phone. Secure password keychains can help you remember passwords without leaving them to cyberattack (e.g. keeping passwords in your notes app can make all your accounts vulnerable if your linked email or iCloud is attacked). Archive utility and zipped files enable photos to remain private with those you share them with. Regarding sexting, it is better to give an individual the photo in real life without having it go through a middle-man social networking site. http://lifehacker.com/5910408/from-saucy-pics-to-passwords-how-to-share-sensitive-information-over-the-internet

A lawyer rewrote Instagram’s privacy policy so kids and parents can have a meaningful talk about privacy A lawyer’s leymanized version of Instagram’s TOS allows parents to communicate effectively and seriously about online photo sharing safety. Other guides offer parents a way to education their children about navigating the complex legal implications of using social media in the world today. https://qz.com/878790/a-lawyer-rewrote-instagrams-terms-of-service-for-kids-now-you-can-understand-all-of-the-private-data-you-and-your-teen-are-giving-up-to-social-media/

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Bitcoin Crosses $4,000 Following Sharp and Sudden Rally

Tokenized precious metals create the potential for fractional ownership of gold and greater transparency. Indeed, the world’s largest bank, JPMorgan, is prepared to use its proprietary blockchain to tokenize gold, and the Royal Mint has pursued technologies to achieve the same.

As CCN reported, some venture capitalists believe Bitcoin will replace gold as a store of value. But, what happens if you combine blockchain and precious metals? Financial powerhouses and blockchain startups alike are investigating the intersection between precious metals and blockchain.

Major Players JPMorgan

JPMorgan, the most valuable bank by market capitalization in the world, intends to use its enterprise version of the Ethereum blockchain, Quorum, to tokenize gold bars.

First announced in October 2016 as part of Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA), Quorum is marketed as a blockchain-powered system that aims to “significantly reduce” the number of parties required to verify global payments, cutting transaction times “from weeks to hours.” JPMorgan’s head of blockchain initiatives, Umar Farooq, elaborated on tokenization:

“They wrap a gold bar into a tamper-proof case electronically tagged, and they can track the gold bar from the mine to endpoint – with the use case being, if you know it’s a socially responsible mine, someone will be willing to pay a higher spread on that gold versus if you don’t know where it comes from. Diamonds is another example.”

He added: “We are the only financial player that owns the entire stack, from the application to the protocol.”

LBMA

The potential for blockchain and gold market was recently underscored when, on October 19, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), a wholesale over-the-counter market for the trading of gold and silver, announced its plan to modernize transparency in the industry with blockchain.

While asking its 144 members (the world’s largest gold refiners, banks and dealers) for proposals on how to track gold from mines to its final destination and prevent forgery of gold bars, a common theme became apparent. Of the 26 proposals the association received “from companies ranging from startups to major technology firms” including IBM, “more than 20 of the 26 responses” reportedly used blockchain in their project drafts.

Royal Mint

The Royal Mint, Britain’s official mint, once sought to offer services that let businesses and investors buy and sell digital tokens representing physical gold via blockchain transactions. The U.K. government, to be sure, stopped such plans.

Developed in collaboration with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and using technology from two blockchain startups, the Royal Mint system intended to transact blockchain tokens called Royal Mint Gold (RMG). The tokens digitally represent one gram of real gold stored at the Mint’s facilities. The RMG price would have tracked the spot price of gold. The Mint planned to issue $1 billion in tokens, and investors would be able to trade RMG digital tokens via an institutional trading platform.

Beyond the abovementioned institutions, many blockchain-focused projects are working on gold-related projects.

The More Established Blockchain Players (Alphabetical order) DigixDAO (digix.global)

This decentralized autonomous organization, backed by Global Brain Corporation and Fenbushi Capital, created a digital token (DGX) backed by 99.99% gold cast bars from London Bullion Market Association-approved refiners. DGX is built on the Ethereum blockchain.

DigixDAO, whose token peaked at $553.80 according to CoinGecko but currently sits at approximately $20, began trading in late September at less than $1.

Paxos (Paxos Standard)

The New York-based Paxos creates blockchain solutions for financial institutions. Their product Bankchain, is a settlement platform transforming post-trade across capital markets. Paxos Standard remains just shy of the price at which it began trading in October.

Tradewind Markets

The New York-based Tradewind is adding physical silver to its digital trading platform six months after launching its digital gold product. “We are hearing from our network of dealers that there is a growing demand from their customers to include silver on the platform,” Fraser Buchan, co-founder of Tradewind said.

Tradewind is backed by gold industry players, such as IEX Group, an innovative stock exchange; Sprott Inc., a global alternative asset manager; and, Goldcorp Inc., one of the world’s largest gold producers.

Veritaseum

The US-based Veritaseum’s precious metals tokens VeGLD (Gold Token) and VeSLV (Silver Token) are fully redeemable to the bearer and backed 100% by gold or silver. The value of the tokens is reportedly designed to mimic the volatility of major global currencies like CNY, USD, and EUR, reducing long-term volatility.

Precious metals are securely stored and insured with reliable depositories via COMEX approved vaults for global redemption and delivery to anywhere in the world. Veritaseum was founded by Reggie Middleton. Veritaseum purports to enable software-driven P2P capital markets without brokerages, banks or traditional exchanges.

Veritaseum (VERI) reached its peak of $466 on January 8, 2018. It’s currently priced at $15.71.

Exchange Traded Bitcoin Gold (bitcoingold.com)

Bitcoin Gold spiked to $456 in December 2017 as part of the crypto bubble then, and today sits at $13.05. But, considering how many experts believe that Bitcoin itself is acting less like the “electronic peer-to-peer cash system” Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned, and more like digital gold, Bitcoin Gold seems redundant.

CEDEX

CEDEX wants individual investors to securely and easily trade gold, silver, and diamonds. Sellers could list their precious metals on the CEDEX platform and then deliver them to a custodian, who would release them to the buyer once the transaction is complete.

On September 6, 2018, CEDEX reached its all time high of 18 cents. Its current price is .04 cents.

Darico (DEC)

Based in Zug, Switzerland, the Darico Ecosystem revolves around the Darico Terminal. The company hopes their tools with allow users to monitor trade, invest and spend cryptocurrencies all from one integrated ecosystem. DEC is currently traded on IDEX and Bilaxy. Five days after DEC trading began on October 1, 2018, the price spiked .08 cents. Its price currently stands at .07 cents.

Eidoo (EDO)

Switzerland-based Eidoo is creating a more stable ERC-20 token by tying it to the gold price. Each token, redeemable for one gram of 99.9 percent fine gold, will be stored in its vaults and audited every 90 days. Its native token is “EDO”.

“People will be able to see the gold stored in the security vaults through a video camera, we will post a link on the website so everyone can control the gold,” Natale Ferrara, the startup’s founder, told CoinDesk. “Each Ekon token will be backed by … [24-karat gold], so we will issue new tokens only if the gold is available and only if the user has completed the KYC and all the legal requirements that the Swiss law requires.” Eidoo raised $27.9 million in a token sale in October 2017. EDO peaked at $6.99 on January 8, 2018. Its current price is around 80 cents.

GoldMint (GOLD & MNT)

The Moscow, Russia-based GoldMint is a blockchain-based platform that uses GOLD digital assets, which are 100% backed by physical gold or exchange-traded funds (ETF).

GoldMint helps traders and investors manage volatility risks and gain competitive commissions on commodities sold via GoldMint to financial institutions, pawn shops, and other business and individual stakeholders. The GoldMint platform leverages the private and individual gold trading market.

The company would also like to manage larger physical stocks like those in central banks and create an electronic payment solution tethered not to the US Dollar like the crypto-network Tether, but instead to physical gold. The company also envisages a gold lending peer-to-peer lending system.

GoldMint depends on two native tokens, GOLD and MNT. The former is an investment tool and completely backed by physical gold and/or an exchange-traded fund (ETF). One GOLD token is the equivalent of one ounce of gold on the LBMA. MTN is GoldMint’s native cryptocurrency and is used to confirm GOLD transactions. GoldMint miners, the amount of MNTs reflects how many assignments or transaction blocks they can accept. GoldMint tokens are available on EtherDelta and YoBit. Listed as MNTP on CoinGecko, this token began trading in June 2018 at .80 cents, and currently is priced at .23 cents.

Global Gold Token (GGT)

Global Gold Token (GGT) began trading in late October for about $1.21, and currently trades for about .44 cents.

HelloGold (HGT)

The Malaysia-based HelloGold lets users buy and sell instantly, send gold to anyone with a HelloGold account, withdraw your cash and redeem your physical gold on their app. The coin is on exchanges EtherDelta, Coss, and HitBTC. Since a peak price of .22 cents in January 2018, HGT has declined to .002 cents.

KaratGold (KBC)

KaratGold is based in Stuttgart, Germany. Each coin represents a certain weight of gold and can be exchanged into physical gold in the form of CashGold. On July 4, 2019 100 KBC will equal 1g of gold. Exchanges with KBC include YObit.net, Coinbe, Hitbtc, and Coinsuper. After reaching an all-time high of .02 cents in September 2018, KBC has since waned in price. Its current valuation is less than .19 cents.

PureGold (PGT and PGG)

Based in Singapore, puregold.io has two tokens. PGT is for transactions and PGG is a digitized form of physical gold. PGG is the native digital token dedicated for gold-enabled crypto transactions. PGT is available at the Token Store. PGT first traded on October 19, 2018, and, according to CoinGecko, was priced at about .20 cents. It currently is trading at .03 cents.

2019 ICO GoldFinX (GFX)

GoldFinX (GFX) provides financing to Artisanal Small Gold Mines (ASGM) worldwide and gets in exchange of share of their production. The first production of gold will be delivered by Q2 2019, and will accumulate as well as stored indefinitely to back the value of the GiX coin. Pre-sale started July 1st, 2018 and ended no later than December 31st, 2018. The GiX ICO launches in January 2019.

TruGold ICO

The TruGold ICO is set to take place beginning February 19, 2019. TruGold is an electronic distribution system to digitize the production of gold for peer-to-peer daily transactions–or to redeem for physical gold.

Well-Regarded Projects Anthem Gold (Anthemgold.com)

Anthem Gold is a cryptocurrency developed by Anthem Vault Inc. Each ANTHEM (AGLD) is backed by one gram of physical gold, securely vaulted with a nonbank operator and fully insured. Anthem Gold is a related to Anthem Vault, which has been buying and selling cryptocurrency for gold since 2011.

EmTech

US-based Emergent Technology Holdings in February 2018 announced its “Responsible Gold” supply chain along with “G-coin,” a digital token allegedly based upon “responsibly sourced gold.” Emtech’s blockchain-powered, gold supply chain platform tracks “responsibly sourced gold from the miner-to-refiner-to-vault.” The company’s partners include key industry players like Valcambi Sa, Asahi Refining and Yamana Gold to structure its G-Coin tokens.

In an interview with CNBC, Emergent’s chief commercial officer, Mitchell Davis, told CNBC that the company’s approach was “fundamentally different” than others in the space because of their focus on “responsibly sourced gold.”

“G-coin,” is reportedly created with NYSE-listed Canadian mining company called Yamana Gold. One coin equals one gram of “responsibly sourced gold,” and is pegged to gold’s spot price. G-Coins are invitation only.

Which Blockchain-based gold projects are best?

The industry seeking to place gold on the blockchain is nascent, and large players are positioned to ensure that, should blockchain become a viable way to manage gold trading, they have the tools and technologies to participate in the market. Its hard to recommend a new gold project when JPMorgan is working on a platform designed to do the same.

Still, projects like Paxos have been around long enough, and made sufficient progress over that time, to be considered a leader in the gold on the blockchain space. Veritaseum and Digix both have enjoyed media coverage and are live for trading at this time, but neither have made so much progress in tokenizing gold to be a sure bet. For now, I will stay on the sidelines of the crypto-gold market. Considering that Bitcoin has long been called “digital gold”, I would participate instead in that market first.

Other Mentions

AgAu Zug, Switzerland agau.io

Airgead Ireland Airgeadcoin.io

Cyronium

Indonesia Cyronium.com

DGE Switzerland digitalgoldxchange.com/

EAU-COIN Sweden Eau-coin.com

Golden Currency Singapore Goldencurrency.world

GOLDFUND Australia goldfund.io

GoldVein Russia Goldvein.io

Jinbi UK Jinbitoken.io

Karatcoin UK Karatcoin.co

Kinesis Cayman Kinesis.money

Sudan Gold Coin Dubai Sudangm.com

Tiberius Coin (TCX) Zug, Switzerland Tiberiuscoin.com

AurumCoin (AU) Aurumcoin.com

Egold (EGD) London, UK egold.trade

OneGram Coin (OGC) Dubai, United Arab Emirates. onegram.org

Orocrypt (OCG) Zurich, Switzerland. orocrypt.com

Pecunio (PGX) Dubai, United Arab Emirates. pecun.io

The Midas Touch Gold (TMTG) Seoul, South Korea. dgex.io

Xaurum (XAUR) Crystal Palace, BTC City, Ameriška ulica 8, Ljubljana, Slovenia Xaurum.org

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Bitcoin Crosses $4,000 Following Sharp and Sudden Rally

Major Players JPMorgan

JPMorgan, the most valuable bank by market capitalization in the world, intends to use its enterprise version of the Ethereum blockchain, Quorum, to tokenize gold bars.

He added: “We are the only financial player that owns the entire stack, from the application to the protocol.”

LBMA

Royal Mint

Beyond the abovementioned institutions, many blockchain-focused projects are working on gold-related projects.

The More Established Blockchain Players (Alphabetical order) DigixDAO (digix.global)

DigixDAO, whose token peaked at $553.80 according to CoinGecko but currently sits at approximately $20, began trading in late September at less than $1.

Paxos (Paxos Standard)

Tradewind Markets

Veritaseum

Veritaseum (VERI) reached its peak of $466 on January 8, 2018. It’s currently priced at $15.71.

Exchange Traded Bitcoin Gold (bitcoingold.com)

CEDEX

On September 6, 2018, CEDEX reached its all time high of 18 cents. Its current price is .04 cents.

Darico (DEC)

Eidoo (EDO)

GoldMint (GOLD & MNT)

The Moscow, Russia-based GoldMint is a blockchain-based platform that uses GOLD digital assets, which are 100% backed by physical gold or exchange-traded funds (ETF).

Global Gold Token (GGT)

Global Gold Token (GGT) began trading in late October for about $1.21, and currently trades for about .44 cents.

HelloGold (HGT)

KaratGold (KBC)

PureGold (PGT and PGG)

2019 ICO GoldFinX (GFX)

TruGold ICO

Well-Regarded Projects Anthem Gold (Anthemgold.com)

EmTech

Which Blockchain-based gold projects are best?

Other Mentions

AgAu Zug, Switzerland agau.io

Airgead Ireland Airgeadcoin.io

Cyronium

Indonesia Cyronium.com

DGE Switzerland digitalgoldxchange.com/

EAU-COIN Sweden Eau-coin.com

Golden Currency Singapore Goldencurrency.world

GOLDFUND Australia goldfund.io

GoldVein Russia Goldvein.io

Jinbi UK Jinbitoken.io

Karatcoin UK Karatcoin.co

Kinesis Cayman Kinesis.money

Sudan Gold Coin Dubai Sudangm.com

Tiberius Coin (TCX) Zug, Switzerland Tiberiuscoin.com

AurumCoin (AU) Aurumcoin.com

Egold (EGD) London, UK egold.trade

OneGram Coin (OGC) Dubai, United Arab Emirates. onegram.org

Orocrypt (OCG) Zurich, Switzerland. orocrypt.com

Pecunio (PGX) Dubai, United Arab Emirates. pecun.io

The Midas Touch Gold (TMTG) Seoul, South Korea. dgex.io

Xaurum (XAUR) Crystal Palace, BTC City, Ameriška ulica 8, Ljubljana, Slovenia Xaurum.org

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bobbynolanios88 · 6 years ago

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Bitcoin Crosses $4,000 Following Sharp and Sudden Rally

Major Players JPMorgan

JPMorgan, the most valuable bank by market capitalization in the world, intends to use its enterprise version of the Ethereum blockchain, Quorum, to tokenize gold bars.

He added: “We are the only financial player that owns the entire stack, from the application to the protocol.”

LBMA

Royal Mint

Beyond the abovementioned institutions, many blockchain-focused projects are working on gold-related projects.

The More Established Blockchain Players (Alphabetical order) DigixDAO (digix.global)

DigixDAO, whose token peaked at $553.80 according to CoinGecko but currently sits at approximately $20, began trading in late September at less than $1.

Paxos (Paxos Standard)

Tradewind Markets

Veritaseum

Veritaseum (VERI) reached its peak of $466 on January 8, 2018. It’s currently priced at $15.71.

Exchange Traded Bitcoin Gold (bitcoingold.com)

CEDEX

On September 6, 2018, CEDEX reached its all time high of 18 cents. Its current price is .04 cents.

Darico (DEC)

Eidoo (EDO)

GoldMint (GOLD & MNT)

The Moscow, Russia-based GoldMint is a blockchain-based platform that uses GOLD digital assets, which are 100% backed by physical gold or exchange-traded funds (ETF).

Global Gold Token (GGT)

Global Gold Token (GGT) began trading in late October for about $1.21, and currently trades for about .44 cents.

HelloGold (HGT)

KaratGold (KBC)

PureGold (PGT and PGG)

2019 ICO GoldFinX (GFX)

TruGold ICO

Well-Regarded Projects Anthem Gold (Anthemgold.com)

EmTech

Which Blockchain-based gold projects are best?

Other Mentions

AgAu Zug, Switzerland agau.io

Airgead Ireland Airgeadcoin.io

Cyronium

Indonesia Cyronium.com

DGE Switzerland digitalgoldxchange.com/

EAU-COIN Sweden Eau-coin.com

Golden Currency Singapore Goldencurrency.world

GOLDFUND Australia goldfund.io

GoldVein Russia Goldvein.io

Jinbi UK Jinbitoken.io

Karatcoin UK Karatcoin.co

Kinesis Cayman Kinesis.money

Sudan Gold Coin Dubai Sudangm.com

Tiberius Coin (TCX) Zug, Switzerland Tiberiuscoin.com

AurumCoin (AU) Aurumcoin.com

Egold (EGD) London, UK egold.trade

OneGram Coin (OGC) Dubai, United Arab Emirates. onegram.org

Orocrypt (OCG) Zurich, Switzerland. orocrypt.com

Pecunio (PGX) Dubai, United Arab Emirates. pecun.io

The Midas Touch Gold (TMTG) Seoul, South Korea. dgex.io

Xaurum (XAUR) Crystal Palace, BTC City, Ameriška ulica 8, Ljubljana, Slovenia Xaurum.org

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The Coronavirus Made Me Realize How Lucky I Am To Have My Online Friends

Before the coronavirus arrived ― back when I used to be able to leave my house ― I had my “real-life friends” and my “online friends,” two categorically different groups of people in my mind. My real-life friends were the people I didn’t necessarily see every single day, but with whom I had regularly shared physical experiences at some point in my life: dinners, movies, trips to exotic places. These were people who had seen the hardware of my life, so they knew me from the inside out. I measured that qualitatively. For me, time spent together, physically, had equated to a certain brand of intimate knowledge.

Friendships are sacred to me. I have been a close friend with many of the same people for the majority of my life and most of those friendships span decades ― some over 30 years. We have shared in countless joys and losses. We have seen one another succeed and fail. We have watched each other wed and divorce. We have been there for each other as we’ve buried parents.

In addition to those friends I’ve made and kept from childhood, college and my days working in restaurants, I also have a large network of online friends ― people I share political jokes with or with whom I talk about topics as varied and personal as food or parenting. Online, you can curate your passions, separate your individual interests and make choices. You can find the people who are most like you, or who live most like you, and there’s a certain freedom and intimacy that comes with that understanding.

There are all kinds of niche communities on the internet, and some can help us express our true selves in a way that we might not be able to do often — or maybe even ever — in the real world. That’s partly why I love being online: The internet is a place to air grievances, to be funny, to express knee-jerk reactions. It allows me to commiserate with others who are like me and to offer up pieces of my life and myself to people who really get what I am putting out there while sharing parts of myself in ways I might not otherwise in my offline life.

Before the events related to the coronavirus unfolded over the past few weeks, I never realized how important my cyber friendships really were, or what they were actually offering me. Sure, I appreciated, at least in a surface way, what I was gaining from them: They provided a sounding board, for one. When my husband didn’t want to hear me complaining about the primary election anymore, my internet friends were always around to listen. When my friends without kids didn’t want to know about my son’s latest diaper blowout, there was Facebook group specifically for moms that did. When I made a picture-perfect chicken that no one in my offline life seemed all that interested in, someone from my internet community was there to share in my culinary triumph.

Still, I mostly saw these virtual relationships as secondary to my “real” friendships. I wasn’t about to grab dinner with the guy messaging me about how he, too, couldn’t stand Bernie Sanders. But it was nice to hear the voice of someone who agreed and shared my own thoughts. Despite how much I was receiving from my online community, I failed to recognize that I was building genuine relationships, and that I was gaining much more than just an opportunity to blow off steam.

I am now essentially a shut-in, since I am considered high-risk for serious coronavirus symptoms because I suffer from asthma, lifelong respiratory issues, and two recent bouts of bronchitis, from which I am still in recovery, and I also live in a highly infected state and community. And because of the sudden and unexpected inability to socialize offline, I have come to realize how important my online community is ― and always has been ― to me. In short, my online community is my community.

I’m realizing how much of myself I gave to [my online friends], even before most of us were self-isolating, and how much they’ve given me over the years and continue to give me in my current time of need.

I used to think that online life, however immediately gratifying, was nothing but surface tension ― an incomplete or even dishonest version of reality. In truth, I talk to my online friends every day now ― some of them more than my “real life” friends ― because there’s no longer anywhere to go, and because I’m realizing how much of myself I gave to them, even before most of us were self-isolating, and how much they’ve given me over the years and continue to give me in my current time of need.

My online friends and I may not ― and may never — meet offline, but I don’t see my college friends or childhood friends in the flesh all that often and I don’t know when I will again. When you think about it, in a world that we’re now experiencing mostly virtually, is there really a difference between the friends we make online and the friends we once had in the so-called real world? What’s more, as we all look for new and more ways to be intimate at a time when we’re increasingly being sealed off from each other, our virtual friends are even more important than they were just a few weeks ago. These relationships that we’ve formed and grown via our computers and phones may be just the thing that helps us survive this unprecedented and difficult time.

Online friendships, of course, don’t necessarily sprout from the same shared experiences, like childhood or college, that offline friendships do. There’s no physical-world history there, so to some people that might mean these internet relationships are less complex or less worthy. But in the age of the coronavirus, everything is complex, and at the same time so much is simple. I’ve now discovered that what truly matters is being known and seen and understood by someone, and we can do all of that virtually. Sure, it may take a bit more work, and it certainly isn’t the same as being in the room with someone, but connecting online can be amazingly therapeutic and it can offer us some of the things we need right now to be a little (or a lot) less lonely.

And maybe, when we’re holed up with no one but ourselves, the most important thing is truly how well we’re able to connect with others.

I’m also learning new ways to communicate and be vulnerable and to express myself because of my online relationships, which in turn broaden and deepen all of my experiences ― virtual or not. Even better, these are tools that I can use with my “real life” friends, who are now, it should be said, online friends, too.

Ultimately, my online friends are my real friends. I may never go to their weddings or their parents’ funerals. There may never be a long and complicated history, the way there might be with the offline friends who have known me longer and, in some ways, better. But the whole world is changing and strangers are becoming friends and friends are becoming strangers. And I am seeing the evolution myself, as the people I may have once thought of as less important or less intimately acquainted with me become just as relevant as the people who have held a stake and a place in my everyday life.

Except there really is no more “everyday life” ― not for me and not for anyone else. My online community is as real and as valuable and offers me many of the same things as the friendships I’ve had offline for 30 years. It’s too bad it took a pandemic to teach me this, but regardless, I’m glad it did. I’m grateful to have more friends ― no matter where or how they exist ― to offer me comfort, guidance and laughter during these uncertain times.

Hannah Selinger is a freelance food, wine and travel writer and mother of two based in East Hampton, New York. Her work has appeared in Eater, Glamour, The Independent U.K., The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, The Kitchn, Slate, Edible East End, Edible Long Island, Wine4Food, The Daily Beast, Heated by Bittman, Al Jazeera, Refinery29, Thrillist, Fodor’s, Business Insider and numerous other national and regional publications. She has work forthcoming in Airbnb Magazine, United Airlines’ Hemispheres, and American Airlines’ American Way.

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