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Novel Technique to Observe Molten Salt Intrusion in Nuclear-Grade Graphite - Technology Org

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Novel Technique to Observe Molten Salt Intrusion in Nuclear-Grade Graphite - Technology Org

In response to a renewed international interest in molten salt reactors, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a novel technique to visualize molten salt intrusion in graphite.

From left, Yuxuan Zhang, James Keiser, Jisue Moon, Cristian Contescu, Erik Stringfellow (back) and Nidia Gallego, with Dino Sulejmanovic (not shown), first visualized molten salt distribution in graphite pores. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

During ORNL’s revolutionary Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, or MSRE, in the 1960s, scientists first demonstrated the feasibility of nuclear fission reactions with molten fluoride salt used both as a fuel carrier and as a coolant, substituting for the solid fuel and water used in traditional nuclear reactors. Molten salt reactor designs show great promise as a means of carbon-free power generation.

To slow down neutrons so they can easily promote nuclear fission, nuclear reactors use a material called a moderator. To moderate the MSRE, scientists used synthetic graphite, which is resistant to thermal shock and dimensionally stable because of its extensive pore system resulting from the manufacturing process.

MSRE graphite was custom-made and specially coated to decrease porosity and defend against detrimental effects that may occur when hydraulic and gas pressures cause molten salt to seep into graphite’s pores. Moreover, preventing molten salt intrusion avoids additional issues with waste management during reactor decommissioning.

Following the conclusion of ORNL’s experiment in 1969, the potential of molten salt reactors was largely unexplored until the 21st century, and low demand for the specialized graphite led to the material’s discontinuation among domestic graphite manufacturers.

With an uptick in molten salt reactor research but no MSRE graphite, today’s scientists must identify an alternative graphite to successfully moderate nuclear reactions in molten salts. However, ambiguity around the effects of molten salt intrusion poses a barrier to discovery.

Scientists have a limited understanding of what microscopic features enable some graphite grades to withstand intrusion better than others and how salt intrusion affects graphite’s other properties.

Hoping to resolve these uncertainties, a team of ORNL scientists led by Nidia Gallego and Jisue Moon studied molten salt intrusion across various graphite grades and have validated the first technique to visualize and monitor molten salt penetration depth and distribution in graphite’s pores.

Nidia Gallego and Jisue Moon developed a novel technique to observe molten salt intrusion in nuclear-grade graphite and published their findings in Carbon. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

“It’s critical for us as materials scientists to help test and develop techniques that we can use or have a better perspective on what we need to do to understand how the salt that goes into the pores may affect the mechanical or the thermal properties of the graphite,” said Gallego, a distinguished R&D staff scientist in ORNL’s Chemical Sciences Division.

Traditionally, scientists measure salt intrusion by weighing graphite before and after exposure to molten salt. ORNL researchers hoped to gain a more detailed understanding of intrusion by actually looking at what happens inside the graphite.

Gallego and Moon, an R&D associate scientist in the Radioisotope Science and Technology Division, first tried X-ray tomography to evaluate salt intrusion, but the time-consuming method required smaller sample sizes and could not provide enough contrast for a close look inside graphite’s pores.

The team moved on to neutron imaging, which is suitable for large-volume sample sizes.

“Before we started using neutron imaging, we had to destroy the sample to visualize salt intrusion using microscopy techniques,” Moon said. “However, with neutron imaging, we can do a three-dimensional computed tomography scan of the whole sample to visualize the salt distribution, and then we can perform additional analysis as needed.”

Using neutron imaging at HFIR’s MARS instrument, scientists observed and reconstructed molten salt intrusion in graphite. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Using the Multimodal Advanced Radiography Station instrument at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, or HFIR, a DOE Office of Science user facility at ORNL, the researchers achieved the first 3D, direct visualization of molten salt distribution in graphite pores, a novel accomplishment.

In neutron imaging, neutron attenuation coefficients, which describe how a neutron beam is reduced as it passes through a material, vary greatly between graphite and fluoride salt. This difference created a strong visual contrast between the materials that researchers observed when reconstructing sections of the graphite.

“Neutron imaging is perfect because it really allows us to visualize where the salt is going,” Gallego said.

Using the 3D reconstructions, Gallego and Moon compared molten salt penetration in graphite’s pores across grades of varying particle size. Under the specific pressure and temperature conditions used in the salt exposure experiments, researchers determined that in most superfine grain graphites, penetration was nonuniform, limited to the first few millimeters below the graphite’s surface and localized around the perimeter of the sample cross section. In medium-fine-grain graphite, which has larger pores than superfine graphite, the salt penetrated deeper into the material and fully covered the area of the sample cross section.

Molten salt intrusion in graphite varied across graphite grades. In medium-fine graphite, which has larger pores than superfine graphite, salt penetrated deeper into the material. Credit: Yuxuan Zhang, Nidia Gallego, Jisue Moon/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

The team ultimately identified graphite microstructure, which describes the size and distribution of pores, as the most important factor in determining molten salt penetration and density distribution for a given temperature and pressure.

“Molten salt intrusion could significantly affect the operation of molten salt reactors,” Moon said. “This research can help us see the impact of the salt in the graphite materials and thus can help us develop more standardized methods to design the proper graphite.”

After publishing their findings in Carbon, Gallego and Moon are continuing research with HFIR scientists to improve neutron imaging resolution and observe molten salt intrusion with additional temperature, pressure and time variables.

“There’s a lot from the technique perspective, a lot of improvements, developments that are possible and are of interest to the scientists that will also give us a lot of insight into the dynamics and the kinetics of the process,” Gallego said.

Ultimately, the team hopes to develop predictive models to describe how different graphite grades respond to salt intrusion and refine molten salt reactor operating standards, which denote material and technical requirements for reactors but lack specification about preferred graphite grades.

“Understanding how the graphite interacts with the salt is critical,” Gallego said.

Additional researchers who contributed to the project include ORNL’s Cristian I. Contescu, James R. Keiser, Dino Sulejmanovic, Yuxuan Zhang and Erik Stringfellow.

The DOE Office of Nuclear Energy supported the work through the Advanced Reactor Technologies Program.

UT-Battelle manages ORNL for DOE’s Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. The Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Lively ‘Grease’ Is a Time, Place and Feeling at Stages St. Louis

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor “Grease” may be the word, but I have one for the Stages St. Louis production: Vivacious!

This funny and nostalgia look at 1950s teenagers and the decade’s burgeoning rock and roll culture bursts with ebullient performers who deliver the beloved songs with panache.

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Bitcoin 2019 Gears Up to Bring Bitcoin Back Into the Conference Spotlight

We’re a month and some change away from Bitcoin 2019: a conference made by Bitcoiners, for Bitcoiners. The conference will rekindle the same spirit of a similar Bitcoin conference that ended five years ago. Inspired by this earlier series, Bitcoin 2019 is rooted in the same ethos that has made Bitcoin the tried and true paragon of the crypto economy since its inception in 2009.

With discussions ranging from technical, economic, political and social topics, the conference features notable entrepreneurs like ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees, Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu and Max Keiser. It will also share insights from vocal industry leaders like Morgan Creek Digital co-founder and partner Anthony Pompliano, Blockchain Capital Bitcoin Fellow Jimmy Song and Adamant Capital co-founder Tuur Demeester. Also of note are ARK CEO Cathie Wood, who became the first public fund manager to invest in Bitcoin in 2015, and BitPay CEO Stephen Pair.

“It’s time to lay a vision for Bitcoin that compels the greatest minds in the digital asset space to return to Bitcoin and give it the attention it deserves. This is exactly the thinking behind Bitcoin 2019, a new “peer-to-peer” conference that will bring together Bitcoin enthusiasts from around the world to discuss how we can continue to build and nourish the world’s best cryptocurrency,” David Bailey, the CEO of the conference’s organizer, told Bitcoin Magazine.

True to Bitcoin’s humble beginnings, Bitcoin 2019 will be a watering hole for industry big names and common enthusiasts alike to discuss all topics relating to the world’s first cryptocurrency to expand their understanding and knowledge set.

Alongside keynotes, presentations and panels, the three-story venue will have plenty of space for networking and furnish breakout stages for close-quarters discussion and even technical workshops. It will also include an event floor for builders to showcase bleeding-edge tech and hardware, and on the other side of the coin, an installation room for crypto artists like the renowned cryptograffiti.

“Bitcoin 2019 is specifically curated with attendee participation in mind, making the most technical of concepts as approachable as possible. The best way to illustrate Bitcoin’s many breakthroughs is to showcase them firsthand,” Bailey said.

Bitcoin Games

The conference will also include a worldwide hackathon. The Bitcoin Games, as they are called, will be an online competition that will motivate developers to push the boundaries of the technology to create solutions and applications for the next wave of adoption.

“Bitcoin 2019 is about realigning our collective focus toward what really matters — innovation, community, inclusivity and memes. It’s about bringing together the industry to build relationships as well as partnerships. It’s about rekindling the excitement around the future of how value is stored and transacted. It’s about playing around with magical internet money until you stumble upon something so transformative you can’t take your mind off it,” Bailey concluded.

Interested? You can get your tickets here for the manageable price of $200 (just a shade higher than bitcoin’s price point before the bull market in 2013).

Bitcoin Magazine is the lead media partner of Bitcoin 2019. Bitcoin 2019 is presented by BTC Inc, the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine.

This article originally appeared on Bitcoin Magazine.

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June 08 in Music History

1671 Birth of composer Tomaso Albinoni. 1740 Birth of composer Gabriele Mario Piozzi.

1724 FP of Keiser's "Das frohlockende Gross Britannien" Hamburg.

1753 Birth of French composer Nicolas Dalayrac.

1783 Birth of composer Joseph Lincke.

1787 FP of Salieri's "Tarare" Paris, recomposed and given as "Axur, re d'Ormus".

1790 Birth of Austrian baritone Anton Forti in Vienna. 

1796 Death of Italian composer, conductor and violinist Felice d´Giardini.

1805 Birth of composer Luigi Ricci.

1810 Birth of German composer Robert Alexander Schumann.

1812 Birth of composer Spyridon Xyndas.

1814 Birth of Moravian violinist and composer Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. 

1815 FP of Coccia's "Clotilde" Venice.

1839 Death of German soprano Aloysia Weber.

1834 Birth of composer George Garrett.

1837 Birth of composer Jan Kleczynski.

1850 FP of Halevy's "La Tempestà" London.

1858 Birth of composer Antonio Nicolau.

1859 FP of Delibes' "L'omelette à la Follembuche" Paris.

1863 Birth of German tenor Ernst Kraus in Erlangen.

1867 Birth of French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemire in Colmar. 

1867 FP of Johannes Brahms' Scherzo in eb, Op. 4, for piano, in Vienna. 

1868 Birth of Spanish-American pianist and composer Alberto Jonas.

1873 Birth of German baritone Otto Goritz in Berlin. 

1881 Birth of composer Prospero Bisquertt.

1884 Death of American composer and music publisher Henry Clay Work.

1888 Birth of composer Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck.

1890 Birth of tenor Nikandr Khanayev in Pesochnya. 

1894 Birth of Czech composer Ervin Schulhoff in Praha, Czech Republic.

1895 FP of Cowen's "Harold, or The Norman Conquest" London.

1898 Birth of German bass Robert Easton in Sunderland. 

1898 FP of Rousseau's "La Cloche du Rhin" Paris.

1906 Birth of English clarinetist Reginald Kell in York. 1912 FP of Ravel's ballet Daphnis and Chloe in stage form, by Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe, Pierre Monteux conducting at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. 

1913 Birth of composer Janos Jagamas.

1920 Birth of bass Peter Roth-Ehrang in Trier. 

1923 Birth of Belgian composer Karel Goeyvarets in Antwerp. 

1926 Birth of composer Anatol Vieru.

1927 Birth of Australian baritone Robert Allman in Melbourne. 

1928 Birth of composer Jiri Dvoracek.

1929 FP of Paul Hindemith's Neus vom Tage 'News of the Day' at the Krolloper in Berlin.

1930 Birth of American bass Raymond Michalski in Bayonne, NJ.

1930 Birth of composer Yannis Ioannidis.

1932 Birth of composer Hans Gunter Helms.

1932 Death of Hungarian soprano Clementine Schuch-Proska.

1933 Birth of American baritone Robert Kerns in Highland Park, MI. 

1937 FP of Boero's "Siripo" Buenos Aires.

1937 FP of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the Opernhaus in Frankfurt. 

1940 Death of American composer Frederick Shepherd Converse.

1941 Birth of American flutist Paula Robison in Tennesee.

1941 FP of Harold Shapero's Nine Minute Overture in NYC. 

1947 Birth of American composer Joan La Barbara in Philadelphia, PA.

1949 Birth of Polish-American pianist Emanuel Ax in Lvov, Poland. 

1950 FP of Paul Hindemith's Horn Concerto. Hindemith conducting with Dennis Brain soloist in Baden-Baden, Germany. 

1957 FP of Fortner's "Bluthochzeit" Cologne. A revision FP in 1963. 1961 Birth of American soprano Kallen Esperian in Waukegan, IL. 

1965 Death of Scottish composer, conductor and pianist Erik Chisholm.

1966 Birth of American composer Harold Meltzer.

1968 FP of Harrison Birtwistle's opera Punch and Judy.

1969 Death of American soprano Lenora Sparks. 

1971 Death of American bass-baritone Julius Huehn.

1974 FP of Henry Brant's An American Requiem in Mt. Lebanon, PA.

1984 Death of English composer Gordon Jacob in Saffron Walden. 

1998 Death of German-American composer Margaret Buechner.

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Bitcoin Puts All the Pessimism at Rest, Rises Above $7000

After all the pessimism surrounding the fall of Bitcoin, the bulls have finally taken the charge. On Tuesday, August 28, the Bitcoin price climbed by $300, rising above $7000 finally giving some hope to the investors. In addition to the Bitcoin price, the recovery was reflected in the overall market that added $12 billion to the overall valuations.

It looks like investors have decided to move ahead from their expectations of the arrival exchange-traded-funds (ETFs). This month the regulatory watchdog – Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – rejected a series of ETFs claiming that the market players are still not ready to handle risks and volatility of the crypto market, and thus fall short in protecting the investor’s interest as per the agency. Moreover, several cryptoanalysts and experts say that they don’t foresee Bitcoin ETFs to be coming anytime before 2019.

Last week, while commenting on the Bitcoin ETFs, Mati Greenspan – eToro senior market analyst described ETFs as something “not necessarily a defining moment for crypto” but which “could potentially help put a bottom on prices.” Last week, the U.S Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a Commitments of Traders (COT) released a report showing that there is a decline in the bearish position of the non-commercial contracts of Bitcoin (BTC).

Last week on CNBC’s Fast Money programme, analyst Brian Kelly reported that the Bitcoin futures market is signally a significant increase in demand and maturity. He said:

“Here’s CME Futures open interest of large holders. [As of] April, you’re starting to see a big increase… about an 85 percent growth rate. If you extrapolate that out, by February 2019, you’re going to have a very robust market here.”

With the SEC reviewing its decisions on #bitcoin ETFs, @BKBrianKelly breaks down when the #crypto funds could finally come to market. pic.twitter.com/LQtj2BQisE

— CNBC's Fast Money (@CNBCFastMoney) August 23, 2018

Bitcoin Hash Rate on a Steep Rise in August

The strength of the Bitcoin network is growing further as the Bitcoin hashrate has attained a new all-time record of 62 quintillion hashes per second. In the month of August itself, the hash rate has surged by 50%. A higher hashrate means an increase in the speed at which computations take place on the Bitcoin network which, in turn, means there is a higher miner engagement on the Bitcoin network.

In the last six months, the Bitcoin hashrate has surged by 150 percent which is pretty impressive considering the fact that Bitcoin price has corrected by 70% since its all-time high in December 2017. Max Keiser, a former Wall street trade and financial analyst, said that he is very much confident that going further, the price of Bitcoin will follow the hashrate.

Based on my HR analysis, new ATH incoming. $28,000 still in play. pic.twitter.com/hYgPti1cqn

— Max Keiser (@maxkeiser) August 28, 2018

Not Everyone Bullish About BTC Price Rise

Although a few analysts have been showing positive indicators for the bitcoin price going ahead, some still believe that the bear market phase is not completely over. Erik Voorhees, the founder and CEO of ShapeShift, said that bear will continue to rule until the market shows signs of stability and achieves major resistance levels. Voorhees said:

“I don’t expect it (bear market) to end soon, although I do think that the rate of collapse has slowed considerably. Generally in these bubbles, after you go through several months of a downtrend you hang out in a range for a while… But I think we are done with a majority of the collapse.”

While considering the parabolic chart patterns of the Bitcoin price in the past, Venture Capitalist Anthony Pompliano said that he expects Bitcoin to correct further by more than 50% and reach up to $3000 before finally starting its journey northwards.

At the press time, Bitcoin is trading for the price of $7052 with a market cap of $121 billion, according to the data on CoinMarketCap. Along with Bitcoin, major top-ten altcoins like Ripple, Cardano, and Litecoin surged by 7-10% on Tuesday.

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Bitcoin 2019 Gears Up to Bring Bitcoin Back Into the Conference Spotlight

We’re a month and some change away from Bitcoin 2019: a conference made by Bitcoiners, for Bitcoiners. The conference will rekindle the same spirit of a similar Bitcoin conference that ended five years ago. Inspired by this earlier series, Bitcoin 2019 is rooted in the same ethos that has made Bitcoin the tried and true paragon of the crypto economy since its inception in 2009.

With discussions ranging from technical, economic, political and social topics, the conference features notable entrepreneurs like ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees, Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu and Max Keiser. It will also share insights from vocal industry leaders like Morgan Creek Digital co-founder and partner Anthony Pompliano, Blockchain Capital Bitcoin Fellow Jimmy Song and Adamant Capital co-founder Tuur Demeester. Also of note are ARK CEO Cathie Wood, who became the first public fund manager to invest in Bitcoin in 2015, and BitPay CEO Stephen Pair.

“It’s time to lay a vision for Bitcoin that compels the greatest minds in the digital asset space to return to Bitcoin and give it the attention it deserves. This is exactly the thinking behind Bitcoin 2019, a new “peer-to-peer” conference that will bring together Bitcoin enthusiasts from around the world to discuss how we can continue to build and nourish the world’s best cryptocurrency,” David Bailey, the CEO of the conference’s organizer, told Bitcoin Magazine.

True to Bitcoin’s humble beginnings, Bitcoin 2019 will be a watering hole for industry big names and common enthusiasts alike to discuss all topics relating to the world’s first cryptocurrency to expand their understanding and knowledge set.

Alongside keynotes, presentations and panels, the three-story venue will have plenty of space for networking and furnish breakout stages for close-quarters discussion and even technical workshops. It will also include an event floor for builders to showcase bleeding-edge tech and hardware, and on the other side of the coin, an installation room for crypto artists like the renowned cryptograffiti.

“Bitcoin 2019 is specifically curated with attendee participation in mind, making the most technical of concepts as approachable as possible. The best way to illustrate Bitcoin’s many breakthroughs is to showcase them firsthand,” Bailey said.

Bitcoin Games

The conference will also include a worldwide hackathon. The Bitcoin Games, as they are called, will be an online competition that will motivate developers to push the boundaries of the technology to create solutions and applications for the next wave of adoption.

“Bitcoin 2019 is about realigning our collective focus toward what really matters — innovation, community, inclusivity and memes. It’s about bringing together the industry to build relationships as well as partnerships. It’s about rekindling the excitement around the future of how value is stored and transacted. It’s about playing around with magical internet money until you stumble upon something so transformative you can’t take your mind off it,” Bailey concluded.

Interested? You can get your tickets here for the manageable price of $200 (just a shade higher than bitcoin’s price point before the bull market in 2013).

Bitcoin Magazine is the lead media partner of Bitcoin 2019. Bitcoin 2019 is presented by BTC Inc, the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine.

This article originally appeared on Bitcoin Magazine.

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We’re a month and some change away from Bitcoin 2019: a conference made by Bitcoiners, for Bitcoiners. The conference will rekindle the same spirit of a similar Bitcoin conference that ended five years ago. Inspired by this earlier series, Bitcoin 2019 is rooted in the same ethos that has made Bitcoin the tried and true paragon of the crypto economy since its inception in 2009.

With discussions ranging from technical, economic, political and social topics, the conference features notable entrepreneurs like ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees, Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu and Max Keiser. It will also share insights from vocal industry leaders like Morgan Creek Digital co-founder and partner Anthony Pompliano, Blockchain Capital Bitcoin Fellow Jimmy Song and Adamant Capital co-founder Tuur Demeester. Also of note are ARK CEO Cathie Wood, who became the first public fund manager to invest in Bitcoin in 2015, and BitPay CEO Stephen Pair.

“It’s time to lay a vision for Bitcoin that compels the greatest minds in the digital asset space to return to Bitcoin and give it the attention it deserves. This is exactly the thinking behind Bitcoin 2019, a new “peer-to-peer” conference that will bring together Bitcoin enthusiasts from around the world to discuss how we can continue to build and nourish the world’s best cryptocurrency,” David Bailey, the CEO of the conference’s organizer, told Bitcoin Magazine.

True to Bitcoin’s humble beginnings, Bitcoin 2019 will be a watering hole for industry big names and common enthusiasts alike to discuss all topics relating to the world’s first cryptocurrency to expand their understanding and knowledge set.

Alongside keynotes, presentations and panels, the three-story venue will have plenty of space for networking and furnish breakout stages for close-quarters discussion and even technical workshops. It will also include an event floor for builders to showcase bleeding-edge tech and hardware, and on the other side of the coin, an installation room for crypto artists like the renowned cryptograffiti.

“Bitcoin 2019 is specifically curated with attendee participation in mind, making the most technical of concepts as approachable as possible. The best way to illustrate Bitcoin’s many breakthroughs is to showcase them firsthand,” Bailey said.

Bitcoin Games

The conference will also include a worldwide hackathon. The Bitcoin Games, as they are called, will be an online competition that will motivate developers to push the boundaries of the technology to create solutions and applications for the next wave of adoption.

“Bitcoin 2019 is about realigning our collective focus toward what really matters — innovation, community, inclusivity and memes. It’s about bringing together the industry to build relationships as well as partnerships. It’s about rekindling the excitement around the future of how value is stored and transacted. It’s about playing around with magical internet money until you stumble upon something so transformative you can’t take your mind off it,” Bailey concluded.

Interested? You can get your tickets here for the manageable price of $200 (just a shade higher than bitcoin’s price point before the bull market in 2013).

Bitcoin Magazine is the lead media partner of Bitcoin 2019. Bitcoin 2019 is presented by BTC Inc, the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine.

This article originally appeared on Bitcoin Magazine.

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SECTIONS SUBSCRIBE Home Page News Politics Sports Opinion Arts & Entertainment Special Reports Videos Photo Galleries HOME Florida Politics Florida Sports Data All Eyes THE BUZZ Rick Scott’s appointment for PSC resigns after sexual misconduct allegation Ritch Workman, a former state house representative, resigned moments after Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto said that he touched her inappropriately and made inappropriate comments in 2016. Ritch Workman shakes Gov. Rick Scott's hand in 2014. Scott later appointed Workman to the Public Service Commission. By Steve Bousquet Dec. 4, 2017 Gov. Rick Scott's appointee to the powerful board that regulates Florida utilities resigned Monday after a state senator said he made "vulgar and inappropriate gestures" to her last year. Former Rep. Ritch Workman of Melbourne will not serve on the Public Service Commission as a result. Scott appointed Workman on Sept. 15. He would have taken office Jan. 2 at an annual salary of $131,036. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Florida's new utility regulator: Uber driver, donkey farmer, legislator The PSC considers all rate requests by electric and gas utilities in Florida. In the latest sexual harassment revelation to rock Florida's capital, Workman's resignation on Monday came minutes after Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, a Fort Myers Republican, issued a statement in which she said he repeatedly made "vulgar and inappropriate" gestures toward her at a public event, even after she asked him to stop. Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Fort Meyers. In her statement, Benacquisto said: "At a public charity event in 2016, former Rep. Ritch Workman approached me from behind, pushed his body up against me and made vulgar and inappropriate gestures. I immediately asked him to stop. He continued to make vulgar and inappropriate comments and gestures until other attendees intervened. I found his conduct to be abhorrent. As such, I will not agenda his appointment to the Public Service Commission for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Rules." Benacquisto chairs the Senate Rules Committee, which was required to confirm Workman's appointment in order for him to serve a full four-year term on the five-member PSC. Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, also issued a statement that said: "The incident that Sen. Benacquisto described is horrendous. I support Sen. Benacquisto's decision not to agenda Rep. Workman's appointment in the Committee on Rules and accordingly Rep. Workman's appointment to the Public Service Commission will not be confirmed by the Florida Senate." Workman's resignation was first reported by Politico Florida. He did not respond to a request for comment from the Times/Herald. An emotional Workman told The News Service of Florida he did not recall the incident, but said "the right thing to do is to get out of the way." "I have absolutely no recollection of being inappropriate with Sen. Benacquisto. I have nothing but respect and admiration for her. It breaks my heart that this has come out like this, because it's not the kind of person that I am," Workman said. "The best thing for me to do is apologize," Workman added. "I sincerely apologize to Lizbeth Benacquisto for having in any way offended her. I apologize for letting the governor down and I hope that by me just getting out of the way the distraction to the Legislature will be a minimum." Workman's resignation comes as the Capitol remains transfixed by sexual harassment allegations against Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, by a Senate aide. A retired judge, acting as a special master, has taken extensive testimony from a number of witnesses and is expected to issue a report that will be considered by the Rules Committee, chaired by Benacquisto. A spokeswoman for Scott said he approved of Workman's decision to step down. "The governor has consistently said that any misconduct cannot be tolerated. He supports his decision to resign," said spokeswoman Lauren Schenone. Workman, 44, director of business development at Keiser University and a mortgage broker with no expertise in utility issues, served as a Republican member of the Florida House from 2008 to 2016. As a legislator, Workman sought to repeal a ban on "dwarf tossing," and he twice led efforts to overhaul Florida's alimony laws. Scott vetoed the alimony bill both times. He ran unsuccessfully in 2016 for a state Senate seat in Brevard County in a bruising, bitter race won by Republican Debbie Mayfield of Melbourne. Scott appointed Workman on Sept. 15 to replace Ronald Brise, a former Democratic legislator from Miami who was seeking a third term. Among the other candidates who were recommended to Scott but rejected in favor of Workman were former Rep. Rich Glorioso of Plant City; former Mayor William Konrad of Newberry; and Erik Sayler, a former senior PSC attorney who now works for the Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers in PSC rate cases. Scott appoints PSC members from a group of finalists recommended to him by a 12-member nominating council. Six of the 12 council members are state legislators. Four of those six are Republicans, and two are Democrats, including Rep. Janet Cruz of Tampa. She did not respond to a request for comment Monday. The nominating council now must reconvene to accept applicants to fill the Workman vacancy. A spokesman for Scott, John Tupps, noted that Workman had been vetted by the nominating council and had passed a background check by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). "Our office relies on this (council) to provide names of qualified applicants which have been vetted and thoroughly reviewed," Tupps said. Sign up for the Daily Buzz newsletter Get the top five stories from the Tampa Bay Times political team emailed to you Monday-Friday at 3p.m. Enter your email address Sign up Steve Bousquet @SteveBousquet bousquet@tampabay.com Times Tallahassee bureau chief COMMENTS More stories from The Buzz Florida spent $3.6 million for a company to drop its SunPass bid. Is this normal? Former employees with a contractor said the deal struck with Florida officials was unusual. Florida officials say that nothing irregular happened. U.S. House votes to crack down on ‘zombie campaigns’ following Times / 10News WTSP investigation The measure was included in a sweeping new voting rights and campaign finance package championed by Democrats Founder of spa where Robert Kraft was busted cheered on Pats’ Super Bowl win alongside Trump The owner of the Asian day spa in Jupiter has been active in GOP donor circles, planting her in the orbits of President Donald Trump and other Republicans. Harry Cohen endorses Jane Castor in Tampa mayor’s race The third-place finisher said the former police chief is the only candidate ready to lead on Day 1. Will Florida vote against partisan primaries in 2020? The non-profit All Voters Vote on Tuesday submitted petition forms to the Florida Secretary of State for review, reigniting an effort to bring “jungle primaries” to Florida and open the August elections to all of the state’s 13 million voters. Healthcare deregulation on fast track in Florida House Florida House Speaker José Oliva has some big priorities he wants to pass. 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Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

“Bitcoin is Currency Of Resistance” 

Max Keiser has long been a Bitcoin (BTC) bull, finding first about the cryptocurrency during its earliest blocks, if you will. And since then, the American broadcaster has incorporated his love for this nascent asset class onto his and his wife’s show hosted on RT, which has been fittingly named the “Keiser Report.”

Recently, Keiser called on Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin Core developer and leading cryptocurrency educator, to sit down with him and talk about this budding technology. Song, an overt skeptic of altcoins (especially Bitcoin’s forks), happily agreed, claiming that he was a big fan of the Keiser Report and the host’s global outlook.

Keiser noted that “when you talk about users (consumers) winning out over the monoliths — the corporations and plutocrats — I think that Bitcoin is the currency of resistance. The pro-crypto figure drew attention to the Yellow Vest (GIlet Jaune) movement, noting that activists can rally around BTC as a mode of unification.

Song, seemingly a bit hesitant to admit that Bitcoin should be actively used in a more violent revolution-esque environment, noted that the “biggest” value proposition that the asset accentuates is decentralized monetary (financial) power — the most facet in humanity in Song’s eyes. So, he explained that movements like France’s Gilet Jaunes should be taking financial power back for themselves, rather than usurping the powers that be. So, he then explained that BTC can facilitate a “more peaceful revolution” than the violent protests occurring all across the globe.

BTC May One Day Surpass $100,000 As “Monetary Black Hole”

And it seems that Keiser’s skepticism of traditional financial systems is deep-rooted.

Keiser, sat down with Bitcoinist’s Allen Scott to conduct an exclusive interview in November, which touched on his skepticism towards centralized entities.

Yet, while he seemed somewhat cynical on crypto in the short-term, the diehard explained that he still sees long-term potential in Bitcoin, especially considering its decentralized, borderless, censorship-resistant, and scarce nature — which makes BTC a great alternative to government-issued currency in a number of facets. Keiser was quoted as saying:

“Bitcoin is the monetary black hole that will gobble up all fiat and rise to more than $100,000 doing it. But humans themselves may never see that day… I have more faith in BTC than I do in humans surviving the ecological holocaust we’ve triggered with our collective stupidity .”

Keiser isn’t the only crypto advocate to claim that BTC will usurp the hegemony that government fiat has over global finance. Speaking with crypto-centric creative Naomi Brockwell, ShapeShift chief Erik Voorhees, told the influencer that he deems government fiat a “scam,” before adding that cryptocurrencies are a perfect alternative.

Tim Draper, a legendary American venture capitalist, echoed the sentiment, telling Ran NeuNer of CNBC Africa that eventually, as BTC transforms the global economy beyond the human imagination, “there will be no need to use fiat currency again.” Draper boiled down his inflammatory statement to the fact that when you boil cryptocurrencies down, they are “just better.”

Title Image Courtesy of Pierre Herman on Unsplash

Original Source http://bit.ly/2VL9Xnb

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Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

“Bitcoin is Currency Of Resistance” 

Max Keiser has long been a Bitcoin (BTC) bull, finding first about the cryptocurrency during its earliest blocks, if you will. And since then, the American broadcaster has incorporated his love for this nascent asset class onto his and his wife’s show hosted on RT, which has been fittingly named the “Keiser Report.”

Recently, Keiser called on Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin Core developer and leading cryptocurrency educator, to sit down with him and talk about this budding technology. Song, an overt skeptic of altcoins (especially Bitcoin’s forks), happily agreed, claiming that he was a big fan of the Keiser Report and the host’s global outlook.

Keiser noted that “when you talk about users (consumers) winning out over the monoliths — the corporations and plutocrats — I think that Bitcoin is the currency of resistance. The pro-crypto figure drew attention to the Yellow Vest (GIlet Jaune) movement, noting that activists can rally around BTC as a mode of unification.

Song, seemingly a bit hesitant to admit that Bitcoin should be actively used in a more violent revolution-esque environment, noted that the “biggest” value proposition that the asset accentuates is decentralized monetary (financial) power — the most facet in humanity in Song’s eyes. So, he explained that movements like France’s Gilet Jaunes should be taking financial power back for themselves, rather than usurping the powers that be. So, he then explained that BTC can facilitate a “more peaceful revolution” than the violent protests occurring all across the globe.

BTC May One Day Surpass $100,000 As “Monetary Black Hole”

And it seems that Keiser’s skepticism of traditional financial systems is deep-rooted.

Keiser, sat down with Bitcoinist’s Allen Scott to conduct an exclusive interview in November, which touched on his skepticism towards centralized entities.

Yet, while he seemed somewhat cynical on crypto in the short-term, the diehard explained that he still sees long-term potential in Bitcoin, especially considering its decentralized, borderless, censorship-resistant, and scarce nature — which makes BTC a great alternative to government-issued currency in a number of facets. Keiser was quoted as saying:

“Bitcoin is the monetary black hole that will gobble up all fiat and rise to more than $100,000 doing it. But humans themselves may never see that day… I have more faith in BTC than I do in humans surviving the ecological holocaust we’ve triggered with our collective stupidity .”

Keiser isn’t the only crypto advocate to claim that BTC will usurp the hegemony that government fiat has over global finance. Speaking with crypto-centric creative Naomi Brockwell, ShapeShift chief Erik Voorhees, told the influencer that he deems government fiat a “scam,” before adding that cryptocurrencies are a perfect alternative.

Tim Draper, a legendary American venture capitalist, echoed the sentiment, telling Ran NeuNer of CNBC Africa that eventually, as BTC transforms the global economy beyond the human imagination, “there will be no need to use fiat currency again.” Draper boiled down his inflammatory statement to the fact that when you boil cryptocurrencies down, they are “just better.”

Title Image Courtesy of Pierre Herman on Unsplash

Original Source http://bit.ly/2VL9Xnb

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Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

“Bitcoin is Currency Of Resistance” 

Max Keiser has long been a Bitcoin (BTC) bull, finding first about the cryptocurrency during its earliest blocks, if you will. And since then, the American broadcaster has incorporated his love for this nascent asset class onto his and his wife’s show hosted on RT, which has been fittingly named the “Keiser Report.”

Recently, Keiser called on Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin Core developer and leading cryptocurrency educator, to sit down with him and talk about this budding technology. Song, an overt skeptic of altcoins (especially Bitcoin’s forks), happily agreed, claiming that he was a big fan of the Keiser Report and the host’s global outlook.

Keiser noted that “when you talk about users (consumers) winning out over the monoliths — the corporations and plutocrats — I think that Bitcoin is the currency of resistance. The pro-crypto figure drew attention to the Yellow Vest (GIlet Jaune) movement, noting that activists can rally around BTC as a mode of unification.

Song, seemingly a bit hesitant to admit that Bitcoin should be actively used in a more violent revolution-esque environment, noted that the “biggest” value proposition that the asset accentuates is decentralized monetary (financial) power — the most facet in humanity in Song’s eyes. So, he explained that movements like France’s Gilet Jaunes should be taking financial power back for themselves, rather than usurping the powers that be. So, he then explained that BTC can facilitate a “more peaceful revolution” than the violent protests occurring all across the globe.

BTC May One Day Surpass $100,000 As “Monetary Black Hole”

And it seems that Keiser’s skepticism of traditional financial systems is deep-rooted.

Keiser, sat down with Bitcoinist’s Allen Scott to conduct an exclusive interview in November, which touched on his skepticism towards centralized entities.

Yet, while he seemed somewhat cynical on crypto in the short-term, the diehard explained that he still sees long-term potential in Bitcoin, especially considering its decentralized, borderless, censorship-resistant, and scarce nature — which makes BTC a great alternative to government-issued currency in a number of facets. Keiser was quoted as saying:

“Bitcoin is the monetary black hole that will gobble up all fiat and rise to more than $100,000 doing it. But humans themselves may never see that day… I have more faith in BTC than I do in humans surviving the ecological holocaust we’ve triggered with our collective stupidity .”

Keiser isn’t the only crypto advocate to claim that BTC will usurp the hegemony that government fiat has over global finance. Speaking with crypto-centric creative Naomi Brockwell, ShapeShift chief Erik Voorhees, told the influencer that he deems government fiat a “scam,” before adding that cryptocurrencies are a perfect alternative.

Tim Draper, a legendary American venture capitalist, echoed the sentiment, telling Ran NeuNer of CNBC Africa that eventually, as BTC transforms the global economy beyond the human imagination, “there will be no need to use fiat currency again.” Draper boiled down his inflammatory statement to the fact that when you boil cryptocurrencies down, they are “just better.”

Title Image Courtesy of Pierre Herman on Unsplash

Original Source http://bit.ly/2VL9Xnb

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Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

“Bitcoin is Currency Of Resistance” 

Max Keiser has long been a Bitcoin (BTC) bull, finding first about the cryptocurrency during its earliest blocks, if you will. And since then, the American broadcaster has incorporated his love for this nascent asset class onto his and his wife’s show hosted on RT, which has been fittingly named the “Keiser Report.”

Recently, Keiser called on Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin Core developer and leading cryptocurrency educator, to sit down with him and talk about this budding technology. Song, an overt skeptic of altcoins (especially Bitcoin’s forks), happily agreed, claiming that he was a big fan of the Keiser Report and the host’s global outlook.

Keiser noted that “when you talk about users (consumers) winning out over the monoliths — the corporations and plutocrats — I think that Bitcoin is the currency of resistance. The pro-crypto figure drew attention to the Yellow Vest (GIlet Jaune) movement, noting that activists can rally around BTC as a mode of unification.

Song, seemingly a bit hesitant to admit that Bitcoin should be actively used in a more violent revolution-esque environment, noted that the “biggest” value proposition that the asset accentuates is decentralized monetary (financial) power — the most facet in humanity in Song’s eyes. So, he explained that movements like France’s Gilet Jaunes should be taking financial power back for themselves, rather than usurping the powers that be. So, he then explained that BTC can facilitate a “more peaceful revolution” than the violent protests occurring all across the globe.

BTC May One Day Surpass $100,000 As “Monetary Black Hole”

And it seems that Keiser’s skepticism of traditional financial systems is deep-rooted.

Keiser, sat down with Bitcoinist’s Allen Scott to conduct an exclusive interview in November, which touched on his skepticism towards centralized entities.

Yet, while he seemed somewhat cynical on crypto in the short-term, the diehard explained that he still sees long-term potential in Bitcoin, especially considering its decentralized, borderless, censorship-resistant, and scarce nature — which makes BTC a great alternative to government-issued currency in a number of facets. Keiser was quoted as saying:

“Bitcoin is the monetary black hole that will gobble up all fiat and rise to more than $100,000 doing it. But humans themselves may never see that day… I have more faith in BTC than I do in humans surviving the ecological holocaust we’ve triggered with our collective stupidity .”

Keiser isn’t the only crypto advocate to claim that BTC will usurp the hegemony that government fiat has over global finance. Speaking with crypto-centric creative Naomi Brockwell, ShapeShift chief Erik Voorhees, told the influencer that he deems government fiat a “scam,” before adding that cryptocurrencies are a perfect alternative.

Tim Draper, a legendary American venture capitalist, echoed the sentiment, telling Ran NeuNer of CNBC Africa that eventually, as BTC transforms the global economy beyond the human imagination, “there will be no need to use fiat currency again.” Draper boiled down his inflammatory statement to the fact that when you boil cryptocurrencies down, they are “just better.”

Title Image Courtesy of Pierre Herman on Unsplash

Original Source http://bit.ly/2VL9Xnb

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Performers Light Up Stages' Exuberant 'The Boy from Oz'

Performers Light Up Stages’ Exuberant ‘The Boy from Oz’

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Although Peter Allen did not get a Hollywood ending, his remarkable true-life story of how he skyrocketed to fame through sheer talent, drive and his ebullient personality deserves a splashy musical as good as Stages St. Louis production.

“The Boy from Oz” is the kind of glitzy material that the company has excelled at for 33 seasons, their intimate stage a…

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Trump May Affect Bitcoin Price With Herman Cain Pick

Trump is recommending Herman Cain for one of two vacant seats on the Fed Board. The man who advocates a return to the gold standard could undermine Bitcoin price in the short-term as ‘digital gold.’

Experience in Pizza Is the Least of Our Worries

Much of the media seems to be concerned by the fact that Herman Cain has a past in the pizza business. However, there are far more concerning things afoot.

Not only has he been embroiled in sexual harassment claims (which puts him in good company in Washington) but he’s also a staunch believer in the return to the gold standard.

New likely Fed appointment, Herman Cain. Advocate of sound money and a gold standard! https://t.co/NlnNVEd6MQ

— Neil adams (@okpal100) April 5, 2019

Trump’s Stand Off with the Fed Boosted Bitcoin

Up until now, there has been some encouragement on the part of the Bitcoin community about the war of words between the United States Fed and the White House.

Trump has been repeatedly vocal about his disagreement of Jerome Powell’s interest rate hikes. He’s even gone as far as to blame all of the US’ economic woes on the Federal Reserve.

The only problem our economy has is the Fed. They don’t have a feel for the Market, they don’t understand necessary Trade Wars or Strong Dollars or even Democrat Shutdowns over Borders. The Fed is like a powerful golfer who can’t score because he has no touch – he can’t putt!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018

His fiery tweet of December last year claimed that they failed to understand the need for strong dollars or ‘necessary’ trade wars.

For the Bitcoin community, inflating the money supply should, theoretically, boost BTC price relative to the USD moving forward. That’s to say, the Fed’s monetary easing is a positive sign for cryptocurrency long term.

“The trend in Bitcoin’s price flipped from bear to bull once the Fed said it would ease-off tightening and engage in permanent money printing (‘permanent QE’),” Max Keiser told Bitcoinist last month. “This, by the way, is the definition of debt-monetization, which means the door has been opened to a hyperinflationary currency collapse of the USD.”

Hermain Cain Backs Gold Bars, Not Digital Gold

Any enthusiasm over Trump’s drift with Powell will be dampened by his vote for new Fed board member Cain. A candidate who is against interest rate hikes and wants to see a return to the gold standard.

One of Bitcoin’s strongest virtues is that it is anti-inflation, unlike the dollar which has lost some 95% of its value since 2013.

Purchasing Power Of The U.S Dollar: (1913-2019)

The dollar has lost more than 95% of its value since 1913.

RETWEET to raise awareness. pic.twitter.com/5VbiPWEchC

— GoldBroker.com (@Goldbroker_com) February 10, 2019

Trump Has Undue Influence on the Central Bank

A past in pizza and sexual scandals aside, more concerning still is Trump’s undue influence on the world’s most powerful central bank. Granted, his suggestions must be approved by the Senate and, so far, haven’t worked out as planned.

However, the fact is that Trump can directly influence monetary policy through nominations to the Fed. Since the start of his presidency, in fact, he’s already successfully appointed four of the seven-member Fed board.

If the next generation of school children grow up to understand the separation of money and state, then bitcoin will have succeeded.

— Erik Voorhees (@ErikVoorhees) August 14, 2012

While the US central bank continues to be influenced by one man in the Whitehouse and seats filled with fossils like Herman Cain, it looks less likely that Bitcoin will achieve its goal.

Would a sound money advocate be bearish for bitcoin price? Share your thoughts below!

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January 09 in Music History

1631 English court Masque established by Ben Johnson and Inigo Jones, with Their Love's Triumph Through Callipolis.

1651 Birth of Italian composer Petronio Franceschini in Bologna. 

1674 Birth of composer Reinhard Keiser. 

1724 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 154 Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren

on the 1st Sunday following Epiphany. Was part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1723-24.1737 Birth of French baritone Henri Larrivee in Lyon. 

1753 Birth of mezzo-soprano Luisa Rosa Todi in Setubal, Portugal. 

1767 Death of mezzo-soprano Francesca Bertolli.

1810 Birth of soprano Anna Bishop in London.

1839 Birth of American composer John Knowles Paine in Portland Maine. 

1844 Birth of tenor Julian Gayarre  in Valle de Roncal. 

1856 Birth of Yugoslavian composer Stevan Mokranjac in Negotin. 

1887 Death of tenor Marius-Pierre Audran. 

1890 Birth of tenor Alessandro Valente in Turin. 

1896 Birth of New Zealand conductor Warwick Henry Braithwaite in Dunedin. 

1902 Birth of British administrator of NYC's MET Opera Rudolph BING in Vienna. 1904 FP of Debussy's Estampes and played by Spanish pianist Ricardo Vines in Paris. 

1909 Birth of American soprano Herva Nelli in Florence, Italy. 

1909 FP of Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit Ricardo Vines plays in Paris. 

1921 Birth of American composer Seymour Barab in Chicago, IL.

1931 Birth of soprano Margaret Nisbett in Melbourne, Australia. 

1932 Birth of Vladimiro Ganzarolli Bass-Baritone 

1932 Birth of tenor Jaroslav Kachel in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. 

1936 Birth of Danish composer and teacher Erik Norby in Copenhagen. 

1939 FP of Bela Bartók's Contrast for clarinet, violin, and piano. Performers were clarinetist Benny Goodman, violinist Joseph Szigeti, and Bartók at the piano.

1939 Death of composer Julius Bittner.

1940 Birth of American Mezzo-Soprano Jean Kraft in Mena

1940 Birth of soprano Louise Lebrun in Montreal. 

1941 Birth of American composer Jeraldine Saunders Herbison in Richmond, VA.

1947 FP of Roger Sessions' Symphony No. 2. San Francisco Symphony, Pierre Monteux conducting.

1947 FP of Kurt Weill's opera Street Scene at the Adelphi Theater in NYC. 

1948 FP of Walter Piston's Symphony  No 3, by Boston SO under S. Koussevitzky. Pulitzer Prize (1948). 

1949 Death of mezzo-soprano Armida Parsi-Pettinella.

1953 Death of tenor Eduard Lichtenstein. 

1956 Birth of German Mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier in Würzburg. 

1957 Death of American composer and teacher Mary Carr Moore in Inglewood, 

1958 Birth of Finnish soprano Hillevi Martinpelto. 

1962 Birth of English oboist Nicholas Daniel.

1967 Birth of American composer James Sale

1968 Death of French pianist and composer Louis Francois Aubert in Paris. 

1969 Death of Czech music critic and composer Ladislav Vycpalek in Prague. 

1976 FP of William Bolcoms Seasons for guitar, in NYC. 

1987 FP of Joan Tower's Silver Ladders. St. Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting. 

1988 FP of Alvin Singleton's After Fallen Crumbs for orchestra. Atlanta Symphony, Michael Palmer conducting.

1990 Death of bass Tadeusz Wierzbicki. 

2003 FP of Behzad Ranjbaran's Violin Concerto. Conductor Gerard Schwarz and violinist Joshua Bell with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

Max Keiser: Bitcoin (BTC) Is The Currency Of Global Revolution

“Bitcoin is Currency Of Resistance” 

Max Keiser has long been a Bitcoin (BTC) bull, finding first about the cryptocurrency during its earliest blocks, if you will. And since then, the American broadcaster has incorporated his love for this nascent asset class onto his and his wife’s show hosted on RT, which has been fittingly named the “Keiser Report.”

Recently, Keiser called on Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin Core developer and leading cryptocurrency educator, to sit down with him and talk about this budding technology. Song, an overt skeptic of altcoins (especially Bitcoin’s forks), happily agreed, claiming that he was a big fan of the Keiser Report and the host’s global outlook.

Keiser noted that “when you talk about users (consumers) winning out over the monoliths — the corporations and plutocrats — I think that Bitcoin is the currency of resistance. The pro-crypto figure drew attention to the Yellow Vest (GIlet Jaune) movement, noting that activists can rally around BTC as a mode of unification.

Song, seemingly a bit hesitant to admit that Bitcoin should be actively used in a more violent revolution-esque environment, noted that the “biggest” value proposition that the asset accentuates is decentralized monetary (financial) power — the most facet in humanity in Song’s eyes. So, he explained that movements like France’s Gilet Jaunes should be taking financial power back for themselves, rather than usurping the powers that be. So, he then explained that BTC can facilitate a “more peaceful revolution” than the violent protests occurring all across the globe.

BTC May One Day Surpass $100,000 As “Monetary Black Hole”

And it seems that Keiser’s skepticism of traditional financial systems is deep-rooted.

Keiser, sat down with Bitcoinist’s Allen Scott to conduct an exclusive interview in November, which touched on his skepticism towards centralized entities.

Yet, while he seemed somewhat cynical on crypto in the short-term, the diehard explained that he still sees long-term potential in Bitcoin, especially considering its decentralized, borderless, censorship-resistant, and scarce nature — which makes BTC a great alternative to government-issued currency in a number of facets. Keiser was quoted as saying:

“Bitcoin is the monetary black hole that will gobble up all fiat and rise to more than $100,000 doing it. But humans themselves may never see that day… I have more faith in BTC than I do in humans surviving the ecological holocaust we’ve triggered with our collective stupidity .”

Keiser isn’t the only crypto advocate to claim that BTC will usurp the hegemony that government fiat has over global finance. Speaking with crypto-centric creative Naomi Brockwell, ShapeShift chief Erik Voorhees, told the influencer that he deems government fiat a “scam,” before adding that cryptocurrencies are a perfect alternative.

Tim Draper, a legendary American venture capitalist, echoed the sentiment, telling Ran NeuNer of CNBC Africa that eventually, as BTC transforms the global economy beyond the human imagination, “there will be no need to use fiat currency again.” Draper boiled down his inflammatory statement to the fact that when you boil cryptocurrencies down, they are “just better.”

Title Image Courtesy of Pierre Herman on Unsplash

Original Source http://bit.ly/2VL9Xnb