I'm a 24 year old woman, no known health conditions (besides depression, anxiety, and insomnia).
I've been experiencing pulsatile tinnitus for probably two years now. Its a throbbing sound that's usually a bit loud (it can be not as loud), that comes and goes. It was annoying, but thought nothing of it because I had no pain with it before, and I have normal tinnitus too. Now though I've been sometimes experiencing pain with it, a tightness or pressure in my head. It happens often when I stand up, especially too fast, I feel like I'm going to fall because of the pressure, I even get pressure in my eyes too. I get it when I'm bending down too. Sometimes even sitting up and moving my head at an angle will cause it.
Looked all this up recently and what came up was venous sinus stenosis and intracranial hypertension. I don't know how I could have all this because I never had any issues like this before. Does it sound like intracranial hypertension? Apparently a way to test it, is by pressing on your neck and if the pulsatile tinnitus goes away, that's it. I've done it and it does stop temporarily. Also does it sound like its getting worse? Or will it go away on its own? Almost forgot to add, can it cause balance issues? Because I've been feeling not steady lately too when I'm standing, it's not that bad, unless I'm in the shower. Feels like I'm going to fall in the shower, like just standing there, it's so terrible. Don't know if it's related, but thought I'd bring it up in case.

/collegebaseball General Discussion Thread - SUPER REGIONALS WEEK: Part II (2023)

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2023 Postseason Top 25

Mean+Median 3-Poll Composite

Rank	Team	Conference	D1B	BWA	USAT	Prev.	Δ
1	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC	1	1	1	1	—
2	Florida Gators	SEC	2	2	2	2	—
3	Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC	4	3	4	6	↑3
4	Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC	5	4	3	5	↑1
5	Clemson Tigers	ACC	3	6	5	8	↑3
6	LSU Tigers	SEC	7	5	6	4	↓2
7	Stanford Cardinal	Pac-12	6	7	6	3	↓4
8	Miami Hurricanes	ACC	8	8	10	10	↑2
9	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt	9	9	8	7	↓2
10	Virginia Cavaliers	ACC	11	11	9	11	↑1
11	Campbell Fighting Camels	Big South	12	10	11	15	↑4
12	ECU Pirates	American	15	12	12	12	—
13	Connecticut Huskies	Big East	10	13	14	9	↓4
14	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12	16	15	13	17	↑3
15	Dallas Baptist Patriots	C-USA	18	14	15	16	↑1
16	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt	13	17	19	21	↑5
17	Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12	14	21	17	13	↓4
18	Tennessee Volunteers	SEC	21	18	16	14	↓4
19	South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC	NR	16	18	19	—
20	Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten	19	19	25	25	↑5
21	Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC	22	20	23	NR	↑6
22	Indiana State Sycamores	MVC	23	23	20	NR	↑
23	Kentucky Wildcats	SEC	NR	22	21	23	—
24	West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12	NR	25	22	18	↓6
25	Auburn Tigers	SEC	20	27	NR	NR	↑1
NR	Duke Blue Devils	ACC	NR	24	NR	24	↓2
NR	TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12	17	28	NR	NR	↑
NR	Oregon Ducks	Pac-12	24	26	NR	NR	↑
NR	Boston College Eagles	ACC	NR	29	24	20	↓9
NR	Texas A&M Aggies	SEC	25	30	NR	NR	↑

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D1B – D1Baseball
CBW – National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
USAT – USA Today

2023 Division 1 League Champions

Conference	Regular Season	Tournament
ACC	Wake Forest	Clemson
America East	Maine	Maine
American	ECU	Tulane
A-10	St. Joseph's	George Mason
ASUN	Lipscomb	Lipscomb
Big 12	Oklahoma State, Texas, & West Virginia	TCU
Big East	Connecticut	Xavier
Big South	Campbell	Campbell
Big Ten	Maryland	Maryland
Big West	UC San Diego*	ɴᴏɴᴇ
CAA	UNCW	UNCW
C-USA	Dallas Baptist	Charlotte
Horizon	Wright State	Wright State
Ivy League	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
MAAC	Fairfield	Rider
MAC	Kent State	Ball State
Missouri Valley	Indiana State	Indiana State
Mountain West	San Diego State & San José State	San José State
NEC	Central Connecticut	Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley	Morehead State	Eastern Illinois
Pac-12	Stanford	Oregon
Patriot	Army	Army
SEC	Arkansas & Florida	Vanderbilt
SoCon	Samford	Samford
Southland	Nicholls	Nicholls
Summit	Oral Roberts	Oral Roberts
Sun Belt	Coastal Carolina	Southern Miss
SWAC	Alabama State	Florida A&M
WAC	Grand Canyon	Sam Houston
West Coast	Loyola Marymount	Santa Clara

*ineligible to receive automatic qualifier; Cal State Fullerton was rewarded the bid

30 y/o, Caucasian, female 5'10 - 210 lb On no medications - have genetic illness HHT No allergies Consider myself in good health - little out of shape but healthy
I feel asleep sitting up & leaning forward. I woke up to a large amount of thick yellow snot on my thigh (roughly 5 inches in length & 3 inches across in broken up/splatted pattern). It happend when I was sleeping I didn't wake up when it happened. I took a selfish and u can see all around my nostrils and inside my nose the yellow snot.
About 2 months earlier again falling asleep leaning forward I woke up to a quick gushing of water like liquid pouring out of my nose. It happened twice that night. It was clear & more watery.
The yellow snot & water liquid are the only 3 times this has happened to me and I fall asleep leaning forward probably 2-3 times a month.
I had NO pressure behind my eyes, sinus headache, ear ache, pressure in head when bending over, runny nose, vertigo, sore throat or stuffed nose. The next morning I had a light headache (not in sinus area) & mild sore throat that went away on its own within 2 days.
I went to my doctor when the water liquid poured out my nose and she looked around and didn't see anything and same thing no symptoms of a sinus infection/cold. She figured allergies?
I went to a specialist YEARS back due to pain in sinus area and constant post nasal drip. He literally asked me 3 questions and told me I just get headaches and that was that.
When the yellow snot came out I had heart burn/acid reflex type issues going on all that day. Never had acid come up my throat but I wonder if maybe I puked up stomach acid threw my nose...?! That would probably burn like hell and wake me up!
I wish I could attach photos! They are really gross but show the large amount, color, texture, consistency. Its pretty intense!
Google told me my brain and spinal fluid is leaking out my nose or allergies.
I have no known allergies btw. No random development of seasonal allergies.

I never replay games. I’m more of a one and done it kind of guy, but something about ATB’s gameplay and story compelled me to play it not once, not twice, but four times at the time of writing. It certainly helps that the game is short (although I think the universal praise of The Outer Wilds demonstrates that this isn’t a bad thing).
My latest playthrough clocked in at ~35 minutes at the time of writing in order to get the Toot Sweet achievement. Ironically, this exact pursuit of achievements led me to get the Librarian achievement and, ultimately, finally read all the story notes chronologically.
Notwithstanding, ATB is a nauseatingly haunting game on harder difficulties. The monster is deadly, the resources are scarce, the tone is grim, and the darkness encompasses it all. Above all of this, the story is worth telling and I posit that the game’s genre, coupled with the Amnesia brand being notoriously terrifying if PewDewPie is to be believed, will prevent a lot of people from playing it. That’s such a shame.
Without further obfuscation, I want to encourage you to play the game; immerse yourself in its world and discover its truth for yourself. Your appreciation for the story will only compound the more time you spend stalking the halls of the unnamed bunker it takes place in.
For those of you that don’t care to play it, but appreciate a good story, read ahead. SPOILER WARNING.
ATB’s story begins before the player ever takes control of the protagonist, Henri Clemont, a Soldier in the French Army at the Battle of Pozieres during World War I.
April 1916 – Toussaint Beaufoy – What Could Be Worse than War?
On 2 April, 1916, Henri’s embattled unit receives orders to dig their bunker deeper so that their chain of command can laud it as a symbol of French patriotism and eventual victory in the war.
The calamity of World War I, having already wrought havoc on the bodies and minds of Henri’s unit, is only intensified by these foolhardy orders. This bunker is destined to become “a rancid, stinking pit. A void, a hole. Full of men, scared and confused.”
Eight days later, on 10 April, Henri’s compatriot, Toussaint Beaufoy, pens a poem We Whirl the World that reflects on the grim events of the war and foreshadows the events of the game.

We whirl the world
The world we whirl
It all gets lost in a terrible twirl
Can’t see the sun for all the smoke
Can’t see the ground for all the dead folk
Can’t see the ocean, can’t see the trees
So I stay here down on my knees
We whirl the world
The world we whirl
It all gets lost in a binding twirl
A snarl in the dark
A sad day in the park
A stone reminder
A horse’s dirty blinder
A child’s empty hand
A friend’s stained armband
The news of the day on the stand
We whirl the world
The world we whirl
It all gets lost in a bloody twirl
What comes next around the bend?
Maybe it’ll be some kind of end
More likely another shrill, shrill whistle,
Magic that turns men into gristle.
We whirl the world
The world we whirl
It all gets lost and still we twirl

Henri’s unit begins digging and on 30 April, another soldier, Alex Noyer, extrapolates on why the unit has been ordered to dig: the bunker lay atop Roman ruins that extend towards the German lines. The command wants to use these prebuilt tunnels to launch a surprise attack on the enemy. However, Noyer’s interest lay more in the archaeological significance of the dig.
With the dig well underway, the other soldiers begin to experience haunting symptoms. Notably, Beaufoy, who witnesses some horror on the night of 5 May, that shatters his psyche. He refuses to discuss what he witnessed with anybody, yet he revels in it; “I want to go back to that place. I want to feel that way. I want the violence and the ecstasy and the pitch-black darkness.”
May 1916 - Alex Noyer’s Journal - Digging Up a Dark Secret
A week later (9 May), Noyer is presented with archaic texts uncovered during the digging. He begins to read them and discovers the texts are not of typical Roman writings. Rather, the texts are religiously significant repeating the phrase “to cross into darkness and beyond.”
These texts originated from a people that believed they found the key to immortality, a blessing bestowed upon them from some “other world… dominated by darkness… ruled by something…” These damned texts went on to describe this world as “full of spirits, monsters and that the air there was endlessly alive with cries of torment and the sickly rattle of souls near death.”
The tunnels that the men were digging were used by this ancient people as a portal to this “pagan hell.”
This manifested in our world as the need for the followers to commit sickening acts that appealed to the primal instincts of humanity; “blood orgies, of sadistic spirits, of the awful things these men and women would do to each other in worship of darkness” and a magical liquid that would grant the believer’s immortality in darkness.
Noyer enters the tunnels sometime on 14 May, and discovers more of the cursed history of the tunnels. “The Romans used these tunnels to hold sadistic bacchanals, great festivals of cruel combat, torture and worse... held in an arena over a great pit.” His command writes him off as paranoid, and Noyer resolves to enter the tunnels.
On 25 May, Noyer is recovered after screaming in the damp excavation sight until his vocal cords were annihilated – alive but utterly terrified.
June 1916 - Farber - Am I Out of Touch? No, It’s the Soldiers Who Are Wrong.
Noyer warns his brother-in-arms about the texts and truth of the ruins they are excavating. As the truth and panic spread, the Command begins punishing those who speak of the more sinister presence that is permeating the halls of the bunker.
Throughout the month of May, the soldiers are gripped with a waking terror that seeps into their dreams, all the while having to fight a war notorious for its brutality. Noyer writes, “we’re stuck between the Germans in front of us, high command behind us, and some other horrible force that seems to lurk in shadows all around us. I fear we are now truly beyond God’s reach.”
Rumors of the truth that Noyer uncovered begin to spread amongst the men. Despite taking the assertions of the malevolent presence seriously, the command chooses to contain the panic through force.
Incensed by Noyer’s ominous warnings, a rebellion is formed on 28 May with a soldier only known as “Farber” at its helm. The mission is simple: contain the evil of the tunnels by sabotaging the digging efforts with a cave in. Farber notes that each of the five recruits is exceptionally eager to end the waking nightmare, particularly Beaufoy.
Their efforts are successful and the soldiers experience a brief abatement from the ever-present fear, only to be discovered and subsequently tortured by their Commanding Officers, Reynard and Delpy. None are spared the persecution, save for Beaufoy, who is presumed to have been killed in the blast that undoes the dig. The last thing any other soldier saw of him was Beaufoy telling them he had “other work to do,” whilst pointing to his own eyes.
Despite the ordeal, no participant reveals Farber as the mastermind, and Farber is forever indebted to the brotherhood.
The officers of the unit do four things in the wake of this unthinkable act of insubordination: (1) abandon the tunnel, (2) punish the conspirators, (3) send the remaining men on dangerous combat patrols and (4) order more wine. No lesson learned, no warning heed.
Of minor note, on the evening of 30 June, after one such combat patrol, a German prisoner is captured. Small recompense for the men routinely thrown into the meat grinder of enemy machine guns and command tribunals.
July 1916 – Henri Clément – Buddy Fucker with a Conscious
Another such raid is ordered on 8 July, and Henri has a plan to not go. Henri and his best friend, Augustin Lambert, decide that the winner of a game of chance will not have to risk their life this evening and the other will go in their friend’s place. Henri cheats, rationalizing it as a harmless prank, condemning Lambert to endure the battlefield once more. Henri is sure Lambert will return, unscathed, and cannot wait to see the look on his face when he learns what Henri did.
Only, Lambert doesn’t return. As the dusk of 8 July turns into dawn, Henri is wrought with guilt. He resolves to recover his friend. It is here, that the player finally takes control of the protagonist.
Henri discovers Lambert at the bottom of a pit. Not a crater from artillery, a borderline incomprehensibly large depression. Henri makes his way down and renders aid to his battered, but alive, compatriot. Henri gathers water from the pit, and nurses his friend before they attempt to escape.

Patrol Report – 10 July 1916
Odd occurrences last night. Sdt. Lambert, thought dead after his patrol on the 8th, returned to the barracks in fine health. He carried with him Sdt. Clément – severely wounded from an explosion.
Lambert reports the following:
-That midway through his patrol on the 8th he fell into a deep crater and was unable to escape.
-Clément, his close friend, snuck out after him last night, located him in the crater, and carried him out.
-They were spotted and in the ensuing attack, Clément was injured by an explosion. It fell on Lambert to carry him back.
Very odd that Lambert was neither injured from the fall nor the explosion AND that he ended up saving the man who came to save him.
But battlefield luck is an odd thing. In every life, fate’s winds blow erratic.
Judging by Lambert’s description, the crater he fell into seems to have been located very close to the Roman tunnels we unearthed. It may have been a result of work down there.
Recommend a future patrol to investigate and make sure we have not opened a backdoor into our own bunker.

Henri remains comatose for ten(?) days.
July 1916 – Augustin Lambert – The Nightmare Is Only Beginning
Lambert, having dodged death, reflects on the events of his ill-fated patrol. His loss of hope at the bottom of the inescapable pit, and the angelic reprieve he received from Henri. He notes how the water Henri nursed him with “was cool and crisp, with a strange, sweet taste. Never has water felt more nourishing than that, administered by a dear friend’s hand.”
Despite surviving, Lambert’s survival is dampened by the loss of a toy he bought for his son – the toy he believes to be in the pit where he almost lost his life.
Lambert grows stronger by the day. However, with Lambert’s return, so do the haunts that plagued his fellow Soldiers. Scratching at the walls and an overt ghostly howling emanates throughout the halls at night.
July 1916 – Stéphane Joubert – Oh Yeah, The Murders.
The first to fall Reynard on 15 July. Hardly a loss after his treatment of the soldiers, but certainly a catalyst for even further distrust.
Stéphane Joubert, another officer, reflects on the evening of the murder in his journal. He had heard a commotion in the hallway, but assumed it be Reynard drunk on his secret stash of wine. No one was aware anything was wrong until they heard the screaming. He is concerned for the harshness in which his fellow officers treat the men, particularly in the wake of this death.
The remaining officers interrogate the men, after all, a murderer was so clearly amongst them.
Paranoia grips the men, who are the prime suspects due to their contempt for Reynard. But the brutality and sadistic nature of the murder was beyond the pale? The autopsy read:

Body of Sgt. Reynard.
Multiple lacerations. Chest cavity torn to shreds. Every rib cracked. Skull cracked open by repeated blunt force trauma.
Who could have done this to him?

Amid the violence, Farber, driven mad by the resurgence of the haunting presence, resolves to kill it himself to atone for being the only man left unpunished for the tunnel sabotage. When the evil presence, emboldened by the murder of Reynard, returns, Farber is there. He shoots the Beast and it retreats into the shadows.
But it did not forget. It returned ten minutes later and pulled Farber into the wall, “screaming… praying for salvation.”
The men note something familiar about the Beast as it continues to hunt them; like it knows who they are.
The officers abandon the men, escaping and blowing the entrance to the bunker behind them – condemning the soldiers to evisceration by an unkillable force. Joubert, the only bastion of morality amongst the officers, is among the escapees all the same He leaves the men one chance at salvation.

Fournier, our commanding officer!, cowers next to me now. He’s lost his mind to an abyss of fear…
He wants to run, to blow up the exit behind him.. Sealing the demon down here… The demon AND our men.
His constant refrain, it is getting to me… and that same void of terror… it is also overtaking me.
To any of my men who see this: once we’re free of this place, I will get the arsenal code from him. I will get it and I will radio it back to you.
Trapped down here with that beast, the arsenal may be your only hope. It’s all I can do. All I have courage to do…
Get to the communications room in the Soldier Quarters. Hide there. I’ll broadcast the code to you.
-Joubert

The men, responded to such hollow words:

The officers have abandoned us! They ran from the beast and blew the exit closed behind them. Even Joubert…
They called us cowards and traitors and worse… Hypocrites. Now they’ve doomed us.
Whatever hell we suffer now, it is on them. God will punish them for what they’ve done.

July 1916 – Henri Clément – The Game Begins
The game begins with Henri awakening in the hospital bed from comatose state. He doesn’t remember the past, but that’s why we have spent about 2400 words going over that. The gameplay of Amnesia is self-explanatory – gather resources, avoid the monster, escape.
In order to accomplish this goal Henri has several sub objectives that, for convenience, we’ll cover in two parts: Get the Dynamite and Get the Detonation Handle. This isn’t a walk through, every playthrough of the game is different, but you learn the fates of several characters through extrapolating on the relationship between the notes and the game itself. Play the game and get stalked by the monster for the horror experience.
Get the Dynamite (Located in the Armory):
· Located in the armory, Henri first needs to retrieve a code to unlock said armory. The code, you recall, Joubert promised to broadcast to the soldiers. After solving the daisy chain issue in the Soldier’s Quarters and finding the requisite key, Henri makes his way to the communication room. Joubert is true to his word, he is still broadcasting the code. Henri can now retrieve the dynamite.
Get the Detonator Handle (Located in the Tunnels):
· First order of business is to recover a ratchet wrench that allows access into the Prisoner Control room in the Prison section of the bunker. The wrench is in Foreman Stafford’s locker, but you’ll have to find the code. Henri discovers that Stafford made his way to the Bunker’s Pillbox as a means of escape. However, the Pillbox is locked with the only key being in the bunker’s Chapel. Henri makes his way to the chapel to uncover an unholy display of twisted bodies – an achievement pops up revealing this is the Beast’s nest. In the confessional, Henri discovers the priest (otherwise insignificant to the story) nailed to the wall. He recovers the key and returns to the Pillbox. At the top, Stafford is there, a bullet through the eye from an enemy sniper – a grim reminder that you’re still fighting a war.
· The wrench is to help gain access to the Captured German Prisoner’s cell, left abandoned; Geneva Convention be damned. What we want in the cell is a pair of bolt cutters that had been used to torture the prisoner. Opening his cell alerts the monster, whom promptly murders the poor prisoner (although there is a slightly happier disposition in which you retrieve the bolt cutters before the Beast gets to him – are you quick enough to save his life? Do you even want to?)
· The bolt cutters grant access to the chained-shut tunnels. The haunted tunnels. The Pagan Hell. Ghostly apparitions due exist down here skulking the fog teasing you with the evil you’ve read so much about. Impossible rock formations alongside Roman statues and columns, this place is truly unearthly. But then you hear a voice, the first voice you’ve heard since the prisoner you couldn’t understand died. “We whirl the world…” Its Beaufoy, whom has gouged his own eyes out and roams the fog with a shotgun and homicidal intent – still more work to do. He will kill you, so you must put your fellow soldier down. Is it better this way? At least that shotgun is yours now *finger guns*.
· If you explore a little more, after finding the detonator handle, you’ll find a small tunnel that leads to the pit. The pit the game began in, the pit with the small rabbit toy Lambert lost. Shit, what happened to Lambert?
You retreat to the beginning of the game. Hook up the dynamite and blow it. Make your way to escape. You find yourself at a grand arena above a bottomless pit. With the Beast standing between you and salvation. Is there really a boss battle in this game? Winning it reveals the final truth.
Lambert is the monster. Your best friend, corrupted by the water you nursed into him to save his life. Presenting the toy to him prior to the final battle when he tries to kill you causes him to take it, run to his fucked-up chapel nest, and place it on a pedestal. There is still humanity there, and that’s why he recognized those he killed.
But this is a grand arena over a great pit, and losers go into the pit. Use the toy to hold the monster up on the destructible bridges and, while he plays with it, blast the bridge itself – pulling the literal floor out from underneath him – eternal darkness awaits.
Now flee, make your way to salvation. You see sunlight. You breach the rocks and roll down a slope into a pit of dead comrades. At least you’re free of that beast.
As you bask in the light you hear “SCHNELL, SCHNELL” and searchlights beginning to scan where you just fell from.
Fuck, you’re still in a war.
A grotesquely unsettling story of overcoming shitty circumstances and still losing. What’s that like an 8? Probably an 8.

Hi! Sorry if this is a weird question, but ever since I went into heart failure with my baby I’ve been really anxious about health things. It could be nothing! But for the last week or two whenever I bend forward, it feels like my ribs on my right side touch an organ or something. It doesn’t hurt, it just feels weird and uncomfortable. Sometimes I get random sharp abdominal pains, but they never last and seemingly have no pattern or anything. Around the same time my right ankle got swollen and has stayed that way. It’s firm and painless, but just so weird.

(Original Post: https://omniamarkets.medium.com/the-role-of-data-analytics-in-the-cryptocurrency-industry-ad1c1958bcf6)
While analytics has come a long way in the cryptocurrency industry, it still has a ways to go. Initially, the only information regarding price fluctuations was displayed on historical price charts which had no information pertaining to potential causes or precursors explaining why those prices fluctuated. Over the years, different analytical sites popped up that did blockchain analysis for various chains/coins and would show the movement of each coin as well as additional information such as the number of wallets around the world for a specific coin, the average number of coins per transaction, and other transactional information. We are now at a point where more sophisticated tools, including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms, need to be developed for advanced investment analysis. My company, Omnia Markets, takes this much further by combining different algorithms that measure various aspects of the industry to give our users a broader and in-depth look at factors influencing each coin’s price and the overall industry.
We are now seeing many companies utilize Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and by extension, Machine Learning (M.L.). These tools are beginning to help companies and analytical platforms, such as Omnia Markets, in combing through the vast amount of data in the cryptocurrency industry. It helps to eliminate unnecessary or inaccurate data (“data fog”) allowing us to show more relevant and reliable information. Some companies use A.I. to measure overall market sentiment pulled across social media, and while this is a good first step, it still does not truly explain what is causing prices to fluctuate; in other words, it is unable to answer the underlying cause behind the sentiment being measured. However, A.I. with Machine Learning (M.L.) is becoming able to understand market movements and our Omnia Markets Platform can create reports based on user-defined criteria to provide insight into the causes and trends for price movements. We intend to develop our own in-house journalism division, also backed and supported by A.I. and M.L., to bring out information that is currently unavailable elsewhere. This will make our analytical tools and offerings truly one of a kind.
Machine Learning (M.L.) helps in understanding the data moving through the cryptocurrency industry by being able to combine a multitude of factors and sources of information to understand the causes behind price fluctuations and industry trends and movements. While there is no tool that can ever accurately predict future prices of any cryptocurrency, M.L. can help create reports that give an industry-wide view on factors influencing prices through the data moving throughout the industry. These reports can be used by investors and researchers to determine their own theories as to whether a coin’s price will increase or decrease over time and come up with appropriate, well-informed investment strategies.
Will it be possible in the future to have a World where analytics takes center stage in the crypto-space? That is certainly our expectation and our game plan in response. As we have seen over the past year, people are beginning to notice irregularities from various analytical platforms in the data they display. In some cases, the data being displayed includes false data (recall my article discussing Wash Trading) and there is increasing scrutiny for analytical platforms to vet the sources from where they grab their data. As the “data revolution” in the industry continues and platforms such as Omnia Markets enter the industry to provide advanced and in-depth analytics, we believe that these analytics will take center stage — especially in helping to move the industry forward and bring traditional investors and investment banks into the industry by providing a tool that they can use much like the tools that already exist in the traditional finance space.
There are many use-cases for cryptocurrency analytics. One of the major use-case scenarios is in the adoption of cryptocurrencies around the world. As we have seen in recent years, there seems to be a split in countries accepting or banning cryptocurrencies. The countries that ban cryptocurrencies have done so due to their belief that it is a tool used for money laundering and illicit trading for investors to hide money. However, analytics has shown that this is not the case and over time countries that once banned or planned to ban cryptocurrencies have now moved forward with implementing legislation to govern this space (recall my article discussing China’s Change of Heart on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology). Analytics is responsible for investors adopting cryptocurrencies as a part of their portfolios as they are now able to access certain information needed for their investment strategies, as well as reporting on the overall size and movement of the industry. Without the growth of analytics, the cryptocurrency industry would not be able to grow as rapidly as it has and would not be able to continue growing at a stable rate and achieve mass adoption. Omnia Markets aims to provide the most reliable information that can be found in the industry and help achieve mass adoption and provide accurate reports on the industry to allow users and investors to become apart of it.
Analytics can allow us to make sense of what is happening in the blockchain community. As we have seen with Blockchain technology ever since its introduction alongside Bitcoin in 2008 and launch in 2009, this technology is becoming more broadly accepted and widely adopted and many companies in various industries have been looking at utilizing this technology for different purposes. As such, with rapid growth, it can be difficult to make sense of everything that is going on in this industry. We can take a look at the different companies and industries that have begun utilizing this technology to get a sense of its overall adoption as well as the different use-cases for this technology. For example, the real estate, finance, health care industries (and more) are now leading the way for the adoption of the blockchain industry. The community has been advocating for different uses of this technology which has allowed different tech-companies and startups to begin offering blockchain-related services — these fall under the BaaS — “Blockchain as a Service.” We can also make sense of what is happening in this industry/community by following the legislative efforts around the globe that have allowed and continue to allow this technology to become more widely adopted and utilized.
I expect the industry to be faced with regulatory hurdles, not just in the United States, but around the globe. This will certainly challenge the industry with moving forward and by extension will also cause my company to increase our efforts in building our platform as well as assisting global agencies with creating positive legislation to govern this industry as I have already been doing so. I also expect my company to be faced with challenges in creating the A.I. infrastructure side of our platform as the information we collect has to be heavily vetted for verification and reliability which can be difficult due to the massive amount of data and sources in this industry.
Bonus points if you made it this far into the article! Now, I have been asked in various interviews, “If I had 3-wishes for this industry, what would they be?” This is a tricky question to answer as I often view these “wishes” as short cuts that the industry can take to reach a certain goal, and I personally believe that there are no shortcuts for allowing this industry to achieve true, mass adoption. However, if I come across a magic lamp with a genie that would grant these three wishes for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries, I would wish for,
1 — a clear, positive, and coordinated global legislation to govern these industries and bring a certain level of predictability and stability;
2 — the removal is all bad players/actors from these industries. Or more feasibly, to wish for enforcement mechanisms to minimize and control the bad players — such as hackers, false prophets (people that provide false or misleading information under the guise of being an industry leader in order to make a profit while others lose), and market manipulators. While you can never eliminate this problem, just like you cannot in any other industry, one can certainly wish for their minimization so their negative impact can become immaterial; and,
3 — for these industries to allow the broadest and most transparent information sharing so there is no information asymmetry and all parties have access to all of the information that leads to equal trading opportunities. It is my hope that Omnia Markets will help in democratizing this industry in these ways.
Mitesh Shah is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Omnia Markets, Inc. Mitesh extensively researched and studied the digital currency industry and blockchain technology, participated in leading industry meetings, conferences, and summits, and networks with dozens of industry leaders. Mitesh also provides regular podcasts on the trends and developments in the industry and communicates with the U.S. Congressional staff members on developing future regulatory framework for the industry.
Omnia Markets is committed to solving investors’ greatest concerns by providing unparalleled insights into the cryptocurrency market and individual coin offerings through a proprietary suite of analytical tools backed by Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Predictive Algorithms.
https://omniamarkets.io/index

Okay, so this is somewhat asking a question and a rant because I don't know anyone else who is vegan who might understand this problem. Am I being a hypocrite or morally inconsistent?

• 1. I have an elderly dog. I know there is a lot of conversation in vegan circles about the ethics of having an animal or a pet, and how I got her falls into a weird grey area that isn't really talked about. I have had this dog for about 4 years. She is absolutely my best friend and I do not consider myself to be her "owner", but rather her friend and caretaker. I have only used positive, non-violent training tools to teach her responses for her own safety, rather than for my enjoyment. For example: recall cues and "stay", in case she gets out of the yard and might be hurt by a car or another animal. Not just cute tricks to entertain people at parties.

When I got her 4 years ago, she was an exhausted breeding dog from a breeder who happened to be leaving the business. So the breeder was selling all of their dogs, including this one. She had had a liter every year until the year I got her when she became officially too old to have more puppies and had never been a pet or a companion animal. I did pay for her, she wasn't free, but AFAIK the money did not go to buying new "breeding stock" or any other animals. She also turned out to have several major health conditions and had to be spayed, all of which I paid for happily. Despite the fact she is very cute, I think her advanced age and hidden health conditions would have potentially doomed her in the adoption industry, or at least put her through the trauma of changing hands a few more additional times. Also for all I know a less ethical breeder would have bought her, not gotten her spayed, and had her pump out more puppies until she literally died.
Is it hypocritical of me to have an animal that I got this way?
I don't think so, because she was an adult, and I got her from a pretty messed up situation in which she was basically being gotten rid of like spent chewing gum. I guess giving any money at all to someone who breeds animals is potentially bad, but they were also selling *all* of their animals and leaving the business entirely. I would not consider getting a puppy from a breeder and only plan to rescue other adult dogs in the future if that happens.
okay, small rant interlude before I ask the second question:
The reason this came up is because I live with a non-vegan. He's sort of recently converted to a loose 'flexitarian', in that he sometimes buys vegan food, and often eats only vegetarian meals. He sees no problem with honey, eggs, and milk and believes there are ways to get them "ethically" (not that he does, he gets them at the store). He freely uses animal products of all kinds, and will add dairy and animal products to vegan dishes and snacks to "make them taste better". He will order meat when out and doesn't consciously try to avoid animal products and meat. Taste is paramount above all else for him and admits that hurting animals is "probably bad" but doesn't care about that nearly as much as making himself feel good. He refuses to watch and is not interested in reaching the horrors of the animal ag. industry. Ignorance is preferable to him.
One day we were having an argument about puppy mills being bad and he brought up that I am a hypocrite because I own an animal, I am basically keeping a slave and it doesn't matter if I think she likes it or is happy or is better off with me than with someone else. A slave is a slave. (meanwhile, he adopted a cat that he routinely yells at, and I found out this morning will even KICK because he insists it's "the only way cats listen"!) He admitted he doesn't know anything about puppy mills, but that it's wrong for me to "judge other people" for how they get pets considering I also own one myself and all pet ownership is basically the same no matter what.
Now for the second question: does thinking about potentially riding a rescue horse make me morally inconsistent?

• 2. I asked earlier today how he felt about horseback riding. I've mentioned to him before that a lot of vegans do not consider horseback riding to be vegan. He told me I was being a hypocrite and morally inconsistent, and that this is proof my morals just bend around whatever I like doing.
• I am going on a trip soon. I thought that if I could find a horse rescue with only rescue horses there might be some way to ride horses in a low-stress way that doesn't contribute to animal harm. I admit I haven't looked too far into this yet, and I would only want to do it if the animals were rescued and the riding was done safely, for their enrichment. If I couldn't find somewhere like that I wouldn't go, and I haven't ridden a horse in 20 years. I already turned down doing many things on this trip I felt wouldn't be consistent with my ethics (like riding with dolphins or going to a zoo) even though it makes me the party pooper.

Frankly, I am a little tired of having an uppity non-vegan who harms both animals he knows and doesn't know on a regular basis for his own ease and pleasure tell me I am being a hypocrite. I am constantly told I am being "militant" because I don't want locally-produced eggs, won't touch farmer's market honey, won't drink milk, or have any food prepared with animal products. But then I do something that sounds like maybe something perfect gold-star vegan wouldn't do (to his mind) and I'm a raging, unthoughtful, scolding hypocrite. I am starting to learn that the stereotype of the angry vegan is probably because everything we do is wrong to people who aren't vegan and they will find a way to be mad at us no matter what we do or how loose or strict we are.
But I realize even though the messenger might be wrong, maybe there's something to the message.
NOTE: After finding out what he does to his cat, I am going to try and find a way to live solo once the lease term is up. I am allergic to cats, so taking the cat with me isn't an option; I didn't know this was happening because the cat spends 98% of its time behind the closed door to my roommate's room. I have never owned a cat so I genuinely don't know what to do.
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I love it when I'm stretching and yawning, and I'm feeling my lower back pop.
I enjoy those moments when I'm bending down to reach for something (for example, a pot from the bottom shelf in my kitchen) and I feel that deep yet soft pop near my hips.
I'm changing positions in my sleep and I'm briefly awakened with a near orgasmic relief when I hear that blunt pop, knowing that something is finally in its place.
Keep in mind ..
I work out regularly.
I experience no pain, swelling, or irritation when this happens.
I'm nearly 40.
I understand that, as a female, it's highly important to keep an eye out on my health so I'm not taking this for granted.
But, to me, there is no better feeling than that deep pop!!!

Hey there, awesome folks of the GoG community!
I hope this message finds you all in high spirits and ready for some gaming awesomeness! I'm reaching out to you today with a super exciting request that has my gaming-loving heart pounding with anticipation. As a die-hard fan of 3D platformers, I've spent countless hours diving into incredible worlds, conquering epic challenges, and soaking up all the thrills they have to offer. Games like Crash Of The Titans, Nickelodeon Battle for Volcano Island, and Avatar: volcano island have rocked my world and left me hungry for more!
Now, let's talk about the game that's got me buzzing like a power-up on steroids: Psychonauts 2! This long-awaited sequel has got everything a gamer like me could dream of. The storyline is off the charts, the gameplay mechanics are mind-blowing (pun intended), and the whole concept of delving deep into the human mind is just mind-bogglingly cool! Seriously, I'm salivating just thinking about it.
Here's the deal, though. As a broke college student with pockets full of lint, my gaming budget is currently doing a disappearing act. I'm talking Houdini-level vanishing skills. And that's where you, the awesome peeps of this gaming community, come in. I'm here to humbly ask if any of you lovely souls would be willing to gift me a copy of Psychonauts 2. I mean, come on, it would be like granting a wish to a gaming genie!
Talking seriously, WTF is this game about? Psychonauts 2 is an exciting video game that follows the adventures of a young psychic named Razputin, known as Raz, who is a member of a secret organization called the Psychonauts. The game takes place at the Psychonauts headquarters, where Raz uncovers a sinister plot to take over the organization. He must delve into the minds of various characters to uncover the truth and save the day. Each mind Raz enters presents unique and imaginative landscapes that reflect the individual's personality and issues. Throughout the game, Raz utilizes his psychic abilities to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and uncover hidden secrets within these minds. The game features a diverse cast of characters, each with their own distinct backgrounds and personalities. Themes of mental health, identity, and personal growth are skillfully explored throughout the storyline, offering players an engaging experience. Psychonauts 2 delves into the complexities of the human mind, encouraging players to reflect on their mental health, the concept of identity, and the potential for personal growth. The game promises to be a thrilling and imaginative adventure that combines entertainment with deeper themes.
So that's pretty much it, If you decide to make this little dream of mine come true, I promise you I'll cherish that game like it's the Holy Grail of gaming. I'll soak up every moment, dive headfirst into the adventure, and experience all the mind-bending awesomeness it has to offer. And you better believe I'll be singing its praises from the rooftops, shouting to the world about the incredible generosity and camaraderie found in this incredible gaming community.
Gaming has this incredible ability to bring people together, ignite our imaginations, and help us walk a mile in someone else's virtual shoes. It's through the support and camaraderie of communities like ours that the magic of gaming truly shines. So, my friends, if you have it in your hearts to help a fellow gamer out, you'll not only be fulfilling my gaming dreams but also spreading joy and goodwill throughout the gaming universe.
Thank you from the bottom of my pixelated heart for taking the time to read my plea. Your consideration and, fingers crossed, your generous contribution mean the absolute world to me. Let's keep celebrating the wonders of gaming and creating epic memories together!
Wishing you all crit-hit after crit-hit, Mata ^^ (that's my steam ID)

Adam Fortney is running for sheriff again, it is important that you vote against him or we are going to see more police brutality and pay for more settlements.
We have just agreed to pay the Dold family over one and a half million dollars because they needlessly escalated a situation where a mother called for help for her son and the Snohomish Sheriff department came and tortured him to death.
Alexander Dold was a 29 year old guy living with schizophrenia at his mom's house out in Gold Bar in 2017. He and his mom got into and argument and she fell while they were struggling over a phone. He went out to cool off and she called the county dept of mental health to try to get someone to evaluate her son but they said he wasn't violent enough to warrant such and eval and told her to call the cops.
When he came back she called 911 to try get them to take him to a hospital and told them he was calm and co-operative. Dispatch turned that into a domestic dispute with a guy who was off his meds and came prepared to shock and awe.
They shoved their way into the house and tried to grab him and handcuff him but he didn't comply. Five deputies were involved beating him with batons, punching him in the face and bending his fingers back until they dislocated. They tased him five times and choked him to unconsciousness twice. He never woke up from the second time.
The main instigating deputy, Bryson McGee had killed another man the same way a few years earlier (coating us $600k). He was never disciplined. When he killed Mr. Dold he was allowed to resign rather than face any repercussion for this execution either.
But apparently when your sheriff is so corrupt he lets bad deputies stay on the force it costs us, the people paying taxes here, quite a bit of money
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/snohomish-county-settles-suit-over-death-of-man-deputies-stunned-choked/