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An old man on the street, who often winks at
A conductor, charges more than money for a ticket
A friend on bike, breaks often complaining bad roads
And a cousin, kills the innocence before it blooms
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They ask me,
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If they touch, can't you disappear in the crowd?
Don't tense us, three more girls and we are not proud"
I gulped it down, the bitter fact of life
I couldn't scream, spit and not even cry
I knew, the night was falling shattering me every single bit
But I had to sleep, to be prepared for the next day's molest


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|Turnover (€m)
|Change at constant scope and exchange rates
|1st quarter
*2017-2018 turnover restated for Closures activities in the process of being sold in accordance with IFRS 5. These activities represented a turnover of €5.5 million in the first quarter of 2017-2018 and €4.4 million in the first quarter of 2018-2019. The application of IFRS 15 accounting standard did not have any material impact.
Oeneo revenues for the first quarter of 2018-2019 came in at €60.3 million, up 1.4% year on year and virtually stable at constant scope and exchange rates. Recent acquisitions contributed €1.4 million in turnover over the period.
The Group continued to benefit from worldwide growth for the Closures division's Diam range despite a high basis for comparison in first-quarter 2017. Figures for the Winemaking division in the first quarter have yet to reflect its dynamic sales, notably because of the shift in deliveries for cognac and for large containers in the second half.
Bolstered by a start to the year that was globally in line with forecasts, Oeneo is confident of its continued growth.
Review by Division
CLOSURES: A very solid start to the year
Oeneo's Closures division enjoyed a very good start to the year, with turnover up 6.4%. This performance is all the more commendable since growth in Europe is still impacted by the significant lowering of harvest volumes in 2017.
The Group benefits from a global presence, recording its strongest growth in North and South America, Asia and Oceania, and has continued with its efforts to absorb part of the increase in the price of cork by working on its product mix and prices and by optimizing its processes.
Turnover for other technological closures also increased, which confirms the validity of the portfolio of ranges retained. All told, the Group sold more than 600 billion high value-added closures in the first quarter.
WINEMAKING: Temporary seasonal effect - solid prospects
Turnover for Oeneo's Winemaking division dropped by 10.8% at face value to stand at €15.4 million for the first quarter of 2018-2019. This change over what is traditionally the least significant period of the year is primarily due to the different phasing of orders which will be carried out later in the year, particularly for wooden casks for cognac and large containers, which already have a higher order book than last year.
This year should see Oeneo benefit from more dynamic levels of activity across Europe, particularly in France, Spain and Italy. The Group also aims to strengthen its positions in the United States where the markets are shifting to a more wait-and-see climate after two years of intensive investment.
Oeneo continues to reap the benefits of its diversified international presence and premium positioning, remaining less exposed to external factors. The division is confident it will make up for lost ground and has confirmed its target for the financial year.
Oeneo Group will publish its half-yearly
turnover for 2018-2019 on 5 November 2018.
About OENEO Group
Oeneo Group is a major wine industry player with high-end and innovative brands. Present around the world, the Group covers each stage in the winemaking process through two core and complementary divisions:
- Closures, involving the manufacture and sale of cork closures, including high value-added technological closures through its DIAM and PIETEC ranges.
- Winemaking, providing high-end solutions in winemaking and spirits for leading market players through its cooperage brands Seguin Moreau, Boisé, Millet, Fine Northern Oak and Galileo, and developing innovative solutions for the wine industry with Vivelys (R&D, consulting, systems).
Oeneo prides itself in offering solutions in the production, maturing, preservation and enhancement of wines or spirits that faithfully convey all of the emotion and passion of each winegrower and improve their performance.
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Chinese airports experience the world's worst flight delays, according to a July 2013 report by flight statistics site FlightStats.com on the basis of flight data for June 2013.
The report found that Beijing Capital International Airport had worst on-time performance among 35 major international airports. It also said that 8 of the 10 Asian airlines with the worst on-time performance are Chinese.
Beijing Airport had an on-time departures rate of just 18.30% with 42.02% of the flights delayed by 45 minutes or more.
The Shanghai Pudong International Airport was second from the bottom on the 35-airport list with on-time flight performance of 28.72% and 34.22% of the flights suffering delays of more than 45 minutes.
The report considered a flight on-time if it arrived or departed within 15 minutes after its scheduled arrival/departure time.


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Frequently Asked Questions about Dragon Tours
Here are the answers to the questions we are most commonly asked!
What dates we can travel?
What airlines do you use?
Can you reserve seats for us on the plane?
What hotels do you use?
Can we choose our hotels?
Can you tailor-make an itinerary for us, or do we have to take one of the standard tours on your website?
Do you offer the whole package?
Can you offer flight-only bookings?
How about just flight and hotel?
How do we apply for our visas?
Are your tours group tours or private tours?
Will our guide & driver be with us for the whole trip?
Can we book our own flights and ask you to arrange just the tour?
What are the hidden extras?
Is my money safe with Dragon Travel?
Do I need travel insurance?
Please will you send me a brochure?
Dragon Travel markets its tours via the internet and so we do not publish a printed brochure. All the information that would normally be found in a brochure is here on our website.
What dates we can travel?
Except for small group tours, all our tours are tailor-made for you and as long as flights to the region are available we can arrange for you to depart and return on any date that is convenient. Some tours require you to start on a particular day of the week, as sights included on the tour are only worth visiting at certain times.
What airlines do you use?
For transport to and from Asia, we use only the major airlines serving the region.
This means Thai Airways, Malaysian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Jet Airways, Sri Lankan and sometimes
Qatar Airlines.
For tours in the Northern part of China (Beijing etc.) we usually use the major European airlines (KLM, Lufthansa etc).
We always try to source the best flight for you, bearing in mind not just price, but also routing, departure time, connection times etc.
We may source tickets for domestic or international flights within or between the countries of Asia in the countries concerned, usually with the national carrier. Our guide in-situ will give these to you as required during your trip. All flights are sometimes subject to cancellation or schedule changes beyond our control. In the event of such a disruption, we will make every effort to carry out your programme, or make the necessary changes to ensure as much of it is carried out as possible. Many domestic flights take place quite early in the morning and although we try to source flights at 'civilised' hours if possible, sometimes an early start is unavoidable.
Can you reserve seats for us on the plane?
We are happy to reserve seats for you on your international flights to and from the UK, provided the airline concerned
allows it. Advance seat reservation on internal flights is not possible.
Please note that this service is provided as a courtesy to our customers. Seat allocations are under the control of the airline and reserved seats may be re-allocated by the airline any time for its own reasons.
Exit-row seats cannot normally be reserved, but if you are allocated an exit-row seat you must be fully able-bodied.
What hotels do you use?
We normally quote three prices for your trip - for standard, superior or deluxe hotels. The prices we quote apply
to hotels, chosen by us, normally from those shown on the hotels pages of this website.
For tours in China we normally quote only two categories of hotel, Deluxe and Superior.
Can we choose our hotels?
Yes. If you wish to specify the hotels you prefer, chosen from those on our website, please tell us as soon
as possible as the price may vary (up or down) to reflect your choices. If your
chosen hotel is fully booked, we will offer you an alternative hotel of a similar standard.
You may also mix hotel standards if you wish. For example, some clients choose standard
hotels whilst touring, but prefer to upgrade to a deluxe hotel at the beach.
Can you tailor-make an itinerary for us or do we have to take one of the standard tours on your website?
Actually, all Dragon tours are specially arranged for you, but the 'standard' tours on our website are our suggestions in the light of what has proved popular with our clients. It is usually better to start with the 'standard' tour and modifiy it if necessary to suit your precise needs.
Do you offer the whole package?
Yes. Our quotation will normally include international and domestic flights, land transportation and transfers, entrance fees, services of a guide and driver, hotel accommodation and many meals. The only things not included visa fees and your personal expenses such as laundry, telephone etc.
Do you offer flight-only bookings?
How about just flight and hotel?
How do we apply for our visas?
When you book with us, we will send you a booking pack containing full instructions and application forms for your visas. We can also assist further with your application by checking your applications and submitting them on your behalf if you wish.
Are your tours group tours or private tours?
Nearly all our tours are private and arranged just for you and your party. You will not join any other travellers
on arrival and will have your own vehicle (air-conditioned car, 'people mover' or minibus as appropriate) together
with your own driver and guide.
We do organise several small group tours each year. These are clearly identified on our website and we will make it very clear if we are offering a small group tour to you.
Will our guide & driver be with us for the whole trip?
In general, you will have a different guide and driver in each main area that you visit. For example, you would have one guide and driver in south Vietnam, and a different guide and driver in central or north Vietnam.
Can we book our own flights and ask you to arrange just the tour?
We do not normally arrange tours without flights to and from the UK, for very good reasons. You would probably
not be better off sourcing your own flights to Asia in any case for several reasons:
1)ATOL Protection:
If you provide your own flights, you forego your protection under the ATOL scheme. ATOL protection only applies to 'air tours', i.e. international flights plus hotel, land transportation etc.
2) Cheap flights are usually cheap for a reason:
the departure or arrival times may be inconvenient, or there may be long transit delays at intermediate airports.
3) Tours usually start and end in different places.
We provide 'open jaw' return air tickets that allow different arrival and departure airports. In general, cheap tickets are standard returns both to and from a particular airport. If you had these, we would have to provide an additional domestic or regional flight to get you back to your start point to connect with your return departure flight. The combined cost of your standard return and the domestic/regional flight can add up to more than the 'open jaw' return that we supply, making your trip more expensive overall, as well as involving unnecessary travel and transit delays.
What are the hidden extras?
There aren't any. The only costs not included in our quoted price are your visa fees and personal expenses. Nowadays, airport departure taxes/service charges are often included in the air ticket, but in some countries may still be payable. Your tour will always include breakfast, lunch on every day that full day tours are arranged and usually several dinners: the tour program that we agree with you will show clearly which meals are included.
Is my money safe with Dragon Travel?
Yes. We hold an Air Tour Operators Licence: if you book an air tour with us, you are fully protected by the Civil Aviation Authority in the event of a failure of Dragon Travel or the airline. In addition, under the terms of our membership of the Travel Trust Association, the money you pay for your tour is held in a special trust account until you have returned from your holiday. Dragon Travel only receives payment for your tour after you have returned. A special 'safe-seat' insurance policy, provided free-of-charge, covers you against Dragon Travel or the trustee failing to operate the trust account correctly.
Do I need travel insurance?
It is essential that you take out a good travel insurance policy as soon as possible after booking with us.
We can help arrange this for you, if you wish. Although rare, it sometimes happens that a client is unable to travel due
to illness and your travel policy should carry sufficient cancellation cover against this eventuality.
Please also note that the travel cover offered by credit cards is very limited and will not cover cancellation of your holiday: it is certainly no substitute for a proper travel insurance policy.


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France and Belgium fight for a spot in the final match of 2018 the World Cup.
Eternal tinkerman Roberto Martinez has changed up his team again. Mousa Dembele has finally been introduced, but not in his preferred midfield position. Belgium will be playing him as a wingback. France has just one change, re-introducing Blaise Matuidi, who was suspended for the quarterfinal.
France vs. Belgium lineups
The team news from Saint Petersburg has arrived…
Here are the Starting XIs for #FRABEL #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/cj8ULXU0uF
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) July 10, 2018
The 2018 World Cup is down to just four teams now as France and Belgium begin the semifinals matches on Tuesday. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. ET at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, and you can watch it on Fox and Telemundo. Online streaming is available in English through Fox Sports Go here or in Spanish through Telemundo here.
In France's 14 World Cup appearances, they have advanced to five semifinals and two finals appearances, with one championship title. Belgium has 12 World Cup appearances, but has only advanced to one semifinals and have never advanced to the finals.
The winner of this match will secure a spot in the finals match, while the other team will earn a spot to play in the third-place match.
France vs. Belgium Time, TV channel, and streaming info
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Location: Saint Petersburg Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia
TV: Fox (English), NBCSN (Spanish)
Streaming: Watch the game on Fox Sports Go (English) and Telemundo Deportes en vivo (Spanish) for free if you sign in with your TV provider. It's also on subscription services like Fubo and Hulu.
Odds: EV (Full odds at OddsShark)
France vs. Belgium news to read before kickoff
How I learned to stop worrying and love Roberto Martinez
Roberto Martinez has broken me. The Belgium manager did it again on Friday, beating giants Brazil 2-1 in their World Cup quarterfinal matchup. He did it playing a never-before-used lineup, featuring multiple people playing out of position, yet another hard-to-understand decision that ended up working out brilliantly for the manager.
France may never live up to their potential, but they're winning
This French team may never be the team that we want it to be. Every time their lineup is released, there's surprise and contempt for what France manager Didier Deschamps has decided is the perfect starting eleven for the match.


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President Mohammadu Buhari
Shortly after their inauguration into office last week, ministers have been making pledges which they plan to fulfil while in office.
However, Professor Claudius Daramola, the newly appointed minister of state for Niger Delta, in Ondo state, has started on a bad note as he reportedly shunned leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state during a reception in Akure, the state capital over the weekend.
This Day reports that the APC leaders including members of the state exco, the State Working Committee and leaders from all the local government area of the state had waited for more than eight hours for the newly inaugurated minister at the party secretariat Akure.
The minister, it was learnt had initiated the meeting on three different occasions but always fail to turn up.
After waiting for several hours, the APC leaders had to leave in anger when the minister did not show up.
The visibly angry members had arrived the party secretariat as early as 11am on Friday, November 13, were later dispersed at about 4 pm by the Vice chairman of the party in the state , Engr Ade Adetimehin after all efforts to reach the minister proved abortive as he was said to have switched off his phone.
Speaking to newsmen, a member of the Exco said that the meeting was organized so that it could serve as an avenue for the minister (Daramola) to reach out to the members since his candidacy was not supported by majority at the initial stage.
He said what got them angry was that he did not call or send any message to explain his action.
He said: "Some of these people travelled from far places to be here today and they will still go back, yet he did not even call and now his phone is switched off."
Steve Otaloro, director of media and publicity for the party however congratulated Dramola on Minister his appointment:
He said: "We wish to congratulate one of our own Professor Cladious Daramola on his inauguration and assignment as the Minister of State for Niger- Delta Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
"There is no gainsaying that the Niger-Delta sector has experienced serious decadence in recent times and a holistic overhaul is needed at the moment to take the sector to its desired position.
"This appointment of Prof. Daramola an indigene of Ondo State has also clearly shows that President Mohammudu Buhari recognizes the important position Ondo state has to play as the only oil producing state from the South-western part of the country.
"While thanking President Mohammadu Buhari for the confidence reposed on our son, Prof. Claudius Omoyele Daramola, we are to assure Mr President and the Honourable minister that the leadership and membership of our party in the state will support him and be available to lend him a hand of help whenever at all times."
Otaloro, was however quick to apologize to journalists who were also there for hours waiting to cover the event.
Reacting hours later, Prof. Claudius Daramola said his inability to be present was beyond his control.
Daramola in a statement said: "I am sorry. What actually happened was beyond my control. I got to Akure late and I drove straight to the chairman's house and I explained myself to him."


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VIVACoin (VIVA) The future of finance & your financial future
What is VIVA?
VIVA is a unique blockchain project with a technical design that evolves beyond Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Distributed Proof of Stake.
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Each VIVA Crown Holder has one vote (regardless of the number of Crowns she may possess) in all of the important decisions that affect the VIVAconomy. No one has more influence.
VIVA Crowns are the drivers of our economy. VIVA Crowns are extremely rare. There will only be a total of 10500 Crowns available with the ICO, with only one Crown discoverable per week after that. No more than
42,000 Crowns will ever be issued. To date, 4000 have been issued to early investors and developers; 6500 new Crowns will be offered during our ICO beginning May 1st, 9am PST. The ICO will conclude on May 21 at
11:59 PST or when all Crowns are sold. Crowns will begin at a price of 200 VIVA, with prices increasing by 1 VIVA for each subsequent Crown.
Building upon our growing ecosystem we are launching several projects powered by the VIVA Network:
TradeQwik is our crypto/fiat exchange and gateway to being a VIVA Crown owner; MedicAxess for streamlined, centrally located medical records; Cashola, a global peer-to-peer payment system using SMS technology; POETS (Proof of Educational Transcript Service), an application for higher education through open courseware initiatives, and Votabit, our solution for global election fraud through open source voting systems.
An overarching goal of this project is that participating worker nodes have the potential to earn a living income with just a backgrounded application running on their computer.
Powered by the VIVA Network. TradeQwik is the crypto/fiat exchange and the primary gateway in and out of the VIVAconomy. As the first operating mint on the evolving VIVA Network, it is currently live, in beta, and you can sign up at www.TradeQwik.com . As Team VIVA prepares for our debut and ICO on May 1st, TradeQwik is polishing the platform which will serve as the staging ground for the VIVA ICO.
The TradeQwik exchange is the official wallet of both VIVA Crowns and VIVA Coins. Post-ICO the developers of the VIVA Network will be releasing individualized VIVA wallets in several languages including Spanish, German, and Russian.
All transactions on TradeQwik are done using the network's token VIVA Coin. Current exchange pairs being offered for trading are Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Steem, Dash, Golos, XAU/GBG (mg. gold), USD and MXN. By the time of the ICO, TradeQwik plans to have all of the top ten marketcap coins listed on the exchange for seamless trading into and out of VIVA.
Cashola is a peer to peer payment system that utilizes SMS text messaging instead of apps. With funding from the ICO, we will be getting money transfer licenses in place allowing our Network to take a slice of the trillion dollar remittance industry without over complicating it for new users. This solution is based on the fact that many people throughout the world do not have smart phones or reliable internet but they do have cellular service.
MedicAxess is an application that will be a game changer in the medical industry. Our initiative is to have all medical records tied to the individual rather than scattered between medical clinics, hospitals, labs, and care providers. Individuals will be empowered to control who has access to their records when they seek medical care. The unique thing about MedicAxess is that all medical providers will be allowed to store medical records safely on the network for free. There is a small fee charged when retrieving records and this fee must be paid in VIVA, thereby setting up a way for people to offset their medical bills with VIVA earned by donating their computing resources to help others.
POETS, an acronym for Proof of Educational Transcript System, is an exciting application for higher education. What differentiates POETS from other proposed blockchain-backed open course-ware initiatives is that all courses will be from accredited institutions. A condition of institutional participation requires that credits be considered fungible between participating institutions. In short this means that students are allowed to cherry pick courses and instructors from a myriad of institutions taking only the very best, and most rigorous courses, then banking these credits over a lifetime. The student may "cash them in" when they feel they are degree ready and the issuing institution agrees.
This is a sea change in the way education is handled at the student level. Students become life-long learners and demonstrate this competency with a full transcript which is as mobile and fluid as the individual.
Votabit is our solution to global election fraud and a move to more direct democracy throughout the world. Votabit will first be a platform where citizens store their electronic digital signatures for occasions which call for signing local referendums, recalling elected officials not doing their job, and direct impact on the policies shaping their communities. Plans also include offering open source voting systems that will be sold to states and government actors moving to provide time-stamped, secure, transparent elections backed by blockchain technology.
These projects are just the tip of the iceberg that are road-mapped for just FY1. We have more in the works and just want to show you a few of the cards we're holding right now.
The VIVAconomy and Society
The Why
We believe that the VIVAconomy™ can significantly improve the lives of billions of people all around the world.
As technological advances in automation and robotics increasingly reduce the need for unskilled labor, billions of human beings are facing the harsh reality that their position in society is slowly eroding away. In America this is producing an epidemic of despair related disease, financial loss and a heavy toll on our social safety net, while in other areas of the world the same forces are leading to poverty and malnutrition.
Meanwhile, our financial system, based on nineteenth century paradigms and power structures, feeds off of every transaction that occurs.
In the VIVAconomy, thanks to the streamlining of the system, these transactional costs are instead employed to provide two essential functions to every Vivo™: a stable recurring revenue stream and a participatory share in a long-term financial asset that can help guarantee a sustainable retirement.
The How
Each participant in the VIVAconomy (Vivo) has two VIVAcoin™ accounts provisioned inside their VIVA wallet. First they have a VIVA current account which is analogous to a checking account. Funds from your current account can be spent at businesses that accept VIVAcoin, withdrawn from a VIVA ATM or by using a connected Mastercard debit card. Second, each Vivo has a participation in the VIVA Liquidity pool. This VIVA liquidity pool account is analogous to a savings or retirement account and accrues dividends over time. Vivos can pass funds between the two accounts.
But where do the VIVAcoins come from?
Every transaction that occurs in the VIVAconomy generates a dividend that is partially returned to each and every Vivo based on their participation in the VIVA Liquidity pool. This means that the more you save, the greater the dividends that you will receive.
Individual Vivos can earn VIVAcoins in several different ways. The simplest way is to install a worker program on their computer. This process cedes unused computational, storage and network resources to the VIVA network in exchange for VIVAcoins. These resources are then sold to businesses that need economical computing resources.
Vivos will also be able to earn VIVAcoins by participating in the VIVA social network that we will be launching. By publishing content, engaging and voting for content the Vivo demonstrates his or her humanity and in exchange receives VIVAcoins.
Over the upcoming months we will be launching a series of powerful new blockchain applications that will allow Vivos to earn VIVAcoins.
The How Much
How much can a Vivo earn?
This is a complicated question to answer. Our goal is to reach the point where each Vivo is able to receive a sustainable living wage thanks to his or her participation in the VIVAconomy.
Obviously, this will take time and effort and will depend on a number of critical factors:
1. How many Vivos are participating in the VIVAconomy.
2. How many transactions are occurring in the VIVAconomy.
For this reason every participant in the system has a vested interest in seeing it flourish and prosper. The more transactions that are processed in VIVAcoin the more everyone in the economy receives.
Similarly, as we onboard new business applications that harness the VIVAconomy infrastructure, the more influx of outside currencies we will see. This will also generate more dividends.
The When
When will this begin to be real? It already is!
With the ICO of the Tier-1 VIVA Crown coins the fundamental architecture of the system will begin to operate.
The Tradeqwik™ Exchange is already operative in beta.
The ATM Network has been functioning successfully in two physical locations for over a year. The agreement with a reliable Mastercard provider is in place.
VIVAconomy Technical Summary
The VIVAconomy is an enterprise level blockchain ecosystem
with its own unique cryptocurrency layers. We have designed
it to be the first "open, market-driven currency." Unlike other
cryptocurrency projects the strength of the ecosystem
depends on the efficiency of the entire system instead of the
popularity of the coins.
By combining the best ideas from the financial and
blockchain sectors, we have been able to implement a
streamlined economic engine that equitably returns
dividends to all participants.
The VIVAconomy has a custom-built exchange and
cryptocurrency gateway called Tradeqwik. Here consumers,
businesses, and professionals can exchange cryptocurrencies
for traditional fiat currencies or other stores of value. Unique
features of this blockchain powered exchange include
lending, saving and margin. TradeQwik is already live and in
beta. See www.Tradeqwik.com
The VIVAconomy also provides the infrastructure for a global
peer-to-peer network to offer compute, storage and
networking features. It is designed to evolve and offer
additional services targeted to the financial, healthcare and
manufacturing sectors as well as small business merchant
processing services.
The custom VIVA wallet is built with the highest levels of
cryptography. The wallet also serves as money transfer
remittance platform.
The core VIVA platform will also serve as a peer-to-peer
blockchain marketplace and social media content
management platform. Vivos receive VIVAcoins for both their
computer processing power on the network as well as
creative content on the social media platform. The
VIVAconomy has a built in retirement account for all Vivos
that pays daily compounded dividends.
Finally, the VIVA system includes deploying custom ATMs.
The first two VIVA multi-coin ATMs are installed and
operating in our Baja Mexico test region. The first one is in
downtown Tijuana at the Imaxess medical hospital, and the
other is in the La Fonda Hotel and Restaurant. Both ATMs
dispense the local fiat...Mexican pesos.
Benefits of the VIVAconomy
Bitcoin taught us that there is great value in being able to
move money without interference by corporate and political
However, the VIVAconomy goes far beyond that. In fact, it is a
whole new way of looking at money.
At its core is a cryptocurrency that recognizes money as just
another form of energy.
Money is just economic energy. When it's not put to useful
work, it rapidly loses power. Put another way, the only value
that money really has, is what you can buy with it. Unlike
other cryptocurrencies you may have considered investing in,
the VIVAconomy by definition has real world uses and users,
not just speculative "use cases".
If the VIVAconomy includes a global distributed network
providing on demand, storage, compute and networking
services, what makes it different from other projects that
provide similar services?
For each of the coins that provide compute, storage or
network services, this is the ONLY thing that they do. The
buck stops there for those coins. As the value of these
services decline, so will these so called "currencies". For the
VIVAconomy, these are just the first of a series of real world
applications that will provide a genuine influx of value into
the VIVAconomy.
For example, our system looks at the market completely
differently than say Filecoin, or Golem. The VIVA ecosystem is
already engineered to evolve far beyond those services and in
fact, the primary end users of VIVA are not going to be your
typical person seeking those services. Instead, businesses are
incentivized to connect to and leverage the power of the
VIVA network, and in most instances, function as resellers for
specific niches. VIVA is seamless and transparent to the end user.
More importantly, the VIVAconomy is designed to be
appealing and useful to the general public. With an exchange,
wallet, easy on-boarding as a worker node, savings account
with daily dividends, social networking platform that pays
users for content, and gateway to fiat currency, VIVA is
positioned to make the cryptocurrency crossover to the
general public and create a whole new economic engine
placing the people at the center of governance.
The VIVAconomy's economic engine is made up of five key
components: VIVA Crowns, VIVA Coins, vX , the VIVA
Liquidity Pool and the Tradeqwik exchange.
Unlike other projects, we do not mine coins, instead in the
VIVAconomy we mint coins.
The five fundamental components within the VIVA system
interact in a way that creates a global economic system that
is sustainable, valuable, robust, and most importantly,
The second tier VIVAcoin supply is directly impacted by
price, or more precisely, by its purchasing power parity. If the
price is too high, the supply increases in response,
conversely if the price is too low then the supply will respond
by contracting in order to bring the price back into range.
This is managed by the VIVA Crown Holders.
VIVA Crowns are the tool we use to help ensure the price
stability of the VIVAcoin currency. Each VIVA Crown holds a
Treasury Right to mint a set supply of VIVAcoins each week
that is determined by the consensus of all Crown Holders. So
by purchasing a VIVA Crown, you are purchasing the ability
to create a Treasury Right and basically a license to print an
allocated amount of VIVA coins each quarter.
There is no other currency that operates in this way
anywhere in the world.
However, the oil market is comparable. Oil prices are partially
driven by the collective pricing decisions of OPEC member
nations, who execute a similar function. When the price of oil
is too low, OPEC nations agree to cut production in order to
to raise the price and when the price is too high, OPEC
nations increase production in response.
The US Federal Reserve system also functions in a similar
manner to VIVA.
A Three-Tiered Stabilized Digital Currency Framework
Until now all digital cryptocurrencies have suffered from extreme volatility. Since they operate on the fringe of the financial system, they have traditionally been subject to very strong speculative forces
This volatility has contributed significantly to their reputations as "risky investments."
To solve this problem, the VIVAconomy™ is scaffolded around three digital currencies: VIVA Crowns™, vX and VIVAcoins™.
Like the heavy counterweight at the foot of a tall crane, VIVA Crowns provide the VIVAconomy with the stability needed to be perceived as a reliable, safe place for Vivos™ to store value.
vX are integrated financial instruments that allow any Vivo to store value pegged to a specific amount of external currency. For example 1 vUSD is the number of VIVAcoins equivalent to $1 USD. The vX are redeemable at their face value in the specified currency at any time regardless of the fluctuations of the value of VIVAcoins
VIVAcoins, the third tier currency in the VIVAconomy, is the primary operating currency within the system. All transactions are settled in VIVAcoin which means that these are the coins that businesses and people will use in their daily lives.
To accomplish this in the VIVAconomy, the owners of VIVA Crowns collectively play a very significant role. Their duty is to regulate the supply of VIVAcoins so that the market price stays within an agreed upon range. If demand is high, Crown Holders will mint new VIVAcoins to assure that the price does not skyrocket. Similarly, if the price is falling below the desired range, Crown Holders will collectively reduce the supply of VIVAcoins in the market, thus bringing the price back up.
This vital regulating process, which is controlled by an open, democratic and transparent VIVA Crown Holders is the key to providing longterm financial stability to the entire universe of Vivos.
As mentioned in the introduction, VIVA currency is an "open market driven coin". This means that it trades against numerous crypto and fiat pairs in an open and free market. This allows easy transitioning into and out of the currency
As long as the price is +-10% of the current target, the currency trades freely and the network will not interfere. However, if the price rises above 10% of the target or falls below 10% of the target, then and only then does the network take corrective action.
In the event the price is too high, the network will implement a negative interest rate. This negative interest can be thought of as a bonus, allowing more VIVAcoins to be minted as is needed in order to drive the price of VIVAcoin within the target range.
If the price is too low, then the network will implement a positive interest which could even go above 100% in order to mint a reduced, or in some limited cases, even a negative amount of VIVAcoin and mop up the excess liquidity.
The VIVAconomy also has other mechanisms in place to contract supplies and keep the price within targets. One of these is a "fee burning" mechanism wherein the network fees are burned. Freshly minted VIVAcoins which do not move, and sit unused for over a year are deleted.
Similarly, formerly active VIVAcoins which have sat inactive and unused for over five years are removed from the system. This does not occur if the VIVAcoins have been put to work as vX or staked into the Liquidity Pool.
VIVAcoins are money that must be spent, must be used, because money is only worth whatever you can buy with it.
Crown Holders collectively determine how much VIVAcoin will circulate by setting a target price and a target market cap. This happens once a week and once it is set, the Crown Holder can issue Treasury Rights (TRs) and sell or even rent them. TRs can only be "called" or "executed" by mints, which
then use them to pay worker nodes and other expenses. These expenses are settled directly in VIVAcoin.
You'll notice that at no time do we allow the coin to dump recklessly into the market. If a Crown Holder chooses not to issue a Treasury, then an amount of VIVAcoin equivalent to a Treasury right allotment is credited to their liquidity pool account, thus building a buffer or reserve of currency. This is important because there may be times where all TRs are minting negative amounts of coin in order to meet pricing targets and a negative minting Treasury deducts coins from the liquidity pool balance of the Crown Holder.
If VIVAcoin were a typical cryptocurrency with regular mining pools, this would be financially devastating. But in the VIVAconomy, each mint must be attached to a business activity. As a business activity, this negative minting period is just a cost of doing business. The buffer that the Crown Holder builds up from not exercising or selling their TRs, helps to offset these periods. In truth negative minting is the most expensive way for a business to acquire coin. It has limited utility, i.e. it can only be used to cover existing miners on existing contracts. The fee is significant and this fee is being burned in order to pull excess coins off the market. It is wiser for someone who is currently negative minting, to purchase the coins it needs on the open market rather than try to mint them. This is because the only time negative minting occurs, is during times when the price has been below targets for an extended period of time, meaning that the coins are under priced in the first place. This can be enforced with smart contracts which can be attached to TRs, causing the business to buy VIVAcoin on the open market automatically during periods of negative minting, thereby preserving crown holder reserves. In this way, we ensure that the people contributing resources to the VIVAconomy, are always able to cash out their earnings without fear of being caught in a slide. In other words, we ensure price stability for the people who need it most. Likewise, all of this is a HUGE boon for speculators. We fully expect VIVAcoin to become the world's most actively traded currency by speculators and have built the TradeQwik exchange specifically for speculators and market makers
The VIVA Liquidity Pool:
As explained earlier, when a Vivo signs up to be a member of the VIVAconomy, he or she will be provisioned with two accounts - a VIVA current account and a VIVA liquidity pool
The VIVA current account is used for immediate spending while the VIVA liquidity pool account is for longterm savings. The sum of all the VIVA liquidity accounts of all Vivos comprises the global VIVA Liquidity Pool.
For an economic engine to be successful it must be strong, robust and sustainable over the long haul. The VIVAconomy is designed with four distinct components that work together to achieve this stability and dependability: VIVAcoins, vX, the VIVA Liquidity Pool and VIVA Crowns.
The liquidity pool is funded entirely by individual Vivos and acts as the people's voice in the VIVAconomy.
All VIVAcoins that are minted in the VIVAconomy are first borrowed from the global liquidity pool.
The liquidity pool charges the mints interest for this and maintains a spread between what it charges in interest and what it pays in dividends.
This spread is split into three parts:
50% to liquidity pool participants as a dividend
25% to the VIVA Awards Committee
25% to the VIVA Social Media Platform.
The first 50% of the spread is immediately paid
proportionally as a dividend to each Vivo
in the liquidity pool. If your account is in compounding mode,
this is used to acquire more stake in the pool, otherwise it's
credited directly to your current account in your wallet to spend
as you wish.
The Fundamental Purpose of the VIVA Liquidity Pool
It is important to note that the principle purpose of the VIVA
Liquidity Pool is to provide each and every Vivo a longterm
financial asset that can guarantee them a sustainable living wage.
A Vivo's liquidity pool account can be set to one of two modes:
compounding mode and withdrawal mode.
When in compounding mode all dividends and awards are used
to increase the Vivo's stake in the global liquidity pool. Like a
traditional retirement account, this balance is compounded daily
and with time will convert itself into a sizable asset.
When in withdrawal mode dividends are directly deposited into
the Vivo's current account along with a target daily income. This
money can and should be spent.
For example, our present target is $5.30 per hr. Or 24 VIVAcoins
per day.
Dividends in retirement mode are paid first and then your
account is drawn by the remainder.
In this way you always have an income you can rely on and
basically everyone sees about the same amount daily for life
if they've been compounding for 10 years or more.
If the dividends exceed the target then they are used to buy
back into the LP to offset future dry spells.
This target amount is set once a week by Crown Holders.
This works out to about $127.20 per day and you get this so long
as you are active in the system and it pays daily until your
liquidity pool balance is too low to support you anymore.
The reason for using this system is to give Vivos a useful amount
of money daily without making anyone uber rich. Also it
dramatically reduces any incentive for hoarding since 10 years of
daily compounding on a couple of dollars daily should net about
a 30 year draw down.
This works out to $3862/mo or $46.3k annually.
It is important to note that no one can instantly cash out their
stake in the liquidity pool. This rule makes sure that the overall
stability of the VIVAconomy is secure and that no single player or
group of players can undermine the viability of the entire system.
VIVA Crowns, Treasury Rights and Crown Holders
VIVA Crowns™ are the tool we use to help ensure the price
stability of the VIVAcoin currency.
Crowns are extremely scarce, only a limited supply will be
sold during the ICO. After the ICO, only one Crown is
created per week.
The total number of Crowns that will ever be minted is
This scarcity serves two fundamental purposes. First, given
that VIVA Crowns are very hard to come by, Crown Holders
will be very reluctant to sell them. This is a secondary
stability guarantee for the VIVAconomy as a whole. Second,
this assures that the Crown Holders will not become
unwieldy and ungovernable.
Treasury Rights, TRs or simply Treasuries, are a literal
license to print money in the VIVAconomy. Each VIVA
Crown holds a Treasury Right to mint a set supply of
VIVAcoins each week that is determined by the consensus
of all Crown Holders.
By purchasing a VIVA Crown in our ICO, you are purchasing
the ability to create a Treasury Right and thus a license to
print an allocated amount of VIVAcoins each week. This
Treasury Right can be assigned, rented or sold to a mint.
TRs are time limited, over a span of 90 days. During that 90
days owners are entitled to mint one Crown's worth of
VIVAcoins which can be used for any business purpose.
For example, if there are 100 TRs in action and you owned
10 of them, you would have the authority to mint 10% of all
the VIVAcoins during that time period.
VIVA Coins and Mints
VIVAcoins™ are the primary currency within the VIVAconomy.
They are also the settlement layer for the VIVA blockchain
In the VIVAconomy, VIVAcoins are not mined. Instead, they are
minted by an authorized VIVA mint. A mint is the VIVAconomy's
equivalent of a mining pool. In our system we don't use proof of
stake, or proof of work. Instead, we utilize "proof of authority" to
generate new currency. This authority comes from ownership of
a Treasury Right, aka TR.
Every Mint must have a Treasury Right to operate and is
required to be connected to a business activity to operate. This
business will leverage the VIVA network by using and paying for
it's competitively priced infrastructure. The Treasury Right can
also be leased out to businesses for an interest payment if the
Crown Holder chooses not to run their own business.
The reasoning behind this structure is to assure that the
VIVAcoin is relatively price stable. It isn't pegged per se, but it
does orbit a value. This value is set by the Crown Holders, and is
presently set at $5.30 USD per VIVAcoin.
Why $5.30?
This figure was selected as a starting value because it is the
average amount of money earned per hour by an average person
living in a first world economy. It was derived by dividing the
average annual household family income by the annual
household size and then dividing it by 24 hrs in a day, 7 days a
week and 52 weeks in a year.
We expect it to stay around this value, but Crown Holders are
welcome to change this value to whatever they believe is fair
market utilizing their votes.
Worker Nodes & The VIVA Computational Network
We all know money is power, and power is money.
With Airbnb, we were able to monetize our houses.
With Uber, we were able to monetize our cars.
Now with VIVA you can monetize your computer!
When you agree to cede unused computing resources from your
computer to the VIVA network, you are converting your computer
into a worker node. You can think of it as using your computer as an
employee that you put to work. All worker nodes receive their pay
directly into their VIVA liquidity pool account.
The VIVAconomy is a new economic engine that has been designed
to put power back into the hands of the people worldwide. Power
over their money, power over their economy, and most importantly
power over their lives and destinies.
All of this power is easily harvested by utilizing the collective power
of our computers.
By simply adding a lightweight, backgrounded, and isolated
application to your computer, you have just turned it into an
employee in the VIVAconomy that constantly earns you money. The
application is isolated in its own container (separated away from
your personal data) and only utilizes unused computing resources
to solve complex calculations on the VIVA network, paying you for
your contributions.
When your computer is idle (or mostly idle from normal use), there
is a lot of wasted processing power that never gets used. The VIVA
network takes advantage of the unused resources on your computer
and puts it to work solving complex calculations, processing
transactions, and providing services to the VIVAconomy.
As easy and simple as this may sound, at the same time you become a
hero. You are now part of creating the very thing that will give
power back to the people - their own economic engine.
This is the simplest way for you to become a part of VIVA.
For most people to earn and spend a dollar, knowledge of the
entire Federal Reserve and central banking system is
unnecessary, and the fact that they can earn and spend the
money is all that matters.
When you register your computer into the VIVAconomy, you
will be given an electronic wallet with two accounts: one for
immediate spending, and another account linked to the VIVA
liquidity pool. (The liquidity pool is a lifetime retirement
account that pays daily dividends.)
Once you are setup in VIVA, your computer will signal to the
network that it is available to complete tasks. These tasks
include retrieving data, storing data, and networking between
computers. (Remember, this is all done in the background with
no effort on your part.)
On the VIVA network, "Mints" will announce a task that needs
to be processed. If your computer is available to complete
tasks on the network, those mints can utilize your spare
computing resources and will automatically deposit VIVAcoins
into your wallet for each task completed.
To simplify and keep things streamlined, all transactions within
the system are done in VIVAcoins.
When you are ready to spend your money, the VIVA ecosystem
makes it easy.
By allowing you to send money, purchase goods and services,
etc. instantly from your VIVA wallet, transitioning your
VIVAcoins into the traditional economy is fast and easy.
First of all, VIVAcoins can be transferred to any individual or
business on the VIVA network. Need to send or receive
payments in another currency? You can easily convert
VIVAcoins to almost any other form of currency right within
your wallet via a built in exchange feature called TradeQwik.
From there, you can also load a VIVA issued Mastercard debit
card and spend your money anywhere Mastercards are
You can also access your electronic wallet directly at VIVA
enabled ATM's worldwide!
VIVA Blockchain Technology
The technological underpinnings of the VIVAconomy are, by
necessity, far more complex than those of a traditional
Not only does the ecosystem include three interrelated
currencies, "VIVA Crowns" (VC), vX (vUSD, vEUR, etc) and "VIVA
Coins" (VIVA).
The economy's prime mover is TradeQwik - a fully functional
multi-currency online exchange. An entire software suite
engineered to provide seamless functioning of the VIVAconomy
via effortless on/off ramping, and exchanging between the
ecash world and the "real world".
To accomplish this the VIVA team has built our base from a
foundation utilizing some of the world's most innovative
blockchain technologies, then raising the bar by an entire order
of magnitude.
Core functionality of the VIVAconomy is derived from the open
source "Hyperledger Fabric", we have innovated significantly
over their architecture to the point where it is effectively it's
own project.
UltraLedger, began with a fork of the Hyperledger Fabric
codebase, and incorporates the ability to perform seamless ndimensional,
on-chain graphing. In fact, using the term
blockchain doesn't accurately reflect the VIVA architecture at
this point. It's more akin to an infinitely expandable graph
database with the same cryptographic guarantees provided by
more traditional blockchains, we just got rid of the drawbacks,
by rethinking problems such as Byzantine Fault Tolerance.
With UltraLedger, there isn't a single canonical blockchain.
Instead, there is a mutual agreement of summaries. Simply put,
the order of transactions isn't held in as high a regard as the fact
that all balances work out correctly in the end.
Unlike every other blockchain technology out there, so called
forking isn't considered a bad thing. In fact, forks under
UltraLedger are not only normal, but expected. Forks are just
the blockchain evolving in different places at different times.
UltraLedger is actually a data graph of immutable timestamped
records. This is important to keep in mind. It's an ndimensional
graph, not a chain and not a directed acyclical
graph (DAG).
Our graph is capable of efficiently searching across an arbitrary
number of dimensions, because each data point is considered an
atom of information in and of itself located within an n
dimensional matrix. Attributes can be added and removed
arbitrarily according to business needs, thereby providing
arbitrary soft links between datapoints.
In this regard a complete blockchain can be thought of as a
large molecule like DNA or RNA whereas UltraLedger itself may
be thought of as a complex organism made up of many different
cells each with their own DNA.
To better understand this we first need to establish some
1. Channel: an isolated channel of communications. Each
channel has its own rules and and can form its own
2. Stream: a stream of data generated by the mixing of
3. Fault Tolerance: the ability for the network to compensate
when there is a lack of consensus. In the VIVAconomy the
penalty for polluting the primary VIVA consensus stream
with non-consensus data is severe enough to prevent it, but
it's always majority consensus and the only players in that
stream are the mints themselves.
For all other streams, consensus is a by product of business
logic of the stream creator and it is up to the players in those
channels to determine for themselves if consensus is important
and even what constitutes consensus on a given stream.
The default block rate is 1 second per block and all messages are
valid if signed by someone who has submitted a public key to
the PKI stream. To compress this, only non-empty blocks are
ever stored in a channel.
Within the VIVAconomy there is a single channel "per coin", and
a complementary channel "per pair". Orders are placed in the "per
pair" channel, and gateways (such as the TradeQwik
Exchange) deal in the "per coin" channels.
Each of these channels is its own blockchain with its own
rules. Gateways make the interaction between channels
simple and seamless.
TradeQwik is the first gateway, and its exchange logic is
being ported to UltraLedger and will thus be utilizable by
anyone wishing to develop a new gateway into the
One of the primary handicaps that other cryptocurrencies
like bitcoin have suffered under is the enormous computing
resources necessary to maintain themselves.
The multi-dimensional architecture of the VIVAconomy
together with the power of a true graph database, resolve
this fundamental problem. Worker nodes are able to
assume small atomic work transactions that don't require
knowledge of the entire universe of work.
This allows us to offload these atomic units of work into
partitioned workspaces of individual computers / miners.
Thus, everyone in the economy benefits without the need
to purchase, manage and administer huge server farms and
complex installations.
Our technological architecture is an engine that provides
the power for our primary goals in society - providing a
stable economy to all, a solid infrastructure for businesses
to build on and a lifetime "living income" to all Vivos (people
who utilize VIVA in their daily lives).
If you are interested in a more in depth look into the
technological underpinnings of the VIVAconomy, direct
access to our team of developers is open to all VIVA Crown
How we will use the funds
VIVA is a lifetime project for all of us. We genuinely believe that
we can have a significant positive impact on millions of lives
around the globe. This is how we commit ourselves to using the
funds we raise.
Core VIVAconomy Development
Obviously the first order of business is to bring to bear the
necessary resources for building out the remaining infrastructure
that is needed to make the VIVAconomy fully functional.
Outreach and Mainstreaming
In parallel as we release new functionalities, we will be launching
ongoing outreach campaigns to help drive the on-boarding of
Vivos and businesses that will accept VIVAcoin.
VIVA Business Application Development Grants
With over half a century of real-world experience under our belts,
we fully understand the danger of becoming overextended.
For this reason, we have decided to implement a series of VIVA
Business Application Grants that will help finance talented groups
of blockchain developers all over the world to develop
commercially viable business applications that extend the reach
of the VIVAconomy.
These independent teams of engineers will not only gain direct
access to the experience and wisdom of the core VIVA architects,
but we will also collaborate in their promotion and rollout as the
applications go live.
These grants are one way that we wish to show gratitude to the
amazing cryptocurrency community that we are so proud to be a
part of.
join the VIVAconomy?
VIVA Crowns Starting at 1 BTC (approx.)
For the Crypto Savvy...
Vivacoin (ViVa) #1 Goal Achieved
The VIVAconomy has achieved its first viability goal!!
We now have the funds to bring in the key resources needed to fulfill our phase-one roadmap.
In fact, rumors have it that those strange rumblings heard from behind the palace gardens are actually the sounds of the giant VIVA turbines beginning to spin.
There is no looking back.
The price of VIVA Crowns continues to rise and with each new VIVA Crown Holder more initiatives for growing the VIVAconomy come flooding in.
There are currently more than half a dozen groups who've expressed interest in opening VIVA mints in the near future.
It's truly beautiful to see this all coming together.
So, if you believe that an economy that works for all of us is possible, now is the time to come aboard.
Visit https://vivaco.in for more information.
@storyteller in chief
Listen. Think. Do.
Current VIVACOIN Situation - Next Steps
To the VIVA and TradeQwik community:
It is obvious that the hope and expectations we all have in VIVA have not yet been met by any stretch of the imagination.
This reality has caused a slew of rumors and accusations to fly.
However, in situations like this, opinions, rumors and accusations do not help.
We need answers, we need truth and we need to know where our money is.
So, straight to the point.
Loughran, Sherry Dunham and myself have been asked to roll up our
sleeves to attempt to get the answers (and money) that we all deserve.
has an Accounting degree with over 20 years experience in the field.
Her dedication to the VIVA project has been proven since she joined it
over a year ago.
Meredith is a social media and community
advocate, as well as an active VIVA and Steemit member. Many of you have
come to know her as a voice of reason and fair counsel for the health
of the communities she serves.
Most of you know me as the VIVA
Storyteller. I have extensive business experience and have successfully
led technical teams for many years.
Our Goals
Here are our primary objectives in this process:
- Run the numbers and obtain answers to the hard questions we all have.
- Request and then secure any and all assets.
- Communicate our findings with complete transparency via email, Basecamp, Steemit and the forum.
founders, Dawn, Alec, and Steve have significant personal financial
stakes invested in this project, as do Joe and Rick, who partnered with
Steve in TradeQwik. Craig, the acting CEO of VIVA for several weeks also
has invested a considerable amount into this project.
All of them have a vested interest in seeing VIVA and TradeQwik survive and thrive through these difficult times.
Let's not forget you, the VIVA and TradeQwik community, who have invested your time, money, and faith in the project.
We all deserve better.
Here is a list of exactly what we propose to do:
- Dennis will be the leader of this effort and will have ZERO access to any funds.
- Sherry and Meredith will act as custodians for all funds and other assets. Funds will not be released for any reason without a consensus approval between the three of us. Additionally, ledgers of these accounts will be published on a regular basis, to ensure transparency and honesty.
- Steve has agreed to answer all questions and make himself available to us and the community.
- A request will be presented to Joe and Rick to transfer exclusive access of all VIVA and TQ funds to Sherry and Meredith until our audit is complete. To ensure transparency, all funds recovered and held by us will be accounted for and published with weekly updates. Crypto tokens will be searchable on their respective block explorers.
- A request will be presented to Alec for the paperwork with regards to Galaxy Vault.
- A request will be presented to Alec to account for the VIVA ICO funds which he had possession of and managed.
- A request will be presented to Dawn to account for any VIVA funds which were in her possession and managed.
- A request will be presented to Steve to account for any VIVA funds which were in his possession and managed.
- A request will be presented to Joe and Rick to account for any TQ funds which were in their possession and mananged.
- We will build a database that will allow people to check their stated and audited balances by using their VIVA IDs. No names or emails will be published publicly. This database will include all transactions occurred up until the 4th of January.
- We will audit all Tradeqwik accounts. We have identified an initial number of 1257 accounts.
- Our discoveries and accomplishments through this process will be posted weekly through our official channels: email, Basecamp, and Steemit @vivacoin. Links will be provided on Facebook and Twitter in order to reach the broadest audience.
PLEASE NOTE: Though we have requested the recuperation of funds and information regarding funds, we cannot force
anyone to comply, nor will any of the three of us. This is not within
our power, nor the scope of this audit. We can only hope that all
concerned parties will collaborate. Rest assured that we will openly
disclose any lack of cooperation.
Here are some of the questions we plan on answering (not necessarily in this order):
- How much money has been and can be recovered?
- Were company (and/or) customer funds (combined with) personal funds?
- Who were receiving salaries, how much were they, and how were they paid?
- What were VIVA's legitimate business expenses?
- What were TradeQwik's legitimate business expenses?
- Were customer funds mismanaged?
- Were company funds mismanaged?
- Was there a bug that was causing Tradeqwik to lose money? If so, how much was lost and who benefitted?
- Did anyone erroneously take or receive funds?
Please understand that this is going to take time and effort, but we have already begun to make progress.
During this process we have decided to separate all accounts into 4 groups:
- PARTNERS - all those who have had, at some point in time, an equity stake in VIVA or TQ or considered themselves to have had one. This group includes Dawn, Steve, Alec, Joe, Rick, Dr. Padilla, Craig, Emmanuel. If we can identify direct family members of these people, they will also be included in this group.
- EMPLOYEES - everyone who has at some time received a salary from VIVA or TQ.
- CUSTOMERS - everyone else
- SPECIAL - test accounts, internal accounts, market bot, etc.
We have also decided to separate all assets on TradeQwik into the following groups:
- Gateway currencies (gVX) - BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, STEEM, SBD, GOLOS, USD, MXN
- Non-Gateway currencies (iVX) - All the BITCOIN, ETHEREUM....
- Viva Assets - VIVA, Crowns, TREASURYRIGHTS,...
Here is the data that we've been able to discover up till this point:
Total Number of Accounts by Type:
we review accounts some may be reclassified, but this is the initial
data and gives you a pretty good idea of the scope of this endeavor.
Of the total CUSTOMER accounts here is how they break down by STATED balance in total gateway currencies:
Over $50K: 1
$10K to $50K: 3
$5K to $10K: 4
$1K to $5K: 14
$1 to $1K: 737
less than $1: 469
understand, these are the stated balances on Tradeqwik - they have not
been audited yet (and may be slightly or grossly understated or
Here is how the total stated balances of gateway currencies break down by account type:
These amounts have been calculated using the last market prices in the database, so take them with a grain of salt, please.
initial review leads us to feel optimistic in stating that when this
whole mess blew up there were sufficient funds in TradeQwik and VIVA
accounts to cover all customer funds.
We have also begun
to put into place a clear process for auditing accounts. Fortunately,
all trades are in the database and we now understand how to account for
them. However, deposits and withdrawals in gateway currencies MUST be confirmed manually on the
That will be our next effort in this process.
In this effort, as a team, we do not work for VIVA or TradeQwik or any of their respective owners. We are doing this for the community.
believe that right now we need clarity before anything else can or
should be discussed and we promise to let the numbers speak for
Hopefully, you agree.
Best Regards,
Sherry Dunham - [email protected]
Meredith Loughran - [email protected]
Dennis Lewis - [email protected]


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Another great episode of 'Better Call Saul'. At this point, calling the show a pleasant success would be an understatement. After finally seeing Chuck get his comeuppance, the show advances all of its plotlines in episode 6, 'Off Brand'. The theme of this week's episode appears to be desperation, blind loyalty and, people breaking bad. All recipes for collateral damage.
The desperate ones. Jimmy suddenly finds himself suspended from practicing law for a year which presents a major threat to his livelihood. Jimmy needs to find a way to keep making enough money to keep up with Kim and her continued trend upwards as a lawyer. True to form, Jimmy refuses to be defeated. He refuses to lose the two people who saved his life, Francesca and Kim. Both women believe in him so blindly and he doesn't want to let them down. Considering what we know from Breaking Bad, we know that he's going to break from Kim at some point. The race is on to find out why and how that comes to pass.
Similarly, Chuck finds himself in a desperate panic. His battle to belittle, embarrass and disenfranchise his own brother came at a cost of appearing insane in front off all the people that care about him. Chuck is a already a sad and lonely man. In fact, I'm pretty sure his entire assault on Jimmy stems from his jealousy of his brother. Chuck can't believe that even with all his success and intellect, he still ends up alone under some tin foils. There's no way that he doesn't make another desperate play. He has nothing else to lose.
Much like Chuck, Hector sees the end coming and is desperate to be relevant. He pushes everyone around him to their breaking point to suit his own selfish whims. Desperate to keep up with Gus Fring, Hector pushes Nacho to the brink of a mental breakdown while breaking down himself. His obsession with out hustling Gus has completely clouded his judgment. He can no longer see the forest for the trees. We know it's only a matter of time before Nacho and Gus fight back.
The next desperate character is Gus. Although he does a very nice job of keeping up the facade that he has everything together, we know that he is motived by the brutal execution of his friend and partner. We also know that he is blinded by his rage towards Hector. Gus has a great opportunity to get rid of Hector once and for all, through Mike, but he refuses because of his desire to make Hector suffer. His desperation eventually will lead to him working with the madman we know as Walter White. In 'Off Brand', we are introduced to Lydia; another one of the silent W.W. partners.
Finally, perhaps the most tragic of all the desperate characters, is Mike. Mike is so desperate to have a family that he continues to cling to his dead son's wife and his granddaughter. His whole reason for being is to be with them. Like Chuck, he is an old man who suddenly finds himself alone in the world. Regardless of any success he might have had in the past, or his various skill set, he desperate wants to have a family and he is blinded by this need. His relationship with his daughter in law is flawed because she seems to be a fragile person who keeps using him to support herself. She just keeps taking and taking from him, and he keeps letting her get away with it. We know that eventually compromises Mike and leads to his execution.
The blind ones. The biggest one is Kim. Jimmy is definitely going to break her heart and bring her ruin; or attempt to. The best case scenario for her is that she or Jimmy ends things before it gets that far, otherwise she is going to be collateral damage. Same goes for Hamlin, Nacho, Chuck's ex-wife Rebecca and, Mike's daughter in law. These characters just seem to rely too heavily on unscrupulous characters who happen to also be materially duplicitous. It's only a matter of time before their "worlds" implode.
Breaking Bad. Finally, we see the two major kingpins in this series, Jimmy and Gus, begin to break bad. Jimmy coonceptualizes the Saul Goodman ('ts all good) persona while Gus looks towards mass producing and controlling his own elicit drug empire. Both guys are as morally corrupt as we remember.


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Industry News
And the Bridal Challenge '09 Winner is...
Modern editor Laurel Smoke's big day finally arrived on November 14th, and with it, everyone's hair questions were answered! Our 2009 Bridal Challenge, with visits to six salons in the Chicago area to let them have their way with Laurel's hair, was a a big success. We had an overwhelming number of votes from stylists and owners on their favorite wedding 'do. And now it's time to reveal the winning stylist and their salon, plus a couple of photos from Laurel's big day and the style she ended up choosing.
The winner is...
Shyla Samel-Kurnick and Avalon Salon and Day Spa!
Shyla created an ornate, avant garde updo with colorful accents that got the greatest number of votes from readers.
Here's how she did it.
Second place...
Coming in as a close runner-up was the detailed, precise style from Toni Scott and the Ruby Room! This style was popular not only with stylists and owners, but also with Laurel's sister and maid-of-honor, Amber Smoke, who had a version of the style done with her hair for the wedding.
Here's how she did it.
We also want to thank all the other salons who hosted us and participated in the challenge. If you missed any of the styles, be sure to click through to see what they did and how they did it.
Michael Anthony Salon
Salon 1800
Salon Coccole
And finally, here a couple of snaps of Laurel on her wedding day. Laurel chose Rachel Glenn of Prink to do her hair on the big day. The hair came down to the wire, becoming a last minute decision, but in the end, she and Rachel borrowed elements from several of the styles to create this perfect look!


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Tue 26 November 2013
The Premier League Charitable Fund (United Kingdom), having won 'The Organisation that best promotes enterprise' category in the EBAs have made it through to the 'Promoting Entrepreneurial Spirit' category in the EEPAs.
"The Premier League Charitable Fund (United Kingdom) programme was set up to help teach 11-19 year olds the basic principles of business and self-employment. 135 000 pupils took part in its first two years, with more than 1 500 securing university entry-level qualifications as a result. Based around a 10-week course, the programme helps youth people understand business principles through a range of interactive learning opportunities, both in the classroom and at football stadia. PLEAs programmes have been established at 20 clubs, which have engaged with over 80,000 young people."
The 2013 European Enterprise Promotion Awards shortlist was announced by a high-level jury representing business, government and academia who reviewed the 53 national winner entries and established a shortlist of 19 nominees in six categories.
The Shortlisted projects came from Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Seven winners will be announced at the 2013 SME Assembly, which takes place on 25-26 November in Vilnius, Lithuania.
About the European Enterprise Promotion awards
Since 2006, the European Enterprise Promotion Awards have rewarded excellence in promoting entrepreneurship and small business at a national, regional and local level. Over 2,500 projects have entered during this time, and have supported the creation of well over 10,000 new companies. The Awards' objectives are to create a greater awareness of the role entrepreneurs play in European society and encourage and inspire potential entrepreneurs. This is achieved by identifying and recognising successful activities and initiatives to promote enterprise and entrepreneurship, and then showcasing and sharing examples of best entrepreneurship policies and practices.
The Award Categories are: Category 1: Promoting Entrepreneurial Spirit; Category 2: Investing in Skills; Category 3: Improving the Business Environment; Category 4: Supporting Business Internationalisation; Category 5: Supporting the Development of Green Markets and Resource Efficiency; Category 6: Responsible and Inclusive Entrepreneurship. There then follows an overall winner, last year's Grand Jury's Prize came from the category Economic development and business support and the winning organisation was YTKO (Outset) from the UK.
UK Grand Jury Award 2012 recipient YTKO: Promoting and raising desire for enterprise among hard-to-reach groups
Outset is designed to show the unemployed that self-employment and enterprise is a realistic alternative to unemployment. Specifically created to help the most vulnerable groups, including the long-term unemployed, recently redundant, and people with disabilities, the programme takes a unique approach to supporting start-ups. It seeks to change beliefs about their ability to start a small business. Since the start of the programme, Outset has engaged with over 6,000 people. Of those, 673 have started a business, together creating 890 jobs.


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We have been living in a world of lies. Nothing is true what we hear on the TV, what we read on the newspaper. Our lives are not on our control.
I will tell you a short story about a hero tonight. I should ask you first: What does Ernesto Che Guevera mean for you? When I mention his name, the conversation starts to smell revelation,doesn't it? The person who I tell you today is Deniz Gezmis, one of the most important revolutionary in the Turkey history.
I remember my twentieth birthday: I was feeling like a nothing, still under the protection of my family. You know, at Turkey, your age is not a big point for the people. Even if you have a proper job to live your own life, it doesn't matter for your parents; you are still a little child for them until you marry . I was this kind of person. I had no job, was not a student, as I said before I was absolutely nothing. Even though I was reading a lot, I was feeling wired to my family.
Imagine a person, who is chairing hundreds of student in the university on twenties. This person is founding organizations and directing people to the revolution. When he is under surveillance, escaping and going for another country to take a guerilla training. Kidnapping people to stay against to imperialism. While doing this kind of things, he is not killing anyone because cares life of human. And when he is 25, executed by hanging and his last words show to us, he still has a brave before the execution: "Long live independence for the people of Turkey. Long live the great ideology of Marxist-Leninism. Long live the brotherhood of Turkish and Kurdish people. Damned be imperialism."
When I think about him, I shame on myself. He was dead for his country on his 25 to make it livable, when he was younger than me… What about me, Why I am so hopeless? I have been questioning myself for a long time. What do you think? There is still any hope?


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Okeanos Aggressor Trip Report
March 20 to March 30 - 2015
(Photos by Alberto Muñoz)
Average Water Temperature 84 F (27 Celsius)
Average Air temperature 84 F (27 Celsius)
This week we had incredible weather above water. The conditions were close to perfect, lots of sun, in what I would call full tropical weather. So both crossing to and from the island were amazingly quiet, giving lots of time for guest to relax.
On the island the dive was really good; hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, black tip sharks, white tips and tiger sharks made for an exceptional diving adventure! "Jerzy" came out of one of the dives saying "I just saw a wall of hammerheads" and yes we saw so many, we were happy! The only thing about the week that could be better was visibility, but the good about low Vis is that the fish have to be close to you in order to see you, but visibility improved for the better as the week went on.
Let me just tell you about this one dive in Punta Maria so you have an idea on the dives we have here.
We made it down there we gathered around and headed for the cleaning station in about 85 feet (27meters). As we approached the spot, the Galapagos sharks are going around and around I am not kidding. We had 18 Galapagos in one little area and some of these fellows were big, along the Galapagos we had four black tip sharks, once in a while a hammerhead would show up, we spent 24 minutes then our computers started to say go up some of the air people were already doing their safety stop and that is why we recommend people to dive nitrox while diving Coco island, so around minute 25 a 14 foot tiger shark swam thru the cleaning station making every single shark in it move to the side! My jaw dropped as seeing Tiger in Punta Maria in not an everyday sight.
Stay tune for more
Thanks to all of our guests Jerzy, Marcin K., Artur, Pawel R., Andrzej, Krzystof, Cezary, Piotr K., Henryk, Piotr Kro, Piotr W., Witold, Pawel and Olga, Edward, Michal, Marek and Lucyna, Zbigniew, Marcin G., Barbara, Yolanta and Bartosz for a great week of diving!
Cap. Beto


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Friday, May 24, 2013
Reality tastes like dust
The dust that Poncho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth, and I know how Lefty feels.
The forest floor was still smoking from a burn, the trail an ashen pillow, and me- the last in line. I hit that section the last of seven and holding up well enough, the pace so hard I felt I was being reeled in, the prize lunker. I clawed for my jersey zipper, yanking. It was already down to my navel. I sucked water and coughed it out as the need for air took priority. The trail turned uphill and rivets started popping from my hull. A scrub oak branch snapped back into my face, I spit blood and grit over my front tire, and that is about when I called it quits. Dropped my friends, like a hit record on the first day of summer.
My last few rides had me believing I was better than that. Two hour epics of flow and spin with my friend Steve, the ever-steady man of mystery. Turns out we were caught in a collective delusion. Two bums straightening each others' collars, "And a fine good day to you sir, don't you look smashing this morning!" "Well thank you good sir, you are the perfect image of vigor and health yourself if I have ever seen a more able gentleman I will eat my hat!" And away we go toddering down the trail and passing the Wild Irish Rose.
"There is no such thing as patience." Bill said, "There is only impatience and the way the universe reveals itself." Or something like that.
Posted by Juancho at 10:02 AM
1 comment:
- Velosopher said...
Three weeks ago, I rocked a hilly 30 mile solo ride like it was a run to the store. Two weeks ago, I rode the very same route with the local cycling club, and was summarily taken out back and shot.
If reality is the ride you're on today, then dreams are made of the last fast ride.
- May 24, 2013 at 2:37:00 PM EDT
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