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Main Street just after entering the park in November 2022 if you get there early and do all the popular rides first you can complete the entire park in one day. (Or the vast majority of it)

At first I thought the logo was misprinted

The style is rather ugly and the presence of these things really brings down the value of a community. Notice that only the poorest areas of the municipalities have these? Hmmm if you look closely you’ll see an even uglier constantly flashing red led lights which show when the meter hasn’t been fed $ IMG_0778.MOV

not the safest area to visit honestly. Most of Los Angeles downtown and the nearby city appears to be in decline. I’ve seen a lot of homeless people, a couple of young people who appeared to be on drugs today and crumbling and/or never updated infrastructure and buildings. Just this morning I saw a local building owner in Little Tokyo using a high pressure sprayer to try and clean off graffiti. Also saw quite a few long time merchants saying adios and a thank you to their communities via a letter on the outside of their now “permanently closed” businesses which brings a certain sadness to witness.

Scallops, escargot (snails) and clams also video of a steak and eggs plate IMG_0733.MOV

The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) is reportedly launching a probe into crypto exchanges that have listed their in-house, self-issued tokens. The move by the regulator comes due to native cryptocurrencies being the biggest factor contributing to the demise of numerous exchanges and ecosystems this year, including the recent FTX collapse. According to reports, initial investigations revealed that all crypto exchanges performed lawful operations across South Korea. However, a spokeswoman for the Financial Services Commission (FSC) disclosed preparations for a more thorough inquiry stating that “there are still some questions related" to in-house token listin…

American CryptoFed DAO, the first legally recognised decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) in the United States, is reportedly at risk of losing its registration after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dug up anomalies in the Form S-1 registration statement dated Sept. 17, 2021. The SEC has instituted administrative proceedings against the DAO to determine the issuance of a stop order that will suspend the registration of the offer and sale of its Ducat and Locke tokens. The SEC stated, “An issuer seeking to register the offer and sale of crypto assets as securities transactions must furnish the required disclosure information to the SEC. A…

According to reports, investors have been cautioned by the Singapore Police Force to be wary of fraudulent websites that promise to assist them with recovering money from the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX. The police reportedly warned about a phishing website asking FTX users to log in with their account credentials. The website claimed to be hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice and targeted local investors stating that they “would be able to withdraw their funds after paying legal fees.” https://cointelegraph.com/news/singapore-police-warn-investors-against-ftx-phishing-scams-report

The recent FTX collapse has prompted many crypto exchanges and investment platforms to share “Proof of Reserves”- a public-facing attestation as to a custodial service’s reserves alongside a record of its liabilities (i.e., user balances). However, crypto investment firm Grayscale recently tweeted that it won't show proof of reserves due to “security concerns.” It did however explain the legal structure through which it holds customer assets along with details of the relevant custodial services it employs. Grayscale’s tweet reads, “Due to security concerns, we do not make such on-chain wallet information and confirmation information publicly available through a …

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Building a $500 billion company from scratch, Steve Schwarzman is perhaps the most powerful man on Wall Street. In this documentary, we learn how Schwarzman built his Blackstone empire.