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#1 Best Gym in Coimbatore- Get Fit Now
Tags: Bootcamp, Weight Loss, Gym, CrossFit, Fitness

For Coimbatore’s most-Populous city, the top-rated Gym in Coimbatore is Ravis Fit. Just take a look at the reviews about the personal attention, Best transformations and care that our clients receive from the Ravis Fit team of trainers and experts.

Our Ravis Fit Team has already had its Crossfit featured on various locations, and it is also the well known Crossfit and Fitness centre in Coimbatore and is a true success story that has resulted from the hard work of Ravishankar.

Gym in Coimbatore

Though our Ravis Fit team, you will experience a unique and well-designed workout to build your strength, So we set out to recognize the best gym in Coimbatore and we are having branches in the main locations like Rspuram, Ramanathapuram, Ganapathy and Lakshmi mills for our client’s convenience around Coimbatore.

we prove we are one of the best gyms in Coimbatore that our place is simply unique and massive and it always open to new members of all ages. We even give the best crossfit workouts in all our locations.

Ravis Fit offers several training programs, including crossfit and gym in Coimbatore, which our members can join to achieve your fitness goal.

Gym in Coimbatore-Diet plan for weight loss

We help our members to develop their fitness level with our daily workouts and we can also help with nutrition and best diet plan for weight loss as well and can get tips for choosing a weight loss program. We always provide a safe way to lose weight with our proper diet plan and our well-designed workouts for your healthy weight loss.

You know the gym is going to be good when it’s the top-ranked spot in Coimbatore and we can say Ravis Fit that brings us all together. Coimbatore is home to a lot of unique things and Ravis Fit is one of them. Our gym earned distinction not only in Ramanathapuram, but from other places on this list like Ravis Fit Gym in Rs Puram, Ganapathy, Saravanampatti, Lakshmi mills.

We having Boxing Classes, Crossfit and number of expert trainers and we do it all in our different locations. Not all gyms are created equal, but we always provide an intense fitness class with our individual attention training programs.

Final Takeaway- Gym in Coimbatore

We’re talking about the top-quality gym in Coimbatore of every kind- whether they’re crossfit, gym or fitness center the only rule is that we always help to achieve your fitness goal. Select any of our city gyms in our different locations to get an amazing workout plan and take your fitness into the next level.
All the things I didn’t know that I didn’t know
By: Disa Forshaw-De Beau
Tags: Bootcamp, Coding, JavaScript, Technigo

I knew absolutely nothing about coding, when I signed up for the 6 months bootcamp. I think for some reason I thought that it would suit me. It was almost like an experiment, to go in to something completely new, carrying only a positive attitude and a natural curiosity. Of course, when it all started, I felt completely useless. Like everyone could instantly see how lost I was. If they could, they were very nice about it. I think I was the only one who did not have a single connection in to the tech-world.

This took place not a long time ago and although I still feel overwhelmed at times, the constant rollercoaster that is learning to code is at least from time to time making it up the hill before it goes back down again. The world that I have started to explore is fascinating and I am driven by a great desire to go in to it and master these skills, or at least understand what it is that I need to learn to master them. There is an ocean of possibilities and I hope that there is something for me in there as well.

Do I wish that I had come better prepared? Yes. My learning curve is steeper than it needed to be, but hey, maybe one day it will make a great story. I might be able to say that I went from knowing absolutely nothing about coding, to knowing enough to actually make a living out of it, in only 6 months time.
When Designing With Text, Don’t Make This Embarrassing Mistake
By: Andrew Wilshere
Tags: UX, UX Design, Graphic Design, Bootcamp, Tips

Before we begin, can you see a problem with this image?

That’s right. You we’ll know show you how to how to design lead.

You might be surprised by how often this kind of design mistake happens. But first, how does it happen?

Visual hierarchy

The problem is caused by text layouts that don’t take account of how the human eye follows text.

In common with readers of most languages that use Latin script (meaning the kind of letters you’re reading now), English readers naturally “begin” at the top-left of an area of text, and then try to read it as a sequence of horizontal lines, one below the other.

While it’s possible for designers to send the eye on a different visual journey, doing so requires very careful control of what’s known as “visual hierarchy”.

Visual hierarchy is the order in which the eye sees different elements in a layout. You can read more in this assignment about visual principles.

Text hierarchy disasters

Here are some more examples of where visual hierarchy has failed in text-based graphics, leading to nonsensical (and often comedic) messages:

↑ “Leave as welcomef may all who guests came as riends.”

↑ We’ll have the mash custard, then some crumpet pie, and finish with the ploughmans & squeak.

↑ “Don’t be happy, worry.”

↑ “Attention students: you are allowed not to take our to help trollies you move.” No, wait! “Attention: you are not our trollies. Students allowed to take to help you move.”

↑ “We’re you’re not ’til not happy.” Or alternatively, “We’re not ’til you’re not happy.”

↑ Right. Here goes: “When you order, grill to we smash sear that fresh ball of beef on a hot-buttered the burger you can taste and delicious burger.”

“If you hard. Then you hard. Work play.”

A related problem

Although it’s not usually as disastrous, designers can also run into problems when they fail to create enough visual separation between two or more bits of text that should be read separately.

Here are a few examples:

↑ “Turtles all the way down John Green.”

↑“Baby needs beers and wines.”

↑ “Do not exceed 20 children.”

Don’t let it happen to you!

Here are some tips to help you avoid any… misunderstanding… of your designs.
Policy Spotlight: Unemployment Insurance Is Not Causing U.S. Labor Shortage
Tags: Unemployment, Policy Spotlight, Personal Finance, Policy, Stimulus

Policy Spotlight: Unemployment Insurance Is Not Causing U.S. Labor Shortage TrustPlus Follow Jul 15 · 2 min read

The false narrative that increased unemployment insurance (UI) benefits included in the American Rescue Plan are causing a labor shortage in the U.S. took another hit with the results of a new poll from Morning Consult. The poll found that unemployment benefits directly contributed to only 13% of UI recipients rejecting a job offer during the pandemic.

Unfortunately for the millions of low-wage workers — especially workers of color who are bearing the brunt of jobs and lives lost during the pandemic, and who are relying on UI to support themselves and their families — the policy implications of this false narrative are very real.

26 governors terminated early the increased unemployment benefits, reducing UI payments by $300 per week, excluding independent contractors and gig workers, and shortening the payments period by anywhere from five weeks to three months, depending on the state.

The top reason actually cited for turning down an offer to return to work during the pandemic while receiving UI: childcare obligations.

Morning Consult’s conclusion? “These survey results strongly reject the narrative that all UI recipients are doing better financially than they were prior to the pandemic.”

It is not UI that is holding back workers, it is often the high cost of child care and lack of paid leave. Considering “only one type of worker — higher-income, full-time employees receiving workplace benefits — stands a reasonable shot at financial security” in the U.S. today, policymakers, employers, and other stakeholders will be wise to remember that the problem is not a labor shortage caused by “overly generous” UI. The problem is a shortage of quality jobs with benefits that offer most workers a path to financial health.
What lies ahead?
By: Jamil Hudson
Tags: Unemployment, Los Angeles, Pandemic, Faith, Stimulus Package

8/1/2020 16:39 (PST) Location: USC Village

I moved to L.A. about a week ago and I’ve enjoyed the little things thus far. I notice a 360 change in my faith and patience. I’m overly gracious about where my life is headed right now. Not only am I thankful for life’s simple necessities like water, health, shelter, clothes, and food but I’m also grateful for my whirlwind way of arriving here. Don’t worry, I’m well adept at dishing out spark notes so just sit back as I explain how it all went down…

Well..I moved here during the double pandemic, a wicked combination of police brutality in both of my home states and the serial killer we all have become accustomed to knowing, COVID-19. My prayers go out to Breonna Taylor’s family as we all sit and watch with hope that the murderers are held responsible for their sick behavior. Anyway, I started the moving process pretty late compared to societal standards. To provide a brief timeline, I left my job on February 28th, 2020. Our good friend COVID popped up in the middle of March, I finished my yearlong research project in May, wrote a play, rehearsed it along with a virtual performance in the same month. On top of that, graduation was annoyingly ringing my doorbell.

By odd circumstances I was able to pay rent for March through May, although I was your typical broke college student. I began apartment hunting in late May with a little over $600 to my name. It somehow transformed itself into 300 something. Oh yeah, I forgot that I took that trip to L.A. in June. I guess that’s how we got there.. Meanwhile my lease was set for termination on July 23rd. Now it’s late June and still no apartment and oh yeah I’m jobless. I filed for unemployment back in April. For some odd reason I kept up with my weekly vouchers although I was receiving zero return on my investment. Somehow my faith didn’t decay although my evidence of believing was lackluster at best. If you’re into astrology and all that stuff, I happen to be the world’s most typical Aries, which means I crave independence and thrive on stubbornness.
What is Unemployment? Types, Effects, and Definition. — About The Globe
By: Abdullah Javid
Tags: Social Issues, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate

Unemployment is a term used for individuals who want to work and are actively searching for a job but can’t find a suitable job. These people are known as “unemployed people”.

However, there are some exceptions to this term. According to the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) , people who have stopped looking for a job for a period of the past 4 weeks are not considered unemployed.

People who want to work but are not searching for a job are not unemployed. There may be several reasons for this inactivity, some maybe, a disability, family responsibilities, retirement, or other personal reasons.

While BLS does include people who are actively searching for the past 12 months under the umbrella of unemployed people. These people are referred to as “marginally attached to the labor force”. Another class of people is “ discouraged people”, who have given up finding jobs for themselves.

Teenagers younger than the age of 16 are not included in the labor force even if they are working.

An extremely low unemployment rate causes economic distress and high rate results in an overheated economy. Sometimes overpopulation can also lead to unemployment as there will be more people than required.

Different Measures of Unemployment?
UNEMPLOYMENT IN PAKISTAN
Tags: Issues, Unemployment, Pakistan

UNEMPLOYMENT IN PAKISTAN

BY FIZZAH ARIF .

World widely unemployment is a trouble and Pakistan is among one of those countries that are facing unemployment issues widely. Unemployment is one of the major downfall of socio-economic of Pakistan, lack of jobs and no interest of working in low wages is the major reason of unemployment. According to few surveys. There are 2 million peoples who are unemployed in Pakistan

There are several causes of unemployment. Recent situation of unemployment is, people with higher education are not getting jobs. There are lack opportunities for students. For this reason, most probably talented youth are moving abroad for better jobs. Over one million Pakistanis have become expert in United States, United Kingdom, united Arab Emirates. Approximately 48.7% of students are willing to move on. It has generally observed that talent is not being highlighted and enhanced in the way it should be, talented and skilled students have being ignore and media actors, Tik-Tokers have being highlight. As there is no respect for people who are earning on daily basis like sweepers and drivers. A person who is driving and sweeping feel a shame about themselves rather if they are doing the same jobs on abroad. They will never mind about that. The fire of stomach can lead to the crime as human cannot survive without having two time loaves.

There must be peace in the country regarding unemployment. It could be reduce if government has the better planning, well trained institutes are need to setup and teachers should get paid by the government and the child of poor people get good education. Jobs should be provide on the base of skill and merit. Energy crises should be remove so that investors can invest in Pakistan.
Collecting Unemployment and Spray Painting Logs
By: Dave Alexander
Tags: Unemployment, Marriage, Entrepreneurship, Money, Life

“What do you do?”

I’ve always tried to avoid the question. I make sure to ask the other person as much about their life as I can — anything to steer them away from that dreaded question.

I’ve always been weirdly embarrassed to answer. Even in my days as a graphic designer, the limiting label didn’t feel right.

Humans like to label other people by their job. It’s a natural shortcut for the brain.

But once again I found myself in a situation couldn’t figure out what to say.

It bothers me. It would be nice to say ‘I’m a lawyer’ and then move on. It bothers my wife—a lot.

She can’t wrap her mind around how to label a 45-year-old that’s retouching fake hollow logs with spray paint in the back yard — and collecting unemployment.

This is certainly not normal behavior for a white man in the suburbs.

What does your husband do?

She’s terrified of the question.

I think he does something on Amazon or something? She changes the subject and looks away.

She usually does a good job at avoiding the topic.

I’ve been getting unemployment for the past few months—because I can.

At least according to my accountant.

$326 a week.

It was part of the arrangement when I quit my job for them to arrange the paperwork in a way where I would be qualified to receive it.

I hated that job.

But I finally quit because I’m launching an awesome product that I have reason to believe will do well. (Lazy Leash)

I’ve been working on it for five years and I have so much faith in the product and my experience, that I chose to go all in.

I got a 100k loan on our house and made the leap.

It seemed a little less scary since my other business is finally showing signs of promise. I have evidence to believe it should be able to at least cover the bills — hopefully more.

Mathematically at least—once we can get production back under way…if we are able get a few logistical problems worked out…and once we get this bad inventory situation straightened out…

But I can’t know for sure. Nobody’s ever built a fake hollow log company. Why would they? It’s kind of weird.

How did I even end up in the hollow log business? It’s a long story.

So I find myself spray painting defective logs from a bad manufacturing run — and collecting unemployment.

And then the coronavirus put a hold on manufacturing — for both of my businesses…so what do I do?
The Lazy Generation
By: Dear Anonymous
Tags: Revolution, Unemployment, Crisis, Generation Z, Life

We are educated. We are unemployed. We are the so-called Lazy generation and we don’t want to be treated like useless human garbage.

Our parents had every chance to become someone in this life. There was plenty of free space for the new heroes. In that time you could surely tell that if you are exceptional and talented then you have an absolutely bright future. Cause there were not so many talented and educated people on this planet, you know?

And what do we see now? Our intellect and talents don’t help us any more. Nobody cares about our mindfulness, nobody wants to know if you are really good at something in particular. They want you to be a Da Vinci and yet work with low salary without any chance to rise it.

This is not what we were born for. We were told to be special, kind, friendly and nice. We were meant to build a new world and they want us to be someone’s humble slaves instead.

We were told that if we believe in ourselves than everything is possible. Well, catch this — it’s not.

We are not lazy, we are traumatized, we need to be heard, healed and supported. It’s not enough to work hard any more. You better be condescending, you need us to replace your old tired minds, or else…

…you got to be prepared for the future with angry unemployed crowd.
Official data records more than 917 000 people have lost their jobs since July 2018 — IPA NEWS
By: Bünyamin Tekin
Tags: Unemployment

Official data records more than 917 000 people have lost their jobs since July 2018 — IPA NEWS Bünyamin Tekin Feb 7, 2019·2 min read

In the last six months close to 1 million people have lost their jobs in Turkey and this dire situation seems to be marching on as the economy continues to fail to grow.

The Turkish Communist Party (TKP) has said the official gazette that was published at the end of January showed 917 000 people lost their jobs in the last six months.

Turkey’s Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Services publicizes the statistics of the employment per sector and union membership once, every six months through the country’s official gazette.

The detailed report, comparing the employment figures of July 2018 and January 2019 based on the ministry’s data, reveals at least 917 000 employees have been laid off by employers from sixteen sectors during this period.

The leading sector in the job losses is construction with 545 000 people losing their jobs. This figure constitutes 30% of the overall employment in the business.

Following the construction sector comes accommodation and entertainment sectors, mostly fueled by the tourism business, with 154 000 layoffs, according to the report.

The report asserts a certain number of layoffs is normal due to seasonal conditions, however, this number was 79 000 in the same period last year.

This report said the extraordinary figure demonstrates the effects of the strained economic performance of Turkey, the very existence of which is being persistently denied by the officials of the governing party, AK Party.

While sixteen sectors saw a decrease in their employment figures, there was an increase in the number of employees in only four sectors, adding an overall 710 000 to the number of unemployed people.

The Turkish Statistical Institute data from July 2018 verifies that 3,5 million Turkish citizens were unemployed at the time under its narrow-defined unemployment annotation. The report assumes this number will be more than 4,2 million in the upcoming announcement of statistical data.

“The union membership statistics encompass only the employees with insurance,” reads the report. It goes on: “More than 3.5 million people work outside the legal boundaries according to the July 2018 data of the Turkish Statistical Institute.”

This number constitutes 18% of the overall employment the report suggests and claims the majority of this illegal working force is employed in the construction and tourism sectors. “Thus it is safe to assume the shrinkage of employment in these sectors caused a serious amount of job losses in the illegal working force as well.”
Ramblings of an unemployed millennial
Tags: Unemployment, Campaign, Politics, Millennials, Life Lessons

I am not by any means an exceptional person. I’m a typical unemployed millennial writing about my woes on the internet. I’m one of the hundreds (thousands?!) of political campaign workers that is “in between gigs”. Except I wanted to make a radical change.

After working in political campaigns for +3 years, I decided that after the 2018 midterms I would throw in the proverbial towel and move into the private sector. Or the nonprofit sector. Really any job that had job security, healthcare, some kind of semblance of meaningful work, and a fair salary. I thought it would be simple. I wanted to start saving for my Masters. I wanted to pay off my debt. I even wanted to get a permanent place to live (an apartment? Me? Unheard of).

(Unrealistic) Expectations:

I would apply to hundreds of jobs over the holidays (November-January) and get a fair amount of interview requests — not totally off, but didn’t account for the mind numbing anxiety I would get from the waiting

I would go through each process and at the very least get one or two offers by the end of January — LOL

I would easily be able to communicate how my skill set was so transferable to any position I applied to — I did do this, eventually

The one job I was excited about would send me an offer by the end of this week — well, I wouldn’t be writing this if that were the case

My Reality:

I applied to hundreds of jobs and got about a dozen interview requests, only making it past the first round on 3 company’s hiring process. Feeling like the past three years of my life were worthless

I haven’t gotten any offers. Feeling like my goal of moving out of campaigns was moving farther and farther away

I’m questioning whether my skills are transferable.

I got rejected from the job I actually wanted

I feel a little hopeless

Like I said, my story isn’t rare. There are millions of people (especially federal workers in the US) that have had a rough couple of months — credits ruined, income lost, mental health deteriorating… I know I’m extremely privileged to have a supporting family and options while going through my unemployment. But it’s hard when you’ve made the conscious choice to go into a line of work that often puts me in this position.

Because my family is in another country (Dominican Republic), I have to wait out my situation from afar and spend hundreds of dollars in travel to be able to even compete. Going above and beyond to get even close to an ideal position in a good company takes a toll. The long distance calls, the thank you emails you reread a million times before sending, the hours of travel, sleeping on friends’ couches, and spending money on expensive clothes to make a good first impression? It’s just part of my life right now.

So I’m starting this blog. To channel my struggles and feelings into a creative outlet, or whatever.
The Face of a Happy Unemployed 24yr-old.
By: Angelica Silva
Tags: Unemployment, Young Professionals, First Generation, Personal Growth, Travel

The lessons…

Everyone’s path is different, but I thought it important for me to share what I have learned in the past two weeks of unemployment:

1. How to walk again.

When you work a 9–5, (or in my case more like an 8–6) optimizing the time you have before and after work is important. This meant, I knew I had to get from point A to point B in the least amount of time.

When you have no where to be, you learn how to walk again.

I’ve walked an average of 6+ miles a day. That’s 6+ miles of time with myself (no phone, no distractions). It’s a liberating feeling.

IG Photo: @gio_bravar

2. How to get lost.

Being ok with the unknown is a powerful shift in mindset. As someone who is a Type A, if I can control it, I will organize and plan the sh** out of it.

Walking outside without a clear destination for the day refreshes a different part of your mind. It sparks creativity, spontaneity, and helps you be more comfortable with the uncomfortable.

3. If you give life more of your time, it will show you around.

I now consciously give life my time and most importantly, my attention. But it’s important to make the distinction — life is what we do outside of the 9–5, not during.

I realize now that I didn’t understand this before I left my job. I was spending all of my time, emotional, and mental energy in my work, thinking that it would give me the life I wanted. When in fact, it was the other way around. I was starting to lose track of my life and my goals, because I was giving it all to my work.

IG Photo: @Julianlascurain

4. As long as I remember HOW I got to where I am today, I will never be ungrateful.

ungrateful /adjective/

1 not feeling or showing gratitude.

I did not learn any of this on my own. I was not able to confidentially make the decision to leave my job without others right beside me. Every single person in both my personal and professional life helped me and I hope I can continue to extend my support to others in return.
Step Two After a Job Loss.
By: Bronwyn Smith
Tags: Career Advice, Unemployment, Coaching, Leadership, Job Search

So, you got laid off. Or fired. Or quit. Regardless of what led you to this moment, you’re here now and looking for a new job. Maybe?

You’re in medias res. In the middle of things.

Photo by Kevin Wang on Unsplash

I have a spectacular track record of looking for work. In the 25 years since my first job, I’ve held 22 different titles in nine different cities in two countries. I’ve worked for companies as small as five and as large as 15,000. Private, public, big money, not-for-profit, thriving and dying. I’ve been hired, fired and early-retired. I’ve quit, I’ve re-negotiated, I’ve re-located, I’ve turned down offers and have certainly been turned down, too.

My resume is everything that your parents likely warned you against, but the tapestry of industries and exposure I have had in my career is firmly part of my brand now. After getting to peek behind the curtain of several different organizations, I have one heck of a toolbox that I bring with me to the table.

What you don’t see on the resume is how I moved through those ‘in between times’ — the time between old job and new job. It wasn’t always pretty. Job loss can be really challenging to navigate, and sometimes the motivation to take action just wasn’t there. I got better at this each time and figured a few things out. Like this:

The second thing to do once you’re out of a job is redefine what a successful day looks like.

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

It’s likely that you were clear on what a successful day looked like when you were working. You had a list of things to do, people to connect with, projects to influence, emails to write and decisions to make. At least eight hours of your day was in service of your job. And now without that clarity, well, what?

Despite what others may say to you, looking for a new job is not your new full-time job.

Would you take a job that has you job searching for eight hours a day? Likely not. You are responsible for the design of this time, and when you intentionally create what fills it, you are practicing self-leadership.
Holocaust Museum Opens George Floyd Exhibit
By: Jack Smith
Tags: Holocaust, George Floyd, Molyneux Post Stories

Holocaust Museum Opens George Floyd Exhibit

Image: Jack Smith // The Molyneux Post

The Holocaust Museum in Orlando, Florida announced and unveiled it’s ‘George Floyd Exhibit’ recently.

The exhibit consists of images of Black people with quotes next to them and far-left BLM propaganda (seen in cover of this article). It is meant to honour George Floyd and others ‘killed’ by the Police.

This unveiling is incredibly odd, considering the medical report released by the Minnesota Attorney’s Office outline that George Floyd had lethal doses of Fentanyl including other illegal substances.

It also states ‘Floyd did have COVID-19 as well as the the lethal amount of Fentanyl.

George Floyd also has a terrible criminal past. The daily mail reported on a few of his past — criminal convictions.

He plead guilty to entering a woman’s home, pointing a gun at her stomach and searching the home for drugs and money, according to court records. — The woman also was holding her young child at the time.

Floyd was sentenced to 10 months in jail for having less than one gram of cocaine in a December 2005 arrest.

He had previously been sentenced to eight months for the same offense, stemming from an October 2002 arrest.

Floyd was arrested in 2002 for criminal trespassing and served 30 days in jail.

He had another stint for a theft in August 1998.

Floyd had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2009 for aggravated assault stemming from a robbery where Floyd entered a woman’s home, pointed a gun at her stomach and searched the home for drugs and money, according to court records.

Floyd had at least five stints in jail. In one of the charging documents, officials noted Floyd had two convictions in the 1990s for theft and delivery of a controlled substance, but it is not clear if Floyd served any time for either of those offenses.

George Floyd, in no way whatsoever, should be a martyr of Black people. He is a violent criminal, who overdosed whilst under a negligent Police custody.

He is not a Jew, he was not executed in a concentration camp for no reason.

This was met with righteous controversy online, as commentators and pundits weighed in on this absolute idiocy and fecklessness from the Holocaust Museum.

The Museum have not provided comment and have kept the exhibit open (bar COVID-19 restriction) and continue to promote it.

Steven Watson on Summit News also published an article regarding the outrage around the George Floyd Exhibit.
EDA | Police Incidents in Minneapolis
By: Brandon Park
Tags: Eda, Minneapolis, George Floyd, Carlson Msba

Mapping Incidents with Leaflet

If you haven’t used leaflet , I strongly suggest trying it on your project! One of the amazing features that leaflet offer is to build an interactive map. As you may notice from the below picture, just a few lines of codes will create the map that automatically aggregates the data for you to check at a different level.

# Plot on map by leaflet

incident_selected %>% leaflet() %>%

addProviderTiles(providers$Stamen.TonerLite) %>%

addMarkers(label = incident_selected$description,

clusterOptions = markerClusterOptions(),

lng = incident_selected$centerLong, lat = incident_selected$centerLat,

popup = paste("<b>","Neighborhood:","</b>",

incident_selected$neighborhood,"<br>",

"<b>","Address:","</b>",

incident_selected$publicaddress,"<br>",

"<b>","Time:","</b>",

incident_selected$reportedDateTime)) %>%

addMiniMap(toggleDisplay = TRUE,tiles = providers$Stamen.TonerLite)

CLICK HERE to view the interactive map from Rpub

CLICK HERE to view the interactive map from Rpub

The Trend of Police Incidents (2020~)

Some of you might remember the incident that occurred in May 2020. Yes. It was the murder of Goerge Floyd that provoked the nationwide demonstration and memorial ceremony. Initially, the protest was conducted in a peaceful manner but later turned into vandalism.

Let’s see what impact that the incident brought in terms of the number of police incidents.

# Summarise by date and plot summarised_incident_selected <- incident_selected %>%

filter(reportedDate != "2021/05") %>%

group_by(reportedDate) %>%

summarise(num_case = n()) # Plot using ggplot ggplot(summarised_incident_selected, aes(reportedDate, num_case, group=1))+

geom_col(fill='red')+expand_limits(y = 0)+ theme_tufte()+

theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 60, hjust = 1, vjust = 0.5))+

xlab("") + ylab("")+

annotate("point", x = '2020/05', y = 2000, colour = "blue", size=3,shape=8) +

annotate("text", x = '2020/05', y = 2000, label = "Death of G.F", colour = "blue", vjust = -1)

The annotation shows the death of George Floyd in May 2020

Apparently, total police incidents surged after May 2020 until the end of the year

Top 10 Neighborhood with the Most Incidents

Well then, which part of Minneapolis has had the most police incidents? In other words, which neighborhood would be the most dangerous places to visit?

top_10_neighbor <- incident_selected %>%

group_by(neighborhood) %>%

count(sort=TRUE) %>% ungroup() %>%

top_n(10) %>% mutate(neighborhood = fct_reorder(neighborhood,n))





ggplot(top_10_neighbor, aes(n,neighborhood)) +

geom_point(size = 12) +

geom_segment(aes(xend = 30, yend = neighborhood), size = 2) +

geom_text(aes(label = round(n,1)), color = "white", size = 4) +

#scale_x_continuous("", expand = c(0,0), limits = c(30,90), position = "top") +

scale_color_gradientn(colors = palette) +

theme(axis.line.y = element_blank(),

axis.ticks.y = element_blank(),

axis.text = element_text(color="black"),

axis.title = element_blank(),

legend.position = "none")
E Pluribus Unum
By: Megan Gooden
Tags: Racism, BlackLivesMatter, Martin Luther King, George Floyd, Equality

When did you first learn about racism? Maybe you sensed fear and pain in your parent’s eyes as they explained its sharp tongues and shadowed hearts to young ears still sounding out the words to fairytales. Or maybe, like me, you learned in subtle layers — our protective epidermal privilege slowly producing a lifetime of chapters written secondhand, congruent with maturity instead of necessity. Maybe we sensed embarrassment in our parent’s eyes as our young lips asked questions their experience could never teach them the answers to. Maybe we all felt something was enormously wrong all along but none of us felt big enough to fix it.

The fight to end racism has again been a predominant fixture in media since the murder of George Floyd last May. I hear the resounding cry from white well-meaning faces that, “Now — more than ever — we need to work towards racial justice,” and, respectfully, I disagree. I disagree that now this clamor for equality is somehow more necessary than it was in previous generations of us that shook our blonde heads and tsk’ed our European tongues. Would the mother of Emmett Till agree that 2020 was somehow more horrific than 1955? Would the families of those who lost their lives in the Tulsa massacre have suggested waiting exactly 100 years to ceaselessly demand widespread and fully rooted change? No. Now — like always — we need to continue the work towards racial justice. In marches and speeches, in classrooms and cathedrals, in living rooms and late night chats. In personal and public accountability towards true change. In both our whispers and our roars.

I’ve never felt an emptiness more heavy than the weight of the gap between where we are and where we need to be. It’s nearly effortless to fall into the chasm dug by dragging hate around for thousands of years, but it’s time to stop choosing rivalries of politics over resemblances of the heart. It’s time to stop hating people for what they assume when we’re assuming what they hate. Today I was reminded that hope is a discipline, and I’m choosing to keep in practice. Remember that volcanoes don’t develop overnight but are slowly formed by thousands of years of building pressure; as this country erupts in polarization, it is the full responsibility of each of us to learn, to lean in, and to lead.

Learn about civil rights both past and present. Lean into the discomfort felt and know that it is necessary for change. Lead whatever falls under your purview— even if that’s just your own thoughts and votes and voice. Not everyone feels called to speak in front of thousands, nor to march alongside hundreds. We shouldn’t need to win over people in order to win people over. But if the last hundred years have taught us anything, it’s that sometimes power is the antonym of change. Here’s to a mutiny of mutuality.
The Arc is Long
By: Jane Stephan
Tags: Courage, BlackLivesMatter, MLK, George Floyd, Justice

Something’s missing. My mind is blank. I am supposed to be writing about something small that’s actually really, really big. Nothing is coming to this mind of mine.

Am I suffering? No, not really, not like so many in this world. Am I being honest? Maybe. Usually, my mind is on overdrive, brimming with thoughts ranging from the benign and mundane to the grandiose and universal. But today, this morning, right now in this moment, my mind is blank. Only one thing comes and I don’t know what or why. And it is this. Keith Ellison, Attorney General of the state of Minnesota, after the verdicts came down…guilty, guilty and (yes!) guilty, said that, and I am paraphrasing here, “if not for this bouquet of humanity, we may not have prevailed.”

“This bouquet of humanity.” A teenage girl, holding her little sister’s hand, pressed record and stood steadfast amongst strangers, for nine minutes and 29 seconds, witnessing a brutal killing in broad daylight by a man in a uniform, who was aided and abetted by three other men in blue. This girl, a single courageous flower in that bouquet of humanity, helped bend the arc of the moral universe further toward justice that day…in a very big way.
Navigating a Job Search as a Diverse Candidate
By: Mariah Swanson
Tags: Diverse Teams, Job Search, Diversity And Inclusion, George Floyd, Equity

You Changed the World, George (Mural)

I was sitting in my duplex in St. Paul, MN on May 25, 2020 when I heard that George Floyd was murdered only a few miles away from me. The video footage is haunting and it serves as a painful reminder of other murders of black men in the Twin Cities (Philando Castile, Jamar Clark, and the list goes on). Scared of COVID-19 but knowing I needed to show up for my community, I walked out my door and joined the protests.

I was working during this time. I felt excited to see that companies wanted to make cultural changes and DEI initiatives but only as a result of another black man getting murdered? It was and still is a lot to process.

In almost seven years of time at my previous company, I never had the opportunity to work directly for a BIPOC employee (or at any other job I’ve ever had before). I could count on my hands the number of diverse supervisors in my area. I listened as coworkers (who assumed I was white) told me that the only reason our Black coworker had a job after the layoffs was because of her race.

As a Latinx female I knew that I needed a cultural change. I personally made the decision to leave my last role without a role lined up and although it is scary, I would do it over and over again.

After a much needed break, I have started looking for my next career over the last few weeks. As I search for jobs here is just a glimpse of what I’m asking: Can I trust if a company states that they are invested in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? Will I get the support I need? Will there be a diverse leadership team? The company appears diverse but are they inclusive? Are the current diverse talent at the company happy in their roles?

I wish I could hug my younger self when she was applying to jobs for the first time — just trying to get any sort of role to pay off student loans. Now that I have several experiences under my belt I finally feel like I can strategically pick my next workplace.

P.S. One of the best resources I’ve found so far is the Tribaja Network (https://www.tribaja.co/). If you’re reading this and work for a company that is looking for diverse talent, please tell them about Tribaja.
Equality
By: Femida Fathima
Tags: George Floyd, Equality

Equality. What is equality? Equality means everyone is equal before law and everyone have equal rights. That’s what’s been written in Constitution of India. But has anyone thought if everything is happening according to the law? Well, it is not. Not only India, in the world itself people are still suffering inequality. We all remember George Floyd; he was a colored man who was killed for his color by a white policeman in America. In India itself many people are suffering from gender inequality; many people are suffering from caste inequality; many are suffering based on their color, many are suffering from financial inequality and so much more. But there is nothing happening to stop these inequalities. Have you ever wondered how to stop these inequalities? In my opinion people should never discriminate each other and if you want to, just think about you in their shoes. You will feel the same thing they feel when you discriminate them. So never tease or discriminate a person based on their ups and downs. Stay together and defend them from mean bullies. They only have courage to bully a person. They don’t have the courage to oppose a group. So, let’s join our hands together and fight against these inequalities together.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR BEDROOM LOOK’S AMAZING WITH FRENCH DESIGN
By: Leo Hodzic
Tags: Blog, Design, News, Instagram, Interior Design

Good morning my friends, how are you. I am not fine I have a fever. So, I decided to write about: ” How to make your bedroom look’s amazing with French design” very interesting. I know I already write about just Parisian style, so you can also read about this here.

WHAT IS EXACTLY A FRENCH BEDROOM DESIGN, HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM?!

This style is like from the past. What especially makes this style and design unique are the antiques and furniture. In particular, wood predominates. And that: wooden chests of drawers, sitting furniture, and the like.

Very often, you can notice in these styles that the rooms are lit so that every detail can be seen. Which in my opinion I really like. Yes, we must not forget that in the main in this style are dominated by some of the following colors: beige, red, blue, delicate pink, yellow and for details gold and silver.

In addition to wooden furniture, and small details. There is one detail that when you first enter a room like this, it greets you first. It is, of course, a royal decoration on the walls. There is nothing more beautiful than this decoration on the wall. Today, every home can have it, just buy decorative styrofoam and glue, repaint and that’s it.

As you can see, romance in the French style is on every corner of the home. There are, of course, beautiful luxurious-looking mirrors that are placed somehow right next to the bed.

I never researched why, in the morning when I looked at myself I would just scream in fear. Hehe here’s a little joke and at my expense. I don’t even have closets with mirrors in the bedrooms in my home.

Look at them, even in the bathrooms, in the hallways, it is better to say that there is a mirror in every room. We are all different, someone loves and not who is afraid like me to have so many mirrors around the apartment. Write in the comment below if you like mirrors in every room of your home to have.

What I especially like to see are the roses on every table, and even on the nightstand. It’s simple, except it decorates the home. It sends one wonderful message that this is a beautiful home.

Also, what I adore about this design or style anyway, are the floor-length curtains. It is a very unmissable detail.

Click here to read more very great stories about this great french style. Share this with your friends and family, and make my day happier.
House Mesh — Establishing the natural connect
By: Savitha Hira
Tags: Design, Sustainability, Architecture, Residential Architects, Interior Design

This Austrian house by Caramel Architects is a study in sustainable design — its construction, material palette and spatial layout low-impact and efficient.

Located near Linz, the ‘House Mesh’ adapts partially to Hagenberg’s hilly landscape as it simultaneously rises from the terrain on the north/west side. Not surprisingly, this design translates into a dynamic volume with an asymmetric sloping roof. This distinguishing feature coupled with the structure’s integration into the environment and future-oriented approach to building design make for a unique ensemble.

Rooms and surfaces seamlessly flow into one another, encompassing nature and the environment by way of outward flowing transitions. The 5m high living room sits on the ground floor, at the heart of the house, choreographing movement to all other rooms, the garden, and the pool. On the floor above, the structurally shielded, tent-like sleeping and relaxation area connects to the roof terrace through a cut-out in the green roof — a generous, folded landscape, the largest space-forming element. The floor and roof together extend outwards beyond the glass facade, not limiting the transitions to just functional spaces.

The displaced vegetation layer during excavation returns to the landscape on the roof, regulating the underlying building climate as the roof protects the southwest from the sun and heat.

The structure’s lightweight timber construction cohesively integrates steel elements. The concrete floor slab forms the finished floor, its solid mass compensating the lightness of the roof. Alternately, the corrugated, natural aluminum sheeting on the exterior stands in friendly contrast to the warm wooden soffit of the entire roof. Suspended from the wooden frame, the metal façade ventilates the adjoining interior space. Along with this metal façade, large glass elements form the structure’s outer skin. The displaced vegetation layer during excavation returns to the landscape on the roof, regulating the underlying building climate as the roof protects the southwest from the sun and heat. Lastly, the use of untreated wood in the interiors also adds to the modern, yet almost rustic charm.

Through bright, breezy spaces, the design of this single-family home brings out our visceral need to connect with the outdoors.