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My top 10 vintage Japanese tracks
By: Niek Mahler
Tags: Vinyl, Music, Vintage, Charts, Japan

In the past years I have been getting more and more into “world music”, which in general is not such a hip term. I have however seen a change in the popularity of different (let’s say alternative) music from different regions. Obviously the upcoming of the internet in the last 2 decades has also changed a lot in terms of availability. The comeback of vinyl (and represses) has given the “world music” genre the comeback it deserves, at least in my opinion.

The great thing about music is that there is pretty much an endless amount of music available, way more then any person can get to know in their lifetime. In my opinion these different “repress-labels” have opened a world for music-aficionados, since most of the re-releases are even hard to find online.

Since there are way too many good represses coming out from all different regions of the world, I will focus this time on solely japanese releases. These have also been even more hidden due to the fact that the english speaking world can’t even read or type the characters in the japanese language.

So without further ado, my top 10 japanese tracks:

Chiemi Manabe — Untotookue

Taken from Chiemi’s 1982 album, very sweet track with catchy female Japanese vocals and melodies.

Pizzicato Five— Porno 3003

Pizzicato Five is a japanese popband that has been rocking it since 1979, recorded 15 Albums so far. This gem is taken from the “Happy End of the World” album from 1997

Osamu Kitajima — Wild Monk

Upbeat Jazz from Multi-Instrumentalist Oasmu Kitajima, released on the album “Masterless Samurai” in 1980

Midori Takada — Mr. Henri Rousseau’s Dream

Very artsy track from 1983, repressed in 2017 by Palto Flats

Osamu Kitajima — Taiyo (The Sun)

Second track in this list by Osamu Kitajima, taking from the more “Zen” album Benzaiten

Ryuichi Sakamoto — Plastic Bamboo

B-side from the 7 inch repress of Thousand Knives on Rush Hour, originally released in 1978

Yasuaki Shimizu — Suiren

Taken from the very rare Kakashi released in 1982, repress by Palto Flats in 2017

Masahiko Sato — TBSF

Taken from the Belladonna Soundtrack (Italy-inspired anime from 1975), repressed by Finders Keepers

Yasuaki Shimizu — Kakashi

Title track from the before mentioned Kakashi album repressed by Palto Flats

Kenji Kawai — M08 Floating Museum

Taken from the Ghost in a Shell OST, re-released multiple times.

For more Japanese music (and hearing the above ones in a set) you can have a listen at:
How Orville Redenbacher Renamed His Original Popcorn Company
By: Daniel Ganninger
Tags: Entrepreneurship, People, History, Food, Business

Orville Redenbacher’s smiling face is iconic on his boxes of popcorn, but his original company may never have become as popular as it is without a simple suggestion about what he should rename it.

In 1970, Orville Redenbacher hired a firm and paid them $13,000 to come up with a new name for his popcorn company, which was called Red Bow at the time. What was their suggestion? Name the company Orville Redenbacher. The firm also suggested that he put his face on the label. Redenbacher often joked that his mother had dreamed up the name for free.

Orville Redenbacher started as an agricultural scientist. He came up with a breakthrough for the improvement of popcorn with his partner, Charlie Bowman, when they introduced the “snowflake” variety of popcorn in 1965. In relation to the popcorn made for over 5,000 years and introduced by the Iroquois Indians, the Redenbacher/Bowman popcorn expanded up to 40 times more than their original size. The common variety popcorn of the time expanded only 20 times their size.

While the popcorn was nice and fluffy, it was costly to make the variety. No one wanted to try to take it on as a product, so Redenbacher began trying to sell it to retailers in Indiana himself. He didn’t have any trouble selling his Red Bow popcorn, but it wasn’t known nationally. That was when the meeting with the firm happened that convinced him to change his product’s name.

Five years after it was introduced with its new name, Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn became the leading popcorn product in the country. In 1976, Redenbacher and Bowman sold the brand to Hunt-Wesson (which was later purchased by ConAgra, Inc. in 1990), and Redenbacher became a company spokesman. Orville Redenbacher Popcorn continues to be the number one popcorn brand in the United States. Orville Redenbacher passed away in 1995 at the age of 88.

Sources: New York Times, Orville Redenbacher’s

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Is it?
By: Tanner R. Layton
Tags: Prose Poem, Poetry, Psychedelics, Flash Fiction, Poem

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

I ask my self:

what

is it

I’m after?

The moonlight bounces off

the beige carpet,

and the bedding continues to pill,

as I search.

I look,

I search.

I know

what

it is —

only for a repressed moment.

Something I must do

and I must do it now.

A singular something.

The specificity is bare,

like a foot without a sock.

My unconscious knows.

It is

specific

but

it is

nothing.

It is

specifically nothing

that I’m after.

That’s it.

I find it every time.

I ask my self:

is it

what I’m after?

It is

all I ever find.

It is

all I ever do.

Vanquished and awake.

The sunlight illuminates

the caramel carpet,

and my shirt continues to pill,

as I search.
Here’s how we can help to end wage theft
By: Mark Phillips
Tags: Workplace, Trade Unions, Politics, Labor, Australia

THE day of reckoning has arrived for Australian consumers. Media exposés of wage fraud and exploitation at well-known consumer chains are now so regular they cannot be ignored.

The latest business to come under the spotlight is sharemarket darling Domino’s, famed for its $5 value pizzas. It comes after similar revelations about 7-Eleven, Caltex and Pizza Hut.

These are not isolated cases but the outcomes of a deliberate and systemic franchise business model built on exploitation all the way down the chain from head office to the worker behind the counter. It’s the industry’s dirty secret.

You can guarantee that the practices uncovered at Caltex, 7-Eleven and the like are being replicated at other convenience store and fast food franchise chains — all around Australia, franchise businesses quaking in their boots at the thought they could be the next to be exposed to the world for the same kind of behaviour.

In a country as wealthy and prosperous as Australia, supposedly built on egalitarian traditions, these things shouldn’t happen. That the victims are predominantly recent migrants lured on the promise Australia is the home of the fair go should shame us all.

At its heart is a culture of corporate greed that regards exploitation of workers as just another part of doing business.

And we, as consumers, are part of the problem. We are also complicit in the wage fraud of thousands of our fellow Australians.

Our desire for cheap and convenient goods and services is large part of the problem, and because of our selfishness, we’ve been willing to turn a blind eye at the exploitation taking place right under our noses.

Every time we buy a super-cheap Slurpee or a $5 pizza we are effectively legitimising this wage theft. Let’s face it: we don’t buy Domino’s pizzas because they taste good, we buy them because they’re cheap. And they are cheap because they are made and delivered by people whose wages are being stolen by their employer.

And it’s not just fast food and convenience stores. Big retailers like Coles and Woolworths also have benefitted from being able to put cheap fresh produce and meat on their shelves through the exploitation of workers in their supply chains of farms and food processing plants.
Liquid to list Gemini dollar to strengthen crypto sector
Tags: Blockchain, Stablecoin, Market, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency

Global digital asset platform Liquid today announced it has teamed up with U.S. digital asset exchange Gemini Trust Company, LLC (“Gemini”) to bring much-needed liquidity and stability to the cryptocurrency space. The two have aligned on a vision for cryptocurrency that prioritizes compliance, regulation and security.

The Gemini dollar (GUSD) will be listed on Liquid, the flagship platform of global fintech company Quoine. Liquid was launched in September and already stands as one of the world’s biggest fiat-crypto platforms by volume.

Liquid will also tap into Gemini’s liquidity for Liquid’s External World Book, a global liquidity pool sourced from a network of crypto exchanges. The World Book is already active internally on Liquid for for select pairs, providing highly liquid order books for traders by matching orders under the hood.

With the addition of GUSD, a regulated stablecoin with value pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar, Liquid is now more than ever at the forefront of cryptocurrency innovation and compliance. The U.S. dollars that back GUSD are held at the State Street bank in the United States and eligible for federal deposit insurance coverage.

The balance held by State Street is examined monthly by an independent, registered public account firm, with reports available to the public, while the smart contracts underlying the GUSD token have been audited and formally verified by an independent security firm, whose report is also publicly available. In addition, the multi-layered GUSD protocol brings a high level of security.

“The Gemini dollar is an obvious choice for Liquid. Both Liquid and Gemini put transparency, regulation and compliance at the forefront of our operations. We are proud and honoured to be able to offer Liquid customers the opportunity to use a stablecoin that can stand up to regulatory scrutiny. We will now explore the opportunity to develop a JPY-pegged stablecoin,” said Liquid CEO Mike Kayamori.

GUSD will be tradeable on Liquid initially against Bitcoin and Ethereum with plans to expand to additional pairs in the near future.

“We are excited to see Liquid’s adoption of the Gemini dollar. We believe a truly regulated and transparent stablecoin is a huge step forward for the ecosystem and appreciate Liquid’s support in bringing GUSD to their marketplace,” said Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss.

Stablecoins are an important part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, giving traders flexibility to hedge against volatile markets and the ability to easily and safely move funds between platforms.
All About Rootz Nutrition
Tags: Fitness, Paleo, Brand Interview, Health, Nutrition

All About Rootz Nutrition

Looking for a true pre and post-workout Paleo protein powder without whey? Get back to your roots with Rootz Nutrition.

Want to win a canister of post-workout Paleo protein-superfood and pre-workout Paleo energizing-superfood (and more)? Enter the Rootz Nutrition giveaway.

What follows is a 5 question interview with Harrison from Rootz Nutrition.
You’re with a man now. So does that mean you’re gay?
By: Vaneet Mehta
Tags: Bi, Biweek, Sexuality, Bisexual, LGBTQ

You’re with a man now. So does that mean you’re gay?

Bi Week 2019, Day 5

No. I really can’t get much simpler than that.

Bisexual is often seen as a combination of gay and straight, rather than a sexuality in its own right. There is this idea that bisexual is a temporary state, a phase whilst we figure out which one we are. When we get into a relationship, people think that we have finally “chosen a side”. But this isn’t how bisexual works.

Think of the implications of that. If my sexuality is based on who I am in a relationship with, what happens if that relationship ends? If being with a man made me gay, then when I become single do I not have a sexuality anymore? Do I revert back to that bisexual phase? Or is the side I’ve chose now permanent? Can I only date men from here on out?

Bisexuality is a permanent state. I could have a relationship with a man, lasting a few years and have it end. After that, I could then get into a relationship with a woman, or a non-binary person. Bisexuality is not determined by our current partner, or indeed our historic dating and sexual history. It is purely about who we are attracted to.

Think about it like this. If you are straight and you’re in a relationship, you’re not going to suddenly stop finding anyone else attractive, are you? At the very least, there will be celebrities that you fancy. This still applies when you’re bisexual. However, instead, the attraction exists with people of multiple genders, different genders and to those without a gender. That attraction doesn’t disappear, just as it doesn’t disappear for monosexual people.
Creating Without An Audience
By: Megan Minutillo
Tags: Self Care, Freelancing, Creative Process, Self-awareness, Artist

Creating Without An Audience

It’s ok to create if the only audience that you have is yourself

Photo by Tom Pottiger on Unsplash

It’s ok to create just for yourself during this time of waiting — you don’t have to create a masterpiece to share with the planet or write the next great American novel, or pen the new King Lear.

It’s ok to create if the only audience that you have is yourself.

It’s ok to create — even if what you’re putting out there is something that will never make you money.

Sometimes, the only way to make sense of our emotions to doodle and draw. Or paint. Or dig deep into photography and look at the world that surrounds you through the lens of your camera.

Sometimes, the only way to make sense of our emotions is to sing or play an instrument. Or perhaps it’s both. But the act of putting music to your feelings can often be a lifeline. It’s cathartic and therapeutic and freeing all at once.

Sometimes, the only way to make sense of our emotions is to write it all down. Maybe that comes in the form of poetry, or a new script, or the first pages of a book. Or perhaps it’s just a word document with run-on sentences and what English teachers would affectionally call a “free write.” Either way — you’re getting words out.

Either way, you’re navigating the thoughts that are running around in your head.

Either way — you’re creating the way you need to in times of stress, and anxiety, and sadness, and uncertainty.

Sometimes you have to create — even if there’s nobody else to consume what you’ve created.

Sometimes it’s not about sharing your work on Facebook, or Instagram, or Twitter, or Medium, or Linkedin, or TikTok, or whatever platform would give it a bigger audience. There is no sending it into a contest or festival.

There is no query letter to a publisher.

Sometimes, the creating is about figuring out your process.

Sometimes, the creating is about discovering what matters to you.

Sometimes, the creating is for your own healing, your own sanity, and

finding your balance.

Sometimes, the creating is just for you.
Five Bullet Friday: Week 05
By: Ben O'Hanlon
Tags: Blockchain, Newsletter, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain Technology, Fintech

Five Bullet Friday: Week 05

If this is the first time you’re reading our newsletter you can subscribe here and guarantee you don’t miss out on important news.

Komodo And Coinbene Announce Strategic Technology Partnership

Komodo is pleased to announce a Strategic Technology Partnership with Coinbene, a major crypto exchange based in China. Coinbene has independently audited and validated Komodo’s Blockchain Security Service and will be officially endorsing it to at-risk coins and tokens listed on the exchange. The partnership will also explore opportunities for Coinbene to implement Komodo’s industry-leading atomic swap technology to make crypto trading more secure and more decentralized. We’re happy to be working with Coinbene to support their 2019 security initiative and to be making the blockchain space more secure for developers, exchanges, and investors alike.

51% Attacks Are a Growing Threat to Smaller Blockchains; Komodo May Be the Solution

In the wake of several 51 percent attacks on relatively large blockchains including Ethereum Classic, Verge, and Vertcoin, BREAKERMAG takes a look at Komodo and our security solution, delayed Proof of Work. Also discussed is our partnership with Coinbene and a report from the Blockchain Transparency Institute on wash trading on exchanges.

Exclusive: Komodo GM Explains How to Build on Bitcoin without Being Constrained by It

Komodo GM Ben Fairbank explains how small altcoins can build on the security of the Bitcoin blockchain without being constrained by it in an exclusive interview with CCN. With Komodo’s Blockchain Security Service, any UTXO-based blockchain can get Bitcoin-level security to mitigate the risk of a 51% attack. This allows altcoin development teams to focus on innovation and delivering new tech, rather than monitoring their network and worrying about keeping their chain safe.

Agama Wallet Update: What’s New in v0.3.3a?

We have a new Agama release version 0.3.3a. This version fully supports dPoW Conf display in both modes for chains that are being notarized. All users are asked to update to this latest version soon because it contains some important fixes and security upgrades.

Komodo joins Binance Info’s V Label Verification

After sharing project-related information, such as news and progress reports, with Binance Info, Komodo was recently given the Binance V-Label Verification. This is a Binance-led transparency initiative to provide accurate information about blockchain projects to investors. Komodo is pleased to be participating in this effort, allowing us to keep investors and community members informed while also helping to promote increased transparency in the blockchain space. Check out our page here:

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La digitalización desarrollo en América Latina
By: Kristina Zhr
Tags: Latin America, Social Media, Digital

Media Observer. Writer in Human Development Project. Interested in Science, Art and Innovation in all forms.

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Facing Fear, Calling Up Courage
By: Marilyn Flower
Tags: Women, Wisdom, Courage, Life Lessons, Self

Facing Fear, Calling Up Courage

Ain’t no stopping us now!

Photo by Oliver Cole on Unsplash

Courage is not about having no fear. It’s about acknowledging our fear and doing the thing anyway. I want to acknowledge and congratulate Debbie Walker on the first episode of our new podcast, STOMP! Stronger Together on Middle-Pause.

In case you missed it, here’s the link.

Debbie is an overcomer who inspires me. In December, you’ll get to hear her story on our second episode, so stay tuned for that.

In the meantime, what fears have you overcome? Or what fears are you facing?

Take heart. Did you know the word courage comes from the French word for heart, Coeur? Courage is not about brute strength and willpower. It’s about following our hearts. Where is your heart leading you?

Here are some stories to accompany you on that journey…

Lessons From Doing a Scary Thing — Stand-Up Comedy! — Marilyn Flower

When You Discover You’re a Badass Middle-Aged Woman — Michelle Marie Warner

Maybe You Should Pick More Daisies — Mary Gallagher
Why You Need to Use the First Word that Comes to Mind When You Write
By: Brian Rowe
Tags: Writing, Words, Creativity, Language, Writing Tips

When you’re writing your fiction, you make hundreds and hundreds of word choices every day, oftentimes without realizing it.

And that’s how you should be putting your first draft on the page. Without overthinking things, especially when it comes to the words you choose to put in any given scene.

Revisions down the road come in small shapes and big shapes. Sometimes you have to cut long chapters. Other times you have to re-write a sentence and give it a better word at the end. Yes, there will be times in revision when you have to start looking at specific words that may need changing.

But when you’re writing the first draft of your novel, you should always, always, always pick the first word that comes to mind.

Do not, under any circumstances, stop the process of writing to look up a word in the dictionary or thesaurus.

If you’re really stuck on what the best word should be in the sentence, write the best one that comes to mind, and move on.
Writing Secret 23b: Are you reaching anyone?
By: Lon Shapiro
Tags: Writing, The Tao Of Blogging, Humor

Writing Secret 23b: Are you reaching anyone?

THE NUMBER ABOVE IS BOGUS*, BUT THE LESSON IS REAL

Here’s a handy three question quiz that will help you determine if you are writing something meaningful, or just more click-bait “word twinkies” (props to Anna Present for that one!).

Question #1: Does your writing get highlighted?

Inspired by an insane quote by a wonderful writer, Victoria Easterday, I decided to start a collaborative book of online wisdom (shameless self-promotion here, early submissions, here). To find enough quotes to create a weekly source of humor and inspiration, I am trying to read stories by as many people as possible. And I look for highlighted text to help me find good quotes easier.

But here’s an interesting observation: writers with huge followings and hundreds of recommendations may not get any highlights at all. How is this possible? If they are writing something worthwhile, don’t you think a few people would highlight a line or two to recognize something that is brilliant, funny, insightful, inspirational, touching, or thought-provoking?

Answer: If your work gets highlighted, you may be saying something meaningful.
Join them
By: Francis Pedraza
Tags: Poetry, Zen, Sufism, Wisdom, Philosophy

Poem: 34

Saturday, 05 August 2016

The Simple are

waiting for The Wise

to join them

at the Feast,

and Dance.
some of us
By: Christoph Büscher
Tags: Poetry, Hopes And Dreams, Musings, Creative Writing, Lyrics

:

fortune or fame or a family

whatever it is that you want to achieve

always comes easy to all but you

and not every dream comes true

:

some of us make it at seventeen

when quarterbacks fake love with homecoming queens

some of us make it at forty-two

and some of us never do

:

some of us live in grey offices

and spend their breaks going on grand odysseys

some of us dance in the bright spotlight

and wish their loud lives were quiet

:

some girls are singing in crowded halls

and smile on a million of teenagersʼ walls

some girls are coming of age at twelve

working on older menʼs wealth

:

some boys write hits when theyʼre just fifteen

then sell their guitar and pursue other dreams

some boys find good jobs and model wives

and feel like theyʼve wasted their lives

:

some of us make it at seventeen

then realise lifeʼs never as good as dreams

some of us give up on going far

then find that they already are

:

some of us make it

and some of us don’t

some of us feel like theyʼve made it

and some of us donʼt

:
33 Giddy Compliments of the First Trump-Biden Debate
By: Phoenix Huber
Tags: Humor, Leadership, Politics, Government, Love

33 Giddy Compliments of the First Trump-Biden Debate

The Political Positivity Fairy makes her debut

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

Hello, my name is Phoenix the Political Positivity Fairy! I am here to give 33 compliments to all involved in the First Presidential Debate that occurred on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland.

Look, my sweet papaya, I know it was a rough debate. The candidates insulted each other. Trump talked over both Biden and the moderator. It became so hard to hear, my Facebook friend jokingly wished the debate were hosted in a Zoom meeting so they’d have a ‘mute’ button.

My analysis? Interrupting, namecalling, and negativity tend to lead to more of the same. At a time like this, we could use a little compliment fest to get our dialogues moving in a more productive direction.

Like the Mean Girls girl who doesn’t even go here, I wish I could freeze a giant popsicle made of sunshine and heart emojis… and we’d all lick and be happy.

Wait, am I remembering that quote wrong? It’s like I have CNN or something. My butt cellulite can tell when my article is already tanking!

Before I misquote any more movies, let’s go ahead and sprinkle-sprinkle those compliments! Enjoy these 33 heartfelt paragraphs of appreciation for Joe Biden, Donald Trump, the moderator Chris Wallace, and other dear ones involved in that first debate we saw.
Like a Sand Castle
By: Esther Spurrill-Jones
Tags: Betrayal, Mermaid, LGBTQ, Fiction, Flash Fiction

Cold water closes over Kai’s head, blurring Tera’s tear-filled eyes. Liquid fills her ears as Tera’s excuses and begging fade away. Sharp salt saturates Kai’s sinuses, washing away the scent of Tera’s hair and skin. The sea is forgetfulness, and Kai settles into its familiar comforting embrace.

It began so hopefully. Kai was slow to trust someone so different, but Tera seemed open and honest, so eager to understand, to know. It had been too long since someone truly knew Kai, so she let her guard down. Walking in the sun with Tera, breathing the clean island air, Kai was at once completely out of her element and oddly at home.

Saltwater rushes into Kai’s lungs, forcing the air out, transforming the tissues. For a few seconds, her body tries to panic; it has been weeks since she was in the water like this, and her lungs have become accustomed to air. Then her muscles relax, remembering what she was — what she is.

The first few days with Tera, everything was wrong. The sun was too hot, the air was too dry, the ground was too hard. But then Tera would smile at Kai, her eyes bright and happy, and the world would shift and it was all worthwhile. Kai soon began to appreciate the clear bright undistorted colours of the sky, of the trees and flowers, and of Tera. And the warmth of Tera’s hand on Kai’s skin was a pleasure she had never imagined. With Tera at her side, everything was right.

Kai’s legs twist together, melting and merging as her feet elongate and flatten, combining into one. Scales cover Kai’s skin, protecting her from the chill of the depths. Her human guise falls away as she sinks into the sea.Tera’s visage fades as the water piles up between them, obscuring Kai’s view.

Once acclimated to land and air, Kai was happy. Being with Tera was freeing, and Tera’s many fascinated questions flattered Kai. No matter how invasive the questions, Kai believed that she simply wanted to know her. Kai couldn’t see what was right in front of her, the beginnings of the end.

Never again. Her tail flicks, powerful muscles propelling fins against the water, rocketing her far far away from Tera. Deep into the sea she dives, putting fathoms of water and distance between them.

When it came, the betrayal was a blow like nothing Kai had ever felt. Tera wept and pleaded for Kai’s understanding and forgiveness, but her tears were nothing to the emptiness in Kai. The trust she had placed in Tera crumbled like a sand castle beneath the tides, leaving only the sea and the sand.
Leadership by Integrity, Freedom, and Enrollment Series — Part 2
By: Huong Vuong
Tags: Leadership, Life, Freedom, Enrollment, Integrity

Blind Spot

In this part, I will share with you something about Blind Spot concept and how do you know the Blind Spot in yours.

Photo by Holger Link on Unsplash

Actually, I have shared a little bit about the definition of Blind Spot a long time ago in my blog (see appendix) with the perspective of a startup guy. In that blog, I suppose your knowledge is separated into 3 parts:

Photo on planningengineer.net

And the blind spot is the red area: what you don’t know you don’t know.

Another perspective that I’m sure is easier on the eyes and can find a lot of sharing articles on the internet: getting out of your comfort zone to succeed.

Photo on leadthechange.asia

On the other hand, the blind spot concept can be known as Karma’s definition in Buddhist learning.

Karma is sufficient for karmic retribution, that is, cause and effect results are matched, and results come sooner or later when conditions are met. Karma is the energy, the action of thinking, and then generating intentional, deliberate words that are repeated many times and become habitual. It is that habit that has the dominant power, which attracts us to follow. Talking about karma refers to our total decision-making power. No one can bless the calamity and disposition, but we are the master of many blessed things.

Photo by Jay Castor on Unsplash

After that, the question is how do you know your blind spot? In my last share, I said that to know your blind spot, the only way is ACTION.

And many people think that the ACTION more, the more RESULTS will come, but the reality is not necessarily so. Because of that inaccurate perception, they focused on strategies, theory, principles, habits to create good ACTIVITIES for good RESULTS.

Action is right, but sometimes I guess you will ask yourself: what that you are trying to impose on yourself REALLY makes you feel more comfortable and develop?

First, we should consider Action Flow that I believe its a function for your all action.

This process has been going on for a very long time and has even been ingrained into your subconscious mind. A few of them are present and you may also have realized them which is acknowledged as a habit, belief. It also means that most of them are in the dark and that’s the blind spot in you.

Back to the question of how, I believe there are 3 things that can help me and you: integrity, meditation, intellectual. And I will share these topics in the next parts.

In the end, I hope you can get an idea about the blind spot concept & action flow. The things that I believe are extremely important for us to imagine life as if we were looking away from our own life.

Appendix
House Flies Aren’t Just a Nuisance
By: Aysia C.
Tags: Science, Perspective, Education, Animals, Health

Education

House Flies Aren’t Just a Nuisance

They are winged pathogen carriers

Photo by Philip Veater on Unsplash

Picture this:

You’ve just ordered your favorite dish, at your favorite restaurant. You’ve been looking forward to eating it all day. You can practically taste it in your mouth.

After waiting for the chefs to prepare it to perfection, you finally receive it. And oh does it look good. You dive right in, savoring every flavor (or lack thereof).

Suddenly a sound emanates from somewhere on your right — just a quick buzz. You pray it’s not what you think it is. You look briefly to your right, and perhaps, swat your hand in irritation hoping to deter the intruder. You look back at your plate, and there it is — a fly, getting a good taste of your food.

You swat it away as quickly as you can. (Here’s where you get a choice in this story.) You

A. pretend as if nothing happened and finish the plate

B. throw out the part the fly landed on

C. discard the whole dish

I would caution anyone who chose “A” to rethink their answer.

Flies carry bacteria and lots of them

I took a class on veterinary entomology not too long ago, and we spent a good amount of time discussing flies. Most of them were the house fly’s undeniably more dangerous blood-hungry cousins. However, the brief time I spent learning about houseflies only made me more horrified about the potential threat they are.

House flies are the most common type of fly and they are literally everywhere. And they can carry over three hundred kinds of bacteria and upwards of 1 million of them on their tiny bodies.

How do they do this? Where does all the bacteria come from?

The bacteria comes from any and everywhere. They can pick it up from wherever they land.

Flies are like bottom feeders. They will feed off of anything that gets them the nutrients they need. This includes feces and dead animals.

They clean themselves off on your food

You know that funny gesture flies make where it looks like they rubbing their limbs together. I thought it looked like they were preparing themselves to eat. Turns out, they are rubbing off all the guck, mush, and germs that were stuck on their bodies.

Yuck!

They spit on your food

This is one of the ways they transmit pathogens. They use their spit to break down the food. Turns out, that spit is likely loaded with bacteria.

Just how dangerous are they?

They can be carriers of some serious diseases, but they are generally harmless to humans in small numbers. Just don’t eat them and be wary if you are more prone to infection. Most of the time, they won’t get us sick.
Compare Elixir With Ruby and JavaScript’s Syntax
By: Maksym Verbovyi
Tags: Programming, JavaScript, Ruby, Software Development, Elixir

Compare Elixir With Ruby and JavaScript’s Syntax

Curious about Elixir? See how it compares to Ruby and JavaScript

I have been writing Elixir full-time for about a year, but I came to it from Ruby. As you probably know, Elixir was created by a former Ruby developer, José Valim, and his idea was to keep the beautiful syntax of Ruby in Elixir.

In the company I currently work for, we created an Elixir School to help other colleagues start developing in Elixir. They’re mainly Ruby developers, but also some front-end developers want to study it.

For one of the lessons, I created slides with a syntax comparison of Elixir, Ruby, and JavaScript. In this article, I would like to share that with you.
EF Core 5 Preview 3 (#Benchmark and Performance Testing)
By: Furkan Güngör
Tags: Dotnet Core, Benchmark, Dotnet, Entity Framework Core, Performance Testing

Announcing Entity Framework Core 5.0 Preview 3 | .NET Blog

Jeremy Today we are excited to announce the third preview release of EF Core 5.0. The third previews of .NET 5 and…
8 Things You Can Learn in 10 Minutes That Will 10x Your Productivity
By: Thomas Oppong
Tags: Self Improvement, Work, Personal Development, Creativity, Productivity

8 Things You Can Learn in 10 Minutes That Will 10x Your Productivity

There are two types of people in this world — those who get stuff done and those who can’t get anything done no matter what.

Time is free but priceless.

Chances are you have multiple responsibilities and things on your plate every day, but being “productive” is not the same as being “busy”.

Adopt some of these habits in the next 10 minutes, and you’ll be more productive for the rest of your life.

1. How to prioritise

You can’t achieve anything in life if you are not clear about exactly what you want. Having plans forces you (or at least it should) to do something.

Yogi Berra once said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” You have no chance of making it in life if you don’t have priorities.

Priorities are things you have to get done in your personal life or at work.

Successful and effective people know what to do when to do it and the tools they need to help them achieve their life goals. Knowing how to prioritize affects the success of your life and business.

To prioritise better, identify your most important tasks (MIT’s), separate urgent from important ones, access the value of each task, order them by importance, and finally add the estimated time of completion anything on your must-do list.

Make your to-do list short.

Call it a “success list”, says Gary Keller, author “The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results”.

Gary explains:
KYC/QIR Recap & New Webinar Announcement — Priority University Continuing Education Spring Webinar Series
By: Priority Payment Systems
Tags: Continuing Education, Payments, Kyc, Payment Processing, Qir

Quick Recap / Did You Know?

KYC was introduced as a normal business practice in 2002. It directs banks and financial institutions to put in place a framework to know their customers before opening an account. The purpose is to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and what is most common in our industry ID theft.

KYC became a regulatory rule mandated by the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA Patriot act of 2003.

It is important to complete KYC to help prevent banks from being used to aid criminal elements.

It is important to make sure KYC is completed on all potential customers. Remember KYC can reach out to internal business operations as well. Potential employees should go through a similar vetting process.

According to the PCI Security Standards Council, PCI SSC, a QIR is a

Qualified Integrator or Reseller.

Qualified Integrator or Reseller. A Qualified Integrator or Reseller Company, or Contractor are

authorized to implement, configure, and/or support Payment

Applications and related payment technologies on behalf of

merchants, and service providers.

authorized to implement, configure, and/or support Payment Applications and related payment technologies on behalf of merchants, and service providers. A QIR is used for the purposes of performing secure and

compromise free installations as part of the QIR Program.

compromise free installations as part of the QIR Program. The quality, reliability, and consistency of a QIR Company’s work

provide confidence that the Payment Application has been

implemented in a manner that supports the Customer’s PCI DSS

compliance.

Did you miss the webinar?

You can access this webinar along with other sales and marketing tools via Priority University or view the webinar directly by clicking here.

We’ve also added a new webinar to the Spring Series!

Mark your calendar for The Beneficial Ownership Review Webinar next Monday, May 7th at 10:00AM EST. This webinar will review upcoming FinCen Rule on Beneficial Ownership, impacting Financial Institutions, CDD Rule, and tips for implementing effective Customer Due Diligence programs.

Have Questions?

Contact us at productsales@pps.io
フリーランスの「信頼性」をチェックする3つのチェックポイント
By: Yusuke Kuroda 黒田 悠介
Tags: Careers, Reliability, Freelancing

in Eudaimonia and Co
$94.61 USD — My Highest Earning Story on Medium
By: Katy Velvet
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Writing, Medium, Money, Life Lessons

When it comes to making money on Medium and everything else in life, you have to always be ready to move like water. Things are constantly changing, whether it’s the platform’s algorithms or the overall culture of the community.

Luckily for me — even after taking months off of writing, I was still able to generate money from my older articles. Have my articles from last year finally become “passive income”?

I was surprised to see that my highest earning story is something I had written in June of last year. It was curated at the time but fell flat very quickly.

One day I received a direct deposit from Stripe and was shocked to see that most of the money was coming from this article: “Is Collagen Really The Foundation of Youth?”

Mind you, $94.61 USD is $121.70 in Canadian dollars.

Score!

My assumption was that it got contributed somewhere and went viral on its’ own. I hadn’t even shared the article with anyone since last summer and was ecstatic to see the earnings jump up by $70 USD in just a couple of months.

I tried to analyze the stats, but couldn’t quite put my finger on where it was distributed.

Interestingly enough, my top earning story used to be “Is Facebook a Toilet?” which has a similar amount of views. The only difference is the member reading time.

The higher earning post had a member reading time of 32 hours and 54 minutes, vs 3 hours and 6 minutes which has generated $56 USD in comparison.
Fixing Memory Leak In JavaScript
By: Vishnu Sasidharan
Tags: Programming, Web Development, JavaScript, Debugging, Software Development

Here you can see which DOM element is taking the most amount of memory. That way you can isolate a memory leak suspect and investigate further. As you can see in the image, we have objects listed and distance, shallow size as well as retained size.

Distance is the length of the element from the root node in the DOM. Shallow size refers to the size of the object itself i.e array, JS objects, variables etc. The retained size is the size that can be retained after the object is deleted. This can narrow down you search for your suspect significantly if the suspect is a recurring DOM element or an ever increasing JS object.

Allocation Sampling

Allocation Sampling example

In Allocation sampling, you can see the memory distribution based on individual functions. You can sort it by heavy at the top and this can list you the functions taking up the most amount of memory. Once you know the function name, you can investigate the code snippet that the function belongs to and find out what is causing the leak.

These are a very effective way to debug memory leaks and can resolve most of significant memory leaks in a web application. It’s time to take your ceramic plates back!
談談選擇
Tags: Romantic, Choice, Growth, Future, Growing Up

in Eudaimonia and Co
Utility token market cap and equity market cap are not comparable
By: Stephanie Hurder
Tags: Blockchain, Crypto Tokens, Equity, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency

What do these results imply about comparing an equity sale and a token sale?

First: A simple but important point is that the value of equity and the value of utility tokens are functions of different things.

The value of the equity is a function of the profits of the business over the life of the business.

The value of a utility token is the value of the goods or services the token can buy in a single period.

This is worth reiterating. A utility token is redeemed in exchange for platform goods and services. A utility token holder cannot receive benefits from the token until that token is spent, at which point the token holder no longer owns that token. This all means that a utility token’s fundamental value depends on the value of the goods or services on a single occasion at which it is spent. In contrast, equity bestows rights to a flow of profits for the duration of token ownership.

Second: Either option can raise more funds. Equity’s value is based on profits, or revenues minus costs, while utility token values are based on revenues. A business with very high per-unit costs and low margins may raise more from a utility token sale than from an equity sale, whereas a business with low per-unit costs and large margins may raise more from an equity sale than from a token sale.

Third: The market cap of the total circulating utility token supply cannot be worth more than the total revenue of the platform in a single period of operation. This is critical, and provides a natural heuristic for investors. If the business cannot possibly have revenues in a single period (for example, a quarter) equal to the market cap of the circulating token supply, the token may be overvalued.
TOP 10 WOMEN DATA SCIENTIST TO FOLLOW ON LINKEDIN
Tags: International Women Day, Data Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science

Below I present to you the top ten Female Data Scientists to be followed in no particular order.

Caitlin Smallwood, VP, Data Science and Engineering at Netflix

Follow her here.

2. Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist at Google, Inc.

Follow her here.

3. Allie K. Miller, Forbes AI Innovator of the Year | Artificial Intelligence at Amazon | LinkedIn Top Voice 2019 | 190K+ followers

Follow her here

4. Arthi Suresh, Data Scientist at Facebook

Follow her here

5. Fei-Fei Li, Professor, Computer Science Dept, Stanford; Co-Director, Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute

Follow her here.

7. Elena Grewal, Head of Data Science at Airbnb

Follow her here.

8. Yael Garten, Director of Siri Data Science & Engineering

Follow her here.

9. Kristen Kehrer, Machine Learning Storyteller | Founder — Data Moves Me | Data Science Instructor @ UC Berkeley Ext | 10 yrs Experience

Follow her here.

10. Anima Anandkumar, Director of ML research at NVIDIA and Bren Professor at Caltech

Follow her here.

Don’t forget to connect with Total Data Science. Let’s connect here

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Delphy Weekly Progress Updates- January 9th, 2019
By: Ada Gao
Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Prediction Markets

Marketing Updates:

Recently, Delphy has reached strategic alliance with OXBTC. Both parties will work closely on the community promotion and prediction markets initiation. OXBTX sponsored prediction markets, e.g., “That the BTC mining difficulity is getting higher, will be a good indicator of BTC bull market?” What’s your prediction? (OXBTC is a professional cloud mining investment platform.)

Both parties will work closely on the community promotion and prediction markets initiation. OXBTX sponsored prediction markets, e.g., “That the BTC mining difficulity is getting higher, will be a good indicator of BTC bull market?” What’s your prediction? (OXBTC is a professional cloud mining investment platform.) Last week, there are total 51markets initiated for “Winners Get All” module, and total participation reached 707. The average number of participants of each market is 14, and there are 41 attendees for the most popular market. The highest rewarding pool reached 1,292 DPYs.

The nineth round of “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” module has successfully completed. There are total 5 attendees, and the rewarding pool is as big as 300DPYs. Guess what? A single person predicted all markets correctly and became the biggest winner, who won 300DPYs. Congratulations!

Product Updates:

Delphy helped some users who lost their mobile numbers which were used for the registration with the migration.

Completed the coding of framework with low coupling functionality

Completed the coding about the cache function optimization plan

Plan of the week:

Start the testing of framework with low coupling functionality

Start the testing of cache function optimization plan for prediction markets segment

Thank you for your continuous support and wish you a happy, healthy and wealthy year of 2019!

About Delphy

A Decentralized mobile social platform for prediction markets. Delphy is a decentralized, mobile prediction market platform built on Ethereum. The Delphy App is a light Ethereum node running on mobile devices. Delphy uses market incentives to allow participants in a market to communicate, instantly and transparently, their wisdom regarding the outcome of upcoming events, effectively predicting the future.

These are our official social platforms:

Telegram Ann: https://t.me/DelphyANN

Telegram Chat: https://t.me/DelphyCHAT

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Delphy_org

Medium: https://medium.com/delphy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Delphyfoundation/

Discord: https://discord.gg/gjWaS5M

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delphy_org/

Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2046622.0

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Delphy/

The Delphy Team