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Why Women Compete With Each Other
By: Sharon Alger
Tags: Equality, Relationships, Feminism, Editors Pick, Culture

Why Women Compete With Each Other

And what we can do instead

Photo by Amy-Leigh Barnard from Unsplash

I was 18, waiting on the grass in front of the beach, for the bikini contest to start. I peered up at the makeshift stage and saw my friend, a contestant. I was there for support. It was the least I could do after she’d begged me to enter it with her, and I’d refused.

As the contestants strutted, the crowd passed commentary on the young women.

‘Phwoar! Look at the tits on that one!’

‘God! I can’t believe she got up there! She’s delusional.’

‘She’s cute, but her body’s out of proportion. I’d still do her, though.’

A guy I went to school with sidled up next to me, in the crowd. He was also my ex-boyfriend’s brother. We said hello, and he told me I should’ve gotten up there and had a go. I told him it wasn’t my thing.

‘But you’ve lost a lot of weight,’ he pointed out. ‘Why not?’

I shrugged. He went on to inform me that my ass and thighs used to be much bigger, and my new fitness regimen was paying off.

‘Um…thanks?’ I gawked at him, my mouth agape. This guy felt it important to let me know he wanted to see me in my bikini, up on that stage. I wasn’t shy about wearing one; I wore one all the time when I went for a swim. But this was different. This was, ‘why won’t you stand up in your bikini, next to other women in their bikinis, so I can scrutinize your body, in comparison to the other women’s bodies? And since you won’t, I’m going to offer my insights about your body, anyway.’

Gee, thanks. Nobody asked you, mate. If you’ve ever wondered why women compete with each other when there’s no need, look all around you. You’ll see.
Bezant Enters US$10 Billion Prepaid Card Market with Strategic Investment from Korea Prepaid Card
Tags: Bezant, Blockchain, Bezantium, Baas, Bznt

Bezant Enters US$10 Billion Prepaid Card Market with Strategic Investment from Korea Prepaid Card Bezant Follow Aug 7, 2019 · 2 min read

Hello from Bezant Team!

Bezant has secured strategic investment from Korea Prepaid Card to launch new and innovative products and services targeting the global payments market. This investment will mark the beginning of Bezant to introduce real world use-cases that will extend the capabilities of the prepaid cards products and services to incorporate blockchain-backed enhancements.

Korea Prepaid Card is market leader in Korea’s KRW 12 Trillion (US$10 Billion) prepaid card market. The Company provides integrated service solutions to “issue prepaid cards, distribute/top up, and offer payments/settlement” for diverse prepaid payment methods which include gift cards, barcode-based mobile coupons and vouchers for enterprises. The Company is the official distributor for Google Play gift cards in Korea and also provides a service called “Mobile Pop” which is an online/offline integrated easy payment service. The Company’s clients also include: Afreeca TV, Blizzard Entertainment, Daum, Emart, Homeplus, Interpark, League of Legends, Naver, Netmarble, Nexon, et al.

The partnership with Korea Prepaid Card will provide both companies the opportunity to seize the global prepaid market which is expected to increase by US$3.7 Trillion by 2022.

We ask for your continued support!

Thank you,

Bezant Team

Follow our official channels for the latest updates
Want to deposit CKB into Nervos DAO via Ledger? Here’s how
By: Nervos Network
Tags: Blockchain, Ledger Wallet Service, Crytocurrency, Ethereum, Dapps

Recently, we shared part one of our deep dive exploring Portal Wallet and how the new decentralized app (dApp) on Nervos CKB enables users to use their existing Ethereum wallets to send and receive CKB.

Now, team members from Portal Wallet have released a step-by-step guide to using Ledger to access CKB and deposit it into Nervos DAO, as well as perform other related tasks. While Ledger Nano S/X support for CKB has not been released, Portal Wallet’s unique and innovative technology brings this unique user experience to life.

Having only recently launched on CKB, Portal Wallet — one of the first two cohorts to join Nervos’ incubator CKLabs — is already making incredible strides in the blockchain and crypto space. We look forward to sharing more updates from the P-Wallet soon, including part two of our deep dive into all things Portal Wallet. Stay tuned!

For the full tutorial, visit Portal Wallet’s blog.
New Fee Structure
By: Acre Admin
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Feesmustfall, Bitcoin

Dear Cred Users,

We’ve heard your feedback regarding our fees and have listened. Effective today, we’re removing our subscription fee and adjusting our transaction fees to 4%.

This means we will no longer charge existing and new members a monthly $4.99 subscription fee.

Regarding the transaction fee of 4%, here’s how that compares to Coinbase’s transaction fees.

If the total transaction amount is less than or equal to $10, the fee is $0.99 (or 9.9%, Cred would charge 4%)

If the total transaction amount is more than $10 but less than or equal to $25, the fee is $1.49 (or between 5.9% and 14.8%, Cred would charge 4%)

If the total transaction amount is more than $25 but less than or equal to $50, the fee is $1.99 (or between 3.9% and 7.9%, Cred would charge 4%)

If the total transaction amount is more than $50 but less than or equal to $200, the fee is $2.99 (or between 1.4% and 5.9%, Cred would charge 4%)

In keeping with our focus on micro-buying and not breaking the bank, along with our focus on regular consumers, our new fees reflect the less expensive fees we charge for smaller buys.

We will always notify you of all Cred Fees and any other service fees that apply to each transaction immediately before you conﬁrm each transaction and in the receipt we issue to you immediately after each transaction has processed.

Thank you for your continued business,

Team Cred
2016, un año de gran éxito
By: Gabriela Nova
Tags: Happiness, Estilo De Vida, Agencias, Eivos, 2016

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About Me — Mindy Morgan Avitia. Imposter Syndrome and all
By: Mindy Morgan Avitia
Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, Biography, Life, About Me

About Me — Mindy Morgan Avitia

Imposter Syndrome and all

Why is it so damn hard to write about myself?

Probably because I care too much what you think.

I’ve been writing stories since I can remember. In elementary school, my favorite assignment was always the writing prompt. When the teacher would put up the wacky hand-drawn transparency on the projector, my little mind would wander into all the different stories that could come out of one simple drawing.

Stories — and more importantly — storytelling has always interested me. Sometimes to a fault, as a memoirist and essayist, I’m regularly searching for the arc in my life that is interesting for the reader. Sometimes I have to admit to myself there is no arc and I have to pivot to fiction.

That’s the fun about writing though, isn’t it?

I’m a born and raised pizza-and-bagel-loving Jersey Girl with an art school degree who is spending her second-third of life in Austin, Texas with my husband and 3-month-old daughter, Olive. The journey into motherhood has been profound for me, so lately I write a lot about it. Particularly motherhood and the intersection of feminism and activism and race. I find a lot of confidence and agency in mothering that I only wish could transpire into my writing.

I suffer from perpetual imposter syndrome. While I’ve always dreamed of being a writer, and write frequently, I never feel comfortable actually declaring myself a writer. Anyone relate?

But I’m learning that’s all a crock of shit and confidently declaring oneself is more telling of our identities than the amount of income we get.

Income is nice, though.

For actual income, I freelance by offering marketing and communications for small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Though, since the birth of our daughter, I’ve had a real reckoning and existential crisis on my career path. I always pictured myself a working mom in a power-pantsuit and now I feel content and empowered wearing maternity leggings and working on things I’m passionate about and bring me joy.

Taking “time for myself” is challenging but it’s also exciting. When I actually slow down and allow myself to be me I’m learning what I’m truly passionate about vs. what I think I ought to do. I’m privileged that I am able to take this time, especially in such a shit year. But I’m confident it will yield my authentic self to shine.

Follow Along to Read My Stories About:

Provocative motherhood and family life stories

Race and Social Justice

Feminism

Vulnerability

And randomly, sometimes marketing trends

I also am the editor of The Audacity Project, a publication that features bold stories of truth, justice, family, and life as shared by the lived experience and truths of our writers. I’d love for you to become our next writer!
The Complete Guide to CSS Flexbox
By: Jobayer Hossain
Tags: CSS, Front End Development, Flexbox, HTML, Programming

flex-direction

Next is flex-direction , which defines the direction in which the flex items are placed in the container. Changing the value of the flex-direction property allows us to change how the items. flex-direction can accept one of four values:

row

row-reverse

column

column-reverse

flex-direction: row

the first value is a row that is the default value of flex-direction . It doesn’t make any changes by default. It’s placed on the main axis from left to the right.

Output

flex-direction: row-reverse

This sets the main access direction from right to left, which results in the flex items being placed from right to left. In the example below, you can see that the items are now placed in the reverse order. Item 1 is placed to the right:

Output

flex-direction: column

When you set flex-direction to column , the main axis goes from top to bottom, so the items are now stacked on top of each other:

Output

flex-direction: column-reverse

We also have column-reverse , which stacks the items in the reverse order. Look at the example below. You can see Item 1 is at the bottom and Item 3 is at the top:
Làm thế nào để cập nhật tin tức từ Huobi nhanh nhất và chính xác nhất?
By: Huobi Global
Tags: Vietnam

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The Night Before Halving: A Bitcoin Holiday Rhyme
Tags: Bitcoin, Paxful, Christmas, Cryptocurrency

Satoshi bless us, everyone!

’Twas the night before Halving, when all through the Web,

Not a miner was stirring, yep, that’s what I said;

The bitcoin was mined for years with much care,

But 50 percent is what’s gonna be there.

The HODLers were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of 20k danced in their heads;

The fireplace crackling and you in your cap,

Just settled down for a bear market nap.

In two thousand seventeen there was a clatter,

We sprang from our keyboards to check out the matter;

Up from two thousand, flew up like a flash,

The HODLers were rich, quite quickly, quite fast.

Then suddenly we were surprised with a bang,

Back down to three thousand, it’s over, gosh dang;

Like dust in the wind, gone as fast as it came,

All cryptocurrencies, call them by name.

“Now, bitcoin, now Ripple, Litecoin, and Zcash,

Etherium, NEO, Cardano, and Dash!”

They came tumbling down, nobody would buy it,

And all of a sudden, the world became quiet.

But then in a twinkling, all of us hear,

The ringing of each little coin in our ears;

Prices came up, like gold that was struck,

The crypto community, up in their luck.

All are excited, blockchain is the future,

Our money looks bright and the pile’s getting huger;

Gone are the struggle and pain of the past,

The great bitcoin Halving is coming at last.

Then as if by magic Satoshi appeared,

He gave us a wink as we wiped away tears;

We heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight,

“HAPPY HALVING TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!”
What Are the Differences Between Being Conservative, Republican, and Right-Wing?
By: Cody Libolt
Tags: Politics, Liberty, Political Theory, Conservatives, Human Rights

The terms are related and sometimes used interchangeably. But they have a variety of uses that we should understand.

The broadest use of “conservative” means promoting (wanting to conserve) traditional institutions.

A theological conservative is typically someone who wants to adhere to the Westminster Confession of Faith or the London Baptist Confession or similar documents.

A political conservative could mean different things depending on what nation you’re in. A conservative in England might want to move toward monarchy — or at least he might want to move toward the arrangement of power seen in England 100 years ago. A conservative in the US would want to move toward a Constitutional Republic.

For that reason, in the US, the “Republican” Party is the more “Conservative” party. But if the other party becomes radically Marxist, which it has, then people will leave that party and join the other major party. So now we have a Republican Party with a wide variety of viewpoints.

Trump is an example. His ideas would have fit in the Democratic Party during the 1990s or earlier. “Republican” only refers to the organization and group at this point. Being a Republican doesn’t mean you stand for a specific viewpoint, necessarily. But the closest thing we have to a principled definition is the Republican Party platform, available here:

https://www.gop.com/platform/

The Republican Party’s stated platform is more conservative (and, in my view, more virtuous) than most Republican office holders.

You can get a good idea about what “conservative” means in the 2019 American political climate in terms of specific policies by reading this site, which I am favorable toward:

https://www.conservativereview.com

“Right wing” is a term roughly synonymous with conservative. It arose during the French Revolution. It referred to the seating arrangements in the French Parliament. The right wing supported the old monarchy.

Here is a fair summary from Wikipedia:

“Right-wing politics holds that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, or tradition.”

People use “right wing” to refer to any number of things. They might emphasize free markets as being a “right wing” idea. But they might also call Hitler and fascists “right wing” because they were perceived as being pro-business. So it is a muddled term.

Typically, people use “right wing” as an insult today. They use it to characterize people like myself (liberty-minded, constitutional conservatives) as being somehow similar to Hitler, which is projection.

These articles were helpful to me:
How Well Do You Know Your JavaScript Fundamentals?
By: Alison Quaglia
Tags: Coding, JavaScript, Programming, Learning To Code, Quiz

How Well Do You Know Your JavaScript Fundamentals?

Hamilton-inspired trivia for tech interviews

Technical interviews are notoriously stress-inducing, especially for people approaching their first software engineering/development job. While there’s currently some healthy debate surrounding the importance of the algorithm and data structures portion, it’s still vital to know the fundamentals.

Today I’ve compiled a short quiz to help you test your knowledge of important JavaScript concepts to know for tech interviews. If you need some refreshers before we begin, check out these helpful articles here and here. Try your best to answer these before checking them in the console!

P.S. I’ve had the music from Hamilton stuck in my head for weeks, so you’ve been warned. 🙃

Ready? Let’s go!
True Crime Addiction Newsletter
By: Lisa Marie Fuqua
Tags: Murder, Culture, History, Justice, True Crime

Hello, True Crime Addicts!

The following are some of the recently published stories on TCA. We hope they help fill your True Crime Addiction needs!

Thanks for following fellow Addicts!

Athens, Greece | via Britannica

Macabre Chrysafidis Family Murders — A Greek Tragedy — This story should give you chills about just how inhumane some people can be.

A well respected Greek family in the affluent Ekali region of Athens was brutally butchered in their home, while someone on the inside told everyone else that all was well.

But, all was not well for Michael 48, his wife Elizabeth 43, their sons, George 18, and Michael Jr 16.
Unsecured
By: J.D. Harms
Tags: Depression, Musing, Image, Poem, Loneliness

Unsecured

A Poem

Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

Knuckle cracks

downward shifts of the lips

subtle and loud

the moving eternity

of the outside world

totally gone from a room

holding still

or I’m rocking

but that’s not what I was

counting on

The unsecured meaning

textures

eluding the grasp

of wrinkled brain material

a sliding in cerebral

fluid

leaking radiation

all over that last thought

slipping it beneath the carpet

well under the bed

the draining

of confusion, an orgy

of obfuscation

a pointing out of borders

and how not to cross

nor piss anyone

off

just gentle alone dark

spirited depressed infatuated

sinking delirium

exposure

a kind of trickling

of the thought
Angular Components And Data Binding Techniques
By: Anji
Tags: Data Binding, Angular

In this article, we would like to discuss the Angular component and data binding techniques available in angular.

Angular components are building blocks of Angular application. An angular component represents a custom HTML element that represents a specific section on a page. Angular components always associated with a template.

To make Typescript class as a component, you need to decorate with ‘@component’ metadata decorator. Below is high-level responsibilities segregation in a component

@Component decorator options

selector: Defines the name of the HTML element that represents this component in a page

Template — Holds HTML of the component

TemplateUrl: Holds the HTML template path

Providers: Any additional services that a component want to access in addition to the global services

Encapsulation: Controls how the styling is applied to this component

Data Binding

Data binding is the process of connecting a UI element such as textbox or dropdown with the information that populates it. Using this data binding, the information will be passed from source to destination.

In angular terminology, Data binding responsible for coordinating the communication between the component’s class and its templates and often involves the passing the data

There are 4 types of data binding

Property Binding

Interpolation

Event Binding

Two-way binding

Property binding

Property Binding is a data binding technique that will help you to bind the properties of an HTML element with your component’s properties or methods. Property binding is a one-way binding.

<button [disabled]="btnDisabled"></button>

// component.ts

@Component({

selector: 'app-component',

templateUrl: 'component.html'

})

export class Component {

btnDisabled = true;

}

Property Binding

Interpolation

Interpolation is a one-way data-binding technique that allows you to bind the component’s class properties to UI elements. it uses double curly braces ({{ your expression or property }}) to display the data from component to view.

<div> {{greeting}}</div>

Event Binding

In any typical application, a user interacts with the application. As part of user interaction, the user needs to click the buttons or entering the details in text boxes, etc. All these actions come under events. In technical terms, we call them button events, keystrokes, change events, etc.

If you want to send the information from view to component’s class you need to use the event binding. This is also a one-way binding and exactly does the opposite of property binding.

To capture an event from the view, you need to wrap the event inside the parenthesis “()”

<button (click)=”saveDetails()”>Save</button>

Two-way binding

The two-way binding combines the property binding and event binding

That’s all for today’s topic. Thank you for reading. Please share your thoughts in the comments box.
Dota 2 The International 2019 Main Event Data Analysis
Tags: Dota2 Tournament Analysis, Dota 2, Gaming, The International 2019

Faction

The dire side has a slight advantage, either with or without the first pick.

from u/MaTa_gosu

Radiant side kills more Roshan, so it is not related to the pit. Dire side picked more rune, still don’t know if it is because they are controlling the map or they are easier on runes controls which increases their win rate.
“I don’t want conflict to be part of my life. Guns need to be silenced.”
By: Saddal Diab
Tags: Schools, Education, South Sudan, Africa, Peace

Children the world over, have the inherent right to love, food, shelter, education, happiness, the right to play and enjoy childhood in a peaceful environment. Sadly, many South Sudanese children have experienced the ravages of war firsthand. More than two million children, or over 70 percent — mostly girls — are out of school in South Sudan, putting both their futures and the future of the country at risk.

“Peace is a place where people don’t cry.”

At the Straight Links Orphanage Center in the capital Juba, WFP’s school feeding programme is helping transform lives through education. The children, tens of thousands strong have been directly effected by the conflict and shattered by pain, loss, hunger, loneliness, homelessness, and being robbed of their childhood far too soon. The orphanage has become a center of refuge for many children and an oasis of education and healing.

A better future for all

Whilst the trauma of the country’s conflict remain etched in their minds, the dream of peace and making a difference in the lives of others is very much alive in their hearts. The majority of children dream of becoming doctors and pilots, and wish for their siblings and future generations not to go through the same experiences they endured. Their wish may very well become a reality as the country recently formed a transitional government of national unity that should usher in lasting peace.

These are some of their stories:

Louis Atura, 14

Louis poses for a portrait with her mother Susan Elia Photo: WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua

Born in Yambio, some 355 km east of the capital, Louis was forced to flee to Juba following fighting in her village.

“In conflict people die, gun shots are everywhere” she says. “After my father passed away my mother struggled to feed us and to take care of us.”

Louis could barely hide her tears while talking about her mother.

“I am sad because I feel for her. Peace is a place where people don’t cry,” she says. “My dream is to complete my education, become a doctor to help others and to help my mother.”

Siama James, 11
How Likely to Win the Game When a Team First Reach to X Points in NBA?
By: Burak Can Koç
Tags: Sports Analytics, Data Analysis, NBA, Data Science, Data Visualization

As I have mentioned in the beginning, in this post, I will look how likely to win the game when a team were the first to reach any given point. For the sake of simplicity, I checked this situation for 95, 100 and 105 point thresholds and the results were pretty much aligned with the other aspects of NBA offense.

Win Percentage for First Team to Reach 95, 100 and 105 points — Image by Author

In the early periods of play-by-play era(from 1996–97 Season), reaching first to 105 points almost guarantees(96.1%, 98.74% and 98.62%) the win. However, in the last few years, the chances of a comeback have been increased significantly as the game has changed and accelerated. Reaching first to 105 points obviously gives the team a huge advantage but it’s not as much as the case back in late 1990s. The detailed table can be found below with the additional column of percent of games which at least one team reached the given amount of points in a single game during the season.

Image by Author

The table also shows the scoring jumps I have mentioned in the beginning of this post. When we look after 2014–2015 season, at least one team has scored 105 points in the 59.27%, 70.08%, 71.46%, 85.77% and 85.99% of the games, respectively.

If you ever wonder about comebacks and in-game swings in the NBA, you definitely need to check Mike Beuoy’s website: inpredictable.com and specifically, in this section of top games, where Mike allows us to find top games based on few conditions he defined: Excitement, Tension and Comeback.

As the NBA offenses evolve, the door will be open for scoring explosions which enable the comebacks even more possible in the future of the game. In the next post, I’ll try to look the close games in NBA history.
True story of domestic violence
Tags: Marriage, Help, Domestic Violence, Life, Family

She was burning, her flesh engulfed in flames, from head to toe

People could hear her screams miles away

Her pain was unimaginable

She was yelling… save me, help me

People ran for buckets of water and poured on her

After what seemed like an eternity, she fell unconscious

She was still breathing when they reached the hospital,

Doctors said she was 85% burned with 3rd degree burns

She woke up, screaming in pain,

Pain killer meds and injections were not enough to douse it

Her head was in her mother’s lap and she was sobbing and saying I don’t want to die, please save me, save me for my children

They asked her how it happened, she admitted that she had poured oil on herself and lit on fire by her own hand

She couldn’t take the constant bickering by her husband,

the beatings and the humiliation had reached her saturation point.

But she didn’t want to die, she just wanted to scare him… Show him what she could do.

He was sitting near her feet crying too. Her mother was crying too, the whole family was shattered…

She lived in pain for 9 days before she took her last breath.

Were her parents unaware of her misery before she took the extreme step? The neighbors never heard her cries for help when that bastard of a husband was punching her in the gut, kicking with his shoes.

No one heard the sounds. Nobody questioned the swollen face and the visible bruises.

They all turned a blind eye thinking they have enough problems of their own.
Your Fiercest Competition is You
By: Wendy S. Bradfield
Tags: Personal Growth, Life Lessons, Self Improvement, Success, Startup Life

Your Fiercest Competition is You

Use it to your advantage.

Photo by lehandross from Pexels

The most powerful thing you can do is stop competing with others and start competing with yourself.

You may think your biggest competition is another person, or the world itself — but it’s YOU. This is where real mastery takes place. Who is your biggest competition?

What would you gain in beating them? Wouldn’t there be another waiting to take their place? Yes, there would.

Your view of the battlefield appears as though it’s made up of countless outside influences, but back up a bit, and you will see yourself on the battlefield long before anyone else.
Technical Update 20
By: Michael Kong, Fantom Foundation
Tags: Blockchain, Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrency, Consensus, Crypto

Fantom has continued to develop additional functionality and security to the network; for example, by extending our work to make Lachesis ABCI-compatible. This will allow Lachesis to have Tendermint-like functionality with the ability to plug into different services, thereby offering Lachesis as Consensus-as-a-service.

Go-Lachesis

Upgraded nodes in public testnet to v0.6.0-rc.2.

Expanded app.blockContext to call App.DeliverTxs() on each transaction separately: https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/pull/456

Removed the dependency of evmcore.NewStateProcessor() on stateReader from gossip: https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/pull/470

Completed the first stage of performance tweaking in preparation of launching a test environment to measure performance. The test environment will consist of the following modifications:

R1: Users can submit transactions into any node’s transaction pool.

R2: A node can pick txns from its own pool and generate new event block.

R3: A node can send its own event block to any peer node of the network.

R4: Removed the restrictions of event emission rate.

R7: Disabled the fork mechanics.

R9: Removed free gas parents (we won’t need gas and fees in a testing environment, as we are measuring tx performance).

All changes are merged to develop — https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/lachesis-ex/tree/develop.

Implemented logic to check the node for latest Lachesis version: https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/pull/471

Improved test coverage to 82.5% for go-lachesis/ethapi package: https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/pull/455

Created new Private txpool:

Added new functionality to the existing evmcore. TxPool is a sheet, which has marks that this transaction is private. We need to not send marked transactions to gossip.ProtocolManager

Duplicated all methods of sending transactions by methods with the addition of this mark (ethapi and the console)

Make sure that emitter receives private transactions without timeout

https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/pull/472

Upgraded the public testnet (with 3 nodes) to v0.6.0-rc2 from v0.6.0-rc1, and upgraded the SFC as well

New Fantom Wallet

Our new official Fantom Wallet, which we’re building as a Progressive Web Application (PWA), is nearing completion. It will have built-in Ledger support. The application with be downloadable as a desktop or mobile wallet, and will also be available as a web wallet.

The repositories related to the PWA wallet are:

Removed dependency on Web3js provider and default connection to Val1 full node, which should remove a bottleneck causing wallets to lag in times of high load: https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/fantom-metamask/commit/bc990d1ae9b143f710ec0c351f9b43ec09372e9

Created new UI connected to Metamask and GraphQL, with commits such as the following:

Modified GraphQL API to be compatible with new PWA wallet:

Completed Ledger App development. Currently in the process of connecting it to the PWA wallet.

Research
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By: Mattika Singtosee
Tags: หมูสับ, ต้มจืด, Food, Recipe, ไข่เจียว

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What I Learned from Accomplishing a Professional Certificate Online
By: Tom Fenske
Tags: Online Courses, Learning, Data Science, Technology, Education

Structure of the course

The Course consists of 9 modules, which each can be done separately if you don’t want to take the whole curriculum. Every module is divided into weeks, which each holds content, tasks for practicing, and quizzes. At the end of every module, you have to accomplish a final assignment.

The content will mainly be video, but there is also some literature to study. The videos can be in the interview style with experts from the field, but the central part is tutorial videos where you have a voice overlay over graphical explanations.

The practice parts consist of programming tasks you have to accomplish for yourself. They provide a structure and the solutions, but you will have to create some code for yourself.

The final assignment is typically a more significant task where you have to create self-responsible. This may be answering questions in text form, but mostly it is writing code and running it to produce a specific output.

A noteworthy fact is that all final assignments are peer-reviewed. There is no teacher who will give you a mark. You will have to upload your solution, and one of your fellow course participants can grade you based on specific criteria. To pass the final assignment, you have to get a grade from a fellow participant, and you will have to grade the work of another course participant.

I have to admit that I was a little bit confused by this system in the first place. By now, I think it is more valuable than being graded by a teacher: Grading other course participants while you are doing the same assignment sharpens your eye for the work style and how it can be approached. In business, you will also have to work with others and their input for your projects, so this concept is already somehow team-focused. I do like it because it also values your responsibility.
HBaseCon — Low Latency “OLAP” with HBase
By: Cosmin Lehene
Tags: Hadoop, Hbase

We’ve been building on, fixing and deploying HBase for the last 4 years.

We’ve written about why we’re using HBase but not much about what for.

Tomorrow, at HBaseCon, I’ll be talking about our low latency OLAP platform built on top of HBase.

I’ll cover both functional and technical aspects of the system and go through some of the strategies that we use to provide high-throughput, real-time OLAP queries.

If you’re attending the conference we hope to see you there.

Update: here are the slides, video should come soon.

Cosmin
LiveEdu Payment Methods & Process
By: Dr. Michael J. Garbade
Tags: Education, Payments, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin

LiveEdu, the first product from Education Ecosystem, is the Netflix for online education and professional development. Just like Netflix, our platform uses a subscription model to provide users with access to our exclusive content. LiveEdu offers several different subscription plan options as well as payment methods for viewers.

Payment Methods

LEDU Coins

If users already hold LEDU coins they can be used to pay for a LiveEdu subscription. Simply send the required amount of LEDU to the wallet address provided and the balance will be added to the user account.

BTC/ETH

Making a blockchain payment is fast, convenient, and extremely secure. We allow users to pay with BTC or ETH for their subscription. When paying with cryptocurrencies, payments can be made from either a private wallet or an exchange wallet (Note: exchanges charge fees when sending payments. Users must account for this fee otherwise our subscription payment may not be successful.

Credit Card

Users can pay for their subscription with the credit card of their choice which is charged monthly for the subscription.

PayPal

Users can pay with PayPal as it is one of the most widely used methods in the world. It is especially beneficial for our worldwide subscribers as Paypal allows global processing so they can pay anywhere in the world.

PaymentWall

Since credit cards are one of the most common and popular ways for consumers to pay for subscriptions. Multinational financial corporations like Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, American Express and Discover process payments between merchants and card issuing banks, enabling millions of users around the world to make purchases using branded credit cards. We allow our worldwide users to pay with PaymentWall resulting in full coverage in more than 200 countries with local options for each of these markets.

We convert all BTC and ETH payments to LEDU. All payment methods that are non-LEDU are converted to LEDU, since LEDU is our native platform and ecosystem currency.

Get LEDU Coin

Get LEDU coins now on Exrates, BitForex, Livecoin, Mercatox and IDEX or join the LEDU OTC Trading program for large purchases. Read more about LEDU coins on our project page and ask any questions you might have in our Telegram group chat.
A Seasoned Hallmark Christmas Movie Costume Designer’s Top Tips
By: Kate Anderson
Tags: Satire, Humor, Fashion, Holidays, Christmas

Red and Green

You heard me. Red and green and no in between. It’s Christmastime and we’re not fucking around with any oranges or purples. While you’re at it, throw away your Pantone swatches, because we’re only dealing with primary colors here- the red and green you drew with crayons in elementary school. You gotta give the people that festive holiday cheer, with color! We’re not in the dark ages of black and white movies, this is not It’s a Wonderful Life.

RED AND GREEN

My second top tip is RED AND GREEN. You heard me again! Call me Tyler Durden, because I’m giving you the second rule of fight club here. But this is a Hallmark movie, not Fight Club. Shirts will remain on and no punches will be thrown, only wholesome seasonal vibes.

Other Colors

Red or green! RED OR GREEN! Ok fine, fine, it’s also acceptable to have basic colors like black, white, grey, or beige as a coat or pants. But there must be an accent piece (like a red hat) or you will fail miserably at your job. Your job is to depict a generic couple having a PG holiday romance. You are not depicting a candy raver culture with a kaleidoscope of colors, this is not Party Monster with Macaulay Culkin.

Plaid Is Acceptable (Sometimes)

While solid colors (specifically red and green) are preferred, sometimes it is acceptable for a character to wear patterns, like plaid. You know that carpenter’s son that didn’t talk much in your high school biology class but now that you’re home for the holidays, you find he’s turned into a man with rugged yet unthreatening masculinity? That character could wear some red or green plaid. Think plain ol’ good-looking Mark Ruffalo in 13 Going on 30, not woke, political, and unkempt Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight. Kempt only.

Dry-Clean Santa

You can recycle the Santa costume! A little-known fact is that the same Santa costume has been used in ALL Hallmark movies! But this is the ONLY thing that is acceptable to recycle, and you MUST dry clean it. You cannot have a stink-ass Billy Bob St. Nick, this is not Bad Santa. This is a mother-fucking Hallmark movie and you need to bring the Spirit of Christmas.

Furry Friend Budget

The studio will give you a budget and you need to FIGHT for the animal costume budget. When little Fluffster accompanies the hot widowed baker at your hometown cafe, he cannot be naked! (Neither dog nor man). This is not the movie Cats. This is HALLMARK, BITCHES. Fluffster needs seasonal garb. And it needs to be green. Or red.

Dressing Up

I’m not gonna lie to you: this is the hardest part of the job, where I see newbie Hallmark costume designers get fired left and right. When the big city girl dresses up for a night out on the town with her surprisingly-charming local Joe-Schmoe, she has to be sexy… but not too sexy! Let loose… but not too loose! It’s okay for her to spill a sip of beer after 2 drinks on her slightly-revealed neckline. It is not okay for her to show cleavage or end up giving up her bra to the local drug dealer for a fix. This is not Requiem for a Dream. Do NOT fuck this up.
by Martino Pietropoli
By: Martino Pietropoli
Tags: Saturday, Watercolor, Illustration, Drawing

First thing in the morning: a glass of water and a cartoon by The Fluxus.

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ROMANIAN ECONOMY IN 2012. ROMANIA IN DEEPENING CRISIS.
By: International Relations
Tags: Diplomacy, Eastern Europe, Universities, Danube Delta, International Relation

IRICE is dedicated to promote the international relations of Romania and to develop the economic, cultural and diplomatic relations with nations of the world.

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Enough Already! Time to Move on the Path of Intermediates to Experts : Any Kid Can Code
By: Laxman Singh
Tags: Kids, Kids Can Code, Kids And Tech, Python Programming

We have written simple statements, made our turtle named jumper run here and there, get used to REPL and enjoyed a lot accomplishing different shapes. Now, the time is to add another leaf to our knowledge. To be frank, this is the base of modular programming, write once use many approach starting point and stop writing redundant code. This is enough to start the most important topic.

Before we start, just to remind you the two URLs for your recap, where we started:

Functions

Function helps to provide you the functionality where you have repetitive code and it is used several places. Now you write the same code at one place and able to use its reference anywhere and when you want. In simple words, write the code at one place and call it to run to return the expected output or functionality. Now, question comes loop is able to provide the same functionality to avoid repetitive code. Now the difference is that loop has counter where function has some code inside which will be implemented when you invoke it. To make it more easy, you have function to add two numbers. Now whenever you want to add two numbers, you can call that function with any two numbers and you will get the results.

It simply provides flexibility, portability and simplicity to do wonders to your coding skills. Let us run it with examples:

Syntax:

def <<fucntionname>>(parameters):

<<code to run>>

return <<value>>

Right now, it might be looking difficult. When we will use it in our program and you start using it, it will become the easiest thing of all.

Save the code in file and Run

Python also like other programming languages allows to write the code and save in file. And, then you can run it. Only few things need to remember, file extension should be py and to run the same file you have to use python <<filename>>. Thats it!

Let us write some programs in file and run it. And see the turtle dancing to your commands.

Square.py

Simple usage of Function

Output of square

Now you wonder, what is the difference. But it makes your program simple. Now, if you want to make bigger or smaller square, you just need to change the value which you are passing in the function. e.g, square(50).

Few tasks are aligned for you now:

Make a similar function to make rectangle Change the position of turtle using goto and up (so that it won’t draw line). And then make different square and rectangle. And, then play more and more. Try to run the square and rectangle inside loop and make 100 different output. Color inside figures and see how the output turns up.

Next, I will come up with all the things I have mentioned in the task 3. For the time being, its for you to practice. And, next we will make different figures and possible one simple game. This will make you a techie with one your own developed game. Let us practice more and more, and I will be back soon!
Trumps Restriction On Transgenders In The U.S. Military
Tags: Politics, Newsletter, News, Transgender, Military

A dreaded matter has now become a reality as President Donald Trump, ardent anti-LGBT, has signed a memorandum this Friday which bans transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. He, however, has given the armed forces leeway in their implementation of the policies.

The memorandum was signed on Friday specifically restricting transgender individuals with a proven history of gender dysphoria, with a secondary definition specifically for those who require medical treatment and surgery to maintain the balance between the gender assigned at birth and the gender they are now. These people are disqualified from military service except under specific limited circumstances. According to the memorandum, this rule is in order to make the military force the best the world has ever seen with well-established mental and physical health standards.

Trump, however, had initially said on twitter in July that the military “cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruptions that transgender military would entail”. In an attempt to prevent the violation of the right to equal protection under the U.S. Constitution, a number of federal judges have put up rulings blocking Trump’s ban. The Pentagon has also said it would continue to act in accordance with federal law.

White House Defense Secretary Jim Mattis added that he had found that individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are a risk to military effectiveness. However, those already serving with this history would be allowed if diagnosed during Obama’s policy. The Democratic National Committee consider this memorandum an insult for the transgender officials who are rendering their services with utmost dignity and serving the U.S. military to make the U.S. a safe haven for its people. And the Human Rights Campaign has condemned it, that it is discriminatory.
Becoming my Poppet
By: Amanda Dalmas
Tags: Magic, Witchcraft, Poem, Scrittura, Prompt

Becoming my Poppet

26 December 2020 Saturday Poetry Prompt: sigillaria

Photo by Tomasz Sroka on Unsplash

You little shit!

You thought you would get away with hurting me?

Nope.

Now is the Age of Witchcraft.

I will mold an image in your likeness

from clay and spit.

Starting with incantations and the sprinkling of holy water

I begin with your demise.

Once I call your spirit into this doll there is no turning back.

I breathe the Word of God into your sewn shut lips.

So be it.

Now I am the Master of your soul.

I bind your little hands behind your back.

I light my cigar and start to give you commands.

Break up with your girlfriend.

Fight with your boss at work.

Kill your best friend.

I will wreck every aspect of your life.

Nothing but vinegar and thistles shall you eat.

I will gnash on your bones.

Throw you in a coffin box.

And watch you rot.

Amanda Dalmas ~Dec. 26th, 2020

J.D. Harms for your prompt: Today’s prompt is asking you to write a piece where a human interaction or person becomes inanimate.
Ultimate Test Matches
By: Luke Burgess-Yeo
Tags: Ultimate Frisbee, Sports, International, Japan, Australia

Ultimate Test Matches

A new competition format for international competition.

AFDF and Japan Ultimate Logos.

WFDF recently announced a new sanctioned competition format for international ultimate: the test match.

The WFDF press release tells us that the idea was proposed by AFDF who wanted to host two showcase games between the Australian and Japanese World Games teams and have those games recognised as sanctioned WFDF competitions.

The proposal itself is very clear that these test matches should be full strength games and not just warm ups for bigger tournaments. So even though Australia and Japan will be fielding their World Games squads, the two test matches will be standalone winner-takes-all competitions.

What Can We Hope To See From Test Matches?

Test matches in other sports, like Rugby and Cricket, are well established events steeped in tradition. It will take a long time to build up the same spectacle in ultimate, but jumping on the Great Britain vs Australia rivalry bandwagon (as perpetuated by The Ashes) could make for a excellent event in the ultimate world.

Certainly the USA and Canada could have extremely exciting test matches on a regular basis, much more easily than GB and Australia could. In fact, such events have happened in the past as team USA and team Canada have warmed up for Worlds and the World Games.

The main problem, of course, with the test match format is the logistics of getting a full strength national team to another country to play one game of ultimate. We will more likely see small series of test matches (like the inaugural Australia vs Japan two-test series) but this is still a large undertaking for a an amateur sport. That being said, test matches do present an excellent opportunity for players to represent their countries and get more international playing experience.
Thanks For Your Advice, But I Need To Be White To Follow It
By: Rebecca Stevens A.
Tags: Corporate Culture, Esg, Leadership, Racism, White Privilege

I am an antiracism writer. I share my experiences with racism so that people understand that it is real, that it is not the collective hallucination of black people the world over. I write from a place of pain and trauma, it hurts to relive these experiences as I recount them, but I feel I need to share them with the universe to generate empathy, compassion, and hopefully change.

Often, white people mainly, get aggressive and defensive about what I write. This manifests itself by outright insults, gaslighting, and bullying. Others look down from their pedestal of white privilege and give me advice that could only possibly work for me if I were white like them.

In this article, I’ll focus on these people, because they are the ones that hurt black people most. Why? Because they think they are white allies in the fight against racism and they are not. They give you what they feel is great advice and expect you to profusely thank them for it. What is it that they don’t understand about me, a black woman, not basking in white privilege as they do?