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Imagine You’re 7 Years Old: Quick Tip 5
By: Brian E. Young
Tags: Creativity, Podcast

Try this: Imagine you’re a 7 year old.

Children playing is filled with curiosity. They haven’t learned the stock responses of adults. Ask yourself what a kid would do in this situation.

In one psychological experiment, college volunteers were asked what they’d do if school was cancelled for the day. A second group was given the added idea to “imagine themselves as a 7-year-old”. The group asked to think like a kid had more original ideas. Those who were tested as introverted, more inhibited, and less spontaneous were especially more creatively original. Details of this research were published in the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.

To be honest, I often forget I’m an adult. It’s kind of weird that we get older and we’re the same person. Adults are really just old children. We’re not as limited as we think we are.

Has thinking like a kid helped you?
Difference between Unicash and FOX, Presale Reviews roll in
By: Unifox Official
Tags: Fo, Uxc, Unicash, Bitcoin, Unifox

UniFox presents a complete crypto-friendly ecosystem which will help to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technologies in today’s world. UniFox assists with every kind of crypto transaction: from buying, transferring, exchanging, storing, and withdrawing back into Fiat. The project is divided into 5 parts, which are 100% autonomous. However, its connection is what helps us to fulfil our vision.



→ we are making cryptocurrency adoption achievable all over the world

→ we are making cryptocurrencies spendable

→ we conduct fiat and crypto transactions in one common cryptocurrency

→ we will help cryptocurrencies to stay independent and decentralised

Difference between Unicash and FOX

Recently, we have been receiving messages about differences between Unicash and Fox coin. Ability to spot the differences and be able to tell both cryptocurrencies apart is crucial for the whole UniFox system.

Take a look at the short video below explaining the main purpose of UXC and FOX

UXC vs FOX by Karol Suchanek

UniFox covered by Media

After the recent Presale announcement, UniFox sale structure got covered by several leading media all around the world including TOP rated Russian Prometheus.ru, CoinIdol or Leading Vietnamese news portal Vnbit.net.

Prometheus.ru “UniFox decided to create a contest where everyone who invests during the presale more than $1000 USD can become a masternode.”

CoinIdol.com “UniFox POS terminals have been in testing in dozens of shops and retailers in the Czech Republic, including the world-famous pub Duplex, in the centre of Prague.”

Vnbit.net “ UniFox has signed strategic partnerships with projects like Electra, Achain, Phore, and Credits”

blogkiemtien.top “ UniFox will begin to distribute monthly dividends to token holders as of December 2018”

If you speak Russian you can enjoy a youtube review done by Cryptoinvest!

Stay tuned for more upcoming news and as always, don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions!

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Cinemouse
By: Matthew Charles Davis
Tags: Movies, San Francisco, Matthew Charles Davis, Cinemouse, Comics

Spiralbound

Comics for life, brought to life by Edith Zimmerman.
Van Gogh’s Early Years
By: Christopher P Jones
Tags: Artist, History, Art, Painting, Drawing

ART

Van Gogh’s Early Years

The travels and influences of the young Vincent

Detail of ‘Old Man with a Top Hat’ (1881), by Vincent van Gogh. Source Wiki Art

The appeal of Vincent Van Gogh shows no signs of fading. We remain fascinated by an artistic temperament that was at once flawed, vulnerable and human, and yet also highly-charged, magnificent even. We respond to him because he kept on painting, his canvases getting brighter and brighter as his days got darker.

The sense of Van Gogh’s artistic heroism is more than ever tied to a personal heroism, defined by the short tragic life, the intense work rate of the last few years, and the sickness that became evermore manifest. The allure of this dialectic — pain and productivity — has coloured Van Gogh’s life with the hue of folklore, as if we can read from his story a paradigm of creativity itself.

Yet I wouldn’t be the first to point out that Van Gogh’s draughtsmanship and deft handling of colour are evidence of a deeply methodical turn of mind, and not, as the critic Robert Hughes correctly assessed, “the vulgar image of a madman issuing orgasmic squirts of yellow and blue at the dictation of his lunacy.”

There is much more to learn about the man and his art. By tracing Van Gogh’s movements during his younger days, it’s possible to see that the Dutchman was a subtle and sophisticated collector of influences, both artistically and socially.

The youthful Van Gogh was a keen wanderer and rarely stayed for more than a few years in any one place. Born in 1853, at the age of 16 he had left his boarding school and found work with Goupil & Cie at The Hague, a leading art dealership with headquarters in Paris who dealt mainly in art reproductions.

These days, art dealers might sell reproductions in the form of high-quality photographic prints. In Van Gogh’s day, copies of artworks were in the form of engravings, etchings, and lithographs. The young Van Gogh was fond of collecting such prints himself, for pleasure and as tools to learn from. Prints undoubtedly helped shape Van Gogh’s artistic style, of the bold lines of his early sketches and the graphic quality of many of his later paintings.

By aged 20, Van Gogh had completed his training with Goupil and travelled to England to work at the London branch. He engaged eagerly with the culture he found in Britain at the time. “I love London,” he wrote to his brother Theo. He read Charles Dickens, John Keats and George Eliot, was a fan of Shakespeare, and collected some 2,000 engravings, most from English magazines such as the Illustrated London News.
300 sizzler plates with cast iron ?
Tags: Blogging, Art, Blog, Articles, Design

300 Sizzler plate with cast iron

first of all let me tell what is sizzler.sizzler means to present meal on hot metal plate hung on wooden base.In this meal you get chicken,fish,rice,grilled vegetable patty, french fries, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, french beans etc

Sizzler plates base is made of Canadian pine Wood without handles and cast Iron Plate enhancing look on Top.some sizzler plates has oval,round,rectangular or square shape according to clients needs as per you seen in above image our sizzler plates is square in size with three circular engraved area for round bowl and one big area for cast iron plate.this plate has a thickness of one inch in which we engraved 12 mm deep for adjustments let me explain how i made this in following points.

product designing

usually artist like me gaze on latest trends, estimating the price value of trend which guiding the market and which things are gaining access to the business. usually, when a new trend is in we uses 3d software like artcam corel etc and start designing these latest things.this design made of 3d software give command into another software which make programmed to use by cnc machines.

i made this sizzler plate design in 3d software first to see a approx look of the outcome or product.

choosing wood

for sizzler plates some people choose she-sham wood some choose pine we made that plates on Canadian pine wood .When procedure of drying is finish on wood once then we make the size of plates.

joining

The journey of manufacturing of this sizzler plate starts when pine wood joins the planks by finger joint process.After accomplish of joining,wood needs to left for some days in open air to low down the moisture so that it give super dry look and make easy to work on it.

size of plates

after choosing wood we cut off sizes according to need then we give shape which requires for plate like square or round.once we cut the outer for shape we manually maintain thickness of plate too.

engravingarea of a circle used at house

The second last step is engraving.engraving is always done on a machine called #cnc router. engraving and programming is done on the basis of the 3d model .The machine works as programmed gives command.The process of engraving on the wood takes almost 1 to 2 hours and this works goes without any pause .When the engraving goes done the peculiarity comes out of the plates.

sanding and polishing

Now the last step which gives finishing it is sanding and polishing .We give it manually with proper perfection so that the final look should mesmerize the eyes whoever sees it.

i hope you got some useful information from this article feel free to ask any question in comment section.

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The Break Down Wake Up Journal
By: Gillian May
Tags: Self Improvement, Life Lessons, Breakdown, Mental Health, Wake Up

I made this publication to showcase stories and helpful advice for those navigating this difficult path.

I hope to use my background and experiential knowledge to create and curate good content for people.

What do I mean by the term ”breakdown”?

I’m talking about any situation where the body, mind, and emotions suddenly stop functioning the way they did before. Breakdowns are often temporary in nature. Many people enduring breakdowns become ill with a variety of mental and physical illnesses.

Often times the symptoms don’t fit neatly into the boxes that health professionals use to assess, diagnose and treat various ailments. More so, these symptoms are often not relieved by medications or other therapies. The psychiatric community usually refers to breakdowns as an “acute psychological disorder.”

The symptoms consist of or overlap with the following:

- Identity and/or existential crises

- Acute stress

- Depression

- Anxiety

- Sleep disorders

- PTSD

- Avoidance and/or Dissociation

Also, along with mental health-related symptoms, many people may develop symptoms of various physical ailments that may or may not be diagnosed such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, rheumatological conditions, migraines, and other conditions.

Breakdowns are usually triggered by life changes or traumas such as divorce, loss, bereavement, job change, assault, etc. But they can also happen with no apparent trigger as well.

The main thing is, many people enduring breakdowns are confused and feel strongly that there may be something deeper going on, but it’s hard to get to the root of it. Getting to that center is a highly unique process for each person.

A breakdown is an acute crisis that usually resolves at some point. It either resolves well and the person comes out of it with a better handle on their lives, or they may be in a worse position.
Battle Scars
By: Christian I.
Tags: Poetry, Healing, Life, Self, Growth

Battle Scars

— a poem

Photo by Stijn Swinnen on Unsplash

Do you see our scars?

Some are old

and are forgotten

Some are as thin as cracks

in winter ice

Some cross and recross our faces

Others hide deep in our

hearts

The scars on our bodies reveal

our history

our story

Our battle scars

are a gift
All the Things I’ve Been Doing With My Fingers Since I Stopped Touching My Face
By: Tommy Paley
Tags: Funny, Satire, Health, Humor, Coronavirus

All the Things I’ve Been Doing With My Fingers Since I Stopped Touching My Face

get your mind out of the gutter, sicko!

Photo by AJ Garcia on Unsplash

Finding yourself with tons of downtime these days?

Listening to the health authorities and not touching your face?

Have a case of Restless Finger Syndrome (patent pending)?

Looking for some new finger activities to pass the time?

Well, look no further!

Here is my comprehensive list of all I’ve accomplished since I stopped touching my face.
City of the Dead — Doxa 2019. Infatuated with death and rituals like…
By: Jennifer Hammersmark
Tags: Movie Review, Documentary, Death, Review, Cemetery

I must admit, I am a bit more obsessed with death than probably most people, so this film was right up my alley. After all, we all die, right? It is not like some do and some don’t, we all do. So why not talk about it more? This is exactly what director Miguel Eek has us witnessing.

Miguel does a fantastic job of illuminating the subtleties of what happens with the body after death, the processes and options available, and a peek into some of the family members as they make these decisions. What I loved equally, if not even more, was the candid conversations that he caught on film between the workers. These are the people who clean up, tend the gardens, and work to maintain the beauty in this “city”.

City it is, by the way. In North America, we think of a cemetery as a large, sprawling lawn scattered with tombstones and markers. In Palma de Mallorca, this cemetery is a multi-level structure with endless amounts of hallways and staircases that house caskets, cremated remains, and lots of adornment. Basically, an elaborate apartment building! Not only is it beautiful, but very practical in terms of land usage, for sure.

Go see it for yourself! Not for the faint of heart, but worth it.
Haiku
By: Charlotte Zobeir Ali
Tags: Spirituality, Poetry, Self, Haiku, Mindset

Haiku

A quest for honesty

Image by Peggy_Marco from pixabay

Please be my mirror

You will help me see clearer

So I’ll be sincere
Walking the Water-Pipe Trail
By: Gregory D. Welch
Tags: Mindfulness, Poetry, Nature, Self, Poem

We walked the water-pipe trail

spreading old peanuts along the way

we had spotted a chipmunk recently

and wanted to encourage it to make a home

I imagine my ancestors offering food back

to the hills and hollers and creeks between

sharing the abundance first shared with them

a harmony in the giving of a gift

It’s easy to imagine them in a place like this

wild with green leaves turning their fall colors

a balance between changing seasons

an orchestra of a thousand transformations

This wild place near my home

where we had spotted the little chipmunk

playing its part in the orchestra of change

we walked the water-pipe trail
Zebpay crypto exchange is shutting down and Bitbns is here for the rescue!
Tags: Trading, Cryptocurrency, Win, Bitcoin, Blockchain

Zebpay crypto exchange is shutting down and Bitbns is here for the rescue! Bitbns Follow Sep 28, 2018 · 2 min read

Today is a bad day for the Indian crypto industry and traders across India, as Zebpay, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, is shutting down its exchange business. From now on, Zebpay will offer its wallet service only.

We at Bitbns, understand the plight of hundreds of thousands of cryptocurrency holders and traders in this unfortunate hour, and that is why we are here to help Zebpay users migrate their funds to Bitbns.

Special Offer:

All the fee collected on crypto withdrawals from Zebpay will be waived off by Bitbns for selected tokens. Offer lasts indefinitely.

Note:

To receive the withdrawal fee refund, users must keep the entire migrated amount in Bitbns wallet for at least a week, or engage it in trading activities on Bitbns.

This is applicable for all deposits post 3 PM, effective from 28th September 2018 on each coin we support

To claim the withdrawal fee refund, post the screenshot of the transaction and write the Transaction ID (also called Hash ID) in the post description, along with this mandatory hash tag #MigrateToBitbns

How to Migrate

So, let us say you want to migrate your BTC funds from Zebpay to Bitbns. Follow these simple steps to complete the transfer:

Part 1 — What users need to do on Bitbns

- Login to your Bitbns account (Register if you haven’t yet).

- Go to ‘Wallets’ and click ‘All wallets’.

- Find BTC among the list of tokens and click the ‘Receive’ icon placed slightly on the right.

- A 34-character long wallet address will now be displayed. Click ‘Copy Address’ to copy the wallet address.

Part 2 — What users need to do on Zebpay

- Now login to your Zebpay account.

- Click ‘Send.

- Then, click on the blue-colored Bitcoin icon on the bottom right corner.

- Fill in your name and paste the Bitbns wallet address that you copied. Then click ‘Save’.

- Click ‘Send all’ to send the entire BTC amount, or enter the amount you want to send.

- Then click on the ‘Send’ icon on the bottom right corner.

- Check your wallet balance on Bitbns for confirmation.

That’s it folks! You have successfully migrated your funds from Zebpay to Bitbns. You can now resume your trading activities on Bitbns.

Check our video on Future of Crypto trading in India:
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ノア配当に関するお知らせ
By: Noah Coin
Tags: Japanese, Noah Project, Project News, English, Blockchain Technology

ノアプロジェクトと取り組み始めて以来のPlatinum Q DAOエンジニアリングの主な目標は、コミュニティの繁栄です。ノアコミュニティの幸福は、プロジェクト開発に直接影響することを理解しております。以前の約束を実現する時が参りました。

NOAH ICOの参加者がトークンの保持に対して配当を約束されました。残念ながら、ノア幹部による間違った決定と下手な管理はノアプロジェクトを危機に瀕させましたが、時代は変わりました。ノアプロジェクトは、Platinum Q DAOエンジニアリングにとって最優先事項です。当社はノアブロックチェーン、ノアシティ、Q DAO DeFiの製品を、Noahコミュニティに豊富を与えることという、たった1つの目標に向けて開発してきました。では、本日はノア配当についてお知らせを発表させていただきたいと思います。

ノア配当プログラムに参加するには、以下の簡単なステップがあります。

過去に配当プログラムに参加した方は、John Forbesにそれをご連絡ください。あなたの配当が待っています！

Noah Dividends are Looking for Their Owners!

The main goal of the Platinum Q DAO Engineering company since the beginning of work with the Noah Project was the community’s prosperity. We understand that the happiness of the Noah community directly affects the whole project development. It’s time to keep some old promise.

We can’t deny the fact that the NOAH ICO participants were promised dividends for tokens holding. Unfortunately, wrong decisions and bad management brought the Noah project to the verge of crush but the times have changed. The Noah Project is the highest priority for the Platinum Q DAO Engineering company. We have developed Noah blockchain, the Noah City and Q DAO DeFi products for one goal — to give the Noah community greatness it deserves! Now, it’s time for Noah dividends to step up on the stage!

There are a few simple steps to take part in our Noah dividends program:

First of all, finish NOAH token swap, if you are yet complete it. Follow this link to make it. You can also return lost/stolen NOAH tokens, just contact our special support manager. All you need to do next is contact John Forbes on Telegram and apply for the program. That’s it!

Just contact John Forbes if you were a participant in this bonus program in the past. Your dividends are awaits!
Is Beyond Meat the Future of Food?
By: Felicia Atkinson
Tags: Future, Food, Fitness, Lifestyle, Health

Plant-based meat is where our future is headed.

Photo by Rolande PG on Unsplash

Beyond Meat is on the rise and is a company that specializes in plant-based meat alternatives that replicate the taste of animal meat. While plant-based alternatives have been popular among vegans for some time, meat-eaters have begun to take an interest in this popularized food company in recent years.

So, Why is Beyond Meat the Future?

Beyond Meat has soared in growth since the pandemic outbreak.

The recent pandemic outbreak has largely affected meat processing plants, forcing many to shut down around the country. This has not only negatively affected the sales of meat-packing plants but has disrupted people’s lives whose diets largely consist of meat and dairy. This has resulted in many people gravitating towards plant-based alternatives that replicate the taste and appearance of meat products. Beyond Meat happens to be one company that fits the needs of the public currently, and consumers have been rather content with Beyond Meat. Numerous meat-eaters have publicly stated that they can’t tell the difference between Beyond Meat burgers and actual meat. This is both promising and hopeful for the future.

Plant-based diets are becoming more popular. People are already transitioning to a vegan or vegetarian diet.

More people are becoming vegan and vegetarian. A few years ago, it was rare to meet someone who was vegan and ate a plant-based diet. People are more conscious of their health and fitness than per se, years ago. Many believe that meat alternatives are healthier than traditional meat products, and so they opt to eat meat alternatives. This trend of becoming vegan and vegetarian will likely continue to rise. However, some people will still want the taste of meat and dairy products. If companies like Beyond Meat provide consumers with plant-based meat that has the appearance and taste of a traditional hamburger, people will have no reservations about eating meat-alternatives instead.

We will not be able to keep up with the growing population if the population continues to grow at its current rate. Something must change, and plant-based meat is the ticket.

The population is growing at astronomical rates and while there is not a food shortage at the moment, there likely will be one day. Numerous species are already extinct and there will be more extinctions of wildlife if we continue with our current ways of life. If a food shortage does come to fruition in the future, being able to create food in a lab will be much more efficient than raising farm animals. We will be able to use technology and expand companies like Beyond Meat who specialize in meat alternatives so people do not go hungry.

Beyond Meat and other companies specializing in plant-based meat is what people’s diets will consist of in the future. Change is inevitable and this emerging trend of veganism is becoming popularized among the public. Animal meat is the past, and plant-based meat is the future.
Hydro Update: 8/17/18
By: Andy Chorlian
Tags: Dev Update, Hydro, Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain

The Hydro team provides updates on Hydrogen’s blockchain and decentralization efforts, including the Hydro API and Hydro smart contracts.

Noah and I have been busy at work this week really nailing down Snowflake. It has been almost all of the focus of our development work and we are extremely excited about how it is shaping up.

To start, we have updated some of the core Snowflake logic to add a few protocol level options. Primarily, we have added flags for Resolvers to allow them to have sign up and removal functions (code changes can be seen in this commit). This will allow for each individual Resolver to have custom logic for every time a new Snowflake sets or removes a contract as one of its Resolvers. We feel that this, alongside our other protocol level functionality will make developing dApps with Snowflake very enticing to developers.

Noah has also made an awesome Snowflake dashboard which allows for users to easily manage their Snowflake digital identity. We have also designed it in such a way to allow for dApp developers to create their own React based Resolver Modals. These will allow for custom contract interaction per Resolver. For example, in the two Resolvers we have deployed right now, you are able to set a status in one and attest to a Hydro ID’s KYC in the other.

I have spent most of this week finalizing and building a modal for our KYC dApp. This dApp has the required logic for entities to attest to users data on chain. It is also a working example of how other developers can build Resolver Modals into our Snowflake dashboard. We plan to incorporate appropriate parts of our KYC dApps logic in the Hydro API as well to allow for businesses and websites to quickly grab user attestations.

As a final note, all of these contracts are live on Rinkeby and should work, but they are in very early beta so please don’t be surprised if things break or do not work as expected. If that is the case I would like to encourage you to leave an issue on the repo explaining what happened.

Thanks for reading!

We’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch via Discord, Reddit, or Telegram.
This Week In Bitcoin 05/31/2016
By: Alex Millar
Tags: Girlfriend, Blockchain, Bitcoin

This week in bitcoin a proposal to improve privacy went viral. BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) 151 author Jonas Schnelli claims, “it’s trivial for a network provider or any other men-in-the-middle to identify a Bitcoin user and its controlled addresses.” Schnelli describes a improvement that allows a peer to, “encrypt their communication between a selective subset of remote peers.” The BIP spawned an rampage of reposts on twitter and reddit, perhaps in acknowledgement of Pieter Wuille and Gregory Maxwell’s contributions to the BIP.

Looking past the fun, privacy is an aspect of bitcoin that is essential to its success and an objective improvement proposal is great news.
How to Reduce Turnover in your Business
By: C. C. Francis
Tags: Management, Startup, Busines, Leadership, Hiring

Situation A

You have a high-value project coming up. Several, actually.

It’s make-or-break time. Your company’s future is riding on your performance in the next few months. You have to get this job done.

But you have a problem. Your team has holes in it. You’ve lost two of your best employees. These were your newest hires, but they did a lot of your work. They left for competitors without explanation. You can’t afford to go into the busy season without them. The work won’t get done. Your numbers will be down.

There is a promising candidate coming onto the market who is perfect for the work that you need to do. This person has competing offers from four other firms. Your best recruiter swears this is your person. He has deep background in your area. But you don’t know how you’re going to get him.

With special approval from the powers-that-be, you double the next-highest offer. A few days later, word comes in. The candidate has accepted your offer.

He starts with your firm — and sure enough, the work is absolutely top-notch. You’re happy. Your team is happy. You start to rely on this person for everything. Other offices start asking to use him for their projects, and you approve. Why not?

He starts working nights, weekends. The numbers are great. Everyone’s winning.

A few months in, he starts looking a little shopworn. He gains weight. Deep purple bags appear under his eyes. He repeatedly asks for help balancing his workload — says it’s too much, says he needs to distribute projects differently. But we’re confident he can handle it. It was this top hire, or two lesser-paid, lesser-producing hires. And the quality of this work is still amazing. That hasn’t suffered.

A few days later, you get an email in your inbox — 1 a.m., on a work night.

3 weeks’ notice.

Not good. Not good at all. How could he do this to you? Did someone poach him?

“Where are you going from here?” We ask. To our surprise, he has nothing lined up. He’s just… quitting.

How could he throw away his career?

“I suppose you could pick up some contract gigs here or there, but that’s about it.” We tell him. He is unmoved. Three weeks later, he’s gone. To his credit, he works diligently until the last day of the notice period. But that’s it.

Back to the drawing board.

You pick up your phone and redial the recruiter.
Will Delaware cause another ICO BOOM and provide legal status to blockchain records?
By: Stephen Hyduchak
Tags: Lawyers, Ethereum, ICO, Bitcoin, Blockchain

We all have heard the Lil’ Dicky songs and jokes regarding all businesses in the United States that seem to use Delaware as their haven for operations (at least on paper).

Half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware already.

But, if Governor John Carney keeps passing pro-blockchain legislation, then we will see the best Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) finding a new home in the great state of Delaware.

Many ICO founders in the ID space have been anxiously waiting for something like this; giving validity to blockchain ledger records. Gov. Carney signed into law three bills that specifically address the legal status of blockchain records; SB182, SB183 and SB194.

Let’s take a minute and break down what this all really means; SB182 and SB183 amend the limited partnership and LLC codes, while SB194 addresses and amends the state’s statutory trust laws.

In layman’s terms, all three laws provide clarity regarding the use of blockchains as legal instruments. Though not “illegal” before, there was no case-precedence or laws that addressed records created and/or stored on blockchains. Also, if it would be considered legally binding in a court of law.

Though I am not a lawyer, rather a law-school dropout who pursued entrepreneurism; this is still very good news. These bills can now be used as legal precedence for what is called “soft” law. These bills aim to remove the uncertainty about the immutable ledger records that blockchain provides.

The language is very concise in SB182 and SB183, “specific statutory authority… to use networks of electronic databases (examples which are described currently as ‘distributed ledgers’ or a ‘blockchain’) for the creation and maintenance of … records for certain ‘electronic transmissions.”

SB194 clarifies that ownership of trusts can be proven by electronic means. It also states that “the vote of the trustees may be provided by electronic transmission, including by use of electronic networks or databases, including distributed electronic networks or databases.”

One thing that the bill fails to mention is “smart contracts.” This is left to a larger debate for contract law in the near future.

The entire team at Bridge is ecstatic about the forward-thinking concept of blockchain IDs coming to fruition in our legal system. Bridge ID now has legs to stand on as an admissible record in legal proceedings and proof of transaction.
Great news! Elly crypto wallet increases its exchange limit
Tags: Crypto Wallet, Digital Wallet, Cryptocurrency, Contactless Payments, Crypto

Elly, the first all-in-one crypto wallet, brings more crypto goodies in its latest version. Buying and selling crypto has become even easier.

You are now able to buy or sell BCH, BTC, ETH, GoC, LTC, VIB or XTZ in the total daily amount of the 1,000 EUR value equivalent!

Of course, this is only one of the numerous features that make this wallet highly practical and relevant in this day and age:

Contactless payments

Minimum physical contact and keeping a safety distance are top priorities at physical stores. Elly enables you to pay by scanning the purchase QR code and never even touching the merchant’s terminal as the transaction confirmation is made on your phone.

Handy store search

Whatever type of store you are looking for, Elly enables easy filtering of GoCrypto locations (stores and services that enable easy crypto payments through the GoCrypto system). Filter by countries, 14 different store categories or opening times for maximum comfort.

Shop with crypto or non-crypto

In addition to crypto, Elly also supports payments with pre-deposited Euro value in all countries except Croatia.

Free transfers to other Elly wallet holders

Sending funds has never been easier and faster. Transfers to your friends with Elly are instant and completely free of charge.

Get rewarded every time you shop

We saved the best for last! Every time you pay with cryptocurrencies, Elly rewards you with an automatic “cashback”’ in GoC tokens.

Using the Elly wallet in store to pay with cryptocurrency.

How to become a proud owner of the Elly wallet? Download it at App Store or Google Play!
Happens all the time…
By: Andy Anderson
Tags: Funny, Humor, Office Culture, Management And Leadership, Comics

Looking to add some funny to your feed? Follow this page for new cartoons every week.

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Dealing with Cancer the Only Way I Know How
By: Joe Hague
Tags: Treatment, Cancer, Art, Health, Photography

I went back to the hospital for tests. On the way, I remember wondering if I’d ever look at the sunrise in the same way again. Later, Nicola and Artemus arrived as I emerged from a bleary anaesthetic stupor. “It’s not good news, I’m afraid. We found a growth and can be certain that it is cancer.”

How are you supposed to react when you are told that you have advanced bowel cancer? I felt deep shock and utter panic. I was thrown into a spiral of fear and confusion that would occasionally give way to absolute fury: For eight months, I had been in pain, and not one of the many health professionals I’d visited had taken the now-obvious symptoms seriously.

Is this the end? How would Nicola cope? Will I get to see Artemus grow up? What about all my unfinished projects?

A barrage of tests and scans began, but I couldn’t do anything except wait to hear how far the tumor had progressed. We knew it was advanced but needed to know whether it had started to spread.

For the first few precious seconds after waking up each morning, I had some relief. But then I would remember, and the flood of fight or flight would return. The worry was torturous, and I’d often break down in tears.

They called and told me that while it hadn’t spread, it was very close to the edge of the bowel wall. I would have surgery, and then the growth would be analyzed. When I came round after the operation, the first thing I heard was the sound of a distraught woman in the bed opposite who kept crying out, “They’ve ruined my life. I want my legs back.”

Several hours later, I was moved to a ward of five, including one man who had just been told that he had weeks to live, an old guy who was constantly abusive to the staff, and a prisoner under 24-hour guard. Nicola and the rest of my family, who’d traveled hundreds of miles to support me, weren’t allowed to visit because they had all come down with a vomiting bug.

For the next few days, I lay in bed listening to the prisoner in the bed next to me yelling in agony as his belly distended with gas. His guards would serenade me into the evening, chatting to each other about their preferred techniques for subduing inmates. This was, unsurprisingly, a real low point. My body was painfully releasing the carbon dioxide that had been used to inflate my belly during the operation. An epidural did something to help the pain, but I felt lonely, isolated, and disempowered.

Three weeks later, they called again with the biopsy results. Cancer cells had been found in the blood, they said, and in a lymph node surrounding the site of the tumor. This put the growth at stage 4 and increased the risk that it would spread. The solution was three months of intensive chemotherapy.
Balls and stalemate
By: Bora Kwon
Tags: Politics, Theresa May, European Union, UK Politics, Brexit

Round 5 of the Brexit negotiations in Brussels

Look at the progress we’ve made over there (PA Images)

Parliament was back in session after the conference season recess and David Davis and his negotiating team were back in Brussels for round 5 of the Brexit talks.

New balls please

What do you mean it’s not a game?

The prime minister got the week off to a bad start by telling EU leaders that “the ball is in your court”. The response? Brexit is not a game, (“but the ball is entirely in the UK’s court”). And thus began the week of agonising negotiation tennis.

No deal? We’re ready for ya

Remember when the referendum result came through and it became clear that David Cameron’s government had made absolutely no attempt to plan for what would happen in the event of the Leave result?

Theresa May appears to be less reckless and has revealed that the government is making plans for all scenarios, including a no-deal hard Brexit. The news alarmed the hard core Remainers who are averse to any talk of no-deal.

However Philip Hammond has said he will not yet be spending any money on the plans. The chancellor, cautious by nature and a remainer at heart, infuriated the hardcore Brexiteers and there have been calls for his resignation or sacking all week.

The ECJ stays for now

Giving an update on Brexit talks to MPs in the House of Commons, the prime minister has conceded the UK will continue to be bound by European Court of Justice rulings during any future transition period and refused to rule out accepting new Brussels regulations brought in during that time. The answer did not please Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, who had asked the question, and who later commented that the prime minister had “to some extent” gone “further than I would have wished”.

Stalemate in Brussels

Week 5 of negotiations has not achieved the breakthrough all sides were hoping for. The UK wants trade talks but the divorce bill is holding things up. Theresa May has said Britain will pay what it owes, but the EU wants numbers, not vague promises. Add to that the still unresolved issues of the Irish border and EU citizens’ rights and we could be looking at Christmas before any chance of the much hoped-for trade talks.

Behind the scenes

If that all seems a bit bleak, it appears that behind the scenes, things aren’t quite so gloomy. David Davis has spoken of “tangible progress” being made and insiders to the talks say all is not lost, despite the stern faces made by the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier.

The enemy?

Remember our careful, cautious chancellor? Soft Brexit advocate, Remainer-at-heart Spreadsheet Phil? He just called Brussels ‘the enemy’ 😱.

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You Don’t Want To Miss This NSYNC Pop-Up
By: Colin Daniels
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Pop Culture

This is not a drill! New NSYNC merch is coming and my 90s heart cannot handle it!

NSYNC fans will have another chance to relive the legacy of the mega-group through a nostalgic and immersive NSYNC-centric Pop-Up experience that is scheduled to run from April 28-May 1 in Los Angeles. The “Dirty Pop-Up” will celebrate the 20 year history of the group and will serve as the launch of *NSYNC’s official merchandise capsule collection. The celebration also ties in with *NSYNC receiving its star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 30th.

In collaboration with *NSYNC’s merchandise and licensing partner, Epic Rights, guests can expect to have first dibs on a limited inventory of official merchandise as well as immerse themselves in fun, engaging photo activations that pay homage to iconic visuals from the group’s career. The experience will also feature authentic props, wardrobe, artwork and photography on display. Admission to the Pop-Up will be free to the public. The new line of high-quality branded apparel and accessories will also be made available online as of April 30th.

NSYNC “Dirty Pop-Up” Experience

Venue: Cinematic Pictures — 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Ste 200A, Hollywood, CA 90028

Date: Saturday, April 28 — Tuesday, May 1

Hours of operation:

Saturday, April 28 — noon to 8pm

Sunday, April 29 — noon to 8pm

Monday, April 30–4pm to 9pm

Tuesday, May 1 — noon to 8pm
Broken Pieces
By: Lisa Beth Wright
Tags: Poetry On Medium, Poetry, Relationships, Self, Poem

Broken Pieces

Shattered memories.

Photo by Ismael Sanchez from Pexels

I don’t recognize

The face in the mirror

It stares back at me

Eyes distant and forlorn

I remember the good times

We shared all those years

Days of laughter and music

Meals and friendship

But now I have

Only memories

And broken pieces

Of what used to exist

Broken pieces

A shattered life

I see you in the mirror

Unrecognizable now

Did I ever know you?

Or was it all just a dream?
How To Animate React Components
Tags: JavaScript, Front End Development, UI Design, UI, React

How To Animate React Components

Adding transitions and animations with React-Spring

Photo by Lucas Fonseca from Pexels

Welcome back! Thank you for stopping by. In this article, we are going to try out the React-Spring library.

We will go through the steps to add this to an existing react application. For this example, We have a simple click counter application that was styled with Material-UI components.

As you can see above, there is not much happening when we click the buttons, and when we refresh the page the components appear to drop down a bit abruptly. Let’s fix that with react-spring. We are going to make the blue Header component scroll down smoothly when the page loads. We’ll see how that looks and go from there.

1 - Install The Library

Navigate into your applications directory and run npm install react-spring .

2 - Import components

Once we have react-spring installed, we need to import the components we will be using. Currently, this is what our Header component looks like.

For this simple animation, we will import the Spring component with the following line.

import { Spring } from 'react-spring/renderprops'

3 - Wrap Components

One of the cool things about react-spring is that we don’t have to change too much in our components. We basically import as we did above, and wrap the component we are returning with the imported Spring component.

import { Spring } from 'react-spring/renderprops' const useStyles = makeStyles({

navStyle: {

flex: 1

}

}) const Header = () => {

const classes = useStyles()

return(

<Spring >

{ props => (

insert your components here

)}

</Spring>

)

} export default Header

It should look something like this.

4 - Add Necessary Props

Here is a list of props we can pass to Spring .

This image was taken from the react-spring docs.

To achieve the effect that we want, we will use the from= , to= , and config= props. Since we want our navbar to scroll smoothly from the top of the page when the component loads, we will use the marginTop: attribute inside the from= and to= props as we do on lines 26 and 27 below.

Then we want to pass our props to the AppBar component using the style= attribute as we do on line 31 above.

It should look like this on the browser.

Nice, now let’s do something with the counter as well. Let’s make it so it also drops down but after the header is done loading. To do that, we just need to repeat the steps above in our CounterInput component.

This is what it looks like now.

Following the steps above we should end up with something like this.

NOTE: This component is being passed props as well. To avoid any conflicts we change the variable props to args in lines 34 and 35 below.

And just like that, we have added some basic animations to our existing application. You should now be able to see this on the browser.

If this was in any way helpful, informational, or entertaining I’d love to hear from you in the comments. If you have any suggestions on topics you’d like me to cover please don’t hesitate to reach out. As always, stay healthy, stay curious!
If I Close My Eyes
By: Mark Starlin
Tags: Imagination, Reality, Poetry, Life, Dreams

If I close my eyes

I can be a forest ranger

I can keep the forest safe

I can watch out for the danger

If I close my eyes

I can be a great songwriter

And sing songs that unify

Make the world a little brighter

If I close my eyes

I can visit far-off places

I can marvel at their wonders

And meet many smiling faces

If I close my eyes

I can be a world-class cook

And create new taste sensations

Then sell my recipe book

If I close my eyes

I can find my one true love

Who will fill my heart with joy

And be all I’m thinking of

If I close my eyes

I can do most anything

In my imagination

I envision everything

I love my flights of fancy

But now I must open my eyes

I have some work to do

For my dreams to realize
How I Gradually Increased My Income Streams to Make Over $5,000 a Month Online — Starting From Nothing
By: Jon Brosio
Tags: Marketing, Startup, Entrepreneurship, Digital Marketing, Business

I remember sitting in the conference room listening to the SVP of Product Development ask my fellow employees and me for ideas regarding the new company app we were going to roll out.

"What should the interface look like?"

"Do we think the colors are engaging?"

"Do we have the testimonials from our BETA testers at hand?"

"How do we keep these managers using the app?"

All I could think about was how when I was hired, they told me the conference room we were sitting in used to be the vault in which they stored the gold that made the watches back when this building was a watch factory.

Now — it was a building converted into "hip" offices that offered catered lunches on Mondays and allowed you to dress more casual on Fridays.

I guess this was the attempt to make the employees more engaged and excited to show up to work — it did not affect me apparently — considering I wasn't engaged at all during this meeting…

That's when I knew life as an employee perhaps wasn't for me.

Of course to finally escape the rat race, I needed to be fired from that job.

But that's an entirely different story…

Once this firing happened, however, it started my journey of building, launching, and growing my online business as a content writer and developing multiple revenue streams.

I don't share this sob story to you in order to get any sympathy.

I share this story with you because I know there are millions of people that experience the same thing: disengaged work and the desire for a better and more fulfilling line of work.

I needed a catalyst to launch me into the entrepreneurial journey.

Perhaps you're the person right now — you're at your job, knowing that you were destined and can provide the world with more, you just don't know-how.

This article is intended to pave a starting to your path by laying out actionable, manageable, and scalable growth in developing your online entrepreneurial revenue streams.

This article is going to include both the actionable methods for developing the revenue streams (hard skills) as well as the individual qualities that should be nurtured (soft skills).

Let's get into it…
Why Bravery Isn’t Always What It Seems
By: Jenn Tomomitsu
Tags: Self Improvement, Courage, Poetry, Life, Mental Health

I don’t feel like a brave person, but I know that I’ve had to be.

It’s been a necessary act in service of growth. In service of healing.

I’ve looked fear in the eye. Held its gaze until I could barely move.

But I kept going.

Sometimes it hurt. Sometimes I fell.

And some days I didn’t want to get back up.
September round up
By: Cathy Shin
Tags: WebRTC, Team, Live Streaming, Remotemonster

Arrival of two new monsters!

This month we welcomed a designer and a SDK developer to our team! We have been recruiting actively since May, welcoming new members almost every month since then. Our team almost grew twice compared to the beginning of the year. We feel very lucky to find such good talents, and are beyond excited to see how everyone will grow together with the company. Especially with the new designer.. please stay tuned for our new BI & CI !