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John Ho, Partner at Anzu Partners on Investing In Industrial Technologies
By: Benjamin Joffe
Tags: Life Sciences, Deeptech, Hardware, Deep Technology, Venture Capital

This is the second episode of SOSV’s new podcast ‘Deep Tech: From Lab to Market’ where Founders and Investors share how ‘deep tech’ innovation can go from lab to market. It is available on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and other platforms. Subscribe on Twitter at @LabToMarket.

About John Ho and Anzu Partners

John Ho is a Partner at Anzu Partners, a US-based $190 million venture capital and private equity fund focused on breakthrough industrial technologies. John is a Computer Science and Electrical Engineering PhD from MIT, and long-time Bostonian, who worked in industry and management consulting.

Note: SOSV is also a fan of industrial technologies, via both our hardware program, HAX, and life sciences one, IndieBio. We notably invested in companies in manufacturing, inspection, chemical processes. Find more in our portfolio and this post on HAX’s investment themes in a post-Covid world.

Episode Overview

In this episode, John talks about:

Their focus on industrial tech,

Why they found appealing opportunities there thanks to the hollowing out of R&D within Fortune 500 companies.

Their approach to deal flow — notably via their partners and LPs — technical due diligence, and market evaluation.

How they support their portfolio with strategic advice and operational experience, and how they help look at adjacencies to find new markets.

Their belief in the value of geographic diversity. Innovation happens beyond Boston and the Valley!

He also dives into how Anzu supports its portfolio toward value creation milestones and capital efficiency to provide both runway and optionality.

Finally, he shares his thoughts on how the coronavirus epidemic is affecting deep tech.

References Mentioned

Nuburu: first high-power blue laser for metal cutting, welding, and additive manufacturing. Location: Centennial, CO.

Axsun Technologies: develops and manufactures industry-leading optical coherence tomography (OCT) and near-infrared (NIR) MEMS-based optical engines for medical imaging, industrial analysis, and telecommunications. Location: Billerica, MA.

Nature’s Toolbox, Inc. (NTx): NTx develops a cell-free process to produce biologics of high purity, stability, and low cost. The firm has the world’s first fully recombinant cell-free system based on thermophile strains and using continuous flow bioreactors. Location: Santa Fe, NM.

Liquid Instruments: Develops the Moku:Lab, a software-reconfigurable device for real-time signal processing that brings a new level of flexibility in the lab, in the field, or on the production line. Location: Australia / United States.

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Efficient AI Hardware and Compute
By: Alex Moltzau 莫战
Tags: Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware

Efficient AI Hardware and Compute

What if AI applications could run incrementally more efficient and save carbon on each hardware platform it is run on due to tailored compute training one network and specialising for each platform?

Well, it might be a bridge to more AI applications on more hardware.

Despite the magnitude of the pandemic and a lot of sad or unfortunate events development in the field of artificial intelligence is still happening and the climate crisis is still here. That is why I am particularly excited for the workshop to be held at ICLR in collaboration with climatechange.ai.

The main event is on April 26th with additional events on April 27th–30th.

ICLR is The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR).

This year it is a virtual conference, formerly to be held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

As you can see there is a rich representation from various large companies within technology.

Particularly from Google, Nvidia and Facebook.

One thing that interested me was seeing a video prepared prior to the conference.

There is a challenge to get the right mix of computation and hardware for training.

This is a project from MIT HAN Lab.

MIT HAN Lab: Hardware, AI and Neural-nets Accelerate Deep Learning Computing https://hanlab.mit.edu.

Picture of MIT Hanlab from their website.

It seems the lab is named after Song Han.

According to MIT:

“The researchers built the system on a recent AI advance called AutoML (for automatic machine learning), which eliminates manual network design. Neural networks automatically search massive design spaces for network architectures tailored, for instance, to specific hardware platforms. But there’s still a training efficiency issue: Each model has to be selected then trained from scratch for its platform architecture.”

Training and then specialising for deployment is the main idea.

Because it can be challenging with inference on different hardware.

As such they can save compute and therefore save the environment.

To do this they do progressive shrinking.

If this type of computation can lessen carbon footprints it will be highly beneficial, yet it may also enable to a larger extent more AI applications to run better on different kinds of hardware – a step forward certainly.
How I made my cheap datacenter lab Part I : Hardware
Tags: Data Center, DevOps, Hardware

Locate a cheap decommissioned rack server on eBay or similar. 100-200€

2. Upgrade processor buying second hand if needed. Dual core XEON x5675 TDP 95W. 60€.

3. Upgrade RAM buying cheap second hand modules, as needed. Minimum 8Gb .. up to server capacity, i have now 55GB. 50€ to 200€.

4. Buy some cheap SAS 72GB lot x4 disks, or SSD and establish a hardware RAID10 for Operating System. 40€.

4. Mount networking infrastructure. You can buy some ZyXEL HW firewalls like USG 100 or similar stuff spending over 100€.

If needed, a second hand managed switch to establish port mirroring for monitoring purposes. This is a plus.

Ideal to have an external NAS, old synology and establish ideally a RAID6 Array. Don’t go RAID5, you can suffer reconstruction read problems on array failures. This will be the main data repository, RAID6 guarantees 25 years MTBF. Start with one disk and over time you will can migrate from spare to raid10 to RAID5 and finally have your RAID6 setup in some months.

Buy a cheap managed SAI and connect it to NAS and Server, ideally.

Now you have a good Server + UPS +NAS under 600€.

Will continue with the virtualization software …
Screws Manufacturers Suppliers Dealers Exporters in India
By: Rashi Ryapak
Tags: Hardware

Caliber Enterprise is one of the leading provider of different types of high-quality Screws that are used by large industries, companies, buildings, construction and many others. We use top quality raw material with precision to manufacture the best-quality Screws for our clients use. We manufacture Screws in different parts of India. We supply and export our wide range of Screws in India and all over the world.

Screws is a fastener that is similar to the bolts in many ways. The Screws are made of metals and characterized by helical ridge. Screws is also known as male thread. Screws are used to fasten the materials by digging in and welding into a material. Screws don’t require nuts to tighten the screws. Caliber Enterprise is a manufacturer of high-quality Bolts, Screws, Nuts, Washers, Rings, Threaded Rods and other Fasteners that last longer and are corrosion resistant. Caliber Enterprise is also a leading exporter of high-quality Bolts, Screws, Nuts, Washers, Rings, Threaded Rods and other Fasteners. All our Screws fasteners meet the requirements of International Quality Standards(IQS) and can be used anywhere around the world without any issues.

visit us: http://www.caliberfasteners.com/manufacturer/screws/
Believe It Yourself Kits Support Classic Superstitions with Technology
By: Cameron Coward
Tags: Astrology, Technology, Belief, Open Source, Hardware

As a general rule, the further science and technology progress, the less we rely on superstitions. Crossing the path of a black cat isn’t scary when you know that there is no valid reason that that should indicate that you’ll come to harm. It’s easy enough to use statistical analysis to determine that there is no such thing as a lucky number, and that the month you were born in isn’t a predictor of your future success. But despite knowing that intellectually, it’s still easy for us to cling to our superstitions. To explore some popular ancient superstitions, automata.farm has designed as series of electronics kits called Believe It Yourself.

In total, there are three Believe It Yourself (BIY) kits: the BIY.SEE, BIY.MOVE, and BIY.HEAR. Each kit has a Raspberry Pi for computing, a set of sensors to help it accomplish its task, and some sort of output for revealing your destiny. The BIY.MOVE kit has a GPS module and a distance sensor that allows it to act as a compass to direct you towards harmony according to the beliefs of Chinese geomancy and feng shui. Users can select an element to attune to, and the BIY.MOVE will indicate the optimal direction for them to go to find harmony.

The BIY.HEAR board is equipped with a microphone and natural language processing. It’s designed to automate Indian numerology and astrology, which is based on the meanings hidden in the number of letters in words. After listening to what you say, it will speak your fortune out loud. The final kit, BIY.SEE, uses a Google AIY Vision Bonnet to look at the world around it and inform the user if anything is unlucky according to Italian superstitions and the logic of Smorfia. Of course, none of these kits can do anything supernatural, but they are a very interesting way to interpret ancient superstitions.
Digital Forensics Market Worth $4.24 Billion By 2026
By: Gaurav Shah
Tags: Services, Technology, Internet of Things, Hardware, Software

The global digital forensics market size is expected to reach USD 4.24 billion by 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of 12.3% during the forecast period, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Rising internet penetration, advancements in computing technology, and instances of cyberattacks are some of the key growth driving factors. Additionally, increasing demand for sophisticated cybersecurity tools to detect and investigate cyberattacks and financial frauds among large as well as small and medium enterprises is expected to drive the market growth.

Digital forensic tools assist in lost data analysis, reconstruction, and evidence collection from digital devices. Enterprises across the globe focus on adopting these tools to identify and avoid cyberattacks. The enterprises have to follow several regulations and compliances regarding consumer data privacy, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), among others. This is expected to encourage the adoption of digital forensic solutions and services.

The foremost application of digital forensics is found in private and criminal investigation. Factors, such as rising internet penetration, usage of electronic devices, and smart devices, among others have led to a surge in cyberattacks across the globe. Rising intensity of cyberattacks is anticipated to further propel the demand for digital forensic tools over the forecast period. Digital forensics tools are increasingly being used to resolve issues related to cyber threat in the enterprises. The tools aid in investigating data stored in digital devices, examine suspect data, and then use it as a digital evidence in the court.

Click the link below:

https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/digital-forensics-market

Further key findings from the report suggest:
How To Check Ram Details In Ubuntu Through Terminal ?
By: Aswin Satheesh
Tags: Ubuntu, Hardware, Featurepreneur

Photo by Gabriel Heinzer on Unsplash

As Ubuntu users, especially as administrators, we need to check how much RAM resources our system uses and how much of it is free. We also know that most administration-related tasks can be done better through the Linux command line than through the graphical user interface.

What is RAM ?

Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage which stores frequently used program instructions to increase the general speed of a system. A random-access memory device allows data items to be read or written in almost the same amount of time irrespective of the physical location of data inside the memory.

we are using the Ubuntu command line, the Terminal application. You can open the terminal either by using the system dash or the key combination Ctrl+alt+T .

check the type of RAM you have installed on your Ubuntu machine using the following command:

$ sudo dmidecode --type memory | less

2 . Run following command to see RAM information in KB (1 KB is equal to 1024 bytes).

$ free

3 . Run following command to see RAM information in MB (1 MB is equal to 1024 KB).

$ free -m

4 . Run following command to see RAM information in GB (1 GB is equal to 1024 MB).

$ free -g

5 . In order to view memory statistics through the vmstat command, you can use it in the following manner:

$ vmstat -s

6 . The following command extracts memory-related information from the /proc file system. These files contain dynamic information about the system and the kernel rather than the real system files.

$ cat /proc/meminfo

7 . The top command is used to print CPU and memory usage of your system.

$ top

8. htop command gives a detailed analysis of your CPU and memory usage.

$ sudo apt-get update

installing htop by entering the following command as sudo:

$ sudo apt install htop

Once htop is installed, you can simply use the following command to print the detailed analysis of your CPU and memory usage:

$ htop

These are the some methods to check the Ram details in Ubuntu through terminal.

Thanks for reading. Hope it was useful.

Happy learning.
Leaving Red Hat
By: Jon Masters
Tags: Software, Codesign, Red Hat, Hardware

Red Hatters (and alumni) wear their Fedoras with pride

Here we are (again). Today is my last day at Red Hat for a second time. I leave behind several amazing teams spanning the gamut from Arm Architecture to Automotive and many things in between. I know that all of you are well positioned for success and although I will miss all of you, I also know that you will be fine without me. Keep doing awesome things dear friends :)

Red Hat is a special kind of place. There are few places where you can be surrounded by so many people who are passionate about Open Source. Red Hatters are driven by doing the right things for the communities that they participate in, and doing the right thing for Open Source, even if it were to ever go against any commercial interests. I am very grateful to have been able to spend so many years in the company of such passionate people and to have grown up with the growth of the company.

Speaking of passion, I have in recent years discovered that I am extremely passionate about hardware and software co-design, building optimal solutions at the intersection of the two. I left Red Hat once before to pursue an opportunity that involved blending hardware and software. I am a strong believer in the future being built upon amazing technologies that seamlessly mix hardware and software through a choreographed interplay of the two.

I am not yet ready to share where I am going, or what I will be doing when I get there, but I plan to live my dream, while making a dent in the universe.

So long, farewell, and see you on the internet.
Everyday Environmentalism
By: Tasneem Manjra
Tags: Pollution, Earth Day, Environment, Plastic Pollution, Environmentalism

Happy Earth Day! Not sure why I spared the exclamation point, things haven’t gotten better at all since we celebrated our first Earth Day in 1970. We’re officially in trouble.

It used to be that you were an environmentalist or tree-hugger if you cared about the planet, now the act of caring seems a whole lot less altruistic and more like common sense. In fact, environmentalism is a bit of a selfish thing for me; I actually want to be able to breathe clean air for the duration of my life and leave my kids with a place they can call home (Mars doesn’t seem like it’s their thing).

One thing is for sure, we can’t continue our parasitic relationship with the planet. At the risk of being overly prescriptive, here’s a short list* of changes I’ve made in my and my family’s lives in the hopes of making our planet a better place for all of its inhabitants. I hope they are helpful to you.

*I didn’t include reference links as there is a ton of data out there that supports all of these points — Google it!
The fate
By: Shukr Usgaokar
Tags: Global Warming, Pollution, Environment, Climate Change, Earth

One more Earth Day has been celebrated. Will we learn anything or are we one year closer to meeting our fate?

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

You use and abuse me as much as you can,

But I am not your private property.

You defile my rivers with the waste you generate,

But someday you will realize your folly.

You never think twice before satisfying your greed,

But if you make amends I always forgive.

You convert my forests into wastelands,

But I do nothing. I am not impulsive.

You exploit my resources to your heart’s content,

But I allow you to do so, such is my nature.

You destroy the delicate balance which exists,

But I patiently hope that one day you’ll mature.

You pollute my lungs with noxious fumes,

But I silently suffer and tolerate.

You carry on as always your senseless carnage,

But you think that I’m powerless because I do not retaliate.

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Then one day:

The Earth’s temperature is found to have risen,

The glaciers in the mountains are melting.

The skies are dark and overcast,

Throughout the year it is heavily raining.

Houses and people have washed away,

The banks of the rivers are flooded.

The water is no longer fit for drinking,

The aquifers below are contaminated.

Crops and fields have been destroyed,

For weeks there is no food to eat.

Even when the rain stops there is no respite,

Many more die from the sweltering heat.

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Blinded by his belief in his omnipotence,

Man conquered the land, sky, and ocean.

Today a victim of his own misdoings,

I tried to warn him, but did he listen?
“Someone else will do something about it” — How Sydney’s waste management is damaging our ecosystems.
By: Brian Pollock
Tags: Australia, Pollution, Change

“Someone else will do something about it” — How Sydney’s waste management is damaging our ecosystems. Brian Pollock Jun 8·5 min read

While it is beautiful from afar there is more than meets the eye. Photo by Subash Maharjan on Unsplash

Imagine going for a nice walk around Darling Harbour, admiring the view, looking far and wide into the vast infrastructure and ocean of the Sydney CBD. Paying no attention to what is going on around you.

Trash all over the place, polluted waters that look good from a distance and waste that is created by the people of the Concrete Jungle. While it is in a better state than most countries in the world, that might not be the case in the future.

In Australia, Sydney in particular, has been having problems with waste management and the introduction of foreign/exotic species have also played a role in the reduction of natural resource flows. This proves that the way our water systems and forests combat foreign or dangerous substances is declining and as a result, pollution within our oceans and riversides have been prevalent. The extensive use of plastic and other non-biodegradable materials have been making its way into the countries natural environments such as the oceans and forests, causing the natural wildlife to be harmed during that process. Such as, various fish eating or getting stuck in plastic items or mammals getting pieces of scrap material in their stomach.

The marine life of the world is struggling to survive under the harsh circumstance of marine pollution, putting several species of marine life in danger. Source: https://www.plasticcollectors.com/blog/marine-pollution-controlled/

In turn, imagine going fishing with your mates and you go to gut the fishes you caught for the day, and you see bottlecaps, paperclips, all types of foreign objects inside the belly of your fish. Due to all the pollution in the ocean the fish have started to eat things that aren’t meant to be eaten.

Places like Sydney Harbour that lead to the pacific ocean and Rodd Point that sits on the Parramatta river have tens of thousands of people walking through the harbour each day. Rodd Point in particular has about 3000 people doing the Bay Run on a typical Sunday morning. While, Sydney Harbour brings around 4.1 million tourists a year which estimates to about 12.5 thousand people visiting Sydney harbour daily, and that only includes tourists! You can certainly imagine the amount of people that litter around each area.

Rodd Point has an amazing view that captures the Parramatta River.

For more information on these statistics visit Australia Tourism Stats and Canada Bay Club.
GLOBAL WARNING
By: Rayhan Hilwani
Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Pollution, Plastic Pollution, Nature

Today’s modern era makes it easier for all things to be done can be an effectiveness with technology. Everyone in the world is tempted by the sophistication and convenience of today, regardless of the impact on their place of residence or environment.

It should be noted that everything that becomes an innovation has a negative and positive impact. When viewed from the positive, everyone can carry out their activities effectively and easily, for example, the use of transportation. The negative impact, everyone becomes dependent on private transportation, which requires fuel and its output causes air pollution.

The use of plastic, plastic waste is not biodegradable. This case can have a negative impact on our environment, living things in the sea and on land, and what’s worse is that plastic provides convenience and an alternative to the cheapest material. So, companies that wrap their products prefer plastic-based products, because for them plastic can reduce production costs so that the margins obtained by the company will increase.
EARTH DAY
Tags: Earth Day 2021, Pollution, Earth Day, Earth Observation, Earth Day Celebrated

INTRODUCTION

The EARTH DAY is an international event which is observed on 22nd April every year, This event is celebrated in world to raise awareness about safety of our environment from hazardous things, this year marked 51st anniversary of earth day , it also helps in spreading awareness global climate crises, in the presence of deadly COVID-19 pandemic importance of earth day is increased. Over next half-century this day continuously played and important role.

“Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is a chance to set the world on a cleaner, greener, more sustainable path,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a statement.

“Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Let’s remind more than ever on this International Mother Earth Day that we need a shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet”.

THEME AND DATE

Earth Day is observed on April 22, this helps in raising awareness about importance of earth ,every year when the earth day is observed it gets a proper theme ,which helps in increasing in the importance of EARTH DAY.

The THEME of this year earth day is-’Restore Our Earth’.

photo courtesy : google doodle

SIGNIFICANCE

In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 as ‘International Mother Earth Day

This day is an opportunity to bring millions to connect and discuss problems like pollution, deforestation and more. As per the official website, earthday.org, “EARTHDAY.ORG is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet.

HISOTRY OF EARTH DAY

Earth day was first observed in 1970, this get announced by UN because in 1969 near about 20 million people came out to the roads for protest against environmental degradation(this whole protest triggered by many issue such as river pollution, smog and environmental issues but mainly due to Santa Barbara oil spill.

The Paris Agreement, which brings many countries together in setting a common goal to reduce global greenhouse emissions, was signed on Earth Day 2016.
It’s LAST BREATH
By: Amit Mahato
Tags: Pollution, People, Environment, Earth, Extinction

It’s LAST BREATH

From the day homosapiens picked up a tool , the earth started loosing it’s breath. May it be in the name of growth of humankind or evolution in technology , we willingly ripped apart rainforests and murdered hundreds of species . From the day our brain started thinking we became selfish .

We only thought about how can we benefit from everything we have. We killed animals , cut down trees, destroyed anything that we saw. Even dig deep inside the earth to get the natural resources like coal and Petroleum and thought that we are doing a massive development through Innovation and technology by using these natural resources. At the end are we really the one who got benefited, is it really us because I don’t think that using the natural resources and exploiting as much as we could has given us anything but a bad future , a polluted Earth to live in , polluted water to drink , polluted air to breathe in .

People complain that the existing government is ineffective of taking care of these things . But they totally forget that they are the one who are burning garbage , using fossil fuels and causing air pollution . They forget that they are the one who are wasting precious drinking water and complaining that the water is decreasing day by day. I strongly believe that people on earth do not deserve what the nature has given us . We have taken so much and given so less in return that the Earth is beginning to look like a place where man would never want to live in. People on earth are full of greed . People fight each other on the name of god but forget about humanity .

During this time of pendemic people will be sharing lot of things , how people survived , how they overcame this disease and how how they fought against it . But no one is going to think that during this lockdown earth was at its best , earth was healing. Then again the population of humans so much that even they can’t help it. people are still going out , still using fossil fuels , still burning coal and yes still on the verge of extinction. Without having a slightest idea that their future generation won’t be alive to see this beautiful mother earth as there won’t be enough oxygen to breathe in. And that will be it’s LAST BREATH.
You’re an Idiot (So am I)
By: Arĥimedeς ℳontegasppα ℭacilhας
Tags: Conspiracy Theories, Society, Politics, Awakening, Self-awareness

From Futurama

Why are conspiracy theories so attractive? Flat Earth, anti-vaccine, historical and science denialism…

All those conspiracy theories share a common aspect: they (awarely intend to) make you feel cleverer and special.

Everyone wanna find oneself special. Thinking that you know something that nobody else knows makes you feel special – or pretending that you know.

The hard truth is nobody’s special, there’s no concealed sooth or hidden great treat indeed.

Thereat every information that makes you feel special or cleverer tends to be false. On the other hand, that information that makes you say “That’s so simple! How could I’ve been so stupid?” tends to be the right one.

Anyone who’s not fear of finding oneself idiot becomes less idiot every time he or she finds himself or herself an idiot.

Anyone who’s seeking to find oneself special stays aye an idiot.

That’s very convenient… idiot people are cattle. You’re not paid to think. A mindless worker is a happy worker! Shut up and do your job!
Conversations with the God Mother- What is True Love ?
By: Viorica Vesa
Tags: Spirituality, Love, God, Positive Thinking, Awakening

Few years ago I connected with the most beautiful loving Presence that introduced herself as the God Mother. After enjoying her wisdom all for myself, now it’s time to share Her with the world.

I went deep in meditation and asked, Mother….what is True Love ? And this was her response.

Love is when you love without being loved. When you forgive without being forgiven. When you thank without being thanked. When you enjoy without being enjoyed. When you listen without being listened. When you care without being cared for. When you see without being seen. When you hear without being heard. When you understand without being understood. When you feel without being felt. When you give and don’t receive and give some more.

That is Love, with capital L.

It is Joy without limits that doesn’t need another to be fulfilled. That doesn’t need confirmation to continue to love.

It is a 1000 words and more.

It is the feeling you feel in your chest when your heart fills with joy. It is the feeling of being blessed by the most delightful joy and light. It is calm and peace, light and joy, love and truth.

It is the smell of spring and the promise of a new light. It is the light and the joy when you discover something that you love. It is the light and the delight of meeting an old friend. It is the smell of cookies made by grandma. It is your cat sleeping in your lap. It is a 1000 different things. All different forms of love.

It is your heart pounding with joy when you see someone you love. It is the warmth and comfort of a cold winter day when you sit by the fire with friends and loved ones. It is your dog licking your face. It is a bubble bath that you enjoy just for yourself. It is a glass of wine at the end of a hard working day.

It is a piece of chocolate when you feel sad. It is a warm embrace when you feel down. It is the person who says “I’m here for you. You don’t have to go through this alone.”

It is a friend who lends you his bike. It is your mother who gives you a kiss on your forehead. It is the joy and delight of being happy and free. It is the joy of partying with good friends. It is the joy of having your first bath into the sea.

It is the smell of fir trees in the forest. It is the smell of fresh cut grass. It is the smell of flowers. It is the smell of fresh baked bread. It is the smell of home made cookies. It is all this and millions of more things.

It is the smell of rain. It is the summer night filled with the fragrance of million flowers. It is the bees collecting nectar and pollen. It is the honey that is sweetening your tea.

It is the mother that takes care of a sick child. It is the child who takes care of an old mother. It is all this and much more. Words are not enough to express the beautiful glory that Love Is.
Accepting What Is
By: Dale Halaway
Tags: Author, Awakening, Authenticity

How much do you accept the present moment? Do you live in a state of resistance, or do you live from a place of surrender and flow? Life becomes simpler and less complex when we’re willing to accept what is, even when it’s uncomfortable.

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Someone who’s in resistance lives in a state of pushing. They might be trying to control and/or force life to be the way they want. They’re in a constant internal fight with themselves and their circumstances, which ultimately becomes very draining and sucks their personal power away. They can eventually close themselves off and even shut down. This is all rooted from a place of fear.

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Someone who lives in a state of surrender understands the power and importance of letting go. They’re flowing and flexible with life. They’re open to creativity and possibility. They trust in themselves and the universe, knowing that even though they may not completely understand why certain things happen, there is a higher and greater purpose. Their peace, self-love, self-confidence and security naturally increase as a result of this trust.

I cover this in depth in my book, “Being Called to Change.” You will learn how to let go of resistance and step into your true potential!



Get a FREE sample of the book here: www.DaleHalaway.com/book
What Ascension IS and Isn’t
By: Chelsie Sullivan
Tags: Spirituality, Ascensionandspirituality, Ascension, Awareness, Awakening

It’s time to normalize Ascension for our people.

It’s time to bring this process into our every day conversations, and off the scary nag champa scented altars of a well-meaning , albeit ungrounded “New Age” movement.

That time has passed, and ascension is Now. Every moment. Every day. For Every one.

So here is a quick list I compiled.

First, lets clear some of the distortions around the word “Ascension”.

Think, “I clear and release all of the following beliefs which are not serving my greatest expansion now”:

Photo by Steve Halama on Unsplash

Read through the list with rhythm, giving each item a half a breath count, and let it play like a note on your awareness.

ASCENSION IS NOT:

Something to Do

Something Elite

Something you can mess up

Dangerous

The end of your journey

An escape from your life

Woo-woo bullshit

A belief system

Something to cling on to

Something to hide

Something to hide BEHIND

Weird

Ungrounded

Abnormal

Something to be worthy of

Something you need to understand

Made up in your imagination (unreal)

Something to strive for or stress about

SCI-FI

Something to be defined by

Something that separates you from others

Exclusive

Well, what is it then?

Definitions, truly, are laughable in a quantum reality where all is potential. And this is the reality we are ascending into. However, the words here are a bridge to that reality. They approximate the true nature of ascension in a way our human vehicles can interact with.

Photo from author’s library

Give yourself a half second to really feel each of these items below, and notice how they land in you.

Ascension IS:

A natural evolutionary process

Available now in an accelerated way

A Joyful Expansion

A return to Original Consciousness

A vehicle for transforming the world around you

Something to relax into

Genetic transmutation

Masterful orchestration by your Higher Self

Enhanced by sharing with others

A Miracle

Something to be celebrated

Something to Trust

Something to See, Feel, and Perceive in ever-increasing measure

Freedom from the constructs of space and time

Transcending purely dualistic experience

Allowing your Holy Spirit to come down and play

Becoming More of Yourself

Occurring on all 4 levels of being (Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual)
I am frozen.
By: So Many Abbreviations
Tags: Energy, Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, Awareness, Awakening

It’s been a while since I last wrote, but now I feel the need to purge, so here I go. No one will probably read this anyway.

My sister has found her path to enlightenment and it has reminded me of all the little things I have tucked away in the last 10 years. Feelings that were too scary to acknowledge, things I couldn’t explain so my brain forgot. She is sharing her awakening and it is awakening things in me again. It’s terrifying. Part of me wants nothing to do with it and part of me wants to just embrace it and dive in. Since I am split, I remain frozen.

Being frozen is so painful. Being frozen means seeing the light shining in a new friend and realizing that friend is carrying a baby, even though they haven’t said anything. It means that I tucked that away because I didn’t want to say anything “weird” or “abnormal”. I didn’t want to step on your toes and say anything before you were ready to share. I didn’t want you to look at me differently because I started talking about energies and that doesn’t fit with your version of me.

Being frozen means second guessing my awareness when the next time I see you, that energy was gone. Instead, I convinced myself I was wrong, I was hallucinating the whole thing. But I wasn’t wrong. The next week, you found out you lost the baby. And I knew. Even though you called out for a personal reason, even though no one told me anything, I knew.

I know the grief you are feeling, I know the sadness and the emptiness that is consuming you. I wish I was confident enough to tell you how beautiful your baby’s soul was. It shined so brightly, so vividly that even frozen, shut down me saw it. I don’t know why the soul transfer didn’t work, but I do know that your baby was beautiful. She was peaceful, calm and strong. Strong enough, that if you were to try again, I bet she would too.

Take your time, heal your body, your mind and your soul. Know that your unborn child felt your love and that you have silent supporters. You are not alone even though I know it feels like you are. ❤️
3 practices that saved my life when dealing with anxiety and depression
By: Felicity The Power Within
Tags: Beyourself, Mental Health, Anxiety, Awakening, Depression

Find the reason behind the reason for your anxiety and depression.

Most people see anxiety as the reason for their unhappiness — and I did that for myself; I know how it feels. But anxiety is not a CAUSE, but an EFFECT. Finding the source of the suffering and being true to myself was the most critical step towards the healing process; trusting the inner voice and going step by step behind every fear I had triggered the anxiety.

I practiced that daily; I journaled about it and spent time with my thoughts. At first, it was a real challenge, I was afraid of what I could find, and I felt intensely guilty for handling negative emotions. Every day triggered something different, but I kept on digging because I owed it to myself. The alternative was me being stuck for the rest of my life in this nightmare.

So, I asked myself:

What is the root of that? Where does it stem from? What happened and when?

And I did not need to share my answer with anyone. But I had to be honest with myself — I am the first person to trust completely. So, I went behind the reason for my misery and identified the cause. There were all forms of fear, trauma, or specific worries related to certain subjects. I went into this with no judgment; I had patience with myself. Being the observer is the way I went around this.

And then I went deeper with it, asking myself this question:

What do I need to believe is true for me to be having this experience? Not for others, not for the world, not for society, but myself?

It was a tough one. This question revealed so much inside of me. I discovered limiting beliefs and stories inside my mind; I did not know they existed. I was not fully aware of the fears and traumas that went all day long in my mind patterns. But during this process, I felt I could finally take responsibility for my fears and beliefs, and if I owned them, I could definitely change them. And so I did.
Will coronavirus help self driving cars?
By: Mikolaj Walczak
Tags: Coronavirus, Self Driving Cars, California, Delivery, Automation

Following the COVID-19 pandemic consumers are told not only by common sense but also by authorities that whenever possible they should choose to buy things online including groceries. The trend in online shopping has been moving upwards for years now however this unusual situation speeds things up dramatically. It’s caused by a need rather than a want that you choose to buy online. And everything you buy must be delivered somehow.

You can assume that of all the people who have lost their jobs by now (and there are many) would start doing the deliveries, however safety is another factor to consider. It is both safety of the customer who may be affected by the delivery person and safety of the driver — they visit dozens of private homes every day so some will decide not to take this kind of occupation even if it means not working at all.

The delivery driver is another point of hazard in the delivery chain that can be eliminated if you consider autonomous deliveries.

Nuro is a Californian company which has been delivering groceries in autonomous vehicles since 2018 — with safety drivers on board. A safety driver does not normally touch the driving wheel while in the process of “driving”, however he is required to be there by law. No more!

Nuro — first fully autonomous deliveries

This year (2020) the State of California agreed to let Nuro R2 vehicles deliver groceries on public roads. No driver, no safety driver, no passengers, goods only going on their own to the customers home using public roads. While this is still in the phase of testing, real customers receive real goods.

The coronavirus outbreak can actually accelerate the introduction of autonomous vehicles into the roads as the main barrier is the legal issues rather than the technology and its capabilities. Giving more permissions caused by these unusual circumstances will facilitate precedence which can be used later on when considering permission for vehicles carrying people.

We may be getting very close to the point in time where autonomous vehicles… go viral.

Resources:

Original article

https://willyoubereplaced.com/2020/04/21/will-coronavirus-help-self-driving-cars/

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/04/08/nuro-autonomous-delivery-vehicles-california/

https://nuro.ai/

https://medium.com/nuro/state-of-california-approves-nuros-self-driving-delivery-vehicles-for-public-road-operations-943a3cb8266

https://bit.ly/nuro_video
Coupang Eats Mart starts Q-Commerce in Songpa District.
Tags: Coupang, Ecommerce, Delivery, Qcommerce, Korea

Coupang Eats Mart Screenshot. Source: Coupang Eats App

Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) launched Q-Commerce in Songpa District in Seoul, South Korea, starting today.

The Pickool team was able to find the “Mart” icon in the upper left corner within the Coupang Eats Application by changing the address to a specific area in Songpa District.

The “Mart” icons on UI and UX showed similarity to the Coupang Japan service with 26 categories.

Most of the items were groceries, fresh produce, and living goods.

For some items, such as milk or mineral water, the price was similar to the offline store.

We could see that Coupang sold its private-labeled brands at a low price.

Furthermore, the Mart menu indicated the delivery time as 10 to 15 minutes when ordering.

When comparing with B-Mart from Woowa Brothers, the customer could not expect the delivery time before checkout.

As Bom Kim mentioned on Fortune Global Forum 2021, the company is investing 1 or 2 years in testing the feasibility of the business model.

It is expected that Coupang will test the feasibility and expand to other areas if the business model works.

Coupang has recently registered brands such as Q-Delivery or Q-Commerce for business launch.

Please also read.

Coupang Eats Original: A new beginning of Q-Commerce

Coupang Stock Price Shows A Continuous Rise.

Coupang Live: The Live Streaming Commerce by Coupang is near.

Coupang: An Attempt to enter the Chinese market

Coupang starts to prepare its live-streaming commerce business.

“New Coupang Car” Concept By Coupang, Why?

Coupang announces its Q1 FY2021 earnings since IPO.

Coupang is expanding to the Singaporean eCommerce Market.
Celebrating our Newest Exclusive Partnership with Chili’s! Get your Hands on a FREE Juicy Burger!
Tags: Food, Chilis Restaurant, Delivery, Freebies, DoorDash

Celebrating our Newest Exclusive Partnership with Chili’s! Get your Hands on a FREE Juicy Burger! DoorDash Follow Jun 17, 2019 · 2 min read

This week, we officially kicked off our exclusive partnership with Chili’s® Grill & Bar! From their famous baby back ribs to their sizzling fajitas and their big mouth burgers, it comes as no surprise that Chili’s is a nationwide fan favorite given their bold, fresh flavors. For the first time, customers across the country can now enjoy all of their beloved Chili’s dishes delivered straight to their doorstep conveniently through DoorDash!

Starting today, June 17th, we’ve teamed up with Chili’s to give DoorDash customers the ultimate Chili’s freebie: a juicy Oldtimer® with Cheese! Considered one of Chili’s “Big Mouth Burgers,” this bad boy is cooked to perfection with a half-pound patty that’s smashed to order to lock in flavor before being served up on a freshly toasted brioche bun. And don’t forget it’s also served with garlic dill pickles and fresh cut fries. Mmm.

We’ll be giving away up to 25,000 FREE Oldtimer®’s with Cheese with $0 delivery fees at more than 1,000 participating Chili’s restaurants nationwide! Just use the promo code “OLDTIMER” (limit one per person)* on your Chili’s order of $10 or more through DoorDash!

Can’t decide on what to order first? We’re here to help! In our DoorDash delivery test, the most popular food items customers enjoyed ordering from Chili’s included:

Southwestern Eggrolls Skillet Queso and Chips Chips and Salsa

So what are you waiting for? Order your Oldtimer® with Cheese, throw in some Southwestern eggrolls and queso (#YOLO), and treat yourself because this promo won’t last forever!

*Free Oldtimer® with Cheese and $0 Delivery Fee: Offer valid for one (1) Oldtimer® with Cheese and $0 Delivery Fee for the first 25,000 qualifying orders. Offer valid through June 19, 2019 at participating locations. Valid only on orders with a minimum subtotal greater than $10, excluding taxes and fees. Not valid for pickup or dine-in. Limit one per person. Fees, taxes, and gratuity apply. All deliveries subject to availability. Must have or create a valid DoorDash account with a valid form of accepted payment on file. No cash value. Non-transferable. Use promo code OLDTIMER to redeem. See full terms and conditions at dasherhelp.doordash.com/offer-terms-conditions.
7 Tips to choose your best online grocery delivery store in Durgapur.
By: Root Harvest
Tags: Grocery Home Delivery, Delivery, Grocery Shopping, Food Delivery App

7 Tips to choose your best online grocery delivery store in Durgapur. Root Harvest Jun 8·1 min read

The boom of online grocery shopping has been a long time coming. Although in the rest of the world online grocery shopping was less common, there was already a growing trend, which has only become more pronounced. According to projections by Deutsche Bank, online grocery shopping is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.2%, which is significant if compared with a 2.5% CAGR for total grocery sales.

When, due to necessity, consumers worldwide moved massively towards online shopping, some supermarkets found themselves suddenly out of the race. Today, the businesses that didn’t believe and invest in omnichannel are facing the harsh consequences of their decisions.

Online shopping has been gaining ground quickly among all ages and geographies, and there is no reason to believe this popularity will fade in the upcoming months. This means there is no better time than today to invest in improving your e-commerce capabilities.

Here are seven tips to get you started.

1- Focus on speed and ease of use

2. State the important information upfront

3. Think of the different platforms

4. Make it easy to navigate

5. Offer flexible delivery

6. Guarantee high quality

7. Make it all work together seamlessly