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Spirit of the Palm
By: Gayle Kurtzer-Meyers
Tags: Illumination, Meditation, Poetry, Spiritual, Poetry On Medium

Palm trees slow dancing

Fronds waltzing through coastal breeze

An inspiration to relax

Titillating sweet to the lips

Fruit perched upon the branch

Abundant with dates and coconuts to quench the passions.

So many styles of classic design

Cat, butterfly, Fishtail, and the Canary Islands.

A Parlor palm, or a Lady

superseded only by the powers of the Queen.

Oh, what a revelation,

Victory over the spirit

Seizing of conflict and competition

An authentic symbol of peace

To be exalted

May you go forth and find peace within the beauty of nature. The time is now.

“Unlike tires, life has no spare.”-Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

Relaxing 3 Hour Video of A Tropical Beach with Blue Sky White Sand and Palm Tree www.bing.com
The Fascinating Secrets of Audrey Hepburn
By: Mythili The Dreamer
Tags: Film, World, Women, Feminism, History

The year 1929 saw the birth of two little girls in the Netherlands who went on to captivate the world.

One was Ann Frank and the other was Audrey Hepburn. The Frank Family as we all know went into hiding in a room in Amsterdam during which Ann Frank wrote her famous diary detailing the heart-wrenching details of her daily life. Then the family was betrayed and every person in hiding was killed by the Nazis.

Audrey Hepburn also lived only miles away from her. The daughter of a Dutch baroness and a British-Austrian father, she went ahead to become the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known not only for her role as UNICEF ambassador but also starring in cult films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Years later when she became a big star, Audrey was asked to play Ann Frank’s role in a movie. Ann’s father Otto Frank had himself requested Audrey to play that role. Audrey refused and said.

“I was so destroyed by it (reading Anne’s diary) again, that I said I couldn’t deal with playing Anne Frank in a movie. It’s a little bit as if this had happened to my sister. In a way, she was my soul sister.”

That said, while ‘several biographies’ have chronicled her stardom, not one biography has mentioned her 5 years as a teenager when she had fought the Nazi rule in the Netherlands. It was an intense period in her life where every day meant either life or death.

And this was her biggest secret in life that she had kept hidden until her death and it was only later when author Robert Matzen, author of “Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II” revealed it to the world after piercing together painstakingly those “crucial” years of her life where she became an unlikely hero for the Dutch resistance.

As her son, Luca Dotti rightly says.
I’m an Autistic Adult, and I Hate Halloween
Tags: Mental Health, Health, Autism, Self, Psychology

I’m an Autistic Adult, and I Hate Halloween

Simple hacks for inclusive and autism-friendly work, community and family Halloween parties

Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Costumes. Parties. Treats. Pranks...

For most kids and adults, Halloween is a fun holdover holiday between Labor Day and the December holidays. But for autistics, people with ADHD and other neurodivergent folks, the spooky season can increase anxiety and peer pressure, which can overtax our coping skills and interfere with mood and executive function.

Author Chaanda Bishop Weber wrote a lovely and illuminating Medium piece about her ten-year-old autistic son Jackson’s choice to opt out of donning a costume and trick-or-treating this year. I thank Bishop Weber for her honoring her child’s needs and self-advocacy even while acknowledging her own disappointment.

As they likely did as children, autistic and ADHD adults experience challenges with sensory processing as well as social and nonverbal communication -- social exclusion and financial instability are all too frequent outcomes. By making a few small modifications to your workplace, community or family Halloween celebration, you can be part of the change that helps kids like Jackson feel safe and supported so everyone can have fun.
Announcements — Mar.04 2020. Thank you for always supporting the…
Tags: Bitcoin, Announcements, Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Thank you for always supporting the Crypto Harbor Project.



The content of this announcement is as follows.

1. Twitter bounty campaign

2. Stop deposit of CHE

3. AMUCOIN Lucky Lockup Campaign

1. Twitter bounty campaign

“CryptoHarbor Twitter Bounty Campaign Vol.4” period has ended.

bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5212067



The schedule is as follows.



Report deadline: Mar.10 0:00 GMT



Then goes aggregate and distribute bounty.

Distribution will be completed to all participants by the end of March.



Thanks for your participating.

2. Stop deposit of CHE

To upgrade CHE, CHE Deposit of CHE will be suspended after 23:59 GMT on March 31 (Tue)

3. AMUCOIN Lucky Lockup Cancel Campaign

AMUCOIN Lucky Lockup Campaign will be canceled due to the system.

We will consider implementing it as another campaign in the future.





We expect to be able to provide a little more information in mid-March.

please wait for a moment.
Top 19 frequently asked TypeScript interview questions
By: Daniel Anderson
Tags: Coding, Software Development, Programming, JavaScript, Typescript

Top 19 frequently asked TypeScript interview questions

Common interview questions that get asked about TypeScript

Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash

Introduction

TypeScript is everywhere on the web these days so if you're a front developer or even a full stack developer it's important to know the key concepts of TypeScript. Some of the below questions probably could be used for other OOP languages like c# or Java.

The below questions can be used for all levels. When interviewing I usually give the same test to all the different levels as this can give you a baseline to what level you think the developer is.

TypeScript interview questions

What are some advantages of using TypeScript?

One or many of the below you should be looking for.
Is Now A Good Time To Invest In Upwork (UPWK) Stocks?
By: Michael Brooks
Tags: Investment, IPO, Stock Market, Upwork, Freelancing

Photo by Rick Tap on Unsplash

This is a legit question to ask for both investors and freelancers.

When you examine Upwork’s NASDAQ performance, you see something that’s called the “stock market roller coaster.” If it’s any comfort to you this is a “natural” Wall Street phenomenon. The stock prices go up and down all the time. They fluctuate by default.

NASDAQ: UPWK

Now, the trouble is if these fluctuations get carried away. So, you eventually have huge differences between high and low price values. If you are an investor who either already owns the Upwork shares or plans to buy them at some point, these ups and downs can be bad for your health. Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do about it or is it?

Upwork isn’t the first freelance platform that went public. Freelancer dot com has been on this stock market roller coaster ride for a couple of years already. There are some rumors that Fiverr also plans to file for IPO too.

So, long story short, if you want to know more about Upwork’s NASDAQ future, you should have a look at Freelancer’s ASX past.

Bloomberg FLN:AU

The Freelancer’s stock prices have been trying to recover since 2016 with little or no success at all.

That’s the problem with the many tech companies that have unicorn dreams. At the beginning of a company’s public journey, you just can’t help yourself falling for the hype. So, you buy the shares impulsively with a shady promise of the future profit. Pretty soon, you become aware that the things have been blown out of any reasonable proportion. The real market price “stabilizes” up to one year after a company has made its public debut.

The early investment birds are the ones to suffer and lose the most.

My word of advice would be to wait a bit longer. You should wait for at least six months before you make your investment move.

It’s quite obvious that these fluctuations in the stock prices mean a lot of money. It’s definitely not the same if you buy Upwork stocks today or a week from now. You don’t have to be a Wall Street guru to come up with this conclusion yourself.

My personal opinion is that the freelance platforms aren’t properly “equipped” for these roller coaster rides.

That’s one of the main reasons my relatively new freelance platform goLance will never go public, at least as long as I’m its owner.

So, hold your investment horses for a few more months. Otherwise, I’m afraid you may regret it.
Virago
By: Abo. Akoto
Tags: Warrior Women, Women, Strong Women, Womanhood, Poetry

With her trebuchet of a tongue,

she hurls missiles at small men

who define how high

she’s allowed to soar.

Her chest is a battering ram:

she knocks down

their oppressive walls,

inters them beneath the rubble.

She has Medusa in her eyes,

a single glance petrifies.

The arch of her back is a longbow;

she shoots down cowards

creeping from behind.

Her thighs are beating war drums:

one jiggle sends seasoned soldiers

scurrying like rats.

She is a rallying cry.

Forged in the heat of battle,

she’s from the adrenaline coursing through the veins of bloodthirsty warriors,

the deafening clang of claymores clashing under turbulent skies,

the glinting tips of spears dripping with enemy blood,

the blizzard of arrows whizzing through the air,

the yowls of wounded archers falling from turrets,

the spilled guts of the slain strewn across the battlefield,

the caws of crows descending to feast on dead flesh,

the “Huzzah!” of conquerors cheering in victory.

In the crucible of her womb,

she molds her offspring into fighters,

prepares them for the war that is Life;

her sons are Vikings,

her daughters are Amazons.

They call her Virago,

but she prefers Woman.
About
Tags: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, ICO

About

Decentralised applications and the web as it was meant to be

We are a blockchain consultancy based in Oxford, and are available for work worldwide.

“Extropy — an evolving framework of values and standards for continuously improving the human condition”

We work with startups and small businesses to help them realise the potential of the blockchain, and can bring you cutting edge technology in a way that non rocket scientists can understand.

Distributed Application Development

We can bring your ideas to life by utilising the Ethereum blockchain platform, creating smart contracts and dapps on both the public chain and on private networks.

Education

We believe that the blockchain will change the way we do business. We can help you, if you want to find out more about how your company could benefit from blockchain technology or break into the industry. Find out more about our training.

Research

We are helping the community by conducting research around the safety of smart contracts, and aim to promote and contribute to research into Ethereum and the related ecosystem.
Root For The Underdog — He’s Hungrier
By: Ren D
Tags: Self, Lifestyle, Self-awareness, Personal Development, Life Lessons

If you root for the underdog and want him to succeed, why aren’t you rooting for yourself?

That skill you started learning but stopped because you weren’t very good. That hobby you want to try but didn’t out of fear. That competition you want to win but can’t get yourself to register. The promotion that you’re afraid to ask for. We want our own successes yet we’re afraid of the work required to achieve them. We are sabotaging our own feel good stories.

We are limiting ourselves. We fear that even having put in time and work, we still won’t succeed. We are afraid of failure. We’re so afraid of failure that we don’t even try. We stick to our comfort zones.

Over the past couple years, I have learned to tell my comfort zone to fuck off. No feel good story ever came out of a comfort zone and I deserve one. I deserve to be the underdog and have people cheer me on. I deserve for people to want me to succeed. But in order for them to do that, I have to put myself in that place. I have to work hard. I have to sacrifice. I have to be passionate and hungry.

Once you dedicate yourself to something, you will be surprised how many people support you. These people will devote their time to help you get there.

Two years ago when I started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I was the furthest I had ever been from my comfort zone. Rolling (sparring) with men was so awkward. Jiu Jitsu is a very intimate martial art and you are in strange positions with your training partners. It takes a certain person to be okay with this type of training. Despite it being so far outside of my comfort zone that I started asking myself who I was, I felt the most at home. My partners quickly became my brothers and sisters. They saw how much I struggled. They were aware that I was a middle aged woman and a mother. They knew I wasn’t the strongest. I was the underdog. And do you know what? Everyone in my school wants me to succeed. My professor. My training partners. My husband. My children. They all want me to be successful. They are rooting for the underdog. I am on the journey of my own feel good story.

When you stray from your comfort zone, you realize how much you’ve been avoiding out of fear. My career has plateaued for the past 4 years. I’ve justified it by telling myself that I am a mother first. But I am also passionate about my career. I’ve realized that I can put the time and work into my career to be successful without sacrificing being a good mother. I decided again on rooting for myself. I applied to a position that is a higher level than my current role. I know I am capable of doing the job. I will earn the title and I will put in the work. I have an interview next week and I fully intend on bringing my A game. While I may be the underdog within the candidate pool, I can guarantee I’m the most hungry.
The Mirror Program — Seoul & Singapore
Tags: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, ICO

The Usechain Asia tour has been a remarkable journey so far where we reach out to our fans and have a meet and greet session with the early supporters of Usechain. We are amazed that Usechain has been receiving much attention from the media and public ever since we started the tour. Subsequently, investors, tech developers, blockchain companies as well as social influencers have been giving Usechain positive feedback and reviews on the project. This is a huge encouragement to us to continue what we are doing. Currently, the Usechain team is still in the midst of its Asia tour and have completed the events in Seoul and Singapore recently.

Seoul

Seoul Event

The audience waiting for Pro. Cao presentation

Prof. Cao sharing with the audience on the uniqueness of Usechain

The audience listening attentively to Prof. Cao explanation

Feedback and question from the crowd

Singapore

Event at Singapore Suntec Convention Centre

Prof. Cao taking a picture with the audience

Architecture is an essential part of Usechain ecosystem

Prof. Cao giving an explanation using Enhanced Smart Contract integrating with Identity Virtual Machine to boost performance

Prof. Cao networking with the crowd after the presentation

Vietnam

Overall, the events in Seoul and Singapore have came to a successful closure with fulfilling interactions among the audience, investors, blockchain enthusiasts and representatives. Our next stop will be Vietnam. We hope to see everyone at the event venue tomorrow.

Location: New World Hotel 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Date and Time: Friday 01 June 2018, 6:00 PM — 10:00 PM local time

Do register for the event using the following link: https://ticketbox.vn/event/maxiblock-global-2018-vietnam-edition-71027/47404#

Reach us at:

Website: http://www.usechain.net/

Weibo: https://weibo.com/usechain

Twitter: https://twitter.com/usechain

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

Telegram: https://t.me/usechaingroup

Medium: https://medium.com/usechain/

Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3432061.0

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Usechain
Australian Manufacturer Plans to Expand in Alabama
By: East-West Center In Washington
Tags: Australia, Politics, Security, Asia

In late February, Australia-based shipbuilding company Austal USA announced plans to hire hundreds of American workers at its plant this year in Mobile, Alabama. This recent development comes after the US Navy awarded the company a $16.3 million contract to conduct post-delivery work in Mobile.

Austal is currently contracted to construct multiple ships for the US Navy. The ‘Littoral Combat Ship’ (LCS) is a dynamic warship designed for multiple operations including anti-submarine warfare, surface missions, and mine countermeasures in regions close to shore. The company recently had its contract extended to build the 18 thand 19 th”Independence” class LCS.

For 20 years, Austal has been operating in the United States, spurred by multiple contracts with the US Navy, and supplemented by government grants. Austal USA is the fifth largest shipbuilder in the United States, currently employing over 4,000 people. The company’s relationship with the US Navy is strong, and has been a major factor behind their sustained investments in both employees and facilities.

On February 22 nd, Austal began construction on the USS Canberra, an Independence-variant LCS. Its namesake is derived from the previous USS Canberra which was named after HMAS Canberra, an Australian ship that was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. The name ‘Canberra’ of course originates from Australia’s capital city. It is the only US warship named after a foreign capital city, a unique honor symbolizing the close relationship between the two countries. The announcement of its naming was made during a joint press conference between President Donald Trump and Australia’s former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in February 2018. The President remarked that its naming would stand as a testament to the “enduring friendship” between the United States and Australia.

Australia and the United States have shared close relations for over a century, including in security and investment. Australia maintains the 10 thhighest level of foreign direct investment into the United States with over $45 billion as of 2013, and the two countries uphold a robust alliance. You can discover more about the bilateral relationship in the Australia Matters for America publication produced by the East-West Center.

Alex McKenzie is a participant of the Young Professionals Program at the East-West Center in Washington. He is a third year undergraduate student at the University of Western Australia studying a Bachelor of Arts, with a major in Political Science and International Relations.
Unlocked Stories Part III—
Tags: Unlocked, Poetry, This Happened To Me, Archived Collections

Sometimes

Sometimes we laugh sometimes we cry sometimes we sit and wonder what we just heard and how we can answer the why
Yes, Men Can Have Nipple Orgasms
By: Mysterious Witt
Tags: Men, Sex Work, Sex, Sexuality, Relationships

Octavio experienced nipple orgasms from nipple torture.

As much as I’ve witnessed men enjoy sensual nipple stimulation, I’ve also encountered men who like to have their nipples tortured. These men also experience nipple orgasms, only the way they achieve them is through pain.

Nipple torture consists of anything from pinching, clamping or even piercing the nipples. I know it seems counterintuitive that torture could be sexually satisfying but it is.

I like nipple torture myself, though I can only handle it once I’m very turned on — especially when I’m close to coming. At that point, having my nipples squeezed and bitten hard can be exquisite.

However, I’ve had quite a few male clients who get off from having their nipples tortured even if they’re not aroused.

Instead, the act of torturing their nipples is what’s arousing to them. I’ve seen a man’s penis go from flaccid to erect just from having his nipples pinched.

Some men like me to dig my fingernails into their nipple flesh. For that reason, I always keep my nails long.

Even more painful (and pleasurable) is when I clamp a man’s nipples. I own clamps of all strengths and sizes including sadistically “biting” devices called alligator clamps.

These clamps are named such because of the small metal teeth that run up and down the length of either side of the clamps’ “jaws.” I only leave this type of clamp on for short periods though. Otherwise, they can harm the flesh.

Instead, clamps that can be adjusted in strength are what can be left on much longer.

Octavio had a nipple orgasm every session we did together.

Though I call it nipple torture, I can attest that this isn’t really “torture” for many of my clients. At least not for the type of man who loves pain on his nipples. I’ve seen men experience nipple orgasms from nipple torture.

Octavio was like this. For our sessions, I would tie Octavio’s limbs to a bondage table then set into an hour’s worth of torture to his nipples. Octavio had a nipple orgasm every session we did together.

I typically began our session by squeezing his nipples between my fingertips. I worked up from there. Soon, I’d get out the clamps though sometimes he was satisfied with just a couple of old-fashioned clothespins.

To create new sensations, though, I’d also pierce his nipples with hypodermic needles that I’d procured from a medical supply store.

Before you go thinking I did any kind of irreparable harm to his flesh, his nipples were quite calloused from having been tortured on so many different occasions.

The result was he now needed even more intense torture on his nipples to feel the same effect. He gladly offered his nipples to be clamped by me as, within minutes, he’d experience a nipple orgasm without even having touched his penis.
6 Hints You Need to Improve Your Company’s Predictive Analytics Culture
By: Romain Doutriaux
Tags: Data Science, Corporate Culture, Startup

You are in the middle of developing a data project. IT teams are technically clear about that and business teams understand the value impact. Good. But are you sure your IT and Business teams can work together?

Why IT And Business Teams Need To Be All Together On A Data Project

If IT and Business teams cannot work together, then the data project will not reach its fruition in terms of completeness and accuracy. Each profile has its own unique contribution to the project as a whole — business teams can contribute insights that IT teams would never have considered, and IT teams have the capability to use technology to build meaningful data products that less technical profiles may not know how to accomplish.

Business profiles need to understand what can be done (from a technical perspective) while IT profiles need to understand what needs to be done (from a business perspective).

Don’t Know If Your Analytics Culture Is Low? Try This

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Here are 6 items you need to evaluate to determine if your team’s common predictive analytics culture is low:

Communication is on an as-needed basis (e.g., initial assignment of problem to be solved);

(e.g., initial assignment of problem to be solved); Lack of flexibility in terms of both approach and project planning;

in terms of both approach and project planning; Absence of a collaborative work environment and tools;

environment and tools; Failure of leadership in terms of proactively fostering cooperation and collaboration between teams;

in terms of proactively fostering cooperation and collaboration between teams; Meetings with no concrete results ;

; Lack of strong leadership in terms of finding common ground for the project and its deadlines.

How You Can Knock Down Your Cultural Data Barriers

Does any of this sound like your company? If yes, your data projects’ success may be compromised. Your time is going to be wasted on countless meetings with little impact… and none of your people will have a clear view of the next milestone, all because your IT and business teams can’t work together.

Here are 3 concrete steps that should help your IT and business teams work together on successful data projects:

Collaborative workflow-centric tool that is accessible to all team members;

that is accessible to all team members; Evangelization of communication across teams from senior management;

across teams from senior management; Project transparency and accessibility supported by a tool that facilitates inclusion of all team members, regardless of skill-set and experience level.

[Free eBook] “The 5 Key Challenges to Building a Successful Datalab”

How to successfully implement these 3 steps? Download our white paper “Building a Successful Datalab”to find out more.
How to install and switch Python version 2.7 3.5 in Anaconda
By: Perth Ngarmtrakulchol
Tags: Python, Jupyter Notebook

I recently had to switch to Python 2.7 since it is required for Algorithms and Data Structure unit. My current installation of Anaconda on my laptop is Python 3.5. This is the step by step solution to switch between two versions.

Install Python 2.7 Environment

conda create -n py27 python=2.7 anaconda

This process take a looooooong time (10+ minutes). So feel free to have a dinner or find something else to do while waiting. Switch the environment

source activate py27

When you want to switch back to the current version. You can use:

source deactivate

Note: You don’t have to switch the environment (step 2 and 3) to use other version of Python in Jupyter Notebook, because the new environment will show when creating new file.

Reference: http://conda.pydata.org/docs/py2or3.html#use-a-different-version-of-python
Breakup Letter I Won’t Be Sending
By: Flannery Meehan
Tags: Broken Heart, Loneliness, Romance, Love Letters, Breakups

There was one thing I wanted to tell you but never did.

When we had our first date at my patio, my roommate came to me afterward and said, with a nasty leer on her face, “I listened to every word that you and your friend said on the patio last night.” Then she told me she could hear every noise in my room.

That’s why I didn’t feel comfortable having you over to spend the night. I felt bad, because we were always having to meet at your house, and you did the hosting and cooking mostly. Although you are a wonderful hostess, so I didn’t feel too bad.

I used to have a lovely house and cooked for my friends and could have anyone over without worrying about being spied on by the strangest woman ever.

Oh, and one other thing. You don’t get to decide what the definition of “blowing out of proportion” is. Proportion is a relative concept. You like speaking in absolutes. Also, you only like me when I’m happy. That means you don’t really like me, because I’m not happy that much.

So, I read this article about how to get over a broken heart, and one of the bullet points was, “just because it isn’t real now, doesn’t mean it wasn’t real then.” And just in case you have a broken heart, I wanted to give you a list of stuff that was real between us that I will always remember:
What is it about Old People and Mobile Phones?
By: Malky Mcewan
Tags: Age, Funny, Parenting, Holidays, Humor

What is it about Old People and Mobile Phones?

Dad called me and I panicked, ‘Is Mum okay?’

Photo by Jenna Anderson on Unsplash

When my phone rings and the caller display reads ‘Maw & Paw’, I always pick up the phone and answer with a cheery, “Hi Mum.”

“It’s me, your Dad,” said the voice on the other end.

“Is Mum okay?” I asked, immediately concerned that she’d had another heart attack, fallen down the stairs or crashed her car somewhere. It was always a worry, my mum, even at 84, drove like Michael Schumacher on speed — which was quite a skill considering she drove a one-litre Suzuki Alto.

“Haha!” dad said in as sarcastic a manner as his crinkled mouth could muster, “We’re going to Blackpool, and we need a lift.”

“No problem, Dad, when are you going?”

I wasn’t going to drive them all the way to Blackpool. Once a year they book a coach holiday to England’s Las Vegas of the North and the motorbus stopped at the Town Hall. My job was to pick them up at their house and convey them the half-mile to their pick-up point.

Exactly one week later, I received my second call of the year from my dad, this time on his mobile phone. He had a cheap and very old clamshell mobile. He didn’t need a smartphone because he only used it twice a year: once in January to test that it still worked and once in the summer to call me to tell me he needed picked up at the Town Hall.

“It’s me, your Dad,” he said.

“Is Mum okay?”

“Haha! We are on our way back up from Blackpool. We will be at the Town Hall about five.”

“Okay Dad, no problem.”

And at that, he would switch his mobile phone off to conserve the battery.

I was the Town Hall for 4.45 p.m., in case they were early. By 6 p.m. I’d phoned my dad’s mobile at least a dozen times — each time the call went to his answerphone. He hadn’t set it up correctly so it would ring nine times then click through to his answerphone message:-

“I CAN’T GET THIS BLOODY THING TO WORK…”

Then I had to wait a full sixty seconds, listening to him tut-tutting, while he clunked the phone on the table and had a moan to my mum about technology being a bigger pain in the backside than haemorrhoids.

A further click indicated I could leave a message. I didn’t bother. He wouldn’t be able to work the thing anyway.

When they arrived, I stuffed their cases in the boot of the car and asked about their holiday.

“Did you know it was eczema awareness day last week?”

“No.”

“No, neither did I,” he laughed, “so they tried to raise some money selling scratch cards.”

When he is not on the phone, my dad is hilarious.
Fear Itself
By: Terry Mansfield
Tags: Covid 19, Poem, Covid 19 Crisis, Poetry, Fear

Fear Itself

If the only thing

we have to fear

is fear itself, then

we now have much

to be afraid of.
Cajun Red Beans with Chicken and Spicy Sausage
By: Christopher Laine
Tags: Dinner, Cooking, Keto, Recipe, Food

Cajun Red Beans with Chicken and Spicy Sausage

Get a Taste of the Bayou with this Classic Dish

This is a personal favourite of mine, and one which has long been a staple around my house. The smell of the beans cooking will likely bring your neighbours knocking with mouths watering. The beans have a nice undercurrent of smokiness and spice, without being overpowering.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of dried kidney beans

2 chicken thighs, approx. 1 cup of chicken

2 spicy smoked sausage (Andouille or hot chorizo), approx. 1 cup of sausage.

1/2 onion, minced

1/2 green capsicum (bell pepper), minced

6 cloves garlic, minced

3 celery stalks, minced

4 Tbs parsley, minced

2 Tbs dried Cajun spice (preferably homemade)

1 tsp cayenne pepper

1 FRESH Bay Leaf (do NOT used DRIED)

4 Tbs olive oil

2 cups chicken broth

2 cups water

1 tsp salt

Steps

Wash your dried kidney beans, then soak them overnight (up to 24 hrs) in 6 cups of cold water. They will expand in size as they absorb the water.

Beans soaked overnight and ready to cook

Meanwhile, bake or grill the chicken thighs until done, approx. 20–30 mins at medium-high heat. They don’t need to be completely done (as you’ll see below). Dice the chicken into bite-sized bits

Dice the spicy smoked sausage into bite-size bits.

Our chicken and spicy smoked sausage

In a large pan or skillet, add the olive oil at medium heat. Add the diced onion, garlic, parsley, and celery, and cook until softened, approx. 3 minutes. Turn off heat and set aside.

In a pot or slow cooker (I prefer a slow cooker on its highest setting, as the slow cooking is more controlled and doesn’t require me to check up on the food as often), add all the ingredients and cook until done, about 2–4 hours.

All of our ingredients in the pot / slow cooker

The beans should be tender, with no crunchiness or toughness. If they are still even a little tough, cook them longer. You do NOT want the gas and/or stomach pains which accompany under-cooked beans.

At the end, increase the heat to high, to reduce and thicken the remaining broth, approx. 5 minutes. Make sure NOT to cook down all the broth, just reduce and thicken what is already there.

Serve over white rice (or not, if you’re keto), sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley, and offer hot sauce for those who want it.

Yum.
Can Digital Products Be “Timeless?”
By: Adam Kopec
Tags: Design Thinking, Tech, UX, Art, Design

Can Digital Products Be “Timeless?”

Do websites and apps belong in the MoMA? (They do)

Working at HODINKEE, I’m exposed to iconic, timeless designs nearly every day. From vintage watches and design objects that come by my desk, to the classic cars I get to drive on the weekends, I’m fortunate to be surrounded with timeless design.

However, before working here, “iconic” and “timeless” were never words I would use to describe digital products during my years working with startups. “Does it solve the problem?”, “Is it useful?”, “Is this design easy to understand?” certainly come to mind, but never in my career had I wondered, “Is this design timeless?”

The Rolex Submariner, a timeless design.

What is timeless design?

For a product to become timeless, it must first have fundamentally good design.

Second, it must be iconic, in that it sets a new benchmark in the field and is instantly culturally recognizable.

Then, (this is crucial part) it needs enough time to prove it’s as good, or even better, today as it was 10, 20, 50+ years ago. No easy task!

So, I wonder, as the consumer internet approaches nearly 30 years old at the time of writing this, why don’t we ever think of digital designs as “timeless?”

Digital design’s handicap

Well, most digital designs are never intended to be timeless in the first place. The web is living medium and probably the fastest changing one designers have ever had to work with. Entire paradigm shifts can happen over night, platforms come and go, and designs can get flipped on their heads in order for a business to survive.

However, that’s not always the case. Sometimes digital designs endure against all odds. And I would argue, may one day be considered timeless.

Porsche 911 vs Google Homepage
5 Reasons to Buy Apple’s New iPod Touch
Tags: Apple, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Music, Gadgets

There’s a new iPod touch! A new iPod touch? Sure. It’s going to be popular with parents, with people who exercise, and with anyone who wants low-cost access to iMessage and FaceTime.

By Sascha Segan

Apple has announced a new iPod touch, which adds an A10 processor but retains the little device’s small and light form factor, low price, and good ol’ 3.5mm headphone jack.

The iPod touch has always been popular among parents who want a smartphone-like device for their kids without the monthly service plan or all-day 4G LTE access. You can use an old iPhone for that, but the new iPod touch starts at $199 while an iPhone 7, which has the same processor and thus the same power as the iPod touch, costs $449 new and starts at $279 for used models on Gazelle.

While I know a lot of people who would prefer a new iPhone SE, I think the iPod touch is what they’re going to get for now. Apple wants to keep its average iPhone selling prices high for Wall Street, which means not releasing a lower-priced iPhone. But the iPod touch isn’t an iPhone, so Apple can satisfy its customers without angering investors.

The new iPod touch, available now, fits into a lot of narrow little cracks in Apple’s market, though, and I think it will please a lot of people. We don’t have ours yet, and I’ll do a full review as soon as we do. But honestly, I don’t think it will disappoint. If you’re not convinced why it’s important, here are some key reasons.

1. It’s small

The iPhone SE is the only device with a 4-inch screen left in Apple’s lineup. So for those who want a very portable device that fits on an exercise arm strap, for example, the new iPod touch is the best bet.

2. It’s upgradeable

The previous iPod touch’s A8 processor only supported up to iOS 12. The new one will probably go up to iOS 14, which means the new iPod touch will support Apple’s subscription Apple Arcade gaming service and any new iOS 13 features announced at Apple’s WWDC conference next week. (Apple hasn’t said which devices will support Apple Arcade; we’re sure this one will, but we’re not sure about the older iPod touch.)

3. It still works as a phone without any monthly fees

The iPod touch can’t connect to cellular networks. But it has iMessage and FaceTime, including FaceTime Audio, over Wi-Fi. For a traditional phone number, you can add the Skype or Sideline app.

4. It offers support and parental controls

The iPod touch is spectacularly popular among families with younger kids in the US, because of Apple’s network of stores and Genius Bars, and iOS’s easy-to-use parental control options. Yes, parents could get cheap Android phones with no SIMs, but here in the US, those often have poor or no customer and technical support, and not much of a user community around them.

5. You join the iPhone club for under $200

Many teen and tween social groups rely on iMessage, and use its over-the-top messaging features such as reactions and read receipts, which don’t appear in SMS on Android phones. Having an iPod touch keeps you in the loop without going full iPhone.
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#183: The Flag
By: Katie Harling-Lee
Tags: Royal Wedding, Eurovision, Flags, Community, Big Bang Theory

#183: The Flag

Flying high towards an ideal community

Today’s object is one which, at least in the UK, people have been seeing quite frequently recently. Primarily in the form of bunting, I’ll admit, rather than the traditional giant flag on a pole, but the flag-turned-bunting object is important in itself, because it means that celebration is afoot.

And what, you may ask, is there to celebrate? Well, while some may scoff derisively at the nation, we have had two major events come upon us these past few weeks: Eurovision, and the Royal Wedding of Meghan and Harry. They were, as to be expected, events which divided opinion, but that didn’t stop many a community stringing up streams of bunting and flags in support.

The flag, like these two events, symbolises the attempt to unify diverging groups or individuals — a theme of both Eurovision and the Royal Wedding, and quite poignant given the current climate in our society.

In the first, we witness countries across Europe singing about love, acceptance, unity, and hope. The cynics in the audience may laugh, and idealistic hope is a theme which is not new to Eurovision, but the true feeling of hope is still there. A hope mirrored in the UK’s own entry, even if we scored spectacularly low on the score board (but what more can you expect after Brexit?). In the latter, anyone who was watching Meghan and Harry’s nuptials will have witnessed the joining of two very contrasting cultures, even if they may speak the same language, and the clear show of love which exists between them.

And what object was present at both of these events, in the crowds of supporters in the stadium or on the streets? The humble flag. A piece of cloth bearing a heavy weight of meaning.

The flag, in essence, is a symbolic attempt at community. It unites (or tries to unite) populations within one nation, based solely on geography. The Union Jack was, in fact, created to unite three kingdoms: England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. It is itself an attempt to unite three previously separate communities.
Guide: OKD 4.5 Single Node Cluster
By: Craig Robinson
Tags: Cluster, WordPress, Kubernetes, Openshift, Okd

Install Fedora Server 32 on the okd4-services VM:

Run through the installation.

I prefer to use the “Standard Partition” storage configuration to use the entire drive at “/”. On the “Installation Destination” page, click on Custom under Storage Configuration, then Done.

On the Manual Partitioning page, select Standard Partition, then click “Click Here to Create them automatically.”

Select the “/” partition and click the “-” to delete it. Then click the “+” to re-add it. At this point, it should use the entire drive. Click Done, then Accept the changes.

For Software Selection, choose “Fedora Custom Operating System” and include the “Guest Agents” add-on.

Enable the NIC connected to the VM Network and set the hostname as okd4-services, then click Apply and Done.

Set the Root password, and create an admin user. Click “Begin Installation” to start the install.

After the installation has completed, login, and update the OS.
The Ambiguity of Feeling
By: Bradley J Nordell
Tags: Philosophy, Creativity, Coffee, Poetry, Existentialism

The Ambiguity of Feeling

A poem about existential thoughts before coffee

Photo by Ronaldo Arthur Vidal on Unsplash

I meander to the void and back

existential placards

upon the edge of space

I ponder love-struck sunsets

in vortex yaw, twists of fate

reflections in the mirror to ascend

What axiomatic kisses

can undo these chains

to free thee from time’s Möbius loop blame?

Those endless mistakes

monologues in bathroom stalls

wondering when my flame will burn again

Have I made and un-made myself enough

for you to come back?

Somehow I got lost in singularities cold hands

And as the water bubbles and sings

percolating through caliginous beans

I wonder what tomorrow shall bring?

Shall I see the truth in smiles or doubt in tears?

Shall I find meaning in octopi hearts

or death in mortal’s frowning mirrors?

Shall I create with words so fleeting?

Do cosmic expanses rise in blackhole hills,

to feel real as the sound of spring leaves trill?

I wonder.

I doubt.

I fear.

And when the moment draws nigh

I sip that darkness and settle into,

matters endless meadows, now clear.
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Tags: And Effects, Amps, Dimarzio, Electric Guitar Pickups

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The Heart of React Native Transform
By: Matan Kastel
Tags: React, React Native, Transform

Introduction

Let’s start with some basics - mathematics. We have two axes, X and Y, describing the direction an object can move on a 2 dimensional (2D) canvas. What we want to do in the following example is to rotate a card. Since the transform prop of a <view/> component in React Native is an array, that probably means the order matters right? 👀

Not as You Think

The key is to understand transforms in general. Let’s break down what we want to do. We have some cards that we want to rotate but we want to rotate them on the one side — creating some kind of fan.

A fan of cards

If we just add rotate prop to the transform style prop, and add some angle, we’d immediately see that the origin of the rotation is the center of the card, and that is not what we want. We would like the center of the rotation to be on the bottom edge of the card.

We want to translate the origin of the transformation — so we need to add some translate props to the array before the rotation and then translate back afterwards which would probably work, in this case since it’s a simple transformation case - but do you understand why it would work and how? Let’s find out.

simple transform origin for a rotate

How does it really work

This is where William explains it really well. I’ve used his example in the following images.

On the top right of the image you see the steps we want to do, but as we said before, the rotation is being done on the center of the card, so in this example we want to move the center of the rotation to the left of the card.

We break these three instructions one by one and understand what happens. Make sure you notice the axis system.

First, we translate on the x axis in order to change the center of the rotation.

Step 1: translate X to the left

Second, we do the rotate the cards.

Third, we translate the card back in the opposite length of the initial translate.

You’d think the following image is what happening but no , almost 😎.

Step 2: rotate, Step 3: translate X

When you apply a rotation, the axis changes so what really happens is the axis rotates as well and once we translate, we translate on the updated coordinate system which is now rotated.

Step 3 — the right way: translate on x axis after applying rotate

Notice that the axis coordinate system is rotated as well, causing the next translate property to be applied on the updated coordinate system.
Falling Into Love’s Embrace, Chapter Five
By: Jon Scott
Tags: Obesity, Falling In Love, Jigsaw Puzzles, Short Story, Pepperoni Pizza Near Me

Falling Into Love’s Embrace, Chapter Five

The assistant jigsaw

Photo by Сергей Гладкий from Pexels

Dean Frottage dotted the greasy crumbs in the pizza tray with an oversized sausage finger and then put the sausage finger in his mouth.

Globs of garlic sauce were dotted and streaked across his front like pigeon shit on the windshield of an unloved car.

He had forgotten about the assistant for a while after the pizza arrived, possibly because he had lifted the box lid so that it rested against the monitor with the camera feeds. Out of sight, out of mind.

Now that he had dutifully sat through sixteen slices of pepperoni, he brushed the box onto the floor and saw his assistant up on the screen unmoved, lying there pathetically at the bottom of the stairwell, a pool of blood now visible around her blonde curls.

“What a waste,” he muttered, eyeing the spilled donuts. Then, he launched up out of his chair suddenly, like a humpback whale breaching the surface of the Atlantic. He’d had an idea, one even better than pizza.

He knew exactly what he was going to do next. Airing his yellowing, sweat stained cotton shirt and loosening his tie, he put on his jacket and once again surveyed the corridor outside from a crack in the drawn blinds. He lumbered over to his desk, flipped the switch on his computer, and then walked out, closing the door quietly behind him.

At the entrance, Dean Frottage turned sharply on his heels, causing his size seven loafers to squeal miserably. He fixed his eyes on the lady at the front desk, who put the phone she was holding to her shoulder and looked up at him questioningly.

“Don’t suppose you’ve seen my assistant around have you?” he said. “I sent her on an errand hours ago”.

“No, haven’t seen her since she walked in this morning,” the lady replied.

“Should I put out an announcement?”

“Uhhhh… No, no, just, uh, if you see her, I’ve gone to a meeting across town and won’t be back — hell, she can have the afternoon off if she likes,” he said.

The lady nodded again and Frottage, with a nimbleness that betrayed his considerable heft, negotiated the revolving doors and pirouetted out, being careful to hold his briefcase up on his shoulder like the world’s fattest MC carrying an old school hip hop radio. If he could avoid any run-ins with board members in the car park, then he was home free.