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Peregrine Sun
By: Bradley J Nordell
Tags: Falcons, Poetry, Ode, Climate Change, Conservation

Peregrine Sun

Ode to the Peregrine Falcon and biological conservation

Photo by Alessandro La Becca on Unsplash

O! Sky wanderer of angelic wings

what doth thou see

from the firmament?

Do you catch man’s hubris

spread out like maps

upon a warrior’s table?

What have we done to our perch

torn asunder for houses and merch.

Yet, here we are —

packed hundred-fold within boxes

that soar with might and vigor

yet you watch, patiently

knowing that the world

will return anon.

Shaheen-e kuhi or bahri

with a crown of stripes and beak of bone

Well adapted to nature’s exigencies

arid tundra, forest, ice, or sea, or dome

But not to methane clouds

ecosystems of fevered smog

and plastic meadows homes.

As the empty halls of evolution

wear out to a final gasp,

will she remember our plod,

that lagged to an ultimate end?

I wonder what sped by

before the epilogue cried

doth thee care of books writ

upon your majesty

or is the sky that is your god

and we but shadows.

Shall we never beseech,

a tomorrow’s empty whitewashed shore

And when the vole or rabbit

breed or feed no more,

that long wait upon a tree

shall sicken and tire,

an emperor as thee.

Tell me great Falco,

what doth thou see?
Human Contact
By: Valori Maresco
Tags: Poetry On Medium, Contemporary Haiku, Haiku Hub, Human Behavior, Coronavirus

I have a love/hate relationship with writing. Love writing and hate that I don’t have time to do more of it. Wife, mom, grandma(!), accountant … and writer.

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Twitter poll: Should I continue this series?
Tags: Serial Fiction, Fiction, Islamophobia, Donald Trump, Muslim

It is January 2017, the 45th President has taken office…being the story of those who were first affected by The Plans

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Daryl’s Top 3 for April 3, 2020
By: Daryl Bruce
Tags: Top 3, Self, Mental Health, Writing, Reading

Deep Reading Can Make You a Better Writer

By: Christine Seifert, PhD

When I took my first creative writing course in university, my professor started the first lecture by saying, “The key to becoming a good writer is to read, read, and read some more!” From my own experiences, the importance of reading can be overlooked by many writers. It’s understandable why this happens. Writing is a time-consuming process; one that can leave you feeling drained or tired by the end. Often, the last thing I want to do after writing is to pick up a book and read. Usually, I either watch some mindless TV, or I have some alone time to decompress.

The fact is, if you want to be a great writer, you need to make time for reading. And not just recreational reading either, you should try and analyze what you have read, why you did or didn’t connect with the material. Think about the techniques the author used that you thought were highly impactful, and why elements fell flat.

In this article, Christine advocates for the importance of deep reading. She defines deep reading as:

Deep reading requires thoughtful and close attention to what you are reading in order to enrich comprehension, analysis, and reflection. If you’ve ever been so engrossed in a book that you failed to notice what was going on around you, then you’ve probably engaged in deep reading.

Deep reading is like going to a movie (I can’t wait to go to the movies again) at a theater. For two hours, you are completely invested in the events you’re seeing on screen as there are no distractions. It allows you to deeply analyze the film, even if you’re not aware that you’re doing it, and judge what you felt worked and what didn’t. These techniques should be applied to reading. Don’t just surface read, dig deep and study what you’re reading. You can often learn more about what constitutes good writing from reading than in a classroom.
Introducing Margin Trading for BTT
Tags: Cryptocurrency Investment, Cryptocurrency, Listings, Blockchain, Tron

Last week, we added BTT (BitTorrent Token) to our list of tradable cryptocurrencies. Allow us to thank you for the positive response we received.

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The Charismatic Nomad
By: Rev. Sheri Heller
Tags: Psychology, Life, Self, Mental Health, Adventure

The plight of the Seeker is beautifully captured in J.M. Barrie’s beloved fairy-tale Peter Pan. Peter is the classic ‘puer aeternas’, the eternal Divine Child, who refuses to ‘grow up’. Immersed in a fantastical adventurous world, Peter is an intrepid self-absorbed, stubborn boy, creative and bold, and relationally uncooperative.

Photo by Jake Davies on Unsplash

Defiantly rejecting the adult world of conformity and rules, he represents what Dr. Dan Kiley coined as “Peter Pan Syndrome”, a condition pertaining to men who are stuck in adolescence and are caught up in an outstanding mother complex. By glorifying adventure and freedom, the pervasive fears and discontent of the Seeker is rebuffed.

As the wounded Seeker runs from her/himself and the inevitability of life and aging, aimlessness and thrill seeking serve to distract from internal emptiness.

For Seekers to fully become present to one’s inner life they need to develop the ability to compassionately relate to and endure the loneliness and isolation that accompanies exploring unique paths and callings.

They need to rely on others in the quest for self-awareness and knowledge, and address fears of entrapment and the hauteur disdain of what is characterized as dull and mundane.

In the myth of Parsifal and the Holy Grail, Parsifal starts out as a naïve, foolish Seeker. Taught to not ask questions, Parsifal is not fully embodied as an adult. Hence, he lacks the ability to question what ails the wounded King Arthur and whom the Grail serves.

Eluded by his psychological wounds and disconnected from the wounded King Arthur, he embarks on an adventurous quest in search of the Holy Grail (mystical salvation). It is only through challenging life lessons encountered in his twenty year journey that Parsifal is able to compassionately take notice of others and what surrounds him.

Once matured, Parsifal is able to experience the potentialities of what Jung referred to as a “true personality”.

He now possesses the level of empathy and responsibility that allows him to ask the right questions.

Photo by jurien huggins on Unsplash

Like Parsifal, It is not until the Seeker recognizes the spiritual imperative of facing his wounds, is he able to pull away from external projections of the questing ego and humbly drop into the vast power of the real Self.

It is here that the seeker finds what they are truly looking for.
JENCOによる分散型レンディング
By: Jenco Tech
Tags: Underbanked, Decentralized Finance, Jenco Jp, Fintech, Unbanked

Jenco Tech

Connect traditional finance and crypto markets through smart contracts and token economy solutions.
It’s Official: We’re Out of Things to Talk About
By: Drew Magary
Tags: Relationships, Entertainment, Quarantine, Friendship, Connect

It’s Official: We’re Out of Things to Talk About

Isolation has been one long conversation, and we’ve reached the end of it. So, what’s next?!

Photo: Johner Images/Getty Images

How am I doing? Oh, I’m the same as I was last time you saw me here on this website. Isolated but comfortable. Bored but patient. Hopeful only when I don’t read the news. I got nothing to say to you, and I doubt you have much to say back.

I have been told over and over again — by brands, by celebrities FaceTiming from tastefully appointed kitchens, by viral Facebook postings — that we are still together even if we are apart, and that now is a good time to turn inward, to not push things, and to become reacquainted with those who are closest to you.

But my family and I did all that shit last month, and guess what? WE’RE FUCKING BORED AGAIN. I am reacquainted with everyone 100 times over now. So, what do I even talk about on these seemingly mandatory Zoom get-togethers with friends and extended family?

Because I’m sick of telling people, “We’re fine.” That’s true in the physical sense — my family is both healthy and practicing responsible sanitary habits. But, of course, “fine” is a placeholder word. It’s the new meh. It’s a word people use when they have nothing to say but think they need to say something anyway. I’m sick of talking about myself. I’m sick of talking about the virus. I’m sick of talking about the fucking weather. I can’t believe I’m talking about the weather MORE than I used to, and yet here I am.

Here are a few tips right now on how to stay connected to people who are important to you, while also giving them, and yourself, the dose of oxygen you feel like you SHOULD be getting anytime you meet up in the cloud.
An act of fruition
By: Shakti Shetty
Tags: Empathy, Shakti Shetty, Random Musings

The famished monk won’t throw stone at the tree. Not because he can’t but because he’s willing to let the wind and time combine to do what they are supposed to. On the other end, the benevolent old tree can take a few blow. It’s used to the abuse by now. However, the enlightened soul has to set an example although there’s no one to document his deed. After waiting patiently in the shadow, a fruit falls down and he partially fills his stomach. Even if it took a long while, he’s not furious at nature as hunger and anger aren’t good for each other. Something he knows very well and something the tree loves to test.
Top 5 Interesting cryptocurrency & blockchain related links of the day —10 October
By: Crypto Daily Writer
Tags: Newsletter, Cryptocurrency, Crypto, Bitcoin, Blockchain

Top 5 Interesting cryptocurrency & blockchain related links of the day —10 October

Clay — Blockchain Multi Wallet | Futility Tokens | Can the Whales of Bitcoin Tank the Market?

Todays Links

New research sheds light on the identity of the whales and their impact on the market.
Unremembered.
By: Dean Duval Dyus
Tags: Poetry On Medium, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Poem, Poetry In Form

I’ll fall asleep before I fall in love. Why? I can’t remember.

I hold the pieces of a shape I used to hate~but can’t remember.

I remember like it’s fresh; the way she left me out of

breath. But, the way my lover left? I can’t remember.

I still see our lazy silhouettes; on Ocean Beach with weeded

cigarettes. I see her face, but it’s her smile I can’t remember.

Eager lips caressed the flesh I seeked; her neck, her chest, her

freckled cheeks. The way she tastes, today, I can’t remember.

I wrote an Ode to softest lips — to how her kiss had brought me

bliss — inside a book I took to hide someplace I can’t remember.

At dusk, in a musty hostel in Madrid, she said she fell

for me: a speech of sweetest words I can’t remember.

I still hear the beats inside her chest as floorboards creak &

squeak like breath; but anything she said? I can’t remember.

I sat estranged throughout our fights ’cause silence always voiced

her spite. I ripped & split my skin for reasons that I can’t remember.

She told me that she hated us. I said the same (but made it up);

breaking up for things I wish I never said — but can’t remember.

We spent a rainy week in Spain — in pain & weakness, lost at war

— before she said the way she felt was what she can’t remember.

Today, she brings another ecstasy. She lies, but won’t lie next

to me. So, tonight? I’ll swallow wine until I can’t remember.

Last fall, we both fell into spells. The boy she loved was someone

else. The way she loved, the girl she was — why can’t I remember?

My reflection is the enemy… betraying blissful memories.

Dean, it’s not your lover~it’s her love you can’t remember.
If Howard Stern Can Go To Therapy, So Can You
By: Shannon Hennig
Tags: Therapy, Society, Culture, Entertainment, Mental Health

If Howard Stern Can Go To Therapy, So Can You

The former shock jock of radio breaks down the stigma of ‘psychotherapy’ and it couldn’t come at a better time.

Photo copyright Simon & Schuster

For those of you that are a bit younger and don’t subscribe to satellite radio, Howard Stern is likely a bit of an unknown to you. You might have heard his name bounced around in the popular press or know him from his stint as a judge on America’s Got Talent a few years back. For our purposes you need to know he’s still a big deal, and he has his hands all over various pieces of the media and entertainment industries.

Gen Xers and anyone older may remember Stern’s The Howard Stern Show, for which he’s most widely recognized, was broadcast on radio and syndicated across the US from 1985 to 2005.

Starting in 2006, he signed a deal with Sirius Satellite XM Radio and his show is still going strong, with him interviewing some of America’s most fascinating personalities including Donald Trump on multiple occasions.

He was known for his brash, offensive and devil-may-care bravado on-air, earning him the apt descriptor of ‘shock jock’ from the media.

Stern got away with a lot scandalous behavior both on and off the radio, and part of his charm was to see just how far he was willing to push the envelope.

In the late 1990s there didn’t seem to be a week that would go by without Stern making headlines for his antics — be it a line of questioning during an interview, his ongoing battles with the FCC over content, and other behavior that garnered disgusted gasps from concerned parents across the country (mine included).
The End Draws Near
By: Aix Squared
Tags: Travel, France, World

Our 6 month trip is nearing an end. It feels like forever ago since that fateful day Vincent sat in a meeting room and found out he couldn’t work in France. We were devastated. Our budgeting and planning did not work with zero income. But we weren’t going to give up and so in two weeks we performed some impressive feats of fiscal juggling and we made it work (if you look hard enough, there is money to be found but it might mean some sacrifices). In hindsight, it was a blessing in disguise. Our original plan was for 11 months, with me working throughout. I don’t think we could have stayed here for that long in one place. Six months has been more than enough time to experience Provence in a tiny one bedroom city center apartment. We miss our stuff and we miss having our own place. We’re going to miss Aix though — it’s a charming cosmopolitan city. We’ll miss our daily baguettes. We’ll miss the Rotonde. We’ll miss the everyday markets. We’ll miss a ton of stuff. We won’t miss the people screaming in the night as they party, though.

Having a six month sabbatical was something we wanted to take advantage of. We used Aix as our base of operations to travel across Europe. Many days were spent planning these excursions so they fit into our budget, we might as well have been working.

In case you’ve been missing out on our adventures across Europe, here are the links to the publications containing each day’s activities in every location we’ve visited:

Amsterdam

Marrakech

Dublin

Oslo

London

(soon) Florence

Soon we’ll embark on one last trip before heading back home, Florence. There are so many places we wish we could have gone, especially with Barcelona being only a relatively short and cheap IDBus ride away. Alas, you have to save some for later, right?
Aria Finger Never Apologizes For Needing 9 Hours of Sleep
By: Thrive Global
Tags: Life Lessons, Startup, Social Justice, Thrive Questionnaire, Volunteering

Aria Finger Never Apologizes For Needing 9 Hours of Sleep

The CEO of DoSomething.org on dealing with email and why failing every day is okay.

When you have the opportunity to ask some of the most interesting people in the world about their lives, sometimes the most fascinating answers come from the simplest questions. The Thrive Questionnaire is an ongoing series that gives an intimate look inside the lives of some of the world’s most successful people.

Thrive Global: What’s the first thing you do when you get out of bed?

Aria Finger: Unfortunately, like many millennials, I check my phone even before I pee or brush my teeth.

TG: What gives you energy?

AF: Meeting new people and hanging out with my 2-year-old son.

TG: What’s your secret life hack?

AF: I swear this is not a joke: Getting sleep. I’ve always been a 9-hour gal. Now that I have a kid, I definitely don’t get 9 hours every night but I get as much as possible and never apologize about it.

TG: Name a book that changed your life.

AF: “The New Jim Crow.” I’m passionate about criminal justice reform and statistics and that book packed a punch of both.

TG: How do you deal with email?

AF: Is it weird to say I don’t hate it? I’d much prefer you email me than reach out on FB Messenger or anything else.

TG: You unexpectedly find 15 minutes in your day, what do you do with it?

AF: Walk. Gotta get those 10,000 steps no matter what happens.

TG: When was the last time you felt you failed and how did you overcome it?

AF: Whew. I fail every day. I try to overcome failure with honest self-assessments and going to people I love and trust for advice.
How We Work: Github Labels Are Awesome
By: P E
Tags: Github, Software Development

This article was originally posted on November 10th, 2015

For us at Refinery29, Github Pull Requests are where most of our team’s action happens. Even QA happens there. But with 40+ engineers all delivering code at the same time it’s important to keep the work queue organized… which is why our team loves Github labels.

Even with work spread across multiple repositories, the labels remain more of less consistent for all. At a quick glance these labels tells us which team owns what and the status.

Chapters — Chapters are what we call our platform teams, a group of people with specific domain expertise. These labels are most helpful when doing peer code review.

— Chapters are what we call our platform teams, a group of people with specific domain expertise. These labels are most helpful when doing peer code review. Squads — These are our feature development teams. Squad labels are helpful to filter work for the multiple teams who are working in a single repository. It also gives our Product Managers another way to view their teams progress. (We also have JIRA for that though.)

— These are our feature development teams. Squad labels are helpful to filter work for the multiple teams who are working in a single repository. It also gives our Product Managers another way to view their teams progress. (We also have JIRA for that though.) Status — Possibly the most helpful, status labels tell us what stage of the cycle any given Pull Request is at. Pretty straightforward.

— Possibly the most helpful, status labels tell us what stage of the cycle any given Pull Request is at. Pretty straightforward. Situational — This is the group of optional labels that can be applied to things as needed. The red labels we use to flag work that is either blocked or urgent are efficient attention getters.

Here’s what all of this looks like in action.

– Refinery29 Product & Engineering
A Convenient Way to Read Resources in Java
By: Alexei Klenin
Tags: Java, Load, Parse, Resources, Spring

I am working at Elasticsearch expert company and in my daily life, I see a lot of JSON: requests, responses, mappings, settings, etc. In 90% of cases, the functionality of software we make involves the manipulation of JSON. And it’s pretty common for us to have JSON files inside resources of Java code.

One day, after writing code to load and parse JSON for 100500th time I understood one thing: reading content of resources in Java is harder than it should be!

Just take a look. Let’s assume we have a resource com/adelean/junit/jupiter/resource.txt containing text:

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”

This is one of existing ways to load its content:

Looks scary, doesn’t it? Need to open and close multiple streams/readers, handle IOException, all just to get text content.

This Stackoverflow topic (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15749192/how-do-i-load-a-file-from-resource-folder), and many others, explain how to load resources. You can give it a look, or better, to skip it and continue to read this article.

Luckily for us, there are great libraries like google Guava, that significantly simplify the task. Here is the same operation made with Guava:

Even if it’s simpler, it is still too complicated for a task that probably must be done with one line. And we still have to handle exceptions.

I always found it surprising why we must handle exceptions while loading java resources. While exception handling is justified for the files, because file can be absent, or doesn’t have right permissions, the situation is different for resources.

Resources lay on the classpath of Java application, not on the filesystem. You almost never will have IOException, unless you made a mistake in your code. Loading of resources is closer to class import than to reading of file from the filesystem. You don’t surround your imports with try-catch, do you ?
Why Psychology Made Me Shave Off My Eyebrows
By: Grigoriy Pasechnyk
Tags: Self Improvement, Life Lessons, Psychology, Self, Mental Health

When I was a bit younger, I faced way more problems. I thought myself too skinny, which is why about once a month I would break loose and do several series of push-ups. I also thought that in order to be popular with girls all I had to do was simply to grow a beard. For this reason, I would stare at my thin hairs on the chin, urging them to grow with the power of thought.

The stupidest thing I did, though, was experimenting with my eyebrows.

It was back in September 2011. I enrolled at university, which I was extremely glad about. For the sake of my studies, I moved to another city and started renting a place with two strangers. They were also freshmen, studying at a different faculty.

Back then I was not the most sociable of people to talk to, preferring to stay away from others. Shutting myself off from the world was the easiest option that I took on my very first day at university. While others were getting acquainted with one another, I was sitting on a couch in the corridor a hundred feet away, casting glances upon my fellow students and pretending to be busy with something else. I faked being busy to the extent that I could not walk up to anyone and strike a conversation. In fact, I was too afraid to socialize with others, which is why I kept scrolling the menu on my smartphone, as if I had never seen it before.

It was at that time, while sitting in the very corridor, that I set out to look for a solution to the problem. Since I was too young, the solution I came up with was ham-fisted and preposterous — but it was one. The logic of a 17-year-old was the following: in order to get acquainted with people easily, one has to be attractive. To be (or at least to think oneself) attractive, one has to get rid of the defects of one’s appearance.

Thus, my eyebrows were the target.
Join me for CMSWire’s Digital Customer Experience (DX) Summit 2016
By: Kristina Podnar
Tags: Digital Standards, Events, Digital Policies, Standards, Policies

CMSWire’s Digital Customer Experience (DX) Summit 2016 conference brings together the world’s foremost digital customer experience (DX) and marketing technology (MarTech) leaders and practitioners who are defining the next generation of digital experiences and creating the organizations and teams that make them a reality.

Join me at the DX Summit in Chicago on November 14, 2016 for a workshop titled: Deliver Digital Excellence with Global Compliance and Integrity. Or come participate in the many other events and roundtables (hint, I am sitting on the panel for The Market for MarTech: Peak Perspectives, Fundamentals and Investment).

More info on the DX Summit website.
lifeID Names Chief Blockchain Evangelist to Lead Global Community Development
Tags: Security, Identity, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Blockchain

SEATTLE, Wa; February 1, 2018…lifeID, which recently emerged from stealth mode in an effort to give users control over their identities, today named Alex Ortiz as its Chief Blockchain Evangelist..

“Alex accelerates our ability to share our global vision with the blockchain community.” said lifeID Founder and veteran security expert Chris Boscolo. “Alex combines technical savvy with incredible community development and a deep belief that self-sovereign identity is one of the keys to improving human well-being locally and globally.”

For the past year plus, lifeID has been working relentlessly to bring identity into the modern era. The company aims to change the paradigm for identity solutions with their lifeID phone app built on lifeID’s open, permissionless blockchain-based identity platform being launching in the second half 2018.

“lifeID represents one of the most important uses of blockchain protocols,” said Alex Ortiz. “I believe technology can and should be used to create a better world and help us solve complex business and social problems. By giving people the tools to own and manage their own identities, the blockchain ecosystem takes a big first step in that direction. Working with lifeID represents a tremendous opportunity to create an identity platform and build a global community that can help us serve and inspire world-changing outcomes.”

lifeID has been working with other prominent blockchain-based companies and communities to become the identity layer for their application stack. This will allow for a dynamic and robust ecosystem, while ensuring scalability for lifeID, creating maximum value for users and businesses integrating with these various solutions.

The new experience of accessing your entire world with just a phone and the lifeID app, is a huge benefit to users. It removes the need for usernames and passwords through single sign-on functionality, in addition to the replacement of cards and key fobs used to access physical things. Moreover, lifeID can be used to replace real world identifiers, such as driver licenses, gym memberships or even diplomas issued by a university.

For more information, visit http://www.lifeid.io or follow @lifeID_io on Twitter.

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The Asian Version of a Green City
By: Anne Bonfert
Tags: Travel, Show Your City, Asia, Malaysia, Green Living

When people talk about Asian cities they talk about landfills, plastic lying all around, streets filled with people, and an incredible amount of air pollution. But this city in southeast Asia is different.

This city is clean. This city is green. This city is modern and incredibly beautiful. And I’m saying that as someone who doesn’t like cities. I’m saying that as someone who would anytime trade city life against a life in the wilderness surrounded by nothing but nature.

“While it may seem small, the ripple effects on small things is extraordinary.” — Matt Bevin

This city impressed me by its high standard of public transport. By its modern society and friendly people. This city made me come back for its lovely charm. In 2019 I visited Kuala Lumpur (short as KL) twice within 30 days while living in Thailand.

Kuala Lumpur. The capital of Malaysia.
Agile in Data Science: How can Scrum Work Effectively for Your Team?
By: Rose Day
Tags: Data, Productivity, Data Science, Agile, Scrum

Determining Story Point Estimation

After you have defined the title, description, and acceptance criteria, the next item to look at is story point estimation. Estimating story points or level of effort can help understand how long a task will take and how much work someone should be taking on that sprint. You can choose to have story points or ignore them. It is up to you. I have tried it both ways and prefer to use story points.

When I am writing or updating user stories, I use story point estimations to define the level of effort and determine how much work a person can take on during a 2–3 week timespan. We use the Fibonacci sequence as a general estimate of time. I believe it is easier to define story points after the story has acceptance criteria. You know the expected outcome that the development team is trying to achieve making it easier to pick points.

Typically, I assign these points during sprint planning or backlog refinement when I have the development team decide how long things will take. This is because a more senior data scientist may say something will take less time than a junior data scientist who may need more time. Once I get everyone’s thoughts, I tend to take either the most common story point number or average them. Meaning, if I have four data scientists and they gave me [5,5,3,5] for story points, I would take 5 as the most common value. But, if they gave me [5,5,2,2], then I would average out to 3 story points.
Visual Studio 2019—5 Extensions You Can’t Miss
By: Francesco Bonizzi
Tags: JavaScript, Dotnet, Visual Studio, Programming, Bootstrap

AddNewFile

Before installing this extension I was very tired of creating a folder from the Solution Explorer, then right-clicking to create a new folder, then right-clicking to create a new class, then right-clicking to create another new class… Lots of clicks! And every time the whole add class window pops up and make you lose your time to choose the right kind of class. This extension saves you a lot of time: by just hitting Shift+F2 , you can create any file with any file extension (also files that begins with a dot, like .gitignore ), and any folders, as deep as you need, in just one command.
Former UI President Sandy Boyd Earns A+ for Memoir
By: Iowa Culture
Tags: Autobiography, Memoir, History, University Of Iowa, Iowa

Every year, the State Historical Society of Iowa presents the Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award for the best Iowa history books published during the previous year. The award’s namesake served for 40 years as the State Historical Society’s superintendent, taught at the University of Iowa and vigorously promoted state and local history.

This year, former UI President Sandy Boyd won an honorable mention for his book, “A Life on the Middle West’s Never-Ending Frontier” (394 pages, University of Iowa Press), which award juror Timothy Walch reviewed below.

…

Willard Lee Boyd Jr. — better known as “Sandy” — faced a challenge in writing this book. How could someone who led two major institutions and collaborated on a limitless number of projects and programs capture his life in a few hundred pages?

The secret to Boyd’s success with this marvelous memoir is in his final paragraph. “Do not venture unsolicited advice or unsubstantiated opinions,” he writes, “but if you must — BE BRIEF.” Those words have been a touchstone for Sandy Boyd throughout his life and career.

So it’s no surprise that Boyd covers the details of his life expeditiously. He touches on his formative years in Minnesota, his military service and his legal education with efficiency.

He gives most of his attention to his time at the University of Iowa. Beginning in 1954 with his appointment as a professor of law, he held increasingly important positions, culminating with a momentous tenure as president from 1969 to 1981.

These were dynamic years for the university in general and Boyd in particular. His vision, wisdom and temperament were reflected in his commitment to higher education in turbulent times.

In 1981, Boyd began a 15-year tenure as president of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Again, his patience and temperament guided him and those who worked for him to shape a vision for the Field Museum and other cultural institutions in the country.

He returned to the university in 1996 to take on the challenge of building a center on the leadership of non-profit institutions. In that way, he became a mentor for many leaders across our state. He also joined and participated in a variety of boards and initiatives that improved the quality of life for all of us.

This is an exceptional book about an extraordinary life, and the lasting value of both can be found in the wisdom he interlaces within every chapter. He begins with advice that he received in law school: “Where there is a right, there is a duty; where there is a privilege there is a responsibility,” he writes. “This correlative relationship is the key to my view of life.”

That Sandy Boyd shaped the quality of life in Iowa is without question. In this memoir he reminds us where we have been and where we are going. That is history at its finest.

– Reviewer Timothy Walch is director emeritus of the Hoover Presidential Library and a volunteer at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
HyperVolatility — End of the Year Report 2014
By: Vito Turitto
Tags: Commodities, Macroeconomics, Forex, Investing, Equity

The HyperVolatility End of the Year Report 2014 is finally ready and this year we have added more asset classes.

You can browse the report using the interactive Table of Contents which allows you to jump straight to the analysis you want to read.

The HyperVolatility End of the Year Report 2014 can be downloaded FOR FREE at the following link (no registration required):

HyperVolatility End of the Year Report 2014

HyperVolatility End of the Year Report 2014 (PRINT)

The 1st part examines the performances of the following asset classes throughout the 2014:

Equity Indices: Mini S&P500, DAX 30

Treasury Bonds: German Bund, US 10–year Treasury Bonds

Currencies: Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound Sterling

Commodities: WTI Crude, Brent Crude, Gold

Volatility Indices: VIX Index

The 2nd part analyzes the macroeconomic scenario in USA, Europe, Australia, Japan and BRICS economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). The economic indicators that have been considered for the study are the following:

GDP Growth Rate

Unemployment Rate

Inflation Rate

Debt–to–GDP Ratio

Credit Rating

Please, email all your questions at info@hypervolatility.com
Page depth: How it affects your SEO performance
Tags: Seo Tips, SEO

Page depth refers to the number of clicks you need to reach a specific page from the homepage using the shortest path. A page directly linked to the homepage is at depth 2 (the homepage itself is always 1!).

If a page needs more than 3 clicks to be reached, it will perform poorly because search engines will have issues to crawl it compared to a page available in one click.

In fact, deep pages have a lower pagerank because search engines are less likely to find them and so to crawl them. If a page is hard to find, crawlers won’t check them as often as pages at depth 2 and so they will lower their chance to be ranked.

Websites need to be thought in terms of tree graph because it offers an overview of the overall structure of the site and of pages performing badly.

How to improve your site structure?

1# Use your internal linking

If you own a large website with a lot of deep pages, reorganizing your internal structure manually could be a nightmare. If you do not want to start again from scratch, you can lower your site’s depth through the help of internal linking, using external backlinks and internal backlinks. It has the advantage to:

lower the number of clicks needed to reach a page on your website and to facilitate the crawler job

increase your user experience by providing your visitors additional valuable content

lower your bounce rate since users will have a better access to the information searched

Every time you create a new blog post for example, check if there is any opportunity to link to something relevant you have already written on your website. You can them create an internal link. But be careful, you should only link to something useful and avoid stuffing keyword strategies on anchor-text.

2# Use breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs will make it easier for your visitors to know where they are on your website. Categories are essential to organize your site but do not overuse subcategories because it will certainly take more than 3 clicks to get there. To know more about breadcrumbs you can check our previous article.
Things That Are Cute When You’re 19, But Definitely Not Cute When You’re 29
By: Bryn Snyder
Tags: Satire, Aging, Adulthood, Adulting, Humor

19: Sitting on the curb outside your college dorm at the end of the semester with two trash bags full of clothes (because who owns that many suitcases?), waiting for your parents to pick you up, and having nicely-dressed guy walk by and ask you if you need help carrying anything. Cute!

29: Sitting on the curb outside your apartment building at the end of your lease with two trash bags full of clothes (because Helga took your only suitcase with her as she was fleeing the country), still waiting for your parents to pick you up, and having a nicely-dressed guy walk by and hand you a dollar bill. Not cute!
Huawei is providing outsourcing management services for SPs
By: Ken Lai
Tags: Business, Networking, Ken Lai, Huawei, Service

I recently had a chance to speak with a supervisor, who is called such by his colleagues, from Huawei. He mentioned that Huawei was trying doing outsourcing IT management service for SP customers. This approaching reminds me that Cisco is also thriving to bring management service into China. I don’t think this is a coincidence that two biggest companies in the same industry are doing the same.

The only difference is that Huawei is expecting to have a proliferation out of China mainland, while Cisco is trying to bring this concept into China. Do not get confused, I’ll explain this.

Huawei has a huge success in SP in China, and has plenty of on-site engineers providing variety services like, devices installation, configuration, trouble shooting, monitoring, etc. They may not call this as outsourcing management while actually doing almost all aspects of it. Huawei is now trying to extend it to a broader area and seriously take it as an option for its customers.

The future for the new service may be extremely difficult. Cisco currently has already had success story in HK, but this definitely has no meaning to Chinese mainland customers. Also the market chance is quite low for Cisco. SPs have fantastic support from Huawei(H3C) for almost every aspect with an unbelievable low price. Big CPs like Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu have their peculiar professional team for everyday operations, and deeply understand that outsourcing may not be a potential choice for further considerations. Small companies of course are not capable of having Cisco’s professional management services due to the cost issue. From my view of pure technologies, the highest possible for Cisco is the cable SPs in China. But the way for achieving it would be much harder than Cisco thinks. Since all cable SPs have government pedigree, and we are clear its attitude to Cisco.

As I mentioned before, I Don’t think this is a coincidence for both providing the same service. And this service would be significant to some companies which want to forget it while using it a lot. I’ll it more in the future.
Announcing New Altcoin Listings and Gobaba Trading module
Tags: Altcoins, Finance, Cryptocurrency, Crypto, Bitcoin

Dear Gobaba community,

We are really excited to announce that new altcoins will very soon be part of Gobaba currencies along with the our brand new trading module. Right now the final tests are currently running and the new system will be live at the beginning of the next week. (Fingers crossed 🤞)

We listed below all the altcoins to be added to Gobaba with their official websites in case you want to check out before start trading!

Actual list of altcoins

Altcoins to Buy/Sell directly through fiat wallets (TRY and EUR )

Altcoins Tradable with BTC pairs

In addition to altcoins above, the BTC pairs are open for the following altcoins:

As you know, we always welcome your feedbacks. You can visit our community page for your coin requests, feedbacks, questions and bug reports.
Cobinhood and Dexon: Exit Scam Incoming?
By: Joe Imbruglia
Tags: Cobinhood, Bybit, Cryptocurrency, Crypto, Bitcoin

In the latest in stupid news from the world of cryptocurrency, many are claiming the no-fee cryptocurrency exchange Cobinhood, has just exit scammed its users. Although rumors abound and nothing is quite clear at this point, what we do know is that Cobinhood’s partner company DEXON’s token is tanking, co-founder Popo Chen has left Cobinhood due to “emotional instability and liable personal behavior” and the company itself admitted they are running out of funds and have been forced to reduce their staff to just 30 people.

All of this news pales in comparison to the fact that DEXON’s token, DXN, has been unlocked, causing a massive sell-off of the asset which sent prices plummeting to the floor. The collapse of DXN sent shock-waves through Cobinhoon, as their parent company, Cobbingham Digital Finance Co, Ltd, has filed for bankruptcy as of May 20th. Many are rightfully suspicious of the inner working of Cobinhood and DEXON as just last month the DEXON ICO received over 3 million USD in funding. May 20th was the day DXN was supposed to be unlocked, however, the founders likely new of the impending crisis, unlocked the token for themselves, sold off in an effort to get out of the trainwreck with a little cash in their pockets and left investors holding the bag.

With many declaring ICO’s in general a scam, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Cobinhood was at the top of the pyramid. The company isn’t only an exchange, they are also known for helping to launch new ICO’s, as well as having launched their very own ICO through DEXON, and their own token, COB. After the initial sell-off of DXN by the founders the price drop to 0.02USD, but quickly rebounded on Cobinhood and is hovering around the 0.12USD mark. COB followed with a sharp decline of its own, losing 60% of its value in just 36 hours.

As of now, Cobinhood is claiming that the bankruptcy of its’ parent company will not affect operations of the platform and they are still allowing deposits and withdrawals, so many users are scrambling to get their funds out as soon as possible. Whether or not they remain operational still remains to be seen, especially in light of recent layoffs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0s1pn8dwXpiCm6KmiDceKQ?
Wish You Were Here
By: Grant Reynolds
Tags: Grant Reynolds, Music, Family, Pink Floyd, Comics

Wish You Were Here

Memories of my step-brother and Pink Floyd
Sidestep
By: Emma Tuftin
Tags: Poetry, Adrenaline, Fire, Poems On Medium, Excitement

POETRY

Photo: Arman Khadangan via Unsplash

It was all right in front of you.

Follow the path. Stay the course.

But instead you sidestep.

Out of line. Out of order.

You catch Fate’s eye, now hold it.

Stand your ground. Stare her down.

Pay the price.

Hold on tight.

You let her light the kindling.
Daily questions: Today, look deep into the moment, and…
By: Marcus Mohlin
Tags: Self Improvement, Self-awareness, Personal Development, Change Your Life, Now

The reason is that it leads to several follow-up question to reflect on.

For instance, if you viewed things from another person’s point of view, what new information would that perspective give you? What are your actual choices?

What unique contribution can you make? What are you responsible for? What matters most to you in this moment?
Türkiye, Finlandiya, Almanya ve Hollanda Aşı Takvimleri Karşılaştırması
By: Özlem Özmen
Tags: Türkçe, Aşı Takvimi, Hollanda, Finlandiya, Almanya

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How Do I Get Dash?
Tags: Money, Payments, Bitcoin, How To, Dash

There are many ways to get Dash but this article will only focus on a few of the easiest ways.

If you’re new to cryptocurrency and aren’t ready to dive into the exchanges like Poloniex or Bittrex, there are options for you right now to buy Dash directly.

This option is available in the USA and many other countries as well. I’ve talked to some people who have used Wall of Coins to buy Dash, and it is a safe and highly respected company. Here’s a great, easy-to-understand video that explains the entire process:

The main thing to know about Wall of Coins is that you buy Dash with your own cash. No credit cards, no sending your bank information over the internet.

You physically go to the Dash seller’s bank and make a cash deposit into their account. So, you’ll never be sending your own bank account information over the internet. This system matches individual buyers with individual sellers so it is a truly peer-to-peer network. When I first heard about this, it seemed quite bizarre, but the more I think about it, the more I realize just how safe it actually is since it’s dealing with cash.

Because it is a peer-to-peer network, the system depends on people willing to sell their Dash. This means that there still may be places where there are not enough sellers as Dash was just recently added to their coin offerings.

If you’ve used Wall of Coins, add your voice. I’d be interested to know how your experience went.
The Dark Truth Behind School Education
By: Harun Güneş
Tags: Self Improvement, Mindfulness, Education, Life, Personal Development

The Dark Truth Behind School Education

Legal brainwashing camps, hunger games, and robot factories

Photo by ngelah on Unsplash

The average length of human life is 75 years. And school life (with higher education) is around 15–20 years, more or less a quarter of life.

Imagine that you are a kid, and sent to a building that is full of designers who have all the rights over your brain. Each of these designers is called “teacher”. And this process is so-called “education”. The common sense of schools is to “educate” kids so that they can become successful individuals. Most of us even think that it is almost impossible to live without education because thanks to it we are employed, and we have bread to eat.

The teachers were also educated in these schools. That’s why it looks normal and necessary to them. Except for some minor changes, the main idea is always the same. There is a template that represents the system itself. And the aim is to insert this template into the kids’ brains.

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In the process of raw material, kids are trained to be educated. Teachers already decided what the kids should know.

There is no other option, obey or be punished!

Masses are made to believe that being educated is the only way to survive. Because only educated people can have money and power and this is the only purpose of life. Thanks to money and power, one becomes an individual with the right to live.

Dark zone

The first rule is to accept that whatever teachers say is the absolute truth.

Do not question the system!

There is no irrelevant material, you will need all the things that you are learning here.

Your creativity and talent won’t provide you with a good future. Leave them out of this building.

You don’t have to understand anything, just memorize it to pass the exams.

Did you pass all? Good. Now you can show it off.

If you do what teachers say, you will be rich. Otherwise, you will suffer until the end of your life.

Use your brain in the way that teachers tell you. Otherwise, you will be punished.

Do you satisfy all of the requirements mentioned above, for many years? Bravo! You are now able to serve non-educated ones.

The other dangerous thing is that parents support this. Because it is not only beneficial for the teachers but the parents, too. School administration, parents, teachers put the kids into a competition, to be able to say “it is our success”. And kids don’t know this. They are only trying to hear “good for you” from their teachers and parents.

During your education, you will always hear about great artists but you don’t have a chance to be one. Because you have to memorize all of the wars your country participated in.

There is no time to climb a tree, lots of homework.

You don’t have to make and fly a kite, once you earn money, you can travel by plane.