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Welcome to emFATic !
By: Misty Fritz
Tags: Submission Guidelines, Emfatic, Publication, Medium, Medium Publications

I spent about a year lurking around Medium before I started contributing regularly myself a couple of months ago. In that time, I realized that even though there are a lot of self-identified fat people writing here — including stories about being fat — there didn’t seem to be a publication specifically featuring those kinds of stories.

That changes now.

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Here at emFATic, we want to publish real stories from real fat people of all varieties: if you are fat or were fat (as opposed to those who simply feel fat sometimes), and write about what it’s like, you’re welcome here.

We welcome stories from those who are happy with their bodies and those who aren’t; those who have had (or are considering) bariatric surgery and those who would never; those who have dieted for years and those who have no intention of ever losing weight; and so on. Everyone has their own path.

We will not publish posts that are essentially proselytizing about methods for weight loss. You can talk about your experiences with diet, exercise, bariatric surgery, and such, but posts that can boil down to “do this to lose weight!” will not be allowed.

If you want to contribute, send me (Misty Fritz) an email at emfaticpub@gmail.com with a little bit of information about yourself, your Medium username, and links to at least one of your already-posted stories related to life as a fat person. Until the publication gets going, I’m willing to add stories that have already been posted, but eventually I will only accept unpublished drafts.

This publication is still under construction, so the layout and these guidelines might change a bit here and there while I work out any kinks that might arise.
Are you a “disappearing woman?”
By: Stacey Herrera
Tags: Feminism, Happiness, Relationships, Empowerment, Self

He talked to me but did not see me.

He made love to me, but my pleasure was unimportant to him.

He enjoyed my company, but I was not his partner.

I was invisible in that relationship for 12 out of 14 years. Going through the motions of trying to be seen by someone who was blind to my presence. I played the role of being who he needed me to be. So that he could be who he thought he was.

The relationship was good until I wasn’t. The more I grew into myself the more he resented me. Loving words turned to barbed wire, cutting into the flesh of my psyche.

By the time I woke up I had already disappeared.

Are you a “disappearing woman?”

Disappearing Woman Syndrome (D.W.S.) was coined by Beverly Engle, in her book Loving Him without Losing You.

Never heard of it?

A disappearing woman is a woman who has lost herself in her relationship, family, work, or pity. She struggles with self-expression because she is afraid of pushing her partner way. And is often irritated or angry because she stuffs down her truth.

She places others on a pedestal, high above herself. She has decided that they are more deserving of love, respect, and admiration than she is.

At the core, the disappearing woman does not believe that she is lovable or worthy of love. So she clings to people and looks outside of herself for fulfillment.

The disappearing woman is vanishing because she is afraid to be seen.

She is afraid that if anyone really saw her, they wouldn’t like her. So she pretends.

She pretends to be someone that she isn’t. To like things that she doesn’t. She pretends that things are okay when they aren’t. She acts like she is fine when she’s not.

Sometimes the disappearing woman is actually happy.

But her happiness is codependent on the attention of others, particularly her partner. Because her happiness is reliant on someone else’s attention, praise, and acknowledgment it’s not sustainable.

So many of us are disappearing. And we don’t even know it. Because we have been raised to believe that our happiness comes last. That our worthiness is contingent upon someone else deeming us worthy.

That the focal point of our lives is wanting to be wanted. That we need something or someone else to complete us and make us whole. That we are not autonomous. And that we must remain in service to everything and everyone but ourselves.

D.W.S. is real. It’s an epidemic that is plaguing our society and it’s highly contagious. Women from all walks of life have become debilitated by this condition, but there is a cure.

You can take your power back.

You can unlearn these behaviors.

You can be happy — for real.

But in order to do so, you have to put yourself first.

That will mean prioritizing your needs. Making your desires a priority. Saying no, even when it’s uncomfortable. Putting stress on pause and pleasure on the calendar.

Can you do that?
‘…. the least racist person there is anywhere in the world’
By: Matthew B.
Tags: Poetry, BlackLivesMatter, Trump, Racism, Resistance Poetry

Hieronymous Bosch … Pinterest.com

‘…. the least racist person there is anywhere in the world’

…

Just re-tweeted from a White Nationalist

a thread of random Black Folks

assaulting random White Folks

just …

just to prove a point I guess,

that …

& “where are the protests for this?”

“So terrible!”

…

& yesterday

with Laura Ingraham on Fox,

invoked darkness,

and blackness,

& fear & danger,

& women,

our women,

under threat …

from poor people,

yes … ‘those’

poor people.

…

& yesterday

again on Fox,

compared the shooting in the back,

seven …

yes, seven times,

of a Black Man

by the Police,

to missing a golf put …

to missing a golf put.

…

& David Duke? KKK?… who? what?

& Kamala? …

ha! oh she’s incapable,

…

& Birtherism …

yes … that evil too.

…

‘I am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world’ … Trump, July 30, 2019.
October 31: Reflections from ‘Along the Path to Enlightenment’
By: Along The Path To Enlightenment
Tags: David R Hawkins, Consciousness, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Levels Of Consciousness

With Additional Context:

Self-confidence is the normal safeguard against multiple fears, and that capacity is enhanced by the often-painful learning of life skills in the course of events.

The common element of most fears is that they are based on the illusion that happiness is dependent on externals and therefore vulnerable. To overcome the illusion of vulnerability brings great relief and the correction of being run by fear so that life becomes benign and filled with satisfaction and an easy-going, confident attitude instead of constant guardedness.

Cessation of fear is the result of learning that the source of happiness and joy is from within. It stems from recognizing that its source is the joy of one’s own existence, which is continuous and not dependent on externals. This results from surrendering expectations and demands on oneself, the world, and others. The thought “I can only be happy if I win or get what I want” is a guarantee of worry, anxiety, and unhappiness.

Fears are eliminated by graceful acceptance of the qualities inherent in the human condition which brings to awareness the comforting realization that one’s discomforts are shared equally by all. This results in a healing compassion towards all life. To become loving brings an end to the fear of loss of love, for lovingness engenders love wherever it goes.

Survival fear is eliminated by the knowledge that one’s ongoing survival is already determined and guaranteed by the Self and one’s karmic inheritance. The exact time of death was already set at birth. (This statement tests as true with muscle testing.) Realize also that no ‘accidents’ are possible in the universe.

One can also do a simple exercise called the “deathbed certainty principle”: Project ahead in time to the inevitable scene of one’s inevitable demise and appreciate that to have gotten to the end, one must have survived the duration of what was necessary to get to the end. All fear is eliminated totally by the realization of the Self, for in that state is the absolute knowingness of immortality — that that which is one’s actual Reality is not even subject to birth or death, much less vicissitudes.

A profound fact that eliminates survival fear is the realization that one’s survival is actually maintained from moment to moment by the Self, which is infinitely all-powerful. The ego/mind/self does what it does to survive because it is under the ‘supervision’ and ‘control’ of the Presence of God within. The ego takes credit for its life-sustaining activities and ideas without realizing it is directed to do so by the prevailing influence of the all-powerful field and context of life, the Self of Divinity.

From: “I: Reality and Subjectivity” (2003), Chapter 12: The Emotions — Fear, pp. 200–201
Final: Fallstreak’s Trailer
By: Quan Nguyen
Tags: Movies, Visual Novel, Trailers

Since my visual novel has content that ranges in the field of hours, I decided to create a trailer that gives a good sense of what the visual novel encompasses in a short time span.

In the first sequence of the trailer I wanted to capture a sense of the surreal nature of Fallstreak’s golden dream. The falling sequence’s fade into a fantastic starry sky and floating underwater area is meant to drive home that point.

In the second sequence of the trailer, I wanted to give viewers insight into the characters of the visual novel. Little snippets of dialogue that I felt captured their personality were utilized to give the viewer a glimpse into their world.

Overall I had a lot of fun working on the trailer, as it was a welcome change of pace from the visual novel medium I’ve been grinding away at.
Value Objects, Barbara and Design Patterns
By: João Bizarro
Tags: Domain Driven Design, Value Objects, Software Engineering, Software Development, Liskov Substitution

What do Value Objects, Barbara Liskov and the classic Design Patterns book have in common?

Ok, we need to refine the question above before answering it.

What are Value Objects?

Developers who have heard about Domain Driven Design might have found a term called Value Object. According to Eric Evans Value Objects can be defined as the following:

An object that represents a descriptive aspect of the domain with no conceptual identity is called a Value Object.

There are hundreds if not thousands of articles explaining what value objects are, their benefits and downsides. If you want to read about Value Objects in details from the beginning I recommend you reading this article here.

Usually the conclusion about this subject is that for some cases it's better to create these value objects and sometimes don't. As usual I say that knowing the trade offs gives you power to decide whether to use value objects.

Now the question: where does the idea behind value objects come from?

How many people have asked you that? More importantly, have you ever asked yourself that?

In order to answer that question we need to get some real examples and analyse them deeper to find clues.
Proud Boys — one of the worst group names since the Teabaggers!
By: Dawn Moyer
Tags: Activism, Politics, Equality, LGBTQ, Elections

Proud Boys — one of the worst group names since the Teabaggers!

Trump appears to validate a hate group and instead crushes their hashtag.

Photo by Brian Kyed on Unsplash

The #ProudBoys have gone from Presidential national recognition to a butt of the joke (sometimes quite literally) in less than a week. That was quicker than the slow spreading of knowledge of what ‘Teabagger’ meant in 2009…no, it doesn’t have anything to do with taxes. (You’ll have to Google that on your own. Warning — not safe for work).

The Southern Poverty LawProject describes the ProudBoys as follows:

“Established in the midst of the 2016 presidential election by VICE Media co-founder Gavin McInnes, the Proud Boys are self-described “western chauvinists” who adamantly deny any connection to the racist “alt-right,” insisting they are simply a fraternal group spreading an “anti-political correctness” and “anti-white guilt” agenda. Their disavowals of bigotry are belied by their actions: rank-and-file Proud Boys and leaders regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists. They are known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric. Proud Boys have appeared alongside other hate groups at extremist gatherings like the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. Indeed, former Proud Boys member Jason Kessler helped to organize the event, which brought together Klansmen, antisemites, Southern racists, and militias.”

When President Trump told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” at the 2020 Presidential debate with VP Joe Biden, the so-called ‘Proud Boys’ puffed out their chests, printed up their new logo Tshirts and felt pretty good about themselves. The ProudBoys Twitter hashtag as increased 67% this week. They must have finally felt ‘understood.’

#proudboys trending on Twitter— screenshot by the author

screenshot by the author

Until they looked at their Twitter feed, that is. Possibly starting with George Takei, the #ProudBoys hashtag has been overwhelmed with tweets of the original proud gay boys. And it has been something to behold. Replacing the hate with love, the hashtag soars in popularity and crushes the hatred it represents.

Sadly, the ProudBoys will regroup under a new hashtag. Patiently waiting, the LGBTQ community is ready for them.
SWIMMINGLY
By: J Grant
Tags: Moments, Poetry, Memories, Remeberance, Self

Velvet water presses gently

against my gliding body.

I feel my muscles tighten

as I glide from twilight through delicious darkness

and on toward dawn.

My heart soars to heights it seldom reaches.

“This is it”, I say softly to myself.

This is how it goes when I do the work.

I capture this moment and store it.
How to set up SLOBS with Yellow Duck
By: Yellow Duck
Tags: Services, Live Streaming, Facebook, Stream Labs, Instagram

You can easily set up Yellow Duck to stream to Instagram from your PC with the SLOBS.

Here are the steps.

1. Start your Yellow Duck application.

2. Log in to your Instagram.

3. Get your stream key and RTMP URL for the Instagram account. Important: Keep in mind that as soon as your login passes you have a few minutes window to start your stream since your key will expire in few minutes.

4. Paste your stream key and RTMP link to your SLOBS settings Custom Server setup.

5. Start the stream and it will be delivered to your Instagram.

Tip: Keep in mind that you cannot see you own stream and live status.

This workflow will work with any hardware, software, mobile or any other encoder (even your own server) as long as it has the ability to send data to a Custom Server.
A Conversation With My Dog Who Goes To Work With Me Every Day
By: Bev Potter
Tags: Pets, Humor, Self, Dogs

ME: Get out of bed. It’s time to go to work.

MY DOG: Ten more minutes.

ME: No, we have to go, we’re already late.

[TEN MINUTES LATER]

MY DOG: Are we there yet?

ME: We haven’t even left the driveway.

MY DOG: I feel like we should be there by now. It’s been at least five hours since I got in the truck.

ME: It’s been five minutes.

MY DOG: Well, that’s five hours in dog time.

[DRIVING]

MY DOG: SQUIRREL!!!

ME: Don’t do it, squirrel. Whew, that was close. I’m happy the squirrel is okay.

MY DOG: Fuck squirrels.

ME: Language.

MY DOG: Are we there yet?

ME: Ten more minutes.

MY DOG: Who taught you how to drive, Stevie Wonder?

ME:

MY DOG: MONSTER!

ME: It’s a statue. We’ve driven past it a thousand times.

MY DOG: Can’t be too careful. Statues are sneaky bastards. DOG!!!!

ME: Yes, I see the dog. You know you’re a dog, too, right?

MY DOG: Not like that. That’s barely even a dog. More like a rat. Rat dog. I’m going to give him a hard look over the back seat.

ME: Okay. You got nose prints all over the glass.

MY DOG: What’s your point.

ME: I just cleaned it.

MY DOG: Such is the futility of existence.

ME:

MY DOG: We’re here. Finally. Could’ve gotten here faster with a horse and buggy.

ME: You know how you feel about horses.

MY DOG: Clippity cloppers. Hate ‘em.

ME: Aren’t you going to go into the bark room?

MY DOG: Nope.

ME: Why not?

MY DOG: It’s haunted.

ME: Since when?

MY DOG: Since I said, that’s when.

ME: Where are you going to stay all day?

MY DOG: Under your desk, next to your feet.

ME: But I won’t be able to move.

MY DOG: That’s the point.

ME: Do you want a bone?

MY DOG: What do you think?
Service Worker Lifecycle
By: Swapnil Ramdas Chavan
Tags: Engineering, Offline Web Apps, Progressive Web App, Web Development, Service Workers

THE Lifecycle

Register Service Worker Script

To initiate the Service Worker lifecycle, we first need to register our service worker script (serviceWorker.js) in the JavaScript(main.js) which is linked to the landing page(index.html) of your application.

The below-given code is to check if ServiceWorker API is available in your browser. If the API is available, we can register our service-worker script.

Code that Registers your Service Worker script

Service Worker Lifecycle (Source: https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/primers/service-workers)

Install Event

This is the first event the Service Worker gets and is called once per service worker. It means, once a new or updated service worker is registered, it will be treated as a new service worker and it will get its own Install event.

In the Install step, we can cache the static assets. Static files such as media assets (images, audio files), CSS files, static HTML pages can be cached after creating cache storage. This step is essential as the requests made being offline will be intercepted by the service worker and served with the files cached during this event.

Code for Install Event

In the Install event, we pass a promise to event.waitUntil(). We can log the messages corresponding to caching and Install event completion. The cache is created with open(cacheName) and the files are added to the cache with cache.addAll(cacheAssets).

Activate Event

After the Install event, the Activate Event must be called to have the Service Worker intercept the requests from that point of time. The current page which registers the service worker script won’t be controlled by the Service Worker installed. We need to reload the page to get it under the service worker’s control.

Activate event, is the place where we can manage the cache created by the old service workers. We can delete the previous caches created by older versions of Service Worker.

NOTE: Creating new caches for every script update is generally done by developers. So we need to change the name of our cache for every service worker script update.

Code for Activate Event

We pass a promise here to event.waitUntil() which performs cache management. In the above code, if any cache with name other than current cacheName exists, it will be deleted.

After the Activate event, the Service Worker will control all the pages that fall under its scope. The Service Worker will handle “fetch” and “message” events if the site is loaded being offline. If the connection is idle, the requests would be served by the server, and Service Worker will be terminated.
This Is How I Scheduled My Time To Read 9 Books in One Month
By: Betsy Ramser Jaime
Tags: Self Improvement, Productivity, Books, Reading, Self

This Is How I Scheduled My Time To Read 9 Books in One Month

and completed a coding workshop too

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Last month was one of my busiest months of the entire year.

I took a coding workshop.

I maintained my full-time freelance work.

And I even managed to read 9 books.

This is what I did to make it all happen.
ICO Alert Crypto Minute: June 15, 2018
By: Joseph Argiro
Tags: Blockchain, Reuters, Eos, Crypto Minute

Thomson Reuters Expands Sentiment Data to Track Top 100 Cryptocurrencies

According to Cointelegraph, Thomson Reuters has expanded its sentiment data offerings to track the top 100 cryptocurrencies through its partnership with MarketPsych Data LLC, a market leader in quantitative behavioral science. This new MarketPsych Indices (TRMI) package uses machine learning and natural language processing to measure a breadth of emotional and topical items across news and social media sites that may drive market participant behavior in cryptocurrency markets.

EOS is now live!

June 14th around 1 PM EST, the 15% voting threshold for EOS tokens was met, which then activated the EOS main net. Block.One has raised billions of dollars in its year long ICO, which makes it the largest ICO in history. EOS touts itself as a more sophisticated competitor to Ethereum, offering higher transactional throughput and more user friendly features such as readable account names.

Milwaukee Startup Restaurant PI Working to Raise $40 million ICO

According to BizTimes, Milwaukee startup Restaurant PI is working to raise $40 million in cryptocurrency to launch its secret shopper service. The company has a cryptocurrency token, which it calls Lunch Money, and will use it to pay its secret shoppers for going to do the reviews. They would also receive in-app free meals and coupons from the restaurants in return for the reviews. This is notable because it portrays a industry that is decades old, but still keen to adopt new technology in order to raise capital.
Local church hosting senior game day tomorrow
Tags: Headlines, Families, Entertainment, Church, Games

The monthly Senior Game Day will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Haddonfield beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Seniors are invited to attend to play bingo, bridge, pinochle and other games in the Parish Hall.

Refreshments will be available.

Those planning to attend are asked to contact the church office at (856) 429–5122 or Peg Hartmann at (856) 783–7004.
When Physical Discomfort Feeds Anxiety
By: Heather Ashman
Tags: Mental Health, Life, Anxiety, Pain, Self

Medical visits during the pandemic are a special kind of strange. My son had to have his wisdom teeth removed this week. We had been postponed once because it was not considered emergency care, but once the restrictions loosened, he fell into the eligible category due to how much pain he was in.

Pandemic rules mean only the patient is allowed into the dentist's office, but since he is a minor, I am allowed in for required things only. Basically, I came in with him, filled out the paperwork, signed all the forms, and was allowed to wait with him until they took him back for the surgery.

Then I had to wait outside. In July. I knew this waiting time would be very stressful for me because he is my only child and has never had any kind of surgery before. I prepared myself mentally. I saved a shit-ton of things to read on my phone to distract myself. I thought I would be okay.

I failed to plan for discomfort. I was so focused on other things, it didn’t even occur to me that I’d be waiting outside for a very long time in the summer. My car was in direct sunlight so I could not sit in it. There is a large ramp that leads to the office door and I leaned against that. At first, I was okay. It was shady and there was a breeze.

If the procedure had only taken the hour I was told it would, I would have been fine. I worked my plan for keeping my anxiety under control, but as the morning dragged on, the sun shifted and there was no longer shade there. The hour went by and no sign of my son being finished. My mind started running through all kinds of worst-case scenarios. With no cover from the sun, the temperature rose. The hotter I got, the more anxious I became. Eventually, I was on the verge of a panic attack.
What is Data Science Pipeline?
By: Harshit Dawar
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Science, Deep Learning

In today’s world, no-doubt “Data Science” is clearly a buzz word. Everyone keeps on talking about data science. But, what is actually data science very few knows, what is actually the stages in data science pipeline, very few knows. I will explain the data science pipeline in this article from complete basic.

On a high level view if we talk about there are actually 3 stages of data science, which are as follows: Data Collection Data Modelling Data Deployment

Data Collection

The very first step which comes into Data Pipeline is Data Collection , which means that we have to collect data. It is obvious that to do anything with the data, we have to collect it first, otherwise, it is not possible.

Data is the new oil of the present century & in order to do run any business in today’s world, we should have data, otherwise how one can get insight and boost the business or any company or new startup, because data is the only key which leads us to success by giving us the insights through which we can take important decisions.

There are many sources through which data can be gathered, for example:

Log Data Smart Devices Data Sensor Data Social Media Data Survey Data, etc.

This is the first part of the data science Pipeline in which we can gather data.

Data Modelling

This is the biggest part of the data science pipeline, because in this part all the actions/steps our taken to convert the acquired data into a format which will be used in any model of machine learning or deep learning.

What this part consists of is:

Data Exploration: In this step data is explored i.e. important features are identified, correlation of features are identified, importance of various features is calculated by plotting various graphs or by taking insight from the basic description obtained by using some functions of various libraries like pandas & numpy. Data Cleaning: This involves removing the unwanted values, filling missing values. Data Transformation: This involves changing categorical data into numerical data by encoding it. Data Reduction: In this step unwanted features are removed. Splitting Data: Now, we have to split the data into training, validation and testing set in order to construct a model which gives optimal result. To know more about data splitting refer my article:

Now, this covers data modelling part, and from here, we have to proceed towards the last part.

Data Deployment

In this step, we have to train a model with the data we have modelled till the previous section, and then evaluate the model in order to check that whether the model can be used in the real world.

If in case model is having lower accuracy, we have to experiment so that the model can be improved. For example, we can tune hyper-parameters of the model in order to improve the results.

Finally, we deploy the model or we use the model for real world data and gain insights which help us to boost our business or anything else.
Dreams of Paradise
By: Scott Ninneman
Tags: Hope, Poetry, Faith, Poem, Poetry On Medium

Dedicated to my sister, Connie, who requested it.

Dreams of Paradise

Dawn kisses eyelids awake

Bringing smiles, nothing can take

Seagulls flirt with gentle waves

Cheerful calls for empty graves

Stretching blithely, pain’s not here

Sleep is sound, no cause for fear

Luscious fruit pulls branches down

Food aplenty fills each town

Panda cubs, bamboo thickets

Lions doze, hopping crickets

Wolves and lambs play in the sun

Giddy bears join in the fun

Fragrant flowers scent the breeze

Coming closer, tigers tease

No more garbage chokes the beach

Water clear, no plastics breach

No pollution clogs the air

Joyful people really care

No trouble found, west to east

Peace at last, yes, man and beast

Homes to have and clothes to wear

Love and laughter everywhere

Photo by Pascal Müller on Unsplash

Security protects life

Serenity wipes out strife

No fighting or war around

Harmony seeds fertile ground

Satisfying work for all

Poverty will never call

Joys of resurrection day

Loved ones back and here to stay

Hearts near burst consumed by love

Cries of joy from up above

Family raised, gone for years

Reunited happy tears

Bathed in awe, can this be real?

Reaching out to touch, to feel

Our home a park full and lush

Time will last, no need to rush

Paradise dreams will come true

Waiting’s hard for some to do

Soon the wait this prize will give

Then we’ll truly learn to live

That new world grants each desire

His promises won’t expire

April 24, 2020

Note: Watch this poem as a music video below.

Inspiration

My sister reached out to me a few nights ago. She was watching my poems on YouTube and felt there was too much sadness in them.

“Where’s the hope? Where’s the belief in something better?” she wanted to know. “Where’s the poems about paradise?”

My hope in God is my anchor and strength. A better future will come. This poem is my dream, but based on truth found in scripture.

Here are a few of the verses that inspire me.
How to create YOUR own Cryptocurrency!!!
By: Anantha Perumal
Tags: Blockchain, Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology

Now, what's special in this blog🤔🤔? We are gonna witness how secure the blockchain is when a hacker tries to change a data in a block😯!! in addition to that, we are gonna simplify our previous code... Let’s simplify our previous code first which means we are gonna do some couple of changes😨 where the functionality remains the same. trust me they are really small changes😜

Replacing dictionary with blocks while adding blocks to the blockchain :

I have changed add() method in a blockchain class as below since chaining

add() method in BlockChain class

up of blocks (class) is a good method of coding rather than by dictionary due to this change we have to change the mine() method as below

mine() method in blockchain

here I have changed self.chain[-1].hash() because self.chain[-1] is a block itself(since we are adding a block) so I called hash() of class Block to get hash of that block

I have changed the main method as below to get better visual on output

main() method

Now you can see the output by just navigating to that directory in your command prompt and entering python <filename>.py as below

output

okay… that's all our code changes😊… hence on seeing the output we can witness that the functionality remains the same.
Erasing You
By: Jessica Lovejoy
Tags: Prose Poem, Prose, Poetry, Love, Relationships

Erasing You

Prose poetry.

Photo by Esteban Amaro on Unsplash

closing my eyes

drifting off into space

going into a place

where I can be safe

and wonder —

what would it be

without you

how would life look

if I didn’t find joy

in your softly spoken words

or if my eyes didn’t shine

when I remember

you’re mine —

wondering

how life would be

if curiosity

allowed me to erase

your name

I fell asleep

to those thoughts

and woke up

like myself

I went about my day

without

a single thought of you

I wasn’t sad

there was no loss

I didn’t even

know your name,

I had no clue

you were alive

there was nothing missing

you were never mine

it was just a normal day

I fell asleep

on that normal night

closing my eyes

extra tight

and

I dreamt of you

somehow someway

you found me yet again

when I woke up

there you were

sleeping peacefully

next to me

I carefully watched

the way you breathed

making sure it wasn’t just a dream

ensuring it was really you

but absolutely terrified

that maybe

as you slept by my side

you were dreaming

of erasing me from your life

but you opened your eyes

you looked straight at me

you pulled me close

you kissed my cheek

you were a sense

of sweet relief

for we both woke up

in a world

where you existed

and I existed

it was a normal day.

© Jessica Lovejoy 2019. All Rights Reserved.
The Untamed Road
By: Mary Mcgrath
Tags: Health, Poetry, Life Lessons, Aging, Short Story

Sometimes the future is unpredictable.

K Mitch Hodge-Unsplash

There’s a corner up ahead. It’s seems tight and steep. I am not sure what’s around it, as I steadily roll forward, unsure of the terrain and it’s eventual destination.

My brakes squeak as I approach the bend. I look both ways, but there is thick foliage on both sides, and my vision is blocked. Steadily I roll forward, trepidation leading the way. Its throat is long and narrow, and I think there is something dark ahead, but I can’t decipher what it is. I will not know until I progress.

Gingerly I approach the obstacle. It looks wide and hard. I can’t get out to move it, so I must navigate around it.

Steadily I hold the wheel. Slowly I roll over. The bump is not that bad. All four tires are unscathed. I continue forward, having mastered the bend.

Slowly I accelerate, wearing bravery like a new badge. I can’t see the end, but I feel assuaged by the even lines before me.
The History of Your Curated-Story on Medium Lost — No Longer Available!
By: Bill Myers
Tags: Curation, Médium, Articles, Stats, Bugs

Picture constructed by author, 2020

Medium Stats

The History of Your Curated-Story on Medium Lost — No Longer Available!

The topics used to show up in Stats, now they don’t

My article, “A Comprehensive Solution on Abortion vs the Current One-sided Scheme” was curated under 3 different topics: Feminism, Justice, and Equality.

Last week, those three topics appeared with the Stats. Today, they don’t.

Today, Oct 4, this appears when I bring up the detail stats for the story: “Chosen for further distribution.” I haven’t found the topics of distribution anywhere.

I happen to know that it was curated and where because I log every submission in a spreadsheet, along with the tags, links, publication, and curated topics.

If you did not keep such a spreadsheet log, you might not be able to submit your story to a publication like “Illumination-Curated” because you wouldn’t know when and where it was curated.

My other articles used to say, “Not chosen for distribution.” or something like, “Still being processed, hang tight.” Now, they say nothing — entirely blank.

I wonder if this is a temporary bug or a planned change by Medium.
Meaninglessness of Life
By: Kahli Bree Adams
Tags: Poetry, Haiku, Life, Haiku Fusion, Poetry On Medium

A crazy collection of haikus from traditional ‘5-7-5' 3-liners to modern adaptations and interpretations. Topics range from humorous to melancholy, the whole shebang.

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Worship music history is being rewritten all over again
By: Otis Corrêa
Tags: Hillsong, Worship, Music, Review, Bethel Music

Today Bethel Music released their most awaited and non-announced new live album. It’s a debut. Their first ever spontaneous based full length album. Bethel’s always being known as a worship collective that delivers deep spontaneous songs that blend perfectly to their unconventional powerful hymns. For the very first time, Bethel presents their spontaneous in the midst of congregational worship, making their best work yet (believe me, I heard them all). The album is impecable. The band is uncanny, the worship leaders presents their utmost best in average 9.50 minutes songs (Melissa Helser even sings in angelic tongues during “Catch the Wind”). The collection brings some of their greatest and newest songs like “Reckless Love” (maybe the most played song of 2017), “Pieces” and “Come to me”, brand new spontaneous anthems like “Mighty Sound” and “Like a flood” (a spontaneous piano worship song), and even the very special guest Reuben Morgan, leading spontaneous worship to Hillsong’s “Cornerstone”.

Taking the leap here, Hillsong’s brand new “There is More” album, released last April 6th is the best of their 26 albums yet. “There is More” proves it’s tittle that after all these years, Hillsong Worship team still there’s more to offer the church globally. For the very first time lead by Brooke Lighterwood (can’t say how much I love her gift), the album brings 11 new scripture-based-songs and a orchestral version for the incomparable “So Will I” — songs that will resonate for the next generation of believers. Songs like the beautiful “Valentine”, sung by Taya (let me get this right) Gaukrodger (marrital name for Taya Smith); the psalm-like “Be Still” with our fave Ben Fielding; the amazing “The Passion” (of our saviour) that Brooke leads like a lion; the poethic “New Wine”; and the speachless “Who you say I am”. This album is authentic, bold and prophetic.
How to Deal With Being A Multipotentialite
Tags: Mindfulness, Self Love, Self-awareness, Creativity, Multipotentialite

How to Deal With Being A Multipotentialite

Because juggling numerous pursuits can be overwhelming

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Emilie Wapnick’s Ted Talk is what first introduced me to the term and definition of a multipotentialite, and when I heard it, I released a breath I hadn’t realised I’d been holding all these years.

It made sense why I had an interest both in Mathematics and in Media Studies during A-Levels. That I struggled whenever I was told I had to choose just one thing, one subject to study, one career path, one specialism, and could never understand why I couldn’t pick and choose as I went along, or attempt to do it all.

If this is your first time having the word multipotentialite slide and gurgle across your tongue and through your lips then here’s a quick definition:

Multipotentialite

def. A person who has many different interests and creative pursuits in life. Multipotentialites have no “one true calling” the way specialists do.

The downside is that whilst friends had both feet moving comfortably forward on one path, I was doing an odd sort of crouched shuffle in an attempt to keep each hand and each foot planted but progressing in my various interests.

…back then we didn’t know that’s what it was called. We just knew that society wanted us to stick to one path but that, no matter how hard we tried, we could never quite do that. — Joanna James-Lynn (2015)

Being pulled in different directions can quickly feel overwhelming. If you are dominating in one area, you feel neglectful in another, as you progress in one thing you wonder if it’s time to move onto another. But eventually, with time and work, I found a balance.
Does a Big Fan Really Mean Big Air?
By: Belnor Engineering
Tags: Hvac, Architecture, Airflow, Construction, Energy Efficiency

Does a large fan mean more air? Of course, it does! Large ceiling fans are designed to create comfortable airflow throughout large spaces. Let’s look at exactly how big MacroAir fans work and how you can apply the fans to your specific space.

The Big Science Behind Big Air

By making use of longer, slower-turning, airfoil-shaped fan blades, MacroAir fans move much larger amounts of air more efficiently than a standard high-speed fan. This air column is then pushed down to the floor by the slow-rotating blades. When it contacts the floor, the air disperses evenly throughout the area. This creates a steady and gentle breeze that effectively cools occupants by circulating air.

Sometimes It’s Okay to Double Dip

Not only do big fans mean big air on their own, but large fans can also be utilized as the perfect complement to HVAC systems as an air circulator fan. MacroAir HVLS ceiling fans reduce energy costs by supplementing air conditioning, which can contribute up to a 20% reduction in energy usage. So any size warehouse can increase or decrease or increase its thermostat by 5° — depending upon winter or summer usage — and would see up to a 20% reduction in cooling or heating costs.

The Big Benefits of Big Air

Evenly Circulate Air All Year Long: Evenly distribute cool air movement during the hot summer months with the fan running in forward as well as moving heated air during the winter with the fan running in reverse.

Evenly distribute cool air movement during the hot summer months with the fan running in forward as well as moving heated air during the winter with the fan running in reverse. Cover a Large Area at a Low Cost: Because of the large circumference and specially designed large fan blades, a single large ceiling fan can cool approximately 22,000 square feet, compared to 34 small high-speed fans to get similar results. HVLS fans also are cheaper to run.

Because of the large circumference and specially designed large fan blades, a single large ceiling fan can cool approximately 22,000 square feet, compared to 34 small high-speed fans to get similar results. HVLS fans also are cheaper to run. Even Out Temperatures: More effective for evening out the temperatures in large buildings compared to traditional small industrial fans, exhaust fans or HVAC systems alone.

Still Not Sure Which Fan You Need? Let AirViz Show You:

AirViz turns guesswork into an accurate visual through the power of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A colorful 3D motion video is created, and you can see the pattern and speed of airflow from MacroAir’s large industrial ceiling fans. An accurate picture is painted where you can actually see the big airflow that comes from big fans, even better it’s shown within the dimensions of your own space.

See how many fans you need and where you should install them with an AirViz recommendation.
Wet Sheets and Lions Teeth
By: Mike Alexander
Tags: Culture, Food, France, Wine

Wet Sheets and Lions Teeth

Be careful what you drink in France

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Although it is still only mid-winter, there are already signs of that most pugnacious of weeds, the dandelion, pushing and shoving other plants aside to get to the light. They are so prevalent in parts of the French countryside that, come the spring, fields will be turned into vast golden arenas that even the most ardent weed hater will be hard-pressed not to admire. After flowering, those same fields will be briefly turned silver-grey before the delicate heads are blown to fluff and carried for miles by the slightest hint of a breeze.

The word dandelion comes from the bastardization of the French ‘dent-de-lion’ which is derived from the teeth like serrations along the edge of the leaves.

Interestingly, the French never use that word and if you do they will look at you with that ‘dumb foreigner’ expression I have grown to know so well over the years.

Instead, the French call the plant ‘pis-en-lis’ which literally means to wet your bed.

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It would be unnatural for the French, when exposed to such a wealth of plant material, not to find some way to either eat it or drink it. With pis-en-lis they have found ways in which to do both. Dandelion wine is a fortified wine made from the ripe flower heads of the plant. It is very widely consumed here and during spring, when they are at their most abundant, you will regularly see people wandering across the fields filling bags with the yellow treasure.

The flowers are later soaked in fruit alcohol, white wine and sugar for six weeks during which time the jars are stirred regularly. After that, the sieved contents are bottled and then laid down, sometimes for years. It is then served as an aperitif, either chilled or at room temperature, depending on how hot the weather is.

The mixture is quite delicious in managed quantities but if you get a little carried away with your enjoyment you run the risk of having an overnight accident from which the plant draws its local name.

The drink is surprisingly strong and has the ability to creep up on you unexpectedly if you are not careful. (Who’s ever careful after half a dozen glasses of fortified wine?) Although I have yet to have a nocturnal mishap I have been cursed with several thumping hangovers which have made me surprisingly wary. I don’t know how much you would have to drink to actually wet your bed but I suspect it would probably be enough to floor a mule.

As an alternative, there is a non-alcoholic version of the drink but I am not going to bore anyone with that because, like low alcohol beer or decaffeinated coffee it just isn’t the same as the real thing.

To gain further value from this free food source, the French also add the leaves to salads which give a pleasant peppery taste. Alternatively, they can be mixed into omelettes or quiches. Any leftover flower can be made into jelly which is sometimes served as an accompaniment to the local goats cheese.

And you thought it was just a weed.
Leading Democratic Firms Combine Forces
By: Courtney Holsworth
Tags: Politics, Digital Marketing, Media Buying, Democratic Party

As the everyday lives of voters become more and more interwoven across different media and devices, we are excited to bring a comprehensive media planning and buying solution to Democratic campaigns. Today we are launching a strategic partnership with Screen Strategies Media, one of the most experienced and respected media placement companies in politics.

Modern political campaigns need to connect with voters in a lot more places and message formats than they used to, yet also maintain efficiency and high frequency to get value from their investments. Achieving this requires a coordinated and integrated media strategy, combining traditional and digital channels in a cohesive approach to deliver maximum impact.

To date, most political campaigns have stunningly failed to address this challenge. Campaigns rarely coordinate traditional media plans and messaging with digital strategies. Most campaigns are lucky if their digital operation even talks with the team scheduling and buying slots on TV, radio, and mail. Instead of taking advantage of research that shows an integrated cross-channel media plan delivers better results, campaigns are stuck showing voters a disjointed plan that fails to coordinate scheduling, visuals, and messaging between traditional and digital channels. That’s a missed opportunity.

We want to change that. Our combined media planning and buying operation with Screen Strategies will deliver the most effective plan for reaching the right voters, leveraging the most impactful ad placements across channels — with the best pricing and the least waste. Campaigns will enjoy smarter, more efficient, more impactful media plans that can help win tough races.

Read the full release at: talbotdigital.com/partnership

To learn more about how our collaboration will help your campaign, just drop us a note: inquiries@talbotdigital.com.
Opinions II
By: Celestine Ezeokoye
Tags: Social Media, Opinion

In my last obvious piece, I alluded to the idea that lots of people don’t have original opinions of their own. This is true from my point of view. However, in spite of this, most people seem to have one or two opinions about every and any thing.

A very interesting paradox.

The actual calamity in this is that most of these don’t end as opinions, they’re actually paraded as facts.

Easy access to communication media makes it possible for anyone to put their thoughts out. Although amazing, it comes with an unfortunate side-effect of making people assume that they’re required to have a thought or two to put out about everything. This leads to misguided utterances and people getting the wrong education from many half-baked opinions being thrown around as facts.

The concept of an expert seems lost in the social media age.

It’s necessary for us to know that it’s OK to not have an opinion on a number of subjects, especially those that don’t affect us directly. It doesn’t make us intellectually inept. On the contrary, it lets us build more credence on ideas and subjects that we choose to build opinions around.

However, when we actually decide to have an opinion about something, we need to be gracious enough to state that we’re only expressing opinions and to gladly defer to an expert for facts.