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Three lessons I want my children to learn from me.
By: Rajiv Nair
Tags: Growth, Children, Better Humans, Lessons, Teaching

Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

There are always lessons that you can teach to the people around you and especially to children to inculcate what you think might be good for a better life and to make this place a better world altogether. The lessons from me to my children would be honesty, living life every moment, appreciating art in life.

Honesty:

This is by far the most important trait any human being can possess. It doesn’t take much to be honest, you just have to be conscious of your words and how you say them. Being honest in life cuts more than half of the bullshit you encounter in life. You need not be or you cannot be 100% honest at all times in your life, but I’d try not to lie when it’s not necessary and would urge my kids to do the same.

Living Life Every Moment:

In today’s day and age, it is very tough to not let the surroundings or the fear of the future affect your life. But life is a gift and the best we can do is to utilize every opportunity to enjoy your time here and spread happiness to fellow beings on the earth. We forget that everything about being healthy, happy and peaceful in life is far more important than earning loads of money and working for dozens of hours together neglecting everything you have in your life.

Appreciating Art in Life:

I’ve learnt a lot in life when I started consuming art be it books, stories, movies, poetry, songs, paintings, theatre, dance and other different forms of art. Like you know that your life’s entertainment is only because there is the art and for that, you have loads of mediums and different styles of art forms ever-evolving to make people live a happy and pleasured life. You can never take away what a person learns from art. It is undeniable the best thing we got in our gloomy and depressing world. Art is our happy place in life and I want everyone to consume more art and appreciate the beauty in it by spreading it to everyone who matters.

I feel these are the best things that I can teach my kids, not that I excel in all these things but I feel I’m inclined to do the things that I’m most proud of and would love to pass on the baton to make their lives even better.
Expectations of …
Tags: Storyofmylife, Lessons, Expectations, Teaching, Life Lessons

life, love, family, friends, and everyone surrounding us.

Photo by Caleb Ekeroth on Unsplash

What is life? What is real about it? No one ever wants to talk about what the bad things that happen in your life. We just filter it out with photos to make it seem like we are perfect little human beings. That isn’t the case. I don’t know what to do. I am swimming all around because of all the thoughts in my mind. I am told to do one thing but I want to do another. Why is it that everyone wants to hide all the bad things in life? I would rather have someone tell me the bad then tell me the good. I want to be able to have connections with other because of the situations we both went through together. I want to just show others that I struggle in ways that everyone else struggles as well. It hurts me that I try to live in the way that society portrays me as a female. Why do I need to wear prettier clothes? Why do I need to post about my life and show photos only when I am happy? I never understood why your downside never gets the same amount of love as your perfect photos. I wish people could understand each other more and stop judging each other. We all have hardships in life and we all need to stop hurting each other.
Very Little To Do, So Much To Learn
By: Padraic Cyril Mc Freen
Tags: Learning, Jesus, Lord, God, Teaching

Dear Father GOD thank you for waking me to a new day. So much has been provided that very little is needed today.

Father GOD before today I would have been thinking about many things, worried about how this would be done or that would be completed. No longer.

You’ve shown me Father GOD that the most important are Your Word and the Teachings of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

Thank You Father GOD for this day. Today I will be a blessing to others for I am a Child of the MOST HIGH.

“As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.

She came to him and asked, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!’

‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed — or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’”

Luke 10:38–42

In Jesus’ Name,

Amen
If Someone Asked Me How The World Began
By: Lori Brown
Tags: Life, Pseudoscience, Learning, Teaching, Science

Humans Are Beta Beings With Eternity Encoded In DNA

Image by Genty from Pixabay

From the dust collected in spindrifts that were galaxies wide all things began.

Stuff swirled and clung to other stuff. Elements held hands with compatible materials to form rocks.

Rocks would trap particles that would eventually become masses of land, bodies of water, vegetation and, life.

In the broad expanse of the observable universe, things only seem to flourish when orbiting around a sun star.

Sun stars are the most deadly destinations possible for living things. Sun stars are also the only understood source of life as we know it.

In the right measurements, a planet like Earth can bask in a sun-stars radiance for billions of years. Thriving creatures on a pretty rock for that many years creates an interesting opportunity for those beings.

The option to work towards eternal life.

If we don’t have a goal that leads to life everlasting then we are aiming toward the end instead.

I realize that the statements I just made are enormous topics that lead in circles … but alas … we are just advanced forms of the original life that grew into … amazing things… and all they did was go in circles too.
Teaching
By: Pin-Yi Li
Tags: Korean, Review, Feedback, Teaching

We finished teaching the two lesson plan we had arranged for the two day language learning experience. It was a fun and nerve wracking experience as teaching students and classmates are a different matter. I also have had no prior experience in teaching another language moreover one that I am not one hundred percent confident in. Compared to my other member I do have a bit more experience but as English major they did not have any other chances to teach and I thought that for their first time they all did a great job in actively teaching. While teaching they did not just stick on script like lecture but in a friendly way where we found it comfortable to respond. My teammates also supported as so did I when managing the classroom atmosphere and properly helped when needed. My thought on the other grouping teaching us German and Spanish also did an excellent job in trying to incorporate all of what we learned in certain activity and made it enjoyable for learner.

If there was any feedback I would like to give them was that I felt some members were far more advanced than others. In certain groups I also noticed that some member seems to actively participate in teaching while others said a word or two. However, it might be how they split heir jobs and it is not my right to judge but it would have been nice to see them equally engage. During some parts of teaching although I am a novice at the other two language I could see them struggling a tiny bit ; In order to improve and avoid such situations I think they should have practiced a bit more on how to teach before initiating the lesson. Both groups activity where equally engaging by using the games Kahoot to make students more competitive and to test what they have learned in class. Nevertheless, there was a group who started the game well but escalated the difficulty of the games making it that no one knew the answers. The questions the group asked did not particularly match the lesson being taught. The members apologized for the abrupt question but it made students question why the “teachers” apply them and it ruined the overall competitiveness as those who were previously winning lost and vice versa by guessing the answers. As someone who wants to be a future teacher I could see how these question affected the students and what things to evade so that the students do not become confused. To conclude my review I think that it was a very fin experience to learn other languages the lesson where short yet stuck with me. The classroom atmosphere where also very calm and supportive, this lesson taught me a lot about teaching a language to those who are not fluent in it.
Some days we talk, some days we type.
By: Peter Hostrawser
Tags: Learning, Education Technology, Education, Virtual Learning, Teaching

Reading your students from day to day and giving feedback on their learning is the basics of teaching and guiding students through curriculum in high school. Great teachers have the innate ability to look at a student and see where they are by reading body language and facial expressions. I like to think of us as FBI agents, only we are not trying to interrogate, we are trying to teach.

In the pandemic, reading of students has become tricky. Great teachers don’t have the ability to read students like they used to. Most of the students are sitting behind a screen. Most will not put their cameras on. I can’t blame them. The learning environment has now invaded their homes. Many don’t want to show the outside world into theirs. I have found this is for a variety of reasons.

As teachers, we have been challenged to read students differently.

I took that challenge this year. Here is what I have found so far. Listening to tone, pace, background noise, and if a student even answers a question has become the norm of reading the virtual room.

Some days we talk, some days we type.

Some days, the virtual classroom is energetic. There is a lot of conversation. The students are all participating. You can feel it as a teacher. It feels good. We are used to this type of interaction. It feels somewhat “normal.”

Some days are completely quiet. No matter what you put out there as the virtual teacher, there is little verbal response. I usually move to the chat when this happens. I will pose a question in the chat room and see if I get a response. It usually works. When a response comes in, I praise the effort. Thanking the student for their thoughts is first. Then I strategize to branch out the discussion with a “what other things do you think about this… anyone can chime in.” The typing usually starts to build. There is still complete silence in the virtual space however the typing is fast and furious.

The most important thing is to be humble, genuine, and honest about what needs to be learned that day. Students know when you are getting frustrated or disheveled in the lesson, even when they are virtual. When I hit a high level of frustration because I can no longer read the virtual room, I ask students what are some cool things other teachers have done to make their lessons fun or engaging. I learn with the students how to keep moving forward.

Teaching in a pandemic has taught me so much more as an educator. I have learned to embrace that learning virtually or in person. I feel ready to take on anything in education going forward!
Contrary to claims floating around MAGA-land, now that the Electoral College has voted, Trump does…
By: Matthew Spira
Tags: Politics, America, January 6th, 2020 Presidential Race, Electoral College

Claim #2: “In the above process, in the House, each state gets one vote — there are 24 Democrat States and 26 Republican States.”

Response #2: Each state voting as a delegation is contained in the 12th Amendment. But it only applies to situations when no Presidential candidate reaches a majority of Electoral votes. “The person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice”.

As noted in Response #1, voting on formal objections to electors is handled by the substantive counting rules specified in the Electoral Count Act. The last time an official objection (the second of two in the modern era) was made to a slate of Electors was in 2005. And per Wikipedia: “…formal challenge to Ohio’s electoral votes, resulting in a vote — 1–74 (Yea-Nay) in the Senate and 31–267 in the House.”

In other words, this claim of States voting by delegation is simply false.
Student Debt
By: Riley Lopez
Tags: America, College, Writing, Debt

75 percent of American college students start school not knowing their major, and an additional 30 percent change their major more than once. To better prepare for choosing a major, a large percentage take a class to explore possible majors and career paths, while still graduating at the normal time (“Undecided/Exploring”). More Americans are going to college than ever before, but students face unprecedented challenges. Over 44 million Americans collectively hold more than $1.52 trillion in student loan debt (“TED: The Economics Daily”) and only 54.8 percent of students graduate in four years (P). This means that millions of Americans, in their twenties, have thousands of dollars in debt without a diploma to show for it. The united states has the highest dropout rate in both high school and college compared to the rest of the world. Harvard, for example, has the highest graduation rate in the United States, resting at 97.5 percent, but that’s not counting the 98 percent that had already dropped out (P). In his blog, Bill Gates said, “based on the latest college completion trends, only about half of all those students (54.8 percent) will leave college with a diploma. The rest — most of them low-income, first-generation, and minority students — will not finish a degree. They’ll drop out.” This is unfortunate, not only for the students and their families, but also for the United States. Without more graduates, the U.S. will face a shortage of skilled workers and scarcely any low-income families will get the opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty.

Every year since 1987, a job satisfaction survey has been run, asking how workers feel about a variety of parts of their job, including job security, wages, vacation policy, sick leave, retirement plan, etc. three decades ago, all these measure were valued greatly by the average american worker, and in 1987, 61.1 percent of workers said they enjoyed their jobs. That number has decreased over time, reaching an all-time low in 2010 following the Great Recession, when only 42.6 percent of workers said they were satisfied in their jobs. It has been slowly increasing since then (Robaton). One reason many people may dislike their jobs, is if they feel trapped in their job, seeing it as just a way to pay the bills. To resolve this, some people went back to school, or get different jobs, while others just deal with it (Franson 12), but going back to school can be expensive and with the unemployment rate fluctuating often, finding a new job can be challenging. In August of 2017, Americans with a bachelor’s degree or higher had an unemployment rate of 2.4 percent, and for little to no college experience the rate is 5.1 percent (“TED: The Economics Daily”). Granted, the unemployment rate in 2017 is nothing compared to the peak of unemployment in 1933, during the height of the great depression, when it was at 24.9 percent, but the rate is still high compared to Japan, which has an unemployment rate of 2.7 percent.
America: The Farewell Tour
Tags: Economics, America, Chris Hedges, Downfall

A Capitalist society is one that is primarily about transactions and to succeed in a capitalism society is antithetical to building real and sustained communal relationships.

When a society is sick and ill it produces self-destructive pathologies. the manifestations of a society that is being ravaged by corporate pillage and a failed democracy.

America in crisis, convulsed by an array of pathologies that have arisen out of profound hopelessness, a bitter despair and a civil society that has ceased to function. The opioid crisis, the retreat into gambling to cope with economic distress, the pornification of culture, the rise of magical thinking, the celebration of sadism and hate, and a plague of suicides are the manifestations of a society that is being ravaged by corporate pillage and a failed democracy. As our society unravels, we also face global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. Although Donald Trump rode this disenchantment to power, Hedges argues that neither political party addresses the systemic problem. Capturing a poignant cry reported from communities across the country, Hedges seeks to jolt us out of our complacency while there is still time.

What we can do:

Rebuild unions

Rebuild institutions to pit power against power

Resist

Key parts are 32:20–33:50 and 45:25-49:00
a new patriot in the nation of two
Tags: Free Verse, America, Poetry Sunday, Poetry, Kurt Vonnegut

a new patriot in the nation of two

a poem about betraying your country and being loyal only to love paulmartincurry Follow Dec 27, 2020 · 2 min read

Photo by Matias N Reyes on Unsplash

Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night

Come, my beautiful comrade,

compassionate compatriot

and only friend.

It’s time for the fire again.

Come, let’s burn our stupid blue passports

Let’s burn that beautiful flag

they wave in front of our eyes, so we can’t see

who of us dies.

Let’s burn down that big white slave house in a big white blaze

(we all know we have coming)

Let’s march into the embassy with guns — humming.

Let us ask the rest of the world what to do with us,

then let us do worse.

We are not Americans anymore.

We are not anything anymore.

Thank (the) god (we don’t believe in)

we’ve broken the curse.

We belong to no country or king or dream.

Only a nation of two.

One I will likely die for

without ever being asked.

Come, you will be the benevolent ruler

and I will take on every other task.

(except maybe managing the money)

Our flag will be your favorite painting.

Our anthem shallow breathe.

We will pledge our allegiance with our eyes

and worship our state-sanctioned religion with our bodies

every night in our state-sanctioned bed.

We will be lead, by our hearts —

but that does not make us peaceful

doves waiting to die.

No, you and I, we will make secret war on the world

infiltrating all its most prized parts —

learning all we can about these enemy lands.

(mostly what they drink and how they dance)

We’ll stockpile an arsenal of memories

to make us safe from everything but ourselves.

And we will conquer each other again and again and again.

Discover — a civil war in our nation of two

Recover — after heavy casualties and somehow continue.

Come my beautiful comrade,

Now is the time.

Death is at the door

and I am tired of waiting politely

in a nation I don’t love anymore.

Light the fires.

Let us burn off our birthplace

and blood ties to the land.

Let’s immigrate to a country we can believe in again

A country of just me and you.

One soul

A Nation of Two.
Euro-Americans face racially charged attacks as UK coronavirus variant spreads
By: Oscar Diggs
Tags: America, Racism, News, Coronavirus, UK

In the United States, members of the Euro-American community have begun to worry about their physical safety and mental health in response to the new coronavirus variant. After UK health minister Matt Hancock announced a mutated form of the COVID-19 virus surging in the South of England, the global community responded by closing their borders to the UK.

Earlier this year, social media gave rise to racially fueled names for the corona virus such as “Wuhan Virus”, “China Virus”, and “Kung Flu”. As a result, the Asian American community reported rises in racially-fueled attacks following the first reports of coronavirus in the United States in January.

Now, concerns are growing in the Euro-American community as the terms “British Virus”, “UK COVID”, and “#PlagueIsland” become trending topics on Twitter.

Sandra Hollingsworth, born in the United States to British immigrants, fears for her safety after she was harrassed at the supermarket. A man spat at her and yelled racial slurs. “He called me ‘mayo monkey’ and shouted ‘U.K. virus’ at me. I broke down in tears in the middle of the parking lot and I’ve been afraid to leave my house since then. I’m afraid of being attacked because of the color of my skin.”

Apart from skin color, Aleksander Nowicki, a Polish international student, feels targeted based on his accent. Having studied in British schools back in Poland, his English has a distinct British tone. “Some classmates have gone so far as to blame me for the new variant. I try to remind them that I’m Polish, but they just brush me off and tell me that I’m white and we’re all the same, ignoring my country’s history and culture,” he says.

Hannah Rossington also feels embarrassed about her accent and, more importantly, its effect on her seven-year-old son’s well-being. She has noticed people become aggressive or dismissive when they hear her Liverpool accent and her son, who came to the US three years ago, has experienced similar distress. “He came home crying one day because the other children ran away from him coughing and chanting ‘the British are coming!’ He’s being excluded and shunned by his peers and I’m worried about how it will affect his social development. How am I supposed to explain [to him] that people think we’re just a joke? We’re people too.”

In these trying times, we find this virus destroying our communities and eroding our society. As we close borders, drawing divisions along geographic and racial lines, our nation as a whole suffers. Some people, however, continue to remain optimistic. As Hollingsworth states, “our country has become so divided, but we need to stand up against prejudice against all people. My situation isn’t unique. I have loving friends and family that are supporting me through these hard times, and I need to be there for the people that need me too.”

Disclaimer: This is a satirical article. Any resemblance to events orpersons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Be kind to one another.
Funerals are Stupid
By: Riley Lopez
Tags: Capitalism, Writing, Funerals, America

The concept of last words is as stupid as the whole funeral process. Funerals are how people grieve which is why it is so tragic that the American funeral industry unnecessarily exploits that grief for profit. For example, the expensive and useless process of embalming was popularized during the civil war.

After Lincoln was assassinated, the government paraded his corpse across the country in order to showcase “the heroes sacrifice”, but that’s not what the people took away from it. People instead thought about how good Lincoln looked after being dead for weeks, and believed that anyone who was popular or had money was embalmed. For those not going on tour after their death, embalming is completely pointless. Why would one need to be preserved right before they are buried in the ground, isn’t the whole point to decompose? Funeral homes will claim that embalming gives dignity to the deceased, and it’s respectful.

There is nothing respectful about embalming. First, the jaw is wired shut, the eyes are sealed with glue. Then the internal organs are punctured and drained through a hole in the abdomen. After that, they pump the arteries full of formaldehyde and stuff the internal cavities with cotton. The entire process is a pointless, waste of time, because even though funeral directors tell their vulnerable, grieving customers: “embalming is necessary if you want an open casket.” and: “it keeps the body safe and sanitary”, none of it is true. Refrigeration is cheaper and just as effective as embalming and the World Health Organization states that dead bodies pose nearly no health risks to the living. It’s completely safe to touch them. Which is ironic because formaldehyde isn’t safe. The only reason people still embalm is solely because funeral directors charge a lot of money to do it.

Caskets are even worse. Caskets are one of the most expensive things one will ever buy. Funeral homes can charge upward to 10 thousand dollars for a single coffin. A person might as well be buried with 10 thousand dollars in cash.
I think the destruction was the point.
By: Arjun Basu
Tags: Trump, America, Poverty, Politics

Writer. Complainer. I drink bourbon. I have edited media, worked in content and branding and strategy, and chances are I’ll do those things again. @arjunbasu
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By: L Nklab
Tags: Trump, America, News, Christmas

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14 million Americans will lose joblessness benefits if Trump won’t sign the Covid help bill
By: Hira Menon
Tags: America, Coronavirus, Us, Covid 19, Donald Trump

A huge number of Americans lose government joblessness benefits on Saturday on account of the halt among Congress and President Trump over the Coronavirus help passed by the House and Senate in the not so distant future.

In excess of twelve million Americans who have applied for joblessness advantages will lose through two plans set up under order as of late during the Covid pandemic, as assessed continuously Foundation.

Trump had no occasions on his schedule on the main day of his colder time of year get-away on Thursday; in any case, he visited his Palm Beach golf club, where he was spotted playing golf by CNN news.

No subtleties of his plan for the evening were given to the columnists, notwithstanding, they were educated that “As the Holiday season moves close; President Trump will keep buckling down for the American People. His plan incorporates numerous assemblies and conferences.”

One program will slip by that gives advantages to gig laborers and another program that gives 100% government subsidizing to long haul jobless individuals.

The Century Foundation ascertains that 7.3 million people that profited by the main program for a gig and different workers not covered by ordinary joblessness will lose it on Saturday. Very nearly 1 million more will lose help before the finish of Dec.

President Trump contradicted the measure after the bill was proposed. The President reprimanded the immediate installments conveyed in the Covid alleviation group as exorbitantly close, battling that the $600 sum should be raised to $2,000.

The Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin haggled for Trump, notwithstanding, Republicans in Congress had repudiated the higher installments and endorsed the bill with the $600 direct installments.

Trump also criticized certain spending plans in a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending charge joined to Covid help measure that will support the authority through October. The estimates he restricted were furthermore upheld by the organization during dealings over the guide bundle.

The public authority is set to shut down on Tuesday aside from if Trump denotes the bundle or Congress embraces another measure before Tuesday that keeps organization exercises financed.

Numerous pundits express that Trump could sit idle or either blackball the help, which would lapse greater joblessness benefits.

It’s conceivable that the President could sign the bundle regardless of contradicting it. Not many Republicans in the House and Senate have asked for it, nonetheless, a few Republicans have censured the guide bundle.

The United States keeps battling the Covid spreads, with an expanded number of hospitalizations and passings arriving at 327,000. Millions are going up against the chance of expenditure the uncommon seasons isolated or confronting a monetary mash because of no positions, or sanctuary on account of the pandemic’s financial cost.
3 Reasons why the American school system is failing
By: Kaylah Brathwaite
Tags: America, Schools, Kids, Learning

3 Reasons why the American school system is failing

Have you ever wonder why school is so stressful and difficult,well today I’m going to tell you 3 reasons why the American school system is currently failing.

1. Out dated ways of teaching. The American education system was first establish in 1635 and still 385 years later the American education system still looks the same and hasn’t been updated. The American school system fails to understand that a new generation means a different understanding and that they can not just stand up in front a class of students and just talk,because our kids need more interactions and more exciting lessons.

This is a photo that was taken in the 1600’s.

And this photo was taken recently.

When you look at the 2 photos above you don’t see a big difference except that the recent photo is colored and the children are raising their hands.

2. Doesn’t teach kids much about adult hood. When a child goes to school they are taught math,english language arts (aka ELA), science, and history, but what our kids need to be learning as well is how to do their own taxes, what to look for before buying a house and how to be independent and successful.

3. A lot of schools don’t teach technology. Technology is the future and children should be taught how to do more then play games and post on social media.
Naviatx doesn’t need Pfizer!
By: Hamzeh Ghosheh
Tags: Startup, Newsletter, Investing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

How does a startup beat the odds…. and the Rona?

The quickest answer is it builds an A-team!

Let us share with you our latest updates and how Naviatx is building the next success story and case study for business schools in the region.

In order for Naviatx to scale and capture market share rapidly, our CEO identified that we must start by securing a world-class advisory board and establish access to top-tier and timely support. This is why Naviatx:

Won a $5k pitching competition provided by Al-Quds Business Center.

Has made great progress in developing our Minimum Viable Product, a downloadable version of our mobile application.

Is in discussion with legal partners that will support us beyond the initial establishment of the legal documents.

Is finalizing a sponsorship agreement with Finbloom. A leading Palestinian financial management solutions company that will offer us full access to their team of experts to ensure the most optimal use of funds and financial compliance for future fundraising rounds.

Is negotiating with Lok Incubator, a Kansas-City-based incubator, that offers support in tech development and access to European Union grants as well as connections with UAE high-executives in Dubai Media City for future sponsorship.

What’s coming up for Naviatx?

Finalize agreement and negotiations with Lok Incubator and set up a development plan.

Sign a letter of engagement with a legal partner.

Incorporating the company as a Delaware C Corp. Read more on why Delaware C.

Identify the first 2 insurance companies to be targeted for a pilot program to ensure proof of concept and create traction.

Start implementing our hiring plan which introduces a balance between headhunting, fresh grads and interns.

Our hearts go to those affected and damaged by the Coronavirus. We do not aim to underestimate the effects of the pandemic we are going through but the contrary. We hope this newsletter gives us all hope that we can still create, build, and overcome in hopes that we can all get to roam freely again soon.

Best regards,

Naviatx team
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Tags: News, Newsletter, Indian, Entrepreneurship, Newspapers

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WhatsApp introduced five useful features in 2020, are you using them?
By: Royal'S Kumar Sasi
Tags: News, Newsletter, News Update, WhatsApp, Games

WhatsApp Payment: According to WhatsApp, WhatsApp fee characteristic is now reachable in India up to 20 million. Facebook-owned WhatsApp stated that WhatsApp repayments now stay with State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank. WhatsApp National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Unified Payment Interface (UPI) machine will allow customers to make payments, cash transfers and more.

Dark Mode: WhatsApp delivered the Dark Mode function formerly this year. This function was once launched for Android as nicely as the iPhone. Later, Dark Mode for WhatsApp was once additionally rolled out on the desktop.

Message Leaving: Whatsapp's message disappearance function is now handy to all users. This function lets in messages to disappear routinely after 7 days.

WhatsApp Group Video and Voice Calls: During the COVID-19 epidemic, WhatsApp introduced a most important alternate in its calling characteristic as it was once up to date to consist of eight individuals as a substitute of four According to WhatsApp, Coronavirus viruses had been speaking on WhatsApp on common over 15 billion minutes all through the pandemic.

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Hello Gaugers!
By: Hamzeh Ghosheh
Tags: Newsletter

The newsletter we’ve all been waiting for… IS HERE!

This will be the beginning of a periodic bi-weekly newsletter that gives you quick updates about our progress. Lots of great stuff happening this month and we are excited that you are the first to know!

Our company, NaviGauge, is developing a smartphone application, Navi, to help auto insurance companies in the MENA region quantify private-car drivers’ risk levels.

Please follow this link for a further introduction to Telematics technology

Many competitors operate in this space, but telematics remains new to the Palestinian market and most of the MENA region. We have the expertise and relations to position ourselves at a unique place to create and lead this sector. We are thrilled to have you join us on this wonderful and meaningful journey of saving lives on the roads and making the streets a safer place for everyone.

A quick rundown to get you up to speed:

Success:

We have raised a successful friends-and-family round on SAFE notes

Met with 5 out of 8 insurance companies who showed interest in adopting Navi

The insurance sector regulator (PCMA) showed support and are seen as a strong long-term strategic partner

We have a fully developed, downloadable prototype for Navi

We are undergoing the incubation program for Founder Institute, the world’s biggest pre-seed program based in Silicon Valley

Challenges:

No clear path to acquiring needed governmental permits

No response from agencies like the Ministry of Transport and Central Traffic Police

Finding an affordable law firm for legal documents and incorporation

Needs:

Hire 2 developers and 1 part-time actuarial science specialist

Create solid relationships with the Palestinian Insurance Federation

Initiate branding efforts and social media presence

We are so excited to start this newsletter as it gives you, our partners, the latest updates on our progress and the potential we have to become a market leader in the MENA region that specializes in telematics and the Internet of Things. Steps still need to be taken, work still has to be put in, but luckily hard work is our caffeine!

Please stay tuned for the next newsletter that we are confident will have new successes to share with all of you. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,

Hamzeh Ghosheh (CEO)

Abdallah Sabri (CTO)
New Year, New Me
By: Brennan Randel
Tags: Newsletter, New Year Resolution, New Year, Army, Military

Photo by Moritz Knöringer

Like many people, I make resolutions every January and forget them by February. However, at the beginning of 2020, I took a different approach. I decided I would make serious resolutions. This was a two-fold effort and a process I think can be replicated by anyone.

The first thing to do is to create goals using the SMART goals framework.

I’ll use a goal I set in January — to reach a 365-day streak on Duolingo, the language learning software — to help explain the SMART framework.

Specific. The goal should be focused and nested within a broader purpose. Instead of saying, “I want to learn Spanish,” I said, “I want to use a tool regularly that will help me learn Spanish.”

Measurable. Without measurement, it’s nearly impossible to track your progress or success. “Use Duolingo often” is not measurable. I tied it to a milestone. If I could stick with it for 365 days, I would be satisfied.

Achievable. If your goal is not within reach based on your abilities, time available, etc., it isn’t a good goal. The Duolingo goal I made was actually two-part. It was to obtain a year-long streak and reach Checkpoint 5. When I made the goal, I was halfway through Checkpoint 1. As of Christmas day, I am not even halfway through Checkpoint 3. The second part of this goal was not attainable given the time I had available to commit to Duolingo.

Relevant. Your goal should be relevant to your life, interests, and personal or professional goals. You could set a goal to eat 100 slices of pizza in a day, but how would that tie into your life’s purpose? Unless you receive satisfaction from simply accomplishing goals — any goal — then you should make your goals relevant.

Author’s note: Some people say the R should be realistic, but I think relevant is better. Aren’t achievable and realistic synonyms, after all?

Timed. You need to have a start point and stop point associated with your goal. By giving yourself a deadline, you will spur. Additionally, if you don’t achieve success, you have an endpoint identified to reevaluate why you weren’t successful and adjust accordingly.

The second part of the serious resolution process is to create accountability for yourself. There are several ways to do it, but I decided to post my goals on social media. I’d like to think this strategy enlisted my social media followers to keep me accountable, but it’s highly unlikely they cared.

The truth is that I posted my goals to social media in a vain effort to show everyone how motivated I was, and then I updated them throughout the year to show everyone how disciplined I am.

Accountability to my ego, if you will. Whatever it takes to stay motivated, am I right?

And you bet your ass I’ll be doing it again in 2021.
Return of the drawing board
By: Hamzeh Ghosheh
Tags: Auto Insurance, Startup, Newsletter, Telematics, Investing

NaviGauge drew serious attention, Naviatx is turning heads!

One strength of ours is that although we have the expertise, when we hear good advice, WE LISTEN.

During the past two weeks, we revisited the drawing board to make sure we make the good…better.

We made the decision to pivot and change the name from NaviGauge to Naviatx. Through discussions with our Founders Institute mentors, we are working on ideas that will propel our company lightyears into the future!

Our CEO, Hamzeh, also competed in a pitching competition last week that we have high hopes to win. The prize is a $6k grant that we will dedicate to phase 1 of our branding plan and legal fees to establish bylaws and incorporate our business.

Highlights of the past two weeks:

- Prototype is DONE! MVP 2 weeks away!

- Company name change

- Discussions with a branding agency

- Modification in the monetization strategy

- Participating in a pitching competition

Next 2 weeks goals:

- Finalize MVP

- Engage in headhunting software engineers

- Establish bylaws

- Incorporate Naviatx

- Develop brand elements

We thank our investors for their trust and belief in our vision and potential. We thank our mentors for their guidance and support. We thank all of you for being part of this growing family.

Best,

Naviatx team
Mustang ‘Flashback’ Is A Supercharged 1967 Beast
By: Sam Maven
Tags: Newsletter, Muscle, Handpicked, American

The 1967 Ford Mustang is a generational icon, the epitome of American freedom, and a pure medium through which to express one’s love for cars. This particular Mustang, for example, comes equipped with a 5.4-liter supercharged V8. Just reading this you might think that I was talking about a new mustang but you’d be wrong, this is a beautiful restomodded 1967 ford mustang fastback.

The notable American icon has and always will be the coveted prize in the minds of every collector, enthusiast, and car person alike. The 1967 Mustang has such a good design that it was featured in many movies in its prime time. Some of these include the infamous ‘Stang from the movie Bullitt and the forever recognizable ‘Eleanor’ from Gone in 60 seconds. What is particularly fascinating about this car however is that while other Mustangs of that same year barely even run now, because of the modern performance upgrades this thing can duke it out with modern muscle/ pony cars too.

A lot of the time when people want a classic car they usually don’t get it, this is either due to money or the fact that it is so old that it would take forever to replace it. That is where resto-mods like this come into play. Gone are the days of having to sacrifice reliability for cool-factor, because this car is basically a brand new car with the body of a ’67 Mustang. With this car you don’t have to worry about putting even more miles on top of what it already had because it’s a new engine. Say goodbye to transmission issues because this comes equipped with a brand new automatic overdrive transmission. With this car the power backs up the looks and you can feel the speed dripping off of this car, a fine message to whatever lucky soul finds themselves in ownership of this fine masterpiece would be: Just have fun. See it here.
Daily Newsletter — 27th December 2020
By: Hemanth Janesh
Tags: Newsletter, Data Science, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

An Autograd library for Javascript, adding AI to your career and a Deep Learning Computer Vision Library in today’s Data Science Daily 📰

AI+X: Adding AI to your Career 🤖

AI may be the most trending career choice right now and we see many professionals and students looking to transition to or start a career in it. But rather than abandoning your current career track to become a data scientist or a machine learning engineer, consider developing AI skills to complement your existing subject matter expertise.

AI+X individuals can hit the ground running, enabling companies to tackle new business opportunities more rapidly. Training a biotech engineer in AI could take months, but training an AI practitioner to understand biotechnologies could take years before meaningful output. A subject matter expert who comes with, or can develop AI skills is a much better investment.

Read more in the article below by Kian Katanforoosh

Article: https://kiankatan.medium.com/ai-x-dont-switch-careers-add-ai-34eff21dd3e1

deepnet.js — Autograd library for Javascript ⚡

deepnet.js is an auto-differentiation library for javascript. it will dynamically build a computational graph while doing the math operations and compute the gradients during the backward pass.

Autograd (Automatic Differentiation) is a technique which uses a computational graph to compute derivatives automatically. In its forward phase it is used to execute the math operation and constructs the computational graph, and In the backward phase, the derivatives are computed automatically.

GitHub: https://github.com/karthiTox/deepnet.js

Glasses: Deep Learning Computer Vision Library 😎

Here’s a compact, concise and customizable deep learning computer vision library by Francesco Saverio Zuppichini

Features

human-readable code, no research code

common components are shared across models

same APIs for all models (you learn them once and they are always the same)

clear and easy to use model customization (see here)

classification and segmentation

Website: https://francescosaveriozuppichini.github.io/glasses-webapp/

Doc: https://francescosaveriozuppichini.github.io/glasses/index.html

GitHub: https://github.com/FrancescoSaverioZuppichini/glasses

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Sunny Side Updates — Week 14!. Hope you’re having a restful and fun…
By: Lucy Dan 蛋小姐, She Her 她
Tags: Newsletter, Poetry Prompt, Tbin

The Brain is a Noodle*

*This is factually incorrect. Please absolutely do not go out and eat brains.

🍜 Piping Hot New(dle) Pieces of the Week

Challenge: *highlight* the ones you bookmarked/ read and make sure everyone gets highlighted at least once! ❤

so relaxing reading this list by Dr. Fatima Imam

words we all needed this holiday season — stay safe!!! ❄ by R. Rangan PhD

never too late to #supportlocalrestaurants! ❤ by Imad

inspired by Blackpink’s Lovesick Girls! 🧡💜 by Jen Eve

oh how beautiful a sanctuary the garden can be! 🌸 by Jenine Bsharah Baines

“I dedicate this poem to all the smart, beautiful, kind, and amazing souls who have shared their stories with me over the years.” (this is so beautiful) 🌈 by Kasun Ranasinghe

my mouth is watering after reading this piece tbh by Daniel A. Teo

something to warm the heart 💗 by R. Rangan PhD

something visceral, something beautiful by Yohanan Gregorius (please call me Greg or YG)

what a warm and beautiful piece! 💯 by Somsubhra Banerjee

that classic saying of “if life gives you lemons”… by Yohanan Gregorius (please call me Greg or YG)

such a beautiful response to the character sketch poem prompt!!! by Kim McKinney

a poem of hope, much needed as we wrap up this year! by Johannes Mudi

#EndOfYearReflections with this tanka! by Yohanan Gregorius (please call me Greg or YG)

calming words to soothe your senses by Dr. Preeti Singh

I may or may not have highlighted the ENTIRETY of this scrumptious poem, oops by Baye Amina

a short and lovely acrostic by Yohanan Gregorius (please call me Greg or YG)

what else are you bringing from 2020 into 2021? by Yohanan Gregorius (please call me Greg or YG)
Cristiano Ronaldo es famoso Playboy, pero aún ama a los niños
By: Demi Cinta
Tags: Newspapers, News, Newsletter, News Articles

in Eudaimonia and Co
Are We Haunted by Sex?
By: The Sex Beat
Tags: Psychoanalysis, Newsletter, Research, Supernatural, Sex

As part of my research into jin asyik (a kind of supernatural creature that falls in love with humans), I’ve been exploring pornography (yes, for work!) — books, movies, blogs, fanfiction websites, the list goes on.

Considering how much of it is produced and how immense this multibillion-dollar industry is worldwide, it’s fascinating that pornography continues to be shocking. That in spite of the over-sexualization of mainstream media, open conversations about sex continues to be seen as taboo.

In Unforbidden Pleasures, Adam Phillips writes that “to forbid something is to make it unforgettable”. He continues, “At its best and at its worst to forbid is to coerce attention and to guarantee interest. It is to arrange a haunting.”

Are we all part of cultures that are haunted by sex in different ways? Are both over-sexualization and “sex panic” the result of fear?

The more I explore, the more I discover how much a person’s approach to sex is affected by the cultural, societal and political space in which he/she exists.

And as I apply psychoanalytic theory to porn studies, the question that’s always being asked is: What even is sex?

So yes, I’m curious about sex. About all of it.

From how existing situations — like personal loneliness or a worldwide pandemic — can lead to innovation in sex tech, to the list of criteria that audiences use to differentiate between erotica and pornography.

This newsletter is a way for me to ask those questions — many of which are out of the scope of my research project, but may help to inform it. Writing The Sex Beat is a way for me to stay updated on sex research and the sex industry, as well as distill my thinking on the topic.

Most of all, I hope that by learning in public, I’ll be able to start constructive conversations about this topic that’s such an everyday ordinary part of life but is somehow, “not fit for polite company”.