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Birth Certificate Attestation
By: Qatar Attestation
Tags: Birth, Certificate, Services, Qatar, Attestation

Birth certificate attestation is the act of legalizing your birth certificate so that it can be used in foreign countries. A birth certificate is an official document stating the birth of an individual. It includes the name of the individual, his place of birth, date of birth etc. The act of authenticating your birth certificate is done from the country in which the certificates are issued. An official seal and signature is put on the certificates by the respecting authority stating that the birth certificates are real and genuine.

Why do you need attestation for birth certificates?

Birth certificate mainly acts as an age proof also it is used for migration .It is to prove the birth of an individual. For children to move to foreign countries birth certificate attestation is useful. It also makes admissions in schools abroad easy.

Steps you need to follow for getting birth certificate attestation

· Notary Attestation

· Home department attestation

· MEA attestation

· Embassy attestation

· MOFA attestation

This step by step process need to be followed for proper attestation of your birth certificates. At each stage the respective authority is responsible for authenticating your birth certificate. Like any other certificate attestation the primary documents you need to submit for getting birth certificates attested are:

· Original certificate

· Passport copy

The original certificate in this case the birth certificate needs to be submitted along with the copy of your passport for attestation. Birth certificate is an important document in every individuals life so is its attestation.
At Birth, Wide Awake
By: Balpolam Idi
Tags: Birth, Nigerian Writing, Nigeria, Nationals, Pregnancy

Nigeria,

Birthing is messy.

It’s sad that we have come to romanticise childbirth and the labour that precedes it. That’s one of the mistakes we’ve made. In a society where women did not necessarily talk about what went in the other rooms, the media’s been our only teacher.

Birthing is Sacred.

No doubt,

Every culture and people across the world agree with this.

But we need to demystify certain things.

For instance,

That child birth happens swiftly.

That it’s just a few screams and guttural sounds; A couple of protracted minutes with intermittent wails and sobs. Some smeared mascara and one convoluted face

That it is as pretty as Hollywood and Nollywood have made us believe.

Just a few scenes, some minutes and it's all over.

Birthing is a lot of these;

It is blood, lots of blood and sweat

It is urine, faeces and vomit in some cases.

It is excruciating

It is also discomforting, to say the least. While reading this might make you mighty uncomfortable and a bit queasy,

There is one factor we are quick to forget;

Birthing exposes.

Ah! There is no hiding from it.

Your legs wide open;

Everything you have worked so hard to hide and cover all your life, you willingly and eagerly reveal in a few hours. There is a saying in Hausa, “ranan wanka, ba a boye cibi”

There is no preservation of dignity in the birthing room.

Just humanity, vulnerability, pure grit and a fight for life. You do not care how many inches wide you have to stretch to accommodate the baby’s head, or how long a mark the surgeon’s scalpel will leave in it’s wake. You are not concerned about how wounded your nether regions might get or how this procedure will require a cutting of several layers including your uterus.

Nothing cute happens until the baby is born and cleaned up. The first sigh of relief comes when the cry of the baby is heard. Even after that, the placenta must follow. This is called the third stage of labour.

You are at birth Nigeria.

Do you know?

Have your midwives prepared for the long night of pain and travail?

Are they kitted up? Are they alert and keeping watch or have they fallen asleep?

Are they bored by your seemingly slow dilation; the crawling progression of labour?

Do they even know what you are about to birth?

Listen woman,

In this room, Nigeria,

All that has been hidden and kept under wraps will be revealed.

Shame has gone out the window and with it humiliation.

All that is left in you is a fight. A fight for your life and the life you are birthing.

Let the attendants and midwives clean you up. Just stay alive and bring that offspring of yours to us safely.
BIRTH LIFE DEATH STAR
Tags: Birth, Life, Death

Star phases

Looking at the natural world around us, we see beautiful landscapes that fascinate us with their beauty. Mountains and forests seem to be there forever, and in that beauty — few people think that everything has a beginning and an end. Although it all takes millions of years — natural landscapes and geographical areas are constantly changing. Everything has a beginning and an end. And not only on Earth, but also in space, dramatic births and deaths take place.

Birth life death star

Although these are often fascinatingly large space objects, they are all subject to the laws of beginning and end. The births of stars, galaxies, planets or comets take place constantly, but the deaths or decays of these structures are also present in these cosmic depths. The image you see shows three stellar phases. But don’t forget that this takes an extremely long time, and that for the rest of your life you will certainly not see the birth, life and death of the same star.



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The Birth-day Card. A dusty garage, a poem typed on a 3x5…
By: Ted Anthony
Tags: Birth, Poetry, Death, Parents, Memoir

For most of my life, and probably most of his, my late father was the master of items that he called “unsorted but significant” — slivers of serendipity that were both highly meaningful and extremely, assertively miscellaneous, and tended to turn up in the most unexpected of places.

A box labeled by my father sometime in the 1990s. Photo ©2011, Ted Anthony.

Which is what happened to me today.

Going through some final cartons of my mother’s ephemera on Memorial Day weekend in the dusty garage of the house where I grew up, I came upon a single 3x5 card — a favored canvas of my father’s.

Typed upon it was a whimsical poem about language, my parents’ specialty and profession, written by Christopher Morley, a newspaperman, essayist and sometime editor of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, another favorite of my father’s.

I am not lying when I say it is about language. But drill down a bit, and it’s about a human activity even older than that. It is called “Inscription for a Grammar,” and it goes like this:
Antinatalism: A Moral Perspective
By: Geeta Rao
Tags: Birth, Anti Natalism, Pro Choice, Life, Abortion

Antinatalism: A Moral Perspective

From Google images

So far I have only covered the global and environmental effects of overpopulation. Anti-natalism, or the anti-birth movement, also known as the voluntary human extinction movement, also encompasses moral perspectives.

Moral #1: Life is essentially suffering and any parent who cannot guarantee their child a pain-free life is doing disservice to his or her biological child by bringing them into this world.

Moral #2: People cannot guarantee that their child will be similar to them in any fashion, even with 50% of their DNA. When the odds are stacked up against you, why give birth? A vegan can give birth to a carnivore as much as a leader can give birth to a mass murderer.

Moral #3: Freedom is an ideal. We do not live in an ideal world. We cannot guarantee human rights, safety, security, privilege and freedom from fear and pain to any child. A child born into poverty will suffer terribly. Likewise, a child born into riches may not know how to manage his wealth and may not be free from debt.

Moral #4: We live in a world where euthanasia, suicide and even abortion in cases of critical health in some cities are condemned to be crimes. With so much restriction in our choice of choosing to live, people should be more educated on nipping the problem in the bud and denouncing birth altogether.

Moral #5: We live in a world in constant danger in certain territories and natural disasters. Bringing a child into those territories especially is flat out irresponsible.

Moral #6: We live in a selfish capitalistic society where people step on the toes of others to go forward. The situation will be unfathomable years from now when your biological child is growing up in an ultra-competitive society and may fall victim to depression or suicide. From personal experience, people with children care only for their young and show less empathy to others.

Moral #7: The ego and arrogance of being obsessed with your genetic DNA when there are millions of unloved children out there. Why is adoption a more dreadful word than breeding? Also, why are adoption laws tightly regulated and discriminatory?

Many of the aforementioned moral issues overlap and stem from the greater issue of freedom from fear, pain and a lack of security, safety and rights. If you are no environmentalist and the environmental issues mentioned in my previous posts do not relate to you, the moral perspectives need to be considered in ‘to breed or not to breed?’.
Your Cleft Journey: Your Beauty
By: Erin Hillyard
Tags: Birth, Cleft, Baby, Cleft Lip, Pregnancy

It was joy. It was relief. It was love.

You were finally here. You were almost a week late. It was a Thursday morning, the last day of February. I started having contractions the night before, but they never got any stronger or faster. So, following the pattern your older siblings set before you, the doctors had to help things along.

I received successful epidurals in the past, but for some reason, this one did not work. I was feeling everything, except for my right thigh, and it was too late to do anything about it. So, after a couple of hours of the most painful contractions I had ever felt, lots of pushing, and scolding of my loud screams by the doctor, out you came sunny-side-up.

They placed you on my chest, and those familiar strong emotions flooded my entire being. I was in love. You were a little blue so they took you to the warmer to get you stable. Your Daddy never took his eyes off of you, and he buried his head in your Gigi’s shoulder and wept tears of relief and joy. Kelsey, my doula and friend, came to tell me the amazing news: your palate was intact! Praise be to God! He had heard our prayers.

Of course, I noticed your cleft when I first saw you, but what I noticed more was how much you resembled your older sister, the thick tuft of light brown hair atop your head, your chubby cheeks, and baby blue eyes. You were ours, all 9 lbs 2 oz of you. Our little beauty. I loved you fiercely.

I knew then the journey would be messy, imperfect, and full of mountains to climb, but I also knew this: God made you and He loved you. You were His masterpiece and you were beautiful. Your journey would be beautiful because you are beautiful.
Why it’s so hard to do what you love?
Tags: Writing Life, Writing, Believe In Yourself, Writers Block, Be Kind

Sometimes it becomes hard to do things you love the most. If I have to give an example, I would take mine. I love writing. I keep writing when I am not writing, in my head that is. When it comes to sitting in one place opening my laptop and typing it out, that’s where I stop. I stop thinking, my mind stops working, and I just stare at the blank white screen for a long time, but nothing comes out. So, I close every damn thing and get out of that place to steer up my blank mind for some idea.

That’s when I started questing myself do I love to write or am pretending to love writing? But then why did I take up those numerous creative writing courses? Why do I always feel inspired to write when I read my favourite authors? Why do I subscribe to those writing magazines, and why do I buy so many books on writing? Why do I keep searching for articles that inspire me to write? Isn’t all this proof enough that I love writing? Then why it becomes hard at times when I sit to write?

Well, I know I would never get a perfect answer for these problems, but I love the feeling when words flow. When stories take shape. When characters haunt me to write about them. When a life situation induces thoughts in me, and an article starts transpiring until I put it into words.

And that’s when I start self-assuring myself that: yes at times it becomes hard to do what you love, but that’s okay. At times it becomes hard to love the people you always have loved, and that doesn’t mean you’ve stopped loving them or you are acting it out, the same way, if it becomes hard to write, that doesn’t mean I am pretending to love it, I really do. But what I need is sincerity, a framework, a topic, and a scheduled time to do it, and at times cutting slack from doubting myself. With these, I am sure it won’t be hard to do what I love to do.
A letter to my body.
By: Sanika Chitnis
Tags: Body Positive, Self Love, Gratitude, Body Image, Self

Dear Body,

Hi! I have never taken the time to just sit with you. I wish I spent some time just to appreciate you and be grateful. This might be hard to believe, given the way I treat you, how I feel about you sometimes and how I criticize you, but I really appreciate you. Thank you. I love you.

You have been with me since even before I was born. And it’s you and I till the end. I know that. Every day, I am taking active steps to make peace with us, to work on our relationship, to give you the love and care you truly deserve, to accept you and to absolutely and truly be comfortable and confident with you.

I am sorry for everything I have put you through. I am sorry for being embarrassed of you, for hiding you, for resending you and for wishing you belonged to someone else or even wanting you gone.

You see, dear Body, I wasn’t always resentful of you. In fact, I remember finding it incomprehensible to even be disrespectful towards you. As a child, I remember being in awe of you for the way you healed yourself of the scratches and bruised knees I would get while playing, swimming and climbing ladders. You have always had my back. Through my terrible teens, when every day I fought for my health, you had my back. You have always managed to heal us back. It’s incredible.

And instead of being grateful, I grew increasingly resentful of you for not looking like you once did, for not liking like the photoshopped versions of others in the magazines, for having scars, for having acne, for having fat, for existing. I resented you. I am sorry.

It might seem foolish now, dear Body, the resentment and the hate I developed towards you, never came from within. As a teenager, when I was at my most vulnerable, I was conditioned into thinking that you were ugly and miles away from perfect by those, who I thought were the closest to me. They didn’t even know our journey. They didn’t know what we were up against, they didn’t know what was happening internally. But I let those opinions get to us. I starved you, I pinched you, I wanted you gone.

And now as a grow a little every day, I realise how cruel I have been to you. You have always been here for me, you have healed me, you have loved me, even when I didn’t love you back, and you have always held me together. You are more than just that “thing” I use to put my pretty shoes and clothes on.

Dear Body, you have endured a lot and yet, you stand here with me, by me, for me. And for that, grateful and I am thankful.

Love,

Your Keeper.
How to get Surfshark coupon code presented by The Endless Adventure
By: Dominec Dades
Tags: VPN, Technology, Discount, Coupon

Eric and Allison is a travel couple that traded their stable jobs and constant home for a life full of adventures. They travel all across the world and look for magical places to visit and see. They share their recommendations and moments with other on their Youtube channel called “The Endless Adventure”. The channel is full of inspiring videos with the most interesting, beautiful and surprising places that inspires all of us to join them and go see the world not just through their eyes but ourselves.

One of the things that they always have with them on adventures is a VPN — Surfshark. While traveling a VPN is a must, especially because you use a lot of public wifi, which is absolutely not secure and Surfshark can secure you from that. A VPN is also a helpful tool to book cheaper flights, hotels and even more. That’s why they present their viewers with a coupon code that gives them 83% discount for a 2-year plan of Surfshark.

How to get the VPN coupon code presented by The Endless Adventure?

Go to Surfshark website Insert the coupon code “endless” Continue the purchase and be safe

You can also follow the link with the coupon already inserted in

https://surfshark.com/deal/coupon?coupon=endless

Why Surfshark should be your choice for a VPN?

All you need to know that Surfshark is a high-quality VPN provider, that doesn’t collect logs, has industry leading encryption which will make you secure and anonymous, lets you connect unlimited number of devices to one account and will let you bypass any geo-restrictions. VPN is a must especially if you like to be on public wifi and overall value your privacy and want to be anonymous online, without anyone snooping around what you are up to.

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Top 8 Open Source JS Libraries For Data Visualization
By: Subraya Pai
Tags: Charts, Data Visualization, JavaScript, Dataviz

This article can be helpful to choose JavaScript charting library for your project.

Photo by Stephen Dawson on Unsplash

There may be times when you want to choose an open source javascript library for plotting charts on your web application and there are a number of libraries out there to choose from.This guide may be helpful in that situation.

I have selected 8 open source javascript libraries and listed below along with their Features, Link to a sample Bar chart developed using respective libraries, Link to other Demo Charts and recommended usage.

I have included only libraries that have seen github commits in last 1 month or less (at the time of writing this article). Also some libraries are built using React JS library.

D3 is abbreviation for Data Driven Documents. This is the library which can be considered as base language for Data Visualization On Javascript Platform. A number of other libraries are built on top of this. It uses SVG elements for plotting. However you can also combine Canvas elements with it [1]. This library has definition of bits and bytes of pure javascript code for creating data visualizations.

Click Here For Sample Bar Chart.
Progress Report #4. (17/05/2021–23/05/2021)
By: Forward Protocol
Tags: Edtech, Integration, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Investment, Education

(17/05/2021–23/05/2021)

Making New Strides

As pioneers of a new model of education — a decentralized and democratized system — we have continued to work behind the scenes to bring our vision to as many people as we can. We did not rest on our laurels since the last time we spoke. We know that the only way forward is, well, Forward; that is why Forward Protocol is proud of the latest strides we have made.

English Forward to be the first to integrate the Forward Protocol

English Forward is an online community of teachers and students, engaged in a symbiotic ecosystem. It is a 19-year-old platform that has seen over 300 million unique visitors in its lifetime. Most of the visitors to the English Forward platform are students from the Asia-Pacific region, especially the developing nations of East Asia. With this demographic, English Forward has already nurtured a large vibrant community that would be the ideal launchpad for a vision like ours at Forward Protocol.

Deployment on the English Forward Platform

As we aim to decentralize and democratize education, we set out to build a framework that incentivizes the transfer of knowledge using blockchain technology. Forward Protocol provides -amongst others — a blockchain reward and incentive framework to education verticals like English Forward.

Forward Platform offers a plethora of benefits to education. Consider this practical example for instance -

Anna, a student from Thailand offers to pay $20 to anyone that helps her review her IELTS sample essay for correctness. Different experts offer solutions to Anna’s problem. She then chooses the most useful solution to her problem. The person that provides the most useful solution according to Anna gets the $20 reward she initially offered. The others also get rewarded for their efforts thanks to Foward’s Protocol’s fractionalized incentive system that rewards everyone involved in the education process.

No effort goes unrewarded! That is what we are working towards here at Forward Protocol. What do you think? Does that sound like something you could get behind?

Forward Protocols runs on five smart contracts to maintain its infrastructure –

- Proof of Value-delivered

- Proof of Value

- Distributed reward/Revenue sharing

- Proof of Ownership

- Initial Knowledge Offering

Each of these proofs works to ensure equitable reward and incentive distribution, as long as learning takes place. That is the Forward Protocol vision and you can read all about it in detail here.

Our Community is Growing

Not to brag, but our hard work is starting to pay off. The Forward Protocol message continues to spread and gather steam as we near our token sale launch. Our Twitter community is now over 6000 members strong, and it will probably be more by the time you read this. Follow us to get the latest information and progress of the platform, blockchain education, and news.
We need to learn the laws of integral, living systems since we exist in one!
By: Zsolt Hermann
Tags: Connection, Peace, Integration, Nature, Education

We need to learn the laws of integral, living systems since we exist in one! Zsolt Hermann May 22·1 min read

Question from the Internet:

“How are peace, human rights, and the right to self-determination interrelated?”

In order to understand the answers to such questions, first, we need to understand and actually feel what it means that we evolved into a globally integrated and fully interdependent system.

In this world, we are but individual cells of the same, Human “superorganism” which is also irrevocably integrated into Nature’s system.

In such an integral, interdependent system peace is the state of balance, homeostasis achieved by mutually responsible and mutually complementing interconnections above and despite the vast diversity, against the differences, tension between the seemingly incompatible parts, elements.

The only difference between other parts and elements in nature and human beings is, that while other elements, parts are integrated into the system blindly, instinctively, humans have to achieve this integration, mutual cooperation consciously, methodically above and against our inherently selfish, egoistic, and subjective nature, program.

This makes us the qualitatively highest part in nature, the only part with a conscious, analytical mind that is able to observe and partner nature with full awareness, actively participating in the creation and nurturing life.

In this system “human right and self-determination” means my conscious agreement and participation in this process, considering others and the natural system more important than my inherently egoistic, individualistic self, since they are my parts, my connection with them, my unconditional service towards them is facilitating, sustaining the life I also receive everything from.
The Role of Agri-Tech in Meeting the SDGs
By: Krishna Aggarwal
Tags: Agritech, Farming, Agriculture, Organic Farming In India, Sdgs

Agri-tech or agricultural technology is instrumental in increasing agricultural productivity as well as the efficiency of agricultural processes. With the advent of innovative technology, farmers have found it easier to experiment, to produce more using less labour intensive resources.

Agri-tech also has environmental benefits — it maximises the scale of production without having to compromise on the quality of the produce. For example, drones help in observing fields and thus prove to be highly effective in locating weeds as well as plants that are diseased. This way they can also identify what kind of pesticide treatment that affected plants will need. With the help of GPS-guided machinery, it has become easier to sow crops without causing significant damage to the soil.

By helping farmers use pesticides in a targeted and controlled manner, agricultural technology is also paving the way for sustainable practices. Sensory technology that makes farmers aware of early signs and symptoms of disease in livestock. By treating it effectively and quickly, the farmers reduce their dependence on antibiotic use. Smart farming with the help of agricultural technology has also proved to be lucrative to farmers.

It is through agricultural technology that farmers have been able to take on sustainable agricultural practices. Countries across the world are encouraging their farmers to invest in smart farming, which not only minimizes the adverse impact of pesticides and chemicals on the environment but also reduces the strain of manual and time-intensive labours. Through agricultural technology, farmers also attain a better understanding of the resources that they possess and have access to the ways in which they can maximize their productivity.

Sustainable practices are one of the UN’s primary objectives and agritech leads the way by demonstrating how technology can be effective in identifying and providing solutions to the potential risks, wastage, and hazards caused by traditional and uninformed agricultural practices.
Business Tour for PC — Windows 7, 8, 10 — Free Download
Tags: Business Tour, Techwikies, Free Download, Business Tour For Pc, Windows

Business Tour

BusinessTour is a fun work that gives us the opportunity to enjoy a game experience similar to the classic property negotiation board game, Monopoly.

The main objective of BusinessTour will be to buy properties and gain great wealth. We must achieve this before our opponents. In this way, we will have to buy, preferably, the properties on one of the sides that form the perimeter of the deck. Something very favorable that we must take into account are the festivals, which will be held in any of the three cities at random, increasing the income of the user who has acquired those same lands.

Therefore, once we have understood the game mechanics of BusinessTour, when our turn comes, we only have to know that we will have to press the button in the central area of ​​the screen to roll the dice. We will advance the boxes indicated by the figure obtained after rolling the dice. As it suits us or not, we will buy the goods we find ourselves on. All this we have to take into account while we watch the time. In other words, if the game’s minutes run out, the user who accumulates a greater number of properties of greater value will be the winner.

BusinessTour is a fun title in which thanks to our strategy by acquiring real estate and land, we can become millionaires.

Here we will show you today How can you Download and Install Board Business Tour on PC running any OS including Windows and MAC variants, however, if you are interested in other apps, visit our site about Android Apps on PC and locate your favorite ones, without further ado, let us continue .

Business Tour on PC (Windows / MAC)

Download and install Android Emulator for PC of your choice from the list we provided.

Open the installed Emulator and open the Google Play Store in it.

Now search for “ Business Tour ” using the Play Store.

” using the Play Store. Install the game and open the app drawer or all apps in the emulator.

Click Business Tour icon to open it, follow the on-screen instructions to play it.

icon to open it, follow the on-screen instructions to play it. You can also download Business Tour APK and installs via APK in the BlueStacks Android emulator.

and installs via APK in the BlueStacks Android emulator. You can also try other Emulators to install Business Tour for PC.

That’s All for the guide on Business Tour For PC (Windows & MAC), follow our Blog on social media for more Creative and juicy Apps and Games. For Android and iOS please follow the links below to Download the Apps on respective OS.

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The Major update in windows 10 May 2021
Tags: Windows 10, Updates, Features, Version, Windows

The newest Windows 10 feature update has been released by Microsoft, it’s known as the May update, very original, also known as version 21H1, so 2021, the first half of the year. However, even though Windows only gets one of these feature updates twice a year, it turns out that this one actually does not have all that much in terms of features on the front end. It looks like Microsoft basically delayed most of the features that were planned that were pretty major and put it off till 21H2, so the next one will probably be in the fall. And from what we’ve seen, it seems like they are mostly focusing on the core experience as well as stability and bug fixes, that sort of thing. So, there are still some decent additions, it’s just more stuff on the backend. This update is being slowly rolled out randomly to users over the next couple of weeks. If it does show up, we’ll see a section where it mentions it as an optional feature update and we’ll also see the option to download and install. And again, this is fully optional so we don’t have to worry about delaying any updates or anything, we can still keep everything else up to date and just not click that download install if we don’t want to. More click here
Baby Photography Sydney
Tags: Baby Photography, Newborn, Photography, Newborn Photography, Photographer

Having a baby is a special time in a woman’s life. It is the new addition of a family member this is a time for new beginnings. The best way to remember this time is through baby photographs taken by a professional photographer.

These pictures are taken by professionals and they have the knowledge in newborn photography to capture all of the cuteness and innocence of the baby. The photographer specializes in taking photos of newborns, baby showers, maternity photos, and everything else relating to the baby.

Baby Photography Sydney is set up in the city so people can bring their babies for a photo shoot. Only a small number of photo sessions are done each week to spend time preparing and making sure that the pictures come out looking great. There are even some accommodations for babies that may get a little cranky or stubborn during the photo shoot.

When working with a baby photography Sydney company it is important to make sure the photographer is skilled in working with newborns. It takes education, training, and patience to work with these little ones and to get the pose perfect. In the picture, the focus is going to be on the baby and the minimal number of props are used. The pictures will have a rustic feel and the pictures will be timeless. An expecting mother can also come in the study for a maternity session. She will be made to feel beautiful and it will start the journey. Once the baby is born the family can return for pictures of the baby and family portraits to capture this special time.
Announcing the Appointment of Tayo Rockson to the Board of Directors
By: Insured Nomads
Tags: Fintech, Location Independent, Insurtech, Digital Nomads, Expat Life

We are pleased to announce a new board member: Tayo Rockson, a highly-acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant in diversity, equity and inclusion, and cross-cultural identity. He is the author of the book “‘Use Your Difference to Make a Difference” Join us in welcoming Tayo Rockson — Author of Use Your Difference to Make a Difference.

Learn more about Tayo Rockson at www.TayoRockson.com to book him to consult and lead a workshop series for your company. Follow him on IG, Twitter, Facebook.

Learn more about Insured Nomads

Insured Nomads is the first insurtech in global benefits, offering a full portfolio of insurance solutions for the globally mobile including international health, life and disability, travel insurance, and new technologies to complement these lines of business. Serving clients around the world, with numerous customer service points, we are a remote company operating a lean and agile enterprise with strategic partners in every region of the globe with a strong commitment to social impact.

#insurtech #fintech for the #locationindependent #digitalnomad #expat #globallymobile
Javascript | Valid Parentheses
By: Iamsonika
Tags: Stringsandals, Datastrucutre, JavaScript, Arrays

Given a string s containing just the characters '(' , ')' , '{' , '}' , '[' and ']' , determine if the input string is valid.

An input string is valid if:

Open brackets must be closed by the same type of brackets. Open brackets must be closed in the correct order.

Example 1:

Input: s = "(((]]"

Output: false

Example 2:

Input: s = "((((([)]"

Output: false

We will see two implementations, Let's, deep dive -

arr is an array where we push ( ‘(’, ‘[’, ‘{’ ),

arr[arr.length — 1] checks for the last element in the array.

when the char = “)” and if the last element in the array(stack) matches with the opposite of “(”, then pop the element.

if the stack has no char left in the array, then the string is valid.

First Implementation,



*

*

*/

var isValid = function(s) {

const arr = []; /** @param {string} s @return {number}*/var isValid = function(s) {const arr = []; for(let char of s) {

if(char === ")" && arr[arr.length - 1] === "(") {

arr.pop();

} else if(char === "]" && arr[arr.length - 1] === "[") {

arr.pop();

} else if(char === "}" && arr[arr.length - 1] === "{") {

arr.pop();

} else {

arr.push(char);

}



} return arr.length === 0

};

See the output

Second Implementation,



*

*

*/

var isValid = function(s) {

let map = {

")": "(",

"]": "[",

"}": "{"

}

let arr = [];



for(let i = 0; i < s.length; i ++){

if(s[i] === "(" || s[i] === "[" || s[i] === "{"){

arr.push(s[i]);

}

else{

if(arr[arr.length - 1] === map[s[i]]){

arr.pop();

}

else return false;

}

}

return arr.length === 0 ? true : false;

}; /** @param {string} s @return {boolean}*/var isValid = function(s) {let map = {")": "(","]": "[","}": "{"let arr = [];for(let i = 0; i < s.length; i ++){if(s[i] === "(" || s[i] === "[" || s[i] === "{"){arr.push(s[i]);else{if(arr[arr.length - 1] === map[s[i]]){arr.pop();else return false;return arr.length === 0 ? true : false;};
Javascript | Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Interview Question | Data Structure
By: Iamsonika
Tags: Interview Questions, JavaScript, Algorithms, Arrays, Data Structure Algorithm

First you should learn about map and how we get /set the key — value pair. Lets look into map,

Map is a collection of keyed data items, just like an Object . But the main difference is that Map allows keys of any type.

Methods and properties are:

new Map() – creates the map.

– creates the map. map.set(key, value) – stores the value by the key.

– stores the value by the key. map.get(key) – returns the value by the key, undefined if key doesn’t exist in map.

let map = new Map(); map.set('1', 'str1'); // a string key map.set(1, 'num1'); // a numeric key map.set(true, 'bool1'); // a boolean key // remember the regular Object? it would convert keys to string // Map keeps the type, so these two are different: alert( map.get(1) ); // 'num1' alert( map.get('1') ); // 'str1' alert( map.size ); // 3

Lets look into the implementation, returns the maxLength of the Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters -

Example = “ababcd”

when i = 0, start=0, ch = s[i] = a, “a” does not exist in the map, so it will add in the map using map.set(“a”, 0), maxLength (i-start+1) = (0–0+1) = 1.

when i = 1, start = 0, ch = s[i] = b, “b” does not exist in the map, so it will add in the map using map.set(“b”, 1), then the maxLength = (i-start+1) = (1–0+1) = 2.

when i = 2, ch = s[i] = a, now “a” exist in the map and greater than and equalTo start , it will calculate the start = (map.get(“a”) + 1) = 0 + 1 = 1. and set the map(“a”, 2), then the maxLength = (i — start + 1) = (2–1+1) = 2, maxLength is still 2 only.

, it will calculate the start = (map.get(“a”) + 1) = 0 + 1 = 1. and set the map(“a”, 2), then the maxLength = (i — start + 1) = (2–1+1) = 2, maxLength is still 2 only. when i = 3, start =1 , ch = s[i] = b, now again “b” exist in the map and greater than start, it calculated the start = (map.get(“b”) + 1) = 1+ 1 = 2. and set the map(“b”, 3), then the maxLength = (i — start + 1 )= (3–2+1) = 2!> maxLength, maxLength is still 2 only.

when i = 4, start=2, ch = s[i] = c, now again “c” does not exist in the map so it will add “c” in the map and set the map(“c”, 4), then the maxLength = (i — start + 1) = (4–2+1) = 3, and 3 > maxLength(2), so it will calculate the maxLength to 3.

when i =5, ch = s[i] = d, now again “d” does not exist in the map so it will “d” in the map and set the map(“d”, 5), then the maxLength = (5–2+1) = 4, and 4> maxLength(3)

finally, it will return the maxLength 4.
Javascript | Rotate Array | Interview Question
By: Iamsonika
Tags: Interview Questions, Splice, Javascript Tips, JavaScript, Arrays

The second implementation is more interesting, we will use the splice() method of the array. You must be thinking we use the splice method to delete elements, right? but do you know splice() can also be used to add elements in the array?

array.splice(start, deleteCount, newElem1, newElem2, ..., newElemN;

start denotes the index from which the method will start its operation on the array.

denotes the index from which the method will start its operation on the array. deleteCount denotes the number of values to be deleted from the start . If the value is, nothing will be deleted.

denotes the number of values to be deleted from the . If the value is, nothing will be deleted. newElem1 to newElemN denote the values that would be added after the start .

Let’s deep dive, here we will first use splice() method to get new array (deletedArray) from the existing one(arr), which means we have deleted the number of elements that we want to shift from the origin array.

then will loop through the number of times (deletedArray.length), now we will use splice() method to add elements to original array(arr) where splice() method will take three arguments arr.splice(i , 0, deletedArray[i]).

Example:

if arr is [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and numberOfShifts is 2,

then, deletedArray will be [5, 6].

In for loop,

when i = 0 , arr.splice(0, 0, 5), then arr = [5, 2, 3, 4]

when i = 1, arr.splice(1, 0, 6), then arr = [6, 5, 2, 3, 4]

we will return the final array is [6, 5, 2, 3, 4].

let rotate = function(arr, numberOfShifts) {

let deletedArray = arr.splice(arr.length-numberOfShifts); for (let i=0; i < deletedArray.length; i++){

arr.splice(i,0,deletedArray[i]);

}



return arr;

};
The Day I Almost Drowned...
By: Matthew Walsh
Tags: Oceans, True Story, Family, Undertow, Drowning

The Day I Almost Drowned...

It was a beautiful summer day in July of '85. I was only 8 years old, I wouldn’t turn 9 until October that year & my sister Alicia and one of her best friends Sheila & I headed off to the beach to go swimming in the brisk Atlantic Ocean. They decided to just swim, but feeling adventurous I grabbed my Fun Tube (affectionately known as FT). I’d later come to see the irony in that name...fun...tube, my little inflatable inner tube...it’s akin to a tire inner tube, but with some extra material for a seat.

We were only kids (my sister & Sheila were only 11), but we knew what the undertow (UT) was & what it could do...it’s raw power...but being nai kids, we definitely underestimated it.

I hopped on FT in what started out as shallow water, but was soon dragged out by UT to much deeper water in a matter of minutes. I was heading away from shore, not looking behind me, with no life jacket on...it was 1985, we barely wore seat belts back then even if your car was fancy/new enough to have them, or ones that worked anyway!

I felt an overwhelming urge to turn around & look back towards the shore and Alicia & Sheila were waving their arms, alerting me that I had gone out too far.

I wasn't a great swimmer then & I'm still not to this day...I know how, I just suck at it & would rather wade in the water & doggy-paddle anywhere I need to get. So, I unwisely decided to jump out of FT into much deeper than anticipated waters.

Yes, I was "in over my head" indeed and drowning...I remember jumping off of FT, flailing about like one of those wacky waving arm tube dudes you see at a used car dealership & then...nothing...just warmth & quiet...it honestly felt like I was back home in my bed dreaming.

The dream continued until Alicia finally made it out to me...she pulled me up out of the water & I started flailing around like ol' tube dude again, pulling her down in the water almost drowning us both in the process...we eventually made it into shore & some guys we knew from around my parents' cabin eventually retrieved FT out near the end of the rocks on one side of the cove...the main lessons learned here: Never go out swimming (in the ocean, if you're 8 & you can't swim!), without a life jacket; and never go out swimming (or fun tubing), in high tide...UT'll get ya'!!
Bermuda Polaroids
By: Simone Snow, She They
Tags: Oceans, Bermuda, Polaroid, Island, Vacation

I love the way the catamaran slices the glassy waves;

The way the clear aquamarine water stretches as far as the eye can see.

I love the vibrant pastel surfboards and the shiny silver fish that swim in schools.

I love the palm trees and white sand beaches;

and I love to bury my toes in the sun kissed sand.

I love the way the water laps at the shore ever so calmly, the tides rising and falling in time with the moon.

I love floating on the surface of the ocean, looking down through crystal clear water to the darting fish in every colour of the rainbow.

I love leaning off the sailboat, letting my fingers brush along the surface of the refreshing water, leaving foamy white sea spray trailing behind.

I love the gliding sunfish and the spotted dolphins, unfazed by my presence.

I love watching the palm fronds rustel gently in the tropical breeze and the golden sun reflecting on the shimmering water.

I love the way the island air hangs still like layers of chiffon when the sun goes down and the night sky is dappled with constellations.

I love the strings of glimmering lights and ablaze torches along the path to the inlet where I can gaze at the stars.

I love the way the sea glints in the moonlight, and the lilting sound of live musicians playing an assortment of string instruments.

I truly love the little moments, how they stick in your memory forever, like polaroids freezing moments in time.
Baptism
By: Sean Hisaka
Tags: Oceans, Poetry, Creative Writing, Poem

Baptism

Lights astrewn on the coastline.

Littered fires in the darkness.

I lept from the creaking pier into the wide-mawed bay.

A banal baptism for an angsty youth,

Proving nothing to no one.

A few fishermen from the Philippines rush from the crags

With bounty-less poles and half-finished beers.

As I,

Like a caught fluke,

Hook, line, sinker,

Flounder in the murky waters

Unable to see much further than the garbage bags and mossy rocks

Where my friend Steve died while swimming,

When I was younger.

Tangled in fishing line and kelp,

I dance the dance of the majestic albatross

Floating alone and unabated toward another shore.

The water chills to my proverbial and spiritual core.

I find no death calmer than the liquid kind

(Please ignore my thrashing through chopping waves

My head gasping toward a northward star,

One I could not see before).

Revelations come and go like vestiges of my youth

As I recollect only half as long as a man twice my age.

“I’m too young to die!”

I scream into the wilderness,

Fanged, winged, lacking austerity but graceful nonetheless.

I see a light and I am saved,

A hand reaches through the roof of my water-logged coffin.

Is this air? Is this water?

I am pulled to the shore by a policeman

Who first asks me if I’m drunk,

And then second where my parents are.

I tell him no, and I don’t know.

He calls it in.

I sit alone on a bench.

Drenched and stunned I made it out.

I make it to my house and he tells my mother what happened.

She gasps and lectures me for about thirteen minutes until she heads back upstairs

And I shower and get to bed.
The Sea of Stories
By: Jonathan Willard
Tags: Shell, Poetry, Ocean

The beach is lined with broken shells. Once the protective homes and exoskeletons of mollusks that resided inside, they now carpet the coastline in shattered fragments. Having been hammered by the force of the sea, they are shards of debris, afterthoughts that crunch beneath our feet when walking the shore.

Consider the pieces: each is uniquely shaped and deeply textured. Their colors are rich and varied, like brushstrokes in a painting. Each is one of a kind and a random variation, a product of the uncontrollability of nature. Taken together they tell stories of the sea.

The mysterious fields of the ocean floor, the majesty of the cresting waves, the rolling peaks and canyons, the secretive currents: All have engraved their rhythm on the shells. Blue and amber grooves line their fortress walls, architected for eternity. Yet when the waves break, so do they. The fortresses fall.

There is poetry in the ruins. Irregular and simple shapes weathered by time, the broken shells are completely natural without any pretense. The fragments fit together in harmony. There is nothing imprecise about them.

If you spend concentrated time with them, looking and looking, you start to see spirits of the ocean emerging: the midnight darkness of the depths, hazy glimpses of sky through morning fog, sun-drenched sands, and all that lives within and without.

By themselves they are broken. Brought together they become whole, a joyful and meditative narrative on the tides of time.

www.jonathanwillard.com
10 simple things to do before you die
By: Clau Collado
Tags: Oceans, Advice, Life Lessons, Life Advice, Lifestyle

First of all, I’m being realistic and all of us is going to die someday, so why don’t we enjoy the lives that we got today?

Also, life is way too short to spend all your days waiting for something, you should go for it, but always remember: if you have to run after that something all the time, it means that it doesn’t want to be caught.

This is the reason why I’m writing this today, we all deserve to be happy in some way, we just have to figure out in which one.

Here we go…

1- Listen to music at midnight, I know it sounds weird but I promise you that it hits different.

2- Take some vacations but alone, you will realize things and definitely you will enjoy yourself.

3- Take a long walk along the beach, feeling the fresh air and the sound of the waves.

4- Sleep looking at the stars.

5- Get a tiny tattoo, again, sounds weird but if it’s something you love, you will love to see it on your skin too.

6- Have family nights on weekends, put your favorites pajamas on and watch your favorites tv shows with the people you love.

7- Swim in the ocean, this will absolutely worth it, down there you will feel nothing but silence, peace and happiness.

8- Do something for someone else, those little things makes us happy even when we don’t think so, it means that we care about others not only ourselves.

9- Read books on rainy days, it feels so good.

10- Do something for the environment, there are a lots of movements that you can be part of, it doesn’t have to be big, but it will make a difference, you will make a difference.

We use to care about what others are going to say all the time, at the end of the day it doesn’t matter, you have your own life, your own rules and your own values. If you wanna do something, then do it anyways, people used to talk even when they don’t know the whole history, so you just do what you love, the world will just adjust and if it doesn’t do it then f#ck it all.

Finally, don’t wait to the last minute to do all the things that you enjoy, your life is going to be better with those moments on it.

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