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Don’t Step on The Broken Glass
By: Tommy Paley
Tags: Flash Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Literally Literary, Creative Writing

Don’t Step on The Broken Glass

flash fiction by Tommy Paley

chuttersnap on Unsplash

“Don’t step on the broken glass,” she told me, avoiding eye contact “it’s been through enough.”

She was always trying, and failing, to avoid eye contact; it’s why I loved her.

So mysterious, so exotic, so three dimensional.

“It’s getting late.” I replied. But was it?

We both looked at the clock, before looking away as we’d learned the hard way about looking at clocks for too long.

“There will be a price to pay” she said ominously, before abruptly coughing, clearing her throat, and then sounding vaguely Norwegian.

Tension was everywhere, as were ferns.

Green unless they were dying.

She loved ferns, almost as much as she loved accounting, which she felt mostly ambivalent about.

I knew she was right, but I didn’t want to think about prices to pay and broken glass and pet turtles that were, frankly, quite underwhelming.

Sleep beckoned.

“Do you remember that time?” she asked loudly, as if sensing my tiredness on a cellular level. She was staring out the window into the darkness, the void, “that time, when Mary played the piano.”

Mary.

She’d asked me this question a thousand times.

And always in the darkness.

Staring out a window as if looking for an answer that could never be spoken.

Her question rattled around in my head, haunting me, hurting me, making me weak.

For weeks and months and years.

It seemed like another lifetime ago when Mary was here, playing piano, purchasing cacti, wearing misshapen scarves and baking.

She baked as if her life depended on it, and maybe it did.

Her voice.

She’d spent hours sitting at the piano, playing and singing in her uniquely captivating manner.

Like nails on a chalkboard or cows in the mist or mannequins with no facial features, she’d cryptically sing, “look at these pies.”

And we did.

We always looked at those pies.
Léon Mystère
By: Madeleine Anne Bognar
Tags: Freedom, Poetry, Ode, Creative, Free Verse

Léon Mystère

Free Verse

Photo by Han Chenxu on Unsplash

He takes very little credit

for the work he does

the dessin

design

the Myth

He only pours coffee, you know

the design in foam

resembling paper monsters

or the skin of a snake

I love him like a child

he is magic and freedom

he is a beautiful flower
Your First GridDB Java Application
By: Israel Imru
Tags: Java, IoT, Time Series Database, NoSQL, Guides And Tutorials

You’ve got GridDB installed using the Quickstart blogpost and now it’s time to start developing your first Java application. This blog post will take you through the basics:

First, the required import statements:

import com.toshiba.mwcloud.gs.Collection;

import com.toshiba.mwcloud.gs.GSException;

import com.toshiba.mwcloud.gs.GridStore;

import com.toshiba.mwcloud.gs.GridStoreFactory;

import com.toshiba.mwcloud.gs.Query;

import com.toshiba.mwcloud.gs.RowKey;

import com.toshiba.mwcloud.gs.RowSet;

The container schema is defined as a static Class in Java.

static class Person {

@RowKey String name;

int age;

}



static class HeartRate {

@RowKey Date ts;

int heartRate;

String activity;

}

To connect to GridDB, you create a Properties instance with the particulars of your GridDB installation.

Properties props = new Properties();

props.setProperty("notificationAddress", "239.0.0.1");

props.setProperty("notificationPort", "31999");

props.setProperty("clusterName", "defaultCluster");

props.setProperty("user", "admin");

props.setProperty("password", "admin");

GridStore store = GridStoreFactory.getInstance().getGridStore(props);

To perform queries or write records, you first need to get the container:

Collection<String, Person> people = store.putCollection("PEOPLE", Person.class);

Querying is similar to SQL/JDBC drivers.

Query<Person< query = col.query("select * where name = 'John'");



RowSet<Person> rs = query.fetch(false);

while (rs.hasNext()) {

// Update the searched Row

Person person1 = rs.next();

System.out.println("Name: "+ person1.name +" Age: "+ person1.age)

}

Writing is simple…

HeartRate hr = new HeartRate();

hr.ts = new Date();

hr.heartrate = 60;

hr.activity = "resting";



TimeSeries<HeartRate> heartRate = store.putTimeSeries("HR_"+person1.name, HeartRate.class);

heartRate.put(hr);

Updating is simple:

Query<Person> query = col.query("select * where name = 'John'");



RowSet<Person> rs = query.fetch(true);

while (rs.hasNext()) {

// Update the searched Row

Person person1 = rs.next();

person1.age++;



rs.update(person1);

}

To compile use the following snippet.

$ cd gsSample/

$ export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/share/java/gridstore.jar

$ javac Sample1.java

$ cd .. && java gsSample/Sample1

Alternatively, you can check out how to use maven with GridDB here.

Originally published at griddb.net.
Companies That Obsess Over Velocity Are Clueless About Scrum
By: Maarten Dalmijn
Tags: Startup, Programming, Product Management, Scrum, Software Development

Companies That Obsess Over Velocity Are Clueless About Scrum

End the pointless velocity hysteria

Photo by Lala Azizli on Unsplash

Most companies using Scrum spend a lot of time discussing velocity and devising ways to increase it. Velocity becomes a magical, almost mythical number that developers must chase in every Sprint.

In companies where the velocity whip is cracked, comments like these dominate the conversation:

“Why was our velocity this Sprint lower than the last Sprint? Can you please provide a solid explanation?”

“Our velocity has stopped increasing. Maybe it’s time to hire a new Scrum Master? What’s the point in having a Scrum Master if they can’t increase our velocity?”

“We didn’t complete all stories in our Sprint. What can we do to guarantee we’ll complete them all next time?”

The race for an ever-higher velocity is the number-one reason why so many developers hate working with Scrum. There’s never enough time to catch your breath, to pause and reflect on your work.

As a result, the team becomes miserable and beaten-down. Programmers feel treated like assembly line workers who need to finish tickets as swiftly as possible. Slow down at any point and immediate punishment is to be expected.

Velocity worship is deemed necessary because developers are expensive and scarce resources — we need to squeeze every last drop out of them. Velocity is the perfect instrument to enforce this “biggest bang for the buck” thinking. A high velocity must mean we’re getting value for money out of our precious resources.

Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.
Meet the Bands: Count To Five
By: David Potgieter
Tags: Rock, Germany, Music, Bandup, Meet The Bands

German band, Count To Five entered “Showcase your Band” portion of BandUp. Let’s dig a little deeper. 🇩🇪

Hailing from Göttingen in Germany (yes, we had to Google Maps it too) these 4 youngsters have only been together for a short period, but already have a few gigs under their belt.

Consisting of Béla (Vocals), Simon (Guitar / Vocals), Antonin (Bass), Tom (Drums) their music can be found on SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, and Facebook.

We caught up with them and asked them a few questions:
DRONE: Catch this documentary
By: Afeef Nessouli
Tags: Drone, Law, CIA, Politics, Documentary

So this is the vimeo trailer for DRONE which is a documentary about the covert CIA drone war. The documentary is directed by Tonje Hessen Schei and produced by Flimmer Film and will be ready for release this month. I think this is pretty important because it investigates the human cost of the US drone war. This documentary has access to people on both sides of this crazy technology consequently revealing interesting secrets of the CIA’s activities in Waziristan and offers a new angle into the nature of drone warfare.
SwiftUI Animations — Loading Spinner
By: Finsi Ennes
Tags: Swift, Apple, Swiftui, iOS App Development, Animation And Design

SwiftUI Animations — Build a Loading Spinner in Just 5 Steps

Learn in an easy way how to build a cool animation using SwiftUI

Since SwiftUI appeared, the way of writing UI code has changed. It provides us a lot of features to develop our creativity. One of these features is related to animating state transitions.

This article guides you through building a custom loading spinner. This is based on this design and result will be the following:

Moreover you can find all implementation details on my project repository:

Let’s start coding!

1. Build it

For this animation we are going to use the Circle structure. As you will see, doing little changes on this will get us the spinner appearance that we want.

Create a new SwiftUI file called Spinner .

. Create another view called SpinnerCircle which contains a Circle .

which contains a . Use the stroke(style:) modifier to get the spinner look.

modifier to get the spinner look. Finally, in the main view, frame SpinnerCircle in a 200px square.

Current preview

2. Trim it

Next modifier to include is trim(from:to:) . This allow us to draw a portion of the shape using the provided params. In our case, this works like:

Taking this into account, we do some changes in the SpinnerCircle view:

3. Rotate it

Finally, we are going to include another modifier. This is rotationEffect() which can rotate our view by a specific amount.

Having a half trim circle ( .trim(from:0.0 to: 0.5) ) and rotationEffect(d) where d is a variable previously defined, then rotate modifier results in:

Changes to do:

We are done! We have a view ready to be animated. Also note that we include the fill modifier and color property.

At this point, Spinner body view is incomplete. Don’t worry about that, we will complete it in the next section.

4. Animate it

Back to the main view, we define some constants such as the duration of a spinner rotation and the degrees to place the spinner in the initial position:

Animation will be based on changing the trim and rotation properties of the SpinnerCircle , so include following variables wrapped with State :

Lastly, include the SpinnerCircle view in the body, some animation methods and an .onAppear() block:
inveja da vagina
By: Vinícius Asevedo
Tags: Mãe, Poesia, Mulher, Poesia Brasileira, Literatura

in Both Sides of the Table
Part I: Buat Telegram Bot pertamamu menggunakan Python
By: Mirza My Humayung
Tags: Bots, Telegram, Python

Codelabs is a division of digital experts. We created an application to help the people. And we’re from Indonesia Computer University.

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I Got a New Puppy Two Weeks After Losing My “Heart Dog”
By: Amy The Maritimer
Tags: Grief, Pets, Dogs, Pets And Animals, Animals

Tips for coping with your loss and acquiring a new pet after losing one

Image by Kevin Quezada on Unsplash

On January 16th, 2019, I lost my best friend of ten years. My border collie Lucky had to be euthanized due to severe health issues.

My husband and I were devastated. Even our toddler Willow was acting out after he passed away, throwing epic tantrums while screaming “doggie gone!!”.

Since I am a fortunate person, this was my first experience with the death of a close loved one. I’ve gone 35 years without experiencing soul-crushing grief.

In the days following Lucky’s death, our household was a sad one. My husband fell into a deep depression, our daughter was miserable, and I would wait until she was asleep to cry in bed.

We were in bad shape, but that would soon change. We would be happy again.
Towards Phone-Based Respiratory Disease Diagnosis
By: William Falcon
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Covid-19, Data Science, Coronavirus

In Early April 24, our team launched a data collection effort (breathforscience.com) to collect breathing/cough data to study the relationships between breathing patterns and certain breathing conditions.

The study has two main goals, 1) Evaluate the effectiveness of breathing/coughing data collected over the phone, 2) if (big IF) the data is useful, can it help us build models to help flag possible cases of respiratory conditions like Asthma, Pneumonia or more importantly, COVID-19.

Please Participate

Before we explain the research study and motivation we want to encourage you to participate — especially if you have COVID19 symptoms or a formal diagnosis!

Please visit breatheforscience.com to submit a sample!
웁살라시큐리티, 빗썸에 자사 대표 솔루션 TRDB/CARA 구축
By: Sentinel Protocol Team
Tags: Bithumb, Money Laundering, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Together we can overcome the disadvantages of decentralization by transforming them into an advantage for security.

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How to Save an HTML5 Canvas as an Image With .toDataURL()
By: Sean Welsh Brown
Tags: JavaScript, Programming, Front End Development, HTML, Web Development

How to Save an HTML5 Canvas as an Image With .toDataURL()

Enhanced interactivity for art applications and beyond

A very real canvas, not to be confused with the digital kind. (Image source: Jackson’s Art)

Let’s say you’ve created a web application that uses an HTML canvas to dynamically render something, generated automatically or based on user input. Great! You’ve done a lovely thing and brought some razzle-dazzle to the cold glow of your user’s browser window.

Now, let’s say you’d like that user (if logged in) to be able to save that canvas to their profile for display later on, to save it to your application’s database anonymously, or to save it to their computer as an image file. This is exactly where the .toDataURL() method comes into play.

.toDataURL() is a method built into the modern HTML5/JS browser ecosystem and meant to be called on a canvas element somewhere on a web page. It has two parameters:

canvas.toDataURL(type, encoderOptions);

type indicates the file format that you’d like the canvas to be saved as, by default a PNG.

indicates the file format that you’d like the canvas to be saved as, by default a PNG. encoderOptions is a number between 0 and 1, indicating the image quality for lossy file formats like JPEG or WEBP. The default value is 0.92, used if no value is entered.

The remarkable feature about the .toDataURL() method is that it doesn’t export a canvas directly as an image file as we’re most familiar with them, but rather as a Data URL, as the name suggests.

A Data URL, in the context of an image, is essentially the binary data of an image file encoded in Base64, to be displayed as an ASCII string.

That’s right, this means that you can represent an image like this:

The most adorable example I could find

as an ASCII string like this:

Note: This is a real Data URL. Really.

Pretty wild, right?

This might be common knowledge to those well versed in the history of binary data being transferred across the internet, but it’s a surprise when you see it for the first time. This is also how image files are sent over email as attachments, and how images are often transferred and stored in databases worldwide.

Precisely what we’re trying to do with our application!
Don’t Fall For The ‘Compromised’ Police Reform Bill
By: Justin Streight
Tags: Public Policy, Police Reform, Police Brutality, BlackLivesMatter, Politics

There will always be police brutality. In the same way that there will always be murder.

Bad people exist, that’s why we have police departments in the first place.

The best we can hope for is fear — for police to be afraid of going to jail if they commit a crime. The same fear that exists for all people.

A job in a police department must never be an opportunity to get away with murder. So long as there’s systemic racism and protection from legal liability, there will be evil people who will try to use the badge to satisfy their own criminal needs.

It’s not all police, but it only takes a few bad people to ruin an entire precinct. So, how will we catch the bad guys?

That’s police accountability.

There are plenty of strategies floated at all levels of government: mandatory DOJ investigations, independent prosecutors for police-related cases, civilian commission boards. But with no specifics, like in the phrase “drill into police misconduct,” there are no real tools for catching the bad guys.

There’s a lot of other great things coming out the BLM protests, but if there is no accountability, there is no justice.

The Problem With Compromise

All democracies require political compromise, and there’s no single right answer to police accountability. And there’s already a few issues that hardline BLM protesters will have to stomach. For example, defunding the police is already too unpopular on both sides of the aisle.

But compromise means compromise.

Qualified immunity is not a silver bullet to end brutality, far from it. It’s more of a last resort for people seeking justice (curtailing qualified immunity would allow more victims to sue officers and departments over civil rights violations). For more information on Qualified Immunity click here.

If even qualified immunity is off the table, what means of holding police liable are up for debate?

Maybe nothing.

Police unions are powerful and legally sophisticated. Crafting legislation to keep criminal cops on the streets is a possibility.

Tim Scott went on to say:

We know that any poison pill in legislation means we get nothing done. That sends the wrong signal, perhaps the worst signal right now in America.

No, meaningless legislation is the worst signal.

People need to be ready for more protests as the negotiations proceed. There’ll probably be a new battle around the corner.
The Untethered Soul
By: Jennifer Hammersmark
Tags: Inner Peace, Review, Self Help, Anxiety, Book Review

— the journey beyond yourself

As a therapist, I am used to a plethora of self help books lining my shelves that quite frankly would make better kindling than offer actual help.

I am also the type of therapist that is more practical, scientific you may even say, than I am an inner peace or serenity gal. I know, surprising for my field.

Well, this book broke both barriers. It is a well written, practical self help book that also helps the reader move toward inner peace.

The chapters are short and concise, with room for some reflecting and writing at the end of each chapter. Overall what I probably enjoyed the most was how the writer, Michael Singer, illustrated how the voice inside of us isn’t really us. As a matter of fact, we can actually externalize that voice and give it a name and body if we want to. The power in this is extraordinary. If we think about how anxiety, for example, can be our worst enemy and often run our lives. Well it can’t if it isn’t actually us!

The Untethered Soul will guide you through a process that can free you to live a less encumbered life. Try it yourself. It might change your mind too.
Sponsor My Death March For An Important Charity
By: Luke Miner
Tags: Humor, Satire, Death, Charity, Walking

Hey. How are you? I’m writing to ask you to support me this Sunday when I participate in the Death March for the Southern Valley Little Library. Five of us will be rounded up, clothed in abrasive burlap, and driven to the desert on the edge of town for a week of fun involving flogging, dehydration, and starvation.

I know what you’re thinking: why a death march? Well, there are a lot of charities around these days, and it’s hard to differentiate yourself. After seeing that fundraiser with the bucket of ice, my neighbor Steve said we wouldn’t be able to raise any money if we didn’t “push it to the next level.”

Steve has it all figured out. He will be filming at all times, providing copious footage of us in severe physical discomfort. In order to assure the most authentic possible experience, we have veterans of the foreign legion and a troop of trained barbary apes on hand. They’ll be shooting over our heads, showering us with dehumanizing insults and feces, and beating us with wooden poles. I will have no water and no shoes. The albedo of the desert will be so bright that I’ll sustain retinal scarring. It will be tough, but Steve says it will be totally worth it to get one of those little wooden boxes for neighborhood book exchanges. He says he’s got a lot of old computer manuals that he’s really excited to share with the neighborhood.

But our dream is going to cost money. So, on top of the base-per-mile donation, you will also be able to pay for a wide variety of additional indignities that show how much you care about reading. For a small donation of $1, a French sergeant will yell classic insults at us like “you’re the reason why I donate to Planned Parenthood.” For $10, a barbary ape will punch me in a kidney of your choice. And for $100, a legionnaire will set my hair on fire. It will be like the fire in Steve’s eyes when he tells how he once discovered Jewel’s poetry collection “A Night Without Armor” in another little library’s collection.

Rest assured, I have a sterling record of enduring extreme deprivation and suffering during last year’s Death March for the Southern Valley Communal Garden. In order to conserve water, I drank my urine until it took on the consistency of maple syrup. And due to continuous sun exposure, I sustained second and third-degree burns across a large portion of my body. With temperatures forecast above 100 degrees, this year promises to be even better!

So don’t be timid. Open your checkbooks and give with your heart. Help make this year’s Death March the most successful in history. I still have a full head of hair, but with the help of a match and your generosity, I won’t for much longer.
How To Stop Floating Point Arithmetic Errors in Python
By: Jonathan Hsu
Tags: Coding, Programming, Python, Data Science, Technology

We expect precision, consistency, and accuracy when we code. After all, it’s a computer doing the work. But your arithmetic may have been off the entire time and you didn’t even know.

If you’ve experienced floating point arithmetic errors, then you know what we’re talking about. If you’re unsure what that means, let’s show instead of tell.

print(1.1 * 3) # 3.3000000000000003

This happens because decimal values are actually stored as a formula and do not have an exact representation.

We’re going to go over a solution to these inconsistencies, using a natively available library called Decimal.

Learn to Use the Decimal Library

According to the official Python documentation:

The decimal module provides support for fast correctly-rounded decimal floating point arithmetic.

So how do we go about using this readily available tool? Let’s start by importing the library. There are multiple components to import so we’ll use the * symbol.

from decimal import *

Next, we’ll use the Decimal() constructor with a string value to create a new object and try our arithmetic again.

print(Decimal('1.1') * 3) # 3.3

Make sure to use a string value, because otherwise the floating point number 1.1 will be converted to a Decimal object, effectively preserving the error and probably compounding it even worse than if floating point was used.
British Knights: The Original Game-Changing Shoe Company
By: Jamie Logie
Tags: Culture, Business, Marketing, Case Study, Fashion

The Success of British Knights Shoes

British Knights were a massive hit right out of the gate. The timing of their release was perfect as it caught that sweet spot of the emergence of hip hop and the embrace of new, unique, and individual styles.

The big thing that made them stand out was their focus on variation. Looking back at the Adidas example; their shoes always stayed pretty much the same with very little — or no — new editions.

British Knights changed all this by offering a wide variety of styles, colors, and versions.

Today, we are very familiar with new shoe releases such as Yeezys, LeBrons, Jordans, and Air Force 1. These brands put out specific editions as a onetime shot that collectors and shoe lovers pay top dollar for. In the ‘80s, this wasn’t a thing at all — until British Knights.

British Knights would release new collections at least three to four times a year. If you saw a sweet new shoe they put out, you only had one chance to get it. After that, you wouldn’t see it again.

They had inadvertently created an even larger demand for their shoes and could start putting out more and more unique versions.

Unsurprisingly, they were an enormous hit with the 15–24 male demographic. Urban communities ate them up and their unique catchphrase, “The shoe ain’t nothin’ without the BK button,” propelled their diamond-shaped logo into the mainstream.

They were able to garner 3% of the sneaker market by 1988, ranking them seventh among the leading footwear brands. Their sales went from $8 million in 1986 to $136 million by 1989. The amazing thing is, they actually held back because of a massive asset they didn’t want to lose that the other companies didn’t have: coolness.

Larry Schwartz told Fortune Magazine that, “We’ve held back and controlled growth because we wanted to maintain a mystique for the brand.”

They did this by managing their exclusivity. British Knights would limit their distribution to specialty shoe stores like Foot Locker and avoided mass merchandisers.
How to set up Yocto Project on your machine made easy
By: George Calin
Tags: Embedded Training, Embedded Linux, Yoctoproject, Embedded, Poky

It will create a directory called ‘poky’ once the retrieval of files is completed.

Step 2. Change to poky directory

$ cd poky/

Step 3. Check all available tags inside Poky repository

These shows all the version of Yocto Project, available through Poky.

$ git tag

Scrolling available. Screenshot shows only the top of the list

Step 4. Checkout the desired version of Poky

You can pick any version you want, the example goes for ‘dunfell’ (the current version at the time of writing this)

$ git checkout dunfell

poky is set to version ‘dunfell’

Note: Check what version of Poky

If you are here and for some reason you do not know which is the version of Poky you are using, you can make use of reading the content of the following file:
Stitched torn clothes
By: Harnoor Bhullar
Tags: Life, Poema, Life Lessons, Poetry, Poem

Bruises all over

Blood dripping

It’s hard to walk

You have lost badly

You are so crushed

And yes, they are taking notice

But, how much more will you

Devote yourself to what has happened

How many times more will you

Hurt your self with memories

Take your time

Dance all the miseries out

Sing what is deafening you

Shout your worries out

Cry if that makes you feel light

But, don’t let them grow on you

Longer enough to lose your self

Those stitches are the memento

They make you an inspiration

So, Gather yourself

If need be then do it all alone

You are lot more

Than who you think you are

~ Harnoor Bhullar
Terra Luna Sol Monumenta
By: Avi Solomon
Tags: Max Richter, Earth, NASA, Space, Music

What a transit of Earth and Moon across the Sun would look like

Composite of SDO footage of Venus and Mercury solar transits as approximate stand-ins for Earth and Moon:

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3941

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4461

Sound of the Sun:

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13011

Music:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YYX3WSW/

Scientific References:

The Earth transiting the Sun as seen from Jupiter’s moons: detection of an inverse Rossiter–McLaughlin effect produced by the opposition surge of the icy Europa

P. Molaro, M. Barbieri, L. Monaco, S. Zaggia, C. Lovis

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 453, Issue 2, 21 October 2015, Pages 1684–1691

https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/453/2/1684/1144327

Transits of Earth as Seen from Mars

Meeus, J., Goffin, E.

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.93, no.3, p.120–123 (1983)

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1983JBAA...93..120M
Tips for writers Part -1. After publishing 650 articles on…
By: Gaurav Agrawal
Tags: Coinmonks, Writing, Writer, Medium, Writing Tips

A. Make your Article beautiful 👌

Your Title, subtitle and cover image of the post is as important as the content inside the post.

Add an eye candy 👀

Add an eye-catching Image which will lure a viewer and convert them into a reader. Let me know about this eye candy on the comment section.

😆 This is me while writing 😆 (source)

2. Choose an awesome Title

Your title should reflect what your article about. Don’t lie, don’t use click baits and don’t do things like “10 best way to do this or do that”.

3. Add a subtitle

Use subtitles to tell more about the article, it’s good practice to do so and subtitles make your article beautiful on medium.

If you don’t know how to add a subtitle, So let me first tell you that.

Steps to add subtitle on your medium post:

Add text under your Title. Select the text and Click “small T” (3rd from the right/Selected ‘T’). You have your subtitle.

Medium selection tool

B. Make an effort, Share your article on social media

Now it’s your turn to share your article on social media. Find a subreddit where your post will suit. Go to Facebook groups, LinkedIn groups, and Twitter. If you want to do little more, find forums and slack communities, Find a few questions on Quora for which your article can be an answer.

C. Engage your readers

Ask readers to comment

Engage your readers, ask for comments and feedbacks. Ask what they like and dislike about the post, also you can understand what kind of stories they will what to hear you in future.

2. Ask Readers to follow and Clap 👏

Whenever you finishing your articles swiftly ask readers to follow you, Give them a reason to follow by sharing what’s coming in future articles and how it can benefit them. Also, ask readers to Clap if they like the article.

3. Ask Readers to Share your article on Social media 💻

Your readers are your army, they are everything to you and if they like the post, it’s more likely they will share your post and this will also show their readers trust in you.

Check out the 2nd part of the Series “Tips and tricks for writers part -2”.
The Spread of Coronavirus — Online
By: Adam Meldrum
Tags: Coronavirus, Google Trends, News, Media

The Spread of Coronavirus — Online

Coronavirus In the News

Topline: 75,118 total stories since Jan. 01, a large jump in daily story totals from 02.23 to 02.24 and since, “Donald Trump” & “Trump” is the highest percentage entity in coronavirus stories at a combined 18%, “coronavirus” overtakes the other historically “most popular” search terms on Google on Feb. 26th.

Source: MediaCloud, https://mediacloud.org/

Query Dates: 01.01.20–03.13.20 & Query Term: “coronavirus”
Art Auré Aims To Empower With New Single, “Keep On”
Tags: Music, Social Media, YouTube, Entertainment

Photo courtesy of James Canty

Meaningful music intertwined with purpose is a method of creation that will never cease to disappear. Artists such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and Lauryn Hill created timeless masterpieces from the pits of their soul and gave listeners literal food for thought. Singer-songwriter Art Auré is following in the same footsteps as her former predecessors with her new single, “Keep On.”

“Keep On” is a song centered around encouragement and liberation. The video follows suit with Art showcasing her powerful vocals amid an all-black background. Art sings with intention and grace, which is apparent throughout the entire visual.

Photo courtesy of Domo Jenkins

The inspiration for “Keep On” stems directly from her personal life. She was diagnosed with Endometriosis, a gynecological disorder, that she’s lived with her entire life. She recently went through a procedure that was challenging to overcome, even affecting her singing abilities. But through healing, she came up with the concept for “Keep On.”

“I was tired of fighting almost every day, so I decided to proceed with my laparoscopic surgery procedure,” said Art. “The healing process after the surgery was a challenge. I could not use my abdominal muscles for months. I had to train myself to sing from my diaphragm all over again. I didn’t think I could fully recover, but I just kept going. Throughout the healing process, I had lots of time to create new music. The very first song that I wrote after my surgery was “Keep On.”

“The COVID-19 pandemic and various injustices around the world also served as inspiration for the powerful single. “There are a lot of things going on in the world right now,” said Art. “I want to use my art as a platform for empowerment and change, and I intend to always do that. All of my music is positive and empowering. This is not a trend. It’s something that I stand for. I want everyone to digest “Keep On” and use this song to uplift them.”

Check out the visual for “Keep On” below:

To find out more about Art Auré, CLICK HERE.

To stream “Keep On,” CLICK HERE.
Cultural & Linguistic Competency Training Program
By: The Office Of Superintendent Of Public Instruction
Tags: Education

OSPI has provided cultural and linguistic competency professional development training resources to Local Education Agencies in the state to support educators in providing more equitable classroom environments. These resources can be delivered as full- or half-day cultural and linguistic competency-focused workshops to educators, administrators, and other staff using video and text-based resources. These include structured activities, guiding questions, participant-led discussions, and video demonstrations of best practices in real classrooms. These materials are based on the work of Gary Howard and Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores who are renowned experts in the areas of cultural competency and English Language Learners.

The key components of this training include:

One (1) user license per district for the online professional development course (Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher with Strategies for Language Acquisition);

(Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher with Strategies for Language Acquisition); A facilitator’s guide to support district-based facilitators in delivering course material, which also includes a schedule for presenting a half-day or full-day workshop; and

to support district-based facilitators in delivering course material, which also includes a schedule for presenting a half-day or full-day workshop; and One (1) user license per district to the Program Resource Center, which is a virtual resource and collaboration center that includes materials to further support district-delivered professional development sessions.

For questions about content and facilitation, email title2quality@k12.wa.us
Five Philadelphia Museums That You Can’t Afford to Miss
Tags: Teaching, Philadelphia, Museums, Teachers, Politics

If you’re a schoolteacher in the American northeast, you probably already know that Philadelphia is something of a staple field trip destination. In history alone, Philadelphia shines brighter than many of its neighbors: the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center, and Independence National Park all provide obvious stepping-stones for on-the-fly learning about U.S. history. Considering that Philadelphia hosted America’s first-ever Congressional gatherings, it’s no surprise that the city has so much to offer young and inquisitive minds.

If you’re willing to dig a little deeper, however, you’ll find that the wonders of Philadelphia’s history and culture don’t end with the Liberty Bell. Because Government Vacation Rewards is committed to finding you the best possible vacations, we’ve compiled a list of museums which are sure to captivate even the most seasoned Philadelphia visitors.

Check out the full article here!
Open Your Heart to the Divine
By: Vandini Sharma
Tags: India, Storytelling, Hinduism, Religion, Spirituality

The Temple Experience

Darkness was falling and a cresent moon had appeared in the sky. It was evening and Mama was needling me to come with her to the Mandir near our home. I wasn’t having the best of times, those couple months back.

Tiredness, procrastination and a melancholy feeling had wrapped like a blanket around me. I’d barely moved at all that day and going to the temple was like a walk of shame I wasn’t prepared for.

But name a soul who’s argued with an insistent mom and lived to tell the tale?

In the Mandir, huge wooden doors led to an open, well lit hall. It was lined with orange flowered carpets. Three grandly decorated statues of our most revered gods stood gleaming at the end. There was Durga. Radha-Krishna, and the eternal trio — Ram, Sita and Lakshman. Even Hanumanji held fort in a corner beside them, rubbed up and grinning under all his orange paste.

With a red dupatta draped over my head, I stepped in and kept my eyes to the floor for some time.

When it comes to gods whose legends and TV serials you’ve grown up on, whose unique appearences and qualities are celebrated every year in festivals— they almost become like beloved book characters to you. A warm corner in your childhood memory chest.

You don’t want to look them in the face and dissapoint them.

But the closer I got to the shrine, I knew I had to lift my head. And I did, to see Krishna’s gentle, porcelain face. He was holding a flute beside Radha in her jewelled ghagra.

Durga Mata looked like the ultimate symbol of power, her 8 arms holding weapons. Holding his bow steady, Shri Ram stood in the furthermost end with ever gracious Sita and his devoted brother Lakshman. All their stories were so unique, and yet there was a near identicalness to their expression. It’s the same expression you see in any of the thouands of statues that exist and are sold nationwide.

Their faces were blissful. They reflected a grace and strength that lifted the human heart, there was a look of peace filled wisdom in their eyes. Just this glow of pure goodness on their face. It was such a human look, and such a kind one that it cut through my guilt and unearthed the hope in me. I slowly smiled.

I tried to see my own human-ness in them and was overwhelmed by the strength of the aura they radiated. Dreamy visions swam before my eyes, in my own rose tinted imagination — of getting back on my feet again, writing stories, learning and teaching, reaching the world.
My Review of ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ (2018)
By: Debbi Mack
Tags: Neo Noir, Noir, Movies, Movie Review, Film Reviews

You know those movies where a bunch of strangers get together and get into hilarious mischief? This isn’t one of them.

Not that you’d expect a film with this title to be anything other than what it is-a kind of Tarantino/Lynch-influenced neo-noir thriller presented from multiple viewpoints and with flashbacks galore.

This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Jeff Bridges, left, and Cynthia Erivo in a scene from “Bad Times at the El Royal.” (Kimberley French/20th Century Fox via AP)

The ensemble of actors starts (after a brief prologue/flashback) with the appearance of a Catholic priest, Daniel Flynn (played by Jeff Bridges) and Darlene Sweet, a struggling soul singer (played by Cynthia Erivo), who meet in the parking lot of the titular hotel, a place that straddles the state line between California and Nevada. Can you imagine the sales tax implications? Now, there’s a bookkeeper’s nightmare.

Via Variety

Then Daniel and Darlene meet the drawling vacuum cleaner salesman (played by Jon Hamm, aka, That Guy from Mad Men), a fellow who likes to talk and talk and talk. Then Emily Summerspring (really!) (played by Dakota Johnson) arrives. The name simply screams “hippie chick”, does it not?

Via Back Stage

But here’s the thing: every one of our merry band of hotel patrons (plus the hotel’s last remaining clerk, Miles Miller (Lewis Pullman), has a dark secret. Well, actually, most of them do. (Darlene’s dark secret seems to be her tendency to come in flat on the harmonies.)

I don’t want to say too much more for fear of revealing spoilers. Set in the 60s, the music is well-chosen and evocative of the era. (And music figures in many interesting ways in the plot.) The cinematography is top notch, the acting exemplary.

Given that the narrative is told from multiple viewpoints, upon close examination, all the perceived complications actually boil down to a fairly simple story told in a convoluted way.
How To Pick The Best Mining Machine
By: Eugene Vilko
Tags: ICO, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Investment, Bitcoin Mining

While establishing Otrovio project, there are some important factors to look at when determining which mining machines to buy:

Hash rate — How many hashes per second can the miner make? More hashes cost more, which is why efficiency is crucial…

Efficiency — We’ll want to buy the most efficient bitcoin mining hardware possible. Since miners use a large amount of electricity, we want to buy one that converts the most amount of electricity into coins. At that point we’ll be using renewable energy that gives us maximum initiative while looking for more efficiency.

Price — How much does the miner cost? Cheap mining hardware will mine less coins, which is why efficiency and electricity usage are important. The fastest and more efficient mining hardware is going to cost more but it’ll eventually worth it.

In addition to a mining hardware, we’ll need some other mining equipment:

Power Supply — Mining rigs need special power supplies to funnel and use electricity efficiently.

Cooling Fans — Mining hardware can easily overheat and stop working. Buy a sufficient amount of cooling fans to keep your hardware working.

As Otrovio, we tend to find the most profitable machines that will last longer than average because those machines are generally designed for the current difficulty of mining and over time the efficiency falls dramatically. For that reason, we may consider to rent a portion of them especially when we first attempt to spread to other countries. However, the main aim is still providing the technical knowledge which allows us to have our machines. Not mentioning the close watch of the market so that Otrovio will be working with the most eligible machines.
Finding My Shadow
By: Keith O Sullivan
Tags: Haiku, Poetry, Love, Self, Life

Finding My Shadow

A journey in five Haiku

Photo by Marko Horvat on Unsplash

I walk by the lake,

Sunset silhouettes the trees,

Where is my shadow?

Always bare branches,

We never think much of them

except when they bloom

Winter winds give way,

Life returns to barren earth,

Was it ever cold?

A cool wind blowing,

Blue water and green mountains,

Do you remember?

Eyes meet through the smoke,

Glowing embers cast shadows

across the future.

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It is very satisfying when reading back through older bits of work, and you can start to piece together shards of thoughts and memories from the detritus. This is one of the things that I love most about returning to older pieces and working on them with fresh eyes. You begin to see the thoughts and ideas that were weighing on you at the time but were too easy to miss with their proximity.
The Anatomy of the Ultimate 1-Minute Pitch
By: Donna Griffit
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Storytelling, Pitching, Investing, Startup

The Anatomy of the Ultimate 1-Minute Pitch

Pitch quick or lose your audience

When you only have a minute, what do you say?

Before you create a full-blown deck, you need to know how to “QuickPitch.” Being able to tell your story in a minute or less in a way that captivates the audience and makes them want to continue is an art form. It’s a daunting task, but you need to be able to explain your idea clearly to potential investors, users, partners, or even friends and family.

Last week, I worked with a group of 66 very bright young global entrepreneurs at Draper University, and I saw first hand how many opportunities are lost with the “intro pitch.” They were each asked to introduce themselves in one minute. Over and over we heard unclear babble about their idea and how it would work. Some got ambitious and tried to insert an entire investor pitch into one minute — that didn’t work. There were a few standouts, but most of the 30 we heard on day one were simply unclear and lackluster.

What was missing? Engaging the audience in that minute. If they aren’t feeling compelled, excited, or moved in some way, you will be forgotten. When given a minute to pitch, most people are so driven by the time that they either talk really fast and squeeze in too much, or they say one line and only use a fraction of their time. Either way, they miss out on the most important piece — the why. Even in a minute, you can find the time to engage the audience’s heart and mind by illustrating the why.

So here’s the anatomy of the ultimate “QuickPitch” — or Elevator Pitch:
The Joy of Regular Expressions, Part 2: Character Classes
By: Matt Cummings
Tags: Character Class, JavaScript, Programming, Regular Expressions, Regex

The second post in a series about regex

Photo by Artem Sapegin on Unsplash

Please note that, as the title states, this post is part of a series. Click here to read: The Joy of Regular Expressions, Part 1: What is regex?

As stated previously, this is a JavaScript-oriented article. All examples are done using the .test() method in JS. That being said, the logic can be applied across several languages, though the syntax may be slightly different.

To quickly search for key terms in this post (character class, ^ caret, negated character class, hyphen, shorthand character class, word character, whitespace character, dot), simply use the CTRL/CMD+ F function.

In the search bar that comes up, type a pound symbol # followed by the term (do not use spaces to separate terms that are more than one word). This will take you right to the section that covers that term, without having to scroll.

As always, I highly recommend and encourage a visit to Jan Goyvaerts’ site, regular-expressions.info. It holds a repository of information about regex in a thorough, pragmatic format and serves as a great resource for programmers to further explore this concept.