Heard on the Street – 5/19/2022

Meta and the New Boardroom Imperative on Data. Commentary by Rajiv Dholakia SVP of Products, Privacera

The realization that Facebook doesn’t really know where all of its data goes is a scary one. However, you would be mistaken to think Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is alone. Gartner suggests that, through 2025, 80% of organizations seeking to scale their digital business will fail because they don’t take a modern approach to data governance. Companies, Meta included, will need to consider a few things as they try to match their digital transformation initiatives with the reality of the responsibility of living up to the trust consumers put in them when they share personal information. Whether Meta takes data privacy seriously or not is up to them to decide at a board and leadership level, but there is clear evidence that many leading organizations are building their reputations and brand on the notion that consumers can trust them – Apple being a prime example. Data governance has been in a serious transformational journey as a result of the digital transformation and cloud migration we’ve experienced. Ten years ago, data was locked in the enterprise data warehouse under IT control. Today, it lives in multiple cloud-based data storage and processing environments. Command and Control IT-centric data governance has given way to a decentralized and often chaotic free-for-all on how data is collected, stored and processed by anyone with a credit card and access to a data science notebook. A new style of data governance is called for – one that offers centralized oversight with distributed or federated responsibilities and guardrails.

What is the most important trait for IT leaders in 2022. Commentary by Rupert Colbourne, CTO, Orbus Software

Rather than focusing on technical skills today, IT leaders need to be able to define a vision for the technology roadmap to transform the business and communicate the plan and the execution. This also requires interacting with multiple stakeholders and creating alignment on the plan. Therefore, strong communication and collaboration skills are vital for an IT leader in order to be able to sell their technology roadmap for improving the business. To articulate a clear plan, you need to focus on building up your planning skills and the ability to roadmap the strategy. Start small and work towards more ambitious, wides-cale plans. In addition, you need to work on your communication skills by engaging with different parts of the business. You can’t break down silos if you don’t break out of your IT silo! To do this requires joining cross-functional projects to understand more about the different needs of stakeholders. This, in turn, will improve your strategy and planning skills as you will have a much better understanding of what is really working and where the pain points are that need to be fixed.

AlloyDB by Google. Commentary by Amit Sharma, CEO of CData

As businesses modernize their tech stack, they are increasingly shifting to cloud databases to make their data more easily accessible and agile. AlloyDB now offers a new level of speed, scalability, and reliability that will change the way customers use cloud databases to power their applications. By partnering with leading data connectivity providers, Google is providing an unmatched level of access between AlloyDB and the hundreds of other tools in their customers’ data ecosystem in near real-time. Now, Google customers can enjoy direct, manageable access to their data in the cloud without disrupting existing processes or burdening IT as data gatekeepers.

Bad Data: A $12.9 Million Problem. Commentary by Jonathan Grandperrin, Co-Founder and CEO, Mindee

As of 2021, Gartner estimates that companies lose $12.9 million annually due to poor-quality data. Funds get wasted in two time-exhaustive processes: digitizing data from paper and from digital documents, capturing the correct information. Apart from the impact on revenue, bad data (or the lack of it) leads to poor decision-making and business assessments in the long run. Luckily, by adopting advanced technologies such as Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), we can mitigate the issue at hand. To get started, leaders must first identify their valued data and what form it is in – then, it’s time to find (or build) the right solution. I highly recommend finding a built-in low- or no-code solution already available. Considering the automation of exact data extraction is a complicated process that involves machine learning, computer vision, algorithms, and deep learning engines, a low/no-code system can streamline the adoption.. In addition, by adopting an existing solution, leaders can skip the tedious task of building their own deep learning solution and focus on maximizing the benefits of a trained model – saving money and time while remaining accurate and competitive.

Why we should treat emotion AI like data privacy. Commentary by Theresa Kushner, Data and Analytics Practice Lead at NTT DATA Services

Emotional AI is still relatively new, and all of its use cases – both good and bad – have yet to be explored. I sit on the board of AI Truth, a NGO dedicated to ensuring integrity in AI applications, so of course, any “new” application of AI is going to give me pause as we consider its potential negative implications. In this case, when personal information such as the emotion your face is expressing, is made available to corporations I think about the potential impact on consumers. I liken these concerns to the issues around data privacy – just because an individual gives permission for a company to access their personal information, doesn’t mean that they’re okay with that company making inferences about their emotional state based on that information. Someone’s emotional fingerprint is just as much a part of their private self as their real fingerprint. That said, emotional AI can be used in very positive ways. One exciting use case of emotional AI is using it in conjunction with avatars that can respond like human beings, or “digital humans”. Think of the possibilities for improving patient care in hospitals that are short on nursing staff.  Digital humans can be there to record what’s happening with the patient and communicate with nurses that are on staff. Improving customer service and experience is what these digital humans do best.  They never get tired or annoyed at others. Instead, they can pick up on unhappiness and, if programmed appropriately, respond in a way that alleviates it.

S3 Select: fast decisions for AI/ML apps. Commentary by Cloudian CTO Gary Ogasawara

As organizations look to leverage rapidly growing data sets to support AI, ML and advanced analytics use cases, they often struggle to efficiently filter and score the data. For some ML use cases, 90% of the work is simply cleansing and filtering data. The emerging S3 Select API provides an new way to cleanse and sort data, making it much easier for organizations to support AI, ML and analytics workloads in production. S3 Select uses SQL syntax to look inside an object and return a subset of that object’s data – “selectively” querying that data. For example, when querying a CSV file of bank transactions, instead of retrieving the whole file (which may be 100s of GBs) and then processing it on the client side, an application can use the S3 SELECT API to filter out to a specific date range and only retrieve withdrawals greater than a specific value. For AI, ML and analytics use cases, S3 Select offers advantages of reducing network traffic, reducing the compute load of data processing, and reusing the same base object for multiple uses. S3 SELECT is useful in all environments, but it is especially advantageous for edge applications where fast decision-making is often required and fewer compute and storage resources are available.

Improving Observability in DevOps Lifecycles. Commentary by Brian Rue, Co-founder and CEO of Rollbar

As the cycle of software development speeds up to meet customer demand for more features, the release cycle and DevOps cycles also need to speed up. Ultimately, DevOps is about shipping code to users. So how can we make the cycle more efficient? There are two different planes to the DevOps cycle, the plane of infrastructure and the plane of code. One way to make the process more efficient is to help move DevOps out of the way. Giving developers their own observability into how their own code is functioning is one way to make the whole cycle more efficient and faster. Giving developers observability tools that are tailored to the code simplifies governance because DevOps no longer has to be the go-between, to get developers logs and other information they need to debug and fix code issues. Automating these tools also helps make the process more efficient and also more easy to manage. That makes governance more efficient and the whole process faster.

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking. Commentary by Arrcus CTO Keyur Patel

BGP hijackings continue to present a major threat to enterprises as attackers reroute internet traffic. During a time of economic volatility, these attacks can be particularly effective and devastating,” said Keyur Patel, Founder and CTO of Arrcus, who was formerly with Cisco and helped write the BGP protocol. “Given the digitalization of the global economy, building a more resilient internet is critical, and enterprises need to proactively address the vulnerabilities in their architecture. Service providers must invest in intelligently routed redundant infrastructure that ensures reliability. It’s particularly important to include BGP route origin validation and security to stop wide-scale propagation of invalid routes at large hub networks. This helps both to protect end users by minimizing the impact of route leaks and hijacks and reduce exposure to potential attack.

Leveraging Data For Better-Decision Making. Commentary by John Peebles, CEO, Administrate

When it comes to driving improvements with executive data-driven decision making, it’s essential first to ensure leaders can make sense of all the data generated in the first place. Why are we collecting this information, and how do we use it to answer questions and drive better decision-making? We often get asked how we shorten and improve the on-boarding experience. Complicated on-boarding is a real problem for our clients, and one we could not answer without getting into data-driven decision-making and learning archetypes. Organizations can engage in data-driven decision-making by building out a learning archetype that streamlines training data into one central ecosystem. We find that, for many training teams, adding more tools, systems, and manual processes to their data pipeline only creates poor data hygiene. The end result? An enormous amount of data that isn’t very useful. We think the key elements of a learning analytics architecture help jump-start healthy internal transformation into data-driven decision making for training teams. Securing these archetypes into the strategy allows an organization to draw credible conclusions that future proof their business for decades to come.There are six key elements of Learning Analytics Architecture: Catalyzing change, Descriptive analytics, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive analytics, and Futureproof.

Consequences of low IT talent retention. Commentary by Josh Perkins, Field CTO at AHEAD

The professional landscape has undergone a tremendous amount of change over the past two years, impacting not only where employees work but also how much they work. When employees exit the workforce in droves, especially those who have been with an organization for years, they also take with them their accrued knowledge and experiences. This exposes knowledge gaps among remaining workers and processes. Gaps and blind spots in day-to-day functions pose great risk to an organization’s core capabilities, employee engagement levels and its bottom line financially. To fill in these gaps, organizations are now turning to artificial intelligence. As AI/ML solutions enable smarter, more efficient processes, organizations can equip their employees with the necessary tools to foster knowledge continuity across teams. For example, as modern organizations gather larger and larger quantities of data, AI is able to help cut through the clutter during transitions by extracting the company’s most important insights and making them readily available to new employees. The departing employee is no longer taking their legacy knowledge with them when they depart. Instead, AI processes are able to provide on-boarding consistency, as well as company auditability across the board. Utilizing AI/ML solutions will equip organizations with the right tools to avoid stumbling when legacy employees make the decision to leave.

On the role of machine learning in automating data analytics and cross channel optimisation in online advertising. Commentary by Torkel Öhman, CTO & co-founder of Amanda AI

When it comes to online advertising, rising costs, fierce competition and time-consuming manual methods are, quite frankly, straining the resources of e-commerce sites. However, the advancements seen in the AI sector over the past couple of decades mean that, for many online retailers, ML is now an invaluable tool for establishing and optimizing their marketing campaigns. AI is now able to provide businesses with the data-driven edge they need to thrive online by removing the needless hands-on work involved with traditional digital marketing campaigns. In fact, AI can now be trained to automate the entire digital marketing process from start to finish. To begin with, web crawlers can be used to process e-commerce sites, evaluating and categorizing titles, tags and meta descriptions for potential advertisements. Data-driven modules can then analyze thousands of different target groups and demographics to ensure said advertisements are only reaching the audiences with the highest probability of conversion. Such processes require the analysis of vast amounts of data, a task simply unimaginable by human beings. However, as impressive as this is, the ability to publish millions of unique advertisements is not the only application of ML in the field of digital marketing. Algorithms can also be tailored to undertake the continuous maintenance and optimization of these marketing campaigns. For instance, AI engines can be programmed to evaluate historical data and adjust the budget spent across different search and social channels, whether that be Facebook, Instagram or Google. This continuous and automatic refinement, without need for human support, will ultimately lead to a return on investment far beyond that of standard approaches. Technologically, we have now reached a point where the field of online marketing is ripe for automation. Long gone is the need for the manual effort required to maintain traditional search and social campaigns. The future of advertising will be driven by AI.

Kids and Coding. Commentary by self-taught software engineer and author, Cory Althoff

The workplace is changing fast. Some of the most critical skills you need to succeed in today’s workforce are problem-solving, creativity, and persistence. Coding teaches all three. That’s one of the many reasons I will teach my daughters how to code as soon as they are old enough. I want my kids to experience the joy of not just playing games but building them. Most kids won’t study math or history for fun. If taught correctly, they will code games for fun, though. And even more than the skills I mentioned earlier, a love of learning is the most important skill you should teach your children if you want them to have successful careers.

Mitigating loss of knowledge during the Great Resignation by changing the search paradigm. Commentary by Jeff Evernham,Vice President Product Strategy at Sinequa

The Great Resignation is not only about losing good talent, but also about losing organizational intelligence – the invaluable tacit knowledge that departing employees take with them. This risk, along with the existing challenges associated with the unfathomable amounts of data and content generated in today’s workplace, has caused a resurgence of interest in Knowledge Management. KM is back on C-level agendas as one of the most important initiatives for business resiliency in the years ahead. As IT leaders assess how best to implement technologies that discover, cultivate, and protect the collective knowledge of an organization and seamlessly disseminate it to employees where and when they need it, having the right automation and tools and aligning them to maximize knowledge use is critical. One best practice is injecting relevant knowledge into the flow of work, and technologies such as neural search are changing the paradigm that underpins KM. Natural Language Understanding (NLU) leveraging AI and deep learning neural networks use language models to understand language and context, improving relevance. This brings the right information to employees across a broader range of use cases, even when the employee doesn’t know where or how to look – or even that they should look in the first place! This is transformative — shifting the experience from “employees searching for information” to “information finding employees.” This push model makes work more intuitive and is bringing a step change to contextual relevance, speed, and performance. This new search paradigm contributes not just to workplace effectiveness but also to satisfaction for employees as they are empowered with the information they need to do their jobs well. This reduces the impact of the Great Resignation in two ways: it ensures that relevant information is always findable, minimizing the knowledge loss of the employees that do leave and it makes employees’ jobs better which leads to increased satisfaction and reduced turnover in the first place.

How AI will change the future of data centers. Commentary by Tony Pialis, co-founder and CEO of Alphawave IP

Artificial intelligence is well known for transforming businesses and workforces through faster and smarter software and applications. On the hardware side, there’s an emerging and highly-competitive market for developing AI chips that’s poised to revolutionize computing performance. We’re seeing a surging amount of computational power running on AI chips, which means that these chips are growing exponentially in complexity. However, this isn’t necessarily practical or economical in the long term. Companies like Intel have recently announced major inroads in building advanced semiconductors equipped with high-end connectivity to tackle this challenge, and there will undoubtedly be more focus in this area, as AI chips reshape the traditional architecture in next-generation data centers. By separating CPU, GPU, storage and memory components into dedicated  rooms instead of residing together in server racks, this reconfiguration will all feed into racks of AI chips. This will enable low latency and near-zero ping time connections.

New CA Privacy Agency Impacts Enterprises. Commentary by from Steve Padgett, CIO for Actian

California’s new Privacy Protection Agency was created to regulate tech giants collecting consumer data – the first government body of its kind in the U.S. The problem is the industry has yet to establish set standards for self-reporting that adheres to data privacy standards. Similar to restaurant grading, there would need to be a grading system in place to bestow organizations with correlating grades based on their adherence to these standards – to be published on their websites for public view. The only way this is possible is if the industry pushes for standards around how policy is mapped to data pipelines with the data lineage recorded with a blockchain. Organizations need to be willing to adapt and be flexible when adopting new guidelines based around privacy regulation standards. There are three rules all businesses handling consumer data must follow to ensure they are meeting these standards: always obtain and log Opt-Ins, immediately encrypt all personal data at rest, and unmask data only when de-identifying/anonymizing it. Data lineage is critical because for all the steps, making sure to continuously log any actions – ideally utilizing blockchain to ensure there is no tampering with data.

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December 3, 2022

Ion channel may link hyperglycemia to clotting risk in diabetes

Diabetes comes along with a higher risk for thrombosis. Research published in January 2022 points to a potential mechanism for this risk and could help doctors gain a better understanding of clotting susceptibility in the context of type 2 diabetes.1

Diabetes and thrombosis

According to the CDC, nearly 35 million Americans have type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).2

Clot-related issues, along with cardiovascular complications in general, are the most common causes of death for people with T2DM.1,3

Prevention of thrombotic events in people with T2DM can include antithrombotic therapies as well as therapies aimed at controlling the glycemic dysfunction, dyslipidemia, and hypertension that are common in diabetes.4

Caption: Many of the long-term complications from diabetes are linked to clotting and vascular damage.

Signs of hyperglycemia

Signs of hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) can include thirst, frequent urination, headaches, difficulty concentrating, and blurred vision. If hyperglycemia is not kept under control, over time it can cause weight loss, susceptibility to infection, poor wound healing, gastrointestinal problems, nerve and vision damage, and cardiovascular complications.7

In type 2 diabetics, hyperglycemia contributes to clotting risk by causing inflammation and oxidative stress, inducing platelet hyperreactivity, and triggering endothelial dysfunction.1,6 The mechanisms by which hyperglycemia leads to these problems are not fully understood but are under active research.1,6

New research connects clotting risk to hyperglycemia and mechanical stress

Mechanosensation, the ability of living things to sense and respond to mechanical forces, is a feature of almost all mammalian cells and is also found in living things as diverse as bacteria and plants.8 In the human bloodstream, red blood cells and platelets are exposed to mechanical forces and shear stress. These forces can change due to pathological conditions including vascular dysfunction seen in diabetes.1

Research published in January 2022 and published in Science Translational Medicine shows that hyperglycemia changes the behavior of an ion channel called Piezo1, which responds to mechanical stimulation and shear stress, in hematopoietic lineage cells.1 Other recent research has linked the same ion channel to a wide variety of roles in cardiovascular health, inflammation, and immunity.5

Piezo1 mechanoreceptors may contribute to clotting propensity in diabetes

The new research shows that Piezo1 is expressed at a higher level in the red blood cells, platelets, and neutrophils of type 2 diabetics, potentially making diabetics’ blood cells more sensitive to mechanical stress.1

In laboratory tests, the researchers found that exposure to high glucose levels led to increased expression of Piezo1 ion channels on cells. The increased expression was seen both on mature white blood cells exposed to high glucose levels and on blood cells whose progenitors were exposed to high glucose levels during hematopoiesis. Moreover, hematopoietic stem cells with higher Piezo1 expression had a proliferative advantage when exposed to high glucose conditions.

The platelets of individuals with diabetes tend to be hyperreactive. The researchers applied a Piezo1 activator to the blood of people with and without diabetes. In the blood of diabetics, this treatment triggered a five-fold higher percentage of platelets to show signs of platelet activation to a pro-thrombotic state, compared to the blood of non-diabetics.1

Using microfluidic devices to mimic the abnormal flow patterns often observed in diabetics’ blood vessels, the researchers tested the clotting behavior of patient blood samples in response to mechanical stress. When a Piezo1 inhibitor was applied, clots were smaller and formed more slowly. Diabetic patients’ blood was more sensitive to the effect of the inhibitor, reinforcing a link between Piezo1 and the clotting propensity seen in diabetes.

Clinical relevance of mechanosensation, hyperglycemia, and diabetes link

To investigate the clinical relevance of these findings, the researchers sorted patients with type 2 diabetes into a high-Piezo1 response and a low-Piezo1 response group. Medical records showed that the former group had more macrovascular complications than the latter group (P = 0.04).1

This research will help doctors and scientists understand the dysregulated clotting in diabetes and could help researchers develop future therapies or laboratory tests for clotting risk based on Piezo1.

The authors point out that their work could pave the way for future treatment strategies for diabetics that help prevent abnormal clots generated through the mechanothrombotic pathway, potentially presenting less risk of bleeding than current strategies. They also suggest that Piezo1 expression on endothelial cells may be an important part of this picture, though this was not investigated in the study and could be another direction for future research.1

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John Wyndham’s Chocky

John Wyndham Chocky_2048x2048This fall, NYRB has reissued a new edition of John Wyndham’s novel, Chocky,with an Afterword by Margaret Atwood. Wyndham is the author of one of the best SF novels of the twentieth century, The Day of the Triffids

The publication of Chocky sent me running for my own shabby copy (SF/Fantasy Shelf, Bookcase A). It is a 1968  Ballantine Science Fiction Original with a tacky cover.  I paid $3 for it at a used bookstore in Ames.

The Bad Thing about Having the Ballantine:  it doesn’t have an Afterword by Margaret Atwood.

The Good Thing:  you don’t need an Afterword by Margaret Atwood.

A note about cover art:   Why does the pretty pink NYRB cover depict an androgynous child wielding a tape measure?    On the tacky cover of my Ballantine, a boy is assembling a model of atoms, and there is a white outer-space-y shape in the background.

Wyndham ballantine chocky

The Ballantine cover is appropriate for a science fiction novel about a kind of haunting.

It is told from the perspective of Mark Gore, the father of a very ordinary adopted 12-year-old boy, Matthew.  One day he notices Matthew is talking to himself.  Actually, he is chatting to an invisible being named Chocky. David is startled, but he and his wife, Mary, have had experience with imaginary friends.  When their daughter was much younger, she had an annoying imaginary friend named Piff.

But then Matthew starts asking his parents and teachers questions they can’t answer.  Where exactly is Earth located? Why is a cow’s intelligence limited?  And the teachers wonder why the Gores are pushing their child.

Of course Chocky is the one asking the questions, and Matthew gets frustrated when he can’t answer.  He doesn’t even know Chocky’s gender.   Mark asks Matthew why he refers to Chocky both as “he” and “she.”

“But Chocky’s sort of different,” he told me earnestly.  “I explained all the differences between hims and hers, but she couldn’t seem to get it, somehow.  That’s funny, because he’s really frightfully clever I think, but all he said was that it sounded like a pretty silly arrangement, and wanted to know why it’s like that.”

Much of the novel is written in dialogue.  It’s very simple, but effective.  Is Chocky benign, or evil?  It is clear that he/she is possessing Matthew, who is learning many subjects at a frightening speed.  Suddenly he uses binary code to do his math problems  He draws and paints pictures with a very sophisticated, if odd, perspective.

And then there is a dramatic incident.  I don’t want to give away too much.

This is really a wonderful little novel. Is it a children’s book?  No. It’s an all-ages book.   Chocky was adapted in the UK in 1984 as a children’s film, but Wyndham wrote it in 1963 as a novelette for the magazine, Amazing Stories.  Heraises fascianting questions about intelligence, possession, and communication.  Yes, it’s a bit sentimental.  I cried at the end.

NYRB reissued Wyndham’s The Chrysalids a few years ago. I’d love to see more of Wyndham’s books in print. Let’s hope they have plans for more.


Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama
November 11, 2022
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November 11, 2022

Answered: Letter from Birmingham Jail

Paraphrasing Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Option #1: Paraphrasing Activity – “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

For this assignment, you will use Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” to help you practice the important rhetorical skill of paraphrasing:

King, Jr., M. L. (1963, April 16). Letter from a Birmingham jail. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute.

Be sure to address the following:

State the purpose of the letter. Be sure to paraphrase the speech throughout your analysis.

Describe one strategy for development of the letter. This should be one that you identify with or think is effective.

Remember that your paraphrase should end up being about the same amount of words as the original material that you cite. Please note that you are not paraphrasing the entire document but more like a sentence or two. This is similar to what you might do with a quote, but with your own words. A paraphrase is not the same as a summary.

Explain why you think the strategy is effectively used in the letter.

Incorporate at least one quote from the speech and properly cite the quote on the References page.

Explain how you plan to use this development strategy in your Portfolio Project.

You must accurately insert a quote and paraphrase in your analysis to provide in-text evidence from the essay or article you selected, and you must comment on the quote to demonstrate you are thinking in a critical manner.

Your written paper should be 2-3 pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages, and conform to APA guidelines in the CSU Global Writing Center. Include at least two scholarly references in addition to the course textbook. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these references.

Answered: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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Letter from a Birmingham Jail

After being arrested with staging illegal protests, Martin Luther King wrote the correspondence letter known as the letter from a Birmingham jail. Due to the differences in the manner Martin Luther King called for equality, there rose a misunderstanding with the ruling powers of that time. The clergymen made an effort and formatted a letter for the activities showcasing the in the appropriateness of his methods of calling for the equality. The essay is focused on paraphrasing the message that Dr King wrote in response to his critics. The piece was taking a descriptive approach when rewriting the letter; this will include partial sections of the letter to improve readers understanding. The reason behind the selection of the strategy is to ensure leaders understand the content of the letter.

First, the author confirms to the critics that he declines to respond to critics. However, he has gained effort to respond to the critics shown to his Birmingham efforts (advocating for equality between the blacks and whites). Martin claims that the critics were of good will. Thus, it is essential to retaliate. The response is composed of sound words that would help the critic’s sentiment his concerns.  Luther King acknowledges that regardless of being an outsider, it is inappropriate to assume injustices in the neighbourhood. Martin suggests that there is a need for communities to remain united; therefore, injustice in one state would affect the others.

The author notes that the process that the protestors passed before making the protesting public. The letter claims the protests realized Birmingham took part in racial segregation. Although the SCLC (Southern Christina Leadership Conference) requested the business owners in Birmingham to remove the racist signs they declined, an action that led to SCLC taking actions.  The letter highlights that the protests have postponed the protests while analyzing whether they were ready to suffer the consequences.  The members took self-purification and postponed the protests until “Eugene Connor was defeated in mayoral elections.

The response claims that non-violent protest was a form of negotiation. Martin Luther King agrees that the oppressors would not but the idea and will stop oppressing people. Therefore, it is important for the protests to create tension that would drive the oppressors into negotiations with the victims.  However, Dr King agrees with the white moderator’s approach that would find the action extreme, where tension is associated with “constructive and non-violent.” The author claims that in regards to time, the beneficiaries are subject to resisting change to maintain the status quo.

Next, Luther showcases the paradox where individuals are encouraged to follow the rules, and contrastingly being asked to break the same law. The author explains his understanding of just and unjust laws to defend his argument. For instance, the use “Parading without a permit.” According to Martin Luther King, “citizens are denied the privilege to enjoy the law when they are restrained from the First Amendment (freedom to conduct peaceful protest” (King Jr., 1963). The author claims the opportunity to help the Jews during Hitler’s time prevailed; he would do it even though it is illegal. The author defends himself against the accusations that refer him as an extremist. Luther confirms that his position is not based on any side, the author states that he is trying to force changes that would drive change. The later portion of the letter, Dr King, reflects on the situation claiming that there are possibilities for a change seeing that the blacks have survived situations like slavery. Dr King recognizes the clergy’s appreciation of the police (since the protestors were handled non-violently. The author is annoyed by the clergy’s failure to acknowledge the efforts of the protestors and ends the letter by including overstatement meant to be contained in the letter.

King Jr., M. L. (1963). Letter from Birmingham jail. Retrieved from

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How Not to Get Lost in the Woods

If you enjoy outdoor activities and going on different adventures, you must have some basic survival skills, as building a shelter and starting a fire. However, one overlooked skill that important to master is how not to go missing in a forest, and understanding how to navigate yourself to safety.

Surely, all survival skills are useful in case you find yourself lost in the backwoods, but first and foremost, you must try not to avoid that situation in the first place. You’re probably wondering what you can do to make sure you don’t go missing in the backwoods on your next excursion. Luckily, there are many precautions and steps you can take to help keep yourself on track.

Here are a few signs to pay attention to when you’re in a forest or the woods to prevent getting lost.

  • Don’t Rely on GPS.

It’s really simple. The government can shut down GPS unexpectedly and whenever. Also, you might lose the device, or damage it. You may run out of battery or signal, too. Therefore, the best thing to do is not to rely solely on GPS, but use actual maps when going into the woods. If it gets dark, or if there’s an area with not enough lighting, you’ll want to make sure that you have a flashlight with you. It’s probably the better option vs. having a GPS.

  • Prevent going in circles

We usually tend to walk in circles. For this reason, it’s important to stick to one direction at all times. The best way to do this is to follow the old rule of leaving “breadcrumbs”. Find a distinctive landmark such as a boulder, terrain, or tree in the direction you’re heading. Once you reach it, mark it with something. Then find another tree and do the same thing. Make sure the marks are distinct enough for you to spot them easily as you’re heading back.

  • Don’t take any small paths

Most of the time, people are tempted to take small paths left or right whenever they come across them. Usually, it’s some animal that created that “unbeaten path”, and it will most likely not lead you anywhere you’d want to be. Sometimes, paths like that can lead you to danger or even further into the woods, so make sure you stick to the main road or beaten path.

These three things are the most essential to pay attention to when going into the wild. However, make sure to take a few more precautions. For example, let other people know where and when you’re going. Also, bring some tools and essentials with you such as matches, drinking water, a knife, tomahawk, etc. Make sure you’re as safe as possible when going into the backwoods, and follow the three rules above to ensure you don’t go missing in the woods.


Last Updated 24 Mar 2020

America’s Management of the Cold War

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The cold war pertains to the tension and rivalry the existed between America and the Soviet Union approximately after the end of the Second World War until the late 1970’s.  Neither side confronted each other directly in a full blown war but they channel their competition and rivalry through wars in other nations who fought for their ideals on their behalf.

The Vietnam War where America is set against combating communism illustrated that cold war conflict.  Despite the oppressive and corrupt government of Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam, his anti communist stance won him the support of the American government to fight against the pro communist North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh, who was backed up by Russia and China.

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Following the Domino theory, the American government along with their Western Allies feared that communism will spread like a disease from one country to another and the power and influence of the Soviet Union will further expand. (Kissinger, p15)

The Vietnam War as a dummy war between the US and the Soviet Union was an effort to contain the spread of communism which threatened and impeded the objective of the US government to achieve political, economic and military hegemony in the world.

Politically, communism is directly in contrast to the political ideologies and principles that served as the pillars for the foundation of a political governance of the America, to wit, free election, capitalism, individual freedom and democracy, among others.

Economically, the political dominance of communism is detrimental to the capitalistic endeavors of the US and its western allies in enhancing their access to global market for their expanding capitalistic economy. Democracy is necessary to open nations to engage in free trade and restrict the economic intervention of governments in facilitating the same.

Militarily, the maintenance of a state of war permitted and justified the perpetual endeavor and investment for the creation and proliferation of modern military arsenal, which will help ensure the military dominance of the US.

And indeed, the cold war bear witnessed to the unprecedented advancement of military weaponry, the nuclear arms race (e.g. Hydrogen Bomb) as well as equipment and agencies for global espionage (CIA and KGB).

In the late 1960s’, the threat of communism in the US is starting to gain attention in the midst of the civil rights movement and the unpopularity of the Vietnam War, among others which engendered civil unrests at the home front.

Driven by anti communism anxieties, the Cold War thus served to further justify the increased government control over the American citizens which was manifested with the expansion of executive power.  In 1950 for instance, US President Truman contended that spending appropriations (especially for military operations) is the discretionary power of the president.  (Fausold and Shank, p113).

Also, the House of Un-American Activities Committee was created for the Investigation, early detection and curtailment of communism especially directed against labor union leaders, suspected government officials and other political personalities.

Under these premises, the cold war benefits and served the US best in order to withstand the threat of communism and eventually thrived to become the most powerful nation in the world.

The military intervention and US foreign policy during the cold war for purposed of achieving political power and maintaining corporate profit were essential components for establishing the imperialistic dominion that the US currently enjoys today.  “Russia walked out of the cold war game leaving the US alone in front of the chess board.” (Zinn and Arnove, p548)

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Kissinger, H. (2003). Ending the Vietnam War: A History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War. Touchstone Books

Zinn, H. and Arnove, A. (2004). Voices of a people's history of the United States. Seven Stories Press

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5 Tips to Increase Stakeholder Engagement For Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit organizations are like complex machines: they involve many moving parts that all rely on each other for the success of the whole. While each element is essential, one key element of a nonprofit’s success is its stakeholders and stakeholder engagement. Without effective stakeholder engagement, a nonprofit risks the loss of funding, support, and development. To ensure that your organization does not risk those losses, refer to these 5 tips to increase stakeholder engagement for your nonprofit.

#1 Communicate early and often.

Communicating with stakeholders is a basic component of the organization-stakeholder relationship. However, for communication to be effective, it must be early and consistent. Your stakeholders are an essential part of your organization, so make them feel that way by including them early on. When you communicate with your stakeholders early on, they feel important, which leads to more trust and engagement. Make a list of current and potential stakeholders that you need to communicate with at the beginning of projects or events and reach out to them as soon as possible.

In addition to reaching out early, your organization must provide consistent communication to its stakeholders. Continued communication is key in maintaining a trustworthy and supportive relationship. Regularly provide updates on projects and events and ask for feedback throughout the process to ensure that you maintain your relationships with your stakeholders.

#2 Understand the influence of social media.

Many stakeholders rely on social media for information regarding their favorite organizations and potential investments. So, the content your organization puts on social media is not just for your customers or volunteers. To engage stakeholders, create a balanced mix of content that is targeted toward stakeholders and other groups in your audience. Show your current and potential stakeholders that you notice their involvement on social media and that you care about their engagement with your organization. This will allow them to enter the conversation about your organization in a new way. It could also help your organization reach more stakeholders to invest in your work.

#3 Provide a variety of ways for stakeholders to give input.

As mentioned above, involving stakeholders in the conversation and asking for feedback can provide many benefits. People want to provide their input and feel heard, especially when they are investing in your organization. So, make the feedback process effortless for your stakeholders. When sending out updates to stakeholders about projects, attach a survey for them to provide feedback. In addition to this, ask for feedback via social media and in-person interactions. By providing your stakeholders with a variety of ways to share their input, you will strengthen stakeholder relationships, increase continued engagement, and help your organization further develop.

#4 Plan events to attract a diverse group of stakeholders.

Planning special events for stakeholders will do wonders for your stakeholder engagement. These exclusive events will show your stakeholders how much your organization values them. And, will provide opportunities for in-person communications and networking. Events can bring in funds, strengthen stakeholder relationships, promote your organization and mission, and much more. And, if your organization holds a variety of events throughout the year, you can reach more diverse groups of stakeholders. For example, a picnic would be an event that is accessible to all kinds of stakeholders. Other events like sit-down dinners and galas would bring in a different group of stakeholders, including local leaders and politicians. Planning a mix of events is essential for reaching a diverse group of stakeholders while encouraging engagement.

#5 Don’t just inform your stakeholders, involve them.

A common theme among these tips is that stakeholders should be involved, not just informed. If your stakeholders feel left out of your organization and its efforts, they will lose interest and stop engaging. Your organization can protect against major problems, like an abrupt loss of financial support, by involving stakeholders in your planning and projects instead of only informing.

When involving stakeholders, work with your organization to find a happy medium of involvement. An appropriate amount of stakeholder involvement will allow for stakeholders to collaborate when desired, but will not rely on their collaboration to complete a project or achieve a goal. Allowing stakeholders the opportunity to create and collaborate with your organization will increase their engagement, strengthen your stakeholder-organization relationships, and benefit your organization in the long run.

Stakeholder engagement is one of the many important elements that go into running a nonprofit. Refer to these tips for stakeholder engagement, and do not hesitate to reach out for help if all the elements become overwhelming. PivotPath is here to support your organization with our top-notch marketing services and team of talented creatives. Let us take on some of the other work while you put more into what matters: creating lasting relationships with those that support the continuation of your organization and its mission.

Social Enterprises: What Does Recovery Look Like in 2021?

Over the past year, many businesses have experienced extensive struggles. COVID-19 has hit businesses in ways we have never seen before. While businesses have experienced many hardships, social enterprises have experienced unique challenges. These challenges not only include the success of their business, but the beneficiaries that rely on them.

With so much at stake, social enterprises have been using changes and trends from 2020 to aid in their recovery. Here, we outline some of the changes and trends that helped these organizations recover from the devastating impacts of COVID-19.

Presenting solutions to COVID-19 struggles:

Though social enterprises have faced their own challenges as a result of the pandemic, many have begun to see the benefit of taking on other challenges. This may seem counterproductive, but it has been a beneficial way for social enterprises to get back on their feet.

Social enterprises are built to center around the problem, not the solution or product: the primary focus is their social objective. Because of this, social enterprises have been flexible during the past year with new issues that have been presented. Many organizations have taken a problem that was caused by COVID-19, and created a solution designed to help others. For example, a social enterprise that is centered around fighting poverty could alter their solution to be specific to COVID-19. Focusing on the pandemic’s affects on food insecurity and poverty would be a great way to make the solution more applicable.

By taking on issues that were created due to COVID-19, social enterprises are adjusting their businesses to be more applicable to the current situation, hence making them more marketable and successful in their journey to recovery.

Supporting local or meaningful organizations:

When COVID-19 forced many areas into lockdown, people began to realize how impactful their engagement with businesses could be. Customers wanted to see organizations survive the pandemic, especially ones they felt connected to, like local businesses and meaningful organizations.

This shift in consumer focus has been a major benefit for social enterprises and their recovery. Social enterprises have been highlighting their organizations’ causes to a greater extent to use this trend to their advantage. Tactics such as creating content focused on the mission instead of the product, organizing informational events about a chosen social issue, and participating in public discussions about their social issue have helped social enterprises lean into this shift in consumer focus for their benefit.

Engaging in relevant social issues:

In addition to COVID-19, 2020 welcomed increased discussion and allyship for social issues across the nation. The reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, voter suppression and voting rights in the midst of the election, and the continuous topic of immigration in the U.S. were just a few of the social issues/movements that were present in 2020.

Social enterprises have committed to the issues that are most relevant to their cause. This has allowed them to show support for the causes that mean the most to their organization. While at the same time, gaining the support of other individuals and organizations that are also participating in those movements. By participating in relevant social issues, social enterprises have effectively engaged with meaningful causes and built more substantial consumer relationships.

Recovery can be a difficult process…

Though there are steps being made toward recovery for social enterprises, it can still be a very challenging process. At PivotPath, we understand that your business is more than just worrying about the bottom line or cashflow, it is about concern for the cause and the social issues that shape your work. Let us help you in your organization’s recovery process. Our top-notch marketing services will help you put more time into what really matters: your cause and the people that your organization is able to impact.

Top Tips to Creating Customer Loyalty

Happy April and International Customer Loyalty Month!

Build better communication:

Create a customer loyalty program:

Customer loyalty programs can feature:

  • Games
  • Tier Systems
  • Points Systems
  • VIP Benefits
  • Hybrid Programs
  • And many more!

Be authentic and transparent:

Make life easy for your customers:

Effectively listening to your audience is essential

Why you should effectively listen to your audience:

Build meaningful relationships-

Increase customer loyalty and retention-

Build rapport that leads to referrals-

Better direct your marketing efforts-

How to effectively listen to your audience:

Take part in active listening-

Participate in social listening-

Rely on analytics-

A Guide to Spring Marketing

Pick a relevant spring theme for your marketing campaign:

Incorporate contests/giveaways in your campaign:

Research unique national or international holidays:

St. Patrick’s Day: March 17th
April Fools Day: April 1st
Easter: April 4th
Earth Day: April 22nd
Cinco de Mayo: May 5th
Mother’s Day: May 9th
Memorial Day: May 31st

Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day: March 1st
I Want You to be Happy Day: March 3rd
Employee Appreciation Day: March 5th
National Frozen Food Day: March 6th
International (Working) Women’s Day: March 8th
International Day of Awesomeness: March 10th
Plant a Flower Day: March 12th
National Pi Day: March 14th
Everything You Do is Right Day: March 16th
Awkward Moments Day: March 18th
International Day of Happiness: March 20th
National Goof Off Day: March 22nd
National Puppy Day: March 23rd
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day: March 26th
Something on a Stick Day: March 28th
National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: March 29th

Focus on your community and give back:

Not Every Social Media Platform is Needed to Promote Your Brand

Social media is a large part of everyday life, even more so now that COVID-19 has taken away the ability to connect in person. People are beginning to rely on social media platforms to make meaningful and impactful connections.

This can be intimidating for businesses. Promoting a brand on social media is difficult enough, but relying on social media platforms for all communication with your audience is a new challenge. Many businesses are scrambling with their social media strategies, creating accounts on any and every social media platform possible. Though this may seem like a reasonable option, branding on every social media platform can be ineffective, disingenuous, and a waste of time.

Here, we outline why you do not need every social media platform to promote your brand and ways you can effectively use social media to make meaningful connections for your business.

Your audience is not on every platform:

Not many people have an account on every social media platform, so why should your business? Your target audience is a specific group of people. They have unique characteristics and traits, and each social media platform attracts distinct groups of people.

Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn are all popular platforms, but each is used for a different purpose. Most of Instagram’s users are female and between the ages of 13 and 28. In contrast, the majority of Facebook users are above 30 years old. LinkedIn users range in age, but use the platform for work and business related purposes.

The data collected on each social media platform will help your business understand where to connect with your audience. Whether your business wants to build connections with other businesses, community members, fitness junkies, gamers, etc., it is important to find which platform(s) they are primarily on. This way, you can meet your audience on the platform they use to further enhance your brand awareness and engagement.

You do not have the time to devote to every platform:

Creating content and a social media plan takes time and organization. Your business is working hard to cover all your bases. But, when you try to cover every social media platform, your work can become sloppy and ineffective.

Without meaningful content, your audience could perceive your communication as disingenuous and calculated. This is not how you want audiences to perceive your brand. If you are going to be spending the time creating content, campaigns, and promotions, don’t you want them to be meaningful and impactful?

Always prioritize quality over quantity on social media. To do this, you need to allocate your time to the most important platforms for your audience. This way, you can spend your time creating purposeful and engaging content that will create a brand image that is heartfelt, personable, and authentic.

How to make a meaningful social media strategy without every platform:

  1. Evaluate and research your target audience– Ask yourself, who are you trying to reach? Where is your audience spending their time while online? What kind of content does your audience seem to enjoy? Does your audience even have social media? Thoroughly research your audience and their behavior. This will help you to alter your social media strategy to include the most effective kinds of content to post on the most applicable platforms.
  2. Focus your time on key platforms– After choosing which platforms are most effective for your business, focus your time on building quality profiles and accounts. Because you have less platforms to work on, you can spend more time constructing unique and substantial content. If your business is large enough, consider creating multiple specialized accounts on the same platform. This will allow you to hyper-focus on each group within your audience to create personalized content that is more relatable and powerful.
  3. Concentrate on building connections– Your business should be creating connections and relationships, not just partnerships or associations. A focused social media plan will offer the ability to create a marketing strategy that is sincere, personable, and authentic. Whether that be by conveying similar interests, interacting with customers, or using relatable humor, audiences are more likely to interact with a brand they feel personally connected to.
  4. Do not hesitate to reach out for help– Above all, do not hesitate to ask for help! Promoting your brand can be a difficult, meticulous process. Use resources that are available to you, like PivotPath, and contact us for a consultation. Our marketing focuses on building connections and relationships. We will be sure to help your business create a brand strategy that is meaningful and impactful!

Resourceful Marketing Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations

Reach out to resources in your community

Grow your online presence

Create influential and meaningful partnerships

Participate in visual marketing

Personalize your outreach communication

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The Pros and Cons of Horizontal and Vertical Siding

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The Pros and Cons of Horizontal and Vertical Siding

After your roof, your siding is the most important part of your house’s exterior. It protects the inside of your house from wind, rain, sun, cold, and heat. There are many variations of siding, but they all fall into one of two categories: horizontal siding and vertical siding. There are benefits and drawbacks to both. But no matter which you choose, you need it to be installed by a top-notch “siding company near me,” like Pro Exteriors!

Here are the pros and cons of horizontal and vertical siding.

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Horizontal Siding

Horizontal siding is more common than vertical siding and is the option most homeowners choose. Most horizontal siding is either wood or vinyl. Wood is more traditional, but it does take longer to install and is more difficult to clean than vinyl. Wood horizontal siding is not very durable, and water easily penetrates it, causing rot and mold. Regular maintenance is necessary to keep your siding in good condition. That maintenance can be challenging and time-consuming, sometimes requiring specialized equipment. The pros of horizontal siding outweigh the cons for most homeowners. Horizontal siding is more appealing to most people, and you are more likely to get the full asking price if you sell your home. It is also more affordable and faster to install than vertical siding.

 Vertical Siding

Although vertical siding is not as popular as horizontal siding, it does have its advantages. It has a unique look, making your home stand out from the other houses in your neighborhood. It is also more difficult to damage. Water does not penetrate the siding material as easily as it does with horizontal siding. What’s more, it’s much easier to clean. You can use your garden hose or a standard pressure washer to clean the façade. The reason vertical siding is less common is that it does have significant downsides. The installation process is much more complicated and takes more time. It needs furring strips under the siding, which increases the material and labor costs. Vertical siding can also put off homebuyers depending on where you live. Many people do not like the look and are less likely to pay the asking price.

Pro Exteriors: Siding Company Near Me

Whether you need your siding repaired or completely replaced, Pro Exteriors is the “siding company near me” for the job. Our team works efficiently, and we only use the best materials.

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Six DevOps Practices for 2023

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May 9, 2022 | 5 min read

Often understood as a development process, DevOps is all about creating a secure environment. To put it across simply, DevOps is a corporate initiative to improve cooperation and communication between the development and operations teams in a software development process. Combining operations and development automates and improves software development and shortens its lifecycle while offering high-quality software.

DevOps Lifecycle

The DevOps lifecycle consists of eight phases and each of these phases represents the capabilities, procedures, and tools that the development and operations teams need. Teams communicate and collaborate to keep alignment, velocity, and quality through each phase. Following are the details about each of these phases:

1. Plan

In this phase, teams understand and identify the business requirements and collate end-user feedback. They build a project roadmap to increase the business value and offer the desired product during this stage.

2. Code

Code development occurs during this phase. The development teams use some plugins and tools, such as Git, to restructure the development process, which helps them avoid security flaws and faulty coding practices.

3. Build

In this phase, once developers complete their task, they add the code to the code repository by using build tools such as Gradle and Maven.

4. Test

In this phase, the code is installed in the test environment to complete multiple types of testing, such as security tests, user acceptance tests, integration, and performance tests.

5. Release

In this phase, the build is ready for deployment in the production environment.

6. Deploy

In this stage, the infrastructure-as-Code supports the building of the production environment and then releases the build.

7. Operate

In this phase, the release is live for use by customers.

8. Monitor

Monitoring the DevOps pipeline based on data collected from application performance, customer behavior, and so on occurs at this stage.

DevOps Best Practices

The key objective of the DevOps approach is to surpass the traditional norms between the development operations teams to establish and create effective communication. Although there is a huge role of DevOps in digital transformation, many organizations are skeptical about adopting DevOps due to multiple reasons. In this blog, we have highlighted the six best DevOps practices for the year 2022 to make your journey of adopting DevOps as easy as possible.

1. Agile Project Management

Software development and agile project management is an iterative method that adds value to the software development process for users to gain better results. Incorporating agile into a business process increases release frequencies, with agile teams being able to deliver work in smaller chunks instead of depending on long-term deadlines. Continuous evaluation of plans, requirements, and results enables teams to adjust to continuous feedback and deliver quality work.

Here are some of the essential ideas for agile project management:

  • The agile methodology enables an organization enables breaking down work into chunks; thus, teams must adjust to changes in the scope of work or demands as they progress. Organizations must ensure that their teams learn how to structure work based on the features of agile methodology.
  • Agile teams must consider Kanban and Scrum, which are essential project management methods. They help development teams to plan, keep track, and deliver incremental work without negotiating deadlines.

2. Testing Automation

One of the greatest concerns while building an application or software is keeping the code bug-free and clean. However, trying to test each bit of code physically is an inefficient and time-consuming process. Thus, automation testing is a practice an organization should adopt on priority. Automated testing is a crucial practice that comprises continuous testing. Automation reduces monotonous manual testing and helps in speeding up the overall process. It permits the software project managers to deal with faulty coding tasks engaged with the development processes. This also helps in the prevention of human errors and enables developers to focus on other tasks.

3. Monitoring & Logging

While most businesses adopt DevOps to fast-track the application and software development process, they also have to avoid losing sight of the importance of logging and monitoring. As the development project advances, organizations have to ensure to test and streamline the code. By observing the entirety of the code and logging the errors simultaneously, one can resolve operational issues before they damage a program.

4. Implement Continuous Integration and Delivery

Continuous Integration (CI) is the practice where developers regularly merge the source code into a centralized repository. The CI pipeline kicks in the build and test operations with each new piece of code. The CI pipeline usually gets the source code from the central repository, builds it on the built environment, and then runs a series of automation tests. This process allows the development team to get early notifications in case of bugs so that they can fix them early on.

The Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline usually enables teams to deploy software releases on test, stage, or production environments as soon as the CI pipeline has released a successful build. This also allows quality assurance engineers and developers to perform testing and upgrades extensively, and identify the concerns or glitches ahead of time. Automating the creation and replication of multiple environments for testing is extremely cost-effective and an easier approach.

5. Develop a Security-First Approach

Security should be the key priority for organizations where breaches and vulnerabilities can lead to financial losses. Any CI/CD system can be the primary target for such attacks as they comprise the credentials and code for deployment in several environments. As a result, arranging for quick releases and executing security later is not an efficient approach. Instead, releases must be set up on DevOps pipelines, a process known as DevSecOps.

Security automation is also a best practice of the DevOps approach that is simple to include in the CI/CD workflow. It helps implement security validations for every piece of code that is released, ensuring that it is not susceptible to security errors. Isolation and placement of CI/CD on secure internal networks is also a good approach. Strong two-factor authentication, VPNs, and access/identity management can also help reduce exposure to threats.

6. Shift Left with CI/CD

In DevOps, when teams use the “shift left” method they incorporate testing of codes in the early development course. In this manner, rather than presenting multiple modifications to a separate QA or test team, developers can resolve bugs and errors or enhance code quality while working on the appropriate area of the codebase by executing multiple tests during the development process. The skill to shift left is based on the methods of CI/CD and continuous deployment. The shift left method encourages teams to concentrate on early testing with development, enabling teams to find and resolve bugs early.

When should organizations use the DevOps approach?

The key objective of any organization is to take an idea from conception to profit. The DevOps method intends to offer convenience for organizations to explore ground-breaking ideas and work efficiently by removing maintenance and development issues.

So, when would the DevOps approach be most appropriate? Applying DevOps methods or principles to any project is a great move at any time during the execution of a project. However, when it comes to large-scale projects, the effective execution of the DevOps methodology is critical to the overall success and profitability. Organizations that need to deliver new product versions often should adopt the DevOps approach. DevOps is the best method when an organization wants to lower the cost of infrastructure management and grow simultaneously.

If you are looking to implement DevOps in your organization, Scalex can help you with setting up automation, using the best tools for process transformation, and managing the delivery pipeline. Our DevOps consulting services will accelerate your journey to streamline your workflow through automation and help you integrate development and operations with a deep understanding of cloud enablement.

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Why would you need a scan of your pancreas?

Why would you need a scan of your pancreas?

A pancreas scan may be done to screen for primary or metastatic cancer of the pancreas. It may also be used to assess your response to therapy for pancreatic cancer, or to check the course of the cancer. There may be other reasons for your healthcare provider to recommend a pancreas scan.

Does a pancreatic mass mean cancer?

Pancreatic cysts and benign growths. Some growths in the pancreas are benign (not cancer) or may be considered “precancerous” (if left untreated, they will become cancerous over time). In some cases, these growths will not require treatment. Cysts are one type of benign and precancerous growth in the pancreas.

Will a CT scan show problems with the pancreas?

What can be found on a CT scan of the pancreas?

A pancreatic CT scan may diagnose injuries and diseases of the pancreas. CT scans of the pancreas can identify tumors, masses or cysts on the pancreas or in the surrounding structures of the pancreas. A CT scan of the pancreas may help diagnose pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis.

What does it mean to have a CT scan of the colon?

What do you see on a CT scan of the abdomen?

The abdominal structures include your liver, kidneys, pancreas, spleen, GI tract, and the area around these organs. When contrast is used during a CT scan of the abdomen, these structures are highlighted even more. CT scans can help determine a diagnosis early. Your doctor will use this information to determine the best treatment for you.

What are the pictures on a CT scan?

How to diagnose and treat pancreatitis in cats?

Diagnosing Pancreatitis in Cats . Pancreatitis can be difficult to diagnose . The usual procedure involves a physical examination, blood work, urinalysis, and an ultrasound, but these evaluative measures are only diagnostically definitive in a few cases.

What causes pancreatic problems in cats?

Feline Pancreatitis. “Feline Pancreatitis is the most common disease of the pancreas in cats. It refers to inflammation of the pancreas and is thought to be caused by infection, poor diet, injury, a complication of anesthesia or a reaction to several prescription medications.

What are the side effects of a CAT scan?

One should be prepared to experience side effects, such as headache, fatigue, weakness, etc., after undergoing a CT scan with contrast. It is also important to watch out for serious side effects, like hives, rash, shortness of breath, etc.

Does a CAT scan Pic Up cancer?

A CAT scan uses X-rays and computers to produce an image of a cross-section of the body. The cross-sectional pictures are like a slice of bread taken from a freshly sliced loaf. This image allows your doctor to check for swollen or enlarged lymph nodes, which might mean that cancer has spread.


Hope has been on my mind a lot over the last week as I think about what it must feel like to be my 16 year old. Despite everything that has happened over the last few years at school, they have practiced forgiveness and patience and have continued to hold out hope that people willContinue reading “HOPEFUL🙏🏽”


Partial False Cognates (2022)

These are infinitely worse than regular False Cognates. Because False Cognates are always “you’re wrong”. A Partial False Cognate is “you’re right, but not in this context”.

Simply put, Partial False Cognates in Spanish are words that look like what they are in English, but carry a secondary meaning that can put a different spin or context on a sentence… thus making them really annoying. This is not a complete list because there are just SO many, so just be careful.

La asistencia -la asistencia means “assistance” as in “giving aid” to someone, but it also more commonly means “attendance”.

Asistir -asistir means “to assist” someone, but its most common meaning is “to attend” as in “to attend classes” or “to go to mass”.

La historia - Yes,la historia does refer to “history” as in the class and the study of past events.La historia also means “the story”; note thatla historia is a long story - a “short story” isel cuento.

Franco/a - To befranco/a refers to being “frank” as in honesty. It also refers to the Franks. But when you’re sayingzona franca it means “tax-free zone” and it sometimes means “clear”.

Oculto/a - It does mean “the occult” but it commonly means “hidden” fromocultar which is “to hide”.

El rayo - This does mean “a ray” as in a beam of light. It also means the “spoke” of a wheel. And more typically it means “a bolt” as in “lightning bolt”.

Colorado/a - This does mean “colored” in the sense of “colored hair” or dye but not in the sense of a person of color. Typically,colorado/a is a byword for “red”, whereponerse colorado/a means “to turn red, to blush”.

Negro/a - While meaning “black” as in the color, it also means a person of African descent. We would never use “Negroes” for black people but Spanish does (los negros) and it’s not nearly as offensive as it is in English.

El blanco - This does mean “blank” as in an empty space. Butel blanco means “a target”. And of courseblanco/a means “white”.

La sentencia -la sentencia does refer to a “sentence” but in legal situations - as in a “sentencing” or “handing down a sentence”. When referring to a “sentence” as in language or grammar, it’s lafrase“phrase” orla oración which means “sentence” or “clause” and sometimes “prayer”… Spanish is complicated sometimes.

La holanda -la Holanda means “Holland” a byword for the Netherlands. But when used aslas holandas it refers to sheets and linens of very high quality. I just looked it up. It also means “doily”. I think that’s swell.

El flamenco -el flamenco refers to “flamenco dancing”, but it also means “Flemish” as in a dialect of Dutch or to refer to someone from Flanders in older texts.

La audiencia - When you say la audiencia it sometimes means “the audience” but more often than not, it means “the listeners” since it’s related to “auditory” in etymology. In that sense it tends to mean “a hearing” or an “audience” to have someone examine your case. In most cases,the word you’re looking for isel público “the public, the audience”.

Publicar - This verb does mean “publish” as in “publication"but it also means "to make public” as in “divulge”, usually said of secrets.

La bomba - Yes, this word does mean “bomb”. It also means “pump”. Have you ever wondered whylos bomberos “firefighters” meant “bombers”? It doesn’t - it means “the people who work the pump”. Andla bombilla while meaning “little bomb” also means “lightbulb”.

El tipo - This word does mean “type” but it’s similar to German in thatel tipo means “the guy”.

Aprobar - This verb does mean “to approve” but it also means “to pass an exam”.

Probar - This verb does mean “prove”, but it also means “to test” or “to try” as in “probe”.

Bravo/a - This means “brave” but it also means “good at” like the Italianbravo andbrava. It also means “a brave” as in a combatant sobravo/a usually means “belligerent” or “reckless”.

El collar -El collar means a “collar” as in a dog’s collar or the collar of a shirt but it also means “a necklace” since it’s related toel cuello “the neck”.

La carta -La carta can mean “a chart” but it also means “a letter (written to somebody)” and sometimes “a card” althoughel naipeis preferred by many - those with families branching into French or Italian tend to usela carta more thanel naipe which is a word of Arabic descent.

El conflicto - It’s not usually used in cases for “battles"las batallas or anything to do with military.El conflicto is more usually used for a "strained situation” or “to be conflicted”.

Argentino/a - Yes,argentino/a does mean from Argentina. But it also is another word for “silvery” since that’s where Argentina got its name from;argentino/a is a synonym forplateado/a “silvery” lit. “covered inla plata (silver)”.

El plato -El plato is a plate as in a physical plate, but it also refers to “a dish” in the sense that gazpacho is a Spanish “dish”.

La copa - Does refer to a “cup” as in a “coffee cup” or a “wine glass”, but also means “a goblet” or the “Cup” for a sporting event.

La demanda - In some cases it does refer to a “demand” as in “a request” but in legal jargon,una demanda is “a lawsuit”;demandar usually means “to sue (someone)” whileexigir is “to demand (of someone)” and usually uses the subjunctive.

Mandar - It does mean “to mandate” in a very almost royal or imperial tone butmandar is also a synonym forenviar “to send”.

El mandato -El mandato often means a “mandate” but it also means “a command” andel mandatois sometimes used for the imperative tense of Spanish which is when you say something like <<Hazlo>> “Do it”

Estimar - It does mean “to estimate” but in a more general sense it means “to appreciate (someone)” or to hold someone in high regard. That’s why in formal letters you writeEstimado/afor “dear (formal)” instead ofquerido/a for “dear (informal)”

Americano/a -americano/asometimes means “someone from the United States” but in a very general sense it refers to anyone from the Americas - meaning a Canadian is American as much as a Haitian, a Venezuelan, a Jamaican or a Peruvian. To be very PC, since this could really annoy people if you get it wrong, sayestadounidense meaning “someone from the United States”

La tortilla -La tortillaas we know it is Mexican, a round thin food item that’s almost like a crepe. But,la tortilla means “little pie” and in Spain refers to a “quiche” or “frittata” typically made with potato and onion. Other than that,la tortilla means “an omelette”.

El dormitorio - Sometimes it means the “dormitory” of a school. In a general sense it means “a bedroom” because it means “sleeping room”.

Durmiente - This does mean “dormant” as in a volcano. It also means “sleeping” as in a sleeping person;La Bella Durmiente is Sleeping Beauty.

La sierra -La sierra does mean the Sierras as in a mountain range. It also literally means “a saw” as in a tool because mountains looked like saw teeth.

Elemental - This verb does mean “elementary” but rarely, people commonly userudimentario/a. In common Spanishelemental means “the elements” as in chemistry.

El físico - It does mean “physical” asfísico/abut it also means a “physicist”.

El feudo - Rarely means a “feud” which you can translate asel odio “hatred” or sometimesla venganza “vengeance”. It means “a fief” as in"feudal society".

El apogeo - The “apogee” in astronomy. This is a good word because it means “the highest point” or “the zenith” of something and so you’ll see it in history books like “at the height of the Roman Empire” -al apogeo del Imperio Romano.

Guardar - In some cases it does meandefender “to guard” but it also means “to keep” or “to look after”.

La gracia - It does mean “grace” often in a religious setting but it’s more common as “funny"tener la gracia ”(for something) to be funny" orser gracioso/a"(for someone) to be funny".

La granada - It does mean “a grenade” but it also means “a pomegranate”. La Granada is also a part of Spain noted for Muslim culture and architecture.

Humano - This does mean “human” in the sense ofser humano/a “human being” or the race of “mankind"humanidad. But when said about someone it often means "to be humane” literally espousing the idea that human beings aren’t human if they’re “inhumane”.

Intervenir - Very commonly it does mean “to intervene” or “intercede”. In a medical situation it means “to operate on”. In a legal sense it typically means “to confiscate”. And in a financial sense it means “to audit”.

Invertir - It does mean “to invert” but it also means “to invest” money or time.

El matrimonio - Rarely is this used as “matrimony” unless it’s religious “the sacrament of Matrimony”; in common Spanishel matrimonio means “the married couple”… often something like <<el matrimonio Garcia>> “The Garcia couple”

Paralizar - To “paralyze” but in a legal sense can mean “to stop” as in bring something to a halt.

Vulgar - Sometimes meaning “lewd” or “offensive”, in older timesvulgar meantel vulgo which were “the rabble” or the “unwashed masses”.

La planta - In some cases it means “a plant” as in a flower or a tree etc. but it also means “a floor” as in “a story of a building”.

Precioso/a - It means “precious” as in a gem etc. but also means “pretty” or “beautiful”.

Singular - It does mean “singular” as in “only one” but it is also used to mean “quaint” or “peculiar”.

Razonado/a - It does mean “reasoned” but it frequently means “annotated” or “with commentary”.

Raro/a - It can mean “rare” but it often means “strange”.

El suburbio - It does mean a “suburb” for the U.S. but in Latin America these are “slums” or “shantytowns”.

El gato - It means a “cat” until you’re talking machinery in which case it means a “car jack”.

La marca - It does mean “a mark” butla marca is frequently a “brand” as in a brand of cereal or shoes etc.

La sirena - Today it means “a siren” in the sense of an emergency siren. In the olden days it meant “a siren” as in women with voices that made sailors crash into rocks. It also means “mermaid” andLa Sirenita is the Little Mermaid.

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Susan Holden (ed.), Wouter Davidts (ed.)

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Since the 1960s, art and architecture have experienced a series of radical and reciprocal trades. While artists have simulated ‘architectural’ means like plans and models, built structures and pavilions outside art institutions, or intervened in urban and public spaces, architects have employed ‘artistic’ strategies inside art institutions, in exhibitions, biennales and art events.

At the same time, art galleries and museums have combined both activities in an interdisciplinary, hybrid field, playing with the conditional differences between inside and outside the institution.

Trading between Architecture and Art zooms in on specific examples or ‘cases’ of these two-way transactions: artists adopting architectural means on the one hand, and architects adopting artistic strategies on the other. In particular, it presents in-depth studies of both historical and contemporary examples of the transposition of means and strategies from architecture to art, and vice versa, up to the point that established understandings of institutional categories, disciplinary concepts, and concrete practices become interestingly opaque, and meanings provocatively uncertain.

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Is it better to eat kale raw or cooked?

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Why you should not eat kale?

But in some cases, eating kale might not be as healthy as you think. For example, it can interact with thyroid function if it’s eaten in very high amounts. It contains something called progoitrin, which can interfere with thyroid hormone synthesis and essentially block the iodine your thyroid needs to function.

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A healthy intake of kale both lowers the bad cholesterol, as well as raises the good cholesterol. A study found that drinking kale juice on a daily basis for three months increased HDL (good) cholesterol by 27 percent, and at the same time it lowered LDL (bad) cholesterol by 10 percent.

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Everything in moderation, my friends, as too much kale (in smoothies or daily loading) can slow your thyroid, and you don’t need that. (Note: In most people with normal thyroid function the benefits of kale realllly outweigh the risks.

What happens to your body when you eat kale?

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Which is healthier spinach or kale?

Is kale bad for your kidneys?

Kale is an excellent addition to your kidney-friendly diet because it is a low-potassium food. According to various researches, kale is packed with vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and other minerals which are important for healthy kidney function.

Is kale bad for your liver?

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Free radicals are molecules that can damage your cells and cause problems, including liver disease. Substances called antioxidants can help get rid of them. Leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collards are loaded with antioxidants. They’re also packed with fiber, and other things your liver needs.

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Is kale good for your skin?

It’s packed with Vitamins A, B, C, and K, as well as antioxidants and phytonutrients. Between all of these things, the leafy green tightens pores, reduces dark circles, promotes collagen production, increases cell turnover, prevents free-radical damage, and detoxifies the skin.

How many cups of kale should you eat a day?

Two cups of kale—about the amount you’d enjoy in a salad—deliver almost all your vitamin A for the day (99% Daily Value from beta-carotene), along with 67% of your vitamin C.

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5 Ways AIOPs can Help Companies to Strengthen Its Competitive Advantage

Learn how can AIOps help your company to strengthen its competitive advantage.

5 Ways AIOPs can Help Companies to Strengthen Its Competitive Advantage

The banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) business have seen more transition in the last decade than it has in the previous several centuries and the pandemic has just hastened it. The essential distinction now is that digital technologies (IT) are no longer merely a "support function," but have instead formed the cornerstone for how services are offered to customers.

Here are 5 ways that companies can increase their competitive advantage by embracing artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps).

#1. Getting Transactions First-time-right

Downtime and page load delays are two of the most common causes of transaction failures. If a transaction fails or takes too much time to complete, customers are bound to leave it. They are unlikely to come back later to complete the deal unless it is absolutely necessary. As a result, slow transaction reaction time is a significant hindrance to a bank's or financial institution's performance.

AIOps improves transaction success by finding system flaws before they become an issue. For example, a good AIOps engine can predict and prevent mass failures caused by unanticipated volume surges, ensuring that service is not disrupted. AIOps can also aid in the identification of patterns in the operation of tools outside of your own ecosystem, such as downtimes or delays in partner platforms. This allows you to select the best partners or even assist existing partners in upgrading their systems.

#2. Solving Problems Autonomously

Monitoring, contrary to popular belief, is not an end objective. Even the best monitoring solutions today merely generate a barrage of alarms for IT professionals to manually do root-cause analysis (RCA) and repair. This results in machine downtime and alert fatigue among team members. Alert fatigue can result in major incidents sliding through the gaps in the BFSI industry, where it is necessary by law to be on the lookout for risks.

AIOps reduces much of the user intervention by contextually assessing data, performing RCA, and autonomously resolving problems. This minimises the mean time to diagnose and fix problems. In fact, a strong AIOps platform can anticipate issues and fix them before they arise.

#3. Breaking Down Information Siloes

Today, every large corporation has a plethora of tools at its disposal. While these technologies aid in the resolution of the problem at hand, they result in knowledge silos that impede organisational efficiency in the long run. Points of failure might be difficult to find even within networked applications since they exist in heterogeneous contexts.

AIOps, which acts as an intelligent monitoring center, can assist break down silos by understanding complicated data from various sources to provide a bird's eye view of operations. It can also manage data in a variety of formats from multi- or hybrid-cloud systems, allowing it to make sense of enterprise chaos with ease.

#4. Enabling Scale

Until the last decade, banks' ability to operate on a global scale was a source of strength. Nevertheless, in today's world of tech-powered banking, scalability has become a strain on the institution's agility and reactivity. Common roadblocks include:

  • Infrastructure and apps are struggling to flexibly scale to meet the needs of customers.
  • Current data systems are incapable of delivering personalization on a large scale.
  • Large cloud operations and hundreds of third-party interfaces increase malware susceptibility and introduce new security dangers.

AIOps can alleviate the overwhelm that comes with scale by providing real-time awareness into sites of congestion, regardless of workload size. It can detect and isolate security issues, perform root-cause investigation, and enable self-remediation. In reality, with each consecutive dataset processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models grow better-trained and more efficient, dynamically prepared to handle more and more scale.

#5. Automating Regulatory Compliance

The financial services business is one of the most heavily regulated in the world. Even minor compliance violations can result in hefty fines and penalties, as well as license revocation. However, with today's scale of operations, manually ensuring compliance is very impossible.

AIOps can assist with the processing of massive amounts of data for compliance reporting. It can analyze such data to enterprise/regulatory requirements in order to find abnormalities and take corrective action. It can also be trained to detect compliance breaches in real time and alert users to them.

Adoption of digital technologies is vital for the BFSI industry's growth, if not existence. However, adoption is only the first stage. BFSI players must monitor, manage, and exploit their digital technologies in order to expand. You must leverage your digital assets to get a competitive advantage. AIOps can assist with this.

How Does AIOps Work?

AIOps works best when implemented independently to collect and analyse data from all accessible IT monitoring sources, resulting in a centralised system of engagement. It uses the same procedure as the human cognitive function to do this. The following are the five key algorithms of AIOps:

Data Selection

AIOps should be able to detect the significant 'needles' contained in terabyte-sized data 'haystacks,' based on specified selection and priority parameters, by combing through the massive amount of available IT data, assessing it, and selecting appropriate data items.

Pattern Discovery

AIOps examines pertinent data, identifying correlations between data items and putting them together for further analysis.

In-depth analysis enables AIOps platforms to clearly identify the core causes of problems, events, and patterns, resulting in clear insights that can be used to inform action.

AIOps must also operate as a cooperation platform, notifying the appropriate teams and individuals, offering them important information, and promoting successful collaboration despite the possibility of operator distance.

Finally, AIOps is developed to adapt to and fix issues automatically, dramatically enhancing the precision and flexibility of IT operations.

With tough competition from digital natives, increased cybersecurity concerns tightened compliance processes, and growing customer expectations, BFSI firms must seek new and inventive methods to succeed. As a result, greater emphasis has been placed on enhancing operational efficiency, correcting mistakes and downtime, and providing an exceptional customer experience.


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