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Feeling overwhelmed by deadlines as well as pressure from the many different demands on your time? Librarians and library staff members frequently report that they feel stressed by the need to multi-task, to keep up-to-date, and to manage tight schedules. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done on time. How can you work more efficiently and effectively and feel in control of your time? Will you ever see the top of your desk again? This workshop will provide practical strategies for gaining control of your time and setting priorities.
Goals and Objectives:
Participants will learn practical strategies for:
- Surviving information overload.
- Taking control of their time.
- Getting paperwork organized.
- Prioritizing deadlines.
- Managing multiple responsibilities.
- Making decisions and saying "no" based on their priorities.
You will also learn to avoid the worst mistakes people make in allocating their time and how to practice the best strategies for maximizing your productivity.
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Business & Decision
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Business & Decision with more than 2,500 employees is one of the world's leading corporate consultancies and systems integrators for business analytics, digital transformation and software engineering. With around 100 employees and three locations in Switzerland (Zurich, Bern & Geneva) B&D has been producing tailored and sustainable solutions for its customers for more than 20 years. A main field of expertise is the full service offering for Qlik as an Elite Solution Partner for many years and more than 100 Qlik customers.
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The Lonesome River Band is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its "Carrying The Tradition" album, which highlighted the bluegrass tradition while adding new elements to the music, with "Bridging The Tradition," which continues the expansion of the band's sound.
Drums and piano are a couple of elements traditionalists might find a little jarring.
But they work in this context.
Songs include the traditional "Boats Up The River," Ralph Stanley's "Rock Bottom," and "Rose in Paradise," a No. 1 country song by Waylon Jennings in 1987.
But for the most part, the rest of the material is relatively new.
Band member Brandon Rickman co-wrote three — "Showing My Age," "Mirrors Never Lie" and "Waiting On My Heart To Break."
"Showing My Age" is one of the album's highlights.
The singer is facing 40, turning gray and wondering where the years have gone.
"You get old or you die," he reasons.
And there's a well-deserved dig at Nashville — "Sure miss country music."
"Thunder and Lightning" is about a moonshiner.
The rest of the album is about relationships — most of which aren't working.
The release date is March 18.
Can't find it in stores. Try http://www.LonesomeRiverBand.com


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The gain was attributed to positive net exports and an increase in government spending, which offset weaker private investment and personal consumption. This follows a 1.6% expansion in the previous quarter and marks Japan's fastest growth rate since the April-June term of 2018.
Shortly after the figures were released, Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters that "there is no change in the idea of raising [the consumption tax] in October" to 10%, from 8%.
Marcel Thieliant, senior Japan economist for Capital Economics, said the economy's "surprising resilience" suggests Abe will follow through with the tax increase.
Masamichi Adachi at JPMorgan Securities Japan agreed. "We now see lower probability of the postponement of the scheduled hike in October to less than 30%, from 30-40% we had thought before the release" of the GDP.
Yet, a closer look at the figures reveals that a continued economic recovery is far from certain.


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So a few weeks ago we were sent this nifty little car plug. It's a bluetooth enabled ODB2 connector, i know what you're thinking...there's nothing amazing about them and there's like a million of them on the market.
But this one's different. It works with the Carista smartphone app for iOS and Android.
So what is it?
It gets into the heart of your car, to the ECU, and finds little customizations you can switch on.
You won't find these options in your car's menu system, they're hidden away and normally need a laptop coupled with specialist dealer software to enable.
Want to disable the annoying stop/start system permanently, sure thing. Increase the LED intensity for the side running lights, done. Make your mirror dip when you shift into reverse, that's always handy. Disable the annoying beep when you're going backwards, sorted. It can even turn off the seatbelt warning...probably illegal in your state or part of the world...but it can be done nonetheless.
But what's it like?
We tested Carista out on a brand new Audi Q2, whilst that car isn't currently fully support by Carista we were still able to enable and play with a decent range of options.
Currently, Carista mainly works with Audi, BMW, Lexus, Mini, Scion, Toyota and VW models. But you can basic fault read with any vehicle.
It's best to check if your car is supported here on Carista's site, before purchase.
Once in the app you're presented with three options – Diagnose, Customize and Service.
Self explanatory really.
Diagnose will read any faults that the car is currently showing. Our brand new Q2 had three…the first two seem common in VAG cars and can be ignored as false positives.
01275 could well have been an issue, either something unplugged or a relay fault.
Clicking on each fault will perform a Google search in your default browser. Sadly, pressing the back button wont return you to the app. You have to go back and reopen it.
'Service' will let you reset the service indicator warning that pops up on your dash. Handy for when you've had the car serviced but the mechanics have forgot to reset the counter.
Once the app has scanned your car, hooked up with the Carista servers and worked out what it's plugged into you'll get the next screen.
Here you can start to dig a bit deeper into the customization's for your car.
You can enable or disable various things, from the compass display in the drivers MFD, make the needles sweep at startup, show you speed in the dash display, make the car beep when locking/unlocking, auto fold the mirrors, disable the seat belt warning (highly illegal), disable the start stop, and lower the passenger side mirror when you reverse.
The handiest feature we enabled, was in fact the tilting passenger mirror when reversing. It made it a lot easier to gauge the lines when parking in the higher than normal Q2.
It was switched on through Carista in seconds, once the change was live you just have to set the mirror controls to the passenger side for it to work. No switching the car off or 'rebooting' needed.
As with all the customization bits, none of them are to be found in the Audi menu system.
So how much does it cost?
Well the hardware is $39.99 from Amazon. A lil pricey for a bluetooth ODB device, but it will work with pretty much every phone app that is ELM327 compatible.
- Torque
- OBD Car Doctor
- Dash
- DashCommand
- OBD Fusion
- TrakAddict
You can fault read for free, but the fancy customization part costs.
$9.99 will get you a weekly pass, whilst $39.99 pays for a whole year. You get a one month trial with the latter.
If you try out the changes and want to reverse them within a week then all's good. But it could get costly trying out different things one week at a time.
Either way $80 for the hardware and a year's worth of car modding...if you compare that to what a main dealer (even if they're willing to enable certain options) would charge you, or even an independent tuning company…it's going to be a damn sight more expensive than $80.
Eventually they hope to support every car, in every market. But it take's a long time to find and test all these hidden options.
No doubt Carista will get there, but it's a big challenge.
We've now tested even more car OBD plugs, you can check them all out on carwitter.com


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The House report on the caning
We left Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate, slumped down and covered with his own blood. Ambrose Murray literally pulled Preston Brooks off him, but Sumner's assailant kept trying for another go at the Senator despite his broken cane and the congressman holding him back. He finally stopped after John Crittenden insisted he not kill Sumner. Until that point, Brooks may not have realized his assault had gone so far as to imperil a healthy man's life. In the moment, he may also not have cared. Transported by rage and panic, people often do things they would later regret.
The caning cost exacted a minor physical toll on Brooks, beyond the simple exertion of it. Senator Alfred Iverson (D-GA), stood near to Toombs and Keitt by the Vice-President's chair in the Senate chamber when everything took place. He saw much of what everyone else did, but also testified
I also saw Mr. Brooks standing near; that he was hurt over his eye, and asked him how it happened? He said it was from the recoil of his stick.
This points further to Brooks losing control in the moment; he can't have meant to lay into his own skull. Given that he used a cane of some length, probably Brooks' forehead caught a flying piece when it shattered rather than bounced it off Sumner's head and onto his own.
While they discussed Brooks' head, Sumner
was lying down, and uttering groans of distress, but was soon taken up and carried through the area into the ante-room of the Senate
Ambrose Murray found Sumner
reeling around against the seats, backwards and forwards, and after I pulled Mr. Brooks back, Mr. Sumner fell over. […] He was not standing erect at any time after I saw him. He seemed to be reeling around against the desk.
In other words, Sumner stood hunched over and near to collapse. He finally did so after Murray stepped in.
Edwin Morgan, who had come in with Murray,
caught Mr. Sumner in the act of falling, so that my being there at the moment saved him from falling as heavily upon the floor as he would otherwise have done.
Sumner stood over six feet tall; it would take some doing to catch him in a fall.
The committee asked after Sumner's consciousness at the moment:
I have no idea from his appearance, as I recollect it, that he was conscious, and I thought of it immediately afterwards, and do not think he was at all conscious of anything. I judged so, among other things, from the fact that he made no effort to defend himself in any way-not even to defend his head from the blows which were being laid on, and which he naturally would have done had he been conscious
That matches Sumner's own account exactly. From the first blow, he couldn't see and didn't understand what had happened. Sumner's memory ends with its landing and begins again as he
found myself ten feet forward, in front of my desk, lying on the floor of the Senate, with my bleeding head supported on the knee of a gentleman, whom I soon recognized, by voice and countenance, as Mr. Morgan of New York. Other persons there were about me offering me friendly assistance; but I did not recognize any of them. Others there were at a distance, looking on and offering no assistance, of whom I recognized only Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, and I thought also my assailant, standing between them.
Gentle Readers, I have lost consciousness myself. It didn't happen under circumstances as dire as Sumner's, but I must tell you that it doesn't feel at all like going to sleep and waking back up. Instead you come back and have nothing in your mind to account for your changed situation. It feels from the inside like the world skipped a few moments, though in fact your brain did.
Clarity can return quickly and we can say with some confidence that Toombs at least stood in the general area at the time. Douglas had left the Senate for a nearby room, but came back at the sound of the caning. He later claimed that he almost stepped in, then realized that his charging forward at Sumner would look like an ally coming to Brooks' aid and stayed back. That would likewise put him in the right general area to feature in Sumner's apt portrait.


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The results of a new survey found that most people – around 77 percent – plan on returning some of their gifts this holiday season, according to reports.
About 20 percent of those surveyed said they would probably return upwards of 50 percent of their presents. Of those returning gifts, 32 percent said they would use the mail, while 65 percent said they would return in-store.
"Retailers need to seize the moment when shoppers return gifts. The traffic generated by holiday returns holds significant opportunity for retailers to build better customer profiles and generate new opportunities for engagement by personalizing the returns experience," said Jeff Warren, vice president of retail solutions management, Oracle Retail. "Preparing for returns is a best practice; leveraging returns intelligence to inform product development and new customer acquisition strategies is next-practice retail."
The youngest generation, Gen Z, will return the most presents. In-store returns present a unique opportunity for retailers to either upsell or capture another sale while a consumer is in the store, aided by savvy store employees and retail technology.
Data shows that 75 people of people still prefer to shop at brick-and-mortar stores, a fact that has incentivized stores to keep inventory on hand and to maintain stock of certain "must-have" seasonal items.
The survey showed that Generation X encompassed the most prominent online shoppers, with 57 percent of them having goods shipped to their homes. Baby Boomers were the second most likely to shop online and have goods shipped home, at 56 percent. Both of those demographics surprisingly beat out millennials, at 53 percent, and Gen Z, at 46 percent. The latter two categories showed they would rather order online and pick up the goods at the store, while only 14 percent of Baby Boomers said they wanted to shop this way.


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Time: Nov. 2, 2018 (Fri.), 11:00 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
Venue: CVA 506, HKBU
Speaker: Andy Shu
Language: English
At this year's GEN (Global Editors Network) summit, Google News Initiative shared their notes regarding data journalism resources, particularly for investigative research and verification by online forensics. Here are some excerpts and we get a copy from Google News Lab, which you may find the complete notes attached at the end.
Find more on data journalism training and multimedia toolsets below:
農曆新年伊始,小編在此給各位愛學習的小夥伴推薦一些學習Data Journalism有用的線上課程,資料和工具。希望新的一年,大家學業進步!順順利利!(原文部分轉載自 initiumlab.com, 有部分編輯, 點擊查看更多: 學習資料清單)
1.Doing Journalism with Data: First Steps, Skills and Tools(課程在LEARNO.NET平台開放,一共5節,直接註冊,免費學習)
2.Data Exploration and Storytelling(數據大師Alberto Cairo & Heather Krause開設)
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Creating a filled map using JavaScript libraries might take you much time to get it work. This tutorial demonstrates how data visualization tool Tableau provide a decent and handy solution (*Note: Hong Kong Map feature is only available after version 10).
The final product can be found here: https://public.tableau.com/profile/roy.tang#!/vizhome/SimpleFilledMap/Dashboard1
This tutorial demonstrates how to use Kumu to make an interactive relationship graph for character co-occurence network in Les Misérables.
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Aimee Edmondson is now an Associate Professor with Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. HKBU students are very lucky to have this knowledgeable and passionate speaker to talk about data journalism this afternoon. Her 12 years in reporting and later acquired statistics and technology are a fine combination for a data journalist. In the world where people are too fascinated by new technology and numerous boot camps are created by non-journalists, Aimee can be a role model for those "traditional journalists" who are moving in this direction.
Why does data matter? In Aimee's words, you want to be a reporter, not a repeater. Data helps one to verify what the source is saying and find out what is really happening. To be pragmatic, we are seeing more and more JD requiring data analytics skills from investigative reporters. Going beyond the journalism domain, the skills trained by data journalism can well fit into corporate communication, public relation and advertising industry.
To start, one only needs to work on "small data", with a spreadsheet.
Continue reading "Learn Spreadsheet to Mine Data and Jumpstart Your Data Journalism Career – A Sharing by Aimee Edmondson"
網上經常見到使用 Google Maps 繪製的地圖,如果希望對地圖中的興趣點(Point of Interest,POI)進行二次分析,就需要得到繪製地圖背後的結構化數據。如果是使用 Google Fusion Table 繪製的地圖,可以通過網絡抓包找到 Fusion Table 的ID,進而拼接出原始地址。本文來自同學 Lam Man Kit 的投稿,僅做技術交流。數據記者在使用時,需要注意原始數據的版權。而本地的研究者也需要遵守公平使用原則。本文以 FactWire 的數據報道 「分析182個領展停車場月租收費 9成2貴過房委會同區 最大差距達1.18倍」 爲例。
圖:通過網絡抓包分析 Fusion Table 的 ID
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There are a lot "one-click" tools available online that help you to create good visualisation and export to iframe for embedding into your site. Good use of those tools can better present your content to the readers. Note that the free version of WordPress hosted service does not allow embedding iframe, so they can only rely on shortcodes. For example, one can use is to embed interactive charts generated from Google Sheets. See more options of available shortcodes for free version here
Data and News Society is operated on a paid plan so we installed the iframe plugin. This makes it possible to enable a wide range of 3rd party visualisation into your project. This tutorial is contributed by Jade Li to demo how to embed interactive content from several common tools. The general workflow is to first export the 3rd party project as iframe, find the URL in the src="" section, and use [ iframe src="" ] to embed it into WordPress.
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The 2-day Data Journalism Boot Camp was successfully held in HKBU on Oct 26 and Oct 27. The event was sponsored by KAS and the workshop sessions were led by two experienced trainers from DataLEADS. Another highlight of the event was a roundtable discussion chaired by Prof. Ying Chen, where professionals shared their practices, challenges and solutions in the newsrooms.
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Can Write: Meeting Canadian Writers and Illustrators of Children's Books
What inspires the writers of the books your students read? How does an illustrator decide what to draw? Is it true that most authors and illustrators don't know each other? This column features a different Canadian children's book creator in each issue and shows you the story beyond the covers.
Meet Canadian Author Arthur Slade
Arthur Slade lives in Saskatchewan where he writes books such as Loki Wolf, Dust and Island of Doom. Who is the person lurking behind these intriguing titles?
Margriet: You look way too young to have written so many books! Did you know early on that you wanted to be a writer?
Arthur: Aging is all in the mind and in how you photoshop your photos! I do now have seventeen books out. Some longer, some shorter. But all were a great mixture of work and joy and work and fun and… well, that's what writing is all about. I did know when I was sixteen that I wanted to be a writer. The important part of that declaration was that I wanted to make a living as a writer. So that has been my goal since high school. Of course, not an easy goal so it took me about fourteen years before I could actually make a living at it.
Margriet: What is your favourite genre to write? What age is your audience?
Arthur: My favourite genre is whichever one I'm working on at the time. I enjoy writing about history or at least to have an historical aspect to my story. That allows me to use my historical research as a way to procrastinate from writing. Most of my books have a fantastical/supernatural element to them, so obviously I like sending my mind in that direction. I blame that on all the Ray Bradbury books that I read as a child. And as an adult. The audience for my books is ages ten and up, though that depends on the topic, of course. And I'm told that they have "boy appeal." I assume that's because I'm a boy and I tend to write about boy things. But even when the main character is female the boys still seem to want to read them. So that must be because I include enough action to keep readers reading. I just want to tell a good story to readers, regardless or their age or gender.
Margriet: Many of your books appear as iBooks. Do you feel that reading has changed much since you were a young boy frequenting the library in Tompkins, Saskatchewan?
Arthur: I admit that I am somewhat of a geek. Okay, I'm totally a techie geek. I've found the Internet to be frustrating in the way it can consume your time, but there are also so many new ways to express creativity: podcasts, videos, animations. I'm always looking for new ways to take those communication tools and explore another aspect of a novel for readers. For example I put together short radio stories from The Hunchback Assignments. It was great fun working with actors, mixing everything together and releasing the new material on the web.
Margriet: What does an average workday look like? Do you write all day? Are you a disciplined writer?
Arthur: If everything goes perfectly (and it never does) I get up at 6:00 and start writing until noon or so. With breaks for breakfast and tea and all that jazz. So the actual writing time may vary. I spend afternoons doing the bookkeeping aspects of writing: organizing tours, paying bills, all that glorious stuff. Oh, and tweeting. Though I may do some of my social networking in the morning after 11:00. Generally I work Monday to Saturday. The odd thing is that I do all of this on a treadmill desk. That's right, I write and walk at the same time. It's very daring! Maybe I could join a writer's circus!
Margriet: Your books often encompass myths as well as science. Tell me about the research you do.
Arthur: Research is so important for laying the foundation of any novel. Even if it is supernatural (like Dust) I work hard to get every detail correct. That way the reader falls right into the world and believes that it's real and is more likely to believe that the story itself is real. I will read many books about a time period (including details about what people ate or what they wore). I listen to music from that time and read journals so that I get the voice of the people who lived there. It's very important to me to immerse myself in that history so that it becomes second nature to write about it. The real trick is to figure out when to stop researching and start writing.
Margriet: Which is your latest book or upcoming book?
Arthur: My next book is titled Flickers and is all about the flicker shows in Hollywood. Set in 1926, it tells the story of a director who makes the first sound movie, a horror movie. But the scream of the little girl who stars in the movie opens up a new dimension and something (or someone) walks through. So it's a mixture of history and horror.
Margriet: What do you do during a school visit?
Arthur: That's where my geeky side really comes out. I usually bring in my iPad, hook it up to a projector and sound system and do an audio-video extravaganza about writing, the history behind my books, and about reading, too. Just imagine lots of explosions going off (not real ones, of course). It's enjoyable to play around with the technology to sell reading to the students.
Margriet: What do you read?
Arthur: Everything. Magazines about science. Books about history. Other young adult novels. Science fiction, fantasy, reality. One never knows where the next idea will come from.
For more information, check out: arthurslade.com
Margriet Ruurs
Margriet Ruurs is the author of 28 books for children. She conducts author presentations in schools around the country. margrietruurs.com.
This article is from Canadian Teacher Magazine's Apr/May 2014 issue.


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Kris Humphries is a party animal.
On Sunday's Kim and Kourtney Take New York, Kim Kardashian's then-husband found himself caught in a lie and tried to use Scott Disick as a cover-up.
Against Disick's better judgement, he let the NBA player throw a raucous party at the New York City penthouse apartment they share with Kim and Kourtney Kardashian when the women were out of town.
Though Disick was initially willing to take the blame for the bash — which Kim found out about after seeing images of other women in her suite posted online — Humphries eventually came clean.
"There were girls here taking pictures. Scott told me he had some people over," Kim, 31, told Humphries during a fiery confrontation.
"Don't blame Scott, he was just doing the right thing. I had people over," replied Humphries, who had so many people over that he ran out of cups and offered one guest Kourtney's son Mason's sippy cup to drink out of. "I take full responsibility — I'm sorry. I had a handful of people over with their friends and we were hanging out. Maybe someone got invited that shouldn't have."
But Kim wasn't satisfied with his apology.
Fumed the reality star: "No one is allowed in our suite! This is my private space. Don't lie to me!"
Sunday's episode wasn't the first time Humphries' hard-partying ways got him into hot water with his wife.
Just two months into their infamous 72-day marriage, the couple "had it out" over the fact that Humphries — then unemployed due to the NBA lockout — was partying and going out on the town on his wife's dime.
"She told him he needs to do something productive…He needs to get off his ass, like, yesterday," a family friend told Us Weekly at the time.
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As high winds, warm dry air, and extreme fire risk returns to areas of Northern and Central California today, Pacific Gas & Electric is again shutting off people's electricity to reduce fire risk. Read the rest
As high winds, warm dry air, and extreme fire risk returns to areas of Northern and Central California today, Pacific Gas & Electric is again shutting off people's electricity to reduce fire risk. Read the rest
Even what's billed as the world's largest lemon battery can only generate enough juice to charge a small battery cell, so Mark Rober tries a few other fun power generators with a bunch of young scientists-to-be. Read the rest
Improved super-thin solar panels and nuclear fission are all in development to handle the massive logistical problems of meeting power needs in space. Fraser Cain takes viewers through the newest developments, including NASA's new Kilopower Reactor. Read the rest
In plain sight, for decades! Though Weinstein's targets were women rather than children, the way power and silence worked for him reminds me of UK entertainer Jimmy Savile, who occupied a similarly dark-yet-obvious position in the firmament of leering celebrity sociopaths. The way everyone knew. The way people would blurt it out in inferences, uncomfortable jokes, and off-kilter quips. The way Letterman fawns ("Thank God for Harvey") when he realizes he just got too close ("I'm fed up with Harvey's behavior"). These interactions now make Paltrow and Letterman, like Seth McFarlane, targets for criticism. But I'm not sure it's fair because it's not as if anyone else was saying anything, and fear was presumably why they didn't say more. Read the rest
Amazon is running a good deal on theseAC wall outlets with dual USB charging ports. It has 4.8-amp charging across the USB ports, which is plenty to charge most device. The regular price is $23, but you can get it for $17 with the promo code OPZ757GL. You will probably also need a wallplate like this one. Read the rest
Anker's PowerHouse is the beefiest portable battery I've owned, with 120,000mAh coming though four USB ports, 110V AC and 12v DC. At $500 and weighing in at 9 pounds, though, it's also an big expensive box with a thin range of practical uses, aimed sharply at people willing to pay high premium for a user-friendly appliance that replaces buckets of lead and bagfuls of power bricks.
Anker pitches it as a general-purpose multi-device charger, or for keeping a specific power-hungry appliance online for a day at a time. CPAP machines, PA systems and mini-fridges are among bullet-list examples. It can run a 15V lamp for almost a week, Anker claims, and reader-reviewers have found many interesting street uses.
The downside is that it's way too heavy and bulky for any kind of casual portable use, and it's a gadget, not a tool. You won't be servicing it (as you might a similarly-priced generator), and the 18-month warranty is unnervingly suggestive of a lifespan under regular use.
But the upside is that whatever needs you bring to it, it can likely handle them.
For example, I found it useful as a tripod weight, keeping energy-hungry video cameras (such as the Blackmagic Cinema Camera) continuosly charged in the wilds of Pittsburgh.
It also kept an all-in-one workstation on its feet during a blackout. These are great if you're working somewhere with intermittent power, where a noisy generator is out of the question.
It took about 6-8 hours to charge from empty. It came with a five-inch power brick of its own, a 10m cord, and a USB cable. Read the rest
The Stower Candle Charger, in addition to being a basic emergency stove, powers USB gadgets with fire: put a fuel canister under it and it'll transmute heatrons into juicetrons as described in the Codex Ifritanimus. One canister will charge a smartphone twice; actual wax candles will presumably not stretch so far.
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When power outages hit, staying connected to family, friends, and emergency services is critical. But how to keep charged? - Batteries store power - they don't make it - We love solar, but it doesn't work at night or indoors - Hand cranks produce minimal power. 10 hours cranking to charge a phone? That's tough. We want a reliable solution, and the Candle Charger is the first indoor generator designed to charge smartphones and keep them charged.
The government of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand imposing an energy-company-backed tax on people who put solar panels on their homes. Greenpeace's petition in support of sustainable, renewable power was delivered with a catchy, angry song by Tiki Taane. Read the rest
We're huge fans of portable power gadgets, but this one isn't going in my pocket to help me keep my phone topped up after lunch. Anker's Powerhouse is the size and weight of a concrete construction brick, and at $500 and 120,000mAh, by far their largest power pack yet. It'll charge your laptop 15 times over, power CPAP machines and broadcast video cameras, and double as a bear club should a camping trip go awry. There's multiple USB ports, a 12v car socket and mains power.
Jeff Beck already got one and quite likes it.
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I'm very impressed with this device. It is extremely well-built, functions just as advertised, and is quite good-looking on top of all that. It worked to recharge every phone and tablet I threw at it, in addition to a lot of the smaller electronic items in my home. While the USB ports are not QC compatible, they still delivered a fairly quick charge to my wife's Sony Z3. Besides, if I wanted a faster charge I only needed to plug in a QC car charger into the 12V outlet and I'd be in business.
I had a lot of fun trying the Powerhouse out with a variety of household electronics. It did just fine powering a small stereo, my bedside lamp, and even my 50 inch Sony TV. Higher voltage appliances, like our toaster and blender, or my wife's blow dryer (she was hoping to be able to use it while camping) were too much for the little guy.
This humongous power-plug is a MacArtney Wet Mate Connector that allows undersea cables for floating windmills to be connected below the water's surface. Read the rest
Utility companies across America are fighting solar, imposing high fees on homeowners who install their own solar panels to feed back into the grid. This one was predictable from a long, long way out -- energy companies being that special horror-burrito made from a core of hot, chewy greed wrapped in a fluffy blanket of regulatory protection, fixed in their belief that they have the right to profit from all power used, whether or not their supply it.
Bruce Sterling once proposed that Americans should be encouraged to drive much larger trucks, big enough to house monster fuel-cells that are kept supplied with hydrogen by decentralized windmill and solar installations -- when they are receiving more power than is immediately needed, they use the surplus to electrolyze water and store the hydrogen in any handy nearby monster-trucks' cells. When the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining, you just plug your house into your enormous American-Dream-mobile -- no need for a two-way grid.
This solution wasn't just great because it aligned the core American value of driving really large cars with environmental protection, but also because it was less vulnerable to sabotage from hydrocarbon-addicted energy companies. Read the rest
A battery can hold a lot of energy, but it takes a long time to charge it. A capacitor can be charged very quickly, but doesn't hold a comparable amount of energy.
A graphene supercharger is the best of both: it takes just seconds to charge, yet stores a lot of energy. Imagine being able to charge your spent laptop or phone battery in 30 seconds, and your electric car in a few minutes. Also, unlike batteries, Graphene supercapacitors are non-toxic.
The Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of Graphene in 2010. Wikipedia defines Graphene as a "substance composed of pure carbon, with atoms arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern similar to graphite, but in a one-atom thick sheet. It is very light, with a 1-square-meter sheet weighing only 0.77 milligrams."
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Short version: yes, but it's not easy. "To win, New York ratepayers have to show that their power company was not just slow or inefficient. Instead, Kreppein said, under a 1985 New York Court of Appeals ruling called Strauss v. Belle Realty, electric company customers must establish that the utility was grossly negligent — that its conduct was way outside the bounds of reasonableness." Alison Frankel at Reuters. Read the rest
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Japan said Tuesday its monitoring efforts have recorded record high radiation levels in local seafood: 25,800 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in fish sampled within a 20-kilometer range of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The photo shows fish caught Aug. 1, 2012 within 20 kilometers of the crippled nuclear power plant. The findings indicate that radioactive contamination remains at unsafe levels in the area's food supply more than a year after the nuclear crisis.
The level of cesium found in greenling is 258 times that deemed safe for consumption by the Japanese government, suggesting that radioactive contamination remains serious more than a year after the nuclear crisis.
Fishing in the sea off Fukushima Prefecture is voluntarily restricted except for trial fishing of certain octopuses.
Veteran radio journalist and master storyteller Alex Chadwick (who's also a personal friend—he's taught me so much about journalism over the years) hosts a must-listen radio documentary premiering this weekend on public radio stations throughout the US.
BURN: An Energy Journal is a four-hour, four-part broadcast and digital documentary series exploring "the most pressing energy issues of our times."
Part One of the series, titled "Particles: Nuclear Power After Fukushima," coincides with March 11, the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. I've listened in entirety, and followed along as the BURN team researched and produced over the past few months, and I can tell you this is truly powerful work. The show also includes PBS Newshour reporter Miles O'Brien, reporting from inside the Fukushima exclusion zone on his recent trip there.
Carve out some time and listen to it on-air, or listen online at this link.
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Included in the riveting premiere episode is an exclusive, first-time-ever interview with an American who was on-site at the Daiichi nuclear plant when the earthquake and tsunami struck. Carl Pillitteri, a maintenance supervisor and one of 40 Americans in Fukushima on that fateful day, describes his terrifying ordeal as he desperately attempted to lead his men to safety through the enormous, shuddering turbine buildings in total darkness.
Below, a video excerpt from Alex's interview with Pillitteri.
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Airing tonight on PBS Frontline (check your local listings, or watch it online!), a documentary film that provides the definitive inside account of what really happened, moment to moment, during the Fukushima disaster. "Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown" features exclusive interviews for the first time with Japan's prime minster and the top executives at TEPCO.
Tomorrow, Frontline is hosting a chat with the film's producer/director, Dan Edge, and Boing Boing science editor Maggie Koerth-Baker will be participating.
There's a terrific interview with Edge on the public radio program Fresh Air.
Truth and consequences: FRONTLINE's brilliant documentary on ... Inside the Fukushima exclusion zone: the photography of Satoru ... After nuclear disaster, a harsh winter for Fukushima's abandoned ... Safecast draws on power of the crowd to map Japan's radiation ... Earthquake Prediction: Could We Ever Forecast the Next Big One ... What's the fallout for pets abandoned in Japan's Fukushima hot ... Firsthand from Fukushima: Xeni on The Madeleine Brand Show ... Hacking geigers: Safecast crowdsources radiation data in Japan ... Read the rest


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Baku. 1 July. REPORT.AZ/ Defense Minister inspected the reconstruction works in the new military town in the frontal region.
Report was told in the press service of the Defense Ministry.
The Defense Ministry said that by order of the President, the Supreme Commander in Chief Ilham Aliyev, constructing works and commissioning of cantonments continue in army units.
Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov and management staff of the Ministry checked the progress of construction works in a newly built military town.
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Communicating Sustainably
This week we are lucky enough to have a student perspective on the blog, here Dino Bonacic (MA Fashion Media Production) tells us about his approach to communicating sustainability through the fashion media. Having an honest story behind the communication of sustainability is extremely important. Here's one of a media guy trying to understand what […]View post
Just Fashion Lab at Hay Festival
Last week we swapped the red bus filled streets of central London for the bright yellow buttercup filled fields of Hay-on-Wye, as the Just Fashion Lab kicked off for the second year running as part of the Hay Festival programme. Our studio was taken outside for one week only, just a couple of fields and […]View post
Creativity – the power to act
'Creativity is the power to act.' Ai Weiwei Ealier this week we hosted a panel discussion, which aimed to offer opening thoughts to our new students as they embark on degree courses at University of the Arts London. At CSF, we seek to find ways to offer students the opportunity to critically consider the context […]View post
Youth Fashion Summit
(By Dilys Williams) Youth, fashion and summit are each words that conjure up a wide variety of emotional responses, perceptions and reference points. That's before contextualizing them in notions of sustainability, the focus for the recent Youth Fashion Summit (YFS) in Copenhagen. It might be useful to clarify, therefore, who we were, what we set […]View post
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A pure revolution
(By Prof. Helen Storey) 一场净化的革命 净化之衣中国行——净化我们呼吸的空气! At the end of November last year The British Council invited Prof Tony Ryan and I to share how we work with Chinese Universities – As the UK representatives for the 'Creative Minds' series, clocking up 6 lectures, in 6 cities, in 6 days was gruelling, but it gave […]View post
PhD Studentship Opportunities
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text: Husky 12 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) Okay, so I was just browsing through the rockstar games website news and I seen that some college student has beaten the 28 hour world record of IV, to 55 hours. I don't mean to brag though but when I was in Jamaica one vacation I've played GTA4 for 3 days straight one vacation (this was before I had a PSN account). So my main point of this topic is to say that I want to step up and beat this record. Does anyone here think that I have the chance to beat the 55 hour record? Edited January 20, 2010 by Husky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Water is an Important Part of Our Lives
Let's Admit it...nothing is as refreshing as a glass of cool water on a hot Alabama day. Although most of us don't think about where our water comes from, we expect it to be clean and safe for ourselves and our families.
Doing YOUR part to help keep our water clean and safe is easier than you might think. If each person does their part, we can make a huge difference...one person and one drop at a time.
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What is a Watershed?
EVERYONE lives in a watershed, although many of us never realize it. Each time it rains, water has to go somewhere. Simply put, a watershed includes all of the land that drains or "sheds"� into a body of water. As rainwater flows to the closest body of water, it comes in contact with anything we pour or place onto the ground.
This body of water could be your favorite creek or pond where you skip rocks, the river where you and your family fish, or the ocean you enjoy visiting during family vacations.
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People often have a perception of what anxiety is and how someone who is experiencing social anxiety may present themselves. There is a stigma attached to the word anxiety which suggests it would be obvious if someone was feeling that way; that it would be evident and noticeable. This couldn't be further from the truth. I know from experience that social anxiety isn't always obvious or visible at all. In fact, someone experiencing anxiety may appear bubbly and confident, but that's not necessarily a reflection of how they feel internally.
I have spoken to people in the past about feeling shy and anxious in social situations and they often reply with surprise, convinced that I'm not really experiencing anxiety; 'but you're so confident' is often the reply. It's true, I put on a front and sometimes I appear to be happily engaging in conversation and I appear to be confident yet inwardly I'm feeling shy, awkward, uncomfortable and vulnerable thinking to myself 'should I really be here' as I look around the room at everyone enjoying themselves. I'm definitely not feeling confident, far from it.
There have been countless times that I have been so filled with worry about going to an event or a party that I almost didn't go. Almost. I know that there is a good chance I'm going to feel uncomfortable in a room full of people. I know that I'm going to feel inadequate and unconfident but I also know that that's ok. I attribute a lot of my inner strength to my social shyness. I wouldn't be me without it and I've learnt to embrace that it's a part of who I am. I trust that if anything gets too overwhelming, I can simply remove myself from the situation and step outside for a breath of fresh air. I also know that I won't be able to control every single situation I find myself in no matter how much I want to. I have to take a deep breath and make sure I try to enjoy myself without worrying or overthinking.
I remember experiencing social anxiety from a very young age. I didn't understand why everyone around me seemed so happy and carefree when all I wanted to do was get up and leave. I was in my early teens, at a party full of my friends, how could I not be enjoying myself? I found it difficult to speak to people, sometimes even the people I knew well so the thought of speaking to anyone new was terrifying. This fear followed me for many years and I found I preferred my own company as it was safer and less awkward.
Even though I preferred my own company, I still made sure I attended a few social events. It made me feel good at the end of the evening when I overcame my worries and achieved something that I found very difficult. It is that feeling that helps me now whenever I find myself feeling anxious. Most of the time the worry and the fear is worse that actually doing it so I make sure I remember this every time I feel nervous or shy.
Social situations are integral to my daily life both on a business level and a personal level. I attend events and business meetups and I interact with people I have never met before. I still feel nervous and anxious but I try to channel my nerves positively. I know that without my experiences, I wouldn't be who I am today. Even though I still experience social anxiety, I'm comfortable in my own skin. I'm a firm believer in embracing your flaws and seeing the positive in every situation no matter how hard it may be.


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Hello, bloggy world…. I was asked to illustrated these 3 pieces for an event at Johnson County Community College (where i attent school for fashion design), and I have been so excited about it!! The event is to celebrate the Fashion & Merchandising Departments costume collection, which consists of hundreds and hundreds of vintage garments (dating back to the 1800's I believe!). Quite a few are even designer labels, such as the black and white number above is Dior!! These illustrations will be used on the invitation, which i will post a little later!! I felt so incredibly blessed to be asked to do this little project, considering I am just a student!!
From left to right: 1920's unmarked dress. 1960's Christian Dior dress and coat. 1950's unmarked dress.


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Ch'ing-t'u (Chinese)/Jōdo-shū (Japanese), "School of the Pure Land," is the name of a major school of East Asian Buddhism (I, 2.d); its goal is rebirth in the "Pure Land" of the Buddha Amitābha. Although the cult was introduced into China in the 2nd century ce, the term itself does not appear until the 7th century. Traditionally a brotherhood of 123 monks and laymen on Mount Lu under Hui Yuan (334–416), founded in 402, is considered the prototype of Chinese Ch'ing-t'u; in fact, however, the teachings concerning Amitābha and…
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There are different flavors of Pizzas that you can eat and it depends again on each individual's taste. Most of the people would love to order pizza with extra cheese loaded into it but there are a very few of them would love to eat pizza loaded with vegetables and order it from the pizza delivery Bondi. Let us quickly check some of the different flavors of Pizzas which you eat at home ordered through pizza Bondi.
- Margherita
This is one of those Pizzas that are loved by youngsters because of the cheese which is loaded into it. This particular Pizza is made with extra cheese and it is also called as the cheese Burst Pizza which means when you put a piece of pizza in your mouth it just goes melting down your throat because the cheese is going to burst inside your mouth and that is a reason why a lot of youngsters love to eat this pizza from the pizza Bondi.
- Extra cheese pizza
As the name already says this is another kind of Pizza which would be loaded with extra cheese on demand by the customer. If you are not fine with the cheese that is already loaded you can always ask the store person to add extra cheese as the topping and this is also one of those flavors of Pizza which would be loved by youngsters to the core.
- Vegetable pizza
This is one of those flavors which would be eaten by people who are fond of vegetables. This pizza would usually be ordered by vegans because vegans are the ones who are extremely fond of vegetables and even when they place an order for a vegetable pizza they would have their choice of vegetables to be added and also these guys would tell the store keeper to add their choice of vegetables in particular.
- Vegetable with tofu pizza
This is yet another Pizza greatly chosen by vegetarians and vegans because tofu is a substitute of dairy product and vegans would preferably choose this food to be eaten because it gives a lot of proteins and when it is added on a pizza it blends with the other vegetables and gives a different flavor altogether Therefore this is another kind of Pizza which a lot of people prefer to eat these days. This is mostly preferable by people who do not love the taste of cheese and cottage cheese and this can be a substitute to it.
- Meat and vegetable pizza
This is a great combination because a lot of people would also prefer vegetables and meat blended together when they're eating pizza because when both the things are combined it again gives a different flavor altogether to the Pizza. Therefore this is yet another flavor which is greatly on demand by people when they go to a Pizza corner or a pizza store and of course, apart from these there are many more flavors which you can certainly try.


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Did you know that a single, healthy meadow can be home to over 80 species of wildflowers and a wealth of other wildlife? Sadly, it's staggering to learn that 97% of our wildflower meadows have been lost since the 1930s.That's the reason for National Meadows Day, this year held on 1 July. It's the headline event of Save Our Magnificent Meadows, the UK's largest partnership project which aims to transform the fortunes of our vanishing grasslands and their associated wildlife. Led by Plantlife, the partnership is made up of 11 organisations, including the RSPB, and is primarily funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.Just 100 years ago, there would have been a meadow in every Staffordshire parish, supporting a way of life that had gone on for centuries. They provided grazing and hay for livestock, employment, and food and medicine. Meadows are an essential element of our nation's rich cultural and social history.
As hay meadows form a hugely significant aspect of the precious habitats for the wildlife here at RSPB Coombes Valley, and in the wider vale of the River Churnet, we were especially keen to celebrate with an event befitting the importance of them, with activities ranging from family crafts to guided walks. There was something for everyone to join in and have fun.
In the craft barn, families could try their hand at weaving willow dreamcatchers or bird feeders, making a dragonfly to patrol the meadows, or a seed bomb to take home to start their very wild mini-meadow in their "nature reserve" part of the lawn. People could also chat to the Staffordshire Bat Group and visit our moth and butterfly stand to get up close and personal to some moths. Sweep netting sessions provided a further, and very popular, way of encountering bugs and minibeasts close up in our beautiful meadows.
One of the stars of the show was the artisan, Jez the Scythe, an old friend of the reserve who gave scything demonstrations throughout the day to show traditional methods of hay meadow management.
Through generous funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, as part of the buffer solution project, the RSPB has recently acquired Bellpit Meadows near Ipstones. Visitors were able to discover more about wildflowers and grassland habitats by joining one of the guided walks which were led by a professional ecologist. A practical demonstration in the craft barn showed how a meadow in good condition buffers surrounding woodlands from contaminants such as chemicals and pesticides and acts to protect the Churnet Valley from extreme drought or flooding.
For those needing a cuppa with delicious homemade cake, or who just wanted to relax with an ice cream and soak up the atmosphere, some fabulous live music in the yurt was provided by The Idioms, a local alternative folk band.
The weather was kind and this year's Hay Day was hugely successful, not just in the great number of smiling faces, but perhaps more importantly in the message that was spread about protecting and recreating our meadows. Our special thanks go to the heritage Lottery Fund for making the RSPB Coombes Valley 2017 Hay Day possible.
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Jeff McKay Says Voters Showed They Support One Fairfax
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Holzinger im Almegg
We warmly welcome you at the Holzinger in Almegg farm!
Altitude: 520m
A young farmer´s family with 4 children is looking forward to welcoming guests who want to learn about organic farm life. Surrounded by meadows and forests, in a quiet, sunny location, you will find our farm with a marvelous view of Grünau and the beautiful mountains of the Almtal valley. Ideal for lovers of nature, animals and for children! Go hiking, cycling or just relax! Our alpine dairy farm is a really rewarding outing trip. There is lots of space for children to play around our farm and on our playground with BBQ site. You will also find a small brook as well as many petting animals. Our children are looking forward to meeting your kids. Lend us a hand with the farm work, if you like.
The apartment Zwillingskogel has its own entrance and a big balcony.
You can enter the balcony from every room and have a amazing view.
- Persons (max.): 5
- Rooms (total): 3
- Bathroom
- Balcony
- Kitchen
- Toilet
- Bathroom and seperate toilette
- bed linen
- Towels
- Non-smokers
- Shower
- freezer
- Number of beds: 5
- number Holiday Appartement: 1
- number Persons (from): 3
- number Persons (to): 5
- Size (until): 60,00 m2
- Garden
- Sunbathing area
- Wifi (free of charge)
- Fridge
- Coffee mashine
- (electric) Cooker
- Towels
- Dishes available
- Blankets available
- Bedcovers available
- Evening entertainment
- Homemade products
- Cot / Crib
- Playground (outdoors)
- Ski storage room
- Transfer (airport, train station, ...)
- Without board
520 mAccessibility / arrival
Motorway A - Voralpenkreuz A9 motorway - Ried i. T. - B120 federal road to Scharnstein Wels train station - change trains to the Almtalbahn railway to Grünau Plane to Linz or Salzburg
all season opened!
- Pets allowed
- Suitable for families
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter
Please get in touch for more information.
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Hey y'all, Tiffany here.
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I'm about to start sharing something extremely personal with you. This was a difficult post to write, but I felt like it was important.
For most women, pregnancy is a wonderful, joyous time. They feel the wonder and awe of a new life growing inside of them.
For some women, pregnancy is great, but it is also full of morning sickness, fatigue, and kinship with an elephant (especially around the ankles!).
For 20% of women, however, pregnancy is a time of anxiety, fear, and depression that far outweighs what should be expected from these hormone changes.
So often we hear of postpartum depression, but we rarely hear of another equally-severe diagnosis: antepartum depression.
The Beginning
When I became pregnant with my first child, I started feeling some anxiety. I would envision myself on a walk after she was born, and then someone would come steal the stroller from me. Or I would be driving down the road, and suddenly I could clearly "see" myself in a horrific car accident that would cause too much damage to my abdomen for the pregnancy to be saved.
It's typical for first-time moms to be nervous about when the babe comes, so I thought I was just normal. I mentioned it once or twice to friends (and even my mom), and they all assured me that they had the same thing happen to them.
But then the nightmares began.
Living a Nightmare
When I was pregnant with my first child, I started having nightmares. These weren't regular nightmares; these were real. Starting at about 5 months, I would have extremely realistic dreams that my husband was having an affair because I was getting too fat.
While I knew in my head this was ludicrous, I couldn't shake the feeling.
I would wake up each morning, dreading when my husband would leave for the day because it meant I could no longer reassure myself that he wasn't cheating since he wasn't in my sight.
I had these nightmares every single night. For weeks. They got more and more real, and after a few months, I couldn't really distinguish between my dreams and reality. I tripled my exercise and cut my calorie intake in half because I kept hearing my husband's voice from my dreams mocking me for being fat, asking, "How could I ever still love you when you look like that?"
When the Nightmare Became Real
Probably the most terrifying part of motherhood is the fear that something you do will harm your child.
That worst-nightmare came to life for me one day when my baby stopped moving. For almost the entire day, I felt nothing from the 31 week old baby in my stomach.
My very loving, caring husband rushed me to the hospital, where they monitored fetal heartbeat and movements. They pumped me full of IV fluids, and they gave me lunch when I admitted the last time I had eaten anything had been the morning before. My poor, clueless husband was horrified when I confessed everything.
Finally, Answers
Thankfully, I had a kind and understanding OB/GYN who explained to me that almost 20% of women experience antepartum depression, which is depression during pregnancy.
I'd always heard of postpartum depression, but I hadn't realized it could also happen before my baby was even born!
In fact, antepartum depression is almost more dangerous because it is often chalked up to pregnancy hormones. We assume that we're just having "pregnancy brain," we're overly tired, etc. But since our baby is still 100% dependent on our body for its nutritional needs, our baby directly suffers when our health does, and that includes mental health.
If left untreated, antepartum depression can lead to premature birth, low birth weight, and developmental problems.
Just knowing what was happening and where these thoughts were coming from made a tremendous difference. Then with proper counseling and medication, I was able to control them for the rest of the pregnancy.
Even with proper treatment through the remainder of the pregnancy, what I went through still took a toll. My daughter (my first child) was born full-term at 37 weeks, weighing only 4 lbs 8 oz.
See how tiny she was?!
Thankfully, I did not have postpartum depression with my first pregnancy. Most women who experience antepartum depression will then go on to have postpartum depression.
Luckily I Was Prepared The Second Time Around
When my second pregnancy hit and I began having vivid, disturbing dreams of my innocent husband molesting our now two-year-old daughter, I was able to recognize it right away.
I spoke frequently with my husband and OB/GYN, and it made the pregnancy go much more smoothly. By taking action sooner, I was able to carry our little boy for 38.5 weeks, and he was born with a healthy weight of 6 lbs, 15 oz.
Much bigger compared to his sister!
After this pregnancy, I did go on to have mild postpartum depression So often, husbands and friends are counseled to keep an eye out for symptoms of postpartum depression after a child is born. What we aren't told to look for is what may be going on during pregnancy, too!
Some of the symptoms of antepartum depression include (but are not limited to):
- Persistent sadness
- Difficulty concentrating
- Sleeping too much or too little
- Loss of interest in activities you typically enjoy
- Anxiety
- Feelings of guilt or worthlessness
- Change in eating habits
- Recurring thoughts of death, suicide, or hopelessness
As you go through your pregnancy, or as you watch the pregnancy of someone else, please keep an eye out for these symptoms! Sometimes, yes, you'll encounter these while pregnant (especially sleeping too much or a change in eating!). However, they could be a sign of something more serious, like antepartum depression.
An earlier version of this post was written by Tiffany on Matriarc HERE


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Working with a GIS results sometimes in quite advanced workflows, models and so on. The next step might be: How to get these tools shared so other parties and people can work with them? There are multiple approaches to do so:
- publish Geoprocessing as a Web Tool.
- ArcGIS JavaScript API
- Widgets for the Web AppBuilder
In this blog post I would like to describe the last approach and create a customizable Widget for the Web AppBuilder.
Web AppBuilder Dev Edition
You might ask yourself, why do I need the Web AppBuilder Dev Edition (short: WAB)? As we will create a widget is it always good to test the solution prior publishing it as a custom application on AGOL. With the Web AppBuilder Dev Edition we can use template widgets and test the widgets local on a server (or a resource that has a pretty domain...)
WAB runs on Node.js but is only available for Windows at the moment.
Once it is unzipped and configured with your ArcGIS account (connect with Portal for ArcGIS, create an App on your Portal, register the App with your Portal) you're ready to go:
Follow the steps defined at the Get started section.
The Widgets Purpose
For this introduction I would like to create a widget that shows the scale as well as the current zoom level of a map. Of course it is somewhat an enhancement of the standard Scalebar Widget. Therefore I will first show the standalone way and later on describe the enhancement of the default Scalebar widget to do the same: Show not only the Scalebar but also show the zoom level as well as the scale of the underlying map.
A Widget's Structure
A Widget itself consists of a several files that are described below:
- The JavaScript file that defines the widget function (Widget.js)
- The template file that defines the widget's user interface(Widget.html)
- The widget's configuration file (config.json)
- The widget's manifest file which is needed for publishing(manifest.json)
- The widget's i18n strings file for internationalization of strings if needed (nls/strings.js)
- The widget's style file if you're a fancy guy and like border-rounding, background-images, sliders and circles (css/style.css)
In the end the structure of your widget should look something like this:
As you may have noticed the structure also contains a folder called setting. As we want to customize the behavior of our widget we need to define some settings and interact with them.
The Code
Let's get through the files. We will let the user define, whether or not he/she would like to see the scale, the zoom level or both. This is done in the setting.html
The Setting.html / Setting.js
Therefore we will show two Checkboxes. As I like it plain Vanilla (and didn't got the dijit checkboxes to work ;-) ) we use HTML input checkboxes:

Zoom Level Info

<input type="checkbox" id="ZoomSetCheckbox"></input>

Show Zoom Info

<input type="checkbox" id="ScaleSetCheckbox"></input>

Show Approx. Scale

But as this is a widget and we would like to store the default settings in a configuration file called config.json we need to connect the setting.html with the configuration file using the settings.js file.
Therefore we will not only use ids of the buttons (each widget could have items with identical ids...) but also data connectors:

Zoom Level Info

<input type="checkbox" id="ZoomSetCheckbox" data-dojo-attach-point="ZoomSetCheckbox"></input>

Show Zoom Info

<input type="checkbox" id="ScaleSetCheckbox" data-dojo-attach-point="ScaleSetCheckbox"></input>

Show Approx. Scale

Now we can communicate with the sates of the buttons.
The setting.js file has two main functions: reading and writing the settings to the config.json file so the widget uses always the correct settings in a new app.
The settings in the config.json file are to set as follow:
"settings": {
"ZoomSetCheckbox": true,
"ScaleSetCheckbox": true
As visible, the default state of the widget isto enable both checkboxes. The states of the config can be set and read using two functions: getConfig and setConfig (download the zip at the end of the post to get the whole script):
function(declare, BaseWidgetSetting) {
return declare([BaseWidgetSetting], {
startup: function(){
setConfig: function(config){
this.config = config;
this.ZoomSetCheckbox.checked = config.settings.ZoomSetCheckbox;
this.ScaleSetCheckbox.checked = config.settings.ScaleSetCheckbox;
console.log("settings read from file: ");
getConfig: function(){
settings = this.config.settings;
if (this.ZoomSetCheckbox) {
settings.ZoomSetCheckbox = this.ZoomSetCheckbox.checked;
if (this.ScaleSetCheckbox) {
settings.ScaleSetCheckbox = this.ScaleSetCheckbox.checked;
this.config.settings = settings;
console.log("settings write to file: " + settings);
return this.config;
This reads the states of the button (this.XXXSetCheckbox) and writes it in the config for each app it is used in and reads the configuration according the used settings.
The Widget.html / Widget.js
As we covered the settings in the paragraph above let's concentrate on the main code in the Widget.html and Widget.js.
We are only showing two lines in the widget: One line for the Zoom Level, one for the Scale. Therefore the Widget.html file is very short and consists of 2 lines:

Zoom Level:

Approx. Scale:

You can see a similar approach as in the Setting.html: We use data-dojo-attach-points to access the div element and alter the content of this div. We could do this inline but we stick to the structure and define the JavaScript part in the Widget.js.
'dojo/on', //as we alter the div when the map is panned "on.extent-change"
'esri/map' //as we interact with the map
function(declare, lang, BaseWidget, on, Map) {
return declare([BaseWidget], {
baseClass: 'jimu-widget-zoomlevelinfo',
postCreate: function() {
this.own(on(this.map, 'extent-change', lang.hitch(this, this._zoomInfo)));
startup: function() {
_zoomInfo: function(){
scale = esri.geometry.getScale(this.map);
var json = this.config; //read the config
if (json.settings.ZoomSetCheckbox){ //show Zoom Info set to true
this.MapZoomInfo.innerHTML = this.map.getZoom(); //alter the inner HTML with the Zoom Info
} else {
dojo.destroy(this.zoomInfoDiv); //get rid of the div so it looks clean if not wanted
if (json.settings.ScaleSetCheckbox){
this.scaleInfo.innerHTML = "1:" + Math.round(this.map.getScale()/1000)*1000 ;
} else {
The Manifest.json
To implement the new custom app in a web app we need to create a file called manifest.json. This file holds the basic information about the name and main settings:
"name": "ZoomLevelInfo",
"platform": "HTML",
"version": "2.8",
"wabVersion": "2.8",
"author": "Esri Deutschland GmbH // Riccardo Klinger",
"description": "This is a widget to show scale and zoom level of the underlying map.",
"copyright": "",
"license": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0",
"properties": {
"inPanel": false, //as it is off-panel
"hasUIFile": true, // we do have a settings ui file
"supportMultiInstance": false´// we just allow one instance of the widget.
Now we can test the widget.
Testing the Widget
As we created the main widget we should test it in our WAB Developer installation now. Therefore place the whole folder (in our case ZoomLevelInfo) in the client widget folder of the WAB (in my case "C:\WebAppBuilderForArcGIS\client\stemapp\widgets").
For the test, restart the Web AppBuilder and create a new application:
The widget is now part of the Web AppBuilder and can be selected as a widget:
Hosting the Widget
If your tests were successful you can host the widget on a server and implement it in ArcGIS Online or your ArcGIS Enterprise (>10.5) environment as a custom widget. If you own the portal you might also want to add the folder inside the WAB of the portal (in my case "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Portal\apps\webappbuilder\stemapp\widgets").
Download the Example
If you want to use the example, use github here. Or you download it directly below.


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If you are a high school student that likes to be creative and do new experiments, school science fair is the platform for you to showcase what you can do. You don't have to be a science lover particularly to perform well at this event; you can be productive just by using your creativity and a few simple tools. There are various categories in the field of science so you have plenty of options to choose from.
Keep in mind that your project should be easy to understand yet unique at the same time. It doesn't require a lot of money in creating a good science project. You can easily find cheap and easy to find science equipment from any market nearby.
My catalogue of science projects here contains multiple interesting high school science fair projects that you can choose from. The basics of each project are given here:
#1. Fruit Battery Science Project:
All the fruits that contain citric acid are perfect conductors of electricity. They cannot generate electricity by themselves but they can transmit electricity perfectly by letting it pass through them. However, little amounts of electricity can be made out by using citrus fruits in series with another circuit. In this project, your task is to light an electric bulb by utilizing the current from an orange or lemon.
#2. Create Electricity From Static Charge:
In this project, you'll be demonstrating to the crowd how electricity can be generated from the human body. You shall be able to understand and describe the difference between static charge and current once you are done with this project.
#3. Demonstrate a Volcanic Eruption:
You can give demo of a real life volcanic eruption. Use a water bottle and cover it in mud portraying it as a volcanic mountain. Fill the bottle with vinegar leaving about two inches of space on the top. Put red colour in the vinegar to make it look like lava. Now for the eruption, put in a spoon of ENO into the mountain or insert citric juice. Due to the chemical reaction, foam will be created and the volcano will appear to be erupting.
#4. Strong Water + Concrete Combo:
This is the project for you if you are interested in construction or building new stuff. There is no need to worry as you won't be doing any labour in this project. You can complete this task in a matter of minutes. All you need to do is join water and concrete together in proper ratios and demonstrate how a whole new level of strength can be achieved.
#5. Solar Water Heater:
One tiny solar panel is all you'll require to create this unique science project. In this demo, you'll be demonstrating to the people how a simple water bottle can be utilized to store energy. It can be done in less than half an hour and doesn't require any high tech equipment.
#6. Small Greenhouse Project:
Greenhouses are important components of our eco system these days. They are the top rescuers for our plants in the fall season. You can create a greenhouse and tell people how it saves our plants in winters along with its importance in our lives.
#7. How Fertilizers Speedup Plant Growth:
This experiment will make clear the immaculate importance that fertilizers hold in our agricultural system. You shall demonstrate how fertilizers impact the growth of different types of plants. You can use fresh plants on your desk to tell how they were affected.
#8. Music & Growth of Plants:
This may come as a shock to many but yes music can have a positive effect on growth of plants. It would be wonderful that for once when your parents will ask you to lower the music volume, you can reply about how you're doing something positive with it. This project will simply demonstrate the scientific reasoning behind fast growth of plants in a musical environment.
#9. Explain Acid Rain's Negative Effects:
In areas with higher levels of air pollution, rain dissolves various harmful gasses before reaching us on the ground. This rain is scientifically referred as acidic rain. This acid can have negative effects on all kinds of living things. A considerable percentage of people are unaware of this harmful weather factor. This is your chance to create awareness among people about this phenomenon along with a precaution manual.
image couresy: bumc.bu.edu, youtube.com.


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First Look: 'Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters' Lines Up the Talent (VIDEO)
There's a demented bent over at truTV and we approve their audacious approach to comedy!
Whether it's Andrea Savage's hilariously raunchy I'm Sorry or the subversive take on HGTV that is At Home with Amy Sedaris, the network has become the go-to spot for content that is as weird as it is wonderfully entertaining.
'I'm Sorry' Star and EP Andrea Savage on Directing the Most Awkward Play Date Ever
So it makes perfect sense that truTV is about to unleash Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters, a genre-mashup anthology series from the screaming comic-turned-director serving up tales of the weird with a side of social satire and quite a few surprises.
"You're not quite sure where the twists are going to be," confirms Goldthwait, who was clearly influenced by Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt.
Here, he and comedian Bridgette Everett — who appears as a mermaid in an early episode — spill the deets on the myths, monsters, and how Melissa Joan Hart is "definitely playing against type" in her installment.
Now, click through our exclusive gallery to see some of the other stars popping up in the first season.
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters, July 11, 10pm ET/PT on truTV


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Would you consider yourself to be a good listener? If so, congrats. But I guess, the vast majority of us could do even better. Because I feel like most of the time, we're so busy trying to figure out how to deliver the message – that we oversee the importance of taking in the message. … Continue reading Listening
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Do you know that feeling when you believe to be confident and happy with yourself – but all of a sudden realise that it might have not been bad admittedly, but that it can be even better? I have had one of these moments yesterday, when I was listening to different, very inspirational women – … Continue reading How to Be More 'You'
How to Make the Most of Inspiration
So, this is the How to follow-up on my last post about Inspiration vs. Obsession, where I have mostly talked about the main idea behind drawing this healthy line between the two in order to benefit the most from the inspiration we feed ourselves with on a daily base. So, how do we do that? … Continue reading How to Make the Most of Inspiration
Inspiration vs. Obsession
Nowadays we follow so many inspirational people on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or social media in general that you would expect we're very inspired and therefore improving a lot personally. But unfortunately, often enough that's not the case: With social media we are presented those idols and hugely successful (at least in our eyes) people every … Continue reading Inspiration vs. Obsession


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This is precisely why all Kashmiri handicrafts have a Central Asian look to them. Talking about clothing in particular, Kashmir is well known for its salwar suit designs.
Embroidered Salwar Suits from Kashmir
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Kashmiri suits are designed with precise handiwork. The immaculate craftsmanship of the artisans of the valley is famous all over the world. Kashmiri kadai suits give a tough competition to its counterparts from Morocco, Iran, Turkey etc. Kashmiri woolen suit design is subtle and elegant, and same goes with cotton, crepe and silken suits.
Kashmiri Embroidery & Designer Suits
We showcase the finest of kashmiri embroidery and host the finest of designer suits online. From India to USA, we ship kashmiri embroidered suits globally. The thread work or the aari work of the suits which we host online is a treat to the eyes. We handpick our products from the finest artisans of the valley. Our collection consists of zari work, aari work, sozni work and tilla work. The base material that we mostly rely on is cotton, crepe, silk and wool.
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With our collection suits online, you can be sure about the uniqueness and the authenticity of our range.
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If you are looking to buy a kashmiri suit online, you are at the perfect place.


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What Lies Within by James Morris
*I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review*
Summary: Shelley Marano is an ordinary, unexceptional high school senior…until the day she receives a cryptic text message, and her world tilts sideways. Now she's in real danger, although she doesn't know who would want her dead, or why. As she starts to unravel the mystery, the truth about who she really is proves to be more frightening than she ever imagined. With the lives of her and her friends hanging in the balance, one thing is certain:
Nothing will ever be the same.
My Thoughts:
Right from the beginning, when I first set eyes on this book I was intrigued. The cover is truly a work of art and I wanted to know more after reading the blurb.
Nothing could have prepared me for what followed. There was pot twist after plot twist just thrown at you an I could not stop myself turning the pages to find out what happened next.
Shelley was a very determined lead and an excellent narrator; I really felt her angst and confusion about her true identity. Had I been in her position I would not have been half as brave, that much I can certainly attest to. Winston, too was a great character and I couldn't have wished for a more faithful or loyal best friend. Their relationship, especially the platonic parts consisted of some of my favourite scenes in this book an Shelley would not have got as far as she did without Winston's help.
As I read further and further in, I was shocked by all the revelations that came to light and I was constantly at the edge of my seat. By the time I had reached the end of 'What Lies Within' I was emotionally exhausted but still wanting more.
I really hope that a sequel is published as I would love to see what happen to Shelley next.
Rating: 4/5


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The SuperAgent is intended to help developers looking to create the next generation of machine-to-machine (M2M) and IoE applications. It is a client software for embedded devices. The SuperAgent not only empowers devices and their extended sensors with the capability of been managed. It also helps Works Systems M2M Cloud Platform alight device intelligence by collecting and learning device behaviors.
The SuperAgent comes with the following features:
- A common platform offering device management and SIP turnkey solution
- Extensible high level language and metadata API for intelligent device customization
- Supporting embedded Linux, Android, iOS
- Accommodating environment sense intelligence
Below is the block diagram of SuperAgent M2M Client.
- Agent Core:
A library, header files and makefile
- API & Data Model:
Source code, xml files and config file to be integrated by device vendor
- Interoperability:
A complete build, test and deploy cycle
Customizable API &
Data Model
Interface of device vendor implementation by TR Requests, Parameter Status Synchronization and receiving requests from external application
- Data Model:
A device vendor customizable XML file stores entire parameters tree which to be managed by AltoCumuli M2M Cloud Platform