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|Doesn't anyone else see what is so obvious to me? Or has Steve Jobs's diabolical plan for global domination already reached a point that humans don't even see what is happening to them?
The whole iPhone (and iPod and iPad) thing is starting to sound like a 1950's science fiction movie. If you've ever watched one of these now-totally-camp movies, the story line goes like this: A mad scientist bent on world domination invents a fanciful machine that turns humans into unthinking zombies over whom he has complete control. Now let's update that storyline. A mad scientist by the name of Steve Jobs invents a fanciful machine called the iPhone that, according to a recent Stanford University survey, turns users into "junkies" allowing him and his evil empire to take over the world (at least the media world, so far). Now do you see it?
How powerful is this fanciful machine? The research indicated that 44 percent of those surveyed rated themselves as a four or five on a five-point addicted-to-my-iPhone scale. Another 32 percent reported that they were worried that they would eventually become addicted. Here's a scary stat: 75 percent of respondents said they slept with their phones in their beds. Even more scary is that users felt their iPhones were an extension of themselves and have actually begun to anthropomorphize their phones. Sounds like induced psychotic and delusional behavior to me. That is one powerful device Mr. Jobs and his team of mad scientists have invented!
His plan is as fiendish as it is brilliant, having been years in the making. His release of increasingly more addictive devices, starting with the iPod, then the iPhone, and taking it to a new level with the iPad shows a clear vision and the patience to realize that vision. And Mr. Jobs is an evil genius of great sophistication and nuance, seeing the addictive power of seemingly innocuous little things called apps. The App Store may seem innocent enough selling what appear to be fun and often-times useless applications, but each $.99 purchase and installation of a new app is another nail in the metaphorical coffin of humanity and free will.
This mad scientist has even developed a cadre of Apple uber-zombies, who proudly call themselves Apple Fanboys, who are specially trained to protect the empire whenever it is threatened. This brigade of storm troopers (only a satirical reference to Nazism; no offense intended) has been given special access to this wicked machine through jailbreaking and "unauthorized" apps (wink, wink), giving them super-Apple powers that threaten those as-yet-unaffected survivors daily. These demented guardians of the empire are ever vigilant to attacks from the few remaining humans who have been able to resist drinking the Apple-flavored Kool-Aid. A critical news report, an unsupportive blog post, anything that might question or criticize Jobs or Apple, any sign of resistance or defiance against this new world order is met with swift and ruthless Apple justice.
Going according to Jobs's wicked blueprint for global supremacy, the population is slowly, but inexorably, falling under his spell. I see it around me every day. First, it was work colleagues and clients. Then, it was acquaintances and a few friends. And now some in my family have gone to the dark side including my mother-in-law who, the horrors, takes care of my children once a week.
What can those of us who haven't gotten zombified do? Probably nothing given Mr. Jobs's maniacal mission of world dominion and the Sirens-like allure of Apple products. What hope is there for humanity? Only one perhaps. That the other mad scientist of the technological-industrial complex, Bill Gates, has finally come up with another fanciful technology, Windows Phone 7, that will enable the Microsoft empire (admittedly equally evil) to compete for world domination. How will that help us humans? Well, it seems certain that we're all headed toward zombieland. At least we can exercise our last vestige of free will by choosing which poison we want to drink before life on Earth as we know it comes to an end.
As for me, to paraphrase a classic Charlton Heston line, I'll give you my non-iPhone when you take it from my cold, dead hands!


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POSSCON, now in its third fourth year has both grown and matured. The Columbia, SC conference pulls in a number of great speakers, this year including Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, Walter Bender, Leslie Hawthorne, and Jon "Maddog" Hall.
The attendance appeared (at least to my calibrated counting eyes) to have around 300 attendees each day. One of POSSCON's more unusual features compared to the majority of F/LOSS conferences is that it was held during the week (Wednesday through Friday). The other distinguishing factor is that the audience is largely composed of college students and business types. This fact was brought home during Joe Brockmeier's keynote when he asked the audience how many people knew who Richard Stallman is, and 90% of the audience indicated that they did not. Nor did they show much recognition of other concepts that would be familiar to the common open source conference-goer.
But another attendee pointed out to me that this was actually a good thing--it's evidence of the mainstreaming of F/LOSS. Three hundred people who largely don't know anything about open source paid $90 and spent three days of their time to come learn about open source. That speaks volumes to the organizers of POSSCON accomplishing their goals.
I also noted that POSSCON appears to be maturing culturally. In true open source fashion, the conference giveaways shifted from iPads last year to Android tablets this year. The conference staff were also using Android tablets for surveys and registration check-in.
Finally, POSSCON takes great care of its attendees, with sumptuous snacks, drinks, and meals provided at every opportunity. In short, if you are in the southeast and aren't already attending POSSCON, you should add it to your list of conferences to attend.
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Faced with a chemical train derailment in the southwest area of Jefferson County, Ky., in October, Hamilton sent in an aerial drone to take photographs and observe the scene. The drone sent back valuable information that helped Hamilton evaluate the situation without risking the lives of emergency personnel who normally would have approached the area on foot.
The derailment of the Paducah & Louisville Railway train occurred in an area where the tracks were elevated on a hill, and the side where the train derailed slopes down toward the Ohio River. As a result, responders could only get to the train from one side. The drone provided Hamilton's team with a view and focus that they wouldn't have otherwise had in the situation.
"It helped us refine our questions when the contractors submitted their plans for moving the cars, what the risks were going to be and what the evacuation zones were going to be, where we would not have been able to do otherwise," Hamilton said.
The drone was brought in after a fire ignited as contractors were preparing to move a rail car containing butadiene — a flammable gas that is shipped liquefied and can cause irritation to the eyes, nose and throat, and drowsiness and dizziness. Exposure to butadiene can also damage the central nervous and reproductive systems.
That car was up against another car containing hydrogen fluoride, a chemical that can cause severe respiratory damage. The fire set up a potentially explosive situation where the toxic chemicals could be released in the air. Residents were evacuated throughout the area.
Hamilton explained that when the butadiene car ignited and the flame was hitting the top of the rail car holding the hydrogen fluoride, it began to boil the latter chemical. Without keeping the temperature down, a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) could occur, which could hurl the rail car thousands of feet and vaporize the hydrogen fluoride, creating a toxic inhalation hazard.
While water at a rate of 1,200 gallons per minute was being dumped on the railcar for several hours to keep it cool and avoid an explosion, Hamilton felt his team had to have a better view on what was going on.
"Ordinarily, we as a jurisdiction don't get involved in the 'ifs', 'ands' and 'buts' of how a contractor is going to deal with a hazardous materials response and clean up," Hamilton said. "But as a result of the fire on Wednesday [Oct. 31], there was somewhat of a jolt to our confidence and more of an awareness on our level that we needed to be exactly clear on what the contractor intended on doing."
Responders first called in a police helicopter to take fly-over photos. But while Hamilton said the photos from it were handy, the possibility of a large explosion made using the helicopter a risky move.
At that point, Hamilton was told an aerial drone called the Datron Scout was available. Provided by Drone Systems, the drone and the company's president Joel Embry was on-scene on Nov. 1, to control the vehicle. Able to zip in and out of the scene in 20-minute increments, the drone took photos of the area without putting the lives of responders in jeopardy.
"It's a hell of a lot better [quality] photos than we were getting from a helicopter, which can't be as stable as a drone is," Hamilton said.
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Although the drone operated well, the deployment in this particular situation wasn't perfect.The initial plan was to use the drone for live video transmissions so that responders could evaluate the situation in real time. But the idea was nixed due to connectivity and compatibility issues between the drone and the incident command center.
Hamilton explained that the drone's video operated using Apple's QuickTime software. While that doesn't seem too big of a hurdle, the equipment being used by emergency responders didn't have the software. In addition, the state's command vehicle also couldn't connect to the video, and in the interest of time, Hamilton abandoned the idea and went with just aerial photos from the drone.
The images weren't delivered wirelessly, however. The drone flew out to the site, took pictures and then had to fly back to where responders were located so they could download them and view the scene.
Rick Bobo, regional response manager for Region 4 of Kentucky Emergency Management — a division of the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, said his goal is to make sure that the communication link between the state's command vehicle and the drone is established for the next time the technology is used.
While Bobo wasn't on the scene, he said state representatives tried to establish the uplink, but were lacking the proper equipment to get the drone's video feed to function properly. But they now know what they need to make it happen and it's just a matter of getting it completed.
Despite the video hiccup, Hamilton is fully on board with using an aerial drone during other emergency situations in the future. Because the incident lasted for 19 days, emergency personnel had plenty of time to talk about the drone and other applications where it would be valuable to use.
"If we had the drone on day one, we would have had a better appreciation initially of exactly what kind of a problem we had here," Hamilton said. "The drone moved from down at the bottom of our grant request list to closer to the top."


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Alexis Madrigal: "Brooklyn College sociologist Alex Vitale, who has specialized in tracking police tactical changes, found that the the 'broken windows' theory of policing, which was introduced to a national audience by this very magazine, has also had a major impact on protest policing. As we wrote in 1982, broken windows policing did not attempt to directly fight violent crime but rather the 'sense that the street is disorderly, a source of distasteful, worrisome encounters.' As Vitale would put it, the theory 'created a kind of moral imperative for the police to restore middle class values to the city's public spaces.' When applied to protesters, the strategy has meant that any break with the NYPD's behavioral preferences could be grounds for swift arrest and/or physical violence."
In the December 2011 issue of Philadelphia Magazine, there was a list printed on Page 72 with the heading which read THINGS WE NEED TO GET RID OF. Among the items listed? The Mummers. Poet CA Conrad went onto Philadelphia Magazine's Facebook page and demanded that it write a letter of apology. There was no response. He kept writing. He was blocked from the site. So Conrad went to the magazine's office in person. He was polite. He did not yell. He asked to speak with the online editor. He was told no one was in. Nobody had the courage to talk with him. Instead, the Philadelphia Magazine receptionist called the police. "The truth is that they were embarrassed by what I was saying," wrote Canto on his blog. "And they gloated over my removal from the office on Face Book. Oh, and while I was being escorted OUT, one of the magazine's enforcers said that I was to be arrested if I ever stepped foot inside the building again. NICE!" (I learned of this story from HTML Giant.)
"Behavioral preferences." That's not unlike the highly elastic term "juvenile delinquency."
A parent in Calvert County, Maryland wrote into The Bay Net. Her six-year-old daughter Brianna had made an "inappropriate comment" at Dowell Elementary, saying she was going to kill another student. This was a joke. She was pulled from recess by a teacher and ordered to sit and wait in various administrative rooms. Brianna assured the principal that she was only joking and that she had no intent of killing her fellow students. Despite her confession, the principal then grilled Brianna about her home life. Other students were brought in. One of Brianna's good friends was pressured to rat her out — this, after she had already confessed as to the nature of her comment. The parent asked in her letter, "How do you justify not calling the parent of a six year old and holding her in the office for 2 hrs asking her about her life at home over an innocent comment? Do not get me wrong, I know what she said was inappropriate but to all that know my daughter know that she would never intentionally hurt anyone!! How do you justify treating her this way? This is the problem, noone will or can justify this to me. I email jack smith the super of cc schools, I of course get pushed onto someone else who calls me asks me what happens and about the only response I get it 'well as ling as you do understand what she did was wrong!' Really? I have yet to speak to the super as I'm told he is very busy with meetings….!"
The Guardian: "James Harding, speaking at the Society of Editors conference on Monday, was talking days after Tom Watson accused James Murdoch in parliament of being the 'first mafia boss in history who didn't know he was running a criminal enterprise.' A clearly irritated Murdoch responded that he thought this was an 'inappropriate' comment."
Etymology for irritated: 1530s, "stimulate to action, rouse, incite," from L. irritatus, pp. of irritare "excite, provoke." An earlier verb form was irrite (mid-15c.), from O.Fr. irriter. Meaning "annoy, make impatient" is from 1590s.
It took only six decades for "irritate" to have its meaning corrupted.
At a Cannes press conference on May 18, 2011, the filmmaker Lars von Trier stated, "I understand Hitler but I think he did some wrong things yes absolutely but I can see him sitting in his bunker." These words were received with understandable umbrage. Von Trier apologized the next day, purporting that his remarks were meant in jest. "I am not anti-Semitic or racially prejudiced in any way, nor am I a Nazi." Despite this apology, he was banned from the Cannes Film Festival, declared persona non grata with the decision supported by French culture minister Frederic Mitterand. Mitterand remarked of the ban, "There is a major difference between a film that was chosen in a calm atmosphere and a director who clearly blew a fuse." Yet in 2009, Mitterand protested Roman Polanski's September 26 arrest in Amsterdam, "To see him thrown to the lions and put in prison because of ancient history — and as he was traveling to an event honoring him — is absolutely horrifying." Why are terrible words uttered in 2011 more "horrifying" than terrible action in 1977? It took a day for Lars von Trier to apologize and nearly 35 years for Polanski to apologize.
In January 2011, the BBC apologized for remarks made by Stephen Fry on the comedy quiz show, QI Fry had made a quip about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a man who had survived both the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fry called Yamaguchi "the unluckiest man in the world." Japanese viewers, watching the clip on YouTube, became irate and wrote in. Japanese blogger Yuko Kato wrote: "So, in this sad case, literally a comedy of errors, the lack of knowing and understanding goes both ways. The BBC and the people involved in the QI segment (including Stephen Fry, whom I dearly love) failed to anticipate Japanese sensitivities; and if they had but still went on with the broadcast then that's even worse. For as a Japanese (despite my unabashed love of British comedy), I was very uncomfortable with the segment, especially with the audience tittering. On the other hand (no limbs left), most of the Japanese public have absolutely no idea what British humour is about; they simply don't know that it's a form of expression that strives to tell things like it is, that it's an art form that tries to illuminate all the foolishness and idiosyncracies and negativities of the world through irony."
In February, fashion designer Kenneth Cole tweeted, "Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online." Outrage ensued.
DJ Gardner was ranked the 64th best college basketball player in the country. He was a freshman forward standing six-foot-seven, an accomplished shooter described by a former high school coach as "an unselfish kid" who understood that it didn't matter which player made the points. He was wooed by Mississippi State, told by the smiling men that he'd get serious time on the court and, like any hardworking kid baffled by the two other young men rotating as shooting guard, agreed to a redshirt year for the freshman season. On Twitter, he let off some steam:
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He called the top brass "liars." Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury booted Gardner off the team for his tweeting, claiming his words to be "repeated action detrimental to the team." And while Gardner's mother, Angela, was hardly happy with the behavior of her son and the coach, she said, "I felt like there should've been some communication."
On July 3, 2011, Charles Hill was shot by BART police in the Civic Center station in San Francisco. Hill was drunk. He pulled a knife and threw it at the floor. And the police shot and killed Hill. Witnesses reported that Hill had neither ran nor lunged at the two cops. The police claimed Hill was using an open liquor bottle as a weapon. BART police chief Kenton Rainey claimed he was "comfortable" with the decision of his men.
This brutal incident led many to exercise their First Amendment rights to protest Hill's death. But on August 11, 2011, BART muzzled cell phone service at four stations, ridding the protesters of their right to coordinate a peaceful assembly. The ACLU of Northern California replied:
All over the world people are using mobile devices to organize protests against repressive regimes, and we rightly criticize governments that respond by shutting down cell service, saying it's anti democratic and a violation of the right to free expression and assembly. Are we really willing to tolerate the same silencing of protest here in the United States?
On November 21, 2011, a Kansas high school student named Emma Sullivan attended a Youth in Government program, listening to a speech by Governor Sam Brownback and ridiculing him on Twitter under the hashtag "#heblowsalot." Brownback's office spotted Sullivan's tweet during "routine media monitoring" and forced Sullivan's principal to ask Sullivan to write an apology letter. Sullivan refused, but she did say, "I think it would be interesting to have a dialogue with him. I don't know if he would do it or not though. And I don't know that he would listen to what I have to say." Sullivan's mother said that she wasn't angry with her daughter. The story made the rounds. Brownback issued an apology.
On the afternoon of July 19, 2011, I was contacted by a detective from the Cheverly Police Department. The detective was a nice and reasonable guy. He explained to me that blogger and critic Mark Athitakis was accusing me of harassment. What was so harassing? Several comments — all under my real name, really a bunch of silly performance art that I had been leaving intermittently over the last few months, nothing intended to harm and more than a bit absurdist — one evoking a fictitious Shakespeare quote reading "let's kill the critics" and the like. I told the detective that these comments were clearly satirical. That a comment containing the lyrics for Rebecca Black's "Friday" could not possibly be written with violence or threats in mind. The detective agreed that he and I both had better things to do with his time. He was merely checking up on the complaint that he received.
At no time did Mark ever contact me personally to (a) clarify the beef that he has with me, (b) state that I was harassing him. He did email me on July 14th, writing, "Your behavior is abusive, disrespectful, and unacceptable. It has to stop." I emailed him a suggestion on how to clear things up, writing, "If you want to use this email as an opportunity, then I'm all ears." He repeated the same line in another email on July 15th. I replied, "This comment is not abusive. Here are the facts: you have no sense of humor, you are disrespectful of my thoughts and voice, and you cannot take criticism."
That was the last direct contact I had with Athitakis. I did not visit his site again until July 19, 2011, when I was attempting to explain the situation to the detective. So Athitakis must have filed the complaint with the Cheverly Police Department after this exchange.
On October 2, 2011, then New York Times freelance journalist Natasha Lennard was arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge while covering the Occupy Wall Street protests. On October 14, 2011, she spoke before a panel at Blue Stockings, expressing her opinions about organizing protests and using colorful language. A right-wing website, unable to see the distinction between reporting and opinion, posted the video with speculation, demanding "appropriate disciplinary action against Lennard" and asking her to rat out "any potential planned criminal activity by Occupy activists."
Natasha Lennard responded with a Salon essay, "Why I quit the mainstream media":
As the Times publicly noted, they found no problem with any of the reporting I had done for them on OWS. Indeed, a court hearing upheld that I had been on the Brooklyn Bridge as a professional journalist and as such, deserved to have the disorderly conduct charge against me dismissed. The only reason I was on the Brooklyn Bridge that day was as a reporter, gathering and relaying information on what I saw, and nothing else. However, as has become clear, if I — or any other journalist — want to express a strong opinion on a political matter, I cannot contemporaneously report for a mainstream publication.
From a New York Times opinion piece written by Rebecca MacKinnon (November 15, 2011):
Adding to the threat to free speech, recent academic research on global Internet censorship has found that in countries where heavy legal liability is imposed on companies, employees tasked with day-to-day censorship jobs have a strong incentive to play it safe and over-censor — even in the case of content whose legality might stand a good chance of holding up in a court of law. Why invite legal hassle when you can just hit "delete"?
The potential for abuse of power through digital networks — upon which we as citizens now depend for nearly everything, including our politics — is one of the most insidious threats to democracy in the Internet age. We live in a time of tremendous political polarization. Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so. This is no time for politicians and industry lobbyists in Washington to be devising new Internet censorship mechanisms, adding new opportunities for abuse of corporate and government power over online speech.


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Our theme this month is "Grandmother's Quilt". I don't know if my grandmother was ever too much of a quilter, but she did make a baby blanket for me that I still have and cherish. I love quilts -- especially the patterns, so I used the theme to my advantage and went searching for quilt patterns I could turn into card patterns. Here is what I found:
I made the card again in another color scheme to show how different it looks:
And, the last card I made for this month's Grandmother's quilt project is a Silhouette cut file. It's called a Wedding Ring card and is designed by Lori Whitlock. Here's the link, if you have a Silhouette. http://www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/?page=view-shape&id=31873
This last card uses Traditions 6x6 papers, American Crafts white cardstock, Carta Bella Kraft cardstock for the base, and a Close To My Heart stamp set, "For My Friend". There is some My Mind's Eye twine on this one, also.
I'm having a busy week on my blog this week -- today's post, yesterday's post, a New colors hop with 3 Girl Jam tomorrow, May 1, a project on the 3 Girl Jam Challenge Blog and this blog on Thursday, May 2, another hop with my art journal buddies May 3-5, and a post for All That Stickles using Icicle Stickles on Saturday, May 4.. To celebrate all this crafty madness, I'm giving away some blog candy. I have a couple Pincque Peacock pins from my friend Jessica, a 6x6 paper pad, a Close To My Heart stamp set, some twine, and some miscellaneous bling. It's good stuff! To be eligible to win, please follow my blog, and leave a comment on today's post. To increase your chances, also leave a comment on "The Crop" today, then come back here tomorrow for the 3 Girl Jam blog hop and comment again. Increase your chances even more by coming back on Friday for the Mixed Up Media Hop. I'll choose the winner early next week. Once I recover from all the inspiration of this week!


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Revolutionary free diving mask with an exclusive look created in cooperation with renown automotive high performance powerhouse MOMO of Italy. The main feature of this mask is the field of vision which is almost completely non-impaired. The field of vision is 30% higher, compared to a classic free diving mask such as the Alien.
The internal volume is so low that if a mask like the Alien is normally equalized starting at 25-30' depth, the ZERO3 doesn't require clearing before a depth of 60'. This makes for much more comfortable spearfishing particularly at depth. Every detail on this mask has been conceived keeping in mind its design and functionality. The mask skirt features some milled surfaces that prevent the refraction of sunlight and make clearing easier, gloves don't slip when you hold the nose. The finish of the skirt which has a carbon fiber appearance was designed specifically to avoid glare.
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When comparing Evernote vs MeisterTask, the Slant community recommends Evernote for most people. In the question"What are the best cross-platform task apps?" Evernote is ranked 28th while MeisterTask is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Evernote is:
Evernote is designed to store a lot of different types of information from a lot of different sources in one place. Using the Web Clipper, native integrations, or a service such as IFTTT (If This Then That) you can use Evernote to store all your ideas, notes (both handwritten and typed), tasks, reading lists, receipts, and more.
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Pro Consolidates all your information
Evernote is designed to store a lot of different types of information from a lot of different sources in one place. Using the Web Clipper, native integrations, or a service such as IFTTT (If This Then That) you can use Evernote to store all your ideas, notes (both handwritten and typed), tasks, reading lists, receipts, and more.
Pro Powerful features for organising your notes
Evernote is designed to make it easy to keep your notes well organized, which aids in quickly finding/browsing old information. You can put notes into a single notebook and use search to access old notes, or if you're so inclined, organize notes extensively with hierarchical notebooks and tags.
Pro Can include images, and snippets from the web or a whole webpage via web clipper
With one click you can clip part or all of any webpage, including text, images, and links. Especially for those who use Google Chrome, this web clipper is a very rich add-on. The "simplified article" mode strips all graphical overhead from the page before adding the information to Evernote. It's also possible to add highlighting, tags, etc. before storing the note.
Pro Has OCR functionality to convert images to searchable text
A really cool and handy Evernote feature is the ability to automatically scan images for text.
Pro "Reminders" are a great way to combine your to-dos and notes
One of the note types is a "reminder," which can act as a to-do list. You can add all the usual formatting to reminders, including audio. Evernote will provide alerts when they are due and house them in a special location within the app.
Pro Easy to use
Evernote is easy to dive into because it doesn't overwhelm you with advanced functionality from the start. As you get more accustomed to the app, you might want to delve deeper to see what benefits the more advanced features will offer.
Pro Native and offline-capable apps on pretty much every platform
Evernote has apps for Windows 7 and 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac, Android, iOS (both iPhone and iPad), Blackberry, and Windows Phone. It also has a fully functional web app and chrome plug-in. No matter what device or platform you're on, you will pretty much always be able to access Evernote.
Pro Multipurpose
In addition to general note taking and to-do list management, Evernote lets you search through scanned documents, handwritten text, and images; collaborate with others through shared notebooks; record audio notes; and more.
Pro Trustworthy to store data in the long term
With many utility tools being constantly shut down by their creators, it's really important to consider the long-term risks of picking a home for all your notes. Evernote is a $1 billion company with a track record of exceptional security and goals of becoming a "100 year old" company.
Pro Powerful note formatting
Evernote has an extensive range of formatting options and note types. You can create checklists, reminder alerts, audio notes, or add images and attachments. It also has an awesome speech-to-text feature if you prefer to dictate aloud.
Pro Great selection for integrating with other apps
The Evernote app center page is nicely organized and has good quality integration of apps that can improve your productivity.
Pro Focused, uncluttered user interface
Evernote has a very clean and intuitive interface that's simple to understand at a glance.
Pro Evernote is synchronized
Pro Premium allows search in attached files and documents
With a premium account you are able to search through PDFs and Office Docs.
Pro Innovative hacks
To save emails, just forward them to your Evernote email address generated on account creation. It is of course one of many such hacks.
Pro Flexible image manipulation
Permits photos that are taken, to be processed when in automatic mode and saved as a photo, black and white document, colour document, post it note or business card. The automated mode is also good at cropping the document effectively.
Pro Best web clipper
Can clip to the web from desktop or mobile, using simplified format or original formatting. Very quick and flexible, and enables you to highlight, take notes, tag, etc.
Pro Can choose from a few themes
You can pick from a green theme, light, or dark theme. All are very clear and visually appealing.
Pro Effective with pictures or snapshot of boards
Take a picture of your white board/paper board and you have it instantly in evernote everywhere, ready for additional notes and classification
Scannable friend app is rather efficient to keep hand written note as well.
Pro Skitch integration
If you're on iOS and have Skitch installed, you can quickly annotate your notes using Skitch.
Pro Has conflict management and undo
Allows undo/redo when editing (i.e. all changes are finalized upon saving). If conflicts between synchronized versions arise, both copies are saved in Evernote.
Pro Unlimited tasks and projects for free
MeisterTask offers a free plan that includes unlimited tasks and projects, as well as two integrations of the user's choice.
Pro Useful integrations
MeisterTask has integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, Slack, GitHub, BitBucket, Zendesk, Zapier, and MindMeister. You can even get a personal URL to subscribe to your tasks, schedule, etc. via any calendar program that supports the iCal format (e.g. MacOS default calendar application, or maybe even Fantastical 2 on the same platform).
Pro Task Automations
MeisterTask offers "Section Actions" that help automate steps in your workflow and increase efficiency and consistency.
Con Free version limited to 2 devices
The free version has become very limited as a cloud based note taking app as there is now only sharing between two devices allowed.
Con Pay for offline use, search, and other functions
The free version of Evernote is highly limited. You have to pay if you want to access your notes without internet connection, search your notes or documents, or upload large amounts of data. The free version allows you to upload 60 MB of data per month, which is about 20 to 30 iPhone camera pictures.
At a certain point, they started charging you for "advanced" capability, which includes searching your own attachments.
Con Different features and functions per device
Desktop app has table creation. Android app lacks font color changes. Some functions can only be accessed on the desktop app. These include changing your default notebook.
Con Security issues
Evernote had their entire database hacked and compromised including customer user passwords. They responded by locking valid users out of accounts and forcing password changes but are still vague about their own security policies. They do not have a good track record for data security. They also do not offer local personal encryption of entire Notebooks as Microsoft OneNote does.
Con Buggy
A program with more features is always prone to more bugs. Evernote is definitely not the most stable note-taking program available.
Con No official Linux app
Evernote does not offer an official Linux app, although there are some third party alternatives available.
Con Constantly directs you to upgrading your account
The frequent reminders to upgrade your account can quickly become disruptive. You get notifications when using the app, and many of the features that show as available in the app are actually for paid accounts only (which, when you try to use them, will remind you to upgrade).
Con Syncing is slow
Con Prices have doubled since Bending Spoon purchase
I used to pay 7 €/month, now it's 13.
Con Very heavyweight for a to-do list
Evernote is a powerhouse program with many features. It uses a correspondingly large amount of memory to run.
Con Missing some basic functions
Con Not distributed
One cannot run Evernote on own servers. This brings with it the risks normally associated with handing over critical applications to a large corporation.
Con Bending Spoon have relocated to Europe and fired 129 people
Con Poor text formatting abilities
Text formatting in Evernote is buggy and unreliable. Bullets (outlining) are getting stuck or disappearing, tables are very static and prone to breaking and everything beyond the most basic formatting might cause an issue.
Con Basic and lacking handwriting function
Handwriting has basic functions, is attached as a picture
Con Bloated and complex
Evernote is too big, has too many features. Note taking apps need absolutely clean interface to allow unobtrusive note taking and not a struggle to search for which buttons to click. It focuses on the search feature so much that it doesn't encourage or make it immediately easy to organize your notes and thoughts. It's essentially a sophisticated notes dump with good search.
Con New web editor does not support Firefox
As of now, Firefox users must download a separate extension to change their user agent to trick the Evernote site into giving them the beta, or install Chrome.
Con No recurring and snooze reminders
Perhaps because it is not truly a to-do list app, there is currently no support for recurring events or snooze reminders. The company claims to be working on this functionality.
Con Lacks search and replace capability
Con Rather poor user interface
Slow, not user friendly experience, complex, and somehow limited.
Con Lacks right-to-left writing support
When you write in a right-to-left language (Arabic, for example), everything looks fine in the editor but the direction changes to the left again after saving the note.
Con Steep learning curve
Since Evernote has so many features built in, it's hard to know where to find everything until reasonable amount of time has been spent with it.
Con Easy to accidentally hit the wrong button on the mobile apps
The mobile apps have fairly small touch targets, making it easy to miss the button or accidentally press the wrong one.
Con No ability to re-order notes other than sorting
Evernote has no way to re-order notes, nor even to change their display order. Sorting is the only option, and the "official" workaround (for years now) is to prefix note titles with line numbers manually so notes will sort and display as desired.
Con No Linux desktop application
Con Main view isn't compact enough
The main view isn't compact enough even when set to small font and compact view. Additionally, columns are not collapsible.
Con Subtasks are hidden inside the task
It can be hard to see the complete details of each task due to the nested interface.
No native reminder events.


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(BPT) – Welcoming a four-legged friend into your family is an exciting time for everyone, but puppies, kittens, dogs and cats can easily find themselves in serious trouble while exploring their new surroundings. It is important to remember that pets are naturally curious and explore their worlds with their mouths, so they will want to interact with or consume anything left out at their level. Because of this, your home is filled with potential risks, some obvious and others you might not expect. The good news is there are simple steps you can take to help keep your new pet safe.
Purina behavior scientist Dr. Ragen T.S. McGowan offers these timely tips to help pet-proof your home and give you peace of mind that it is a safe place for your dog or cat to live and thrive.
How to Keep Your New Pet Safe
1. Put away the toxins
Many common household items are toxic for pets. Cleaning supplies, detergent, bleach, fertilizer, pest or rodent bait traps and paint can all cause serious harm if ingested. McGowan says, "Make sure to always store toxic items in a place where your pet cannot access them, either in a locked cabinet or on high shelves out of their reach. Even if you are vigilant about keeping these items out of reach, sometimes accidents happen. It is good to have the number for the Animal Poison Control Center handy or even saved in your phone, just in case: (888) 426-4435."
2. Secure small hardware
Pets are attracted to small items that they can mouth, chew or bat around in play. In the home, small hardware items — from buttons, pins, batteries and magnets, to nails, staples, tacks and paper clips — may look appealing to pets, but could cause serious cuts or even damage internal organs if swallowed. "Before your new friend comes home, do a sweep to ensure small hardware items, batteries and magnets are securely stored or kept out of reach," shares McGowan. "This means getting down to their level and retrieving any items that may have fallen under or behind the furniture. Tacks, pins and magnets should also be moved up from low hanging bulletin boards or the front of the refrigerator, where they could attract the attention of cats, especially."
3. Beware of food bags … and practice proper food storage
Almost every one of us is guilty of leaving a bag of chips or box of cereal open on the couch or kitchen table. This may seem harmless, but many food bags, including for pet food, are made from a strong material that helps keep food fresh. A curious pet can get stuck if it goes looking in the bag for leftover crumbs or an early dinner.
"Food packaging can be quite attractive to pets. Not only does it smell like food, but it makes a crinkling noise that pets associate with food, treats or play," shares McGowan. "Make sure to store food or treat bags up high out of your pet's reach, or inside cabinets or closets. We also recommend rolling the pet food bag closed and storing the entire item in a resealable hard container, so you can keep the label information handy," advises McGowan. "A pet of any age, size or strength can quickly find themselves in a troubling, and potentially heartbreaking, situation when left unattended with a food bag. By using resealable containers, you limit the risk — and, as a bonus, your food will remain fresh." Similarly, remember to cut empty bags along the entire top, bottom and down at least one side before disposal, in case your curious pet rummages through the trash.
4. Conceal electronics
Electronics are ubiquitous in most homes, but the many wires and cords they come with can look like a fun toy to your pet. To keep your pet from chewing them or getting tangled, bundle loose cords behind furniture and store extra chargers and cables in a place that cannot be reached or opened with a paw or nose. For cords that must remain visible, McGowan suggests camouflaging them with cable-coverings or tape, so they are less attractive to your pet. "It is also a good practice to store remote controls and video game controllers in a bin or a drawer where your pet does not have access to them," she adds. "These items often smell like food or lotions from our fingers which can attract pets to chew on them, but their electrical components and batteries are harmful if consumed."
5. Keep dangerous ingredients out of reach
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are making more meals at home, including experimenting with new recipes. It's important to remember that some common ingredients can be harmful to your pets. "Before you make your grocery list, review recipes against a list of ingredients that could be toxic for dogs and cats," counsels McGowan. "Chocolate is well known, but you'll also want to avoid grapes, raisins and certain spices. Xylitol, a sugar alternative found in everything from cake mixes to yogurt, peanut butter and chewing gum, is another toxic ingredient." Best practice is to keep all food and ingredients stored in cupboards, pantries, drawers or on high shelves out of reach of your pet.
We all want to make the most of life with our new furry companions, and by following the above tips, we can do so safely. We also encourage you to have your veterinarian's contact information easily accessible, so you are ready in case of trouble.
As you prepare to start life with your new pet on the right paw, you can read more tips from McGowan and other Purina experts at www.purina.com/articles.


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I try to be an early adopter of emerging technologies so that I can assess their readiness for the marketplace, reporting on the good and the bad in an effort to benefit my colleagues.
On the green energy front, I retired incandescent bulbs in my household and converted to compact fluorescents (CFL) very early in the product development cycle. All in all it was a great experience, although the first CFLs had a harsh cool white light.
Recently, I've explored the next generation of replaceable home light bulbs - Ultra LEDs. Sylvania has introduced 40 watt LED light bulbs with an essentially infinite lifespan, no mercury, little heat, and a perfect 2700K spectrum of warm white light.
It's an exciting development because there are no moving parts, nothing to burn out, and nothing to break. I've replaced an entire room (a studio that my wife, my daughter and I share for art, music and studying) with LEDs.
For ceiling and track lights, I used Sylvania Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR20) 210 lumens, 7 watt, 40 watt equivalent bulbs.
For the table lamp, I used a Sylvania A19 (standard light bulb shape) 350 lumen, 8 watt, 40 watt bulb.
Above is a photo of the room in LED lighting.
So, what's the downside of light bulbs that last forever, use very little energy, and have a great soft white spectrum? The cost is currently $30-40 per bulb. Of course, over the life of the bulb, plus the energy saved, that's not significantly different than incandescents or compact fluorescent.
I asked my favorite local hardware store about emerging LED technology. Their view is that the economics will not yet quite work. The room pictured above uses six 7 watt reflectors and one 8 watt A19 bulb. Total energy expenditure to brightly light the entire space with LEDs - 50 watts. Total cost $230.00, amortized over the life of the house i.e. the bulbs will last longer than I will.
Like any new technology, the price will drop as economies of scale, competition, and manufacturing advances reduce production costs.
Although the capital cost to convert a room is currently high, I'm impressed by the technology. Given that one of my long term goals is to build a small, carbon neutral retirement cottage and that my daughter may become an environmental engineer, LED lighting technologies are likely to play an important role in our future.


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As requested by Jays, I won't be updating the news thread with anything directly related to American politics...and this seemed like a fitting enough piece to lead off with.
Congress' approval rating—currently 13 percent, according to Gallup—is at a historic low, and its disapproval rating, at 84 percent, is at a historic high. Many Americans eagerly awaited Congress' August recess so they could use town hall meetings and other public appearances to give their elected officials a piece of their mind. There's just one problem: most of Congress isn't scheduling any town halls. None. Zilch.
The think tank No Labels called the offices of all 430 active members of Congress and found that 60 percent of them weren't scheduling town hall meetings. According to No Labels' analysis, more Democrats than Republicans are shutting themselves off from their constituents: 68 percent of Dems and 51 percent of Republicans hadn't planned a town hall during Congress' weeks-long summer break. (Click here to see if your representative or senator is planning a town hall or not.)
Not to be ignored, angry citizens, at least in one high profile district, have taken action to get some attention. Last week, a handful of unemployed constituents organized a sit-in in GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's office in Kenosha, Wisconsin, while 100 protesters picketed outside. Ryan in particular has drawn heaps of criticism for his plan to eliminate Medicare as we know it and refashion Medicaid into a state-based block grant program. In the end, Ryan's staff had police remove the protesters from the office, which was done peacefully.
Paul Ryan has made himself available during the recess—but for a price. That's right: Ryan and other lawmakers are now charging constituents to attend public events and ask them questions. Ryan wanted $15 a head. Rep. Dan Quayle (R-Ariz.), Politico reported, is charging $35 from attendees who want to ask him questions over a catered lunch at a Phoenix law firm. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) also wants money—$10 a person—to attend an his event, which is hosted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
Why the ticket price? At the very least, it's a way to weed out the unemployed and financially burdened, who are also the most likely to give lawmakers an earful for the dismal state of the labor market and sluggish economic recovery. As Scott Page, a twice laid-off worker who participated in the sit-in inside Paul Ryan's office, told a local blogger, "I don't have $15 to ask Rep. Ryan questions, so I guess this is the only means I have to talk to him."


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When you think of Oregon and food, you probably think organic chicken, kale chips and other signs of a strong local food movement. What probably doesn't come to mind? Food stamps.
And yet, 21 percent of Oregon's population – that's one out of every five residents – relies on food stamps to get by. And like many people across the country, these Oregon families who have come to rely on federal food assistance program for meals are learning to make do with less as of this month.
That's one of the surprising statistics brought out by Stateline's interactive food stamps map, which tracks how each state is being affected by cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program that went into effect on Nov. 1. The program, which helps feed 47 million Americans, saw $5 billion in reductions when a temporary boost in benefits enacted as part of the federal stimulus package expired.
In the past few weeks, media outlets have told compelling, sometimes heartbreaking stories of families who rely on food stamps forced to make even harder choices – buying less milk for the kids, eschewing meat purchases as too pricey.
Interestingly, Stateline's map shows how cold, hard numbers can also serve to humanize the problem. For instance, as the map shows, in Oregon, 304,000 kids and 159,000 elderly people and those with disabilities have seen their benefits cut.
Another fact that jumps out when looking at the map: While Republicans have led the call to slash the SNAP program in the House, many of the states whose residents are most reliant on food stamps are reliably Republican and located in the GOP's Southern heartland. About 20 percent of the population in Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, and South Carolina, for instance, receive benefits from the federal food assistance program.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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This is one in a series of guest posts by other bloggers. Read to the end for a longer biographical note on today's guest blogger, Melissa from White Noise and Mothers of Change. Melissa shares how she navigated through sadness at her cesarean through to healing and birth advocacy.
Guest post by Melissa from White Noise
I had my first baby when I was 24. It took me awhile to get used to being unexpectedly pregnant, and many of the pregnancy milestones or discomforts felt like unasked for, alien body invasions. By my third trimester I finally felt emotionally settled in to the fact that I was going to have a baby, and was mentally preparing for a natural birth. When I was 36 weeks pregnant, I felt my fairly active baby make one herculean, earthquake-like somersault and wedge himself into my uterus head up, bottom down: breech. My doctor referred me to an obstetrician, who tried to turn him with an external cephalic version two weeks later. My baby was bigger than average, and I am small and compact, so turning him was unsuccessful. A week later I checked into the hospital for a scheduled cesarean, because that is what the recommendation was for breech babies at that time. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada has since reversed that recommendation based on more extensive and up-to-date research, but we did what we thought was best at the time.
Now, I've always been a believer that nature is pretty smart. Handcrafted, homemade, baked, sewn or knit with love is pretty cool. My parents were hippies and my mom works in obstetrics and had her babies in the heat of the natural birth movement of the late seventies, so I always figured I would have natural births. I just didn't factor in the possibility of a cesarean. Surgical birth was something that happened to other women, ones with dangerous health situations or enormous babies~surely I wouldn't have a birth like that? I was planning on a drug-free natural birth with my husband there to help me out and lots of self-gratification for being strong and weathering pain like a champion.
Instead, I lay on a narrow operating table numb and cold, got my guts hauled out and my baby handed to me in a sort of awkward moment in which I felt no emotion whatsoever. I didn't feel bad, I just didn't feel anything at all until I had been in the recovery room for about half an hour. Like when you get a cut and don't really realize it until you look down and there's blood on your leg, and then it starts hurting a few minutes after your realize it really should.
My doctors were nice, the operating room nurse was very kind, the pediatrician was fine; nobody was mean to me or bullied me into a cesarean or anything: in fact, my obstetrician told me there was absolutely no reason I couldn't have a vaginal birth next time around. In my head I thought, damn straight. But I appreciate that she didn't try to instil fear in me, or question my body's ability to give birth naturally in the future. However, this birth was nowhere near what I had anticipated, hoped, or dreamed about for as long as I can remember, and it took some time to process that fact.
Cesarean birth happened to me. It was like this train that scooped me up at a railway crossing and just took me along for the ride. There are many ways to give birth vaginally; in hospital, at home, in a birthing center, unassiseted, husband-coached, epidural for pain relief or exhaustion, augmented, induced, by candlelight, in water, or with the help of acupuncture. There is pretty much only one way to have a cesarean, and as the birthing woman in the room I knew the least about the necessary process and had the least say in how things went down. There are ways to be empowered and make choices regarding cesarean delivery, but I didn't know about any of them and as such was swept away by the medical way of doing things and left feeling kind of like this:
From Woman to Woman and the Unnecessarean |
Some women feel their cesareans were unnecessary and experience varying levels of emotional trauma from the experience. I don't feel that way. I feel that although breech vaginal birth is safe, I am not a good candidate for it because my babies are large and my pelvis is small. It took me three hours to push out my next biological son, five years later, and one hour to push out my daughter, two years after that. Breech babies can run into trouble during extended pushing stages because the head compresses the cord as it passes through the pelvis. Given the opportunity I would love to have at least tried, but I think that likely I would have wound up with a cesarean for fetal distress anyways. So I generally felt that my cesarean was a positive choice, and I didn't feel traumatized or emotionally scarred from it.
But I was very sad. The loss of that natural birth I planned for was very deep and real. And it started me off kind of limping, rather than euphoric and proud. As though I had signed up for a marathon, trained for it, started it, and then, not too far into the race, slipped and fell. The race had this miraculous prize: a baby! And everyone got a prize regardless of whether they ran across the finish line or were wheeled there by an obstetrician. But still, I had really hoped and trained for running the actual marathon…
One-day-old peanut; all I can think of when I look at this photo is 'cover that poor baby UP!' Newbies. Sheesh. |
Every birth is beautiful, and miraculous, and every birth day is cause for celebration, no matter how that baby made its entrance earthside. And humans are remarkably adaptable creatures, so we can thrive and love and grow under a great variety of circumstances, natural or otherwise. I think sometimes this fact can get lost in discussions surrounding cesarean birth. Babies and birth are to be celebrated! I love my son and I'm so glad he is here! I am grateful that my obstetrician was skilled and helped me to give birth well and heal wholly. I'm grateful we are both healthy.
It is also important to acknowledge that when we circumnavigate nature, there will be inherent some measure of loss. Emotional loss like I experienced, in grieving the natural birth I did not have a chance to have that first time around. Loss of immunological optimization for my son, since the biochemical process of labour gives babies an immunological boost, and prepares their lungs for the outside world. Physical loss, since I was at greater risk for severe bleeding or hysterectomy during surgical birth. Loss of dignity and bodily autonomy. And loss of expectation of health for future pregnancies and births, since subsequent pregnancies and VBAC pose more risk for me and future babies than if I had never had a surgical birth.
Skipping the marathon may have started me off limping, but I adapted. Successfully breastfeeding my son helped me find my stride and made me feel strong and powerful, much as I imagined giving birth might. It was the first thing I did, as opposed to had happen. And five years later I had my chance to try again. Eight hours of labour, three hours of pushing, and out slid my 10 lb, 2 oz, VBAC baby, into my midwife's waiting hands. That experience was so positive and amazing that I immediately wanted to do it again, and two years later I did. Six hours of labour, one hour of pushing, and I gave birth to my little girl. It was beautiful. Her birth was so peaceful and calm and full of joy.
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I gave birth three times, and all three times I welcomed the same beautiful prize into my arms. I'm so grateful. My cesarean gave me a profound, experiential empathy for all women who give birth this way, and our joy and our loss mixed together. It also made me a passionate advocate of VBAC, changes in maternity care, and access for all women to empowering choices in all modes of birth. Empowering choices may be natural, and they may not be. We all deserve to have the best, healthiest birth possible. Marathon or not.
Melissa Vose is an artist, writer, women's advocate, doula, and kid-wrangler. She lives in Western Canada with her wonderful husband and their four noisy, crazy kids. She blogs at White Noise, and is the Editor of Mothers of Change, a birth advocacy organization working to improve maternity care services in Canada. She is passionate about breastfeeding, attachment parenting, ecological living, advocacy work, art, social justice, traveling, and raising awareness regarding mental illness. She and her husband adopted their second son in late 2005.


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I have installed on my bike brand new cantilever brakes (Shimano CX-70).
On the rear, the braking is justas efficient as I would have expected it to be.
But on the front, it feels quite weak. Front braking is usually more efficient that rear but in my case it is not. Actually, stopping by using only the front brake would take very long. It is just powerful enough to maintain a low speed in downhills or increase the braking power of the rear (I get a little more power when squeezing the levers from the drops position).
But obviously the rear braking can only be as much efficient as the rear braking can get, with the limitation of all the weight and traction concentrated on the front that should make it the most efficient brake.
Obviously I checked the installation of my brake:
- The pads are in perfect condition
- They get in contact with the rim about 1-2 mm from the very top of the rim (and the beginning of the tire)
- they have a < 2 mm clearance between rim and pad and that distance is the same on both sides
- I installed properly a cable stop (http://www.aspirevelotech.com/images/Paul%20Components/041-FunkyMonkeyFrontCableHanger-Black.jpg)
- the cable condition is very good, as is the housing and it is properly lubricated
What else could it be?
For the record, the rims are also in very good condition and I do know that the brakes are not exactly the same model on the front and the rear and yes I have purchased the right versions and yes the front is installed in the front and the rear on the rear.
I mean, I could understand that the brakes are crap, but in that case a similar model would not be working properly on the rear. So even if the whole mechanism were just exactly operating the same as in the rear, I would get at least as much and probably even way more efficiency on the front.
I just don't understand.


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Hypothyroidism is a condition that is caused by an underactive thyroid gland. It may happen during pregnancy. Many symptoms of the condition are similar to pregnancy symptoms. For example, they can both cause fatigue, weight gain, and changes in menstruation. Having low thyroid hormone levels can also cause problems with becoming pregnant. It can also be a cause of miscarriage, as well as raising the risk for a cesarean birth and increased bleeding after delivery.
Hypothyroidism is a common condition. The thyroid doesn't make enough thyroid hormones. Symptoms may be mild and may start slowly. It can go undetected if symptoms are mild. The most common symptoms include:
Feeling tired
Inability to stand cold temperatures
Hoarse voice
Swelling of the face
Weight gain
Skin and hair changes, including dry skin and loss of eyebrows
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (hand tingling or pain)
Slow heart rate
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Muscle cramps, weakness, joint pain
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The symptoms may be like other health problems. Talk with your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
During the first few months of pregnancy, the baby relies on the mother for thyroid hormones. These hormones are vital for normal brain development and growth of the baby. Hypothyroidism in the mother can have long-lasting effects on the baby.
You will have blood tests that measure thyroid hormone (thyroxine, or T4) and serum TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) levels. TSH levels that are above normal and T4 levels that are below normal may mean you have hypothyroidism.
Routine screening for hypothyroidism during pregnancy is not advised. You should be tested if you are pregnant and have symptoms of hypothyroidism, a history of the condition, or other endocrine system conditions. The American Thyroid Association recommends that all pregnant women in the U.S. supplement their diet with 150 mcg of iodine in the form of potassium iodide. This is the amount often found in prenatal vitamins. If possible, begin taking this supplement 3 months before becoming pregnant. (This doesn't apply to women already taking thyroid hormone for hypothyroidism.)
Thyroid hormone replacement is used to treat the mother. The amount of thyroid hormone given is based on the mother's levels of thyroid hormones as well as her symptoms. Thyroid hormone levels may change during pregnancy. The hormone replacement dose will likely change over time. Thyroid hormone levels need to be checked every 4 weeks in the first half of pregnancy. The levels may be checked less often during the second half of pregnancy as long as the dose does not change. The treatment is safe and vital to both mother and baby. Thyroid hormones should not be taken at the same time as prenatal vitamins. This is because the minerals in the vitamins may stop the absorption of the thyroid hormone. All newborns are screened at birth to check thyroid hormone levels.


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More than a half of a million kids in the United States are visually impaired. That's according to a survey done by American Community Survey for the American Foundation for the Blind. Teaching kids who are blind how to read braille can sometimes be a challenge. But a new tool from a well-known company is getting into the hands of teachers to help kids learn to read and keep it fun.
Normally when you think of LEGOS, you think of colored bricks. They come in kits to build things like cars and spaceships, or you can freestyle and make something on your own. Now, the LEGO Foundation has found a way to use these classic toys to help children who are visually impaired learn how to read braille.
"A braille cell has six dots, three on one side and three on the other. And, the configuration of those dots is a different letter," said Kate Herndon with American Printing House for the Blind. "What they did is remove the bottom two studs, and put in print, and then, the top six studs are what you would have in a braille cell."
For example, a brick with one stud on the left and the two on the right is a D or a 4. They both have the same dot pattern.
Herndon's company is distributing the brick kits, which have gone out to teachers all across the United States and in 20 other counties as well.
"I don't think I've used them with a student who didn't like them," said teacher Paige Maynard.
Maynard was one of the first to get the prototype kit and says there are so many ways to use the bricks to help the students learn.
The kits come with 300 bricks. There are letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and math symbols to allow kids to create words, sentences, and math equations, and a baseboard for the LEGOs to snap into.
"It really levels that playing field of having those manipulatives to use and then also it's that other thing that as teachers of the visually impaired, we can use to help our students with progressing with their skills and literacy," said Maynard.
Kids as young as 4 are learning from these braille bricks. One of Maynard's 9-year-old students loves Disney princesses, so she came up with a game.
"She was pretending that each of the braille bricks was a seashell and that she was Ariel and she was going around and finding the seashells. And she was finding the ones that were the same and putting them in her seashell purse, and I just thought that was so much fun!" said Maynard.
Maynard says not only is it fun for the kids, but it's also another tool in the toolbox that teachers of the visually impaired can use.
"We think about a lot of students who are print readers, and they have all the alphabet manipulatives that have been around for years. But children who are visually impaired and braille readers haven't really had that in the past, and if they have, it hasn't been as widely available," said Maynard.
"Learning braille is so very important and this is one way, one method, to reinforce the learning that's taking place in the classroom and to bring play into it, to make it fun, to make it more motivating for kids," said Herndon.
Those classic LEGO bricks that have been around for almost 90 years are now putting those interlocking bumps to another use.


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Skeleton Hunt: You get a chance each month to win a prize by finding the Skeleton hidden in the pages of the Family Tree. It's mighty easy to take part in all this fun. Just look very carefully at our pages and find the cute little fella trying to escape from his closet. Then send us a postcard. It might be a good idea, since two of our prizes need to know your Clan affiliation, to add that to your postcard... and then address it to: Skeleton, PO Box 2828, Moultrie, GA 31776-2828.
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After our sun dies, it and many other stars will eventually crystallize. Learn how astrophysicists figured this out -- and how it works -- in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/after-sun-dies-itll-become-stellar-crystal.htm
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Who Killed JFK? For 60 years, we are still asking that question. In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination, legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner teams up with award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien to tell the history of America's greatest murder mystery. They interview CIA officials, medical experts, Pulitzer-prize winning journalists, eyewitnesses and a former Secret Service agent who, in 2023, came forward with groundbreaking new evidence. They dig deep into the layers of the 60-year-old question 'Who Killed JFK?', how that question has shaped America, and why it matters that we're still asking it today.
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Over four decades of engineering research and expertise from some of the brightest minds in audio today went into the design of the Evolution Acoustics interconnects, speaker cables and power cords. Each cable model undergoes years of testing and research before ever reaching the market to ensure optimum performance and value, whether you own the first pair or the 1000th.
All Evolution Acoustics cables are designed, engineered, handcrafted, and assembled in the USA. Every aspect of our cables are painstakingly researched and analyzed to produce incredible micro and macro dynamic performance as well as the highest level of clarity in the industry. Only the finest parts are used throughout including Teflon insulated solid core high purity copper wire and silver rhodium terminations. In addition, all termination and junction housings are custom built by hand utilizing constrained-layer damping techniques to reduce unwanted micro phonics.
Due to the extreme engineering behind these cables, proper burn in will begin to occur after several hundred hours. These are probably some of the heaviest and largest cables in the industry with an extraordinary amount of copper. Therefore, be patient, because when adequately broken in their performance is sublime.


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uTorrent for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005 and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent application. Every month, more than 50 million people use uTorrent and this number continues to grow alongside BitTorrent's ever-increasing user base.
Ever since uTorrent was released, Mac and Linux users have begged the developers to release a version of the client designed to work on their computers. In 2006, when uTorrent was sold to BitTorrent Inc., the company announced that a Mac version was coming. In 2008, nearly two years after the announcement, it was finally released to the public.
With the the release of the Mac version, Linux users were the only ones left out in the cold, but this is about to change. The uTorrent development team has just announced that they are working on a Linux version of the client. Further details on the time line and an eventual release date are not available at the moment.
The Linux version is the most backed idea on uTorrent's recently introduced Idea Bank. The Idea Bank is prominently featured on uTorrent's website and allows users to submit and vote for ideas they want to see implemented. In just a few weeks the idea of a Linux version has been supported by 3254 people. This huge demand from users is one of the main reasons why the Linux version is now in progress.
"Since launching our Idea Bank on uTorrent.com there has been significant demand for a native client for Linux," BitTorrent Inc. spokesperson Jenna Broughton told TorrentFreak. "We obviously want to do our best to deliver whenever we see a good fit between our goals and capabilities and what our users say they want."
"We are committed to bringing a lightweight uTorrent client that embraces the usability and features of our Windows and Mac clients to Linux users," Broughton said. The exact feature-set of the Linux client will remain a secret for now, but in common with other versions of uTorrent it wont be Open Source.
The release date for the client is unknown at this point but unlike the Mac version it should come out relatively quickly. "While the exact specs as well as the timing are still being developed, we expect uTorrent for Linux to be available for download later this summer," we were informed.
Whether or not the uTorrent Linux release will ever reach the massive market share it has on Windows remains to be seen. The Mac version has been well received but it is by no means the most used BitTorrent client on the platform. Whatever happens, it's definitely good to see that uTorrent will soon be available on all three major platforms.


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These Emotional Healing Agate Geode Moons are full of mystery and surprise! They were hand-cut and handmade in Brazil exclusively for SG and one of the most beautiful, high-quality agates I've seen. Geodes are special formations, unassuming on the outside but lined with crystal magic on the inside, crafted by Gaia herself. Agate is extremely stabilizing and strengthening and balances the emotional, mental, and physical bodies. Carved in the shape of the Moon, these pieces will connect you with Luna's mystery and magic. If you desire to delve into and embrace your emotions and mystique, these Emotional Healing Agate Geode Moons are for you.
The deeper magic of these Emotional Healing Agate Geode Moons
More gentle than quartz, and more protective than jasper, agate is a powerful stone all on its own. It brings strength and emotional stability and attracts love and kindness. Agate is a master healer instilling peace and calm. It aids you in centering your mind and enhancing your focus, helping you to improve concentration, perception, and ability to analyze. If a dose of optimism and good luck is what you need, agate is your ally.
Place your Emotional Healing Agate Geode Moon on your moon altar or on your primary altar to represent Luna and her shifting phases and beautiful wisdom and magic. Meditate with it to ground into the truth that you can have and do whatever you intentionally set your mind and energy to.
This listing is for one (1) Emotional Healing Agate Geode Moon. I have four sizes to offer you: Small (about 2.5-3"), Medium (about 3-3.5"), Large (about 3.5-4"), and X-Large (about 4.5-5"). Please choose the size that calls to you from the drop-down menu. Yours will arrive lovingly parceled along with a single leaf of white sage and a card describing the properties of the stone.
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In a recent study released by NeighborhoodScout four Detroit neighborhoods were considered to be among the most dangerous in the United States. Three Detroit neighborhoods-West Chicago and Livernois Avenue; Mack Avenue and Helen Street; and Gratiot Avenue and Rosemary-were considered the three worst. The Detroit neighborhood encompassed by Wyoming Street and Orangelawn Street was ranked number eight.
These rankings were devised through FBI data on violent crimes (murder, forcible rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault) and exclusive data developed by NeighborhoodScout, according to the website.
To see the rankings and a map of the neighborhoods click here.
In addition the dangerous neighborhood rankings, Detroit was also categorized as the most segregated city by Business Insider. Census data from 2010 was examined for this article by a two professors, John Logan and Brian Stults, and a dot map was created to show where certain races live in and around Detroit. The data shows that Detroit's inner city is almost exclusively black, with a small Hispanic population, while the outlying suburbs has a highly concentrated white population.
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Are you a software startup company or SaaS, cloud computing, mobile app developer, vendor, or application services provider in Minnesota seeking to hire a tech startup lawyer, attorney, law firm or to get legal advice for negotiating and drafting technology agreements, software licensing agreements, SaaS and cloud contracts and agreements, mobile app licensing development contracts and agreements, website privacy policies and terms of use and terms and conditions agreements? Are you about to engage in mobile app or software technology development agreement contracts or licensing deals and need an expert, skilled lawyer to help you navigate technology law and to negotiate and advise on business legal contracts and agreements?
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