Hi. My name is Terry Sculley, and I'm a systems engineer at the Battery Gauge Group. And today, I'm going to talk a little bit about gauging considerations for industrial battery packs. So I'm going to talk about leveraging some of the features that we have in our gauges specifically for industrial applications, things like scaling for higher than typical voltage, current, and capacity, looking at reducing power dissipation in heavily duty cycled loads, talking about how to extend your battery pack life using some of our specialized charging algorithms, and then our EOS determination algorithm for rarely discharged systems. And then, some of the gauges that we've got specifically for high cell count systems, including the bq78350-R1, bq34z100-G1, and the bq34110. We'll begin with looking at some of the features we have in the gauges, and how to leverage those for industrial battery packs. So most TI gauges will natively support currents up to 32 amps. But we have a lot of customers that want to use much higher current levels than that. And so for that, you can use current scaling. For example, if you have a maximum discharge current of 48 amps, then based on our maximum of 32 amps, you'd need to scale the pack by at least a factor of 1.5. And so, we round that up to about two times. And then, you basically fool the gauge by-- when you're doing the current calibration, for example, if you're using a 5 miliohm sense resistor, we can calibrate it, you know, if you're actually using a current of 4 amps, you actually tell the gauge that you're really using a current of 2 amps during your calibration. And so then, when it calculates the CC gain and CC delta, they calculate out thinking that you were using a sense resistor of 10 miliohms. And so then, you have a calibration ratio of 50%. In order to do this, you do need to modify all the current and the capacity related data flash values by the scale factor that you're using. That includes the first level overcurrent thresholds have to go down, for example, from 6 amps down to 3 amps, and a lot of settings like Sleep Current, Quick Current, Design Capacity, and Design Energy, There are a few exceptions, which are related to the hardware protections in there. Those you want to leave based on settings that are, like, true Rsense times your true current for the protection level that you're trying to implement. And then, of course, the gauge will be reporting the scaled current values. And so then, in your host system, you have to take those values and then scale them up to actually get the true values that are being implemented. So we can also implement voltage scaling for systems where customers need to support much higher level voltages than the gauges can natively support. For example, our bq34z100-G1 and bq34110 can natively support pack voltage up to 65 volts. But for higher voltage than that, we can also modify the voltage divider that is used in the system, and then together with some modifications to the flash values, we can actually then determine-- support these higher level voltages. For example, in these systems, we need to have a voltage divider here, such that we reduce the voltage that is being measured at the bat pin down to less than 1 volt. And so, the divider has to be able to take whatever your maximum voltage is, and divide down to that level. For example, if we have an 18s system, then, you know, if maximum pack voltage will be somewhere around 4 and 1/2 to 5 volts times 18, so 90 volts is kind of an upper level maximum. So if we want to take 90 volts and then divide that down to less than 1 volt, let's say, 0.9 volts, we can calculate that out to see what resistive dividers that we need-- what resistors we need in that. Generally, we try to keep this lower leg equal to somewhere in the range of 15-25 kOhms. We don't want it too high because then the transient for turn on, turn off gets kind of slow. And then if it's too low, you're burning kind of excess current that's not really necessary. So in this case, if we assume 16 and 1/2 kOhms with 90 volts here, to get 0.9 volts out, we need about 1.6 megohms for the surgers [? disrupt ?] here. And so then, taking a standard sized 1.62 megohm gives us about an 89 volt maximum pack voltage that we can sustain. So that works well for this system. In voltage scaling, you also have to modify some of the flash parameters. So we have to make sure that when the gauge is calculating the voltages, it doesn't calculate a reported voltage greater than the supported 65.5 volts. So in order to do that, what we do is we modify the value stored in the number of series cells. So for in this case, you know, say we had the 90 volts maximum versus our reported value. It can't be more than 65. That's a value of 1.38. And so then, we can say, OK, let's round that up to an integer. So let's use a 2x scaling factor. So then, what we would do in the gauge is we change-- rather than telling it we have an 18s system, we would tell it we only have a 9s system. And then at the same time, while we're doing calibration, we do need to divide the voltage by the scale factor while we're calibrating. So if we're applying an 80 volt level to the gauge while we're calibrating it, then we'll actually only enter 40 volts in 2BQ Studio. And so then, the gauge will calculate the corresponding level to that. And then, of course, the gauge will be reporting a voltage back that will be scaled down, versus the true voltage. And so in the host processor, you have to take the reported voltage, and then scale that up again to actually get true pack voltage. And note also, there is some limitations in that, if you use this scheme, you really can't divide the number of series cells by a fraction. So you can't tell-- if you had a 17s pack, you can't go in and tell the gauge, oh, we only have 8.5 cells now. So there are ways to work around that. But in general, if you're using an even number of cells, then it's fairly easy to find some scale factors that will work for you. And capacity scaling is the other area where we run into customers who have much larger packs than what we may be able to handle natively in the firmware. Most of our gauges can handle up to about 29 amp hour for these multi cell gauges. But we have many customers using much larger size packs than that. So for example, if you had an 80 amp hour pack, and we can only support 29 amp hours, then you need a scale factor somewhere in excess of 2.75, so maybe 3x or 4x. And this approach is very-- it's basically the same thing as we used for current scaling earlier. You basically will scale the current during calibration. So for example, if we're using a 5 mOhm sense resistor, and we're calibrating with an actual current of 20 amps, we instead tell the software that we're only using 5 amps. And so then, when it calculates the calibration values, it effectively thinks that you're using a 20 mOhm sense resistor. And so then, we're ending up with a calibration ratio of 25% for a 4x scale factor. And then, same as we were doing with the current capacity scaling, we have to modify various data flash values by that scale factor, first level overcurrent thresholds, changing Sleep Current, Quick Current, Design Capacity and Design Energy Levels. And again, just like before, if there are some exceptions for the hardware protections need to stay based on true Rsense times the true current level that you're wanting to set the protection at. And of course, you also have to still scale up the currents and the capacity values that you read from the gauge to get the actual true values. So next, I want to talk about how you can use some of the techniques we've got in the gauge to reduce the power dissipation for heavily duty cycled loads. We run into a lot of customers with applications where they have very low idle current for long periods of time, and then they have bursts of activity at high current during very brief windows. And so, they're always looking for how can they actually reduce the gauge power during those idle periods in order to optimize their overall system lifetime. For example, say you've got a system that's configured where its idle current is drawing 100 microamps continuously, including the gauge, all the time. And then, you have these active bursts that are, say, 1 amp for one second per day. And your system battery is about 3,000 milli amp hours. So if you go through the calculations, the charge you're consuming per day while idle is on the order of 2.4 milli amp hours, versus the charge you consume during the active periods is about 0.28 milli amp hours. So you can see that most of your battery life is going into the idle dissipation, rather than the active. And so that's where you really want to optimize much more so. And this gives you a nominal battery life of the system of about three years. If your system is one where you can actually architect it where you know the active periods in advance, when they're going to occur, then you can-- one option is for you to put the gauge into shutdown during the idle periods. And then right before an active period is going to start, you can wake the gauge up. It can take OCV readings. It can get an estimate of where the RSOC is. You can keep it powered during the active period, Coulomb count, all the current that has been dissipated during the activity. And then afterward, you can put the gauge back into shutdown when your activity period is complete. So if you're using an impedance track gauge, then you can get a very good accurate calculation, the RSOC especially, if you wake it up while the battery is still relatively relaxed, and you get a fairly good accurate voltage measurement there. And for example, if you use a system like this using the bq34z100-G1, this lets you reduce your idle current on the order of 30 microamps or so, which basically increase your battery life of your system from three years up to on the order of 4.2 years, so fairly significant. Now, another approach is if you have a system where the activity periods are not really predictable, or can be scheduled, you can actually leave the gauge running, but you can instead go in and modify some of the parameters that control how often it wakes up to measure voltage and current while in sleep mode. These are set in DF settings. Defaults are typically on the order of 5, 10, 20 seconds or so. But these can be programmed up to 255 seconds. And so then, you can save considerable power if you take it from defaults, for example, with the bq40z50-R2, if you change the defaults up to the maximum of 255 seconds, you end up saving approximately 30 microamps. However, this means that if you have a load kick on in the middle, if you don't have the wake comparator running, then you would not even notice that until the next 255 second window is completed. And then you wake up. So in general, if you don't know when the load actually kicks on and can wake the gauge, it would be best to have the wake comparator enabled in this mode. And so again, you know, cranking through the calculations on that, that also extends your battery life from the original three years up to a little over four years. Next, I'm going to talk about how to use some of the specialized charging algorithms we have in our parts, in order to extend the life of the battery packs farther. While many customers are using CCCV style charging, you can also use some of the other charging algorithms we have in our parts in order to give your batteries longer life in system. For example, one of those is using the JEITA functionality that we have. Most people are familiar with JEITA from the standpoint of trying to ensure safety of the battery packs. But you can also use JEITA charging in order to extend your life of the battery pack a little farther. So we all know that one thing that causes a battery to degrade faster is to have it sitting at high voltage and at high temperature for extended periods of time. And what you find in many systems is a big chunk of the time it's at high temperature is just when it's in the charging process. And so, if you go in and kind of think about that and optimize the regions that you're using for JEITA-- this is a snapshot from our bq40z50-R2. so you've got basically five active temperature regions and three active voltage regions in here, besides pre-charge and the kind of excluded regions where you can specify distinct charging voltage and charging currents that can be used here. And these can also be, rather than triggered off voltage partials, they can also be triggered off RSOC thresholds. And so, what you can do is you can try to set these up such that, if you get to a point to where, say you're at low voltage and you want to charge fast. So OK, you allow-- you're at lower temperature and so, you allow a lot of charging. And that starts heating things up, and it moves you into higher temperature ranges. If you start getting into higher temperature ranges, then you can start relaxing back on your charging voltage charging current setting, such that as you continue charging, you don't generate quite so much heat. And so, you slow down the rate of charging some. But then it reduces the heat that you're generating. And so you kind of tend to be pushed back over into these regions when you're actually charging the battery. So if you optimize these and based on your use condition, you can then reduce the amount of time the battery sits at-- how much heat it generates during charging, and how much time it sits there at that high temperature while it set a high voltage or high RSOC level. You can also use some of the algorithms that we've got to modify the charging parameters based on cell degradation over time. For example, the bq40z50-R2 includes some techniques that can dynamically adjust charging voltage and charging current based on degradation of the cell. That can key off just cycle count. It can also just key off the state of health measurements that are taking. And these are permanent reductions. So as you get higher and higher cycle counts, then it will cut back on the charging voltage and charging current, and walk those downward. And they don't-- they're not recovered back to upper levels, to higher levels. We've also got a technique for avoiding cell swelling. So basically, it's looking at, when do you have a cell at high voltage and high temperature for an extended length of time? And so, if you end up with elevated temperature, high voltage, and over a long period of time, then it will go in and reduce the charging voltage in order to kind of reduce the amount of heat that's being generated from the charging. This one is not a permanent reduction in the charging voltage. This will maintain as long as you're in charge mode, and then as soon as you exit charge mode, then the settings for the charging voltage will reset back to the original levels. Another algorithm that we have that we're going to talk about is our end-of-service determination. And this is focused on specifically rarely discharged applications. These are like backup systems where you have batteries that may sit fully charged for months or years without actually having any discharge until finally, suddenly, they're used when there's an emergency. The challenge here is, how do you know that the battery is still good, it still has enough health and capacity, to supply the backup that is required by the system? Or should it have really been replaced at some point earlier before this backup occurred? Conventionally, this is done by running a maintenance cycle on it. So this is usually done by taking the system offline and then discharging some significant portion of the capacity of the battery, and then recharging again to do a maintenance or learning cycle here. So if you do this by taking the system offline, you have to have a spare backup system to keep the system backed up during that time. Or you're going to accept the fact that, I have less guaranteed backup while I'm doing this maintenance cycle than I would other times. And so, if I was in the middle of a maintenance cycle and right then, I had an emergency, I would have much lower capacity available for servicing the emergency than I would otherwise. And so, what we've actually developed is a new algorithm called end-of-service determination, which we've rolled into a few of our newer parts here. And this lets us evaluate the health of the battery by only doing very small learning pulses that only discharge the battery a very small amount, and can keep the system completely online while it's functioning. We run these learning pulses. We basically turn a controlled discharge on the order of somewhere in the C over 100 to C over 10 kind of level. We're triggering that for just a few minutes, just to evaluate the transient of the battery. So for example, we'll have the battery charged. It We'll monitor for relaxation. We'll turn on this controlled discharge. This will be a very small discharge, discharging on the order of 1% or 2%, let it relax again. And then we can trigger and charge back. And what's happening here is the gauge is monitoring the voltage, current, and temperature all through this learning pulse that's being triggered on it. And it's using that to calculate an effective resistance of the cell. So what we're looking for with that resistance is we're expecting a normal cell, as it ages, to have a resistance profile, something kind of like this, where you end up with some slow increase in resistance until you get severely degraded. And then the resistance starts increasing at a fairly quick rate. And so, you end up with this hockey stick type of profile. And you can kind of see some examples of data that we've taken where we started out with around 2,200, 2,300 milli amp hour capacity. And then over time, it degraded down, with multiple cycles, down to a little under 1,500, so about 35% reduction. And you can see the effect of cell resistance that we've measured using this algorithm, where it started out on the order of, say 115 milli Ohms, and as the cells degrade, it's increased up to on the order of 220 milli Ohms. And so this lets us then determine what is the health of the battery? And then we have programmable thresholds in the part, where we can generate alerts and warnings back to the host system to alert them that, hey, we're nearing the end of the usable service of the battery. You should consider replacing the battery pretty soon. Now, I want to talk a little bit about some of the battery gauges that we've got in production for the high cell count packs. These include three different families here. The bq78350-R1 is paired together with our family of 76920, 30, or 40 analog front end monitor and protector devices. So this allows gauging support up to 15s and also integrates cell balancing and primary protection. We've got the bq34z100-G1. This is an impedance track gauge only that looks at top of stack voltage, and then can back calculate the state of charged state of health of the pack. And this is applicable to really arbitrarily high voltage systems, because it's using a resistor divide down from top of stack. We have customers using this with extremely high voltage systems. And it integrates I2C or single wire HDQ communication, also includes LCD support. And then we've got the bq34110, which also has a similar top of stack type gauging for arbitrarily high voltage systems. But this one, rather than using impedance track, is using CEDV gauge. And then, it also includes our end-of-service determination function, which I was just describing, for the rarely discharged systems. It's I2C communication with multiple interrupts that are configurable back to a host processor. So you can see a little simplified block diagram of the bq78350-R1 with our 76920, 30, or 40. These allow engaging that 920 up to 5s, the 930 up to 10s, or the 940 up to 15s battery packs of lithium ion, iron phosphate systems. This includes-- it's using CEDV gauging, supports configurations up to 320 amp hour, 320 amps of current, includes thermistor support for monitoring battery voltage. It's I2C communication between the 769x0 and the 73850, and then SMBus over to the system. It also includes SHA-1 authentication, and can drive a five segment LED or an LCD display. And we can also support through the 769x0 either low side protection FETs, or with the 76200 high side charge protection. So a little bit more detailed system diagram-- you can kind of see how the parts talk, I2C over to the analog front end. We've got individual cell taps here, so that allows cell balancing and individual cell monitoring. And then, all gauging is done in the 78350 and provided back to the host or the SMBus connection. The 34z100-G1 is a gauge only device with algorithm support for lithium ion, iron phosphate, as well as lead acid nickel metal hydride, and NiCd batteries. This is using our impedance track technology, natively supports up to 65 volts, and then can be, as I mentioned earlier, can be scaled for even higher voltages, capacities up 29 amp hours, currents up to 32 amps, which can both be scaled for higher voltage systems. Support to our I2C, as well as the HDQ Single-Wire communication-- we can support up to 4 LEDs directly on the part, and also have support for a port expander for even larger higher numbers of LEDs and SHA-1 HMAC authentication support. And you can kind of see the way this is configured here. We've got multi-cell configuration here. We take top of stack. And we've got a circuit over here basically kind of like a simplified LDO generating the power to the gauge. And then, we have a resistive divider that's switched on and off by the pack whenever it wants to measure the voltage. And so, that prevents the current from flowing through the divider continuously, I2C or HDQ communication and an alert interrupt back to the host processor. And then the bq34110 also supports lithium as well as nickel based chemistries, and lead acid. This is using CEDV gauging. It's very similar to the 34z100-G1 and the voltages it can handle, supporting 20 amp hour, 32 amp current levels. It also includes our end-of-service determination module for the rarely discharged systems. It includes a separate Coulomb count output that can be configured and set for various thresholds to generate interrupts as you pass certain thresholds of charge that have been either charged or discharged in or out of the battery. And our watt hour charge termination algorithm, which is maintaining a target capacity while extending the battery life as much as possible. And you can see this configuration for multi-cell, very similar to the 34z100 in that powered by a separate little circuit here through the power of the gauge, and then the switch divider dropping the voltage down into the back pin. And then, we also, for the rarely discharged, are controlling a learning load directly from the part, which in this case is just simply a FET switching in or out a dummy load resistor in the system. So in conclusion, our gauges have a variety of algorithms which can be used maybe a little differently than they were originally intended to gain some advantages in industrial applications. For large systems, you can do various types of scaling in order to handle higher levels of voltage, large currents, and extreme capacities. We've got ways that we can optimize the power dissipation for heavily duty cycled applications. You can use several of the algorithms that we've got in here to extend the battery life of your packs. And then, we've got some specialized algorithms specifically for things like rarely discharged applications, which really are optimized to allow you to use the-- get information about the gauge without having to take the system offline. And at that point, I thank you very much for listening. And I appreciate your attention. And if you have any more questions, please feel free to visit us at ti.com, or our E2E forums, where you can ask questions if you need some clarification on anything. Thank you very much.
This on-demand training video reviews several features in TI high cell count gauges that may offer advantages in the design of industrial battery packs. These include scaling to support high current, capacity, or voltage levels, reducing power dissipation in systems with heavily duty-cycled loads, extending battery pack life using specialized charging algorithms, and TI's End-of-Service (EOS) Determination function for rarely discharged (backup) applications.
We also review several TI battery gauge products which support high cell count configurations, including bq78350-R1, bq34z100-G1, and bq34110.


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[DREAM DEFENDERS] #MarchOn
From the hard marble floors of the Florida Capitol, to the capital of the United States, Dream Defenders and the emerging youth of this country #MarchOn.
Love, power and excitement filled the air as Dream Defenders from all over the state of Florida reunited at FAMU's Bragg Memorial Stadium earlier this week. Focused on the same goals that brought the Dream Defenders organization to life, we embraced what awaited us, an opportunity to participate in and speak at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.
After arriving in Virginia, we quickly began our schedule with a visit to Howard University for the "We Got Next" pep rally, where we would discuss the future of the Civil Rights Movement. On the way to the auditorium, our brothers and sisters from the Ohio Student Association greeted us with hugs and excitement. Shortly after, we began the "Power Chant," an interactive chant that gives members an opportunity to introduce themselves through dance. This chant drew the attention of dozens of students, faculty, and visitors and lasted over twenty minutes. A complete paradigm shift occurred thereafter. We instantly grew from passing strangers to friends and eventually, family— joined together in song and in solidarity.
The pep rally included organizations such as Global Organizing Institute, Black Youth Project, Black Youth Vote, Service Employees International Union, the A Philip Randolph Institute, the Hip Hop Caucus, Ohio Student Association, as well as the parents of Jordan Davis and leaders from the Howard community. The rally gave us the space to network with youth organizers from across the nation and share our different chants and perspectives. Older participants reflected on what had been done in their heyday and encouraged us to continue the fight. Student leaders discussed the vision for the future, what it looked like and how we could collectively reach our goals.
Howard University's historical significance and the solidarity gained at the pep rally generated an electrifying energy that propelled us further into the movement, but that energy dissipated shortly after the first march. With high hopes that the second march would be more action-driven, we prepared not only to inspire, but to move people to work.
That opportunity was never afforded to us.
At the last minute, the only youth speakers in the program were cut due to time constraints. Four minutes could not be allotted for the very people that each speaker expressed the importance of, the youth.
These marches were celebrations of what happened in the past, but left no space to discuss what is happening now. As long as Black and Brown people are still disproportionately affected by institutionally racist laws and practices; queer people are still being denied basic citizen rights; immigrants and undocumented people are still being denied basic human rights; women are still being denied autonomy; children are still being miseducated and incarcerated; Jim Crow-like laws still exist; and the war on the poor and homeless still exist, there is nothing to celebrate.
We came to Washington DC with expectations to respond to a mass call to action, but discovered that the commemorations of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington were more symbolic than progressive.
This time and space should have been used to inform the masses about the current issues and for past leaders to pass the torch to the new wave of youth leaders and organizers. This march would have been more appropriate if we modeled a movement we wanted to see. The commemorations would have also been more authentic if there were more youth voices present. The first March on Washington was led by youth who understood their collective power to create change. However, youth were absent or silenced, little to no issues were addressed or discussed, and women's presence was minimized- the antithesis of what comprised the original march. Today's youth cannot settle for a celebratory ceremony. So now, we must defend the dream by mobilizing.
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The Dream Defenders are taking the opportunity to have this discussion, to unify with other youth organizers and to help one another's causes in true spirit of change and solidarity by creating our own campaign called Our March. Our March is the platform for the youth to expand our voices, tell our stories and discuss our vision for the future. The March on Washington evoked nostalgic memories of previous Civil Rights leaders' youth. We are ready to begin our own.
We are beginning by calling on young people and everyone left out of yesterday's conversation around the country to record their own videos discussing their issues and post them all over the place with "#OurMarch." It does not have to be long or limited to simply talking. If you express yourself through dance, song, poetry—go for it. We'll be retweeting these videos, posting them to Facebook and our website to create a national conversation and get our voices heard. This is only the beginning.
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Hi everyone! I'm Shannon from luvinthemommyhood and I'm here to inspire you to take some fun quilting techniques & add them into your wee ones wardrobe this summer!
This adorable tank was inspired by the beautiful coast I am so lucky to live on. The gorgeous waves never cease to take my breath away and I thought it would be fun to try to replicate the feeling of the waves with the equally gorgeous line "Summerlove" from Pat Bravo. A perfect combination - yummy summer tones reminiscent of sand and surf partnered with the swoops and curves of coastal waves.
The tank itself is simple in construction with a wide neckline & strap and an a-line cut allowing all the detail work of the curves to speak for themselves and to allow that lovely fabric to shine! It's a fun project and a great way to dive head first into sewing with curves. I'm now hopelessly addicted and dying to make a quilt to match!
So join me....take a walk along the surf, smell the ocean breeze, feel the sand between your toes and get inspired to add The Wellen Tank to your kidlets summer wardrobe!
MATERIALS : - 8 Fat Quarters of Quilting cotton. I used Summerlove by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics. Prints used were from "Sunkissed": Beyond Bliss Ginger, Swept Away Serenity, Tokens of Love Pink, Passionate Spirit Teal, Malibu Kiss, Naivety Berry, Sweet Days Seashell, Retro Harmony Sugar. - Approximately 44" of handmade bias tapeor 1 package pre-made. - Co-ordinating thread - Pins - Scissors/rotary cutter & mat.
*Note: When printing please make sure your printer is set to "actual size" or set your page scaling to "none". Be sure not to select "shrink to fit" or any other page scaling as this will result in your pattern pieces being the incorrect size. Pattern piece is sized to fit on a standard 8.5" x 11" page.
For the tank top pattern itself use a pre-existing garment to trace your pattern piece from. There are a lot of great tutorials online that you can find that will show you how to use an existing piece of clothing to trace out a pattern template. Make sure when making a larger/smaller size than a 2T that you adjust the amount of "curved" pieces needed. You can simply add another column of curves to increase the width and to increase the height you would add more curved pieces to the top of each column. For more instructions on how to do this please see Step One below. My tank top was a Size 2 Tank that I drafted from scratch.
*Note: The style of tank used to draft your pattern would need to have a wide neckline to allow the tank to slip over the child's head without the use of buttons, zippers or a "v" neck.
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*Note: Make sure to wash, dry and press your fabric before sewing. This is very important when making garments.
- Print out your Curves Template Piece and cut (6) curves out of all (8) of your prints for a total of (48) curved pieces. I did this with my fabric folded so that I could cut doubles right off the bat. Make sure that when you are cutting your curved pieces that your grain line (straight grain) is going vertically. Your selvadges will be parallel to this. When you tug the fabric you should feel some give/stretch from left to right. If the give is from up/down you need to adjust your fabric.
- Lay your curved pieces out and plan your layout for your "waves". We will be assembling these in the next step in columns so it's easiest to plan your layout laying them out vertically first and then if you'd like to see the whole picture align more columns of curves beside your original column. I used the following layout shown in the picture above. - I'm all about customizing great garments for your own style/taste. The outline of the Wellen Tank is easy and quick to change. Based on the tank you are using for your pattern you can lower the neck, add a v, widen the a-line or elongate the hem - it's up to you! That's the fun part of making your own clothes! If you would like a larger/smaller size just adjust the number of curves used to make each column and the amount of rows of columns you use. We are essentially going to be creating two large rectangles made of pieced curves that are made big enough to cut your tank pattern out of. Ready to get sewing? Yay!
- Lay your pieces out in order in separate piles for each soon to be sewn column. Figure out what is your inner concave and what is your outer concave. See the pic above for an example.
- Take your first curved piece and lay it right side facing up with your inner concave to your right. Place your next curved piece wrong side facing up with the inner concave to the left taking care to align only your top point at this moment as shown in the image below.
*Note: Your top will overlap just a bit with the point not matching up with your bottom curve. This is fine.
- Now comes a bit of a tricky part. It's going to feel weird to sew these two together but trust me - it will work out. Use a 1/4" seam allowance using the outer edge of your presser foot as a guide to use as you move your curve while sewing. I didn't use pins and you don't need to either. Simply go slow while you get the hang of it. I highly suggest doing a sample swatch to try it out before you do the real one. Once you start sewing you simply slowly keep moving your top piece "only" to align it with your bottom one and voila! A sewn curve! You don't even need to clip your seams!!!! That's right! Turn that bad boy right side out and press and you've started your column! I pinked all of my seam allowances to prevent unraveling since this will be a worn garment.
- Continue on joining curve to curve building your column in this manner always starting with your curved pieces laid out as previously stated. Once you have sewn (8) curves together you have finished your first column! Make 5 more columns in this manner for a total of (6) columns. - Once you are done all your columns and pressed them all neatly line up (3) columns for your front rectangle. Pin (2) columns together with right sides facing each other. Pin along the left outer long edge. Sew these columns together using a 1/4" seam allowance. Trim your seam allowance with your pinking shears and press neatly. Now attach your other column to the right side of the column with right sides facing each other. Repeat the steps above. You now have your front rectangle complete. Repeat the steps in this paragraph to make your back rectangle.
- We're going to topstitch those pretty waves you created now :) With your front rectangle topstitch along all of your seams (right side facing up) to add some detail and also so that those curves look nice and finished. I've got a thing for topstitching so following the waves with some pretty stitching was a lot of fun for me :) Press. Repeat for the back rectangle. Great job!
- Get out your tank pattern pieces and cut them out of your newly created wave rectangles. Place your front pattern piece on your front rectangle piece and cut it out. Do the same for the back pattern piece placing it on your back rectangle. - Take your front and back tank pieces and place them right sides facing each other. Pin your side seams and sew them with a 1/2" seam allowance. Zig zag stitch/pink or serge your seam allowances to finish your seams. Press. - Pin your shoulder seams. Sew them both with a 1/2" seam allowance. Finish your seams in the same method as your side seams. - If possible try the tank on your wee one before finishing in case you need to make any adjustments and also to mark your hem length.
- Press your bottom hem up 1/4" and press. Press the hem up yet again 1/2" and pin in place. Sew along the inside edge of your fold. I like to do two stitch lines on my hems for a nice professional finish. I simply follow the first one and stitch about the size of the one of the teeth of the presser foot away from it. It is also possible to sew the hem with just a double needle if you have the option on your sewing machine. Press again.
- We are now going to finish off your neckline and your armholes. You can choose to either make your own bias tape or used pre-bought bias tape. I used pre-bought single fold bias tape for my tank. Single fold bias tape is most commonly used for finishing garments when you don't want it to show.
- With your tank right sides facing out take the edge of your bias tape (wrong side facing up) and pin along your entire armhole. Stitch down along the first crease of your bias tape. Turn the tank inside out and fold the bias tape over and under pinning as you go. You will not be able to see the bias tape from the outside now. Stitch down close to your bias tape inner edge. Repeat this for your other armhole and for your neckline. Press. Voila! You now have your very own Wellen Tank (wellen is german for waves)! You did awesome! I can't wait to see it!
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Liberia airport (LIR)
Passenger guide, data, flight status: departures, arrivals, airlines, facilities and services, transportation, car rental, parking, staying overnight, accessibility for special passengers and reviews.
Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, opened in 1975, is one of the international airports in Costa Rica. It operates with domestic and international flights to the United States, Canada, Central America and the United Kingdom.
Official Website: lircr.com
Number of Terminals - 1 - Open from 3:30 am to 0:00 am during the high season and from 6:00 am to 0:00 am during the low season.
Annual passenger traffic: 1.1 million passengers went through it in 2018.
Tel: +506 2666 9600. E-mail: [email protected]
The airport is situated 13 km (8 miles) to the southwest of the city of Liberia and 15 km (9 miles) away from the beach resort area.
Several car rental companies operate at the airport.
Alamo/National (Tel +506 2668 0067 / 0068 - 5:00 am to 9:00 pm)
Apex (Tel +506 2436 2071 - 7:00 am to 6:00 pm)
Budget (Tel +506 2436 2062 - 5:00 am to 9:00 pm)
Economy Rent a Car (Tel +506 2668 0058)
Enterprise (Tel +506 2668 1819 - 5:00 am to 9:00 pm)
Car rental search
Vip Lounges and airport facilities
Accommodation near Liberia airport (LIR)
Although there are no accommodations inside the enclosure, some hotels in the vicinity operate shuttle services for their guests.
Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport (1.4 km/0.9 miles)
Hotel Santa Ana (5.8 km/3.6 miles)
Hotel del Río (10.8 km/6.7 miles)
Secrets Papagayo All Inclusive (11 km/6.8 miles)
Hotel Cabañas La Teca (11.4 km/7.1 miles)
Public and private transportation
Bus - Services from Pulmitan (Tel +506 2222 0610) go to the city of Liberia and other destinations, such as El Coco, San José, Cañas, Tilarán, Upala, Peñas Blancas, Las Juntas and Aguas Claras.
Transportes La Pampa (Tel +506 2665 7520), on the other hand, heads for the city of Nicoya.
Taxi - Official cabs are red and belong to Taxi Asociación Curubande (Tel +506 8449 9997). Available around the clock outside the main entrance to the International Arrivals Hall. It is recommended to agree on a fare before departing. Travel time to the city centre is 20 minutes.
Parking services at Liberia airport (LIR)
The airport has a free, outdoor car park opposite the terminal building.
Services for passengers with special needs
Passengers with a disability, pregnant women and the elderly are advised to arrange the proper services with their airline at least 48 hours in advance. Children travelling alone will be supervised by the crew of the corresponding airline.
Latest updates: November 19, 2019
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Lee Brogan's Elemental explores the physical embodiment of the powers and presence of nature. We see elements such as water and stone, as not just essential but as living beings. Water mesmerizes us with its beauty, hypnotizes us with its rhythm, calms, soothes and reconnects us with our bodies and minds. Water interacts with air, stone and light to reveal the universe within. Through altered and enhanced imagery we can slip sideways into a parallel universe, closely aligned to our own, but where the microcosm becomes the macrocosm and vice versa. We are never really sure what we are seeing so the imagination searches for meaning in the abstract. What is real? What is imagined? And is there a difference? These works originate within a radius of a few hundred metres from Brogan's home on the Purerua peninsula, where she has close ancestral connections to the lands of the Bay of Islands.


Fun to know: This tea uses the best golden osmanthus to blend with premium oolong. This oolong tea has absorbed all the fragrances from the osmanthus flower, which produces a superb floral fragrance and smooth taste. The osmanthus used are grown between high cliffs and has a rich and long lasting fragrance. These osmanthus flowers are from evergreen trees in Guilin.


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Israels nationalbibliotek (NLI, hebraisk: הספרייה הלאומית; tidligere: Det Jødiske National-og Universitetsbibliotek – JNUL, hebraisk: בית הספרים הלאומי והאוניברסיטאי).

Biblioteket ligger på Givat Ram-campusområdet ved Det hebraiske universitet i Jerusalem og ejer fem millioner bind med verdens største samlinger af hebraica og judaica og med mange sjældne og enestående manuskripter, bøger og kulturgenstande.

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Contemporary capitalism prods us to make the most of our potential, sticking with the program and doing our best. Sven Lütticken Facundo Argañaraz offers fascinating insights into the concepts of sleep and boredom and the potential of refusal as a counter-politics of the times, whose hero might be __________________, the scrivener who not only stops writing but also explains that he would "prefer not to." Intuition tells us that these modern concepts developed between the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution are as anachronistic as they are absolutely timely today.
Facundo Argañaraz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Having studied illustration and painting throughout his youth, he also later earned a degree in Law at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Facundo now works and lives in San Francisco, California, where he is an artist, curator, and founder of Et al. Gallery in Chinatown San Francisco. As an artist, his current work is aimed at confronting, and living within, the conditions of contemporary aesthetics locked into an ever expanding present—laying bare (after the future) the banality and entropic characteristic of Modern constructs, the erosion of content through time, and the problems of originality in a thoroughly commodified world.
He has exhibited nationally and internationally including recent exhibitions at Romer Young, San Francisco; Highlight Gallery, San Francisco; ASU Art Museum, Arizona; Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles; The Popular Workshop, San Francisco; Sherwood Gallery, San Francisco; The Contemporary Austin, Austin; Sonoma Valley Museum of Arts, Sonoma; Queen's Nails Projects, San Francisco; David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco; The LAB, San Francisco; and MCCLA, San Francisco.


Wouldn't you love to be in an atmosphere filled with the melody of nature and a cool breeze? Well, Tajpur is one such place in the state of West Bengal which is home to clean and beautiful beaches. Hence, this charming seaside beauty makes for a perfect weekend getaway from Kolkata into the arms of peaceful and delightful nature.
One can also indulge in several water activities at Tajpur. So, when you can get so much at such as tiny place, why not plan a trip from Kolkata to Tajpur this weekend? Read on to know more about Tajpur and how to reach it.
Tajpur is a year-round destination due to its favourable climate throughout the year. However, if you are not looking to experience summers at Tajpur, then the best time to visit is from September until the end of April.
By Air: The nearest airport is at Kolkata only which is located at an average distance of around 160 km from Tajpur.
By Rail: You can catch a train to Ramnagar railway station and then from there, you can hire a cab to Tajpur. Ramnagar is located at a distance of around 10 km from Tajpur and 170 km from Kolkata.
By Road: Located at an average distance of 160 km from Kolkata, Tajpur is easily accessible by road.
If you are looking to reach your destination within minimum time, then it is advisable to take route 1, as it will take an average time of 40 minutes lesser in comparison to other routes. Through route 1, you can reach Tajpur within 4 hours 30 minutes. On your way to Tajpur, you can take a break at Tamluk and Contai.
Tamluk is located at a distance of around 92 km from Kolkata and 87 km from Tajpur. It is located on the banks of Rupnarayan river and is one of the oldest-living places in West Bengal. The presence of beautiful Rupnarayan river makes it an important en route destination where you can take a break amid the soothing waters of the river through boating and swimming.
Being an ancient town, it also houses several age-old buildings and temples, such as Tamluk Rajbari, Devi Bargabhima Temple and Rakhi Bati. It is also known as Tamralipta amongst several scholars on the basis of its history.
Located in the Midnapore East district at a distance of around 24 km from Tajpur, Contai is famous amongst locals for its ancient temples and mosques. The major places which you can visit in Contai include Kapalkundala Temple and Basanti Mandir. Being home to several cashew nut industries and salt factories, it is an emerging industrial town in the region.
Tajpur is one of the most beautiful seaside hamlets in West Bengal which are well known for their uncrowded and clean beaches. Located in the Purba Medinipur district between the seaside towns of Digha and Mandarmani, Tajpur is also famous for fish farming.
Hence, you can find several fish ponds scattered across the area of 1400 acres. Regarding tourism, the area is only popular amongst locals, despite being home to the best of beaches in West Bengal. However, due to its tourism-friendly environment, the government of West Bengal is taking several steps to fill the gap between tourists and Tajpur today.
Undoubtedly, Tajpur is a synonym to clean beaches. Once you have reached the town of Tajpur, the first and foremost thing which can be done is exploring its beaches. You will not find a better place than Tajpur Beach to relax and detox your body and soul. Even during the summer season, the shores of Tajpur are visited only by locals, thereby, creating a greater scope for tourism.
Apart from sitting idly and gazing at the virgin beauty of Tajpur beaches, you can step forward and go for adventurous activities too. The major adventure sports which can be carried out in the water of Bay of Bengal at Tajpur include kayaking, snorkelling, parasailing, boating and fishing. So, how about spending your time in leisure at Tajpur this weekend?


The interested parties include all other family members even if they are not named in the will. It is important for people who are contesting wills to identify all of the interested parties because each of them has to be notified. After the parties have been identified, the pleadings for the will contest will need to be served on each party so that they can participate in the probate litigation process.
People who want to contest a will might benefit from consulting with probate attorneys who are experienced with will contests. The lawyers may review the will and discuss the situation. They may then analyze the facts and offer honest evaluations of whether valid grounds exist to challenge the will. Not all will contests will be successful; courts view wills as the last wishes of the deceased, and it must be shown that the wills are invalid for any of a number of different reasons. By getting legal help, people might learn whether they have a valid basis to contest a will and get representation through the probate litigation process.


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Vern A. and Esther M. Taylor Charitable Trust
To promote the general betterment and collective improvement of the general citizenry of Grand Island, Nebraska.
Environment, animals
The Vern A. and Esther M. Taylor Charitable Trust awards grants to promote the general betterment and collective improvement of the general citizenry of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.
Grants may also be awarded for the acquisition of lands in the City of Grand Island and/or for the erection thereon of improvements such as hospitals, recreational facilities, libraries, and other additional projects which shall be thought to be beneficial to the people of Grand Island, Nebraska.
Scholarships may be awarded for the educational needs of the youth of Grand Island, Nebraska, especially for those individuals interested in pursuing a course of medical training.
The foundation does not award grants to charitable organizations with a liquor license to serve alcoholic beverages on its premises.
Average grant size: $2,500
Average number of grants per year: 13
Average total giving per year: $37,000
Applications are accepted year-round. Applications must be submitted by September 30 to be reviewed at the annual grant meeting that occurs in October.
Applicants will receive an automated email confirming their submission. Grant decisions are generally communicated by November for applications received by the deadline.
Periodic progress reports and final reports may be required for funded projects 6 months after receiving funds.
The Vern A. and Esther M. Taylor Charitable Trust was created by Esther Minnie Taylor in 1993. Esther passed away in 1993, and her husband, Vern, passed away in 1996. The Taylors were residents of Grand Island, Nebraska.


I have been contacted several times in the last few weeks with people claiming that their computer spoke to them urging them to ring a phone number as they have been infected on their computer.
So Should You Call The Number ?
No , turns out you are calling the call centres that call households on a regular basis and they will try and extract money out of you by remote access , ( not a good thing ).


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Norwegian viking metallers Helheim have completed work on what will be the band's ninth full-length album, which is set for release on Dark Essence Records in January 2017. In the run-up to the release of the album, which will be titled LandawarijaR, the band will be releasing two videos of tracks from the album, the first of which will appear in November. Whilst no information about the album is available yet, Helheim have confirmed that the tracks being used for the videos are "Ymr" and "Baklengs mot intet", two songs which, as the band explained "are neatly intertwined into a dualism that will be portrayed visually by Guilherme Henriques, who is both producing and directing the videos". As a little taste of what fans can expect from the videos, Helheim have published a series of stills from the video shoot by the photographer Mathis Backe of Yggdrasil Photo, and these can be seen on the band's Facebook page at this location.


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Will Khloe Kardashian Take Maternity Leave? The Mom-To-Be Has A Lot Going On
By Karen Fratti
I am endlessly fascinated with the Kardashian and Jenner women and what they do every day. Judging from their show and Instagram Stories, it looks like so much fun. Unboxing wonderful gifts designers send them, making smoothies, doing their makeup, and then working out. Like, that's the life, right? But they all also have their own side businesses and work, too, which has me wondering if Khloé Kardashian will take maternity leave after she gives birth to her daughter, likely next month.
Khloé films Keeping Up With The Kardashians and her spinoff, Revenge Body, and she also runs her clothing line, Good American. So, yeah, she keeps busy. But those jobs are pretty untraditional, meaning she doesn't go into an office every day like most people, which is why she probably won't take maternity leave in the traditional sense. Then again, she hasn't said anything about it either way, so who knows what she'll decide to do.
There was a rumor, according to Life & Style, that Khloé asked for some time off from filming for a longer maternity leave. "When Khloé originally said she wanted to take a long break, Kris [Jenner] thought she meant she would be taking three to four months off like Kourtney and Kim did.... When Khloé told her mom she wanted to six to 18 months off from filming KUWTK, Kris went ballistic," an anonymous source told the tabloid. Of course, this is just a rumor.
KUWTK has been renewed through 2020, according to Variety, but a Season 15 premiere date has yet to be released, so how much Khloé will or will not be on camera is still TBD. Also, Revenge Body Season 2 is currently airing and there's no word on a Season 3 renewal yet, so it might actually be perfect time to take a break if she chooses to.
After Kim had Saint, she took to Twitter when the Daily Mail ran a headline that said she was in a self imposed "diet exile" after welcoming her second child. Kim tweeted at the outlet, "Isn't it just called maternity leave? If coming to NYC support my husband & have so enjoyed my time at home with my babies & family." So even though they don't have traditional jobs, the Kardashians do take some version of maternity leave from their work to recuperate and bond with their new baby. Khloé likely will, too.
She'll probably have tons of help with the new baby, whether it's her sisters Kourtney and Kim Kardashian, who are already experts at the whole newborn thing, her mom, and likely a nanny or two. So she could definitely find time to get some work in from home and get back to her intense workout schedule, which has been one of her biggest concerns throughout this whole pregnancy.
She told Ellen DeGeneres, according to People, that she was putting off maternity clothes for as long as possible:
At the beginning, the first trimester is the worst and no one knows you're pregnant yet and you feel the most uncomfortable. I think once people know you're pregnant, you get all the excuses. Hopefully I look pregnant, not just fat. It's hard for me to breathe right now. I'm gonna try to not wear maternity clothes as long as possible.
Khloé gets a lot of heat for making fitness and working out such a central part of her life, but it makes sense when you think about it. Growing up in the spotlight, Khloé has often been trashed by viewers for being the "fat" sister. Getting pregnant and having your body change is hard enough on its own. Being self conscious about doing it in front of the entire world, as Khloé is doing, is very understandable.
Her biggest fear, which her sister Kim also shared during her pregnancy, was getting stretch marks. She tweeted earlier this year, "So far no stretch marks. So I'm happy about that the perks of being chubby previously. Lol my tummy knows how to stretch." Although it's not true that being previously chubby will help you prevent stretch marks, her fans went wild on Twitter in solidarity.
Fans chimed in to warn her that stretch marks can come after pregnancy and while breastfeeding, while others reminded her to not worry too much about gaining weight. Khloé responded to the body positive fan, "Yes girl! Yes!!! I'm focused after. At the moment I'm enjoying the changes lol."
So if she takes some time off, it will likely be to make sure she gets her workouts in, although she has been training this entire time. For her, it's as much about the physical as it is the mental aspects of working out that has her hooked. She wrote on her blog, according to Entertainment Tonight, about her pregnancy workouts:
I'm so lucky that I've been able to stay active during my pregnancy. If I'm not doing something, I just feel off, ya know? I can't beast out in the gym the way I could six months ago — and, let's get real, it'll be a few more months before I can again — but I'm definitely doing what I can.
In a few weeks, Khloé's world will be entirely different with a newborn, so hopefully she'll take some time for herself to soak it all up and indulge in some self care. Whether it's an official maternity leave or not.
Check out Romper's new video series, Bearing The Motherload, where disagreeing parents from different sides of an issue sit down with a mediator and talk about how to support (and not judge) each other's parenting perspectives. New episodes air Mondays on Facebook.


IC 2631 (Ced 112) is a brilliant blue reflection nebula surrounding the young star, HD973000, about 500 light years distant in the southern constellation of Chamaeleon. As can be seen in the image above, the Chamaeleon cloud complex is a large region of gas and dust where new stars are forming. �The dust partially or nearly totally obscures the stars within and behind it. �HD973000 is a T Tauri star, the youngest visible stage for relatively small stars. �Eventually they will lose mass and shrink but for now they will spend billions of years as a main sequence star. �The image shows the complexity of the dust cloud surrounding the bright reflection nebula.
Absolutely stunning! It looks like a tranquil watercolour painting on a cosmic scale! You can even see some Herbig Haro objects and the background galaxies hiding in the dust are a nice bonus. I have a question, what is synthetic luminance and why didn't you take regular luminance?
Impressive! especially the fine detail in the reflection nebula. I understand that your synthetic Lum is a mix of RGB, but I am also curious about the reason not to take directly Lum, that might have shown more info.
It is my understanding that the LRGB method involved unbinned, high-resolution luminance, which is then colored by shorter, lower-res, binned RGB color data. I've primarily used short, unbinned RGB color data to provide realistic color in my narrowband images. Stars produced solely from narrowband filters can look terrible. I take the color data unbinned so the stars are a better match in size and the exposures, typically 5 min., are short enough not to get much of the nebula. The RGB data for this image is deeper, 10 min exposures and several hours of them. So, the resulting color data is much deeper. So, combining the master RGB data into a synthetic luminance makes good use of the time already invested without having to take hours of luminance data separately. You can deconvolute the synthetic luminance and use other techniques, like high pass filtering, luminance masking, etc as you would with a real luminance. Then you colorize it with the unbinned color. In short, it seems to save time. I may be wrong from a purely mathematical perspective, but it seems to work.


Tina Brooks' star burned with intense brightness before disappearing in the same tragic manner of too many other bop players of the time. Many jazz fans missed Tina Brooks' recordings, the best of which were extraordinary by any measure. A soulful hard bop tenor-saxophonist with a sound of his own, Brooks (1932-74) had a brief life. Most of his better known recordings as a leader and sideman took place during a four year period from 1958-61. Unsung at the time, Brooks is now considered a true giant of the art. Brooks' passionate and full sound and forward-looking style, along with his exceptional compositional gifts, combined to make him a powerful force.
True Blue has become one of the most sought-after Blue Notes of all time. True Blue, along with the album Back To The Tracks, contains most of Tina Brooks finest moments on record. Recorded in June of 1960, True Blue showcases Brooks along with the young firebrand trumpeter Freddie Hubbard in a set of highly inventive originals. Driven by an all-star rhythm section, True Blue is exhibit No. 1 for proof of Tina Brooks' majestic sound and soulful writing prowess. For many aficionados of the Blue Note label, Tina Brooks' True Blue is the very essence of the Blue Note sound and feel.
Recorded June 25, 1960. This XRCD24 released in 2009.


6 CEUs available from CASP for $20 extra. See below for details.
Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric diagnoses among youth, with prevalence rates ranging from 10 to 20%. This conference brings together four experts to help attendees identify and address the socioemotional needs of students who experience anxiety. Dr. Lauren Haack (Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco), Michael Lombardo (Co-Coordinator, California PBIS Coalition), Dr. Michael Tompkins (Co-Director and Co-Founder, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy), and Dr. Alisa Crovetti (Clinical Supervisor and Psychologist, Piedmont Unified School District) are passionate about supporting students with anxiety. They will provide attendees with cutting-edge information and practical tools in order to better address this widespread challenge.
Dr. Lauren Haack will open the conference with a talk on differentiating anxiety from other disorders, and how to conduct a functional behavioral analysis to learn more about ways that the environment can unintentionally reinforce anxious behaviors. Next, Michael Lombardo will discuss how school services such as the multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) can help address the complex needs of students experiencing anxiety. After a catered lunch, Dr. Michael Tompkins will share his expertise in using cognitive-behavioral therapy to treat anxiety disorders in school settings, and Dr. Alisa Crovetti will close the conference with a presentation on developing wellness centers in schools.
Handouts and slides for the presentation will be available in digital form by April 1, 2019. You will be notified of handout availability via email. If you have someone else registering you for the conference, please make sure that person uses your email address so that you receive all relevant information.
We have a rate for current students. If you are not a UC Berkeley School Psychology student, you will be asked to submit an email from your professor verifying your status as a student.
Mental health conditions most often begin in childhood; however, they typically are not recognized or treated until years after symptoms emerge, if at all. Anxiety and ADHD are among the most common mental health disorders in school-age youth, and although many students experience both, sometimes one is better explained by the other or by another condition entirely. There are several considerations when distinguishing if a student has ADHD and/or anxiety, including the chronology of symptom manifestation, as well as genetic loading and environmental reinforcement of symptoms. Utilization of a Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA) also can help by determining the "function" of problematic behaviors and a subsequent course of action. It is important to recognize that there are several factors influential to mental health conceptualization, evaluation, and service utilization spanning various socioecological levels, including factors related to the youth, the family, and the community.
Children, youth and families face a number of life challenges, traumatic experiences and mental illness. It is well established that these challenges impact learning, social interactions, behaviors, safety and overall sense of wellbeing in our school communities. This presentation will focus on how participants can use a multi-tier system of support (MTSS) framework for integrating a continuum of mental health supports to create a "Wellness Campus." Together, we will explore how a site can establish MTSS to promote student wellness, including what features should be in place, who should be involved, and how data can be used for integrated team decision making. Participants will learn what tools and systems they can use to build a continuum of support as well as identify data potential data systems for making decisions.
Anxiety disorders affect 10-20% of school-age youth. The long-term consequences of untreated anxiety disorders include increased risk of substance abuse, depression, and school-refusal behavior. Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) is the psychological treatment of choice for anxious youth and is an efficacious and durable treatment approach. The lecture presents an overview of the empirical evidence of the approach, the key treatment strategies, and suggestions for engaging youth, parents, and classroom teachers in the treatment approach.
Attendees will learn the empirical evidence for the efficacy of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders in youth.
Attendees will learn key treatment strategies for anxious youth in school settings.
Attendees will learn the cognitive model and strategies to engage youth, parents, and classroom teachers in the treatment process.
This workshop will provide the theoretical rationale for school-based wellness centers and share public health data that point to an urgent need for mental health prevention and treatment efforts in schools. Attendees will be provided with practical information on how to create or improve wellness centers at their schools. Dr. Crovetti, who assumed clinical leadership over her district's fledgling wellness center in 2011 and serves as clinical supervisor and training director, will take attendees through the history of her district's wellness center, including discussion of maintaining stakeholder support, budget and fundraising, the model of tiered service delivery, the value of solution-focused therapy in a school-based setting, supervision and training of staff, consent to treatment and confidentiality issues under FERPA and HIPAA, improving collaboration between mental health and other school staff, record keeping, and reducing stigma. Each year the PUSD Wellness Center receives multiple requests from administrators and counselors from other school districts in the greater Bay Area who are seeking guidance in creating their own Wellness Centers. While Dr. Crovetti and her staff enjoy meeting with individual school district representatives, she is even more excited to have this opportunity to share information and guidance in a group workshop!
Attendees will be able to explain to stakeholders how school-based wellness centers are theoretically grounded in one or more of the following models: Core Competencies, Response to Intervention, Risk and Protective Factors, Ecological Systems Theory.
Attendees will be able to state at least three benefits of using solution-focused therapy approaches at a school-based wellness center.
Attendees will be able to state at least one strategy for increasing interdisciplinary collaboration among mental health staff and teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators.
Dr. Lauren Haack currently is an Assistant Professor and Attending Psychologist in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. She completed her graduate training at Marquette University in Milwaukee with a particular focus on ADHD conceptualization and assessment for Latinx youth of Spanish speaking families. For her dissertation, she developed and validated a culturally-informed ADHD assessment tool to evaluate impairment related to attention and behavior concerns in Latino youth: the ADHD-FX scale. Dr. Haack completed her clinical psychology internship at UCSF under the mentorship of Dr. Linda Pfiffner, extending her multicultural ADHD focus to psychosocial treatment. After internship, she completed a National Institute of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows entitled Culturally Sensitive School-Home Behavioral Program for Latino Children with ADHD (F32MH101971-03), followed by an NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellowship with a project entitled School-Home Program for Mexican Children with Attention and Behavioral Concerns (NIH/FIC 5R25TW009343) in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. In this work, Dr. Haack gained experience adapting an existing empirically-supported treatment for implementation and evaluation in schools, collaborating with multidisciplinary stakeholders to ensure relevance and feasibility of services, and building capacity of providers in established systems to faithfully deliver manualized, evidence-based treatment in Spanish. Most recently as faculty, when not continuing clinical research with vulnerable populations, she collaborates with the Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health (JJBH) research team and provides clinical services within the Mood/Anxiety and Hyperactivity Attention and Learning Problems (HALP) clinic at Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospitals and Clinics (LPPHC).
Michael Lombardo is an Executive Director with the Placer County Office of Education and Coordinates the California Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Coalition. His primary areas of interest focus on creating environments where our children can achieve their very best, feel engaged, safe and supported. In these roles he works locally and nationally as a leader in early prevention, student wellness, social-emotional skills development, breaking down barriers to learning, collaborative strategies, and family/youth involvement. Michael is a member of the California Department of Education School Attendance Review Board and Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup. He has presented at numerous local, state and national conferences and professional meetings. Directing several grant projects integrating mental health in schools, systems development, suicide prevention, and school climate, Michael has brought innovation to school mental health. He has extensive experience in the implementation and scaling up of evidence-based practices, multi-tier systems schools, juvenile justice, and human services environments. His diverse professional background includes leadership positions in Education, Juvenile Justice, Health and Human Services, Mental Health and System of Care. Michael is a member of Placer County, System Management Advocacy Resource Team, an integrated leadership team, representative of the Courts, Probation, Child Welfare, Schools and Public Health who guide the integration of services in Placer County with a mission of keeping children safe, healthy, at home, in school and out of trouble. He feels his most significant accomplishment is being a father of two children who are now embarking on their own journey as adults impacting the world around.
Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, ABPP is a licensed psychologist and board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. He is co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Tompkins is a Diplomate and Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and an adjunct faculty member of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. He specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and sleep disorders in adults, adolescents, and children. He is the author or co-author of nine books, including My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic (with Katherine Martinez) (Magination Press, 2010), which is a Magination Press bestseller, and The Insomnia Workbook for Teens: Skills to Help You Stop Stressing and Start Sleeping Better (with Monique Thompson) (New Harbinger, 2018). Dr. Tompkins serves on the Advisory Board of Magination Press, the children's press of the American Psychological Association and has presented over 500 workshops, keynotes, and lectures on cognitive-behavior therapy and related topics to national and international audiences.
Dr. Crovetti is a licensed psychologist and credentialed school psychologist with over 20 years of experience as a psychologist in public schools. Dr. Crovetti has served as clinical faculty in the School Psychology Graduate Program at UC Berkeley since 2007; provides consultation and child, adolescent, and adult assessment services in private practice in Berkeley; conducts neuropsychological assessments of adolescent and adult criminal defendants and provide expert testimony to educate the court on the value and need for mental health and cognitive supports for these individuals; and in 2011, was hired as Training Director and Clinical Supervisor of the Piedmont Unified School District's Wellness Center, which currently provides multi-tiered levels of mental health support to middle and high school students in the district. The Wellness Center was in its nascent form at the time, transitioning from contracted services under HIPAA to in-house services under FERPA, and Dr. Crovetti was tasked with bringing the center into legal and ethical compliance. This included refining the Center's supervision and service delivery models and record keeping and referral processes, expanding and formalizing the training program, and training school-wide staff on issues of confidentiality and consent to treatment. Under Dr. Crovetti, the Wellness Center has expanded its reach, with over one-third of the high school and one-quarter of the middle school students now using its services each year.
This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs, LPCCs, LMFTs and LCSWs. This course also qualifies for 6 hours of continuing professional development for Nationally Certified School Psychologists, under Provider Number 1025. The California Association of School Psychologists maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
When you register you will be able to add the CEUs to your cart. This will add an extra $20 to your registration fees.
Spaces are reserved on a first-come, first served basis. Mail-in registration forms must reach our campus office by March 29, 2019 (mail-in form will be available soon). Allow at least 5-7 days for mail to campus location. Use online registration to guarantee a seat.
please register by March 29, 2019.
Registration includes coffee, tea, and pastries in the morning and lunch in the afternoon. Please let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements or require any accommodations.
Confirmations of registration are sent via email automatically when you register online. If you have not received confirmation within five days of registering, please contact us at ucbschpsyc@gmail.com.
To pay through a district purchase order, please complete this form. We can then send you an invoice, which you can use to make a purchase order through your district.
We reserve the right to change any elements of the conference. Refunds will be made if a written request is received by March 29 addressed to ucbschpsyc@gmail.com. Registration fees will be refunded minus a $25 processing fee. No refunds will be made after March 29. Substitutions are permissible but you must notify the conference in writing.
Public Transit and Parking Information: The parking lots at the Hall are monitored by UC Berkeley's Parking Office, and participants with UC Parking Pass "C', "F" and "H" may park by displaying their parking hangtags. Other guests without a parking permit will need to pay $1/hour via the self-service parking machines.
The Lawrence Hall of Science is accessible by the Hill shuttle that departs in front of Evans Hall (UC Berkeley) to the Lawrence Hall of Science, but it has limited space especially in the mornings and at the end of the day. AC Transit bus #65 is available from downtown Berkeley.
Please see the Lawrence Hall of Science site for more detailed information on parking, including how to download the parking machine app they use.


Planning a Dream Wedding that won't break the bank- Our Wedding Brochure.
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At Yacht Events LLC, food and the exquisite execution of its service are our passion. Our approach is decidedly different. What sets us apart is our unique and singular emphasis on "private dining". Absent the daily distraction of restaurant/hotel service, our Executive Chef and his handpicked team are solely focused on crafting original menus and culinary experiences tailored to exceed the personal dining expectations of you and your guests. With a local farm/sea- to-table philosophy, our dining experiences are customized to your tastes and desires. Our culinary team eagerly awaits the opportunity to showcase an unforgettable event for you and your guests, drawing from the freshest local ingredients that our bountiful region has to offer. Our service tells the rest of the story.
While the core of our signature menu is Hudson Valley cuisine, our culinarians have the flexibility to produce menus of a much broader spectrum and delight in customizing menus that reflect your ideas and personal style.
Generally speaking, the bigger your guest list, the more expensive it will be. If you do want to have a lot of people at your wedding considering doing it off-season. Couples who marry in December can get a great deal for the reception and our out-of-town guests get a fantastic rate.
Where you host your wedding reception is a big factor too, as trendy land venues tend to cost more. If you want to minimize travel and save some money, you might consider having the ceremony and reception at the same location.


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Round three of the Mid-Ulster Senior Alliance was played at Lisburn Golf Club last Monday.
The weather was not good, very cold and plenty of rain.
The Banbridge team, captained by Dougie Stevenson, played early and possibly got the best of the day, weather wise.
Brian Mulholland, who knows this course like the back of his hand, shot one of the best individual rounds of the day, a superb 39 points.
Sydney Pepper was well pleased with his score, 34 points.
Norman Doak was third best with 32 points.
The fourth counting card came courtesy of Fergie Cosgrove, 28 points.
The Banbridge team total was 133 points, seven short of their target of 140. But, nevertheless, it was a commendable effort and one that keeps the team in contention for honours.
The other four members of the team were John Redpath, Roy Rankkin, John Poots and Dougie Stevenson.
Round four of the MUSA will be played at Banbridge on Wednesday the 17th of June.
The team has already been selected.
Brian Mulholland, Sydney Pepper, Norman Doak and Fergie Cosgrove keep their places as the top four finishers at Lisburn.
In come Aidan Doran, Seamus McGrath, Philip Strong and Merton McDowell.
They will be hoping for a massive score over their home course.


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Memorable Manitobans: Benjamin Hartwell Doupe (1861-1914)
Benjamin H. Doupe
Farmer.
Born near Kirkton, Ontario on 31 May 1861, son of Samuel Doupe and Mary Roadhouse, he attended the public school at Kirkton until the age of 12 then he gained experience in agriculture by working for farmers in Perth County. After saving enough money to establish his own farm, he came to Manitoba in April 1882 where he took up a homestead in the Carlingville district in what later became the Rural Municipality of Miniota. He gradually increased his farm acreage until, by 1913, he had 1,280 acres in cultivation. He also raised cattle, horses, swine, and fowl.
In 1886, he married Jane Webb (1866-1925), daughter of Thomas and Mary Webb, at Portage la Prairie. They had ten children: Mary Elizabeth Doupe (1886-1912, wife of Leonard Johnston), Joseph Gordon Doupe (1888-1971), Anna Albina Doupe (1889-1906), Benjamin Hartwell Doupe (1890-1966), Euretta Doupe (1892-1935, wife of Alfred Lints), Frances E. Doupe (1893-1905), Thomas W. Doupe (1895-1975), Samuel Arthur Doupe (1900-1931), David Earl Doupe (1903-1990), and Mabel Doupe (1906-1997, wife of George Pearson). He was a member of the Crandall Methodist Church and he served in several positions on the local school board.
He died at Crandall on 27 April 1914 and was buried in the Crandall Cemetery.
The Doupe farm at NE2-14-25W north of Crandall has been owned, occupied, and farmed by the family continuously since 1882. Four successive generations have included Benjamin Hartwell and Jane (Webb) Doupe, then son B. Hartwell and Gladys (Hume) Doupe beginning in 1914, then grandson Stanley and Velma (Sherritt) Doupe in 1966, and then great-grandson Neil and Jody (Allan) Doupe in 1997. The family received a Century Farm designation in 1982.
Birth and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
"Pioneer of Crandall," Manitoba Free Press, 29 April 1914, page 14.
We thank Grant Doupe for providing additional information used here.


Get yourself the proper sportswear for all kinds of sports. Choose from the leading brands and find yourself in the most comfortable sports clothes you have ever worn!
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2012 is the year of the classic clothing and romance. In terms of leisure and sports, this rule does not yet apply to happiness. Here we must calmly put the what is really like and what is comfortable enough. In the 80s and 90s young people had to typical leotards. We remember neon colored tops and tight leggings. This trend is thankfully long gone. Today, boys and girls also wear loose baggy pants and comfortable T-shirts. Some sports can be with such pants not run. Therefore, you should still set from time to time on a training pant. This need not be tight-fitting. A leggings it must however not be.
What colors are in trend in 2012? Anything that is not too gaudy. Black, white and brown tones, you should definitely choose. Pink, yellow and neon green is not really popular in the next year. Who still wears these colors, is pretty much out. Especially not as leggings or fitted top. This should be avoided at all costs. Another No Go are leopard pants and similar patterns. Who want to look fashionable, really needs to distance itself from such pants. It just seems cheap. Ever fit such colors and patterns not to adolescents. That did not really have anything to do with fashion. Leopard pants are frumpy and make young people more older than younger. Who want to look older what he really is?
Especially in the gym you should definitely put on optimal footwear. The shoes are the most important part when it comes to gymnastics outfit. For here it is not just about the look, but also that the child is able to move properly. The shoe must fit perfectly and can still be a little more expensive. Who buys his children good shoes, saves later for the orthopedist.
People who are still growing, be sure to pay attention to their posture. Also the correct walking is important. In a good shoe store to get the best possible advice. Only with good shoes, the outfit is really perfect. Thus, the physical education also makes a lot more fun.
The latest sports fashion is versatile and portable than ever and in addition to sports clothing also offers a variety of matching accessories for the individual sports. The fashionable sportswear brand manufacturers ensures that recreational athletes wear the right fashion to the sport and are still dressed fashionably. The health benefits of regular exercise made for a boom in sports clubs and gyms.
Ski and snowboarding, walking and cycling are currently among the most popular leisure sports in Germany. But sports like swimming and hiking as well as many popular sports are very popular. More and more German the positive effect of regular physical activity and body, mind and soul are aware. Circulation, muscles and tendons remain fully functional, stress is reduced and happiness hormones are released. The fashionable sportswear from brand contributes significantly to feel at ease and perquisites moreover, to make this a good figure.
Renowned manufacturers of Fashion specializing in sports and leisure fashion and today offer a wide range of sports pants, tops, jackets and shoes. Manufacturers such as EA7, Icepeak , Nike, Adidas and Puma have high quality fashion on offer, consisting of breathable materials, easy every movement while also still looks really good.
Beautiful details such as kangaroo pockets, hood with drawstrings or rigid cuffs make sweat jackets and Hoodis to portable items. Athletic shorts are comfortable cut, also have pockets and are equipped with a comfortable waistband. The logo of the manufacturer also is often also on the sport pants.
The range of sports shoes is also very versatile. The manufacturers offer matching shoes for the respective sports. This meet high standards, so that the foot can certainly occur and thus ankles and tendons are protected. A variety of accessories complete the fashionable outfit. Besides sports socks or gloves, for example, of many brand manufacturers also training equipment is offered. Many brands also sell bicycles.


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Self-Described 'Hacker' Says She's Archived 99% Of Parler Posts For Public Record, Including Raw Video With Metadata
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A Twitter user who describes herself as a hacker says she has archived around 99% of the content from the social media platform Parler, which went dark early Monday as Amazon banished the site from its cloud hosting service. The documentation reportedly includes deleted posts and raw video files that had been uploaded to the online forum, complete with metadata.
Parler has become the preferred social media platform for several supporters of President Donald Trump and far-right groups concerned about being censored by more mainstream alternatives, such as Facebook and Twitter.
Big Tech targeted Parler after rioters breached the U.S. Capitol last week, accusing the social network of violating its terms of service for failing to take adequate measures to prevent the dissemination of content that incites violence. The platform was reportedly used to promote violent threats leading up to Wednesday's "Save America" rally, which ended with numerous attendees storming the Capitol building as members of Congress were in


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#HoldTheLine: Rappler's Maria Ressa faces new cyber libel charge
December 3, 2020 6:15 PM EST
The Torch is a weekly newsletter from the Committee to Protect Journalists that brings you the latest press freedom and journalist safety news from around the world. Subscribe here.
What do you do when the government won't stop harassing you? It's an apt question for Rappler founder and CEO, and CPJ's 2018 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Awardee, Maria Ressa. The celebrated journalist is set to appear in court Friday following a second trumped-up cyber libel charge for her journalism. The latest charge carries a possible sentence of seven years' imprisonment for Ressa, who is facing at least eight open cases on a range of charges. If convicted on all counts, she could be looking at a lifetime in prison. The #HoldTheLine coalition, made up of more than 75 organizations, was swift to condemn the newest charges and called for an end to the ongoing pressure on Ressa. You can speak up for Maria and Rappler too, using the hashtag #HoldTheLine.
The situation continues to heat up in Cuba, where authorities have been harassing the press and impeding their ability to work amid protests following the arrest of artist Denis Solís, a member of a local freedom of expression and artistic freedom group. Doubling down on these efforts, Cuban authorities have been intermittently blocking access to platforms like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram. Cuba has long been a challenging environment for the press, and holds the 10th spot on CPJ's Most Censored list.
Global press freedom updates
Egypt extends pretrial detention of photographer Sayed Abd Ellah by filing new terrorism charge
Turkish police raid Mezopotamya News Agency, detain journalist Dindar Karataş
CPJ welcomes European Democracy Action Plan, calls for EU member state support
It's difficult to meaningfully tackle threats to press freedom without a clear picture of what's actually happening on the ground. That's why CPJ, in partnership with the News Leaders Association (NLA), launched the U.S. Press Freedom Accountability Project in September. The initiative provides financial support to local newsrooms reporting on press freedom violations and accountability in relation to coverage of protests against police violence.
Applications are open and reviewed on a rolling basis. Amounts awarded range from $2,000 to $5,000, with priority given to pieces that can be published in one to three months. Learn more and apply here.
Looking for even more coverage of press freedom? Sign up for the monthly newsletter from The Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership to receive a curated collection of issues affecting press freedom through updates from The Post's press freedom partners, including CPJ, and pieces from Post columnists.
Running in Circles: Uncovering the Clients of Cyberespionage Firm Circles — Bill Marczak, John Scott-Railton, Siddharth Prakash Rao, Siena Anstis, and Ron Deibert, Citizen Lab
"Nothing could stop her. Not even a bomb" – Fight to bring justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia continues — Katarzyna Mierzejewska, Women in Journalism
Turkey's Journalists on the Ropes: Joint international press freedom mission to Turkey (October 6-9, 2020) — The International Press Institute
Imprisoned Turkish Journalist Ahmet Altan Tops December Ranking of One Free Press Coalition's "10 Most Urgent" Press Freedom Cases — Forbes
Internet Censorship in India: Peeking Under the Hood — Devdutta Mukhopadhyay, Internet Freedom Foundation
The Cost of Trump's Assault on the Press and the Truth — David Remnick, The New Yorker
Emmanuel Macron's press-freedom hypocrisy — Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review
Online Attacks on Women Journalists Leading to 'Real World' Violence, New Research Shows — Julie Posetti, Jackie Harrison, and Silvio Waisbord, The International Center for Journalists
Syria: Two Years Since Raed Fares' Assassination, but His Murderers Remain Anonymous — Mohammad Bassiki, Ali Al-Ibrahim, and Ahmad Haj Hamdo, SIRAJ
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