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Q: NoClassDefFound exception when using dialog fragment I'm new to android development. I'm following this link to create an alert dialog.
But I'm receiving NoClassDefFound error at
newFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "dialog");
EDIT: Stacktrace

04-19 06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  04-19 06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):
  java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
  org.poovelil.gpstest.MainActivity$MyAlertDialogFragment 04-19
  06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):     at
  org.poovelil.gpstest.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:37) 04-19
  06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):     at
  android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1072)
  04-19 06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):   at
  android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1836)
  04-19 06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):   at
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1893)
  04-19 06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):   at
  android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:135) 04-19
  06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1054)
  04-19 06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):   at
  android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 04-19
  06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):     at
  android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:150) 04-19 06:40:08.640:
  E/AndroidRuntime(1656):   at
  android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4389) 04-19
  06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 04-19
  06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) 04-19 06:40:08.640:
  E/AndroidRuntime(1656):   at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:849)
  04-19 06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):   at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:607) 04-19
  06:40:08.640: E/AndroidRuntime(1656):     at
  dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

My Code is below.
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
        boolean gpsOn = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
        boolean networkOn = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
        if(!gpsOn) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "GPS Provider is off", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "GPS Provider is on", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

        if(!networkOn) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Network provider is off", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Network provider is on", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

        if(!networkOn || !gpsOn) {
            DialogFragment newFragment = MyAlertDialogFragment.newInstance(1);
            newFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "dialog");
             //startActivity(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    public static class MyAlertDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {

        public static MyAlertDialogFragment newInstance(int title) {
            MyAlertDialogFragment frag = new MyAlertDialogFragment();
            Bundle args = new Bundle();
            args.putInt("title", title);
            frag.setArguments(args);
            return frag;
        }

        public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            int title = getArguments().getInt("title");

            return new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity())
                //.setIcon(R.drawable.alert_dialog_icon)
                .setTitle(title)
                .setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface arg0, int arg1) {
                        //((FragmentAlertDialog) getActivity()).doPositiveClick();

                    }
                })
                .setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface arg0, int arg1) {

                    }
                })
                .create();
        }
    }

A: The NoClassDefFound error leads me to believe you're using a pre-HC device, which means it doesn't have native support for Fragments. You will need to use the android support library and use FragmentActivity's getSupportFragmentManager() instead.
Check out this page: Using the Support Library

A: If you are using minSdk=8 adding support library is not enough. You should use fragment stuff accordingly, and in your case:

*

*your custom fragment should inherit from android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment

*your Activity should inherit from android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity

*you should retrieve a support FragmentManager instance via android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.getSupportFragmentManager()

A: You need add the dialog into FramgmentManager first:
    FragmentManager fm = getFragmentManager();
    DialogFragment newFragment = null;

    final FragmentTransaction transaction = fm.beginTransaction();
    newFragment = (DialogFragment)fm.findFragmentByTag("dialog");
    if (newFragment == null) {
        newFragment = MyAlertDialogFragment.newInstance(1)
        transaction.add(0x11313123, newFragment, "dialog");
    }
   newFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "dialog");
}

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North America is rich in wild medicinal plants that you can harvest for profit. These herbs are used in Native American Medicine to treat a variety of ailments, from lung infections to fever. Since they grow in the wild, harvesting them won't cost you anything. (h/t PreppersWill.com)
How to harvest wild herbs
You need to pick wild herbs that are easy to find so you have ready access to them come harvest season. Take a look at the following wild medicinal plants:
Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) is a perennial herb commonly used in Native American Medicine to treat skin disorders, digestive problems, liver conditions, diarrhea and eye irritation.
This plant is found in large stands in hardwood forests throughout the eastern United States. While harvesting goldenseal is not prohibited in most states, collecting from federal or state lands may require a permit that puts a limit on your total harvest.
The biggest and healthiest plants thrive in moist, wet areas under heavy shade. The most valuable plants are aged four to five years. At this stage, leaves mostly appear in pairs and are alternately forked along the stem one above the other.
The best prices are paid for premium fall-dug root, though goldenseal can be harvested earlier than this. Waiting until fall gives the plant's fruit time to ripen and drop its seed.
Goldenseal has a connected root system that supports several stems. A garden trowel is all you need to dig the shallow roots. Start at a patch's outer edge and work your way inward, then dig up large, mature plants and leave immature ones.
Mayapple
Also known as mandrake, mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) is a perennial herb native to eastern North America. Its fleshy underground stem contains anti-cancer compounds and is said to be a treatment for genital warts.
Mayapple emerges in early spring in Massachusetts, Florida and as far west as Oklahoma and Texas. It grows best in open woodland and shaded fields and can be found near a stream or wetland.
The plant forms a fruit that ripens in summer shortly after flowering. Its roots should be dug after the fruit ripens around late June until early July, depending on the region. Dig two to three inches deep near the stem using a garden trenching tool. Once the first root is lifted, it will be easy to gather more since the plant's roots grow close together. (Related: Medicinal wildflowers to harvest when hiking.)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is a perennial herb that grows in Canada, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas and Nebraska. It is used to treat lung infections, skin ailments like acne, and gum diseases, among other things.
Bloodroot grows to about nine inches and thrives in rich woodland soil in partial shade. In late spring, it produces seed pods that ripen from late summer to early fall. You can dig the plant's roots after the pods ripen because the plant will die soon after that.
The roots of bloodroot are buried only two to four inches beneath the soil's surface so they should be easy to collect. Use a garden trowel and wear latex or rubber gloves when digging because the plant's juice can stain your hands.
Also known as blackwort, boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) is a perennial herb that thrives in wetland and swampy areas in Canada, Florida, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Texas. Its leaves are commonly brewed to make tea for fever and were once used to wrap broken bones with to promote their healing.
Boneset is easy to harvest since you only need to collect its leaves and stems. Harvest the plant from August through October before the first frost hits. Foggy mornings are the ideal time to cut boneset because sun exposure can cause cuttings to wilt and turn black.
Use handheld pruners to snip the plant's stem a couple of inches above ground. You can collect boneset in loose bundles and spread your harvest in the back of your truck or wagon on the way home. Cover to prevent exposure to the sun. (Related: These incredible plants were used by Native Americans to cure illness.)
All of these wild medicinal plants need to be dried before they can be sold. Make a simple drying rack at home for your harvest. Ideally, herbs should be sold as soon as they are dry, but you can also store them in large closed cardboard boxes in a dark, dry place.
Learn more about wild medicinal plants and their uses at Herbs.news.
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Ever left a stag do and felt a little worse for wear the next morning? Well you're not the first and you won't be the last! So we have come up with the top 5 drinks that will have you feeling right as rain and ready for round two of the stag do party weekend.
Scientists have done their research and come to the conclusion that the symptoms of the hangover are not actually caused by the alcohol itself but more likely from the process of the body trying to break down the alcohol. Caffeine can offset some of the harmful effects of alcohol. It can be found to relieve headaches and migraines which are associated with a hangover. Although if you are going to use coffee as your pick me up then we suggest having some water on standby as research has suggested that coffee can dehydrate, and lets face it, that's the last thing we want when we are hungover.
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People swear by coconut water to cure a hangover. It's a really good option for someone who feels like they cannot stomach food because a bottle of this has more potassium in it than a banana! It's also really refreshing and a nice healthy option packed with sodium, potassium and magnesium which helps to regulate blood sugar levels. It's another option for those of you who have a hard time drinking water with a hangover.. and did I mention it tastes divine!
Your liver works very hard to filter the alcohol from your body, especially after the amount of drink consumed at a stag. By squeezing a lemon into a glass of water you are helping to detox your body and aid liver function. Lemons contain vitamin c, potassium, magnesium and copper which are all essential nutrients for the body that will help your hangover in a natural way.
Last but not least is Sprite! There's nothing more satisfying than the cold refreshing sensation of a fizzy drink sliding down your throat when you wake up with a hangover and a very dry mouth. And now there's science behind it that tells us that this is acceptable. Yay! no more guilt about having a fizzy drink after a night out. The Lemon and Lime Sprite drink has the ability to break down acetaldehyde which is responsible for the awful feelings that come with a hangover. Acetaldehyde turns into something called acetate and when this occurs you start to feel much better and the hangover symptoms lift.
So the next time you are at a stag do and you aren't feeling the best the next morning you can count on these drinks to help alleviate the symptoms of a hangover.


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This is how Basis Peak users reacted to Super Bowl 50
Basis has the play-by-play of your football experience
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Hearts were pumping and tears flowed during the victory (and loss) of Super Bowl 50 (sorry Panther fans). But how does it all measure up when you factor in wearables? Basis has the details.
Jawbone already calculated what your sleeping habits were like before the SB50 but Basis took it one step further on game day taking note of heart rates, activity levels and calories burned from 20,000 anonymous users nationwide using the Basis Peak's sensors and algorithms.
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Apparently, the average amount of calories burned was 612 - or about two pizza slices. From the beginning to the end of the game, which is about five hours, users only took 756 steps, or less than half a mile. Talk about couch indentations... Additionally, people took about the same amount of steps per minute during game play and commercial breaks with men walking around more often than women.
Peak heart rate spiked before game began, likely due to all the excitement from people readying themselves to gorge on chicken wings and cheese dip, and taking final bets on the winning team.
Interestingly, the highest beats per minute was during the first quarter, when Denver fumbled and magically turned it into a touchdown. In general, heart rates were higher than usual on Sunday showing that people were pretty pumped about the game.
Predictably, it seems like the majority of Super Bowl 50 was spent on the couch with occasional spurts of anxious pacing - and perhaps throwing things at the TV. Even if you don't care about the un-official American holiday, it's still interesting to see the heart rate spikes and lack of movement your fitness tracker sees.
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In her spare time, Lily can be found knee-deep in zine collaborations, novel writing, playing Dungeons & Dragons or hiking and foraging for mushrooms.


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Billie Eilish Shared a Gross BTS Moment From the "All Good Girls Go To Hell" Music Video
Literally how?
By Jasmine Gomez Sep 12, 2019
Billie Eilish recently premiered the music video for "All Good Girls Go to Hell."
The video was inspired by the climate change process.
She shared a gross behind-the-scenes moment from its filming to her Instagram stories.
If you've seen a Billie Eilish music video, you know that she pushes the envelope. All her music videos feature some pretty iconic moments. In the video for "When the Party's Over," she cried black tears, in "You Should See Me in a Crown" she had a spider crawl into her mouth and in her latest one, "All Good Girls Go to Hell," Billie literally transformed into some sort of bird-like creature as fires blazed around her. The video for "All Good Girls Go to Hell" wasn't just amazing to watch, but it also had an important secret message about global warming and climate change. What's probably more impressive about Billie's music videos is that she does all of her own stunts and she just proved that by sharing a gross behind-the-scenes moment from the filming of "All Good Girls Go to Hell."
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In "All Good Girls Go to Hell," Billie's white wings end up getting covered in a black oil-like substance after falling into a pool of tar, a moment that probably alludes to the countless animals that have been affected by oil spills.
As Billie struggles to get out of the vat, you can tell that she's become weaker and tired. Billie's stylist, Samantha Burkhart, revealed that filming the video wasn't easy, since she had to drag 25 foot long wings as she was weighed down by the black slime.
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Not only was it difficult, but it was also super gross. Billie shared a video where's she stepping into the pool of slime to her Instagram stories. "Sh*t felt like I was stepping into a pool of black snot," she captioned the post.
Plus, if you look closer. You can see that Billie's holding onto a rope. It looks like that substance was so thick and slimy that she need to grab onto something to help her balance.
Billie's definitely committed to her art and this behind-the-scenes moment just proves that she really is badass af.
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Jasmine Gomez is the associate lifestyle editor at Women's Health and covers health, fitness, sex, culture and cool products. She enjoys karaoke and dining out more than she cares to admit.
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COVID-19 disruption will lead to 28 million surgeries cancelled worldwide
Up to 28 million elective operations could be postponed
Over 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – leading to patients facing a lengthy wait for their health issues to be resolved, a new study reveals.
The CovidSurg Collaborative has projected that, based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to COVID-19, 28.4 million elective surgeries worldwide will cancelled or postponed in 2020.
The modelling study, published in the British Journal of Surgery, indicates that each additional week of disruption to hospital services will be associated with a further 2.4 million cancellations.
Led by researchers at the University of Birmingham, researchers collected detailed information from surgeons across 359 hospitals and 71 countries on plans for cancellation of elective surgery. This data was then statistically modelled to estimate totals for cancelled surgery across 190 countries.
The researchers project that worldwide 72.3% of planned surgeries would be cancelled through the peak period of COVID-19 related disruption. Most cancelled surgeries will be for non-cancer conditions. Orthopaedic procedures will be cancelled most frequently, with 6.3 million orthopaedic surgeries cancelled worldwide over a 12-week period. It is also projected that globally 2.3 million cancer surgeries will be cancelled or postponed.
In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service advised hospitals to cancel most elective surgeries for 12 weeks. It is estimated that this will result in 516,000 cancelled surgeries, including 36,000 cancer procedures. These cancellations will create a backlog that will need to be cleared after the COVID-19 disruption ends.
If, after the disruption ends, the NHS increases the number of surgeries performed each week by 20% compared to pre-pandemic activity, it will take 11 months to clear the backlog. However, each additional week of disruption will lead to the cancellation of an extra 43,300 surgeries, significantly extending the period it will take to clear the backlog.
Mr. Aneel Bhangu, Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery at the University of Birmingham commented: "During the COVID-19 pandemics elective surgeries have been cancelled to reduce the risk of patients being exposed to COVID-19 in hospital, and to support the wider hospital response, for example by converting operating theatres in to intensive care units.
"Although essential, cancellations place a heavy burden on patients and society. Patients' conditions may deteriorate, worsening their quality of life as they wait for rescheduled surgery. In some cases, for example cancer, delayed surgeries may lead to a number of unnecessary deaths."
Dr. Dmitri Nepogodiev, Research Fellow at the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery at the University of Birmingham said: "Each additional week of disruption to hospital services results in an additional 43,300 surgeries being cancelled, so it is important that hospitals regularly assess the situation so that elective surgery can be resumed at the earliest opportunity.
"Clearing the backlog of elective surgeries created by COVID-19 will cost the National Health Service at least £2 billion. The Government must ensure that the NHS is provided with additional funding and resources to ramp up elective surgery to clear the backlog."
For more information, interviews or an embargoed copy of the research paper, please contact Tony Moran, International Communications Manager, University of Birmingham on +44 (0)782 783 2312. For out-of-hours enquiries, please call +44 (0) 7789 921 165.
Country-level data on cancelled elective surgery is available in the study manuscript for 190 countries. This data is split in to 15 specialties providing a comprehensive overview of the local impact of COVID-19 on surgery.
The CovidSurg Collaborative is a research network focussed on the impact of COVID-19 on surgical care. Over 5,000 surgeons from across 120 countries are participating in the CovidSurg programme. The Collaborative is leading two cohort studies collecting patient-level surgical outcomes data; currently data on 7,500 patients have been entered by 440 hospitals worldwide.
This study was led by CovidSurg Collaborative members based in the United Kingdom, Benin, Ghana, India, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Rwanda, Spain, South Africa, and the United States.
The University of Birmingham is ranked amongst the world's top 100 institutions, its work brings people from across the world to Birmingham, including researchers and teachers and more than 6,500 international students from over 150 countries
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) awarded £7 million to the University of Birmingham to establish the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. This unit is engaged in conducting multi-country randomised controlled trials testing interventions to reduce SSI across a range of low- and middle-income countries. It has established sustainable partnerships with the aim of leveraging global policy change: Benin - University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou; Ghana - University of Development Studies, Tamale; India - CMC Ludhiana, Punjab; Mexico - Hospital Espanol, Veracruz; Nigeria - Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos & Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals, Ile-Ife; Rwanda - University of Rwanda; University Teaching Hospital, Kigali; South Africa - Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg;
The NIHR is the UK's largest funder of health and care research. The NIHR:
Funds, supports and delivers high quality research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care
Engages and involves patients, carers and the public in order to improve the reach, quality and impact of research
Attracts, trains and supports the best researchers to tackle the complex health and care challenges of the future
Invests in world-class infrastructure and a skilled delivery workforce to translate discoveries into improved treatments and services
Partners with other public funders, charities and industry to maximise the value of research to patients and the economy
The NIHR was established in 2006 to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research, and is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. In addition to its national role, the NIHR commissions applied health research to benefit the poorest people in low and middle-income countries, using Official Development Assistance funding.
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New RFID Line Optimized for Textile Rental, Laundry
TAGSYS announced a new line of high frequency tags and readers optimized for textile applications, including commercial laundry and uniform rentals.
May 29, 2008—This article was originally published by RFID Update.
May 29, 2008—TAGSYS hopes to make it easier to do the laundry with a new line of RFID readers and tags optimized for use in commercial laundry and textile rental operations. The French company with US headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced new versions of its ISO 15693-standard high frequency tags and readers that have been optimized for use in textile washing and sorting operations.
"The textile rental process flow is similar to a typical manufacturing line, where there are conveyors and objects that move from one station to another. But it is a challenging environment, because the linens, uniforms, or other items to be identified are often wet from laundering, and there is a lot of moisture in the environment," TAGSYS product marketing manager Maria Kaganov told RFID Update.
TAGSYS announced new encapsulated versions of its ARIO 370-HL and 370L-DL 13.56 MHz tags, Medio L400 fixed-position reader stations, and TS400 RFID Tunnel that have been optimized for textile operations. The read tunnel can be installed around existing conveyor lines in textile and commercial laundry facilities, and the reader stations are intended for use in sorting and other areas. TAGSYS guarantees its new encapsulated tags for more than 200 wash cycles.
The new hardware and tags are up to twice as fast as TAGSYS' previous products in textile environments and provide read rates greater than 99.9 percent, according to the company. TAGSYS was able to increase read speed by optimizing antenna design and by using a new digital signal processor (DSP), according to Kaganov.
"We approach specific vertical markets with our base hardware. Where the customization comes in is in the antenna design, the station design, and the packaging of the tag," said Kaganov. The company previously released specific product configurations for the library and pharmaceutical markets, and an earlier-generation textile line (see TAGSYS Targets Library and Textile Adoption of RFID and TAGSYS Guarantees Six Sigma RFID Performance).
Textile, including linen and uniform rental companies and commercial laundries, is a major market for TAGSYS. The company noted that applications are evolving and cited independent research that forecasts the RFID market for textiles is growing more than 30 percent annually.
"What we've seen is textile rental companies being able to offer value-added services because of RFID," said Kaganov. "For example, one of our customers now offers expedited service as an extra feature. Before, they did everything on a first-in, first-out basis. With RFID they track garments throughout their supply chain and can pinpoint locations, so they're able to locate and process individual items much faster than they could before. We're starting to see more end-to-end supply chain tracking, rather than just using RFID at processing facilities."
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CBM In Action: Eastern Charlotte Waterways (Blacks Harbour, NB)
This summer, Atlantic DataStream spoke with Donald Killorn, Executive Director of Eastern Charlotte Waterways, about their water monitoring work in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick.
Explore the data Eastern Charlotte Waterways are sharing on Atlantic DataStream.
My name is Donald Killorn. I'm the Executive Director of Eastern Charlotte Waterways, which is an environmental non-governmental organization based in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick.
We've been in some incredible situations trying to collect this data. We are generating some results we think are meaningful and are starting to get a really good picture of environmental health in the whole Bay of Fundy watershed.
We're transitioning from a period where our data is stored digitally but not necessarily effectively and DataStream represents the next evolution of that. DataStream, I think, is a really great next step for data management for community groups.
Community based water monitoring is a key component to effective environmental management. Empowering the grassroots and working on environmental management at that level is something that really appealed to me. Being part of a community-based group gives me opportunities to work on issues of freshwater management and land-use down through the estuary and into the marine environment.
Discover more about Eastern Charlotte Waterways work online at www.ecw.ngo .
Learn about how your organization can use Atlantic DataStream to share freshwater data you're collecting across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Contact us to set up a data contributor account.
Kicking Off Atlantic DataStream in Halifax! June 5-6, 2018
Atlantic DataStream kicked off on World Environment Day (June 5, 2018) with a two-day conference and celebration in Halifax, NS. More than 100 community-based water monitors joined us from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. Join the Atlantic Water Network Community Hub Facebook Group to connect with conference attendees.
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When traveling many people enjoy visiting local museums, we on the other hand visit local dog parks. Dog parks are the first place we look for when arriving at a new destination. There is an app for everything, and is great for locating dog friendly places, including restaurants and hotels, in addition to dog parks.
In Washington, D.C. our favorite dog park is Congressional Cemetery, located at E Street and Potomac Ave, SE. The Cemetery is 35 fenced acres for dogs to run off leash and visit the over 67,000 residents. The first burial was in 1807. Notable residents are J. Edgar Hoover, John Philip Sousa, the 21 bodies of woman who perished at the Arsenal Gate Ammunition explosion of 1864. Former Mayor Marion Berry took up residence a few years ago, and burials continue to this day.
Neighbors who had been bringing their dogs to the cemetery for years formed the K-9 Corps in 2007 with a board of directors andmembership fees. The revenue from the K-9 Corps brings in a third of the overall budget for the Cemetery, and dog owners are encouraged to volunteer at the many dog and non-dog events throughout the year. I volunteered at the annual Day of the Dog, and in 2015 was a ticket taker for the goats that came to eat the poison oak and other invasive brush on the other side of the fence. You wouldn't believe the crowds of parents and kids that came to see the kid goats. The cemetery goats got great press from the Washington Post, CNN and NPR.
Summer months the cemetery offers free tours on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Liz Ruskin has created an amazing walking tour, so bring your headphones and take the IZI tour, The Dead Tell the Best Stories.
Maggie, BBF Lola, and I love the cemetery. We try to go everyday when we are visiting our former home, Washington, D.C. I hope you visit when you come to D.C., even if you don't have a dog.
Hi Allison, Many thanks for taking readers along with you on your journey. This is well written and fun to readl Please keep writing! warmly, Margy K.


3D scanning in combination with 3D printing now makes it possible to create all sorts of physical objects. This technology has become so advanced that it helps to preserve or restore historic artifacts that no longer exist. Let's take a closer look at how 3D printing is currently being used to help protect and even recreate the vanishing past.
How Does 3D Printing and Scanning Work?
3D printing requires 3D data. Data can come from your own design in the form of a CAD file or it can be collected by scanning an actual physical object which can be used to reverse engineer a copy of the original.
How long did it take the beam to bounce back? Since the speed of light is known very precisely, the time it takes to return tells the sensor how far away that particular point is.
At what angle did it return? Knowing the angle tells the computer the position of the point in space.
Some systems also record color, reflectivity and other qualitative surface features. Every system depends on millions of points of data, called a "point cloud". With modern computers and software, it's possible to manipulate this cloud in lots of interesting ways.
How Can 3D Printing and Scanning Preserve the Vanishing Past?
Museum curators, historians and archeologists have long known of, and fought against, the ravages of environmental decay upon mankind's priceless cultural treasures. Weathering and acid rain can be controlled inside of museum spaces but the ravages of war, neglect and vandalism are not so easy to defend against. Monuments, statues, tapestries, friezes and bas reliefs all help to tell the story of our past, and they are all at risk.
Thanks to 3D scanning and 3D printing, many museums of antiquity are now digitizing their entire collections, with the hope of preserving the past in some more permanent form. An online digital platform Threeding.com is working with many museums and private collectors in Europe to scan their collections of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Ottomon art.
What If The Real Thing Is No Longer Available For 3D Scanning?
In too many cases, original artifacts have been lost or destroyed before they could be digitally catalogued. Are they gone forever? Maybe not. Two university students – one from Germany and one from Spain – created the website Rekrei. Here, they use photogrammetry to reproduce a past that was never scanned in the first place. Photogrammetry is a technique for making a 3D digital file using 2D photographs as the raw information. The founders of Rekrei set-up an online platform and then crowdsourced – asked people on the internet to send them any photographs they had of precious artifacts lost from the Mosul Museum in Iraq when it was ransacked by Islamic State fighters. Thousands of people from around the world who had visited that museum and who had photos responded.
As with a scanning laser, these various photos showed the artifacts in question from many different angles and distances, providing the necessary data for calculating the exact dimensions and proportions of the originals.
These pictures were digitally scanned, with the data overlapped to create a complex point cloud. This new cloud was fed to a printer to make a replica of an Assyrian lion statue from 860 BC and the statue of a priest from ancient Persia, among many others.
There are many ways that 3D scanning and 3D printing technologies are being used to preserve and recreate the past. It is exciting to see how these technologies will continue to be developed. In the future, these same techniques can and will be used to reproduce missing pieces from classic automobiles, busts of beloved family pets, or anything else for which photographic evidence exists.
We love the potential of 3D printing and we believe that transformative technology like this will bring even more changes to the prototyping and low-volume manufacturing industries, making it even faster and easier to create new ideas while replicating past ones. Want to know more about how this is done? Contact us today for a project review to see how we can apply 3D printing and traditional techniques to bring concepts to life.


Yay! I made it past the middle and now there are five new journal pages in the shop! As always, I've made the pages available as a group and individually. Each page also includes a colourful and a colour-free version.
Next up on the to-do list is a set of pages made especially for kids. I can't wait to show them to you.
Until then, best wishes and happy journaling!
Looking forward to your kid ones!
Love that Agatha Christie quote!
You read my mind! These are so great I'm trying them out with my 10 yr old homeschooler, but I'd love to see the kid-focused pages you come up with!!


I meant to get this post up for St. Patrick's Day, since it's, you know, green.
St. Patrick's Day has passed, but green food can and should be eaten all year round (shocker, I know).
Making pesto is one of those simple, time saving things you can do to always have a quick dinner on hand. It can easily be transformed into a tasty meal after a long day at the office, or when you're sick and just don't feel like exerting yourself much, but still have to feed your starving, neglected, "all we've been eating is frozen pizza" family (this may or may not be happening in our house lately).
A while back, I realized that buying pesto pre-made is really…dumb. Not only is it more expensive than making it, but it's less flavorful and usually has strange additives to preserve it.
As summer approaches (okay, I know it's only the beginning of March, but I have hope), I look for dishes that don't require a lot of cooking and that utilize the fresh produce plentiful during that time of year.


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This past year has been personally…transformative. And that's really allowed my work and images to take on another level that I feel I was just scratching the surface of at the end of 2017. In fact, by allowing myself to be more authentic to myself and my art, it's also opened up more doors this year than I ever could have imagined ending with a huge win of being named one of The Knot's Best of Weddings for 2019!
I've had the opportunity to watch families begin as I captured countless weddings this year as well as welcomed new babies into their families. Capturing anniversary sessions and family sessions of past clients have really hugged my heart as I am so grateful I can capture these milestone sessions as I watch these families literally grow! Getting the opportunity to capture NYBFW in the Spring and Fall has been a true treat and a few sleepless nights was well worth the adrenaline pumping experience of racing from one show to the next.
GOSH! 2018 has truly gifted me with so much and for that I am SOOO grateful! Below are some of my personal favorites from this past year.
And through all the craziness of it all, I have these boys to truly keep me grounded and remind me that in order to be the BEST mom to them, I really needed to dig deep within myself to be true to my authentic self. That and also to wipe their boogers, and cuddle with them when they are just a wee too tired.
2018, you've been so good to me. 2019, I can't wait to see what you have in store.


The Recurrent Expenditure Department of the Ministry of Defence required a system to automate the process of generating payment vouchers within the department using the template provided by the Office of Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF). The aim was to convert the manual paper to electronic format.
Bamtech was able to deliver a customized solution that allowed officers of the department generate payment vouchers directly from their systems with pre-populated data for the payment in sextuplets. This reduced time taken to prepare each voucher, human error and the consumption of stationery.


Qantas, Virgin, Jetstar, Tigerair: that's usually the order in which we rate our 'big four' airlines, from priciest to cheapest, most reliable to least reliable, safest to least safe. But is that really a fair assessment?
Qantas is Australia's most expensive carrier, at an average of 21 cents per kilometre according to Melbourne-based travel search engine Rome2Rio.
Tigerair's 8 cents per kilometre makes it not only the cheapest airline in Australia, but the whole world.
So, at more than double the price, does Qantas deliver more than double the value of Tigerair?
We regularly survey the public about your experiences with Australian airlines and the results are rarely surprising: Qantas and Virgin come out on top, Jetstar and Tigerair bring up the rear. But we've noticed the margins between these ratings are nowhere near as high as the margins between airfares.
Around three quarters of Qantas and Virgin customers are happy with their service, while two thirds of Jetstar and Tigerair customers are similarly satisfied.
People are more likely to report a poor experience with Jetstar and Tigerair (six percent and nine percent) while fewer people have a gripe with Qantas or Virgin (two and three percent).
It's no surprise that budget flights often run later than their pricier competitors, but not that much later. Flights arrive late around 17% of the time from Qantas and Virgin, compared to around 25% of the time from Jetstar and Tigerair.
Flight cancellation rates buck the trend; while Tigerair is unsurprisingly the worst performer, Qantas and Virgin aren't exactly doing great in comparison, and Jetstar actually boasts the least flights cancelled.
How do the airlines treat their customers during delays and cancellations? The passengers we surveyed seemed only slightly more annoyed with the low-cost airlines and only slightly more satisfied with full-service.
Cost per km, economy flights: Rome2Rio 2018 Global Flight Price Ranking. On-time performance/cancellations: Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics 2018 report. Satisfaction with airline assistance: Australian Consumers in the Travel Market – CHOICE research, September 2017.
What are you entitled to when your flight is delayed or cancelled? Compare Qantas, Virgin, Jetstar and Tiger's compensation policies.
Qantas appears to be the hands-down winner in this category, with 70% of our survey respondents rating the airline's safety standard as very good or excellent. Virgin, Jetstar and Tigerair follow in order, with Tigerair's reputation for safety thought by our respondents to be the worst.
But is Qantas really Australia's safest airline?
These scores really only tell us about brand perception, not actual safety. Most people (especially those who've seen the film 'Rain Man') know Qantas has a good reputation for not crashing, and most people remember when Tigerair was grounded in 2011 because of safety transgressions.
How safe do Australians think our airlines are?
Does a cheaper ticket equate to an unsafe flight?
None of Australia's four major commercial airlines has had a serious crash causing fatalities in modern aviation history. Our airlines may have varying reputations, but on the world stage Australia's reputation for aviation safety is excellent. Our airlines must measure up to our strict aviation standards, regardless of their own standards of customer service.
Do we need to talk about Tiger?
Qantas, Virgin and Jetstar were all named on Airline Ratings' lists of the world's safest airlines in 2018. The three airlines scored seven stars out of seven, while Tigerair scored only five.
But Tigerair didn't lose points for its chequered past – only a fatality in the last 10 years would be serious enough for that. The two stars were deducted because the airline isn't IOSA-certified. The International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) is voluntary, however, and Tigerair only needs to meet Australia's strict aviation safety standards to stay in the air.
"The IOSA is not mandatory. Most airlines choose to do it but we don't require it," confirms Peter Gibson from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). "There's one set of safety regulations for all airline operations in Australia. The rules are black and white – if you meet them you can fly, if you don't meet them you can't fly. That's what happened to Tiger in 2011."
CASA grounded Tigerair after its aircraft flew into Avalon Airport at an unsafe altitude twice in one month. The aviation authority also had concerns about Tigerair's pilot training and maintenance procedures at the time.
Asked whether the airline is now meeting CASA's safety standards, Gibson assures us it is – otherwise it wouldn't be allowed to fly.
Tigerair confirms that it's lifted its game. Since the airline was acquired by Virgin in 2014 it's had "an unblemished safety record", a Virgin Australia Group spokesperson tells us.
"All airlines within the Virgin Australia Group, which includes Virgin Australia Airlines, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Tigerair Australia, operate to the same exacting safety standards. Each of these airlines adhere to some of the highest safety regulations in the world, as applied by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to all airlines operating in Australia."
"All Qantas Group airlines, including Qantas and Jetstar, operate to the highest safety standards and share safety protocols and systems. Qantas and Jetstar pilots and cabin crew train at the same facility and operate some of the newest and most advanced aircraft in the industry."
All four major airlines have the same operational rules, maintenance rules and pilot licensing rules.
Budget flying might evoke visions of a bone-rattling ride in a rusty old plane that's just been revived with a lick of paint, but that's definitely a myth worth busting.
All of Australia's commercial planes are relatively young, and Qantas actually has the oldest fleet.
Via airfleets.net (includes aircraft that fly domestic and international routes).
"In principle [aircraft] age is not an issue as long as they're maintained to the appropriate standards," says CASA's Peter Gibson. "A 50-year-old aircraft could be dangerous, but the oldest commercial aircraft we have flying in Australia would be around 15 years old."
Do Qantas and Virgin hire more experienced pilots? There's no easy way of finding out, but even assuming that they do, greater pilot experience isn't necessarily linked to greater safety.
All Australian commercial airline pilots are highly qualified with a minimum number of flying hours under their belt, not to mention specialised training and licensing to fly the type of aircraft they're piloting. Plus, they undergo continual checks by instructors and a medical every two years.
A 2013 study by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) across three different airlines found that the number of flying hours logged made no difference to the overall performance of pilots.
But a 2015 US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) study seems to refute that. It found that "accident rates seem to increase for [general aviation] pilots early in their post-certification careers, reaching a peak, and then declining with greater flight experience."
So, what makes people choose one airline over another?
The main drawcard for Jetstar, Tigerair and Virgin is cheaper fares, while Qantas and Virgin win a good number of customers with their flight schedule options and loyalty points.
More travellers (eight percent) choose Qantas and Virgin because of their reliable on-time arrivals and departures, compared with only two and three percent choosing Jetstar and Tigerair for this reason. This is despite the actual on-time performance of the airlines.
Safety is another deciding factor for many people. Fifteen percent of Qantas passengers identify safety as the main reason they fly with the airline.
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Zane Lowe is joining Apple
By James Temperton
Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe is leaving the broadcaster to take up an unspecified role at Apple in the US. The New Zealander said "exciting times" lay ahead adding that he had "loved every minute" of his time working for the BBC.
During his time at the station Lowe championed lesser-known artists as well as interviewing some of the biggest names in the industry including Eminem, Jay Z and Rick Rubin.
Lowe's last show will be on 5 March with Annie Mac lined up to take over his Monday to Thursday 7pm to 9pm slot.
What job Lowe will do at Apple remains unclear. It is likely he will join Apple's growing music business to work on a project still in development. The Cupertino-based company has already purchased Beats for £1.8bn and has set its sights on a much bigger role in the music industry.
Lowe could work on music curation for a new subscription streaming service or even present his own show.
Reports have suggested that Apple's new service will be a revamp of Beats Music and launch sometime this summer.
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Islanders 20 Questions in 20 Days
Question #4: Can Mitch Korn work his magic on Robin Lehner?
The lion meets his tamer, maybe.
By Steven E. Smith Sep 4, 2018, 9:00am EDT
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When Barry Trotz was hired by Lou Lamoriello to be the 17th different head coach of the New York Islanders, two questions sprung straight to everyone's minds: a) this meant that John Tavares had to stay, right?; and b) was he bringing along his two most loyal assistants, Lane Lambert and Mitch Korn?
The answer to a), we know, was no. But b) turned out to be quite the uplifting yes. Lambert, an assistant under Trotz since 2011, followed his boss to Long Island only two weeks behind him. Korn, the "goalie whisperer" and the more coveted of the two assistants, seemingly took a bit more convincing to join the organization, but did so on July 26, taking on the role of Director of Goaltending.
His hiring, highly anticipated by Isles fans and highly regarded in every corner of NHL critical review, gave immediate legitimacy to a position with which the Islanders struggled so mightily for decades. His massive and impressive body of work begot his reputation, which speaks for itself, and which represents a drastic turnaround for the organization's commitment to goaltending.
Korn has been in the NHL as a coach since 1991, when he was hired by the Buffalo Sabres. He spent seven years in western New York, his main project a guy named Dominik Hasek. Perhaps you've heard of him. He remained in Buffalo until 1998, when the Nashville Predators were born into existence. Their inaugural coach: Trotz. Korn was hired as part of the inaugural coaching staff, as well, becoming the organization's first goaltending coach. It was a post he held until 2014, when both he and Trotz were relieved of their duties in Tennessee. During his sixteen years there, he worked with and groomed the likes of Tomas Vokoun, Pekka Rinne, Carter Hutton, Juuse Saros, Anders Lindback, and Scott Darling, among others. Trotz, now an available veteran NHL head coach, was considered a premier candidate with his 16 years' experience, and was quickly hired by the Washington Capitals. Korn, with some convincing, agreed to join him as goaltending coach. There, he worked with Braden Holtby and Philipp Grubauer, most notably. He took a step back from the game beginning in 2017, when he surrendered the title of Goaltending Coach for Director of Goaltending, the title he now occupies with the Islanders.
Throughout his career, his goalies have accumulated numerous accolades: a total of eight Vezina Trophy nominations, five Vezina wins, three Hart Trophy nominations, and two Hart Trophy wins. You might just call it chance, but for his goalies to perform as well as they have over a period of 27 years is certainly nothing to sneeze at. His hiring assuredly has some cache to it, but the extent to which this may help Robin Lehner, a large 26 year-old goalie the Islanders signed to a one-year deal this summer, remains to be seen.
To examine the impact Korn could have on Lehner, described by one former Sabres colleague as a "talented lazy psychopath," one need look no further than the performance of his past goalies for the purposes of this question, especially once they had spent significant time working with Korn. (Let's keep it easy: all stats are gathered from Hockey Reference, and all save percentages are all-situations.)
Dominik Hasek
As previously mentioned, one of the first NHL goalies to work with Korn was Hasek. "The Dominator" wasn't so dominating when his NHL career began. Drafted in the tenth round by the Blackhawks in 1983, he didn't come over to North America until 1990, serving primarily as the backup to Ed Belfour. Hasek was traded to Buffalo during the summer of '92, and spent his first season with the Sabres as backup to Grant Fuhr. His NHL career save percentage to that point was .896.
In '93-'94, Fuhr missed time while injured, and Hasek stepped in marvelously, claiming the starter role and playing 58 games with an absurd .930 save percentage - this would be an extremely high number even in today's game, where NHL average save percentage is .912, according to Hockey Reference. The same site says that back in '93-'94, league average was .895. A full .035 higher than an average goaltender - oh, and he was already 29 years old. This level of play carried through much of the rest of his career with Buffalo; the time in which Korn and Hasek's services to Sabres overlapped resulted in two Hart Trophy nominations and two Hart wins, as well as four Vezinas. And though Hasek's goalie coach during the Olympics was not Korn, in February 1998, he led the Czech Republic to gold in Nagano.
It's tough to determine what happened, exactly, that elevated Hasek from mediocre NHL backup to world-beating monster at the most-likely-past-his-prime age of 29 - perhaps he needed time to get used to North American rinks and style of play, since he was named MVP thrice and top goaltender four consecutive seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga before coming over - but it can't hurt Korn's rep to have coached the best goaltender of all-time.
Tomas Vokoun
Vokoun was claimed by the Predators from the Canadiens, his draft team, during the Expansion Draft. He and Korn were original members of the organization, and Vokoun spent his first four seasons in Nashville splitting time with friend-of-the-Isles Mike Dunham before the latter was traded to the Rangers.
Vokoun started for Nashville through his age-30 season before being shipped to the Panthers. In his four seasons as the Predators' starter, he posted mostly strong save percentages of .918, .909, .919, and .920. Interestingly enough, however, his save percentage increased during his time in Florida. His first season there hovered right around where he had been, at .919. But his next three seasons: .926, .925, .922.
Vokoun noticed an uptick in his play when he got away from Korn, even in his age 31-34 seasons. Again, difficult to discern what occurred or what may have changed in his game, but an interesting dichotomy with Hasek.
Pekka Rinne
Rinne was drafted by the Predators and rose through the organization to become the starter during the 2008-09 season, and worked with Korn until he and Trotz's contracts were not renewed in 2014.
Rinne's numbers have bounced all over the place through his career: one year he looks like a beast, the next not even starting quality. His best season, statistically, came under Korn in 2010-11, where he posted a .930 save percentage and willed the Predators to the playoffs. His next best season was this past one, at age 35, where he posted a .927 and won the Vezina Trophy as the Preds won the President's Trophy. And for what it's worth, he struggled mightily his final two seasons working with Korn, recording seasons of .910 and .902 in '12-'13 and '13-'14, respectively.
Braden Holtby
Holtby was drafted by Washington in 2008 but didn't secure regular NHL duty until 2012-13, when he started 35 games and played in 36, posting a .920.
In his first season as a full-time starter in 2013-14, he stopped .915 of the shots he faced over 48 games. The next season, his first working with Korn, that number rose to .923, and he played in 73 of the Capitals' 82 games that season. The next two seasons saw him start 66 and 63 games and record .922 and .925, respectively. This past season, his save percentage dipped all the way down to .908, but his workload fell to 54 games, as well.
There's an argument to be made that his game took a step back when Korn did, as he was not the goaltending coach this past season even though he was in the organization; there's also a probably more convincing argument that his struggles were due to exhaustion from the heavy workload he carried over the previous three seasons.
The biggest conclusion we can draw from this little thought exercise is that goalies are difficult to explain. Percentages jump all over the place, and admittedly, this post resembles an argument in a bar room debate than it does a detailed statistical analysis. And I subjectively selected four of the best goalies with whom he's worked, not all of whom are the most ringing of endorsements of Korn's coaching abilities. Individual talent plays a role, no question, and to say Lehner is anywhere close to the natural talent level of the four goalies studied here would be quite generous.
But by the same token, bear in mind the sheer number of elite goalies with whom Korn has worked; part of his job through the years was to identify goaltending talent, and these are just four examples of who he may have had a hand in selecting or elevating.
And who's to say that Korn wasn't at least partially responsible for improving the play of his goalies? I claim full ignorance of the knowledge of what makes a goalie great as far as positioning and movement and all that jazz, but perhaps he's adept at pinpointing weaknesses in a goalie's game and creating simple solutions to turn them into strengths. I mean, I'm speculating, of course, but isn't that all we do here anyway?
In Robin Lehner comes, potentially, his biggest challenge yet. He undeniably has size and skill, though has never been able to put it all together, and he's undoubtedly the headcasiest of headcase goalies. If Korn's reputation as the "goalie whisperer" holds true, he may just get inside the head of Lehner to control and use his powers for good, even if he won't be coaching him day-to-day.
In other words, yes, I believe Mitch Korn can work his magic on Robin Lehner. But if not, Korn's ability to identify talent in the position will be a huge asset going forward.
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