How can I help my lady cat calm down and stop over-grooming during a difficult time?
My little lady cat is adjusting to some serious life changes. She just moved with me from a two bedroom house that was once occupied by two people and two other cats to a tiny studio with just me...and I am barely home (two jobs and an active social life). I noticed that she is grooming herself in a way that makes her seem neurotic and nervous, and she has even licked her poor belly clean of the fuzz that is typically there. She is also very vocally demanding of me and more vocally expressive in general, which makes me think she is upset. The month has been very rough on her (and me) as I allowed my landlord to sell the house we were living in while I looked for a new place, and this meant strangers were in our home randomly throughout the week, which I am sure was nerve-wracking for her. I hate to think I am making life unpredictable and terrifying for her. I also know life will calm down soon and perhaps she will adjust back to the chill cat she once was. If I need to take her to a vet I will (she was just there) but I think that would also be super stressful for her. The vet also vocalized concern regarding her being alone during her last visit which has made me worry more.
In the meantime, what can I do to calm her nerves while she adjusts? I know of Feliway and I am going to acquire some ASAP, but I am really worried about her mental health as she is alone more often than not and possibly bored. She has a good diet (grain-free, organic wet food) and I try to give her as much attention and love and play-time as possible, but that has been difficult lately as we have been transitioning to a new life for over a month. She has a cat tree that faces a window in the new place and I am looking into more vertical spaces for her. Another cat is out of the question as my lease doesn't allow it and she completely despises other cats anyway.
If you can't get another kitty then I think you're just going to have to wait it out, frankly. Give her as much attention and lovin' that you can when you're home, and just try to get through this transitional period.
Is the house quiet while you are gone? She might like something that won't annoy your neighbors (probably) like classical music, or if your neighbors aren't a concern or whatever, maybe a nature channel? Some cats really love birds and or big cats (which is so weird) on the television. Our cats seem like NPR because of the combination of music that isn't offensive and human voices.
Our cats could not give two poops about toys but they love their scratch lounges. We got one as a housewarming gift for a friend with a newly-alone cat (the other cat had passed) and he loves it, seems to want to spend a lot of time there. If your cat likes toys, toys are good.
Also, don't know how clean you are or are not, but ours love to nest in dirty laundry when we're gone a lot, which isn't surprising but some people are not down with that kind of thing. She might appreciate something that smells like you to snuggle with.
Finally, if you can get another cat (maybe a male kitten with a sweet disposition) then that would probably help, clearly. I realize that might not be an option.
This happened with one of our cats, Sammy, when my boyfriend and I moved in together, my one cat joining his two. Sammy did the grooming thing to the point that his tummy was completely bare and licked raw and oozing. Sammy could just never adjust to my cat, even though my cat was old and mellow and never bothered him. He just couldn't tolerate having an invader in his house. So he groomed. After two vet trips for antibiotics, and Sammy wearing a cone all the time (increasing his misery), I started doing my own research. I asked the vet for Prozac. For some reason she was a bit reluctant, saying we should rule out any allergies first, but I knew that the grooming thing was not allergy related.
And, happily, the drug worked and it was cheap. Sammy was a bit stoned for the first week, then adjusted well. The overgrooming stopped and his belly healed. We were able to reduce his dosage, and when my little old cat died, Sammy was taken off the Prozac entirely.
So if you can't change your situation, you may want to talk to you vet about Prozac.
I would make a concerted effort to spend a little more time at home. I know it's hard, but as the owner of a very people-oriented cat, I think that's the best thing you can do for her--even if it's only an extra hour a day, during which you do some dedicated play time with a feather on a stick.
Your solution is to be home more or hire someone to play with her. She needs more time and attention -- and I know that some cats can soak up 24 hours a day 7 days a week and still feel that you're not there enough, but she used to have other people, and now she has no one. Cats are independent as a rule, but not every cat does well with an owner who is home only to sleep.
I think a companion might be helpful if she previously got along with other cats and if that's an option for your current living situation. If not, do you have a reliable friend (with some time on their hands) that the cat trusts who would be willing to stop in for a couple of hours a week to spend time with her? That might help while she settles.
You could also look into paying a petsitter to spend some time with her, again, a few hours a week. Our petsitter charges $15 a visit when we're away and she feeds them, cleans the litter boxes, and I know she also spends time with them and they love her (she's a petsitter, so obviously she's going to like animals and be good with them.) Since this wouldn't involve feeding or cleaning the litter boxes and the time would be flexible, you might be able to negotiate something like a flat rate of $40 a week for 4 hours that's ongoing. I know that's still not cheap, but it might help.
Also, definitely look into medication.
I think another cat might just stress her out right now. Put her scent on everything, keep a regular schedule and spend more time with her.
Yes, more time with her is definitely on the table in the future. I plan on settling down myself a bit once my life sorts itself out, with more days and nights at home, which should satisfy her eventually. I know that what she really wants is for me to be home with her and for my schedule to be normal. But in the short term, when this is not possible, I think I am mostly concerned about alleviating her stress NOW while things are still a bit hectic.
Here's a different calming pheromone that you can use in addition to Feliway.
- Keeping the cat in a single room while you're gone - less unfamiliar territory means quicker acclimitization. This is standard practice when moving a cat to a new place, and seems to help my kitty when she's stressed even though she's used to being here. Need to balance this with her need to be near you when you're home, though - your bedroom is probably best, but you'll need to spend time in there, too.
- grooming the cat - they often groom each other (when they live in groups, which they do naturally), and it seems reasonable that it would help stress. Find the right tool for your cat's fur and brush her, gently, so that she likes it. If she's not used to being brushed, she'll probably come to like it more and more over time.
- Petting the cat more (similar to grooming), and petting with short strokes around the head, like another cat would groom her.
- Leaving a radio on, playing softly, when you're gone so that she isn't in a kind of sensory-deprivation environment - but softly enough that she can ignore it or get away from it if she wants to. I use NPR/talk for this.
- There is now a Thundershirt for cats - I'm not sure how well this would work, and you'll want to be careful with it, but it's worth looking into.
Definitely Google "cat anxiety" for other ideas, and you can also research cat behaviorists in your area.
Thank you for taking care of her! It's good that you noticed she's having problems.
I had a kitty with over grooming problems. Besides a few months on kitty antidepressants, I made a point of having calm kitty petting time every day as part of our routine, to encourage her to be mellow. She was fine after a bit of adjustment and went off the mess and is still going strong 15 years later.
Our cat had a little scratch on his stomach that he licked so much he gave himself a rash. We did the cone of shame along with a powder to ease the itching. It was rough as it lasted 35 days until he had enough fur grown back to take the cone off, but he was totally fine after that. We had daily supervised time without the cone which is how we knew when he was ready to go without it (based on how soon he went for his stomach).
We tried a shirt briefly so he could move about normally but not be able to lick his stomach. That initially seems to work wonders as he didn't try to take it off, but within about a day he started walking with a limp, and then stopped eating, drinking, and even moving. It turns out he really didn't like the shirt—the vet said it messed with his sense of touch and switching back to the cone solved all those issues, so be observant if you use some sort of shirt.
Thanks everyone. Now she has decided that she wants to be an outdoor cat. This will never happen as there are feral tomcats, racoons, and foxes in my area and she has no experience as an outdoor cat. She simply sits and meows at the door now, no matter how much we cuddle or play. I did take her out for a spell and noticed that the entire area has been scent marked, which might be why she is upset. I am taking her to the vet on Tuesday to discuss her behavior and our best options.


Dioramas and Clever Things: Can you beleive these beautifully delapidated buildings are made out from paper?
Can you beleive these beautifully delapidated buildings are made out from paper?
Artist Ofra Lapid digs through the online photographs of an amateur photographer from North Dakota who obsessively documents abandoned structures that have been destroyed by Mother Nature. The images of these dilapidated houses — some completely crushed, while others appear to be slowly crumbling — are used as a reference point for Lapid to create small-scale models. After constructing the houses out of paper and tiny wooden "beams" to keep areas of the newly invented structure upright, she then photographs them again in front of a gray background. The sculptures are all sized around 12 x 14 inches. In several cases, the houses appear to be plucked straight out of their origins and transported to a photography studio. Click through for a peek at Lapid's photorealistic sculptures of tiny, decaying houses.
Hi Tom, it's Ryan. I miss the West Village and running into you. I love these houses. They are amazing!


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Rapha opens tech-focused office in Spain
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today Oct 17, 2018
British cycling clothing and accessories brand Rapha launched its first office in Spain last week. The 33,900-sqaure-foot space is located in the Asturias building at the Science and Technology Park of Gijon in Asturias.
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The brand chose the autonomous community of Asturias as the location of its Spanish office due to its links to cycling and the opportunity of building a large e-commerce team there.
Five graduates of the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Gijón have already joined Rapha and a recruitment process is due to start soon to fill new job positions.
Rapha, founded in 2004 and based in London, sells its products in 20 online markets, ships to more than 100 countries and operates in some of the largest cities in the world through a total of 27 stores or 'clubhouses', which act as meeting places for road cyclists and fans of the sport.
The business has grown by more than 25% every year since its creation, and started turning profits in 2009. It has more than 200,000 active customers and 450 employees.
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Seyda
Seyda: Unleashed Again
Well, I feel like it's been forever since I've sat at my office here at the Grimoire Headquarters and cranked out a column for printing. So as I sit here attempting to pick a topic, I realize that although several things have happened in the city while I was on hiatus, everything still drones on and on. Binding here, zero there, whining here, stupidity there. The names and faces may change, but the general premise is still there. How unfortunate. So, since there isn't any one remarkable thing to write about, you get stuck with my potentially insipid ramblings about unlife as I have seen it since my last column. Aren't you excited?
The last time anyone has really heard anything substantial about me, Republic Enterprises was in full swing and I was engaging in rather lucrative affairs. For those of you weren't aware, some entity in the city who thought that taking my blood would bother me hired The Splinters to bleed me dry. Instead of garnering the response I'm sure the contractor was looking for, I instead spun it around and launched my own pay to burn program. For those of you aware and wondering what the results of the program were, I ended up with 11 paying hitters and two folks dropping off donations for the cause. I ended up making 300,000 coins off my own zeroing, which according to reports, is approximately 80K more than the Splinters would have received to carry out the contract. Good times.
Now, let's look at the winners and losers of this particular situation. Me. I made some coin, I threw a party, I had about a million wargasms, and got to take a weeklong nap. I basically got paid 75,000 a night to stand outside in the freezing ass cold, walk back and forth, and make fun of a rather unimpressive group who fumbled their way into a zero. I think personally, I did okay. Now let's look at the Splinters. For every shot I took away from them by selling myself, their profit margin grew. Not bad. I bet WhiteLighter was standing around going 'Oh man, this is so cool. Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching!' But, the money came at a cost; because I had nothing better to do than pick apart the entire procedure. I'm still waiting for my survey to fill out in the mail. So, was the money worth the reputation hit? That's up to them to determine, I suppose. Finally, the contractor. Someone who had enough of a hate Seyda hard on to pay to have me zeroed. Obviously someone who thinks that the loss of blood would bother me, and so my guess would be someone who has enough knowledge of Republic affairs to know that is something I push, but never close enough to me to actually know why'smiles sweetly in the direction of the Scions, I.D.C, and Heorot Or it could be someone who allowed the anonymity of the contract to cloud their vision and left one too many clues via conversation or the trusty old public diary system. All the possibilities'
Moving right along, after my slumber, I woke up and saw What The get zeroed by the Unholy Alliance, a declaration from AQelDroma that the plan was to show the city the type of vampire that What The is, a demand for the remaining Alliance of Fire members to publicly denounce What The in order to be left alone, most of those members telling AQel to go eat a phallic object and taking their zeroes, and then a very anti-climactic announcement ending the war officially. What a buzz kill. Heorot had it going, I have to admit. What The was dead, which would be an indicator that at least part of the city was in agreement with the words that were being stated. So, where did it go from a show of strength to something that made the city's citizens flip eagerly to any other section of the paper? When the reasons changed. Let me explain. When What The fell, if the announcement would have been made and the war ended, Heorot would have flown out of the gate. Not only would they have gotten their point across, but would also have presented as compassionate and caring for the ones who they claimed were being manipulated. Instead, the demand to publicly denounce What The was made. At that point, the reason for the war changed again, and it was no longer about What The, but about the power trip of having others do their bidding. When they basically got the double finger salute, they lost momentum, and the announcement ending the war was for the most part met with a lack of caring. But, congratulations are in order, I suppose.
I also learned that I need to announce a new Ego King in the city. My first order of business after my hiatus was to assist in a conference one of my alliance co-leaders was having with another clan. The nutshell version is, a vampire attacked a member in the alliance, was given time to explain, didn't, so he got his rump handed to him. His sire attacked back based on the erroneous information given to her by her childer. She got rocked, too. In response, she flapped off at the gums, saw her blood dropping, and ran to a neutral clan to protect her. Well, said neutral clan, who apparently is all knowing, all powerful, and is run by the best vampire to come along since RavenBlack himself, comes crawling to see what my co-leader would want in order for the attacks to stop. Let's ignore the fact that if they would have just sent her to the Peacekeeper's right off, the problem would be solved. So, my co-leader sends what he would want. Neutral clan balks at one of the three criteria and begin swinging around their might, their most powerful alliance, their Grand Duke who hasn't done anything in years, and their bank. So at this point, I come in, tell Mr. Ego that his resume doesn't matter and that he was mistaken in his thought of the conversation being a negotiation, as it wasn't. So then my co-leader was fortunate enough to receive a missive from the Grand Ego explaining that since the negotiations broke down, the pire in question would just go get neutrality. Well, if he was so smart, why did he not figure out that he could have just done that from the beginning? Anyhoo, take that long winded explanation and couple it with the ego trip he bestowed on my wife after taking two scrolls of turning from her during a war, and you see why we have a new winner. Someone who thinks they matter to the masses, over promote their neutral clan, take a full day to figure out that neutrality stops holy water, and thought that someone reading two scrolls of turning in the direction of a vampire with a lot of blood with a pink jumpsuit on was deliberate, and you totally have my new Ego King of the city. So, Beljeferon, please accept your trophy'holds out a needle to assist with deflation
Okay, I know that the glaze is certainly covering your eyes at this point, but this is what you get when I'm out of commission for a month'my rambling on and on and ignoring that brevity even exists. I'm sure you guys missed my big mouth anyway.
So, like always, I tell the truth so you don't have to'not like you planned on it anyway.
~S~
shaarinya
QUOTE "smiles sweetly in the direction of the Scions, I.D.C, and Heorot"
ooooh….I feel special, you're talking about me again grins }:-)
Shaarinya Servant of Corruption Immortalis Decretum per Cruor
Not quite. wink
laughs at the mention of her new clan
Well, I know it's not me - I neither have the coin nor would hire the Splinters to do my own job. Nothing against the Splinters, as I was once one of them - they do a job that some don't have the courage to do.
Spinner IDC Somora - Love of My Life Shaarinya - Winner of the Best Sire of The Year Award TangibleDeath & Diabla - Best Daughters in the World
Murrz Ramirez
If it WAS a Scions member who hired the hit on you, then I would be VERY unhappy with them wasting their coins and acting in such a cowardly fashion. Besides - what would we gain from killing you in a single uncoordinated attack like that?
Murrz ó Cionaoith Forever Bound to Arsanga
Never said YOU'D gain a thing, Murrz. :)
Good to see you back Seyda
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ophelia Lokason ~NiF's Eternally~


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Chael Sonnen reveals the entertaining story of Floyd Mayweather
The Ex-UFC star Chael Sonnen has let out an entertaining side behind the scene story about his fellow boxer Floyd Mayweather before he suddenly gained fame.
Chael Sonnen has always been an interesting character for those familiar with UFC but for those not, he is a former world title challenger in the UFC turned colour commentator who now works in the media given his candidly entertaining personality.
The 39-year-old fighter narrated the story about how Mayweather behaved in the dressing room one time in a bout in Orgeon (where Sonnen is from) when Sonnen had been working for the Athletic commission in the State one night, supervising hand wrapping and the like.
He as well explained some of Mayweather's humour, intriguing personality and how he is actually one of the good guys behind the camera and off the scenes, a trait which many may not see or know about because of the whole 'Money' mantra that the general public got used to when he made it into the land of fame.
At a point, he said he can confidently speak on Mayweather after he and a friend of his from Ireland several years back before he ever got into boxing writing, were given access to the Mayweather gym one sunny afternoon in August when Mayweather was getting ready for the Victor Ortiz fight.
He testified as to how they were treated with nothing but respect and they were the only guys given access to the gym that day outside of the usual circle and the HBO 24/7 camera that were filming at the time.
Sonnen vouched that Mayweather is not what people think he may be behind the camera, and can attend to anybody irrespective of whom you are or what you are, youngster or top level.


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MMWP / Only Dreaming / IanRenton.com Design History
This page shows some of the designs that this website has had through its history as "The Mad Marmablue Web Portal", "Only Dreaming" and as IanRenton.com. A lot of awful stuff from my younger years is on display below!
My first foray onto the Web was a site created in MS Word. It was everything you imagine and more—animated GIF backgrounds, auto-playing MIDI music and all. Mercifully, no content appears to have survived on the Internet Archive or elsewhere. I believe its original URL may have been http://members.tripod.com/__lep.
2000-ish
I learned how to use frames, and how to code my HTML from scratch (by copying other sites), so there was another version of the site that proudly sported a "built in Notepad" badge. I remember a drop-down menu for navigation, a second drop-down to choose the auto-playing background MIDI (what luxury!) and a white on black/blue colour scheme, all of which may have been "borrowed" from emulation site Zophar's Domain from about that era. This version of my site was hosted at https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/, and no content has survived.
This is possibly the third version of the "Mad Marmablue Web Portal". It was a static site and had a Javascript-based tree menu on the left, which the Internet Archive has not preserved. Again I learned by ripping off other sites' code.
This version (or variations of it) seemed to jump between a number of free hosting providers over a couple of years, and may have been hosted at http://www.cjb.net/ (probably itself a forwarder), https://web.archive.org/web/20010722122534/http://members.dencity.com:80/marmablue/, http://marmablue777.f2s.net, and http://lygo.com/ly/sitemissing.html.
An early Wiki version, my first move from static HTML pages to some kind of "proper" back-end. It was contributed to by a few friends. This is the first archive after the site received its own domain, marmablue.co.uk. Having a proper domain seems to increase the chances of the Internet Archive capturing its content, so there is more recorded from this point onwards.
A slightly nicer-looking version.
A blog entry from this month refers to the launch of "MMWP 9th Style", which presumably means I was onto the 9th redesign of the site at this point. Several of them must presumably be lost.
I abandoned the Wiki around the end of January 2004, apparently because I was the only contributor and I intended friends to contribute more than they did. With my blog on LiveJournal, I made my homepage into a simple index page, and split off a number of smaller sub-sites. Unfortunately the "chat" box on the left hand side was largely filled with spam.
The chat box was quickly dropped, replaced inexplicably with direct links to stuff running on my home PC—all apparently offline.
My blog was hosted on LiveJournal at this point, and looked something like this for the whole time I used it, from my first post in 2003 to the point I quit in 2011.
Back to hosting real content on the Mad Marmablue Web Portal site, now centred around fiction and stories. This used a custom back-end written in PHP that I remember being very proud of at the time.
The site migrated via Drupal to WordPress between 2006 and 2009, and I can't find a lot of screenshots from this progression. The site was renamed from "The Mad Marmablue Web Portal" to "Only Dreaming", and was moved to onlydreaming.net. My blog moved over from LiveJournal in around 2009. Here's one of the still largely fiction-oriented WordPress themes.
And a cleaner, sans-serif version. Use of CSS-minifying plugins has prevented the Internet Archive from capturing the stylesheets for a number of intermediate themes.
From around 2013 I moved from WordPress to Octopress 2 and dropped the "Only Dreaming" name in favour of simply ianrenton.com. This version is a plain HTML page that largely links to Octopress sites on a number of subdomains. Social network links and links to other sites I made are prominent.
The Octopress 2 version of the blog, which was separate from other sections such as hardware/robots and software.
A prettier but much more image-heavy version of the homepage. Pictures for each link are monochrome until mouse-over when the CSS effect is removed and full colour is displayed.
A small iteration on the Octopress 2 blog.
Everything back under one subdomain, now on Octopress 3 which makes this more easily possible.
A short-lived "typewriter-style" version which I liked visually, but proved hard to read.
Another short-lived idea to accentuate headings and menus—a nice idea but I felt it distracted too much from the actual text of the pages.
Back to a more stock-Jekyll theme, still serif and focussed on text.
Some nicer coloured accents to distinguish menus and headings.
Some minor font tweaks to improve the look of things. A bit of JavaScript and CSS allows the "More…" menu item and the site search to be embedded inside the header.
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This chapter critically examines innovations and 'reforms' in university service provision and their management, focusing on Australia as illustrative of broader global trends associated with the integration of higher education (HE) into the international market economy. We argue that more than the usual economic, technocratic approaches to service innovation are required because of the complexity and unpredictability that characterize the entire field of knowledge-based services. Instead we establish an interdisciplinary social science-based approach drawing from critical organization studies and complexity perspectives. To apply our alternative framing of both the issues and the intellectual tools required for effective analysis, we examine three dimensions of innovation, those in the policy, governance and academic work processes through which Australian universities have been transformed over the last 25 years. Our contribution suggests that dominant approaches to university 'reform' risk diminishing the creativity and critical investigation skills required for these institutions to advance service innovation and emerging forms of society, not just a 'knowledge-based' and 'service-oriented' economy.


Head injuries – and traumatic brain injuries in particular – account for 30 percent of all injury deaths in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every day, more than 150 people die from TBIs. Although such injuries can happen to anyone, those in physically laborious professions tend to have higher rates.
It seems like every year, the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins find themselves locked in a fierce battle to get to the eastern conference finals of the National Hockey League. This rivalry includes two of the greatest hockey players to ever play the game – Alex Ovechkin for the Washington Capitals and Sidney Crosby for the Penguins. Many consider Ovechkin to be the greatest offensive player in the game and Crosby is considered by many to be the best all-around hockey player.
Despite all of his success, including winning the Stanley Cup, Crosby has had a long history of concussions and has also had a history of taking a long time to recover from them. He has missed a significant amount of playing time due to concussion symptoms. There is serious concern that he may have quality of life issues for the rest of his life following his eventual retirement from the NHL.These fears resurfaced when he took a big hit from Matt Niskanen, a defense man on the Capitols. While Niskanen was given a major game misconduct penalty and ejected from the game, he was not suspended from any further games, because the league did not find intent. This was very controversial.
Crosby missed one game during the series, and it was widely reported that he suffered a concussion and was being evaluated under the standard protocol as discussed in a recent article from the Bleacher Report. His coach, however, said Crosby was not evaluated for a concussion, but there is no telling what actually happened given how injuries are reported and not reported in professional sports.
One thing we do know is that concussions are serious matters and should be treated seriously. Gone are the days of simply breaking open a smelling salt ampule and putting the player back in the game. This is not only true in sports, but also in other aspects of life regarding a head injury.
If you suffer a head injury, you should make sure to seek medical attention. It may be necessary to have a scan to make sure there is no evidence of a concussion or other type of traumatic brain injury. Another thing to keep in mind, as our Boston personal injury lawyers can discuss, is that it is possible to have a concussion with a closed head injury. This means that you do not have to have an open wound to suffer a concussion. The reason for this is because a concussion occurs when the brain, which is essentially suspended, slams into the skull with enough impact to cause a bruise. The bruise can swell, as bruises often do, thus creating a tremendous amount of pressure between the brain and the dura, which is an inner layer of the skull. This pressure, if not treated, can result in permanent brain damage.
This can have life-long effects, and you should discuss this with your experienced brain injury attorney when talking about what you need to do increase your chances of obtaining and full and appropriate recovery.


New Delhi, 29st May 2018: AIGF (All India Gaming Federation), the apex Industry body for skill gaming Industry in India commemorated the second edition of its annual IP event – 'India Gaming Conclave' on 29th May 2018 in Delhi. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan Chairman Law Commission of India, Guest of Honor inaugurated the India Gaming Conclave and was joined by other eminent personalities including Justice R.V.Eswar, Former Judge, Delhi High Court, Ms. Christina Thakor- Rankin, Principal Consultant, 1017 Gaming UK, Ms. Birgitte Sand, Director, Danish Gaming Authority to name a few.
The highlight of the event was the introduction to the AIGF advisory panel & the launch of the skill games charters. AIGF six member advisory panel committee includes justice R.V Eswar, Former Judge, Delhi High Court, Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Business at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Deepak Dhayanithy, Asst. Professor, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, Professor (Dr.) Yamini Agarwal, Professor of Finance & Dean Research, Director Designate, IIF Business School, Dr Sanju George, Senior consultant in psychiatry, Rajagiri hospital, Aluva, Kerala and Ex DGP, State Of Uttar Pradesh, Dr. Vikram Singh.


Being engaged with what we are doing means being focused and energised. It means looking forward to going to work and feeling rewarded when you have done it. It comes from believing in what you are doing and sharing your enthusiasm with others.
Sadly, it seems that many of us do not feel this way about the work we do or the place where we do it.
The employer's job is usually to create a sense of purpose. Increasingly we live in an era where employees expect to find a sense of purpose at work and, if they don't, they will walk. We live in an era where it is the employer's job to foster commitment by identifying the purpose of the organisation in such a way that employees can feel a sense of alignment.
An employer who doesn't understand this may simply blame today's generation for not being committed and loyal, not being engaged and not sticking to one job long enough. However, this will do nothing to solve the problem of staff turnover.
An enlightened employer will grasp the opportunity to start a dialogue with employees where the aspirations of both parties are openly discussed and the common ground of shared purpose is found. Companies that do this are successful beyond expectation and way beyond the average. The energy that is released is enormous and tangible.
Part of the secret is to let go of the need to control everything from the top. By releasing the positive energy of every employee in this way, the true potential of the company can be realised. There is a new movement in the workplace towards helping companies to look to ways in which they can help release energy and the aspirations of employees in such a way that they can reach new heights. The excitement that follows not only affects their performance but enhances the reputation of the employer as someone who believes in their people enough to invest in them and see them grow.
There is a real opportunity for employee's to be the best they can be, and even with a real sense of purpose in an organisation, an employee may still not be productive or achieve a sense of wellbeing. This will depend on four key states – mindful presence, self-efficacy, being in flow and staying fresh.
Mindfulness. Using mindfulness at work is a way that employees can maintain their balance, even under pressure. It can be as simple as taking a moment before rushing off to do the next thing on your list or it can be checking in with your colleagues to see how everyone is before starting a meeting. Mindfulness is simple. However, remembering to be mindful is really hard when the pressure is on. In fact this is often when you need it the most. If you can remember, your performance and wellbeing will be truly enhanced.
Self-efficacy. Albert Bandura, professor of Psychology at Stamford, has identified that performance at work is greatly affected by something he calls self-efficacy. This could also be described as a task-specific version of self-esteem. If you think about any task you have been faced with, you will recognise that your degree of confidence about achieving it successfully will affect your approach and almost certainly the outcome. In fact, many people avoid tasks that they are not confident about achieving a good outcome. So, our belief in our ability to be successful plays a major role in how we think, act and feel about our place in the world. Those with strong self-belief are more motivated and resilient and experience greater fulfilment and satisfaction with life.
Being in flow. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi writes about Flow and, in particular, the relationship between the challenge facing us and our capability. When the challenge is way above our capability, we feel extreme stress and cannot face the task. On the other hand, if our capability is far greater than the challenge, we will be bored and soon disengage. So, the key is to keep increasing the challenge to just beyond our capability and then improve our capability to match it – thus continually improving ourselves, being more and more useful to our employer and growing our skills and capabilities … all of which will keep us engaged and rewarded.
Keeping yourself fresh. No matter how much you enjoy your job, there will probably come a time when it feels a bit stale. Not everyone can take a six-month sabbatical to freshen up but there are many short-break opportunities to investigate new experiences, which will refresh you and enable you to bring something new back into the business.


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Tag: Fred MacKenzie
Meople News: Cherokee Sunrise
18 April, 2011 Kai Weekly News
Don't worry, I haven't forgotten the news for this week. The weekend was busy proof-reading a friend's thesis, so you[…]
In Kanagawa, all players are disciples of Master Painter Hokusai, trying to learn in his studio of art how to produce visual effects on canvas, capturing the mood of the different seasons as well as specific objects like trees, buildings, characters and animals. And while his wisdom is available to everyone, not every disciple can take away the same learning from the Master.
Thing-building games are still going strong. Deck-building games are the most popular of the bunch, but dice-building games and bag-building games have lots of fans, too. With Orleans one bag-building game has made the Kennerspiel des Jahres nominations this year and it really represents the cream of the genre. To become the most successful leader in medieval France, you need tight management of the followers in your bag.
Guildhall: Job Faire
Guildhall was a surprise release by Alderac in 2012, there were no announcements or anything, the game was just there. Now the expansion/sequel Job Faire is out and was much less secretive. I guess we could all see the expansion coming. Just like its predecessor, its better if you don't think about the game to thematically, if the medieval guild system had really worked like this game we'd still only have five bricklayers in the world, and where would we be then, as a civilisation? We probably wouldn't be hating our fellow man over a card game, that's where. And that would mean we're not playing Guildhall.
Penny Arcade: Gamers vs. Evil
Penny Arcade is a name that you simply can't get around when looking into computer games on the Internet. It's one of the most famous webcomics ever. After computer games, conventions and god knows what else, they are also breaking into board and card games. Or are they just selling their name to make their fanbase buy a bad game?
For years, the man Friday has lived alone on his island. But when Robinson was washed up on the beach, Friday's peace was disturbed by this clumsy foreigner. He set out to train him to be able to get off the island again. In training Robinson, Friday was still alone. As are you in this game.
Games about making dresses are a tough sell. Between games about conquest, economic success and survival, tailoring just doesn't compare. So to stand out, a game about making ballroom gowns needs to excel in other areas. Having well linked games mechanics and a new take on deck-building might do the trick for Rococo.


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package com.af.dodgybat.screens;

import com.af.dodgybat.DodgyBat;
import com.af.dodgybat.utils.FlapAssetManager;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.InputProcessor;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Screen;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL10;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureRegion;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Rectangle;

public class FlapMenuScreen implements Screen, InputProcessor {

	private TextureRegion bg;
	private TextureRegion play;
	private TextureRegion sound,info;
	private SpriteBatch sprite;
	private DodgyBat game;
	private Rectangle plrect;
	private Rectangle soundrect;

	public FlapMenuScreen(DodgyBat game) {
		this.game = game;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean keyDown(int keycode) {

		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean keyUp(int keycode) {

		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean keyTyped(char character) {
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean touchDown(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer, int button) {
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean touchUp(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer, int button) {
		if ((screenX >= plrect.x && screenX <= plrect.x+plrect.width)
				&& (screenY >= DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT - plrect.y - plrect.height && screenY <= DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT-plrect.y)) {
			game.setScreen(game.ready);
		}
		else if ((screenX >= soundrect.x && screenX <= soundrect.x+soundrect.width)
				&& (screenY >= DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT - soundrect.y - soundrect.height && screenY <= DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT-soundrect.y)) {
			boolean soundEff = DodgyBat.PREFS.getBoolean("SoundEffects", true);
			if(soundEff)
				DodgyBat.PREFS.putBoolean("SoundEffects", false);
			else
				DodgyBat.PREFS.putBoolean("SoundEffects", true);
			DodgyBat.PREFS.flush();
		}
		else if ((screenX >= 20 && screenX <= 20+soundrect.width)
				&& (screenY >= DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT - soundrect.y - soundrect.height && screenY <= DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT-soundrect.y)) {
			game.setScreen(game.about);
		}
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean touchDragged(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer) {
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean mouseMoved(int screenX, int screenY) {
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean scrolled(int amount) {
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public void render(float delta) {
		Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0.1f, 0.1f, 0.1f, 1);
		Gdx.gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
		sprite.begin();
		// BG
		sprite.draw(bg, 0, 0, DodgyBat.SCREEN_WIDTH, DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT);
		// PlayButton
		if (play.getRegionWidth() < DodgyBat.SCREEN_WIDTH)
		{
			plrect = new Rectangle(DodgyBat.SCREEN_WIDTH / 2 - play.getRegionWidth()
					/ 2, DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT / 2 - play.getRegionHeight()
					/ 2, play.getRegionWidth(), play.getRegionHeight());
		}
		else
		plrect = new Rectangle(DodgyBat.SCREEN_WIDTH / 2 - 100,
						DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT / 2 - 50, 200, 100);
				sprite.draw(play, plrect.x,plrect.y,plrect.width,plrect.height);
		soundrect = new Rectangle(DodgyBat.SCREEN_WIDTH-70,DodgyBat.SCREEN_HEIGHT-70,50,50);

		boolean soundEff = DodgyBat.PREFS.getBoolean("SoundEffects", true);
		if(soundEff)
			sound = FlapAssetManager.getTexture("sound-on");
		else
			sound = FlapAssetManager.getTexture("sound-off");
		sprite.draw(info,20,soundrect.y,soundrect.width,soundrect.height);
		sprite.draw(sound,soundrect.x,soundrect.y,soundrect.width,soundrect.height);
		sprite.end();
	}

	@Override
	public void resize(int width, int height) {

	}

	@Override
	public void show() {

		bg = FlapAssetManager.getTexture("cloud-day");
		play = FlapAssetManager.getTexture("play");
		info = FlapAssetManager.getTexture("info");
		sprite = new SpriteBatch();
		DodgyBat.PREFS = Gdx.app.getPreferences("com.af.FlapFlap");
		Gdx.input.setCatchBackKey(false);
		Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(this);

	}

	@Override
	public void hide() {
		dispose();

	}

	@Override
	public void pause() {

	}

	@Override
	public void resume() {

	}

	@Override
	public void dispose() {
		sprite.dispose();
		Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(null);
	}

}

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package inleiding_java.h4tekenen;

/**
 * Created by Mike on 9/8/2016.
 */
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;

public class GeleEllips extends Applet {

    public void init() {
    }

 public void paint(Graphics g) {

     setBackground(Color.BLUE);
     g.setColor(Color.yellow);
     g.fillArc(100,100,150,75,360,360);

 }
}


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Man, Bystander Injured In Shooting At Basketball Court
by Bay City News | September 11, 2011 12:28 am	| in News | 0
A San Francisco man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was robbed, attacked and shot by several suspects, who also injured a bystander, at basketball courts in the city's Sunnydale neighborhood Saturday night, police said.
The victim, a 22-year-old man, was at the basketball courts near Brookdale Avenue and Santos Street around 8:05 p.m. when he was approached by two or three males who demanded his belongings, San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said.
When the man refused, the suspects physically assaulted him and took his phone, Andraychak said. The man ran away and one suspect fired shots at him, which struck him multiple times.
A woman who was standing in her front yard at the time of the shooting was also struck by one of the bullets, he said.
The suspects fled the scene and the victim ran to a store where an ambulance was called, Andraychak said. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Family members took the woman, who is in her 50s, to a nearby hospital before she was transported by ambulance to San Francisco General Hospital, Andraychak said. Her injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
Police are searching for two or three suspects, who are described as Hispanic or Samoan males. No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or send a text message to TIP411.
Rachel Purdy, Bay City News


SAN JOSE, Calif., June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse Implant System®, a triangular-shaped minimally invasive surgical (MIS) device indicated for fusion for certain disorders of the sacroiliac (SI) joint, announced the closing of a $20 million round of growth capital financing. New investor Arboretum Ventures led the round and all of SI-BONE's existing major investors participated. Proceeds from the financing will be used primarily to fund expansion of the U.S. sales organization in following recent decisions to cover MIS SI joint fusion by health plans such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Geisinger Health Plan in Pennsylvania and First Coast Service Options, Inc., the Medicare administrator in Florida. Additional proceeds will be used to fund R&D activity to support the further development and commercialization of new products for the surgical treatment of the SI joint.
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At the top of each page is a site header containing the name of the website in
large letters and, if a tagline is specified, the tagline in smaller letters
underneath the site's name:

``` toml
tagline = "This is my site's tagline" # Subtitle of your site
```

### description

Site descrioption that appears in search engines.

``` toml
description = "Here is a description of my site that will appear in search engine results - W00t!"
```

### cover

Site wide cover image used by OpenGraph as `og:image` property. Within content the value of the `image` variable is used.

``` toml
cover = "/images/cover.jpg"
```

### authorbox

The authorbox provides attribution to the author of a given post. To enable
authorboxes sitewide, include the line `authorbox = true` under `[Params]`
in `config.toml`.

You can also override the sitewide setting by setting `authorbox` in the front
matter of a piece of content.

To display a person's information in the authorbox, you need two more things.
First, a data file under `/data/members/` that has the following information:

```toml
Name = "Luke Skywalker"
Img = "/path/to/picture/of/lukeskywalker.jpg"
Position = "Master Jedi"
Bio = "I'm Luke. My father tried to kill me and then saved me. I'm confused."
```

And then the [author](#author) variable set to a `name` in the data file.

### author

On the page you are attributing to a person, set the `author` variable
to the same value as `name` in a data file. As long as authorboxes are enabled for the page, either sitewide or on a post, the authorbox will be displayed at the bottom of the page.

``` toml
author = "Luke Skyewalker"
```

### authorboxTop

Forces the authorbox to be displayed at the top of the article and not the bottom.

```toml
authorboxTop = true
```

### copyright

Whatever text is in this configuration value is displayed in the footer. Normally used for site copyright text, hence the name. The text can include normal markdown.

``` toml
copyright = "© My awesome site 2017. Powered by Hugo."
```

### postNavigation

This variable control whether navigation to previous / next posts will be displayed at the bottom of the current post. To turn on, set to `true` and to turn off set to `false`.

``` toml
postNavigation = false
```

### RSSLink

The URL for your site RSS feed.

``` toml
RSSLink = "http://feeds.specificfeeds.com/pauby"
```

### rssDisableSummary

The theme comes with it's own RSS template which is a slightly modified version of [Hugo's embedded RSS template](https://gohugo.io/templates/rss/#the-embedded-rss-xml). The modification allows the page description, as specified in the [front matter](FRONTMATTER.md#description), to be used instead of the page summary.

``` toml
rssDisableSummary = true
```

### GoogleAnalyticsUserID

Enter your Google Analytics User ID here to allow site stats to be collected. If this variable is not present or you are running on localhost not analytics will be collected.

``` toml
GoogleAnalyticsUserID = "AB-12345678-1"
```

### cssAddHead

This array allows you to add CSS files your site without the need to edit any files. When creating the pages for your site each URL you place in here is wrapped in  `<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="...">` and included at the end of the `<head>` section of your page. For example, this variable:

``` toml
cssAddHead = [ "/css/mystyles.css", "//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.6.0/styles/default.min.css"]
```

Will result in this code within the `<head>` section of the page:

``` html
...
<head>
  ...
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/mystyles.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.6.0/styles/default.min.css">
  ...
</head>
```

### jsAddHead

This array allows you to add Javascript files your site without the need to edit any files. When creating the pages for your site each URL you place in here is wrapped in  `<script src="..." ></script>` and included at the end of the `<head>` section of your page. For example, this variable:

``` toml
jsAddHead = [ "/js/myjavascript.js", "//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.6.0/highlight.min.js"]
```

Will result in this code within the `<head>` section of the page:

``` html
...
<head>
  ...
  <script src="/js/myjavascript.js"></script>
  <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.6.0/highlight.min.js"></script>
  ...
</head>
```

### jsAddFoot

This array allows you to add Javascript files your site without the need to edit any files. When creating the pages for your site each URL you place in here is wrapped in  `<script src="..." ></script>` and included just before the `</body>` tag on your page. For example, this variable:

``` toml
jsAddFoot = [ "/js/myjavascript.js", "//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.6.0/highlight.min.js"]
```

Will result in this code within just before the `</body>` tag on the page:

``` html
  ...
  <script src="/js/myjavascript.js"></script>
  <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.6.0/highlight.min.js"></script>
  ...
</body>
```

### fontawesome

Controls whether Font Awesome CSS is included in the page <head>.

If this is true and [fontawesomeCdnEmbedcode](#fontawesomeCdnEmbedcode) is empty then as per the [Font Awesome Getting Started instructions](http://fontawesome.io/get-started/), the `css/font-awesome.min.css` is included from the head (make sure this file is placed in the correct location).

If this is true and [fontawesomeCdnEmbedcode][#fontawesomeCdnEmbedcode] is not an empty value, then as per the [Font Awesome Getting Started instructions](http://fontawesome.io/get-started/), the `<script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/<YOUR CDN EMBED CODE>.js"></script>` is included in the `<head>` section.

``` toml
fontawesome = true
fontawesomeCdnEmbedcode = "1234567890"
```

Will result in the following HTML being aded to the `<head>`:

``` html
<script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/1234567890.js"></script>
```

### fontawesomeCdnEmbedcode

This is your [Font Awesome CDN Embed Code](http://fontawesome.io/get-started/). If you prefer to use the local CSS on your site for this then remove this or leave the value blank.

See [fontawesome](#fontawesome) for more information.

### readingtimeHide
This hides the 'Estimated reading time' for an individual post. Note that this can be overriden on a post basis using the same configuration variable name in the frontmatter.)

``` toml
readingtimeHide = true
```

## Configuration - [Params.Fonts]

This section is for configuration of the sites fonts.

### code

The font used for the code text on your site within `<pre>` or `<code>` blocks.

``` toml
code = "Courier New"
```

Produces this CSS code:

``` css
code, pre {
  font-family: Courier New, monospace !important;
}
```

This will use the Courier New font for code text. Note that whatever you put here will have `monospace` added as the final fallback font should none of the others be available.

See the `index.css` for config variables and `reset.css` for the CSS.

### default

The font used for the site by default.

``` toml
default = "Arial"
```

Produces this CSS code:

``` css
body {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
}
```

This will use the Arial font for all site text (without specific styling).

See the `index.css` for config variables and `reset.css` for the CSS.

### loadGoogleFont

This controls the [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/) that are loaded with your site.

``` toml
loadGoogleFont = [ "Bitter", "Source+Sans+Pro" ]
```

This will load the Bitter and Source Sans Pro fonts. Note that **any spaces in your font name must be replaced by +** or the font may not be loaded.

See the `header.html` for the code.

###	postHeader

The font used for the `h1` to `h6` headers on your site.

``` toml
postHeader = "Bitter, Source Sans Pro"
```

Produces this CSS code:

``` css
#post-article h1 ... #post-article h6 {
  font-family: Bitter, Source Sans Pro, sans-serif;
}
```

This will use the Bitter, then the Source Sans Pro font for the `h` headers. Note that whatever you put here will have sans-serif added as the final fallback font should none of the others be available.

See the `index.css` for config variables and `reset.css` for the CSS.

###	postText

The font used for the normal text on your site. This font is set on the CSS for the `body {}`.

``` toml
postText = "Bitter, Source Sans Pro"
```

Produces this CSS code:

``` css
#post-article {
  font-family: Bitter, Source Sans Pro, sans-serif;
}
```

This will use the Bitter, then the Source Sans Pro font for text. Note that whatever you put here will have sans-serif added as the final fallback font should none of the others be available.

See the `index.css` for config variables and `reset.css` for the CSS.

## Configuration - [Params.BackgroundImage]

This section allows your site to have a background image. If you do not tile the image, it gets anchored in the top-left corner of the window

### url

Url of the image displayed as the site background.

``` toml
src = "/images/background.jpg"
```

### fitWidth

Shrink the image to fit the width of the window.

``` toml
fit_width = true
```

### tile

Tile the image across the window.

``` toml
tile = false
```
## Configuration - [Params.Color]

Change any or all of the page colors.

### backgroundPage

Fairly self-explanatory - color of the *page* background. This is different from the window background color as the page sits within the window.

```toml
    backgroundPage = "#000000"
```

### backgroundWindow

Background color of the window (site container), where the background image sits. Note that the *page* sits inside this window, hence why you can have two different colors.

``` toml
backgroundWindow = "#050505"
```

### backgroundAlt

Alternate background of site container, used on inactive buttons, alternating table rows, and `<code>` and `<pre>` elements (code fields).

``` toml
backgroundAlt = "#252525"
```

### textDefault

The text color to correspond with backgroundWindow.

``` toml
textDefault = "#e2e2e2"
```

### textAlt

The text color to correspond with backgroundAlt.

``` toml
    textAlt = "#e2e2e2"
```

### accent

Accent color, used for active buttons and links.

``` toml
accent = "#2c8cef"
```

### textHeader

Color of the site header text.

``` toml
    textHeader = "#e2e2e2"
```

### Sidebar widgets [Params.widgets]

### articleRecent

Show the ten most recent posts under /post/.

``` toml
articleRecent = true
```

### categories

Show the top 5 categories in use on your site

``` toml
categories = true
```

### eventUpcoming

Number of upcoming events to show in the events widget.

``` toml
eventUpcoming = 5
```

This shows the first 5 upcoming events.

### tags

Show the tags used on your site, ordered by most common

```toml
tags = true
```

### tagCount

Include a parenthetical count of how often a tag has been used.

``` toml
tagCount = false
```

### twitterFeed

This adds your twitter timeline to the sidebar and shows the last tweets from your feed. For the timeline to appear you also need to have set [twitter](#twitter) under [Params.Social][#social-icons---paramssocial]. The number of tweets to be shown has to be > 0.

```
# Show the last 3 tweets from my twitter feed
twitterFeed = 3
```

### Social Icons - [Params.Social]

BluestNight supports linking to a number of popular social sites from icons in the site footer. If the service normally uses usernames prefixed with an "@", your username should be entered *without* one.

``` toml
[Params.Social]
	deviantart = "username"
	facebook = "userid"
	github = "pauby"
	googleplus = "+Joe-Smith"
	instagram = "username"
	linkedin = "paulbroadwith"
	pinterest = "username"
	reddit = "pauby"
	spotify = "username"
	tumblr = "username"
	twitter = "pauby"
	steam = "userid"
```

### deviantart

Your deviantart username.

``` toml
deviantart = "username"
```

### facebook

Your Facebook user id is what comes after "https://facebook.com/" on your public profile page.

``` toml
facebook = "userid"
```

### github

Your Github user name.

``` toml
github = "username"
```

### googleplus

Your GooglePlus username.

``` toml
googleplus = "+name-surname"
```

### instagram

Your instagram username.

``` toml
instagram = "username"
```

### linkedin

Your LinkedIn name. This is the part that appears at the end of your profile page URL and is generally <FIRSTNAMELASTNAME> in lowercase.

``` toml
linkedin = "userid"
```

### pinterest

Your username is whatever follows "https://pinterest.com/" on your profile page

``` toml
pinterest = "username"
```

### reddit

Your Reddit username.

``` toml
reddit = "pauby"
```

### spotify

Your Spotify username.

``` toml
spotify = "pauby"
```

### tumblr

Your tumblr username.

``` toml
tumblr = "pauby"
```

### twitter

Your Twitter username (without the @).

``` toml
twitter = "pauby"
```

### steam

Your Steam userid.

```
steam = "userid"
```

### Shortcodes

#### Member Boxes

The memberbox is equivalent to the authorbox, except that memberboxes can be displayed anywhere in a piece of content using the `{{< member "Member Name" >}}` shortcode. Replace `Member Name` with the name of the member as found in the `Name` attribute of the data file in `/data/members/`. See [Authorbox](#authorbox) for more on the data file.

##### Example:

```markdown
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque convallis sollicitudin arcu sed volutpat. Suspendisse ante erat, elementum eget orci a, consectetur condimentum est. Sed leo ipsum, laoreet eu rhoncus id, posuere ut sem. Pellentesque blandit, tortor sit amet lobortis tristique, sem felis pellentesque orci, vel interdum lacus magna et est. In fringilla facilisis ultrices. Maecenas at bibendum tellus. Vivamus imperdiet volutpat lacus, a tempor enim rutrum at.

{{< member "Joe Smith" >}}

Sed tristique ex eros. Donec vestibulum nunc sed mattis efficitur. Mauris mollis libero quis tellus interdum, id venenatis dolor gravida. Praesent dignissim tempor blandit. Duis ut nisi eget arcu molestie dapibus. Cras viverra magna id tincidunt ultrices. Nam id cursus diam, in ultricies sem. Ut convallis eget metus non feugiat. Integer elementum consequat risus vitae lobortis. Curabitur dapibus, lectus nec vulputate laoreet, leo elit gravida odio, ac dapibus nisl ex vel justo. Maecenas ornare lobortis ante nec blandit.
```

#### Handwriting styles

The theme comes with a handful of 100% free handwriting fonts from [Font Squirrel](https://www.fontsquirrel.com/). You can choose between them using the `{{% handwriting %}}` shortcode. These are the currently available fonts:

- `"allura"`
- `"calligraffiti"`
- `"dancing-script"`
- `"daniel"`
- `"euphoria-script"`
- `"journal"`
- `"kingthings-wrote"`
- `"note-this"`
- `"vag-handwritten"`

##### Example:

```
{{% handwriting "calligraffiti" %}}
This is some text that will render using the "calligraffiti" font.
{{% /handwriting %}}
```

### Output - [outputs]

This requires also adding `CSS` as an output type for the home page.

```toml
[outputs]
    home = ["HTML", "CSS"]
```


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