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Lubbock businessman Timothy Castleman has paid out more money than OJ Simpson for posting a negative review of an online company and not only has he not killed anyone, he didn’t even have a trial. Adding insult to injury is the fact that Castleman is from the same town as nationally infamous auto dealership fraudster ...
['First Amendment', 'Tech Law', 'Lubbock', 'Legal', 'Judicial Reform']
Apple Won a Battle to Lose the War Photo by GR Stocks on Unsplash It depends on what your definition of a link is. Or really, in some ways, what your definition of the internet is. If it’s all really just a series of tubes, it’s not entirely clear that a link you click to take you somewhere else actually takes you so...
['Tech', 'Apple', '4til40', 'Legal', 'Epic']
In case you are not familiar with it, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. that is responsible for the control and supervision of food safety, drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and the likes. In recent times the FDA has been thinking about how to re...
['AI', 'Legal', 'Compliance', 'Healthcare', 'Machine Learning']
“We have a district attorney who doesn’t want to prosecute people … it’s like a fire chief who doesn’t believe in using water” — David Sacks “Boudin’s only answer is decarceration. He doesn’t want to prosecute anyone. He doesn’t want to lock anybody up.” — David Sacks “Boudin is deconstructing the district attorney’s...
['Legal', 'Criminal Justice Reform', 'San Francisco', 'Criminal Justice']
Apple is Being Sued into App Store Submission Photo by Lucas van Oort on Unsplash By my count, we’re about a dozen lawsuits and/or threats of legislation away from the App Store being great again. I’m being facetious, but I’m also not. This is actually happening. For the second week in a row, Apple is making App Sto...
['Tech', 'Apple', '4til40', 'Legal', 'App Store']
1. Vesting Starting with the basics, it’s important to get the vesting schedule and structure right. This part defines at what pace are employee’s options going to vest, or in other words, at what timelines can each employee exercise her options. Market Standard: 4 year vesting, with 1 year cliff, and monthly vesting...
['Startup', 'Esop', 'Venture Capital', 'Asia', 'Legal']
Enough is Enough: An Open Letter from Survivors to TIME’S UP + National Women’s Law Center Alison Turkos Aug 9·9 min read To the TIME’S UP Foundation Governing Board & The National Women's Law Center Board of Directors: We write to you as a collective group of survivors and victims who believe TIME’S UP is failing th...
['Metoo', 'Legal', 'Me Too Movement', 'Survivor', 'Sexual Assault']
I used to think that I had never been in sexual harassment and didn’t really think that this is a serious problem. But after having little princesses who I should take care of, I started worrying about this cruelty and audacity. When I looked back at my past, childhood, I found 3 times which I witnessed kind of sexual ...
['Sexual Harassment']
Free of abuse, free of sexual inequality and free of my old self. When I say freedom dance, I mean that burst of absolute joy when you feel that sudden, overwhelming sense of being free, whether it’s a dance in your head or you really are grooving out in the middle of the street (this is highly encouraged). It feels l...
['Abuse', 'Sexism', 'Sex', 'Sex Work', 'Sexual Harassment']
I don’t know how other people feel about this, but I am getting tired of reading and hearing about the antics of Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Matt Lauer and others accused of putting the make on women who were unlucky enough to cross paths with them. And I sometimes ask myself, “Dammit, why don’t more women do what An...
['Chicago Journalism', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Anne Keegan']
Why do girls who have a good chance of being believed still don’t speak up about sexual harassment? This weekend at a 4-person socially distant dinner party, someone asked me to recount seminal moments in my life. I did a quick run through of the usual suspects: college, marriage, kids, moving countries — lots of memo...
['Toxic Masculinity', 'Patriarchy', 'Me Too Movement', 'Raising Girls', 'Sexual Harassment']
Jackie Lacey, Protect Your Black Female Employees Dear Madam District Attorney Jackie Lacey, When news of your $950,000 settlement with Senior D.A. Investigator Regina Crenshaw came out, I was disappointed that you refused to comment on the horrible treatment she received in the Office that you lead. If you are going...
['BlackLivesMatter', 'Crime', 'Politics', 'Sexual Harassment', 'District Attorney']
“Jis masoom ko dekh ke mann me pyar umad aata hai, Dekha usi ko mann mai kuch ke haivaan utar aata hai.” (Translation: A child whose sight evokes love in heart, some think of evil while gazing at her.) An emotional poem penned by the judge of Rajasthan while sentencing a man to death for raping an 3-year-old. Did y...
['Rape', 'Consent', 'Sex Education', 'Sexual Assault', 'Sexual Harassment']
Summer 2018. Cubicle land. Low, bland, flimsy walls separated work stations. I confided in two co-workers, both white men whom I’ll call Derek and Greg, that I had been sexually harassed by two other male co-workers. Derek and Greg were shocked. They couldn’t understand how their buddies had behaved so disrespectfully ...
['Racism', 'Women', 'Sexism', 'Latinos', 'Sexual Harassment']
Trigger warning: Sexual harassment/assault, gender-based violence As you get ready for work, you check your calendar to prepare for the day. 9:00AM Internal strategy meeting 10:00AM All-staff team meeting 1:30PM Mandatory sexual harassment training 3:00PM Client meeting The day is booked, and you wonder how you’l...
['Workplace Culture', 'Inclusion', 'Gender Roles', 'Gender Equality', 'Sexual Harassment']
How the Dutch Are Fighting Street Harassment You are returning through Amsterdam centre late at night. As you enter a street known to be a popular hang-out for young men, you feel a tingle of fear. You grasp your keys firmly in your hand and speed up your pace. “Hey, schatje…” You keep walking ahead flustered, intim...
['Defense', 'Street Harassment', 'Safety', 'Netherlands', 'Sexual Harassment']
Steps Women Can Take If They Are Experiencing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace There been a greater spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace in the last few years. Even though Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act makes sexual harassment and discrimination illegal it still is rampant among employers in th...
['Georgia', 'Politics', 'Triana Arnold James', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Military']
The State of California Has Charged More People At Activision Blizzard With Sexual Harassment Thomas Clark Aug 27·2 min read This article contains references to sexual harassment and transphobic behavior. The state of California has updated its lawsuit against Activision Blizzard to include a broader group of people....
['Gaming', 'Game', 'Latest Gamingnews', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Gaming News']
Halloween at work can be a tricky and difficult time. Employers will often throw parties to celebrate this festive, spooky time of year, thinking that it can help with morale and team building. But Halloween in the workplace is unique from other company events in that it can set the stage for sexual harassment and disc...
['Sexual Harassment', 'Hostile Workplace', 'Hostile Work Environment', 'Workplace Discrimination']
I was the first person to file a sexual harassment grievance at Verso Books. This is what happened Emily Janakiram Jan 28·22 min read I was the first person to file a sexual harassment grievance at Verso. This is what happened. I am writing this statement to demand that Verso issue an apology to me for their behavior...
['Sexual Harassment', 'Feminism', 'Verso Books', 'Metoo']
We Care About You, Now Be A Good Girl And Shut Up: On Resigning From The CDP’s Sexual Misconduct Working Group Kate Alexandria Apr 6·18 min read I gave notice today that I’ve resigned from my position as one of the Co-Chairs of the California Democratic Party’s A Way Forward working group, which was formed after a dea...
['US Politics', 'Metoo', 'California', 'Sexual Assault', 'Sexual Harassment']
Once I came out in September of 2019, most of the sexism I experienced was a predictable microaggression. I was interrupted more often, even by male colleagues who previously knew me as a man. Strangers in professional contexts ignored me more often. At one conference before the pandemic lockdown, an attendee disputed ...
['Title Ix', 'Higher Education', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Sexism']
My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community Yifan Apr 27·9 min read “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke After three years of silence, I have decided to speak up and share the story of how I was manipulated and harassed the past several ...
['Sexual Harassment', 'Scala', 'Metoo']
A Leader is one who has influence with other people, or someone who is being followed by others, for the purpose of reaching a specific goal. If you are a parent, you are a leader. If you are the Chief Executive Officer of a company, even if it’s a company of two, you are a leader. If there are people behind you for an...
['Leaders', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Leadership Coaching']
Top 5 skills that are a must know for any MBA grad to impress their bosses Insignia Investments Jul 15·7 min read Skills and execution are what justifies your salary! Without execution, skills are mere pages in a book, and without skills, my friend, you are just a piece of rock! So skills are the building blocks of yo...
['Skills', 'Corporate Skills', 'Leadership Skills', 'Mba']
What can I tell you about this Baskaran? I have known him for years, still, am yet to understand him. Every time we meet, he seems to be doing something new. Something different. Unconnected. He seemed to enjoy it as well. Business. Movie-binging. Travel to various parts of the world. Rearing pets. Many pets. Do...
['Alternative Learning', 'Leadership Skills', 'Outlier Marketer', 'Strategy', 'Storytelling For Business']
11 Skills That First-Time Moms With Leadership Experience Can Use When Adjusting To Motherhood Liz Jul 15·9 min read You’re more prepared than you think. Photo by Aditya Romansa on Unsplash After 30 years insisting I’d never choose to be a mother, I found myself about to become one. I’d had no experience with child...
['Women Leadership', 'Leadership Skills', 'Motherhood', 'Moms Who Work', 'New Mom']
The Power of a Miracle Question It’s not unusual to find yourself leading someone who is fed up (especially not at the moment, right?) At some point, every leader is likely to have come across team members who seem disenchanted with the direction that their career is taking, or who’ve returned to work after parental ...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Coaching', 'Leadership', 'Leadership Coaching']
12. Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13. But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. 2 Timothy 3:11–12 NLT Today’s Passage covers two subjects that Paul has rehashed over and over throughout the Books ...
['Bible Commentary', 'Leadership Skills', '2 Timothy 3', 'Persecution', 'Daily Word']
2020 is putting everyone’s leadership skills to the test. For young leaders in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented yet another global and economic challenge that they will have to overcome in their lifetimes. Deloitte’s Global Millennial Survey 2020 calls this group a “resilient generation: in the face of ...
['Emerging Leaders', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Management And Leadership', 'Young Leader']
We’ve talked about cross functional collaboration a lot on this blog, but only ever in passing. It’s such an integral part of a Product Manager’s job description, that it’s just kind of a given that everyone knows what it means and how to do it well. But it’s not just newbies who can benefit from re-examining our unde...
['Product Management', 'Collaboration', 'Leadership Skills', 'Product Manager', 'Collaboration Tools']
The 3 things that led me to my success and can lead you to yours Joanna Howes Jan 21·5 min read A lot of people say to me ‘I couldn’t do what you do, Jo’. I have always been baffled as to why people believe that. It’s like they think I have something special or a secret skill that allows me to do what I do… …and trut...
['Leadership Skills', 'Business Development', 'Resilience', 'Success Story', 'Leadership Coaching']
We Live in Uncertain Times We live in uncertain times, perhaps the understatement of the day. The trifecta of the coronavirus, this country’s and the world’s political climate, along with the global economic response, has created an anxiety-inducing smoothie du jour. Human beings hate uncertainty, literally our brain...
['Leadership', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills']
A majority of people aspire to be leaders and every leader aspires to be successful, but it is not always a smooth ride to the top. At times you will experience success beyond your wildest dreams, and at other times you will encounter challenges that will make you want to quit. The highs and lows of business may call f...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Tips', 'Dilip Barot']
In this article, we’ll share the top leadership podcasts to inspire you, make you grow your career and personal life while learning. Podcasts continue to grow in popularity as a convenient way to stay on top of all kinds of topics. As a result, the field is becoming steadily more crowded. In a recent check of iTunes sh...
['Leadership', 'Podcast', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership Skills']
I was recently catching up with a friend, and the topic shifted to work. “How have things been going?” I asked. “I’m getting frustrated. For over a year, they have been piling extra projects on me, telling me it is ‘for my development,’ and that I am getting ready for the next level. It feels to me like they are just g...
['Professional Development', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership', 'Promotion', 'Leadership Coaching']
Authenticity is Infectious — Me with business friends (and colleagues, partners, clients) I have been thinking a lot about leadership. It took me decades to even think about what leadership meant — especially as it applies to me. I was raised in a world where acknowledged leaders neither looked like me nor had similar...
['Confidence', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Authenticity']
Learn to see the BIG picture Seeing the big picture is critical to success. Understanding the big picture helps you focus on organizational goals instead of just task completions. It helps you to develop empathy for others which promotes greater teamwork. Thinking big will also help you avoid pitfalls and roadblocks. ...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Personal Development', 'Business']
Kamala Harris demonstrated in the US vice presidential debate how to reclaim your time and still hold on to your values. Learning this skill from Esko Kilpi prevented me from quitting a leadership role early in my career. Some years back, as I had just been chosen to an executive role for the first time, I was regular...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Esko Kilpi', 'Kamala Harris', 'Gender Equality']
When I was asked to design a workshop to empower team members to engage in healthy self-promotion internally at Google, I was already aware of the inherent challenges that keep individual contributors from raising their voices — especially women. My work with professional women has shown me first hand all the ways wom...
['Leadership Skills', 'Women In Leaderships', 'Leadership', 'Women Leaders', 'Self Promotion']
Upstream vs. Downstream Approach to Problem Solving Upstream — Book Summary by Dan Heath Ever wondered why Superman is more popular than Batman? It’s a fact that Superman was created first in 1938, where Batman came later on in 1939, but that’s besides the point! Could it be because Superman is the one who saves th...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Strategic Planning', 'Strategic Thinking', 'Problem Solving']
In an ideal world, when you start a new project, product line, or spin-out a successful feature into its own team, all you need is to hire a great manager, a few talented engineers, a designer…etc, and kick things off to great success. Unfortunately, as it comes to no one’s surprise, we do not live in an ideal world. ...
['Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'People Management', 'Organizational Culture']
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Shortly after my promotion to Software Developer and Junior Product Manager, I was given my first professional assignment that involved managing people. That assignment required me to teach 2 co-workers, who had recently joined the company, to work with Bolt CMS [an open-source, in-h...
['People', 'Management', 'Leadership Skills', 'Work']
Can this topic even be covered in a single page article? Of course not. However, the subject doesn’t really require a utopian world to exist. In small baby steps, one can move closer to healthy relationships by following one simple, aesthetic, highly underrated tool — “Effective active-listening”. Dictionary, if given ...
['Relationships', 'Listening Skills', 'Leadership Skills', 'Communication Skills']
Photo by SwapnIl Dwivedi on Unsplash What is your company’s culture? If you are honest with yourself, it’s probably a mixed bag. Some aspects are great. Those are probably the reasons that caused you to join the company in the first place and are the reasons why you stay. Some of the other cultural aspects aren’t so g...
['Culture', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership Culture', 'Leadership']
A trustful character is an endearing trait that can be exhibited, practiced, and enjoyed by anyone and everyone at any level in life. From the highest to the lowest, the richest to the poorest, an employee or employer, all experience its effects. We learn from our history how this very trait was valued by the old civi...
['Leadership Skills', 'Character Development', 'Adaptive Leadership', 'Trust']
I was on a Qantas flight travelling home to Sydney after a big holiday in the US. Three weeks of New York, skiing in Utah, and generally having a good time. It was well into the flight on the way to Sydney. The middle of the night, probably 3:00 AM. The cabin was dark. It was quiet. Most people were sleeping. Suddenly...
['Leadership In Crisis', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Management And Leadership', 'Leadership']
Conflict resolution, an art you must excel at. Conflict presents an opportunity to reconsider, re-evaluate and learn. Organizations that train their employees to deal with conflict management are, in a way, creating a climate of listening, questioning, and creative thinking. Conflict resolution is primarily a trade-of...
['Collab', 'Leadership Skills', 'Conflict Resolution', 'Successful Entrepreneurs', 'Conflict Management']
There’s nothing wrong with low hanging fruit (especially when the tree is tall). Low hanging fruit is important whether you are newly navigating your way through your leadership role and still developing your style, or when you’ve become a seasoned pro, looking to reach new levels in your career…nourishment is nourish...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Emotional Intelligence', 'Leadership Coaching']
Future leader. A few months ago, I had a lively debate of this age-old question: are leaders born or made? That is, are leaders born with traits that they can seamlessly translate into natural leadership abilities? Even after all this time, I’m still thinking about it. The conversation got a bit heated mostly because...
['Leaders', 'Leadership Skills', 'Management And Leadership', 'Leadership', 'Augmented Management']
So, one more employee stepped into your cabin to let you know that he has found another opportunity? Well, employees come and go — this is the reality of running any business. But when the turnover rate starts to creep higher and higher, it creates a serious pain point for the organization. Every time an employee walks...
['Employee Retention', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Servant Leadership']
Often we find ourselves faced with seemingly intractable problems. Issues with many moving parts and opposing points of view. Situations where you are faced with an either/or choice. These can be difficult to navigate, resulting in compromise solutions which aim to keep everyone happy but frequently leave no one satisf...
['Blog', 'Leadership Skills', 'Tom Connor', 'Integrative Thinking', 'Problem Solving']
10 Leadership Lessons From Ted Lasso Apple TV’s hit series, Ted Lasso is coming back to our screens on July 23, 2021 and we cannot wait for some more quality time with Ted. We came to Ted Lasso late. Judging a book by it’s cover, we decided a TV show about football was not for us. But we were wrong. This is a show ab...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Role Models', 'Ted Lasso']
3 Lessons I Stole from the Book Bill Gates Recommended to Satya Nadella Image courtesy of Author Bill Gates thinks most leadership books aren’t realistic or practical enough to recommend, but The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger is a rare exception. (Or in his words, “Unlike most books on leadership, this one is wor...
['Startup Lessons', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Entrepreneur', 'Leadership']
Health struggles Fairytales only exist in Disney movies. Just like you, I had my fair share of struggles. And in 2020, my biggest struggle was my health. For anyone who has closely worked with me, you’ll know I am almost always blowing my nose. My right nostril has been partially blocked since 2008 (deviated nasal s...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Development', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Grant', 'Leadership']
How I Manifested $1000 in Overnight: 5 Secrets to money Overnight By low of attraction expect Alexander. Our relationship with money can be a funny thing. I didn’t realize it until this year, but my money mindset was nowhere close to where it needed to be. I dive deeper into my money block below, but in a nutshell, I ...
['How To Manifest Something', 'Low Of Attraction', 'How To Manifest Anything', 'Manifestation', 'How To Manifest Money']
Manifestation For Beginners: 7 Important Manifestation Tips For Beginners To Easily Manifest Your Dreams How to Use the Law of Attraction as a Beginner. Manifestation Your Dreams By Law Of Attraction Expect Alexander Law of attraction Nov 23, 2020·6 min read Manifestation For Beginners Manifesting is a great tool th...
['Manifestation Beginners', 'How To Manifest Anything', 'How To Manifest', 'Manifestation Tips', 'Manifestation']
Moonlight Manifestation Program Reviews - Does it Really Work Or Just a Scam? Helping Hand Jul 15·3 min read Do you wish to find out more about the Moonlight Manifestation program and is it true that it can show anyone how to experience months, years and even decades of transformation, simply by following this program...
['Product Reviews', 'Manifestation', 'Moonlight Manifestation']
The Moonlight Manifestation Program is based on ancient Himalayan Yogic rituals and Mayan prophecies. It promises that by using “The 2 a.m. Moonlight Manifestation Window,” you can manifest bountiful wealth in your life. The creator of this product, Alexander Wilson, says that listening to the vibrational recordings i...
['Manifestation Program', 'Manifestation']
except if you’ve been hiding away somewhere, in a cave perhaps and have not occupied with the present mainstream society, odds are, you’ve known about Manifestation. It’s extremely popular in the self-improvement space. Individuals who are headed to make lives of progress and wealth are inclining toward the possibility...
['Truth', 'Truth About Manifestation', 'Manifestation', 'Meditation', 'Money']
Are You Doing Your Manifestations Totally Wrong? Reasons why sometimes even manifesting daily does not work. VIRGO Follow Jul 15 · 3 min read Photo by Simon Maage on Unsplash Affirmations are positive statements that help us overcome negative and self-destructing thoughts of our minds. Sometimes when we affirm thing...
['Feeling Good', 'Personal Development', 'Manifestation', 'Goals', 'Life Lessons']
Loving this season. And while I expected the legends to be gone first, I’m pleasantly shocked to see irrelevant names like Danni and Amber gone instead. Danni is one of my least favorite least deserving winners ever, and last night showed the huge gap between her and most everyone else in this game. She played herself....
['Survivor', 'Culture', 'Reality TV', 'Television', 'TV']
Mi, Redmi TVs See Price Hike in India Starting Today Due to Supply Chain Shortages Sagar Pandit Jul 6·3 min read However, Xiaomi has not yet provided which of its smart TV models would exactly receive the increased pricing. HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi is increasing its Mi TV and Redmi TV prices by 3–6 percent Global supply c...
['Smart Tv', 'Mi', 'Smart Tv Top Box', 'TV', 'Mi Tv']
— MONDAY 6th — ★ EVIL — ALIBI, 9PM. Season 2 of the US paranormal drama about a skeptical psychologist and a priest-in-training who investigate the unexplained. Starring Katja Herbers, Mike Colter & Aasif Mandvi. (1/13) Also watch: Landmark — Sky Arts, 8pm. New series where artists and local communities compete to ...
['Tv Picks', 'UK', 'Television', 'TV', 'Listings']
If you are one such parent who constantly overthinks about their child’s weight, then you must be feeling very stressed if your child appears to be thin. Your child could be skinny just because you were skinny yourself as a young child. Often, low weight in kids shouldn’t be a very serious cause of concern and you may ...
['Parenting', 'Children', 'Kids', 'Baby', 'Pregnancy']
My Child Is An Early Bird – Can I Do Something About It? Early morning wakings are one of the toughest sleep problems to fix, if not the toughest. If you’re wondering why, it’s because after a decent night’s rest your child has got more energy to fight sleep in the morning. And the truth is, all of us come up into lig...
['Baby Boomers', 'New Mom', 'Baby Sleep Tips', 'Baby', 'Sleepless Mom']
A famous quote says that “Anyone can have a child and call themselves a parent, but a real parent is the one who puts their child above all their wants”. When you become a parent, it instills a tremendous responsibility on you. But often, we confuse parenting to be restricted to loving your child or punishing them. But...
['Baby', 'Children', 'Pregnancy', 'Parenting']
COVID-19 Impact on Baby Toiletries Market Size To Reach $9.02 Billion By 2027 Rajesh Varma Follow Jul 6 · 3 min read Baby Toiletries Market Growth & Trends The global baby toiletries market size is expected to reach USD 9.02 billion by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 6.8% over the forecast period, according to a new rep...
['Baby', 'Baby Toiletries Market']
Photo Credit: m_a_y_a via Getty Images Independence Day is a time of celebration for both kids and adults. It’s important to figure out what activities are engaging, fun, and interesting for the entire family. All you need to do is to make the right pick and you will be very happy with the process and results. With th...
['Gift Ideas', 'Parenting', 'Parents', 'Parenting Advice', 'Baby']
If you have basic insurance coverage in Switzerland, a midwife will assist you in the birthing process. A doctor will only be called in if you have complications in labor. A couple of years earlier, I had subscribed to semi-private health insurance because I wanted to have a medical professional in the labor room at al...
['BlackLivesMatter', 'Black Women', 'Racism', 'Baby', 'Pregnancy']
I am a rape baby. Hear me out. Im not a writer, nor am I one to spread my personal life around on the internet, or in general, actually. In fact, I created a Medium account this morning just to post this. There has been a controversial debate going on the last few days since the new Texas abortion law was signed; I’m...
['Abortion', 'Rape Culture', 'Pro Choice', 'Baby', 'Life']
Because of my blog series on freezing my eggs in my early thirties a lot of people have contacted me over the years, some friends and some strangers. Some of these are people considering freezing their own eggs, others are going through a fertility journey where egg extraction is likely in the cards. They happen to all...
['Baby', 'Egg Freezing', 'Fertility']
REGRESSION ANALYSIS & FUTURE PRICE FORECASTING Prediction Beyond and End of The Available Data Image by author Predictions into the future beyond the sample data in a complex task; especially when we are dealing with stochastic time-series with financial data which emerge from high frequency trading. A machine learn...
['Machine Learning', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Supervised Learning']
2. RNN model RNNs represent a special case of neural networks where the parameters of the model, as well as the operations performed, are the same throughout the architecture. The network performs the same task for each element in a sequence whose output depends on the input and the previous state of the memory . The...
['Rnn', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Attention Mechanism', 'Data Science', 'Lstm']
The long version The short version was short, but the long version can be really long, depending on where you want to stop. You can start with converting the time series data to a ts object, doing all sorts of time series EDA (exploratory data analysis) to tuning and evaluating model performance as many different ways...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Science', 'Forecasting', 'Machine Learning', 'Vector Autoregression']
Time Series forecasting tasks can be carried out following different approaches. The most classical is based on statistical and autoregressive methods. More tricky are the algorithms based on boosting and ensemble where we have to produce a good amount of useful handmade features with rolling periods. On the other side...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Graph Neural Networks', 'Data Science', 'Towards Data Science', 'Machine Learning']
In the top left figure above we see the original behavior over time of the energy consumption. The p-value of the augmented Dick-Fuller (ADF) test, shown in the figure title, is a good indication that the time series is stationary. The top right panel shows the value distribution of energy consumption. The data values...
['Machine Learning', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Energy']
Time Series represents the variation of an entity with respect to time. For example, you’ve probably heard of weather forecasting where we try to predict what will be weather conditions in future at a particular time, may on a day or a particular hour of the day. Other examples of a time series are the daily closing pr...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'AI', 'Deep Learning', 'TensorFlow', 'Machine Learning']
We will use data from the kaggle competition M5 Forecasting — Accuracy. The task is to forecast, as precisely as possible, the unit sales (demand) of various products sold in the USA by Walmart. More precisely, we have to forecast daily sales for the next 28 days. The data covers stores in three US states (California...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Programming', 'Python', 'Data Science', 'Machine Learning']
Forecasting using Fbprophet So every time we think of implementing Time Series Modelling, The first few libraries that come to our mind are — Either Regression, ARIMA or Prophet. But do we know what is happening in the background of these algorithms and how can we further tune them to make it work for out time-series ...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Fbprophet', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Time Series Model', 'Prophet']
Beat the Time Series Forecasting in a nutshell Reveal the proper forecasting method with Time series, denote characteristics of the Time series and forecast its future values using Retail sales data as example code Nhu Hoang Feb 6, 2020·6 min read Source: ScienceSoft 1. Define Time Series Time series is a sequence ...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Science', 'Autocorrelation', 'Machine Learning', 'Arima']
Regression Models with ARIMA errors: Now comes the real deal. ARIMA models are great for forecasting blindly into the future using historical data. However, sometimes we don’t need to forecast blindly, sometimes we have variables that can help us predict future behavior. Regression models are ideal in this scenario. ...
['R', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Auto Arima', 'Arima', 'Regression']
This short story explain about, how we can interpret the results of dicky fuller test to understand about the stationarity of a time-series data. Google Named for American statisticians David Dickey and Wayne Fuller, who developed the test in 1979, the Dickey-Fuller test is used to determine whether a unit root (a fea...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Time Series Model', 'Machine Learning', 'Arima']
If you are venturing into the world of data analysis and machine learning, you might have released just how important Time Series Analysis is. Regardless, I will try to provide a gentle introduction. By the end of this article, you should be able to: Define what a time series is Identify time series data from non tim...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Statistics', 'Data Science', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Machine Learning']
What is time series forecasting? Time series forecasting is a technique for predicting future aspects of data, in which we translate past data into estimates of future data. This technique is commonly used in business, as companies need to account for the uncertainty of the future, and being able to forecast data over...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Engineering', 'Data Science', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Data Analytics']
Keep in mind that time series is just a sequence of well-defined data points measured at consistent time intervals over a period of time. Time series analysis helps us understand the hidden pattern, meaningful characteristics and statistics about the data. Step 1: Data processing — transform raw data to time series wi...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'House Prices', 'Python', 'Data Science', 'Time Series Analysis']
Wrangling of CO₂ emissions data This section will tackle the wrangling of our Carbon Dioxide emissions data. We will use some of the same techniques used above, as well as looking at some new ones: Slicing and Searching Useful functions Familiar techniques From our DataFrame, we will use only the row representing ...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Science', 'Climate Change', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Prophet']
Transfer learning is the improvement of learning in a new task through the transfer of knowledge from a related task that has already been learned. Chapter 11: Transfer Learning , Handbook of Research on Machine Learning Applications, 2009. There are several approaches to transfer learning and their difference is in t...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Transfer Learning', 'Neural Networks', 'Lstm', 'Machine Learning']
When I was taking Time Series in graduate school, my professor told me there is no good time series package in Python that he found useful. Recently, I have learned that Facebook releases an API on Time Series Model for Python and R, it is called Facebook Prophet. Since I have also a small project on making prediction ...
['R', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Facebook Prophet', 'Python', 'Data Science']
Well, that was that. So after scratching my head as well for years, I have developed a knack for using the sequence anywhere/ everywhere (yes, the inquisitor in me, wakes up intermittently). Now, coming back to the title (the experiment). So last night I was going through the time series forecasting models & stumbled ...
['Golden Ratio', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Design', 'Data Science', 'Fibonacci']
This question choked me up for a long time when I had my first introduction to Time Series. I searched it all over, even took help from fellow kagglers but in vain. Recently, I got a great explanation. Dependent & Independent data First of all let’s clear this. Independent data can be any collection of samples indepe...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Stationary', 'Timeseries', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Stationary Time Series']
There are various statistical tests that can be performed to describe the time series data. Time series modelling requires the data to be in a certain way, and these requirements vary from model-to-model. These models, once fitted to the data, need some kind of validation which can be done through statistical tests. B...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Science', 'Time Series Data', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Machine Learning']
In this article we will try to forecast a time series data basically. We’ll build three different model with Python and inspect their results. Models we will use are ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average), LSTM (Long Short Term Memory Neural Network) and Facebook Prophet. Let’s jump in and start with ARIMA. ...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Science', 'Facebook', 'Lstm', 'Machine Learning']
Solar-powered energy generation is on the rise in the United States. According to EIA, the state of Texas is planning to add 10 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar capacity by the end of 2022. This means that there is also an increasing need to power management, both short-term and long-term. In this case, can we lev...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Science', 'Solar Energy', 'Lstm', 'Machine Learning']
The Time Series Playground A new web-based tool to get insights from time series forecasting Daitan Follow Jun 8 · 2 min read Time Series forecasting comprises a set of algorithms that are designed to predict future behavior based on historical data. Here at Daitan, time series forecasting has been one of the most im...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Programming', 'Data Science', 'Technology', 'Machine Learning']
Time series forecasting (Part 3 of 3): Introducing AUTS (Adaptive Univariate Time Series forecasting algorithm) Yasmin Bokobza Follow Apr 27 · 17 min read By Yasmin Bokobza and Siddharth Kumar This is our third article in a series in which we focus on time series forecasting methods and applications. In the first art...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Science', 'Forecasting', 'Predictive Analytics', 'Azure']
Model building in python We will be using python 3.8 to build ARIMA model and predict Nvidia’s closing stock prices. Nvidia stocks closing price from 2010–01–01 to 2020–10–10. nvda_df First thing we must do, check if data is stationary. From the line graph we’ve seen earlier of Nvidia’s closing stock prices it is q...
['Arima', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Python']
In the 2018 M4 forecasting competition , the two top models combined elements of traditional statistical modeling with modern machine Learning. The first place model used a combination of ETS and RNNs and the second place model used a meta-learning forecast model. The second place model was pioneered by Thiyanga S Tal...
['Ensemble Learning', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Ensemble']
Forecasting at scale with Facebook Prophet — a case study on its merits & limitations Background Time series forecasting is usually a complex task because the structure of already univariate data often contains many unobserved factors. Standard models such as ARIMA, or filters, e.g. Kalman Filter are complex models t...
['Fbprophet', 'Machine Learning', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Statistics']
Disclaimer : This article introduces the theoretical concepts behind Time Series Analysis and the subsequent article would provide implementation and applied knowledge. With its wide range of applications ranging but not limited to Trend Analysis, Demand Forecasting, Inventory Studies, Budgetary Analysis, Stock Market...
['Time Series Forecasting', 'Data Analysis', 'Data Science', 'Time Series Data', 'Time Series Analysis']