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Horgan, Tim
Cormac O'Malley is the son of Ernie O'Malley, who died in 1957. He lives in New York city and is an international legal consultant working on many matters including inward investment into Ireland. Tim Horgan is from Tralee and is an ophthalmologist in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee. He is married to Ruth and they have four children and reside in Ballymacelligott. Tim's grandmother was secretary to both Ernie O'Malley and Liam Lynch.
Dying for the Cause: Kerry's Republican Dead This book tells the story of the lives and deaths of 162 Kerrymen who died for the ideal of an independent Irish republic of 32 counties. Many were killed in action but others were executed or died while in captivity as a result of brutality or neglect. In telling their stories Tim Horgan has provided an intriguing social history of the county and a snapshot of life in Ireland. They range from the story of Thomas Ashe whose funeral was attended by over 100,000 people to that of seventeen year old Tom Moriarty who was buried secretly by his comrades. They include people like the First World War marksman, Con Healy, who though dying of tuberculosis went on to become a hero fighting for his own country and the contrasting stories of Patrick Lynch who was shot dead at his doorstep and of Tim O'Sullivan who was executed in faraway Donegal, though they were born in neighbouring parishes in South Kerry. This book will certainly be a collectors item and will make a wonderful gift for anyone with Kerry connections. €35.00
Fighting for the Cause: Kerry's Republican Fighters The untold stories of some of the men and women of County Kerry who gave their all in Ireland's fight for independence. In Fighting for the Cause well-known Kerry historian Dr Tim Horgan tells the stories of some of the Kingdom's extraordinary men and women who fought for an Irish Republic. They include the Fenian Jerry O'Sullivan, who blew up a wall of Clerkenwell prison in 1867 in an attempt to free two prisoners; Bridget Gleeson and Nora Brosnan, who were both incarcerated for their Republican activities; John Cronin, whose attacks on the British forces in 1920 were so audacious that he was considered a maverick by his own brigade commanders; Pat Allman, who was hidden above the Gap of Dunloe to recover from bullet wounds sustained in a fight with Free State forces; Paddy Landers, who spent nine months in Limerick Gaol, from where he would attempt to broker peace during the Civil War; and David Fleming, whose sustained hunger strikes in the 1940s would destroy his health and lead to long-term psychological trauma. Each of the people profiled in this book suffered for 'the Cause' but none faltered in what they considered to be their duty to Ireland. €19.99
The Men Will Talk to Me: Kerry Interviews by Ernie O'Malley A series of dramatic first-hand accounts of the War of Independence and Civil War in Kerry. €19.99


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require "open-uri"
require "aws"

require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "portalign", "version")
require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "portalign", "config")

class Portalign
  CHECK_IP_URL = "http://checkip.dyndns.org"
  CHECK_IP_REGEX = /(\d+\.){3}\d+/

  NARROW_CIDR = "32"
  WIDE_IP = "0.0.0.0"
  WIDE_CIDR = "0"

  def self.build_config(args)
    {
      :ports => [22],
      :wide => false,
      :deauthorize => false,
      :protocol => "tcp"
    }.merge!(Config.load_from_file).merge!(Config.parse_opts(args))
  end

  def self.validate_config(config)
    Config.validate_config(config)
  end

  def self.run(config)
    unless config[:wide]
      ip_address = resolve_ip
      exit unless ip_address
      puts "Resolved local IP to #{ip_address}"
    end

    ec2 = ec2_instance(config[:access_key_id], config[:secret_access_key])

    if config[:deauthorize]
      deauthorize_ingress(ec2, ip_address, NARROW_CIDR, config[:security_groups], config[:ports], config[:protocol])
    elsif config[:wide]
      authorize_ingress(ec2, WIDE_IP, WIDE_CIDR, config[:security_groups], config[:ports], config[:protocol])
    else
      authorize_ingress(ec2, ip_address, NARROW_CIDR, config[:security_groups], config[:ports], config[:protocol])
    end
  end

  def self.authorize_ingress(ec2, ip_address, cidr, security_groups, ports, protocol)
    security_groups.each do |security_group|
      ports.each do |port|
        puts "Authorizing #{ip_address}/#{cidr} for #{security_group} on port #{port}"
        begin
          ec2.authorize_security_group_IP_ingress(security_group, port, port, protocol, "#{ip_address}/#{cidr}")
        rescue Aws::AwsError => e
          # It will throw an error if already authorized, but that's OK
          # with us.
          unless e.message =~ /has already been authorized/
            raise
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end

  def self.deauthorize_ingress(ec2, ip_address, cidr, security_groups, ports, protocol)
    security_groups.each do |security_group|
      ports.each do |port|
        # We deauthorize both the specific IP and also the wide open IP
        puts "Deauthorizing #{ip_address}/#{cidr} for #{security_group} on port #{port}"
        ec2.revoke_security_group_IP_ingress(security_group, port, port, protocol, "#{ip_address}/#{cidr}")

        puts "Deauthorizing #{WIDE_IP}/#{WIDE_CIDR} for #{security_group} on port #{port}"
        ec2.revoke_security_group_IP_ingress(security_group, port, port, protocol, "#{WIDE_IP}/#{WIDE_CIDR}")
      end
    end
  end

  def self.resolve_ip
    # TODO: Perhaps have several services in case one is down?
    begin
      parse_checkip(call_checkip)
    rescue Exception => e
      puts "Unable to resolve local IP address. Exiting."
      puts "Error: #{e.message}"
      false
    end
  end

  protected

  def self.ec2_instance(access_key_id, secret_access_key)
    logger = Logger.new(File.new("/dev/null", "w"))
    @ec2_instance ||= Aws::Ec2.new(access_key_id, secret_access_key, :logger => logger)
  end

  def self.call_checkip
    open(CHECK_IP_URL).read
  end

  def self.parse_checkip(response)
    match_data = CHECK_IP_REGEX.match(response)
    match_data ? match_data[0] : nil
  end
end

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Bill Kaplan: Dairyland in trouble
Home » Opinion » Bill Kaplan: Dairyland in trouble
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com.
Trump's Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue, speaking at the World Dairy Expo, Madison's Alliant Energy Center 2019, infamously said: "Now what we see, obviously, is economies of scale … — big get bigger and small go out." He was heartlessly saying that small dairy farms might not survive. Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin correctly rang the alarm: "More than 2,000 dairy farms in Wisconsin have gone out of business since President Trump took office."
However, the decline continues: "Wisconsin dairy farm losses recently hit a three-year high even as milk prices were strong and farmers generally fared well" (MJS). Another 417 dairy farms hit the dust, leaving just 6,116. Wisconsin dairy farmers are not rolling in cash. The National Farmer's Union said: "Farmers and ranchers receive only 14.6 cents of every food dollar that consumers spend."
"Rising costs have also played a role in farm closures. Even as farmers have gotten more for their milk and other products, they've been slammed with higher expenses for everything from seed and fertilizer to tractor parts and milk hauling" (MJS). And, a broken immigration center has worsened the availability of farm workers, despite efforts by the National Milk Producers Federation.
The agriculture sector, including dairy farms, is still a crown jewel for Wisconsin's economy. But the future looks grim for small dairy farms. Milk production is increasing in Wisconsin, despite the decline of dairy farms, partly because of farming and technological advances. However, overproduction in the U.S. and other countries, changes in diet, competition from non-dairy products masquerading as milk and inflation and possible recession spell trouble. Moreover, climate change will only exacerbate these problems.
It's not for lack of effort or programs that the decline of small dairy farms has not been stemmed. The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program has merit. It is "an important safety net program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that helps producers manage changes in milk and feed prices" (USDA). But DMC is clearly not enough. It's time to think out of the box. Members of the Wisconsin Farmers Union and Farm Bureau are trying to reimagine a dairy supply management system – "Dairy Revitalization Plan."
The intent is to mitigate the negative consequences of unlimited milk production and put supply and demand more in sync. The goal is to give dairy farmers a stable, decent living. If small dairy farms are gobbled up and replaced by large industrial farms, the very identity of Wisconsin will change. Industrial farms (concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs) will crush small dairy farms, lead to monopolies-higher prices, concentration of economic power and despoilment of the environment.
That is the bleak future that Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) wants for Wisconsin. The WMC is suing and threatening small rural towns that want to limit pollution from large industrial farms that degrades the quality and safety of groundwater and streams. The WMC is a big bully that can't resist throwing its weight around against the common good. Corporations over small dairy farms and the public interest.
— Kaplan wrote a guest column from Washington, D.C., for the Wisconsin State Journal from 1995 – 2009.
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The Lynnhurst Hotel
Park Road Johnstone PA5 8LS United Kingdom
It is set in spacious landscaped gardens
The comfortable lounge bar serves a bistro-style menu
There are pleasant terraces for al fresco drinks & dining
It's in a leafy residential area just 5 miles from Glasgow Airport
Facilities at The Lynnhurst Hotel are set across two elegant Victorian properties and a contemporary building. It's in a leafy residential area of Johnstone, around 14 miles from Glasgow city centre, and there are spacious landscaped gardens with blossom trees and a water feature. The hotel is well placed for Glasgow Airport, which is just five miles away, making it a characterful alternative to a standard airport hotel if you have a flight to catch.
The magnificent scenery of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is also accessible from the hotel. Balloch, which is known as the gateway to the loch, is around 20 miles away. Loch Lomond Shores, a lochside retail and leisure complex, offers shopping and dining, as well as outdoor activities and access to walking and cycling trails.
The hotel's comfortable lounge bar offers a bistro style menu of popular dishes including steaks, salads and pizzas. There are pleasant terraces for outdoor dining, as well as a cosy bar area and lounge with an open fire. Afternoon tea, which includes finger sandwiches and a selection of cakes and pastries, is also served in the lounge. The more formal Weavers Restaurant is open on Fridays and Saturdays, subject to availability. With its photogenic grounds and buildings, the hotel is a popular wedding venue. It has various function rooms and a ballroom that can cater for up to 170 guests.
Standard rooms, which are located in the modern part of the hotel, have contemporary décor and white bed linen. For extras including king-sized beds, mini-bars and docking stations, consider upgrading to an Executive suite in one of the period buildings. There are also family rooms and a Honeymoon suite with a Jacuzzi.
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J. Alphege Brewer
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A DISCUSSION OF BREWER'S ETCHINGS
Brewer's etchings began to appear shortly after he married into the artistic Lucas family in 1910. There are no datable etchings from before this time and only a few illustrations in The Girl's Own Paper to give us a glimpse of his first published art.
In 1911, an untitled view of Ely Cathedral was included in a set of six etchings by different artists published by H. R. Howell. In the same year, the archives of the Printsellers' Association show an entry for "Aix la Chapelle," and in 1912, for "Ely Cathedral" (actually inscribed "The Octogen [sic] Ely Cathedral"). A pamphlet disseminated by Alfred Bell & Co. shows five early etchings, including these two and three others in editions not listed by the Printsellers' Association.
Early on in Brewer's career, the Fine Arts Journal noted that his etchings were distinguished "not only as picturesque subjects picturesquely handled, but also for the almost amazing accuracy of architectural detail." The magazine went on to say that the artist "makes a picture of what in less skillful hands might degenerate into a mere architectural drawing." (Brewer must have liked this comment because it was reused in a later sales booklet.) An ad for Closson's art gallery in the March 21, 1915, edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer labeled him "the master of them all."
Brewer almost always included active figures as part of his architectural scenes—choristers, tourists, workmen, carters—adding a note of humanness to what would otherwise be a sterile, if often dramatic, impression. The personalities of these figures, however, never call attention to themselves and away from the setting of architectural or cultural beauty they inhabit.
Almost all of Brewer's larger etchings were published by Alfred Bell & Co. in London and marketed by subscription in limited editions authorized by the Printsellers' Association (PA) and its successor, the Fine Art Trade Guild (FATG). Their dates are given in tiny copyright inscriptions at the very bottom of each plate. In the margin underneath the image at the lower left, these etchings have either a single oval stamp (PA) or a series of five stamps (FATG) indicating the numbering of the etching in the edition. (The number of etchings sold might actually be less than the number authorized, depending upon subscription demand and subsequent orders.) Editions were priced from 2 guineas to 8 guineas for the largest color etchings, For instance, the etching "St. Paul's Cathedral (the incoming tide)" on the home page, priced at 8 guineas in 1929, would cost about $450 in today's U.S. currency.
Most of Brewer's largest color etchings were done in the decade between 1911 and 1921, and the majority of these were vertical views of cathedral exteriors and interiors. The largest of these solo productions seem to be "The Rose Windows, Rheims Cathedral," copyright 1916, and an exterior view of Amiens Cathedral published in 1918. These both measure 470 square inches in area. (A view of the Seville Cathedral on which he collaborated with his brother Henry is larger still by a few square inches.) The most strongly vertical of the larger color etchings seem to be views of the north and south transepts of the cathedral in Rheims. In the 1920s and 1930s, perhaps because of changing tastes in the market, Brewer's etchings generally stayed under 350 square inches in area, except for a few views of the most popular, iconic cathedrals, like Rheims and St. Paul's. The last of the etchings published by Bell—"The Banks of Loch Katrine," and "Loch Lomond (and Ben Lomond)"—were copyrighted and recorded by the FATG in 1939.
It is difficult to date the etchings produced in the Acton studio that were not published by Alfred Bell & Co. One clue might be that Brewer, on his datable etchings, began incorporating the title into the plate in 1926. While not conclusive, this fact would be a good place to start in grouping the etchings into earlier and later periods. Most of the etchings believed to be from this later period were under 50 square inches in area. A 1925 sales booklet that seems to have been published by Brewer for the American market helps in this sorting by date.
Some of Brewer's etchings were extremely popular, requiring new versions when demand exceeded the size of a limited edition. This resulted in two very similar views of Antwerp and its cathedral from across the Scheldt and two views of St. Paul's Cathedral from across the Thames, both pairs with minor changes in positioning. There are at least six larger views of the west front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Rheims. Each shows a slightly different angle of view or mode of dress. One was published in 1919 with what looks to be a peasant woman in traditional dress in the foreground. A very similar view, but with short-skirted tourists, was published in 1928. Two other views date from 1916 and 1921: one straight-on view with tourists, signed by both James and Henry, and another from about two yards to the right with figures in traditional dress. A fifth one, the first, done in 1914, was paired with an interior view of the rose window at the west end, and this practice continued with the other west front etchings. The 1914 etching, like a sixth etching done in 1925, does not show the Dubois bronze statue of Joan of Arc in front of the west entrance; perhaps Brewer had used a photograph taken before 1896, when the statue was installed. The west towers are both flying French flags, possibly as a patriotic gesture.
Brewer's favorite subject was the city of York, with at least 26 identified etchings (so far) of the Minster and various other scenes. Other favorites were Venice with 17 etchings, Rheims Cathedral with 16, and St. Paul's Cathedral, Oxford, and Cambridge with 10.
Brewer's most prolific year seems to have been 1915, when Alfred Bell & Co. published 13 of his etchings, 11 of them scenes from Belgium and Northern France of places occupied or destroyed at the beginning of WWI or in danger from the events of the war. In the Closson's ad cited above, these were headlined as "Etchings from Warring Europe," and the text continued: "We have just received about a dozen new subjects by Mr. Brewer, some of which were sketched in cities mentioned in the war despatches of recent months." These could have been sketched before the war began or perhaps were based on photographs taken in preceding years. In any case, as a group, Brewer's war etchings argue for his inclusion in surveys of important and influential political art.
In the early 1920s, Brewer began to issue a series of extraordinary vertical etchings. These reproduce the luminescent, glowing sky of the "blue hour," capturing moments just after the sun has set and before full darkness has closed in. Most of them show the tower of a church or cathedral—Durham, St. Paul's, Exeter, the church of St. Jean Baptiste in Namur, York Minster, etc.—looming over a lit street in the foreground. There are a few others with the same deep celestial effect—for instance, three views from Venice, one of the Bridge of the Rialto, one of the Bridge of Sighs, one of the Doge's Palace—but the similarity of the multiple vertical tower views is striking.
Some 15 of the etchings published by Alfred Bell were co-signed. All but four of these collaborations took place in the period after Brewer's appeals for exemption from serving in WWI had been exhausted. (He served as an Air Mechanic [draftsman] in the R.A.F. until the end of the war.) In his absence, assistance from other members of his family would have been needed to maintain a production schedule. Most of these etchings appear to be titled in pencil by someone other than James.
Nine in this period (including two published in 1919 that may have been begun before James was demobilized) were co-signed by his older brother Henry C. Brewer, whose fame as an artist preceded James's and perhaps even exceeded it. The greater number of these etchings show scenes in Spain, a country depicted in many of Henry's paintings.
Two etchings were co-signed by "F. Sherrin Brewer," who is listed at the Fine Art Trade Guild not as an artist but as an engraver and whose identity remains uncertain. There is no member of the immediate Brewer family whose first name begins with F and whose middle name is "Sherrin" (or, as it might be, "Sherren," the correct spelling of Brewer's great-great grandmother's maiden name). James's sister Frances Anna was a barrister's wife with three young children. His mother Frances might have stepped in to help, but she was in her mid-70s. While it is possible that his wife Florence used "Sherrin" to distinguish these efforts from her own well-regarded paintings, signed "F. Lucas Brewer," an examination of the available signatures strongly suggests that the co-signer was James's brother Edward, whose own etchings have the same fine-line exactitude.
Above, Rheims Cathedral in a view published in 1919. Below, the same view updated in 1928. Notice the tourist wearing a modern skirt and the correction in perspective to the statue of Joan of Arc.
Below, "La Rue de la Grosse-Horloge, Rouen," one of the striking "Blue Hour" etchings Brewer produced in the early 1920s.
Above, Brewer's "Ypres," published in 1915, and a photo
of the Cloth Hall in Ypres taken in November 1914.
"Evening on the Meuse, Huy," a 1916 collaboration of J. Alphege Brewer and F. Sherrin Brewer (Edward Brewer? See signatures below).
An advertisement for early Brewer etchings printed in the March 21, 1915, edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cell is constructed by various membrane structures called biomembrane, and major components of the biomembrane are proteins and lipids. Biomembranes have roles of compartmentation and selective permeation. Most of functions are located on biomembranes. Physical properties such as fluidity, phase transition and phase separation affect and regulate membrane functions. Functional role of cell looks like a device of information processing; cell receives external stimulus by receptor, transduces it and respond to the stimulus properly.


Following its refreshed educational strategy, Orbex, an innovative leader in online forex trading, has just released a new certification course, entirely focused on Precious Metals trading.
The objective of the certification course is to bridge the gap between the theoretical principles of precious metals market functioning and the real trading situations. The course will introduce traders to the most profitable ways to invest in precious metals as well as to innovative and relevant trading methods and techniques.
Led by one of the most prominent specialists in Geometric Trading and Geopolitical Analysis, Kenny Simon, the course will feature a step-by-step demonstration of how to develop a set of skills essential for independent precious metals trading. Many of the skills taught during the course, will be conveyed by providing video tutorials, webinars, and group discussions.
Certification course will consist of four modules, and each module is designed to cover a specific aspect of precious metals trading. Starting from the historical basis and the role of Gold & Silver in international trade, Kenny Simon will add a geopolitical dimension to the course by highlighting the economic data manipulations and the implications for traders. Each module will help traders to solve a particular trading problem: identifying price levels, spotting price patterns, and building efficient and realistic investment plan.
The Precious Metals Certification Course is set to start on December 1st, and the Registration is already available on Orbex website.
Orbex educational program has gained significant attention in the professional trading community, and the company is planning to expand its training projects by establishing new collaborations in the coming year. Currently developed next-generation learning models will be implemented in early 2017.


Candidates must complete Graduate or ACA/ AICWA/ ACMA/ ACS/ CFA or LL.B degree from a recognized University or Institute.
Age: Those candidates age 21-30 years As on 06.09.2017 can apply for this posts.
Application Procedure: Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) as Assistant Manager posts may apply online for this vacancy online mode to www.irdai.gov.in on or before 05.09.2017. I personally suggest don't wait for the last date apply as soon as possible. Candidates should carefully fill in the details in the On-Line Application at the appropriate places very carefully[When application process will be done take a print-out of online application for future use].
At first, candidates log on the website www.irdai.gov.in.
Then go to What's New icon.
After that Select the Post, you want to apply.
Read all the notification very carefully and click on the Online link.
Fill all of the details & submit the form.
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Application Fee: Candidates should pay Rs. 100/- (Intimation charges) for SC/ ST/ PWD/ Ex-servicemen and Rs.650/- (Examination fee + Intimation charges) for Other than SC/ ST/ PWD/Ex-servicemen through Online mode by using Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.


GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Two Palestinian fishermen were detained by Israeli naval forces on Sunday off the coast of the northern besieged Gaza Strip.
Nizar Ayyash, the boat captain, told Ma'an that Israeli naval forces detained two fishermen as they were working along the northern Gaza Strip coast and were taken to an unknown location.
The two detained fishermen were identified as Owrans al-Sultan and Hassan al-Sultan.
Ayyash added that Israeli naval forces also confiscated their fishing boat.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire towards Palestinian shepherds, north of Rafah district in southern Gaza. Reasons for the shooting remained unknown.
No injuries were reported among the shepherds.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire at unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.


Mercer has picked up pensions specialist Lynn Esenwine. In anticipation of the expansion of the Pension Risk Transfer market in the US, the firm is bringing in Esenwine's expertise to support clients with, among others, buyout transactions, investment strategies and risk management.
Prior to joining the global HR consultancy, Esenwine worked for the MassMutual Financial Group as a Vice President of Pension Buy Out, where she started mid-way through last year. Previously, between 2002 and 2015, Esenwine worked at Prudential Retirement. In her last role at the company, Esenwine served as Vice President of the mid-market Pension Risk Transfer unit. Earlier positions include the role of Sales Director, in the firm's Tax Exempt practice, and Actuarial Analyst in its Pricing & Finance practice. In 2001 she started her career at consulting firm Towers Perrin (nowadays Willis Towers Watson) as an Actuarial Analyst.
Lynn Esenwine holds a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, Math and Business Logistics from Penn State University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut.
Esenwine joins Mercer as a Senior Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) consultant within the firm's Financial Strategy Group (FSG). In her new role she will leverage her 15 years of experience to provide facilitation for large buyout transactions, coordinate investment strategies and risk management, as well as drive solutions innovation within the market. The addition is part of Mercer's expansion within the PRT segment, in preparation for expected growth in the coming years.


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Memories of Service 4 - Harold Beven
Web, 2017 (Full Length Episode)
Harold Beven reckons he's the luckiest man to serve in the Second World War. Born in a village east of London, he saw plenty of action in the (UK) Royal Navy, but by his own admission, never got his feet wet. Joining up as soon as possible after the outbreak of war, Beven served in almost all the naval theatres. As a Chief Petty Officer, he was involved in the evacuations of Greece and Crete — and later the allied invasions of Sicily and Italy — as well as the D-Day invasion of France. At the age of 96, Beven remembers entire conversations as if it was yesterday.
Memories of Service 4 - Frank Sanft
When Frank Sanft's older brother was killed early in World War ll, it only intensified Frank's determination to serve. Joining the Royal Navy, he was eventually assigned to Operation PLUTO, which involved laying an undersea fuel pipeline between the UK and Cherbourg (vital in keeping Allied vehicles moving, directly after the invasion of France). Frank laughs now at a close call with a sniper ashore in France. Serving in the Pacific, he was there after Singapore's notorious Changi PoW camp was liberated. In 2017 Sanft was awarded a prestigious French Legion of Honour.
Memories of Service 4 - Reg Dunbar
Reg Dunbar's war was mostly fought in the skies above Europe and North Africa. His first bombing raids over Germany were as an RAF tail gunner in a Vickers Wellington plane - a cold and lonely job he says. For the rest of that tour he was in the wireless operator's seat, the job he'd trained for. In North Africa the squadron supported the Eighth Army, the famous Desert Rats. Reg also took part in the first thousand bomber raid over Cologne. Later he worked on the secret 'Moonshine' radar, which fooled the Germans into thinking a bomber formation was on the way.
Memories of Service 3 - Douglas Smith
With the phrase "we were lucky to get away with it" and a ready laugh, 97-year-old Douglas Smith describes some of the close calls he had as a trainee and later bomber pilot during World War ll. Luck yes, but skill too, as he survived a 30 mission tour of duty. Douglas first tasted action flying a small, twin engine Dakota Boston over France and the Netherlands. Graduating to four engine Lancasters, he took part in huge raids over some of Germany's biggest cities. Never afraid himself, he laments the vast loss of life among friends and enemies.
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Aged 15, Lauren Jackson swapped high school and amateur theatre to star in movie Alex, inspired by the Tessa Duder bestseller about a teenage swimmer who competes in the Olympic Games. Time in Germany fuelled the writing of both Jackson's first play (the award-winning Exchange), and university studies on the German and Kiwi film industries. Since graduating from acting school Toi Whakaari in 2001, she has appeared on stage and screen, and directed two short films: family tale I'm Going to Mum's — which won four awards, and was invited to the 2013 Berlin Film Festival — and 2017 drama Tree.
Popstars was a key part of the late 1990s reality television explosion. The series followed the creation and development of all-female pop band TrueBliss (Carly Binding, Keri Harper, Joe Cotton, Megan Alatini and Erika Takacs). The five singers went on to record several chart-topping singles, and a platinum-selling album. Also a hit was the series format, which sold around the world and helped inspire Pop Idol/American Idol, the franchise that would dominate reality television for years to come. Popstars was named Best Entertainment Programme at the 1999 NZ Television Awards.
With his likeable, easy-going and erudite style, Jim Mora's career has spanned current affairs, entertainment and lifestyle shows. His TV profile alone reaches back more than 30 years and his time in radio stretches even further: from The South Tonight and Holmes, to Mucking In and hosting Radio New Zealand's Afternoons.
Mark Albiston
Mark Albiston has won awards at festivals in Cannes, Berlin and Salt Lake City, thanks to short films Run and The Six Dollar Fifty Man (which he directed with Louis Sutherland). After time in the United Kingdom, Albiston returned home to launch Sticky Pictures, where he won gongs for arts shows The Living Room and The Gravy. Alibston and Sutherland's 2013 movie Shopping won further awards and acclaim.
Eight years after debuting on TV sketch show Funny Business, Lucy Lawless won international fame for her starring role on Xena: Warrior Princess. The series won her a devoted fan following, and invitations to guest-star on everything from The Simpsons to Bro' Town. Since the end of Xena's six season run, Lawless has mainly acted for American television, including a role as bad girl Lucretia in locally-shot series Spartacus.
Julie Christie, DNZM, is one of New Zealand's most successful television producers. She built her company, Touchdown Productions, into the country's leading producer of entertainment television and exporter of programme formats. In 2006 she sold Touchdown to global company Eyeworks in a multi-million dollar deal; she stayed on as managing director until 2012.


NFU Mutual, the financial services company, has appointed Grey London to its £3 million advertising account.
Grey won the business after a two-way pitch against Lida.
NFU Mutual, which manages more than £12 billion in assets, began the review in March through the intermediary Agency Insight.
The company last reviewed its ad business in 2008 after the closure of Shop, the incumbent at the time.
It has since worked with agencies including Farm Communications, which was behind the brand's latest campaign that used the strapline: "We do right by you." The incumbent media agency, Walker Media, is not affected by the appointment.
Chris Hirst, the chief executive of Grey, said: "This brand is truly unique in the UK financial services sector. It has an approach to customer service and financial planning that shows real integrity and long-term vision."
Gina Fusco, the head of strategy and marketing at NFU Mutual, said: "We were impressed by the quality of strategic thinking and excellent creative approach the team from Grey demonstrated. Through the pitch process, it was clear that the values and philosophy of the agency are a great match to our own."
NFU Mutual, which was launched by farmers, is affiliated with the National Farmers Union but also sells products to those outside the farming community.
The company, which offers insurance, pension and investment products, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010.


This year Geekend celebrates 10 years of bringing together Savannah's best and brightest entrepreneurs, technologists, makers, creatives, leaders, and change agents. With a new home and a few surprises up our sleeve, Geekend is more prepared than ever to move into the future with guts and grit.
During this 2-day event, leading designers, technologists, entrepreneurs and thought leaders from Savannah and beyond deliver sessions which showcase Savannah's achievements in business, tech and the arts, address our toughest challenges and discuss emerging trends.
A closing announcement you won't want to miss!


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Catsimatidis Among Group Bringing Baseball Back to Staten Island
John Catsimatidis. (Photo: TNH File/ Kostas Bej)
NEW YORK – Greek-American billionaire John Catsimatidis is among a group of investors bringing baseball back to Staten Island, the New York Post reported on July 14. The New York Yankees' Minor League team, the Staten Island Yankees, which launched the careers of many well-known players including Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrerra, was among about 40 teams that were shut down last year during the pandemic and a "massive reorganization of the Minors," the Post reported, adding that it has learned that a group of investors, Catsimatidis and New Jersey "politico Eric Shuffler, with more still to be named — is set to start a new team that will play out of the Richmond County Bank Ballpark on the shores of New York Harbor."
Sources tell the Post "that Merill Lynch alum, business mogul and ex-wife of Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, is also part of the conglomerate" and "in a bid to restore America's Pastime to the borough, Major League Baseball (MLB) acquired a franchise in the independent Atlantic League, which currently includes eight teams from the eastern United States, including the Long Island Ducks."
MLB is "set to hand it off to the investment group, which will operate the team," the Post reported, adding that "the city will continue to own the stadium and lease it to the team owners," and "the new group of investors plans to revamp the park."
A contest in the Staten Island community will be held "to name the new team," the Post reported, noting that sources say it "will be unaffiliated with any Major League Baseball team."
"The new owners plan to use the park — which has stunning, sweeping views of Lower Manhattan and the Harbor — for concerts as well as baseball," the Post reported, noting that MLB last year, "took over the Minor Leagues and imposed a rule saying that each Major League team could only have four farm teams in the Minors, when they could previously have as many as they wanted. The new rule — coupled with the pandemic — decimated many smaller teams."
The MLB and the New York Yankees, however, "vowed to help any of the shuttered teams to start a new side and open up their gates once more," the Post reported, adding that there is still "red-tape to work out" and "the group that owned the S.I. Yankees and leased the stadium from the city needs to transfer the lease to the new owners."
The conglomerate is also "still planning to add more investors to its ranks," the Post reported, noting that "sources say that Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning to announce the news as early as next week."
"The new owners hope to have concerts at the stadium by the end in 2021, and plan to have players out on the field for the 2022 season," the Post reported.
Margo Catsimatidis, John's wife, "is expected to throw out the first pitch" on July 14 at the Brooklyn Cyclones game in Coney Island, the Post reported, adding that sources say "she'll be getting some tips on the field from legendary Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden and '69 Mets players Art Shamsky and Ed Kranepool."
The New York Mets own the Cyclones, the Post reported, noting that "John and Margo Catsimatidis own Ocean Drive Towers apartments in Coney Island."
NEW YORK - Archon Peter Clyde Nicholas Papadakos Esq, 66, of McKeesport, fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, January 14, 2022.


In my last non-fiction blog post here I detailed a few of the tips and tricks I use to dig words out of a brain clogged up by a barrage of Netflix and computer code. I talked about sticking to a daily schedule (oh, the hypocrite that I am!) and not letting yourself be overwhelmed by the monolithic library of media we have at our fingertips. Both pretty simple tips, right? Sure, but they're important ones that warrant repeating.


AUSTIN, Texas — As hard-hitting Kody Clemens, starting pitcher Blair Henley and regional hero and do-it-all pitcher Chase Shugart sat to David Pierce's left in the postgame press conference after his team beat Indiana to advance to the super regional round for the first time since 2014, Pierce answered questions about his team, and then was asked what the trip to the super regional round meant to him from a personal standpoint.
Pierce, as he often does, deflected credit to everyone from players to fellow coaches, and even to the support staff. He wasn't going to make the moment about him. But it was special for him, that much was true via his words and body language.
You see, as a head coach, when you don't accomplish one of your primary goals as a skipper for a few seasons, doubt starts to creep into your mind. And as that occurrence multiplies, that doubt grows stronger and stronger.
Pierce, before tonight, had appeared in NCAA tournaments in all seven of his seasons as a head coach. But something important was missing from that resume — a super regional berth.
Last year, the Longhorns close to advancing to a super regional, sitting in the driver's seat in the Long Beach Regional after winning the first two games. However, the Dirtbags double dipped the 'Horns to advance. Texas started summer earlier than expected, and it was back to the drawing board for Pierce and his coaching staff.
That distant feeling ended Sunday night, as the Longhorns used a little luck, some clutch pitching and more heroic performances to beat the Hoosiers 3-2 to advance to play the winner of the Oxford Regional in next week's super regional round.


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French fans give hero welcome to "Les Bleus" World Cup champions
Several Paris Metro stations were temporarily adjusting their names to honor the team and its members, the transport authority tweeted. EA Sports have recently revealed that by utilizing brand new ratings in their Federation Internationale de Football Association 18 World Cup Russia update, their simulation for the final match between France and Croatia also showed our French friends bagging the win.
Officer fires through window at murder suspects
A male murder suspect died on Friday in Las Vegas after a police officer, while pursuing the suspect during a high-speed chase, shot him through windshield of his police cruiser. The vehicle eventually stopped after it crashed into a nearby school before the officers used " deadly force " to stop one of the suspects getting away.
How 18 Men Raped 11-year-old Girl For Months
Television footage showed a group of around 50 lawyers beating up the suspects on the staircase of the city high court as they were brought in to the Mahila Court. The 17 men - who worked in the building as security and facilities personnel - are under arrest, according to Rajendran. The report further informs that the men also videographed themselves in the act and blackmailed the child by threatening that they would release the videos.
'Treasonous': Trump-Putin summit leaves USA leaders aghast
By "the past, he's presumably referencing 2016 when, Trump's intel leaders have all agreed, Russian Federation interfered with the us presidential election , and also warned all signs are that Putin continues to meddle, and will continue to do to going forward into the midterm elections and beyond".
Two protesters killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces - police official
Najaf is among the cities in southern Iraq that have witnessed days of protests over poor services and against alleged official corruption. At a time of neglect, a storm of discontent is brewing among the people in Iraq's southern provinces, from Baghdad to Basra .
Woman bites off nose of 28-year-old victim during attack
According to the woman, Ms Collins demanded more alcohol and cigarettes after they returned to her home following a night of drinking last Wednesday. Collins, who lives in Conroe, another Houston suburb, was staying with a female neighbor of the 28-year-old victim.
Syria rescue group says 10 killed in airstrike on shelter
A series of latest gains in the strategic southwestern province of Quneitra, which borders Jordan, Lebanon and the Golan Heights, have also put foreign-backed militancy under pressure across the region. Russia has agreed with the USA to secure Israel's Golan Heights frontier with Syria, a line set in 1974 at the end of their last war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Manafort motion to change trial venue rejected by Judge TS Ellis III
The five would invoke their constitutional right against self-incrimination and remain silent unless Judge T.S. Ellis III grants them immunity, prosecutors said Tuesday in a court filing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is shown in this booking photo in Alexanderia, Virginia, U.S., July 12, 2018. "Disclosing the motions would reveal those individuals' involvement in the investigation and the trial, thereby creating the risk of undue ...
Trump shares letter from Kim, touts progress in talks
Speaking afterwards in Tokyo, Pompeo insisted the talks were making progress and were being conducted in "good faith". Although several details for the transfer of the remains still had to be worked out, there was some agreement about how an initial transfer would proceed, said a US official, who was not authorized to speak about the meeting publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Expert analysis of the Trump-Putin meeting
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to finish his investigation into Russia's interference in the USA election - and that he would be open to slapping more sanctions on Vladimir Putin's regime.
Government defeats rebel Tory move to keep Britain in EU customs union
The hardline amendments also foresee the United Kingdom having a different Value-Added Tax system from the European Union , and would make any special arrangements for Northern Ireland illegal by excluding the establishment of a customs border in the Irish sea.
May narrowly avoids defeat in parliament on European Union trade laws
The Electoral Commission said the "Vote Leave" group, backed by senior politicians including former foreign secretary Boris Johnson , failed to declare 675,000 pounds ($894,000) it spent with Canadian data firm Aggregate IQ. Having faced down Remainers in her own party, Mrs May will now take the plan set out in last week's White Paper to Brussels in a bid to salvage a Brexit deal.
John McCain blasts Donald Trump over his meeting with Putin
Some identified the writer as Sam Husseini, the communications director for the Institute for Public Accuracy, who only had one story from previous year. "I think we've all been foolish.I think we're all to blame". The South Carolina senator also recommended Trump check a soccer ball Putin gifted to him for "listening devices" and urged him to never bring it to the White House.
Theresa May faces Commons showdown with Brexit rebels
Meanwhile Boris Johnson , who quit as foreign secretary in protest after the plan was agreed by the Cabinet at Chequers, was reported to be preparing to make a resignation statement in the Commons, providing another potential flashpoint. The government narrowly won votes on the bill despite a rebellion by pro-EU Tories angry at the changes. Theresa May explaining her Chequers deal.
Russian Senator: Kremlin Won't Extradite Indicted Intel Officers
A U.S. federal grand jury charged 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016, in the most detailed United States accusation yet that Moscow meddled in the election to help Republican Trump.
Putin summit: Five standout moments from the Helsinki meeting
Noah asked. "George H.W. Bush once threw up on the Japanese prime minister, and Trump is now on top". Putin did not hesitate, when asked directly, to acknowledge he was hoping that Trump would be elected. "I think it's likely, yeah", Merkley said, describing how it's common for Russian Federation to try and get compromising information on anyone important who visits the country.
Trump embraces longtime United States foe Putin, doubting own intel
This indictment , which consists of a series of unsubstantiated allegations, was seized upon by top Democrats and sections of the media to demand that Trump call off his meeting with Putin. It was a remarkable break with USA intelligence officials and the Justice Department and, just as alarming for some, Mr Trump also put the two countries on the same footing when casting blame for their strained relations.
Trump returns from summit with Putin to forceful criticism
In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime US enemy, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' firm finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 USA election to his benefit, seeming to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's insistence that Moscow's hands were clean.
Almost 300 crocodiles slaughtered in revenge for death of villager
An angry mob has slaughtered almost 300 crocodiles in Indonesia after a local man was killed by one of the reptiles, authorities said on July 16. The 48-year-old was picking grass for animal feed when he entered an enclosure, AFP quoted the police and conservation officials as saying.
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Q: connect ECONNREFUSED when I load config.json Amazon Web Services I want to send push notification to the APNS_SANDBOX
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
AWS.config.loadFromPath(__dirname + '/config.json');

I write all credentials, and region. I am sure it works.
then do the following:
var sns = new AWS.SNS({endpoint:'https://s3.amazonaws.com'});

(it is actually wrong endpoint)
SNSMobilePush.prototype.pushIOS = function() {
  var deviceToken = ""; // This is 64 hex characters.
  var certificate = "";  // This should be in pem format with \n at the end of each line.
  var privateKey = "";  // This should be in pem format with \n at the end of each line.
  var applicationName = "Some app";
  this.demoNotification(Platforms.APNS_SANDBOX, certificate, privateKey, deviceToken,
    applicationName);
};

SNSMobilePush.prototype.demoNotification = function(platform, principal, credential, deviceToken, appName) {
  var params = {
    Name: appName,
    Platform: platform,
    Attributes: {
      PlatformPrincipal: principal,
      PlatformCredential: credential
    }
  };
  sns.createPlatformApplication(params, function(err, data) {
    if (err) console.log(err);
    else console.log(data);
  });
};

    exports.pushExample = function() {
  var sample = new SNSMobilePush();
  sample.pushIOS('asd');
};

then I make the following route:
app.get('/a', function(req, res) {
  snspush.pushExample();
  res.send('asd');
});

When I go to localhost:3000/a I have the following response:
    { [UnsignedContentSHA256NotAllowed: The provided 'x-amz-content-sha256' header must be a valid SHA256.]
  message: 'The provided \'x-amz-content-sha256\' header must be a valid SHA256.',
  code: 'UnsignedContentSHA256NotAllowed',
  time: Sat Dec 28 2013 14:51:24 GMT+0600 (ALMT),
  statusCode: 400,
  retryable: false }

What is wrong with my headers?
Unfortunately there is no working example with SNS at all in node js.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


The Engineering Department handles all inquiries regarding Building Permits, Land Development and Subdivision applications, Zoning Ordinances and related questions, and property maintenance issues, The Department also serves as the liason to the Township Engineer, Great Valley Consultants.
Exeter Township is the Host Municipality of the Pioneer Crossing Landfill located along Rte. 82 and Lincoln Road. The Township along with the PA D.E.P. oversee the landfill operation, making monthly inspections of the facility. The purpose of the inspections is to make sure the Landfill is in compliance with Township and State regulations. If you should have any questions or concerns regarding the landfill, please contact Will Brugger , Host Landfill Inspector, at the Township Building (610) 779-5702 Monday through Friday between 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M.


Beijing, March 25: At least 10 persons were killed in two separate incidents at neighbouring gold mines in China's Henan province, authorities said on Saturday.
Thick smoke engulfed a pit at Qinling gold mine of China National Gold Group in Lingbao city on Friday, trapping 12 workers and six management staff, Xinhua news agency cited a statement as saying.
Rescuers retrieved seven dead bodies. Of the 10 people who were sent to hospital, one failed to respond to emergency treatment and the other nine were recuperating.
One of the trapped workers remained missing as of Saturday morning.
The search and rescue operation had to be halted in the pit, where carbon monoxide density was extremely high and visibility was less than one metre.
In another accident in a neighbouring gold pit, six workers were trapped on Friday. Four workers were rescued and the other two died.
An investigation has been launched into the incidents.


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Pere Oliver i Domenge (Palma de Mallorca, 1886 - Felanich, 1968) fue un político español.

Trabajó como farmacéutico en Felanich. En 1917 colaboró con el diario La Veu de Mallorca, partidario de la autonomía de las Islas Baleares y de tendencia pancatalanista. En 1923 fue uno de los fundadores de la Asociación por la Cultura de Mallorca y colaboró en las revistas La Veu de Mallorca, La Nostra Terra y El Felanigense. Cuando se proclamó la Segunda República Española fue elegido alcalde de Felanich e intervino en la discusión del anteproyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía de Baleares de 1931. En 1932 participó en la organización del partido Acción Republicana de Mallorca y en 1934 formó parte del consejo regional de Esquerra Republicana Balear. Cuando estalló la Guerra Civil Española y Mallorca fue ocupada por las tropas franquistas, se ocultó en el núcleo de Porto Colom, de donde partió hacia Menorca y de aquí a Barcelona. Su compañero, Pere Reus Bordoy, fue acusado de facilitar su marcha y ejecutado. Al finalizar la contienda se exilió en Filipinas. Su farmacia fue saqueada y la casa incautada por el ejercido rebelde. En 1952 volvió del exilio, pero el Colegio de Farmacéuticos no le permitió reabrir la farmacia.

Obras
 La catalanitat de les Mallorques (1916)
 Joanot Colom i Cifré (1929)
 Història de Felanitx contada als infants

Enlaces externos
 Biografía, (en catalán).

Exiliados del franquismo en Filipinas
Alcaldes de las Islas Baleares
Alcaldes de España durante la Segunda República


For the girl who prefer pearls over diamonds, these earrings bring instant sophistication to the jewellery box. Sometimes simplicity can be the most elegant; give your outfits a little more bite without burning a hole in your pocket with these gorgeous designs from the Pearl collection.
Imogen features a set of asymmetrical earrings.


Horizontal lines can be added to text contained in Microsoft Word document for better organization. Ideally, one would keep clicking ribbon options to find and then add lines to Word document. In contrast, you can quickly add horizontal lines to Word file using easy keyboard shortcuts. Using these shortcuts, you can add and insert different type of horizontal lines to Microsoft Office Word file.
1. Dashes ( — and Enter) Press dash key 3 times and then press the Enter key. This will add default horizontal line, which is used often.
2. Underscore ( _ _ _ and Enter) Press underscore key 3 times and then Enter key to insert horizontal line that is thicker than default horizontal line.
3. Asterisks (*** and Enter) Press asterisks key 3 times and then Enter key to insert thick dotted line to Word document file.
4. Equal (= = = and Enter) Pressing 3 times equal key and then Enter key will add double horizontal line to your Microsoft Word document.
5. Hash key (# # # and Enter) Press # hash key 3 times and Enter key once will add 3 layered horizontal line with very thick line in the middle.
6. Tildes (~ ~ ~ and Enter) You can add curved (wavy) horizontal line in Word document by pressing tilde key 3 times followed by pressing Enter key once.


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How to build a perfect cruise itinerary
Giora Israel explains what criteria a port must fit in order to be included as a destination on one of Carnival Corporation's cruises, in conversation with Rebecca Lambert
Giora Israel explains the criteria for a port to be considered as a destination on a cruise
This article was first published in the Itinerary Planning Special Report International Cruise & Ferry Review. All information was correct at the time of printing, but may since have changed.
How can I get my port added to a cruise itinerary?" It's a question Giora Israel, senior vice president of Global Port and Destination Development at Carnival Corporation, gets asked a great deal.
"When I really like the person who's asking I answer with the following: "We don't need ports, thank you." As you can imagine, they are puzzled at best, but it gets their attention," he says. "And then I explain what I mean. As a cruise line, we don't sell destinations. We sell itineraries. To get a port included or considered for an itinerary by us, they need to answer one question: "how does your port fit into an itinerary?"
Israel explains that a port must fit two criteria alone to be considered for an itinerary. Is it workable? And is it marketable? "It really is that simple," he says (for more on this, see page 8 in the executive roundtable).
"To be workable, a port needs to be in the right location – it must fit seamlessly in an itinerary," Israel explains. "It must also have real passenger appeal. What we offer depends entirely on what each market wants."
Of course, there are ports out there that aren't presently cruise ports of call, but which could make good potential candidates for an itinerary. And then there are those that aren't an option for the simple reason that they aren't workable, marketable, or both.
"For example, Mayagüez on Puerto Rico's west coast is a port which is only 10 miles away from the channel which sees more than 40 ships a week passing through," Israel says. "So why don't our ships go to that port? Well, if we did, with our current schedules we would arrive there at 3am and then must leave at 10am. Its location, the timings – it wouldn't work."
There are success stories, though. "We started looking at regions like the Mediterranean and I said: "Why don't we start going to Ibiza?" comments Israel. "So we looked into it and it was a workable option, and we also added in other ports like Sardinia and Corsica in line with what our passengers were asking for. Why did they work? They had passenger appeal and they blended into the itinerary."
In fact, as long as a port is workable, Israel concedes that it is possible to make it marketable – to give passengers a reason to want to visit. Even if it takes time, and a slight name change.
"In the south eastern part of Finland, there's a port called Kotka," he says. "In terms of its location, it absolutely worked for us. But at the time, it wasn't marketable; nobody had heard of it. So we had to think about how we would fit the port in – how we would encourage passengers to want to go there. We came up with a solution, which involved adding a tagline onto the end of the port's name: Kotka – Getaway to Finland."
Then there is Marseille. "In 1995-1996 Marseille wasn't a desirable location – organised crime, violence and corruption gave it a reputation as France's outsider city," says Israel. "At the time, I suggested we change the name of the port and there was outrage! Of course, I would never dare, but what we did do was add to it – Marseille, Port of Provence. If a port becomes a door to a region, an area of interest, then maybe it can become a stop. It was a slow start and when cruise ships started coming to Marseille, very few passengers got off the ship. Yet in 2013, Marseille was crowned the European Capital of Culture and now passengers are beginning to flock to enjoy this bustling metropolis. It doesn't even need the extended name anymore."
While the actual job of building an itinerary is complex and involves many intricate details, Israel says that, like many things, the overarching principle behind it all is very simple.
"Sometimes, you need to break big and complicated things down to their basic elements to best understand them," he explains. "Take the great American investor Warren Buffet. Ask him how to successfully invest in the stock market and he'll say: "You buy when the stocks are low and you sell when the stocks are high." Principles are easy, and yet for some reason we always look for complicated answers or reasons to break them. We must have the inner strength to stand by them."
Israel shares an example to demonstrate his point. "In the US, we have three major brands, which operate seven-day itineraries. Holland America Line will have an itinerary which it thinks works best for US passengers. Carnival Cruise Line will have another. And so will Princess Cruises. Yet they are all marketing to the same audience, at least from a demographic point of view. When you analyse it, the common ground is that all their itineraries are both workable and marketable."
Of all the itineraries, one of Israel's favourites is in the Eastern Mediterranean (see page 47), but there are a couple more he feels warrant a mention too. "Particularly the Western Mediterranean itinerary departing from either Barcelona, Spain; Marseille France; or Savona, Italy," he says. "This diverse itinerary has plenty of great ports to visit and a wonderful combination of history, art, cuisine and culture to be enjoyed. And then there is the Baltic Sea. There is no other way to explore the wonders of the Baltic Sea and the countries surrounding it than on a ship leaving from Kiel, Warnemünde or Copenhagen on a seven-day rotation."
Some of Carnival's best and most popular itineraries are the ones which haven't changed in years – that's because they continue to work and have long-lasting appeal with passengers. "If you're not an insider and you want to really understand what drives us, we simply want to know if a port is workable and if it is marketable," Israel says. "So, going back to my original point, if you want to join our industry, do not come to us and ask how you can get involved. Instead, tell us exactly what you have that would make you an ideal fit for one of our itineraries."
By Rebecca Lambert


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Evolving infrastructure landscape in India
India's growing population and transforming economy continue to present long-term infrastructure opportunities for foreign investors despite the impact of COVID-19 on the local economy.
Abhishek Poddar, Managing Director at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), believes that the effects of the coronavirus will be short-lived when compared with the momentum of India's economic rise.
"While the economy has slowed down in the short-term, COVID-19 has actually accelerated many of the trends that are changing India and its economy," he says. "Given its sheer size India will continue to generate a lot of opportunities off the back of these economic trends."
The trends underpinning India's burgeoning economy
With 1.37 billion people, India is the world's second largest country and is set to become the most populous by 2027.1 By 2030, 40 per cent of the Indian population is expected to live in urban areas, compared to just 28 per cent in 2005.
As India's cities expand, so does its urban middle class as the country looks to add 140 million middle income and 21 million high income households between 2018 and 2030.2
By 2030, domestic private consumption, which accounts for 60 per cent of India's GDP, could develop into a $US6 trillion growth opportunity, making the country the third largest consumer market behind the United States and China.3
"We are already the second highest data consuming market in the world and most of this happens on mobile phones."
Deep Gupta
Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)
Keeping up with a nation in transformation
If India is to keep pace with its growing population, burgeoning middle class and transforming economy, an estimated $US4.5 trillion of infrastructure investment will be needed by 2040.4
While there is capacity within India to raise around $US3.9 trillion of this money, the government recognises that the remainder must come from overseas and it is prioritising regulatory reforms that it hopes will attract greater foreign investment. This includes a pledge to build 35 multimodal logistics parks that will be funded through special purpose vehicles formed by state and central governments and the private sector.5
Deep Gupta, Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) says the scale of the opportunity could be even greater as this figure does not capture the significant opportunities in sectors such as telecommunications and energy.
"We are already the second highest data consuming market in the world and most of this happens on mobile phones," Deep Gupta says. "The enormous growth in online retail and rising internet penetration means we are going to also need telecommunications infrastructure and data centres to take account of this."
India will also need infrastructure to support its ambitions when it comes to transitioning to new renewable energy sources. The country is expected to be responsible for 30 per cent of all growth in energy demand by 2035 and the government is looking to renewable energy to fill much of the increase.6 In 2015, it set a target to have 175GW of installed renewable capacity by 2022 and had already installed 138.9GW by March 2020.7
Now, under its Paris Agreement commitment, India has pledged to base 40 per cent of its power generation capacity based on non-fossil fuel resources by 2030.
"This trend towards decarbonising India's economy and the investments required to support the same will continue to provide interesting investment opportunities over the next decade," Abhishek Poddar says.
Regulatory reform high on the agenda
To encourage the investment needed to drive its long-term agenda, the national government has been busy changing much of the regulatory framework that underpins the finance behind large scale projects.
"The public sector will remain a significant creator of infrastructure and there will be a real interplay between government policy and infrastructure - one that favours development," Poddar says.
"This trend towards decarbonising India's economy and the investments required to support the same will continue to provide interesting investment opportunities over the next decade."
Abhishek Poddar
Playing the long game
At the same time, however, Abhishek Poddar says that foreign investors cannot come to India and expect to use the same "tried and tested" approach they use in other jurisdictions.
"India is one market where you need deep experience if you're going to be successful. You have to take the time to appreciate and understand its unique culture and ways of working."
As one of the largest infrastructure asset manager in India's roads sector and with almost a decade of experience in Indian infrastructure more generally, Poddar believes Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets is uniquely placed among international asset managers to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.
https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/population/
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Consumption_Fast-Growth_Consumers_markets_India_report_2019.pdf p 10.
Ibid, p 6.
http://mofapp.nic.in:8080/economicsurvey/pdf/120-150_Chapter_08_Economic_Survey_2017-18.pdf p 130
https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/india/ies/chapter-9.html
https://ieefa.org/indias-installed-renewable-generation-hits-138-9gw-up-72-in-six-years-singh
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This is the halloween event that was held back in 2007. Jagex decided to remake the event on Old School Runescape. I originally completed this event in 07, this is just a re-do 7 years later, was fun nonetheless. Enjoy!


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Report: U.S. plans for 3 days of attacks on Syria
The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on Syria than originally planned. (File photo: Reuters)
AFP, Washington Sunday 08 September 2013
The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on Syria than originally planned, set to last three days, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
War planners now aim to unleash a heavy barrage of missile strikes to be followed swiftly by additional attacks on targets that may have been missed or remain standing after the initial launch, the Times cited officials as saying.
Two U.S. officers told the newspaper that the White House has asked for an expanded target list to include "many more" than the initial list of around 50 targets.
The move is part of an effort to obtain additional firepower to damage Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's dispersed forces.
Pentagon planners are now considering using Air Force bombers, as well as five U.S. missile destroyers currently patrolling the eastern Mediterranean Sea, to launch cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles from far out of range of Syrian air defenses, according to the report.
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group with one cruiser and three destroyers positioned in the Red Sea can also fire cruise missiles at Syria.
"There will be several volleys and an assessment after each volley, but all within 72 hours and a clear indication when we are done," an officer familiar with the planning told the Times.
The intensified military planning comes as President Barack Obama prepares to personally make his case to the American people and further press reluctant lawmakers on the need for action after Assad allegedly used chemical weapons on his own people last month.
Obama is scheduled to tape interviews Monday with anchors of the three major broadcast networks, as well as with PBS, CNN and Fox News.
The interviews, to air that night, will precede Obama's address to the nation Tuesday ahead of an expected full Senate vote.
The president favors a limited attack with only a reduced number of warplanes to drop bombs over Syria, according to the Times.
Amid doubts that a limited U.S. offensive would sufficiently hamper Assad's military capabilities, one officer told the newspaper that the planned operation would amount to a "show of force" over several days that would not fundamentally change the situation on the ground.
The planned U.S. strike "will not strategically impact the current situation in the war, which the Syrians have well in hand, though fighting could go on for another two years," another U.S. officer said.
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Report: Turkey scrambles F-16s after 'blast' on Syria border
Doubts linger over Syria gas attack evidence
Kerry reaches out in 'love letter' to skeptical French on Syria


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MySQL has a few options for tuning performance that can greatly speed up Review Board's queries.
Query caching allows MySQL to store the results of previous queries so that they can be returned quickly the next time the query is performed. This can be very beneficial on many pages, particularly review requests and the dashboard.
The amount of memory available for query caching can be configured. It's good to give a minimum of 20MB, but larger query caches will allow more data to be stored.
To enable query caching, first open the MySQL config file. On Linux, this is located at /etc/my.cnf. On Windows, this may be named my.ini.
All cache settings are in the [mysqld] section of the file.
query_cache_type needs to be set to 1 to enable caching.
query_cache_size is the size of the cache. This can be in bytes, or you can use a M suffix to specify the amount of megabytes.
query_cache_limit is the maximum size of an individually cached query. Queries over this size won't go into the cache. This is also in bytes, or megabytes with the M suffix. 1MB is a safe bet.
Viewing very large diffs can cause a problem where queries exceed the default MySQL packet size (16MB).
You can set this value to any number you need, in megabytes.
Diffs larger than a megabyte are nearly impossible for ordinary humans to review and can slow down the server in other ways. Reviews with such large diffs are almost always caused by some intermediate build step such as auto-generated or emitted code. A better solution is to be more careful about posting reviews that may contain these sorts of files.


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I have run the following script on each virtual machine that hosts OpenDaylight, "./configure-cluster-ipdetect.sh 192.168.56.103 192.168.56.104", with .103 and .104 being the two instances of OpenDaylight.
On a third VM, I then load Mininet with "sudo mn --controller remote,ip=192.168.56.103,port=6633 --topo linear,10". At this stage a pingall completes successfully, but from what I can see the cluster isn't actually being utilised. Therefore I connect each switch to the second controller using "sudo ovs-vsctl set-controller s1 tcp:192.168.56.103:6633 tcp:192.168.56.104:6633".
I believe HA clustering should now be fully functional, however, a pingall fails completely – none of the hosts are able to ping each other. I've used the GET command to verify that the cluster has been formed and using Wireshark I can see that each instance of OpenDaylight is communicating with each other.
Running the "sudo ovs-vsctl list controller" command, I can see that the "role" for each controller connection is set to "other", when this should be "master" or "slave". A bit of research suggested I need to be running OpenFlow version 1.3 for this to function, so I removed the comment in /etc/custom.properties for the "ovsdb.of.version=1.3" entry and this time loaded Mininet with the command "sudo mn --controller remote,ip=192.168.56.103,port=6633 --topo linear,10 --switch=ovsk,protocols=OpenFlow13".
Now each controller connection successfully registers as a "master" or "slave", but I am still not able to ping between hosts within Mininet.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem may be? I also get the same issue when running a three node cluster.
2017-01-10 19:54:20,972 | ERROR | OFRpc - 3 | RPCBroker | 165 - org.opendaylight.controller.sal-remoterpc-connector - 1.3.4.Beryllium-SR4 | executeRpc for (urn:opendow:service?revision=2013-08-19)add-flow failed with root cause: java.lang.NullPointerException. For exception details, enable Debug logging.


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STORY OF LENKA
Narrative fiction
Lenka, a young Czech woman, leaves her small hometown on the German border to study in Paris, where she uncovers a dark incident in her family history. All that she believed in seems now to be her pure invention. Forced to abandon her carefree life, Lenka's search for the truth brings her into conflict with her mother, her boyfriend and her own identity as she comes to establish her true values.
Set across the Czech Republic, France and Germany, from the end of WWII to 2004, Story of Lenka is a narrative fiction about friendship, love, secret revelations and reconciliation.
ABOUT MONIKA FOURNEAUX
Octobre, 2021
Passionate about writing and history, Monika Fourneaux grew up in the Czech Republic leaving at nineteen to explore the world. She studied and worked in the UK, Germany, Japan and France. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Japanese and a Master's degree in Business and Management, from the University of Lille. She worked in the broadcasting and trade show industries. She currently lives in Dubai with her husband and two children. Story of Lenka is her first novel.


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Nesting Bowls Pattern, a photo by jenib320 on Flickr.
I had the pleasure of testing out a new pattern recently for a friend! Nova of a Cuppa and a Catch Up just released it, the Nesting Fabric Bowls PDF Pattern! This pattern is in-depth. Six different sizes of bowls ready for you to make and lots of fun extra options like patchwork, handles, square bowls, and custom sizing! For lots more information about it and where to buy, see Nova's post here.
I decided to make a full nesting set! I love nesting bowls, so the idea of having nesting fabric bowls was too much to resist. I wanted to work from my stash, so I ended up using all different colorful fabrics that had off-white backgrounds. They coordinate but aren't super matchy. For the interiors I used various colors of Alexander Henry's Heath and Timeless Treasures Sketch.
These bowls have multiple layers of interfacing so they are nice and sturdy but still soft! They come together really quickly, and are a great project to do assembly line style!
Fabrics (left to right): Larkspur by Alexander Henry, Loulouthi by Anna Maria Horner, Hedgehog Meadow by Michael Miller, Washi by Rashida Coleman Hale, Farmdale by Alexander Henry, Umbrellas by Yuwa Fabrics.
I'll definitely be making more of these in the future. Next I want to make one with a handle and some patchwork.
These would make great storage!
I would LOVE to be able to win! I'm all out of cute storage for our playroom and these would be perfect! Thanks so much!
I love the colors on the inside of these, so pretty!
they look fun to make, and would come in handy for storage around the sewing room! thanks for the giveaway!
Your nesting bowls are GORGEOUS. I was reading through my RSS and just had to click through for a closer look.
Oh, I love these! I would so love to win this pattern. I really want to learn how to make these!! Thanks for the chance.
I love these bowls! I also want to make boxes and handles and pockets. I hope I win!!!
Those are way too cute nesting baskets! Thanks for the chance to win the pattern.
These are SO cute!! How cool they would be in the sewing room to catch scraps, scissors, safety pins, rotary cutters, anything that needs a safe place. Thanks!
These would make great multiple pressies for crafty friends - love all the fabric you chose! The chickens are my all time fave!
I do love this pattern! Thank you for offering this giveaway.
So great! Thanks for the chance to win.
These are so cute! One can never have too many baskets!
you are such a productive sewer! these are so cute!
Those are the cutest bowls!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for another excellent giveaway!
These are awesome ! I pinned them , so If that is not okay , please let me know and I'll take it off ! thanks !
Would love to try this pattern! Have been following Nova's posts and hoping for a chance to win ;] Useful AND fun!
These would definitely be smiling on the shelf in my sewing room....full of sewing goodness!
Thanks for the giveaway! They look like a great addition to my storage problems!
Would love this pattern, thanks!
Very cute. <3 the rooster fabric! I've admired the porcupines in the past too (hedgehogs?).
I love the hedgehog one! And I love that you used the Heath inside all of them. Great job!
your hedgie bowl is pretty darn cute...i also really like the roosters... :) thanks for the chance to win this pattern!
These are so cute and I can think of a million things to use them for!
What a great pattern- so many uses. Good for gifts too. I would love to "win" the give away pattern. Thanks for posting.
These are so cute! I love the fabric you used -- they go so well together.
Very cool! Hope I win.
Her Easter basket version was really cute!
I've seen these show up in a couple blogs now, and they seem SO handy! :D I love that she offers so many options as well. Thank you for a lovely giveaway!
Perfect to hold my scraps!
I love the colors you chose for your bowls. So bright and cheerful!
These are so cool! Thanks for the opportunity!
They look so great together, I prefer coordinating over matchy match any day and the Heath and Sketch are my favs. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love those! Maybe I could be organized after all! Well, probably not but I am willing to try!
I saw when she put her pattern in the shop and I was wanting it pretty bad. This is a great giveaway!
What a great Set! This would make a wonderful gift!
Those nesting bowls are just fabulous! Love all the fabrics you used too!
Love these! They'd be great for toy storage, no more broken plastic bins!
I would love this pattern to add a little organization to my life!
ooh! i'd love to make lots to fit in an expedit!!!
These are just too cute...love them!!! Thanks for the chance to win this pattern.
I love these!! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I could totally put this to good use!!
Love this pattern. I could really use something like that for myself!
What a cute way to store things!
Would love to make these to stash my kids toys! Thanks for sharing!
I want this pattern!! These are so adorable.
Awesome pattern! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love fabric baskets! The fabric is awesome!
These would be great for a little boys room. My son has tons of little cars and blocks to fill these up.
Wonderful! just what i need... :) these would be great in my craft room, which is in dire need of some organization! thanks!
SO cute - love that all the math for the different sizes is done for you and that there are so many variations included.
What a neat idea. I'm always looking for inventive ways to store items and wow, this one says must do.
Love the fabrics you used, too.
ooh, nova makes the best stuff!!
I would LOVE these to put in my new sewing room! I am not sure if my email will show up Kelleighz@hotmail.com Thanks for the chance to win one!
What great baskets!! I loved nesting baskets, too. Thanks for the chance to win!
I saw this pattern the other day and it is definitely on my do list... Your version is wonderful.
Those are cute! Might just have to put the pattern on my to-do list.
Nesting Bowls are on my to-do list. It would be great to have a pattern to get started with!
What a great set of baskets! I'd love to make my own!
How fun! these look wonderful and fresh - just right for spring. Thanks for the inspiration.
Those are great and look like they would not only be fun to make, but FUN to use! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Love these little bowls and would love to be the winner of the pattern! Thanks for the chance!
Oh my gosh....darling and just have to make them! Wonderful for gifts!!! Hope I win.....so NEAT!
Great idea! You made some nice bowls. Bet you can't wait to fill them. I can think of many uses for them and love the nesting quality of them. Thanks for the give-away.
Beautiful bowls! There is so much you can use them for.
This looks like fun! Thanks for the chance to win!
aren't they great?! would be great to store stuff in the kids' room. bright, useful, and can't be used as a dangerous weapon!
Your nesting bowls are so cute! Thanks for the giveaway Nova and Jeni!
I could use some extra storage bins! love them!
I love the set you did. I also read about them somewhere else today and they had an Easter basket - too cute.
Very cool bowls, and I love how they match just enough, but aren't matchup.
Perfect project for my daughter's cluttered bookshelf. Even if I don't win, I'll purchase this pattern.
I love those bowls!! Yes please and thank you.
I love those bowls! I have some fabric in mind that would be perfect to make a set.
these are too cute. If I made them I'd have to play Bozo's Buckets. Does anyone else even know what that is?
These would be good to make in different fabrics.
These would be so handy - I would make one in every colour to use as a scrap fabric basket!
I've been looking for something to put on my cutting table for small scraps. I think these would be perfect! Thanks for the chance to win the pattern.
I'm definitely buying this pattern if I don't win a copy, a win would make them even sweeter! What a great idea for baby presents!
I would love to be in to win that pattern; very cool.
I would love a copy! I fell in love with this pattern when I saw it on her blog. I'd love to make several of these, and already have the fabric for it. Thanks for offering it!
Oh perfect - I'm decluttering and reorganising the house right now. Fabric bowls are on my 'must make soon' list. Thanks for the opportunity to win the pattern.
Fun! I can just see a rainbow of bowls lining my sewing room window! Thanks for the giveaway!
What cuteness !~! I would love to have these bowls in my life. I Love Bowls. Many thanks for sharing.
Beautiful! I love how yours are all sketchy on the inside!
They just look great and I have so much stuff I can put in them.
Love the fabrics inside the nesting bowls. U can never have too much fabric.
Fun! I could wrangle a whole lot of toddler toys with these!
These are pretty darn cute! Thanks for a chance to win the pattern.
I Love the fabric choice and linings, works so well!
I would really love this pattern, they are so cute!
They are gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for the giveaway! I'll love to make these!
Another generous giveaway. The bowls are great and I am sure they would make great gifts.
Those nesting bowls are so pretty! What a terrific pattern/giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win.
Those are so cute. I love your fabric choices. I like that the inside is what ties them together, rather than the outside.
Cool pattern and great way to store them when not in use.
I've been looking for cute containers to corral the kids' art supplies for awhile now. These would be perfect because I could just make as many as I need in the sizes I need. Thanks for sharing!
They are adorable! I love, Love, LOVE them!!
I love the fabric you've used for the inside!
Love this pattern - thanks for the chance to win it.
These are really pretty when all nested together - they remind me of one of those humongous all-day suckers that are spiral & flat at the same time!
Thanks for the pattern giveaway!!
Spectacular bowls. Each one unique, but all blend together. I like the way you used all the same line of fabric for the interior of yours.
this would be a great way to use up ones scraps!!! and what a cute gift idea, give to a kids to put their toys in, put in the bathroom to hold cotton balls or toilet paper, you could event use it in your kitchen to hold apples, coupons, and if you put a paper towel in it you could put dinner rolls in it! Oh the possibilities!
These looks super. Beautiful and useful. I love them!
LOVE your choice of fabrics! Thanks!
The bowls look like so much fun!! Ideas are spinning in my head. Thanks for the chance to win!
So many great uses for these bowls. Hope to win the pattern. Thanks for the giveaway!
I've really enjoyed reading Nova's posts about her new nesting bowls pattern & your test versions are so lovely! Great fabric choices & love that you've made a full set - fantastic! Thanks for the giveaway.
I just love little containers of any kind and espectially one's I can make. Would love to win this pattern. I just love how they nest together. Thanks for the give away.
the ideas for your bowls are endless! i love to organize :) great idea!!!
I love the co-ordination of the bowl interiors.....mostly because it simply proves a large stash is a must have.
oooh they look like fun - and gorgeous fabrics, Jeni! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win such a neat pattern!
I just found out that I get to decorate a GIRL nursery and would love to make some of these to store little socks and things in!
Awe... How cute! Love you blog and would love to win the pattern.
Thanks for all you do and share.
Adorable...who doesn't love nesting bowls?!
Those are super cute! Thanks for the chance to win!
BTW, we have a bunny now...Amelia Earheart.
I can never have too many baskets. These are so adorable!
Love these nesting bins, so very useful and fun. Love the fabrics you have used. Thank you for the giveaway.
I would love to win this pattern. Those bowls are fabulous! If I don't win I will definitely be buying this pattern so I can make them. Thank you for the offer!
These would make wonderful gifts. Thanks for the chance to win.
Your set looks super cute! I've never sewn anything like this before...can't wait to try it out!
wow, these are beautiful-i love your fabric choices and i would love to make some of my own. if i don't win i'm definitely buying the pattern-thank you!
Such CUTENESS. I would love to win those.
These are so cool, I need the pattern and need to make these for my office!!!
These look fun & easy. Thanks for the chance to win.
Those bowls turned out so cute! That sketchy fabric is fun.
This would be very handy to create bins for my new sewing studio....construction starts in 10 days!
These look fab. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
Those look so lovely! I have been wanting to find a good nesting bowl pattern. I love how many sizes this one comes in. I feel bins are in my future for all of the things my little ones leaves around the house.
So cute!! Thank you for the giveaway!
These are as cute as they can be... love them!
Ooh, I would love to win that pattern, it looks wonderful!!
just purchased my first set of Pyrex mixing bowls and this would be a great addition. how great!!!
Love love love these bowls! I follow Nova too and have been watching her progress with them. I'd love to win her pattern, thanks for the giveaway!
oh my goodness - love those nesting bowls!!! please put my name in the hat! thanks!!!
These are gorgeous! Even better than the pattern-maker's. You always inspire me to sew! Thanks for sharing.
great job - would love to make a set of square bowls, put hangars on them and hang them from a curtain rod along the wall for storage (have seen this done somewhere). Nice if I could win the pattern, thanks for the giveaway.
. I saw these on Nova's blog and want to order the pattern.


There are so many beautiful places on this Earth and this long, gray winter has me feeling wanderlust all the time. Whether it be in the United States or halfway across the world, I am always discovering new places I would love to visit someday. The language, food, architecture, people, and beauty make so many locations appealing to me. I am fascinated by the diversity in the world and hope to someday be able to visit these places.
1. London I love just about anything British. The historic buildings, the royals (especially the ever so fashionable Kate), the accents. It would be amazing to be surrounded by all things British for a few days and visiting places like Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. Maybe I'll even get to see my favorite little royal (Prince George, of course) too.
2. Paris Between taking French for almost four years, a love for Audrey movies set in Paris, and a love for macaroons, France has definitely made it high on my destination wish list. There is so much I would love to see and do while there including visiting all the tourist locations, tasting authentic French cuisine, and simply walking around the city.
3. New York City While I have been to New York state multiple times, I have yet to go the Big Apple. Between Gossip Girl, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and some of my other favorite films, my love for New York City has grown incredibly through the past few years. I would love to stroll through Central Park, visit the Lilly Pulitzer store on Madison, and have a delicious sundae at Serendipity.
3. Bora Bora One word: gorgeous. Such a dream of mine to stay in an overwater bungalow and be that on top of the ocean (literally)! Looking out my window and the snow covered ground makes this tropical location seems like absolute paradise. Can you be any closer to the ocean? I really don't chance!think so! Days on end surrounded by the beach and nothing else to do seems like pure bliss.
4. Amsterdam What a stunning city. Pictures of Amsterdam seem to be very common on my Pinterest board and each one is just gorgeous. I would love to take a stroll along the canals. I especially think it would be stunning in the fall but I would love to go any time of year if given the chance!
I am sure my list will continue to grow, but I think any of these destinations would be a good place to start. Where do you want to visit?