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It Was Important To Get Three Points - Paul Hurst
Town boss Paul Hurst said that grinding out a result in difficult conditions was important today.
"That's the all important thing.
"Conditions were very difficult. It was never going to be pretty, but there are a lot of clubs that would have swapped their result for ours today.
"We are at the halfway point of the season now, good points total, tucked in nicely."
And the Town boss explained his decision to bring in forward James Alabi and Conor Henderson this week.
"James is a bit different to what we've got. In terms of an attacking sense, Alex is on loan - that could quite easily come to an end. JP has only just come back fit, Omar, that's the first time he's been back out on the pitch today, so it can quickly change the picture. I felt we needed a bit more cover and a different option.
Conor is an extremely talented footballer. It just hasn't quite worked out for him, for whatever reason, at the last couple of clubs.
I don't think anyone is doubting his ability, and for me now it is about me trying to get that out of him on the training pitch, first and foremost."
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The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall 国立中正纪念堂, is a famous monument erected in memory of Chiang Kai-Shek, former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Taipei. The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end of Liberty Square. The structure is framed on the north and south by the National Theater and National Concert Hall.


That is the Holy Grail question that underpins everything we do in L&D. The question permeates the whole organisation and requires us to be counsellors, trainers, coaches, psychologists, nurses, leaders, friends, and colleagues all at the same time!
One of the most widely-known motivational theories dates back to 1943, when Abraham Maslow published his famous 'Theory of Human Motivation', which stated that Food and shelter (our basic needs) needed to be in place before we enabled ourselves to climb a hierarchy through emotional needs (love and belonging), intellectual needs and finally our self-actualisation needs.
Nearly 80 years later, is it still relevant and practical in a world where very little is still practised from that era? Could we revamp the whole hierarchical system to match the human needs of the 21st century?
Whatever your thoughts on this, it is still evident that we have needs and desires as humans. It is still true that, without sustenance and the basics to keep us alive, they become the focus of our attention more than anything else.
Maslow was correct in that the order we perceive our needs can be seen as a hierarchy. The bigger question is whether the ideas that held true 80 years ago still apply today?
For us in L&D, we have seen a remarkable change in the way people work, at a sociological level and at a deeper purpose level. Millennials and Generation Z are bringing a whole heap of new ideologies into the workplace, and we sometimes have trouble keeping up with demands. However, if we were to analyse the human needs today, there's not that much of a revolution going on within the workplace.
These are still the keys to ensuring we live and remain healthy. People will see these as being necessary to survive, let alone thrive.
If a person's basic needs aren't being met, they will attempt to satisfy those needs through other means. They need to be confident they are being paid enough in relation to others' salary. We still find that no amount of perks, extraneous rewards and team motivators will work if people don't feel they are rewarded for their efforts.
Job security, family security, team security all play their part in helping people achieve certainty in this area. Without proper, agreed, visible, transparent pay deals, team members tend to focus on those things first.
Remember, motivation is about dealing with the unmet need; if salary isn't providing people with what they need, their focus will be on what demotivates them.
As Daniel Pink says in his book 'Drive; The surprising truth about what motivates us' we need to 'pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table'. That is, if they feel they are paid fairly, people will then concentrate on the next level of performance.
If they feel they are paid the minimum for what they do, then expect minimum effort. Victor Vroom suggests that they must want the reward they are getting if they are to put in the necessary effort to achieve it.
When the physical needs have been dealt with, the emotional needs come next.
Emotionally, knowing they are doing a good job or need to improve deals with the subliminal need to feel recognised and respected. If someone carries out work and doesn't get any feedback (they're just doing a job) then the whole concept of taking personal; responsibility is undermined. No feedback equals lack of clarity, and so the emotional connection with the role and the company diminishes.
Much has been said about workplace strategies for mental health, and being able to give people opportunities to develop their latent skills may well be something that would help in emotional and personal well-being. Allowing people to grow and develop can be seen as tapping into the potential of people's abilities.
This shows that, when we have opportunities given to us to grow our skillsets and become more valuable to our employer or others, it ignites a key need within us to contribute more and achieve greater drive to succeed. The more chances we give to people to widen their horizons and built their natural skillsets, the more people will tap into their innate potential to perform at higher levels.
Watch out for ways you can tap into this need people have and see how they increase motivation.
The original highest level in Maslow's hierarchy was 'self-actualisation'. This means 'the realisation or fulfilment of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone'.
By working towards a real purpose, people feel more connected to themselves and others, their self-worth and self-esteem increases, they feel good about themselves, and they feel more effective as a rounded-out human being.
This means getting people in your company to buy into the vision you are heading towards, building reasons to follow the mission and contributing towards enhancing the values of the business. One way of doing this is to have a BHAG (Big, hairy, Audacious Goal) that galvanises everyone's efforts to contribute to a bigger purpose.
Each of these four levels in the new hierarchy will get people to commit more of their discretionary effort to the overall effectiveness of the business. Motivation is still the driver that gets us to take action, as it was when Maslow designed his theory nearly 80 years ago. When we apply it to 21st century businesses, we see a development and an evolution towards building a legacy that we can leave to others.
The Pros & Cons Of Self-Managed Teams; Are They The Panacea Of Development?


Ah, Summertime. This is the season of ice cream, and while I enjoy the new Jollibee Kit Kat Mix-Ins for a quick and (sometimes too) frequent snack, the next level up is another kind of treat. Experiencing pure pleasure at Magnum Manila Cafe!.
Death by Chocolate – Freshly baked deep dark chocolate lava cake topped with chocolate truffle Magnum with brownie pieces and chocolate crispearls.
Cooke Dough Skillet – Warm chocolate chip cookie dough topped with two Vanilla Magnum Bars, dark chocolate and chopped pecans.
Pink Friday – Strawberry Marbled cheesecake on a bed of speculoos tea cookies and strawberry nerds topped with a pink chocolate dusted vanilla Magnum and strawberry coulis.
After its success in Amserdam, Cannes, Hamburg, Istanbul, London, Milan, New York, Paris, Jakarta, Helsinki, Sao Paolo, Shanghai, Sydney and Toronto, Magnum Cafe finally invades Manila. I had a chance yesterday to taste their offerings and I was completely satisfied with everything they served.
You've probably tried their ice creams as single serving popsicles on a stick. Magnum became viral when it was re-introduced in the Philippine Market two years ago, so by now you've at least seen the name around. Magnum is good, I mean really really good. It's a top Ice cream brand in Europe and they're going the distance here in Manila with their Magnum Cafe at the Sky Park of SM Aura Premier in Taguig.
Magnum Manila Cafe: Why a Cafe?
Magnum is openly admitting that they don't expect to make much of a profit. This isn't the first time they've opened a cafe in order to bring the idea of Magnum to a market. Yes, the Magnum Manila Cafe is here just for your enjoyment. The Magnum Cafe in Manila will open on April 8 and they want you to experience their ice creams in the most pleasurable way possible. Oh dear, they don't have waiters or baristas…. they have what they call "Pleasure Makers".
The Magnum Manila Cafe will only be open for one year.
I'm expecting this place to be packed most of that year. Why? Because we all like that feeling of being a kid and going to the ice cream shop, but as an adult it mostly sounds like a good idea. But at the Magnum Manila Cafe, it's more of a fancy bar experience, except instead of cocktails, you're having the luxury of a truly delicious ice cream….. in every possible way! Seriously!
Top It – choose at least three toppings (you may also make your own Magnum with over 250 thousand possible combinations.
Enjoy It – Experience the Pleasure!
For my own Magnum, I selected Vanilla Ice Cream coated with white chocolate and for the toppings, I selected chili flakes, quezo de bola shavings and double speculoos cookies and drizzled with milk chocolate. I love it!
Well, ice cream and other things. You can go for a full lunch and get salmon with mashed potatoes or pasta carbonara. There's a mushroom burger and a karaage sandwich too. Don't miss the Cajun Spiced Chicken Poppers for a real treat. The food is meant to be straight forward and easy to enjoy. The desserts, on the other hand, are meant to be full of pleasure. And… they are.


text: Q: How to write xml files to hdfs using spark I'm planning to read data from hbase, doing some simple operation and write the output in xml files to hdfs. Is it possible to do in spark?I managed to read hbase data into RDD now, and don't know what's next. I'm new to spark ,any help will be appreciated. BTW, I'm using Java.

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Q: Why should I use Java EE server libs instead of app libs? We have an application which includes all libs (jsf,javassit,slf4f vs ... ) in it. Because we developed it on tomcat and tomcat does not provide any additional library. We are trying to move it on Java EE servers like Weblogic,Jboss, Websphere vs ...
My question is why should I prefer server libs instead of my application libs? Do server libs provide better performance?
I can change class load order and I can use those servers just a servlet container.

A: IMO the memory savings do not apply. In the past, people used multiple applications on one application server (AS). If they all referenced the same library, you save memory.
But that's insane nowadays. Each application should have it's own AS anyway for security reasons alone (and preferably in it's own Docker instance).
I would advise against using the AS's libraries: their upgrade path does not always align with yours (as a developer). This could bring you (dev) in trouble. But from the ops side it's nice for them because of the 'stability' of it all.
My recommendation: disable the AS libraries and include your own. With JBoss it's as simple as this for example:
In WEB-INF folder file jboss-deployment-structure.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jboss-deployment-structure xmlns="urn:jboss:deployment-structure:1.0">
  <deployment>
    <exclusions>
       <module name="org.hibernate"/>
          <module name="org.jboss.logmanager.log4j" />
          <module name="org.slf4j" />
          <module name="org.slf4j.impl" />
    </exclusions>
  </deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>

My own hibernate & logging. Things are once again as they should be.
AS manufactures want you to implement their libraries and code against their implementation, and before you know it you're married to that specific AS. Don't be fooled.
Only one advantage stays when using the full AS route: decreased war size. You can save up to 30Mb. I guess this was an advantage back in 1999..

A: Server libraries have following advantage:

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*Most important: no version conflicts between app server core and your code. Java EE server have to provide some API classes to your application by specification. It is important have no duplicate of these classes inside war/ear

*Decrease size of war/ear

*Decrease memory consumption by server

Also it makes life easer, when you switch to new version of application server. E.g. if you use maven and wildfly then Wildfly BOM provides centralization place for information about libraries. You can edit one line in maven pom when switching to new version of wildfly.

A: Using Server Libraries need not necessarily provide any performance benefits, however, you must understand the reason why they are preferred over application libraries.
Libs/JAR files can be implicitly referenced.
If you have several different applications that make use of, say, the Spring framework, it might be easier to put the Spring JAR files into a common location that all of the utilities can reference. Doing so avoids having multiple copies of JARs popping up all over the filesystem.
The Java runtime's common location for JARs, known as the "extension directory," is by default located in the lib/ext subdirectory, underneath the installed JRE location.
The JRE is a customizable location, but it is so rarely customized within a given Java environment that it's entirely safe to assume that lib/ext is a safe place to store JARs, and that they will be implicitly available on the Java environment's CLASSPATH.
This will eventually make deployment a lot simpler!

A: Many of the common application configuration aspects now days are driven by Java EE app servers like maintaining a datasources ( db connections ) , JMS and EJB settings. Java EE server then provides lookup mechanism such as JNDI etc.. to access these functions. So all the relevant jars should be part of Java EE servers lib folder.
Now all common jars pertaining to many applications can be maintained in j2ee server lib but nowdays maintaining it in central repository like nexus / maven is more suitable option

A: Using the libraries loaded by the server saves you lots of memory, if there are other webapps that use the same libraries. They only have to be loaded once. If there aren't other such webapps there is no difference.

A: For a Java EE server there's really only one reason:
Because Java EE is designed to have this functionality at the server
You can compare this with the JDK, where something like java.util.HashMap is intended to be part of the installed JDK. You are not supposed to include this with your application.
You can also compare this with Tomcat when it comes to the Servlet, JSP, EL or WebSocket classes (which ultimately exist as jars too in Tomcat). You don't include those in your war either, since they are part of Tomcat, not of your application.
In Java EE many of its constituent parts (like JSF, JPA, CDI, etc) have parts that are largely independent of other implementations, but also parts that are application server specific. This is called the SPI code, or the integration code. This makes it possible that CDI beans can be injected in Servlets, CDI can add a scope to a stateful session bean (and subsequently destroy the bean when the scope ends) and much more.
Because of this integration aspect, it's generally not possible to update implementation jars (e.g. JSF) from within the war, let alone swap out implementation jars with a different implementation (e.g. Mojarra for MyFaces).
Now some servers have limited support for specific implementations. E.g. since there are only two JSF implementations, a vendor could support them both and allow you to swap them. Unfortunately, it's a miss and hit whether this works and by far not all functionality of Java EE is supported this way, if it's supported at all. E.g. Servlet, JSP and EJB are notoriously difficult to swap, despite several early efforts here.
In general the advantages of having these implementation jars at the server level separate from the application archive is startup and redeploy time, and a clear separation between application and framework code. Specifically, Java EE implementation jars like JSF do not have to be scanned for annotations each time you restart/redeploy your application.
At any length, Tomcat is a kind of intermediate solution. You'll have some classes/jars at the server level (Servlet, JSP, EL, WebSockets as mentioned) and some in your war (JSF, JPA, etc). This is IMHO not entirely optimal either.
Another option that has come into fashion lately is to deploy the entire application server + application as a single runnable jar ("fat jars"). It's beyond the scope of this answer to go into much detail here, but lookup e.g. WildFly Swarm or Payara embedded/micro.
p.s. it has already been mentioned a couple of times in other answers, but I like to stress too that deploying several unrelated applications to a single application server and then expect to get memory benefits is generally not such a good idea. The problems with security and resource utilization, as well as with upgrading IMHO far, far outweigh any potential memory savings.

A: The biggest reason I use for Application Server libraries is enterprise consistency.
In a company you have multiple teams all building applications, if all teams just cobble together jar files into their war file, then they are effectively rolling their own application server. This burns a lot of developer resources as they try to figure out the exact versions of different jars that work okay together. It also means that I would then have DevOps supporting a bunch of different versions of JPA, JMS Queue, Clustering, Caching, etc...
If I have my teams standardize on an app server I know there will be less surprises in production. I can purchase support from the app server vendor and know that when the cache isn't working there is one clear way to get it fixed.


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Q: How to create GUI with Tkinter? (macOS) This might seem like a stupid question and it probably is, but I'm having a problem with Tkinter.
How does one create GUI application on Python for macOS?
I have already installed Python 3 as it was recommended and when I type
from tkinter import * on Sublime Text it gives me a following error:
"ImportError: No module named tkinter" however when I do it on Terminal then it gives me no error. Python test app and everything works perfectly. How do I do those things on sublime text and other IDE editors?
I've seen videos etc how people are running Python on their text editors and when they press command + b or whatever it even pops up an empty window. How come I don't get it to work? I've installed Python 3 and everything. So what might be the issue here?


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POP Events 2020
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Aalborg, Denmark
Global flows of migrants and their impacts on North European welfare states
World Population Deputy Program Director Raya Muttarak will be keynote speaker at an international conference on the causes and consequences of immigration for north-European welfare states at Aalborg University.
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Immigration remains one of the most contentious issues in Europe even after the great European refugee crisis has settled. Some observers see immigration as a fundamental challenge to the economic sustainability of the welfare states and the social cohesion of welfare societies. Other observers see immigration as an opportunity to increase labour supply and diversity in an ageing and shrinking European labour market. This conference is intended to open up an interdisciplinary debate on the causes and consequences of immigration for north-European welfare states. The conference is organized by the interdisciplinary FLOW research group at Aalborg University.
Raya Muttarak is one of the 3 keynote speakers during at this conference. In her research at IIASA, Muttarak focuses on the intersection of social inequality, differential vulnerability and environmental change. Her research has recently been published in Science and Nature.
For more information please visit the event website.
Raya Muttarak
Deputy Program Director
Research at IIASA's World Population Program
Hoffmann R & Muttarak R (2020). Greening through schooling: understanding the link between education and pro-environmental behavior in the Philippines. Environmental Research Letters 15 (1): e014009. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ab5ea0.
Andrijevic M, Crespo Cuaresma J, Muttarak R , & Schleussner C-F (2020). Governance in socioeconomic pathways and its role for future adaptive capacity. Nature Sustainability 3: 35-41. DOI:10.1038/s41893-019-0405-0.
Borderon M, Sakdapolrak P, Muttarak R , Kebede E, Pagogna R, & Sporer E (2019). Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa: A systematic review of empirical evidence. Demographic Research 41 (18): 491-544. DOI:10.4054/DemRes.2019.41.18.

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Donald Trump's presidential campaign has "kind of wound down" its formal fundraising with the Trump Victory fund, a joint fundraising endeavor with the Republican National Committee that serves as a major source of campaign cash for the RNC and its ground game, Trump national campaign chairman Steven Mnunchin tells The Washington Post. The joint committee's last high-dollar fundraiser was on Oct. 19 in Las Vegas, and there are no more scheduled until election day.
The Trump campaign called the report "completely misleading," with Mnunchin telling NBC News, "we continue to do fundraising for Trump Victory." Lew Eisenberg, a top RNC fundraiser and chairman of Trump Victory, told The Washington Post he and Mnunchin have been working together "to raise money from major donors" over the phone. "We have no organized calendar of events for the next 14 days," he said, but "when the opportunity presents itself, we will have ad hoc fundraisers" with Trump or his running mate.
Trump has only been actively soliciting cash for a few months, but when he reveals his campaign's financials later this week they will show he has crushed the total haul from small-dollar donors of the last two Republican nominees, John McCain and Mitt Romney — during the entirety of their campaigns.
Now, Trump still has a long way to go before he catches up to the likes of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and President Obama, both known for their small donation prowess. However, Politico reported that while Hillary Clinton still holds the lead with 2.3 million donors at the end of August, Trump's campaign reported he has "zoomed to 2.1 million donors in the last three months alone."
Donald Trump spent all last fall and much of the winter defying the conventional wisdom about presidential campaigns, and he's apparently hoping to ride his unorthodox campaign choices all the way to victory in the November election, according to Federal Election Commission filings examined by The Wall Street Journal. Half of his campaign's 10 highest-paid consultants have never worked for another presidential campaign, for example, versus just one of Hillary Clinton's top 10 consultants.
"Trump wants people with fire in the belly," not necessarily experience, political consultant Stuart Jolly tells The Journal. "Loyalty is right up there at the top." Don McGahn, the Trump campaign's general counsel, added: "Fresh thinking is good." Despite earlier frugality, Trump is increasing his campaign spending, though he still isn't paying much for TV ads or field operations, outsourcing much of his get-out-the-vote effort to the Republican National Committee.
Notably, $15 million of the $90 million he spent through July — or about 17 percent of his total spending — was "paid to companies linked to himself or his children, or to reimburse their travel expenses," The Wall Street Journal said. That includes a total of $881,000 paid in rent for his campaign headquarters inside his own Trump Tower, a number that caught people's attention when the monthly rent jumped 500 percent as soon as campaign donors started footing the bill, even though Trump's staff didn't grow.
On Wednesday, Donald Trump's campaign announced that it raised $82 million in July along with the Republican National Committee, thanks largely to a windfall of small donations. Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee raised $90 million in the same month, including $63 million for Clinton's campaign. The hefty haul for Trump follows an anemic June, when Trump and the RNC raised $52.3 million, mostly from a handful of mega-donors, and May, when Trump reported only $1.3 million in the bank.
Trump's fundraising numbers are "disastrously bad," says Chris Cillizza at The Washington Post, and his "paltry fundraising last month is totally inexplicable given that he effectively secured the Republican presidential nomination on May 3." The "stunning gap" between his haul and Clinton's "virtually guarantees Clinton advantages in every aspect of the campaign," Cillizza adds. "If fundraising is, at its root, a test of whether you can get people to vote for you with their checkbooks, Trump failed in May. And he failed with every possible advantage working for him: Momentum, decent-to-good polling and, at least for part of the month, a Republican Party that seemed willing to unify behind him."
Perhaps you've heard Donald Trump sharply criticize Nabisco, Carrier, and Ford for closing down U.S. manufacturing facilities and moving those jobs to Mexico, China, or some other country, or recall his proposed boycott of Apple. According to a financial disclosure form Trump's campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, and made public Wednesday, Trump owns stocks and bonds in all of those companies (or their parent companies). According to Bloomberg News, he's earned up to $75,000 from bonds issued by Nabisco (Mondalez International), Ford, and Carrier (United Technologies Corp.) since January 2015. He currently holds $1.1 million to $2.25 million in Apple stock.
Overall, since his last financial disclosure statement in July 2015, Trump's declared liquid wealth had decreased from $78 million-$232 million to the $61 million-$173 million in Tuesday's disclosure. The FEC filing is designed to flag conflicts of interest, not reveal wealth, but The Wall Street Journal determined from looking through the report that Trump has increased his revenue from licensing his name overseas but lost income from his beauty pageant and menswear businesses.


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Q: Small Code Changes to an already existing install4j Installer I need a minimal code change to an existing installer which was built by an external contractor who doesn't work for us anymore. After the installation the installer writes an output file with text the user provides during the installation. One field is missing and I need to obtain the value of the given user input.
I already run tools like javap and krakatau and found the parts in the code where the values are written to the file. Is it possible to make changes to the code (I think it is byte code or something else) and put it back in the installer package?

A: This is generally not possible because changing a single bit in the installer will break the code signature. Also there are no tools that would help you with such a modification.


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David Melvil Otter-Barry1
M, #654851, b. 22 May 1912, d. 29 May 1978
David Melvil Otter-Barry was born on 22 May 1912.1 He was the son of William Whitmore Otter-Barry and Edith Wrey Myers.1 He died on 29 May 1978 at age 66 at Little Horkesley, Essex, England.1
[S7177] Bob Janes, "re: Bosanquet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 27 June 2014. Hereinafter cited as "re: Bosanquet Family."
Isabel Edith Otter-Barry1
F, #654852, b. 21 August 1908, d. 8 October 1994
Isabel Edith Otter-Barry was born on 21 August 1908 at Toft Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, England.1 She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert Bruère Otter-Barry and Phoebe Storr.1 She died on 8 October 1994 at age 86 at Oundle, Northamptonshire, England.1
Robert Leycester Otter-Barry1
M, #654853, b. 26 October 1914, d. 15 July 1994
Robert Otter Barry 2
Robert Leycester Otter-Barry was born on 26 October 1914 at Scotland House, Hawkley, Hampshire, England.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Robert Bruère Otter-Barry and Phoebe Storr.1 He died on 15 July 1994 at age 79 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.1
[S8088] Vincent Viot, "re: Otter Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 17 September 2016. Hereinafter cited as "re: Otter Family."
Douglas Otter Dick1
M, #654854, b. 6 May 1920, d. November 1943
Douglas Otter Dick was born on 6 May 1920.1 He was the son of Robert Nicholas Dick and Mary Dorothea Otter-Barry.1 He died in November 1943 at age 23 at Sangro River, Chieti, Italy.1
Barry Nicholas Dick1
M, #654855, b. 6 April 1922, d. 9 December 2013
Barry Nicholas Dick was born on 6 April 1922 at London, England.1 He was the son of Robert Nicholas Dick and Mary Dorothea Otter-Barry.1 He died on 9 December 2013 at age 91 at Rafford, Morayshire, Scotland.1
Hugh Robert Alexander Dick1
M, #654856, b. 24 May 1925, d. 1 February 2011
Hugh Robert Alexander Dick was born on 24 May 1925 at London, England.1 He was the son of Robert Nicholas Dick and Mary Dorothea Otter-Barry.1 He died on 1 February 2011 at age 85 at Hawkhurst, Kent, England.1
Guy Walter Otter1
M, #654857, b. 1 November 1905, d. 1996
Guy Walter Otter was born on 1 November 1905 at Slinfold, Horsham, Sussex, England.1 He was the son of Walter William Otter and Patience Marion Loder.1 He died in 1996 at Poole, Dorset, England.1
Barbara Marion Otter1
F, #654858, b. 5 February 1908, d. 1982
Barbara Marion Otter was born on 5 February 1908 at Lower Beeding, Sussex, England.1 She was the daughter of Walter William Otter and Patience Marion Loder.1 She died in 1982 at Horsham, Sussex, England.1
Celia Winifred (?)1
Celia Winifred (?) married P/O Christopher Reginald Courtney Herbert, son of Arthur Stewart Herbert and Lady Theresa Selina Boyle.1
Her married name became Herbert.1
[S259] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, online http://www.cwgc.org. Hereinafter cited as Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Jane Emily Campbell1
Jane Emily Campbell is the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Campbell.1 She married Lt.-Col. Andrew Spottiswoode, son of John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode and Helen Wauchope, in 1844.1
From 1844, her married name became Spottiswoode.1
Child of Jane Emily Campbell and Lt.-Col. Andrew Spottiswoode
Helen Spottiswoode+1 d. Nov 1882
[S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.


Luke Wilkshire is the ideal person to take over the head coaching role at the Wollongong Wolves. After I decided to step down last week, it was important for the club to get someone who knows what the Wolves are all about. Luke has that understanding. Since arriving at the club earlier this year, he has made a tremendous impact on and off the field. His elite playing pedigree and experience obviously speaks for itself, both in Australia and internationally in some of the world's biggest leagues. He's also got the respect of the playing group after suiting up alongside them throughout 2018. Having someone like former English Premier League striker Michael Bridges as his assistant will no doubt be incredibly valuable as well. Given our struggles hitting the back of the net this season, it can only be a positive to have someone of his goal scoring prowess on the coaching staff. Their first job will obviously be recruitment. With a number of players retiring or leaving the club, they will get the chance to build a new first grade squad while keeping a core group from last season. It marks an exciting new era for the club. Luke's arrival came just days before news that Usain Bolt might be coming to the Illawarra with the Central Coast Mariners to face off against Wollongong. To have the world's best athlete in the Illawarra would be an opportunity unlike any other. While his football skills still need improvement, he will have another month of training with the Central Coast under his belt between now and the game. There is no doubt he would pull a bumper crowd if he does eventually make the trip south.
Luke Wilkshire is the ideal person to take over the head coaching role at the Wollongong Wolves.
After I decided to step down last week, it was important for the club to get someone who knows what the Wolves are all about.
Luke has that understanding. Since arriving at the club earlier this year, he has made a tremendous impact on and off the field.
His elite playing pedigree and experience obviously speaks for itself, both in Australia and internationally in some of the world's biggest leagues.
He's also got the respect of the playing group after suiting up alongside them throughout 2018.
Having someone like former English Premier League striker Michael Bridges as his assistant will no doubt be incredibly valuable as well.
Given our struggles hitting the back of the net this season, it can only be a positive to have someone of his goal scoring prowess on the coaching staff.
Their first job will obviously be recruitment.
With a number of players retiring or leaving the club, they will get the chance to build a new first grade squad while keeping a core group from last season.
It marks an exciting new era for the club. Luke's arrival came just days before news that Usain Bolt might be coming to the Illawarra with the Central Coast Mariners to face off against Wollongong.
To have the world's best athlete in the Illawarra would be an opportunity unlike any other. While his football skills still need improvement, he will have another month of training with the Central Coast under his belt between now and the game.
There is no doubt he would pull a bumper crowd if he does eventually make the trip south.
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WWE Money In The Bank briefcase has been given back to The Miz
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Aron Stevens on expected feud with The Miz: "They doused the flame with a wet blanket….They never explained it"
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Aron Stevens, aka former WWE Superstar Damien Sandow, was interviewed this week on The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast.
Stevens was on to talk about UWN's Primetime Live on FITE TV, his time in FCW, OVW, WWE, Vince McMahon, the NWA, Billy Corgan and much more.
Here is what he said about the way he was booked and his release from WWE:
Aron Stevens was asked how WWE creative swings and misses on talents such as himself: "I don't think it's a miss. I think it's a choice not to hit. I think it's a choice not to go in a direction. It has to be. I had no known enemies that I know of. I've never failed a drug test there. I have never really got into a backstage altercation. I got along with everyone. I never dated anyone in the company. So, I guess maybe somebody hated me. Who knows? They didn't to my face, that's for sure. They can take your push away from you, but they can't take away your talent."
Stevens was asked if he expected a storyline feud when he broke up with The Miz: "Yep. What happened? They doused the flame with a wet blanket. That's the answer. They never explained it. There was another performer on the card, shall we say, and I know this because some of the agents even told me, and I don't name names, that when we were going to WrestleMania, they asked, "Where do we go after Mizdow?' They were planting the seeds to stomp the fire out. That I know for a fact. I said give me a mic on live TV and I will take care of the rest. That actually happened and it worked way better than they thought. I came out wearing a black T-Shirt. I told the crowd, I came to WWE in a blue bathrobe. I was this. I was that. It was like an every man thing. I just talked to them and they went nuts. The next week, I was dressed like Randy Savage right after I told them I was going to stop being other people. Creatively, that is what happened. Sometimes you don't want to accept the fact that something works. With some people, they like to have the wet blankets ready."
Stevens said that he was the one who asked to be released from WWE: "I asked for my release. I think it was WrestleMania week. I went to Mark Carano and said I'm not happy, I was done. He said no and then they did it a few weeks later. But, you know what you signed up for there. That's why it upsets me when people will go on and bury WWE. Everyone knows what they signed up for and if it doesn't work out, don't try and bury the people that paid you, regardless of what type of people they are, if they paid you, you had a good thing and let it go. Was it my cup of tea? The ratio of what was expected of me to how I was being treated, look, it was unhealthy and it was time to leave. They wanted to do it on their terms. As long as it (the release) got done, who cares?"
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I toured the Rock N Soul Museum before the Grizzlies-Lakers game tonight, which they won! I have been to the Rock n Soul Museum before, but it has been a few years. It was smaller than I thought, but I really liked it and appreciated it more now because I like more Memphis music than just Elvis now. I loved all the rockabilly artists like Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Lee Riley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Sonny Burgess, Charlie Rich. I loved the jukeboxes!


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Careful What You Ask For
January 15, 2016 / Chuck Wellborn
In the "Careful What You Ask For" category, consider the timeworn political strategy of Republicans and their radio and television affiliates scaring the pants off the public.
It's no wonder the Republicans are pulling out all the stops. As a conservative columnist noted recently: "America is in greater economic shape than any other major nation on earth. Crime is down. Abortion rates are down. Fourteen million new jobs have been created in five years."
Not to mention the vast reduction in the number of Americans now in harm's way amidst the endless religious wars of the Middle East.
So what are the threats that are said to eclipse an otherwise sunny future?
It's the fearsome threat of all those "criminal" Latin Americans crossing our southern borders and, of course, a world full of dependably "murderous" Muslims anxious to bring down our democracy—all made worse by a sitting President who "spinelessly" fails to send armies to the Middle East to teach Iran and ISIS a thing or two.
Well, it has to be acknowledged that the fear strategy is indeed working again. In fact, it seems to be working a bit too well.
The GOP is finding its presidential race dominated by two Presidential hopefuls whose threats and tirades against illegal immigrants and Muslims etc. etc. are attracting large numbers of the nervous and frightened.
But these candidates' success is sending shivers down the spines of the Republican establishment, according to a recent Politico story.
"There are at least two candidates who could utterly destroy the Republican bench for a generation if they became the nominee" says Mitch McConnell's former chief of staff.
One of these two candidates, who inherited great wealth, trumpets (pun intended) a brilliant business career more notable for the number of bankruptcies than for smashing successes. Of him, a GOP stalwart who served in the last three Republican administrations says, "he has repeatedly revealed his ignorance of basic matters of national interest", adding that "he would be the most unqualified president in American history".
The other candidate is full of bombast, venom and ambition (but flexible, if need be). He may not be able to get along with anyone, much less his Republican Senate colleagues. But he's the darling of a narrow band of the Republican rich and faithful who are so far to the right of the GOP conservative establishment that they gave up on Ronald Reagan who they deemed insufficiently ideologically pure.
With GOP leadership hoist on their own petard with this unhappy state of affairs, it will be interesting to see how they get out of this pickle. They'd like to somehow build consensus around a more mainstream candidate. Problem there is, other candidates are now beginning to follow the path of Trump and Cruz seeking similar success, Marco Rubio being a prime example.
Meanwhile, Politico reports, some down ballot Republicans across the country are already figuring out how to put distance between them and a Trump or Cruz Presidential candidacy.
I guess this is the sort of stuff that makes politics so endlessly interesting.
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PERSIAN GULF (Oct. 25, 2008) Foreign navy ships participate in a photo exercise with ships from the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) during a bilateral exercise in the Persian Gulf. The Iwo Jima ESG is supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
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081025-N-5681S-085 PERSIAN GULF (Oct. 25, 2008) The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Persian Gulf. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class MichÊl Starkey/Released) US Navy 081025-N-5681S-085 USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Persian Gulf
081025-N-4236E-061 PERSIAN GULF (Oct. 25, 2008) The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Persian Gulf. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad R. Erdmann/Released) US Navy 081025-N-4236E-061 USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Persian Gulf
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081025-N-4236E-362 PERSIAN GULF (Oct. 25, 2008) The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Persian Gulf. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad R. Erdmann/Released) US Navy 081025-N-4236E-362 USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Persian Gulf
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Following the previous post unoccupied properties for Cairns by suburb (SSC) with Port Douglas (SSC) thrown in.
Port Douglas SSC comes in higher than the broader PD SA2 previously posted at 25%. Below Palm Cove at 30%. There doesn't appear to be any significant change pattern from 2011 in these areas.
However I suspect this could be an issue for the data. Particularly strata units within accommodation module buildings in the regulations. Census is conducted in August during peak tourism season in FNQ.
Also noted there is a difference between total dwellings and the sum of occupied and unoccupied dwellings. Must go back and check on that.
P.S. Obviously the residents of Kanimbla deserve an award of some kind but not sure what?
It's Cairns Regional Council budget day for 2017/2018 with all the boring details at Special (budget) Meeting. I will just focus on this statement apparently drawn from the Mayor's speech.
Cairns missed out on a revaluation this year so we will have to wait until next year for that fun. Although I'm curious as to the composition of that 0.4% presumably above the general rate increase?
Increases below CPI funding an equivalent level of council works and services over ten years could be something of a conflict. LGAQ have previously compiled a council cost index based on the relevant components of council costs but not sure if this is still available or behind a member login. The CPI is not really a relevant benchmark for council costs as we have found out at times in the past.
I think I would be prepared to take a bet against this but ten years is a long time to wait to collect and perhaps a closer look at the assumptions is warranted.
Must follow up and check out further details on this with some pictures maybe. Interesting to see Mackay alongside Outback Queensland at the bottom of the scale.


Here's a chill indie alternative to the many rowdy sports bars that dot downtown Providence. The dimly lit bar, operated by a workers' cooperative, pours an enticing roster of natural, small-production wines. Bottles from Vermont's Oyster River Winegrowers share shelf space with limited-production Oregon pinots and sparkling rosés from the Baja peninsula. Serious beer drinkers will be happy here, too; it's one of the few bars in the area where you can sip brews from the likes of Oxbow, Dieu du Ciel, and Mikkeller.
Here's your low-key late-night spot. Fortnight is open until 1 a.m. every day of the week.


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Whither the Bohemians?
Halifax's so-called 'starving artists' find their home in the North End.
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The starving artist is the ultimate expression of someone who is willing to live for their work, create art for art's sake, and sacrifice their well-being for their craft.
Immediately, images of 18th and 19th century philosopher-artists practicing in the streets of Paris come to mind. They are bohemian masters of life, love, and truth: a glorified image of passion and humanity.
But where are these so-called 'starving artists' now?
Halifax's North End, actually.
In a small flat on North Street, three recently-graduated artists are looking for work. There are five heat lamps in their home, pushing out an endless supply of hot air in what seems like a hopeless pursuit of comfort. These women may not be starving, but they are cold.
Katharine Vingoe-Cram recently graduated from NSCAD with a degree in the fine arts. She currently works as a poster distributor around Halifax.
"It's not what I thought I'd be doing right now in terms of money-making endeavors," she says.
Annik Gaudet, her roommate, has an interdisciplinary degree in the fine arts, also from NSCAD. She spent her summer making and selling hula-hoops. She says independent artists need to use their skill set creatively to provide them with some sort of cash flow, no matter how small. She is currently working at Statistics Canada while simultaneously building her arts portfolio.
One day, they both hope to start a collective, an art gallery called North Street. Right now, they take any work they can get.
"I knew it was going to be a long road when I graduated," says Vingoe-Cram. "One of the biggest challenges in Halifax is finding studio space."
Gaudet says that being in school was very egocentric. "When you step into the real world and graduate, all of a sudden, nobody cares about your work."
"You have to have an entrepreneurial spirit," says Vingoe-Cram who bit the bullet and rented a studio last summer. "This kind of work has a self-motivational, self-employment aspect to it."
"You are your own boss," says Gaudet, "but you're always at someone's mercy."
One of the biggest challenges for Gaudet is balancing making money and making art. They both say independent artists must be able to budget for their future.
Gaudet, a self-described struggling artist, says the romantic fantasy of the starving artist is unrealistic in the 21st century. "People just have to function within society," she says.
Maybe this century has brought forth a new breed of artists. They work nine-to-five, they plan their future endeavors, and they balance their budgets.
Undoubtedly it does not immediately satisfy the image of art for art's sake. Where is the passion in the formerly glorified bohemian lifestyle?
Looking around their apartment, it quickly becomes evident. Art is no less a part of their lives since they decided to seek some alternate form of income. They chose jobs that would allow them the maximum amount of time to work on their craft.
At the end of a long day, they come back to their small house on North Street. No matter what they do during the day, when they come home, they are artists. It takes a passionate person to work all day for money and security, and to then come home and work the sake of joy.
"I felt like I had a million regrets over the past month, but now I feel like they're all just insignificant," says Vingoe-Cram. "I know what I want to do, I want to do art. And I think I'm happy now knowing that."
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Your article starts out with the bohemian ideal that an artist who sells is most certainly an artistic failure and an artist who does not is an artistic success. But then you interview at least one artist who feels that this ideal is unrealistic, who feels that an artist must function within society. I can't help but think you were disappointed not to have the bohemian tradition confirmed as alive and well in Halifax's north-end. Where is the passion for the bohemian lifestyle, you ask. I know a few anecdotes on this subject. I know that in Winnipeg, the Royal Ballet there judges its success by how many people walk out of their performance. The more walk-outs, especially angry, fuming storm outs, the greater their artistic success. I've always judged my own work by how controversial it appears to my associates. If they get angry, get frustrated with it, then I know that I am possibly close to something. This measure has little to do with how cold my apartment is, or whether I am a good waiter and get lots of tips that help me pay my bills. Perhaps this measuring stick – controversy caused, is a useful barometer to the bohemian ideal. What was the single most controversial artistic moment in Halifax? I've been told it was when an American got a Canada Council grant to drop $1000 worth of pennies off a second floor awning onto Barrington street. All the young artists were there with dust-pans and brooms to sweep it up and take it to their bank. The next day, all of Parliament was in a rage. A bohemian moment, possibly.


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Since I make almond milk regularly (about twice a week), I was a bit bummed at all the pulp I was throwing away especially as I hate food waste. I had a quick search online for almond pulp crackers but the ones I came across required a dehydrator and as I don't own one, I thought I'd develop my own recipe – I know I could have used my oven instead of a dehydrator but I wasn't up for leaving my oven on for a ridiculous amount of time, plus my oven is needed a lot!
I thought this recipe would be relatively easy. A few ingredients mixed together, baked in the oven until crisp and voila…oh how wrong was I?!
First up, I couldn't get the crunch factor – something that it vital in crackers I believe. Then the crackers on the perimeter would brown too quickly whilst the ones in the centre of the baking sheet were still soft. After playing around with different temperatures I finally achieved a cracking cracker ( a terrible joke I know!).
Then, for some bizarre reason, after I'd achieved great results with the recipe, on the final run through before I posted this recipe I decided to completely change it! I have no idea what possessed me, I've never done like that before with a recipe (and won't be doing it again). Needless to say, the changes did not work at all so I reverted back to the original recipe I developed, tested it a few more times and we have a winner.
Mix all ingredients, except the water, together in a bowl and mix well.
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Place the dough between 2 sheets of baking parchment and roll until approximately 3-4 millimetres thick.
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Bake for 20-25 minutes until starting to brown then flip over. Cook for a further 20-25 minutes until the crackers are crisp and golden brown. Everyone's oven is different so your crackers may take less or more time; I suggest after flipping, to keep a close eye on them so they don't burn.
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If you are anything like me you take advantage of fabric sales. I'm a sucker for them and like to stock up when fabric goes on sale at 50% off. As a sewing instructor I get an additional 15% so when fabric is on sale it's an extremely good buy indeed.
As a consequence, I now have a pretty hefty supply of fabric waiting in bins - that's bins in the plural sense. Yes, I have a lot of fabric. And, clearly I am not alone. Having a stash of fabric is a sewing kind of thing.
Whenever I buy a piece of fabric, or in this case, pieces of fabric, I make a point of labeling them before I stuff them into there proper bins. I usually mark what kind of fabric it is noting fiber content and care (well, that is if I have remembered to write it done while at the store), when I purchased it, how large a piece it is and the fabric width. To make the task simple, I created a form that I fill out and simply pin to the piece.
Now when I am perusing through my stash I know immediately what I have to work with. I now longer have to pull out the piece and measure it to see if it will be adequate for the project I have in mind. So simple.
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Wall Street closed up on Thursday as tech shares rallied and trade tensions eased on the hopes of a fresh round of trade talks that could potentially take place later this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.57 percent to close at 26,145.99, while the S&P 500 Index jumped 0.53 percent to close at 2,904.18. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.75 percent to close at 8,013.71.
"Markets today are moving primarily on China trade [and] tariff news," according to Mark Esposito, chief executive of Esposito Securities in Dallas. "U.S. officials reaching out to China saying they would be amenable to additional trade talks later this month—that's all it took to get and keep the Dow up triple digits," Esposito added.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' stock jumped 4.96% Thursday, to close the day at $18.19. The stock recorded a trading volume of 1,268,156 shares, which was above its three months average volume of 997,581 shares. In the last year, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' shares have traded in a range of 12.89 – 21.20. The share price has gained 41.12% from its 52 week low. The company's shares are currently trading above their 200-day moving average. The stock's 50-day moving average of $18.68 is above its 200-day moving average of $17.75. Shares of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals have fallen roughly 4.11 percent in the past month and are up 21.35 percent year-to-date.
On Thursday, shares of Global Blood Therapeutics recorded a trading volume of 1,661,354 shares, which was above the three months average volume of 1,310,692 shares. The stock ended the day 7.4% lower at $42.55. The share price has fallen 37.47% from its 52 week high with a 52 week trading range of 26.10 – 68.05. The company's shares are currently trading below their 200-day moving average. The stock's 50-day moving average of $46.74 is below its 200-day moving average of $47.02. Shares of Global Blood Therapeutics have fallen roughly 5.76 percent in the past month and are up 8.13 percent year-to-date.
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On 10 October 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published 'Environmental noise guidelines for the European region'. The guidelines provide strong evidence that noise is one of the top environmental hazards to both physical and mental health and well-being in the region.
use of long-term average noise exposure indicators to better predict adverse health outcomes.
The guidelines also highlight data and research gaps to be addressed in future studies.


Would Your Family Like Hanging Out in a Cozy Cone by the Pool?
When Walt had the opportunity to purchase the many, many acres of land in Orlando, he knew he wanted the space for more than just the parks. He wanted to be in control of the entire guest experience which included the resorts. Disney's ability to transport you through storytelling is evident in every resort on Disney property no matter what the price point. This is one of the many things I love about helping your family decide which property to book when visiting Walt Disney World. No matter what your budget, you can be sure there is a fun-filled place to rest your head at night. While amenities and proximity to theme parks becomes more advantageous the pricier your resort, you are sure to experience a solid dose of Disney magic even at the most budget conscious of hotels.
I have had the pleasure of staying at almost every resort in Disney World and I know every resort has something special to offer. Choosing the right place for your family is not an easy task, particularly if you are not familiar with all the options. Discussing your choices is something I love to do and it is one of the most exciting conversations to have as it generally is the kick off to designing your Disney vacation.
No matter what your budget, together we can find the perfect place for your family to enjoy and use as a homebase to rest and rejuvenate before heading out to the excitement of the parks. Booking your resort means Wahoo!!! You're going to Disney!!!
Did It Really All Begin With a Mouse???
The perpetual light which represents Walt Disney in his apartment window.
I recently returned from a wonderful week of training in Disneyland, CA. Besides meeting lots of great people, learning more about Disneyland and Adventures by Disney and what we offer, I also had the opportunity to experience Disneyland Park and California Adventure.
Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California is the original. This is the only park where Walt was able to see his dreams come to fruition and it is clear his legacy is embraced and celebrated in every nook and cranny. I had the rare opportunity to take the Walk in Walt's Footsteps Tour which included being able to go inside his apartment. I don't think it would come as a huge shock that Walt Disney is someone I greatly admire. This chance to learn more about his journey to becoming the "Walt Disney" and to visit the rooms where he spent so much time was intriguing, inspiring and gave me pause to think about why I admire what he's created to the extent that I do.
Walt's dreams first took shape on one of his Daddy Days when he took his daughters out for some fun. While sitting on a bench, watching his girls ride the carousel in the park, he decided there ought to be some sort of entertainment or attraction where parents and children could have fun together. This was the seed of inspiration that launched his imagination into what soon became Disneyland Park. It was Walt's sense of family and being together that drove his dreams. The idea of family sharing good times, strengthening those bonds in a carefree environment, is what makes us strong and guides our lives in a productive direction. Walt has famously said, "Let us always remember it started with a mouse." I respectfully disagree, Mr. Disney. I believe it was your belief in the institution of family, people who are joined together by love, that has made the name Disney so beloved by so many.
I am grateful for the limitless imagination and innovation of Walt Disney. I am grateful to the many people who helped him along the way, and I am grateful to all the people who perpetuate his dreams and philosophies. And not the least of which, I am grateful for the many opportunities I have to help families come together whether it is at Disneyland, Disney World, on a Disney Cruise or a Disney trip abroad because I know and believe that if it has the Disney name on it, it is the ultimate experience that celebrates family. And that is the simple reason why I am passionate about all things Disney.
I am so excited to be heading to California this week for an Agents Education Program in Disneyland! I will be learning how to bring you even Moore Magic with your Disneyland vacations. I'm especially revved up to experience the all new Cars Land! Ka-Chow!! I wish I could pack each of you in my luggage but you can come along with me on Facebook or Twitter!
The Cobb Family just came home from their magical family vacation in Disney World. They took this awesome photo of the castle and I thought it was so beautiful, I just had to share! I hope you too will let me turn your family's dreams of a Disney vacation into a reality. All my services and expertise are completely free!! Now that's what I call magical!!
Probably the first question everyone asks themselves once they've decided to vacation with "the Mouse" is when to go. Each season brings with it different special events, different crowd patterns even different weather expectations. I've taken the months of the year and listed the highlights and the not so great features for each. Of course no matter when you go, it's always better in Disney!!
January & February – Low crowds, break from intense northern winter, parks not open as late, weather can really change from cold to warm to cold within a short amount of time, crowd spike around President's weekend.
March & April – Epcot International Flower & Garden Show, weather is beautiful and the burst of flowers spectacular, crowds are up with Spring Breakers, the week leading up to Easter Sunday and the week after have incredibly high crowd levels so planning and strategies are a must!
May & June - Final weeks of Flower & Garden Show, Star Wars Weekend!, crowds are manageable except for Memorial Day weekend, heat and humidity can start be high especially for northerners, beginning of rainy season.
July & August – No school for kids so easy planning!, parks in full swing, crowds are at a steady high, biggest spike in crowds for 4th of July week, daily thunderstorms and hurricane season.
September & October – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, crowds drop off from end of August, humidity wanes and weather is beautiful, might not be ready for all the Halloween trimmings in early September, daily thunderstorms and hurricane season.
November & December – Final weeks of Food & Wine Festival, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, Epcot's Holidays around the World and Candlelight Procession, holiday season with all the decorations which are up by Thanksgiving, lovely weather, low crowds until Thanksgiving week which spikes followed by low crowds in early December up until Christmas to New Year's week which is the highest crowd level of the year.
Still not sure which week is right for you? Just ask and I will be able to tell you which specific days are your best bet! It's one of the many free perks that comes along with booking through me!
SPECIAL PER PERSON ONBOARD CREDIT OFFER! The more people you bring, the more money we give you! Receive $30 PER PERSON on the 9/14 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise; $25 PER PERSON on the 9/28 7-Night Bahamian Cruise; and $20 PER PERSON on the 10/6 4-Night Bahamian Cruise as a special gift from me! Can't cruise on those dates? Follow this link to see what other agents are offering http://www.mouseketrips.com Offer must be booked by April 30th, 2013 – Ask for code OB4.
Look for a special hot offer coming Monday morning! What could it be, you ask? Well let's just say you don't want this deal to sail away without you!
When I was checking out the Big Top Souvenirs shop in the new Storybook Circus section of Fantasyland, I was completely drawn to the Big Top Treats where they boast to serve Circus Snacks Galore! Amongst all the goodies was the most beautiful display of character caramel apples!! My picture does not do them justice but you must go check out for yourself these delicious works of art!
What is your favorite must-have Disney treat?
Disney World Summer Deals Are Here!!
Save up to 30% on rooms at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels this summer! Add minimum 4-Day Magic Your Way Tickets to make it a package and get a discount on the tickets too! Book now for stays most nights June 13 – Aug. 14, 2013.


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Lego's Business Returns to Growth After Tough Year
Profit and revenue is up after a tough 2017.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — For Lego, the pieces are coming back together. The Danish toy maker said Wednesday its revenue rose four percent last year to $5.5 billion after a tough 2017. Net profit increased 3.5 percent to $1.2 billion.
Growth was in the "strong double-digits" in China and "in the low-single digits" in the United States and western Europe. CEO Niels B. Christiansen said the privately-held company has been recovering from a slump in 2017, when sales fell for the first time since 2004 from record highs. He said the company had reached its goal "to stabilize the business."
Lego had "delivered modest top- and bottom-line growth," Christiansen said.
"We are especially encouraged by our progress given the challenges facing the toy industry and the departure of specialist retailers such as Toys'R Us" that went under last year, said Christiansen. "These shifts gave us the opportunity to strengthen our partnerships with retailers and find new ways to connect with shoppers and consumers across digital and physical channels."
"We also grew market share in our largest markets around the world, bucking industry trends," he added.
The company, based in Billund, in western Denmark, said it was planning to open 80 stores in 18 Chinese cities in 2019, starting with a new flagship store in Beijing which opened February 22. It would also further expand its presence in the Middle East and countries with a growing middle class, namely India.
Founded in 1932, Lego's name was invented by combining the first two letters of the Danish words "Leg godt" (play well) without knowing that that the word in Latin means "I assemble."
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The Federal Risk and Authorization Program will eventually be a mandatory path as federal agencies move to the cloud, federal CIO Steve VanRoekel told a government and industry audience at the National Institute of Standards and Technology campus. And FedRAMP will help make agencies more secure in the cloud than they are today.
"FedRAMP in the very near future is really a starting point," Van Roekel said during a speech at the NIST Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop IV in Gaithersburg, Md, Nov. 2. "We envision FedRAMP as a living initiative," VanRoekel said in the second speech he has given since taking the reins of the federal CIO office.
NIST released the public draft of The U.S. Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap at the forum, which will be held Nov. 2-3 at the NIST campus and at the Crowne Plaza Rockville on Nov. 4.


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Venezuela Travel Guide
Reasons to go
5 reasons to travel to Venezuela
Whether you like nature, sea, mountains or countryside, Venezuela is the country for you. Few places in the world offer as much diversity in terms of scenery and activities. Come and spend your holidays in Venezuela. Whichever region you choose, you'll be delighted!
Go and see the world's highest waterfall
Discovering the Angel Falls is an adventure in itself. The cascade is almost one kilometre high. It's impossible to stand underneath the waterfall due to the force with which it hits the ground. Go and stand behind it so you can cool off in its spray. It's located in the Canaima National Park. To get there, you'll need to take a small 4-seater plane and then continue your journey by canoe and on foot. This way, you won't miss a thing! You'll travel through villages and meet people who have little but who will greet you with a smile. You can also sleep in a hammock under the stars facing the waterfall. The sunrise and the rainbow that forms in the myriad of water drops is a unique show.
Discover paradise in Los Roques....
The archipelago of Los Roques is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 150 kilometres off the Venezuelan coast. It's a string of 360 islands and islets dotted in the sea like diamonds. The waters are turquoise, the sandy beaches are white, and the reefs are home to hundreds of fish and shellfish. It's a Nature Reserve protected by a large coral reef. It never suffers the force of cyclones and the colours of its lagoon range from emerald green to deep blue.
Travel along the Orinoco Delta to meet the Warao Indians.
If you want an extraordinary adventure, head to this vast delta. It's almost the size of Belgium and its canals form a huge maze. You'll meet the Warao Indians. In the Indian language, warao means "canoe master". You'll be surprised by how different their lifestyle is to ours. These people live in harmony with nature. You go through wild and exuberant fauna and flora. Travel along the canals and you'll see macaws, caimans, sloths, herons, scarlet ibis, morpho butterflies, toucans, freshwater dolphins in the middle of mangroves, palm trees and balsa trees with huge roots. It's a real timeless holiday!
Travel across the vast Savanna between the Tepuis.
To the east of Canaima National Park, which is situated in the south of the country, you'll find the grassland of the vast Savanna and the Tepuis. These are very old geological formations that rise between 1,000 and 2,000 metres above the jungle. They're known for being flat on top, like tables. It's a really unique sight. The vast Savanna has an area of 35,000km². It's rich in flora and fauna, and there are rivers scattered throughout. In the middle of the jungle, you can get about on foot and by canoe. You can also fly over the Tepuis in a small tourist plane. Seeing the Tepuis from the sky is a different way of discovering this beautiful region of Venezuela.
Climb one of the Andes' peaks...
The Andes have one end of their chain in Venezuela and lovers of mountains and snow-capped peaks will be able to find many tops to satisfy their cravings. Some peaks are over 4,000m high and Mount Bolivar, the highest mountain in Venezuela, is 5,000m high. Merida is located in the heart of this region. It's a bustling city known for having the world's longest and highest cable car which goes all the way up to Espejo Peak, over 4,000m high. You can go on excursions which are reserved for experienced climbers or you can go horse riding or mountain biking. You will be charmed by these beautiful landscapes and the region's atmosphere will seduce you.
Holidays Venezuela
Cathy Trichet
Updated 26 October 2018
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I just read that May is National Wine Month in the UK. I don't know if it's going to get much press here in the states since it is being supported by the Wine and Spirit Education Trust which is based in England along with wine retailers, agents, and importers.
It's a great marketing ploy to promote wines and tastings. Of course, this can boost sales and it gives the consumers an opportunity to try wines they otherwise would never drink. But that's in the UK and we are thousands of miles away.
Don't fret though. If you are in the New York metro area and you have a chance to visit Long Island Wine Country you are in for a treat.
Several wineries in the Long Island Wine region will feature their newly released Rosé wines during the month of May. This is the perfect time to taste a wine you may not otherwise try.
In the spirit of National Wine Month, why not pick up a "pink" wine at your local wine shop and give it a try. For all who are red wine lovers give Rosé wine a fighting chance and try a glass.
Close your eyes and just take a sip of the wine without thinking about the color. You will be surprised at the strength and flavors of the Rosé.
For white wine lovers, give Rosé a taste. Close your eyes and don't think about it being pink. You will be surprised, totally surprised. I don't want to give away the finish and spoil your enjoyment.
This is the perfect time of the year to try Rosé wines. They should be served chilled — perfect for a warm day — and they are very food friendly — perfect for grilled foods as well as light summer dishes.
Here is more information about Rosé wine.
Hi Claudia, Many of us don't like the roses because they are sweet. But that's not always the case. There are many roses that are dry wines. You can find Merlot, Shiraz, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, just to name a few that are made in rose style. Look for them in your wine shop. Many wine shops have a special rose wine display during this time of the year.
I love the color of rose but find most way too sweet. Along the way I have had some delightfully semi-dry roses (how do you get the accent on?) and then unfortunately forgot what winery produced them. The pink is perfect for May – when living-color starts to return to the world.
Hmmmnnn,your idea is superb.I will try to get one later.I never thought of rose or pink wine.


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How Companies Make Money
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How Skype Makes Money
By Zaw Thiha Tun
You may find it hard to believe, but voice-over-internet-protocol (VOIP) has been around well before the new millennium. VOIP is a technology that allows users to make voice and video calls through the internet. The technology takes a voice signal and converts it into a digital one using traditional phone technology. This signal travels across the internet instead of a phone line. The seeds for the technology were planted in the 1970s when the first transmission was made using a voice packet. And in 1991, the first VOIP application was released—and the rest, as they say, is history.
A number of companies have capitalized on this technology including Skype—one of the most recognized communications platforms. Touted as a free service, the company caters to people who want to ditch traditional landlines but still want a convenient way to communicate with others. But how exactly does it make money? Read on to find out more about the company's revenue stream and its sustainability.
Founded in 2003, Skype was purchased by Microsoft in 2011.
Skype makes money by selling credits and subscription services to personal consumers and business clients.
Individual revenue figures aren't released for Skype, which is part of Microsoft's productivity and business processes unit.
Skype faces competition from rivals like WhatsApp and Zoom.
Skype: A Brief History
Skype is a telecommunications application that was founded in 2003. It was meant as a way for people to communicate with each other over the internet. The service provides a platform for video and voice calls on computers, tablets, smartphones, game consoles, and other mobile devices using an internet connection. The service also allows the use of video conferencing. People can communicate with others through Skype by using voice, video, and instant messaging options. The service is available in more than 100 languages. As of 2017, the service had an estimated 1.33 million users.
The company has changed hands over the course of its history. It was first acquired by eBay in 2005 for $2.6 billion. In 2011, Microsoft (MSFT) purchased the company for $8.5 billion—the most expensive buyout in Microsoft's history and $2.5 billion dollars higher than the earlier aQuantive purchase. At that point, shareholders and analysts were nervous about the deal since Skype wasn't turning a profit. According to the Wall Street Journal, the tech titan's shares dropped 1.3% when the deal was finalized. Years later, most of these concerns all but disappeared as Skype cleared $2 billion in annual sales for 2013, bringing in more worldwide users annually.
One of the biggest developments for Skype was its Translator software, a speech-to-speech application. Launched in 2015, it began operating as part of Microsoft as of 2018. While the service is available to Microsoft users as part of the Skype app on Windows, users can also download it as a separate app. The translator supports a range of different languages and allows users to translate speech in real-time through a Skype video call or instant messaging.
One of the biggest draws for most users is the fact that voice, video, and group calls between Skype users are free. So how does it make any money? Skype's primary source of revenue is through the sale of credits and monthly subscription services. Credits allow Skype users to make calls to others including to landlines, send text messages anywhere in the world, or purchase a Skype number so they can receive calls from anywhere in the world on their Skype account.
Skype also offers Skype To Go, a service that allows low-cost international calls from mobile phones and landlines. The service doesn't require an internet connection or a data plan. No matter the location, a Skype To Go subscriber can dial a local number that they purchase to dial out to international contacts. For instance, a Skype user in London who wants to speak to someone in New York simply has to add the New Yorker into their Skype To Go contacts list. Skype issues a local number, which the Londoner can dial to be connected to their American contact.
So just how much do these services bring into Skype's coffers? Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't give a definitive answer. According to a statement by the General Manager of the Skype division, Skype's 2013 fiscal year revenues were close to Microsoft's Sharepoint, which pumped out close to $2 billion in earnings. Skype is listed under the company's office consumer segment, which also includes other Microsoft products such as Outlook and OneDrive. The office consumer segment is part of the larger productivity and business processes unit. In the 2019 fiscal year, the unit earned revenue of $41.1 million, a 15% increase from the previous year.
Microsoft doesn't provide definitive revenue figures for Skype.
Are These Numbers Sustainable?
If the sales figures noted above are correct, Skype sales grew 58% (from $860 million) at a compound annual growth rate since the acquisition. Furthermore, Skype announced in 2013 that a whopping two billion minutes of conversation occurred daily over its network.
The company also developed a platform for business solutions in 2015 called Skype for Business, which it later branded as Microsoft Teams. The interface, part of the Microsft Office suite, is a cloud-based platform allowing users to collaborate. Just like business communication app, Slack, it allows users to message, conference through video, and store files. According to a Business Insider report, Microsoft's chief executive officer (CEO) announced in April 2020 that the Teams platform had 75 million daily users.
One of the key factors that may hinder Skype's growth for Microsoft is the competition it faces from other similar platforms. WhatsApp is a downloadable app that allows users to make free voice, video, and group calls, as well as text messages to other users around the world. Facebook (FB) purchased the app for $19 billion in 2014.
Another competitor is Zoom (ZM), which rivals Skype on the online chat and video conferencing front. This service is a popular option for many businesses. The cost to use Zoom ranges from a free basic account to $19.99 per month for an Enterprise account. The company earned $622 million in revenue for the 2019 fiscal year.
If the numbers from Microsoft are accurate, Skype has certainly surpassed the $2 billion sales mark since 2013, which means the $8.5 billion-gamble that it took purchasing Skype is paying off. Until further data is released, we can only assume that Skype makes its money through credits and other VOIP-related services. However, this may change, as Skype faces competition from other, related names in the industry.
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by larryw | Jun 6, 2022 | American Legion Post 178, Anniversary
June marks the 78th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. We will always remember and never forget the sacrifices and valor exhibited by our armed forces on June 6, 1944.
On D-Day Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. The invasion is significant in history for the role it played in World War II. During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began when some 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, and 156,000 American, British, and Canadian servicemen landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. When it was over, the Allied Forces had suffered nearly 10,000 casualties; more than 4,000 were dead. Yet somehow, due to planning and preparation, and due to the valor, fidelity, and sacrifice of the Allied Forces, Fortress Europe had been breached.
The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.


secretly gossiping about you when you turn your back, speak up and ask them. Don't waste time worrying that you did something wrong unless you have proof that there is something to worry about.
me? It must be bad!" When you notice these thoughts, realize that they are nothing more than ANTs and squash them!
You don't have to be an expert to know the benefits of a good hug. Positive physical contact with friends, loved ones, and even pets, is an instant pick me-up. One research study on this subject had a waitress touch some of her customers on the arm as she handed them their bills. She received higher tips from these customers than from the ones she didn't touch!


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The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 36) was a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies in light of the 1986 census. It took effect on the dissolution of the 26th Dáil on 5 November 1992 and a general election for the 27th Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 25 November 1992.

It adopted recommendations from an independent Commission chaired by Liam Hamilton, President of the High Court, which delivered its report on 31 July 1990.

It repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983, which had defined constituencies since the 1987 general election.

It was repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 1997 general election for the 28th Dáil held on 6 June 1997.

Constituencies

Summary of changes
This list summarises the changes in representation. It does not address revisions to the boundaries of constituencies.
Longford–Westmeath (4) and Roscommon (3) were replaced with Westmeath (3) and Longford–Roscommon (4)
Dublin North was increased from 3 to 4 seats
Dublin Central was reduced from 5 to 4 seats
Dublin South-West was increased from 4 to 5 seats
Dublin South-Central was reduced from 5 to 4 seats
Dublin West was reduced from 5 to 4 seats
Wicklow was increased from 4 to 5 seats

References

Electoral 1990
1990 in Irish law
Acts of the Oireachtas of the 1990s


What is going on with Plastic Logic?
Plastic Logic has been around for almost twenty years and they have no commercial success stories, although the company is still developing new products. They raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the years and in 2010 they tried to release the Que e-reader, but it was a commercial failure. This was the last … [Read more...] about What is going on with Plastic Logic?


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19/10/1944 Soul singer George McCrae is born
George Warren McCrae, Jr. is an American soul and disco singer, most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby". Two further single releases, "I Can't Leave You Alone" and "It's Been So Long" also reached the UK Singles Chart Top 10. He recorded several further albums for TK, including George McCrae and Diamond Touch.
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You Can Have It All (George McCrae song)


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