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6 strategies for getting seats together with your kids on airplanes
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By Catharine HammTravel Editor
I flew United at Thanksgiving with my 6- and 11-year-old children. In the past, if we weren't seated together, the gate agent would ask people to switch. Eventually they would find us seats together. But this was different. Our seats were rows apart, and somehow it was made my responsibility to ask people to move. The passengers I asked moved after I explained the situation, but one man seemed disgruntled. I later found out that he had paid an upgrade fee to sit in that particular seat. Is this situation common? Will I find this to be a problem with all airlines now? And is there anything I can do that doesn't involve paying an upgrade fee? I happen to think the $2,000 I already paid is quite enough.
Emilia Park
This is not just United; it's nearly every airline. Three traveling parents described the issue this way:
"That is the reality of things right now," said Billy Sanez, vice president of marketing and communications for FareCompare.com, an airfare website. He's also a dad who travels with his children, ages 3 and 5.
About trying to get seats together, an email message from Amber Johnson, editor of Mile High Mamas (www.milehighmamas.com), a parenting community based in Colorado, said this: "We've had ongoing headaches with this very topic."
Jennifer Miner, a travel writer, a traveling mom and co-creator of the site the Vacation Gals (thevacationgals.com), said in an email: "If it seems that it's been getting harder to sit with your children on airplanes, it's not just your imagination, and it's not just you."
But why? During the economic downturn, airlines took planes out of service and reduced routes. Now an improving economy means more people are flying and load factors — how many seats on a plane are sold — are higher because capacity isn't what it was.
Remember when about 30% of the seats on a domestic flight were empty? You're thinking back to 2002, according to Bureau of Transportation Statistics. These days, load factors are about 85%, and last July they hit 87.4%.
That means that on, say, an Airbus A330, which can carry about 335 passengers, about 43 seats were vacant if you flew in July. That's not a lot of wiggle room for anyone needing to change.
Couple that space crunch with airlines' increased desire to monetize everything they can, including asking fliers to pay more for the seats that make it possible for families to sit together, and you have a seatmare.
For its part, United spokesman Mary Clark wrote in an email: "We do [everything] possible to seat families together — whether the seat assignment request is made at the time of booking the reservation, or at the gate or onboard the aircraft on the day of departure.
"When there is a flight schedule or aircraft change, our automated re-accommodation systems attempt to maintain similar seat assignments. During peak travel periods when flights are full, such as during the holidays, there are often limited options available."
Besides not wanting your kids annoying others, there are other, more important concerns about seating your children next to strangers: What happens in an emergency? And what if the person next to your child is unsavory?
Sanez, Johnson and Miner offered these suggestions to solve the problem:
Bite the bullet and pay to secure the seat. That's not anybody's favorite option, but Sanez acknowledges he has done it for peace of mind.
Consider Southwest. Some carriers charge a pretty penny for securing those "upgraded" seats, but Southwest, which doesn't have assigned seating, has early-bird seating for $12.50 a ticket, Johnson noted. That adds $25 to the cost of each ticket round-trip, considerably less than the cost of most "upgrades" on other carriers.
Check in exactly 24 hours (and we mean exactly) before your flight and see what you can snag. If you're a family of four, even a two-and-two arrangement is better than four single seats.
Make the gate agent or the flight attendant your ally. Be as charming as you can be. If the gate agent can't help, as in Park's dilemma, Miner suggested turning to the cabin crew. "Flight attendants are happy to help families sit together; they know that happy children are quiet children," she said. "I can't count the number of times I've been asked to change seats (when flying solo) to help parents sit with their kids on flights."
Work toward elite status. This may seem out of reach for leisure travelers, but there can be ways around that, our recent More for Your Money column explained and offered seven strategies for getting elite status that comes in handy when you need to make things happen.
Finally, enlist the help of social media. Sanez noted that Twitter, for example, can be an effective means of getting the attention of your carrier's customer service. (And it's not just for seat changes but for many, many issues.)
If none of this works and you are seated with the kids and the other parent is seated solo, don't be too quick to assume you're at a disadvantage. On a long flight, Miner was sitting with her children; husband Dave was by himself. He asked his wife to switch seats with him.
"He explained that the guy sitting next to him claimed to be a former Navy SEAL who leaned in very close to talk, had bad breath, and was urgently sharing with his seatmate a variety of conspiracy theories.... Worse, he bought one of [the airline's] packaged lunches, lemon pepper tuna, which came with a pop-top lid.
"The [supposed] ex-Navy SEAL peeled it back and said casually, 'They make us take our shoes off and throw out our open drinks at security, but I could slice your jugular open with this lid in 3.5 seconds.'"
Miner stayed seated with the children.
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Thunder, lightning and Lynch: Seahawks rely on Marshawn Lynch in 29-3 blowout of 49ers
SEATTLE - Richard Sherman celebrated by dancing with cheerleaders, Marshawn Lynch cut, plowed and strolled his way to three touchdowns, and Pete Carroll got one rousing birthday gift.
The awaited NFC West showdown between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers was a one-sided rout.
Lynch scored on touchdown runs of 14 and two yards, and added a seven-yard TD reception in the second half, Seattle flustered Colin Kaepernick into his worst passing game as a starter, and the Seahawks dominated in a 29-3 win Sunday night.
"Every game we feel like we should dominate, and we did," Seattle safety Earl Thomas said.
The game was delayed 60 minutes late in the first quarter when thunderstorms blew through the area. The highly anticipated matchup was sloppy as opposed to sensational, but Lynch more than did his part.
Lynch finished with 135 total yards, including 98 yards rushing, to make up for quarterback Russell Wilson hitting on just two of his first 10 throws and Seattle's receivers struggling to get open. His TD run on the first drive of the second half gave the Seahawks a 12-0 lead. His TD catch pushed the advantage to 19-3 early in the fourth quarter.
"We are dedicated to running the ball and we are going to keep working until we really own it, and we don't own the running right now like we can. We'll get better at it," Carroll said.
This won't be a game noted for efficiency or execution by either side. There were careless turnovers and untimely penalties. But that was expected between these nasty rivals and the favourites not just in their division but as potential NFC representatives in the Super Bowl.
And it was the Seahawks getting an early, important advantage over the 49ers.
"We did what we expected to. I think you guys expected something different. I think you guys expected something a little more Kaepernick-y," Sherman said. "We didn't expect any of that. We expect guys to play discipline ball."
Kaepernick failed to get anything going in the passing game, unable to break down Seattle's stellar secondary. He was intercepted in the end zone in the first quarter when Earl Thomas hauled in a deflected pass intended for Vernon Davis. That was the only time the 49ers threatened to score a touchdown. Kam Chancellor intercepted Kaepernick midway through the fourth quarter, returning the pick to the San Francisco 2 and leading to Lynch's third TD.
Then there was Sherman, Seattle's ultra-confident All-Pro, who intercepted Kaepernick's deep sideline pass for Davis with about 13 minutes remaining. He celebrated his first interception of the season by dancing with the Seahawks cheer squad. Steven Hauschka kicked a 37-yard field goal, and the Seahawks' lead was 22-3 with 11:31 left.
"He should probably stay at cornerback," Seattle wide receiver Golden Tate joked about Sherman. "I don't see a future in that."
And just because Carroll can't stop competing, he challenged and won the Seahawks another turnover following a kickoff fumble with 4:15 left and the Seahawks leading by 26.
Wilson finished 8 of 19 passing for 142 yards, one of the worst games in his young career. Kaepernick was 13 of 28 for 127 yards passing, and he ran for another 87 yards. His three interceptions matched his entire season total from 2012. Frank Gore was held to just 16 yards on nine carries, and Anquan Boldin, who tortured Green Bay last week for 13 catches and 208 yards, was targeted just once in the first three quarters. His only catch came with 9:40 remaining.
Boldin was shadowed most of the night by Sherman. It was a request Sherman made following Boldin's big day a week ago and with the Seahawks minus their other starting cornerback Brandon Browner.
"I asked Coach for the challenge," Sherman said. "I wanted to follow him. There were a lot of things said this week."
The 49ers finished with five turnovers and no TDs in a game for the third time since the start of 1979 season.
"I don't think any of us are proud of our performance," San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh said.
Leading 5-0 at halftime after a wacky first half of delays and points coming via safety and a field goal, Seattle started the second half going to Lynch. He carried on the first four plays, and when Seattle faced third-and-12, Wilson scrambled and bought time for Doug Baldwin to get open downfield for a 51-yard reception to the 20. After a penalty backed up the Seahawks to the 14, Lynch took an inside handoff and darted nearly untouched for his first touchdown of the season.
Seattle extended the lead later in the half thanks to a careless personal foul penalty from Aldon Smith, slapping the helmet of Seattle's Breno Giacomini behind the play after Zach Miller and the Seahawks were stopped short on third-and-28. Given another chance, Wilson stayed in the pocket against blitzing safety Craig Dahl on third-and-4 to find Lynch wide open in the left flat. Lynch took a few steps toward the end zone, stopped and waited, and finally crossed the goal line, pushing the lead to 22-3.
"He was saying he just took a couple of seconds off the clock," Wilson said.
Notes: Seattle played the final three quarters without starting left tackle Russell Okung, who was out with a toe injury. Carroll said he didn't know the severity. ... San Francisco lost nose tackle Ian Williams (ankle) and safety Eric Reid (head) to injuries. Davis also injured a hamstring. ... Seattle held San Francisco's three running backs who carried the ball to 13 total yards on 11 attempts. ... The crowd of 68,338 was the largest for a Seahawks game at CenturyLink Field.
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The losses suffered by the communities of Kinglake and Kinglake West in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires were among the most catastrophic in Australia's recorded history.
In a recent visit, TAKE2 discovered how Greenfleet's revegetation project to breathe life back into the bush after the fires helped revitalise not only the land, but the community too.
If you've travelled to Kinglake, north of Melbourne, in recent years, you'll know its narrow, winding road, majestic mountain forests and idyllic pastures. These days there's little sign of the devastating bushfires that swept through the region on the weekend of February 7, 2009.
On a day of record breaking 46.6 degree heat, a fire at Kilmore East tore through Kinglake, later merging with the blaze at Murrundindi Mill and destroying Marysville. 78 Victorian communities were devastated and 173 people perished.
Parks Victoria Ranger Tony Fitzgerald was working that day with a crew of eight firefighters. While the details have faded with time he says, "it was just a shocking day. It's the hottest thing I've seen in 20 years. It was really intense".
Half the crew, including Tony, lost their homes. "One of our crew lost family as well. It was just a shocker.
The fire's impact was felt long after the embers cooled. As well as the human loss and property destruction, 98% of Kinglake National Park's magnificent bushland was reduced to ashes, reducing the habitat of the threatened brush-tailed phascogale.
In 2010, to help the forest and animals recover, Parks Victoria decided to revegetate the Watson's Creek Wildlife Corridor. Part of the Kinglake-Warrandyte Conservation link, 29 hectares of this 80-hectare corridor had been cleared for pasture in the 1960s. It was the missing link that would connect the forests of Kinglake National Park and Warrandyte State Park. By creating that connection, Parks Victoria hoped the phascogales in the virtually untouched Warrandyte State Park would eventually return to Kinglake National Park.
Greenfleet, a TAKE2 Founding Partner, worked with Parks Victoria on the project. Within three years, 22,500 seedlings provided by Greenfleet had been planted, and 2 km of deer-proof fencing to protect the young plants had been built, providing new habitat for the phascogale. The project is still ongoing.
While Greenfleet has planted 475 native forests in Australia and New Zealand, CEO Wayne Wescott says the Kinglake reforestation project holds a special place among the many reforestation projects completed by his organisation.
"As it grows, the forest is capturing carbon from the atmosphere, and it plays a key role in healing the local community after the tragic bushfires. We are proud that our project provided an opportunity for local residents to connect with nature in an uplifting and empowering way.
While a Parks Victoria's survey soon after the fires found no sign of the phascogales, seven years on, their research suggests numbers are heading back to pre-Black Saturday levels.
Tony also believes the reforestation project helped community members deal with the tragedy. "I think for a lot of the locals, and certainly for me, being part of this revegetation project was a very healing, nurturing thing to do, especially when there's been so much destruction."
Kinglake resident and president of the Kinglake Landcare group Roger Cook was among those who helped with replanting. "This whole area was black after the fires, with nothing green from horizon to horizon. I thought the soil wouldn't recover.
Like Tony, Roger lost his home in the fires.
Greenfleet will continue to monitor plant growth at Watson's Creek for years to come. Tony believes they can walk away from the project in 10 to 15 years and leave the forest to look after itself.
For him too, the most worthwhile outcome from the Watson's Creek reforestation has been the community's willingness to help. "There was goodwill and a real desire to rebuild, regenerate and fix things up.


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Pahari derives from Pahar (पहाड़), referring to the Himalayan Hill Region in India, Nepal, Tibet and Pakistan which the Pahari inhabit. View more at #YesPahari.
Pahari people belongs to a great demography, classified according to slightly different languages and almost same cultures. However, we people love to stand alone with the mountains. We live with our swag. We don't care what will happen if life is in danger at that slope and peak. Irrespective of vast geographical Pahari people have one thing in common. We are as calm as mountain and as violent as thunder.
The Himalayas extend from Jammu and Kashmir in the North of India to Arunachal Pradesh in the East of India. These states along with Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Sikkim lie mostly in the Himalayan region. Numerous Himalayan peaks rise over 7,000 m (23,000 ft) and the snow line ranges between 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in Sikkim to around 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in Kashmir. Kanchenjunga—on the Sikkim–Nepal border—is the highest point in the area administered by India.
The Himalayan range is the world's highest mountain range, with its tallest peak Mt. Everest (8,848 metres (29,029 ft)) on the Nepal–China border. They form India's northeastern border, separating it from northeastern Asia. They are one of the world's youngest mountain ranges and extend almost uninterrupted for 2,500 km (1,600 mi), covering an area of 500,000 km2 (190,000 sq mi).
In India Pahari include, among many others (from west to east): Churachi, Gaddi, Kinnaura, Sirmuri (all in Himachal Pradesh); Jaunsari, Garhwali, Kumauni (all in Uttar Pradesh); There are also terms associated with specific noncaste ethnic groups and livelihoods, such as Gujjar (transhumant cattle herders, some groups of which are Hindu, others Muslim).
Reliable population figures on Pahari speakers are not available, but my estimate is in the neighborhood of 17 million: 6 million in Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir, 6 million in Uttarakhand, and 5 million in Nepal. Their population density is not great, perhaps 58 persons per square kilometer, but the annual growth must be around 2.5 percent.
The earliest known inhabitants of the region were tribals called Dasas. Later, Aryans came and they assimilated in the tribes. In the later centuries, the hill chieftains accepted suzerainty of the Mauryan empire, the Kaushans, the Guptas and Kanuaj rulers. During the Mughal period, the Rajas of the hill states made some mutually agreed arrangements which governed their relations. In the 19th century, Ranjit Singh annexed/subjugated many of the states.
When the British came, they defeated Gorkhas and entered into treaties with some Rajas and annexed the kingdoms of others. The situation more or less remained unchanged till 1947. After Independence, 30 princely states of the area were united and Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15th April, 1948. With the recognition of Punjab on 1st November, 1966, certain areas belonging to it were also included in Himachal Pradesh.
On 25th January 1971, Himachal Pradesh was made a full-fledged State. The State is bordered by Jammu & Kashmir on North, Punjab on West and South-West, Haryana on South, Uttarakhand on South-East and China on the East.
Himachal Pradesh is famous for its natural beauty, hill stations, and temples.
Himachal Pradesh has been ranked fifteenth in the list of the highest per capita incomes of Indian states and union territories for the year 2013-14.
Many perennial rivers flow in the state, and numerous hydroelectric projects set up.
Himachal produces surplus hydroelectricity and sells it to other states such as Delhi, Punjab, and Rajasthan.
Hydroelectric power projects, tourism, and agriculture form important parts of the state's economy.
According to 2003 Forest Survey of India report, legally defined forest areas constitute 66.52% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
Vegetation in the state is dictated by elevation and precipitation.
The state endows with a high diversity of medicinal and aromatic plants.
Himachal is also said to be the fruit bowl of the country.
The state government is gearing up to make Himachal Pradesh as the flower basket of the world.
Himachal Pradesh has around 463 bird, 77 mammalians, 44 reptiles and 80 fish species.
Life expectancy at birth in Himachal Pradesh is 62.8 years (higher than the national average of 57.7 years) for 1986–1990.
Himachal Pradesh thus has one of the highest proportions of Hindu population in India (95.17%).
Some of the most commonly spoken languages are Hindi, Punjabi, Pahari, Dogri, Mandeali, Kangri and Kinnauri.
Himachal is well known for its handicrafts. The carpets, leather works, shawls, Kangra paintings, Chamba rumals, metalware, woodwork and paintings are worth appreciating. Pashmina shawl is one of the products which is highly in demand not only in Himachal but all over the country. Himachali caps are also famous art work of the people.
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U.S. Ready to Lift Rwanda Sanctions if M23 Ties Cut
by Naharnet Newsdesk 06 November 2013, 21:56
The United States indicated Wednesday it was ready to lift sanctions against Rwanda if Kigali cuts all ties with Congolese M23 rebels.
Washington has distanced itself from its ally Rwanda since July 2012 by freezing its modest $200,000 military aid and imposed sanctions in a bid to urge President Paul Kagame's regime to end its support of the mainly Tutsi rebels of M23, who surrendered on Tuesday.
Last month, Washington slapped sanctions on Kigali for its alleged backing of the Congolese rebels who recruit child soldiers into their ranks.
The United Nations, Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States all accuse Rwanda of providing military support to the rebels.
"If it turns out that Rwanda is no longer involved in such activities, if it turns out that their role here has been a positive one... then we will certainly review whether it is appropriate to continue these sanctions," U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Russ Feingold told a telephone conference.
Feingold recognized that Washington is not certain that Kigali's support for the M23 has completely stopped.
He called for a "fact-based investigation with the sincere hope that we find out that the support's terminated and certainly with an open mind in that regard."
The State Department had welcomed Tuesday's military victory by U.N.-backed Congolese troops over the rebels, and called for all sides to sign a final peace agreement on the Great Lakes in line with negotiations that began nearly a year ago in the Ugandan capital Kampala.
Rwanda and Uganda's decision to stop backing the M23 helped facilitate this latest shift in the long-running conflict. The two countries were under intense diplomatic pressure, including from the United States in recent weeks, to halt support for the rebels.
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Czech heritage permeates this town 30 miles northwest of Iowa City, where top things to do include visiting the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (with the world's largest collection of works by Grant Wood), seeing the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, and shopping at NewBo City Market.
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I have been to many venues in Glasgow - King Tuts, Barrowlands, the SECC and the O2 Academy, but this was the first time I had been to Oran Mor. First impression I got on approach to it was that the gig I was attending was in the church. It wasn't, as there was a club downstairs where the band played. It was really great - great sound and atmosphere. I will definitely be back for future gigs at this venue. Highly recommended!


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Day Two: Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2016
As the sun sets on Day Two of Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2016, I take a look at some of my favourite bits.
Having walked more than 10,000 steps around Day Two of Who Do You Think You Are? Live, I'm now sat in my hotel with my feet up as we head towards the finale of this, the show's 10th Anniversary year.
As with Day One, I threw myself into the DNA themed talks again, and enjoyed some great sessions from Maurice Gleeson who gave a fascinating guide at how to identify which bits of your family are giving you which bits of DNA, and in turn help you work out where your DNA matches match up with you.
Maurice Gleeson explains how to identify which bits of your tree give you your X and Y matches.
Later on, I returned to listen to John Reid talk about the case of Richard III and how research led to a 99.9994% certainty that the skeleton was the former king.
John Reid examines the evidence in the Richard III case.
Each step in his talk presented the varying pieces of evidence, at which point he'd ask if we believed it was the dead king without doubt. Unsurprisingly, it wasn't until mt-DNA that the audience felt reassured that the body wasn't just someone random. John made the great point that 'DNA is not a trump card', and emphasised that it's just another source to examine and consider.
As a tech nerd, who builds websites and loves using tech to tell stories, a talk titled Technologies For Timelines led me to stand for a few minutes in the morning for my £3 workshop ticket.
Ron Arons talked impartially about a wide range of online tools and desktop software that can be used to turn family history data into interesting interactive content – maps, timelines, and map timelines hybrids. He also covered a few of the pros and cons too.
Speaking of timelines, I bumped into Steve Bardouille from the team at Famberry, who showed me their latest demo.
The site's interface has changed somewhat since I last saw it, with a load of customisation features for users, and a really slick timeline and tree building feature.
I was also really excited to see what looks like a new idea to reach the geneasphere – pulling in the data from unclaimed estates, and looking for matches.
FamilySearch giving talks on search at their stand.
I returned to the Society of Genealogists section, to find the Lincolnshire Family History Society, and with my iPad to hand carrying my synced Reunion11 tree, the team on the stand were exceptionally helpful and kindly spent time with me to see if I could extend my Watson family tree knowledge. I came away with an index CD for records covering the parish of Fleet and its neighbours, and a handful of leaflets.
Once again, the show allowed me to meet and catch up with geneafriends old and new (or perhaps longstanding and recent is better), and I look forward to tomorrow's final part of the WDYTYA? Live 2016 trilogy.
Tips for tomorrow:
There were plenty of train delays for arrivals coming in from Birmingham New Street, and a few from Coventry. If you're coming by train, give yourself plenty of time if you've paid for your workshop tickets already. In theory, delays tomorrow could be horrific given the potential visitor levels for a weekend day.
The Breakfast Sandwich (bacon and fried egg – yum!) from the café is a great set-up for a busy morning, but have a wander around the NEC complex as there's plenty of less busy and competitive food outlets…including a quiet Starbucks down some stairs.
The wifi is unreliable, but I was able to find the battery-eating 4G. If you're hungry for wifi, simply step out of Hall 2 (re-entry is permitted with a hand-stamp).. there's loads of stable, powerful, free wifi there.
Look out for deals – Pen & Sword Books had some great deals on today.
If you're a Twitter user (follow me on @familytreeuk) then look out for tweets with #wdytyalive and #tweetup – giving you opportunities to meet fellow genea-nerds just like you, over a coffee in real life.
Until tomorrow, happy tree surgery!
Author Andrew MartinPosted on April 8, 2016 April 8, 2016 Categories Who Do You Think You Are? LiveTags Birmingham NEC, DNA, DNA testing, Famberry, fleet, John Reid, Lincolnshire Family History Society, Maurice Gleeson, Richard III, Ron Arons, Steve Bardouille, Technologies for Timelines, Watson family, WDYTYAlive, WDYTYALive20161 Comment on Day Two: Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2016
Famberry offering a larger 'pot' for your family tree
I've just had news from Steve Bardouille, the co-founder over at Famberry – they've just upgraded their package for users.
They're now offering a massive one terabyte of space to users who sign up (it's for a limited time – sorry folks, I don't know how long that means!), but that is a LOT of space to store photographs and memories. Steve estimates that's about 300,000 photos!
The difference with Famberry, is that it's a safe and secure environment in which you can build a tree and keep those family memories.
Okay, so the wisdom of crowds is quite a powerful thing, and often opens up avenues of new research, or reaches out to 'new' distant relatives, or, if you get as frustrated as me – opens up the possibilities to introduce ridiculous errors courtesy of other less-careful researchers. But, if you're wanting to collaborate with your relatives in private, then it's got that box ticked perfectly.
I took a look at online data security in my Privacy and the Genealogist post a few months ago.
Author Andrew MartinPosted on December 16, 2014 December 15, 2014 Categories Famberry, NewsTags data privacy, data security, Famberry, online tree, Steve BardouilleLeave a comment on Famberry offering a larger 'pot' for your family tree
Day Three: Who Do You Think You Are? 2014
Day Three – the final day of the 2014 Who Do You Think You Are? Live show at London's Olympia.
I'm writing this at the end of the third and final day of Who Do You Think You Are? Live. I'm home, and can honestly say that I throughly enjoyed myself.
Some of the Family History Society stands at lunchtime on Day 3 of WDYTYA? Live 2014
I arrived at about 9:45 this morning, after yet another wonderful walk through Hyde Park in the sunshine (still definitely Winter mode). Whilst there was no queue outside Olympia, I managed to get in just before the mass of visitors who were walking over from Olympia station arrived at the doors.
After disposing of coat and case, I then went up to the workshop ticketing team, where there were also no queues, and picked up my two free tickets – one on 'Finding Your London Ancestors' with Michael Gandy, and the other for 'Wills: not just a source for our better-off ancestors' with Celia Heritage.
I must confess that I didn't make it to Michael Gandy's talk – I chose it as I briefly have a family that lived in London for about 10 years, and occasionally through history a marriage turns up in its parishes. The queue was long, and so I decided to bail, and regret missing it based on the comments I've since heard and seen on twitter.
However, I am very glad that I finally caught a Celia Heritage talk though, as her talks and work has always come with such positive praise. Plus, I've really been enjoying reading Wills and even the Probate Calendars that I've found on Ancestry.co.uk.
I've got copies of Wills that hint at family feuds, and ones that detail every spoon and bowl. Those latter ones don't seem like much now, but as Celia's talk suggested, it wasn't just the better-off people that wrote them.
Through case studies from her own tree, Celia was able to show how it is important to view the full Will, as they carry so much information about relationships (not just siblings, spouses, and children, but cousins can turn up too), and locations. She also highlighted the importance of looking around at the same surname in roughly the right area, and seeing whether you can find some potential connections in Wills – in a hope that their Wills will mention your branch and help link it all together.
The Babbage Breakthrough
It was my first venture to Who Do You Think You Are? Live (2011), when I dragged along a selection of my handwritten notes, expecting to find a whole new swathe of ancestors in some monumental research breakthrough.
I soon found it wasn't really that kind of event, and that I should use the show to learn about new techniques, new technology, and discover about new resources that can help my breakthroughs, and for the years since, I've stuck to this notion.
Devon Family History Society stand at WDYTYA? Live 2014
So it was a surprise to find myself sitting alongside the very helpful Terry Leaman – Vice-Chairman of the Devon Family History Society looking at a baptism list of my Babbage relatives.
Thankfully, my iPad has Reunion 10 (Mac only genealogy software) on it, so I was able to jump straight into the right tree and check my current research against the results – it matched – and with a few extra children in their records, and a completely new set of baptism dates for all of them to add to my research. A quick print-out and donation later, and I was off to sit down and add the data to my files.
#WDYTYAlive #tweetup
There were a few tweet-ups this year, and I managed to get in on one of them, and serendipitously right in the foreground of the commemorative photo. As ever, it was great to meet new people, finally meet some not-so-new Twitter/blogging chums, and to once again see friends made at previous shows.
Here's one tweet-up photo from genealogist Luke Mouland..
How many genealogists…? Great tweet up at #wdytyalive (photo via @thePaulCarter) pic.twitter.com/XZUK4e6asC
— Luke Mouland (@lukemouland) February 22, 2014
and here's another, from Geoff and Di Swinfield, starring yours truly (yes Sue, I'm REAL!):
Tweetup WDYTYALive 2014 pic.twitter.com/KJ706yfvy9
— Geoff Swinfield G S (@GeoffatGSGS) February 22, 2014
If you're intrigued as to quite what a 'tweet-up' is, or concerned about what people do at a 'tweet-up', then essentially it's an impromptu small-scale flashmob, organised via Twitter, where people turn up to meet those sometimes anonymous/faceless Twitter users, or to meet up with Twitter users that you've got to know well. Tea, coffee, or alcohol is usually consumed.
Bonding over genealogy (and a hotdog)
Just prior to the tweet-up, I sat upstairs reading emails, when a retired man asked if he could sit at my table to eat (as there were no other free tables). Of course I didn't refuse, and so we got chatting. He said that he'd travelled from Essex and that this was the second day for him, but his first ever visit to a show like this. He said he'd been meaning to come to something like this for '20 years or more', but just hadn't found the right show.
He said he'd been enjoying the talks on day one, and was going to spend his second day looking around the stands.
We talked for about 15 minutes in all, about the WDYTYA? TV show (he isn't a fan of celebrity culture, and we both kind of nodded in agreement), and we talked about all the great innovations, and how we'd both done our stints sifting through microfiche, film, registers, and transcripts for hours looking for names that were never there.
I've no idea who he was, but just for those 15 minutes, the world got a little bit smaller, and that wonderful ability of genealogy to bond people together, proved once again to have worked at ease without boundaries. I left him finishing off his hotdog, and made my way over to the IWM demo I'd booked….
Seeing new online genealogy tools
I arrived for my demo session of the new Lives Of The First World War website from the Imperial War Museum and DC Thomson Family History partnership. I'd already had my interest piqued on Day Two, thanks to Melanie Donnelly and Luke Smith's keynote session, but this was great to finally see the new site up-close and have it explained to me, and to bounce questions.
I'm really keen to get using this site, and was also keen to find out about tagging people in a photo (which could be a war memorial), and also about the educational programme that I hope is sitting behind this site, and the opportunity for it to become a key resource in classrooms and universities.
I also met up with Steve Bardouille and Ola Dada from the team at Famberry – a relatively new, but fairly well established in the US company, that is specialising in creating secure spaces and tools for people to privately build family trees in collaboration with a closed or invite-only audience.
They'd been talking to a few different people at the show, and wanted to meet with me to find out what thoughts I had about what I'd want to see from their product as a family history researcher, as they are keen to grow their UK audience.
2015 at Olympia, London?
As the show had moved forward a weekday, there was no opportunity for Sunday visitors. This had let me to wondered whether the would-be Sunday visitors would turn up today, and it certainly seemed to be the case. It was much busier than Thursday and Friday, and at a guess, it was a busier Saturday than last year.
Day 3 of Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2014
Day One's (Thursday) visitors seemed to be on par with this year's (and previous) Friday visitors, so I'm not entirely sure that the change has done the show any favours (last year saw 13,941 visitors). Couple this with the end of the District Line rail service from Earls Court to Olympia during the week (it only ran today), and it feels like it's getting difficult for the 3 day show to stay at Olympia.
After speaking with a couple of reliable sources on stands, I realised that there was no mention of next year's show. Usually by now, we've heard that the following year's show dates, and last year I remember seeing a stand selling tickets to this year's show. But nothing.
Thrown into the mix, is the first Who Do You Think You Are? Live show in Glasgow in Scotland – running for a few days in August 2014.
Is there something going on? Is the show to end? Or are we to shift location? Hopefully not London Excel (I find it dreadful to get to – another show I go to, has just switched to there, so I'm no longer attending). Maybe, as rumour rumbles, Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2015 will be in Birmingham? We'll just have to wait and see.
I thought i'd try to get the answer myself from the WDYTYALive team's twitter account, but maybe they can't confirm anything just yet. I'll let you know if I get a reply.
Hey @WDYTYALIVE there seems to be a quiet concern over whether there will be a 2015 show. Any news? #wdytyalive
— Andrew Martin (@FamilyTreeUK) February 22, 2014
In better news (well, for me at least), I found Olympia's wifi was finally flawless. I can only hope that it's the same quality/system at Earls Court 2, where I'm visiting on Tuesday.
So, in conclusion, I really enjoyed the show. I really enjoyed all three days. I enjoyed my hotel stay and beautiful Hyde Park 'commute'. As ever the SOG workshop speakers were brilliant, and the mixture of stands really helped to fuel my time in-between the talks.
Thank you, to the team at Who Do You Think You Are? Live, to the team at the Society of Genealogists, and to the team at Olympia.
I hope 2015 brings us together again.
Author Andrew MartinPosted on February 22, 2014 February 23, 2014 Categories Babbage, Devon, WDYTYATags Babbage, Celia Heritage, DC Thomson Family History, Devon Family History Society, Famberry, Lives Of The First World War, London, Michael Gandy, Ola Dada, Steve Bardouille, Terry Leaman, tweetup, WDYTYALive2014, Who Do You Think You Are? Live, Wills1 Comment on Day Three: Who Do You Think You Are? 2014


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Summer is here and that means new things happening at the Disneyland Resort. This year the resort is celebrating all of the heroes out there with the Summer of Heroes at California Adventure. New foods, experiences, photo opportunities, and even a new ride. While the action and adventure can be found in California Adventure, no one will want to miss out on Disneyland Park where things are coming back to life.
Summer of Heroes is the newest event happening at the Disneyland Resort. With so much fun and excitement to immerse yourself in, it may awake the hero inside you.
Every summer has a new theme at the Disneyland Resort and this summer is about the heroes. In California Adventure, SHIELD has taken over and is looking to recruit new members to their team of heroes.
Of course, recruitment means perks and there are plenty of incentives SHIELD provides to get you to join them, the Avengers and the Guardians of The Galaxy. On the other side of the resort, Disneyland is coming back to life in many ways.
Changes are happening in Adventure Land that will help these new beginnings take hold and last for years to come. Welcome, to the Summer of Heroes!
California Adventure has been taken over by the agents of SHIELD and the superheroes they support. From May 27th until September 10th, 2017, visitors can take part in the Summer of Heroes.
As part of the fun, kids can train like an Avenger at the Avengers Training Initiative. Much like the Jedi Training Temple, the Initiative has Black Widow and Hawkeye training kids to be part of the Avengers.
Figure out which superhero you're most like at the Super Hero Action Center. Then, take a photo with your badge that represents your inner hero.
Captain America and Spiderman are also hanging around for Heroic Encounters and photo opportunities, but before you meet up with them, a must-try foodie treat is the "I am Bread" treat at the Fairfax Market Place. This bread is seriously too cute for words and who doesn't love them some Groot?
Everyone has been anxiously awaiting the new Guardians of the Galaxy ride, which used to be Hollywood Tower of Terror. Help Rocket save the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy at the new Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! Hollywood Tower of Terror may be gone but the new Guardians ride is well worth a ride or two or three.
After you've saved the Guardians of the Galaxy with Rocket, head over to the Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Dance Party to let off some steam.
While heroes dance, eat, and ride their way through Hollywood Land, the rest of California Adventure and Disneyland Park are yours to enjoy. Disney Junior Dance Party has replaced the old Disney Junior Live!
Now, children are invited to dance with their favorite Disney Junior characters and you can be sure that a special mouse will not be missing the fun.
Over at Disneyland, changes are still happening to make way for the new Star Wars Land which is expected to open in the summer of 2019. When they started construction on the new land, a few things had to be shut down, including, the Rivers of America, Fantasmic!, The Disneyland Railroad, Tom Sawyer's Island, and Big Thunder Trail.
This summer everything will be making its way back to the park and a few changes have been made. The Pirates Lair and Tom Sawyer's Island are now open and the rest are coming.
Fantasmic is coming back on July 17th with new scenes, new technology and a lot more space for getting around. On July 29th, the Disneyland Railroad, Mark Twain River Boat, and the Sailing Ship Columbia all make their way back into circulation. You will also want to make time to see the classic, Main Street Electrical Parade before it leaves on August 20th.
This summer truly is the Summer of Heroes at the Disneyland Resort so be sure to immerse your inner hero in the fun before the fun ends September 10th. I shared my tween and teen-focused travel tips on Traveling Mom as well!


As the Parramatta Eels prepare to take on the Brisbane Broncos at ANZ Stadium on Friday 28 July in Round 21 of the NRL Telstra Premiership, we take a look at the last time we met.
The clash occured in Round 23, 2016, where the Eels suffered a 38-16 defeat to the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.
Check out highlights from that clash in the video above and read how it unfolded below.
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The Parramatta Eels suffered a 38-16 defeat to the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium tonight (Friday 12 August).
Brisbane five-eighth Anthony Milford helped inspire his side to a 38-16 win over the Parramatta Eels at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.
It was arguably Milford's best performance for the year, with the young Broncos half terrorising the Eels' defence from start to finish.
His stellar game helped Brisbane overcome the loss of winger Lachlan Maranta before kick-off, with exciting youngster Jonus Pearson handed his debut.
Fellow winger Corey Oates scored a hat-trick, overcoming a run of poor form and rediscovering his confidence in the process.
Parramatta tried hard all night, but lacked the class and polish of a finals bound side like the Broncos.
Brisbane's top four hopes are now improving and they have their livewire half to thank, with Milford's scintillating footwork proving too much for the Eels.
After a classy first half, Milford continued his brilliant display in the second 40 minutes – beating three Eels defenders on his way to an impressive solo try under the posts. He converted from straight in front to give the Broncos a 20-10 lead in the 46th minute.
Oates bagged himself his third try of the night in the 57th minute, with Brisbane forward Tevita Pangai Junior producing a superb flick pass to put the hulking winger over in the corner. Parker continued his poor night with the boot, missing the conversion and keeping the score at 24-10.
Hunt continued the onslaught in the 61st minute, running at the Parramatta line and dummying to crash over for a try and make the score 28-10.
Pearson capped off a dream debut in the 65th minute, scoring his second try of the night. Parker converted well from the sideline and Brisbane's lead was suddenly 24.
The Eels added some respectability to the scoreboard in the 77th minute, with prop Danny Wicks running over the Broncos' defence to score a great solo try. Michael Gordon slotted the conversion to make it 34-16.
Milford put the icing on the cake as the final siren sounded, beating several defenders to put Pangai Junior over in the corner. Parker's dismal night with the boot continued and the score finished 38-16, but the Broncos didn't have it all their own way.
In a stark contrast to the second half, Brisbane started the match poorly and it cost them dearly early on in the contest, with the Eels dominating field position and silencing the Suncorp Stadium crowd.
A Tom Opacic mistake gave Parramatta an ideal opportunity to score in the 4th minute, and young gun Bevan French provided the goods, beating three Broncos defenders to score next to the right touchline. Gordon converted from a tough angle to give the Eels an early 6-0 lead.
The Broncos hit back moments later, with an exquisite cut-out pass from Darius Boyd finding debutant Pearson. The 21-year-old made no mistake – scoring his first NRL try and making the score 6-4 after 11 minutes.
Parker missed that conversion, but he made up for it in 16th minute as he converted a penalty goal that levelled the scores.
A dull period of play ended in the 32nd minute when Brisbane winger Corey Oates scored acrobatically in the corner. The score remained 10-6 as Parker again failed to convert.
Oates went from hero to villain in the 36th minute – knocking on a Jeff Robson kick in the in-goal. Parramatta forward David Gower pounced on the loose ball and his four-pointer tied the scores at 10-all.
Just as the crowd thought it would be all even going into the half-time break, Milford produced an individual act of brilliance that turned into one of the plays of the year.
The 22-year-old dummied on his own 40 metre line and broke through the Parramatta defensive line. He then beat Gordon at fullback and grubbered for Oates to score. Milford missed the conversion, but his act of genius gave the Broncos all the momentum heading into the break.
This momentum helped Brisbane run away with the match and secure a much-needed win.