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A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book
By: J.K. Rowling, Newt Scamander
Narrated by: Eddie Redmayne
Series: Wizarding World, Wizarding World, Hogwarts Library Books
By: J.K. Rowling,Newt Scamander
Quidditch Through the Ages
By: J.K. Rowling, Kennilworthy Whisp
Narrated by: Andrew Lincoln, Imogen Church, Annette Badland
As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students and that you can add to your listening list too, including Quidditch Through the Ages. Maybe you dream of catching the elusive Golden Snitch to the sound of deafening cheers all around you, as a certain Harry Potter once did. Or perhaps, like Hermione Granger, your thirst for knowledge is somehow just never quite satisfied.
Amazing! Wonderful! Absolutely incredible!
By Rose Vittrup on 16-03-18
The Ickabog
By: J.K. Rowling
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustache you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers, and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect - except for the misty Marshlands to the north, which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth to scare children into behaving. But the funny thing about myths is that sometimes they take on a life of their own.
By Mrs R on 10-11-20
Narrated by: Amaka Okafor, Rocco Padden, Gerran Howell, and others
Jack loves his childhood toy Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens - DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life...even toys. And Jack's newest toy - the Christmas Pig (DP's annoying replacement) - has a daring plan: Together they'll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost and to save the best friend Jack has ever known....
Thank you J.K. Rowling... Love this..
By carolyn leafe on 14-10-21
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Andy Serkis
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of 13 dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on a journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon....
Baggins of fun
By Nidge on 03-09-20
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
The Classic BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Maurice Denham, Full Cast
C.S. Lewis's acclaimed and universally loved novels spring to life in these spellbinding full-cast BBC dramatisations. Anyone who's visited Narnia wants to go back again, and these radio dramas make for a hugely entertaining first-time or return journey, with a cast including Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, Richard Griffiths, Martin Jarvis, Sylvester McCoy, John Sessions, Fiona Shaw and Timothy Spall.
Horrible sound levels
By Calum on 15-06-19
The Hunger Games: Special Edition
By: Suzanne Collins
Narrated by: Tatiana Maslany
Emmy Award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany narrates a brand-new special edition recording of the first audiobook in the worldwide best-selling trilogy from Suzanne Collins! In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Please have Tatiana narrate the next two books!
By Alison Morris on 05-12-18
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson, Book 1
By: Rick Riordan
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
I was just a normal kid, I went to school (got expelled a lot, but that wasn't my fault), played sports and hung out with my best friend.Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher.Now, I spend my time at Camp Half Blood, battling monsters and generally trying to stay alive.And now that Zeus thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt, staying alive is going to be even harder....
By Debbie on 25-06-15
Twilight: Twilight Series, Book 1
By: Stephenie Meyer
Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin
When 17-year-old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town itself. In spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella.
Enjoyable in a way
By Miss P J Wright on 30-03-15
Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
By: Stephen Fry - introductions, Arthur Conan Doyle
Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and five collections of short stories.
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By William on 31-03-20
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By: Douglas Adams
One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with.
Classic English Comedy Sci-Fi, but...
By No Longer Submitting Reviews on 24-08-20
Harry Potter - the Ultimate Quiz
400 Questions and Answers
By: Jack Goldstein
Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
Join quizmaster Jason Zenobia for The Ultimate Harry Potter Quiz and find out who can rightfully wear the crown as the king or queen of Harry Potter knowledge. Perhaps you've read the books from cover to cover three times each, or you've visited the studio tour every year since it opened...but how much of it all can you remember? Do you know, for instance, which animal each character casts as their Patronus charm? Can you reel off the names of all of the shops in Hogsmeade? What is Mandrake root used for...and which two types of Dragon still roam the British Isles?
Meh. it's ok.
By Kez on 21-12-19
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
Narrated by: David Walliams, Harry Enfield, Teresa Gallagher, and others
Ben is getting used to life without his beloved granny. She was a cabbage enthusiast, a Scrabble partner...and an international jewel thief known as the Black Cat. Now, only the memory of their extraordinary adventure to steal the Crown Jewels lives on. Then something inexplicable happens. World-famous treasures are stolen in the dead of night and the clues point to none other than...the Black Cat? Expect the unexpected in this adventure, which will have listeners on the edge of their seats as they join Ben on his quest to unravel the mystery of the return of the Black Cat.
Narrated by: Tom Hollander
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early 40s, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils.... Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
Couldn't finish it..
By Mrs. D. E. Wallace on 11-02-15
The Alchemyst
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Book 1
By: Michael Scott
Narrated by: Denis O'Hare
Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries? The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects - the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. There is one hope. If the prophecy is true, Sophie and Josh Newman have the power to save everyone. Now they just have to learn to use it.
By susie w on 05-07-07
The Magicians, Book 1
By: Lev Grossman
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
In a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price.... Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton, he finds his interviewer dead - but a strange envelope bearing Quentin's name leads him down a path very different from any he'd ever imagined.
Narnia and Harry Potter combination for adults
By Upper echelon on 05-03-16
By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Under the streets of London there's a world most people could never even dream of: a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, and pale girls in black velvet. Richard Mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his safe and predictable life and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and yet utterly bizarre.
Beautifully Neil Gaiman!
By Bookworm. on 23-12-12
The Last Wish
By: Andrzej Sapkowski
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good...and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.
Fantastic...just one tiny thing...
By Littlewings85 on 04-03-19
The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, best-selling fiction. Now he reaches back through time to the original source stories in a thrilling and vivid rendition of the great Norse tales.
it's ok.
"A glance through Muggle art and literature of the Middle Ages reveals that many of the creatures they now believe to be imaginary were then known to be real."
As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students and that you can add to your listening list too, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world.
Flipping through the pages of Newt's famous journal, you'll journey around the globe and discover the many and varied creatures that he made it his life's work to study and protect. Some of the beasts will be familiar to fans of the Wizarding World - the Hippogriff, the Niffler, the Hungarian Horntail...while others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist.
Who better to narrate this stunning catalogue of magical creatures than Eddie Redmayne, who plays Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts movies? Eddie's film credits include The Danish Girl, My Week with Marilyn, Les Misérables and The Theory of Everything, for which he won a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Fans of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are sure to enjoy the other Hogwarts Library books: Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
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What listeners say about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
strictly for fans of Harry Potter
it's a guide to magical beasts, and as such it's not very riveting for muggles. otherwise, as all the Rowling 's books, it's an easy and insightful read. interesting addition to wizarding world. and you gotta love Redmayne, he's simply amazing. I have to admit- it's pretty thrilling to hear his voice reading me a book!
for foreigners: while english is not my first language, there was no struggle in understanding and separating the words, even though made up or uncommonly used names often present themselves with a level of difficulty for me.
Shards of Pottery!
This "book" is probably a must for Potter completists. However, it's worth mentioning that at the time of writing this review the linked Amazon reviews are a mixture of reviews about this book and the other books pertaining to "Fantastic Beasts" including the screenplay which could be confusing..
When you get a series as special as the Harry Potter books which captured the world's imagination it really makes sense to further explore the world and its artefacts and I'll admit to being a sucker for this kind of thing at times. This does just that and unless you've been hiding under a philosopher's stone somewhere you'll already know that it isn't another book about Harry Potter himself. Rather, it's one of the text books used at Hogwarts brought to life in some detail. Just for clarity then this is not the screenplay or even the story of the film, either of which would be rather excellent!. This is primarily an A-Z of the magical creatures of the Harry Potter world.
Each creature is explained in turn including its Ministry of Magic classification. There are various sound effects that add depth and at times amusing anecdotes about them. The performance given by Eddie Redmayne is as you would expect given his acting talent and involvement with the film; very good. After all this is not a story per se but a text book upon which stories were built. So it's not an easy one to read and get involved in as a narrator.
For a full credit it is of course a short book but given that so much of the proceeds are going to such worthwhile causes the whole thing makes sense for fans of Harry Potter who just want that little bit more of the magic. I do think that the latest physical versions of the book may be a better option though. I am a huge fan of audiobooks of course and often prefer the format to the written word but the beautiful presentation of the physical books and inclusions of extras such as handwritten notes purportedly by the characters means in this case the audiobook works less well for what is after all a reference book rather than a story.
Phoebe Smith
I loved listening to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Eddie Redmayne did a great job of reading it and I loved learning about magical creatures.
Maria Groening
amazing voice
Mr. Redmaynes voice is wonderful. The encyclopedia is interesting and it would be nice to see some of the listed animals in the next movie.
a lovely book with a great insight into the world of the Harry Potter, beautifully read too.
Lioris
Utterly amazing!! Highly recommend
Loved every bit of it any Harry Potter fan will love. Money goes to an amazing charity lumos highly recommend!
hollietaylor67
Good addition to the Harry Potter world
Would you consider the audio edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to be better than the print version?
I really enjoyed it espically with it being read by Eddie Redmayne, me and my daughter played the audio book whilst readying through the book itself
The only people giving this a negative review are people who don't know what the book is meant to be,
The same as I said about philosophers stone I find it difficult to read after the things j.k Rowling said on social media. I try not to think about it because it was
Outrageous. But otherwise I love it
Abi Chipperfield
These fantastic beasts are so fantastic it is great to know them though my favourite beast is the crupp they sound adorable and so does the kneazle
Amazing and enchanting story as usual by J.K. Rowling and wonderfully read by Eddie Redmayne.
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There isn't much story here... but that narrator!
I honestly have never wanted to read this book nor purchase any version. I do have the screenplay because I mean the cover is beautiful! But besides that, it does not call my attention fully.
However, I saw that Audible published this title a few months ago and I heard the preview... and oh my god! This is just one of the best narrations and productions I have heard in my life. There is nothing better than read, but when you listen a book that is full of special effects and sounds of dragons, pixies, fairies, merpeople, and other fantastic beasts that you can come up with... it is just another story and another world!
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A. Bunnell
For some reason I thought that this was an actual story. Guess I should have read the description a little bit more completely. It's probably fun to sit with your kids and look through the different creatures, but doesn't make for a very interesting audible experience
A new twist on a childhood favorite!
I enjoyed the original Fantastic Beasts textbook as a child and also am madly in love with Eddie Redmayne and thought he made the perfect Newt Scamander in the film adaptation so this updated audiobook was an immediate must-have. While it isn't really much of a story due to the textbook description format, it was still a delightfully entertaining quick listen. It included some new creatures that weren't in the original book and also had some updated musings from the "author" that I can only hope are foreshadowing for the new movies. #FairytaleTwists #UnlikelyHero #Magical #Nostalgic #Animal #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
Wonderfully read, great information
This book is very pleasing despite my hesitation to order it. Easy short listen and will enhance your beastly knowledge.
Loved this audiobook
Thank you so much for this audio book. Eddie Redmayne was just outstanding. I have read the book as well and wow this audiobook just took it to another level.
Jenerek
Better as a physical book
I knew it would be written like a guide book, but it just wasn't as engaging as I'd hoped it would be.
J. Cheek
Absolutely Pointless
Would you try another book from J.K. Rowling and Newt Scamander and/or Eddie Redmayne?
What was most disappointing about J.K. Rowling and Newt Scamander 's story?
The whole book. I can't believe someone thought it was worth the time to make an audiobook out of an encyclopedia of magical creatures.
What does Eddie Redmayne bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
He is a good narrator.
Chris-Racheal Finken
There is no story just a list of creatures
Probably my fault for not listening to the sample I thought it was the story of the new feature film it is not it's just a simple list of beasts nothing more. Unless you a huge Harry Potter head it's not worth your time.
I found it hard to engage with this one. I guess I was expecting more of a narrative; the fictional-expository style didn't capture my attention despite Eddie Redmayne's excellent reading. I chuckled here and there, but I can't say I'm this book was so short.
bad recording
The sound kept cutting in and out. I thought it would interest me but to be honest I fell asleep listening to it.


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Biometrics Researcher Gets H'wood Funding
Aug. 10, 2018-A neuro-analytics startup, which is hired by Hollywood movie studios to conduct exotic audience research, bagged $13.5 million in venture-capital funding from an impressive list of investors. The company, Spark, received early Series A investments from former Disney chief Michael Eisner, actor Will Smith, and Silicon Valley financier Peter Thiel.
"The New York-based company uses electroencephalogram (EEG) devices to measure brain activity along with other biometric inputs to gauge people's emotional responses and attention to different
stimuli — like ads and movie trailers," says a Variety article by Todd Spangler. "Founded in January 2017, SPARK Neuro's initial focus has been in the entertainment and advertising industries, and it counts Netflix, Hulu, NBC, Universal and Paramount among its customers."
Translation of the above. It does not ask consumers to answer questions but monitors their involuntary bodily actions.
Says the third edition of book Marketing To Moviegoers: "These include measuring eye movement, pupil dilation, brainwaves, and facial reactions. For these, moviegoers wear special headgear that measures response as moviegoers view content in small and private film screenings. The other measures can be skin conductance and heart rhythms. For these, respondents wear special medical belts around their waists and possibly other gear, again in private screenings."
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Dolly Parton Blasted For Looking 'Ugly' And 'Cheap' — Husband Of 56 Yrs Thinks She's The Prettiest In The World.
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by Mary Sue December 30, 2022, 12:08 pm
Dolly Parton, the country songstress, is nearly in her sixties, but some still criticize her appearance. However, she is unconcerned with the critics as she is the most attractive to her spouse.
Carl Dean, the singer- songwriter of five decades, met her in 1964 outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat in Nashville, Tennessee. He was twenty-one years old, and she was eighteen.
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Parton remembered the time they met in 1976, when Dean was driving his pickup truck and noticed her and hailed her. He made an immediate approach by asking her out on a date, but she rejected.
Parton, on the other hand, invited Dean over when she was babysitting her nephew. He went to the residence every day that week but was not permitted to enter. They sat on the porch, the actress explained.
Parton went on to say that when her aunt was eventually ready to take over, she was allowed to travel anywhere with Dean from then on.
He introduced her to his parents at the earliest opportunity. Dean believed she was the one the moment he lay eyes on her, according to the acclaimed star.
On May 31, 1966, the pair married in a small ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia. In May 2016, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and Dean raved about his famous wife.
Despite the fact that his wife lives a highly prominent life, Dean prefers to stay out of the spotlight. Parton, in turn, has respected his desires and kept their marriage out of the spotlight. During an appearance on "The Kelleigh Bannen Show" in March 2022, she alluded to the matter.
Because of the knowledge her mother passed down to her, the philanthropist was able to separate her personal life from her business life. Her mother instructed her to "give away," but not all, so that she might save some things for herself.
Parton stated that keeping certain elements of her life secret had aided her marriage. She went on to say that she learnt how to maintain specifics about her marriage privately, which grew easier with time.
Another thing Parton guards is her health. In June 2021, the "Steel Magnolias" actress claimed that she follows an 80/20 diet.
During the week, she follows a low-carb diet, but on weekends, the entrepreneur lives the 80/20 lifestyle.
Parton's diet excludes fruits and vegetables, however she is flexible with her cuisine and does not adhere to a particular diet plan. The actress revealed that she tried several diets.
Parton has also spoken openly about her appearance, notably her various cosmetic operations. The "Joyful Noise" star admitted in September 2019 that she is not gorgeous until she works on her body.
The Hall of Famer admits to altering her looks in order to seem lovely, adding that she will go to any length to obtain the image she desires.
Parton received severe criticism for her actions as she rose to stardom. She remembers people advising her that if she desired to advance in her profession, she should shed her characteristic look- The most common piece of advice she has received is to simplify her appearance, including her hair and clothing. They would tell her not to appear so cheap because no one would ever take her seriously.
Trolls on social media have made disparaging remarks about the Grammy Award winner's looks throughout the years.
The Queen of Country, on the other hand, has remained unmoved by the criticism and chooses to rock her look since it suits her personality. It takes a lot of money to appear this cheap, Parton famously stated.
Parton was at the peak of her profession in the 1980s when she suffered from a variety of health problems. The singer experienced significant stomach discomfort and bleeding and required two procedures to stem internal hemorrhage.
Parton started self-medicating during the process, drowning her emotions with drink and food. As a result, she had a raspy throat and was unable to sing.
However, she started an extreme diet, binge eating, and swiftly gained 50 pounds. Parton revealed in 2017 that she had a "large appetite" for someone her height.
The Tennessee native was a fan of canned meat and fast food, and she could devour three pizzas and still desire McDonald's and French fries.
The pattern repeated until she gained 10 pounds in 10 days and then opted to starve it off. The poisonous habit ultimately put a burden on her body, and physicians urged her to lose 20 pounds.
They ordered her to consume the correct foods, but she was already addicted to the pattern, and she collapsed while performing against their orders in Indianapolis. Parton passed out as a result of internal hemorrhage. She was diagnosed with endometriosis and had her tubes closed after undergoing a partial hysterectomy.
Parton was unable to have children because of the procedure. She and Dean had hoped to have six children together before her diagnosis, but that goal was dashed. She talked about her terrifying ordeal and gradually recovered her health.
Parton stated that she was not interested in drastic dieting and instead chose a nip-tuck to get the desired small figure. She stated that as long as it makes you happy, you should do it.
Her spouse, on the other hand, seems unconcerned with her looks and has come to accept it. He doesn't care whether she is fat, Parton said, adding he was never turned off. He thinks she is the sexiest, most beautiful lady on the planet.
Parton previously stated that "fat girls" are everyone's favorite and that she had been advised to reduce weight but declined.
Parton revealed a never-before-seen throwback photo with her husband in November 2021, and admirers swooned, calling him "handsome."
The two are holding hands in the photo, which she wrote to find you a companion that will encourage you like her Carl Dean!
Find you a partner who will support you like my Carl Dean does!https://t.co/xVpXzqxO9i pic.twitter.com/avIDu00YTf
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) November 2, 2021
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Those customers who shop online will become more confident with the service, driving larger sales, and take up from new customers will continue to grow. Growth from Millennial shoppers will be highest as these digital natives look to online options for everyday tasks.
At Myfoodlink we consistently see our customers develop a core base of repeat customers, whilst continuing to attract new business. This demonstrates to us that the interest is there, and once customers try an online grocery service they are likely to continue with it.
Digital advertising for online products will continue to grow and augment the traditional retail marketing mix, in order to capture online customers. In particular the model of social media, direct email marketing and Google AdWords are expected to be popular with business owners looking to attract online customers.
At Myfoodlink we can provide advice and management as to how to get your business started in digital marketing. Customers increasingly look to online first when searching for information, so work to get your business in front of the right people during this process.
Fulfilling online orders is often the most expensive part of the process; where customers would usually pick their items from the shelf themselves, here a staff member must do it in their stead. Investment in increasing efficiency for picking, packing and delivery will continue to be a key concern and it be interesting to see what strategies emerge. In particular data on how efficient 'dark stores' operated by the majors, when it becomes available.
At Myfoodlink our backoffice platform and stock locations make the picking and packing of an order efficient, and makes adjusting orders very straightforward when edits to an order are needed.
Those customers who are shopping online will increasingly look to mobile, not desktop, solutions. Customers increasingly spend more time searching and shopping via mobile devices then desktop devices. Investment in 'mobile first' designs and solutions will be a big trend into the future.
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Subscriptions to online options is nothing new — from beauty brands to wine cases to veggie boxes, customers are familiar with the concept and happy to fork out a pre-determined fee. In particular this year we expect to see the popularity of 'meal boxes' continue, for example see Fresh Direct and Marley Spoon. These are products which are very straightforward for grocery stores to replicate.
Subscription boxes and services are easily included in your Myfoodlink online store with our Repeating Orders feature. This allows customers to set a repeating order for a product, such as a fruit box, and to easily edit their repeating order if they should need to.
You know how you Google a product or search for it online, and then it appears in advertising side bars in your browser? Expect to see more promotions and special offers along these lines in 2017. In online grocery, identifying groups of customers with particular characteristics and marketing directly to them is a great way to increase their spend.
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Customers love the idea of ordering their groceries in the morning and picking it up or having it delivered later in the day; particularly after-work options. We will see a rise in online stores offering same day delivery for orders placed in a certain time frame and the continued growth of same day click and collect models.
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Iulie 1998 a fost a șaptea lună a anului și a început într-o zi de miercuri.

Evenimente

 7-9 iulie: Premierul Radu Vasile efectuează o vizită oficială în Italia. Este primit la Vatican de Papa Ioan Paul al II-lea căruia îi înmânează, din partea președintelui României, invitația de a face o vizită oficială în România, în mai 1999.
 12 iulie: Franța câștigă Campionatul Mondial de Fotbal.
 14-21 iulie: Are loc vizita oficială la Washington a președintelui Constantinescu la invitația omologului american Bill Clinton. Șeful statului român a rostit un discurs în Congresul american (în ultimii 150 de ani, doar 50 de șefi de state și guverne au fost invitați să țină discursuri în Congres). Punctul central al discuțiilor l-a reprezentat Parteneriatul startegic româno-american.
 17 iulie: La conferința de la Roma, 120 de țări votează pentru crearea Curții Penale Internaționale cu misiunea de a judeca persoane care au comis genociduri, crime de război și crime împotriva umanității.
 17 iulie: La St. Petersburg, Țarul Nicolae al II-lea al Rusiei și familia sa sunt înhumați la St. Catherine Chapel, după 80 de ani de la asasinarea din anul 1918.

Nașteri
 5 iulie: Enea Mihaj, fotbalist albanez
 8 iulie: Jaden Smith, cântăreț și actor american
 17 iulie: Arilena Ara, cântăreață albaneză
 21 iulie: Marie Bouzková, jucătoare de tenis cehă
 22 iulie: Ioana Ignat, cântăreață și compozitoare română
 22 iulie: Federico Valverde, fotbalist uruguayan
 24 iulie: Bindi Irwin, actriță, conservatoare și prezentatoare de televiziune australiană
 25 iulie: Mihai Eșanu, fotbalist
 30 iulie: Gery-Nikol, cântăreață bulgară
 30 iulie: Teruki Hara, fotbalist japonez

Decese
 6 iulie: Roy Rogers, actor și cântăreț american (n. 1911)
 7 iulie: Theodor Enescu, 71 ani, scriitor, istoric și critic de artă român (n. 1926)
 11 iulie: Octav Botnar, 84 ani, om de afaceri și filantrop britanic, evreu născut la Cernăuți (n. 1913)
 14 iulie: Mircea Mihai Munteanu, 65 ani, politician român (n. 1933)
 15 iulie: Leonid Grom, 97 ani, medic român din R. Moldova (n. 1900)
 22 iulie: Antonio Saura, 67 ani, scriitor și pictor spaniol (n. 1930)
 28 iulie: Consalvo Sanesi, 87 ani, pilot italian de Formula 1 (n. 1911)
 31 iulie: Ioan Ploscaru, 86 ani, episcop greco-catolic, român (n. 1911)

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iulie
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Post by Ben » February 1st, 2009, 5:26 pm
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Neil Gaiman discusses Coraline
Post by Stratburst » February 2nd, 2009, 10:34 pm
Blatant Plug Time: Suite 101 has an interview with Neil Gaiman, the author of Coraline, where he discusses the story, and talks about his relationship with director Henry Selick.
http://hollywood-animated-films.suite10 ... n_coraline
Post by Ben » February 2nd, 2009, 10:42 pm
I've merged your post with the Coraline thread we already have running.
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Post by Neal » February 3rd, 2009, 12:27 am
I can't wait to see this Saturday! The early reviews speak high praise!
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Post by Rosengeist » February 3rd, 2009, 2:17 pm
I know I don't post very often on here, but I just wanted to gush about how excited I am to see this film.
Watching the trailers and clips I am utterly astounded by the movement of the characters hair and clothes. they tend to be very stiff, which I can understand, but every once in a while they just trembles beautifully in correlation with their movements, like at 2:00-through about 2:07 in this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03yzQyrs ... playnext=1 . I think that's a pretty savvy handling of the hair and clothes (specifically the hair in that section) movement. Certainly, it would be distracting and too difficult to animate the hair and clothes moving and sliding around on a persons body realistically in each shot, but it would feel wrong to have it be completely stiff all the time.
The color pallete is also really impressing me. It's dark, but not oppresive, frightening, but whimsical and inviting. I just am blown away by the way they have been handling the colors on the characters, props and sets (The lighting is certainly a big part of that as well.)
I can't wait till this weekend to see if it matche sup to my expectations. I think I'm rreally going to enjoy this. I hope it does well, it seems like it could appeal to the 7-11 set, as well as possibly some 13-15 and 15-18 year olds. Especially to kids who are into that kind of supernatural fiction like "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" that has been popular as of late. Certainly I think it's appealing to fans of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and of course, Neil Gaiman.
Post by Ben » February 3rd, 2009, 5:59 pm
There's a <I>lot</I> of Nightmare in the production design, which I really noticed more of on my second and third viewings. Hopefully that won't rub fans up the wrong way who may see it as a NB4X-wannabe or clone (the way some - not me - saw Corpse Bride).
We'll never have another Nightmare - that was a magical lightning bolt of a one off - but it has kickstarted a whole sub-genre of stop-motion films that looks to be continuing in high fashion with Coraline, 9 (to an extent) and then Frankenweenie and whatever Selick comes with next.
Post by Rosengeist » February 5th, 2009, 12:49 pm
I wonder if that isn't a result of Henry Selicks involvement. He's not mimicing Tim Burton, at least, I don't think he is, but from what I've seen his own films tyle does seem to have that same kind of darker, whimsical, Edward Gorey/German Expressionism feel.
I agree that we'll never have another Nightmare. You can't predict or manufacture that kind of thing. It just has to happen.
Post by Ben » February 5th, 2009, 1:30 pm
I think essentially why Nightmare worked was the meeting of those two very similar minds: both Burton's and Selick's solo work echoes the expressionistic design, also a trait of longtime collaborator Rick Heinrichs.
Both had produced "Nightmare-ish" work before NB4X and obviously have those sensibilities. I would never think that Selick would purposely attempt to clone the Nightmare feel: watching his early stuff and later works like Monkeybone, there's a clear indication that Nightmare was as much about his styling as Burton's.
Burton too, of course, used stop motion for the effects in BeetleJuice, again very much in keeping with NB4X's gift-wrapped monsters and such. Perhaps if they got back together and worked on a single project again, we might see something close to resembling what NB4X cpatured. Individually, they'll continue to come up with some fine work of their own, but only they know why they don't seem to want to collaborate again after only two films (Nightmare and Giant Peach).
Post by Rosengeist » February 6th, 2009, 7:16 pm
Indeed. Though as far as I remember it really wasn't understood or even liked all that much by many people when it came out. I was very young when it was released and was banned for two years after it came out from seeing it because my parents thought it was so dark.
It seems like something that has developed it's popularity, and I think a large, large part of that is because there aren't many other films like it, an weren't for a long time. It's very dark, but it's a friendly, well meaning kind of dark. Other films of Burtons like "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands" are too, but the titular character of the former film is kind of menacing, and I don't think stuff like "Edward Scissorhands" had as much draw for children because even though Edward is a gentle character he is similar physically to Freddy Kreuger (I thought it was a straight out horror film until I saw it). It also is pretty heavy on the romance which I don't think appeals to a young male audiance as much in comparison to other Burton works.
This doesn't mean that the audiance for his film is strictly a juvenile one, but I think many people who are Burton fans are that partially because they grew up on his works.
And well...visually, there really isn't anything like it. Even when I see people trying to mimic it, the result is poor. I think it's because they think it was just a Burton style and ignore the Sellick aspect of it.
I'm always suprised that people don't seem to be aware of "James and the Giant Peach" I think because much of the visuals are more color intensive than NBC, few people believe it is a Burton/Sellick film. (Even if I thought it was one of the better animated film of the mid-90's_
It would really be interesting to see those two come back together though wouldn't it. They do seem to bring out the best in one another.
It seems, to me, that Coraline also shares aspects of James And The Giant Peach in the brightly colored aspects.
Yes, it would be very neat to see them collaborate again. I'd had my hopes up for Frankenweenie, but it seems the team who did Corpse Bride is behind that, albeit again for Disney.
I'm hoping (against probability) that Coraline is big enough of a hit to register with Universal/Focus and allow Selick and his Laika team to develop another one.
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Post by Rodney » February 7th, 2009, 5:39 pm
Boxofficeguru is reporting an estimated 14-16 million over the weekend. That's good, although not great. I think it exceeds expectations though. It could be the number two movie this weekend here in the US which I think is pretty good.
Post by Neal » February 7th, 2009, 9:28 pm
I proposed this at another forum: Disney absorbs LAIKA ala what they did with Pixar. Disney themselves will/may have traditional animation covered with their own studio, Pixar handles CGI, ImageMovers Digital has got Motion Capture taken covered. That leaves stop motion. With Selick's TNBC and JatJP both being Disney banner releases, it seems his home could naturally be Disney.
Post by Meg » February 7th, 2009, 10:11 pm
Saw this yesterday - have to say I really enjoyed it! More than Nightmare even, which I find to be a little overrated. Hopefully will see Coraline again sometime soon, possibly in 3-D!
Post by Neal » February 7th, 2009, 10:18 pm
My parents are taking me to see it in 3D for my birthday. It'll be my first 3D film experience. I hope it's as good as I'm hyped for.
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Post by Cinderallaboi » February 8th, 2009, 3:13 am
omg i saw it in 3D i really liked it just that the ending should of worked out better but it was goo if you going to see this go see it in 3D and the 3D glasses they give you you get to keep them


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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Entrepreneurs in Haiti will soon have broader access to technical skills training, because of an initiative to promote digital jobs in the country. The initiative is led by LACNIC, the Internet Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Since 2013, LACNIC has strengthened the technical skills of more than 300 Haitian ICT students and professionals, through a project called Ayitic. This year, LACNIC has expanded the project.
"In this new phase, Ayitic is going global, adding important innovations such as technical courses delivered via an e-learning platform, training for women in digital data management, and efforts aimed at inserting participants in digital employment markets," a release from LACNIC said.
"The goal of these transformations is that, in addition to promoting Internet development at the local level, the initiative will help promote the digital services market, creating new job opportunities in both local and international markets, in the latter case through the outsourcing of services," noted Carolina Caeiro, cooperation project coordinator at LACNIC.
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Review: Oblivion
Not much can be said about Oblivion without spoiling the experience for audiences, too much has been shown already by trailers and television spots. If the premise intrigues you, stop reading, and just go see it in theatres. This review will gladly wait for you.
The year is 2077. Following a war with extra-terrestrials, the Earth is left a shell of its former self. Humans won the war, but only after resorting to nuclear weapons. Monuments like the Statue of Liberty are shattered, half of the land is still radiated and remnants of the alien army litter the land.
Jack (Tom Cruise) and Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) are Earth's last two inhabitants. The two are assigned the responsibility of overseeing security while T.E.T. takes the last of the water from Earth. T.E.T. holds the rest of the survivors awaiting the trip to their next settlement on Titan, if all holds well, Jack and Victoria will join them in two weeks.
Jack is an inquisitive man, he takes a lot of risks and incurs plenty of reminders from Victoria that they only have two weeks left before they join the other survivors on Titan. Jack's dreams bother him, images that he knows he couldn't have experienced plague him constantly and he wonders if these dreams are more than merely an active subconscious.
Their supervisor on T.E.T. greets them every day with a mission statement "are you an effective team?" that poses more as a veiled threat than an actual question. Still, Jack and Victoria monitor drone activity and make sure everything T.E.T. asks for is accomplished, even when the drones almost kill Jack (take from that what you will).
However, Jack's inquisitive nature may cost him more than a few bruises when he comes across the aftermath of a shuttle crash-landing in one of his sectors.
Oblivion, on the surface, may seems like a mash-up of other elements used elsewhere in more famous films, but it provides a solid sci-fi effort for adults in a time period where there are not many. To boot, it will easily serve as a conversation starter on a very divisive issue right now.
Tom Cruise, it was said, is fading as a movie star. His last few films haven't raked in massive amounts of box office dollars, but the authenticity and earnestness that made him famous is still there. Cruise lends to Jack a sense of importance to the many scenes that could have suffered from green screen fatigue. Say whatever you want about the man, but he is a professional first and foremost.
Joseph Kosinski, in just two films, has created a singularly unique vision assisted by gorgeous special effects. The Earth Jack and Victoria see is not the one we are used to, but it could be very easily pass for come whatever may in sixty or so years. Hopefully, an Earth we can avoid.
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The beauty of backpacking is that you're in nature with nothing but the clothes and pack on your back. However, the simplicity can also be troubling when packing food for a trip.
The best types of food are super light, nutritious and can be used in different types of meals. They also can't require refrigeration, making it a little more difficult to plan.
Lucky for you, we've done the dirty work and figured out the best foods to take on a backpacking trip.
Cured meats make a great lunch paired with hard cheese and some crackers. Salami and beef jerky are also perfect to snack on throughout the day.
They're packed with protein and don't need to be refrigerated. Plus they're versatile and can be thrown into rice or pasta for dinner time.
Chia seeds are super light and packed with nutrition. In just two tablespoons, they have 11 grams of fiber, which is well over a third of the recommended daily intake.
Fiber also fills you up, so you won't feel as hungry after eating.
Throw some in your morning oatmeal or make a chia pudding topped with nuts.
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Cous Cous is a great rice to bring a long for dinners because it doesn't need to be left on the cook top for long, meaning you'll save gas.
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Seavers in the News - Accident claims Melvin Seaver Family in 1954
It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a semi-regular feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.
This week's entry is from the Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Ariz.) newspaper dated 13 January 1954:
The transcription of the article is:
'New Mexico Resort City Mishap Site
"Truth or consequences, N.M. (AP) -- A flaming crash which sheared off half the abutments of a concrete bridge late yesterday left a toll of eight Arizona persons dead.
"Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lafferty, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin H, Seaver, and four children ranging in age from 6 months to 10 years, all of Elfrida, died when their car crashed with a beer truck, plunged through the bridge siding into a dry creek bed, and burst into flames.
"F.M. Danley of Albuquerque, driver of the beer truck, said he saw the Arizona automobile approaching a junction with U.S. Highway 85 one mile north of this southern New Mexico resort city.
"Danley said he turned on his air horn, but the driver apparently did not hear him until he was almost onto the highway and Cuchillo Creek.
"The Ariazona car whipped down the highway, out of Danley's path, then suddenly swerved directly in front of the heavily laden truck, investigators said. The trailer of the truck plunged after the car into the creek and the cab hung precariously on the edge. Danley received possible internal injuries and is suffering from shock.
"Lafferty, who moved to Elfrida from New Mexico five years ago, had operated a store and owned considerable real estate in that Arizona community. Seaver, a native of Elfrida, was engaged in ranching there. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Vernon Seaver of Elfrida is a daughter of the Laffertys.
"The accident, worst in Sierra County history, pushed New Mexico's 1954 traffic toll to 15 and brought hundreds of spectators to the scene. Cars were lined up for half a mile trying to reach the bridge.
"The state highway department cut a new roadbed through the creek to detour traffic around the blocked bridge.
"Identification of the bodies was by Justice of the Peace Ted Russell from papers found in the car and strewn along the creek bed after the crash. It was impossible at this stage to identify each body individually and he did not have names of the children.
"Just four years ago another beer truck was involved in an accident a fourth of a mile north of yesterday's accident site. Three persons were killed. The latest accident was in clear weather and on a dry road, while other parts of New Mexico were buffeted by snow and high winds."
Another article, dated 15 January 1954, provided the names of the children:
"Arizona Deaths
"Seaver Family
"ELFRIDA (AP) -- The mourning community of Elfrida completed arrangements yesterday for one of the most heart-breaking tasks in its history -- a mass funeral for the Melvin Seaver family.
"Seaver, 34, his wife, 30, and their four children, Phillip 7, Gary 6, Catherine 5, and Steven Leslie, 4 months, were killed Tuesday in an automobile accident near Truth or Consequences, N.M.
"The town's final salute to them will begin at 2 p.m. today in the Whitewater Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bishop Golden Fenn will officiate.
"Burial will follow in the local cemetery. A mass grave for all six has been prepared.
"Funeral services for two other persons killed in the accident, Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Lafferty, 62 and 36, are to be conducted at Gibbons Mortuary in Mesa tomorrow. Mrs. Lafferty's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Phillips, live there."
There is still no definition of the names of the two wives. Another article, dated 18 January 1954 provides the name of Mrs. Seaver:
"BENSON
"JANET S. JUDD
Republic State Correspondent
"Benson -- Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Sherman of Inglewood, Calif. stopped overnight in Benson Thursday,. They were en route to Elfrida to attend funeral services for the Melvin Seaver family who died in an automobile accident in New Mexico Jan. 12. Mrs. Seaver attended Benson schools where she will be remembered as Thelma Sherman. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sherman of Elfrida,."
The source citation for the first article is:
"New Mexico Resort City Mishap Site," Arizona Republic [Phoenix, Ariz.] newspaper, dated 13 January 1954, page 1, column 1, Melvin Seaver accident article; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 18 October 2018).
I had Melvin Henry Seaver (1917-1954) and Thelma Sherman (1923-1954) in my RootsMagic family tree database, but I did not have the sames of their four children. I added them sadly today.
The parents of Melvin Henry Seaver are William Henry Seaver (1883-1977) and Violetta Thomsen (1891-1969), who had five children between 1911 and 1934 in Arizona. I am not related to them - their immigrant Seaver ancestor was Henry Seaver (1743-1810) who settled in Virginia before 1770.
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High performers aren't superhuman, they've just honed their minds in ways anyone could but few do.
I'm both fascinated by and perpetually in awe of people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma and Tim Ferriss. They accomplish, grow, connect and utterly excel in so many different ways and verticals that they seem almost superhuman. But as I've studied their careers and trajectories over the years, I've found a set of simple mental tools they all seem to make excellent use of.
Though we won't all accomplish as much as these super performers have, at the very least we can train our brains to think like them, which will give us massive advantages regardless of what we choose to pursue.
The human brain is wired to see things in terms of black and white; safe and unsafe, good and bad, love and hate…alas, very little in life is actually black and white, and the greatest advantages tend to appear in gray areas. Lateral thinking is the ability to look at something, be it a problem or an object, and see far more options than appear to most people. You see the black, and the white, but also all the shades of gray, and maybe some colors as well. You could think of it as the ability to blend logic and imagination harmoniously.
So what's the best way to develop better lateral thinking skills? Solving riddles. Riddles force you to think outside the box the reach an answer, and are one of the best ways to hone lateral thinking. There's also a great video from Ken Robinson that talks about divergent thinking, which is a component of lateral thinking.
Our brains like to oversimplify things, and as such they tend to focus in on parts of a problem or thing, often discarding the nuances of the complex whole in the process. We miss the forest for the trees, so to speak. Systems thinking involves understanding how all the pieces of a system work together and impact one another, and using that knowledge to make more informed decisions. Empathy is a facet of this, as empathetic people are better at seeing and understanding things from someone else's perspective.
Systems thinking is difficult, and often imprecise as it can involve a lot of estimation and guesswork, but it's a much better approach than honing in on a single part.
To develop this trait, work to rekindle your childlike curiosity. Explore things, try to be more aware of your surroundings, and ask yourself "How does this work?" as often as you can. Most importantly, you need to try and see things from alternate perspectives.
As Paulo Coelho wrote, "If you conquer yourself, then you will conquer the world." You can't truly conquer that which you don't truly understand, and very, very few people truly know themselves. That said, I would say this is by far the most common characteristic of top performers — they know themselves, both strengths and weaknesses, exceptionally well. They seek constantly to understand themselves even better. They meditate, they write notes or keep a journal. They read and study psychology, philosophy and neuroscience to better understand who they are, and why they do what they do.
These are the three keys to mastering self-awareness: meditation, introspection through writing, and constant study into the nature of self. I meditate, journal read voraciously to better understand myself and humanity in general.
Mushin is a Japanese word that translates roughly to "no mind." It is a state of clarity without active thought, fully in the moment, aware of your surroundings to an intense degree but only softly focused. This is a state sought by monks, meditators of all varieties and martial artists around the world. It is in many ways comparable to, but not exactly the same, as Flow. It's really, really hard to describe effectively in English, as we have no real parallel.
If you're a fan of fantasy books, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series would describe this as The Flame and the Void. Many high performers seek this state through various avenues. There is no better frame of mind in which to live, if you can achieve it. To do this, you need to master two key things: Meditation, as we've already discussed in regards to self-awareness, and Flow, which we'll dig into next.
Last, but far from least, is a state researched and coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Numerous books have been written on the subject, though my favorite so far is The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler.
Mushin and Flow are tightly connected states, albeit at opposite ends of the spectrum. Where Mushin is a relaxed, loosely focused state of awareness, Flow is an intense, highly focused state of awareness. Call it what you will — in the zone, dialed in, etc — flow occurs when you are intently focused on a task, at the edge of your abilities, and getting instant feedback on your efforts. From programmers to professional gamers to extreme athletes, all are familiar with this state.
For high performers, who often have to juggle a ton of data and data streams and complex decisions, the ability to get into flow states is critical for effective performance. But what about the average Jane or Joe? The best place to start are with the above mentioned book, The Rise of Superman, and with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's TED talk on Flow. Once you come to understand what it is, you'll be able to look at your life and the activities you perform and find better, more frequent ways to slip into flow.
For those who want to change the world, whether in a big way or a small one, it starts by changing yourself into the best possible version of you.


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Pot Dispensaries To Be 250 Feet From Homes Pending Council Vote
Any future adult-use pot dispensaries in Naperville may need to be 250-feet away from a residential zone.
That was the 7-2 decision made last night at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The group also ruled that pot dispensaries would need to be 1,000 feet away from a primary or secondary school, and 1,500-feet from another adult-use cannabis business.
However there's no such distance requirement from a childcare center, a concerning thought for some community members.
"With section 3.1 of this proposed ordinance there's no distance requirements from preschools, daycare centers, learning center," said Naperville resident Jim Kramer. "I find that totally unacceptable."
City staff said since daycare centers are often located in non-residential zoning districts it could inadvertently limit the amount of dispensaries wanting to set up shop in commercial or industrial zone.
Based upon a special cannabis meeting in June, Planning and Zoning commissioners were presented with three options on how far an adult-use cannabis dispensary could be from a residential zone. Option one was 0-feet, option two was 250-feet, and option three was 1,000-feet.
Of the 16 public commenters, the majority supported option three, as did commissioners Bruce Hanson and Krishna Bansal. They felt the plans presented to the commission needed more details and options and felt to vote on the matter Wednesday night would be rushed.
"[I] definitely would like to see a 500-feet plan, I would like to see the geographical situation, I would like to see the traffic control plan and what could be put in there, the queues and hours of operations," said Bansal. "I would hate to rush into this decision today."
However the other seven commissioners felt ready to vote on the subject, and went with option two, 250-feet.
Where Would The Pot Dispensaries Be Located?
Based on that restriction, the majority of eligible areas for a cannabis dispensary would be in the north end of Naperville.
At its June meeting, city council put a cap on potential dispensaries in Naperville at 3. GTI, the parent company of 3C Compassionate Care Center, the only medical cannabis dispensary in the city, would convert into an adult use cannabis dispensary, if city council decides to okay sales of adult-use cannabis in Naperville, according to city staff. That would leave room for just two more dispensaries.
Though council originally voted to opt out of sales, it is revisiting the matter after a referendum on the March ballot showed 53 percent of Naperville voters were in favor of recreational marijuana sales.
For now city council will review the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision, which also includes limiting adult-use cannabis hours from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., at a future meeting.
Naperville News 17's Christian Canizal reports.
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As a child in the 1930's, Bob Johnson reminisced on his Boy Scout memories of camping in the area known as River Bend. He recalled the land being poor for agriculture but adventurous and fascinating to the local children. Playing along the Root River, swimming and fishing came naturally, and it seemed as though the beautiful vacant land hoped for utilization.
In 1957, the YWCA of Racine wished to expand its programs beyond the confinement of the building downtown, with an emphasis on understanding and enjoying the outdoors.
In 1959, J. Lester Johnson purchased the first 30.8 acres of River Bend for $27,500. The money came from equal donations made by Western Publishing, the Johnson Foundation, and Walker Manufacturing. This area was previously used as a Girl Scout camp and YMCA day camp.
In 1962, five additional acres were purchased, giving better access to North Green Bay Road. This area is now the building and visitor's parking lot. Then in 1963, the picnic shelter/pavilion was constructed with a donation from the John Hammes Foundation.
Up until 1972, day camping at River Bend was the primary use of the property. This program was called "Day Camp at Squaw Point" but later changed to "Camp Arrowhead". During this time of change, a fund-raising campaign was started to build a nature center/meeting facility. This new facility would emphasize nature and recreation for the general public. So, 20.5 more acres were purchased from the Beres family that included part of the 26 acres previously owned by the Hesline family. The purchase included the upper field, Gravel Pond, and mixed hardwood forest where we tap maple trees.
During 1975, the 4,700 square foot building was constructed, and the final 27.1 acres of the area was donated by Johnson Wax. This donation included the upper river trail, duckweed pond, and large field to the south of the entrance driveway. Thus, the final touches to the River Bend Nature Center stood tall.
From its very inception, environmental education was the key component to all River Bend programs. In the 1980's wildlife rehabilitation work was taking place at River Bend. The kitchen was filled with numerous cages of wild animals. Michigan State University and UW-Stevens Point intern naturalists lived at the building during their internships. By the 1990's, it had been decided that River Bend was not properly equipped to handle wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education, so the wildlife rehab program was stopped in 1989.
In the spring of 1991, a new environmental education program came to River Bend, and that program was known as the Earthkeepers program. Earthkeepers was started with the help of a grant from the Racine Junior League. Since then, River Bend Nature Center has been known for its wide variety of naturalistic programs. It is not uncommon to hear college students today tell us about when they were in an Earthkeepers or other program here at River Bend. Over the years, River Bend has served as many as 10,000 school children in a single year.
In early 2000, the Naturalist in Residence program was developed along similar lines to an Artist in Residence program. By combining this concept with the existing Earthkeepers program, River Bend was able to offer their partner schools a unique program where not only do the students come to River Bend, the River Bend naturalists go to the classrooms.
Around 2004, the SWIM'R program was developed. SWIM'R stands for Safe Water Is My Responsibility and focuses on issues surrounding water runoff into the Root River and thereby, Lake Michigan. That program was transferred in 2007 to the new REC center in downtown Racine in partnership with UW Parkside.
In 2007, the new EM's cabin was completed with the support of the SE Wisconsin community in the ongoing, "Invest in a Natural Asset" program. EM's cabin provides an even great experience to area students.
What will tomorrow bring? We look to go where Nature leads us, developing a better understanding of how we can best co-exist with all of nature, the land, the water, the air, the plants and wildlife and always making sure our connections to the Earth are restored and maintained.


LUCKNOW, India — At least 74 people were injured after a train derailed in Uttar Pradesh, the second train accident in the northern Indian state in the last three days, officials said Wednesday.
The Kafiyat Express derailed at 2:40 a.m. when a truck carrying sand for construction overturned on the tracks near Auraiya town.
Senior state government official Arvind Kumar said the train driver was forced to brake and the impact caused eight coaches and the engine to go off the rails.
On Sunday, 23 people were killed after 14 coaches of a train derailed in a different part of the state. An investigation has been ordered into that accident.
Accidents are relatively common on India's huge but badly maintained railway network. The government-run rail network operates 9,000 passenger trains and carries some 23 million passengers every day but safety has been a concern amid a spate of accidents.


Every year, month, week, day, and even minute, we're faced with life's twists and turns that require us to shift. We're constantly called upon to be someone new. Who others want you to be. Who others need you to be. Who you need to be for yourself.
These transitions become suffocating and unbearable. Therapy is about managing these transitions. It can lift burdens and empower you to deal with losses and changes, managing grief, and embracing the new roles that come with careers, relationships, and expanding families. Good therapy helps you deal with the changes that come with every transition. Great therapy helps you uncover who you can become to get through these transitions.
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Sunday, March 27 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm
X-Over: The Cross Section of Gay Culture and Geek Culture
Once relegated to the fringe of society, LGBTQ culture has shifted dynamically into the mainstream over the last 15 years, as witnessed by the acceptance of marriage equality, a transgender Olympian receiving standing ovations, and more positive LGBTQ characters in film and television than ever before. Even the geekosphere, a traditionally straight boy's club, is increasingly crossing over into the queer realm with gay comic book characters like Midnighter, lesbian characters on Gotham andAdventure Time and Ryan Reynolds admittedly bisexual as Deadpool. Join Prism Comics and moderator Mike Ciriaco (Hype, writer for LA Weekly, Frontiers) as he discusses the origins, trends, and benefits of the overlap of geek and gay with panelists Josh Trujillo (Love Machines, Death Saves), Sina Grace (Self Obsessed), Tara Madison Avery (Gooch, Anything That Loves), Mike Manning (An Act of Love, Youthful Daze, Delirium), Jim McCann (Return of the Dapper Men, Mind the Gap), Ted Biaselli (The Haunting Hour, Spooksville), and Gordon Bellamy (game developer).
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HomeNews1 April deadline for online games industry
1 April deadline for online games industry
There have been recent reports in the news relating to children incurring large credit card bills for in-game purchases, when playing app based or online games. This has lead to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) publishing a set of principles for this growing sector.
The principles are a reminder to the games creators of their obligations under consumer protection law and they have until this Tuesday (01 April 2014) to comply.
The OFT identified five areas that they felt were of concern:
Lack of transparency in relation to costs and other information influencing a consumer's decision to play, download or sign up to the game;
Misleading commercial practices;
Exploitation of the child's inexperience, vulnerability and credulity;
Direct exhortations to children to buy advertised products, or persuade an adult to buy for them;
Payments being taken from an account holder without knowledge, express authorization or informed consent.
The OFT has responded with eight Principles for games developers to abide by:
1. Information relating to the costs involved with the game need to be clear, accurate and displayed prominently up-front prior to the consumer beginning play, download or sign up to the game or agreeing to make a purchase. The costs should be broken down to clearly specify:
a. The initial costs of signing up/downloading/purchasing the game;
b. any subsequent costs that are unavoidable should the consumer wish to continue playing the game; and
c. any optional extra costs.
If the costs cannot be identified up front then an indication needs to be given as to their nature and price calculation manner.
2. All material information about the games should be provided clearly, accurately and prominently up-front, prior to the consumer beginning play, download or sign up to the game or prior to the agreement to make a purchase. This "material information" needs to include the game's main characteristics and any other information necessary for the average consumer to take an informed decision to play, download or sign up to the game or make a purchase.
3. The game must provide, clearly, the details of the game business prior to the consumer beginning play, download or sign up to the game or agreeing to make a purchase. It needs to be clear to the consumer who they are to contact in the instance that there are any queries, complaints or when they wish to seek redress. The business should ensure that they are capable of being contacted rapidly and communicated with in a direct and effective manner. Additionally, these contact details need to be permanently accessible where the consumer has been placed under an obligation to pay.
4. The commercial intent of any in-game promotion of paid-for content (or promotion of any other product or service) should be clearly identifiable and distinguishable from the gameplay.
5. The game should not mislead the consumer by giving the false impression that payments are required or are an integral part of the way the game is played if that is not the case. The game's language, presentation, design and structure should take account of the likely age of the children playing the game.
6. Games should not include practices that are aggressive or which otherwise have the potential to exploit a child's inherent inexperience, vulnerability or credulity or to place undue influence or pressure on a child to make a purchase. The game's language, presentation, design and structure should take account of the likely age of the children playing the game.
7. A game should not include any direct exhortations to children to make a purchase or persuade others to make purchases for them.
8. Payments should not be taken from the account holder unless fully authorised. Any payment made in a game is not authorized unless express, informed consent for that payment has been given by the payment account holder.
Compliance with the principles will no doubt mean game developer will need to amend their terms and conditions and be much more transparent. The deadline for compliance is 1st April 2014, the same date that that the Competition and Markets Authority will take on its new consumer enforcement role.


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This property sets the $DOUBLE function return-value behavior system-wide.
The property controls the issuing of INF, -INF, and NAN when a $DOUBLE numeric operation cannot be resolved to a numeric value. It does not control the issuing of INF, -INF, and NAN in all cases. $DOUBLE always returns INF, -INF, or NAN when you supply one of these strings as the input value, regardless of this property. Mathematical operations on $DOUBLE numbers that result in an INF, -INF, or NAN are controlled by this property. These include arithmetic operations, exponentiation, and logarithmic and trigonometric functions.
When 1 (true), $DOUBLE generates Caché errors for unresolvable IEEE floating point conversions. The default is true.
When 0 (false), $DOUBLE returns INF (infinity), -INF, and NAN (Not A Number) for unresolvable IEEE floating point conversions.
On the page System Administration > Configuration > Additional Settings > Compatibility, in the IEEEError row, select Edit and choose true (selected) or false (cleared).


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• Coordination of medical equipment for comfort and symptom management.
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• In memory of our patients who leave us we dedicate a special "Tree of Life".


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Q: Elasticsearch create mapping issue I'm following this blog to implement autocomplete feature. I tried creating the exact mapping but stumbled upon some error.
Following is my intended mapping query.
curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/blurays " -d'
{
   "settings": {
      "analysis": {
         "filter": {
            "nGram_filter": {
               "type": "nGram",
               "min_gram": 2,
               "max_gram": 20,
               "token_chars": [
                  "letter",
                  "digit",
                  "punctuation",
                  "symbol"
               ]
            }
         },
         "analyzer": {
            "nGram_analyzer": {
               "type": "custom",
               "tokenizer": "whitespace",
               "filter": [
                  "lowercase",
                  "asciifolding",
                  "nGram_filter"
               ]
            },
            "whitespace_analyzer": {
               "type": "custom",
               "tokenizer": "whitespace",
               "filter": [
                  "lowercase",
                  "asciifolding"
               ]
            }
         }
      }
   },
   "mappings": {
      "movies": {
         "_all": {
            "index_analyzer": "nGram_analyzer",
            "search_analyzer": "whitespace_analyzer"
         },
         "properties": {
            "addToCartUrl": {
               "type": "string",
               "index": "no",
               "include_in_all": false
            },
            "format": {
               "type": "string",
               "index": "not_analyzed"
            },
            "mpaaRating": {
               "type": "string",
               "index": "not_analyzed",
               "include_in_all": false
            },
            "price": {
               "type": "double",
               "include_in_all": false
            }
         }
      }
   }
}'

Following is the error that I'm getting:-
analyzer on field [_all] must be set when search_analyzer is set

I'm using the latest version of the ES, ie 2.3 and this was written 2 years back. I've just started learning ES. What can be the possible solution to this?

A: When defining the _all field you need to replace index_analyzer with analyzer as this has been renamed in 2.0.
     "_all": {
        "analyzer": "nGram_analyzer",
        "search_analyzer": "whitespace_analyzer"
     },

Agreed, the error message could be better, though.

A: The index analyzer has been removed in elasticsearch 2.x.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/breaking_20_mapping_changes.html#_analyzer_mappings

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Posted on April 29, 2019 by Record Herald
Miami Trace softball No. 2 seed in upcoming Sectional
By Chris Hoppes - choppes@aimmediamidwest.com
The pairings for the upcoming Division II high school softball tournament were announced over the weekend.
Miami Trace (11-4) is a No. 2 seed and will host a game against No. 7 seed Hillsboro (6-14) Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m.
Washington (3-15) is a No. 8 seed. They will play at No. 1 seed Sheridan (20-0) Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m.
The McClain Lady Tigers (10-7) are a No. 5 seed and will play at No. 4 seed Circleville (9-6) Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m.
Jackson (No. 3, 11-8) will host Athens (No. 6 seed, 7-10) on Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m.
Chillicothe is a No. 7 seed with a record of 7-9. The Cavs will play at Unioto (No. 2 seed, 15-4) on Monday, May 6 at 6 p.m.
Waverly is a No. 1 seed (14-4) and will await the winner of the May 4 game featuring Gallia Academy (No. 9, 6-10) vs. No. 8 Warren (5-16).
Vinton County (12-7) is a No. 4 seed and will host River Valley (No. 5, 11-8) on May 6.
Logan Elm is a No. 3 seed (12-9) hosting Fairfield Union (No. 6 seed, 8-11) on May 6.
The Sectional final games are scheduled for May 8 at 5 p.m.
The District tournament will be hosted at Ohio University on Monday, May 13 and May 15.
By Chris Hoppes
choppes@aimmediamidwest.com
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When he was 48, his doctor told him he would die in his 60s if he continued the lifestyle he was living. Later, a palmist seemed to confirm the diagnosis, and told him that his life would end at 67.
So, Yee Sze Mun decided to do something about that rather depressing prospect of his life ending so early. He got off his butt, joined a gym and started working out 3 times a week. And he also took up running. And he ran, and ran, and is still running.
Today, at an age when most of us would be leading a sedentary life or resigned to retirement, the 82-year old Malaysian has run more than 150 races since his first one at age 50.
And included in those 150 are more than 40 half-marathons, 30 marathons, and more than a dozen Ironman Triathlons, probably the world's toughest endurance competition. To complete that race, you would have to do a 3.8km swim, a 180km bike ride, and a 42km run – and accomplish them all within 17 hours.
Even for a fit, young person, the Ironman is a tough competition to qualify for, let alone complete. But for an octogenarian to even qualify to do the race is, quite frankly, extraordinary.
Yee's remarkable journey began in his late 40s, when he decided that he was not going to fulfil his doctor's prediction of an early death.
"One day my doctor told me that my health was in terrible shape and I'd better start exercising or else I'd die in my 60s," he tells The New Straits Times in 2016. "So, I started exercising. That was the beginning of my journey into fitness."
He completed his first half marathon when he was 50, and his full marathon 2 years later, at 52, where he also completed his first triathlon – the The PD International Tri. He placed second in his 50 and above age-group.
Not bad for a former couch potato.
And 6 years after that, in 1995, he did his first Ironman in Kona, Hawaii, where he clocked in at 16 hours 27 minutes.
Yee had seen the Ironman competition on TV one day and saw that ordinary people had also taken part in it. Yee thought: well, if others could do it, why not me?
"Once I succeeded, I got hooked," he said.
But the initial success did not come easy. It took a lot of grit, especially when he had no coaches to help him with the training required to prepare for the gruelling race.
He trained on his own, and "ran a lot, swam a lot and cycled a lot."
"I'm sure it would have been better to have had a coach but that option just wasn't there back then," he says. The training on his own seemed to have worked as he chalked up one race after another.
In 2009, he achieved his personal best of 14 hours 46 minutes at the Langkawi Ironman.
Yee, who hails from Kuala Lumpur, has completed Ironman in his home country in Langkawi 11 times, coming first in his age-group four times.
His current training regime sees him train twice a day, "usually one event in the morning and another in the evening."
"It can be any combination of events, such as a run and a swim or a run and a bike ride or a swim and a bike ride, etc," he explains. "It just depends on how I feel at the time. There might be a more scientific way of training but I go with my instincts."
But the ravages of time take their toll, no matter how much we try and delay them through intense training, and Yee is feeling their effects now.
"I am now fighting the battle on many fronts," Yee tells The Star newspaper last year. "The Ironman is challenging for anyone, young or old. But I now have additional hurdles because of my age. My eyesight is failing, so is my hearing. My reflexes are slower. I have lost muscle strength, and recovery after each race and training session takes longer."
"Age is no longer just a number," says the retired regional sales manager. "My mind is raring to go, but my body is stuck in first gear."
But if there is one thing his experience has taught him, it is to never give up. And so he continued to prepare for the next race, the November 2018 race in Langkawi – his 17th Ironman.
He is 82 this year, just 5 years younger than the oldest Ironman athlete in the world, American Madonna Buder, widely known as the Iron Nun.
Yee at the launch of his book, "The Bumble Bee in Me – Living The Ironman Dream"
Making Yee's preparations harder is his injury a few years ago from a cycling accident.
A vehicle had slammed into him, causing him to now suffer chronic pain in his neck. It is a condition which his doctor has told him is incurable. He cannot move his neck as much as before the accident, and he can only manage the pain from it, pain which he says is 24 hours, 7 days. It keeps him from having a good night's sleep too.
And this is what the public do not see, and which Yee has to endure alone.
"The blood, sweat and tears is something people don't see," Yee tells The Star. "Everyone cheers me on and tells me how amazing it is that I'm still racing. They ask me about my diet secrets or my training regime. They don't realise the sacrifices that are involved, particularly for an old fellow like me."
His doctor has advised him to cut down on the training and the races.
"I've been advised to slow down and I have," Yee says. "Instead of six races a year, I do four."
What's that like, to do so many races in a year? In 2017, Yee gave an idea of his punishing schedule for that year.
"The first one is a Half Ironman in Sri Lanka in February, followed by an Olympic distance triathlon in Port Dickson in April. After that, it's another Half Ironman in Vietnam in May and a Half Ironman in Bintan Island (Indonesia) in August. I'll end the year with Ironman Langkawi in November."
So it is no surprise that he chafes at the thought that he should, like other senior folk, take up golf or something less challenging (and risky).
Yee, the first inductee into the Ironman Malaysia Hall of Fame in 2015, is horrified at such suggestions.
"My family and friends have advised me to take up golfing or go for morning walks instead of racing," he says. "Are you kidding me? I will never go for a morning walk. Instead of doing me good, it will demoralise me."
 Yee now works with a group of physiotherapists who specialise in sports rehabilitation, but he is also mindful and realistic that the day when he is no longer able to race is not that far off but he will carry on as far as he is able to.
"If a day comes when a full-blown Ironman is too much for me, I'll stick to Half-Ironman, which is half the distance but still involves a cut-off time," Yee said last year. "And if that becomes too much, I can still do Olympic distance triathlon which has no cut-off time. Whatever the case, I'll still be competing."
But why is he doing all this?
"Life would have no meaning otherwise," he explains. "The challenge of it keeps me young. I really can't imagine sitting around all day watching TV. That kind of lifestyle isn't for me anymore although I was a couch potato in my younger days."
"IRONMAN is about ordinary people performing extraordinary feats thought impossible. I too believe I could do it, and did… Just continue to believe in yourself, follow your dreams and never give up. You will become a better person, physically, mentally and in every aspect of your life." – Yee Sze Mun.
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