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MV Ocean Majesty is a cruise ship, originally built in 1966 as the ferry Juan March.
The ship is now registered in the International Shipping Register of Madeira (MAR), Portugal.

History
Ocean Majesty was launched as Juan March for the Madrid based ferry operator Trasmediterránea. She was the first of two near identical Albatros-class sisters, the other being the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. During her service with her original owners Juan March was mainly used to ferry passengers from Spain to the Balearic Islands. In 1985 Juan March was sold to the Sol Mediterranean and became Sol Christina. She was not operated long by these owners, and was sold to become the Kyros Star of Opale Lines. She was then sold to Majestic International Cruises, who rebuilt her from her original ferry-like form into a cruise ship, and she received her current name Ocean Majesty. Majestic International operated her for several years, until they chartered Ocean Majesty to Epirotiki in 1994, the latter company renamed her Homeric. Homeric operated for a year until her charter expired, and she was subsequently returned to Majestic International and named Ocean Majesty once again. Majestic International has chartered her to many different companies since 1995, most frequently to the British vacation company Page & Moy. Since 2013 she has been operated by German cruise company Hansa Touristik between May and October. During 2021 was laid up at Chalkis Shipyard, Greece before returning to service.

Winter periods 2017 to 2019, MV Ocean Majesty was cruising to Canary islands with Polish charterers ITAKA.

After a 2 years laid-up because of COVID-19 pandemic, Mv Ocean Majesty sailed again for a very successful 2022 season with Hansa. For 2023 MV Ocean Majesty will sail again with Hansa from May to October.

The future
Ocean Majesty fulfils SOLAS 2010 in her current construction.

References

1965 ships
Cruise ships of Portugal
Passenger ships of Spain
Cruise ships of the United Kingdom

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The thing that annoys me most about sitting on the phone in a call-centre queue is the underlying assumption. Companies who do this are saying, in essence, "You are our source of revenue. We rely on you. But we consider your time to be less important than that of our lowliest operatives".
Anyway, that's why I was grateful to John for the link to this NYT article about gethuman, "a consumer movement created to change the face of customer service". They have tips on how to bypass the IVR systems and get to real people.
Companies are slowly waking up to the downsides of annoying their customers. My own bank, LloydsTSB, recently made the news by ditching the scripts that their employees used to follow. I always found their phone support to be good, but it's even better now.
In November I wrote a little piece entitled The Patent Cold War, outlining my frustrations with the patent system and a couple of thoughts on how it might be improved.
I stand by everything I said there, but it's a pity that I hadn't seen Kenneth Cukier's excellent survey for the Economist, "A Market For Ideas", published a month beforehand.
I was lucky enough to sit next to Kenn at a dinner recently and he listened with great grace to my outpourings without even hinting that most of them were a small subset of what he had worked on only a few months before.
This is a very interesting, well-researched and well-balanced 14-page survey, and comes highly recommended for anybody with an interest in this area.
It's too bad that the Economist makes it so hard to get hold of a copy if you're not a subscriber. I almost never pay for premium online content, but I would recommend doing so for this. It doesn't look as if there's any way to buy a copy of one survey without signing up for a subscription, though, so if you don't subscribe I'd find a friend who does and ask them to order reprints.
Ah, and as a follow-up, have a look at John's Observer column about the Blackberry proceedings.
Yesterday I updated my Blackberry 7100t to v 4.1 of the OS. I also updated the OS on my TomTom Go 500. One, or other, or the combination, means that I can now use the TomTom as a hands-free kit for the Blackberry, something which wasn't possible before. This posting will probably be of very little interest to anybody not Googling for 'TomTom Blackberry'!


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Q: Servlets- How to read from a servlet output(out.println) Could you please help me in reading a servlet output by using a java class/servlet.
Scenario : I have a servlet which prints "Hello World" say from out.println("Hello World).
I need to capture the output of that servlet in a java/servlet file and perform a task
Appreciate for any leads on this.
Thanks

A: if out is the response stream then you can make call using HttpURLConnection to read the output it prints on response.
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*how-to-use-java-net-urlconnection-to-fire-and-handle-http-requests *from BalusC

A: We can use filters. And after "chaining" we can use response object to read the response string.

chain.doFilter(request, response);

There is a similar question with full description. As it contains an extensive description, I am not repeating it here again.

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Ever wanted to try your hand at curling? You can now at the Liberty Hotel in Boston.
We don't know why but we're totally mesmirized here at the station by the sport of curling. The amount of focus and concentration it looks like it takes, the "pucks" as they glide across the ice, the little brooms...It's all so fascinating. Thanks to the Liberty Hotel in Boston, you can now make a reservation to play a game of curling yourself and learn a little bit about its history.
Originated in 16th century Scotland, curling is enjoying a renaissance after the most recent Olympic Games, and The Liberty has built an iceless outdoor rink, where curling fans and novices alike can try their hand at the sport. Two or four players can play at a time and rounds usually last around 30 minutes. Players can enjoy the game with eight synthetic stones.
Complimentary curling is offered at the Liberty Hotel on Monday and Wednesdays and they even have a curling concierge to assist you. You can even book the rink for private events and functions, like weddings or company parties.
Keep in mind - reservations are suggeste before you go. For more information and reservations, please contact clink@libertyhotel.com or 617-224-4004.


During the summer, I started writing a new YA (young adult) novel. The idea came suddenly, and the first 8000 words came flowing out. But then they stopped. I sat looking at my screen, not knowing what to write next. How had my story, that had spilled out of me like monsoon rain, suddenly gotten stuck?
The idea for the story had come organically, and I had begun writing it with no plan. I had written the opening chapters with plenty of feeling, but with very little thought. Once the initial excitement blew over, I was left with empty pages and no idea how to progress.
The problem with losing confidence in one piece of writing, is that the lack of confidence spreads. I was afraid to write anything, in case I would find myself stuck again.
I needed to unstick my story. So I followed a few steps, to get my confidence back.
Firstly, I went to the beginning of my novel and read what I'd written. I questioned myself, at what point did the story stop working? I went back to the last point that the story worked, and restarted from there.
2) Why did it start to fail?
I considered what had made the story begin to fail? Had I filled my chapters with back story instead of action? Had I forgotten to include any conflict? Did I lose sight of the character's motivations? By becoming aware of what not to write, it helped me see what my story needed to stay interesting.
I considered alternative story lines. I made a chart of different routes the story could take, and then decided which way appealed to me the most.
When I really couldn't see what I wanted to happen next, I took time out from the story and made a number of character studies. This included making a character sheet for the main characters, learning their fears, their experiences and their goals etc. When I had a clear image of my characters, their natural motivations guided the story.
It's often when I stop thinking of how to the solve a plot problem, that the ideas start to flow. I find going for a walk, or doing something physical, helps to shift my focus from my mind. Releasing the pressure on my creative mind gives it room to breathe.
I am lucky to have some super writer-friends, and to attend a brilliant writing class a few times a year. When I get stuck, I look to them for motivation, for problem solving inspiration; even for opinions on my plot. This helps enormously.
I used to wait around, believing that divine plot inspiration would shine upon me. But this is not a good plan, because it doesn't work. I accepted that I have to find my own inspiration. Creativity needs to be fed, and sitting a room with no art, no beauty, no nature, is not the way to feed it. So I went out, I read, I made a conscious effort to stimulate my desire to create.
I occasionally need to take a day, or two, or a week, off writing. This helps reduce the pressure I put on my writing. It also gives my brain a wash out so it's ready to start again. And rather than dreading sitting down to write after my day off, I often find myself refreshed with motivation. It also helps me begin again with fresh eyes and a fresh head.
So now I'm back on track, and the words are flowing again. I have a clearer direction, a better understanding of my characters and I know what I want to achieve with this book. I took the pressure off myself and gave myself a break, and found my motivation again. And once the words started flowing, my confidence was rebuilt. Believing that I can write this novel, is the most important step to reaching those precious words, 'The End'.


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Kodak Black's "ZEZE" Is The Highest Charting Song To Start With A "Z" On The Hot 100
Posted by bkaezown718 on October 25, 2018 at 2:30pm
Kodak Black, Travis Scott and Offset make history on the Billboard charts with "ZEZE."
Kodak Black blessed us with his new song, "ZEZE" featuring Travis Scott and Offset nearly two weeks ago, and it proves to be another hit in Young Kodak's catalog. The rapper's single soared to the number 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release, earning Kodak Black his second top 10 single in his career. While debuting a new single at number 2 on the chart is an impressive feat, Kodak Black, Travis Scott, and Offset also made Billboard history with their latest single.
Kodak Black, Travis Scott and Offset's "ZEZE" is not only their highest charting single ever, it's also the highest charting single in Billboard Hot 100 history to ever start with a "Z." In the Hot 100's 60-year history, the only other song starting with the letter Z to ever come close to the number 2 spot was the 1963 single "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans which peaked at number 8.
Aside from those two songs, there have only been fifteen other tracks that start with the letter Z to have ever made their way onto the Billboard Hot 100. Among those are Post Malone's "Zack and Codeine" which peaked at #23, Chris Brown's "Zero" which hit #80 on the chart and Future's "Zoom" which just made it onto the Hot 100 at #99. Boosie Badazz and Yung Joc's collab, "Zoom" also charted at #61.
Peep the full list below via Billboard.
No. 2, "ZEZE," Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott & Offset, Oct. 27, 2018
No. 8, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, Jan. 12, 1963
No. 11, "Zorba the Greek," Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Feb. 26, 1966
No. 23, "Zack and Codeine," Post Malone, May 12, 2018
No. 36, "Zip Code," The Five Americans, No. 36, Sept. 16, 1967
No. 52, "Zabadak," Dave Dee, Dozy, Mick and Tich, Feb. 3, 1968
No. 54, "Zombie," Bad Wolves, March 24, 2018
No. 61, "Zoom," Lil' Boosie feat. Yung Joc, Jan. 27, 2007
No. 61, "Zunga Zeng," K7, March 12, 1994
No. 64, "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart," The Trammps, Sept. 2, 1972
No. 78, "Zazueira (Za-zoo-wher-a)," Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, April 19, 1969
No. 80, "Zero," Chris Brown," Jan. 9, 2016
No. 92, "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart," The Furys, Feb. 16, 1963
No. 98, "Zero-Zero," Lawrence Welk, Dec. 8, 1962
No. 99, "Zoom," Future, March 11, 2017

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Record attendances at Edgbaston as T20 Blast Finals Day hits sell out
Shaun Reynolds 31st Aug, 2017
CRICKET: THOUSANDS of cricket fans have snapped up tickets for this weekend's Natwest T20 Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston, which is now a record sell out.
Warwickshire County Cricket Club boosted the capacity at Edgbaston by 850 seats for its bumper programme of major match days in 2017.
And work with Arena Seating has paid off with ticket sales reaching 24,426 ahead of Saturday's showdown.
Neil Snowball, Chief Executive of Warwickshire CCC, said: "NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day is the biggest day in the domestic cricket calendar and we're thrilled to secure record ticket sales for this year's event.
"Saturday will be the ninth time that Finals Day has been staged at Edgbaston and this year is extra special thanks to Birmingham Bears qualifying for the third time in four seasons."
The boom in T20 Finals Day ticket sales is supported by additional sales in Birmingham Bears' road to Saturday's event.
Warwickshire welcomed 61,678 people through its gates for six T20 Blast group stage games, with the average home attendance up 18 per cent from last season.
The Bears also set a record attendance, for a T20 group game at Edgbaston, of 15,113 for the local derby against Worcestershire Rapids on August 4.
Neil added: "During the close season, the club recruited Emma Windsor as T20 Project Manager and her knowledge and expertise from working with the NFL and NBA has been paramount to this year's off-field success, and reaching a younger audience.
"Encouraging more children to follow and play cricket is a key focus for the club and, in 2017, we developed our new Kids Zone area with giant inflatables and activities.
"We also worked closely with our partners Drayton Manor and Motorpoint to put cricket coaching and interactive photo opportunities around the stadium."
This Saturday's main event gets underway at Edgbaston from 11am on Saturday as Birmingham take on Glamorgon before semi final two is followed by the grand final at 6.45pm.
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I'm taking the rest of the year off to enjoy the holidays, my family, and some college football bowl games. I hope you have a safe and blessed season as we remember and honor the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas!


A special group of privileged Nepalis, whether from the villages, cities or abroad, share one common trait: They love to socialise and share their expert opinions on any subject. Another characteristic shared by this group of brazen 'know it alls' is that they are predominantly male, which mirrors our patriarchal society. While these males engage in frequent bragging about their self-credited expertise and share their views round the clock, the only things that vary are the venue and topic of discussion, which depends on their origin, current location and prevailing political situation.
These tea stalls, canteens and drink parties are the most common places where these know-at-all groups try to show contort themselves as experts in everything. These days, the rendezvous occurs in virtual contexts like Twitter and Facebook. We used to call these discussions 'chiya pasalko guf', but these days it is not limited to tea stalls. These know-it-all humans will not leave any opportunities (or platforms) to share their million-dollar views, advice and expertise—without asking a single penny in return.
Uncle Hari is a farmer but he never shares his experience or expertise in farming. He has strong opinions on why the village development committee chair is not working for development, why they are not building roads, schools, health care centres, and blames everything on the chair for the plight of the village. Hari Sir is a section officer at the Ministry of Education, but he never shares his experience on how section officers can be more efficient. He knows why the minister of health is not performing and monitoring the doctors and nurses, and why they cannot mobilise doctors in rural areas. Harry works for the subway and never shares his experience on how to clean the kitchen and maintain hygiene. But he will share his expertise on why our government is failing, why we should not build the airport, and why our ministers cannot speak proper English.
This is not about Uncle Hari, Hari Sir or Harry, this is about these know-it-all Nepalis who have time to gossip and share self-obsessed expertise. This is about the fact that so many people are excellent at blaming others and finding problems, but they will not offer solutions. Even when they have answers or suggestions, they are usually limited to their gossip circles, and most of the time they are not based on any evidence. An engineer becomes a global expert on how to mobilise doctors to rural areas, but he will not share anything about ways to improve the hospital infrastructure. A lawyer becomes a hydropower expert on where to build power stations without knowing their potential impact on the environment. A doctor gives his opinion why the construction of the airport is not environment-friendly.
We can categorise these kinds of elites into three categories. The first category is like the above examples of Uncle Hari or Hari Sir, who become national experts in everything. Often, their expert advice is either hearsay, obtained from Google or some degree of political influence. The second category is like the above example of Harry, know-alls who have left the country and always blame either the people of Nepal or the government. They think that most people in Nepal don't work hard, always have free time to gossip and are influenced by politics. Besides, they think every government is corrupt and are not engaged in home-grown development.
The third category consists of know-alls who work for multinationals, international agencies and universities. They don't have any boundaries, and they are experts in any subject irrespective of their educational qualification and expertise. They are quick to offer solutions to the trade war between China and the US, they will tell you unflinchingly who is going to be the next president of the US, and they will have many ideas on how the Nepal government should work with China or India.


Serena is a versatile wine with aromas of rose and an accent of rhubarb-strawberry pie. On the palate, the wine has raspberry and cherry flavors with a rich mid-palate and lingering, complex finish. Lightly "frizzante", Serena has the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity. A sparkling blend of Moscato, Brachetto and Freisa.
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French soldiers patrol near the Eiffel Tower in Paris as part of the "Vigipirate" security plan on Dec. 23, 2014.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Tuesday that there will be increased police and military presence in public areas over the Christmas holidays since a string of attacks left 20 people injured since Saturday.
Valls said 300 soldiers would be deployed to monitor French streets after the series of attacks in different cities. On Saturday, a man shouting "God is great!" in Arabic was shot by the police after allegedly attacking them, the BBC reports. On Sunday, another man shouting the same phrase injured 13 people when he drove into a group of pedestrians in Dijon. On Monday, a van drove into a Christmas market in Nantes, injuring 10 people.
Of the 10 injured pedestrians, 5 are in serious condition and one injury is life-threatening. Valls said on television Tuesday that 200-300 soldiers would be deployed within hours to keep the streets safe.
The Prime Minister said there was "no link" between the attacks, but urged public "vigilance." President Francois Hollande has called an emergency cabinet meeting.


As Spain celebrate their second Women's Under-19 title and first since 2004, UEFA.com looks back at their victorious campaign – which ended a run of three straight final defeats.
In a repeat of the 2016 final in Slovakia, holders France will meet Spain in the #WU19EURO decider in Belfast on Sunday; UEFA.com presents the key facts.
Grace Geyoro "screamed" when she put France ahead while Marie-Antoinette Katoto said the two-hour rain delay did not knock them off their stride. We speak to the final winners.
France added the Women's U19 title to the men's equivalent in a successful July but Spain, despite losing three finals this summer, remain the most prolific UEFA national-team title winners.
France's 2-1 victory against Spain had its fair share of drama, including a two-hour delay due to a thunderstorm. Look back at how it unfolded in the UEFA.com MatchCentre.
Marie-Antoinette Katoto's final-clinching goal for France left her as leading scorer in the UEFA European Women's U19 Championship, with Sippie Folkertsma top including qualifying.
France 2-1 SpainFrance claimed their fourth WU19 EURO title following a final that lasted for four hours due to a rain interruption.
Théa Greboval captained France to victory in the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship and the Juvisy defender introduces us to her victorious team-mates.
Spain are hoping their experience of big finals will pay dividends as they take on a France side in this showpiece fixture for a record eighth time and aware of their opponents' prolific record.
France and several Spanish players will be setting new records when they meet in Sunday's #WU19EURO final after the highest scoring last-four ties in competition history.
Watch what happened as France attempted to reach their eighth Women's Under-19 final.
France 3-1 SwitzerlandClara Mateo scored twice and made another within ten minutes of coming on at half-time to send France into a record eighth final.
France coach Gilles Eyquem says his side "keep improving" as they aim to reach a record eighth final when they play a well-prepared Switzerland team on Thursday in Senec.


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Q: Add text labels in opencv image I have got an image in opencv, and I want to add labels in the axis. Actually I want similar implementation as xlabel and ylabel matlab functions. How is it then, to add labels in both x and y axis of an image?

A: If you have a string a label variable label image matrix img and positions x and y , you can do
putText(img, label, Point(x, y), FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 1.0, CV_RGB(0,255,0), 2.0);

The additional parameters are for font attributes.

A: You will need to get the size of the original image and then create a new image that is larger than the existing image from this, manually draw your Axis in this image, and label them using the putText function. Then insert the original image into the relevant portion of this new image.
Images dont have "Axis" as such, so your labels and axis will need to be part of the image!


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Wladimir Jurjewitsch Baskakow (* 1954) ist ein russischer Psychologe und Psychotherapeut, der die Thanatotherapie entwickelt hat. Es handelt sich um eine Form der Körpertherapie.

Baskakow ist der Gründer und erste Präsident des Verbandes der körperorientierten Psychotherapeuten in Russland und Mitglied des Europäischen Verbandes der körperorientierten Psychotherapeuten (EABP).  Früher war er Leiter des psychologischen Teams des Marineministeriums der UdSSR sowie Mitglied des Komitees für Körperkultur des staatlichen Sportkomitees der UdSSR. Seit 2002 ist er Direktor seines eigenen Instituts für Thanatotherapie in Moskau.

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Bristol prospered from its port and international trade. The city was built around the river and workers, many highly skilled, organised together to settle grievances and press for better conditions. As early as 1746 there were disputes between sailors and the Merchant Venturers who ran the port. Some 2,000 sailors marched up Brandon Hill and agreed to stick together in a "solemn combination" until they were paid at least fifteen guineas. According to research by Steve Poole in his book A City built upon the Water: sailors accepted less would do so on "pain of being immediately hung up on a gallows".
In 1783 the Bristol sailors struck again over pay parity with other western ports. Disputes are recorded in 1784, 1794, 1800, 1815, 1826 and 1859. In 1792 the union organiser John Rhodes was blacklisted for his activities. John Gast, a union pioneer left Bristol for London in 1774. Gast helped organise the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society during a shipwrights' strike in 1802 and was advocating workers' rights in radical pamphlets. In 1822 Gast formed a Committee of the Useful Classes, a national trades council, and in 1824 he was the first secretary of the Thames Shipwrights union. Gast was a Chartist and a dissenting preacher.
In 1825 the Select Committee on the Combinations Laws that outlawed unions, described how Bristol carpenters were enforcing local labour and persuading strike breakers to return to Plymouth. A year later shipwrights were gaoled for forcing a striker to 'ride the stang'. This involved parading the victim tied to a pole, covered in soot and forced to toast the union.
Greedy owners would sometimes overload ships to boost their profits but such ships were liable to capsize in rough seas. Some brave sailors took matters into their own hands and refused to board such ships even if this meant imprisonment.
In 1855, a group of sailors calling themselves 'The seamen of Great Britain' wrote to Queen Victoria complaining that courts had found them guilty of desertion for refusing to go to sea in dangerous ships. Around the same time, an inspector of prisons reported that nine out of twelve prisoners in the jails of South West England were sailors, imprisoned for twelve weeks for refusing to sail in so-called 'coffin-ships' they considered to be unseaworthy.
In 1860 a crew of twelve refused to take the Juno from Bristol to Quebec after the ship was taking in water. They were arrested and nine stood their ground and were sentenced to twenty-one days' hard labour. Several crews were jailed in 1866, one after the other, when they refused to set sail in an old ship named Harkaway. The sailors complained that even at anchor on a calm sea, the ship took in water to a depth of more than a metre each day. The Harkaway finally set sail for the West Indies with its loaded cargo after it had taken on board its fifth crew.
In 1875 the Sunbeam put into Plymouth Sound with its crew refusing to cross the Atlantic due to the ship's poor conditions. In court the sailors claimed that the ship was utterly rotten and that they preferred prison to an untimely death. Found not guilty of mutinous conduct the fifteen men were freed. In support, the Plymouth Co-operative Society gave them £5.
Samuel Plimsoll - Bristol champion for sailors
Born in Bristol in 1824, Samuel Plimsoll is remembered by unions for his services to those who work on the sea. As an MP his first speech helped legalise trade unions and he raised awareness of the hazards of methane gas in mines. His memory live on in the name of the line that all ships must paint on their hulls to prevent overloading. Plimsoll fought long for ship safety and the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 made load lines compulsory. The basic symbol, of a circle with a horizontal line passing through its centre, is now recognised worldwide. When a ship is loaded, the water level must not go above the 'Plimsoll Line' with variants displayed to take into account temperature, saltiness, season and location.
Falmouth Packet strike
The Post Office Packet service ran out of Falmouth Port from 1688. Pay was poor but sailors were protected from 'impressment' into the navy and could supplement wages by taking unofficial cargo. At the end of 1809 the authorities decided to enforce the ban on private trade. The clampdown led crews to ask for more money but the Post Office refused. On 24th October 1810 customs officers boarded two ships: Prince Adolphus and Duke of Malborough and confiscated illicit goods. The sailors refused to take the ships to sea unless their goods were returned. Captain Bull read a notice of impressment and seized the protestors.
The next morning a massive crowd descended on the Packet's office at Bell Court in Falmouth to demand the release of their fellow seamen. The Riot Act was read. Led by Richard Pascoe and John Parker, a mass meeting was called on the town's bowling green. It demanded the release of the men and a pay rise. Another meeting was summoned at the Seven Stars Inn at Flushing. The navy sent marines to arrest the leaders but the community sided with the sailors and the men escaped. Naval support ships arrived from Plymouth to escort the Packet vessels out of Falmouth and fearing the loss of trade the protest subsided.
Pilots of Pill
The treacherous waters of the Severn Estuary and the hazardous River Avon to Bristol Port demands careful navigation and skilled pilots. The small village of Pill near Avonmouth traditionally provided the pilots. The village had been notorious for smuggling. In 1577 four pirates were caught pillaging a small ship anchored at Pill. They were hanged by their feet from the bridge opposite Prince Street to be drowned by the incoming tide.
The Pill pilots were self-employed and competition was fierce but fair. The first pilot to catch sight and board an incoming ship would get the trade. The Bristol Society of Merchant Venturers regulated the pilots but they were an unruly community and fought hard to protect their interests.
The proud Pill community resented outside interference in the way they lived and worked. They kept the press gangs at bay and helped sailors escape capture. In 1825 the pilots fought pay cuts by stopping ships heading for Bristol and in 1836 between 25 and 50 Pill men attacked the crew of the steam-tug Fury that was touting for business at Portishead.
Steam power ended much of the work of the Pill crews but pilots were still needed even though Bristol was losing trade to other ports such as Liverpool. It was injustice that united the pilots. Edward Canby had his licence revoked for life after the grounding of the steamship Cornwell in the Avon under the suspension bridge. The pilots thought the punishment excessive and their protest won public support. Bristol Trades Council took up the case at its first meeting and eventually the authorities reconsidered. In 1880 an argument over the way pilot crews were picked caused a strike amongst westwardmen or boatmen. During the course of the dispute a ship was prevented from leaving the river by a chain. Eleven men were summoned to Bristol magistrates where they promised not to repeat any unlawful acts.
The pilots lost faith in the law to protect them and they established the Bristol Pilots' Association, a trade union. In 1883 a meeting in Bristol agreed to establish the United Kingdom Pilots' Association. Bristol pilot, Captain Henry Langdon became the first Secretary.
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Series: Red Cross
Senator to Red Cross: Where's the Transparency on Haiti?
"I still have a lot more questions for the Red Cross," said Sen. Charles Grassley.
by Justin Elliott
Reporting on the Red Cross
The American Red Cross met a deadline this week to answer congressional questions about how it spent nearly half a billion dollars donated after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but the group says details can't yet be released publicly.
And the senator who posed the questions is not satisfied.
"I still have a lot more questions for the Red Cross," said Sen. Charles Grassley in a statement. "I have other questions about the spending numbers and how they add up and the overhead costs for both the Red Cross and the grantee organizations. Also, I'd like to see more details of the results achieved from each of the partner organizations."
After taking out a slice for overhead, the Red Cross passed on much of the donated money to nearly 50 other aid groups to do the actual work in Haiti. The Red Cross gave details to Grassley about that money, but it asked the senator not to release the information.
The group told the Iowa Republican that its contracts with other groups do "not permit us to disclose the information to the media or donors."
Grassley questioned that arrangement.
"It's unclear why the Red Cross enters into contracts with other organizations stipulating that details of grants can't be disclosed to the media or donors," said Grassley in his statement. "Who's driving the lack of disclosure, the Red Cross or the grant recipients? What's the rationale for it? It's hard to see how disclosing the dollar amounts given from the Red Cross to the individual organizations and how those organizations spent the money would harm anyone. I look forward to an explanation."
The Red Cross did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It's not clear when or if the other groups will give permission for the information to be released. (Here is a copy of the letter the Red Cross sent this month to one of the groups seeking permission.)
The senator's office did release 12 of the 72 pages the Red Cross provided in response to Grassley's questions. The responses released so far contain few new details about the Haiti program.
Among the responses:
Asked how many permanent homes the Red Cross built, the group did not provide a number. We've reported the Red Cross built a total of six homes.
"Your question asks how many permanent homes have been 'built,' but providing permanent homes can be achieved in a number of ways including repair, retrofitting, rental subsidy, and transitional shelters," the Red Cross said in its response to Grassley.
It's not clear why the group considers a "transitional shelter" to be providing a permanent home.
The group did provide Grassley with a topline breakdown of its shelter spending.
Asked what CEO McGovern meant when she floated in an email a "wonderful helicopter idea" for spending Haiti money, the Red Cross said: "We do not recall what was meant when that was written."
The group gave a bit more explanation on how the Red Cross counts "beneficiaries" of its work in Haiti. The Red Cross letter states that beneficiaries could be anyone from people who received a handout of soap to those who got construction training. It also states that the Red Cross is "conservative and reliable in reporting even if it means under-reporting our impact."
But as we have previously reported, internal Red Cross assessments have concluded that the group sometimes overcounts how many people it helps. One internal report on a health project called the beneficiary count "fairly meaningless."
The Red Cross said that when it gave money to other groups to do projects, it kept close track of how money was spent. "After grant awards are made, American Red Cross requires, per our agreements, careful reviews of financial and narrative reporting, detailing how partners spend our funds."
That is at odds with internal assessments of some of the group's projects that found "no correct process for monitoring project spending." In the case of $10 million for cholera projects, one of the assessments found that oversight was so poor that "at least one partner mismanaged their funds unbeknownst to ARC [American Red Cross]." It also found that "None of the cholera program partner's work has been evaluated by ARC and ARC doesn't know for sure if the objectives were achieved."
The Red Cross did not answer a question about how much the group spent on managing projects that it outsourced to other groups.
The Red Cross said it still has not spent some of the money raised for Haiti. Of the $488 million raised, it has spent around $400 million.
Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern has also requested a personal meeting with Grassley.
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I agree with you guys, my lathe gets used for anything which requires a spindle or a circular component.
Unless you are a craft worker selling bowls or platters a small swing lathe is sufficient.
A while back do did a show on chisel or file ferrules.
Do you still have that info on the manufacture ?


Released this morning as another audio-glimpse at Passion Pit's upcoming third album, Kindred, the new track "Until We Can't (Let's Go)" sounds like the frantic quest of adulthood for something more, something better, perhaps something like what we once had imagine for ourselves. Packed with texture and almost prickling to the senses, the song does seem to inspire movement – if not towards a better home or situation or life, at least towards dancing in the moment. Listen to the new track here.
Well, I actually think this week's pick is almost painfully catchy. The latest single from Brit-Australian trio Years & Years, "King," was released earlier this month and offers an addictive blend of electro-pop beats and R&B-stylized vocals, very representative of the band's overall sound. Citing influences like Flying Lotus and Radiohead, Years & Years started this year by winning the BBC Sound of 2015, and with "King" already hitting #1 in the UK, that title might be entirely justified.
Banjos, whistles, and loop machines, OH MY! Behold the beautiful eccentricity of British multi-instrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake. Quirky and whimsical, his debut single 'The Moss' combines elements of pastoral ballads and smoother electronic grooves and instances of classic R&B harmony, all for a resulting track that is truly distinctive. While his approach reminds me of Andrew Bird (whom, if you are not familiar with, I recommend checking out IMMEDIATELY), Cosmo's sound is very different and quite refreshing. Diverting from a career in soundtracks and choir instruction, I'm now very curious to see where else Cosmo can and will go.


Georges, who hosts a TV literary review, receives packages containing videos of himself with his family -- shot secretly from the street -- and alarming drawings whose meaning is obscure. He has no idea who may be sending them.
Gradually, the footage on the tapes becomes more personal, suggesting that the sender has known Georges for some time.


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February 10, 2010 Music, Arts & Culture » Arts
Clubbing inspiration
Each February, the musicians come out to play
By Ashley Schwellenbach
PHOTO BY STEVE E. MILLER
STEVE KEY:
The month of dead presidents and candied hearts just got cooler. That is, the change occurred in 2004 when four music-minded friends challenged one another to write 14 songs in the month's 28 days. They posted recordings of their songs online, and maintained a flow of feedback for each other's work. Now in its seventh year, February Album Writing Month has over 1,000 participants—amateur musicians, professionals, dabblers, and poets—who accept the annual challenge.
Following Jack London's advice, "You can't wait for inspiration; you have to go after it with a club," fawmers leap headlong into a four-week maelstrom of creativity, cheap computer recording, and FAWM-spawned challenges for songwriters suffering from writer's block. Participation is free, and though there's no reward for those who trudge all the way to the 14-song mark, the FAWM website alluringly promises "the admiration of your songwriting peers." For those who fail to hit the 14-song mark, the FAWM site philosophically offers this nugget of comfort and wisdom: "Let's say you only write two. That's still more than zero, right?"
To give an idea of the project's popularity, the website features a region cloud displaying areas of the world with active fawmers scaled in size according to the number of participants in each region. California has by far the largest region, triple the size of New York, which falls second behind California. Other popular regions are Florida, Australia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and Somewhere, USA. While San Luis Obispo isn't the FAWM hotbed that Sacramento and Los Angeles have proven to be, the pint-sized metropolis has its share of musicians committed to the 2010 plunge.
First-time Fawmer
James Koman is a graduate student of Biological Sciences at Cal Poly. He might seem like an unlikely candidate for a project like FAWM, if there was such a thing as a stereotypical fawmer. His musical background consists of playing the piano at church on weekends. Without any specific direction or plan for his 14 songs, the green fawmer admits that Christianity will be a prevalent theme within his music, although he wouldn't go so far as to call it praise music.
His educational interests also provide a different direction for his songwriting.
"I find a lot of inspiration from life in general, especially how people react to the environment around them, to the wilderness," he explained. "I like to be creative with music and writing but there's also a side of me that loves raw science, which is something that might not be considered creative but can be inspiring towards creative pursuits."
Like many participants, Koman came to FAWM by way of NaNoWriMO (National Novel Writing Month), which takes place each November. The literary equivalent of the Iditarod, NaNoWriMo sets each writer the task of completing a 50,000-word novel during the month, which isn't even a full 31 days. Koman has been participating for the last two years.
"The closest I've gotten was 25,000 words, which I thought was quite an accomplishment," he said. "That was the most I've ever written on a particular story."
Though he's not certain he'll make it to the 14-song mark, Koman measures the endeavor's success by the opportunity to be creative, rather than the final output. And with a wide variety of inspiration, from indie music to contemporary composer Nico Muhly, it's difficult to predict what Koman might produce during his month of songwriting.
"It forces you to be productive even when you're maybe not that inspired. There were these times when I wrote 2,000 words and maybe only half of them were worthwhile," Koman said of his experiences with NaNoWriMo. "But I think that's the point of these competitions, to unite people across the country with a common goal to do something that's creative, to do something that's personal. The goal is to create. And there's joy to be found in that."
PHOTO BY LISA MAKSOUDIAN
FLO PARIS:
The songwriter turned booker turns songwriter
Steve Key traces his interest all the way back to grade school, playing the clarinet in the fifth grade. Then to high school during the '70s when singer/ songwriters ruled the airwaves. Everybody had guitars, including Key, who learned to play at the age of 12 with the Boy Scouts. He had his first paying gig as a junior in college, and subsequently began touring the bars.
Thirty years later Key mostly works as a booking agent, putting together showcases for singer-songwriters at venues across the county. He estimates that he hasn't released a new CD in the past seven or eight years. But that hasn't stopped him from generating new work. This February marks Key's second FAWM go-around.
"Twenty-eight days did not seem to be an unreasonable time to focus my attention on writing," said the musician, who successfully hit the 14-song mark. "I feel guilty that I'm not one of those disciplined writers. It's just when it comes to me."
Of his 14 completed songs, Key estimates that six of them were collaborative efforts with other FAWM musicians. Someone else would provide the lyrics, or a poem, and he re-arranged and created the music to accompany them. Another fawmer proposed taking lines and titles from Bob Dylan songs and re-working them into original songs; Key's fourteenth piece was a re-write of "Blowin' in the Wind."
He's looking for potential collaborators for the 2010 year, and has already found some potential candidates including a fawmer in Bend, Oregon. His musical genre is folksy, influenced by the musicians he listened to in high school—Harry Chapin and Paul Simon.
"One of the dangers in co-writing is what if the co-writer doesn't like the song," he admitted, citing a concern from his five years in the Nashville music scene. "That's something I didn't run into at all. In FAWM we've all decided we're going to write 14 songs in 28 days, so we just throw it out there."
While Key has a friendly, all-embracing approach to collaborations, he acknowledges that there's a different level of gratification working with a musician who has a record deal in the works. His songs get new life that way, "kinda like kids you send out in the world," he observed.
Song concepts come from anywhere, an item in the news or something someone says. These days, Key spends altogether too much time on Facebook, by his own reckoning. But lyrics frequently crop up through Facebook conversations and comments. Feedback from other musicians helps as well, and the project serves as a safe haven from an industry that can often be downright brutal.
"It's all very positive," said Key. "You won't see a lot of people ripping into each other. FAWM participants are looking to encourage you, to find the good. I like to encourage the members of the FAWM community to pursue songwriting. God knows, there's a lot of discouragement out there for writing."
The father/ husband/ songwriter
On the FAWM site he shares with friend and fellow musician Ryan Miller, Bret Rooks cites his annual FAWM goal as "write as many songs as we can while not ignoring our respective wives or daughters." In the pair's three years of collaboration as Halfpenny Orchestra, Rooks estimates that the most they've accomplished is seven songs in a single FAWM period.
Besides working full-time as an engineer, Rooks has two daughters, aged three years and six months old respectively.
Rooks was one of the first to sign up for FAWM, back in 2005 when participants were still few enough that everybody pretty much knew everybody. But he didn't start posting songs until the following year. And creativity really flourished when he joined forces with Miller.
"Most of the time we kind of generate ideas on our own. We'll get together a couple times a week and work together. We're both very word-minded people. So the lyrics are individual and the music is more bouncing ideas off each other."
They cite a range of influences on their FAWM site, including The Decemberists, Mountain Goats, Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead and Simon & Garfunkel, but humorously add a warning that their music "may or may not actually sound like any of these artists."
Their recording equipment is minimal, consisting of a computer, sound cord, and small mixing board in the back room of Rooks' house. They've got some microphones, a bass and acoustic guitar, and a keyboard, recording each part one at a time and then layering them into a song.
"We don't have the strings of Sufjan Stevens," admitted Rooks. "We don't have a drummer. We don't have the ambiance and technical glitches of Radiohead."
As each new year begins, and the shortest month prepares to overtake the first, many fawmers begin sketching out their 14 songs, selecting a theme and proposing challenges to other participants. In late January, Halfpenny Orchestra (pronounced hay-penny) posted a forum challenge based on loteria (Mexican bingo) cards. Interested musicians could message the duo, and be assigned a card at random which would then be the subject of a song. With a 54-card deck and subjects as diverse as el borracho (the drunk), la sandia (the watermelon), la estrella (the star), and el catrin (the dandy), the concept instantly attracted a couple dozen fawmers.
Thus far, the songs they produce have had little life outside FAWM. Sometimes they play their songs in friends' backyards. And Rooks' brother confessed that he had downloaded all of their songs and listens to them on his iPod. His mother is also a fan, and he'll sometimes play his favorite songs for co-workers.
"I think our songwriting has gotten better over time," admitted Rooks. "In the future I could see us playing a little more at coffee shops when our children are a better age. But for the moment we're not thinking about that too much. When it comes down to it, it's a creative outlet. It's nothing I'm going to leave my family to pursue."
LET'S GET MUSICAL: February Album Writing Month kicks off Feb. 1 and proceeds through the end of the shortest month. To sign up for a free account and start your album, or to check up on other people's progress, visit fawm.org.
The girl who went to Nashville
Flo Paris didn't have any question as to whether she could hit the 14-song mark. Writing 14 songs in 28 days would be easy. Writing 14 caliber songs that she could comfortably feature on one of her albums was the true challenge. Mediocrity was the enemy. Not time.
The SLO native, who moved to Nashville a couple of years ago, first participated in FAWM in 2009, encouraged by Rooks and Miller. For whatever reason, 2009 felt like a good year to begin.
Besides being a stay-at-home mom, Paris has made her career in the music industry as a mostly folk-rock singer.
"My parents were musicians long before I was even born," she said. "My mom had been signed to Warner Brothers as a teenager in the '60s. It was kind of like there was no way I wouldn't be a musician. My parents were so supportive that it was never viewed as an unrealistic goal."
As she embarked on her 28-day writing flurry, Paris asked her friends and fans to suggest song ideas for FAWM. She would pick her 14 favorites and transform them into song. What she wound up with was 219 song titles and a spreadsheet that she generated, with the help of her husband, to pick her 14 favorites.
"I had never done anything like that before and I thought that it would stifle the creative process," admitted Paris. "It wound up being completely the opposite. It really changed a lot of how I write songs in general."
In fact, the process was so successful that on Jan. 1, 2010 Paris announced on her blog that she was looking for song titles for her new FAWM season.
There were some challenges last year, even for a pro like Paris. Keeping track of two young daughters didn't always leave as much time as she would have liked to write. She recalls locking herself in a closet as soon as they were napping to begin recording songs. And she clocked a lot of late nights, writing her songs after her daughters had gone to bed. She worked on her fourteenth song late into the final night of the competition. But she's learned that creativity doesn't always go to the artist. Sometimes, the artist must pursue.
"I used to worry about that a lot more in my early days of writing," she said. "I used to think that inspiration would hit. In the last few years I've set aside time and wrote. If it didn't happen overnight, that song just needs more time to grow. I have songs that have been half-written for years. It's kind of like watching a baby grow."
Arts Editor Ashley Schwellenbach likes to watch kittens grow. Send fluffy mittens to aschwellenbach@newtimesslo.com.
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Q: Can we write a script to restart MySQL every time the website is down? I am using a Linux server hosted on AWS and due to less amount of RAM available the website goes down and I get a "Error establishing connection to database" error.
I have to restart MySQL everytime this happens.
Can we automate this process?
The command I use to restart the LAMPP server is:
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

A: Use a bash script to monitor the mysql port and restart it if it is down
Just to demo how it works
The nc command checks that port 3306 (mysql port) is contactable
If it is then $? is set to zero, so this counts as "up"
otherwise $? is down.  You may wish to use a different command instead of "nc", for example echo "select 1;" | mysql to attempt to run a do nothing mysql command
while [ 1 ]
  do sleep 1
  nc -z localhost 3306
  if [ $? == 0 ]; then echo "up"
  else echo "down"
  fi
done

The actual version you might use could look like this
while [ 1 ]
  do sleep 10
  nc -vz localhost 3306
  if [ $? != 0 ]; then /opt/lampp/lampp restart
  fi
done

You can leave a window open (maybe using the "screens" command too) and run this 24x7
If you can increase the time interval to 1 minute then it would be ok to run out of cron like this
in crontab ( to run every minute)
* * * * * /path/to/script

script
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Did anyone catch that we put an "Easter Egg" within the tree? Kudos to the first person to spot it.
Inside cup handle at base of tree in front of the little green package wrapped with a red bow. The egg is darker green than the package behind it.
I'm thinking the term "Easter Egg" may be confusing some people.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you were referring to the Easter Eggs that are hidden within video games and DVDs.
That kind of Easter Egg is something unusual that's a special surprise for anybody observant or diligent enough to find it. In this case, I'm thinking you're referring to one of our 72 team members that isn't really … um … real.
If so, Joe is the closest thus far.
Yes, the "non-human" was the Easter Egg.
Could it be the @ on top of the tree?
The fingers on the little cartoon man with the thumbs up looks like three small eggs.
The Easter egg is seven rows down on the right.
Barb, I think that's a kitty, lol.
It was actually "Gary" our stick man from the videos.
But, that "Kitty" was actually a nerf gun that one of our Developers was holding.
Five rows down from the top – picture on the right side.
It looks like an Easter Egg inside the handle of the cup labeled EzineArticles placed in front of the base of the tree. It's a darker shade of green than the package behind it.
It is inside the cup handle which is at the base of the tree in front of the little green box with the red bow. The egg is darker green that the parcel. That is the Easter Egg.
Ok… own up… who's eaten it?
Thank you, Merry Christmas to the EzineArticles team.
Great idea. Yes it is in 5th row.
Thanks Chris and your team for inspiring me to be an author. Wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
something in that photo. Its my guess.
I wish my pic was on top.
I think the egg is nine rows down,second from right and it's red.
Looks like 5 rows down to the right.
Happy holidays to the fantastic EzineArticles team. Hope you all get some well deserved time off!
I did the same thing you did,, duh, it was right there.
God it's so obvious. It's that picture at the top of the tree.
Oh no that's not an egg that's Chris.
Sorry Chris I just couldn't resist that one.
Actually still looking for it.
Hey I really did find it I think. It's the @ symbol at the top of the tree!!
oops looking over the comments it looks like Jerry already got it before me.
Merriest Christmas Tree ever seen! Beautiful! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Only me immersed in non stop work. No articles in 3 months. Cheers! For the New Year, of course!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to EzineArticles. Wow! what a good looking Christmas tree.
Looking forward to great writing in 2010!
I guess I'll have to withdraw my selection of it as being inside the handle of the cup with the EzineArticles imprinted on it at the base of the tree, because when I enlarged it, I could see that you really are looking at the green package through the cup's handle, as I can actually see the bottom of the package within the space circumscribed by the cup's handle. However, I don't see anything else that looks more like an Easter Egg on that tree than that does.
Linwood, Good thing you withdrew that selection, can I have rights to it? lol. I am goin to let mine ride, lol. Have you read comment number 5?
Wishing the team Happy Holidays!
Thanks, all, and Merry Christmas!
Wrap yourself in the warmth of Christmas in the chilling weather…It is the warmth of your heart and soul which brings a melody in Christmas that is to last forever. Its Christmas time – a feeling of a magic wand going over you! Everything shall become softer, subtle and more beautiful this season.
This Christmas tree is very nice! Original and beautiful!
Like this we can see how many people work for EzineArticles and how much work there is that we authors can post articles.
May you all have blessed Christmas and a very happy and prosperous 2010.
Thank you The tree is beautiful.
Wow! Creativity to the highest level. Anyways, thank you great people for your great works. May this season be the merriest. Looking forward to more meaningful interactions in 2010.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to a good looking bunch of 'ornaments', even Gary!
Wow: wonderful,wish u All Merry Christmas and Happy new year.I feel proud of being in EzineArticles community.
I have been an infrequent author at EzineArticles till now. EzineArticles rocks, I haven't so far. Just wait, 2010 is going to be THE YEAR for me.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERY ONE AT EzineArticles!
Thanks guys beautiful tree ~~ The Easter Egg I believe is w/in the handle of the EzineArticles Mug. Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
Interesting diversion looking for an "Easter Egg." Even funnier to learn it was a word play — the stick man is an Easter Egg? I am still trying to get to the intelligence behind that analogy. I guess I am not gonna get the humor of it. Oh well, plenty else to keep me occupied.
Looking forward to a more productive year in article writing. Plan to begin promoting our Webinar program through article writing. Ought to be fun, eh?
I spotted the Easter egg in 5 th roll to the left hanging fron the TREE.
Wish all the happy Ezine Marketing family a very merry Christmas and all the very best for 2010.
This is a good team effort! A very warm Christmas tree for all of us. Happy holidays to all of you too!


Microsoft had many great announcements and features at their E3 conference this morning. Many new games were shown, features were announced, and one demonstration that stole the show for a lot of onlookers.
Gameplay footage of Halo 5 Guardians was shown. The game was said to be built from the ground up with epic worlds and battles at an epic scale. The footage shown was a team of 4 spartans hunting for Master Chief. It appeared that players are able to give commands to team members to help get through battles. Josh Holmes of 343 Industries also mentioned that Halo 5 features drop in/out multiplayer and the maps are 4 times the size of any other maps from other Halo games. He also presented a new "Warzone" multiplayer mode. In this mode it is the player vs. everything; other players and AI enemies. The graphics in Halo 5 Guardians looked great and I look forward to the game getting closer to launch.
The World Premier of a new Xbox One exclusive franchise called Recore was shown. The trailer showed a woman and her robotic pet walking through a desert. Based on the footage, it looks like this could be an interesting game to follow in the coming months.
Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, made the announcement that Xbox One backwards compatibility is coming. The backwards compatibility will work with Xbox 360 games that developers allow to be made backwards compatible. This will work with both physical and digital games and will be available this holiday season.
The Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller was announced. It features swappable components, button and paddle remapping, sensitivity adjustments and more. The controller will be released this fall. No specific date or price was given.
Fallout 4 was shown. It will feature full character customization and can be played in both 1st and 3rd person views. An announcement was also made that mods made on the PC version of Fallout 4 can be played on the Xbox One version as well.
Peter Moore of EA made a couple of announcements. He announced that EA Access will be free this week to all Xbox Live Gold members. He also announced a couple new games that will be added to the Vault, Titanfall, which will be added this week and Dragon Age: Inquisition, which will be added this fall. Members of EA Access will now be able to begin playing games before their street dates, such as Madden 16 on August 20th. He also showed a trailer for Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2. The game features new characters, worlds and modes and will be released in the Spring of 2016.
A Forza 6 trailer and footage was presented. The game features 26 destinations, 450 cars, 24 player multiplayer and runs at 60 fps at 1080p resolution. The game will be released on September 15th and looks amazing.
A World Premier trailer for Dark Souls 3 was shown. Not much was shown, except an early 2016 release date, but it was pretty exciting none-the-less.
Tom Clancy's The Division was shown with gameplay footage. It looks like it is going to be a great Action RPG set in New York. It was announced that Xbox One players will get the first Beta in December.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege was also shown. It was also announced that Rainbow Six Vegas and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 will come free with Rainbow Six Siege on Xbox One.
Many indie titles were shown, including Beyond Eyes, an adventure game where the main character is blind and Cuphead, a 16-bit style platformer that features 1930's cartoon style graphics. It looks like a bright future ahead for indie games on Xbox One.
RARE announced RARE Replay which will feature 30 classic RARE games, such as Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, R.C. Pro Am and Battletoads. RARE Replay will be released on August 4th for $30.
RARE also revealed their newest Adventure game, Sea of Thieves. The trailer showed lots of explosive battles on ships and some on land adventuring. It looks like a game I will be keeping my eyes on as it develops further.
Fable Legends was shown and will be free-to-play on Xbox One and Windows 10. It was announced that players on both platforms will be able to play together.
Xbox Game Preview was announced, which is a program that allows players to buy and play titles while they are still in development, similar to Steam Early-access titles. Every game in the program will have a free demo for players to try before committing to buying. The program starts today.
Gameplay of Rise of the Tomb Raider was shown. The graphics and lighting in the game looked amazing and the gameplay was very intense. It is set to be released this Holiday season.
Gears of War Ultimate Edition was announced. It is a remake of the original Gears of War and will be released on August 25th. A public beta for the game starts today.
A teaser trailer for Gears of War 4 was also shown with a release date of Holiday 2016.
A demonstration of Minecraft being played using the Microsoft Hololens was shown. They were able to use a special camera that showed everyone what it looked like through the Hololens. First, the man using the Hololens put a "screen" on the wall of the stage and played your everyday Minecraft using a controller. Another player joined his game and the game looked and played just as it would on a PC or console. The player then turned off the screen on the wall and walked over to a table on stage. Using a voice command, he turned the table into a 3D view of the Minecraft game. He was able to walk around and look at the world from all angles. He was also able to "lift" the Minecraft world up and look below ground to help the other player find materials underground. He was able to use commands to help guide her to the right spot. There were many voice commands he used to do different things in the game, such as saying "lightning strike" did just that, sent a bolt of lightning to the world. This demonstration was amazing and makes you wonder just what else you will be able to do when development is complete and what games other than Minecraft will be like. This demonstration was the moment of the conference for me, as I'm sure it was for many others.
Make sure you stay tuned at The Gamer's Lounge for more E3 updates and news!


March 2011. Axel Springer AG has acquired a 74.9% stake in kaufDA-Juno Internet GmbH – the market leader for online brochures and mobile couponing.
Launched in 2009, the Berlin based company provides merchants with the opportunity to distribute their local offers for specific shops via mobile and stationary Internet. Therewith kaufDA gives consumers the freedom to conveniently plan their shopping trips from home or away from home, using their mobile phones. Along with more than 80 Partners and major Internet companies such as t-online.de or meinestadt.de kaufDA's network reaches more than eleven million users in 12,000 German cities and communities.
Corporate Finance Partners – now ACXIT Capital Partners – acted as exclusive financial adviser to kaufDA in this transaction.


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On your bike: the draft Dublin cycle network plan is unveiled
The draft Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan involves the construction of a comprehensive network of cycling routes throughout Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow, incorporating seven local authorities and 7,000km2 of territory
The draft Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan, which was launched on 4 September, is the culmination of over a year's work by the National Transport Authority (NTA) and AECOM-Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) Alliance consultants. It sets out a vision and a strategy for the construction and designation of a comprehensive network of cycling routes throughout the greater Dublin area in counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.
At a presentation last Wednesday in Engineers Ireland HQ, which was hosted by the organisation's Roads & Transportation Society, NTA head of transport development Michael Aherne, along with Séamus MacGearailt, chartered engineer and director of Roughan & O'Donovan (on behalf of AECOM-ROD Alliance), explored the various steps taken in developing the proposals. These included mapping and classifying the existing network of facilities, assessing their quality and mapping desire lines to identify the routes most attractive to cyclists using advanced modelling techniques.
Aherne explained that the NTA was just one partner in a multi-agency, multi-stranded cycling project, which has produced the tax-saving Bike To Work scheme, the Dublin Bikes scheme, the Bicycle Counting System and the production of the successful National Cycle Manual. The funding stream across sustainable transport measures was over €12 million in 2012.
"Cycling has moved from being a minority mode of transport or an elite sport into the mainstream and we know that from our Bicycle Counting Scheme," said Aherne. "On Dublin's Grove Road along the canal on a Tuesday in June, for example, there were over 3,000 cyclists in one day. That's approaching the same number you'd see in places like Copenhagen or Amsterdam. We have great data about cyclists and their behaviour from the Counting Scheme – for example, route choices, the effects of weather and random facts such as more people travel into work on the canal than cycle home along it."
Aherne said that in the drawing up of the draft Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan, all of this data was "there to be mined".
"We wanted to get all the data together, understand this particular mode of transport and apply good transport planning principles to the cycle plan," he explained. "That was the basis for the tender and that's what AECOM-ROD has done. The consultants have done great work and now we have a proposal for a cycle network that's logical and gives us the basis for investment."
SEVEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES
MacGearailt said that the study area encompassed seven local authorities – Dublin City, Fingal, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Wicklow, Kildare and Meath. This relates to a population of 1.8 million people and 7,000km2 of territory. The key personnel in the NTA and in AECOM-ROD Alliance consultants were all cyclists with extensive knowledge of routes around the study area.
There were two parts within the area – the Dublin Metropolitan Area with 1.2 million people, which has an existing cycle network in place for over 20 years; and the rest of the greater Dublin area with a population of 0.7 million, which has had a limited cycle network to date. The latter area has seen its population grow considerably in the past 10-15 years.
"The scope of the study meant that we had to map existing cycling facilities; assess the quality of service; review the strategic planning concept; evaluate cycle trip demand – both now and in the future; and out of all that, we had to develop strategic cycle route network proposals," MacGearailt continued.
"We didn't have to invent a methodology – thankfully, the National Cycle Manual 2011 was terrific. It covers the seven steps to planning a cycle network, which is essentially a defined collection of connected routes. The routes are a set of connected links and junctions that follow logical corridors between zones or urban centres.
"The purpose of the cycle network is to connect the main zones of origin and destination within an urban area and it should provide effective through movement for cyclists – classic transport planning put into practice."
The speakers went on to present an overview of the proposed network and provided a synopsis of the environmental impact appraisal that has been undertaken.
To view the rest of the presentation on the draft Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan, click this link.
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Where is fraud enforcement headed in 2015?
Hospital leaders will have to beef up their compliance efforts over the year because indicators show the feds are turning up the heat on fraud enforcement.
In the finalized version of the 2015 budget, the government approved a large influx of money to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program. That means federal oversight agencies will be getting a healthy dose of funding to expand their fraud investigations and crack downs.
the Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) — $67 million.
Reading the financial writing on the wall, several healthcare attorneys for the firm McDermott, Will & Emery interpreted how those budget dollars will translate into enforcement action during 2015 for the firm's FCA Update Blog.
Overall, the attorneys believe the agencies will increase the number and intensity of False Claims Act (FCA) investigations during the year.
Providers can expect that CMS and OIG will continue to expand their use of automated predictive analytic systems to review massive amounts of claims data for billing patterns that could hint at fraud. CMS will also continue publishing data on Medicare payment rates, which may lead to some providers being scrutinized if their rates fall outside what's considered average.
One newer area that will receive special attention from CMS in particular, is Medicare overpayments and "reverse false claims." Under the Affordable Care Act, any Medicare overpayment not returned within 60 days of identification could put the provider on the hook for FCA penalties.
Additionally, the DOJ announced last year that both its criminal and civil divisions will now review FCA complaints to decide whether or not to conduct parallel investigations. That means hospitals could be hit with double the document requests, an administrative burden, for the same FCA issue.
With this increasing amount of scrutiny coming from regulators, hospital leaders should plan now before one of these agencies shows up at your door for an audit.
Reevaluate and strengthen compliance plans. Your plan should be reviewed on a regular basis to correct any errors and reflect the most recent regulation updates from oversight agencies. Plans should also account for staff training on payment rules, internal reporting mechanisms and what to do if an auditor contacts your hospital.
Create internal auditing programs. Self audits can help you better understand the billing data agencies will be scrutinizing. More importantly, they help you identify weak or problematic areas in your billing or operations before they escalate into bigger issues.
Develop a comprehensive disclosure strategy if you discover problems. Effective compliance and internal auditing programs will most likely find problems, such as overpayments. It's important for facilities to have a process in place for analyzing the severity of problems, what to do to correct issues and how best to inform regulators.


(nee French) was born in Barking, London on 15 May 1931. She was the youngest of 4 children with a 10 year gap between herself Doreen who after marrying a New Zealander also now lives in New Zealand. Dorothy was trained as a hairdresser and owned her own Salon in Thames, where she came to live with her parents, when they emigrated to New Zealand in 1950. Dorothy met Cliff Sharp, originally from Yorkshire, at the Thames settlers club who she married. She gave birth to 3 children Audrey, Margaret and Clifford. Dorothy has been an active contributor to the farm workings. She is the farm 'Grandmother' and when her health permited was happy to spend time with those staying on the farm. She is a great example of how to age actively and well and loves the life of the farm surrounded by nature. Dorthy left the farm in July 2015 to be cared for by her son in Auckland and passed away in April 2017.
was born in Thames, New Zealand on the 5th June 1956. She has several degrees including three Masters, in Politics, Tax law and Environmental Law, a diploma of teaching, a degree in Horticulture, training in Permaculture design and English Second Language teaching. She has worked as a teacher for children and adults, in the field of publishing, as a professional photographer, writer and has run several small businesses including cleaning, photography, tax and accountancy. Audrey has travelled to over 40 countries in the world and spent approximately 5 years in Asia, the Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and North and South America. Audrey is passionate about trees and is a practising Wiccan. She has two children, Tamarah and Thomas born since living at Caretaker farm. For 16 years she taught Taxation Law at the University of Auckland but finished this in January 2016. At present she is writing and runs a consultancy tax business. She organises the outdoor tasks for wwoofers on the farm and is actively engaged in the farm development.
was born on the 12th of November 1990 in the local town, Warkworth. She is dog mad and was breeding Australian Terriers for sale when she was young. Tamarah and her German born partner Max have a small son Odin and are currently living at the farm.
was born on the farm in Dorothy's living room on the 28th of August 1993. He is a computer nut and when he was young spent endless hours playing computer games. Thomas enjoyed having the various foreign wwoofers to talk with and playing games-anything from cards to football. Thomas is currently working and living in South Auckland.


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Q: BLE Scanning: callback gets invoked only once on "Huawei Ascend Mate2 Phone" I have a working BLE scanning app that has been working fine for last few months on Nexus 5 (on various API versions from 4.4 to 6.0 ). Today we ran the app on different device "Huawei Ascend Mate2" that has API 22 and found what I thought was an interesting or peculiar behavior: callback gets fired continuously (about thrice a second), but my iBeacon is detected in only one callback and in remaining callbacks it picks other devices in the house (like netgear router and roku etc; I donot know if this netgear and rouku are even BLE devices).
My BLE scanning code is very similar to the one described here http://www.truiton.com/2015/04/android-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-example/
This thread
Android 4.4 BLE Scanning lack of stability suggests that BLE scanning is stable on 5.0+, but in my case that is not true because I am on API 22
This thread
Android BLE Beacon scanning on different phone models suggests that we need to turn on and turnoff the scanning every 1.5 seconds and that is not practical in our use case because our app should run for 10 hours every day (we think starting/stopping of system resource is expensive operation)
I am puzzled on why the same beacon is getting detected in continuous callbacks on Nexus 5 (tested on both 4.4 and 6.0 Android APIs); but when running on "Huawei Ascend Mate2", though callback is continuously invoked, the same iBeacon is detected only once while other non BLE devices are detected in subsequent callbacks.
This is the first time I tested outside Nexus. Did anyone test BLE scanning on "Huawei Ascend Mate2"? Any observations and comments would be appreciated.
"Huawei Ascend Mate2": Device model number is MT2L03 and Android version is 5.1

A: I worked with a lot of different devices and I can tell you, that the behaviour is very different on different devices. I don't have an Huawei Mate2, but I could observe similar behaviour, where you only get a scan result once per device. So if you need to have multiple scan result for the same device you need to restart the scan from time to time. I think 1.5s is a bit too much, but this depends on your use case.


My mother was Marion McEwen. Her father was George McEwen... his father was James McEwen.
James' father Peter married Mary McIntyre.
They emigrated and were buried in Nairn Ontario. James McEwen was from Kenknock, Perthshire. We have his bible and some history of part of the clan.
I too am interested in general clan history.
There are many McEwen/MacEwan websites... different spelling, but they're all the same bunch.
I find a lot of information on electricscotland.com.
Here's a brief summary for posting general highlights and points of interest I've found with my Clan McEwen research.
The McEwens are of Irish/Scotch ancestry descended from Irish Kiings who came to Scotland circa 500-600 AD.
The McEwens of Loch Fyne established themselves in the district of Cowal about 1100-1200 AD. Their neighbours were the Lamonts and the MacLauchans. They were known as the McEwens of Otter.
Eoghain na h-Oitrich (Ewen of Otter), who gives his name to the clan, lived at the beginning of the 13th century. His name is derived from Eoghan which translates from the Gaelic as "Born of the Yew Tree".
In 1794, the Rev. Alexander McFarlane wrote in his Statistical Account of the parish of Kilfinnan: "On a rocky point on the coast of Lochfyne about a mile below the church is to be seen the vestige of a building called Caesteal Mhic Eobhuin or MacEwen's castle ... this MacEwen was the chief of a clan, and proprieter of the northern division of the parish called Otter."
The McEwens were displaced by the powerful Campbell clan who moved to Loch Fyne from Loch Awe in 1474 AD to be near the sea.
The current Duke of Argyle is a Campbell.
The last known clan chief of the McEwen was Ewen Earl of Otter who died or was killed without children; ergo no successor and the clan broke up no chief no clan.
Some McEwens joined the Campbells... some eventually becoming hereditary bards and sennachies to the Campbell Chiefs of Glenorchy. And other MacEwens went to their cousins, the MacLauchans. Some ran off and became outlaws/rogues, a loutish bunch generally.
The last witch to be executed in Scotland was a MacEwen.
For info on the recent DIG of McEwen Castle go to the Glasgow Archeological Society and discover how our ancestors lived and worked and a hidden clue!
For detailed McEwen family history go to CELTIC MONTHLY April 1912 to read McEwen and other small Clans.
The COWAL GATHERING held near Loch Fyne in August is the largest Highland games in the world.
Google ELECTRIC SCOTLAND/R.T.S. McEwen for lots more!
Just had my first granddaughter so the Clan continues.
Jim Allen son of Marion McEwen.
It reveals the earliest known, as of now, accurate lineage.
The reference to Skene is the guru who wrote the History of Scotland that I have not got to yet.
Sween of Ottir, think "Otter Ferry Loch Fyne", was the last Clan chief. He left no male heirs, thus a headless clan (ours) was lost and was taken over by the Campbells who were related to Robert The Bruce King of Scotland.
The training /practice for the invasion of Normandy June 6 65 years ago D-DAY was held on the shores of Loch Fyne likely near Otter Ferry the ancestral home of the McEwens.
There is a long tradition of NAVAL service among the McEwens as can be found in research.
The crest of the present McEwen baronet of Bardrochat in Ayrshire is the stump of a cut down oak ( yew ) tree. Our clan motto means REVIRESCO, We (I) grow (rise ) again. A song today performed by Rita McNEIL among others.
This is an old family seal that can be traced to Swene MacEwen of Otter circa 1600 or earlier.
There is some history to this in that with our cousins, the Lamonts from Castle DuNoon, battled the Campbells and their sister clans.
I believe that it was a tradition to cut the tree down to retrieve the bodies.
Legend has it that when the tree regrew, the new growth was red with blood.
The British summarily tried and executed the ringleader.
A grandson of John McEwen, same name, was born 1766, joined the Royal Navy, and was a commissioned captain sailing in the West Indies.
Curiously enough his son Robert McEwen, also a naval person, died in 1860 at Monte Video the home of the recent correspondent.
There is a new search engine... OneGreatFamily.com. It's like Ancestry.com. One freebee then pay as you go.
December 14, 2009 - A castle like ours?
Be careful what you ask for when you say keep sending research.
I have looked at many castles and found one that best resembles ours. Go to Cowal Peninsula and you will see a picture of what I think matches with your photos.
Also go to Otter ferry and you will see the actual quay. Since I have not been there yet pictures will have to do.
Happy New Year to all McEwens.
FYI - Mabel Jane McEwen passed away September 18 1988 100 years old near London, Ontario. She was the daughter of Peter and Catherine McEwen sister of another Peter, John, Frank, Hazel, and relatives in the Whetter family.
We are all somehow related!
I haven't done much Clan McEwen research lately - working on my fathers line.
Accidental research recently uncovered the following info which I find somewhat bemusing.
I (like many others I expect) suspected that the name OTTER FERRY came from the sea otters who likely basked on the spit of land from which the ferry once crossed the Loch.
From a general history of the NORSE/VIKINGS occupation of parts of Scotland over the years it is chronicled that a NORSE/VIKING CHIEFTAIN named OTTAR visited/raided the Loch Fyne area several times one could speculate that the McEwen lands were once known as the LAND OF OTTAR.
Also given the Vikings reputation/behaviour it is possible we Clan McEwen folk have Viking blood.
This would account for any personality disorders displayed by our clan.
Here's what it says on the sign posed at Otter Ferry... That's the photo that we put up at the very top of the page.
"The Name Otter Ferry comes not from the native sea-otters which you might be lucky enough to see on the rocky shores, but from the gravel spit. (Gaelic = An Oitir) which runs out into Loch Fyne for over a miles at low tide. It's dangerous to walk out too far, as the tide comes in quickly and can easily cut you off from dry land. Although the loch can look calm and tranquil in it's beauty, conditions can change with startling suddenness. These sheltered waters can become treacherous and lethal so take care."
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As we've said before, we've seen MacEwan and McEwen -- also McEuen, McKeown, Ewing and the list goes on and on. Near as we can tell, the clan name comes from the Gaelic MacEoghainn for goodness sake... no wonder clerks and scribes had trouble figuring out how to write it.
Our spelling is one of the "different" ones; yours may be too, but we're sure we're all related, so we hope you enjoy Jim's Clan McEwen research. Feel free to send us your own stories or research; just go to our Clan MacEwan/MacEwen Stories page. We love to read them all!