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Why has life after Alex Ferguson been so difficult at Old Trafford? A reflection on his Leadership skills and talent development will help explain why.
"A leader is a dealer in hope"
Napoleon Bonaparte
During his legacy Alex Ferguson has been arguably the most successful manager in 21st century sport. Over the last 30 years few managers in any field have proven to be as persistently successful as Ferguson has been at Manchester United. He transformed the club from perennial underachievers living in the shadow of Matt Busby's famous 1968 team into the most remarkably consistent football team that has was ever established on British soil.
Ferguson's rise to prominence and the evolution that he master minded at Old Trafford has not been without difficulty. His birth into the managerial job at Manchester United was severely problematic at first, clearing up the mess he discovered and resurrecting the football club to all their former glories. By star player Mark Hughes's admission Ferguson had reason to worry when he confirmed that, "the majority of the senior first team squad were very upset and angry" at his predecessor Ron Atkinson's dismissal.
Ferguson's initial nervousness was clearly evident, "No question at all, I was nervous. . . .I didn't know anything about this club, really. Didn't have a clue what the team was going to be. Didn't even know the make up of the side that got Ron Atkinson the sack 48 hours earlier". Ferguson's team for his first game showed no great change to Atkinson's line up's. However, only one of the 12 players used that day survived Ferguson's surgery over the next four years. The conflict and rebellion that followed ultimately revamped that original team into the extraordinary outfit destined for success.
Almost immediately Ferguson implemented group principles that formed the foundation for the development of the team over the late eighties and early nineties. Ferguson introduced radical new training methods where the emphasis was placed on mental toughness and discipline. He insisted that no team should ever be fitter than united. The playing squad was also informed to arrive to training at 9.30 a.m. rather than 10.30 a.m. to ensure players would have to sit through the morning traffic like every other employee at the club. Day's off were suspended. Players had to look respectable, clean shaven. The squad were supplied with new blazers that had to be worn on match day to create a unique identity. A strict rota was initiated for players to entertain corporate guests at home games. Players were told to run, not walk, off the pitch, and even steaks were banned to incorporate lighter meals on match days. These were all instances of the authoritarian approach that Ferguson used in the early years to lay the foundation for future success.
Predictably these new principles were met with some anguish by certain players. Discipline and the high standard Ferguson set for the team became a problem for certain players who were used to the leisurely pace of Ron Atkinson's regime. Social loafers were no longer accommodated.Inevitably the conflict that ensued lead to the termination of many players careers at Old Trafford. Star players Paul McGrath and Norman Whiteside were known to be at the heart of a drinking Culture that had a remarkable resemblance to the Steiner Effect.
Ferguson eventually got rid of both players during the storming stage of his reign at Old Trafford. He later admitted that he should have sold these men quicker as the delay meant it took much longer to rebuild the team. Ultimately, he believed getting rid of these players was an important matter of principle in shedding United's image as a drinking club.
In these early years Ferguson immersed himself in club histories and personally got to know every member of the 172 staff that was working at United. His objective was to understand what made Manchester United tick and primarily to give each individual responsibility in there roles in establishing the club as the major force in English football.
Ferguson's will to succeed was almost pathological. In the summer of 1988 he declared, 'I am not kidding. This isn't just a job to me. It's a mission. I am deadly serious about it – some people would reckon too serious . . . We will get there. Believe me. And when it happens life will change for Liverpool and everybody else – dramatically'. Although not apparent at the time Ferguson pulled every individual at the club from the laundry ladies to the chief scout into his vision of future success being accomplished.
The culmination of Ferguson's initial work came to the fore during the norming stage of the team's development circa 1990/1991 which brought the F.A. Cup and European Cup Winners Cup back to Old Trafford. In the penultimate stage of the latter competition Ferguson developed a togetherness that instigated the beginnings of group cohesion that would eventually bring them league success in 1993. In preparation for the final Ferguson arranged for the team to take over an entire hotel on the outskirts of Rotterdam and also ensured that a large lounge was transformed into a games room where pool tables, darts, quiz games and a large TV screen were brought. Ferguson obviously shared the views of top psychologists Carron and Dennis (2001) that, "being in close contact and having the opportunity for interaction hastens group development".
It was clear to a passionate footballing nation that Alex Ferguson was leading Manchester United to the forefront of domestic football. However, only an astute footballing critic with a trained eye could identify with the revolution that was implemented behind the scenes at Old Trafford. Ferguson always did have a love for the development of youth which he initially emphasised with success at St.Mirren and Aberdeen. But it was at Manchester United where the leadership style he adopted for youth development had a lasting effect on world football.
As Ferguson himself declared, "I have always considered that the player you produce is better than the player you buy". Ferguson obtained maps of the Manchester and Greater Manchester area and on them he delegated certain scouts to be responsible for certain areas. He tackled a deficiency in only five working scouts in the club and declared his priorities to each one, 'I am not interested in the best boy in your street' he told them, 'I want the best boy in your area'. Significantly he appointed 1968 European Cup hero, Brian Kidd as the head of the main school of excellence. Ferguson would regularly watch youth games. Youth coach Eric Harrison later acknowledged that without Ferguson's involvement Manchester United 'would definitely not have signed all our superb youngsters'.
Ferguson's transactional leadership style was exemplified in his dealings with a young welsh winger called Ryan Giggs whose longevity as a top class footballer may never be surpassed at Manchester United. From the moment Giggs set foot on the Cliff training ground and his talent became obvious, Ferguson, 'protected Giggs like the treasure he was' and was a frequent visitor to the family home. The United manager infuriated journalists by refusing all requests to interview the player. "I bolted the Old Trafford door and made certain Ryan was safe inside". He even prevented Giggs from signing a boot deal worth £250,000, and other youth players were informed to expect similar restrictions! Ferguson was much more than a transactional leader who focused on the physiological, safety and belonging needs of the youth; he was a transformational leader who provided vision, built trust and ultimately inspired young players at United to prosper.
The seeds Ferguson sowed in youth development culminated in arguably the greatest youth team ever assembled in any club or any era. Of the fourteen players who participated in winning the FA Youth Cup in 1992 only three never appeared on the United first team. Eight would go on to represent their country at international level including, Gary Neville, David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Robbie Savage and Keith Gillespie. Perhaps the greatest attribute Ferguson had as a manager was the leadership style which nurtured these talented players in reaching their true potential.
Meanwhile the first team's development was progressing rapidly with the signing of a certain French catalyst, Eric Cantona in November, 1992. With the help of Cantona's inspiration United began performing to a level that Ferguson had strived for during the previous six years he was manager of the club. Members were now directing all there energies collectively towards winning the coveted title that had bewildered the club for 26 years. Faulty processes had been weeded out and Ferguson began to trust individuals to get the job done. He began his pre match talk at 1.30-2.00 p.m. and then he let players get on with it; "I think if I am continually around them before the game, talking to them or reminding them of this or that, I am suggesting a lack of trust in them . . . . You must show confidence that they can handle the job".
The delegating style Ferguson used to such an effect with the youth team was now being echoed with the first team. His management methods were evolving. "For years I did the coaching, the organising of the training programmes, the pre-season schedules, the warm ups, the lot. But now I realised that, as my sense of the job's priorities developed, the art of observation had to play a bigger part". Consequently Ferguson let Brian Kidd and other senior figures at Old Trafford to take on more responsibility in preparations.
This evolution culminated in collecting the league title in 1993. A symbolic day for Ferguson, "the day I truly became manager of Manchester United . . . there was a sudden, overwhelming realisation that now I was master of my own destiny". Interestingly Ferguson declared that he had learned more in those six years at United than he did in the previous forty five.
Yet more success was still to come. The team Ferguson built at Old Trafford reached its pinnacle the following year whilst clinching a remarkable league and cup double. Breaking numerous records in the process including, a record amount of league points and new club records for games won (41), successive games undefeated (34), consecutive away wins (7) and undefeated home games (36). Eric Cantona collected the PFA Player of the year award and Alex Ferguson was Manager of the Year for the second season running. People were now starting to compare Ferguson to his illustrious predecessor Sir Matt Busby.
Unfortunately for United, in the eighteen months after the double, that great team was slowly broken up. Like many great teams, there evolution was cyclical and eventually terminated following the unique achievements of 1994. Many instances during the following season led pundits to believe that Manchester united would never produce such a team again. Faulty processes started to creep back into the team. Indiscipline was symbolised by Eric Cantona's infamous Kung Fu kick on a Crystal Palace supporter in January, Andrei Kanchelskis's transfer request which was overlaid with frightening aspects of corruption and threats of violence, and Paul Ince's refusal to carry out the managers instructions during games. As Ferguson himself explained, "I felt like the Dutch boy trying to plug holes in the dyke with my fingers".
Luckily for United Ferguson's experience had thought him how to plug holes in the dyke. He acknowledged the debilitating effects that 'the law of the bad apple' can have on any team. Consequently, despite the interests of the board and the fans, Ferguson immediately eliminated these 'bad apples' from playing any part in the future of Manchester United.
Interestingly Ferguson exemplified the multidimensional model of leadership when he took exception to Cantona's case, even though it was the most dramatic incidence of indiscipline ever seen at the club. Whilst Cantona was contemplating moving to Inter Milan following his frustration with the English F.A., Ferguson flew to Paris to negotiate a deal that would keep Cantona at Old Trafford for the following four years. Ultimately Ferguson had the foresight to realise that despite his indiscipline Cantona would be the perfect catalyst to inspire the group of youngsters that would now become household names at Old Trafford for the next decade.
What happened next was the realisation of a dream that Ferguson had been waiting to implement for a number of years, "I have seven or eight kids waiting patiently for the opportunity, young footballers on the threshold of the big time . . . I don't think it is possible to manoeuvre eleven through the ranks together, but in slow stages, I believe it is the dream that can be realised". With the introduction of the Neville brothers, Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Giggs and the retention of their charismatic leader Cantona, Manchester United began a period of dominance in the domestic game that has aptly been described as a dynasty. In the four years that followed 1995, Manchester United had surpassed all previous expectations and won four Premier League Championships, two F.A. Cup's, and emulated the wonderful success of Sir Matt Busby's 1968 team in winning the Champions League in 1999.
Approaching two decades since that famous day in the Nou Camp. Alex Ferguson's is no longer leading Manchester United. The principles, structures and leadership style that Ferguson implemented since 1986 served him well. Difficulties have been constant at Old Trafford since. The passing of time since his departure has illuminated his influence and has put Ferguson in his rightful place in history as one of the greatest leaders that has ever graced any sports field, in any era.
Theory Buster
Social Loafers: social loafing is the inclination to reduce effort when working towards a common goal with others. Researchers have proved significantly that individuals who thought they can get 'lost in the crowd' did not try as hard as they would if they thought they could be identified as individuals. Minimizing social loafing in team sports is obviously crucial, making individuals accountable for a personal performance standard is one way of eliminating the detrimental effects social loafing can have on team performance.
The Steiner Effect: Psychologist Ivan Steiner developed a model which showed that a group's actual productivity is the result of its potential productivity minus losses due to faulty group processes. The model suggests that the coaches role is to increase available resources ( through training, instruction etc) while also reducing process losses (by enhancing cohesion and the individuals contributions to the team.)
Storming: From the linear perspective of team development which assumes that groups move progressively through four crucial stages. The second stage of team formation, storming is characterized by resistance to the leader, resistance to control by the group and interpersonal conflict.
Roles: A role consists of the set of behaviours required or expected of the person occupying a certain position in a group
Norming: From the linear perspective of team development which assumes that groups move progressively through four crucial stages. The third stage norming occurs where hostility is replaced by solidarity and cooperation. Conflicts are resolved and a sense of unity forms.
Group Cohesion: is exemplified when a teams members are united in a common purpose. Cohesion is often a holy grail for coaches and managers, it is difficult to find but almost magical in its effects, transforming an aggregation of individuals into a collective unit. Many teams who possess outstanding individual athletes often underachieve, while teams of average players exceed all expectations. The difference usually is that the latter team is cohesive, each individual selflessly working towards the aims of the team rather than their own personal ambitions.
Transactional Leadership: is more closely associated with management which involves a leader – worker exchange relationship in which punishment is withheld or rewards are provided , in return for performance.
Transformational Leadership: by contrast influences others by their ability to inspire, empower and stimulate others to achieve beyond expectations towards the achievement of goals.
Catalyst: A catalyst is a player who makes things happen. A catalyst has great vision and can inspire a team to take their performance to another level.
Cyclical: The life cycle model of teams have in common the assumption that groups develop similar to individuals – experiencing birth, growth and death.
The law of the bad apple: This is often exemplified by players with bad attitudes. Players with personal ego's. Players who always put their own needs and wants ahead of the groups.
Multidimensional model of leadership: explains that leadership effectiveness in sport will vary depending on the characteristics of the athletes and constraints of the situation.
Dynasty: A sports dynasty is a team that dominates their sport or league for multiple seasons or years.


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A recent article in Forbes quotes McDonald's former president and CEO, Ed Rensi, as saying that a $15 minimum wage would lead to greater automation within its restaurants.
Which means, of course, fewer McJobs for real humans.
Imagine this: You walk into a McDonalds, speak your order into a microphone, and a synthetic, albeit soothing, female voice asks, "Want fries with that hamburger?" You get the picture.
The robots are coming. They'd be coming even if the minimum wage remained at $7 an hour. Because, if you're a corporation, $7 an hour is $7 too much. Zero is way more appealing.
The capitalist agenda
Anything that is repetitive, requires a level of precision, and can be automated will be automated. The reason is simple. Automation pays for itself, and makes corporations and their stockholders richer. The capitalist agenda: greed is good.
A great many signs have been pointing toward the future of automation for some time now. Robots are already widely being used in multiple industries: automotive; aerospace; alternative energy; and many more.
And virtually all of those industries have been able to benefit by automation, reducing overhead, increasing productivity, and improving overall quality.
Now, add in the advances made in computer science, artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering—plus the downward cost curve for these technologies—and you have ever-increasing numbers of tasks that can be automated.
Of course, you might think, automation of menial, repetitive jobs is no big deal. It frees up humans to do jobs that require more brain power.
Except that we're already starting to see automation insinuate itself into those white-collar jobs, as well.
Our crumbling fourth estate
Our vaunted free press has been dumbing down for years, pandering to our society's increasingly short attention span. Now automation appears to be hastening journalism's demise.
Surely, you argue, journalism requires a thinking, feeling human to research and write the articles we read in newspapers and online.
Turns out, no, it doesn't. At least not always.
The Associated Press, a well-established news service, has been publishing 3000 articles a quarter that are generated without human bylines. AP uses a program from Automated Insights, a company that has developed a big data and natural language platform that uses a set of rules to generate stories.
This is only the beginning. Twelve thousand published articles a year means that the AP can employ roughly 50 fewer human journalists. How many Woodwards and Bernsteins are we losing as a society, one can only wonder.
The randomness of creativity
And speaking of what we view online, another white-collar career that could be affected by automation is marketing copywriting.
A company named Persado is developing what it describes as a "cognitive content platform [that] generates language that inspires action."
The Persado platform automatically creates and tests variations of emails and other promotional material, enabling marketers to more quickly evaluate campaign approaches. The platform is said to take the "randomness of creativity" out of the equation.
There's a chilling thought for you.
An approach like that could be applied by any organization that wishes to persuade its users, readers, or customers along a certain path. And, in the end, it could put a lot of marketing companies out of business.
Doctors, lawyers, and…financial advisors?
Journalism and marketing are just the tip of the iceberg. How about doctors, lawyers, and financial advisors? Those professions are also seeing the invasion of intelligent programs and machines.
In medicine, it's said that technology will replace 80% of what doctors do, including diagnosing diseases, helping to make treatment decisions, and recommending behavioral modifications.
It's hard to say whether this will mean fewer doctors and medical staff positions or better treatment—or both. But it's clear that big data, improved sensors, machines that dispense anesthetic during surgery, and even robots that perform surgery itself are all playing a factor in transforming the medical establishment.
In the law profession, big data is beginning to play a significant role. For example, rather than have law clerks spend hundreds of hours researching case law, a service called eDiscovery, can identify, collect, and produce any relevant information for a legal case that was electronically stored, including emails, documents, social media posts, and so on. Applying algorithms and other pattern recognition technology, a single lawyer can sift through high volumes of electronic data and discover applicable information that can affect the outcome of a case.
In addition, big data is helping out in the areas of legal cost management, litigation strategies, and predictive outcomes.
When it comes to financial planning, the options have been do it yourself, or hire a financial planner.
Now, with the wealth of information available on the Internet and the ability to analyze this data with specialized algorithms, a third option has emerged: robo-advisors. Online sites such as SigFig and Betterment offer do-it-yourselfers options to run scenarios and gain advice based on quantitative data analysis.
While there are real people associated with these online financial planning sites, the idea is that they can scale well beyond what a typical financial planner could handle. Not only in the sheer number of clients they can service, but also in the ability to aggregate and analyze the data of thousands, even millions, of customers. In this way, they can continually and quickly adjust their models to adapt to changing markets and optimize investments.
These services are popular with millennials. As investment and financial planning models increasingly move toward online providers, the number of real live financial planners is bound to drop precipitously.
Will we adapt?
Those are just a few examples of how the professional job market is changing. The change is accelerating and will only expand as our so-called job providers look to cut costs and increase productivity.
That subject and all of its implications are explored in detail in a book entitled People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy.
The authors, Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, argue that perhaps our greatest challenge will be to ensure that the inevitable technological progress serves all of humanity, rather than just the wealthy. From the book:
The "genius" of the digital revolution—with all of its apps and smart technologies and advances in automation, with all of its blurring of lines between humans and machines, with all of its progress—is its exceptional efficiency. The changes that define the future that is now have nothing to do with job creation. Why would they? They are being developed and implemented by behemoth corporations that seek to maximize profits, not employment.
What the world will look like in 20 years is taking shape now. Will our society adapt to growing populations and fewer good-paying professional jobs?
Right now, it's not looking good.

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You're perhaps one of the many continuing to enjoy running a quick serve restaurant franchise and all the success it brings. The only thing likely making you wonder about the future is your energy bills and how you'll manage them.
With multiple locations open in your state (or even in multiple states), the bills you pay for energy could add up significantly if not using proper lighting.
It's easy to become complacent about this matter if you've used incandescent or fluorescent lights since the beginning. You need to see some facts about why switching to LED lights changes things for the better.
Is it Possible to Install LED Lighting in Multiple Locations?
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In comparison, incandescent and fluorescent lights frequently burn out much faster. Incandescent lights, in particular, burn out after a year. CFL's last longer, though not nearly as long as LED's.
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Having Consistency in the Ambiance of Your Restaurants
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Won reddot design award: best of the best!
I won the red dot award: design concept 2013 and this time it's 'best of the best' prize! The concept itself is the one I posted on this blog a few years ago, but I revised it based on some positive feedback from the readers for more practical use. I really appreciate everyone who helped this to happen. It's now live on the red dot's website.
Infographic Coins are a set of coins whose values are easily recognized by anyone. By utilizing shapes of pie graphs, which are widely used around the world by a variety of ages of people, one can instantly figure out how much these infographic coins are worth. One more important aspect of this concept is that by making the empty space in a pie chart, it saves the usage of materials, which is environmentally friendly.
If I have a chance, I want to mention the reason why I chose this kind of non-digital, old fashioned concept this time somewhere.
Cake Server Development Project
Project code name "Shiro"
It's been quite a while since I thought of this cake server concept and from last year I started developing it with a great help from Mono-Lab Japan.
And here are the first photos of the first prototype made just with their 3D printer.
I'll update the development progress here on my blog and Facebook, so be sure to check it out though the update will be very slow.
I'm thinking of bringing it to public using crowd funding some day.
Sora – Simple Clock Concept
A clock for your desk.
There's a magnet on the back of the clock, so it stays on the v-shaped stand.
The stand has 7 days printed on it.
Hide the other days with the clock so that only the day of today is revealed.
Only 3 days are printed on one side (I couldn't arrange more than that), so how about using the back side of the stand for Sunday?
It's a clock that changes its style every day.
Future AI Search?
Since Siri gives you clever replies, why not the same for search engines in their 'suggest' lines?
Futuristic Concept Mock-ups for Personal Exhibition
I'm hoping to hold a personal exhibition in NY or somewhere else for my future concept designs I've made. Although the mock-ups are just non-working prototypes, it must be a lot of fun for people to see, feel and touch very futuristic devices that we dream of. With some 3D movies and cool animations, I believe lots of people will visit the exhibition.(Photoshopped just a bit)
These are some of the first rough mock-ups I made last year. I was planning to bring them to Re:publica in Berlin for my speech there. However on the very same day when the first mock-ups arrived to my house on March 11th, the earthquake happened (I was miraculously at home waiting for the delivery), which caused catastrophic damages not only in this country but places all around the globe, and my business was also affected from it. So I had to hold the plan for some time. And now I'm restarting to make the dream come true.
They are the very first mock-ups and pretty roughly made, so it's not the level to show anyone yet, but I hope you can picture what it will be like to hold it in your hand.
I'm now looking for a sponsor to make this dream come true. Contact me if you're interested.
Works for Tokyo Motor Show 2011
As I tweeted, I worked on a lot of concept designs for the movies of AGC (Asahi Glass Company) and TOYOTA for Tokyo Motor Show 2011.
Movie by AGC: Glass Can Change The World
UI for Glass Fridge / Energy Management Pane
Roll-up Newspaper / Newspaper Graphic
Car Dashboard Mockup Panel Screens
It was my first time ever to design a car and a robot, but I had lots of fun making them.
Asahi Glass now introduces their great technologies in a booth for "Smart Mobility City 2011" in Tokyo Motor Show.
TOYOTA Smart Mobility City 2011 Concept Movie
(I'll post the movie when it's officially uploaded on YouTube. This is the old version.)
One of my mobile phone concepts "Glassy Glass" was again picked up and used in the movie.
Dial to Unlock (Concept)
Please email me if there's anybody who wants to develop this app.
I have other more practical ideas waiting to be developed!
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Snack on the campsite
This year, you will find a snack on the campsite that offers you something to eat (salads, burgers, mussels...). In addition to the bar let's enjoy a nice moment in that new friendly place.
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We will be delighted this summer to welcome you in our pleasant and family bar area (230m²) with covered outdoor terrace, which now becomes the central point of the campsite. It will be a hub for entertainment in July and August,card games, dart game ...
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Un tal Winer malpensando sobre Boing-Boing:
As I've said so many times, RSS is itself an advertising medium. BoingBoing isn't set up to advertise anything, I guess — although I imagine that the blog has helped Xeni get her jobs at NPR and ABCNews, and helped Cory get his job at EFF and lots of option shares in companies that have made or might make him rich. Come to think of it, running ads for TV shows couldn't possibly be so lucrative as to let it interfere with their much bigger business model. Hmmm.
Sinceros lectores: y vosotros, ¿para/por qué blogueáis? ¿Por dinero? ¿Para compartir vuestras neurosis con el mundo? ¿Como estrategia de promoción profesional, como acusa el amigo Winer a los editores de BB?
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metalwork made with the memory - KINJO
After three months of intense process, we can finally proudly announce that KINJO Official Site is online now. "KINJO" represent the meaning of "celebrate" in Taiwanese. KINJO studio found in 2006 under the Yangmingshan for over ten years. Started as a small silversmith studio, they accumulate reputations now has become one of the most outstanding silversmith brands which expanded more than ten stores around Taiwan, provide services for handcraft silver accessories, workshops as well as handcraft wedding rings.
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Think with Google indicated that more than 40% of users are willing to browse and purchase on their mobile devices, but often get frustrated by the website user experience, causing tremendous lost invisibly. With an optimised Responsive Experience Design (RWD), now we can give the user a seamless journey while browsing the KINJO website.
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On the left screen, due to the limited spaces on mobile devices, we designed the content deliberately with essential elements. in the "Shopping Cart" screen, we fixed the "Checkout" button on top of the screen to make sure user never get lost after they browse through their shopping cart.
Moreover, on the right, the customer should find what they desire as easy as possible, so we design a filter allow the customer to sort products in a finger-snap.
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My Pluralsight Courses are Free for April Too!
As we're all in this crisis together, Pluralsight has opened up their entire library for free in April. No Credit Card needed! Just sign up.
If you haven't used Pluralsight before, I thought I'd recommend some courses (mine and others). If you're home, this is a great time to improve your skills and hide from the rest of your family. At least that's my plan.
Building a Web App with ASP.NET Core, MVC, Entity Framework Core, Bootstrap, and Angular (My Course)
Do I Always Need ASP.NET?
The last couple of years I've needed a couple of new sites to promote things I'm working. Because I'm a .NET developer, my first instinct is always to just File->New an ASP.NET site. But should I?
Instead of using ASP.NET, these sites are typically one-pagers to promote something. I've done this with my https://helloworldfilm.com, https://imfinefilm.com, and most recently my COVID-19 state-by-state tracking site: https://covidstates.azurewebsites.net.
The benefit of skipping ASP.NET in these cases is simplicity. They're just HTML/CSS/JS. Since I don't need any server-side code running, I just create the HTML and post it. Even in the cases of the film sites, I use widgets (in my case with MailChimp) to collect emails instead of doing the email work server-side.
ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services' Docker Images - Part 2
Assuming you read my last post, you should be ready to take your ASP.NET Core project and deploy it to Azure App Services. This post, I'll walk you through the process.
Much of what I will show you can certainly be done with the Azure CLI, but I'm not fancy, so I'll show you in the Azure portal. Hopefully that won't ruin my cool quotient among developers ; )
This will be a three part series:
ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services' Docker Images - Part 1
I've been using Azure App Services (e.g. WebApps) for a few years now. I've been mostly happy with the result. Though I've had some trouble with the way that the App Service environment works from time to time (mostly with the version of .NET Core that is running).
To try and eliminate that (and possibly save some cost), I decided to switch my apps to use Docker Containers. I thought I'd share how I did it in case you want to do this as well.
This will be a three part series:
Year in Review - 2019
The new year is coming soon and that means it's time for my yearly look back at my life and industry. This was an odd year for me since I didn't do many conferences and stayed home to solve some issues and work on the film.
The year home did me a lot of good. My health is even better and first year without major kidney stone issues. If you've read my blog for a while, you might remember that I did this last year.
After being curmudgeonly about turning 50, I feel a lot better about it now that it's behind me. I still don't feel like retirement is coming soon. Luckily since I'm mostly teaching, most days I have time to code on my own, continue to make films, and be available to my family. I'm a very lucky person. I Here are some categories of my life.
Using FluentValidation in ASP.NET Core
I'm working on an example to explore some more complex modeling in EF (for SQL and NoSQL) but that's not ready so I thought I'd use it as a bed for some Validation testing I'm doing. The result is some exploration of the FluentValidation project that I haven't had time to dig into until now.
Validation is an interesting exercise in ASP.NET (Core) and trying to get it correct is quite difficult. Ultimately in this day of SPAs and mobile apps, we need a solution that handles the client and the server. If you don't validate on the server it just doesn't matter.
FluentValidation is a replacment for the existing validation attributes (DataAnnotations) that you might already be using. The idea is to separate the validation from the classes. To be clear, this doesn't replace setting up your Entity Framework types with Fluent API this is about server-side validation only. Think of it as a clearer way to define rules for validation of your models or DTOs.
Upgrading from Gulp 3 to 4
I may be very late to the party, but once Gulp 3.x stopped working with recent versions of Node, I've been forced to update my projects to the newest version of Gulp.
I was hesitant to learn it as I often think of Gulp as just a side-line tool that I use for production. Luckily for me, the new Gulp is actually simpler and more intuitive. I wanted to write a quick blog post explaining how I converted them.
Let's start with my Gulp 3 version:
My Vuex Talk from Connect.Tech
I was delighted to spend some time today at Connect.Tech conference. Great web conference and it was packed. So many excited people who wanted to talk about web technologies!
I saw some great talks before mine. I tried to convince the audience that Vuex would simplify not complicate their Vue projects. Hopefully I succeeded.
As promised, I wanted to share my slide and code.
Endpoint Routing in ASP.NET Core 3.0
Endpoint Routing was introduced in ASP.NET Core 2.2 but has been made a first class citizen of ASP.NET Core in 3.0. While you're old projects will continue to work without it, upgrading to Endpoint Routing will improve your applications.
Endpoint Routing is a system to handle routing across different middleware systems (e.g. MVC, Razor Pages, Blazor, SignalR and gRPC). By having endpoints that work with each other, you can think of a system more holistically then having terminal middleware that don't talk to each other. Let's see what that actually means in practice.
If you've seen the new project template, you've probably already noticed that setting up RazorPages and MVC look a bit different. First in the ConfigureServices:
My First Look at ASP.NET Core 3.0
I'm finally getting around to looking at updating my examples and courses to 3.0. This post is based on .NET Core Preview 8 so this might change in the future.
There are a number of great walkthroughs for moving your ASP.NET Core 2.x projects to 3.0. So I don't want to repeat that. Instead, I want to talk about what's happening, not just a list of things to do.
To discuss these changes, i'll talk about a project I'm current converting (CoreCodeCamp which is the basis for the Atlanta Code Camp), though it's a branch that likely won't be deployed until after the event.
The State of Writing Services for the Web
I started writing services in websites back in the .NET 1.0 days. Originally I was doing just POX (Plain Old XML) services in a very crude way so we could get the job done for our internal systems back in the early 2000's.
This means I've been through the "new tech" crazy with services for a long time. I've spent much of the last year digging into different tech for services to interact with websites (though many of the same issues are for rich clients and IoT). I'm not done and don't know how right my assumptions are yet, but I thought I'd try to start a conversation.
While I've lived through POX, SOAP, and REST...I don't think this is another wave. I think this is a widening of options for services. But what does the service ecosystem look like right now? (Caveat: I'm going to miss your favorite idea, so feel free to add to the discussion below.)
Changing Nested State in Vuex
I've been updating the Atlanta Code Camp website to improve our administration workflow. With the Call for Speakers coming up soon, I wanted to make sure we had a good way of picking only the best talks.
One of the things I've done is move it to a Single App with Vuex at the center of it. But I ran into an oddity with Vuex that I thought I'd share.
Much of the work I do in Vuex has to do with adding, updating and removing objects from the state. That works exactly the way I would expect. For example, I have a lot of mutations that looks like this:
Did Vue.js Just Blink?
There is a lot of buzz around the internet about Vue.js 3.0's announcement about a new composition model. There are a lot of questions about it and I think much of it is 'they moved my cheese' more than 'they're breaking everything'.
So let's talk about it...
Evan You's announcement in London last week scared a bunch of people, including me.
What's New in ASP.NET Core 3 Preview 6
ASP.NET Core 3 seems to be taking a similar tact to version 1 as it is adding a lot of functionality and phasing it in with different previews. While a lot of the articles seem to be focusing on the non-ASP.NET features (e.g. WPF, WinForms, etc.), I thought it would be nice to let those of you who are ASP.NET devs know what is in Preview 6 just for you.
It feels a lot like the ASP.NET MVC/API side is being treated as mature and stable as there is are not a lot of surface changes. Microsoft does seem to be doubling down on Razor Pages and Blazor. It feels like they want .NET Core to be a good fit for different styles and backgrounds of developer. This release is no different.
Let's take a look at the details:
What Does the GitHub Registry Mean to Developers?
As you might have heard, GitHub has created it's own package registry. On the face of it, it might just feel like an opportunity to get more 'buy-in' into using GitHub, but I think something else is going on.
While most people are focusing on the support in NPM for the GitHub registry, they're actually supporting a package repository for a handful of package services. These include Nuget, Ruby Gems, Maven, and Docker. Why are they doing this?
The biggest benefit for people already using GitHub is to be able to expose their code as packages directly in the same environment. This limits the number of steps involved.
Using an InputMask with Vue (e.g. The Vue Ecosystem)
One of the first times I started working with Vue, I was concerned about it's long-term success. I was coming from Angular and their ecosystem is huge.
I was delighted to find that the ecosystem is pretty varied. The Vue website tries to make it easier to find the kinds of libraries and components that you might need. It comes from two places on the website.
On the Vue website, you can look in the Ecosystem menu:
Vue's Single File Components vs. React's JSX
I have to admit, my first experiences with React several years ago were meet with a lot of cynicism. The idea of mixing JavaScript and Markup made me clutch my pearls to the core.
Now I know that you can use React without using JSX, but I think that is missing the point in a lot of ways. Of course, I'm not a React expert so I am sure you'll let me know how wrong I am ; )
In case you haven't used React yet, let me just talk about how JSX works. In React, when you build a component, you're mixing JavaScript with markup. The idea is that during compilation, the markup is replaced with DOM code to build up the markup you're specifying. For example:
Creating a Vuex Plugin
If you're building larger scale Vue objects and you're not using Vuex to centralize your state, please stop and go learn Vuex. Really. For those of you still here, sometimes it's helpful to be able to monitor state changes to perform other tasks. For example, to send messages or communicate with servers that aren't about state (e.g. SignalR is a good example). That's where Vuex plugins come in. A Vuex plugin is a simple function that is called once during the setup of a Vuex store. Typically you'd just create the function/arrow function taking an instance of the store:
export default store => {
Inside the function, you just want to subscribe to changes to the store as you need. An easy way to think about this is to use subscribe to a mutation:
export default store => {
store.subscribe((mutation, state) => {
if (mutation.type === "setError") {
// Alert someone
alert("Error occurred!");
The mutation that is passed in has a "type" and a "payload". With these properties of the mutation you can determine what to do. For example, the above example just pops up an alert (a really bad thing to do btw) when setError mutation is called. setError is a mutation in a store:
Vue.js Talk at Atlanta Vue Meetup
I had the opportunity to speak at the Atlanta Vue Meetup recently. This was a great group of people who had mostly had experience with Vue.js.
I'm so used to having to try and convince people to use Vue, that this was a fun talk to get people interested in using it in different ways than they are used to.
As promised, here are the slides and code:
Vue.js Presentation at the Atlanta .NET Users Group
I had a great time presenting to the Atlanta .NET Users' Group last night. I talked about where I think Vue.js.
I got to espouse my opinion (again) about SPA being large monoliths instead of building 'islands of functionality'. I learned a new achronym too, "Multiple Page Apps" or MPAs for this type of client-side dev.
As promised, I wanted to share the code and the slides:
Should You Be Using the Vue CLI?
The Vue team has been working hard. Much like Angular, the Vue team has a command-line interface (CLI) to help develop projects with Vue.
If all you're doing is building a SPA, the CLI can really help simplify setting up a project. But is that all you should be doing with Vue?
In my Vue course and talks, I've been advocating that Vue is a good middleground between the philosophies of Angular and vanilla JavaScript. Not every project is a Single Page Application (or multi-page application if you prefer). In this way, I really like how Vue can be scaled up as necessary. In my mind this means that there is a use-case for using Vue without the complexities of a JavaScript build step.
Talking Vue with .NET Zuid
If you're not in the south part of the Netherlands, you might have missed my most recent appearance last night. Great hosts, guests and sponsors make the night and easy and fun talk.
After a long day at Techorama NL, I was whisked away to Eindhoven for a talk at the .NET Zuid group (e.g. Southern .NET Group). I was able to show them the basics of Vue.js and pontificate about my continued hatred of the phrase "Single Page Applications".
As promised, I wanted to make the slides and code available to the attendees. You can get them here:
.NET Developer Days Poland Wrap-up
Had a great week here in Warsaw! Got to see some great sights and great developers!
Thanks to the great team behind .NET Developer Days! Great group of attendees that asked some great questions.
Here is are the slides and code links I promised:
Intellisense in ASP.NET Core Projects That Use NPM?
I've been advocating using NPM for a client-side package manager in the last few months since Bower support has been depreciated. And while this works pretty well (using Scott Allen's UseNodeModules middlware) to allow you to just point at the NPM folder.
Of course, for production, this isn't a great solution. I've been showing people to use Gulp or WebPack to copy only the files you need in production. But for development, there is a problem: Intellisense.
I've noticed that Visual Studio 2017 only seems to notice files in the wwwroot folder. After trying a bunch of things, I think I found a solution. If you open the CSPROJ file and add this section to point at the node_modules directory:
Avoid Lazy Loading in ASP.NET
I know I am not going to make everyone happy with this post. I've been hoping to not have to make this post, but Entity Framework Core has finally added support for Lazy Loading, so it's time.
This problem is not new. Entity Framework (not Core) also has this problem. But it's far easier to accidentally do this in that version. Luckily, Entity Framework Core has made it harder to inadvertently turn it on. Let's see what's wrong with Lazy Loading in Web Apps.
Just to make sure were talking about the same things, I'll explain how Lazy Loading works.


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Ruby L. Powers is the founder and managing attorney of Powers Law Group, P.C. Located in Houston, Texas, the four-attorney firm focuses on immigration law including waivers of inadmissibility, asylum, deportation, family– and employment-based immigration. She is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. A graduate of University of North Carolina School of Law, she is an alumna of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and Leadership Houston. She is the author of the forthcoming book How to Start and Build an Immigration Law Practice.
As the child of a Mexican immigrant, Powers gravitated toward an international life by later marrying a Turkish immigrant. Having lived and studied in Belgium, Mexico, Turkey, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates, Powers speaks Spanish, French, and a hint of Turkish. For a decade, Powers has managed her firm and in 2011 she ran her law firm from Dubai and Turkey for 14 months.
She has served as AILA's Law Practice Management Chair between 2015-2017 and TX Chapter Advocacy (Co-) Liaison from 2015-2019. She served on the State Bar of Texas Law Practice Management committee between 2015-1018. Powers currently serves as the Chair of the Houston Bar Association Law Practice Management and on the AILA Innovation Task Force and Media Advocacy Committee.
Powers was awarded the AILA Advocacy Award, Houston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award, Super Lawyers Rising Star, Houstonia Magazine Top Lawyer, and was a Women Who Mean Business Women to Watch Finalist. She is a frequent national and international speaker and media resource as well as an author on immigration law and law practice management topics. Powers has been featured in Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, Rotarian, Fox, NPR All Things Considered, Reuters, Mother Jones, CBS News, LA Times, and multiple international news sources.


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While I am frequently accused of being out-of-touch by my teenage children, this weekend I really am going to be out-of-touch....with civilization (also known as, no internet). I will be spending the weekend at a Jr. & Sr. High Winter Retreat with about 300 young people.
I will be getting very little sleep in the next two days.
Pray that I can keep my eyes open, and act the like the adult that I am supposed to be!
Talk to you Monday!


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Paul Kasmin Gallery is in Istanbul !
Paul Kasmin Gallery, Founded in New York in 1989, represents several generations of internationally recognized contemporary and modern painters, sculptors, photographers, and filmmakers including Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Les Lalannes, Walton Ford, Kenny Scharf, Barry Flanagan and Frank Stella. The gallery also exhibits young, mid-career, and canonized artists from around the world, balancing a cutting-edge contemporary program with historical exhibitions. Some of the Galleries younger artists include James Nars, Ivan Navaro, Nir Hod and Will Ryman.
The gallery has two locations in New York, publishes numerous catalogues and artist books, participates regularly in international art fairs, and is well known for its organization of major public sculpture projects. The gallery is excited to bring its international experience to Istanbul to become a part of the city's growing contemporary art culture.
The gallery's is planning to bring it's internationally recognized artist to Istanbul for a variety of exciting shows.
Time for Art at Akaretler Sıraevler
Istanbul is on its way to being recognized as an international center for the art world. Akaretler Sıraevler is becoming a key location for contemporary art and culture in the city. Paul Kasmin Gallery is proud to be a part of the exciting transformation of this historic district.
The Photographer of the Illusion
Reinterpreting his fashion and commercial works as well as the popular culture, the American artist David LaChapelle is being defined as the naughty boy and illusionist of photography after Newton. He is creating identity out of objects and object out of identities.
What is more, LaChapelle is famous for creating portraits of celebrities with the themes; fear, death, existence and belief. Since 1995 he has been awarded several times as the best photography artist of the year and his exhibitions have been held in many countries, from New York to Berlin, from China to France.
Madonna, Michael Jackson, Naomi Campbell, Uma Thurman, Angelina Jolie, David Beckham, Britney Spears, Leonardo Di Caprio, Paris Hilton, Elton John, Alexander McQueen and Lady Gaga are amongst the celebrites reflected from his object-glass.
David LaChapelle's photographs including these celebrities and other fantastic works holding surreal traces, can be seen at the exhibition "Documents of Desire & Disaster", between 10th December 2010 – 29th January 2011 at Paul Kasmin Gallery, Akaretler Sıraevler.
For further information and contact:
İdil Çetin
0212 369 92 92
Paul Kasmin Gallery


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Monday, January 18, 2010
One Year Ago Today
One year ago today we were boarding a plane for the first leg of our 24-hour journey to Kazakhstan to meet the extraordinary Alexandra Grace Morningstar.
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3 comments:
- tac said...
I'm guessing that you will be reliving the events of one year ago for several weeks now ...
Enjoy the memories, while you're living today with your beautiful family!!
- January 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Lou Ann said...
Oh Happy Anniversary! I love looking back at our two month adventure into becoming a family as I'm sure you will too. I'm know there will be lots of "this time last year we were______!" in the coming months. Enjoy your the end of your firsts!
Lou Ann & Lexie too
- January 18, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- Alison said...
Wow isn't that wild? Your blog had such a big affect on me and my mom...it really helped her move from worried, to excited, about our whole international adoption thing. Little did we know, when reading it, we'd be staying in our same Kaz apartment 5 months later! what a big year we have all had!!
- January 23, 2010 at 6:53 PM
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Anna Margaretha Kolthammer1
#1779, (1886 - 1972)
|Friedrich Wilhelm Kolthammer1 (1856 - 1906)
|Margarete Kathrina Kobold1 (1862 - 1935)
|Daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Kolthammer
|Dietrich Burchard Kolthammer - Eight generations of Descendants
Friedrich Kolthammer & Margarete Kobold - children & grandchildren
Life Events
|Anna Margaretha Kolthammer went by the name of Anna as a child, and later Margreta or Rita.
|She was born on 13 Mar 1886 in Southwark, London.1,2,3
|She was baptized on 27 Jun 1886 in St. Georges Lutheran Church, Little Alie Street, St Mary Whitechapel parish, Middlesex. 1 Sunday after Trinity, Anna Margaretha, d/o Friedrich Kolthammer, tailor, of Zelle, Hanover & his wife Maria, formerly Koboldt, of Eichenau, Kingdom of Württemberg; residence No 4, Park Street, Borough Market SE; sponsor Miss M Knebler; minister Rev V Stieglitz.1
|(with Parents) 1891 Census
|Annie appeared on the 1891 Census of Southwark, St George the Martyr Civil Parish, London with her parents. She was age 5, a Scholar, and was born in London.4
|(with Parents) 1901 Census
|Anna appeared on the 1901 Census of St George The Martyr Civil Parish, Southwark, London living in 3 rooms with her parents and seven siblings. She was 15 years old and born in Southwark, London.3
|Auntie Rita became a maid at Number 11 Downing Street (the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's official residence). Here she met a diplomat who she married and
went with him to India. He died and she returned to this country where she
was offered a Grace and Favour House. However, she turned it down and went to live in the United States.
There she married a Fred Vote - who was an ex-F.B.I. man. The story is that
he had one running board gun battle with gangsters around about the time of
prohibition. They lived in Los Angeles for many years. When Fred died she
came back to England and lived with her sister Bertha until her death.5
|She married Alfred Daniel Guy Hore in 1910.6
|(Widowed) Death
|Alfred's death before 1916 left Margreta a widow.
|Passenger List
|Margreta Hore was listed on a manifest dated 7 Oct 1916 for the SS Orduna, sailing from Liverpool for New York. She was 30 years 5 months old, a widow, occupation wife, residence Hastings, England, and a non-immigrant. Her contact in England was friend Mr Harry? Edwards of 116 Braybrooke Road, Hastings. Her final destination was to friends Mr and Mrs Ed Gower, 115 E Beach in Biloxi Mississippi but she did not yet have a ticket. Margreta paid her own way, had $330, had been in the US before (at Woreham [sic] for 6 months), was born in London England, and was described as 5' tall, sallow complexion, brown hair and brown eyes. There is a note, "Dis to T.A. Society" [discharged to Traveler's Aid Society - they would help her find her way].7
|Passenger List
|Margaret Hore was listed on a manifest dated Mar 1919 for the Mauretania, arriving in Southampton from New York. She was traveling 2nd class, a domestic, unaccompanied, address Braybrooke Road, Hastings, last residence USA, intended residence England.8
|Passenger List
|Margreta Hore was listed on a manifest dated 29 Apr 1920 for the SS Finland, leaving Southampton for New York. She was 34, a widow, housewife, last permanent residence Hastings, England, final destination Roselle Park, New Jersey. Her contact in England was Mrs Elliott, 116 Braybrooke Road, Hastings [Sussex]. Margreta paid her own way, had $50, had previously been in New Orleans for 2 1/2 years to March 1919, going to meet intended husband Mr F Vote, 31 Westfield Avenue, Roselle Park, New Jersey. Intends to reside permanently in the U.S. Description 5' tall, sallow complexion, brown hair and eyes and was born in London England.9
|Anna Margaretha Kolthammer married Frederick Vote on 10 May 1920.10,11
|Margreta Vote was issued a United States passport on 3 Dec 1920. On the application it noted the following: maiden name Kolthammer, born 13 March 1886 in London England, residence Los Angeles, housewife, and her husband was Fredrick Vote who was born in Chicago Illinois and whose name was legally changed from Vogt to Vote. The passport was to go abroad temporarily to the British Isles to settle an estate in her family and visit relatives. She was described as age 34, 5'1" tall, medium forehead, brown eyes, straight nose, straight mouth, round chin, brown hair, fair complexion, oval face, and no distinguishing marks. [The application had a $1 fee and included a photograph]12
|Passenger List
|Margreta Vote was listed on a manifest dated 22 Jan 1921 for the Asian, arriving in Liverpool from New Orleans. There were only 6 passengers on the ship and Margareta was the only alien. She was traveling 1st class, occupation Wife, age 34, and was an American citizen. There was a check mark under 'England' for country of intended future residence.13
|Passenger List
|Anna Margaretha Kolthammer was listed on a manifest dated 11 May 1921 for the S.S. Cameronia, which left Liverpool, arriving in New York 21 May. Information from the passenger list: Margreta Vote, 35, married, husband born 29 July 1879 Chicago Ill, address in United States 1723 West 53rd Street, Los Angeles, California.10
|Voters' List
|She and Frederick Vote appeared on the electoral roll in California. 1922 - Frederick, real estate, 1723 W 53rd st; Margreta same; Republicans
1924 - Frederick, storekeeper, 5413 Brynhurst av; Mrs Margreta housewife; Republicans
1928 - as above, but Democrats
1930 - as above but Frederick declined to state his affiliation, Margreta was Republican
1932 - address as above, no occupation, both Democrats
1934, 1946, 48, 50, 52, 54 - same.14
|1930 Census
|Frederick and Margreta Vote appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at 5413 Brynhurst Avenue, enumerated 1 Apr 1930. Frederick was 50, first married at 40, born in Illinois, parents born in Germany, a store-keeper in wholesale items, and was not a veteran. Margreta was 44, first married at 24, born in England, father born in France, mother in Germany, immigrated in 1913. They owned their home worth $10,000 [this was medium high for the area] and had a radio set.15
|Passenger List
|Margareta Vote was listed on a manifest dated 12 May 1938 for the M/S Annie Johnson, arriving in Plymouth. She embarked at San Pedro [California], traveled 3rd class, was a 52-year old housewife, residence USA, and her address in England was 62 Priory Ave, Hastings, Sussex.16
|Passenger List
|Anna Margaretha Kolthammer was listed on a manifest dated 9 Feb 1939 departing from Antwerp on the S.S. Balboa and arriving in San Pedro Calif 14th of March. She was recorded as Margreta Vote of 5413 Brynhurst Ave, Los Angeles, Calif, age 52, married, U.S. citizen by marriage May 10th 1920.17
|Passenger List
|She was listed on a manifest dated 22 Oct 1949 departing from Southampton on the Queen Mary, traveling in cabin class, and arriving in New York 27 Oct. Details: Margareta Vote of 5413 Brynhurst Ave, Los Angeles 43, Cal, age 63, married, U.S. citizen, born in England, had 6 pieces of baggage [this was a lot].18
|(Widowed) Death
|Frederick's death on 13 Oct 1968 left Rita a widow.19
|Rita lived in Los Angeles for most of her married life and came to live with Billy and her sister Bertha on her return to England. She had no children.20
|Anna died in Oct 1972 in England.21,22
|Last Edited
|30 Aug 2016
- Microfilm of the Baptisms of St George's German Lutheran Church, Whitechapel, Middlesex, 1857-1897 (Family History Library, 1752197).
- FreeBMD. Margreta Kolthammer, Jun Q 1886, St Saviour RD.
- 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG 13/366 folio 127.
- 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/346 folio 143.
- E-mails from Jackie Frost to J Kolthammer.
- FreeBMD. Margreta Kolthammer & Alfred D G Hore, Dec Q 1910, Southwark RD.
- New York Passenger Arrivals, images (www.ancestry.com) "SS Orduna, October 1916."
- UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (images viewed at ancestry.com). Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26."Mauretania, March 1919."
- New York Passenger Arrivals, images (www.ancestry.com) "SS Finland, April 1920."
- New York Passenger Arrivals, images (www.ancestry.com).
- Letters from Joan Haworth, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, to J Kolthammer, dated beginning in 1989.
- Passport application for Margreta Vote at Los Angeles, California, 26 November 1920, (digitized copy viewed at Ancestry.com).
- UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (images viewed at ancestry.com). Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26."Asian, January 1921."
- California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968. State of California. Great Register of Voters. Sacramento, California: California State Library. Images viewed at Ancestry.com.
- 1930 Federal Census for United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Roll 152, ED 541, Page 6A. Image viewed at Ancestry.com.
- UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (images viewed at ancestry.com). Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26."Annie Johnson, May 1938."
- New York Passenger Arrivals, images (www.ancestry.com) "SS Balboa, Feb 1939."
- New York Passenger Arrivals, images (www.ancestry.com) "Queen Mary, Oct 1949."
- California Death Index, 1940-1997, compiled by State of California, Sacramento. Text index at Ancestry and FamilySearch. Frederic Vote, born 27 Jul 1879 Illinois, mother's maiden name Budel.
- Letters from Wynne Goss, Crawley, Sussex, to J Kolthammer, dated circa 1991.
- United States Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, viewed at http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.
- FreeBMD. Margreta Vote, born 13 Mar 1885, Dec Q 1972, Bournemouth RD.


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Jessica & Joseph | Nanina's in the Park | Belleville, NJ
The Wedding of ...
Jessica Bova & Joseph Macchione Jr.
Their Vendors
Ceremony & Reception: Nanina's in the Park,
973.751.1230, www.naninasinthepark.com
Gown: Allure Bridals, Madison James
Bridesmaids: Dessy 2905
Tux: Calvin Klein
Photographer: Gabelli Studio Photography & Cinema
Cinematographer: Kaan Tulgar Productions
Makeup: Jaxx Makeup,
201.724.5229, www.jaxxmakeup.com
Hair: La Sorella Bridal
Florist: Perla & Co.
Cake: A Little Cake Bakery
Band: The Infernos Band
Romantic Gardens
Our love story began at a tiny Irish pub in Hackensack, New Jersey. I am a kindergarten teacher and Joey is an engineer. For our first date, he took me to a seafood restaurant in the area. He became my boyfriend shortly after.
Two and a half years later, Joey and I planned to have a pizza night at our house. What I got instead was much better than pizza! When he got back from work, he immediately took out the ring, got down on one knee, and asked me to marry him. Our families were waiting for us at The New Bridge Inn to celebrate!
When we walked into Nanina's in the Park, our hearts skipped a beat. It was everything we ever dreamed of. We fell in love with the romantic atmosphere, the beautiful gardens, and the incredibly compassionate staff. Tom Casella, the general manager, Peter Palmieri, a manager, Vicky Iandoli, our maître d', and the entire staff went above and beyond for us to make our wedding day truly special. Every time Joey or I called or stopped by Nanina's, Liz Simonski, the hostess, was there to greet us with a smiling face and helpful advice. We felt like we had known her for years.
From the moment we arrived at Nanina's on our wedding day, we were treated like royalty. Reverend Michael Savage married us in Nanina's gorgeous gardens.
Everyone was greeted at the cocktail hour with champagne and strawberries. Our guests were blown away by the amount of food and its presentation. We had butlered appetizers including buffalo shrimp, short ribs, mushroom risotto, and more. The food stations felt endless! We had everything from a wine and cheese bar to seafood stations to a mac-n-cheese station, a crêpe station, a barbecue station, and a martini bar with an ice sculpture.
Our ballroom looked as if it was taken right out of a fairy tale. Our centerpieces were filled with white and green hydrangeas and ivory roses with splashes of deep coral and natural greens. Crystal candles and rose petals surrounded each centerpiece. We hung crystals and pearls from champagne flute glasses that gave the room a beautiful romantic feel.
We offered a duet meal of chateaubriand and shrimp Nanina's for dinner. Guests also had an option of chicken francaise or eggplant Napoleon. All the entrées were served with a skewered potato and bundled vegetables. We had the time of our lives dancing to The Infernos Band. Their energy and pure talent elevated our special day. From our entrance until our goodbye, guests were always on the dance floor!
For dessert, we had a Venetian hour with an entire room filled with cannoli stations, pastries, chocolates, wedding cake, waffles, and anything else you could think of! Every guest left with a to-go cup of coffee and a bag full of zeppolis. In lieu of favors, we made a donation to the St. Jude's Children Hospital in honor of our grandparents.
We are incredibly blessed to have the most amazing family and friends in the world! Thank you to all our vendors, especially our photographer and cinematographer for capturing every beautiful moment of the night. Thank you to Tom, Peter, Vicky, Liz and all the staff at Nanina's in the Park for making our dream wedding day come true. Thank you to our parents for their unconditional love, never-ending support, and guidance.
Nanina's in the Park
540 Mill Street, Belleville, NJ 07109
973.751.1230, www.naninasinthepark.com


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