Venkaiah Naidu releasing a brochure, at the 6th National Photography Awards Ceremony, in New Delhi on March 22, 2017. The Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore also seen.
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shri M .Venkaiah Naidu has said that Photography as a communication tool was an influential medium to spread awareness and ensure Good Governance. Photographs along with Social Media had been a potent combination in today's digital world. The 'Selfie with Daughters' campaign launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi came out to be a powerful instrument of social change. This way of posting photos created a powerful impact on societal behaviour and ingrained cultural traditions. The Minister stated this at the inaugural function of 6th National Photography Awards ceremony here today. Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ajay Mittal, Secretary I&B were also present on the occasion.Shri Naidu, while speaking on the role of photographs as a powerful medium of communication, quoted that "A picture is worth a thousand words". They formed a means of artistic statement that provided insight into the thought and mental makeup of the communicator, while enabling them to transcend the limitations and boundaries of the linguistics of a written or spoken language.
Elaborating further Shri Naidu said that photographs were a powerful language which spoke to our emotions and became a part of our legacy. The photograph of a 3 year old dead Syrian child washed ashore on a beach changed the entire world opinion on the Refugee Crisis thereby shaking collective consciousness of the humanity.Speaking about the basic essence of photography, Shri Naidu said that there were no specific set of rules to take a good photograph. A photographer was not bound by technique or theory. They were free to interpret and capture the subject the way they likes. It was imperative to have the right amalgamation of art, angle and aperture to capture and process pictures, which only comes through years of practice.On the role of fast changing technology in communication domain, Shri Naidu said that the Internet has brought out the resurgence of visual image into our everyday communication. Digital cameras and cell phones with integrated cameras have generated an explosion of images into everyone's lives. Social Media has provided a new platform to people to Share, Communicate and Inform through photographs.Shri Venkaiah Naidu conferred the Life Time Achievement Award to Shri Raghu Rai, Professional Photographer of the year award to Shri K.K. Mustafah and Amateur Photographer of the year award to Shri Ravinder Kumar. Shri Venkaiah Naidu and Col. Rathore also released the brochure of 6th National Photography Awards. Shri Naidu along with Col. Rathore also inaugurated the Photo Exhibition put by DAVP and Photo Division.
The theme for this year's awards for Professional category was "Skilled India", while in the Amateur category the topic was "Swatch Bharat". The jury committee comprised the following eminent Photo Journalists. Shri S.N. Sinha, Former Editor (Photo) Hindustan Times was the chairman with Shri Dhritiman Mukherjee, Professional Wildlife Photographer, Shri K.N. Santh Kumar, Sr. Editor and Photojournalist, Kannada Daily Prajavani were the members of the committee and Shri Sanjiv Misra, Photographic officer, Photo Division was Member Secretary.Shri Raghu Rai began his career as a photographer at the age of 23 in 1965. In the early years of his career, he was the Chief Photographer at the Statesman and later the picture Editor of Sunday Magazine. He became the picture Editor – Visualizer Photographer of "India Today" where he received acclaims for his series for his series on Great Masters of Indian classical music, Satyajit Ray and Mother Teresa. In 1992, he was awarded "photographer of the year" in U.S. and was conferred "officiere des Arts et des Letters" by the Government of France. Shri Rai has also exhibited his works around the world. He continues to be an associate of Magnum Photos. He had tirelessly continued to Photograph India through the 20th Century and now into the 21st. He has done about 55 books on India on myriad themes. He also started Centre for Photography in 2011 to enhance and enrich creative explorations of young Indians.National Photography Award is an annual event organized by Photo Division a media unit under Ministry of I&B. The event is organized to promote art, technique of photography and to encourage professional and amateur photographers from all corners of the country. The Photo awards have been classified into three categories, with total of 13 awards. The awards include Life Time Achievement Award, Photographer of the year award in Professional and Amateur category with 5 Special Mention Awards in both categories each.


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Marshal H. Wrubel (* 31. März 1924 in New York City; † 26. Oktober 1968 bei Boulder, Colorado) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom.

Wrubel galt als Wunderkind am Klavier und studierte ab dem Alter von elf Jahren an der Juilliard School in Manhattan. Er erwarb einen Abschluss an der Juilliard im Fach Klavier und 1944 einen Bachelor-Abschluss in Physik am City College of New York. Danach war er zwei Jahre im Manhattan Project am Los Alamos National Laboratory, wo er beschloss, sich der Astrophysik zuzuwenden. Ab 1946 studierte er an der University of Chicago mit der Promotion 1949. Als Post-Doktorand war er als Fellow des National Research Council an der Princeton University. 1950 wurde er Assistant Professor und 1966 Professor für Astronomie an der Indiana University Bloomington. Er stand der Abteilung Astrophysik vor und war zwischen 1955 und 1958 Leiter des Rechenzentrums, das 1973 nach ihm benannt wurde. 1968 war er zu einem Sabbatjahr am Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics in Boulder und starb dort im Alter von 44 Jahren auf einer Bergwanderung an einem Herzinfarkt.

Er war im Astronomie-Komitee der National Science Foundation und Councilor der American Astronomical Society.

Wrubel befasste sich mit der Astrophysik des Sternaufbaus, Sternatmosphären und astrophysikalischer Magnetohydrodynamik. Der Asteroid (1765) Wrubel ist nach ihm benannt.

Schriften
 Stellar interiors, Handbuch der Physik, Band 51, 1958
 Primer of programming for digital computers, McGraw Hill 1959
 Herausgeber: Proceedings of the National Science Foundation  conference on stellar atmospheres, held at Indiana University, September/Oktober 1954, 1955

Weblinks und Quellen
 Wrubel Papers, Indiana University
 Veröffentlichungen von M.H. Wrubel im Astrophysics Data System
 Honoree: Search Awards: University Honors & Awards:Marshal Wrubel, Indiana University

Astronom (20. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Indiana University Bloomington)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1924
Gestorben 1968
Mann

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Q: preloadJS sometimes doesn't trigger any event So I have made some games in HTML5 which are played one after another, the game changes every 5 minutes using the loadgame function with the preloadJS library. gameID is the filename of the new game to load. What happens is that if the internet is very slow then no event is triggered and the next game is never loaded.
loadgame = function()
{
    canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
    stage = new createjs.Stage(canvas);

    loader = new createjs.LoadQueue(false);
    loader.loadFile({src:gameID+".js", type:"javascript"}, true);
    loader.addEventListener("complete", prehandleComplete);
    loader.addEventListener("error", handleLoadError1);
    loader.addEventListener("fileerror", handleLoadError1);
}

A: I did a quick search on the error, and found some results indicating that there might be something in the mimetype or charset of the data that is causing the error.
Similar to the solution to the example in the post I linked to above, you can append a custom Content-Type header to any load item:
loader.loadFile({
    src:gameID+".js",
    headers:{"Content-Type" : "application/json; charset=utf-8"}
});

Note that you don't need the "type" property in this load item (the extension will determine that for you), nor do you need to pass true as the second argument, since that is the default value.

A: That happened because of timeout on loading the file and for some reason it doesn't trigger events.
loader.loadFile({src:gameID+".js", type:"javascript", loadTimeout:"60000"}, true);

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Our beautiful Goldie is doing absolutely wonderful in her retirement home! Goldie loves spending time with her new fur-siblings (and Clarenville SPCA Alumni): Rocky, Lady (Princess), and Buddy (Lucas)! The four of them enjoy walking and relaxing by the water together.
Just this week we received one of those, "I'm not crying you're crying stories." This sweet thing is Susie Girl and boy does she have stories to tell. She was was adopted by a lovely elderly couple who sadly passed away so Susie found herslef back at the shelter.
Shilo's (AKA Kallie) Second Chance!
Shilo came to our SPCA in search of a new home a few month ago. She had a bad eye infection when she arrived, and after re-checks with the vet and countless eye drops, the vet determined that Shilo would need to have her eye removed.
After only one week with us Mr. Bones gained an amazing 11 pounds. What a difference only a few days of proper care made in how Mr. Bones looked. He sure was happy to be getting lots of food and the attention that he craved so badly.
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        this.valueType = valueType;
        this.method = method;
        this.name = name;
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        this.owner = owner;
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        this.totalMisses = totalMisses;
        this.averageCalculation = averageCalculation;
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Hello there, good people. As you may or may not know, Hurricane Florence is preparing to unleash on the Carolinas this coming weekend, which happens to be where yours truly is located. The reason I am bringing this up is because there's a fair chance I may lose power for a bit. If that happens, then the shows will be a bit more delayed going up since I'm the only one who puts them together. So if I vanish off the boards a bit, I just want you to know I didn't disappear into the Bermuda Triangle.
Given what I've seen and read, I don't think I'm going to get it that bad where I am. I could be wrong, but that's just how it looks. I'm not close to the coast at all, and that seems to be where the biggest damage is likely to come. I assure you IF it happens, I'll be back as soon as I can and getting everything out as I'm able. If you happen to be anywhere near where this thing is hitting and have a means of getting out of there, I encourage you to do so. Better to be overly cautious. Property can be replaced after all. People cannot.
Anywho, this is just a PSA in case it does take place. If it doesn't happen, then I've wasted your time and mine both reading and writing this for you. As always, thank you for your extensive support all these years. You guys make this place what it is, I'm just the monkey pulling the levers.


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Emerson Players proudly presents Neil Simon's The Good Doctor–a Broadway hit first performed in 1973 that combines Simon's comedic wit with Anton Chekhov's satiric commentary on the human condition. The Players are having fun with this and know you will too!
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Performances are Friday, May 6 (7:15pm), and Saturday, May 7 (7:15pm), in the evenings and a matinee performance on Sunday, May 8 (1:45pm).


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Q: Calculate sum from MySQL server or from application I have a MySQL table which has two columns : ID and count. It has an index on ID field.
Now if i have to get sum of all the count between two IDs, I can write a query like:
Select SUM(count) from table where id between x and y

or i can get
select count from table where id between x and y

And then loop through the result and calculate the sum of the count on my application code
Which one is better, considering the speed is the essential thing here. Will indexing on the count help?? Or can i write a different SQL?
Would indexing on the count column help in any way?
I have around 10000 requests per second coming in and I am using a load balancer and 5 servers for this.

A: The second one is the correct one.  There's no need to sum a count, as the count comes back as a single value.  It only needs to be run once.
Unless you have a column named count, in which you want to sum all the values...
EDIT
Because you are saying you have a column named Count, you would use the first query:
Select SUM(count) from table where id between x and y

A: Use approach 1 as you would save on fetching data from MySQL and iterating over it.
The time taken by MySQL to execute either of your queries would be nearly the same but the second approach would require looping through the results and summing them; unnecessary overhead.


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Kitab (uzbek: Kitob) és una ciutat de l'Àsia Central a la part sud de l'Uzbekistan. Fou temporalment un estat independent al . Actualment forma un districte de la província (viloyati) de Qashqadaryo.

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So heres the new scoop. As Gathering of Nations is coming quickly here's the performance this weekend with Frank Waln and other talented native artists. Also Rose Will rise Again is coming to itunes! Native teen is on Teen Vogue!!!
So I had the pleasure to partake in an art workshop with Steven Paul Judd and attend the screenings on Saturday 16th at the Loft Cinema in Tucson, AZ. Also, got to be on his Instagram 🙂 and TAGGED ME! haha He is a very intricate and humbled artist; we spoke briefly of his art and told me to about how he came up with 'The Warriors' skateboard (which he will sell only 100- 50 at Gatherings of Nations and the other 50 online).


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Standards and Regulation
Brexit and food – standards could get even worse
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Erik P Millstone, University of Sussex and Tim Lang, City, University of London
The UK's food safety regime is not working properly. It is failing to ensure an acceptably safe food supply. Food poisoning rates are too high; confirmed cases of the Campylobacter bacteria, for example, increased by about 46% from 2008 to 2012.
The food supply is too dirty; since 2014 the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said that poultry isn't clean enough that it can safely be washed without the risk of spreading infection. Meanwhile, consumer trust is understandably low, and the food industry is focused on the uncertainties arising from Brexit.
In these circumstances, for the UK's food regulator, the FSA, to be planning a major reorganisation is, at the very least, poor timing. We argue it is worse. The programme of change the FSA plans – known as Regulating Our Future – will do little or nothing to improve food safety or nutritional public health. But it will do a lot to weaken official oversight of food businesses and undermine public health.
What's wrong with the plan?
The FSA plans to change who conducts food safety inspections in the UK. It proposes to transfer responsibility for many food safety inspections and audits from the public sector to private commercial assurance providers. But those commercial firms will not primarily serve the public interest. They will focus on their food industry clients' interests, creating conflicts of interests between commercial inspectors and the consuming public.
This switch to commerce is precisely what the FSA was set up to end. We know, because we were heavily involved in the British debates over food scandals in the 1980s and 90s, which culminated in the Labour Party (then, as now, in opposition) promising to set up an independent food agency. It would confirm academic Marver Bernstein's theory that agencies set up to regulate industries are often subverted by the industry they were created to oversee.
Last month, we published a detailed critique of the FSA's new plan. As well as creating irreconcilable conflicts of interest, we argue:
The changes will destabilise those currently responsible for enforcing food safety standards
The UK food supply will become less safe
To weaken already overstretched institutions responsible for ensuring food safety in the UK is particularly unwise in the context of Brexit
Brexit means the UK will need a stronger FSA, once reliance on the European Food Safety Authority and other food institutions has ended
We also argued that the source of the problems lay not with the FSA but with UK government ministers whose instructions it must follow. Yet the FSA's response was feeble at best and has largely dismissed these concerns.
Trouble in store
There are a number of reasons these changes matter for public health. First, food-related ill health is a major source of premature death in the UK. The FSA was created at the end of the 1990s to be a major force to prevent the kinds of harm that had occurred in the UK for over decade.
Seemingly endless problems over safety in the 1980s, culminating in the 1996 mad cow disease (BSE) crisis, exposed weakness in how food safety standards were set and enforced. Self-regulation had predominated. The FSA was created in 1999 to change all that.
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The proposed reforms also matter because of Brexit. Just when the public needs a stronger body to ensure that standards are not weakened in future trade deals, the FSA and local authorities' enforcement services are being undermined. Knives are sharpening to remove what hardliners see as excessive EU food regulations.
Public health and food companies require public confidence in standards of traded foods. The UK has a yawning food trade gap, importing £22.5 billion more food than it exports. 31% of UK food by value comes from within the EU. To disrupt this trade in the face of Brexit is risky.
Further, while ministers may believe their own rhetoric that markets protect consumers better than the state can, the history of food policy suggests otherwise. Of course, there are good companies that achieve high standards, but this is not true for all firms.
Ministers are accelerating a process of weakening the FSA, which began with Andrew Lansley's decision to deprive it of the responsibility for nutrition and labelling in 2010. This was compounded by the austerity regime that followed the 2008 financial crisis. The FSA's budget was cut by nearly 23% in the period from 2011-12 to 2016-17, and the number of samples taken for testing by local authority Environmental Health Officers in the UK fell by 22%, and in England by almost 25%.
Yet, with the FSA's responsibilities set to increase with Brexit, there are no plans to increase its budget accordingly.
A substantial reduction of independent food safety checks might be thought an arcane matter, only of interest to health obsessives or policy wonks. But regulatory changes have a clear track record of producing public outrage when things go wrong – not least because it affects everyone.
The whole purpose of independent food inspection goes back deep into UK food history. Public health inspections were created in the mid-19th century to address problems experienced by urbanising populations. So scrutinising the FSA's new plan is necessary and urgent.
The implementation of the FSA's plans should stop, while a parliamentary select committee, drawing together both the Health and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committees, reviews the proposals.
We want to see a strengthened FSA and properly resourced local authorities. Ministers should be held accountable for the consequences of their decisions. Currently they try passing the blame onto the FSA. And food safety standards need to be enforced in the UK by a system that is not compromised by commercial conflicts of interest.
Erik P Millstone, Professor of Science Policy, University of Sussex and Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London
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Q: Who is Adam Beechen?
A: Adam Beechen is a Los Angeles based writer of television and comic books. He is a native of Phoenix, Arizona and loves the Phoenix Suns – the basketball team, not the gigantic ball of hydrogen. Adam is also the co-creator of the graphic novel, Hench, which Entertainment Weekly gave a well deserved rating of "A-".
Q: What has Adam written?
A: Adam has written for animated television series Ben 10, Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Voltron Force, Rugrats and X-Men: Evolution. He has also written numerous comic books including Teen Titans, Robin, Countdown to Adventure and WildCATS, but is probably best known for his extensive work on the Batman Beyond series of titles.
Q: Where can I find Adam?
A: Adam is active on Facebook, Twitter and can also be found on IMDb, ComicbookDB and Wikipedia. If you're a fan of NBA basketball, you can also read Adam's Phoenix Suns blog.
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Twenty things you (probably) didn't know about Batman Beyond and Ben 10 scribe, Adam Beechen.
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Bach's piece is not actually an oratorio, but rather a series of cantatas originally intended to be performed on six separate days.
The first part describes the birth of Jesus (for Christmas Day), the second part is the annunciation to the shepherds (December 26), the third the adoration of the shepherds (December 27) and the fourth part, the naming of Jesus, was intended for New Year's Day. The fifth cantata was the journey of the Magi (intended for the first Sunday of the New Year), and the final cantata, the adoration of the Magi, was meant for the Epiphany.
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Q: Want to rewrite path I have file organised like this -

*

*www.mysite.com/cars/ford/ford.php

*www.mysite.com/cars/bmw/bmw.php

I want users to be able to visit these pages without specifying the xyz.php file at the end.

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*www.mysite.com/cars/ford

*www.mysite.com/cars/bmw

What do I used for a rewrite rule that well let users visit pages using that format?

A: .htaccess
RewriteRule /cars/(.*)$ /cars/$1/$1.php [L]

A: Given that you change all your links to the www.mysite.com/cars/ford form, you need to put this in the htaccess file in your document root:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.php$
RewriteRule ^/?cars/([^/])/?$ /cars/$1/$1.php [L]


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Q: How to optimize execution plan for a simple join of three tables I have a relatively simple table structure and query but get an execution plan that seems to be not ideal. Especially the execution time makes me wonder.
This is my table structure:
CREATE TABLE t_c (
        c_id uuid DEFAULT (md5(((random())::text || (clock_timestamp())::text)))::uuid NOT NULL,
        cn character varying NOT NULL,
        cs character varying,
        cp character varying
);

CREATE TABLE t_t (
        t_id uuid DEFAULT (md5(((random())::text || (clock_timestamp())::text)))::uuid NOT NULL,
        tp character varying,
        tn character varying,
        ts bigint NOT NULL,
        tt character varying,
        tii character varying(256) NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE t_t_c (
        t_id uuid NOT NULL,
        c_id uuid NOT NULL,
        mc_id uuid NOT NULL
);

ALTER TABLE ONLY t_c ADD CONSTRAINT t_c_pkey PRIMARY KEY (c_id);
ALTER TABLE ONLY t_t ADD CONSTRAINT t_t_pkey PRIMARY KEY (t_id);

CREATE INDEX t_c_cn_idx ON t_c USING btree (cn);
CREATE INDEX t_t_tii_idx ON t_t USING btree (tii);

ALTER TABLE ONLY t_c ADD CONSTRAINT t_c_unique UNIQUE(cn, cs, cp);

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_cid_tid ON t_t_c USING btree (c_id, t_id);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_tid_cid ON t_t_c USING btree (t_id, c_id);
ALTER TABLE ONLY t_t_c ADD CONSTRAINT t_t_c_cid_fkey FOREIGN KEY (c_id) REFERENCES t_c(c_id);
ALTER TABLE ONLY t_t_c ADD CONSTRAINT t_t_c_mcid_fkey FOREIGN KEY (mc_id) REFERENCES t_c(c_id);
ALTER TABLE ONLY t_t_c ADD CONSTRAINT t_t_c_tid_fkey FOREIGN KEY (t_id) REFERENCES t_t(t_id);

t_c and t_t both have about 2 million rows, t_t_c has about 2 billion rows.
This is the query I want to run:
explain analyze select t_t.tii from t_t_c ttc join t_t tt on tt.t_id=ttc.t_id
JOIN t_c c on c.c_id=ttc.c_id
where c.cn = 'xxx'
group by t_t.tii

This results in:
Group  (cost=5118006.20..5119624.81 rows=718 width=8) (actual time=231430.737..233032.234 rows=712 loops=1)
  Group Key: t.tii
  ->  Gather Merge  (cost=5118006.20..5119621.22 rows=1436 width=8) (actual time=231430.730..233497.475 rows=937 loops=1)
        Workers Planned: 2
        Workers Launched: 2
        ->  Group  (cost=5117006.18..5118455.45 rows=718 width=8) (actual time=231244.223..232715.561 rows=312 loops=3)
              Group Key: t.tii
              ->  Sort  (cost=5117006.18..5117730.81 rows=289854 width=8) (actual time=231244.213..231965.197 rows=295104 loops=3)
                    Sort Key: t.tii
                    Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 25821kB
                    Worker 0:  Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 27140kB
                    Worker 1:  Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 25404kB
                    ->  Parallel Hash Join  (cost=212629.56..5090709.22 rows=289854 width=8) (actual time=3618.432..229889.447 rows=295104 loops=3)
                          Hash Cond: (ttc.t_id = tt.t_id)
                          ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.70..4877319.49 rows=289854 width=16) (actual time=1.869..224573.547 rows=295104 loops=3)
                                ->  Parallel Seq Scan on t_c c  (cost=0.00..54571.92 rows=408 width=16) (actual time=0.443..220.151 rows=310 loops=3)
                                      Filter: ((cn)::text = 'xxx'::text)
                                      Rows Removed by Filter: 652230
                                ->  Index Only Scan using idx_cid_tid on t_t_c ttc  (cost=0.70..11740.18 rows=8028 width=32) (actual time=0.884..719.911 rows=952 loops=930)
                                      Index Cond: (c_id = c.c_id)
                                      Heap Fetches: 885317
                          ->  Parallel Hash  (cost=201875.05..201875.05 rows=860305 width=24) (actual time=3599.908..3599.911 rows=692137 loops=3)
                                Buckets: 2097152  Batches: 1  Memory Usage: 130208kB
                                ->  Parallel Seq Scan on t_t t  (cost=0.00..201875.05 rows=860305 width=24) (actual time=0.057..1950.674 rows=692137 loops=3)

Overall execution time was about 4 minutes. Especially the hash join and the nested loop take a long time.
Is there something to optimize, maybe adding another index?
I am also not sure that uuid is the best data type for t_id, c_id which are the primary/foreign keys. Maybe an integer datatype can improve performance?
Postgres version is 11.6
Thank you very much
Christian
Edit:
The modified query which uses EXISTS() results in a different execution plan but the execution time is nearly the same, maybe 10% better:
Gather  (cost=5043832.59..5251301.23 rows=30951 width=8) (actual time=210773.943..217715.805 rows=853778 loops=1)
  Workers Planned: 2
  Workers Launched: 2
  ->  Parallel Hash Semi Join  (cost=5042832.59..5247206.13 rows=12896 width=8) (actual time=210762.956..217221.553 rows=284593 loops=3)
        Hash Cond: (tt.t_id = ttc.t_id)
        ->  Parallel Seq Scan on t_t tt  (cost=0.00..201875.05 rows=860305 width=24) (actual time=0.393..4337.062 rows=698756 loops=3)
        ->  Parallel Hash  (cost=5039175.26..5039175.26 rows=292587 width=16) (actual time=210754.705..210754.707 rows=297660 loops=3)
              Buckets: 1048576  Batches: 1  Memory Usage: 50144kB
              ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.70..5039175.26 rows=292587 width=16) (actual time=1.127..209827.976 rows=297660 loops=3)
                    ->  Parallel Seq Scan on t_c c  (cost=0.00..55789.33 rows=417 width=16) (actual time=0.961..394.992 rows=314 loops=3)
                          Filter: ((cn)::text = 'xxx'::text)
                          Rows Removed by Filter: 667056
                    ->  Index Only Scan using idx_cid_tid on t_t_c ttc  (cost=0.70..11869.46 rows=8111 width=32) (actual time=2.031..662.330 rows=947 loops=943)
                          Index Cond: (c_id = c.c_id)
                          Heap Fetches: 892980
Planning Time: 0.475 ms
Execution Time: 219290.828 ms

A:
Heap Fetches: 885317

That is probably where pretty much all of your time goes.  Vacuum t_t_c so that the index only scan is effective.
And if that doesn't work, then turn on track_io_timing and show the EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) for the query.

A: Avoid JOINing tables in your main query if you dont select any columns from them. Instead, push them down into an EXISTS(correlated subquery)
Simple rewrite, avoiding the (silly) GROUP BY:

-- EXPLAIN ANALYZE

SELECT /* distinct ? */ tt.tii
FROM t_t tt
WHERE EXISTS (
        SELECT *
        FROM t_t_c ttc
        JOIN t_c c on c.c_id = ttc.c_id
        WHERE c.cn = 'xxx'
        AND tt.t_id = ttc.t_id
        );

A: Maybe reordering the tables would help, although I doubt it. It would make the query more readable.
select t_t.tii from
t_c c
JOIN t_t_c ttc USING (c_id)
JOIN t_t tt USING (t_id)
where c.cn = 'xxx'
group by t_t.tii

From the tests you did, cn is a pretty selective column, and "SELECT * FROM t_c WHERE cn=..." is fast. It's really weird postgres does the join in the wrong order. So, you could force postgres to begin with this and join with the other tables later:
WITH cids AS MATERIALIZED( SELECT c_id FROM c WHERE cn=... )
SELECT DISTINCT t_t.tii from
cids
JOIN t_t_c ttc USING (c_id)
JOIN t_t tt USING (t_id)

Note I asked you the maximum number of rows for the most common value of cn to avoid the possibility of this MATERIALIZED CTE being huge. But 30k rows is fine.
You could also do:
SELECT DISTINCT t_t.tii from t_t
WHERE t_id IN (SELECT t_id FROM t_t_c WHERE c_id IN (
    SELECT c_id FROM t_c WHERE cn=...
))

If several c_ids have the same c_id in t_t_c this could be faster because IN()  removes duplicates. If this is not the case, then removing duplicates will be a waste of time, so it'll probably be slower. I'm interested in the results.
If the above queries insist on not using the multicolumn indices on your link table t_t_c, which they should definitely be using, then this should give a clue about why the original query has such a bad plan, and the question becomes, why is it not using the indices? Maybe a collation problem, or a type problem, something. Try to join just between t_c and t_t_c to see what happens. As I said above it's quite weird that it joins the tables in the wrong order, so there's probably a problem somewhere that isn't obvious at the moment, but manifests as an index that can't be used when it should be.


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At this point, the counselor will turn to specifics. They will discuss with the consumer their individual income and expenses and then help create a viable monthly budget that works for the consumer. Often, this involves instructing the consumer on where they may reduce or altogether eliminate certain expenses in order to free up funds for debt repayment.
Now comes the hard part. Once a reasonable budget has been worked out, the counselor will go through the consumer's complete record of debt. This involves a thorough review of all creditors past and present, current balances on any loans or credit cards, and the repayment status of all accounts. The counselor will then arrive at the figure determining how much a consumer may pay to creditors at regular intervals by subtracting overall expenses from the consumer's net dependable income.
At this point, the counselor begins to make suggestions to the consumer on how best to go about making the debt reduction plan an effective and sustained reality. This part of the process will be very different for each individual consumer. The counselor will review a number of goals, paying particular attention to increasing the consumer's income, reducing or eliminating monthly expenses, refinancing or selling major assets, and whether or not the consumer should approach creditors to see if they can establish a debt management plan or simply reduce terms of repayment (i.e. interest rates, minimum monthly charges).
It is important to note that in some instances, consumers are able to have a large percentage (sometimes up to 50%) of their debt forgiven by their creditors if they know that the consumer is actively seeking to repay their debt through a debt management plan. Though the difficult financial choices to be made will vary according to the individual needs of consumers, the goal of all credit counseling is the same: to show consumers that they can control debt, rather than their debt controlling them.


Let me say something totally surprising: Email security is top of mind for everyone these days.
Organizations want to ensure that malicious emails don't make it inside the organization. Attackers want to do everything from installing bad software to taking over a user's account, which makes sense considering that email still reigns as the number one attack vector. Many of you already rely on Barracuda to protect your end users from attacks. But are you thinking about protecting your organization from the people who are opening and reading those emails if malicious messages do happen to make it past your defenses? How do you ensure that they can identify a bad email from a seemingly good one?
I've used Yelp to help my wife and I choose everything from restaurants (invaluable!) to plumbers to cobblers (no lie). It's a great way to gain insights into the typical customer experience without actually going to the business and taking your chances. Now, it is true that you have to take some ratings with a grain of salt. Was a bad rating the product of an actual subpar experience or is someone just trying to cause trouble? Likewise, is a good rating just some friends of the owners trying to pump up a newly opened business? Like all things, the rating should be just one aspect that helps you make your decision.
We are pleased to announce that the Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) has been recognized as a Challenger in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls. We have details in the press release here.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) is an enterprise-focused and easily recognizable, graphical representation of an IT market or segment and is one of the most influential analyst reports published today. It allows for a vendor landscape to be consumed "at a glance" and it is generally the report of choice for many, from c-suite executives to product managers, to quickly gain insight into who the major players are. Vendors are ranked on two axis: Completeness of Vision (solution strategy, roadmap, and future potential) and Ability to Execute (how does the vendor perform against that strategy, including revenue and market share totals) and placed into one of four quadrants ranging from Leaders (upper right) to Niche (lower left).
Every IT vendor has an opinion on IT analyst firms. Some call them charlatans; others call them oracles. Say what you want about IT analyst firms, they are still an important part of the landscape. IT decision makers often look to them for data, advice, and/or validation, as the analyst voice can lend credibility and recognition to a vendor's solutions and strategies for their given market and broaden that message to a larger audience.
It is for these reasons that Barracuda is proud to be recognized as a Strong Performer in the latest Forrester Web Application Firewall (WAF) Wave, published by Amy DeMartine. You can read the press release here, and download a complimentary copy of the report at https://barracuda.com/WAFWave.


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Powerful Accounting Solutions
SmartVault makes my life so much easier. My files are at my fingertips at all times, and when my clients need a file, it's so easy to share them!
Dawn W. Brolin
CPA, CFE
Windham, CT
Outsourced CFO services firm, including accounting and solutions consulting
CFO services,
small business accounting,
solutions implementation,
and QuickBooks® consulting
SmartVault,
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Dawn W. Brolin, CPA, CFE — Powerful Accounting
The Background: Brolin wanted to run a true mobile firm with anytime-anywhere access to files and data—and absolutely no ties to a desktop
When Dawn W. Brolin, CPA, CFE, sole practitioner of Powerful Accounting LLC, started her firm, she knew that she had to go all mobile. It was the only way she would work.
"I did not want to rely on anything 'desktop'…applications or computers," Brolin stated. "I had to be able to work on the road, at events, at client sites, and anywhere else. I wanted everything immediately accessible."
Prior to launching her own firm, Brolin worked in a desktop environment. Access to files was limited to what was on her laptop or on an onsite server.
"It was a waste of time. Without remote access to files, I couldn't work to full capacity while on the road. While out of the office, I would make a list of to-do items and then go back and spend several more hours in the office catching up on these administrative tasks."
Brolin described her past work life as unproductive and frustrating—tied to a centralized, remote-unfriendly system. Today, however, she's all about web-based solutions. She uses hosted QuickBooks, facilitates training sessions via WebEx™, and has moved to an online document management system—SmartVault. Now she is able to perform tasks and fulfill requests in real-time no matter where she's working.
"SmartVault makes my life so much easier. My files are at my fingertips at all times. And when needed, I can quickly set up a vault for a client and let the document exchange begin."
Security Was Never the Issue… It Was the Fear: Brolin now understands that data security was not what deterred her from moving to the Cloud; it was an unfounded fear.
"I'll admit that I followed the sheep when it came to misconceptions about the Cloud and data security. I was scared to give up control of my data to 'someone' I didn't know and couldn't see," Brolin admitted.
In fact, she held out for six long years before making the move to the Cloud. It wasn't until she took the time to educate herself on the security of web-based solutions and see SmartVault in action that she made the leap.
"Once I saw how incredibly easy SmartVault was to use and I educated myself on how much safer Cloud solutions are than sending documents over email, I was sold. I bought SmartVault without even first using the trial,"
Brolin said.
Like many firms leaders, Dawn W. Brolin felt a certain level of vulnerability in regards to placing client files somewhere other than an onsite server. However, she quickly learned that her data is much safer using advanced and security-driven solutions like SmartVault.
"Now when I hear accountants say that they avoid moving to the Cloud because of security concerns, I have a great response," Brolin explained. "I ask them how well they know their IT person [which is typically an outsourced third-party vendor]. I remind them that this person also has full access to their data, and then ask why they think they are any less vulnerable to a security breach."
The fact is that Cloud vendors are leading the security march—and SmartVault is in the vanguard. Equipped with encrypted channels for data transfer and authenticated logins, SmartVault provides one of the profession's most secure solutions for sharing and storing documents and data in the oh-so-convenient Cloud.
Top Reasons for Her Move to the Cloud: Driven by a need for full mobility, Brolin is now a dedicated, permanent user of Cloud technology
Being on the road is a necessity for Brolin. Attending events, offsite client training, and a slew of other business related activity requires anytime-anywhere connectivity to her firm. The following are Brolin's key reasons for moving to SmartVault and why she will stay in the Cloud:
Incredibly intuitive and easy to set up and use.
Far more secure than sharing documents via email.
Immediate, real-time access to all firm documents.
Quick set-up of client vaults for easy, version-controlled document exchange.
No more being tied to desktop computers and applications.
Work can be performed anytime and from anywhere, eliminating after-hours administrative catch-up work in the office.


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要是对方正在 fooling around(无所事事) ,你 会骂他"enough of this foolishness!"(混够了吧! ) 8.放心! i got your back. e.g. a: don't worry man. i got your back.
Fighting one's own. / In-fighting.
Suits you well. E.g. That color looks really good on you. It suits you well. 72. 很恶心! Blood and gore. E.g. A: I don't like scary and violent movies. There's too much blood and gore. That's so gross! E.g. Will you stop making those gestures? That's so gross!
105.怕了吧? Now you are scared aren't you? e.g. A: Now you are scared aren't you? B: Get that gun away from me!
Just made it. E.g. A: I was the 150th prize-winner! Just made it for the championship!
It's about time! 173. 真是经典! It's a classic! 174. 多此一举! There's no need! (最常用同义词:Don't worry about it.) 175. 真是够了! That's enough! (说 enough 时加重语气,显露不耐烦的意思) 176. 骗你的啦! I'm joking. / I'm kidding. / I'm (just) pulling your chain.
No need to tell you. / Why tell you? 383. 不要学我说话! Don't repeat everything I say! 384. 你真是没救了! You're hopeless! You're a failure!
Just what I thought. 452.够了,不要再说了! Enough! I don't want to hear it! 453.怎么不说你自己? Look who's talking!
Leave it up to me! 469. 好好考虑一下吧! Think it over! 470. 别管我!不要理我! Leave me alone! 471. 你死了这条心吧! Give it up.
I'll know when the time comes.
You go first. I'll catch up later.
I didn't think I'd see you here. 561.把那句话给我收回去! Take it back!
You name it. They've got it. 579. 我又不咬人,干嘛那么怕我? Why are you so scared? I don't bite.


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1834: The Watchful from the Azores, first of four ships (with 44 passengers) arrives in Trinidad on 20 July (first Portuguese to come as labourers in the Caribbean and Guyana).
The Stralhista from Madeira leaves on 12 November 1834 with 28 passengers (25 males and 3 females from Funchal, Machico, Santa Cruz, Calheta and Porto Santo), bound for Trinidad, arriving on 7 December 1834 (see Port-of-Spain Gazette above).
1834: The English ship Eweretta leaves Madeira with 16 ex-prisoners contracted to work in Trinidad from 23 November 1834.
1835: Official Madeiran migration to the Caribbean and Guyana begins, starting with Guyana (St Vincent follows in 1845 and Antigua in 1846).
Surviving Azoreans petition twice to return home.
The English ship Portland with 32 passengers (29 males and 3 females) aboard leaves for Trinidad on 11 February 1835.
1838: Dr Robert Reid Kalley and Margaret Kalley of Scotland go to Madeira.
1843: Kalley and Madeiran Presbyterians are imprisoned (Kalley for 6 months).
1845: Presbyterian Church of Madeira is founded in May.
1846: Senator, from Madeira (219 passengers), arrives in Trinidad on 9 May.
Persecutions of Presbyterians reach their height in the months of June to August.
William of Glasgow from Madeira (197 passengers – Presbyterian refugees) arrives on 16 September and the refugees are welcomed by the Greyfriars Church of Scotland.
Lord Seaton, from Madeira (200 passengers), arrives on 9 October.
Peru, from Madeira (160 passengers – refugees), arrives on 8 November.
Dalhousie, from Madeira (216 passengers – refugees), arrives on 13 November.
First Portuguese Shop is set up (owner unknown).
1847: O Ano de Fome (The Year of Hunger), due to the destruction of the potato (semilha) crops by disease, and a drastic drop in wine prices.
Dalhousie, from Madeira (267 passengers), arrives on 9 November.
1849: Hundreds of Presbyterians move to Illinois in the United States.
1852: Vine disease oidium hits Madeira vineyards.
1854: St Ann's Church of Scotland is built on Charlotte Street (formerly St Ann's Road).
1872: Vine disease phylloxera hits Madeiran vineyards.
1885: Veneration of Nossa Senhora do Monte (Our Lady of Monte) at is held at Laventille (beginning of Laventille Devotions).
1886: Visit of the Princess Aldegonda (Aldegundes) of Portugal.
1890: Manuel Fernandes of Santa Maria Maior, Madeira, establishes his business on Henry Street in Port-of-Spain (father of José Gregorio Fernandes of São Gonçalo, Madeira, and grandfather of J.B. Fernandes, 1903–1992). (The Fernandes label was acquired by Angostura Holdings in 1973.)
1899: Portuguese Brass Band is started. (It is not known how long this band lasted.)
1905: Grupo Dramático Portuguêz Primeiro de Dezembro, later Associação Portuguesa Primeiro de Dezembro, or Portuguese Association, is founded on 16 July.
1910s to 1930s: Almost 600 Madeirans emigrate to Trinidad.
1912: M.A. Silva's (of São Roque, Madeira) Aromatic Bitters gains Diploma of Merit (later produced by Henry Luz of Santa Maria Maior, Madeira).
1913: Pereira and Co. is founded.
1914: João Quintal of São Roque, Madeira, establishes one of the earliest Portuguese bakeries (106–108 Coffee Street, San Fernando).
1916: Henry de Nobriga is elected Mayor of Arima.
1917: Feast of Nossa Senhora do Monte is celebrated at the Chapel of Our Lady of Exile at Mt St Benedict.
1918: Ernest S. Vieira and Company is started.
Tribute is paid to the late Solomon dos Santos by Mr F.J. Maingot, mayor of Port of Spain. Mr dos Santos was an interpreter at the City Magistrate's Court.
1919: Portuguese Association acquires their clubhouse on Richmond Street.
Stained glass window is erected at St Ann's Church of Scotland, called the country's finest work of art.
First bazaar of the Portuguese Association, in aid of the Portuguese poor in Trinidad, is held. It was held on 24 December and raised $700. The day before the fair, $240 was cabled to Madeira, which had been hard hit because of damage to crops by tornadoes and forest fires.
1921: Silvestre Severiano Nunes Pereira of Campanário, Madeira, establishes his Trinidad-branch confectionery (SSN Pereira Ltd.). His trademark candy was acquired by KC Confectionery, which continues his brand of dinner mints (son, William Pereira, later started Diana Candy).
1926: Charles Reis publishes a brief history of the Portuguese Association.
1927: Portuguese Club is founded on 5 December, headquartered in Queen's Park East.
1927: Port of Spain Gazette publishes a letter to the editor in Portuguese by Eduardo de Sá Gomes of São Pedro, Madeira.
1930: Sá Gomes Radio Emporiums is established.
1931: Albert Maria Gomes launches the Beacon, successor of the magazine Trinidad; the Beacon group included Ralph de Boissière, C.L.R. James, Alfred Mendes and others.
Camacho Brothers of Santo António, Madeira establish their business.
1932: Henry A. de Freitas is elected Mayor of Port of Spain.
Crown Bakeries is established by José Francisco de Freitas of Santa Cruz, Madeira.
1934: Portuguese Association receives the Grau de Benemerência: Class Order of Benefactor from the Government of Portugal.
Alfred Hubert Mendes publishes Pitch Lake, a novel about the Portuguese community.
Eduardo de Sá Gomes sends Attila the Hun and Roaring Lion to record in New York City; he worked closely with Henry de Freitas, who managed the Mighty Sparrow.
Correia (Trinidad) Ltd, with parent company in Guyana, is established, importing wines into Trinidad and bottling them on Chacon Street.
Charles Albert Correia began making and storing wines in Trinidad in 1952 at Long Circular Road, later moving to Old St Joseph Road, Laventille, four years later. C.A. Correia passed away in 1967.
1935: Sound radio comes to Trinidad via Diego Serrão's home broadcasting station.
1938: George de Nobriga is elected to legislative council.
1937: Eric Williams (b. 1911) marries Elsie Ribeiro (b. 1912), sister of businessman Oscar Ribeiro, children of José Joaquim (JJ) Ribeiro and Frances Eliza Neverson (born in St Vincent and the Grenadines). Eric and Elsie have two children, Elsie Pamela and Alastair. (JJ and Maria Martin Ribeiro were the parents of Isabella Ribeiro de Cabral and 7 other children - see 1948 below.)
1939: Errol Lionel dos Santos (1890–1992) is awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
1942: Coelho and Sons is established (from a business owned by João Vieira Coelho of Santa Cruz, Madeira, begun earlier, in 1931); in 1973, Coelho bought Holsum Baking Co. which was later acquired by Kiss in 1989.
1944: Flight Lieutenant Charles Vernon Pereira (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No 105 Squadron), received the highest award of the Royal Air Force, the Distinguished Flying Cross. He later became president of Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce, and of the Employers' Consultative Association.
1945: Charles Reis publishes a history of the Portuguese Association.
1945– Albert Gomes is elected to legislative council, winning the seat formerly held by Mayor Arthur Cipriani.
1946: The one hundredth anniversary of the Madeirans in Trinidad (especially the refugees) is observed.
Albert Gomes is elected to executive council.
Errol Lionel dos Santos is knighted.
1947: Sir Errol Lionel dos Santos is promoted to colonial secretary.
George M. Cabral is elected mayor of Port of Spain.
Charles Gomes Netto is elected mayor of Arima.
Noble Marquez founds Trinidad and Tobago Electrical Contractors Ltd (TATEC).
1948: Isabella Ribeiro de Cabral de Freitas of Trinidad obtains her pilot's licence (first female pilot in the English-speaking Caribbean). Isabella was the daughter of POS Mayor George Cabral and Isabella Ribeiro, daughter of JJ and Maria (Mary) Ribeiro.
Monica Estella Ferreira (née Pereira), with the help of a Miss Coelho, launches the first Children's Carnival band – Snow White and the Seven Dwarves – to parade on stage in Jaycees Carnival (other bands followed in later years Portuguese Peasants, and Portuguese Fishermen, portrayed by thirty children of various backgrounds, mainly Portuguese).
1950: Albert Gomes, de facto chief minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce.
1950s: Mr Fabian J. Camacho, magistrate.
Hi-Lo Food Stores Ltd (formerly the Ice–House Grocery, then Fernandes [1933] Ltd) is established.
1951: Albert Gomes helps to bring freedom to the Shouter Baptists, earlier asking the legislative council to appoint a committee to look into a repeal of the 1917 Shouters Prohibition Ordinance, which denied Shouter Baptists freedom of religious expression for thirty-four years. Gomes also supported the steel band movement and calypso.
1952: John (João) Ernesto Ferreira Jr invents double seconds and double tenor pans.
J. Ernest Ferreira, his father, founded the Boys from Iwo Jima steel band in 1947, Melody Makers in 1949 and Dixieland Steel Orchestra in 1950, the first sponsored steel band - Jeffrey's Beer (from the agents Grell & Co. and promoted Landy de Montbrun), winning the 1960 Music Festival Winner with Agnus Dei and Estudiantina.
Dixieland saw several offshoots, such as the Highlanders (founded by Kim Loy Wong), Tropitones (Mosca brothers), and Dixie Stars. When Dixie Stars came to an end, most of the members became part of Silver Stars.
Colin Frank Agostini (Govia) – at the age of 19 (the youngest on the team) – is part of the first ever Trinidad and Tobago football team to tour England.
1953: On Sunday 26 July 1953, at 4:00 p.m., there took place the Solemn Blessing by the Archbishop Finbar Ryan of the new life-size statue of Our Lady of Fatima, a gift from an anonymous Portuguese benefactor of the Monastery, in a fulfilment of a promise made to Our Lady.
The statue was the third of its kind in the world (the other two being in Lisbon and Brazil), carved from cedar wood in the ateliers of Maias Brothers, Portugal; it took the artist – Amálio Maia – nine months to complete. The entire height of the statue is a little more than six feet (6.88), which includes a pedestal depicting the top of the oak tree on which Our Lady appeared at the Cova da Iria and the cloud that surrounded her feet. The figure itself is 5.41 feet in height and richly decorated with precious stones.
Before the ceremony, His Grace had tea at the Guest House with some Portuguese Catholics from Port of Spain.
1954: One hundredth anniversary of the St Ann's Church of Scotland.
Michael George Raymond Agostini (Govia) becomes the country's first British Empire and Commonwealth Games sprint gold medallist (Vancouver, BC, Canada 1954).
Lionel de Freitas wins the silver medal for weightlifting at the above games.
1956: J. Ernesto Ferreira Jr founds the National Racing Pigeon Commission of Trinidad and Tobago.
1960: Joseph (Joey) Nunes wins Milo-Madonna round-the-island cycle race at age 17, being the youngest rider to have won such a race to date (and continued as a successful competing master's category cyclist at age 68).
1962: Ignatius Severiano Ferreira becomes the first local managing director of the Trinidad Trading Co. Ltd (TTCL, later becoming Furness Trinidad Ltd in 1976); Ferreira is the son of Silvano Ferreira (born in São Roque, Madeira, on 7 July 1885) and Arcenia Maria Gomes (b. 24 January 1897).
1968: Portuguese Magnolias Hockey Club, now Shandy Carib Magnolias, is founded.
1969: Roger (Gomez Sheppard) Gibbon, cyclist – with many accomplishments starting at age 17 – is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) for Athletics – Cycling.
Carlton Kenneth Anthony Gomes (1928–2003) is first appointed to Senate in October as a parliamentary secretary; he becomes minister of education in 1970, a post he holds until 1976.
1972: Gene E. Miles, b. 1930 (granddaughter of John Teixeira), who revealed the Gas Station Racket, passes away.
Geoffrey Ferreira is Trinidad and Tobago's representative at the Munich Olympic Games (swimming).
Alfred Mendes is awarded an honorary doctorate (DLitt honoris causa) from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
Peter Carvalho, carnival bandleader, is awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Silver) for Carnival Development.
Harold (Sally) Saldenah/Saldenha, carnival bandleader, is awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Silver) for Carnival Development.
1973: Edmond Gerald (D'Olliviera) Hart, carnival bandleader, is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Gold) for Carnival Development.
Ferreira Optical is founded by Mervyn Ferreira.
1974: Albert Gomes publishes his autobiography, Through a Maze of Colour.
1975: Charles de Freitas, retired manager of the Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board, is awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold).
Christine Mary (de Silva) Jackson, Trinidad and Tobago's representative at Miss Universe, wins Miss Amity.
1976: Hugh Ferreira, chief immigration officer (retired), is awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold). He is also featured in the Tobago Museum.
Ignatius Severiano Ferreira succeeds Charles Gomes Netto (former mayor of Arima) as president of Portuguese Association (until 2006).
1977: Media Sales Ltd is started by Chris Ferreira.
1978: Albert Gomes publishes All Papa's Children, a novel about the Portuguese community.
Lady Enid dos Santos, Voluntary Social Worker, is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Gold) for Voluntary Social Work.
1980: Geoffrey Ferreira, Trinidad and Tobago's first Olympic swimmer (at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games), sets a Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games record of 1:02.2 in a Butterfly event, and a national record of 56:60 for the 100m Butterfly in April 1980.
1980: Maria Nunes, Student, is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Gold) for Sport.
Ignatius Severiano Ferreira, Business Executive/Commander, St John Ambulance Brigade of Trinidad and Tobago, is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) for Community Service.
1980: Ignatius Severiano Ferreira becomes chairman of Furness Trinidad Ltd.
1984: One hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the Azoreans in Trinidad is observed(first Portuguese labourers to come anywhere in the Caribbean).
1985: Ignatius Ferreira succeeds J.T. Gonsalves as honorary consul of Portugal (to the present).
Ovid Owen Fernandes, retired special advisor to the minister of energy and natural resources, is awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold) for Public Service.
The following were inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame:
Customs officer Carl de Souza, son of Henrique Polycarpo de Souza, was a Pan-American silver medallist at the 1951 Games at Buenos Aires (weightlifting)
Roger P. Gibbon (cycling)
Hilary (Larry) Angelo Gomes (cricket)
Gerald (Gerry) E. Gomez (cricket)
Compton Gonsalves, founder of the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation (cycling).
Joey Gonsalves (football)
Gerard Ian Jardine (hockey)
1987: Sir Errol dos Santos inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame (Administration).
Furness Trinidad Ltd (formerly Furness Withy and Co.) is now 100 per cent locally owned, with Ignatius Ferreira being the main shareholder.
1988: Maria Mónica Reis Pestana of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, Madeira, later of St Joseph and Mt Lambert, self publishes her memoirs, Travelling Memories with Jokes and Tips from 1910 to 1984, under the name of Monica Ries; she also starts a book on old Portuguese love songs.
1989: Father John Mendes, son of João Mendes of Ponta de Sol, Madeira, is ordained bishop of Port of Spain on 6 January.
1990: Celestine de Freitas retires as principal of the Holy Family Private School.
1991: Ignatius Ferreira receives the Grau de Comandador (Degree of Commander) from the government of Portugal.
Sr Paul (Gloria) D'Ornellas, founder of the Foundation for Human Development and a retired school principal, is awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold) for Education; she later celebrates her diamond jubilee in August 2014, having entered religious service in 1954.
David (Pestana) King, archery coach, is founding president of the Trinidad and Tobago Target Archery Federation.
1992: Hilary (Larry) Angelo Gomes, cricketer, is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) for Sport.
1992: (Mrs.) June Rita Gonsalves, radio and television broadcaster, is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Gold) for Community Service.
1994: Gerry Rodrigues becomes World Masters Open Water Champion in Montréal, Canada.
Dr Alvro Camacho (born 1927) passes away. He had the largest private practice of paedriatric endocrinology in the United States and was listed in the Who's Who in America.
He was the son of Lewis and Hilda Camacho and the brother of Gloria C. Mendes, Lewis F. Camacho and Dr James E. Camacho.
Jo-Anne Ferreira, who is descended from the Vasconcellos de Souzas of Machico, publishes The Portuguese of Trinidad and Tobago: Portrait of an Ethnic Minority; her PhD thesis is completed later in 1999.
1995: Marjorie Paddy Fernandes-Williams is inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame (hockey).
Robert Ames sets a golf record at Palmas del Mar.
1996: 150 years of the Madeiran presence in Trinidad since 1846 is noted; others had previously arrived in 1835.
Gerard Ferreira is elected mayor of San Fernando; he demitted office in 2003.
1999: Mary Jane Gomes screens Angel in a Cage, a film about the Portuguese community, the first in a planned trilogy of films on Trinidad's Madeiran community.
2000: Anthony (Camacho) Milne's Portuguese story, "Winter Wonderland: Letter Home from JB de Callao", is published.
Debra O'Connor, granddaughter of João Mendes of Ponta de Sol, Madeira (badminton)
Gene Samuel, grandson of Albino João/John of São Roque, Madeira (cycling)
Silvano Gomes Ralph (all rounder)
2002: The Autobiography of Alfred Mendes 1897–1991 is edited by Michele Levy and published by the University of the West Indies Press. Three other books follow.
2002: B.C. Pires, one of three West Indians, is included in Guha's The Picador Book of Cricket (the other two were C.L.R. James and V.S. Naipaul), celebrating the finest writers of cricket literature.
2003: Cecilia Salazar, great-granddaughter of António and Virginia Coelho of Madeira, wins the Cacique Award for Most Outstanding Actress (and other awards in following years).
2004: Stephen Michael (Pereira) Ames, Sportsman, is awarded the Chaconia Gold Medal for Sport (golf).
Carl de Souza, former customs officer, is posthumously awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold).
2005: On 11 May, Charles Vernon Pereira passed away in England; past president of Trinidad and Tobago Chambers of Commerce, he served for many years on the finance committee of the University of the West Indies and on the boards of many companies, and was also president of the Employers' Consultative Association. He served with distinction in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was the recipient of the highest award of the Royal Air Force, the distinguished Flying Cross and Bar.
2008: Gabrielle (de Freitas, of the Charles de Freitas family) Walcott, representing Trinidad and Tobago, is second runner-up at Miss World.
John (João) Ernesto Ferreira is inducted into Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame (Steelband Music).
Alicia (Ferreira) Milne screens her short student film Luso Trinidad: Home in the Land of the Homeless and also conducts the Calvinadage Project (named after carne vinha d'alhos or garlic pork).
2011: Hayden Ferreira is selected as one of fifty distinguished alumni of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
Trinidad Guardian Special Publications Unit, headed by Tracey Alonzo, publishes supplement on the 165th anniversary of the Madeiran Portuguese in Trinidad and Tobago, coordinated and edited by Jo-Anne S. Ferreira, on 10 June, Day of Camões, Portugal and Portuguese communities.
2012: Guyana-born international musician Dennis de Souza passes away (father of Rhonda de Souza, a singer, who passed away in 2000).
2014: Jowelle de Souza, activist for Animal Welfare, is awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Bronze) for Community Service.
Greyfriars Church of Scotland hall is demolished in December, with only some remnants of the church building standing; the St Ann's Church of Scotland restoration project was completed and commemorated in April of the same year.
Greyfriars was the first English-speaking church in the world to welcome Madeiran religious refugees.
National awards also went to Rupert Mendes, Neville Miranda, Nora Florence Franco, Raymond (Atilla) Quevedo, Augustine (Rock) Ribeiro and Rene Serrao.
Sports figures include David King, Silvano Gomes Ralph, Matthew Nunes, Carlton Franco and Ryan Mendes. Other sportsmen include Lionel de Freitas (weightlifting), Lester Gomes (tennis), Randy Gomes (cricket) and Sheldon Gomes (cricket).
Singers and composers include Lord Executor (Philip Garcia), Stephen Ferreira, Marcia Miranda, Gaston Nunes and others.
The doctors, lawyers, soldiers, entrepreneurs, beauty queens, etc., are too numerous to count here.
Any omission is unintended and inadvertent, in spite of best research efforts.