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Back in Athens after
11 years for a city break
A view of the Acropolis from the apartment on Karaisaki Street in Athens (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017; click on image for full-screen view)
I am taking a short city break in Athens, thanks to a very generous present last Christmas. I am spending the next three days in a fifth-floor apartment on Karaisaki Street in the Psiri area, only five minutes walking distance from Monastiraki metro station, and close to the Acropolis.
I travelled on an early-morning Ryanair flight from Dublin and arrived in Athens late at lunchtime.
I have been in Greece, on average, three times every two years since the 1980s, and this is my third time in Greece in the space of 13 or 14 months, including holidays in Crete in June and July. But this is my first visit to Athens since 2006.
I first visited Athens in 1989, and when I was working as a journalist I was a regular visitor to Athens, sometimes visiting the Greek capital twice a year, writing for The Irish Times on political, cultural and religious life.
Later, I visited Athens for family reasons, to research the lives of Irish Philhellenes, and during stopovers on visits to Church and mission projects in Egypt. Later still , I even contributed to the late-lamented Athens News in 2009 before it closed in 2012, and from Rethymnon in 2013 to EnetEnglish, a division of the Athens-based newspapers, Eleftherotypia (Ελευθεροτυπία).
A lot has changed since 2006. I have booked a visit to the new Acropolis Museum tomorrow morning, and a walking tour of the Acropolis, all within walking distance of the apartment.
Although this is supposed to be a city break, I hope to see at first-end the effects of the Greek economic crisis on the streets of Athens, to see the work of Canon Malcolm Bradshaw and the parishioners of Saint Paul's Anglican church on Athens with refugees, migrants and asylum seekers.
I am also conscious, with the ugly displays of the far-right on the streets of America in the past week, that this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the coup that brought an end to democracy in Greece and brought the colonels to power in 1967 with the active intervention of the CIA and American might.
I am thinking this evening of the heroic resistance of political, artistic, musical and literary figures who stood up fascism in their own country and responded to the moral compunction to take a stand at great personal cost.
Later this year, the great Greek singer Maria Farantouri (Μαρία Φαραντούρη) celebrates her 70th birthday on 28 November 1947. She was one of the many notable voices that was active against the junta (1967-1974), when she worked with Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, and poets such as George Seferis.
During the weekend, I may also get to see two streets in central Athens names after two Irish Philhellenes. Despite its spelling, Tzortz Street (Οδός Τζορτζ), often transliterated as George Street, is named after Sir Richard Church from Cork, who was commander-in-chief of the Greek army and a senator. This street is off Akadimias Street (Οδός Ακαδημίας) close to Omonia and the Polytechnic.
Eduardo Lo Street, off Panepistimiou Street (Οδός Πανεπιστημίου, 'University Street'), is named after Sir Edward Law, who was born in Rostrevor, Co Down, and spent his childhood in Dublin. He was the Greek Finance Minister in the late 19th century is credited with rescuing Greece from one of its early economic crises.
I am also a short distance from Richard Church's house in Adrianou Street in the Plaka, on the northern slopes of the Acropolis, from his grave, and from Saint Paul's Church, where there are windows and memorials dedicated to his memory.
I am thinking of having dinner somewhere in the Plaka this evening. Join me over the next few days as I walk around the streets of Athens and get to know the city again.
A view of ancient Athens from the apartment on Karaisaki Street (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Labels: Athens 2017, Athens News, Greece 2017, Newspapers, Theodorakis
A long search for the
fast-disappearing
post and pillar boxes
A once elegant but now rusting pillar box from the reign of Edward VII close to the railway station in Bray, Co Wicklow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
For six years or more, I have occasionally taken photographs of old post boxes and pillar boxes that predate the formation of the Irish Free State and a separate Irish postal service in 1922.
They are spread throughout the country, from Co Mayo to Co Wexford, and from Co Louth to Co Wexford.
I have not gone in search of them with any purpose or method, so my collection of almost four dozen photographs, from eleven counties, is representative only of places I have visited in recent years, and of how alert I was on any particular day.
Most of these post boxes and pillar boxes are embellished with royal monograms. The simpler boxes inserted into walls, have plain 'VR' initials with crown insignias, while the stand-alone tubular pillar boxes often have the 'VR' initials in a cursive flourish, but despite the decorative approach have no crowns.
The initials become more elaborate in the calligraphic flourishes that adorned them during the reign of Edward VII, but they return to more simple fonts in the reign of George V reflecting not only the harsh times of World War I and the War of Independence but also the design and development of new typefaces for typography and printing that emphasised clarity and legibility.
The green post box, in various shapes and sizes, is a familiar sight on city streets and country roads throughout Ireland. But all the post boxes illustrated here were originally painted in Post Office Red, and the embossed crowns were painted in gold, as may have been the lettering.
The post box was introduced over 160 years ago by the novelist, Anthony Trollope, who worked for the Post Office in Ireland for several years. He wanted to make it easier for people to post their letters and make it unnecessary for them to have to wait for a post office to open.
The first boxes appeared on the streets of cities like Dublin, Belfast and Cork over 150 years ago and they were introduced to other towns and villages from the 19th century on. The big pillar boxes were soon joined by smaller boxes that fitted into walls and later by lamp boxes that were cheaper to make and could be attached to lamp and telegraph poles.
The first letter boxes were first put in place in 1855, when five boxes were erected in Belfast, Ballymena and Dublin. The first Dublin box was rectangular in shape and is now on display in the National Museum in Kildare Street, Dublin.
By early 1857, pillar boxes had been placed in many Irish cities. The Post Office went on to put wall boxes in place throughout the island, and the cylindrical boxes were introduced in March 1879. A new design was introduced in 1887, incorporating the royal cypher on the door and the words 'Post Office' on the collar below the rim of the roof.
Most of the early pillar boxes were painted dark bronze green throughout the United Kingdom, but in 1874 the Post Office decided to make pillar boxes more obvious by painting them a striking royal red. All the boxes illustrated here were originally painted in red, but after Independence the Irish Post Office changed their colour to green.
A number of these old post boxes remain in use today and they are an elegant feature in many towns and suburbs. But many are neglected, left to rust, blocked up, and in some cases the royal insignia has been wilfully razed or filed away.
They are an important element in the street architecture of Ireland, and it would be a shame if they were lost because of neglect or wanton abandon.
The reign of Queen Victoria:
These letter boxes date from 1887 to 1901:
Merrion Square, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Orwell Park, Rathgar, Dublin … the graffiti illustrates how many of these legacy pillar boxes are neglected (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Orwell Road, Rathgar (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Harrington Street, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2011)
Harold's Cross Road, Dublin … this box is a state of abject neglect (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2015)
Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford 2013)
Tullow Street, Carlow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Killarney, Co Kerry (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2011)
Parliament Street, Kilkenny (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013)
Drogheda, Co Louth … the lid is partly broken, and the box needs careful attention (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2014)
Cong, Co Mayo … this box is rusting and neglected despite being in a popular tourist location associated with 'The Quiet Man' (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013)
The Bull Ring, Wexford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
John Street, Wexford … set in the wall of private house, but all the worse for the weather (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Avoca, Co Wicklow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2014)
Seapoint Road, Bray, Co Wicklow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
The reign of Edward VII (1910-1910):
Burgh Quay, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Dame Street, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Kildare Street, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Rathgar Road, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Ashdale Road, Terenure, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Whitehall Road, Churchtown, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2015)
Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Pembroke Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Foxrock, Co Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Upper Main Street, Rush, Co Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2014)
Kimmage Road, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Abbeyleix, Co Laois (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Kildimo, Co Limerick (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Bettystown, Co Meath … this letter box, inserted in the boundary wall of a private house, is unique in having the words 'Letters Only' instead of 'Post Office' in (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Main Street, Gorey, Co Wexford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2015)
Close to the Friary, Wexford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
By the railway station in Bray, Co Wicklow … notice the sad accumulation of rust at the base (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Dublin Road, Bray, Co Wicklow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Rathdrum, Co Wicklow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Leitrim Place, Wicklow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2015)
The reign of George V (1910-1922):
The simplicity of the lettering on these boxes is enhanced by the royal ciphers. Although the boxes from the previous reign bore the initials EVIIR, these boxes bore the initials GR rather than GVR. It is almost like a premonition that an older order was passing that there would be no GVIR, or EVIIIR for that matter.
Near Annesley Bridge, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
On the streets of Kilkenny (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013)
Seen in Kilkenny (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013)
Greystones, Co Wicklow (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012)
Rathdrum, Co Wicklow … the 'Out of Service' label is battered and crude and the box is in a lonely state of neglect (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2014)
Post boxes without royal cyphers
The royal monogram or cypher has been filed away with intent on these three letter boxes, although in two cases the words 'Post Office' have been lift on the lid.
Green Street, Callan, Co Kilkenny (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016)
Askeaton, Co Limerick … this one, in a wall at a field close to the Rectory, no longer in use, making my walk to an appropriate box that little longer (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Ferrybridge, between Kildimo and Clarina, Co Limerick (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)
Labels: Abbeyleix, Architecture, Askeaton, Bettystown, Bray, Callan, Cong, Drogheda, Dublin Streets, Gorey, Greystones, Kilkenny, Killarney, Local History, Wexford, Wicklow
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Winter has arrived! | Arthur in the Garden.
← A few Fall beauties in the garden.
The temps have finally dipped into the low 20s! The birds will have to wait for their water to melt!
Temps this low will cause the acuba's leaves to wilt to prevent freezing.
The Snowdrops (galanthus) will bloom at this time for some unknown reason?
This is an important time to begin the habit of keeping the feeders full of seed as the birds need the energy to keep warm !
I agree! I would love to live in North Florida – a chill in the winter but not too cold!
I just hope that the Wednesday rain doesn't delay my sister's flight out!
Your garden is so colorful all year round! Love it. So Cal is finally feeling like fall/winter with temps in the low 70's during the day and low 40's at night. We even had a few days of rain which was a treat. How does the acuba's wilting leaves prevent freezing?
We have ice that stays frozen all day in shady spots now. It was 8 degrees this morning.


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Q: Automating Spotify using Python and Youtube API - Error 403: The request is missing a valid API key I am working on a project here which grabs my YouTube account playlist and then adds each song to my Spotify likes. This is my first project with Python and API's so I may sound confused here.
I am using my google OAUTH Client 2.0 to authenticate once I run the program. I enter in the new key that they give me after authenticating and then select which playlist I want to grab songs from.
Then my issue occurs once I select the playlist I want to use. The execution then stops and gives me this error after a request.execute() call:
"googleapiclient.errors.HttpError: <HttpError 404 when requesting https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?playlistId=%3Cyoutube_client.Playlist+object+at+0x0000028A3C883948%3E&part=id%2C+snippet&maxResults=50&alt=json returned "The playlist identified with the request's playlistId parameter cannot be found.">

When I click the link this message appears:
{
  "error": {
    "code": 403,
    "message": "The request is missing a valid API key.",
    "errors": [
      {
        "message": "The request is missing a valid API key.",
        "domain": "global",
        "reason": "forbidden"
      }
    ],
    "status": "PERMISSION_DENIED"
  }
}

Here is the code that the execution stops:
def get_videos_from_playlist(self, playlist_id):
        songs = []
        request = self.youtube_client.playlistItems().list(
            playlistId=playlist_id,
            part="id, snippet",
            maxResults=50
        )
        response = request.execute()

I'm confused where its asking me for my missing API but I am using the Google OAUTH 2.0 Client to authenticate. I thought I didn't need one if I have the other. Do I need both? Do I need to add something to the client secrets?
EDIT
Here is what the call looks like in my run.py:
def run():
    #1. Get a list of our playlists from Youtube

    youtube_client = YouTubeClient('./creds/secrets.json')
    spotify_client = SpotifyClient(os.getenv('SPOTIFY_AUTH_TOKEN'))
    playlists = youtube_client.get_playlists()

    #2. Ask which playlist we want to get the music videos from

    for index, playlist in enumerate(playlists):
        print(f"{index}: {playlist.title}")
    choice = int(input("Enter your choice: "))
    chosen_playlist = playlists[choice]
    print(f"You selected: {chosen_playlist.title}")

    #3 For each video in the playlist, get the song information from Youtube
    songs = youtube_client.get_videos_from_playlist(chosen_playlist)
    print(f"Attempting to add {len(songs)}")

Here is the my youtube_client.py:
def __init__(self, credentials_location):
        # youtube_dl default User-Agent can cause some json values to return as None, using Facebook's web crawler solves this.
        youtube_dl.utils.std_headers['User-Agent'] = "facebookexternalhit/1.1 (+http://www.facebook.com/externalhit_uatext.php)"

        scopes = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly"]

        # Disable OAuthlib's HTTPS verification when running locally.
        # *DO NOT* leave this option enabled in production.
        os.environ["OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT"] = "1"

        api_service_name = "youtube"
        api_version = "v3"

        # Get credentials and create an API client
        flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
            credentials_location, scopes)
        credentials = flow.run_console()
        youtube_client = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
            api_service_name, api_version, credentials=credentials)

        self.youtube_client = youtube_client

    def get_playlists(self):
        request = self.youtube_client.playlists().list(
            part="id, snippet",
            maxResults=50,
            mine=True
        )
        response = request.execute()

        playlists = [Playlist(item['id'], item['snippet']['title']) for item in response['items']]

        return playlists

A: The parameter playlist_id of function get_videos_from_playlist should be a playlist's ID (since it is passed on to the parameter playlistId of the PlaylistItems.list API endpoint).
But, by the code:
songs = youtube_client.get_videos_from_playlist(
    chosen_playlist)

the actual type of playlist_id is the class Playlist (which your code above does not show).
You must fix your call to get_videos_from_playlist above by passing to it the ID that is retained by the chosen_playlist instance of Playlist class.
In case your Playlist class is something like:
class Playlist:

    def __init__(self, id, title):
        self.id = id
        self.title = title

then your fixed code would look as:
songs = youtube_client.get_videos_from_playlist(
    chosen_playlist.id)

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Chromecast hack: Running a Gameboy emulator
07/29/2013 at 1:45 PM by Brad Linder 7 Comments
Google Chromecast is a $35 device designed to let you stream internet videos to your TV. But developers are already starting to port third party apps to run on the platform — and we're not just talking about using Google's SDK to stream video from websites and apps that wouldn't otherwise be supported.
One developer has managed to get a Gameboy emulator up and running on the Chromecast. It actually runs natively on the Chromecast device (although it's still displayed in a browser window), while you use buttons on a PC keyboard to control gameplay.
The Chromecast features a single core Marvell processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of storage. While it's not exactly a high-end device, it has far more processing power than an original Gameboy system, and the developer responsible for porting the emulator says it runs pretty well and there's little to know delay when entering commands on a PC keyboard.
That's despite the fact that while the emulator is running on the Chromecast hardware, the game ROM is actually hosted in the cloud.
You can find the source code and instructions for using it at Github.
This isn't the first Chromecast hack we've seen since Google introduced the product on July 24th. This weekend, hackers discovered an exploit that lets users access the device using a root shell.
At $35, the Chromecast is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to access internet content on a television. Odds are that most customers won't need or want to do anything more than that with a Chromecast.
But it's fascinating to see how quickly hackers are turning Google's cheap little device into more of a general purpose computer for your TV.
This opens up some exciting potential for gaming. I think we haven't even scratched the surface yet. It will be interesting to see where developers take it.
Though I think it's cool that people hack stuff as well as I see the price point of $35 being attractive, a simple tablet connected to a TV via HDMI cable runs circles around this and every other Internet stick to make this almost a pointless purchase. Granted it's not wireless but that's not really needed when peripherals are connected via BlueTooth to a tablet/laptop. The Hisense Sero 7 Pro still destroys this on all levels except having a $114 price difference – but you actually get a fully portable tablet too. Connect a wireless keyboard and or mouse combo to it via BlueTooth and you'd laugh at the uselessness of Chromecast. It's kind of a cool device, but very useless compared to a full fledged tablet which retails for $149 at Walmart. Also, chances are your laptop has an HDMI port on it and BlueTooth…why don't you get a… Read more »
the point is to not have to hook anything up via wires… you're browsing your tablet on the coach, see something interesting, and "push" it to the TV with a flick of your finger. Or if you have a party and multiple people have tablets, you can swap between sharing your photos and videos.
I would still suggest a Miracast capable dongle for old TV's. As well as a tablet (or phone or what have you) with Miracast capability built in also (more and more are coming down the pipe in the retail channels this year). Go full on and not half way with this gimped device…seriously, it would then have ALL Android apps (Netflix being one of them) as well as full on gaming from a tablet. And complete music streaming from it also. The Miracast dongles aren't much more expensive than this $35 price point and will most definitely go down now as they compete with Chromecast.
Did you know they have hacked the Nexus 7 (old and new) to enable Miracast wireless display?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348991
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Single Core/512MB RAM. Not really a powerful "gaming" device.
I would kick the damn cat for scratching my tv.
Very cool to see what is being done with this thing.
Admittedly I picked up a quad core Android stick to play with too.

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We visited Dreamlnd as we heard about a fantastic new play area so of we went to check it out. Walking through the main entrance I was reminded of childhood memories walking through with my parents on carnival day. It looks fab in side the building the team behind it has worked very hard on the apprence and the branding. We couldn't access the amusement park but spotted the feris wheel through the windows. Ami said she defiantly didn't want to go in there. So trough the vintage amusement parks we made it to the octopus gardens.
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Round the corner to that there's some more little rooms. One with some cars and play tools for the children to pretend to be mechanics. Then a soft play area for the babies with little ball pools. A little shop equipped with trolleys and food. Even a till Ami was in her element. Oh and not to forget the turbot contempary gallery a whole room dedicated to drawing the walls painted in blackboard paint and the children are allowed to draw all over the walls.
It carries on and on and if that's not enough it has two sand pits one with little beach huts that were the cutest things ever. For me it was the finishing touches like little brooms in the huts to sweep up. One beach hut had play food and a cooler and the other full of books about the sea. Next to this sand pit was a Punch and Judy stand where the children could put on little shows. The next sandpit had massive sandcastles in and Son Son's favourite part a light house with some seagulls that every now and then spun round, he loved them as they had ice creams in thier mouths.
It continues to have a soft play area and a massive slide, a little allotment and pretend cabbage patch. A little hill too that you could roll down and wheel barrows alongside that. It really was the most creative and fun play area I have ever been too. The details were superb and really made it extra special. We had such a fun time and will be going back again. Also you can get local fruit juice for a £1 bargain. There were so many staff who happily played with the children and encouraged little games. Really made a difference, one lady played for ages hiding the crabs in the sand and letting the children find them.
Well done dreamland you have done a fab job with the octopus gardens. We look forward to exploring more what's on offer their too.
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Q: Is SAMBA routable? We have a SAMBA share on a centos 6 machine.
Question: Can we mount this SAMBA 3 share over the internet? (without VPN/SSH tunnel, so directly!)

A: It depends on some aspects of the protocols and implementations. NetBIOS/NetBEUI is not routable at all and it works sending broadcasts. Workgroups, domain joining, browsing, hostname update and other features of the SMB suite will be restricted to your network due those limitations. It shall work in a local network environment but not over TCP/IP. However, to overcome this issue, NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) and WINS servers where implemented so, things like hostname updates could be done on larger networks where routing is needed.
SMB itself is just an upper-layer protocol (presentation & application), and it will consume lower-layer protocol (network, transport, session) services. It will work across networks, but it heavily depends on the implementation/version of SMB you are using, and the operating system.
The Good:

*

*It should work (in theory). Its just a matter of accessing the IP addresses where this share is published. Port redirection is probably needed on your modem or your firewall if you are "directly attached" to the Internet.

The Bad:

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*SMB is not safe at all. VPNs' (IPSec, OpenVPN, PPTP ...) first purpose on this setup is to solve the encryption and security issues of the SMB protocol,
not routing ones. Edit: Maybe another layer of security can be added with Server Signing with samba 3.3.x+

The Ugly:

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*Your ISP could be blocking this kind of traffic (445/tcp)

*SMB does not have any kind of check-summing/verification, and it could have performance issues on high-latency networks.

tl,dr; It's better to use other protocols like WebDAV, sftp, scp or ftp.

A: Yes, I once successfully accessed a Samba share over the Internet by enabling 4 ports in the firewall: 137, 138, 139, 445
Obviously, it was a test system. Don't try this at home. Samba is something that should not be accessible from the public Internet.
Instead, you could just use SSH (as suggested). FTP isn't that much better as it's not encrypted by default.

A: With the right ports open on the firewall then one could mount and access a cifs/smb share over the internet. Just look at the smb share opened at \live.sysinternals.com\Tools for example.
One should never open samba to an untrusted network since a lot of malware and infosec tools can use smb as an attack vector. Because of this one really should use sftp with chroot jails, fail2ban, and pubkey only authentication.
Honestly, I would strongly suggest looking into using iscsi luns or nfsv4 and ipsec to access one's remote storage over a secured vpn instead of using samba.


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Appearing at NAWE Conference
May 14, 2019 / Paul McVeigh Writer	/ Leave a comment
Paul McVeigh to read at the NAWE Conference
'Paul McVeigh will be the guest reader, in York, on Saturday 9 November 2019.
Paul's debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Novel Prize and The McCrea Literary Award and was shortlisted for many others including the Prix du Roman Cezam.
Paul wrote plays and comedy with his shows touring the UK and Ireland including the Edinburgh Festival and London's West End. His short stories have been in The Irish Times, The London Magazine, Faber's 'Being Various', Kit de Waal's 'Common People', on BBC Radio 3, 4 & 5 and Sky Arts. He co-founded the London Short Story Festival.
Paul also writes for The Irish Times and his work has been translated into seven languages.'
Maria Edgeworth Festival
February 25, 2019 / Paul McVeigh Writer	/ Leave a comment
The Maria Edgeworth Festival and society produce events celebrating the legacy of Maria Edgeworth – this is very exciting to me as I read Castle Rackrent at university. They also promote and celebrate the rich cultural and literary heritage of County Longford. This year is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of her family to Edgeworthstown. I'm delighted to be judging their short story competition (and giving out the prize at the fest), teaching a class and reading from my work.
Here's my events…
11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Short Story Workshop with Paul McVeigh (click to book)
Venue: The Old Schoolhouse, Edgeworthstown
8.00 p.m. Anniversary Celebration (click to book)
Venue: The Manor Church, Edgeworthstown
Poetry and Short Story Readings, featuring Nuala O'Connor and Paul McVeigh
Story & Song with Aidan O'Hara
Music and song with Eleanor Quaine and Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann.
Presentation of prizes to competition winners.
Refreshments served
Check out the rest of the events here…
"I devoured it in a day, but I've thought about it for many, many more. "
Performing at the Barbican
January 16, 2019 / Paul McVeigh Writer	/ Leave a comment
Barbican OpenFest: Art 50
Presented with Sky Arts
I'll reading/performing a short story, commissioned especially for this incredible project, at the Barbican, London on Feb 23rd.
It will be part of the Postcards From the Future event – '50 years from now what will the UK look like? Four respected wordsmiths Paul McVeigh, Dreda Say Mitchell, Tony Mason and A. L. Kennedy write and perform a monologue sending us a postcard from 2069.'
Here's some more about the project…
"Free and open to all, the day will showcase works from Sky Arts' Art 50 which invited artists of all kinds, from all walks of life, from all artistic genres, to create a piece of work which says something important about national identity in 2019. Come celebrate the diversity and creativity of a nation through dance, music, photography and film. Highlights of the performances, shows and activities throughout the day will be the chance to see brand new work from contemporary dance group Boy Blue and Ivor Novello award winner, Nitin Sawhney with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain – all for free."
Speaking at Stockholm Writers Festival 2019
November 29, 2018 / Paul McVeigh Writer	/ Leave a comment
Stockholm Writers Festival 2019
Find your path to published
Join us May 3–5, 2019, for the Stockholm Writers Festival (#SWF19), an English-language gathering of writers, authors, and industry professionals. Our aim: Give writers the opportunity to hone their craft, learn the business, and join a community of established and emerging authors. Regardless of where you are in your process—just starting out or finishing your twentieth manuscript— #SWF19 helps you find your path to published.
I'll be speaking and teaching at Stockholm Writers Festival next year. You can check out the schedule here.
The Art of Border Living Short Story Event
November 8, 2018 November 17, 2018 / Paul McVeigh Writer	/ Leave a comment
The Art of Border Living Short Story
A unique listen-in-the-dark experience launching short story podcasts inspired by the border in Ireland, which feature new writing by Kamila Shamsie, Claire Louise Bennett, Nuala O' Connor, Paul McVeigh and Garrett Carr, commissioned by Verbal and 14-18 NOW, the UK's arts programme for the First World War centenary.
The evening will also feature a new creative audio documentary about the impact of WW1 on what would soon become the borderlands of Ireland, produced by the award-winning broadcaster Peter Curran.
Actor Eleanor Methven will read a selection of acclaimed Irish poetry on these themes throughout the evening, before a Q&A with some of the artists and writers including Garrett Carr, Nuala O'Connor and Paul McVeigh.
Wednesday 14 November, 7.00pm
Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1
Tickets: Free – please RSVP to media@poetryireland.ie if you'd like to attend.
Me, Gavin Corbett, Lisa McInerney & Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
October 4, 2018 October 4, 2018 / Paul McVeigh Writer	/ Leave a comment
Brooks Literary Salon with Paul McVeigh
I'll be talking to literary guests including Bailey's and Encore Prize-winner Lisa McInerney, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year winner Gavin Corbett and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne who received the Irish Pen Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature and a Hennessy Hall of Fame Award for Lifetime Achievement. Join us at the beautiful, boutique, Brooks Hotel situated in the fashionable heart of Dublin city for a one-off special evening of readings and discussion. Brooks are offering a special pre-salon deal – two tapas plus a glass of house wine at €18.50 per person.
Featuring Lisa McInerney who's work has featured in Winter Papers, The Stinging Fly, Granta, The Guardian, BBC Radio 4 and various anthologies. Her story 'Navigation' was longlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Her debut novel The Glorious Heresies won the 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize. Her second novel, The Blood Miracles, won the 2018 RSL Encore Award.
Gavin Corbett is from Dublin. He is the author of three novels: Innocence, This Is the Way, and Green Glowing Skull. He is a winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and teaches across the creative writing programmes at UCD.
N Dhuibhne is an Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright in both Irish and English. Eilis has won many awards for her work, including the Stewart Parker Award for Drama, Bisto 'Book of the Year' Award, several Oireachtas awards for play and novels, and a shortlisting for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her most recent books are Selected Stories (Dalkey Archive Press 2017), and a memoir, Twelve Thousand Days (Blackstaff Press, 2018). She received the Irish Pen Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature in 2015, and a Hennessy Hall of Fame Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2016.
Hosted by Paul McVeigh who's debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Novel Prize and The McCrea Literary Award. His short stories have been in The Stinging Fly and The London Magazine, read on BBC Radio, and performed on Sky Arts TV. 'Hollow' was shortlisted for Irish Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2017. He is the co-founder of the London Short Story Festival and his writing has been translated into seven languages.
Brooks Hotel, 62 Drury St, Dublin 2. October 12th 7-9pm.
Tickets here.
Paul will be teaching his 'That Killer First Page' class at the same venue the next day, Saturday 13th.
What makes a prize-winning short story?
I'm currently reading for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Last year, as judge of THE SEÁN Ó FAOLÁIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE, I read over 800 short stories. Here's the winning story read by the author Louise Nealon. Listen to it and see if you can figure out why I chose it.
And if you fancy submitting this year you have until July 31 (I'm judging again).
You can also join my Online Advanced Short Story Clinic here.
Co-Founder London Short Story Festival
Associate Director at Word Factory
Judge: Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2018


The first article in this issue is Archaeological Fish Bones Online: a digital archive of Sydney fishes by Sarah Colley and Rowan Brownlee. It links to the digital fish bone reference collection hosted by the University of Sydney Library and fits our vision of integrating discrete but related resources which we are also workig hard to achieve with the LEAP project exemplars. Whether online or in print, the amount of editorial input and the associated costs of developing publications are usually hidden from view, but in this instance, the authors looked to their Departmental Research committee and we are very grateful for a subvention to aid development costs of the article from the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.
Archaeological Investigations at the Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, UK by Katherine Baker, Steve Baker and James Symonds successfully builds on other recent content we've published from the commercial sector, a community of authors I am very keen to encourage. Internet Archaeology is still not widely utilised by the sector, even though timely and rapid publication with wide dissemination is something the journal is well-placed to do. But in the words of some other recent authors also from the commercial sector, "Publishing in IA allowed for complex colour maps and diagrams to be included as well as large indexed tables, both of which were vital for my article. Publishing in conventional media would have meant compromises and a loss of information". But it's not just the ability to handle data. The journal is increasingly making more content freely available when costs of publication are met and the benefits mean that "...many others will have access to the report, especially in the local community where the fieldwork was carried out. This must add value in the longer term by increasing local knowledge and awareness of archaeology".
Elizabeth Stewart's A History of Historic House Reconstruction: Understanding the Past and Informing the Future offers much to a wide range of readers, from archaeologists with an interest in historic buildings to people interested in heritage management and museum studies. The author analysed the structures of historic buildings focusing on alterations from the last 130 years that had the specific aim of displaying the building to the public and highlighted that the recent history of buildings is an important element in the planning and management of them. The management of the historic environment is also a theme of On the Record: The Philosophy of Recording, three short articles that were forged in a TAG session at Durham in 2009. All three contributions demonstrate the use that can be made of old records of the historic environment and how information technology makes it possible to interrogate and disseminate the data in ways its original creators could never have imagined.
Archaeological Excavations on the BTC Pipeline, Azerbaijan by Paul Michael Taylor and David Maynard is the the third LEAP II exemplar and the last article in this issue to be released into the ether. The article summarises one of the largest programmes of work ever carried out in the country along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, and in turn links to related digital holdings from the excavations hosted by ADS, containing translated reports, data, including C14 dates, and an extensive image library. The article is also free to readers from the .az domain and readers are encouraged to contribute and comment on the findings via the 'reader comments' function.


I used to be a strict modernist; my role at TreeHugger was to demonstrate that green design could be wonderful and cool and I filled the site with all kinds of modern houses with some claim, often weak, for being green. Those houses became less common on the site in recent times, as I worried more about house size, the appropriateness of single family dwellings on big suburban lots, and trying to reconcile my love of clean, modern design with my concern about the use of fossil fuels or building materials that cannot be maintained in a world made by hand.
With some trepidation I recently posted a lovely house in Slovenia with a qualifying statement "While we have not shown a lot of big suburban houses on TreeHugger for a while, the HB house by Matija Bevk and Vasa J. Perović of bevk perović arhitekti has some interesting attributes that are worth noting."
The expected comments came in. "Windows let in too much light causing a "green house effect" inside, even when mitigated with vegetation for shade...glazing insulation values are still far below standard walls....I see no solar overhang."
A few years ago I would have written such comments off as whining from the cob-and-turf granola-eating anti-architect they-don't-build-them-like-they-used-to crowd. Now I am beginning to think they are right.
Because, in fact, they don't build them like they used to. As I learned from Romas Bubelis at the Landmarks Not Landfill conference, nothing on a traditional window is there for looks, it is all there to serve a purpose. The cornice on top acts as an overhang to keep water away from the window; the casing to the side of the window covers the joint between the siding and the side jamb. The high double hung window, when open at the top and bottom, creates a convection current within the room that brings fresh air in deeper. The sloping sill drains water away from the siding below. The operable shutters provide security while permitting ventilation and protection during storms.
The windows of the Jessup House were put together without the benefit of caulks and foams and any products made from fossil fuels; all they had to work with were wood and nails, yet it had to be designed so that it wouldn't leak and so that they could be maintained. When these photographs and drawings were done in 1930 the windows were already hundreds of years old.
There is no reason that it can't go on for hundreds of more years; in Toronto's 401 Richmond complex, (see Margie Zeidler: Building Green Incubators) she restored hundreds, which "involved the removal of the old glass, heat stripping to remove the putty and several layers of paint, and then replacement of broken and rotted parts (where possible the old glass was retained). Then they're primed with paint, reglazed, puttied on the outside, weather-stripped and rehung with new sash cords."
Imagine dealing with windows like those in Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, where even the glass stops are steel and welded in place, where the only thing keeping out the water is a petrochemical gasket and caulk.
None of this means that I am now going to start promoting new hobbit houses. One can build a modern design without forgetting the lessons of the past.
When Michelle Kaufmann designed the Glidehouse, she provided sliding screens that acted much like the shutters on the Jessup house- providing security and sun shading.
deep overhangs protect the large south-facing windows, calculated to allow the low winter sun in for passive heating, but shielding it from the high summer sun.
On the other side of the house that gets less sun, the windows are small and high, to maximize cross-ventilation and minimize heat loss.
For my own cabin, I went even more traditional and used double hung windows to maximize ventilation, although the proportions and the installation are anything but traditional. You don't have to throw out clean lines, minimalist design and modernist sensibilities to have green glazing.
What Makes a Building Green ?


Twelve percent of the Philippines' GDP comes as remittances from nationals abroad. Many of those are maids, sent all over the world into domestic service to support their children back home. The Philippines government is even training them in servitude.


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HomeTack'n'TogsRecent equine rabies cases highlight importance of vaccinating
Recent equine rabies cases highlight importance of vaccinating
Equine rabies cases in Tennessee and New York serve as reminders that rabies is a real threat to horses, and that the disease can surface at any time
Two recent equine rabies cases in Tennessee and one in New York serve as reminders that rabies is a real threat to the lives of horses, and that the disease can surface at any time. While the total number of equine cases is still being tallied for 2013, the number of confirmed equine cases in 2012 reached 47.
"We know there were dozens of cases of equine rabies throughout the country in 2013, including cases from as far east as Vermont, as far south as Texas, as far north as Minnesota and as far west as Colorado," says Megan Green, DVM, Manager, Large Animal Veterinary Services, Merial. "It is heartbreaking to see a horse suffering from rabies, especially since there are relatively low-cost vaccines widely available. Rabies is completely preventable if the proper steps are taken, but it is 100% fatal if preemptive action is ignored."
Besides the cases in horses, in the past several years, there have been thousands of incidents of animals with confirmed rabies, 92% of which were in wildlife:
2010 – 6,1556
"The numbers of rabid animals in the wild should be concerning to horse owners because all it takes is one bite from an infected animal for a horse to contract the fatal disease," says Green. "Most horses are kept in areas where it's impossible to prevent every skunk, fox or raccoon from wandering near enough to come into contact with the horse."
The onset of rabies is marked by variable clinical signs, which may include aggressive behavior, colic, lack of coordination, hyperexcitability, depression, convulsions or paralysis. The incubation period can take anywhere from two weeks up to 15 months, but once clinical signs appear, death can occur in less than one day.
Because there is no way to diagnose rabies in live animals, horse owners and the treating veterinarians who suspect rabies face the gut-wrenching task of sending the horse's brain to a diagnostic laboratory where it is examined for the presence of lesions that are characteristic with rabies.
"As spring approaches and horse owners start thinking about vaccinating, they need to keep in mind the risk of exposing their horses to rabies," says Green. "Horse owners invest significant time and resources into their horses and consider them to be part of the family. The minimal cost to vaccinate is worth so much more in peace of mind knowing a horse is protected from a tragic and preventable death."
While the best way to prevent equine diseases like rabies is to vaccinate, horse owners can also take advantage of the free Outbreak-Alert program created by Merial. This tool is available to horse owners and veterinarians to help evaluate the risk of diseases such as rabies in their area or areas to which they might be traveling.
The program includes a website with maps indicating the presence of confirmed cases in all species, including the carriers of rabies, West Nile virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalitis, influenza, Potomac horse fever and Equine Herpes Virus. Free, printable information about each of the diseases, their clinical signs and treatments is also available on the site.
Horse owners and veterinarians can also sign up for free text or email alerts, which are sent when diseases are identified within a certain radius of their geographic location.


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Sarah Frisch is a recent Wallace Stegner Fellow and current Jones Lecturer. She holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. Her stories have appeared in The Paris Review and The New England Review. She has won a Pushcart Prize and been a finalist for the National Magazine Award.


Home - paid off. We like it here and will probably stay here after retirement (in 7 1/2 years).
Right now we are living on about 50% of my salary and the rest is invested.
TSP is funded to the max (in the very conservative L fund - 20% stock, 80% fixed income). At 50 years old I will start the catch up contributions. Later this year I will switch my contributions to the Roth TSP (later that will be transferred to the regular Roth IRA's after I retire - pssst Wellesley).
The regular Roth IRA's I have mentally set aside in my mind that will be untouched and left to the kids.
My pension will be approximately 55% of my take home pay. So I'm pretty sure our retirement expenses will be covered by that in retirement. Additional monies as needed will come from TSP withdrawals and taxable investments (we plan to travel a lot in retirement).
In my taxable accounts I am keeping it simple and relatively conservative. I have been investing in OAKBX (Oakmark Equity and Income) and PRPFX (Permanent Portfolio) and adding to my cash cushion biweekly.
My question is...am I missing anything? I feel at this point I am in the home stretch and really don't want to blow it. That is where my conservative approach to the stock/bond allocation comes in.
Many folks think they have to be 50 to start catch-up contributions. That's not quite right. They can be 49 and start catch-up contributions as long as they are 50 on the last day of that year.
What does FIRECalc: A different kind of retirement calculator say? Not being a wise guy, it's really a very good place to start. You seem to have the bases covered, but without numbers we can't know what to tell you. You may not want to share more detail, and that's perfectly understandable.
Sounds like you have most of the bases covered. I'm assuming you have medical covered at retirement? What about Long Term Care Insurance?
Sounds like you are in CSRS. Then consider opening a Voluntary Contributions (VC)Acct with OPM, loading it with after tax funds using an awards credit card via pay.gov, then roll any earned interest into the TSP and the contributions to a Roth IRA.
If you are retiring at 56, remember your SS kicks in 6 years later. That means your savings need to carry you another 6 years then gets a break with an additional 3 to 5K extra a month. (Depending on DW's SS account). Once SS kicks in, you can back off your savings withdraws.
I used this site to figure my blend of govt. pension, 401K, 457 and SS. Maybe it will help you understand the relationship of your various income and when they kick in and how they might affect each other..
I think you are all set.
My question is...am I missing anything?
This is _great_ advice. One of the most underutilized CSRS benefit that is quickly fading away. You can open this Voluntary Contribution account and deposit up to ten percent of your lifetime earnings in a lump sum, and immediately roll into a Roth, no taxes due , unlike an IRA conversion.


I am working in a private firm. I am a hard worker and have got a lot of appreciation for my work and efforts. But from the past 2 months, for reasons best known to him, my boss is heel bent on deteriorating my image. He is trying to overload me with work and givingme such work which is beyond my scope. My performance has been affected due to this. How to deal with this?
What should I do when my boss asks me to complain against my manager?
By looking to your situation it seems that your boss have some problem with you that is why he is doing such things.
right direction to deal with the situation.
If after talking from boss you don't get enough so that you can handle the situation well than it is better that you start looking for other job.
Because as days will pass he will try to create much problems for you and and you will be much stressed.
This will not be good for you and your career. As you are a dedicated hard worker you will definitely get much better jobs.
But what you have to do, is to inform your boss on regular basis, that due to overburden you are unable to complete the job within time.
Rest will be fine...Good luck!!!


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El palmar de Ocoa es la población de palma chilena (Jubaea chilensis) más grande del país, y se encuentra ubicada al interior del parque nacional La Campana, en Ocoa, comuna de Hijuelas, Región de Valparaíso, Chile.

Fue base de una de las industrias de miel de palma que estuvo en funcionamiento desde el siglo . En 1968 el propietario de los terrenos, Raúl Ovalle, donó las tierras al estado con la finalidad de crear un parque nacional. Recién en 1983 el sector pasó a formar parte del parque nacional La Campana, que fue creado en 1967 para proteger la biodiversidad presente en la región.

Referencias

Geografía de la Región de Valparaíso
Bosques de Chile

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Researchers found around one in five of the population dread the arrival of what is traditionally known as the scariest date on the calendar.
According to the poll one in six adults believe Friday the 13th poses the greatest risk of bad luck striking and consider it unluckier than black cats, broken mirrors and spilled salt.
The study also found around half of Brits are 'superstitious' and a similar number believe luck – both good and bad – has an impact on their lives.
It also emerged seven in ten wouldn't risk walking under a ladder for fear of bringing bad luck and two thirds have even 'touched wood' to ward off any future mishaps.