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Contrasting Styles I
Two country houses, both in County Meath and both now hotels. Today, Bellinter which dates from c.1750 and was designed by Richard Castle for brewer and M.P. John Preston, whose son would become first (and last) Baron Tara. Since Castle died in 1751, he is unlikely to have overseen the work, which is vigorous but somewhat unsophisticated in execution, as demonstrated by the ceiling of the ground floor saloon. Its exuberant baroque plasterwork looks indebted to the Lafranchini brothers but probably executed by lesser hands.
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Clontuskert Priory, County Galway is a little-known religious site which yields ample pleasures for the traveller who troubles to find it. The present ruins date from the 15th century, but it is claimed that originally a monastic settlement was founded here around 800AD by Saint Baedán. If this were the case, no trace of that establishment survives. Later, probably towards the close of the 12th century, the prominent Ó Ceallaigh (O'Kelly) family invited members of the Arrouasian order – a particularly austere division of the Augustinian canons – to found a house here, the Priory of St Mary. The Ó Ceallaighs remained closely associated with this establishment, which became one of the richest in this part of the country. Members of the family were consistently appointed to the position of Prior, even though, on a number of occasions, they were illegitimate (in the medieval church, illegitimacy was a barrier to holy orders or the holding of a benefice, so papal dispensation had to be sought). In 1444 Eoghan O'Kelly, then-Prior of Clontuskert was slain in a battle with a rival family, the McCoughlans. There were several instances when corruption seems to have been rampant: in 1463, for example, Thady O'Kelly, a canon in the priory, reported to Rome that the Prior, John O'Kelly was guilty of immorality, perjury and simony. Thady O'Kelly then in turn became Prior, after which another canon, Donatus O'Kelly accused him of killing a layman. Donatus next became Prior, after which he was accused by another canon Donald O'Kelly, of scattering the priory's goods, keeping a concubine and committing homicide. And so it went on.
In 1404 Clontuskert Priory was struck by lightning and set alight, destroying the buildings and their contents. A Papal order was subsequently issued offering ten-year indulgences for those who contributed to the cost of its rebuilding. So what we see on the site today are the remains of a 15th century priory. The O'Kellys seem to have continued to be associated with the Priory up to the time of the Reformation in the 1540s, a number of them holding benefices under the control of the house. In the mid-16th century the lands hitherto owned by Clontuskert passed into the hands of the de Burgos, Earls of Clanricarde, in 1570 the second earl receiving a grant from the government of the priory. However, the family remained Catholic and the Augustinian canons remained on site, even though they had lost their possessions. A keystone inserted into the doorway leading from nave to choir is dated 1633 indicates they were still there then. But by the end of the 17th century the de Burgos had converted to the Established Church and it would appear that thereafter Clontuskert Priory was abandoned and left to fall into ruin.
While portions of Clontuskert Priory's cloister survive, the main interest of the site lies in the church. Here the east wall, with its beautiful traceried window, collapsed in 1918 but the pieces were saved, allowing for reconstruction in the early 1970s. Much further restoration work was undertaken on the site in the previous decade. The north and south walls of the choir feature a number of fine tombs. The choir itself is accessed via a substantial arcaded stone rood screen, one of the features reconstructed some decades ago. Originally there would have been no end wall, so that the arches would have offered a view through to the choir where services were taking place. However, a wall was built at the east end of the rood screen (when the aforementioned door with the date 1633 was inserted) thereby fundamentally changing the appearance of the space. But the most attractive aspect of Clontuskert Priory is its west doorway, which carries the following inscription: 'Matheu : Dei: gra : eps : Clonfertens : et : Patre' oneacdavayn : canonie' esti : domine : fi' fecert : Ano : do : mcccclxxi' (Matthew by the grace of God, Bishop of Clonfert and Patrick O'Naughton, canon of this house, caused me to be made. Anno Domini 1471). The exterior of the doorway is covered with carvings, including the figures of the Archangel Michael carrying a sword and scales (for weighing souls), Saints John the Baptist, Catherine of Alexandria and, it is thought, Augustine of Hippo; they are flanked by smiling angels each holding a shield. Stones on either side are carved with the likes of a pelican feeding her young, a pair of mythical beasts, two ibexes with intertwined necks, and a mermaid holding a comb and mirror. Just inside the door is a water stoup, again bearing two figures believed to be, again, Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Augustine of Hippo. Largely bereft of visitors, Clontuskert Priory is something of a hidden gem, but one definitely worth discovering.
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Battered and Bruised
A bit battered and bruised, but still in place: Hamill's on Bridge Street in Ardee, County Louth. Dating from around 1900, the two-storey building has a pub on the ground floor with an exceptionally attractive – and exceptionally rare – commercial façade. This features encaustic tiles above, below and around the central entrance and its flanking curved display windows. The fascia is especially charming, with floral festoons interwoven with the lettering: notice how another swag of flowers, this time in a terracotta panel, has been placed midway between the two windows. The building's design appears to be by Peter William Cahill, an engineer and architect then living and working in the area. Somehow, despite being on a main traffic artery and subject to almost ceaseless pollution from passing vehicles, Hamill's has survived, albeit with a certain amount of damage to the façade.
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Horrible Hands
From Galignani's Messenger 1819: 'Athlone, Nov.2. Mr Henry St. George, who lived at Ballydangan, dined on Sunday last with his brother Sir Richard, in the Wood at Mount Equity, where were some other friends. On leaving his brother's, the Steward saw him out of the gates, locked the last one, and had not proceeded more than a few yards when he heard a shot, and a loud scream followed. The night was so uncommonly light he easily discovered that Mr. Henry St. George was dismounted near the gate; he ran quickly and found him almost lifeless, lying over a man who was in a fainting fit; then hastened to a near cabin, and sent off for St Richard, who, with another Gentleman, came up, but only to see him expire without uttering a word.'
Henry St George's mausoleum at Mount Equity, County Roscommon on which is inscribed that he was murdered by 'manibus nefandis' (horrible hands).
1 Comment Posted in Architectural History, Mausoleum, Roscommon Tagged Architectural History, County Roscommon, Drumalagagh, Mausoleum
A Celtic Tiger Souvenir
In 2005 two doctors bought a former orthopedic hospital in the small County Westmeath village of Coole, with the intention of turning it into a substantial medical facility, borrowing substantial sums of money from Ulster Bank to do so. As sometimes happens, the two partners disagreed over the development of the site, as plans came to include provision not only of a medical centre and ancillary facilities, but also a number of residential units (the entire country was then entering peak-Celtic Tiger era when housing schemes were ubiquitous). One of the pair accordingly exited the scheme, and the other remained involved. Then, as so often happened, in the aftermath of the economic crash, the entire project foundered and in 2012 the property went into receivership. Two years later the original Ulster Bank loan was transferred to a large investment company called Promontoria (Aran) Limited (a subsidiary of the American private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management). In 2017 Promontoria sought to recover some of its money by offering the place for sale. A medical centre still operates from the site.
The core of what became St Joseph's Orthopaedic hospital dates from 1897 and was developed by Teresa Dease whose family lived close by in a house called Turbotstown (see https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/turbotstown/). The Deases were resolutely Roman Catholic, never wavering from the faith of their forebears even during the years of Penal legislation, yet managing to hold onto their ancestral lands. It was here, on a site adjacent to the church built by her grandfather, that Teresa Dease established what was initially intended to be a school to train young girls for a life in domestic service by teaching them such skills as housekeeping, cookery, needlework and laundry work. However, after a number of years, she closed the school and in 1916 passed responsibility for the building to an order of nuns, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, who ran the place as an orthopaedic hospital for boys. It continued in operation until 1981, and thereafter the buildings sat empty and deteriorating until acquired in 2005 by the aforementioned pair of doctors. In the aftermath of its closure, and the revelation of widespread abuse in institutions run by religious orders, a great deal of disturbing information emerged about practices in St Joseph's Hospital although here – as elsewhere – the relevant documentation disappeared, making it difficult for those who deservedly sought recognition and compensation for what they experienced to pursue their claims.
As mentioned, a medical centre operates on part of the site formerly occupied by St Joseph's Hospital, from a range constructed for this purpose. But the ambition of the intended development is visible in other buildings left incomplete, roads leading nowhere, and in particular the condition of the original property erected in 1897 and, it appears, used as the nuns' residence. Old photographs show this was formerly linked to other parts of the hospital, in particular a chapel in Hiberno-Romanesque style built in the mid-1930s. This still stands but many of the other extensions were taken down, seemingly at the onset of the redevelopment. The interior of the convent building was completely gutted, with only the old staircase surviving in a partially mangled state. And then the enterprise stalled, and the place was abandoned. And so it has remained ever since; a reminder more than a decade later of how not all Celtic Tiger ambitions were realized.
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Awaiting Development
In the centre of Navan, County Meath and on the banks of the river Blackwater, the unsalubrious remains of a mid-19th century mill that once helped bring prosperity to the town. The building dates back to 1851 when erected by William Morgan to provide flour for his bakery elsewhere in Navan. It continued to serve this purpose until early in the last century when converted into a sawmill, remaining in operation until 1999 when the enterprise closed down. Since then the property has stood empty, being seriously damaged by arsonists in July 2007. Two years ago the local authority turned down the planning application from a local developer to demolish the mill, and erect on the five-acre site a 186-bedroom nursing home and 40 apartments.
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Viceregal Links
Johnstown, County Kildare derives its name from a now-ruined church dedicated to St John and believed to have been built in late-Medieval period by the Knights Hospitallers (now otherwise known as the Knights of Malta). The centre of the building is now dominated by a large High Cross commemorating Richard Bourke, sixth Earl of Mayo who was assassinated in 1872 while serving as Viceroy of India; his home was at nearby Palmerstown. An earlier owner of this property was the Flatesbury family, and set into the north wall of the church is a grave slab featuring their coat of arms and those of the Wogans, below an eight-armed cross. This carries the date 1289 although the slab is thought to date from the 15th century.
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A Photographic Record
In 1650 Captain Theophilus Sandford, who came from the town of Audenshaw, a few miles east of Manchester, sailed from Liverpool to Ireland at the head of 80 horsemen, and joined the English army then suppressing the Irish uprising. Following the end of hostilities, Captain Sandford was rewarded for his services with a large grant of land, formerly held by the O'Conor family, in County Roscommon. To this he added further lands by purchase, as did his heir Henry Sandford in the aftermath of the Williamite wars. The Sandfords were based in Castlerea where on the edge of the town they erected a substantial house in the early 18th century, of seven bays and three storeys over basement. The centre block of this building was seriously damaged by fire in 1895 and replaced by a single storey, prefabricated house linking what survived of the two wings. Following the departure of the family from the area in the aftermath of the First World War, and the division of their former estate by the Land Commission, Castlerea House was demolished and nothing now remains of the property.
Through marriage and a seat in parliament the Sandfords rose to become respectable members of the Landed Gentry and, in 1800, Henry Sandford was rewarded with the title Baron Mount Sandford. Having no children, he was succeeded by his nephew, another Henry Sandford who in June 1828 at the age of only 23 met an unfortunate end. He and some friends stopped in Windsor on their way to Ascot for the races and observed a drunken brawl taking place on the street. Lord Mount Sandford was attacked by one of the brawlers who knocked him down and then kicked him in the head; he died from his injuries nine days later. An elderly uncle then inherited but he had no children, so eventually the estate was jointly inherited by the first baron's two daughters, one of whom married a Pakenham (and her eldest son Henry married Grace Mahon, heiress to another Roscommon estate, Strokestown). The other sister Mary married William Robert Wills who also had an estate, Willsgrove, not far from Castlerea but the couple and their children lived in the old Sandford home and changed their name to Wills-Sandford. Their great-grandson Thomas George Wills-Sandford was the last of the family to occupy Castlerea House, while his younger brother Edward lived a few miles west of the town in the property seen here today, Cashlieve.
It is difficult to date the origins of Cashlieve which may have begun in the 19th century as a hunting lodge. However, the building was most likely enlarged following Edward Wills-Sandford's marriage to Amy Guinness in 1889; the couple would have two daughters. The manner in which the entrance is wedged in a canted bay between the main block and a long wing, seems to suggest the latter was added to an earlier structure. Inside a handsome hallway contains the main staircase lit by a glazed dome and doors to the main reception rooms on one side; the single storey canted bays in both dining and drawing room in this portion of the building appear to be later additions and between them is a little vestibule which was clearly the original entrance before the whole site was turned around. Speculation about, and research into, Cashlieve's history will need to occur soon, because it looks set to meet the same fate as Castlerea House before long. As was the case there, the surrounding lands were sold by the Land Commission and the property then seems to have been owned by a number of different persons. It has now stood empty for a number of years and much of what can be taken from a house – such as chimneypieces – has been taken, in a rather cack-handed fashion. Another house, one suspects, soon destined to be known only through old photographs.
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Gratuitous Waste
Last week, the Irish Aesthete featured the former Convent of Mercy in Ardee, County Louth, which is now for sale. Today, here are some pictures of the former St Joseph's School which was run by the same order in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo; the main block may have been designed by busy Dublin architect William Henry Byrne who was certainly responsible for the adjacent convent. St Joseph's School opened in October 1901, and closed in July 2012. Since then the property appears to have stood empty on a large site in the centre of the town and left to fall into its present decay. Not only does this make the centre of the town look unsightly, it is also gratuitous waste of sound building stock.
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All the Town Gathered Together
On 17th June 1765 John Wesley, founder of the Methodist denomination, wrote in his journal, 'At seven I preached in the Market-house at Kilfinane [County Limerick]. Well nigh all the town, Irish, English and Germans, Protestants and Papists, presently gathered together. At first, most of the Papists stood aloof; and so did several of the genteeler people: but by degrees they drew in, and mixed with the congregation.' Wesley returned to Kilfinane on several later occasions, each time preaching in the market house, of which these are now the sorry remains. Dating from c.1760 and of cut sandstone with three broad arches on its façade, the market house was described as 'a large and commodious building' by Samuel Lewis in 1837, having just been repaired the previous year. Having remained in use until the last century, how regrettable to see what was a part of the town's history, and prosperity, for more than 250 years allowed to fall into such a shabby state.
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(Above: José Antonio Primo de Rivera)
It's called "José Antonio Primo de Rivera: The Spanish Contribution to Political Thought." José Antonio was the Spanish Falange founder. The Falange ideology was fascist (but maybe more religious than other fascist ideologies), and José Antonio wanted to create a new Spanish empire that would more-or-less save Western civilization – a noble goal. José Antonio was an intellectual, which is sometimes a bad thing (too much thinking can complicate matters which shouldn't be complicated). Some good ideas are no doubt found in this book, although granted, a lot of White people are turned off by fascism (they see it as too pro-war and too anti-freedom, which it is, but maybe its anti-freedom is a good thing, since freedom always leads to too much freedom, which leads to the mess we find ourselves in now, i.e., "anything goes" is a nation-wrecker).
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Tim McGreen Says:
Spain often gets overlooked when it comes to modern European history. For a long time the Iberian Peninsula has been regarded as a semi-civilized, olive-skinned barrier between truly White Europe and the dusky hoardes of Africa. Surely they and their Portugese neighbors deserve a better appraisal?
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Even today there is still a solid core of Nordic blood, from the Visigoths, in Spain. Don't underestimate their gritty determination to get a job done once they are sufficiently motivated. They reversed two steamrollers, mudslim and commie, no other European nation can make that honorable claim to fame.

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Settlers graze cattle on Palestinian crops in northern Jordan Valley
Posted on January 6, 2021 by User2
JORDAN VALLEY, Israeli settlers today grazed their cattle on Palestinian crops in Khirbet As-Samra in the northern Jordan Valley, local sources said.
Aref Daraghmeh, a local activist, told WAFA that Israeli settlers from a nearby illegal colonial outpost allowed dozens of their cows to graze on the rain-fed crops of Palestinian farmers in the hamlet, damaging the crops and causing immense losses to the farmers depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.
The Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.
Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.
The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services. Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.
Palestine confirms 1,088 new coronavirus cases, 14 deaths
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A: remove these lines from @drawable/edt_txt_bg.It will work. You have not defined any fixed dimension for stroke. That's the main reason.
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A: Don't force to change the Theme in layout xml, implement new style in styles.xml if you want to use custom actionbar.
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="contentInsetStart">0dp</item>
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    <item name="android:homeAsUpIndicator">@null</item>
</style>

Then in AndroidManifest.xml, set this theme to your activity or application tag.
android:theme="@style/CustomTheme"

Hope it helps.

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I started reading this book on vacation just for something to pass the time while on the plane, and I haven't put it down yet!
I've never been able to explain the voice in my head until this book. Bravo and thank you so much.
I wanted to love this. I really did. I love her standup. The book just fell flat for me. It was a lot of her comedy I've already heard just put into a book. The book was also rather scattered...maybe she needed a better editor. Still looking my forward to her new comedy specials...but wouldn't be picking up another book.


A perfectly balanced everyday seasoning to add flavour to meals. A must for every household.
Take your turkey to the next level of tender and flavour with Turkey Brine. With rosemary, orange peel and bay leaf, just add extra salt for the full brine experience. Little to no spice.
This pink Himalayan salt with hints of chili flakes, garlic and Szechuan pepper will have you reaching for this at every meal. Little to no spice.


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Crew kids posing with members of the Indian community
A nine minute short film, and a story about kids that try to recreate a film set identical to one they came across was last week premiered at National Theatre in Kampala.
Produced by re-known film maker George Stanely Nsambya and Ghetto Film Project "THE DUMMY TEAM" has already been pressed into film festivals in and around Uganda, and the Director says the story portrays a message that has a touch of HIV and Ghetto life an issue that has been hardly addressed.
" am quite convinced we shall love and enjoy this production but it is ironical that the film has a strong message about HIV and down town life" George Stanley Nsamba
The Ghetto Film Project is a non-governmental organization in Kampala, Uganda that uses film to rehabilitate, empower, mentor and tell stories from the slums of Kampala.
Ghetto Film Project founded on 20th July 2013 by Ugandan filmmaker George Stanley Nsamba in Naguru, a huge slum in Kampala. In 2013, following his fast growing success in the Ugandan film industry, Nsamba decided to create an organization that would help mentor and empower youth in the community he was once known in for being a notorious kid when growing up. The organization is mainly made up of youths, kids from between the ages of 3 to 15 and a few women from the community.
The Project was founded in 2013 on 20th July 2013 by George Stanley Nsamba in Naguru a notorious slum from where he grew. On the opening day they managed to gather over 60 youth from the slum and 80 kids and women who they would take through a 10 months training in different activities and fields.
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Following a first round of electronic voting, PenCLAHRC's 24 partner organisations met on 12th December 2014 to consider and rank a shortlist of questions.
You can read more about each of the questions consider at this meeting in the Priority Briefings.
PenCLAHRC staff will now spend some time collating the available evidence for each of these questions, with an Academic Lead and Research Manager assigned for each. One of the first priorities for each team will be to bring together integral and interested stakeholders from across the collaboration in order to start developing the question further.


I really like Michael's way of presenting the story and felt that nearly all of the details in the book were life changing. It has been a great benefit to help me on my journey to become a vegetarian. I even bought the cookbook.
Would you listen to Property Investment for Beginners again? Why?
No. I was looking for a book for the US market, but the information about this book didn't have any information about its country of focus.
Have you listened to any of Rob Dix's other performances? How does this one compare?
This books seems like a great book for absolute beginners especially around the UK market. If you have already done a little investment or are looking for property outside of the UK, look elsewhere.


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Mansquito ist ein US-amerikanischer Horror-Science-Fiction-Film aus dem Jahr 2005.

Handlung
In einer nordamerikanischen Stadt breitet sich ein tödliches Virus aus. Die Wissenschaftlerin Dr. Jennifer Allen Musetta Vander forscht nach einem Gegenmittel mit Hilfe von genmanipulierten Moskitos. Für einen Versuch benötigt sie eine menschliche Testperson. Dem inhaftierten Serienmörder Ray Erikson Matt Jordan wird, wenn er sich zur Verfügung stellt, Haftmilderung versprochen. Jedoch entkommt er noch vor dem eigentlichen Experiment. Bei der Flucht verursacht er eine Explosion, durch die er massiv mit der Substanz in Berührung kommt, mit der die Moskitos manipuliert wurden. Aber auch die Forscherin bekommt eine kleine Menge davon ab. Mehr und mehr mutiert er zu einem moskitoähnlichen Wesen, welches sich auf die Suche nach Opfern zum Stillen seiner Blutdurst macht. Und auch in der Forscherin gehen langsam Veränderungen vor. Trotzdem versucht sie, den Mutanten zu stoppen.

Kritik

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Horrorfilm
US-amerikanischer Film
Filmtitel 2005

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Facebook Anonymous | Ifs and Butts | Ibiza Blog
January 14, 2023 January 14, 2023 by Essential Ibiza
For those of you who might not be familiar with the name Colin Butts
(where have you been living!) he is possibly best know for novel 'Is
Harry On The Boat', that was later made into film before becoming a TV
series. Two subsequent novels followed, 'Is Harry Still On The Boat?'
and 'A Bus Could Run You Over'. He is also one of the men behind
successful San An bars Plastik and newly named Pukka Up Bar, not to
mention the soon to be opened Plastik Beach in Playa D'en Bossa. For
those who are familiar with Colin, you will have no doubt giggled
uncontrollably at some of his Facebook rants at one point, like we have.
We thought it was about time his razor sharp wit was shared with our
community. In the first of a series of 'ifs & butts' bloggs, Colin
deals with his Facebook addiction and subsequent tourettes…
I had a friend once who went to AA. It was back in 1991. As many
'anonymous' devotees do, she became borderline evangelical about it and
was constantly trying to persuade me to go. "But I'm not an alcoholic," I
protested. Didn't seem to matter. "Surely there must be something you're
addicted to? What about Narcotics Anonymous, there's one of those… No…
no wait…I've got it, what about Sex Addicts Anonymous?"
Despite working in Ibiza in 1987 and 1988 (which used to be the equivalent
of saying you saw England win the World Cup or was in the Blind Beggar
when Ronnie Kray shot George Cornell) my narcotic pursuits didn't really
start in earnest until 1993 so Narcotics Anonymous would have been at best
premature and I would like to think, actually altogether redundant. And
I'm pretty sure the only reason she suggested Sex Addicts Anonymous was my
constant attempts to (unsuccessfully) bed her. Had she recommended "Sad
Twats Desperate For A Shag Anonymous" I would've been there in a flash.
It struck me today though that there is an "Anonymous" group I would go
to, if it existed: Facebook Anonymous. More specifically in my case,
Facebook Tourette's Anonymous. I seem to have developed this compulsion to
write things on people's status updates, convinced I'm the funniest fucker
on God's earth. Take today as an example. Picture of a girl I know,
cuddling her dog. Some sleazy male friend of her's commented "Nice legs."
Couldn't help myself, "Yes all four of them." Or my old mate Tony Truman
who promised to post pictures of his exciting new venture, The Ocean Beach
Club. They've been digging up the foundations for weeks so I went to all
the trouble of finding a picture of a toy JCB digger and posted that. Ha
bloody ha.
For the most part my 'offence filter' is pretty good and I know where to
draw the line (like today when I stopped myself from commenting "nice
coat" on an anti-seal clubbing picture of a woman adorned in seal fur). I
don't deliberately set out to antagonise or confront, merely to be
pathetically amusing within the parameters of my own sometimes wayward
moral compass. The problem comes of course, after a drink. A few months
ago a girl I only really half knew had a status update of "How do you mend
a broken heart?" Pissed at 4am, I wrote "Bum sex."
I got up late the next morning and once I logged on to facebook I
remembered what I'd done. Cringing, I went to her profile to apologise.
After all, she may have just come out of a long term relationship and been
in absolute bits as a result. In the same way that love songs only truly
resonate when you're in love, you can only empathise with the pain of
splitting up with a partner when your own wounds are still fresh. I
realised it was a bit of a silly thing to have done so I hoped she hadn't
taken too much offence.
I was therefore shocked when I looked at her wall and saw the ferocity of
some of the comments directed at me. "Delete the prick… What an
asshole…Where does he live… etc." OK, I accept it was a bit
insensitive but talk about over reaction! However, as I scrolled down the
reason became a little clearer. It turned out she didn't have a broken
heart because of splitting up from a long-term relationship or having her
heart broken by some self-centred cad.
It was because her mum had just died…
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Preliminary figures for the 2011 financial year
2011: Fielmann improved unit sales, sales revenue and profit
2012: Fielmann will create 900 new trainee positions
With its customer friendly services, glasses at reasonable prices and comprehensive guarantees, Fielmann was able to expand its market share in the last reporting year. While the remaining optical sector in Germany expects a unit sales decline of -1%, Fielmann registered a rise in unit sales of more than 5% and expanded its market share to 49% (previous year: 48%). Consequently, Fielmann will be continuing its shareholder-friendly dividend payout policy.
Fielmann sold 6.74 million pairs of glasses in the reporting year (previous year: 6.46 million). External sales incl. VAT rose to EUR 1.23 billion (previous year: EUR 1.16 billion) and consolidated sales grew to EUR 1.05 billion (previous year: EUR 994 million). The pre-tax result amounts to an estimated EUR 172 million (previous year: EUR 170.3 million) and the annual net income stands at EUR 124 million (previous year: EUR 120.8 million).
Fielmann thinks in years not quarters. The success of Fielmann is as a result of strong customer focus and committed employees, whose achievements were rewarded in the last reporting year through considerable salary adjustments. In addition, exceptional achievements were rewarded through profit sharing and share programmes, which were primarily paid out in the fourth quarter. The total personnel expenditure increased in comparison with the previous year, to EUR 28 million. Fielmann is investing in its future.
Fielmann is the largest employer and trainer in the German optical industry and created 481 additional positions in the last reporting year. At year-end, the market leader employed 14,214 members of staff (previous year: 13.733), of whom 2,738 were trainees (previous year: 2.674). In 2012, Fielmann will also be creating 900 new trainee positions. Fielmann had 663 branches at the end of the reporting year (previous year: 655).
Fielmann is confident that it will expand its market share further. The first weeks of the current year give good reason to be optimistic.
Hamburg, February 2012
Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft
Dr. Matthias Branahl, Head of Press and Public Relations, tel: +49 40 / 270 76 – 457
Ulrich Brockmann, Head of Investor Relations, tel: +49 40 / 270 76 – 442
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