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Author: Lulama Moyo
For the past two years, Neeta Verma, Robert P. Sedlack, Jr. Professor of Visual Communication Design in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, and Liu Institute faculty fellow, has been leading "The Memory Project: Reweaving Threads of Loss, Love, and Hope," a community-engaged research project in collaboration with the Center for Social Concerns. The project takes a creative approach to violent acts perpetrated in the community, acts often taking the lives of young people.
As Verma explains, "research demonstrates that a great deal of healing comes from expression, especially artistic expression. Through the use of abstraction or symbolism, you can give tangible shape to complex feelings of loss, grief, and trauma that may sometimes be difficult to express through words."
"The Memory Project" focuses on mothers who have experienced an unexpected loss due to gun violence. Styled as a workshop, participants are able to use stitching, embroidery, fabric painting, applique, patchwork, and craft blankets that celebrate the lives of those lost. Family and friends join in the work, which helps those affected to reconstruct memories that crafts capture in a form that will endure.
The aim is to empower mothers, their families, and young people to recognize the power of narrative responses to loss and grief. The resulting pieces are at once commemorative and an act of defiance against the perpetrators of violence. The project is built around the insight that when you heal the mother, you heal the family, and when you heal the family you heal a community. Every blanket is a tribute to the transformative journey from grief and loss to resilience and empowerment.
The project was made possible with generous funding from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, the City of South Bend, and the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.
Photographs reproduced with permissions from participants © Neeta Verma


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Rogue traders who scammed pensioner for thousands fined £2,000
Victim handed over cash for work worth a fraction of what he was charged
Maurice Fitzmaurice
The victim was charged thousands in cash by the cowboy builders (Image: Getty)
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Rogue traders "scammed" thousands of pounds in cash from a pensioner for work only worth a few hundred, Trading Standards revealed yesterday.
Two men have been fined £2,000 for the "despicable crime" after cold callers landed at the man's door over a period of 10 days offering to do various jobs which they largely failed to finish.
The man, 75, felt "intimidated" and handed over cash following visits to his bank. The traders both pleaded guilty at Dungannon Magistrates' Court to one charge each of engaging in an aggressive commercial practice under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
In a case brought by the Department for the Economy's Trading Standards Service , Edward McDonagh, 52, and Bernard Christopher McDonagh, 23, of Innishmore Gardens, Coalisland, Co Tyrone were each fined £1,000 and compensation orders of £2,350 in respect of each trader was ordered to be paid to the victim's estate. The pensioner they scammed has since died.
In a statement, the Department said that in November 2016 a "highly vulnerable" 75-year-old male pensioner living in Greenisland, Newtownabbey , was "cold called by a gang of doorstep traders offering to carry out maintenance work to his home".
They added: "Various gang members, some of whom were subsequently identified, called over a period of 10 days. The pensioner was initially shown brochures containing before and after photographs supposedly of work carried out by the traders at previous jobs. He agreed to Bernard McDonagh cleaning the roof and a colleague to re-point the chimney, ridge tiles and to seal the roof at a total cost of £1,500.
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"Cash payment upfront was demanded and the pensioner drove to the bank to get the money which he handed over. On the next visit, Bernard McDonagh persuaded him to have his side and rear garden walls power washed at a cost of £700. Demanding payment, they coerced him to drive to the bank for cash while they followed in their van.
"In a further visit, another £4,700 was demanded by Edward McDonagh for the work that was to be done. Complaining he had already paid them some £2,200, the amount was reduced to £2,500. As the traders had already commenced work on his home, the pensioner felt obliged to pay. Once again, they followed him to his bank.
Work on the roof was among the jobs offered (Image: Getty)
"Although little of the work had been completed, he felt intimidated by the situation and, even in the safety of the bank, he was fearful and felt unable to do anything knowing they were outside. He handed over the cash in an adjacent car park and was left with only £100 in his account.
"Edward McDonagh returned the following day, this time seeking to tarmac the pensioner's driveway at a cost of £2,450. It was only through the intervention of a neighbour, who became aware of the pensioner's plight, that Edward McDonagh left the property."
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Trading Standards say that "none of the overpriced work regarding the repointing of the ridge tiles, chimney or sealing of the roof was carried out", adding that the "value of work actually completed was only a few hundred pounds".
Alison Gilchrist of the Trading Standards Service said, "This was a despicable crime. These rogue traders scammed this pensioner out of his savings. Sadly, he passed away in early 2018 never seeing these traders brought before the court. Unfortunately, our older citizens, many of whom are unable to handle this type of situation, are being targeted in such a manner.
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"Consumers should be careful and take their time when deciding to get work done to their home. Seldom is maintenance or roof repair that urgent. Recommendation from friends and neighbours is a better way of finding a reputable trader rather than employing someone who cold calls to your home.
"Consumers should be wary of responding to flyers, no matter how professional they look. Once they have your money, rogue traders will not come back again should you complain."
Anyone who believes they have been similarly affected should contact Consumerline on 0300 123 6262.

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Queen's Organizers Optimistic Over Andy Murray's Return As Two Top 10 Players Join Entry List
The first four names set to play in the ATP 500 event has been announced.
The director of the Fever-Tree Championships has said he is 'hopeful' that Andy Murray will play in the tournament later this year after he was included in the first group of names on the official entry list.
The three-time grand slam champion hasn't played a competitive match since the Davis Cup last November due to a pelvic injury. Murray has already delayed his return to the tour on numerous occasions as he continues his rehabilitation process. It is the latest setback for the injury-stricken 32-year-old, who also underwent career saving hip resurfacing surgery last year.
"Andy is our greatest champion. We know Andy is still working his way back to fitness, but we also know that he wants to play, so fingers crossed that he will be able to." Stephen Farrow said in a press release on Tuesday.
Murray, who is currently ranked 130th in the world, is the most decorated player in the history of the Queen's event. He has won the trophy five times between 2009-2016 and has won 30 out of 37 matches played there. Last year he also won the doubles title alongside Feliciano Lopez in what was his comeback tournament following his hip surgery.
Tuesday's announcement of Murray playing at The Queen's Club comes as no surprise. He has a lifetime contract to play there for the rest of his career unless he is ill or injured. Similar to what Roger Federer has with the Halle event, which takes place during the same week as Queen's.
Other names to play in London this year include ATP Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, who lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter-finals last year. The Greek is yet to contest an ATP final on the grass, but did win the Wimbledon boys' doubles title back in 2016.
"London will always be a special place for me after winning the ATP Finals last year and I am looking forward to coming back in June." Said Tsitsipas. "The crowd at the O2 touched my heart in a very special way and I am excited to play at Queen's again this June. It is a big tournament and important to play in the lead up to Wimbledon."
World No.5 Daniil Medvedev is another top name set to play in what will be his fourth appearance at Queen's. In 2019 he produced his best ever run at the tournament by reaching the semi-finals before falling in three sets to France's Gilles Simon.
"The last 6 months have been incredible for me, a real breakthrough, and now I want to try to do the same on grass." The US Open finalist stated. "The Fever-Tree Championships at The Queen's Club is a great event with perfect grass courts, and I am looking forward to playing there ahead of Wimbledon."
Completing the quartet of confirmed names is 38-year-old two-time champion Lopez, who won the singles title last year, as well as the doubles with Murray. He is one of only two Spanish men to have ever won the event in the Open Era. There other was Rafael Nadal back in 2008.
"I thought when I won the title in 2017 that it was the best moment of my career. I was wrong. It was last year! Winning singles and doubles was something incredible, more than I could ever have dreamed when Stephen (Farrow) gave me the wild card." Lopez reflected.
"That final day is one that I will never forget, Queen's is always going to be one of the most special places of my career, and I am already looking forward to coming back to the Fever-Tree Championships in June to defend my title."
The ATP 500 event will get underway on June 15th.
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The best way to start the season for the world No.35.
Hubert Hurkacz (image via https://twitter.com/DelrayBeachOpen)
Poland's Herbert Hurkacz says he hopes to play at an even higher level over the coming weeks after winning the Delray Beach Open title on Wednesday.
The world No.35 eased to a 6-3, 6-3, win over Sebastian Korda in the final to claim only the second title in his career after Winston Salem back in 2018. Hurkacz, who was the fourth seed in the tournament, didn't drop a set all week en route to becoming the first Polish player in history to win the title. In the final he won 68% of his service points and broke Korda four times overall.
"It feels great. It is great to win the title and I am so happy about that. This Is a great start to the season," Hurkacz said afterwards.
"I am happy that I am improving and we (my team) are doing good stuff with C.B (coach Craig Boynton), and things are working. So I am really pleased with this result."
The 23-year-old is hoping to improve on what was a challenging 2020 season for him. After reaching the semi-finals of the Auckland Open in January last year, he could only win back-to-back matches in two out of his next 12 tournaments prior to Delray Beach. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the third round of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
Seeking to break new territory in 2021, Hurkacz will today start his 24-hour journey to Australia which begins with a 5am departure from America this morning. His coach Craig Boynton also currently worked with Steve Johnson and previously mentored Jim Courier.
"It's the beginning of the season and I still need to work on a couple of things, but I hope I can play even better in Australia," Hurkacz stated.
Hurkacz is only the second Polish player to have won an ATP Tour title in the Open Era after Wojciech Fibak. At present he is the only player from his country ranked inside the top 100 on the Tour.
Cristian Garin Out Of Australian Open Following Fall
The South American tennis star will not travel to Melbourne due to both injury and the travel restrictions implemented.
Chile's Cristian Garin has become the third top 30 player to pull out of the men's draw at next month's Australian Open.
The world No.22 has confirmed that he will not be travelling to the Grand Slam after suffering a fall in which he hurt his wrist a week ago. Announcing his decision on Instagram, Garin said the limitations in place at the tournament which wouldn't allow him to travel with his physio played a factor. This year's Australian Open is taking place amid strict COVID-19 rules which requires players to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival and limits the number of team members they can bring. The majority of players will be spending their quarantine in Melbourne but the top names will be in Adelaide following a recent deal secured by Tennis Australia.
"I am very sad to report that a week ago I suffered a fall, which left me with a lot of pain in my left wrist (sprain)," Garin wrote on his Instagram story. "It has been very difficult for me to play the last days and given the restrictions of the tour, they do not allow me to travel with my physiotherapist, which makes it impossible to find a good recovery. Unfortunately I will not be able to play this year in Australia, which is something very difficult for me to accept. I hope to return in good condition and with the best energy for the tour in South America."
photo via – https://www.instagram.com/garincris/
Garin kicked-off his season on Saturday at the Delray Beach Open where he was the top seed. However, he lost his opening match in straight sets to Christian Harrison who went on to reach the semi-finals. It is only the second tournament he has played since the French Open in October.
The setback comes after the 24-year-old confirmed that he has started working with Franco Davin back in November. A tennis coach known best for his work with Juan Martin del Potro. Davin has also previously worked with Grigor Dimitrov and Kyle Edmund.
The withdrawal of Garin follows that of Roger Federer and John Isner. Former champion Federer has pulled out due to his ongoing recovery from a right knee injury. Although one Australian Open official believes his decision was due to another factor. Meanwhile, Isner has opted not to travel to Australia because he didn't want to spend an extended time away from his family.
The Australian Open will start on February 8th.
Christian Harrison Speaks Out After ATP Fines Him For Not Wearing A Mask
The American says he is against 'masking people for the sake of it for TV.'
Christian Harrison (image via https://twitter.com/DelrayBeachOpen)
American tennis player Christian Harrison has said he will appeal a fine issued to him at the Delray Beach Open after he refused to do an on-court interview because he was required to wear a mask.
The ATP has slammed the 789th ranked player with a fine of $3000 for refusing to do the mandatory interview. However, Harrison is arguing his case by saying he believed that wearing a mask was optional and has been told by the tournament supervisor he can appeal against the fine. He has previously spoken out against wearing masks after writing last week 'Healthy enough to play 3 hour matches. But I'm an absolute safety hazard walking maskless through a restaurant.' On Twitter he also liked a Tweet last month by Political commentator Liz Wheeler who wrote 'Wear a mask until EVERY person is vaccinated?! Are you insane?'
"Christian Harrison was fined $3,000 for declining the mandatory post-match on-court interview following his second round win over Cristian Garin on Saturday," the ATP said in a statement.
Arguing his defence Harrison wrote on social media that it is 'not healthy' to wear a mask in the sun for longer than necessary after a match. The rule implemented is one of a series that has been taken in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In America, where Harrison is playing at the Delray Beach Open, the country has recorded more deaths from the virus than any other.
"After my second round match I chose not to do my post match interview due to wearing a mask. It's not healthy to wear a mask in the hot sun for more time than absolutely necessary after a tough match," he wrote on Instagram.
"I was given the impression it was optional. I wasn't told I would be fined. That night I was told it is a requirement for T.V. matches and I would be fined. When I spoke to the supervisor the following morning, I was told since I wasn't notified that it was mandatory I could appeal the fine and it would be taken away. Unless something changes now I still believe that to be true."
Refusing to admit any wrongdoing, the 26-year-old says he 'doesn't agree' with masking people for the sake of TV. Although he has stated that he will follow the rules in the future.
"I was required to do a sit down interview after the match with the same person which I agreed to and I did not have to wear a mask for it," he continues.
"It's not about safety to wear mask for TV to talk to a microphone with no one around . Playing the tournaments I'll follow whatever is required even if I don't agree with it. I don't support masking people for the sake of it for TV."
The controversy coincides with Harrison's fairytale run at the Delray Beach Open this week. On Monday he defeated Gianluca Mager 7-6(2), 6-4, to reach the semi-finals of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career. He did wear a mask during his on-court interview following that win. The breakthrough comes after more than a decade of setbacks for Harrison who has undergone a total of eight surgeries on both legs, both hips, his right wrist, and both adductors.
Harrison will play fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz in the semi-finals.


The buzz is real. Affordable SSDs may be right around the corner. These SATA drives are being made by Samsung primarily for netbooks and UMPCs. I can see these going into small tablet PCs that would be ideal in hospitals.
Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists working in hospitals should have very easy access to mobile devices. Whether they use tablets of UMPCs, their devices should use SSDs since devices often get dropped. It will be great when someday all mobile devices use FLASH memory instead of spinning hard drives.
Remember the days of monochrome screens?
I saw one of your forum posts that mentioned the heat and poor ventilation of the Samsung Q1UP-XP could kill it's hard drive quickly. Mine is currently running at 60C to 75C, which is way too hot. Needless to say, I back up regularly.
I have my Q1 enveloped with an OtterBox 1990 to protect it, and I think that increases the temperature by about 5C. It covers a vent that's over near the HDD that seems to be unnecessary, and I think the it is. The heat problem is because the OtterBox is acting like a warm blanket to keep heat from radiating away from all sides of the Q1UP (no vents needed for that). I need the protection the OtterBox offers, even with the heat problem, so I'm going to see if I can create some air "drafts" under the silicone blanket skin by gluing BB's or something under it. Maybe the company can solve the problem too.
In the meantime, I'm using eboostr to lower the HDD usage, and RMclock to slow my CPU (less CPU usually mean less HDD access too). Note that my HDD is usually as hot or hotter than my CPU!
If I can get my hands on an 80GB SSD drive that won't wear out under heavy usage, then I could use that instead since it uses less power and generates less heat.


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Sitting down with Christ and Joe
Published 6:10 pm Monday, July 14, 2008
"I should have died," said Casey Morris, one of three owners and operator of Ekklesia, Chelsea's new ministry–based coffee house. "I'm very blessed."
The former Chelsea High School quarterback was talking about a 2005 accident — one that destroyed the Ford pickup he was driving, but left him without serious injury. The accident may not have affected him much physically but it did change his life. Morris had heard Mike Ritka share his faith with students and football players, but had paid little attention to what he said, until after the accident. Ritka was the first person he called.
"I knew if I had died, I would have gone to Hell," said Morris. "So Mike shared Scriptures with me about salvation and I accepted Christ."
The two began meeting for Bible study at the Dairy Queen in Chelsea, and before long other people were joining them.
"When there got to be about fifteen of us, we began talking about opening a place of our own, and two and a half years later here we are," Morris said, indicating the cozy room equipped with a comfortable sofa, easy chair and tables where patrons eat, drink coffee and use their laptops to access Ekklesia's free wireless internet connection.
During the planning stage of their venture, the two friends met Owen Watkins, a building contractor, who became the third partner.
"The Lord worked out everything for us to get our equipment and move into this building," said Morris.
Ekklesia Coffee House is located on Foothills Parkway behind McDonald's in Chelsea. Regular weekday hours are 5:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
"But we close at 5 p.m. on Fridays for Bible study at 6 p.m.," Morris said. "And stay open later on Wednesdays for people to come by after church."
Weekend hours are Saturday 5-10 p.m., with live music around 7 or 8 p.m.
Ekklesia (meaning "the called out ones" in Greek) is available for group meetings, and Morris says he will open earlier on Sundays when Grace Presbyterian church begins meeting next door sometime during August.
Shelba Nivens can be reached by e–mail at ssnivens@bellsouth.net.
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RS instructed Quentin Hunt, a specialist Criminal Barrister to look after his interests at the Appeal hearing and give him the best chance of success. Quentin was instructed on a Direct Access basis.
Quentin was able to speak to Mr RS in conference and analyse the factual circumstances of the offending and the underlying law; he identified a number of technical legal arguments that had not been previously argued and that he considered would stand a good chance of success at the appeal hearing.
At the Appeal hearing at Brighton Crown Court, Quentin argued that there were Special Reasons attached to the commission of the two offences that meant that Mr RS should not be awarded points upon his driving licence. This had the effect that RS had not reached 12 points and therefore was not liable for disqualification under the 'totting' provisions. This had the effect that RS was able to keep on driving and the serve effects of losing his licence were avoided.
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package org.apache.impala.testutil;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import org.apache.impala.analysis.TableName;
import org.apache.impala.authorization.AuthorizationConfig;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.BuiltinsDb;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.CatalogException;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.CatalogServiceCatalog;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.Db;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.HdfsCachePool;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.HdfsTable;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.ImpaladCatalog;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.PrincipalPrivilege;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.Role;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.Table;
import org.apache.impala.catalog.User;
import org.apache.impala.thrift.TPrivilege;
import org.apache.impala.util.PatternMatcher;

import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Mock catalog used for running FE tests that allows lazy-loading of tables without a
 * running catalogd/statestored.
 */
public class ImpaladTestCatalog extends ImpaladCatalog {
  // Used to load missing table metadata when running the FE tests.
  private final CatalogServiceCatalog srcCatalog_;

  public ImpaladTestCatalog() {
    this(AuthorizationConfig.createAuthDisabledConfig());
  }

  /**
   * Takes an AuthorizationConfig to bootstrap the backing CatalogServiceCatalog.
   */
  public ImpaladTestCatalog(AuthorizationConfig authzConfig) {
    super("127.0.0.1");
    CatalogServiceCatalog catalogServerCatalog = authzConfig.isEnabled() ?
        CatalogServiceTestCatalog.createWithAuth(authzConfig.getSentryConfig()) :
        CatalogServiceTestCatalog.create();
    authPolicy_ = catalogServerCatalog.getAuthPolicy();
    srcCatalog_ = catalogServerCatalog;
    srcCatalog_.addDb(BuiltinsDb.getInstance());
    setIsReady(true);
  }

  /**
   * Creates ImpaladTestCatalog backed by a given catalog instance.
   */
  public ImpaladTestCatalog(CatalogServiceCatalog catalog) {
    super("127.0.0.1");
    srcCatalog_ = Preconditions.checkNotNull(catalog);
    authPolicy_ = srcCatalog_.getAuthPolicy();
    setIsReady(true);
  }

  @Override
  public void addDb(Db db) {
    // Builtins are loaded explicitly after the srcCatalog_ is initialized.
    if (db == BuiltinsDb.getInstance()) return;
    srcCatalog_.addDb(db);
  }

  @Override
  public Db removeDb(String dbName) {
    return srcCatalog_.removeDb(dbName);
  }

  /**
   * Delegates the getDb() request to the source catalog.
   */
  public Db getDb(String dbName) {
    if (dbName.equals(BuiltinsDb.NAME)) return BuiltinsDb.getInstance();
    return srcCatalog_.getDb(dbName);
  }

  @Override
  public List<Db> getDbs(PatternMatcher matcher) {
    return srcCatalog_.getDbs(matcher);
  }

  @Override
  public HdfsCachePool getHdfsCachePool(String poolName) {
    return srcCatalog_.getHdfsCachePool(poolName);
  }

  public CatalogServiceCatalog getSrcCatalog() { return srcCatalog_; }

  /**
   * Reloads all metadata from the source catalog.
   */
  public void reset() throws CatalogException { srcCatalog_.reset(); }

  /**
   * Returns the Table for the given name, loading the table's metadata if necessary.
   * Returns null if the database or table does not exist.
   */
  public Table getOrLoadTable(String dbName, String tblName) {
    Db db = getDb(dbName);
    if (db == null) return null;
    Table existingTbl = db.getTable(tblName);
    // Table doesn't exist or is already loaded.
    if (existingTbl == null || existingTbl.isLoaded()) return existingTbl;

    // The table was not yet loaded. Load it in to the catalog now.
    Table newTbl = null;
    try {
      newTbl = srcCatalog_.getOrLoadTable(dbName, tblName);
    } catch (CatalogException e) {
      throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected table loading failure.", e);
    }
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(newTbl);
    Preconditions.checkState(newTbl.isLoaded());
    if (newTbl instanceof HdfsTable) {
      ((HdfsTable) newTbl).computeHdfsStatsForTesting();
    }
    db.addTable(newTbl);
    return newTbl;
  }

  /**
   * Fast loading path for FE unit testing. Immediately loads the given tables into
   * this catalog from this thread without involving the catalogd/statestored.
   */
  @Override
  public void prioritizeLoad(Set<TableName> tableNames) {
    for (TableName tbl: tableNames) getOrLoadTable(tbl.getDb(), tbl.getTbl());
  }

  /**
   * No-op. Metadata loading does not go through the catalogd/statestored in a
   * FE test environment.
   */
  @Override
  public void waitForCatalogUpdate(long timeoutMs) {
  }

  public Role addRole(String roleName) {
    return srcCatalog_.addRole(roleName, new HashSet<String>());
  }

  public Role addRoleGrantGroup(String roleName, String groupName)
      throws CatalogException {
    return srcCatalog_.addRoleGrantGroup(roleName, groupName);
  }

  public PrincipalPrivilege addRolePrivilege(String roleName, TPrivilege privilege)
      throws CatalogException {
    return srcCatalog_.addRolePrivilege(roleName, privilege);
  }

  public void removeRole(String roleName) { srcCatalog_.removeRole(roleName); }

  public User addUser(String userName) {
    return srcCatalog_.addUser(userName);
  }

  public PrincipalPrivilege addUserPrivilege(String userName, TPrivilege privilege)
      throws CatalogException {
    return srcCatalog_.addUserPrivilege(userName, privilege);
  }

  public void removeUser(String userName) { srcCatalog_.removeUser(userName); }

  @Override
  public void close() {
    super.close();
    srcCatalog_.close();
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The Australian market powered on through March, returning 3.32% during the month, with all sectors gaining.
In the US, markets moved slightly higher, with the S&P 500 TG Index gaining 0.90% in AUD terms, while the Dow Jones Industrial Index was down 0.30%.
On 4 April, the RBA left the cash rate on hold at 1.5% where it has been since the August 2016 cut.
The unemployment figures for February showed an increase in employed persons of 5,200 in trend terms, although in seasonally adjusted terms employment fell by 6,400. The good news was the resumption of growth in full time employment, which rose 27,100 in seasonally adjusted terms, following January's fall of 44,800.
This entry was posted in Archive Market Updates on May 31, 2017 by AdminX5y7WrK.


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But, before either burying our collect heads in the ever-warming sand, or pointing fingers at "them," (whomever you consider to be "them"), can we pull back from the brink for an teensy-weensy moment?
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately," and I offer a vision for where I would like to see us all move, no matter our politics, spiritual beliefs (if any), geographic location, gender, heritage, or age.
You might call me naïve – and I might not deny it – however, despite what appears to the contrary, we absolutely, positively have to believe that over the long term, the Greatest Good must happen; the alternative is catastrophe on a scale never before beheld.
We must envision a future championed via Star Trek, not Mad Max.
To that end, it is essential that we keep our eyes focused on — and work towards — a culture where compassion and kindness are more valued than one in which might makes right; and a society where each and every person is valued and honored based on who he or she is, rather than how much money is in his or her bank account, how he looks, or whom she loves. We must envision Mother Earth where humanity is at peace with nature, intertwined in the natural order of the environment, not at odds with it. After all She gave us life, and she can take it away; to Her, it makes no more difference than when we flick an ant from the kitchen counter.
Most importantly, we must each climb down from our high horses, shake hands with "the opposition," and recognize that our way is not the only way. Only through dialog, respect, and compromise, will be find our way through this.


UK-based emission reduction specialist Eminox has become the first company approved by the Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme (CVRAS) with its SCRT technology. This means Eminox SCRT can be used as part of applications for the £30 million Clean Bus Technology Fund, recently launched for local authorities.
The Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme has been launched to provide a national certification for retrofit emissions reduction technology. Retrofitting with approved technologies such as Eminox SCRT, will allow vehicles to meet strict new requirements from the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and Clean Air Zones (CAZ).


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Strange Story of 'Disobedience' is Constant Distraction
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 9, 2018 - 9:22am
Anton Lesser
Sebastían Lelio
CHICAGO – The director Sebastían Lelio is no stranger to oddball human stories. His 2017 film, "A Fantastic Woman" – the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film – was a one-of-a-kind but amazingly poignant story of identity. His latest, "Disobedience," mines the same human territory with lesser results.
Jason Bateman & Rachel McAdams Score on 'Game Night'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 24, 2018 - 11:09am
mark perez
CHICAGO – A game cast elevates what is otherwise a bit of a ho hum affair in the action comedy "Game Night." Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams are a middle class couple hosting weekly game nights with a group of good friends. But when Bateman's competitive venture capitalist older brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler) comes to town, he promises to take game night up a notch.
'Doctor Strange' is Odd Enough to be Enchanting
Submitted by JonHC on November 4, 2016 - 5:34pm
Dr Stephen Strange
Jon Espino
occult and supernatural
CHICAGO – We've reached a point where comic book films are no longer a scarcity, but an eventuality. With several coming out every year, each one competes for our attention even though the originality behind their approach has the opposite effect. A great cinematic fatigue is almost upon us, but "Doctor Strange" shows a promising deviation that could possibly alter the franchise's fate.
'Spotlight' Offers a Relevant First Draft to History
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 16, 2015 - 5:57pm
Elena Wohl
Open Road Films (II)
CHICAGO – "Spotlight" is a movie which aspires to greatness and oftentimes just about gets there. It's a movie that is thoroughly confident that the process of journalism and a great story provides all the excitement it needs to grab an audience's attention. And what a great story it is.
Unusual, Passionate 'Aloha' is Deeply Resonant
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 29, 2015 - 8:34am
CHICAGO – Films with major movie stars that take real chances on story formula are rare. "Aloha" is one such example, and produces considerations that are way off the beaten path. Is it an allegory? An absurdity? An homage to 1960s paranoia? Only writer/director Cameron Crowe knows for sure.
Slushy 'About Time' Still Says All You Need is Love
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 8, 2013 - 8:38am
Domhnail Gleeson
Lydia Wilson
CHICAGO – Writer/Director Richard Curtis is somewhat of a love guru. Fresh on the heels of the tenth anniversary of what is now his classic Christmas movie, "Love Actually," comes his latest ode to amore. It's about life, passion and – oh yeah – a little time travel. It's "About Time."
Brian De Palma Returns with Revenge Thriller 'Passion'
Submitted by BrianTT on August 2, 2013 - 12:51pm
CHICAGO – Brian De Palma returns to what he does best after a few notable failures in the last decade, producing his best work since 2002's "Femme Fatale" and arguably returning to form in the surprisingly effective thriller "Passion." It's certainly not the home run that fans of "Dressed to Kill" or "Blow Out" still hold out hope for the director to deliver but it's proof that this very stylish filmmaker hasn't completely thrown in the towel like some of his '70s and '80s peers.
Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum Don't Stick to 'The Vow'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 10, 2012 - 8:28am
CHICAGO – "The Vow" was "inspired by true events." The end credits even showed the real couple of those events. Given the actual film, it's likely that inspiration came in the form of "making stuff up," as Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum were opposite to any reality in this illogical, strangely cold romance.
Woody Allen's Charming 'Midnight in Paris' Delights
Submitted by BrianTT on May 27, 2011 - 9:01am
Lea Séydoux
Mimi Kennedy
CHICAGO – Writer/director Woody Allen and the amazing cinematographer Darius Khondji ("Seven," "The City of Lost Children") very purposefully open their new film "Midnight in Paris" with a long series of static shots of the title city before even presenting a cast list. You see, Paris is a cast member in this film. The sun rises, people hustle and bustle through Paris, they sip coffee in cafes, the lights go on at dusk, and the city sleeps.
Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams Charm in 'Morning Glory'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 10, 2010 - 8:11am
Patti D'Arbanville
CHICAGO – The Holiday Season for films is populated by epic crowd pleasers and artsy Oscar bait. In between are the warm popcorn movies that don't attempt to be anything except what they are. Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Patrick Wilson illustrate that cinematic point in the appealing and accessible "Morning Glory."


Would someone help me under stand how this php/mysql works?
For example if i was going to install a calendar on my site i would have to edit this in the php script right?
$DataBaseName = ""; <------and what would go here?
And what would i edit in the mysql?
test - just a dummy database that you can use if you want to.
How to create a database? The easiest way is to install PhpMyAdmin and use that to create and manipulate databases. If you don't want/need to install that, you can login using your shell and use the mysql client.
I found where the spheradb is in the phpmyadmin and it had a place to create a name for the new database,which i make up a name right?
It also has a place for fields what do i put in the fields?
After i create a new database do i need to edit the database?
There should have been something like a README file or INSTALL file with the calendar program you are trying to install. It should give information on what the database needs. From your first post it looks like you are going to have to create a table called "adenda" but there is no way for us to know what that table would have in it.
Where did you get this calendar program? Can you give us a link?
I forgot to save the link i will have to search for it this tomorrow when i have more time.
What about this field that its asking me about?When i'm trying to create a new database?
That should be part of what you can find in the README or INSTALL file. Is this something you got to work with phpBB2 or phpNuke?
No i was trying to install a calendar on my site threw the phpmyadmin.
I'm not going to work on my nuke site until i learn it.
I did not change the color of the carlendar yet was waiting to see if it worked first.
I think the problem is that you have inserted what you found at the site you listed right into your index.php file. Is that right? The script is designed to work by it self. Put the text that you found with your changes in a file called agenda-calendar.php. Upload that to your root www directory where your index.php file is. Then go to. (http://m3-hg.com/agenda-calendar.php) and see what happens. I think this may be designed to work with the other php scripts that where listed on the page you found it on so not sure if everything is going to work but give it a try. Hope that all makes a bit of sense.
I just tested the script on one of my sites and it does work if you put it in it's own file as I suggested. If you want to incorporate it into what you use for your site then you are going to have to do some modifications of it to get it to integrate.
Thanks alot that did the trick your awesome!
The database that i used for the calendar was already in there,the preson that installed the nuke for me put that in there.
Now i need to learn how to create a new database?
So i can install other things on my site.
To create a new database you have to fill this out what goes in the fields?
To create a new database you should not have to put any tables in it at first. simply type the name of your new database into the field under Create new database and hit create. You are then taken to the page where you can set up your tables.
$create = "create table " . $TableName .
"id int primary key auto_increment, " .
Ok the $TableName in this was filled in with the value you set it to above in the php file. The default was agenda. So if you did not change it then it created a table by that name in your phpNuke database. Next look at the lines that come after that. The very first word on each line should be fields that where set in the table agenda. id, text, day, month, year. The words after that are how each of those fields are used. See if you can see how it compares to what you now have.
You then hit GO. Now you have a page where you need to enter the info for each field.
1) id - INT-blank-blank-not null-blank-auto_increment-primary-the rest is left unselected.
2) text-text-blank-blank-null-the rest is left blank or unselected.
3) day-int-blank-blank-null-the rest is left blank or unselected.
4) month-int-blank-blank-null-the rest is left blank or unselected.
5) year-int-blank-blank-null-the rest is left blank or unselected.
Again look at what you see in the php agenda and see if you can figure out how I arrived at that. Do be aware that this is a pretty simple script and database set up. Many require alot more. It is always best when you are starting out to try and find php scripts that are going to either install the database for you like this one or give you full details on how to to set up the database. Some by supply what is called an SQL query that you can run in phpMyAdmin or from SSH. In phpMyAdmin you click on the SQL tab to get to a screen that allows you to type or past in the query you want to run. I think the new version of phpMyAdmin may have a bit of a diffrent interface so it may not be a tab anymore. When you run a query just make sure you are on the database you want to add the table to.
Hope that helps. If you can find a book on PHP and MySQL that will go a long way to helping you figure things out. I normally pick up books by Wrox publishers but there are many good publishers out there. I also spend alot of time looking at tutorials that I can find on the internet. Many times something that I have not been able to grasp form a book has made more sense once I have read one of these.
Is there a way to change the pass on the calendar its the same pass as my site manager?
The best thing to do would be to create a new user and password via phpMyAdmin and use that to connect to the database instead of the one you are using now. Other then that you would need to alter the script itself to check against a password other then the one you use for your database which is the same for Site Manager.
I should point out that the script you are useing may not be the most secure as is. It is nice and simple as are the others on the site where you got it but I think the person who created thought they would be used by advanced users not beginners.
Its ok to have a different pass on the phpmyadmin then the site manager?
If so i dont see a place to change the pss in the phpmyadmn?
The password to phpMyAdmin is different then the password to MySQL itself. When you log in to phpMyAdmin it does you what ever password that you have set for Site Manager. If you changed the password for Site Manager then your password for PhpMyAdmin changes. It has to do with .htaccess. This could be changed but is getting a bit advanced for where you are at this point.
If you want to create a new user for MySQL then you can do that via phpMyAdmin. Log in to phpMyAdmin and then click on Permissions there should be a link to add a new user.
Can anyone help with setting up the config.inc.php file for phpAdmin? in the instructions it states to change the values for host, user, password and authentication mode. Is it line 102-104 that these changes need to be adjusted? Also, when I installed MySQL4 no user id was given, only the user password was prompted. what is used? Thanks in advance for your assistance in helping a new user.
The user id for MySQL is 'root'. With the user password that you supplied.
I just installed PhpMyAdmin and there was no need to change anything, it just installed OK. You shouldn't need to mess with config.inc.php at all.


VfL Bochum is one of the oldest sports organizations in the world, claiming an origin date of 26 July 1848 when an article in the Märkischer Sprecher – a local newspaper – called for the creation of a gymnastics club. The Turnverein zu Bochum was then formally established on 18 February 1849. The club was banned on 28 December 1852 for political reasons and then reestablished on 19 June 1860. The club was reorganized in May 1904 as Turnverein zu Bochum, gegründet 1848 and formed a football department on 31 January 1911. On 1 April 1919, the club merged with Spiel und Sport 08 Bochum to form Turn- und Sportverein Bochum 1848. On 1 February 1924, the two clubs from the earlier merger split into the Bochumer Turnverein 1848 (gymnastics department) and Turn- und Sportverein Bochum 1908 (football, track and field, handball, hockey and tennis departments).
Bochumer Turnverein 1848 was forced by the Nazi regime to merge with Turn- und Sport Bochum 1908 and Sportverein Germania Vorwärts Bochum 1906 into the current-day club VfL Bochum on 14 April 1938. After the merger, VfL Bochum continued to compete in the top flight as part of the Gauliga Westfalen.
As World War II progressed, play throughout Germany became increasingly difficult due to player shortages, travel problems and damage to football fields from Allied bombing raids. VfL became part of the wartime side Kriegsspielgemeinschaft VfL 1848/Preußen Bochum alongside Preußen 07 Bochum before re-emerging as a separate side again after the war. Although they fielded competitive sides, they had the misfortune of playing in the same division as Schalke 04, which was the dominant team of the era. VfL's best result was therefore a distant second place in 1938–39.
Following World War II, the football section resumed play as the independent VfL Bochum 1848 and played its first season in the second division 2. Oberliga West in 1949, while Preußen Bochum went on to lower tier amateur level play. VfL captured the division title in 1953 to advance to the Oberliga West for a single season. They repeated their divisional win in 1956 and returned to the top-flight until again being relegated after the 1960–61 season.
With the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, in 1963 VfL found itself in the third tier Amateurliga Westfalen. A first-place result there in 1965 raised them to the Regionalliga West (II), from which they began a steady climb up the league table to the Bundesliga in 1971. During this rise, Bochum also played its way to the final of the 1967–68 DFB-Pokal, where they lost 1–4 to 1. FC Köln.
In spite of being a perennial lower table side, Bochum developed a reputation for tenaciousness on the field in a run of 20 seasons in the top flight. The club made a repeat appearance in the DFB-Pokal final in 1988, losing 0–1 to Eintracht Frankfurt. Relegated after a 16th-place finish in the 1992–93 season, the team has become a classic "yo-yo club", bouncing up and down between the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The club's best Bundesliga results have come relatively recently as fifth-place finishes in 1996–97 and 2003–04, which earned them appearances in the UEFA Cup. In 1997, they advanced to the third round, where they were eliminated by Ajax, and in 2004, they were eliminated early through away goals (0–0 and 1–1) by Standard Liège.
Today's sports club has 5,000 members, with the football department accounting for over 2,200 of these. Other sections now part of the association include athletics, badminton, basketball, dance, fencing, gymnastics, handball, hockey, swimming, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.
For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers winter 2017–18#VfL Bochum and List of German football transfers summer 2018#VfL Bochum.
Ruhrstadion (also known as the Vonovia Ruhrstadion under a sponsorship deal) was one of the first modern football-only stadiums in Germany. It was built in the 1970s on the traditional ground of TuS Bochum 08 at the Castroper Straße, north of the city centre.
The fully roofed venue's capacity is 27,599, including standing room for 12,025.
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^ "Historie / Chronologie". VfL Bochum official website (soccer department) (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ "VfL Bochum – Kader" [VfL Bochum – Squad] (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "VfL Legenden: Holger Aden" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ a b "VfL Legenden: Holger Aden und Peter Közle" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Dieter Bast" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Frank Benatelli" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Mirko Dickhaut" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Thomas Ernst" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Frank Fahrenhorst" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Harry Fechner" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Hermann Gerland" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ a b c d "Tiger, Jupp, Magic Malte und Stickinho gewählt!" (in German). VfL Bochum. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ "VfL Legenden: Dirk Helmig" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Michael Hubner" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Mathias Jack" (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Jupp Kaczor" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Hans-Jürgen Köper" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Martin Kree" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Stefan Kuntz" (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Michael Lameck" (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 30 October 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Uwe Leifeld" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Kai Michalke" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Jupp Nehl" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Walter Oswald" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Peter Peschel" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Thomas Reis" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ a b "VfL Legenden: Dirk Riechmann und Michael Rzehaczek" (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Hilko Ristau" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Christian Schreier" (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Frank Schulz" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Thomas Stickroth" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Jupp Tenhagen" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Hans Walitza" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Uwe Wegmann" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Andreas Wessels" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Vahid Hashemian" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Thordur Gudjonsson" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "VfL Legenden: Rob Reekers" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "Legenden-Voting geht weiter – RvD gewählt!" (in German). VfL Bochum. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ "VfL Legenden: Tomasz Waldoch" (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^ "rewirpowerSTADION Daten & Fakten" [rewirpowerSTADION data & facts] (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2017.


More horrifying news, this time out of the idyllic seaside city of Nice in the south of France. As locals and holiday revelers gathered to watch the fireworks in honor of Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, a truck drove straight into the crowd of people. Multiple news outlets have reported at least 60 people dead, and police are investigating the crash as a potential attack. Already, photos of the scene in Nice are devastating, and show just how terrifying the situation really was.
He was 5 meters from me. I ran towards a safe place at Le Cocodil. I went out after to see what happened. Nobody was moving anymore. In two minutes, the promenade became like a desert. ... I went to the scene and it was… I don't have words. There was blood everywhere, a guy cut in half.
The photos tell the story of what should have been a night of celebration. A night where citizens and vacationers alike got together to show their love for France. Instead the beauty of that sentiment was polluted by a vicious attack, terrorist or not.
Scenes of people madly running away through the streets, struggling to find a place to hide, paint a terribly grim picture.
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, sent out a tweet saying the white delivery van "seems to have killed dozens of people." He has since placed the entire city on lockdown while investigations continue.
It has been almost eight months since the series of attacks by ISIS militants happened in Paris, claiming the lives of 130 people. Iranian journalist Maryam Violet, who happened to be visiting Nice for a summer holiday, told news outlet The Guardian that she saw many Muslim victims of the attack as well.
"There were so many Muslim people who were victims because I could see they had scarves over their head and some were speaking Arabic," she said. "One family lost a mother and in Arabic they were saying she's a martyr."


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McBride - Bumpus Genealogy
Origins of Irish Family Names
Early times : In ancient Ireland the population was much smaller than today and
the mass movement of people was uncommon. It was usual therefore for a person to be
known only by one name: Niall, Eoin, Art, etc. Once there was no one else in the locality with
the same name then this was not a problem.
The Gaelic Clann system was well established & this gave people a common identity
with their people of the tribe and with the commonly shared area. This single name system
began to break down during the eleventh century as the population was growing and there
was a need for a further means of identification. The solution was to adopt a prefix such as
Mac (Mc is an abreviation) or Ó. Mac means 'son of' whilst Ó means 'grandson of'. Mac
surnames are generally of a much later date than Ó. The majority of Gaelic Irish surnames
were created during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
It should be noted that Scottish Gaels were actually descendants of Gaelic emigrants
to Scotland. The word 'Scotus' is Latin for 'Irishman'. Scottish settlers who moved to Ireland
(and especially Ulster) may already have been of Gaelic Irish descent.
Septs : The Clans eventually broke up into a number of distinct septs or groups. These
groups were headed by an original member of the clan and dominated a particular part of
the countryside. It was not uncommon for septs from same clan to be found in completely
different parts of the country (O'Connor for example) so it is important when researching
your roots to try to find out the original part of the country that your ancestors came from
as this may be a completely different area from that where the 'major' sept was domicile.
The sept system was an integral part of Gaelic society - survived and was propagated
by the Norman invaders. The system did not survive the English invasion and colonisation
of the 17th century however, and it became a disadvantage to have a Gaelic sounding name.
Anglicization : The Penal laws were enforced by the colonists attempted to completely
subjugate the Gaelic way of life. It is about this time, that many Gaelic names changed to
their Anglo equivalent or translation. This can cause confusion as many of the names were
misinterpreted or mis-spelled. The name McEaneny for example has a number of variants
including McAneny and Bird (the Irish word for bird is éan). Mac an Thomáis was converted
to Holmes, Mac Giolla Íosa to MacAleese, etc. The conversion of names beginning with Mac
and Mc was even more difficult because the removal of the M sound from the name often
completely changed the sound of the name.
The revival of Gaelic consciousness in the later eighteen hundreds saw many Irish
families reassume the Mac, Mc, Ó or other Irish form of their names although this was
reduced in a number of cases depending on the sound of the name (Kelly is still much more
prevalent than O'Kelly, Murphy more prevalent than O'Murphy, etc.)
Surnames today : There are many different origins for Irish names today
but the vast majority can be broken down into either of three categories: Gaelic
Irish, Cambro-Norman, and finally Anglo-Irish.
It is a help when tracing your family
history to know something about the origin of
and evolution of Irish names and particularly
how names have changed over the centuries.
Copyright © Jeff McBride. All rights reserved.


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using System;
using System.Linq;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Parameters;

namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Running
{
    public class BenchmarkCase : IComparable<BenchmarkCase>
    {
        public Descriptor Descriptor { get; }
        public Job Job { get; }
        public ParameterInstances Parameters { get; }
        public ImmutableConfig Config { get; }

        public string FolderInfo => (Descriptor.FolderInfo + "_" + Job.FolderInfo + "_" + Parameters.FolderInfo).Trim('_');
        public string DisplayInfo => (Descriptor.DisplayInfo + ": " + Job.DisplayInfo + " " + Parameters.DisplayInfo).Trim(' ');

        public override string ToString() => DisplayInfo;

        private BenchmarkCase(Descriptor descriptor, Job job, ParameterInstances parameters, ImmutableConfig config)
        {
            Descriptor = descriptor;
            Job = job;
            Parameters = parameters;
            Config = config;
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A 4th place finish was all Raffaele Marciello needed to claim the 2013 FIA European Formula 3 championship this evening.
In the final tours, the Italian racer dropped some 15 seconds behind series runner-up and race winner Felix Rosenqvist, with Marciello taking the twelve points necessary to secure the title.
Meanwhile Marciello's Prema Powerteam teammates Alex Lynn and Lucas Auer took 2nd and 3rd respectively.
During what can be best described as a processional race, Rosenqvist led from pole, while front row man Marciello dropped to 3rd behind the fast starting Lynn.
There are those who may lament Marciello's decision to safely bring the car home, rather go for the all out victory – that may have been a solution for the Marciello of old, but this matured driver made sure the title was the priority. Not only is the 18-year-old the European Champion, it is also the first title success of his young career.
Behind the top four, Harry Tincknell took yet another top five for Carlin, although the Englishman could not relax thanks to continuous pressure from the feisty Sven Muller.
The Van Amersfoort driver made a majestic start, rising from 13th on the grid to 7th on the opening lap and eventually grabbed 6th from Antonio Giovinazzi on lap eleven, promoting Muller 9th in the points standings above the absent Alexander Sims.
To his credit, Giovinazzi stayed with the Tincknell / Muller battle to register his fifth points finish of the season, equaling his best result of 7th from last week's round at Vallelunga.
Jordan King's decent season continued with a fighting drive to 8th place. The Carlin racer spent the early running holding both Pipo Derani (Fortec) and Eddie Cheever (Prema Powerteam) at bay, before beginning a concerted attack on Dennis van de Laar. The position would eventually come for King, who passed the second Van Amersfoort driver with three laps remaining.
Cheever would eventually assume the final points position behind Van de Laar, but only after he too fought off the intentions of Derani.
The Brazilian Derani had initially passed Giovinazzi on the second lap, only for the Double R racer to retake Derani five tours later. In the latter stages, EuroInternational's Tom Blomqvist also pressed Derani, but could not take 11th place from the Fortec man before the chequered flag.
The race was marred by a ridiculous incident on lap 15, when Kevin Korjus clumsily ran into the side of Felix Serralles on the approach to the hairpin. With both cars damaged and possibly heading for retirement, the limping Serralles swung into the side of Korjus in frustration, making retirement a certainty for the pair.
Both drivers had already received drive through penalties for exceeding tack limits and were battling over 25th and 26th places when the collisions happened. For his troubles, Serralles will start the final race from last position.


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CHAPTER ONE (Lesson XII) 10/20/20
So, it appears quite clear that the Epistle of John had a significant effect on early Christian scholars' hearts and minds. Given this impact, it undoubtedly led to what Severus, a Greek monk-theologian of Antioch (465-538 AD), repeated that John also said, "No one has ever seen God,"[1] so how can he assure us that the living Word of life was seen and touched? Clearly, it was in the human form that made Him visible and touchable.[2]
When we share our testimony, how can we get the door to an unbeliever or doubter's mind to open? One way would be to knock! So how do we knock? By making it possible to include Jesus in every answer to any question, they may ask us. It's almost like what Jesus said to Thomas, "Touch the scar in my hand with your finger. Feel the scar here in my side with your hands. Stop doubting and believe."[3]
That's how John felt, so he tells his readers, …We watched Him perform miracles and touched[4] Him with our hands. Bible scholar Origen of Alexandria, Egypt (184-253 AD) already knew about this epistle by John because he quoted from it in several places. In his manuscript, he spoke out against Celsus' charges, an anti-Christian Greek philosopher (circa 177 AD). Origen is giving examples of how humanity perceived God through visions and voices from above; he then adds: "And by a sense of touch, by which John says that he 'handled with his hands of the Word of life.'"[5]
Œcumenius (circa 700-800AD) believes that John wrote this first verse against both the Jews and the Greeks because they were protesting that the mystery which appeared among them was too new to be taken seriously. John, therefore, answers them by saying that, in fact, it is very old and has been there from the beginning. It is superior to the Law and even surpasses creation itself because while creation has a beginning, "the Life" already existed.[6] It is hard for people today to accept, especially those who believe that the universe resulted from a chance cosmic explosion of gases. The problem is they don't know from where these gasses originated.
I like the way Johann A. Bengel (1687-1752), German Lutheran theologian and biblical scholar, the founder of the Swabian[7] holiness movement and a pioneer in the critical exegesis of the Final Covenant, puts it: "He gave Himself in the flesh to our eyes, ears, and hands."[8]
Alfred Plummer (1841-1926), Church of England clergyman and biblical scholar, adds that the similarity of the opening of John's Epistle to the introduction of John's Gospel is obvious: but the thought is somewhat different. In the Gospel, the Word existed before Creation; here in the Epistle, the Word existed before the Incarnation. Plummer says, the Socinian's[9] interpretation, "that which" means the doctrine of Jesus, and not the Incarnate Word, cannot be defended: the verbs, "have seen," "beheld," "handled," are fatal to it. In using the neuter. John takes the most comprehensive expression to cover the attributes, words, and works of the Word and the Life manifested in the flesh.[10]
William Lincoln (1825-1888) points out that there are four verbs used here: "Which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the Word of life." It copies the Psalmist's use of parallelisms to enhance a point. Here, we have a sandwich parallel:
We have heard
We have seen
We have looked upon
We have handled
If you analyze this, you will see the Lord Jesus the Anointed One draws nearer to us, not we who are drawing closer to Him. Lincoln goes on to explain that "heard," even from a distance before you can see them. "Seen" represents a nearer place within sight.
But that is not enough, John says, "with our very own eyes." "Looked upon" means to contemplate attentively. The more you look at Him, the more you see the glories which are in Him. "Handled" is instead a peculiar term. It is doubtless in allusion to what John says in his Gospel[11] about Mary Magdalene "handling Him." This epistle of John begins where the Gospel leaves off. Did you ever observe in the Gospel of John where it starts with the Anointed One in the Father's bosom, and at the end of the Gospel, a sinner is seen in the bosom of the Anointed One, showing us where our Father would have us be?"[12]
Influential English scholar Thomas Scott (1749-1821)[13] notes that the Apostle began this epistle, in the same abrupt manner as he did his Gospel, and without any particular address or salutation, and he wrote as a witness or a messenger, in a censoring declaration style, and not in an argumentative manner. That essential good, that uncreated and self-existent excellency, which were from the beginning, as coequal and co-eternal with the Father, and finally appeared in human form for the salvation of sinners. It was the main subject concerning what the Apostle wrote to his brethren. If we then understand John to mean the Anointed One as the Son of God, it must be from the beginning, which denotes from eternity for if the creation and time were coequal, that which was from the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth must have also been eternal.[14]
Charles Simeon (1760-1851) confesses that it is impossible to read these words and not be impacted by the Apostle's earnestness in his mode of giving the testimony before us. Somebody must have challenged the truth of John affirms. The evidence on which they rested their case John calls into question. And the fact was that many heresies had arisen even while the Anointed One was still alive. Some went so far as to deny Jesus ever died and rose again. They asserted that all those transactions, which the Evangelists recorded, took place in appearance only, and not in reality.
Against such absurd and condescending conceits, the Apostle John, now at a very advanced age, maintained his testimony with a zeal suited to the occasion. He was the only surviving witness of the events to which he refers. Hence, John repeats the evidence he had, again and again, respecting the validity of all that he affirmed. He urges the whole Christian Church to receive his testimony by representing the incalculable benefits given to all who believe.[15]
Johann Eduard Huther (1807-1880) looks at the opening, "That which was from the beginning," which is unlimited in itself, is more fully explained by the following relative clauses to this extent, that "that which was from the beginning" is identical with that which was the subject of perception by the Apostle's senses of hearing, seeing, and touching. In other words, the appearance of the Anointed One to the disciples was not an apparition or abstraction, but as a real person. Huther says that some interpret John's words to imply what the Apostle John witnessed were that which from eternity appeared in the Anointed One. But Huther disagrees and joins other scholars in saying it did not represent the Anointed One but that He was the Life and the Light.[16]
Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University, studied law, and had some pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review, a scholarly theological magazine, for more than twenty years. He wrote a commentary on the entire New Testament. Here in John's first letter, he points out that the Apostle uses the Greek perfect tense of the first two verbs, have heard and have seen; but the aorist tense,[17] without the words [we have], looked upon and handled. It is a significant change of tense, lost in our English translation. It indicates that the Apostles have seen and have heard, which remains in effect as a permanent fact. But they also specifically and at the moment looked upon, that is, contemplated and the inner nature intensely studied to appreciate the bodily substance of the Lord profoundly. This specialty is enhanced by how the first was done with physical eyes, not dreams, and the last with hands, the surest instruments of touch. Though He was from the beginning and was indeed the Word of life, He submitted Himself to bodily perception to share his determinate personality.[18]
[1] John 1:18; 1 John 4:12
[2] Severus of Antioch: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, New Testament Volume XI, Edited by Gerald Bray, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, loc. cit., p. 166
[3] John. 20:27
[4] C. Haas, M. de Jong, and J. L. Swellengrebel: In a Handbook on the Letters of John, United Bible Societies (UBS), Translation Notes on 1 John, they note: "Therefore 'and which we ourselves (actually) have touched' is a perfectly legitimate rendering of the clause. Such a rendering will be especially useful where the combination 'to touch with the hands' would be unduly redundant."
[5] Origen: Contra Celsus, Bk 1, Ch. XLVIII, (See also Book 7, Ch. XXXIV)
[6] Œcumenius: on 1 John, Bray, G. (Ed.)., op. cit., p. 167
[7] Swabia is a province in central Germany that includes the city of Stuttgart, near where I once lived
[8] Bengel John Albert: Gnomon of the New Testament, Vol. II, Perkinpine & Higgins, Philadelphia, 1862, p. 788
[9] Socinianism is an unorthodox form of non-trinitarianism that was developed around the same time as the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) by Italian humanist Lelio Sozzini and later promulgated by his cousin, Fausto Sozzini. In modern times Socinianism has been referred to as psilanthropism, the view that Jesus was merely human (from the Greek psilo meaning "merely/only" and anthropos meaning "man/human being"), a view rejected by the First Council of Nicaea.
[10] Plummer, Alfred E.: Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, Epistles of John, Cambridge University Press, 1892, p. 72
[12] Lincoln, William., Lectures on the Epistles of St. John, J. F. Shaw & Co., London, 1871, pp. 10–11
[13] Thomas Scott was a minister and author, principally known for his best-selling works, A Commentary on The Whole Bible and The Force of Truth, and as one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society.
[14] Scott, Thomas: With explanatory Notes, Practical Observations, and Copious Marginal References on the Old and New Testaments, Vol. VI, James Nisbet and Co, London 1866, p. 481
[15] Simeon, Charles: Horæ Homileticæ, Discourses, Vol. XX, James to Jude, 6th Edition, Henry G. Bohn, London, 1844, p. 356
[16] Huther, Johann Eduard: Hand Book on the General Epistles, op. cit., p 468
[17] The aorist tense expresses action without indicating it completion or continuation such as "I walked."
[18] Whedon, Daniel D. Commentary on the NT, Vol. 5, Jennings & Graham, New York, 1880, p. 253


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Byzantine Renaissance
The Moslem followers of Mohammed the Conqueror who triumphantly stormed Constantinople in 1453 were so successful in covering up all traces of Christianity that for almost five centuries Byzantine art—once the glory of Eastern Christendom—could be judged only through the examples that survived outside the Moslem world. Then, in 1935, Turkey's Kemal Ataturk declared Istanbul's Church of St. Sophia a historical monument, and cleared the way for Western experts to remove the plaster and paint that pious, iconoclastic Moslems had daubed over the great Christian mosaics. Since then each fragmentary restoration has added new proof of the power and achievement of Byzantine religious art between the 4th and 15th centuries A.D.
Five years ago a task force financed by Boston's Byzantine Institute carefully eyed the walls in another Istanbul church, Kariye Camii, rebuilt on an older structure in the early 14th century and later converted into a mosque. With official blessing, the restorers went to work, soon realized that they had found a new jewel case of Byzantine art. With the job only three-fourths completed, their most significant find has been a set of 18 mosaic panels depicting the life of the Virgin Mary. Says Professor Paul A. Underwood, field director of the Istanbul project, who this week reports on the restoration work to the World Byzantine Congress in Istanbul: "Kariye Camii is the best sample we have of late Byzantine art."
Kariye Camii was rebuilt in the early 1300s as a monastery church within Constantinople's mighty walls, at the order of a wealthy courtier, Theodore Metochites. All evidence indicates that the church was decorated by mosaic masters who were buoyed up by the same fresh new breeze of discovery that in the West heralded the first stirrings of the Renaissance. Into the rigid Byzantine forms that had governed Eastern religious art for almost a thousand years, Byzantine artists poured a new warmth drawn from revived classic models.
For subject matter they turned to the Apocryphal New Testament for scenes from the life of Mary. One of the best preserved panels (see color page) shows the child Mary installed as a handmaiden in the temple as a thanksgiving offering by her parents. According to the Apocryphal Book of James: "And Mary was in the temple of the Lord as a dove that is nurtured; and she received food from the hand of an angel." To portray Mary the artist used gentle modulations of beige, blue and gold, which achieve the soft tones of tempera painting. Little effort was made to indicate perspective, but the turning movement of the figures, the flowing robes of Mary and her handmaiden and the swirling movement of the angel break away from the stiff formalism of earlier Byzantine art.
In Italy this refreshed, humanized vision was carried one step further by Giotto, who incorporated into Western art the nobility of classic models. But in the East, with the growing threat of invasion looming over Constantinople, Byzantine art recoiled into familiar formalism. The murals of Kariye Camii stand revealed as the high point of Byzantine humanism, possibly the last great testimony of Byzantine art in its final flowering.
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Church of the Korah Monastery. Widening of the choir. Left side of the church. This view if wall is measured to plumb-line shows the wall leaning back as in St. Markes. The leans are also transverse and so also in St. Mary Diaconissa
Chora Church, Istanbul, Turkey, 1914


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I read David Ferry's Gilgamesh
Found this one on a remaindered-books table beneath The Strand during my most recent Manhattan trip. I'd never read the Epic of Gilgamesh in any format other than Wikipedia summaries before, so it seemed an apt purchase for the train ride home. Ferry's work reads as smoothly as its cover-copy promises. Through it I found the epic to resemble, more than anything else, a thoroughly relatable black comedy focusing on ol' Gil's larger-than-life cluelessness: Derek Zoolander as demigod, too thrillingly stupid to know the futility of seeking immortality.
I'm not sure where Ferry's work, published in the early 1990s, stands among contemporary Gilgamesh translations as far as reputations go. Both its preface and the author's own endnotes go out of their way to note that this iambic-pentameter rendering of the ancient epic takes many liberties with the surviving tablets and fragments, basing itself on translations and inventing likely content of the sources' lacunae. Indeed, now that I look again, the cover states "A new rendering in English verse", avoiding the word "translation" entirely.
In this volume, as in every telling of the tale, the gods create for Gilgamesh his wild-man life-partner Enkidu, so that he'll stop mistreating his own citizens due to his boundless boredom. And inevitably, instead of staying put to manage his city, Gil and his new buddy immediately run off whooping to carve a gory path through the gods' own menagerie of boss-fight monsters, hungry for immortality on the cosmic leaderboard, heedless of responsibility or retribution.
When the gods respond to their violent idiocy by ban-hammering Enkidu, Gilgamesh, mournful and trembling, decides that immortal fame does not suffice: he wants to shed his mortality entirely. And so he tromps off to go find Noah, the Ark-builder, because he thinks he maybe heard somewhere that he and his lady figured out how to not die. (He is here named Utnapishtim, but clearly borne from the same source-legends as the biblical Noah.) And Gilgamesh succeeds in finding Noah, who tries to talk sense into him (and, by some scholarly accounts, inspires the Book of Ecclesiastes in the process), but this makes mighty Gilgamesh's eyes glaze over. Noah and his wife then try to trick Gil into leaving, but he's so thick-headed this doesn't work either.
Finally at wits end, Noah says: "Look… there's, uh, a magic youth-restoring plant out yonder. Way far away from my house. Go find that and bring it back to your city. No, no need to bring it by here first." And Gilgamesh says: "Well why didn't you say so! Thanks, gramps!" And then he finds the plant, and then a snake eats it.
So he goes back to his city empty-handed, and in a striking moment of grace pauses to quietly contemplate the walls of Uruk, describing them using the very same language that the epic's narrator uses to set the scene for the listener way back at the start of the first tablet — back when Gilgamesh, bored and lonely, was ignoring his kingship and raising hell. Perhaps this means that Gil finally worked his ya-yas out and is ready to sit still and actually run the city that he seems to see for the first time? I get the impression from subsequent reading that Ferry did not wholly invent this lovely and unexpected cyclical callback, and that the original Sumerian tablets hold it as well.
I think I vaguely knew that the Epic of Gilgamesh held its own telling of the Great Flood legend, but I had no idea that it fanfictioned right into it by supposing a meeting between monster-slayer Gilgamesh and ark-builder Noah, and I found this surprising and delightful and — in this particular rendering — hilarious. I feel very curious to see how it all comes across in a more direct translation.
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'He loves attention ... people': York County man has emotional support alligator
Joie Henney's love of reptiles led him to rescue Wally, an American alligator that is now an official emotional support animal.
'He loves attention ... people': York County man has emotional support alligator Joie Henney's love of reptiles led him to rescue Wally, an American alligator that is now an official emotional support animal. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2019/01/22/york-man-and-his-emotional-support-alligator/2613615002/
John Pavoncello, York Dispatch Published 2:08 p.m. ET Jan. 22, 2019 | Updated 11:33 a.m. ET Jan. 26, 2019
It's not every day that you see a 4½-foot-long alligator walking on a leash. However, if you live in York County, chances are you've seen Strinestown native Joie Henney and Wally.
Henney, 65, grew up on a farm but was never much of a dog person. He does, however, have a love of reptiles — especially poisonous ones — and has owned and rescued some deadly snakes, including Gaboon vipers.
"I like all these calm things," Henney said, describing his long love of snakes.
During a trip to Florida several years ago, Henney had the opportunity to visit Gatorland, where he got to see America's largest reptile up close.
In September 2016, a friend who was rescuing alligators from Walt Disney World asked Henney if he'd be interested in taking one. Disney World had removed more than 200 alligators during a 10-year period between May 2006 and August 2015. After a fatal attack on a 2-year-old boy in June 2016, the resort doubled its efforts to remove gators from its property.
While most were being harvested for their meat and leather, some, including Wally, were rescued.
Holly Armstrong, Community Life Enrichment Director, right, and Ron Snyder, 88, cuddle with Wally the emotional support alligator, Monday, January 14, 2019. John A. Pavoncello photo (Photo: The York Dispatch)
Lap dog: At first Wally was aggressive and snapped at everything. He was a wild animal suddenly living in captivity, Henney explained. Each time Wally acted afraid or aggressive, Henney would pick up the then-foot-and-a-half gator and cuddle him.
Now 4½ feet and nearly 60 pounds, Wally thinks he's a lap dog, Henney said.
"He loves attention, (and) he loves people," he said during a recent visit to SpiriTrust Lutheran's Village at Sprenkle Drive. About a dozen seniors visited with Henney and Wally, some brave enough to rub Wally's head or even let him lie in their lap.
Recently Wally became the first American alligator to be licensed as an emotional support animal. Unlike service animals, which are limited to dogs and miniature horses as described in the Americans With Disabilities Act, pretty much any animal can be an emotional support animal. Henney decided to register Wally because of their public visits.
Wally regularly accompanies Henney to stores such as Lowe's, Home Depot and Rutter's on the Susquehanna Trail in Strinestown. They also make public appearances at York Revolution games and at private events such as the one at SpiriTrust Lutheran.
Not good pets: Caring for the alligator can be difficult, Henney said.
"Alligators don't make good pets," he said. A 300-gallon landscaping pond complete with filter sits in Henney's living room. The water has to be changed every three days, because "it can stink pretty bad," Henney said.
And while it's legal in Pennsylvania to own alligators as pets, Henney is a strong advocate against it.
"We never place our rescues back into homes," said Henney. Rescued alligators are placed in zoos or other specialized facilities.
Joie Henney of Strinestown recently certified his rescued American alligator Wally as an emotional support animal. Friday, January 18, 2019 John A. Pavoncello photo (Photo: The York Dispatch)
Giving back: Wally's local fame has created a unique opportunity for Henney to give back to the community, he said. People who meet Wally tend to want to donate to provide care for him, but Henney said that if he couldn't afford to care for Wally himself he wouldn't have him.
So, he said, he uses Wally's donations to provide holiday meals for local families in need.
"We provided full Thanksgiving and Christmas meals to several families this year," said Henney, adding they will do the same at Easter.
PHOTOS: Strinestown man has emotional support ... alligator?
Wally, a five-foot American alligator, hangs out with seniors at SpiriTrust Lutheran Village at Sprenkle Drive, Monday, January 14, 2019. John A. Pavoncello photo The York Dispatch
Joie Henney of Strinestown and his American alligator Wally visit seniors at the SpiriTrust Lutheran Village at Sprenkle Drive, Monday, January 14, 2019 John A. Pavoncello photo The York Dispatch
Gloria Waston, 90 left, Blanche Hake, 84, and Alice Brown, 80, visit with Wally the alligator at SpiriTrust Lutheran's Village at Sprenkle Drive, Monday, January 14, 2019. John A. Pavoncello photo The York Dispatch
Joie Henney of Strinestown recently certified his rescued American alligator Wally as an emotional support animal. Friday, January 18, 2019 John A. Pavoncello photo The York Dispatch
Holly Armstrong, Community Life Enrichment Director, right, and Ron Snyder, 88, cuddle with Wally the emotional support alligator, Monday, January 14, 2019. John A. Pavoncello photo The York Dispatch
Wally, Joie Henney's emotional support animal, and his little brother Scappy, have free reign of Henney's Strinestown home but spend much of their time in their 300 gallon pond in the living room. John A. Pavoncello photo The York Dispatch
Living with an animal that doesn't train well can be taxing, he said. Wally has free range of the house, loves messing up made beds and will occasionally clear out a bottom kitchen cabinet to lie inside.
But Wally also has developed a love for watching TV.
"He loves the 'Lion King' movie," Henney said. Wally lies in his pond with his head on the side watching until the last song of the movie is played.
He also likes "Gator Boys" and "Swamp People," although Henney said he can't understand the last.
"They kill gators on that show," he said.
If you would like to see Wally in person, there will be a "Meet Wally Day," 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Central Market.
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February is one of the coldest months in the Israeli weather, and temperatures usually are between 9-19 Celsius (48-66 Fahrenheit). in the past week the temperature suddenly became higher and people got a sneak preview of the Israeli spring.
The sky where blue, no rain and temperatures high enough to drive many to the beaches and for a winter swim. The parks where full of visitors and long shirts replaced jackets and coats. Needles to say children had so much fun during the past week and still remains to be seen is the Purim weather forecast, as in many past years the time of the Jewish holiday is a rainy one and kids are having hard time wearing their holiday costumes.


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Walden Savings Bank Celebrates 20 Years in Gardiner
On Friday, October 12, Walden Savings Bank celebrated its 20th year of providing banking products and services to the Gardiner community. The Bank hosted a celebration to commemorate the anniversary and express its appreciation of the community's ongoing support.
"We wanted to give back and say thank you to the Gardiner community for putting their financial trust in Walden Savings Bank," said Gardiner Branch Manager, Debra Green. "This community opened their arms to us 20 years ago and has helped us grow so that we can provide the financial products and services Gardiner residents need."
Community members in attendance were entered in a drawing for a chance to win door prizes from local merchants and a grand prize of a "Gardiner Experience" of their choice. The experiences included a variety of packages from local Gardiner businesses. In addition, grants were presented to local not-for-profit organizations, including the following:
Gardiner Fire Department
Gardiner Library
Helping Hands Food Pantry
Pasture Pets 4H club
"There are many charitable organizations that make a difference to the Gardiner community and we want to do our part to support their mission," added President and CEO, Derrik R. Wynkoop.
As part of its ongoing mission to support the community it serves, Walden Savings Bank also invited both customers and non-customers to bring recyclable materials to be shredded as part of the Bank's Community Shred Day on Saturday, October 13. Community Shred Day helps protect the environment while also preserving the security of confidential documents.


Abstract: A heat engine is constructed from sheet metal and the like. The heat enginehas an outer container and inner container which contains a displacer anda power piston. A plurality of positioning members are provided todimensionally stabilize the inner and outer containers. By providingpositioning members that extend between the inner and the outercontainers, a sandwiched construction is obtained which allows the innerand outer containers to reinforce each other thus permitting the use ofthin walled containers and improving the thermal efficiency of the heatengine and decreasing the weight of the heat engine.


This collection is designed to bring joy and curiosity to readers with subjects that surround the Holiday Season in the US.
We hope to share both traditions, and the diversity of expression within those.
Please enjoy these Holiday Delights.


From Norway, the world's most dangerous hardanger fiddle player, Annbjorg Lien, who is going on tour of the US with an electrifying (and electrified) band of musicians to promote her latest North American release "Baba Yaga." If you can't catch her show live, you'll have to settle for one of her three US-released CDs. Find info at the NorthSide website.
From China, pipa player Chen Yihan whose playing--precise, ethereal, and energetic--kept the audience enthralled throughout her performance. Ms Yihan was pipa soloist for the acclaimed Huaxia Ensemble of Beijing and is currently living in New York.
From Africa, kora master Mamadou Diabate accompanied by two of his countrymen, Famoro Diabate on balafon and Fuseini Kouyate on ngoni, turned up the heat and set the audience dancing in the aisles with his delightful, lively music. Diabate's latest CD is called "tunga" and is from Alula Records.
This wonderful FREE concert was co-sponsored by the IU Ethnomusicology Student Association, CASI, & the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation .
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