Clan MacFarlane is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan claims a descent from the old line of the Earls of Lennox. For some time there had been some controversy as to the descent of these earls, with both Gaelic and Anglo-Saxon origins given. Though today it is generally accepted that the earls, and in consequence Clan MacFarlane, are of Gaelic descent. The clan takes its name from a Malcolm MacFarlane, who lived in the fourteenth century. Clan MacFarlane took part in several conflicts and were loyal supporters of the Earls of Lennox. The clan was also noted for its raiding, and as such, it is said that the full moon was known as "MacFarlane's Lantern". The ancestral lands of the clan were Arrochar, located at the head of Loch Long and further northwest of Loch Lomond. The lands of Arrochar were first granted to an ancestor of the clan in the thirteenth century, and were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767. The last descendant of the chiefs, in the direct male line, died in 1886. Since the modern clan is without a chief it can be considered an Armigerous clan.
Clan MacFarlane claims descent from the original Earls of Lennox, though the ultimate origin of these earls is murky and has been debated. The nineteenth century Scottish antiquary George Chalmers, in his Caledonia, quoting the twelfth century English chronicler Symeon of Durham, wrote that the original Earls of Lennox descended from an Anglo-Saxon – Arkil, son of Egfrith. This Arkil, a Northumbrian chief, was said to have fled to Scotland from the devastation caused by the Harrying of the North by William the Conqueror, and later received control of the Lennox district from Malcolm III of Scotland. However, today it is generally thought that the original Earls of Lennox were of Gaelic descent.
Clan MacFarlane claims its descent from the original line of the Earls of Lennox, through Gilchrist, brother of Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox, who received in charter, "de terris de superiori Arrochar de Luss", the lands of Arrochar which the MacFarlanes held for centuries until the death of the last chief. Gilchrist's son, Duncan, also obtained charters for his lands from the Earl of Lennox, and appears in the Ragman Rolls as "Dunkan Makilcrift de Leuenaghes" (Duncan son of Gilchrist of Lennox). Duncan's grandson was Parlan (or Bartholomew), from whom the clan takes its name from. Malcolm MacFarlane, the son of Parlan, was confirmed the lands of Arrochar and others, and "hence Malcolm may be considered as the real founder of the clan". Malcolm, in turn, was succeeded by his son, Duncan, who obtained by charter the lands of Arrochar, dated in 1395 at Inchmurrin. Duncan seems to have married Christian, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Loch Awe, as stated in a charter of confirmation by Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox, also dated in 1395. Iain MacPharlain, in 1420, received confirmation to his lands of Arrochar.
Map of the district of Lennox.
Not long after, the ancient line of the Earls of Lennox died with the execution of Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox, by James I of Scotland in 1425. After the earl's death it seems likely that the MacFarlane's claimed the earldom as heirs male. This claim though, proved disastrous, and the family of the chief perished, with the clan's fortunes suffered severely. The destruction of the MacFarlanes would have been inevitable but for an Andrew MacFarlane, who married Barbara, daughter of John Stewart, Lord Darnley, who had been created Earl of Lennox in 1488. Skene claimed that even though Andrew MacFarlane, through his marriage, had saved the clan from destruction, he still was refused the chiefship of the clan. Skene also showed that even his son, Sir John MacFarlane, assumed the subordinate designation of "Capitaneus de Clan Pharlane" (Captain of the clan). Though Alexander MacBain, in a later edition of Skene's work, pointed out that Capitaneus was really Latin for Chief. From this period on the clan appears to have loyally supported the Stewart Earls of Lennox, and for several generations there is little history attributed to the clan.
In the mid sixteenth century, Duncan MacFarlane of MacFarlane, appears to have been a steady supporter of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. In 1544, MacFarlane lead three hundred of his men, and joined Lennox and Glencairn at the Battle of Glasgow Muir, where they were defeated. The MacFarlanes were affected by the forfeitures that followed, though were saved by powerful friends, and the chief obtained a remission for his lands. After the defeat, the Earl of Lennox was forced to flee to England, and married a niece of Henry VIII, and afterwards returned to Scotland with a force supplied by the English king. For fear of further repercussions, the chief of the clan didn't personally support Lennox, but instead sent a relative, Walter MacFarlane of Tarbet, with four hundred men, in support of the Earl. The MacFarlane clansmen are said to have acted as light troops, and as guides to the Earl's main force. The sixteenth century, English chronicler, Raphael Holinshed described this MacFarlane force as follows: "In these exploytes the Erle had with him Walter M'Farlane of Tarbet, and seven score of men of the head of Lennox, that spake bothe Irishe and the English Scottish tongues, light footmen well armed in the shirtes of mayle, with bows and two-handed swords; and being joined with the English archers and shotte, did much avayleable service in the streyghts, marishes, and mountayne countries".
At Irwine in 1545, a bond of manrent was granted to Hugh, Master of Eglinton to Duncan, uncle of the Laird of MacFarlane. Later in 1547 the clan suffered grievously at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, in which the chief, Duncan was slain along with many of his men. The clan, led by Duncan's son, Andrew, fought under the Regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, against the forces of Mary Queen of Scots, at the Battle of Langside in 1568. The clan's part in the battle is related to by Holinshed: "In this battayle the vaiancie of an Hie-land gentle-man named M'Farlane, stood the Regent's part in great steede; for in the hottest brunte of the fight, he came in with three hundred of hus friends and countrymen, and so manfully gave in upon the flanke of the queen's people, that there was great cause of the disordering of them". After the battle, the clan also boasted of capturing three standards of the Queen's army, which were preserved as trophies for a long time afterwards. For his clan's aid, Andrew was awarded the crest of a "demi-savage proper, holding in his dexter hand a sheaf of arrows, and pointing with his sinister to an imperial crown, or, with the motto, This I'll defend", by the Earl. The crest bestowed on the MacFarlane chief alludes to the defence of the Crown and Kingdom of Scotland, as Mary was seen as rebellion against the Crown.
Nothing is known of Andrew's son, though his grandson, Walter MacFarlane was a staunch supporter of the King. In his time, he was twice besieged in his house, and his castle of Inveruglas was later burned down by English forces.
The clan was denounced by the Government in 1594, to have committing theft, robbery, and oppression. Later, in 1624, many members of the clan were tried and convicted of such acts, with some being pardoned. Many others were removed to Aberdeenshire and Strathaven in Banffshire, where they assumed the names M'Caudy, Greisock, M'James and M'Innes.
According to the International Clan MacFarlane Society website, the last descendant of the chiefs, in the direct male line, died in 1886. A branch of the clan settled in Ireland, during the reign of James VII, and the leading representative of this branch, MacFarlane of Hunstown House, from Dublin, claimed to be the chiefship of the clan. Today the chiefship of the clan is dormant, and the clan can be considered an Armigerous clan.
MacFarlane tartan as published in the dubious Vestiarium Scoticum.
Clan Badge: Two plant badges have been attributed to the clan.
Cranberry. The clan shares this badge with Clan MacAulay, which tradition gives a descent from the old Earls of Lennox.
Cloudberry. (Attributed to the clan by Skene).
Clan Slogan: Loch Sloidh (Anglicised as: Loch Sloy) (translated from Gaelic: The Loch of the Host).
Clan Motto: This I'll Defend.
Clan Crest: A demi-savage brandishing in his dexter a broad sword Proper and pointing with his sinister to an Imperial Crown or standing by him on the wreath.
'Thogail nam bo (translation from Gaelic: Lifting the cattle). or, Thogail nam Bo theid sinn (translation: To Lift the Cows We Shall Go).
Spaidsearachd Chlann Pharlain (translation from Gaelic: MacFarlane's march).
The surname MacFarlane, and other variations of the name, are Anglicisations of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Pharthaláin, meaning "son of Parthalán". The Gaelic Parthalán is likely an Gaelicisation of the Latin Bartholomaeus. In Moncreiffe's opinion the name was linked with Partholón of Irish mythology, writing: "Par-tholon or 'Sea-Waves' appears in Irish mythology as the first to take possession of Ireland after the flood".
The following names are considered, by the International Clan MacFarlane Society, to be associated with the clan. Note that the prefixes Mac, Mc, and M' are interchangeable. Many of the associated names listed are claimed by other clans.
Condey / Condie / Condy.
MacCondey / MacCondie / MacCondy.


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A while back someone asked me what about my programming experiences; since my more recent work has been in the systems management arena (OS management, solutions architecture design, provisioning, standards, DR, etc.) I had to dig through a few brain cells to provide an answer.
I also began working in 'C' at this time – mostly creating simple utilities needed where scripting was not the best solution.
Linux had not been created yet but I was using an OS called COHERENT; it was simply a wonderful Unix-like PC environment but it lacked adequate driver support for functions like networking (it did support serial network, i.e. UUCP) and tape devices. Linux arrived with support for just about everything and it proceeded to become the OS of choice for Unix-type OS fans – including me.
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Three Hours Of Tense Drama In A School Under Siege [book review]
When you despatch your children through the school gates each morning, you trust they're heading into a safe environment. That nothing beyond those gate will put them in danger. Rosamund Lupton's debut novel Three Hours turns that belief on its head.
It's 9.15am one cold, snowy November morning at the Cliff Heights School in rural Somerset. The morning's session has barely begun when shots are fired. Headmaster Matthew Marr lies in a pool of blood, powerless to protect his students from the armed gunman who paces the school's corridors. Unknown to him, accomplices hide in the surrounding woods intent on causing further harm.
Disturbingly Plausible Scenario
The disturbing scenario of Three Hours is one that's frighteningly familiar from TV news images of school shootings like those at Dunblane Primary School in 1996 and Columbine High School in 1999.
Rosamund Lupton takes us behind those headlines to examine the reactions of people caught up in a similar attack. Hour by hour we share the fears of the students and staff trapped at the Cliff Heights school; the anxiety of parents waiting for news and the frustrations of police officers tasked with ending the siege without further bloodshed.
In the midst of their fear lies bewilderment about the identity and the motivation of the gunmen. Are they terrorists or someone with a grudge against the school? Is the entire school the target or are the attackers after two pupils only: the brothers Rafi and Basi Bukhari, both Muslim refugees from Aleppo?
An Unlikely Target
Three Hours is set in a high performing, well-funded liberal school that prides itself on its philosophy of tolerance, inclusivity and openness. It's the last place anyone would expect to be targetted by extremists. As the deputy head tells the police psychologist drafted in to help identify the attackers:
We have safe spaces for debate, democracy in action through the school council … tolerance is an integral part of the school. It's why we don't have a uniform and the students are free to practice whatever religion they choose, or none.
But even these principles provide no protection against dark forces that actively encourage and support radical racist messages and actions. One morning, without warning, those forces are unleashed on the school's sprawling campus.
Three Hours illustrates how radicalisation can happen anywhere and how extremist groups prey on susceptible minds, using complex technology platforms to cloak their identities. By the time the attack is over, pupils, teachers and parents will have had their beliefs and trust put to the severest test.
Courage In Face of Danger
But Rosamund Lupton also shows how love and courage prevail in the midst of danger and uncertainty. Some of the people involved find skills and strengths they never realised they had. Others discover who they truly are, what they believe in and for what they are willing to die.
In the school's isolated theatre, one group of students press on with their rehearsal of Macbeth, finding that Shakespeare's portrayal of ambition and murderous intent helps them deal with their own unfolding drama. In the pottery building, a 60-year-old teacher converts tables into a pretend house. While her class of lively seven-year-olds are diverted into making miniature clay cups and bowls, she makes clay tiles to protect them from flying glass. And in the library, sixth-former Hannah Jacobs strips to her bra, using her t shirt to stem the blood flowing from her headmaster's body.
Healing Power of Love
The real hero of the school, and the epitome of selfless love is Rafi; the pupil who finds an explosive device in the school grounds, raises the alarm and shows the way to evacuate one building. The person who, warned by police advice that he might be a target, puts his life in danger to go in search of his younger brother missing in the woods.
Rafi suffers from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of his flight from Syria. But through his friendship with Hannah he is finding a way to put his life back together:
He thinks that a long time ago he was like a glass … clear and transparent, made of invisible love – and he was filled with liquid running life, right to the brim.
… then he'd been beaten and ashamed and frightened and he was a thousand pieces scattered on a snow-covered pavement in Aleppo, an Egyptian beach, the deck of a boat, a migrant camp
But then he met a girl, loves this girl and each of those thousand pieces know their way back to their place in the glass, the cracks in him kaleidoscopes of light.
There's much to admire in Three Hours, from the setting to the characterisation ( I was drawn particularly to Rafi) to the tightly controlled timescale. Lupton shows great skill in entering the minds of both children and adults, showing both their vulnerability and their resilience.
It's evident too that the novel is based on some really sound research. Part of my career was spent managing crisis response so can vouch for Lupton's description of police command procedures and the details of the school's emergency plan.
All these factors mean Three Hours is an intense, riveting yet unsettling read. I suspect few parents with offspring still in the school system will read it and not experience a wave of anxiety.
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton: End Notes
Rosamund Lupton became a screenwriter after leaving Cambridge University. Her debut novel Sister, was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller.
Three Hours is her fourth novel. It's published by Penguin Viking in hardback and e-book on January 9, 2019 . My thanks to the publisher for the free copy I received via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Tags: Book Reviews, Rosamund Lupton
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Reading Patrick French's hefty biography of VS Naipaul brought back memories of my once playing Mahjong with incipient conjunctivitis; the game was challenging enough without the tile details going in and out of focus.
French's writing style in general has little appeal for me – a little dry and academic – and when he presents, as he often does in this tome, a lengthy, name-dropping paragraph, the hotchpotch of third-party comments and attributed quotes undermines clarity. Things become a little blurred – my response was often to skip ahead.
Ploughing through 'The World Is What It Is', I was also reminded of a lecturer long ago who recited his words of wisdom to us students while absently leafing through the pages of a newspaper. Like that academic, French is not, for me, a natural at engaging with his audience.
Published in 2008, this authorised biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author covers Naipaul's life from his birth in1932 to his second marriage in 1996. The author, who won the Booker Prize for his novel 'In a Free State' (1971), died in 2018.
The biography's title derives from the opening of Naipaul's book A Bend in the River (1979):
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.
The sentence, channeled through a fictional character, tells us much about the author's view the world and his fellow travellers.
While French's is not a hagiographical work, he is not overtly critical of his subject who was, it is clear from this book and other accounts, a difficult person to like.
Naipaul's intelligent, unassuming wife Pat remained pitifully loyal to the author even though he treated her like a lowly servant.
'You behave like the wife of a clerk who has risen above her station,' he once cruelly barked at her. And then, in a moment of self-pitying regret, he wrote to her: 'I love you, and I need you. Please don't let me down. Please forgive my occasional lapses. At heart I am the worthiest man I know.'
His 'occasional lapses' included habitual visits to prostitutes, furious and violent domestic outbursts, a perpetual haughtiness and taking up a long-term intimate association with another woman who became, effectively, a second wife. This was how he treated his nearest and supposedly dearest. Others, friends, associates, publishers who crossed him and so on found themselves subject to the notorious Naipaul 'blank'. They simply became non-persons; he did not just cut them, he did not notice them.
A hatchet job on Naipaul's disagreeable qualities could fill a book. French's commendably objective approach brings balance but there is no getting away from unpleasantness of the person under scrutiny. To take our minds off personality issues, French dwells at length on rather fringe and uninteresting threads – largely irrelevant family background and affairs, political machinations in Naipaul's birth country of Trinidad, the humdrum details of foreign trips and so on.
Academics and professional reviewers will argue that such detail is necessary and required in a thorough biographical work. But that doesn't make them any the less dull for the ordinary reader.
There is much here, rightly, about Naipaul's output. The author's work divides opinion among readers but I fall into the fan camp having enjoyed both his fiction (particularly 'The Enigma of Arrival') and non-fiction ('An Area of Darkness').
Patrick French
But French's accounts of the critical reception of each book is exhaustive to the point of being exhausting. And this is where some of those confusing paragraphs tend to crop up. Like many biographers, French has laboured long on thorough research, having had complete access to the Naipaul archives at the University of Tulsa and spent many hours conducting face-to-face unrestricted interviews with his subject. The word count demonstrates that French wants us to know how industrious he has been but the extraneous detail is overwhelming and of little interest to anyone not engaged in writing a dissertation on Naipaul.
Critics universally lauded 'The World Is What It Is' on its release in 2008 so my comments here are very much against the current. I admire French's achievement in writing this comprehensive biography but I am left with little sense of really knowing or understanding the man who is its subject. Naipaul once remarked 'whenever we are reading the biography of a writer … no amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.'
Given Naipaul's nature – elusive, mistrusting, narcissistic, aloof, judgemental – perhaps it is unavoidable that little of the real person comes across. Perhaps there was no real person. Perhaps the man was unknowable, even to himself. An enigma.
Posted in Biographies and autobiographies, Book Reviews
Tags: Biographies, Book Reviews, V. S Naipaul
Dark Portrayal of Sinister Society: Stasi Child by David Young
The fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago was the beginning of the end for one of the world's most repressive intelligence and secret police agencies. For decades the Stasi spied on the population of East Germany using a vast network of informants to infiltrate every aspect of their lives and root out dissidents.
David Young provides a sinister reminder of this organisation and its methods in Stasi Child, the first title in a crime series set during the era of the Cold War.
On a cold winter morning in 1975, Oberleutnant Karin Müller, senior detective with the East German police force, is summoned to the Wall where the mutilated body of a young girl has been discovered. The official Stasi line is that the girl was shot trying to escape to the West but Müller quickly realises all is not as it seems. She's particularly troubled to be told her inquiry should focus on discovering the identity of the girl rather than the identity of her killer.
Truth is Impossible
Müller's quest for the truth takes her on a clandestine trip into West Berlin, up snow-laden mountains and down into a secret tunnel running under the East-West border. At every turn she feels the dark and sinister presence of the Stasi. Their interest in her activities not only threatens to derail her investigation, it makes her fear for her future.
With tremendous attention to detail, Stasi Child shows the near impossibility of uncovering the truth in a society determined at all costs to prevent certain secrets ever being discovered.
Karin Müller is a savvy operator and a forceful character – you have to be pretty darn smart to become the highest ranking woman in the Volkspolizei. But she is not immune to the reality that in this society, her job, her security and her life are at risk if she is seen to over-step her authority or persue unhelpful lines of inquiry. Her vulnerability increases still further when her schoolteacher husband, is arrested after surveillance showed him meeting a a church pastor suspected of anti-communist beliefs.
Question of Trust
This is a world where your neighbour can be 'persuaded' to become state informers, citizens are sent for 're-education' in Communist values and young people made to endure the harsh regimes of state reform schools.
The bleakness of life in East Germany permeates the entire novel. For the citizens of East Berlin, the west is tantalisingly close but they're not sure it is necessarily better. Can they trust what they have been told or is this yet another example of distorted truth.
As they entered the checkpoint, Muller glanced up the road past the barriers to the bustle of West Berlin beyond. She wondered if it really was as glamorous as the adverts on western TV made out. Or were Der schwarze Kanal's accounts of strikes, homeless unemployed begging on the streets and ruthless greedy bosses nearer the truth?
One night in West Berlin opens Karin Muller's eyes to the realities of life in the west. As part of her investigation she's required to go shopping and to spend the night in a hotel. She relishes the variety and quality of the clothing available though is horrified by the cost. Once that geni is out of the bag it's difficult to put it back in again.
In the office, she allowed herself one reminder of the West. She piled the shopping bags on the long table, under the noticeboard, and then lifted out the large shoebox that contained the boots. She opened it, and peeled back the protective tissue paper. Then she removed one boot, and caressed the fur-lined top, as though stroking a cat. A small touch of luxury. Then she looked up at the photographs pinned to the noticeboard. The dead, nameless girl without teeth. The girl without eyes.
Müller dropped the fur-lined boot as though it was infected.
The ambiguity of attitudes plus the atmospheric setting of the novel make Stasi Child stand apart from the thousands of police procedurals published ever year. The plot is satisfying enough, with plenty of twists and revelations though it's not overly complicated. There's added interest via another narrative strand from nine months earlier in a reform school where a teenage girl plots how she and her friend can escape. Karin Muller is a character whose vulnerability yet determination is engaging. But it's really the dark portrayal of a society controlled by fear that was utterly gripping.
Stasi Child: EndNotes
Stasi Child is the debut novel by David Young which won the 2016 Crime Writers' Association Endeavour Historical Dagger for the best historical crime novel of the year. It was also longlisted for the 2016 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He explains the origin of his series in this interview
There are now four novels in the series with a fifth, Stasi Winter, due to be published in January 2020.
David Young became an author after a career in journalism and broadcasting. He now writes in his garden shed and in his spare time supports Hull City football club.
Tags: Book Reviews, crime fiction, David young, Stasi
Dazzled By Ground-Breaking Memoir of A First Lady
Of the million or so photographs featuring Michelle Obama, two will be forever etched in my memory.
One shows the First Lady of the United States jumping about and getting sweaty with a bunch of kids on the front lawn of the White House.
The other image dates from her first visit to the United Kingdom. During an official reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, Michelle Obama put her arm around the monarch.
To say the resulting photographs astonished royal watchers is putting it mildly because touching the Queen is strictly forbidden. It's not treason as such (an offence that could see you carted off to the Tower of London) but it's definitely one of the most heinous transgressions of royal protocol.
What was astonishing about both these images was that they turned on their head everything we'd ever seen from previous holders of the role of First Lady.
There's no position description for the First Lady. But we got used to the idea over the decades that they're in a supportive role to the star turn of The President. Always gracious, always immaculately dressed; a walking advert for American fashion designers. They can engage in charitable endeavours but rarely speak out about issues.
Michelle Obama broke that mould. Never before had we seen a First Lady dress so casually in sneakers, leggings and t shirts; Never before had we seen her get down and dirty while digging and planting a vegetable patch. And never before had we seen someone so touchy-feely.
Her memoir Becoming was similarly ground breaking. It's the first completely honest account from a First Lady of the experiences that shaped her personality and influenced her attitudes.
It's a work of stellar storytelling taking us from her modest background in Chicago, through academic success to an unfulfilling career in corporate law. The life she envisaged was "a predictable, control-freak existence – the one with the steady salary, a house to life in forever, a routine to my days."
But then came the event that changed her life entirely – she was asked to take a young, mega talented law student under her wing during a summer placement. Barak Obama put her life on a completely new trajectory, catapulting her into the uncomfortable world of politics and to the highest office in her country.
Confronting Challenges
It's a career progression that in some eyes would be considered a fairytale. What I loved most about Becoming is that she is so candid about her struggles and disappointments.
Most of the issues she describes are those that ordinary people can relate to easily. The struggle to balance work with family commitments; the heartbreak of miscarriages and the challenge of maintaining a relationship with a partner who is away from home for much of the week.
Taking up residence in the White House presents a whole new set of difficulties. She can't open a window because it's a security risk. She can't go out with her husband without entire streets being closed down. She can't even go to a shop to buy him an anniversary card. Being in the public eye means every thing she says or wears is subjected to public scrutiny; even a change of hairstyle has to be agreed in advance by the Presidents's staff.
Chief of her concerns however is the well-being of her daughters. The constant question for Michelle Obama is how to make sure the girls enjoy a normal childhood experience when they have to be accompanied everywhere by protection offers. Not much fun when you want to go out on your first date.
Dealing With Criticism
And of course, there is the constant threat to her projects from detractors who see her as a threat.
I was female, black, and strong, which to certain people, maintaining a certain mind-set, translated only to 'angry.' It was another damaging cliché, one that's been forever used to sweep minority women to the perimeter of every room, an unconscious signal not to listen to what we've got to say.
What comes through strongly is that Michelle Obama is a woman with an exceptionally strong streak of determination. She learned at an early age to never give up and that the best way to deal with people who wanted to thwart her ambition, was to ignore them. It's an attitude she saw exhibited by many of the highly talented people she met later in life.
All of them have had doubters. Some continue to have roaring, stadium sized collections of critics and naysayers who will shout I told you so at every little misstep or mistake. The noise, doesn't go away, but the most successful people I know have figured out how to live with it, to lean on the people who believe in them, and to push onward with their goals.
Self -belief is one of the lessons she wants to pass on through the book, as she did with the groups of young women she met throughout her time as First Lady.
Becoming A Role Model
Becoming has been one of my best reading experiences of 2019. It's an account of extraordinary life told with intelligence, humour, warmth and oodles of self-awareness.
This is a woman who had a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring about changes. While her husband focused on changing attitudes to healthcare and gun control, she focused on child obesity and job and education opportunities for ex servicemen.
In doing so she became a role model for young women around the world. But Michelle Obama is emphatic at the end of the book that she has no intention of going into politics herself.
I've never been a fan of politics, and my experience over the last ten
years has done little to change that.
That doesn't mean she is going to disappear – the initiatives that she lead while First Lady are so close to her heart that she is continuing to work on them. But what lies ahead is an interesting question. The title of her book refers to the idea that each of us is perpetually changing, evolving, not stopping at some set point — with the implication that we can always become better. It's a clue that we can expect to see more of her in the future. A clear case of Watch This Space.
Tags: Book Reviews, memoirs, Michelle Obama, Non fiction
Dullest Book Of The Year: Love Is Blind
Dull. Dreary. Dry. These are not words I would ever have expected to use to describe a novel by William Boyd.
I used to love his work. Sadly the William Boyd who wrote the masterpiece Any Human Heart and the highly enjoyable Brazzaville Beach and A Good Man In Africa, seems to have disappeared. The new incarnation if Love is Blind is anything to go by, is but a pale imitation.
Love is Blind is fundamentally a historical romance featuring a Scottish piano tuner and his obsessive love for a Russian singer. In the late 1890s, Brodie Moncur works for Channon & Co, an Edinburgh-based piano manufacturer. He's thought of so highly he gets sent to Paris to help establish a branch in the city and drum up new business.
He comes up with a clever marketing scheme to get leading pianists to always use Channon pianos for their performances. It's through this project he encounters John Kilbarron – "The Irish Liszt" – once a brilliant pianist but now finding his powers at an ebb. It's also how Moncur meets and falls for Kilbarron's lover, the would-be opera singer Lika Brum.
Discovery of the lovers' trysts triggers a breakdown in Moncur's professional relationship with Kilbarron. The piano tuner ends up criss-crossing Europe finding work as best he can and trying to stay one step ahead of Kilbarron's vengeful brother. Lika flits in and out but even when she is not physically with Moncur he can't stop thinking about her. His love for her is indeed so blind he can't see what is patently obvious to readers: this woman can't be trusted.
Why Love Is Blind Is Boring
First of all, Love is Blind moves very slowly, particularly at the beginning. It takes 50 pages before Moncur is even in Paris and another 50 before the relationship with Kilbarron materialises. A fair chunk of the early pages are taken up by a trip to his home in Scotland and a hostile encounter with his father. It's an odd episode. There's a history between this pair that William Boyd hints at but never fully explains so the point of the episode was wholly lost on me.
Most of the novel takes place in Russia, Paris and the French Riviera but Boyd manages to rob these locations of any kind of atmosphere.
He brings Scotland to life well as on his first visit home after many years:.
"The dog cart clip-clopped through the village and led them past the church, St Mungo's, still looking new – pure Gothic Revival with flying buttresses, finials wherever a finial could be placed and a tall bell tower with no steeple. Its rowan- and yew-dotted cemetery was crowded with ancient graves, former parishioners, the late, good folk of the Liethen Valley. Then they turned into the gravelled carriage drive of the manse, set in a wide dark garden filled with ornamental conifers – monkey puzzles, larches and cedars – and beech trees. Beeches grew well in the Liethen Valley soil."
But when it gets to some of the greatest cities in Europe, we got what sounded more like bland travelogue. Here's how in a letter to his brother in Scotland, Moncur describes one of the grandest streets in St Petersburg:
Think of Edinburgh's Princes Street transported to Russia and double the width. Shops, apartments, grand hotels –and there are three of these great boulevards radiating out from the Admiralty complex of buildings on the southern bank of the Neva river. Perhaps Piter's Champs-Elysees might give you a better sense of the huge scale of these streets.
Doesn't give you much of sense of the place does it? Even so, its better than the picture we're given of Graz in Austria:
… the provincial capital of Styria, a venerable small city situated 120 miles or so to the south of Vienna. Graz was divided by the river Mur, surrounded by the high mountains of the eastern Alps and dominated by its own castle on a hill, the Schlossburg.
If this had been written by a less well established author I'd be harbouring suspicions that they'd just copied text from the state's travel brochure….
How Not To Show Historical Context
To add to my frustrations Boyd seemed to think it necessary to contextualise the story by stuffing his novel with lists of world events. And so in Biarritz, Moncur picks up a newspaper:
An anarchist had shot at – and missed – the Prince of Wales in Belgium, the Olympic Games were about to start in Paris, and the Automobile Club of Great Britain had completed a 1,000 mile trial run from London to Edinburgh They not only felt awkward they served no useful purpose. I used to love his work but will be very reluctant to pick up anything by him in the future.
Earlier, while in Paris recuperating from his first episode of tubercolosis, he occupies his days reading newspapers.
He read about the continuing animosities of the Dreyfus Affair, the celebrations being organized around Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the economic tribulations facing President McKinley , and a review of a shocking new novel called Dracula.
Every time I encountered one of these passages, it had the effect of deadening what was already unremarkable prose.
Love is Blind has sadly very few redeeming qualities. It was one of the dullest books I've read all year.
The plot was pedestrian; the obsession not obsessive enough, none of the main characters were well rounded. As for Moncur, well frankly I didn't feel strongly enough to care whether he captured the girl of his dreams or remained blinded by love.
It wasn't so bad that I felt compelled to abandon the book before the end (though I really kept going only because it was a book club choice). But it was poor enough to convince me that it will be a long time before I pick up another William Boyd novel. I shall just wallow in the pleasure of the past rather than have any expectations for future pleasure.
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Compelling Tale Of Battle of Wits [book review]
Trick by Domenico Starnone. Translator Jhumpa Lahiri
Two generations collide in an unusual battle of wills in Domenico Starnone's Trick.
In one corner is Daniele Mallorico, a successful illustrator now in his 70s, widowed and recovering from painful surgery. In the opposite corner is his four-year-old grandson Mario, a force of nature who can't yet tell the time but has an advanced vocabulary and questioning mind.
Their fight takes place in the apartment of Mario's parents who'd asked Daniele if he would return to his childhood home in Naples to babysit while they attended a conference.
The old man doesn't relish the prospect. The apartment is filled with the ghosts of his unhappy adolescence. He worries if he can cope with the child's demands on his energy levels and his time. And he's behind with an urgent commission to illustrate a book by Henry James.
He's hardly settled in to his temporary home when his editor calls to say the drawings submitted so far are not up to scratch. Daniele will have to come up with a new batch of drawings, more energetic and vibrant or the job will go to another illustrator.
Daniele exhausts himself with worry about his diminishing talents. He needs to work. Mario has other ideas. He wants attention. He wants to play tricks.
Over the course of four days Daniele's patience is tested to the limit as time and again Mario gets the better of his grandfather.
Whirlwind Energy
Domenico Starnone does a superb job in creating the boy's character. Mario is vulnerable and innocent of course but also intensely annoying as only a precocious child can be at times. All his parent's 'right on' attitudes get played out in the instructions he gives his grandfather on their first day together. Don't swear, don't smoke, wash hands, use the right utensils, keep the kitchen tidy.
He proceeded to show me where the oranges were, where the juicer was, how to toast the bread so that it wouldn't burn and emanate a foul odor that disgusted his father, which shelf held the bags of black tea and green, which cupboard contained the coffeepots, where the teapot was since the saucepan I'd chosen was inadequate, where the placemats were for setting the table. Oh, the quantity of things he said that morning, and with such command.
Oh the quantity of things he said that morning and with such command. … but I was starting to feel trapped by that instruction-manual voice of his…
Crisis of Confidence
It was Daniele however I felt was the more interesting half of the pair. He's alternatively irritable and indulgent with the child, even putting his own strength to the test to keep Mario amused. The boy is both a source of amusement and of frustration.
"Seeing him go up and down, tirelessly, wore me out. I dragged a chair over to the ladder and sat down, but I forced myself to monitor any tiny faltering in his movements so that I could leap up in time. It was amazing, the amount of energy in his flesh, in his bones, in his blood? Breath, nutrition. Oxygen, water, electromagnetic storms, protein, waste. How he tightened his lips. And the way he looked up, the effort those too short legs had to make in order to span the gaps between the rungs with ease."
In between battling with Mario, Daniele is also battling with thoughts about his failure to realise the ambitions of his youth. In one beautifully written section he recalls how art had rescued him from the anger of his younger self. Drawing had been his salvation but now he questions whether his work had ever gone beyond the level of mediocrity.
What in the end had I been? Had I merely been part of an avant-garde that had opened the floodgates to today's throng of creatives? Had I been among the unheralded who, more than half a century ago, had inaugurated an ever growing illusion of greatness?
Small Page Count. Big on Ideas
Trick is a short work, just 140 pages but Domenico Starnone packs a lot within that space. He covers artistic ambition, nature of creative talent; aging and generational clashes.
My edition comes with an appendix which purportes to be notes and sketches composed by Danielle Mallorico. There's also an introduction by the translator Jhumpa Lahiri which draws parallels between the narrative and the Henry James ghost' story Danielle is illustrating; The Jolly Corner. It was interesting to read but if, like me, you don't know that story, then the allusions are not particularly helpful.
Trick is both amusing and thoughtful. A compelling and rewarding novella from an author I've never encountered before. I probably wouldn't have discovered him if it hadn't formed part of my subscription to the Asymptote book club.
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Watch: Family escapes burning home in West Brighton
Updated: Mar. 28, 2016, 2:55 a.m. |
Published: Mar. 28, 2016, 1:55 a.m.
Shane DiMaio | sdimaio@siadvance.com
Dramatic video shows people escape house fire in West Brighton Dramatic video shows people escaping a house fire on Cary Avenue in West Brighton Sunday afternoon. (Video courtesy of Junior Lopez)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Cell phone video captured a family's harrowing escape from their two-story home in West Brighton as it was engulfed in flames Sunday afternoon.
In the video obtained from a witness, bright orange flames can be seen riding up the rear of the dwelling, accompanied by large billows of black smoke and loud popping sounds.
A man then exits through the front door of the burning house and runs to the downstairs entrance, helping to lead out a young boy.
The footage was captured around 1:45 p.m., when firefighters received a call for a blaze inside 608 Cary Ave., said a spokesman for the FDNY. The flames were brought under control less than an hour later, he said.
According to the spokesman, there were no injuries reported from the scene.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, he said.
At around 6:30 p.m., a worker was seen patching up holes in the home's exterior with large panels of wood.
Debris was scattered all over the Cary Ave. property -- consisting of charred pieces of the house, furniture and a garbage can full of trash that was set ablaze.
The Advance was unable to contact the family who vacated the property.


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Japan's new PM to tap Taro Aso, former prime minister, for finance post
Shinzo Abe, elected Japan's news prime minister, will offer the finance minster's job to Taro Aso, a former prime minister and Liberal Democratic Party veteran.
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Taro Aso, then Japanese Prime Minister, looks on during a bilateral meeting in Rome in 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to appoint Aso, a veteran lawmaker from the Liberal Democratic Party, as finance minister, the Asahi newspaper reported.
By Stanley White Reuters
Japan's next Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will offer the finance minister's job to Taro Aso, media said, a veteran lawmaker and former prime minister expected to toe the party line calling for aggressive monetary easing and a public works splurge.
Asahi and Mainichi newspapers reported on Tuesday Aso would get the finance post while Yomiuri said Aso, 72, was also being considered as a possible foreign minister.
Abe, whose Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its small ally New Komeito captured a two-thirds majority in Sunday's landslide, will announce his cabinet line-up on Dec. 26.
The choice of Aso suggests that Abe is looking to LDP veterans to fill important positions to avoid criticism that his ministers lack experience, a recurring complaint about cabinets of the Democratic Party of Japan that trounced the LDP in 2009, only to suffer a crushing defeat three years later.
Abe's own first cabinet similarly suffered criticism that he picked lawmakers close to him personally rather than those best qualified for the job.
When Aso was prime minister, he launched massive economic stimulus packages to combat the 2008-2009 financial crisis, but his efforts were overshadowed by gaffes, scandals and policy flip-flops that culminated with the LDP losing power after more than half a century of an almost non-stop rule.
Like Abe, Aso has an elite political lineage and like the next premier is a grandson of a prime minister.
Abe, who quit abruptly in 2007 after just one year in office, says he has learned from past mistakes and has been working hard to project an image of a strong, mature and decisive leader.
Buoyed by the election victory, which political analysts saw more as voters' payback for the Democrats' troubled rule than a full embrace of the LDP, Abe has swiftly moved to press his agenda.
On Monday, he turned up the heat on the Bank of Japan to boost its monetary stimulus when it ends its two-day meeting on Thursday and pressing it to adopt a more ambitious 2 percent inflation target as soon as next month.
On Tuesday, Abe told reporters that he had agreed in a telephone call with U.S. President Barack Obama that the two would try to meet next month, part of a push to strengthen ties with Washington and give Japan a greater global security role.
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Q: Don't understand shifting, rotating, and LAHF For example, this is the assignment I have

Write an HLA Assembly program that prompts for an int8 value to inspect and then prints it in binary format. For example, here would be the program output for various entered values
Gimme a decimal value to print: 15
15 is 0000_1111
Gimme a decimal value to print: 7
7 is 0000_0111

I was able to get the source code of the answer but I'm having trouble understanding.
I put my thought process inside the comments
 program binaryoutput;
 #include( "stdlib.hhf" );
 static
   zGivenNumber : int8;  // the value to inspect
 begin binaryoutput;
    //Ask for a decimal number
    stdout.put( "Gimme a decimal value to print: ");
    //Put that number in 'zGivenNumber' (Let's say 7)
    stdin.get( zGivenNumber );
    //Put 'zGivenNumber' inside 'BH' ('BH' now contains 7)
    mov( zGivenNumber, BH);

    stdout.put("Number in binary is: ", nl);

    //Shift left 1 at 'BH' (This makes 'BH' 14)
    shl(1, BH);
    //Not a clue what this is doing
    lahf();
    //Checking to see if 0000_0001 and AH match 0's and 1's
    //(I'm not sure about the % sign as well as where AH came from)
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    //Print out 'AH' in Eight Bit form
    stdout.puti8(AH);

    shl(1, BH); //2
    lahf();
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    stdout.puti8(AH);

    shl(1, BH); //Next
    lahf();
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    stdout.puti8(AH);
    shl(1, BH); //Next
    lahf();
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    stdout.puti8(AH);
    stdout.put("_");
    shl(1, BH); //Next
    lahf();
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    stdout.puti8(AH);
    shl(1, BH); //Next
    lahf();
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    stdout.puti8(AH);
    shl(1, BH); //Next
    lahf();
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    stdout.puti8(AH);
    shl(1, BH); //Next
    lahf();
    and( %0000_0001, AH );
    stdout.puti8(AH);

 end binaryoutput;

We're also not allowed to use loops yet.
I guess I don't understand the shl and the LAHF part
From what I understand, LAHF means Load AH from Flags. So this puts flags into AH. Makes sense that that is where AH is coming from then. Also, shl puts a 0 into bit 0 and then carries over what was in bit 7 into a carry flag. But I'm just not sure what that means.

A: lahf just loads the cpu flags into the upper byte of the ax regishter (ah). Bit 0 of the flags (and ah after a lahf instruction) is the carry flag. So, if the msb of bh was 1 then after a left shift the carry would be set. Basically this is just popping off bits from msb to lsb from bh.

A: The https://stackoverflow.com/tags/x86/info tag wiki has links to the Intel instruction reference manual, and lots of other good stuff.  If you don't know what LAHF does, why not just look it up?
Also, instead of messing with LAHF, you can just use the carry flag directly.  (x86 shift instructions set CF = the last bit shifted out, which you didn't mention in your HLA comments.)
shl  bh, 1
setc al
add  al, '0'   ; AL = '0' or '1', depending on the last bit shifted out of bh

Or
xor  eax,eax    ; have to zero AL every time, but if you want to get fancy you can then use AL and AH, and then store two digits from AX.
shl  bh, 1
adc  al, '0'    ; AL = '0' + the last bit shifted out of BH

The carry flag is special, and has instructions like adc / sbb / rcr / rcl to interact with it, as well as the usual setcc.

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"About an hour after consuming my steak burrito bowl I started to have extreme nausea and diarrhea. I couldn't fight the nausea anymore and I began to vomit for hours. I had no energy and worked up a fever. My emesis was a bright green color which made me concerned."
1 person had — diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting
Reported: Aug 10 2017 at 5:49 PM
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West Town Mall, Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN, USA
"4 members are sick, started with grandpa and now visiting family. Saturday grandpa ate Chinese and Monday was vomiting, Tuesday the baby of the house was vomiting, then the baby's mom, today my 6 year old. Expecting diarrhea as well. Grandpa was hospitalized due to renal failure. "
Marie Callender's - Sam's Club, 700 East 17th Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA
Symptoms: Nausea Vomiting
"Severe nausea and vomiting after about an hour after eating chicken pot pies cooked in microwave Following instructions exactly. Filling this out after 3rd time and ruling out all other options. Stomach still upset the next morning. "
Hard-boiled eggs sold at Wal-Mart, Costco, Kroger and more - Possible Listeria Contamination
"On December 18th, the FDA notified Almark Foods that Hard-Boiled and Peeled eggs manufactured at the Gainesville, GA facility may be associated with a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has been linked to several reported illnesses and one reported death. A more recent FDA sample from the facility also matched the... See More outbreak strain, indicating the possibility that the contamination may still be present. The hard-boiled eggs were sold nationwide at Wal-Mart, Costco, Kroger, ShopRite, Giant Eagle, LIDL, Fresh Thyme, and more. They could be sold as but not limited to the following brands: 7 Select, Best Choice, Egglands Best, Everyday Essentials, Fresh Thyme, Giant Eagle, Great Day, Great Value, Inspired Organics, Kirkland Signature, Kroger, LIDL, Lucerne, and Members Mark. Customers who have purchased these products are urged to immediately discard and not consume the products. The affected product can be identified by viewing the printed "Best If Used By" date coding on the product package. If the "Best If Used By" code starts with the prefix "G", the product was manufactured at the company's Gainesville, Georgia facility and is subject to this recall. For a full list of products click here: fda.gov Source: FDA "
Bacchanal Buffet, South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jan 8 2020 at 1:02 AM
"I ate there last Jan. 5 for dinner and started to get sick the following morning having joint pain and needing to throw up. Then having diarrhea up this day Jan. 7. Didn't eat anything else except the food there. Just me. The following morning after dinner "
Sprouts from Hy-Vee, Fareway, Jimmy John's - Potential E. coli contamination
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FDA advises not to consume these products and return them for a full refund. The recalled products were distributed to Hy-Vee Food stores, Fareway Food Stores... See More and Jimmy John's restaurants in Iowa. - Clover sprouts (4 oz). UPC: 7 32684 00013 6. You can check the full outbreak notice visit the FDA website fda.gov Source: FDA "
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Duluth, GA, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Other Weakness
"I ate here with 2 other family members. I got beef tacos, and they got burrito bowls. Ingredients were very similar, typical selections (salsa, lettuce, beans, etc). Exactly 1.5 days later, within a 2 hour span, all three of us fell ill with same symptoms. They both vomited several times.... See More I had several bouts of diarrhea, severe weakness and nausea, and debilitating flu-like symptoms that lasted for 2 entire days. 4 days later and I finally feel normal again. I will never eat there anywhere again. "
Noodle Land, Cleveland Street, Redmond, WA, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Vomiting Body Ache
"Meal from Uber Eats, beef pad Zee ew, pad thai, and bbq pork fried rice at around 7:40pm, woke up around 2am with nausea and aches, then liquified bowels, aches became much more intense. Then at around 5am, I vomited four times in a row for the first time in... See More at least 25 years. Diarrhea continues. "
Symptoms: Nausea Vomiting Other
"Went to a house party and ate some delicious sausages (brand unknown & around 10pm) but they had cheese inside of them and we're pretty thick. They didn't smell or taste weird and several other people ate them including the host. By 4:10 am I'm vomiting and have a HUGE... See More urge to constantly burp. Never had a burping sensation like this before. Stomach is still very uneasy & still feel like burping. Nausea has mostly subdued (it's now 5:03am) "
McDonald's, Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Symptoms: Nausea Vomiting Cramps Bloating
"Ate on Thursday afternoon, started feeling an upset stomach, cramps and bloating on Friday. Could not sleep well. Other 2 friends who were with me and had food here are experiencing similar symptoms as well. I had a Mcflurry and they had burgers and fries. "


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Bob Luciano, the founder of the popular California cannabis brand Mr. Natural – is this week's guest on The Green Rush! Mr. Natural brand is one of the longest standing and most successful cannabis brands in California, having won the first High Times Cannabis Cup in 2010. Since then, Bob has grown the company into a major player in the California marketplace and eventually caught the eye of Scott Dowty at Australis Capital which acquired the Mr. Natural brand in 2018.
In addition to his work with the Mr. Natural brand, Bob is a 100% disabled veteran with PTSD and has been a strong advocate for the medical use of cannabis for veterans. Bob continues his pursuit to cultivate strains specifically for PTSD, chronic illness and pain to enable other veterans to gain relief. Bob has actively worked with the Veterans Administration since 1972 to educate others on cannabis and its use for treating PTS.
In this week's conversation, Anne is joined by Nick Opich to chat with Bob about his cannabis roots, the origins of the Mr. Natural brand and his work with the VA to bring medicinal cannabis to our veterans. Bob provides great insight into how he honed his unique growing techniques and why he never thought cannabis would be legalized in the U.S. during his lifetime.
At a time where the medicinal benefits of cannabis and its influence in treating our veterans can be quickly forgotten, it was refreshing to chat with Bob about how this plant truly helps our men and women of the military.
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A Vietnam veteran, Bob "Natural" Luciano's continued cultivation of high-quality strains offers relief for people suffering from post-traumatic stress (PTS), chronic illness and pain. During his military service, Bob and many of his compatriots discovered the therapeutic benefits of cannabis. When he returned home, Bob discovered access to cannabis, the only viable treatment for his ailments, was no longer available to him. This launched Bob's lifelong mission to educate and advocate for medicinal cannabis.
A 100% disabled veteran with PTS, Bob has been a strong advocate for the medical use of cannabis for veterans. Advocacy and growing cannabis in a culture predisposed to view cannabis negatively was a constant challenge. Bob continues his pursuit to cultivate strains specifically for PTS, chronic illness and pain to enable other veterans to gain relief. Bob has actively worked with the Veterans Administration since 1972 to educate others on cannabis and its use for treating PTS.
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Retired O'Connell teacher credits the Blessed Mother for saving his life in Vietnam
Bob Feeney, an avid sports fan and a prolific author, believes Mary protected him from death during an attack on his unit during the Vietnam War. ZOEY MARAIST | CATHOLIC HERALD
As he lay in a pool of his own blood, Bob Feeney cried to the Blessed Mother for help. It was April 21, 1968, and the young soldier's six-man unit had been overrun by a much larger group of North Vietnamese soldiers. Shrapnel from a rocket propelled grenade had struck his skull and body. Feeney believed he would die. But the only other living member of his unit heard his cry. The soldier wrapped bandages around Feeney's bloodied head, and the two men staggered toward the safety of the unit behind them.
Feeney believes the Virgin Mary saved his young life that day in Vietnam. His second chance at life has given him time to save the lives of others, to become a father and grandfather, an author, a teacher, a coach, and above all, an apostle of Christ and his mother, Mary.
Feeney was born in Alexandria Aug. 4, 1946. He attended St. Rita School in Alexandria and graduated from St. John's College High School in Washington in 1964. From a young age he loved playing sports. "I played football, basketball and baseball. I was a long-distance runner, marathon and all that, and a long-distance ocean swimmer," he said. "We had a place at Ocean City and I'd go past the breakers and swim down the coast. That was a real delight for me."
After high school, he played college basketball at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky. One day on his way to practice, he stopped in a bookstore and found a brown scapular attached to a leaflet explaining the devotion. He liked the idea of having a spiritual mother in Mary and decided to wear it. "I had it underneath my practice jersey and all my friends said, 'Feeney, what in the world is that brown thing you're wearing?' " he said. "I still went to church on Sundays, but I didn't really have a spiritual life. That was the first time I ever witnessed to my faith."
Though he thought he wouldn't be eligible because of his status as a student, Feeney was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1967. "I wanted to work and get some money, so I took a semester off and then I went back to summer school. My draft board said you can't do that, you have to go straight (through)," he said. "My basketball coach was all upset but I said there's nothing I can do." Once Feeney knew he was headed to Vietnam, he visited the bookstore at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. "I said, I got to learn how to pray." There he bought a book about the rosary and began to recite the prayers every day.
"My mother was a nervous wreck. Back then on the TV, you'd see all these guys coming home in body bags. Fifty-nine thousand Americans died," he said. "I said, 'Mom, Mary will watch over me. I'll just pray the rosary.' " Sure enough, he survived his injuries and was discharged after months of recovery in Vietnam, Tokyo and finally Washington state. Once out of the military, he was right back at Our Lady's shrine.
Bob Feeney recovers after being hit with shrapnel from a rocket propelled grenade during the Vietnam War. COURTESY
"I knew I didn't have a vocation to the priesthood, but I wanted to help people know about Mary like I had learned about her. So I went to the director at the basilica and said, 'This is my situation, I'd like to promote devotion to Mary.' He said, 'You're at the right place because we could use you here.' " For four years, Feeney helped the director give seminars to priests and tours to young people about Mary and the basilica.
With the encouragement of a priest friend, Feeney finished his degree in physical education at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., in 1976. He earned a graduate degree at the University of Dayton in Ohio so he could teach college. For many years, he was a physical education teacher and coach at schools in northern California.
Feeney married his wife, Catherine, in Santa Clara, Calif., in1985. When Catherine was pregnant with their daughter, Mary Ann, they were out on a rosary walk and spotted a burning home. "The mother had left to go get milk and the kids were fooling around with a lighter when the house caught on fire," said Feeney.
He told Catherine to call the fire department as he went inside. Feeney found twins in the living room and rushed them out. But once outside, one of the children said her little sister was still in the bathroom. "I ran all the way down the hall — there was so much smoke and flames I didn't know if I was going to make it," said Feeney. But he grabbed the girl and escaped the fire. The story made the news and the town of Ukiah held a banquet in his honor.
Around 1988, Feeney began his work as a prolific self-published author. His first book on Our Lady of Guadalupe, "Mother of the Americas," was based on a paper he wrote in graduate school. He found success when Ignatius Press put his book in their catalogue. "That lead to one book after another," he said.
Feeney returned to Northern Virginia in 1994 so he and his family could be closer to his widowed mother. He wanted to teach at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, but they didn't have a physical education position open. Still, the principal offered him a job teaching theology as long as he took classes at Marymount University in Arlington to supplement his education.
Feeney's favorite part was teaching the students the John Paul II method of praying the rosary, based on the pope's apostolic letter "Rosarium Virginis Mariae." The technique emphasizes meditation on the Gospel passages, singing the Glory Be and adding a different phrase after the word Jesus in the Hail Mary to better contemplate the mystery. "That was the highlight of my whole class because the kids loved it," he said. "They actually went home and taught their parents and friends. I'll never stop praying this method."
Feeney's written work brought him to Rome twice. His book, "The Rosary: 'The Little Summa,' " found its way to Pope John Paul II's secretary, Bishop Stanislaw Dziwisz. "He liked it so much that he contacted me and said, 'Mr. Feeney would you be willing to meet with the pope in his apartment and give him your book?' " The author and pontiff met in 2000 and bonded over their incredible recoveries from near-death experiences — the pope from an assassination attempt, Feeney from an attack in Vietnam — and their shared belief in the protection of Our Lady.
Bob Feeney, standing with his daughter, Mary Ann (right), hands a copy of his book to Pope John Paul II in 2000. COURTESY
After writing "The Catholic Ideal: Exercise and Sports," Feeney was invited to give a seminar at the 2005 Conference on Church and Sport at the Vatican. He spoke on Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and had lunch with Frassati's niece, who supplied him with pictures of her uncle. Feeney also gave his book to Pope Benedict XVI. The book had a cover photo of Pope John Paul II kicking a ball, and when Pope Benedict caught sight of the photo, "he had a big smile on his face," said Feeney.
The Third Order Dominican and parishioner of St. Veronica Church in Chantilly retired from teaching in 2009 after feeling unable to talk for the duration of a class period. He realized the cause of the problem when he was diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome — a rare, incurable, autoimmune disease that causes white blood cells to attack healthy tissue, especially of the eyes and mouth. The natural athlete tries to ward off the effects of the disease by walking several hours every day, and as his doctor told him, by taking it one day at a time. He's working on two new books, including one on an Argentinean Marian apparition. "I have a suspicion that God's going to give me time to finish these," he said.
Feeney and his wife have a granddaughter named Miriam. Their two other grandchildren, twin girls Regina and Stella, died at 7 months gestation. "That was the toughest funeral I've ever been to in my life. My daughter said, 'Dad, would you take the babies down the aisle?' "said Feeney. "(And after the funeral) I took the casket over to the cemetery at St. John's in Leesburg. Then my daughter said, 'Daddy, now put your grandchildren in the ground.' It was really tough. I go by there a lot and visit."
This Easter, Feeney traveled to San Nicolas, Argentina, the site of a recently approved apparition of Mary to a middle-aged woman named Gladys de Motto. In honor of Our Lady's messages, a church was built — the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolas. He took photos and researched about the apparition for a new book titled "The Woman Clothed with the Sun."
But the trip had another purpose, too. A year after the attempt on his life, Pope John Paull II traveled to Fatima in thanksgiving, and began praying the rosary exactly at the time he had been shot in St. Peter's Square. After he left the Army, Feeney traveled to Marian shrines around Europe to thank Mary for his life. This year, Easter fell on the exact day, April 21, he was saved from a violent death. "My whole life would probably be different if I hadn't gone to Vietnam. I don't even know if I'd have faith," he said. "(Now) I'll be able to thank her for saving my life, 51 years later."
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In the above example, the parameter appears in the input .cfg file as ``new_param = [value]''. However, variations are possible - there may be more arguments, the arguments may be mixtures of strings and integers - which require a more complex parsing function.
Now the parameter can be accessed as params.new_param in any file that includes eff_global.h.
If the restraint operates on a variable of particles, use AddLineRestraint() as a model for your function instead.
Next add the above function to the main ApplyRestraints() function, making sure it is inserted above the ApplyTetherRestraints() function, which needs to be applied last to work.
To calculate a new property, add a function to eff_properties. Then use functions defined in eff_access to get nuclear and electron positions and forces, or functions in eff_dynamics to get velocities and masses.
If the property is only to be computed once, at the end of the calculation, add the property function to OutputEnergy() in eff_output.
Use the instructions in Section 4.1 to add a new parameter called ``output_new_property'', added in eff_global as type ``enum OutputType''. Then the user will be able to set the parameter to NONE, ALL, or END to determine how often the property will be printed.
into the file following the example of OutputPositions, which appears in RunSinglePoint(), MinimizeCallback(), RunMinimize(), and RunDynamics().
To add degrees of freedom to the electrons, start by putting extra parameters into the NUCLEUS and ELECTRON typedefs in eff_global.
Next, change the routines ElecNucElec(), ElecElecElec(), and PauliElecElec() in eff_update. There will need to be a way to keep the wavefunction normalized as well.
If the intent is to represent the electrons as linear combinations of primitive functions, it is straightforward enough to expand the kinetic energy and electrostatic sums into terms involving the primitives. An Overlap() function could be defined to aid normalization.
For the Pauli function, one needs to settle on a balance between implicit and explicit orthogonalization. The current functional works via implicit orthogonalization - it makes no attempt to generate orthogonal wavefunctions, but instead estimates the kinetic energy increase that would be expected upon orthogonalization.
With more degrees of freedom, however, there is possibility of changing the functions explicitly so that the wavefunctions are orthogonal. We have had some success using the SNOPT constrained optimizer by Gill, Murray, and Saunders for this purpose. One must be careful not to double-count the orthogonalization energy in that case. The exchange energy term also then becomes more prominent, and may be useful to calculate.
Too much variational flexibility can also lead to linear dependence issues. Two floating gaussians can generate a like function in the limit that they are near each other - however, this can lead to other numerical problems. This problem can be avoided somewhat by setting appropriate constraints, for example, mandating that primitives have exponents that are in fixed ratios to each other.
The semiclassical equations of motion in eff_dynamics will need to be updated as well, for example with the time dependent variational approach proposed by E. J. Heller, J. Chem. Phys. 64(1), 63-73 (1976).
In eff_minimize, the functions GetMinimizeForces(), GetInitialPosition(), and SetMinimizePositions() provide a mapping from the minimization arrays to the eFF system, and should be updated. In eff_dynamics, the functions GetDynamicsForces(), GetDynamicsPositions(), SetDyanamicsPositions() serve a similar role and should be updated as well.
We experimented with using sums of Gaussians to make eFF more accurate. We found that the potential energy surface of could be made to approach the Hartree-Fock potential surface within a few kcal/mol, using only two floating Gaussian primitives per electron.
However, for systems with more than two electrons, double-counting in the Pauli potential and linear dependencies became problematic. Although there has been success in the literature with using multiple floating Gaussians to represent lone pairs, e.g. A. H. Pakari and F. M. Khalesifard, J. Mol. Struct. Theochem 340:175-183 (1995), those approaches have relied on ``hand-positioned'' Gaussian functions with very limited degrees of freedom. Once these systems were allowed to relax, we observed unphysical geometries and bond energies, as well as linear-dependence issues.
In general, we found it more effective to keep the simple single Gaussian description of electrons, and to add physically motivated terms to the eFF expression to account for other effects, such as the character of electrons at a certain range from the nucleus, or electron correlation between opposite spin electrons in close proximity to each other. We have had a good deal of success with this approach, and we believe we have only begun to explore the potential of where these developments could lead.
By keeping the electrons simple and accounting for more complex effects in an implicit way, the equations of motion remain simple, the storage requirements remain light, and eFF remains fast.
In the current eFF scheme, nuclei are represented as classical particles. However, protons are light enough that they have a significant quantum delocalization, which can affect proton transfer rates, as in the kinetic isotope effect, and also affect excited electron motions coupled to proton motions.
In the nuclear-electron orbital method proposed by S. P. Webb, T. Iordanov, and S. Hammes-Schiffer, J. Chem. Phys. 117(9), 4106-4118 (2002), hydrogen nuclei as well as electrons are represented by sums of Gaussian functions. The analogous approach in eFF would be to make nuclei as well as electrons floating Gaussian functions.
One way to do this would be to extend the definition of electrons to include non-classical nuclei. These particles would have a kinetic energy inversely proportional to their mass, and would not interact via the Pauli potential (they could, but it would only come about at very small nucleus-nucleus separations).
An additional restraining radial potential may also be needed to limit the proton size.
Then, modify the function ElecElecPauli so that the interaction does not apply to non-classical nuclei. Finally, change functions such as ProcessInputFile(), ProcessNucleus(), and ProcessElectrons() in eff_input to read in non-classical nuclei from the input file; functions in eff_output would need to be changed too.
To create and destroy particles dynamically, we first need to change the data structure used to hold nucleus and electron data from a fixed array to a linked list.
Rewrite the functions Initialize(), AddNucleus(), and AddElectron() in eff_create to work with the linked lists, using the functions new_list_ptr() and add_list_ptr() from eff_listptr. Also, use clear_list_ptr() and delete_list_ptr() to clear and deallocate the lists at the end of the program.
The functions in eff_ewald will need to be updated in the same way too.
Change the accessor functions in eff_access so instead of taking a nuclear or electron index as input, they take a pointer from the linked list. All the functions that reference eff_access functions will then need to be changed to loop over linked-list iterators, e.g. functions in eff_dynamics and eff_minimize. The alternative is to preserve the indexes, but to map the indexes onto linked list elements.
Finally, add a function to eff_listptr to delete elements from a linked list. Now it should be possible to create and delete particles in the middle of a simulation.
There are other issues to consider as well, such as energy conservation, making sure new particles do not overlap old ones too much, etc. Also when outputting the particle positions, energies, etc. in the .eff output file, it would be useful for trajectory analysis to be able to keep track of which particles were the same in between frames. For this purpose it would be useful to associate particles with unique indices or tags that would be printed out along with the per-particle information.


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La gouvernance de la Formule 1 est assurée par la Fédération internationale de l'automobile. Depuis les accords de la Concorde signés en 2013 et valables jusqu'en 2020, cette dernière délègue les droits commerciaux à la Formula One Management

Conseil mondial du sport automobile
Le Conseil mondial du sport automobile gère toutes les disciplines sportives de la fédération. Il est composé du président de la FIA, d'un président-délégué pour le sport, de sept vice-présidents pour le sport et de 18 membres. Selon ces statuts sont membres, de droit, du Conseil Mondial du Sport Automobile, le Président de la Commission Internationale de Karting, le Président de la Commission des Constructeurs de la FIA, le Président de la Commission des Pilotes et soit un représentant des Constructeurs de Formule Un, soit le Président de l'Association des Constructeurs de Formule Un nommé par le Conseil Mondial du Sport Automobile.

Commission Formule 1
La Commission Formule 1 est une des commissions qui dépend du Conseil mondial du sport automobile. Selon l'article 22 des statuts de la FIA ses membres (qui doivent avoir moins de 75 ans) sont élus chaque année par l'Assemblée générale de la FIA sur proposition du Conseil mondial du Sport automobile.

Groupe Stratégie de la Formule 1
Le Groupe Stratégie de la Formule 1 réunit les écuries de pointe de la saison précédente, la FIA et la FOM. Il a pour mission de proposer à la Commission Formule 1 les modifications de règlements sportifs et techniques. Il est souvent critiqué.

Groupe des motoristes de la Formule 1
Cette entité, informelle, réunit pour 2016 Ferrari, Honda, Mercedes et Renault. Elle est consultée par le Groupe Stratégie et par la Commission Formule 1 sur la règlementation concernant les moteurs et sur les coûts proposés aux écuries clientes.

Grand Prix Drivers' Association
La Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) n'est pas une instance de gouvernance de la Formule 1 mais a néanmoins exprimé à plusieurs reprises son avis sur la sécurité des pilotes et sur la réglementation.

Commission européenne et gouvernance de la Formule 1
Les écuries Force India et Sauber ont déposé, en , une plainte contre l'« injustice du système de distribution des revenus de la FOM». Cette plainte fait l'objet de travaux d'étude de la part de la Commission européenne et du Parlement européen.

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Raised on Hendrix, Sly, Motown, and the classic rock of the sixty\'s Michael\'s music fuses his influences into something exciting and new.
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Heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Sly & The Family Stone, Michael McHenry honors the past and creates something new with "Soul Revolution." A gifted guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, McHenry provides a collection of songs that are fierce, beautiful, and overflowing with emotion. "The Meaning" is a moving piece full of flaming guitar licks and soulful vocals. The extremely funky "Lah" showcases McHenry's talents on the bass as well as the guitar, along with an introduction from his eight year old daughter. McHenry shares his straight-forward social views with the intellectual "End Of The World" and displays his vast vocal range with the spirited "Good Fortune." The Latin groove of "Devi's Dance" offers a change of pace, while McHenry's signature guitar style remains prevalent. "Mr. Magoo's Blues" is an emotional closer, highlighting McHenry's captivating vocal style and his deep, expressive guitar lines. "Soul Revolution" is an impressive soul and funk rock release that will be enjoyed by fans of Jimi Hendrix, Sly & The Family Stone, and Parliament-Funkadelic.


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When the first images of the RID Bulkhead figure surfaced you could hear the cries ring out across the known universe however shortly after his release people realised he was actually a pretty awesome little dude and worthy of their time, the Arms Micron version is worthy of even more of your time simply because he has an obese wrecking ball buddy along for the ride.
Coming in a different shade of green to the RID version Bulkhead needs his stickers applied ala all Micron figures, now you will either hate this or find it transports you back to those nostalgic 80's when you plastered not only your transformer figure with decals but all the box, inner foam and anything else you could get your hands on. The Micron himself comes on a sprue and is actually all round good fun to assemble, its simple click clunk stuff and does not require any real skill........................hence how I managed to put it together.
Once assembled the Micron transforms into a wrecking ball or blaster both of which are pretty awesome, the 3rd mode however which is supposed to be the robot comes across as robo jabba which I'm lovin I do however expect some people will not. Bulkheads robot mode is full of articulation, its been said by some he is too thin and somewhat resembles a himself prior to the pie abuse, I have to disagree and say his proportions are really good unless your looking side on.
Vehicle mode is the bog standard toon 4x4 and its done well, you can see a little kibble poking out from underneath but nothing that will worry the sheep, the stickers will need to be applied otherwise you will end up with no windows and a very bland looking green car resembling something akin to the Little Tykes Super Coupe! The micron can be mounted on top of the roof making it look like a P.A system used for local elections or on the rear of the truck forming what looks like a booster engine.
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