It is inevitable that at some point in your career as a developer you will inherit code developed by others. Trying to understand code developed by someone else can often lead to stress and frustration, but it doesn't have to. This talk will provide you with tools and techniques to help understand and begin working with code from other developers quickly and easily.
I will cover the steps required to get Rails apps that you have inherited from other developers up and running while remaining sane. I'll also show ways to ensure you have a running test suite (or how to go about creating one if there are no tests or poor coverage), provide guidance on how to find the hidden beasts within the code, and provide tips to communicate effectively with management around issues in inherited projects.
By the end of this talk you'll have an arsenal of skills to help deal with the challenges of taking an application that is not yours from setup to deployment without losing your mind in the process.
Anthony Eden has over 14 years of software development experience and currently develops Ruby applications for fun and profit. Anthony is the creator of ActiveWarehouse, a data warehouse plugin for Ruby on Rails, JRuby HTTP Reactor, a non-blocking HTTP client built on Apache's NIO libraries, as well as numerous other open source projects. Anthony currently resides in the South of France and works as a freelance developer while building and operating DNSimple.
I think sessions like this are tailor made for case studies and specific examples. Granted, you only have 50 minutes – still – you need to work with what you have. To some degree, much of this matter was covered in the talk on how to rate a rails app. Whether you are offering expert advice or inheriting the code base, the same type of steps have to be applied.
Thanks for the feedback Diego. I take it that you are referring to the lack of code examples. I'll definitely keep that in mind the next time I work on a related presentation. If you had something else in mind to make it less light, then please do let me know.
Anthony was very clear and well spoken. Though, since I'm only inheriting my own code, repeatedly, I didn't leave the talk with actionable advice.
I don't think so. That presentation appears to be more about how to improve your own development skills by repeating good techniques that you learn from other developers, whereas my presentation will provide ideas on how to take code that you've inherited and deliver new and refactored code without fear.
is this much like the "Don't Repeat Yourself, Repeat Others" presentation?


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Certified MVP Scottie vows to keep polishing his game to help Ginebra | Inquirer Sports
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Certified MVP Scottie vows to keep polishing his game to help Ginebra
By: Denison Rey A. Dalupang - Reporter / @sonrdINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:30 AM January 24, 2023
Scottie Thompson (in red) continues his meteoric rise for Barangay Ginebra. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ
Scottie Thompson has put together quite a basketball resumé at 29 years old.
The tireless playmaker has blossomed into a national team fixture, a seven-time PBA champion, a two-time Best Player of the Conference and a Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) and, most importantly, a season MVP.
Thompson also figured prominently in two of the club's extraordinary titles recently. He was integral in the crowd darlings' run to the 2020 Philippine Cup crown and was a key in the Gin Kings' recent Commissioner's Cup championship.
"I've got a lot of special milestones. I feel like I'm special!" he told the Inquirer in Filipino with a chuckle. "It feels good. Winning a championship always feels special."
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"You know once you win one, nothing else goes through your head but to help your team get more. It's addicting," he said.
Thompson knows that there's a certain lifestyle required to sustain such an "addiction." And he's willing to do whatever it takes to be able to do just that.
"I know I've got a lot more to work on my game. I think I'm still far from [my best]. I need to improve, especially on offense," he said.
Thompson's trek toward an optimal form resumes on Feb. 5, when Ginebra kicks off its title defense of the Governors' Cup.
Yeng Guiao during his stint as Gilas head coach. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net
His first hurdle, interestingly, is Rain or Shine, which is coached by Yeng Guiao whom the Digos City native once played for at Gilas.
"I'm not surprised [with how he is now]. Even then, when he was with me at Gilas, I knew that at some point he will improve his game and get better" the fiery Guiao said in a separate interview with the Inquirer. "I'm not surprised that he's now the MVP."
"I told him way back that if he could work on his outside shot, he could gain a really big asset," Guiao recalled. "He has massively improved on that."
There was no moment that better illustrated Thompson's shooting touch better than during Ginebra's playoff run in that 2020 All-Filipino showcase. Using his refined shooting, he buoyed the Gin Kings past Meralco in the decider of the Final Four, and then again versus TNT in the Finals.
"I remember telling him … if he's able to complete his game with three-point shooting, he'd be so tough to defend," Guiao said while shaking his head. "I'm not sure if I'd blame myself for how hard he has become to defend." Guiao feels there's little left for Thompson to polish.
"I guess from here—of course, you do not stop improving your skills. I guess it's now just his decision-making and maturity. That's where his growth is headed."
Thompson said he is always ready to tweak to his game.
"I guess if there's just one thing that will never change, and that is giving my best," he said.
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To lower the costs, bitcoin miners have set up in places like Iceland where geothermal energy is cheap and cooling Arctic air is free.[213] Bitcoin miners are known to use hydroelectric power in Tibet, Quebec, Washington (state), and Austria to reduce electricity costs.[212][214] Miners are attracted to suppliers such as Hydro Quebec that have energy surpluses.[215] According to a University of Cambridge study, much of bitcoin mining is done in China, where electricity is subsidized by the government.[216][217]
The receiver of the first bitcoin transaction was cypherpunk Hal Finney, who had created the first reusable proof-of-work system (RPoW) in 2004.[28] Finney downloaded the bitcoin software on its release date, and on 12 January 2009 received ten bitcoins from Nakamoto.[29][30] Other early cypherpunk supporters were creators of bitcoin predecessors: Wei Dai, creator of b-money, and Nick Szabo, creator of bit gold.[25] In 2010, the first known commercial transaction using bitcoin occurred when programmer Laszlo Hanyecz bought two Papa John's pizzas for ₿10,000.[31]
After much debate, the Ethereum community voted and decided to retrieve the stolen funds by executing what's known as a hard fork or a change in code. The hard fork moved the stolen funds to a new smart contract designed to let the original owners withdraw their tokens. But this is where things get complicated. The implications of this decision are controversial and the topic of intense debate.
But while cryptocurrencies are more used for payment, its use as a means of speculation and a store of value dwarfs the payment aspects. Cryptocurrencies gave birth to an incredibly dynamic, fast-growing market for investors and speculators. Exchanges like Okcoin, Poloniex or shapeshift enables the trade of hundreds of cryptocurrencies. Their daily trade volume exceeds that of major European stock exchanges.
Cryptocurrencies' blockchains are secure, but other aspects of a cryptocurrency ecosystem are not immune to the threat of hacking. In Bitcoin's 10-year history, several online exchanges have been the subject of hacking and theft, sometimes with millions of dollars worth of 'coins' stolen. Still, many observers look at cryptocurrencies as hope that a currency can exist that preserves value, facilitates exchange, is more transportable than hard metals, and is outside the influence of central banks and governments.
A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security. A cryptocurrency is difficult to counterfeit because of this security feature. Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized systems based on blockchain technology, a distributed ledger enforced by a disparate network of computers. A defining feature of a cryptocurrency, and arguably its biggest allure, is its organic nature; it is not issued by any central authority, rendering it theoretically immune to government interference or manipulation.
Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. Bitcoin was invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto[15] and started in 2009[16] when its source code was released as open-source software.[7]:ch. 1 Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known as mining. They can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services.[17] Research produced by University of Cambridge estimates that in 2017, there were 2.9 to 5.8 million unique users using a cryptocurrency wallet, most of them using bitcoin.[18]


With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Jerry Grayson. Fun at HyperiCon (and a quickie discussion of the Dresden Files Card Game). Sentinels of the Multiverse RPG is on its way sooner than I expected. Jerry's 1972 project. Remembering Stewart Wieck. Carol discusses her editing process. The Jerry Grayson guide to running a Kickstarter. Giving Mark another project? Bad movies!


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Maestra Director Speaks at Salem
by The Salemite
by Johanna Gross
Catherine Murphy made her directing debut with Maestra, a film shown Thursday, Oct. 8 in Shirley Recital Hall at 7:30 pm at Salem College. The show received a moderate crowd and was followed by an interactive question and answer session between Murphy and the audience. After the first few questions, Murphy and the audience discussed their thoughts about her documentary.
Director of the documentary Maestra, Catherine Murphy, spoke at Salem about her film.
Photo by Franklin Reyes.
Made in 2012, the film focused on the Literacy Campaign that occurred in Cuba in 1961, specifically the young women that participated. The Campaign, initiated by Fidel Castro, invited the literate of the country to teach the illiterate, numbered at 700,000 people at the time. In response, 200,000 people answered the call. Over 100,000 were under the age of 18 and more than half were women. With only two weeks of training, the teachers were sent out on their assignments. Most were sent to rural areas to teach farmers and field laborers while working alongside their students during the day.
Murphy says that it was the thought of people helping one another out that inspired her to make the documentary. She cited the example of the youngest teacher being only seven years old as a discovery that amazed her.
Murphy says she focused on the teenage girls who went because it "radically changed gender norms." Beforehand, young women were often not allowed to even leave their homes without an escort. Throughout the making of this film, she discovered the extent how global illiteracy with nearly 800 million illiterate adults.
For more information on the film such as how to purchase a copy, visit the film's website, www.maestrathefilm.org.
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Q: SAML vs. CAS / Shibboleth I am evaluating different protocols and software packages for my SSO project and I was thinking about the pros and cons of making an SSO system with SAML and one with something like CAS or Shibboleth. I couldn't really find any reason why I should choose SAML over Shibboleth or CAS since these two SSO solutions not only support SAML, but also many more functions that I otherwise have to implement.
Any ideas?

A: The important thing that Shibboleth offers is that it has 2 servers, SP (Service Provider) and IDP (Identity Provider). The SP server communicate with any IDP sever over the network, simply and only with configurations you can get an SSO working perfectly and it respects the SAML norms.
For example, you have a site that can be authenticated from multiple companies credentials, each company has it's own identity system, you don't have to deal with how they connect to their systems (CAS, shibboleth idp ...) but only how to protect your data using SAML2, this is done by sharing metadatas over this federation.

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One of the most illustrious architects of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright – who's 150th birthday is this year – designed more than one thousand fireplaces and hearths each showing the versatility and uniqueness of his designs. Frank Lloyd Wright understood the very essence of what a fireplace represents.
The thought of a fireplace creates is first of all ancestral. It means that you have a father and a home… Fireplace is a symbol of three virtues: illumination, warmth and purification… A place for fire is also an altar; that is an altar for sacrifice, for refuge, for love.
Wright designed forty four fireplaces for his three homes! Even as technologies changed, the architect always placed a massive fireplace at the center of his architectural plans. When Wright reworked the very concept of an American home in the 1930's he kept the fireplace, although in practical terms open fire was quickly becoming obsolete. Great book for an aspiring fireplace designer.


We recently caught up with the much-in-demand and top-ranked Stephanie Saland – to hear about her teaching and coaching approach and to what she will be bringing to her work as a guest teacher for Northwest Dance Intensive this Summer.
I grew up, the eldest of three sisters, on Long Island. My father was in the film industry and my mother was a stay at home mom. My parents gave my sister and myself the option of many extracurricular activities, such as violin or music lessons, skating, ballet classes. I tried the violin but gave it up quickly. I didn't have stage parents and ballet at the early stages was just another hobby. I was more interested in a "normal" life. I liked old movies and musicals from the 1930s and '40s and was leading a healthy suburban life.
Lucy Harperink, a refined and elegant white Russian in our Great Neck neighborhood, urged me to take more ballet classes. but I did not take her suggestion in earnest until a certain day. When our public school converted to computerized report cards, I felt an immediate loss of identity, and grabbing at straws, recalled Lucy's opinion and decided to go into dance.
My parents called Andre Eglevsky who gave them a list of five schools, including SAB. We called and they said to come and audition and to bring my pointe shoes – I didn't have any, not having been on pointe. I had a private audition with Diana Adams, was accepted and put into the class with 11 year olds, as I was about four years behind. I commuted on the Long Island Railway. My coming into serious ballet was more like the typical path of a male coming into it late.
I was surrounded by skilled, ambitious people. I felt left open to new ideas, and interestingly, Muriel Stuart taught us "The Dying Swan" which I thought was great – little technique needed and all that flapping around!
Dance is so subjective and personal, especially for adolescents. while you're doing it and I was lucky to find writers, critics, and other observers, including Judy Weiss, who had been in class with Lucy and I, who could give me an outside perspective on my development..
What were some of the benefits or stories – there must have been many -- coming out of your performing career experience at NYCB?
I enjoyed the breadth of perspective available in New York in and outside of NYCB, I have always been in love with many different ways of moving. At NYCB, the emphasis was on musicality, the lack of ego as center – it was about the work and the music, with the dancer in service to both (not the dancer as star). Balanchine brought the Imperial Russian training with him and took so much from musical structure. The choreography makes it all self-evident.
The dancer and the music need to be woven as one, inseparable. Balanchine would give dancers roles to which they were not suited in order to challenge them, including myself, and then follow with something perfectly well suited. I have so many "favorite" moments and ballets that it's impossible to narrow it down to a few.
What are you looking to bring to the students at this Summer's Northwest Dance Intensive?
I never come with a script – I try to discern what the needs of the class are. I've found that at NW Dance Intensive, the students are especially porous and expect to actually learn things, rather than to merely parrot what they see. I love bringing the larger teaching package, instead of a narrow slice of knowledge.
What might be human interest item about you that you may want to mention?
I loved the film "PINA." I went to see it twice, and the second was a post discussion with the director Wim Wenders.
I was always a fan of her material and making the film was contingent on it not being biographical. In essence both she and Wenders worked to produce something where "It's not about me!" -- it's what works in creating truth and beauty. I admire the director's ability to elicit each person's truth without telling them "how." It felt not directed but facilitated.


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All-Ireland semi-final
Harry Redknapp and Gianluca Vialli set to try their hand at GAA management
BY James Cox
Harry Redknapp and Gianluca Vialli are set to try their hand at GAA management in the latest instalment of AIB's The Toughest series and we're definitely looking forward to it.
They'll follow Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara in swapping soccer for Gaelic football.
Stelling and Kamara commentated on the All-Ireland football final between Dublin and Mayo last time.
Former Chelsea star and manager Vialli will manage Erin's Isle GAA in Finglas while Redknapp is bound for West Cork to take the reins at Castlehaven.
The pair will go head-to-head in a repeat of the 1998 All-Ireland club semi-final between the two clubs, Erin's Isle were the winners on that occasion.
Vialli said he was "very excited to embark on this journey with AIB".
"I have learned a lot during my 30 years involved in professional football as a player and manager, but I am delighted to get the opportunity to come to Ireland and learn more about GAA. I am interested in seeing what it is that makes this sport so special."
Meanwhile, Redknapp checked out London GAA training to see what he was about to get himself in for.
"I am thrilled to dive into the world of GAA. I took a trip out to London GAA training last week before arriving in Castlehaven to see what it is all about.
"Having been involved in professional football for my whole life, I am really looking forward to working with AIB to get a real understanding of this sport and the central role it plays in Irish life not to mention getting one over on Vialli in the re-match."
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Treasury exhibition 14 January - 22 April 2020
Rendall, Gleadowe and Clark: Art At Winchester Between The Wars, 1918-1939 explores Winchester's contribution to British Art in the early 20th century. It includes works of art commissioned by Winchester College, including a sculpture designed by Eric Gill and silver by Reginald Gleadowe, the school's Drawing Master. It shows how the study of art at Winchester inspired Kenneth Clark (1903-1983), the museum director and presenter of Civilisation.
In the years between the wars, Winchester College made a significant contribution to British Art. Monty Rendall, Headmaster from 1911 to 1924, encouraged the study of Art and Art History at a time when it was rarely taught in schools. Reginald Gleadowe, Drawing Master from 1923 to 1939, was one of the leading designers of his day and the author of several books. Kenneth Clark, a pupil from 1917 to 1922, became the most famous art historian of the 20th century.
This exhibition draws on the school's archives and collections to examine the artistic character of the school in the early 20th century. It includes works of art from Rendall's collection, silver designed by Reginald Gleadowe, and an important figure of St Sebastian commissioned for the school from the sculptor Eric Gill (1882-1940).
The Treasury is open to the public daily between 2pm and 4pm and entry is free. The exhibition runs from 14 January – 22 April 2020.
Celebrating Wordsworth
To mark the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth, Fellows' Librarian Richard Foster explains the importance of one of the school's latest acquisitions.
Launching Heritage Open Days 2020
Celebrating our history, buildings, people and collections, the school announces two new films and a podcast as part of this year's Heritage Open Days.
In times when museums and libraries are shut, digital resources have become more important than ever in the experience of art and culture. In anticipation of the Treasury museum's next temporary display, the College has created a new online exhibition.
Winchester Match Art Exhibition Highlights
The Art Exhibition is one of the highlights of Winchester Match. Here we look back at some of the best work from recent years.


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Massive facebook purging of conservatives now.
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Impeachment Trial of Trump
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Pelosi: 'I Pray for the President Every Day…You Gotta Keep Praying for Him, You Gotta Keep Praying for Him'
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Pence expected to attend Biden's inauguration
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Federal Grant: $6.9 Million to Develop 'Smart Toilet' That Identifies Your 'Analprint' [?!?]
Cybercast News Service ^ | December 28, 2020 | 2:29pm EST | Michael W. Chapman
In his latest report on federal government waste, a project he completes every year, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) highlights $54.7 billion in government spending that he deems wasteful. Among the items noted this year is the creation of a $6.9 million "smart toilet," which operates with three cameras, one of which can identify a user's "analprint." As explained in The Festivus Report 2020, researchers at Stanford University used $6,973,057 in funds granted through the National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a so-called "smart toilet." The purpose of the toilet is to...
No Clothes, No Mask: Woman Arrested After Parading Around Bedok Naked
AsiaOne ^ | DECEMBER 29, 2020 | KIMBERLY ANNE LIM
Walking around without a mask is enough to attract stares nowadays. But Bedok residents got more than an eyeful to look at after a woman took a stroll around the neighbourhood in nothing but her birthday suit and an orange handbag. The 42-year-old woman was arrested on Monday morning (Dec 29) after walking from Bedok North Avenue 2 to Heartbeat@Bedok in the nude, police confirmed. Officers arrested the woman under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act after receiving a call for assistance at 7.52am that day. The woman, who remains unidentified, was also not wearing a face mask. In...
Ted Nugent: '---- You and Your Bull---- Vaccine'
UltimateClassicRock ^ | 12/18
Ted Nugent says he won't be taking a COVID-19 vaccine shot. The rock star, known for his outspoken conservative politics, vented about the pandemic during a Facebook live video on December 25. "We don't earmark a safety net during a scamming pandemic," he said. "It's not a real pandemic, and that's not a real vaccine. I'm sorry. I ain't taking no vaccine. You come at me with a needle, and I will be in fear of my life, and you know what I'll do if you come at me with a needle. 'Hi, I'm from the government. This needle is...
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Tex with a difference really makes a difference in helping to create sustainable communities.
Over the last few months we have started to work with some fantastic companies and community groups and our fashion show is a combination of this effort.
Working with great companies like SeaSalt- the clothing company, and with other industry and community donations of fabrics, we have help to divert over 1 ton of textiles from landfill by creating fantastic products and fashion that we will be showing off in a day of wonder and wow.
The fashion show idea was created after a local youth dance group, KBSK, came to us looking for ways to gain more experience in public performance and they suggested that a fashion show would be a great way to do this as this will give them the opportunities they are looking for.
For our part we are looking to raise funds to run workshops where we will be able to teach people of all ages and abilities to sew and make their own products or accessories. So far we have had great demand for the workshops and especially on the popular Dignity Bags workshops of which we would like to expand on. The money raised will be used to provide the extra equipment and staffing to do this.
How we do things ;- Not only do we collect surplus textiles and clothing, recycling and diverting from landfill, we also sort it and pass some on to local charities that provide no cost clothing to those in need. But that's not the only thing! We also create employment by making Eco Products from the recycled textiles from selected trade waste. Working with local people who really benefit from the enterprise through teaching and sharing of knowledge, creating workshops and demonstrations of what can be made. And if this isn't enough, we then use some of the profits to better the communities we live in. This includes Share Fairs and markets with no money where we bring communities together with no barriers to inclusion and Carnival costumes making workshops where we help with costumes, flags and bunting and much more!
TEX is really are making a big difference in our communities, with our environment and with our young people. It would be great if you could help us do even more.
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We are having a fashion show like no other and you need to be here!
On Sunday 6th May TEX- Textiles with a difference and KBSK Performing Arts will be coming together for TEX Fashionista. Come and join the fashion revolution for an event of fabulous fashion, entertainment and a chance to shop the latest styles and trends.
The fashion show idea was created after KBSK Performing Arts came to TEX looking for ways to gain more experience in public performance and they suggested that a fashion show would be a great way to do this as this will give them the opportunities they are looking for.
Though this is a free event we ask that you please give generously as all proceeds on the day will go to supporting KBSK Performing Arts in their bid to hire a bus to take their students for a theatre experience. You can also donate through TEX's Crowdfunding campaign where proceeds will go to providing more workshops in the local community and expanding upon our existing community work.


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Precarious professionality: A review of the experiences and employment status of graduates of the Higher Diploma in Further Education at Maynooth University's Department of Adult and Community Education (2013-2017) (2018)
O'Neill, Jerry; Fitzsimons, Camilla
This mixed-method study explores the occupational outcomes and experiences of 110 graduates (2013-2017) from the Higher Diploma of Further Education. This Teaching-Council accredited programme is run by the Department of Adult and Community Education (DACE) at Maynooth University. Findings suggest that the programme has had a significant transformative impact on many graduates. It is also clear that precarious working cultures in further and adult education may be having an impact on career and professional development opportunities for graduates. The report contains a number of recommendations which relate to the opportunities, responsibilities and roles of graduates as a community of practice, DACE, professional bodies, unions and employers.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/10205/
College Chapel Maynooth (2017)
Watson, Pat
Maynooth College was established following an act of the Irish parliament in June 1795 entitled "An Act for the Better Education of Persons professing the Popish or Roman Catholic Religion"
Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal (2008)
Dignam, Barbara; Higgins, Paul; Parker, Lisa
The aim of the Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal is twofold: it compiles a selection of articles written by postgraduate students in our department each year. It also affords up to three of our postgraduate students the valuable experience of editing their first journal, drawing on our joint professional work. This volume contains thirteen essays by postgraduate students reflecting current areas of specialism in the music department. Irish musical studies are addressed in articles by Adèle Commins, Jennifer O'Connor and Lisa Parker; Schubert studies are represented by Adam Cullen; nineteenth- and twentieth-century song studies are represented by Paul Higgins, Aisling Kenny and Meng Ren and Late European Romanticism by Jennifer Lee and Emer Nestor. Gender is addressed by Jennifer Halton and essays within the area of electro-acoustic music and music technology are contributed by Brian Bridges, Brian Carty and Barbara Dignam.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9450/
The Maynooth University Guide to Setting Up a Writing Centre (2015)
Tighe-Mooney, Sharon; Farrell, Alison
This handbook is intended for use by colleagues either considering or charged with setting up a writing centre in a higher education institution. In its compilation we have drawn from our own experiences here in Maynooth University, from the work of colleagues in other Irish higher education institutions, from colleagues' experiences outside of Ireland, from the literature in the area and from the collective wisdom communicated through national and international professional networks about writing.
Anniversary Essays - Forty Years of Geography at Maynooth. Volume 1 & 2 (2012)
The following collection of 'Anniversar y Essays' is an odd mix. But yet, looking through it, I find its oddness perfectly appropriate, because isn't geography – the discipline and the subject matter – precisely that? Space is, as many of these essays explicit ly or implicitly highlight, a crazy mixture of thrown together objects, forces and ideas. And it's this fact of geography that gives me heart when I flick through the following essays and think of them as representing what scholars and researchers and teachers in Maynooth's Department of Geography have done over the last four decades. Sure, we've done more than what this collection captures, and there's no doubt we'll continue to do amazing things, but at this juncture, in our 40 th year, I believe this collection is a wonderful transect through the department's development and a unique testimony to its intellectual vibrancy. All along the transect, we are exposed to the wide variety of research questions addressed by geograph...
The mortgage papers of St. Patrick's College Maynooth, 1871-1923 (2005)
Dooley, Terence
On 1 January 1871, under the terms of the Irish Church act of 1869, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, received a capital sum of £369,040 in compensation for the withdrawal of the annual parliamentary grant of £26,360 that had been set under the Maynooth act of 1845. Much to the delight of the then president, Rev C. W. Russell, the trustees would 'no longer [be] subject to official control, nor liable to be made the occasion of unseemly exhibitions in Parliament' but would have the power to independently administer the entire property, 'subject to one sole condition, the equitable one of applying the proceeds [of endowment] to the proper purposes of the trust'. In other words, the capital sum invested would have to provide an annual return comparable (at least) to the previous annual grant in order to safeguard the financial running of the college, of which the trustees, the only legally constituted religious corporation in Ireland, were now the legal proprietors.
Location Based Services of University Town Based on OpenStreetMap: NUI Maynooth as an example (2009)
Zheng, Jianghua; Ciepłuch, B.; Mooney, Peter; Winstanley, Adam C.
The university campus of NUI Maynooth forms a substantial part of Maynooth town. Location based services (LBS) could be important for visitors to the campus and town in assisting them to make the mast of their stay, particularly if they are not familiar with the town. In this paper we discuss an LBS application for Maynooth university campus and Maynooth town based on OpenStreetMap. The solution uses open source software and public participation rules to build its database. The work provides a prototype LBS system for NUI Maynooth which is currently under active development. The paper mainly describes some completed components of the work: data acquisition and pedestrian navigation algorithm design. Future work on path optimization and 3D applications is also discussed.
Maynooth - towards a community profile 1750-1911 (2001)
Durack, Susan
The thesis is about communities in Maynooth from the mid-eighteenth-century to the early twentieth-century. It looks at the worker within the community and focuses on three areas of the town - Carton demesne, Maynooth town itself and the seminary of St. Patrick's College Maynooth. Employer-employee relationships, job descriptions, status, wage levels, length of service, gender ratios, recruitment and mobility are explored particularly in relation to the servants and workers of Carton demesne and those of St. Patrick's College. A profile o f Maynooth town emerges through an examination of its population, housing, property ownership and economic and social activity. Change over time and the nature and level of interaction between three employment loci is explored. Certain groups or 'communities of interest' emerge, some of which operate on separate levels to others. They are the servants of Carton demesne and those of St. Patrick's College who are not of the locality and who are bound...
Carthy, Brian; O'Connell, Pat; Strahan, Barbara
The second issue of Maynooth Musicology Postgraduate Journal will be a memorable one for the student editors, and for me too as founder and general editor. Many of the young musicologists who have written these essays will embark on new journeys, leaving our department with MLitts. or PhDs, some bringing their experience at Maynooth to bear on studies further afield. It is to the students of this volume and to musicology students in general that this preface is directed, for what matters on such occasions is not so much the educational givens of your background but the state of readiness of your own spirit. In fact, the ability to start out upon your own impulse is fundamental to the gift of keeping going on your own terms, not to mention the further and more fulfilling gift of getting going all over again -never resting upon the oars of success or in the doldrums of disappointment, but getting renewed and revived by some further transformation.
Managing large collections-based projects at Maynooth University: A collections perspective (2017)
Cullen, Marie G.; Robinson, Mary
Maynooth University (MU) is located 22 km from Dublin city and traces its roots to 1795 when St Patrick's College was founded as a seminary in the town. The Universities Act 1997 established National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth, now known as Maynooth University (MU), as a standalone secular institution and a constituent university of the National University of Ireland (NUI), a system of colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act 1908, and amended under the 1997 Irish Universities Act. MU currently has over 11,000 students. The library was founded in 1795 and is now housed in the John Paul II library and the Russell library (pre-1850 collections). It provides an integrated service to both MU ( https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/) and St Patrick's College Maynooth ( http://maynoothcollege.ie/ ). Froebel College of Education was established in 1943 and was located in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Its focus was early childhood education. The college was named after th...
Library Resources in Music Maynooth University Library (2016)
Richardson, Regina Whelan; Byrne Bodley, Lorraine
A Library and Music Department collaboration highlighting the music collections in the John Paul II and Russell Libraries of Maynooth University and St.Patrick's College Maynooth which support the study, composition and performance of music on campus. A valuable and unique research resource of national and international importance, the collections have been developing over more than two hundred years to include a wide range of general and specialist music publications and databases of scores, music literature, images and recorded music.
Blue Box sensors: Ireland's newest pharmaceutical devices company (2009)
Lowry, John P.; Scanlan, John
Earlier this year (2009)Ireland's newest pharmaceutical devices company, Blue Box Sensors was spun out by NUI Maynooth. Claire O'Connell spoke to Prof John Lowry, the Scientist who developed the sensor technology and Dr John Scanlan, Director of Commercialisation at NUI Maynooth to uncover the story behind launching the company.
Going Global: showcasing NUI Maynooth research worldwide (2012)
Redmond Maloco, Suzanne
NUI Maynooth Teaching and Learning Showcase 2011/12
OPW-NUI Maynooth Archive and Research Centre at Castletown - an impressive new home for the archives of Irish country houses (2009)
Berry, Róisín
The OPW-NUI Maynooth Archive and Research Centre at Castletown opened its doors to the public for the first time last November [2008], marking an exciting new collaboration between the National University of Ireland Maynooth and the Office of Public Works.
THE BIBLE IN MAYNOOTH (1995)
Seymour, Valerie
The story of the Bible in Maynooth mirrors the separate yet parallel development of the translation, publishing and dissemination of the Scriptures by the two main Christian denominations in the post-Reformation period. Before the middle of the fifteenth century manuscript bibles were for the exclusive use of the clergy and nobility. The Latin Vulgate version reigned supreme, well under Church control. Some hundred editions of the Vulgate were printed by the end of the fifteenth century. Many vernacular versions emerged in Europe from the mid-1450s onward. There were over 75 versions of Scripture in German,French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish before 1540. In the same period some 50 English versions were printed.2 The emergence of these vernacular versions in European languages represents another strand in bible production. For a short period there were many versions of the Vulgate and increasing numbers in the vernacular being produced simultaneously. The bible collections in Maynooth...
Bibles from around the world: The Hibernian Bible Society collection at Maynooth University Library (2017)
McCormack, Barbara
One of the largest research collections at Maynooth University Library ( https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/library ) is the Hibernian Bible Society (HBS) collection, which contains over 2,000 bibles in more than 600 languages. In 1986 the HBS bible collection was permanently deposited in the Russell Library ( https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/library/collections/russell-library ) at Maynooth University ( https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/ ) and St Patrick's College, Maynooth (http://maynoothcollege.ie/). A series of sheaf catalogues accompanied the collection, providing important details relating to provenance and imprints. Items in the collection have retained their original shelf-marks and are identifiable by the prefix 'HBS'. Highlights of the collection include copies of the first published edition of the Greek New Testament, the King James Bible and the earliest edition of the Old Testament in Irish.1 A decision was made in late 2016 to catalogue material in the HBS ...
University Writing Centre Tutoring Handbook (2017)
O'Brien, Sarah; Tighe-Mooney, Sharon; Farrell, Alison
This handbook is designed with two audiences in mind. The first of these is tutors working in the Maynooth University Writing Centre; the second is any writing centre director who may wish to produce or revitalise a handbook for writing centre tutors. With regards to the latter, we hope that this modest offering might prevent colleagues in other setting from having to start from scratch should they wish to develop a handbook for their tutors. The handbook has been compiled by existing Maynooth University Writing Centre staff and staff who have since moved on from the Writing Centre.
First Year Students' Mathematics Learning Experiences at the National University of Ireland Maynooth (2010)
Mac an Bhaird, Ciaran; O'Shea, Ann
This paper considers the factors that impact on student success in first year science mathematics courses at the National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUI Maynooth). These factors include previous performance in the subject, attendance at lectures and tutorials, the number of assignments submitted, and attendance at the Mathematics Support Centre (MSC). The results of this initial study will be used to identify behaviour patterns that lead to successful completion of first year courses. The findings will help mathematics departments to target support initiatives in areas which are most likely to improve student learning.
Ancient artefacts at Maynooth University (2015)
The Russell Library, Maynooth University, recently exhibited some of the oldest material from the collections of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth – a series of four thousand year old Babylonian clay tablets and stamp seals from ancient Mesopotamia. The collection of sixty-five cuneiform tablets in the Sumerian language and a pre-writing stamp seal were amassed by an Irish army chaplain during the First World War. The material dates from c. 3,500-1,900 BC and includes both cuneiform tablets and cones bearing royal inscriptions from the early Babylonian period, as well as administrative and economic accounts from the Ur III period (c. 2100-2000 BC).
A History of Maynooth College Chapel: 1845 to 1905 (1995)
McDermott, Helen
The principal aim of this administrative study is to contextualise the history of Maynooth College Chapel. The objective is to elucidate the facts and circumstances which form it's history. As the present study had not been researched to any great degree the investigation is conducted through interpretation and observation of primary source material. Three main perspectives are adopted in order to highlight the national character of the chapel. The first perspective is political in it's nature. It is developed essentially throughout the first chapter. Early legislation for the college and it's consequences for the chapel are assessed. The decisions taken to initiate and to proceed with the chapel project are reviewed. Effectively chapter one sets the scene for the following chapters. The socio-economic perspect is the second perspective employed in the study. It sets up the background framework for the second chapter. This chapter deals primarily with the funding of t...
The religious mind of Maynooth's Gaelic manuscripts (1995)
Ó Dúshláine, Tadhg
By a happy coincidence the byline for Maynooth College's bicentenary celebrations, 'for faith and fatherland', is a precise description of that last great flowering of native spirituality during the Baroque Age (1600-1700). James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, leader of the 1579 rebellion, insisted that 'zeal for God's honour and their own country' was the rebels' prime motivation, just as Hugh O'Neill declared in 1615 that all his acts of defiance against the crown were 'in defence of the Catholic faith and of his fatherland'. From the defeat at Kinsale in 1601 to the Famine of1847-8, the old Gaelic order suffered political, military, social and economic disaster. Paradoxically, and perhaps consequentially, no other period produced such a volume of native poetry and prose, of such literary and intellectual merit. The native bardic tradition, isolated for the most part from the mainstream of the medieval Continental tradition by the conserv...
Maynooth Development Plan exercise (1992)
Waddington, Shelagh B.
The following field exercise is designed for use with Leaving Certificate students. It is based on Maynooth, Co. Kildare, a town of approximately 5,000 inhabitants plus a large third level student population attending St. Patrick's College. The town has grown rapidly over the past sevetal years, becoming increasingly a dormitory settlement for Dublin. The exercise outlined here need not be carried out in Maynooth, as it may be readily adapted for use in any town or city area for which County Development Plan information is available. The exercise was "roadtested" byagroup of AGTI members on 16th May 1992, and I gratefully acknowledge their helpful comments on that occasion.
The Ua Buachalla Archive at Maynooth University Library (2016)
Joyce, Ciara
The papers of Domhnall Ua Buachalla (1866-1963), politician and Maynooth shopkeeper, were given on short term loan to Maynooth University Library in late 2015 for use in the University's 1916 commemoration. Ua Buachalla's family, who still live locally, were keen to share this treasured collection for the commemoration, while still retaining ownership of the items.
Embedding Archival Collections in the Postgraduate Curriculum at Maynooth University Library (2019)
Berry, Róisín; Joyce, Ciara
The Ken Saro-Wiwa Archive, a collection of deathrow correspondence and other material from Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa to Irish nun Sister Majella McCarron (OLA), is one of Maynooth University Library's most hard-working collections. Since acquiring the archive in 2011, it has been utilised as part of a wide range of outreach experiences, including seminars, exhibitions (nationally and internationally), blog posts, articles, poetry workshops, school visits, and guided tours.Most recently, the collection was the focus of a workshop delivered as part of the module Peace, Religion and Diplomacy offered on both the MA in Mediation and Conflict Intervention and the MA in International Peacebuilding, Security, and Development Practice at Maynooth University (MU). New approaches to skill acquisition and critical thinking using primary sources are increasingly common across campus and beyond. They present to the Library exciting ways to engage with users, and to the archivist...
From the Russell Library: Daniel O'Connell in Maynooth (2010)
Woods, Penny
There was great excitement in the College on the morning of 13 January 1847. The students had noticed preparations in the parlour and had discovered that Daniel O'Connell was expected imminently. They rushed to the gate to cheer him in and escort him, together with his son John, to the front hall in Stoyte House where the President, Dr Renehan, stood waiting on crutches (having sprained his ankle). At that time the back quadrangle had not yet been built; but work had just begun. Father and son were taken to inspect the new foundations after which the Liberator stood at the door of New House and addressed the students He spoke of evils to be faced, rejoiced in the new conversions to the Catholic Church in the universities of England (John Henry Newman was one), and encouraged them all in the defence of the Faith. He then addressed the Juniors, after which he was asked to go to the prayer hall at the request of the senior students. The whole College had assembled there. The students w...
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The Mabel And Victor D'Amico House In Amagansett, Where Art And Life Converge
Inside the D'Amico house. KYRIL BROMLEY
Inside the home of Victor and Mabel D'Amico. KYRIL BROMLEY
A view of Napeague Harbor from the D'Amico home. KYRIL BROMLEY
Mabel and Victor D'Amico
The D'Amico house at Lazy Point. KYRIL BROMLEY
Christopher Kohan is both steward and curator at the D'Amico house. KYRIL BROMLEY
Mabel D'Amico's wood sculptures. KYRIL BROMLEY
A view of Napeague Harbor from the D'Amico house at Lazy Point. KYRIL BROMLEY
Mabel and Victor D'Amico started building their house in the 1940s. He died in 1987 and she died in 1998. KYRIL BROMLEY
Victor and Mabel D'Amico
It is a sunny and buoyant Mother's Day and I am sitting on a small beach, a spit of land in Napeague overlooking Hicks Island. A windsurfer glides by. Some seagulls swoop down and disappear as well. Behind me stands Mabel and Victor D'Amico's home—the Mabel and Victor D'Amico Studio and Archive—a framed white house almost 75 years old.
While this is the day to contemplate my own parent who had left me an inspiring world view and valuable lessons, I am also remembering the D'Amicos, a symbolic mother and father to thousands of art students and instructors who taught about life and values: a belief that the arts are a humanizing force which vitalizes all aspects of being alive.
The D'Amicos had formed a perfect collaboration when they started their lifelong commitment to art education. Mr. D'Amico was the first director of education at the Museum of Modern Art from 1937 to 1970, developing a program for children, parents and adults, including war veterans and other community members. Ms. D'Amico had headed the art department at the Rye, New York, high school and was an experienced nature pioneer.
In 1940, they bought a house at Napeague's Lazy Point area that was to be demolished; both had become intrigued with the quaint locale, filled with old fishermen's cottages and diverse landscape of wetlands, inlets and shorelines. It was certainly the farthest location possible from Manhattan's MOMA on West 53rd Street. No crowds, traffic and buildings. Only beach grass, bushes and sand.
While the setting was ideal, the deconstruction of the original structure on-site was not. The building consisted of a series of beams and little else. As a result, the couple had to put a tarp over the beams and ended up camping out the first summer. Resources were also scarce, due to World War II. The D'Amicos had to use both old wood and nails, dislodging the nails from the original house and hammering them straight.
However, the results were admirable. They had managed to build one of the first modern homes in the area, and they had done it practically all by themselves. Yet the D'Amicos were not finished with their construction projects. Mr. D'Amico found a way to also build an art school in a unique setting nearby, locating a World War 1, 500-ton Navy barge in an abandoned New Jersey harbor. In 1960, he and some local fishermen towed it up the East River, through Hell's Gate and into Long Island Sound to the shore of Napeague Harbor. Thus The Art Barge was born, still serving each summer as a flourishing art school with a second story and lots of studio space.
Originally, studio painting and teacher training classes were taught by Mr. D'Amico. Soon, Ms. D'Amico joined her husband and other instructors. This 2014 season proves how the program has grown, with diverse courses for children and adults in watercolor, collage, photography and other media.
What has not changed is the interior of the D'Amico home, even though Mr. D'Amico died in 1987 and Ms. D'Amico in 1998. Christopher Kohan, president of The Art Barge's Board of Trustees, knows all about this kind of continuity. Mr. Kohan first started taking classes in 1975 at The Art Barge. In 1979, Mr. D'Amico offered him free accommodations in exchange for his helping at The Barge, where Mr. Kohan soon became a jack of all trades, as well as a decades-long resident of a small cottage next to the D'Amico house.
Now living in a larger place across the road, he is a devoted protector of the D'Amico property, which today is owned by the Victor D'Amico Institute of Art, The Art Barge and its board of directors. He can attest to the home's stability during three hurricanes, including one in which Ms. D'Amico resisted evacuation. (When firemen pounded on the door to warn her and Mr. Kohan of the impending danger, Mr. Kohan and Ms. D'Amico preferred to finish their wine before leaving.)
In addition to supervising classes at The Art Barge, Mr. Kohan oversees tours of the D'Amico home. They are both fascinating and instructive, with Ms. D'Amico's bold, handmade jewelry on display in an upstairs bedroom, and can be scheduled by calling The Art Barge at (631) 267-3172.
Curiously, the work at the house, informal as it is, resembles an art installation, where beautiful works made with found objects preserve the Modernist style.
There's is one room serving as an office where Ms. D'Amico's sculptures stand. The pieces are both abstract and realistic, created again with found objects and old wood.
Equally striking, perhaps, is how the home's inside and outside form a symbiotic relationship. From the many glass windows, one can both see and experience nature's gifts—the water, the horizon, sculptures scattered around the grounds. Nature's presence also pervades the interior art works, particularly Ms. D'Amico's glass bottles and wood sculpture. It's easy to imagine life as the D'Amicos lived it, sitting in their very own black chairs and enjoying the view as they once did.
Yet with its natural environment intact, there are also very practical aspects to the house, like a cabinet in the office where found objects are kept. Kitchen drawers, arranged vertically, can be pulled out from the wall. The couple knew how to maximize the sparse space, adding beautiful design elements.
Mr. Kohan wants to document and digitize items in the archives like old catalogs, drawings and pictures. Important as well to him is the pair's commitment to teacher education, and he plans to expand the program, conveying the couple's basic principles. "Art encourages individuals to develop an ability to learn about themselves. Art is autobiography," he said.
Asked about the personal connection between him and his mentors, in light of its being Mother's Day, Mr. Kohan answered without hesitation:
"My parents gave me life," he said. "Mabel and Victor gave me something to do with it."
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Curved screens are not anything new – a statement that truly shows the innovation that we saw in 2012, with Samsung already demonstrating their curved screen capabilities. However, a recent application shows an Apple patent that suggests the Cupertino company are considering using flexible displays within a transparent body.
This paper describes various embodiments that relate to an apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for creating a portable electronic device with a wraparound display.
In one embodiment, a consumer electronic product is described. The consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.
Making use of the flexible display, the Apple patent lists numerous options for such devices with transparent bodies in a number of different form factors, including the potential for containing a second inner display.
The wrap around display fits into a transparent chassis by inserting, unfolding, or unrolling, wrapping around a majority or entirety of the device, allowing the most screen real-estate to be used. A flexible wrap-around display would allow the usual physical buttons we are used to seeing on modern devices, such as the volume rocker, home, and power buttons, replaced with touch counter-parts, offering a fully seamless touch experience.
While we have seen flexible devices demonstrated by Samsung with the flexible tab on the phone dedicated to a notification ticker, it still feels like this technology is a long way off from coming to market. A real 'purpose' has yet to be found to make it really appeal to a consumer other than a novelty that would very quickly wear off, unless it increased efficiency in device operation.
Let us know what you guys think about flexible displays in the comment section below.


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Q. What is the present availability of drug treatment in Oakland?
A. For a person in the Proposition 36 diversion program to get into treatment, it could take as little as one month and as much as six months There just aren't enough treatment slots. An addict could die many times over while waiting to get in. Conquering addiction is hard. Success is most likely when motivation is strongest. Having to wait for treatment works against success in treatment. An Alameda County superior court judge estimated recently that the diversion program results in successful treatment in only about 15% of cases. The long wait is certainly a causal factor.
An addict NOT in custody of the criminal justice system is still worse off. Such a person cannot present for treatment without confessing to the crime of being addicted! Victims of no other disease are criminals merely for being sick. For no other disease does our society so effectively bar access to treatment.
The "drug control" law that is so flagrantly injurious to addicts is also flagrantly beneficial to the crime bosses. The law guarantees that the crime boss will only rarely lose an addict, one of his most profitable drug customers. The law all but guarantees that the indigent addict, so long as he lives, will be forced to earn the price of a fix in service to the crime boss, selling drugs, seducing new drug users, in thievery, or in prostitution.