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Sure its not the easiest printer for a beginner like i was and MAN i had to learn alot !!
But dual color printing is so damn cool. u gonna love it too.
ive heard that this printer is not the best but i think itsa meanin of people who have multiple 3d printers and just want to try dual printing. and yes, out of the box there are some things that could be better.
and i learned alot about 3d printing. much more than with a printer who prints out of the box okey.
if im gonna buy another printer i can better describe the pros and cons of this printer. maybe ill do a video cause most of the problems i was confronted with cover the entire 3d printing problem list and especially for this printer u find like nothing.
The perfect pack of 3D plastic to keep you building and enjoying for Hours. There are so many choices and colors inside this pack that you wont need to look anywhere else for the perfect match to your 3D pen.
Does GEEETECH A20M 3D Printer have CE certificate?
Does Cura support this printer?
Will the hot bed come with the 3D printer?
It comes with hot bed.
Is the printer capable of printing in 2 colors (switch between filaments) or can it only do mixed printing?
You can print mixed colors, or you can print completely separate two-color.
WiFi and auto level add-on ?
You can use WIFI, but need to purchase 3D WIFI module separately; also you can use automatic level, but need to purchase 3D TOUCH separately.
Can this 3d printer use TPU or TPE filament?
TPU and TPE consumables are recommended for printing with a short range extruder. The A20M is a remote feed. It is not recommended to use these 2 filaments.
1, you can use WIFI, but you need to purchase 3D WIFI module separately; 2, you can use automatic leveling, but you need to purchase 3D TOUCH.
Does this come with a heated bed? Various online reviews say yes, but the actual product description does not include this, and the specs do not give a maximum bed temperature.
It is equipped with a heated bed and the maximum heated bed temperature can reach 100°.
Two questions, Does this come with a heated plate? can this be purchased pre-assembled?
Please note that you need to assemble yourself after receiving it.


The polystyrene used for CWI is in the form of virgin pre-formed bead which is usually combined with a binding agent or adhesive at the time of injection. Polystyrene beads are produced to a specified size and density which remains unaltered during the installation process.
The installation must be carried out in accordance with the relevant BBA Certificate, their surveillance scheme, the System Suppliers installation Manual and all CIGA guides to best practice.
Water: The material is resistant to water penetration and will not transmit water across the cavity by capillary action or from below dpc level. Any rainwater penetrating the outer leaf will drain harmlessly to the footings. The product is not designed to be a water vapour barrier.
Preparation: Internal and external checks are carried out by the Technician prior to installation. Injection holes are drilled in the external wall of the cavity as specified by the relevant BBA Certificate and System Suppliers manual. Typically holes are drilled around the upper part of the building only and below windows and lintels. The cavity at any party wall line is sealed with a closure approved by the BBA for the purpose.


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ANA Discussion Forum
General Category => Hearing Issues => Topic started by: KeepSmiling on April 05, 2017, 08:33:02 am
Title: Drug treatment could combat hearing loss-news from MIT
Post by: KeepSmiling on April 05, 2017, 08:33:02 am
Is it ok to post a website? I think it is not, which is a shame.
Here is a copy and paste of an excerpt from the article:
Drug treatment could combat hearing loss
Researchers discover a drug combination that can regenerate hair cells in the inner ear.
...."Researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts Eye and Ear have now discovered a combination of drugs that expands the population of progenitor cells (also called supporting cells) in the ear and induces them to become hair cells, offering a potential new way to treat hearing loss.
"Hearing loss is a real problem as people get older. It's very much of an unmet need, and this is an entirely new approach," says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and one of the senior authors of the study.
Jeffrey Karp, an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School in Boston; and Albert Edge, a professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School based at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, are also senior authors of the paper, which appears in the Feb. 21 issue of Cell Reports.
Lead authors are Will McLean, a recent PhD recipient at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and Xiaolei Yin, an instructor at Brigham and Women's and a research affiliate at the Koch Institute. Other authors are former MIT visiting student Lin Lu, Mass Eye and Ear postdoc Danielle Lenz, and Mass Eye and Ear research assistant Dalton McLean.
Cell regeneration
Noise exposure, aging, and some antibiotics and chemotherapy drugs can lead to hair cell death. In some animals, those cells naturally regenerate, but not in humans.
The research team began investigating the possibility of regenerating hair cells during an earlier study on cells of the intestinal lining. In that study, published in 2013, Karp, Langer, Yin, and others reported that they could generate large quantities of immature intestinal cells and then stimulate them to differentiate, by exposing them to certain molecules.
During that study, the team became aware that cells that provide structural support in the cochlea express some of the same surface proteins as intestinal stem cells. The researchers decided to explore whether the same approach would work in those supporting cells.
They exposed cells from a mouse cochlea, grown in a lab dish, to molecules that stimulate the Wnt pathway, which makes the cells multiply rapidly.
"We used small molecules to activate the supporting cells so they become proliferative and can generate hair cells," Yin says.
At the same time, to prevent the cells from differentiating too soon, the researchers also exposed the cells to molecules that activate another signaling pathway known as Notch.
Once they had a large pool of immature progenitor cells (about 2,000-fold greater than any previously reported), the researchers added another set of molecules that provoked the cells to differentiate into mature hair cells. This procedure generates about 60 times more mature hair cells than the technique that had previously worked the best, which uses growth factors to induce the supporting cochlea cells to become hair cells without first expanding the population.
The researchers found that their new approach also worked in an intact mouse cochlea removed from the body. In that experiment, the researchers did not need to add the second set of drugs because once the progenitor cells were formed, they were naturally exposed to signals that stimulated them to become mature hair cells.
"We only need to promote the proliferation of these supporting cells, and then the natural signaling cascade that exists in the body will drive a portion of those cells to become hair cells," Karp says.
Because this treatment involves a simple drug exposure, the researchers believe it could be easy to administer it to human patients. They envision that the drugs could be injected into the middle ear, from which they would diffuse across a membrane into the inner ear. This type of injection is commonly performed to treat ear infections.
Some of the researchers have started a company called Frequency Therapeutics, which has licensed the MIT/BWH technology and plans to begin testing it in human patients within 18 months.
Jeffrey Holt, a professor of otolaryngology and neurology at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, says this approach holds potential for treating hearing loss, if its safety and effectiveness can be demonstrated.
"The ability to promote proliferation of inner-ear stem cells and direct their maturation toward an auditory hair cell fate is an important advance that will accelerate the pace of scientific discovery and facilitate translation of regenerative medicine approaches for restoration of auditory function in patients with acquired hearing loss," says Holt, who was not involved in the research.
The researchers also hope their work will help other scientists who study hearing loss.
"Drug discovery for the inner ear has been limited by the inability to acquire enough progenitor cells or sensory hair cells to explore drug targets and their effects on these cell types," McLean says. "We hope that our work will serve as a useful tool for other scientists to more effectively pursue studies of supporting cells and hair cells for basic research and potential therapeutic solutions to hearing loss."
Karp, Langer, and Yin are also working on applying this approach to other types of cells, including types of intestinal cells involved in insulin regulation and control of the gut microbiota.
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the European Commission, the Harvard-MIT IDEA2 Award, the Shulsky Foundation, and Robert Boucai." What does this mean for acoustic Neuroma patients? Does this help the patients in any way?
Title: Re: Drug treatment could combat hearing loss-news from MIT
Post by: ANSydney on April 05, 2017, 05:25:30 pm
For hearing, there is a sensor (cochlear), connection wiring (cochlear nerve) and processing unit (brainstem).
From what I understand, an AN compromises the cochlear nerve by squeezing it. There is no problem with the cochlear itself, so improving the cochlear's performance won't help.
That is what others have said. Perhaps the discovery will help others.

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Purdy Rocks is the stage name for Chilean artist Caterina Purdy Mohn's electro/ electrotrash project. She's often recognized for her excentric fashion style creating household objects using animal corpses.
She was born in Santiago, Chile (1972). During her childhood and teenage years she lived at Philippines, Brazil and Spain, getting back to Chile in 1987. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile's School of Art where she got her degree on Arts with Mention in Painting back in 1995.


Thank you Amber for being a wonderful inspiration for me and others.
My life was like before I met Jesus was in shambles. I was young and in an abusive situation. Everything around me was dark and scary. I was lost.
I realized I needed Jesus when I was in a children's home after several foster homes and going to different churches. I found Jesus when I was 16. I had been found and loved by my true father.
I need to be committed to Jesus and be his light for him. I know he is committed to me. I feel I lack in this area and need help.
The difference Jesus has made in my life is remarkable. He has given me so much. A family of my own in which I have prayed for since I have found Jesus, given me skills to teach children, and to be a good wife and a wonderful mother. I am so blessed to have a life in which I live.
Thank you Amber for giving me an opportunity to share.
Hi Cathy! You have an amazing testimony and I am so excited for you to write it out in more detail.
Writing is so therapeutic and so I am sure God wants to heal you deeper through writing this out as well as help others. Maybe commit to sitting down for a half hour a day or writing 500 words….
Little reachable goals will add up to a final big goal of a book.


"The session topic 'jBPM migration tooling - no one is left behind' has been accepted for JUDCon 2011 in Boston."
Registered and ready to go, watch for JUDCon 2011 conference updates and see you there!
Update: agenda is online now.


At Newhaven, you tender in from your cruise ship at anchor. It is about a 10 minute journey.
Newhaven is close to the port of Leith, so you may find the information for arriving there useful.
At the quayside, taxis and the local city bus will be available.
The Service 10 is the most direct route into Edinburgh, although the no 7,11, and 16 all pass nearby. As does the hop on hop off bus service.
If you wish to organise a private tour, for yourself or your party, please visit the Private Tour link of the 'What is there to see' page.


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'A River runs through it'
A blog inspired by the beautiful County of my birth, Leitrim on the Shannon. I sometimes go off on tangents so be tolerant of my waywardness, I always come back home, eventually. Typically you'll find here a little history, a few short stories, some of my favourite poems, musings, scribblings and travelogues. To summarise – a busy fool beneath an unruly sky. COME IN, WE'RE OPEN
The Ha'penny Bridge
by Tomi Pajunen – Finland (2012)
This week saw the 200th birthday of the ionic 'Ha'penny Bridge' in Dublin. The Bridge was opened in May 1816 and replaced the Ferry which linked the North and South quays along the River Liffey. The bridge with its graceful cast iron curve is one of the iconic symbols of not just Dublin but of the country.
I have often heard that the 'iron' for the bridge came from Leitrim and in particularly Sliabh an Iarainn, the Iron Mountains which dominate the south of the County and stretch from Lough Allen to the Cavan border. Across the grand expanse of Lough Allen is the better known coal mining community of Arigna. I have struggled to find any evidence that the 'iron' used in the bridge came from Leitrim. Firstly one has to establish is whether or not the 'Iron' is the Iron Ore or the cast iron spans that make up the bridge.
It is known that there used to be an iron industry in the County until the early 1800's. The legacy of this is placenames such as Furnace Hill in Drumshanbo. But would a small scale foundry be capable of making the cast iron lengths for the bridge. Perhaps?
I was disheartened when I read the following from the Dublin City Council sponsored 'Bridges of Dublin' website:-
"When the sailing ships, transporting the Ha'penny Bridge from the Coalbrookdale Foundry in England, dropped anchor in Dublin, it was then an outpost of the British Empire with a population of less than 200,000 people. The bridge, assembled on site, opened on May 19th 1816 and citizens enjoyed ten toll free days."
Another source was pandering the same foundry:-
"Accepted as the symbol of Dublin, the Ha'penny Bridge (originally Wellington Bridge after the 'Iron Duke'; offically Liffey Bridge) was opened in 1816. Cast at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire in England, the bridge acquired its unofficial moniker from the toll paid to cross the river – one old half penny. The bridge was the only pedestrian bridge on the Liffey until the Millennium bridge further up was opened in 2000.
Despite these sources there is no primary source quoted so perhaps it's still possible that the iron ore for the famous bridge came from Leitrim and that the iron may also have been cast in this area. There is a history of iron mining and working in Ireland but all is linked to the difficulty in extraction and gradual decline in charcoal which was required to heat up the furnaces. The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England brought about the last great flourishing of mining in Ireland but Irish iron industry was always on a fairly small scale. In the 1770's one Arthur Young declared that there were foundries in Belfast, Newry and Dublin and he believed there were no others in Ireland at that time.
There were however numerous small foundries that made spades, shovels, picks, horsehoes, nails and common utensils like outs, pans and kettles. In later years the local iron ore supply dwindled as it became cheaper to import pig iron from England and even from Sweden.
In the early 1780s Arthur Young declared that the principal Irish smelting-furnace was at Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, and that:
"Its produce annually, when at work may be about 300 tons … there is another of the same sort at Mountrath, in the Queen's County, but from the great scarcity of charcoal it does not work above three or four months every third or fourth year; when this furnace is at work that at Enniscorthy is idle."
It was around this time that the biggest smelting works in the country was developed at Arigna. It was hoped the combination of iron ore from the Leitrim mountains and the local coal could be combined to reduce costs and compete with the imported pig iron. The initiative was undertaken by a Reilly family who petitioned Parliament for a Grant in 1789 but this was refused. Four years later the family went bankrupt.
The Reillys were understandably bitter at the government's lack of support, for in May 1797 John Foster, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, received a letter warning him that:
"The foundry which belonged to Mr La Touche at Rigna (some place in Connaught) … they have settled principles of disloyalty there, and it is almost impossible to find a man in that quarter of the country who is not a United Irishman. Mr Reilly, who held the foundry before Mr La Touche, is most active in this business and gives the lower orders of the people every encouragement, and that he will, when it is necessary give them a cannon. It is understood he has eight pieces concealed. I hope the foundry has supplied him with no balls, of which care should be taken the men being all disaffected".
The iron works were taken over by Peter La Touche who was the MP for Leitrim and well known Society Banker. Unfortunately his attempts were also doomed to failure and all he was left with from the enterprise were the large iron gates to his estate.
In view of the struggles of the ironworks was it really feasible that this is where the constituent parts of the famous bridge were mined, smelted and cast?
I next read the well-known Dublin History website 'Come here to me'. Its take on the bridge is as follows:-
"The idea for the construction of the bridge came from John C. Beresford, a member of Dublin Corporation, and William Walsh, the ferry operator. The bridge was to be christened the Wellington Bridge, in honour of the Duke of Wellington, victor of the Battle of Waterloo only a year previously and a native Dub. The Dublin Evening Post, barely able to contain themselves, reported on the opening of the bridge that:
"A testimonial to the Hero of the British Army has at last been erected – a Testimonial at once creditable to the name with which it is to be honoured, greatly ornamented to the City of Dublin, and eminently useful to her inhabitants. We allude to the arch of cast iron thrown over our river, from Crampton Quay to the Bachelor's Walk, opposite to Liffey Street, and which, we understand, with the express permission of the Illustrious Duke, is to be called Wellington Bridge. This Arch, spanning the Liffey, is one of the most beautiful in Europe: the excellence of its composition, the architectural correctness of its form, the taste with which it has been executed, and the general airiness of its appearance, renders it an object of unmixed admiration."
Interestingly, for something so associated with Dublin, the bridge itself was cast at Shropshire in England. Some Dubliners refereed to it not as the Wellington Bridge but rather the Triangle Bridge, which Frank Hopkins has noted was bestowed on it owing to the controversial background of John C Beresford, one of the men who had brought the bridge into being. Beresford was a former Tory parliamentarian who had twice sat in Westminster, but controversially was also active in a yeomanry which opposed the United Irish rebellion of 1798. His riding school premises in Dublin became synonymous in the mind of republicans with torture and the practice of flogging rebels upon a triangular scaffold.
The practice of torture was described in one nineteenth century history of Ireland thus:
"The triangle was a wooden instrument made in the form of the letter A, about twice the height of a man, to which the person to be punished was tied, hands and feet, and lashed with wire cords knotted. In the midst of this torture, questions about the conspiracy were asked, and if the answers not satisfactory, the punishment was renewed!"
Trying to find the Foundry where the 'Ha'penny Bridge' was cast has proved elusive. I've learned a bit about the iron smelting process along the way and the methods of torture employed against Regency period rebels. To conclude I'm leaning towards the smoky valleys of Shropshire instead of the drumlin hills of Leitrim. I'd welcome anyone with evidence to the contrary.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2016 by Tighearnan.
Identity, existence and the Noisy Neighbours
It is Championship day at last, Leitrim face Roscommon in Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon this afternoon. The result is a foregone conclusion of course; Roscommon are flying high and have cemented their place in Division One of the National League. They have enjoyed considerable success at Underage level in the last decade so that every year their squad is replenished with fresh and exciting talent. Their forward line in particular is one of the most potent in the Country. The Smiths, Creggs, Murtaghs, Shines and Senan Kilbride would walk on to any County panel. Off the field they have 'Club Rossie' one of the most industrious fundraising vehicles in the Country. If you want to compete at inter-county level you need money and lots of it. Roscommon has also produced good club teams that have competed well with Roscommon Gaels, Clann na Gael and St. Brigids going all the way to Croker on St. Patricks Day. No Leitrim club has ever even won a Provincial Club championship (a few near misses granted).
Roscommon has roughly twice the population of Leitrim who languish at the bottom of Division 4 of the National League, propped up by London and Waterford only. If Roscommon are dining at the top table, Leitrim is living on the proverbial scraps. The recession has hit the County hard and many of its finest footballers are now living in Perth or Yonkers. Many Counties have the same problem but those with a small pool of plyers to begin with are feeling it harder. Every year it seems Leitrim have to rebuild their panel. In recent years the Club County Champions have suffered heavy defeats in the Championship. Very few of the top players live in the County and this internal migration to the East Coast is more pronounced than those that move abroad. Why there is a rivalry at all between these two Counties is bizarre? Or is it?
North Roscommon has similar economic problems to Leitrim. It too has declining towns and villages, ageing populations and lack of employment opportunities. The Population of Roscommon is steadily shifting further south and towards Athlone and Monksland. Many of the Clubs in the North of the County compete at Junior or Intermediate level.
Throughout the 50' and up to the late 1970's many of the people of North End of Roscommon met their spouses in the Mayflower, a Ballroom in Drumshanbo, whilst many people from South Leitrim found love in the Cloudland in Rooskey. I am the product of one of these unions and my mother still retains her 'Rossie' accent and will be hoping the 'primrose and blue' prevail today; weight of numbers prevents her from expressing these views too vocally. In more recent decades many inter-county liasions occurred in places like Cartown House, Club 360 or Murtaghs. Many of the children of North Roscommon are educated in Leitrim in places like Carrick Community College and the Vocational School in Drumshanbo. Leitrim have enjoyed regular success with their Senior Vocational School team which is often backed by players from Roscommon clubs like Kilmore, Shannon Gaels, St. Michaels and St. Ronans. In 1983 and '84 Leitrim won All-Ireland 'C' underage hurling titles with many players from Elphin and Shannon Gaels. Children from Bornacoola go to the school across the bridge in Rooskey village. Gene Bohan the mercurial Leitrim forward of the 90's went to school in Dangan NS in the parish of Kilmore. Many children in Cortober go to school across the other Bridge in Carrick. They meet their friends in the Cinema at the weekend (its on the Roscommon side) or go to the Gym and Swimming pool (on the Leitrim side). Also in Carrick Lidl chose to build on the Roscommon side and Aldi on the Leitrim side – perfectly understandable when you note the colours in Lidl's branding. Mass-goers in Carrick who like a Sunday morning lie in will trot across the Bridge at Noon to catch Mass in the Patrician Hall. Carrick Town FC play their home games at the Showgrounds – that's in Roscommon too. In the disastrous Shannon Floods of 2009 it was Leitrim County Council who was first on the scene to help the traders in Cortober with sandbags and pumps.
Some years ago I was socialising in Carrick but across the Bridge in Roscommon in the landmark 'Gings' pub. I was with a friend of mine from Carrigallen which is on the Leitrim Cavan border. My mate was home from the States and his 'Carry Gallon' accent had not being diminished by his exposure to Uncle Sam. This accent is prevalent all along the Cavan Border from Aughavas to Corraleahan with softer versions of it in places like Aughnasheelin and Ballinamore. Most people familiar will note the preponderance for concluding all sentences with the word 'lad'. We were out on a balcony overlooking the Shannon and were joined by a young chatty man. The conversation flowed and I asked him was he heading to the Niteclub (Leitrim side) later. 'No' he replied adding that he didn't want to go over the bridge to 'that crowd' (all expletives removed in case you are reading before the watershed). Being of sound mind and thick of skin I decided to draw the young lad out a bit more. He then muttered a few more unkind words about Leitrim folk. As we were departing he told us to 'watch them now'.
The young lad's views didn't bother me, one could meet exactly the same attitude from a young Leitrim lad in a hostelry on the other side of the River. Much of this talk is simply banter. What was remarkable though was that the young Rossie did not associate our accents with us being from Leitrim. If we were from Kinlough he would have presumed we were from Donegal and if we were from Gortlettragh we might have a midlands twang and he'd think us from Longford. It begged the question though; is there a linguistic divide between the Counties? Most linguists acknowledge that linguistic and dialectical patterns are notorious for not following geographical and political boundaries yet DeGruyter found in comparing Gaelic patterns of speech in Ulster and Connacht, Leitrim speakers consistently followed their northern neighbours.
My interaction with the young lad in Gings led me to conclude that his views were formed by his interaction with people in his immediate hinterland who go to the same Shops. Churches and Schools, who swim in the same swimming pool, go to the same conema, read the same local paper but just happen to live on the other side of a relatively narrow river. His constructed view of 'Leitrim' was really just his view of Carrick-on-Shannon. He never associated our accents as being from Leitrim at all. But maybe I too was looking at things too narrowly? Are there any real historical differences between Leitrim people and their Rossie neighbours?
I believe there is evidence of divisions, they are deep and might go back millennia. Leitrim is in the Province of Connacht and it is common when talking about the Province to reference it as being west of the Shannon. But the people of Leitrim live North and North East of the River Shannon. It is the rest of Connacht that must cross the Shannon to come to Leitrim! Immediately Leitrim is geographically distinct from the rest of the Province. Natural boundaries like Rivers can become political boundaries also. With such boundaries it is important to secure weak places such as shallows which can be easily forded. Such a place exists between the villages of Drumsna and Jamestown where there is a sharp loop in the river. The Doon of Drumsna was constructed here. The Doon is an Iron Age Ditch and is one of the oldest artificial man-made structures in the world. It contains an earth and stone wall which stretches across the peninsula created by the loop. It is estimated that it would have taken 10,000 men two years to build with half a million tonnes of soil and about 60,000 trees. The Doon is built entrirely in Co. Roscommon and was obviously built to defend against attack from the northern neighbours on the other side of the river. The Doon marks the boundary between the ancient Kingdoms of Connacht and Ulster. Such a mammoth Undertaking must have been justified.
So are Leitrim people really Ulster folk in disguise? This would be the makings of another blog post but for now I would simply argue that yes they are.
In early medieval times Roscommon was dominated by the O'Connors and Leitrim was the seat of the O'Rourkes of Breifne. These clans skirmished a lot. The O'Connors never could fully rely on the O'Rourkes who often backed the Northern Ui Neill in conflict. Cattle raiding was common. If the men of Breffni got back across the river and up into the Mountains they could enjoy their steak unmolested. Occasionally counter raids by the Rossies (called a 'Hosting' in those days) would yield fruitful rewards too. This may be the source of the modern accusations of sheep stealing and other depravities levelled by rival supporters.
In the 1790's thousands of people were forced to leave their homes in Ulster after sectarian atrocities there. The Battle of the Diamond took place near Loughgall in 1795 between rival gangs of Protestants and Catholics which led to the setting up of the Orange Order. The persecution of Catholics by Protestant gangs calling themselves 'Peep-o'-Day Boys' intensified. One contemporary account states;-
"Any of us that are Catholic here are not sure of going to bed that we shall get up with our lives, either by day or night. It is not safe to go outside the doors here. The Orangemen go out uninterrupted and the gentlemen of the country do not interfere with them but I have reason to think encourage them in their wickedness…The Orangemen go out in large bodies by day and night and plunder the poor Catholics of everything they have, even the webs of linen out of their looms…
Any of the Catholics they do not wish to destroy, they give two or three days notice to clear out of the place by pasting papers on their doors, on which is written "Go to hell or to Connaught". If you do not, we are all haters of the papists, and we will destroy you."
John Shortt 1796
It is believed that in 1795 alone over 7,000 people were expelled from Armagh. A large amount of these refugees found sanctuary in Leitrim and North Longford and West Cavan. The land wasn't great but they were safe. These people were the Ultachs and they are the ancestors of many Leitrim people. Ultach surnames include McHugh, Quinn, Gallogly, Gilhooley, O,Neill, McEneaney, McGoohan, McGahern, McCartin, McKiernan, McWeeney, Maguire, Clarke, Shortt, Cafferty, McCaffrey, O'Doherty, McNulty and Mulligan to name a few. Many of these names have appeared on a Leitrim Team Sheet over the years and today is no different.
Even the topography of the Counties are vastly different, the soil in Leitrim is generally poor with a few pockets of good land, in Roscommon the soil is generally good with a few pockets of poor land. Leitrim is mountainous and Roscommon is flat (Arigna excepted). DBC Pierre once described Leitrim as follows – "It was a landscape from a dream, unmanicured, informal, raffish and intimate in its beauty, changing textures all the time. If Kew Gardens were the grand salon of a mansion, this would be its teenager's bedroom."
So maybe despite some romantic dalliances between the opposite sexes and opposite sides of the River this century there really are inherent historical, cultural and dialectical divisions between the Counties; this coupled with proximity has contributed to a long and sustained rivalry. It is generally though a friendly rivalry with well-defined roles, Leitrim always the perennial underdogs but resilient enough to cause a shock every now and again.
Roscommon will be very confident of a win today, their supporters will be cocky, surely, surely Leitrim cannot upstage them! It is unlikely, these teams are operating in different company these days but there is nothing like a local derby to narrow the odds of what would be the upset of the summer. Leitrim will give it their best shot. If we lose we won't dwell on it, we'll all be at work in the morning and life will go on for us. We don't want any pity or sympathy from Sunday game panellists, a few more quid from Croke Park to help our clubs would be helpful. Despite the bare trophy cabinet we are proud to be part of a wider GAA community. For us the GAA is more than just silver ware, it is our identity, it is what we are. We might be small in numbers but we will keep at it and every now and then we will get our small victories and they will sustain us until the next one. We thrive on boxing above our weight. Perhaps this is what some commentators don't get. Yes we are realists, yes the odds are stacked against us but we are still in it to win. Why else would we persevere at it?
Despite the long odds those of us who travel to Carrick today do so in hope. Our grounds are named after our native son, Sean Mac Diarmada, a man crippled by polio but not by defeat. He knew his legacy would be strong and would last. In many ways our teams are like this and though victory may not be our lot we know there is a bigger picture. This is why every Saturday morning at 10.30 am our club grounds are full children learning the basic skills of the game that defines our culture. As long as those kids keep coming through the gates in places like Glenfarne, Aughnasheelin, Drumreilly and Dromahaire our identity is secure. The result today won't alter that, win, lose or draw. Liathroim Abu!
Alas and well may Erin weep
All-Ireland victory speeches tend to follow a template for some reason. The "Tá an athas orm an Corn seo a Bhua" followed by three "Hip Hip Hurrahs" for the losing team. It's an archaic, regimental and pretty boring climax to a summer of action.
This is why the 1980 victory speech in the aftermath of Galway's win in the All-Ireland Hurling final is so memorable. For a start it was a special day for the Tribesmen as they finally got their hands on the Liam McCarthy Cup after a lengthy absence (one previous win in 1923). The speech is most memorable because of the beautiful blás of Joe Connolly's Irish followed by his witty homage to Pope John Paul II "Young People of Ireland" speech from the previous year in Ballybrit Racecourse.
But the abiding memory of those glorious few minutes up those golden steps of the Hogan Stand is when Joe McDonagh sang his customised version of "The Wests Awake" to the ecstatic crowd. It is a beautiful moment that continues to resonate in the hearts of all people from the West of Ireland, not just Galway. It is a moment that has a rawness, a purity of emotion.
There will be long obituaries written about Joe McDonagh elsewhere – he achieved a lot in life, in sport as a player and official, as an educator and a family man. For many like me, people who never even met him in person, he shall remain the man who took up a microphone and sang to a stadium and to Irish people 'away o'er the water, away o'er the foam'. It is estimated that a crowd of 8,000 was in Gaelic Park in the Bronx watching and listening, not to mention the thousands gathered around radios all over the the world.
In his impromptu performance McDonagh proclaimed that the people of the West, the people who faced the most adversity and the highest emigration, were as good as the rest and even better.
Rest in Peace Joe McDonagh, the man who awoke the passion in his people, sending them back to their homes and into workplaces, their chests puffed out with pride, shoulders back and a purpose to their gait.
Bealtaine – Bonfires and Primroses
Bealtaine heralds the beginning of Summer in the Celtic Calendar. This is traditionally the half way point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice thus linked to the one of the quarter points in the Earth's navigation around the Sun. Of course our ancestors may not have known about such matters. They were however keen enough observers of the seasons and the sky above them to appreciate the significance of this time of year. Bealtaine is also used in Modern Gaelic to refer to the entire month of May.
The Celts believed that at this time of year the little people and spirits were particularly active, just like at Samhain. As they moved their cattle out to summer pastures and sowed their crops the people also paid homage to the spirits, and especially the Sun God Bel, praying that he would protect their livestock and bring a good harvest.
Bealtaine and Samhain (Haloween) are also associated with the lighting of bonfires. One of the most important ritual sites was the Hill of Uisneach in Co. Westmeath. Uisneach was deemed to be the centre of Ireland physically and spiritually, and therefore symbolic as the navel of the country. Although the Hill of Uisneach is not exactly a big Hill (596ft above sea level) from its summit you can enjoy a panoramic view that stretches to all corners of Ireland. It was said that on Bealtaine all the fires and hearths in the land were extinguished. Once the fire was lit at Uisenach it could be seen far and wide and this signalled that the fires elsewhere could be lit again. The short period of darkness was believed to have purified the land. It is also said that the God Lugh drowned in the small lake near the summit of Uisneach. Lugh gives his name to the Festival of Lughnasa held on 1st August and which heralds in the harvest season (first fruits).
When I was growing up in Leitrim the tradition of placing flowers at doorways was still very common. We would pick primroses the night before May Day and lay them at our door and that of our grandparents. We also placed the flowers on windowsills. Sometimes the flowers were even placed in the byres and cattle sheds. Often garlands were made of the buttercups and primroses. I don't know if the yellow colour of the flowers might have mirrored that of the sun? This custom has echoes around Europe and across many cultures..
There were many other customs on May Day too. It was the only day that the ashes weren't put out of the house. This was for fear of giving away the luck of the house. If a neighbour called for milk or butter they were likely to go away empty handed for the same reason. Although some less superstitious people might give away milk or butter they would still take the precaution of throwing a bit of salt in it before it left the house.
I don't ever recalling any history of dancing around a maypole but understand it was common in some parts of the Country. It is likely this tradition was imported from England in from the late medieval period on and therefore is more common in Leinster and the North East being the area first occupied. In the Midlands and Leinster however there is also a tradition of decorating the 'May Bush' usually a hawthorn. People place ribbons, streamers and pieces of clothing on the bush and it would ward off evil and bring good luck to the household.
Prior to the Land Acts the 1st May was also noted as one of the 'Gale days' when tenant farmers paid half of their yearly rent to their landlord. The second payment was due on the 1st November.
Another recollection of my youth is of my Grandmother scolding me for taking off my jumper, on the grounds that I shouldn't shed my 'Geansai' until after May Day. There was of course genuine wisdom behind this. We often have nice warm days coming up to May but the nights tended to be cool, perfect for picking up colds and coughs.
As I walked the promenade at Dun Laoghaire yesterday afternoon, I realised that although many customs are falling away, there were still plenty of sun worshippers to be had in modern Ireland. Bel would be appeased.
Boxty – staple of rural Irish Life
Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan, If you can't bake boxty sure you'll never get a man
Leitrim and West Cavan is the traditional home of Boxty but the potato based dish is also popular in some districts of Counties Longford, Roscommon, Monaghan and Sligo. When I was growing up the Parish most associated with the traditional homemade dish was Cloone. Cloone is set in the heart of the Drumlins of South Leitrim. On and off the football field the men (and sometimes the women) of Cloone were regularly called 'The Boxties', hardly a derogatory moniker to have. They always seemed to take the field looking well fed unlike some of the poor undernourished townies.
It is important to kill a commonly held belief – Boxty is not the same as Potato Bread, they are distinct dishes and not alternatives of each other. The origins of the word Boxty is obviously through the Gaelic. It could be simply that it was a dish of the ordinary folk and so Boxty may derive from Bocht Tí (poor house) od Bácus (baking house). Boxty has undergone somewhat of a renaissance in recent decades. Leitrim native Ronan McGreevy is a man that should know a thing or two about Boxty and uses it a a metaphor for the huge potential of the Upper Shannon region.
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/boxty-a-metaphor-for-huge-potential-of-shannon-erne-region-1.1911047
My Grandmother and mother were both great exponents of the art of making Boxty. It sounds quite simple on paper – grate your potatoes, add the flour, whisk egg and milk, add salt and pepper to season. But the debates about how much flour, what type of potato, what type of milk, one egg or two rage on. It might seem a simple recipe but some people became known for making great boxty whilst others suffered the ignominy of having leftovers on their plates. I once heard of a man who was offered payment of Boxty for work done. The quick thinking tradesman who knew the boxty wouldn't reduce his bank loan, replied 'sure my ould dog wouldn't ate that stuff', his retort having the double effect of combining stern refusal and stinging insult in one short statement. Whilst Boxty remains popular in rural Ireland it has never taken hold as legal tender.
If you are in Dublin make sure to taste the traditional dish at Gallagher's Boxty House in Temple Bar. The founders are natives of Mohill, Co. Leitrim and no doubt found their inspiration from growing up and visiting the small outlying farms where their late father was the local Vet or 'quack'. The staple of many of these farmhouses was the humble spud, which was utilised in many ways but none tastier than Boxty. It is no surprise then that the Restaurants motto is "the humble spud made beautiful". Check them out at www.boxtyhouse.ie or call to 20/21 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 and try dishes like the Chicken & Smoked Bacon Boxty – a Free-range Irish Chicken Fillet in a Creamy Smoked Bacon & Leek Sauce, wrapped in a traditional Leitrim Boxty Pancake, or maybe the Roasted Cauliflower, sautéed with Boxty Dumplings, Black Kale and Sweet Potato topped with freshly grated Gubbeen Cheese. My mouth is watering just typing that.
Another restaurant that has embraced Boxty is Victoria Hall in Carrick-on-Shannon, the County town. This restaurant is located in a restored Parish Hall and it serves an eclectic mix of Irish and Thai cuisine. Nowhere is the fusion more evident than in the speciality Boxty wraps which have Thai Beef, Chicken Sate, Tofu, Vegetable and Sweet and Sour Duck fillings. You can check their full menu out at http://www.victoriahall.ie/ or call to Quay Road, Carrick-on-Shannon beside the Rowing Club (incidentally the oldest Rowing Club in Ireland).
There are several local manufacturers of Boxty in Leitrim and perhaps the best known are Dromod Boxty Limited www.dromodboxty.ie and McNiffses Boxty from outside Ballinamore.
I'll now relate a story about a Leitrim mother whose first born son had started in College in the early nineties. The son was not one for writing or telephoning too often which was the source of great anxiety for his poor mother. Those under forty will note that mobile phones, texting and skype were tools not available to the homesick student or anxious mother in those days. This particular College boy would simply arrive home on a Friday evening or Saturday morning with a bag of dirty washing and deposit it just inside the front door. He would depart again on Sunday after a weekend of Pints, Gaa and pilfering his mother's kitchen of any luxury foodstuffs.
One weekend this perfect son didn't arrive home on the Friday evening nor did he show up the following morning. By lunchtime the mother was becoming frantic with worry. What could have become of him? Did somebody put something in his drink? Had he fallen in with some jezebel? Her mind was racing and nothing would do her only conscript the next born son to drive her to the City. Her mission was to rescue her dear boy from whatever calamity had befallen him. Two hours later the search party pulled up outside the house where the missing messiah was lodging. The mother rang the doorbell but the wires sticking out from the wall suggested it hadn't rung in some time. There was a key in the lock so the second son turned it and entered the house. He knocked on the half-opened sitting room door and was greeted by a sighful "Yeah?" He entered the room and found four burly lads stretched out across two armchairs and a sofa. They looked in good fettle as they were watching Baywatch. "Is himself here?" asked the second son "out in the kitchen" said the spokesperson for the gang of four.
The anxious mother and her chauffeur walked towards the Kitchen, the former in trepidation. She needn't have worried. When they opened the door what greeted them was the Prodigal Son industriously engrossed in work. A five kilo bag of roosters sat on the dining table. He was busy at the sink grating spuds into a basin, a silk cut cigarette in his mouth with an inch long ash hovering precariously over the food mix. Meanwhile a pan was going strong on the gas cooker. A neatly made pan of Boxty was nearing completion, already turned, its top-side nicely browned in that distinct mottled colouring. It took a few minutes for the chef to realise he had company. 'Pearl Jam' was belting out loud. When he did notice the pair it was difficult to say who was the most surprised. The mother pretended that they were just up anyway and "said we'd call over" and no she wasn't a bit worried. Of course his lame excuse about the payphone down the road being out of order was accepted in good faith by the doting mother. He told her he was doing well on his course and was getting "a hang of the Physics" but what made her more content was the sight of her manly son, out in the big bad World, fending for himself. Contentedly she thought the journey to see him was worth it, when he could make his own Boxty, he'd surely never starve.
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Playing Time Of 'Bande Utkala Janani' To Be Within 3 Minutes
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By OB Bureau Last updated Jun 8, 2020
Bhubaneswar: The playing time of 'Bande Utkala Janani, which was accorded the state anthem status by the Odisha government on Sunday, will be within three minutes.
Informing this to the media on Monday, I & PR minister Raghunandan Das said that the department will prepare a blueprint to determine the tune and music of the songs soon.
Stating that 11 states had already introduced their respective state anthem, he said the state government will frame rules against its misuse after reviewing the legal provisions framed by these states.
Talking to a local channel later in the day, Culture secretary Manoranjan Panigrahi said that the playing time of the Bande Utkala Janani will be 2 minutes and 11 seconds.
Besides Odisha, 11 states including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat have their own state anthem.
Also Read: 'Bande Utkala Janani' Gets State Anthem Status
This patriotic poem was written by Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra in Sanskrit in 1912. A paean of praise for Mother Utkal, it was first sung at the Utkal Sammilani's Conference, the movement for a separate province of Odisha, in Balasore the same year.
On November 7, 1994, former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik had proposed that the song should be played at the end of every Assembly session.
In 2000, the then Odisha Assembly speaker Sarat Kar had ruled that the song should be adopted as the state song and advised the state government to initiate steps in this regard.
In 2006, former Assembly speaker Maheswar Mohanty had constituted a committee for adopting the song as the state song.
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Philippine leader apologises over 'world's worst airport' 17 апреля 2014, 14:27
Philippine President Benigno Aquino publicly apologised on Wednesday for failures in air conditioning at Manila airport, already named by an online travel guide as the world's worst.
Philippines' President Benigno Aquino. ©Reuters/Romeo Ranoco
Philippine President Benigno Aquino publicly apologised on Wednesday for failures in air conditioning at Manila airport, already named by an online travel guide as the world's worst, AFP reports.
The fresh debacle at Terminal 1, used by foreign airlines, came as millions of Filipinos begin travelling for the Easter holidays during one of the hottest months of the year.
"We ask for your pardon and patience," Aquino said in remarks to reporters aired live on national television.
The transportation ministry also issued a separate public apology Wednesday, on the eve of four-day Easter holidays in the Catholic Philippines that begin on Maundy Thursday.
The apologies came amid numerous complaints by irate travellers this week over inadequate air conditioning in some parts of the airport.
Aquino said the air conditioning system of Terminal 1, the oldest of its passenger gateways, was underagoing rehabilitation and some of the units had to be shut off.
He said that while the government had tendered for replacement parts in November last year, deliveries would only start in August.
"With the strict rules of government, you cannot just order (an airconditioning unit) today and have it delivered in just 30 days," Aquino said as he made the rounds of Manila's ports and air terminals for safety checks.
The Manila airport's Terminal 1 was rated as the world's worst as of last year, for the second year in a row, by online travel website "The Guide to Sleeping in Airports".
Travellers criticised its "dilapidated facilities", dishonest airport workers -- particularly taxi drivers -- long waiting times and rude officials in the latest rating.
The website had yet to issue its 2014 rankings.
Manila airport authorities have been renovating the terminal, built in 1981, but say the ageing building is handling far more travellers than its intended capacity of six million per year.
Despite the official apologies, some critics were not mollified, using social media to vent their ire.
Senator Pia Cayetano, tweeting about the air conditioning problem, said: "Did they have to wait for the president to find a solution?"
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Today is the Day of Hope (Dec 23, 2018)
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42 and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? 44 For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord."
46 And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."
Part of this text is called "the Magnificat," sometimes "the Song of Mary." Mary, pregnant with Jesus, rejoices in the promises of God being fulfilled, including justice for the poor and the lowly, feeding of the hungry, and help for all Israel. God's justice, she remembers, includes God bringing down the powerful and sending the rich away with nothing.
That's a pretty bold statement of hope in any situation, but it is even more so in Mary's particular context. The Roman Empire was vast, powerful, and unforgiving. Historians write about a Jewish rebellion around 4 BCE, which triggered a massive military response from Rome. A village about 4 miles from Nazareth was burned to the ground. Those Jews who were found were killed, raped, and enslaved. Those who survived that were left with nothing. Mary was certainly well aware of this cruelty of Rome's power, it having occurred so close to her town of Nazareth.
Yet in the face of Roman power which reached to the ends of the known world, Mary sings this song of hope. Not of hope for the future, but hope present right now in the world.
For Mary, today is the day of hope.
For Jews in that day, the only hope for justice wasn't found in government or military or revolution. Hope could only come from God keeping God's own promises of justice, of mercy, of compassion for all people.
For Mary, today is the day of hope. Her hope is that God would rule in the world the same way God rules in heaven. Her hope is that her soon-to-be-born son, the promised Messiah, would bring God's justice—bringing down the power-ful and lifting up the power-less.
For Mary, today is the day of hope. Mary sings this song of hope into the very face of overwhelming helplessness. She sings this song of hope in situations like this: From NBC news Tuesday:
While the executives who presided over the bankruptcy of Sears and Kmart will ring out 2018 with news of $25.3 million in bonuses, laid-off worker Ondrea Patrick will be using her unemployment check to pay for new brakes on her 2000 Dodge Durango.
Patrick, who lost her job when the Kmart she worked at in Rockford, Illinois, closed in October, had been hoping to use the money to buy her kids . . . something new for Christmas.
And it infuriates her that they'll be getting hand-me-downs and relying on charity this Christmas while the people in charge are handsomely rewarded.
"Those top people and (Sears CEO Eddie) Lampert are having a wonderful Christmas," Patrick, 36, told NBC News. "They got $25 million in bonuses. Me? I'm late on my bills. The electric company is threatening to shut me off. And I don't have anything left to spend on the kids this Christmas."
Patrick, who worked part-time for Kmart for nine years, is one of the thousands of workers whose lives were upended in October when Sears Holdings, more than $5 billion in debt and unable to compete with Walmart and Amazon, declared bankruptcy.
"I was making $10.50 an hour when they closed my store," Patrick said. "I got my pharm tech license and was working at the service desk. All my life we struggled and I finally felt like I was making it."
On Friday, a U.S. bankruptcy court judge allowed Sears Holdings to hand out the bonuses after the company successfully argued that it would lose its top people if there's nothing in their stockings this Christmas.[1]
Mary sings this song of hope into the very face of overwhelming helplessness. She also sings this song of hope in situations like this:
This week a judge in US Federal Court allowed four women with their children, who were fleeing abuse and violence yet were turned away at the US border, to re-enter the US and reapply for asylum.
It's in real-life situations that Mary sings her song of hope. For Mary, today is the day of hope. In the coming of Jesus, the promises of God's compassion and justice are present in the world. Right now.
Advent is a season of hope. Hope in our lives, hope in our church, hope in our neighborhood, and hope throughout the whole world.
Our thanks to Bishop Jim Gonia for being here for this 4th week of Advent hope, and sharing with us his reflections on God's hope revealed in our world. In the coming of Christ, our hope is real. The world's hope is real. Perhaps, just perhaps, we can be among those who reveal God's hope just as it is revealed to us.
[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/while-sears-executives-get-25-million-bonuses-laid-workers-struggle-n949446
Tags: Luke 1:39-55, Magnificat, Mary, Mary's Song of Praise, Powerful and Powerless, Sears Executive Bonus, Today is the day of hope


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The pound remains volatile amid Brexit jitters. After forming a bottom around 1.237 area, it is sharply higher as the Theresa survived the no-confidence vote, despite the defeat of her Brexit deal with the EU. The rejection of the agreement has sharply increased the possibility of a better agreement with the EU.
In recent weeks, the warning rhetoric from the Bank of England (BoE), continued tensions between the European Union and the UK over Brexit trade agreement, and weaker than expected economic dockets have pushed the pound lower against the dollar but quickly recovered as positive Brexit news hit the market.
However, weaker than expected numbers from the UK real estate sector, as well as manufacturing pose concerns.
The focus for today is on UK retail sales, which has been relatively stronger. The report will be released at 9:30 GMT.
As said, this report would be vital in supporting the sterling. If the sales remain strong it would be an indication that people are willing to spend money, despite the uncertainties surrounding Brexit. However, it has shown weakness in 2018.
After the crisis of 2008/09, the retail sales started to recover and the growth rate reached a level much higher than it was before the crisis. In August 2016, retail sales growth reached 6.6 percent. Compared to that, September was weaker with 4.1 percent y/y growth. In October, retail sales hit the highest level of growth for the year 2016 to 7.4 percent.
UK retail sales are expected to grow by 3.3 percent y/y in February but decline by 0.4 percent on a monthly basis.
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Books for the Summer of Our Discontent
These past few months, I expect many folks have found themselves resorting to the page and the lamp more often; may that literary trend continue long after our public health circumstances change! Since plague time began, I've found the following books reassuring, challenging, illuminating, and in some cases just plain fun: which is to say, apt reading in, and for, this troubled moment.
There's nothing like a quarantine and sheltering at home to rekindle that resolution to read the Bible regularly. Now comes The Word on Fire Bible: The Gospels (Word on Fire Catholic Ministries). The fourfold story of Jesus is lavishly illustrated and the text is complemented by commentaries ancient and modern, which clarify the puzzling and make the familiar come alive anew.
If there were one mentor I'd recommend to a young person seeking wisdom, it would likely be Leon Kass. The newest collection of his essays, Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times (Encounter Books), is chock-full of the insights that follow when a master teacher combines biblical literacy, deep learning in the humanities, and a trained scientist's grasp of science that is unmarred by an uncritical reverence for scientific achievement. If several hundred Leon Kasses had been teaching in elite American colleges and universities in the past 50 years, those institutions wouldn't have become the playpens of cancel culture they are today—and there would be much less nonsense spouted in public.
That nonsense is also the sorry result of a profound ignorance of American history. One remedy for that—and one way to get today into perspective—is H. W. Brands's story of the four decades between the War of 1812 and the aftermath of the Compromise of 1850: Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants (Doubleday). I finished the book with a new respect for Clay (arguably the greatest American never to become president); a renewed respect for Webster; and the feeling that Calhoun, for all his brilliance, did the Republic no enduring service except by illustrating what happens when abstract ideology runs amuck.
Like the old gray mare, the Pulitzer Prize ain't what she used to be. But the Pulitzer committee got it right when it gave David W. Blight its 2019 History award for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon and Schuster). Douglass, my fellow native Marylander, was one of the greatest Americans of his time or any time. His firm belief in the promise of the United States as a land founded on the conviction that all are created equal, sorely tried at times, remains an inspiring antidote to the false story of America that's underwriting a lot of cheap-grace political posturing in the face of injustices today.
David Pryce-Jones is frequently described as one of the last of that splendid breed, the "man of letters." And while I hope his tribe increases and flourishes, I'm also grateful that he's shared decades of literary memories in Signatures: Literary Encounters of a Lifetime (Encounter Books). David's mini sketches of 90 authors whose signed volumes he owns sparkle with wit and insight from cover to cover. Perhaps my favorite thrust from the Pryce-Jones rapier puts touché to the lefty British historian A. J. P. Taylor, "a typical intellectual of the 1930s [who] made sure to enjoy the privileges he was criticizing."
At a moment when the United States seems to have lost the capacity to produce leaders of intelligence, courage, and the capacity to work with others for the common good, it's important to remember that we were once such a nation, and within living memory. Two good reminders are Eric Larrabee's Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War (Naval Institute Press) and Walter Borneman's The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea (Back Bay Books). Admiral Raymond Spruance, who won "the war at sea" far more than media darling Bull Halsey, gets unhappily short shrift from these authors; still, both volumes offer well-drawn, concise portraits of a host of leaders with the human qualities we could use in 2020.
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class Sighting < ActiveRecord::Base

  # A sighting is of a specific bike.
  belongs_to :bike

  # A sighting has an associated photo
  has_attached_file :photo, :styles => { :medium => "300x300>", :thumb => "100x100>" }, :default_url => "/images/:style/default.png"
  # validates_attachment_content_type :photo, :content_type => /\Aimage\/.*\Z/
  do_not_validate_attachment_file_type :photo

  validates :lat, presence: true
  validates :long, presence: true
end


All information related to the TFg Atropos is non-canon.
For the original ship, see GTC Ticonderoga.
The Atropos-class assault and defense frigate is the centerpiece of any space-based military battle plan. Heavily armed and armored, a wing of these ships can easily smash any space station's defenses in minutes. Attacking an Atropos in a bomber is ticklish business, and pilots are warned not to engage them without fighter cover.
Based on Hamano's GTC Ticonderoga.


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Q: Access a drive by port, rather than /dev/
Possible Duplicate:
Device names on hotswap server. (Name by port rather than insert order?)

I need a way to access the drive in sata port ?? on a hotswappable server.  I was previously trying to access by a /dev/ name and find the port it belongs to but I cannot seem do that.
The drives will basically be assembly lined through the server so I can not do anything drive specific (rename by uuid etc...).
I will need to be able to use hdparm and dd on the drive.

A: On most modern distros, you'll have a /dev/disk directory.  Inside will be a handful of other directories, each corresponding to one way to find a disk device.
Inside by-id, you'll see drives and partition "names" as made up by the kernel.  Usually these names will include the disk model number and serial number.  For example, a name I have on one of my systems is scsi-SATA_ST3808110AS_5LR187B2 is a SCSI (SATA) Seagate ST3808110AS with the serial number 5LR187B2.
Inside by-label, you'll see partition labels, as discussed in your earlier question.  You might not have labels, and they're for partitions, not drives.
Inside by-path, you'll see path name built from the chain of devices that lead to the device.  For example, I have one called pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-3:0:0:0 -- the fourth (counting from zero) SCSI device attached to a SCSI adapter attached to the PCI bus.
Finally, by-uuid contains the UUIDs assigned to each partition on the available drives.
All of these are simple symlinks back to the appropriate device in /dev.
If you're trying to find a device on a specific SATA port, using the device names in by-path is probably going to work for you.

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If you have pictures of any of these spoilers on a prelude of any combination I would be very grateful if you would post them.
What do you guys think about this? I will post a new thread to get some fresh opinions too. Each spoiler will have a description of the look that is possible.
It has the exact dimensions as the oem spoiler and does fit.
mid rise, same as above, would paint gloss black. There is a close up picture of the black outline on the trunk to see what I am talking about.
Pictures would be great, I have searched so many pictures and still have not found these combos. Especially with a cf trunk.
-As mentioned above stock headlights and tail lights. Is there a place to buy already modded retro lights?
-front and rear original lip kit on the way (used from ebay, great deal). Will be purchasing a side skirt in near future.
-Changing exhaust from can to a cleaner stock type look vibrant street performance turbo exhaust with dual tips to come out just inside the opening in the rear lip.
-carbon fiber spoiler stock trim? Need thoughts on this. I like the look without the spoiler from the side, but from the back it looks like it's missing something and needs something to tie everything together with the cf trunk.
Last edited by silverlude80; 01-06-2011 at 01:48 PM.
i would get the mugen or wing west spoiler, the duckbilled one. low and sleek.
+1, Can't go wrong with Mugen.
This is the one I am really leaning towards. It's like the wings west type r, seems to be about the same height (I will call and get dimensions to verify) With the lip kit, this will look good. Any thoughts on painting a fiberglass wing black so it matches the black outline on the trunk? Or just go cf?
^ Personally, I agree. Your car looks good bud. I think keeping the low profile to the trunk keeps balance to the skinny front end and the thicker trunk. If you were to get one something low. As it has been said, the mugen style spoiler. One concern you way want to look into is just simply making a void in the resin of the cf. Once you have done this the woven layers are susceptible to separation. Something you may wanna research.
In my opinion, if you are going to have a spoiler on a carbon trunk, its mandatory the spoiler be carbon too. I've seen a few cars around town with painted spoilers on a carbon trunk lid and the color offset seems awkward.
Hey Reika, I am not sure I understood your post completely. Your buddy had a cf trunk and a cf type r kind of spoiler like the one I posted above?
What does the duckbill spoiler look like? Did he have the cf trunk and a cf duckbill?
I am really looking for pics of a cf trunk with a cf spoiler, preferably the one above. I cannot find any pics with cf trunk and cf spoiler.
I do have a front and rear original lip kit already shipped and on the way. I agree, it does make a huge difference in look. Anything looks good with the lip kit.
Last edited by silverlude80; 01-07-2011 at 12:26 PM.
i like the mid rise one, and pretty sure wings west makes it in CF..
That spoiler will look goofy on there. Just sayin. Stick to the lip style ones like Mugen.
check out 1badbb6's prelude, its that spoiler, but cf.


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Neupro® can be prescribed for all patients in accordance with the approved indications
Neupro® available again to all patients with Parkinson's disease
Neupro® newly available to adult patients with moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome
Brussels (Belgium), 29 June 2009 - press release, regulated information - UCB announced today that Neupro® (rotigotine transdermal patch) can now be prescribed to all patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease in Europe and is newly available for the symptomatic treatment of moderate to severe idiopathic Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) in adults. This follows the decision of the European Commission to lift treatment restrictions on Neupro® in line with the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), issued on 29 May 2009.
"We are delighted that all patients with Parkinson's disease in Europe can once again benefit from continuous drug delivery and the improvement in symptoms that is offered with Neupro® and that, for the first time, people with RLS in Europe will also experience the advantages of this important treatment," said Troy Cox, Senior Vice President CNS Operations, UCB.
Since June 2008, Neupro® supply in Europe has been limited to patients already established on the drug while a new cold-chain storage and distribution system was developed to meet the need for refrigeration of the product from manufacturer to patient. Following full implementation of this system, refrigerated stocks of Neupro® are available in all doses so Neupro® can be prescribed by European physicians for all patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
Neupro® in Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease affects over six million people worldwide and approximately three million patients in the seven major markets (U.S., Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain). Formulated as a once-a-day transdermal patch, Neupro® continuous drug delivery provides stable drug levels in the bloodstream. Neupro® provides statistically significant and clinically relevant improvements in movement and ability to carry out everyday activities in people with early-stage Parkinson's disease and significantly reduces off time and increases on time in people with later stage Parkinson's disease. Neupro® is generally well-tolerated. Adverse drug reactions reported in more than 10% of Parkinson's patients treated with Neupro® are nausea, dizziness, somnolence and application site reactions.
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In August 2008, the European Commission approved Neupro® for the symptomatic treatment of idiopathic moderate to severe RLS in adults. The UK and Germany are the first European countries to launch Neupro® (1 mg/24 h, 2 mg/24 h and 3 mg/24 h) in this new indication.
RLS affects between 3 and 10% of the population to some extent. In a clinical trial of 458 patients with moderate to severe RLS, Neupro® (1 mg/24 h, 2 mg/24 h and 3 mg/24 h dose) proved more efficacious than placebo in relieving bedtime, night and daytime symptoms in patients over a six month treatment period. Neupro® was shown to reduce symptoms by >=50% in over half of patients (54.2%) compared to symptom reduction in approximately one third (29.9%) of patients on placebo. In addition more patients receiving Neupro® (3 mg/24 h) achieved clinical remission (47.3% vs. 22.8% placebo) and symptom freedom (31.3% vs. 12.3% placebo).
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RLS is a lifelong condition, the symptoms of which may gradually worsen with age. RLS affects between 3 and 10 per cent of the population to some extent, causing sensations such as tingling, burning, tugging, gnawing and pulling, and ranging in severity from uncomfortable to irritating and at times painful. Symptoms frequently occur during periods of rest and inactivity such as night time. If left untreated, Restless Legs Syndrome can cause exhaustion and negatively impact quality of life.
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Der Packard Hawk war eines von vier Packard-Automobilen, welche die Studebaker-Packard Corporation 1958 herstellte. Das ursprüngliche Packard-Werk in Detroit war bereits an Curtiss-Wright vermietet (und wurde ihnen bald verkauft), und die Packard-Modelle waren alle umdekorierte Studebaker-Modelle mit Packard-Firmenschild. Der Packard Hawk war eigentlich ein Studebaker Golden Hawk, der etwas in Form und Ausstattung verändert wurde.

Anstatt des großen, fast senkrecht stehenden Kühlergrills des Studebaker hatte der Packard ein breites, niedriges Fischmaul direkt über dem vorderen Stoßfänger auf der gesamten Fahrzeugbreite. Darüber gab es eine leicht nach vorne abfallende Nase und eine Motorhaube, die an die 1953er-Studebaker erinnerte, aber mit einer Ausbauchung wie beim Golden Hawk. Darunter lag der McCulloch-Radialverdichter, mit dem der Studebaker-V8-Motor mit 4735 cm³ Hubraum eine Leistung von 275 bhp (202 kW) erreichte. Die Seiten der Heckflossen waren mit metallisierter PET-Folie beklebt, die ihnen ein metallisch-goldenes Aussehen verlieh. Eine angedeutete Reserveradabdeckung (ohne Reserverad) zierte die Kofferraumklappe. Der Name "PACKARD" thronte in großen Lettern auf der Frontmaske; hinten war das Packard-Emblem und die Bezeichnung Hawk an Kofferraumklappe und Heckflossen angebracht.

Innen war der Wagen komplett mit Leder ausgeschlagen und hatte die komplette Instrumentierung. Wie bei alten Flugzeugen war außerhalb der Seitenfenster eine gepolsterte Armstütze angebracht, ein seltenes Ausstattungsdetail.

Das Styling des Wagens mit der an einen Wels erinnernden Frontpartie wurde viel diskutiert und von einigen Journalisten auch als "Staubsauger-Look" beschrieben. Nur 558 Exemplare wurden gebaut, wobei es eine gewisse Rolle gespielt haben mag, dass die Aufgabe der Marke Packard bereits in der Luft lag. Der Hawk war sicherlich der schnellste Packard, der jemals verkauft wurde, da er sich die meisten Komponenten mit dem Studebaker Golden Hawk teilte. Der Wagen kostete 3995 US-Dollar, etwa 700 US-Dollar mehr als das Studebaker-Modell, dafür aber mit luxuriöserer Innenausstattung.

Seine Seltenheit und sein Status als angesehenster der "Packardbaker" der letzten Jahre haben dafür gesorgt, dass der Packard Hawk unter Sammlern sehr gesucht ist. Er erzielt etwa das Doppelte des Preises eines entsprechenden Studebaker, wobei dieser im Vergleich zu dem bekannterer Marken immer noch niedrig ist. Da die Mechanik des Studebaker verwendet wurde, sind mechanische Ersatzteile leichter zu finden als die seltenen Karosserieteile.

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I don't want to sound harsh or spoonfeeded,but when you say "but noone seems to know how it is done the right way" .Why don't you post an mod version for this hook with your implementation.I'm sure many will be interested in this. + I really don't get your point as i'm not a hooking familier guy.
DetourMessageBoxW never gets called. Any idea what what might be wrong?
Uhm, minihook has some flaws.
Anyway one of your problems it's the compiler. If you're using Visual Studio for sure.
Line 11. That &MessageBoxW returns the address of a far jmp that jumps to the real MessageBoxW in User32.dll. It's a code optimization quite common for Microsoft's compiler.
Replace it with (void*)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleW(L"User32.dll"), L"MessageBoxW").
If you still cannot run your MessageBox injected, then it's a problem with minihook.


The Medlite C6 Nd:YAG laser emits high energy light towards the affected area, destroying unwanted skin cells which then allows skin to generate new cells to replace the old ones. In Q – SWITCH mode, the laser produces two wavelengths; one being 1,064nm and the second being 532nm which is useful to address skin lesions. The laser is able to penetrate deeply without injuring the top layer of skin and also triggers the production of collagen and vital proteins which are essential for healthy and youthful skin.
It is a relatively painless and quick treatment that is suitable for all types of skin. Helping to lighten the tone of your skin, this laser procedure will also improve its complexion, resulting in fairer and smoother skin. The Medlite C6 laser is also approved by the FDA to treat a variety of skin disorders, ensuring it is safe.
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Corlunda McGinister Wiki, Bio, Age, Family, Police Fatally Shoot Woman, Holding Walmart Worker Hostage
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Mississippi police shot and killed a woman holding a Walmart worker hostage in a tense ordeal caught on camera Wednesday. Corlunda McGinister was fatally shot by officers inside the megastore's Richland location after strangely pleading to speak to a news anchor as she held the petrified worker, according to authorities and footage of the incident.
Corlunda McGinister died at the age of 21 years old.
Police Fatally Shoot Woman Holding Walmart Worker Hostage
Richland police reported on social media Wednesday that there was an "incident at Walmart with a weapon" around 5:45 p.m. Images circulating online showed a woman, who appeared to be holding a gun, making a specific demand.
"Hey, get me a newscaster here right now," the woman said as she appeared to have the gun in one hand while she used the other hand to hold the hostage.
"I need help, I need help," she said, according to the footage. "Give me a newscaster down here."
The woman also said that she did not mean to hurt anyone. She resisted calls to let the woman go during the terrifying episode, according to the video.
"I'm not trying to hurt anyone," the woman said. "Give me a newscaster."
The footage also showed cops repeatedly demanding that she drop her gun as she continued to demand a newscaster.
Richland Police Chief Nick McLendon told WAPT the tense incident was "devastating" for everyone.
"It's devastating for all parties involved: the officers, everyone who was involved in this situation," McLendon said.
"You know, with the holiday season coming up, mental health is a big problem because of the stress that comes with the holiday season."
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He said no one else was hurt in the shooting.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation into the shooting.
The Walmart was reopened on Thursday, according to WLBT.
Police were stationed inside and outside the Walmart to make shoppers feel safe, the news station reported.


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Q: Taking continuos input in an integer array I'm trying to make a class for adding huge integers.
I have 2 arrays both of size 40 I wanted to know if there is any way I can take input with out doing the old school method:
for(int i=0;i<40;i++)
{
   std::cin >> arr[i];
}

In this way I have to take input 40 times. Is there a way to take input like we do in cin.getline?

A: No, you can't get an array of integers directly, since there's no overload for this type. You'll have to either use third-party library for parsing or define an additional overload for operator>> and array. Example:
#include <iostream>
#include <array>

template <int  N>
std::istream & operator>>(std::istream & is, std::array<int, N> a)
{
  for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    is >> a[i];
  return is;
}

int main()
{
  std::array<int, 10> ar;
  std::cin >> ar;
  for(auto & e : ar)
    std::cout << e << ' ';
  return 0;
}


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package graph.objects;

import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer;
import nio.base.INio;

/**
 * Hrana ako objekt v pameti nie v namapovanom subore.
 * Cez INIO sa objekt nacita.
 *
 * @author Lukas Sekerak
 */
public class Edge implements INio
{
	protected char	sourceKey;
	protected int	sourceIndex	= -1;
	protected char	targetKey;
	protected int	targetIndex	= -1;
	protected int	priority;

	@Override
	public void nioWrite(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
		buffer.putChar(sourceKey);
		buffer.putInt(sourceIndex);
		buffer.putChar(targetKey);
		buffer.putInt(targetIndex);
		buffer.putInt(priority);
	}
	@Override
	public void nioRead(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
		sourceKey = buffer.getChar();
		sourceIndex = buffer.getInt();
		targetKey = buffer.getChar();
		targetIndex = buffer.getInt();
		priority = buffer.getInt();
	}
	public String toString() {
		return sourceKey + "_" + sourceIndex + " => " + targetKey + "_"
				+ targetIndex + " (" + priority + ")";
	}

	public static Edge LoadPriorityOnly() {
		return new Edge()
		{
			@Override
			public void nioWrite(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
				throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
			}
			@Override
			public void nioRead(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
				buffer.position(buffer.position() + 12);
				priority = buffer.getInt();
			}
		};
	}

	public static Edge LoadSourceOnly() {
		return new Edge()
		{
			@Override
			public void nioWrite(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
				throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
			}
			@Override
			public void nioRead(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
				sourceKey = buffer.getChar();
				sourceIndex = buffer.getInt();
			}
		};
	}
	public static Edge LoadTargetOnly() {
		return new Edge()
		{
			@Override
			public void nioWrite(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
				throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
			}
			@Override
			public void nioRead(MappedByteBuffer buffer) {
				buffer.position(buffer.position() + 6);
				targetKey = buffer.getChar();
				targetIndex = buffer.getInt();
			}
		};
	}
	public char getSourceKey() {
		return sourceKey;
	}
	public int getSourceIndex() {
		return sourceIndex;
	}
	public char getTargetKey() {
		return targetKey;
	}
	public int getTargetIndex() {
		return targetIndex;
	}
	public int getPriority() {
		return priority;
	}
	public void setPriority(int priority) {
		this.priority = priority;
	}
	public void setSource(char key, int index) {
		sourceKey = key;
		sourceIndex = index;
	}
	public void setTarget(char key, int index) {
		targetKey = key;
		targetIndex = index;
	}
}


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Insider Insight: This palette takes modern and vintage décor equally well. Mixing styles keeps things interesting, and an assemblage of old and new items creates a sense of history.


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Titan Wheel will hand out record bonuses at Quincy, Ill., plant
Employees at the Titan Wheel Corp. manufacturing facility in Quincy, Ill., will receive a record summer bonus of $2.20 per hour. The average payout will be close to $2,500 per person.
"I would like to congratulate all the Quincy employees," said Titan CEO and President Morry Taylor. "There is not a better team anywhere.
"Every night the talking heads on TV say that manufacturing is dead in the U.S., but the Quincy Titan employees have proven that hard work can build a successful company."
The previous summer bonus high at the Titan plant was $1.45 per hour in 1998.
The stock price of Titan International Inc., Titan Wheel Corp's parent company, closed at $10.55 a share on Friday, July 2. That compares to a 52-week high and low of $10.80 and $1.01, respectively.