There's a very rich vein in the realm of mutiplayer video game design that is not present in tabletop game design: our relationship to "the other."
This is possible because multiple screens can give the different players separate and distinct views of the same information set. The possibility space opened up by distinct views alone is vast, but for now, I'm just going to focus on how this relates to the treatment of the other.
Take my game Diamond Trust of London as an example. Two fly-by-night diamond trading companies compete over the final diamonds being exported from Angola before the advent of new international laws. One company is the titular London-based operation, while the other is the less central Antwerp, Belgium firm. The green London side is an endearing, mixed-ethnicity bunch who wear a variety of different, recognizable outfits and hop the Mediteranean sea in an old prop plane. The red Belgian side is austere by comparison, with their pale white faces, nearly identical tailored suits, and flashy Lear jets.
The obvious Hollywood trope here helps you instantly recognize "the good guys." (Irony noted, given that both sides are war-fueling diamond smugglers). The Belgians are intentionally alienating, and they clearly represent "the other".
But this seems problematic in an exclusively-two-player, symmetric game, because only one of the two players gets to experience this otherness, and it will form a slight discord for the player who is stuck playing as the other directly.
Why can't both sides play London? They're looking at different screens, after all. Both players can see themselves as inhabiting the left side of the map, and controlling the green London agents, and flying the prop planes. Both can likewise be presented with their opponent directing the red guys from the right side of the map. The code can handle the mirroring and the swapping invisibly.
With the way this is handled in Diamond Trust, players don't even realize that it's happening. They both just assume that they are playing green while the other must be playing red. There's a deep "aha" moment waiting for them during post-game discussion, when one says, "I decided to fly my guys back to London at the last minute" and the other player says, "London? No, I was playing London. You were Antwerp." After a bit of arguing, they resort to comparing screens and scratching their heads.
That's a neat trick, but what's the point?
Mutiplayer video games stand in a unique position in the way that they can tackle the issue of otherness. This example from Diamond Trust is a tiny, almost inconsequential demonstration of this, because it's not a game that focuses on otherness. But imagine a game about the distinction between "freedom fighter" and "terrorist", or about the distinction between "perpetrator" and "victim."
The other, as presented on the movie screen or in single player games, can often be held at arms' length as a dehumanized monster (or rather, from the modern shooter, a bandanna-faced thug). But in mutiplayer video games, you can stick the player into the role of the other without the player realizing that they inhabit that role, because other players can see the player differently from the way the player sees themself. This leaves a hard-hitting realization waiting for the player when they wonder who is controlling everyone they perceive as a brutal enemy. They become aware of how they, in turn, must be perceived by other players.
The Castle Doctrine represents a culmination of my design interests in this area. Every other player in the game is just like you, down to the pixel. Yet they inhabit your world only as robotic security tape traces and through the violent damage that they leave in their wake. You never get to interact with them directly. Most importantly, you never get to see them in their non-robber clothes.
In fact, you don't know anything about them, since no identifying information is given beyond a randomly chosen, 1991-government-database name that changes every time a given player dies.
Thus, if you're committing a harmful act against another player in the game (and we're talking measurable, real harm of hard work lost, because of the permanent consequences of your actions), the otherness of your victim is simultaneously amplified and subverted. On one hand, your anonymity grants you real-life impunity for whatever you do, and your victim is part of a faceless mass. On the other hand, your victim might not be as far-removed from you as you think. This is a game where real life best friends can harm each other without realizing it, maybe even while sitting right next to each other.
Similarly, because all players are cast into both roles as victim and perpetrator, there is a certain kind of understanding that is not present in most real world victimizations. You robbed me, and destroyed all my hard work, but then again, I just did the same thing to someone else a few hours ago. We're all in the same sinking boat here, and I can't really blame you for what you're doing. A karmic loop made visible.
Going back to The Castle Doctrine's inception, first and foremost, I wanted to make a game about vulnerability and violation. I was initially inspired by my experience on Minecraft multiplayer survival servers. Much has been said about the primal satisfaction of burrowing a home in a hillside to protect yourself from the monsters of the night, but a persistent multiplayer server adds a new dimension to that psychology. The threat extends to other players, who might violate your home while you are offline. Naturally, you try to hide your home so that other players won't even find it.
Upon logging back in, you venture carefully back to your secret hillside, when you're sure no other player is watching you, and then check to make sure that it has not been discovered and breached while you were away. You even check your storage boxes---Whew! All my stuff is still here. Adding to this psychological tension is the fact that stumbling uninvited into someone else's home in the game feels absolutely creepy.
Again, there's something very primal being tapped here, but it's not so ancient as burrowing or climbing a tree to ward off the monsters of the night. Instead, it reminded me of modern life as a homeowner, coming home after being away for a while. First thought as you come around the corner: "Well, it's still there. I guess it didn't burn down!" No frozen pipes? No broken windows? Computer still here?
When I lived in Potsdam, NY, the town culture was one of unlocked doors. I recall that some people didn't even know where their house keys were. We left our front door unlocked at all times, even when we went out of town for three weeks.
Even in such a safe place, there's still a certain, nagging nervousness when returning home. I don't think I ever felt this until I owned my own home and lived there for a while. When your children have been born there and grown up there, it becomes a special and personal place. You start to care about it and almost worry about it like a beloved pet, even if it's just a fear of frayed wiring, falling tree branches, or frozen pipes.
Living in New Mexico after that, where break-ins were common on our block, and many houses had bars on their windows, we were in a decidedly not-unlocked-door culture. Needless to say, the primal need to check for breaches upon returning home increases in a place like that.
And in the midst of living there, there was Minecraft multiplayer mode. But there was something a bit unsatisfying about this aspect of the game. You could go beyond hiding your house and build fortifications or even traps, but the reality was that almost everything could be cut through and bypassed, given enough grinding, with the weakest wooden shovel. And in a virtually infinite world, everything that cannot be cut through can be dug around.
It seemed like this primal desire for home protection was rich enough that it could make for a whole, concise game on its own.
More so, after seeing my family violated physically and feeling the resulting helplessness, it seemed like violation was a fresh, powerful aesthetic direction for a game (in a world full of games that make you feel powerful, blah blah blah), and that I could combine the aesthetic goal of "being violated" with the primally rich home protection idea.
Coming full circle, back to the issue of the other, if you're going to have a game where you feel violated, someone has to be doing the violating. Having that violation come from other players, who are also striving to protect themselves from similar violation, seemed like the perfect machine to make this happen, with the nice, empathy-generating karmic loop described above.
But what about the role of the violator? That's obviously a necessary ingredient to keep the whole machine running, but it initially seems like a jarring aesthetic side-effect. Like, "Oops, you can feel powerful in this game too." But combined with the treatment of otherness, where you're not just knocking down straw dummies, but actually hurting real people who are just like you, and furthermore violating the carefully-crafted personal space of someone else, that empowerment limps with resignation.
The result is a game about violation, where every victim is also a violator, and every violator a victim. It's a bizarre construction that permits the humanity of a completely anonymous, aggressive other to be brought into sharper focus than it could ever be seen in the real world.


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Trump Says Lough Neagh Belongs To Tyrone
By Aughohilly Schniffles
It is believed that following the viewing of a single episode of Joe Mahon's latest UTV series online, and after briefly bumping into Malachi Cush in Washington, the President of the United States Donald Trump has asserted in a tweet that Lough Neagh belongs firmly to the 'people of Throne', and that he would stand firmly behind them should anyone else dispute the fact.
It is unknown if any bordering county is planning a coup or aims to annex the lovely water that is yet to be bottled and sold, due to its brown colour and fragrant essence.
In the tweet on Friday 9th November 2018, President Trump stated that the lough has always belonged to the people of Tyrone, although managing to spell the name of the county incorrectly. Trump then mistakenly pointed out in comments beneath his own tweet that the lough belonged to The Red Hand County following a boat race where Owen Roe O'Neill somehow cut off his own two hands with a spoon and threw them in onto a slide at the Washingbay playground in 1980 to win the sports day 100m race.
The great news shared by Mr Trump has been retweeted 13,992 times and has received over 9,000 likes from people including Sean Cavanagh, Plunkett Donaghy and Philip Jordan of the Moy, Joe Brolly's Mother, Kim Jung il, Dennis Rodman, Tito Jackson formerly of the Jackson 5 who recently revealed his Coalisland connections, Tyson Fury the heavyweight boxer, and unsurprisingly Joe Mahon.
Trump posted the tweet along with a cartoon picture of him sitting on a tomahawk missile. It is yet to be confirmed if this indicates his wishes to open a new arms plant at the Ardboe Aerodrome next spring.
Posted in Lough Neagh, Washingbay
Tags: donald trump, Lough Neagh, president, washingbay
'No Deal Brexit' Will See Lough Neagh Fishermen Shining Torches At Land To Give Some Light At Night
Lough Neagh's fishermen and women are on the cusp of becoming millionaires after a leaked UK government document revealed plans to pay them to shine wind-up torches at land from the Lough.
A no-deal Brexit could see energy providers in Ireland cutting off power to the north of the country, leaving counties in darkness at night. As well as giving eel-fishermen thousands of pounds per week to shine lights, the document will also urge people to shower and wash during the day in waterfalls and rivers and to learn how to build fires again to make tea and cook sausages.
Additionally, car owners are to be encouraged to fill their motors to the max with petrol or diesel so they can shine their lights at discos or late-night football games or Mass.
Owen Coyle, a fishing entrepreneur from Ballinderry, excitedly revealed:
"This is class. If reports are true I can earn up to £1.3m a year if I have three torches shining from my three boats and they even give you money for the batteries if you don't have the wind up torches. I've already bought a caravan in Bundoran off the back of it."
Meanwhile, government officials have warned people that only already-registered fishermen and women will be considered after over 600 turned up at the Fishers' registry office yesterday in Dungannon with rods and bait, wearing waders and caps.
Posted in Ballinderry, Dungannon, GAA
Tags: brexit, Dungannon, eels, Lough Neagh
Anger In Tyrone As 1000s Unable To Wash Their Boats Due To Hosepipe Ban
Thousands of Tyrone boat-owners were said to be 'seething' today after it emerged yesterday that they are not allowed to wash their boats as one of the conditions of the hosepipe ban.
Over 80% of households in Tyrone are said to own a boat due to their proximity to Lough Neagh and Fermanagh waterways as well as multiple appearances on the 1980s gameshow 'Bullseye', winning speedboats in the process.
Several arrests were made in Ardboe this morning after dozens of families attempted to get around the ban by using buckets instead of hoses.
Jamesy Forbes, who owns three boats (one for legal activities, one for illegal and the other one for romantic excursions won on Bullseye in 1988), fumed:
"This is some form of dictatorship. There's no better feeling than washing your boat after Mass on a Sunday and getting the whole family involved. If you flew a drone over East Tyrone on a Sunday around 12pm you'd see 1000s out polishing their boats in public. Now that has been taken away. It's like losing a leg."
The hosepipe ban comes as the current spell of hot weather is set to continue for the foreseeable future. Authorities have warned boat owners that they'll be watching for people washing their boats on the lough using lough water as that is prohibited too.
Meanwhile a man was beaten in a shop in Cookstown for saying 'God it's warm' for the 12th day in a row.
Posted in Ardboe, Cookstown
Tags: ARDBOE, Cookstown, Lough Neagh
BBC To Show 'Desperate Fishwives' – An Insight Into The Crazy Lives Of Wives Of Lough Neagh Fishermen
A controversial insight into the daily lives of East Tyrone women married to Loughshore fishermen is to be screened over the summer, with some critics predicting it will become the greatest TV series since Dallas in the 1980s.
Details on the Desperate Fishwives plot have been hard to come by with BBC officials remaining tight-lipped about the project, instead releasing information on some of the main characters who may become immediate superstars such as Sue-Ellen and Miss Ellie.
Crystal McCourt:
Crystal is a 36-year-old red-haired ex-PSNI officer married to Bob McCourt, a 600 eel-a-day fisherman. Crystal, bored as Bob spends 20 hrs a day on Lough Neagh fishing and blathering, takes a notion to the local priest who in return hears her confession 4 times a day. Crystal tries to gain acceptance into the local community despite her shady past as an Armagh woman.
Pamela-Jane Coney
Pamela-Jane (39), who won the 1998 Ardboe Miss Wrangler Jeans competition at sports day, is married to Rob Coney – the captain of the Rams Island trout-fishing boat. Mrs Coney spends her days running a massage parlour in Moortown, frequented by many well-known local celebs such as Malachi Cush, Paddy Heaney and Philip Jordan who often leave smiling a lot.
Francine Quinn
Francine (23) causes consternation when she weds 81-year old Patsy Quinn, the millionaire 'King of the Salmon' fishing businessman. Francine fills her hours walking around the Washingbay winking at young men and dressed in long frocks and sparkling jewellery.
BBC producer Williard Butler added:
"The show follows six fishwives about for 12 months. We encounter fighting, diffing, slapping, cousin-fancying, fishing, crying, laughing, drinking and punching as the women meet up once a week. This will create serious tourism for the area."
The first episode is to be aired June 31st at 8pm.
Posted in Ardboe, Lough Neagh, Moortown, Washingbay
Tags: ARDBOE, eels, fish, Lough Neagh, Moortown, salmon, trout, washingbay
Architecture's drawings
The construction of a bridge between Ardboe and Aldergrove have been given the go-ahead, sparking a row over the naming of the structure to be opened in 2020.
The £400m venture, partially funded by businessmen on both sides of the lough, will span 11 miles and involve negotiations with major airlines regarding how they can fly over and sometimes under the construction.
However, discussions became heated last night over the naming of the bridge with the Ardboe contingent demanding it should be called 'The Frank McGuigan Way' whilst businessmen in Antrim only prepared to invest if it is named 'Orange Bridge'.
One of the brain-childs of the bridge, Philomena Forbes, explained the idea:
"It will be magnificent, perhaps the first manmade structure visible from the moon. It will be 11 miles across and speed limits will be around 60mph going up to 90mph around the middle bit. There are also plans to build an Apple Green Service Station on it somewhere and there will be no pedestrians, fishermen, cyclists and cops allowed on it."
Unfortunately due to a scarcity of materials, the bridge will only go one way, from west to east, with people having to drive around the lough to get back to Tyrone.
Asked whether she had thought of possible environmental issues regarding the disturbance of fish and stuff, Forbes just laughed and said "like who eats eels any more."
Posted in Lough Neagh
Tags: ALDERGROVE, ARDBOE, eels, Lough Neagh
Dub Pagan Weather God Worshippers Arrested As Tyrone GAA Pitches Wiped Out During Storms
Tyrone, an hour ago
A spate of arrests were carried out this evening in Dublin after a heavy storm obliterated many GAA grounds in Tyrone on Tuesday night. Barra Best and Frank Mitchell have also been questioned on suspicion of colluding with pagans in the capital.
In what has been labelled a carefully executed blitz on key targets akin to something witnessed during WWII, over 55 grounds were wiped out with only Garvaghey untouched due to the careful planning and foresight by Club Tyrone officials a few years ago.
Sources in and around Dublin claim that spiritualists called upon the pre-Christian figure of Echaid to resurrect his enormous fictional horse, whose urine was so powerful and thunderous back then that it created Lough Neagh when going to the toilet one night.
Taddy Pally added:
"Echaid's 'pissy horse' seems to have created havoc last night in the county, in what they christened Storm Hill 16. But I do think Barra Best and Frank Mitchell, no lovers of Tyrone, are up to their necks in this too. Them boys know how to manipulate fronts and stuff. Gavin paid them probably as well."
Club Tyrone officials were reportedly feeling vindicated after the much-maligned geographical position of Garvaghy, on a mountain, avoided the floods due to its extreme altitude.
Meanwhile, Healy Park officials have said they've never seen their pitch looking so well.
Posted in GAA, Garvaghey
Tags: Dublin, Garvaghey, Lough Neagh
Fear Of East Tyrone Influx Sees Omagh Schools Trial Accent Tests
Omagh Christian Brothers' Grammar School and the town's Loreto Grammar, who plan to phase out transfer selection entirely by 2020, have quietly admitted to a real fear that children from East Tyrone will try to infiltrate their halls of learning.
And in a move to counter the threat, both schools are currently trialling accent and behavioural tests to weed out any 11-year old within 15 miles of Lough Neagh, a move which does not go against the Catholic church's stance on the selection process.
An anonymous member of the Board of Governors from one of these prestigious schools admitted they are on red alert:
"We had an Open Night recently and the amount of parents saying 'ghost oh' at the Science experiments was alarming to say the least. And a lot of them were wearing turned-up jeans which were far too short in the leg which is a real sign they're east of the Ballygawley roundabout people."
A leaked document shows how prospective pupils will be shown a picture of a woman, asked what they see and if they shout 'blade' they'll be asked to leave the premises immediately. Pupils will also be asked to recite the whole of Me an' me Da (Livin' in Drumlister) by The 'Bard of Tyrone', the Rev. W. F. Marshall. Again, any 11-year old who doesn't rhyme it off within a minute will not receive a place in either school.
This is not the first time a Tyrone school has resorted to extreme entrance measures. In 1986, St Patrick's Boys' Academy in Dungannon refused entry to a First Year when he arrived carrying a John Lynch (Castlederg) lunchbox, or 'lynchbox' as the young boy called it as he took the bus back to Omagh later that morning.
Posted in Dungannon, GAA, Omagh
Tags: drumlister, east Tyrone, john lynch, loreto, Lough Neagh, omagh cbs, St Patrick's Academy, West Tyrone
Lough Neagh Fisherman Caught With 200 Pollan In Boat – 'They Jumped In'
Despite the Lough Fishermen's Co-operative Society's three month fishing ban on all scale fish in Lough Neagh, starting on March 1, an Ardboe fisherman was this morning caught with 200 pollan under a pile of coats on his 26 ft GRP fishing boat with a Perkins 6 Cylinder engine, Borgwarner Gearbox, 64Kw, dual control winch with gantry.
When initially questioned by the bailiffs, the 79-year old man explained that he just was out for a sail when the fish started jumping in, probably because they'd seen other fish get in the boat when he was legally fishing before the ban.
Gaffer Wylie added:
"I believe they thought it was the fashion to get in the boat, maybe seeing their parents or cousins being fished in by net a month ago. I tried to stop them but there was no shifting them. Pollans are a stubborn fish and started beating their heads off the floor to knock themselves out. There was no point throwing them back in after that. Sure they'd just drown."
Bailiff McIlhatton revealed he found the explanation highly unlikely but had no proof it didn't happen as there were no rods or nets on Wylie's boat by the time he arrived over, although he was almost sure he'd seen the fisherman throw equipment overboard when spotted a quarter of a mile out.
"This is the second time I've been hoodwinked. Another Maghery fisherman was caught with 800 trout in this boat and he maintained the fish loved his singing so much that they jumped in, and as he had his eyes closed singing he didn't notice. They also, miraculously, knocked themselves out. Us bailiffs need faster boats. By the time we get over, these men have their stories sorted and gear ditched."
Flame-haired Maggie Duffy, a new bailiff from Antrim, was stood down this morning from her job after it emerged that the sight of a red-haired woman was considered very bad luck by Lough Neagh fishermen.
Posted in Ardboe, Maghery
Tags: antrim, ARDBOE, Lough Neagh, Maghery, pollans, trout
New East Tyrone Film Club Society Savages Classics
Wooden performance from Carrickmore midfielder lookalike
The minutes from the monthly meetings of the new East Tyrone Film Club Society (ETFCS) paints a disappointing picture after their '12 Months of Classics in 2016′ theme failed to impress members, with many supposed epics slaughtered by the 20-strong film viewing group.
Tyrone Tribulations managed to get an official copy of the minutes which makes grim reading for the world's top film directors and actors:
JANUARY (Jan 2nd): FRANKENSTEIN (1931) – RATING 1 STAR OUT OF 10
Pure dung. The monster wasn't even called Frankenstein. No scary bits at all, no rocking chairs or machetes or big noise effects. Just a man making another man out of body parts and ballsing it up and then kills him. Well, we think he did because we turned it off after an hour and watched Match of the Day. Do not buy this film. Black and white too. The monster looks more like a Carrickmore midfielder than a notorious villain. And his acting was terrible. Just grunted and hardly moved.
FEBRUARY (Feb 1st): JAWS (1975) – 2 STARS OUT OF 10
Absolute bollocks. A middlin-sized shark torments the people of America. Then these men get in a questionably-sized 'boat' to tackle the killer fish. We've seen bigger vessels struggling with a shoal of perch on the Lough. They get drunk and one supposed expert gets ate by the fish and the other man kills it, with the older man already in its belly, by making it swallow a barrelful of diesel and shoots it. All it really needed was good bait and a big net according to some of our Ardboe members. 20 mins done and dusted they reckoned, even including the time for drinking. These amateurs deserved to get ate. True story.
MARCH (Feb 20th): E.T. (1982) – 2 STARS OUT OF 10
Complete balls. This ugly-looking craytur arrives in America and a young lad hides it. Totally unrealistic. The thing learns the English language in minutes and can weld things with its finger without using an eye-shield or any protective clothing. Then the cops come and try to kill it but he survives and moreorless tells the lad that he's mental, pointing at his head and saying 'I'll be right here' which many of us interpret as the lad showing early signs of dementia and the alien lad knows it, if he exists at all. A spaceship arrives miraculously and takes the thing home. We found ourselves booing.
Next up for Easter: Schindler's List
Posted in Ardboe, Carrickmore
Tags: ARDBOE, e.t., east Tyrone, film club, frankenstein, Jaws, Lough Neagh, schindler's list
Swans On Anti-Depressants After Viewing Episodes Of EastEnders Through Flooded Derrytresk Man's Window
A leading swan psychologist at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has confirmed he had to prescribe anti-depressants to a flock of swans who watched thirty-three episodes of EastEnders through the window of a house which had unfortunately witnessed high levels of flooding around it.
The swans, which were displaying heightened levels of agitated and violent behaviour towards their immediate families after viewing the programme, were said to be addicted to the goings-on in and around Albert Square and began impatiently pecking at the Derrytresk man's window from sunrise, forcing Mr Quinn to stick on pre-recorded episodes of the English soap opera.
Professor Gilbery Mollyed explained:
"Because of the high levels of flooding, the swans were able to comfortably view what Dot Cotton and Phil Mitchell were up to on the fictional London community, through Mr Quinn's good room window. However, the pessimisitc plotlines appear to have had a detrimental effect on the birds, causing them to become irrationally short-tempered with each other and develop unusual addictions to alcohol. I've had to prescribe over 500 doses of Prozac to just 200 Lough Neagh swans.
Mr Quinn, who was acutely aware of the Swans' affection for the popular BBC show, revealed he attempted to wean them off the programme:
"They were fighting and slapping and flapping at each other to get a better view through my window and I couldn't hear the damn show through their crying and squawking. I turned over to Mrs Brown's Boys and they went clean mad pecking at my window to the point that I thought the house was going to come down around me. I had to return to an old recorded episode of EastEnders with Dirty Den in it to calm them down.
Mr Quinn also revealed they liked watching Emmerdale, the 7 O'Clock News on Channel 4 and The Angelus on RTE.
Posted in Derrytresk, GAA
Tags: Derrytresk, eastenders, Emerdale, Lough Neagh, rspb, the angelus
Derrytresk Folk Starting To Develop Scaly Complexion After Latest Deluge Of Rain
Derrytresk man in 10 years?
An eminent Coalisland doctor has revealed blood tests confirm that up to 100 Derrytresk folk have started to show fish-like characteristics such as scaliness, excess pouting as well as casually eating worms and maggots.
The latest developments follow on from a nightmare fortnight for the beleaguered East Tyrone residents, after over 9 feet of rain fell every day since November 20th. Sightings of blue whales and cruise ships have yet to be confirmed as a 4 mile radius remains underwater today.
Local historian and cultural enthusiast Mr E Campbell admitted there has definitely been a shape-shift amongst residents of the general Derrytresk area since the recent bout of exceptionally heavy rain.
"There has been a visible change this time alright. I think our DNA down here has been gradually warped with the continuous retention of surface water, and the doctor's tests confirmed we are almost mermaids and whatever the male equivalent of that is. You see people flapping about all the time now."
Dr McKinney, who has been treating Derrytreskonians since 1956, is adamant that there's no stopping the recent developments:
"I've always said the Derrytresk ones were cold-blooded and slippery in the metaphorical sense. But now it's literally and physically true. I had a Hill woman in last week and she started pouting like mad. I thought it was some kind of romantic manoeuvre so I pretended to be sick myself and got rid of her."
Meanwhile, the Lough Neagh Conservation Group have warned Asian tourists that they will shoot on sight anyone attempting to sail into Coalisland from Liverpool via the Bann, Lough Neagh and the newly formed Derrytresk Waterway.
Posted in Coalisland, Derrytresk, GAA
Tags: asian, Coalisland, Derrytresk, fish, liverpool, Lough Neagh
Scientists Sceptical Over Authenticity of Leaning Cross Of Ardboe
The Leaning Cross of Ardboe (formerly The Ardboe Cross)
Several scientists arrived in Ardboe this morning to verify that an unusually powerful earthquake caused the famous Ardboe Cross to lean 11 degrees to its left, resulting in a surge of visitors to the historical site.
The Ardboe Heritage Society (AHS) claim that a localised earthquake struck Ardboe last week, measuring 4.4 on their homemade Richter scale, making it the worst earthquake in Ireland since 2888 BC. Despite no one reporting any shaking or noise in the area, the AHS maintained it was so localised that it occurred directly under the Cross, causing it to slant slightly to the side, making it a place of religious, historical and now geological interest. Since the quake, a fee of £10 must be paid by visitors to the Cross.
Professor Pat Brogan remains unconvinced:
"I can see that it's bent alright but what caused it is a bit of a mystery. There are no fault lines in Ardboe so it's highly unlikely to experience any earth movement. After a series of tests, I believe that someone simply leaned against it and now they're making a lot of money out of it. I saw 300 Chinese tourists at it this morning. That's £3000 in one go. Crooks."
AHS chairman John John Quinn is disappointed at Prof. Brogan's findings:
"Ghost oh boys. Sure how could a man move that by leaning against it. It was definitely an earthquake. My son got a B in his GCSE in Geography there and sure he knows what he's talking about and he says it was a quake alright. Sure the eels have been behaving queerly since that night, like as if they're nervous or something."
Quinn added that it's only £9 for anyone under 16 to see newly named Leaning Cross of Ardboe.
Posted in Ardboe
Tags: ARDBOE, ardboe cross, earthquake, Lough Neagh
Lough Neagh Dolphin-Watchers Tour Firm (WTF) Go Bust
Lough Neagh dolphin?
Despite positive feedback from their exclusive firework-inspired business launch outdoor dinner last year, the Lough Neagh Dolphin-Watchers Tour Firm (LNDWTF or WTF for short) have announced an annual loss of 600% or £800'000, with the company ceasing trade immediately.
WTF also confirmed their office mysteriously went on fire just before the announcement and are waiting the outcome of a 'big claim' because of the suspected arson, with the finger firmly pointed at the Shark-Watchers' Society at Toome.
WTF's CEO Patrick McCabe admitted the take-up on the whole dolphin experience was rather disappointing:
"Everyone loves dolphins we thought. Well, apparently in East Tyrone they don't. We never even had one customer since the website booking mechanism went live on 25th May 2014. We thought maybe it was bad Internet connections or something but after canvassing outside chapels in recent Sundays we now realise there's no appetite for dolphins around here. The eels have it sown up."
WTF's European Union grant of £1m does not have to be repaid as a recently publicised loop-hole exempts EU funded businesses from paying the money back if they have been in existence for over 12 months.
McCabe maintains there is no money to pay back anyway:
"The £1m is well gone. We had to install glass bottoms in our boats as well as loads of hi-vis jackets in case we fell in. It's just a big pity people aren't into dolphins around here. The Lough Neagh species exhibits a falcate dorsal fin, a prominent beak, strong social bonds and is very acrobatic and capable of great bursts of speed in the water. This species frequently rides the bow wave of our tour boat in Hawaii. They just seem to be more shy here. Maybe they're afraid of the whales."
When asked for photographic evidence of the Lough Neagh dolphin, McCabe momentarily showed us a picture of something floating in the lough in the distance, probably the stump of a tree or something.
Tags: dolphins, european union, hawaii, Lough Neagh, toome
Bin Laden Had 'Rake Of Tyrone Books' In Personal Library Says US Intelligence Officials
Osama bin Laden on a Saturday night
US intelligence officials, who this week released more than 100 documents seized four years ago in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, revealed he possessed a fascination with Tyrone GAA as well as reading works by Islamist thinkers but also English language books by authors like Noam Chomsky and Bob Woodward.
The news of the secret Red-Hand library stash comes in the wake of over 200 complaints made to PSNI officials by locals regarding the amount of men in suits with American accents walking around Tyrone whilst talking up their sleeves.
The US Photo Agency leaked a picture of his library which showed copies of 'The History of Dromore GFC', 'The GAA in Tyrone', 'Ryan McMenamin – Baring My Teeth', 'This Secret History of Lough Neagh' and 'Malachi Cush – The Sweet Sound of Success'.
Speaking to a limited press gathering, US Marshall Nelson Power added:
"As well as dozens of cuttings from newspapers and magazines, again largely about al-Qaida, supplementing the more academic reading, Bin Laden appeared to have been fixated with Tyrone people and what drives them to success. We're looking into this ourselves as we were expecting an extensive Derry collection, especially from around Maghera and Dungiven, or even South Armagh."
Unconfirmed Rumours have emerged since claiming Bin Laden kept a Tyrone jersey from 2003 under his bed which had the WJ Dolan lettering well worn suggesting he has used it a lot, maybe for kick-arounds outside his compound during quiet periods.
A video also shows Bin Laden laughing and roaring at his small TV which appears to be showing Datsun Donaghy's 'How I Won The Sam Maguire'.
Posted in Dromore, GAA, Lough Neagh
Tags: bin laden, bob woodward, datsun donaghy, Dromore, islam, Lough Neagh, Malachi Cush, noam chomsky, Pakistan, ryan mcmenamin, sam maguire, TYRONE, tyrone gaa
Jon Snow Didn't Think Tyrone Was Deadly Either
Snow, swallowing midges in Ardboe
A fictional character from the violent TV series Game of Thrones has cut loose on County Tyrone, labelling it as 'middlin enough'.
Jon Snow, who accused the Belfast Tourism Board of focusing on depressing landmarks as promotional material, toured Tyrone in a campervan at the weekend but vowed never to return until 'the winter hounds take their rightful place as lordships of Macabreland' or something like that. We also believe he didn't like the midges.
On visiting the Ardboe Cross, Snow looked unimpressed and tried to spear a dog owned by gravedigger Malachy Quinn, turning to a group of children and said:
"First lesson: stick 'em with the pointy end. I am a bastard from the North. I never met my mother. My father wouldn't even tell me her name. I don't know if she's living or dead. I don't know if she's a noblewoman or a fisherman's wife… or a whore."
Fortunately, an avid fan of the show who was also staring at the cross explained to the children that Snow was just practising lines from his next episode.
Snow also visited The Ulster American Folk Park and was equally underwhelmed.
"It's just a load of houses. Do you know what it takes to unite ninety clans, half of whom want to massacre the other half for one insult or another? They speak seven different languages in my army. The Thenns hate the Hornfoots. The Hornfoots hate the ice-river clans. Everyone hates the cave people. So, you know how I got moon-worshippers and cannibals and giants to march together in the same army?"
Snow returned to the east of the county only to swallow a pile of midges whilst licking on an ice-cream bought at Brocagh Fair.
Meanwhile, the NI Tourism Board have asked people to stop sending abusive messages to John Snow the Channel 4 news presenter as he's a completely different person who happens to love pastie baps and white water rafting in Lough Neagh.
Posted in Ardboe, Brocagh, GAA, Omagh
Tags: ARDBOE, ardboe cross, belfast, Brocagh, Channel 4, Game of Thrones, john snow, jon snow, Lough Neagh, Omagh
Dyslexic Ardboe Man Files Law Suit Against ADOBE© For Libel
A 64 year old dyslexia sufferer from the sleepy hollow of Ardboe, County Tyrone, has tasked lawyers to take legal action against pdf giant Adobe©, for his misinterpretation of the wording "Adobe reader" on a billboard in the area, which he alleges reads 'Ardboe reader' and has been construed as a personal jibe at his poor literacy skills.
The pensioner, from Ardboe, which translates from Gaeilge as "tall cow", says he believes that the company have been taunting him personally over his dyslexia 'by going on about this Ardboe reader stuff' and could not be convinced otherwise.
Mr Rab Fee, or 'Bra' as he is known locally, says he understands "Not waan hate" (a term which locally describes a scant knowledge of a subject) of Adobe's advertising campaign.
In a preliminary court hearing at Cookstown district court recently, Mr Fee stated that he believed 'pdf' referred to a paramilitary grouping and accused them of utilizing 'intimidation tactics' towards him personally, due to his dyslexia.
Fee, when pressed, has admitted that he once mistook a sign for the local lake – Lough Neagh – as 'low knees', referring to him being short in stature at all of 5 feet 4 inches tall, and believed it was placed there by the same individual or group of individuals.
Mr Fee also reportedly confused the sign post for the local Battery Bar as a sign for a burger van, and stood outside the closed bar for 12 hours last December.
When interviewed in depth and asked about his thoughts regarding the beauty of the locality, including questions on the Ardboe cross, he replied,
"Cross? Of course I'm cross, I'm feckin' raging – you would be too if you thought people were talking behind your back and pushing you around…"
Tyrone Tribulations did not want to point out that this statement held a lot of truths, as he is currently in a wheelchair with mobility aid from a talkative relative.
Local Catholic clergy issued a statement on the matter, stating:
'Away and leave the poor man alone, sure he knows no better. Why don't you go tackle the banker or the politician? They are the real bolloxes in all of this'.
A spokesman for Adobe was unavailable for comment, however it is thought that it will not deter the company's advertising in any way.
Tags: adobe, ARDBOE, ardboe cross, Armagh, battery bar, Cookstown, dyslexia, Lough Neagh
Archeologists Told To Stop Finding Things For A While
Recent find near Cappagh
Following the discovery of six coins from 1972 in a field near Gortin, archeologists in the county have been warned for the final time to tone it down a bit and stop finding things for a while at least.
Professor Joe Quinn, who spearheads the Tyrone Legacy Association which looks into catering for future generations and leaving plenty for them to do, demanded that people stop trying to find old ruins and memorabilia and to leave some of it for our grandchildren and their children:
"Every time I open the paper I hear of some find on a remote field and it drives me insane. People are selfishly thinking of themselves and leaving nothing for people to find in 200 years. I urge people to put things back and tell no one."
The recent coin find follows last week's discovery of the ruins of an underwater settlement in Lough Neagh, dating back at least 150 years. Moortown fisherman Patsy McQuaid now admits he should have turned a blind eye to the find, adding that it has only created problems since he went public:
"I should've said nothing. There are still people alive today who had parents that maybe lived in the underwater settlement and this has dredged up problems with the tax man claiming it was a tax haven for wealthy Mootown linen factory owners. No good can come from archeology these days."
The Tyrone Tourism Board are considering fining anyone who discovers anything until 2020. Loughshore metal-detector fanatic Jim Walshe raged:
"Them boys aren't telling me what to do. What they are now creating is an underground archeological society where people will meet in secret to exchange treasure. Fcuk the future generations.
Jim Walshe was arrested this morning and his metal detector confiscated.
Posted in Gortin, Lough Neagh, Moortown
Tags: archeology, Gortin, Lough Neagh, metal detector, Moortown
Ardboe Man Regrets Buying Wife A Drone
Drinkers in an established bar on the shores of Lough Neagh have shunned long time friend and one-time centre of attention Geordie Forbes after his wife kept driving her expensive drone into the pub to spy on him using an in-built camera.
Quinn's Watering Hole have also issued a barred notice to Forbes, claiming the drone was intimidating other punters after news emerged that a cackle of wives and girlfriends were gathering in Forbes' house every night to watch live footage of who was in the pub when they shouldn't have been.
The S800 professional Hex-Rotor Platform Big Aircraft (£2500) has a hovering time of 16 minutes, giving it enough time to leave Mrs Forbes' porch and spend over 5 minutes inside the pub whilst a live feed of the images are shown on her laptop in her front room.
Former bowls champion and full-time drinker Mal Quinn admitted it was hard to enjoy his pints with the humming of the drone over his head and knowing that his wife is watching the whole thing in Forbes' living room:
"It's bad enough knowing that you're now going to be killed when you get home for being late with the bread but that humming noise is making it an altogether irritating experience, especially when you're trying to watch The One Show in the back room. Either Forbes finds another place to drink or the drone will be kicked up and down the pub, expensive or not."
Neighbours also revealed that Mrs Forbes has acquired a silencer for the drone and has been using it to look in through windows of neighbouring houses to check on the colours of settees and what they're watching etc.
"What man buys his wife a drone for Christmas?"
said Forbes' brother Pat before threatening to buy a drone-exterminating aircraft from Ebay.
Tags: ARDBOE, drone, forbes, Lough Neagh, silencer, the one show
Sunday Times Food Critic Awards New East Tyrone Restaurant No Stars
Flynn's Midge And Eel Soup
Flynn's Diner, a new eatery situated on the side of a quiet country road on the shores of Lough Neagh, is reeling from an international food critic's scathing review in last week's Sunday Times.
Describing it as 'like something from the depths of hell', the culinary expert proceeded to try every dish before admitting defeat and heading off for a fish supper in Landi's in Coalisland.
When interviewed today, the journalist Quentin Harrod was sticking to his guns despite heavy criticism on social media from loughshore residents and friends of proprietor Conor Flynn:
"I still have cold sweats thinking about the ordeal. The starter – for which the was no other option – was 'Midge & Eel Soup'. Apparently it's some kind of fusion of local produce. The taste was like nothing I had experienced before."
Flynn, originally from West Belfast, has refused to take his Midge and Eel Soup off the menu and suggests Mr Harrod may have not put enough salt on it:
"I sell about 25 bowls of Midge and Eel a day so I do and never once have a heard a complaint so I haven't. I think Mr Harrod maybe didn't give the dish the respect it needs in terms of seasoning so he didn't."
Harrod went on to slate the main dish which was black pudding served on a bed of spaghetti hoops, claiming it was 'food for heathens and neanderthals'. His article in the Sunday Times, which is read by 91 million people, finished with a scathing attack on the dessert – ice cream in a cup covered in crumbled Rich Tea. Flynn refused to back down:
"He's getting on like a bit of a dick so he is."
Flynn's Diner is open 5pm-6pm, seven days a week.
Tags: black pudding, conor flynn, eel, ice cream, Lough Neagh, midge, rich tea, soup, spaghetti hoops, sunday times, west belfast
Fears Of 'Testicle-Eating Fish' In Lough Neagh Rise After Weekend Carnage
Do not wear these type of shorts
Despite sound-bites from the government to quell fears of a new breed of testicle-eating trouts and eels stalking Lough Neagh, swimmers and bathers along the western coastline of the lough confirmed they are still a real threat, and may be getting hungrier.
Two male swimmers from Derrylaughan, who every Saturday morning religiously partake in a short swim out to Coney Island and back to shake off hangovers, reported three attacks from three different breeds of fish during their 30-minute paddle. Kevin Barry, a 28-year old fencer, told us:
"I think that'll be the last time I go for a dip in the lough until the problem is sorted. There's no enjoyment when you're constantly worried you'll return to shore with mutilated knackers. I've never seen eels behave like that before, and I know my eels."
Sunbather Harry Quinn (58) from Moortown was astonished at the attack he experienced whilst laying on a towel on the beach at the Battery. Wearing a tight-fitting pair of Moortown St Malachy's shorts from his playing days in the early 80s, Quinn had to retreat to the pub after an unprovoked assault on Saturday:
"Ghost oh, I was just nodding off on the towel and before I know it a couple of Dollaghan were yanking the shorts off me and them 10 feet out of water. I barely managed to bate them off with a rolled up Irish News but not before on of the trout took a nick from one of my yokes."
Local scientist Paddy Hughes maintains the new culinary tastes are a result of "global warming or the solar rays or something like that" and has warned male swimmers and fishermen to wear body armour or metal trunks for a few years "until the fish move on to China or somewhere like that".
Posted in Derrylaughan, Lough Neagh, Moortown
Tags: Battery, China, coney island, Derrylaughan, dollaghan, Irish News, kevin barry, Lough Neagh, Moortown

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By combining new features with the proven approach of Interactive Science, this update for Grades K-8 is correlated to the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) and will provide students with the tools to activate their inner scientist.
Interactive Science enables students aged 5-14 to connect to science concepts in a unique way that makes learning more personal, relevant and engaging. The program offers three pathways for learning and is fully flexible to fit alongside any curriculum.
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We named this arrangement to express how we feel when we think of why we give flowers. It's because of important people in our lives that are so special! Featuring red roses, gorgeous pink Stargazer lilies, matsumoto asters, carnations, irises and delicate white asters. Go ahead and give them what they deserve!


Classic folklore and stunning landscapes make Scotland a compelling destination for historians, those looking to explore their Scottish roots, and pop culture fiends who follow famous TV shows that film here. This seven-day tour takes you through all the best cultural highlights with visits to important Jacobite sites in Inverness like Culloden Moor and picturesque spots (like the Glenfinnan Viaduct) along with moments to soak in the country's natural beauty in Cairngorms National Park. In between, you'll have the opportunity to try traditional Scottish fare (yes, we're talking about haggis!) and learn about how whisky is made with a tour and tasting. It's the best way to satiate your inner history and whisky aficionado, in equal measure.
Edinburgh Orientation Walk. Loch Ness Drive & Urquhart Castle Visit. Culloden Moor Visit. Glenmore Forest Hike. Eilean Donan Castle Visit. Sligachan Waterfall Walk. Talisker Whisky Distillery Tour. Glenfinnan Viaduct Viewpoint. Ben Nevis Forest Walk. Glencoe Visit. All transport between destinations and to/from included activities.
We recommend arriving a few days early to explore Scotland's compact, hilly capital.
Enjoy an orientation walk of Edinburgh ending in the heart of the city, Royal Mile road. Opt to visit Edinburgh Castle, or explore the city on your own. In the afternoon, hop on the train to the Highlands.
Welcome to the Highlands of Scotland. Explore the legend of Loch Ness and learn about the history of the mysterious lake creature. Drive alongside the famous lake ending with a visit to Urquhart Castle, or opt to experience the infamous "loch" by boat. In the afternoon, visit Culloden Moor, famous for the Jacobite rising of 1745. Continue to Cairngorms National Park and enjoy a CEO-led hike in Glemore Forest ending in Loch Morlich Beach. Opt to go kayaking or canoeing or to visit a reindeer farm with a ranger. Return to Inverness for the evening.
Discover the beautiful Isle of Skye. Enjoy a scenic drive to the Isle, stopping at the iconic Eilean Castle en route. Once on the Isle, visit Sligachan, where you can spot the Black Cullin mountains in the background. Head out on a CEO-led waterfall hike. In the afternoon, enjoy a whisky tour and tasting before ending the day in Fort William.
Visit the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct made famous by Harry Potter. Settle back at the viewpoint in time to see the Jacobite Steam train cross over the viaduct. Afterwards, stretch your legs with a forest walk in Ben Nevis. Continue on to explore Glencoe and learn about this key valley and it's importance in Scotland's history.
Head south towards Glasgow. Enjoy some free time to explore Scotland largest city. Take time to explore this port city by visiting its museums, joining a brewery tour or jumping on a bike tour of the city.
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Willibald Besta (* 6. November 1886 in Ratibor, Oberschlesien; † 15. August 1949 in München) war ein deutscher Kunstmaler und Grafiker.

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Sein Vater war ein Rechtsanwalt in Ratibor, das damals zur Provinz Schlesien gehörte. Willibald Besta studierte Malerei an der Königlichen Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Breslau bei Eduard Kaempffer und Carl Ernst Morgenstern, schloss das Studium im Jahr 1906 ab, reiste nach Paris und studierte an der Académie Julian. Danach immatrikulierte er sich am 13. Mai 1908 an der Münchner Königlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste, studierte Malerei und Grafik bei Angelo Jank und wurde später ein Mitglied der Münchener Secession.

Er lebte in München und stellte seine Bilder jährlich in dem Glaspalast aus. Bei einem Brand am 6. Juni 1931 wurden dort 4.000 Kunstwerke zerstört oder schwer beschädigt, darunter auch Bilder Bestas. Gemeinsam mit Karl Anton Rohan, Alois Dempf und Leopold Ziegler setzte er sich für die christdemokratische Idee der Paneuropa-Union ein und war im Jahr 1931 Mitbegründer der Zeitschrift Deutscheuropa. Einige seiner Bilder publizierte er 1921–1939 in der Münchner Wochenzeitschrift Jugend.  Er wohnte 1933–1939 in seinem Atelier in Schwabing, Ainmillerstraße 13, dann zogen die Eheleute 1940 nach Berlin; dort malte er das Bild Rokokogesellschaft vor einer Orangerie des Schlosses Sanssouci. Im Jahr 1941 kehrte er mit Ehefrau nach Schwabing heim und lebte dort bis zum Lebensende. Die Ruhestätte befindet sich auf dem Münchner Waldfriedhof.

In seinen Kunstwerken kommen oftmals badende weibliche Gestalten, Mädchen, Schnitterinnen sowie mythische Figuren wie Nymphen, Diana, Daphne, Apollo, Faun vor.

Kunstwerke (Auswahl)
 Sitzender Akt, 1910, Pastel auf Papier
 Tanzender Akt im Park, Öl auf Leinwand
 Selbstporträt en face mit Tabakpfeife, Federzeichnung, 1936
 Akt-Bildnis eines liegenden Mädchens, Öl auf Holz
 Badende Nymphen in Parklandschaft, Öl auf Holz
 Zwei junge Schnitterinnen beim Baden, Öl auf Karton
 Susanna im Bade, Öl auf Holz
 Rokokogesellschaft vor einer Orangerie des Schlosses Sanssouci, Öl auf Leinwand, 1940
 Drei badende Mädchen in antikisierender Landschaft werden von einem Schwan attackiert, Öl auf Holz
 Faun und Nymphe, Öl auf Holz
 Badeszene, Öl auf Leinwand
 Schloss am Fuschlsee
 Blick auf den Tegernsee
 Stillleben mit Irdenware, Messingvase und einem Strauß Tulpen, Öl auf Leinwand
 Rosenfest, Öl auf Leinwand
In der Wochenzeitschrift Jugend:
 1921: Morgen am See. Morning on the Lake, Heft 9, S. 197.
 1923: Apollo und Daphne, Heft 20,  S. 589.
 1939: Diana im Bade, Heft 20, S. 387.

Literatur
 Gerhard Bellinger, Brigitte Regler-Bellinger: Schwabings Ainmillerstraße und ihre bedeutendsten Anwohner. Ein repräsentatives Beispiel der Münchner Stadtgeschichte von 1888 bis heute. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2003, Seite 428–431 - ISBN 3-8330-0747-8; 2. Aufl. 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-2883-6; E-Book 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6264-9.

Einzelnachweise

Maler (München)
Grafiker (München)
Person (Racibórz)
Deutscher
Geboren 1886
Gestorben 1949
Mann

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This site was created to communicate information about our 50th Class Reunion. In addition it is hoped that it will allow us to connect and re-connect with our classmates (even those who will not be attending the reunions). Our next goal is to make this site a scrapbook of memories for all classmates and their families. Our site is private!
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Q: Rails 3 invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII) I found a similar post here but I can't solve the problem anyway.
I got this
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... ed il valore della vita, si è malati", :user_id => 1, :cat...

The problem is in this string
:body => "Nel momento in cui ci si chiede il significato ed il valore della vita, si è malati"

I got the problem with every "e" character with the accent, like "è é "
I tried to put magic comment # coding: utf-8 but it doesn't work.
Any idea?

A: Instead of adding # coding: UTF-8 try to add # encoding: UTF-8 on the first line of the file.
It worked for me. I found the information here : http://groups.google.com/group/sinatrarb/browse_thread/thread/f92529bf0cf62015

A: Add a magic comment in the script where you use non-ascii chars? It should go on top of the script.
# encoding: utf-8

It worked for me like charm.
Or if you want to make the project wide, you have an option of magic-encoding gem

A: Just add the following line as the first line in the file:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

and it will work.

A: I changed the line:
gem 'pdf-writer', :git => 'git://github.com/metaskills/pdf-writer.git'

and that works for me.

A: Taken from http://devsolvd.com/questions/rails-3-invalid-multibyte-char-us-ascii
gem 'pdf-writer', :git => 'git://github.com/metaskills/pdf-writer.git'

This was useful for me

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When all food was organic!
Browse: Home » Philosophy and Spirituality » When all food was organic!
There was a time when all food was organic! Yes hard to imagine not paying a premium for food without carcinogens! That time was the past, before DDT, before industrialized fertilizers, before doctors found out that animal fat is bad for you, but is it?
Well no it is not bad for you, modern animal fat is bad for you, not the original stuff. See in modern studies cows that are fed natural organic food and left to graze as God intended them to and not living in the feeding factories that produce most of our modern "meat" and "dairy", produced milk and meat with up to 4 times the vitamin content. Yes 4 times, and not the kind of vitamins in your multivitamin pills with the synthetic b12 and other non natural vitamins but the real deal.
Humor me for a bit, DDT which was sprayed over nearly all the world until they found that it contained carcinogens that are not biodegradable is still present in huge quantities in your food and guess what, it is fat soluble! Basically these carcinogens are still in our food supply, and they get concentrated in fat. Guess what those statistical studies that show a strong correlation between fat consumption and cancer where never done on the fat that is free from man made carcinogens!
This is how they market their cows.
The truth is that the milk you drink is not real milk, it looks like milk, smells like milk but is not milk. It is a liquid produced by animals that nearly never see the sun, fed the cheapest crap the "factory" can find and get away with, it is poor on vitamins that are available in natural milk produced since mammals appeared on earth until just 70 or so years ago and it is high on carcinogens that have never existed before in nature.
And it will not get better. No these chemicals, will circulate and come back again and again in our food supply and guess what, the human race did not learn the lesson, no sir, each year we release hundreds of new untested chemicals into our environment and we call it progress.
People 50 years ago would have laughed at the idea of bottled water, well guess what you are also laughing at the idea of bottled oxygen/air, guess what? Your grandchildren will not laugh.


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Counterpoint: Third-party candidates are a constructive presence in Minnesota politics
Rather than dress them down, as a recent commentary did, let's help them by investing in democracy.
By Stephen Imholte
September 18, 2018 — 5:56pm
Minnesota is a purple state politically. That should come as no surprise to anyone who gives even a cursory look at recent elections. We elect a Democratic governor, but a Republican Legislature. Four of the most competitive races for the U.S. House are in Minnesota. Two seats could flip from red to blue and two from blue to red. The recent Star Tribune-MPR News Minnesota Poll acknowledges the divide, creating a survey sample that reflects a population of voters who are within a few percentage points of being one-third Democrats, one-third Republicans and one-third independents and others. Minnesotans aren't tied to a single party; the strong tradition is to vote for the best candidate.
Sometimes that "best candidate" isn't a Democrat or a Republican. Third-party candidates in Minnesota have elevated important issues, have forced Democrats and Republicans to tone down the negative campaigns while offering more specificity in their own proposals and sometimes have won the election. All that history is ignored by political activist William Cory Labovitch in his commentary "Do third-party voters now understand spoiler risks?" (Sept. 17). Instead of urging Democrats and Republicans to select better candidates, Labovitch complains that the 9 percent of Minnesotans for someone other than Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton wasted their votes and abused their constitutional right to make an informed selection.
In fact, it's a tribute to Minnesotans' faith in democracy that only 9 percent opted out of the two-party offerings. Four in 10 voters surveyed by the Pew Research Center in the 2016 campaign said neither candidate would make a good president.
More and more Minnesotans are giving up on the electoral process, not by voting for third-party candidates but by staying home. Minnesota voter turnout in gubernatorial years has been falling since 2002. In the last contest, 2014, turnout barely topped 50 percent of those eligible, down from 65 percent in 2002.
Labovitch dismisses the effort, sincerity and hard work of anyone who runs for office with demeaning statements like "moreover, all third-party or independent candidates get votes just by slapping their names on the ballot." Oh, were it only that easy. In 2010, I managed Tom Horner's Independence Party campaign for governor. Our polls had Horner neck-and-neck with Republican Tom Emmer as late as mid-October and within striking distance of DFLer Mark Dayton. But in the closing weeks, Horner, who didn't take any money from PACs or independent expenditure groups, was overwhelmed by the special interests who poured money into Minnesota to promote their candidates, attack the other guys and quietly but very effectively undermine Horner's support with the wasted-vote argument. If partisans want to claim that Horner took votes from Dayton or Emmer, it's just as fair to argue that they took Horner's votes.
The better arguments, though, are the ones that Horner made in 2010: The political system needs reform. Rather than shutting down diverse candidates who bring new ideas and energy to a rapidly stagnating and polarizing political environment, the doors should be open to more robust campaigns. Campaigns could be more thoughtful and substantive, and creative policies could gain a foothold with strategic reforms, including these two:
First, adopt ranked-choice voting statewide. Allow voters to have more meaningful choices on Election Day by having candidates who can go beyond the limits imposed by big donors and party activists. No one can claim "wasted votes" in a system of ranked-choice voting. Candidates have the incentive to focus their time and advertising on winning support, not attacking an opponent.
Second, counter the massive amounts of special-interest money with public financing that puts a priority on small contributions. In 2010, Horner had to raise $35,000 from at least 700 Minnesotans by mid-July to qualify for public financing. That's a high bar and discourages those candidates who are just "slapping their names on the ballot." Putting more resources into the state pool of public funds while keep the qualifying criteria high would be a good investment in democracy.
Of course, both of these proposals can pass only with the support of Democrats and Republicans, and it's a tough sell asking them to give up some of their advantages. Maybe what it will take is more third-party candidates — and voters who believe that sometimes principle is more important than winning — to light the fire of reform.
Stephen Imholte, of Minneapolis, is a consultant to civic organizations.
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If Congress isn't careful, the online world will only grow less friendly.
Sara Greethurst
How a St. Paul backer through and through soured on that city
Minneapolis is now the place for me, even though I work in downtown St. Paul.
It's no surprise that Republicans are quiet after Trump's 'go back' tweet
The options are speak up about Trump, or keep your job. You can't have both.
Ahmed Tharwat
Trump drops the pretense in a racist America
Democrats want to manage racism, not face it. Trump takes the mask off us all.
It's the cars, not the cows • Opinion Exchange
How a St. Paul backer through and through soured on that city • Opinion Exchange
It's no surprise that Republicans are quiet after Trump's 'go back' tweet • Opinion Exchange
Arbitration win rate for fired cops, if you stop to think about it, is high • Opinion Exchange
Trump drops the pretense in a racist America • Opinion Exchange


Do you remember how I teased you at the end of the Goldfinch post Part I with this huge empty drivers license?
well, because you waiting so patiently, I will now reward you with the HILARIOUS photo collage you are about to witness.
And just for the record, NO ONE looks good in a tacky blonde wig, a gangster beaded necklace and cheap red lipstick, except for maybe Xandra.
"I found myself confronted by a strange woman, tan and very fit looking: flat gray eyes, like dcoppery skin, and teeth that went in, with a split between them. Her hair, the color of caramel straw, was very straight and tattered at the ends; she was chewing gum and a strong smell of Juicy Fruit was coming off her. It's Xandra with an X, she said in a gravelly undertone. Not Sandra.
Behold, our ode to Xandra with an X!
We used decorations that combined items inspired by Hobie's and his workshop, the Barbour's, Audrey (Theo's mother) and a few others.
The living room was decorated with several objects mentioned in the book to go along with the quote mentioned above. Right before we got down and dirty into our discussion, we took the following quiz to win the Goldfinch Prize of the night. You can play along and feel free to use this quiz in your own book club discussion.
Bonus/Tie Breaker: What is Hobie's first name?
Congrats to KELLIE HALL for winning in the Tie Breaker to get the fabulous prize, complete with a Goldfinch Mug, Heart Keychain, Goldfinch Wine Charm and Xandra's favorite Juicy Fruit gum!
Can I just take a minute to gush about how crazy TALENTED this book's Moderator Brooke is?!?
Here you can see the original 350 year old Goldfinch painting done by Carel Fabritius, painted in 1654 measuring only 9 X 13 inches. The bird in the painting is actual size. If you saw the painting hung high on the wall, as the painter intended, the size of the bird and the angle of its two perches might easily persuade your eye that it was seeing a real goldfinch.
"The Goldfinch was painted the year Fabritius died. The most promising painter of his time, student of Rembrandt, an influence on Vermeer, he was killed at the age of 32 when a gunpowder magazine exploded in Delft in 1654. Nearly all his paintings were destroyed. The Goldfinch, for whatever reason, survived. The man explaining the painting in the museum claimed that if you look at its surface closely, you could still see minute traces of the explosion."
now look at the painting Brooke did.
I didn't take any photos during Brooke's fabulous presentation BUT luckily you can download the wonderful Power Point she created full of facts, about the author, quotes, discussion questions and photos!
DOWNLOAD THE GOLDFINCH POWER POINT HERE.
After our engaging book discussion ended, Brooke handed each member their own little brown paper bag with a "morphine lollipop" inside just like Pippa's.
After reading The Goldfinch, I feel that Fabritius AND Tartt have made art and together, they created magic.
1) White Coat- Audrey's coat she wore on her last day with Theo.
2) Silver Balloons- Pippa had silver balloons hanging in her bedroom at Hobie's.
3) Lollipops- Pippa had a morphine lollipop when Theo came to visit her.
5) Tiffany's Box- Theo and Kitsey shopped at Tiffany's.
6) Sailboat- Andy and Mr. Barbour- sailing.
7) Juicy Fruit- The gum that Xandra likes to chew.
8) Coffee Mug- They drank coffee a TON throughout the novel- many times to sober up.
9) White Plate- Represented the China plates Theo and Kitsey shopped for.
10) Heart Charm- Goes along with Theo's musings at the end of the book that the heart wants what it wants… and what if it wants things that won't be good for it?
11) Hunter Boots- Theo places some items in Pippa's green Hunter boots right before he leaves for Amsterdam.
12) Driver's License- Theo and Boris find Xandra's license. It reveals that her real name is Sandra Terrell.
13) Passport- Theo gets stuck in Amsterdam because Boris has his passport. He tries to obtain a new one and gets stonewalled by unhelpful personnel.
Bonus/Tie Breaker: Hobie's real first name is James.
Hope you enjoyed our quiz! Thanks for participating!!
Be sure to stop by tomorrow to catch a glimpse into our discussion of the full BOOK REVIEW!


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The development plan is released, and "rubber tire" has become a high-frequency word!
As a world-renowned production base, "rubber tires" became a high-frequency word in the report.
In the content of "The Implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan in 2020", the report mentioned:
(1) Focusing on industrial transformation and upgrading, three three-year action plans of "advantageous industries + artificial intelligence", "chemical industry transformation and upgrading", and "tire industry integration and reorganization" have been formulated, further clarifying the reform direction, path and focus of the industrial economy.
(2) Innovate and develop new business formats, launch the world's first tire online exhibition, with more than 500 exhibitors, and promote more than 80 trade intention orders, with an intentional transaction amount of 2.5 billion yuan.
(3) Reform and opening up continued to deepen, and innovation vitality continued to increase. Orderly promote the merger and reorganization of tire companies. At present, the county's rubber tire industry has completed 10 integrations and reorganizations. The production capacity of 6 key enterprises has reached nearly 80% of the county's. 4 companies have entered the top 75 global tires, and the rubber tire industry has been selected in Shandong Province. "Top ten" industrial "geese formation" clusters and characteristic industrial clusters. Play the role of Guangrao Wuhan University of Technology Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Qingdao University of Science and Technology Guangrao Rubber Industry Research Institute, 32 scientific and technological achievements have been industrialized. The Fifth Rubber Tire and Auto Parts Industry High-end Talent Fair and other major talent events were carefully held, and 25 high-level talents (teams) of various types were introduced, including 3 academicians and 3 national-level leading talents.
In the content of the "Main Measures for Completing the 2021 Plan", the report mentioned that we will go all out to grasp the transformation and build a modern industrial system:
The first is to make concerted efforts to strengthen project construction. Adhere to the bottom line thinking, lock in the annual target, while normalizing the epidemic prevention and control, firmly establish the "project is king" concept, and concentrate on promoting the 232 key points with a total investment of 134.1 billion yuan and a planned investment of 25.6 billion yuan that year project. Accelerate the construction of major projects such as the 5 million intelligent manufacturing tires of Camry Rubber to ensure that it will be effective as soon as possible.
The second is to make every effort to promote transformation and upgrading. Accelerate the merger and reorganization of the rubber tire industry, fully explore the tire industry's comparative advantages in terms of total production capacity and product quality, and actively connect with industry-leading companies, and strive to use three years to cultivate 3 to 5 companies that have entered the forefront of the global tire industry.


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'Someone Who Shaped Me' - Thomas Millear
My maternal grandfather, Thomas Millear, who in fact was my mentor and "father", not that my biological father was present during my life, but he was the greatest influence on my life until he died, when I was sixteen.
His advice and humanitarianism made a profound impression on me and moulded me into what I am today.
There were times that I often wondered what he was trying to pass on, but it was not until much later in life, "that the penny dropped" and all was clear!
He was the one to encourage me to participate in community service, as he did, which was very obvious, as he was always doing something for others, whether it was helping young, returned servicemen buy a farm or supplying the local school head students with a blazer, paying for country students to attend the Melbourne Lord Mayor's Camp at Portsea, buying sporting equipment for youngsters etc. This last situation was caused by his friendship with the Late Lt General Leslie Morehead, who was a teacher at the Melbourne Grammar School when he was a student there. Morehead was on the initial committee that started the camp in 1945 and from 1964 to 1968, I accompanied young boys and girls from the Riverina area and acted as troop leader for ten days during my annual holidays.
I suppose my most vivid memory of him was seeing him standing beside a commercial canning machine that he had installed in the old laundry at our home, "Deniliquin Stud Park", meticulously overseeing the production of cans of food destined for war torn London, before immersing them in the huge copper, which always seemed to be bubbling away in the corner.
He had at the beginning of the WW2 volunteered for active duty, but due to the fact, that he was in his late 40's and the proprietor of one of the major merino sheep studs, which was required to keep the wool industry alive, was refused, however a first war friendship with the English Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, led him to form a "Food for Britain" campaign and from 1940 until 1953, he weekly canned whatever food he could gather, not only from his own extensive garden, but friends or whoever would support his venture. I remember well the trips to town with his pallet load of food to be dropped off at the Deniliquin railway station, destined for the Melbourne wharfs.
After the war he was offered a Knighthood by King Edward V, but refused stating that, he was only doing what he could for "King and Country".
In 1953, he and my Grandmother Ruth, made a trip back to England to catch up with friends, many being those families that his food parcels during those horrific times. However, there was one secret kept from him, for he was not one to accept accolades or commendations easily, but prior to their trip, my Uncle Ned Herring, [Lord Chief Justice of Victoria – 1944 to 1964 and Lt Governor of Victoria – 1944 to 1972] had been informed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, that he was to have the "Keys of the City of London" bestowed upon him and this was, at all costs, to be kept from him. When the time arrived and my Grandmother regaled in telling the story, he was informed by gran, that he had to dress for dinner, that is black tie and tails, to which he replied, why, we are only going down to the hotel's dining room!!! She then informed him that they were invited out for dinner this night and a car would be there to collect them shortly, "End of story" as far as gran was concerned!!
Well, you most probably can guess the rest, the said vehicle collected them and conveyed them to the London Guild's Hall, where they were greeted by the Lord Mayor and Councillors and as they say in the classics, "The rests history".
There are so many other instances of life growing up with this giant of a man, he was a lateral thinker, who definitely looked outside the square so to speak and this was shown by his actions after the first world war.
For in 1918 my grandfather Thomas Millear hadn't come directly home from the first war, for during the Battle of Passchendaele near Ypres, he was badly gassed with Mustard gas, which led to his repatriation to a hospital in London and upon his release he was invalided with the Lady Randolph Churchill's, mother of Winston Churchill, for she and her late husband Lord Randolph Churchill, had been close friends of my Great Grandfather.
After his recovery, he chose to further his education in the wool industry by spending several years working with the woollen industry in Yorkshire, especially in and around the Bradford area. His claim was, that any wool producer, if they wanted to really learn about the product they produced, should go to the end source of their product and learn what the trade required of them in the production of wool. He also felt as that he was close to the mills etc at that period [1918] that purchased Australian wool; he should make the effort in learning more about his industry.
Where do you end when writing about the person who helped shape me, it's always a conundrum, but I guess with brevity in mind, this would be as good as ever!!!!
David Lowing
To add to David's introduction last session and demonstrate the impact of his grandfather, Thomas Millear's, impact on his life, David's personal profile is appended below. It provides the most amazing picture of David's own contribution in terms of Community Service over the last 60 years or so. .... Click on 'read more' below to proceed...
David Lowing's page...
David's page is made up of stories written for two courses, with the earlier memoir oriented stories written for 'As Time Goes By', and the latter posts written for 'Family Research.
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Flint Handmade will host the third annual Spring Craft Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 1 at The Lunch Studio, 444 S. Saginaw St., downtown Flint.
The market will feature a variety of handmade items such as jewelry, clothing, art, purses and bags, paper crafts, toys and home decor from over 60 indie craft vendors. The first 25 shoppers of the day will receive goodie bags filled with vendor coupons.


This Ultimate Gluten Free Tuna Melt is an easy dinner recipe when you need something quickly. Pile all but one of the ingredients open face style on a piece of bread and pop it in the oven, then put a fried egg on top when it's all done. It might not be super healthy, but it is super delicious.
The first step to this recipe? Turning on the oven. I know that might seem obvious, but nearly every time I make this I am so focused on putting the ingredients together that I get done with the assembly and realize I've got a cold oven. Which makes me even hangrier. So please, remember to preheat the oven to 350 degrees F before you get started.


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Additionally, the Commission approved draft rules that would allow for the scaring of bears in appropriate settings.
The Commissioners asked staff to continue the educational approach to help people understand how to live with bears in ways that minimize conflicts.
"Bear populations have grown over the last 15 to 20 years. It is our responsibility to manage these populations, and hunting is an important and effective tool to help us do so," Corbett said.
Before the final discussion during the June Commission meeting, people can provide comments regarding these and other bear-related topics at MyFWC.com/Bear. This link will also provide information about Florida black bears and how to avoid conflicts with them. Please report any threatening bear behavior to the FWC Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922).


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Links to nations or nationalities point to articles with information on that nation's poetry or literature.  For example, "United Kingdom" links to English poetry and "India" links to Indian poetry.

Events
 June 3 – Canadian poet Charles G. D. Roberts is knighted.
 June 15
 Gay English poet W. H. Auden enters a marriage of convenience with Erika Mann.
 Premiere of T. S. Eliot's verse drama Murder in the Cathedral at Canterbury Cathedral in England.
 American poet George Oppen joins the Communist Party, where his organizing work will increasingly take precedence over his poetry; he writes no more verse until 1958.
 Picasso's poetry begins to be written.
 Tomb of Hafez in Shiraz, Persia, is rebuilt.

Works published in English

Canada
 Arthur Bourinot, Selected Poems (1915–1935).
 E. J. Pratt, The Titanic, Toronto: Macmillan.
 Kenneth Leslie, Lowlands Low: Poems. Halifax: McCurdy
 Wilson MacDonald, The Song Of The Undertow and Other Poems. Toronto, Buffalo: S.J.R. Saunders, Broadway.
 Wilson MacDonald, Quintrains Of "Callender" and Other Poems. Toronto: S.J.R. Saunders.
 Tom MacInnes, Rhymes of a Rounder, Canada
 Duncan Campbell Scott, The Green Cloister, Canada
 Francis Sherman, The Complete Poems of Francis Sherman. Lorne Pierce ed. Toronto: Ryerson.

India, in English
 Sundhindra Dutt, Orchestra ( Poetry in English ),
 Govind Krishna Chettur, The Shadow of God: A Sonnet Sequence ( Poetry in English ), London: Longmans, published in the United Kingdom
 Nizamat Jung, Islamic Poems ( Poetry in English ), Hyderabad: Government Central Press

United Kingdom
 George Barker, Poems
 Samuel Beckett, Echo's Bones and Other Precipitates
 Norman Cameron, The Winter House
 Cecil Day-Lewis:
 Collected Poems 1929–1933
 A Time to Dance, and Other Poems
 Walter de la Mare, Poems 1919 to 1934
 T. S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
 Christopher Hassall, Poems of Two Years
 Eiluned Lewis, December Apples (Welsh poet published in the United Kingdom)
 Louis MacNeice, Poems
 Herbert Read, Poems 1914–34
 James Reeves, The Natural Need (with preface, in verse, by Laura Riding)
 Siegfried Sassoon, Vigils
 Humbert Wolfe:
 The Fourth of August, sonnets
 Stings and Wings
 X at Oberammergau
 W. B. Yeats, A Full Moon in March, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom

United States
 John Peale Bishop, Minute Particulars
 Robert P. Tristram Coffin, Strange Holiness
 Countee Cullen, The Medea and Some Poems
 E. E. Cummings, No Thanks
 Kenneth Fearing, Poems
 John Gould Fletcher, XXIV Elegies
 Hamlin Garland, Iowa, O Iowa
 Horace Gregory, Chorus for Survival
 Robinson Jeffers, Solstice and Other Poems
 James Weldon Johnson, Selected Poems
 Edgar Lee Masters, Invisible Landscapes
 Marianne Moore, Selected Poems
 John G. Neihardt, The Song of the Messiah
 Edwin Arlington Robinson, King Jasper
 Muriel Rukeyser, Theory of Flight
 Karl Shapiro, Poems
 Wallace Stevens, Ideas of Order, includes "Farewell to Florida", "The Idea of Order at Key West", "Academic Discourse at Havana", "Like Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery", and "A Postcard from the Volcano"), Alcestis Press (enlarged edition, 1936)
 Robert Penn Warren, Thirty-Six Poems
 William Carlos Williams, An Early Martyr and Other Poems

Other in English
 Allen Curnow (New Zealand):
Three Poems (Caxton)
Poetry and Language, a brief poetry manifesto (Caxton)
 C. J. Dennis, The Singing Garden, Australia
 W. B. Yeats, A Full Moon in March, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
 Rex Ingamells, Gumtops, Australia

Works published in other languages

France
 René Char, Le Marteau sans maitre
 René Daumal, Le Contre-ciel
 Paul Éluard, Facile
 Francis Jammes:
 Alouette
 De tout temps à jamais, Paris: Gallimard
 Henri Michaux, La Nuit remue
 Catherine Pozzi (died 1934), "Ave", "Vale", "Scopolamine", "Nova", "Maya" and "Nyx", published in Mesures

Indian subcontinent
Including all of the British colonies which later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:

Gujarati
 Balawantrai Thakore, Mharon Sonnet
 Jhaverchand Meghani, Yugavandana
 Jhinabhai Desai Snehrashmi, Arghya, the author's first poetry collection; many of the poems display patriotism and love for the poor
 Kavi Nhanalal, Ketalank Kavyo, Part 3 (Part 1 published 1903; Part 2 in 1908); the first part made Nhanalal's reputation as the best Gujarati lyric poet; the collection is known for its metrical innovations, creative power and mix of modern and old folk elements
 Kishorlal Mashruvala, translator, Vidayuelae — Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet from English into Gujarati
 Mansukhlal Jhaveri, Phooldal

Urdu
 Akbar Allahabadi, Kulliyat-i Akbar Allahabadi, in four volumes, published (fourteen years after his death in 1921) from this year through 1939; Indian, Urdu-language
 M. Diyauddin, translator, Kālam-i-Tagore, translated from the Bengali of Rabindranath Tagore, with Tagore involved in the translation, into Urdu
 Muhammad Iqbal, Bal-i Jibrial, alternate spelling: "Bal-i Jibril" ("Wings of Gabriel"), includes  and ghazals; famous poems in the volume: "Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura" ("The Parliament of Satan"), "Jibrail-o-Iblis", "Lenin Khuda Ke Hazur main" ("Lenin in the Court of God"), "Punjab ke Dehqan se" ("To the Punjab Peasants"); "This is regarded as a milestone in Urdu poetry", according to Indian academic Siser Kumar Das; inspired by Iqbal's 1933 visit to Spain

Other Indian languages
 Bal Krisna Rav, Abhas, Indian, Hindi-language
 Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Baspanjali ("Offering of tears"), the author's first poetry collection, Malayalam
 Duvvuri Rami Reddi, translator, Panasala — translation of Omar Khayyám's Rubaiyat from Persian into Telugu
 Jayshankar Prasad, Kamayani, said to be the greatest poem of the Chayavadi (Indian romantic) movement; 15 cantos, each named after an emotion; Hindi
 Mahjoor, "Gristi Kur", Kashmiri poem in the Vatsan form comparing the refreshing traits of peasants as compared with less lively aristocrats; published in the August 1 issue of Hamdard
 Rabindranath Tagore, Ses Saptak, in this and in some of the author's other books in the mid-1930s, he introduced a new rhythm in poetry that "had a tremendous impact on the modern poets", according to Indian academic Sisir Kumar Das; Bengali
 Ulloor Paramesvara Iyer, Dipavali, Malayalam

Spanish language

Peru
 Xavier Abril, Difícil trabajo
 Manuel Moreno Jimeno, Los malditos
 Emilio Vasquez, Tawantinsuyo
 Emilio Adolfo von Westphalen, Abolición de la muerte

Spain
 Vicente Aleixandre:
 La destrucción o el amor ("Destruction or/as Love")
 Pasión de la tierra ("Passion of the Earth"), written 1928–1929
 Germán Bleiberg, El cantar de la noche ("The Song of the Night")
 Gabriel Celaya, Marea del silencio ("Tide of Silence")
 Federico García Lorca:
 Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías ("Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías")
 Seis poemas galegos ("Six Galician poems")
 Luis Rosales, Abril ("April")

Other languages
 Constantine Cavafy, Ποιήματα (Piimata, or "Poems of C.P. Cavafy"), Greek
 Bernard Kangro, Sonetid, Estonia
 Kersti Merilaas, Loomingus, Estonia
 Giorgos Seferis, Μυθιστόρημα ("Tale of Legends"), Greek

Awards and honors
 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry - Audrey Wurdemann, Bright Ambush

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 January 14 – Labhshankar Thakar (died 2016), Indian Gujarati poet, playwright and story writer
 January 16 – Inger Christensen (died 2009), Danish poet, writer, novelist, essayist and children's book author
 January 18 – Jon Stallworthy (died 2014), English poet, literary critic and academic
 January 30 – Richard Brautigan (died 1984), American writer and poet
 January 27 – D. M. Thomas, English novelist, poet, and translator from Cornwall
 February 14 – Grigore Vieru (died 2009), Moldovan poet writing in Romanian, strong promoter of the Romanian language in Moldova
 March 13 – Kofi Awoonor (killed 2013), Ghanaian poet and author whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization
 April 4 – Michael Horovitz (died 2021), German-born English poet, translator, editor and performer
 April 6 – J. P. Clark (died 2020), Nigerian English-language poet and playwright
 April 16 – Sarah Kirsch (died 2013), German
 May 5 – Eddie Linden, British poet
 May 13 – Taku Miki 三木卓 pen name of Tomita Miki, Japanese Shōwa period poet and novelist in the Han ("Inundation") poetry circle (Surname: Miki)
 May 14 – Roque Dalton (died 1975), leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist writing about death, love and politics
 May 25 – Jay Wright, African-American poet, playwright and essayist
 May 26 – Michael Benedikt (died 2007), American poet
 June 1 – Clayton Eshleman (die 2021), American poet, translator and editor
 June 6 – Joy Kogawa, Canadian poet and novelist
 June 12 – Christoph Meckel (died 2020), German poet
 June 24 – Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist
 July 2 – Nanni Balestrini (died 2019), Italian experimental poet, author and visual artist of the Neoavanguardia
 July 29 – Pat Lowther (murdered by her husband in 1975), Canadian poet
 August 12 – A. B. Spellman, African-American poet, music critic, music historian, arts administrator and author
 August 24 – Rosmarie Waldrop, German-born American poet and translator (primary English translator of Edmond Jabès)
 August 25 – Charles Wright, American poet
 September 10 – Mary Oliver (died 2018), American poet
 September 20 – Wong Phui Nam (died 2022), Malaysian economist and English-language poet
 September 24 – Robert Kelly, American poet associated with the deep image group
 September 30 – Arturo Corcuera (died 2017), Peruvian poet
 November 7 – Wahyu Sulaiman Rendra (died 2009), Indonesian poet, born Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, popularly known as W. S. Rendra and also as "Si Burung Merak" and "The Peacock"
 November 15 – Gustaf Sobin (died 2005), American expatriate poet and novelist
 December 1 – George Bowering, Canadian novelist, poet, historian and biographer
 December 10 – Shūji Terayama 寺山 修司 (died 1983), Japanese avant-garde  poet, playwright, writer, film director and photographer (surname: Terayama)
 December 13 – Adélia Prado, Brazilian poet
 December 25 – Bhupi Sherchan (died 1989), Nepali poet
 December 27 – Syed Shamsul Haque (died 2016), Bengali poet, lyricist, playwright and essayist
 December 29 – Yevgeny Rein (Евгений Рейн), Russian poet
 Also
 Johari M. Amini (aka Jewel Christine McLawler Latimore and Johari M. Kunjufu), African American
 James Applewhite, American
 Sam Cornish, African American
 Russell Edson (died 2014), American
 Andrew Hoyem, American typographer, letterpress printer, publisher, poet and preservationist; founder and director of Arion Press in San Francisco
 Desmond O'Grady, Irish poet and translator; former editor of The Transatlantic Review and organizer of the Spoleto International Poetry Festival
 David R. Slavitt, American writer and translator
 Ahmos Zu-Bolton II, African American

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 March 26 – Tekkan Yosano 与謝野 鉄幹 (born 1873), pen-name of Yosano Hiroshi, late Meiji period, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese author and poet; husband of author Yosano Akiko; grandfather of cabinet minister and politician Kaoru Yosano
 April 6 – Edwin Arlington Robinson (born 1869), American poet, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
 July 17 – George William Russell (born 1867), Anglo-Irish supporter of Irish nationalism, critic, poet, and painter who wrote under the pseudonym Æ, mystical writer, and centre of a group of followers of theosophy
 August 11 – Sir William Watson (born 1858), English traditionalist poet noted for the political content of his verse
 September 18 – Alice Dunbar Nelson (born 1875), African American poet, journalist and political activist during the Harlem Renaissance; married to poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
 November 23 – Louise Mack (born 1870) Australian poet, journalist and novelist
 November 30 – Fernando Pessoa (born 1888), Portuguese poet and writer; cause of death listed as cirrhosis
 December 17 – Lizette Woodworth Reese (born 1856), American poet

See also

 Poetry
 List of poetry awards
 List of years in poetry

Notes

20th-century poetry
Poetry


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