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Leprechaun Economics Explained
Admin at 2:38 pm July 13, 2016
Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Further to yesterday's eye-popping CSO figures…
Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny fielded questions from Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin about the reported 26.3% growth in the economy.
From the debate…
Taoiseach Enda Kenny: "First, the figures produced yesterday are unprecedented. They do not reflect accurately what is happening in the economy. Obviously, the figure of 26% is unprecedented and significantly stronger than the previous estimate of 7.8%, but it is important to note that is due to exceptional factors. It highlights the complexity and difficulty in interpreting the macroeconomic data in Ireland. The figures reflect a number of factors, including the impact of relocation of entire plcs to Ireland. This would have significantly boosted investment and net exports. Net exports contributed 18% to the 2015 growth figure. Contract manufacturing played a role in the figures. This occurs where an Irish-based company with another manufacturing unit abroad manufactures and sells products to other countries from that unit but is still based in Ireland."
"While the headline figures can be exaggerated in an Irish context and will obviously be the subject of intense scrutiny, other indicators such as the level of consumer spending, the rise in the level of employment and the continuous drop in unemployment trends, as well as taxation receipts, confirm that there is a strong recovery rooted in the domestic economy in Ireland."
"That domestic demand – spending by Irish businesses and Irish people – is also growing strongly. It is an opportunity arising from the many sacrifices made during the years."
"The figures predate the decision in Britain in the referendum. Obviously, there has been a sharp depreciation of sterling since that decision and a deterioration in the outlook for the UK economy. While it is an unprecedented figure, the fact is, based on growth projections in real terms, the growth levels seen in 2015 were both a one-off and exceptional in nature. We cannot make policy on that basis, but the CSO takes into account in compiling its figures issues such as aircraft leasing and manufacturing here by companies that have units abroad."
"As noted in the summer economic statement which was debated in the Dáil some time ago, the Department of Finance will prepare a full macroeconomic projection in advance of the budget in October. It will include updated estimates of economic growth, the public finances and whatever fiscal space is available to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, taking account of developments up to that time, including the latest CSO numbers and the decision in the United Kingdom."
Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl: "The Taoiseach's time is up."
Micheál Martin: "The Taoiseach did not answer the question, which was whether he would commission the CSO to design a proper, accurate way of calculating the real size of the economy."
"Professor John FitzGerald, formally of the ESRI, has attempted to do this as an individual. It is shocking that the Department of Finance and the Taoiseach's Department did not work years ago to create a proper model to calculate the size of the economy."
"The figures are not unprecedented. They are false in terms of what is happening on the ground and the reality in the economy. The CSO says it is including – not taking account of – the impact of aircraft leasing, corporate inversions and contract manufacturing, but none of this impacts on real jobs and investment in the economy, as the thousands of people who are struggling realise. It is not good enough that no one in official Ireland has attempted to address this by coming up with an accurate home-grown model that takes all of this into account, strips it out and gives us a proper figure."
Ó Fearghaíl: "Thank you, Deputy Martin."
Martin: "It is essential that this be done, in terms of how we plan our budgets and economy but also in terms of our international reputation. Unfortunately, the international world looks at this with some degree of ridicule and disbelief. There was a time when we would haughtily go around the place questioning the Chinese or the Russians for their economic statistics. Can we really go abroad and hold our heads up high…"
Ó Fearghaíl: "You have made your point, thank you."
Martin: "…about Irish official statistics? No one in their right mind believes Irish official statistics. This cuts to the heart of our credibility in terms of presenting economic data. This is a serious issue which needs urgent addressing by the Taoiseach's Department, the CSO and other related State entities."
Kenny: "It is true to say the CSO is quite independent in how it does its analysis, but it does take these factors into account. Changes have occurred, such as the transition of entire public limited companies to Ireland and the transfer of a significant amount of intellectual property, contract manufacturing and the scale of aircraft leasing."
"The Deputy is right in terms of these figures boosting GDP. There is no proportionate increase in employment. These are figures which are compiled accurately by the CSO and they take into account those changes that have taken place in the international economy."
"The Deputy is aware of the changes made by the Government in terms of complying with base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, and the OECD in terms of having got rid of the double Irish concept. The issues of aircraft leasing, contract manufacturing, intellectual property moving onshore here and the transition of entire public limited companies has boosted these figures."
Ó Fearghaíl: "Thank you, Taoiseach."
Kenny: "The Department of Finance will set out its projections later in the year, but it will also base its policy on a more normal growth rate, such as has been predicted by the Department, of in the region of 3.5% to 4%. I agree that an extraordinary elevation of 26% based on some of these factors and others, such as the depreciation of sterling, do not impact in reality on big numbers in terms of employment…"
Ó Fearghaíl: "Thank you, Taoiseach. The time is up."
Kenny: "…but it is important that on the underlying issues the growth in jobs and consumer spend and the drop in unemployment is where the real value of the economy is and the projections will be based on 3.5% to 4%."
There you go now.
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29 thoughts on "Leprechaun Economics Explained"
Fact Checker July 13, 2016 at 2:48 pm
GDP statistics are compiled the same way in every country even if economies are very different. The same way that the rules of soccer are the same all over the world.
The CSO cannot make up a new definition of GDP no more than a referee on the coast of Mayo cannot decide to ban high balls simply because it is very windy.
The CSO (we presume) are compiling this data according to international standards.
The issue is that GDP compiled this way is simply not a very good proxy for what most of us regard as economic activity. It is important that SOMEONE comes up with some kind of sensible measure of aggregate Irish economic activity that does not hinge on the legal arrangements of large multinationals.
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21697845-gross-domestic-product-gdp-increasingly-poor-measure-prosperity-it-not-even
MoyestWithExcitement July 13, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Basically, FG can shove talk of their "recovery" and economic achievements up their collective hoop.
rotide July 13, 2016 at 2:53 pm
Did you actually read the piece?
dav July 13, 2016 at 2:59 pm
fg apologist
Kieran NYC July 13, 2016 at 4:11 pm
Ah. So you just didn't understand it.
I did yeah.
Rugbyfan July 13, 2016 at 3:12 pm
thank you for your contribution.
And thank you for yours
Eoin July 13, 2016 at 2:54 pm
+1 Right up there.
Panty Christ July 13, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Just a point on aircraft leasing, Ireland has been at the top of the pile in that department for decades, why only know is it being used to explain away an oddity in GDP?
This must be one of the 1st times they have declared the profit that they are moving through the tax haven that is ireland. I wonder if fg are still going to fight the eu on apple paying tax? fg, of course, are on apples side. good serfs
dav will be happy when we are all back living in cardboard shacks with beans and toast as our main meal.
Keep defending the 1%, there's a good serf
Keep trying to drag everyone down to your level. There's a good communist.
scottser July 13, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Keep voting fg/ff and beans on toast will be all you'll afford.
Parading a one off ALLEGED 26% increase in annual turnover as 26% GDP growth is totally disingenuous. Everything this government seems to do just backfires and ends up opening more and more peoples eyes to the lies.
realPolithicks July 13, 2016 at 3:15 pm
Banana republic.
+1 Again, we were literally an international laughing stock thanks to this. If this doesn't prove FG are a bunch of incompetent, economically illiterate gombeens, I don't know what will. 'Hey, look at these big numbers on this page. Hey you, Tesco cashier and you, plumber; look at these numbers. Your circumstances haven't improved and probably gotten worse but this sheet of paper has big numbers so you should vote for us because we improved the country without improving the lives of the people actually in it."
Harry Molloy July 13, 2016 at 3:31 pm
you really didn't read the piece
You really didn't.
Whatever you say, King Troll.
Owen C July 13, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Corporation taxes were 2.3bn higher than expected in 2015. That is a direct result of the issues causing the 26% increase in GDP. If the exchequer gets 2.3bn in extra income, for use for investment and social welfare and healthcare and education etc etc etc, and the blow back is some people laughing at us for a few days, I'm pretty comfortable with that situation.
Serv July 13, 2016 at 3:26 pm
I can't help but feel the Gnomes of Zurich had a hand in this.
Mulder July 13, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Well Ireland is indeed making a type of progress.
Years ago ye used to have the trickle down economics model.
Then had the voo-doo economics model.
Now we have the new revamped 21st century version, the Leprechaun economics.
15 cents July 13, 2016 at 7:09 pm
every transcript of dail debates features "the taoiseach didnt answer the question"
Deluded July 13, 2016 at 8:23 pm
Interesting map Jason, thank you.


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Portholme Church Portholme Road Selby YO8 4QH.
Minister: Rev Philip Macdonald
Contact us by email: info@portholmechurch.org.uk
Portholme Church was formed in May 2012 as a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) between Selby United Reformed Church and Selby Methodist Church.
We celebrated our 7th anniversary as an LEP in May this year and we continue to serve the people of Selby, sharing the love of Christ with all those in our community and beyond.
Guided by the Holy Spirit, we seek to express the visible unity of the church, worshipping and working together to serve and minister to the needs of all and to nurture our existing membership so that we are better equipped to facilitate the acceptance into faith of those who seek the Lord Jesus Christ.
Worship is held at 10:45am on Sundays
Children and young people are welcomed into our Junior Church
Contemplative Prayer is held on the first Sunday of each month at 6:00pm
Sunday	 2 June	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship	 Rev Philip Macdonald
6:00pm	 Contemplative Prayer	 Janet Lawrence & Linda Courage
Monday	 3 June	 11:00am	 Shoppers' Service (25 minutes)	 Rev Philip Macdonald
Sunday	 9 June	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship with Holy Communion	 Rev George Greenhough
Sunday	 16 June	 10:45am	 All Age Worship	 Catherine Staton
Sunday	 23 June	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship	 Nigel & Marion Currey
Sunday	 30 June	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship	 Led by our own members
Monday	 1 July	 11:00am	 Shoppers' Service (25 minutes)	 Rev Philip Macdonald
Sunday	 7 July	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship	 Dr Vanessa McLoughlin
Sunday	 14 July	 10:45am	 All Age Worship	 Led by our own members
Sunday	 21 July	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship with Holy Communion	 Rev Philip Macdonald
Sunday	 28 July	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship	 Stan Platt
Sunday	 4 August	 10:45am	 All Age Worship with Baptism Rev Philip Macdonald
Monday	 5 August	 11:00am	 Shoppers' Service (25 minutes)	 Rev Philip Macdonald
Sunday	 11 August	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship	 Joy Piper
Sunday	 18 August	 10:45am	 All Age Worship	 Led by our own members
Sunday	 25 August	 10:45am	 Sunday Worship with Holy Communion	 Rev Dr Maurice Staton
You are invited to join us at our regular activities:
Monday - 10.00am-12noon Coffee Morning
Tuesday - 7.30pm Friendship Group (1st Tuesday in month, except August)
Wednesday - 10.00am-12noon Knit and Natter (September to June)
3rd Thursday of each month – 2pm to 4pm Friends & Neighbours (see below)
Friday – 9.30am–11.15am Parents and Young Children (PYC) Group (term time). We have a waiting list to join, but you are welcome to call in for a visit.
Click on "Looking Forward" to view details of forthcoming events at Portholme Church
To book the hall for your own event, please phone our Bookings Secretary on 01757 703046
Friends and Neighbours
This is a new venture for Portholme Church. Our aim is to offer hospitality to anyone who would like to spend a couple of hours together. We have some activities on offer or you can just come along for some company and a chat. Of course, there will be a drink and biscuits or maybe cake. We are hoping this will provide a meeting place for those in our community who are lonely or who would welcome the opportunity to meet and socialise with other people.
Friends and Neighbours will be held every third Thursday in the month between 2.00pm and 4.00pm.
Dates and information about future events.
Click here to view the full diary.
PYC Reunion
The Portholme Church Parents and Young Children Group will be celebrating 25 years of happy Friday mornings in June this year. We think it will be great to have a reunion of past and present children, parents, and helpers who have enjoyed PYC over the years.
There will be light refreshments and a chance to meet up with old friends, so please come and join us on Saturday 29 June 2019 from 11am to 3pm.
The day will be run on an informal "drop-in" basis allowing members past & present to come and go as you please. If you have attended PYC at some time in the past 25 years, or know others who have attended, parents & grandparents included, or helped in the running of our group, we would like to invite you to our celebrations.
Our format on Fridays has not changed greatly over the years and, judging by past photos, we are still using some of the original toys!
If you would like further information, or wish to share a special memory, please help us to make this a joyful and happy occasion by contacting the PYC team:
Call or text 07724 872 407
Email info@portholmechurch.org.uk
Bank Holiday Cafeteria
Our next "Bank Holiday Cafeteria" will be the Late Summer Bank Holiday on Monday 26 August.
Tea / Coffee / Cakes / Bric-a-Brac / Tombola / Books
Come and support us - bring your family, friends, neighbours, postman…
In aid of church funds
Here we highlight one or two special events that have been held at Portholme Church recently.
"The Frozen Roman"
The Badapple Theatre Company came to Portholme Church on Friday 24 May 2019 when they filled the church hall with music & laughter with their production of 'The Frozen Roman'. With their own stage, sets, scenery, lighting and sound they transformed the hall into a "theatre".
The "The Frozen Roman" was a brand new comedy written by Kate Bramley with music & songs by Jez Lowe. The plot centred around a clandestine meeting at the Phoenix pub where the discussion got heated as the villagers racked their brains to find a way to prevent developers building a large housing development that would threaten village life as they knew it.
When you throw a ghostly "Ancient Roman" and 21st century Syrian refugee into the mix, you've got a recipe for fun and chaos! The young cast of professional actors took on multiple roles with lightning fast quick changes. It was an evening that the 100+ folk who attended will never forget.
We look forward to welcoming The Badapple Theatre Company back with a new show some time soon.
John Barker in Concert
We were delighted to have John Barker perform for us at Portholme Church on Saturday 23 March 2019. John is one of Britain's finest trumpet players and he easily justified this epithet with his playing on the evening. John performed a wide range of music from his vast repertoire – songs from the shows, pop hits, old-time favourites, classical pieces, hymn tunes and brass band items.
In between the music, John regaled us with us stories about his career as a solo artist. He was told many times over that it was impossible to make a living as a full time musician but he has certainly proved his critics wrong! His story is one of hard work, a strong determination to succeed and lots of practice. John plays the trumpet at least 4 hours every day in order to keep at the top of his game.
After a wonderful evening of varied music, John concluded the evening with an amazing rendition of "Jerusalem" – the audience were enthusiastic in their singing along and, incredibly, everyone seemed to know the words from memory!
Thinking Into Dementia
Thought provoking, informative, moving, funny, inspiring were all words that came to mind as we reflected on the training on Dementia led by Rev Pat Malham.
Pat is a Methodist minister in the Ripon and Lower Dales circuit but has previously been a psychiatric registrar and a GP. She talked about the different forms of dementia and the many varied ways in which it manifests itself – everyone who was there will have learned something new.
Pat talked about the importance of focusing on the person and what they are able to do and working to maintain that and encouraging as much independence as possible. As a minister, Pat went on to help us think about the church's role and if we believe that God loves all people and the gospel is for all people, it includes people with dementia. We were urged to adopt a positive attitude and to encourage supportive relationships. We were told that people with dementia may not remember what we said to them but they may, and often do, remember how we made them feel.
Pat gave some very practical suggestions of things we can do to make an accessible environment as well as to encourage creativity and participation. As the church, we can do these things in fellowship, in worship and in walking alongside them on their continuing journey of life. Pat included in her presentation art work, sculptures, poetry and prose created by people living with dementia.
An Evening with Dan Holmes
This memorable event was held on Tuesday 12th June 2018.
From the comments afterwards, it seemed that everyone had appreciated Dan's friendly, unassuming manner and melodic singing. Dan interspersed his gentle songs of a simple faith with stories and anecdotes. We learnt that Dan was a high school theatre teacher until May of 2016. After 31 years in the classroom, he retired and began working, once again, as a full-time musician! In addition to his two tours of the UK, he has performed at over 150 churches in the USA.
He certainly demonstrated his mission: "Through the sharing of music, we can celebrate what God is doing in us, for us and through us! I am an old school singer/songwriter bringing a gentle Christian message of hope! I pray that our paths will cross and we can celebrate together!"
As an interlude in the middle of Dan's concert, a short video was shown appealing for donations to Hope School Beit Jala, which provides education and boarding for disadvantaged children aged 3-6 and 11yrs-18yrs from the West Bank area of Palestine. The children come from the neediest of families, and Christian and Muslim alike are brought up in a loving, Christian environment. The images were accompanied by voice-overs read by our members.
After the concert we were treated to a fine buffet of savoury and sweet delights together with tea and coffee. During this time there were collection buckets ready for our donations to Hope School and a further bucket for contributions for the buffet which, like the concert itself, was not charged.
There was also the opportunity to chat to Dan and his wife and to purchase from his selection of CDs.
And the outcome:
£385.50 raised for Hope School
Donations for refreshments raised £71.48 for church funds
WE HOPE TO MEET DAN AGAIN IN 2020 ON HIS NEXT UK TOUR!
Visit Dan's website at danholmesmusic.com
Good Friday Walk of Witness
Portholme Church is proud to be an active member of "Churches Together in Selby", an umbrella organisation uniting all Christian denominations who are active in the town. This year's annual "Walk of Witness" on Good Friday was very well supported.
Portholme Church was packed for the pre-walk service which was led by our own minister, Rev David Coote. Following the service inside Portholme Church, the congregation walked together through the Market Cross shopping precinct to the town's market place in front of Selby Abbey where an open-air service was led by members of King's Church. The congregation were warmed with refreshments inside the Abbey after the open-air service.
"Good Friday" is the bleakest moment in the Gospel story. When we read the story of Jesus' arrest, trial, and crucifixion today, we have the benefit of knowing that it's all leading up to the triumph of Easter. But to the Jesus-followers present at the scene, it must have seemed that the world as they knew it was falling apart.
Refurbishment of the Sanctuary
We have recently made some significant progress in creating a new and more colourful worship area. From the very beginning, our aim has been to ensure that Portholme Church is not just given a facelift but is renewed and ready for worship in the 21st century.
All the chairs were re-upholstered early in the autumn and the upgrades to our audio visual equipment were completed just before Christmas.
This year, the sanctuary cross has been given its new wooden surround. The cross is now much more prominent and, pleasingly, the feedback has all been positive.
New wall banners have been produced and are now in place on the walls. Copies of the new "Portholme Church" banner, which was made for us by Yvonne Bell*, are available as bookmarks.
Visitors to Portholme Church cannot miss the new artwork that is on display in the foyer. We hope the pictures will prove spiritually uplifting and inspirational – we're looking forward to hearing people's reactions.
The installation of our new LED lighting has now been completed. Besides giving a brighter light in the Sanctuary, the new units will give us savings of over 80% on electricity
This is the full list of work that has already been completed or is still being undertaken:
Re-upholster all the sanctuary chairs ✓
Build a new removable communion rail ✓
Highlight the sanctuary cross with a bold wood surround ✓
Craft new furniture – communion table, book stand, lecterns and flower stands ✓
Upgrade the existing audio visual system ✓
Install energy-efficient LED lighting ✓
Replace the sanctuary and foyer carpets ✓
Install wall banners and artwork to proclaim our faith in a dramatic way ✓
*You can see more of Yvonne Bell's work by visiting her website: Yvonne Bell: Christian Art and Church Vestments
The WORDLE
At a local arrangement service in September, we thought about journeys in a number of different ways. We looked at the journeys some of us took across the UK and further afield before settling in Selby.
We were then challenged to think about our spiritual journey - not only as individuals but collectively as Portholme Church - how we can see God at work now and where He may be leading us in the future.
Throughout the service we made a note of some key words that came through the bible readings, the thoughts that were shared and also from the congregation. After the service people added to the list those words that were important to them when thinking about Portholme Church. We promised that we would use all of the words and make them into a "Wordle".
The following week everyone was given a copy of the Wordle and were encouraged to think about any other words that should be added before we produce a final (for now) version that we hope we can make into welcome cards for anyone visiting or wanting to know more about Portholme Church. We have also updated the large version and put it on the notice board in the foyer so that people can see at a glance what is important to us as a church family.
People will use the Wordle in different ways. For some, it is really useful as a focus for reflection and prayer, picking out different words and those relating to activities that are part of our church life or that we support, helping us pray for them and the individuals that lead or benefit from them. Other words lead us to ponder on what God may be saying to us as individuals or as a church and what He may be saying about where He may want us to go over the coming months and years.
It will be interesting to produce another Wordle in a year or two and see how much has changed. Some of the things that are fundamental to our faith will remain but it would be good to see new words appearing as we continue to move forward together as a church.
Charity Coffee Mornings
We hold a coffee morning every Monday at Portholme Church to raise the funds necessary to keep the church open but, once a month, we dedicate the funds raised to a charity that has been nominated by one of our members. We aim to support a wide range of charities who are working to help others locally, nationally and internationally.
In July, we raised a record amount of £151.25 to go to the Grenfell Tower Fire Relief Fund. In August, a more usual amount of £44.96 went to the Peter Pan Nursery in nearby Sherburn-in-Elmet and in September people responded again with great generosity to give a total of £102.45 to Macmillan Cancer Care.
The Coffee Morning is "open" every Monday from 10am to 12 noon. Everyone is welcome and it's a wonderful opportunity to meet up and chat with friends. Do join us!
The theme for our annual HOLIDAY CLUB this year was "The Guardians of Ancora".
The Holiday Club was open every morning from Monday 14th August to Friday 18th August. Portholme Church was transformed into the Guild and Hall of Memory for the city of Ancora and we played host to 30 keen and eager young Apprentice Guardians.
The Guardians of Ancora is a fantastic, week long, programme of activities (developed by the Scripture Union) which is crammed full of exciting activities, great Bible teaching and introduces children to Jesus and tells of the amazing things he did. During the week, the world of Ancora, the City of Hope, is introduced. At the summit of Ancora stands the Spire of Light which lights up the whole city. The stories of the Saga (the Bible) are told there every day, and the power of storytelling fuels the light of the Spire.
Each story of the Saga is represented by a story-treasure (some sort of object or artefact): these are stored in the Hall of Memory. Once, the Hall of Memory in the city of Ancora was filled with wonderful story-treasures, but now, many of these objects have been lost. The people of Ancora are determined to recover the lost story-treasures so they can, once again, tell the stories. The existing Guardians have recovered some of these but others still need to be found and so they have sent out an appeal for new recruits and this is where the Apprentice Guardians join the story. Each day the Apprentice Guardians set out – with the help of the Keeper of the Keys and Kal the Aquaneer – on a quest to find a story-treasure, return it to the Hall of Memory and explore the story it represents.
What happens during the Holiday Club? Well, there's laughing, learning, singing, dancing, praying, talking, listening, thinking, laughing (yes we did a lot of that!) and let's not forget this is a way of reaching out to some of the estimated 95% of children and young people in England and Wales who aren't in church and providing a way in for children to find faith, grow in faith and reach out to their friends in faith.
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From the internationally bestselling author of The German Girl, an unforgettable, "searing" (People) saga exploring a hidden piece of World War II history and the lengths a mother will go to protect her children—perfect for fans of Lilac Girls, We Were the Lucky Ones, and The Alice Network.
Seven decades of secrets unravel with the arrival of a box of letters from the distant past, taking readers on a harrowing journey from Nazi-occupied Berlin, to the South of France, to modern-day New York City.
Berlin, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children, Amanda flees toward the South of France. Along the way, a refugee ship headed for Cuba offers another chance at escape and there, at the dock, Amanda is forced to make an impossible choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life. Once in Haute-Vienne, her brief respite is interrupted by the arrival of Nazi forces, and Amanda finds herself in a labor camp where she must once again make a heroic sacrifice.
New York, 2015. Eighty-year-old Elise Duval receives a call from a woman bearing messages from a time and country that she forced herself to forget. A French Catholic who arrived in New York after World War II, Elise is shocked to discover that the letters were from her mother, written in German during the war. Her mother's words unlock a floodgate of memories, a lifetime of loss un-grieved, and a chance—at last—for closure.
Based on true events and "breathtakingly threaded together from start to finish with the sound of a beating heart" (The New York Times Book Review), The Daughter's Tale is an unforgettable family saga of love, survival, and redemption.
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The Stationery Shop
by Marjan Kamali
This novel, by the author of TOGETHER TEA, ticks so many boxes for me right now: It's a passionate but bittersweet love story, a dual-timeline historical novel that taught me new things, and the unusual-to-me setting is beautifully observed by an author who brings her own cultural experience to bear in the telling. Give yourself the time and space to savor the world-building here (especially the descriptions of amazing Persian food!) and really luxuriate in the emotional journey Kamali creates for the reader. You'll be mulling over the book's events long after you've finished, imagining what could have been if only a single moment had gone differently.
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Marjan Kamali
A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a "moving tale of lost love" and by Shelf Awareness as "a powerful, heartbreaking story"—explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.
Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri's neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink.
Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi's poetry—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.
A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts—a result of the coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on—to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England—until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?
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Mrs. Everything
In my decade-plus years as a publicist, I've formed a theory: the novels that really strike a chord are those in which readers see their own lives reflected and validated. MRS. EVERYTHING is all that and more. It's an exploration of women's rights, sexual freedom, and the changing landscape of American politics. It's the perfect mix of poignancy and levity—what you'd expect from a Jennifer Weiner novel, but on emotional and socio-political steroids. This is a big, juicy page-turner, infused with characters that will engage you and social issues that will illuminate the world into which it's being published.
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Jennifer Weiner
In this instant New York Times bestseller and "multigenerational narrative that's nothing short of brilliant" (People), two sisters' lives from the 1950s to the present are explored as they struggle to find their places—and be true to themselves—in a rapidly evolving world from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner.
Jo and Bethie Kaufman were born into a world full of promise.
Growing up in 1950s Detroit, they live in a perfect "Dick and Jane" house, where their roles in the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy, the bookish rebel with a passion to make the world more fair; Bethie is the pretty, feminine good girl, a would-be star who enjoys the power her beauty confers and dreams of a traditional life.
But the truth ends up looking different from what the girls imagined. Jo and Bethie survive traumas and tragedies. As their lives unfold against the background of free love and Vietnam, Woodstock and women's lib, Bethie becomes an adventure-loving wild child who dives headlong into the counterculture and is up for anything (except settling down). Meanwhile, Jo becomes a proper young mother in Connecticut, a witness to the changing world instead of a participant. Neither woman inhabits the world she dreams of, nor has a life that feels authentic or brings her joy. Is it too late for the women to finally stake a claim on happily ever after?
In "her most sprawling and intensely personal novel to date" (Entertainment Weekly), Jennifer Weiner tells a "simply unputdownable" (Good Housekeeping) story of two sisters who, with their different dreams and different paths, offer answers to the question: How should a woman be in the world?
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by Helen Phillips
In THE NEED, Helen Phillips's masterful take on modern suburban motherhood, the eerie dread never leaves us. Molly, mother of young Viv and baby Ben, is a paleobotanist working at a site called the Pit. She's half-crazed with exhaustion and anxiety from childcare, breastfeeding, a chronically traveling-for-work husband, and the discovery of some just-off-center finds at the Pit. Mix the bizarre finds with a masked intruder, and Molly's inability to reconcile reality with her perceptions becomes the reader's sinister problem as well. My hands were sweating as I read, my heart in my mouth from page one, as Phillips seduced me with this riveting and persistently creepy read.
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Helen Phillips
***LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION***
"An extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers" (Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Glass Hotel). The Need, which finds a mother of two young children grappling with the dualities of motherhood after confronting a masked intruder in her home, is "like nothing you've ever read before…in a good way" (People).
When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries to convince herself it's the sleep deprivation. She's been hearing things these days. Startling at loud noises. Imagining the worst-case scenario. It's what mothers do, she knows.
But then the footsteps come again, and she catches a glimpse of movement.
Suddenly Molly finds herself face-to-face with an intruder who knows far too much about her and her family. As she attempts to protect those she loves most, Molly must also acknowledge her own frailty. Molly slips down an existential rabbit hole where she must confront the dualities of motherhood: the ecstasy and the dread; the languor and the ferocity; the banality and the transcendence as the book hurtles toward a mind-bending conclusion.
In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery. "Brilliant" (Entertainment Weekly), "grotesque and lovely" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice), and "wildly captivating" (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Need is a glorious celebration of the bizarre and beautiful nature of our everyday lives and "showcases an extraordinary writer at her electrifying best" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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The Winemaker's Wife
by Kristin Harmel
THE WINEMAKER'S WIFE is set in the Champagne wine region of France during the German Occupation and centers on two couples—Michel, who owns the winery, and his wife, Inès, and Michel's chief winemaker, Theo, and his half-Jewish wife, Céline. The book revolves around the work of the French Resistance and is filled with many heart-stopping moments of courage and adversity. I've read a large amount of historical fiction, specifically about World War II, and I greatly enjoyed THE ROOM ON RUE AMELIE by Kristin Harmel. This second book I read by her confirmed Harmel as one of my favorite authors of World War II fiction.
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Kristin Harmel
The author of the "engrossing" (People) international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans of Heather Morris's The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Résistance. Inès fears they'll be exposed, but for Céline, the French-Jewish wife of Chauveau's chef de cave, the risk is even greater—rumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate.
When Céline recklessly follows her heart in one desperate bid for happiness, and Inès makes a dangerous mistake with a Nazi collaborator, they risk the lives of those they love—and the vineyard that ties them together.
New York, 2019: Recently divorced, Liv Kent is at rock bottom when her feisty, eccentric French grandmother shows up unannounced, insisting on a trip to France. But the older woman has an ulterior motive—and a tragic, decades-old story to share. When past and present finally collide, Liv finds herself on a road to salvation that leads right to the caves of the Maison Chauveau.
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Things in Jars
by Jess Kidd
Amidst her enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot-tall housemaid and a tattoo-ridden ghost, Jess Kidd unfolds a brilliant and creative story about a dedicated and ingenious detective with a wild and eerie past. Part mystery and part fairy tale, this literary adventure seamlessly weaves magical realism and Irish folklore together, complete with a powerful female lead—Bridie Devine.
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Jess Kidd
In this "miraculous and thrilling" (Diane Setterfield, #1 New York Times bestselling author) mystery for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Book of Speculation, Victorian London comes to life as an intrepid female sleuth wades through a murky world of collectors and criminals to recover a remarkable child.
Bridie Devine—flame-haired, pipe-smoking detective extraordinaire—is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors in this age of discovery.
Winding her way through the sooty streets of Victorian London, Bridie won't rest until she finds the young girl, even if it means unearthing secrets about her past that she'd rather keep buried. Luckily, her search is aided by an enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot-tall housemaid; a melancholic, tattoo-covered ghost; and an avuncular apothecary. But secrets abound in this foggy underworld where nothing is quite what it seems.
Blending darkness and light, Things in Jars is a stunning, "richly woven tapestry of fantasy, folklore, and history" (Booklist, starred review) that explores what it means to be human in inhumane times.
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As a reader in search of a spark of hope, I completely lost myself in Kristin Harmel's latest historical fiction release. Perhaps my infatuation with this compelling story was rooted in the persistent theme of cherishing books. Being a librarian, Eva's love for the written word is pronounced right from the start. But as readers journey into her past and explore the ways in which Eva aligned with the Resistance, they meet countless characters that reiterate the power that one gains by loving books.
Read the full review of THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the international bestselling author of the "epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale" (Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Winemaker's Wife.
Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a magazine lying open nearby. She freezes; it's an image of a book she hasn't seen in sixty-five years—a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names.
The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II—an experience Eva remembers well—and the search to reunite people with the texts taken from them so long ago. The book in the photograph, an eighteenth-century religious text thought to have been taken from France in the waning days of the war, is one of the most fascinating cases. Now housed in Berlin's Zentral- und Landesbibliothek library, it appears to contain some sort of code, but researchers don't know where it came from—or what the code means. Only Eva holds the answer—but will she have the strength to revisit old memories and help reunite those lost during the war?
As a graduate student in 1942, Eva was forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town in the Free Zone, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children fleeing to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forger named Rémy, Eva decides she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember who they really are. The records they keep in The Book of Lost Names will become even more vital when the resistance cell they work for is betrayed and Rémy disappears.
An engaging and evocative novel reminiscent of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Alice Network, The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil.
How We Fight for Our Lives
by Saeed Jones
To read a memoir is to increase empathy and expand commonality, and to read HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES is to conjoin someone's ferocious becoming with a bracing readerly imperative. It is to be invited into a gratifying narrative of reclaiming trauma and pain and creating security, control, and a sense of self. In his coming-of-age story, Saeed Jones shows us how he had to, how others forced him to, and how we are all constantly in a fight for existence.
Read the full review of HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES
WINNER OF THE 2019 KIRKUS PRIZE IN NONFICTION
WINNER OF THE 2020 STONEWALL BOOK AWARD-ISRAEL FISHMAN NONFICTION AWARD
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019
One of the best books of the year as selected by The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harper's Bazaar; Elle; Kirkus Reviews; Publishers Weekly; BuzzFeed; Goodreads; School Library Journal; and many more.
"A moving, bracingly honest memoir that reads like fevered poetry." —The New York Times Book Review
"Jones's voice and sensibility are so distinct that he turns one of the oldest of literary genres inside out and upside down." —NPR'S Fresh Air
"People don't just happen," writes Saeed Jones. "We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The 'I' it seems doesn't exist until we are able to say, 'I am no longer yours.'"
Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir. Jones tells the story of a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence—into tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another—and to one another—as we fight to become ourselves.
An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style that's as beautiful as it is powerful—a voice that's by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.
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The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book
by Logan Smalley and Stephanie Kent
The Call Me Ishmael project is a love letter to literature and the ways in which it can change our lives and loves. The resulting phone book makes the perfect gift for avid readers and is also a fun, interactive way to introduce kids to the world of books! THE CALL ME ISHMAEL PHONE BOOK is a beautiful reminder of the stories and experiences that connect us and make us human.
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Logan Smalley and Stephanie Kent
For fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to reading, featuring voicemails, literary Easter eggs, checklists, and more, from the creators of the popular multimedia project.
The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is an interactive illustrated homage to the beautiful ways in which books bring meaning to our lives and how our lives bring meaning to books. Carefully crafted in the style of a retro telephone directory, this guide offers you a variety of unique ways to connect with readers, writers, bookshops, and life-changing stories. In it, you'll discover...
-Heartfelt, anonymous voicemail messages and transcripts from real-life readers sharing unforgettable stories about their most beloved books. You'll hear how a mother and daughter formed a bond over their love for Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, or how a reader finally felt represented after reading Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese, or how two friends performed Mary Oliver's Thirst to a grove of trees, or how Anne Frank inspired a young writer to continue journaling.
-Hidden references inside fictional literary adverts like Ahab's Whale Tours and Miss Ophelia's Psychic Readings, and real-life literary landmarks like Maya Angelou City Park and the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum.
-Lists of bookstores across the USA, state by state, plus interviews with the book lovers who run them.
-Various invitations to become a part of this book by calling and leaving a bookish voicemail of your own.
Quirky, nostalgic, and full of heart, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is a love letter to the stories that change us, connect us, and make us human.
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A Particular Kind of Black Man
by Tope Folarin
There are some novels that stop you in your tracks when you realize they're a debut. How can the writing be so nuanced, so concise, and yet equally packed with meaning? How does a first-time author capture a character's emotional evolution as smoothly as they do larger themes about diaspora, mental illness, and family? The only clear answer is it takes an exceptional and atypical writer for their first foray into long-form fiction to be as accomplished—and as widely acclaimed—as Tope Folarin's A PARTICULAR KIND OF BLACK MAN.
Read the full review of A PARTICULAR KIND OF BLACK MAN
Tope Folarin
**One of Time's 32 Books You Need to Read This Summer**
An NPR Best Book of 2019
An "electrifying" (Publishers Weekly) debut novel from Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing about a Nigerian family living in Utah and their uneasy assimilation to American life.
Living in small-town Utah has always been an uncomfortable fit for Tunde Akinola's family, especially for his Nigeria-born parents. Though Tunde speaks English with a Midwestern accent, he can't escape the children who rub his skin and ask why the black won't come off. As he struggles to fit in, he finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with their own issues.
Tunde's father, ever the optimist, works tirelessly chasing his American dream while his wife, lonely in Utah without family and friends, sinks deeper into schizophrenia. Then one otherwise-ordinary morning, Tunde's mother wakes him with a hug, bundles him and his baby brother into the car, and takes them away from the only home they've ever known.
But running away doesn't bring her, or her children, any relief; once Tunde's father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria, and Tunde never feels at home again. He spends the rest of his childhood and young adulthood searching for connection—to the wary stepmother and stepbrothers he gains when his father remarries; to the Utah residents who mock his father's accent; to evangelical religion; to his Texas middle school's crowd of African-Americans; to the fraternity brothers of his historically black college. In so doing, he discovers something that sends him on a journey away from everything he has known.
Sweeping, stirring, and perspective-shifting, A Particular Kind of Black Man is "wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts" (The New York Times Book Review).
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 3, 2011) — With a unanimous final vote today, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees selected University of Alabama Birmingham Provost Eli Capilouto to be UK's 12th president. The vote followed a rigorous Monday of meetings and faculty, staff and student forums for Capilouto, who told the campus community that he was impressed with the university and would be honored to serve as president of UK. He will begin July 1.
Attached are audio clips from the Board of Trustees meeting with Britt Brockman, Jim Stuckert and Capilouto, as well as clips from the media interviews with Capilouto that followed the meeting.


If you've been living under a rock and didn't know the Sephora VIB Sale is getting ready to start tomorrow, then you've come to the right place. If money is burning a hole in your wallet and you want to get something but don't know what, I've got you covered. From makeup, to skincare and even fragrance, I have a bunch of recommendations (with links) to throw in your cart.
So let's go shopping !
2017 was an amazing year for me beauty wise. Working in cosmetics retail for a number of brands, I was able to get my hands on products that I would have otherwise never touched, and let's be honest, I got a ton of free stuff to expose me to brands that I have never heard of.
Some products weren't for me and I wasn't a fan, but there were a lot that I fell in love with and I wanted to share the love with you. I had three criteria in order for products to make my list (since I had used SO MANY).
c) if it was something that I got for free, it's something that I would purchase with my own money.
Without further adieu, here are my favorite products from 2017!
Helpful tips on how to prepare your pout for matte lips!
I'm not always a fan of matte colors, but the right hue will get me every time. Whenever I wear dark colors I tend to go for matte colors (my reds, wines and plum colors).
I shared on Instagram how much it irritates me when I see matte colors on chapped lips. I can't be the only one bothered by this, am I right?!
Prepping your lips for matte colors is extremely important. Not only do you want to ensure that your color is going to apply properly (evenly, and long lasting) you don't want to do any additional harm to your lips. Matte products by nature can be drying, and if your lips are already dry, you're adding insult to injury. Putting salt in an open wound. Literally.
I'm obsessed with wearing strip lashes. They just give me the extra umph I need whenever I have a full face, and I feel naked without them. They just always up the ante!
One thing I don't like is feeling insecure that one of my lashes (or both) will try and forsake me and be gone with the wind. For that reason I make sure I use lash glues that really get the job done and will last all day.
I'm sharing my two favorite lash glues with you.


The 2018 Spring into Action Horse & Pony Training Show will take place on Sunday the 23rd September.
Please find the 2018 Spring into Action Schedule of Classes here.
For professionals photos from the day, please contact Olivia Skidmore.
The 2017 Spring Into Action Horse and Pony Training Show took place at Canterbury Agricultural Park on Sunday 17th September.
Thank you and congratulations to everyone that entered.


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East Helsinki (, ) is an area in Helsinki, Finland, usually thought to comprise the city's eastern and south-eastern major districts (, ), including the districts of Vartiokylä, Myllypuro, Mellunkylä, Vuosaari, Herttoniemi, Laajasalo and Kulosaari. With the exception of Kulosaari, the buildings in the area are relatively new – most have been built in the 1960s or later – and constitute relatively densely inhabited suburbs, except for the southern part of Laajasalo and most of Kulosaari. On the other side of the bridge to the west of Kulosaari is Helsinki Downtown (, ), the so-called "South Helsinki". The most important road connection to the city central from East Helsinki with car or bus runs along Itäväylä.

East Helsinki has had problems with unemployment and poverty, and immigrants and refugees are somewhat concentrated in the area's subsidised housing and city-owned apartments. Drug dealing is relatively common in East Helsinki. This has led to a popular conception of East Helsinki as a problem-ridden area. Kontula, quarter of the Mellunkylä district, has generally been considered one of the most notorious ghettos in particular.

Public transport in East Helsinki is organised mainly through the Helsinki Metro, most of whose stops are located in the area, and feeder bus lines. One of Finland's largest shopping centres, Itis, is located near Itäkeskus, the geographical centre of East Helsinki, and many public and commercial services for the area are concentrated there.

A major change took place in the area's infrastructure upon the completion of the Port of Vuosaari. Most of the existing port facilities in Helsinki were moved to the new seaport, which created increased economic activity in East Helsinki as well as released new areas for development in other parts of the city. As a logistics area, the Port of Vuosaari employs about 2,000 people, and through it, for example, bananas coming to Finland (about 5,000 containers a year), pass through the port to the main warehouses of the grocery stores.

Demographics
, the eastern and south-eastern major districts of Helsinki have a combined population of about 170,000, the two largest single districts being Mellunkylä with a population of 39,749 and Vuosaari with a population of 38,657. 10.2% of the major districts' population is of foreign origin, which is more than anywhere else in Helsinki. 84.9% of the population of East Helsinki speak Finnish as their native language. 5.4% speak Swedish, while 9.7% have another language as their mother tongue. The most common languages after Finnish and Swedish are Russian, Estonian, Somali and English. All that makes East Helsinki the most multicultural area of the capital region.

The eastern major district has an unemployment rate of about 12%, more than any other major district in Helsinki, while the south-eastern major district's rate was closer to average at about 9%. Approximately one out of every ten people in East Helsinki receives social welfare payments from the Finnish state. In Mellunkylä, where the situation is the most problematic, the figure is 14.9%. (For comparison, the figure for Lauttasaari in West Helsinki is only 3.8%.)

Districts

East Helsinki in popular culture
Many Finnish hip hop artists such as Iso H, Steen1 and Asa, come from East Helsinki. Some of them, especially Asa, employ very political themes in their music, focusing on the problems of the Finnish capital's eastern suburbs.

The Roihuvuori water tower, built in the 1970s, which is visible from most parts of East Helsinki, has become somewhat of a symbol for the area. It is used as a common device in Finnish films and TV series to signify that the events are set in East Helsinki.

Sports
East Helsinki is home to a number of sports clubs. In association football, the most renowned clubs are FC Kontu from Kontula and FC Viikingit from Vuosaari. Kontu is known for its remarkable run between 1981 and 1986 when, under the management of Antti Muurinen, the club climbed from the 5th tier of Finnish football to the qualifying playoff for the Mestaruussarja in just six seasons. Viikingit became the first club from East Helsinki to play in the men's premiership when they competed in the 2007 season of Veikkausliiga. In women's football Puotinkylän Valtti is a two-time Finnish champion, Kontu won one championship, and Herttoniemen Toverit won the women's cup twice. Laajasalon Palloseura is a neighbourhood club representing Laajasalo. They organize youth football for boys and girls and also have first teams for men and women.

Other sports clubs include Pesäpallo, women's league team Roihu from Roihuvuori, and the oldest Finnish American football club and six-time Finnish champion, the East City Giants, founded in 1979. Rugby Union clubs Warriors RC and Helsinki RUFC play in Myllypuro sports park.

In Myllypuro sports park are baseball and rugby grounds as well as indoor grounds for football, futsal, basketball, and floorball.

References

See also

 Subdivisions of Helsinki
 Östersundom

Geography of Helsinki

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package cmd

import (
	"bytes"
	"os"
	"testing"

	"github.com/tsuru/tsuru/cmd/cmdtest"
	"gopkg.in/check.v1"
)

func Test(t *testing.T) { check.TestingT(t) }

type S struct {
	stdin        *os.File
	recover      []string
	recoverToken []string
}

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var manager *Manager

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	if env := os.Getenv("TERM"); env == "" {
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	}
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Q: How to pass a parameter out of an onClick New to Android Studio. I'm creating an app project for practice and I am trying to create a Menu Activity. I want to test to see if I can mute sounds and hide the display of text (score) via a Menu UI. I get that I can use Intent to pass values back and forth between activities and that I can use those values to turn features on and off across the app.
I cannot figure out with a button and onClick how to get a variable to change so that I can pass it via Intent. I've only seen it done INSIDE the onClick. I'm trying to change the variable OUTSIDE the onClick.
Example Code:
    public class Menu extends AppCompatActivity {

    private boolean soundOn = true;
    private Button isSoundOn;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_menu);

    isSoundOn = findViewById(R.id.isSoundOn_button);

    isSoundOn.setOnClickListener(v -> {
         soundOn = false;
    });

Now when I attempt to access the soundOn parameter and pass it on via Intent to another activity the value remains true, it never changes after the button is clicked.
I did figure out one trick, I can use intent and pass the value to the same activity, like so:
    soundOff.setOnClickListener(v -> {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Menu.this, Menu.class);
    intent.putExtra("soundOn", false);
    startActivity(intent);

This reloads the Activity after the button is clicked, it makes it appear as though a glitch happened as it is run, but I think that issue could be resolved via altering the transition animation...I think. However, this seems like a clumsy approach, especially in a Menu Activity that could have numerous settings to edit (sound, score, language, timer, color, background, etc.).
I get that I can have the onClick go back to the original Activity with the change, but I want to create a menu where I can have multiple selections made and then pass them all back to the original Activity.
I hope this makes sense, I know this is rather basic, but I'm new to this and my searching hasn't been able to yield a solution. Thanks.

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Now when I attempt to access the soundOn parameter and pass it on via
Intent to another activity the value remains true, it never changes
after the button is clicked.

Lets start with keeping track of soundOn

*

*When Menu activity is first launched    soundOn = true

*When isSound button is clicked    soundOn = false
Intent intent = new Intent(Menu.this, Menu.class);
intent.putExtra("soundOn", soundOn); // false is the value that is extra.
startActivity(intent);

*When MenuActivity is again launched due to the intent soundOn = true this is because of this line

private boolean soundOn = true; //<---

You are passing Extra in intent but you arent storing the intents extra value in soundOn
Thats why it is true always
to solve this use need to Get the Intent Extra that you have passed and we do it in onCreate method
private boolean soundOn = true;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_menu);
    Intent intent = getIntent();
    if(intent != null) { //  we need to get this cause when we first start our app we dont start it with any intents
        soundOn = intent.getExtra("soundOn");
    }
}

A: If you are doing an intent to the same Activity you should retreive your intent on the onCreate method:
isSoundOn = intent.getBooleanExtra("soundOn", true) //true is the default parameter in case intent does not contain that key;

That way you are always checking your intent in case you need it.
You also need to use your variable in the intent; right now you are always setting it to false:
  soundOff.setOnClickListener(v -> {
            Intent intent = new Intent(Menu.this, Menu.class);
            intent.putExtra("soundOn", soundOn);
            startActivity(intent);
  }

There are other solutions, for example: you can use SharedPreferences for persisting your values and then call this.recreate to recreate Activity again and avoid using intents. Then you can retreive your SharedPreferencesvalues on the onCreate method to do whatever you want.

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"""Location helpers for Home Assistant."""
from __future__ import annotations

from collections.abc import Iterable
import logging

import voluptuous as vol

from homeassistant.const import ATTR_LATITUDE, ATTR_LONGITUDE
from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant, State
from homeassistant.util import location as loc_util

_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def has_location(state: State) -> bool:
    """Test if state contains a valid location.

    Async friendly.
    """
    return (
        isinstance(state, State)
        and isinstance(state.attributes.get(ATTR_LATITUDE), float)
        and isinstance(state.attributes.get(ATTR_LONGITUDE), float)
    )

def closest(latitude: float, longitude: float, states: Iterable[State]) -> State | None:
    """Return closest state to point.

    Async friendly.
    """
    with_location = [state for state in states if has_location(state)]

    if not with_location:
        return None

    return min(
        with_location,
        key=lambda state: loc_util.distance(
            state.attributes.get(ATTR_LATITUDE),
            state.attributes.get(ATTR_LONGITUDE),
            latitude,
            longitude,
        )
        or 0,
    )

def find_coordinates(
    hass: HomeAssistant, entity_id: str, recursion_history: list | None = None
) -> str | None:
    """Find the gps coordinates of the entity in the form of '90.000,180.000'."""
    if (entity_state := hass.states.get(entity_id)) is None:
        _LOGGER.error("Unable to find entity %s", entity_id)
        return None

    # Check if the entity has location attributes
    if has_location(entity_state):
        return _get_location_from_attributes(entity_state)

    # Check if device is in a zone
    zone_entity = hass.states.get(f"zone.{entity_state.state}")
    if has_location(zone_entity):  # type: ignore
        _LOGGER.debug(
            "%s is in %s, getting zone location", entity_id, zone_entity.entity_id  # type: ignore
        )
        return _get_location_from_attributes(zone_entity)  # type: ignore

    # Resolve nested entity
    if recursion_history is None:
        recursion_history = []
    recursion_history.append(entity_id)
    if entity_state.state in recursion_history:
        _LOGGER.error(
            "Circular reference detected while trying to find coordinates of an entity. The state of %s has already been checked",
            entity_state.state,
        )
        return None
    _LOGGER.debug("Getting nested entity for state: %s", entity_state.state)
    nested_entity = hass.states.get(entity_state.state)
    if nested_entity is not None:
        _LOGGER.debug("Resolving nested entity_id: %s", entity_state.state)
        return find_coordinates(hass, entity_state.state, recursion_history)

    # Check if state is valid coordinate set
    try:
        # Import here, not at top-level to avoid circular import
        from . import config_validation as cv  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel

        cv.gps(entity_state.state.split(","))
    except vol.Invalid:
        _LOGGER.error(
            "Entity %s does not contain a location and does not point at an entity that does: %s",
            entity_id,
            entity_state.state,
        )
        return None
    else:
        return entity_state.state

def _get_location_from_attributes(entity_state: State) -> str:
    """Get the lat/long string from an entities attributes."""
    attr = entity_state.attributes
    return f"{attr.get(ATTR_LATITUDE)},{attr.get(ATTR_LONGITUDE)}"