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The History of Mount Street – Ruth Illingworth
Posted on December 14, 2017 by cookieadmin - Christmas Market Mullingar 2017
Mount Street is one of the oldest and most historic streets in Mullingar. It was part of the original streetscape of the town when Mullingar was founded by the Normans more than 800 years ago. The Norman Lord of Mullingar, William Petit, built his castle just south of Mount Street where the County Buildings now stand. The name "Mount" actually refers to the castle-which was called "Petit's Castle; the "Great Castle or "the Mount."The castle stood for more than five centuries and housed the first military base and the first church in the history of the town.
The Courthouse at the southern end of Mount Street dates back to 1824.As well as housing the courts, the building also served as a meeting place for Mullingar Town Commission and for Westmeath County Council in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The very first meeting of the Town Commission was held there in 1856 and the County Council held meetings there until the County Buildings opened in 1912. Election results were announced from the Courthouse for many years. In 1857 there was a major riot on Mount Street between supporters of rival election candidates.There was another riot in 1899 when Nationalist politicians decided to defy British authority and raise the Irish flag on the Courthouse. Those tried in the Courthouse for political offences included Westmeath MPLarry Ginnell in 1918, Westmeath Ladies Land League President, Mary O Connor, in 1882, and Land League founder member and Westmeath MP, Tim Harrington in 1883.
The first police station in Mullingar was in Mount Street. The Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks was located on the west side of the street across from the courthouse from the 1830s to the 1850s.
The novelist James Joyce came to Mullingar in 1900 with his father, who was doing work for the County Council. Joyce and his father worked in the Courthouse and may have stayed in lodgings on Mount Street. They had meals in a pub called Connellan's, which stood where Caffreys' Bar is now. Joyce probably posted letters in the post box on the wall of what is now Wallaces' pub. The post box there dates back to Victorian times. Joyce returned to Mullingar with his father in 1901. He never forgot the town-which features in nearly all his writings. Connellans' Bar used to have large advertisements for "Teas, Teas, Teas!". In "Ulysses", Joyce simply transposed the advertisement to the window of a Dublin shop. Joyce would have walked up and down Mount Street every day he was in Mullingar.
The cultural organisation, Comhalthas Ceolteoiri Eireann was founded at a meeting in the Midland Hotel in Mount Street in 1951. The first All Ireland Fleadh was held in Mullingar later that year and Mount Street was one of the venues for events during the Fleadh Ceoil na hEireann of 1963, which was held in Mullingar. The Midlands Regional Headquarters of Comhalthas opened in part of the County Buildings at the southern end of Mount Street in 2010.
The Norman Castle was demolished in the eighteenth century and replaced by the County Jail, which opened in 1789 and closed in 1900. Up until 1868, when public executions were stopped, crowds would gather weekly in Mount Street to get a good view of the hangings carried out in the jail. On one occasion, ten men were hanged in one week. A tunnel under the road connected the jail and the courthouse. The 19th-century novelist, William Carleton, who worked as a teacher in Mullingar between 1822 and 1824, was briefly imprisoned for debt in the jail in 1824.
A ghost is said to appear at the window of a building on the west side of Mount Street. Tradition says that the ghost is that of a person who was watching a hanging from the window when the window sash fell down and killed him.
Among those hanged in the jail was Bryan Seery, a tenant farmer from Castletown Geoghegan, who was executed in 1846 for the attempted murder of his former landlord, Sir Francis Hopkins. There were strong doubts about Seery's guilt and those who called for him to be reprieved included Charles Dickens and Daniel O Connell. In 1920, Mullingar Town Commission re-named Mount Street "Seery Street" in his memory. In Irish, the street is "Sraid Seery."
Part of Mount Street was also once known as Sterne Street-named after a relative of the 18th-century Irish novelist Lawrence Sterne, who lived in Mullingar for a short time as a boy.
The jail was demolished in 1910 and the new County Buildings and County Hall opened in 1913. Numerous stars of theatre and music have appeared in the Mullingar Arts Centre – which was known until 1998 as the County Hall. Among those to appear on the stage were Cyril Cusack, Maureen Potter, Joe Dolan, Ray McAnally and the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Harold Pinter. New County Buildings opened in 2009 behind the original buildings. Some parts of the old jail still survive-including the Governor's House and parts of the walls. The first vocational or technical school in Mullingar was situated in the Governor's House. In 1915, it was proudly announced that the school now had a typewriter.
Many of the shops on Mount Street have been in business for forty years or more.These include Frayne's, the Roma Cafe, Topic Newsagents and Caffreys' Bar. In the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties, "Larry Caffrey's Singing Lounge", was one of the major entertainment venues in Mullingar. Mick Foster of Foster & Allen played there early on in his career. What is now Chambers Bar is the latest in a long line of pubs located in that building going back to at least 1911.
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3 comments on "The History of Mount Street – Ruth Illingworth"
Mary briody nee Reynolds on December 15th, 2017 - 9:28pm
Any history on mount st gardens which is now a car park I lived in the first of the 3 houses there I think originally it could have been a factory or a mill
Ruth Illingworth on January 11th, 2018 - 12:23pm
Mount Street Gardens was located beside what is now the County Buildings and was formerly the County Jail site. The roadway from Mount Street into the car park was once known as Connaught Lane-presumably because it led westwards. Part of the jail wall still stands along the south side of the lane.
When the jail was demolished in 1910 the Connaught Lane area was taken over by prominent businessman and Town Commission member, P.J Weymes, who had a wool and hides business. He moved his business in there. At the entrance to Weymes's, there was an archway which survived up until around the year 2000. P.J Weymes was one of the wealthiest men in Westmeath in the early 1900s and owned property across Mullingar, Kinnegad and elsewhere. He later went bankrupt and died in poverty.
I am not sure how old the Mount Street Gardens houses were but I think they went back to the early 1900s.
Ruth Illingworth
Ben Seery on April 24th, 2018 - 6:35pm
Many thanks for this great article and it has been very interesting to read and would be interesting to visit Mount Street at some point. He must have been revered if they named the street after him?


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Published July 2, 2019 at 12:00 AM EDT
On this date in 1843, an interesting weather event involving a storm and an alligator occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. And in 1940, the world's first floating bridge was dedicated.
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Mark Pennell is our somewhat colorful, morning and mid-day personality. He joined the staff of WKSU in the early fall of 1996. Since arriving he has claimed "Announcer of the Year" for 1997 in public radio. Previously, he could have been heard on WOSU in his native city, Columbus. He also is a voice-over talent in radio and TV. Prior experience has come from other radio stations in the Midwest region. He studied at Ohio State University in Communications. Mark's family of two sons, a daughter and wife, Amy (an artist), reside in a historical home in north Kent. The character and history of the house is wonderful, but the house needs a new furnace (the old one reminds him of Marianne, the steam shovel from a favorite children's book), and Mark spent his whole summer last year painting and repairing the house. Oh, well, it comes with the territory. He still likes it. Mark is an active member in his church, Riverwood Community Chapel. His hobbies are: golf (he stinks at it), and cars (his dream-car, a Mini Cooper is only driven when the weather is good which is why he only puts about 5,000 miles on it a year). History is a special hobby for Mark, as one could tell by listening to his show. Mark's favorite parts of his show are the facts and amusing tidbits on the composers that he shares with listeners. He feels this brings a sense of connection and humility to classical music that is greatly needed, so that everyone can enjoy it. A brief bio on Mark's favorites: Composer: Depends on the time of day Piece: Schubert's "Unfinished" symphony Artist: Peter Serkin or Michael Murray Color: Green or red Food: Steak, "Dump" (a concoction of maple sausage, hashbrowns, eggs, and cheese wrapped in a soft tortilla shell) and Graters ice cream (Mint Chocolate Chip) From Mark—"Moving to Kent has been one of the best things I have ever done. It's been a very good experience for me and my family. The people are genuinely nice and really interested in listening to WKSU. The countryside is truly beautiful too. Northeast Ohio has a wonderful support for the arts and I enjoy being in that company."
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Die Reformierte Pfarrkirche Oberwart steht am westlichen Stadtrand der Stadtgemeinde Oberwart im Bezirk Oberwart im Burgenland. Die Kirche gehört zur Reformierten Pfarrgemeinde Oberwart der Evangelischen Kirche H.B. in Österreich und steht unter . Die Kirche ist das älteste durchgehend als solches genützte protestantische Kirchengebäude im heutigen Österreich.

Geschichte
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Who Murdered Roxy in 'Insatiable' Season 2? (SPOILERS!)
Everyone knows that Netflix's Insatiable can be downright ridiculous. However, things have started seriously heating up with the premier of Season 2, when a certain mysterious killer is thrown into the mix and murders Roxy.
So, who killed Roxy in Insatiable Season 2? Let's break down everything we know so far.
If you aren't totally caught up, let me fill you in. Insatiable follows a teenage girl named Patty (Debby Ryan) who had previously been bullied for being overweight most of her life.
She loses weight when her jaw is wired shut following an accident over the summer. Now, she wants to take on all the bullies who made her life so frustrating and painful, by getting revenge... even if that means that she has to kill them.
OK, got it. Who killed Roxy in Insatiable Season 2?
Are you caught up? Don't mind spoilers? This is seriously your last chance to turn back.
OK, since we're on the same page, here we go: Roxy's killer was actually former pageant queen Regina Sinclair (Arden Myrin).
While it's not exactly clear while the patently unstable Regina had it out for Roxy in the first place, you can bet it had at least something to do with getting back at pageant queen "trainer" Bob (Dallas Roberts).
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Regina's hatred for Bob eventually came to a head near the end of Insatiable Season 1, when she came across the dead body of Stella Rose (Beverly D'Angelo). Regina believed it had to have been Bob to commit such a heinous crime.
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How comic books helped fuel Japan's love for the atom
Characters such as Astro Boy extolled benefits of nuclear energy, exacerbating the shock when disaster struck in 2011.
Harry Fawcett
If you were looking for a historical document that encapsulated 1970s Japan's position on nuclear power, you could trawl through policy papers, scholarly articles or news archives.
Or you could travel to a manga store in western Tokyo, and pick up a couple of vintage comic books: "Atom Goes to the Jungle," and "The Jungle Sings Again."
They feature the Mighty Atom, or as he's better known outside Japan, Astro Boy, and they are quite extraordinary – beautifully drawn and bitterly ironic.
The first story goes something like this:
In a far off jungle, the animals are worried. Mother nature has forsaken them: Their climate is getting colder, the plants are dying and they're getting hungry.
So they call on Astro Boy for help. There follows an earnest discussion about how they can't heat their habitat with hydropower, because the water's frozen. Oil is running out. What they need is a nuclear power station.
Astro Boy flies a reactor from Japan to the jungle, and they all pitch in to build a power station around it.
Even the hyena decides to help. A tiny mouse struggles to keep the blueprints unfurled. All together for the common good: nuclear energy.
In no time they've built a gleaming, safe solution to their climate problem – and go a step further, using it to power an artificial sun that helps the plants grow again and gives them a healthy bit of Vitamin D on the side.
Astro Boy's creator, Osamu Tezuka, always insisted he'd never intended to make a poster child for Japan's nuclear industry, and that he'd had nothing to do with the jungle stories.
Nonetheless, they were handed out as free pamphlets during school visits to power plants – the message conveyed through kawaii (cute) little critters: Nuclear power is safe.
In the "Jungle Sings Again" that message is doubted, then triumphantly proved true.
Another group of animals suffering in similar circumstances comes to Japan to study at a nuclear university.
They graduate, celebrate, then go home to build their power station.
Astro Boy tells them it's so safe it could even survive an earthquake.
An earthquake duly happens, causing a tsunami for good measure. The animals that run away are terrified as the ground shakes and the trees topple.
They return to find the heroic lion, who stayed at the plant, welcoming them back in front of an entirely unscathed reactor. The animals agree that Astro Boy had been right all along, and they sing their thanks.
It hardly needs saying that in the real world Japan's nuclear technology was far from the pristine perfection of the books.
When the earthquake and tsunami struck Fukushima Daichi in 2011, reactor buildings exploded, cores melted and the world was faced with its worst civilian nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
The industry that had been churning out these cheery stories was in fact complacent and poorly regulated.
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In July 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received an anonymous order for a requiem through a messenger. The strange circumstances of the composition of this unfinished opus by Mozart, invoke the most diverse suppositions and envelop this latter work in shadow and mystery.
Faced with his approaching end, will Mozart be able to free himself from the demons that animate him and live to the limit of his passions?
Will he succumb to the drunkenness of the sinner?
In this macabre dance, torn between here and the beyond, will he have the strength to make his way?
Through dance and theater, Tania De Paola, highlights this dramatic episode of the composer's life and subtly mixes it with grotesque or derisory silhouettes, inspired by the characters of Botero. The result is a spectacle in motion, rich in contrasts, in the image of the intense dialogue that our own passions can have.


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Here's to Your Health
Oops, sorry, I was a bit premature there this morning. It turns out that they aren't going to vote on the TumpCare bill tonight, since Trump called the Washington Post's Robert Costa to say he was pulling the bill.
And just for clarification's sake -- this is the bill he approved that Trump called "Wonderful" the day it was presented. In Trump terminology, I believe the expression is "#Sad."
So, let's check the scorecard:
Seven years for the Republican Party to come up with their own health care bill. Countless Republican votes to repeal the ObamaCare. Continued promises by Trump to repeal ObamaCare on Day One of his administration. And after all of that -- this was the best that they could do. The Republican bill only got 17% support.
It's still possible that Republicans could bring healthcare up later, but the same issues remain. To get enough votes, the GOP is going to either make the bill more palatable to the public -- which will lose conservative Republican votes in Congress -- or take away more protections...which will make the public hate it even more. More likely is that there are healthcare regulations that the administration can (and likely will) change.
And though it all, the best we get from Trump is that no one knew how really complicated health is.
We all knew.
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The Union government on Friday defended firmly before the Supreme Court its decision not to extend the deadline of December 30, last, for exchange of demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and 1,000.
The government maintained that the Ordinance, that fixed the December 30 deadline, had an overriding effect on all the previous notifications, including the one that had mentioned that people would be allowed to deposit and exchange old notes until March 31, 2017.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on November 8 announced that the people would be permitted to exchange old notes until March 31, 2017.


It's inevitable that clients will infect workstations, PCs, and laptops with spyware and viruses. Regardless of preventive steps, from gateway protection to automated scans to written Internet use policies, malware threats sneak through even layered defenses. What makes the situation worse is that many clients aren't willing to invest in standalone anti-spyware software, even though they understand the need for minimal antivirus protection.
Some IT professionals advocate simply wiping systems and reinstalling Windows, while others suggest that's akin to giving up and letting the bad guys win. The truth lies somewhere in between. After making an image copy of the drive (it's always best to have a fallback option when battling malicious infections), here are the measures I find most effective.
Many rootkit and Trojan threats are masters of disguise that hide from the operating system as soon as or before Windows starts. I find that even the best antivirus and antispyware tools — including AVG Anti-Virus Professional, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and SuperAntiSpyware — sometimes struggle to remove such entrenched infections.
You need systems dedicated to removal. Pull the hard disk from the offending system, slave it to the dedicated test machine, and run multiple virus and spyware scans against the entire slaved drive.
While the drive is still slaved, browse to all users' temporary files. These are typically found within the C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp directory within Windows XP or the C:\Users\Username\App Data\Local\Temp folder within Windows Vista.
Delete everything within the temporary folders. Many threats hide there seeking to regenerate upon system startup. With the drive still slaved, it's much easier to eliminate these offending files.
Once you run a complete antivirus scan and execute two full antispyware scans using two current, recently updated and different anti-spyware applications (removing all found infections), return the hard disk to the system. Then, run the same scans again.
Despite the scans and previous sanitization, you may be surprised at the number of remaining active infections the anti-malware applications subsequently find and remove. Only by performing these additional native scans can you be sure you've done what you can to locate and remove known threats.
When you finish the previous three steps, it's tempting to think a system is good to go. Don't make that mistake. Boot it up, open the Web browser, and immediately delete all offline files and cookies. Next, go to the Internet Explorer Connection settings (Tools | Internet Options and select the Connections tab within Internet Explorer) to confirm that a malicious program didn't change a system's default proxy or LAN connection settings. Correct any issues you find and ensure settings match those required on your network or the client's network.
Then, visit 12 to 15 random sites. Look for any anomalies, including the obvious popup windows, redirected Web searches, hijacked home pages, and similar frustrations. Don't consider the machine cleaned until you can open Google, Yahoo, and other search engines and complete searches on a string of a half-dozen terms. Be sure to test the system's ability to reach popular anti-malware Web sites, such as AVG, Symantec, and Malwarebytes.
If any infection remnants persist, such as redirected searches or blocked access to specific Web sites, try determining the filename for the active process causing the trouble. Trend Micro's HijackThis, Microsoft's Process Explorer, and Windows' native Microsoft System Configuration Utility (Start | Run and type msconfig) are excellent utilities for helping locate offending processes. If necessary, search the registry for an offending executable and remove all incidents. Then, reboot the system and try again.
If a system still proves corrupt or unusable, it's time to begin thinking about a reinstall. If an infection persists after all these steps, you're likely in a losing battle.
Some IT consultants swear by fancier tricks than what I've outlined above. I've investigated KNOPPIX as one alternative. And I've had a few occasions in the field where I've slaved infected Windows drives to my Macintosh laptop to delete particularly obstinate files in the absence of a boot disk. Other technicians recommend leveraging such tools as Reimage, although I've experienced difficulty getting the utility to even recognize common NICs, without which the automated repair tool can't work.


That ethics has no place in the hard sciences.
I plan to refute these assumptions one-by-one in the hopes of improving the substance of discussions into the pros and cons of technological advance. I will do this with a little help from my friends (namely, John Steinbeck and Kurt Vonnegut).
Let's start with the first assumption: the idea that "a rising tide lifts all boats," or that the total amount of a resource is the main factor in determining the distribution of the resource.
Shanahan's prediction rests on the assumption that total abundance is the most important factor in determining the distribution of food — ignoring political and economic factors.
Steinbeck eloquently highlights a painful truth — that our technological improvements do not always lead to improvements in wellbeing for the masses. The economics of farming at the time meant that farmers could not afford to pay laborers to pick the fruit — the market price of the fruit was less than the cost of picking the fruit. Giving fruit away for free to starving migrant workers would further decrease the market value of the fruit. So the farmers burn the fruit and the migrant workers starve. Here, economics — rather than total abundance — determines distribution.
In Development as Freedom, Amartya Sen provides an example of politics influencing distribution. During the Irish Potato Famine (in which one million people died and another million emigrated), Ireland exported more food to England than it imported. The political distance between ruler and ruled turned this food shortage into a famine — poor Irish Catholics did not have the ability to sway the British parliament. Another example of the politics of famine can be found in India. After a long history of famines under colonial rule, not a single one of the massive regional food shortages in India since independence has led to famine.
Steinbeck and Sen have shown us that discussions of the distribution of goods cannot focus on total abundance of goods and ignore political and economic forces. Debunking this type of assumption is not just an interesting argument for historians — it is hugely important to learn from history as we speed toward a future in which much of our population will be unemployed and the strength of our democratic processes will directly impact the wellbeing of the masses.
This leads me to my first rule for discussing the benefits of technological advance: Don't focus solely on total abundance in discussions of distribution of goods. Instead, recognize the importance of political and economic forces in determining distribution. Check out part 2 of this series for the next assumption attack.


At Disneyland, freebies are scattered everywhere throughout the parks and resorts. In this article, we will cover some of the places where you can get freebies, and I am sure they will make your Disney trip more memorable,....and more importantly, less expensive!
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Dear students and professors, we are pleased to announce unusual event at our university, which is organized by Turiba students. The event is going to be at the Conference hall, on 27th of March from 17:30 till 20:00.
The competition for 25 study places and scholarships under the Erasmus + programme for the 1st semester of the academic year 2014/2015 shall hereby be announced in accordance with the clause 2.6. of the Regulations on procedure for studies and practice under the Erasmus sub-programme of the Lifelong Learning programme.
The competition for 16 study vacancies in the double degree programme for the academic year 2014/2015 shall hereby be announced in accordance with bilateral agreements concluded between higher education institutions and the clause 2.5. of the Regulations on procedure for studies in the double degree and bilateral exchange programmes.
On 21st of March we are organizing the "Have a nice journey home" event, where we will have a good time all together for one of the last times. The event will take place in a club called ''Baseins'' (Raiņa Bulvāris 21) and it will start at 7 pm sharp.


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Midwestern winters are very dry. Without humidifiers, our home's humidity level can dip to levels that aren't healthy for us, and can be damaging to our house and furniture. Many of us add the water back into the air with some sort of central humidifier that is attached to our HVAC system.
In the winter months, when heating systems are really chugging away, indoor air can become dry and staticky. A whole-house humidifier is a great way to add back a little moisture. Here are the basics.


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Liverpool • Bars & Nightlife
HUS Liverpool
Taking care of business: multi-use 'social space' brings Scandi-cool to Liverpool's commercial district...
Lorna Turnbull • 7 December, 2016
A stomping ground for the besuited, rubbing shoulders with neighbours like The Living Room, Liverpool's commercial district may seem an odd choice for a Scandi-inspired social space, bar and kitchen concept. After speaking to Alison Lockett-Burke (the brains behind hip Liverpool spot The Baltic Social), though, it begins to make perfect sense. In such a small city, there's really no reason to confine hip concepts to certain quarters; and just because you work in an office block doesn't necessarily mean you want to spend your nights supping overpriced champagne in a 'private booth'.
HUS means house in Swedish, and that's exactly what this concept is all about. Set over three floors — including a roof terrace complete with beehives — HUS demands your attention from brunch to dancing on the tables at 2am (this is common practice in Liverpool by the way). In short, Lockett-Burke wants you to feel at home, relaxed … in her words: 'not to worry that you're wearing the wrong shoes'.
A sleek retro Scandinavian décor (put together by R2A Architecture) helps convey that hygge ethos; inspired by trips to Copenhagen, Alison sought out vintage furniture and had her finds recreated for the bar area. This is combined with a pared back aesthetic that revels in its building's Brutalist architecture; all adding up to a distinctive, clean look in a neighbourhood defined by glitz.
HUS sets its stall as a multi-use space — DJs and the first beer tank of its kind in the city keep punters happy until the early hours; an underground space has a concrete bunker appeal, and has a permanent stage perfect for intimate gigs; and its rooftop will come to life with barbecues and locally-brewed craft beers when the sun decides to rear its head.
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May 7 - Leslie will presenting her program on Historic Kelleys Island at the Sandusky Post Card Club, at 7:30 at the Sandusky Senior Center http://www.eriesenior.org/. This is such a great group. Unfortunately they do not have a website or Facebook page. After the meeting they have a share and swap. I met up with William Knadler, who collects stock certificates, and he donated (to the history museum) stock certificates for the Kelleys Island Steam Boat Co. and the Kelleys Island Wine Co.
May 21 - It's International Museum Day and the Kelleys Island Historical Assoc. is participating. Leslie will be there signing her books - and admission to the museum is free. This is the first day they are open. Be sure to check out the entirely new museum displays and experience. Leslie worked at the museum all winter rearranging the display, putting new items out and has designed posters with photos explaining the history of the Island. Stop by.
June 25 - The newest, and last book in the history series, has gone to the printers. I await with bated breath to see the finished product.
July 4 - Stars & Stripes Festival in downtown Sandusky. Goergeous Day and I got to share a table with P. J. Grondon (who writes the best mysteries). We were History & Mystery.
July 16 - Islandfest - the biggest festival on the Island. Leslie will be right downtown (probably next to the history museum's booth) with her books, flags, posters and jewelry.
August 14 - The KI Historical Assoc. has its annual meeting. A few years ago they added a guest speaker to the day's events. Stay tuned for updates and get the latest news at www.KelleysIslandHistorical.org.
September 15 - Leslie and the Kelleys Island Historical Assoc. welcome the Road Scholors in a personal tour of the museum and a slideshow presentation on the history of the Island.
September 22 - A second group of Road Scholars cruises the Island and the museum.


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Role Playing Rhythms: Sequence
News by Adam Smith former Deputy Editor
Published on 21 Oct, 2011
It's been available on Microsoft's 360th console for a while now, but rhythm-RPG mashup Sequence is now available on Steam. I'm tempted to call it Puzzle Quest but with rhythm game mechanics in place of match-3 mechanics and nothing I've seen suggests I'd be incorrect to do so. There's a narrative, character customisation, magic and, underpinning it all, the hammering of cursor keys in time to music, which is how all fights would be resolved if I was the God of War. There's a trailer for the Steam release below, which contains timely and pithy comments about Metacritic. I hope to take a proper look myself when I clamber from beneath the current pile of games entombing me.
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The 2018/19 Greenock Glenpark Harriers got off to a flying start yesterday on the Esplanade. The traditional 4k season opener was once again very well attended with 52 Harriers tackling the short course. Ultimately, it was one of the most dramatic starts to a season you'll ever see!
A strong westerly wind meant that the runners had to judge the pace in the first half of the race, which takes them westbound along the Esplanade towards the Battery Park. After turning in the park, the runners got the benefit of the wind behind them for the sprint back to the finish line.
Entering the Battery Park, the men's race was extremely tight. With defending senior champion Chris Mooney leading a pack of 6 which included last year's winner Steven Campbell and junior champion Harry McGill. As the leaders approached the Esplanade, Chris and Harry had broken free from the pack and prepared for a sprint finish. Young Harry had paced with Chris the whole way, and with 400m to go he made a dash for the line and took his first senior race win at only 15 years old.
Sandra Campbell is entering her second season as a Harrier, having shown some form in the tail end of last season, she lead the ladies race going into the half way stage. However, not to be outdone by her older brother, Ruby McGill was hot on her tails. Coming out of the Battery Park, Ruby grabbed the lead an was able to hold on for a sensational victory! This marks the first time in club history that both senior race titles have been taken by junior athletes on the same day. And they've done it with a combined age of 28… Hopefully there are the first titles in a successful season for both.
The senior men's race was littered with great performing juniors. Another 2 managed to get into the top ten with great runs from Alan Mollins and Ryan Brown. Last years winner Steven Campbell was knocked into 5th place this year, even though he ran just about the same time. However it was good enough for first v40 by just edging out Andy White. It was good to see former club champion Shaun Lyon return to racing with his third place finish, and Daniel Doherty shaved a good chunk off of last years time to take 4th.
Stephen Hanley sneaked into the top 10 with a course PB from him of just under the 15 minute mark, just edging out Paul Beaton. Ewan Ferguson narrowly missed out on a top 10 finish, but it was another good run from one of the clubs juniors. He finished ahead of a large pack of seniors that included the returning Andy McCall and a great run from George McCallum. Richard Davidson took the v50 prize by just edging out Danny McLaughlin and Graham McGrattan (first v60).
Other junior males included Jude Dolan and Cameron Patton who had great races as well. Elsewhere in the men's race there was a first outing in a harriers vest for David Black. The parkrun regular recently joined the club with his wife Sharon who was also running in the race.
Sandra Campbell's runner up finish was a 30 second PB from last years race. Claire Monaghan was not far behind in third place as she continues her good form. The ladies race also included a host of juniors who acquitted themselves well, with Abbie Tosh being the fastest behind Ruby in just under the 20 minute mark.
The race was sponsored by the Dolan family, and we wish to extend a huge thank you to them for their generosity and help on the day. Also, a big thank you to the whole host of volunteers who made the event run smoothly.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2018 by greenockglenparkharriers.


New York, NY – Sims Metal Management, the global leader in metals and electronics recycling, has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Founded in 1917, Sims operates more than 200 facilities in 20 countries, employs approximately 5,000 employees globally and is fully committed to closing the loop on recycling for a more sustainable future. By connecting with WBCSD's network of forward-thinking businesses across a variety of sectors, Sims can make a real impact in global corporate sustainability and especially the circular economy.
Sims Metal Management is one of the world's leading metal and electronics recyclers with more than 250 facilities, operations in 18 countries, and more than 5,000 employees globally. The Company's ordinary shares are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: SGM) and its American Depositary Shares are quoted on the Over-the-Counter market in the United States (USOTC: SMSMY). Please visit our website (www.simsmm.com) for more information on the Company and recent developments.


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AIIMS Trauma Centre shuts emergency care
delhi Updated: Mar 26, 2019 07:00 IST
People rescue a patient after fire broke out at the Trauma Centre in AIIMS, New Delhi on March 24, 2019. (Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)
All emergency services at the All India institute of Medical Sciences' (AIIMS) Trauma Centre have been shut after a major fire broke out at the operation theatre complex in the hospital on Sunday.
The Trauma Centre is one of only two such standalone centres in the capital and receives around 200 emergency cases each day, most of them critical.
While AIIMS did not issue an official statement on when the centre is expected to open for services again, hospital officials said that the damage was extensive.
"As the entire operation theatre complex that house five operation theatres was affected in the fire, it might take long before the facility is restored," said a hospital staff, requesting anonymity, as the person isn't authorised to speak to media.
From Monday, the hospital stopped admitting new emergency cases and some of the the in-patients that require surgery are being transferred to the main AIIMS complex.
With no official statement, patients were left confused as to what to do next. All new cases landing up at the hospital emergency are being referred to other hospitals.
The closed white main gates greeted ambulances that brought patients to the hospital on Monday.
"Almost all patients who come here need some surgical intervention, so we have to tell all the patients to go to the neighbouring Safdarjung hospital," said a hospital official, on condition of anonymity. As central air conditioning ducts, oxygen and other supply lines have reportedly been affected in the fire, the hospital may not be able to receive new accident and emergency cases for some weeks, he said.
Manish Kumar had brought his grandfather to the trauma centre from Meerut on Friday after he took a fall. "He needs a hip replacement surgery. But, the doctors told us that the operation theatres are not working because of the fire on Sunday. They said that the surgery would happen in a couple of days," said Kumar.
Shanti Devi is also waiting for the brain surgery of her son. Both her sons, Dileep and Kamal, were hit by a truck while returning from work on Tuesday near Mithapur. The family travelled almost 20 km to bring them to the AIIMS trauma centres. "We know that this is the best hospital for accidents. In fact, my elder son has already recovered and has been sent home with dressings and medicines. But my younger son had a head injury and is not conscious, doctors say he will need surgery," she said.
The family was sitting in the waiting area outside the hospital's emergency when they saw smoke coming out of the building on Sunday. "There was a lot of commotion, people were running here and there. The patients were shifted immediately. My son was in the floor just above the fire, thankfully he had been discharged. Many patients are now sleeping on gurneys in the corridor," said Shanti Devi.
There was no loss to life as all the patients were moved to safety.
Patients from four floors (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) that house private wards have been moved to other departments. According to the hospital staff around 25 patients were moved to safety, mainly accommodated in the emergency department.
"No patient was transferred to main AIIMS as the situation didn't arise. By 11pm the smoke had subsided, so we moved patients back. Only three people had to be moved to the main AIIMS for inhaling carbon monoxide, of which two have been discharged. The third is also stable," the staff said.
Fire officials had blamed a shortcircuit for the fire.
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…..NIKOLAUS TUCZEK….. *Rare, Historical HIGH BUTTON SHOES (Boots) by the Most Important Master of the 20th Century: 42-42.5D
Maker/Marke: Nikolaus Tuczek
Styles: Boots/Stiefel, Brogues, Collectors Shoes/Object d'Art, Custom-Bespoke-Maas
An Important Historical
Cap-Toe, High Button Shoes (Boots)
With Fitted 3-Part Trees
by the great master bespoke shoemaker
Nikolaus Tuczek
The late, lamented firm of Tuczek of #17 Clifford Street, W1, bespoke society shoemaker, is a legend in the trade among historians and collectors. The importance of this master is only confirmed by the fact that George Cleverley, considered by some to be the finest shoemaker of the late 20th century, began his career with Nikolaus Tuczek in 1920 and remained with the firm 38 years before opening his own workshop. Tuczek's designs are exceptionally sleek and most often feature his characteristic chiseled toe and elastic side gussets. It can be conjectured that this was Tuczek's legacy as there is little to compare with the dramatic lasting, the intricate detailing, and the painstaking construction of the Tuczek shoe. But finally it is the overall effect of the design, the harmony of decoration and sculptural form that distinguishes this shoemaker. There is very little to be found from the last half century that possesses the stylistic boldness or charm of this present pair. Shown here for the pleasure of my collector clients.
The history of the firm is well documented elsewhere but these dates of operation with addresses will be useful in dating shoes.
24 Arthur Street, Oxford Street 1853-1855
24 High Street, St Giles's 1856-1861
109 New Bond Street 1862-1886
39 Old Bond Street 1887-1903
15B Clifford Street 1904-1937
17 Clifford Street 1938-1966
21 Jermyn Street 1966-1969
The company was taken over by John Lobb around 1970. In a phone call Mr. John Hunter Lobb recalled to me that "We took over the remnant of Tuczek in 1968." Lobb has an unbrogued model called Elastic Sided with Plain Tuczek Style Elastic – (SS597) which, no doubt, they consider derivative of the great master's style.
The pair shown here is in remarkable condition for its age, over a century old. Certainly ideal for display or careful, very occasional wearing. Finally, this is an advanced collector's item, destined, sooner or later, for a museum.
G. Bruce Boyer the author of Eminently Suitable (1990), quotes John Hlustik, who bought the Edward Green firm in 1982-3; "Just the other week a gentleman came into the shop for some new shoes. He was wearing a pair made by Tuczek in the early 1940s. They were so marvelous, I asked him if he would sell them to me…offered him $3,500. He refused, and I can't say I blame him. After 50 years, they had an absolutely vintage classicism about them." Remember this was $3500 in the 1980's!
It is flattering to have my texts, such as this, widely quoted by others in the internet but what is really needed is a scholarly study on the modern history of shoemaking, that is to say, 19th and 20th century shoemaking, the great houses, American as well as English and Continental, the many lamented masters never mentioned (understandably) in such as the Laszlo Vass book on contemporary shoemaking, Herrenschuhe Handgearbeitet. The 20th Century began with a myriad of shoemaking workshops, both factories and cottage industry that produced some breathtakingly beautiful tours-de-force of shoemaking. These masterpieces and the artists who made them, like Tuczek and his work, should be studied, the few remaining shoes photographed and memorialized. Where is the passionate, young and scholarly aficionado do this? P
Article Number: BJ-NT-1 Categories: Uncategorized, watermark
Important 19th Century EDWIN CLAPP & SON, Gentleman's Spade Sole Boot: Circa 1885-95
*NEW- Brown FLORSHEIM IMPERIAL Full Brogue Budapester, Circa 1985: 44D
€720.00 SOLD to Capt. J. R. Brighton
BOSTONIAN Full Brogue Oxford GOLF Spectator: 41,5D
€240.00 VENDU a Monsieur J. R., Prefailles


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following jquery code runs on all other browsers Except IE(currently 8) but works on IE11
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jQuery 2.x has the same API as jQuery 1.x, but does not support
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We Will Soon Devise a Scientific Theory for the Perennial Mind-Body Problem
The enigmatic relation between conscious experiences and the physical world, commonly known as the mind-body problem, has frustrated philosophers at least since Plato, and now stonewalls scientists in their attempts to construct a rigorous theory. Yet I am optimistic that, despite millennia of prior failures, we will soon devise a scientific theory for this perennial problem.
Why such optimism? First, the mind-body problem is now recognized as a legitimate scientific problem. In 2005, the journal Science placed it second in a list of 125 open questions in science. During the twentieth century, a multi-decade detour into behaviorism sidelined scientific investigation of the mind-body problem. But three decades into the cognitive revolution, the problem was dusted off and again given serious scientific attention.
Second, scientists soon rediscovered that the problem is surprisingly hard. Neurophysics, real and artificial neural networks, classical and quantum algorithms, information and complexity—standard tools that prove powerful in the study of perception, cognition and intelligence—have yet to yield a single scientific theory of conscious experiences. We cannot, for instance, answer the basic question: Why must this particular pattern of neural activity or this functional property cause, or be, this particular conscious experience (say, the smell of garlic) instead of that other conscious experience (say, the smell of a truffle), or instead of no conscious experience at all? Precise predictions of this type, de rigueur for genuine scientific explanations, have yet to be fashioned, or even plausibly sketched, with the standard tools.
Third, although science is laudably conservative, yet when pushed to the wall by recalcitrant data and impotent theories, scientists have repeatedly proved willing to reexamine dearly held presuppositions and to revise or jettison the ineffectual in favor of unorthodox assumptions, provided that these assumptions permit the construction of explanatory theories that answer to data. Aristarchus, then Copernicus, countenanced a heliocentric solar system, Newton action at a distance, Einstein quanta of light and distortions of space-time, Bohr probability waves, superpositions and nonlocality. Theories of quantum gravity now posit eleven dimensions, vibrating membranes, and pixels of space and time. The initial response to such proposals is, invariably, widespread incredulity. But considerations of explanatory power and empirical adequacy, wherever they point, eventually win the day. Scientists revise their offending presuppositions, adjust psychologically as best they can to the new world view, and get on with the business of science in the new framework.
Evidence is mounting that the mind-body problem requires revision of deeply held presuppositions. The most compelling evidence to date is the large and growing set of proposals now on offer. All are nonstarters. They are, to quote Pauli, not even wrong. We have yet to see our first genuine scientific theory of the mind-body problem. This has prompted some to conclude that homo sapiens has been cheated by evolution and simply lacks the requisite concepts: Those concepts necessary for us to survive long enough to reproduce did not include those necessary to solve the mind-body problem. If so, there is little hope, at present, for swift progress.
I am optimistic, however, that the obstacle is not in our genes but in our presuppositions. Tinkering with presuppositions is more clearly within the purview of current technology than tinkering with our genes. Indeed, tinkering with one's presuppositions requires no technology, just a ruthless reconsideration of what one considers to be obviously true. Science has risen to the task before. It will rise again. But progress will be tortuous and the process psychologically wrenching. It is not easy, even in the light of compelling data and theories, to let go of what once seemed obviously true.
Here are some obvious truths that guide current attempts to solve the mind-body problem: Physical objects have causal powers. Neural activity can cause conscious experiences. The brain exists whether or not it is observed. So too does the moon, and all other physical objects. Consciousness is a relative latecomer in the evolution of the universe. Conscious sensory experiences resemble, or approximate, true properties of an independently existing physical world.
Will we soon be forced to relinquish some of these truths? Probably. If so, the current ontological predilections of science will require dramatic revision. Could science survive? Of course. The fundamental commitments of science are methodological, not ontological. What is essential is the process of constructing rigorous explanatory theories, testing them with careful experiments, and revising them in light of new data. Ontologies can come and go. One might endure sufficiently long that it is taken for a sine qua non of science. But it is not. An ontology breathed into life by the method of science can later be slain by that same method. Therein lies the novel power of science. And therein lies my optimism that science will soon succeed in fashioning its first theory of the mind-body problem. But at the feet of that theory will probably lie the slain carcass of an effete ontology.