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note: I'm pertaining to "dreams" like when we fell asleep -----a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep not "dreams" like goals in life or wishes & fantasies.
It's been years since I'd stopped writing down the images I saw in my dreams, those images I believed have occults, and thought they have something to do or have connections that will happen to my life though they were not that clear enough for me to understand. Some stood as warnings while others were answers to my curiosity.
I also have with me my mum and some friends sharing me their visions through dreams or in a sudden flash, like prophecies they caught a glimpse of what will come though it was not that vivid or not the exact thing to happen but it is similar to things they believed to happen, in some other ways. Aside from that I also heard a lot of testimonies relating to their dreams, dreams that were not just seeing the future but also seeing people, a person talking, a thing, a place, a sign-----anything that might have connection to them; so as soon you will get back to reality and for example see a place you will think you might seen it before-----in your dreams may be. Some even see their selves, and like a mirror it reflects or represents them-----their attitude, or might be the opposite of who they really are.
It fascinates me how could that happen, I mean it is something mysterious. So, how could that happen? Is it really something mysterious?
I did a little research on first, "why we dream?" & here's what I got:
Brandan Schulze et al from library.thinkquest.org, stated that there is no proven fact on why we dream, which is why there are so many theories on the topic. There is Freud's theory that dreams carry our hidden desires and there is Jung's theory that dreams carry meaning, although not always of desire, and that these dreams can be interpreted by the dreamer. After these theories, others continued such as the Cayce theory in that dreams are our bodies means of building up of the mental, spiritual and physical well-being. Finally came the argument between Evans' theory and the Crick and Mitchinson theory. Evans states that dreaming is our bodies way of storing the vast array of information gained during the day, whereas Crick and Mitchinson say that this information is being dumped rather than stored. Whichever theory is true, we may never know, but from these following theories we can decide for ourselves what we believe to be true and further help us into understanding our dreams.
Freud's Theory
Freud believed that a dream represented an ongoing wish along with the previous days activities. They may even portray wishes that have been inside us since early childhood. In fact, he believed, every dream is partially motivated by a childhood wish. Another interesting idea was that nothing is made up during a dream and that they are biologically determined, derived completely from instinctual needs and personal experiences.
Probably one of the most interesting ideas among these theories is his theory of dream occurrence. Dreams occur in a state of "ego collapse" when the demands of the Id (imperative bodily needs) and Superego (conscience ego ideals) converge upon the Ego (personal desires and mediator between the Id and Superego). In easier terms, a dream will occur when the unconscious wish is bound to the preconscious instead of just being discharged.
Many of Freud's theories still stand true today, but most of all in the area of defense mechanisms our body uses while we dream. If our minds have been dealing with too much denial, regression, or repression, it causes an internal conflict, a dream in this case, to take place. This prevents us from building up intolerable states of psychological tension in waking life. This is why, if you become too emotional, it actually works to "sleep it off."
According to Jung
Jung, disagreeing with Freud's theory, quickly developed his own which contradicted Freud's. Jung believed the most effective method for dream interpretation was the use of series correlation. Freud didn't even believe interpretation was possible by the dreamer and that dreams could only be interpreted by a trained psychologist. Jung was the one who gave hope to all dreamers who were looking for the meaning in our dreams without having to hire a "professional."
Series correlation is a process involving the analysis of dreams over time. Jung suggested taking similar dreams from you dream journal and merging the dream images together forming a larger dream. Try and gather these images into your head, he suggested, and from these images determined if there are any waking situations that might be related. From this information write out a physical action that could be taken based off of the information learned through using this technique.
Like Freud, Jung categorized the mind into three parts: the collective unconscious, the personal unconscious, and the conscious. The collective unconscious consists of imbedded deposits of world processes. It does not depend on personal experience, only the images which are prefigured by evolution. The personal unconscious is a receptacle or storage mechanism for that which is not contained within the consciousness. It holds forgotten association, unnoticed experiences, observations, moral questioning, repressed and discarded thoughts, half-thoughts, seemingly irrelevant details, and incongruities. Finally comes the consciousness, wich develops through sensing, thinking, and intuition.
When Jung interpreted dreams he found that the most important thing to do was ask yourself questions about the images in your dreams and from these questions, write down all of the associations you can think of. Here are the questions he would ask himself:
What is the shape of the image?
What is the function of the image?
What alterations does the image go through?
What does the image do?
What do you like and dislike about the image?
What does the image remind you of?
Cayce's Experience
When it came to the idea of dreams having purpose, Cayce's theory was a bit different then the others. He believed dreaming to be the bodies way of "self edification," which is the building up of the mental, spiritual, and physical well-being. It was a way of quickening the dreamer to his/her own human potential. By getting a good nights sleep, any person could develop more mature values, stretch their thinking, and right one's self.
According to Cayce, there are five different levels that dream's stem from. These different levels are the body level, subconscious level, level of consciousness, level of superconscious, and the level of the soul. What they can do for you is anything from presenting messages of your body calling for aid during sickness to stating problems which must be solved within the conscious.
Cayce believed that if you were to interpret your dreams correctly you must thoroughly study yourself. Once you know how you feel about dreams and what they can do for you can you begin to study your dreams. If you have a dream, according to Cayce, it's primary focus is to either solve problems and adapt to external affairs or awakening and alerting the dreamer to new potential within the self. The first step to Cayce's method of interpretation is to determine which of the two major functions of dreams is the primary focus of the dream.
The second step is the process of taking inventory. You need to know your conscious and subconscious mind inside out. Know future plans, goals, interests, stances, and decisions. Know your hidden fears, longings, dependencies, and defenses. Know the cycles, needs, habits, and stresses of the body. Once you finish with these two steps you can begin to interpret your dreams and decide how they can help you better yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Evans' Organization
According to Evans, every time we go to sleep our brain disengages from the external world and uses this time to sort through and organize all the information that was taken in throughout the day. Sleep, especially during REM sleep, is when the brain becomes isolated for the sensory and motor neural pathways. During this time our data banks and program files are opened and become available for modification on re-organization, based on what happened during the day.
In this theory, we are not aware of the full array of processing that occurs during REM sleep. While we dream the brain comes back on-line for a short period of time and the conscious mind is allowed to observe a small sample of the programs that are being run. The brain attempts to interpret this information in the same way it would during the wakeful state, what is created from these samples of information is a dream. In a nutshell, dreams are nothing more than a minute amount of the information that is being scanned and sorted during REM sleep.
Crick and Mitchinson's Cleanup
Crick and Mitchinson base their theory on the fact that the cortex, unlike other parts of the brain, is made up of richly interconnected neuronal networks in which each cell has the capacity to excite it's neighbors. It is believed that memories are encoded in these networks and when one point of the web is excited a pulse travels through the network prompting recall. The problem with such network systems is that they malfunction when there is an over load of incoming information. Too many memories in one network may produce either bizarre associations to a stimulus, which creates our fantasies, the same response whatever the stimulus, creating obsessions, or associations triggered without any stimulus, which creates hallucinations.
To deal with information overload, the brain needs a mechanism to debug and tune the network. This debugging mechanism would work best when the system was isolated from extermnal inputs and it would have to have a way of randomly activating the network in order to eliminate spurious connections. This method, they say, is REM sleep and that the halluinatory quality of dreams is nothing more than the random neural firing needed for the daily cleanup of the network.
According to this theory, these signals somehow erase the spurious memory associations formed during the previous day and we wake up with the network cleaned up. They believe that people remembering their dreams could help retain patterns of thought which are better forgotten, the same patterns that your system has attempted to clean out. This is why, they say, if you don't write down your dreams they will be forgotten because your brain is still working to clear these memories out.
2ndly, I researched on "what dreams for?"
According to Tony Crisp from dreamhawk.com, dreams have also been shown to indicate activities in the body, and so have been used to diagnose illness. They have been used as creative agents, and lie behind a number of scientific discoveries. Writers and artists have found in them inspiration or fresh insights into creativity. For countless thousands of people, they have also been a time travel machine through which glimpses of the past and future were given – or a means of realising that consciousness can roam free of the physical body and witness events at a distance. Many people state they have had meaningful or even verifiable contact with the dead. Dreams also often have deeply spiritual themes, enabling the dreamer to feel contact with a universal existence and timeless aspect of themselves.
There are many definitions of dreams. They range from the ancient view of them being messages from the gods, through the idea of dreams as windows to our unconscious feelings and thoughts, to the modern view of them as neurological and chemical events.
However much one tries to fit the enormous range of dream phenomena into any one or several of these definitions, there is never a complete match.
Therefore dreams, like any life experience are transcendent. They transcend any attempt to give them a final definition. There is always in them an element which remains indefinable.
A cup for instance is in most cases made of a mineral. We can therefore see it as a manufactured object made of clay. But it can also be seen as a piece of art, as a mass of interacting molecules and atoms, as an outcrop of the universal substance, a religious symbol, a technological product. What one is the right description?
Dreams are even more mysterious and likewise have no single useful definition.
For about a third of our life we sleep, and most of that period is spent in one form of dreaming or another (REM or NREM dreaming (1)). This means that if you sleep for an average of seven hours a day and live 75 years, 22 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE ARE SPENT DREAMING.
Human life itself is strange and mysterious, and because dreams display the workings of our mind and imagination, they are among the most mysterious and fascinating aspects of our life. Tony Buzan, writing about the complexity and scope of the human brain, says that even comparing it with the vastness and intricacy of a galaxy is a modest analogy. This is because our three and a half pound brain mass has in it about ten billion nerve cells. Each of these cells can link with any of the others through patterned connections which outnumber in scope the atoms in the universe. As we think, as we experience and feel responses, as creativity expresses, our brain flashes through these unimaginable number of patterned connections thousands of times each second. This is beyond our normal ability to imagine, despite the fact it is happening to us personally. Buzan says, "At a mathematical level alone, the complexity is astounding. There are ten billion neurons in the brain and each one has a potential of connections of 1028 In more comprehensible terms, it means that if the theoretical number of potential connections were to be written out, we would get a figure beginning with 1 and followed by about ten million kilometres of noughts."
The human mind has immense possibilities. We see the demonstration of this in the extraordinary things people do, either in their everyday life or in times of crisis. We know from laboratory evidence that people can consciously slow down their heartbeat, change the temperature of their body, solve mathematical problems as fast as any computer, heal their body of illness. Dreams, involving the unwilled action of the brain during sleep, express and often unveil something of the vastness of these inner resources.
Lastly, I've researched on "is there any mystery on dreams?"
According to Dr. Kathleen S. Pfaff, as she discovered throughout scripture, that all of our dreams are messages from God with a purpose in mind; (to expose negative and positive characteristics), to reveal a mystery about ourselves (hidden agendas, talents, gifts, solutions to a problem, warnings of possible illness, and other things about ourselves which we are unaware of). Dreams also reveal future events, potential danger, as well as healing dreams for both the mind and body.
It is sad that among the Christian population there are few who acknowledge the value of their dreams because of ignorance, fear and paranoia which still resides in the church today. We are the population which should be heads above occult religions in the arena of spiritual wisdom, but sadly I find it to be the reverse. It is God the Father who is the Founder and Creator of the "dream language." It began with Abraham in Genesis, appearing throughout the entire New Testament, and has not stopped to this current day.
In fact, dreams should be honored, not ridiculed. Dreams are given to us for the purpose of Spiritual growth, communication with God and healing the soul. If the Prophets of the Old Testament had ignored their visions and dreams, our Bible would never have been written and our Savior would never have lived past the age of two. If Mary's husband, Joseph, had ignored his dream, warning him to flee to Egypt with his family, Jesus would have been killed by the command of Herod.
Without Joseph's prophetic dreams of honor, would he have withstood so much persecution for so many years (Genesis 37:5-9)? Without a vision, would Mary have agreed to her pregnancy, (Luke 1:26-38)? Without a vision, would Moses have risked his life to free the Jewish people from Egypt, (Exodus chapters 3-4)? And what about John's vision of Revelations? Without the prophecies from Isaiah, David, Joel, (and others), would we have recognized the messiah? These are but a few examples listed in the Bible of people who heard from God through a vision or dream and acted upon it.
Dreaming and Prophecy have not stopped, but instead we are witnessing an increase as Joel predicted it would.
"I will pour out my spirit on ALL PEOPLE. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams..."
-Joel 2:28-32


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Offered by GailMountainConsults, Creative Personal Strategic Planning for Women is an eight-part series of basic training workshops focused on women in community with each other taking personal leadership to imagine and execute personal strategic plans that will move them forward. Adaptable (per consultation) to ALL women seeking transformational change, this Program specializes in group coaching single Moms toward economic stability via motivated acceptance of their roles in the pursuit of the goals and objectives that will ultimately result in careers that pay family-living wages.
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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (PRWEB) September 14, 2016
(September 2016) –Penn Community Bank, Bucks County's leading independent, mutual financial organization, is pleased to announce that Vice President Kevin Crawford has joined the Board of Directors of United Way of Bucks County.
"Organizations like United Way of Bucks County have an enormous responsibility to steward their resources for maximum benefit to the communities they serve, and that takes wisdom and experience," said Penn Community Bank President and CEO Jeane M. Coyle. "There are few members of this community whose wisdom and experience are better suited to helping the United Way than Kevin Crawford."
Crawford has worked as a banking and financial services professional for more than 38 years, primarily in Bucks County, and also has taught economics at the college level. He has served on many boards of directors of local organizations, including Foundations Community Partnership, and has volunteered many hours for Doylestown Hospital, now Doylestown Health.
"I'm honored for the opportunity to help guide United Way of Bucks County as we work to bring people together for the greater good," said Crawford. "I am proud, too, to continue to uphold the strong ties between Penn Community Bank and this venerable organization."
Crawford's appointment to the board of one of Bucks County's largest and most effective service organizations is the latest example of the deep bond that exists between Penn Community Bank and the United Way of Bucks County.
Coyle also serves on the organization's board of directors and recently was honored with its Kelton Service Award for her contributions and leadership. Penn Community Bank also is one of United Way of Bucks County's largest donors, holding a year-round campaign to raise money for the organization each year. That dedication was honored this spring when United Way presented its Community Impact Award to Penn Community Bank. The award honors individuals or groups who help build a stronger community by contributing to more than one of the interdependent areas of education, health and wellness, and financial stability.
Accepting the award on the bank's behalf was Todd Hurley, Penn Community Bank's Chief Relationship Officer and Executive Director of the Penn Community Foundation.
"As individuals, we can accomplish only so much," Hurley said, "but as a collective body, we can accomplish a lot, and the efforts that the United Way leads demonstrate how, working together, we can create a stronger Bucks County."
About Penn Community Bank: Penn Community Bank holds more than $1.8 billion in assets and employs more than 300 people at 22 bank branches and two administrative centers throughout Bucks County. As an independent, mutual financial institution, Penn Community Bank is not publicly traded and operates with its long-term mission in mind: to help businesses grow and prosper, to support individuals and families throughout their lifetimes, to strengthen the local economy, and to partner with local organizations to act as a catalyst for positive growth in every market it serves.
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The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is pleased to respond to the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department consultation on the National Scrapie Plan: Scrapie Flocks Scheme. This response has been compiled by the General Secretary, Professor Andrew Miller and the Research Officer, Dr Marc Rands, with the assistance of a Fellow with extensive experience of agriculture and sheep production.
The specific questions identified by the Inquiry are addressed below:
Historically affected flocks
Taking precautionary action on historically affected holdings rather than just newly affected ones seems a sensible move and should help affected flocks to get organised before the compulsory actions planned by the EU for the end of 2003 come into force.
Windows of opportunity
These application windows seem appropriate although flocks with cases both before and after the launch of the compulsory EU Scheme will be governed by the EU regulations once they are introduced.
Time-scale for phasing out non-ARR/ARR genotyped rams
This will be difficult for some breeds and could lead to the loss of other valuable genetic traits. In exceptional circumstances heterozygous rams with especially desirable breed characteristics or production traits could be used on ARR homozygous females in a controlled breeding programme for a limited period of time.
Susceptible ewes
This could again be difficult and undesirable in some breeds and production systems. For example, many other infections such as enzootic abortion and maedi visna can be introduced into "clean" flocks by imported ewes unless care is taken in the choice of source. Similarly in hill flocks the hefting instinct and naturally acquired immunity to certain infections (especially tick-borne diseases) could be lost. Therefore the suggested four-year timescale is the minimum which could be enforced to allow the phased replacement of susceptible ewes by homebred females.
Compensation levels
The figures of £90 for culled susceptible breeding sheep and £50 for culled susceptible lambs are aimed at commercial crossbred sheep and are unlikely to be attractive to pedigree breeders. They would therefore act as disincentives for the latter to join.
Compensation for replacing rams
The compensation payments of up to £500 are again appropriate for commercial flocks and are not going to be attractive for pedigree breeders.
Assistance with genotyping of replacements
This is likely to be most applicable to female replacements where the ratio of two free tests per animal being replaced is appropriate. In future it is likely that the majority of rams offered for sale will be genotyped by the vendor. This is already the case in many breeds where ARR homozygous rams command a premium.
Additional Information
In responding to this consultation the Society would like to draw attention to the following Royal Society of Edinburgh response which is of relevance to this subject: A contingency plan for the possibility of BSE in sheep (January 2002).


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I need your help. I am seeking info on a man who was known as Abner or AA Abbott from Georgia, possibly Laurens County area or Wilkinson county area. He married and had one daughter named Nancy in 1810 then Remarried after his first wifes death. This girl married Henry Larkin Powell and in 1832 started having their children. This Nancy Abbott had half sisters by her father and his new wife. I really need to know if anyone has info on her. I know she died in the 1850-60's because Larkin re-married Martha Matilda Culpepper. I would like very much to trace this line. Please email me with any stories or info you might have.
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner addressed a variety of questions about the budget in a Facebook Live video.
From clarifying false rumors that he had never submitted a budget, to talking about his goals for the state, Governor Rauner spent about 35 minutes speaking directly to residents of Illinois.
After dozens of questions, the governor took a final question from Charlie of Moline. Rauner read the question that said,
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Laughing, Governor Rauner replied, saying, "Charlie, I share your frustration. We need to get our financial house in order. In democracy, politicians, generally they are elected to do what is popular. Democracy votes are based on what is popular."
Governor Rauner went on to explain that what has been popular is spending money, covering it up by borrowing from pensions, and ultimately raising taxes.
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STEC offers pre-NVQ training covering 1st Aid, Health & Safety, Food Safety and much more
STEC offers courses delivering Online Basics and will be offering BCS ECDL later in the year
Our Learning Ambassadors are currently busy promoting learning in South Liverpool
Brand new ground floor offices available to rent now at Unit House, email firstname.lastname@example.com for more details, some photos below.
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Speke Training & Education Centre (STEC) is a
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Year End List.
With everyone posting their year end lists I'm feeling a bit left out. So, for no good reason, here are my favourite tracks from 1997 (some of which might give you a hint as to what's coming up):
10. Stereolab – Miss Modular
9. Mogwai – Mogwai Fear Satan
8. Ben Folds Five – Smoke
7. Beta Band – Dr. Baker
6. Pavement – Type Slowly
5. Radiohead – Climbing Up The Walls
4. Missy Elliott – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
3. Portishead – All of Portishead.
2. Koffi Olomide – Loi
1. Spiritualized – Electricity
Feel free to list your favourites of 1997 in the comments - unless you have something better to do like sniffing your own bellybutton fluff.


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BEST WISHES FOR NEW YEAR – Season Opens on March 3rd
Senoia Raceway extends a Happy New Year to all of our fans, drivers, crew members, staff, family and friends! May your 2018 be one of the best years ever!
We are working hard on our plans for the 2018 season which will begin with an open practice on Saturday, February 24th. This will give our drivers their first opportunity to get back on the gumbo in preparation for the 2018 Season Opener on Saturday, March 3rd!!! We will return with a full program of racing in many exciting divisions and a few new twists to make the action better for our fans and more competitive for our drivers!!!
Circle the date on your calendar – Saturday, March 3rd!!!
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So you know how much I am stressing about Boy's 10th birthday party. Boy is not your normal little boy into sports and fighting and what not. So, how am I supposed to deal with a house full of boys that are?
So I thought we'd enjoy my woods, have a campfire, etc.
Then I saw this:Now what am I supposed to do? Thank God my Aunt D. gave the kids an indoor S'mores maker or I'd be stuck with two bags of marshmallows!


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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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I very much want to read this but I have been unable to access it. Any help some kind soul would give to this sad case ( male obviously) would be gratefully receivedReplyDelete
freddie, did you try clicking on the words "download link" in the second paragraph? Try it and you should be accessing the .pdf of the "Boy's Book," which is downloadable and savable.Delete
This "Boy's Book of Gynarchy" was very funny, but there was some accuracy in certain places too, in terms of how gynarchic family members can interact with each other in everyday situations, as a matter of course. One page that really struck a chord with me was when Jane told her brother Peter, who seemed to be tidying up his toys, "When you have finished here, you will do my room" My sisters rarely had to say anything like that to me,because I knew it was part of my chores anyway, but once in a while I'd get sidetracked and they'd remind me.ReplyDelete
I also thought the last page was cute where Jane says,"Gynarchy is like a butterfly. It is delicate and we must care for it together." Her brother agrees. That might sound humorous, but that's the sort of attitude my mom took, and we all absorbed it and learned to value it.
freddie benjamin, were you finally able to obtain a copy of this? A pdf copy could be sent to you if not.


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Thousands protest over Macedonia
Well over 100,000 Greeks took over Athens' main square Sunday to protest a potential compromise with neighboring Macedonia over the former Yugoslav republic's official name. Chanting "Macedonia belongs to Greece!" the protesters converged in front of parliament, many waving flags bearing the Star of Vergina, of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. A spokesman said he didn't know whether the Macedonian government would react. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was dismissive of the event. About 700 left-wing and anarchist protesters set up a counter-demonstration nearby, bearing banners calling for Balkan unity. "Macedonia belongs to its bears" read one banner. Suspected far-right supporters attempted to attack the counter-demonstration, but were prevented by police. The name dispute broke out after Macedonia gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The country is recognized by international institutions as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, even though about 130 countries refer to it as Macedonia. Many Greeks refer to it by the name of its capital, Skopje. Greece argues use of the name implies territorial claims on its own province of Macedonia, home of Alexander the Great. Skopje officials counter their country has been known as Macedonia for a long time.
Minority groups decry rising aggression, anti-Semitism
Minority group representatives have written to the president to express concern about a rising wave of aggression based on nationality, race and religion. The leaders of Ukrainian, Tartar, Jewish and other groups said in a letter published by the Polish Press Agency late Saturday they especially oppose recent "numerous and loud manifestations of anti-Semitism." They attributed anti-Semitic remarks to lawmakers' passage of legislation seeking to outlaw statements blaming Poles as a nation for World War II crimes committed by Nazi Germany. Israel and international Jewish organizations have strongly criticized the proposal. Historians say some Poles were complicit in the killings, denouncing Jews to the Germans or taking part in killing themselves. Although the bill exempts artistic and research work, Israel and the U.S. say it would infringe on free speech. The opposition to the bill sparked anti-Semitic comments in Poland. Members of the ruling Law and Justice party, including deputy parliament speaker Beata Mazurek, retweeted some of those comments. The minority group leaders called on President Andrzej Duda, lawmakers and the government to "counteract all forms of xenophobia, intolerance and anti-Semitism." Duda has about three weeks to sign into law or reject the Holocaust speech bill.
20 dead migrants pulled from sea
Authorities in Spain and Morocco extended a search-and-rescue operation at sea Sunday after recovering the bodies of at least 20 African migrants a day earlier off Melilla, a Spanish enclave in northern Africa. Most of the bodies, spotted Saturday by a Spanish passenger boat, were recovered by Moroccan authorities. One was found in a separate location by a Spanish police boat and was taken to Melilla for an autopsy. Rescue boats began patrolling "a wider radius" Sunday with the support of a Spanish police helicopter, said Irene Flores, a spokeswoman for the Spanish government in Melilla, amid fears the strong winds and currents that made the seas dangerous would lead the bodies to drift farther. Authorities have not been able to determine exactly when the tragedy occurred, Flores said, nor the migrants' exact route. Melilla is roughly 100 miles from the Spanish mainland and attracts many seeking the promise of life in Europe. It has a land border with Morocco, and refugees try to enter Spain by that border, often by climbing over fences. Spanish authorities are grappling with an increase in attempted sea crossings spurred in part by a clampdown on other migratory routes.
Right-wing extremist shows no remorse for shooting 6 Africans
A right-wing extremist suspected in the drive-by shooting spree that wounded six Africans in a central Italy city was "lucid and determined" and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an official said Sunday. Luca Traini, 28, remained jailed as police investigated him on multiple counts of attempted murder with the aggravating circumstance of "racial hatred" for the two-hour Saturday night attacks in Macerata. The five men and one woman wounded were from Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Mali, according to RAI state television. Authorities seized Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, other publications linked to Nazism and a flag with a Celtic cross from Traini's home Sunday. Traini, who is Italian with a neo-Nazi forehead tattoo, was an unsuccessful candidate last year in a local election for the anti-migrant Northern League party. ANSA news agency quoted acquaintances saying he previously had ties with two neo-fascist parties. One of the people wounded Saturday, a 29-year-old woman identified only as Jennifer, told La Stampa that she no longer feels free to walk around the city "with peace of mind." Five victims, including Jennifer, remained hospitalized and were in stable condition Sunday. — tbt* wires


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Tubac Chamber of Commerce has been successfully producing an annual Art Festival, each February, for the past 55 years. After many requests from our exhibiting artists and festival visitors, a Fall Arts & Crafts Festival has been added. Just in time for Holiday Shopping. There will be over 150 booths lining the streets of the village filled with hand crafted works from American artists. There will also be food vendors and entertainment. Free Event.
- Friday, November 4th from 10 – 5 PM
– Amazing specials on Jewelry from Selected Artists
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Archive for the 'Excel Functions' Category
Who's On First?–Ranking Performance Using Excel
No this isn't a variation on the classic Abbott and Costello comedy routine. It's a discussion of how to use an excel formula to arrange members of a group according to some sort of performance criteria.
One way of finding out who the top performers in a list are is to sort the list in descending order by the value that reflects the performance. Of course, that would mean having to re-sort the list every time you want to see the new ranking.
This article will demonstrate how to perform ranking without resorting the underlying list using formulas. These formulas use three excel functions, LARGE(), INDEX(), and MATCH() to rank individuals according to their total sales.
The companion workbook for this article, RANKER.xlsx can be downloaded from here. All data in the workbook is fictitious.
The Challenge
We have a large list of sales representatives. We want to know, without sorting the list, the names of the top 10 sales people. The leaders list should always display the current top 10 sellers based on current data in the sales representatives list.
At first glance, this problem seems to call for some sort of lookup functionality. Unfortunately VLookup() is not up to the challenge because that function can only use the first column of a table or list as an index to the list. Or list of sales representatives has the person's id or employee number in in its first column.
The more general Lookup() function is also unsuitable because the index list it refers to must be sorted in ascending order.
The Functions
For complete descriptions of the functions used in this example refer to linked help pages, LARGE(), INDEX(), and MATCH().
LARGE The Large() function searches a list of values and returns the value that is in the relative position in the list that you specify. For example, you can find the largest value in a list without having to sort the list. The function is very flexible because it has an argument that lets you specify any specific relative position in the list from 1 (largest value) to the very last position (by specifying a number equal to the total number of items in the list. All this can be done without ever having to sort the list.
INDEX The Index() function returns the value found at a specific position in a list.
MATCH The Match() function searches a list and returns the number of the list row in which the value you have said to search for is found. The example used in this article specifically uses a one-column list. If the list contains duplicate values, Match will find one of the duplicates over and over for as many times as the value is duplicated.
Solving the Duplicates Issue
While the probability of two representatives having exactly the same Sales value may be low, the very possibility that a duplicate might exist necessitates a strategy to deal with duplicates should they occur.
In this example, we have used a bit of formula trickery to create a unique way of identifying duplicate values.
This formula when copied down a column will count the instance of a value in the specified range.
Notice the use of mixed references in the first argument. For this technique to work, the list may not be formatted as an Excel 2007/2010 Table. If the data is formatted as a Table, convert it to a range before entering the formula.
This expression is part of the more complex formula contained in cells F2 to F224 on the Demo_Notable worksheet. When copied down a column the reference to the start of the range remains fixed on E2 while the end of the range and the criteria cell reference are incremented for each successive reference.
However, that's not the formula trickery I mentioned. In order to use the Large() function, we need numeric values. At the same time, in order to create a useful identifier that will not distort results, we need to work with numbers formatted as text. The trick is to convert intermediate calculations to text and then reconvert the final result back to a number, not just the textual representation of the number.
This is what the full formula looks like
When you copy this formula down the column, say to E3, Excel modifies the relative cell references. So in Row 3 the formula would become:
The idea is to convert the Sales value to text with a fixed number of digits and then concatenate the text value with the text representation of the count of duplicates. Simple adding the two values together arithmetically would distort the value and not bring us any closer to having unique value that will distinguish between duplicate instances. COUNTIF() is counts how many times the value of interest occurs in the specified range, which grows row by row as copy the formula down the column.
Here's what the formula looks like when you copy it down several rows. Notice that the second argument of the CountIf() function changes the end of the range being counted for each row the formula is copied to. However, the range beginning is anchored to cell E2 because that part of the reference is absolute.
Caution: Using this technique with a very large list may be very slow. For lists of a few hundred items or less should not be affected.
The Final Solution
Six formulas drive the solution. Here are the formulas from the second row of the try it worksheet. Once the individual formulas have been created they can be copied down their respective columns (using autofill.)
The formula in F2 converts the sales value in E2 to Text and concatenates that value with a four character representation of the result of counting the frequency with which the value in E2 appears. This gives us a unique index value that ensures we will be able to find each instance of the duplicate value.
In I2 the formula finds the value in column E that is x positions from the largest value. H2 contains the value 1, so the formula in I1 returns the largest value from the list. This result is not quite adequate because it can't distinguish duplicate values.
J2 finds the row number of the value in I2. When there are duplicate values in column E, the result in this column will always indicate the first row in which the value occurs.
The formulas in K2 and L2 are very similar to those in I2 and J2 EXCEPT the formula in K2 uses values in column F to determine rank. The forumlas in column F ensure that there are no duplicates to be ranked. The method uses has a significant side effect because it yields an higher rank for the first occurrence of a duplicate and progressively lower ranks for each subsequent occurrence.
The video accompanying this article includes a demonstration of the effect of duplicates on ranking.
The final formula in cell M2 uses the row number calcluation in L2 to find the name of the rep having a particular rank.
Data Validation Using Multi-tiered Lists
I came across this video today which is an excellent tutorial of advanced Excel techniques for data validation. The example uses the Indirect() function as the source for the lists that are used as choices in a 'drop-down'. I will let the video speak for itself.
One thing that the video doesn't mention, is that because the lists validation works with are named ranges, they can actually be on a different sheet than the one that the data validation is used on. Ordinarily, data validation lists must be on the same sheet as the cells with the validation rules.
Conditional Formatting–Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
At one time one of my job responsibilities included budget management and financial reporting for the charity I worked for. Among other things, I had to identify, analyze, and report on variances on each account that was $1,000 or more over or under budget. At the time, my employer operated offices in four locations, with three or four departments in each location. So I had a fair number of accounts (as I recall about 600) to review every month just to identify those that needed further attention.
Keep in mind that personal computers spreadsheet software were, if not in their infancy, still in their very early youth. These were the days of DOS and non-graphic spreadsheets. Colour monitors, were as yet virtually unheard of.
So, at the time, the best solution I could come up with was a conditional formula in cells adjacent to the variance column that displayed an asterisk when the actual value was $1000 or more over or under budget.
The formulas in column G use the ABS() function to calculate the variance. Printed reports had to show this value for all accounts. The formula first calculates the difference between the actual and budget for the account. ABS calculates the absolute value of the result. So whether the variance is positive or negative, it will be displayed as a positive number.
Column H will display asterisks only if the variance is $1,000 or greater. The formulas use the IF() function to test the variance for being equal to or greater than $1,000. If the test is true, the cell displays an asterisk "*". The third argument "" cause the cell to display a blank. "" is known as the empty string. You can use it anywhere that you need to have text with no actual characters.
Welcome to the recent past
By today's standards my solution was rather primitive. With the advent of Graphical interfaces in general and Excel for Windows in particular, conditional formatting became available. With conditional formatting, you can control the format of a cell depending on a rule you create. The format of the affected cells changes automatically depending on whether the rule is true or false whenever the worksheet is recalculated.
So now, something like this became available:
You could set up to three rules so you could highlight cells differently according to the rules you set. So you could visually rank cells according to their values.
Here I have three rules. If the cell value is less than $500.00 the fill colour should be green. If the cell value is $500.00 – $999, the fill colour is yellow. For variances of $1,000 and more, the fill colour is red.
It is also possible to control the formatting of a cell depending on the value of a different cell:
Conditional formatting not only makes it easy to flag serious error conditions (reportable variances in this case) but also enables more pro-active flagging. So, in this example a red cell indicates that variance reporting is required; yellow indicates an account that should be reviewed and monitored; green indicates that no action is needed for the line item at this time. By yellow flagging accounts that may be on their way to a serious variance you can be pro-active and start looking for ways and means to prevent the item from sliding out of control.
Welcome to the 21st Century
Excel 2007 introduced some major enhancements to Conditional Formatting. Now we don't just have a choice of graphics to convey information about our data even more effectively.
Here the conditional formatting in column G indicates the relative value of each variance by the size of the bar. In column H the traffic light icons indicate whether a report is required for the variance, whether the account should be watched more closely, or whether current results for the account are within satisfactory limits.
The possibilities of Conditional Formatting, while not endless, are extensive. Whether your worksheet is strictly a working document designed to help you manage you job responsibilities more effectively, or whether your worksheet is part of a presentation to your boss or others, Conditional Formatting is well worth exploring.
Chart Intermittent Dates
Quote of the day
To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something.
-Walker Percy
Natasha wanted to graph photocopier downtimes to show the duration of each downtime in minutes with data points labeled with the date of the down time incident. Her data list included the date of the copier needed service and the number of minutes it remained out of order. This seems simple enough but when she tried to generate a graph for the year, every day of the year appeared in the graph. That wasn't quite what Natasha was looking for. She wanted to show only dates when there was copier downtime.
Graphing, it seems, assumes that if a series consists of date values then you want a date series showing every date between the first and last dates. Here you see the problem in the graph on the left, and a solution in the graph on the right. In the original data, the first entry is February 12 and the last, December 14. Notice how the graph is display dates from February 12 to December 12.
Because of the size of the graph, the labels display only one date for each of the eleven months.
The graph on the right, on the other hand, has data points only for each of the dates in its data series. (The size of the graph may cause alternate data points to be un-labeled, so the graph might need to be widened somewhat so that each data point has a label. You may also have to format the axis.) Because the X-Axis data is self-explanatory, I have removed the legend from both graphs.
The secret, to paraphrase Fried Green Tomatoes, is in the formula. Actually, it is in a function that the formula uses. TEXT() is a very versatile function, well worth adding to your Excel arsenal
In this example, I have used TEXT() to convert the date values in column B to text values that include the name of the weekday on which the date occurs.
The TEXT() function converts numeric values to text . It takes two arguments, a reference to a cell containing a numeric value and a string to indicate how the text should be formatted.
For example, the formula in cell J3 is:
=TEXT(B3, "ddd mmm dd")
The format string here specifies that the text should begin with the three character abbreviation for the day name followed by a space, the three character abbreviation for the month name, another space, and finally a two digit number for the day.
There are many variations on the format string. Search the Excel help files for Text Functions or point your browser to Office On-line. The help article gives full details of how to specify the format string (the second argument of the function) depending on the numeric value you are trying to convert to text.
The point in this example is that by converting the dates in column B to text, and using the data in column J for the series labels, we can fool Excel into displaying date without having it automatically treating the dates a continuous series from the earliest date to the latest date.
Thanks Natasha for raising the question.


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The Photo
The Whole Story
Increasingly I see many people glued to their mobile devices. In all my work, I try to explore beyond the immediate environment, it's the spaces round the edges that inspire me. My image 'cleaning the top of the world', is all about what we don't see. What can this person see, what is it like to spend your life cleaning the top of a building no one sees? It is my hope that we all take time to look up a bit more and see the stories that are all around us. Don't blame me if you get infected with the incurable lookyup disease!
The Photographer
Photographers enjoy the unique position of being able to explore and reveal a world that not everyone sees. My current project 'Crossing London' aims to highlight the continual importance of the river crossing in setting and establishing modern forms of communication, transport and ultimately power. The body of work will document all 27 London crossings of the River Thames but as we rarely experience them - at dawn.
I also explore social mobile photography through a project known as 'Hidden Self Portraits of a Nation'. Every day we take and abandon self-portraits recorded on demo mobile phone handsets in retail stores - this project attempts to understand some of the behaviour behind this and in time build a candid self portrait of Britain. If you'd like to view this project you can see the images on Instagram and EyeEm.


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Church of the Immaculate Conception
30 North Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
From the Garden State Parkway:
Traveling Southbound - Take exit 151/Watchung Ave/Montclair/Nutley onto Watchung Avenue (CR-655) toward Bloomfield/Montclair, go 1.2 miles. Turn left on Grove Street, go 1.2 miles. Turn right on Claremont Avenue, go 0.4 mile. Turn left on N. Fullerton Avenue, go 0.1 mile.
Traveling Northbound - Take exit 148 toward Bloomfield Avenue (CR-506). Turn right at Bloomfield Avenue and go north about 2 miles. Turn right at N. Fullerton Avenue.
From the West:
Rt. 23 South to Rt. 80 East to Rt. 19 South to
Valley Road Exit (must turn right onto Valley).
Valley Road into Montclair (must pass Montclair State University). Turn left onto Watchung Avenue and left onto N. Fullerton Avenue.
1) Church parking lot - The Main lot is at the corner of Munn Street and Park Street and is accessible from either street. (Munn Street runs one-way only from N. Fullerton)
1) Secondary church parking lot - Turn onto Munn Street then right onto Cottage Place.
2) Public parking lot - on N. Fullerton, just off Bloomfield Avenue
Immaculate Heart Academy
500 Van Emburgh Avenue, Township of Washington, NJ 07676
Route 4 – East or West or Route 17 North:
Take Route 17 North to the Hillsdale/Westwood exit, which is Van Emburgh Avenue. (Exit is immediately after first Linwood Avenue exit in Paramus.) Proceed up hill 1 mile to school on left.
Route 17 South:
Take the Van Emburgh Avenue exit. Follow over Route 17 to second right, which is E. Glen Avenue (first right takes you onto Route 17 North.) Proceed to light and make a left onto Van Emburgh Avenue. School is ½ mile up on the left.
Garden State Parkway North:
Take Exit 168 and bear left to the stop sign at end of exit. Make a left at stop sign onto Washington Avenue and continue to the blinking light. Turn left at the blinking light onto Van Emburgh Avenue. School is ½ mile down on the right.
Garden State Parkway South:
Immediately after first toll, take exit 166 (Westwood/Washington Township). Bear right at stop sign to Linwood Avenue. Make a left onto Linwood and proceed down to Route 17. Take Route 17 North and get off immediately at the Van Emburgh Avenue exit. Proceed one mile up road to school on the left.
West Side Presbyterian Church
6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
From Route 17:
Go West on E. Ridgewood Avenue toward Ridgewood. At the end, turn RIGHT on N. Broad Street. At the light, turn LEFT onto Garber Square. Go under the railroad trestle and continue to follow the road to the traffic light. Turn RIGHT onto W. Ridgewood Avenue. Turn LEFT onto S. Monroe Street. The church is on your right. Parking is in the lot just past the church.
From 208:
Take Goffle Road exit toward Ridgewood. Follow to traffic light at Godwin Avenue (Midland Park Shopping Center is on your right) and turn RIGHT. Make a LEFT turn past the next traffic light onto S. Monroe Street. The church is ahead on the left. Parking is in the lot just before the church.
From the North:
Take N. Monroe Street southward through the W. Ridgewood Avenue traffic light, where the street name changes to S. Monroe. The church is on your right. Parking is in the lot just past the church.
Parking note: West Side's parking lot fills up quickly! Plan to arrive early and give yourself some extra time to park in case the lot is full.


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Austin-based IT management software provider SolarWinds, announced the acquisition of Pingdom, the Swedish startup who develops website monitoring and performance management tools. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
Pingdom's monitoring tech helps the website owners or operations teams to monitor the site's performance and know almost instantly about the performance issues in their websites , DNS or e-mail servers. Seven-year old company claims more than 500,000 clients from around the world as of today.
After the acquisition of Pingdom, the united teams will work on adding new features to the system, like introducing more features about monitoring the slow times too. "Slow is the new down" asserts SolarWinds in the official press release, "If an app is slow, the user experience quickly becomes unacceptable, the business' productivity comes to a screeching halt, and revenue can be lost. Average user's expectation is that websites, mobile apps and SaaS-based applications will perform within 3-5 seconds, and a failure to meet this "requirement" risks abandonment."
Pingdom will remain as a separate company committed to its brand and product offering.


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Kokomo, IN – (StockNewsDesk) – 12/01/2014 — The future index of major indices in the United States retreated from all-time highs after China's economy faced slowdowns in the manufacturing sector and factory activity. Following the disclosure of the economic indicator, gold prices fell to a two-week low while crude oil prices also corrected over 2%. With the Chinese manufacturing and factory activity contracting, there is a high chance that stimulus measures will be taken to boost the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 7.5%
Chinese Manufacturing and Factory Output Slows
The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) continued to contract. The manufacturing PMI came in at 50.3 compared to the Street's expectation of 50.6 and earlier period's reading of 50.8. Lower than expected demand and increasing costs are predominantly responsible for the fall in the manufacturing sector. The PMI index is gradually approaching the 50.0 level, which separates expansion from contraction. Another preliminary reading hints at the slowdown in factory activities as well. Growth in factory activities declined for the first time in six months. The reading came in at 50.0. However, factory output went below the 50.0 level to 49.6; the lowest level since May this year.
Housing Prices Weigh on China's GDP
Housing prices continue to cool and add to the slowing economy. On average, home prices fell 0.4% in November compared to October prices. This was the seventh consecutive month of declination. Chinese policy makers gained investors trust when they decided to cut one-year interest rates to 2.75%. However, they expect more stimulus measures in light of the slowing housing sector and ailing manufacturing and factory activity. Last month, China reported a GDP of 7.4%, lowest in more than two decades. Prevailing weakness in economic numbers point towards further weakness in GDP numbers. Economists predict a GDP growth of 7.1%, which is likely to touch the lowest level in nearly three decades.
The labour market was also not spared from the slowing economy of China. The employment index of China declined for the thirteenth consecutive month. Chinese policymakers fear that at the prevailing pace, the country is vulnerable to face a GDP of 7% and a deflationary situation. Major problems in the Chinese economy include business failures, bad loans and job losses. They may further reduce the interest rates if they think it can help stabilize economic growth and ease the slowdown.
Economic Indicators of the U.S., Euro zone to Impact
In light of lower than expected manufacturing PMI, the gold futures and crude oil futures fell more than 2% each. Gold futures fell to a two-week low of $1,150 while crude oil futures fell to $63 a barrel. The U.S. is set to reveal employment and jobs data on Thursday and Friday. This could decide the trajectory of these commodities in the days to come. Moreover, the euro zone is also set to report their manufacturing and factory activities today, which can also impact the gold and crude prices.


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Stormy Bootleg - Maschine Kit
This Kit and sample pack was made from my Stormy Bootleg which was given away free on Sound Cloud. None of these sounds were sampled from another song. I re-made all of the melodic sounds with Massive etc. All melodies are single notes, so you can play what every melody you like, but it might remind you of something. Check out the video and get the download below!
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Haysville Bike Path is a 5 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near Haysville, Kansas. The trail is good for all skill levels and primarily used for walking, trail running, and road biking. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Paved bike and walking path through Haysville, KS.


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Another reader submitted this unusual photo, taken in Paris, France about 4 years ago. The photo was taken by the Medici Fountain located in the Jardin de Luxembourgh (the Luxembourgh Gardens) in Paris. During the time this photo was taken there was an unsual art exhibit taking place in the park, and "the nose" was part of it. Tres French! Ah-Choo!
Some facts about the Jardin du Luxembourgh: The Medici Fountain was built in 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent of King Louis XIII of France. Designed by Tomasso Francini, a Florentine fountain maker and hydraulic engineer who was brought from Florence to France by King Henry IV, it was in the form of a grotto, a popular feature during the Italian Renaissance period. It fell into ruins during the 18th century. In 1811, at the command of Napoleon Bonaparte, the fountain was restored by Jean Chalgrin, the architect of the Arc de Triomphe. The fountain was moved to its present location in 1864. The long basin of water was built, and the sculptures of the giant Polyphemus, surprising the lovers Acis and Galatea, by French classical sculpture Auguste Ottin, were added to the grotto.
Merci beaucoup, Carole!
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Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Truth of Consensus in Studies of Physical Attractiveness
Document Type
Truth‐of‐consensus methodology presently holds that sex differences in perceptions of physical attractiveness are negligible and may be routinely ignored during prescaling. No determination has been made in the literature of the effects of sexual orientation on this perceptual process. The data presented herein suggest that while sex and sexual orientation of judge are largely irrelevant to prescaling of female stimuli, these variables are important when judging male stimuli. In particular, male homosexuals and male heterosexuals differ significantly in ranking male facial photographs. Thus, experimenters wishing to treat attractiveness levels as known quantities should control for this difference, especially when using a small number of judges for prescaling.
Gender; Physical attractiveness; Sexual orientation
Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Citation Information
Jankowiak, W. R.,
Donovan, J. M.,
Hill, E.
Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Truth of Consensus in Studies of Physical Attractiveness.


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Screen One, and Two, in Gibraltar
In the early seventies Dad and Mum went for a holiday to Gibraltar. There were times when they wanted to do different things. Like Mum wanted to have a siesta while the shops were closed in the afternoon, and Dad was content to do something more fruitful, such as checking out the local pubs.
As a publican himself, many of his ideas for the place back home had often been conceived after seeing something abroad. So that made excellent sense. Or the best of excuses.
This particular afternoon, it being hot and sunny and the open areas not places for a sensible man to be out in, he found a little place he hadn't been to before.
"Good afternoon, sir. What can I get you?"
Dad had already found there was no language barrier in Gibraltar pubs, and the barmen were invariably friendly and efficient. One was never left waiting for a drink.
Not that there was any reason to be kept waiting here, as he'd already noticed that there was only one other customer.
He checked out the back bar, and, dusty on a high shelf, he saw a familiar label. "Is that a bottle of Jameson?"
The barman gave the already spotless counter another wipe. "Yes, sir. You'd like some?"
"I would. And maybe a beer to wash it down?"
The barman nodded and turned to the task, and Dad looked along the bar again. It wasn't his style to drink alone if it wasn't necessary.
The man at the other end had turned too. He raised his glass. "Another Irishman." He had an unmistakable Dublin accent.
"And you're as far from home as I am. Will you join me?"
The Dubliner cocked an eye at his almost empty beer. "I didn't notice the Jemmy bottle, so I'll have one of those, if that's OK?"
The barman had poured Dad's Jameson and was lifting a beer out of the cold cupboard.
"Bring it up here, will you? And give my friend a drop, too." Dad picked up his own glass and walked to join the other man, who put out his hand.
"I'm Joe O'Donnell. From Dublin, as you've probably noticed."
Dad shook with him. "Jim Byrne. I'm from Kilcullen, in County Kildare."
In one way he wasn't surprised that there was a reaction, because he was a very well-known publican, and he'd made his pub world-famous for a variety of reasons. But O'Donnell's recognition wasn't the usual kind.
The man backed off ever so slightly, then reached for the Jameson which had just been poured. "You wouldn't be a publican, would you?"
"I am. The Hideout in Kilcullen. Maybe you know it?"
O'Donnell had the glass in his hand, but it was stopped in a limbo before his lips.
"And would you have been in the cinema business, in the forties, by any matter of chance?"
Dad hadn't believed anybody would've remembered that. "I was. In Kildare, and Portlaoise, and Kilcullen. And a few other places."
A grin came over his new acquaintance's face, and O'Donnell lifted his whiskey and drank it back fast. Then he signalled to the barman to pour them another brace of glasses.
"I know you more than you know, Jim Byrne," he said. "But I never expected to be able to buy you a drink. And certainly not this far from home."
His glass refilled, he raised it. Dad quickly finished his own and picked up the second Jemmy that had just been put down for him. They both drained their whiskeys, though more slowly this time.
"And how do you know me, Joe?" Dad nodded to the barman to set them up again.
O'Donnell grinned. "I work with the Department of Justice. And I have a file—" he lifted his hand almost a foot above the counter "—this thick, about you."
Dad thought for a moment, then, remembering the earlier questions, smiled. "Cine-Variety?"
O'Donnell nodded. "The Cine-Variety. And the Locker Lounge."
There was only one bottle of Jameson in the bar, but they found other equally useful beverages as the rest of the day turned into reminiscence ...
In the early thirties, concerned that live theatre performers were losing their livelihoods because of the popularity of the new cinematography exhibition venues, the Irish Government imposed a national tax on such 'cinemas', although exempting a number of Dublin theatres because they provided both forms of entertainment on a more or less equal basis.
This was fairly well accepted until after WW II — the 'Emergency' in Irish terms — but in the autumn of 1947, in a Supplementary Budget and following representations from the cinema halls most burdened with the tax that they were being unfairly treated compared to the Dublin theatres, the Government introduced a national tax waiver for any cinema that provided in its programme a 'live' performance for a fifty percent of the total show.
It was well meant. But in post-war cinema, 'good' films were getting longer, and the requirement for such a ratio of live shows to film resukted in not just an extra cost, but also very late endings of the programme in a time when very few people had personal transport to get home, apart from their bicycles.
Which is where Dad first came to the attention of the Department of Justice. He and two pals, Tommy Kelly of Portlaoise and Wattie Kehoe of Carlow, had gone into the cinema business some years before, and, because the other pair were heavily involved in their own enterprises, Dad was the managing partner.
In the rural venues where they operated, he found that there was a kind of Hobson's Choice in the business. Either they paid the full cine-variety tax so that they could show films only, and in the process price themselves out of a significant part of the entertainment market in very depressed post-Emergency times, or they could offer the 'dual' live-performance and film show, but time constraints would only allow them to show fairly short films.
So he hit on the idea of 'opening' the cinema at teatime, paying local musicians and dancers to perform until eight o'clock, and then running the full film programme until ten-thirty or whenever. Plenty of time for the customers to enjoy a full-length contemporary movie and still be able to leave in good time to get home at a reasonable hour, or to have a 'jar' on the way home.
Technically the 'show' started at teatime, but in practice the customers only came in for the movie.
Also, because it meant there was no tax to pay, he was able to lower the ticket prices even after paying the live 'performers', so more people could afford to come to the cinemas.
Word got out, and quickly the idea was taken up by the vast majority of the country's 300+ cinema operators. Some managers, though, instead of paying performers to play in the 'dead' time, actually offered their stages to local music teachers for a small fee, as a place for their pupils to be put through their paces. Officially during those sessions, the night's paid entertainment was open to the public.
In June of 1948, following long parliamentary debates, an Amendment to the provisions of the Supplementary Budget ended the 'loophole'.
But the file on Dad had only started ...
In 1960, the then Minister for Justice Charles Haughey TD brought in a major revamp to the liquor licensing laws in Ireland.
It was a 'root and branch' set of new regulation to a tranche of laws which hadn't changed much in more than thirty years, and in some instances a century beyond that. Among the provisions was the elimination of the old 'bona fide' law which allowed anyone who was more than three miles from their home to be served drink beyond the standard closing time. In effect, as 'bona fde travellers', they could be served twenty-four hours a day if the publican was so pleased to do.
Most publicans, though, didn't want to be kept up all night by a couple of doggy-men coming back from Shelbourne Park races, slobbering over a couple of pints. But the new Act did do away with a genuine excuse for having people on the premises 'after hours'.
Over a few drinks with a lawyer pal — later to become a County State Solicitor — Dad came up with an idea to get over the more stringent regulations on closing time, which had become seriously important because his public relations abilities had made The Hideout a very popular pub indeed.
As with all best ideas, the essence was in its simplicity. The pub had a specifically licensed area in a map lodged with its licence, but on the property there were yards and stores which were not licensed to sell alcoholic drink.
Now that there was no 'bona fide' excuse to serve people 'after hours', he set up a lounge in one of the store areas. It had a piano, was comfortably furnished to the same level as the pub itself, and didn't have any direct access to the licensed part of the premises.
What it did have was a room of lockers similar to those which could be found in the changing rooms of a golf club. And customers of the pub could rent a locker for a nominal sum.
During the day any of those locker 'tenants' could ask for, and pay for, any amount of drink they wanted to be put in their lockers. And when closing time came and they had to leave the pub, all of the company simply trooped out the front door and around the corner into the 'Locker Lounge'. Those who weren't 'Hideout Tenants' could be invited as guests by those who were. And could carry with them their own share of drink in 'carry-outs' if they wanted to. With no more disruption than might be involved in going to the toilets, they could all carry on with the fun of the night. But now, for the tenants, using the prepaid-for drink delivered into their lockers.
It was a small thing that got swiftly very big, making the lead story in the Sunday Irish papers and later even featuring on the front of the Sunday Times almost half a century before it had an Irish edition.
The Department of Justice was annoyed, to say the least. But when its experts looked at the legal underpinnings, they found that Dad had 'driven a coach-and-four' through the Act.
Which was not surprising, really, because the barrister who had helped him draw up the legalities of his scheme was later to become an Attorney-General of Ireland.
The local police were equally unhappy, but I'll draw a veil over the embarrassment caused to our Garda Sergeant of the time, who became obsessed with the situation — which was a long way from when he was able to have his own private after-hours drinks in the snug at the end of our public bar.
Again there were 'copycat' followers, and the situation quickly reached the same farcical situation which had required a legal 'fix' for the Cine-Variety 'problem'. It took the Goverment legal eagles two years to get on top of this one, and, if he'd wanted to, Dad could have carried on simply by changing a few words in the 'tenancy' agreement.
But he'd had had his fun. Again. And his publicity, also again. And by the time they closed this loophole also, he'd already moved far along to other things.
Which are for later stories.
"I'm glad to have met you at last, Jim," Joe O'Donnell said as he raised his glass. For which number of times that day, neither could remember, nor needed to by then. The circle had been completed.
But I'd love to know what bar it was in Gibraltar where the Department of Justice met the Hideout in Kilcullen.
It sounds like my kind of place.
[NOTE: This account is based on my current memories of chats with Dad, who is dead now for two decades, and minor details may be slightly fuzzy or awry. But the essential story is pretty well on the ball. The name 'Joe O'Donnell' is ficticious, of course, though the person — and the meeting in the pub — is not.]


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Why choose AHSS for your PhD?
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The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) Graduate Research Centre is the primary point of contact for new AHSS postgraduate research students. The Graduate Research Centre is located in the Foundation Building where an appropriate study environment is provided for AHSS research postgraduates. The Research Administrator, Dr Niamh Lenahan (pictured right), is also located in the Foundation Building, on the Ground Floor. Through this office, students are introduced to the facilities of the centre. Each student is given access to:
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The research postgraduate community are supported and informed of research events, funding opportunities, relevant workshops, seminars and conferences and can also avail of financial support opportunities as part of their research.
- Research Skills and Workshops: The University of Limerick organises regular Generic & Transferable Skills Workshops for Research Students. The Faculty of AHSS also organises workshops for students. Past workshops have included: IT skills, E-Learning, and careers. In addition to this, our postgraduate student community have organised a series of seminars on 'PhD life hacks'. These have included talks on writing, time-keeping, staying motivated, study/life balance, networking and speaking at conferences and more.
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Just a quickie, these are 12mm stainless steel flesh tunnels that have been Purky Gearpunked.
They coincide with the piece I made as a gift for a friend and use the same mokume nendo slab and fractured leaf.
Padding out the interior of the tunnel to make the end plates fit was an interesting challenge.
These pieces are not quite as highly finished as I would hope them to be but illustrate and exciting new Purky direction 🙂
Plus, I hope he liked them ….
Massive amounts of Purky loving!


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Organic is Importantby Jordan Rubin
I'm a proponent of natural foods grown organically; this refers to a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers. Organic agricultural practices cannot ensure that products are completely free of residues, although methods are used to minimize pollution from air, soil, and water. Organic foods are minimally processed without artificial ingredients, preservatives, or irradiation (like from a microwave oven) to maintain the integrity of the food.
Most people, when they think of organic food, picture a head of leafy lettuce or plump red tomatoes fresh from the vine. Organic foods are much more than that: they include cereals, dairy products, and meats, the latter coming from livestock that graze on unsprayed fields of grass and are fed with organic feed, not pumped up with antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food production costs more than conventional foods since larger and more expensive demands are placed upon the producer.
It's less expensive for commercial farmers to raise crops inorganically because they've adopted methods that rely on dousing their fields with chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. These synthetic fertilizers stimulate rapid plant growth, but they bring along unintended circumstances: the fertilizers are made up of nitrogen salts, which return little, if any, vital minerals to the soil. Thus, the nutritive value of foods grown in these soils has declined significantly in the last hundred years. All told, Americans are subsisting on a diet of nutrient-poor foods of both plant and animal origin. The word is getting out that there's a healthier option, which is why the latest buzzword these days is organic.
According to The Cornucopia Institute, the nation's leading organic farming watchdog, the USDA and corporate agribusiness executives are involved in a "conspiracy" that includes "numerous federal violations, regulatory abuse and corporate exploitation." The organization recently published a seventy five page report that explores the approval of questionable artificial additives and chemicals in certified organic foods and misappropriation of appointees to the National Organic Standards Board.
I've reviewed the report personally and was alarmed by several of the accusations, but two particular issues really stood out to me as having the ability to completely undermine the USDA's organic standards.
First, genetically modified ingredients, or any ingredients manufactured using genetically modified substances as a medium, should never be approved under USDA organic standards!
Next, and perhaps most concerning, is the bias towards Big Food that the USDA seems to have when it comes to appointing members to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The NOSB was established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (part of the 1990 Farm Bill). The United States Secretary of Agriculture set up a 15-member board to make recommendations on policies regulating the production and distribution of organic food and products. In order to protect the integrity of this board, there were strict rules put in place about who would serve on the board. Here are the rules:
I urge you to read pages 5-8 of the report, and you'll see that these requirements are at best being grossly manipulated and at worst completely ignored. Instead, the USDA seems to be appointing executives from companies like General Mills, Dean Foods, Campbell's Soup and Smucker's to board positions reserved for farmers, environmentalists and scientists.
These and other accusations in the report must to be thoroughly investigated and swift action taken to prevent any further discrediting of the USDA and the organic food movement, which is why I took the time to sign this proxy and mail it to The Cornucopia Institute.
That being said, I am not against the USDA's organic program. In fact, I think this program has done a great deal to bring transparency and integrity to the organic food movement. I know first-hand that there are many wonderful organic products being produced under the USDA Organic label by hardworking farmers and visionary business owners, and I couldn't agree more with Cornucopia Institute co-director, Mark Kastel's statement when he says, "we implore consumers not to reject organics because a handful of corporations have acted recklessly and the USDA has failed to do their legally mandated job. Organic farmers, and their ethical processing partners, need your support now more than ever."
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AP: E-mails show that Kasich campaign instructed friendly state pension fund execs how to spin losses caused by Lehman Bros. collapse
The Associated Press has an explosive story that shows that Kasich campaign spokesman Scott Milburn instructed state pension executives friendly to the Kasich campaign what to tell the media about revelations of state pension losses attributed to Lehman Bros.
A message obtained by The Associated Press was sent May 3 amid efforts by Democrats to tie the Lehman losses to Kasich. The GOP candidate for governor worked for a time at the now-defunct investment bank.
In the e-mail, Kasich spokesman Scott Milburn told an Ohio Public Employee Retirement System executive to explain that not all the money it lost was a result of the Lehman bankruptcy.
The fund had calculated its Lehman losses at $111 million, significantly lower than a separate figure released by the Democratic state treasurer.
State pension funds are run by boards made up of both Republicans and Democrats. This shows that the Kasich campaign, while publicly declaring that Kasich was not responsible for anything that happened as a result of the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy, privately were telling its supporters how to "spin" the losses and mitigate Lehman Bros.'s role in state pension losses.
In other words, they owned the story. Worse yet, they used their friends in state government to coordinate their media strategy.
This is just the kind of thing that will totally make Lehman Brothers a non-issue in the campaign, right?
Game over, man…