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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Qualifiers – Kilkenny 0-20 Tipperary 1-14
Kilkenny bravehearts put their hands up
Kilkenny 0-20 Tipperary 1-14
By Diarmuid O'Flynn for the Irish Examiner newspaper
To quote a line from William Shakespeare, Tipperary went to Nowlan Park on Saturday evening for this winner-take-all All-Ireland qualifier 'to bury Caesar, not to praise him'. They didn't succeed but what an effort they made, and what an effort it took to repel the would-be assassins! Nowlan Park was a steaming teeming cauldron on Saturday, a sellout crowd of just short of 24,000 who had come to see their hurling gladiators engaged in a fight to the death. The home side had the bulk of the support, the roof almost lifting from the various stands when it was announced that 'there is one addition to the Kilkenny panel…..' and that was as far as the announcer got.
The returning Henry Shefflin did eventually make an appearance in the 65th minute, and almost immediately contributed, muscling his way into space before setting up Richie Power for a crucial point. Arguably, however, as far as events on the field went there was an even bigger announcement before that, another addition to the match programme – injured corner-back Paul Murphy had made an even more miraculous recovery from injury to take his place on the starting 15 and play a crucial role in a match-winning defence superbly marshalled by centre-back Brian Hogan.
"It's hard to single out anyone," said Hogan of the defensive foundation on which victory was built; "Jackie (Tyrrell) came back with a sore calf, supposedly, but the way he was charging out with balls there . "Murph set the tone in the first ten or 15 minutes, came out like a train with balls, no-one going to get in his way. Then you had Joycey (wing-back Kieran Joyce), he's been catching great balls all year — I think Tommy (Walsh, the other wing-back) felt a bit left out so he came in with a few great catches."
Hogan could have added full-back JJ Delaney and himself to those four because in the final quarter it almost became a contest among those Kilkenny backs as to who could make the most spectacular or the most telling catch. Mind you, at the other end the same thing was happening, the Tipperary defensive sextet of Conor O'Brien, emergency full-back Paddy Stapleton (Paul Curran a late cry-off), Michael Cahill, Brendan Maher, Conor O'Mahony and Padraic Maher also in commanding form. The difference, ultimately, was that the Kilkenny attack were able to make just enough inroads into that defence to get the occasional score. Walter Walsh (three points); Richie Hogan, (three points); Richie Power, (two points) and captain Colin Fennelly with one point. That four have scored more, and will score more again, but they will never score more valuable points.
The game was decided only in the last ten minutes, a time when many felt that if Tipperary were to win this was where a Kilkenny side coming off two really hard games in the last two weeks, four defenders over 30, temperature peaking at 26 degrees, would be most vulnerable. They were wrong. It was tied at half-time, 0-9 to 1-6, free-taker Eoin Larkin with five for Kilkenny, on-song Lar Corbett with the Tipperary goal in the 23rd minute but then forced to depart with a pulled hamstring only six minutes later. It was still tied 14 minutes into the second half (0-12 to 1-9), low-scoring but a million-miles-an-hour.
"It was tense and intense," said Brian Hogan, "Even the lead-up to it. Lads were anxious, playing on your home patch you never want to lose, especially when you're playing the neighbours, that adds a little extra pressure. "The match itself was fierce intense, not much of a breeze, the heat, the physicality thrown in top of that. It was a real battle, never very much between us." Even with only two minutes remaining on the clock there was still just two points between them, Tipperary attacking. "Oh God, would someone please speed up that clock!" Barry Henriquez, local Kilkenny radio commentator, implored.
It wasn't necessary and it was Kilkenny, that 'old' defence dominating, who finished stronger. The obituaries? Hold them for a while, the advice of Brian Hogan. "We didn't talk about it but I'm sure players were conscious of it individually — I know I was. We're in this for ourselves, we're in it to win and lads aren't ready to hang up their boots just yet. The realisation was that if we lost today we'd be out of the championship in early July. None of us wanted that as a legacy."
Scorers for Kilkenny: E Larkin (0-11, ten frees); W Walsh (0-3); R Hogan (0-3); R Power 0-2; C F Scorers for Tipperary: E Kelly (0-5, five frees); J O'Dwyer (0-3); L Corbett (1-0); S Callanan (0-2); J Woodlock, J O'Brien, N McGrath, K Bergin (0-1 each).
KILKENNY: E Murphy; P Murphy, JJ Delaney, J Tyrrell; T Walsh, B Hogan, K Joyce; L Ryan, E Larkin; M Ruth, R Power, C Fennelly; TJ Reid, W Walsh, R Hogan.
Subs for Kilkenny: G Aylward for Fennelly (inj. 20); A Fogarty for Aylward (52); H Shefflin for Ruth (65).
TIPPERARY: B Cummins; C O'Brien, P Stapleton, , M Cahill; B Maher, C O'Mahony, Padraig Maher; J Woodlock, S McGrath (c); Patrick Maher, N McGrath, J O'Brien; J O'Dwyer, E Kelly, L Corbett.
Subs for Tipperary: S Callanan for Corbett (inj. 29); K Bergin for S McGrath (35); J Forde for Patrick Maher (53); G Ryan for O'Brien (54); B O'Meara for Kelly (64).
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)
Kilkenny dig deep to beat Tipperary
Report from the GAA.ie web site
GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Phase II: Kilkenny 0-20 Tipperary 1-14
Kilkenny rolled back the years and delivered yet another incredible performance to keep their hopes of retaining the Liam MacCarthy Cup alive with a three-point defeat of Tipperary at Nowlan Park.
With the game perfectly balanced at half-time – Tipperary's Seamus Callanan drew his side level in added time – the Cats delivered a brilliant second half defensive display, with man of the match Eoin Larkin pitching in with 0-11, to progress to Phase III, where they will meet Waterford next Saturday.
Tipperary had taken an early 1-4 to 0-3 lead after Lar Corbett grabbed a goal on the quarter-hour mark, but Tipp's hopes were dealt a huge blow when the Thurles Sarsfields man was forced off with a hamstring injury towards the end of the first half.
John O'Brien's fine point put Tipp 1-8 to 0-10 at the start of the second half, but when they had a great goal chance through Eoin Kelly, his shot deflected out for a 65 by the brilliant JJ Delaney.
Delaney, Jackie Tyrrell and Brian Hogan were immense in the final quarter, when Kilkenny finally started to pull away, Walter Walsh grabbing two crucial scores and Larkin increasing their lead from placed balls.
Kieran Bergin and James Woodlock pegged the Cats back with scores in the final 10 minutes, but Brian Cody decided to bring Henry Shefflin on for the final six minutes, and he set up a score for Richie Power before Colin Fennelly added another point to nudge his side four clear at the death.
Scorers for Kilkenny: E Larkin 0-11 (0-11f), W Walsh 0-3, R Hogan 0-3, R Power 0-2, C Fennelly 0-1.
Scorers for Tipperary: E Kelly 0-5 (0-4f, 0-1 '65), L Corbett 1-0, J O'Dwyer 0-3, S Callanan 0-2, J O'Brien 0-1, N McGrath 0-1, J Woodlock 0-1, K Bergin 0-1.
Kilkenny: E Murphy; P Murphy, JJ Delaney, J Tyrell; T Walsh, B Hogan, K Joyce; M Ruth, L Ryan; TJ Reid, R Power, E Larkin; C Fennelly, W Walsh, R Hogan. Subs: Ger Aylward for Reid (20), Aidan Fogarty for Aylward (52), Henry Shefflin for Ruth (63).
Tipperary: B Cummins; C O'Brien, P Stapleton, M Cahill; B Maher, C O'Mahony, Pádraic Maher; J Woodlock, S McGrath; Patrick Maher, N McGrath, J O'Brien; J O'Dwyer, E Kelly, L Corbett. Subs: S Callanan for Corbett (28), K Bergin for S McGrath (HT), J Forde for Patrick Maher (52), G Ryan for O'Brien (54), B O'Meara for Kelly (63).
Attendance: 23,307
Team News
The Tipperary Senior Hurling team to play Kilkenny in Saturday's All-Ireland Qualifier game at 7pm in Nowlan Park Kilkenny shows 4 changes from the team which lost to Limerick in the Munster semi-final. Conor O'Brien replaces the injured Kieran Bergin at wing-back while up front, John O'Dwyer, Eoin Kelly and Lar Corbett will form a new look full-forward line as Pa Bourke, Shane Bourke and Seamus Callanan drop to the bench.
1. Brendan Cummins (Ballybacon-Grange)
2. Paddy Stapleton (Borris-Ileigh)
3. Paul Curran (Mullinahone)
4. Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields)
5. Conor O'Brien (Eire Og Annacarty)
6. Conor O'Mahony (Newport)
7. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
8. Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh)
9. Shane McGrath (Ballinahinch) Captain
10. Patrick Maher (Lorrha and Dorrha)
11. Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
12. John O'Brien (Toomevara)
13. John O'Dwyer (Killenaule)
14. Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone)
15. Lar Corbett (Thurles Sarsfields)
1. Eoin Murphy Glenmore
2. Conor Fogarty Erins Own
3. J.J. Delaney Fenians
4. Jackie Tyrrell James Stephens
5. Tommy Walsh Tullaroan
6. Brian Hogan O'loughlin Gaels
7. Kieran Joyce Rower Inistioge
8. Michael Rice Carrickshock
9. Lester Ryan Clara
10. Walter Walsh Tullogher Rosbercon
11. Richie Power Carrickshock
12. Eoin Larkin James Stephens
13. Colin Fennelly Ballyhale Shamrocks
14. Richie Hogan Danesfort
15. Aidan Fogarty Emeralds
16. David Herity Dunnamaggin
17. Paddy Hogan Danesfort
18. Padraig Walsh Tullaroan
19. Richie Doyle Barrow Rangers
20. T J Reid Ballyhale Shamrocks
21. Matthew Ruth James Stephens
22. Ger Aylward Glenmore
23. Willie Phelan Dunnamaggin
24. Mark Kelly O'loughlin Gaels
25. Joe Brennan St. Patricks
26. Brian Kennedy St Lactains
Fixture Details
GAA Hurling All Ireland Senior Championship Phase II
Nowlan Park 19:00
Cill Chainnigh v Tiobraid Árann
Referee: Brian Gavin (Uíbh Fhailí)
(E.T. if Necessary)
Ticket Details
This Saturday's game in Nowlan Park is all ticket with unreserved seating;
Prices as follows;
All Stand = €20
All Terrace = €15
Juvenile = €5 (must be accompanied by adult)
Student/OAP = €15 (Pay full price with €5 refund at designated stile with valid ID)
Juvenile Groups = €3 each juv and 1 adult free with every 10. Applications must be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com from the club secs email address.
Applications asap through your Divisional Ticket Co-Ordinator. Don't delay as all seating is on open sale on a first come first served basis.
Tickets are available through clubs only at this stage. The GAA Ticket Office has confirmed that tickets for the Kilkenny V Tipperary Phase II Hurling Championship match in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on Saturday evening next have sold out. This game takes place at 7.00pm and supporters are asked to attend earlier.
Match Coverage
This game will be shown live on TV3
Match Preview
Most previews of the 2013 Championship had Kilkenny and Tipperary slated to meet at some pivotal stage of the season, but nobody could have predicted they would come together in a knock-out game before any of the provincial championships have been decided.
Kilkenny were favourites to retain the Leinster title after last year's so-called hiccup in losing to Galway in the provincial final, but Brian Cody's side lost to Dublin after a replay in the semi-final at Portlaoise last Saturday night and have now gone two years without a Leinster title for the first time since 1997.
Tipperary, too, were expected to claim a third successive Munster title and to come back stronger than ever under new manager Eamon O'Shea after last year's All-Ireland semi-final defeat to the Cats. However, the Munster championship was turned on its head when the Premier County were beaten by Limerick in the semi-final, and as luck would have it they were pitched into Phase 2 of the Qualifiers against their great tormentors of the recent past.
One of the arguments detractors of the hurling qualifiers frequently make is the huge number of lop-sided games they have thrown up since they came in back in 2002. This, however, is quite simply the biggest game in the 11-year history of the 'back door' in hurling and not even the most cock-sure of pundits is willing to put their neck on the line to call it.
The fact that Tipperary or Kilkenny will be out of the 2013 Championship by 8.30pm on Saturday night is something people have been attempting to come to terms with since Kilkenny's replay defeat to Dublin on Saturday. Kilkenny have made 16 All-Ireland semi-finals in a row while Tipperary haven't been idle at this time of the year since 1999. It all feeds into the unmistakable sense that the bases of power are shifting, and with Limerick, Clare and Dublin on the rise, there's a hint of revolution in the air.
Given their prowess in the provincial championships, this is unsurprisingly their first-ever meeting in the qualifiers. The sides have met in each of the last four championship seasons, however, with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 games all being All-Ireland finals. Last year's encounter, an All-Ireland semi-final, was the exception in every sense given the Cats romped to an 18-point victory after three evenly matched and very exciting games.
While those games can't be discounted, the Allianz League final this year is a far more relevant reference point. A full-blooded and thoroughly enjoyable game played at a packed Nowlan Park at the start of May, it was a championship game in everything but name. Largely thanks to a brilliant first half performance from Michael Fennelly, who scored 2-3 playing in an attacking role, the Cats won by 2-17 to 0-20 in a fiery game that saw JJ Delaney and Lar Corbett red carded.
That was Kilkenny's tenth successive competitive victory at Nowlan Park, with their last defeat coming back in March 2010 when they lost an Allianz League game to Galway. Crucially, Kilkenny are short a number of key personnel from the league final, with Michael Fennelly and Paul Murphy still out of contention and Jackie Tyrrell, who is named in the side, still recovering from a quad injury. Henry Shefflin hasn't been named in the squad, but that won't stop the rumour mill spinning about a potential late inclusion on Saturday night.
While Kilkenny look significantly weakened in key areas, Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea has selected from a full squad and has made four changes from the side that lost to Limerick. The one change in defence is enforced, Conor O'Brien replacing the injured Kieran Bergin. However, he has completely replaced the full-forward line, Eoin Kelly earning a recall, Lar Corbett returning from injury and John O'Dwyer getting a start after hitting 1-3 when coming off the bench the last day.
It's little surprise O'Shea has made so many changes in attack given his side were outscored by 0-8 to 0-2 in the closing 21 minutes of the Limerick game, and they look a stronger attacking unit now, with Jason Forde also poised to play some part from the bench having been ruled out the last day through illness.
Kilkenny boss Cody has made two changes from the Dublin game. Lester Ryan and Colin Fennelly are named in the starting XV in place of TJ Reid and Cillian Buckley, both of whom are reported to be carrying knocks.
Kilkenny have now been in action on three of the last four weekends while Tipperary have had nearly a month to regroup since the Limerick defeat. The Cats are starting to show signs of wear and tear, especially in defence, and if a new-look Tipperary attack can fire on Saturday, Kilkenny could be looking at their earliest championship exit since 1996.
Rarely has a game at this stage of the season been so keenly anticipated, with the 'sold-out' signs going up over Nowlan Park last Tuesday after an unprecedented demand for tickets.
Kilkenny: E Murphy; C Fogarty, JJ Delaney, J Tyrrell; T Walsh, B Hogan, K Joyce; M Rice, L Ryan; W Walsh, R Power, E Larkin; C Fennelly, R Hogan, A Fogarty.
Tipperary: B Cummins; P Stapleton, P Curran, M Cahill; C O'Brien, C O'Mahony, P Maher; B Maher, S McGrath; P Maher, N McGrath, J O'Brien; J O'Dwyer, E Kelly, L Corbett.
Tipperary-Kilkenny – Last 5 Championship Clashes
2012: Kilkenny 4-24 Tipperary 1-15
2011: Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 1-16
2010: Tipperary 4-17 Kilkenny 1-18
2009: Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 0-23
2003: Kilkenny 3-18 Tipperary 0-15
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Qualifiers – Clare 1-32 Laois 0-15
Clare 1-32 Laois 0-15
Report from the RTE.ie web site
Clare destroyed Laois by 1-32 to 0-15 to reach Phase 3 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship at Cusack Park in Ennis. A late goal from substitute Shane O'Donnell was the cherry on top for Clare, who registered scores from play from 15 players, including 13 starters. Clare led by 0-17 to 0-08 at half-time and they never let up on a lacklustre Laois, whose first year under Seamus Plunkett's management ended in severe disappointment.
Colin Ryan hit 0-11 for the Banner men, but Peter Duggan and Darach Honan also logged strong displays. After disappointing in the manner of their defeat to Cork in the Munster championship, Davy Fitzgerald will be thrilled with the way he side never let up against Laois. Leading by nine points at the break and by 15 after 50 minutes, the temptation must have been to rest up ahead of next week's clash with a phase one winner.
Fitzgerald did empty the bench, but they all hit the ground running and registered solid displays to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Clare led by 0-06 to 0-03 after just eight minutes, but the impressive Zane Keenan hit his third point of the game to reduce that to two. That would be Laois' last score until the 27th minute. By that stage, Clare had accelerated clear with seven points in a row to lead by 0-13 to 0-04. Stephen Maher stopped the rot for Laois, but by half-time the nine-point lead had been restored thanks to Ryan's accuracy from frees.
Laois started the second-half brightly and Maher once more registered a score after Honan hit a great point from the left for Clare. But the Banner men took total control of the game and hit seven of the next eight points. At this stage, it was just pride in the jersey that was keeping Laois going as the result was beyond doubt, but when Keenan flashed a 20-metre free over the bar in the 57th minute their challenge ground to a halt. Clare continued to pile on the scores, and when O'Donnell hit the net in the 68th minute, it just compounded a cruel day for Laois.
Clare: P Kelly; D O'Donovan, D McInerney (0-01), C Dillon (0-01); B Bugler (0-01), P Donnellan (0-01), P O'Connor (0-01); C Ryan (0-11, 0-08f, 0-02'65), P Duggan (0-04); J Conlon (0-01), T Kelly (0-01), C Galvin (0-01); P Collins (0-02), D Honan (0-03), C McGrath (0-03).
Subs: S O'Donnell (1-00) for Honan (42 mins), A Cunningham for Conlon (53 mins), L Markham (0-01) for Galvin (56 mins), S Morey for Bugler (58 mins), J Clancy for Ryan (61 mins).
Laois: E Reilly; B Stapleton, D Maher, J A Delaney; J Fitzpatrick, M Whelan, G Burke; C Healy, J Walsh; S Maher (0-05, 0-03f), Z Keenan (0-04, 0-01f), T Fitzgerald; J Brophy (0-01), W Hyland (0-03), B Dunne.
Subs: PJ Scully (0-02) for Brophy (24 mins), C Dunne for Walsh (34 mins), B Duggan for Dune (44 mins), B Conroy for Fitzgerald (60 mins), A Collier for Healy (62 mins).
Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork)
Team News
The Clare Senior Hurling team is as follows –
Patrick Kelly (Inagh-Kilnamona); Domhnall O'Donovan (Clonlara), David McInerney (Tulla), Cian Dillon (Crusheen); Brendan Bugler (Whitegate), Patrick Donnellan (O'Callaghan Mills), Patrick O'Connor (Tubber); Colm Galvin (Clonlara), Colin Ryan (Newmarket-on-Fergus); John Conlon (Clonlara), Tony Kelly (Ballyea), ; Peter Duggan (Clooney/Quin); Padraic Collins (Cratloe), Darach Honan (Clonlara), Conor McGrath (Cratloe).
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifiers Round 2 – Laois 3-17 Clare 0-10
Micko's managerial reign reaches inevitable end as Clare fail to fire
By Ewan MacKenna for the Irish Examiner newspaper
Clare 0-10 Laois 3-17
On this day of all days, perhaps it's best to leave the first words to the greatest. "It was a difficult way to finish up, but the lads did their best against a very good side. But I took this on for one year only and that has ended now. That is it. I won't say any more beyond that." And with that, the speculation was flung about like a beach ball and journalists rushed for laptops to type up tributes. If it was the end of Mick O'Dwyer, and not just his time in Clare, it wasn't befitting as a couple of moments off the field showed you just what he was up against here. Long before the start, some stewards hanging around the press box were asked about what he'd done for the county. "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear," was the stark reply. If that was bad, the exodus at the end of the hurling was worse, as yellow and blue evacuated, leaving the greyness of the terracing in its place. "We'll leave these fools to their basketball," one fan said as he rushed for the gates.
If he'd hung around a little longer, he would have seen a decent effort from his county for a half-hour. At that point, they led 0-6 to 0-2, Rory Donnelly kicking two outstanding points while David Tubridy, as always, kept his side ticking along. In attack, Laois lacked movement; passing and shooting were awful (11 wides in the half), they struggled physically and the defence lacked intensity, allowing Clare to eke out scores with safe hand-passing moves.
Little did we know at that point, but Laois had tricked us. It was like the child trying to get into a car, only each time he reached the door the adult laughed and hit the accelerator. A Darren Strong point before the break started it, then Donie Kingston fed John O'Loughlin for a goal and at the interval they somehow led 1-7 to 0-6. That broke the home spirit. Soon after the break Strong set up David Conway to hit the net and, in a 16-minute spell, Laois had outscored their opponents 2-9 to 0-0. The towel thrown in, Ross Munnelly added another goal as all eyes turned to the sidelines.
"They just didn't seem to be able to get their teeth into the second half," said Justin McNulty. "We got the first goal and got a bit of momentum. Clare just couldn't recover. I suppose the extra game helped us but when a team starts to build confidence, that's critical. Once a team realises that, that's when they start to get results. Also we know we have got major improvements to make." But the last word can only be about one man. "It'll be a huge gap," said McNulty of his counterpart. "Micko has had some career and he can retire with dignity, whenever that time comes. Now might not even be that time."
Scorers for Clare: D Tubridy 0-6 (5f), R Donnelly 0-2, G Kelly 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.
Scorers for Laois: R Munnelly 1-4 (3f), J O'Loughlin 1-1, D Strong 0-3, D Conway 1-0, C Begley, D Kingston(1f) 0-2 each, K Lillis, P Clancy, C Meredith, E Costello (f), T Shiel (f) 0-1 each.
CLARE: Joe Hayes; Gordan Kelly, L Healy, M McMahon; D Callinan, John Hayes, Graham Kelly; G Quinlan, C O'Connor; S McGrath, I McInerney, A Clohessy; D Tubridy, G Brennan, R Donnelly.
Subs for Clare: C Dunning for Clohessy (h-t); C Dixon for G Kelly (h-t); S Ryan for McGrath (48); J Keane for O'Connor (60); P McMahon for Brennan (63).
LAOIS: E Culliton; P O'Leary, M Timmons, P Begley; D Strong, K Lillis, P McMahon; P Clancy, J O'Loughlin; B Sheehan, C Meredith, C Begley; R Munnelly, D Kingston, D Conway.
Subs for Laois: C Kelly for Kingston (46); E Costello for Kelly (51); D Booth for P Begley (53); C Boyle for Clancy (55); T Shiel for C Begley (57).
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Laois 3-17 Clare 0-10
Report from the RTE.ie web site
Mick O'Dwyer stepped down as Clare manager after powerful periods immediately before and after half-time was enough to see Laois past his Clare side, 3-17 to 0-10, in round two of the qualifiers in Cusack Park, Ennis. O'Dwyer's has decided not to seek a second year in charge of the Banner men on the back of this defeat.
Goals either side of the break from John O'Loughlin and David Conway set Laois on their way to victory, but they cut lose in the second-half, allowing Clare just four points in a stingy defensive display. Ten minutes before half-time Clare had led by four points after a strong opening period, but they failed to hit the target for the next 27 minutes until David Tubridy landed his fourth point. But by that stage Laois had the win secured and led by 2-12 to 0-07 after their forwards finally found the target after hitting ten wides in the first-half.
Initially Clare made plenty of progress by feeding direct ball into Ger Brennan, who once again braved a broken rib to line out for the Banner. He was involved in everything good that Clare did early on and, after his move to the edge of the square, the points began to flow for Clare. Darren Strong had given Laois the lead in the second minute, but Clare hit back with three in a row from David Tubridy (2) and a great score from Rory Donnelly in the ninth minute.
Laois looked in slight disarray at this juncture, especially when Tubridy and Donnelly found the target again to open their lead out to 0-05 to 0-02. It could have got a lot worse for the O'Moore men in the 25th minute when wing-back Graham Kelly charged down on goal, only for his blistering drive to clear the crossbar. But that's where Clare's positive day ended and Laois went on to hit 1-05 before and after half-time to end the contest. The key score arrive in the 31st minute when O'Loughlin finished smartly to the net after Donie Kingston's clever pass over the top, but five minutes after the restart David Conway found the top corner for a splendid goal to end any Clare hopes. David Tubridy kept Clare's score respectable with three second-half frees but, late on, Munnelly palmed to the net form close range to crown the Laois win.
Laois: E Culliton; P O'Leary, M Timmons, P Begley; D Strong (0-03), K Lillis (0-01), P McMahon; J O'Loughlin (1-01), P Clancy (0-01); B Sheehan, C Meredith (0-01), C Begley (0-02); R Munnelly (1-03, 0-02f), D Kingston (0-02, 0-01f), D Conway (1-01).
Subs: C Kelly for Kingston (46 mins), E Costello (0-01, 0-01f) for Kelly (51 mins), D Booth for P Begley (53 mins), C Boyle for Clancy (55 mins), T Shiels (0-01, 0-01f) for C Begley (57 mins).
Clare: Joe Hayes; G Kelly, L Healy, M McMahon; D Callinan, John Hayes, G Brennan; G Quinlan, C O'Connor; S McGrath, I McInerney, A Clohessy; R Donnelly (0-02), G Kelly (0-01), D Tubridy (0-06, 0-05f).
Subs: C Dunning for Clohessy (h-t), C Dixon for G Kelly (h-t), S Ryan (0-01) for McGrath (48 mins), J Keane for O'Connor (60 mins), P McMahon for Brennan (63 mins).
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Match Preview
Clare and Laois meet for the third time in the Qualifiers at Cusack Park on Saturday, where the footballers round off a double header of action in both codes between the counties.
In the very first year of the Qualifiers, back in 2001, Laois enjoyed a 0-13 to 1-6 Round 2 win over the Banner County at O'Moore Park, and then a year later repeated the dose when they ran out 1-19 to 1-6 winners at the same stage of the competition.
Clare performed very well in their Munster semi-final defeat to Cork, with midfielder Gary Brennan and corner back Martin McMahon standing out in a 1-20 to 1-11 defeat. Laois were soundly beaten by Louth in Leinster, but recovered very well to beat Carlow by 3-13 to 0-12 in Round 1 of the Qualifiers last week, despite being short four players who have left for the US for the summer.
Clare manager Mick O'Dwyer comes up against a county he managed from 2002 to 2006 and famously led to a Leinster title in 2003. However, the Kerry legend says he has little or no inside information on his former charges.
"I wouldn't have much close knowledge, quite a lot of them are new players. I'd know about five or six of the team all right but the rest of them I wouldn't know too much about," he said.
"They played very well against Carlow, they'd a big win and they only came down from Division One recently. They're above us and have plenty of experience playing top level teams but we're looking forward to it."
TG4 Munster Ladies Football Senior Championship – Kerry 8-25 Clare 1-10
Kerry defeated Clare by 8-25 to 1-10 in the TG4 Munster Ladies Football Senior Championship on Saturday July 6th at Scartaglin.
TG4 Munster Ladies SFC round-up
By Jackie Cahill
WILLIAM O'Sullivan's Kerry ran riot against a depleted Clare in Scartaglin on Saturday evening to book their place in next Saturday's TG4 Munster ladies senior football championship final. The Kingdom scored a massive 8-25 to 1-10 win against the Banner County to set up a showdown with provincial and All-Ireland champions Cork in Castletownroche. Kerry have already beaten the Leesiders in this year's Munster championship but to capture the silverware on offer, they must win again, and this time on Cork soil.
After six minutes of Saturday's tie, Kerry and Clare were level at 1-1 apiece as Laura Rogers and Niamh O'Dea exchanged early goals. But quickfire goals from Rogers and Margaret Fitzgerald put Kerry firmly in the driving seat and they led by 3-2 to 1-2 after ten minutes, and by 5-11 to 1-3 at half-time. Clare were no match for a rampant Kerry as an administrative mix-up saw a number of their players book holidays. And John Burke's charges were outclassed by a ruthless Kerry, who inflicted a massive 36-point defeat on the visitors. Patrice Dennehy and Louise Galvin added further goals before the break and there was no let-up in the second half as Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Deirdre Corridan and Fitzgerald netted.
Next weekend sees all four provincial finals down for decision. In Ulster, Monaghan will meet Tyrone next Sunday at Celtic Park, with Mayo and Galway battling it out in the Connacht decider at Tuam Stadium. On Saturday, Cork and Kerry collide in another Munster final and in Leinster, Meath will face Dublin at Dr. Cullen Park in Carlow.
Senior Championship
Saturday 6th 2013
Kerry v Clare
Venue: Scartaglin
Time 5pm
Ref: Mike O Keeffe (Cork)
Match Preview
Clare face a tough assignment away to Kerry on Saturday, having already suffered a 0-20 to 0-8 defeat to cork in Shannon they must beat Kerry to give themselves a chance of at least a play off place. Kerry will come into this game on a high having already defeated the All Ireland champions Corks. A feat which is their first in Munster for 10 years.
John Burke spoke about the positives of his team following their game against Cork, that they were still very much in contention until the 47th minute, where they trailed Cork 0-13 to 0-8. He was also pleased that they gave up no goal chance to Cork however he will have concerns that his team only kicked 1 wide such was the lack of passion his forwards enjoyed. Niamh Keane and Louise Henchy should start at midfield, Niamh O'Dea as always be a danger on the 40 which inside the Considine sisters Ailish and Eimear are well capable of converting if given the ball. However for Clare it will be their defence that will come under most pressure and Fiona Lafferty, Lorraine Kelly and Marie Considine can expect a long hour's work.
Kerry on the other hand have not overplayed their win against Cork. Their manager William O'Sullivan has played up the importance of this game against Clare as Kerry's most important one under his 4 year reign. Kerry will look to their attack unlock Clare and Louise No Mhuirteartaigh, Sarah Houlihan, Laura Rogers and Patrice Dennehy will all be used to good effect. Bernie Breen and Emma Sherword should provide a platform for Kerry while Aislinn Desmond will anchor the Kerry defence at Full Back
Match Preview
TG4 Ladies Munster SFC preview
By Jackie Cahill
CLARE manager John Burke is travelling with a depleted squad for Saturday's crunch TG4 Munster ladies senior football championship clash with Kerry. An administrative error has robbed Burke of key personnel for the visit to Scartaglin (5.0).
Kerry were already raging hot favourites following their stunning victory over Cork and the Banner County's task has now become a virtual mission impossible.
Former Dublin manager Burke, a native of Ennis, revealed that some of his players took holidays when they read that the Kerry game was fixed for Saturday week, July 13.
But this information was erroneous as the provincial decider is down for decision in Castletownroche on that date.
Burke confirmed: "They're not back until the Saturday night. We looked for a postponement but Kerry said no. We're travelling with 25 players and 15 of them are minors. We said that we would travel down to Kerry on the Sunday morning and play them before the men's Munster final but they weren't having any of it so the game goes ahead on Saturday night."
Burke admitted: "I picked up on it three weeks ago. The error was corrected but we've been left in the middle of the ocean."
Former Allstar nominee Louise Henchy, Sue Higgins, Emma O'Driscoll, Fiona Lafferty and Lorraine Kelly will not feature for Clare as a result.
Burke said: "That's our gel – that's our team. They're all on holidays and had it booked. We have to look at our own administrators in Clare and at home and how things are managed here. But there's no point in pointing the finger – I should have been more proactive about the situation.
"I didn't see it and that's the situation we're now in."
Kerry are hotly-tipped to beat Clare, who have already lost to Cork, and that would set up another provincial final showdown with the Rebelettes.
Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – Cork 5-18 Dublin 0-4
Cork defeated Dublin by 5-18 to 0-4 in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship on Saturday at Pairc Ui Rinn.
Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – Offaly 1-15 Tipperary 0-10
Offaly defeated Tipperary by 1-15 to 0-10 in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship on Saturday July 6th at Banagher.
Team News
The Offaly Camogie team in full is –
1. Eleanor Clendennen (Kinnitty)
2. Fiona Stephens (Drumcullen)
3. Triona McDonald (Kilcormac/Killoughy)
4. Marian Crean (Shinrone)
5. Linda Sullivan (St Rynaghs)
6. Michaela Morkan (Shinrone)
7. Sheila Sullivan (Birr)
8. Aoife Kelly (Lusmagh)
9. Siobhan Flannery (St Rynaghs)
10. Ann Marie Guinan (Drumcullen)
11. Lorraine Kenna (Kilcormac/Killoughy)
12. Debbie Flynn (Kilcormac /Killoughy)
13. Rachel Brennan (St Cillians)
14. Elaine Dermody (Drumcullen)
15. Tina Hannon (Naomh Bríd)
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifiers Round 2 – Galway 1-12 Waterford 0-14
Galway squeeze past brave Déise
Galway 1-12 Waterford 0-14
By John Fallon for the Irish Examiner newspaper
We should have known from the weather that something strange was about to happen in Pearse Stadium on Saturday. Throughout the country, people were basking in warm sunshine. But in Salthill it was chilly, wet and windy. It was in such a Dickensian setting that Galway's championship hopes came so close to an inglorious end as Waterford came within a whisker of perhaps their greatest football win of the modern era.
It was dark and gloomy by the seaside and Galway's football reflected that. They were 23 minutes of the second half without getting a score into the stiff wind. In that time, Waterford turned around a three-point interval deficit with six unanswered scores. Rightly, they started to dream big. They were three up with 15 minutes left and Galway, who won their first qualifier game in nine years the previous week, were struggling to get a foothold.
Another Waterford point would probably have sealed it. Instead, Sean Armstrong stopped the rot with a free 12 minutes from time, then sub Michael Martin reduced it to the minimum before Armstrong set up Michael Meehan for the decisive score, a goal six minutes from the end. "I am so proud of them," said Waterford manager Niall Carew. "But we are devastated. We left it behind us. We were three points up midway through the second half and we had two other chances and missed them. You have to take those chances at this level and we rued them at the end. We are gutted. "We worked so hard since the Kerry game. I supposed people forgot we were right in the Kerry game for 40 minutes but we knew there were positives from that game and while we got a performance today, it wasn't enough and I'm gutted for the lads," said the Kildare native who took charge last December.
The last time Galway won successive qualifier games, they went the whole way and won the All-Ireland in 2001 but for long periods on Saturday it seemed that the latest chapter in their dismal back door exits was unfolding. "We are relieved. We got the result we wanted, we definitely didn't get the performance we hoped for. We managed to get out by a point, we are happy with that, we are in the pot for the next day," said Galway manager Alan Mulholland. "But we were up against the wall at the end. With about 15 minutes left, we were three points down and playing into a stiff breeze, so we battled hard, got 1-2 in the end and managed to squeeze it out."
Paul Whyte was the key figure for Waterford. The 21-year old hit eight points, half of them from play, in a magnificent performance. His accuracy helped Waterford recover from a blistering start by the Tribesmen which saw Meehan shoot three points in the opening six minutes. Whyte led the comeback along with Andy Doyle and they were in with a fighting chance when they only trailed by 0-10 to 0-7 at the break, having pulled plenty of men back behind the ball and crowded their defence.
The constant mist and rain made conditions difficult for both sides but Waterford used wind advantage well after the restart with skipper Gary Hurney landing a brace of points as Whyte continued to torment the home defence. Waterford landed six points in a row before Armstrong finally got the home side's first point of the half after 58 minutes after Paul Conroy got on top in the middle of the field for Galway. Sub Michael Martin reduced it to the minimum two minutes later before Armstrong had a chance to equalise but spotted Meehan free inside and the Caltra man blasted the ball to the net from close range.
It was a cruel blow for Waterford and while Whyte reduced the margin to a point with a 45, Galway kept possession in the dying moments. The final whistle was greeted with relief from the home following in the crowd of 2,345. By the time they got to their car radios, cold and wet, they were reminded that the rest of the country was struggling to deal with the sunshine. Farmers and fishermen pay a lot of heed to the weather. Perhaps footballers should do so too.
Scorers for Galway: M Meehan 1-5 (0-1f), P Conroy 0-4 (2f), S Armstrong 0-1 (f), D Cummins 0-1, M Martin 0-1.
Scorers for Waterford: P Whyte 0-8 (3f, 1 '45), G Hurney 0-2, A Doyle 0-2, T Grey 0-1, B Wall 0-1.
GALWAY: M Breathnach; C Forde, F Hanley, J Duane; C Doherty, G O'Donnell, G Sice; P Conroy, G Higgins; J O'Brien; S Armstrong, M Farragher; D Cummins, M Meehan, M Hehir.
Subs for Galway: K Kelly for Forde (28), M Martin for Hehir (45), T Flynn for Higgins (49), S Denvir for Doherty (52), F O Curraion for O'Brien (60).
WATERFORD: S Enright; N Walsh, T O'Gorman, M O'Gorman; C O'Keeffe, S Briggs, C Phelan; T Prendergast, S Ahearne; T Grey, G Hurney, A Doyle; B Wall, P Whyte, L O Lionáin.
Subs for Waterford: R Ahearne for Wall (60), D Allen for Prendergast (68).
Referee: D Fahy (Longford).
Galway 1-12 Waterford 0-14
Report from the GAA.ie web site
A Michael Meehan goal six minutes from time rescued Galway from one of the shocks of the summer as they finally edged out Waterford at Pearse Stadium. Galway led by 0-10 to -7 having played with the wind but Waterford scored six points without reply after the restart to surge 0-13 to 0–7 in front with 15 minutes left. They still led by a point when Sean Armstrong set up Meehan for the only goal of the game to deny Waterford a famous win.
Waterford kept plenty of players behind the ball in the opening half when they were playing against the wind and Galway struggled to break them down. Galway had started promisingly with three points from Meehan in the opening six minutes, but they struggled to build on that promising start and only led by a goal at the interval. Waterford seized control after the restart and with man of the match Paul Whyte in superb form — he scored 0-08 in a magnificent display — they quickly reduced the deficit.
Four of his points from play and he leveled the sides after 46 minutes with his fourth effort. Whyte added two more in addition to one from captain Gary Hurney and Galway looked to be in serious trouble. They went 23 minutes of the second-half before they got their first score, a pointed free from Armstrong and then after Michael Martin reduced the margin to a point, Armstrong set Meehan up for the crucial score of the game and the Galway full-forward blasted to the net. Whyte landed a 45 to leave the minimum between them but Galway held on for victory in the end to book their place in the third round in two weeks.
Galway: M Breathnach; C Forde, F Hanley, J Duane; C Doherty, G O'Donnell, G Sice; P Conroy (0-04, 0-02f), G Higgins; J O'Brien; S Armstrong (0-01f), M Farragher; D Cummins (0-01), M Meehan (1-5, 0-01f, 0-01 '45), M Hehir.
Subs: K Kelly for Forde (28 mins), M Martin for Hehir (45 mins), T Flynn for Higgins (49 mins), S Denvir for Doherty (52 mins), F O Curraion for O'Brien (60 mins)
Waterford: S Enright; N Walsh, T O'Gorman, M O'Gorman; C O'Keeffe, S Briggs, C Phelan; T Prendergast, S Ahearne; T Grey (0-1), G Hurney (0-02), A Doyle (0-02); B Wall, P Whyte (0-08 0-03f, 0-01 '45), L O Lionáin.
Subs: R Ahearne (0-01) for Wall (60 mins), D Allen for Prendergast (68 mins).
Referee: D Fahy (Longford)
Team News
Waterford Team v Galway – All Ireland Qualifiers in Pearse Stadium, Galway at 2.30 on Saturday –
1. Stephen Enright Ballinacourty
2. Thomas O'Gorman Nire
3. Niall Walsh Kilrossanty
4. Conor Phelan Brickey Rangers
5. Tadhg Ó hUallacháin An Rinn
6. Shane Briggs Ballinacourty
7. Andy Doyle Stradbally
8. Shane Aherne Stradbally
9. Maurice O'Gorman Nire
10. Tommy Prendergast Kilrossanty
11. Tony Grey Stradbally
12. Liam Ó Lonáin An Rinn
13. Paul Whyte Kilrossanty
14. Gary Hurney Ballinacourty CAPTAIN
15. Robert Aherne Stradbally
Match Preview
It may not have captured many headlines last weekend, but Galway's win over Tipperary was significant in that it was the county's first win in the Qualifiers since 2004, finally bringing an end to a disastrous run of six straight defeats in the back door.
It may not have been pretty and they may have just about scraped over the line in the end, but Alan Mulholland's side exorcised some of the demons from their Connacht quarter-final trimming by Galway and now have a clear path to Round 3, and perhaps beyond, if they can beat Waterford in Salthill on Saturday.
While Galway's record in the Qualifiers is poor, Waterford have won just one qualifier game in the last 12 years, a 1-17 to 0-13 defeat of London in 2011, and their only game in the championship this year resulted in a 4-21 to 0-4 drubbing by Kerry in Munster.
Galway have made one change from the Tipperary game, with Johnny Duane, who missed the 1-12 to 0-11 win last Saturday through injury, coming back into the defence at corner back in place of Keith Kelly.
Waterford haven't been in action since that defeat to Kerry on June 1, and that long lay-off may count against Niall Carew's side, who struggled in Division IV of the Allianz League this year.


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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
More Scrap Dogs with bases.
I thought I would show the way I am doing the bases. Just some random scraps of granny grating and zip ties and other odds and ends to give the impression of a scrap pile. This was a simple and cheap solution to doing bases for these guys that I thought would look good for them. The bases are similar to what I have done for my other pirate band "The Blood Born" but I plan to make these even more heavily rusted when I paint them up.
I now have 20 Scrap Dog raiders which I plan to use as the core of this small force. I plan to add some scouts and some heavier miss matched veterans as well and light vehicles and a few mechs.
Posted by Ironworker at 8:19 PM
Labels: Sci-Fi, Scrap Dogs, Solar Empires, Space Pirates, Workbench
1 comment:
- mattblackgod said...
Looking good. Nice work.
- July 31, 2014 at 12:10 AM
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Don is a technical leader with international product development and manufacturing experience across multiple industries. He has about 30 years industry experience with medical disposables, medical devices and combination drug/device products. Prior to working with Micell, Don was with Johnson & Johnson for a total of 14 years. He completed his career as Franchise Operations Director for Cordis Corporation. In this role, he was responsible for product supply of all new and existing products for cardiology and endovascular products and accessories. Don is Six Sigma certified and a registered Professional Engineer.
He received his undergraduate degree in engineering from Old Dominion University and his master's degree in management from Florida International University.


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Born in the US, and moved to Nigeria when I was two years old. Watched Superman repeatedly, but wanted to be Batman. Named our pet dogs Optimus Prime and She-Ra. Played countless hours of Parsec on a TI-99/4A. Moved back to the US in 6th grade. Ate a lot of cereal.
Fell in love with programming in a QBasic class. Played MadMaze obsessively on the library's hacked Prodigy account. Fell in love with the Internet via a 14.4k bps modem and a SLIP/PPP account. Sold my first software app for $50 to the coach of the baseball team. Played rugby all four years. Drove a Ford LTD.
Double-majored in Computer Science and Mathematics at Anderson University. Paid my way through college by writing Perl code. Played a lot of Quake and Unreal Tournament. Discovered Kurt Vonnegut, Wes Anderson and Moby. Became a vegetarian. Met my future wife. Had a brief stint as a radio DJ.
Started a software company called Bottled Software along with four friends from college. Built a CMS called WebTwist, but couldn't sell enough licenses. Racked up credit card debt. Learned a lot about entrepreneurship. Got married.
Worked for Gannett at the Indianapolis Star. Wrote code, scaled high-traffic websites. Led the team that was in charge of the technology for the online, production and editorial systems. Learned a lot about management. Fell in love with poker at the start of the Moneymaker boom.
Quit my job the week before my eldest son was born. Started a consulting company called Recursive Function. Created Formstack. Also created Ponyfish and Tweet140. Played the WSOP Main Event. Had another son. Shut down the consulting business to work on Formstack full-time. Raised a small seed round from angel investors.
Created a social Q&A app called Formspring. Grew to 1M registered users in 45 days. Moved to the Bay Area. Raised over $16M from a stellar group of investors. Had another son. Grew Formspring to more than 30M users, but couldn't sustain the business. Sold the company.
Played a lot of Minecraft with my kids. Lost 20 lbs. Learned Objective-C. Created Loop but didn't get much traction so shut it down. Read a lot of post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels. Went back to Formstack full-time. Launched Jell. Moved back to Indianapolis.
Stepped back from my roles at Formstack and Jell. Started angel investing in tech startups. Joined Starting Line as a Venture Partner. Got to platinum on Overwatch as a DPS main.


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Every December my wife and I try to give each other a Christmas ornament that in some way reflects the year we've had, or at least something iconic as far as the last 365 days are concerned. Her choices are always much more creative and thoughtful than mine. I have received an ornament of a car driving across Canada (for the year we moved back from British Columbia), an Egg McMuffin (deeply meaningful, mostly delicious), an owl with glasses reading a tiny copy of Hans Urs von Balthasar's The Glory of the Lord (vol. 7!), even a Russian-Alaskan icon ornament (which I can now definitively identify as a hodegitria). In short, she makes me Christmas ornaments that reflect things we love and have experienced together, from the West Coast to navigating graduate studies to Eastern Orthodoxy. In return, last year my attempt at a personalized ornament for her was a large plush doll of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz as a zombie.
Clearly I am not a great gift-giver. It's something I'm working on. I appreciate the care and thought that go into a great gift; I'm just mostly unable to reproduce that same kind of thoughtful creativity. To give another example among many, a few years back I wanted to thank Andrea for helping me with a large art project – she had expended tremendous amounts of time and energy helping me make the project come together. And so I bought her… a garishly coloured thrift-store portrait of the Virgin Mary, and a pair of tickets to see Rod Stewart. No card, no wrapping – what was I thinking? Apart from the time I bought someone a $10 Sears gift certificate for their 16th birthday, this was the worst present I have ever purchased. (Even worse, it actually seemed like a good idea at the time.)
Christmas is about the giving of gifts. I say that not because I'm trying to bolster a flagging global economy, but because it really is part of the DNA of the season.
For some reason, this December I keep thinking of a cheesy song by '80s/early '90s Christian pop icon Sandi Patty (in my family growing up, Sandi Patty, Larnelle Harris, and Steve Green formed a sort of trifecta of Adult Contemporary Christian Music). It's no Bach cantata, but it sure is catchy:
And the gift goes on (The Father gave the Son)
And the gift goes on (The Son gave the Spirit)
And the gift goes on (The Spirit gives us life)
So we can give the gift of love
There you go – a robust Trinitarian theology based on "gift" that even follows the Western filioque, set to a twinkling pop melody. St. Augustine would be proud. The rest of the song is a little suspect ("Don't you love to get a present / Wrapped up in a Christmas bow / God gave each of us a present / On that night so long ago") but even so, there's some truth here; "gift" and "giving" (and supremely, "self-giving") are fundamental to the nature of the triune God. The Father freely gives the Son to the world, the very event we commemorate each December; the Son gives the Paraclete, the "Giver of Life"; and we in turn give back praise – through Christ, in the power of the Spirit – to the Father. In our inclusion in the ceaseless perichoresis of the Trinity, we too participate in this movement of continual divine giving, a movement both upwards and outwards, expressing love to the creator and to the world. The "gift" of the incarnate Son at Christmas is not a one-off deal, but part of a much bigger divine action – creation, redemption, eschaton, theosis – with roots in the eternal generosity of the Trinity itself.
[Don't even get me started on Christus Victor soteriology in Steve Green songs.]
I may not be a particularly good giver – as I said, I'm working on it. But the Triune God is by nature an abundant, joyous Giver. I don't know what this means in everyone's particular context this Christmas… I've just been reminded this season to learn to receive God's good gifts graciously, to live each day as if it was "given," and of course to try to grow as a giver myself. Although the emphasis might have to fall on learning how to receive – God is notoriously hard to shop for.


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"Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible."
I thought I would share this here from my other, rather more candid blog. I hope that nobody minds as it is a little different to my ususl style.
I have not written for a while as life has been rather turbulent. My perspective and understanding of life etc has always been different to most people that I know. Being empathic, having a strong sense of spirituality as well as the odd mystical experience seems to separate me from my peers. Anyone that I have ever spoken to about such things either change the topic rapidly or listen but with a slightly wary look which inevitably means " Paul's a nice bloke but he is truly out of his box". Sometimes others can look rather fearful as if at any moment my head would turn 360 degrees and would start to vomit bright green fluid from my mouth.
I have often wondered about my sanity. Thankfully I discovered a gentleman by the name of Carl Gustav Jung, a renowned psychiatrist. I was surprised to discover that this man had much the same take on life as myself and therefore was the first person that I felt I resonated with ( unfortunately he died many years ago but his testament lives on).
I have also been diagnosed as having a mood disorder which I have had since I was twenty years old on and off. I agree that I probably have but where it stems from I'm not so sure. After all living one's life with a completely different ethos and understanding to the vast majority of society takes its toll over the years.
Moving to this present moment, I am in a little conundrum. I am off work while my medication is being changed as I had a little relapse.
So, I'm sitting outside the other night looking at the pitch black sky and the stars, feeling quite chilled. When what I can only describe as some sort of spiritual download occurred. My head jerked gently back upon each apparent transfer of energy. My wife also informs me that my right hand was spasming too. I thought it only lasted a minute or so but she states that I was like that for at least 15 minutes. Once it had stopped I seemed to return to normal. However my concentration is now shot away, my body feels different and my sensory organs have taken on an attunement of sorts.
So I am left with the question as to whom shall I talk to this about?
My doctor – she may simply think that I have finally gone over the edge and alter my prescription. Plus I am not sure that I could endure the feeling of disbelief I pick up from those who don't understand.
My peers- again very similar to the above.
A Spiritual Advisor- despite being quite spiritual myself I find a lot of these people to be charlatans or have deluded themselves into believing they have a gift.
So my friends I am stuck yet again. Thank you for reading thus far, being able to express myself via a blog I think helps. ♥
" As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know".
– Carl Jung.


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Ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino and her family are moving to a new town, leaving behind all of their friends and family. This of course upsets Chihiro, who quickly establishes herself as whiny, cautious, and frightful. When her family stops to explore a seemingly desolate amusement park, Chihiro is horrified to find that it is anything but, and soon thereafter her parents are turned into pigs, leaving her stuck working at a bathhouse catering to demons, spirits, and other apparitions. However, she manages to endure with a select few memorable allies, including the ominous, yet familiar Haku.
The bathhouse is one of my favorite settings portrayed in film. Every single creature that inhabits it, from the anthropomorphic beasts, elemental spirits, gods, and witches are wonderfully designed, all with intricate appearances and entertaining personalities. The vibrant colors, top-notch artwork, and excellent animation truly make this a surreal world distinct from the mortal realm, and easily engrossing you with it's imagination. It is complemented by some of, in my opinion, Joe Hisaishi's best work. His score is so powerfully moving, propelling every scene in which it is featured, and ingraining itself in your mind and heart.
All of this is tied together at the core of the movie, which is at its heart a coming-of-age tale for Chihiro. Initially insecure, timid, and shrill, Chihiro slowly develops throughout the film, growing in maturity and influencing those around her as she does so. Her growth is believable and heartwarming, because as she takes on more responsibility, and the movie's secrets unravel, it's themes of love, personal accountability, and growing up become more evident.
It is near impossible to not fall in love with Spirited Away. Every character is memorable, every scene recalled with fondness, and every frame wondrous to behold. Miyazaki's movie is nothing short of a masterpiece, and a must-see for not only fans of animation, nor fans of film, but for fans of life and love.


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So…this is a writing post. Sort of. I spent the long weekend in Cincinnati with my parents. Anyone who knows my family would be thinking, "Oh, my. How'd THAT go?" Um, fine. They are getting older with every visit West (duh), and the bulk of the fetching falls to my older sister, who lives nearby. Occasionally, it is my pleasure to (wo)man up, drive down there and do stuff.
So I grocery shopped, pharmacied, cooked, cooked-ahead and froze, served and tried to rearrange the universe in a more orderly fashion for two people who insist on living in a raised ranch but are having trouble getting around. Which led me to my first realization:
1. I can only do so much. My parents are grown-ups, far more set in their capable ways than I am. Even though I think they should move to a place with a bathroom on the first floor, it's not my call. And I am still their CHILD. I don't get to rearrange things to my satisfaction. They get to lead their lives.
It was an eight-hour drive, one way, so I had lots of time to listen to Jennifer Crusie's MAYBE THIS TIME. I've been her fan for at least twenty years now (cripes), and I realized a few things while listening:
2. I think a hero who is blocked at every turn but continues to act in the best interest of the heroine is HOT.
3. I also think a hero (okay, in this case a secondary character) who is the jester but can turn on a dime and become serious and formidable is also HOT.
4. It's a neat trick to give the reader (in my case listener) insight into characters by desribing them in other characters POV. It does two things, characterizes the person DESCRIBED and characterizes the person DESCRIBING.
MAYBE THIS TIME is a ghost story, a mystery, and my brain doesn't work like that. The pacing was skillful and I enjoyed trying to figure it out, but the plotting was equally skillful, so I didn't. Or couldn't because I really don't roll the mystery way. I bet my Mom could have figured it out. Maybe. I'm sure there are bigger things I could have admired about the story, but it kept me going for 16 hours. I tend to fall asleep while driving long distances, so that is pretty darn amazing!
I did have one other thought, but it also ties in to EXCLUSIVELY YOURS by Shannon Stacey, which I read while I was down there.
5.Characters must change.
We know this. However, in both books the heroine changed in a gradual, well-motivated way. I went on their journeys with them and believed every moment. As a writer, I know how hard it is to do this when you are CREATING the story. Both Crusie and Stacey made me trust them. I knew I wouldn't be rolling my eyes at the bottom of a plot hole. I could relax and enjoy the ride. Escape is good, especially in Cincinnati.
Both books also made me think about this:
6. There are two sides to every story – and both people can be right and wrong. It's all in their perception of the situation.
This is complicated, and I know I will be grappling with it for a while. To explain how it applies to MAYBE THIS TIME and EXCLUSIVELY YOURS would spoil the story – I'm not into that. But wouldn't it be fun to create a character who is both good and evil, truly? A man who truly did good in his life but has turned into a miscreant still did good in his life. He can't be entirely condemned, can he? Something to ponder.
I know six is an odd number of epiphanies. I should keep thinking and do ten, but the last four might be lame. I won't waste your time! I hope you all recover well from Thanksgiving, if you celebrate it, and shopping, if you do it. Have a great week! XOXO!


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WELLINGTON -- A one-year-old boy and a 40-something-year-old woman have been involved in a knife fight. The stoush was said to have broken out over ownership of a birthday cake a few weekends ago.
The incident took place at the child's second of two first birthday parties.
Harper R. Graham, 1, from Wellington, New Zealand, had two birthday celebrations both involving cake and presents.
The first celebration, which took place on February 5 - the birthday Graham shares with his aunty Ange - took place at Olive Cafe in Cuba Street, where his maternal grandparents Vanya and Derek, mother Kimberley, father Richard, aunty Ange and cousin Sweeney ate a nice lunch under an olive tree.
Onlookers said the party looked convivial, though some were disturbed by the child's repeatedly throwing his new presents onto the ground from his high chair and his raucous laughter at a hand puppet had some specualting the child was high on follow-on formula.
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Famous for its art, food and beachside location, the fun you can have in Barcelona can easily fill a few weeks, if not MONTHS. Most people, however, only need to know what to do in Barcelona for 3 days. A long weekend in Catalonia's capital – the perfect getaway from the UK. This is ok if you're planning on going back. And if you're not, you soon will be.
I think I've been to Barcelona, maybe, 9/10/11 times now. And I'm going back again in March. My bro lives there, but also, it's the best city in Europe. And I've been to a lot of cities in Europe.
If you've never been before, and you need to know what to for 3 days in Barcelona, let me be your straight to-the-point guide.
1. The Sagrada Familia
This church has been in progress for over 135 years and is an iconic building worldwide. Designed by the famous Antoni Gaudi, the church, in the east of the city, is as much a museum on him as it is a place of worship. Even if you're not into architecture, the extreme detail on both the exterior and an interior with the light, colour and unique designs is incredible.
Standard tickets cost €15 and should be booked in advance to avoid lengthy queues. If you can splash out for the early morning pass before everyone gets there, it'll be well worth it. Expect to spend about 3 hours here.
23 Reasons Why You Need to Go in the Sagrada Familia
2. Passeig de Gracia
Shops like Jimmy Choo and Burberry et al are boring as, but, the streets they're on are normally totally picturesque. And that definitely goes for Passeig de Gracia. This long, wide street runs from the district of Gracia down to Placa Catalunya, the city's most famous square, and is home to some of the most impressive shop windows you'll never be able to afford.
Along here you'll also find two more of Gaudi's buildings, La Pedrera and Casa Batllo. Both are beautiful from the outside as well as in so make sure you give them the admiration they deserve as you wander on down.
You could spend anything from an hour to, probably three days here – depends how partial you are to a spot of shopping.
3. Las Ramblas
Hands up who wants to get their wallet stolen? Yeah, well get those paws back in your pockets and your eye on your handbag if you're exploring Las Ramblas. That's definitely not to say you shouldn't venture on down, but just be warned and wary – as a tourist you are prime pickings here.
Las Ramblas is classed as the heart of the city and it's here you can get a real flavour of the vibrant nightlife, variety of food and artistic flair the city has. You'll pass by pretty spots like the Gran Teatre de Liceu, the Placa Reial and Miró Mural and be able to see where the city dissects into the different neighbourhoods. Pick up the Las Ramblas trail at Placa Catalunya and walk the mile-long stretch of street running down to Port Vell and Colombus Monument.
4. Gothic Quarter
The Gothic Quarter (Barrio Gotico) is so called thanks to the labyrinths of Gothic architecture laid out for you to explore. The buildings here are impressively designed and wind around small roads and narrow alleyways to form one of the most fascinating parts of the city. If you're going to Barcelona for 3 days let yourself get lost here and you'll be treated to pretty boutiques, hidden wine bars and old tapas restaurants.
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5. Barcelona Cathedral
Look out for the Barcelona Cathedral in the Gothic Quarter, also known as the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia. The impressive looming building juts right out of the narrow streets. Even if you don't want to go inside, just sitting on the steps and taking in the life in the busy square below is great entertainment. And if you're feeling that Barcelona heat, plonk yourself over the road for an iced coffee or Sangria to sit and admire the view.
6. Barceloneta Beach
It may not be the biggest or most beautiful you've ever seen but Barcelona's beach area is worth a visit, if not to just lie in the sunshine and soak up the social vibe of Barceloneta. The tall and narrow houses that used to belong to fisherman in this area create a quirky feel and add to that a mix of bars, burger joints and watersports and you have a cool area to chill your beans in.
7. Montjuic
Barcelona is a one of Spain's most beautiful cities and it's good to get some perspective on that from the mountain of Montjuic. You can travel up here by funicular then a cable car from the Parallel Metro Station, or you could just walk up the steps. Once at the top, explore the castle and watchtower built back in the 1600s. They may once have been great spots for watching out for enemies but now serve as the perfect place to grab an ice cream and take in the 360 views of the city and sea below.
Make sure you come back for the fountains at night – they're set to music and all lit up. Definitely one of my favourite things to do in the city.
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More things to do in Barcelona for 3 days
Go to La Boqueria Market
Time your trip for a music festival
Try doing a food tour
And a market tour
Go up in the cable cars
See the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Paul
Do the Hop On Hop Off Bus
Visit Parc Guell
Eat your way round El Born
Go to the Picasso Museum
Take a well-earned siesta (all part of the culture!)


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The hell – – ?
This was an ad printed in Canadian Running magazine by running-shoe brand Pearl Izumi. Yes, the dog is dead. (At the very least, dying.)
Let's hope the advertising agency responsible will be humanely put down.
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