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|Earth observation (EO)
|21 Apr 1995
|Ariane 4/Kourou, French Guiana
|2516 kg
|Sun-synchronous, polar, 800 km
|100 minutes
|+ Wind Scatterometer & GOME: first instruments of their kind +
The mission
ERS-2 is ESA's second EO mission, (after ERS-1) and was launched in 1995.
Both carry a comprehensive payload including a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and a radar altimeter for studying sea surface temperatures and winds; ERS-2 additionally carries a sensor for atmospheric ozone research.
When they were launched, the two ERS satellites were the most sophisticated EO spacecraft ever developed and launched in Europe.
In March 2000, a computer and gyro control failure led to the end of ERS-1's mission. The ERS-2 mission has however continued to be a great success, lasting well beyond its original three year design lifetime and overcoming critical on-board problems.
In 2001, after the failure of several on-board gyro systems, an innovative new scheme for flying and controlling the ERS-2 mission without gyros was invented by a group of engineers across ESA and industry- the "gyro-less" yaw steering mode or "Zero-Gyro Mode". In 2003, a failure in the on-board data storage system led to the mission being re-designed as "real-time" only, with science data directly relayed to ground at the time of acquisition. These in-flight adaptations have enabled the mission to be extended well beyond its design lifetime, and ERS-2 had already surpassed more than 82 000 orbits at the end of 2010.
The mission ended on 5 September with the 'passivation' and switch-off of ERS-2.
Editor's note: This article will no longer be updated and contains some information that is now out of date.
The Flight Control Team
The ERS-2 Mission Operations Control Centre is located at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany; the Flight Control Team operates from the combined Earth Observation Dedicated Control Room (DCR).
The small, 8-person Flight Control Team is managed by Spacecraft Operations Manager (SOM) Frank-Jürgen Diekmann, from Germany, and is responsible for command and control and overall operations of the satellite, with in-depth support from other ESOC teams.
Mission operations overview
The ERS-2 mission comprises the ERS-2 satellite, ground segment facilities at ESOC and other locations for data processing and archiving, and ground stations for telemetry and data receipt. The mission uses advanced microwave (radar) techniques to provide measurements of the Earth's atmospheric and surface properties regardless of cloud and sunlight conditions. This contributes to the scientific study and understanding of our climate and the environment.
The satellite was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 21 April 1995 by an Ariane-4 rocket and was injected directly into its Sun-synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of approximately 800 km. ERS-2 is a three-axis stabilised, Earth-pointing satellite, orbiting Earth with an inclination of about 98.5°, which gives it a visibility of most areas of the Earth as the planet rotates beneath the satellite's orbit.
The orbital period is approximately 100 minutes. Minor adjustments of the orbital inclination and of the spacecraft altitude allow the orbital track pattern on the Earth's surface to repeat itself exactly after a certain number of days, for example 3, 35 or 168, with 35 chosen as the current option to synchronise with Envisat until November 2010, when the Envisat orbit was changed.
The ERS spacecraft platform is based on France's SPOT (Système Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre) platform, modified according to ERS power, energy-storage and attitude requirements.
The solar array consists of two 5.8 x 2.4m wings, on which are mounted 22 260 solar cells providing an average power of about 2.5 kilowatts. Four nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries are sized to allow payload operations during non-sunlit periods. Attitude reference in pitch and roll is obtained from infrared horizon sensors and for yaw from narrow-field Sun sensors aligned to point at the Sun as the satellite crosses the day/night boundary.
While the mission is operating well, ERS-2 has operated since February 2001 without gyroscopes, and the on-board tape drive failed in June 2003, leaving the instruments operating only within visibility of a ground station (additional ground stations have been brought online to increase data-gathering abilities).
The Wind Scatterometer and GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) were the only instruments of their kind until the launch of MetOp-A on 19 October 2006.
The ERS-2 mission ended on 5 September 2011. The final critical step was to 'passivate' ERS-2, ensuring that all batteries and pressurised systems were emptied or rendered safe in order to avoid any future explosion that could create new space debris. Before all systems on board were switched off, the remaining fuel was used in a series of manoeuvres to lower the satellite's average altitude from 785 km to about 573 km. From there, the natural descent will continue until the satellite re-enters and burns up in the atmosphere well within 25 years.
The ground stations
Kiruna, Svalbard
The ERS-2 prime ground station is Kiruna, Sweden, with S- and X-band capability. Kiruna gives visibility of the satellite for 10 of 14 daily orbits. X-band stations for payload data reception are located in various locations across the globe (currently 12 stations are used). Svalbard, Norway, is also used regularly.
In addition, the ESTRACK stations at Kourou, Perth and Maspalomas are used when necessary.
Ground segment & mission control system
The ERS-2 ground segment at ESOC uses the SCOS-B mission control system, the predecessor to SCOS-2000.
In addition to the satellite control facilities at ESOC, the ERS-2 ground segment also includes facilities responsible for the acquisition, processing, distribution and archiving of the satellite's data. In general, facilities for end-users and exploitation of the data have been established at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati, Italy, while the satellite planning and control functions, including control of the primary ground station, are the responsibility of ESOC.
The characteristics of the ERS-2 space segment - the satellite's multi-sensor payload, orbit configuration and power requirements - require the implementation of a network of ground stations around the world to acquire the high-bit-rate SAR (synthetic aperture radar) data for which only direct readout is possible (data is not stored on board). Also, initially, additional facilities were required for downloading, once per orbit, the low-bit-rate data, which was stored on board.
However, due to the failure of the on board recorders in 2002 and 2003, low-bit-rate data can also no longer be stored on board and these, too, must be downloaded in real-time via the network of supporting X-band stations.
The platform and payload
The platform
ERS-2 is nearly identical to ERS-1. The satellite is 11.8 m tall, the solar panel is 11.7 x 2.4 m, the SAR antenna is 10 x 1 m and the total mass is 2516 kg.
The payload
Compared to ERS-1, ERS-2 is equipped with additional instruments that measure the ozone content of the atmosphere and monitor changes in vegetation cover more effectively. Like ERS-1, ERS-2 carries the same active radar instruments, the largest of which is the SAR (synthetic aperture radar). In imaging mode, the SAR generates detailed scenes of a 100 km strip of regions over which the satellite flies and determines, over the oceans, wind speed and direction together with wave height, length and direction.
The second active instrument is the radar altimeter, which measures with extreme precision the distance between the satellite and sea or ice surfaces and mean wave height.
ERS-2's passive instrument load includes an along-track (i.e. in the direction of flight) scanning radiometer (ASTR) equipped with six channels in the infrared and visible parts of the spectrum. The three channels in the visible spectrum were used to observe vegetation, for example for crop forecasting or monitoring of deforestation. Unfortunately ATSR could not be restarted following scan mirror problems and was permanently turned off in 2008.
Two further instruments on board ERS-2 serve to enhance the accuracy of other instruments. These are PRARE (precise range and range rate equipment) units, which have the task of measuring the satellite's orbit with outstanding precision, and a microwave sounder to determine atmospheric humidity. PRARE is no longer in use, however.
Instruments comprise:
|RA - Radar Altimeter
|Ku-band (13.8 GHz) nadir-pointing active microwave sensor designed to measure the time return echoes from ocean and ice surfaces.
|ATSR - Along Track Scanning Radiometer (no longer used)
|Comprises an Infra-Red Radiometer (IRR) and a Microwave Sounder (MWS). On ERS-2, the IRR is equipped with additional visible channels for vegetation monitoring.
|GOME - Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
|A nadir-scanning ultraviolet and visible spectrometer for global monitoring of atmospheric Ozone; since summer 1996, ESA has been delivering three-day GOME global observations of total ozone, nitrogen dioxide and related cloud information.
|MWR - Microwave Radiometer
|Measures the integrated atmospheric water vapour column and cloud liquid water content, as correction terms for the radar altimeter signal.
|SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar
|Provides two-dimensional spectra of ocean surface waves. In image mode the SAR provides high resolution two-dimensional images with a spatial resolution of 26 m in range (across track) and between 6 and 30 m in azimuth (along track). Image data is acquired for a maximum duration of approximately ten minutes per orbit.
|WS - Wind Scatterometer
|Obtains information on wind speed and direction at the sea surface for incorporation into models, global statistics and climatological datasets; operates by recording the change in radar reflectivity of the sea due to the perturbation of small ripples by the wind close to the surface.
|PRARE - Precise Range And Range-Rate Equipment (no longer used)
|A compact, space-borne, two-way, two-frequency microwave satellite tracking system.


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well, it is almost Christmas…before you know it…
time to check the balls… I mean, deck the halls… with Bo Obama at the White House approving the Holiday decorations….he will soon welcome 90,000 visitors to the tune of the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?"
does your dog/pets like Christmas?
is your tree and decor up yet? have your pooches inspected the premises? will the furry ones meet Santa this year? are you in the holiday spirit yet, holiday partying and what gifts are in store if they are good (and even if they are naughty)?
This holiday season, nearly 63 percent of dog owners and 58 percent of cat owners will be buying Christmas gifts for their furry friends, according to the American Humane Association. Soon, we will share a holiday gift guide or two and holiday pet travel. are you going anywhere FUN for the holidays?
what are you looking forward to this year??? I want to see The Hobbit movie and Les Miserables, coming out soon… (Dec. 14 and Xmas day)…
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Monday, February 01, 2016
Captain High At Your Service: RIP Paul Kantner (1941-2016)
The beautiful symmetry of it all complements that of David Bowie's recent death, but that's not where the parallels end. Kantner, like Bowie, was rock music's original science fiction buff. A long-time buff of writers like Heinlein, Sturgeon and John Wyndham, Kantner saw the burgeoning otherness of his generation in the 1960s as akin to the rise of the Midwich Cuckoos in Wyndham's novel of that same name, better known by the title of the films based on it, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED. Kantner had been audacious on record from the get-go, with a few of his compositions and co-compositions for the first album, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE TAKES OFF, being singled out for RCA label censorship. "Let Me In" was a tense monologue directed to a tease who ultimately offered to open up in exchange for money, while "Run Around" painted a somewhat psychedelic picture of public fornication in a park. Both songs had to be rerecorded when the original pressing was temporarily pulled off the market. There was not too much to argue about with the second album, SURREALISTIC PILLOW, which introduced The Great Society's Grace Slick as the Airplane's new female singer; they willingly edited the line "but in bed, baby, I'm afraid you don't know where it is" to "but inside your head, I'm afraid you don't know where it is" to engage with the Top 40 - and continued to sing the line as written in live performance whenever the mood struck. It was with the third album, the joyously experimental AFTER BATHING AT BAXTERS, that Kantner seemed to take directional charge of the band - as he told his record label, who were uncertain of a new album with so little Grace Slick on it, "We've had our hits, and now our audience will take whatever we give them." He knew then what it took Hollywood film directors another 20-30 years to find out, that it's precisely in the shadow of a huge success that one should experiment, when an audience is guaranteed.
BAXTERS opens with a sustained barrage of psychedelic feedback that represents a kind of bomb going off, triggering mutations - as indeed had happened, figuratively, as folk and rock became folk-rock. Kantner conceived of a mutant character named Pooneil, composed of equal parts his childhood hero Winnie the Pooh and his adult hero Fred Neil, and wove an extended song around both their influences, freely quoting from A.A. Milne in "the folk tradition" put forth by folk artists like Neil. The album ended with a surprising anthem for what Kantner estimated to be "about two weeks in time when things were perfect", which Madison Avenue extended into an entire "Summer of Love." "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon" was, much like the opening "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil", a mind-boggling suite of shifting time-signatures that achieved a seemingly effortless balance, and the lyrics were largely taken - again, in "the folk tradition" - from an account of the first San Francisco Be-In written for THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE by their resident critic (and an early champion of Jefferson Airplane), Ralph J. Gleason.
I could go on in this vein, but this is just history and what I feel on the occasion of Paul Kantner's passing is powerfully personal. We probably all can admit to at least one, but Jefferson Airplane is the band, the band idea, the band alchemy that has most obsessed me, since I first discovered them in 1969. It was the experience of hearing VOLUNTEERS, at the age of 13, the first album I ever heard with six-minute songs, in a stereo image as deep and complex as it was wide, that weaned me permanently away from a Top 40 orientation - and when I first saw the Airplane in action, on a television special called GO RIDE THE MUSIC, the extreme difference of the studio version of "We Can Be Together" (primarily acoustic, with prominent guest piano by Nicky Hopkins) to the special's live-in-the-studio version (with Kantner playing his 12-string Rickenbacker electric with what I can only describe as courtly majesty) was so striking that I became a lifelong devotee of what were then called bootleg tapes. Over the decades, I've collected close to a couple hundred hours of live Airplane shows alone, and I am here to tell you that the original lineup - with Jorma Kaukonen on lead, Jack Casady on bass, and their brilliantly spontaneous jazz-forged drummer Spencer Dryden - never played a song the same way twice. As a live unit, they were highly unpredictable, explosive, galvanizing, sometimes coming very close to flying off in too many directions, and I have always found that aspect of their chemistry spellbinding. What underscores Paul Kantner's particular value to them is that, when you hear a Grace Slick composition on record, the band basically accompany her - and I would say the same is true of a Marty Balin or Jorma Kaukonen song. But Paul Kantner's songs somehow belong to all of the members; he understood their three-part harmonies, the particular dynamics of their instrumental interplay, and he composed songs that allowed them to shine as a single personality. My favorite example of this is "Alexander the Medium" from 1972's LONG JOHN SILVER album, a song that often brings tears of appreciation to my eyes; another is a song appropriate to this occasion, "Your Mind Has Left Your Body" from the Kantner/Slick/Freiberg album BARON VON TOLLBOOTH AND THE CHROME NUN - which captures the entire Airplane lineup as it then existed and adds some truly celestial Jerry Garcia steel guitar to the mix.
He was a utopian dystopian, an anarchistic organizer, a curmudgeonly open heart, unwilling to take anybody's shit and a day early in dishing it out - and all these contradictions held court behind a strumming arm that played riffs as rallying as any in rock. I owe him a great debt, not only for a stack of albums that have guided me through a lifetime, but for helping to shape the person I've become - artistically, spiritually, and politically. And therein lies the power and the value of song.
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I downloaded Siege of Nor'Korh from the archives and have made it to the last level but can't figure out where to go next. I've made it to the large cylindrical room with S'pht compilers. The branching doors in that room are higher than I can reach and I don't know what to do next.
So I discovered that the center column in the large cylindrical room opens up four ways to reveal circuits that need to be destroyed to unlock doors. I did a rocket jump to get to the highest balcony and from there the rest was easy to figure out.
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Imagine your kindergartner is visiting a new friend's house. During the hour they are running around together they'll pick up and play with all three of the following things, but only two of them have been tested by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for safety standards.
Which one do you want to be sure has been regulated for safety?
The teddy bear sitting on his or her friend's bed.
The plastic gun with the cowboy costume in the toy box.
The real handgun kept unlocked and loaded in his father's nightstand.
If you hoped you could count on safety features on the real gun, you'd be making a tragic mistake. Many Americans heed the CPSC and its recalls of dangerous products to help keep their families safe.
As the agency describes its job, "CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction . . . CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years."
But thanks in large part to the work of the gun lobby, guns are specifically not under the CPSC's jurisdiction and are the only consumer product not regulated for safety. Instead the CPSC is expressly forbidden from regulating the manufacture and sale of guns, although they are one of the most lethal consumer products.
A 1976 amendment to the Consumer Product Safety Act specifically states that the Commission "shall make no ruling or order that restricts the manufacture or sale of guns, guns ammunition, or components of guns ammunition, including black powder or gun powder for guns." As a result, the CPSC can regulate teddy bears and toy guns but not real guns.
In the Children's Defense Fund (CDF)'s new report Protect Children Not Guns 2013, we've identified consumer safety standards, childproof safety features, and authorized-user identification technology for all guns as three major gaps in our nation's current gun safety policy where we can do better to protect child lives. Every gun in our country should be childproof. One-third of all households with children have at least one gun in the home, and it's estimated that nearly two million children live in homes with an unlocked and loaded gun. But federal law is silent on gun-related consumer safety standards and child access prevention, and for nearly forty years the CPSC's hands have been tied even as potentially lifesaving technology has been innovated. As a result, many handguns don't contain easily installed life-saving safety features.
Many gun tragedies could have been prevented by the use of simple technologies that exist today. Authorized-user identification, or personalized, gun technology encompasses a broad range of manufacturing designs that allow guns to recognize an authorized user and become inoperable when handled by anyone else.
One current version is featured in a pistol that communicates with a connected wristwatch via microchips; the watch's owner enters a personal identification number, and the gun can only be operated when it is located within a certain distance of the watch.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has been working on developing another form of personalized gun technology, "grip recognition," which would recognize the palm configuration of authorized users and only operate for them. Research and data suggest this kind of technology would be extremely effective in preventing child and teen deaths. A study of unintentional gun deaths in Maryland and Milwaukee County, Wisconsin found that 37 percent of the deaths would have been preventable with gun personalization technology. This technology would also make it harder for children to commit suicide with their parents' guns and make stolen guns inoperable. Some lawmakers are finally taking steps to make these kinds of safety measures standard.
New Jersey passed a model law in 2002 requiring that all new handguns sold in the state include authorized-user identification technology within three years of becoming available in the state. At the national level, Representative John Tierney (D-MA) has introduced the Personalized Handgun Safety Act of 2013, which would take a major step forward for gun safety by requiring handguns manufactured in the future to be fitted with personalization technology.
This proposed legislation would authorize National Institute of Justice grants for further development of personalized handgun technology and require older guns to be retrofitted with personalization technology before being resold with the retrofitting process paid for by the Department of Justice. It also would direct the CPSC to create the safety standard for personalized handguns that all newly manufactured handguns would be required to meet and require that all U.S. manufactured handguns comply with the CPSC standard two years after the date of enactment—finally giving the CPSC the authority to develop safety standards related to guns.
Urge your members of Congress to support these common sense safety measures. Congress must subject guns to the same consumer product safety regulations that cover virtually every other consumer product. It's time for childproof safety features on all guns to save young lives.
Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children's Defense Fund
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Join the Legion of Mary for our two day Young Adult Catholic Conference in All Hallows College from Saturday 31st August to Sunday 1st September. This year's theme "Seek Beauty, Find Truth; Mary guide our hearts" looks to evangelize our young people through the beauty of our church.
The best evangelical strategy, according to Saint John Paul II, tells us that"Leaning on God, they continue to reach out, always and everywhere, for all that is beautiful, good, and true". With this in mind the ultimate goal of the conference is to bear witness to the truth which leads us to the timeless beauty of the Catholic Church offered to every soul.
Through a vast selection of speeches and workshops over the weekend the conference hopes to inspire our young people on topics such as Catholic femininity and masculinity, truth in post-modern society, understanding the beauty of the Eucharist and exploring Catholic art.
Join us in spreading the joy and beauty of our Catholic Faith and bring the hope and truth of Christ to our modern world. The conference, through the grace of our Blessed Mother Mary, hopes to raise up young daughters and sons to become the next generations of Catholic leaders, that our Church so desperately needs.
Holy Mass, Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available allowing people to witness the beauty of our faith on a personal level. There will be numerous opportunities to socialize and interact with other young Catholics throughout the weekend (ensure to bring your runners!!).
Help us proclaim the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith which will lead souls to the knowledge and love of Christ.
Weekend programme available on our website
(Strictly 18-40 years )
Masses take place daily at 10:00 am and 8:00 pm.
There are many meanings of 'Camino' – one of them is 'journey'. On Saturday 14th September 2019 journey with us on the Convent Camino and experience a glimpse of Convent Life through the eyes of four different religious Congregations in Cork.
Starting at 10am in the OLA Sisters, Ballintemple, followed by visiting Ursuline Convent, Blackrock; Poor Clare Monastery and Sisters of Bon Secours, College Road.
Booking essential for catering purposes.
For more information and booking contact: Anne-Marie at [email protected] or Sr Karen 087 7910785. Transport provided if required for our journey.
St. Pius X Church, Templeogue, Dublin
Lectio Divina introduction
to the Ancient Church practice
Fr Joe Ralph, OP,
Are you searching for a new direction or a deeper meaning in your life? Is there a personal or spiritual issue that you would like to explore? This one day workshop offers you the opportunity to engage in a deep spiritual
exploration in a safe environment. The workshop invites you to identify your gifts and strengths. You will learn ways of drawing creatively on your intuitive abilities and of confronting blocks that hinder your spiritual
development. Hopefully, it will help you to develop trust in yourself, in others, in the movements and inspirations of the Spirit, and in the flow of life. It can help you to discover a Providence at work in your everyday life. The whole process is grace-filled and can lead to deep spiritual growth. The experience can at times be quiet intense, yet it also has an air of lightness, ease and humour.
Fr Donal Dorr will facilitate this day on Saturday September 28th.
He is well known as a writer, lecturer, and facilitator.
For many years he has been exploring spirituality and experiential learning. He is the author of books on various aspects of holistic spirituality. His most recent book is 'The Pope Francis Agenda'. As this is a one day work shop it is essential that participants complete the full day. It would be disruptive for the group if some people want to leave early and really awkward if some want to come later.
Starting at 10.15 am sharp and finishing at 5.45pm.
With 50 minute for lunch break.Please bring your lunch.
Teas and coffees provided.
Suggested investment €15 (Concessions available.) Booking is essential for this workshop.
Contact Eileen on 087-2592525.
Novena Masses: 10 am and 7 pm weekdays / Sundays: 9:30 and 11 am.
1. Saturday 5th October
Workshop 1
Working together to care for our common home
Our planet is threatened by human induced climate change. Can we ignore it?
Explore the options with Dr Ciara Murphy and Fr. Brian Grogan SJ and our response to human-induced climate change.
· Learn about the major challenges
· Be converted to care for the earth
· Explore practical steps
This workshop opens with some quality input by
Fr. Brian Grogan: has been a retreat director, spiritual guide, speaker and writer for many years.His latest book Finding God in a Leaf – The Mysticism of Laudato Si explores a way of opening our spirit to nature and responding interiorly to the challenge to keep it safe for the next generations.
Dr. Ciara Murphy.Ciara Murphy is Environmental Policy Advocate with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. She works on influencing policy change at a national level as well as focusing on local initiatives. Ciara holds a BSc. in Environmental Biology and a PhD. in Environmental Microbiology which have equipped her with a broad knowledge on environmental and biodiversity issues.
Then you are invited to meditate on the issues and pool our wisdom.
2. Saturday 19th October
Accompanying the Young in the creation of a hope-filled future (download brochure)
During this workshop we will look at how young people engage with faith; what interests them and empowers them in their search for God.
The workshop will generate ideas as to how we, as church can facilitate that search and discern paths for future development in parish and faith community.
Saturday 12th Oct
Registration 9.30-10
Optional soup & sandwiches at 1 pm
Padraig Swan
Director of Faith and Service Programmes at Belvedere College SJ
Padraig has been leading the pastoral team at Belvedere College since he moved from the Jesuit Centre for Young Adults in Gardiner Street. He coordinates faith programmes and service projects at home and abroad as well as accompanying the boys in their faith development.
3. Saturday 26th October
Walking with people in poverty in a mission of reconciliation and justice (download brochure)
4. Saturday 2nd November
Showing the way to God through prayer and discernment (download brochure
The morning begins with solid input from our speakers followed by coffee and then a chance to deepen a question or a text in a simple prayer exercise and finally discuss our findings before a simple soup & sandwiches lunch for those who wish it.
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10 – 11 Talk
11 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee
11.30 – 12.15 Workshop 1
12.15 – 1.00 Workshop 2
1.00 Soup & Sandwiches (optional)
A voluntary contribution would be appreciated.
Conversations in Ennismore, Cork, is a weekly forum hosted in the Dominican Retreat House, each Monday from 7.30pm – 9.15pm. The Conversations host a series of Conversations in theology, spirituality, psychology, current issues, minority voices, scripture. Here you will see our Conversations for 2019-2020.
All are welcome. Donation of €10.00 per Conversation.
Mondays 7.30pm – 9.15pm Donation: €10.00 info: 021.4502520 [email protected]
Oct 7th – Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction John Cummins, Psychotherapist
Oct 14th – Stress: friend or foe? Patrick Sheehan, Psychotherapist
Oct 21st – What René Girard would say to Mr Trump! Michael Kirwin, SJ, TCD
Nov 4th – Ethical Formation: being formed for the Good Life. Archie Byrne, OP Ennismore
Nov 11th – Is Democracy under threat? Ian Hughes, Environmental Research Institute, UCC
Nov 18th – Immigrants: Gift or threat? Piaras MacEinri, Dept. of Geography UCC
Nov 25th – Invasion by democratic untruth: the fallacy of universalism Arpad Szakolczai, Dept. of Sociology UCC
Dec 2nd – Does God Feel? Wilfrid Harrington, OP, Priory Institute
Dec 9th – Salvation through Christ alone? Conor McDonough, OP, St. Saviour's, Dublin
Dec 16th – JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: a Christian epic? Philip Cremin, Dept. of Humanities WIT
(We will resume our Monday night's Conversations in Ennismore on January 6th 2020)
Our third annual climate change symposium will explore the key issues for Ireland, nationally and locally. With presentations from Hildegarde Naughton, TD, Michael Ewing, The Environmental Pillar; Ben Malone, Biodiversity Data Centre Ireland and Damian Jackson, Irish Council of Churches. There will be opportunities to discuss with others and to get involved with local climate action groups. Vegetarian lunch provided. All welcome.
This workshop will lead us on an exploratory journey to discover the psychological building blocks which are needed to be put in place, in order to have harmonious
Facilitated by Joey Feeley
Saturday 12th October, 10.30am to 4.30pm
Tea and coffee served from 10am.
Investment € 40 ( concessions available)
Please bring your lunch, cooking facilities available,
bar food 9 minute drive.
A Special Event:
Praying for Our Families with a Family of Saints.
During the Extraordinary Month of Mission called by Pope Francis, a Special 9 Day Novena will take place in the Church of the Holy Family, Rathcoole, from 15th to 23rd October.
From 7pm to 8pm each evening we will gather to hear reflections on different aspects of family life and faith from invited speakers, to include:
12 lay people (5 married couples, a lay Evangelist and a lay woman)
An international theologian Fr. Thomas J. Norris and
Fr. Michael McGoldrick O.C.D, Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites in Ireland.
Intercessions, Reconciliation Service, and
Novena prayers to St. Therese of Lisieux, and her parents Saints Louis and Zelie Martin.
On the final 2 days of the Novena, the relics of the 3 saints (above)will be present in the church during adoration and
a final mass on the 9th day will be offered for the intentions of all who participated. All welcome!
For more information call Fr. Colin Rothery at 01 4011753.
Hosted by Alpha Ireland, AIC19 is a two-day event in which church leaders can come together, learn, and network. We want to equip you to lead the change in your community.
Alpha is a tool that is made for the Church and we're really looking forward to a conference that will show us all how to build a new culture of mission around Alpha and the parish.'
Alpha is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith, typically run over eleven weeks. Each talk looks at a different question around faith and is designed to create conversation.
Alpha is run all around the globe in a variety of venues including cafés, churches, universities, and peoples' homes. Alpha series usually include food, a talk and an opportunity to converse with others searching for a deeper understanding of the Christian faith.
This is Alpha Ireland's first national conference. We welcome priests, parish teams, key church leaders, and vibrant servants who want to see their churches revitalised, their youth evangelised, and mission prioritised again.
Why come? World-class speakers, expert seminars, great networking opportunities. Join us to receive knowledge, support, and necessary tools to unlock the potential of your church.
The Programme:
Friday 18th October
19.00 Doors Open
19.15pm Welcome from Dominic Perrem, National Director of Alpha Ireland. Praise and Worship with Ryan Ashley and band
19.35pm Introducing , Ron Huntley, Director of Coaching, Divine Renovation Network
19.45 Alpha in the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore
19. 55 Jasper Rutherford, European Director of Christ in Youth and Barna Report Author 'The Shifting Spiritual Landscape of Teens and Young Adults in the Republic of Ireland'
20.30 Prayer + Prayer Ministry Introduction
20.40 Praise and Worship
20.50 Nicky Gumbel, founder of the Alpha Course – a specially recorded video interview with Dominic Perrem
21.00 This Is Alpha Youth in Ireland…onstage interviews and testimonies, contexts, experiences, prayer spaces
21.25 What to Expect Tomorrow…Meet The Alpha Ireland Team
21.30 Networking Social
Saturday 19th October
08.45 Doors Open. Tea and Coffee
09.30 MORNING SESSION ONE Praise and Worship with Ryan Ashley and band
09 40 Introduction and Welcome
09.45 Nicky Gumbel, founder of the Alpha Course – a specially recorded video interview with Dominic Perrem
10.05 Ron Huntley, Director of Coaching with Divine Renovation Network, Halifax, Nova Scotia 'Unlocking Your Parish, Raising Up Leaders with Alpha' – Part One
10.50 Talking Head Video
11.30 MORNING SESSION TWO Praise and Worship
11.35 Talking Head Video
11.40 Louise Jones, Assistant Pastor at St Catherine's Church, Dublin'Rebuilding From the Rubble'
12.10 Talking Head Video
12.15 Amanda O'Shea, National Director of Alpha Youth
'Creating A Space for Youth'
12.50 Prayer + Prayer Ministry
14.00 AFTERNOON SESSION ONE Talking Head Video
14.05 Called to more…Alpha Ireland
• Building Up Leaders – Ron Huntley
• Alpha Youth – Simon Marriott, National Director of Youth for Christ and Alpha Midlands Team
• How to Run A Holy Spirit Day – Southern Alpha Team with Susan and Rev Roly Heaney
• Alpha Taster Session – Dublin Alpha Team
15.45 AFTERNOON SESSION TWO 'The Use of Alpha in Ireland'…A Conversation With…Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore and The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough
16.30 'How to …..' Register Your Course Using Alpha Builder
16.45 Ron Huntley 'Unlocking Your Parish, Raising Up Leaders With Alpha' – Part Two
17.30 Q and A – Ron Huntley
17.50 Closing Worship
1800 Closing Prayer
Friday and Saturday
Prayer Spaces Open – Annette Evans, Alpha Midlands' Regional Coordinator Alpha Shop open in the Entrance Foyer, (Footprints Bookshop, Dun Laoghaire (01) 663 7883)
Overnight Accomodation
list of places near the venue that you can book.
Abbeyleix Manor Hotel – Please contact hotel reception for details as rooms blocked online for conference attendees.
Maldron Hotel Portlaoise – 15 mins drive
Midlands Park Hotel – 15 mins drive
The Killeshin Hotel Portlaoise – 15 mins drive
Ballyrider House B&B – 24 mins drive
The Gandon Inn – 23 mins drive
Ashbrook Arms Townhouse – 9 mins drive
Weir View B&B – 12 mins
Traditional Farm Hostel – 14 mins ( 25 euro a night includes breakfast)
Gardiner St S.J. Church
Saturday 19th October, Registration 9.30-10
Workshop: Accompanying the young in the creation of a hope-filled future
During this workshop we will look at how young people engage with faith; what interests them and empowers them in their search for God.
The workshop will generate ideas as to how we, as church can facilitate that search and discern paths for future development in parish and faith community
Our Speakers
Padraig Swan: Director of Faith and Service Programmes at Belvedere College SJ. Padraig has been leading the pastoral team at Belvedere College since he moved from the Jesuit Centre for Young Adults in Gardiner Street. He coordinates faith programmes and service projects at home and abroad as well as accompanying the boys in their faith development.
Callum Douglas: An aspiring writer Callum leads and assists on retreats and faith programmes for young people. He seeks ways of translating the richness of our faith tradition and bridging the gap with younger generations. He will share this vision during our workshop.
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10 – 11 Talk
11 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee
11.30 – 12.15 Workshop 1
12.15 – 1.00 Workshop 2
1.00 Soup & Sandwiches (optional)
A voluntary contribution would be appreciated.
Saturday 26th October, Registration 9.30-10
Workshop : Walking with people in poverty
Our Speakers
During this workshop we will:
¨ Listen to the vision of two practitioners of Social Justice
¨ Explore links with the Gospel message
¨ Explore what this means for us
Fr Peter McVerry SJ For a generation now, Jesuit, Fr. Peter has been a champion for Dublin's Homeless People, advocating their rights before the State. Now, through the Peter McVerry Trust, he is providing housing for an increasing number of persons in need. Fr. Peter's vision is rooted in the Gospel and responds to the ever-changing needs of homeless people.
Sr Bernadette McMahon Sr Bernadette is a Daughter of Charity and Director of the Vincentian Partnership. She leads a team of professionals and volunteers who since 1996:
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10 – 11 Talk
11 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee
11.30 – 12.15 Workshop 1
12.15 – 1.00 Workshop 2
1.00 Soup & Sandwiches (optional)
A voluntary contribution would be appreciated.
Saturday 2nd November, Registration 9.30-10
Workshop : Showing the way to God through prayer & discernment
During this workshop we will:
¨ Learn about the fundamental assumptions about our relationship with God
¨ Experience the practice of prayer in the Ignatian tradition
¨ Encounter God through creative prayer, savouring your experience, journaling and the journey of pilgrimage
Our Speaker: Fr Brendan McManus SJ Fr. Brendan has been a spiritual director, retreat and pilgrimage guide for a number of years. His book "Redemption Road" has been published in Ireland and the USA to great acclaim. He has followed this with "Finding God in the Mess" and "Deeper in the Mess".
The search for God
Everybody can find God, and perhaps surprisingly everybody can show God to others. God is to be found in the most unexpected people and situations.
Help and Guidance
Jesuits and their partners in mission seek God in quiet prayer, the Sacred Scriptures, life-experience, community and communion.
Find your way to God
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10 – 11 Talk
11 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee
11.30 – 12.15 Workshop 1
12.15 – 1.00 Workshop 2
1.00 Soup & Sandwiches (optional)
A voluntary contribution would be appreciated.
Pastoral Reflection Mornings
for People in Christian Ministry
Dr Anne Francis
A regular opportunity to reflect on ministry together in the light of scripture and theology.
Open to ordained and lay ministers in Christian traditions.
10.30am coffee and closing with lunch.
Numbers limited, booking essential.
Tuesday 22nd October
Tuesday 26th November
Thursday 6th February
Thursday 26th March
Wednesday 13th May
All resalable goods and services or donations greatly appreciated for
this cause that provides valuable services and amenities for young people to
channel their energies,
and develop great social skills
and learn the importance of team work, discipline, sportsmanship, and many other life skills, in a safe supervised environment.
Thank you.
Four very special Tuesday evenings
to explore how we can discover
God in personal faith,
creation and
Nov 5th: Bishop Kevin Doran: The God of My Life Nov 5th
Nov 12th: Rev Molly Deatherage: God of the Word
Nov 19th: Sr Patricia Lynott: The God of all the Earth
Nov 26th Dr Justin Harkin: The God of Us
We begin at 7.30pm, closing with tea at 9.00. All welcome!
Laws can make decent living for the young more difficult or less difficult and a change in the law can deceive people into thinking that the morality has changed also. By means of the law it is possible to supply conditions which facilitate the growth of goodness and to remove conditions which obstruct it.
In view of all this, it is not surprising that when Pope John Paul II urged families to remedy the present situation, he mentioned political activity, the activity which brings about changes in laws and regulations. "Families should grow in awareness of being 'protagonists' of what is known as 'family politics' and assume responsibility for transforming society…" "They should be the first to take steps to see that the laws and institutions of the state, not only do not offend, but support and positively defend the rights and duties of the family…otherwise, families will be the first victims of the evils that they have done no more than note with indifference."
What we must face up to is that the structures and institutions of our society must draw their inspiration either from Christianity, or from the 'religion' of secularism; there is no middle way, no neutral path that can be followed.
Fortunately, we are not without advice, indeed directives, coming from the highest sources. Firstly, people, lay and religious, must get rid of their inhibitions about what is popularly called 'lobbying'. In his final address in Ireland in 1979, Pope John Paul II said "May the Irish people always support marriage through personal commitment and through positive social and legal action".
When the pope says 'positive social and legal action' he means, amongst other things, lobbying for good laws and regulations and to change bad ones. Lobbying is part and parcel of the working democracy everywhere. To neglect it would mean allowing our opponents complete freedom for their destructive activity in this area.
Archbishop McNamara set out the position clearly for Catholics in April 1986 when he stated: "It may happen even in a predominantly Catholic country that a legislative assembly will pass and immoral law. The duty of Catholics with regard to such laws is clear. They should make their disapproval known and try to ensure that sooner or later, the laws in question be rescinded". He adds: "…it cannot be stressed too much that it is not enough to campaign against immoral laws. Action must be taken with a view to changing society for the better, so that no reasonable excuse will remain for advocating such a measure".
So the directive to Christians in Ireland is clear; ensure, by all the legitimate means at our disposal, that our laws are such that they will genuinely promote the common good for our society.
We can do this individually or in association with others. Family Solidarity was established to stimulate Irish families to do what is right in these matters and to facilitate them by providing and organised structure. As the Rights of the Family Charter says…"Families should form associations with other families and institutions in order to protect their rights". An increasing number of Irish families have found Family Solidarity helpful, and are joining.
The family has the most important function in the state. It is the primary, vital cell of society where human development takes place and it is the natural setting in which almost all our young people grow and develop.
As declared in Vatican II, "The family is the first school for social human virtues, which all societies need". Virtues such as love, forgiveness, justice, truthfulness, respect for rights of others, concern for those in need, are rooted in family life.
When family life is undermined, society has many evils with which to contend.
Some of the new trends and ideologies that have developed in recent times tend to undermine the family unit based on marriage, not only in Ireland but throughout most of the world.
In 1983 Family Solidarity was founded by a number of concerned family people, to protect, to protect and promote family life. It was formally launched on 15th August, 1984. Since then, many branches have been established throughout the country.
Family Solidarity is a national organisation with committees at national, constituency and local level.
Our event on Sunday 9th Nov.
11.30 am (Mass) till approx 4 pm in ELY House,
Finger food lunch at 1 o'clock,
Short addresses from Petra Conroy (about the Faith on Fire project) and Niamh Uí Bhriain and others (about GRIPT.ie)
(Please advise us by leaving a message on 01 6611113 or [email protected] if you wish to partake of the finger food lunch)
Seasons of the heart: exploring winter in our lives.
With the Galilee Spirituality Centre team.
Closing with a hot drink at 4.00pm. Wrap up!
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Church in Cork are celebrating their annual Light Up a Memory Mass this Saturday, November 30th, at 6.30pm. All welcome.
Watch it live here:
Advent Retreat:
The Wonder of Creation, The Miracle of Life
with Sr Nellie McLaughlin
An invitation to walk with God in self-discovery within the mystery of the unfolding universe. Drawing on the wisdom of the earth, scripture, mystics and poets we will make a journey of exploration in the light of both privilege and responsibility in our common home.
Sr Nellie McLaughlin, BA, M. Div. is a native of Inishowen, Donegal and a member of the Sisters of Mercy. Her background is in education and she works in the areas of Creation Spirituality, Cosmology, Ecology and Sustainable Living. She is founding member and director of Green Sod Land Trust , Ireland (2007), author of 'Out of Wonder, the evolving Story of the Universe (Veritas 2004) and Life's Delicate Balance(Veritas 2015) – a response to Pope Francis' "Laudato Si.'"
All welcome
Watch it LIVE here:
Draw near to God anD He will draw near to you
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo (Apostolic Nuncio)
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan (Bishop of Waterford&Lismore)
Bishop Stephen Chpirappanth (Bishop of ther Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Europe
Plus other priests and Laypeople
All Young people welcome(+16) to this 4 day event
Next Sunday 12th January 2020 is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The Mass at 12noon is the annual Mass to celebrate the children who were baptized on our Church during 2019. All those baptized during the year, are invited to bring their baptismal candle, their parents and Godparents, family and friends to this celebration.
Ecumenical Worship Service in Sligo Cathedral at 7:30 pm.
Watch the service online here: https://www.churchservices.tv/sligocathedral or https://sligocathedral.ie/live-feed-from-cathedral/


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The air of fall brings back memories of the smell of new shoes, crisp ironed clothing, new notebooks and Bikram Yoga. I began my yoga journey with the Bikram Yoga method about 11 years ago and since then have discovered yoga's larger world, like Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha, Power, Forrest , Kundalini, Ananda, Anusara, Iyengar, Jivamukti. Each practice has its benefits and striving to know and practice these different yogas has been the center of my world for these 11 years. I always come back to the Bikram method, the hot yoga, for many reasons. One is the familiarity. Believe it or not, being in a hot ( at least 100º ) room for an hour and a half is a sweet feeling for me. And the knowledge that I know which postures will be practiced is also sweet. The same 26 postures are practiced, kind of like a familiar drill. Home. The added benefit is the actual studio, here in Santa Cruz, Village Yoga. It is clean, colorful, and friendly. Also – check out my "wall" of photos of the yogis – the yogis are great subjects. Not only are the instructors excellent, but they are caring, engaged, and thorough with the students. A wonderful place to visit. A wonderful place to go back to.
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Peter Henderson wrote:
Starkey seemed to suggest (if I remember correctly) that Alfred managed to unite the shires and also feed the population, leaving them in a state of relative prosperity. I also found it interesting that Harold was closely related to William the Conqueror. As I say, many of these battles seem to have been glorified family fueds.
Yes, he's probably right. he evidence does seem to suggest that the debunking of Alfred was overdone. Living in Winchester, I can seee very visibly the results of his efforts (Winchester was his capital). You can see it in the street layout, for example, in the centre of town (all Alfred;s work, it appears) and, indeed, in what is left of the city walls. You can also see the same thing in towns like Wareham in Dorset. He did seem to be quite an extraordinary organiser would coupled military ability with a much more general, and also successful, approach to running the place.
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The good news is, I was able to use the outside box to mail the dress. The bad news is, I am unable to throw away the inside box for sentimental and safety reasons. It's the box that WCK's American Girl doll was packaged in when she got it for Christmas a few years ago. WCK's American Girl doll is named Francine, and she is part of our family. Francine has more clothing and possessions than many real children in some parts of the world. Jay and I are a little afraid that Francine is going to come to life in the night and murder us, so I don't want to anger Francine by throwing away her box.
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- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:28:01 -0400 (EDT)
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PHOENIX (Tuesday, February 19, 2013) -- Attorney General Tom Horne today announced the introduction of school safety legislation that allows a designated school employee to be trained and armed for the purpose of defending a campus.
The bill is sponsored by Representative David Stevens (R) – Sierra Vista.
"I believe it is inexcusable for teachers, students and school staff to be undefended," Horne said. "It would be ideal to have an armed Police Officer in each school. But since budget considerations make that unlikely, the next best solution is to have one person in the school trained to handle firearms, to handle emergency situations, and possessing a firearm in a secure location. This legislation will accomplish that goal, and I am grateful to Representative Stevens for his work to get this introduced at the legislature."
Rep. Stevens added, "Attorney General Horne is to be commended for his leadership on this matter. The right for people to defend themselves is a cherished part of our constitutional freedoms. School administrators are responsible for the safety of children and they should be able to defend their campuses. This legislation, if signed into law, will be an excellent tool for helping make schools safer."
The legislation, HB 2656, amends state law allowing the Attorney General's Office to establish the optional School Safety Designee Program. Working in cooperation with the Arizona Dept. of Public Safety, firearms training will be made available to a school district or charter employee who has been approved and designated by either the district or charter governing authority to defend the campus.
The comprehensive training will include instruction on legal issues, weapons care, mental conditioning for the use of deadly force, safe handling and storage of weapons, marksmanship and other training elements.
The legislation also calls for participating schools to register with the Attorney General's Office on an annual basis. After a person is designated in each participating school there is also a provision for more people to be trained and designated.
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text: The hotly anticipated fifth season of Mad Men returns to television this Sunday, March 25th and who isn't excited? The twists and turns of season four left us at the edge of our seats! But, intriguing storylines aside, the show's '60s aesthetic can be a huge source of inspiration–especially in the wedding world. From classic cocktails to curve-hugging frocks, here are a few ways to infuse your wedding with a hint of that Mad Men appeal.


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By Susan Arthur, KF8 (Kiva Fellow 8th Class) in Nicaragua
This week marks World Breastfeeding Week prompting me to contemplate how microfinance and breastfeeding play important roles in alleviating poverty.
More than 80% of Kiva entrepreneurs are women, many of whom are mothers with home-based businesses where they can easily satisfy their baby's hunger and provide for their optimal growth by breastfeeding. Indeed, on a few occasions, Kiva field partners have posted profile photos on Kiva's site of borrowers nursing their babies.
Could breastfeeding rates serve as a tool to assess social performance in microfinance? What if Kiva were to encourage its microfinance partners to include breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in their social performance and responsibility assessments?
Breastfeeding is a matter of food and health. UNICEF says that optimal breastfeeding in the first two years of life, especially exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, can have the single largest impact on child survival of all preventative interventions, with the potential to prevent 12% to 15% of all deaths to children under the age of 5 in the developing world.
The World Health Organization says that the aim should be to create and sustain an environment that encourages frequent breastfeeding for children up to two years of age or beyond.
In many areas of the world and in emergency situations, children and families often have to live without adequate safe water and sanitation which increases their risk of infections. Breast milk offers immune support against some infections. In areas where clean water is lacking, the use of powdered milks and powdered formulas can increase the risk of illnesses such as diarrhea, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in newborns.
Last November, an Ethiopian microfinance institution (MFI), Buusaa Gonofaa, won the 2nd European Microfinance Award 2008 for "Socially Responsible Microfinance." Hosted by the European Microfinance Platform, the award honored the MFI for developing a poverty scorecard or "social ledger" to determine the needs of its customers (80% of whom are women) and evaluate changes in their social well-being.
The 2008 award, which included EUROS 100,000 in prize money, spotlighted initiatives that "do good" by putting an MFI's social mission into practice, ensuring a positive economic and social impact on clients and their families. Buusaa Gonofaa loan officers use the social ledger to interview clients on 20 indicators that fall into five categories: housing condition, household assets, business growth, food security and children's education.
From the initial intake Buusaa Gonofaa loan officers obtain baseline data to accurately measure community poverty levels and follow up after each loan cycle to score, assess and capture their clients' change and progress over time. I would add "health" as the sixth category to their scorecard, placing breastfeedng initiation and duration rates under their Social Responsibilities Measurable Indicator along with food security and education indicators.
I hope that applications for the 3rd European Microfinance Award in 2010 will feature microfinance and maternal/child health social responsibility initiatives. To read more about the 2nd European Microfinance Award along with case studies, including a profile of CEPRODEL, my Kiva field partner, see European Dialogue Number 2, May 2009 (PDF).
Kiva Fellow (KF8 CEPRODEL Nicaragua) Susan Arthur is a certified doula (DONA), a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, and a prenatal and postpartum yoga instructor. Following her Kiva Fellowship, she hopes to pursue a masters in public health. She invites you to join CEPRODEL's Lending Team./>


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Aniki (兄貴, Aniki) is a member of the Moya Triad.
While they do have some ninja skills, Aniki and his team prefer doing peculiar things to attract women. Aniki once tried to seduce a woman, who didn't like him, and Kakashi Hatake stepped in to save her. This angered Aniki and his teammates, making them want to kill Kakashi for revenge.
Aniki has curved black sideburns and is slightly balding. This is all covered when he wears his uniform, with his white face-mask covering his entire face except his eyes. He wears a Moya Triad flak jacket and pants.
Though claiming to be a ninja, Aniki and his two comrades possess virtually no ninja skills, proven when Aniki disguise himself as the inn's manager with a mask instead of the simple Transformation Technique. They also lack stealth skills, as Kakashi instantly figured out they were hiding in a barrel to tail him all along, only pretending not to in order to lure the three inept stalkers out into the opening. Overall, Aniki is the smartest of the three, but that is not much to say.
Aniki himself seems to have some expertise in chemistry, as he managed to concoct several types of poison to use against Kakashi. However, they have peculiar (bordering on comedic) effects, such as making the victim hiccup, laugh or cry unstoppably until they die from it. In terms of applying the poison, Aniki shows little aptitude to it. Though he managed to spike the food with the hiccup poison, Kakashi refused to eat it, knowing something amiss. Also, when he fired a blow dart with the laughing poison, Kakashi easily evaded it.
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Aniki first appeared atop of a tree with his two comrades, plotting their revenge against Kakashi. They followed Team 7 during their mission for chores outside the village, and eventually into an inn. Aniki spiked Kakashi's food with a hiccup poison but ended up crying when Kakashi flipped the table over without eating a bite. Next, while in the bathhouse, Aniki attempted to shoot Kakashi with a dart laced with a laughing poison, but Kakashi easily evaded it, the dart hitting a frog instead. To make matters worse, Naruto had stolen their uniforms for his personal usage, the Moya Triad were lucky to have brought spares.
The next day, when Team 7 were working with their chores, the Moya Triad saw Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke wearing the stolen uniform, and believing that the three kids were also enemies of Kakashi, Aniki jumped out of the barrel he was hiding with a bottle of crying poison, only to see, in horror, that Kakashi easily defeated his three students. Sakura, in order to cover up her teammates' folly of trying to unmask their teacher, lied that they disguised themselves in order to lure the Moya Triad out, who actually believed the story. Kakashi then advanced to the stalkers, and, ignoring their pleas for mercy, beat them up, and tied them to a tree, dangling as a bundle, while earning the trio's chagrin for not remembering them.
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Aniki was seen disguised alongside the rest of the Moya Triad. They were seen welcoming Shikamaru Nara and Temari to Tomiya Inn alongside Okami.
- His comrades call him "aniki", which means "elder brother", and this form is usually used by Japanese gangsters to address their superior.
- He also appears in Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 with his two other comrades in the last unlockable area.


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It's only September, but we feel pretty confident that the El Reg 2010 Product Name of the Year will be awarded to the spectacularly-titled BumChum - a silent bass drum monitoring system which promises lively "bottom-end thump".
Yes indeed, for just £1199, you too can have a BumChum of your very own, which "which turns the bass drum(s) - or any other signal for that matter - into a physical thump up through the drum stool".
The blurb continues: "This thump is registered through bone conduction, which is a big part of how low frequencies are heard anyway."
Well quite: it's to be expected that BumChums operate via bone conduction, and rest assured that it will be "100% consistent, night after night". One of the men behind the BumChum, fully-satisfied drummer Dil Davies, enthuses: "I've been touring extensively with my BumChum, and it is FANTASTIC." ®


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February 4th, 2015
With this dual CEO leadership, Adimec shows innovation in all aspects of our business.
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, February 6th, 2015 -- Adimec (www.adimec.com), a worldleader in application-specific, leading-edge industrial camera solutions, today announced theappointment of the Chief Marketing Officer Dr. Joost van Kuijk and the Chief Financial Officer Alex de Boer both as CEO of the company. Both have served the position in the interim since March 2014.
Joost van Kuijk joined Adimec in 2010 and has almost 20 years experience in marketing high-tech solutions. Alex de Boer joined Adimec in 2006 and has over 15 years experience in the financial field. De Boer will run the financial and operational side of Adimec while van Kuijk will lead Marketing, Business Development and Technology Innovation.
With the clear division of responsibilities between van Kuijk and de Boer, the new board of directors' structure gives clarity about the leadership within the company. Since March 2014, both have improved the organizational efficiency to position the company to return to double-digit growth.
"All of Adimec worked on being a healthy company over the last year so that we are now able to achieve more in less time." said Joost van Kuijk. "Our dual CEO leadership re-emphasizes our commitment to mutual satisfaction which is apparent within the company but most of all in how we exceed the expectations of our customers." said Alex de Boer.
For Adimec as a family business, this corporate leadership team is ideal and allows us to rollout our strategy providing extraordinary service, working with our customers to overcome imaging challenges, and developing and producing reliable products.
About Adimec
Adimec specializes in the development and manufacturing of high-performance cameras that meet the application-specific requirements of key market segments, including machine vision, healthcare, and global security. Founded in 1992, the company partners with major OEMs around the world to facilitate the creation of industry-leading cameras. Its products meet a wide range of performance, size, cost, interface and application requirements and its Adimec True Accurate Imaging® technology provides new levels of precision and accuracy to vision systems. Adimec has offices around the world focused on creating customer value and satisfaction through local, personalized support. For more information, go to www.adimec.com. For more information on imaging and vision topics, check our blog.
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Cleaning a Lidl store is no easy task; first there's the shop floor to clean, the warehouse to mop, the staff room to scrub and toilets to bleach. It's might be a short day's work but it's certainly a busy one. You'll need to make sure you work through your tasks quickly and thoroughly to get the store looking perfect for our customers. You'll also be responsible for making sure the staff areas are a great place for our hard-working teams to spend their breaks. Not only will you keep the store looking spotless, you'll also make sure it's a safe place to shop and work, by clearing up spillages in the aisles and removing bits of packaging that may have fallen onto the warehouse floor during a delivery. You'll work alongside the other members of the store team too, and we're all very proud of what we do, so you'll all be pushing to make your store the best one for miles around.
You will be well-rewarded for your work at Lidl. Not only will you be part of a secure, growing business, we'll make sure you have all the training you need for your role. As well as your competitive hourly rate, starting from £9.00 with the ability to earn up to £9.30, you will also get 30 days' holiday (pro-rata), a pension scheme, discount on our products and corporate discounts on holidays, days out, cinema tickets and plenty more.
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I am reading a collection of novellas called The Day The Sun Stood Still. It is science fiction about a miracle that happens to prove that god exists. Interesting premise. Robert Silverberg is among the authors who contributed.
I am reading a collection of novellas called The Day The Sun Stood Still. It is science fiction about a miracle that happens to prove that god exists. Interesting premise. Robert Silverberg is among the authors who contributed.
My daughter gave me this book of essays about some of the songs the Beatles wrote, written by famous writers. It's really a good read.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
"My Digital Travel for Seniors" by Jason R Rich. I have learned a few things. Other books by him are also good.
I'm still slogging through Dolezal's memoir, and I've started Dreamland, a highly readable account of the opioid epidemic.
I think we talked about this book here.
I am reading Richard Reeves' The Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class is leaving everyne else in the dust, why that is a problem, and What you can Do About it.
He speaks of "income inequality" as though that is a settled bad thing. This book doesnt even try to attack the 1%, it stakes out the next strata of society to attack as the "upper middle class as defined by income of $112,000 per household."
I am only 25 page in and will skim the rest, if that. The chapter
I am in now talks about how I (well, before I retired) create "opportunity hoarding" in things like reproduction and parenting. Ooooookkaaay, he is on to me, I purposely hid everyone's birth control around here. Guilty!
Then he slips into typical East Coast value system talk where he opines about parents who pull strings to get their offspring into prestigious schools, ignoring that most of us in flyover country are perfectly fine with attending State U or Mediocre Private U. and we even achieve his upper quintile of income in doing so.
Where DO these thinktank people get these ideas. He works for The Brookings INstitute.
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I found Dreamland fascinating as it explained the Mexican connection in the opioid crisis.
"born bright" a memoir by C. Nicole Mason.
I'd roughly characterize it as the urban female equivalent of Hillbilly Elegy, a bright girl who managed to escape her circumstances and succeed. It's a frank look at her own family's shortcomings, while also outlining the persistent problems of poverty-stricken schools and communities.
One interesting parallel with the Hillbilly memoir by Vance is her agreement that the lack of social capital is a real impediment. If your family isn't aware of opportunities and your teachers are indifferent, you are left to look to your peers or figure everything out on your own. To a teenager it can be overwhelming. A very interesting read.
I'm reading Patricia Cornwell's Dust, listening to Jenny Bowen's Wish You Happy Forever about her work with Half the Sky, and I have Fire and Fury in queue.
Winston Churchill's biography of Marlborough (I am all the way to 1710... not much to go).
Next up: Charles Dickens' David Copperfield reputed to be his own personal favorite.
The Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich.
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After hitting an elk crushed his Saab, one Canadian was faced with a choice — take a hopelessly long Greyhound bus ride home, or buy a $500 Audi and drive there. He made the right decision.
Yep, that up there is one sweet Audi Fox. Better than a bus ticket, right? Here's how Redditor Freesponge explained the whole misadventure.
I was driving through British Columbia when I hit an elk. I was driving a Saab 900 and the impact pushed the motor back into the firewall. Since the repairs would take 3 weeks I would have to get home some other way. The motel owners had a 1979 Audi Fox for sale. It had 152300 km on it and they wanted $500 for it. Much better than a greyhound in my opinion.
Read the whole r/cars thread right here. I think we can all agree that the Audi might have been more expensive than the Greyhound in the short run, but this guy made the right decision in getting the car.
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael Jackson's album Bad, his 1987 follow-up to the 1982 mega-smash Thriller. Bad was another critical, artistic and financial triumph for Jackson, launching several hit singles, including the title track, along with "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Man in the Mirror," "Dirty Diana" and "Smooth Criminal." The album itself is the fifth best-selling album of all time, and launched a world tour for Jackson in 1987-89.
Naturally, with anniversaries of this sort — especially when related to departed mega-icons like Jackson — there are several commemorations, and this instance is no exception. In September, a reissue of Bad called Bad 25 was released, and around that time, Spike Lee premiered his documentary, also called Bad 25, at film festivals. The film makes its television debut this Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, on ABC.
With the film, Lee hoped to take people's minds away from the personal struggles that seemed to define Jackson in his later years.
"Hopefully, that's what this documentary is about," Lee told reporters as he introduced the film at the Toronto International Film Festival. "It's gonna have people return to focusing on the music, his art, which I feel is his legacy, in addition to his children."
In exploring that artistic legacy for his film, Lee teamed with the estate of Michael Jackson and Epic Records/Legacy Recordings, culling the estate's archives for rare and never-before-seen footage from the making of the Bad album, and its accompanying world tour.
The documentary features interviews conducted personally by Lee, including Jackson's confidants, choreographers, musicians and collaborators, such as director Martin Scorsese (who directed the "Bad" music video).
Bad 25 premieres Nov. 22 at 9:30pm ET/PT on ABC.
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We loves us some Joseph Gordon-Levitt, so we're very much looking forward to "Premium Rush," even if it looks to be a big-ish budget thriller about bike messengers.
"Premium Rush" stars JGL as a bike messenger who finds himself in possession of an envelope that a dirty cop, played by Michael Shannon, is desperate to get his hands on, leading to a city-wide race against time. The film was directed by David Koepp, who co-wrote it with John Kamps, his collaborator on "Ghost Town."
Like most folks in New York, we live in fear of bike messengers, the city's most aggressive and unapologetic adrenaline junkies, a breed of people who attack the grid with a sense of purpose and entitlement that makes mere mortals leap back from the curb fearing for their safety. We've literally watched a bike messenger mow down a pedestrian who was in a crosswalk and then cuss her out. So the idea of setting a thriller in their world makes sense, on a certain level, and we're kinda surprised it's taken this long for a film like "Premium Rush" to get made.
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