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Sainsbury's in talks to open Leominster store (From Hereford Times)
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1:30pm Thursday 11th October 2012 in News
SAINSBURY'S has switched its attention from Ledbury to Leominster as it continues its search for a new Herefordshire store.
A total of 200 jobs are promised in the scheme that would put Sainsbury's into direct competition with Morrisons, Aldi and the Cooperative in Leominster.
Thomas Panels and Profiles currently occupies the proposed site in Southern Avenue and would have to move to a purpose-built factory should the application be successful.
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Tricia Thomas, director and co-owner of Thomas Panels and Profiles along with husband Richard, has backed the plan.
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Public consultation sessions are due to take place next Tuesday and Wednesday at Leominster Town Council chamber.
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4:24pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Lukio says...
It will be interesting to see if this application comes up against as fierce opposition as the Ledbury one did.
4:49pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Surefunk says...
Thomas re-located there not that long ago, completely refurbed the cladding and have recently built an extention to the building. This relatively new manufacturing site would be demolished for a new retail store.
Thomas are at the enterance to the Leominster enterprise park which has masses of empty land waiting to be filled. I don't know it just does'nt add up for me but i'm sure it does for Tricia Thomas, director and co-owner of Thomas Panels and Profiles along with husband Richard.
7:05am Fri 12 Oct 12
basil jones says...
7:39am Fri 12 Oct 12
steveinleo says...
If Sainsbury's get their proposed location It would be at the eastern end of the ghostly by-pass route I mentioned earlier.
A petrol station on our industrial estate would certainly be handy too. This would also bring a fairer price competition to town.
Another big pluss would be the job creation for Leominster.
We were promised a big employer for the advantage west midlands "white elephant" (new industrial estate) where so far there has been mostly a relocation of current employers, which has done little to help Leominster.
The Thomas family business has been a welcome sight to the industrial estate and I hope they will simply relocate to another part of the industrial estate and maintain their existing employee's and flourish as suggested.
Got my thumbs up for sure.
8:10am Fri 12 Oct 12
TwoWheelsGood says...
8:53am Fri 12 Oct 12
Andrew Warmington says...
Fairly typical reporting of the subject in the local press, needless to add. So the people who will cash in by selling their existing site are in favour of the development - who knew?!
12:08pm Fri 12 Oct 12
AJS2992 says...
The quality of Sainsbury's food for the most part is far superior than that of Tesco, Morrison's and ASDA hence the higher prices. Even then it is only by 30p or so.
Customer Service there is much better than the other supermarkets. Staff actually smile and talk to you unlike at Tesco where the staff just look at you miserably and are generally rude and unhelpful, not all of them but most.
Branded food is slightly higher by 10p or so but Brand Match will take care of that.
I think Sainsbury's in Leominster will be great as there is no choice there and a percieved 'overpriced' store might actaully spruce the place up.
High streets are dead across the country and people need to accept that the only profitable stores these days are supermarkets. Why pay £2 for a cabbage at a greengrocer when I can go to a supermarket and get one for 70p?
The reason myself and others have left Ledbury is the lack of options and a Sainsbury's there would have kept me there.
1:26pm Fri 12 Oct 12
drewbreath says...
2:02pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Colin J Marschall says...
drewbreath wrote:Not as far as I am aware, and just like Leominster it is badly required.
Has Sainsbury's actually said it's not trying again in Ledbury?
5:06pm Fri 12 Oct 12
RichHadley says...
"Why pay £2 for a cabbage at a greengrocer when I can go to a supermarket and get one for 70p?" If you buy fresh seasonal produce (probably locally produced) in your local greengrocer or butcher, you will find better prices, fresher produce and infinitely better tasting than the packaged, transported, cold-stored variety from the supermarkets, whether Asda or Waitrose. Here in Ledbury we have three greengrocers and a range of market stall selling amazing Herefordshire and Gloucestershire produce at prices that regularly and substantially undercut the supermarkets. Plus they represent very much lower carbon footprint/food miles.
Local independent shops that make up our High Streets are worth fighting for. They represent a hub of the community, provide friendly, responsive service and serve to maintain the historic fabric of the buildings in old towns like Ledbury and Leominster. Boarded up shops lead to festering crime, decay and social alienation.
People who want to do all their shopping in supermarkets are freely able to use them - god knows we have enough (not including the internet). Those that want the choice of supermarket and local independent traders operating side by side should resist out of town superstore developments - they suck trade and footfall out of town centres and lead to the ruination of bustling, busy high streets. Check out what Mary Portas has to say on the matter.
Good luck Leominster.
9:03am Sat 13 Oct 12
etnam news says...
Leominster needs a thriving town centre alongside out of town retail, but this will not happen if Hereford council bleed it dry with unfair charges not found in any supermarket car parks.
3:45pm Sat 13 Oct 12
s.cowell says...
Plus the added bonus of more local jobs!! AMAZING!
5:18pm Sat 13 Oct 12
David Tyler says...
You go for it Leominster - Don't let your part of Herefordshire become a reflection of Eastbourne Under Hill a.k.a Ledbury where the town offers absolutely nothing for those struggling with juggling the household finances etc, not to mention the lack of jobs be they part or full time for John Masefield school leavers.
Investement in the town by a major national supermarket shouild be welcomed by all and not poo pooed by a few who wish to think only of themselves.
10:20pm Sat 13 Oct 12
RichHadley says...
Astute readers will of course know that Mr Tyler is Sainsburys' Chairman, and is finding time to grace us with a few pithy and well-aimed remarks in support of his company and its expansion plans in rural Herefordshire.
Unless of course Mr Tyler is a fictional creation, someone who likes to hide their identity and stir up a bit of class-war/social conflict from the comfort of
their back bedroom computer table.
Mmm. Wonder who that could be...
11:33pm Sat 13 Oct 12
s.cowell says...
9:58am Sun 14 Oct 12
Andrew Warmington says...
(I also use my own name, as does Rich Hadley. 'David Tyler' is the pseudonym of the most prominent pro campaigner; he has a long record of using false names to say he things he'd rather not say under his real name. He knows who he is and he also knows that I know who he is.)
Anyway, this thread shouldn't be about Ledbury but Leominster. I hope you manage to organise yourselves to fight this off. You know even better than we do how an OOTS can rip the heart out of a town because it has happened to you once already. Of course some will want it and that's their privilege, try not to let it get personal as we sometimes did.
LOTS can't fight your battle for you but do take heart from the result of Sainsbury's and Tesco both failing to get an OOTS here. They don't always win.
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If I had the time, and the money, I would happily shop in local businesses on a weekly basis, but this isn't a luxury many of us can entertain.
Sainsbury's can not only offer a competitive price for the goods that they sell, they will offer job and career opportunities, support for local charities, and will work with local businesses and local councils to ensure they don't suffer by making agreements regarding ranges.
If the local businesses can adapt and offer a service that the supermarket cannot, they will not lose out.
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The Lark was not without problems. I had replaced the fuel pump and filter due to failure While bringing her out of mothballs earlier in the year. However, the "new" pump started failing. I could get her running by beating the fuel tank with a rock. We went 1500 KM this way, beating the pump to life when it would quit and leave us stranded. Eventually in central
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Had just driven accross Spain into the South of France and back again, what a great decission to book a room here. Staff were incredibly helpfull, facilities were fantastic and the free shuttle bus to the airport was a huge bonus. I booked this hotel as it is very close to the airport and had a very early flight. Also close to public transport if you feel the need to go back into Bacelona.
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We booked a stay through a third party website (TPA) which noted solely the following on the policy section: "This reservation is non-refundable. Cancellations made at any time are subject to a 100% charge. If you need to change or cancel this hotel reservation, please do so through (TPA) rather than through the hotel directly." We needed to change the date of our stay due to having to cut our trip short as my mother's surgery date was moved up. I tried to move the date by 3 days since there was availablitily for a room which cost $1.09 USD more. The TPA told me my reservation was non-refundable, even though I wanted to change the date and not cancel the stay. I contacted Ester Montero, the reservation manager at the Best Western Alfa Aeropuerto Hotel Barcelona who said that the reservation was non-refundable and I will lose the $119.10 USD I paid. This is not customer service to me, particularly since I was not asking for a refund, I only wanted to change the date of my stay and pay the difference. It was not noted anywhere under the hotel policies that you could not do such a thing and should clearly be noted if this is the case. Needless to say, we were out additional funds because we had to pay to stay at a different hotel the date that we needed and if ever in Barcelona again, we will not stay at this hotel, nor use the TPA to book any travel stay.
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Everything about this hotel is perfect for a quick stay between flights. The shuttle service is excellent, the staff is extremely accomodating, welcoming, and competent, offering wake-up calls and shuttle reservation times at registration. Extremely comfortable beds and delicious (fresh-squeezed?) orange juice with the desayuno express (4,90 euros for juice, croissants, and coffee).
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he unusually high death rate in children, with 86 pediatric deaths since April, remains a serious concern for government health officials. "That number is equivalent to the entire flu season of past years in lab-confirmed deaths of children," Sebelius declared. "This is much different than regular flu, when 90% of deaths are people over the age of 65." Many of HHS's education programs have been directed to children, with emphasis on simple hygiene lessons— for example, sneeze and cough into your arm and not into your hand. Consequently, children are learning to adhere to basic hygienic principles much better than adults. "They are listening to Elmo and teaching their parents," Sebelius said.
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When I updated to Flashplayer version, 11.3.300.262, the accept/deny box just sits in the middle of video screen. Can't click, can't move, can't close, can't even view the full box options... The inert box just sits in the middle of the movie screen. With the immediately previous version of Flashplayer 11, all my videos played perfectly, without this accept/deny box. Can someone give me a link to download the immediately previous version of Flash 11? Or some other earlier version of v.11? For now, I'm back to v. 10.2.152.32, but many websites demand newer version to see videos (including adobe.com!). I'm runing Win7 on a pc.
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How do I revert to a previous version of Flash Player?
Thank you, Hitomi, Chris...
I just installed Flashplayer 18.104.22.168 for Win 64bit... (two versions prior to the one where the problem box started appearing). Didn't fix the problem. Then, duh, I switched to ie browser, instead of my usual firefox browser, and this version of flash works fine in ie browser. Works fine in Chrome too. So it appears to be a firefox problem. Anyone have any tips re. newest version of Firefox browser? Maybe I'll have to bug the Firefox people for a bug fix... Thanks for your help. Good to know about the Flashplayer archives, and how to do the clean uninstall if ever I decide to do that.
Hi folks (Jeromle, Hitomi, Chris),
Having uninstalled the Flaskplayer 11.3.300.262 (not a clean uninstall, however), and installed the 10.2.152.32 version instead, the accept/deny box persists; now it's crept into Internet Explorer and Chrome. Here's screenshot of problem in Chrome browser. Hope you can see the box (which is unclickable, immovable). Still a problem in Firefox too. So apparently it's not a browser issue. I read all the Mozilla Firefox general fixes, none of the addresses this little box. I'm guessing, in my semi-amateur way, that what I really need to do is a clean uninstall/reinstall of FlashPlayer, but not the very newest edition. Any more suggestions? (I can crop the screenshot and insert a higher res image if you can't make out this one.)
Thanks in advance.
Gotcha. This is bug where an instance of our clickjacking logic is being overly protective.
There are a bunch of attacks that researchers have identified over the years where you could either trick people into authorizing camera/mic or local storage, or clicking the buttons for them through other techniques. We do all this math to make sure that the clicks on those buttons are genuine, but sometimes it breaks in the too-much-protection way. It's better than the not-enough-protection way, but understandably frustrating. We continue to refine our techniques around preventing clickjacking and are moving to things to native UI where we can.
This prompt is displayed because you have Local Storage Settings set to Block All Sites from storing information on this computer, or Ask me before allowing new sites to save information on this computer.
There's a couple ways you can avoid this. You can prevent the dialog from being thrown, or you can try and either reposition the dialog or try clicking around a little bit in the button to see if you can move out of the dead spot (that approach is hit-and-miss, but quick to try):
1.) Modify your global settings to either Allow sites to save information on this computer, or Block All Sites from storing information on this computer (From Start > Control Panel > Flash Player)
When browing in Private Browsing/Incognito mode, any information that we save will be discarded at the end of your browsing session.
Setting this to Allow to avoid the prompt, and using private browsing mode would get you a similar effect.
Periodically hitting Delete All in the storage tab will remove any of the local settings and shared objects that may be stored on your machine.
2.) Proactively enable storage for this domain. That will work on the immediate issue.
Refresh the page. Before you hit play and get the prompt, right-click and choose settings. Authorize some storage space for democracynow.org. The prompt won't get displayed.
3.) Change your resolution.
Most of these bugs are resolution specific. You can temporarily change the resolution, but that's a pretty lame workaround.
So, it's definitely a bug.
The following information would help me reproduce it:
1.) What version of Chrome are you running
2.) What is the resolution of your display (Control Panel > Display > Screen Resolution)
3.) On Control Panel > Display > do you have 100%, 125% or 150% selected?
Hi Jeromie,
The "allow sites" change seemed to do the trick. I can now watch videos without the immovable, inert "allow/deny" box. I'm speaking of viewing in Mozilla Firefox.
Good to know you delete stored info after a viewing. Too much info sharing going on, as I'm sure you're aware. And, if I right-click the play button before playing, I can see the settings option, and then can click the allow/deny box to close it.
The version of Chrome I had was 19.0.1084.56 m, and now that I'm looking at it, Chrome is installing a newer version. Videos work now in Chrome, without inert accept/deny box. I can right click on play button and see settings, and close the accept/deny box.
The resolution of my display is the recommended resolution for my year-old HP Pavilion slimline computer (desktop, not laptop) -- 1680x1050.
Much thanks for your help.
As long as you're using Private Browsing or Incognito mode, any information stored on your machine will be purged when you exit private browsing mode, or the browser itself.
The global privacy settings apply for all browsers on your system, so the dialog shouldn't pop anywhere at this point.
I'm able to reproduce this issue when setting my resolution tio 1680x1050.
I filed the following bug to track it:
http://watsonexp.corp.adobe.com/#bug=3227752 - Clickjacking - Cannot dismiss local storage authorization notification at 1680x1050 on Win7 x64


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Machine Gun McCain (Gli intoccabili) [Blu-Ray]
Director : Giuliano Montaldo
Screenplay : Giuliano Montaldo & Mino Roli (based on the novel by Ovid Demaris)
MPAA Rating : GP
Year of Release : 1969
Stars : John Cassavetes (Hank McCain), Britt Ekland (Irene Tucker), Peter Falk (Charlie Adamo), Gabriele Ferzetti (Don Francesco DeMarco), Luigi Pistilli (Duke Mazzanga), Margherita Guzzinati (Margaret DeMarco), Claudio Biava (Barclay), Steffen Zacharias (Abe Stilberman), James Morrison (Joby Cuda), Florinda Bolkan (Joni Adamo), Tony Kendall (Pete Zacari), Salvo Randone (Don Salvatore), Gena Rowlands (Rosemary Scott)
At no point in Machine Gun McCain is John Cassevetes's character Hank McCain actually referred to by that marquee-ready nickname, and he only wields a machine gun twice in the film, but it's still a great, trashy title that grabs your attention, even if it's for all the wrong reasons. Knowing that it is an Italian-produced mafioso thriller made in the late 1960s with a mixed American and European cast might lead one to believe that it is a throw-away bit of gutter-exploitation junk, and it is, but with a veneer of existential crisis that gives it depth--at least enough to gain entry to the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.
In one of the many acting gigs he took in order to finance his own independent films, Cassavetes stars as the titular criminal, who gets out of San Quentin after serving 12 years of a life sentence for armed robbery. His early release is at the behest of Charlie Adamo (Peter Falk), the recently minted West Coast mafia boss. Adamo hires Hank's estranged son Jack (Pierluigi Aprà), a petty crook, to convince Hank to help rob the Royal, a massive new Las Vegas casino that Adamo has unsuccessfully tried to buy into and is now trying to muscle. That is only the first of a number of lies, double-crosses, and revelations that eventually pit the West Coast and East Coast mafia bosses against each other with Hank and his new girlfriend Irene Rucker (Britt Ekland) caught in the middle. The film's high point is McCain's eventual one-man robbery of the casino, which involves setting off multiple time bombs around Las Vegas and within the casino and then impersonating a firefighter to get to the loot amidst the chaos; it is both brilliant and utterly absurd.
Within the vast terrain of mafia films, Machine Gun McCain is a relatively obscure title, even at the time of its release in the U.S., where it generally played as the second half of a double bill with largely forgotten westerns and crime thrillers like Land Raiders (1969) and Cisco Pike (1972). Its having fallen through the cracks for so many years is likely a result of its never quite committing to a tone or direction. Director Giuliano Montaldo and co-writer Mino Roli "freely adapted" (according to the credits) a novel by Ovid Demaris, who had previously had a novel adapted for Gang War (1958), a Death Wish prototype that starred a young Charles Bronson. The resulting film is a bit too serious for exploitation junkies, but likely too disjointed and despondent in its violence for mainstream audiences (for example, Hank's meeting and marrying Irene is done with such speed and lack of explanation that it feels borderline surreal). It is at heart an existential art movie, but the mechanisms of its narrative and the thrust of its characters are pure pulp, only moderately lifted by Ennio Morricone's provocative score and the quality of the actors playing the roles (in explaining why she took the bit role of McCain's former lover, Gena Rowlands joked in an interview with Cassavetes in The New York Times, "I really adored the part. They also gave me a lot of money and a huge villa in Rome … and what can I say?").
Cassavetes is particularly effective as McCain, as he has always had a slight distance about him on-screen, which Roman Polanski exploited to such great effect a year earlier in Rosemary's Baby (1968). As with his character in that film, who never felt quite right, even when he was in full husband-provider mode, there is something slightly off about Hank McCain; he's an antihero, but not one we immediately want to cheer on, like Warren Beatty's Clyde Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Rather, his distance encourages us to study him, to try to figure out what makes him tick, and if you're surprised to find that he never fully adds up, even with the introduction of Rowlands as Hank's former partner in crime and eternal flame, then you haven't seen enough '60s cinema.
Montaldo had been directing films since 1960 and had learned the craft primarily under the tutelage of the politically radical director Gillo Pontecorvo (Montaldo directed second unit on Pontecorvo's 1966 masterpiece The Battle of Algiers, and he also worked under Sergio Leone and Francesco Rosi). His career is filled with politically active filmmaking, including such films as The Fifth Day of Peace (1969) and Sacco & Vanzetti (1971), and you can sense strains of social politicism in Machine Gun McCain, if only because mafia films inherently tend to deal with the mechanisms of power, family, and social control. The subtext never quite coheres, but the film is still an absorbing mixture of dramatic pathos and criminal intrigue, one of those rare gems of late-1960s international filmmaking that is all but unthinkable today.
Machine Gun McCain Blu-Ray | |
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Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 |
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Subtitles | English, French, Spanish |
Supplements | |
Distributor | Blue Underground |
Release Date | August 24, 2010 |
Outside of Europe, Machine Gun McCain has been missing on home video, so Blue Underground's new disc is a welcome addition to their collection. Presented in a strong 1080p/MPEG-4 AVC transfer, the film looks great, at least to my eyes. Colors are strong without being heavily oversaturated, and the image is generally sharp and well-detailed, especially for a low-budget film made more than 40 years ago. Certain shots are definitely softer than other, and the film has a fine sheen of grain throughout, with some of the longer shots (many of which are probably stock shots) displaying significantly more noise. Nevertheless, this is an excellent presentation that should make fans of the film who have been making do with DVD-R recordings of television broadcasts very happy. Blue Underground has elected to maintain the film's original English-language monaural mix in a clear, lossless DTS-HD Master Audio presentation. The soundtrack certainly betrays the limitations of the era, with a slightly tinny quality and lack of depth, but that goes with the territory. It's too bad they couldn't have included the Italian dub, as well. | |
The primary supplement on the Blu-Ray is a 23-minute video interview with director Giuliano Montaldo (presented in standard-def), which was recorded a few years ago and was available on the 2008 French DVD. It's a fascinating, entertaining interview with lots of information about Montaldo's background and his work on the film, particularly his relationship with John Cassavetes and the quirks of shooting in San Quentin and Las Vegas. The only other supplements are both the U.S. and Italian trailers, both of which are presented in high-def. |
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I was again in the real but also mythical fishing village of Doolin on the Clare coast just as the current election campaign was trying to get into its stride through the cold winds and driving rain.
It was murky and you could hardly see the Atlantic even when you drove down to the Doolin Pier a mile past Gussie O'Connor's famous musical pub.
Two election posters that had been ripped off the telegraph poles kept pace with the car on the way down there, the hopeful faces of the candidates getting a woeful scourging against the roadside walls as they were driven along by forces outside their control.
There's a moral there somewhere is what I thought to myself as I watched the image of Timmy Dooley of Fianna Fail and Pat Breen of Fine Gael, all lashed and ripped, being finally driven over the pier wall and into the surf that was rattling the rounded stones against the chilled shoreline.
The car rocked with the force of the wind from the west. I still stopped for a few minutes like always.
It occurs to me that the social and economics of this campaign, and our overall dire plight according to all the gurus, are well illustrated by some of the realities of a fishing village famed through the whole world for its craic, its beautiful scenery, its unending river of musics in the pubs, it's inherent paganism maybe -- eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die sort of spirit.
I love that and always savor it to the last, but there is another Doolin reality too. Every now and again, quite unpredictably, a huge freak wave comes roaring across the pier, completely out of the blue, and snatches away one or two souls.
They might be tourists, they might be locals, but it always happens just as surely as the Cliffs of Moher down the road a couple of miles have latterly become a favored location for suicides. I won't dwell on that, but it is a fact.
On the radio, as I drove back down towards the village again, the debating between yet another panel of gurus was fundamentally based on the common premise that all of Ireland is on the edge of the Cliffs of Moher, shivering, shuddering, poised to end it all.
On the telegraph poles the independent candidate James Breen and Labor's Michael MacNamara were hanging on for dear life lest they be plucked away to the same fate as Messrs Dooley and Pat Breen.
As I parked the gurus had moved on to discuss this Vanity Fair article which has caused so much of a furor over here because the writer, Michael Lewis, suggested that the Irish love misery and hardship. I've not read the piece yet but he is powerfully correct of course … as far as he goes.
That comes from the Catholic template and the teachings that this is only a "Valley of Tears" to be endured for a while until such time as we emerge from 10,000 years in Purgatory and eventually reach Paradise.
Lewis does not, however, in the extracts I saw, deal at all with the Irish love of music and craic which, incredibly, like uncut opium in Hong Kong, often exists concurrently with the darker side.
Like in Doolin on a February evening.
When I entered O'Connor's I was entering another world. The music from five musicians was hopping gaily off the rafters, there was a smile on every face, toes were tapping, glasses clinking.
This was an election-free zone, a recession free zone, with men and women of all ages and nationalities, eating and drinking, chatting, singing along. You would not imagine anyone in the house had a care in the world except perhaps the bar staff rushing to keep the glasses refilled and new ones served.
You glimpsed the Celtic Tiger's eyeballs, I swear, in every corner. I saw no candidates, no canvassers, no evidence at all of any of the storms of all kinds raging outside.
I called my coffee because I was driving, and when I got it I sat and listened to the music. It tasted like the finest brandy.
A young woman with blueblack curls and a voice like an angel got complete shush when she sang a gorgeous version of "I Know My Love," and then the music rolled back again.
Am I mad in the head that I get a mighty opiate effect from atmospheres like that? I honestly don't think so.
The Irish might have a high tolerance indeed for misery, but by heavens they somehow know to enjoy themselves as well. And there's no change in that mood up around ancient North Clare anytime soon, recession or not.
The good God gave me a priceless gift for a man in my trade. People have always talked very freely to me, even total strangers.
I think it helps that I am physically slight, older nowadays, look perhaps a little bit like one of the poets they love, and certainly don't resemble a fighting man.
I stayed about an hour, and in that time, from a table of Mayo folk nearby, I was told a most beautiful story which reflects all facets, both light and darker, of the Irish equation. The truths and the traditions, the hopes and the living dreams.
A middle-aged couple who live in bleak Bangor Erris, out near Belmullet, still actively farming,
in Clare for a ruby wedding, told me the story.
Last week, just before the election began, a young neighboring couple called to their farmhouse. The wife had her baby.
The husband had a metal bucket in the boot (trunk) of the car. The bucket contained two glowing turf sods from their fire.
Their factory had shut down, they were emigrating to Boston the next day, and in a centuries old tradition which is deeply touching, they asked their older neighbors to "keep" their fire for them until they are able to return and revive it on their own hearth!
In the old days, when the turf fires never went out, being raked up at night, but when the emigrants' possibilities were much narrower than now, few ever returned from America to rebuild their hearths again.
This young couple though, according to my new friends, have family members already in Boston, both have skills, and there is a live chance that they will indeed be able to return when things here are better.
But what the young couple did not know, as the husband emptied his bucket on to the big open hearth, was that there two other fires being "kept" there already, as well as the one native to the house.
There is hardship there, is there not, but also hope and a continuation of one tradition of what we are.
I don't think Vanity Fair reports on things like that.
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EdAJWelsh | Mar 07, 2011, 06:32 PM EST
Love C Mac. Miss him on Clare FM. Ask if he knew a group from Cork 1995 "Natural Gas" song called "Bind the Orange & green". I'm still listening & enjoying a casette I bought @ Mac Sweeney Arms Sept. 1995.
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marywithers | Feb 17, 2011, 04:44 PM EST
Cormac Mac Connell is an old fart-enough of his boring blarney.
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eiriamach | Feb 16, 2011, 02:38 PM EST
Thank you for bringing back such rich memories of pubs full of local people in the west, and I love the story about keeping the hearth fire!
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Searlit | Feb 13, 2011, 10:13 PM EST
Cormac that was the most beautiful piece yet. I love the Burren, the Cliffs of Moher and Doolin. I could just see it all, again, through your perfect descriptions. Can't wait to go back there!
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Greenfire | Feb 13, 2011, 04:51 PM EST
A good read Cormac! I didn't want it to end! Your writing & the music . . .what craic!
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fargobarbi | Feb 13, 2011, 12:29 PM EST
Thank you Cormac. So beautifully written & said. Your passion & love for Ireland comes out in whatever topic you write about. Your writing brings smiles, tears & most importantly hope. I will use the article as an example of what fine writing is, for my students.
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KMcSinger | Feb 13, 2011, 12:26 PM EST
Beautiful article Cormac! The 2 faces of Ireland, the melancholic & the joyful as always represented by the wonderful music.
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homersgirl | Feb 13, 2011, 10:18 AM EST
Sometimes I get overwhelmed by the 10 t0 12 emails from Irish Central I get every week. That does not stop me from looking eagerly for Cormac;s articles. This one did not disappoint. My Irish heart understands the fierce dichotomy that exists in the people I call my ancestors. I believe we will win over this latest adversity like all the ones before. In my long life I have left my fire for others to tend till I returned many times. It is always a blessing to be able to retrieve it along with the love that kept it going. Thanks Cormac and long life to you.
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battychief | Feb 12, 2011, 06:14 PM EST
So much to think about. Thank you, Cormac, again.
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irishman6 | Feb 11, 2011, 01:45 PM EST
traditions will continue as long as there are folks like yourself to keep them alive and in our minds & memories.
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